Illinois News Index

Wilmette Life (Wilmette, Illinois), 27 Jul 1933, p. 20

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Raowlutofs of0f condolenoS. carda of thake, ob>tu- &ries.,7noties of entertaim»net or other ýafaira' where an admittance charge le publlsh6d, wid b. cbarged t ,regnlar, adVertiBingrates. GrdeSeparutionWill ýSave Lif e Letes Hasten the Day! Teeffort s 110w .being 1made by gauthori-. tics to enforce the,,noxious %veed lawv throughout Cook and adjacent- counties should receive the car-, Cut Those nest cooperation of al Weeds Note citizens. While t h e .drive is being directied ilore j)articularly onl counftry districts, owners of towni propertîes are' nôt itii- out responsibîlity for the conditions that. have * made it necessarv, anid should do. their part toward era(licatinig the evii. A-survey made by state and Iôlol offi- cials blas disclosed that the gro-wth of Canadian thisties, the most dangerous outlawý of: vegetation, is especiallv rank this year and demands prompt and initelli- gent attenition. Ini badly. infested areas this planit sp)reads> by% the root systemn as well as by the finle ,eeds which are carried for miles by every vagrant breeze, mal, ing the seeding of ground that nmy be free this seasoni a certaintv lnext vear. Officiais urge that, thisties' be' cut and burncd before seedinigas a measure to- %vard ,coi-nplete cradication.ý Throughout our north shore t.owns the.re are main-, catPro)erties er %veeds grow unfhindered .and 'remiain un- cut tintil matured. a sure w.ay to >infect neighiboriing Iawn s and -rounds. Owners * of such properties should sec that tliese in the instance referred to is a matter for the grand. jury to deterniine. But, aside from this particular murder, no one at al familiar witb conditions throughout the county wiIl deny that Iaw enforcernent is at a mighty low ébb, and that aesns is rampant. In face -of this,ý it is difficult. to forget Sherifi Meyering's unrestraincdl country a real service. It would be a inatter for regret that if to 'render it an- other he, had only to resign. Aý disturbing sidelight upon -the strange Vtorking of the- minds of automnobile driv-- ers is given 'by- the report, of the Wilmette p)olice departmnit, for the, Stop sgn month of 'June. 0 f a, total. Violations of 144 police court cases, 137evre for'.traffic and "rules of the road" violations.. Sonie of thé-se resultcd in serious injuries to per- so ns involved and considerable milonetary. loss in the repairing of damage to c ars. This record, in varying degrec, i-s prob- al)ly duplicated in other north shore vil- lages.' What does it indicate? Contempt' for law,.resentmnent against,,regulations Or a, daredevil spirit that prompts, inf rac- tions for the doubtful satisfaction of "puttixtg something over' on the police? Ignoring stop, signs is the most preval- ent of these mnisdemcanors, and the nîiost Aangerous. Stop signs are erccted for the protection of both automobilist and .pedestrian. The latter expects that the régulation ,vill be observed, and there- fore puts bis dependence in the stop sign. Xery oftcn be lcarns of his mistake just in tiine to jump from in' front of a car whose driver is a law unto bjmnself. Sccn-' ingly a traffic officer vith a gatling gun and a bail bat is the only protection ini which a pedestrian cati place dependence. Dog days are* here again-dasii wbich.the great American pet is supposed to -be ,e<specially susceptible 'to the dread disease commonly, known as. rabies. ,Wbich rcminds us that mani a caniine 1îi fe hias been sacrificed because the dog was thought to be afflicted with rabies when, in fact, he was only suffcring from lack o-f pure water. Most, dogs are valued even if not valuable. They should be properly fedr nind wo1r- ments are certainiy meriteci. We arceflot naturally nervous, but ev- ery time we .sec that blimp cruising over the.town wc, think of. the, one that went' througb -the roof -of tfhe Illinois bank building a few years ago. uread the admiration. of 'a nation. -Arcturus,Jr A-nd it might t'e added that Wiley Post did 'lot do so badly cither; nor did Capt. anid Mrs. Jiniy Mollison. Wetd better not use any -more' negative expressio s-Or (flot **nor" this time) weil he h- av- ing a phoograph here hefore we know it. Indeed, "the -World is so full of a nunmber uof tis"(includiflg the World's Fair) that w e dot knôw where.to start next. But we won't make -light (f the, Fair-it has plenty of illumination already. And if you want t<> revive*.glowing mefliories of the Satturday, nights wheni you. could afford. soa.p, why don*t mi-ss seeuig Beeh&'s hathysphere at the Fair. Tizat Satturday night (To Ihe ,nkem'ry dear). is recalled by sight, 0fa bat hysphere. M\IQL-E, the iiew\-iman ivho miade ffews by makiîig a falling catch, bas given up basebali long enough to tour the World's fair. Says he- noted, among other things, the Streets of Paris'and also a modet chicken f arnm. Do You Mean Trousers-Or Trouisseaus? Accordilng to the fashion dictators, men's trous- ers for fali are to be higher, wider and handsomer. Tfo permit the men to step that way when takiiig in the sights at A- Century of Progress, says a. -suspicious lady friend. -Maque. Hiav. Beuign Influence on cube' Nine MiQuF, and his gloom% (flot shady) companion, the Night Editor. have bestowed their presences on _Wrigley field the past three Saturdays. Be ye.hereby reminded that the Cubs conquered Nè'w York, Boston and Philadeiphia, in tur, on those three Saturdays. X'ep, the Cubs will soon startcelebràtin'g their'bath- day if this continues. Froni unreliable sources, it has been learned 'that, the 'president of the Cubs was seriously thinking of writing a letter to MiQuE and the Night Editor, im-, ploring themn to accompany the Cubs on their present ICE CREAM1 Who Is the police officer In knowVn for his "knack" of 81 and free rides? A certailn yoi time he made a touch she w~ Cone 1" who is n cones ie 'next -rin the A 'certain. Lake Michigan steamship line advetn tises )a "Cru ise to No*here 1" Yep, tbat's life. -Pl W. N.

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