Illinois News Index

Wilmette Life (Wilmette, Illinois), 20 Aug 1936, p. 26

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I edcnpany -at 1502 SI rman avenueý, Evanston., .where he, ni :e his. head(luarters. st. in n proper moi ire con< plieil to w ions ar odge gave me sucb4 rvice tba%when 1 w»s ya xew Car, X ctbom FAILL LWNS Declares Villages If: your lawni is not ail that youj INeed ýMore Adquate désire it. to be, con sider :w*Nhether Street Directions or not you have given it. the care which will enable :ià to develop its full beauty. Or perhaps you bave! Ry A.'H. Witzleben, Jr.,ý been givingý it the. wrong kind of "thoughtful" care. There is né time Itisý os .encouraging to .find »te like ýthe present to get:on.the right txrates for 1935 along the north trak and start improving the. lawn. soeat ýa Iower rate than i*1934. fthlawn is merelytin -as a re- This is particularly1 significant wben suit of lack of food or because the, ýwe find the rates for Chicago towngrass was not adapted to groÔwth ~ships 'materialiv high-r. under, the. conditions existing, it cari 19'34 1935 be improved. by feceding. and, reseed87 ing with proper seed. But if the South...........$7.12 Hyde Park ...... :..7.12 8.17 lawn is filled with weeds which can- Rogers Park ........... 6.72 8.36 net.b~eee.utwvicly elimiate4 ex-" upoîi the growth condlitions existing. High quality seeds are essential to successful resuits in the fait seeded lawn. It is zpossible to seed lawns successfully ii. this, area. as late as October first. But earlier seeding-ý is Advisable and the better lawns wil be those ,seeded -as soon after the first o0f Septemnber as is, possible. even greater desire f or a north shore location. One, of the Most confus.ing points, is the street names ýand their arrangement. One drives fromn Evanston north on W. Railroad avenue and -follows. along on the samle stetPàralleling. the C. & N. W. trackîs. and findq it to be Main s treet in Wilmette, Green Bay road 'in Keiîlworth-,-Cetter street in Win-, netka, and Glencoe road in Glencoe. 1 One drives ~Ridge tiôrtfr on -road i Wilmette. alid. without warning, finds oneself on Church road ini Winnetka while Ridge road in Winnetlca is two blocks west. Could vou direct a, fri-nd to Tudor place ini Kenilworth or H-atintondale avenue i Winnetka? Visitors have a rnost difficuit time findiîig friends because Oftlhe' absence of street tiâmes, and, more discouraging, the absence of bous-e cept by turning the soit over, or if an improvement of the soul is defin-. itely desirable, it wiIl be best t.o rebuild now. Or if you are satisfied with your lawn you 'certainly should flot neglect to provicle it now wvith ts fall supply of food. The fait feeding of the lawn is so verv important that it cannot bc over Wilmnette..... 66' WThile.the differeîîce between 1934 anid 1935. as faras the north shore villages are concerned, is flot materiaIly lower.-on Ah average about 4 per cent-Chicago taxes, percentage wise, are 15 per cent to 18, per- cent higher. Kc-nilworth ......... Glencoe.........6.90 ........ $6.44 3~3 1934 1935 $6.29 5.28 * olub]e plant imon snould ne madeieni an aincitnt that wilI provide >an abundant supply of food to both the old grass and the new. Then a thin layer of soul, usually about onefourth of an inch ini thickness, should be spread on the surface to level al depressions and two provide suffilcient cover for seed. Finally, sow the desired seed uniformly at the rate of two or three pounds per 1,000 square The desirabil-ty of north shore serve a clef5nite dema-nd-aýn-d be-o-f property is without question. There great assistance to ail. ýAnd why' are many features, however, which sbouldn't the villazes reouire that should he taken care: of 'to foster each village bouse be numbered? Ili L OLD ENGLISH RESIDENCE i on depends upon siWf 1 t;

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