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Business was brisk in the Probate «ourt of Judge Martin C. Decker to-- day. s The petition to probate the will of Cadance Winters, Wadsworth, was set for Oct. 29 by the court. The property left in the.wili is valued at Court Takes Up Many Matters in Connection with Estates i The hearing on a petition for pro-- bate of the will of Cu'gt- George Bur-- nette, well known unhg: man, was also zet for Oct, 29. prop-- erty left by> Capt. Burnette was valued at $30,000. Petitions for letters of administra-- tlon in the estate of Frances Cos-- mano, Waukegan, showed a contem-- Plated action considered by benefi-- ciaries. The bond in the case was fix-- ed at 10,000. _A petition was filed in the court showing the death of Frank J. Ry-- «ler, insane, at Elgin some time ago, The final report and account in the estate of Mrs. Nancy Watrous, Waukegan, were approved and the zstate closed. ; Pcnninion was given in the estate of Mary Catherine Dixon to transfer Natural gas is used As fuCl ° generate electricity by public utility companies ..in -- fourteen states, in-- cludingWest. Virginia.. The. con-- sumption of gas for this "purpose during 1922 averaged 74,000,000 cu-- 000 crowns in 1921. America's public utilities, exclu-- sive of steam railroads, ropresent a total investment of $15,000,000,000. Tnat is more than four t'mes the in-- vestrient in the steel industry, It is several times the amount invest-- ed in oil or--automobile industries. bic feet a day. By dint of hard work and heavy taxation, Czecho--Slovaki is one of thowaumnmthinl sound financial condition today. In 1922 the country's trade balance was -- favorable . by -- 5,390,000,000 erawme-- eomnpared with 4,877,000,-- SOME FIRE PRE-- "A cigaret butt, carelessly dropped through a bull's eye in the side-- which burned 20 blocks of the city of Ba'timore, with a loss of $40,-- ble for fully three--fourths of them. Mh'uhmfio% which commonly cause fires prevent them. The loss by fire in the United States lutymw-"mml enough to have built the Panama Canal. It is estimated that 15,000 lives are lost by fire or burns in this country each year. In other words, almost half as many Ameri-- cans are sacrificed to fire each year :mmmmmw«u ar. The llincis losses run about $20,-- 000,000 a year, enough to build the Augusta, Ga. Most fires start from small,be-- Mmlyuqafim will | * prevent them. The loss by fire in the United States last year was $520,000,000, enough to have built the Panama| } Canal. It is estimated that 15,000 | | with the current tuirned on, wWas the cause of the $5,000,000 fire at roads.in five years. There were no big conflagrations in the United States last year. The tremendous loss total represents the piling: up of the usual losses day by day. i Three--fourths of the losses --are iIf Kidneys Act |If Kidness Act . _ Jad Sults is inexpensive, can not in; ) d makes a tul, efferves 1';:\: |'|'!\h'fl- mmw lots o' soft watet, 5 all means have m physiciin e your kidneys at twice a year, An FOR $100,000,000 bond Enough Water YENTION FACTS of distributing the losses --over . whole public:" The this tremendous bill in of in~ surance premiums, It is a tax just as surely as if it were by &A uxh;g body. A tax on careless-- ness Nof.ooddtuuvm-nhtlhfln hazard ouhh.m-hu.lnl:hx do not endanger property alone. They may burn out his neighbor or even the whole community. . L There is nothing difficult about fire prevention. It is just a matter of being ordinarily~ careful with things which> cause fires. Take matches and smoking. . With one exceptation, they caused the most fires in Illinois last year 1,628. Rub-- bish and litter started 579 fires. Imagine your misery and loss if fire should visit your home. Then keep fire hazards. eliminated throughout the year. _ > _ _ If heating equipment were made entirely safe, an carefully ognud- ed, more than-- a third of the fires eould be wiped out. Baby conferences throughout the state uniformly disclose the <fact that mhmttitzn is the most com-- mon ailment among the small chi!-- dren of Hllinois. This condition says state health officials, results not so much from poverty as from a bad choice of diet,. < These are Busy Days in The Men's Store -- 0 READ THE NEWS _ * _ Men Who Know Values Will Cash In On These Suits over the pays this rm of in-- '~g 7 by a careless-- Petty Little Village Leads Others in -- Public im-- provements "Excuse Our Dut." 5 y l rlning sun m. nor '_""" the re-- would be a good slogan z that | gions about Grass Iake and the Fox live up--to--the minute village . of | river. oo ie 4 Lake Villa. Again they are Hunters from Waukegan | bring the way. Every main street m back -- reports _ t 'fij'% romiscious the town is paved. shooting is plentiful and only mir-- With a commercial organization | acles and quizk serambling about of over ninety members this tow1 | save hats from being punctured. by gats more things done than any | the leaden hail. . . _ tawn three times its size in the| Despite the great number taking ccunty. The "putting . across" of| rdvantage of the $@@SON no casu-- Lake Vills Days the last th:ee years | alties have been reported. Deputy t.s been = piece of work worthy ofl State Game Warden Henry Kern any large community. . _ is keeping close watch on the lake Lake Villa harbors stockfarms| environs to see _ ha ';i' proper that have a 'reputations extending | rules are observed. . has . al-- across the country. Chesney Farms | ready taken several "_;lhlrges of has some of the best prize stock in | having violated the game laws. the map. This toWwn now has the prospect Lake Villa harbors stockfarms that have a 'reputations extending across the country. Chesney Farms has some of the best prize stock in the country. -- Lindenhurst _ Farm, Dering's and Frank -- T. Fowler's KE VILL VOTE ON have all put Lake Villa on o a Oct! 20, for 1 """f:' right of ways for the newly cem@nted streets. As the board had to get action to get these sutreets cemented, they went ahead with the improvement. NO CAswu%lE' LTIES CHALKED UP 1 Earliest ated , se -- seen from the Loz m , Calif., region was March 15, 'éu}ii'tia;pffm IN HUNTING SEAsoN A cloudbugst More of that wonderful grou created _bus selling last & new pat k and color combina is a at © from wmn rts -- that prom plentiful and on! quizk serambiing rom beifg u hail. P he great number of the season no been reported. e Warden Henry close watch on t} > see that the observed. _ He h: MANHATTAN SHIRTS mP" wonde rf z bring s iscious only mir-- ling about selling last --@nrtumiay . Ts« A=a /. | a=ien _/ eolor combinatians mad all sizes. The name Special values @9# BA reetl the » the re-- | _ Charles Hawkins, 47 years old, |Gurnee farmer, arrested two days l!to after he struck a nurse at the Sheridan Road Sanitarium, North | Sheridan road,> and szought to end 'his life by cutting his throat, was adjudged insane in the County |eourt today and committed to the 'asylum at Elgin. _ Hawkins still earried the band-- |ages about his meck where he \slashed himself but he appeared to |be well.= For several days he has |been voilent at the Lake County ss:ner'nl hospital where he had been kept. -- Charles He struck Miss Cynthia Aber-- nathy, a nurse at the sanitarium, when she tried to give him -- medi-- cine. He had been taken to the home for-- treatment and -- rest. When deputy sheriffs took him into re real suits--suits that carry the labels of the best known makers of apparel in the world and so chock full of style and quality they ppeal to every man who appreciates good clothes. The superb wool fabrics iakes long wear certain and the style and dependability built into them by master workmen insures lasting fit and good appearance. IN THE SUITS WITH ONE PAIR OF PANTS ARE SPLEN-- .__ DID MODELS FROM THE HOUSE OF KUPPENHEIMER want you to see these suits--examine the styles, the fabrics, and the Eurln;" g. We know you'll like them 'as soon as you set eyes on them. A ai'lendid array in & lpedlf showing for Saturday. They are handsome water--proof coats and are the last word in Fall styling. They're beautifully tailored in clever new models, These are real utility coats in every sense of the word and you'll wonder how you ever got along without one. Priced from-- a mss > 23 w : arles Hawkins, Gurnee Farmer, Is Committed to Elgin Other Swagger Suits With One or Two Pairs of Pants A+ P t n s i s o_' 200 on rey're A Gilt Edge Investment and Many Have aaw~s+~-- -- Two Pairs of Pants Stylish Gabardine Coats INSANE until it the stri In court today relatives _ and ried considerably about finances and feared that fi: would lose his property. He been melancholy. en Free ce Deputy ~~Sherift = took him to Elgin. a preventable disease is like recon-- structing a building . that burned down because of defective wiring Both are expensive ways of demon-- strating the value of periodic in-- Curing a person who is sick with Dealer in ? at Carl C. WELL CONTRACTOR and . fought to apply 2904 Gideon Avenue ZION CITY, ILL. Cross of the Order of B4 And of Russia, the two--pound ns chain composed of 1 k that was given by the h to Grand Duke Michael, is now own#d INSURANCE A. A. Grandy Libertyville -- IIlinois Phone 217--M SY *