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Highland Park Press, 9 May 1929, p. 5

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has an adâ€" er Boy Scout ince it is loâ€" vacation cenâ€" c all time a stractions enâ€" Spring Lake, slopes and sents one of tions for outâ€" er seen." i shore camp the â€"best and mps in this d by the exâ€" 1 are setting 1ost approved developed in he Boy Scout e is no quesâ€" unces the u1;‘;(:;)1'0\,'&1 the ods for Camp new _ council reloped at .El!â€" sen the new Evangelical the duties of ding Rev.â€"C. ansferred to cal r Is Here n and control Spring Lake, ral seclusion phy: of the on July 6th. a full fourâ€" ts will leave 1 on Sunday sesstons are i July 6thâ€" _ July 20thâ€" f 676 Green: chairman of of the north comes from t, where he spring. He and is lookâ€" sful pastorâ€" , May 9, 1929 Committee n as to Etc. SCOUT sen inated, which will be a great saving. _ One of the novelties to be exhibited The plan to buy a motor sweeper| will be a series of six porcelain garâ€" has been considered for & long time dens of miniature dimensions, the by the city council. Commissioner work of a French artist, Raoul Dufâ€" W. J. Brown of the streets and pubâ€" ‘fie, and these aro said to be excepâ€" lic improvements department recomâ€"| tionaly novel and beautiful in design. mended this sweeper after exhausJAnother interesting fact about the tive research, in which he was assist-'show will be the presence of> Mrs. ed by Commissioner Julius Zimmer Frances King, author and authority and City Clerk Musser. These ofl’h’on gardening, who last year repreâ€" tials began their investigation over | sented the Allâ€"American Garden clubs a year ago. They visited the Elgin at a great tulip show in Holland. Mrs. factory of the company and saw the| King is expected to act as a judge at (Continued on Page 49) | the Lake Forest show. * a dime or a brick. It is believed by ings on the estate of Mrs. Rockefeller the city officials thatâ€"by its use at| McCormick, in that city, and this least one cleaning a year of the 2,200 | year‘s show promises to be bigger and catch basins in the city may be elimâ€"| better than any of its predecessors. inated, which will be a great saving. _ One of the novelties to be exhibited The plan to buy a motor sweeper | will be a series of six porcelain garâ€" has been considered for & long time dens of miniature dimensions, the by the city council.© Commissionet work of a French artist Raoul Duf. The sweeper, which is of the newâ€" est type, was purchased at a cost of $6,500, with an allowance for an old sweeper of $500, making the net price, $6,000. <It is provided with a device by which the brooms are reâ€" filled by the operator, the city having to purchase only the material. f Sprinkler Attached The machine has three wheels, the single wheel being in the rear. It sprinkles the street ahead of the broom, so as to eliminate dust, and it is so adjusted that it will pick up _A powerful new motorâ€"driven street sweeper‘ was put in commission by the city of Highland Park ‘Tuesday and by its use Tlarge â€"savings in the matter of street cleaning is expected. The new machine is built by the Elâ€" gin Street Sweeper Co., of Elgin, Ill., and was delivered here on Monday. Before it was started on the streets Tuesday, a picture of the new apâ€" paratus was taken by Mr. Hecketsâ€" weiler of the Hecketsweiler studios. NEW STREET SWEEPER .( PUT IN COMMISSION Powerful: Motarâ€"Driven Mackine: ~Purchased by City ;. Brief | : ~Description _ _ j Thursday, May 9, 1929 This picture of the new city street. sweeper is take n in frofit of the city building'; intendent of the street department is shown . at t he right,; with the Tone building Herman Hart, his son, is the operator occupying t he seat of the machine. New Elgin S Street Sweeper Is Purchased by The City _ _One unfailing sign of spring is visâ€" ible this week everywhere in Highâ€" land Park, and that is the varied col= lections of junk and mabbish which "adorn" parkways on every street. "The. reason is that this is annual Cleanâ€"Up Week in town andâ€"eitizens generally are taking advantage of the opportunity to unload discarded arâ€" ticles of all kinds,.as well as rubbish accumulated ~ during> the wintker months. + Under the auspices of the Lake Forest Garden club the annual Lake Forest Flower show will be held on June 15 and 16 in the service buildâ€" ings on the estate of Mrs. Rockefeller McCormick, in that city, and this ~Old rusty wash boilers, broken um brellas bed springs which have brokan down under long and hard usage and all sorts of other castâ€"off articles have been heaped in boxes and barâ€" rels and set out along the streets awaiting the visit of city trucks which haul .them to the dumping ground. This is an annual event in Highland Park, and its citizens show their appreciation by contributing libâ€" erally to the municipal junk heap. Lake Forest Garden Show om June 15â€"16 Cleanâ€"Up Week Brings .__ _ Out Varied Collection _ _Santi had served: as police magisâ€" | trate for several years prior to his defeat. He had a large following in the Italian colony as he had aided scores of them in receiving their citiâ€" zenzhip papers. _ % 4 1 Through Attorney Brings Suit in Circuit Court; List of © 4 Allegations .â€" ~ SANTI CONTESTING _ HIGCHWOOD ELECTION __There _ was a total vote of 1,129 but somewhere, it is charged, approxâ€" imately 130 of these ballots on police magistrate were lost or mutilated. city building. John Hart, superâ€" Santi charges in the bill that balâ€" lots were mutilated,; that voters withâ€" out right were allowed to ballot, that Rettig was not properly certified, and that the specimen ballot did not conâ€" form with the official ballot, accordâ€" ing to the Waukegan Sun, which says: ‘ Rettig. received 361 wotes, Santi 339, and Harry J. Burke, a third canâ€" didate, 310. . . Santi claims that he lost 70 votes that were intended for him due to specimenâ€" ballot. This specimen balâ€" lot showed three partieslisted and Santi, running on the Independent, the switching in conformation of the ticket, advised a large part of. his following that his name would be in the lost column, which was the third. When the official ballot was handed out at the polis a fourth column had been added, carrying no names, which placed the Independent ticket in the third or next to last column. There were 79 voters who crossed in front of the word police magistrate in the last column although no name was entered there. Through his attorneys, Sam Santi of Highwood:on Monday filed in the circuit court at Waukegan, contestâ€" ing the city eléction in Highwood, April 16, in which he was defeated for reâ€"electon as police magistrate by Geéorge Rettig, by 22 votes. Photo by Hecketswéiler in the near distance â€"| Mayor Geary and ()olleaguesr in \ _ ~Charge; Appointments are Announced serted.to the retiring Mayor James J. _ Hood, & gift of handsome silverâ€" ware, on behalf of his friends and supporters and in appreciation of his efficient services to the communâ€" ity while in office. <e4 Erect New Building . Ground is being broken this week on the property owned by Mr. Bakhr on Laurel avenue, for the erection of a new building to house the flower shop. â€" e 5 Mayor William W. Geary, in taking short address in which he promised the village & good business adminisâ€" tration with efficiency and economy and asked the coâ€"operation of his fellaw citizens. He urged everybody to‘ boost for Deerfield and expressed the telief that if all pulled together * r the ecmmon welfare nothing could ston the progress of the community. _*. Chief Peterson Resigns _ _ Henry Poterson, for several years efficient chief of police in the village, trerdored his resignation, the reason being, it is â€"reported, that he has the offer of a good position in Chicago with <© excellent _ future _ prospects. Percy Mchaughlin who has been serâ€" geant of police, was appointed chiet by Mayor Geary to succeed Peterson. Orville Enderbrook, who is emninved it the Deerfield filling station, was eppcinted to be sergeant of policc. While he is finishing his time a* the filling .station, Chester Wolf is temâ€" porarily. acting % sergeant. Cleanâ€"Up, Next Week _ ~ Lincoln Pettis was appointed comâ€" miscion.er of ouk .« works.of the Â¥1}â€" lage under the new administra®on, and Monday. Tuesdsy and Wednesâ€" gay c apart paign urg d NEW VILLAGE BOARD AT DEERFIELD MEETS Mayor William W. Geary and his colleagues of the new ‘municipal adâ€" ministration in Deerfleld, took office lsst Friday evening, following a final session of the retiring council. â€" The Masonic temple in which the meeting was held was crowded with spectaâ€" tors ‘and the new .council was given material evidence of the=siutpport of its friends in the community. The principal unfinished business transacted by the old council was the awarding . of the contract for the paving. of the streets in Briarwood subdivision, and the successful bidder was Milburn Bros., Ince., whose price was $202,107. . _ â€" . uns *_Other bidders â€"and their bids,â€" as presentedâ€" toâ€" the â€" council,â€" wereâ€"â€"as follows: Pinckus & Co., $202,817; Kapschullâ€"Davis Co., $202,996; Shoreâ€" line Construction Co., $204,883; Hawâ€" kins Construction Co., $205,079; Highâ€" ways Construction Co., $211,198. In each instance the "cents" are omitted. The report of the auditor on the condition of the village finances was received, s howing _everything in proper shape; a few bills were apâ€" proved for payment, and then the old board adjourned sine die. sg.2> ~ Presentation to. Retiring Mayor § Tl{;:etee Selig, at the close of the session of .the retiring board, preâ€" oncay, .uesosy and Wednesâ€" next week were the days sit ftor a geverar cleanâ€"up can in‘ the viliage â€" Citizens are to coâ€"oncrate in this plai.

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