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E i k the third year Downer! chunk“ Inn gotten mower (hue outdoor unions find their h quad mr Ind fur. Many ~.._. _VV .mnlwus timeii of war and rec-om rtruclion, discloses the fact that the new-pope” nre yet a great power for good despite the fact that we hau‘ been held up, held down, sandbagged. walked on. sat on. fluttened out and queuedâ€"first by the Unite.‘ States " government for publicity for war m. M Iona bonds. excess profits and imme tnx: for state, county and city highwny tax; for auto tax and every other tax and synmx; and by every oodety and organization that inven- tin mind of man can invent to ex- tract fro mthe newspapers their stock h m free for nothing; by the So- '. My of John the Baptist. the G. A. ll. the Woman's Relief, the Men's W, Relief for Stomach Ache: the‘ " my, league. the Red Cross, the Iron} Cum. the Double Cross, and even ofller cm of all 001011. until a neusv‘ .. paper looks like I W Cross: by the Y. I. C. A. the Old Folks’ hme. filo Children's harm. the Aid Society Id every hospital in the country. ~52 government hos so- governed V our business that we do not know who all it. We have been inspectâ€" or]. Inspected, examined and re-exnmâ€" 'imd, informed. required and com- ' nude-i until ,we don' tknow who, when or why we are. but Sunday I lugs congmgation hid humid must: by local peopIe fl the Church of the Cloned Street. unmhstopenu'runionnervice 'fit file 1919 m which has been I mm m)... hue gum WW? wk, “outdoor unions find their ”In quad mr and fur. In] have imitated but none sur- 1" local mouth-fl- w. .n am more and more bed Loo-ten up! Send a check to Sam Curtis. treas- II". to help pty expenst's. Its for you ad for me and for your “kids" and mine. dummsn In C. Copley has sent a check for $50.00 to help the goal work along. Will locll people follow than. The men a. the Helm have dmlonstfiwd the need for supo-n'ised play. The first season was success- ful but not so successful as following M will be. The boys anal girls of the village need and deson-e (en-ry- thing am can be done for them. TM! court. is but one of the many afivities of the Association in (he vil- lpgt. Hive you seen the playgmund equipment at he South schod? VWVe cannot urge too strongly that loo! people back up this community pk! movement with cash contribu- H. 6. Butler 1nd Walter Curtis vs, "W Carpenter and Lawrence Fos- ter, plsyed a [rat set of tennis on the Baronial: Association court 53% Inky afternoon. Monday morning the Rev. H. M. Mchwrtt-r and Ed. Gun-hon icon from Owen Grlfiiths and “Jerry" Vaughan 10-8 in a hotly ocn- Cmd net. Inny people both playtd and wat- ‘dnd over the week-end and the news.1 of the court is drawing tennis [Slayers 1m nil over the village. THE RECREATION ASSIKTIATION. A]! we know is that we :re sup- Mwbepomssedofaninex- W supply of “white space" for every known need, desire or hope of [mm race, and because we will pt ave it all away and go out and leg, borrower steel money a five ,guweuecuued ducussed. boycu- "aed E C. II. S’I'AATS. EDITOR MI]; to see what. in heck they’fl all {or next. Do you wonder we go W to. talked Ihout. lied so. lied M. held up. robbed and nearly mined. and the only reason we keep (finding on and getting out the old Someone asked the other day why we liked to go fishingâ€" An invoice of our condition. fol- lowing the recent and yet present W at. the Downers Grove Post m 18 neon! clan mil matur. W rates made known upon Won. Subscription rates $2.00 yr year. Siule copies 6:. ”(3:5 . UNION CHURCH SERVICES. ITS A GAY LIFE. 31.115.810.000 has been paid during ‘the past, year by insurance cnmpanim on death claims. The war and the. Spanish' flu epillr'mics are blamed fay the xtaggcrinz totu‘. with the flu far in the local. This disease which wui gvnernthmughout the country am!" which hi: everyone, rich and mug ; More Interest. was taken in our al- ‘ucatioml facilitius during the thaw tum-ks th. campuign waxed honest than there has befone or since. That ‘intemt should be kept. up. People .who have childn-n in school, and ilhom- who have no! but have the wol- ‘ fare of children at hvart. should watch =thi- schools in the coming term. Fab miliarize yourselves with th courses [of study, with the teachers, with the ‘methods used. with the board and its workings. Get a link- of mm int-3F first which went to waste last spring. ‘in the coming term, pieces by both {actions uld {will to {b1- fundimemily mund. A few nu'nor Elf-alts were bluoned forth as being major ones. but lfher the smoke of battle lllll cleared away i‘ was found that there wasn’t much wrong with our schools fitter all. The Salvation Army in in the throes of a home service money raining camâ€" uaign. They did good work in the A. E. F. with less publicity than an) other organization. and quietly hem at home have been doing the same {or years. This organization is war- thy of support. President Wilson is calling a ton« ference of labor leaders, employers. and agricultural heads to investigate the prevailing unrest and high cost, of existing. “May we not" suggest that our president try to put. this over ~get' the various labor rations :-to pledge that for the six months follow- ing the conference there will be no rtfikcs. At the same time the em» players would pledge to increase pro- duction as much as possible and at as low a cost and with as small a profit as possible. Sounds Utopian, huh? But seriously, strikes are a- mong the most expensive of luxuries. The Mexican situation is’ still, to put it mildâ€"all shot to __._. We have fine schools, fine causes of study and what is more important a fine teaching stat! from G. C. Butler Superintendent. all the way down thru the grades These people are doing a great work, instilling into the young of todayâ€"~men and. women of tomorv rowâ€"4hr: principics of the United States thru our hinmrys and educr ting them for the battle of life which we must soon lay down and they take up. “Mrmmnrhdbdmflnndudlwm. leu-ingth-nuhupouifle Imwho ”evil-atom- flush-n of learning. Wed at the need have changed their This spring Dow-en Glove vent minds. lhwficdlmsofasexzniuuebe-l â€"â€" where. The achods were picked on @mesammam WE SEE BY THE JAPERS THAT Housewives npprecinle their Cabinet Gas Ranges right through the yearn-but there is no other time when the Gas Range is valued quite so highly as at preserving time. Jun now hundreds of housewives are butting up their pres: ewes. jams and jellies. 631 Service is helping them daily in successfully mcomplishing this annual task. Only by using a Cnbinet Gas Range an you get the slow, low. even he» so necessary {or the making of perfect preserves. Only by aging : Cabinet Gas Range If! you spared the bother- some, hot and unpleasant work of carrying fuel. Wet-ding «me. etc. If you are not making your preserve. on a Cabinet Model 0“ Range you an aiding more work to your household duties than in necessaryâ€"nod the multuomn’c nearly so good. Delivered to your order in one or two dozen lots EMIL \V.MARCIIAN l) SALVO Gas Service Ideal at Preserving Time TELEI’I IIJN 3 2:33-\\‘ Downs anon um mm clovg‘mols Cereal Beverage The Great Tummoe Drink ~ Tents “A” and "E”. the first comâ€" ‘postd of scouts from Troop 33. and {the second of Downers Grove scoute‘. :gafloped over the trail. full of many hrying problems, both intent on find~ At 11:00 a. m. the site had been ‘cleaml and the schedule assembly for Honor and Satisfactory ratings was held. At the time the following awards were made: "Honor Camper" pins wen;- bestaowcd upon Floyd Engel- bert, Troop 33; Ralph Haflord~ 401; gussell Stephens. l D. 6.: K. H. Kel- 10:3. 1 D. 6.; Paul Bradfield. Maw seilles, "L; Lave"! Adler. Marseilles, Ill: Alexander Solomon. 555. “Satisfactory Camper" was the rat- ing given to the following boys from Downers Grove: Clifl'ord H. Sedwick. Glenn Weatherlx‘e, Edward Brooks, Burton W Smith. Ray Klein. Don Stevem‘on. Jack Fisher. and Myron \Vimmer. Sharp blast of the whistle at 8:00 a. m. last Saturday morning bmught the fa“ of Checaugau. With each tamper assigmi to some particular detail the camp disappeared as speed- ily and (‘fl'iciunfly as a huge cireus. Almost every business Imus» in Du Page (‘oumy will be closed on next Saturday afternoon. September “1h, when the big \wlcome home will be kin-n exaerrirt- mvn. l! is estimat- ed that a crowd of 20.000 people will gather at Wheaton on this «lay. Lu! Period of Season Closed Lu! Hamid-y: Camn Cloned by Boys In Record Til-e. Chic-go gunmen are min engu- in; in a private “qu' of their own. Why not let them go unrelated. Let the wont go out from heulquuters that when one gunman “bumpn 0!" another nothing in the way of pros~ erution will he done. In this way the merry whirl o! extermination will go on until only a few m left when ti will be nn I-lsy thing to get rid of this few and thus finish the job. LOCAL SCOU'I'S WON HONORS AT CH ECAUGA U During October and Nov- ember the Dicke Theatre will have Every Friday and Saturday BIG PICTURES Telephone _3_9‘ WE ARE NOW IN SHAPE TO HANDLE ALL GU’I'I‘ER, TIN AND IRON WORK. WE REPAIR AND OVERHAUL ALL MAKES OF FURNACES. GOOD WORK- MAN, GOOD MATERIALS AND THE KNOWING HOW ASSURES YOU THE BEST OF WORK. _ HOT AIR FURNACES OF ALL DESCRIPTIONS INSTALLED, AND THE WORK IS DONE RIGHT. ALL ORDERS RECEIVE OUR PROMPT ATTENTION. 3F IX FURNACES NOW! The Delta Sigma Phi Sorority will ‘give a musical at Library Hall mutt :Sumlay ufiernoon. September 7th at 3:30 o'clock. l So almissiun will be charged but , Ia free will offering will be taken. l This is the first of a series of on- leminments planned by these girls Jfor the winter. All the money taken gin will be used to purchase something ifor the American Legion presumably ’for new pcrmam-nt quarters when rlhese are found. They promise very good programs and ask the public not to furget thn first next Sunday. The white settlers and Xndians flashed for the big night. raiding game with a real pioneer atmosphere 0n 'l‘hursday night. L'ntrue to “movie“ lore, \he Indians won with a scorv of 1043. Phone 212-W-2 Haying AMERICAN LEGION TO BENEFIT FROM SORORITY MUSICAL in; the Mn. Much-trivedutheliuvhu the Mn In: hidden a. fine I." “me A battle of wits uni cumi- flaxe followed hating some twisty- five minutes . Scout Erliu Do?! u! Troop 3.1 fiully wound a» "nature hidden in n tree top; quietly and inno- cently he shunned up the: it. Loud was the yell 1!!!! Tell! “A" “we when he brought it down. With flue donation of 85.1) «ch {mm Mr. A. l. Silanner and Mr. R. H. Visger toward treats for the camp- ers came a series of watermelon. can- !oloup, doughnut. plum. bacon and egg feasts during the last week. Nightly wen: the ‘Y-E-A's" {or the donons. Tent “E’C Dovmers Grove scouts. won the inter-tent contest for the last imriod with a score of 150 points. Tent “A". (M pariod. consisting of seams of Tmop 54. hold file record for the summer with the score of 205 points. :13“: m‘ 61 South Main Street “13' Retailer: of High Grade Merchandise com A}. _ not Am comm HARRY H. MARTIN Downers Grove R. R. I Tin and Gutter Work ,Cultiv'ating '. D. GILLESPIE 8: CO. CURTISS THEATRE, N EXT THURSDAY, SEPT. 11th That’s the Day - Loop Vaudeville and BIG Features ! “The Way of a Woman” Bessie Barriscale in “Tangled Threads” COMING SOON -- “Fires of Faith, Arteraft-Paramount Special. Douglas Fairbanks, in “His Majesty, the Amer- ivan Gentleman," first of the Big-Four roductions. “The Miracle Man,” the biggest and best pr notion of all time: SPECIAL NOTICE â€" The Pal-amount~Artcn-aft program will positively be the backbone of our big productions for the gaming year at the Curtiss and will be shown exclus- ively at the Curtiss Theatre. Hilliard Campbell and (our ads ol’ LOOP VAFDEVILLE. An added ultrmian iill he link Harriet Campbell in her luvs! singing and daning specialty. “is in mm- of Bush‘s best and we were no!” to disappoint you on “Aug- ust 2‘]. SW it next Thursday. . Norma Talmadge Anita STEWART Human Desire A romance 0! another love spun“! by a mysterious ungovemable Indie! instind. “LURE OF THE CIRCUS” INTERNATIONAL News CURTISS THEATRE, NEXT TUESDAY, SEPT. 9TH. (‘URTISS THEATRE, THIS SATURDAY, SEPT. 6th. Oflcring to its patrons WINTER WITH ITS {SOLD AND SNOW IS NEAR- ING AN D FURNACES WILL SOON‘ BE AT THEIR TASK OF KEEPING WARM THE HOMES OF THE VILLAGE. RIGHT â€" NOW â€"- IS THE TIME TO SEE THAT YOUR FURNACE IS IN GOOD SHAPE FOR THE LONG WINTER GRIND THAT IS COM- ING. ALREADY THE MORNINGS ARE PHILLY; DON’T LET COLD WEATHER CATCH YOU WITH A HEATING PLANT THAT NEEDS ATTENTION. liâ€"‘-%| in her first big National production mud-lulu!“ Telephone 30 Day or Night