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r THELAKESHORENEWS THE Established 1912 ^ with which ts combined WILMETTK LOCAL. NEWS Established 1898 ISSUBD FRIDAY OF BACH WEEK LLOYD HOLL.I8TKR. Wd 1222 Central Ave.. Wtlmette. Ill Telepkoae .Wllnctte 1000 .â€"i^â€"â€" gpBSCRlPTlOW »g.<H> A YBAB All communications must be a<*com- imnledby the name and address of thf writer Articles for publication should wa^Tthe editor by W«dnerf«r noon to Insure appearance in current issue. Rooolutions of condolence, cards of th?nks obi"uary, poetry, notices of en- tertainments or other **»lâ„¢^b,eJJ an admittance charge will be made or S collection taken, will be charged at regular advertising rates.___________ Entered at the Postofflce .at WilmeUe^ Illinois, as mail matter of the «|cona class, under the act of March 3. 1879. FRIDAY, JUNE "THE TRUTH ABOUT BLAYDS" In a play recently given by the Niorth Shore Theater Guild, the principal character is Oliver Blayds, as great a poet, we are led to believe, as Browning and Tennyson. At the advanced age of ninety, only a short time be- fore his death, he confesses that what has been thought to be his own poetry is really the work of a friend of, his, who died in early life leaving his manuscript in Blayds hand for publication. But Blayds, betraying the trust, has published the poems as his own. Shall Blayds* confession be published or shall it be regarded as incredible, the product of an hallucination? Of course, the latter alternative is more accept- able to his family, and the con- fession is not published. But those who knew Blayds best be- lieved the confession; indeed the "d^^^^ a SOod time WC had! own future peace and happiness. I We suggest that if the scene virere laid in America instead of in England that it would have been best to publish the confes- sion. Tell it to the world. The family would have suffer- But the falsification would have been ended and the poet recognized. And in a country PICNICS How we used to love picnics! Years ago we went to our first Sunday jgchool picnic. That was long before we had become so fa- miliar as we now are with mead- ows, woods, and streams. Then, in those departed days, weJixeil in the city and went to a city Sunday School. . The picnic usually occured in June, the month of brides, roses, and June bugs. Some weeks be- fore the wonderful event the superintendent announced that on Saturday, June 27â€"or what- ever the dateâ€"the Sunday School would have its annual picnic, that the tickets were fifty cents apiece for outsiders, andâ€"O hap- py day!â€"free for Sunday School pupils. The great day came at last, and loaded with huge baskets full of edibles, we all met at the raik road station. In due time, or later, the train pulled in. We clambered aboard, every boy fighting for a seat near the win- dow. Then the trip to the picnic grounds, perhaps Pottawottomie Park near St. Charles! We were side tracked sixteen times, even for slow freights, but 4iltimately we reached the grounds. And then the wild dashes for swings, boat houses, lunch tables! Naturally, the event of the day was the "eats." How delicious they tasted! With what speed they_disappeared! In the after- noon we had races of all kinds and base-ball games, and best of allâ€"a boat-ride with the .only girl in the world. Of course the Big Day ended and, well, the less said about the trip home, the better. All we re- member is that everybody was where the people make the great decisions, the problem w,ould have been finally solved. When the facts became known, the family would be completely ex- onerated and probabiyLSome pro- vision made for putting them on their feet again. TheHbresi cufeZIorihe evil doer j| his completexepentance. It "GENTLE READERS" K We trust that you enjoy our paper. We are working hard to make each edition better than its -r^edece^sorT~We" mode stly be- lieve that there are few, If any, suburban weeklies better than burs. If there are any we haven't seen theny and we've-heen- foolr- I JDo you takejpleajsvvre in^read* i$g our^"stories, editorials, and ad- vertisements? We like to believe that you do, because we're human :and like appreciation,',/.^g^^.v. 5 By the way; friend subscriber, you know of course, that our ad- vertisers realty make possible the publication of this paper: 2You *tt*d wep dejjend^^ "i THE JUNE TICKET We bought one this morning. "Twas a robin's egg blue. Ours was number 1280. We put our name on the back so that if lost and found, the honest finder might return ** and claim a re<- ward., Our purchase of it marks the close of the coldest May on record. We kept up the furnace fire until we faced at short range the prospect of being obliged to buy more coal. Then we advised the family to warm up outdoors. Such chilly mornings! Any morning we expected to see the water frozen in the bird bath. The tulips are blooming bravely against a „ fancy background of flowering almond. The fair I maids of France are peering out their foliage like little golden suns. If you look closely you will see the swelling of the iris buds. iJBut^ what is_so_xaw-_ as a morning in May! | liS^re; ; :;lg;?fHE NEW FLAG Can you imagine the thrill that courses, through the veins of the boys and girls of the Byron (T Stolp school whentheylook at that new flag of theirs ? The wonder- ful stripes of spotless white and courageous red; the stars of the states on that field of heavenly blue! It's my flag and your flagâ€"OUR FLAG! : ; â-  " â-  7mty^mimc Fellow citizens, can you see; now with your mind's eye the flag; that that they would J|§^i**a4^ _m ^ ei^il^^W^telf them what |J|j|jyoir think -of their ads. It would ^^^^uj^good, too. WILMETTE CONGREGA- TIONAL SCHOOL " be first Irr efficiency of three hundred Congregational schools M^n*i Illinois is certainly a marked ^^aehievemeht.SAndtthe; achieve jjift "Wentreally doubles in value be- jjjj.'eatise of the fact, that the .school ||§j, ol â- â- ; /the ;::C^ng^gati6nalliIchui;ch |jjj "gained.the prize through no spe- ^M-cial; endeavor but.at the end of a llll^regHiat-pe^ ^g^llVs' usual this means that' there S!^r=;ttee.been -leaders in- this .school's â-  ^ activities: The snecial honors in r^wttWs^:ease~ tnust 'be"^ven;'toT^;,Miss : iJSelrtha'.â- " Wheelpck, ". :foTMfifteen 'Mr^^^tBy.-i^entlBtid w*th this aepart- ment of the church. â-  mm^WSi way^on J^ejootfirM-Bayl Gaz6 Upon nV imagine all its meanings: "I love thy rocks and rills^ |fhy woods and templed hills." 5 liCherish your flag, boys and girls of the Stolp school. Think hon^ estly and clearly of what it means. Live' up to its'high.:ideals!,^Kga8g' §|fWith this, gigantic ladder and ©ooster pump fir6 truck to depend upon in case of. fire, we^shall sleep more peacefully and Wilmette men who work in Chicago during the day will have the satisfaction of knowing^ that^h«r^oniwK3^tfeffl^ lesn^e-hetter^prote^ ever before. .; -i||^^^^^J used to be ior When Au be reme price has :';*iM?iiS asmgian North OF-EVANSTON Samuel D. Wampler, Manager 1019 Davis St. Telep^nf 578 Chicago & Nori^Mm^&ySi^ â- I C. & N. W. Ry. .^ M Providing Ecpipn^ ^h*f^W:;. â- â- nm4 Pi â- .*fe-..«*i." . #& -1 yU'iii;;' ffii' *?^r*^? '^i!^!!y- When crops are good; business brisk, and everyone employed, state-- ments are often made that there is a shortage of railroad cars ^nd lo- comotives. A most natural question just now is, What action is the Chicago & North Western Railway System taking to meet the present situation I. 1 will answer by concisely setting forth facts below to show just what ha| been done to provide cars and locomotives for the servicei. o^^^ji>atiraii8| EQUIPMENT PURCHASED. â-  durin^-the ^seve^^.f^f^'fffM^^M^WBM 1916-1922 inclusive, consisted of 398 toc«i»tive»r-190tf^-^^ passengers cars, 14,352 freight cars, at an aggregate^ cost.^^^â- r:g^'^^ EQUIPMENT IN* SERVICE on DecemDer 31, 1922^ con- ^;0%mmm^&^ - -, sisted of 2/134 locomotives, 2,439 passenger cars, w^^^^&t-^?^ 78,773 freight cars. . ...... -^ HEW EQUIPMENT purchased for delivery m 1923, con- sists of 150 locomotives, 250 passenger cars,.jandIM^â€"-^a freight cars, at an aggregate xost"of.......•••••• • * * • •* IM^Mif.. .-;,,,,.;rf.M.^ COST OF REPAIRING EQUIPMENT during<theâ-  :pa«^^^lig§|igi seven years aggregated............ ...,.;•»-.•>.••,♦••.• ^â- â- t:*'"-"*^^^H§^|i^fS§i This expenditure of almost $10/XX),006 per yeax?fbf new equipmentanlii ^4(^000 pejyeaLfoT upkeep ^mphasi^ rtormeet?the public requirements. ... '-^J^M^' ^-M^^^^0^^^^^^^^ Purchases for the year l92S.:9X^^0t:..^3a:t^a^xln- W22 there wasg Amoved 2,448,00$ carloads of frei|ht, of which 1,^04,000 were loaded on its|| lines, an average of 31 carloads for each carâ€"a real achievements | Itre-w quired 448,871,816 car miles to deliver this at destination and required 223rg 030,650 miles of empty haul to move cars from points of unloading to points ;â-  of:loading.J2*;J;â- .,'.;,||..'..._\X,M ^yK^'-v::^^-^y$0^*"*Y -|?5^-'SSv3^^^^ft^ v;;:'^^.f^^:- i^g^7-Sfc4r«:"w«ii' l>e' "ttlim^es" when the demand for freight cars will ex- ceed the immediate supply, arid at such times we must ask the forbearance^ ^of ouripatrons* who^^re assured that every possible effort will be made to y 4mee^theti^^qtOTe#etl^ reasoriaM^ s^^M^L^^^^1 at the peak b£ traiic is ':ftQt*&itjity"&yf$f$^ 1 hounds,^ indicates \ st healthy â-  condition of '^^l^^M^^^^^^^^^MWt^^ ®||^Everyone using freight cars who loads and unloads^ theni pomptly in- J Ureases the availahle supply of cars and best secures his own interests andj ithdse of others! lExperience shows that over one-half of the time taken for j lhandling freight is used for loading and unloading, and if this be done1 Ipromptly there is more than su|fiejen^^ handle the traffic of the f ^ouhtfy.: ©||5|JlfllJ^ ifo the extent of ;olii*;fiianc1al'1a1>i!vty"ahS w<ith faith in the future, we have made these expenditures for new cars and locomotives and for the Repairing and maintaining of our equipment in serviceJI Our faith in the liVmerican people, and our duty to our patrons compel this action. 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