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Ray WINNETKA WEEKLY TALK, SATURDAY, MARCH 6, 1920 Winnetka Commuters OR LS LA Riz Le YM x Tax Schedule for 1919 Unaware of Accident of a wide variety of uses, their par- a Pl 1s oa wih Se Sh dein ] : Jokes and Laughter Fill Railrcad | enough even out west, but when they | ,¢ upon its equipment." i The answer to Mr. Taxpayer's |bodies. At first glance the compara- | Coach as Tragic Death Befalls | occur in Winnetka there may be ; query, "Where does my money go?" is in the table listing taxing bodies which receive the benefit of the tax- es from New Trier Township, and which is published below. The table, which was furnished by Hoyt King, township colector of tax- es, whose offices are located at the First National Bank of Wilmette, shows the township is divided into five districts: Wilmette, Kenilworth, Winnetka, Glencoe and Country. The taxes are distributed to ten different tive rates of 1918 and last year indi- cate that the rates' dropped consider- ably for the 1919 fiscal year. The ap- parent decrease is only a fallacy as the tax rate for 1919 is based on one- half the assessed value of the prop- erty, instead of one third as formerly. In spite of a delay in sending out the bills, due to the fact that the tax board had been re-organized, Collec- tor King is confident that most of the township residents will be able to pay before March 10. : The tax table follows: Dist. 39 Dist. 38 Dist. 36 Dist. 35 Dist. 40 Wilmette Kenil'wth Winnetka Glencoe Country State a. Draenei ane $ 40 $ 40 $ 40 $ 40 $ 4 OT LR 49 49 49 49 49 LU TET TNE NR GE Lg feat be. hin Village ........ccoivnines 1.67 1.57 1.75 2.12 Bark... .50 34 45 70 Wag x Lr REE ig Ce a 1.95 1.75 2.67 2.35 80 High School ........: ons 1.94 1.94 1.94 1.94 1.94 | Road and Bridge .......\. .54 54 54 54 54 Sanitary District. .....u.. 23 23 23 23 23 Forest Preserve .......... 05 .05 05 05 05 Rate per $100 1919 ........ 7.77 7.31 8.52 8.82 4.45 Rate per $100 1918 ........ 10.38 9.73 9.93 11.03 6.93 | NOTE--$1.17 goes to the govern ments outside of the township. The | balance of tax goes to support our schools, local parks, villages and high- ways. PRAISES EFFICIENT WORK OF LOCAL FIRE DEPARTMENT Chester H. Walcott Gives Much Credit to Fire Fighters for Work Done in Recent Blaze The usual custom is to blame the fire department for any unusual fire loss, but occasionally one hears real praise for the department's good work. The latter recently happened to the local department when Chester H. Walcott, in a letter to Village President Miller, gave the following expressing of his appreciation: Februdry 5, 1920. Mr. John S. Miller, Jr., Winnetka, Illinois. Denar Sir: Relative to the fire which occurred at the residence of Mr. Henry Stanton, 635 Blackthorn road, I beg to make a few observations compli- mentary to the fire department. Until a few months ago, I was the owner of this house, it having been built under my direction as architect and IT was recently designated by the present owner, Dr. Elbert Clark, to investigate and appraise the damage done by the fire, with a view toward agreeing with the Insurance company upon a proper figure. In carrying out this service for the owner, I had occasion to make a minute examina- tion of the building and I find that there had been a very intense blaze with extraordinary heat throughout the entire main portion of the first floor, including stair hall and also a portion of the second floor. The facts are that the structure of the building, that is joists and studs, were untouched by the fire and the blaze was confined to the interior trim and floors, including window casing, sash, etc., and naturally the furniture. While this may be a good recom- mendation for the construction of a frame house, still I cannot refrain from putting praise where it is due, namely, the evidently quick and effi- cient action by your department in limiting the blaze to minor interior damage. Mr. Stanton, who was in the house at the time. will bear me out in stat- ing that the smoke was unusually intense throughout the second floor, particularly, and that whoever vent- ured into the building after Stanton got out must have done so at con- siderable risk of life. In one other instance. in the house, 302 Forest avenue, which I am now occupying, I had occasion to call upon the fire department and again I was impressed with their promptness and efficiency. Very truly yours' Chester H. Walcott. STEAM IS FALSE ALARM Great volumes of steam issuing from the garage in the rear of the Barnett Faroll residence at 741 Pros- pect avenue, resulted in the calling out Thursday of the fire department. The progress of the fire truck was greatly hampered hecause of the high wind and snow drifts. IMPROVE HIGGINSON ESTATE A great deal of interest is being manifested in the improvements be- ing wrought in the George Higgin- son, Jr., estate on Sunset road, now owned by Hathaway A. Watson. Ex- tensive alterations and = repairs, amounting to several thousand dol- lars, are being made. 1 BOWLES KING HEAD OF PLAYFIELD ASS'N. (Continued from Page One) weather permitting, we would be able to play over this course by the middle of next summer, that fund is not en- tirely complete. To date we have re- ceived in cash and pledges about $1,000. It should be the endeavor of each one of us here present to take a personal responsibility for bringing this fund to the mark set, by talking up the benefits of this Municipal Golf course and the obligation each one of us shares in assisting the Park it in playing condition as early as possible in the season. With the letter which the Finance committee mailed to all those whose names were 'on the Electric. Light list was a pledge card which was to be signed and re- turned to our treasurer, Mr. Meyer. We still have a supply of these cards left, and if one or all of you will take some of these cards and make it your responsibility to see that someone signs up for a contribution it will "assure us that our "bargain golf" will be available that much sooner. "While you have listened to a sum- mary of the activities of the Play- field association covering the first year of its existence under a consti- tution which stipulates that the "ob- ject of this association shall be to promote and encourage golf and other games and recreations in the park areas of the village of Win- netka in co-operation with the Park | Commissioners and subject to their jurisdiction," we must not seem to over look the point that we are mere- ly an accessory to the fact, and that the real fact in this case is our pub- lic spirited and efficient Board of Park Commissioners. They have gone ahead from the very inception of the idea of such a playfield, and in spite of obstacles and opposition have realized for us a recreation field and golf course of which we as a com: munity may justly be proud and privileged to enjoy at a ridiculously moderate outlay of our own money. The least we can do as an association is to enthusiastically get behind this group of men and by personal efforts, and through our association, demon- furthering their plans in every way. "Tt has been a pleasure and a privilege to serve in the capacity to which you elected me a year ago and [want to take this occasion to ex- press to all those who have been identified with the association my appreciation of their hearty support and co-operation. The incoming of- | ficers need no assurance of mine that a continuance of such interest and co-operation will mean a still more successful season during the coming year." SIGNAL LIGHT WRECKED Attention of motorists has been called to the absence of the well- known danger light at Hubbard hill on Sheridan road. The signal is tem- norarily out of commission, following its disablement last Monday when it was struck by an automobile. A temporary light has been installed there until the damaged one can be replaced. GAME SUNDAY The American Legion indoor base- ball team will play the Foster Feds of Evanston at the Community House Sunday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock. , Board in every way possible to put | strate our appreciation by actively | Young Evanston Boy on Train Scores of Winnetka business men on the Thursday evening commuter train from Chicago laughed and joked as they neared home, completely un- aware that a fatal accident had be- fallen a 17-year old Evanston boy. While the north-bound train was pulling out of the Main street depot of the Northwestern line, Harvey Hitchcock, Evanston, stepped out to the plat- form of one of the coaches. Dempster but the boy was eager to reach home. As he stepped out on the snow-cov- ered platform of the coach, he is be- lieved to have slipped from the fast moving train. He was found lying unconscious in a drift of snow by officer Stanley Russ of the Evanston police force. A south-bound train was flagged and gentle hands lifted him aboard the train. Again at Main street, the limp | form was taken in an ambulance to | the St. Francis hospital. A physician examined his injuries--broken leg and arm, internal injuries and skull frac- ture-- and shook his head sadly. There wasn't much chance to save the lad's life. Despite herculean ef- forts of several physicians, the boy died a few hours later. A widowed | mother and an older brother survive him. The exact nature of the accident may never be learned. None of the { other occupants in the railroad coach | noticed the boy when he walked out [on theplatform and none are known to have heard him cry--due to the noise of both wind and train. LINE FORMS TO THE LEFT Tt became known yesterday that several of the gatemen of the Chica- 20, North shore and Milwaukee rail- road, since the near-blizzard of yesterday and Thursday have devised a new plan to prevent the connecting rods of the gates at the crossing from freezing up. They are-- Pouring ample quantities of alcohol into the machinery. This is said to obtain better results than oil! One at a time, boys. DANCING IS POPULAR With each succeeding week, the dances held at the community House are becoming more generally attend- ed. Last Saturday the Four Corner club staged a successful dance at the house and the Young Folk's Dancing class will hold their bi-monthly dance tonight. WINDES ON VACATION While Winnetka is buried beneath heavy snowfalls, Village Engineer Frank A. Windes, son of Judge Thomas G. Windes, is enjoying the pleasures of a two week's vacation in the sunny south. IMPROVE RUDOLPH STORE Extensive improvements are being made at the Rudolph grocery store at 738 Elm street. The store is being is to be handsomely panelled. BOARD MEETS The village board met last night to pass an ordinance setting the date of the annual village election in April. The meeting was continued from last Tuesday, because there were not suffi- cient trustees present to form a quorum. 1212 Elmwood a venue, street station was half a mile north! entirely re-decorated and the ceiling, something of interest in the event. The local fire department was call- ed last Sunday to beat out the flames on the prairie extending along the Northwestern railroad tracks be- tween Pine and Fig streets. Afte extinguishing the blaze in the grass, the attention of the firemen became centered on half a dozen tele- graph poles where the fire had se- cured a foothold. Renewed efforts by the firemen soon dispatched these isolated fires before any material damage had been done. GIVE PLANS AND DETAILS FOR PROPOSED SCHOOL BLDG. (Continued from Page 1) assembly hall there is a foyer or as a museum. Mrs. William Elliot, is chairman of a committee of the Par- ent-Teacher association which is col- lecting specimens for this purpose. The central section of the building, in which the gymnasium, assembly hall, and offies are located, is two stories high. On the ,rst floor of the central section are located the pub- lic office and the offices for the prin- cipal and superintendent. On the second floor there is a parent-teach- er conference room, a hospital room an a teachers' rest room. These open by means of a gallery through the upper section of the social hall into the balcony of the assembly hall "The rest of the class rooms are standard in construction, and can be used in any desired way. They will probably be fitted up as special rooms, one being a library and liter- ature room, another a geography room with all of the equipment neces- sary for the best teaching of geo- graphy, another a history room with charts and maps and reference books, and so on through each of the various school subjects." ' "In case the administrative policy of the schools changes at any time, will the building be such as to per- mit of easy changes?" "Fortunately the building ex- tremely flexible. It can be used strictly as a Junior High school, or with very minor alterations in struct- ure it could be transformed into a is Subscribe for Your Local Paper Why pay high prices for your luncheons and dinners when in Chi- cago. Try our delicious home-cooked food at the GINGHAM TEA SHOP, 110 S. Wabash Ave. (near Monroe St.) 2nd floor. Elsie H. Brooks and Mabel H. Kennedy. Luncheon 11 to 2 P. M. Dinner 5 to 7 PP. M. social hall which is to be used also "Who designed the building?" "Perkins, Fellows & Hamilton of Chicago. The two best firms of architects in the country are Ittner of St. Louis and Perkins Fellows & Hamilton of Chicago. At the Cleve- land convention of the Department of Superintendence of the National Edu- cation association I had an opportun- ity to see the building plans of a large number of intermediate schools planned by Ittner; also by such well- known architects as Frank Irving Cooper of Boston and McCormack of Cleveland. Not one of the plans presented was desirable and flexible as those made for us by Perkins, Fel- lows & Hamilton. The fact that Mr. Hamilton of this firm is a citizen of Winnetka is fortunate but has little or nothing to do with the fact that they were chosen as the architects for the school. The Winnetka Board of Education, like the New Trier High school board, looked for the best that it could find and selected this firm. AT A Phonograph sacrifice Handsome Mahogany. Just Like New Plays all Makes of Records ADDRESS 1003 VINE ST., WINNETKA | Before Buying visit our col- re lection of high grade instruments at bargain prices. VIOLINS BOUGHT AND SOLD. 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