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‘ ‘ Friday morning (run the ' ‘ 6%! the Downers Grove Publishâ€" h‘ Germany, 37 North Main stmet. Mm Grove. Illinois. subject!" '31th by and held for run- presidential positin- G O. P. nominee. _ _ nepublian convention in North minted Gen. Wood for the . Gov. Lowden running an. _ fiend um will be stated .1“ a... of an National conven- m it 1. our m “It GOV- um. who he mtde a record} “boll-yam: am! in cold We no “at" edema" to hold our temper. firm the. there we almost said 1% [him Anyway, people who have dfl fit their basements should mam “ My for real cold weather. the when at present is pleasantly C'- compared to what is coming. The Hotel LaSallo in (hicngn ha.= Ii"! I mducuon of prices on the M gerved in the" restaurants and a flu prices charged for their room; [I mutation the management said any bad ha! sewn] fat seasons and mill M to nm at nearty coat for .fiilp, If every businm in the “M would act on this prin- flint nice R mid be ‘Allitudnle was lucky enough to get I" on of coal and the street light; bargain hem tamed on. Win! a relief it is to get that 0" m the“. A; for 0w milmawls ownting un- Ilfl the Gm-emmmt the less said the W. Freight. uprvss or any oth- or my good: are nhipped they are filly!!! in transit. somewhere. The gawk-e, to put it mild. is punk. do they do We a! only three. The "mad-l- w in nun“! at that amt-o every hunky non-hm. It when our of- “ Chry Wednesday morning just I. nnlu u clothork. Undnnhnd it In not only.necon«| #- null that tnveln in this way M fin! clun- nn well. Letter: mail- od M mum.- for Wmtom Spflnm. two mile: "my. (I) to Chicago and "on out. a dintnm of .12 milm‘ Our Links Kuhn-fibers suflrr about fl lune “y. Their papers- go In Git-go. 2! mac» away. Tin-n they to luck to Mule. 24 mflen_ making 0 journey of 45 Milan to cowr a «lil- .Ham is a specific instance of tho ”stem as now used to route mail {or the suburban towns along the Q. We used to have 3 local mail ear Vlllch would pick up mail {mm hero to Chicago distributing it to the van bus stations as they came to them. No" this mail in all sent to the al- may congested Chicago terminal when it is norted then sent back over ‘ the route The Reporter is mallod Friday morning». papers for the Me rurnl route» [:0 to Chlcnxul Wm they lay around goodness: MI how long. They arrive in Hull-o we aomtlméa Saturday afternoon) and sometimes not until Monday. Tho I'll'al mbocrlben naive them either. My, Tuesday or Wednesday morn- The cool situation ioâ€"well «won first the post office. Never before in our memory have so many kicks been registered with us about the mail denies. This applies not only to lo- cul- conditions but to all service. There li‘hlrdly a day goes by but some one im't calling 1884 with another in- Ihnce of efficiency as she is practiced “The suburbanite sufl'ereth long And is kind." That isn‘t a quotation from Shakespere or any other nut!» or, modem or ancient, but from last week‘s Hinsdale "Doings.” The Do- 1." tells of the “service" we along .0 “Q" are not getting from the Monument owned railroads and the put Voflce department. If the audi- CI. is favorable we would llke to add our bit. Thank you. In tho word: of Mr. Rump. "How littered at the Downers Grove Post Olive :3 second class mail matter. ”tuning rates made known upon Mutation. Subscription rates $2.00 pr your. Single copies 6c. THE MAILS AND THE RAILROADS WE SEE BY THE PAPERS THAT G H. STAATS. EDITOR n r' Q. axmsu- ,. ’ ‘ ZINDT’S PHARMACY Llon'n Head In Foam-3m. The nrudml rmmn for the who!" 01 I lion‘s Ila-ml in public fountains when the water («mu-n am of a lion‘s mouth was. roumrks an uxr-Imnzo. "mt muons the ancient Egyptians tho- rising of the wum at me Silo. which was the mod Important prom of the your. mommy llfe and paw-pom: to the whole III- aou. always tool: um when the l- in In the «mull-«on of Leo. Th lion'- heul on tantalum In a I,“ ol the "to giving water: of tho Nile. Tin- urtnln u! smwrkrnm LI Inst In nnllquily. :m It wm n-flnmly "nude h) "w liq-mum lmuxrrnn Inn: ”ohm! vm‘YHlvm'vr-r nr :IrHv-lmkm ur pontoon 1th kmmu. 'l'hv [mmm rm-nhulcm- lam! tho fur» u! tlw punt \\ 1m had far mprly m n-ly «m llw mob: of “1M Mann. Thv Vurlc-U‘ of mm" was larger. im-lmliug lwm-vrs. nml In How lwnrn m-ro kc-pl for (mull Sphâ€"m and nrcmmflm worn mm‘h sung!!! nflvr and far muro mm! for mklnz. ”Inger and nn'nwgq “7"" mm] m flflvm many dhhn mm haw nnw mnlshod Tm!!!“ mu MM". 1 If llu- ml at “mid": lm- olwllm‘d, H In In purl mm In 01w a-hmuml In".- lum m run-l Fur huhmmt In '3"- muny m olu- mid-Ho- nzm- vmmy w"- t-Mrs m‘n- mmm «MN: lmvr "In! nlnt‘v- u‘hnpprnrwl fmm ”w MM". purl! :u \‘lnh-O Inn-w. mlxrvl with you": Mt- Ho'- mu! urn-u n lawn. and ball"! iwmr! now-vi. Nulml- m~n- mmlv M mnlluw ’HH'O“. I'I'h‘r; "In". and mm-lnno. mlxwl «m: um and power. fur a" mu Mums! Imlmnwn. "NW 0" mu "m- uMon-«l lu mun-k u! o-m'mhmr-y and "slim" luxury. "Mu-rm"!!! «mm m“ mm! imirml. . Thn old timers have been telling ur- n'nll about the old fashioned winter-u :they used to hove. How they would gdrlvc action country over the (em; Jan if there Were none, and it the truth ‘wem known there weren't many. 'l However the winter “1- experienc- F(«I here two years ago when tnfllc ‘on every railroad running out 0! Chi- icazo was at' a standstill. kinda put In crimp in those stories. That WM :1 {ml winter and from the way this mm in starting out it will be another. A full apply of plates. Mun. papers, developing solutions multip- in 3f all kinds on hand for ninth photographers. Domthy Phillipa. the stu- who u-u Intund In “The Right to Hmplmn.” will be u! the Dicko Theatre in "Dm- t‘nr" cm Saturday. December l3. Ad We have a complete line of Brownie. and Kodak: for nth Holiday tnde. No ("I tint no em lake «1 union? will be more npprec'ht ed than - Koo-k. not only nt Chflimne till-b, Int throughout the you. hm Sunday morning. lowor than that Wodnudny morning and not very much moderation is (Max In I Might taste a! wlut we haw- coming. FOODS NO LONGER ll USE Vomhlu um Mano. Familiar m "on man Ana. ano alum-rad Frvm Modem Menu. There is no better Xmas Gigt than Are we going to experience an 0. l". (Old Fashioned) winter again this year? The early cold wave. snow nml Iero weather which started last SM- unlay evenin would seem to indicate that such it will be. ZERO WEATHER BRINGS VISIONS 0F 0. F. WINTER The newest ,alfd most economical farming machinery will be shown at the Dicke Theatre on next Tuesday. Deéember 9th. ‘ Adv. av.-." ment, while an American takes chnn-l ces, he may be. or he may not be., The Mexican muddle is too deep for ‘the average person to grasp, and we [being but average persons cannot as- slmulate all the inti‘icacies of the puz- ‘zle. But this we know_ show Jose (:reasers that the United Sta'es~ Jov- ornment stands back of her citizens and the munlerings, plunderings, jailings and holding for ransoms, would soon cease. Intervention in Mexico. cleaning up the count.“ and establishing a real government '3. the job of the United States. If we do not do it, won’t do it. or can’t do it, for goodness sake let’s turn the job over to the League of Nations or some world power that can and will. It would benefit Mexico. and all the rest of the world. In “I'Mw- u“. r-vv‘ruv-v-u To the Kewanee Public Library l owe the opportunity to develop an in- terest in astronomy that has become an unfailing source of pleasure and profit. For some strange reason I had always avoided a certain shelf of books in our Public Library devoted to the science of astronomy. Even a glance at the titles of‘ some of the more ponderous volumes such as "The Outer Universe," "Evolution of Worlds.” or “Stellar Spectra" sug- gestedâ€"topics far too impractical and theowtical to compete with those in the newer volumes on the wireless; and submarine. But it happened that one Sunday afternoon in the Reading Room, my attention was attracted by the astron- omy department of the Chicago Sun- day Tribune. It contained a vivid emment asked Itor‘ mloue of: Amt-F cans held for Wm. said he had no control over the bandits. When the British lio'n vmowled a little it was time to ‘sit up and take notice and the “president? of the Mexican "republic" kne'w it. Strange isn’t it that an Englishman. no matter where he goes is under the protection of his govern- ment, while an American takes chan- ces, he may be. or he may not be. The Mexican muddle is too deep for the average person to grasp, and we being but average persons cannot as- simulate all the inti‘icaeies of the puz- zle. But this we know_ show Jase (:reasers that the United Sta'es‘ Jov- ornment stands back of her citizens A KODAK DA! And Nit!“ fifflco. "The Witness" has been added to our magazine list by the courtesy of Ir. Hugh )1. lummr. Sllgmly more than a year of study and observatlm have thoroughly con- vinced m that in no other field of knowledge can be found a more fasci~ hating as well as cultural hobby. AHcd min by the Librarian. I was enabled to secure {mm the l’nitrvl Shun: varnmont. in roarly publi- mficm. "le American Nautical A‘lâ€" mannr and Ephrmeris." l’sing thir :1! a basis «'0 haw Mn able tn por- (orm many calculation.- which wow quite new to us and of a very instruc- give nature. I also wrote to the Di» vector of the Melbourne Royal 0t» servatory whose name and address were given in the “Ephemeris.” and now I have a comspnndent on tho other side of the world to tell me how the flurry heaven: look from that side (o no one of Jnm'ur‘n satellihs, RM imagina- my delight that owning whrn upon turning the new imagine-M up. t‘ll Jupiter. it rmvalml~mfi mu- salo- ‘fh’n but fnur. It flso smrnl the rimz'.c which Pmirfle Saturn and ”w mom. was I glorious sight. I' At lant my rhum. who had also ha- | «We fascinntml Ivy this new hubby. ’ suggested that \\'I| make tolem‘nncs. I At this point wv fouml .lncohy's “Am Lronomy" and “Half Mount with a ‘ Telescope" by Proctor of assistmm- ‘ and they cxplainad rlrarly and com: plea-l)! the laws governing the "floc- |lon of light. my: and uhovrod how lmmm 0! all kinds rhnngv the, appar- t'nt aim of object» vie-wed through them. Altar reading them- artfully we learned that th« Itructurc of a telescope must do two things. intermi- fy light. and magnify. An all that N'uu nmdrd for tho uimplrst telempo was two Irma-u with tori of dim-mt length. \\'l‘ hv-gan to look about for mm malarial. The Ira-rent ston- furnlrhrd u amt varirty. By mm!» in: thc-u- rht-ap nprvtnrlr lcnm ln varioua ways wr at taut "mint in petting a combtnatlon that vrnuhl magnify about ton tinmu. The mmmt- in; wan merely a cal-vim"! who When we lit-camp mom familiar with who martial working a! nmatmr in- 'lrlllflfntl. l nmrurnl (mm an orn- Iist a mortal Inns and a mirmu'opo rrrpln-e. Ry putting a "null raping on.tho and of a sow-n foot board and making a [more in the other Md (m the ryoplm. l mnnaqfil tn rig up my wry rmdn instrument. I thought that perhaps with it I might he ahlc Beg'inning the In: Sunday in Nov- HIGH SCHOOL v ' ‘ ‘ ' BOY TELLS VAL- UE OF LIBRARY Act‘ronomy,” and Professor New- rmnb's “Popular Ashonomy." l‘mti‘cularly interesting was Martha E. Marfin'x “Friendly Stars." an ole- montary introduction to nakodwye as- tronomy. In tir'no I found that many oflu-rs such as Garrett P. Son‘ius' "Adronnmy with (hp Naked Eye" “awn Entomoly interesting. Among the-"e I might nwntion Todd's “New But it happened that one Sunday afternoon in the Reading Room, my attention was attractml by the astron- omy department of the Chicago Sun- duy Tribune. It contained a vivid description of the red star Aldebaran, together with a map showing its pos- ition in the heavens. My intemst was aroused. In response to my innuin’es the Librarian went to the neglected shelf of books and proceeded to pick out some of the most absorbing voi- umos l have wad. pastedâ€"topics far too impractical and theowtical to compete with those in the newer volumes on the whales; and submarine. (By Ralph Huston a Junior in the Kewance High School, Kewanee, Ill. ,\ Elfiwmflaz waif-fat “2w Other Library Notes. We have Shaving Outfits and Blades, Shot Guns and Riflés, Skates, and every kind of Practical Gift that a man or boy would appreciate. ' 3No matter what relationship you are to “HIM” we have the gift here that will “tickle him to death.” For the man who likes to “putter around the house” we have an as- sortment of the finest tools made. Look oven his repairing outfit and see what he lacks a hint will bring out the information that he would like a Stanley Plane, a pipe wrench, or some other tool we have an alluring array of gifts that will not only‘ please, but that they can use each day, thinking more and more of the giver as they do so. Labor-saving electrical devi- ces such as Vacuum Cleaners, Thor and othm Electric Washers Motor Sewing Ma- chines 1 oning Machines and Toasters will be appreciated. mm... «mm-mnemmr For Mother, Wife, Sister, Sweetheart When Old Saint Nicholas makes his rounds of all the chimneys on Christma Eve, the presents he leaves that are most appreciated by the recipients are the PRACTICAL ONES. Practical Presents 'l'o nun!" Lm L5 Ilu- lm-u “on ullowul In ml“- '»--m-~ mum-m fullon and punch-P "Wm In urinnv'} 'l‘ln»; my (Isl "w £00th In“. I" priming rin'lm EM luml "Ir-WI "we. at ”w ""|lllfl’)‘.-â€"- IAN“! l‘hfimlc'hn Tho-w an \‘o-h-nm u o'nmllurp any. who rmwqu-r wn‘ng mu m. "nu-m" a! Munch." TIN-«u ulm rmual IIW'llllI" the mumm-ript u- n~ nu rv “J4.“ Hum “MT "VII" "h" luv-0L \rnlvh‘ Illnl ”'I‘ 'lumunl m lbw-Ir urla n, King 01 Peer Puma. 'l‘lu- .mhn lur AIL-mum; u m-awrully uwnnlml m llw h- llnrm'r Urn-Dry, mu In our am'n lulul [Ira-huh.) Log-k, wln Hm: n! hmumuhlu- pc-mm-n. "Am! ll lu-lng Imm- any I» lu-uh-n, ah Gm!‘« ln-l-Illly rmm‘lu mrl lap-re- lu-Iu Ihcmwh'm lwrnn- Mm; nml Sulun ulm nmu-un-cl In ”In vlrvlv, ms um- 0f the mlmsIry. .\ml Cm! ~xx|c| lo Satan: \‘uu lmu- ln-o-u u lam: linm- uhwm; wlwrr \u-rv yam? .\Iul Sulnn un- lwurwl: l lmvv Inc-n In my ruumry lm-rml: l Imu- Ion-n m m)- mumry mt. mm In ollfl'vn-nl plum-:- \hlllnl my frlvml~.” One nf tln- mm! inumrmmauul wide- ly used n'vlslun's at "w Rhehus-Douay u-I'siuu was llml ul’ Archbishup Ken- drll‘k nf l'llilmh-lphiu. ISMâ€"("2. Ito-n Frzmkllu clldn'l think ”I!“ mu. glluuv H! Um Kin: .lmm-s \‘vrsmn sum- c'lvull)‘ up In vluu- In suit ”In llwl'ml of III»; Iinw, :Iml ho H'iml hiw inn-rm I‘m: hum! nu llu- Hunk nt' .lnlu with Ihl< re- sult : of l‘hilndelphln In 1853. and Ihv first English w-rsinn lvam‘ml by H group M Jewish m-lmlnrs is that 0! Un- Jew- m l'uhlivmiun sum-1y of America. [‘llllmh-lphln, 1917. If you miss seeing the latest thing in farm machinery at the Dicke Thea- tm on Tuesday, December 9th, you miss dollars. Adv. The story hour at the Library ev- ery Tuesday afternoon. conducted by the Kindergarten Associution; is prov- ing as popular and as well amended as in previous years. The circulation of books and maga~ zines for the month of November ex- c'eâ€"cded all previous moonls. 2207 is the total number of adult and juve- nile literature circulated. Of this number 175 were magazines. ember. the Library wfl} be opened from 2:30 to 4. 00 o'clock. The first trunslmiun u! ”w Scrip- mn-x in!" English by a .lmvlsh schnlnr In America u'ns Um! of lsum' Leeser 'l‘hu first Amvrlcnn will“!!! u! the He- hrow Svriplures was put in lype at I‘hllmlvlphla by William l-‘ry. First American Edition of the Hebrew Scriptures Was Put in Type in Philadelphia. HONOR HELD BY QUAKER CITY ,... awry-u. 4~mu n, «- Practical Presents Please J. D. GILLESPIE 8: CO. Telephone 529 me 30 j . - 'j; i ‘ , Telephone 30 «my ' “W” W ‘ m! or 1mm For “HIM” The. second term of dancing lessons opens Saturday, December 6th, in Zindt's Hall. FolloWing is the schedule: First 'rldxs'vrox'wulcu 'Youn'LAws'Am:'BASED." “NO MATTER WHAT YOUR PERSONAL BELIEF MAY BE, NO MATTER WHAT YOUR CREED. YOUR LIKES 0R DISLIKES. WHETHER you CRITICIZE 0R PRAISE. III-:LF 0R HINDRR 0R IGNORE, THE FACT REMAINS THAT THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION Is THE SAFEGI'IARD OF YOUR FAMILY LIFE AND‘ ITs TEACHINGS ARE THE FoufinA- ANNOUNCEMENT in the CLASSIFIED Column Sieum Hauling - Sewer Building G“ Fiiiing in tthlassificd Column at The Repoftcr if you msh to buy anything, sell anything. rent anything. find any- thing, hire help or just to let lolks know you're still alive and on the job. These “baby ads" are read every week by thousands ol people in and around Downers Grove. ‘or Sure Results ADVERTISE ADVERTISE S. Andrew’s Church THE NATION-WIDE CAMPAIGN FOR THE COMMUNITY Fred D. Heinke P LU M BING Tclophooo 58-3 '01”: for Cfifidren Mmflonr to ten years old_ 1:30 to 2:80 p. m. Ball Room Class for Adults. H to 5:00 p. m. \ Second Chas for Childm, ten to sixteen years old. 2:45 to 8:45 1). n". Miss Flomnce Kieter.