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Editor, WJLmrE LrËE: Cîtizens of Wilmette, who have the h est interests of the village at heart, have boped that the Wilmette Civir league, ira its selection of a candidate . for the office of Village Presidçnt, Nwould take iritoý account the ,desira- bility of -praposing f or the -office, oiei who, in 'addition to possessing .the necessary qualifications of character, Nm business -experience 'and. civic -cou' sciousness, also possessed. the. nece,- ary and most desirable quality of having first haradl and extensive Ikniowledge of the problems' before the village, at thiis tirne, and the mianner in, which the: village goveriument functions. The failure of theleague to recom miend for the office of President ane* .Of, the present miembers of the. Vil- lage. board whoa is exceptionally %vel1 qualified, is disappointing. The 'multitude of .friends and ad- iirers of Ernest -Cazel, ,who appre- diate b is .'u.n tiri -ng efforts, in behaif of the commiunity, who reco>gnize bis- sterling chara-cter and bis busineïý; ability, who admire his sound judg- Mment and sane views an matters per- 7taiing to the welfare of the village. and who believe that bis experience * as a trustee particularly fits himi for the position, anid who feel sure that hle is the logical and best fitted canî- didate. for Village President. 'hope that they mày be privileged ta cast t.hieir vote for one so erninently quahi- fied; both b3t ability and experience for the office. Tt is increasingly difficult to induce * nien Who are well qualified, to run for public office4 There bas neyer been a tinie when experienced leader- ship is as necèssary ina this comimun- itv as at presènt. It is a discourag- i igi circumnstance tliat when a iiia!n ivho lias, given. so lavisbly of bis timie and, bis talenits and bis physical poweërs to assist ' in carryin-tg on the village government, and, to prnote its interests, is pushed, aside for one, Iwho bowever well qualified, does nôt * have tbe .baëkgrônd of personal con- tact wvith village problens, as Ernest Cazel. Fred M. Coxon, 1538 Wilmette Ave.. Wilmette, 111. Returning later for the board's de- cision, the atmosphère had cbanged, brusquely, and.with arn air of finality, hie announced that it bad been braught up and that "the Village did not intend to.go.into-the, treeplant-ý ing business."t Ail of tbis autbority before i was . e ver put before the board.2 The' manager stated that it didl corne up on February 17 and. that bie "badtno authority to speak on the subject unless asked to by the board." This from the one wbo is supposed ta best know the pulse. of the .viltag - ers. Tbe Village w as not asked to go into "the tree planting businiess' 11nr was it asked -to do a favor for aray- one, but. simply1 to rectify a wrong thaât it perpetrated, botb as an ex- pense ta the tax payer and as an out- rage, ta nature, for "only God car make a'.tree,", and many gener ations tb m-ike the onie-cut:down. The excuse wa s to niake way for' the electric liglits.', The roots of this huge tree are yet visible, but no one can find a "o.st or anytbing pertaining to lights ini its place. It had,,lia, branches unitil it reached a great height and its coni- dition perfect, In Greenwich, Cotin., elms are also its great asset and the bitterest poli-, tical battie vas o there, a year ago. ta save them. In a western state tlie gover-ner in-- terceded ina a similar situation. but here, at home, nianv are destroyed withiout protest. This' test was made to show the viI'azers ,what the boar d stands, for. Either niake Wilmettte a business; anid commercial village, or stanid.bact., of the other prevailing view and pre-. serve its beauty. Bertha Harwood Arrowýod. HOSTESSES AT SHAWNEE Miss Phyllis Fuermianra and. Eliza- heth Ronan ent ertained a group of0 friends at the Anniversary: dinneri held at. Shawnee Country club last Saturday. dividends, $2~,80937 was carrled to surplus compared' with $3,036,291, added ta surplus in 1929. The reductions ira rates wbich th ,e conipany made during the year had the effect of reducing the increaseïir .operàting revenue and the amount avrailable for surplus for the year by. approximately $928,000. "ýFromn these figures," the repo .t staites,. "il will , be seen that the.>.c rnpany had, a most successful year* raotwithstarading the generally depressed business icandi- tions." Total sales, of e lectricity> for 1930 were. 1,195,446,343 kilowatt hours, or more than .13% -increase over 1929. -Gas, sales for the year. amounted to 7,509,74$,700 cubic feet, exclusive of gas' sold ta neighboring 'gas coin-1 parues. -Hutchinson Play Airplane-McNamara Grandmother's Cooky jar-Orton Picture Book of Ships-Ginumage.'. Aunt Greèra, Aunt Browra, and Aunt Lavender-Beskow Coàtsworth-Boyr with the Parrot 1For ChAidreai $om4wh&t Oldsr Town Crier of Gevrey-Kçrr Child's Geogr-aphy of the Word- Hilyer Hitty-FieId Silver Sheil - Chase 1.For Older Boys aud Girls Peggy of Old Arnapols-Daniel Falcons of France-Nordhoff Blacksmith.of Vilno-.Kélly Whitehouse Gang-Lokk-er. Whera I was a Girl-Ferris_____ Ke~p4aiing, a'n Ku#58Ab J 'Hair Mattresses and Springs Made to Orde H. G. LINDWALL ilighest Gmade lUphol sterinýg 0"S Oak Street Estabhsàhed 1895 Ph. Winnetka 145 Cent ra-Wilmette Avenu«s bon..: Wilnette 28 and: ELIZABETH ARDEN You Are Cordially lnvited r