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Highland Park Press (1912), 16 Jul 1914, p. 1

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her nntnm; {.1 K by (m 1’ L1 wyv-N mm; .1 ‘1‘ buxght in)! :u be ex ments u.“ at t) CA RS ‘fion Co. ‘ords FOR NEW ROAD COH- Highland Park ED: W'hh r 1‘ F‘n‘l '14 as‘ Fe; CONTRIBUTED The new station of the Young Men's Club Life Saving Crew, approaching com- pletion. is a focus of interest nowadays. Last Sunday a thousand people visited it and every afternoon and evening scores ‘ e th progr oi the‘ p 0 Iain m UFE SAVING STATION < NEARING COMPLETION A Bomfit Busch." Game is Being Ar- ‘Lifo hm Crow May Decide to Hold . Goon. Elli-Ind Foo. Agil- in the Race and 300qu the H. P. Rank" Dedication of now Boat House 5 for Conan». Hoary D. wt“- nnd Munch! Bron. Cnck ‘ u Pm of Macon Ion’u ’ 0min. HinfochpubBc-U Tum .' Cokbnfion ¢ No-bndon mmmmccem“ the government specifws as necessary parts of the machinery {or saving life from the waters. Probably there are but few people in Highland Park who do not know most of the boys whose gallantry smce they or- ganized themselves as lee savers has in- spired admiration. For those who do not. here is a complete lust of the crew: Roland Brand, Captam; Ray Brand. Irving Brand, Lyle Gourley. Oscar Benson. John Gallagher, George Brand, Ed. Gourley, Oscar Bell. and Fred Gallagher. The station is being erected with funds {secured by the efforts of the Young Men's YOUNG MEN’S CLUB WILL NEED “(0 Club. Altogether $1700 has been raised. But this it has been found is barely suf- ficient to pay for the building since the Lookout and other improved features were put into the plans. The crew is pro- Vided now with uniforms, life preservers. and a lite boat. the latter having been furnished by the government through the efforts of Mr. A. W. Fletcher. A great deal of additional equipment is necessary. The advisory committee of which Mr. D. F. Kelly is (:hairman. es- timated that $600 more must be expend- ed for this purpose. The new courts are in exccllen: mn- dition and {hase who enjoy the game of tenms W!” be welcome at any [me to make use of them. Mr. Mellick is planmng to hold the second annual North Shore tournament during the last Week of August. thh the addition of the new courts this great tournzment is expected to surpass the last one. both in numbers and cunvcmcnce‘ Loung cups will be awarded as last year. Plan to wm one of these (up by cumnng every day and practil‘tnz Everyone. bug. llHlt‘. old and young, is inn-med I) make use of tl‘e new courts. A baseball game between the crack team of Mandel Bros. and the champion Regulars is being arranged. the proceeds to go to the [and wanted and other methods of raising money are under con- Siderauon. But it is expected the sum Will be Cunmbutsd mainly by residents of the city. There are many people, said a member of the adwsory committee or the Young Men's Club. who have undertaken to raise the addmnna! $6“). who did not contribute to the $1700 first raised, be- cause 1n many mstances they dud nut know ot it, who are dcsirou: now of gn- ing something because they are proud of the bow that form the crew. and I have no d->ubt the $600 wul be furthcomzng. Contnbutmns should he sent to F. W‘ Schumachervtreasurer of the adnsory committee at the Young Men's Club. E. C. Mellick but been Employed mi Take Chrge of Tennis Court. for Summer Month- The school board has employed Mr. E. R. Melli;k to take charge of the tennis courts at the hxgh school grounds for the summer months. 'umber 20 TENNIS AT HIGH SCHOOL BOAT Horse UNDER CQ‘STRL'CTION 'in the early morning for Lake Park lwheii a day of games. prize ‘drawings, ifeasting and dancing will be begun {and continued until a late hour. Plans lfor the parade have not been complet- ,e(l but will be announced later by the ichuinnan of the arrangement commit- itee. S. A. St. Peter. A movement has been started, however, to give the many boys and girls \xho own biciqles an opportunity to participate and prizes will be git en the best dec 0â€" rated~ and the most comical outfit in this division. _ to 1 ago the e 5 .nd aonl the north shore and Highland Park Day committees who]1 Republicans File Petitloll are lpoking for noxelties for the big Contrary to gencrll expectation! annuhl celebration. which will be held ,there v,“ no long mm“! line of p0. August 6. may have discovered an un- tition bearers when County Clerk Lu! am one in 8 promise from the A Hendee opened his oflice Thur-thy Young Men’s Club that, if possibleJmoming. Those who were on htnd to they Win dedicate the stationâ€"H "OW __1b°" present theirjetitio__nl were the undi- Joni the north shore and a delega-I For County Clerkâ€"Lew A. Honda. will'include exhibition drills, swiming“ For County Tre‘sumrâ€"ug Mc- tion from the Naval Training school Donough to participate in their program Wh'fh For Sherifi~Elvin J. Griffin. and boat mes. It Will be 599" thatl For County Judgeâ€"Perry L. Per- the ment would go a great way pom-i. toward making the general celebrationl A little later in the morning, Wil- the big success it has been in past liam Rosing of Round Lake and his war: {petition for county treasurer wd T COQIITTEEAFI'ER ilANYNEWl-‘EATURES RICHARD PARK DAY PLANS ARE BIC As usual the parade will start the day's“ festivities. leaving the city hall This is a general day of celebration inaugurated and continued by the Business Men's Association members of which will c1959 their places of business on the date set, Thursday. Auggst 6, and give their clerks a holi- dayfinnd every resident at the city shouid make an attempt to join in the Jay's fun. Wedneqlay morning the chairman of the Beach Committee of the ()ssoli Club was called up several times cun- gratulating her on the knowledge and foresight of the beach master, Capt. .‘Iclfcsmand in preventing people from bathing on 3l‘uezmay at the bathing heath. After reading the article in the I?“Tribune" Wednesday morning and iealizing the number of accidents that mccurred owing to the heavy sea and {worse still, to the tremendous un~ dertQ‘w, we think it wqpld be Well to sum$st to those who Were not pleased Tuesflny. would it not be better to trust to the judgment of one who has had forty-one years experience on the Lakes and consequently must be much better able to decide when it is unsafe for the children to go in. If the men and boys m ll only fielp by slming out on those dnys, it will ma. 9 it \er} much easier to control the iittle people, whose safety and plea. re we have principally at heari. Contributed. Beach Muller Prevenll Many From Go in. in Bathing A V n was born to Mr. and Mn Arthur La nu of .\1cl).miels and Fanrvucw Axes: vesterda) but "eMiM nnlv lixed a fegm hours and Will he b-med tlis af » erhcon UNDERTOW IN LAKE TlELDAY titionl were the 'cwai- Les \hserables one of the grates: nmtion pictures e\er made, is . magni- ‘miem $100, 000 production 0! mt literary masterpiece of \ictor Hugo aded by I isplcndld cast of French stars, 13d will be gnen at the Highland Park Theatre next Sunday afternoon at 2: 30 and evening It t6:15 and 9.30. Vaudeville has been dis- : continued during the ho‘ weathc. ' A little later in the morning, Wil- liam Roslng of Round Lake filed his petition for county treasurer god '1‘. Arthur Simpson filed his petition for county superintendent of schools. James Hepburn, cnndidate tort-oun- ty treasurer, and Carl Wuterfleld, candidate {or county clerk, did not file their petitions but intended .to do so inside of the twenty dnyu’ time tint is allowed for this purpose. The law prescribes that petitions ensbllng the candidates to get their names on the ballot must be filed with the connty clerk not more than sixty day. and not less than forty days prior to the primary election which occurs on Sep- tember 9. v PEI'I'IIONS FILED FOR All. COUNTY OFFICES WARIFKHTATPIIIARESW County Superintendent of Schools â€"~Miss Margaret Brady. The first three named Qndldlm filed their primary petitions with County Clerk Hendee this tfu‘moon. County Clerk Hendee very; recently. Tilr. Carr and Miss Dady nrq§tentutive ('andidates as they have not; yet been consulted. Mr. Cur in thc former editor of the Waucondn Lender while Miss Dady is an instructor at the High school. The Democratic County Central Committee held a meeting Mondg‘y af- ternoon in McDermott's hall, Wuuln- gun, at which they selected a ticket which they placed in nomination: The ticket follows: Founty Judah-m. #1. C. Foalson, Waukegnn. I County Treasurerâ€"A. G.‘-Maether. Prairie View. Sherifiâ€"A. A. McMillan, draysl'ake. (‘ounty (‘lerkâ€"F. L. Carr; Waucon- da The name of Fayette S. Hunro a! Highland Park as a candid.” for 1e2â€" islature from the eighth (Huh-def. does not appear but it is possiblqth‘t his name did not appear in time for filing on Saturday. Henry B. Barr ofLaké Ca. (Rep). and Joseph W. Freund of Mc- anry, {Deni}. both candidate. for the legislature, tiled petitions Thunday. â€"» Watchman Sun That there will be one of the merri- vst legislative fights in the history of the eighth district at the primaries on September 9. is indicated by the fut that there will be opposition'all along the line. In the congreuionnl fight there also will be a spirited canted for there are two candidates for the Democratic and Republican nominn- For Legislaturh’l'homas E. Gn- ham (Dem). Reel Herbcrt Cur (Prom), Edward D. Shurtlefl (Rep). James M. Woodman _(_Re_p.) Hi‘hhnd Park Thou". Sunday After- noon nnd Evening. July 19 Following is a list of the Qndidntes who, on Saturday. filed prijnry pe- titions for primary nominations with Secretary of Sum Woods ti Spring- field. .r For Congressâ€"Mnlcolm B. Bur-1 rett (Dem) John F. Wlurb (Dem. ),‘ (harles M Thomson (Frog. )5 George E. Foss (Rep.). Henry D. ‘Capitain! (Rep). § {RODS VICTOR HUGO'S us IMAM HIGHLAND PARK, meg THURSDAYIjULY 16. 1914 Legislative Candid-tn Demon-(5' Meeting Wmummu to (no: Mt. Bench' I move- '_ fromthelimehelcfl hi: adieu-t than} eight o'clock. but up to the time this ”tide is written (10 I. m. Thund-y) nodjn. ha been lezmed which explain- the e. and whether Mr. Bench in I wkfl. or let! his clothing and dimppear- ed ii a fit of temporary inun'ny. can on- 1y h. gunned n. ‘ robbery and .ccidenl :heoriea are hot discarded by the police became ol the , that money and other valuable: wet‘ found in the clo(hing which was nag] piled on the bank. WEBERSCHIISSING ‘1 SINCEYB'I'ERDAY Mi. Beach was one of the most popu- lar M3 the butlneu men of the city. I tellow with a good word and I he'l hand for everybody and above ail ‘hlrd worker, h hct his many friends hell" that the cause 0! whatever he: hnp‘ened in mental dennxemcnt due to Wk in preparing the new publicity We!!! of whkh hey-n recently mlbhead. We. Mn Bench then-are five chil- cn. two boy: and three girls. and the SUPERIM'EIDENT 0F SCHOOLSHONORED My lifc nu a ten happy one. ‘ "My only explanation in tin: Mr. Bench «:0de hi life while temponn’ly inane becuhdo o! overwork," aid Mn. Bench It 1:}! home last night. “1’: was 1’: man 0! exemplary Wu and ’1:va :flfifi' ‘ nan mama A signal honor his been conferred upon T. Arthur Simpoon. coun‘y lu- per'mtendent of schools. He bu been appointed usismnt superintendent of the Boys' State Fnir school which in to be held at Springfield next fall. The appointment wu mule at the in- stance of W. E. Davis of Libertyville who is vice~pnesident of the tenth disâ€" trict. To be appointed to such I position is consider-0d I rtre honor. bk. county is entitled w and {our boy. to the Stave Fnir school each yeur. Thou boys are «elected by Mr. Simp- son, the chairman of the County Board of Supervisor: Ind the preci- dent of the Farmer-3' Immutaâ€"Wau- kegln Sun. wait.” wail; “runs... qua on New 350.000 ‘ Structure. at Naval Static. Work on the great wirelua tower- at the Naval Training Station at North Chicago will begin soon, aevcral of the more important contracts (or building having already been let.. The towers rench a height of 400 feet. from top of the bluff which is nearly 100 feet above the water level of Lake Michinn. Between the tow- ers Will he placed I handwme brick structure for the instrument: nnd op- erators. While the structure will be a trifle less imposing in size then the big government plnnt It Redio, Vir- ginia. the elevation of the new station from base of towers to the top is laid T. Arthur Simpson bu Boon Appofialul Ania-m Snporiahdou of Bay'- St.“ Fair Scbol CONTRACTS LET FOR “REES TOWERS Rev. T. A. Reader Will Occupy PM .9 Regal" Pulor The pulpit o! Ebeneter church, 3(- tcrl-eing filled by suppliel time an departure of Rev. Schnder, who lcfl for Can-d: some time ago, wu occu- pied Sunday by the Rev. '1'. A. Ronda who will be the regular paw from now on. Rev. Render com. a: thin city from Lyle, UL. and bu um t home on Lincoln Place. to be a little higher. The work will begin this month Ind completion will be reached in October. The toul expense of the towers and milding will approximnte $50,000. NEWIINISTERATWCHUICI CW” WHI- TWW 1 Under an amendment to Section 104 lot the revised ordinances a sinking ‘Yund commission was also prodded Jar. V i Supplelaental Ana-lento Ordered i The following supplemental suma- 'monu were ordered: No. 75, paving iElm Place; No. 76, paring Hazel Ave» lnuc from St. John Avenue ”surly ,to Fore“ Avenue; No. HO, main waur :Iupply pipe in Rice Street; No. 132, ‘puVing system of bU’I‘Olr‘ including ‘11an Awnue from $1. John: to the éblufl at Lnkr Michigan and l’rmpert Avenue from Laurel (o Muff M Lake le'higan; No 1%. mam Wnlrx supply pipe in Judmn Avonur: No. 147. pav- ing Haul Avenue from Pore»! to blufl ,at Lake Michigan and Lake Avenue from Proapoc! to Haul; No. 151, pov- fing Central A venue. l New (‘oncrrln “an. 1 Concrete walks werv rocommvnded as follows: East side of Rue fired, .in front of lots, 77 and F"; out win of Wlnlmgan Avenue. in front of lots ‘1 Md 9. Mock 3153; Mmc‘h Md? of Broad- dly, in from of lot: I] and 12. block 6; west side of Mchaniels Avenue in front of the Saudi 10. feet of lot 28; Glueoe Avenue in from of lots 10, 11. 12, 18, H, 15 and l“: i] Cl L. W'renn's addition. port of Cit;AMMy3 Holmes u thePOOOMV be made for tho purpose I. Council meeting last rock Tueodlyumtcd in aid report. Quid. Mr. Holman had been naked at 1 pre- p,“ .[ m, Hum “flu“ vioul meeting In to whether the ctty . could condemn had an the North , (3%)"?! fimrrfufdmzmgomg "mm" ”W'°“"V “r we" ' sum and Alloy Fund {or the pm W720” und' the “m" w" “Nb“ 0! during the intersection of Sound to his report dating fiat such lction Street “d Green Bay M ”1d. could r30: b0 lop"? Ink-en. A Fy‘vork to be done with the IPM it we: business whicli should be et- tended to by the Electric Road oth- clele. The other eldermen. howwer, took the stead thet the depot wee e neceeeity ebout which much talk lied been mede end no I: taken in the pen. end thet now the tlme for the city to step in. A métlon by Al- dermen Hoe“, eeconded by Aldermen Stevens than the city 'etmrney confer with the oflicieln wee finelly peeeed by the following vote: ‘yee. Aldermen Sheehen, Stevens. None. Obee end Buckley; neye. Faring, Putnem end Nichole. . CITY ATTORNEY SAYS THAT NORTHWESTERN WILL SELL ponl that . commit“. be nunod to take up the mutter with On North- western was objected to by Alderman Fearing. followed by Alderman Put- mm Ind Nichols on be ground that Amigo Cm 01.01: Cull ‘ Minion. woro ndoptod net-opting hm QLMW M4 8h.“ Burk and the Ilerdunu Loan and Trust Company of Chicago and the” no institutions will heredter be custodians o! the chin cash. The Merchants Company ml] pay 3 per cent. on deposits subject to ten day: notice of withdrawal and the local bank 2 per cent. on nll depoalts ex- ceeding 81,000 nnd not exceeding $20.- 000 Ind 2‘6 per cent. on all over (he Inter amount. The deposits are to be equally dividezl when pOKSlhle al- though this clnuu was objertpd to by Aldermen Mom, Oboe and SleVens. The lornl bunk in m fun uh a hum! of $50000 3nd the (hicogo concern one of $75,000. MAY an m FOR meme ROAD mm AT CENTRAL AVE Crook. Sir-Lin. Fund The following: ordinnnce was passed unanimously: Be it ordnined b) the Cit) (ouncil of the (‘lty of High- land Park Count) of Lake and Sum of lllinois. Section 1. That all inte'est accru- ing upon deposits of. money derived from apecinl assessments shall be used in retiring outsundin‘ npemal Assess- ment voucher: and bonds th-t may be delinquent by reason qf any deficiency in the fund out of which such vouchers or bonds are be he paij. Section 2. This: ordnance dull be in force from Ind after pun... Awdou to Pun-fling Station Aid-nun Buckley} inovod, mondod the Miscellanea» nnd Coatings!“ Fund for supplies for the police do- lpu'unent and jail, for fiscal you awnâ€"15. Carriedâ€"ayes. Nichols, .Buckley. Putmnn, Fearing and Obeo; 'nlyt. Shaken, Moses and Stevens. , That not exceeding Forty Doll-n (340.00) be appropriated from the Miscellanea: 1nd (‘onungent Fund {or the purpose of recording plug in the City Pb! Book and completing the sewer and wuwr plat record. Car- ried. - work to be done with the Ippmtl mdunderthodirecdonofthesm and Alley Committee. That an nppropriatiou of Six Hun- drod Doll": ($000.00) be nude from Thu not encoding Thu. Hundred Dollars (8300.00) be appropriaud from the Mincelluneoua and Confin- tent Fund subject to the odor o! the ' g and Grounds Commit“: {or ' '1‘! PW! park m‘fl'u. Said in- 5‘ £30.". to Le ma is unQer the ii- rectlon of die Enldi'g and Granada Cotdmlt‘w. (‘nn ,c l. "'7th thr- su~plus (‘re Thousand ' '7th thr- su~plus (lre Thousand The: liundw‘. xvi Fifty Dollars (61.- 5‘50 00). to the me.“ of the salary of 0310319 Fund and the bal-nce. Three Hundrei Fifty-Arte Dollars Ind Thir- lyâ€"one (ems 13359.31), to the credit o.’ the gete'nl inm-ect’on de; osi‘ fund on July l. 1914 In tr‘avzs'errci to the Special Assessmen! Expenze Fund. Carried. Thu Three Thcwsand Two Hun- dud Influx-3483200 90' be tnnsferred from the “bur Fund!!!» the purpooe of paving the city’s portion uses-gt! In Public Benefit for paving South Sheridnn Rood. Spa-sis] Amman No. 214. Carried. That the city attorney be directed to nrepare and aubmit to the (flty Cm- Cil ,an ordinance requiring the Hith- lend Park State Bank to increaae ita bond guaranteeing city deposits from $20,000.00 to 350000.00 and muting the Merchant: Loan and That Comâ€" pany to increaee its bond from 850.- 000.00 to $75,000.00 and submit the same to the City Council at -ita July Mn]. (arried A majority report 0! the Finance and Police Committeee was presented as follow: We recommend that a sum. not to exceed fifty dollar: ($50.00) be appropriated from the Miscellaneous and Contingent Fund .for the purpose of converting a part of the second story of the fire station into a suitable polm- court room. We further recommend a sum not to ex- ceed Twelve Dollars 4312.00) be ap- propriated from the Miscellaneous and Contingent Fund {or the purpou of building a shod {or the motorcycle used by the (‘Lty marshal. turned. The cny alhn‘ne) reported that. with the oust of the mpnn'emmx! only I little over 32.300 mu $1.000 was ob- jeclkd In by prnperty owners and ad- vised that the propobed improvement 0! Broadway from Sheridan W to the lake be dropped. The retommen- dution was adopted, The Board of Local Improvemvnu lubmmed Ind recommended the adop- tion of an ordinnnw ; ”Hiding fur the paving and other-“Arr Improving o! Doerfield finenue .znm Unkwood Ave- nue to Green Ban Hand ( .."T( The Board of Local Imfrmcmenu submitted lnd ru ommvnded the ndop. fion of an ordinance gyrovid'mg {or the contraction of n unwary sonar in Ridgewood Drive. Farmed. A motion that the city purchne I hone It a cost not to exceod 8225.00 sad the money therefore he find tho (Continued on page 8) (‘re Thousand fry Doflars (‘1.- of the salary of Volume 4

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