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rizon, Ilincis, that J. W. Davis, cuâ€" KX mmm"ih&'iifi necter in blossoms. _ No honey comes as a byproduce. Each Py ettemietains its stores dwindle to nothing. the atoree dvinte -:-'.....-'-wll rgap ephars 4 market price of cucnmbers this yeu maged from tweny cons t« ) PROGRESS TLE (CO on e mnotres non MA ie arsm ind on cialist; Dr. Will Logan, eminent surâ€" does. _The first hothouse cncumbers in 2926 wenut on the market on Jan. 18 and the last on Auaust 25. â€" J. W. Davis envisioned the great mass of common people as consumers of outâ€"ofâ€"season cucumbers. So he began his life work and his climb to riches. ‘There‘s romance even in cuâ€" cumbers. It‘s a long story how Davis and those who followed in his footâ€" steps bread, over a period of many watchful years, choicer and crisper varieties; introducing English strains and crossing them with American varâ€" as Oregon and as far east as Boston. Snowâ€"ridden folk in Edmonton, Canâ€" ada, with thirty per cent import duâ€" t.h.-lh.”u’uehmhru box of two dozen/to pay, often give up seventyâ€"five cents for a cucumber at topâ€"season prices. ~February visâ€" itors in Florida munch Morrison glassâ€" grown cucumbers and marvel at midâ€" winter dainties of the Southland!"And Million Dollar Cacumbers J. W. Davis lives today in Davenâ€" port. One of his greenhouses, st Terre ‘Haute, Ind., has twentyâ€"nine acres under glass and, I was told, represents an investment of more thian $1,000,000. Citizens of Morriâ€" zon remember him as a barefoot boy, son of a pobr, struggling marketâ€"garâ€" dener, and tell of him peddling "roots and green stuff" from door to door. Somehow or other J. W. Davis, the dreamer of the family, got the idea of raising cucumbers under glass for the commercial market. He knew that it was being done in a small way in the east, for high class hotels and fory wealthy epicures. _ _ _ _ and Streator, each plant in a way linâ€" eal descendant of the original Davis plant; three_plants with fourteen meres of cucumbers growing under The Kay Bee company has long since ceased ‘to be a part of the Davis organization but J. W. Davis‘ originâ€" al cueumber dream gave its beginâ€" hood, in fact, the five Davis brothâ€" march of time became cucumber barâ€" ans in yarious parts of the United States. Morrison is headquarters for the Kay Bee company with cucumber a.umqu-u?fi Mmm’- aborigâ€" tad advice tod Hiack HHavks bang to destruction. ‘ ‘ On rubber tires we dart swiftly through the valleys where Abraham Lincoln, soldier, Dixonâ€"his headquarâ€" to w when it was done that he "fought a war and never saw an Indian." We reach Morrison and find a newâ€"day story; a composite of the tale of the cucumber, the tale of the refrigerator and the tale of the cow. Hothouse Cucumber Morrizon is the birthplace of the hothouse cucumber. â€" It was in Morâ€" ask chickens. _ Four hundred farmers ships out between 60,000 and 70,000 refrigerators every year. . Morrison is the home of the Ilinois Refrigerâ€" ator company. That business was started in 1893 with six stockholders and a capital of $50,000. Its capital today is $500,â€" 000 and its sales about $1,500,000 a year. Wood, steel and porceiain boxâ€" es are made. .A full working crew is about 250 men. The plant was built by Edward A. Smith. He puts in most of his time at the "Smith bank," now leaving Frank Smith, his son and grandson of Leander, to guide the desâ€" tiny of the plant. t bring their milk daily to the Morriâ€" gon plant of Libby, McNeil & Libâ€" by. Its output is sweetened and unâ€" sweetened evaporated milk. Whiteside county used to be grain, cattle and ‘hogs. Grain elevators stood thick in.the countryside. Now they are out of style. Cash grain disâ€" of the original "fortyâ€"niners" who sought gold in California, landed finâ€" ally in Morrison and added banking to his repertoire. Because Dr. Smith came Morrison tach it himself. With a bit of cereâ€" mony I was_shown that lock, prized property of the First National Bank of Morrison. Dr. Leander Smith bought it in 1874. Smith, a New Englander, physician, lumberman, platter of townsites, one years ago J'nme-vsamni "â€""t. ;nvvu;t;; of the time lock, installed the first bank door anywhere in the world. He lock of the kind ever _ Rirst Newspaper Morrison‘s first newspaper, the Senâ€" arviies:" The rounty uesd of White: The county seat of side county was established here in 1838. Legend says that when comâ€" missioners came secking sites Mrs. James Gridiey, pioneer mother and such an amazing dinner under eternal obligations to the entire community, suceumbed to the arts of the wise lady, and voted the courtâ€" house here forever. \ Bolnne.mflyahlmdndyun] later, to pay tribute to Mrs. Gridiey‘ Uw&i:a-"h F;M beâ€" ;': youd the Rock. and about fifteen milés east of the Mississippi, almost | ena. directly west o% Chicago. 4t is here| C 5111 Waveland Ave. ’ Municipal Pm 1 0 1c l )o Windes & Marsh Dr. IRVING G. SCHUR 16â€"18 N. Sheridan Rd. ‘Tel. 2190 And it was here that fiftyâ€"two SEWING MACHINES SOLD AND REPAIRED o 52‘ e ag cghnttt mackines "A. H. MURLKE SINGER AGENCYT Deerfield, N. Tel. Deerfield 215â€"J FLOOR and WALL TILB > MANTELS and GAS LOGS (Not Inc.) s for . CESERIT GI E0 UTC heaters today. ‘__\ . F \ Fedelco Heater “ "’ o '2;:?.3" | | P z0 L L o AU mac n PR i MIEeh hh&-cfil'llhlhc dizhl M“-M,gm of Movember, 1927, at eight o‘clock P.M., which said public hearing will be conducted by the NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a pubâ€" Me hearing will be beld in the Council Chamâ€" measure the prosperity of a countryâ€" side by the number of its dairy cows. Cows never ask the price of the grains they eat. AUTUMN Neeps {r the Home *4 Electric Heaters Now that cool weather is here every home ought to have one or two of these portable heaters for extra warmth during short periods. At the touch of a switch they will radiate a flood of cheery heat wherever and whenever you want it. They help protect the comfort and health of all the family â€" Order your electric +the City of ’ Cleaner Attachments $5.00 Extra _ _ Bag for Attachments <% for this FEDELCO 4 : #6 NOTICE OP PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE I8 HEREBY GIVEN that a pub lc hearing will be held in the Council Chamâ€" bgrinmochvllnnhmeuydlfi.u Park, lilinois, on ‘Thursday, the 10th of November, 1927, at eight o‘clock P.M., which -idpnhlhh-th.'fllhmht& undersigned, the Zoning Committee for the City of Highland Purk, designated and apâ€" bdnwhth'-.&uen-l&cl?.dm- Mdiu--ordh-muflt.u': "AN â€"ORDINANGE to ‘regulate and. the height and Sulk as bendinge" 1s oL iitht NDTICE ID HEREBY GIVEN that a pub lc hearing will be held in the Council Chamâ€" $ in it py un a on o November, 1927, at eight o‘clock P.M., which amid public bearing will be conducted by the undersigned, the Zoning Committee for the City of Highland Park, designated and apâ€" pointed by th'-.c«uen of the Ol?. of Highâ€" w‘.‘ an m:’"fl“‘: . 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