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"This board bas to find a man who has the confidence of the county andh:f.e:&:mtofthe state. We must in back of such a man. We can't have him seeking bondsmen, but must get a surety bond for him, to be paid for by the county. We could not ex-- pect a square, straight man to take ove® the treasurer's office un-- le«« we get a surety bond for him. "It will not be an easy matter to :::.l..d. We must "oq e go '!ticr-&ndl'-mn Continued on Page 8) in The situation is a serious one. It touches us all and the whole county. _ 2s "I would appeal to brother super-- visors to all work together for the interests of Lake county and have no consideration in a personal way {or anyone connected with the al-- leged embezzlemet. It will require vl! of our courage and determina-- For Jay Morse Mr. Vercoe told the board that the finance committee felt that Jay B. Morse was the best man who could be selected to succeed Brach-- er. He said that the appointee could not be expected to get a per-- sonal bond and that the _ county should pay for a surety bond. He recommended that the new treasur-- er demand that banks pay two and "It hurt me to have to swear out warrants and to have to ask for the resignation of Mr. -- Bracher more than anything | have ever had to do. I hope I never have to do such a thing again, but if neces-- sary would do again what 1 have cone in this matter. Wherever the sword falls, let it fall. _ a half per cent interest on county money, rather than two per cent as at present. -- 8 "I think that the board feels that something@should be said by the finance committee because of the condition the county finds itself SUPERVISORS in this offjc@ the; audit take . longer than would mfl:' have veen the casg@ & After the board had accepted Bracher's resignation . Supervisor Vercoe addressed the board, telling in detail of the action which had been taken by the finance commit-- tee when the shortage of $400,000 was found in the office of: County Treasurer Bracher. It is ~recalled that Supervisor Vercoe signed the complaints for the _ arrests of County Treasurer' Bracher, Ira E. Pearsall, fommer county treasurer, Harold Martin, Clark Nye, and Ca-- leb Busick, in connection wiu;vtho county' shortage. Supervigor Ver-- coe appealed to the board not to consider <personal friendship but work for the interests of Lake county in this matter, saying that everything would then turn out all SEVENTY--SEVENTH YEAR NO. 6® said. in part: right tion, if we are going to _ come through successfully, as the county is in bad shape because of what has happened in the county treas-- urer's office. We must find the right thing to do and do it at all The -- :})Eointmnt of Morse is to bold g until the next regblar wuntpfilection in November of 1928. racher's resignation . Was accepted on motion of Supervisor Arthur W.,Vercoe, chairman of the finance comMmittee. Vercoe also made a motion ta appoint Morse at the morning session, but the vote was held off until that afternoon so as to have the motion legally framed by Assistant State's Attor-- ney Sidney H. Block. Sims Claims Inefficient Help Sammel Sims, county . auditor, tore the va .h-l' fil"gcn'i.; ore t some incffi¢leit belp in the office of County Treasurer Bracher. He said that the audit of the, books of the county treasurer from last De-- cember to the present date would take threae or four weeks. He said z"'r;'. iz.'uinih. He said ine exactly what flm collected in taxes this year and the amount remaining on the books to be col-- Jay Morse, chief clerk in the of-- f1"|;o of Con'g Cleark Lew Hendee ursday afternoon was Ap county treagurer to lw Bracher whos@ resignation was ac-- EM MB ME q 20 coe said Bracher has agreed to serve until the new treasurer can be qual-- ified which will be a matter of a few weeks. A committe was to take up the matter of arranging the new treasurer's surety bond. cepted. The appointment WA Mim. 5> the county board by a unaminm-- t Bs snnfi teten --abe Ailicntcaaye i ie ous vote. 1\; motion was -.d:.? Supervisor Vercoe and was second-- ed by Supervisor Emil Ficke. Ver-- WO 'tane CnewPoooy ET WTCCT mbezzle -- ipervisor Vercoe Tells Of Conditions In County; Sims Sayq')l';etfldent Help Holds Back® Audit. N m 4 UF AAVOJIFIIUAEL m At a meeting.in the office of H. V. 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Mr. Anslem said that Heaven drove. out of the driveway of the Bollinger Nursery directly into his path, it being impossible for him to avert the crash. _ Three wheels and the windshield on An-- slem's car were broken, while a fender and running board were also damaged. On the Heaven maching :h fender and running board were . "T: accident w' traffic fo; 0 ESCAPE HURTS IN CAR CRASH Oriental. Finals Sunday night. Go-- ing on tour of Great States circuit starting Monday.. Only hope I will be Miss Illinois. Big supper dance for us tomorrow night. Something doing every minute. Wish me luck. Helen Schubert." Miss Helen Schubert who is rep-- resenting Waukegan in the 'state bathing h?'z contest and is now appearing other beauties _ at the Oriental theatre in Chicago sent the following telegram to Wau-- h'm Thursday. Am -- appearing daily at the MISS SCHUBERT SENDS MESSAGE bunker,, who a _ fine mw at m secret .-1" B wife, Heign ley . is n x Hivorce Ow cruelty § Gridley, in a eross bill is asking the divorce on similar grounds. Admits Shooting Wife Aconfia to Assistant State's At-- torney ock, counsel for Mrs. Gridley, the former banker failed to prove the charges of cruelty against her. Mr. Block says Grid-- ley admitted on the witness stand that he had shot and chloroformed his wife. ' -- Mrs. Gridley testified that on occasions, her husband took refuse from the garbage can, telling her and the ehfldm'z eat it. Ske testified that in y of 1925 he chloroformed her and that when she awakened, be fired two bullets into her body, one near her heart. Mrs. Gridley is asking the per-- manent custody of the two children, Edith 9, and Beverly, 7, and that he be compelled to sypport the chil-- dren. She also wants a fair divi-- sion of property. She contends that jointly they own real estate in Florida valued at $50,000 and have other holdings in Nlinois and Cali-- fornia worth $750,000. Arguments Made In Former Banker's Trial This Week; Await Decision. and the hospital enclosed before cold weather, in order to protect the concrete foundations alread t in. If the balance of the sss.'og."oo is subscribed within the next few weeks, the Trustees will no doubt feel justified in letting the plumb-- ing and heating contract, so that the entire work may be completed by next lprl.ni, and the hospital op-- ened for pub use. The ?Pmltu. request that any local firms desir-- ing to submit biil for plumbing or hutinfi'wo? in the hoo'yital, pro-- cure plans from H. V. Von Holst, Architect of 79 W. Monroe Street, Chicago, and send bids in as soon GRIDLEY CASE as possible 000.00 heretofore subscribed, would make a total of $90,000.00. It was important that the contract be let Contract Let For Hospital Assistant State's Attorney Sidngy and 'William _ Kelly _ to the scene and the cars were towed away. 1$ CONTINUED &, RC&nnty Hlnghny Snpognumdmt that the of Milburn road is earing eompigtion. e Sepe the only MILBURN ROAD NEARLY DONE part remai to be paved is that wor'l"b)nm."fiu ='.'M,fm and that this portion. cannot : be paved for a short time yet. * wllr. hh:'r is well known }n lnhpa, Vb' been there in rtnonlfiy with Justite of the F:.ce Wilfred E. Hall for the past fourteen months. He studied law at the University of Illincis for one year and then g::duted from the* Chicago Kent ool of Law. REAL ESTATE MAN NOW ATTORNEY It oftens happens that if a lie be beliovfoonly for an hour, it has done its work and there is no fur-- ther occasion for it.--Swift. The action taken by the Elks practi¢ally completes the list of organizations in the city and as-- sures a 100 per cent co--operation from all civic, fraternal and labor organizations. bats 'are stt minolte and »100 frer unaben Sipfiom ts f mt & Eforts are being made to have Vice--President Dawes stay over until Saturday night to witness the water parade. The Yacht Club are also arranging the program of mot-- or boat races and insist that it will be the best motor boat race ever held in this city. Plans are not as yet completed, but indications are that at least 15 speed boats will be entered in this race. Loss Of $15,000 Estimated As Untenanted Place On Subdivision Property Is Levelled of the realty eong:: had already been rented for use. -- It is YACHT CLUB T0 HELP FESTIVAL Fire believed to have been started either by a '"fire bug" or tramps planning to spend the night in the unoccupied house, caused a' loss estimated at $15,000 Thursday night when flames leveled a house located on the Frederick H. Bartlett subdi-- vision on Green Bay road, just north of Grand avenue. Local firemen think that tramps may have entered the house with the intentions of spending the night ::umdhvingntthcbomon man farm. Police ure making a thorough investigation _ of _ the . The Waukegan fire department received a call at 12:56 o'clock Wed-- nesday morning but the flames had obtained too great a headway when the firemen arrived on the spot a fe moments later. Sees Unlighted Car The fire --was also reported to Sheriff L. A. Doolittle shortly be.-- fore 1 o'clock when a Milwaukee motorist driving by the house noticed flames and immediately notified the sheriff's office. The motorist declares he was driving past the house when he saw an un-- lighted automobile drive onto the road from the vicinity of the house. The lack of any illumination on the car aroused his suspicions and he drove nearer to the house, saw the flames and immediately notified local authorities. located on the fortmer Omar -- Car-- * At m:recent meeting o# the club they unanimously agreed that they To Parade Sept. 2 The Erdo on Friday evening, fi;:.em r 2, will undoubtedly be er than the water vndo, but it is the opinion of the Yacht Club that for beauty and picturesqueness it will not overshadow their parade of boats on Saturday night. At a meeting last night the Elks Club made tentative arrangements to co--operate with the _ American Legion Summer Festival parade on Friday evening, September 2nd. would conduct a water parade of beautifully decorated water craft of all classes on Saturday, Septem-- berd.a.tbeneonddcyofthot- tiv Each boat will be decorated and lighted and the parade itself ac-- companied by music with musicians riding in a beautiful water float. This division will be unique in that it is the first time a water parade has ever been attempted in Wau-- kegan. The American Legion fes-- tival committee at _ putting . up suitable prizes for the best float in the water parade. The house was a 12.room struc-- re and, according to the officials CONRAD NOW _ IS CORONER ward Conrad, of Waukegan, eordner, has started a three weeks' vacation and Deputy Coroner Ed-- eolil Chief -- Frame o"g that Piccoli had a bitter hatred for the contrac-- tor for a long time, having made several threats to kill him. Piccoli is charged with the mur-- | der of Eugene Mezztini, '.lthy! Highwood contractor. It is &g:ged | by State's Attorney A. V. ith | that after a heated verbal argument Piccoli and Mezzini wrestled in the | streets of Highwood and that Pic-- | coli drew a revolver from his hip | ;oeket and fired shots 'which hit | exzini in the abdomen. He is al-- lepdtohuefindtwiea'bothbul-l lets taking effect, and then fied. Mrs. Mez:zini, widow of the mur-- dered man, has posted a reward of 853,' for the apprehension of Pic-- a former Highwood resident, who was ik:':tm by the October.fmnd jury . year on a charge of mur-- der 'and who has been sought for nearly a year, lived in Detroit up until a short time ago, when he is said to have moved w'm ac-- cording to information by the authoritiese in Lake county. Police chiefs and sheriffs throughout Colorado have been enlisted in the search for Piccoli. Chief of Police J. C. Frame has been in Detroit for several days. ;nring which time he and Chief ames E. McCarthy of Detroit made a search for Piccoli and learned he ha ' lived in Detroit for some time. recently -- leaving presumably for somewhere in Colorado. in the board room of the vilhq:E' allowed. _ _ on Tuesday evening with all .1 AwtmmadobyE.J. bers present except Kaping who is| Giss of the burning of rubbish near absent on his annual vacation. «t his residence at the corner of New-- At the meeting of the board of 10®'berry and First street and the mat-- alw.-fim'ueg ter was left to the president to ad-- lowed on a number of special | just. provements inclol?ninr the final -t' The annual tax levy ordinance pro-- mate on the McKinley avenue paw|viding the necessary funds for the img by James Cape & Son and thie) operation of the village for the com-- regular monthly estimate of Peter|ing year, was read and passed by Frandsen on the outfall sewer. | the board. Joseph Melloy was allowed finals on}. S. E. Andrews complained to the water mains of Milwaukee avenuo' board of an overcharge on his water anrd sewer on Broadway and Austin| bill due to a faulty meter which has avenue and Julian Wolff on -- side} | since been, replaced. This matter walks on Fourth and other stree':z.vu referred to the chairman of the Estimates were also allowed on Lm:i water committee. coln avenue I-F"mg' sanitary sewers The treasurer presented _ his in Libertyville Highlands and a sup<| monthly report which was accepted plimentary estimate on Sunnysid#: and crdered placed on file. avenue paving. "«| The Libertyville Recreation asso-- KILLER IS NOW REPORTED IN WEST Notice was presented of the conm») ciat firmation by the court of the assess| rop« ment rolls on specials 77 and 3' kee providing for the installation noo, water and sewer mains on west Park ; the avenue and in Kenlock Park at the| to b west corporate limits of the villagn} A and on motion of Swan and Bulkley] on -- it was voted to advertise for bids on } mov both improvements, said bids to be ; pref opened at a special meeting on 'l'ueo-| was day evening, August 16. These im--| of | provements are expected to speed the | nois develonent of the western r.n of 'mt the village as the board was inform+/ of } ed by E. L. Sayre of the Sayre Real--] /; ty company, that a number of homes| _\ , would be,{ullt in Kenlock Park as}| 2)°_ for later years the real : MMh_WMQ- t u:&amrmfion & , and cut up when the ma-- ma.""i.:n.m,'«k.mu;... Thare is n popabmty thgt 8 & sales, those of the years previous lockjaw will set in unless the torn to 1924, and from the data on hand skin and splinters of glass on the Included in the sales for that year were several farther north along Telegraph road. Several large farm tracts were disposed of. The purchasers for the most part were rea) estate dealers from Chicago who immediately opened _ subdivi-- sions. The following year, 1926, al-- though sales were reported to be still brisk there were not the great number which were recorded for soon as the water and sewer was available. A petition, signed by a majority of the."propeny owners i&dth:'kdi:r; trict affected, was presen & for the installation of water service gipu on Austin avenue between tewart and Garfield. The engineer was imxted to prepare plans to be subm at the next meeting. _ A request was presented from property owners on north Third street askirg that connecting side-- walks be ofiend in and the clerk Collector of Revenue, A}l . Reports received by relatives of N. and his assistants Nelson, North Chicago restau-- bmm%'wn&lfi o'mr,'hom: lumdinun sales in this with the sccident near A h, Wis., in view of collecting taxes due the| several danfi-mththh government on profits resulting from|possible that it will be necessary to It was -m;d;'xhn in 1924 the boom in Wau n got well under way and finally reached ts height in the following year when large tracts of land along Green Bay road, west of the city and to the south along the Lake Bluff limits were puu-énd by large realty th-- terests in Chicago. 1925 BOOM YEAR FEAR LOCK JAW SAYS COLLECI'OI& FOR N virons took place in the year 1925, was instructed to send such notice. Water And Sewer Mains To Be Laid West To Kenlock Park Dr. John L. Taylor, Lake county James Piccoli alias James Young, LIBERTYVILLE, ILLINOIS, SATURDAY, AUGUST 6, 1927. Published Twice \he grafting in done, Mr. Nelson will the done, Mr. Ne wi be laid up in the hospital for a week I ur more. Chilstrom, a gasoline filling sta-- tion attendant at Libertyville, is al-- leged to have assayited and at-- tempted to attack Margaret Judge, a maid at the: Samuel Insu'! home. three miles south of Libertyville. ed. Chilstrom denjes the charges, although 'he --admits -- having taken the girl home the night in question. The maid has been under the care of a physician since being assault-- Clifford Chilstrom of Libertyville who last week was bound over to the October grand jury by Justice Lyle Morse on a charge of assault with intent to commit rape is mak-- ing every effort to get bonds of $5,000 so he does not have to stay in the county jail for the next two months. He is endeavoring to per-- :""d':i his parents to furnish bonds 0* M, Miles water mains Fire hydrants....._ Miles of streets _: Miles paved streets_... Miles storm sewer._ Miles -mny sewer... Miles sidewalks.____. lage but falls short ten miles in f"h'im western village also eads in miles of sanitary sewer and water mains but again falls short in the matter of sidewalks and storm sewers. Miles of Streets _ Miles paved streets. Miles storm sewer. Miles sanitary sewe Miles sidewalk ............. Miles of water mains. Fire hydrants___..__ Th« matter of applying tar to the eracks in the pavement on the dif-- ferent streets in the village was brousht up and t.rus're Bulkley was empowered to have the work done. An ordinance providing for the eollection of a tax of three dollars on each dog in the village and fixing the penalty for non payment was w. I. #lardin, secretary of the local Chamber of Commerce, Friday released the re rt of a survey just completed of & public [mn- ments of the villages of rty-- ville and Mundelein. The survey, which is the first of its kind to be made covers the improvements of both and gives some in-- "Tepdrne ; has over eight miles more of streets than its sister vil-- lage but falls short ten miles in 8. E. Andrews complained to the board of an overcharge on his water bill due to a faulty meter which has sgince been, replaced. This matter was referred to the chairman of the water committee. The Libertyville Recreation asso-- ciation was granted permission to rope oif Cook avenue from Milwau-- kee avenue to Brainerd on the after-- noon and evening of August 17 for the juvenile circus and street fair to be staged by that organization. A petition from property owners on Sunnyside £hceauking the re-- mova!l of the dog kennels from the premises at No. 125 on that street, was presented. Complaint was made of the objectionable qdor and the noise caused by the animals. The matter was referred to the board of health. of doys when danger of hydrophobia exists. The village clerk was instructed to place an additional $8,000 of in-- Burance on the vill-{e hall bringing the total coverage of $16,000. intro« IMPROVEMENTS ARE SHOWN IN REPORT The complete table follows uced and passed. The ordin-- also provides for the muzzling s when danger of hydrophobia Size of water mains 10 inch 0.8 8 inch 2.9 6 inch 18.5 Size of water mains. 12 inch 085 miles 10 inch 04A miles 8 inch _ 10.5 | miles 6 inch 13.0 miles kin on the arm which was and cut up when the ma-- Mundelein IN ATTAGK FOR NELSON 0.:35 miles »Get 10.3 18.0 15.10 291 miles miles miles 811 4.9 5.6 5.5 juries in the crash. said to have suffered gainst David J. Malloy, als T ago, for. damages of 296 amecipt of the action . &t il' firmthoef IME An automobile accident which oc-- curred in Lake county about a year _l&o) resulted in a suit being filed wnndaymin the* Cir:'nit court by gainst David J. Malloy, also : "Chi-- The public is invited to come and mee these championship games. ~The winner of this series becomes city champions for this gzar and _ win possession of the Libertyville Trust and Savings Bank Trophy. This cup $35,000 SUIT 'IN ACCIDENT will be awarded at the Juvenile Cir-- cus, Wednesday, August 17. game will be called at 6:45 Daylight Slving Time. Monday, August 8 the second game will be played; Tues-- day, August 9, the third game; and Wednesday and Thursday, August 10 and 11 the two remaining games will be played, _ _ _ _ _ This leaves Foulds and the Card-- inals tied for first place. At asmeet-- ing of the league board, it was de-- cided to hold a five %me series for the championship. e first game of this series will be held Friday, August 5, at the High School. The Holy Name fHioly Name..... Fouids Central Parks American Legion Engineers The Community Playground Ball League finished its schedule Wednes-- day evening when the Holy Name Cardinals defeated the Central Parks by a 9--3 score. The final standings of the teams are as follows: Played W. L. Pct. FISHER GIVEN AN EXTENSION According to Overseer Voliva, Fisher has admitted having tim:e out on several occasions wi a Zion woman, whose age is 27, the last time to a moving picture show in Ubert{vil.le. where he was re-- c;gniud y a friend of the Zion church. Voliva declared that Althoggh Fisher has not been publicly ~ missed from the church this s:z will be taken within the next w unless he becomes "penitent. "The former officer has; made his own bed," he concluded. "Now let him lie in it." Although 1,500 people thered inShilo:'hhcrmcle Wed%' WILL PLAY OFF TIE IN LEAGUE Fort Sheridan Soldier ,Gdl Sentence After . Elopment And 'Enlistment At Lake Sergt. Mark Franks of the Cook county state's attorney's office, last nigh' renewed his search for Chas. Krause, _ also wanted on the car thef'* charge and, in addition, on a bigamy charge. Krause, it was said, abandoned his wife and two children and persuaded Miss Gertrrude Kiv-- land 1752 Lake avenue, Wilmette, to accompany him, along _ with Behrke and Miss Bartlett, to Crown Point where. Krause also produced & license and was married to Miss missed from the foree, was to given several days of grace. Although it was stated several days mo that Fisher had been giv-- en until 3 o'clock Wednesday after-- noon to send in a "full confession" of his life to Voliva, he has not done so as yet and the opinion was exzmoed that it was doubt-- ful if he would. He was charged with attending a movie in Liberty-- ville in company, with a young wo-- Taken At Fort Behnke was arrested at Fort Sheridan by the Chicago _ police wher it was learned that he had gone into the military service ap-- pareutly in the hope that he would evade arrest. The police were given co--operation by the Fort Sheridan offi:ials and the youth was taken to Chicago for prosecution. Judge Stanley Klarkowski in the Chicago (Criminal court, sentenced Behnke on a charge of larceny in connection with the theft of an au-- tomobile used by the elopers and later driven by them to St. Joseph, Ark., where they established them-- selves on a farm. Harry Behnke, 20 years old, who was arrested soon after he enlisted in the army at Fort Sheridan, was sentenced to a year in the House of Correction in Chicago as the climax of an elopement 'n Febru-- ary to Crown Point, Ind., with Miss Dorothy Bartlett, 19, of 717 Reba avenue, Evanston, a second cousin of Evanston's mayor. -- -- Kiviand. County Reservation. OF MACHINE Played W .. 10 8 .. 10 8 .. 10 6 .. 10 _ 6 .. 10 _ 8 2 10 l dis-- The small tot, playifnig about at \h(. rear of the house, crawled into the garage and reached over and picking up the tin can probably thinking it was water, started to drink it. 1 _ Dr. Leon Brackett was called _ During the past several months, . . 'l_"fld!";,flm the baby. _ .:l!h-:vfi'- has disposed of ~.' thinking it was water. started to| the control of the church on which drink it. taxes are paid every year. He managed to consume consider-- "In all probability the property able of the liquid before it finally | wil' be bought purely for specula-- "gagged" him and _ the ¢ &mn&b@xhiu.h found him lying on the floor of the | cas» nce lots may be sold and age leaked. He h'dtgllced can under it to catch the leak avenue, Waukegar, the 11 months old son of Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Bus-- ke, was taken violently ill Wednes-- day afternoon when he drank about one--half a pint of kerosene, which he_fotmdinthemageatthemr of his home. . The baby's father stated that the kerosene tank which is in the gar-- age leaked. He had placed a tin Another accident was reported at 4:40 o'clock Wednesday at North Sheridan road and Clayton street. Carl Reeder, 401 McKinley avenue, driving north gn Sheridan road, at-- tempted to turn west on Clayton street when he collided with a car driven by R. B. Freeman, Kenosha, going south on Sheridan road. Freeman's machine received dam-- ages on the front right fender and lights, while the front wheel was broken and the left fender and lights of Reeder's car were dam-- aged. $ BABY ILL FROM DRINKING KEROSENE lice Wednesday night, the ma fi:anqnnh either escaping . wi juries or with minor bruises. MINOR CRASHES Four minor automobile accidents were reported to the Waukegan po-- ""l;vibeupowm i tlu;e tee e is ~grea over ivided was proved to be a fallacy fireport submitted to the Liberty-- Mundeléin real estate board at its regular weekly meeting Wednes-- 'At 7:40 o'clock Wednesday night, William D. Meyers, Waukegan, re-- ported that as he was driving south on Genesse street he was sideswip-- ed by another machine while at-- tempting to pass a machine ahead of him. The other machine was driven by N. C. Wctl% of that city, who was driving no on Genesse St. Both front and réar fenders of Wetzel's machine were damaged and the hub--caps knocked off. _ The frame of Meyers' machine was 4 Tllle report covered a survey of ths local vacant property situation an lists the uvtf&ble homesites in Lib-- ertyville where water and sewer and public utility service is now available and shows that there are only four hundred lots available for the build-- ing of homes. Occupants Of 'Autos Escape With Minor Bruises Or No Injuries In Accidents. Realtors In Miss Bernice Freeman. accom-- panied by Miss Arlene Freeman, both of 304 Lincoin Ave., driving a machine west on Glen Rock avenue, was mce: W by Earl Kilpatri Victory St., as she was ing nortlh on Vie caps damaged. ' A. Ames of the Y. M. C. A. driv-- ing a truck®at 8:15 a. m. Thursday, struck a machine driven by R. Man-- deville of Lake Bluif, when the former tried to avoid hitting a ma-- chine driven by R. Guigore of Zion. Gulgore was driving south on Gen-- ese> stret and was crossing the in-- tersection of Genesee street and South avenue when Ames, who was turning his truck west on South avenue. swung to the left to avoid hitting Gulgore's machine which was proceeding north on Genesee street. The survey was made by a com-- mittee appointed for that f)urpose by the president of the real estate board and a thorough check of lo-- cal property was made before the final report was compiled. _ _ The report was accepted with much enthusiasm and the members of the committee given a vote of thanks by their fellow realtors. west--on Glen Rock avenue when the machines? collided. The" left rear whee. and fender of Miss Freeman's machine was damaged and the right front fender of Kilpatrick's cab re-- ceived damages. Arliene Freeman was shaken up and received _ a bru'sc on the side of her head. Statistics show that during the last twelve months there have been one hundred ten new homes erected here and this figure was reached by natural expansion and without the aid of a building boom. Basing their figures on the above 'it was shown that the available lot supply is suf-- ficient for the regular building op-- erations for a period of slightly over three years. The tl{pe of homes which have been built here during the past few years was given favorable comment in the report and it is believed that their erection has enhanced the value of the surrounding property. The survey covered the entire vil-- lage and included the vacant prop-- erty in the old town as well as in the new subdivisions. William Buske ,125 South Martin ARE REPORTED and the fenders and hub Lot Survey without | premises. Two large trucks were VOLIVA PLANS BIG LAND DEAL '"'The value of property in and near Zion," he explained, "has in-- creased at & rapid rate during the past two or three years and as the taxes have also been raised the property has become a deadweight. "It is not now in use and the money realized by such a sale would be :t much more value than the property. At the present time therée are over 4,000 acres under _ Mike Shelly of Wadsworth want-- ed to be a "good Samaritan" Mon-- day night when a slim stranger came ul:':;a hog;unnd asked if he could s in y's barn over Bo Shelly said, "Sure." Bm is in _ doubt 'as _ to . whéther Overseer Wilbur Glenn Voliva, of Zion, stated Wednesday evening that he is contemplating the sale of a large tract of land> lo-- cated along Green Bay road west of Zion within the next few months. KIND--HEARTED > HE LOSES CAR $1,000,000 This property consists of over 2,100 acres and should brirgy over F. 0. Hartleb Home West Of By the time they were able to get to the house, the rear of their home was a mass of flames and all of the rooms were so filled with smoke that it was impossible to recover much of the furniture. They were able, how-- Another stolen car was to the police from the dum fice. It was stolen at Antioch. The license number is 1,099--759, H1., and motor number, 14,951,427. is in . doubt as to _ whether or -- not he did the m& after all. Maybe, = ly, he shouldn't have been so kind--hearted. For when Mike got up next morning, both the stranger Fire, which broke out Thursday morning at 10:30 o'clock when a kerosene stove exploded, leveled the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ferdinand O. Hartieb, which is located just west of Gurnee near the Warren cem-- etery, and caused damage estimated at $15,000. ednlaway flor a minute and it sud-- denly exploded throwing burning kerosene all over the walls and floor of the room. She tried to extinguish the blaze for a moment, but seeing that this was unpouiblchm out of the house calling to her husband and son who were working in a nearby field. ever, to save a bed, a &A waluable clarinet and am smaller things. £ The house, which was a nine room frame house, was valued at over was destroyed. 'The son had several valuable musical instruments in the home which were all destroyed. s l\cwmflnfib- with a for the next several 21 years old, asked for lodging in the barn over night and that he had agreed. The stranger wore a light hat, gray--blue coat, and had given his home as Oshkosh, Wis. The Oshkosh police were also noti-- fied uo be on the lookout for the stolen car and the suave a who had evidently made a'.;.:fi' Shelly's car some time during night. PS Ferdinand Hartieb, Jr.. 22 years, received painful burns while at-- tempting to carry some of the be-- longings out of the burning build-- ing but his burns are not regarded as serious. not imagine -h:m the stove to Over 50 people, most of whom were nearby farmers, formed a bucket brigade and worked for over an hour trying to extinguish the fiames, but they had too much of a It was necessary to carry water a considerable distance there was but little water on When the stove exploded Mrs. Hartlieb was the only one in the house. She had lighted the stove but a few minutes before. She walk-- $200 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE. and Mike's Studebaker touring car had disappeared. Shelly reported the loss of his machine to the Wau:-- kegan police and told them his 4-- cense number was 917--024, IIl., and the motor number 71,822. Shelly informed police that the stranger, appearing to be around Gurnee Destroyed By Fire Caused By Exploding Stove; Loss Over $10,000. ;h 7 hgt 'E'-Lfluflebmdw BY FLAMES; HOUSE LOST Bucket Brigade Forms. m m