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LUMBER easily keep one gOOd resolution, we suggest. Resolve that you will burn the best coal your money can buy. That’s “OLD BEN,” the purest and best Franklin County Coal sold in Downers Grove. Bum “Old Ben” Coal and Be Satisfied made this week will be broken next week andffollowing weeks of the year, by most of us. But we all mean well, and perhaps our good resolution Kept may mean health, wealth and happiness for him who is watchful during the year. Potter Mfg. 6c Lumber Co. All for 15 Cent; 1 Weak That i< why The Chicago Daily News has gone to such trouble and expense to make its funny pictures just as superior in their field :15 the news. editorial. financial and nthcr sections of the paper are in theirs. “Burl" Fisher, the creator of Mutt and Jcfi, has mule his characters so clever and VICRY \merimn is said to be born with .1 saw: of lmnmrâ€"â€"nmst of u: have enough tn nmm-cintc the capcrs nf those who arc cu fuil of it that they lmhhlc over and links t’w- \x-urhl l:1ug|I~â€"â€";lml children dcmztml tiu- "funm' sheet." 3m Wm» Ans um PAY me mvmmmsx Humor is Clean Clever Comics Good Resolutions THE CHICAGO DAILY NEWS COAL ' 1 Building Materials of All Kinds You Can Manufacturers Dealers Phone One Five he anice of life. By Famous Cartoonists A FULL PAGE OF EVERY NIGHT IN MILLWORK Voight’s I‘ctcy Dink and his domestic troubles are a scream. All in all, lhc‘back page of The Daily News is a sheet of humor that does much to make life worth while. Ilungcrford. in his "SIIomllcs.’ shows that happy faculty for drawing "kiddie" cartoons that amuse everybody. 1 Commissioner Bryce moved to ad« ijaurn to the next wgulnr meeting. gttatc January 5th 1920. On roll cal! {Commissioners Austin, Bryce. Hauor, :Heurtt and Mayor Barber voted Aye. ENays none. Motion carried. I Chas. M. Hitch i Village Clerk Pop. Has Connect Witch. Tho- custlicst much In llw world In a Jeweled thnoplece In the nos-tension of the pupa, which Is estimated to be worth mun. Cuhlhcrg's satirms an cvcrylny mm»; anccs and human itlinsyncracicc \vfll alwu} make ynu laugh. full of human nature, that he k paid carlmmist in the world. Japanese F lowers. It Is nflvn will! Jupnm-se flowers have [m «Till. hm this is Incorrect. (or among llwlll we Ilml llu- wild mm: and many mvoelmmolllng llliosnud orchids. Flowvrs (-mvr lung-l3- luto‘me llte of [he proph- uml un- nssnclutul wlm hutlmml hulhln,\'-Iu:.kiugs m different seasons of ”no )‘t'nr. Minutes of the meeting of Decem- ber 22ml ,were read and Commissioner “cam moved to approve same. On mll call Cmmnisaioners Austin, Hal~ lor, Bryce. Heartt and Mayor Barber voted Aye. Nays none. Motion car-4 vied. ' Present at mil call Mayor W. C. Barber and Commissioners Austin, Bryce and Heartt. Commissioner Hallcr dud not mspond to the roll call. Came in later. Downers Grove, 11].. Dec. 29th, 1919. Régular meeting of the Council of the Village of Downers Grove, Ill. OFFICIAL PRO- CEEDINGS OF THE VILLAGE B 0 A R D 23 3. Main St. Telephone 26 J. L. SWEARINGEN Gerwig and Schluuder, thx. old rh- als. have been having some great {matches during the vacation. Each gthinks he is :1 match for the other !and to date neither has changed his iopinion. They have rolled more than ltwcnty games in the past week with ‘Gcrwig splitting a little ahead. The league closed down over the hofiday season but wiH commence op~ u-mtionx again next week. On Tuesday evening. January 6th, the Downers Grove Bowling League willylwld a business mootim: in Dickc "all. Financial wpofls Will be read and the official standing of the clubs and individuals givon; BOWLING LEAGUE MEETS FOR BUS- ' INESS JAN. 6TH Mr. and Mrs. Edward Albee Whitâ€" man announce the engagement of their daughter, Miss Marion Isabel, to Charles August. Young, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles A. Young, of La Grange. The announcement is made of the engagement 'of Miss Mabel Riel, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Riel. to Mr. George M. stalker. so; ‘I’ Mr. and Mm. J. Stuiger. ENGAGEMENT ANNOUNCEMENTS mu“. r mu. Int-mic a largo and thick IN!» WIN! I'. “‘71!" frn'lwn up I. ‘nl'l and K” UM" hit-Iv! 2M: an“, \lnn urfl rub om «m- mw-Hc- ”nug- um. mmlnx mull": hard under Wuhan mm Mood m1. nml rubbing lllv Hm lml‘k (If I anfI‘. l-anh I'm".- r mm" be m manly. 0! mm mm- m at." 1'03"er for cushions r pmuws may Im pm an n cotton u: rml washed and vlflM. hi! I we- mhmry soaking in hmw «m to d ulmmnze. i (Elm Ellyn halal loam-m won 1hr lint. gun. at the town on their flour u'uwecbugobychemnofflto '21. It was I (am uni tum»: nun- ‘sn mm. the loan mowed grad {om Inn mm 0! their defeat. wmv- IMHO. DI! MW? have any '0. «mum M lptll 0'. M n ma-m m 'h' mum-rm- n mun n! deM lmvm ---v-w «autumn! cm "W "thin-m of ,mmiu-r It .IHII. ”That man a. uuL um" um!- and an Inn- u... m ""11"? mn I know " I:'- me mm!- m «Ia-1n "m "unto Iho- mum g". Tho .-».I nth-Orr "l! I )‘mm: INT!!!" .1]. '1 ' m In. “M'l lull «uh-u nm hot. ,..n\ gum”. In my." Mn! N v! «. II‘- n '0"! gnu-I ml. mm .93 ' . M.- whn nlnnu lmu‘ Ilwir "with - . ~l'll'lm lmu- ”w" mhul. M.” - n-uy "M Mr quit-1h him In" "‘g ‘ Hviflklfl' uhru HI I It will be I: double header. the first nod wean] mm: 0! each uchool bot- tling for supremacy. Followers of high school basket- ball will have a chance to see the locals in play at their home gym next Friday evening. Janunry 9th. On that evening the Purple squad will tulm on the Itprouontmiu-x o! (lu- Elmhurat high school in the llrat home game of the «non. Wing 8:004 sum Fm Fulton. )lnlw a sum minivan u! m" in I'l- FIRST HOME H. S. BASKETBALL GAME FRIDAY The publishers of the ctminty'aroI inking this step for-mutual benefit and help. Their problems in the get- ling out of community newspapers lure similur ones . Each is a mom- her of the Illinois Press Association which urges all its mcmhm's to or- ‘ gnnize by counties and by frequent’ meetings and discussion of pl’OblL’lnE‘ to take out of the business of running I a weekly the great uncertainty as to costs of production and other vital problems. Dan F. Merrill of Hinsdzflc. and (300. Smith of Wheaton, were elected President. and Secretary-'l‘rcusurcr of the new association mspactivcly. Out of the eight community news- [apeis in the territory scum were iepmsentcd as fellows: Hinsdale Do- 1ingrs, Dan Merrill, Naperville Clarion, ‘Rollo Givler, West Chicago Press, I‘. E. Treudt; Wheaum Illinoian, H. L. Durant; Wheaten Progressive.- Geo. Smith; Lombard News and Elmhurst Press, H. L Beltlestone; Downers Grove Reponter C J. Winter and W. J. Status. At a meeting of the publishers of the community newspapers of DuPage county held at Wheaton Tuesday ev- ening. the Dul’age County Publishers Association was launched. COUNTY COMMUN- ITY PUBLISHERS NOW ORGANIZED May the Blessings of this Holy Season be upon You and Yours now and thru all the days of the coming year. Faithfully yours, mu 0' Talking To. "ugh, S. Andrew’s Church THE NATION-WIDE CAMPAIGN FOR THE COMMUNITY HUGH M. MacWHOR TER Unit-lam d I... “on Is "'0' popular nonâ€" for m- m! kind! at small Gnu-Mm ohm. “Mt-h Mutt-OI In damp Mm 7|- mountains and «a ("mm-ts (an. .1 mass an M urn" nrvm In retail-m. 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I Inlet.) non- inxhnm in gum: I to". over um I hul planned on null-g I whit #04 I'm ycur. but our moving hut knock- “! that in the had sad I don’t hm when I am be thin Co com but on r HIM." Wr arr ulml :0 hour of the W Mr. Iml Mm. hum" have had with l'wir fruit much on! their muy old friend.- bur I'm njnim :10. than. Mr. and Mm. Dan Latimer of Grandview. “'3le. former residents of Downer“ Grove. luul I great fruit season [nan your according to A let- u-r received {Iom them by Hrs. Knac- m-r of I'I"ncu avenue. : Following the policy carried out pa-licn Aurora was made a separate [division exclusive of Chicago terri- tory. all revenue mane“ of DnPagga‘ lrounty will be handled thru the Auro- lra office now instead of Chicago. as ‘lias been the custom. A deputy or deputies from his olfice will he use- .<igm:d to take charge of the DuPage county territory. The principal cities :ichch-d will be Wlieaton ,county seat. Naporvillc, Downers Grove, West Chi- cago and llinsdalc. FORMER RESIDENTS HAD GREAT FRUIT CROP THIS YEAR The addition put sfour counties in the Aurora district, known as the Eighth division, First internal new nuc district of Illinois. They are Kane. Kendall, DuPage and DeKalb. Erilargement of the internal um- ue district of which Auwm is the head has been made by adding Du Page county to the territory super- viacd by General Deputy lnspecter P. I“. Fullmcr. Mr. Fullmer was not!- fied that his deputies will be distri- buted so as to cover the added county. DuPage Co. to be Included in AINI'I Township of Which Inspector Full-net flu Charge. CHANGE U. "S. TAX OFFICE