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Winnetka Weekly Talk, 22 Nov 1919, p. 14

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" 14 WINNETKA WEEKLY TALK, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1919 & DATS, WHEAT; BARLEY LIGHTER of measured bushel of oats is 31.1 ¢ weight per measured bushel of | pounds, as against 332 pounds last | 26.5 ounds for the nine- wheat this year is 56.3 pounds, as year and 46.5 pounds the 10-year PSE i to the ra ne | against 589 pounds last year and | average. The corresponding figures | Estimates, United States Department | 58.2 the 10-year average. The weight | for barley are 452 pounds for this GO TO CHURCH SUNDAY year, 46.9 pounds for last year, and rr ---- WITH OUR BOY SCOUTS ay 27 a Pd 2 dl 2 EZ re 7rr 777A MLL ZT 770 77 2770707, North shore boy scouts co-operated; Young Lion of Flanders. I in the national book week and are Lee, Albert--At his Country's Call. | conducting a campaign to raise the; Lerrigo, C. H--Boy Scout Treas- J standard of books which are read by | ure Hunters. | i youths of this vicinity. Mathiews, Franklin K.--Boy f "Two-thirds of the books on the Courageous. i : market now are rotten and vicious,"| Scouts' Year Book, Boy Scouts said Dr. E. D. Kelley, scout executive McLane, F. Moulton--Boy Scouts at Evanston, recently, in speaking of | of the Lighthouse Troop. the need for better books. "Great Otis, James--Boy Scouts in Lumber harm is coming to the boys who read | Camp. Boy Scouts in the Maine this trash. In the past generation Woods. boys read dime novels and nickel| Park. George F.--Dick Judson, Boy | thrillers. Tt was after a strenuous Scout Ranger. campaign that publishers were con- Parker, Com. T. D.--Cruise ¢t the vinced that these tales do so much| Deep Sea Scouts. harm to the children of America that Pendleton, Louis--Captain Ted. they should be withdrawn and for a Quirk. L. W.--Boy Scouts of the while we had a period when cheap; Black Eagle Patrol, Boy Scouts on melodramatic thrillers were not issu-! Crusade. ed. But boys want thrills in their| Sabin, Edwin S.--Pluck on the Long | ! books and so today publishers have Trail. | I cleverly invented a way to provide! Thurston, Ida T.--The Scoutmaster | them in the trashy way of old by; of Troop 5, Billy Burns of Troop 5. | printing the books on better paper,! Walden, Walter--Boy Scouts | making the binding nicer and charg-, Afloat. : ing $1.50 instead of a dime. Wilson, J. Fleming--Tad Sheldon, "Thrills should come in boys' books a Scout, Tal Sheldon's Fourth of but they should not give readers the di i wrong idea of life. One of the boy Camping Hiking, ¥ ooderaft, Ete. scout series printed in New York was eard, Dan C.--Shelters, Shacks } exceptionally bad, and after a fiight, it and Shanties, Outdoor Handy Book, J is being abandoned." Field and Forest Handy Book, Handi- i 5h hol books h craft for Outdoor Boys, Boat Build- A list of wholesome books has ing and Boating, Handywork for i been prepared by i i Scouts of Boys 5 i America and may be used as a guide ) Cin . ! in selecting books for the boys. leanne, Joset--Tracks and Track Some of the books are as follows:[ Cave, Edward--The Boy Scout's Stories of Boy Scouts Camp Book, The Boy Scout's Hike " Ames. Joseph B.--The Mystery of| Book. : Ram Island, Under Boy Scout Colors.| Corsan, G. H--At Home in the Wa- Barclay, V. C--Danny, the Detec-| ter. : tive. Eastman, C. A.~--Indian Scout Burgess, Thornton W.--Boy Scouts | Talks. of Woodcraft Camp. Grinnell and Swan--Harper's Camp Burrett, Edwin C.--Boy Scout Cru-{ and Scouting. soes. Kephart, Horace--The Book of Burton, C. P.--Boy Scouts of Bob's| Camping. The Book of Woodcraft, Hill Camp Cookery. Carey, Arthur A--Boy Scouts at| Miller, 'W. H.--Boy's Book of Canoeing and Sailing. daa er Li LLL IAAP IEE Ors IY A Player or Piano for Christmas ! Order It Now! Trade in Your Talking Machine on a Piano---if not in use. Sale on Used Pianos We carry All the Best Makes of Talking Machines PATTERSON BROS. Easy Payment House Telephone Evanston 654 828 DAVIS STREET, EVANSTON LRT. LLL LE dE A202 277777 SL Er rs a ---- LIS Sg IPI, MEL 77777 77 Ly Leis CLL. ALIS IL S0 SAA TES SEAS IIIA EAI ITS A AAs ea. : Clveley, F. H--Boy Scout Trail Books on Nature Subjects LULL BL Ea Re Re ee 2 ZB aa ea ret Blazers. Beacroft, B. L--Who's Who g Ap Crump, Irving--Boy Scout Fire Among the Wild Flowers and Ferns. Fighters. Blanchan, Neitje--Bird Neighbors. Davis, Richard H--The Boy Scout Burroughs, John--Squirrels and and Other Stories. Other Fur Bearers. Win rT Dimock, A. W.--Be Prepared. Chapman, Frank M.--Bird Life. rd TATA or SR r Eaton, Walter P.--Boy Scouts of Collins, A. Frederick--The Book ' : . : ! Berkshire, Boy Scouts in Glacier | of Stars. Park. Cragin, B. S.--Our Insect Friends Eldred, Warren L.--St. Dunstan|and Foes. How to Collect and Study Boy Scouts. Them. Finnemore, John--The Wolf Patrol. Fabre, J. H--Insect Adventures. Fitzhugh, Percy K.--Along the Mo-| Holland, W. J--The Butterfly hawk Trail, For Uncle Sam, In tBe| Guide. Path of La Salle, Tom Slade, Boy| Keeler, Harriet L.--Our Native Scout, Tom Slade With the Colors. | Trees and How to Identify them, Heyliger, William--Don Strong of | Our Northern Shrubs and How to the Wolf Patrol, Don Strong. Identify Them. Holland, Ruppert S.--Boy Scouts of | Kelley, J. C--The Boy Mineral Birch Bark Island, Boy Scouts of | Collectors. Snow Shoe Lodge, Blackbeard's| Matthews, F. S.--Field Book of Island. | American Wild Flowers, Field Book Hornibrook, Isabel--A Scout of To-| of American Trees and Shrubs. day, Drake of Troop One, Scout{ Moon, Frederick F.--The Book of Drake in War Time. | Forestry. Jenkins, Marshall--Norfolk Boy! Reed, Chester A.--ILand Birds, Wa- Scouts. | ter and Game Birds, Flower Guide. Kueller, J. Van Ammers--The! Rogers, Julia E--The Tree Guide. First Suspended Monored System Under Construction West of North Shore & bo A You buy an all-weather body "Why not an all-weather ~~ CAR? Why not be comfortable in a Columbia greatest improvements which have been | Six Sedan? made in motor cars within the past six | The old style heavy sedans used to be years--comparable only with the self- Construction has begun in Evans-| passengers and wiil be suspended by ton on the first suspended monorail | iwelve wheels. This will unify the railréad in America. load, distributing its weight over It. will extend from the teérminal| the length of the car, and thus the of the elevated railroad at Howard | cars will travel more smoothly. The street, across the Mears-Slayton | device being attached as a rim to the Lumber Co., over the Chicago and| Wheels will make the operation of| Northwestern railroad tracks, | the cars absolutely noiseless. There through the western section of Ev- will be no jar and no vibration. anston to Niles Center, thence to the Not Only a Passenger Line Fox lake area, north from there to; Passenger service between Evans- Lake Geneva, Elkhorn, Jefferson|ton and northerly, points not now City, Wis., St. Paul, Minn., and will| adequately served by railroads wiil have a northern terminal in Wini- | be established and the une is to de- peg, Canada. velop a business 'in shipping dairy Actual construction of the road has and farm products, stone and gravel ATA Y ie ANAL Te 6 REA started under the direction of Eugene 2 Se asertale om 1he Doth: Purtell of Chicago, who sought in k I 2 Shisthis down font vain ermission of the Evanston | "329; : : ; 3. P i ed 'We will be able to ship milk and : 1 y ars ag secure city Fornell 3 job ya nie, ee foodstuffs. from the farms to con- the permit. ; eae Purtell to re-| Sumers in Chicago in eight hours," 1t unnecessary tor iL Y said Mr. Purtell, the president, re- thought of only as winter cars. But that starter. is all changed. Thousands of motorists These automatic shutters regulate the everywhere are taking real comfort and amount of air rushing through the radi- enjoyment in their sedans the whole year ator, keeping it at a constant tempera- round. ture, winter and summer. This permits | : The Columbia Six Sedan is not only a the motor to operate at all times at its | mighty comfortable car but it is also greatest efficiency, resulting in nearly a extremely economical both to buy: and thirty percentincreasein gasolinemileage. | to operate. Moreover, it does away with all the trou- It is light in weight. The motor ble of cold weather driving--hard start- | efficiency is high. The gasoline con- ing, slow warming up, fussing with hood | sumption is low. covers -and_high. gasoline .consumption. | This economy largely results from the And, besides. these mechanical advan-- wonderful motor temperature control, tages, you will find the Columbia Six accomplished by shutters operated by an finished 'and: furnished in perfect taste. automatic thermostat. You will find the non-synchronizing This is an exclusive feature of the spring suspension, another exclusive ceive pitas from the Sonniiilas cently. LG lat, 10 Tranter cir Columbia Six--a feature so important feature of the Columbia Six, gives easy a fe Food oes not pass over any Cyl... from the monorail to barges on that it has been called by prominent riding qualities thet will surprise you. rop . the <canitury district canal in Eyv- automobile engineers, one of the Don't fail to see the Columbia Si y e sanituly 2 E ia Six. Complete Section Arrangements anston and ship products down into : . Specifications: Timken Axles--Continental Red Seal Motor-- 1 | | 1 | The Chicago, Fox Lake and North- Chicago. . It will be much cheaper t : x A Harrison Radiator with Thermostatically Controlled Shutters-- iL Electric RY 10 Sherare service than is now being provided as Jee . fits Mor the. Bret and two or thrce times as rapid." plete i Pe > Fer Like. During the fiftern years that the section To Gyans fd are. famous Barmen-Elberfeld suspended i Soncacts De a hi Meers 1 .anber) monorail was in cperation in West bemg placed ng ¢ LAE Prussia, prior to the United States' pa ry Tous as Ti ign 92 ort | entrance into the war, there was not the stee ren mis w ion A ppon a single accident and not a passenger the i be Bl J or employe was injured or the road. cars will be sus ; oe James Huxtable, 421 Sherman ave-| as as 2 hou, jDeopie dion the nue, Fvanston, has the contracts ford this sa The Dr Oy on the ad SonSIINon Sd we Chis the line will be 114 miles long and a or por the Yirte will serve 169 lakes and summer re- Tacks ) : . h ! ah sorts. "Within ten days," Mr. Huxtable ts ai is week, " steel towers will ri said this week, "the : .»| SET YOUR DATE FOR THE 28TH he placed over the foundation work. ; i 4 ' A . 5 : Klever Klub Special Holiday Dance, This monorail system has been im- College and Hind School Sonones, proved so that it is superior to the|night). Evanston Woman's Club, Fri- famous German lines and will be oy sYsiing, November 28th. Subserip- 3) 2 ed of |lion §1.50. Saxaphone, Banjo, Violin, more efficient. An wr EN .2% | Piano and Drums. Direction of Mild- sixty miles per hour wi ¢ main-{ red" Brandnam Peirce. tained. The cars are to seat eighty' S50: iA) Spicer Universal Joints--Borg & Beck Clutch--Detroit Steel Products Company's Springs--Gemnier Steering Gear--Auto Lite Starting and Lighting --Atwater-Kent Ignition--Stromberg Carburetor--Prest )-Lite Storage Patton Panny and Trim- ming by The American Auto rimming Co.--Pantasote Top. Columbia Six Sedan is Now on display here C. HH. BRIGGS "srr be. Colaaymbia S12 Gem of the Highway MADE IN DETROIT

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