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ipnngeunehocnotsrenirtnione nedrrematinn mss «4 PAGE FOUR Thousands of |dollars in prizes and special | premiums, for Cattle, Horses, Sh¢ep, Swine, Poultry, : A ltural, ~Hortiâ€" eultural, _ Apjiary nets. Year‘s Roundup of Boys‘ and Girls‘ Club ivities and the And Such a Midway! HARNESS RACING! Running > Every y of the Fair, Big Purses Speâ€" cial Prize M s sTock YArDs DERBY & AUGUST 31 .‘ The _ Lake ‘County Fair BSATURDAY,: AUGUST 30th a;‘: “ov::::),f:.n’ (“‘.?’“‘- o omcs has hok ""_ REPUBLICAN DAY . Automi and Trucks. â€" positively the best ov;o The most attractiye Auto w. See the 1925 Models j Al * & Mammoth Show of TractorsLand Farm f Machinery â€" _ Stock Pavi‘onâ€"Enfl:% Day, some of the Nation‘s best trained high gchool horses. [ . â€"fiatâ€"â€" cef LIBERTYVILLE August 29, 30, 31 and September 1st, 1924 The 71st Annual Lake County Fair LAKE COUNXNTY This of interestâ€" ing and entertainâ€" ment on & scale never heretofore alled (at a CoUNXTY F ‘ ANNU A L FAIR HIGH â€" DIVING ACT Many F Attractic Bareback Riding Wild Bull DANCING PAVILLI . _ FERRIS WHEEL: Better Than Ever State‘s Best Dairy W. L. WOODIN, President John G. Secretary THE FARM O] -PA&ADE N SPECIAL RATES OX RAILWAYS _ HORSE SHOW! DAY AKD NIGHT presents its 71st Year DAILY * Sinct August 1, thttdy-eight reâ€" cruits ‘have ‘been received at Great Lakes,|or at! the rate of about thirâ€" teen . per da:r. While there are at present but 522 recruits under trainâ€" ing, low number is mccounted for by the) tempbrary di inuation. of :il?:c the number of drafts| of recruits ‘regently transâ€" ferred Ito sea duty.. . . ; , At rate at which recruits .are sible,. 1 cel po{ large tectinJ postag Thirfâ€"To discover and correct &ny carelesy practices or methods whereâ€" by "shgrt" ‘postage might go undisâ€" cove t : FiftMWâ€"To ianpervise,% inspect and controllall methods and practices emâ€" ployed in the handling of permit mail. Six To supervise {inspect and controlithe methods and practices emâ€" ployed in the handling of precanceled stamp (Imail, with a special view of securing fully prepaid ppstage. Sevemthâ€"To see that all stamps, particulariy on parcel post, are actâ€" ually @ancelled soâ€" they cannot be taken Off and used again. A FEighthâ€"To be pe lly on the alert ty see that the government |seâ€" cures &ll the money to which it is enâ€" titled th the form of age, and to do any and all things necessary to "It 1%$ contemplated, therefore, that the asfistant postmaster, shall give speciaattentioh to this work in adâ€" dition Mo and in . connection with the duties fto which he is ngw assigned." The|brders are as folfows: Fi st To supervise in person as constatitly as possible severy clerk, carrie i or other employe who has anyâ€" thing Whatever to do., wi h determinâ€" ing hoy much postage ig required on mail, '.- it is dived for disâ€" patch gr received for livery. . Secofdâ€"To inspect ag far as posâ€" sible, if person consign» ents of parâ€" cel pogt received in quantities from large méailets, for the purpose of deâ€" tectingitand guarding aghinst "short‘" Founthâ€"To supervisq and inspect the w of gecuring proper postageâ€" due stamps on mail recéived which is short the proper postage. . Sixt contro ployed stamp sequrin Seve partic ually taken *T can be no more important work h the post offices than the duâ€" ties in contained, bepause obtainâ€" ing p ‘postage lies at the very foundgfion of our business," the orâ€" ders rérite. | | uiC ~ o e O this e Ninthâ€"The assistant postmaster will tinue to be under| the superâ€" vision f the postmaster;j but it is deâ€" sired that he, in a sensg, have a perâ€" sonal ttsponsibility to the department itself; 64 ..". s tE .+ Ten The duties of this office are in « very nature personal. He should|be personally pregent as far as possiblé at any and all places and times (WWwhen leakages or shortage is likely occur. Elevgnthâ€"â€"He should, study these probler@s and recommend to his suâ€" perior (the practices which will make more cértain, that the government seâ€" cures fhll postage. It is intended that he shall be constantly on the" alert and pipsent on the wotk. room floor and arfiong the men as much as posâ€" sible going Nin will e vision sired : sonal itself; T wel memor what ] it may and po MORE_RECRUITS ¢ ‘(;OME STATION Great] Lakes Given Preference In Distribution tl,New Enlistmen Indigations‘ that the postoffice deâ€" pa it is entering into a new era of miging is con in a set of addressed to ant postâ€" masterk of / .all Ges.: The orâ€" ders r@volutionize the duties of the asâ€" sistant| postmaster and @all upon him to safékuard the revenues and properâ€" Iy t for them. | $.: At rate at which reeruitl.mi now bding received it is asserted that it will not be long the miniâ€" mum quota of 1,000 regruits allowed for thd local ‘station is reached. This is exclBsive of the quota of 119 men | for t schools, and â€" operating force dbmplement of 200 men. | The |new arrangement became efâ€" fectivel August 1, when naval recruitâ€" ing was resumed after\a suspension of a one month, dugé to the quota of enl men allowed by law having filleéd. ms%omcn WILL ‘PRACTICE ECONOMY Order| Sent. Out By Department T& All | Offices Duties of Official Cgre Is Urge The merchant who complains of the large @mount of ‘capitdl it requires to do Whsiness, would find he could do the on a smaller ar t if he would keep it turning fast by adverâ€" CHANGE ‘ASSISTANT‘S JOB !th«-â€"‘;‘?: should g)keep some nda of what hetobserves and e accomplishes in order that hg.fh?iaflabk to| his superior am;y{m department. that ‘he may obgerve what: is | en ts ifinnancrm e e nc ult But these faithful employeafi of Uncle Sam never complain. Tb?:m not seeking fiojoriety. They are being content to chriy on their daily labors without thougHt of reward other than that which goks with the conscionsâ€" ness of duty fulfilled. . : $3 * Many Vicissitudes _‘ _ There is no{class of employees of the | governmént that faces more actual â€"peri}s of life and limb and are subject to more vicissitudes of the elements in their daily routine than some of the méen who carry the mails over some of the more difficult ef star routes. These men are not paid salaries but Bvork under contract, Uncle Sam his heroes in p*uâ€" : time as well ag in war. sc ~Records ‘of Hravery and of isn equal to of daring performâ€" ed by those patriots who have fac shot and shell of an enemy t are not lackink among the army of employees of the United States govâ€" ernment. . W the hardshipg. enâ€" countered and the loss of life are not so great in numbers as those recotded in actual warffare, ‘nevertheless, they bear mute tegimony to the vallant service renderfed by these faithful servants of th¢ people, bent on perâ€" forming the |onerous and . difficult tasks assigned} them. k PEACEâ€" HEROISM RECORDS MANXY No Class |of Government Emâ€" ployes e More Peril Than Men Who Carry _ e Mails } THE HIGHLAND PARK IN POSTAL SERVICE and meritorious #erâ€" in the line of duty, aithful employees of r complain. Tbfim oriety. They are being on their daily labors 4\ Mafntaixiiglg Service | Sta f ards a under â€" contract, Mcens $1 PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY Serving 6400 square milcsâ€"â€"204kitfa and townsâ€"with Gas or Electricity "HE IIlinois Comm ; cefCormmission, in the interest lof th:i public, classifies and grades utilities within its jurisdiction. a l This grade is the Comthission‘s way of stating the deâ€" gref OE efficiency and c@mpleteness of service rendered thel public by the va -;{- s public utility companies. Public Sérvice Comp 7| has an average grade of 93.88 per cent. . | ‘ 4 f In addition to the reg ; grading by the Commission, the| Company is con Whually grading itself This is accbmplighed through 1 continuous inspection plan so that improvements &hn|be effected where necessary and sewice' standard g aintained. . §20 Anjong the most imp@rtant matters covered by this inspection are: FR) This gelfâ€"survey is going on all the time to the end that the electl;ff and gas serviceés rendered by this Company may be made continuglly more useful to customers. wenther conditions but never fallâ€" img to carry out his part of .;‘, = thact with the post office depagfment. had started from Murc } ual on a certain Saturday n n ~did not put in an appea J xt day |at Buffalo, a sea J 8 de for him. He was found just ofe le outside of town with both ha d feet frozen. He was dead| wh overed and it is estimated fvl, ' n exposed to the intense ‘{i d fbr er sixteen hours. The theory need for his death was that, becothâ€" ing exhausted from a hard | da rk and ‘while attempting , C car, he fell and was not ible over his senses before he s cHimbed to the cold of the night. _‘ . Dangerous Routes || Records | of the post office dep ‘.__ / [ Victim to Duty _ } In (January ‘of this year Reinh ahn e‘zrier on the star route | eén Buffalo and Murchilon Bot ota, fell a victim to duty,) I abveral y$n Dreahn had been m« ihg twicesaâ€"week trips betwegn 1 two hamlets, encountering all) so g him, ts it does, in touch: dutside we rld and with . his Fell an. $ P mud" gre considered of slight njo ent and where the perils dnrou from ice packs and flo i hy mes It in death or seriou@s ahd rmanent injury. i To the city dweller a referg o mail:â€"man brings a picturg pf t ay-coatzl, carrier who delivars His Ifitters and packages unha péged Ito y great|extent by wind or weathér. t the citnizen of the rural dist inks of Him as the driver of ‘1 ho: awn or motor vehicle, whose drrive if regardéd as an event in t ::3 daily life of the occupant of the farm, putâ€" ting him, as it does, in touch: wil e warded under the law as a re mpetitive bidding. It might id t they differ from all other ghveinâ€" ent employees in that they fiX n salaries. ; P When itâ€"is pointed out that @u epastqw;;andahd!yun = ers have lost their lives whilg/iin rtormniee of ‘duty, it will l: ( t / the tasks assigned "i h zardous in the extreme. 15 } There bre star routes segtte roughout the country where "scas HIGHLAND PARK, ILLIN Custo satisfactio Handling of complai Meter testing : Proviéom for emerâ€" Adequa paci dequacy of capacit) Contriction of distriâ€" bution lines 1 OF NORTMERN ILLINOIS The announcement tha the Public Service (on pany of Northern 1 [ nods has been awarfde the Charles A. Coffin Meda for 1923, is a »" t k the territorj in ‘} 'd this Company . op hi .. as well as to the servic it renders. [+o d i 1 WM. GUYfl,EI‘stfict Superintendent 51 South St, Johns Avenue, Highland Park, Ilinois No. 7 ‘ in a ”fi'flfid‘.mn“ about the | Com s business. : P "I%fl nhald bution lines > Furnishing new service _ Extension polic Aclfiuracy of bil{s \B}i l‘ e regulatio r o r n F Gromng of secondaries Maintenance of distriâ€" This award was made to this Company in compeâ€" tition with the electric light and ~power comâ€" panies of the United States "for distinguished contribution to the develâ€" onment of electric light and power for the conâ€" venience of the public and the "bnm of the md:lw-y © But the two men, after â€" many efforts, were rescued. They:â€"were in an ex#ututed condition anmd so completeâ€" ly covered and weighed down with ice as to be helpless. Their caps were frzun fast to their heads and their clothes so loaded with ice that the wearers were unable to bend. ; ‘On the Rocky Barâ€"Atlanta, Idaho, te, the service is performed in the inter season by carriers travelling on snowâ€"shoes, packing 50 pounds of “ifl' Not â€" infrequently, â€" carriers on this route have been caught in snowâ€" slides and swept‘to death. Only a year on two ago, a carrier lost his life in this. way early in January and his body was not recovered until late the following June. f Bay to Detroit Harbor, Wisconsin; mtky Bar to Atlanta, Idaho, and m Sandusky to Kellys Island, Midâ€" dle Bass and Putâ€"inâ€"Bay, Ohio. °/ nt show that among the most danâ€" :rmna: is and difficult routes served by rural carriers and star route contracâ€" tors are those extending from Newâ€" port to Otter Rock, Oregon, Ellison On arrival at home their friends % v 4 ” !,\! d# ;g N2 **° °N kEnosna coopunyy 5* TDeor of. Betn: Aaot Clyde Sw who | also 6 standing in | ~doorway at but was not killed. He was hu to : Kenosha | hospital : it | is stated that unless unforseen plications ‘develop he will regover.} Two lives were claimed | by the storm which struck Kenogha @and Kenosha ;. last week, " OmrbundqeenLnged 19 yéars, $23 Bain avenue, and Arthur Sorpensoh, a lo-yenr-olqu:i. were instantly killed when struck by lightning when the; were standing in the do y of th barn on the farm jof Jacob S¢ ‘ mhgrof the boy, on .ui‘ , oneâ€"half mile north of is inferâ€" netionvitha‘{be or:hg' The room. ' county bulll;:g?ofigi for the states a h to be used for| providing tifre :room £ books. ' tÂ¥ ‘The new ‘are locatéfl on |the third floor, | west corner. originally was planned as a mi}Hfor women jurors. | l C s _ ‘The suite ouse is pracâ€" tically I but t h‘s) noâ€" tice to Attorney I dod the building now & f tes attorney, cm'knthe $ to} the first â€"of Mx‘fi!m“fl" 1. P sTATE‘S ATTO ; : [{ _ Mgtemme=: 4 D1 ? r 3 uied Fheop.| States Attor: & 1 be moved builging at the W ashi nd County rets | to | epurthbuse September 1. . . 41 u;:%' tw were d Mn“n‘ Cchin j t ice d oc had :'!1‘* in d-hi-Fu ""“ :? [ $ THURSDbAY, AUGUS of {kph ‘ is libréry, ng er all Ithe tIn 14 it