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E § -- MANY SQUATIERS FOUND ON COUNTY _ LAKE COUNTY INDEPENDENT : Atty. K. V. Orvis, representing the --.~ complai ts, entered a motion for ._ m change. of venue.from Judge Eo. ?' 'm +( ns 4 a 'The supervisors found that on the E'_ --amst side of the river there had been ~ wut up three . shacks, which--had not . -- 'Been there a year or--two ago, and | The circuit court swung into action upon this matter today when Judge . _ Claire C. Edwards set aside a decree . in the case of Rose --Gerbracht, of _ Grass Lake, seeks to get a tax deed . title . Frank Hatch, -- another . resi-- . --.Gent of this vicinity seeks title to about 1,000 acres of swamp land. She was in a Milwaukee hospital for ten days, and underwent several Wdelicate operations in an effort to rave her--life. Miss Stark was to be married next month to a Milwaukee man. many acres in that vicinity were staked off, with the "keep out" signs. Complaint also had been madé that wersons who sought to hunt or fish among the shore line were driven from the county land by the squat-- ters. Foliowing numerous -- complaints ithe county board took ump the. matter vof ~the "vbhmu ing . of Supervisors Startled : at Au dacity of Pehsons Who Have "KEEP When a dozeh supervisors made a trip 'of ~investigation ~of; the swamp lands in the --Foxcand Grass Lake re gions (Thursday they were startled to find 'many shacks built on county property, and acres upon acres staked off cwith "Private Property ; Keep out" signs. _ ~AKroused"© over the manner . in which squatters have gobbled up thousands of acres of swamp iland, the supetrvisors gave indication that there will be a lively session at the mext meetipg of the board when the committee as a who report back their, findings Thursday. e -- The whole matter started ' when *Supervisor E. a. Mawman de¢lared that he bad unable to 'find a place to park his car when he visit: --ed the lake regions last summer" de-- :spite the fact that the county is sup-- wosed to own approximately -- 10,000 --m¢res of swamp land. ~~--The decree in the Gerbracht. .mat ter-- was set aside on motion of As --sistant States Attorney 8. H. Block. DECEMBER 27, 1923. _ An infected tooth, which poisoned her system, resultd in the death of Miss Ray Stark, 39 years old, in Milwaukee Friday. Miss Stark was a sister of Walter Stark of Area, deputy sheriff, who was at her bed-- side at the time of her death. Beveral weeks ago Miss Stark nad an infected tooth pulled. Her jaw was dislocated but she did not know it .until an X--ray was taken» in the meantime infection reached the brain and spine, and doctors declare thh-koultod in spinal meningitis a fow Gays ago. © _ Some weeks ago States Attorney Smith consented to the granting of the decree without taking the mat-- 'ter up with the gounty board, --or ap-- parently not going into the impor-- tance of the matter. INFECTED TOOTH CAUSES DEATH OF DEPUTY'S SISTER Taken Over County Property. Miss Fay Stark, Sister of Dep-- uty Sheriff, Dies After a Brief ' liIness. lk Stark has been a saleswoman in e cloak department of the Boston store, --Milwaukee, for 15 years. She was reared at Wauke sha, where practically all of the members of the Stark family reside. wauukee SEEKS TO BUY AUTOS; INS Ia it a sign of Insanity to want buy /an a Mis? In the case Poter J. Pitzen of Volo, a commisai m:. Pitzen of Yolo, a that it WM wantd He Funeral services Monday at Mi}-- to putlent to undergo \ly-\vdumm tooth, which poisoned ; that came _ alot taken to Kigin as SIGNS ° UP daughter of Ditiddles and Nis wWile, also was placed under arrest,. but was released next morning. after a Poun chcent" -- Wigiderpenter and . st F r Mrs. Duddles were fined $50 and costs each on charges of disorderly conduct. The three were arrested at 12:40 v'clock 'that morning when . Police Captain Thomas Booth and . Detec-- tive James McQueeny conducted a raid. According to the police .Vu:- ing in an adjoining room. All three were taken to the police station.. In police court Thursday Yan-- derventer and Mrs. Duddles did not have sufficiént money to pay their fines. Mrs. Duddles gave Vander venter enough cash to make up his tine and told hi= she would stay in jail so that he could go to work and earn ehough money to pay her fine. 'This arrangement was agreed upon. Vanderventer paid his fine gd Ieft"whfle Mrs. Duddles returfied a cell. -- derventer was found |$200:000 Bids to Construct 'Green Bay Road. Grand Ave. North,.and Highfood Rd. The Duddles have been Jiving apart since last spring when Mrs. Dud-- dles~sued her husband for divorce. He filed a cross bill. He informed the police that the arrest and con-- viction of his wife will make it easy for him to get a divorce now. © Vanderventer, who is known as "Thc Indian,"' is said to heave been boarding at the Duddles'® home. 2 RD. CONTRACTS _ ARE AWARDED BY . WIGHW AV COM. The county highway .committee on Thursday -- afternoon -- awarded two contracts for ~bighway construction the total bids amount to slightly more than $200,000. John Griffith of Racinfe received the contract to pave Green Bay road from Grand avenue to York House church. The figure without cement is# $100,081.45, with 8!',8!1?! Including 'cement, making a total of $129,602.70. . This contract was let sub to scaling as there are only $106,000 available from the county _James H. Cape & Son of Racine Mu-« mz nm'":":% m""'m?é At & : 4 s to -- $16,338 z.u-uu in sase. the county furnishes the cement. s would approve the Green Bar section, und also the High t was sleep ) The following was received last gave strong i : week from one of our sub subscribers| tGrest in the '1iving in one of the lake shore cities: .. gave strong indications for a --beautiful balmy day. The sun's rays added heat | enough to cut the coolness of.the~air, thus making a motor trip quite éenjoy-- able.. With a party of friends decided to take a spin over Route 22, and YTrom this route branch off anywhere fancy hut ... -- ind | -- We'made our way to the house and after ringing the door bell a lady, in persona that makes a very strong | imp character and kindness, answered th 11. The writer made Landing at Half Day at 12 noon, we | found the distance covered, by actual reading, 105 miled. Our appoetites were . somewhat keyed up, so we decided to ; lunch _ After partaking largely from a well supplied country table, headed north over a beautiful section of the country, and newly finished concrete road to Libertyville, passing through : the village north.--. I Our attention was attracted by a well kept lawn, and on a well elevted hill, by ng@ture's formation gdully sloping to the southwest west, stood and old, old building. . Recent years indicated new additions. Our curiosity was sroused to such an extent that one of the party sug-- gested that we stop and try to pur-- chase some fresh country butter and egga. ?vn the wants of the party, but was Informed that this is an institution for the Lake county pm however, invit-- ing us in and introduced us to the superintendent (her busband) Mr. Philo Burgess, who extended to us every courtesy (for Which the party wishes to thank him), describing ev-- ery condition, every improvement in the main building of the home, which PLAN PROGRAM FOR FARMER'S WEEK AT --UNIV OF ILLINOIS Gives Courses in all Depart-- ments of Farm Work at +Meeting Starting Jan. 21. Urbana, NI., Dec. 22%.--Annual Far-- mer's week to be'held at the Uni-- versity of Mlinois, January 21 to 25, Wwill e of unusual -- interest this year as programs in seven different sec-- tions have been prepared. These sections will bP devoted to wy. animal husbandry, dairy ndry, farm organization and mahagement, tarm mechanics, beokeaping, and hor-- ticulture. 4 4 LIBERTYVILLE 'INDEPENDENT. THURSDAY, VOLUME XXXIL--NUMBER 52. «utered at the Postol{ite at Libertyrillie, IIL, as Becond Class Mail Matter Circulation Greater than other Weekiies in CountyCombined Lake County's Big Weekly | Let us now go to the laundry. Here we find everything modern--6 large tubs, recently installed, full of so'iled clothes soaking to© make ready for : Monday's 5 o'clock wash. . Adjoining : the laundry is a large drying room, | nicely ventilated with wire attached ' to a turnbuckle. The clothes are hung ' as o naclo thes line and the turnbuckle ! tightens the wire. ---- -- _ _. > ---- As we stepped into the hall of this institution, Mr. and Mrs. Burgess cast a ra yof sunshine on &ll the inmates' faces a cheery word here and a part-- Ing remary there, was of no unusual occurrence.. * f he: | planning of th&num( as a pPouus" | tive economic It. z> \ _ Farmers' week is & popular course zlo( addresses, demonstrations and ex-- mercises on subjects rélating to fatm \life. It is designed to give busy | farmers .a favorable ppportuntty to :securr valuable information, useful | instruction and practice . in -- the Now lét us step into the bakery, where a number of the latest improve-- ments have been made, and on sani-- tary lines. Large ovens that bake 60 loaves at each baking. _ . N-P;;; ?;t;'(io-&l--r}'.'vheu cream is saved for the butter, which is made by this institution. Every can and vess l is sterilized and left i nthe fresh air. Not one semblance of dirt can be seen and everything is beyond reproach. Now come with me to the stables and outbuildings.! _ . f First, the stable with teams of horses, which show plainly tlut'theg are well cared for, in keeping wit »very condition. The feed is cleaned First, the stable with teams® Ui horses, which show plainly tlut'theg are well cared for, in keeping wit every condition. The feed is cleaned by an automatic process. . The cow barn has been recently re modeled. All these buildings have ce~ ment floors. We find a number of beautiful cows in their stanthions. Now to the chicken coops, where farming, with the marketing, efficient manageine". of the business of farming and the planning of»th' farm as a produc-- science Oof agriculture, at of the 'year when work on the farm is least pressing. : The most entha-- siastic boosters of Farmers' Week are those who have returned from year to year. M 1 oL Gobll 0n OOO Wms Here's a lawsuit that is in the wrong court. The supreme gourt December 19 handed down an opinion tnull.fllll" m:h. ease of the DV.IL lage * ?'lfii chauer Brothers m Fred and Elmer L er apperled the Cns C eP PC Railway, lines of the Western Pas-- senger Association and of the Cen-- tral Passenger Association bave au thorized reduced rallroad tates.. The only expenge of the week will be board and lodging as there are no registration or incidental fees. on subjects rélating to fatm is designed to give busy a favorable ppportuntty to valuable information, useful on and practice _ in ~ the careful explanation of effitient managemeht * *) AM re, at a season rork on the farm The most entha-- s t ce tank 4 " > h mt 24 ¢o 7 i y :. o Now to the work shop. Here we find available tools for all kinds of trades, and Mr. Burgess --has adapted his energies in applying himself to meet all emergencies. . .<==~ «0 Next the store room.~ Here hanging tothejdsuweflndflhn&n'm steam fitters' fixtures that hMve been emergency. fe® :. x Next the great big garag recently arranged for 'the care of machinery during the winter months. Now to the root cellar, specially. at-- ranged. and full to the brim with sup-- plies for the winter, which were rais-- ed on the farm. $ NA 99 e _ Ding! Ding! There goes the bell. Let us go into the dining room.' Seat-- ed at long tables in a well lighted room, the inmates are enjoying a din-- ner of soup, meat, bread, butter, eoffea or milk, and judging from apvearances all are contanted. The" invalids who cannot go to the dining room are sery-- ed in their rooms. / _ _ * I wonder how many Lake county' residents have visited this institution to judge for themselves the horror of l "Over the Hills to the Poor House" or to measure its grandeur by the hard of work of Mr. and Mrs. Burgess | to make it a real home for unfortu nates?© I must not forget to mention siz Christian young men with musical insfruments, going to the chapel to preach the gospel and entertain t:ote noor unfortunate souls. --JSj A. B. $20,000 DAMAGES AWARDED EUGENE BOLLE BY JURY Damages of $20,000 weresawarded to Eugene Bolle, agaihst the Chi-- cago & Northwestern W 'com pany for the, loss Of leg, which wal crushed,.two years ago when he was n&flofl betw an -- en-- gine and a o:g chute tfiouh Bolle was employed as a switch man. The accident neCessitated two amputation operations ~and _many other operations, 'the leg ° becoming 4nfected, © He was In a Waukegan hospital for® monthss > ReturmRecord Verdict Against Chi':ako & Northwestern R. R. for Loss of Leg. :s The Jury was out only one hour, returning & verdict late Saturday afternoon." This is regarded as the la award for persona} :Sfln & been given by & in © '10¢ court in mahy years, accord-- to Judge Claits :C. Rdwards. * _tHme ago the company offer 64 Bolie $7,500 if he wguld settle 'The company has givest notice of a motion for a new trial. If this t denied an appeal will be prayed. WAUKEGAN WEEKLY one hour, be catried on a. few days.longer. state, has been practically completed, Col.. O. R.. Miller, director of. the Iilinois -- department of: puWlic ; and ~buildings, -- announced --today. Ncearly 'all 'contractors engaged on state road ; building projects. have wound up their work for the year and are storing their equipment for the winter. nl a few places in the gouthern part of the #tate .weather conditions -- have . permitted work -- to A total 'of 1,029.94 miles uz:: has been paved in the state thi year, according to the last report of the department. . A. few . additionat miles may be added to this récord before the 'close of the yera. in ad-- dition 47.88 miles of-- gravel r':l has been constructed, bringing the total of improved road added . to the uzw highway system in the 12 morths up io 1,077.8%. . oi Sul 12 months up .0 1,911.04. * > h More than 2,000. men and 1,000 teams' have eben employed in . the building of thees roads. Some in-- teresting records for laying concrete have been hung tup during the season. The largest runs. of con-- crete with an 8 to 9 bag mixer were made by W. O. Meneely working on Section 20 of 'Route 25. Meneely's mixer ran 2,017 fcet in one day and 1429 feet in one week. . s .---- _ _ The record time runs for class B mixers, 5 to 7 bags, were made by H. H. Hall's machine on Section 1 of Route 14, laying 1,620 fim concrete in a single day and 4 feet in a week. For class C . ers, 2 to 4 bag capacity, H. W. also holds the year's M machine working . on ection -- 1, Route 2, layed .700 teet in one and 2.981 feet in one week. 16 DEVELOPS PLANS TO HALT HUNTERS ~-- AT--NEW MEETMG Sheriff 'and --Farmers Hold Conference in City Thurs.; to Meet Saturday. Perfection of plans laid :{ Sherift KFd Ahistrom before the 'ot ty Farmersa' Protective C several weeks ago to halt f of hunters _from . were attempted Thursday 4 th tives of the association and the sher-- if in Waukegan. °_ > > % _.Plans to deputize farmers in vari ous sections of the county is still be-- Heved by the #Sheriff to be the best means Oof of hunters. _The 'completion of der | will be realited at A ie io sn oi wh e f uv?y organized Fear of the fAirst snow, if l;m"l: «ny, was today sls :s boticies that This wolit aheriff. He believes .LA ll"n bring out hundreds of hunters . fre Chicago and neighboring citties. -- of breaking up the erowds .- 13750,, Turne in Capitol B1 ~ -- Victor The ~downstate their-- first report, pledge cards, 11 § ATTA ;N;' thcfl_' ator® . 4 y Aapiria® s < quet: for the tion at the ary 15, and a bangu fessional men at the January 185 . .t _/ 1afées Wilt be heid Janu Governor Small sent a the meeting: predicting a victory on April 8. Capt. Eddie Goes Limp State Making: BRUNDAGE CAL LAKE CO. JUR """ + "a M" t"fl""'" L about the state on his rheur litical legs, calling the jury ' the "stupid> -- twely 1. Antaln 30/rceugooigin 10 i@, politi w wults every d'% 4 with this assertion, «which i again Wednesday night in & in Chicago. He made this'f in connection .with _ }tflal againgt"CGov.' SmakU" trumped db by the BFMR Edqdie seoms to IG horts. had @8 % ing that jur$ small,. Those ers, merchants 'and | simply too. bonest hoodwinked into | AlBt "'MW 7 make: t on % * golf. m;:"'" his +6 aageo's . a selt whows m éte. Np 0 "n'on'l privd ':', owb n' x'A: ':n o '.m.-gfifl atioe in arriving +~Brundage #ot line and now hbe dored and 1 CvOR . #$1.50 A Bena 66 TOT were ©apits of . s in to do Te