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aystem may replace Lincoln's muni-- cipal 'street cars, which the city coun-- cil reports are operating at a. loss. Increased operating expenses and de-- treased revenue caused. uy PamuUne riding in antomoblles are given as the cause for the failure of the street ears to pay expenses. The city fath-- ers, looking for a more economical means of transportation, are smid to have cast their eyes on motor buses. Springfield, !I1, Dec. 11.--The, tor-- mal fxing of the state tax rate for the coming year may --be delayed by the injury of Governor Len Smail in an automebile accident. The rate is fixed by a board of which the gov-- ernor is a chief member. The re-- port of the state tax commission. un derstdod to show that a rate of 50 cents per $100 will be sufficient, has been"in the governor's office for -- sey-- eral: days, but because of the chief executive's injury, no date for action «Jacksonville, II1., Dec. 11.--LATTY D%o! Dixon, II1., has been elected ca n of the lHlinois College basket-- ball sqguad, which begins its. season December 17 with Lincoin College at Lincoln, L. 3 wass " _ SALMKE -- MB UV MA C C tmpit cave left from last year's squad. The oth-- ers are Harty Rubendall, of Freeport; ¥Fred Hoskins, of Sullivan, and Jack Roberts, of Hiiopolis. Coach W. T. Harmon now has about fifty candidates in. training for mmnnquumuuncuuw eat down the list within the nest few days. + Jerseyville, lli.. Dec. 1i1.1--The first 1924 Christmas Seal tobe:old !lduh C D2 Adr Ltz l P " 4 + 74 Th 4oh hucoucontihe d areiP »VCuBan o 1 gey county brought $15 when sold at auction by the Jersey County. Tuber-- eulpsip Assbelation. The State Bank of Ferseyville was the mcltu:"'n:: pro;:d.; from the seals Sale will be used to swell the ftund being raised to hire a county nurse.-- || Marion, Il, Dec. 11.--The famous sedan of S. Glenn Young, Ku Kluxr Klan dry raider, which was riddled: with bullets in an attempt to assasei~ 2 200 P W LC q100 anmer WEBLEB WPMRERPPHR PRC T C i mvm.andshe-hurm of Kian parades in Illinois cities, bas again broken into print. The car was wreaked in a collision at Johnston City, IJ. Paris, Il., Dec. 11.----IL & MONM!N! drives on the wrong isde of the black Yne down the mot_mhdl hard it has been set. , he does so _ |__ Sale Starts _ _ C_ Saturday, December > 13th, at 9 a. m. | -- :W"mmmm"mfl"mmmmmm one of the four letier men KE 6"1, aAaL M Aakddis i Our entire stock damaged by water must be disposed of at once, by order of the Adjusters. To prepare for the greatéest sale Waukegan has ever witnessed, we will be closed until Satur-- day to arrange Our tremendous stock. ' ho t | o Remeniber everything must go regardless of cost ofr value. Now is your opportunity 'to put in. your supply for years to come, of Army and Navy Goods, Blankets, Shoes, Underwear, Sweaters, Socks, Breeches, Trousers, Leather Puttees, Wrap and Canvas Leggings, Leather Vests and Coats, Sheep Lined Vests and Coats, Army Jerkins, Army Mackinaws, Raincoats, Navy Sweaters, Navy Middies, Belts, Hats, Caps, Gloves, Mittens, Arctics, Rubbers, Overshoes, Shirts, Sheep Lined Mocvcasins, Overalls, Jackets, Jumpers, Coveralls, Traveling Bags, Suit Cases, Trunks, Hi--Top Shoes, Porcelain Platters, Comforters, _ Sheets and Pillow Cases. Hundreds of other items too numerous to mention. _i. o 5 onl se 4. 1e P KA it t it i nAAA-crA;' Waukegan ---- Army & Navy ~--<--Store REMEMBER: Saturday at 9 A. M. 11.--If @&a motorist Dece. 11.--Larry 104 So. Genesee St.-- at his own risk. knowing. 'Their friends tell me they have done it every year; but since I'm enly a new acquaintance,. compara« tively, I couldn't know that, _ : They invite in a dozen children who wouldn't ordinartly have a Christ-- mas tree at all and give their presents to them, And then those twelve, poor | little mites sit down at the table in the old maids' charming white dining room, and the olg maids themselves serve them with turkey and all the fxings. And they don't do it for char« ity either, They do it because they adore children, and making them hap-- py is to them a treat, ¥ou see, from their 'eradles, these four pld mald sisters were blessed with the Christ-- mas spirit, a spirit that lasts all the year around whert it is genuine> pute? They are four angels! And knowfng that, I am going to try wmy luck, some time when I can get the courage, and ask one of <them, the one I bappen to be in lové with, to "Lave me." Perhaps if I make the propesal within the Christmas season she'll remembet she's a Christmas angel, and take me. Don't laugh at my audacity. Anything mway happen at Christmas time! For Christmas is a magical time. Even a child can teli you that.--Ethel Cook Eliot. . But why should I call them "old maids?" That term is in such disre courage, and ask one of : them, the one I bappen to be in lové with, to "Lave me." Perhaps if I make the propesal within the Christmas season she'll remembet she's a Christmas angel, and take me. Don't laugh at This principal was laid~» down in court here by Judge John Marshall, when he 'set aside a verdict returned by 4 jury in a suit of Winfield R. Dv in Ti de xt dar c ~Giv e P * To Breull, of Evansville, Ind., against Rdward R. Kieis; of Chichgo. ° DuBreuil asked $2,000 damages for norcomal infuries received in an au personal injuries tomobile ecrash 1 jury found in hi bheld the verdict the evidence sh man was on the black line when tomobile crash near bhere, and the jury found in his favor. The judge bheld the verdict was {aulty because the evidence showed the Evansville man was on the wrobg #ide of the hlack line when struck. A new trial has been ordered. " Most popular colors for decorating hamesos aof (CGreece 3re fray, black, (©, 19183, Western Newspaper Union.) and bilue. Fond of Gay Colors t m o on o o i se mt + d 1Cs * | ... «ied 0e tAz one ¥ .o fxprrtty i ® inbibrsbext. WifUrspAy, . _DEOEMBER 11, 1024 wal* m & s O \ watadss > --'.'-, s k ' t 'e s'k : Saturday aturday 'at 9 A. M Remember Everything Must Go Oue of the bestknown: proverbs is "A miss is as good as a mile." It is "uuunum provenmiyread : "Amis is us good as Amile." Amis and Amile were legendary soldiers of Charlersagne, and. besides being great ftriends, were considerably like one an-- other in appearance. They were fa-- mous as the heroes of a widely known soug.. Later they ehtered into the tra-- ditions of the church and were in-- woked indifferently. Hence the prov» Whe Bugong moth or butterfly is ¢ delicacy which epicures among certain aboriginal peoples of Australia will travel Teng distunces to obtain. 'The batterfies foregather every year on the slopes of thre Bugoarg mountains in Kew South Wales, vthere they are caught by being sul'ccated by the snigke .of wood fires lighted under the Quaint Pine Tree The Torrey pine for the most part bugs the ground with its quaintly twisted branches, says Nature Maga-- zine. -- It is remarkable for its needles, eight to twelve inches long, This van-- ishing tree is found only in the Mon-- terey peninsula. Birds inherit calls they utter when ; To C s PR is LC n 0 la the mest, but in many "'"'M'f." The selfish man. guffers more frow lzarn the notes of the birds within his selfshness than be from whom that sound of whose volices they have bagn-- M n:lt":dds some important Accounting for Proverb Learn Other Birds' Notes ELECTRIC LUMP COAL 4« sA k .*s $ Phone 573 Yerd and Office 443 Sand Street COAL HAULERS WANTED GEO. J. JOBSON 'lhutbebedfiml.--pc«l Add$'.25whnfa€oflwed'nw.&egm $1.530 per ton for Coal hauled in North Chicago dren Selfishness Recoils Victims of the There is no Toundation for the be Nef that phases of the moon have any effect on the nervous system or on the health of individuals, ¢« & Waukegan, B Silly Superstition Nothing Reserved. mum--m-fwh thrice welcome; and, if it stir the heart, if augot be there, that may hereafter in a thoughtful hour wake but a sigh, 'tis treasured up among nmt"uflmmmeay it came is noted as a white day in our lives.-- Sunday T hought = * tory won at tremendous cost am fers to the battle of Asculum, 4n whict Pyrthus, king of Epirus, won & over the Romans while sustaining such heavy"losses that he'ls said 19 have exdaimed, "Another such victofX and Pyrrhus is destroyed." This pitane it soet io dendle w# PAGR BENVEN &4 i4 % § ar