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<a In 2 WINNETKA WEEKLY TALK, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1924 Winnetka Weekly Talk LLOYD HOLLISTER, INC. 1222 Central Ave., Wilmette, Ill. Telephone ........... Winnetka 2000 Telephome ............ Wilmette 1920 SUBSCRIPTION $2.00 A YEAR All communications must be accom- panied by the name and address of the writer. Articles for publication should reach the editor by Thursday noon to insure appearance in current issue. Resolutions of condolence, cards of thanks, obituary, poetry, notices of en- tertainments or other affairs where an admittance charge will be made or a collection taken, will be charged at regular advertising rates. Entered at the post office at Win- netka, Illinois, as mail matter of the Second class, under the act of March , 18 SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1924 Depress the Tracks. Give the Business Men Fair Play. Build a New Village Hall. Enforce the Traffic Laws. Build the Truck Road. PICK YOUR MAN In the good old days when our dad was young, he used to refer with much disdain to such persons as did not stick firmly to the grand old party of their fathers and grandfathers, through thick and thin, in all kinds of weather, in national, state, county, city, town and village elections, as "mug- wumps" or "fence-walkers." But "the world do move" even in politics, and now even dad is living and enjoying office in a city where all elections are non- partisan. Old party lines and fences are not what they used to be. Even in our presidential elec- tions during the last decade, the tendency has been, more and more, to vote for, to select the best man, the man with the strongest personality, regardless of party affiliations. In local elections, such as coun- ty, township and village, where the party does not stand for, or mean as much as it does nation- ally, there isteyen less excuse for sticking too closely to old party lines. * : this forthcoming election show yourself to be modern and up to the minute in things pol- itical. Scan with intelligence the list of candidates. Study their respective qualifications, hear as many of them speak as you can. And, go to the polls on Novem- ber 4, prepared to vote for the man or woman who is, in your mind, the best qualified, regard- less of party, or lack of party affiliation. The terms "mugwump" and "fence-walker" are obsolete, ar- chaic relics of the dark ages of political history. One need never fear them as epithets in this en- lightened era. Pick your man. Be sure you're right. Then go ahead and elect him with your sacred ballot! REGULARITY For you and me the key to progress is regularity. Fifteen minutes practice on the piano every day for a month will produce far better results than twelve hours all on the same day. It's the regular repetition over a long period that really counts. Mr. Coue of France did a great deal for striving humanity when he emphasized that "Every day" idea. He pounded into people's heads the value of regularity. It's surprising how much can be done by a little every day. A little reading, exercising, singing, smiling, eating, sleeping, think- ing, helping--all of these 365 days in the year will keep a per- son growing up to his last day. Of course there's no objection to his doing more than a little on suitable occasions; the point is that he must do at least a little EVERY day. An interruption of this pro- gram will set one back a start- ling distance. He will lose more than he can make up in a much longer time than that occupied by the interruption. He will feel like one who having knit a gar- ment comes in one day and finds the work unravelled. And again like the knitter the best thing he can do is to pick up his work and go on. "Regular routine" is not an especially inspiring phrase, but in this world it is the best method of doing the world's work and getting ahead. And when he has faced this fact and adjusted to it he will find it the only sure source of full and abiding hap- piness. EDITORS There are two sorts of editors --the city editor and the subur- ban editor. The distinguishing difference between them is this --the city editor writes about questions of national and inter- national importance; the subur- ban editor doesn't. The city ed- itor writes about Coolidge and Davis, and also about the labor party in England. The subur- ban editor doesn't write about these things. We in the suburbs are expected to deal only with matters that are dealt with in the news columns of our papers. We may talk a little about Dawes if he visits our town for any reason or even for no reason. But we must not hint at his fitness for the vice- presidency. We could, if we might, say some illuminating things concerning La Follette, might recall portions of an in- teresting speech we once heard him deliver. But that is not our legitimate business. We have our hands full enough of our own proper business with- out reaching outside our own field. We think it our business to help along good causes as much as we can. We are thank- ful for the opportunity of acting as the agent of our community in expressing gratitude to public benefactors. Now and then we publish a good poem. We do our best to prevent injury of any kind being done to our fellow citizens. We ask our readers for sugges- tions as to how we may extend the sphere of our usefulness. If we improve it makes no differ- ence whether we are city editors or suburban editors. THE PAST Absorbed in the present and the future, we forget the past. Do- ing in the present and planning for the future fill our minds to the exclusion of memories of the past. We lose sight of the fact that present activities had their beginnings in earlier times; that today follows yesterday. We do not care enough for history. A study of the past will re- veal many crises like the present crisis. Answers to modern per- plexing questions can be found in the chronicles of Greece and Rome. Profitable parallels may be drawn between present and past situations. Allowing for certain fairly plain differences in conditions many modern diffi- culties can be got rid of by means used in the past. The north shore has a history running back into Indian times, into the days of the early ex- plorers. A study of the compar- atively recent days round about 1850 contributes to the under- standing of 1924 practices and problems. The account in a WiLMETTE LIFE, of the Dusham home built in 1852 on a piece of ground on the lake bounded by what are now Chestnut and Elmwood avenues and Tenth acre is not without its signifi- cance. It leads one to compare land prices and to consider the causes of the great increase in values. It takes one back into ante-bellum days, to the times of the Missouri Compromise. The fact that this property was bought by Northwestern univer- sity for $17,000 turns one's mind to the founding and growth of that great school. The account mentioned above is merely typical. We should like many more similar to this one. A history of the north shore written accurately, appre- ciatively, and interestingly would be a real boon to all of us. Do Your Patriotic Duty on November 4--Be Sure to Vote Specimen. Be sure to procure, mark and deposit in ballot box the small ballot like this Road Improvement Ballot. Vote ¢ 'YES' : SUisthot Road Bond Issue Election, November 4th Shall an Act of the General As- sembly of Illinois entitled, 'An Act in relation to the construction by the State of Illinois, of durable hard-surfaced roads upon public highways of the State along des- ignated routes, and the provision of means for the payment of the cost thereof by an issue of bonds of the State of Illinois," which, in substance provides for the con- struction by the State acting through its Department of Public Works and Buildings, subject to the Governor's approval, of a State-wide system of hard roads, on routes described; for control and maintenance, and for condi- tional compensation for roads al- ready paved; gives such depart- ment full power to execute such Act; authorizes State to contract a debt for such purpose and to is- sue $100,000,000 of serial bonds, bearing interest at not to exceed four per cent; appropriates said sum to said department; levies a tax sufficient to pay said interest as it shall accrue, and to pay off said bonds within 30 years from issuance, but provides that such payments may be made from other sources of revenue and requires moneys in the Motor Vehicle Law 'Road Fund' to be first used for such payments (subject to its use for payments of principal and in- terest of prior State road bonds) and such direct tax to be omitted in any year in which sufficient money from other sources of rev- enue has been appropriated to meet such payment for such year; provides for publication and for submission to the People; makes the provisions for payment of such interest and bonds irrepealable; and pledges faith of State to the making of such payments; go into full force and effect? NO YES X Paid by Auto Fees No Direct Tax IMinois collected this year to October 13th, $11,424,720 in auto license fees, or approxi- mately $3,500,000 more than enough to make the average yearly payment of principal and in- terest on both the old $60,000,000 bond issue and the proposed $100,000,000 hond issue. Unless you own a car, this great road system will not cost you one cent. If you own a car, the license fees will be due annually whether the bond issue carries or not, because these fees have already been fixed by law. The proposed law insures that these fees will continue to be used for the construction and maintenance of State Roads. These roads will be hard surfaced, will last a lifetime, and will be maintained by auto fees at low reasonable cost. The $100,000,000 bond issue will insure the completion of the 9,800 mile State highway system, which will carry 95 percent of State's highway traffic. MAKE ILLINOIS FIRST IN GOOD ROADS Failure to Vote is a Vote Against street and bought for $1.25 an} This gas and oiling station is just across the street from our garage, and is under our management. mutators a WN 1010 Tower Road ¢ Service With A Smile." PHONES: WINNETKA 617--1834 Test and Charge Battery Clean and Grease Battery Terminals Clean Generator and Starter Adjust Generator Charge Rate SPECIAL FALL INSPECTION Now is the time to have your car inspected and the necessary adjust- ments made to place it in the proper condition to encounter the difficult driv- ing conditions incidental to cold weather. ; The cost of our Fall Inspection is only $6.00 and for that amount we will take care of the following operations: Reface and Adjust Distributor Points Set Spark Timing Clean Spark Plugs and Set Gaps Clean Carburetor and Gas System Adjust Carburetor Choke Com- CNN Better drive in at once and let us look your car over. A small sum in- vested at this time will save you considerable trouble and expense later on. HUBBARD WOODS GARAGE WINNETKA, ILLINOIS { Goodrich Tires