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IS BIG AID TO ROAD BUILDING ' 54.179 Miles of Cement Road Were Constructed in the VOLUME XXXIH.--NUMBER 39. . i * Hard road contractors are taking ad-- vantage of the recent improvement in weather conditions. The state. high way Jivision announces that;> during the week ending September 11, 69.79 miles of pavement were constructed. "This mark has been exceeded in only one week during the present season. The construction thus far this year has now reached a total of 85704 miles. -- This is 135 milés more than had been completed at the same time last year. Construction is now runrfing four weeks abead of the 1923 program. Colonel C. R. Miller, director of the department of public works and build-- ings, and Frank T. Sheets, chief high-- way engineer, declared themselves as highly pleased with the progress the state is making in road work. In com-- menting on the records I!llinois is es-- tablishing, they made the following statement : "When the $100,000,000 bond issue was first proposed, opponents of the bill claimed it was impossible to bufld{ 1,000 miles of pavement in one year. "That claim was refuted in 1923, and this year's performance indicates that last year's accomplishments were not accidental, but can even be surpassed. Furthermore, it has been proved that such a program can be carried on at fair and éifuitable prices, and without interfering with other public and. pri-- wvate construction enterprises. Naturally, the development of the various factors responsible for such an enormous program has nbt been a simple task. It was not possible to organize an'engineering foree of the calibre of our division of highways in, a single year.-- The building up of the cOntracting and material producing 4industries of the State, to the point where they could consistently produce c;v;'-- '1,666' miles of pavement a year, also was a process which required con-- siderable yime. Unless the bond issue carries, these organizations will practically have to disband at, the end of the present year. Not only will this mean a great eco-- nomic loss, but if at some future time the State should decide to again take aup its road building activities, several years would be required to rebuild these organizations. '--ff'miii;ifq ever to have a compre-- hensive road system, now is the time to provide for it. _l_l'l'e time will never o EPPE Pn CS come when the State will be better prepared to prosecute -- a large con-- struction program than at present. If the roosed bl?d issue carries, no bonds will be sold until the money is actually needed for construction. Fur-- ther, the automobile license fees will rovide sufficient funds to pay off the proposed $100,000,000 bond issue, and provide an adequate yearly surplus for maintenance and other purposes. No direct tax wfil be required." The Lake County Dairy Judging team, composed of Albert Herman, Philip Simpson, Lewis Barthel, with their coach, C. L Kutil, agricultural teacher at the Antioch Township «High School, have returned to Anti-- <ch the possessors of a beautiful red ANTIOCH YOUTHS SECOND IN STATE JUDGING CONTEST Albert Kerman, Lewis Barthel, Philip Simpson Win Honors for Lake County. ribbon, second u:trd at the state judging . contest eld at ©Springfield. together with $28 in premiums. The local boys cathe within two points of winning the state cham pion-- ship, and the honor of representing the state of Hlinoi# :'c- the National Dairy show. The ners, -- Bureau County team, #gcored 1471 'and the Lake County team scored 1469. Bu-- reau Coubhty is as many times winner in dairy judging contests, -- having won first prize at the Aurora state fair for the last three years. _ That Mr. Kutil's boys made a good showing can be judged from the fact that the next neg@rest point 'scored was 250 points below his \ _ Advertisin® in The Independent! is «noe way of sowing seeds of future wards. &v 1 ke Co. is proud o the showing that the boys froqrtl'lo swection mada, and also proud of" the~fact that all Of these boys are products of one of Iits high schools. _ < «~~ _ & The winners 6f the prizes in order were: Burean County, Arst; lLake County, second; Knox. county, third; and #t. Clair county, fourth. State in One Week. _ LAKE COUNTY INDEPENDENT _ Late County's Big Weekb LIBERTYVILLE INDEPENDENT DOCTOR DROWNE3; -- THREE COMPANIONS Dr. 0. W. Heerwagen of Chica-- go, Dies in Mineola Bay When Storm Upsets Boat. The Sunday storm toll in Lake county was the life of Dr. 0. W. Heer-- wagen, of 4034 Melvania Ave., Chi-- cago, three companions were rescued after clinging to the boat which was capsized in . Mineola Bay, Fox Lake, during the high wind late in the aft-- ernoon. . Dr. Heerwagen and-- his compan-- lons were returning from Wildwood in a boat when the squall came up, the high waves filling the boat with water. The doctor was a good swim-- mer and altbhough the boat was in the middle of the lake he attempted to swim ashore His companions clung to the water--filled craft, which did not sink, and they were saved by The doctor was. unable afloat and he sank hbefore party con!ld reach him. a rescue party from Jensen's Landing which heard cries for help. _ _One of the other three men who were resceued was Waiter Harris, also of Chicago. 0 The doctor was a chiropractor, and practiced in Chicago for a number of years. He was about 30 years old. and unmarried. *, 0 The sherifft's office was notified and then the coroner,. A party headed by Charled® Brudner. of Richmond,. for-- mer neighbor of Dr. . Heerwagen, spent Monday morning dragging the lake in an effort to recover the doc-- tor's body. §o_ Another one of Dr. Heerwagen's companions, whose identity . was learned Monday afternoon was Harry Baverly, a printer, emploved by the Chicago Herald & ¥xaminer. _ Another boat containing a half doz en persons came near being capsized in Fox Lake, near Crabapple lal:ngd. when the storm broke. The boat be-- came entangled in the weeds to such an extent that the motor propeller stalled. A rescue party from Jen-- sen's succeeded in bringing the boat ashore after great difculty and dan-- ger to the rescuers themselves, NEW ROAD OPENED THROUGH LAKE CO. The new plece of road on Route No. 81 has been opened between Rol-- lins and Libertyville, and this route now is improved with condrete from Lake Vilia to Chilcago, through Lib ertyville. 'The last section was op-- aned > Thaorsaday.~ e NE N* > "a9 8t " Contrabtor K. H. Merrick is about ready to pour concrete on the Lake Villa--Fox Lake road stratch. d ARE RESCUED to keep the rescue lva-- LUIBERTYVIHLE, LAKE .COUNTY, ILLINOIS, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER,25, 1924 'This Is the Flashy One.'" CHARGE YOUTH WITH CAR THEFT Marshal Limberry has been on the lookout for Mike sinrcé November 18 of last year, when he and "Red" Horn took the --Holman auto and drove to Chicago, abandoning the machine in that city. Horan was ra.rmted soon after and plead guilty, and settled for his part of the affair. Gabrays has been working in Chicago, and says he has made two trips to Libertyville, but between two days. It is said he came here once dressed as a flapper. He was picked up by the detective squad in a raid on a pool room, and when questioned fearned he was wanted in Libertyville.: He was taken to jail in Waukegan Thursdat night. -- Mike Grabeys, of Libertyville, is in the county jail where be is charged with the theft of an automobile be longing to Amos Holman, of Liberty-- ville. Depnis Limberry, of Liberty-- ville made the arrest. The theft is alleged to have been committed a year ago. C W.C.T.U MEETING HELD TO PLAN COUNTY MEETING The W. C. T. U.held a meeting at the Methodist church, Waukegan. Friday afternoon for the purpose of planning for the county convention, the 50th anniversary and deleogares also were named to the Cook county meeting. Aalso Name Delegates to Cook County Meeting Next Week in Chicago. The 50th anniversary wil} be held next April and plans are being made to entertain many wisitors from oth-- er states. The golden anniversary committee was named as follows: Mesdames Jennie Just, E. C. Yager, B. E. Gibbons, Roy B. Twontyman, Mary Albflc& J, M. Pheips, Chas. Wa trous, Alfred Peterson, John Clark, Wyman Harris. s t--ar o9 Mrs,. Carl Hansen led the doevo-- tlional service. t t c Mesdames R. E. Thomas and Mary Metcalt were named as delegates to the Cook county convention to be held ':m' %5--26 in Chicago. Mrs. Rarl W sonductad the leasson on "scunty government." Refreshments wate gerved." Entered at the Postoffics at Libestya) ile, Nlinois, as Sesond Class Mail Majfes. 10 GEHRLS DIES; WAS -- CONDUCTOR OF A _ --33,000 VOLTAGE Arnold Gehris, aged 34, who lived in the cottage by the Public Service Station No. 87, near Lake Bluff, died at the Victory Memorial hos pital early Saturday morning from burns and shock following his fall-- ing into a rod carrying 33,000 volts Victim of Accident at P. $. Co. Substation Dies from ~ His right arm touched the charged rod and the .urrent carried through his body and grounded through his feet. Witnesses declared that the shoes were burned from his feet. Gehrls was rushed to the hospital where doctors administered aid. His condition, a few hours after the ac-- cident was reported as favorable, but shortly before midnight he be-- gan to lose strength. * _ From what can be learned the man was stenciling what is tgrmogl a "bus--bar'. Apparently he --slipped, his right arm coming in contact with a lightning arrester hood, which carried the charge. His wife, who was in the cottage, rushed for aid and flagged a Lib-- ertyville division car of <the North Shore. Motorman Harry Renner, a member of the company first aid team. used artificial respiration me-- thods and restored Gehrls to con-- sciousness before outside ald arrived. John Gehris of Roselle, II1., father of the deceased, raced.against death for the greater part of Friday night in hopes of seeing his son alive. He lost by little less than five min-- utes. s Besides his wife and a 11--year--old son he leaves his father and mother, two brothers, Theodore, who lived with him: and 'Herman, of Wauke gan; and four sisters, Mrs. Martha Hanselmann, Milwaukee; Mrs. Min-- nie Rose, Forest Park; Mrs. Elsie Spiegel, Elgin; and Mrs. Lydia Bur-- row of Platte, Wis. MANY ROBBERIES . wORK OF BOYS A large number of robberies at ILong Lake, involving the theft. of much property from -- summer cot-- tages, is betieved to have been the work of boys, according to an invea tigation made Monday by Sheriff Ahlstrom. The home of James Olt-- phant was robbed of several hundred dollars worth of guns, furs, clothing and other effects. lannl other cot-- tages in the vicinity were broken Into, sometime last week, I!t is be Meved. No clueo was obtained to the identity of the thieves. Burns. FROM THE COUNTY| . mss are availing th Urge Sale of Present Site at|sinie throus» "% W.qas Meeting at Liberty-- |% arier in 'a ville Last Monday Night. _ |bas: the followi At a mass meeting held Monday night under auspices of the Kiwanis elub at Libertyville, at which many plans were inaugurated for the form-- ing of a syndicate to ~purchase the present site of the Lake county poor farm at that place, and an offer of $800 an acre was also made. The citi-- zens here are opposed to the lo-- cation of the proposed new poor farm residence on the present site, being of the opinion that it will stifie the growth of the village to the north, and that a more suitable location canh be found elsewhere. y Dr. O. H. Smith, president of the Kiwanis club presided. About $68,000 worth of shares in such a syndicate was subscribed, and the .committee expressed confidencé that the re-- mained would be subscribed soon. At the offer of $800, the 155 acres would bring a total of $124,000. A committee named by the super-- visors, and another representing the citizens looked over about a dozen proposed sites for the new poor-- house Monday, They. looked at Property near Libertyville, Gurnee, Gage's Corners, Wadsworth, Grays-- lake, and it was estimated that sites could be purchased at from $175 to $300 an acre. The other buildins on the present site represent an outlay of about $©0,000, it was stated, and it was estimated that at the differ-- ence in what the county could get for the present site, and what it could purchase another site, a new poor-- house could be built so that the bond Issue would ~not .exceed $150,000, If the residence is built on the-- present site it will cost approximately $240,-- ORM SYNDICATE . \NEW MOTOR ROUTE TO BUY POOR FARM | PROYES POPULAR 000, according to Architect H. P. Beers' estimate. welh L2 ) oge c A resolution was adopted asking that the supervisors locate the poor farm at a place other than the pres-- ent site. ' + . Under the syndicate plan no sub-- scriber is permitted to take more than. $2,500 worth or shares, this be-- ing to prevent a few speculators to get control of. the present site: and to show that the residents of Liberty-- ville are acting in good faith, A delegation of 100 or 150 persons from Libertyville were at the special meeting of the supervisors Wednesday to present their views on the proposi-- CHARGES MATE _ -- THREW BOTTLE -- TO KILL HER Mrs. Mildred Wallace, of Liberty-- ville, has filed suit for _ divorce against Edward Wallace, charging many acts of cruelty and unfaithful-- ness.: Mrs. Mildred Wallace Also Alleges Husband Dragged Her Up a Stairway. She alleges that following their marriage in Chicago he tried to kill her by hurling a bottle at her, and did succeed in inflicting a severe wound. On another occasion,. she charges, he dragged her up a~stair way, and also frequently threatened to kill her. She also alleges that he charged her with being responsible for a loathsome disease which he contract-- ed, and that these accusations against her are untrue. The bill further charges that he was in the babit of associating with women of immoral reputation. _ The bill asks that Wallace be enjoined fromdisposing of any prop-- erty until the case is, beard. ALLEGED BIGAMIST PUT IN BASTILE John oJhnson, of the bunkhouse, Chicago Hardware Foundry, is in jail charged with bigamy on a com-- plaint signed byTedora -- Conopiotis, who is said to be the brother of Maxtroxa oCnopilotis, who is alleged to be wife number 2. The arrest was made Friday by Deputy Stark. SHERIFF RECOVERS A STOLEN MACHINE Through the sheriff's office J. G. Porter, of the Riverside hbotel, Au-- rora, has been able to recover his Ford sedan which was stolen from the Clayton hotal, Waukegan, Aug. 16. The machine was. abandoned near Grass Lake, where Deputy Ben Nee-- ley took charge of it Thursday aft-- ernoon WAUKEGAN WEEKLY SUN _ _ are availing themselves of a new The route goes north to the Mil-- waukee avenue road--state route 31 via . Libertyville and northwest to Belvidere road. over the new stretch of concrete opened this month. Then west to Volo, south to Wauconda and Lake Zurich, and return to Chicago on the most picturesque country in lllinois and touches pop-- ular 'points in the northern Illinois lakes playground. MRS. BYRON COLBY, PIONEER, DIES AT HER HOME HERE Woman Who Was Linked With Early History of Lake County Heart Disease Victim. of the early residents of Waukegan and Libertyville, died at ner home in Libertyville last Saturday night, sev-- eral hours after she suffered a stroke of heart disease. . She had been suffer-- ing from heart attacks for some time and was under a doctor's care. Mrs. Col§y was born at Fermont Center, on: Oct. 10, 1851.-- As A& little girl she--went to Waukegan and was brought up by Aunty Marsh, who con-- ducted the Sherman House, one of the city's early hostleries of note.. Her maidem name was Nannie Bliss. . Upon her marriage to Mr. Colby she moved to Libertyville where her hus-- band was in business for several years before they moved to the farm in Lib-- ertyville township which they conduct-- ed for 35 years, when Mr. Colby re tired and they moved to Libertyville where they have made their home for Yhe past 16 years. ~o>.00 0 ~0 _ : Besides her husband © Mrs. (Colby leaves four sisters and one brother, Mrs. lIda Green .of Kaukauna, Wis, Mrs. Kate Elizabeth Phillips and Mrs. Clara Nelson of Bassett, Neb., Mrs. Maude Lusk of Lake Forest, III., and David Bliss of Tilden, Neb.; also four daughters and one son, Lester Colby, editor and publisher of the Oil and Gas magazine, Kansas City, Mo.,. Mrs. Reuben Thomas of Belvidere road, Mrs. T. Arthur Simpson, wife of the county superintendent of schools, Mra. Walter T. Marlatt, wife of the editor of the Kenosha News, and Mrs. Joseph May of Milwaukee, but recently of 409 Ash street, Waukegan. Funeral services were held Tues-- day afternoon at 2 o'clock at the resi-- dence on Brainerd Ave., conducted by the Rev. Mr. Gwyn, pastor of St. Law-- rence's Rpiscopal church. Interment was in Lakeside cemetery. ---"i;b;vvdc;liy's celebrated their golden wedding anniversary two years ago. SEDAN DESTROYED TN SUNDAY FIRE an automobile caught fire just south of Deerfleld in Lake county and burned completbly. _ According _ to Waukegan people who were coming home from the south, the car seem-- ed to be in flames all of a sudden and the occupants were seen to make a burried escape from the car and rush to safety off in the fields. The car burned so rapidly that the tires were heard to explode and for a time there was great excitement in that vicinity APPROPRIATION SET BY BOARD The county board, in session Friday afternoon, set the annual appropria-- tion at $570,00¢, according to appror-- imate estimates. This would be about a $40.000 increase over the last year. 2 & The sheriff was denied his plea for $15,000 for a county motorevcle po-- ee force, and the board allowed $5,000 of this amount, the same that was given for the present summer. Waukegan radio fans will be giving their superheterodynes a rest Mon-- day night, September 29, and, instead of trying to get Tos Angeles and other distant points. will take a lit-- tle trip over to The Armory where Frint George, producer of quality en« tertainments,"is to prasent, in paor-- son, a large group of Chicago's fore most radio artists. Byron Colby, 73 years old, one Chicago motorists $1.50 A YEAR IN MOTHER REFU: TO BELIEVE o i The shock of 1¢ mg baby© had died, while she . husband were motoring 8 tween Evanston and L ¥ affected Mrs. Fred ; Monroe avenue, Racine, , fused to give up the £ tinued to care for it as If alive. * 3 s Nothing that could be sa%d ¢ by Coroner J. L Taylor . B. N. Parmenter of Lake | could persuade the woman | up her dead chud.' 3 ,fli'" A9l1 during the inquest, W held Saturday,. she clung baby, petting her and rub face next to hers. \~ Sen There was no show of emot her face, it is said, but simply mon expressions that ould 1 pected of a mother caring . child. She treated the baby @ as if it were alive, and did n lapse until the inquest and death pronounced as been caused from conyvulsion ing from intestinal ouble. 'deceased was Joan Louise B two and one--half years old. mother held the child from 6 in the evening until 10 o'clo The Kubaths had been re from a vacation in Michig@ the road between E a an Forest the baby became ill an saw Dr. Parmenter at % He expressed the belief 'th had died an hour earlier. _ . The county no:mmm: who have been pa ways tince spring, '.l'lgn' be la about Oct. 1, as the $5,000 apDi tion of the ~county for that will have become exhausted. . CO. MOTOR COPS . TO QUIT OCTOBED The sheriff's office asked $18, for the continuation of the . but the board ~voted only C'a that amount at their afternoon . sion Friday. This fund will not available until next spring. In . meantime the motorcycle offi will be laid off, _ oo e Co. Board Voted Only $5, The cops, at the beginning of the present season, purchased their MA chineés and uniforms, and this amount was refunded to them out of the @arB ings of the office. 3 . uts During the season the shoriffs office earned more than Ma fines and nabbed 37 beer: T8, | each of these being fined $800. ... A petition signed by a large DUM« | ber of Gurnee business and profese . sional men Friday asked the county . board to urge the early completion of / paving construction and the opening k of the new bridge at Gurnee. " project has been under way for tWo years, and the petitioners stated they . believe it should be completed thi i" fall, if possible because Gurnee :-g; dents have been greatly -- i venl=; -- enced, and business men have : * tained congiderable loss in ®, as a result of the long delays. -- _ . . DEMAND ACTION ON _ GURNEE PAVING Supervisor Maether declared that engineers have -- stated . the ge, should be permitted to settle thot~ oughly before the approaches Are paved because if it does not settle to the lowest level the paving at the approaches would crack. $%.« R. W. Chittenden, of Gurnee, dé clatred the money has been tied up, in the project long enough so tha some benefits should be. forthe i# soon. . He also stated that the OI8 bridge now being used is unsafe. . | The matter was referred -- to . road and bridge committea. / MB COUNTY TURN sW AMP LAND The committee of the bo pervisors to whom was to matter of an offer of $500 W. Hatch, of Antloch, 1 claim deed to m1 land, on Friday reported to for Next Year; $ Asked $15, an ofr our Hours as If it Alive. FUNDS FEXHA n of the meating. e nume« . . profem= _ Auy opening: n e. The |