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farmers of the state to plant one acre to trees on each farm. With the arrival of the first setâ€" tlers to Illinois this territory was fortyâ€"two per cent forest, the wooded sections embracing â€" approximately 15,000,000 acres. At present there remain but 3,231,075 acres of timber in the state, or about oneâ€"fifth of the original area. : A featureâ€"of the program having for its object the planting of 50,000,â€" 000 trees in the state which is exâ€" pected to meet with especial favor is a suggestion to border the state highâ€" ways with shade trees, giving to the state when the highways are comâ€" pleted approximately 10,000 miles of hard roads bordered with shade trees. The various communities will be Interest in the lIllinois movement will have a sixâ€"foot object, as outlinâ€" ed by Forester Miller: _ 1. Restoration of orchards and berry patches. 2. Popularization of Landscape Having for its object the reforesâ€" tation of Iilinois, R. B. Milier, chief forester, Department of Conservaâ€" tion, is preparing to launch a moveâ€" ment for the planting of fifty miltion trees in the state. ‘The campaign will start in a modâ€" ‘est way, with a quota of one million trees being set for 1928. For 1919 this will be increased to ten million trees, as interest is awakened. For 1930 the mark of twentyâ€"five million trees will be set. __ Nursery Association to Aid J. A. Young of Aurora, prominent in the activities of the lllinois Nurâ€" sery association, in conference with Forester Miller on the plan has | pledged the. fullest coâ€"operation of his organization. Trees will be furâ€" mished practically at cost of raising in order to stimulate the movement. Mr. Young is nationally known as the originator .of the "Plan to Plant Another Tree" movement ‘which has resulted in many millions of trees beâ€" ing planted in all parts of the United | States, and which movement has llso| been well received in foreign counâ€"| ~4. Beautification of schnol grounds in Ilinois. Forester Miller will urge upon the Launches Movement for Phlt-lfl'?M¢‘lflv‘|‘"d ing of Fifty Millions of _ | Highways to Be Built in Iâ€" ’-â€"â€" -.TH‘-â€"-° \ | CA JEBAS®| i WASHCLOTHES. 4 3. Reforestation. 5. Beautification of state highâ€" 6. Planting of memorial trees To secure a proper reforestation bartermimendionst 3 a 1 "A ALL MEN SHOULD KNow OUXR SWEET AND CLEAN _ WEEKLY WASH PLAN HoTEL CHASE Lindell at Forest Park ‘Trees in State; Many 42 Per Cent Once Forest ILLINOIS FORESTER| ILLINOIS BIG PROGRAM service and restful, quiet nights assure a complete relaxation after a busy day. C~ 18, 1088 . aal l 0 1( O o _~ Wens IGHLAND ParRK PRESS, HIGHLAND PARK, ILLiNOIS F ,msmnmul ‘ PLAN! ~ROAD YEAR IN STATE FINEST DISPLAY OF MEMORIALS In addition to this schedule there is to be constructed during: 1928 roads totalling 450 miles in Cook eounty, together with 100 miles of grading and 50 bridges. fluenced in the decision on the legalâ€" ity of the gasoline tax by the supreme court. Should an adverse decision be handed down the work of construcâ€" tion will be materially reduced. On December 21 letting for 63.9 miles of paving, 2.5 miles of grading, and 13 bridges by the highway deâ€" partment. On January 2 bids were opened on 225.9 miles of paving, 166 miles of grading and 37 bridges. February 1 contractors will have an opportunity of sharing in the division of 229.2 miles of paving, 59.6 miles of grading and 21 bridges. For March 1 there is scheduled a letting of contracts for 200 miles of paving and 386.2 miles of grading. The grand total under contract, or on which contracts will be awarded not later than March 1 will amount to 1,583.58 miles of concrete paving, 456.28 miles of â€" grading and 221 bridges. It is estimated the state‘s share of the expenses will be approxâ€" imately $42,000,000. 1928 Mr. Sheets said the actual reâ€" sults to be accomplished will be inâ€" gineer, Department of Public Works which has stood as a record of conâ€" crete construction in all states up to the present time. During 1923 this record.will be exceeded, if the season will permit. It is expected the 1,500 mark will be passed. The figure for 1924 embraces both the roads conâ€" structed by the state and county highways built by state aid and unâ€" der the opproval of the state highâ€" way department. > Much Under Contract According to the announcement of Mr. Sheets, contracts have already been entered into for 414 miles of paving, 83 miles of grading and: 100 bridges, as a part of the program of 1928. and Buildings. In voicing his prophesy on the road work in lllinois for the season of Promise that 1928 will be the banâ€" ner year in the construction of hard roads in Illinois has been voiced by pleted 1,230 miles of hard Frank T. Sheets, chief highway enâ€" 5751 RAVENSWOOD AVE. Phone Ravenswood 3523 In the year 1924 the state comâ€" obliging plumbers. We will reâ€" fiyb).ul..ll*.n- dio set grabs a message out of the mir. ‘We‘re here for your convenience and comfort. Write GRANITE FURNISHED AND Anywhere you say â€" we‘re For Cook County "Illinois has come to possess the finest transportation facilities in the country," the governor added. "Here the material for commerce can be transported â€" quicker, . easier â€" and cheaper than in any other state. Its railroads cover the state in a netâ€" work.â€" Its new waterway from the lakes to the gulf will give the state new and valuable commercial conâ€" tacts with foreign countrigs. We alâ€" ready have more airmail routes than zny other state and the topography The governor‘s address was made during the ceremony of presentation of the new topographical map of the Chicago region, which was made coâ€" operatively by the United States geoâ€" legical survey. The map, described by its designers as the last word in government mapping and surveying, represents in minute detail an area of approximateR â€" eleven hundred square miles. It is printed in twenty sections and will be ready for general distribution in 1928. Illinois now has the center of popâ€" ulation for the United States, and soon will have, and probably keep, the center of manufacturing, Goverâ€" nor Small said, because of its fine roads, excellent transportation and wealth of mineral products.* will p fields." Smail, speaking before a meeting of the Western Society of Engineers. . era of progress industrially, was the That lllinois is enteringâ€".4 goldem Increase in This Line in State in Talk permit of universal landing Center of Manufacturing A BRIEF HISTORY OF A GREAT AGCHHEVEMENT BIG INDUSTRIAL ERA changing and tastes were chagmg style and luxury were the growing prepossessions of the hour. It is unnecessary here to comment on the singular merits of that famous Four. It was honored on the battlefields of war, and achieved equal distincâ€" tion on the highways and byways Its long life and complete dependâ€" During thirteen years more than two million units of that product sively in a fourâ€"cylinder product. Prothers underfook an imporâ€" .I_ tant and gigamnskâ€"vgfdx is now complete. . Since its N THE Spring of 1925 Dodge g practical at popular THE VICTORY SIX THE SENIOR S IX AMERICA‘S FASTEST FOUR GRAHAM BROTHERS TRUCKS Coupe . . . . . . . . $855 AND MOTOR COACHES Seden.: . . . . : . s : #75 A chassis and body for every conceivable De Luxe Sedan in 1914 Dodge During the first ten nonths of 1927, interest earned on state funds of Illinois totaled $827,955.76. Iilinois‘ first steam locomotive was put into service on Nov. 8, 1838, at Merediosia. Suack«~e~t*~â€" bei <~ TNicago, first prize for car lots of steers was won by Aberdeenâ€"Angus steers from Meâ€" chanicsberg, IIl. In 1926 lilinois had four and one~ half per cent of the country‘s public utility electric generating capacity, but produced more than eight and oneâ€" half ?I the country‘s entire output. Voters in Iilinois will have the opâ€" portunity of exercising their right of suffrage cight times during 1928â€" at three primaries and five elections. New completely gasâ€"equipped porâ€" celain enameling plant at Rockford uses 6,000,000 cubic feet of manufacâ€" tured gas each month. There were 87,619 births in Nlinois inrtihe first eight months of 1927. Tlinois ranks sixth among the states in the number of immigrants receivâ€" ed in the fiscal year ended June 30, 1927. Correcting an item resently appearâ€" ing in this column giving 23 deâ€" grees â€" minimum _ temperature | in recorded minimum temperature in lilinois, a Peoria correspondent says the weather bureau recorded 26 beâ€" low zero there in February, 1905. used in lllinois each year in the reâ€" placement of old fences. _ At the recent International Live One of the longest commercial teleâ€" phone circuits in the worldâ€"the line from the City of Mexico to Montreal and Toronto, Canada, extends 344 miles through Ilinois. Only three governors of Illinois were born in the state. There were 87.619 births in Nlinois About 15,000,000 new posts are Phones 120â€"121 Highland Park, IIlinois Tune in for Dodge Brothers Radio Program BTING FACTS â€" ABOUT THIS STATE Every Thursday m.n.‘ 7 to 7:30 . _ (Central Time) NBC Red Network Progressive engineering dictated the revision and refinement of existâ€" ing fourâ€"cylinder power piants. Two years ago Dodge Brothers appraised its task and embarked upon a Pros:am designed to place it and its Dealer Organization in a position on January 1, 1928, second to none in the industry. Quietly, with deliberation and disâ€" patch, and without interrupting the regular course of production and service to customers, the new proâ€" gram went swiftly forward. The astonishing results of this great achievement are now known to the world. > It is doubtful if industrial annals can cite, over a similar period, an achievement so outstanding. appointment, has been created. All prices f. o. b. Detreit . $1045 an and child in the state. The most recent estimate of the population of Illinois is 7,296,000. Capacity of public utility electric generating stations in lliinois is enough to burn simultaneously five 60â€"watt lamps for every man, womâ€" A certified copy of territorial Govâ€" ernor St. Clair‘s proclamation creatâ€" ing St. Clair county, April 27, 1790, is the earliest document possessed by the State of Illinois. New records for car movements were established on December 5 by the Chicago Rapid Transit company â€"the "L." In one hour 224 trains of 1,244 cars were routed over the loop, and during the day the loop carâ€" ried 2,895 trains of 9,779 cars. _ Illinois has 667 accredited fourâ€" year high schools. A New Jersey musician, injured so that he can‘t blow his saxaphone any more," asks $10,000. Well it ought to be worth that much to the neighâ€" borhood which have more than $1,000,000,000 pany instailed its 900,000th telephone A chassis and for every conceivable gn;s.:;tl'ont.! pess). _\ honorable standards of a gr:a; past, Dodge Brothers have met the challenge of a still more exacting Adhering rigidly to the sound and For every need and purse there is now a Dodge Brothers vehicle built dependably and in full recognition of the progressive ideals o? today and tomorrow. These accomplishments, one folâ€" lowing the other in steady proâ€" ression, have now provided Bodge Brothers Dealers throughâ€" out the world with the most diverâ€" sified and comprehensive line of passenger and commercial vehicles ever manufactured and sold by a single organization. Then Thursday came The Victoryâ€" a Six for $1045 and upâ€"the most specâ€" Graham Brothers Trucks and Motor Coaches (formerly excluâ€" sively Fours) have been suppleâ€" mented by Sixes. Fifty new types have been added. The capacities are broadéned to range from oneâ€" half ton to twoâ€"ton, all resulting in the most complete and capable line of work cars known, and with prices ranging from $670 to $4290. a b 4 1 ) filgx’ueen':g. achievement of $1495 1570 1595 several of our largest ‘cities. Conâ€" cerning their efficiency, a Philadel}â€" phia company, which gives employâ€" ment to a number of, wellâ€"trained taxi girls, reports that the men drivâ€" ers employed by the company have three times as many serious acciâ€" dents as the women. Automotive power is responsible for many innovations. One of the latest is the employment of girl taxi drivers by operating companies im inunopoly as coachmen and footmen, but times have changed. WOMEN CHAUFFEURS INCREASE IN CITIES ROX M " BRICK