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/ "3 91:311,359 for repairs at the-.various - a ~_appropriation of $125,000 is provided. | 2 WINNETKA WEEKLY TALK, FRIDAY, JUNE 27, 1919 BIG BUILDING PROGRAM PLANNED "FOR BY ILLINOIS Preparations for a great building program are being made by the state department of public welfare. It has at its command for needed improve- ments at the state penal and charit- able institutions the largest appro- priations ever made for this purpose in the state. A total of $6,299,547 has been provided by the state for con- struction, repair work, permanent improvements and purchase of addi- tional land during th2 next biennium and approximately $4,000,000 of this will- be used for public buildings. The penal and charitable institu- tions, caring for 27,000 inmates and employing 4,000 people, have been hampered by the fact that no build- ing could be done during the war. It is intendad now to correct this condition by crowding much build- ing into the coming biennium. The program also will, in connection with the state's hard roads and water- ways enterprises, materially aid in the labor readjustment and provide work for returned soldiers. Of the projacts involved the .most important is increased quarters for the feeble-minded and the completion of the new state penitentiary at Lackport, which is under control of the penitentiary construction com- mission. This incr2ased accommoda- tion for feeble-minded will be provid- ed at Dixon. The present epileptic colony there will be removed to an- other part of the grounds and the buildings now occupied by -zpileptics will be used for feeble-minded. The legislature has provided over $700,000 for buildings at Dixon. A hospital building is to be construct- ed at Elgin state hospital at a cost of $150,000. Other buildings provided for in the appropriations are: A new nurs2s' home at Anna, $100,000; bakery and kitchen at Watertown state hospital, $50,000; building for tubercular patients at Chicago state hospital, $30,000; addition to nurses' home at Chicago state hospital, $60,- 600; completion of the Alton state hospital at a cost of approximately $500,000, of which $60.000 will be used I for a hospital building; $40.000 for a}. new dining room and $400,000 for cot- tages; for a new laundry at Lincoln state school and colony, $40,000; a school building at the Soldiers' Or- phans home at Normal, $80,000; an isolation hospital at the state train- ing school for girls at Geneva, $25,- 000: for materials to erect cottages by boy labor at the state school for boys at St. Charles, $25,000; for build- ings for new Illinois state farm for men, $150,000: buildings for group hospital in Chicago, where the psy-| chopathic hospital, the eye and ear| infirmary and the institution for crippled children will be located, over | , $500,000. The appropriation for the new] penitentiary buildirg being con-| structed at Lockport is $1,285,000. | " For the purpose of rehabilitating} the stone crushing plant at the 'southern Illinois penitentiary and in- | creasing its capacity so that a large amount of limestone dust can be fur-| nished for agricultural purposes, an| The legislature also appropriated ~ institutions, $122,000 for additions to! _old" buildings, $73,570 for improve-| ments in heating, power and water plants; '$130,300 for other permanent improvements and $555,000 for the] purchase of land. From the Gt gpriation for land purchases an addi- tional tract will be bought for the Jacksonville state hospital, a tract for the site of the new Illinois state] farm for men, more ground for the] " southern Illinois penitentiary at] Menard and a site for the group hos- pital to be located in Chicago. The total appropriations for all state institutions for the biennium will amount to approximately $20, 000,000. The plants of all thesel: twenty-four institutions are valued] at $25,000,000 and their land holdings | consist of over 11,000 acres. , COLONEL SCOTT GIVEN +a A THE D. S. MEDAL Cotonel Walter Dill Scott, 803 Lin- coln street, Evanston, head of the department of personnel in the Unit- ed States army, was awarded the "distinguished service medal last Monday for the splendid work he has . done in his department. Colonel Scott has returned to FEyv- anston and in the fall will resume his work . at Northwestern University, where he is the head of the psy- chology department. Use Well Your Gift. The weakest among us has a gift, however seemingly trivial, which is pe- culiar to him, and which, worthily used, will be a gift also to his race.--Ruskin. STUDEBAKER -- SEE -- BRIDGES & GAGE | JUBILEE SINGERS ON SUNDAY PROGRAM Utica Institute Singers To Be At Presbyterian Church in Concert, Sunday, June 29 HAVE A VARIED PROGRAM Old-Fashioned Plantation Melodies, Folk Songs and Gospel Hymns To Be Rendered Utica Institute Singers, a company of Negro singers, will appear in Wil- mette at the Presbyterian church, Sunday evening, June 29, at 8 o'clock. The entertainment is under the auspices of the Wilmette Church Union. The jubilee singers have traveled over the New England states and the Middle-west singing in the interest of their school. The program to be rendered consists of old-fashioned plantation melodies, Negro folk songs, Southern gospel hymns, dia- lect readings and a short address en- titled, "The Story of Utica." The Utica Singers are heralded as a highly trained group of artists. There appearance here marks one of the special summer services planned by the officers of the Church Union. A free-will offering will be taken, the proceeds to be applied to the operat- ing expenses of the Utica Institute. The Utica Normal and Industrial Institute in "the great black belt of Mississippi," was started, in the open air, in a Mississippi forest in 1903, with one teacher and a few pupils. From this small beginning it has grown to be one of the leading insti- tutions in the south. It now has 14 buildings, 1,700 acres of land and all modern improvements. Twenty distinct trades and industries are taught. The attendance is 400 com- ing from all parts of the south. Thirty teachers, instructors and officers are employed by the institution. The school boasts more than 1,000 success- full graduates. Belay! Pet:--When is a sailor not a sail- or? Jack--I give up. Pete--When he is on the ship. Jack--How is that? Pete--Why, he is aboard then, see? --Boys' Life. . -- PULVERIZED -- Poultry Manure in FERTILIZERS Nature's Best Plant Food. 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Dearborn St., Chicago Latest Development ALL MAKES WASHING MACHINES SIMPLEX IRONERS VACUUM CLEANERS OHIO, HOOVER, SWEEPER VACUUM Demons'ralions in slore every day Easy Vacuum Washer with Gas Burner Easy Payments Phone for demonstration ~FA DARBY FL CRAC SHOP 1104-1106 Davis St Evausten, Illinois Phone Evanston 2230 atk, ~ FRAN -- SEE = BRIDGES & GAGE i schoolboys are being paid $3 a day Elsie Ferguson At Hoyburn Next Week Elsie Ferguson, artist supreme, who recently returned to the United States after many months service in France among our fighting men, spreading cheer broadcast in her inimicable way, is the leading attrac- tion at the Hoyburn theater, Evans- ton, next week. Miss Ferguson ap- pears in her latest success, heralded as the crowning achievement in her cinema work, "The Avalanche," on Monday and Tuesday, June 30 and July 1. In addition to the effective portray- al of Miss Ferguson's characteriza- tion in this film the production is said to be superbly picturized. Miss Ferguson's gowns alone, it is said, will make the evening worth while for the women and those of the op- posite sex who appreciate the artist- ic and refined in that regard. Saturday of this week will feature Lila Lee in, "The Daughter of the Wolf." Wednesday's attraction will be "Other Men's Wives" starring the in- comparable Dorothy Dalton. There will also be an episode of "The Carter Case," a Craig Kennedy serial. Virginia Pearson appears in "The Bishop's Emeralds" on Thursday, July 3, and the bill for Friday, In- dependence Day, features the spright- ly Billie Rhodzs in her latest attrac- tion, "In Search of Arcady." Irrigation Farms Need Labor According to specialists of the United States Department of Agri- culture, there is plenty of farm work for anyone who wants a job pitching hay, shocking grain, or laboring at other farm tasks throughout the western irrigation belt. A recent re- port from the Truckee-Carson irri- gation project says that labor is e- tremzly scarce and farmers are pay- ing $4.50 to $5 a day, including board and lodging, for help during the hay- ing season. Fourteen-year old plus their board and lodging. Indi- cations are that harvest conditions will be as bad, if not worse. The gen- eral impression that there is a labor surplus and a work dzficit through- out the country certainly is not true on the reclamation projects. WABASH 8704 DRESSMAKING AND McDO WELL DRESSCUTTING SCHOOL We teach high grade designing and sewing School open year around. "asy lerms MEMORIES A S you travel over long stretches of scenic roads in your handsome motor car-- Where you stop by the wayside and listen closely to the silvery tones of the Meadow Lark, liquid and clear-- With the robins carrying the high, clear soprano notes, sitting on the tip top of the tallest tree-- As you journeyed back your thoughts dwell upon those hours spent in heaven-- Only to be abruptly ended by the fail- ure of the battery to "carry on" AY we leave this cheerful message with you--*"Exide" Batteries al- ways leave alive the memories of hours just spent. "Exide" Batteries are boxes of pleas- ant memories 'that "carry on" in the season and out--in sunshine and storm. Evanston "Exide" Battery Service INC. 1007 DAVIS ST. EVANSTON If your car is '""Exide" equipped your trips will end with a pleusing drowsiness Take Advantage of Summer Rates. Night School Opens September 209 South State St. 720 Republic Building HOYBU: 615 Davis St., Evanston Matinees 2 and 6 Evenings 7 & 11 Friday June 27 WALLACE REID | "YOU'RE FIRED" Saturday June 28 LILA LEE "Daughter of the Wolf" NEXT WEEK Mon. and Tues., June 30, July 1 ELSIE FERGUSON in "The Avalanche" Wednesday July 2 DOROTHY DALTON in "Other Men's Wives" and "The Carter Case" A Craig Kennedy Serial Thursday July 3 VIRGINIA PEARSON in "The Bishop's'Emeralds" % 2 2 A 2 2 T7777 A Word About Summer Beverages LENS GNGER LE coo Klein's Ginger Ale commands the attenticn of users of high grade beverages by reason of its many good qualities. The price is moder- ate. Pure spring water is used in its manufacture. It has a de- licious, mild flavor of ginger that is delightful. It has a pleasant, snappy taste. Ey KLEIN'S SUMMER BEVERAGES Root Beer Birch Beer Ginger Ale Sarsaparilla For Sale at All Grocers HINCKLEY & SCHMITT, Ine 2s Ae TELEPHONE EVANSTON 980 Zs NORTH SHORE RUBBER CO. 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