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picture at the close of the se-ven- months' per.od. In his monthly sum- mary of local activities, T. 0. Mor- gan. the Chicago manager of Dodge Reports, said, "The second hall of the year opened.with a continuation* of the advancinig-trend which was P evident during' each month of, the fIrst haîf o 93.There are no pres-, ent indications that the situation, is about to'change. In the'broadl area of the .37 states east of the ]Rocky Mountains,* the. residential building activities during the' January- through ' July perio&d dvelop>ed an increase of more than $250,000,00 over-the record for the samne period. of last year." 70 Per Cent .Over Vear Ago The contracts fo r work and mate. riais to be .used in residentiai build-, ing throughout the Chicago metro- politan area, made up of Lake, Cook and Du Page. coÏnties Ilflinois, and Lake, Porter and La Porte counties, Indiana; amounted to $4,042,000 dur- ing July. That is 70 per cent ahove the corresponding total for the sameA mnonth of Iast year, $2,369,000. Dodge Reports states that ail resi- dential contracts awarded in this area in the first seven months reach- ed $30,560,000. This exceeds the total of $14,667,000, recordèd for the seven inonths of 1938. This Ca-pe Cod Cottage style home is, beigbltfrM.adMs C.- B. Meers at 1700 Flmwood- avenue, Wilmette. James C. Schrêur, 1017' Forest avenue, Glencoe, is the architeet, and the No'rth Shore Butilders, Imc., of Evanston, the general contractor. The residence is of brick veneer ro slctdo h is lo n exterior with insulation in exterior ro slctdo h is lo n walls and second floor ceiling. The the other on the second floor.' The exterior walls are painted white. The house is gas heated and air condi- home contains five rooms, two baths tioned. It has a fully excavated base- tile>, and screened porch. One bed- ment with concrete basemnent walls. Elght homes are 1 w under con- struction in Oakwood manor, Wil- mette, the t r9ct bounded by Elm- wood avenue on the south, Thorn- Wood avenue on the north, Twenty- third street>on the east, and Dart-, mouth street, -extendedç, on the. west. Twolmore home sites have been uold> to bring the, total' projected up to 10. T he subdivision has, been platted into ý42 resident l lots, ail w ith 50 foot frontage or greater. T. S.Williams 1Ass ociates are architects. for the new homes. and are supervising the construction. The sales campa ign is bemgà handled by Budd Cullander of Evanston. The' Power. Engineering company là the general contractor. Near Prosed.Schojel The subdivision, adjoins t he1 In- dian Hill Estates on the south and the Kenilworth Gardens on the east. The new Wilmette public school to serve the north West portion of h vil-lge fg fSI1du àfor 'construction at Dartmouth street between Elm- Wood and Thornwood avenues. The selling prices of the homes to be built and now under construction range fromn $8,000 to $10,o00, it was announced. These price s nclude cost of land, building, financing, and incidentaI expenses. The new homes are being financed with Federal llousing Administra- tion insureil nirtea4i ,z th2e conspicuousgn. «;Ye it does"l-samtetrea, e "What's the matter now?"l asked hadn't Put Up a' 'No Tres»aa.ing the owner with a show of slight irri- Sil'!