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TWO DWELLINGS AND BARN AT INGLESIDE Buildings Located on Stanton Point Burn in Mysterious Blaze. Two residences' and a barn, lo-- cated on Stantons Point near in-- gleside, were destroyed when a fire which started in one and was ex-- tinguished at 5 o'clock Tuesday aft-- ernoon broke out anew at 1 o'clock this morning. The loss is esti-- mated as being in excess of $15,: 600. N<+" 4) ~ VOLUME XXXVII--NUMBER 31 rer yuickly. Fire departments were summon-- ed -- from Fpx Lake, Ingleside, Round lake and Antioch. The flames were extinguished after the wwelling was .badly damageed. Breaks Out Anew Early this morning an ember in the smoldering ruins when fannued by the breeze, burst into flame and the remaining part of the structure weas again burning briskly. The fire quickly spread to the Giesecke residence and then to an _ aban-- doned barn used for storage pur-- po'ses on the Huch property, All of the buildings burned to the ground while the firemen fought valiantly to extinguish the flames. Excitement -- reigned -- throughout the district, There are a large number cof fine dwellings built closely together in Stautons point and for a tinre it was feared that all of them would fall in the path of the flames. A conflagration was prevented, bowever, by the throw-- Ing of water on adjacent buiUdings. Stratton Mome Nearby Among the structures in the neigzhborhood is the fine home cf William J. Stratton, secretary 6f state, and the buildings of the Fox lake Gun club. Huch, reputed to be wealthy, is said to be a man of much means, is the head of a Chicago real estate corporation, while Glesecke, also bond troker with offices at 2881 Milwaukee avenue, Chicago. Both reported that many articles of a personal and imrilfic nature were destroyed in the t buildings. ARLINGTON CAFE, OPEN 85 YEARS, CEASES BUSINESS After 85 years of continuous din-- ing room service the Arlington ho-- tel, the oldest business institution in the city, today closed the doors of the restaprant. f _ BEST FOR SUBSCRIBERS BEST FOR ADVERTISERS ALL THE NEW$S------AND FIRST! LAKE COVNTY'S BIG WEEKLY Chas. 0. Armes Relinquishes Business He Operated for the Last 27 Years. At the same time Charles O Armes and his wife, who have oper-- ated the business for 27 years, an-- nouneed that they had relinquished the management and had turned it over to Raymond Johnson, who as-- sisted the Armes in the operation of the hbhotel for 17 years, It was stated that meals probably would be served again during the fall, winter and early spring but would be digcontinued during the summer months® Johncson operates under a one year lease with the Public Service Company of Northern Illinois, the owners of the building. The struc-- ture houses the downtown station of the North Shore line and the hotel asg well. It is ur<--<rstood that there is to be no change in the personnel. DESTROYED BY FIRE SEEKING CONTROL OF FOREST FIRES Five forest fires in northern Wis-- censin, some of which have been burning since Sunday, were steadily being brought under control today. State conservation _ commission employes, who directed some 500 men in fighting the flames, are con-- tident the danger of disastrous fires is passed. However, they watch anxiously the direction and veloc-- ity of the wind and hope for rain. There was no sign of rain today, but the wind was down. this aiding in the fight to confine the fires. One thousand men were fighting for-- est fires today in ldaho, Montana and Washington under conditions that were made acute by the lack of rains. Probably the most dangerous fire $n the region was on Schwartz creek in the Missoula national forest, which roared out of control before heavy winds after fl?hters had sub-- dued it and part of their force had been shifted to new battle lines. Sev-- era)} thousand acres had been burned aver. Fires were burning also in the Lolo., Rutte and Black Feet forests in that state,. 2s THREE CENT GAS o TAX EFFECTIVE Chicago, Aug. 1.-- ; |\ ')--Illinois motorist today were paying three cents more per gallon for' gasoline than yesterday and the state had joined the rest of the nation in rate-- ing highway construction revenue by a tax on motor fuel. At midnight the tax went into effect. Prior to the stroke of twelve, filling stations throughout the state experienced an unprecent-- ed rush ~of business as motorist filled their tanks to the brim and brought buckets, tubs, barrels, and other containers for an extra supply to evade paying the tax as long as possible. Illinois was the last state to adopt the gasoline.tax. A former tax law was declared unconstitutional affer being in effect several woeeks. State officials anticipate $52,000,000 rev-- enue from the tax with:n the next two and one bhalft years,. $3,743,000 SPENT IN YEAR TO KEEP COUNTY SCHOOLS Lake county spent $3,143,000 to operate and improve all school prop erty during the fiscal year that end-- ed June 20, according to the report completed today by T. A. Simpson, county superintendent of schools, tor Francis G. Blair, state superia-- tendent of public instruction. Balance on Hand to Start Next Year $760,344, Report Shows. This left $760,344 on hand to start work on the coming school year. Last year the casts: of operating had been $3.677,596 or less by $65.-- 40% than needed this year. The term just ended had opened with $1,379,-- 485 in cash on hand. In the city school system $5,1230 are available for the coming year, against & fund of $11,832 as of June 30. 1928. Teachers Get $1,334,689. The report disclosed that the 682 teachers in the county drew a total of $1,.334.689 for salaries or an ay-- erage of $1,950 per instructor. In the elementary schools 41 men and 457 women taught during the year just Last year salaries bad agETe®zat ed $1,328,883. closed while in the high schools the faculties were made up of §6 men and 98 women. The records disclosed that 26 of the teachers have taught here more than 20 years and that 160 started their first terms this year' The Libertpuille Inbepenbent _ The highest salaried instryuctor in the county' is John Thalman, of the Waukegan Township High schoo!, who receives $9,000 annually. Rich-- ard Sandwick, of Deerfleld--Shields high school, ranks second with $8,-- 509. High Schoo!l Cost $612,761. The entire cost of operation in the Waukegan high school was $612,781. General control of the sen-- tor and junior buildings reached $25.861, with current expenses of $376,.184. Old indebtedness brought the total disbursements up to $612,-- The city schools during this peri-- od disbursed $583,779. New Buildings $881,558. In the entire county $881,558 was spent for new buildings and equip-- ment during the year. New buildings last yvear amounted to $580,.714. 161 MOORE CAUGHT ON ARSON CHARGE; TO FIGHT HIS RETURN Round one in the legal battle to have Fred S. "Mickey" Moore, dog race promoter, returned to Elgin to face charges of confidence game and arson in confiection with the burning of the Kane County Kennel ch? grandstand two weeks ago was underway yesterday with City Mar-- shal Frank J. Ramsey enroute to Springfield with extradition papers for Governor Louis L. Emmerson ao sign. Man Blamed for Burning El-- gin Dog Track Arrested a Second Time in Toledo. Moore was piaced under arrest anew in Toledo, O., Monday, advic-- es state, and is prepared to put up a determined fight against extradi-- tion on the arson charge. The city marshal in all probabili-- ty will return to Elgin from Spring-- field before proceeding to Colum-- bus. O.., to secure the signature of Governor Victor Donahey. "We have prepared two requist-- tions for extradition, one uwpon the arson charge and one upon the con-- fidence -- game -- charge." . declated State's Attorney George D. Carbary. "This step was taken so that we would have an extra one to fall back on should the court deny one of the requigitions." The track was owned by Jack Detienne and wife of Waukegan and Barrington, and Mrs. Eunice C. Par-- menter, Waukegan. They signed complaints against Mooré charging he swindled them out of $4,000. The Garden Spot Hotel at Fox Lake, owned by A. A. Walbasch, last night was raided by Constable George Stried and 76 gallons . of beer was confscated. Walbasch paid a fine of %300 and costs before Jus-- tice Harold Tallett. FOX LAKE HOTEL OWNER PAYS $300 St. Louis Endurance Flyers Land After More Than 2 Weeks in Air + Looging as fresh as if they had just returned from a short auto yide, O'Brine, pilots of the record--breaking endurance plane, the St. Louis Robir landed after more than two weeks in the air. They are standing beside 'the and O'Brine on the right. A crowd of thousands greeted the flyers, {wh bert Field, St. Luois, after far surpassing all previous endurance records hours, 21 minutes and 30 seconds. + © A REVOKING GRAVE'S --LIGENSE WILL BE SOUGHT BY STATE Real Estate Board of Wiscon-- sin Gathers Data Prepara-- tory to Taking Step. The Wisconsin Real Estate board today advised States Attorney A. V. Smith, in a conference with bim, that an effort to revoke the permit licensing the Herbert E. Graves company, of Chicago, to sell real estate.in Wisconsin, would be made estate in Wisconsin, would be made Members of the board gathered all available information from Col. Smith to be used as evidence against Graves. D indignation of Wisconsin real es tate dealers was aroused over the sale of two lots to Miss Ruth New: lander. employe in the city hall at Milwaukee, for $3,100. She pai® $1.125 toward the speculation, Col. Smith charged. ' Graves and a man sald to be one of his corps of salesmen, Jack Le< | ter, are to be tried hereiAu®g. S be.| fore Justice Harry Hoyt on a charge of obtaining money under fals« tenses.: These charges were br after Miss Newlander told the cutor of her deals with the G fAirm. The l@nd purchased was in Beach View _ gubdivision -- several miles north of Waukegan. Col. Smith charged that unreason-- able representations were made to Miss Newlander when she purchas-- ed"the lots. One of them, he said she took to alid Lester win a wrist watch io the high sales contest of the firm. The salesman told her, she charged before Col. Smith, that he would return the additional $5) that sbe put in this lot and would nullify the sale. This was done. Dunne Not Heard From At the time the Wisconsin offi-- clals were intefviewing the prose cutor Deputy Sherift EKdward Dunne was making a fight to return F. B. Schlossberg to Waukegan from Des Moines, la., where Y¥ was arrested on a charse of obtaining money un-- der false pretenses. Senhlossberg, who claimed he was representing subdividers from Chi-- eago, sold 'Miss Mary E. Parker, of Rock Island, two lots near Zion. He painted a rosy picture for her that led her to obligate herself for $4, 200, Col. Smith said. Schlossberg is making a desperate effort «o avoid being brought back here. James Bicak, of Barrington; Ar-- nold Nord, of Libertyville; Ernest I#+able, of Wadsworth; and Harold Kennedy, of Antioch; today were appointed as Lake county delegates to the annual state fair school to be held on the fair grounds at Spring:-- feld for the week starting Aug. 17: The appointments were made by T. A. Simpson, county superinatend-- ent of schools. A week of intensive study 'of livestock and agriculture is conducted at the school by univer-- sity professors. FOUR APPOINTED TO FAIR SCHOOL Word *was received last evening from the sheriff at Waupaca, Wis., to be on the lookout for & young couple who _were believed to be Waukegan--bound to get married. The man is Joe Williamsen, alias Joe Stewart, 20 years old, five feet. eight incheg tall, weight 135 pounds, red hair, while the description of the girl POLICE WATCHING FOR YOUNG COUPLE follows: -- Lenna Johanknecht, 19,| four feet, 10 inches tall, 100 pounds, | black hair. -- { o y TWO DEATHS ATTEMPTS fHammond, Ind., Aug. 1.--(INS)-- Physi¢ians today seid that Laura Evans, 42, of Indiana Harbor, would recover despite the attempts to kill herself. She shot herself twice last night and when she was taken to a hospital she leaped out of the third story window onto a concrete side: walk. [ Copyright, 1929, NEA Service, Inc. . Transmitted by (telephoto. as fresh as if they had ijust returned from a short auto tide, Dale Jackson Ad Forest ts of the record--breaking endurance plane, the St. Louis Robin, are shown here as they more than two weeks in the air. They are standing beside 'their ship, Jackson on the left on the right. A crowd of thousands greeted the flyers, when they descended at Lam-- St. Luois, after far surpassing all previous endurance records by remaining aloft 420 LIBERTYVILLE, LAKE ~COUNTY, ILLINOIS, THURSDAY, AUGUST 1, 1929 Gifa yE Tou k \Complaining Witness Fails to _Ask For Action; No Official | Report Made Here. MOTOR CLUB QUIZ IS STILL INAGCTIVE KIDNAPERS TAKEN IN DENVER MIGHT NOT BE RETURNED 81 nim pro-- samitl them <ta that the pa man ertyville cabs ay a short distance out of | when a gun was shoved When Libertyville was was thrown out. reportml spéed trap in n Whit Her golden curls and big brow: eyes, so doll--like in appearance caused jJudges at a West Paln Beach (Fla.) baby show to. award #--year--old Mary Ruth Patton ot Lake Worth, first prize of a silver cup and $50. One's tempted to describe her as the latest thing in French dolls. in Det 'retzman ros + No, Not a Doll t} Attorney 1 Was iD rnk A [ V t V taken Car en -- today by Smith' against in Wauconda from any of tbhey con-- Pretzman, chant and 'y dumped have good arre rrest unty with t L( he 1$ CAR PLUNGES INTO RAVINE: WOMAN WHO Fails to Shift Gears on Hill and Machine Drops 25 _-- Feet To Bottom. THREE ARE IN THE AUTO. One woman was injured and two es¢aped without (a scratch~ yester-- day afternoon in Highland Park when the car in which they were ricing backed over a ravine and uropped 2L feet , «ropped 25 feet * In the freakish accoident the wo-- man --who was hurt, Mrs. Rose Cobepn, of 697% Sheriian road, Chi-- cago, was the only one to jump. She believed that was the safe course but instead she suffered bruises and cuts on the right leg. The other twq women remained in 'th car and were uninjured, ac-- vording tc the Highland Park police whpo sosisted them They gave--thbo'r name« 4s Mrs. F. Nvyo of 6564 Sher-- idan road,. Phicago and Mrs. Ma CGreenfield 697 Sheridan road, Cht-- TAX BURDEN LAID ON REAL ESTATE;: I$ GENERAL PLAN eonding tc t whp sosiste? names is Mi idan road. Mrs. Nye. the driver, and her party had been to the Highland Park beach, police said, to enjoy the scenery. in returning up Ravine driye Mrs. Nye intendcd to shift gears and eventually set the car in reverse. It dropped the full 25 feet to the bottom of the ravine. Personal Property Tax Con-- tinues to Decline Due to Its Unpopularity. prnpt rty assessed valuation in the (-n:.t) of Waukegan and Waukegan township, which has been marked in the last two years, is indicative of the displeasure of assessors gen-- erally in applying the personal tax along with the real estate tax, it was stated today by observers of taxing problems. _ MAY BE ENDED SOME DAY Assessors throughout the county for a number X»years have claim-- ed that personal property taxes are unjust and many have been free to predict that in the future such a basis of collection for municipal operation would be discontinued. _ The petition to incorporate Kel!-- sey Grove, a community near Bar-- rington, today was dismissed by County Judge P. L. Persons. The signers to the petition came before the ¢ourt and advised Judge Persons that they had hbeen misinformed about the incorporation. _ i & KELSEY GROVE IS STILL IN ACREAGE reenfield The steady decrease in personal Fpl JUMPS IS INJURED WE MARKETING ACT TO GIVE FARMER _ AN EQUAL CHANGE Congressman Outlines Merits of Measure in Address to Farm Bureau. quated, slip--shod methods" of mar-- keting, the farm marketing act, if it works.. will place farmers on a plane of. equality with other groups. Congressman T. S. Williams of Har-- rfsburg, I!I, said in a Farm Bureau picnic address here today. "The farm bill," Congressman Williams said, "deals primarily with but one of the many problems of agriculture--Farmers, farm organ-- izations,. and others who have giv-- en much thought to the difficulties under which agriculture has suffer-- ed in recent years quite generally agree the most urgent of, all the problems was the antiquated, unor-- ganized, and slip--shod methods by which farmers were marketing their products. Under the prevailing sys-- tem they are pyacm-ally without bargaining power, and have .very littleor nothing to say about the price they receive. f "%o other indiustry, and no other business except agriculture, is run on that basis. No other industry could survive and follow' such a system. MEANS PRICE CONTROL "The Farm Marketing Act has beenr enacted to enable farmers to control to a greater extent the mar-- keting of their products. Its prime object is to give them the same bargaining power in disposing of their products that groups engaged in other industries have in mar-- keting what they have to sell. 1f it works "@rs its sponsors hope it will placg farmers on .a plane of economic equality with other groups. This can never be attain-- edeso long as others have the pow-- er to fix the price he is to receive on everything he produces. . "The whole Jaw is based on a| comprehensive pmgryn of co--oper--| ative marketing. Experience has; demonstrated the soundness of this | gystem. It is the only method by' Wwhich farmers can ever exercise a bargaining power in disposing of what they grow. With very Hmei ald from the government, and in} the face of great difficulties farm--| ers have already built up this s#sy@-- ; tem of marketing until last year{ over two and a half million dol-' lars worth of farm products w;ere'l marketed co--operatively to the great / advantage of producers. . f "This {s the foundation of which ; it is now proposed to build." The | Farm bill places the prestige and| the resources of the government be-' hind the American farmer in his | effort to take control of his owng business and manage it along sound | business lines. The law imposes on the farmer no tax, it grants him uo} subsidy. It does, however, put his | government with its wealth and l:s; power behind him in his efforts to / place himself on an equality wm:] others." $120,000 SPENT IN STATE BY ANT!-- SALOON LEAGUE The AntiSaloon League spent $120.-- 000 in Tllinois in 1928 and 1929, it was reported by the board of trus-- tees. Of this sum, $8,744 was spent by the political action committee to help elect dry congressmen, and an equal amount for the election of dry state legislators. To carry on this work, the committee spent $20,000 for office help. > The balance was. spent "directly or indirectly for the educational work and the building of pubtic sen-- timent in support of prohibition." The league is seeking an additional $24.000 for its budget to be spent as follows : To issue the official paper bi-- weekly; to add three men to work at colleges; and to issue more care fully prepared literature. Activities of the league over the period in which the sum was spent included : -- Issued a total of 240,000 copies of the official paper; distributed seven million book pages Oof prohibition litérature; paid one secretary to work among college students; sent gut two million leaflets naming can-- didates drys could "safely support"; did "personal work" for dry candi-- dates in fifteen districts; made "al-- most constant use' of motion pic-- ture; carefully scrutinized each of the more than 1,500 bills introduced in the legislature, "warning our legislative friends against those which would injure prohibition, and secured the defeat of every such measure." . Designed to replace the "anti-- The July issue of the league's offi-- cial organ also says that while wets were engaged in trying to pass pro-- hibition repealer bills, the drys qui-- etly had passed the law making more stringent penaities for drunk-- en automobile drivers. TO ASK PRETZMAN TO SIGN WARRANT Sheriff Lawrence Doolittle, after a conference with States Attorney A. V. Smith, stated today that he in-- tended to get in touch with John Pretzman, of Powes Lake, Wis., and learn if he intended to sign warrants against Melvin White and Irene Col-- lins, captured in Denver, Col., after stealing Bretzman's auto. Fort Atkinson, Wis., Aug. 1. -- (1NS)--Albert Barth, 28, of Chicago, and Robert Fesner, 14, of Forest Park, l!}., were drowned yesterday in Lake Koshkonong when the boat in which they were riding capsized. Four bthers in the boat were saved. SECTION TWO <| Aged and Prominently Known «| Retired Farmer Succumbs MJ In Hospital. iWIlBUR G. VOLIVA GIVEN JUDGMENT A judgment of $388, which togeth-- er with o~nsts in the case totaled $22.09 was given to Wilbur Glen Voliva in the Kenosha circuit court with the filing of the final execution. The judgment is against the Tewes lcee and Coal company, and alleges that Voliva as head of the Zion lnslitjtiousand industries was due that amount from the Tewes company for services and materials. ILL FOR SENERAL YEARS. Sherif Steve Robinson returned the judgmfim to the court marked "Wholly unsatisfied." F. T. FOWLER OPENS NEW BUILDING TO --THE PUBLIC TODAY Banquet For Realtors and Bankers Spread; Furnish-- ings Are Unusual. In his new building, constructed ; to blend bekuty in design with busi--; ness, Frank T. Fowler, and his as--! sociates in |"Frank T. Fowler, Real| Estate Advisor," today was host to} the realtors of the city and ort'i(:ials! of the banks. * | MAKES AN 'OFFICE--HOME' A well attlpolnted reception room. flanked with an office for a secre-- tary, occupRes' the front of the building. Sales rooms and confer-- ence chambers and Mr. Fowler's private offi¢e cover the central and north portiqgn of the structure, ex-- cept for thg shower baths provided for employeg. The event marked the 'opening of his new home on Madison street btween Genesee and County streets. Beauiy in construction and fur nishings soften the hard lines fre quently found in public build_ings. "This will be my daytime home With so many hours to spend here each day 1 Gecided to make the of fice as pledsant as possible," Mr Fowler declared. To attain ithis desire he empl rich drapes.| valuable antiques, semi--businesis furnishings. --A touch of the@ 'other side of the former seetetary manager of the Waukegan-- North Chicago Chamber of Commerce is evidenced in the an tiques. Fort instance there is a Spanish chalfr, old, «eomfortable and rich in design and symmetry. Four great vases' by pottery makers of generattoris iback typify the work of early Austria'. England. Germany and old China. The. Chinese bowl is of bmnfin. Tapestries and ori-- ental ruigs© with historical back-- ground break the monotony of the stone floor,] and a suit of armor, carved and| hammered into weird designs, gra&'es one wall. he said. CARMI M. READ OF GRAYSLAKE DIES WEDNESDAY NIGHT Carmi -- M: . Read, prominentiy known retired farmer of Avon town-- ship and who resided in Lake county for more than To years, died in the St. Theresa bospital at 11 o'clock Wednesday night, efter hav-- ing been removed to that institution from his home in Grayslake, less than 24 hours before. The| deceased had suffered with a eccmplication iof diseases for three years before his death. His condi-- tion had reached the stage on Tues:-- day when death seemed to be but a matter of a few hours eaway. It was then de¢tided to move him to the hospital in order that--be might receive more expert care during his last hours. Mr. Read was born in Avon town-- ship on January 1, 1859 and lived in Lake county all of his life. Since his retirement from farming some years ago he'has mainteined a resi-- dence in Grays Lake. He is survivod by his widow and three sons, Alired of Gurnee, John of Chicago and Edgar cof Grayslake. The body wili lie in state in the M. E. churchiin Grayslake from 10 o'eclock, Friday morning until 1:30 o'clock, daylight saving time, when funeral servi¢ges will be held with Rev. Mr. Nye officiating. lInter-- ment will be made in Avon Center. P. S. CO..STOGK _ $ UP 63 POINTS Waukegan ~residents who own blocks of sto¢k in the Public Seryv-- ice Company; of Northern Illinois were elated today to learn that the no par stock of this company had shot up sixty--nine points on the Chi-- cago stock exchange on a turnover of less than 500 shares to a new high of 420 on expectations that the Illinois Commerce Commyssion will soon give its approval of the company's plan to increase its cap-- italization 31111 offer rights to stock-- holders entitling them to purchase one additional share for each share held at $100 a share. The offering will require about 94,200 additional par shares. Public Service com-- pany stock h&s doubled in value since the first of the year. $1.10 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE and ve GREATER CIRCULATION THAN OTHER WEEKLIES IN LAKE CcOoUuNnTY COMBINED 2 ADVERTISING RESULTS SURE! C~l of army posts locat f 'tracts of land in or ) | which, it is said, ha f;\*alue and are ansuit 'r'iing troops in large '!prnor's Island and 1 a coast arillery forts i ld'\'ork City; Fort Wa: | a site valued at &apJ | n00,000 _ in Detroit. ABANDONMENT OF FT. SHERIDAN IS PLANNED BY U. S. TO STENGTHEN DEFENSE? Fort Sheridan, for military post, faces Hoover's Request For Curtail-- --ment of Expenses Threat-- ens Army Posts. The army &pen nually for the up merous posts thi ed vears ago. Senator Hiram Bingham Of necticut, takes the position tha army could abandon many of 1 posts and strengthen its nat defense and curtail its expendi at the same time. Consider Three Divisions "The army is considering th tablishment of three large divi al limitation of well planned | the proximity quarters: as w ty for traini: uce "Of cour Fort Benn vice schoc tained, b all over abandon« they are the proc the serv resident Herbert H During the Spanish--American war the fort was a busy training cen-- ter handling thousands of mid--west. ern volunteers. In the World W it played an even more conspicuous part as the officers' training camp was established there. Since then the garrison has been small ai-- though the reserve has been used for the annual R. O. T. C. and the JULY WARMER AND DRIER THAN SAME MONTH LAST YEAR the metropolis. It was deemed nec« essary to establish a military re serve at Chicago. Active During Ware. C. M. ToC the summer buiit in compara:iveiy Té«eni at great cost without regard, been charged, for necessity ture military value. Started 42 Years Ago Fort Sheridan was establis 1887 through a donation of t! The month of July which came to a parboiling close Wednesday, was warmer, dryer and had one more clear day than recorded during the same month of last year according to the report for the period made public by John O. Laux. official wea. ther obs@grver for the United States department of agriculture at Wauke-- gan. | Wednesday and Saturday of Last Week Were Warmest Days in the Month. A 72.1 DEGREES AVERAGE The average temperature for the month wias 72.1 degrees as against 7.3 for the same mouth of last year, The warmest days of the month were the i?24th and 27th on which the mercury Feached the mark of 94 in the shadq. The warmest day in July of 1927 } recorded a thermometer reading of 91. The lowest temper-- ature was recorded on July 2 when the merchry fell to 47 degrees the same matk attained on the 27th of July the coolest day for that period. There were 16 clear days las!t month ank 15 in the same month of last year; there were 10 part cloudy days the same as in the month of a year ago; rainfall totalled 1.22 inch-- es last month as against 3.34 inches for the skme month of 1928%. Pre-- vailing winds were southeast in the month of this year and that of a year ago.| Mr. Laux also reported that while gardens gre looking fine, they are badly in need of rain to forestall damage to vegetable crops. (AP)--Major Paul T. Bock of M nois, commander of the 24th pursuit squadron of the army air corps, was killed this morning whole at bombing practice over France Field. Major Bock was flying alone when his plane took a nose dive, being completely wrecked when it smash-- ed to the ground. ryvice onom U la KILLED IN PLARNEK er wouild iarm ind merous other army t the country under --rt Hoover's request nds $26,082.12% an« ipkeep of these nu« hat were establish» O has been small al Tve has been used i. O. T. C. and the campments through tar west 1). im| uld be not oniy d military prac-- ing west--and the ofts to a few sen because 0: visional -- bhead their availabili 42 years &4 abandonmenl ham of Con-- try school general se Leavenwor uld be mai iny of these its national expenditures es3 De sia ers, Fort D. for instance, recent years gard, it has --ssity GP fu-- s as agailnsl of last year, ' the month and posts should be on which sold, and shed in he land N 1e