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Suburban residents who du business in Chécaxu, may a main books to read at the Chicagu Publk Library. [rec Some years ago Glencue esmblwted by vote a Public Libuary Board tn raise money by, taxation. which it proceeded Immediately so do. and I! now has some two thousand ‘ dollars lo loan to bankers to draw in- terest on. Keep the money circulating; hm do'prspend it ail in one placeâ€"start another Librarv clubâ€"401' men? in the cum-Is, use some of it to fix the dump on beach foot of Hazel'aveuue. This temlory pays the heaviest mics fur vinage suppun and should have some returns. ‘ . If it can. be shown: that Glencue really gut any "easy mohey" out 0! the Auto mobile War' last summer and it is’m Iii waded fur attorney's lees etc. 0r figlm‘ng Tue Calumet High school won the girls basket ball championship of nonhern Illinois lag: wgek by defeating New Trier High five, 20 :9 19. at (he Calumet gym- nasium. The New Trier line~up Contains two Gleucoe girls. the Misses Becker and Barrow who play left guard and lell lurwanl respectively. The animal meeting and luncheon of the Congregational Guild will be held next Wednesday. April 7th, in the church parlor. _'1‘h'e church members as well as the ‘members of the Guild are urged to be p'l'eMml. There will be no charge for «he luncheon. Mrs. W. S. Crosby, wlmse Wagnerian lecturei-reciuis have been features of the winter calender will give “Parsilal”. on Sunday, April 4th 3:3 p. meat Crus- hycmft-, A'large number of people 'are expecxéd to mend. In the annual report ql Village éxpen- dimm, no mention is' x'nade of Guns purchased. Some one says the judge loam-d the gumâ€"which judge? What guns?--0h well, that was last summer~ lorgctit. - and admirers are legion. Wm. Herbert juhnson, lawyer. in a man of sterling qualities of head And heart. loyal to (fiends, true to ptinciples pad faithful to his word, hence his friends ' . boa? Let’s inveiligue. What dues a “candy man" know about filtering b'edl, septic tanks and such. , Bauer stick to the candy bushes: Walter its sweeter even than being Mr. and Mrs. Edwin S. Clark, Longv wood avenue, have returned from the south where they have been spending the Dr. and Mrs. Marc Darling have rem. ed an apartment in the Ziesing building and are pfeparing to occupy it on the first of May. The Mahsevwill be rented. Mr. Gondon A. Ramsay. lawyer. is a- man of excellent qualifies, i: brainy, rc- liable and always steadfast to friends and to the line otduty. Mrs. Ida Messenger and, niece, Miss Bud- Shutts. Sheridan Road. expect to leave soon for: visit of>some length in Alden Cranium: has recovered {nun a week' a illness. Mr. Charles T. Kitten in a man of true wonh and‘sterling integrity and is iuwslly regarded as one of Glencoe‘s valued _Mia Eva Aimcr, of Chicago. spent Saturday. and giunday the guest of Mr. and Mn. Mon Saunders, Sheridan Road. Mr. Oscar I. Went" post" all of those valid and estimahie qualities which make the most useful citizen and best friend. Mr. C. S. Sh»: has rented the Mes- {anger residence on Lincoln avenue and will move into it in a few weeks. Evidently there are two or three star- vnnn of the “0k! Peep]? 3 Party gtifl living In Glencoe. » S. H. :lebom; of Chicago. transacted business in Glencoe uh Monday. Madame: Marc W. Darth: andannk Darling entertain informany Sunday [or Tn; main mm»;- m highet mi. year than ever befure. Ha the Vfllm 01 Glencde a polical for the rheuefit of Mrs. Clgrk's Survivurs of the "People 3 Party" claim that the large meeting of Glencoe men, held In the Village hall, March 13th ”was not entirely representative of the people' a will " although nearly all the men in the Village were present. The Glencoe men there. nominated Mr. West for the oflice of President of the Council ‘ by a decicive vote of 136 for West and 78 for Calhoun Mr. Hughes was one of the platinum speakers at this meeting and placed in nomination the retiring The mass meeting held in the Village hall. March 13th. by a large majority. decided in favor ol Mr. Oscar J. West. fur President oi the Councilâ€"the men oi Glencoe spoke their minds and then voted with the result. sure and strong [or Mr. W est an unusually competent man and well qualified for this trust. The‘ men present at that meeting most of them know Mr. West personally, they \oted for him a y ear ago, fur the oflice of Pres- ident of the Council. Many voters in blencoe believed him to be the most popular candidate for President Some say lie was iairlv elected. others he was Counted out. or missed by a half dozen ballotsâ€"another vote this year and a fair count will settle the whole question. It is urged that all people of Glencoe competent for membership in. the North Shore Musical Festival will apply to the conductor of the Glencoe section Mr. Arthur G. Bennett. lot a place in the big chorus. It is a wonderful privilege to be allowed tn sing in this great musical event of the year with such soloists as Schu- man. Heinks. David Bispham', Percival EAllen. Margaret Keyes, Dan Beddoe and Arthur Middleton. If you have a voice. communicate with Mr. Bennett. The training you will receive is well worth while. The rehearsals are held at the Woman's Library Club on Monday evenings. - ALSOâ€"Warrants un the Treasury for carriage hire. police clubs, stnp watches. specual Cohstahles and épecial police. a total amount of, $547.60. Ms" court costs. Stenographers ctc., 3396.02. Nineteen warrants were drawn against the Village Treasury last fiscal year. to the order 0! the Village Attorney {or ser- vices etc. a tntal amount “31.05166 . Do the people of Glencoc want a re. petition of these expenditures another seasonâ€"4 Linenâ€" ' Next Tuesday 'Glencoe will vote for five councilmen and I president~there are only six candidates [or the Councilâ€" Meuers Walker, Woolley. Killen, Sayles. Fox and Behrens~three of these men will have the power to appoint a, ‘Village Attorney. Satisfy yourself in advance whom you will select to represent 3 your wishes in'the Council when this choice is made. The village attorney is an important paid oflicill and is really the "whole work." In village afiairs-â€" more than you would think. Mr. C. M. Parish announces he is no longer connected with the North Shore Fuel Co. He also announces his new home ll being completed as originally plnnned, and it is to he a substantial im- provement and not entitled ”to the op- position heaped upon him by the agents ‘of the "Brown Estate" in whose sub-‘ division he is building. It was reported a couple weeks ago. he must run the risk of losing hi; joh. ii he did not yield to the wishes of others, temporarily in power and holding the Big Stickâ€"it .has come The young ladies of the Wheat Dozen 'met at the home of Mn. WillV. Schnu'r, Park avenue,_ Tuesday; After the regullr work was finished a luncheon was nerved. The club go en muse-to Evanlton, Mcn- ‘day the filth to he guegts of the Children's 3Home and Aid Society, at the monthly luncheon served by the lldies of the; Bard. The next meeting bf the Club‘ trill be held‘with Min Newhall. Central avenue. 2 E. Percv Haywood. proposes to put in me filtering beds and lepttc tanks on hiebelch next tu MncLeieh brpperty as Is an “ohjectlesson.” ' Glencoe llready has an object [cum in filtering beds and nptic tanks at Hazel avenue beach. It is injut’ing valuable prqperty pointing drinking water and destmying a public pleasure patkâ€"tum the sewer: to the Skokie and drainage canal. Why are we taxed for sanitary district. - '11:. and Mm‘i-‘redetfih Mcntuein- Baloui. Misti-ippi. Mr. Sargent' I mother' It wmwhu lmpmved since her trip south and enjoying the sunshine ' an 8M binds. lll he: wheelchair. It is said she may not again behble tovalk; even with aid of crutches. The family feel gr‘ateful that her life ha been smred Mull their are so‘many willing hands to inlhehe‘r comfortable. It was obtained upon the prom- ise to make, without cost to the village. extensive public imprnve- It grants the right to lay and maintain four tracks. It confirms the illegal appropri- ‘_ation of part of a public highway, by the construction of 'the track abov: grade and in deliberate vio- lation of the terms of the original franchise which was in, force at the time the Electric road was built. Aside from these considerations the following reaSons are advanc- ed why the terms of tlie pre- sent franchise are against the pub- lic interest: Itis perpetual. ‘ 'lt includesa general railroad franchise and a street railroad franchise, when fro'ntage‘consents were obtained only for astreet railroad, and when the State law prohibits the grant ,of a_street railway franchise for longer than 20 years. Second. If it is cancelled. because it. is unlawful, the Electric rqad will not be left without a franchise.’ but its prior 25 years franchise granted in 1898. to 0p- érate a Street Ra'ilroad. will re- main in full force. First, That a cancellation. of the present perpetual franchise Ithrough Glencoe Can be brought about only in case its grant was il- legal, in which event it most‘cer-1 tainly should be revoked. annull- ed or cancelled; and It should therefore be borne in mind. , Inasmuch as this vote will have no effect beyond an expression of the will of the community. the exact phraseology of this propo- sition is of novimportance so long asit is understood.‘ “Shall (Fé'frahcbisc granted to the Chicago Milwaukee Electric Railroad Company be cancell- ed." T he Glcncoc Council has asked for an advisory vote of the people on the follo‘mg question: Mrs. ]. R. Case gave a delightlul talk on birds at the Woman's Library Cluh at their regular meeting .m Thursday 'aiu-r- noon. Hersuhject was the "Bird Lover‘- Year." A' large number of people gathered In hear her. am'nng'tlrem were the 8th grade pupils of the Village schn'ul Mrs. Case handled her subject in a very interesting manner and started many in the audience on the way ol-learning more 01 birds and bird life. Most of the hirdsi mentioned werethose seen and studied 1 in Elmhurst when the resided there. She told of the enormous number slaughtered every year for the purpose of adorning hats. An amusing tale was related of a woman who reprimanded a small hov in one ol the parks. who was shooting at the feathered gangsters with a sling shot. when on her hat was an entire bird of r'are and gorgeous plumage. the North Shore Neva-Lava ln building up. new comm'unity such as Glencoe the service of a competent engineer is of vastly more importance to the success .of the municipal improve- menu undertaken thst no minutes he madeâ€"and i: oi more consequence than the moving. or a ham or adjusting the autumobile speed as indulged in by the passing administration: and when such men with reputuiOne in the engineering‘ world I: enjoyed by Frederick Sargent. August Zeising and OICIT ]. West olfer their srrvice tree in the gdud of the com- munity in which they‘ live ‘snd own homes. Why should any one for a single moment oppose such generous offers especially (3! men whose service in their pmiession command as much mum-y in I wee-‘1: as most of us get in 1 year. pnuident. ue Calhoun. {or amuher termâ€"without avail. But it was the neat complimentary remarks in his speech which won over enough men to can a fumble vote to retain, Mr. ‘ Bughe. a a member of the Council. al~ gthough the head [tiled of humiliation. Mr. Hughes 'distegards this Cumplimenr and now withdrew his name [or .re-‘ election to the Cwncit-Ahue. he will be president or "chinflâ€"‘hethe “peoples party" ticket. with a pus-idem and one cguncil memberâ€"greu-plny lhie. THE ELECTRIC ROAD REFERENDUM. A great d'egl of time preparing In! prugnu swople oi the (Emmy der whose auspices in . much ctedit and Glevu pleated with it that flu do it again. A great given and we" desern D. Nichol. who show. training such a chums." , 'beenJ : .nd “”pen in ML“! Illl' E?“ en. dear": Tm were» “’Pe they will 1 u! cndil is " Mn 8mm» Net ahifily inf ager. Sidnéy Bennett:- 5st. Mary Andrew; Mn: 0' Brien. flighlalyd Pal uy me Iamuy 0| sucn a Wumon (Mme. In urder that you an" ‘»e able in dis- tinguish {Hem [mm any. flu-r Smith. we give their 'Iull name a - the pnn'they 3 ed. " ; ‘ “i”; Smhfi. Armour Ms; M: Smith, Ethel DeLang' L'ncle vuhn Smith. Ar- thur Nevin": Sonny =ilh. Katherine Howard: Sissy Smixh‘ Louise Lane; Bobby Smith. Helen' «laffin: Infant Prodigy. Ma Trude. ‘imnuo Smith‘ Family. A en Clank' ,I':Suge Man- ager. Sidney Bennett}? .M{ Acoom .n- l in. May ‘53-‘43”.m” Director, ig. An h_' , In urder that you in; tipguish [Hem lnym In ' givelheir lull name I pinged, J , 1 Glencoe gave the ”Smith family" a musing welcume at tlm Woman? Chub last Than-day night. itllv one hundred and filly people gmetrd the company at singeas; II".- app'lause cmud be hard block- away. Why In. id have thought that inch :1 pmyam cQ ‘fld be rendered by_ the lam“! at such a' tantrum name. A vote "N6" means that the franchise should nut be disturbed whether lawful or not. , e7- __,â€". But after all. the controlling. question is this: . Is the present ;»erpetual fran- chise a lawful grant? If it is, it cannot be revoked . If it is not, it shhuld not be al-f lowed to stand. '- ‘ And' since it is admittedly of! very questionable legality, the Council should hzfve the matter legally determined and settled. A‘ vote ”Yes" treans that the franchise'should be cancelled if‘it is an unlawful gran: But when we .‘v’re cousidei’ing I perpetual franchise. matters of tos dav or to marrow are of small 1concem. How Will itbe when Glencoe has [0,010 or more peo- ple? How will i'?’ be when the road is operating its four tracks through the thick} 1 settled North Shore. with the piesent franchise‘ still in force and bzyond the con-“ trol of the men _of ghose days? The road: .11 p:é‘scnt.' has hard work to carry its bonds and so the summ per yc‘n ‘ which .it ispay- ing as. is at preficnt. a big pay- ment {or the bent-fits received. Bu}! when we we considering a perpetual franchin. matters of to~ The question of expediacy as of more Importance than that of legality. ' Some futunc CI u'ncil will grant: perpetual franchi c, if the present oncis .',mnullcd Ind Inthout any compensation to :he village. It pays the \ llagc one thous- and dollars per 3 car. Mr. Frost Wou d havc made the $200000 worth If improvements he promised if he had not become fin'ancially cmbar Isscd. MI". The perpetjalfranahisc only obligates the Elrctric road to bear one half of this'expcnse on Green Bay Road. So far‘as thé present writer has been able to lean. the arguments in favorpl the purpclual franchise jlights. c.. .bult it should be re- mcmbcred that [cxccpt for the an- nual payment 'If Sl.000,00. the original 25 you} ‘ranclu'sc con- talns practically ill of these minor benefits to the public and a!" tit obligation: u be) 6‘7!!! 8:} Road in r:- It is true that this'franchise con- tains various prc visions as to street Roughly summarized. t est ob- jections arg- tha ,thc pncs*vt fran- chise is; .1." Perpetual , ' Illegal. _ § For a general railroad. Fat four tanks Confirms priihtc appropriations of a highway" i 1 Has not been paid for as prom. ised. These great >ublic benefits have not been provided and cannot be bad because" 'hey Were not in- cluded in the f‘anchise but wen .pmyided {or i) .a personal con tract with the. President of the road. Albert C.; Frost, who is now unable to perform his, obligations. .ments ‘ csdmard to cost over 3200,0004», iacluding a mat highway viaduct. a public park. and over a. mil: of highway. pav- ed. sidewalks. had provided with sewer and watt-r pipes. THE SMITH FAMILY U. R. Bnnm. van mule hull-(emu. yea: old. Hack L spot inddc right hind leg. Reward. C. W. Bucxusv. 4‘7“ UN!) on the shore Shae Luge: watch. Please send all d ' by mail to Ivy Bmkwell. 240 h ave. URNISHED {imam electric lights. F hath and He . two. three and [out dollan. Address Mn. Aldjdge Tel. 2532 fan Prim "mm; from a Vitus w Card at 75w.ahumiedton dumnd page volume. Nonh Shore New Lcner. , l6 Laurrl ave. M92. corner lot: in Highwmd. A y at Rs McGovemStu Highland Park?“ i SALE CHEAF: “0!:ngle Eon Saul-~Splendid oppummit Fifty dollars down and «en dollan momhfurwnnd loom Ion. Forum culnn Ice , Mus. AW. 051' white bull-terrigq year did -fi... :__z.a_ - - 0000 family even mum house Ccnln“ locayted in H hid Put «My team finqmre News er 011cc v.1--- - Bic-um sued. Cash «TE-S Tel. 2532. an. A NSUR E your Brand. ' , L‘D Grandhlhem dbck in good condi~ Lion. Adam. Mn..\\'-bm :97. 660 A's§§'cfififif§i7kfi'7ޤi I c. a Imwtmcnu. very up. mm In Mariano; _ A, 3[flighla L‘D Gran: “on. A: BARG! , side II RIST, now employed. want- [tuli- tion‘as gard net on print: place. Life experience. "he hat 0‘ Meter-cu. Add". C N. Cam 850 N. Tallinn avenue. Chicago. Ill. ‘ ANI I‘EU: --(iirl RT: gm EH; work- Two in luaily. PHELPS. 327 Prospect avenue. Haiku. llnd Pnrk. (m AN~ or man and wife mute can a M nrden. lawn and nulomdflc. Am News-Letter 05cc. m ship. Election Apt-fl 6fh. 1919. Announces himself as 'candidau for Asshssor of Dccrfield Town. AUGUST season. HIGHLAND PARK. ILL. Candidate [0: Town Collector election, April 6th 1909. Fawn: _- 1.9.. I hcwby immune: -mysclf a. candidate finr Supervise; of Deer. field Township. and ca'mcstly solicit you: vote. FIRSTlehune'iKhMcmm uni-heel. nun or table. amen Mn Aldddge‘.‘1‘e12532 Classified 1!de ouszs Furnished as mm P flies 'liti . :3. Alarm . n‘ Telenhone 2322 . THEODORE M. CLARK, 50:“ i EL? lrcs'l cggI. Te 1. “VI. Highland Park. 658 m. Glenéa'e' net-3.73311. 2532. GEO. L. VETTER 30m“ mun]! Ibo- "u‘lpflnuxdc’hu- W It in 6. M Bye Witer DRINK property with w. a. WATER Highland Park H! Mn. Alanna.