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Will Appear at Sunday Evening Club Again With Pictures of Southwest Branison De Cou, who delighted the Wilmette Sunday Evening 'club aud- ience last: Sunday nigbt with his "Dreani Pictures-on japan," with nmu-1 sical accompaniment, wili present an entirely new series-of "«Dreamù Pic- turesý on Unusual Western Wonder-. lands" before. the eame club Febru- ary15 Following is the program: VIsltlng Death Valley lu Early Spring., Ryan and Its Scenic Railway.- Dante's Vlew. The new Furnace Creek Inn. ýThe Devll's Golf Course., An' Oasis Ranch. Makl.ng Taikles ln. an Amierîcani Sahara. Wonderful Sand Dunes. In- eredible Coloringe., "Death Valley-Weirdest of Desert,ý" Nfusie-Dirge. from Concerto' Groso (Ernest Bloch) LeaNling Los Angeles ln August for the Snake Dance Harveycar Crulse.> ' -New Studles of'the Grand Canyon" (From the South Rlm) M'%usl-S-ymphony la D Mnor-End of Fîrat Movement <Cesar Franck) In and Aroun4 OdSanta Fe. The Indlan Detour. Unbelleivàblv Primitive Mexican Villages lu the Truchas Mouni- tains. Off the Beaten Path. Cliff Dwellilngs. Taos anid other Pueblos. A Trip to Carlsbad, N. M. "~The Carlsbad Cavern-an 17nder- .Nluiü- li Takowsky), Other Indian Pueblos. Festival at SIa.1 "Acoma, the Cty of the Skyý" Love Song (Thur- Desert and Me a. Scene of the Snake. Dance. Harvey Camp at 'MishongnovL.. Trhe ;nniual Snake Dance,>imost remark- able aboriginal cereniony in Am erica. A prayer for rain. *'ln Hoplland" Mutslc-Chant of thée g1nake Dan.cO (Actual Recordîng Jiy the Hp Indians) Contlnulng the Tour intoê Southe'rn Colorado. A Diude Ranch. Climbitng the Mesa Verde. Aniazlng Cliff Dwell- ings of a forgotten? people, la. the Mesa Verde National Park. Returning to the IninCounitry. Sbip Rock, N. M. 1The Wilniette Village board, functioning in the capacity of the Board of Local Improvenients. Tuesday evening, February 10, at a special session aw'arded three sewer construction contracts to the Canneii-Conrad Construction company;, highest Of three bidders left froru a large field ofý conipetitors foliowing an elimi- nation proces§ at: a previous meeting. Jobs included. in the three contracts are installation of sanii- tary sewer bouse drais, lead water 'service pipes and. storm sewer bouse draiils in, the territorv, roughly described as %Ivest of Ridge Ëoad and north *of Lake, aveniue. lu aial three Canneil-Con-. rad,,bid high by a.wide inargin-30%. above the ]oNv bidcler, Nicholas Santucci of Nules Center. The contracts wvere awarded follo0ing a Iengthy session of the: hoard behind closedý doors at ~hc no' invitation for discussion wasgiven property owncrs who are to be assessed for the improveinints., The pItt)lli meeting wvas briefý-cut and dried- perfunctory. The clerk calfled the roll., Three Trustées;, E. C Cazel,9 Stanton Vanil-n.ageil and"Carl C. Renlicckar approved the award. Trustees RuthUH Snyderand W. NV.* DeBerard. opposed the aw'ar(1, and President Orner voted in favor of the *award to FCannel-Colirad. Trustee'1-ans von Rein spcrg vas absent. We present the figures. of the tliree bidders -who survived the eli in tio p oces:Saiitucçi, P.J. Colliiîs Canîiel[-Conrad Sanitary sewer........$91750: $28,305.00, $24,975.00 Water leads..........12,457.90 12,504.70 14,231.10 Storm sewer.........17,388.00 16,560.00. 24,84.00. Total bids ............$4,99à.40 $b7,369.70 $64,046.11) It will be seen that the Cannell-Conrad combinied bid is upward of $15,000 higber than the Iowest bidder. The taxpayers ini the territory affected must pay that difference when the inevitable assessment .bis are rendered. Granted tbat the board has acted in.absolute good faith ini the matter, (the lowest bidder . may flot. always be entitied to the job) the fact remains that v. wen 11etotal cost ' ot the arnounts eU,~U or , uuu ff ,But isn't théeboard doing just that.j We have three thorouglyesoni le bdes fully accredited, backed by years of eminlently successful work in the sewer construction field. Santucci, for example, lias installed sewers costing more 'thani $2,000,»00iii the neighibo-Ing town of Nules Center. Collins. is quite as well qualified. So is'-Caniell-Conirad. Then why theaward to the hîghest oftbe three bidders? The explanation is off ered that Cannell-Conrad did a splenidid job of_________________ laying the $1,000,000 sewer recently 4instal1prl and ik therefore ~un irst ý--j ul.nvv, andu tudir soi-in-iaw a daughter, Mr'. and Mrs. A. W. Cue ni e. They wili remain there ab( three weeks and will return to W mette about thç middlle of April. aI ... . ... . mon........4 'age .. shopper, the satisfaction of a we1 - stocked p antfr y. pur- chas.d et genuine savings. ind utend. OIICwiu retrn- iy way QIuebec and the $t. Lawre nce riv- , and w111 be gone about Six we'eku. 1 AL V, 1 Wilmette and Evanston Offi ci ais Hold Parley: on Water Question Five -Wihinette village officitais, Village President Earl E. Orner, Village Mani- ager C. M. Osborn, Trrustee W. W. De- B3erard , chairman of the water cor- mittee of the Village board, and Trus- tees Ernest C Cazel and Carl E. 'Ren- neckar met witb representatives of the City of Evanston in Mayor Charles H., Bartiett's office Monday nigbt to.discuss plans for increasing Wilmnette's water supply f rom Evanston. This meeting. was held.f ollowing ac- tion taken hy the Wilmette Village board_ on January 20 when a resolution ývas, adoptcd requesting Evanston for an increased, water, supply under cer- tain conditions.. OfficiaIs 0of the two muni cipaliti es had two tchie poinits of differènce as to the nature of the contract which shouid be entered into for an increase in water supply for WVimette, one as to the term of the contract and the other as. to the place that the increased water. supply should be furnished.. Iu the resolution adopted january 20 the Wilmette Village board requested that the larger wvater suppiy be furnishecl to Wilmette at thie Village limits in Sheridan road., wbiie Evanston officiaIs prefer to suppy the water at East Rail- road avenue and Isabelia street. Sugest Alternative Plan Another surggestion mrade at the meet- ing Monday night. was that a water main be laid on the. east side of the~ Sanitary distriat canal f rom Lincoln avenue in' Evanston to Sheridan road in Wihnette, thereby avoiding the neces- sity of tearing up pavements. No agree- ment was reached and the matteIr was left open for further investigation. Although'the Evanston. officiais bad expressed' the opinion that a twenty- year contract should be entered into betWeen the two municipalities for the increased water sunnh/. as a result of sodety E