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GM of the advantages of Westâ€" movnt annexing itself to Downers was demonstnted yesterday when the the truck was called there, a house being ablaze. A swift run was made but the flames had been qnenched before A petition signed hy rosidonts of Westmt, Illinois, was mounted and read to the Comm-ii. Commissioner Bender mowd to ad- journ to the next mgular meeting date. May 23d, 1921. On roll call Commissioners Bender, Bryce, Hailey Hear". and Mayor Barber voted Ayn 1 Nays none. Motion carried. 1 Extra time 2 hour: ....... I. 00 H. C. Hicksâ€"~Salary ........ 60. 00 Earl Watkins: ............... 67.50 Andrew Shphr~Lnbor ...... 4R0!) Frank Allenâ€"«Salary ........ 95.00 07: roll call Commisdom'rs Heart! Bender. Error and Mayor Barb" v0!- ed Aye. Nays none. Motion carried. n. L Thompmnâ€"Salary m Extra time 32 hours ...... 25 Ola Irwinâ€"Salary ......... 65 Extra time 10 hours Willm- Dunn->8alary W. C. Barber .............. 10 4‘2 (1. Ford Davis .............. I5 00 Dept. of Streets- lawn-mix S. Emmi (Stmts)~Solary..348.m P. Nah-rm .................. 44.00 William Bender Harry W. Rm» Charm Ilanvr . l. G. "cam W. C. Barbi-r W! Callahan . Cmimiamr "our“ pun-Ind up lanai-mouth” pay no" lo? the prion! from In‘ Id. 192! to lay Huh. ”2!. mud moved to ammo um and hue "trunk drum for tho swear m u follow": PAY 30M. lay I I. lay l5. I911. M. 0! Am finale” Chan. I. Hmhâ€"afialary ..... $70.!” Dom flmw. m, Hay II. I921. Rona-r muting of "w (Iaunril of (h Vino“! of Down Gmr. I". Panic at n" all layer W. (‘. new in and Cwmissimn MI", "rye. or! “am. linden cf the ml)»: of May 0. I’ll. I‘m wad and Cant-mm Ham mod to 1mm sum. 0- nfl an (To-minim": Ream. Bu- d" and Bryan and layer Ruhr rota-d An. Nnys none. lotion tar- OFFICIAL PRO- CEEDINGS OI" THE VILLAGE B 0 A R D W I! II. IMO muc- und 3 an donated by In. (‘ H. Bantu who W of. TM: hm" II mon- In" ‘1‘.” lo IV." II. In“ with In In m (or hon-r an rotation (at Ibo-m I». Barber drew the “when. the thirteenth one winning. The lucky ION" VII Roy Chilwn of MIMI-uh Ive-no who now In. A Paul touring at which con: hu- very little. A. no number- won rad an “on“ m a nu in none pan or the crowd moved when ”mourn tom ven- tinted to the mud. strong arm methods sold more than one hundred more about» to Hum uttered around. Mnyor Wultar C. Barb" thou climb ed to the fire truck and mm about In draw the numbers from «he haunt box borrowed (or the 000.8101). what he um Interrupted by B. 1-2. "all'lllfikl who I. (m auctioneer my)» am! by Chief Dicko explained how the num- bers would be drawn and then Intro (laced Dr. Buns B. Goodwin. pastor of 81. Joueph'n Cumulus vhun'h wlm ("a a slum In": no what Ilw liro-umn were doing for the village. The occasion was the drawing at the numbers on the Ford car which was being rained of! for the benefit of the uutolnohflo fire truck. Hundreds of people gathered at the corner of Main and Warren to see the drawing. Clue! Henry Dicke had arranged to have the warning sounded and not even the members of the depanment were “are 0! the fact that the siren would be sounded. They were as aux-3 ions as the rest to find out where the‘ fire was heated. The well of the fire siren shortly at. tor eight last Balm-do: night called out the people or the village to a nun posed are. The first lime l1 blew the usual (or the first word was sounded and loll“ commenced 1113th In the direction or the southeast side; atom: the whistle sounded the second and third words. people became suspicious and when the tour blasts for the fourth sounded all knew that ll was a put up FIRE AT WESTMONT Chas. M. Hitch. Villam‘ Clork Roy Cfllvm Holds-Lucky Nlnkl' Wentmontera Spring Bomb in Declaâ€" uul Will Cu Lat Sutlr- anion “We Don’t Want to day Evening. In: Annexed.” CALLS PEOPLE '10 0181198 XNEficâ€"x. 10mm) RAFFLE ATION AT “mam” “lTlle Gill with the Jazz "can 25.92 65.00 8."! 60.00 y at tiled sun the «led the Mar and Inns Library Hail was cmwded on Mon- day evening, May 16th. when the People's Forum met to discuss the “advisability of annexing adjacent territory." An interested audience had gathered to get at the various: facts reluting to the petition of peo- ple living in the outskirts of the vi]- lage to be annexed to Downers Grove. “LION? AND mm AVBNUIQ nowum 0307'. The Dicke Theatre Ur. flange uplalnnl that tho pan. for Ihm'uers Urou' ‘ «It bonding limit of “w viflngc- wm c‘ircuvml a! I mum». 357133 but with the Inlrxxflion lhh Hoard ou “Wkly «- roma inn-au- to mom than 379.00» my aim n gov-Mum p- ll!- Mplnimd am no wool-fly in n.» («r n twrnu-ymr Ina “Harv would pay anything louunlumh llw Minn my. mafia! Marmara-Ma for "w lmprm s ‘ » In. uf un- pmpmnl lulditinml Iithi ‘Hu- muuiax‘ an! F Aidfltflb. tun-oh. tum or mum- of Damn-r: Gmw. nwl Incl flu! if I’M’M‘ mole "Mn! nnr rt "uswll nf Mum. . ‘mh tmpmwmnts "or anal pmvl: Tummy m t‘hunm. an n! Milioning [hr Villa" (,‘mmd - til mmlcl ho msnr)‘ anal that. only 'flw murmur a! D W pawn)- lit-«Mina fmm the- lm- IMwm-rs- (have. Incl pnwml would pay the mt. Sch-Ill: of Law. wa-s After Mr. Bunm'n talk a few qwl- (‘Mnno luv! Thurs-clay [ In ulclmon In tho lax Tm' nun-ml WW” tho uklitionul territory would pay townnl the Downrrx (inm- l'ublk Library. an lmtuutiou in and of fund“, ”w sum of $685.00 im- mnflnlrly. and mum m It grmr mun vnlnubk'. Ammm othvr things Mr. Bung»- said that the usu-ssml valuation. of the property nuw within Ulr limits was $l,l!':3,:£7l whirh ulhiwim: (In- full um and one-third wr or"! \uml-l‘ bring in laws for “Miami purpoxvs‘ the amount u! 315376.947 fur . 3 war 192! and um.» this year 88mm." because of the lowering of the pen- t-ral tux rate to eight tenths of (”W ‘per cent. The territory which is po- "(inning has an “normal valuaticm 01‘ £488,128 which would bring in [921. $5.84!.60 aml then-miter $3,504.96. but as this prupt‘rty [tn-w more val- uable the unused vnluatinn wouhl hum-sm- nml consequently tlu- tum: (mm the pmperty. ’l‘lm spflaker of the awning was Attorney C. H. Buum‘, who cumv pro- pared with an array of figm'cu and made a very fine talk on the advan- tam-s to be gainml by annexing “In ‘lel'ritory. lnk‘rspm'xml “1'": several; mil-renew to uldon times in thr- vil- Iago which wow appreciated by the audience. Dr. Eneas B. Goodwin, Moderator, opened the program with a few to- marks explaining the purpose of the gatherings. He introduced Mrs. N. R. Feasley who gave a delightful reading and Miss Riedy of'Lisle, who favored with several vocal selections accompanied by Miss Zita Norpell. ] LIBRARY CROWDED Friday, May 27th Madge Kennedy Downers Grove Battery Station F. D. L E M P K E “3 E Maple Ave. Phone an. In addition to selling-the'right battery for your car. our service in! eludes skilful repair work on ever, make of battery. You can rely on. tesponsible advice and reasonable prices here. We look fmirard to a can from you! Bxibe We have been appointed distribua mrs oi the renowned Announcement BATTERIES TM marrium‘ u! anl llin-lwr of Dunn-rs- (370w. Incl flin- Mumm- Schulln of Law. rm «domnizml in ‘I‘lu- mluinm at ank A. Ill-rt of [import Gm‘r. and Ml'.‘ Mal-[m4 M lluswll nl’ Muliu wnx roll-make“ TIN'M'H)’ in l'himzmn. le pm'uwilion of a mwrr nydrm fur Ihm'nwrs (inm- wuu lbormmhb cliycunocl a! I Int-Mm. of (M Wham "an"! on Mon-My a-wnlnx. Them Wu» Mm n whlmn gnrwnlrd liking fur u Iwrnu-ycmr (mm-Maw to fur- nnh ”w \illuxr Mlh «II-«(7k “whim; TWENTYJI'WO YEARS AGO IN THE REPORTER These men have filed a counter peâ€" tition with the Vining? ('mmrll but the Council mnnot act on it as they have It" jurisdiction In the mam-r. They ‘must simply set the dnu- for the III- qution elm-tinnx and Int thn pmmlv‘ clot-He. A little investigation after the meeting lml to the fact that 11 major- ity of tho uwm-rs of property in this section had signed tho petition usk~ ing fur annexation. It also led to at toast om- of tho u-asons why thosv‘ men did not wish annexatiun. The)" haw political mubitiuns. One is de- stl'ouS ofhehlg Westmunt's first May- m- and srvcrul others are making Mans tn he numbers of the Bumnl of 't'ruxtm-<. It was pointed out to them that it is mew-wary lmfurc- incorpurw Ilinn paw-r5 cam lu- names! that 350 (4111th must "we within the terri< tury. and that ew-n if they had the 3.30 their village- u'ouhl bt' too small for any practical bent-fits. ' Among his reasons were that the people living there were under the, impression from the McIntosh firm‘ which sold them the ‘property that Westmont would be a municipality all its own and that several had pur- chased with the understanding that water would be furnished them, they contending that by this annexation McIntosh was trying to crawl from his bargain. Mr. Mon-H. financial ‘man of the real estate firm was pre- ‘sent and assured the men that Mc lntosh would live up to every agree- ment made whether in the contract or not and that the impression of in- corporation alone was a misappreâ€" hension. Mr. Merril emphasized the fact that every promise made would be carried out if the annexation took place or if it didn't. ‘ me llw Lum- a! May 18. IBM. §wwmd and a gentleman from West- rmmt, being recognized, thew a bomb shell into the assembly with the statement that Westmont did not? wish to be annexed to Downers (ix-ova] 311.11 were m- West Suburban Motor Co. LaGrange, 111. Local Salem-00m, Curtiss Theatre . 'l‘wu audio-mu ml the [Mir Tho-r u~r wrw [wally pint"! with flu "'M-y Mann" prnruni on Tonal-y mu! tht-ulny c-w-uing! by the pr uélc at am. Nulh numa tannin-1‘ dawn-u. 'l'ht- 'I‘IIMU'IJ’ uhaw mm. M‘ no by ”w rhilcln-n fur the luv-mm of! "w finv Inn-l fund and vi" ywll‘ cuffrrv of that fund. Am a mu" appmialiou a! vial ”w mam «M for ”min the (inn. LAGRANGE STEAM DYE “MAY MOON” BENEFIT GREATLY PLEASE? TWO AUDIENCE}; A- :1 fitting elm lo [M rvflihfl. nlrlklou- nfmbmutu mm non/«l. Tl‘n mas-om: why )ou should in" your Cleaning. Dyeing anal Prem- ing dime by us. Then- ue «um muons Mn! '0'" tell you MI ”pm from wow-k lo VIM. In mommy (Du-y wont. luck to the ollyh of {Mir childhood Incl min M.- h-ntlal school, Ilr. W. W. "vial: Mb in; ”it part of «haul mall". (men of laughter gnu-(ml nu- ern-nt MM- m-n and "w rwuluu mu m long lo I» Nmrmhrn-Il by "now pmuvM. The Arcadian Club umber: um!- I) Miami (I Juwnilo Party last 83!. unlay Mening. May Nth, at the home of Mr. and Urn. A. Ray Crank-r, l-‘omt avenue nml Gilbert. A Ngu- lar “kid" evening was» on the pro- xram, Nu» month-n nll bring garb!!! in n mnnmr appropriate to "w on» nion. ARCADIAN CLUB MEMBERS RE~LIVED OLD SCHOOL DAYS \VHEN BETH-1B AUTOMOBILESA ABE BUILT. BUICK WILL‘â€"â€"â€" BUILD 'I'ln- owning mmlidah- will be put (Inn-ugh by visiting Mason», mem- bers of flu- l’uiun Tn»! (30., 'fmwvl Club and tlu-n- win lu- a simmer wlum- words will In- a-njuyml by u" wlm hear him. It is expected that besides the many members of Grow- Lodgv, than will be many visiting brethren pre- st‘nl to participatt- in the wwmouies.‘ Grove Lodge is growing rapidly and is noted for the exec-Haney of its lk‘gl'l‘o work as the members are all \‘ilally intu‘rostwl in seeing that the ancient institutions of the order are mmpliod with In every particular. ‘ This will establish a record of work fur the local lodge as the “limit" of candidates has tiever before been put through in any one day. There will [)9 a receks at noon for lunch and a banquet will be spread in the dining room at six o’clock. ‘ Grove Lodge No. 824, A. F. d: A. M.‘, will convene tomorrow morning, Saturday, May 21:1, a! ten a'clock. At this hour the craft will be called to labur on the third degree and bf‘i tom- the all day meeting is over sew (-1: men will have been initlabed into the mysteries of the final degree of the “Blue" lodge. TWO [M Y SERVICE Munonic Body to Establish Local ll:h mid in In . All Day Meeting. SEVEN THIRDS BLUE LODGE PRO- GRAM TOMORROW PRE-WAR PRICES PHONE 904! Far Our Driver Since January first. regular equipment on all models include- Conl 11ml. A ride in a 1921 Buick will demonstrate this Buick reliability, and make you realize why more Buicks are in operation today than any other car, with one oxoeption. Let us demonstrate one of the new Buicks and test yor your» self Buick’s quality of dependability; inspect the accessibility of mechanism; enjoy its roomy comfort. The graceful new lines make doubly enjoyable the pleasure of possession. ,\ N” Saturday Evening, May 28 Ivlled the truck out of the page Wednesday evening and gave tho girls a ride mound the village. Such screaming as the driver turned the corners and such excitement among the children on the sidewalks look- ing with envy as the truck swept by, l KIDWELL GARAGE CO. Main Warren Getting back to the "May Moon". THIS IS A REAL BARGAIN AND ALL TIRES GUARANTEED FIRST.“ 30x3 1 2 Fisk N on- Skid Tires Onlv REFRESHMENTS We d0 all kinds of Electrical Repairing, Machinist Work and carry everything in Electrical Goods. Corner Belmont Forest Ave. Tag-phone 3694 Downers Grove Electric Co. Harry Walker Phone 191-R Admissionâ€"Seventy-Five Cents a Person WALKER , mama: PAINTING Decorating Paper Hanging Estimates on all work cheerfully furnished Under The Anspiceu 0! THE CATHOLIC WOMAN'S LEAGUE WHILE THEY LAST HAVE YOUR HOUSE WIRED BY 'porler being followed. ‘ um Edison and the!“ the mm. o! the comma-Ry Mi at long weeks of practice “(I tho 3’? markuble performance that produced. G000 MUSIC $14.95 Henry Dicks Phone 123-1!