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Under normal conditions the aforementioned program could have been brought to a successful end without undue stress on the pocketâ€" book of either the community or its individual members. That the rumâ€" pus abroad has gently but firmly inâ€" serted a monkey wrench into the machinery is putting it mildly. ‘The city‘s budget for the current fiscal year is stretched to the breaking point and the end is still not yet in sight. If the present trend continâ€" ues the delinguent tax situation problem two years hence is bound to be worse than it is today. In times of stress when a large part of the individual‘s incorme is set asidé to meet the abnormal demands of the federal government, the local government is bound to suffer. TAX PLAGUE The average citizen is putting off the spectre of March 15, 1942, when his first installment on 1941 income taxes fall due, as he would the plague. In the meantime, he is rofiâ€" ing along more or less merrily on his way. Until that date local tax governing bodies will not suffer much but after that it will be pretty much catch as catch can. True, the local tax collectors can put on the pressure but again it will be trying to get blood out of a turnip. Hence, the road of the City Fathâ€" ers during the next two years is not going to be an enviable one. There will be much gnashing of teeth and not a little tearing of hair. Some members of the council will wonder why they let themselves in for a job with so much grief and so little material reward. The measure of their success in the task that lies ahead will rest in their ability to separate the wheat from the chaff in the civic hopper. Every memâ€" ber of the community wishes them bon voyage and good luck knowing his Saesees And thetr Palture wiit be and their Jn ltture Hence, the road ers during the n not going to be There will be m COUNCIL PRAISED \ Too much croatmboflv':‘ to the members of.the ~council mmm:fin}wm m.rtmnt, the . new incinerator, new fire station, the work of the Street Department wl- of Tepfrovements " somnimmaine" dirikg ts consumated the past two years. ,At the halfâ€" way mark the pradfi administraâ€" tion is about halfâ€"way through the program expectéd ofâ€"it. :Collection of delinquent taxes, the «developâ€" ment of a Grade A Public Health Department and the further coâ€"orâ€" dinating of the various departments of the city‘s government for still greater efficiency still remainâ€" as "must" items on its calendar for the next,two years. With the City Council unable to make a quorum because of vacation absentees and other business, no regularly scheduled meeting was held .um‘“‘ The City Fathers are in the midst of ~~*“â€"n~hbuhwfi-h a week or two when they will once more resume the burden of directing the official affairs of the community. ... There being no official business of the council to report your reporter will use the space usually devoted «â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€" buq-b“n‘r.umm digress a a general the soâ€"calltd "State of the WHATS ON YOUR MIND? ." ‘The present adminisâ€" by %-:z‘thh:t: Bavant is Pirbape Atting ‘at this time tor the writer of this column to step| This country in contrast with back out of the trees for the moâ€"| Other countrieg, even European, sufâ€" ru-a-u.u.mmt-mmnmdwmy the forest. indifferent to buman life. The evil INVENTORY NEEDED It is also perhaps well at this time to do & little "stock taking" because it undoubtedly will be the last time for many a moon that obâ€" mbâ€"hhum ; stretch of the o iAt near y & ficult to ¢all these days of aluminum drives, increased taxes, and Bundles for Britein normal, but if we are to believe the signs as they daily emiâ€" nate from theâ€"mafion‘s capitol the stormy months ahead will make the present period seem like a zephyr on & warm summer‘s evening. a rather minute segment in the picâ€" ture of the nation as a whole, nevâ€" ertheless, the activities of the comâ€" munity in general and its governâ€" ment in particular must, of necesâ€" dity, be properly geared to the naâ€" tional machine. It is this writer‘s bellef that this adjustment of the local way of life to the tempo of the nation will be the major probâ€" lem of ‘the City Council for the next two year®. It:is a task that might well make ‘the strong feel weak in its ‘ > !m‘tulute}y, due .perticular of any» one dW préefent countil, the city lpictunflomg:n&" r wu{::nudfor el but even most sanguine voter knew that this program would largely reâ€" main in the realm of. intention rather than emerge into the state of accomplished fact. ‘The present council, like its predecessor before it; has found out that it is a pretty d-=:-m proposition to &Mfim"‘fi%& definitely be placed in those two categories. YOUR CITY GOVERNMENT: WHAT IT 1sS DOING The City Council Takes a Breathing Spell; A Glance at the Road mmm to weather : abead. When the correctly #o," it be a moral victory if it could about even with the board and a ble list <£ scommunity improvements to its credit. True, during the campaign by Elmore M. Murphy July 17, 1941: F. L. Williams to W. F. Browning & wfi jts. Wd. Lot 47, bik 7, Braniâ€" gar Bros. Sunset Terrace, Sec. 22,, Deerfleld. «t M. G. Boehm & hus to A. C. Gartâ€" ley & wf jts. WD. Lot 5, Clark & Muirs Sub, Lake Forest. C. A. Newcomb Jr. Tr to 8 Cichost & wf jts. D. Lots 37 & 28 bik 868, South Waukegan, Sec. 32 Waukegan and Sec. 5, Shields. July 16, 1941â€" F. C. Thompson to J. B. Eiliott. WD. Lot 8, N hf of lot 4, N hf of lot 24 and all of lot 25, blk 4, Port Clinton, Highland Park. D. M. Inman & wf, D. M. Inman & wfi to E. E. McPherson. WD. N hf of lot 11, bik 8, G. L. Wrenn‘s Addn to Highland Park. Union Bank of Chgo, Rr to J. W. Guild, SIT. QCD. Lots 30 to 38 bi, bik 9, Deerfleld Park Land & Imâ€" provement Assn. Sub, Sec. 29, Deerâ€" field. auto, seldom ever charged with & eg and never serlously punâ€" ished. magistrates éven think, un#& to deprive a driverâ€"killer of ‘for six months, alâ€" thdugh =-mt and harmless C T & T Co. Tr to H. Jacobson & wi jts. D. Los 7, Deerfleld Acres, . ‘To.you, dear. reader, the question is this: Is the business or the pleasure of. at automobile driver more important than the life of a human beingâ€"the said human being may be apedestrian, a driver of another car, a passenger, or the driver himself? If you say the busi ness or theoilouun of the car driver is m important, the laws remain as they are. On the other hand if enough people can resolve that we must become a civilized people and respect life above busiâ€" ness or pleasure, then the laws can be changed and a killer?driver be charged with murder. No man could pick out a better Subject than the automobile laws to illustrate the unreasonableness and Anconsistency of our appointed legisâ€" lators, aye, we‘may see their stupâ€" idity.~â€"What about the value of the life of a pédéstrian, who is often a man who has just stepped out of his own motor car? ‘The automobile ""'V'"'l‘;:_” pleasure or the of a owner supercedes of the life of a man in the In short,;the law says the m d:lover.lthohucuoenu, it A sham# to deprive a driverâ€"killer kill almost at whim any person is not on a sidewalk. That is law. Don‘t argue that it is not. most careless and {adifferent This humanitarianism had one bad effect. It crept into the courts and shaped the criminal laws to the effect even to this day, as no less & person informed the writer only a few weeks ago, that it is true a thousand murderers escape the elecâ€" tric chair than that one innocent man be sent there by error. ‘The consequent of that humanitarian atâ€" titude is that only about two perâ€" cent of our criminals suffer a just punishment. pedestrian les buried in the cold Before the advent of the automoâ€" bile as a selfâ€"governed people, our laws were influenced by a sort of exaggerated humantarianism. . In one respect this was good. In the horse and buggy days a buman life was more sacred than the horse or the buggy or the business of the owner of such. A pedestrian could walk anywhere in safetyâ€"almost. He did not have to walk half way up a street and wait for permission to cross. It was his lawful right and privilege to cross a streét where he liked, and no buggy drivâ€" ers dared to run hin down. This country in contrast with other countrieg, even European, sufâ€" fer the ill repute of being brutally indifferent to buman life. The evil of national automobile slaughter will never be retarded or corrected unless we become honest with ourâ€" selves and acknowledge our faults. Evans Feed Store Phone Highland Park 124 Real Estate Transiers AT YOUR GROCERS T. A. & wf to E. A. Haraâ€" l_nl,l-ficg:-.’bt-nau.ukar. T. A. Mooney & wf to R. Zorzy. QCD. Lots 3 & 4, blk 22, F. H. Bartâ€" lett‘s â€"Lake View Estates, Secs. 5 and 6, Shields. : 8. E. Harms to H. Youngstrom & wf jts. WD. Lot 48, Rose Terrace, Sec. 28, Shields. July 22, 1941: F. H. Bartlett & Co to M. Silverâ€" man, D. Lots 11 & 14 in bik 7 in H. Pk. Woodlands in Sec. 15, Deerâ€" field. The Trust Co. of Chgo, Suce Tr to H./W. Wright & wf jts. D. Lot 14, blk 14; lot 14, bik 18 and lot 8, bik 19, The ‘Terrace, Sce. 20, Shields. July 21, 1941: x F. H. Bartlett, tr to T. A. Mooney & wfi jts. D. Lots 38)°4, 18 & 14, bik 22, F. H. Bartlett‘s Lake View Estates, Seca 5 & 6, Shields. E. C. Millard & hus to C. H. Nixâ€" on & wf jts. WD. Lot 1, McKillip‘s Central Ave. Sub, Highland Park. F. C. Vanderkloot & hus to B. M. Mueller. QCD. Pt of SE qr of NW gr. of Sec 21, Shields. Highaad Acres, Sec. 20, Deerfleld. July 18, 1941; J. B. Clark to C. M. Lagnesau"& w jts. WD. Lot 33, Blackwell‘s Reâ€" sub, Sec. 26, Deerfield, se H. Gallup to A. W. Kraatz & wf jts. WD. Lot 9 & W 8 ft of lot 10, bik 5, Highland Park Woodlands, Kraatz & wf jts. D. Pt of lot 10, blk 3, Highland Park Woodlands, Bec. 15, Deerfield. July 19, 19414: C. R. Barrett & wf to G. J. Eirinâ€" berg & hus jts. WD. Pt of lot 58, South Highland Addn to Highland Park. F. 8. Graham & wf to M. B. Wilâ€" liams & .wf jts WD. Lot 10, Sub of pt of lot 24, in E. Ashley Mears Plat of Highwood. by noon to insure appesrance in current issue. _ _ â€"son a Sub Sec. 15, Deerfleld J. J. Cusack Jr. to W. W. McCulâ€" loch. QCD. S hf of lot 3, J. 8. Hovâ€" land‘s North Shore Acre Sub, Secs 16 and 21, Deerfleld. J. J. Cusack Jr .to H. L Comer. QCD. Lot 4, J. 8. Hovland‘s North Shore Acre Sub, Secs 16 and 21, Deerfield. H. I. Comer to W. W. McCulloch. QCD. Lot 4, J. 8. Hovyand‘s North Shoreâ€" Acre Sub, Secs 16 anl 21, Deerfleld. â€"Wfin'l“-â€".lu per M~=-u-m“r~ dm ud“ .h & wf jts WD. Lot 8, Deerfield Bec. 20, Deerfield. A. L. Powers & wf to H. Jacobson it 4 us Posd Othice at Highiand Park ':'“-&'M" Willoughhy Tower, Chicago l;:..ll.“-h.l‘--flm- Ch-.l.wm THE HIGHLAND PARK Purk Funlonâ€"â€" 1i 4us â€"â€"Wighahen. Tcieph Knollwood Club Sub, Sec 19, Shields &BHec 24, Libertyville. Mavor‘s Sub, Sec 16, Deerfleld. Linde‘s Sub, Sec 28, Deerfleld D. J. Aduir to A. L. Krishack and hus, jts, D. Lot 1 in Haven‘s Resub of lot 20 in bik 75 in F. P. Hawkin‘s \gt Ke, WD. Lots 10 and 11 in bik 9 in the Terrace being H. O. Stome & wf its, WD. Lot 7 in Goolidge Sub in Highland Park #s, WD. Lot 12 in bik 3 in the Terâ€" race being H. O. Stone and Co‘s Sub ¢ 21, Deerficld. July 23, 1941; M. D. Griffin & hus to A. McKinâ€" J. J. Kotsky to H. C. Kotsky & , jts. WD. Lot 21, O. B. Von M. R. Mavor & wf to R. H. Hedâ€" Â¥. Schoer & wfi to A. Â¥. Scheor, CD. Lote 6 & 1 in bik 4 4in the oub the E hf of lot 1 in the SE qr and lltl.fl.hl‘&l.& A. L. Fell to E. Norman and wi Mail COUPON This Week ... :. One Week Onlyâ€"August 7 to August 12 ONE YEAR‘S) SUBSCRIPTION To The Highland Park SPECIAL OFFER t August 7 to August 12, 1941 A bigger bargain than ever before. The PRESS will come to your home regularly from now ADVERTISING: Seasonable values by local merâ€" chants affording savings equal to those found anywhere. NEWS: Timely opinions and news about the c and its cifizens in civic,. commercial and sc ui and wf to A. K. Kikelâ€" Lot 1 in Otteni‘s Sub in 52 Issucs for NEW OR RENEWAL SUBSCRIPTIONS wi. 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