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Lake t s f r?v V VOL. VI, NO. 8«. Phone Wilmette 1640. WILMETTE, ILLINOIS, FRIDAY, MAY 7. IMS, Room 2, Brown Building. PRICE ?1V£ CENTS yOU WILL NEED A MAP TO PLAY It Has Been Changed so Ma- terially That It Is Like a New Links Now. INCREASE PAR ONE Distance is Also Lengthened —Hardest Nine is First By Gtorge F. Thomson. Skokle players will need guides, as well as caddies, when they start play- ing on the rearranged course Satur- day. Those who have not been out at tho club einco last fall will hardly rec- ognise the new lay-out. Donald Ross, the golf architect, drew the plans that just turned the thing around, and the work has been completed. with the water apparatus overhead They are neat, and, will undoubtedly -prove-mei The old sixteenth hole has been kept Intact and wUl be used for a practice hole. The old eighteenth green, just off to the south of the veranda, will also be kept for practice. Mr. \V. Q. Fovargue, the professional, is keeping busy with lessons, and hie assistants In the shop aay the club orders have exceeded all past reords. MILWAUKEE ELECTRIC TO COMPETE WITH N. W. Double Power Motors and Enlarged Cars Are Planned. In an effort to compete with the Chicago and North Western railroad service between Chicago and Milwau- kee, the officials of the Chicago aud Milwaukee electric road are planning to have placed on their through runs between those two terminals motors with nearly double the power now used on the road. It Is the plan of tho road to clip twenty-four minutes from tho running time over the through lines and If this la done it will bring the schedule down to an even basis with the steam |lue. It is declared alio to he the inten- tion of the electric line to have larger and more commodious cars placed on the line and in this way it Is hoped by Will Catch a Slice. ~fheHrst tee is twenty-five yards The officials that some of the business south of the old tee. The lake Is now do Interference, except for a bad slice. The first green Is the old sixteenth. The hole is thirty-five yards longer. The second driving tee is southwest of the new first green. The second green ts'the Oid~eighthr The new dis- tance reduces this hole forty-six yards. Some Slight Increase. When you are at the third tee you are practically in the same place where you were on the old arrange- ment when you had arrived at the ninth hole. The third green is the old thir- teenth. The distance is increased from 318 yards to 407. You are Introduced to the first of the new raised greens when you ar- rive at number four. This has been built out in the marsh. The new dis- tance is 320 yards. The fifth tee has also been built in the marsh. The gteen la the old eleventh. Tbto is now a 540-yard hole. The sixth is the old twelfth, .'With little change, except tor a new green, which has been moved west enough to give a boomerang effect. The new distance is 402 yards. The seventh goes over the old fourteenth. It is a comparatively short hole, being 230 yards long. Only Changed the Number. Tho eighth is merely the fifteenth *<th the number changed and the dis- tance shortened eighteen yords. The ninth brings one back to the club house, which was a feature lacking In the old arrangement. Formerly one was left way down the course at the end of the first nine, and it was a long wain back to the club house. The change has made the first nine the hard one to play. The old distance on this was 2,802 yards. It Is now 3,1*5 yards, The first nine wee once the easy leg, and the real golf came In tne windup. Now a man faces the hard proposition when he is fresh. Even with the increased distances, the scores should hold up just about the same. ' The tenth tee Is the next door ueighbor of the first. This hole par- allels the old sixteenth. The distance is cut from 462 yards to 450. The eleventh is the old eighth hole, backwards. There is still a short walk to the tee. from the tenth green, but not as far as the Journey from one to two under the former scheme. Going Backwards. rne twelfth is the seventh hole re- versed, with the green in back of the old sixth. There is also a raised green. The distance is 248 yards. Number thirteen is six in reverse. in© green is in front of the old sixth tee. Fourteen crosses the fifth hole over to the old fourth green. But you don't play the old green. A new one of the raised variety is there. Fifteen to four. fifteen is tour, noVto saathematfes, but in this golf course. Sixteen Is the third, back to the old seventh green. This makes the ditch, which was just in front of the third driving tee. a fair hazard for this second shot. Seventeen used to be the second hole. The new raised green is in front of the old ninth. Distance is now 302 yards. is now being handled by their competi tor will bo theirs. These cars aro said to be under the course of construction at the present time and it is expected that they will be in opnrntlon here early In the sum- mer so that tbo vocation crowds may be handled with more dispatch than has been the case In the past. MINSTREL MEN WANT YOU TO HEAR THEM North Evanston Men Will Present a Big Show on May 20 and 21. OF ROADS HAVE WE GOT IN 0.5.? Department of Agriculture Is Making a Survey of the Kind and Mileage of Country Highways. FULL INFORMATION When Results Are Tabulated Follow-Ups Witt Deter- mine Best Material. Mayor Harry P. Pearsons Win W the interlocutor for "Bvanston's Greatest Minstrel Show," a strictly home talent production, to be put on May 20 and 21 at the Lincoln wood school. North Evanston men, members of the Neighborhood club, are working day and night under tbe direction of Mr. L. N. R. Sweet, and the songs, skits, "bones," and tambourines are fast rounding into good form. There has been considerable com- petition for the end men positions. The following were finally selected after several spirited try-outs: Harvey L. Hanson, real ole time Ala- bama negro minstrel; M. J. McAdams, "the clogging wonder"; Everett T Marsh and Gordon Fox, long and short ends"; Paul Dllg, tbe famous hero of the "tambourines"; Hugh T. Harvey of the "bones." The proceeds of the affair will go to the Neighborhood club for school libraries, so the show is surely a pub- lic benefit. The seating capacity of the assembly room of the Lincoln wood school Is about 500 and it is hoped that the room will be filled to capacity both nights. The North End men promise "three hours of fun" for fifty cents, and the leaders claim there will be enough "hot shots" among the local hits to make It worth that money—not to mention quartets, duets, banjo and mandolin music, real "coon" argu- ments, dialogues, skits and chorus music. •POKE ON TOWN PLANNING. M. H. West, formerly superintend- ent of Lincoln park, but now presi- dent of the American park builders, spoke before the meeting or the Wil- mette Civic association at Library hall on Wednesday evening. His topic was, "Small Town Planning." Appli- cation of the principles Involved were applied to Wilmette In an entertain- ing and instructive manner. Joseph Helnzen, treasurer of the Civic asso- ciation, is making a special Campaign to collect duea. course. The new green is right at the edge of the sidewalk leading to the locker rooms. Thin i» a 520-yard hole and is saidWho ti»tTfeJst=©u^oa the course. Skokle looks good. The turf ur in fine e""dfttow. the club bouse Is Invit ing. and the course fete JftaJff£JtoP» sfnee It wan laid out- The regular i season wilt not open until Decoration day. but playing is on every day The United States Department of Agriculture Is now gathering Informa- tion which, when complete, should not only give the total mileage of public roads in the United States and their cost, but should serve as a basis tor estimating the relative value of the different kinds of highways. Soma 15,000 sets of inquiry blanks have al- ready been distributed tfirough the State Highway commissions and some of these ere now beginning to come back to tbe department. Each set consists of four cards. Ten Classes Of Roads. Of these the first asks for informa- tion on tho mileage of different classes of roads In tbe county to, which it is sent. The mileage does not Include, of course, streets in cities and towns. Tbe roads are divided into ten classes as follows: brick paved, concrete, macadam with the addition of some substance such as asphalt, oil, or tar, plain macadam, gravel, shell, other hard surfaced roads, sand and clay mixture properly graded and drained, ordinary earth roads properly con- structed, and, finally, unimproved The Tax Rates. Tbe second card asks for informa- tion In retard to the tax rate for the roads and the amount or work and -g^^-gspaadod- ©a - them. * The third blank la concerned with the names of local road officials, and the fourth with facta in regard to the bond issues and the indebtedness of the counties for their road systems, Average Per Square Mile. As there are approximately 3,000 counties in the United States, in many of which the mileage has never even been estimated, It Is hardly probable that this preliminary survey will be exact. The department, however, will be able to detect any excessively in- accurate reports for the road mileage per square mile of territory does not vary excessively. Except In desert or undeveloped country less than half a mile of public road to every square mile of territory Is rare, while in the most thickly populated rural sections the maximum is no more than 2% or 3 miles. Thus, tn Prance, there Is an average for the entire country of 170 to a square mile. In Italy, however, this has fallen to .86, possibly on ac- count of the mountainous character of much of the peninsula and of Sicily and Sardinia. In America the average is approxl mately .80 miles, which, in view of the fact that much of the country is sparsely settled, seems unduly high. An explanation, however, is to be found in the fact thai-la- many states the few provides that each section line shall be a public road. Thus, for ex ample, there are in tbe state of Iowa alone more than 104,000 miles of toga! highways, manifestly a mucn larger mileage than la required by traffic, continue The Inquiries, When the information In regard to the existing roads which the depart- ment is now seeking is complete, it to the intention to continue the Inquiry year after year in order to ascertain the durability and economy of the various kinds of highways. The data thus collected should be useful to road engineers all over the country and it to hoped that county agents and others last men's club ^mehbIg^ijesbay Will Elect New Officers and Hear Vaudeville Program. Tbe Menu club of Wilmette will hold its last meeting of the season on Tuesday evening, May 11, at the Wom- an's club building. Our newly elected village president, Oscar W. Schmidt, has accepted the invitation of the Men's club to give its members a forecast of some of-the measures he is planning to consum- mate during hie term of office, for the advancement of village interests. The annual election of officers will also take place, the nominating committee appointed by Mr. Itfff having duly re ported tbe following candidates for offices for the ensuing year: Fur neen; vice-pros!- r. Hairy W. M. Bingham; di H. J. Zaremba, wman and O. W. president, P. J. dent, A. L. Rice; Miller; secretary, rectors for two O. G. Corns, L. A. Rose. The meeting will conclude with a brief but snappy program of vaude ville talent, which will put the happy finish on tbe series of entertainments covering (he season;of 1914-1815. •Guaranteed" Vaudeville. (This to what the entertainment committee calls it.)---------------1 W. 8. Hancock ..;,*............... ......... .The Whistling Cartoonist Will travesty our ? village notables Your only escape fe by attending. Stock & Gale..... .Curtain Comedians More like a cyclone than a gale. Ralph Rlccl........Novelty Musician Like a full band, only less Intricate. Arthur Howard.......Dialect Stories What? No, not that kind—all true! Three Harmony Scamps........... ................ Musical Melange Will torpedo your laugh-magazine. u. E. Goss... .The Perfection Pianist Moves the audience, not the piano INTERCEPTING SEWER BUILT TO WINNETKA Finished This Much Last Week — Ban IT© Coin* IB. VATTHUNN PRIESTHOOD FIFTY YEARS Will Celebrate Golden Jubi- lee on Next Thursday With Pull Day's Program. 80 YEARS IN ARMY Was Chaplain for That Time —Enjoyed Confidence of Three Presidents. Reverend Major B. J. Vattmann will celebrate the golden Jubilee of his or- dination to the priesthood on the thir- teenth of May. An event of this char- acter is out of the ordinary. To ob- serve it, a group of Wilmette people sre arranging an all-day celebration to close at night with a banquet. Thirty Years In Army. The Winnetka section of the inter- cepting sewer to complete. The Glen- coe division to expected to be finished oh December I of this year. It to only a little over a year since Governor Edward F. Dunne turned the first shovel of dirt st New Trier and formerly opened' tbe project The work hag progressed without any serious difficulty. Italians and AUBtrians, to the number of 250, bsve made up the gang of laborers. On contract No. 1, where 190 men have been at work, an advance was msds at the average rate of 100 feet a dsy. The extreme cold daring the months of January, February ana March caused a slacking up in this onward march, but work on tbe tunnel. In con- tract No. S, has kept on steadily through tbe winter. Such work as the toying of a big sewer calls for an Intelligent class of men. The bottom men. those who prepare tbe oed, get $4.00 a day; the concreters get *3.20 a day, and the diggers ft a day. The total cost of the sewer will be approximately 1586,000. Some of the dirt taken out on Winnetka avenue, has been used for bunkers on the In- dian Hill golf course. FRIT/T SCHEFF HERE NEXT TUESDAY NIGHT ABOLISH ROUGH MANNERS. The University of Michigan athletes have placed tbe ban on the use of tobacco at mass meetings held in the honor of the varsity teams. Also they •re working to abolish all betting on eighteen. ttoTn^e^tratcb, nuAealgmos. dilnkfeg «^J^tori"'m*»* i tbe north of the [oh, bjsj of profane language mf mtm* hers of the team. The movement was entirely voluntary on the part of the athletes and It to hoped thatjt_wfll epreed to other nalversitiea.__---------- - tmsT nn* bm«hb. The American LaFrance fire engine emus will la* a Hal Of — '* """r pomps at two o'clock st Seventhstreet interested iu Improvement of agricul ture will do their best to faciiiute the collection of the desired information. RURAL 8ERVICE EXTENDED. Postmaster-General Burleson an nounced in Washington today that mail facilities will be extended to 1,000,000 new rural patrons before July 1. without increasing the present cost of service. This wiU be done by readjusting present rural routes so to eliminate duplications and un- eervice. After July l. by means of the motor by &»■ vehicle. . gross, rural mall facilities will be ex- tended to many additional patrons. During April changes were Will Appear on the Village Program in "Pretty Mrs. Smith/' For thirty of these fifty years la the priesthood, Major Vattmann was a chaplain in the United States Army. He had the respect and confidence of three presidents, McKlnley, Roosevelt and Taft. The scope of his work was far wider than the routine of a mili- tary chaplain. History will show what an Important part hs played in recon- ciling the Filipinos and the Porto means to American rule. His own church owes him a rare debt of grati- tude, and the expectation of his friends that a token of this would be forth- coming at festivities of bis jubilee has been realised in his appointment as Monslgnor. rwwffw swellrwW^I ^pp%•*•■»» Father Vattmann's sympathies have never been confined to those of his own faltli. Many of his best friends are outside of his own church. Wil- mette knows Mm for a public minded citizen. On the psrk board and the school board he has given of his time and energy. The program for the dsy to as fol- lows: Special car will leave C. ft N. W. depot at 0:16 a. m., arrive at Wilmette at 9:45 a. m. Procession of Clergy and Societies will leave Jubllarlan's house at 10:15 a. m. • Solemn High Mass by Very Rev- erend Jubllarian will begin at 10:30 a. m. Sermon will be preached by Bar. Francis C. Kelley, D.D.. L.L.D., Pre- sident Catholic Church Extension Society. Luncheon In church hall (ladles of St. Joseph's parish) Immediately af- ter Mass. , Entertainment at St. Joseph's hall by children and choir of St. Joseph's church at I p. m. Open reception by Cstnolte Wom- an's club, 10th street and Greanleaf avenue, Wilmette, 4 p. m. Viewing Wilmette at 5 p. m. Banquet by friends and neighbors to honor Jubllarian, at Woman's club of Wilmette. •:» p. m. Address by prominent tics and laymen at Woman's club, 6:30 p. m. Music by quartette of IMPROVEMENT BODY OUT FOR MEMBERS Letter Has Been sent Resi- dents of Village Asking for Funds. On a letterhead bearing the name, "The Wilmette improvement Asso- ciation," the following request has been sent to residents of the village: "The above name Is quite compre- hensive. As a matter of tact, the actual work has been to ask the resi- dents to get all their rubbish into the alley; then we have bad It hauled away; besides this work, a small amount baa been spent for flowers set out around the C. ft N. W, station. "A considerable number of resi- dents have expressed the opinion that the cleaning of the alleys should be done by the village authorities, as that to what taxes ere paid for. We agree with this entirely. But the fact to the village has not the money to do as thorough work as we feel H re- quired at this time of year. Year be- fore tost, our wagons hauled away over 100 loads of tin cans alone. "One dollar to a small amount to pay to have all of your accumulated rubbish hauled away and your alleys thoroughly cleaned. Last year $00 more was spent than wss received. "It is, therefore, urgently request- ed at this time that Immediate re- sponses he made to this letter so that the work which is necessary now can go ahead and be fully completed. May upon you to send the mem- bership fee of ft to the treasurer im- mediately? "Very truly yours, "The Wilmette Improvement Associa- tion. ■ ......"....... "J. p. Cowing, President, "Jos. flhants, Secretary." PAVING CONTRACTS GOES TO RACINE MAN Park and Vernon Avenues, Glencoe, 111., To Be Repaired. • ♦ J. o. GETS CHEST OF SILVER . Retiring Head of the Vi Is Given a Token of Appreciation for Services. NEW BOARD IN OFFICE O. W. Schmidt and Recently Elected Members Take Seats on Tuesday. The inauguration of the new vllfege president and board brought a large number of people to the regular meet' !^ J^L^tof*^- Mffhk Possibly Mm retirement of Mr, John D. Couffer, who has been president for nine years, was a» much an attraction as the installa- tion of MTr^rW^ebsstflt.7 President Nine Years. Mr. Couffer has set a pace for serv. ice tn the village that U hard to eqiu, The Village theatre program for next week starts with a William A. Brady production. "The Man Who Found Himself." with Robert Warwick in the lead. This Ave part photo play is based on George Broadburst's .successful drama, "The Mills of the Gods." , Fritti Scheff. now appearing in Oliver Morocco's photo-plays comes to the Village on Tuesday la a problem play. It's not the kind that usually goes under that title, but nevertheless there to a difficult problem to solve— what to do with three husbands. It to all worked out In "Pretty Mrs. Smith. "The Shadows of a Great City." to the Wednesday bill. Adelaide Thurs- ton sad Thomas Jefferson appear in taking New Trier nigh school. 7 The committees in charge are as fol lows: On Invitations. Reverend William Netstraetter. Reverend Thomas V.-Shannon. H. H. Kebtaaat, B. F, Carey. Joseph Cudahy. sad Honorable Michael Glrten. On A»*reinQwni#n*sp# Frank J. Bang, P. J. Cunnean. Ed- ward Kirchberg. Q. Q. Corns. Ferdl- nand Brahm. John Deilay, Joseph Kutten. John Bchaefer, Jr., F. Wagner. Frank Miller. John Bleser. John Sex- ton. Jr.. Miss Teresa Stenau. Mrs. P. J. Cunneen. Mrs. C. A. Bsrton.Mrs. E. J. Schager, Mrs. B. Mrs. P. J. Photon. Mrs. E. Malloy. Mrs Carl Scbroeder, Mrs. F. J. Bang. Miss Marie FltsGeraJd. Mrs. Blanche Con- nell, Miss Helen Berberlch. Mrs. Paul Bleser. Mrs. Paul Nanzlg. Mrs. M. Lauermann, Mrs. John Heuerter, Mrs. Hewn SIsterhenn, Mrs. Hubert Hoff- mann, Miss M. FiuGerald and Mrs. D. Connor. LEARNING TO SWIM. Boys from tts Logan school are now The board of local improvements held a, special meeting Friday eve- ning, April SO. to act on the bids re- ceived April 14 for the paving of portions of Park and Vernon avenues. The bids having been carefully re- computed and tabulated by the engi- neers; it appeared that the Waukegaa Improvement company was the low- est bidder and Cape A Sons of Ra- cine, Wis., the second; the difference being only $181. The amount of the award to IST.lTt :,,, / ■'. , The board got together at eight p. m. in the clerk's office, and spent an hour tn an exchange of views end in examination Into the comparative re- sponsibility and equipment to do the work of the competing bidders, repre- sentatives of whom had hearings. At nine o'clock the members took their places in the council chamber, with President MacRae in the chair. .All were present except Trustee Matthews, ill in the soldiers' Home at Milwau- kee. The award was made to the Capes, on the motion of Mr. Ravens- croft, seconded by Mr. Smith. The vote was unanimous. An order was made, on motion of Mr. Smith, that re-advcrtlsement be made inviting proposals for the work of constructing the so-called North eastern sewer system, for which no bids were received for the opening April 14; and, further that bids be invited for the laying of the proposed water main in Harbor street west He retires from office with a good rec- ord behind him. Mr. Schmidt enters upon his duties with an equal good opportunity for success gad satisfac- tion*— Present Cheat Of 8Hver. As a small measure of the apprecia- tion for the work which Mr. Couffer has done a group of ctttoens consti- tuted s committee to select and pur- chase a chest of silver containing 173 pieces which was presented Tuesday night. Mr. Thomas M. Ujjox, chafe- man cf this committee, made the pre- sentation speech and told Mr. Couf- fer things that will mske htm happy for some time to come. The other men on this committee were: B. J>f Kirch berg, secretary; John GHIto, treasurer; G. W. BJbby, W. B. Davta*. W. B. Hudson. Be. Zipf. C. C. Mitchell. Frank J. Scheldeuheliu. Lyp»an Dra*a» A U. Brown, I. 'O. 'Bang,T. A. WaiaV ner. H. O. Drury. O. W. Schmidt, president, 11. W. MUler, treasurer, and W.J- Montgom- ery, Joseph Helnxen. Percy Andrews, and Ralph Baker, as trustee- wets sworn into office by E. B. Ornsr, »il« lege clerk. Mr. Schmidt made a short speech In which he expressed a desire aud .ntentloo of doing the be*', toy the village. He fheh appointed ttX.Can»wi vlUag'. attorney, and re^maototseY Frank Pcrester superintendent of pah* lie wcrkb and Mr Duuabee, bis assist* FIREMEN KEPT BUSY WITH TWO BIG BLAZES Two Barns Burn Within an Hour in Wilmette on Sat- urday Night from a connection in Green Bay road, both to be opened at a meeting to be held May If. to which date the board adjourned. No meeting of the trus- tees WW MBW VILLAOB MALU. wants a new village hall. Wolf Introduced tbe follow- ing resolution at the tost meeting of the vllfege board The Wilmette Are department wag kept busy for an hour on Saturday night At ten o'clock they had a can from Greenleaf and Tenth streets. A big barn belonging to 1 Barry waa on fhrt. Resolved. That the president be sad Is hereby authorized to appoint a com sslttee of citizens tor serve with the buildings and grounds committee in making a study and a report < Kirchberg. tbe erectlon of a village hall. HOLD FIRST MEETING. The tret meeting of the Wilmette Plan commission waa held in the Vil- fege hall on Thursday evening. A dis- cussion of the scope of the work of the commission and n more 2psrma- nent onsnliatlna occupied tne atteh- tlon of the members. --------- discovered until it had got too much of a start on tbe firemen to save « "' the building or the contents. A < tity of furniture was stored in f barn. A dance was in progress st ti Woman's club, hut the fire preweeV more of an at traction than Old the mu- sic for a fox trot. . ^,.Q. While the firemen were still fighting this blase snofiirf afefm waa In from the fire station. A barn. 1 ted in the rear of the BfB tcetss. serving g££ttieXaeU PCfssOsM* Mm ■ srWwSSSr***^"*^- -^■» of mm* ha* effected in nine tale pisy. There's a college play for Thursday, "Stroagheart." produced under the di- rection of Klaw ft Erfenger. The story to toe won known to nee It has been done very west Jesse I*L«sky end House Peters in tml Y. M. C. A. In Evanston on Thurs- day afternoons at 4:10 snd OB Satur day sftemotms at.itH o'clock. This la part of the scheme of the Y. M. C. A. officials to tesch boys of nine years nasi older to Uke csre of themselves LIBRARY HOURS. The Wilmette every day from 1:00 euxfl •:»• CHE58 BY MAIL. Teams representing the University Chicago sad Washington stty. 8L Louis, are aow ptoytng at a chess mstch by mall. By this method tbe players sre able to make one-wove a day. It la net, known how long It caught Sire. It end burned completely down. nremen kept the flames from fire station. to it ssesaa to be the opinion that the Bros were of diary origin. ' •WARE YMB DEADLY FLY! In a recent address at the slty or Illinois on -Advsaess la fare on I nfactions Diseases" Dr. M. Dodson of the University of CM* •That the fly SB transmission of tery and other the detention and other points American war. and of the eoneiuslvely. while the rose* the to sad Saturday sva* frogs 7:0» to •:** e'etoek. much Uke