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Pally LLIPS iall theme 335 ial AN OPEN LETTER ON THE TAX SITUATION T0 the Editor: i The Board of Educativn of Schooli District No. 107, (Elm Place School} District). has- asked me to look into! the matter of the 30 per cent raise’ in the assessul valuation of Highland Park real estate ordered last {all by the Board of Review. and the effect upon the school's revenue for 1920. if that raiee should be held invalidW The question has aroused much inter- i est at this time because. as pointed; out in last week's iSSUe of The l’i'ess,l Judge “‘elsh of the (‘ii‘cuit ('uurt‘ recently granted a temporary lnjullC', tion, in the case of certain \Vaukeganl real estate. restraining the collectioni nf wch part of the taxes levied thereâ€" l on as was represented by the 30 pcrl l cunt raise in the assessed Valuation' .it' lands and lots in Waukegan. i A< the matter should be one or" keen perwnal interest to every tax- payer iii the «chool district, I venâ€" ture tu write this letter hoping that, it may M‘I‘H‘ to clear up some of the confux'mii which the subject i now involved. l Briefly. the facts are as follows: l The Board of Review passed a res- olution early last September to raise. horizontally all assessments on lands and lots in Waukegan to the extent of it!) per cent of the assessor's val- m is uatinni Ahoiit the same time. but pursuant to a different resolution, ‘ passed at a different session. the E Board undertook to raise. horizontal- ly. and to the same extent, all as-1 sessments on lands and lots in Lake Forest and Highland Park. A tax-. payer in Waukegan brought a suit to restrain the collection of .60 much of the general taxes levied against cer-‘ tain Waukegan real estate owned by; him as was due to the 30 per centl raise in the valuation of such real estate. In this suit. after an exaniina-l tion of the allegations contained in‘ the hill of complaint, but without‘ hearing any testimony and pending a full hearing to he had at the June term of the ('ireuit (hurt, Judge Welsh entered a temporary injunction in favor of the complaining property The effect of this injunction is to prevent the collection of that part of the tax levied against the complainant’s land in Waukegan which is based upon the Board of Re- view‘s 30 per cent raise. The injunc- tion is merely temporary. When the case comes to a full hearing on testi- mony in June the court may hold that the 30 per cent raise was valid and may dissolVe the injunction; or. it may hdd that the raise was invalid. in which event the temporary injunc- tion will be mule permanent. It must be borne in mind, however, that the pending case in which the injunction was granted attacks only. the regu- larity of the Board of Review's action in raising the valuation of Wau- kegln real estate. The raise in the valuation of Highland Park and Lake Forest ml estate was not brought before the court. nor was it involved (Continued on Page 2) 4|\\'nt’l‘. WRITTEN BY J. V. NORCROSS NL'MBER Makes a (‘lear Statement of Facts After a Thorough Investigation. Schools Need Money IRENE CASTLE .IN “THE AMATEUR WIFE" Pearl Theatre will present the fol luwing program next week: Sunday. Olive Thomas in “Footâ€" lights and Shadows." by Bradley King. Fox (‘omedy; Monday. Owen .‘itxn‘v in “Sooner or Later." stury by Lewis Allen Browne. Weekly Newg Friday. Marguerite Clark in “All ofi, a Sudden Peggy." Saturday Wal- ' lace Reid in “Double Spud" and Supreme comedy; Tuesday.[)uu2~ lus McLean and Doris May in "Mary‘s Ankle.“ Weekly News and. cumedy; Wmlnesday. Taylur Holmes in “The V-xry Idea." from the phenomenally «mu-vt‘ul stare wmedy by William Bill't'll, Paramount magazine and Iirh‘tm mnwdy: Thursday. ln-nv ‘usrlo in "The Amateur Wife." The Humps and lnpiv of the day. also a ~1»."n-au-«l mnmly; Friday. Margueâ€" "m Hark in “All of a Sudden Pctâ€" u§'."‘l§;;ru.n llnlmos and Mutt and Jv-fi': Saturday, Wallace Reid in “Dou- Hc \‘pewk and 21 um nee] (‘hristic Conn-sly. Matinee at 2:30. £55 The Hmmm * ‘ The I U a , 32hr members and Lu pnwidc an ac- lwmmndatiun fur «my. it is hoped rucâ€" c:â€" and )ou- ‘stic ; ! ’ i l lam-s for all >(‘21>"H\ uI' Mo yvm‘ anu tn promote swim ix‘zvrmursc among {hat the (‘itizrns will u-a‘nizv that this club is formed fur thvir benefit and that they will give the men their sup- curt in the yndrrmkhu of this dance, EFORMER HIGHLAND PARK 3 GIRL KILLED BY STORM Funeral services fur tlw dauuhtvr Wen-o held in (‘himgo Wednesday. Mrs. F. K‘. Evans. Sknkio avenue. is a ~~istcr of Mrs. Laufenlwrgm‘. Dorsey Home Wrecked In Evanston the hmm- of Mr. Arthâ€" ur F1. Dorsey. West Ventral street. was smashed by the wind. Mr. Dorâ€" sey f’urmerly lived hcrv and operatâ€" ed a printing establishment in the location mhm' um‘upiml by The Pl‘t'SS nf’fice. Local Features of Sunday's Tor- nado: Butler Store in Wil- mette is Wrecked by ‘ Sunday's “'ind The fortunes of several Highland Park people. and of uthm'x who forâ€" merly lived here \wn- affected by the tornado whivh wruught such hav- oc in Chicago suburbs Sunday noon. Elizabeth Laufenherger. 16 years old, 5655 North Menard avenue, (‘hi~ (-ago. was found dead after the house had been blown over by the wind. and the mother, Mrs. Margaret Laufâ€" enbel'ger, and three other children. are in a Chicago hospital suffering MOTHER AND THREE HFRT from injuries storm. Others Injured My. Laufenlvergvr was badly burned when a stuvc full of coal fell on her when tht‘ llHUSv uvertumml. A two year old son. Vincent, was list- ed as killed in early reports. but was later discovered at the home of a neighhur. who hml nan-nod the inâ€" fant. The Laufenhomor family for- merly lived on llt‘t‘l‘fivlll avenue in this vity. The shoefitnro in Wilmette owned by Mr. Harry Butler of this city wzis badly wrecked by the stnrm, and has been closed for repairs since Sunday. The front' of the store. which is lo- cated in the Jones building. was smashed and part of the stock of shoes was scattered in the debris in Wilmette avenue. The damage to the buildings is estimated at a high fig- ure, as the roof was completely wrecked. The Highland Park Athletic L-lub will give a benefit (lanco in the Deer- fiold-Shields high svhuul gymnasium on Friday evening. April 10‘». This afâ€" fair is a benefit, mainly for the pur- chasing of new equipment. Thrnugh 2: misumh-rstanding lw~ turn-n some persuna prnpugunda has been spread arnund Highland Park which has given many a misn-pro. somatinn 0f the fax-ts (-unxvmmu: tho nhjocfs of thr fwrnlatinn uf' the dub. The primary n'lrjwt nf' the cluh is In fustvr. dvn-ing- ar-i mummy ath- {TIC H W Cu'l 3:) (amp; .3ch fNLD HIGHIAND PARK ILL. r; n «u- A VAQanfrmrs 5 .x‘ Lmibwcx M' r?! vs: 5 EM -d during Lh‘~ u mist-rpm. nxvz‘ning tho I uf' 2‘19 Club. t' the Hub is pl'xll'mfic ath- fire yvm‘ and Am-urdinu‘ tu )‘vstui'dziy‘s Chicago papers Lake Forest is larger than Highland Park, but don't let that wor- 1"; Von becausv it isn't comm-Ce. They an ”all “lung“ Ewn tuwn \illage and towinship in Lake (‘ounty has made a decided gain. North Chicago with 5,239. against 3.306 in 1910. an increase of 58 per rent is first in percentage of gruwth. Highland Park is second in growth. jumpin from 4,209 ten years ago to 6.167 in the 1920 census. an increase of 47 per cent. The following table shows the (-en sus for the most important towns: Pop-hlhn. Pet 0 s ‘ m- 'QLL‘rfw H‘ghhnd Pall V, .C.I‘7 “1.2.9 I Luke For"! .. .. $576 3.3“ I North Chitt'a ..... 5.23. 3.3.6 5 “1qung . ., . ..19.115 ".069 2 lion (‘i'y . . 5.672 4.789 I ('ENSI’S FIGURES GIVE HIGHLAND PARK 6.167 H‘ghhhd Pall Lulu For"! North Chittga “1qung lion (‘ity (Hhrr x'illnxr‘. town ship‘, elt. (‘hicauso Papers “(10 Wrong." ( Highland Park Population of H576: Lake Forest 6,167 Saturday. April I701. Dale of Recep- tion and‘lhnce to be Held at H. S. Gymnasium The Chicago papers yaw Highland Park 3.34:) in 1910. which is incor- rect. as the ufl'u-ial census of 1910 gave us 4.209. In fact they gave us Lake Forest's population and L'avc Lake Fox'vst our population and We “won't have it." Thcn- an- in rvulity over 7,000 liv- in}: in Highland Park, but all the of- ficers and soldiers and families from For: Sheridan, and all employees at Fort Sheridan, residing in Highland Park, were counted in Fort Shéridan's population by the government. In mm the city's census gave High lam! Park. 6,931. WOMAN‘S CLUB PARTY INFORMAL AFFAIR At this time of the year all women :U'v :u-txtly lllli‘l'l‘stt‘tl in spring mil- linm)’. Fur scwml years Highland Park has lK-vn the p ssussm' of only nnv :nillinery shop. howcwr nne glam-v at l‘urdy's hardware store will assurv the public that Miss Ernst has a mmpecitor. NEW MILIJNERY SHOP FOR HIGHLAND PARK HIGHLAND PARK. ILLINOIS. THURSDAY, APRIL 1, 1920:. Tut nl< “‘1“!!! A? HO Ion. Pet of I!!! 01mg.“ “I.zc§“"‘ 47 3.349 40 3.306 51! ".069 21 LTSQ IX ll"? 32 '9 it has beetmu- nwessarykp urdor an extra supply of blanks.léMr. James I“. Dufl'y is regent -and Mr. William . Grant is secretary. All (xgikhv officers fms: putting fwrth ever-3’" (fur: to an ; mfg“: the memkership. ;. ' ’ ' BURIED FRIDAY mi; . ‘ ’WALDHEIM CEMETERY The news was a shdck to’his many friends here. and yet it di Enot come as a surprise. for he had éen ill {01 a v‘ea! and for some Weéks past it known that then- was Small hope if 9% manna-“Wu . :;. “I Thursday last, March '25 Word came that Alfred \1uses.l.*§iife long resident of Highland Park) and f\ man), years a prominent merchant had died that sumt mgrning at 3 o'clock. at the Ameriian “Ospital in (‘ hicagn. MASONS ATTEND SERVICES A! \. Moses, Prominerit High- land l’ark Merchant", Died at American Hospital Last Thursday; The funeral was hold 6 Friday. \Iarch 26, at 2 o‘clnck fit) the mar- tuary (hapol at 912 “on: Madison street, and Was (”minded by the A. 0. Fa); _\L0dm~ and théf Rev; Dr. Levy; interment was at‘M'aldhcim cemetery. ‘ Alfred A. Mosvs was mm in (M- cage December 25,1861'iand was brought to Highland Park by his par- ents when he was six weelés old and has lived here ever since. i He was educated in the local schools and grew up in Highland Park, knuwn and respected by the entiré commun- ity. Upon the death of his father, Mr. Moses Moses. in 191}, be suc- (‘eeded him as proprietor" of the Norshwestem departmentistore and increased the husiness wh‘lq'h his fath- er had built up h\ his hqiiesty and fair dealing June 10. 1900, he mai'a‘ied Miss Jennie Westerfeld who sunlives him. and three sons were bark" to them. Stanley, Sylvan and Memné. Sum- ley died in October. 1918; the other sons remaining to carry on the fam- ily traditions. '. Mr. Moses has served the commun- ity as alderman from hia/ward. in 1914, and as justice of thwfiwace, and he always stood for what was best and highest in our civicilife as he “kc-Wise did in private life. He wt; 3 member of A. 0. Fayfllodge No. 676, of the Elks and oti'the High- land Pu’k Business Meg's “socia- tion. in all of which organizations he will be greatly missefl and long remembeled GOOD FRIDAY SERVICE AT‘ PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH Tomorrow evening at ght o'clock? the Rev. G. K. McClure-ts. D. L. L." D. will speak at th( lecture room ml the Presbyterian (hunh -.\rlrs. ller-' ) hert R. Smith will sing a selection; from Handel's “Messiah" "lle- was; despised. g1. : Tonight at the same ‘hour Dr. Thomas of Lake forest Sgollegc- will Sptak. Miss (harlotte Yd;- will sin: “Abide with Mo" and "f‘rhere is a (‘ARRIES 0N DRIVE - mu NEW MEMBERS green hill far away. Highland Park (‘nuncil '.\'u. 1066 Royal Arcanum is carfying on a drive for new membmsuThv mem‘ bership is so rapidly increaemu that T0 HOUSE KINDERGARTEN AND THREE LOWER GRADES PLANS SUBMITTED FOR A NEW SCHOOL BUILDING IN. DISTRICT 107 The District Has Two Available Sites. One North of Elm Plece'Property Across Rsvine and One On Green Bay Rd. North of . Elm Place A recent issue of The Press con- tained a copy of a letter sent out by the Board of Education of Dist. 107 to every home in the district set-l ting forth certain unavoidable finan- cial difficulties which confronted the Board. As a remedy for these the Board proposed a voluntary assess- ment on the part of the taxpayers sufficiently large to cover the deficit which the close of the school year will bring with it. At a dinner given at the Elm Place annex attended by fifty school patrons representing ev- ery portion of the district a cam- paign for raising funds wasflpro- jected. The campaign soon brought out differences of opinion as to the method of meeting the deficit. There seemed to be unanimity of support of the plan of maintaining the school at its present high standard without curtailing a single activity and the proposal to increase the salaries of the teachers and to endeavor to add to the staff a sufl‘icient number of teachers to relieve certain crowded rooms was strongly , endorsed, but many active supporters of the schools deprecated the resort to pub- lic subscription to meet expenses the entire taxpaying body should meet. It was held that legislation will sureâ€" ly be forthcoming whi will provide ’for meeting deficits of this kind thru the regular channels of taxation. As a result of several conferences the} "plan‘of relying-upon the last Medal action prevailed and the compaizn for subscriptions was given 'up. On the other hand a formal petition signed by more than one hundred represent» utive citizens was presented to the Board of Education requesting that body to carry out all necessary meas- ures for bringing the schools up to a high standard and pledging their sup- port in meeting whatever difficulties the future may present. J b An admissinn fee will be charge: Rev. A. Moore is (-hairman of the {cmmhtet 36f ' Mr. Isaac Van Grove 2. Alleluia (l7th (Tentmyl Musical ”702"!“ to be “9M9?“ 3‘ Telegram From (‘. J. Wolf. Mayor Service Next Sunday After- . of MU'WOOd. Ask; Aid From noon at Four Thirty Highland Park The following program will be of- fered at, the vesper service at the Presbyterian church hex; Sunday af- ternoon at four thirty o'clock: 1. Prelude VESI’ER SERVICE AT 5150.000'1‘0 AID MELROSE I’RESBYTERIAN CHURCH PARK TORNADO VICTIMS Melody . Franck Mr. Isa-c Vnn Grove Violin Solo Mr. George R. Jones Dance of the Dwarfs Grieg Hr. [sue Van Grow! LII-ghetto Mozart Mr. Anton Brueckner “The Redeemer Livefll" Mammy Mr. Louis "Kreidler Obliguw for Violin and Cello Postlude GEORGE W. MURRAY T0 SPEAK IN GI ENCOE Both whim and culnrod an the north share are invited by the Auditorium of the Vp‘ublic svhrml uf (“enema “L. Tuesday. April 6, at 7:60 p. m., to hear Ex-Congwssman Gnu. W. Mm“ may speak. He was We last negro con- grefisman, and is the great solutihn- is: of the ram.- pmMrm. He- is ac- knbwledged as being «mo of ths- nus: profound. mu‘érful and “mums; speakers of the age. Expert jubila- sinzm will render th‘u. folk songs. [Ex-Congressman to Give Talk in Grammar Schrol. Tuesday. April 6. Good Sipging The Board has already begun to Andante Mr. Mr. Isaac \‘an Grove Mr. Louis Kreidler Gollermann Anton Brueckner Traditional shape its policy in accordance with what it believes to be the wish of the best friends of the schools. Etch of the teaching staff has been given a generous increase of salary and a beginning has been made in plans for providing for increased school fa- cilities. The Board reports that at least five additional teachers are needed at the present time to relieve crowded rooms. It seems that an ad- ditional building is the only alterna- tive to crowded rooms. A commit- tee of the'Bourd has authorized Ar- chitect Raymond E. Flinn to make tentative sketches for a primary building of six rooms. These are published in this issue for the pur- pose of engaging the attention of the voters of the district. It will be seen that the proposed building in- cludes important features of the Elm Place Annex. It is of the one- story type with overhead lighting. There is a terrace with a kindergan ten room opening upon it. The lat- ter room in flunked. on either side by two clue rooms and the corri- dors separating it from them lead The following telegram was re- ceived Tuesday morning by Mayor Hastings from C. J. Wolf, mayor of Mawood, 1H,, and chairman of the West Suburban Relief committee, Melrose Park, “In Mlyor, Highland Burk, Ill. The question of the location of this building and of the bond issue to make its erection possible must, no- curding to law. be brought befor the voter: at “.mmn {11106 for that purpose. The district has two nvail~ able sites. One is the north side of the Elm Place property across the ravine. The other site is on Green Bay Road north of Elm street where ample playmuund facilities are avail- able. It is probable that the Board of Education will try to obtain 3 ref- erendum vote as to choice of location before finallyi gubmitting the bond issue and site for formal approvel. Everyminy is in rumtnmu fu- trw Mu dance 10 he gh‘m. Easter Mup- day by :m- Highland Park M» .s. partment. The afl'air u)” be yiwr; .r’ 1hr high m-hnnl yymnasium. Thu. mo" haw“ planned to makp this an n. ji‘ya‘lc "vent, and thy)’ hupv 1‘. nu (-eiw {he cordial snppm". «f [be pm plr nf Hitlmand Park. The urc'ncstrx that furnished muxic for "Ynu Tc-i} Tin." will be here for the ma-asion. Proceeds will be used fur buying new equipment for the department, to the office and lavatories., The building is planned to house grades one, two and three with a kindergarâ€" u-n. ' One'hundred and fifty fumilies lost their home: and person] eflecu m torn-do. All are poor working peo- ple. This community of model-Ice mans is stmgkfing to nine one hundred and fifty thouund doll-n to relieve suflering. Financial assist- ance from your city will be appreciat- Mayor and Chairmnn West Subur~ ban Tornado Relief Committee. Melrooe Park, Ill. Subscriptions to thin fund will le received It the city hall. Realizing what these people have fione throth it is hoped that many will donut» 1m ward this noble causv. The floor plans will be shown in next weeks issue of the Press.» GOOD TIME PROMISED AT FIREMEN'S DANCE All Are Prepared to Make 'l‘hi~ M fair One of the Best of the Year C. J. WOLF VOLUME 10 3%