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) Highland ‘Park 115 ning,/ Needs NC A SQG oF PINE SS | â€" â€" â€"> L SErPD YoOuR_ To US WE Cu=‘ ng that fll.tq. bod" ip'et wash qystem ol w care of. *le family s| brought h‘pplm” y a househbld in this pity. The fagt that we ork thoroll:flhly well rge such aémoder‘te bur ‘services should ui at once ?) investiâ€" l plan. j 42â€" w adio t on s, Parts, Supplies alled, Adjusted, Repaired uth St. Johns Ave. S M IT H ERS AND DYERS PrY! mMA ‘TERRACE / | DRY KIDS F K P _ Establithed 1913 GALLAS & CO. ash, 20 lbs. $1.00 Dry, Ib, |L._._11¢ t 8t BDealer in ormation 2 Fool the Sun" Lincoin *venue li\xkinngll 0903 CHICAG s beng?n:nd he a lo so, to administep HigRlend Park, RAVINE YÂ¥g zistdr of Merit Highland Park macing your ARY filat pieces all Highâ€" FARM 31, 1924 _ liroi® 2% FHP t, Friendship clubâ€"Lena Klettke. \â€" Aster clubâ€"Mary Lester Krueger. B.Y.‘sâ€"Catherine Radcliffe. â€" Representative of the Americanizaâ€" t tion classesâ€"Anna Duschanec. _ T. N. F.â€"Delphine Lantz. _ Freshman â€" Sophomore â€" > Alice | Jacobs. Sunshineâ€"Florence Larson. _ Busy Beesâ€"Margaret Sprengle. (â€" General Secretaryâ€"Miss Brown. _ Associate Secretaryâ€"Colene Poynâ€" " A galesman who, as incident to his business, makes use of his employâ€" er‘s automobile, is not classed as a chauffer and need not possess a chauffeur‘s license. Attorney General Edward J. Brundage has held in an igion given to Secretary of State gmmerson. 1, Text of Opinion ‘,‘ "You state in substance," Mr Brunâ€" dage said answering Mr. Emmerâ€" ; @uery, "that your department, :ai‘ta application of the law as proâ€" Â¥ided in Motor Vehicles Act, Section 27, construes the term ‘chauffeurs‘ as including a salesman who, as inciâ€" dent to his business, makes use of a motor vehicle owned by his employer. You ask to be advised whether the gonstruction given: said section by your department agrees with the conâ€" struction thereaf by this office. | Paid as Chauffeur | "In reply I will say, that the secâ€" tion defines‘chauffeurs‘ to mean any persons operating a motor vehicle as & mechanic or employe or who diâ€" rectly receives pay or any compensaâ€" tion for any work or services in conâ€" nection with the operation of a moâ€" tor vehicle, or: the transportation of Pusengers or merchandise with a motor vehicle for hire or pecuniary profit. > â€" SALESMEN NOT 1N CLAss _The T. N. T. club is having a penny fair at the Y. W. C. A. Friday evenâ€" ing, beginning at 6:30. There will be iplenty: to see, eat and do. _ Claimed that civilization is in danâ€" | #e#r, and one would think so by the | Warwhoops of the neighborhood kids } Playing Indian. GIVES RULING UPON _ CHAUFFEUR LICENSE ‘Attorney General‘s Opinion Is That Traveling Men Using . _â€"Cars Need Not Obtain Drivers‘ Permits ‘ T "The act of 1923 amending said seeâ€" tion made no change or modification of the (provision therein defining ehauffeurs.* While the provision is not , free from ambigity, it would geem to: apply to and include, first, any person who operates a motor wehicle as a mechanic or employe; and who receives pay or compensation. for such services; . second, any person who | directly. or indirectly receives pay or compensation in connection with operating a motor vehi¢le for the transportation of passengers or merchandise for hire or for profit. Eliminates Others / It is the opinion of the attorney fi:nral’s 0%& Mr.. Brundage said that ‘the te "chauffeur" as defined in the section wouldâ€" mean "not ta apply to and includeâ€"a salesman who as an incident to his employment as such, makes use of a motor vehicle furnished or supplied by his employâ€" er." THURSDAY, JANUARY 31, 1924 _ The Sunshine club invited their boy friends to a sleigh ride party Wedâ€" mesday, Jan. 23, from 5:30 to 8:00. Refreshments were served after the ‘ride. This is a new committee and from the enthusiasm manifested, bids fair to be one of our best. Following the luncheon, an hour was spent studying problems of the community, and how this committee epuld best aid the girls and women of our city. $ _ The play, "Two Ghosts in White)" | peen warmer than was June in 1779. given by the Busy Bees Saturday eveâ€"| "The idea that winters are warmâ€" ning, was very successful. There W38| oy than formerly is possibly due," evidence of hard, faithful practise| My Root â€"said, "to the fact that and the little girls did very well for} people are better equipped for cold: amateurs. weather now than . they were 20 © The return on sale of tickets was all ( years ago. Warmly â€" dressed and that h:j been. anticipated, so the $25 | provided with modern furnaces and made, will more than cover theit | pog water systems people do not pledge to the association. | suffer the inconvenience and pain Mrs. John Russell, the chairman | grom the cold they once suffered. of the membership comittee gave ‘} "In addition to this our cities have luncheon, Wednesday noon, @t. th€|pecome so well built up that there headquarters, for her committee:} ars plenty of buildings to break the There were fourteen guests. | force of the wind and make weather This is a new committee and fr0M | m;ger," 1 Mrs. John Russell, the chairman of the membership comittee gave a luncheon, Wednesday noon, at. the headquarters, for her committee. There were fourteen guests. The annual meeting of the Y« W. C. A. was held at Elm Place auditorium Monday evening, Jan. 28. Mrs. W. A. Alexander presided in her usual loveâ€" l’;!fllnner. The program was as follows: Group of Songsâ€"Miss Eva Emmett Wycoff. t The Freshmenâ€"Sophomore club gave a taffy pull at their regular meeting Wednesday for some _ prospective members. = . ‘ Group of dancesâ€"Junior members of the Y. W. C. A. dancing classes directed by Mrs. Scott. < Reports as follows: > . Mothcers‘ clubâ€"Mrs. Charles Sanâ€" born The Mothers‘ club has its monthly meeting next Tuesday, Feb. 5. Miss Moore, dean of the High school, will talk to the mothers. We are sure that her message will be a means of better understanding between mothers gnd daughters. ‘ ter ' Run a vacuum cleaner approximateâ€" | ly 40 minutes. y |\ _ Operate a_ washing machine â€"apâ€" |proximutely 50 minutes. _ Heat a sixâ€"pound flat iron apâ€" | proximately 25 minutes. ; . METEOROLOGIST DECLARES WINTER AVERAGE OF _ _ COLD NOT ALTERED Scouts The Popular Idea ‘That This: Season Is Becomâ€" |. ming Warmer; " Reasonable The popular belief that winters in‘ the United States are growing milder is a fallacy, according to Clarence J. Root, government, meâ€" terologist : in the ‘Springfield weather bureau, who says no .. permanent change has taken place in temperaâ€" ture of climate‘ for . at least 140 years., D $ 4 "The low temperature in that month and the heavy snows," he said "combined with strong winds were most unusual. As far back, at least; as 1878 (there has been no month of any name as cold as: Janâ€" uary, 1918, and the local weather récords at Peéoria, which extends back 68 years, shows this month to have been ‘the coldest month and the combined temperature of December and January to have been lower than any two. previous consecutive months. * 2 Mr. Root also denies snows are becoming ~scarcerâ€" and assigns the light snowfalls of the last few years to the fact that the heaviest precipâ€" itation of recent winters has hapâ€" pened to come: during comparatively warm periods. TLA To illustrate his statements Mr. Root â€" quoted â€" government â€" reports which show that January in 1918 was the most severe ‘wixxx;’er in ‘the climatological history of TMinois. _ "The low temperaturé in that| _ _/ .. _ State as Whole . /‘ , tua meempinet yon rag" pregy onenen, . has. i oo somrannes said "combin wi strong winds itago. ) ruct were most unusual. As far back, at) volume in 1923 of \$878,755,000 an least; as 1878 (there has been no :Ir‘);erpase of 27 per cen; ;We:'n 1922. month of any name as cold as: Janâ€" ‘ increase | appeared in mercanâ€" uary, 10918a, yam; tehé local weather t:gile,i industrial and residential buildâ€" récords at Péoria, which extends back | ings; and public works and utilities 68 years, shows this month to h::;e Zemtameq about t.hs s.amle da::‘ in 311?7?42 been ‘the coldest month and the.| Last year‘s record included: y combined temperature of December 658.900.0?01' 47 per cent, for‘ residenâ€" and January to have been lowex{tiql ‘buildings; $58,377,000, or 16 per than any two. previous consecutive:f%gflaogpr nn;ezca;tleev"kznq;ldl?::;p:g: months. * q | 502,400, or 14 per ‘cent, 5 The snowfall for that month was | ;voorks ram:n.;ml}zi:s;in:fit,sr?zl.oo:‘,flfif ,';ffnrtli‘ f:; btlfie t::;r:ée agm;?::::‘?::! ir:xii?eang $1h.662.900. or flpercent. for the month was only 12.6 ~ . | for ‘educational bBbuildings. ‘The Deâ€" _ Oldest R"eeords” | cember total of contracts‘ awarded The mebeorological records at New |‘although 11 per cent under the Noâ€" Haven, Co?n., according to Mr. Roo't,{ vember figure, s?nowed tl:: ‘incr?uu are the oldest in existence in thlsIOl 27 per cent ‘over ; previous ranntrvu aeXtandine back to 1780.} Decembeér. ; #1 The meteorological records at New ‘although ‘I1 per cent under, \he NOâ€" Haven, Co?n., acoording to Mr. Root,! vember figure, showed an _increase are the oldest in existence in thisiol 27 per cent ‘over the previous country, extending back (to 1780. December. i $: These records, averaged in ten-l J inppommorroumemmmamnd | year periods by Mr.‘Root, show that‘* wASTE MOTION NOT in that time the averages for ‘the| SIGN OF SUCCESS various < tenâ€"year periods have var-,[ e 1| § ied only three‘ degrees, The coldest| Soâ€"Called Hustlers Oftern Only ten years in the record occurred| Running in Circle; Much between 1810 and 1820, when the| > : Dust, No Goal: [5 average was 47,5 ‘degrees above zero.| 7 | |__ . °/; â€""‘â€"“‘ o uons as ita The warmest ten year period came between 1910 and 1920, when the average was 50.5 degrees above zero. But to show that this high average in recent years does not indicate any permanent change Mr. Root points out the fact that the average for 1900 and 1910, the ten year period, was 50.4, oneâ€"tenth of one degree colder than the average beâ€" tween 1910 and 1920., Coldest January, 1857 This report further shows the coldâ€" est January on recorg came, in \1857, or 77 years after the record was started. The coldest February in the 140â€"year period came eight years after the warmest February and the coldest March on record came in 1885. (On the other hand, no June in the past 134 years has been warmer than was June in 1779. A penny invested in efectric current at the average rate, will: _ Brew 5 cups of coffee in a perâ€" colator. l tS wWHAT A PENNY WILL DO ELECTRICALLY fi:at a waffle iron long enough to cook 20 | waffles.. EO W _ Keep warm a heating pad from 3 to 6 hours. * Run a sewing machine approxiâ€" mately 3 hours.. f Heat a curling iron once a day for 3 weeks. t Operate a â€" vibrator, 20â€"minute treatments daily, for 11 days. r~i{.;;{;tsasber long enough to toast 16 slices of bread. jA 0k Many people seem to be troubled with defective memory when they come to listing their income for the tax return. f 3 ADJUDICATION NOTICE PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that the Subscriber executrix, of the Last Will and Testament of Ira J. Geer, deceased will attend the Probate Court of Lake County, at a term thereof to be holden at the Court House in WuQMkegnn.r in said County, on the first Monday of April next, 1924, when and where all persons having claims agairtx:z s‘?'d estate are notified and reques ‘present the same to said Court for adjudication. Clara G. Geer f Executrix. Waukegan, IIl., January 23, 1924. "Gokk | 49â€"51 | _ Chicago‘s buildingzzscontrmhc in 1923 amounted to ,631,000, ‘acâ€" cording to F. W, ‘Dodge corporation .This was an increase ‘of 21 per cént over the total ‘for the year 1922. Big increases were jevident in merâ€" cantile, . industrial â€" and . residential .buildings; there were declines in edâ€" ucational buildings and public works and utilities." The 1923 record; inâ€" cluded $126,625,000, or 57 per ‘cent for residential buildings; $45,043,600, lor 21 per cent for mercantile buildâ€" ings; $22,652,000, or‘ 10 per cent, for sindustrial plants;. $6,507,700, or: 3 )per‘cént,;for public works) and util< lities; and $5,679,200, or 8 per : cent, for | ‘education buildings. â€" The }mon'th of December showed an ‘inâ€" fcre'ase .of 11 ;)Fr cent: over Novemâ€" ber‘ and of 27 per cent over ithe previous Decembgr. | _ . i | _ Gollectors of Internal Revenue hre | receiving returns of income for the | year 1923 computed in accordance ‘ with the propoged amendment to ‘the | existing law tq redyce the normal | tax: rate from 4 and 8 to 3 and 6â€"per | cent, and embracing other proposed changes. . The ‘government‘s answer | in guch cases is that the tax on income | for‘ the year 1923 is being‘ cpllected under the revenue act of 1921, which \is gtill in effect, and which provides (® normal tax rate of 4 per cent, on | the: ?m $4,000 of net income in exâ€" | cess |of the ‘exemptions and credits | and 8 per, cent on the remaining net Hucome . 0 10 o Lo ns TOTAL BUILDING N _ ‘ _ ILLINOB N 1923 SHOWS A LARGE INCREASE Aggregate Is $373,755,000, or Gain of Twentyâ€"Seven Per â€", . Cent Over 1222. Says *./ _ Special rt : "We sometimes make ‘mistakes in judging men," an employer once told me,, says a wyiter in t.hei Nation‘s Business, "because of a seeming suâ€" perficial merit. | Lots of mén are reâ€" garded| as incipient .empireâ€"builders because they give evidence of being hustlers. Now, the trouble with a great many of these hustlers is that they simply have a knack of being physically busy. They do a.lot of hustling and bustling about, _often to no purpose, and are full of lost moâ€" tion; but their physical activity is aptito fool us _ ©,~ 4 "We are equa}ly often misled, t:):,f by. men who are showy in some other. way. .I was conducting a big publicl service plant in a western city, and. industrial â€" managers from otherl places often came ito visit the plu&t. It frequently happened that a visi ri would take a fancy to one of our men: and hire him away from us. To do: so junder the < circumstances was a breach of business etHics; but here: was the joke: The men that the visâ€" itors hired from us were almost inâ€" variably men whom : we had | been: tempted to discharge. anyhow. < It was never the quiet fellow who went on with his work without saying: much that the. visiting : employers wished to hire away. They were atâ€" tractedrather to some talkative chap whose abilities wej largely concenâ€" trated along conversational lines, c'lt\w merely gabby person, however, . is soon found out, and if he has nothâ€"\ ing: with which to back up his vocaâ€" tive _taledts,Jnis downfall may be even sudden than that; of the, man who has neither ‘talk nor ?Bility; for an employer is likely to | eel | resentful toward the man whose inadequacy: is proof of fihe‘ employer‘s poor judgâ€" ment in hiring him.". t3 INCOME TAX LAW IS ; ° .. ; | SAME AS LAST YEAR Taxpayers Advised to Make Out Returns On Basis of The Act of 1921 > £ THE HIGHLAND PARK PRESS, HHGHLAND: PARK, ILLINOIS 8. W. ‘% of said Frac. Sec. 81 on the north, and the south corporate limits of said city on the south, (d:?eptinz therefrom Lots 1, 2, 3, and 4, First \ Addition to Ravinia: Forest, Lots. 26 Ito\ 29 inclusive, and 31 to 48 inclusive, | of Ravinia Forest, and Lots 10, 11, and 12, R,. Clarence Brown‘s resubâ€" l;dMsion of Lots 6 to 10 inclusive, and !le to 25 inclusive of said Ravinia Forâ€" | est, and Lots 2 to 6 Snclusl\#elpz Lakeâ€" \‘side Manor), hlioirfl the City 6 m | land Park, Lake County, Tiline | ordinance for the same beintgk.,on;.fi!e‘ in ]tbe office of the City Clefk of said |city and having applied to the County | Court of Lak« county for an assessâ€" | ment 6f the costs of gaid improvemient |according to benefits, and an assessâ€" | ment thereof! having been made ‘@nd | returned to said court, the final hearâ€" | ing th¢reon will be had on the 15th | day of February A. D. 1924 or auv'-oo; thereafter ag the business of the cou will permit.‘~ i taracits x * SPECIAL z\s:rlrz.ssunm NOTICE t Special Wharrant Number 265 . â€"â€" ~.. PUBLIC NOEICE is hereby given that the County Court of hd? County;, Illinois, has rendered judgâ€" ment for m special assessment upon property benefited by the} following improyement; ‘For the| construction of a connected syste of water mains in‘ St. Johng ‘,Avenu:;rom Cedar Aveâ€" nue to Comstock Place and in| Comâ€" stock Place‘ from °St. Johns Avenue to Kincaid Stréet, all in the City of Highland Park, County of Lake and State of Illinois, as will more fully apâ€" ‘pear from the certified copy of the judgment ‘on ‘file in â€"my office.‘ That the warrant for collection of ‘sucl'? asâ€" sessment is in the hands of the unâ€" dersigned. To ts a hfi ‘Said assessment is payable in Ten (10) ‘ingtallments, with interest, at the rate of six: (6) per centum per annum on all installments from‘and after date of is{'pueioi first voucher. All persons désiring may file gbjec¢â€" tions in said éourt before gaid da‘ and may appesr. on the hearing an make their defense. |, j f ar FRED SCHAEFER : | EDMUND H. EITEL Commissioners.. appointed , by" grll:ie County Court of Lake ‘County, IMiâ€" nois, to make s‘pid assessment. & Dated at Highland Park, I!l. January 31st, A, D. 1924. h 3 _All persons interested ‘are chereby notified jto call and pdy the amount assessedx at. the tor‘s Office, Ci‘y Hall,. corner Gréen Bay Road and Cernitral| Avenue, Highland Park, Illinois, within thirty :(80) days from the date thereof.â€" f _Notice is further given that the said assessment is divided in ten (10) installments. : That the amount. of the first installment is $1918.00 and that each of the remaining installâ€" ments is $1000.00. That all installâ€" ments driaw interest at the'utqtofig per‘ cent per annum from Decem! 28th, 1923. ‘The first ietallment is payable on the 2nd day of January, A.. D. 1924. |\ ; Jis . The second installment one ; year thereafter and so on annually ‘until all installments are paid. : N: ~ â€"~| > FRED W. RUBLY, . PNQ ons City Collector. Dated at Highland Park,'lllinoilt‘ this 81st day of January, 1924. (Cane Nes o iW ie 1 hnd CTp, gh y (afe t Ne o O e > oi pull ht o ie m C o 29 Be Un dlae aane, . PADDED AUTO VAN§ | & _ â€" MOVING TO ALLPONTS 4 Packing, Moving, Expréssing d Shipping | _ Fireproof Storage Telephone Highland Park 590 Announce 42 I wish: to ;annfou: 4 am fully equig gage, Express, Fr EDWARI NORRLEN 49â€"50 49. 24â€"A Prompt Servi <~~suAnH W Frhmimé lngr*'fl!'\ of ‘u_llpbb:fland:;‘u)finl‘ ired _ t?: construction of ; a:g tl”fibumtf the / pregent I:mné:tqr Plant in‘ aeâ€" cordance with the plany and caâ€" tions on file.in the office lof the City Clerk in the City Hall.~: â€" | ; All proposals hmnd;{.b:;k mghd by .a certi c m to the Pruifdti:; afmae' Oounc;i | the City ‘of Highland Park for the sum of not less|than ten (10) por'eefl't of the aggregate of the proposal. _| â€" pudal ) Y y P mmmegasaes : 4 0. i aled bide will be by the o omm Council ‘t-‘;;»:rk,"‘,-: llinois, intil :‘3 d clook 1. M. Pritay, ie‘ 18th day of The Council reserves the right to NOTICE To CONTRACTORE C. H. JORDAN & COMPANY FUNERAL DIRECTORS FOR 69 YEARS _ ,â€" (melg pavis stREEet PHONE _ > EVANSTON, ILL. : EVANSTON 449 *./ ~! ~ "CHICAGO "A* / Paons *!y" 164 NORTH MICHIGAN AVE, RANDOLPH 134@ AND 1347 Motor Truck and Van delivery to all Hofehold goods and Pianos moved | by Experienced men. ‘ SANTI BROTHERS DAIRY M i Ned | THE,; NORTH _A CAN LIFE] INâ€" h. SURANCE oom’,nn OF CHICAGO pportunity Is Knocking at Your Door e to. the public that I e( to h@ndle allBag. ht and Transfer. _ Reasonable Prices. Try Our Coffee Cream and Note the Difference S‘URANCEO‘OOMl;ANY oF "(ozrz.lc.«;? . desirous of secu a man * ? to act as | l.‘;%l(,'l‘ KANAGEr;Ior HIGHLAND PARK and vicinity. For the right man this‘is an unusual opportunity to secure a lucrative: and ‘very r?oulble position.. ~If bfiol are a salesman of ability and respongibility, life insurance expérience is not neceksary, owing to tbe\flo:fiIOBee training and coâ€"operation that we will give. _.‘ANCE ~COMPANY OF. CHICAGO _ North American Building, 36 So. State St. Viceâ€"Presgident, or J. T. Highland, IMlinois, Manager. . â€" | *# :s# i : NORTH | AMERICAN LIFE INSURâ€" hland. Park Transfer Co. 39 South St. Johns Avenue s â€"Baggageâ€"Storage Phones 181 1103 147 TELEPHONE 1681 ment Chicago 829 Ridgewood Drive . By order ftfieCouxrllâ€" of the City i‘::m Park, January 25th wmormmummu #t for the public good.â€" _ _ . > ©So far the sportsmen have not inâ€" d‘l::dmgovmunttb‘lettbendc- duct from this income the value of thq_dcht.hatgortnway.i ts C w fwm is talk in ‘California ofâ€" a law |taxing bachelors over: 28 years old.‘ It seems hardly likely that the women will oppose it. s ) The income tax -hm_eu.mz popular law among those who don have‘to pay any. 1854 im ty is o doit r ut P w k E. A. WARREN, City Clerk. 49â€"50 PAGE FIFTEEN 1+ 3 CÂ¥ m 3