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August 20, 1927 WINNETKA TALK 3 PREPARE FOR BALLOT ON SKEETER TAX LEVY Meeting of North Shore Abate- ment District Officials Cir- culates Petitions The third meeting of the North Shore Mosquito Abatement district was held at the Village hall in Glen- coe last Monday evening. Still further defiance was hurled at the mosquito pest by furthering the necessary steps to complete the preliminary work of arming for the real fight which is to be waged against the insect pest which infests the Skokie area and adjacent territory throughout the summer. Arthur Burrage Farwell remarked that it is significant that the mosquito, of his own accord, has apparently re- lented somewhat this summer and is less ferocious than he has been in other seasons, but that he is not a fellow to be trusted, and that there is to be no let-up in the campaign for his extermination. Distribute Petitions The object of the meeting Monday evening was to distribute among rep- resentatives from the various sections of the district petition blanks for cir- culation for the special election to be held in the near future at which the voters in the district will authorize the money necessary for the mosquito abatement work and which was au- thorized by legislation enacted at Springfield this summer. This district embraces the townships of Evanston, New Trier, Northfield and Niles. It was formally organized at a largely attended and very enthusi- astic meeting held at the office of John F. Hahn, in Evanston two weeks ago last Monday evening. A number of other districts have al- ready been organized since the pas- sage of the bill, and it is the desire of County Judge Edmund Jarecki to call at one time, as near as possible, the special elections to be held in the vari- ous districts in the county. Petitions for the election in this dis- trict are now being circulated in all the cities and villages and in the unincorporated sections of the district, where, according to the law it is neces- sary to secure signatures of five per- cent of the voters in such places. Edwards Is President At the organization of the North Shore district in Evanston William Edwards, of Glencoe, was elected president, James A. Williams of Glen- coe, secretary and John F. Hahn of Evanston, treasurer. A board of di- rectors has been appointed from the various cities and towns throughout the district and it was a meeting of these officials-and others who are in- terested, which was held this week. William Edwards presided and he and Arthur Stringer, educational di- rector of the association explained the progress of the movement to date and pointed out the necessity of hastening the work of getting the petitions into the hands of the Counfy Clerk at an early date in order that there may he no needless delay in their reaching County Judge Jarecki who is to then call the election. Vote on Tax Levy The vote will be upon a proposition to levy not to exceed a one mill tax to provide permanent funds for the mosquito abatement work. Following this step the law provides that the county judge shall then appoint a board of trustees of five members for governing and conducting the affairs of the district. The judge may also limit or extend the district as he sees (Continued on page 40) LIGHTS FOR M'CORMICK Sanitary District Installs Stop and Go Signals for Canal Boulevard; Plan Illumination System Stop-and-Go traffic blocks at all im- portant intersections on McCormick road from Devon avenue to West Rail- road avenue, Evanston are being in- stalled by the Sanitary district. Contracts for the new signals were let last week and the work began this week. The signals will be placed at Touhy avenue, Howard avenue, Oakton street, Main street, Dempster street and Church street. Sanitary district officials decided to install the lights because motorists are inclined to exceed the speed limit on the highwav. Numerous crashes have occurred since the road was opened, and it is believed that the new lights will minimize the danger. In addition to the lights it is planned to place four motorcycle policemen on the road to patrol it night and day. In the past motorists who have been caught speeding have only been warned, but in the future it is planned to give all speeders a ticket. Don Mercer Is Winner of Wilmette Pow-Wow Wilmette's Golf club's "pow wow," on its third birthday, attracted 226 members and guests Wednesday. The field exceeded all expectations and the last foursome finished by candlelight. Don Mercer of Exmoor invaded the course and showed the way to the members with a 37--38--36--40--151, for first low gross. Sid Scholes of the home club, shot a 36--39--41--40--156, to lead the members' division. Howard Paxton had low net with a 157--18-- 139, with J. Mulvihill the runner up, with 196--54--142. Health Officer Gives Results of Milk Tests The average bacteria count for the milk tests at the Winnetka laboratory for the months of June, July and Aug- ust, according to the report of Dr. H. A. Orvis, health officer, are as fol- lows: Borden Farm Products Co., 31,400: Bowman Dairy Co., 27,100; MerRle Dairy Co., 206,900; Hohlfel- der Dairy Co., 459,400; Winnetka San- itary Dairy. Co., 18,400; Wieland Dairy Co., 22,200; Johnson Dairy Co., 40,500. A. H. Fjellman Injured When Struck by Train A. H. Fjellman, of 522 Linden ave- nue, Winnetka, was struck by a Chi- cago & North Western train at the Elm street crossing, Tuesday morning, suffering a deep gash on the left cheek and was bruised and cut about the body. He was removed to St. Francis hospital, Evanston. HOLD FOOTBALL CAMP Formal announcement has just been made and invitations issued to the fourth annual football camp to be held under the direction of the ath- letic department of Kemper Military school here September 1-13. Several north shore boys attend the school. Tony Ludovice and Frank Steiner of Wilmette, together with Harvey Young of Winnetka have been touring in a Ford coupe with Yellowstone Park their destination. They are returning by way of the coast and are at present in the Black Hills. The boys have been "roughing it." = 3 m---- Sree pi a od Winnetka Nine Meets Palatine Indians Sunday Local baseball fans will be treated to a real game tomorrow when the Winnetka nine meets the far famed Palatine "Indians," champions at the Northern Illinois Fair last year. The Palatine boys come to town with a record behind . them, having chalked up the fifteenth consecutive victory last Sunday when they took Waukegan for a trimming. The team is composed of men that have made their baseball standing in collegiate or professional circles,. consequently a game of honest baseball may be ex- pected. Presiding in the box for the invaders will be one of their three star pitchers; Van Diense, formerly with the Terre Haute, Ind., 3-1 league; Lee Swick, at one time south paw twirler for the Kansas City Blues; or Barney Burke, Auburn college varsity man. Weichman, Brunke or Wenegar will catch. - ad vi. Luchessi and Thompson, ofd relia- bles, will be the battery for Winnetka. Schulz will be at third base and Runn- | feldt in the outfield, forming a part of a combination that is confident that it can take care of the situation in a manner favorable to local honor. The game is called for 3 o'clock at the lo- cal diamond. Give Bridge Luncheons for Kenilworth Visitor Mr. and Mrs. Fred Bulley of 220 Sheridan road, Kenilworth, have as their house guests, Mr. and Mrs. Her- bert Bulley of Montreal, who are leav- ing Sunday after spending two weeks here. A number of parties have been given for Mrs. Bulley, who visited in Kenil- worth two years ago. Mrs. Fred Bul- ley entertained at a luncheon and bridge at her home August 10. Mrs. Edward Wisdom of 81 Spruce street, Winnetka was hostess at a luncheon and bridge August 11, and Mrs. Otto! M. Ruth gave a luncheon and bridge at her home at 416 Woodstock avenue, Kenilworth, August 12 Tuesday Mrs. W. T. Gaskell of 224 Sheridan road, Kenilworth entertained at the Georgian hotel at luncheon and bridge and Wednesday Mrs. Theodore E. Moritz of 226 Warwick road, Kenil- worth entertained twenty guests at luncheon and bridge. Joe Crites Is Winner of Novelty Yacht Race Joe Crites sailine the North Star, won the novelty race held by the Sheridan Shore Yacht club last week. Each member sailed another member's vacht. The North Star is owned by Sam Gross. Francis Early, sailing Commodore Elliott's craft, the Carol, placed second. The Yoho sailed by Commodore Elliott, crossed the finish line in third position while Earl DeMoe in C. E. Galloway's Stork was fourth. The race was run over a triangle course out of Wilmette harbor. Rev. Thomas A. Goodwin Conducts Services Sunday Rev. Thomas A. Goodwin will con- duct the services at the Winnetka Congregational church, both morning and evening, tomorrow. The sermon in the morning at 11 o'clock will be on "A Veteran's Interest in Peace," at which service he will talk to the children, also, on "How to Act at a Party." His sermon topic in the evening at 8 o'clock will be "God's Enthusiast." DISCUSS EXTENSION OF MCCORMICK BOULEVARD Little Accomplished Toward So- lution of Problems by Rep- resentatives at Meeting Conflicting opinions among - north shore communities still stand in the way of the proposed widening, paving and unification of a through roadway from Mc¢Cormick road along West Railroad to the county line. Representatives of all north shore communities met last week at a hear- ing before County Commissioner Oscar Schmidt, chairman of the board's road and bridgé committee, and pointed out why they favored or did not favor the proposed improve- ment. Considerable dissension exists in Kenilworth, it was brought out at; the hearing. Several factions exist in 'that community each with a different idea concerning where the road should run. Kenilworth authorities hope to change the route in order that the west slope of the North Western tracks might be beautified when the railroad plans to elevate. Another delegation = which claimed to represent 90 percent of the Kenilworth residents west of the tracks, favored the route wanted by the other suburban towns. This group holds that the railroad authorities do not plan to elevate the tracks for many years. Wilmette representatives at the meeting stated that their village is ready to widen and pave West Railroad avenue from Isabella to the north limits. However, even in that town there is opposition to the improvement, but it is believed that the paving will be started during 1928. Winnetka is waiting for Kenilworth to make up its mind concerning the route the road is to take and will do no paving until that time. Mayor W. D. Gerber of Glencoe reported that his community is ready to proceed as soon as the difficulties in the sections to the south were ended. In pointing out Evanston's stand on the road, Mavor Bartlett stated that the Evanston Plan commission, work- ing with the Chicago regional plan commission, had hopes of directing trafic from McCormick road out Simpson street to Crawford and thence north to Ridge road. W. L. McKay, representing north Evanston, spoke in favor of connecting McCormick with West Railroad avenue at once. Evanston, according to Mayor Bart- lett, feels that it will be some time be- fore any definite action on the road can be taken. It was also pointed out that work on the road would be aided considerably if Chicago could be pre- vailed upon to construct an outlet for McCormick road at the south end. VISIT AT DELAFIELD Mr. and Mrs. William B. Lucke of 394 Elder lane, with their daughter, Gertrude, and son, William, spent last week-end at Delafield, Wis. William will enter his first year at St. John's Military academy at Delafield this fall. - BACK FROM VACATION Sergeant Harry C. Enault of the Winnetka police department is again at his desk at the Village hall after a two weeks vacation spent in northern Wisconsin, fishing. VISITS IN EAST : Mrs. Charles O, Aspenwell of 1195 Tower road is in Reading, Pa., as the guest of her daughter, Mrs. William Merriman. She will return to her home this week-end.