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68 t_&_:F_oR_s_.A_LE_._H_ou_s_En_o_LD_Go_o_»s_ ;· WILMET T B LIFE· December 17. 19Z6 Bargain for Young· Couple FURNITURE OF 36 APT. BUILDING. 4 room suites each, worth $3,000, will take $550 complete or will separate; ~ piece silk mohair parlor suite; 8-piece Chamber of Commerce Statistiwalnut dining set; 4-piece walnut bedcian Relates Story of State's room set ; two ~x12 Wilton rugs ; library table ; floor and table lamps ; 5-piece Phenomenal Development breakfast set, and silverwart>. Will take $550.00 for all. 832 Leland Ave., near Sheridan Road, Chicago. Tel. EDITOR'S NOTE: This is the eightySunnyside 61~0. · wm arrange for de- third of a series of articles writli\'er:r. 49LTN12-7tp ten for the Illinois Chamber of CommE:>rce entitlE-d "Re-Discovering Illinois." ThP.ir purpose is to benefit, build and deFor 11-4x8-10 beauti- velop Illinois as a whole. These facts, 1t is felt, should be of gn·at value to school ful Blue Rose Gold Royal childr~n. students in our high schools and villagt-'s, al' well as to . all civic groups Sarouk and indiYidual i:itizens. TELLS WHY WE SHOULD BE PROU· DOF lLLINOIS Recreation League Volley Ball Enthusiasm and interest are on the Baptist increase in the Playground and Recre- Howard 1'. '1'. A. Score: Score: ation Board Indoor Athletic leagues 1st game 4 1st game 1;, as the contest for leadership tightens. · 2nd game 6 2nd game lfi ~1. Reid The American Legion, 1, and Howard C. f'ote L. Huntley P. T. A. are running a ne·c k and neck M. Lynch F. Guthridgt· A.. C. Struebing . race in the Volley Bfill league, each F A. ·Youngb<>rg· . .1. Baughman with six ,.,.·ins and one defeat. The E. Fram W. Kendric·k Presbyterians are right close behind \\'. L. Blanksheim R(·ft-"n·P-l>. C. StOll(· with fi\·e victories and one defeat. Seon·kt·t'PC'r-'-H . P(·tf·rs With eight games of the schedule played in the Basketball league, the A m.,.ricau Ll·gion, 2 Scorr·: Presbyterian and Terminal A. C. 1 Score: 1l't g·anw lG lst game 0 teams- are in a tie, each with eight ~nd gam~ 15 2nd game 0 E. Phillips victories and no losses. The State E. 1\Tyrland J. Hoffman bank has also a clean slate hut have \V. Hawkins V. Deinlein L. R. Cole played only four games. N. Miller (;, Brig-gs R. Steffens St. Joseph 1. i:-; leading the field in r.. L. ("o<'hrant· _\, Hoffman indoor baseball with six victories out Ht·ft' rt·t·- «i. W. I :atherconl of six starts. St. Joseph 2, is in secS<"ol't · k<'~"lh ·t· - H . ~I a rqu it ond place with h\'e \'ictories and no deT· ·rminal A. < · . feats. Score : Scort> : The quoit standing remains the sa me 1Rt gamt~ i 1st ganw 1 !i 2n<1 ganw ~ 2nd gam· · 1 ;, as at last week, the result of no games .T. Borre being played last Friday night. How- IL Blasdell ·;, HlasdPll .T. Hoffman ever, double headers will be played E. \\.t>llman .J . Scha<'fA'I 'll thi. week Friday to offset the post· L. Goss E . ::\JillPr :\L Powerf' R Thalmann poned games last week. Hdt·r··t·- «;, '\\' . < ;ather('oal There will be no games during tiH' Sl'ol't ·kl ·t·JH·t·- T ·. Su·ff<>ns holidays, the schedule closing uutil rong l'l ·g;tl i· ·! l o' l the "·cek of January 3 when activ'itics Prt· siJ~· t ··ria n ~eort·: S<'OI't·: \\'ill again he in full iorct·. The stand1st gamt· G 1st ganw l!i 2nd garllf · 2 ing oi the tt:am and results oi last ::!nfl ganw ]f) A . Klundf·r (', l\f. nurling-ha 111 week follows: X. Pint·· F. Adam:-- Sale- Rug. S ar o u k Rug. $750.00. Phone \\Ti.hnette 1698. LESTER B. COLBY 1 49LT~l2-1tc (Illinois Chamber of Commerce) l"OR SALE - $65 OAK DINIXG TABLE, 54 inch plank top at $16. 6 walnut dining chairs, blue leather seats, $20. Mahogany piano lamp and Hilk Hhade, ll 0. Tel. Wil. 1482. 4!.lL12-lk MUSIC? $150 VICTOR VICTROLA, $50, INCLUDing records. 445 Sunset Rd. Winn. 25t)l'. 49LT12-lte FOR SALI<; - CLARK-.TEWEL (iA~ range in good eondition. f'h<>ap. Phone Wil. 1311. 49L12-1tp :tO 'VTJ). TO Bti Y- JISJ<:JID. WANTED '1'0 BUY- SECOND HAND furniture and other household goods. Highest prices for same. Crost Furniture Store, 1004-6 Emerson St., Evanston, Ill. Phone Univ. 189. 501 .TXJ 2-t ((' &l FOR SALE-1\IISC. FOR SALE PINES AUTOl\[.A'I'll' winter front for ?\Jodel 64 WillysKnight, $10. 653 \Valdun Rd. Tt>l. Winn. 14~6. 51LTX12-l te ::\UNNEAPOLIS HEAT H.E(;ULATO!t, perfect condition, will install, <t houl h;1lf pricl. Phone \Vinn. 22~1 (·\'t·ning-R. 51 LT.K 12-ltc l\Iore money is on deposit in the hanks of Illinois than in all the banks of France. More telephones are in use in Illinois than in all the nations on t.he South American continent. More wealth is owned in Illinois than in all Italy. ~fore acres of land are under the plow in Illinois that) in all the continent of Australia. More hogs arc fattening in Illinois than in all the pens of England. More cattle are being fed on Illinois farms than on the farms of the entire nation of Hungary. Illinois is larger than Holland, Belgium and Denmark -combined and ha..; more population than Sweden; it has more miles of railroad than Japan and mines more coal than all Asia with its billion people. Illinois' annual production of manufactured good,..; ts ~;reater than that of Canada. Yet n·en so recenth· as 1850 Illinois was an unsettled frontier. Tn that year Illinois' most populous centers werC' Chicago, 29.000 inhabit ants; Quincy. 7,000; Galena. 6.000: Peoria. 5,000 and Springfield. 4..)00. There wen· only t hi;teen other. to\\'ns in the state with a p(Jpulation of more than TEAM STANDING Volley Ball 'l'c·am \\·on nwrif"an Lt·g iou , 1 .. ti H owanl P . T. .·\ . . ... I) Pr(·l'hHc· ria n ...... ... 5 St. .Jost·ph, 1 ... ........"i A .T. K f!(· !H ·ll E. Hill (' , (' . Tl t·lltkl'SIIll Losl I l I 2 ·) E. J,yon:-.\. Sw<·~·t .T. ("row:--l· ·y · ;, Iliff \\'. Hlchard :--on ·«:. c iapen f{l ·fl·n···-- 1 l . < ' . St ()ll·· S1·un ·kt ·l·pt·r· - .. J ' . \\ ' ;q.: ll· · r Baptist ....... ... .... 2 Tt·rmin<tl _.\ . C. . ..... ~ ~t. .Jo::-:t· ph, 2 .. .... .. :~ ('ongTt·gational ....... 1 .·\nlt'rican L· ·girtn. :! ·. u ."i Indoor Ball Howat·d P. '!' .. \ . (lli) Y. 1'. , . A. H. BPbbPr Hob E\'(tns .T. r. Hrt·nno(\1.; Hay Jioff.man C. StruhingE. Sl'lmt'td· ·r A. E. \'ond crHof( '\Vm . Til a !matt 1. Burhans .1. l~ f' inert r;, ::\Tclntyre Martin Brown l\L T,ynch Fran~ )f~·if·r .TOP Sellllll t t l'tnpir1 ·- - H . Harloff Tt ·rminal .\ . H.. Blasd ·11 ( i . ni:u.;ch·ll l\J. Powc·rs \V. \VinbprgR Bramm(·l' B. :\la·(' Len n (. . ( ... " tj ( Dd't ·mlwr !·) I ol) Basket Ball Lost 0 0 0 3 4 I'(' t. 1OfJO 1000 1000 2.000! FOR SALE- UPRIGHT PIANO, (iUUD \Vhat \\'roug-h t this eondltion. Man's winter overC'on.t. Phone· Wil. 2397. 51LT::-.;r12-ltc change? St. .lo~t · ph , 1 .. ... . . .. :: Xatnral \\'calth plus transport. says St. Josl·ph, 2 . ....... :: 4 FOR SALE - ONE.: PATR OF GAIL\t; 1.-: ommcrre. l'ongTf·g·ation:li ....... :: 1 doors, size 8x8 ft. $15.00. Can be St-(·n the Illinois Chamber of 37:i at 688 Cherry St., Phone \Vinn. 14~1. ,,·hich has developed these and other St. Jolm's, 2 ..... ... :: 2R!i 51LTN12-ltp facts as a result of a recent study of Baptist ..... ..... . ... :! St. .John's, I ........ :! FOR SALE - PRACTICALLY ~EW the transportation system of Illinois. '1\·qninal .\ . 1'., :~ .... II Lionel Electric passenger train outfit; Tn thr n~ar 1850 the state had 98 miles Indoor Ball tracks, switches, transformer and of rail~oad. This consisted of t lure freight ears. Very ('heap. G lencoc· 9i.~. T··a 111 \,.on l.·tst Pd. 51LTN12-1te or four short lines with rails of wood St. .Jost·plt, 1 ......... ti II 1000 ,,.,., topprd vo.-ith str.ap-iron. Horses and St. .Jost ·ph, 2 ...... . . :t I mules ,,·ere largely the motive power. Howard P. '1' . . \. . ... I filii RADIO, 5 TUBE ~EUTP.ODYNE, 45 !i(i7 Illinois' first great project was the 'I'Prminal "' ·C . ...... ·1 stations one night, including East & ... ......... :: :100 \Vest coast, Canada. and Mexico. $48.00 building of the Illinois Central. It was :\Jt-thodi:--t ,, 400 including tubes. Large baby play pen, incorporated in 1851 and the original K. of (', ..... . ... . .. :.! ., P. (', · · ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' J $8.00. ARh sift(·r $:too. Uo-C"art, $2.00. lli7 Winn. 16'13. 51LTN12-ltc charter called for the construction of <'ongT(·gationa I ....... 1 II lilt 705 miles of trackage. This was fr8m 13a pt ist ........... . .. It YOUNG l\IAX'S TUXEDO SUIT, LIKE Cairo to East Dubuque with another new, about size a8, $25.00. Mandolin, line from the then main litH.· at CenBasketball $15.00. Bon~ ::\tah .Jongg set, $15.00. '.rei. I urow<~nl (iym, nt ·<·. S> "linn. 817. 51LTN12-ltc tralia to Chicago. At that time Illinois ,,·as practically I ~t. .1~~~~~ 1 ·s 2 (1-l) .) . Haplis~ ~ 7) 'tl Tl f I I 1·. \\ tl!';Oil ....... 1·. F ....... B. I oster FOR SALE __._ RADIO, ii TUBE DE- Wt 10tt t h'tg 1 1ways. 1c most o t 1e A. s ehafcr ..... L . F. ..... '\V. o. Hass Forest, model F. lVI., tomplete with roads merely followed meandering In- fL Merganthaler. <' ......... r.... Bennett built-in speaker, 5 tube!', no batteries, dian trails found when the white man H. \Valt ........ L. < i. . ... . L. Huntlpy $65. Call Wil. 1!108. 51I...TN12-ltc came. On that first 705 miles of the H. '\Volf · · · · · · · R. <:. · · · ·; · ·~""· B?-tes C 1 f H. ( ' · . . f· . huthrtdge . · entra system, except or fh·f<' l'l'(··-'\Y. l'ttPnn·utt<·r FOR SALE - MANGLE. EASY RUN- Ill mots ning. Good condition. C'heap. Tel. Chicago and Galena. there were onlv Wlnn. 2297. 51LTN12-lt(' two towns of more than 1.000 popula~ Tt:rminal ..-\. C . ( 'ongTt·gat io11al Won by forfeit tion. These were Bloomington and Pn·sbytvrian ('iii) St . .JOHi ·ph, 2 (11) $50 CHILD'S AUTOMOBILE, LEA'l'HERette top, also, summer sport top; com- Freeport. From Chicago to Centralia. K Hill . . . . . . . . R. F. . . . . R. Steffens P. Vandernorth .. I'· F. . . . . . . A. Pett~ rs pletely equipped Excellent co ndition. 250 miles. there wasn't a village. $1G. GlE>ncoe 916. 51LTN12-ltc \Vhat is the picture today? Illinois H. Weld . . . . . . . f" ......... .r. Hoffman L. Koenen : . .... R. <; . . . . . \ r. J)('inlein now has 12,033 miles of standard gage F. Quayle ...... L. <i. . ..... E. Phillips FOR SALE - TUXEDO COAT AND R. 1}. . ....·A.. Hoffman trousers, about sizt~ 38. Reasonable. In steam railroad, a gain of more than . HPfert·t·-- \\'. I'tt<·nn·utt(·r neat condition. 1 35G Asbury AYe. Hub- 12,000 per cent, and 2.700 miles of bard Woods. 51L'l'Nl2-ltp electric line. Illinois has more miles l\Iethodist, 2 (HI) Tl·rminal, 2 ( 14) of railroad than any state in the union L. Smith ........ H. F. . . . . 1~. H!asclell .i2 WTD. TO BUY-lHSCELLANEOlJS except Texas. whi-ch is five times as G. Patterson .. : . T.. F'. . . . . A. (;, l·~ngel f". Varney ...... C.... . . . H. S(·idt·nt>ck "'TD. TO BUY-USED SET 01<" :\ION- large, and more miles of railroad to L. Todd ........ H.< i. . . . . H. .Johnson t essori materials, complete or incom- the square miJe of a ... ea than any other H. F. HOO]HT . . . . L. n .... E. Brammer plete. "rinn. 850. 52LTN12-lt<: state. D. Durrou~·hs, Sub. 1~ . Burroughs, Sub. Ht·ft·rt·t>- H. C. Harloff And we find that fi ft\·-five of everv JIISCELLANEOUS tOO freight cars loadect' in the UnitC'(l State· Hank (4R) . St. Joseph, 1 (11) States, every year, either originate in H. Hand ........ n. F. . . . . . . . G. F:stes GIFTS "DELICIOUS" Illinois or pass through it on way to t\1. Rand . . . . . . . L. F. . . . . R Hoffman HOllE MAD~ FILLED FRUI'l', $1 a Lb·. destination. \Vhich gives Illinois f uli Hn y H.oth . . . . . . C. . . . . . . . . . . G. Huck attractively packed in d ecorated metal B. Robinson .... . R. <;. . ..... R. Evans claim to the title of being the "busiest .r. boxes. Hofeld, Winn. 2149. Higbee . . . . . . L. C. . . A . '\Vallowitz 53LTN12-ltc business corner in the United States." Refpn·t·-H. <'. Harloff i~ do) '1'!-ant \Von Pr1·shytt ·rian . . . ... . . S 'l'l'rmii1al "' · l'.. I ... :. ;: mighty Stat~· Bank . ... ... . .. I :\ll'tho<list, 2 ....... .. t ::) H. ButTO\\'s .J . H h i!w hold I ·,) Eaton lT. Lundbt·rgT·. Ski·W(·S < ' . Yarnr·y <~ . Jo' . ] .utllllkrg· rmpir··- H . Harloff .J. Shal'fg·t·n St . .Tol'· ·Ph, 1 Hoffman BorrP Hartl .~u l Miller Thalmann ( j ) ,r, ·I .J. J. E. E. B. l"mpin· - ( ;, ( 'congn·ga t ito!la I H . Spinnf·Y H. Hoffman < ·. Darling!{. Klin(' C. Older F. (iild(·<·ht·i st .T. "' ldf·r \\'. I iathr·rcoa l I I . St. .1 os<·ph, ·2 Won by forfeit ~fi~s Genevieve Lagen of 1511 For~.·-.t avenue left ·for Florida last week to spend the \\'inter. :Miss Lagen will attend the wedding of ~~iss Grace Mary Mather-Smith and Etienne de P. Buj~c, Jr., January 1, at St. Luke's Cathedral, Orlando, Fla. ~fiss MatherSmith is the daughter of the C. F. ~fa ther-Smiths of Highland Park and Oakland, Fla. ·-0- Thc Christmas season is being observed today in the kindergarten oi the Central and Howard schoo ls \\'ith parties for the mothers and children . Singing hy the children and the exchange of little gifts are on the nwrning's program. -0- 0ne Illinois tekphonc equipment factory 'Consumes five and a half million kilowatt-hours monthly, enough to meet the electrical needs of 80.000 inhabitants or to light 220,000 home::> during the same period.