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decline oft.32 percent froii the total' of the sainenontb a year ago, ac-, *cording to a nîonthlyv compilation is- stied bv Nelson. Hunt and colinpany. Chicago and north shore speclalists ;il real estate and mortgage financing. This suri-ev, the first.of its kind to h e issued,is. based 011 officiai reports froni a 'group of selected rel)resenta- *tii-e àmetropolitan districts comprising practiécaIlv. one-liaif of the urban pouatinf the United States. Twntv-fvecities for whiclî coin- îJarat v ata is available, reported a total of $186,901,000 ini real estate mlortgages for May, of- this year, as conîpared.witbi a volumne.of $274,221.,_ 00for the.saie xmontlî of 1930.- Three Citiez Show Gain Anl, ailalysî s of these figures. showed that only thrce calies reported a gain over MNà%, a year ago in the volume of real estate mortgages'filed., Bu ffalo and. Omnaha more tlian doubled their volume for May ý1930, and Oklahoma City also slîowed a smnall increase. The five ýborouglîs of New York whichi reported a combined total of $58,023,089, shIowed 'a' loss of about thirty-fou.r percent frorn May of last year, whicli registered a total of $73,- 589,090. This ivas enitirely due to a decliine ofý almost 50 percent ini the volumiie of nmortgages in Manhattan, which was offset to some .extent by increases lu aIl ofhée other four, boroughis, paricularly the Bronx and Quenls. Detroi t as second lu the total, volumne of, real estate mnortgages. recorded in May 1931, but bias no figures availal)le for previous nîonths or years. Los Angeles was third with a total of $30,243,580, a decline of. $8,861,000 frorn May a year ago. Chii- cago, NN'hich was fouth, reported a drop of 26 percent. The Chicago total of mortgages recorded ivas $24,-e 949,414 for Ia3, this year, as coi- pared with $33j651,943 il, the ýsaine Monlth of 1930,: a loss in, dollar volume of $8,702,529. The greatest loss ini the volume ýof real estate nîortgages %vas reported f roui Mil%.* aukee, %which recorded but $5,783,810, as coip-ared with $39,305,-, 209 in May of last year. Seattle alsô registered a heavyý decline with a los$ of $8,617,0M f romn a Year ago. Boston showed a decrease in excess of $5,- 486,000. St. Paul, Grand Rapids, San' Francisco' and Pittsburgh were but slightly belowv the totals of a year ago.. -o- *J. W. Belur, 1627 Forest avenue, is .attending the' Amateur Atbletic Union track mieet lbeld ini Lincoln, Neb., this 'Week-enîd. M~rs. Hiubert Gary of ý530'.Greenleaf avenue left. this week1 for a sta>' of thre'e or four weeks in, Denver, Colo.'. MatliewvFi'.iieis Photo 7'Itese hajp, . oitsisteps were anionj tiiose zcho took part, in a .Pet show iîeld tec:îvaitIhe Village Green unmder, the autspýices of te J'mt I>hy1rondand Recto board. Pcts of evcry description zo're. entcred i the .ha', s a lane t 11w 'above picture indlicaitès. Bids Are Openied for'.> $5,OOM,000 Road Jobs State biglhway officiaIs,, on ýTuesday, june 16,. opcnled bids for, alnîost five nîiillion dollars Nvort1î of additional road and bridge conlstVuctioni. The proposals receivvdl caîl for 116.95 miles of paviig, 47.96 mnilesof grad- iug and 22 bridge sections. The pav- inig bis average $27,43'7 per imile, in- cituding the cost of~ cernent, -wiich wil1 be furiished 'by the state. Of'.the paving, 9.46 miles is for forty-foot roadways:'10 miles of Nwideing *ex- isting l)aveinents to-40 feet, 38. 61,nmiles of 20-foot paven ient am 58.88 miles of 18-foot l)avemient. Contra'cts wil .be awarded as ral>i(ly. as teé hi9h. way division offïice can rccheck the prelimiinar' Selectiouî of low bids in o rder to get the -wvork uuderway w itluout dela>'. * IS LIFE GUARD Robert Crawford. 'sin of MNr. and MIrs. Rob)ert Craw\%ford(, .919 Ashl'and avenue.' .s one of. the life guards at the Wilmiette public beach this Surn- nier. L<ac, \Vvïs. Bob Mueller of' La Grange was the guest of 'Bob Anderson. of 844 Park avenue over' this past week-7end. 0o Mrs, Henry, Maunpler, of Depere, Wis., is tlîe.house guest of Mrs. Ed- ward . radley, 234 Catalpa . place. .Mrs. Bessie M.- Lupton, Dies,,at Her Homie Friday M rs. Bessie. Moore Lupton died1 at- lier honme, 707 Lauirel aveîiue last Fn-7 day. The funeral Services, veré hèld f roin the residence Monda>' morning at 10 o'clock to. St. Francis. Xavier church, and burial took place at Cal- var>' cemectery. Mrs. Lupton is sur- vived by six sisters and three brothers. *Four of the six sisters live ini Wihnette. 'They are: 'Mrs. MIary B. Bishop, Irs. Katherine Brooks, Mrs. Anna C. Moore and Janet Moore. The other sisters are Mrs. Margaret Savage, of, Keniil\\orth and Mrs. Adelinie 1-omer of 'Beatrice, Nebr. The threc 'brotliers are' ShelIdon 'Moore of WI i-mette, *1'honîias Moore of' Chicago and AnIdrew J. NMoore of Fort Dodge, la. HONOR STUIYENT * lTouigliu ani error at the scitool office the tuame of MViriai West ,vas oinit*te(l froîi a stori- in Iast' vcek's issue' of Xî~r~ LIVK giving the *names of seventhi andl eighth grade honor pupiiils at the Stoilp sclhool. Miriani received honorablenmention. Mr. and Mrs. 1. Hl. Barîîhilî of Poplar Bluff, Mo., whio have. been spending three weeks wvitlî their son's faînil>, the Harry Barnliills, .1323 Ashland avenue, left last week for their. home. Mrïs*. Ida É. Deckerof ýMtskegoni, Mith., is. spending a few weeks as thîe. guest of lier daugbter, Mrs. R, H. Klenîm of41 Park avenue. *. i i tireiy too nial>' superstitions i(kJ$ stili suirround the subject," accord- ing. Io the fouindation. "Superstition lias il, for instance, that dogs are mnuch 'nuiore likel>' to go mad during Sunfuxer. dog days' than at any other * 'iii of the year. The fact, is that gust tItlimii january, and rare at any tinue. It is hecard, of more ini sumimer heca1UsC Oft te greater -outdoor f ree- dotît of both mn caiad 'animais. -What Oîten appears to the average person to b4e rabies. is récognized b>' the ex-, perienccd dog breeder assucli common .tiaiments as runnîniig fits, convulsions, in- digestioni, suin-stroke, etc. Avoid Teaising, Doge '1'lere. would be many less 'mnad dog.' episod'es if strangers avoided petting or tcasing dogs wlîo are nmade irritable and. uincomnfortable by the heat, as much as niiani, the, f oundation states. 'Coîîtrary to the general; belief, there need be no lîysteria whien au ex cess of, saliva f rom the, dog's inouth is noticed. Dogs more tlian other animais suifer unimercifully froin lack of wvater a~nd a cool, quiet place to rest. A horse can sweat througlî bis skii and bc cooled b>' the evaporat- ing 'nioisture, but a dog caîî onI>'lpant. Dogs sWeat mostl>' through. the. tongue and îvhen uncomfortable, perfectl>' healthy dogs f requctitly>' slobber and f oam at the.mouth. "Exercising dogs on a.ý lead strap is 'an excellent precautionar>' measure. It. should- be borne . -in * md ' that a really mad dog flies forward ýaimnlessly istead of going deliberatel>' f romi one to another and does flot attack uniless provo!<ed or annoyed, so that a person keeping out of bis path is safe. Suggeste Inoculation "The' Foundation suggests' inocula- tion agalnst rabies -as the most aàsuring peace of mind',measure now available. This, can, be, donie by a cometett vêter~ îna rian.. "Whena-dog'sactionis suggest rabies. ishould lot be.killed urîless it cannot be caught vith safet>'. On the, contrary, it should be securel>' kcîneled and ob- served for at least two weeks. A veter- iiiarian sýhould iimmiediately examine the dog, which slîould, if possible, be placed ini his custody for, the observation peri- od. If1 the dog remais well anid healtby, it mav be released and th'e nerson bit- moines, lowà. The *Don F. Wileys, whose boie is at 1174 Michigan avenue, left jul>' 1, to spend a. fortniighit motoring tbrouglî Canada. Mr. and Mrs. Gu>' Morgan, 925Ç Fores t avenue, are spending their va- cation-with Mrs. Morgan's father in the Ozark mountains, in Missouri.