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Highland Park Press, 1 Dec 1927, p. 17

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C Tobbing Promptly Done [ Shop Phone H.P. 457 Res. 1985 . Carpenter and UNDER $60,000,000.00 ISSUE As the trail made by the Indians widened and became more heavily traveled with the coming of the paleâ€" faces, it retained its snakelike meanâ€" derings and even the later generaâ€" tions made no effort to straighten out the kinks. When the surveyors of the state highway department went over the road to prepare plans for the concrete surfacing, they were puzzled over the engineering problema that developed and the necessity for eliminating so many eurves in order to promote safeâ€" ty. They agreed that Route No, 39 was in a class by itself and resembled some of the goose paths which grew Follow Old Stage Line The road from Danville to Bloomâ€" ington and Peoria, via Champaign was the principal artery of travel in the days of the stage coach. The route followed an original Indian trail, noted for its sinuosity. As was the case with most Indian trails it was laid out along the path of least reâ€" sistance and wound in and out, reâ€" gardless of straight lines and apparâ€" ently partial to curves and bends. Louis; Route No. 9 Peoria to the Inâ€" dhm-huliu;uull%:«.!,th longest hard road in the extendâ€" ing from the Wisconsin state line to Cairo. At Champaignâ€"Urbana it conâ€" nects with Route No. 10, Springfield to the Indiana state line, and Route No. 25, Kankakee to Fairfield. Last Given Consideration When the map of the $60,000,000 bond issue system was prepared Route No.atvuaottimmuidmdanh‘ the early draft, but under pressure from the territory which it will beneâ€"| fit, it was added in the eleventh hour. | lti-nthcr-m‘wn-eoincidm.hhf the last of the roads under the $60,â€" 006,000 bond issue to be completed. This delay is expiained in part by the fact that Route No. 9, a parallel road extending from Bloomington to the Indiana state line, was given preâ€" cedence, furnishing an outlet to Danâ€" ville and Champaignâ€"Urbana, alâ€"| though with a greater mileage. Preâ€"| cedence was given to Route No. 9 beâ€" ; uuua.eolmpioomtuil-o{th[ state, following closely an old Indian trail, which the first settlers also !ol-‘ lowed when they treked to central Illinois from Ohio, Indiana and other of the eastern states in covered waâ€" gons more than one hundred years mington to Champaignâ€"Urbana. 4t comnects at Bloomington with 618 Eim Place, Highland Park WET BASEMEMTS Made Bone Dry Pouring of concrete is completed on State Route No. 39, the last of hard roads h:ludfl under the $60,000,000 ui 100 ue k o e t Wandering Indian Trail of Early Days Transformed Into One of State‘s Concrete We tell you how to fix them * _‘ (from inside). No obligation THE U. 6. WATER PROOFING CO.4 646 6. Dearborn St. Chicage, NL 254 St. Johna Ave. Highiand Pork Buite 4 ___ H. P. State Bank Bldg. For Prompt and m‘ J' w‘ smn DR. B. A. HAMILTON Phone H. P. 1128 ‘Telephone H. P. 357 47 $1. Johns Avenes No. 39 Highways probably means that Bucky will have to get some of his sleep between inâ€" proud father of a new baby boy. This M, A vast amount of heavy grading d filling became necessary, as well the acquiaition of much rightâ€"ofâ€" into the streets of Bosâ€"| IOWA F. A N N 0 U N C 1 PIERCEâ€"ARROW of _ Pierceâ€"Arrow designers and enâ€" gineers have reached into the future and made tomorrow‘s car an existing creation. Its charm and symmetryâ€"its distinctively Continental atmosâ€" phereâ€"its spirited lines and poise THIS is the most momentous day in Pierceâ€"Arrow‘s twentyâ€" six years. It marks the arrival of the Pierceâ€"Arrow 81â€"a new motor car which strikingly transcends all predecessorsâ€"which in beauty and performance incorporates sigâ€" nificantly more than even Pierceâ€" Arrow ever before offered. BARBER, CHAPIN & WILLSON 806 Grove Street, Evanston Telephone Greenleaf 1860 i4 Mere outsiders cannot be expected to know all that is in the heads and fimdhfllm l: mighty hard to adjust reports the recordâ€"breaking state fair crowds to any notion that the state‘s farm population is headed toward the poorâ€" house. During the ten days of the fair, the total attendance was 429,§51 â€"20,688 above the best previous recâ€" cA strikingly new New in its every aspect / of «* san No lug No, the solution of the problems that vex Towa‘s agricuiture is not in declamation. Nor is it so likely to be found in legislation as in business on farm relief can attract only 500 persons, and horse races and a band concert on the same day can draw 15,000 at 50 cents each, there is conâ€" siderable reason for believing that the farmers and their families are weary of hearing that they are hopeâ€" lessly insolvent. Distinctively Pierceâ€"Arrow, it is on all occasions, formal or otherâ€" wise, an unmistakable social asset. For Pierceâ€"Arrow is and always has been the car of fine cars. ° * LikeallPiucqumwm'nisgup erously roomy and luxurionsly comâ€" fortable, It is in no sense a small car. Revolutionary in its responsiveâ€" ness, it will instantly captivate the most critical driver. Arrow, it will entice and thrill the most fastidious. â€"render it irresistible to the eye. Rich in interior appointments, as one naturally expects of a Pierceâ€" @4 * o e question that will require something more matterâ€"ofâ€"fact than oratory.â€" Merle Thorpe, in Nation‘s Business "o L / Py farm m::, for instance. This legisiation years was acelaimed as agricultural l:l‘:n&-. lthuuuhlmlemaatgctfi.‘ out of the statute books and into use because of its cumbersome firance provisions. Surely the methods now operative could be simplified to good organization. Good management can be as soundly commended to the beneâ€" fit agriculture as it can to the _F!‘Olwwflob'n “ :'1 Conyress with oi e Hinmentrant * 6 p.m. T to $ p.ma. Dr. George H. Mitchell General Practice of Dentistry Phone Highland Park 1035 16 NORTH SHERIDAN ROAD

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