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ýUOR SALES BALLOT HERE Wilniette to. Join Other. New Trier Villages in Effort to- Ban Liquor Stores The, recentIvy enacted state li<uor law, which has the effect. of'coi- pletely changing. the liquor' situation, is arousing. intense interest throughi- out the village.'Vryn interpreta- tions of. the provisions of the: law leave miany minds confused as tO just what it is'all about and what action is proper in thé circumstances. Some of these interpretations are certainly open to debate. State officiais asse.rr that the law'makes ail territory in.the state .'wet," unless upon a referendum the electors Of a politicai unit vote to thie contrary. -In case such a ref- erendEum is not held prior to May 10, it is said to be obligatory upon municipalities te issue licenses for "taverns" or liquor stores. Circuate Petitions In: order te be on the saie side, petitions are being circulated in Wl mrette to have the question of the sale of aicohôlic liquors, at retail within the village limits submitted to the voters at the Village election of -April 17 next. To acco.mplish this it is iiecessary to secuire the. signatures. of 2.5 percent of tht numiber of voters at the general elect ion of November, 1932. Those active in 'circulating the petition. point out that every 'citizen, whetlîer hie is in f avor of' liquor licens- es or opposed.[to themn, shouid sign ther petition -and thus hieip to get it before the voters for a decision. The Point is stressed that the law con- tains so mnany ambiguities that those favoring.licenses mighit be disappoint- ed if tiîey (1*epend upon that construc- tion whii presmes that ail territory in the state is, now open to invasion by liquor retailers. on ' 33 Personal Pro perty Taxes BY H. S., MarshAl (Townhip As.sessor) Abourt-12,000 per'sonal property tax schedules. for New Trier township. for the year 1933 were mailed to resi- dents of the> township this week. These scheduies should. bce filled out, sworn to, an d returned te the Town- ship Assessor within ten days th.ere- after. If this is not donc, the -law, requir es an estimate of fair cash, ivalue to be made from the best in- formation available 'to which must be added a 50 per cent penalty. 1Clearly, it is te. the advantage of al concerned that, taxpayers inform themselves as to the instructions and guides provided ýas an aid te judgm ent in reporting full cash values of per- sonal property under -the custom and usage now prevailing and file these schedules. Aknbng the reasônsi for this are: (1) FIllng of the schedules upon a reasonable basts by the.taxpayer pro- motes equallty among taxpayers as nothing else can. (2) he lw omts the 50 percent penalty where a sworn schedule JsfIled. .(3) The personà.1 property ta.x 15 not "Just anotlher tax," if each pays his share as the real estate tax le reduced just in proportion that the tax on per- .qonalty is paid. (4) The abolishment of the sta.te property tax prbmises that about 80 percent of ail property taxes collected ýin New Trier will be spent wlthin the towtrshlp. *(5) T~he persoflal property tax la »re- scribed by the fundaniental law of Ii- mois. Whatever' we xnay think about it that ls. the fact. If we are to ap- proach an equalitY upon a noncon- fls'atory basis and so rid ourselves%-'f a perennil waste of time, nioney. penal- ties and irritation coynected with this. subject and ralse It. to. the level f the rest 'of Our local governfent, ,it looks~ as though that must be done by individ- ual. taxcpayers to a le.rge extent. lThe Township Assessor's office will be open in the Village hall at Win- netka to> receive personal property schedules during the ten day--period above rnentîoned and beginning Sat- turday. Februarv 24. Ready to Begin Ope ratiori ExplainsHo to File Personal Property Tax On Page 14 of this issue of WiLMtTTE Lire. wili be found in- formation that vitally concerns every person who will be reqIlired to paya personai property tax for the year 1933. This. information, directed to Frederick O. Masàn, president of the New Trier Citizens league by, Adelor J. Petit, Jr.,, an attorney of Winnetka, sets forth clearly and conciseiy an acceptable and comparatively, simple .procedure to follow in computing a personal prprytax without subjec 1ting the taxpayer to the payment of a tax unreasonable in amount., Mr. Petit ur~ges the New Trier Citizens league to recommend to the taxpayers of the township the tise of the standards set forth in his communication in preparing personal property schedules. The advantages to be gained, he de- (lares, are several and élearly ap- parent. While the suggestions off ered in Mr, Petit's letter do not have the officiai sanction of the couinty or local assessor, thé.y have been recommiended for use by the Chi- cago new~spapers and given au-, thenticity by publication, in July, 1932, bv the Joint Commission on Real. Estate Valuation in a pam- phlet entitled: "Appraisal Stan- dards for the Assess'Ment of Per- sonal Property:. ,Moreover. the standards set forth thercir, Mr. Petit points out, fôlôw the cus- toms and usages in effect. in. the, office of the couty assessor, as weli as ini the heariiigs.conduefed upon compiaints before the Boatd of Tax Appeals and in the trial of suits brought by the state's attor- ney to recover taxes assessedl 1,100 Shareholders to. Date;. Elect March, 8 Subscrib.d Direttors The First Federai Savings. and Loan association of Wilmette is get-' ting- away to an excellent ýstajrt,, and the interest- of ,a large: number 'of prominent citizens who have always been act.ive -in civic. affairs is matIched only by their enthusiasmi in presenting to others the benefits. that wili accrue to the village through this new plan of financing home buying and build- ing. Being under federal. direction, cer- tain requirements had to be met be- fore application for a charter. could be made. These were ail complied with, and the charter has now be received. 'Over 1,100 shares have been subscribed, which nicans that mort than $110,000 of local capital is going into the association to help Minmette .home owners. As fast as the cash is paid in the government will invest a like amount, thus putting the asso- ciation more quickly in a position te make lans. Shamhloldes to Meet There will be a shareholders' meet ing. on Thursday, .March 8, for th, purpose of electing direttors. While this association is a.ffiiated wîth the Federal Hlome Loan Bank board, and wili operate under its supervision, it is to be directed and managed by a local board of directors, eiected by- the sharehoiders, and is therefore a strictly local organization. A cern- xittee consising of Attorney Charle HI. Jackson, 101 7 Elmwood avenue, and Attorney Henry J. Brandt, 1530 Washington, avenue, is now preparing a set of,-by-Iaws for submission at the shareholders' meeting. Every shareholder is entitled te vote in this meeting,. even those subscribing as late as March 3, and. any member lage1 torne liquor stores must vote Y es," it is stressed. A "No" vote means a vote for liquor stores or saloons throughi- ont tbe village, it is added. *At the meeting in W etaFri- day night the subiectof' a tbwnshliP- (Contin.ued On. Page 6) I¶ecreatlon a.... ...... Society Pages 3235-36-37-38I iivered ceai in private cars to ore- $i vent distress. financlal prince (Contitlued on e16) Loan uon e for ý 1