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VOLUME XXXVII--NUMBER 12. FREIGHT DERAILED; OlL TANKS BURNED AT DIAMOND LAKE Trattic was delayed for hours on the E. J. & E. line through Dia-- mond Lake Sunday when a freight train was derailed after five tank ears of oil had caught fire. Ex-- teat of the damage was not Fire on *J' Sunday Ties Up Trafftic and Cuts Off Lights in Barrington learned Great clouds of black smoke rolled so high in the air that | residents of Libertyvyille and Mun" delein gained the impression that ; there wasoa serious fire that led; huge throngs to gather as near the tracks as guards would permit. ' Flames burned the power line, that supplies Barrington and Lake Zurich, and left parts of those villages without lights, it was re-- ported. The power line follows the "J" right--of--way. Two reports were current as to the cause of the fire. One was that an electric current started the blaze and the other was that a sudden jar caused the explosion. The engineer, noticing +the amoke. bumped the cars from the The -- engineer, smoke, bumped the track. LAKE COUNTY'S BIG WEEKLY BEST FOR SUBSCRIBERS BEST FOR ADVERTISERS ALL THE NEWS------AND FIRST! Window Trimming Prizes Awarded Mundelein police were rushed to Diamond Lake and the crowd was beld back at a safe distance. Little damage was done to the steel tank cars. The accident happened about 10:30 o'clock in the morning and the oil burned for hours. The LibertyvilleMundelein spring | window trimming contest. sponsored | In proportion to the size of the by the chamber of commerce, ended S8tore and the trading territory it Tuesday night, with the selection of 8e@rves, few merchandising establish-- the winners by Carl Jacobsen, head ments have ever enjoyed a more suc-- window trimmer for Wilson Brothers Cess ful opening than the "New Fair wholesale house in Chicago, who Store", Libertyville, ahs experienced came here to view and judge the during its present opening week. windows. * When Max Kohner, the proprietor The beautifully displayed windows decided to have his store completely of the Public Service Company store lremodeled and brought un to date he at Church and Milwaukee Ave. was concluded . to have the job done jyudged the best in Libertyville and ;thonuxhly---nnd the -- hundreds . of was awarded first prize. Second people who have visited the remod-- place went to Triggs and Johnson. ;eled store since its formal opening The window of the Ray Furniture |last Saturday wil Itestify to the fact store was judged third best, and that |that "thorough" was the right word. of the A. J. McDonald jewelry store Startng at the front door, Mr. Koh-- was given fourth place. The last |ner has spared no epense in his three have been designated as sec efforts to make of the "New Fair' ond, third and fourth place winners las he aptly calls it, aninstitutionin twice, now needing to win once more \keeping with the new spirit of pro to secure permanent possession Of gress that is so much in evidence in the troohy cups offered for second, |Libertyville nowadays. As Mr. Koh-- third and fourth place. 'ner says, "everytbing is new but the Tha 1. A. Murrie store at Mundeée 'name." _ place went to Triggs and Johnson. ; The window of the Ray Furniture | store was judged third best, and that | of the A. J. McDonald jewelry store was given fourth place. The last three have been designated as sec ond, third and fourth place winnen' twice, now needing to win once more ; to secure permanent possession o't; the troohy cups offered for second, third and fourth place. The L. A Murrie store at Munde-- leinu was judged best in that vllage. This is the third time the window of this store has been named first in Mundeleion, entitling the store to permanent possessioxn of the cup offerered for winner of first place three times in succession. > The windows of the 0. J. Boehm Insurance Agency and C. O. Carlson men's furnishing store, were runners up for third and fourth places, the judge baving to get down to fine de-- tails before making the decisions. Besides these two windows, those of the following stores were listed by Mr. Jacobsen for-- honorable men-- tion: Corlett Grocery, Titus Electri-- eal Sshop, The Fair, Langworthy's De-- partment Store, Miller's Grocery and partment Store, Miller's Grocery and the Libertyville Paint Store Official announcement of the win-- ners was made Wednesday morning by W. E. Hardin,. secretary of the chamber of commerce. . The . cuUp which have been on display at the Public Service store, were awarded to the winners and will be suitably inscribed . Tegtmeyer's Store Being Improved Tegtmeyer's, Mundelein's progres: sive dry goods and men's furnishing store, is undergoing a number of al-- terations that will make a decided improvement in the appearan(te of the store. New shelving is being in-- stalled, according to plans grawn by an expert in store arrangement. Tha long tables that now occupy the center aisle will be discarded and narrower display stands wili take their places. Several new walt cases will also be installed, which will give an opportunity to display add+-- tional items of merchandise to bet:-- ter advantage. _ When alterations have been completedithe store wili be entirely redecorated and it wili present an entirely changed aopear ance to the many folks from -- the Mundelein Libertyville district who favor Tegtmeyer's with their pat: ronage. Real Estate Market Active in Libertyville An-- unusual number oft recent tran--actions in the village predicts an exceptionally _ active season in real estate for Libertyville this year. Tantamount -- with conditions else where. the number of saleés, and corresvendingly the value of tand, has undergone a decline in the past several months. Just now, with two new buildings in the business section and the erec-- tion of many new homes in all parts of the village, the outlook is very promising. Following are a number of recent sales in Copeland Manor, the fine subdivision at the southern end of the village: C. W. Andrews, W. E. Meyers, Merle Weiskopt, and C. H. Betzer, who bought one lot each. H. H. Schroeder has also pur-- chased two lots. The Betzer and Andrews property is located in Cope-- land Manor South, and the others in Copeland Manor North. Rockland Road is the dividing linge. hanged aopear iks from the e district who with their pat: In proportion to the size of tha store and@ the trading territory it serves, few merchandising establish-- ments have ever enjoyed a more suc-- cess ful opening than the "New Fair Store", Libertyville, ahs experienced during its present opening week. Formal Opening of "The Fair" Makes Merchandising History C of meal specials will be shown. The interior of the store has been entirely rearrangd; new fixtures and shelving has been installed, and one gets the imprs=sion that the store 1s < Audidcs ie coous. d o 22 much larger than formerly TAX COLLEGTORS IN COUNTY ARE NAMED BY THE TREASURER C o un ty _ collectors, _ stationed through the county villages so a*® to make the payment of general taxes more convenient, were named Tuesday by Treasurer J. B. Morse Those who will serve will be as Bills for Villages and Rural Districts Will Be in Mail Before -- Saturday Those who will serve WIill D° &: follows: Newport township:; James Welch Rosenc:ans. Antioch township: Ernest L. Sim-- ons, Antioch. Grant township: A. H. Franzen, Fox Lake. Lake Villa township:;: K. Manzer Lake Villa, Warren township:; Mrs. Mabel Mc ('ullou?. Gurnee. Liberty ville township: Mrs. D. E Morse, Libertyville. Fremont townships Albert Snyder Mundelein. Cuba township: Miles T. Lamey Barrington. Vernon township:; Maude Knolls Prairie View. Ela township; Emil A. Ficke Lake Zurich. W. Deerfield township: J. Diet? Deerfield. -- Avon towrship: E. Harris, Grays lake. _ Send Bills Out. -- Mr. Morse explainrted that the bills for these townships would all be ln! the mail se that first collections | could be made by Saturday Most of these eub--offices will be open until April 1 which will gh'e' village and rural residents an OP--| portunity to make payments at | bome rather than race the conge®: tion in the Waukegan office. 'This plan of convenience has been tol-- lowed for several years. ~ l 2o l > ar_as The lake shore towns, LAKke D/U}, Highland -- Park, Highwood, Fort Sheridan, Lake Forest, Waukegan, North Chicago, Zion and Winthrop Harbor will all be held up until lat-- er, the treasurer e«plained. The Libertpuille AInbepenbent Howdy and So Long though LIBERTYVILLE, LA KE COUNTY, the actual floor space is the same. A metal ceiling has beeninstalled, and the whole interior redecorated. New lighting fixrturs add greatly to the store's appearance and provide ample illumination for shoppers. 'The feature that attracts instant attention is the array of new mer-- chandise items. Thousands of do}-- lars worth of quality merchandise from such reliable firms as Marshall Field & Co. (Wholesa}e) has been added to the store's regular stock. The very newest offerings in dry goods, shoes, underwear, children's clothing, etc., bhave been placed in For opening week Mr. Kohper de-- | vised the unique plan of giving part of each day's receints to a different church fo reach day. The purpose of this was to show his appreciation for the patronage with which he hul been favored during the 32 years he has been in business in Libertyyille. That this thougbtfulness in doing this is appreciated by customers and friends is shown by the large num--| ber of people who have visited Lhel store since Saturday, and the fact that the churches participating to | date -- have -- received substanstial | checks from Mr. Kohner as their | share of the receipts. | It is men like Max Kohner who| make for a better community, and! 'who raise the standard in the b'xsi-i ness world. In «@any movement for the betterment of the village hh' name and efforts are always found. | He has well earned the respeCl ;n:d1 confidence of everyone in the coun-- ty during his 32 years business lif« in Libertyyville. Power Farming Day At Lake Zurich Sat. P 'in 1876, first in partnership with William P. Conger and later with !Walker Blaine. As mayor of Lake | Forest from 1895 to 1902 Mr. Gorton started many of the exclusive north ishore town's first public improve-- 'ments' In 1879 be married Fannie M. Whitney. Former Mayor of Lake Forest Dies Word of the death of Edward F. Gorton, retired board of trade oper-- ator and former mayor of Lake For-- est, has been received by friends in that city. He died of pneumon/a on March 5 while on a Mediterranean cruise, at the age of 75 years. The body is being brought back from Italy by Mrs. Gorton to Lake Forest for burial. e Mr. Gorton was born in Ashtabula county, Ohto, in 1854. and educated in the public schools there. He be-- ran the practice of law in Chicago to get notices to pay but (Their DIS will be in the mail prior to April 1 and the other towns will have bills a week before Waukegan This will give all residents thirty days to pay before the first penalty is assessed them. After May 1 a penalty goes on eacp thirty days. Waukegan residenrs will be last the Interni Herschberge but their bills 0 0| uo ohner who ' Bs i. nunity, and K: h the busi-- ' coat yement for It village his { chin xays found. | that respect and ' paid n the coun-- | Smt usiness life * IMPATIENT AUTO RUNS INTO STORE AT LIBERTYVILLE One auto, too eager to go, and an-- other too reluctant to remove, kept the Libertyville police force busy Monday morning. Leaves Curb to Become Part of Display Window; Car Out of Gas Bothers at a fast clip. < The owner a,ston-- ished stood at the curb as the car went through the show window in Waldron's grocery store. Ring, after a conference with Pa-- troiman Doyle, agreed to pay for the window and the display that was knocked in all directions. . Still earlier Frank Druba, the vil lake marshal, found Albert Kuhn-- ke, North Miiwaukee. avenue, out in the road addressing hig stalled car in unkind tones. Kuhnke, the police said, had his coat off and the hood from the car. It was discovered that the mar away at 5 a om. Jast Thuraday at the bhome on the Schreck farm,. one and one--halft milles northeast of Liwbertyvill®, had liveda on the same farm for more than 4% years _ The deceased who was 72 years old at the time of bher death, was born in Germany. She settled with her husband on the farm near 1.jb-- ien_\'\flle shortly after coming to thia eountry. She hbhad formed a chine was out of that Kuhnke had paid a fine of §$5 Besides her busband she is sur-- vived by four daughters, Mrs. Wil-- liam Petersen, Mrs. Charles Peter-- senand Mrs. Henry Bovsen. all in Libertyville and Mrs. Edward Loss: man of Wilson station, and one son, Herman Schreck, Jr., also of Liber ty ville. Funeral services were held from the home on the farm at 1:30 o'clock Saturday afternoon. MUrs ived on Same Farm _ Geary to Head For Forty--seven Yrs. Slate at Deerfield PROOPF! HERE IS TANGIBLE EVIDENCE THAT CLASSIFIED ADVERTIS-- MENTS IN THE INDEPENDENT 3RING QUICK RESULTS. .. .. Herschberger Bros. implement lealers at Prairie iVew, adver-- sed the loss of a valuable Ger-- nan police dog. Within 48 hours he dog was returned to its own 'rs, the finder baving seen the id in The Independent. A classified ad in The Independ-- nt will bring equally good results 'or you. It is not necessary to ring the advertisement to our »ffice. Just call, t} The Libertyville Independent Libertyville No. [erman Schreck, who the police said, had his d the hood from the car. discovered that the ma out of gas. Druba stated ke had been drinking. He c oof $5 to Justice Fred H. ILLINOIS. THURSDAY, MARCH 21. 1929. What has been regaded as a form-- ality in the past, has assumed a mat-- ter of great import this year. We refer to the annual townshin» elec-- tion. Since the organization of the county, 'It has been the custom. fo}-- lowing teh lead of the early seitlers who adopted the New Englisnd plaen of choosing township officers, it has been the custom each year to hold a caucus @nd nominate candiGate~ The usual procedure in liberty:-- ville last; Saturday when a caucus was held at the town hall The meet-- ing was calleq to order by Super-- visor Chag. Wilcox, who stated the purpose Of the assembly. . Paul G. Ray was chosen for chairman and Chas. 1). Nalley, secretary. Ray N Smith and T. F. Swan were appoint-- ed tellers by the chair. Township Election Promises to be Hot One; Two Tickets in Race For Justice of the Peace, H. M Bartlett, E. D. Hubbard and Lyell H. Morris wéere nominated. (It was de-- cided the high man of the three would be nominated on the first bal-- lot, and apother ballot would be tak-- en to deckded the--winner {for the oth-- er place an the ticket. The firgt ballot resulted as fol-- lows: Bartlett, 28) I1 Morris, 34. Mr. Hubbard tore declared numlng!f'd On the} second ballot Morris re-- ceived 84{votes and Bartlett 35, Mr. Morris being declared the winner For conistable the names of August Nelson, Frank J. Druba, John Doyle, Christ Petersen and Joseph FEarn-- shaw were placed in nofination. The first ballot resulted as fol-- lows: Nadison, 22; Druba, 96; Doyle, 6; Petergen, 14, and Earnshaw, 4. Druba was declared the winner. On the second ballot Nelson re-- ceived 49; Doyle, 20; Petersen 32. and RBarnshaw, 18. Nelson winning for the sécong place on the ballot. Michigan Boy Held Style Show Attended |,.. By Libertyville Police By a Record Crowd ; ® «: A 19-- year old youth who gave his pame as Leonard Wienoski, and Sag-- inaw, Mich, as his home, is being held by: Marshal Frank Druba, fol-- lowing :a parfial confeesion to the police lagt night concerning his steal ing a car in Saginaw two weeks ago and particioation in several minor crimes, committed in Michigan, from whence iba fled to Chicago several days agp, when he learned that the police were on bhis trail. . Wienaski, who also admits going eve by the name of Miller, appealed to a Marshal Druba for lodging Tuesday ;p, noight, after being left stranded bY pp a companion who di--<appeared after pr, the two arrived in Libertyville Wed-- 3}, nesday 'afternoon. The anawers of wo the youth aroused the suspicions 0f ('p Offiger Druba, and the stranger was M placed in a cell --Upon being ques-- ¢ tioned at length by Druba, the pPriS pec oner admitted stealing a Car in Sak of inaw some time ago and of his 840 in; den G@eparture from there two weeks +3; ago. The police in Saginaw weTe be imm--diately wired that the youth |Jo had begn arrested, and this morning of word was received from Sheriff Roy o H. White of Saginaw coun!t\, Mich . j asking the local authorities to ho!ld m« Wienoski until an officer would ar mva froh Sacinaw to take the pri# EM ESMEROAC SLos OS !dem, i-- geth N ) term trustee;. d | year team otrust | Metcalf ---- two E. Wwhite asking 1i Wienoski rive froh O rBélieve it or Not, Folks, There's Not a Woman in This Picture! truetes clerk.© The hundreds of people who at-- tended "The Womanless Wedding" last Thursday and Friday nights at the .Libertyville _ townsh'p -- high schoo} were greatly surprissd when they saw what perfect ladies many of the local males turned out to be. It was our intention to list the namesg of the cast shown in this pic-- ture, but most of them are so well disguised that our efforts to determ-- Bartlett lett, 28%; _ Hub Mro Hubbard w M in n H Hubbard H R W n there 11 i Five names. were placed in nomi-- \ nation. On the first ballot W. L. Col-- |lins received 16 votes; J. A. Treptow i'.'l; Eldon Miller, 21; Chas. Laycock, 5, and Frank Kern, 2. Treptow and lMiH»r being tied on the second bal-- 'lm Collins received 2; Treptow, 28, and Miller, 36. ! _ For Constable--Frank J. Druba, \ August Nelson and Peter Hansen,. | _ _Another petition, under the name l of "Citizens Party'", containing the following names, was also filed: For Justice of the Peace--H. M. Bartlett and Ray Wells. For Constable--Joseph Earnshaw, John Doyle and W. F. Albright. The reason for trhee names is on account of information being receiv /ed that Libertyville township is en-- tited to three justices and constables 'by redson of the increase in popula-- tion. . A M. Casey was nominated for re election as school trustee. The subject of nominating a can-- didate for assistant supervisor was discussed4, and it was decided to nom-- inoate a candidate, and take chances of having him seated by the board of supervisors. * R namé What at first looked like an ordi-- nary town election has developed in to a real fight, and the fur will fly from now until the day of election, Tuesday, April 2. " W Several hundred spectators crowd-- ed the Auditorium Theatre Wednes-- day night to view the spring style show, staged by the Libertyville mer-- chants and spounsored by the Cham-- ber' of Commerce. In the opinion of several who wit-- nessed the show, it surpassed any of the previous 'shows. The mer-- chants of our viliage are to be com-- mended for staging of this success-- ful show, as other villages in the county make no attempt to produce events of a similar nature. | _ _ Merchants who participated in the | _ show were Harriet Beauty Shop, Mc--| h Donald's Jeweiry and Gift Shop, The / ; | Frock Shop, Ray Furniture & Paint ."r' Store, Beverly Dress Shop. Lang ;' worthy's Dept. Store, J. B. Morse & co., C._O. Carlson, Ray N. Smith and Mrs. Wachter's ladies Shon. ' The show was staged under the di-- | f~ rection of Harold®* Darnell, chairman ; of the style show committee, work-; ing under the supervision of the re | fail Interests committre of the Cham-- | substation at the corner of Park avs and Fourth street about 11 o'clock last Friday night. Prompt s« price fhy emnloyes of the company, who }arr'n'wl on the scene shortly after the wirk snapped, eliminatd any dan-- )xer. The fire department made aA un to the scene of the blaze, but the |bovs wisely decided to let that wire \ remain right where it was and left 'to job of picking it up to Gus Krum-- tail Interests commilite 0 ber of €ommerce, of w Johnson is chairman. H of J. B.;Morse & Co., wa o fthe program committe Local people -- were e Brok;n Wire Causes Blaze Friday Night rev and his crew Y( ine who's who hbhave been in vain Characteristic of chis action in the play, Solomon Levi will 'be naced at the right end of the first row still trying to sell his wares, precumably to the photographer. In the center of the back row Mrs. Henpeck is tak-- ing one final wallop at her much-- abused husband. People who saw the rollicking burlesque will easily be able to identify the other characters. A high tension wi ts which snapbpe und during the h by the merchants se % larold Gray,! Un Paim : is chairman of four girls iA John's Iaiith NJ ( ¥ed a * DRIVER ESCAPES * WHEN TRUCK S § oHIT BY TRAN Lawrence Phillips, residing _ on Helmbolz avenue in Waukegan, nar-- rowly escaped serious injury. if not 'dc'at'h when a truck he was driving | was struck by a st. Paul passenger train on St. Mary's crossing two the site of a new building at 705 ' o'clock this morning. -- Phillips, who was driving a truck belonging to a Waukegan concern, | was engaged in hauling dirt from ! the site of a new building at 820 '.\'onh Milwaukee -- avenue to the green house on the old Rockland | road. + Shorty Miller Says: Waukegan Man _ Emerges From Accident With Slight Bruises He stopped at the crossing to per-- mit the train to pass and believed himself to be in the clear. Instead the engine caught on the bumper of the truck and dragged it along the track for some distance. The front end of the converance was wrecked, the damage being estimated at more than $500. . Phillips, although he remained in the truck escapec with but skght bruises. The driver has been a res-- ident of Waukegan for years and is married. * p EP 1M AVAIN OLD CUSS #-- O I KEEP MY CLOTHES PRESSEPD, MY SHOES _ SHINED, ANOD SHAVE EVERY DAYs= ( gUY A NEW HAT CEFoRE 'THE OLP ouE HAS 10 GE RESHINGLED, AND WASTE @ONnsipERASLE Mongey OW APPEARANCES -- HE SAME. waAy ABROUT MY HOME TOC = | PO myY BItT 70 imMmPROVE ANY TOWN Enslish service at 9:45 a. m. and a German one at 11. There will be no Sunday -- school, but the Sunday school children will get their Paster eggs after the English service, as usual Some sixty men of Libertyvill and ; Mundelein participated in the show. ; presented under the auspices of the| Ladies' Aid Society of the Firs: M., FE church. A packed house grm\tefl,' the players both evenings, and it is | a question as to who got th> mustl fun out of the production-- perform-- ers or audience. P onfirmation at St. John's Luth. Church e t time on Good Friday e On Easter Sunday there w ]°I ends and strangers are a. illy welcome at St. John's wa GREATER CIRCULATION THAN OTHER WEEKLIES IN LAKE CcoUuNTY COMBINED ADVERTISING RESULTS SURE! Bequest of $125,000 in Per-- _ sonal Property Goes to Her; \ _ Close Williams Estate HENRY A. HERRMANN, OF HIGHLAND PARK, LEAVES WIDOW SUM SYeveral new estates were admit-- ted Thursday before' Probate Judge Martin C. Decker. Among the cases called were the following: George Herman, Waukegan. Stoctk transfer authorized. Natalie -- Jennie -- Haight, . minotr. Allowance for care of ward approy-- ters of guardianship issued to BuUrl Dunpill. Frederick William Voss, Wauke. gan. Inventory and appraisemenm bill approved. Minnie Kreutz, insane. _ Hearing on resignation and final report of conservator continued to March 21. Frank Schultz, North Chicago. De-- cree for sale of real estate entered. Additional bond approved. lottis M. Hoffmar, Inc., Gurnee. New bond of conservator fixed at $35,000. Henry A. Herrmann, _ Highland Park. Will admitted to probate. Be-- tate of $125,000 personal property given to wife. Letters testamen-- tary issued to Charlotte Herrmann, --wife Bond of $250,000. _ Heirship proved. itor HMHerman Kublank, Mundelein. In-- ventory and appraisement till ap-- proved. Lewig B. Hanby, Ltbertyville. Will admitted to probate. Estate given to wife and nieces in various amounts. Estate valued at $47,000 in personal property. letters testa-- mentary issued to Laura A. Hanby and G. Carroll Gridley. Bond of $94,000. Edward J. Heuver. Libertyville. Rule on administratrix to file final report by April 4.° Lydia E. Edwards, town of Avon. Petition for probate of will filed and set for hearing April 1. Harry Dunnill, Fox Lake. Iloven tory approved. Three Children Left _ Bequests of $1000.00 Mike Raicevich, Inc., Libertyville tition for appointment of consery or filed and set for hearing Mar Robert H.--T. Nesbitt, Waukegan. Will admitted to probate. Estate of $2.500° personal property given to certain nieees and nephews. Letters of administration with will annexed issued to Catherine D. Dunn. Bond of $5,000. Heirship proved. Harry Dunnill, s of guardian . The will, involving an estate of $47,000, was admitted to probate be-- fore Probate Judge Martin C. Decker in Waukegan last week. Under the terms of the will the widow, Laura I}. Hanby is left $20,000 in cash, and bequests of $2,000 were made to Esther Hanby, a sister, and Louise Cater and Grace Cater Gridley, both nieces. Three other relatives, Kath-- erine Hanby, Marion Hanby and Nel-- lie Congdon Cloyd were each le/t i$500. The widow, Laura Hanby, and Georgiana Riley, Inc., Waukegan. Rule on coservator to plead to pe-- tition for reimbursement for care of ward before March 18. August Sutinen, Waukegan. Hear-- ing on proof of will continued to March 25. Martin Bederske, Mundelein. Dedi mus ordered issued to take deposi tion of witne&s. . Elizabeth C. Williams, Lake For ;Heavy Ice Blasted at \At Gravel Pit Saturday Bequests of $1,006 each to Katu» €rine. Margaret and Elizabeth Gric-- ley, daughters of Mr.-- and Mrs. G. C. Gridley, 226 Elm Court, were includ-- ed in the terms of the will of the late L. B. Hanby, prominent Liber-- tyville resident, who died in January. G. _ C. Gridley were named executors of the estate, all in personal proper-- ty, involving no real estate. hests losed. Elizabeth Wailter, Waukegan. Pe ition for probate of will filed anc et for hearing April 1. Charles H. Lewis,. Wadswortb Much speculation was causel last Saturday morning, when several loug explosions were 'heard in all parts of the community early last Satur-- day morning. Telephone calls were numerous as t othe cause of the racket. Investigation disclosed that the big noise was made by workmen in the employ of the North Shore Material company exoloding dyna-- mite to break up the heavy ice on the pit north of Oak Springs road, in order to lay pipes to the dredger used for taking sand and gravel from the pit. There has been a big de mand for sand and gravel this win-- ter, and the company had to resort to blasting the ice 'so as to get an early start this spring taking out sand and gravel orge OE Prouty. _ Wauconds -- _report and account approved ed Gruner. Inc Rond of co¥ itor in sum of $27,000 approved hn Donohue, Waukegan. Inver approved. nal report approved. Estate tration with will annexed is-- William S..Walley. Bond of Heirship 'proved. ze OE Prouty. -- Wauconds $1.50 A YEAR ._ Lewis, -- Wadswortb. proved . Hoffman, Inc.., Gurnee ipproved. Allowance of Jr., Fox Lake. Let-- hip issued to Burt