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WILMETTE VO L. XVIII. NO. 16 WILMETTE, ILLINOIS, JANUARY 10, 1930 ' Publlshe·l weeklu bu Llovd Hollister lno., JZJ2-JZ1( OentrCJI ·Ave., wnmette, IIUnoia. Entered as second cZaBs matter March JJ, J9Z4, at the post o/lfce at Wilmette. llHn~fs. under the Act of March 1, IB19. Subscriptfon price si.oo a uear. LIFE PRICE FIVE CENTS Call New Trier Taxpayers to Parley Monday ·· - - - - ..... . ICE CARNIVAL SATURDAY IF WEATHER MAN PERMITS Complete Arrangements for Feature Event Wilmette Annual Winter Sports Program \\' ith Village President Earl E. Orner as honorary referee, and with the .. ame officials and judges who have Sl'f\'Cd in the previous carnivals, the fo urth annual Tee Skating carnival will gt't under way at 1 :30 o'clock tomorrow afternoon on the Village Green pond west of the Howard school. The occasion promi ses to be unique in the annals of the Playground and Recreation board, sponsors of the program, since by all indications nothing can prevent the affair hcing held on the date origina1Jy set for it. Every year, weather conditions have made it impossible to hold the meet on the h d 1d d · · 11 cIate ongma Y sc e u e an postponement after postponement had to he made. One year the meet was postponed three successive S~turday s . Current Tax Muddle to Be Aired in Meeting at Howard School in Wilmette January 13 Harry S. Cutmore, Director of Revalu- Harbaugh, Local Tax Assessor, Warns ations for State Tax Commission of "Startling Increases in Property Chairman, to Be Principal Speaker Valuations," Urges Protest Taxpayers of New Trier township who share with citizens throughout Cook county the vexatious confusion lllcl concern rel,ative to the current ax muddle, will have an opportunity 0 express themselves regarding this much mooted matter :Vlonday evening, January 13, at a Citizens' meeting called bv the Wilmette Chamber of Commcr~c and scheduled to take place at the Howard school auditorium, 17th .ltnette · s t reet atH I S · pencer av e nu e . \v 1 The honr is 8 o'clock, and the prin. 1 spea ke ctpa · r wt'11 be Harr\· _ S · Cut111ore . director of the revaluation for \Yi!liam H. ~!alone , chairman of the state tax commission. . Easy to Get There The Howard school mav b~· reachL' d fro 11 t J,.·tk e a\'"'tlue, \\rt ' lttt;.t . ttrtt"" '- t··. . . . 1>· ~ - t ing ~outh at 17th street ( \\-est si de 'l and traveling one block. There t ~ ample parking space~ Not a taxpayer in ~cw Trier township should fail to attend this me eting, President .f. F.. \Yorthen of th e \Yilm ctte Chamber of Commerce dedar es, since the session is to b de Y oted exclusively to the tax quec;tion an d representatives of the var ious taxing bodies in New Trier will he asked to state what reduction in taxes can be made m New Trier township. It is expected that a ll taxing bodies 111 eluding Yillages. schools, park boarrls and town ::hip will be represented. Firat Concerted Step Despite persistent rumblings of dissatisfaction regarding the threatened huge tax increase 111 Xew Trier, no concer ted action involving th e e ntire '"f comm unitv ha s rt"sulted. he meet(Continued on page 60) r-- DALLAS.FIRM RECEIVES INCINERATOl CONTRACT ' · Prominent Officials President Orner has been named · honorary referee and E lmer \Vitliam s. who has refereed every meet conducted during the Recreation. board's history, will again serve in th(lt capacity. Director of Recreation Daniel M. Davis will he general manager of the mt"et. and tlle other officials will be a~ follows: · D r. C . B . Bl a k ·c. s ta r t cr ; Her wtg ToeJ?pen_ . judge; John Finlayson , judge; Hans von Reinsperg, judge ; Dudley C. Stone, clerk and timer~ Glen \\·. Gathercoal, announcer; Miss Joe Skidmore. scorer and awarder of prizes. The Events The order of events will be as fol}0\II,'S: George R Harbaugh, New tov.-nship tax assessor, appearing befo~·e the Township Board of Auditors at the regular meeting of the board h eld in the \Vinnetka village hall Monday, January 6, and speaking at the instance of the board on the present status of re-ass ess m e nt in the township, warned of a "startling increase 111 prope rty ,·aluations." decried the program followed b,· the Board of Assessors m making . re-as sessments, and declared his belief that property owners should organize to protect their interest s. Eight Months Getting Books Mr. Harbaugh stated to the board that. de spite the fact he had been stri,·ing tn secure the field books since Feh ruan· 14, 1929. he had not been able to get them until October 25. la st. Si n ~c October 25. h e declared. he has been devoting all of his time, "to the detriment of personal affairs and business," 111 making a re-a ssessment for New Trier township. By January 6 of this \·ear. he detailed. he had completed six of the t\\'elve volumes and that it would have been taken until Februan· 1. at least, to complete the remaining six volumes. comprising the Yillages of \Vilm ette. \Vinn etka. and th e countnwe st of Winnetka and Wilmette. · Again Call Them In On ] anuary 6, however. Mr. Har baugh stated. the Board of Assessors insisted that the entire twelve Yolumes he returned to them to permit them to insrrt in pencil the valuations found -(Continued on page 55) Superior Incinerator Company Makes Successful Bid of Tri~r $46,000 on Construction A contract for the erection of Wilmette's new garbage incinerator was a\~v·arded by the Wilmette Village board to the Superior Incinerator company of Dallas, Texas, on its bid of $46,000, last Tuesday night. The contract was executed on the recommendation of the public service committee, to which bids and accompanying plans had been referred when submt'tted to the board at it s meeting of December 17. Trustee Hans von Reinsperg is chairman cf the committee. Make Zoning Change Previous to the awarding of the contract, an ordinance prepared by the vVilmette Zoning commission, creating · " an d d es1gna · t'mg tl1e . 1 Y d' a "U tl'l't ts t net site selected for the plant by the board 111 Novembe r as such a district, th~reby making it legally possible under the Village zoning codes to erect the plant. \\'as approved. The site is a seven and one-half acre tract located adjacent to the Skokie Valley line of the Chicago, North Shore and Milwaukee railroad, and bounded on the east by Laurel avenue, on the north by Greenleaf avenue ext ended and abutting the Kutten Brothers coal yards on the south. It was purchased at a cost of $25,994.50. Break Ground Soon The letting of the contract for the erection of the plant marks the inaugural of the actual construction program and the close of months of study and survev on the part of Mr. von Re 1 'nsperg and his committee. It is expected that ground will be broken within the coming month and that the olant "·ill be pushed to ·completion with_. 111 th e succeeding four or five months. The actual date for starting constru<;tion, however, will depend largely on " ·eather conditions. ' \Vhile the plant will be located in the far western section of the village, transoortation of materials to it will be facilitated bv paved roads and even 111 the worst weather it may be apnroached bv trucks without difficulty. ;fhe engineer<; give absolute assurance that it will ht. both odorless and dustless. 100 yard dash . Girls under 11 years of age 100 yard das h . Boys under 11 years of age 220 yard da sh . Girls under 13 l:ears of age 220 yard dash . Boys under 13 years of age 440 yarrl dash . . . . ... Girl ~ 13 years of age HO yard dash ..... . Boys 13 ~f'ars of a~e ·11 0 yard dash . . . ....... . . . ... . ..... . . . . . . . . . Girls H Years of age nnd over HO yard dash .. . .... Boyg 14 years of age 440 yard dash .. . ... Boys 15 years of age HO !'ard da~h . Boys under 18 years of age 1 Mile Open ... . lj! years of ~e and over Faney Skating . .. .. .... . . .. . . .. . ... Open 2 :\lile Open . . .18 Years of age ancl o\·er Seventh District Legion Meeting Set for Jan. 15 A meeting o[ the American Legion of the SeYenth district has b ee n called for Wednesda ,., January 15, and ,,·ill be held in the club rooms ·of the Rogers Park post of the Legion, located at Devon and Clark streets, Chicago, it was announced this week by S. VanTnwagen, Seventh district adjutant. · · ··- I Low Numbers on Vehicle Tags If You Apply Early Wilmette residents who have ask ed that their low village vehicle license numbers be held for them are advised to call at the Village halt before February 1, as the low-numbered licenst;!s will not be held beyond that date. Most of the village vehicle license numbers from 1 to 50 are still available. Each year ~any villagers ask that they be g-iven the same low li<;ense numbers that they have had the year previous. More January Bargains The crop of January bargains continues to Increase. This Issue contains many opportunities to make WISe. purchases at g en u 1 n e savtngs. Reading the advertisements carefully ts time well spent. In This Issue FLOYD L. BATEMAN ILL : Floyd L. Bateman, of 735 Michigan a~enue, Wilmette, has been in the Evanston hospital since December 31. His condition was reported satisfactory on Wednesday of this week by Dr. William R. Parkes, the attending physician. ·· ! Pages Automobiles .............. 47 Amusement Directory ..... 54 Book Comment ....... . ... 38 Kenilworth Postoffice Receipts Show Increase Boy .Scout Affairs ........ 36 Gross receipts at the Kenilworth ·Church News ............. 16 postoffice for the year 1929 amounted Classified Ads .. ·........ 58-59 to $15.071.13. Postmaster Douglas Club Activities ........... 42 Crooks announced this week. This was Editorial&-Shore Lines ... 32 an increase of $1,631.88 over the rf!Education in India ........ 18 ceipts of the previous year, 1928, whicH to $13,439.25. A net surplus Girl S~out Affairs ......... 22 aJnounted of $1,536.26 was remitted to the post" Junior Life ............... 49 office department from the Kenilwor~ . Music Page .............. 34 0ffice at the close of 1929, ~ostmast " . Recreation Events ........ 44 Crooks reports. The cost of free d~ service in Kenilworth last ye Skokie As a Park ......... 18 liverv was ·$5,590.51. according to Mr. Cro~k . Society News ............. 40 figures. while the cost of clerk htr~ Travel Comer ............ 26 includ;ng the postma~ter'~ salary'. ....al ~6.694.73.