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. Cal Coolidge and his well known United States know what happened immediately thereafter. Str-Morris wrote its name, and the n'ame of corn in bold letters across the pages of every newspaper in the land. And then I went to Morris to see this town which so suddenly had consum- ed ink-;so startinglr--tmtil it blazed like a comet in a moonless sky. Where's Morris. you ask? Between Joliet and Ottawa Ten miles below the point where the Kankakee and Des Plaines rivers unite and so form the Illinois river is the place that has been called the Rip Van Winkle city of the upper Illinois river valley. It is about mid- way between Joliet and Ottawa and once upon a time long, long years ago was bigger than either of them. _ Then the Great Sleep came on. This Rip-Van Winkle city is known in the postal guide and the Rock Is- land railroad time card as Morris. More than forty years ago it had a population of about 5.000. At the be- ginning of 1925 it um had A popu- neomsdeemrttt-. amps-wk, town. Nor-rv-ttoi/t atomtwdsi-rt-rrlof. When m-tr-ai-thut-prom,. heatnmlvdl-hmm tom junta tt---rextmhtentandaretb. Wynne. raw-m Gunman! Everywhereyou txmtttiei-/rtetttarartuetlp_of com. 'eehithiiart-tntdy- eraern.ittngt.ttymtH- tUnabotttuett. watheeom- Mikaedidthhvuddon shouting totheaMesa1tmttektratteehtt mtmms,ntoreeormntoie,eomt Tttire-ter-with-alibi .ttermdthechnru.temttaeltttetterp- oiehtstatrted.1adu. and gentlemen, 1nthetittuettrof_,r11htoUt Harrie 1- Center Norrie. down in Grundy county. county seat, in in the center of [re- mrhble utricultunl belt. So when can is sold ut fire-tsale prices it hurts. F. H. Reyes, corn-fed dtlaen of corn- fed Morris. got to thinking tbout corn until his We ducked and his eyes popped. 'Sohe celled in some of the boys' and talked corn. Hd be- came ehn'trmytryrf the flrtrt Corn Day committee of tight-town in the U. S. to cry oat a corn protest, organize I chorus of eomplatnt, ecmm lit the ink of the dplly prrstr--nnd lord how the lumen r61led in. For Ladies and Children Only Rooms 8-9 New State Bank Bldg. g ' ID Main Erttragtee-aro-oGd Bright, airy rodms, uf-t Painstaking nurses and The Highland Park Hos; tution. The funds foil, supplied almost entirely and Well worthy of your The Highland Park Hospital VW Phone for Appointment' - The my 'o MUSTRIC BEAUTY SHOPPE 's Three Expert Operators Highlana Park 2550.2551 KEEN-S TEAM _ OIL-PROCESS PERMANENT WAVING Water WI Hair Dreln 2 p. m. tc After 6§Haircntting by Appointment m through all the you! that Mor- rin had the political complex it nt- tnine) little of ma vulue to itself in city building. T . Mote recently Morris has shed its politlbel complex end has developed a preface: complex. It in Working? Well/ in the last twelve months there he: been spent a total of more than $1,500,000 in Morris in industrial and civic expulsion end betterment. V -Tthtii sheet of new boxboard, 72 incha wide, moves at the rate of thied miles an hour, " miles in 24 hon ', 432 miles each 6-day week, 22,- 464 'tfd' in 52 weeks. They told me that it takes 40 can to move in a new nape; making machine. A new one, mote; than doubling the capacity of the will, is just being set up. tittpit " M 6,000. Forty years ,etrb,ieepd.rther' _ yrirettentetrttttiytportdnt, T ‘quiuquyinthe hhwry'ot Itmontheoldminoilt V tsaetalin_ttte_derttettth,nt ,raistttrtarartar,vfothet'trht. Aeon.. 3W manufacturing center grew up if ithnd two early-day trepors tati "ttttut-thet and and tin nil- ht t and it developed the cream tuteaateontetoaeitr,nettme] that chokedthelife uncanny} ‘1 and made it a human gnu-1 yam} Morris cane m faetiottil, poli . . Faction] rf,t"2t the It ofprittineattntudfoot lathe flee f every fellow who belongs to‘ the opposing {mien and shoving him} We went on a tour of the plant of the Morris Paper Mill. Tour is cor- reet;Ht's a journey. For many years this want was more of a liability than an asset; Then, with the development of the new‘Mon-is. came reorganiu- tion and new financing. ’ Figures, you “It? The Morris Paper Mill: and the Self-Locking Cumin Co. are putting in develop- menti that will cost easily more than $1,00A000. Sewer expansion has cost $200,000. Probably another '200,000 has you into home-building. The new M. E. church cost $70,000; re- modeling the Masonic Temple, $85,- OOP; Country club, $80,000; Newport bdildlnt, $30,000. The Morris Mining Co. it remodeling the old brewery It a coat of a pretty penny. Th5 mill makes boxboard. It op- enteja chiefly on paper waste from Chicago, St. Louis ‘and other cities in “is district. Old paper is sorted and reduced to pulp. For twenty-four board a day, six days in the week, a steady stream of boxboard flows from th_egiiant paper machine. _ Anti to this Rip' Van Winkle city of the Upper Illinois valley is stretching itself. _ But limit dei" _.for mm Hand Park Hospital , i",',,':',':: two blocks mt of Green Bay Road 1 Telephone . _ -date equipment. y _' attendants-Moderate charges. _ C ital is essentially a Highland Park Insti- erection and maintenance "have been by our own citizens. It is your hospitil buppOrt. 'isiting Hours Daily "ot-rt-tttrot. Awakening Conn Great Paper Mill Hair Bobbing Shunpooing Hours: 8:30 a. m. to 6 p. Some of the othel‘ are the Woelfel Lei ployes; Illinois 1ikni, Northwesth Novel turer of tending n wiped They up I oefth ftrtrt when and _ V Whit buy: partie boxes? 't)ltmshtess boon bathe United " ' Tho-3h wr _ Pun “at. III un- a In. I “W paper/boxes going , Grii'i'rauttl' in‘ prunes, moi the imprint: pt hop-a if: South. . Lou “Angola, Denver, ton, Atlanta, the Chieiiiie9am anon: the biggest buyers. . '," _ Wint'l a paper order? One order which mines. thir Illinois phat last yen for 84.299300 urt‘omofono kdit'h Allenctly dim Onecom uiV w anodi- tine Jn common . r: moon order fetrbtxest?uPtg "H Thom- pony gha- obout " , in mu,” accorQhutoWJI. , r%r th, the nun chief“? responsible, tir building up the b has, and - a no or. print- ed JTI, to four 'tft . Whey next you 1, . unit, crock- ers, mouse, bacon, . ' soap, wh- in: pdwder, toilet li',?,?',,'), BerewB--th box e from the can unduly tell by old tin Econuiner I] idling. I The cldim of th akers is that they havd devised ay to remove ergot froin flour. e presence of ergot in flour has this miller: of America millions o otlars and ever since chemists lea ' of it miller: have worked to elinti te it. Wotomthcbo' , andtindout 'rttuthrtrparetato . pap-$8“ -'atgei-extt thebu‘rdinto ' ', Another Plant Mord? the ham 'f the biggest plant inithe world s I isms in win- dow mush pulleys. just got the contrncd for the w 826,000,000 contract' for the . w $26,000,000 Btevetusihotel job 'éChieatro---1,600 dozen phlleys. It Mt de the pulleys for the minois Me [if u bank build- ing and the Drake . ' l, Chieatto, and manufactures an a: tre at about 1,- 000 dozen pulleys a ar About three dozen pglleys 300:?» the average house. igure it k' The Merrie Milli V Co., which will be in operation in V t 60 days, will be the city's Brat mill and will have a capacity of l barrels a day. A new type of mill i being built and it is planned to 'dl) actute machin- ery for ebuippintr t er mills of the same typt here. 'l" This plant with 1 " feet of floor space, employing 11 en, is operated by the Coleman Ha are Co. It has in eonnea,tion a m on foundry. 5 Flour 7 ll Phone Highland Wk 1990 :lphis Flo: Seal Ilants‘in Morris jar Co., " em- ky. 70, and the ; Co., manufac- .hineg, etc., M. eat meat of cities be- limb the htian a.tattttio1ted,r.trs. thtstettnth-rtrtqof-t , nod. ‘ItundI-ohtnbont C ,ruetttoftt-btietirtetoC- amalgam i' curl-3N" if Thur-about tho 'Itttam at m, the Rip Van Winkle city. (tte to%ttttntidtittorttN00forf1teV ,-1tNitwaiItird,trertraiq in politics. Mon-h haunting of growth”. Eyelid-10,000)»- irtetnth-. 'hnt'atheororrtt, complex working. Mttrgttriri1ivutm the now uk-to-Ott' m. .Monxrutbopu. Hopsdmth. people,~hctoriu "sd-e-tah" prion forearm Whm-trmrratHo- tieeom memstttinkof---. nu - Cutlery Weill.” Wham. ', ‘,-._- "C. SEND YOUR DRY CLEANING BUGS AND DRAFERIES TO THE RELIABLE LAUNDRY. DRY CLEANERS AS WELL AS LAtJNDtilRERS. without any obligation on your part a book of facts we know you will read with interest. 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P. 1054 . “VINE DRIVE LUNCHES SERVED 12:94:”: .tii,i:e'ili,'i,:i.i',ii,iiei We MUST BB NOTIFIED m ADVANCE fee at dinner- and uppers. fhreeinttr--theatre parties either bef ot after Open. cy.yieetP.els,i2ttete? "ieltr.odrtion.e' Sb? is. very, well DO YOU LIKE TO EAT IN OPEN AIR? DO.YOU LIKE ITALIAN KING? THEN COME AND EAT A . American House WRECKIN G WC“! More Hui-g . WMIMS Special Announcement Dancing i at Renehan's,Ro _ Lake . _ ArtSinmore and'mslhdioSerq Music. "het-Gentlemen, 2se;,l charte- for parking at any that, "utu"a"o"h,tyJ,,t,etret"d""""to' ,mtrpropertr" All Lumber, Doors, Windows, tubing Beating Must Be Sold at e. Salesman on Premis 301 RAVINE PLACE, HIGHL4N D PARK 16-Room Iiiuse For Sale C ap -' 301 Ravine Place hi Foot of Vine Ave., half b south WArHOLG CHEATEAU MARCH] :9mn FREAK“? wav Building Conch-la m PEuANEN'r WA B-- bef- to inform mtheNorth Slim“ hewillremain a until Ma this 2hi'td vim!” no? Att m. -tee. at c In fir Wt, new” Ff 825 North Ave. _ WAVE 2tre.No