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1924 USE OF ELECTRIC RANGE INCREASES Electric Stoves Supplant G Ranges in Many Homes, In Some Towns * In the first nine months of 1924 the Public Service company installed and is energyzing 35 per cent more electric ranges than in the same pefiod in 1923. ~So it is apparent the record of the latter: year will be pretty well beaten by the 1924 busiâ€" ness. For the most part ranges are installed in towns where there is no gas service.> 4 The records of the Public Service company show that the amount paid by owners for wiring and fixtures in THURSDAY, JANUARY 8, 1924 In countless thousands of homes, some for five years and more, Kleenâ€"Heet has been rendering reliable, automatic clean heating service. f T Find out about Kleenâ€"Heet for your homeâ€"whether your present boiler can be adapted, etc. It is simple to installâ€" requires stopping the furnace but two hours! And it will save you worry and bother for years. . . s \â€"_â€"___ CONVENIENT TERMS IF DESIRED LOCAL OFFICES k O face t ae Highland Park Telephone 2139 Dodge Brothers A. G.‘ M cPherson announce a substantial price reduction in passenger cars HIGHLAND PARK, ILL_IN_OIS Phones: Highland Park 120 â€" 121 xaS the house fitted up between January and October 1924 was considerable more than the sum expended for the same purpose in the same months of 1923. â€" This was chiefly because larger installations were ordered and in many cases better fixtures than usual. i f The proposition which has been broadcasted, that. proper lighting> is cheaper in many ways than insuffiâ€" cient lighting is bearing fruit. Some folks> think the text books how they shall reduce their superâ€" fluous fat.. One good way to do it to keep up with the young crowd. Claimed the young crowd are too indifferent to the flight of time, but they have to notice it anyway to keep track of their many dates. . Lake Forest Telephone TA8G % WISCONSIN STUDENT ___ WINS ESSAY CONTEST Highway Education Board Prize Awarded to John Liska; National Competiâ€" â€" tion Result . The story: of two roads, simply told in an essay of 700 words, won for John Liska, a student in a Wood county high school, Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin, a prize of more than four thousand dollars, according to an anâ€" nouncement ‘today by the hbighway education board.. | _ _ ts Liska is winner of the H. 8. Fireâ€" stone four years university scholarâ€" ship offered for the best essay by high school students on the subject "The Relation of Improved Highways to Home Life." IN STORY OF TWO ROADS Epic: Story f Son of a Wisconsin farmer, from personal experience and obsgervation he has written an epic story of a country crossroads, describing the afâ€" fluence of those who live on one and the despair of those who dwell on the other. He depicts the influence of home life following road development, and draws a parallel of conditions existing on another road which was not improved. E4 More than 200,000 high school stuâ€" dents from every state in the union sought the honor which has come to Liska through the decision of @a prominent educator, a distinguished editor and a high government official, First in Wisconsin /‘ J Liska‘s essay was one of ‘several written by students of his high school, finally winning its way by a process of elimination to the offices of the extension division of the University of Wisconsin. This :institutionâ€" coâ€" operated with the highway education board in the furtherance of the. conâ€" test in that state. Competent judges ultimately those his paper as the representative of Wisconsin, and it was submitted with one from each other state to the national judges for their consideration in the award of the Firestone scholarship, pus‘i::z the largest educational award off in the United States. . ; & Members of the national reviewing committee were Secretary of Labor James J. Davis, Merle Crowell, editor of the American magazine and Dr. W. O. Thompson, president of the Ohio state university. * & The committee gave honorable menâ€" tion to the essays of Richard Arimizu, Hilo high school, Hilo, Hawaii; H. THE HIGHLAND PARK PRESS, HIGHLAND PARK, ILLINOIS Harold Kelley, Pittsburg, Kansas, and Miss Viola Greene, Willimantic, Conn. No pecuniary reward, however, accrues to these students. y . Liska is the fifth of a group of stuâ€" dents‘ who have won this hondr in as many years. When he is ready to matriculate, he will be the fourth in college under the general terms of the scholarship,; Miss Katharine â€" F. Buttereld,: Weiser, Idaho, winner of the first scholarship, having graduatâ€" ed from Northwestern university last year. Ets & * f Heroic Struggle. _ _ â€" . In the btief and uneventful bioâ€" graphy which the boy furnished the board when he was informed that his essay had triumphed in Wisconsin, is revealed an heroic struggle for an edâ€" ucation. .. Although grdauating from Farragut grammar school in Chicago at the early age of twelve, there was a lapse of five years before his cirâ€" cumstances would permit him to enter high. school, although in the meanâ€" time he attended night classes. In the interim he foung employment in various pursuits, and his father purâ€" chased a small farm near Wisconsin Rapids. While doing the humâ€"drum chores ‘of the farmhe attended a Wood county high school, and was graduated from the twoâ€"year course in 1924. . It was while here that this farmer lad saw unfolded the tragic story of the two roads which he later wrote into his essay. Until notified of his success in winning the scholarâ€" ship he sought employment in Chicago after graduation to secure means to further his college education. : "THE IRON HORSE" f DRAWS BIG CROWD Will Not Be Released To Motion Picture Theatres During: f 1924â€"1925 Season William . Fox whose superlative cinema production, "The Iron Horse," is holding forth to capacity audiences at the Woods theatre, Chicago has isâ€" sued a broadcast warning to exhibitâ€" ors that legal action will be taken against anyone advertising, in any manner that this production will: be shown in their, theatre.. The text of the statement is as follows:; "Regardless of how‘ soon : other superâ€"productions have been released to the regular motion picture theatres I desire to make clear at this ‘time that "The Iron Horse" is going to be shown only in theatres usually deâ€" voted to the spoken drama during the season of 1924â€"25. lt ‘ i "Contracts covering the engageâ€" ment of the production throughout the United States are explicit in providâ€" ing for this restriction. . For instance when the Chicago engagement is comâ€" Light® turns on and off at handy pendant switch and you can also plug in your iron, toaster or other appliance as picâ€" tured above. 7000 CACCPAR d n araipni ul allinir aisongin auaunncormronp 43000000000 Bibim Bc iithatastimeienenp es aueimaimt PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY OF NORTHER ,ILLINOl‘ § WILLIAM GUYOT, District Superintendent 51 S. St. Johns Ave,, Highland Park cond, there is the huge symphony o:ihutrn playing a mhu of lich was written to ize with the picture and bring out the proper atmosphéere. ~These wrchestras are especially highâ€"priced men who have been Tehearsed for wieks before the production opens its @ngagement. ~â€">One of the peculiarities of the bum:;mdwha'eit m&m any other, is that the thebmtu:e it unit of f ‘@ becomes. More te nesmean addit calls and larger ent and iofial: employees to Third, and possibly one of the most important angles im the public point of view is the fagt that there is no waiting for seats. Rach and every seat is reserved. The.patron can obâ€" tain his seats as far Abead as desired and then can ride down town after a leisurely dinner: and {see‘ the entire show from his reserv@d seat. This is a point that means a great deal to the theatreâ€"goers who as & rule refuse to attend pictures because of the pushing and ‘battling for seats, Rumored there is bootlegger in Wuhinmp for. :joo people, but some will say that it will take more than six to look‘ the needs of a congress of 531 members TELEPHONE ADDITIONS AND EXTENSIONS TO COST $110,000,000 IN NEXT FI ~ ‘The Tilinois Bell T io w ine twill expend more than $110,000,000 pa& n ns tions f for addmonnf‘m i from the citizens of Illinois. _ i. hxk s . a o for this work, a total ap$22,810,360.. It winhavetom more t nflfilinl% and each of the years to follow. _ Average ent Higher mgtmmwe{:hmew was 3 1 191&%5 ./ J hadn}:rnto 146, and estimated that in 1929 this will be $178. °â€" _ * % . The company is pc to control these advances. Mu« the plant was built at preâ€"war prices for labor and maâ€" Tx-us kitcher) unit, pictured above, is of porteâ€" ‘lain enamel) steel with large diffusing glass bow!. 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"CLE } With this mounting investment every year, telephone rates muyst keep pace. â€", ; Nineteen twentyâ€"four brought out, wiolent way, the need of the mnig haint * depreciation reserve; visited by a severe sleet storm. wmawmwamm $1,000,000 has been z;qum‘de" ! l + 1 & Â¥ !m j &Mmflm&mmmfi â€"â€" A depreciation reserve represents one of the costs of providing telephone service, and it takes a costly m&m:e the ong mentioned to point out to the public whag some of the costs of telephone service are, Ssuds finds laundry 40 $ TNnd 5 IaUnaol worK,luSt MY ‘ }-ae,h es to rive the. dirt awmay | chosen vocation of washâ€" fmanayts become so and all m m He to them in shape a he likes to take over the telephone, > LOOK FOR SUDS & DUDS Neoed tor Resorve PAGE FIVE [§3. i [.4 4 *4