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p KEEPER IS DEAD _ -- GEORGE M. RAY, r- The local high school team came Q out second best in a triangular track _ _ <ameet held at Crystal Lake lhast Fri-- . _ day afternoon. Coach Crawford's men _\ sir thirds. Kirtsinger was the mmost Bbrilliant star of the moet, with vie 'tories in the 50, 100 and 220 yard _-- dashes in the fast time of 5.9, 11 ---- ~and 24.7 seconds respectively. Other _ / winuners were Baseley in the half a \-n-,mumnomnmg [ * 1 Aroyyille hmfiuu'{:'tu 5> -...«-'.'u', mile relay. 'The _ ~~<#ijestors negotiated "the triumph in g one minute 44.4 seconds. In the 100 ~~*~ capping all four places, when .. singer, E. Tromblee and 8. Tromblee i..*w:uunnmmu ------ Proprietor of: Diamond Lake p. Taker by Death. f Throughout his long period of ser-- & vice he entertained many thousands «* of persons all of whom remember him for his genial nature, the qual-- «*S@--Ot the 1ood served and the gon-- *' VOLUME XXXVI--NUMBER 17. _ roads, and. the burden--will have to be assuomed4 by the county. Coral Conway, a speedy dash man. In preliminaries Tuesday afternoon he won both 50 and 108 yard dazshes one sister, Mrs. Adelle Andrews, and one brother La Motte E. Ray, both of Libertyville. 'There are twenty Swo grandchildren. <<-- _ Su% His loss is mitigated by the mdmmmmo over the past ten or twelve years. During this time his wife has remained constantly at his aide. children: 'Mrs. John Hodge and Will A.. of Mundelein: Pau) G. and Llioyd When in his prime George Ray was a man of great physical strength mmmoawm;mm ball, bunting and fishing.' Later in life he took delight in watching the younger folks at play. a He will be remembered as an in dustrious worker, a devoted husband and father, an esteemed friend ard a respected member ol the com and wife cooperated in always in demand. tos As DMamond Lake developed into a summer resort, the home of Mr. and Mrs. George Ray became a pop ular haven for ever increasing num-- eago and the North Shore. Husband mer time he worked a small farm. In the winter he made axe bhandles, sled and wagon parts and many oth-- er useful articles of wood. He also of native logs, and built walls of brick or rough stone. Thus he was always busy, and his services were sounded to the blows of his hammer. evident today by the well preserved timber and by the many shade and tfruit trees which he planted and eared for. s i By trade hbe was a carpenter, and and many of teh older buildings sur-- other <children married and all de parted from the old homestead, with the exception of Gordon, who lHved with his parents until the property was sold in 1923.-- At that time Mr. and Mre. Ray moved to the present bBome in Mundelein. ; In selecting the site for his home on the east shore of Diamond Lake, George Ray chose a place of natural beauty. This patch of earth he loved and he labored unceasingly to improve it by cultivation and by county, New York. His parents Ira B. Ray and Rmily Ray, came to IHli-- nois when he was only two and a halt years old, and soon made their home at Diamond Lake, where they lved for many years. George was the second of nine children, there being seven boys and five girls. On Christmas eve, 1879, at the age ;:emnau:fiuhucmm John and Matilda Rouse . of Munde-- lein. By this union there were born guests. Thirty .years ago the hotel was the mecea of the socially prom-- . ~~290 a0. ARAFy . 204 . IHROFO -- LHARE half a century the 'owner and pro-- priector of the old Lakeside hotel at DMamond Lake, died last Monday at his hbhome in Mundelein. _ The de-- ceased who was 76 years old, was one of the best known hotel and resort owners in this section of the 2 . y 2 &« us h e L * s D# hel u4 *A ib V u.' cnal $ Mess s o) 3e m PGLPE s en a s ty No on dn j TNn 9« sorcet ue e \ . AGpoal t s Lo i% s 5 P etk. Cay -- s ez o * Noh canet Sss mt .. it nomne o on on' » i. re Meiew Rig 5 Th e ho. \+ / ind Pucing s o P _ ced Fs Phk loee ( ies o . n Py m c c S t ie M m e oo 9k Te My's "g ce tiee t 200 eggre emurg <a Np o a es ie $ t e Jt 5/ «1i ®e my m en gou N w L SJM S\ on _ 2 ooo o mae -- AA e e P c e o l o ols s P t aatee 2 ons ie rdin oo the ... . canigirns se ; s Fale s e M o sn oT e o <seth s abe aided o9 mat es t e< A * & % + mnnting es * . ts hk . ns S S ; 6y B es m o en e d on ogh t 2 no n s h : s e t i w -- * , 5 2 . iz ; x ~TRT'E T .g 'f t 1| 11 TBPL 16 &A a TQl so e is L ~ 4 Arasktnr *T k4 $ & P $ ARACT TL R Th | 7 : T <Il X¥, E_E . C 'I "a * AEE F P V sas is y -- > 6 © 4 L -- 3 * CC tvlin »' y t Tsl LW .\;,---j' * M hA & i. ? a < * ® y ville Takes 2nd in Track Meet ' at the age of 17. The it oi c Russell, fn. martiege '°'é;':';i°w.u..:"' maort, ' to who preceeded him in déath in 1888. Five children were boru to them, of whom Melinds, Mrs. Mary E. Moore and Charles H.. have o in death. He is aurrtved by> ; C: Bmith, father of Dr. E. H. Smith, of Libertyville, was buried in the Takegide cemetery. * Mr. Smith passed® away on Thurs-- day at the home of his daughter, Mrs Lydia Freeman, at Matrengo, at the agoe of eighty--nine years, eighty of these being spent in and around Lib ertyville. § ' Mals:orvicu:;;ohel&:tm engo: on Saturday at the . First Methodist Episcopal church, here. Ann'nmfhmuv:'ofi and eway at f ;um;uthuool R : and 9 days. -- He came to this coun-- try with his parents at the age of hm nmenas oi ttant 1 . ind his son, Charles. 'They F. wmmm«flg; in 1913. Thelast fourteen years of with his daughter, Lydia and her T ppane the Retorand 4. & reo Another one of Lake County's plo-- There had been 33 cases sent over in the morning but settlements -- in two cases were effected. Re-- This is the second batch 6f suits to be started. The first collected resdients of Waukegan. $ f policy until all taxes are collected. The entire amount , nnw about .$1,000 with defendants named in Round . Lake, Grayslake, Libertyville, Mundelein, Wauconda, Zion, Winthrop Harbor, Antioch fi Summons in 31 personal tax suits, against delinquent for 1924, 1925 and 1926, were issued out of Justice Her-- vey Coulson's court Monday on the I ol o i i it in behalf of Treasurer Jay B. Starting Sunday night W orium 'Theatre will change . \ of the first show, making it 7 é'thqt.\ daylight saving~time. *3 /a After a feow mwoeeks, it is agreed daylight saving .time-- will work ~out for the best: interests 'of me,. and by being adopted in i will} save a great deal of and annoyance especially to tho going to Chicago or Waukegan. }./\ START 31 SUITS : FOR BACK TAXES Half of County in by New 4 apnerst .-- To Be Adopted Herse OBITVARY st.., '-f".{lf. s i? E: 'l I + < e '"Z"A"--l'i_"' TV CWo '-- LeRoy h-l;luutt. minor, Lib ommmmum*m -- Pay Elizabeth Barnett, minor, Lib-- %'mm & p prove d. 1 authorized.to invest funds. Francis Garrity, minor, fih'c h'r'k Letters tt,nardhn- Bond of $1,000. * erikds uy personal and 33,000V real proper-- in <~such -- 6al ~communities® as ty given to son and daughter. Bond zwxg_n::.i'"mm fited at $4,000. Proof of heirship told--of the progress made and the William Mahen, spendthrift, High matic club of M d It. was land Park.. Hearing on claim --of agreed that the two societies should George B. Keller, Highland Park: It was further agreed to meet the Hearing on final . report continued fourth 'Tuesday of ea mufl to April 26. 6 to present one--act % "g Theodore <H.. Durst, Wmm-guflpm Eilmer T. Shannon, Aotioch. . Ad. munmmmtx?mm ¥ . 4 ministrator authorized to pay taxes. for early fall, admitted to probate. Extate of $2,-- 000 personal and $8,000 real proper-- ty given to son and daughter. Bond two chlidren, a--daughter--and a son, Attorney ~Edward --Sporer,; -- it 'was shown Thureday before Judge--Martin C.+ Decker in probate coutrt. _ $ * The proceedings were as follows: Robert Hiner Putman, Zion. Ap praisers appointed. -- Executors® au-- ter of administration de bonis non issued to Lillian A. Noble. Bond of Niles Miller, Waukegan. Inventory and~>waiver of widow's award ap-- John Alexander, Waukegan. -- --~Ad-- ministrator authorized to file suit vs Chicago, North Shore & Milwaukee R. R. for death of decedent. John E. Conrad, Highland Park. Claims of Nancy 'Richardi--and Raiph Tardi allowed as.of 5th class. $10,000 LEFT BY MRS. SPORER probate of will filed and dedimus or dered issued to prove said will Ray W. Morrili, Grayslake, Inven-- tory approved. -- Waiver of widow's Hoh J. ~Page, Waukegan. Petition ' probate of --wil} filed and set for hearing: May® 1. Indicated value of estate $100,000 personal. George Herman, Waukegan. In-- ventory-- and> waiver of ~widow's award approved. ,"Jolm Paiser, Waukegan. ~Letters ; l@bmh jssued --to John T. Paiser. of $16,000. Prooft oft heirship taken. ters of guyardianship issued to John T. Paiger.. Bend of $14,000. rette Mae Judd. Bond of $7800. testamentary issued to L4llian M. w.'w 0(".00.. . Charles A. Partrigge, Waukegan. Final report approved. =~Estate clos :$100,000 ESTATE HIS WILL SHOWS The $10,000 --estate otf: Mrs. Mary TO 2 CHILDREN , ot al. is to go~to her s 4C ED '24, 115 _ The Village Players was the name Martin decided upon at the second mesting ni,,,..,. Of Libertyvilie's new dramatic organ-- follows:~ ization at the library Tuesday night. mn. _ AP The Players therenupon set out with ors _ AU~ a membership of about thirty to put' """flt'Mud:oo--nmyjnm map -- of things. the L Om ~*~Wflfi"'ufinm ) _of $2. talk on--pagentry and its posibilities P thus~ far in receiving 1 Aiu 111008 walehn factory made ,Wl'" hoie Shizn for !"zzi the largest watt--hour electric met-- ; nity as the <result of tuberculay s s | eattle being slaughtered" b¥ the | marten in finole. On Auguet 18 state, will receive their claims in || 1954 the first railway mostal car Saturday by Ray Paddock of Wau-- || _ s conda, state senator--eloct from the | T T~T~~~tt--=--«--~----«--««nnenenmtmmmmmmtcs Kighth <district. 3 uottho m,- 7 . Refusal on the part of© state f No en hk en Atd mDrggonofWuFooto from ty was att BRBa T t the fast that Or. Dareis qus.| be High School Opera : nell, former-- veterinarian of Luke 4 nermntmime county, did not have the approval| -- 'The selection for the annual musi-- | of the state department. 'There Cal presentation by the music stu-- has been much distréss among the Gdents of.:the Libertyville Township owners of the "reactors"' because Righ school has been made. Herman they --were fearful they -- would not Luther Walker, director of music at regeive indemanity. the high and grammar schools for Senator--clect Paddock was one| MADY years, is hard at work on the n Repnininaies n rameg [R ienss on prek Im_u mm:ufn.-muag?!""@;hmmhmd About forty members of the Am n mamen e ns Seven new candidates were initi tds W games Bo . Wwer played and-- refreshments were sery-- Large Crowd At Local Dramatic Club Miaking Good Pz can state convention in Spring-- field this wn:. ;-:ho made it a tor of the state department of ag-- riculiture.. He laid the matter be-- fore Mr. Stanard, pointing out how unfair it was to withhold indem-- FARMERS TO GET : INDEMNITY FO R ; SLAUGHTERED COWS Ray Paddock Gets Promise From $ J. Stannard That Claims Will be Paid. Entered at the Postoffice at Libertyville.--Minols. as Second Class Matter. Circulation Greater than other Weeklies in County Combined farmers who have | Presidential Stew ~Koole Yen, theMandarin's daugh-- %\a Blanche Triggs (2) Pdith ~Ailsa Wan, (1) . Kathryn Gridley (;)';m--xm Kum :Fa. .and ~ Confidantes--(1) Marion Drummond (2) Liflian Keller Lant -fi he Mandarin's Aunt-- + d oras is composed of Keep-- u?&n 8. Sackies, Attendants of the the dragon. 'The dragon is widely [wwwuefloavnmu eause of the abduction of seven rich men. ~Ku Sing, the mandarian, who m:tmm@meunmh of promise to rid the community of the beast, is in desperation be-- cause he has been unable to do so. He offers the job of Lord High Keep-- er of the Dragon to the. mhn who cap-- turesthe dragon. Ling, a villager, claims he has found the beast, and as a reward: receives the position promised by the mandarian. When no 'dragon is shown, Ku: Sing be-- comes suspicious and asks Ling for & #ight of it. From this point on the story--centers around ' the deft movements of Ling:in trying to pre-- ¥ent the real truth of the matter. Lavish costumes, beautiful songs u"E" &. Lord High Mandarin of Of -- Agriculture estimates Iilinois farm crope for 1927 to have a vel-- ue of $385,052,000. > .4 .-w'h the only state that P opticalfluorspar. _~{ MHnols ranks fourth of the staates in the production of type writers and typewriter supplies. Hilinois furnishes --the greater portion of the nation's supply of _ An Iilinois watch factory made the largest watt--hour electri¢ met-- B : : : mvummmmm mt.u&'fmna-?; wcghsd KNOW ILLINOIS The United States Depattment Age t boy--Helen of. the paralysis, which incapacitated him doing much work. For some time, however, he mn%md. the friends by his gentlemanly conduct and genial --disposition.. He took a great interest in his work and was always--willing to serve. Beveral months ago the health of Mr. Rarl failed him, and he had beon confined: to the, house for many weeks until death relieved him of s SA October 31, 1860, and most of his life was svoent in the northwest, where ie on oc oo d se ue a flnd.h?dhu wite, Irene, on 'the tate) «raan t Fave !o'ft ane cat 1k R ha enc T 4 . ~ hM booble, Rameoans mese. Grom ' M 4 e 'eo is M t GoR Elrl?;'_l'pdAW&y, Lakes Naval mu etation . on C las _ AZ.'1 Sheridan road even at Last Sunday, April 22 (i3e orelecr 0 , 0 e FEarl died at his home & one car, the one was bare-- morning, after <a 1 > Miness, . MoOtt, 5306 No; Lemont aventue, Cht Mr. Barl was 67 ; and had C280, and Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Hin been a resident of Liberty -M:::(a;dafld.otmml-ontavo- g:-m' m' "' m' Ais m"""' In the other car had been Melvin paralysis, which incapacitated: him 204 two Oother men. Cook, Sheriff doing much work. For some time, P°V!!ttle tharged, had been drink-- however 'he was nisht man at tna IDS. He took a pint bottle of alcohol what appears to have been a war-- time romance threatens to blow up with the filing of a bill by Mrs; Hel-- en ys; Charles Inman, Waukegan, °"'fi"fl%:fmlty. They were mar-- ried in Tours, France, in 1918. Bunlmu'm.wro;ut. was granted a divorce after T#ing a bill from his wife, Irene, on the grounds of desertion. _ _ -- 'ber bill --that her husband knocked her down. .Mrs.: Estelle ;ol;n';-"n. North ?: m m ?'laor l}nbh:, The alleged that he would d-#e to Chi-- cago and spend the night with the W Asked she. be given her She also asked the custody of the only -- child." Nelson, for the past year, has been the victim of several ~Mrs. Anna Philips, Fox Lake; sued her husband, William who she mar-- ried in ~1917, <charging him with drunkeness. Both of these plaintiffs are represented by States Attorney Dewey Morgan, North Chicago, ac-- cused his wife, Chole, whom he mar-- ried in 192%5, with infidelity in a bill gdrawn by Attorney Charles E. Jack, Mrs. .Julia Wolfe sued her hus-- a pitchfork. She the custody & pitchfork. She asks the custody of the®one child and alimony. Hall ded.in 1926 with Clarence Bess and since the mother of two children, asked for a divorce on the grounds of ecruelty. : »he cnaarged through of the:one child and alimony. Hall ded.in 1926 with Clarence Bess and since the mother of two children, asked for a divorce on the grounds of cruelty, . »he cnarged through of the multitude Saturday it circuit court as. several couples involved ART NELSONIS _ ONE OF SEVERAL SUED FOR DECREE Mrs Julia Wolfe, Waukegan, Says She Was Threatened -- With Pitchfork. Bills for divorce seemed the choice Nelson, 8. Utica de-- time of the accident. "The soldier was beld all night at the county jail and his case was to be taken up with the authorities to-- day. <The sheriff plans on getting the other two men if possible. from <this> machine. The two men DRINK IS BLAMED the work of laying out the roadway was 'started by engineers the first of this week.~ The roadway will be 80 feet wide, with a concrete slap 20 feet wide. It is the purpose of the state 'to rush this job to completion, as the contract has already been let The right of way for the road to Gurnee from Route 21 at Peterson to mflg & Barron, a contracting firm of Waukegan. f the work of laying out the roadway Women and Children Unhurt as Soidier Crashes Into strip as soon as official notification of the awarding of the contract He believes that the state will in-- ¥estigate as to the legality of all ron, 'contractors on that road, stated that bhe was in a position to proceed 8 out of the right--of--way on 172.%!0 Gurnee, started today. 'The township is ready to move the fences back to allow for the new 80 foot right--of--way. * Townships, principally Wauconda, are ready to condemn on route 176, Wauconda to Mundelein, by Tuss-- day in the event that right--of--ways are not procured there Tor paving it was learned --today from R. M. LOb« dell, county superintendent of high-- ways. | One of his engineers gained the removal of an objection to this road Saturday in Chicago and this leares but two blocking the improvement. The committee --named by Chair man Thomas Murphy, of the board of 'supervisors, was unable to carry out their wish of interviewing ob ton, a mem-- ber of the committee, was ill W. Ovelholser Says : FOR CRASH THAT THREATENS FIGHT Ey ecyrerritin . &-wm HE TEACHES "THE Dog O82=C1EMCE AWD o BE TEACHINE HIMSELF Toos« he at 4 Mrs. Emma A. Brocksom, 69, died Sunday evening at the home of her son, Robert, 1014 Palmer Place, Wuhc:"n.mmhuhll health several years. + While death was not unexpected it had come suddeniy. She had be come seriously i1 just a few hours before her death. For 830 years she had made her home in 'Waukegan, coming here from the vicinity of Diamond Lake. Born in West Virginia she had mov-- ed to Kansas prior to coming to Ni Mrs. Emma Brocksom Dies After Long Iliness Miller got an execution for $500 'lheot:;-nfl'"wub gus mortgages had been given mmmmm-po:: be financing car deals. 'These attorneys represented th e Aefendants at the criminal proceed-- ing when they, Deputy William Hy ber, and Lee Middendort, held 'mmmmu,m:m M- *4 Robert C. Abt, Antioch banker, was named receiver by Judge C. C. Ed-- wards in circuit court, The action was taken on a $5,000 note payable bhad made her home she left -- four hanna, of the firm of Runyard & Behanna, against the Antioch Motor Sales, the tompany in which the two partners are charged with embezzsle-- ment of $16,000 by the Industrial other children, Joseph, Mrs. Mabel Day and Mrs. Norman Green, all of Waukegan, and Mrs. Rdward Touby Bill for foreclosure and podfl':l: receiver was filed-- cuit court by M-') 'Gered the musical aumbers. s . Interment was in DMMamond Lake cemetery, the Rev. Mr. Vincent read-- ing the service at the grave. E. DelLong, of the Methodist Episco-- pal church, and Rev. C. Arthur Jevne 'The funeral services were held Sunday afternoon, with a short sery-- ice at the home on Douglas Avenue in TAbertyville, after. which the cor-- tege proceeded to the Diamond Lake church, where the Rev. J. A. Vincent, Antioch Motor Sales, At an early age she, joined the Methodist church at DMamond Lake, where her membership remained during her lfetime. Mrs. Wilcox passed Aaway at the Victory Memorial bhospital at Wau kegan April 20th, at the age of 61 years, 2 months and 24 days. OLD RESIDENT OF LAKE COUNIY IS _ TAKEN BY DEATH _ of Alleged Embezzlement, < ;. Hit Again. _ >* *3 ted by the Rev. Guy E. AGAINST PAR $1.50 A YEAR