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- mom om 2 WINNETKA WEEKLY TALK, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1917 =m Em Em om Ey USE NEW ROLLER ON ~ ROADS IN WINNETKA Contractors Find a Revised Version of the Kitchen Roller Very Use- ful in Smoothing Surfaces. 'CHANGE IN OLD METHODS May Use Roller in Preparing Roads in County Under Bond Issue. A revised version of a kitchen roll- ing pin is being used by workmen on Sheridan road in Winnetka in sur- facing the new pavement beginning at the north end of Winnetka at the water tower and connecting with Kenilworth's new pavement. The passage of the bond issue last Tuesday for a million dollar addition to Cook county's highways brings substantial federal and state aid and insures a continuous paved road to the county line. Lake county during the previous week voted $500,000, which will be used practically all on Sheridan road from Waukegan north making a complete link north and south, connecting Fort Sheridan and the Great Lakes Naval Training sta- tion with Chicago and Milwaukee. New Method Used. This road is of military necessity and while that has not been the fundamental reason for the activity of the Sheridan Road Improvement association, in past years, yet the possible war need has been in mind and that organization is largely re- sponsible for the existence today of nearly a complete link which the re- cent election has brought nearer to completion. The Winnetka stretch makes a change in method from that used on other Cook county concrete pave- ments in that a roller six feet long, ten inches in diameter and weighing seventy-five pounds was used to squeeze out excess water and even up the concrete in preparation for the final finishing with rubber and canvas belts. Past practice was to strike off the newly placed concrete with a heavy reinforced board on edge, extending from curb to curb and to finish the surface with small wood floats, the operators kneeling on a bridge. The roller method is an innovation that saves labor and gives a more dense concrete. The roller was first used in 1914 at Macon, Ga. and at the present time about twenty-five are in use in Illinois and approved by the State Highway Department. How Roller Works. A big self-propelling paver mixes and deposits the concrete. It is then roughly leveled oc with a lute which looks much like a rake, except that a two by four, 30 inches long, re- places the teeth. The roller then comes into action and thoroughly works the concrete,' bringing excess water to the surface and shaping it to the crown as marked by stakes driven into the foundation at short intervals each way. Several rollings are necessary. Final finishing is done by means of two belts, which are pulled by hand, crosswise over the pavement fro mcurb to curb. The first is of rubber and drags the material from high into low spots, giving an even surface. Later a 12-inch canvas belt gives the required gritty finish. The curbs are of concrete, made integral with the pavement which is 31 feet wide, 10 inches thick at the center and 7 inches thick at the sides. It is of two-course construction, rein- forced with steel. The engineers are Windes & Marsh of Winnetka and the contrac- tor is H. G. Goelitz of Oak Park. 3 CENT STAMP OF 1876 HONORED BY POSTOFFICE Dig up your old 3-cent stamps; you can use them now, according to a precedent set by the postal authori- ties in Washington. A 3-cent stamp of the vintage of 1876 passed muster when it came under the eye of of- ficials and the letter to which it was attached was sent on its way. The létter was mailed by a Washington resident to a Philadelphia address. The stamp was of the green and white centennial design. At the top was "1776" over a horse and rider and a railway postal car; "1876" was be- low. Officials are not worried, however, over the possibility of 'enough old stamps being resurrected to inter- 'ere with the raising of money for tie war. History What the people of Illinois were doing many years ago. November 9, 1848--Morgan Sangamon Railroad. stantial manner. The work advances. "The Jacksonville Argus." vertised for November 10. November 11, 1824--Joseph Duncan, the senator from Jackson county, re- signed his office of president and director of the branch bank of Brownsville. November 12, 1842 -- Governor ing throughout the state. Springfield, November 12, 1842. and About twenty miles of the track from Naples to Jacksonville is now laid in a sub- locomotive "Pioneer' "is running, hauling the tim- bers for the superstructure as the Three locomotives have arrived at Naples, the Pioneer, the Sangamon and the Morgan. From November 10, 1842--Prairie Flower, a western magazine, monthly period- ical, to be published in Charleston, Coles county, Illinois, first issue ad- Thomas Carlin issues Thanksgiving Proclamation, designating Thursday, December 1, as a day of Thanksgiv- Dated | CLERKS ARE WANTED IN I WASHINGTON BY CHIEFS Now that Uncle Sam has the young men of the country in training for military service he finds that he needs 10,000 typewriter operators and sten- ographers and typewriters, both men and women, for the departments at Washington. The civil service com- mission has notified all of its 3,000 boards of examiners that they should put forth their best efforts to secure these urgently needed workers. While examinations are now held weekly - in 450 cities the commission states that arrangements will be made to have an examination held at any ac- cessible place where a small class of applicants can be secured. The en- trance salaries range from $1,000 to $1,200 a year. Promotion is reason- ably rapid to those whose services prove satisfactory. No appointments can be made to these or other posi- tions in the federal classified civil | service unless authorized by the civil service commission under the civil service law. Any information to the contrary is unauthorized. This is a splendid opportunity to serve your country. Full information may be secured from the secretary of the board of civil service examiners at the postoffice. HOSTESS HOUSE FOR Help Our Boys The Winnetka Talk, with the co-operation of parents and friends, is going to make it pos- sible for Winnetka and Kenil- worth boys who have gone into federal service to keep in touch with local conditions. Effective at once, a special subscription rate for the Win- netka Talk can be had for any person wearing the uniform of Uncle Sam. This rate will be $0.75 in advance, a substantial decrease over the regular rate. On such subscriptions, the paper will be forwarded weekly to any designated point in the United States or Europe. If you have a son serving in France and you subscribe for the paper for him under: this special rate, the paper will go forward directly to him each week. If you have a son or a friend who will go to Rockford or any other cantonment as a member of the national army, the paper will reach him each week, and if, at a later period, he is transferred to some other point within the country, or even Europe, on being notified, The Winnetka Talk will see that the paper follows him. November 13, 1849--Portuguese ex- iles arrived in Springfield, Ill. November 14, 1842--A negro arrest- ed in Chicago for not having "free papers" was sold at auction for twenty-five cents, the purchaser im- mediately setting him free. 0 soon to visit the sailors in a new "hostess house," the gift of the Na- tional War Work Council, a woman's RL. So FIRST WOODEN SHIPS GREAT LAKES JACKIES Friends of Great Lakes jackies are It was announced by the shipping rganization. Mrs. H. W. McCook of board Monday that the first of the November 15, 1824--The Fourth General Assembly convened at Van- dalia in a new statehouse which had been built to replace the one de- stroyed by fire. Drafted Men to Have - Officers in Command of Men at Camp Grant Will Select Many to Enter Various Training Schools. The selected men at Camp Grant now have the open chance for that which they wished--the opnortunity to win a commission. Maj. Gen. Thomas H. Barry, in compliance with orders from the war department, an- nounced to the 30,000 men within the camp that 1.7 per cent of their num- ber would be selected to attend the next officers' training camp, to be held commencing January 5, 1918, and that those who successfully passed all tests at the end of the period would be carried on the lists as eligible for appointment to second lieutenancies. Selections of the men for the offi- cers' training camp will be based on the following considerations: Character, as regards conduct, leadership, ability to learn quickly and ability to instruct others. General suitability, i.e., military ap- pearance, etc. Any enlisted man between the ages of 21 and 40 who desires to attend the officers' training school must sub- mit his application to his immediate commander before December 1. From ahose who apply the commanders will select not to exceed 10 per cent, who will be recommended. A board of officers, comprising three regular army officers, will select from those recommended the men to attend the officers' school. Appointments to commissions will be made as often as vacancies occur. Lieut.-Col. Edwin A. Hickman, F. A. N. A, has been detailed as com- manding officer of the school. Appointment to commissions will be in order of merit determined ice has been satisfactory. Figuring on the basis of approx- imately 40,000 men, the number of men planned for this camp, about 680 men will be chosen for this school. AIR RAIDS CAUSE 128 LONDON FIRES IN 1916 Air raids on London in 1916 caused 128 fires, resulting in the loss of thirty-six lives, according to the first summary made by the London coun- ty council, received in New York. The in the year was 3,104, with 158 deaths. Guild Luncheon. The regular monthly luncheon of the Woman's Guild of the Congrega- tional church will be held on Friday, November 9. There will be a fancy goods and bakery sale in the after- noon. Chance for Straps while in school, providing their serv- | total number of fires from all causes | New York will have charge. She ar- rived in Chicago Monday. wooden ship fleet will be ready for commission this month. READY THIS MOXTH) SOLDIERS TO RECEIVE 1 COMPLETE WAR OUT Uncle Sam will not send any o nephews to the battlefields of Fr unless he is adequately equippd War Department informed healq ters at Camp Grant. : Pd pd pk NIN et bk pt NO) GA bed ped et The engineers, -it has been nounced before, will be the firs embark for France. The order cifically stated that evéry ma this branch should be completely of fitted with the following: 2 complete O. D. woolen uniforms. waist belt. overcoat--woolen or a mackinaw, hat. x blankets. pairs socks. pairs field shoes. pair woolen gloves. pair horsehide gloves. pair leggings. O. D. shirts. identification tags. set toilet articles. pouch. barrack bag. 1 bed sack, knife, cup and spoa PARIS ASKED TO NAME 3 E STREET FOR WILSQ A proposal will be made in t Paris Municipal Council to name street after President Wilson, T Seine federation of the radical S cialists made the suggestion . A Rich on Furlough. William Rich, who is enlisted the aviation corps, is 'home on fu lough this week, before leaving for encampment in Texas. 12, 2200222277 NOTICE TO PATRONS 74 7 ! | | | | | 1 | | A freight. by express. ) For a Tax of 39 / » War Revenue Tax Effective November Ist, 1917, is the Revenue Act Approved October 3, 1917, Section 500 of This Act Pro- vides as Follows for the transportation of For a Tax of 1 cent for each 20 cents or fraction thereof paid for transporting parcels or packages For a Tax of 8% of the amount paid for the transportation of persons, the fare of which is in excess of 35 cents. For a Tax of 109% of the amount paid for seats in parlor cars. "The taxes imposed by this act are to be paid by the person, partnership or association paying for the services or facilities rendered, and the party furnishing the service shall make the collection." THE TAX as above provided shall be collected by AGENTS or CONDUCTORS. 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