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6 \\'ILMETTE LIFE, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1924 type roads, such as gravel and sand clay, but they also were given an opportunity to witness the act':'al construction of hard-surfaced h1ghways, such as concr:e!e and asphalt. It whs held by the v1s1tors, howe~er, that ~ e immediate demands of the1r respective countries are for serviceable r?ads, which can be brought to a hlghffier state of development later as tra c demands increase. Viait AutomotiYe Factoriea SESSION AIDS HIGHWAY PLANS Pan American Highway Federation is Success I Incandescent electnc hghts were first used in a theatre at the OperaComique London England, in 1881. The e:formance' was Gilbert . ~nd S Jr P , "L 0 1 nthe, Advert1smg u wan s . a the. manager anthe mdnovatf?nhts were kept installed nf ounce ~~s thg "experiment" should o; use I e fall. THREE DECADES A~O, ~ND NOW ing truck. Not only ~ere the Latin Americans shown all .phases of highway transWith a complete picture of highway port and the several types of hightransport conditions in the United way construction, but leading educaStates as a background for their ac- tional institutions of the country were tion, delegates . to. the Pan America.n visited so they might see the preparahighway commiSSion returned to the1r tions be~ng made to tr!li!l men. of the respective countries after organizing highest calibre to admu11Ster h1ghway the Pan American Confederation affairs of this country. Highway Education, and formulating In the large factories of Michigan, a tentative program for the first Pan Ohio, Illinois and elsewhere they American highway congress to be held glimpsed the manufact~re of the ~uta in Buenos Aires next spring. motive vehicle, rubber t1res, machmery In each of the 19 Latin American and accessories during the latter pornation s represented on the tour will tion of the tour, thus completing the ,be fdrmed · a "Federacion Naoiona1 highway transport picture of t~is nade Educacion Vial," a body patterned tion. The closest study was g1ven to after the highway education board of the economic aspects of highway the United States, the parent organ- transportation, especially with referization. These "federacions" are ence to the development of rural comunited in the Pan American Confeder- munities. ation for Highway Education . In the The purpose of the Pan American opinion of those participating in its Confederation for Highway Educaorganization there is thus formed an tion, according to the constitution of international organization destined to this organization, is "the study a_nd have a far -reac hing effect upon trans- promulgation in the different countnes portation facilities of the American constituting the Pan American union continent, and a foundation upon of fundamental principles that conwhich the structure of continued tribute to the development of adequate friendly relations can be even more highways," and with the achievements firmly established. of the United States as an example, Stimulate· Hi·bwa7 Tranaportation each of the delegates, according to The organization of the confeder- formal expressions, returns to his ation was the final official act of the native country to further that object. delegates, who previously had submitted to Dr. Leo S. Rowe, director IN YOUR DESK PHONE Jenera! of the Pan American Union, A desk telephone contains ruhher a tentative program for the first Pan American highway congress. Dr. from the East Tndies, platinum and Rowe, Thomas H. MacDonald, chief asphaltum from South America, silk of the U. S. bureau of public roads; from the Orient, cotton from the ]. Walter Drake, assistant secretary South, coal from Peunsylvania, copof the department of commerce, and '*r from Montana, iron ore from other high government officials ex- Minnesota, lead from ~[issouri, lin~n press the opinion that the entire trip from Ireland, wool from Austral1a, of the commission has resulted in a mica and shellac from India. nickel great stimulus to highway transport from Canada, and even a little gold activities, both in this country and in from Alaska. those represented by delegates. The commission closed its work in $100 AND COSTS this country with a series of conferA report to the police department of ences in Washington, after traveling more than 4,000 miles in ten states, a tight on Saturday night in which inspecting the highways of North one man was so badly battered he had Carolina, Kentucky, Illinois, Minne- to receiYe medical attention. led to 1 sota, Wisconsin, Michigan. Ohio, New the issuance of a warrant and raid on York, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey. an establishment occupied by Stanley Fully half of the mileage covered was Dennis at Reinwald and Lake aveSeveral bottles of intoxicants by automobile or motor bus, while the nues. found by the police, it was said. tour itself was marked b_y e¥.Qre11iou· were When b'I'O,.t\" "o c:.OUt'\:, Denn\a wa. of the most cordial sentiments by of- fined $100 and c9sts. ficials and the public at large for the Latin American nations represented. CAR TURNS TURTLE The tour was under the auspices of A car going west on Kenilworth avethe highway education board, of which Dr. T. ]. Tigert, United States com- nue, driven by George Anderson, Evansmissioner of education, is chairman. ton, skidded and turned over on one side It lasted thirty-one days. at the parkway at Cumnor road and Deleaatea from 19 Nation· Kenilworth avenue, last Sunday, when Fifty-five persons comprised the of- Anderson tried to avoid hitting another ficial party, thirty-seven of them being car going in the same direction and dirvrepresentatives of nineteen Latin en by Robetl,t Silverman, Chicago. No American nations. Under a commit- one was inju~d but Anderson's car was tee on arrangements consisting of damaged. Roy D. Chapin, chairman; Fred I. Kent, and W. A. Beatty, the direction of the trip was given to S. T. Henry, of New York, who has had much exAttractive 2-room kitchenette perience in Latin American affairs, apartment in Nelson Bldg.; steam and who also has wide business and heat and janitor service. Call personal contacts in this country. Wilmette 1800. Delegates showed perhaps the keen est interest in the construction of low CARS COLLIDE Two autos were partially wrecked in a collision Saturday, at Forest ~nd Lake avenues. One of the machmes bore a Wisconsin license number and the other a Michigan plate. The Michigan car was driven by Tom Wolfe· the Wisconsin driver left the scene ~f the collision before he was identified. EARTH tried to avoid a collision with a speedThe motorcyclist received If this little world to-night minor bruises. Sudde"ly should fall through ln a hissing, headlong /light, GUILD HOLDS TEA Shrivelling from off its face, The Associated Guilds of St. Au- As it falls into the sun, /11 an iJJstant every trace gustine's Episcopal church will hold Of the little crawling thingsan afternoon tea at the church clubAllis, philosophers, and lice. house 1126 Wilmette avenue, Thursday, 'september 18, at ~ :30 o'cloc~. Women of the congregat1on and the1r Cattle, cockroaches, a11d ki11gs, friends are cordially invited. Mrs. F. Beggars, millionaires, a11d mice, D. Day and Mrs. W . .E. Ten Broeck Men a11d maggots all as one will be in charge. As it falls ;,~to the srm . . · Who can say but at the sam~ lnstatd from some pla11et far, NEW ARRIVAL Word has reached the village of the A child may watch tts a'ld ·exclaims "See the pretty shooting start" arrival of a son in the home of Mr. and Mrs. A. ]. Lauermann of Reliance, -Oliver Herford. South Dakota. Mr. Lauermann is a kin of Mr. and Mrs. John Hoffmann of Wilmette and was a former resident Read All the Want-Ad, of the village. 1529 Wilmette ATenue Phone 481 Edit 1c·itlr i a1rd fa ;, its for a Srptrn ClmrcJ Strplll' STREET CARS USE Phosphorus, camels' hair, platinu~, vitriol, sawdust, mercury, cham01s, asbestos, bone, sulphur. saltpetre, cyanide, gold leaf and lampblack are some of the materials regularly used by every street car company. I.ncidentally, purchase of these suppl1es contributes to the prosperity of many other industries. as tlu· word, an.d it. sormd r/fect Wilmette Cab Co. Not Inc. that ], milita1 PETER STEFFENS, Prop. 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