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TAx SALFs, The sale of delinquent tax cert ctsrpte last 'week, resulted in clouds upon thé titles of 94 pieces of real estate ini New Trier township. 0Of these 94 pieces, 19 are in Glencoe, 29 in Winnetka, 6 in Kenilworth, and 40 in Wihnette. With only * one buyer in the market the way -was clear for extrenle discrimination in purchases, the result being that only the choicest properties- are, in- volved. *It is most upfortunate that even so smalli'a numaber'of properties shoutd be forced to tax sale, and a matter of regret that owners were flot in position to prevent it. Their interest, now leés in remnoving the cloud at thé, earliest possible mo- ment and atthe least possible coat. The law -per-. raits the purchaser of a. tax certificate to collect 2 per cent per month thereafter, making a total of 24 per cent, plus the price paid andi accrued costs. However, if the owfler does flot redeetn thie prop-. erty within two years, the purchaser of the cer- tifica termay demnand any amount lie thinki he.cati get. * 1For tuis reason the owner .of every parcel on wliich certificates were sold should proceed at * once to lift the incumnbrance which the sale im- re things." Collection of' taxes may 1 Iayed, but in the. end someone pays ther THE INHERITANCE id doubt the writer of the~ following, ght menibers of the faculty, to cooPerate with the. varionus police debartments. Tt is fair to assume thàt al of' these, played an important part in re- ducing the activities 'of roving bands of boys en mischief bent, to the point where this year showed, an almost total 'absence of any depredations* in some villages, and in others a marked decrease.' Tt is true that the police encountered many groups on Friday night, consisting mostly of boys and girls bent on "begging." The ages of the.se groupi were mostly not over 12 or 13 years, andi their àctivities were of an innocent nature. Ring- ing a door bell. and askingfor a -"handout" as the prive of exemption froni annoyante on the follow- ing night cotild scarceiy lie listeti as malicions mis- chief and charged up to chikirenl of tender age Who-were doing it only a spirit of fun. Tt is said that throughout the world Hallowe'en is celebrateti by more people than any other boli- propriate that it bce celebrated in a manner lie- coming its position rather than in that whicli bas bieretofore been the custom here. ThEF RIGHT METHOD ollowinoe the example of some other p~es be sary. M. While much of the work" to lie done by the re- liefers may properly come within tbe 4esigna- tiôn of "boondoggling, " it may have its value in bringing the beneficiaries of public bounty to a frame of mind in which they wilI go out and D- hunt. for jobs in private employment. It is one The numIber of women arresteti for driving automobiles while intoxicated is astoiunding, "The hiand that. rocks the craie" should neyer, hé. un- steady from* strong drink. Hank Wallace and hie conferees are cook iig tu a schéme to give the farmers I ý b-Ilions of dol lars next, year for flot raising. grain and pigs'and cattle, or some -su ch tbing. The. farmers may expert their checks justâ before the 1938 cngres- sional elections. Weil, sirs. ont does run iacro,,s the futiiiieý.t sutg- gestions ini the, most unexpected 'placeS. Oi course,. they are flot ail bad itcas. Neitlher are they ail good ones.. Andi some, as stateti, are funny. But, as per an 'original remarlk of ours made somne time ago, if you separate the %wlieait ,from the c3haf yau wiI carâona1Iy id sonm- thing really worth 'wbiIc. The searcb euie perseverance andi no smail aftiount of pait-11e. but ini the endi it pays. The trait leads tnost fre- quently into the Vox Pop coluinsis of the new- papers, where "John Citizen" is afforded rnt unlimiteti opportunitv to free bis mind andi get things off his 'chest. In the last couple of days Nve madie two distinct 'fiind,." Onc \Vox Poiiwr was especialfr funny. His suggestion is thât gocs on the chaiffPile. But along cornes another with a golden grain of wvileat. WVe may be preju- diced ini favor of this one bccausé wc bave oiten thought of it, but hiave been restraitid by intiate modesty fromn nientioning it. His suggestion 1s that a law be passed requiring that dogs be miuzzled at botb ends. That fellov%,bas sorne- thling there. Yessir, he certainlv lias somcthiing«. RxpoaitRà