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While northern Illinois has no Yel- arms in t,he days before the Civil War. lowstone Park or Grand Canyon, it is Both Dixon and Rockford are imfar from being without beauty, even P?rta~tt industrially. Near the former though the scenery is less spectacular. ctty IS located an enormous ~ortlaild A visit to one of these beauty spots is cement manufacturing plant with an recommended by the touring bureau annual capacity of more than 1 ()()() of the Automobile Club of Illinois. 000 ba_rrels. Six miles north of n'ixo~ The pretty lakes of Lake county, as at Grand Detour, is the birthplace of well as the more rugged topography the great ploug~ industry that was of the Illinois river valley at Starved founded by John Deering. Rock and Deer Park, are well known Following is th e log of thi s tour: to thousands of motorists, but com0-CHICAGO: From 'Yashington . paratively few are aware of the beauand Michigan bh·ds., west on ties of the Rock River valley between Washington blvd. ; north on Rockford and Dixon. This is all the Harlem ave.: west on Lake st., more remarkable when it is . realized following State high\\·ay 5. that such a trip provides excellent concrete highways throughout its entire 11-River · Forest. length. 12-Maywood. As a week-end circuit tour this ha " 13-Melrose Park. no superior for either good roads or 20-Addison. beautiful scenery. The trip may be 25- Bloomingdale. taken in either direction, running to 38-ELGIN. Rockford or to Dixon, as desired. Be- 46-Pinegree Gro\·e. tween these two d ties the road fol - 63-:-Marengo. lows closely the beautiful Rock River 69- Garden Prairie. all the way and affords charming 75--:Belvidere. vistas at almost every turn. One of 81-Cherry Valley. Turn so uth on the most spectacular views is that at 90-ROCKFORD. Castle Rock, just south of the city of Oregon, which is located on this higfiwa v about 16 miles northeast of Di~on . Here also are Sinnissippi farm. the home of Ex-Governor Frank 0. Lowden, and an interesting colony of Chicago artists. Dixon, an enterprising little city of !->ome 9.000 inhabitants, is noted his torically, as the place where Abraham Lincoln saw his first and onlv service as a soldier. . Here, also. such historical characters as Jeff Davis, Zachary Ta~· lor and Rpbert Anderson. defende r of Ft. Sumpter, received their military training and served as comrades-in - .· I '~ April 12, 19~ WILMETTE·· Popular Scenic J attnt for Tourists· :· I ~IPE 65 f91lowing the Rock ~--~-----------~-------------· .to6-~;~~·n. Route ' 2 ' 117-Gregon. 127-Grand Detour. 133-DIXON. Turn east again on Route 6,- which is also the Lincoln highway. 143- Franklin Grove. 148-Ashton. 160-Rochelle. 16&--Creston. · 171-Malta. 178- De Kalb. 200-Geneva. 211-Wheaton. Turn left, leaving Route 6 (Roosevelt rd.), run north into the center of the town, and follow the road back to Chi.cago that runs through 21+--Glen Elh-n. 217-Lombard. 221-Elmhurst. 226--Mavwood. 238-CH.ICAGO. U.s.·Has 46·Per Cent of Roads in World,' Comparisons Show The United States and its neighbors in North and South America have over 54 per cent of the world's roads, and 46 per cent of the total ~an be foun~ between the Canadian and Mexican borders, according to Charles M. Hayes, of Winnetka, president of the Chicago Motor Club. France, Russia, Canada, Australia, India, the United Kingdom. Germany, Poland and Italy follow the United States in the order named, and are the only countries with more that 10,000 miles of roads. "Their combined mileage is 2,402,166, or 36 per cent of the world's total," he continued, "while with the United States included, these countries have 82 per cent of the whole." The motor club executive pointed out that some striking comparisons of Mr. and ·Mrs. A. \\'. Hawkes of road mileage are shown in the five Montclair, N. ]. spent several days world areas. Either Australia and the last week with Mr. Hawkes' brother Pacific area, or Asia, has roughly and his familv, the Ben C. Hawkes, twice the road mileage of Africa; Eu157 Kenilwo~th avenue, Kenilworth.· rope has almost five times as much Mr. and Mrs. Hawkes are on their as either of the two first-named areas, wa,· to California where the former will and the western hemisphere has almost twice the mileage of E1uope. recuperate after a recent operation. SPECIMEN BALLOT, Village of Wilmette ANNUAL VILLAGE ELECTION, APRIL 16,1929 Wilmette, Illinois 0 The Peoples Party 0 Independent Party .I Be Clean For Village President 0 0 EARL E. ORNER For Village Treasurer HARRY W. MILLER Dispose of garbage the modern way. Stop the flies, odors and untidiness that go with the· old-fashioned fat'bage can. For Village Trustees {Vote for Three) lnt~tall an 0 0 0 ERNEST C. CAZEL HANS VON REINSPERG STANTON VAN INWAGEN For Police Magistrate (Vote for One) Adams Underp>und Garbage·Receiver The can is protected by a coppersteel shell, buried in the ground, with cast iron top. Raise the lid with your toe, drop in the gar.. bage and the lid shuts 'tight. I1 · side can lifts out easily. Cor. venient, substantially built, low in coat. Your dealer bas it. For Police Magistrate (Vote for One) D SAMUEL J. NORDORF For Directors of Free Public Library (Vote for Two) D EARL A. PETTIBONE WOLFF-GRIFFIS HARDWARE 1119-21 Central Avenue WILME'ITE :. :. IWNO'S Plault8: Wilmette 183 0 JOSEPHINE L. GATES D BESSIE s. KING