The following text may have been generated by Optical Character Recognition, with varying degrees of accuracy. Reader beware!

Large rewards for robbers that tamper with the United States mails, offered by the post office department in an attempt to check the series of such outrages throughout the counâ€" try, went into effect last week, it is stated in a bulletin from Washington to local postmasters throughout the country. Two thousand dollars will be paid for the arrest and conviction of any person for assaulting anyone having lawful charge or control of any mail, money or other property of the Uniâ€" ted States, intending to rob such a guardian of government property, or wounds or kills such a person, or puts his life in jeopardy by the use of a dangerous weapon. If such an assault doesn‘t result in wounds, $1000 in reward money will be paid. Rewards to Be Paid If a government postoffice is brokâ€" en into or any building devoted in part to post office purposes, in an atâ€" tempt at robbery, or should any one steal mail while on a postal route, or in custody of a messenger, or while it is being conveyed to a railroad staâ€" tion, a reward of $200 will be paid for his arrest and conviction. _‘ INCREASE REW ARDS FOR P. 0. ROBBERS Postal Department Reports New Schedule; Postmasters in U. S. Notified For receiving stolen mail or other post office property, those guilty, if captured and convicted, will net to their captors the amounts as those listed above. The government bulletin, given out by the postmaster, further states that for anyone shot and killed while carrying out any of the above offensâ€" es, or while resisting lawful arrests on suchâ€"charges, rewards will be paid equal to those paid for arrest and conviction. # The stickâ€"up of the North Avenue pharmacy in Waukegan which housed a government branch postoflice, over a week ago, and netted the holdup men more than $200 mostly governâ€" ment money, is the most recent case Thursday, July 10, 1930 133 GLENCOE AVENUE During the months of JULY and AUGUST we will be CLOSED each SATURDAY at 12 o‘clock (noon) Get your orders in early for Saturday t morning deliveries. ‘Edward Hines Lumber Co. First and Walnut Streets Telephone Highland Park 2637 M. D. MURPHY Tel. No. 465 Lake County Case Estimates on New and Remodeling Work â€" Repair Work a Snecialty Hot Water, Vapor, High or Low Pressure Steam MURPHY & SCHWALL HEATING CONTRACTORS John Gourley & Company ANNOUNCEMENT 507 Elm Place which the large rewards offered hopâ€" ed to check. Had these awards been legal two weeks ago, the capture of the two men would have resulted in a $2000 reward to those effecting the arrest. The grave danger of being turned up for such a generous reward is exâ€" pected by the department to greatly cut down mail and post office thefts. Rodney H. Brandon, director of public welfare, made this discovery in preparing his annual report. Permanent improvements at the state penal and charitable instituâ€" tions he said cost the state eight cents per second throughout the fisâ€" cal year that ended June 30, 1929. This investment in facilities to care for the rapidly increasing instituâ€" tional population, equals oneâ€"fifth of the expenditures for operation, inâ€" eluding salaries and wages, repairs and eugipment and the disbursement irom the U. S. Veterans‘ Bureau fund. During the last fiscal year, one dollar lasted only 2.051 seconds for all institution expenditures, includâ€" ing permanent improvements for the department of public welfare. A dollar lasts just a little more than three seconds in the upkeep of Illinois penal and charitable instituâ€" tions. | How Long Dollar Lasts in Upkeep of Illinois Institutions Explained The average dollar, set aside for all expenditures at the state institutions including the investment in permaâ€" nent _ improvements, survived _ for 3.1387 secondg, of the year that endâ€" ed June 30, 1926. The next year, the average dollar‘s life was 2.8013 secâ€" onds. In the year ending June 30, 1928, a dollar lasted 2.2795 seconds, and in the past fiscal year, the avâ€" erage dollar‘s life was reduced to 2.051 seconds. The cost of permanent improveâ€" ments has increased consistently since 1926. . In 1926, the state expended $350,599; in 1927, $503,766; in 1928, $2,411,356 and in 1929, $2,575,563.25 was spent for permanent improveâ€" ments, * 89 CLIFTON AVENUE Telephone Highland Park 222 J. A. SCHWALL Tel. No. 3720 Tel. No. 465 T HE PRESS OLDSMOBILE, VIKING DEALER 514 Laurel Avenue, Highland Park, Illinois BETEITER . :: THAN EVER . C. WARREN MOTOR SALES Improved appearance. Greater richness, luxury, and comfort in body interiors. Advanced operating efficiency in engine and chassis. Refinements throughout that indicate a new high level of value in Oldsmobile. And all achieved strictly as improvementsâ€"without changing Oldsâ€" mobile‘s. famous fundamentals. , Come and see this Oldsmobile. Drive it and prove it yourself . . . better than ever. TWOâ€"DOOR SEDAN Phone Highland Park 123 Spare Tire and Bumpers Extra the plumbing exemplifies the discernâ€" ment and good taste of the homeâ€"ownâ€" er. Equipment of the kind we install is a constant source of pride, comfort, convenience and satisfaction. . We supply and install complete bathroom and other plumbing outfits for every type of home at moderate prices. Modern Plumbing and Heating Estimates Cheerfully Given â€" Jobbing a Specialty + WITTEN BUILDING 860 CENTRAL AVENUE Shop H. P. 1404 Res. H. P. 489â€"1342 Moran Brothers IN MODERN HOMES Lansing, Mick. 19