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fight; and so on. These sparrows were flagrant "repeats" and Mr. Lyon learned to identify them by holding them in his hand and noting their â€"_ . / Jobbing Promptly Done Bhop Phone HP. 457 Res. 1986 ;.-& Highland Park whiteâ€"throated sparrows in a trap at one time. Each had a different disâ€" A bird is just a bird to most folks, but not to this man who has handied "I have banded about 18,000 birds and have met with some 30,000 "reâ€" peats,‘" he continued. "The birds include ‘130 species. My yard once was an orchard and several trees still stand. A number of species don‘t walk into my traps. The birds which like the open fields won‘t come anyâ€" number there have been 11,000 "reâ€" turns," Mr. Lyon said. A bird that is a steady customer at the breadâ€"crumb line is known as & "repeat" in the birdâ€"bander‘s lexicon. A bird that is seen a year or more, after having been registeredâ€"either caught in another man‘s trap or killâ€" edâ€"is a "return." Since 1920, when| the biological survey took over the, work, some 350,000 birds have been‘ banded in this country.‘ Out of that; fear of man. They keep coming back | to the traps day after day, wherel they know there is something to eat.| I can get within ten feet of them without their taking flight." In his yard in Waukegan Mr. Lyon' maintains about fifty trapsâ€"each a! sort of temporary confinement for the j birds before they are “booked"â€"-nndx about ten of them, he says, are “s‘w cessful." This isn‘t a good time of | year for a birdâ€"bander to ride his‘ hobby, the real estate man said, beâ€"} cause most of the birds are someâ€" where else. | Habit Grows on Them l "Some birds acquire what we call the "trap habit,‘" he said. “Afler} having been caught and banded they | seem to lose a great deal of their; â€". INTERESTING WORK Mr. Lyon is president of the Inland Bird Banding association. The memâ€" bership extends from Saskatchewan to Texas. Each member is expected to catch the birds that come into his ken, and place a neat aluminum band about the ankle of each one. The birdie then gets a number in a big book in Washington, D. C., kept by the United States biological survey, and becomes from then on a personâ€" age of scientific interest. Hours: 9 a. m. to 12; 1 to 5 p. m.; Oldâ€"fashioned poets who like to sing of the wild, free spirit of the bird, which would pine away and die from a moment‘s imprisonment, might rearrange their dactylic hexameters somewhat after a brief conversation with W. I. Lyon of Waukegan, vho‘ sells real estate for profit and catches birds for pleasure. ‘ 254 St. Johns Ave. Highiand Park Buite 4 H. P. State Bank Bldg. WAUKEGAN â€"MAN EXPLAINS Paul E. Downing Phone H. P. 566 Box 423 Highland Park, Hlinois W., I. Lyon of That City Tells of + Experiences in This Line; | How Feathered Friends _ _ g Are Caught Old Floors Resurfaced to Look Like New Fish Bait Fails Passing by a fishingâ€"tackle empoâ€" FRED C. BREMER DR. B. A. HAMILTON 7 to 9 p. m. â€" 16 North Sheridan Road Highland Park, NL New Floors Laid and Surfaced He "Lindbergh, though, needn‘t fear that some tern is going to beat his record," said Mr. Yyoun. "The fastest a tern can flyâ€"and the tern is one of Recent announcement that a citizen of LaRochelle, France, had picked up an arctic tern whose aluminum ankle brace proclaimed it as coming from some island near Labrador brought up the subject of transatlantic flights of birds. If this one is suthentic, Mr. Lyon said, it makes the seventh on record. _ Five of them, peculiarly enough, are of flights from Europe to America, and only one before this one of America to Europe. Se he did...But be aAmitted a bait phony bug and a rubber angleworm that will deceive a poor fish will be scorned by a wise old bird. The bait is still as good as ever, he said. for use ‘em for lures in the (soodrich Silvertowns CENTRAL TIRE CO. Arade in your tires as you would your car! Drive your car to one of these Goodrich Dealers today! Tire prices are low â€"we make them lower by taking your old tires off your hands. There‘s always a market for used tires and reconditioned tiresâ€"if you trade them in before they blow out. Get rid of your doubtful mileage now. Drive around â€" get our allowance. What we can give depends on the condition of your tires The better the tiresâ€"the higher the price we can allow you. Letsomeone else wear out your old tiresâ€"while you ride on Goodrich Silvertowns. T; When you get new Silvertowns, you aregetting the thick, husky tread which gives new protection from uneven tread wear. You are getting the tires built from heavily rubberâ€"ized cordsâ€" twoâ€"way toughened by the Goodrich Water Cure. XRE your tires getting risky? Trade 4* them off â€"they will save you money on the price of new Goodrich Silvertowns! Out in Montana they have what is called "hen hootch." Five drinks and a man lays in the gutter.â€"Florida Timesâ€"Union. detective stories we are almost conâ€" vinced that Scotland Yard has, a new murder mystery to work on every ten minutes and that the Bxitish peerage must be almost wiped out by now. "But the arctic tern sees more creature. He spends his summers in the arctic, watching the midnight sun. For winter, h. fiiles to the antaretic, to get in on the sun there. And he sees plenty of sunlight in the rest of They say that England is more lawâ€" abiding than the United States, but the swiftest in flightâ€"is sixty miles St. Johns and Park Avenues, Highland Park, islinois bird. RBird lovers, sportsmen and game officials are all pretty much agreed in the desire to protect all the useful weci-lo{bh'dlfl-. At the same time such irds as ducks, jackâ€" snipe, woodcock, geese, yellowlegs, golden plovu%.eoou.mm pheasants, and other birds are reâ€" garded as useful and desirabie food, and as such are legitimately hunted under proper game laws that have the approval of good citizens. The Amâ€" erican Game protective association strives to secure sensible game laws Robins and English sparrows are the most common of all birds. Next in number is the song sparrow, chipâ€" ping sparrow, meadow lark and catâ€" Common ‘Birds Protected; Othâ€" ers Considered as Game. in How doth the little busy B Delight to joke and tease? He hides himself from you and me It is against the law to use airâ€" planes orâ€"motor boats to drive ducks or them moving so as to mauke h‘?m. ; Every state has laws to protect its fish and game. There is a federal, or government act, known as the miâ€" gratory bird law. Twentyâ€"one states help to enforce this federal law which reduces the "bag limits" or the numâ€" ber of birds that may be killed by hunters. During the present session of Conâ€" gress new migratory bird refuges are being provided for. There are many of these in the United States, and birds are protected against hunters in these places. that will command respect. D‘s. _ ‘Many of the bottomless mudâ€"holes which travelers have found in the dirt roads of Illinois during the past winâ€" hrmt.htnlal":l'!d.*'-' definitely recognized by scientists as a ,:hfi‘uflltnm::‘-‘ state, according to 'Cfi olthmlmm“ agriculture, University of HMlinois. These spots vary in size from a few feet to several miles square and in some localities they make up ten per cent of the total soil area. When dry the spots become very had and resist further penetration of water. When they are thoroughly wet, howâ€" ever, they take on more water readily the soil in them has a smooth er slick feel â€" "SLICK SPOTS" IN MUD ROADS CALLED "FAULTS» whence the spots get their