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. e ts C. ¥. Gregory Says Production Is Beyond Demand; F\S. Regan Attacks Taxes; Much Tose High, Claim. s@vENTY--EIGHTH YEAR NO. 13 EDITOR IN _ TALK TELLS -- OF PROBLEM "I do not believe that there is any | conspiracy between the-- agricultural and industrial inlerests in Hlinois. 1 have searched for it and -- so far have been unsuccessful in finding "--' The big problem is that the ability of the farmers to produce is far in | excess of the ability of the people to utilize their products." this was the claim made Thursday morning as the thirty--third annual sessinn of the Winocis Farmers In-- stitute entered its second day pro-- g'- at the Academy> Theatre. aukegan. O. V. Gregory, editor of the Prairie Farmer, Chicago, was the speaker. Gregory pointed out some of the Gregory pointed out some of the | 'N© m'm which the agricultural in-- block would come nearer to bring-- west ing its production on a level with | ME the ability of the people to use their | 9° B products. i He told of some of the oils which | $@_© come from the vegetable produce of | _ --,,, He told of some of the oils which come from the vegetable produce of the farms. the fine fibers from the corn husks which can be used in clothing and other products. Frank S. Regan of Rockford, 1. eatch basin attacked the present rates of taxa-- | ing and al timdechflnguutthey could be costs) of ] eut in half and still be too much. ' in the certi Portions of his talk follow: | which cost "Certain interested parties suc-- iper square cseded in having the constitution of| _ The repo New York,. Minnesota, Wisconsin and | if the enti California amended as they pmpogehn,u_z"pavg'ngx "Will the exemption of the rich re-- duce the taxes on the poor? "When --we i. scangiblis, notes, mortgages, franchises, ~capital stock, manevy. stocks, bonds and all the ERAL: LAW." "That is what they are working "Mow did this happen? "Instead of all property paying taxes the legislature was given power to exmept whatever they pleased and thev tly exempted it. m amendment to our constitution provides, if you will kindly notice: "EXEMPTIONS F2POM -- TAXATION MAY _ BE E=STABLISHED ONLY BY GEN-- wealth represerited in credits, prop--|_ PUVUTCD / erty owned by the millionaires, Out| yyopep 5 oxmhml.thae'homnd' * estate. farms. homes. lots and other a real estate will simply have to PAY| (Cjreuit Cle more taxes. day announce Cause of High Taxes the petit jur; "They tell us our bhigh taxes @re court of Circt due to the constitution. _ _ Ivaras on Mo real estate will simply have to PAY| (Cireuit Clerk L. J. Wilmot Tues--|to des more taxes. d:yann'o\mcedthegramjurymd Cause of High Taxes the petit jury which report in the "They tell us our bhigh taxes @r6 court of 'Circuit Judge Claire C. Ed-- | shoul due to the constitution. Ivards on Monday, March 5 at 9:30 goven "Not a word of truth in that. 'a.m The grand jury members are jit is : "Our taxes are high +in Tllinois |setected by the buard of supervisors. |to asl simply on account of the rotten ad--|while the petit jury is drawn» from | third ministration of our tax laws; the | the regular jury box. f crookedness of certain tax officials:| 'There are three men from Wauke-- | a @ graft, greed. perjury and illegal laws mmmmmm&' fiance of our constitution and Su-- _ _"It is not the fault of our consti tution at all. rel property at its fair cash. value,' also that. 'all taxes shall be uniform.' «++ is American through and "By thinking of the future we will be adjusting ourselves in advance. It seems to me that the farmers might consider some of the problems of im-- portance to the welfare of agricul-- ture and industry. Farmer Must Show Importance. "In which direction is Illinois go-- ing? It is gradually becoming more and more an industrial state. There gumtohemwmfl* iContinued on Page 4) ° FATHER NEALIS L N. G. CHAPLAIN most important clause in the consti-- tution of our state. the one which in-- sures equality and justice to all un-- der which we can make the million-- aire pay taxes on his millions at the same rate the poor man pays on his household furniture, then vote rgainst the amendment." Mr Gregory's talk, in part, follows: "What farmers need more these daysbwremembathatvemm the midst of changing conditions and to think more of the future 'than of Announcement was made Thurs-- lay of the appointment of Rev. Martin J. Nealis, pastor of St. Jos-- ~nh's Church here, to the post of chaplain of the 132nd lnfm Regiment, Illinois National G He succeeds the Rev. John L. O'-- Donnell who has been transferred *~ the P Divisi ivision with the rank of major. '"Rev. Mealle repinted ime into & Stephen Lutrell as pastor . of the local church and the outstanding aceomng:\ehmm dm?l'fi:h pastor-- ate is building parochial school ant hall which adjoins the He is a member of the Officers Reserve Corps and was on duty at Fort Yheridan last summer. In ad-- dition to his other duties he will be in charge of the regimental ath-- During the war Father Nealis was a chaplain with the 162d De-- pot Brigade at Camp Pike. He is chaplain of the Libertyville post of the American Legion. "If yau wish to retain the best and Foresee something of Constitution -- says: an and corporation cannot exempt Che Estimate Cost _ Of New Paving Announcement was made Thurs-- day by Earl H. Corlett, president of the local village board, that the figures and engineering data cover-- inéeethe proposed paving of the streets east of Milwaukee avenue and between Church street and Park avenue, had been completed and will be ready for the consideration of the board of local improvements at the adjourned meeting next® Tuesday night. The data covers the paving on those streets which were named in the petitions presented to the board at the last meeting, with the sig-- natures of property owners repre-- senting a majority of the frontage. Taking the data for Second street lwhich is approximately the same as the other north and south streets, 'the estimate is as follows: _ _ Petit Jury Also Named; . GRAND JURORS ARE SELECTED that future paving"jobs here must come down to these figures. .. , ° a. m. The grand jury members are selected by the buard of supervisors. while the petit jury is Grawn» from the regular jury box. " There are three men from Wauke-- gan township on the grand jury,. Am-- Lrose Merchant Jr., and Henry Beck-- man Sr.. of Waukegan and John E. Eayes Sr.. of North Chicago. The cther members of the grand jury fol-- Benton: Nicholas F.-- Lux, Newport: negotiating to either sell or rent the | property ever since the fire in Sep-- lierman L. Kreuger, Vernon:; Nicholas Lamb, West Deerfield; Martin Ring-- dazhl and John Frieberg, Deerfield The members of the petit jury to report on March 5 follow: Wauke-- gan--E. .A Perscts, Frank Krebs, George W. Herman, A. G. Stevens. Frank Burke, L. P?. Erskine, C. A. Frank Musgrove, W. H Cote, John McGuire, John S, Whyte L. H. Haas Ji.. and A. J. Anderson:; Benton--W. II Mayfield, Milton Anderson, Axel Morberg, and Leslie® Leitch; Lake Villa--Robert Sonner; Avon -- Wil liam Dwane; Shields -- Charles Brown Jr., Frank Xerrigan, and L. A. Peterson; Libertyville--A. --C. Ree Fremont-- Simon Roppelt, Fred Wil-- kening and R. F. Rouse; Wauconda-- A --T Gilbert; Ela -- William Kruckenberg and Charles Leslie; Vernon -- William R. Herrick and N. --. Busch; West Deerfie«u! -- George Karch; Deerfield -- J. . Gibbs and The M. H. Rosenblum building on 'enes street -- Waukegan near mum St., which was gutted by.fire last summer, will be torn ture erected in its place by the own-- er, M. H. Rosenblum, it was reported "Tuesday.~ The new building will be leased for--a long term by a New York chain store concérn, according to the report. Mr. Rosenblum could not be locat-- This petit jury will serve in Cir-- euit court until Monday, March 19. ROSENBLUM TO . BUILD, RUMOR down eompletelisand' a new struc-- ture erected in place by the own-- 000 for the property. tember.. It is understood that Mr. Rosenblum refused an offer of $300,-- Robert Stowe and E or y immnizn C To * the M :. ocm Howard Smith, ,'g STRATION TO RESIGN POST -- 1N CAMPAIGN There was* considerable comment|{ about the statehouse in Springfield | Wednesd:ly' afternon _ when reportsl were cireulated that William J. Strat-- ton of Ingleside, state director of the department of fish and game conser-- vation, had handed his resignation to Governor Len ~Small. The rumors had it that the Lake county man had decided to leave the fold of Governor small because the chief executive of lilinois had refused to give him his support for secretary of state. 'wnissaidwexpecttheasstsw.me 'and alliance of Pred Lundin, who is 'supposed to have been supplanted as iCook county overseer of state patron-- : Mrs. William J. Stratton . said Thursday afternoon : that /pher hus-- band telephoned her last/night and told her that he had not as yet re-- signed as head of the department of fish and game conservation. She admitted that it is possible he may quit his state job because of lack of support from Governor Small in his race for secretary of state. -- A Lake county man, who is an in-- timate friend of. Stratton's said Thursday that he did not think that Stratton had as yet resigned, but that he might guit within the néext few days, and that he would. remain in the race for secretary of state., Defies Small--To Run. _ . "Governor Small has tried for some! time to get Stratton to quit the race for secretary of state, but he will be a . candidate for this state office in de-- fiance of the Small--Thompson state alliance," he said. ---- dillanue, 147C @obPCs it is saig that Stratton will support Secretary of State Louis L. Emmersor for governor against Len Small. Strat-- age and to have been discarded as seer and strategist to the Small re-- gime. A well known political leader of Lake county said 'l'hursdag there was no question in his mind but what Stratton would remain as a candi-- date for secretary of state and that he would be connected with the Em-- Reports kave it that the campaign manager in Lake county for Emmer-- son will be a man formerly in the ranks of Governor Small. I is said that a number of Lake coun political leaders who were for ' both times he was elected are abou desert him and join the kmo{hcuaofflmcm e tive. : Some feel that 'should be content with two terms governor, expressing the opinion tha it is an injustice to voters of Elino to ask them to return Small for' third term as governor port ~Lake County Man Ready To Quit Conservation Post; Will Run For Secretary Of State Despite Len.. ASKS $25,000 FOR ACSIDEN James McGillan of 4541 Nor Paulina street, Chicago, who badly injured when hit by an auto mobile on a Lake county thorough fare last fall, Thursday started sui in the Circuit court against th County of Lake and the Frank Feutz Construction Company ~fo $25.000 damages. The bill was filed by City Attorne Jeseph L. Bishop of Zion for a Chi cago law firm, Pretzel & Pretze Charges,. are made that n " the part of the county and the con tractor was responsible for the ac cident. there since Wednesday, The au detail of the Chicago police depar On October 2 of last year McGil lan was driving on Route 59, the F Lake--Antioch road, while a portio of the road was under constructio He did not realize where the cemen ended and upon leaving> the -- con crete his car stalled in a muddy roa This occurred at 1:30 o'clock in thi morning. Mrs McGillian and M: and Mrs. E. B. Cowper, also of Chi cago were in the machine with him. Police Tuesday afternoon re ered a. Chevrolet coupe that ; Stalled Car Hit | McGillan got out of the car an tried to flag a machine driven b Swan Johnson. Because of the dark days ago. A. patrolman found car abandoned on Washington si east of Sheridan road. It had thore since Wednesday, The ness Johnson did not see McGil and ran into him and then swery to the side and hit the stalled ma chine. McGillan had his hea caught between the two mac and it was feared for a time that h would not live because of the manne his head was crushed. The bi states that he spent $5,000 fo, ment has been notified. The damage suit action chaz;j that the county and the contra were carelessly and negligently con structing the highway. It set fort] that there was no barrier place{ STOLEN AUTO across the completed portion of th pavement or no sign posts or n warning signal of any kind to show where the as* considerable comment| t( statehouse in Springfield | ti --afternon _ when report!i! f ited that William J. Strat-- | p eside, state director of the| f, . of fish and game conser--|} handed his resignation to | } Len Small. The rumors rJ IS LOCATE # '.f test Tlir y lule of° | | have be y | wise in I m 4; | of milk. "Isn't ) | an indu Aaciatami Announcement was made this eek of the perfection, by a Liber-- ille man, of an invention. which destined to revolutionize the mo-- r.industry and to bring wealth to e Lake County men who have fin-- ed the final stages of the work. e machine is an entirely new ype of motor, a gas turbine, which as long been the goal sought by chanical~ engineers, and its orig-- tor and builder is R. E. Lasley, 63 School street, Libertyville. _ The motor is described as similiar o the steam. turbine in its opera-- ons using gasoline vapor, e¥xpand-- 1 by 'the application of ~heat --to rovide -- the -- necessary energizing orce," which is applied to the ®in lades of the turbine wheel to pro-- uce .the motion. > 2t sn o The motor is the result of sover 'teen: years of, intensive research york on the part of its inventor and uring this time man{ideas,were. tried and rejected. or the : first several years the idea was worked out during his spare time after his working hours had been spent in providing funds necessa?' to-- the support of his family. In spite of adverse conditions and the handicap of lack of eapital, he persevered and the completed invention is the result of this years of labor. ®, R. E. Lasley Perfects New Motor After Fifteen Years Of Study Patents have been secured by Mr. Lasley, covering the various phases f the invention, of which he has had a working: model :in operation for some months past. ©-- _ ---- When the idea reached a stage where he wase sure of its practica-- bility Mr. Lasley told a few of his friends and so .taken . were they with is possibilities that a fihancing organization was npmediately form-- ed and with small subscriptions by local people a fund was raised> to carry : the --work through the final stages. Mr. Lasley was sent to MANY SPEAKERS-- _ -- ; CALL POLICE TO | ~__ ATINSTITVTE _ HANDLE SHOPPERS: 'The thirty--third annual session of the Illinois Rarmers' Institute open-- ed in Waukegan Wednesday morning at 9:30 o'clock with dair)'min and farmers present from all 'over Hli-- nois and surrounding states. More than 200 were present at the open-- ing session which was held at the ! Selling Co-gpentlvely § | A. D. Lynch, of the Illinois Agri-- ; cultural : Association, aqgdressed :the gathering on "Selling Milk Co--oper-- iatively." He used the. Chicago dis-- | trict principally as his main theme ) an. told of the benefits and program } of the newly organized . Pure Milk Illinois Farmers' Institute, presided at. the opening 'session and intro-- duced the speakers. s Rev.'W. D. Whan, of the First Baptist church of Waukegan, gave the invpcation. The Pullman Porters' Quartette, one of the best in the country, rendered six numbers which were enthusiastically received by the wutu'uhm * L 'J. Yager, mayor of Waukegan, was the first speaker on the program. He delivered the address of welcome and extended a welcome to all, hop-- ing that the Institute would be the most successful ever held. * The present milk conditions in Chi-- cqgowmablytoldbyvr.lmoldn. Kegel, health commissioner in that city. He emphasized the importance of keeping the milk consumed by peo-- Etl: in and near Chicago in a pure te::: 4 f He stated that thousands of people were dependgnt upon milk and that if it was not pure, disease would be certain to 'become enrooted in the community "The Pure Milk Association A®s grown out of the near failures which have occurred in our state. Perhaps ewe 'should not call them failures but rather experiences. Of course the association has made mistakes and will continue to do so. But in taku}g "It has not been an °asy laASh UO test Tilinois cows without hurting. the sale of 'milk," he declared. "But we have been of vision who have been wise in handling the matter in sug-- gesting to the people the true value "Ish't it good bhusiness to develop an industry as much as possible? By developing the dairy industry it will function much better. e 3 the -- 70--30 chance we arFC DVUnuU: v2 bring about good., f "The association interests the 100 pe: cent dairymen in Tllinois all of whom seek to work in accord with the Chicago health officers. It is a democratic institution but is still au-- tocratic in .the sale of its milk® One ofitsrightsistoheg)mu.kethepriee Of mflk. .. * "¥ou ask what is its program? I could name a number of things but will only enumerate a few of the most important. e s l&u.'v- WRTETTT "Stabilizing the selling and buying of milk is easily the most amportant work which is mapped out for the association. What would happen if some concern selling Kellogg's Corn Flakes would sell its flakes for 10 cents at one place and 11 or 12 at another. It wouldn't be long before the store . would be out of business. The same should be the case in the dairy industry. There should be one Maps Out Features -- -- _ | " _,"_" "Other important features that wel. 'Corporal Walter Gral have mapped: out to work on are: .) WaUKe@, was injured. . . + "1--The improvement of the quali--| 0f Battery D, 3rd artill ties of the dairy. ; at Fort Sheridan, Ill. "g_To render service such as| The trio were on 12 checking up on weights and tests.. grthefortandwere "3--Keeping tab on the credit rat-- city to visit a brot! ing of the dealers. s man, Graborzyk said. "4--Collecting marketing facts and| Derdowski was ":E?n data for the market. * | passed through C y 1 "5--To promote education by an to drive around anothe advertising campaign for the dairy's| made a sharp left turn benefit. I.said. To avoid a collisic "We must have leaders to work who then turned to the right, . ~(Continued on page 8) -- crashing into a tree. Comunty Reaister Published Twice Weekly , ILLINOIS, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 18, bound to @"Accordin to the specifications the| -- mission -- Will Request ' 1n_io'bor can%)e used wherever power se q S'fe-i is needed and is especially applic<| guard At Railroad Tracks. i»abl'e. to acronautics: because of its § |lightness and the possibility of long wa_ _i P : | sustained operation. A power unit]| The petition to be presented to the 'for autemobiles developing many|Illinois Commerce Commission by times the energy of the largest mot--| State's Attorney A. V. Smith re-- | or now in use will be small enough| questing this body to compel rail-- 'to be easily carried in one hand. roads operating in Lake County to |< . Arrangements, are~ now . being furnish adequate <protection at all ' made for the building of a Jlarge! grade crossings in the county may @agroplane motor which is to be used|list 100 croksings and perhaps more. |for a test flight as soon as com-- County Highway Superintendent | pleted. _ Specifications _have been| R. M. Lodbell is# making a survey of | given to the Stanley . Motor _ Co:,| grade crossing's throughout the coun-- 'The Curtis Aero Co. and The Alli--| ty.and reported Wednesday to As-- son Engineering Company and it is | sistant State's vAttorney slhey H. = 'expecteT that within the next few| Block that he gw@lready has a list of i weeks 'these 'concerns. will-- submit| some 30 crossi in need of better i figures on the cost of building the | protection. T l unit. As soon as these estimates uafiroslngs l received the contract will be let| »~Among the Failroad crossings in |For the work and the actual build--| various / '.ovmsjps which : at the '\ ing commenced. The present plans; present time arf not adequately pro-- '| are to have the new motor installed| tected, according to: Mr. _ Lobdell | in a' plane for a test flight some--| follow: ; 4 # + || time during the coming summer. . !' Newport-- township--Russell road, Washington where he secured pat-- ent rights in --eleven countries. --_ this country and the idea has been checked thoroughly.. Mr. Laslegr has made several trips east and was present when these tests were made and the reports of the engineers were unanimously favorable. ~.-- _ v"_:"l'l;én-s-;ec\rfican.' ations ,fié\}é been sub-- mitted io the foremost engineers of Mr. Lasley states that he has had offers from some of the large mot-- or concerns for the purchase of the invention but the offers stipulate that 'he relinguish control and this is not in accordance with his plans. The local grontp who are financing the invention intend to retain' full control and to form a holding com-- pany as soon as the final test has demonstrated the practicability of the machine. _ ® * e The fire started from an electric| iron which had been left with the! current on and burned its way, lt.hrough the ironing board to the! ple crowded into the store that it was feared that the floor would not bear the strain and a call was sent in to the police department for help in holdingz the people in check. The L incllifh c 0. chcrmake a ism andite Arind. ~* cnidiereeperant aat wea ze store was partly cdleared and those on the outside allowed to pass in as fast as room was made on the in-- terior of the building. : Officer Druba remginei on duty all day to direct the crowd and hur-- redly devised traffic system work-- _The sale at the J. B. Morse & Co. store across the street which open-- ed on the same day, also. drew many people and between the two events many shoppers are being brought to ',l.g)ertyvi?l'ie. f A disastrous fire which would have destroyed the Gordon Ray home at Diamond Lake, was narrowly avert-- ed Tlmrsday.at!temoon by the chance discovery of the blaze in the home while the family were absent. _ ELECTRIC IRON _ : IGNITES HOUSE At this point the blaze was notic-- ed. by a neighbor who turned in a fire alarm and then started a lone fight with the flames.> He knew adjoining walls i anatisomucmait h dn Premiandine cvarets dcr ns wl ue duanain h mm -- on Fenptcadd 17 corvap n rarie U ed, by a neighbor who turned in a|J. Fuiton of fcycamore gives a writ-- fire alarm and then started a lone| ten opinion declaring _!.he forming o{ where the garden hose was kept and securing this he soon had a stream of water on the blaze and was able to extinguish the fire be-- fore the department arrived. --The interior of the kitchen was practically destroyed, the furniture and cupboards burned and the floor baidly charged. The remainder of the house was damaged I:Lthe smoke and it is estimated t the loss will run into several hundreds of Anna Ward of Lake Forest started suit for divorse in the Circuit court Thursday -- against James Ward, charging drunkenness and cruelty. They were married in Louisville, Ky. in 1918 and lived together: until ASKS DIVORCE -- --FROM HUSBAND in 1910 and -- uvcu -- Jgecuci . Uirils February of 1921. An injunction was granted by. Circuit Judge Ed-- dard D. Shurtleff restraining Ward from selling property. 2 FORT SHERIDAN > MEN ARE K!LLED Two soldiers were killed and a third was injured Wednesday night when their automobile_ crashed into a tree in Cudahy as the driver at-- a tree in Cudahy as the driver at-- i:em&ted to avoid a collision with another machine.-- -- -- °. -- f _ _Corporal Clifford E. Roseman, Madison, and Corporal. Martin Der-- dowski, Bay City, Michigan, were 'Corporal Walter Graborzyk, Mil-- waukee, was injured. All members of Battery D, 3rd artillery stationed at Fort Sheridan, Ill. * The trio were on 12 hours leave m the fort and were hastening to : city to visit a brother of Rose-- man, Graborzyk said. » Derdowski was ":E?:(g., As they passed through C y he attempted to drive around another car which Y¥ PROTECTION ASKED FOR _ CROSSINGS Petition Of States Attorney A. V. Smith To Commerce Com-- mission Wi'll' Request Safe-- guard At Railroad Tracks. !Rose'crans roa% Route -"',R"S"u] Shakespeare -- did not make his i' h i censt . 'money writing plays, but from Benton : townshin -- Twenty--nibt? |shares in the theatre at Stratford. ; street, Twenty--fifth street, Lebanon | -- Some of the recent playrights | avenue. Thirty--third street, / BeACh | were also referred to by Mrs. Gwyn, | road. Osk Shore roed, Twelnty--|among them Eugene O'Neill, who seventh &mt" Eighieenth : street. heyan by writing one act plays and Twenty--tHird 'street, Twenty--sixth jwho -- just produced the nine act " street. Twentviseventh stret, thirty-- !"Strange Interlnde" -- now running first stgeet, and Thirty--second street. | in New York. f ' State's Attorney Smith announced The hostesses of the day _ were several days,ago that better" protec-- Mrs. M. D. Penney, Mrs. Harold tion would be demanded in Nortb= Gray and Mrs. Arthur Jones. Chicago for the Twenty--second street ysmcmmotacteametmae= s i'crossincs of the: North 'Wéstern and j ; North Shore roads and at the cross-- n"RgFl l F" Fs The petition to be presented to the Illinois Comméerce Commission by State's Attorney A. V. Smith re-- questing this body to compel rail-- roads operating in Lake County to furnish adequate <protection at all grade crossings in the county may list 100 crosksings and perhaps more. County Highway Superintendent R. M. Lodbell is making a survey of grade crossings throughout the coun-- ty.and reported: Wednesday to As-- sistant State'sv~Attorney SLlney H. Block that he g@lready has a list of some 30 crossings in need of better Newport-- township--Russell road, Rosecrans rm two crossings in Wadsworth rogd, State Line road, Eddy crossing, gnd Town Line road. ~'Antioch townthip--Loon lake road, Rosecrans roa® Route 21, Russell ings of, the St. Paul and E. J. & at. Roundout. . s PLAN NEW VOTE QON CONSERYANCY It is necessary to have the petition suppm by a detailed -- report of the ty ; highway superintendent and as soon as Mr. Lobdell com-- pletes his report, State's Attorney Smith will file the petition with the TIllinois Commerce Commission. Joseph C. James -- of Antioch, Lake county trustee on the Fox River Conservancy board. said Wed-- nesday that if Circuit Jm.ige Willig{n ten mn &hfinx the forming of No Opposition. this ict was not done. in a legal| as yet State's Attorney A. V manner, another electf@n will be | smith County Recorder L O. Brock called at an early date to Again | way and Circuit L. J. Wilmot, can establish the conservancy district. 1didates for re--election to these of Last _wee_kfiudge Fulton gave an ' f oral opinion ipvalidating the present | district and :ousting the board of |n trustees office. The written |t opinion is be given by the court ; n on Friday mia week. The court, } l in his oral on, held with objec-- !r County Clerk Lew A. Hendee was informed Wédnesday by the county clerk of Kafg conntg t.{st if an ap-- pealfis taken to the Supreme c:ilfi't b: tax for conservancy purposes levied for 1927, ot{erwise there will be no tax. In Lake County property owners living in the school districts of Antioch, 'Fox Lake, Lake Villa, Grayslake, lfi:nd Lake, Wauconda and Lake Zurich are greatly inter-- ested in the outcome of this matter, as they pay a tax. County Clerk Hendee has been unable to extend taxes on property in this section of the county because the rate for conservancy purposes had not been determined. The 1926 rate for con-- servancy purposes was .8 of a mill Under the act the district was form-- ed it is possible to have a rate not to exceed five mills for conservancy purposes. x +s tors who contended that the district was not legally formed. certain land being inc!udfl in the district with-- out the owners of same receiving the proper notice%';"i 7 s be heavy expense and it is the be-- lief of the majority of the board members that, it would be unwise to appeal,." declgred Mr. James.. "In all probabmr@ we will not appeal but again vote on the establishing of the district." _ . ---- ._._. May Vote Again "We will have 60 days to appeal to the Supngf court after the writ-- ten order is énteréd but there would u4 pPODCS. % © The trustees of the conservancy district, who will be -- automatically out of office on Friday if the order of Judge Fulton is entered and no appeal taken follow: W H. Blencoe, Genevi, Kane county, president; E. A. Peter, Al-- pgonquin, McHenry county;: Joseph Local People Give Program ~-- For the first time: in many months the entire program of the regular meeting of the Libertyville Woman's club at the Parish House Wednesday afternoon, was furnish-- ed by the members of the local or-- ganization and it was ~The musical numbers were pro-- vided by Miss Elizabeth Stnngord who pleased an appreciative audi-- ence 'with her singing of three de« lightful numbers, among them be-- ing Schubert's Seranade. _/ * : Mrs. H. B. Gwyn gave an exceed-- ingly interesting talk on "Contem-- porary Drama" -- from _ the back-- ground of Shakespeare. She explain-- ed that she had chosen that sub--; ject because this is national drama week during which efforts are be-- ing devoted to the improvement of the drama, and referred to the American Shakespeare bom'vnow on display at Marshall 'Fiel which is five feet high and weighs more than one hundred pounds. Mrs. Gwyn said that drama is one of the oldest forms of litera-- ture, in fact thousands of years old, having started in the church, the mother of all arts, to explain in such beautiful stories as the "Star in the East." It was about 1600 when Shakespeare, seeing the num-- erous plays going on -- about him {the actors were then called tramps or vagrants, and were just boys picked from the street) planned to write plays. He wrote many funny things, historical plays and then lduring a period of great suffering, 'he wrote -- tragedies . as "HMamlet" 'and "Othello." ---- _ p: iss RUSSELL FILES HIS PETITION Lew A. Hengee Russell is the fourth candidate to get into coroner's race. Coroner John L. Taylor is secking re--election Edward Conrad, a Waukegan real estate dealer and a deputy coroner for 17 vears and Dr. F. H. Martin of Libertyville -- are candidates . for coroner. There is to be a fifth candidate,. Norton Flood of Wauke-- gan having petitions in circulation No other candidates have entered the race for surveyor this week. but from present indications it appears there is to be a spirited battle for .this office. County Surveyor Charles County Clerk Hendee said Wed-- nesday that all persons who intend to be candidates for county offices must file petitions in his office not later than 5 p. m. on Monday Feb-- Charles Noll, a Waukegan attorney and ex--service man, who last week announced his candidacy for rep-- resentative, mailed his Lget:it:ions to Springfield Wednesday. Mr. Noll has lived in Waukegan several years and E Russell is askingto be re--elected and there are three other candidates for the office. M. E. Amstutz, Ben-- jfamin P. Thacker and Frank Gera-- ghty. » goms NAME 3 YOUTHS FOR VANDALISM After obtaining confessions Tues--| °"°** day afternoon from three Wauk&! Educational Displa; gan youths, Elden Cote, 32 North| This mammoth agricult Elmwood _ avenue _ and _ George|hibit presents an educatic and William Brown, brothers. of 337| play seldom, if ever be! Nmmdsmet.mttwmmwwwh drmaged property at the Gurnee|casion of this kind. grammar school, Sunday, State's At-- The state department ol torney A. V Smith filed informations vation which is headed by against them in the County court,| J. Stratton of Ingleside charging malicious mischief. Cote was of the exhibits The exh the only one out on bonds and he was sists of fish and game. taken into custody on a capias by| 'The Public© Service Con Sheriff Lawrence A. Doolittle and is | Northern, Tll.. and the Joh! back in jail in default of bonds. tor Company had exhibi After having denied for several rank among the leaders. " days that they had broken into the lie Service has installed . Gurnee school the 'three vouths | ture power plant in the Ar signed confessions of their guilt. The|has a map of Lake coun confessions were obtained by Sheriff|is brilliantly lighted. The wgfi Constable Stried, Col.| Company has motor boat |-- «n we 'of various kinds. fices, have no opposition is well known. He taught history and tivics at the Waukegan township highschool for four and a half years He is associated with his brother, John Noll in the law business. The race for state senator, it ap-- pears certain, is to be between two men. Senator Rodney B. Swift of Highland Park, who has represented this district in a most able manner for several years is a candidate for re--election on his record. He is op-- posed by Ray Paddock, supervisor ol Wauconda viImnol, Cainl-- o these O_f- n. said Wed-- who intend unty offices is office not $2.00 PER YEAR IN ADVANCEK 4| Brenard Mooney, 622 Norih ave« .: | nue, charged with forgery and issu-- rfl!mgworthlesscbeckl. or | Frank W. Harris, colored, charged es | with larceny of an rutomobile from q | Prancisco Plascencia of Waukegan. (.sifieisnllegedmhnnmmw ;-- |\ in Waukegan. He was arrested in ;. | North Chicago when feund driving !downtherfllroadtrmmsnm- toxicated condition. y | Louis Martinez. Waukegan, larceny _ | of personal property. « n_; Louis Jones, alias "Kid" Norfolk, £_ | colored. 'Waukegan, charged with lar-- * eenyofmmmu' 4. | grews, of Waukegan. -- ud Lee Swartz, obtaining goods under '.tuhem lot Ernest Blake, charged with forgery. ,b_uegulegedwhvetqd" . ~TuR passed on stores in High-- ey wood and Highland Park. ck Louis Haski, Waukegan, larceny of ©*!~, machine from Melvin Klump of 19 INVOLVED ~IN PROBE OF CRAND JURY cuit court is to report on Men#@ay, March 5 and from present inmdica-- «ons State's Attorney A. V. Smith will ask this body to return true bilis in 14 cases in which there are 18 «e-- {endants As there is about three weeks before the grand jury goes into session it is possible the prossestor may have more cases to present for investignation. | William McDanald secured confes-- | sions from them that they had taken | part in 10 "stick--ups": in Warkegan and North Chicago during yecent mgth" L & / uz -...'.' w .---;a The outstanding cases to be probed by the grand jury are matters cleared up by the Waukegan and North Chi-- cago police authorities The defend-- ants in the main are Waukegan peo-- | _ M D. Tuggle, former SPUIPUWIE# N* '""w_'wwx.. ..-u.-. rested by rested by the North on comp{aint of Mrs. (m m of 1110 Lincoln street. North Chicago. Lahti is also alleged to to have assaulted a Waukegan wom-- an. Corrine Walker of 116 Lake St. Lahti denies the charges in «both case Waukegan's boy . bandit quintet, Claude -- Laurent. . 21, of 206 South West street: Claude Martin. 24. of 227 South West street: John L Hauck, 99 of 410 Ravine avenue; ERdward Ruff. 18. of 210 FPulton avenue; Henry "Buddy" Brooks, 110 North Cowunty street. They were held to the grand jury on charges of robbery after De-- tective Sergeants Bart Tyrrel and _ Henry Brooks and Claude Laurent charged with conspiracy to defraud They are alleged to have pushed an automobile owned by Brooks' wife into the gravel pit at Libertyville in an effort fto get rid of the car for purposes of collecting insurance. man Sarbers . 1HWIaAUIURMI alleged to have embpezszed in ine neighborhood 6f $500 from the union To Considet' Attack, Theft And Other Charges; May Add To List Soon. EOmBUE ¥% :. se M o o * t 1 29 e Inumwefim:omfi."fl& South Genesee street, charged with shoplifting. She is alleged to have stolen a $1250 dress from the Lee Shop on North Genesee street. Ryan Check Passing . H. Ryan, Waukegan charged with issuing worthless checks. He has been arrested 12 times on this charge by the police of Waukegan He is charged with passing a number of bogus checks for $5 and $10. Educational exhibits and demon-- strations were outstanding features nois Farmers' Institute, at Wauke-- gan. The exhibits were housed at the Armory in County street and include especially prepared exhibits from the University of Tlineis; State Department of Agriculture, Dairy and Poultry exhibits; Tlincis natural history survey; corn borer exhibit; United States department department of Agriculture, corner borer exhibti,t; Western veéfiis :l.d. inspection bureau, preven! ses in livestock, szipping; 4--h club exhibit; state game exhibit, and HAVE EXHIBITS AT THE ARMORY J. Stratton of Ingleside has one of the exhibits The exhibit con-- sists of fish and game. The Public© Service Company of Northern. Ill.. and the Johnson Mo-- Waukegan hibit presents an educational dis-- play seldom, if ever before, as-- sembled under one roof for an oc-- tor Company had exhmibits which rank among the leaders The Pub-- lic Service hes installed a minia-- ture power plant in the Armory and has a map of Lake county which To exhibits which of ex--