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"'w . " U ' Fortumlciy. than? mu quite: a my» . . in! la lllinm. l "I .. , : "a- fur!” .“l I” , n l :30: '0: ply of fun! in II, Fol i ling f I‘OSI Ol'l'lllf. DEPARTMENI to MY- llowwr Hwy could not W'k- ".Wr'. all. sunr. etc. . Rationsj‘O'n" 0" “'1’ CM"! “SW!"- “'89." W on . locum “d “a!" (i. wore dustrvbutod ovary morning. antlgnglon. ”Y W on Um M hunch adamant-a were on duly (mm 6 p. m.‘ Special Notice Ih Du! river. I It five ""1” 1.0 6 3, m. Sontim‘ls “fro also on: March 29‘“. ””1 of Naps-nine. who-w hv mank- 8‘7“”, :1?“ "“‘ d‘l‘ “’0 "m'm. le undersigned will mvive pm- tad built . “on” f" M; fan» at In: on many svx wet-ks. About; ls u to and includin A r" 2,. ,tho first of July. a messenger mmefu" p . ‘ P. " l'" ”w Fort and nntifird (h settlem'lmg‘ (or the furnishing of 3“:th ;~ mater. , . . _ ‘ lquaflors for pm! office wrpom at ‘- ll]. '33“. *0 )0"qu (mmylha‘ H“; mm! lame, as two mm‘llhmn Grove. Illinois under a has» anion of W lar [room had been! . W33 to II’IMIF DY Walton p K" 'for five or lov- yoars from January I. V V' 'sant {mm the vast lo Egan-ism! "ml by Amhe t l Alhanv. h; anal 5 . . ‘ .k ' to Bu“; 5‘" “an“ as“: r».SF“"‘- Thta produced gwat mmrfllm m actorvlanrn WI"! the altar-ll . 9n! blank form. which, as will ho non-«1.; b t Cl" 3r , mk- nalmn among tho MNPV'S. whose m- . , i thou-m: nix ‘7le :n U: 1:34 10“"??913 Ilid not son» to he at all rr- calls for the furmshmg of mt, heal. . 12.1.11an by Major Whisllor. the Com- ""M' “""‘" "”0"" mm“: ”f" °' the t"P- mamler. Aflt‘r sex-oral inun‘iows, null, and all mssary fumnuro and: hnwm'vr. he amt-ml that ”In n‘omnlmuip‘ “ for "m p I r ”mud "f and chum-on might wmain in the Ford‘s“ ”5" a‘ a “3"" mic" 9" 3'" "um. faint ‘ duh fl. who were to join him tho follow- Tbere in» only a low “hiln (aim ' In Chicago 11 that time and thorn only two stoma who", dry goods. _ '_. -. 1nd Indian I! were kn t. and a POI'UOI'I of the barracks were ,- , , , _ m - ferry :mlW” Ilw south in. 0M” for them. The men from There vull be needed In thus Ins . of the river, lbnut when Lnlm 0w n‘ma‘?" st‘lllomont at ONCE sun-'“m‘ ,- and a ' arms nd back and Drain the erection of No! less than 1400 squam foot of lulu brunch near where Deal-born “ {on _‘.“"’“" {hp brands of 'Mmlflm :0: .=_L. - “I of man and MM 3 Imtion {or .0 colony. "awn-r ”my mum not my: on I lmu‘nn 1nd fathor li- n'fly dot-kind an Ur out hunch of ‘h Dung;- river. About fiw- mile-s “ of NIpwn-ille‘ when M male 5 “I And built I hot-9r for hie hmâ€" ”, vino were to join him tho followq II mo my father with ntvornl disr- orgumml m: was called the “in Conny with plan! to art- “ in Illinois. He with two other: W! “knit-d tn go tn [Him-Ii: In the m waiting for my father to ~ to Chicago for us, WP were the Mn. Helen. who was so 2 arrivnl of mother white the country that she pve‘ ”My to calm the event. to‘ hm white mun in the town I “and. and they all came. and , my mother and the hostess ” was eight India present. all ' formed life long friendship: . Grime we want Io our new n the DIM. There were It lb- uuu onu- funnies in that I 3 3;. mini-omen cl .- 0M Soul". I III horn in Amherst. Mm Sop- hhr lflh. 1823. My ”new“ ven‘ Ian! Pom: moan“ and Inn: Dod- p Mu. h ‘0' the In] and for a» his- .“ “My and he wally inter"!- ~ Ind:- Ibout tho "no: your by 'Hch Inch! be mark nuilnlue {or lb mu! womb” mm! for pow I". Cor! Nauru "‘II' a ”pm “NW 0! In Old Senior" m by her mun, L r. [NodML “I [Opt 5- prinlnl in m rntirMy b P. “all, m of thou- you-x In- “ ”“1 M the madman. h)‘ Ur clam, Mud-‘or-lndobyfliu In H M" W by Nina Jul In. W. H. mm: m the (in! “her. 81;- ufl of tho society's m which I. to my“. I III-Rory d tho mama-fly. mtly In they form a! ”nu-l "panama of old pullers u have u for alarm u the [,5- hry. TM- Includ- tho with. of ”you! numb-«sen. In. it. Mr and Ir. Vain-r Lynn In M who have My pmmimd to b “In. A. Indiana: very mull. confided!!! n. hum o! the mot-ting. heard mm- of old ocular- at the 1""! Tue-day it“ " I ma“ d (to Down Gnu: "market! 50- Ind III-(aka! Hock” Meeting Held at “ht-r1 "I" on SHAH AUDIIEME HEARS INIERISIING MRlY MUS Th. Hunk-l program Twuhy 5n- “ I ”no no“ by “in Esther “And The Star Spangled Banner Forever Shall Wave, O’er The Land of The Free and The Home of The Brave.” Mug rates made known upon application. SIIbs‘criptioh rates $1. 75 ’0! ye“. Single copies 6c lo] we moved into on home back lending two no- mm. “meld. every Friday morning {mm the ofl'ice o! the Downers Grove Publishing my. 37 North Main Street. Downers Grove, Illinois. Tut-In, Bic-Mg. .at tho; Downgrq Grove Post OER-e gs secgmj clasa ninil matter. C. H. STAATS, EDITOR ' on a school house, which was built and mdy to be occupied by the first of December. A Mr. Strong taught that winter. Father aim built . blacksmith shop, and resumed his trade .3 a blnchmith. In February 1330, we .moved to Downers Grove. and hen fltllel' car- ried on his blacksmithiug. a: well u farming. and he made the am plow which mid work in prairie loll Ind than. .39 never M By this time there were some twen- t} or twenty-five families In our vi- (I fity had on returning {from the fort I meeting was called to decide a {on within the bounds of where ‘Naperville now is. They worked ra- ‘pidly and in about two weeks moved their familimx I'Mo this log fort. when: they remained for five weeks, when all rumors of war ceased and they‘ returned to their hom. J Our march um» o‘ lama “a nec- nurilynnlovmnmlwumprd Um: night in the vicinity 0! what in no" Rivet-wide. Um: known I. Lough- lon'l Hm. And the nut mils. moved on across the prairie to CM- m. 0H Halfâ€"day follow“ in. I" the was. non-r saying a “an! umil m- rpm in fii‘hl of Pan Durham. He then I'm-oil us goodbye. (urvml’ his horse and disappearrvl. I I About this time the Blackh-wk l tuouhle won at at: height. .nd early la {ha upr'm‘ rumors we" flyjnx about that Blunt-wk and his band of Such: nod Foxn wow.- oqmlng but to Illinoin to mah- vrlr on the settle“. . ()n the tenth of May oM Ap-taldnk'.j ; nun-urin- known u Half-clay, Chlcf‘ , a! one of the bunch of I‘ottowotunlex who wan- {fluidly to the whttn Ind mulv um .1.st mm to u» homell 0! Due mun". cm to our how-o nhout midnight and gnvr a whoop. Wlwn tutu-r owned the door. hp at. om but: to toll him M m to take his hmlly and (01 away l‘mm hem ll noon u matblo. u Blunt-wk and um he-ul mm had been at wan»? in who. mm Aaron. M cannula-f ”an wuth the l’nttovmtlmln. thv day: Info". trytng to Innwm them to join him in I war he \ru cit-terminal" a main- nnlmt the white mph." Path" 1! mo Ilwmt tlw fumily'l and my olden! hmhcr was mt. hi I on: dlmtlon and the hind mu ln ‘ tar-nth"- to alarm tlu~ Might-"hood” 1M by daylluht all the pttkn In out-f. vicinity not including Nun-"Illa, u', Hall-clay hall aln-uly warm than.“ Irv-m "thorn! togutht-r And on the m4 tn Chm. It During the following winter, for thou! «lulu. weeks, we had no com mill or flour and lived principally on hull»: of com and pounded corn, but all boll: old and young alloyed the rough {we sad we": in the box! of‘ health. nn onlh asked her why she was giv- ing water to the negroes and said that he had asked for water for him- self and not for them. She replied that the npring wu there and he could ‘holp himself. and they could not. therefore uhe gave wuer to them and not to him? ‘ D9WNERS GROVE REPORTER, DOWNERS GROVE, ILLINOIS Charles Carpenter Mamet] Tm thy to Norton, V... to rejoin his ship liter a ten-day furious-h spent with Ms punts. Mr. and In. Walter Cu- p‘enten He 1nd; three trip- over-01y 04. Grain Wh In a» eon-1 J. E. A. Sullivan. Post Oflke In~ nectar, Chicago, lllinoin. The right is reserved to reject any or all proposals. Diagfims of the rooms ofl'end should he submitted, showing dimen- sions, windows, etc. Blank proposals and specifications may be obtained from the postmaster. The form of lease may be onmined at the post ofiice. 1 Good day-light. Location not too far from business cent" and within eighty rods of railroad depnts are points for general consideration. ASKING FOR BIDS FOR NEW POST OFFICE LOCATION '0! man. I am. luck of Mn! brad : ml! part III. and bull MI. with In; 'aMmout than"! of m- and but I lmolmn. Muml u on!) "non- mull: who mg!“ A country which would}; pmvitb firm with (he comforh for the rvst M "Mr lit". Iiuk mint», l H»: "M dimminlmrm awaited th- ,0 1mm! mnjorily oven of (hm «ho nur- m rival the toil and hnnlahip. >G ' l Mann-d by u». way of Cap. "on. and probably than who Mum- I «I that ha) l‘XWl‘k‘Mfl' but a mini mum or "w dumm- and dlnmfonn ,vhwh Irn‘ lhe lot of "Ion- who u-rwwd by otlwr mum. yfl lo thou- who calm-N! 0w clou- bfluwn duh :or A atom- !«nd “ml with urk-o _n thy alien of “It port. In belly. 13M Mir-my Inn-ml. *3!“ down by; Illm‘pkl lulu. with n rMum-l 45w llvlourrl nix mom!" IM [our flaw-”WWI“! furlouxh. He 1. new" mo get to gunman» Vllky. Fromm»! menu I clinch“ he u an:- tMu went up I. Framer rlwr, mr‘luu- lo wlum to civil “fl‘, 1hr Gum line. when» I up"! mm! o! "In time (or Ion you” I wu In! M" A' §"""°"' “1““.Mdlfllh- ‘trr. Mrs. Earl N. Homer. 0! Chiral». Cfllh In. ' m mm mutton In Dowoorn Cum- Mom I Mann-d by u». way of Capo . ' "on. and probably than who Mum- ‘s?“ ‘M gum; of D" “W"?! »‘ hm. -J .L-p m... --“_:--A.A Lao - n.1-n complny On leaving St. Joe we joined the Pulverized sheep manure, the ideal . Peoria company and “not with them {onlllzer (or garden and km 3225 to South Pass, where the road {ork- per won» back at Mort: i Hochels. ed. on leading to Salt Lake. the other adv. PortH II. A rtofthecom ' . fazed i: take (It: Salt Lulu: $3. "““"'“' N" “ m“ “"‘e '9' but altho the argument was taken up imapl‘m‘"! “W" Issortment In colors. of good. healthy plan“, Phone t t‘t a r th lht, ofer we won mot mp or on: ”04. C. V. Wolf, Florin adv. and again next morning, We hid not mm to any definite umment whrn lien mmmfi~we need too men for we broke comp. Arriving ot the tort: Numr” “,1 “Mun” work. ‘PP'Y I turned the team that I "M dm'lnluoncr. thllofont Nurserirs. l’hom- into the Salt Lulu! mod nml Mill “All 312.;- adv. who Want to go to Salt Lalw. follow."‘ ' ' Two teams followed and tlu~ other 20! “' ll. (WWW? tn» ntummt (mm ithe Wert Suburban llwpltal «ht-rt. took tho I-‘ort "I" mot. Arriving u a." Lake. m- tmw M ha- been forum». wn-uum: when. the two yoke of axon and tho tun ’W "Mt‘rwc-nt o nerluua operation. cow: together with o budwt of hard llmr flu wonder! . ‘ ‘ ul tom- of tho bro-ft AM enough NW“ for " “"‘yllrunuwick l'honognph. Play:- all man: dnu. (or "'0 Wk“ of "fl“ bra-out: cormctly without flh’l Ittuh- llnvlnl I 'mh mm. "1‘ "'" 0'" ""‘uncnt. For demmtntloo all 6 A of the party and “I“ ‘mkwmfi'n' Camp. phone an: ' “4.2.; until we mchnt Block ltori. Nevulo.’ when: we fell in uith lho: flooding Tht-o-lon- Erickson. Murine. mlum- our wagon and bought. two cows which we broke to harness and used as leaders of the team. We crossed the Missouri river on the lOth of May. The Pucks took their yoke of oxen and one joined the Goodint, boys {mm Joliet, the- other hiring out to drive a team. We camped in St. Joe about ten (lays, waiting for the grass I» grow so we might have feed for our mule. as grain was scarce. While there we warmth-led 0n the 16th of March. 1849. in com- pany with E. Wells and John and Charles Peck, of Lombard, l skim-«l from Downers Grove with three yoke of oxen and a wagon load of food and camping outfit for the long overv land jaumey to California. Just to illustrate this slow mode of travel, the. first night found us one and oneâ€" hulf miles past Nupcrville. The se- cond day brought us a couple of miles ‘past Aurora. About 20 miles this inside of St. Joe. Mo., owing w some ‘sllght disagreement. we decided to scpamte, and Mr. Wells and myself bought the wagon which was owned by the Peeks. "5mm. 61 South Main Street "fit‘fl‘ffim Don't you think this is a good investment and can you afford to be without it? It's as good as a government bond and pays you a high rate of interest on the money invested. l The machine is good for 20. years service and pays for itself in about one year, and is not an expense but a money saver. Come in and see it run. Its a young laundry and will save many a doctor and hospital bill and perhaps the life some one to you. Mrs. PM Wm. lhvir mm hving lav-”I loll out in Lust week‘n issue of the Reporter. J. D. GILLESPIE 8: Co., Agents The dinner giwn by Mrs. Don "mt on “him" evening. Han-h 26th. in honor of Ir. Witt's Md!!- clay. was “handed ah-o by Hr. Ind I Human“ l‘mpflml 6mm miwd lawn and 30 «an a pound. Pane) Kentucky mm- Gnu .13 ml. [m noun-l. HM Tru- miu‘d hum M. In «It: a pound. Imu- 2 min p’r bound in an M: at Mom l: N.- icMa. adv. The M. II. mum. flan will hold tlwir ml" business mm. and min! hour Monday waning. April 7th, at the home of Mn. new!!!) on Gilbm Awmw. Important business be "new. ‘ Hear the wonderful low- of the ’Brumu'lck Phonon-pk. Play: I" ‘monhl correctly without extra mun- ,mt. For demmmtkm. ml! 0. A. Camp. phone «Ht. 3-!+2p{ Theodora Rrkhon. Murine. ramm- -td Sunni-y (Mn Pal: M.“ on an flash-flail: furlgugh. Ho .'. "datum J. W. Nnh vrcrbvnl 1| win {-nm MA son. Pom. Tut-«lap- morning. laying he mu at Camp Mills. 34‘ Y. on" I night min tour 0! Fri“. "0 us under (“1- not onto but man) Hm Funnies. Now is the time for lransplmting. Large Issoflment in colors. of good. healthy plants. Phone 1304. C. V. Wolf, Florin: adv. Pub-mixed sheep manure, the ideal (anilizer {or garden and burn. 82.25 per 100m sack. at Merl: Hochels. adv. 3 All kinds of vegetable and flower seed. 3 cents per pkg. u Lehman l Michel's. adv; Full assortment of Poultry, Gar- den and Field fencing at Men: Modlel's. Mrs. E. 1.. Cox is visiting with her palents in Oakfield. Wis. and expects to spend two weeks them. Well March sure went out like a lion and if our memory is correct, it came in the same way. Large variety of garden seeds in built at Lehmaun I: Michel’s. adv. Fancy onion sets and early seed potatoes at Lehmnnn Michel's. adv. Ho Hum! You guessed I". â€"â€"- Spring Fever. I" members Wm M adv. THURSDAY. APRIL 1001 WILLIAM RUSSELL in WHERE THE WEST BEGINS DON'T MISS THIS ONE ! WE OFFER YOU ALICE JOYCE. lnher latest featul'e. “THE CAMBRIC MASK." This will be the first shoflu of thk picture in the State of Illinois. TUESDAY. APRIL 8“: Also I Big-V. TWO-REEL COMEDY PATHS NEWS! NAZIMOVA IS (TONCEDED TO BE THE MOST ms St‘lNATING AND TALENTED ACTRESS ON THE :SC'REEN. She may be seen in this thrilling production ‘at the Curtis: only in Downers Grove. The play is a vivid drama of the Orient and the great Star will be seen in the role of Hanaouna. :1 girl of the desert. You will not be disappointed at seeing this feature. rTODAY. Saturday. April 5th at THE CURTISS. we pru- cnt to you ~- The Great NAZIMOVA "An Eye For an Eye” 2. Service uniforms. ovemoats. belts outslde of overcoats. will be worn. If the weather is thmtening. pon- cho: may also be carried. This Ceremony will take place under arms. J. C. Wilson, Col. 2nd Inf. 1. R. M. L Attention Company Ill 1 Pursuant to General Onlers No. 19} above. mmbly will be at 2:00 p. m.: n: the Armon'. ‘ Headquarters Second Infantry, Illinois Reserve Militia. Chicago. "L. Mar. 29. GENERAL ORDER N0. 19. i. This Conlmnd will assemble at 3:00 p. m.. April 6, 1919, at ill-9 High School Athletic lField, Oak Palk, llllnois. and will march from there to the Conconiia Field. Oak Park. and will give a Parade and RESERVE MlLl'l'lA __ WILL PARADE AT OAK PARK SUNDAY Places this fine machine in your home. The balance you pay in instalments of $10.00 each and the machine is soon yours for about the same price you would pay for a wash woman. A generous response of car owners Prices, Children at the Matinee 50. Adults 10c Night Prices, 10 and 20 cents Electric Washers $10.00 DOWN IN HER UNEQIMLED SUCCESS THOR WMOIW w To discharged men of the U. 8. ‘Army an invitation is extended to fill in vacancies which might occur, in the event of no vacancies you In welcome as sue-ts, them will be “- ple mom in the transport: {or al, including subs and marines. We must have eight wands every man on the job. All furloughs of Company H man are hemby cancelled for April “In. It they am not operative for W ta! or Battalion Assembly. Sim or absence fmm ton on business “I be the only excuses recognized. Ind (hen only when reported to equal leaders or platnon commanders. [is hoped for, so that it will not b- necessary for Co H men to dfln their own cars. If any owner: at cars have been overlooked by Unu- tenant of Tmnspoml. \Wm. F. Keith, 205-w and who would like to none, please call him up anytime Saturday, so he can arrange his detail. Capt. [3.12. Bnlczyn-‘H. may, A1111! 4, 1m