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CHICAGO SUBEURDAN QUALMTY ROUP Ccq. ozo oli- u@6-oiS Wu.u.oouav yTowa 1 .lu>i»u. CawWWUL 333 SUMCRIPTION: 8: m YFAR tSNaLa CopIus CE Au c.Mmunicati omm boa contrihmtioms intemded for pMN- eadom muat bear th manmd adr,.. of the author, mot meoemsrly for« publication, but for Our Ilies. Suda miaterial mmotst e" he-s eitor by Tue.day noon to be in time~ for the carrent hr. DANGER! Thethtaw of lst week brougbt a renewal of the great annual worry of. the local police-the, danger te, children ewbo venture, onto ýtbe shore ice* of the laite. Season after season thcidrnhv eu admionished to.stay off tht ice; season.after &eson parents have, been told of its treacherous condition ,ànd warned to use extra precaution to set that their voungsters are not subjected to the danger that is 'aeldomi recognized until too late, and illi there is imposed upon tbe police the duty of patrolling the shore *in an effort to pretect the adventurous juven- dets whose pjarents iail., te impress lapon thein the fact that playing '<AdmiraI Byrd" may resuît in tragedy. In the very nature of its formation the ice offers bazards to cbildren se absorbed in tht sport of the moment that caution is, f orgotten. Not infrequently crevasses occur that are so deep and precipitous that once a child slips into one, he would find much difllculty- in extricating himself, if indeed lie did aot become submerged in the water beneatb. 'Realizing the dangers, parents should employ strict mnasures to.lceep tbeir chilren eut of barm's 'way. The police cannot constantly bave eyes upon every cbild wb<> ventures upon the forbldden ice. They trust have the cooperation of parents. ýA SAFBTY MEASURE' 1 l. a bulletin recently released by the Illinois Conference on Highway Safety Legislation, atten- tion wa s directed to the fact tbat tht econemnic cost of, automobile accidents in the United States in 1933 was twice as great as tht total fire loss, and very neaaiy equaled the total expenditure for educàtion. It i9 also pointed out that for the first Drmer eut for zoflifl of territory -outside of but adjacent t0, in- corporat.ed villages, The avowed purpose of this bill is.to prevent'the future development of "no man's lands" lun a manner inimical to the interests of ex- isting villages, and detrimuental to property values therein. The presen.t situation, w.hich places highly restricted residentiaql commuities 'to the. dangerof umdesirable business- devéloptnent should be changed in order that the> desired protection may be secured. Another bill with admirable features pertains to the assessment and collection ' f taxes, which at present is anything' but. satisfactory. It provides for assessments by. the local assegsor, whib shouldý bring more equitable resuits than. the "teléphone book and ouia board" method. recently inuse. The sane; bill would empowver tht :local collector to ré'- ceive taxes througbout the entire year, instead of for' two or tbree weeks, as the. procedure now. is. This plan would p'ermit the prompt delivery of tax money: into thé -bands. of local taxing. bodies, and break up the vicious practic-e,of couùnty. officiaIs in witb- holding such f unds- for months and often years, if, they see fit se to do. The bis should hé supported. THE BLACK BuG A new and serious threat to one of the no6rti,, shore's outstanding attractions is described in a re- cent editorial in the Chicago Daily News. It is of such vital importance that we reproduce the article and commend it to the attention of readers. "If an entomologlat were to Paint a picture of doomsday, he probably would portray a trlum- pliant Insect shrilllug a paean, whlle perched on the tip of a blade of grass growlng frein. the grave of the last human being, Time and agalh in re- cent yar we have been Ntwained tha.t the race must wln its fina1 riglit te aurv'ival in a war against insects. Meanwhile we are everdastlngly being sujnmoned te fight. sonie new pest with wlhgs. "Now It le a littie black beetie, carrier of a, fun- guse spore which it deposits in elmi trees to their almost certain death. Flieusands of elms have dlod In Newv Jersey, In Connecticut, in Maryland, Indiana and Ohio, strlcken by what le called the Duteli elm disease, because It was tiret dlscevered ln HoIland. in western Europe It has wrought disastreus ravage. Frenchi elm loge Importedby the furniture lndustry brouglit the beetie to Amer- Ica. [ t lias not yet been found ln Illinois, but somne of the lntected loge have been traced te a. Mrs. Elq r. Husband. was cda divorce in Chicago and too tuanv « etabli$h h fluact ofthteir funancial re- yini case they cause an accident, and alo ne- the collection of' judgnaxnts following AIl ont bas te, do these <aya to malce a Washington New Dealer shake like an 'aspen leaf .or leap eut of bis skin is te slip up bthind bim and yel "Supreme 'Court." Tht way that august body has been putting government attorneys over the juinps on tht gold clause cases bas given them the jitterS. Efforts now being made te secure frôm 'Uncle Bim" an appropriation to reopta and maintain tht Great J.akes Naval Training station should succeed.' Permnitting a station like that te faIt. into decay is pooir economy. TH£ PHRANTOM 1EPORnTM. A blatik check for $4,OOO,OOO,OOO is a lot of money for even a President of the United States to ask with ne indication. as to wbat it will be spbet Mr. Reilly, Mt. Hauptmhann's versatile c hief çounsel, bas- founid a perfect double, for bis client, who, strange as lit may seem,, was driving a dirty green automobile near the Uindbergh estate. on'tht very day the baby. was kidnapped. .Now, a lawyer. like that is wortb a whopping big f ee. But how much is a perfect double, worth? We may not. be much of a student of ornithology. but we know what we like and when we like it. Allusion is to Hlis Imyperial Majesty. the American blue, jay. During the summer visit of other specir, of the featbered tibfe, the blue jay makes pretty much. a nui- sance of himuself, witb bis ili téYfliél'; bad rnnners and tru cous squawking, picking quar- rels witb those of bis own kind and driving more personable cousins from pillar te, post, stilling their songs and causingT themn to bide in fear. It is then that we don't think a wbole lot of him, and 'usually long for a shotgun wben we see him. But in the f rozen months of winter, when snow blaniçets the earth and'the more likeahle songsters bave made the journey te sunlnier cljtnes, respect for the hardy jay increases in spite of ones sel f. With a saucy toss of bis crested bead he bids a cocky defiance te wind and cold and snow, proçlaiming to ail the world that he is perfectly capable of taking care of himsel_ even in a dispute with a squirrel over possession of a leafiess linib. To see bim is to applaud him for his contemptuous disregard of the hardsbips of a rigorous winàter, and one's beart, softens and for- gives him for bis nasty summner manunners.,