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August 17, 1928 IUI'I'I:D~ ARE DYNlllllll..a\al , · · To FJGHT MOSQUITOES a··c" :WI~METTE 1 LIFE :Urs. J. L. Hively,. widow of the late Dr.. Hively, who has been ill with· heart trouble for the last few weeks at her home 6806 Crandon avenue, Chicago, i.s ' no~ improving and has been able to see a· few of her friends. They were formerly residents of Wilmette at 424 Lake avenue, the home n?w b~ ing leased by Wa_ l ter C. Doenng. Erwin Meierhoff of 1714 · Wilmette avenue returned a week ago Wednesday from a two week's motor trip to Duluth. He left Sunday for Atlantic City on business to be gone for about two months. II A. Blastmg Operations Have Been Resumed Throughout Skokie Valley Area News, most gratifying throughout the North Shore Mosquito Abatement district, comes from the Chicago Sanitary district that the dynamiting force from .the latter district ha5 again re.sumed. blasting operations up throu gh the Skokie. This work, suspended for .more than a month , during which time mosquitoes fairly swarmed the district, is a part of the program to open up the ·main channel of the e(,lst branch of the Chicago river and the blasting of new laterals, without which drainage the work of the Mosquito Abatement district cannot function with the desired result3. Dynamiters Arrive Seventy-five dynamiters and labor·ers are now .engaged it is reported. They are up in the distri<;:t nort'h of Lake · avenue, Wilmette, working ·north, and in about two week3 more ·expect to reach the big Skokie swamp, ,:vest of vVinnetka. Some of the work of opening the main channel of the river, and. also 'Some laterals, has been done, but it is necessarv to complete the channel 'openings and make addition_ al lateral s iu order to in~ure a quick. free flo"..· of water, following flood rain s. In the meantime, the Korth Shore Mosquito Abatement district report s that it has been seeking out and charting every place it is pos sible to locate where water stands for any length of time; that these .;pots may be quickly oiled, after such rains. Plan Permanent Dr;~jnage The drainage problem, now under way, will, it is explained. permanentiy drain manv such places throughout th e Skokie area, but the Mosq uito Aba tement di trict will care for all those which cannot be clrai.11ed. Superintendent \Villiam ~ F.d\\·ards said the letters which the 1\orth Shore :Uo ~ quito Abatement di strict sent out some time ago had broug-ht many response ·. particularly fron: .re~idences in \V est EYanston, complammg of. the unusually large number of mosqlllt oes there. . · This territory, it i3 pointed out.. 1s adjacent to the northea st part of N~l~s Center, in "·hich many large subdtvtsions are now in course of development. Streets are being graded, . sidewalk~ put in, and in the center of the low lying blo~ks \Yater . ha3 been damm~d up making a ,· ent~hle. mo~ quito paradise and t~laces ~Yhtch tt ,nll be impossible t.9 dram unttl all the underground improveme_ nts contemplated for this section are in. Grading and sanitary sewer in 3tallatio.n witt nermanently eliminate the trouble here. Su9erintendent Edwards explains, and he has been advised that the various sub-diYiders expect to have the ;ewers and '5tubs in by l~te fall, so that bv next season, further complaint from this source is not anticiQllted. M r a tid Mrs. Gerald Hovt (Mrs. Hovt. was former tv Eleanor Snider of Wilmette) have sold their farm \\·est of Deerfield and are moving to Ne~v York wher~ Mr. Hoyt will be in bustness '"ith his brother. ~fitchell Hoyt. -0- Miss Katherine Bickham of 429 Mr. and Mrs. R. R. Marquardt oi Ninth street ha·3 as her guests a group 218 Woodbine avenue have recently ?f Ohio ":' esley.an cla·3smates, M~ss re~ur~Ied from a . trip around Lake fhelma Skts5, Mtss Nan Newby,_Mtss Mtchtgan by motor. They left Thurs~ Marga,ret Cordw~n, and Miss .Georgia day to attend the sports day at SandMcV,e)'. They wtll all leave tlus week- stone camp, Green Lake, Wis. Their end for Lak~ Ge~1eva \\'here they ~il~ I daughter Edith has been there all sumattend the \ · \\. C. A. Older Gtrl s mer an~ tl}~Y plan to bring her back conference. home wtth th em. · . -oI 1\fr. and K. Snider of . :Miss Caroline Sch.warm, · :M iss Vi;gi- "\Voo~land Park," Deerfield, tormcr 111~ Werden, ~nd 11tss Margaret BtcK- resident3 of Wihuette ~t 730 Washing·ham are leavmg today for Sycamore ton avenue, left this week for East Trail, the Girl Scout camp on the Paw Dennis, Ma3s. to be gone u_ntil OctoPa\v river in Michigan. ber l. Mrs~0H. -o- Comfortable Gas Heat Next Winter Now-while our spe.cial summer offer is effective-is the best time to arrange for the wonderful comfort and convenience of gas heating in your home next winter. Completely automatic in operation, gas heating keeps ·your home at an even, healthful temperature-warm and cozy on the coldest days, but never too hot in mild weather. This modern fuel also does away with soot, dust, furnace tending and other worries of old..style heating. Cuts house.. cleaning bills. Makes your basement available as a den or play. .room. Phone or write for further information. PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY OF NOR.1'HERN ILLINOIS JOSEPH W. KEHOE District Manager 1141 Central Ave., Wilmette, Wilmette 2899 Mrs. Marv L. De Long and ~fiss . Ruth M eierhoff. both of \Vilmette avenue. v.·ill lea,·e Sundav for a h;·q ·weeks' motor trip to Ph·month. \:VJ.:;. to visit at the home of Mr. anrl Mro;;. · Charles De Long. -0- The North End circle of the Congregational church will motor ~o _Barrine-ton next Movday for a ptcmc at the home Mrs. A. M. Anderson.