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Wilmette Life (Wilmette, Illinois), 6 Aug 1931, p. 45

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Motorists Seekç Go Slow in Ontaric Grass, Lake for Warning Given 1 ~Ontario, wlicb receives n .L.otus in Bloomn $350,00,00o spetît aiiiiiîally 1) Naîrlfoeigltsbcds at Cali iotor tourists ini Cana( rass lk.11. it-three: miles tiorthwc%ýst. of Chicazo, oie of the thréeePIn fjsadeobtt pIlces in the world where thev kro' . 01, visitors for violatino are now ini full blooin and are ex- vàhicle Jaw inâting, s ,i>e c pected to reinait> so tlirougliout the Per Ilour in theoel olt frsCt tývo Weeks of August. accorriin< tuil1es -per e ouric ow . i i ti) the touring lbureau of thé IChiragoi -o..sanc MoChicclub. accordnt to a ivarning rec Motr cub.the Chicago. Motor club) fronu The lotus in blooin, the nIotor.'clu!i troii Automobile clu. touring bureau jiointtd out., is a siglît -"We are receivinlg manv c( that well. repays -car mowners %whc ,froîîî vacatio,îists," ýdeclarei inak-e the trip;there. 'lie lotus, fanied NIatliesoni,- manager of. the through the ages in. legend and SonWI bureau of- the «Détroit 'l'!>1 is really a giant watet lilv. The béai- ter to the' Chicago club. -' tifitl creamn-colored floweérs give of't le v. (Ontario authorities) iiii a, dcl),. exotic perfumie that pervacles (-Ilon A ricans far exceed th, the entire area, and lift tlicmlselves ';impose 111)0 their owhî p'co 1j just ai)ove a sea of. large grec,!'ilothing to have a,$75 fitte inir leaves. Jaliati ain(l dEgypt l)0s sesstle oil1- other tnatural beds in the world, ac- cording to horticulturists ' In rare ini- stanices, the lotus lias hecni success- fîîlly- transpl1anted, but the Grass lake beds 'are said by authorities, toe natuiral. Tfiev ])ar inarked reseni-t blance to the Egyptian lotus, but 110W they origiriated in., Illinois is a deep nysterv. Fvery year after a sunîmi-er sunha. wmarnîed the slhalloWv waters of Gra-s' lake, ,the lotus groxs afresh froni the Mntclddy bott6ms -to rear its leaves an(, buds above thie vater and burst.ito gorg-eous Ibloom. In former years it llossone from about A ugust 15 to the niddle of Septenîber. 'rhe tin- tistally hot sunrier this year re- sulted, in. it being ahead of schledlc.bea e uS. Armùy Purchases silent po Thirty-Three Trucks, *TeUnited 'States armlv lias takeit' Ask someè of your frieind rleliverv of thirty-three four wliee4woldevr cnie riv drive niotor trucks worth apprnxi- idrana k. un a te w $,10 ,0 malitfacture*l iii Iiflianap7)olis l)y.the Marnion'-Herriniç- tonl cotnl)any,hinc:, a subsidliaryý of tlic 'Marnlion Motor Car coi"pailv,- accorl- in.g to Willianm T. Wersted, of tli XVrstecl Motor coinpanv, 562 Un colin avenue, Winnetka; IV!ariî'm: agents. Col. Edgar S. Stayer of the Arnîy (Iuarterniaster corps andI coniiniidriii'i- Plane refueling units, The trucks wil' be shipped from Inîdianapolis to Mil- wauk-ee where bodies wjil he installed and .will go into service ini approxi- nately niuîety days. CoImpletion'of the.contract for tlie thirtYthtee units for the U. S. armY use marks the irst major operation of the Marmon-Herrington comnpanv% w hCh was organized earlier this year. drivir1g 50 and 60 miles per hour iu the open counitry. "Caniada-2boulici moimrists should.be warned to observe the'speed laws. If nighit uot be a bad idea to consider u.sng the bighwavs on t he An erican .'de wheniever possible. I.et the prov- ilice, of Ontario bse a little of its vast, tourist revenue, and, possibly uy and 20 d villa ges, High a nginee d ath De- Work of 57th Assembly* Fron i te standpoint of construc- (>mlplaints tive ig ay legislatioij, the- 57th d F.* S. General assemibly of'the. Illinois state etouirinig legislature wbicbi adjOurined june -30:' in a let- wvas one of ,thec1 1îîost successful !n 'lie fines history. This is the opinion of Frank, i )Ose: up - T.. Sheets, chief Iligliway engineer.. ose thev In ain analysis of the higbiway, legis.- wle.. It is latiosi enacted the chief eiigitieer posed fo.r.,nîentioiied as of particular value, th- I admninistration bill that authorizes the state to construct, reconstruct,, widen and maintain routes through ail cities and to locate and pave belt fines around themn. Other bills, and their ,effects -upon the -future road pr ogram «of Illinois were touched uponi in the legfislative review. In conclusion Sheets' statementsad "With this .1egiàlaàtion, Illinois shouldi maintain its position, in front rank: of, the, States of the nation in mile- age of hard surfaced roads, It now has more than any other state in the nation. This year it will spénd, ap- pro.ximately $45,000,000 for new bard roads,- giving the state the biggest rai construction year inits history.. Flowineter tests' show that spark .plugs',used longer tih an 10,000 miles cause a waste of frôm.1Y2 tc, 2 pintç L-asoliiie every hour of car oea- foi» Econom»>ical rransporbo:;on Drers of sixes Isever wntlesa it, takes,,six cylinilers to. give the smootk, gwer that m-,ike., driving reallvenyae Is ýwho own sixes ifthey 'ing. a car with. feweir C"Il- idea of -why .sxsare so. po ua 'vv dyuBgo Drivers of sixes are spouled for anything les,.* Drivers of sixes are "sàold" on multmiDividr% Ouur Ckevrolet trained mer"honics and P ail work done assure You of1 the best s, faster. clip, slip the levýer into '44h," sweep along ýat top speedm-then thirottle down to birely a Crawl. The smoothness cnd flexbility -yu alwaYs get are ix-cyliriter smoothness, six-cylinder f'xibility. Gone are annoying tremors and vibration. Every driving moment is enjoyab le! So> s.er pice Io you. guarantee on NoRTH 'ýSIORE CIJEROETSýALES 611 Main S. Wilmnette Phone Wilmette 4414 i .

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