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Promise -Trecflhg NULS J. JOHNSON, INDIAN FHILL ~ ESTATES f >~ I 1150 WiImatt. Ave.., Phone WiI. 44901 B y Nels Johns.on .Tree Expert jnsects affect the existence and the interests of man in many ways.. In some parts of the World it is i-* I. possible té, produce any crops with- ont. control of pests and there arc- practically no plants that can can be successfully.grown without -somne.sort of protection froin noxious. insect. EVery two hours, of every d ay's wQrk( ini field, forest- and garden is speit, fihigdestructive pests. Hearty Eateas Insects, although 'Small creatures, nevertheless -have a. nost tremendous appetite and eat practically haif* of thec crops we produce. and that treat for thé insects. costs us more than,,olie billion dollars a year and.this sum, does flot include the tbirty million dollars we pay every summer for screens to keep 'out flues and mos- ~quitoes, Not oniy do ýpests ~devots- oui- crops and ornamental plants, bhuti they also act as fungous diseases of plants; the European IE1m Bark Beette being chi efly responsible for- the progress of the Dutch Flm dis- ease. Fireblight of fruit trees, a bac- terial disease is also transmitted by. insects and so is yellow of Asters. Overight Destruction For the Lgaw1gen lover'It lailaphîicounp,- vice-preMdéint ot the coticerfl. Juring Janiuary and 1February,"' Mr. Mat- thews stated, "we averaged' a littie better than one sale a day and'this average continued uùntil. about the tenth of March whenMa clecided piÏck- up in activity was noticed, and. since, the tenth à f Mai-ch 'we have- been closing an.average of -three sales a day,The unit of sale this year has been smaller than that of last year, hoWever. "Our "dollar volume. the first two months of this year. has been off ap- proximnately 35 per cent. We, bow- ever, have'been greatly encouragèd the,, last, two weeks with.-the, interest shown. in property. Not a great deal of vacant property has been sold 'this year, although;'home building loti that are priced righit are moving relatively quickly in good locations and con- siderable buidin~g apparently will be done this spring and sunimer, in spite of the unséttled general business con- ditions. 1"The majority of improved property sales bas been residences this spring; bowever, during the last 30 days, we bave soid quite a number of 2 and .3 apartment buildings." HONOREDI mentais in this country aione. In tnhK- area we wlll not have to-travel very far to find at least flfty apecles of pests. The, practical control of Insects di- vides into four classes, viz. bialogical. w-here natural enemies and agencies ar! relied upon; cultu~ral practices, sucb aw crop rotation, cultivation, burnlng of weedy areas and also delayed plantirng, rnechanical, such as hand plcking and trapping; insect<cidai, where a poison N' applled to the Insect or plant on which It feeds. Insecticidal control Is as yet thie moi List for Week Three new' residences; an alteration job and two private garages were authorized in building, per.mits issued in Wilmette during the past.week for improvements totalling $53,400. One of the new residence .permit s Twas takenü out by D.'W.:Maher, who is building a brick veneer house,, coniprising nineé rooms and an at-m tached ga 'r age, at 1051 Seneca road, at. an'estimna ted cost of $22,0K0 Clif-' ford,,Noonan' is 'the architect and Halverson and Almquist, the con-. -tracting firm. Another of the new. hoýmes is, be- ing-built by fames, Crabb, for -James f. Hlagerman, at 1101 Seneca road, at an estimated cost of- $15,500. 'It is of brick veneer, constru .c tion, on frame, and. comprises eigbt rooms and at- tached two-car garage. Mr. Crabb ,is also the architect The other bouse, costing' $13,500, is beig built for F. Mubi, a t 2206 Kenilworth avenue. It is of solid brick constructioni, and comprises six, rooms. Edward P. Steinberg is the architect and. builder. The permit for remodeling work was taken out bythe Public Service >Company of Northern Illinois, for store alterations at 1129 Wilmette avenue, costing $2,500. The two private ' garages, each costing $200, are being built by W. J. Polydoroif, at 301 Lawndale avenue, and Frank Hutzman, at 1746 High- land avenue. Given Figures on Cost of Operating Hotels Real estate, personal property, and social security taxes and licenses and permit fees consume 14.9 cents out of every dollar received by residen- ti hotels, in, Chicago, according to a report Of the Greater Chicago Hotel association, just compiled. These fig-. uires for the year 1937 are based onl a check-up of a group of hotels . ilwortfl. Wafch the construction: Sof our DEMONSTRATION HOME on Chippewa Lin.