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‘nqnnd m John: Bd- z‘m wuntin‘f M 1 uundrvd’ \es, 1 beneVJ ‘1 Well. 1" Km wider PM“ , New"; Yn-n u the 60mm" ,y-H 'H'F .*r ‘L m. firq Ame!" N. 11 U E“e:ts of COBRA. "I izmke ‘: waded r‘utinu l nr 0! r‘vxpomL 1 «unwed suddenly ' In] my \\ pumm- It.“ vrfups commit f) '1!” 4 un)’. v'!’ ”f. 'h.- M- hull‘lt‘. .gt-(hO'r {rd [0 . , In» ; mint ,x mm! Tn! of at far 1 «ud- rim; or nuns. r-m fed .1 Ti“: d 13- Lou awn. Mn: Sh». *0 the 0‘? Ult’ Number 46 HIGHLAND PARKS FINANCIAL tommnou P FECI‘LY SOUND ELM PEACE PRIMARY EHIGHLAND PARK TAXES ANNEX IS COMPLETED; TO BE LOWERTHISYEAR WILL MOVE INTO NEW BUILDING FRIDAY FIGURES FURNISHED BY JAS. mm inception ‘0 Upper brwou _| on Budding to be Thrown Open Pubflc Thur-«by Evening, January 21“ of the best planned and equipped primary 2 £11 é26 215 ‘ 1 school buildings to be found in this part‘ It will {)6 noted that while 0,; high Of the country. There has been excel- school rate shows an increase of twefity- v - l lent coo‘peragor; :23: flaggrfytfg: ‘ eight cents the City of Highland Park :::l[r:;d°':'s anresult the district isg re- ; rate more than off-sets this by adecrease _ ’. . V . 'of sixty-two cents and city bond by a de-i ceivmg unusual value fonts expenditures. crease of ninety-seven cents. Thelibrary i Except m todet '°°.”‘s 3.“ vestibules, and city park tax also show a decrease all the doors are la'd w‘th battleship i this yearâ€"the library of six cents and linoleum. There are no desks m the ‘ the park of twenty-four cents. The state building to be fastened to the floor. The ‘ tax has been decreased twenty-two cents; primary pupils are seated at Moulthrop ' the county tax increased three cents Nd desk chairs There are no basement j material changes have been made in tmlef rooms for pupils. In addition to school districts with the exception of *3 no large: w’h' we there. ‘3 2|éschool district 108. which rate has been small one tor each sex Off. the kinder- j decreased by one dollar and sixty-three garten cloak room A” (Duet rooms a." 5 cents. The valuation for the county this lad. mm composition flooring. The "7' ‘ year is twenty-three million, four hundred tenor woodwork of the whole building 13 3 ninety thousand and sixty-five! dollars. “I oak and has a dull fiméh‘ and all the; Highland Park has four million. twenty» new furniture hes been given the snme four thousand, seven hundred ninety-six finish, painted lighted brown and hghtldollars of this. The township of Deer- butt. The “mg and ceilings are m ‘ field values four millions. four hundred smooth nmsh and are painted light brown 5 ninety thousand. five hundred four dollars and butt The blackboards are dark: __._#___; brown ! STATE BANK ELECTS OFFICERS The orfice looks out into the ravine. ()pemng off xt on the on: hand IS a small drvsmng room and the other side is a complae kxlchenette. The office has one blackboard space to make possible us use as a small recitation room. In addition to the exit through the cor- ndurs, each class room has an outside: exxt of its own provided with a panic; bolt. It will not be possibletoopen these1 doors from outstde, but they will never be locked within, and a Chlld resting its arm on the bolt WI” release the latch and lpen the door. The stone balustrade on the trout of the balustradeis equipped wrh tunrrete urns of artistic pattern. Ldit‘f :hc front of the building will have terracotta medallions in facsimile of tum mt Della Robbie's bambinoes. these to or tlntl‘lt'uJ copies in color of the or- lgtltttlw which are ln Florence. Fne pnirary annex faces the south. The karfnzarten room with its large L'zlSt‘Illt‘ WlfidUWS looks out on a terrace and H flanked by the two entrances. ‘ e class rooms are on each side of the kindergarten room and separated from it by corridors and they extend beyond it, the space between the two north rooms being occupied by the office and Wm totlet rooms. The only basement room zL‘nntinued on page 5) ELEVEN PRIVATE SCHOOLS [N COUNTY Repofl Forwarded to Suportintenden! Blair by T. Arthur Sim-on. Toul Enrollment 2,607 Pupil. County Superintendent of Schools T. Arzhur Simpson Saturday forwarded to 51er Superintendent 01 Schools Blaxr a Ten- rt showing the number of parochial' .md pnvate schools in Lake County. The“ n pm follows complete in every respecti mth the exception of one school: Number of .parochlals schools in the County. ll; number of men teachers. 31; number of women teachers. 56; number if bov pupils, 1.;423 numberof girl pupils. ‘ 4. mtal enrolln'fnt 2607. I he schools are: Zxon Cxty private school, Allendale school at Lake Villa. Polish school. North Chicago; Lake Blufl Orphanage, Fremont Center sch I, Vote Puochinl. Immacu- late Conceptxon. Highland Pith; NorthA western Military and Neva] Academy, Highland Park; We Parochial. Fairfield Parochul ochool. and Lake Zuri :l} athool. i m Upper Grad" Tonomw. » City of Highland Pun-k Rn. Show" - __ A a .I ”3.; Highland Park taxes will belower this year according to figures. furnished THE PRESS by James Hepburn. Instead of an increase as was expected by tax payers on account of the high school bond issue and the North Shore Sanitary disuict assessment. the rate will be $2.67 less than the year of 1913 exglusive of district school. The {olldwing are in the figures in detail: Tuwn Road 8; Bldg ”131’! school City City bond City library City park N. S. S. Dist. District School 1913 lll 2.26 2.16 ‘ ' It will be noted that while the high school rate shows an increase of twefity- eight cents the City of Highland Park rate more than off-sets this by adecrease of sixty-two cents and city bond by a de- crease of ninety-seven cents. The library and city park tax also show a decrease this yearâ€"the library of six cents and the park of twenty-four cents. The state l tax has been decreased twenty-two cents; the county tax increased three cents N material changes have been made in school districts with the exception of school district 108. which rate has been; decreased by one dollar and sixty-three cents. The valuation for the county this 3 year is twenty- -three million, four hundred ninety thousand and sixty- -five dollars. Highland Park has four million, twenty four thousand seven hundred ninety six Report Shows Bank to be in Prosperou- Condition Notwithsundin' Busineu Depression. The regular annual meeting of the stockholders of the Highland State Bank, was held at its banking room on Satur- day. January 91h. 1915. there being repre- sented 465 shares in person and ty proxy. President A. C. Morgan in his an- nual report said in part: “Notwithstanding the general depres- sion in business conditions the year E914 was a prosperous one for the bank. The increase of capital voted by the stockholders at the special meeting last March'$30.000 to $60,000 was duly con- sumated as was also the authorized pur- chase of the bank building from the Highland Park Safety Deposit Co. The bank's records Show regular monthly meetings of directors with in“ attendance. indicating that your repre- sentatives on the board have been faith- ful to their trust. Out of the bank’s undivided profit, dividends were declared and paid. ag- gregating 6% on the capiial stock; the surplus fund was increased from $10.m0 to $15,000 and a contingent fund was created," in. Mum Kq will not In, Show. i. g m... Tomorrow. 11.. sun will not Appear in The Pro. Owing to the ulnar: o! RobertLeonnrd. who is playing the leading masculine role in “The Master Key,” the tenth in- sullment will not b9 shown in axe-High lmd Purl: Theatre PM” night. md the tenth and eleventh duper: will not up our in this inue of his Pint The following exhibit of averages for the year should prove of interest: ‘ Average loans carried $251,000.00 Average bonds carried 236,0“).00 Average deposits $45,000.“) Average Reserve maintained .22 2-10% The following directors were elected for the ensuing year: Frank J. Baker. Anson C. Morgan, Fred. M Steele, C G Alexander, and]. M. Appel. At the meeting called for the organiza- tion of the board on Monday last officers were elected as follows Frank). Baker. president; J. M. Appel. vice president. and C. F. Grant. cashier. creaurof 62 Conn and the City Bond RAM | Deere.” of 97 Cenh STATE BANK ELELTS OFFICERS 2.27 ROBERT EOIARNS ILL 191:; .70 .31 .05 1914 1914 1.24 3.95 .00 03 PUBLIC KINDERGARTEN ‘ -AND PRIMARY R00! SPECIAL WON CMLED FOR 1M3, Board of Education of Soho-l Dilb'k‘ No. 107 Submit Wow-run Phn Qo Ilsa-Veto cf d}. Poople ‘ I The approaching completion of the Elm Place fiimary Annei with a beautifully designed \ Kindergarten room as a conspicuous feature, bu causedlmuch inquiry as to the openin ‘ up of a public kindergarten. For ma = years, Highland Park has had a pri-i rate kindergarten and this has helped; to create and maintain an interest in? kindergarten work. Eight or nine years ago when Elm Place School was enlarged. one unoccupied room waa labeled “Kindergarten," iiit within a year 'it became necessary to put third igrade pupils in that rooth. Since then "there has been no room that could be ispared for a kindergarten. So‘whilo :Lake Forest, Glencoe, Winnetka, Ken- : ilworth, and our other neighbors to the isouth have for years been maintaining a public kindergarten, Highland Park has been without one. While providing a kindergarten room in the new building, the Board of Education for District 107 had made no definite plan for putting a kinder- garten into operation before Septem- ber 1915, but a movement originating independently of the Board has (been in progress for} some time looking to the establishment of a public kinder. garten for the remainder of the cur~ rent school year. It has been frankly recognized that there is a financial} reason why many people cannot avail‘ themselves of a private kindergarten. and that for this rea n. during all these. years, only the co parative few in Highland Park have been enjoying kindergarten privileges. It has been thought, too, that under the manage ment of the Board of Education ti)“; would not ly 'be a kindergarten course, b there would be given sub- ‘primary work preparing for entrance into primary grades. This latter Would be of great advantage to all children that had kindergarten Work, whether they should get it: in the one under the control of the Board or in the private kindergarten. which will doubtless continue its work in Highland Park as before. { In order that there might hot be aJ delay of a h‘filf of a year, because of any temporary financial embarrass- ment of the Board, those most activei in this movement. have; practically} pledged the salary of the teacher for thefremainder of this school year, pro- vided the Board will as‘slxme control of the kindergarten and throw it open free of charge to all children’w the ,required age. This proposition was ”submitted to the:Board at the regular meeting on Monday evening of this week. The school law‘s of Illinois [specify that before a kindergarten is lopened u'p, it must be formally au- lthorized by nopular vote. According; ly. the Board of Education decided to issue a call for an election for this' purpose. Noticesfiave been posted up setting the time of the election for Saturday. Jan. 23rd, between the hours of two and five P. M. The elm: tion will be held in the kinde‘rgarten room of the primary Innex. Ramon “9' Heard that Sever-l Promin- ent Citizens Ito? Conaidofing Cindid-cy , . It is rumored ihat influence is being brought to bear on a number of pmmin. ent citizens. urging them to become candidates for mayor and commissiogers at the coming elettion. If this influence prevails the success of the city under the Commission Form of Government. is ,assured. ‘ We'hOpe‘that the citizens in question will give their consent and that ‘we will be able to announce their candidacy. in the next issue of THE PRESS. ' ’ him PARK; ILLINOI§. THURSDAY, JANUARY 14. 1915» Property Excbuuu Rounded Dltil. ‘ Pu! Two Wnko W. C. Hately and wf' to W. G. Haul}, 1m 1. Hately's sub in blk 26. Highland Park. W. DWJX). W. L. Wilson add wf to Kathryn L. Horizon. lot 74, (except W. n!) ft). Rn- vinia. W. D. 310.“). LRSmart' and w! to NellieM.$oy.- mxmzs. in nub of put hilt/12, HuhImdPark. v.0..slooo. mAthwomdhutolm Gm10mmsw.§uec30.0uto field’l‘wp. W.D.87§m.00. LOCALIEM. ESTATE TRANSFERS POLITICAL POT WARIING UP. RWY AT MORAINE A NEWSPAPER STORY WIS “0118‘?“ mm “LC-MBchnoAnid-Muhgwu . WM gunman-ah... Dotocdvo Agony in' The great robbery at the Moraine Hotel, that was so heralded in the Chi~ cago afternoon papers on Tuesday last proves not have been such a very serious affair er all. The facts are these: On New Year’s day Mrs. Cushlng missed a velvet neqkpiece with a diamond buckle that she hid thesevening be- fore. A‘search big to locate the article which has no d n misplaced and will turn up in‘ due time. On Monday .Mr. Cushing, wishing to take ordinary precaution, telephoned into a private de~ tectitve agency in Chicago asking them tosend a man out to get a description of the lost article and uked him to look through the"pawn shops in town on the chance that he find it. The detective, whose name is not Sherlock Holmes, went around to the detective headquart- ersandreportedtheloaasounotto net the benefit of the organization of thecity not knowing that there is a law that re~ quires all such reports to be placed at the disposal of any reporter who may happen around. In this way the City Press Anodation got hold of the report and seems to have considered it as im- portant that o! the sinking of a war ship, and the hotel has received a lot of very undesirable publicity. One of the\lsdy guests seeing the scare head across the top of The Post announcing that “111love: Loot Moraine Hotel," came rushing home to see it her jewels had been taken in the clean-up while others felt rather nervous over the affair and all because a lady lost an. article of jewelry two weeks ago and an amateur detective did nOt know his busineaa. WSETFREESEVERAL'EEKS AGO Int-rooting Letter Connor-inc tho Bind Received by F. W. Cashing Mr. F. W. Cushing received a letter from Bayne Cit9, Mich stating that per- haps the eagle tound in Lake Michigan some time ago and held captive for sev- 'eral weeks. is the same bird that was caught in a trap the writer set for fox. It will interest readers to know that iol~ lowing the“ suggestion of Miss Ruth Ewing in a letter printed In THE PRESS a few weeks ago. the bird was set free. The letter rea us follows: ' (Dear Sir: As I was lookihg over a Detroit payed dated November 27. I noticed an article headed I‘Bold'~ Eagle caught in Lake Michigan with a steel trap fastened to one foot." and u thé,eagle was‘ captured alive. you will no doubt be interested to know where the bird came from. I, with a party, go north hunting every fall to East Lake. seven miles east of Re th. Mackinac ‘County. upper MichigI: I have been there since 1900 or 15 falls and there has always been two large, bold eagles there. I'hia fall] set some traps on the ice, bated with meat for fox and on November 19. I noéced something wasin the traps My friend and I went out on‘ the ice and found we had one of the eagles feet. before we got to him he1 broke the staple on the chain and went sailing a'wav. On November 21, while watching for deer I heard something oyer my head and there was the eagle with the trap and chain hanging to its left leg. He was flying south towagda the Straits of Mackinac. to no doubt it' a the name bird Mr. Stanley found exhausted In Lake _Michigan. so you can see how far it had flown in a few days. I will be pleased to hear what became of the bird. Yours truly, NEIL JERSEY. Boyne City, Mich. Order lululluion to be Held Tonight. Thursday. in Masonic Hall The annual installation of officers for Campbell Chapter Eastern Star. will take place tonight, ThursQay. This installa- tion is a private one and only members oflhe order are to be present. The in- stalling oficen m Catherine F. Snyder. matron; Kathryn A. Levin. mmhnl; Luéy H Men. chaplin.and Carry Yarboush. mimic Themomeerstobeinuallod are Minuet J. Mlnhall worthy mm; Richard BricknelL worthy plum; Lillian mm 5m; to INSTALL omens mwxxfinhmfi: bathe ,clnplin. ' . Clo- mama: Wuhan mm. ’ , _.~ g: g‘ A’t'1 :3le Boyd. PUBLISHED RIORTS REGARDING : : CITY’S FINANCE NOT TRUE nmrokmmmmémnsmmmmm Present Administration Mm Grant Dad of Credit fee the Succeuful Mmef in which the Finance. of thh City have Been Handled Dur- ing the Put Two Yen-I . Editor, Highh'nd Park Proud, Highland Park, Illinois. Dear Sir: â€"-Severnl etude- printed in the Chm Newspapers lut week reflected u the c it of the City of Highland Perk-had therefore noun to all for an newer. writer, u duh-men of the Fiance Committee In: (one over the situation very axially with out city clerk nnd comptroller. Mr. E. A. Wm,nndbe¢etohnndyouherewiths communieetionrrom Mr. Wnrren dated January 12th,1915 which every tnx-payer at Highland Park should rend and in as follows: . ~ - Mr. J. I... Fearing, Chaiimn Funnoo Committee. Highland Put-k. mhoil. DearSir:â€"In replyto’outlnqniry dnedhnuarymwlfibqhul- '9 Interest) .... ._..... ...,” ..................................................... ‘ Amount nuanced as city' I ;rtion in Sapphincnttl Annulment pro- ceeding: ......................................................................... Small dcficiencics' 11: various ”mart: that the city Qhould assume Total :mouut due January 21:11.1915 ..... ' ...... J; ............... Public Benefits due Janmry 2nd, 1918 ........... 1 ............... ‘4 ,02L06 Public Benefits due hum 2nd, 1917 ......_ W #37226 1 Public Benefits due Junm 2nd. 1918. ........ 3,170.86 Public Benefits due January 2nd, 1919 ..... ‘ ..... 2,801.01 Public Bencfito hue January 2nd, 1920. .......... 1,936. 71 Public Benefits dud January 2nd. 1981 ............................ 624.91 WAée"; W‘fi‘t 53:2. . : .. MM,“ 385.10 +.Aâ€" .1 ,Spocial Ament Debt ........................ '. ....... 1 ..... - Corporate Dd! ...»..u...“ vise :3 follows: The corporate bonded fit of the City of‘Highhnd Park I11 M1913 m 877,500 ..00 Since that #18. ”mam mounting to 815 bu bun mdemdthocwponhbouéflbfioithodtyhubmndnfidtow A further paymnt to, $15,000.00 m for in the 1916 tulevy.81idunount thuhndldthcity onot’b‘m Mnylnglflfimdanbofip! fiuwwywmmdm which will reduce the 0011:6th bond“ debt of the city to W00. ' ""‘h‘g‘w gum chir'iiuble u 5 demo: the any of Highland put. in all active speck] amssmcnt'accmmtsgu appears 01 board Jugm-y 2nd, 1915, is 1.: follows: , Amount unused at city’- Mop-for ,Public Bantu (Principal And ' ' Respectfully submitted. ' E. A. Wsrren, City Comptroller. It will be seen from the (It: Comptroller’s statement that die tote] debt of the city as of today, “398195356. It also shows thst of this nmogmt, there is only $12,435.74 due st this" time, for the payment of which, emngements are being made. The balance of the debt being spreed over a series of years; It yin else be noted that when thefunds provided for in the 1914 Tax Levy ‘bec‘ane available on the m€t of My next, this debt will be reduced to the extent of $16,000.00. making the total debt of the City as of Key 1st. 1916, $76,063.35. The legal debt limit infiizhleud link (5 per cent own Aseessed vela- stion) is $95,000.00: Therefore. it will beseen that the eity is now well with- in its legs] limit and will hi $19,000.06 below such limit in .s few months. The tax-payers of Highland Park have (or severely“ known thet the Specia'l Assessment Accounts of the city were not in good shape end they have also known that thel‘post eerneet efl‘orts' have been made to straighten out the angle. 0! coursi-there have been eomedifletences of opinion es to the proper l‘nethod of herilli eituetions that he" hell to be met from time to time, but the work of uni-a ' the tangle has progressed'ttqedily until it is possible to assure the firmer of Highlend Park the! the city's finenciel econditionlls good and all telk to'the c‘ontrery is not founded upon feet. l in s member of the City Councillor the'leat four years end no chairmen of l the'Finence‘Committee duting the pest two yeers l hlsve been in e poem l to kilowebout the faithful snd‘intzllig'ent euom tint have been put forth b but” at respected )yo'r, Funk P. Kevfins end by our oi clerk. 'BY‘A‘. fingnuwell es e. of the member": of the City Council; Viewer e nutter: hes eomenp that W been vital totlie finsnciel interestedâ€"the city. it can tenthfnlly be ”said thn’t‘the Council he: stood es one m. " It is also I matter of record thnt dark: the poet two years the edmin'isâ€" tr‘stion hes mintsined the credit of the'eity end hes seconplified the follow ing results; m. .....,_,.._, . V _ ‘ V . ‘ . lot. Why impmq‘henu hyve hungnude and public benefit: us- ‘ mod must the city. Mamba: Wt: have been poid in . afié.‘ ‘ ,~ ,, 2nd.‘ '~ This-(city has and. the £11th on .11 improvement bonds what .4 A‘cchnh‘nn'd an mount was Michnt to an. up the bond. “in an, prtinl pyymcnty‘ have boon made. this reducing the in- terest china taint the MX-plyfl And tending to satisfy the = 'boklenotthc bonds at; time when they did not feel as any; - ~‘ ybout the city’s crumb” thy do now, ‘ 4th. 'Themnualcoytofflghfingtheytmts oftthityhuboenre- ‘ ' ' ducyd over $2,000.00. . ' When uninfomed pct-sons puke shtgmentn tad amt rumors question- ingthycnditdchecity'yt‘yfi-emyufimmhyhalthyynd you-I audition, Mimic], 'Ieyiyur debt H, for the [m “be tag-m ymwmmmunmwnwmmcotmm 3rd. mu shfifih‘ boa-mud. tumble in Sfiechl Ana-neat mum bow-MM " Aldermafl Feanng’s statement establishes the fizct that. “the City - is solvent; We adin's‘e the man ' “ with thehammermmmwzthway '7 DON’TKNOCK BOOST {Loews . 33.87226 13.47036 . wm . 1,936. 71 624.91 385.10 Valium} .8 5,477.30 329,563.65 , 62,500.00 312335.74 £1213sz 392,053.65 1.59199 6,866.45