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Ba WINNETKA WEEKLY TALK, SATURDAY, AUGUST 16, 1924 THE SKEETER WAR Editor's Note: During the anti-mos- quito campaign in the village and ad- jacent territory THE WINNETKA TALK will conduct a questionnaire department each week for the benefit of those who seek information as how to rid their homes of the pest. The department will be in charge of Dr. Harry W. Moore, who is a recognized authority on the subject. Any question pertaining to manner of fighting the pest which come to THE TALK office will receive Dr. Moore's consideration. By H. W. MOORE, M. D. Question : What effect, if any, will the campaign against the mosquito this year, have upon mosquito conditions next year? T.-H, Answer: The campaign this year will reduce very materially the winged in- sect next year. We will continue the treatment into the very late fall thus preventing the early brood carried over the winter. Therefore, we expect and can assure with quite a degree of cer- tainty a great mitigation next year. In fact, we can expect a fair degree of abatement even this summer and fall. _ Question : Is oil harmful to vegeta- tion? If so, how is the harmful effect to be avoided and still prevent develop- ment of the mosquito ? B.-C.S Answer: Yes. See last week's issue of the TALK for instruction as to pro- cedure in treatment. Question: Assuming that a pool or stream of water has been freshly oiled and a rain storm has followed, is the effect of the oil ruined or mitigated, and should the water again be treated immediately ? R-T.8. Answer: Streams of water in a strict sense are not oiled. A pool following a very heavy rain storm naturally suf- fers a disturbance of the oil film. The oil has a tendency to seek the edges of the pool and partially gets back over the entire area by capillary attraction. Yes. It should be treated soon after the rain, especially if oiling has taken place a week or so previously. Question: How often should water be treated with oil? G Answer: About every 10 days, in an active campaign. Question: How long does it take for a mosquito to develop? Answer: About 25 days. Much short- er in favorable weather. It is pos- sible for this to be accomplished in 10 days. There 1s a wide variance in the very late fall and the very late spring. Excellent Progress In Local Mosquito Drive x Leaders in the anti-mosquito campaign in the 'village and at the Skokie report remarkable progress the past week. Quite an abatement of the pests has thus early been noted in Winnetka, where the household canvass is being energetically pushed. At the Willow street bridge, which is an ideal spot for mosquito breeding, and in other out- lying sections, the overhanging vegeta- tion is being rapidly removed. The biggest job of the warfare is that being done at Skokie. Up to this time 250,000 square feet of that area have been sprayed and the workers feel certain that they have killed off a great many of the larva. While the flood con- dition and the recent rains have thinned out the oil covering of the waters of this district, more of it will be sprayed there and the work of eradication pur- sued until the area is freed of the nuis- ance. Taken all in all, the campaign to date is wholly satisfactory to those in charge of it. Read the Want-Ads FLYING COMES EASY FOR CAPTAIN HALE Captain Frazer Hale has not com- municated with his Winnetka relatives since his departure, more than a week ago, in an airplane for Maxwell field at Montgomery, Alabama. "He's there all right and I'll wager he arrived on his schedule, too," his father, Henry R. Hale, president of the Winnetka State bank, ventured, Friday. "Frazer is an a¢complished aeronaut and enjoys adventure. When he came to Winnetka a year ago, he made the trip in a motor car; this year he came in an airship; what method of transportation he will adopt next year is more than I would care to venture." Captain Frazer Hale is one of Uncle Sam's most expert air navigators. Iie won distinction at Langley field, Va., where the government has constructed its most elaborate landing station. The captain was in command of a fleet of air craft that traveled from Langley field to Cook field at Dayton, O., two years ago. His {father visited Cook field on that occasion and says the sight of the fleet sailing in military forma- tion was one that he will long remem- ber. "The government has spent more money on Langley than on any other field," Henry R. Hale says. "The build- ings there are of a permanent character, all brick and of the best design. While Frazer was located there, his mother and sister leased a residence in the vicinity of the government plant and passed a most enjoyable season and were more than delighted with its military and sc- cial atmosphere. News Article in Talk Keeps Tommy on Jump "Publicity pays and WINNETKA TALK is a fine advertising medium," says Thomas J. Lynch, the north shore's pre- mier forester. "I know that from the results of a news item recently printed in the TaLk. It related to the cork pro- cess as a substitude for the old and in- efficient method of using cement to cure decaying spots on trees. Since that story was published I have received scores of inquiries about the cork process from all parts of the north shore. It is the only successful treatment that I know of and I'm the only forester along Lake Michigan who is using it. Of course, the idea has been patented. Why shouldn't the inventor of an 'excellent thing protect his discovery?" Winnetka Youth Given High Life-Saver Rank Norman and Willard Sommer, of 425 Provident avenue, have returned to the village from a five weeks' vacation at Camp Manitowish, the Y. M. C. A. camp in Wisconsin. Norman, who is not quite 13 years of age, is the proud possessor of a state life saver's emblem and certi- ficate which signifies that he has suc- cessfully passed all tests to qualify as a life saver, being the youngest in the state of Wisconsin to win the rank. The boys are the sons of Mr. and Mrs. Charles V. Sommer. Good Auto Repairing HANSON MOTOR COMPANY 555-57 Chestnut Street Winnetka, Illinois Phone Winnetka 330 H.C lewis, D.C Announcement We wish to announce the opening of our Chiropractic Offices Monday, August 11, 1924 Metropolitan Building, 1120 Central Ave. Wilmette, Illinois H. M. Carpenter, D. C. Edna B. Lewis, D. C. Palmer Graduates Office Hours 9 A. M. to 5 P. M. Evenings 7 to 8 Telephone Wilmette 3204 Two Sessions Remain for Kindergarten Classes Fach Sunday morning for the past four weeks a group of 30 children have enjoyed the privilege of an out-of-door Kindergarten which has been held un- der the auspices of the Winnetka Con- grgregational church at the home of Mrs. Douglas Smith in Hubbard Woods. Mrs. Florence S. Capron of FEvans- ton, a graduate of the National Kinder- Mrs. Smith has announced that two garten and Elementary college, who has specialized in the religious education of young children, is in charge of this more Sundays remain in this course August 17 and 24, and that all children class. of Kindergarten and elementary age are invited to attend. Close Race Develops in Gas Co. Stock Sales I. E. Framcomb and George Moran are running a close race for first place in the sales staff of the North Shore Gas company. They are selling the con- cern's stock and meeting with remark- able success. Messrs. Moran and Fram- comb are covering a large area, extend- ing through Lake Forest, Highland Park, Libertyville, Winnetka and the ad- jacent cowntry. At the rate they are traveling, the stock will have been ex- hausted, it is feared, before Assistant Manager Price, who is now vacationing abroad, will have returned early in Sep- tember. 'NOT A FLOOD, JUST A BREAK IN THE SEWERS Folks living out in the West Elm and West Oak street area were a trifle alarmed early in the present week by the appearance of water in their base- ments. school, which lies farther to the west- ward, didn't escape the miniature in- undation. When the water first came and during the brief time that it re- mained, the people affected drew mental pictures of a real flood. They ascribed the wee deluge to the recent rains and sat them down to prepare for the worst. While the west end of town {folks were in this mood, village officials busied themselves to discover the and they found it. It bore no relation to the flood gates up in Lake county which occasionally pour their streams down into the choked-up Skokie ditch, and the recent rains were not responsible for it either. The flood was caused by caused the sewage to back up and fill the cellars of the district. When the sewer break was mended, normalacy was restored. and the water in the homes and Skokie school basements rapidly disappeared. While the flood condition was extant, however, all sorts of wild rumors pene- trated into the heart of the village. These said the water came there logic- ally, that water comes in every swamp district. The break in the sewer knocked their prognostications into a cocked hat. new LEE SAYS: "It won't be long folks before 1'l11 like it." 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