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[rr - on Licenses [and In . "rd Report: How Ba“: _ Are Built WHERE“) g IOVEAILPBOHE NUMBER Illinois roads Ire being constructed from the license fees paid by motor 'nhielu of the state. No direct tax is impoud on the people under the plan af Governor Small. in furthennce of this idea the etl 000.000 bond issue was ctrried by I hill majority, So well WIS the plan l received that the $100,000,000 bond; issue carried by a majority of praut-) tic-Hy three to one. _ 'tt.4T,M7 1- License Fees ( During 1926 there was paid into the state treasury in license fees‘ from motor vehicles in Illinois a WI tal of $14,047,207. This is a gain of 81.110385 over the receipts {mm the; one source during 1925. In roam” numbers the average license fee paid} Eliminois is $10. This would mean t during 1926 a total of 1,404,721} motor vehicle licenses were issued) during the year. I During 192.5 1,267,734 licenses were issued, the million mark being passed in 1924 when 1.13164! licenses were issued. The average annual increase is a little in excess of ten per cent. If this ration is maintained in 1927 approximately one and one-half mil- lion licenses will be issued. Half Million in Cook County Cook county, with approximately 528.614 motor vehicles, is credited with one-third of the total for the state. Peoria county is'second and St. Clair county third. both having slightly over 3,000 motor vehicles. Someone asks what is the proper way to address an audience in a iaitt The orator who addressed them, “Fel- low Citizens. I am very triad to see you here today," reports no enthus- iastitf npphme. T Based on the lirvnses iésued there are more than sutBeient motor whi- cles owned in the state of Illinois to transport the entire population of the state at one time. _ Kane, Madison. Winnebago, Samar man. LaSalle, Will and Rock Island counties follow in the order. named. Harding county. with approximately 765 motor Vehicles. and Pope county, with approximately 974, are the only counties in the state reporting less than 1,000 motor vehicles each. Rafferty Transfer & Storage Co. Storage IS SUFFICIENT Open for the In“. nth-r than toe the relay. is Otto with plan in the building of the new Metrorui- hn Open House in New York. “Tho old Metropolitan Opera in built," he "pl-ins in the Wom'l Home Commnion, Nt n time when consid- eration far the Vital: and claim of the broad we. of the People did not have that reality And manning which, fortunately. advancing new i conceptions have since brought 1 about." oe M ,'dult"l'lll mum-mam: of and: AM by New York Am The new open house will have only half " may boxes as the present auditorium, and the stockholders will have the use of their private boxes only twice a week. There will be seats for 1,000 more people than It present, and mostly less expensive seats. STATE APPROVES BILL OF COUNTY IN TRIAL An English judge awarded sixty out: damages as the value of a wife to her husband. Now we won- der whether the Judge is a bachelnr. or a married man. We are sure he is not a widower. Opera nudiences go nowadays not to be seen and heard but to see and he", not for society’s sake but for music's sake. That democncy is willing to pay for its increasing con- trol over the opera is indicated by the fact that the new opera house is ex‘ pected to prove a profitable rather than a losing enterprise. The present opera house was built 45 years um because the old Aeade.. my of Music did not have enough boxes to accommodute the society folk. Today the trouble is that there are too many boxes and not enough sells for the ordinary folk. Will county is asking 820397.50 for expenses incurred in the trial and confinement of former convicts Cort- victed of the murder of Deputy War- den Klein one year ago. Fayette coumy is asking $6,481.51 as ex- penses incurred in connection with trials of escapes from the Vandalia State Farm, Both claims have been approved by the house. Senate Bill No. 63. having to dol large-scale experiments whieh m to with the regulation of road houses Ferin in Iowa this summer. Dr. o. used for public dances, and which R. Sweener of Iowa State tollye, particularly forbid dancing in mun-l writing in the June Farm tend Fire- ties having a population of less than: Side. 'says'. 500.000. was defeated in the senate, "There are 200 million tons of by a tie vote. Opponents of the‘oornstalks produced annually in the measure characterized it as another! United States. They should be a "blue law." _ ( much cheaper raw material than ------- ‘wond, and the new process will ap- An English judge awarded sixtyjarerttty be successful if cornstalks out: damages as the value of C) can be provided at a price of less wife to her husband. Now we won-' than $7 a ton. If the farmers could der whether the judge is a bachelor, l dispose of all their cornstalks at $7 a or a married man. We are sure he' ton, it would add a billion and a half Office at 37 South St. Johns Avenuein Pratt's United _ is the name of a new concern just established in Highland Parfby For 25 years the name Rafferty has stood for effr. ciency and genuine service in this line of business all along the North Shore. It will mean fully as much 25 years in the future. , Office Phones H. P. 1 103 and 1260 Residence Phone H. P. 147 “910.09 Moving Packing Baggage and Freight Transfer Rafferty... Brothers TRAN FEW Formerly with Highliihd Park Transfer and Storage Co. _ "The vogue for colorful kitchen curtains is resulting in charming " (feds. But it is better not to but l curtains if they exclude needed light. ‘Much of the convenience of a kit- (chen depends on the working mu.‘ 1 their compactness and equipment. A; ,hanging book shelf for recipe books; ‘and I few wolumes of verse tsnd tie-l tion is a useful addition. It ia unu- ing how many minutes muy be found} for reading while the vetretabims are \cooking- or the cake is baking." I IIPBOVING Km 7 ' AS nun. ,wousnor Experts of All Kink a“ To but" m Better tum-kitchen cunnin- no -arsd.rwarinmomethaahntft" agricultural college: in tbn My. Experts of all kinds m It“ wnrsnatdmeimsofmakitwtV en a better workshop. In. Null 3. Nichols, Household Editor of h:- and Fireside, has recently vinitod tan of these stale t‘ollegu and reports n- (“ding the Better Kitchen move- ment. “Excellent results , it: being achieved without a “it expenditun of money. thhing does not. to- ward ranking . room conforuhh. for instance, than an Ibundnnce of light. Yet in many homes food is [new in the darkest part of the hon". New windows any always be cat, If that. trees are too near the house they may be out down. "Paints of the lighter hues make kitchens appear more cheerful. Yel- low, paint supplies a pleasing sub-ti- tution for sunshine on a gloomy day. Brushing lucquer, which gives a shiny hard surface resembling that used on automobiles, is a recent in- novation. MAKES PAPER FROM CORNSTALKS. CLA_m Newsfapers will soon be printed on paper manufactured from corn stalks if.a process which has been perfected by chemists in Hungarian and Amer- kan laboratories proves practical in lame-scale experiments which I!" to Fagin in Iowa this summer. Dr. o. R. Sweeney of Iowa State college, writing in the Juno Farm and Fire- side, says: dollars to their income. in uddition 'ttnttytaa,AtarrAnt-trtatttaaettra-aa- let“ I The Rev. Ernest C. Sim-u... pu- tor of n Lutheran church in Topeka. Kan., lurned the rid-Willi Inn- gunk? three year: no. And now holds special services foe deaf not. in his church every Smithy uter- noon. He has punched to more than 1.500 deaf people in so cm... my: the American Inc-line. Half I dozen-wedding ceremonies have been ‘ performed without . word being spoken. His Sundny afternoon unite: for the deaf are no! devoid of music. {or the deaf mute. worship in song is well as prayer. There in a choir of ',20 persons, I quartet ond sever-I {soloists all dent and lung. mum there in no nix-lib]: sound. one im- l, familiar with their lanm and lair Isle can easily an that there dqaf mates are singing. The I‘lying of ', their bodies in unison, the rhythmic g motion of their hands, and the ehang- ',ing .expression on the fares. impart ‘nn understanding of rhythm Int] 1 music. 'Im.r.iatau-irhn.-V mmthh-m wumMm-illut-n- proatitthemar-UHie-boo- ettrodfort6atoet." ttrt-tPei-dist-ttrw "hunir - DEAF mums SING IN CHURCH; mellow Noam: Feat!!! of My A Newisee mum an I. nearly 2,000 an of Imu- . ”a. WOMAN CAPTAIN OF OHIO RIVER STEAMER Only One to Hold Master's Cer- titieate on Western Rivers: Romantic Story Mrs. Mary Becker Greene of Claw cinnati has just completed her 36thl, yrar of steamboating on the Ohiol river and its tributaries. She is‘thel only woman to hold a master's cer-l tifieate on the western river "stem.' The steamer Greenwood. which was? recently sunk in Cincinnati harbor.‘ “as her first command. At various times she has captained nearly ali, the boats of the Greene line. which is; nwnvd by her husband. Gordon C.) Greene. Thu story of Mrs. erne's career.} fill-d with romance and adventure, is) (NM in the American Mazuina tthe', helped to design the steamer Green-l land. which was launched at Marietta! in 1903, and commanded it the fol- lnwing year. making trips' from} Km... Service- I. We BrMaetr" ”5....pr nun-um“..- Wd.H'brtirtrucul.e-lirh.-'qye. uh... 'miqhtnuriMtomtotHgtir. ”uhimlhhtw _iuurasrtua-a-l-.r-rtre.thee-61tr, situation-Wands. I‘m-ch Wealth-Wuhan“! an ulna-nu at the he slip. "ueuqese+ietkatrratatfeh-, "tdr-e-Vet-hi-d-r- pk (“leaping inhthrinl'. Milo-Imam- tln Inn-h- am with“ Writing-tar..th eortueaa-NttNte-amdofth. WOMAN‘S _ EIGHT-HOUR BILL “INTRODUCED Undismyed by the deNat of the Womn'n Eight "our bill in A. house two weeks .80. [In nth - munced by the Net It baked but {our vote. of success. ”with Mic Bola-n O'Neill has Nina-o- dnced the mounts in In Handed form. Certain futures laid to be objectionable to some of '/gV"t',,i'tu" of the house have been le out. NOTICE OF APPLICATION To patmtts of CHICAGO NORTH SHORE AND 'MILWAUKEE RAILROAD COMPANY: The Chum North Shore and lil- wnuhe Railroad Company hereby gives nuke that it has tlied with the “linen Commerce Communion of the State of Illinois npplic-tiou for I can titiente of convenience Ind necessity to operate motor coaches for the ear- riage of passenger-I and m be. of the The Antique Shop, after 40 years of service- the undersigned has again opened a shop at his old location, 388 Central avenue, and will be pleased to serve his old as well as new custom- ers in upholstering. finishing, cabinet Work, slip covers, box springs and mattresses, cushions, draperies, window shades, etc, Antique Work Our Specialty and Guaranteed Perfect 338 Central Avenue ANNOUNCEMENT Avenue "it“ M IIL Telephone Highland Park 3143 T. E. PERSON Shipping meWuhIc-I A"... A” -. to Ruined _ tri-d,-.-'--'" a-tart-tte-ati-inthe City-(WWW ido- Kw Ave-now list “WA“.Mv-udyu Paid. A". and Patric Vit- 'uma-tim-os-ttmV =trrttoerioor Sudan“ Pe- WI sun. val-y Lin. and t-ruurur-dPrairievirw, Wad town.” and inn) uhesris.urmoin,m-etinewith WI qraueo-tntotliU. tar urmumww.nd mankII-nd Put. All parties inure-ted in this pro- ceeding my and: information u to the an. end place of hearing on said application by satire-sin: the Set» tary of the Illinois Comm Com- mi-ioll. Slum“, llliloiu. CHICAGO NORTH SHORE AND MILWAUKEE RAILROAD COM- PANY. By Britten I. Budd, Pmsidmst. Chm llL. Ily 25, tir27. Ralph n, Bradley. Frederick E. Stout, Attorney! for Applican t, “amiable”. ' Chicago. Illinois. ”-15 mu. :m that"