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The automobile excise tax, inaugâ€" urated on October 4., 1917 and comâ€" pletely repealed on May 29, 1928, nefted the Government a total of $1,099,083,079, according to figures compiled by the American Motorists‘ association, in coâ€"operation with The Automobile club of llinois. Repeal of the tax, assessed only on new cars purchased. means a saving of approxâ€" imately $20.000,000 annually, the figâ€" ures show. s Thanks Unwanted "Gimme thankless jobs hereafter," said Tom Tuttle of Squash Bend as Mr. Lavelle, his new French neighbor, kissed him for fixing his fence.â€"Farm and Fireside. Walter McPeek, Scout Executive of the Northshore Area Council with Headquarters in Highland Park, who begins his third year of service to Northshore towns this fall. AUTO EXCISE TAX NETS GOVERNMENT BIG SUM Bookkecping â€" Shorthand â€" Typorriting â€" S’u'rf'nria(. 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Facts" Prepared by Our Chinese Chef SERVED AT ALL HOURS Pork Chop Suey Chicken Chop Suey Pork Chow Mein Chicken Chow Mein Egg Fooey Yong | Planned to Invade That Country _ _From Philippines But When They Learned China Had _ When, however, the Spaniards and Portuguese set out to conquer parts of Asia, the story was entirely differâ€" ent, declares Dr. Berthold Laufer, cuâ€" rator of anthropology at Field Museum of Natural History and noted writer on the Orient, in discussion the hisâ€" tory of firearms as illustrated in the museum‘s collections. In 1571 the Spaniards entered the Bay of Manila and, to their surprise, were greeted by cannon fire from the citadels of two fortified towns. Antonio de Morâ€" ga, a Spanish writer, relates that long before the arrival of the Spaniards, the Philippine Islanders had bronze culverins and cast iron pieces for deâ€" fense. When the Portuguese took Maâ€" lacca in 1510 they captured 3000 artilâ€" lery pieces, 2,000 of which were of bronze, and the rest iron. | Spies to China ‘ After the Spaniards settled in the Philippines. according to the researchâ€" e~ of Dr. Laufer, they sent spies to China io find out whether she could be conguered as easily as Mexico and Peru. These emissaries were Augusâ€" timiar friars, whose reports are still extant. â€" They returned and reported GUNPOWDER AVERTED When the American Indians had the misfortune of being discovered by the Spaniards, the three principal means employed by the invaders to subdue them were the horse, fireâ€"arms and treachery. standing armies gunpowder and red the Spanis BY SPANISH WAR LORDS extant. â€" They returne that it could not be China was very pop Firearms, â€" populous equipped w firearms. governors . and done. with horses, This deterâ€" = from any reported because d Under the title "Who Said the Day of Railroad Giants Is Over" the magâ€" agazine tells the story of this exâ€" blacksmith‘s management of first the Nickel Plate line, then a run down road. and his management in turn of the Chesapeake and Ohio, the Pere Marquette and finally the Erie. Berâ€" net‘s story is linked with that of O. P. and M. J. Sweringen, two former real century, and was first employed in the manufacture of firecrackers and fireworks. Large guns were made there beginning ubout the twelfth century. attempt to invade China, and it may be said that it was the invention of Firearms were employed in China, India, Java, Sumatra, Borneo, Siam, Cambodia and Korea long before the arrival of any European nations in Asia. Gunpowder was invented in China about the middle of the sixth ROMANCE IN RAILWAY PRESIDENTS CAREER That romance remains a part of the â€"â€" present day history of American railâ€" road development is proven by the life story of John J. Bernet, president of the Erie railroad, recounted in The American Magazine. the fate of Mexico and Peru, says Dr. Laufer. ' Magazine Writer Believes So and Tells How in Story of J. J. Bernet THE HIGHLAND PARK PRESS, HIGHLAND PARK, ILLINOIS â€" â€" 29475 Tbé lowest price - in Pierceâ€"Arrow history! New and sparkling of line, rich in color comâ€" binations, without an ounce of excess weight. Easy to handle, quick to accelerate, fleet beâ€" No detail has been changedâ€"not the smallest rcfhnement neglected. The car is every inch a Pierceâ€"Arrow. That being true almost yesterday, think of the amazing money‘s worth that must be present in the Club Brougham today . . . at $2475, the lowest price in Pierceâ€"Arrow history! This is the same automobile which, a few weeks ago, was announced as a nalue that awarfs anyâ€" thing in the fine car market. PIERCEâ€"ARROW SALES CORPORATION ' (Factory Branch) ’ 2420â€"22 South Michigan Avenue, CHICAGO. Telephone Michigan 2400 North Shore Service Station, 1308 Elmwood Avenue, Evanston Your present car will be accepted at fairly appraised value. This will apply against J:ulno:zbmmu-h'd make Pierceâ€"Arrow ownership surprisingly easy 7â€"Passenger Enclosed Drive the New York Central to run it. Always Bernet reached out for his employers, calling upon them to buy more roads and rallway @repv*ies Today, as a result, they own and conâ€" trol a network of railroads that agâ€" track, employing more than 135,000 persons and have assets of a billion and a half dollars. Bernet was born in Brandt, New York, 60 years ago. He is mentioned as the probable choice for the presiâ€" deney of the combined Van Sweringen roads if this combine becomes posâ€" sible. "No longer tyros, but masters of railroading," says the magazine of the Van Sweringens, "the brothers‘ dream the Nickel Plate and took him from has become one of empire, and this in a scant half dozen years." Note that the reductions are as great as $600 on Here are the New Low Prices 889 Deerfield Ave. Phone H.P. 2951 A. P. LANTZ We repair and make wWINDOW SHADES Estimates furnished. Terms made to suit. 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St. Johns Ave. OU can start us speedâ€" Teday‘s Amount of 275 The Worth of Religion If religion is not worth ah effort, is it worth much*‘â€"The Woman‘s FHome â€" Companion. ; OaK.â€" T _ Launoky‘~ CaAUSES YoUu To : FOR THE WOMANâ€"MORE RECREATION AND SWEET AND CLEAN CLOTAEsS THURSDAY, AUGUST 9, 1928 w6 THANK3! ; casy