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mouths. Mesdames King and Brook of River Forest entertained a party or Downers Grove ladies April 1 at a very unique April Fool party. Mr. and Mn. Wm. Shmabrook left Thursday for Mnnitou. Cola, where they expect to remain for three Miss Harriet Prince has resigned from the prnsidency of the Physical Culture League and Mlss Dot Wheeler was elected to take her place. Mr. and Mrs. he Voy (nee Nancie Heintz) and two children of Denver, Colo.. visited with Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Helntz. J. H. Wemel and family. of be mom, have rented the Knight house on Prince avenue, and will move In next week. G. R. Earnest has purchased the house on Washington street. who’re he has been living {or some time. from Irving Hutu. Mrs. Harrington is visiting at the home of her sink-r. Mr; Funk Har- per. She is on her way to Caiiimia. where she expects to make her home. This warm weather has Mann! the amnion! gardeners wading up the vacant Maren and the lowly ‘anglv worm to scoot for oheller. Mn. Edward Start and children of Nawrfllle united at the home or Mrs. Burt's ulster. Mrs. Ed Frank. Sun. Mlu Lots ”more. formerly a mi- do!" here rm: her parents. and now 0! Houston. Tons. II winning at the Gusun'u. 11 Grove St. Mr. and ”n. Rune-l Elton and Mr. A. Donia and math" drown out (rout (‘Mcuo (Mn :9“ lo rim nw Ill-ck. man and five-mum (stallion. )In. C. H. Friablo of "Renaldo rin- llvd Inst wool u (hr hmm «I H W. Fri-Ne And family an “lodge“ Ive nae. It. "arm has numb-9M u to! on ”IMF “rune from Dvlbon Auntin. and Inland: evening I nnr ruldence than in the near hump. II. C. mum» of (‘hlugo nu pur- chuod the F. Mryrlrh property. Sale made by (‘hnflm "all". In. J. C. Hanan. of Balance“. Mich. vlulod It the home 0! 8. Pov- ell on Monday. Rather Fowler Ind "hubby" walked ban from Conun- Part loud" nd vluuod A! J. H. Manama. In. Audml or 8. Wuhlnnon um! Ind nu- mlntommo' In all and bunk her wrtu In! Monday. In. C. L Stevenson o! Gale-burg cm Monday to mu with her son Bar! and mm. LIVERY In. Gnome Pflbyl want In! Int vhulu Mend. uni nlulvu In Myron Towsley I: at home for n {or days holiday 1mm Ohio. where he I- attending school. Mn. 8. P. Frank of Aurora spent 1 low dun this week vlulllng reh- llvu In the Grove. Ilr. and la. luck Bulllnn and bully spout Euler Sunday In CM- Mra. R. C. Briggs was very sick last week suflering from an attack o! la ENDIN- Mrs. Jan. Barnes and Miss Fanny Stewart attended a luncheon on the North Side. Chicago. last Friday. Mr. and Mrs. Chan. Bliss are in the any with relatives. Mrs. J. P. MacDonald has been en- temunins her aunt from Reglua. Canada. Mina Winnie maul-(ls spent the week end In Chicago vllttlng trleuds. Mrs. George Bridgman at Oakwood avenue ls recovering from a very seri- ous attack of pneumonia. Mrs. Brevilller of Chicago avenue was hostess to the Seventeen Club on Tuesday p. m. Earl Prince and Jay Allison are spending their Easter vacation at their homes in the village. Mrs. Philip W: is under the doc- tor’s care. annex-ins from In grippe. Mrs. H. C. Snyder returned from Fairfleid. town, where she has been visiting relatives for a few weeks. Do not forget that the Easter mall- nee In still to come.â€"â€"Advt. Carl-luau for Weddings. Inn-rain. Etc. Placeâ€"Katmai“ Church. Tlmrâ€"Satutday afternoon. 2:30. Priceâ€"~15 «nuâ€"Ad". FRED FINK Phone 034 Send Your Items to The Reporter Lew P. Edi-ran. the! painter. who upon! a your mum” m- Pun-nu- Pnculc Exposition bottom”. I. back (flan. and] and other deliciou- momla won rum-ed. «on an! loot among (ho clerk: and )uduo at the Nunh 8m pmlnn n ma ohcllon Tuna-y. John Coll-u planed Ml t-Ilb on tho womcn Ind they did not am" him. York Town-Mp. the town Just north of us. and when the llquld Maven- urieu an located. unlined In the vol column It the In and dry olocuon Tuesday. It remained Int by surly a (banana majority. The Phil-then held n meeting It the home of Mn. Lower. on Oaluvood avenue. about twentyâ€"five memben bclng pretent. Charlotte Drone an; I boauuml solo. Dainty mtmhmentl were netted. We wish to call meet-l Inonllon to two Ifllclel primed In this tune hemd “Golnx Bone” and "On the Other Hand" In the Invaluable Chl‘ cauo Her-Id ny- "Euy to Read and Worth Bonding." Rev. and Mrs. Phillips and family visited ut the J. W. Hundy home. Mr. Phillips delivered a very Impressive sermon at the Baptist church Sunday night. Mrs. Phillips In a daughter 0! Mr. and Mn. Hind). Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Roskopt left Monday for California. They will vialt the fairs and stop over at various western cities on the way out. We hope they will enjoy themselves. What do YOU think of "Billy" Sun- day? Is he a really great preacher with a message. or a plain. foul-mouthed spellbinder who can capture the minds of the people? The first informal ‘dance given by the "N. B. K." Club last Saturday night in Morris Hall was a grand am: cess. First-class muqic was rendered by the Central Y. M. C. A. orchestra. Two new champions. Jess Willard, heavy weight boxer. E. Hoen, heavy weight duck pin bowler. And by the way. Emil staked a few jitneys on the big smoke and his money got burned. The mue- Ruth ml lfldrod Brill! antenna“ the Open Forum Library Club It their regula- monthly meet- lns. March 31. Mrs. M. A. Sack-ted" has returned tron: an extended visit to Mechanic-â€" burs, Ohio. Her father came with her and will remain with her for some time. Mrs. Dlnkler canned a sale of merri- ment when line cut her first ballot at the polls Tueadny. She refused to :0 Into the booth to vote becnuse “There's no wan In there." Mr. and Mrs. .103. Taylor and Mr. and Mrs. H. Hammertree. of Chicago. spent Sunday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Schindler, of South Car- penter street. Window, Door and Porch Screens made of red cypress lumber. We take measurements. make and fit all screens if desired The screens we make are perfect in material and workman. ship and our prices are the lowest. Get our prices on screens for that new sleeping porch. Call and see us or phone 133-\V. Screens ! Fly Time Is Coming Get Ready Now ! ! Potter Company Merely paying for the paper and taking what we give you is not enough. Other readers would be interested in learning the new: YOU know. You'll enjoy seeing it in print. yourself. If you do not acquaint us with the items YOU know of, you cannot find fault with the PAPER for not contain- ing them. If you think for one minute, right now. SEV- ERAL ITEMS will come to your mind. Whit if they are but “PERSONALS.” WE WANT PER- SONALS. We want ANYTHING that is news. 1 ake a livelier interest in YOUR paper. YOU’LL appreciate it more. a will all of YOUR FRIENDS. EVERY READER SHOULD BE A REPORT- ER, at least to the extent of reporting the news HE knows concerning HIS OWN family and friends. You perhaps have wondered how we gather so much news for every issue. If every reader would give us the items he knows, we would make it TWICE as NEWSY as it now is. This paper belongs to you, Mr. and Mrs. Sub- scriber, just as we“ as to the publisher. You want it to be a news, one, of course. You can help make it so. no and let Mm rip us up the back. He bawla us to a fawn-Well and bids ua Ilndly so to hell. and we applaud him with a will and eat It upâ€"ho- cauae It'a Bill. It Father Smith. or Brother uno. or gentle Paator lac- Elvane would call us pupa and thin;- llho that. We’d quit the church and leave '01:: flat. But mlly mata to beat the hand and main na eat out of hla hand. And no we hit the ant- duat trail and kick in wuh a wad ot halo. mu rattled Imy thouaand beau tram out of Phlladalphta'a haul and Phllly'a tuhtar than a drum. ao Billy must be cola; Iona. Succeu ls measured. nowadays, ac- cording to the kale we ralae. Wefié'fl our Stetson or our Knox to any guy who has the rocks. The {veil-known world, from pole to line. refuses to accept the shine. E'en tho' you may be good and Just you may 33 well dry up god but unlols you get a strangle- hold upon a sunny-sack 0! gold. And that Is why we lush and shout when Bllly Sundny bowl: us out. (or Bllly knows, we munt adult, Just how to can out every fit. 80 we alt In the tuber- "The Happy Prince" sad “The Belt- llh Giant" will be presented by Mrs. Wm. Brown at the Saturday matinee. with musical Accompanimentl ren- dered by Miss Mariana Roe on the pipe organ and Mrs. J. C. Whlte on the piano.â€"Advt. C. "Dad" Bertoiin will be the happy possessor of a new $5.00 Stetson hat. a made-tootder pair oi’ shoes and a his dinner on the result of the Chi- cago mayoraity election. Mr. Ber- tolin backed his candidate. Thomp~ son, before the March primaries. “Ralph Waldo Emerson." David and W. Julius Stsats have signed up (or the doubles and singles in the State howling tournament which starts in Chicago the 24th. They are expect- ed to "show-up" some of the older bowlers such as Running. Stump and Duncan. In Downer: Own. and will his eon- truck (or my kind of mun. mm mm. Whit. and VIII [utm- no good work. Mrs. De Wltt took a part) of ladies in her car to Englewood Wednesday to visit the Parker school. Those in the party were Mesdames Pen-ran. Kelly, Huntington. Butler. Lancaster and Mlas Fanny Stewart. They were en- tertained at lunch at a friend of Mrs. Permn‘s. and a very delightful day was spent. MIMI“ cur-mama... Phone 106. M ”mom“. GOING SOME! E. P. M'INTYRE. The new organization and ownership of our factory property is in keep- ing with the needs of the company and from the standppmt. of good business management and foresight W] I stand the closest Investigation. If the per. sonal guarantee of the undersigned stands for anything every person invest- ing in the stock we offer may assured of a safe and Satisfactory invest- ment and payment of 6 per cent. dividends as guaranteed. Very truly yours. The present owner and manager of Pofiter 6: Co. has lived in Downers Grove nearly 25 years and has been building up the business since 1901. Subscription lists for the preferred stock of the new corporation have been opened at both the Farmers 6: Merchants Bank and the First National Bank. Mr. Simonson or Mr. Curtiss will gladly inform buyers of this stock concerning the business of T. F. Potter 6: Co. and the real value of this stock as a safe and profitable investiment; or the undersigned will be - ed to make appointment with anyone desiring to talk with him personally regarding the proposition. It is redeemable at $105 after fiye yearsat the option of: the directors of the company: or if not redeemed mll partnenpate equally with the common stock in all dividends over and above 6 per cent. on the entire capital stock. Having already purchased the Brook's property at the east end of Rail- road street, having a frontage of 1100 feet there and extending through to uau atlbut, Ilu'lll“ :- llvllwsu V. . Ivv -v-â€"- .- ‘--â€"‘-.u.-.D â€"â€".-v_a-- -v Curtiss street, we expect to improve this property as soon as our organiza- tion is completed. with a large modern fire-proof factory building. The dividends we pay will simply take the place of rent we would have to pay for a factory which is old, poorly arranged and unsuited in many ways to properly carry on our manufacturing business and to carry out the plans for its growth and expansion. The company is incorporated for authorized capitical stock of 8 50 000: par value 0 shares $100; $80 0000f which is common and the balance pre- ferred stock. All of the common stock having been subscribed. with the exception of some treasury stock. The $20 000 preferred stock is attired as a most attractive and profitable investment. This stock is full paid and non-assessable. It has a preference over all other stock as to dividends. It is absolutely guaranteed to yield 6 per cent. yearly. It is not subject. to any tax whatsoever. (stock in state corporations owned by residents IS exempt under the law.) The business heretofore conducted under the firm name of T. F. Potter 8: Co. has been incorporated under our own Illinois State Laws and will here- after be known as the Potter Manufacturing Lumber Co AN OPPORTUNITY FOR SAFE. SOUND AND PROFITABLE Investment! $20000 Issue nummopucentmmmsm John G. Bohlsnder. one of the most hlxhly esteemed Democrats In Hine- dnle. was aopoloted postmaster at Hlnsdale early this week. and has filed hls bond preliminary to receiving his commission. lt ts expected the chase of postmasters wlll take place about May 1. Mr. Bohlsnder had the strong- est endorsement trom local Democrats sod the County central commlttee. Hls business record In Hlnsdsle was ltselt an exceptional recommendation. and he is well qusllned to assume the sdmlnlstratlon ot the largely Increased postal aflalrs of the Hlnsdale ofllce. Appointmm lad. Public TM. Wool: -Wlll Assume Duck. About May 1. Postmaster McCilntock will retire with a most commendable record, and many improvements have taken place since he became postmaster. The an- nual business of the oii'ice has grown steadily. and the carrier system ex~ tended and Improved. He has sur- rounded himseli' with an efficient corps of assistants who have given the pub- lic good service. The village is to be congratulated upon having as able a successor to follow our present post- master.â€"â€"Hinsdale Doings. While good folks are praying for those who so down to the sea In ships. they might add a word for the ships. (00. ON THE OTHER HAND. BOHLANDER TO BE POSTIABTER. at $100 par POTTER MANUFACTURING 5 LUMBER COMPANY manual 1‘. F POTI'ER 00. Now You! W to all the m hunt on the thou M ”INN"- III! II dull-GIN to Idli- "0' about (he lax-trot? The mom:- at MM. m.. have dlmvond that Stun u lop- sided. lube Mm in him I wdlop below the belt. The “demon! tint luly In about to enter the wnr now attracts about :1 much nuontlou u the report am I new pruldent has been elected in Mexico. Mrs. Clan Colby In Authority for the autumn! that u Wu Mu Christopher Columbus who discovered America. Indeed? And now. Mrs. Colby. who created the world? An Atlanta‘ nmteur Icientict claims that the wind may be seen by hold- ing a hand-saw. teeth upwud. It In angle‘of 45 degrees slanting away from the direction in which the wind is blowing. And Georgia is supposed to be a dry state! BERTOLIN 8: HAYMOND ELECTRICAL commons Contracts taken for all kinds of new or old electric wiring. All work absolutely guar- antced. Office at Residence, 88 East Center St. Phone 18+ M T. F. POTTER C0.. CARD 0!" THAN‘CL' , ' Mu. Pun-tel: fl. Comer-n m- h nun-m hal- awn-woman o! m 0“ many an: kindnau o! tflndl M neighbor: In the In! "In... of In: husband, Punch H. Cox-com. All hot thank- for the floral tribute. «at by (Honda. SCHUE'I‘ZIW «loll-limo- CMACTOISCIC BUILDERS 3-: 8-: ‘c’afiuur Inn: “4 m..-