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*Citizens of Wilmette will this week receive by mail the annual report of the Village administration. In this voluminous report President C. P. *Dubbsi. now enroute to 'Arizona and the Pacific. coast, gives an, account of bis stewardsbip as President of the Village board. As he will not'returg until after the April. election, and only just in time for'the final meet- ing of the preste Village board, the report is ini the nature of a "swan. song," bis. closing Word' as the chief administrative officer of.the village. Mr. Dubbs has taken, the. public into bis confidence, and bas present- ed an* accurate and unbiased account of the condition of Village affairs, hiding nothing> that might be cnit- ici zed,- evading no responsibility for any action of himself or the board. He bas set uzp a- complete financial report, wbicb shows the village to be in a healthy condition in that respect. Here is the reason as given in the *preface to the.report: Purtue Strict Ecoaoipy "FINANCES. The policy of adopt- ing budgets feit to be within the means of the people to pay bas been consistently pursued. Budgets beý- yond the means 'of the people will eventually lead to disaster. The fact must not be overlooked that ail power and money flow from the people, to tbe government and not f rom the government to the people. " The Village bas operated on a cash basis during the present fiscal year and the year will be completed with total expenditures substantially less tban the budget; also less than the cash income. Tbat will leave a seable working cash balance for the. succeeding board.- The' Village hasý always met its payroll promptly with cash, and ail of its bonds and special assessments have heen paid in full some months in advance." President Of Village Board Harry C. Kinne, 1324 Elmwood avenue. Village Trustees Mrs. Esther Dunshee Bower, 1316 Ashland avenue. George F. Il1f, 924 Linden ave- nue. james B. Hoffman, 11510 Wash- ington avenue. Clinton B. Cochran (incumbent),, 1605 Walnut avenue. ýMichael P. Spohrer, 2210 Ken-. ilworth avenue. Niathaniel F. Webb, 441 Hibbard Vbd I411We Treusurer Harry W. Miller .(incumbent), r823 Park avenue. Volage Clerk Nîcholas P.'Miller (incumbent), 1775 Washington* avenue. Park Board 4Miles B. Geringer (incumbent), 1000 Michigan avenue. Percy B. D. Idler (incumbent), 932, Ashland avenue. Garrett Bl. John ston ,z2o Maplë avenue. LlbrsI7 Board John P. Hoffmann, Jr., (incuni- bent). 1927. Central avenue. J. Hugh Foster (incumbent), 921 Greenleaf avenue. Candidates of the Independent party which 'came into being last week are listed in another column of this issue. Milk Ordinance Is A do pted by B$oard; AlIso Street Plan The Village board held an adjourn- ed session Tuesday. night, duriiîg which some important legislation was enacted, among which was the long- delayed mille ordinance, providing for the licensing and supervision of retail sales, of milk end .milk products, iii-. spection of sources of supply and ôther regulations. This measure was pressed by the Health department. The ordinance converting the re- H*eury E. Cutler, president of hte Wilmette board of education, and two other members of the board whose ternis expire this spring, George E. Leal and Mrs. Lois Finnev, bave been nominated for reelectioni .by a committee. composed. of rep-m resentativesof the three .Wilmette parent-teacher as s o ciations, thé Chamber of Commerce, tbe Wom, an's -Club of Minmette and tbe North- ridge W oman's club.* Mrs.' Lincoln' C.,*Torrey was chairman of. the nom-e inating cémmittee.. The deadline for Miing petitions for candidates is twenty-one days before the élection,. wbicb this year ,is -to beý held on Saturday, April 13. For a number of years itbas been the custom for a nominating commit-n tee repre seniting tbe parent-teacher associations, the two woman's clubs, and the Chamber of Commerce to niake recommendtioi of candidates for the sclhool boardposts becorning vacant in the spring. This year the regular procedure again was fol- lowed. Present members of tbe board of education besides those whose ternis expire, are Frederick A. Lind, Mrs. Eunice Henderson, Charles M. Bur- lingame and Glen Ianson. Tbe presi- dent is elected for one year and the other board members for three years., Northlahnd College Choir to Sing at Cong'1 Chureh The Northland College choir of over forty voices will sing at the il o'clock service of tbe First Congre- gational church Sunday morning, March 24. The choir is about to tour New England and several eastern ci ti es, and the -visit, to -the :Wilmette church will be the beginning. of the tour. Professor Steen,, the direct or, is a pupil of S. Melius Christianson, director of the most famous a capella choir in the country, and the North- land choir is patterned after it. The "Old Russia" will be recalled. for the audience of the Wilmette Sunday Evening club March 17 ini the First Congregàtional cburch. The speaker for. this, the final program-n of the Sunday club for the, current season, -will be Princess Alexandra Kropotkin, a direct descendant of Rurik, tbe first Tsr r of Russia (967 A. D.), wbo was imported from Sweden to unify and organite the Russian state. Tbe Romanofdynasty, of whicb the late Tsar Nicholas, was the. reigning monarch, is consideréd by ail members of Princess Kropotkin's .f amly as re cent"' nobility, tbe. first Romanoff hav- ing ascended the throne of Russia obly some three hundred years ae. Fathwr aEiW. She is thé daugbter of Prince Peter, Kropotkin, famous, scientist and author, wbo was exiled to England because of bhis political views and bis opposition to the mionarchy. Reared in the presence of ber distinguished father and the literary-political life of the continent, the Princess enjoyecl a Ir ihîntlttItm training and almost "naturally" becamue a writer herself. The Princess was bôru ini Londlon during ber f atber's exile and was edu- cated in Englisb, Belgian antd French schools and at University,. college, Ifu- don. He-r constant travel and assetia- tion with the "great" minds of al countries in Europe and of America give ber an extraordinarily wide ac- quaintance with the notables now malc- ing history on botb sides of the Atlantic. Fondâ of Amîeica. Her father was extremely fond of America and of its demnocratic ideàls, an enthusiasm which she early acquired. He received a* wide variety of Anieri- can newspapers and periodicals, which she *eagerly read, notably the $unday comic strips! He contributed to Améri- can magazines and-made a lecture tour of the. United States. .,The Princess vlsitéd Rusela as. a arlr.. iaUU..... Ba rga ins w Homes - Useéd Cars-See,.t/w ant Ads!