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AUTO LICENSE ms SOON 25 MILLIONS Thursday, April 17, 1930 Secy. of State's Office Sees This Total as Result of q Rapid Increase With the constant increase in the number of automobiles in the state, the secretary of state's offlee is fast approaching the time when it will collect and turn into the state treas- ury, twenty-five million dollars each year, says a report tern Springfield. Fees collected by the various de. partments of Secretary of State Wil- liam J. Stratton's office in the flrst three months of this year exceeded those collected in the same period of 1929 by $1,805,779:54. The automobile department leads all othrrs with a total for January, February, and March of $15,3B1,g14dM as compared with $13,555,355 collected in the first three months of 1929. The collections of the other departments aggregated $374,714.24. F _ Sales Increase Records of the automobile depart- ment show that Illinois motorists purchased 103,485 more license plates in the first three months of this year than were bought in the same period last year. The passenger car total to date is 1,151,076. The truck total is 164,218. The increase in passeng ger cars in 92,076 and in trucks 11.- 409. Trailers showed an increase of 1,096 in the some period. Last year's collections by the auto- mobile department exceeded $17,000,- 000 and if the automobile registra- tions for the rest of the year is pro- portionate, the fees collected by this department alone for 1930 will ap- proach $20,000,000. The corporation department last year collected over $4,100,000 and indications point to an increase in this department this year to $4,500,000. than Were last year. to date is is 164,218 The collections of the automobile department under the law must be expended solely for road work. Other collections go into the general rev- enue fund and 'reduce the amount necessary to be raised by direct tax- ation, Rebuilding of the portion of the south government pier in the Watt- kvgan harbor which was partially completed last year, will be resumed about May 1st, aecordintto Major H. J. Wild of the district olf1ce of the United States Engineering depart- ment in Chicago, and indications are that I, D. Lain, Waukegan contrac- tor, will do the work, _ Rebuilding of South Pier at Waukegan to Be Resumed Next Month The south pier, about a half, mile in length, was rebuilt with a' con- crete base from the point reaching out into the lake. into the bend about half way to shore, by the Carson En- gineering Co. last year, and the pres- imt plan is to fill in with I concrete base from the shore out to the bend in the pier, to connect with the new work done last year. Lain was the only local bidder after the Jolt and with five other can- tractors, submitted their estimates of the cost of construction. Major Wild said that the Lain bid was low at approximately $7,500.00 and indica- tions are that they will be awarded the contract. Waukettan's three hospitals, the Victory Memorial, St. Therese and the Lake County General, were given an honorary endorsement as superior hospitals at the meeting of the NI- tional Hospital Council held in Bnlti- more, Md., last week. A doctor predicts that in 50 yen: all men Will be bald. But they will still be buying hair tonic from bald- headed barbers. ElttShtlllllhlllE BUILT BY STUDEBAKER-BUILDER OF CHAMPIONS 125-127 North St. Johns Avenue EV! cost is no barrier to champion performanat A mall down yment procure: it for on in The Dynamic New Erskine. This BIG car C' re- tedly proved in power and stamina in typical maker fashion. At Pomona, California, it set a new record for the p.ranile climb up Mt. Baldy, winning the famous Pr tea-Bulletin trophy for the fasiUt climb eve: was: by a strictly stock car. It climbed Stone Mountain, near Atlanta, Georgia, with foue an, " a point where there was no road. It 2,','al " feet farther up Motorcycle Feat after feat demonstrates power of ' DYNAMIC NEW' hi; Sheahen Motor Company THE PRESS Pair of Dated Newton Globes THE CHWNEYS Tel. Winnetl $365 I (Mit (England! ANTIQUES Hill, near El Paso, Tam, than my other at - went. These and my other tenant feats, certify that The Dynamic New _ . built by the Builder 'sff5tamrsiru, in chant . in in own rightr-etttirdy worthy of in var-old heritage" of quality. , Erskine prices may from m, to tsos at thefaauy THE STUDEBAKER CORP. a AMEHCA A. R. Enkiu. AesiArrt Phones 388 and 1241 Tel. Winnetka 3470 l-DOOR SEDAN 1toWN--Delivered, haplmly Equipped 31