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'December . 28; ·1928 WILMETTE · LIP~ · Women Become Adept at ··PLANS FOR FURNISHING Francis Lackner, Acquiring Swim Tests Lawyer, Is WE WATER EXPLAINED Noted The advanced swimmers in the Wil. Dead at Age of 88 mette Bureau of Recreation class, who Greater Chicago Lak~ Water Company Seeks Contracts With Villages Francis Lackner, former president of the Chicago Bar assoCiation, died last Thursday, December 20, at Pasadena, Cal.. following an operation. Mr. Lackner was 88 years old. He had been an attorney practicing law in Chicago for 56 years, and had lived in Kenilworth for 15 years prior to 1920. Born in Detroit, Mr. Lackner was educated in Milwaukee '"·here he began hi3 career as a la·wver. When the civil war started·. he ~nlisted in the 26th Wisconsin infantry and also served on the staff of Gen. Carl Schurz and Gen. Daniel Btttterfield. He entered th~~ service as a second lieutenant and WtlS made a lieutenant colonel before the war ended. In 1866 Mr. Lackner was admitted tl) the Illinois bar and b.ecame the .senior member of the firm of Lackner, But?. and ~1iller in Chicago. He was honorary member of tbe UniYersity anrl Vnion league club~ · Mr. Lackner is surviverl by his widow. ~~ rs. N annie Jus sen Lackner: one son, Francis A. Lackner. of 339 Lin and four den avenue, \ Vin netk. daughters, Mn. Charles S. Kennedy, of 369 Ridge avenue, Winnetka, Mrs. Franklin N. Corbin, of Chicago, Mrs. J. H. BoQge, of San Pedro, Cal., and Mrs. George Reinecke, of Pasadena. meet at the Evanston Y. M. C. A. pool, have succeeded in passing the Minnow tests, and are now working on the events in the Trout division, which include the following events : Running Swan Dive, Running Jack Knife Dive, Tread water for one minute; float on back, and the Turtle Float. The members are experiencing the greatest difficulty with the dives. The weekly speed tests are b~ginning to show results, some of the women having bettered th eir first marks for one length of the pool. At the end of the season it is hoped to schedule a dual .swimming ·meet with the members of the Evanston Bureau of Recreation \Vomen's classes who also practice in the Y. M. C. A. pool. _ W hyaotcET JUST WHAT YOU HAVE WANTED Spend your Christmas money and give yourself a real treat. Here are some suggestions: "There is no question but that the villages contracting with the Greater Chicago Lake Water company for pure. filtered Lake Michigan water can look for lower rates. rather than higher rates, after we get into operation. This wi ll be because the water consumption of the municipalities will grow as the years pas~, and our schedule of rat~s. provides for an automatic lowering as the volu.me increases." . This is the declaration of Charles S. Thrasher, president of the Greater Chicago Lake Water company, which is now seeking contracts from the suburban municipalities for the delivery of lake water in whole3ale quantities for local distribution through the existin~ mains. Tells How R· atea Decrease "This benefit from the automatic, lowering of rates as the consumption of water increases is a3 certa in as anything can be," explained 11 r. Thrasher. "Everyone agrees that the suburbs are bounsl to grow, and they cannot grow \Yithout using more water. The more water they use the less mon-· ey per thousand gallons they will pay for it. a3 specified in our contract. "We are sometimes asked bY the Yillages 'How can we be sure that you will not apply to the Illinois Commerce commission for an increase in the basic rates, once you have gotten tls under contract. thereby off setting the benefits of your automatically dccn·a;; ing scale?' "My answer is this : There would be nothing to prevent our making such ·an application, except the knowledge that we wou~d be licked before we started. v\ e are a \\'hole lot more likely to voluntarily lower our basic rates than to ask the commission for an mcrea.se. "A water company is somewhat similar to a light and power company in that under normal conditions the op erating expense does not increase in the same ratio as the gross earnings. As the gross earnings of light and power companies in this very territory have grown they have been able to lowe r their rates. The" have made these decreases of their ~own initiative, so that right now gas and electricity consumer s here are paying lowe r rates than they did in 1911. \Ve are certain that we witJ be able to do the same thing in the case of water. Increased Rates Unlikely "People who fear that we intend to ask the commerce commission for higher rates should bear this in mind: No public utility can get rate increases from a commerce commission so ton~ as it is making a reasonable return on its investment. "It is certain that any such attempt on our part would be resisted by the suburban municipalities themselves, . and our earnings would be brought thoroughly to light for all to 3ee. "It could be shown easily by anyone who cared to do so that ba sic conditions in the suburbs assure us a swe lting volume of sales without at the sam~ time increasing our operating expenses in proportion. This fact alone woultj effectually defeat any application we might make for higher rates." Latest Fiction Book .Ends' Pottery· For Your Desk HOLDS OPEN HOUSE Miss Marion Suits, Warwick road, Kenilworth, held open house Sunday afternoon from 4 until 6. · James Prentiss, III, who has been visiting his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. James H. Prentiss, 201 Cumberland road, Kenilworth, returned Saturday to his home. DESK SETS FOUNTAIN PENS -aKatherine Dudley, one of next year's debutantes and daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Laurence Dudley of Kenilworth, has returned from Ogontz to spend the Christmas holidays. Masons Conduct Services for Clark N. Hollister Funeral services .for Clark N. Hollister, 1235 Elmwood avenue, who pa.:;scd away Wednesday evening, December 19, were held ftom the Scott Funeral Home at 1109 Central avenue, Saturd av morning, December 22. The service"::> '"ere under Masonic auspices. ~vir. Hollister was an officer in \VilmettP Chapter, Royal Arch Masons. · Betty Mulford, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Herbert B. Mulford, 835 Elmwood avenue, returned last week from Wellesley college to spend the Christmas holidays with her parents. COUGH 5YRUP Don't suffer with cough or bronchitis when E.O. C. cough syrup is guaranteed to relieve coughs of long standtog. Prevents pneumonia. For Sale at Your Drug Store E.o.c. 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