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Evanston Officials Agréee. to Co0.nf0r e n ce'; Propose Twenty-Year Contract Members, of the Wilmette Village board will sit as a commtit tee of the ýwhole with officiai .representatives Mf the -city of Evanston Tuesday nright, February,10,- to, discuss the possibility of increasing Wilmnette's water'suppljy f rom Evanston. The meeting will be. held at the Wilmette Village hall at 8 o'cIock At its regular meeting on Tuesday,. *january 20, the Wilmnette board adopt- ed a resolution -requesting- an in- crease in watér supply for WilImette from the city of Evanston under cer-. tain conditions, one of which was * that the water be furnished to Wil- mette consumners at no higher rate than it is' furnished to Evanston con- L sumers. Evanston Replies E£vanston responded with the fol-ý lowing letter, dated January 27, to Village President Earl E. Orner: -rMy dear President Orner: "At last night's meeting of the City couneil the water colnmittee requested me to acknowledge the receipt of the iresolut1On pa ssed by the Village of WIl- * mette and presented to us during the past. week. Their reaction to the appli- cation for a contract was that at the present time they would be very pleased to meet with a committee fronm your board to discuss the contract. Tt was * tihe opinion of'the members of the wnter e omimittee, our supeYintendent of the water works, and our coinnissioneir of *public works that if.the larger feeder mains requestpd by the Village of XVII- mette were installed b3, the Cýity of EN"-! *anston: first, theme ai.is silould bC Iins§talled so as to deliver water at Eaqt Ralodavenue ad Ialella sttreet, Evanston, and, secondly, a twenty yeart contract should be entered into betweéen the, municipalities.t "In view of the above suggestions, I amn asking that a committet from the Village of, Wilmette méee-t-,at their con- * venience wlth our water committee. If and when your committee is appointod,r I will be plea-sed to arrange for such *a meeting 1n Evanston. Scouts Launch Fund Cam>aign Replacing the regular Scout Page feature in this week's issue is a complete section devoted exclusively to the $50,000 fund- camýpaign of the North Shore Area coiurcil, Boy Scouts of America which. is to provide for present, budget needs and. expansion of Camp M4a-Ka-Ja-Wan, :summer camp Of the North Shore- Area located at Spring Lake, Wis., Thé section also serves the purpose of commemiorating the anniversary of the founding ,of the, Boy Scout movement which is observed ni1ext week. The section is- foutnd on Pages 40 to 48, inclusive. Wllmette Joins In thé $5 0,000 fund campàIgn by, virtue of the fact that it bas been found advisable for purposes of the unified drive to withdrawv the, Willmette Boy Scout counclil from the 'beneficiaries0of, the ,Communtty Chest. Ann ounce He aring on Major Stree Plan February' 121 A public hearing for the purpose> of. conîdeîngcertain proposed amend- ments to the Wilmette Major Street. plan will be held before tht Wilmettt Plan commission in tht council room at tht Village hall Thursday night, Febru- ary 12, at 8 o'clock. Considération will be given to :the folQowing proposed amendments to the ordinance passed by th, Village board. January 15, 1929, approving the Major Street plan tfor Wilmette: 1. Abandonment 'of ýthe widening of Michigan avenue, Sixth street, Locust road, Hibbard road north of Skokie boulevard, Lakewood avenue and Maple avenue east of Main street. 2. tecreasing tht proposed widtli f rom ont hundred f tet to eighty feet of Ashland avenue f rom Main. street to the junction with Illinois road, and Illinois roadl througli its entire length. Although the, ordinanice approving the. Major Street Plan «,as, passed twvo years ago,, no concertcd action wvas taken against tht plan unti1 a. month ago %vhenpropertv owners on certain streets affected. hy tht, plan packed the Vil- lage hall and dernanded the imediate repeal of the ordinance. The Major Street plan came to the Snmail Boy. Injured by Hit-and-Run Motorist Five year old Billy Bleser, 1621 Central avenue, a kinderga rten pupil at tht Howard school, was struck b a hit-and-run motorist last F'riday evening shortly before 6 o'clock at Wilmette avenue and Sèventeenth street. Ht suffered severe head in- juries, a bruised left leg and a badly cut 'left tar. Seven' stitches were taken in his head. Witth Billy at tht time of tht actident were his elevenl year old sister, Virginia, and Doris Patterson. After tht automobile had struck hîm the driver stopptd long enough to tell Virginia to take hin home, then sped away. Billy's mother reports that he is getting along nicely. FAVOR STREET PLAN A communication f romn President J., E.Worthen of the Wilmette Chambeir of Commerce notifying the Wilmette Village boardof the Chambtr's action Monday niight',with reference to the. major street plan was read at tht regu-ý lar meeting of, the board Tuesday night. Tht Chamber favors retenition of -the major street plan under conditions ont- lined ini another column in this.week's issue Of WxÎ1Mlrs LnM Gçnuine Values at Remarkable Savinga Await Wihnett.e on Dollar Day.s LExtraordinary bargains in at- tractive. merchandise are -offeretd the Wilmette buying public, Monday and Tuesd ay f x week - :February 9 and, 10- by, Wilmette's progressive mer- chants.: The occasion, as the' reader will naturally deduce,, is. the semi-annual Dollar Days, an e vent that bas be in, vog ue in Wilmette for so many years -as., to be r ightfully regarded as an institution. Dollar Days are sponsored by- the Wilmette Chambèr of Com- merce. :Virtually every retaif business'in the village co-oper- ates -in the great bargain event. For several weeks the Cham- ber's retail committee, A. S. Van Deusen, Jr;., chairman, has. been conducting a campaign to solicit the participation of ev- ery retail merchant who can Iogically use Dollar Day sales. Posters 'and banners in. scores of store windows announce the event, and shelves will be groan- ing under the burden of ail man- ner of attractive merchandise. Dollar Days represent a great sav- ings to the shopper - the values are genuine.. We'll just summ armze.- some of tht Outstandig bar-gains displayed ini the Dollar Day advertisements in this iS8Ue Of WU.Im Lire~. Be sure to read tht advertisements carefully, [and then be prepared tn launchi--foei1 T' : Deféat Bond Issue Editorial-5hore Unaes - - .38 The proposai for a municipal water High Schoël News .. 32-33 works ini Wilmette was defeated by Junio L1é4f........... 58 the- voters at the election- last No- veniber. However, merubers of the Music Page ............ 54 Wilmette Village board stili have this Recreationm.......... 2 possibility i.mmd as a means of pro- Soit ae....50 (Côntinued on page 6) Pg7 a bast of your w.ants and [nue, joins with Danr usethi,' sse, s yur company, 1151 Wilmet usethi isue.a~ ~iW an invitation to Dollh guide to the blest values. to "join us in a cup of choice of bakery goods. interesting demnstrai _________________ ype offe inaker. _________________ Taylor'... drygoodMs (Continued oni tion of e nierchivts. at page )