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In his opinion the attorney gen-- eral points out that in some cases the county court committing the «ghildren to the society's guardian-- ship provides the county. shall pay the child's tuition. In such cases the others. Route 108, section 102W Green county to McElwee and Roby of Peoria. Bid--$3,830.03. Route 89, section 119A Bureau coun-- ty grading to Horton & Sternburg, Chicago. Bid--$55,1771.21. Route 107, section 405A Pike county igrading to S. J. Groves and Sons, ecutive--and that the constitutioq provides that no person in one of these departments shall exercise any power properly belonging in either of HICHWAY JOBS Route 13. section 289 St. Clair county pavement to H. H. Hall, East St. Louis Bid--$23.468.90. Route 78, section 115 Whiteside-- Henry counties, pavement to Stevens Brothers of St Paul, Minn. Bid-- Louis. Bid--$63,185.60. ~ Route 178, section 115B Whiteside-- Henry counties, bridge, to Stevens Brothers of St. Paul. Bid--$17,396.02. SPRINGFIELD, Ill., Oct. 5 The following contracts have been award> ed by the division of highways: Route 48. section 121, Dewitt--Mc-- Lean, Wabash Construction company 6f Vincennes, Ind. Pavement bid-- $141,737.48. In the case in question, the origi-- nal highway was laid out for sixty feet but owners of adjacent land from time to time moved their fenc-- es to include considerable of he public highway. The attorney gen-- eral said it is the duty of the nigh-- the offending land owners first ind if no action results to set the fences back himself and charge the land owners. $206,453.60. Route 18, section 12X Kendall-- Hurden Construction company of Springfield. Bid--$8.891.98. charged tuition regardless of how temporary his residence is in the home in which he or she was placed ~ The offices of justice of the peace ard president otf the village board are incompatible and acceptance of one constitutes resignation from the cther .the attorney general advises Claude M. Swanson state's attorney of Pord county. The opinion points out the powers of our government are divided into three distinct class-- school district. The society cares for about l.fi orphans. Of this grou> 1,100 are pr.vate homes tnrouflwm the state being reared as members of the par-- ticular household where they are lo-- cated Over five--nundred others are being boarded at other private homes and in the latter cases. the scciety pays the families rendering th's service varying sums. In this lat:er group children may remain in bearding homes for a few weeks to several years but in each instance they have been placed with private families at board for the purpose of securing parental care and home life for the time being. They are desti-- tu'e of any other provision for home care. by the society CANNOT MAKE SPOiisGLS OF GRPHANS PAY In another opinion the attorney genetal advises State Senator Rich-- ard J. .Meents of Ashkum that :t is the duty of highway commissioners to remove fences encroaching upon the public highway and, charge the eost of such removal to the owner of the adjacent land. .SM Williams com-- pla,.ed «nat several children placed b_y the society were refused admis~ son to some schoo's without pay-- ment of tuition on the ground they were not legal residents of-- the Route 108, section 103W Gréen county to McElwee and Roby. of Peoria, pavement. Bid--$9,511.81. Springfield, III., ~Oct. 5--School districts cannot compel sponsors of orphan children to pay tuition for smmpfl& Attorney General Oscar Carlstrom has advised Francis G. Blair, superintendent of public in-- struction. i111< me««ter was brought to the at-- ter.ion oi Superintendent Blair by Strerintendent C. V. Williams x tke Ilincis Children's Home and GIVE DATES OF TEACHERS' MEETS and place of"mw""mxm' io amh eer of members expected to enroll are as follows: Southeastern Divi«:; w' m'»' on, m 11-- _h'. e Division. UOertrhar 10 Six division meetings of the IIli-- nois State Teachers Association will and place be held this week month, and two ir ARE AWARDED and two in November. The of these divisions. the time + October 1478 of St ims daughter, took charge of orgar-- izing prison officials. % Chicago--Each motorist last year purchased an average of 2.8 pnueuw-- matic casings for his automobile, compared with 2.6 casings puchased by each motorist in 1926, according MAKE SURVEY OF MOTOR CASINGS The analysis shows that balloon casings are rapidly gaining in pop-- ularity, last year's figures, for the first time, showing more balloon casings purchased than ordinary high pressure casings. -- In round numbers thirty million were high pressure casings and thirty--four were balloon casings. ment of Illinois. nols. tion with The American : Motorists Association. The figures show that in 1927 a total of 64,059,220 pneu-- matic casings were purchased by the motorist of the country, compared with 59,004,343 purchased in 1926. during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1928, totaled 425,000 units ---- an increase of 18 per cent over the same period last year -- and were valued at $425,000,000, thus pla«e-- ing the industry as fourth among the leaders of foreizgn trade, as cording to the statistical depart-- employed, and the programs have been carefully prepared by the divi-- sion officers. Part of the time will be devoted to a discussion of the ed-- Suggested Freak The discarded tires of the Ameri-- can Motorists are rapidly becoming one of the principal sources of shoes of the peasants of Europe, accord-- ing to the Keystone Motorists, one of the o¥icial publications of the American Motorists Association. _ Spain alone last year $1,330,000 worth of old tires were imported from America and made into foot-- wear. The pneumatic casings are used in the making of -- alpargata veational and financial problems of the State; resolutions will be adopt-- ed and recommendations made. The 75th Annual State Meeting will be held in Springfield on Dec. 27, 28 and 29. The attendance there will consist chiefly of dele-- gates from the fourteen divisions chosen in proportion to their respec-- tive numbers of members.-- A part part of the program will consist of the business nc;ffi this larAge ?n:uh active state organization. egislative program will be planned for presen-- tation to the 56th General Assembly the next month. Some of the items on this program will probably be a minimum _ school term of eight months, higher qualifications for be-- ginning teachers, means for -- en-- eouraging larger school districts, a larger state distributive fund, more liberal support for the state teacher training . institutions, and some means of equalizing tax assessments so as to prevent such chaos in tax affairs as now exists in Cook coun-- ty. 2' £* It is generally agreed by those who have observed its work that the State Teachers Association is one of the most potent and helpful fac-- tors in educational progress in lili-- 20 PRISONERS LOST IN BL AZF Communication with the brick pian. office was impossible because tele-- phone wires were down. The fire, believed to have been caused by defective wiring, broke out in the basement, in which clothing was stored. The 272 prisoners were thrown into confusion and made des-- perate attempts to escape throughn the two exits. L & Unable to reach the fire escap--'s, some of the prisoners jumped through windows. 1 Eight prisoners were known to Aave been ser.ously burned and were ta«-- en i0 u.e pen:.ieatiary hospilal in wo-- lumbus. to The Automobile Club of Illinois analysis of census figures for -- the two years, as compiled in co--opera-- Complete figures are not avail-- able, the publication states, but fig-- ures just published by the Depart-- ment of Commerce show that in soles, for use among the middle classes. Old solid tires are convert-- ed into rubber heels and inner tubes are manufactured into the making of soles for cheap canvas footwear. While the average motorist's tire consumption last year was 2.8 cas-- ings, his automobile required an average of 3.1 inner tubes during the year, the automobile of . the country using last year a total of T3,000,000 tubes. :.: : . <> JUNCTION CITY, O...Oct. 8. --(UP) --Twenty Ohio state penitentiary prisoners assigned to the brick plant two miles west of here either were burnedito death or serious'ly injured in a fire that broke out in the base-- ment of their dormitory about 1 o'clock this morning. The number of en dead and th rnumber seriously burned will not 5° determined . until prison official: complete their check of records. listed the aid of others, but they were unable to save any of the prop-- A prisoner named Welich assumeées command of the situation shortly at-- wer the fire was discovered. He tn-- in the absence of Warden Thomas, who is attending --@# convention in Experts of automotive projucts obtainable have been : statistical d:fiart- Automobile Cl of Wrap your linens for storage in fast colored blue paper. Three things that depend entirely tpon faith are love, political state-- Store linens in chests subjected to an even temperature. Always a-- void the excessive concentratei heat of radiators and pipes. Cedar chests are probably the best con-- tainers. ® ments and hash. Leo Wagner has resighed his posi-- tion at the Edwin Sheldon garage. Mark Neville, of Libertyville, vi-- sited his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Everett Neville on last Sunday. Lee Williams is erecting a house on Lake street, near the depot. The many friends of Mrs.. Mary Harvey regret to learn of her grave illness at her home in Waukegan. Miss Susie Whitehead was a Chi-- cago visitor on last Friday. _ Mr. and Mrs. Will Doolittle visit-- ed Mrs. N. S. Nye and children at the Oak Park hospital on last Wed-- nesday. ; 4 < Misses Gertrude and Geneeve Lantz, of Beach, spent the week end with their aunt, Mrs. C. G. Odell and family. , . Mrs. C. B. Edwards and son John awete' Chicago visitors on last Satur-- ay. i ove. mc a ies Mr. and Mrs. James Sherman, Miss Ruby and John Knox visited the Fred Sherman home in Wilmot, Wisconsin, last Sunday. _ A number of Epworth Leagurers attended the Rock River Conference at Morgan Park on Sunday evening. --Miss Flotence Olson, of Lake Forest, was a Sunday visitor at the J. W. Hook home. hy The local Epworth League gath-- ered fruit and made fifty--three cans, some of which were two quart, of jelly for the Lake Bluff Orphange on last Wednesday, afternoon and evenjng. _ _ -- _ Mrs. Mary Jones spent last Sun-- day with her daughter, Mrs. Everett Fish at Lake Villa. Mr. and Mrs. Weiss, of Chicago, spent the week ~end with Mrs. Weiss's sister, Mrs. Wm.. Fisher and family. 3 us J. E. Gould was a delegate to the Rock River Conference in Morgan Fark on last Friday. _ > Mr. and Mrs. Will Wood, of Ne-- braska, visited Mrs. Wood's brother Mr.. Irving Duddles on Thursday of last week. Mr. and Mrs. Everett Hook spent last Sunday evening in Waukegan. Mr. and Mrs. Barnstable and lit-- tle daughter, of Lake Villa, spent ;'ast Sunday at the Fred Hucker ome. : Mrs. Christ Thompson entertained relatives from Waukegan on Wed-- nesday. Mr. and Mrs. Moser and daughter Eleanor and Mr. and Mrs. Roberts, all sof Chicago, visited Mrs. Estella Tonies on last Sunday. * Linen damask table cloths and napkins should have the scrutiny of your -- home washing <if. possible. Otherwise select a thoroughly re-- liable laundry in which cutting so-- lutions are not used. New linens should. be launderel before they are put away' for stor-- Linen actually enjoys exposure to the sun and dew and, in fact,. no substitute has ever 'been found to compare with this sun bath in keeping linens beautifully white. -- The Libertyville . Building and Loan Association g\f\ eEACH * AC. .. WEEK} Buvers of Houschold Goods LONG LIFE FOR LINEXNXNS SAVE 'WantAd, GRAYSLAKE 1927 roll of Corporation Counsel Samuel A. Ettelson under the head-- ing of "assistant corporation coun-- sel,, with the salary set at $6,000 a year. . $ ASK S $10,000 * FOR "SLANDER®" Mrs. Weiss is quoted as saying that she received several checks from A* torney James K. Welch, former law partner of Mr.-- Weiss, but didn't :e-- member the items they were for. Last Weiss Check in 1927 The last check sent to Mr. Weiss was on Oct. 7, 1927, the payroll rec-- vras show. On that date there ap-- aeared on the line of roll number 1042 thus left vacant the name -- of James Welch as assistant corporati»n counse} at $6,000 a year, the -- same Atle and salary as the state repre-- sentative. Further examination 0o: the Ette.-- son payrolls disclosed that Jam#s Welch continued to draw salary checks for the remainder of 1927 ana during the first four months of 1928 On April 22, 1928, his name was iropped from roil 1042. During the »ntire six months the time record hows him at work every day except sundays and bholidays. His total re-- nuneration-- for the period was ap-- r~x'mately $3,000. > Mr. Welch when interviewed Fri-- day morning stated that he had nothing to say at this time. f As an aftermath of recent payroll investigations centering about the city hall in Chicago, disclosure was made Friday that the name of the late William F. Weiss of Waukega« state representative, appears on the Charging slander, John E. Peterson of Chicago, who has a subdivision and Boll has made false accusations that he is crooked for the purpose of hurt-- ing his reputation and standing in the community. The name of William F. Weiss, with no address given, appeared on Mr. Ettelson's payroll No. 1042 dur-- ing August, 1927 He drew --$250 checks semi--monthly. Represerita-- 'ive We'ss died Oct. 17, 1927. -- The law firm otf Runyard & Be-- hanna filed the praecipe of the action. Attorney Behanna said the declara-- sion in a land deal and Peterson charges, Attorney Behanna says, that tion would set forth that Peterson was slandered by Boll. The Chicago a summer home at Fox Lake, started suit Saturday in the Circuit court against Henry Boll, Chicago, who al-- so spends his summers at Fox Lake, for $10,000 damages. § FTEN you would like to make a call O or answer your telephone without dis-- turbing or being heasd by others. You can always do this if you have an Extexnsioxn TerernoxE in your house or apartment. An extension telephone is a second tele-- phoné instrument on the same line as the first, but located in another part of the house. You make calls or answer'the tele-- phone at either instrument. It saves many useless steps, up and down stairs or from one end of your apartment to the other. One Policy -- One Systéem -- Universal Service Telephone Privacy ILLINOIS BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY BELL SYSTEM 515 North Milwaukee Ave. Special Week End Brick _--SODX¥X SHOP AME ON 60 ROLLS The Cost Is Small Call Our Business Office Today Tempting Combinations Watch For For Sale by FLOOD CONTROL NEEDS FORESTS By E. A. SHERMAXN (Associate U. S. Forester.) (Edward Augustine Sherman vas born in Humboldt county, Iowa, Mar. 5, 1871. He is a graduate of Towa State College of Agriculture and Me-- chanical Arts. Entering the news While primarily a report on th protective influence of the Miss's #ppi valley forest, the study. ups: which it is based necessarily has cov "red surface conditions and land us ienerally. The starting point hes Jeen the self--evident fact that the condition of the land surface nas : direct influence on the amount of water held and retained by the soil, on the time and rapidity of runo!i. and on the silt content of streams ecntributing floods, as well as on the volume, velocity and turbidity of the water itself. er it 1903 was appointed supervisor c' Bitter Root forest service. He was transferred to the forestry depa.-- ment of the department of agricu ture two years later and since th. time has been in the forest service c the federal government, being ay pointed associate chief forester i: 1920.. He was admitted to the bar in 1915. He is a Spanish--America war veteran and a republican. His home is in Washington, D. C.) Anintensive study has been mad< by the forest service of the entire M.ss.ssippi drainage syaem, to deter-- mine the place of forests in the prob-- lem of flood prevention and conir! ley, judged by their. need of forest cover to prevent excessive runoff and erosion. The regions classified -- as critical areas amount to -- 289,000 square miles in 30-- states. j § Trees Grow Scarcer, Since the settlement of the Missis-- sippi valley the proportion of fores: area in the basin of the Mississippi has been reduced from 40 to 20 per-- cent by necessary human use and by unnecessary abuse and neglect. The forests on critical areas, with he exception of the lands within public forests and parks, are not contributing full service in the di-- rection of flood control, largely ve-- cause of injury by fires in commer-- clal woodlands and too heavy graz-- ing in farm woodlands. paper business in Towa, he late moved to Hamilton, Mont., and i _It follows that any form of land use which affects the condition of the surface has a direct bearing on the runoff from that land. & The study shows graphically ind statistically -- the: location and externt of what are believed to be the mos: critical areas in the Mississippi va'-- The loss of soil by erosion from cultivated fields is a serious menace not only to the channels of the Mis-- sissippi river, but to the permanen-- cy of profitable agriculture in many parts of the valley which have thus far flourished through the vergin fertility of soils now rapidly erodia~ The report culminates in a series o recommendations for remedial actio by the federal government, in addi-- tion to the construction of < levees reservoirs, by--passes, and spill--way:s as flood--preventive measures. 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