Wilmette Life (Wilmette, Illinois), 1 Dec 1932, p. 9

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,speeding up the collectiont of taxes, Otto R. Barnett, chairman of the comm.rittee, following a conference with, Judge- Edmund jar"ck, fur- nished to the Couftty court a Ist'of ail 'New Trier: tax objections for the years 1927, 1928.and 1929. As, a. resuit J-udge jarýtld began the call of ,these New. Trier' tax objec- tions on:F-riday, XoýventSer 13. lu ail of thc large nuruber 'of cases% passedi on by thleCounty court S> that date the tax objections wexre 'overiruled .and judginent, for taxes -epered. an addi- tion, a large numb'er of -other obj-ec- tions, were set fer cariiqg ,before J udgc J arecki ou oeme 23 and 25. It is expecied that the h.earing of these-cases wiil cxntînie un-til all of these tax objections 'havie beza dis-ý posCd of. urge Promnpt Paymimt It Is urged that as rapidly3 as these cas~es are dispoecd of lby the entry of judgmnent, the taxpayers w ' reaýlizeI that they have been tuistaken as to the legal spundness ýof îheir ojc tions and, now that a court has p)assed upon thiem, ^tbat they wilI iake every effort te promptly pay theirtaxes and reliéve the conrunity to the fullest extein± possible of the hicavy burden of interest charges and other disadvantages and expense, %\ich inevitably resuit where opera-, tions delpend on the saleof tax anutici- Trier townshil> are necessarily greatly curtailed, nevertheless, since their maximàum income. under present éon- itoscannut excdeedtteamount de- rived frOnt-the- sale of tax anticipation war rants, which is limited to 75 per- cent of -the tax levy, it is practically nec'essary for 'each municipal body to levy a tax of one-third mgore than is. rqired for their actual current run- TUTZag ex;pen ses. SThe outstanding 'volumie 'of. tax anticipation warrant§ is so great that sch<ool teachers and,'otherswho are' oigdto accept' such W arrants, as ýpar;iteo! their. compensation are obliged te dispose of them. at ' a dis- count te -rneet their current necessi-, fies. Pay Heavy Penalty The so-called "tax strike," to a lrg~e etenx lby ~ta5ers who hav been misled as to their legal rights ias now been passed on by ail of the courts. With 'negligible, exceptions, the objections to the payment of taxes, which objections have so crip- 'pied ahl municipal authorities and schools, will have cost the taxpayers of the community several hundred thousand dollars in interest charges, besides crippling the schools and al municipal activities, and. the objec- tions have been held to be without mem-bers are urged to come. Mrs. Ella Ambuhl, who mks e homeç with her daughter and famnilv, the Stave r Mouldings of 934 Oak-- Wood avenuie,. returned November 17, from a visit of, six. weeks in, Mari- nette, Wis. Her son,, George Atn- buhi,. is in Baltimorie, Md. on busi- ness. Robert Stoddard, 524 Lake avenue, is in St. Luke's hospital recoveritng' from an operation on bis eye. 9 Centri Mrs. Warmer Lewi s, 201 Kenitworth avýenue, Kenilworth, returnled Friday ol week from a visit î4lIn olIy-ý w&~Wal.Shemore homie with the M.'L. Minors of WYilmette. SUE. du BREE WIIbe haepy te heIp Fou design, and, make your new *Inter elotbeu or re1M .ode! your present ward. robe. 11MS CENTRAL AVENUE Phope Wfliuette 136 mes: Wilmette 28 and 29 i!i WEATHER PROPHET THAT OPERATES ON SCIENTIFIC PRINCIPLES GET YOURS M-",\L wr 1< <1> EAR LY 0 fit à a lLý H 1 NTS m

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