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14 WINNETKA WEEKLY TALK, SATURDAY, AUGUST 9, 1924 Winnetka Weekly Talk LLOYD HOLLISTER, INC. 1222 Central Ave., Wilmette, Ill Telephone ........... Winnetka 2000 Telephone: ...vvvveives Wilmette 1920 SUBSCRIPTION $2.00 A YEAR All communications must be accom- panied by the name and address of the writer. Articles for publication should reach the editor by Thursday noon to insure appearance in current issue. Resolutions of condolence, cards of thanks, obituary, poetry, notices of en- tertainments or other affairs where an admittance charge will be made or a collection taken, will be charged at regular advertising rates. Entered at the post office at Win- netka, Illinois, as mail matter of the second class, under the act of March 3, 1879. SATURDAY, AUGUST 9, 1924 Depress the Tracks. Give the Business Men Fair Play. Build a New Village Hall. Enforce the Traffic Laws. Build the Truck Road. IT IS NO JOKE Winnetka's anti-mosquito cam- paign is well underway, thanks to the community interest dis- played thus far by a compara- tively few citizens. There are those among us who may regard the campaign of eradication as a joke, a useless expenditure of time and energy. It is to be hoped they represent a negligible few. For their in- formation may it be said, how- ever, that if there be any joke involved, it most certainly is "on them." The disease-bearing, filth-disseminating mosquitoes are laughing at the so-called jokesters. Many of Winnetka's leaders are enlisted in the work. They are giving generously of their time in the house-to-house can- vass and, by virtue of their en- ergy, are setting a splendid ex- ample to every home-owner. Driving out the mosquito and ridding the village of the breed- ing places can be made a com- paratively easy task if every household will do its share of the work, by looking to the immedi- ate premises. Follow Chairman Moore's ad- vice: 1. Fill in all low spots. 2. Clear away over-hanging vegetation, permitting ventila- tion. 3. Clear away dense shrub- bery around roots. 4. Keep eaves troughs and down spouts free from residual water. 5. Bury grass clippings and cover with lime, thus preventing insect swarms, or have them re- moved by the village, in accord- ance with regulations. 6. Keep garbage cans covered and always dry. 7. Do not permit receptacles to become even partly filled with water. Cans and crocks needed in the garden should be turned upside down. 8. Remove stumps. 9. Stock private ponds with top minnows and remove over- hanging foliage. Place crushed stone around the edges, or saw- dust mixed with crude oil and repellent compound. 10. Implements and material to be used in the anti-mosquito campaign include, one hand spray, two quarts crude oil, and two quarts repellent mixture in equal portions. 11. Spray puddles and open bodies once each week. 12. The "implements of war" may be secured at the village of- fices at cost. Get into the fight. It is im- portant. DEFENSE DAY One has to go a good deal out of his way to see in the observ- ance of Defense Day by the United States a veiled mobiliza- tion. It is the type of person who is afraid of his shadow who can find anything fearful in such a day. Defense Day is the anniversary of the Battle of the Marne and the birthday of La Fayette, either rotting tree event worthy of a few moments of the American's time once each year for contemplation of the significance of the occasion upon American history. La Fayette gave himself, his influence and his strength to the United States when it was engaeged in a life and death struggle for liberty and na- tional life. The men who fought at the Battle of the Marne gave themselves, their strength and, many of them, their lives, in a life and death struggle for liberty and national life, not in America but in the whole world not al- ready under the influence of the German Kaiser. Each was a noble sacrifice and deserving of remem- brance. That is the cost of liber- ty and independence for every people in the world. It is fitting that we should take thought of the price that has been paid for the institutions that we accept altogether as a matter of course. America has never been given to gestures. If we had it might, perhaps, have been easier for us. We have waited and hoped al- ways that there need be no cause for bloodshed, always with the same result, a far heavier toll than would have been required had we been more ready, less optimistic and tolerant. Being ready for war does not make war, any more than taking out life insurance or making a will brings on immediate death. It is only provision for a calam- ity that will be accepted only when every means of escape has been tried and failed. But the very being ready is a discourage- ment to others to develop such conditions as would make the preparations useful. --Evanston News-Index. CAMPING DAYS Camping days will soon be but a memory, though, for months to come, you will be hearing about hikes, canoe trips, bridge-build- ing, reconnoiterings and nights spent out under the stars. We have had stories from time to time, recounting some of the camp experiences. In them we pictured ourselves carried back to childhood days and revellings in the great out-of-doors. Most of us, perhaps, were never in- troduced to the joys and thrills of camp-life with the grown folks around us. We had to be con- tented with occasional roamings through the woods, or the for- bidden plunge in some old mill- pond. But we did have a glorious time even in the face of the an- ticipated dire consequences in the well-supplied woodshed. Today, that same desire for ex- cursions into the "wilds;" that same yearning for a swim; that same answering to the perennial summons to hold communion with nature is satisfied--with consent of all parties concerned-- in the well-ordered summer camps. FKvery childhood demand for wholesome fun is fullfilled. There is supervision, to be sure, but supervision loses itself in the diversity of interest provided when work and play are judici- ously and pleasingly intermingled. We'd like to go to a modern camp .and enjoy it through child- hood's wondering eyes. EDMUND G. BROCHU "You've heard about Ed Brochu's death? He was one of our best workers." Thus commented a leader in the Chamber of Commerce in a telephone communication with Winnetka Talk last week. Ed Brochu had been taken away. Virile, energetic, always anxious to so some job in the Chamber of Commerce, the Play- field or some other civic group; constantly on the alert to be of service in his only recently adopt- ed community. He loved Win- netka and her activities and he wanted always to be lending a helping hand wherever oppor- tunity beckoned. Apparently in the bloom of health and vigor, death claimed him ere he had passed his thirties. But he had given a fullness of his ability, genius and time. His work was well done. ORTH SHORE LINE nt eR mca-- ---- --_-- --_---- e-- TI v ON'T you hear that vacation call of Wisconsin and Northern Michigan? It's the J call of the wildwoods. Answer it--now--while summer still makes days and nights delightful. Easy to reach? Yes! All-steel limited trains leave frequently over the North Shore Line, offering you a quick, cool, and comfortable trip over a stone-ballasted roadbed, with famous North Shore courtesy attending you all the way. To "Reach Wisconsin "Oacation "Points Direct connections in Milwaukee with the T.M.E.R. & L.R.R. for Oconomowoc, Nashota Lakes, Nehmabin Lakes, Silver Lake, Delafield, Waukesha Beach, Nagawicka Lake and Pewaukee Lake. Also direct connections with Milwaukee Northern R.R. for Port Washington, Sheboygan, Elkhart Lake, Cedar Lake, Crystal Lake and intermediate points. Sched- RTH SHO ules of both roads connect with North Shore Line trains. Step from your North Shore train in LINE Milwaukee into a T.M. E.R. & L. or Milwaukee Northern train at the North Shore Terminal. Take a Low-Cost Tour "Via Motor Coach The North Shore Line is operating a series of delightful. inexpensive motor coach tours--now. Big, new, comfortable, de luxe coaches-- out- ings of unmatched scenic beauty through glorious lake and resort re- gions of Northern Illinois and Wis- consin, including the famous Dells. To reach Northern Michigan vacation points, con- venient connections are made in Milwaukee with Pere Marquette steamers for Ludington, Manistee, Hamlin Lake, Portage Lake and Onekema. Motor Coach Service to Nearby Resorts The North Shore Line maintains excellent motor coach serv- ice to nearby Lake Resorts, in close connection with its trains. 3-day trip --455 miles, including Lake Geneva, Twin Lakes and Powers Lake are easily reached thine $370 ape. sont by North Shore motor coaches connecting with North Shore 5-day trip -- 738 miles, including trains at Kenosha. : hotels and meals, $65. Antioch, Channel Lake, Pistakee Bay and Fox River resorts Veda wip 929. miles, lucluding are reached by McHenry service of the North Shore motor ' coaches, connecting with North Shore trains at Waukegan. trips, $89. y 3 5 : 1-day trip -- 180 miles to Lake For schedules, fares or other information, inquire at North \ Shore ticket office. cluding boat trip, $7.50. Chicas Noith Share and Milwaukee Railroad Company Winnetka Passenger Station Elm Street Telephone Winnetka 963 Illustrated folder with full partic- ulars at any North Shore Line station, or apply F. W. Shappert, Trafic Mgr., Rm. 822, 72 W. Adams St., Chicago. Telephone State 5723 or Central 8280. SERVICE with 2 smile [Cppricw \ GOING AWAY? WELL! before leaving on an extended auto trip, come in and let us lubricate your car, tune up your motor and make a general in- spection to see if the machine is in proper shape for a pleasant outing. This gas and oiling ation 2 just across the Street, and #, under our management There is nothing so disappoint- ing as trouble on the road and to avoid the possibility--see us before going Pd PHONES WINNETKA 617-1834 HUBBARD WOODS GARAGE 1010 NORTH AVENUE WINNETKA, ILLINOIS Nr". od E+ Dp. Fy