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Highland Park Press (1912), 5 Sep 1912, p. 1

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before he finally wins thefheart of Ruth Noel. hlS fathers ward. Although m9 young woman is maxed from him dur ing the three years. the remains constantâ€" When she discovers that her sweetheart. whom she had It first befieved to be t profligate soar “W the highdt qualuics and morals and that he has teln‘ ponnlv given up the law p0 take up PfO’ feasionai baseball to saw his father from financxal nim and to protect her 1'18va her heart gm out to him and the curtain goes down on the betrothd. Lee Arthur and Frank Hatch have 309‘ plied the play with an air 9f high ideal! and enough comedy to make it an ex‘ [c from every telephone :ago Telephone Com- l r “ Long Distance." [- “Puth'n' In our rim Wed. at a. (3 Olympic Cid-Io ‘The course of true kyle never run! 1 smoodx' is an old adage. had In “Puttinz’i ‘ It ()\/.'er Russ Sterling, the law student. 1 goes thrnugh three year: of turbulence before he finally wins the- hoarf nl Dmh Q'PURDY SONS, Ag... Funded Electric Iron ong Distance Lines of lephone Company you at it will require many Channels of communi- The Board of Local [uproveme'nu re- serves the right to reject Eany or nil bid! if they deem It best for the public good. Jam: Ouval. PIESlchf-Z of :hc Beard ofi Local Improve- ments of the Citv of Highland Park. Dated at Highland Parkjllinms‘ August 19. 1913. menu 1:: open session 0( said Board It the time and place fixed herein for tho opening oi the same. Nopropoaa] or bid ml! be considered unless accompanied by check as herein provided. Ta'C "' "JL’ if)??? ("WY {‘(‘r .r‘"U."‘ 4.; rr vpusalj :1 MC: 1:14: L; accom- pamu! m a Cyrufied Check pa) abk- to the President of the Board of Local improve- ments vi the Eily of Highland Pa]: for the sum of not less than ten (10) per cent or the aggregazc (j the proposal. Sand pmpog] must be dhlivered to the Went of the Board at Local 1mm :ellent evening's entertainment. 35 l‘ nanifesled by the round! of appllu’e vhich are heard at the Olympic Theatre v! every performance. ‘ Harold Vosburgh takes the part of R0“ Ruling. the college hero; Miss Helen lolmcs. that of Ruth Noelnhe attractive mi Other membars of the cast are 'dwin Holt. Frederick Burt, Royal Tracy. ’mklin Ritchie. mum hincr. Jooeyh Voodbum. C. E. Burris, : Alison SUP‘ rant: and Veda Stale versational round-trip loss of time, at a cost Board 0: Locai Inzprm ememe of the City (4 H (hand Park. .\nt:c: :s herebv mven,that bids will be receix‘cd for the constmqtiun of avitrified [I e mnfiary sewer m Nflchxgan Avenue. fr') '1 m6 connectmg Viith the present sewer an (heeh‘Bay Road; and from thence unteriy a dwtfixce of 425 Ice! together wzth manholes and flushing connections in the (my of nghland Hark. Lake County li‘uncm. 35:: whole m accordance with [he ordxnance {herefwr Saul ‘mis WI” be upcnrd rm the [with GM!!! dav uf Sep~ (z-ntbrr \. I), 191;, :1! the hour 0f eiilht icugo requires several 0“: [ME MD CONSTW THEM-l the destination and Notice of Lcfiinr Contract rant: r w Li be p: System Local? Exc haqge St. Johns Ave. " v‘.[!th| dilY «If Sep~ u the hour of eight «3“: of {hr Board Hall a‘ x prnposals p» at {he Board ‘ -xty Hall 1 an bonds. 'n‘: at the I CHILDREN’S CARNIVAL: at RAMNIA PARK used for unloading 1nd the other for storage. leaving spice enough bomcen fortunate drive in but not to turn M An height will come in and 30 (mm 01‘ PM}! RIGHT) To Improve Glencoe Depot Property According to the (Elencoe Record the Northwestern Railway Company will spend about $25,000 in a proposed im- provement at Glencoe. All freight tracks south of the freight depot will be taken up and the land from Park Avenue south to Hazel Avenue will be made into a park. Two tracks will be laid north of the depot and Milton Avenue. on the ex- treme limit of the property which wil be It became known last “cek that an Evanston real estate dealer has consum- mated :1 sale In the Catholic. church of a half black of property lying between Florence and Wesley Avenues and Wilder Street. County Build Church in Llwleu Dilln'cl Polxsh prints as apustlcs of law and order. are to try to acmmphsh \vha: Evansmn has {ailgd m for years (he taming of {he ”blind pig" outlaw rt-pziun to thc west at the cxty hrmh. I: m smd to Every once in a while a story breaks ‘ was stabbed in a street fightin Highwood out in a Waukegan paper that Mrs. rearlySaturday morning is atthe post hos- Harold McCormick is planning a lake 3 pital and the dot-tors now believe he will from Venice on her Lake Forest shores. ;recover. No trace of his assailants, said It is to cost anywhere from one to three ' ‘0 be Italians With whom a group 0t million. a mere bagatelle for us. While I soldiers had been having trouble earlier the plan is beautiful and worthy of Mist in the Vevcnins. has been found. The McCormick in every detail, the writer of ; men ”@38th l“ "“3 brawl were all, ac- these stories must remember that while [cording to reports, in an intoxicated con- Chicago has one Montgomery Ward to l dition after a nights carousal in a “blind guard the shore, we have many of him 9.8-" This 33 only one Of the C3595 scattered along the old bluff, all in good through “'thh a few men catering to a "barking" order. Then too we have‘ilawless element gathered from all parts once in a while. amayor (and council)!C'flhe North Shore 3‘9 putting High- who hand one to these Cliff dwellers. lwood‘s reputation back tothe place where whole streets running down to the lake i it used to be in the days of the wide This further isolates the inlanders and to ' 0P3“ town. Although there are many get them to enthuse on a lake Venicereports of hilarious affairs; held in the idea one would have to furnish airships 5 city it seems that a majority 0f the "blind so they could have a look at the place ; Pitts" are operated OUtSide‘thé‘ limits and designated. L'ntil these are furnished. . that a glorious opportunity is thusafford- and Mrs. McCormick secures one approval 9d Mr, Quayle and the members of the to the plan. she is hardly likelv to sink a Law and Order League t0 distithiSh few millions in the drifting sands of the themselves. They may‘ l'eSt assured that wave beat shore_ Dream on writers. they will havethe cooperation of two thirds Lake FortsfCorrespondent. Ei‘mlsfon Index Of the citizens 0‘ Highwood. There is also The most attractive to the spectators. and probably the one which aroused the most enthusiasm among the children. in the serIes of children's day programs presented by the Ravinia Club at the park this season was the Children's Carnival held last Thursday. Nearly five hundred children in costume gathered on the well- -kept lawn in front of the stadium and ’open air stage and participatel in a series of punch; and dan:es w‘1Ich mad: the grounds seem. a play ground for children of all nation; '.I‘ I: s: aff p‘1 )t 14mph :r 3.11 t‘1: I: lit) of Trl3 PRESS snapped a‘nut thirty views of Highland Park children present with the ab we result. A; is usual in su: h cases the ph)tograp‘.1er"lost" many that he hoped t) get Numbered from left to right the children in the above group are: Top row. 1w Anita and Olga Lihme; 2â€"Dorothy Gardner; 3 ~James Munro 4 â€"Catherine Martin; S â€" Marjorie Me ‘tt, Sarah Kerfoot. Ward Willetts and Helen Willotts. Second row. 1â€" Richard and Catherine Rosenwald; 3â€" -\rthur Mc’lreTur Lowrie and Gertrude Abercrombie; 3 â€" Betty Bacon; 4 " Elizabeth‘and Constance Duffy; 5 â€" Victorine DJV. Third row, I 4- Am )ld Mason; 2â€" Margaret Siljestrom; 3-â€" â€"Ca-oline Willetts and Josephine Faxon; 4 â€" Elizabeth Doty; 5 â€"Edith Vail. i g Rnpn Mn‘ McCormicki Venice Plan. To Good OPWN‘IBHY for lave-fixation 0‘ Improve Glencoe Depot “Blind Pigs" said to be Operat- Propeny in; neur Highwood BUILD CHURCH III LAWLESS DISTRICT NO TRACE 0F ASSAILANTS FOUND ITEMS OF ' INTEREST FROM NEARBY CITIES Number 27 RIP! Mn. McCormick'n Venice J‘ e most lawlcss sp« Th2 Hij'blflflh Park? . m iSoek Mu for Non-innuen- to Sen-to And 5 Johnson. Catherine Lynch and John 1 . (h Dist . . sLynchéwere fined $50.00 and costs by ; l‘“'""' "m as" ' . "‘ :Justi 'of the Peace Phillips Tuesday 3 The 3“" Moosers “0m mfi‘gh‘h 5“” ! aftem n. The warrant was taken out atorisl district will meet in Chicago tonight I by Glitter McCarthy of the Illinois jfor the purpose of '2le nominees to; Humane Society and served byComble “new Senate 1nd Lexislature'fmm Rudolph. this district in opposition to Olson. Shurt- ' l , . lefl ct II. The nominee for Congress in The NorthShore Gas Company is laying Ithe person of Alderman C. M. Thomson. mains horn Wsukegani’to Zion City sud i°f the 25th Wad, Chicago, his already ; expects to have the city supplied with PROGRBSIVES HOLD IEE‘HNG TONIC!" Beginning tonight and continuing m the end of the season Mr. Joseph Shee- han will be the tenor of the Ravinia ()p- era Company, taking the place of Mr. Baron whose illness compeHed a change of bill last night from Faust to Thais. Mr. Baron today is scarcely able to speak. lllneu of Mr. Baron Neceuit-tes Eng-ge- ment of Jose’ph Sheehnn CHANGES IN RAVINIA OPERA COMPANY it used to be in the days of the wide open town. Although there are many reports of hilarious affairs; held in the city it seems that a majority of the “blind pigs" are operated outsidetthe limits and that a glorious opportunity is thus afford- ed Mr, Quayle and the members of the Law and Order League to distinguish themselves. They may‘ test assured that they will have the cooperation of two thirds ofthe citizens of Highwood. There is also an opportunity for States Attorney Dady and his assistants and for Sheriff Green and his deputies Private George McClue. the soldier who was stabbed in a street fightin Highwood earIySaturday morning is atthe post hos- pital. and the dortors now believe he will recover. No trace of his assailants, said to be Italians with whom a group of soldiers had been having trouble earlier in the evening. has been found. The men engaged in the brawl were all. ac- cording to reports, in an intoxicated con- dition after a nights carousal in a “blind pig." This is only one of the cases through which a few men catering to a STABBED IN FIGHT SOLDIER MAY DIE The North Shore Gas Company is laying mains horn Waukegani'to Zion City and expectg to have the city supplied with gas begun cold weather. Junie; Phillipa Fina Fox Luke Reno?! Keeper $50.00 On a charge of engaging gifls under 16 years to work in a combination dance hall and saloon at Fox Lake Gotfried Thu (lz-dicatiun ceremonies for the Catholic school will be held Sunday and the schnnl will be open to receive pupils the foilowing day. The airectors ol Ravinia school decid- ed at the last moment to open school in the outbuilding: nndmnntinue there until such [3ch as flh' new buildfhg. the plans for \xhiuh are now ready. shall be com- l)lt‘l(‘(l‘.l Theg Highwood school will open Mon- day with one or two changes in the (caching staff. L‘p m the hour of going to pres; these changes have not been made ais the directors have experienced difficulty in selecting teachers to fill the vacancies caused by the resigations noted by this;paper last spring. Entrance examinations for pupils who have not regularly graduated from the eighth grades of schools within the dis- trict, will be held on Saturday morning and afternoon. September seventh." The Deerfield-Shields High school opens next Monday. September ninth. Regular recitatiohs begin the first day at nine o'clock. It is especially important that those intending to enter for the first time this autumn call at the office and secure assigéments to '~.classes before Monday; The fiuilding WI“ be open during school hours: on Friday and Saturday for this purpose. Wq‘ are unable to obtain an accbunt of the improvements which are said to have been made at Deerfield-Shields but the following announcement regarding the opening was given us for publication: DEDICATE CATHOLIC SCHOOL SUNDAY Highwood' School Open. Mondoy u doe: DeerfieId-Shieldn. Ravinia School in Opened . ANNOUNCEMENTS OF ’3 SCHOOL OPENINGS HIGHLAND PARK, ILLINOIS, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 531912 ° fiiws or THE POLICE com Besides these “hohors.” for each of which she receives .1 bead, every pros- pective Fire-maker must present twenty other “honors," won 3 from six diflerent departments; and they do not '3“ stand for summer fun nor‘ for winter worm In winter the Campfire Girl may turn her 'attention to Handcraft. which mum sewing. weaving. Notary. etc” or to Homecraft. which indludee housekeeping and entertainment knowledge. Piano lessons count and up does learning to mb the floor, and bending the furni~ mre md uldng genre of the baby." There are fifty different wan of am- ing an orangehead tOr uhe may study a patriotic poem, 0?: plan. calm fora‘holiday, 0:er eflect the beauti- fyinzofhamfrmtymfnyol 1 She must have bought. cooked and gserved two mealsâ€" either at home or in :campâ€" without advibe or help; she must ;know how to mend Stockings and hem .dish towels; she must keep an account of gall money recet‘ved or spent for at least a month; she must know how to tie a square knot five times in succession ‘quickly and correctly. So much for Work. And then comes the service of Love. which gives the last two letters of her password, li'ohi'la. She must be able to hrlp others in their hour of need. So ahe learns what to do in cases bf accident by fire, drowtting, open cut. frostbite or fainting. She learns, toot the pnnciplcs of handaging and what a girl of her age ought to know about herseif: she studies the cause- of infant mortality, and how they have been reducgd in some American Cities. The law of the Camp Fire Girls is: Seek beauty, give service, pursue know- ledge, be trustworthy, hold on to health. glorify work, be happy. Their password, _Wohelo. is framed from the first two letters of w rlt‘, health and loveâ€"the libree best” rigs in lifeâ€"and it rings like an Indian call. . When they hold :: monthly meeting it is a council fire, with ceremonies gathered from lndian customs but symbolizing nobler ideals than Indians ever knew. Theifi official costume of brown galatea is Indian in its cut and its fringes and each girl is required to make her own from a pathrn furnished by the 'Vational headquarters. Many of these Wartime: have been seen “133131187” gl’ark streets lately for the local camp j is already a large one E The Camp Fire Girls are divided into three divisions. as are the Boy Scouts. fFiIst cmnes the Wood Gatherers. then ‘thc Fire Makers and last the Torch VBearers. THE PRESS plansa series (it Ithree articles. of which this is the first. 1 which will give a general idea of the iwork and ideals of the Camp Fire Girls. i These articles will take up each dii'ision iin turn and it is hoped that the succeed ing ones will be illustrated with pictures jposed by local members of the or- ganization. ' Among the requirements for Health. shemusz sleep with the windows open ifit is winter. or outdoors if it is summer; take half an hour's daily' exercise outdoors, give up candy and sodas betweefl meals for at least a month. New members are admitted as Wood- gatherers who are expected to provide the food for the fire. Before a Wood- gatherer is promoted to be avdiremaker she must know how to lighr the Councilv Fire as the Indians did, by rubbing sticks together. and she niust advance many steps in Work, Health and Love. Sopopular have the Boy Scouts be- come that it is only natural 3 similar or- ganization should Be formed for girls. Life in the open is not attractive to the 'male youngster only. His sisters enjoy a carefully moderated roughing it in which the hardest features of unroofed existence are eliminated. The tomboy is encouraged in this wise generation. How long a'time has passed since the fragile. delicate. nen'ous girl or young woman was the ideal 3 Through the Camp Fiie Girls the Y. W. C. A. proposes to do for girls what the Boy Scouts organization is doing for boys. lt is the outgrowth of a summer camp. but it is more than a mere summer outing. camp. It teaohes the value at outdoor life and sports. but it also adds a touch of romance to home work. and it bestows honors for prowess in both. “Pm." will run.“ 11m. Ansel“ [iv- in. the Work “a 14.1. of the LOCAL CAI? ALREADY LARGE THEFmEstHE CAMP. Hm: anus '. W.” C. A. Orianization which Plans to do for Girls print thé Boy Sch“ does for The WootLGathenn Modben s The first de'livery olgas from the North Shane GasCompa‘ 's new $100,000 ‘plant. recently complt-t I at Waukegan. was made to North gore towns last Thursday The plant; is at present "manufacturing 500.000 léet of coal gas perday and thug Is run my» the pipes with ' the crude oil gas wlncli Es manufactured .at the old plant. Thelgatly output of _coke fromvtlw plant willgbe from 65 to i75 tons. This byâ€"prodXQ will be offered [to local consumers‘ th h the vanous ldealers on the North fine. Two new ‘by-products, amonia an'ff; coal tar, will _ also be manufactured. ! _ A report has beeh ci 1 ” lated that the name of the company ii! to. be changed but this is a mistake pg bly caused by the fact that the stag olden of the present company have ftfméd a new or- ganization, with u "‘ 'ulization of $6,000,000. which will be nown u the Chicago Suburbm Gn Electric Com- pany. The formation ' thia company will not eflect the mnnfiement or name or! the North Shore cm North Shore Comptny finn- Mumhu- «- are of Cu in 8103330 Plant at Wnuke “An extension of th 7 esem intake to a pawn! 12.000 feet m shore at an estimated cost of $150. . is the recom- mendation made by e specual water committee recently apfioimed 'by Mayor Bidinger. This report in" be prewmed at the next regular m: I ung of the City council." i Thi- in from the “ukegln Sun a Readers wa remenfier Waukegan as the ci_ty which defeat ‘ the proposition for a North Shore nitarv District. Waukegan is now fradfical) endeavunng to devnse some meanS‘of pumymg m drinkingrwmer and preiiming the regular visits of tvphmd fever.“ Yes, poiboned them”? {There is a poison just as deadly as cyan e or arsenic. It is the kind that gets " drinking water when that water cont‘ 5 sewage. Right now the North Shah is engaged in emptying‘its sewage! to its drinking water. The lake of ch we are all so proud is becoming ou V orst enemy. We are making it so. Weégare poisoning it. and it is poisoning usif This is a fine way to establish a horfi , is it not? You look with scorn upon. ‘man who takes his family to live on t? of a swamp and ‘is too indolent to try “cure the swamp. But how are you goin ' i to regard your- selves, when you ha ; laid out towns, and attracted thousé‘ds to them. and pietured ‘e adv‘an , L ortheir children. not to kt)? their. ildren's children, and in the meantime” ou look calmly upon a condition of a irs tenfold worse thanany swamp ever fientcd. This in from the ”In: Forester it is certainlv desir e to make Lain- Fmest more beautilu gbut we want I! sanitary as well as be étitul. Two sub- jects are of Vital int? est not only to‘ Lake Forest but to; he entire North Shore. First. What sli ll we do with our sewage? Sevnnd, Hovi obtain pure and uncontaminated [m M? Wuzvr? Our rapidly increasmg pop, ation compels us to solve these problemfispeedily Nearly every paper ‘ the. North Shore last week printed a loi article about the sewage disposal questi _ and its relation to pure drinking water.; . Portions of the articles are reprinted here because it is well for the citizens try‘ know what the citizens from other towis think about a question which concern} them all equally. This it from the 59nd” [Ida The' Eyanston In x harbors nu pessimism, but it invi 5 you to do a little thinking. Get your first though; to the problem of drainage Possibly Hou didnt know it Mr. New- resident lfll there is. It is a fact whioh far sight“ citizens of North Shore villages have his; had on their minds, that unless Lhégsewage of those villages is properlyt h en care of the Mirth Shore will not delightful at all rift) years from now. t will be disolale It will have a name 5011eg it is horrible to think of. For the 'flonh Shore will have the neputation of. yhaving poisoned its residents P Wank-(‘3. tho cu, " Voted Ana... the Swim-y Fneu big Expcnu for‘inhke MORE ABOUT BURT. é , WATER W3 SEWAGE’ NEWCAS PLANT [K OPERATION 211mm rims; In reply 14) the questinn as ttl whether it ,vmuld be advisable to pass anrurdlnanre callxng for $8.300 bond iswe to be sub- mitted to the \(Jtirs at a specwl tlvctiim the attnrney says: "No". {and explain: that the city‘s pnnmn (an be can-d lur as stalwd above :\:- stated in TMB PRESS two weeks am) many believe- ll would be cheaper to ”sue bond,L and thus' be able to pay the contractor cash and save the discounts usual where he 1:. patd m bonds but the attorney points that the cost of a"; lspeua] elation would be double the sav- ing and suggests that this election an be called at the general election next April. The last question was an to whether it would be pdviuble to mad 3 m nae-uncut assessing the total cost against the C. N. W. Ry. To this the attorney answered no. without explana- In connectiouttth this it- is advisable to state that the report referred to is the one printed substantially in THE Pals a few weeks ago and that it it correct as flat as the records stand It is made up from the monthly repotts of the city col- lector. At the present time auditor! In 'working on these accounts end are pd- ' ting 'he special amment accounts on an individual basis. When this aufit h completed it is hoped that the molt: ~11“! ahnw just how each assessment stands and what the exact amount of the defac- giency is, Many are of the ophioo that lunless this can be done it will be imposs- iible to levy a further assessment on any of the impmven‘nts because it will he Itmposetble to sham how the money al- 1 ready collected was spent. In reply to the quation O't how thecity ‘can obtain the money to meet the flat finstallment of ”01.50 which will be din "July first if the improvement is made by special assessment the City Attorney aye thatit can he done by issuing corporate bonds and he calls attenticn to the fact that the ctty's'pom'on of special am ments for the years 1910 19“ Ind 1912, amounting to $18,000 was met Fin thin manner ‘ :A'eceptReeommendnfionsofC'ty f Attorney that Theyfmoeoed ‘ With Laurel Animprove- meutSnM-mnerl’hmd immmcsor , : 111110an At the regular meeting of the City Council Tuesday night a report from the City Attorney. in reply to the letter. are. pared following the special meeting two weeks ago. regarding the financing at me Laurel Avenue subway improvement; was received and read. It will be remembered that at this meeting the question came up as to the advisability of completing the improvement by special assessment, an ordinance for which had been passed at the previous regular meeting. ln View of the considerable deficiency shown by the report on the special assessment/ac- counts many aldermen were of the 0pm: ion that it would be better to. pass an ordinance for the issuance of hands to the amount of $3.300, the city's portion“ the cost of improvement. and will the same to the Voters at a special m The City Attorney's reply to thew is substantially as follows: In new . the guestion as to whether it would u advisable to continue with the improve» ment in the manner called lot by th w dinance, he says in part that he believes‘ itadvisabletodoso us tut as podhle‘ under this ordinance. He calls attention to the fact, stated in THE Pass a te' -' weeks ago, that the present condition of the special assessment accounts is such that there is no way of telling whether the deficiency as shown in the report is . correct or not. "ln some assessments." the teport reads, ‘wheu proper m are completed it will probably he had i that" an inauficient mm It. made tapsytortbe cod of the W in yhich event asupplimentsl menu-mt should be levied upon the pm henc- fite¢ In cases where s suficient mo ment has been levied and there is a de~ ficiency the ctty may be liable, if the 'nnnt-x‘ was wrongfully used." The Attor- ney turther says that the defiency should in no way influence the plans as origin. ally made and that he deemsthe arrange- ment the best that can be made under the Circumstances. , ADVERTISE FOR BIDS ON WORK Ilium” for Diana's. T-h MMWBGSCLvnyln- prove-cattle...” Amunicau'onfmmAW.FIewher (m at ma non) VolumeZ ”’3'

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