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12 WINNETKA WEEKLY TALK, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1920 WINNETKA WEEKLY TALK ISSUED SATURDAY OF EACH WEEK by LAKE SHORE PUBLISHING COMPANY 1222 Central Ave.,, Wilmette, Ill. 566 Center Street, Winnetka, I1l. Telephone .............. Wilmette 1920 Telephone .............. Winnetka 388 SUBSCRIPTION ........ $2.00 A YEAR All communications must be ac- companied by the name and address of the writer. Articles for publication should reach this office by Thursday afternoon to insure appearance in current issue. Resolutions of condolence, cards of thanks, obituary poetry, notices of entertainments or other affairs where an admittance charge will be made or a collection taken, will be charged for at regular advertising rates. Entered at the postoffice at Winnetka, Illinois, as mail matter of the second class, under the act of March 3, 1879. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1920 What Of The Other? A few days ago a nineteen-year- old boy was hanged in Chicago in expiation of the murder of a citizen. Everything that was humanly possi- ble to do was done to grant a stay of execution or a reprieve. The gov- ernor was appealed to. Prominent social workers raised their voices in behalf of this youth. It was argued that he was a mere boy and as such did not fully appreciate the gravity of his offense. It was pointed out that he was a victim of circum- stance; that he unwittingly joined a band of murderers and thugs. It was a sad and almost convincing plea made for the "boy murderer." Even a former state executive ap- pealed to Governor Lowden in the boy's behalf. In addition there was an evidence of the morbid sympathy for criminals which is always given expression in such executions. The governor, however, was adamant and expiation was made. It is pitiful to read of a mere boy going to the gallows. It might ap- pear to some to be a blotch on the escutcheon of the body politic. Never- theless the law is inexorable. Consti- tuted authority must be something more than a phrase. Respect for the lives and property of others must be shown. And there is another side to the tragedy. Buried under a small cap- tion in the same edition which re- ported all the details of the boy's execution and his last words was a short article telling of a policeman who was shot down by this youth- ful offender. This guardian of the law in the performance of his official duties sought to arrest this "boy." Deliber- ately and coldbloodedly he was shot down. Today he is an invalid, a cripple. Surrounded by his devoted wife and children he recounted the cold, demoniacal manner of this crim- inal. It is another side of the picture which was not shown in big head- lines. . But it was really this side of the picture that perhaps was visualized by our fearless public servant at Springfield when he refused to inter- fere with the due process of law. COUNTY, STATE COMPLETE PART OF ROAD QUOTA In spite of the handicaps of ma- terial, car and labor shortage, rec- ords prove that Cook county has made real progress in hard road con- struction during 1920. The county road program contem- plates the hard surfacing of approxi- mately 25 per cent of the roads in the county--a program which, when com- pleted, will connect every one of the cities, towns and villages in the county, and of this program approxi- mately 195 miles are completed. The following table indicates the situation at the close of the 1920 con- struction season: Miles of road built during 1920, 33.53. Mil es of road under contract, but not completed, 20.71. Miles of road on 1921 building pro- gram (approximate) 70. All of these roads now being con- structed are of a type adequate to sustain, without undue deterioration, the burden of modern truck traffic. In the state, according to recent reports of the state highway depart- ment, equally satisfactory progress has been made. It goes without say- ing that, of course, it has been im- possible to construct anything like the mileage that was originally con- contract, has only been abe to build templated; but, on the other hand, | proximately 450 miles of hard sur-|put the law now on the statute books | there is but one state in the country-- | face roads built Pennsylvania--that has been able to| When this EFFECTIVE. come tax.--Film Fun. in 1919 and 1920. | of the state into effect. Only by such Studio Manager: How did you is done we propose to |a system can these roads, costing the | manage to get the star to register equal Illinois' record in road build- | place patrolmen upon them with | taxpayers millions of dollars, be pro-| anguish so masterfully? : ing during 190; 2and Pennsylvania, devices for determining the weights | tected from wilful violators of the| Director: I reminded her of her in- with double the road mileage under [of loads, and through these officers | load limit law. twenty more miles of road than has been constructed in this state. i A total of 310 miles of road con- structed by the state since January 1, 1920, is distributed as follows: Bond Issue Route No. 6, Chicago to Fulton, 51 miles. Bond Issue Route No. 1, Chicago to Marshall, 44 miles. Bond Issue Route No. 10, Marshall to East St. Louis, 64 miles. Bond Issue Route No. 4, 7, 29, Chi- cago to St. Louis, 107 miles. Bond Issue Route No. 42 Chicago to Milwaukee, 6 miles. State aid roads, 38 miles. There are still uncompleted con- tracts on the above roads approx- imately as follows: Bonds Issue Route No. 6, 12 miles. Bond Issue Route No. 1, 22 miles. Bond Issue Route No. 11, 53 miles. Bond Issue Route Nos. 4, 7, 29, 77 miles. Bond Issue Route No. 42, 14 miles. "At the close of the season," con- cludes the state highway department, "we shall have put into service ap- Dr. Miller, Osteopath, specialist in stomach and nervous disorders, North Shore Hotel. Phone Evanston 6424, LTG40-tfc We Sell Them WHY NOT GIVE A FRANKLIN CAR FOR XMAS? Gage Motor Sales Co. 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