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'"The of food for the h\mnw'mm which depends the very existence of our country and of human life, is deserving of the most serious consideration. This, being so important an agricultural Gev. Len Small, speaking at the meeting called at the tabernacle in Zion to discuss the location of the :31-' state route 173, told of his preogram. His talk,. in part. which they would have to pay even i# the money was not used to build the roads, and a gasoline tax, I#f that law is upheld by the court. "The gasoline tax will permit the building of the 2000 miles, more or * less, which will be uncompleted af-- aeVAAdDl A AdlAANl} _ In the presence of a la%ather- |ing of members and friends the | ofticers of the local Modern Wood-- man, and Royal Neighbor camps | were installed Friday evening with Wignitinigemnint \ impressive ceremonies. | 'l'he;l lkljoyfal Neigh&orsMinstalll:fion P i | was he irst wi rs. ura Cites Building Of 643 Miles Of'!%,"mdi @ asf ,i_fifimflfmg ofgic&r. Pavement * veral The indication o officers of the I n 1"927.. S: __ | Woodmen was conducted by Char-- "Indeed, one of the things which prompted me to begin building roads on such an extensive scale, was a desire to lighten some of the bur-- dens upon tillers of the soil by bad timate, and that each of the 1,500,-- 000 cars travels an average of 5,000 "If we estimate the number of motor vehicles now traveling the roads of Tlinocis at 1,500,000, which, /'i"\'}{":l f . \ P E D Rei] per year on the paved State high-- mg'!puldmgkeaitw}lmflua the automobiles in the life, wear and tear, oil and gasoline and wash-- ing of their cars. One cent a mile, which is far too low, would amount of $50 for every car owned in lhe State: two cents a mile would be $150,000.000 or an average saving of about 245 miles by pavement. any one contend for a moment that it was not worth 2¢ a mile or $4.90, in the saving of time, gasoline and oil or in the saving of the wear ROAD PLANS AT MEETING Roads Lake Coun 'les Crabtree of ta [ ty To Be!sta}ling Consul a Completed This Year. | of Waukegan, as program. His talk, in part, on 12) Ohe Lgake Comntthy; Renister DISTRICT SEEKS PRIMARY ACTION DLCmSTE AGETmTEL, JAJHemCilor. Veronica Wikox, Recorder. Dorothy Sitz, Receiver. Mattie Bennett, Marshal, Katherine _ Andrews, Assistant Marshal. _ Hannah Smith, Inner Sentinel, 'EWM Christensen, Outer Senti-- nel. Henrietta Bock and Edith Wells, Managers. Alice Smart, Musician. g)inbet.h Gleason, Faith. hlhabe?lh'h Brockman, Courage. ura ompson, 5oduty Mayme 'l'uléx', U 4 h Margaret tney, . Endurance. The officers of the Woodman camp are: W. L. Nagel, Consul. Floyd W'j:on, Adviser. August Radloff, Past Consul. James Mack, Banker. A. S. Daugherty, Clerk. gharlea mwdem Escort. y.?g_ugur, Sentinel. ghe'mngsndg of the evening 'sp;l!g in dancing music _ provided Hapke's orchestra. The festivities ede with refreshments served by members of the two organizations. les Crabtree of Waukegan as in-- stalling Consul and John Davis, also of Waukegan, as escort. _--Following the ceremonies -- the Lodges Hold Installation NO. 6 lodge room floor was Senator Rodney B. Swift. Highland Park. is one of the members of the upper branch of the legislature who has definitely announced himself favorable to a spring election, and he has tried to push plans for such a primary as much as possible. The house members from the region, Rep-- resentative Roy J. »Stewart, Wood-- stock. and N. L. Jackson, Belvidere, as yet have had no opportunity to "The 8th district's 1 tive® déle-- ation returned home fl e cani-- hopeful that the assembly can pass legislation calling for.an April pri-- mary, and determined to "do all he can under the constitution" to bring about such an election, members be-- lieve that when they reconvene next week they will be in a position to take up real work on 'the bills pend-- ing before them. Whether the governor intends to force the issue against Chicago Dem-- ocrats and Republicans who have an-- nounced for a fall election is un-- known, but many believe he will. Conferences between the fief execu-- tive and Chicago leaders have as yet been barren, but the governor will mbablyhlk_wlth.meq"mtnmday sult in a program that will permit the assembly to get to work after two weeks of marking time. ACTIVE ON FARM INSTITUTE CARBD irr'cw where he will be present a* a bankers' convention, and it is possible that the conference may re-- John E. Barrett, chairman of the program committee for the Illinois Farmers' Institute which will be held in Waukegan for three days. Febru-- ary 15, 16, 17, returned Saturday #ram Chicago where he has been confering with H. E. Young, the stafien:frmnofmeinsfitn%e. There are to be 25 speakers on the programs for the three days. All but two have been invited and their ac-- to Governor F. A. Zimmerman o. Wisconsin. asking him to appear on the program. He will probably attend the Thursday meeting. . H. Wells, Manager for 3 years. An invitation was sent by telegram ied home from the capi-- » having wound up the wof the special session and left miken into Ccustody Junday nite. A quanmyo(nquormromilm his home, according to Col. Smith. Four-- teen inmates, several of them women, were taken on disorderly conduct charges Some of the women were ir an intoxicated condition and scant-- ily clad, Constable Stried rep * The inmates of Nelson's house gave these names: ; Howard Nelson, Andrew m Joseph Slack, Albert C. Brown, Artz, Elizabeth Johnson, Marie, Agnes and Loretia Brown, Bernice TruSsky, and o Schuike. --.-- _ <=*----¥ . _'Arthur Nelson c. South Utica street, who has been arrested on a number of occasions on charges of After'a night in jail the above vic-- tims Of the raiders were taken be-- for@ _ Justice -- Coulson. Nelson zarmedsxoomdm:m:bgm- mates of the places were--each fined Fines Are Entered The men were lodged in the--county jail Monda were arraigned {:ltheeourtcy:f Justice of the Peace Hervey C. Coulson. Watson and Mc-- Laughlin were each fined $200 and costs and the five inmates were fined $50 and costs, each. None of them could pay their fines and were sent taken into custody Sunday ni Charles Battisfore and J. A. Roliman were taken on charges of disorderly conduct. Constable George Stried and Harold Finer, investigators for the office of Btate's Attorney A. V¥. Smith con-- fined their raiding activities to 16 city of Waukegan alone Sunday nite ;on: nade 27 arrests® }mll::. three rs, netting a record for this year. The investigaters first visited x place in the Waukegan business dis-- trict, at 120 East Washington street and found a gambling gzgame ir. pro-- charges of operating a gaming house. Five Waukegan men, William .Tars-- Chalmer Watson aid David Mc-- State's Attorney's Men Con-- fine Activitiee To Wauke-- gan; Nelson Place Is Raided 21 NABBED -- IN RAID BY DRY SQOUAD paid his fine. VOLIVA LEAVES FOR HOLY ) *A NJ Wilbur Glenn Voliva, general over-- seer of the Zion church for the past eleven year: .a@accompanied by Mrs Voliva and his personal bodyguard, Patrick R. MciIntosh, left Monday morning on the 9:25 Chicago and North western line train on the first leg of their journey to the Holy Land and other points of interest in Europe and Asia. The party left Chicago on the Twentieth Century Limited and will sail at 11 p. m. on Wednesday on the Cunard liner, Transylvania, for Lis-- 'Their stay in the "old" country will last for four months as they will leave Liverpool for this country on May 23. Attorney Theodore Forby, Voliva's counsel, will join the group in New York. He left last week for Middle-- town, Conn., where he is visiting with his daughter, Mrs. John Peterson. At the farewell services held Sun-- day evening at Shiloh Tabernacle, Overseer Voliva appointed Apostles M. J. Mintern and Eustace Carey as his attorn::u during his absence and Apostle Mintern as acting gen-- eral overseer. PRAIRIE BLAZE } IMPERILS TOWN The entire volunteer fire depart-- ment of Gurnee was called out Sun-- day evening at 7:30 o'clock to extin-- guish a prairie fire which started early that afternoon north of Belvi-- dere street near Gurnee.-- It ap-- --The fire did not get any nearer the town than a quarter of a mile. ASK INJUNCTION AGAINST PASTOR police who executed .the wunnt.luves of Burleson and Hunt were chutod;Welh A with interrupting the services at the Mr. Abl church Snnda&by -shoutinggny'ers' Miss and deriding efforts of . Irvin | pioneer tc deliver his sermon. Both men were '}a daugh Nz*ted and released in bopda pend-- | early se 'Up~e of the case. | in Chic Burleson, Huu«awm ,le!t an other members of the «.. ,, Ber of | $10,000 recently had Rev. Irvin a*" 'to the 4 breaking into the church after RCEP | pequest, eolored gnac acher .of the Baptist thoh North -- Chicago, and a group headed by several of the dea-- gons of the church, occurred Sun-- day when a warrant was sworn out by Ed Long, a follower of Rev. Ir-- vin, for the arrest of David Burleson and. J. B. Hunt, members of the opposition. « The dollar day idea has been ad-- vocated in Libertyville for several ;\;ears past but prior to this time was .impossible to secure the r eooperation to carry it out. midn;l sales have been numer-- ous and at different times a few of the business houses have combined for the holding of clearance events, but Friday and Saturday _of this week will be the first time in the history of the town that practically Further development in the feud mt_befo!lowm_of_'w. H. Irvin, Forty two, in all, are partici 'lmrell Drug Co., Frank _ H.: Eger ing in this bii bargain event wm Hardware, John Lester, Frock Shop, opens a new era in merehandising| Soda Shop, E. H. Corlett, William in Libertyville and which marksthet Walrond,. Gift Sbogl Main Garage, final: step in the evolution of one Normm's':'(}mceqf, Max Miller, Gro-- of the-- most important trading cent--|cery, O. H. Molidor. Mrs. Agnes This is the first event of its kind ever held in Libertyville and no effort has been +spared by. these participating © to make the initial sale an overwhelming success. The spirit of cooperation among the lo-- cal business men' has been a scource of 'gratification to the sponsors of the undertaking. _ - With the stores and. business houses -- decorated-- with . red and white Dollar Day pennants the big event will open next Friday and the end will come when the last -- chaser has his fill of bnmmo{a:gg wends his way homeward in late hours Saturday night. _ ~The days are to" be next ,Fridayi and-- Saturday, January 27 and 28, when the merchants of Libertyville] inaugurate the, first of theer semi-l annual Dollar Days which, accori-- ing to the plans mapped out, are to be held each year in January and July as a general birgain event for the benefit of their patrons and to! further a greater community spirit.| For two whole days, from carly morning to late at night, the dollar will reign supx'em% in Libertyville with a retinue of busy servants to minister to the needs of those. com-- ing to pay homage to the tempor-- ary king. 2 ; Arrangements All Made For _ * Libertyville's Dollar Days been ousted from his position by the group which claims the authority in the church. Justice Tallett disthissed th»> case since the (whole situation rested in the decision as to which group was the sovereign power in the church. He stated at the hearing that he believed the decision --should. be made through a vote of the congre-- gation -andnotbyajmtleeofthe Gray, counsel for the group headed by Burleson and Hunt, filed an injunction petition in behalf of his clients asking that the Rev. Irvin be restrained from entering or using !ge church on the grourds that _J. * Hunt, James Thompson, and William Fulford, were duly elected trustees of the church and at a meeting held Recember 30, they had removed the preacher from his position. o The bill for temporary injunction requests that a receiver be appointed by the court to take charge of the money belonging to the church until the matter has been settlea. Rev. Ir-- vin is charged with secreting the funds of the church which according to the by--laws of the institution, should be held by the trustees. He is charged with plunging the church HUNTER SHOT Joe Tibbets, 1438 Melrose avenue, Chicago, received almost the full charge o fa lz-{ange shotgun Sun-- day afternoon at one o'clock while hunting with a friend, John Polocka,. Melrose avenue, Chicago, near Slocum into debt for $1,100. Lake west of Wauconda. The pair were hunting at the time. 'Tibbets was walking ahead when two rabbits suddenly jumped up in front of him. He shot and at the same time Polocka fired. fle Polocka's aim was slightly off, about half the charge hitting his partner in the man was much 'better Monday. He returned to Chicago after re-- ceiving first aid. Monday Morning Attorney Earle LIBERTYVILLE, ILLINOIS, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 25, 1928 BY MIST AKE Published Twice Weekly $ 5 r thin arill aAf Afissc Awa, _ g, | UCWL AH LC IPOBL GQL -- LGC. _ C LLe Paptist}COO under the will of Miss Anna R--|t> eater. Chief of Police Edward Maro-- Chicago, and a| Wells, a former Lake county resi-- ney of Highland y five eral of the dea--| dent, the Anti--Cruelt; society of Chi-- |lights down in ie busunes ds occurred Sun-- cago, intends to vigorously defend there : ; was sworn out itself in court.~ This annolincement| 'Telephone wires were-- wer of Rev. Ir-- was made Friday .by John Jay|down in several towns in the west-- PD.xid Bur'!e.loniw' v'u mt' ol un Con' ern nart af tha Suvninn e das S BCO North Chicago Miss Wells was a member of a pioneer family of Lake county, being a daughter of the late John Wells, an eerly settler of Half Day She died in Chicago in December of 1926 and left an estate of $125,000, all but $10,000 of which, under the will, goes to the Anti--Cruelty society. A $10,000 methods to obtain a bequest of $115,-- 000 'under the will of Miss Anna R: Wells, a former® Lake county resi-- dent, the Anti--Cruelt; society of Chi-- cago, intends to vigormusly defend itself in court.> This announcement was made Friday by John-- Jay Abbot, vice ~presiGent ofi the Con-- tinental Trust & Savings bank and president of the Anti--~--Cruelty society "The charge brought ny representa-- tives of the two grandnieces of Miss Wells are absolutely false," declared DENY FRAUD IN --WOMAN'S BILL Gift Suhbling Garage, Smiling Sorvi:sem.&ab'on. Jochheim's Bakery. Kohout Flower 'Growers, Beverly Dress. Shop,. Libertyville © Lumber Co., -- Honeywell-- Studio, Attridge white pennants during the two sale days, follow: Ray N. Smith, Lib-- er_t'vme_(}arage, Decker & Neville, J. B, Morse & Co., C. 0. Carison, A. CX es a ay, E. T. Iangworthy, Triggs Johnson, Schanck Hardware °C., Lovell Drug Co., Frank _ H.> Eger Hardware, John Lester, Frock Shop, Much of the credit for the success of the undjertaking is due to the efforts of the retail committee of the Libertyvill®Mundelein Chamber of Commerce which has worked out the details and to the secretary who has shouldered the burden of secur-- _ The names of those who are tak-- ing part in the event and whose stores will be marked with red and Almost cvéery line of business is represente in the roster of parti-- cipants and several whose merchan-- dise is such as to prevent their util-- ixinti the dollar day idea, have giv-- en their moral support to the move-- ment and will also offer~exceptional bargain values to those who come to Libertyville yn the two big days. ing the cooperstion of. the --local business men. ---- > Ntom Doi every merchant has joined in one mt' community sale which is des-- amned, to show the _peogle in central Lake County what Libertyville has to offer. | ° . ; <'*\ ' \W ' </ equests made to Miss Helen M ,w::nploye of the Unicn Trust making 4ff . Chicago, who is pre-- 'The will contegided Miss Wells in half. of Evelyn Franu«. years old, of Libertyville ahon be-- | Cinderella Wells Laad, not quite'a! years old, of Prairie View. County Judge Perry L. Persons is represent-- ing Mrs. Ladd ana Attorney Ben-- jamin H. Miller of Libertyville is representing Evelyn Wells If the will is set aside the 'two grandnieces and two nieces, Luella ina Flora Bid one--quarter of the estate. Harry Iverson, of Diamond Lakc, and his 65 year old father, Christian, were found guilty of assault and bat-- tery : charges Saturday morning when arra.ufned before Justice Har-- ry M. Bartlett in Libertyville. The charges against the son and father were preferred by Walter Walsh, of Mundelein, a former em-- ployer of Harry Iverson. FINES FOR SON DAD IN BATTLE HURTS BACK IN FALL TO GROUND The son was fined $100 while the father was fined $3. Justice Bartleit after imposing the fine on Tverson, Jr.. suspended $75 of the fine on the condition that he causes no --more Walsh charged Iverson claimed hne owed him a day's wages and that when he disagreed the Diamond Lake man struck him. The older Iverson became involved when he attempted back Monday morning before anrm !1?\2:"'1-3! E}gfhbfll hsfl}xo:til\lyl'h was Mrs. Fred Rudinski, Wauconda suffered a possible fracture of her 100on when a clothesline, which was pulling taut, sudde:¥'ly broke causing her to fall heavily 'to the frozen ground. The accident happened in the rear of her home. She had wound one end around a tree and was attempting to makes the line as ni::t as possible when the rope snap-- She was taken to the office of Dr J A. Ross who. rendered first aid 4e was to be broucht to the Victory Memorial hospital for X--ray pictures his son and Walsh from zen |Ing house at 2707 Ezra avenue I in Thursday. had Chief Brune received a wire ask-- and ing him to pick up the men Priday afternoon.. They ere locked up * | awaiting the arrival of Michigan au-- !aPD | thorities. miiles per hour during the night in the Chicago suburban district which includes Waukegan. : Supervisor M. P. Dilger, poormas-- ter of Waukegan township. was flood-- ed Friflay with retquests for coal from the k T4 h nge diginiit maionies w down in the front of the Genesee treater. Chief of Police Edward Maro-- ney of Highland Park reported five tligehhdminthebune.dmct re. 4 Telephone -- wires were : reported down in several towns in the west-- ern part of the county crinnling ASK CHANGE IN ; . LEGION MEFTINC early -- to rea;ir the dam-- age caused by wind storm. Miss Helen Donohue, secretary at the office of Dr. Benjamin oldberg, narrowly escaped injuries when a large window blew out of the Christ church building on the east side and fell at her feet. Considerable excitement was caus-- ed _ in the -- 'business district when the fire fighting forces -- were called to Washington and Genesee streets to extinguish a chimney fire on the Schwartz building, located at ing . the night: was 4 above zero from <@a high mark of 39 The U. -- 8. weather bureau at Chicago announced Friday a,. m. that High winds which at times almost reached ~cyclonic> proportions -- in parts of Lake county ~Thursday night caused -- damage estimat-- ed at thousands of dollars. Lake For-- est, Highwood and Highland Park were hard hit according to reports. Trees were uprooted, windows were over and signs damaged. One thou-- sand square feet of roofing was blown Near Hurricane Lea_ves Trail Of; Destruction 'Throughout The County; Windows Smshed, Trees Uprooted; Wires Down -- WIND DOES BIG DAMAGE IN COUNTY The principal acrtion taken was the recommending a change in the dates of the convention from August 27--28 to September 10--11. ; After the meeting the party --ad-- jcurned to the Green Teapot Inn in the Genesee theatre building, and enjoyed a substantial dinner at the courtesy of the Homer Dahringer post, and then made a tour of the city covering the prospective line of march, visiting the Armory, the high school gymnasium where the conven-- tion will be held, an.l "W" Field. On the route of the parade Colonel The joint meeting of the conven-- | j lé?:;t:;%ltee of the Department of | ¥u~. om'r Dahringe mander Albert g ~'at the 'H'ote!i | Heckel, Adjntan:. A gwm_ 7 I!&Sfl. sergean at arms, i the members and discussed the Waukegan convention. . _ ©-- _ _ The principal artion taken was the recommending a change in the dates of the convention from August 27--28 to September 10--11. ; After the meeting the party --ad-- jcurned to the Green Teapot Inn in the Genesee theatre building, and A. V. Smith was met and his advice obtained as to cert 'n features | in connection with the parade. Three youths, who, gave their names as Claude Weiser, 27, Cletus Hoffman, 20, and Howard Crockett, 22, all of Niles, Mich., were arrested by Chief of Police C. A Brune of Zion Friday evening on charges of forgery. -- Charges of stealing an automobile are to he placed against one of the men.' LION NABS 3 FOR EOREERY been loafing around Zion for the past several weeks but moved into a room-- Thursday. Chief Brune received a wire ask-- ing him to pick up the men FPriday afternoon.. They ere locked up awaiting the arrival of Michigan au-- thorities. The men were taken back to Niles M&i\duy morning by Francis King, assistant chief o poYice of Niles, and Deputy Sheriff C. S. Overcash. They (Continued 'on page six} | ; Mr. Langworthy has earned his :.fhce in the foremost ranks of the 'local business men. Stutinf four-- y mtore in to buidine hon onoup. re in now occupi-- ed by the Fireside Studio he built up a MWW which Jater necessitated moving to larger and 'more eentno.lcl{ located quarters in the Kaiser bl When this build-- ing was torn down to make room for the new Lake County National Bank -- building, Mr. Langworthy purchased the Bockelman building where he now operates a flourish-- ing business in dry goods and gen-- eral merchandise. $ ] state He will be faithful to his pledge that he will administer that office faithfully, honestly and effici-- ently: strictly according to the con-- stitution and the laws of our state. Promises Best Care of Funds "All funds freceived by the secre-- tary of state: will, while under his control, be deposited in -- responsible banking institutions of the state and all interest earned on such funds will be publicly accounted for and will accrue strictly to the benefit and profit of the state treasury. "Under no circumstances will he accept any emoluments either direct-- ly or indirectly, other than the salary !tromq law for the secretary of | legitimate &Arm. _ | of the office of seep. appropriations \ Wanld SGaak Remsant for the After a big clearance sale which rilxln be rhtgxld iqllthe near futnrgfiMr. gworthy will begin preparations for --the grand opening of the most The plans also include the opera-- tion of both stores. Mr. Lang-- worthy's friemis who have, watched his advancement here, predict an unqualified success in his new ven-- Mr. Langworthy has been largely responsible for the business growth in this village for thé past few years and has always been identifi-- ed with every movement for the betterment of the town. The new owner of the -- Carroll store plans to make extensive al-- terations and improvements in the store, including the installation of new display windows, new lighting and heating systems, new fixtures and decorations. "The interest of the people and the Republican party in Illinois will be best served by the nomination of William J. Stratton as the Republi-- can party's candidate for secretary of store in Lake County. The store is one of Libertyville's wldest institutions and during the past eighteen years has been owned and operated by the late W. W. Car-- : roll who, until his death last month., was in active management of the' A business deal of much impor-- tance in local mercantile circles was completed on Saturday of last week when E. T. Langworthy, one of Lib-- ertyvile's. most -- progressive _ mer-- chants, purchased the dry goods business of W. W. Carroll and Sons. Langworthy In New Purchase WM. J. STRATTON GCIVES PLATFORM "He will exert his mnnenee'woe!,' duce public expenditures whe j possible and to curtain appropria-- tions and--thereby seek to reduce the state tax for the benefit of the farm-- ers, the laboring men and women, the manufacturers and the business people of our commonwealth gener-- ally. "He will devote his time exclusively to the duties and responsibilities of the office of secretary of state and h* will attend personally to the prop-- er and efficient functioning of this important state executive depart-- ment. "By :electing William J. Stratton secretary of state prompt and courte-- ous service will be assured to all per-- sons having business with that of-- fice." Mr. Stratton is chairman o th Republican County Central Commit-- tee in Lake county, having been elected unanimously to that position for four successive terms. He served as member of the Lake county board of supervisors for 14 years. GURNEE VOTE ON BECOMING VILLAGCE O K. County Judge Jerry L. Persons Monday entered an order allowing an elecfiontobeheldin(}meeonmo proposmonotmcorpomunauavfl- lage.'rheelecuonmuttotw 6 and the judges and clerks named. There are 360 people living in Gur-- nee and practically all of them sign-- ed the petition asking the court to call an election on the matter of in-- corporating: People living in Gurnee desire to ward off any attempt of nearby cities to annex this territory up to date department Others who were in favor of one of these streets were Mrs. Josephine Kellogg. Camp Logan, Seventeenth street: Leslie Needham, Winthrop i Harbor. Seventeeth or Ninth streets; Attorney -- Herman C. Litchfield, Waukegan (representing Winthrop Harbor), Ninth street; C. A. Snyder Chicago Motor club Seventeenth street; and Mrs. C. W Wagner, ""ion, Seventeenth and Ninth streets. Cornelius R. Miller, director of the Department of Public Works and | Buildings; Frank T. Sheets, Chief 'Higjnny Engineer, Divission _ of Hichways; and J. M. Lamb, district enginecer at Elgin, IHML., heard the talks and made note of the petition-- ed routes. $2.00 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE. For Twenty--First W. Hurd Clendenin, former mayor of Zion, F. W,. Kraft of Chicago and Join D. Thomas were the speakers for Twenty--first stre--t, Zion. They showed a petition signed by 90 prop-- erty owners along that street stating that they would allow the state some 10 feet on each side of the street for the highway. stopr on the road. ii it were un through Zion the same restrictions would be placed on it and residents along the route would not be given bus service except on certa» day« of the week. o E. Johansen of Winthrop Harbor stated that he represented 999 out of every 1,000 people in Tllinois who did--not want to drive through Zion ard --never had. HMHe approved Ewank's talk throughout. ' For Seventeenth Street Lester Swank of Waukegan led the attack of the Independents declaring his approval of Seventeenth street, for the route. & "Why should we allow the road to go through Zion?" he Geclared. a1d the busses are not allowed to "If Seventeenth street is not de-- rided upon favorably, Ninth street, Winthrop Harbor, should be next in line. I represent more than half the people in Zion who have voiced their wishes that the road be placed along one of these streets." Mr. Swank's talk was greeted with lengthy applause from the crowd of several thousand people. Aithough there was some argu-- mer.t over the proposed route, which will extend from Zion to Harvard to Rockford, a distance of about ninety mies, between Harvard and Aldon, the route between Antioch and Zion was the center ol the hottest argu-- ments. F of Public Works and Buildings and the Illinois Division of Highways Katurday afternoon heard the pleas Of residents of four counties, Lake, McHenry, Winnebago and Boone counties, to place the proposed high-- wiay No. 173 through prescribed lowns or villages. The hearing of the talks ilasted lor more than two hours, twenty-- inre» speakers being on the pro-- 23 Speakers Heard isy Officials At Zion Meet Saturday; To Check On Merits Of Respec-- STATE TAKES UP STUDY OF ROAD CLAIMS E. Johnasen, Winthrop Harbor. W. Hurd Clendenin, Zion. Decision as to the complete route rested with the department heads after all of the talks were made and it will probably be announced with-- m the next two months from Springfield. ~*g list of speakers in the order in been given by Governor len SMmAL, Overseer Wilbur Glenn Voliva Of Zion and Mayor Ernest E. Harwood of Zion. in his talk Gov. Small outlined his govd 'roads plans for 1928, stating that he planned to put in some 1,200 m;:les of roads during the year Representatives of the Bepartment Small as one of the seven of the world, a "Colossus o tive Groups. James G. Weich, Wadsworth. Josephine Kellogg, Camp Logan. Leslie Needham, Winthrop Harbor H C. Litchfield, Winthrop Harbor. C. A Snyder, Chicago Motor club. Edward O'Neil, Harvard. John D. Thomas, Zion. F W. Kraft, Chicago. 173 on the State of Roads."