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WilI open Easter Sun- day March 2th, under the sanie management as thse Waysidè Inn, Libertyville. A pecial Laster dinner wSllbe serve froni Dean until. 8'p. ni., and Bad va nce reservation will assure special at- tention for your party. 376 Park Avenue GLENCOE Phonie calleniLakce Chicago D .ieoAUgists, was inuch higher than it is today and cover- cd the entire area west of the ridgeý tbrough Glencoe and Winnetka, extend- ing almnost to Waulcegan, including the Skokie area, even as far west as thé Des Plaines river. As the huge glaciers. melted, focrming Lake Chicago, the. water found its out-ý let first down the Des Plaines. valleyý and only later, when the lake recededl, did it Il ow f rom the southern end of the lake. It ,nay,,also be iuteresting to kniôw that "Skokie" is a gbod Algonquin name meaning swaip or miarshy land, The original formi of the word was. "mashokie," but it bas been corrupted into its preseut form. Now let us juinp back out of the ~past iyitoý the veent - PubulLand The Skokie lagoons project proper comprises about 800 acre-s'directly west of the Villages of Glencoe and Win- netka, extending f rom Dundee road on the north to Willow road on the south. The property on which this work is be- ing doue is owned by the taxpayers of Cook countv, through the Cook County ~fürstnresirVe. ka. on the east, Willow road on the south. and Skokie boulevard on, the weÉt, qpproximately an area 2Y2 miles long and e4 mile wide-. The Job nüecessitates the , roving of over ý4,00,000 cubc yards of earth. When completed, thiere. will be four dams within the project to control the level of the water. The main dam is.at Willow road and is completed with the exception of the roadway for horse trail and ire ap- paratus on top of the dam. It is 225 f.eet long, of reinforced concrete con-. Struction. The Ue of overflowý or spili- way w111 be 13'/2 feet above 'the bot- tom of Lagoon No. 1. Three 36-inch sluice gates -Wîll control the level of the water at an elevation 7 feet' below the level of the spillway, or 6ý/2 feet above the bottom of Lagoon No. 1.1 1 - '4 th rï4 ove. rm, i~t agoons, niwstiy by large shovels and ârkdi-itùs, i.s hauied by trucks and crawler wagons drawn by tractors to formi the irreguiJat' ly- shaped dik4±s or his entirely sur- rounding the lagoons andceoflnectllg chaninels. The lagoons are about nine fé'-t deel f romn the ground level. The rich hIeack dirt ls first removed fromi the surfacv 4of the ground and placed in litge liles, later to be spread over the top o)f the diies which hav'ebeefl formed Iiy the clay underneath. This black dlrt is aiso placed in ail tree boies. A lrge parking area wth a capacity of, 300 to 400 carV 15 at present being cofistructed where the new ToWer road will emherge from the ProJect at SRkokle boulevard. .This piece' of property., of approximately six acres bas only ee- centiy been secured'by the Cook County foremt preserve. district. This ,area la directly west of Lagoon numnber three. At the south end of this area, it la pro- posedto build a large boat hous. for the useof camoes, sïli-boata, and row- boats for uà4Fon the lagoons and windlng Fornt Way In additin to "Forest way," whlch wi 1 wind along t he tops f the dikes from niorth to soùih, entering at Wilow road and emerging at South avenue, Glencoe, there wili be two crossroàds, Towér road and Voltz road, runnlng from east to. Tuwer road will continue frorni Win- nt-tka directiy ars the~ project to ý 1 Skikle oule~vard* 'd boat-house. Lfntlnued t romn re It wifl join, ie boulevard on' we.,ýt in a north- eriy direction, sing both the 1 nd m-est con- Vases for fiowers ore ImpSo a nt as the (- as Dui the paSt be7abut tree feet below the top of te ffSt ig sf clg channeh v, an hefour aand ar a In lagoou 11 ba n ks. In Urnes of flood, th esr idg e sio icul ert v r h as exeSs water will flow into the area 1~-ws ierIndths anized a ~enttdkstersrort be The program for. the comlng year ln- to d.hg held there until the turest of the flood ud± the construction of three dams niwthbas passed. [and the conipletion c'f*the parking area oad inra 1The adjacýent sui-fa(-t wa te r %wili be at Tower road and ~oi boulevard. inadiverte-d aiong ditches on the east and I These dams, while flot a.s large as the 1 whati s west side.s 0f the proecet, calied the east 1 control damî at Wiflow road, will be of 1 ýLnéi west de - n dithe , connectn g I reinforced concrete constru tion w ith -~in the. W; mu!. t te inels connecting 1R.. ,nlpal proJect superilW 1WE.J Lundin alid nuted, in .wi :mlrWUE>U5 i