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BRIEF NEWS ITEMS FROM LAKE COUNTY After 52 years of married life Mrs. Mary Petre, of 508 S. Genesee street, last week filed a bill for separate maintenance in circuit court against her husband, Joseph Petre, sometimes known as Joseph Pete, charging him with cruelty. Circuit . Judge Edward Shurtleff, after four months of . work on the doeket left last week for his home in Marengo, iand will appear only inâ€" termittently to hear. motions until the fall term of court. He has cleaned up about 300 cases. j A «sheared cotterâ€"pin in an outâ€" board motor cost the life of Anthony G. Landgras, 40, of 647 Melrose ayâ€" enve, Chicago, last week Landgras died suddenly at 5 oclock, his heart werkened by his efforts to repair the broken pin at Slocum lake. Thursday, July 17, 1930 Plunge of Stanley Caclis, 10 years old, of 1535 Commonwealth avenue, North Chicago, from the top of the bluff overlooking the lake at Foss Park in North Chicago, resulted in serious injuries for the youth. Robert â€" Kramer, son of Frank Kramer, . of 1335 Chestnut street, Waukegan, chief engineer . for the North Shore line, submitted to an emergency operation for appendiciâ€" tis while on board the U. S. Battleâ€" ship, Wyoming, according toâ€"a radioâ€" gram received by his parents last week. A stray bullet that apparently came through a transom, last week wounded Harry Westfall, 3041 Bosâ€" ton boulevard, Detroit, as he watched «dlancers at the: Channel Lake dance pavilion. ' Sixtyâ€"eight Illinois : banks closed their doors in the year ending June 30 at the request of their boards of directors, largely on account of heavy withdrawals, State Auditor Osâ€" car Nelson‘s office has announced. 20 of them suspended operations during the first six months of the year and 48 during the past six months. Durâ€" ing the year 31. banks liquidated through sales or mergers and 17 others formed consolidations. Following the first quarrelâ€" with his bride of a.week, Joseph Zukoâ€" zich, 21, of 1224 Prescott avenue, North Chicago, went to a bedroom in his home and sent a bullet through his body, narrowly missing his heart. Five companies of reservists in the United States Marine corps, a total oi 300 men, arrived .at the Great Lakes Naval Training station last week to sturt their two weeks of inâ€" tensive drill, the first ever to be held away from the Marine base at Quanâ€" tico, Virginia. Sixtyâ€"Eight Banks in Illinois Close in Year nteresting Ha%)enings About This Part of North Shore; County Seat As evidence of the fast growing popularity of Illinois‘ state parks, Director H. H. Cleaveland of the state department of public works and buildings today announced atâ€" tendance records at Starved Rock, near Ottawa, and Fort Chartres, near Prairie du Rocher. 4 On Decoration day, 6,500 automoâ€" biles drove through Starved Rock park. â€" Figuring four passengers to an automobile, the attendance that day was estimated at 26,000 perâ€" sons, approximately eighty per cent of whom were from Chicago. During the month of Muay, 16,000 persons signed the register. at Fort Chartres, which is one of the smaller state parks, located in etxreme southâ€" ern Illinois. â€" Fort Chartres was named for the Duke de Chartres, son of the regent of France, and was built by the company of the West, which was organized in 1717 and exâ€" isted until 1731. Total collections of the state diviâ€" sion of insurance for the year endâ€" ing June 30 were $6,797,802.95, acâ€" cording to a report by Harry W. Hanâ€" son, stateâ€" superintendent of insurâ€" ance. Most of the . collections come in‘ during the last few days of June each year, From June 11 to June 30, collections totalled $4,496,920.13, which amount Director Leo H. Lowe of: the department of trade and comâ€" merce turned over to State ‘Treasâ€" Reports Attendance at State Parks Big Total Collections of State Insurance Dept. 20 % DISCOUNT 618 North Greenbay Road â€" Highland Park Reliable Laundry and Dry Cleaning Company T HE P RESS The Oldest Business Concern in Highland Park will be given on all DRY CLEANING as well as on laundry that is brought and called for at NOTICE TO BIDDERS subject to conditions :con ting usls, firms or eorporations factory financial and techni ment, and orgunization to it pletion of contract. lit be low In making for expedition on contracts :« nitude shall be At the diser library bourd « of the pluns and speci days of the opening bids Proposals to be consi shall be made on bid f« architects, and each pr ecompmnied by a certified urer Omer N. Custer in one check, the largest ever issued in the deâ€" partment. * Libr be required amount of The « bid and Bids the Ele PUBLIC LIBRARY BUILDING s FOR THE CITY OF HIGHLAND PARK Bon Bon i1 wll labor and material t PHONE 178 Window Shades reject uny 19, 1930. eonditions ‘contained . he ntilating, ie / Wiring Elevat dn winge y mpplic e considered by n bid forms sup each _ proposal s certified check m i) of the nmoun . ‘The successful n the s security Mr Mry Rev. Mro Byr nsidered d sntisfac imilar ch refully. eo B cwill will â€" by ifted Otis 1 und Charle Frank Plumbing . and and â€" Fixtures the for the fientions D 1 specific ty bond of §1( « Rube Pitt, Smith Balke, and Carper enled supplied 1 whall s ility, equip speedy com with bidd unting . to f the bid mposith Giazing Tuesduy bidders bn by th Gasft Heat them B willl full the "Telephone 555 47 Bt. Johns Avenue HIGHLAND PARK Buie 4 236 8t. Johns Ave Screens and Doors Repaired Sharpening Tools Any Outside Work Highland Park, 111. 153 N. Second St. _ Tel. H. P. 457 514 Laurel Ave CARPENTER AND BUILDER Electric Shop GREENSLADE Electrical Contractor DR. B. A. HAMILTON DR. A. J. WURTH DR. J. W. SHEDD THOR WASHERS APEX CLEANERS Telephone H. P. 857 A. MENONTI DENTIST8 M. IP. State Hank Bidg Telephone 678 DENTIST Highland Park Highland Park H. P. §55 ILIJNOID