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Wilmette Life (Wilmette, Illinois), 1 Apr 1927, p. 6

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· WILMETTE LIFE April 1, 1927 rub his eyes in astonishment at the change that is taking place on this meadowland of two years ago. Winding roads invite one to turn to the right and charming ho~ses with an ' individual touch of an Enghsh countryside are springing up. To supplement the scattering of great old native oaks, a record-break ing feat of the nursery man's craft ha ~ been carried out during the last few "·eeks in the setting out of 600 Ameri can elms. Not mere puny saplings, bu t · straight. stalwart trees with trunks R to 9 inches through and standing 40 to ()0 feet in hci!-{ht. The trees are nativt :-, having been grown at the ClaYe~ Nurseries at Deerfield. Trees Well Grown An experienced crew of six men. with truck and tackle, is necessary to handle each tree which, with its huge ball of earth weighs nearly 1,000 pounds. The trees are braced with guy wires to hold each one in plarC' until the ground around the roots ha .packed in solidly and will hold th e tree against wind and storm. And a~ though to celebrate the ' month of April. during which tim t: National Arbor Day comes, a record brea king planting of shrubs and busl11:-.. will start shortly at the Estates. Somt: 20,000 shrubs and hushes have be<'n ordered, including Norway and Colorado spruce. cedars, spirea. barberry, hy~ dranga. and twenty-five other type ~ . manv of them extremely rare and srtected to give the greatest possible variety to the sylvan scenery. First Page Dr. and Mrs. Charles N. Reese and their daughter, Miss Marion. moved this week to the residence at 828 Ashland avenue. They - had sold their home at 727 Forest avenue. -oW. H . Smythe, 43 Kenilworth avenue, returned to Kenilworth Monda~· from a ten days' trip to Biloxi. PLANT FINE ELMS IN INDIAN HILL ESTATES A cheap tube can coSt you · · 10 ttmes 1ts ·· prtce .··.· · 'Area That Was Formerly a Treeless Meadow to Be Covered With Stalwart ·Elms wce~s. in the future. ~tlls R~alty, 1nc., snhdtnders of the Jndtan Htll E~tates, Thoug-h Arbor Day . is still a .few l~c~t~d north from Lake avenue m the vtcnuty of Avoca r.oad, has p~oceeded wit!1 a comprehensn·e forestation plan ~vlllc.h contemplates a plenteous pl?nttng 111 that are~. of fi_ne Amencan " ltP~. together '"tth mynad s of shrubs and bushes. The story behind this latest improvement in this highly de sirable section of th · ne'" \\'est area of th e Yillage, as to~ d 1)\· an !·hscrver who this week \\'i'ncs~ed the beginning oi the exten..;i,·t· planting enterprise, folbw s .: When two well known Wilmette citizens, Benjamin Bills. real estate operator, and H . W. Drucker, attorney, de sired more of the open country than ~ ould he had at their present location s in .Wilmette near the lake, they resolved to follow Horace Greeley's famo~t s sayi11g "Go west, young man." But still they resolved to stay in the old home town. They found what they regarded an ideal spot north of Lake avenue and adjacent to the beautiful private estates runningnorthward from Avoca road . Make Marvelous Change In order to preserve the surrounding territory to the west and south as a highly desirable hot;ne community, more acreage was soon purchased and the entire tract of some 127 acres has heen developed hy Bills Realty, Inc .· under the name of The Indian Hills Estates. Todav the passing motorist may well · · T HIRTY-NINE YEARS of tube . . building experience has .proved to Dunlop ·that "cheap tubes" do not pay. That is why Dunlop tubes are made casing shaped. It costs a little more than to build them on a straight pole, as cheap tubes are built. But a casing-shaped Dunlop tube is strong everywhere. The outside edge is not weakened by excess stretch. The side next to the rim has ~o wrinkles to crack with age and blow out. A Dunlop tube protects your casing, because it fits. And your casing is worth ten times the cost of the· tube. We strongly recommeud ct Dunlop + I tube /or every ~sing MARGERUMS TIRE SHOP Vulcanizing and Accessorits 621 Main Street ' Wilmette Phone Wilmette 3243 N·EW EASY every 2~ Gently, like human hands, the EASY Vacuum Cups move up and down 6o times a minqte, flushing air, soap and water through the clothes and back again. Meanwhile the new EASY dryer spins the clothes dry, ready for the line in three minutes. seconds a Call us for free trial in your home. Easy Payments. someone buys Adams Eleetrie Shop - .POUNDBU.:..-Of .. THE... ,PN'BUMArtC~ TI'RB-.- tNDU.&TRY.;.,:::-~.·~ ·~ 52 r 4th Street Tel. Wilmette 1040

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