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Libertyville Independent, 11 Oct 1928, p. 6

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Mr. and . Mrs. Lee Alyward and children, Evelyn and Jack, who have been spending a tew days at the Ro-- sing home, left Sunday to visit friends at Beaver Dam, Wis. Mr. and Mrs. Edward Hendee and Mr. and Mrs. William Huson re Mrs. B. Kelly of Berwyn, IIl., is epending a few days with her sister, Mrs. M. Frost. s % Mrs. Victor Héard of Long Lake and Mrs. James Triggs: of Round Lake motored to Autioch Monday evening.' * «.' i s _ Harry Ellis of Chicago Apent the weekend at the Cleveland homg Mr. and Mrs. John Dowe of Ken-- osha, Wis., Mr. and Mrs. Bud Ford 0f North Chicago, Mr. and Mrs. Si-- meon Russell of--Chicago,.were en-- tertained -- at. the William Huson bhome Sunday. * Mtrs. W. H..Osmond and Mrs. J. L. Horan spent Wednesday in Chicago. where they attended an afternoon meeting of the Woman's club at the Arlington hotel. A. Maplethorpe is making exter sive improvements at the Main gar-- age. The front part of the building is being remgdeled and a modern waiting room is being built. Mrs. Ruth VYan 'Patten from Fox Lake spent Monday in Antioch. H. R. Smith spent Wednesday in Chicazo.-- / _ Mr. R. C.: Cooley will occupy the pulpit of the M. E. church Sunday morning in the absence of Rev. Kraht 3 ¥.-- B. Dupre & the contractor in charge of theWremodeling of the Main garage. : Andreéew Lynch is enjoying his an-- nual vacation, Mr. and Mrs: Lynch are visiting in Duluth. Ray Webb is enjoying a vacation and is taking a trip through the south. * * Geortge Garland is enjoying a taca-- tion from his work at King's drug store. « p k Miss Clar ing thi@ wee she will re nomices club high -- school ference. The Bormah family have moved into their new home on North Main street. f The Osmond family spent Sunday with rélatives in Milwaukee. -- M;s. Richey is attending the all state conference at Mccomb this week.-- : Revx.--H. C. Dixon of St. Ignatius caurch had charge of the funeral services of the infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Rossbach Thure-- day afternoon. l o ROUND LAKE o 0 0 0 o o0 0o 0o 0 0 0# 0 0o 0o Sunday. * -- * Heunri Thomas.spent Monday eve-- ning with friends, at Libertyvillie. Mr. and Mrs. William Albright of Mundelein called on Mr. and Mre. Robert Bracher Sunday evening. Mrs. Pearl Wambaugh and brother Albert Cashmore motored to Wau-- kegan Monday. % * Mr. and Mrs. Dell Townsend and Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Fitz attended the boxing bouts at the Antioch Palace Friday. s Ex--Representative Thomas E. Gra-- ham of Long Lake spent Tuesday afternoon in Antioch. = o 0 0 0 0 o0 o0 o0 0 o0 0 0 0 0o list Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Bock returned home Tuesday evening after having spent the past three weeks touring through --Wisconsin, -- Minnesota, Da-- kota 'and Canada.~ On their way bome they stopped over at their ecttage at Lake Chetek, Wis. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0o The mysterious shooting of William Reschke, 21, of Channel lake, who was hit twice Saturday night by bullets that came out of the darkness, is being probed to-- en, it was reported that the wounds, while painful, were not serious. Reschke later insisted on being removed to his home. ® Reschke heard noises to the right and left and .then three shots rang out from the left. Two took effect and the third lodged in a window sill of the bedroom in which John Smith was sleep-- ing. Investigation showed that the crashing noise had been created by someone smashing in the tail-- light of the Reschke car, which was in the garage. | Recalls old "Feud." Several weeks ago Reschke was arrested on a charge of disorderly conduct on the -- complaint -- of George Dunford. In turn Reschke had Dunford arrested and fmith asked a peace warrant for the man. At ~that time they told Justice Hervey Coulson that Dun-- ford commonly walked -- around and threatened them, gun ig>hand. day by deputy sheriffis who have released the one suspect picked up for questioning. Reschke, son of Mrs. J. Hermes, a store--keeper there, received a wound in the right thigh and hip. -- At the Lake County Gen-- eral hospital, where he was tak-- PAGE SIX Deputy Sheriff Milt Crandall, of Antioch, who |with Chief De-- puty Fred Brown, investigated, re-- ported that th{ youth had heard a crash in the yard about 10 oclock Saturday night. He, and a man . known 'as *"Windy Bill," went out to investi-- gate. Seeing nothing they re-- turned to the house, got a lant-- ern, and went out again. : o0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 o0 0 0o The case was dismissed as to all parties by the justice. Wm. Reschke, 21, Struck * Twice By Rifle Bullets; Condition Favorable PROBE MYSTERY SHOTS THAT HIT ANTIOCH YOUTH Archie Rosing motored to Elgin A. Maplethorpe is on the sick ANTIOCH a Christensen is spend-- 'k at Macomb, Til, where present the Home Eco-- of the Antioch township . at the all state con-- ' Mrs. Grace Goodluch entertained /« number of friends Monday evening in honor of her birthday. Bunco was 'played' followed by refreshments and ;fl' social hour.© Mrs. Goodluck was the recipient of many beautiful gifts. ' «Visiting Day was observed at the _grade school. © . Recipes are all well enough for cook-- Ing, says a woman observer i. Wom in's Home Companion, but it is court-- Ing failure to try to live one's own life and one's husband's according to recipe or pattern > Mrs. Emm'a Hans and Mrs. Emma Hoeft were in Chicago last Tues-- day, on a shovping expedition. Henry Kasten is dirving a new se-- dan of popular make. 4 o Cards have been received from Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Spinner and daughter, who are touring 'Canada, ard Mr. and Mrs. B. R. Simons, who are at Washingtop, D. C. Both par-- ties are to be home this week. Mrs. Minnie Fink spent Monday in Chicago. -- Hermie Prehm fell and broke his right arm last Saturday, while roller skatin@. Mr. and Mrs. Louis Knigge, who built a home on Park Avenue, will move to the John Willett farm, in Ela Township, within the next few weeks. . o. LAKE ZURICH * o Ray Loomis attended the Grand Lo@ge A. F. & A. M. in Chicago this week. 5 Mrs, Rose Sigwaldt and, daughter visited at the home of Mrs. Sophia Towner Friday evening. Mrs..Frank Ott and daughter and friends, left Tuesday morning to vis-- it relatives in Michigan. 1 Albert Hybeck was a Chicago vis itor Saturday. » Mr. and Mrs. John Hart. daughter Violet and son Maurice motoréd to Tomahawk, Wis., to visit 'friends for a few days. ' Miss Della Amany of <Chicago spént the weekend wiih her paremts, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Amann. Mrs. Henry Schaffter went to Joliet to spend the week end. She return-- ed Monday. * * Fred Hoeft is driving a new sedan of popular make. 4 0o 0o 0o 0 0 0o 0 0 0 0o 0o 0 0o 0o The Misses Alice and Hejlen Rock-- enbach will spend the week end at home. s nese callier iuesday. + % Mr. and Mrs. Robert Bacher were Chicago business callers Tuesday. Mrs. Norma Springer and daugh-- ters of East Troy, Wis.. called on the former's brothers Ben Peterkort and family Saturday. e "John Thies of McHenry was Round Lake business caller Mond Alfred Schmeltzer entertained five friends from Rockford over the weekend. ~ Phil Wagner was & Chicago bus nese caller Tuesday. F ; 0o 0,0 0 o0 o0 0 0 0 0o 0o 0o 0o Harry® Geary and son Norman of Grayslake spent Saturday evening at the Milford Smith home: 5 +«Mr. and Mrs. Harry Merritt, Mr. and Mrs. W. Wells attended the theater in Chicago Sunday. Mrs. Olive Dalziel and daughter Ann of --Waukegan spent-- Sunday with her brother. Floyd Rexehan. Otto -- Tegtmeyer-- o@%-- Libertyville was a Round Lake business <caller Thursday. . ; Mr. and Mrs. W. Wells and chil-- dren of Seymour, IIl., and Miss Veda Schmeltzer spent the weekend at the home of the latter's sister, Mrs. Harry Merrit. + c s nome at -- KIngWOOGd. _ <--~:-- & Mr. and Mrs. Dell Richardson re-- tyrned home Sunday evening after spending two. weeks in northern Wieconsin and visiting relatives at Neshkoro. i Mr. and Mrs. John Daley and chil-- dren motored to Chicago on business Friday. Mr. and Mrs. Milford Smith, Mr. and Mrs. William Harrison and son of Round Lake, Mt. and Mrs. Louis Schever and son of Waukegan si®ent Sunday at the Clayton Harrison home at Ringwood. :\ + turned home after lpend!gg eight days in northern Wisconsin. They visited the state fish hatchery at Wild Rose; visited Tomahawk, Ea-- gle River, Lake St. Germaine and Long Lake.. On the--return trip they stopped at Fremont on Wolf river a few days. The reported good weather and a wonderful time. Frank Mackel has returned to Jol-- iet after spending a few days at the White home in Round Lake. Miss --Marjorie Cleveland and Harry Ellie spent Sunday evening at the' Al Dixon home in Waukegan. _Mr. and Mrs. Al Dixon of Wau-- kegan spent Saturday --evening with the latter's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Leo Hendee. t 'Miss Zella Buchaman of Chicago spent Sunday afternoon at the Geo. Richardson home. ® * ~Mr. and Mrs. Harry Merritt and Mrs. A. J. Smith motored to Milwau-- kee Monday. Ars.- Floyd& Henehan and son, CGlyhn, and Velma Fitz motored to Waukegan Fridat. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Bracher and two daughters spent Sunday at the George <~Tiffany home in North Chi-- Archie Rosing is in Michigan on business this week. | Mr. Hotz and family of Chicago spent Sunday evening at the Phil Wagner home. & Martin Thelen had the misfortune to fall from a ladder® from the roof of the house Sunday afternoon and escaped with bruises about the back and arms. Milford Smith was returning Mon-- day from Milwaukee with a load of machinery in an International truck when someone cut in front of him. To avoid a collision. with the ma-- chine, Milford run off the concrete and his truck tipped over. Milford escaped with a badly sprained foot and ankle. * Miss Marjorie Cleveland spent Friday evening with' relatives at Maywood. _ , Mre. Elizabeth Wagner of Wauke-- gan spent a few days with her son, PHKhil Wagner. y : Evelyn Luby, Florence Wagner, Elizabeth Richardson --and Velma Fitz motored to Long Lake Sunday. Recipes for Matrimony spen av The marriage of Henry Nader in Coloma, Wis., Sunday at 2:30 o'clock to Miss Edna A. Kemnitz of that city .was sgsolemnized in St. Paul's Lutheran church. After the cere-- mony the newlywed couple left for an auPomobile trip through north-- ern Wisconsin. Mr. Nader is well known here. They will live in the Mr. and Mrs. Carl Bruckner and family from Millburn were ~guests of relatives here Sunday. s Mrs. Troy Ballenger had an oper-- ation on her nose at the Victory Memorial hospital. An enlargement and hardening of the bone and tis-- suee which was obstructing her breathing was removed.' She is con-- valescing at her home, 5 James Leonard and wife and daughter Patrica Ann from Chicago and Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Leonard from -- Round ~Lake . were* dinner guests at their <pprents Mr. and Mrs. James Leonard Sunday. 5 . . ai was in InHe: VW aUuconda --Caviont Mr.® and Mrs: Will Edwards | cemetery. _ moved last week from here to Ke--| "Mr. and Mrs. George Jaeger ahd nosha. Mrs. Edwards is a sister of children spent Saturday evening with Mrs. Cannon. --They: have made |relatives in Antioch. many friends hfreé: who. will missl Miss Maude 'Wheelock is employed them in this community. " 4 at the Wauconda bakery. Mrs. William J. Kelly a'p} Mlss' Frank Dickson was a business Gene Holterman from Chicago have | caller at Elgin Monday. been fhe.guests of Mr. and Mrs. Earl | --, Miss Lena :Bonin and Francis Hucker for the first three days of B'ianck spent Sunday .at Chicago. this week, returning to the city' Mrs, Edna Rudsinski, Lake Zurich, Wednesday. ; _ t » . | called on friends here Monday. Mrs. Katrino Meyer and daugh-- ters Sapha and Eleanor Mary from Libertyville were guests of the John Meyers® family Sunday. -- Mrs. C. B. Dick went to Chicazo for a few days to visit with friends Tuesday of this week. 4 o o o0 0o 0o 0o 0 0o 0o 0o 6 o o 0o John Walker and family and Mr. and Mrs. Cart Miller and children drove to Milwaukee and visited the Zoo there Sunday. The also drove to Waterford to see the handsome new church erected there this sum-- mer where Mr. Walker hase teen working. Howard Wilton was in Antioch the first of this week.. Mrs. E. A. Wilton was a Zion shopper Tues day. hn s . h * o -- LAKE VILLA o Mrs. William J. Kelly and Miss Gene Holterman from Chicago have been fhe.guests of Mr. and Mrs. Earl Hucker for the first three days of this week, returning to the city Wednesday. * $8, ts . 0 0o 0o 0o 0o 0o 0.0 0o 0o 0 :o o Blanche ~Sheldon 'visited~ Valieve Wilton Sunday at her home just east of here.-- c Mr» and Mrs. William Hucker ac-- companied by Mrs. Hucker's mother are spending the month at their lodge at Cheteck, Wis. -- Mr. E. A. Wilton 'made a trip to Racine and Kenosha Tuesday on business. C' + Mrs. Charles Drawheim enterftain-- ed--at dinner and bunco Wednesday. The game was played at two tables. Prizes were awarded to Mrg. Albert Figel and Mrs. Fred Naden. Miss Mary Lux has returned home after seing in Waukegan for «ov-- eral weeks. § * Frink Menkel cf Waukegan is vis-- iting his sister, Mrs. Julia Gall@egher Mr. and Mrs. Albrecht of Chicago are at <ne home of their daughter, Mrs. LeRoy Dietmeyer, wlere they were called due to the serious il}-- ness of Mrs. Dietmeyer. She is some what improved but is still very ill. Mrs. John Shelley is on the sick list. § mt --~ Fllen Gallagher had severe} girl friends--as her guests Tuesday after-- neon. > ts "¥a~ what improved but is still very ill -- Mrs. Wm. Murray of Kenosha is a guest for a few--days at the home | of her son, Lester Murray. --~ } Parents--Teachers association held their first meeting of the--year at the sechcol house Tuesday eveniag. Leglie Shields, Robert Lux . and Frank. Straban --left -- early Sunday morning for. Danville to spend the day with Fred Strabhan, who is still in the hospital in that city. ki o WADSWORTH o 0o 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0o o _ Fred Claire and friends of Chica-- go visited Sunday with George Oll-- renshaw. Laurell Shea and family of Wau-- kegan called on his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Shea Sunday. champ, Chicago negro, Monday plead ed guilty before Judge C.. C. Ed-- wards to the murder of Will Beck, Millburn--Lake Villa 'farmer, May 16. The other two negroes furnisghed the car, according to the confessions, and were not near the home. § j Boeye in Court 28 John J. Boeye, chiropractor, made his appearance and. pleaded not guilty tos a charge of attending a child, who died, without having the license to do so, and Bruno Vitkus, Waukegan, entered a plea of not guilty. <a s ve BECK MURDERER _ PLEADS GULTY: FOUR DENY GUILT Claude Clark Admits Shoot-- ing and Will Be Sentenced Oct. 22, Smith Says He will not be sentenced, State's Attorney Smith said, before Oct. 22, when the date for trials of the other four men has been set. Clark, it would appear from this, is to be used as a witness against his former pals, although the state's attorney refused to conftm this. "I didn't know that he. was to plead guilty. It came as a surprise," Col. Smith said. s The other four men, Harold Mar-- thi, Dominick Bresette" and Arthur Boone, entered pleas 'of not guilty through their attorney, George W. Field, 'who lost a motion to quash the indictments. _ f 'John Brown, the fifth member of the alleged gang, did' not enter a plea. An attorney is to be appointed for him by the court. Clark, Bresette and Brown, accord-- ing to a confession made by Bres-- ette, tried to force the door of the Beck home open:. He slammed it and Clark fired through the door, according to Bresette. > : They went there to get bonds that Beck was supposed to have secreted in his home. They overlooked about $1,200. s Claud Clark, alias Clifford Pau-- LIBERTYVILLE INDEPENDENT. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1928. |--sition. s e s | H;}'bert Schroeder, of Chitago, vis-- ited with friends here Sun¥@ay-- > t George Deinlein, of Chicago spent . the week egd with his family here. | _ Eugene Prior was a Rockford vis-- itor last Monday and Tueesday. Word has been received that Miss La Vern Paddock, Chicago, is again on the sick list. Her many friends here wigh her a speedy recovery. William John 'was a business call er at Waukegan Wednesday. Mrs. Willlam Gossell and daughter spent ° Tuesday with relatives -- at Waukegan. E. * § Mr. andsMrs. Lee Brown and Mr. and Mrs. Harry Francisco attended a show at Barrington Wednesday. Mrsg. Louls Harrie and sons Charles and Robert, and Miss Laura Harris are spending several days with relatives and friends at Mil-- waukee. x George Stroker was a business caller at Waukegan Tuesday. Miss Della Kerwin spent Sunday with her aunt, Mrs. John McBride, Carpenterville. + f Mr. and Mrs. Homer Cook re turned home Tuesday after spend ing ten days in Northern Wisconsin Mr. and Mrs. Roy Pence, Round Lake, were Monday callers' here. Miss Della Kirwan spent Wednes-- day at Carpenterville and Chicago. Dave Williams was a business caller at Waukegan Tuesday.. Péete Broughton shipped: home--a 20--1b. myskfte from Ontario, Canada, which interested the local folks very much. m (~Mrs. Frank Harrison, of Chicago, is spending a few. days at the home of her mother, Mrs. L. Seymour.. -- _ 'Mr. and Mrs. Harold Stroker, are the parents of a little girl, born on Thursday <evening. _ Harold Hapke was a Park®* Ridge caller Tuesday. -- . ¢4 _ Maurice McDonald attended the funeral of his nevbew. Kenneth Tin-- negan in Chicago, Thursday. Buri-- al was in the Wauconda Catholic cemetery. . _ Miss Zella Smith of Griswold Lake is working'at the Wauconda res-- taurant. _ + s Mr. and Mre. Floyd Reyner enter tained at dinner Wednesday. j J.--J. Harrington, Fox River, was a business calle;. here Tuesday apd Wednesday. & Mr. and Mrs. Ray Paddock visited the 0. E. S. Chapter at Antioch on Monday evening.: Mrs. Paddock took a part in the work. * Miss Martha Hughes, of Waukegan spent last Monday evening in Wayg-- conda. nxs --~Mrs.. Alice Blackburn and <~Mrs. Erma Paddock attended the, Grand Chapter Eastern #tar at Medinah temple, Chicago, Tuesday and Wed-- nesday. : Andrew -- Sorenson -- and -- mother, Mrs. Caroline Sorenson, spent Wed: nesday in Chicago. _ Mr. and Mrs. Wait and grandson, James Neish, Round Lake, epent Monday with relatives here. Mr. and Mrs. Ray Seymour spent Tuepdqg with their daughter, Mrs. Owen Paddock, Chicago. s Mr. and Mrs. George Dowell, of -- Roseville, called on Mr. and Mrs. 'G. Case, Monday afternoon. -- $ William Lamphere, of Elgin, called on rélatives here Sungay afternoon.:; Mrs.: Almeda Grantham and son,. of Chicago called on Mrs. H. L. Gran-- tham, Sunday. € J Mrs. Adaline Prouty is on the sick list this week. : & Mrs. Ray Seymour is spending a few days with her daughter, Mrs. O. Paddock, in Chicago. ' -- -- Thomas Fisher, of Volo, was a call-- er here Monday afternoon; Mr. and Mrs. William CGeary and son, visited at the home of Mrs. Ella Cornwall, on Sunday. . Mrs. Cornwall returned home with them Len Geary was a Gilmer caller on 'Tuesday and Wednesday, --. | . Miss Zella Smith, who Imis been helping in the Eugene Prior home for the past month, he returned to her home at Griswold Lake. Mr. and Mrs:J. J. Harprington, of Round Lake were pleasant callers in town, Tuesday evening. _~>. Mr. and Mrs. Albert Paddock, of Round Lake, called on Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Turnbull Tuesday evening. ' o WAUCONDA o . Arthur Kaser left Tuesday for the FPast, where he has secured a po-- flat of furnished rooms in Fred | Hamlin's residence;: Mr. and Mrs-- Frank Nader attended their son's wedding. They returned home Monday. f * s Mrs. Edward Bartlett accompan-- ied a--party of friends t» Gary, Ind., over the week--end. _ Mrs. Daisy Riney entertained her daughter and husband, Mr. and Mrs. Frank McClaren, and, children, her granddaughter and husband, Mr. and Mr. George Barth, all from Chicago. from Friday until Sunday evening. Oliver Wilton, wife and son, were guests of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Wilton, Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Wilton had other callers from Chi-- cago Sunday afternoon and evening. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Mr. and Mrs. John Fuhrer had a visit from their daugzhter and her husband, Mr. and Mrs: Veasey and son, Charles, Sunday. The Vesseys live in Bristol. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 a The marathon at Antioch Palace is over and the coutestant from here, Janetta Nickerson, is home. They stopped ~the dance at 7:30 o'clock Monday morning aftér; the five remaining couples decided to all quit at once. They say that they have had a good time but are tired. Mrs. Wm. Becker joined her Chi-- cago bunco and card club as they passed through last week on their way to Lake® Geneva for the last outdoor meeting of the summer. She reports a splendid time. They were all delighted with the perfect fall weather. Mrs. Edward Bartlett and Fred Bartlett were in Waukegan Wed-- nesday. § . Henry Curl arrived in town Thurs day for a visit with friends. People will be interested to know that Dorothy Rearodan and George Parth were married last month. It was <an elopement. Miss Dorothy was still attending. high school. Nearly all of the purchasers main-- tain homes in Lake Forest or High-- land 'Park with . Charles N. Steele being the only Waukegan man in-- volved. Others who are involved are: Charles F. Glore, John F. Jelke, Jr., R. J. Thorne, A. B. Dick, . James Simpson, Jr., Austin Niblack,, Ben-- jJamin Behr and Robert A. Gardner. _ Purchase of nearly 2,000 acres of land, bordering on the banks of Mill Creek and surrounding the new .On-- wentsia Hunt club has been made by members of the club and accord-- ing to reports negotiations are now in force for purchase of several hundred acres in that section of the county. * 4 The sales will result in the estab-- lishment of one of the most excius-- ive colonies of estates in the middle west . as well as afford lands for-- use in staging of hunts, as* all of the acres will be thrown open for use of the club. * _All of the owners are interested in the activities of the hunt club and will open their grounds to the club for purposes of the chase, thus mak-- ing available one of the largest and Members of Onwentsia Hunt Club Purchase Lands Bor-- dering Club Property 2,000 ACRES IN _ LAND PURCHASES NEAR MILLBURN _-- Open Every Afternoon and _ Evening All Next Week .--___Closes Saturday Night {[20th] Admission: Adults 40c Children 15¢ All this Great Business Exposition and Highly Entertaining, Clean Show given by and for the CHAMBER of COMMERCE [Waukegan--North Chicago] FALL FESTIVAL 'w EXCEPTIONAL % VAUDEVILLE : Including 12 SORORITY GIRLS _' ~"TEDDY" The Performing Bear $s <..*~ Also Special Dancing and Sing_ing Acts All of the exhibits and entertainment under fine large brilliantl,\" lighted tents and in the spacious brick house on the Y.W.C.A. grounds on S. Genesee EXPOSITION ome and Bring All the _--_Family to the --~---- BUSINESS Opens Saturday Night {13th]} | Closed Sunday _ Farm Adviser H. C. Gilkerson in charge. Gurnee and Antioch High School agricultural classes will also have exhibits. Farm Products Exhibit John F. Jelke's purchase compris-- es approximately 76 acres south of the club--and about two miles north of Grand avenue. Charles F. Glore's tract totals 100 acres adjoining tb.e Behr and Niblack estates on . the south and extending west to ° the Warren township line. A. B. Dick-- has purchased the 56 acre Hoffman farm located 'west of the hunt club ; and about one mile north of Grand | avenue. The former Mead farm otl 50 acres, south and east of the club' has been purchased by Charles Steele of Waukegan. Mr. Gardner'sx purchase is a triangular piece of 15 acres adjoining the club grounds.' Recent purchases are reported to | have ranged. between $300 and $600 | an acre. £" | Mr. Niblack originally acquired ap-- proximately 175 acres along the meanders of Mill Creek. He donated ten acres to the club for club house, stables and> kennels.. Subsequently he and Benjamin Behr acquirkd the 391 acre Mill Creek farm of W. K. Young. James Simpson, president of Marshall Field & Co., and James Simpson, Jr., made purchases \total-- ling more than 500 acres north of the club. R. J. Thorne has purchased 140 acres including ~the property known as the Charles Owen farm, lying north of <Wadsworth road\ ex-- tended and about one half mile east of the west branch of Mill Creek. --_Time Was Fleeting "Art is long," murmured the man who waited an hour for bis wife to make up.--Boston Transcript sportiest courses of its kind in the country. : Over 100 Exhibits------More to Come Orchestra and Entertainers Assistants in Mr. Ettelson's office declared that they did not know of either men writing opinions or do-- ing aBy work in the Chicago office. Mr." Weiss admitt8d that checks continued to come to ker following The names of the late William F. Weiss, state representative, and At-- torney James G. .Welch, have been discovered on the payroll of Cor-- poration Counse!l Samuel Ettelson, Chicago, as assistant counsels. Rep. Weiss drew vouchers on the bases of $6,000 annually. His name appeared during August, 1927, when bhe drew $250 checks semi--monthly Mr. Weiss died Oct. 17, 1927. The last check was received on that date, the records show. ® n.onths of 1928, the records reveal. The total remuneration was about $3,000. Following that Mr. Welch's name appeared on the payroll at the same salary for the same work. Mr. Welch drew checks for the remain-- der 'of 1927 and the first four Records Reveal They Were Paid on Yearly Basis of $6,000 for Opinions Mr. Weiss and Mr. Welch pied the same suite of offices. WEISS, WELCH, ON CHICAGO PAYROLL OF CORP. COUNSEL Due to the trouble given by some property owners on Route 173, Zion to Rockford, residents on the road a kalf mile south in Newport and Ben-- ton township, are petitioning the state highway department to reject the apavlng contract and locate the road by their comes. R. M. d.obdell, coufiy highway superintendent, stat-- ed 7. * the death of her husband, it is charged. Mr. Weiss supported the key measure of William Hale Thomp son's .W7 finance bill in the hou«e when he was temporary chairman. His zeal in seeing the passage of these led to his gavelling an ad-- journment when the defeat of these bond boosting limit billse seemed beaten. That was on June 21, 197. Ettelson %as the chief lobbyist for these measures. At the time he sat next to the temporary chairmsan watching the swing of the vote. . Last April, when the .payroill checks first became known in Waun-- kegan,. Mr. Weich said that Mr. Weiss had worked on a numbet of legal matters for corporation coun-- sel and that much of his time was taken up "in Chicago. Mrs. Weiss, after a conferenc with Mr. Welch, refused to discus the matter with the press, M Welch was silent. MAY REROUTE ON --PAVING FOR 173

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