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missioners, will îurn over the fnrst spadeful of dirt in the Skokie marsh improvement project it is announced. This initial ceremony will flot oc- cur for a week or ten days. Mean- while: al activity is being concen- trated upon the -establishment 1 Ma .Willow road and, Skokie boulevard of -a permanent camp Which is to be the 'home- until autumnn of the 1,150 men engaged, in this ambitious project. Arâiy an I. Charge The five, companies. billeted there a-e--und1er command of ýMajor E. C. Seaman of the 61st Coast Artillery. ,While Major Seaman ,is coffipleting his camp, a large corps of engineers are oroceeding with the engineering work' for- the lagoons, drainage and re forestation plans. A Forest Preser ve office is being erected -,on the. camp site. A, large building to. be, used as., tool head- quar ters is in course of construction. A bathhouse for. the army of work- ers is underway; water minhs are be~- ing extended through the camp, and wires strung. for camp illumination. 1"sa Camp Site "In two weeks' time we wil bave a fine lay-out here," Major Seaman declared as he cutlined the plans for the camp. "It's an ideal site for this purpose," he added,_ "and the boys are happy in the undertaking before them.", The turning over of the first s padeful of earth will be the initial step in bringing to realization a dream long cherished ly Forest Pre- serve officials, that of erecting a series of lagoons throughout the niarsh- lands of the Forest Preserve dis- trict holdings in Skokie valley. Members of President Roosevelt's civilian conservation corps will. fol- Iowinig this lfirst turnover of. land by Pýresident, Whealan, complete the project, working throughout the summer on1ri the construction of the. lagoons .anfd 1general* improv ement anwid t hrough the fal with the plant- ing of trees. Plan, L*ndiemm Wrk to taice care of floodi waters ili not, interfere witli the area as a bird sanctuary. .The civilian conservation corps will work with; shovels, picks and .wheelbarrows aIl supplied by the g overnment. Engineers supplied and paid by the Emergency Relief com- mission in cooperation with >the1 Western Association of Engiîieers. are directing. the work.> Visitors to 'Fair, Destire'Rooms Here Sec retary Clifton of the Wilmette. Chamber of Commerce reports. that about, thirty-five rooms bave been listedl with that organization,.for reit, to A Century of Progress Exposi-, tion visitors.> More listings are sought,"he says,, and 'indications .are. that during july and August there will be a strong demeind. Severai letters have been received frorn out- of-town people who are planningto corne to the Fair, asking for infor- mation m~ to the availalility of rooms. Mr. Clifton states that ar- rangements have been made witb. the Advisory Travel bureau,; Chicago, listing roois' on both the north and south shores, whereby the two or- ganizations will collaborate ini giv- ing the very best of service to both the room owner and tenant. If you have spare roonis that you desire toi The Wilmettepolice department is being comxnended for the effective manner in wbich the ban on ire- works was enforced during the days preceding the Fourtli. The curtail- ment of* this nuisance was very. nloticeable. In- somne cases officers confiscated the supplies of offenders, with instructions that parents could: get them by calling at the depart- ment. uriven flVAA£8mLUvv iimetie o oSA ~>5to IwJ1. The petition, which will be present- ed at an early meeting of the Village board, reads as follows: Tothe Pre9ldent and Board 0of Trus- tees of the Village,0f Wilmette: "We, the undersigned residents of, the Village of Wilmette, hereby.respectfully petition you to enact a. liberal ordinance for the. lcefising, ?nd regulation of salez under the Malt and Vinous Beverages Act of the State of Illinois, which will authorize local merchants who comply with the neceseary requirements of. the law to dit4pense the beverages 111 'que.- ti6n for'consunîptIon on the premises- where sold. "We believe tbaIt by go doing the best interçats of the Village of Wilmette and our individual interests willl. be best served, and we beg to subiiiit the, following reasons ln substantiation of the cause: '*l--We believe that the mantifest in- tention of the legislature ln the enact- ment of the law is to allow thie bey-, erages in question to be served and cônsumd ln flaces of buie. WRere food ls also servedý "2-A restricted ordinance wl» affect our local food dispensaries ln that their customers will go outside of the Vil- lage of. Wihnette to obtain food and thie beverages ln question. -9"-We believe that a, restricted ordi- flance will create a nuisance ln tthe lo- cation north of thie village boundary line. commonly known as 'No Man's Land!~ -4-We believe that, as a, resuit of ça restrIcted ordinance, thc Village of WiI- mette wiii become infected with thie so-calied 'speakeasies' from which the Village. will receive no revenue ' or beneflt. "5-To enact a. restricted ordinance will reprive thie Village of Wilniette of a large amount of revenue. "6-ýWe believe thiat toc miuch restric- tion is the cause of much lawlessness and a re.stricted ordinance under the eaid Beverages Act will result ln exm- posing more human frailties." HERE FROM SAN DIEGO Lieutenant Gallery, flying a Navy ship from the Naval air station at San Diego, Calif, to the naval air- craft factory at Philadeiphia, P'a.., stopped at Curtiss airport last week enrnnte.to the eastern destination. flarbor wil *ecome one ot the imost important of the centers malntained by the government to protect the' lie mfnariners, it i. .>nunced. In' order 1.o-make an inspection, which signalized the statt of- work on' radio, installation, Lieutenant Comn- mander E. M. Webster .of Washing- ton, D. C, visited the United- States Coast Gü(ard. station at Wilmette harbor Monday of this, weck. Lieu.; tenant Commander. Webster is in charge of, comnibuication apparatus for aIl. the' coast guard stations in the United. States. O. EFriss, radio tech- nician> who has just been attached to the Chicago division, will be in charge of the.installation.. Cover Great Laies The new radio will make itpossible for Wilmette - coast guards to ,send messages to, and receive them froni. aIl parts of the Great lakes. Each cutter' is also equipped with a receiv- ig set. The taîl poles wbich will support the antennae for the radio set at the station arrived early this weck. A room in the station is being set aside and furnished for the operator's quarters. In it are to be mounted transinitters and radio receivers cov- ering both the 410-kilocycle distress of the Great Lakes area and the coast guard high frequency channel of 2,698 kilocycles. Mamtis Distw.ss Guard constant dwstrrss guard wili ut umain- tained night and day. Equipment al- ready is in placé on coast guard cutters throughout the district, and the Chicago commander will thus be able to direct operations of his ves- sels in time of emergency, as well as during routine patrol work. In addi- tion, the coast guard will be enabled to issue emergency or routine naviga- tion information to lake shipipng. Fant. of Radio System ______________ an you help us with that cloth- PLAN BEACH PARTY, îng discarded by the particular The junior Catholic Daughters of man of the bouse ?-Mrs. A. L. America, Wilmette court à4à, are Griunell, chairnian. planning a beach party to be held on te 'EooySo la on Thursday, July 13. Miss Peltman 15is cte: b tRe Wilmette om a;n' l in- charge of. information.________________ ork A rd-taker odbifle avenue, was enteren uby -glars, entrance e in g galncd oughr a basement'window. No ck, ý.ç-n be maclde as to-.propcrty eni until 'the- famnily retw'sçs.