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August 2?, 1926 WILMETTE LIFE 5 lACK OF NOURISHMENT NOTED ON TREES HERE Pre-Mature FaDing of Leaves Indicates Trees Are Not Receiving Quota of Water By C. E. D. Winnetka ·Attorney Shot While Serving Writ Richard M. C. Miller, 304 Ridge avenue, Winnetka, was shot in the left leg by the irate proprietor of a roadhouse when he was superintending .the removal of furniture t. o satisfy an execution last Saturday. Attorney Miller had accompanied Constables P. ]. Schildgen of Wilmette and Leo J. Meyers of Glenview to the .E lk Grove inn at Higgins road and York street, Elk Grove township, to serve a wr!_t of attachment on furnishings of the inn. As they were removing a piano and a T ' I f I: .... 't / Just drive around Wilmette and other north shore towns and notice how many fine trees are dropping their leaves or turning yellow this early in the fall. Some are nearly stripped of their fQliage. Most of them are comparativt;ly young trees, but they are going because of lack of water, scale sucking the sap, injuries caused by barking_ the .trunks, cutting off roots by street and house building, bad trimming, filling over the roots with surplus dirt, and, last but not least, starvation. When trees grow~ in their natural state, the leaves fall to the ground and decay, making natural nourishment: there is no sod over the roots absorbing the dew, but instead, gravel or loose soil ; no roots are cut off to make way for pipe lines and curbstones. Must Feed Trees It is just as humane to feed and water city trees as it is to feed the birds during the winter. It is a known fact that an average elm tree with a spread of fifty feet throws off through evaporation of petween forty and fifty barrels of water on a hot summer day. The best way to water a tree is to take a large digging fork and punch holes eight or ten inches deep, out under the drooping branches. making hundreds of holes, and then let the hose run slowly all night. Water them ance a week during the hot season, and then watch how they thank you for it. Feed for Next Year This is the time to feed your trees for best re sults next vear. .The fertilizer must be worked- into the soil to the depth of about six inches so that the hair roots can get it. Put the fertilizer under the ends of the- branches. workin~ hack about four feet toward the trunk, and thus all around the tree. Equal parts of cheap manure, dried blood. and bone meal will give excellent results. For quick results, good well rolled cow manure is fine, but quick acting jertilizer should not be put in until next spring. Beautiful t\:ees take time, money, and work, just like a beautiful home or anything else worth while. If half of the money which is spent annually on lawns were spent on the preservation of. our large trees, we should. "·ithin five years, hav.e the greenest and healthiest trees any\vhere around Chicago. cash register Andrew Grom, one of the proprietors of the place, appeared and fired at Miller with a shotgun, hitting him in the left leg above the knee. Miller was taken to the Evanston hospital ·by the two constables and Grom was later arrested by county highway police under Lieut. L. J. Laird. Miller was not seriously injured and is now recovering at his home. . M tss Helen .Freeman of 318 Fourth street, entertained a group of friends Saturday at a farewell party in honor of Miss Dorothy Braasch, who moved to Beverly Hills this week. Offen Scholanhip in . Hinahaw Conaerva~ory Some young person in Wilmette who is. intent upon a musical career will attend the Hinshaw Conservatory of Mu.sic, Chicago, which is accredited by the Chicago Board of Education. All of this will be made possible by virtue of a scholarship which the Goodwin Barber Shop and Beauty Parlor is offering in a contest in which at least ten youn~. people are entered to date. Competttton for the coveted award is said to be waxing very keen. I ' - , · ' r · .. New Fall DRESSES We invite you to inspect our displays of new Fall dresses. Unusually complete stocks of the new styles and colorings make them exceedingly interesting. Moderately priced at Water ·Clown Demonstrates Novelties at Beach Day Omar ~filler, beach master at the \Vinnetka bathing beach and a member of the Northwestern university swimming team gave a demonstration of comic novelty swimming at the Wilmette beach carnival held last Fridav afternoon ·at the Wilmette bathing beach. Miller, in an absurd bathing 5uit. kept the spectators roaring with laughter at his antics for a quarter of an hour. He demonstrated various comic strokes and dives, utilizing the springboad on one of the rafts for this purpose. He was loudly applauded by the large crowd ~athered at the beach when he had finished his exhibitions. Miller's ;>.ntics are features of the big Northwestern university swimming meets during the school year. Miss Estelle Steffens, Miss Clarrisa Engels, and Miss Loraine Doetsch will return Sunday after spending ten days at Lakewood, Wis. and up. Worthen-Carrico Co. 1146-48 Wilmette Ave. Wilmette