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Highland Park Press, 28 May 1931, p. 26

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Owing to the fact that the populaâ€" tion of state farm is 615, the present legislature will be asked for an apâ€" propriation sufficient to build anâ€" other dormitory, a laundry, a kitchen and a diningâ€"room so that all of the prisoners may be properly housed. Change Location In building the new institution, Rodney H. Brandon, director of the state department of public welfare, and Col. Frank D. Whipp, superinâ€" tendent of prisons, changed its locaâ€" tion to a more ideal site on a high plateau. i where the old institution was located when it was established some 10 years ago. Five new brick dormitories replacâ€" ing the old, ramshackle wooden barâ€" racks, will be the first to be occupied. The new dormitories are fireproof throughout, and will. accommodate about 500 men. s a of $235,000 to relieve overâ€"crowding, are near completion and will be ready for occupancy in about two weeks. Structures Costinfi $235,000 to Be Ready for Use in Few _ Weeks, Report NEW BUILDINGS AT ! STATE PENAL FARM 80 The new â€"institution is the result ~' HUnpRED thousandâ€"dollars in cash ... for ‘ simple snapshots such as {ou can make. Twentyâ€"five thousand dollars for the United States alone. . . 1,000 prizes as well as a chance for big international awards . . . any amateur picâ€" ture taker may compete, with pictures made during May, June, July or August, 1931. & No experience is necessary ...no skill. Picture interest is what counts! Use any make of camera, but get busy now! Stolp here for entry blanks, inâ€" formation and a supply of genuine Kodak Film. We do photo finishing of the prizeâ€"winning kind. Almer Coe & Company Come in Now for Details PRESCAIPTION OPTICIAN:S Fears held by civic leaders in Wauâ€" kegan that the ‘drastic slashes proâ€" posed by President Hoover in mainâ€" tenance _ costs of the navy would hit Childblom Quiets Fear That Naval Station‘s _ Activities May Halt of ideas obtained by a representative of the state architect‘s office, Col. Whipp and C. J. Metzger, superinâ€" tendent of the prison farm,. in a visit to misdemeanant in stitutions at White Plains, N. Y., and in New Jerâ€" sey, Indiana and Virginia. Eliminate Jail Types the department of public welfare to get away from the usual fortressâ€"like type of prison building, and yet reâ€" tain the medium security required for housing the class of prisoners sent to the state farm. Convicts themselves were employed in the construction work, to supple: ment private labor hired by the conâ€" tractors, . All â€"the hydrastone trimâ€" ming for the structures was made at the penal farm by inmates. The maxâ€" imum number of inmate laborers emâ€" ployed on the job was 100. Construction costs show that the new institution has been built at the very low price of between $550 and $600 a bed, includjnz all the necesâ€" sary service apparatus. } â€"PRECISION MADE ) ~CGLASS E S T H E In 1930, 1264 marriage licenses were issued to persons living in Canâ€" ada and 23 states; only 120 were isâ€" sued-for_mident; of this county. s ~The eastern Kansas town of Olathe seems to have developed into a new marriage mill. Although there seems no definite reason Wwhy the streams ofâ€"couplesâ€" keep pouring into Olathe, it is evident that they do come. â€" Olathe, Kan., Is New Marriage Rendevous; Many Wed During Year Mr. Chindblom in referring to Great Lakes in his answer declared that "Its importance in the middle wi:st,is fully appreciated andâ€" recogâ€" nized." The assurances that the work of the station ._wouldâ€"â€"not â€"beâ€"curtailed was not regarded as final by ~the Waukegan Chamber of Commerce, however, and it intends to follow a plan of watchful waiting and will be prepared to make further protests if the station is menaced. Much ~anxiety had been felt in Waukegan and.North Chicago as to press dispatches from Washington outlined, the president‘s demand for retrenchment in naval expenditures. Fear was held that the station might be seriously curtailed. the Great Lakes ‘Naval Training staâ€" tion were quieted when Congressman Carl R. Chindblom, following an inâ€" vestigation advised the Waukegan and North Chicago Chamber of Comâ€" merce that the local station would not â€"beâ€" affected. â€"at very reasonable rates. A Jlninfi room second to none« T he Belmont! The smart hotel . .. the gracious home. A home, more like ;country club, l-rge or small suites and kitchenettes And the work goes merrily on in RKesidential Tlotel An atmosphere that is at once quietly Tophistieded and goly alive . . T m atmosphere that abounds with men and women of the sort you want to live about. An atmosphere that comâ€" bines home and the necessary qualiâ€" ties of asmart service. Overloohing the new championship Lincoln Park golf course and breezeâ€"swept Belmont l"‘llrbor...yetjusgfiftcenmilutea frow: the buty, bustling Ioop. _/ e Aofle{L Sheridan Rd. «t Belmont Harbor Phone Bictersweet 2100 B. B. Witson, Mar. !u'cago ‘s g;’neél EEEIMONEK _ ~ den â€" The time it will. take to complete the work, Mr. Lamb stated, would not be long enough to require the conâ€" struction of a temporary gravel road around the Lake Villa project. . The timeâ€"such a road would be used and the expense it would require would not justify the gravel road, Mr. Lamb said, in view of the fact. that two yery good detours are to be had. One detour to Antioch is paved all the way. Work on the grade separation on Route 21 at Lake Villa will be started as soon as sufficient progress has been made in the construction of the abutâ€" ments, County Superintendent of Highways R. M. Lobdell was notified last week by G. N. Lamb, district engineer. SAE He has one inviolable rule. Don‘t get out of bed to tie the knot, Judge Campbell said if he had married all the couples: who had pounded on his door in the midnight hours, his recâ€" ord would be something to really boast about. But if he has retired, they wait until the next day or go elsewhere. Vernon K. Campbell, the bachelor judge, officates at most of the wed. dings.‘ His office is known as "Cupid‘s Parlor." He lives at Meram and obliges â€" the ~late â€"comers© by~ asking them into his partor °_ â€"â€"" _ """"* 1931. For the first three months, the records show issuance of 291 licenses, an increase of 19 over the correspond. ing period of last year. * day, Juites consisting of living room with Inador beds, dining room which can be used as bedroom, and kitchenâ€" ette as low as $120.00 per month. An early visit will surely delight you. irade Separation at Lake Villa to Start Sheer elegance, perfect service, reâ€" fined Lenuty. Dozens of enticements for those who go in for oociabilityâ€" cach feature is distinctive and com: ‘plete : *~the famous Sovercign swimming pool ... the dining rooms offering unsurpassed cuisine . . . the spacious ballroom. All combine to make the ‘Sovercign a delightfal home. For single rooms, hoteF suites or kitchenettes â€"you‘llâ€"find" the Sovereign truly pleasing, in sizeâ€"in elegant furnishingsâ€"in rates, Hotel rooms at only $3~00 and $4.oo per 6200 Kenmore «t Granville Phone Briargate 8000 H. L. Jonwnson, Maox. Thursday, May 28, 1 {1

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