Dedicated to

H O N O R A B L E PETER M. H O F F M A N OF DES PLAINES

CORONER OF COOK COUNTY, ILL.

This souvenir book, compiled to commemorate and vivify the life and activities of Des Plaines and Park Ridge is properly dedicated to their leading and most public spirited citizen.

BY THE AUTHOR E. PALMA BEAUDETTE

E D I T O R I A L Much of the early history has been obtained from various sources and from

the data of Andres History of Cook County, which is the standard for Cook County. There may he slight errors in names, though it has been the compiler's intention to he as correct and accurate as possible.

T h e author wishes, hereby to thank her readers for the many favors and courtesies shown her for the use of cuts, data, etc.

This volume is respectfully submitted for your approva l . E. P A L M A B E A U D E T T E .

M A I N E T O W N S H I P Is bounded on the north by Wheeling and Northfield, on the east

by Niles, on the south by Leyden, on the west by Elk Grove. The land is excellently adapted for farming and gardening.

Fine large specimens of trees, sometimes four feet in diameter, border on the banks of the river. The land elevation on each side, reaching about fifteen feet, terminates into the highest point of about thirty-four feet at Park Ridge.

EARLY S E T T L E R S The First Settlement, in 1832, was made by Captain Wright ,

who erected a log cabin near the north line of Section 22, which later became the Milatovitch farm. Captain Wr ight was a commissioned officer of the Vermont Mil i t ia . In 1833, Messrs. Brook, Sherman, Edick and Besse followed. In 1834, Eben Conant, Harry Phillips were early settlers but did not remain long, selling to Peter Guthrie and returning to Vermont.

Thomas Walton settled in Section 8, but in 1836 sold his claim to Samuel Johnson and took up a claim west of his first one.

Captain Mancel Talcott settled in the northeast quarter of Section 34. J u l y 1st S. Rand (Rand Road) raised and framed this house, which was later occupied by John Mi l l e r .

Mancel Talcott , J r . , settled on Section 26. According to some authorities he built the first house in Park Ridge. Others declare that W a r n e r and Stevens built the first house after laying out the Rand! Road. John Dougherty and Daniel Goodenough were pioneers, also.

Into Maine Township, in 1834, came. Dr. Austin, M r . Allison, M r . Kincade, M r . Tay lor , A. H. Conant, J . W . Walton, M r . Foot, M r . Hopson and along the west bank of the river, north of Des Plaines, M r . Kennicott, his two sons Hiram and Levi, Messrs. Chivel, Parsons, Salisbury and Bradwel l settled.

In 1835, Socrates Rand located on the southwest quarter of Sec­tion eight. This later became the home of I. N . W . Sherman. Captain Hugunin, Judge Hoard and M r . Long followed.

In 1836, John Boyd settled on what later became Canfield, now Edison Park. In 1836, Hiram Jefferson bought John Dougherty's property, then came Deacon Curtis Clark and Phineas Sherman, who sold to Dr. Silas Meacham of Park Ridge.

In 1837, came Thomas P. Robb, George F. Foster, Thomas Stephen and Ja irus Warner , to Park Ridge, James Grannis, John Brown and Christopher Krueger. Captain Sabin on Section 11, Luther Ballard on Section 15, Evan Jones east of the river near Rand Bridge, John Ward on Section 12, John Peacock, Joseph Stott, M r . Sherwin settled in 1840 on Sections 10 and 11. 1843 brought the Germans in the eastern part, Jacob Heinz, 1846 George Katz and Mr . Schoeneck, 1847 Conrad Popp. Some were poor, some well-to-do, but they were mutually helpful. Park Ridge and Des Plaines are to this day notable as one large family. The towns are united by dwellers being kinsmen in each. They are united by a bond of mutual protection and family responsibility, believing in the principle that a word fitly spoken is like an "apple of gold in pictures of silver." There is neither an "East Side," nor a "West Side," not a poor inhabitant to he a plaything and an object of charity for the rich. They are all comfortable, most of them in beautiful homes with well-paved streets, artistic surroundings and trees, the woodman has indeed spared them.

T H E EARLY S C H O O L S

In 1874 a fine two-story brick schoolhouse containing four rooms and basement was erected. Wi l l i am Munn was the first teacher in 1875. Miss Ernestine Mergler , elected for three months. R. C. Smyser, fifteen months. In 1876, J . A. Wadhams, L. O. Wilson, L. H. Hayman, J . W . Allen, J . Q. Adams, succeeded by M r . Allen. The school has been brought up to its present day perfection as an institution of learning and gymnastics.

The first road laid out was in 1835, from Sand Ridge to Elk Grove, crossing the River at Captain Talcott 's . T h e next was the River Road from Brush Hil l , past M r . Coval's on Salt Creek.

The third, the Brooks Road from Sand Ridge to Elk Grove. The fourth was from Rand Road and Sand Ridge to the mouth of Flint Creek, at Fox River ; crossing the River Des Plaines at Rand Place.

There was much objection to the Rand Road being laid out through what is now Norwood Park. It was almost impossible to induce settlers on what is now most valuable land. Socrates Rand actually hired a man to settle on land west of the river.

The Township of Maine was organized in 1850, the first meeting held April 2, 1850. Socrates Rand, Chairman; Curtis Clark, Clerk.

From Andreas History of Cook County :

Preliminary laws were passed. The highway overseers were appointed as follows: Hiram Clark C. Hastings J . C. Clark Conrad Popp S. Rand R. Jeffrey E. M . Ellis John Gazlay W m . Payne

The name of the town was changed to Wausaik, but the resolutions were never carried into effect.

The first officers were : Curtis Clark Supervisor John Gazlay Clerk Jos . Mitchel l Assessor W m . Johnson Collector

H I G H W A Y C O M M I S S I O N E R S Alvin Scott J . H.

OVERSEER OF T H E POOR H. A. Grannis

J U S T I C E OK T H E PEACE H. Sabin

Rand

T . Brown

Socrates Rand Mancel Talcott , J r . H. F. Grannis W m . Johnson

J . Gazlay Enes Scott

Curtis Clark H. F. Grannis O. H. Algur

W m . Johnson V. L. Hopkins S. L. Morey Fred Mahlman

C O N S T A B L E S J . C. Clark

Wm. Brown

S U P E R V I S O R S Alvin Scott O. H. Algur Enos Scott H. C. Senne

C L E R K S Fred Mahlman H. C. Senne

A S S E S S O R S W m . Johnson H. W . Phillips Alvin Scott

C O L L E C T O R S Godfried Fulle Wilson Scott Henry Bohle Henly Hal l

Wi l l i am Johnson

Fred Mahlman Lewis Poyer

C. E. Bennett

M . Hoffman

Henry Steege Fred Hasse

H I G H W A Y C O M M I S S I O N E R S Calvin Holton H. W . Phillips C. Clark Jacob Heine John Ward

J . I ) . Root Uriah Stott Conrad Popp Michael Hoffman John C. Seegers

Alvin Scott H. F. Grannis J . W . Walton Hiram Jefferson Benjamin Hal l

J . C. Clark H. W . Phillips A. F. Miner Uriah Scott

W m . Johnson Jos. Curtis F. H. Moore B. L. Hopkins Leonard Lee

H. C. Senne J . D. Root J. D. Lockwood D. T . Wood

C O N S T A B L E S J . H. Sabin Conrad Garike Fred Mahlman S. L. Morey Gottfried Ful le

F. W . Hoffman Edw. Algur A. Moldenhauer Samuel Cummings

John Stockwell Henry Bohle A . W . Eckert Ira Barchard

The first religious meetings were held in the homes of Mrs . Wal ton and Mrs . Conner. Rev. M r . Carlson was on the circuit every four weeks. Rev. Jos. Lewis followed and the membership increased to three more, M r . and M r s . Johnstone and M r s . Ramsey, Methodists, and were followed by Rev. Jewett , Rev. Hinman, Rev. Geddes and Elder Nason. Early Methodists were M r . and M r s . Holton, M r s . Ballard, Jones, M r . and Mrs . Burlingame and Anson Burlingame.

In the early days the Episcopalians outnumbered the few Metho­dists and included: M r . and Mrs . Long, M r s . Kinder, M r . and M r s . Whittington, M r . Jeffrey, Mrs . Gibson, M r . and M r s . Dearlove, Mrs . W . H. Kennicott, M r . and Mrs . Sherwin, Miss Mi l l a rd , M r . and Mrs . Wood, M r . and Mrs . Potter, M r . and M r s . Woods, and M r s . Thacker .

First services in 1837 were held at Socrates Rand's by Rev. Isaac W . Hal lam of Chicago. Rev. Miner from New York came in 1840, followed by Rev. Philo, Rev. Allison and Rev. Dudley Chase. Bishop Chase established a church east of Des Plaines including the members above mentioned.

Most of the religious denominations were represented and upheld— Congregationalists, Universalists, Christians, Baptists, Unitarians. The Mormon Missionaries came frequently.

The first school was held in the cheese room of Socrates Rand, which was converted into a school room. Harriet Rand has the honor of being the first teacher, in 1838. T w o years later a formal school

Simeon Lee J . C. Outhet

J U S T I C E S O F PEACE

Grading, Excavating, Furniture Moving and Cartage Teams or Auto Truck Service for All Purposes

A. Jarnecke G E N E R A L T E A M I N G C O N T R A C T O R

Agency for the REO AUTO TRUCK

Telephone Des Plaines 9 5 4

Kuhlman &|Nagle Agents for the R E O C A R COR. LEE & PRAIRIE AVE. Telephone 1203

"SIX" The S i x of Sixty REO Superiorities

"A Great Big Beautiful Car" $ 1 3 8 5

F.O.B. Lansing, Mich.

Special Rates for STORAGE REPAIRING

All Kinds of Machinery and Cars

Auto Livery, Presto Tanks, Vul­canizing, Gasoline, Oils, Grease,etc.

The Echo Theatre Clean Bright Instructive Most Entertaining

N O T H I N G B U T C L E A N , C E N S O R E D P I C T U R E S S H O W N

The Echo Mos t comfortable, — = perfectly ventilated

Theatre. Right in your home town. Where you will pass a sociable evening, meet friends, see a good play, have a good seat, good welcome, and your moneys worth.

Doors Open at 7:30 P. M. except on Special Occasions

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was built by S. Rand and Eben Conant. Dr. Asa Clark, Orlando Talcott, Orlando Algur, Orvis Skinner and Robert Meacham fol­

lowed in order as teachers. Martha Ferguson, Miss Skinner and Har­riet Clark were early teachers.

The first school trustees, elected August 24, 1841. were: Eben Conant Seth Otis Alexander Brown Nicholas Sherman Joseph Jefferson

As a sharp contrast we will skip the intervening time and mark the progress that has been made from these days to the present. We will note that the Cook County Board of Review has just published the assessment of the personal property valuation for the Township of Maine as fol lows:

$181,013.00, which is one-third of its actual value. Compare this to the early days.

THE A R T E S I A N W E L L On November 11, 1874. the best bid for sinking a well was

received from McDougal l & Joyce of Mendota, Illinois, at $3.00 per foot with a rising scale. The depth reached was 1,501 feet and the cost over $5,000.00.

MAINE T O W N S H I P O F F I C I A L S

S U P E R V I S O R Henry C. Behrens

T O W N CLERK John A. Bell, J r .

ASSESSOR John H. Curtis

COLLECTOR Michael Schiessle

H I G H W A Y C O M M I S S I O N E R S John Jaacks Melvin S. Poyer W m . Kruse

S C H O O L T R U S T E E S Wm. Haseman D. J . Gillespie Charles Boesche

J U S T I C E S O F THE PEACE Michael Schiessle Charles E. Mi l le r John Bell, J r .

POLICE M A G I S T R A T E S Eugene Rogers John F. Dittman Wm. F. Dennerman

CONSTABLE.S Walter R. Wheeler Charles J . Johnson Edw. F. Scharrringhausen Paul H. Laing Henry Wi l le John L. Gewecke

Fred Stoelling

TI1F, P O S T M A S T E R S The Postoffice was started in 1840, with Mr . Long the first

Postmaster, followed by Dr. Silas Meacham. His sister acted as his deputy until 1850, when she married and Mrs. Rand served as postmistress.

In 1852 John Rand was appointed, but Mrs. Rand continued in the service. Wi l l iam Johnsen was postmaster a few months. Then, Jacob Tymerson, Simeon Lee, followed by Wi l l iam Jones.

DES PLAINES P O S T M A S T E R S Simeon Lee Wi l l iam Jones Benjamin Wendling Fred Atkins F. J . Meyer Louis Wolfram

John H. Curtis Edward Schaffer

P O S T M A S T E R L O U I S W O L F R A M

1916 HUPMOBILE MODEL N 5-Passenger Tour ing Car , M o d e l N $ 1 0 8 5

7-Passenger Touring C a r $ 1 2 2 5

2 -Pas senger Roads t e r $ 1 0 8 5

7 -Passenger L imous ine $ 2 3 6 5

5 Passenger S e d a n $ 1 3 6 5

2 -Pas senge r A l l - Y e a r Coupe $ 1 1 6 5

5 -Pa s senge r A l l - Y e a r Touring Ca r $ 1 1 8 5

All pr ices quoted F. O. B. Detroit

DES PLAINES DEPOT GARAGE E. A. MANUEL, Agent

Auto Livery and Accessories

Phone 3 1 5 and 883 DES PLAINES, ILL.

E. A. MANUEL

D O D G E B R O T H E R S M O T O R C A R

Those who have had years of experience driving motor cars are its most enthusiastic owners

T h e car satisfies them comple t e l y . T h e y a d m i r e its beau ty . T h e y dwe l l upon its comfort . I hey insist in the most empha t i c w a y upon the h igh qua l i t y of its pe r fo rmance .

T h e w h e e l b a s e is 110 inches The price of the Touring Car or Roadster complete is $ 7 5 0

(f. o. b. Det ro i t ) Winter Top complete $ 9 5 0

Des Plaines Depot Garage E. A . Manuel, Prop.

Auto Livery and Accessories Phone Des Plaines 3 1 5 and 8 8 3

DES PLAINES LUMBER & C O A L CO. Cedar Posts, Brick, Lime, Cement

Sash and Doors

(Inc.)

Dealers in L U M B E R

A L L G R A D E S OF C O A L

Flour and Feed of All Kinds

Shingles and Moulding DRAIN T I L E , S A N D A N D S T O N E

B. L. Franzen, Jr., Pres. Geo. E. Franzen, Vice-Pres. Telephone 872

W a l t e r H. Franzen, Treas.

Build With Cement Blocks W A R M E S T IN W I N T E R — C O O L E S T IN S U M M E R

The ideal material for your home. Hollow walls are your best protection from heat or cold. Get real comfort. No higher in

price than wood or brick construction

Whitcomb's Waterproof Cement Blocks are made of the best cement, washed sand and gravel, mixed by M A C H I N E R Y , insuring uniformly perfect blocks. E V E R Y B L O C K rendered W A T E R P R O O F by special process. Before

you build, better see Whitcomb

GEORGE M. W H I T C O M B Phones : Des Plaines 5 9 1 ; Residence 1061

Telephone Des Plaines 652

W . E. Downing A U T O M O B I L E A N D G A S ENGINE R E P A I R I N G

PLUMBING, HEATING AND G A S FITTING

M A C H I N E W O R K

DES PLAINES O F F I C I A L S

P R E S I D E N T

President Wi l l iam Wicke, the son of Charles Wicke, pioneer and trustee of 1871, was given the largest vote ever cast in the history of Des Plaines, being the choice of the Citizens' Party. Born in 1873, at Miner and Pearson Streets, he has thought well enough of the town of his forefather and has chosen it as his residence. He owns a com­fortable home at May and Oakwood Avenue.

Mayor Wicke has been a tireless and cheerful worker for the advancement of Des Plaines, financially placing the waterworks upon a paying basis. He is marked as the hardest worker on the board. He has successfully kept out undesirable citizens, making Des Plaines appeal to the best home families and its influence.

A careful conservator of the town funds, lenient towards tax­payers, he has kept his promise for cheaper electric light and gas. He has visualized, because of its natural beauty and close proximity to Chicago, the larger future possibilities for Des Plaines. He is a man of irreproachable character, of integrity and ability, and lives an ideal home life. It is but a natural sequence that he has gained the honor entrusted to him, that of being Chief Director of Des Plaines.

DES PLAINES T O W N O F F I C I A L S , 1915

Wi l l i am Wicke President John A . Bell, J r Clerk George M . Whitcomb Treasurer Ning Eley Attorney Lou i s Wolfram Postmaster D. Hammer Chief of Police Fred Nagel Humane Officer Wal te r Wheeler..Special and Cook County Constable

M E M B E R S O F T H E P O L I C E D E P A R T M E N T

Herman A. Schmidt John Hammerl Richard Bremer Edward F. Scharringhausen

W . E. Downing, Chief of Fire Department, with five volunteers: John Hammerl George Kinder A. Peterson

W m . Hintz, Nick Geisen Board of Local Improvements consists of:

W m . Wicke Harry Talcott Herman Haas J . A . Sigwalt Frank Fulle Charles Hammerl John Suster

DR. C. A . E A R L E

M A I N E T O W N S H I P H I G H S C H O O L (By Dr. C. A. Earle, President)

O F F I C E R S B O A R D O F E D U C A T I O N

Dr. C. A . Earle President Jacob S. Schaff Secretary

M E M B E R S

Dr. S. A. Woodworth Fred I. Gill ick Wm. Koehler

The rapid growth of the various villages in the Town of Maine caused a demand, on the part of the progressive people, for high school facilities near their homes. Accordingly, the proposition to establish the Maine Township High School was voted on and carried in April , 1901. In October of the same year the first Board of Education was elected and organized. It was composed of the following men: Dr.

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Wir ing your house from cellar to garret. Fixtures at cost. Two years in which to pay. An electric iron presented with each order for installation.

Special rates on Wash ing Machines and Fans.

E S T I M A T E S F R E E L Y G I V E N ON A L L W O R K

EUGENE E. HART

CARPENTER CONTRACTOR AND BUILDER Telephone Des Plaines 972

Charles B. Nash Plumbing, Heating and Gas-

fitting. Electric Wiring

All Jobbing Given Prompt Attention

Telephone 906

BARNEY WANRCKE G E N E R A L C O N T R A C T O R

R E P A I R I N G A S P E C I A L T Y

DES P L A I N E S I L L I N O I S

A L L KINDS OF GARDEN AND F L O W E R I N G P L A N T S FOR S A L E A N N U A L A N D H A R D Y

Geo. P. Meyer G R O W E R OF F A N C Y F R U I T F O R R E T A I L T R A D E

R A S P B E R R I E S A N D S T R A W B E R R I E S

HOT BEDS, R E A R OF D E S P L A I N E S S T A T E B A N K

Telephone 381

Telephone 561, Des Plaines

Compliments of

The Hoerber Brothers W H O L E S A L E F L O R I S T S

Chicago Office—162 N. Wabash Ave., Cor. Randolph St.

Telephone Randolph 2758

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BLUME & McFERNS?

Telephone Riverview 124

R I V E R V I E W , ILLINOIS

C. A. Earle, president; Jacob S. Shaft, secretary; Henry W i l l e ; Frank Kress; George Campbell.

In January, 1902, the present site was selected for the school by the people of the township, and bonds were issued for building pur­poses to the amount of $15,000. Plans and specifications were pre­pared by F. C. Allen of Joliet, Illinois, and in March, 1902, the con­tract for the building was let to Moore & Son of Danville, Illinois.

As the building was not ready for use the following fall, the school was organized in the old grammar school building at Park Ridge, and was carried on there until November 8, when the present structure was ready for occupancy. On the first day there were thirty-five pupils, but before the close of the year fifty were attending. This enrollment has increased steadily until now it is one hundred eighty-one. With the growth of the school, the equipment has been increased, and the corps of teachers enlarged. T h e school began its work with M r . W . L. Smyser as principal, and with Miss E. Bergey as assistant. The faculty now has eleven regular, and two special teachers.

The class of 1915 consisted of sixteen girls and ten boys. At the present time the High School has students in a number of leading colleges and universities, including Beloit, Chicago, Northwestern and Illinois. T w o of its graduates have won appointments to the U. S . Naval Academy by competitive examinations. From its beginning the school has been recognized by the North Central Association of Secondary Schools and Colleges. Th i s permits its graduates to enter practically any college without examinations.

During the past year a $55,000 addition to the original building has been completed. The building now has an auditorium with a seating capacity of 350, a large gymnasium and an enamel lined swim­ming tank, 20x60 feet, with showers and lockers. Constant filtration and daily chemical disinfection keeps the water clear and sanitary. The west wing of the building contains well equipped domestic science and lunch rooms, the manual training and automobile repairing de­partment. A course in telegraphy is now offered. Twe lve are taking this course. There are large classes in bookkeeping, shorthand and typewriting. As far as we now know this is the first high school in the State of Illinois to offer telegraphy and automobile work.

T h e present faculty is as follows: C. L. Himel, Principal, Geometry. O. W . Fairbanks, Manua l Tra in ing . M a r y Fitch, History. Theda Howe, Mathematics. Benjamin W a r d , English, Physical Tra in ing for Boys. Ella M ix , English. Irene Tay lor , Domestic Science, Physical Tra in ing for Girls .

Amanda Leverenz, German and Latin. Gladys Earle, Science. Winifred Van Vleck, Commercial Department. Catherine Beers, Science, Josephine Treat , Music.

J . F. Mi l ler , Telegraphy. Graduates of 1915 are :

Margaret I. Ahrensfeld Elsie L. Gray-Chester A. Baird Evangeline H. Ta rnow Herbert H. Behn Henriette C. Heller Edith M . Camenisch Mar ian K. Hodgins Harold B. Cook Wal lace Hogan Lanigan Gladys Claire Lutz Wi l l i am C. Lewerenz George Lyle Mar te Violet Mar i e Suster Irene M . Mi l ler Mar ie A. Tunsberg Frank Schaff Harriet H. Hegstad Sara Mildred Smith Lucile Ann Wal ton Lewis B. Scharringhausen Laura Will iamson Mabel Charlotte Ebregge Orpha K. Winston Ian Glass Harold Wolfram

W A L L A C E HOGAN LANIGAN

E D I T O R I A L It may be apropos to note that two Maine Township High School

boys have carried off the Annapolis prize, and the more recent one was Wal l ace Lanigan of Des Plaines, who has lived in Des Plaines all his life. He was graduated from the Grammar School at the age of twelve years and from Maine Township High School at sixteen years of age, and won the appointment to Annapolis over ten others. He is at present a draftsman in the employ of the Lord & Burnham Company of Des Plaines and intends to go to the University of Illinois in the near future.

NORTH DIVISION SCHOOL. Des Plaines

P U B L I C S C H O O L B O A R D Honorable Peter M . Hoffman President Harry H. Talcott Secretary

M E M B E R S

Edwin D. MacLuckie Superintendent Dr. E. A. Manuel H. H. Talcott Dr. A. M . Purves L. G. Held H. T . Bennett

W . DON S M I T H , Former Superintendent.

DES P L A I N E S G R A D E D S C H O O L S

Des Plaines is favored by having a fine system of graded schools. In 1902 the former superintendent, W . Don Smith, took charge

of the graded schools and at the same time W . L. Smyser took charge of the Maine High School.

In 1902 the graded school system had but one building of eight rooms with school in but seven rooms. T h e enrollment for that year was 335. In 1906 a South Division school was established and four rooms of the present building were erected. In 1911 four more rooms were added, making it an eight room building.

T h e graded school system is making every effort to be one of the most modern systems in Illinois.

When Superintendent Smith took charge of the schools he saw the great need of better school conditions. He took the initiative and

secured pictures, pianos and manual training equipment by holding a series of entertainments to secure the needed funds. The schools now have six pianos, many good pictures on the wal ls , and a full manual training outfit for 20 boys through these efforts. To this the Hoard have added a full outfit for domestic science, accommodating twenty girls at one time. Miss Annetta Hoffman, daughter of Coroner Peter M . Hoffman, is the special teacher in sewing and domestic science. She has thoroughly organized this branch of the industrial arts, which includes two years of sewing, beginning with the fifth grade, and two The last two years includes a course in serving luncheons.

At present there is a disposition to purchase a school site with sufficient ground to establish a modern agricultural experiment station.

The school sites of all of the schools are beauty spots in our town. The landscaping of the High School was the work of Klehm Bros., while that of the graded schools is the work of Superintendent W. Don Smith. W m . H. Koehler was the builder of the South Division school.

For 1915-'16, teachers in the North and South Division Grammar Schools have been engaged as fol lows: E. David Mac Lukie, principal; Carrie Brooks, Marguer i te Hoffman, Marion V . Barney, Aileen Hil l-wig, Bertha M . Campbell, Ruth Schaff, M a y Breed, Gertrude Loughry, Lizzie Cook, Edna Kampert, Anna I. Cooney, Anna D. Pitt, Elsie Elder, Mary Horn, Harriett McCune .

EARLY H I S T O R Y O F DES P L A I N E S Much of its early history is woven around "Uncle Sam" Cum¬

mings, now of Park Ridge, who was called by the Illinois and Wi s ­consin R. R. to formally take charge of their depot in Des Plaines, then located at about the present site of the Behrens' General Store. He is the oldest living pioneer and the only survivor of the original crew of 1854. H e has occupied many important official positions, one of which was the depot master for many years. In 1867 he moved to Park Ridge. One of the most historical and traditional features of Des Plaines are its Camp Grounds, comprising some two hundred cottages, a large number of tents and two or three hotels.

A large number are attracted through its summer resort features. In a certain two weeks there has been an aggregation of some 409, among which were fifteen newly married couples "honeymooning there."

The original Puritanical programme was broadened somewhat this year, since it was the first time that athletic sports, such as baseball and swimming, were permitted.

John Felton, Rueben E. Demmon, and Samuel Cummings (now of Park Ridge) were all Boston men and early settlers.

To Samuel E. Cummings, the first depot master at Des Plaines and Park Ridge, the compiler is indebted for much of this history.

It may not be generally known that the first depot built on the Chicago & North Western R. R., not excepting Chicago, was located here. Chicago had only a shelter shanty at that time. Th i s first depot on the line has since been moved a little west right next to the Sigwalt Lumber Yards, and is now used for a freight house.

In 1851 the first survey was made by M r . Ettinger. In 1853 Eli Chittenden erected a tavern for the Land Company. He also erected a store. M r . Ortman was the first to settle after the town was laid out and the first to start a saloon. Socrates Rand built the next house in 1853. He also graded the four miles of rai lway. T h e Company built a saw-mill to saw the timber along the Des Plaines River into railroad ties for the new road.

M r . Rand purchased this mill which was used until al l the timber was sawed into ties, and not being able to sell the engine, he turned it into a grist mill, for which the farmers around were raising wheat. This mill was located on the present site of the Dr. C. A. Earle residence.

Henry C. Senne built a house, store and tailor shop. Jacob Tymer¬ son kept the first shoemaker's shop. In 1856, Enos Stockwell started his blacksmith shop. In 1860, August Moldenhauer started another shop. M r . Ohlering and John Schuh a wagon shop. M r . Slusser operated the Railroad Boarding House. T h e first regular hotel was kept by Socrates Rand, followed by M r . Parsons and Simeon Lee. This building was burned. T h e Des Plaines Hotel was later erected, now "Shaw's ."

C O R P O R A T I O N

March 21 , 1873, a petition was presented to the Trustees, asking that the corporation of four square miles be reduced in size, since there were only eighty legal voters. T h e four acres comprised assessable property amounting to from $40,000 to $50,00, both sides of the river, two expansion and ten smaller bridges on its tributaries. T h e burden of this incorporated village was too heavy an expense for the eighty legal voters. The request of the Trustees was granted and a new organization effected. The election was held on October 18, 1873. February 14, 1874, a board was organized by the election of Franklin Whitcomb, President; Chester E. Bennett (now familiarly called "Dad" Bennett) as Clerk.

Under the second organization, the Trustees were : 1874, Chester E. Bennett, John Behmiller, J . Durham, F. W . Hoffman, father of the present Coroner; Peter M . Hoffman, Theodore Tillotson, Franklin Whitcomb.

Later Trustees were H. C. Senne, A. Moldenhauer (deceased

Telephone 422 Estimates Given Free

ED J . HINRICHS G E N E R A L C A R P E N T E R A N D C O N T R A C T O R

Cisterns and Screens Made to Order

Shingling and Lathing

Corner Graceland Avenue and Perry Street

R. W. DEAN GENERAL BUILDING CONTRACTOR

High Class Residence Work a Specialty

Designs and Plans for Buildings of Every Description P. O. Box Des Plaines 362

Telephone 8 6 3

BEN SMITH P A I N T E R A N D D E C O R A T O R

Latest Designs in Wall Paper

Expert Workmanship

The Philadelphia & Reading Coal and Iron Co. Miners and Shippers of

FAMOUS Reading Anthracite Coal Main Office: 605 OLD COLONY BUILDING

C H I C A G O , ILL. Telephones Harrison 4 3 3 ; Automatic 6 4 - 8 2 6

J . H. M. CLAGGETT, Resident Manager

This Coal is Handled by J . A. SIGWALT ... ... Des Plaines, Ill.

Dealer in

Lumber, Coal, Wood, Flour, Feed, Grain, Hay, Lath, Shingles, Sewer Tile, Cement and Sand

Phone 3 5 2 FARM IMPLEMENTS

G. H. KOLZE

Telephone 373 Estimates Furnished Free

G. H. KOLZE Carpenter Contractor and Builder

Jobbing Promptly Attended To

August 22, 1915) , I. D. Poyer, G. A. Grupe, Charles Wicke, Peter Reiter, Michael Brazell, G. G. Talcott , W m . Jones, Carl Schaeffer, B. J . Kinder, H. Van Black, Andrew Sallstrom, John Schuh, N. J . Hill, George M. Norton, A. H. [ones, Solomon Garland and Conrad Muel ler .

Many of the above have served repeatedly in various offices.

THE I L L I N O I S A N D W I S C O N S I N L A N D C O M P A N Y

Was organized in 1850, buying up land along the Chicago & North Western Rai lway where a railway station could be placed, with a view of subdividing that land into village lots. Eli Chittenden, W m . B. Ogden, who was a Chicago Captain and also First President of the Illinois & Wisconsin R. R.

DES PLAINES

Population, 2,900

DES P L A I N E S — I T S N A M E

On Ju ly 9, 1870, a Board of Trustees for the town of Des Plaines was organized, in accordance with an act of Legislature passed April 15, 1869. At that time the town comprised four square miles of land.

The town was first called "Rand" after Socrates Rand, pioneer of Maine Township. The plat of the town of Rand was acknowledged by Henry Smith, Attorney and Trustee of the Illinois and Wisconsin Land Company. Later the name was changed to Des Plaines by an act of the Legislature and approved Apri l 15, 1869.

Dr. C. A. Earle in an editorial of April 23, 1915, in the Suburban l i m e s , gives an interesting account of the origin and meaning of the name "Des Plaines," as applied to the river running through the village. He has traced that the river was an important waterway used by the early traders, explorers, trappers, Jesuit Missionaries, going to and from the Great Lakes, and the Illinois and Mississippi rivers, that maple sugar camps were numerous in the pioneer days along the banks of the river, that the French word "P lane" is a common name for our Norway Maple and that Eau Pleine (full water, in French) might have applied to the flooded river in springtime. So that the name Des Plaines might have had two sources of derivation, either the maple trees, or the "full river.

Mrs . A. H. Conant, in a letter dated Ju ly , 1836, spelled it Au Plane River; August, 1837, Dr. Meacham spells it Desplains; October, 1834, Mrs . Daniel Goodenough writes it O'Plaine River ; April , 1835, she writes it River Des Plaines; April , 1835, M r s . James Long writes it River O'Plain.

Trac ing up the early records, Dr. Earle finds that the original

meaning of the name "Des Plaines" was Maple Tree River. Also that many important Indian Villages were located along the river. At the present day, there are evidences of one on the east bank of the river one mile west of Park Ridge. Just north of Des Plaines, at the sharp bend, was an Indian Village and trading station, which they called "Wauksa ik ."

T H E F I R S T E L E C T I O N

The first election was held at the Thoma Hotel, Ju l y 9, 1870. August Meyer and E. A. Thoma were appointed judges of election by Judge M . R. M . Wal lace . James A. Hasbrook, Clerk ; Trustees, Henry C. Senne; President, Elias A. Thoma; Clerks, Franklin Whitcomb, August Meyer and Charles Wicke ; John Sabin, Assessor; Simeon Lee, Treasurer ; J . H. Ohlerking, Constable and Collector.

September 22, 1870, licenses to liquor vendors were fixed at $50.00 per annum. Wi l l iam Meyer took out the first license. 1871, Trustees, Charles Wicke, W m . Meyer, Michael Brazell, David David­son and Jacob Wa l t e r ; August Meyer, assessor. Ira Barchard ap­pointed police with full powers of office October 2, 1871 ; Fred Bohle, Treasurer .

September 7, 1872, Franklin Whitcomb, Theodore Tillotson, Edw. Danes, Patrick McGinnis and John Behmiller were elected Trustees. They appointed C. E. Bennet, C lerk ; Samuel McPherson, Justice and Assessor; Fred Bohle, Treasurer ; Ira Barchard, Constable and Col­lector.

I D E A L I S T I C DES P L A I N E S IN 1934

The future of Des Plaines read before the Woman's Club by one of its members. The grandchildren of the musical and pioneer family of Chester E. Bennett sang original songs, emblematic of the occasion.

DES P L A I N E S — I T S P O S S I B I L I T I E S R E A L I Z E D

This little sketch, or prophecy, is offered with most humble apologies to the shades of Lord Alfred Tennyson, Edward Bellamy, and the innumerable company of class prophets, who have appeared before Maine Township audiences.

Dip with me into the future as far as human eye can see—see the vision of Des Plaines and all the wonders that shall be twenty years hence. Many, many dreams of the Woman's Club of 1913 have been realized and it is with genuine pleasure that I take you with me. in fancy, on a sight-seeing trip, full of surprises at the complete changes

on every side.

T o get our geographical bearings we must remember that the

SERVICE — p e r f e c t serv ice , is one of the V i t a l factors in the success of the S t a n d a r d Oil C o m p a n y ( I n d i a n a ) . U n e x c e l l e d p roduc t s is another . T h a t the res idents of Des P l a ine s a n d ne i ghbor ing loca l i t i es m a y d e r i v e the benefi t of p rompt serv ice a n d thorough l y r e l i ab l e l ubr i c a l ing oi ls a n d greases , w e h a v e opened up a n e w b ranch s ta t ion in DES PLAINES.

S T A N D A R D O I L C O M P A N Y DES PLAINES, ILL. ( INDIANA) C H I C A G O , U. S. A .

Building for the Future If it is worth doing at all, it is worth doing well; by doing it well you build for the

future; you build for entire satisfaction. Whether it is a bridge, a silo, a floor, a sidewalk, a driveway, or a building of any

description, you can be sure it has been built for the future when concrete is used; you can be sure it has been built for strength and durability.

Only the best of materials should be used to insure permanency; those materials should prove to be the best by test.

Marquette Portland Cement "The Certified Cement"

is used in the new street pavement work in Des Plaines; Marquette proved best by test. Every bag of Marquette Portland Cement is guaranteed to be of superior quality; there's a green guar­

antee tag on every bag; it certifies that Marquette Portland Cement has been tested and conforms to Standard Specifications adopted by the American Society for Testing Materials, as well as Government Specifications.

Our Book, "Building for the Future," contains photographic reproductions of the representative build­ing projects in which Marquette Portland Cement has been used; every man interested in building should have a copy. A post card will bring it to you. Let us send you our valuable books, "Concrete in the Country" and "Concrete Silos."

Marquette Cement Mfg. Co. Marquette Bldg. Chicago

C o n c r e t e f o r P e r m a n e n c e M a r q u e t t e f o r C o n c r e t e

both of which appropriately signify "of the plains," became its more familiar designation.

Away from the artificial allurements and din of a great city, the lovely Des Plaines region makes its appeal to a homesick heart. Its sanitary conditions are perfect. Its water supply plentiful and pure. The river affords an all-year-round attraction with its boating and fish­ing, its skating exhilaration in the winter season.

Passing from the reposeful vision of the majestic "Des Plaines" with its fine up-to-date automobile drives we take note of some of the beautiful homes and grounds.

Situated on Lee Street is a substantial house of pretentious aspect, with its spacious porches, turrets and dormer windows.

Its distinguished owner, the Coroner of Cook County, Peter M . Hoffman, belongs to a pioneer and first family of Des Plaines. The residence, embowered in climbing beauty surrounded by fine old trees, breathes individuality of its owner.

Nearby, at Prairie and Graceland Avenues, is the home of John Suster. Wi th in the home its treasures are a mute signal of the many friends, famous with the brush, who are proud to acknowledge John Suster as their friend and benefactor. He has been generous with striving and early artists, just beginning to climb the staircase of fame. Later, when fame came, they remembered him. His collection is a valuable one.

The residence of J . A. Sigwalt, with its trees, shrubbery and conservatory, is one of the attractively comfortable homes.

Across the street we view with admiration the well-kept hedges surrounding the stately home of George M . Whitcomb, Vil lage Treas­urer and son of a pioneer settler. The grounds are an index to its large hearted owner, spacious and attractive. T h e Whitcomb auto might sometimes have been termed the school "j i tney." "George M . " cannot turn a deaf ear to a pair of pleading eyes and an "Oh, Mister , give me a ride." And on several occasions upon passing the school house where all the little ones love him, they have clambered over his car to the number of 35, making of his car a l iterally decorated automo­bile of live, happy youngsters—a good sight to behold.

From the older part of Des Plaines, we wander to the newer sub­divisions and stop at the home of Dr. E. A . Me lze of Des Plaines and Chicago. Here we find the more modern landscape effects, with their formal gardens, and park-like beauty. It is a pleasing change to the older part of the town in its sharp contrast. Some of the new ones call this spot the "El i te" of Des Plaines. Dr. Melze , besides bis professional career, is the successful manager of the "Echo" theatre.

Another one of the many beautiful homes of this recently developed

section is that of George Holman on Webford Avenue, with its rose garden approach. M r . Holman is manager of the Royal Enameling Works and is a civic worker.

The landscaping genius of M r . Ranson Kennicutt is portrayed in the beautiful home of Dr. E. A . Manuel . It is really one of the show spots of the town. Progressing Miner and Ellinwood, the business streets, we notice the artistic ideas carried out in its best business houses, those of the bank buildings and the local newspaper office, "The Suburban Times ," the weekly deserving credit for its interest and untiring energy in promoting advancements for this section.

DES P L A I N E S BANKS There are two banks in Des Plaines, each doing a prosperous busi­

ness. The bank officers are among the ablest business men and wealth­iest farmers of Maine Township. They have a reputation for superior management and good principles, carefully guarding the interests of their depositors.

T H E DES P L A I N E S S T A T E BANK Is the pioneer bank in Maine Township. The officers are as

follows: President Peter M . Hoffman Vice-President B. F. Kinder Second Vice-President B. Lagerhausen Cashier W m . F. Graupner Assistant Cashier M . A. Behrens

DIRECTORS Coroner P. M . Hoffman H. N. Webb Herman Beer H. H. Talcott B. F. Kinder H. C. Behrens B . Lagerhausen John C. Behrens A. B . Wi l l i ams W . L. Smyser C. S. Castle

T H E F I R S T N A T I O N A L BANK O F DES P L A I N E S Shows a most remarkable growth since its organization. Officers are :

Joseph L. Jefferson President George M . Whitcomb Vice-President Charles Boesche Vice-President Glenn C. Tol in .Cashier D I R E C T O R S O F F I R S T N A T I O N A L B A N K

Harry T . Bennett Henry Goede Louis C. Spiegler Charles Boesche Dr. A. M . Purves Arthur L. Webster Ning Eley W . L. Plew George W . Sykes

R O Y A L E N A M E L I N G & M A N U F A C T U R I N G C O M P A N Y

The Royal Enameling & Manufacturing Company is incorporated for $200,000 and they employ at the present time about two hundred men. They manufacture a stock line of reflectors and make up to order enameled iron signs of any description, stove material, refrigera­tor linings and also do special enameling of all kinds on steel.

The success of the Company is largely due to M r . George W . Holman's untiring efforts, since he has been connected with the institu­tion. The growth of the Company has been more noticeable since its reorganization almost three years ago.

M r . Holman is Vice-President and Superintendent. He is forty years of age and was born in England. He came to Des Plaines from the New Castle (Pennsylvania) Stamping Company in 1908, and has been engaged in the enameling business fifteen years. He is married and has four children and is progressive in politics. He is a member of the Blue Lodge and a Chapter Mason. Owing to the high esteem in which he is held by the employes of the Company, he has been able to keep together an organization second to none in the enameling industry of this country. He came to the Royal Enameling & Stamping Works seven years ago as Superintendent, and later on when this

The Plant, covering five acres in Des Plaines.

company went into bankruptcy he was appointed receiver until his successor, The Royal Enameling & Manufacturing Company, was organized in 1912.

Mr . J . H. Fall , J r . , President and Treasurer , was formerly of Nashville, Tennessee, where he was Vice-President and a large stock­holder of the J . H. Fall Hardware Company.

Mr . Harry Warman , Secretary, was born in England, and was formerly engaged in the bicycle manufacturing and machinery busi­ness, but for fifteen years has been in the enameling industry. Just prior to the reorganization of the Royal Enameling & Manufacturing Company, he came from New Philadelphia, Ohio, the Belmont Stamp­ing & Enameling Company.

M r . J . A. Edgett, Assistant Treasurer , came to the Company shortly after its reorganization, from the Audit Company of America.

M r . A. B. Clarke, Assistant Superintendent and Mr . Holman's right band man, was born in Canada, coming some seven years ago from the New Castle Stamping Company. He is an expert in his line and his end of the business has developed wonderfully.

The Company's general offices are located on the eighth floor of the Hearst Building, Chicago.

The officers of the Company are as follows: J . H. Fall , J r . , President and Treasurer ; George W . Holman,

Vice-President and Superintendent; Harry Warman , Secretary; J . A. Edgett, Assistant Treasurer.

ELITE CONFECTIONERY SHOP

Tosch Bui ld ing

High Grade Candies Ice Cream Stationery

Cigars and Tobacco School Supplies, Etc.

Subscr ipt ions taken for M a g a z i n e s at w h o l e s a l e ra tes

DES PLAINES, ILLINOIS

Telephone 5 2 2

Wm. G. Semrow PAINTING

DECORATING

and PAPER HANGING

Chas. Schaeffer Builder of

Cement Sidewalks Concrete Basements

and Cisterns

Opposite Water W o r k s

Telephone 2 3 2

Frank M. Koch G E N E R A L C O N T R A C T O R

Cement Work of All Kinds—Walks, Floors and Cisterns

House Moving and Raising Residence

RAND R O A D

" S H A W ' S " Steam Heat—Excellent Table—Entirely Re­furnished — Modernized — Thirty Rooms

Banquet Hall to Let Arrangements for Families — Socials

Bowling Alleys for Both Ladies and Gentlemen Everything High Class

Uriel A. Reese S U C C E S S F U L A U C T I O N E E R

Undertaker Horse and Auto Livery

Telephone 9, Office; 8 3 - R Residence

ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, ILL.

Natural Lake Asphalt

Asphalt is more in use than any other type of street pavement and

Natural Lake Asphalt Trinidad or Bermudez

Asphalts, are the standard asphalts and the o n l y asphalts that have success­fully stood the test of 4 5 years service.

The Barber Asphalt Paving Company 1 3 2 8 T R I B U N E B U I L D I N G :: C H I C A G O

R O Y A L ENAMELING & M A N U F A C T U R I N G C O M P A N Y .

4. Enameling Room and Furnaces. 5 . Shipping Room.

GILLESPIE PRINTERY, Des Plaines

The joint editors, M r . and M r s . David J . Gillespie, are deserving of every support that a town can give; their printing establishment is modern and the efficiency is propelled and engineered by brains and energy.

M r s . Gillespie is indeed the "right hand man," and M r . Gillespie courteously acknowledges that his success is due almost entirely to his little wife.

J . F. RISSER, President of the Commercial Association and Manager of the Des Plaines

Telephone Co.

DES PLAINES C O M M E R C I A L A S S O C I A T I O N

An organized body of public spirited men for community better­ment recently elected the following officers:

President J . F. Risser Vice-President A. L. Webster Treasurer L. C. Spiegler Secretary W m . F. Graupner

D I R E C T O R S

Hon. Peter M . Hoffman D. J . Gillespie A. Jarnecke B. L. Franzen, Jr. Wm. F. Graupner Rev. Thos. Leggette F. C. Wal ton H. H. Talcott

On August 26, 1915, "Des Plaines Day," the entire town closed up shop and were official guests at the McHenry County Fair. J . F. Risser, recognized throughout as one of the community's most active and public spirited men, and Vice-President A. L. Webster, have been untiring in the organization and publicity campaign.

Des Plaines believes in letting the outside world know of its progressiveness and has conducted a successful advertising "stunt," in one of our Chicago Sunday papers. Its results wil l accrue with interest during the ensuing years.

Visitors will be repaid by a trip to Des Plaines, to notice the recently completed pavements in the vil lage. By reason of its easy access to Chicago, Des Plaines is bound to have a steady and rapid growth which has been truly started anew through the activities of the Commercial Association. Live topics at the present moment a re : Free Mai l Delivery, Community Advertising, Street Signs, House Num­

bering, Supervising Proposed Industrial Institutions, and bringing even more favorable residential conditions into effect.

" Y O U W I L L LIKE DES P L A I N E S " The official slogan just adopted by the slogan committee is, "You

Wi l l Like Des Plaines." The bright young winner of the slogan con­test is Robert F. Risser, son of J . F. Risser, to whom the prize was awarded.

EARLY C H U R C H E S

The German Lutheran Church of Des Plaines was organized October 7, 1868, with sixteen members. The church edifice cost $1,500.00, lot $400.00. In 1871, a new brick church was erected for $5,000.00. Its first minister was August Mauerman, succeeded by Rev. August H. Schmidt and Rev. Luckman, Rev. Adam Detzler, Rev. George Johannes. The German School was started by August Koch, succeeded by H. Rodemacher.

The Congregational Church, near Prairie and Graceland Avenues, was organized by fourteen members in 1868. M r . and M r s . J . A . Bradley, M r . and Mrs . George Jeffer, M r . and Mrs . Simeon Lee, M r . and Mrs . Charles Pen-in, M r . and Mrs . Chester E. Bennett, Mrs . Cynthia M. Bennett, M r s . E. Thacker and Mrs . Mi l l s , and another member. The building was erected in 1871. Rev. J . H. Laird was its first minister, preaching here and in Park Ridge, succeeded by Revs. Webber, E. J. Wr ight , H. G. Woodworth, T . A. Wadsworth , David Wirt , H. M . Goodell, W . H. W . Rees and R. H. Pooley.

S T . M A R Y ' S C A T H O L I C C H U R C H

Mission was erected about forty-five years ago and was attended to from Niles Centre. The present local pastor, Rev. John Linden, was installed about seven years ago, when St. Mary ' s was erected. He is kept actively engaged between Des Plaines and Arlington Heights, where he has established a mission.

Trustees are : Geo. Hodgins Thomas O'Donnel Michael Lambert

DES P L A I N E S C H U R C H E S

Christ Evangelical Rev. H. H. Bierbaum Methodist Harvey C. Trav i s Congregational Rev. Thomas Leggette German Lutheran Rev. W . F. Pieper Catholic Rev. John Linden

CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH. EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH

DES PLAINES C H U R C H E S

A brief history of the churches is given in the early part of this wri te-up A l l the pastors have been invited to g ive a short sketch of their church, for the satisfaction that it would mean to the members of each denomination.

Rev. H. H. Bierbaum is the only pastor who has obligingly re­sponded. This explanation is necessary, since no slight was intended.

The Christ Evangelical Church was organized August 8, 1892, by twenty members. The first officers were :

C. H. Geils President F. Jarchow Secretary Carl Wicke Treasurer

Revs. Kuhlman, Hattendorf (Chicago) and Rahn (Barr ington) preached from time to time in a hall. The cornerstone was laid October 2, 1892. Rev. E. Bloesch was the first minister-elect, November 20, 1892, the same year of the dedication. Benches, chairs, bell and a small organ were purchased. In 1895, the church became a member

GERMAN EVANG. LUTH. IMMANUEL CHURCH

C A T H O L I C CHURCH.

of the German Evangelical Synod of North America. After the three and one-half years' services of Rev. Bloesch, Rev. R. Rami took charge, June, 1897. He resigned two years later. He revised the constitution. In December, 1898, Rev. Fleer accepted the call. The parsonage was built and a $1,200.00 pipe organ installed.

June, 1908, Rev. Ed Klimpke succeeded and remained for two years. T h e present esteemed pastor, Rev. H. H. Bierbaum, subject of this sketch, accepted and has remained loyally with his charge since. He began September 15, 1900. Since then the church has been re­modelled, the Sunday School has increased so remarkably that an addi­tion was annexed, also the various societies have grown. The pipe organ has been rebuilt and an electric motor installed.

Rev. H. H. Bierbaum has worked unceasingly and has attracted through his obliging willingness to respond, more members of the church than for the entire period of the previous fifteen years.

Since the church has been imbued with bis personality, there is

FRUIT PRESSES RIGHT ON THE FARM

All fruit grown right on the Farm, aged in wooden barrels, guaranteed pure.

You are invited to inspect the Herman Koehler Fruit Farm on Lee Road.

Telephone 122 Des Plaines

See me for special prices. Everything homegrown and home pressed.

Cherry, Grape, Currant and other fruit wines.

HERMAN KOEHLER, the Fruit Grower, right on the farm, direct to the consumer, absolutely pure, fragrant and fresh. No middleman's profit. Direct to you from the farm.

H E R M A N K O E H L E R ' S V I N E Y A R D and W I N E P R E S S

M I L L E R ' S D R U G S T O R E 4943 Milwaukee Ave., Chicago

Telephone Irving 4 0 8

WHERE THE SUBURBAN NEIGHBORS

ARE MADE WELCOME

TRY MY ALTRUI CREAM LOTION

Dr. Geo. A. Kelso

Telephone Irving 3 2 2

JEFFERSON PARK PAINT STORE A . C. HERMANN, Prop.

Paints, Oils and Glass

W A L L PAPER

Contractor for Interior Decorating and House Painting

5 4 1 5 Higgins Avenue

CHICAGO

THOS. MINNICH

Pure Lake ICE

General Teaming

Telephone 6 1 4

Select Music for All Occasions Latest Compositions

K R U S E ' S O R C H E S T R A ALVIN MINNICH, Mgr.

STRICTLY UNION

Phone 6 1 4

THE M. & A. RESTAURANT (on Miner St.) Telephone 7 6 4

Have Regular Home Cooking

Dinners from 12 to 2. Short Orders all day SPECIAL RATES for Room and Board

a busy Ladies' Aid Society, strong Men's Society, a good Young Peo­ple's Society, a will ing and able Senior Choir.

The present officers a re : Rev. H. H. Bierbaum Pastor L. Thonegger President G. A. Pflughaupt Secretary Hugo Dahm Financial Secretary W m . Koehler Treasurer H. Weber Organist

T R U S T E E S

C. Hammerl F. Behning F. Schramm F. Prellberg Janitor Kaufman

P U B L I C L I B R A R Y OF DES P L A I N E S

Des Plaines Public Library is a valuable educational asset for the community. Its existence is due largely to the untiring efforts of Dr. C. A. Earle.

W i t h a courage born of conviction that Des Plaines needed a public library, Dr. C. A. Earle, one of our most aggressive citizens, spared neither time nor energy to awaken the public to a sense of that need.

Although Carnegie Libraries were not ordinarily established in villages of this size, Dr. Earle won M r . Carnegie's interest as well

as that of the community and on M a y 2, 1906, the first l ibrary board was organized as follows:

Mr . Henry Weber President Mrs . Kate L. Hood Secretary and Treasurer A. L. Webster M . A . Lambert Mart in Behrens J . H. Allison

On October 5th, the Library was formally opened to the public, with Assistant State's Attorney Barbour speaker of the day.

Great interest was evinced in this institution from its beginning, and the members of the board labored diligently for its success.

Mrs . Mat i lda E. Smyser has for years been a member of the Library Board and is now serving her second term as President. The voters of Des Plaines have shown excellent judgment in keeping one whose training and enthusiasm for the welfare of the community make her so desirable a public official.

Whi le M r s . Smyser is interested in every phase of the work of the board, she has rendered her best service by carefully reading through most of the books placed on the shelves since she has been a member of the board.

M r . Henry Weber was untiring in his efforts while President, and gave freely of his time and energy.

M r . A. L. Webster, the present secretary and treasurer, has been a member of the board since its formation and much could be said of his faithfulness. His interest and zeal have been most commendable, and many financial difficulties faced by the board have been met by his generous check. It would not be too much to say that his activity has kept interest alive when the outlook was most discouraging.

Mrs . Sarah A. Weeks ' services as Librarian until last year have been invaluable, for she combined her wonderful personality with each book that passed from out her hand.

Gifts have been made from time to time, the most important of which was the sum of one hundred dollars donated by the Inter Alia Club, and which was expended in the purchase of three large tables.

The books at present number over three thousand, and twenty-five magazines are subscribed to.

The board at present is as follows: Mrs . W . L. Smyser President M r . A. L. Webster Secretary and Treasurer M r . J . H. Allison M r . C. W . M . Brown M r s . George Kinder M r . Herman Haas

M R S . M A T I L D A S M Y S E R

T h e policy of the board is to put into the hands of the reading public the best that can be secured, to elevate, to enrich, and to amuse, so long as it does not call for compromise of the ideals which it has established.

In October, 1,500 shrubs and trees were planted in the grounds of the library. These were purchased through the civics committee of the Woman's Club, with M r s . Wi l l i am Jiencke as chairman.

T H E DES P L A I N E S W O M A N ' S C L U B The Des Plaines Woman's Club was organized in 1894 as a

literary club, with about twenty active members, many of whom are still resident in Des Plaines. The Club was reorganized and federated with the Woman's Club in 1912. The membership in 1915, at the close of M r s . John Longley's three years ' administration, was ninety-nine, with a bright outlook for the future.

T h e object of the club is the intellectual improvement of its mem­bers and the betterment of civic conditions in Des Plaines. The officers of the club for 1915-16 are :

President M r s . Ransom Kennicott Vice-President Mrs . Charles S. Stewart Secretary Mrs . E. O. Lee Treasurer M r s . Lester Poyer

The board of directors is composed of the following women: Mrs . Ransom Kennicott M r s . Harry Alexander Mrs . Charles S. Stewart Mrs . Ben Webster M r s . E. O. Lee Mrs . Albert D . Persons M r s . Lester Poyer M r s . H . T . Bennett M r s . Wi l l i am H. Jiencke Mrs . C. A . Wol f ram MINER S T R E E T EVERY D A Y .

(Looking W e s t on Ellinwood Avenue from Behren's Corner.)

M I S S A S T R I D R O S I N G

"There is no opposing the line of Rosing" and her middle name is "Service."

Astrid S. Rosing, with a suite of well appointed offices that any-prosperous business man might be proud of, located in the Harris Trust Building, Chicago, is the only woman who has had the courage to engage in the business of selling clay products.

Shakespeare says that "Brevity is the soul of wi t ." Astrid Rosing

is that soul personified. Her slogans above immediately proclaim her in facts. She tells you that "There is no opposing the line of Rosing," a fact which she has successfully demonstrated. She also tells you that her middle name is "Service," wi l l ing to serve you with the best.

It has been said of Miss Rosing that, whatever the work, she would surely do it better than anyone. Thus her business has grown because of her clear-cut, honest dealing. Miss Rosing has now her fifth automobile, the last being a "Kissel," and she also has trucks which are all "Kissels." W i t h her wealth of fluffy hair, the quick, alert mind and eye, the clean-cut business sagacity and withal her innate womanliness, Miss Rosing would cause anyone to immediately acknowledge her superiority.

Miss Rosing does a large amount of business in and around Chicago and also in Wisconsin and to more distant points.

Whi le she is a successful business woman with a well-paid office force, she never solicits a tithe of business just because she is a woman. She stands strictly upon business ethics and merits. Quick, prompt, honest, generous, Miss Rosing lends her assistance to others, whenever the opportunity presents itself.

She was neither born with that proverbial "silver spoon" nor did she have a dime left to her. Therefore, it was a logical sequence in the ladder of advancement, having reached the highest rung, she stepped off into a business of her own.

Miss Rosing has cleverly demonstrated that, "There is no opposing, The line of Rosing."

"Light and Crime are Deadly Enemies."—Shakespeare. T H E P U B L I C has conf idence in a we l l l i ghted store. T h e best l i gh t ed stores are i l l umina ted with

G A S A R C l ight is the s teadiest , softest, most diffusive and most e conomica l l ight in the wor ld . G A S A R C S do not lose any par t of the ir efficiency after a cer ta in n u m b e r of hours ' use. G A S A R C S a re t aken ca re of b y sk i l l ed w o r k m e n and the m a x i m u m br i l l i ancy is ma in t a i ned cont inuous ly .

A H U G E V O L U M E O F L I G H T FOR VERY LITTLE MONEY

Upon rece ipt of a posta l c a rd the G a s C o m p a n y wil l send a l ight ing exper t to consult wi th you about your l ight ing requ i rements , a n d show you how to obta in a huge v o l u m e of l ight for v e r y l i t t le money .

THE PEOPLES GAS LIGHT & COKE CO. Peoples Gas Building Telephone Wabash 6000

THE STANDARD PAVING COMPANY A S P H A L T P A V E M E N T S

OFFICE, Room 358, 29 South La Sal le St. Te l ephones R a n d o l p h 9 4 8 a n d 2 8 7 6

SOUTH PLANT, South Cicero Ave . , Near 12th St. T e l e p h o n e Aus t in 4 2 3

NORTH PLANT, 3800 Mi lwaukee Ave . T e l e p h o n e Irving 5 5 4

Des Plaines, Ill. . J . A. Sigwalt Mt. Prospect, Ill Albert Wille Park Ridge, Ill Consumers' General Supply Co. Arlington Heights, Ill Sherman E. Pate

Palatine, Ill W . R. Comfort & Co.

THE POULTRY FEED THAT POULTRY NEED

Manufactured by

Edwards & Loomis Co. Chicago, Ill.

Ask for "RED COMB" of the following dealers :

They are good men to know.

Telephone 4 8 2

Henry Weber for

Fresh Rolls and Bread

Home Made Cakes, Coffee Cakes and Bread B A K E D D A I L Y

At Your Service for Groceries and General Merchandise

J O H N M. M E Y E R

1 0 6 Ellinwood Street Telephone 6 1 1

FRESH EGGS DIRECT FROM THE FARM

THEO. SOENKSEN

Wholesale

Telephone 2 0 3

S O M E OF DES P L A I N E S ' A C T I V E A N D PASSIVE C I T I Z E N S

Some of Des Plaines' active and passive citizens arranged alpha­betically and not according to their prominence. Whi l e it has taken months to compile this material, there are doubtless many who have been overlooked through no intentional slight of the compiler, and to these I duly offer my apology.

John Allison, eighty-three year old pioneer, was counted among the first settlers on the east bank of the Des Plaines. He came to Northfield Township in 1834. M r . Allison died Ju ly 11, 1915.

DR. WM. BURGESS

Chester A. Bennett, familiarly known by all as "Grandpa Ben­nett," or "Dad" Bennett, passed his eightieth mark August 11, 1915. He came from Cary, Illinois, in 1871, where he married Adelia Thomas. M r . Bennett has always been more or less connected with public interests. His son, Harry T . Bennett, is manager of a sheet steel and tin company in Chicago and in Des Plaines is a director of an excellent military band whose concerts are always largely attended.

The musical strain comes naturally through "Grandpa Bennett," who has been the choir leader of both the Congregational and the Methodist Episcopal churches. In public life he acted as T o w n Clerk, Township Treasurer of Schools and also Vil lage Trustee.

Mrs . Alice Bennett Webster, a daughter, is also an accomplished musician, while Esther A. and Grace Persons Bennett have chosen their vocation as Chicago public school teachers.

Dr. Wi l l i am Burgess, foremost in Public Safety Work , Chicago, formerly pastor of the Congregational Church, is also an author, whose books appeal to deep thinkers. " T h e Bible in Shakespeare," " T h e Religion of Ruskin" are classical, while his latest, "The Wor ld ' s Social Evil ," covers its subject and should be placed in the l ibrary of every home. Wr i t ten in a scholarly style, it is an educational hook of present-day enlightenment.

John A. Bell, J r . , Vil lage Clerk and Justice of the Peace, is an examiner of abstracts, a college graduate, and has been chosen as Director of the Franco-American Republican Club of Cook County. He is President of the State Assembly of North America and active in numerous organizations. He says he is attracted to Des Plaines be­cause of its natural beauty and democracy.

John C. Behrens, pioneer, who married the daughter of another pioneer, H. C. Senne, came from Crete, Illinois, at eighteen. He has to his credit an unbroken residence of forty-four years. He is still actively engaged in business with his family of sons, one of whom, Henry C , is the present supervisor of Maine Township. He is Chair­man of the Board of Trustees of the German Lutheran Church, Vil lage Treasurer seven years, and was cashier of the Des Plaines State Bank eight years.

John C. Behrens became a partner of H. C. Senne in his general store business, when he married M a r y C. Senne. They raised a family of five sons, all prominent in Des Plaines, three carrying on the work in the store. He acted as Trustee of the Lutheran School Board for fifteen years. In 1905, he organized the Des Plaines State Bank, together with the late August Moldenhauer, late H. C. Senne and B . Lager­hausen. He well remembers his first acquaintance with the Indians here.

Mar t in A. Behrens is assistant at this bank, while the other son, Edward N. , is at the First National Bank.

L. P. Hall, though himself a five-year resident, married into one of the pioneer families of Des Plaines. Miss Mary Bobzien. the daugh­ter of Fred, who came in the early fifties, and is one of the oldest pio­neers now living.

His descendants number about forty-five—among whom he is happy to count three great grandchildren.

The last fine paving laid in Des Plaines is composed of Trinidad Asphalt by the Barber Asphalt Company, Tribune Building, Chicago.

The company owns a remarkable and valuable asphalt lake, on the Island of Trinidad which is inexhaustible. Des Plaines has gone to Trinidad for her line streets through the agency of the Barber Asphalt Company. The Des Plaines citizens are justly proud of their substantial improvement and enthusiastic in their expression of ap¬ preciation.

The Barber Asphalt Company conduct a campaign of publicity, through their lecture bureaus, moving picture theatres, and instruct chemists, engineers—as well as other artisans—in the good roads move­ment.

C. W. M. Brown, successful business man, founder of the Des Plaines Department Store, at the corner of Miner and Pearson Streets, is an active member of the Library Board. After serving and gaining valuable experience for twelve years in the World 's Great Retail Dis­trict, State Street, Chicago, he sought a town where he would locate, and permanently settled in Des Plaines. His wonderful values in merchandise are regarded with keen interest to a great number of patrons in and about Des Plaines.

Mrs . Annie Bluhm, in Riverview, now associated with Anna McFerns, was horn and raised in Des Plaines, and is the daughter of Frank Kufke and Dora Kelberg. Mrs . Bluhm sees a prosperous future in Riverview, where she has lived for twenty years. The several fires have destroyed real estate values of this town, also blasted hopes, hut since they are intrepid business women, they are determined to succeed.

Anna McFerns has recently come from Chicago and selected River­view because she has faith in its prosperous future.

John H. Curtis, popular pioneer and present active assessor of Maine Township, has been mentioned elsewhere. He came here in 1882. He has been Trustee and Treasurer of the Village Board, Trustee of the Congregational Church and a member of the School Board. He was born and raised on the historical Higgins Road. His father, Robert H. Curtis, and mother, Harriet Jeffery, came from Yorkshire in 1831 and settled in Des Plaines.

M R . & MRS. J O H N C U R T I S D a u g h t e r , M r s . W m . L o n g l e y G r a n d s o n , R o b e r t E. L o n g l e y

Mr. Curtis, as postmaster for many terms, used to think he knew every citizen, but he acknowledges that the town has grown so rapidly that he cannot keep track of the "newcomers." He is glad to see the present day of prosperity for Des Plaines. The postoffice then was located at the site now known as the Spiegler's Department Store. He still treasures, sentimentally, the original "pigeon hole" arrangement, turned over to him by Simeon Lee, which was used in that early day to alphabetically stow away the letters awaiting their owner's call. Mr . Curtis was the pioneer mason, coal and lumber merchant, known by the firm name of Jones & Curtis.

Calista M . Curtis, his wife, came from Whitt ingham, Vermont, about sixty years ago, and is the sister of E. D. Scott. She is actively interested in public affairs, and is a member of the Woman's Club.

Frank M . Cook, large hearted and hospitable, married Lizzie Reiter. Their two sons, George and Edwin, are engaged with their father in the contracting business. Frank M . Cook is the son of Wi l l iam Koch, a pioneer of 1872. He was a staunch advocate of the town, served as alderman four terms and was instrumental in paying up the village sewer and water debts. He was successful in having in­stalled the electric light and gas utilities, a prominent contract; he has put up as monuments the Des Plaines Library, Gillespie & Gillespie's building, the Des Plaines State Bank, the Catholic Church, and has just completed the Standard Oil Company's building at a cost of $5,000.00. He built many handsome private residences and has recently sold his Des Plaines home, intending to locate in Dakota.

W . E. Downing, for the past thirteen years in plumbing, heating and machine work, is Chief of the Volunteer Fire Department. The force consists of W . E. Downing, Chief; A. Petersen, assistant; George Kinder, secretary; Wi l l iam Hinta, Nick Geisen, John Hammerl, as members.

M r . Downing is proud of his organization, and of Des Plaines' fine streets and especially the new steel water tower, important factors in his fire fighting—but due to the excellent management of Des Plaines citizens, many fires are avoided. M r . Downing is appreciated everywhere for his great fund of humor and good nature. He has been Chief for four years and a resident for twenty-six years.

Robert Duthie, coming here seven years ago from Sharpsburg, Pennsylvania, has been in the monumental profession for the past twelve years. He is a member of many lodges, both of the East and of the Middle West . M r s . Duthie is an active club woman. Thei r two children, Robert and Constance, graduated from the Balatka Conserv­atory with high honors. Robert, J r . , is one of the cleverest amateur ball players throughout the country. He has gained recognition as one of the best "backstops" in the West , a fact not generally known in Des Plaines.

Ning Eley, attorney, with offices in the Otis Building, Chicago, is Secretary and Treasurer of the Des Plaines Telephone Company, and was Village Attorney for Des Plaines. He has been a resident for twenty-three years, gaining his first experience as a school teacher and a lawyer twenty years. He is in a position to judge well the merits of a town. He calls Des Plaines one of the best in Cook County,

because of its thrifty and steady citizens, its good business portion, its school system and first, last and always, its beautiful natural location, also its many municipal improvements. M r . Eley is a graduate of the Valparaiso University of Indiana.

As noted before, Des Plaines boasts of celebrities, some better known out in the larger world where their activities hold them than in Des Plaines. Miss Marguer i te Eaton, artist, is well known every­where that the Chicago dailies reach. She is the daughter of Edward and Delia Eaton. She is a graduate of the Marshal l College of West Virginia and of the Academy of Fine Arts, Chicago, winning scholar­ships each year. Out of an exhibit of four hundred paintings, Miss Eaton easily carried off the prize. She is a class-mate of Ezra Winter , winner of the Prix-de-Rome, 1911. Effa Webster, art critic in the Chicago Examiner, M a y 22, 1911, says that the "Surf Gazer" by Ma r ­guerite Eaton is a buoyant scene. It is a picture of a young girl , in flaming red attire, sitting on a high rock with a background of large dark boulders and the sea breaking at her feet. The billowing waves are filled with life and sound as they shimmer and swirl into the deeper green of the sea. Miss Eaton is a clever, charming and busy artist.

Dr. C. A. Earle, President of the Maine High School Board, comes from an Eastern family of talented writers. He is himself a historian whose articles are much appreciated. Due to Dr. C. A . Earle's activities and interests are most of the educational advantages of Des Plaines. He is ever ready to assist and encourage the aspiring student. Dr. Earle is an acknowledged authority on any subject upon which he condescends to write. His historical data have made him well known, in and about the country. Libraries seek him for authentic facts. He has a daughter, Miss Gladys, who is teaching school, while one of the sons, Wa l te r , is taking a pre-medic course at the Chicago University. Wa l te r is a member of the "varsity" swimming team and took "first" in the inter-department contests last spring. Percy is finishing his high school course at the Maine and is an athlete. The oldest son, Norman, is in the Naval Service. The examinations both physically and mentally at West Point are known to be the most rigorous of any. M r . Norman Earle gained a record at West Point of ranking as second in general scholarship.

Dr. Earle possesses one of the finest historical literary collections in this vicinity, which he continually is increasing.

B. L. Franzen, J r . , the Des Plaines Lumber & Coal Company man, is one of the most progressive and public spirited men of the town. He came here four years ago from Bensenville and Itasca, principally because Des Plaines had such good business locations and railroads. "Barney" is one of a family consisting of eight brothers, all well estab­lished in the lumber and coal business which was founded by their elders, C. A . and H. H. Franzen at Bensenville and Itasca, branching

A V I S I T to our v a r i ou s D e - p a r t m e n t s wi l l conv ince y o u of the g rea t r ange of stock and pr ices

Des Plaines Department Store

C. W . M. BROWN, Prop.

Telephone 2 2 4

A dollar goes a long w a y here

J . Walter Dea l e r in

HARNESS, ROBES, BLANKETS, ETC.

Herman H. Rosen G E N E R A L B L A C K S M I T H I N G

Wagon Repairing a Specialty

WILLIAM GEHRKE, Scientific Horseshoer

PATRONIZE Lester G. Foyer

For Reliable, Prompt Teaming and Expressing Service

a lso y o u r

Laundry Agent

Telephone 4 3 4 A Pioneer of the Town deserves your business

R e s i d e n c e T e l e p h o n e 401 S h o p T e l e p h o n e 4 0 5

Axel D. Petterson CARRIAGE AND WAGON

MANUFACTURER Horseshoeing a Specialty

Up-to-Date Machinery for Handling Al l Work in My Line

Agent for FIRESTONE TIRES

Firestone T I R E S

Established 1 8 5 8 Telephone Monroe 2 1 4 6

Squire Dingee Co. Established Over 5 0 Years

M A N U F A C T U R E R S A N D P A C K E R S OF

PICKLES, OLIVES, MUSTARD

OPERATING TWENTY FACTORIES

MAIN OFFICE AND F A C T O R Y :

1546-54 Cortland Street

Salting Station, DES PLAINES, ILL.

Telephone 972

A. O. Mechler T H E G E N E R A L

M A S O N C O N T R A C T O R

Des Plaines, Ill.

P. O. Box 1 9 0 Telephone 3 4 2

Suburban Electrical Construction Co.

(Not Inc.)

E L E C T R I C A L C O N T R A C T O R S

Out of Town Contracts a Specialty

CHARLES McLEOD Proprietor

N. E. Jones REPAIRER AND CARPENTER

CONTRACTOR

Estimates Cheerfully Given

Thacker Street

out with yards at Des Plaines, Elmhurst, Pingree Grove, Itasca, Hamp­shire, Franklin Park and Libertyville. T h e family work together, con­tracting for 40,000 or 50,000 barrels and hundreds of carloads of material at one time direct from the mills. B. L. Franzen supplied the town with the 68,000 bags of cement for the three miles of Vil lage paving in the summer of 1914. He is a town "booster" and a man of large motives.

Wa l t e r Franzen, brother of "Barney," J r . , is a thorough young business man. He is a graduate of the Metropolitan College, a strong Des Plaines sponsor, a successful associate with his brother and an admirer of the Des Plaines social set of people.

Wi l l i am F. Graupner, grandson of the late August Moldenhauer, and son of J . B. and Mary Moldenhauer, is cashier of the Des Plaines Hank, also an amateur artist of some note in the photographic work. His book of views shows an ability along these lines far above the ordinary.

M r . Graupner is a young man of executive ability and is the active Secretary of the Des Plaines Commercial Association. He is also the School Treasurer for the Town of Maine . He is a graduate of the Des Plaines Grammar and the Maine Township High Schools.

His ability as a financier is unquestioned. Des Plaines appeals to the banker because of its good streets, fine stores, its commercial institutions and activities and fine schools, excellent railroad service and its fine residences.

M r . Graupner belongs to one of the first and oldest families in Maine Township.

NEW W A T E R T O W E R

Peter M . Hoffman was born in the Township of Maine, Cook County, Illinois, on the 23d day of March, 1863. Reared on a farm and educated in the Township of Maine Public Schools and Bryant & Stratton's Business College, his early life was spent as a grocery-clerk, and in the employ of the Chicago & North Western Railway Company in various capacities. He entered politics in 1898 and was elected Cook County Commissioner for three successive terms and in 1904 he was elected Coroner of Cook County by a plurality of more than 60,000 votes over his opponent, and is now serving his third term as Coroner.

The old-time viewpoint of the office holder was, "Wha t can I do to serve myself?" The newer conception adopted by Coroner Peter M . Hoffman is, "In what way can I best serve the people." How few even of our most conscientious officials realize what the laboratory method applied to their offices would mean. How many public officials in the United States know that they are in charge of great laboratories containing veritable mines of the people's wealth, buried in the musty-records waiting to be coined into the legal tender of good character, health and public safety.

MISS R A E H O F F M A N . Her papa's "deputy" and "right hand man."

D A V I D J . G I L L E S P I E

Editor and proprietor of the Des Plaines Suburban Times and Printing Plant and Deputy Coroner under Peter M . Hoffman.

Genial Dave Gillespie, as he is known among all his friends and acquaintances, was born in Richmond, Illinois, November 25, 1869, on the day his father was buried. Whi le still a small boy he went to Vinton, Iowa, and lived with an older sister. He later attended Tilford College. After serving his apprenticeship in the office of the "Observer" and learning the printing business, he went to Des Moines, became Assistant State Printer and had charge of this work in the Capitol Building for several years, coming to Chicago in 1892, where he entered the printing business and paper trade.

M r . Gillespie came to Des Plaines in 1897 to enter the printing business and in the following year purchased the Des Plaines Suburban Times and plant, which was then in a very primitive condition. Since then the plant has been increased in size and improved in every particu­lar. T w o papers are being published in the establishment and a force of seven people are employed.

Several years ago M r . Gillespie was appointed a Deputy to Coroner Hoffman, the management of the printing business being placed in charge of Mrs . Gillespie, who has acquired a reputation as a business woman of exceptional calibre. In addition to his other duties M r . Gillespie has served as Clerk for the Village of Des Plaines for twelve years. He has held several offices of trust. He is a Royal Arch Mason, a member of the Knights of Pythias, Royal Arcanum and the German Benevolent Society of Des Plaines; but most of all, Dave Gillespie has a character that is so human, an innate gentleness so self-evident, that it shines out over every line of his countenance like a benediction and takes form in his speech and manner so convincing that to meet him is to be his friend always.

HONORABLE PETER M. H O F F M A N Coroner of Cook County.

By some degree of fate the office of Coroner Hoffman of Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, is the first department of official service in the United States to initiate the laboratory method, converting the records of the office and the daily inquests into materials of education so that the entire community may be forewarned as to the ways of avoiding accidents and catastrophes; these lessons being placed in a form so that even the four hundred thousand children in the schools of Chicago and Cook County may absorb as a part of their education a knowledge of how to live safely in this age of machinery and countless dangers.

Year by year our Public Departments and Bureaus get out "Annual Reports" so meager in detail and information that even those who pre­pare them fail to realize that these reports should all be employed as teachers' class books whereby school children early in life may be taught how to avoid fires, accidents, sickness, premature death, crime, etc. In Coroner Hoffman's last biennial report the classification of acci­dents in numerical order has already been made and for the first time in the history of official reports, it has been adopted as a teachers' class book on Public Safety in the schools of Chicago and Cook County. Some day in the future when the public conscience and intelligence are more highly awakened, the Health Department of all great cities wil l become laboratories of instruction in the avoidance of disease and pre­mature deaths, and Police Departments by the same method wil l become laboratories for the avoidance of cr ime; and when these things become realities, history wil l furnish a record of the highest forms of value from this service.

Some conception of the amount of work done in the Coroner's office may be gained from the fact that 55,474 inquests have been handled in the eleven years from 1905 to 1916 since Peter M . Hoffman became Coroner.

Over 500 recommendations were made, and the enactment of numerous laws has made Cook County a safer and a saner County in which to reside and rear our children, and no doubt thousands of lives have been saved.

Three years ago Coroner Hoffman conceived the idea of forming a Public Safety Commission for the purpose of conducting a campaign of education and publicity through the Pulpit, the Press, the School, the Home and the Club to make life safer and employment more secure. Since the starting of this Commission every large city in the United States has followed his example and Coroner Hoffman is today known as the "Father of Public Safety," and is not only the best known man in the State of Illinois but he has become a national character. It has been said by prominent men that Peter Hoffman's name wil l live in history many years after he is dead and gone.

Since the date of its organization this Commission has conducted this work continuously and in addition has sustained a bureau of cor­

respondence and inquest upon all subjects of public danger and is receiving complaints daily amounting to hundreds every month, which complaints are investigated by the Commission, thereby correcting reck­lessness in all forms.

He is a member of the Chicago Association of Commerce, the Hamilton Club, the Illinois Athletic Club, the Chicago Real Estate. Board, the Masonic Fraternity, the Odd Fellows, the Knights of Pythias, the Royal League, the Royal Arcanum, the Modern Wood­men, the Elks, the Loyal Order of Moose, the Maccabees, the Ger­man Benevolent Society, the Plattdeutsche Gilde and other fraternal organizations.

When one thinks in music one conjures up a mental picture of Wi l l iam F. Heller, the piano man, who has been through every branch of piano building.

Mr . Heller came here twenty-five years ago from a farm near Lake Zurich and is the son of pioneers, John H. Heller and Minnie (Schultz) Heller. He has been twenty years in his present profession. He was attracted to Des Plaines from the former piano factory at Riverview, one mile south of Des Plaines. He represents the M . Schultz Piano Company and thoroughly understands every phase in his line. He is a member of the German Benevolent Society, the A. F. and A. M . Much credit is due M r . Heller for his public activities. M r . Heller appreciates the well paved streets, fine schools and the good train service going to and from Chicago, and considers it just the right distance from a busy Commercial Center.

John Hahn, manufacturer of pure Balsam Castile and variegated Cocoa Castile Soaps, is a real chemist, having made it a life study, using only high grade material. He is introducing a soap that will make Des Plaines famous, known as "Hahn's Best on the Marke t . "

A trip to the twenty-one greenhouses of the Hoerber Brothers will amply repay one for the effort. They are located near the "Soo" Line, where they were established seven years ago. The i r business is on a large wholesale basis, during the busy season averaging about $100,000. M r . Hoerber specializes in roses. There are roses and roses, but the Hoerber rose cannot easily be forgotten. He wi l l tell you that there are fads in flowers, as in dress and millinery, and he catches the popular fancy. M r . Hoerber has countless varieties of roses, the choicest of every kind.

For fourteen years A. Jarnecke, the general teaming contractor, has been actively identified with Des Plaines public affairs. Eleven years he has been the Township Assessor. He is trustee and director of the Evangelical Church, and was Vil lage President prior to the Lawson administration. He has proved that he is able to be successful in any capacity. He added improvements to the waterworks, which he put on a self-sustaining basis. It is to his credit that the present

Telephone 6 9 4 Estimates on Request

John H. Congdon INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR DECORATOR

Painting, Paper Hanging, Calcimining, Graining, Varnishing, Etc.

TOSCH BUILDING DES PLAINES, ILL.

The Wadsworth-Howland Company C H I C A G O

MAKERS OF HIGH GRADE PAINTS It's Quality and Permanence

that Count JOHN H. CONGDON . . . Local Agent

H A R R Y H. T A L C O T T Te l ephone 3 4 6 8 Frank l in Eugene W . R o g e r s

Res . , Lee St. , Des P l a ines

Res . Phone 641

WELLS & TALCOTT NING ELEY BROWN & ROGERS L A W Y E R S A T T O R N E Y A T L A W A T T O R N E Y S A T L A W

Chicago Phone Cent r a l 1 8 7 3

19 South La Sa l l e Street

Ch icago

Su i te 1040 Otis B ldg . Su i te 4 0 0 - 4 0 2

30 North Dea rborn S t r ee t

Ch icago Phone Cent r a l 1 8 7 3

19 South La Sa l l e Street

Ch icago

1 0 South L a S a l l e St .

C H I C A G O T e l e p h o n e s : Cen t r a l 1 8 1 2 ; A u t o . 4 3 - 8 7 8

C H I C A G O

T e l e p h o n e s : Office 4 6 6 T e l e p h o n e 4 6 4

Res idence 4 6 2 A. H. LAUER R e a l Estate

Agent

E. D. SCOTT O. A. JACOBY a n d

Insurance

T h e W h o l e s a l e F L O R I S T S

T H E PIONEER Dea l e r in NORBY & HOEFLE

R E A L E S T A T E A N D

INSURANCE M A N

Fancy Groceries and Fruits Cigars and Tobacco

T e l e p h o n e 5 1 2 B a l l a r d R o a d

fine system of paving was started. He is fully aware of the beauty of Des Plaines and its educational advantages, with an interesting family of two boys and a daughter. He occupies a comfortable residence, with spacious gardens, at Oakwood Avenue and May Streets.

JOHN J A A C K S

Forty-two years ago John Jaacks, High Commissioner, came here from Schleswig, Holstein, Germany. He has been an important fac­tor in the good roads development. He was elected President of the Cook County Highway Commissioners in 1914 and is an active member of the Chicago Motor Club. He proudly points to the first concrete paved road in Cook County laid on Mi lwaukee Avenue, which, skirting his prosperous farm, is a lasting memorial to his untiring work. He built the road from Park Ridge to Niles and is entitled to much credit. Park Avenue, which has ordinarily been a mud hole, was made into a traversable highway connection with Mi lwaukee Avenue.

The north end of the State Road on Mi lwaukee Avenue was completed in October and the dedication ceremony delivered by Hon­orable Peter M . Hoffman, Coroner of Cook County, who with Wi l l i am G. Edens, John Hayes, of the Good Roads Commission, highly appre­ciate the invaluable work that M r . Jaacks has done. He has kept continually at the task of improving the highways until now Maine Township has more hard roads than any other township in Cook

County. This thoroughfare is of much value to the truck growers of Cook County in reducing the high cost of living. The consumer does away with much of the extra cost of jobbing. Delivering garden prod­uce direct to the consumer. Buyer and grower are quickly brought together by good roads. Mobilists are the direct beneficiaries. M r . John Jaacks deserves credit for his public spiritedness.

O. A. Jacoby, the Miner Street Merchant, came to Des Plaines from Cleveland six years ago. He gives as a passing mention some of the improvements in that six years : T h e Spiegler Building rebuilt entirely, new additions to Bill iard Hal l , four Garages, Belt Line built, three additions to the schools, Feehanville's almost doubled establish­ment of the Sisters of Nazareth (Mother House of the United S ta tes ) , New State Bank, First National Bank, Telephone Building, Wal ton ' s Drug Store, Richert's, Sigwalt 's Coal & Lumber Office, the Tosch Block, Kuhlman Garage, "Echo" Theatre, Standard and Texas Oil Company's Stations, new water tower, new railroad depot, enlarged freight house, Lord & Burnham's, Des Plaines Valley Rai lway, sev­eral new signal stations, Joe La Mantia 's Store, Petterson's Carr iage Shop, Wolf Brothers' Garage. There was then no rapid transit motor express. This is only a part mention of the increased business section during six years' recapitulation. Wi th the live Commercial Association that Des Plaines now has, what possibilities are in store for the next six years?

"Not one vacant store, and the town gone dry, W i th still more being added!"

Morr i s P. Jones, bygone pioneer, conducted that historical mill . This particular point with its sylvan beauty is an inspiration to the artist who has long been attracted to the Des Plaines region. The nearby bridge with its architectural curves lends a touch of progressive¬ ness to the scene. T h e late Edward J . Jones, a son of Morr is , was a valued member of the Board of Education for twenty-two years and a clerk for sixteen years.

Frank Koch, a former merchant from Chicago, has made Des Plaines his home for the past twenty-three years and is successfully engaged in the contracting business. He had a vision of much activity in this special line in Des Plaines and, therefore, decided to become a contractor, and says he has not been disappointed.

Ex-Alderman G. H . Kolze, a master mechanic and well-known carpenter contractor, makes a specialty of building handsome residences, having put up the homes of Henry Goede, J . A. Sigwalt , three for Henry Heesch, W . Don Smith and Lou Volberding. He has been a resident for twenty years and was a former member of the Vi l lage Board. He is a Trustee in the German Evangelical Church, a Benevo­lent and a Mason. He has a bright daughter, Viola, of the class of 1915, Ma ine Township High School.

Herman Koehler, twenty years a pioneer, is in an individual line of work, growing choice fruit of all kinds in his orchards. He manu­factures pure and select wines for families, l ight on his orchard farm. It is an interesting experience to visit his place and watch the presses at work. He has between two and three thousand gallons for sale at reasonable prices, including choice currant, grape, cherry, rhubarb, gooseberry and other wines, some of which are well-aged. He presses from two to three thousand gallons each season and has a line orchard on the way to Riverview. His wife, Fredericka, a motherly woman of ample proportions, is a splendid co-partner. He has just added to his two thousand cherry trees 19,000 more, and 15,000 gooseberry bushes. A visit and purchase will repay the autoists.

W. M. L A W S O N , former Mayor of Des Plaines.

W. M . Lawson, former Mayor of Des Plaines, recently moved to Chicago because of business relations. He was born in Geneva, Illinois, in 1881, and is a graduate of the High School of that town. He became actively engaged in business and soon found success in the insurance line, where he has made a large acquaintance. In 1906, he accepted the responsible position as Auditor for the Frankfort General Insurance Company of Germany, later promoted as branch manager for that company in the Chicago territory. He resigned in April , 1915, to enter as partner in the firm of Smith & Lawson-Coambs Company, automobile insurance specialists. The voters elected M r . Lawson as President of their Village by a large vote. As an executive he gave the Village a clean administration. With the co-operation of the

trustees, he started an era of civic improvements that is rapidly making the Village one of the best suburbs of Chicago.

As the Chief Executive he was called on to settle many perplexing problems. His business sagacity and courageous spirit worked for the material uplift of the community. When M r . and Mrs . Lawson de­parted for their new home their friends tendered them a cordial recep­tion. As a token of appreciation they presented him with a valuable watch and chain, a memento of his excellent work, which had not gone unrecognized. In the insurance business M r . Lawson stands among the first, having been recently elected Vice-President of the Casualty Underwriter's Association of Chicago, a position of trust, honor and responsibility.

Mrs . Emma Lockett has been here four months, coming from Chicago. She is the proprietor of an attractive confectionery store on Ellinwood Avenue in the new Tosch Building.

M r . Lockett is an old-time solicitor for the Curtis Publishing Company, with offices at 35 South Dearborn Street, Chicago.

The family is interested in country life and came here because they heard that Des Plaines was "on the boom" and would give them a good living.

Wal lace Lanigan.—The appointment of a representative to West Point has again fallen to a Des Plaines boy, Wal l ace Lanigan, who has passed the examination above ten other aspirants for the appoint­ment. He is a graduate of the Maine Township High School.

A. H. Lauer, the real estate expert on Cook County farm lands, says that he was attracted here two years ago from his home in Sublette, Lee County, Illinois, at which place he was engaged in the real estate and banking business and served as school treasurer and on the Vil lage Board. The Des Plaines River Valley lands appealed to him on account of its great fertility. He thinks it possesses the richest soils in the State.

Joseph La Mant ia , the well-known fruit dealer, Ellinwood Street, and whose relatives are distributers throughout the Northwestern Sub­urbs in the same line, grew tired of Canada, and decided five years ago to cast his lot in Des Plaines. His happy face is a signal that he decides to remain. He thinks anyone with some business ability ought to prosper in Des Plaines.

Dr. E. A. Melze is the popular manager of the Echo Theatre , of which the present officers are : President, B. L. Franzen; Vice-Presi­dent, F. A. He lm; Treasurer , Wi l l i am F. Graupner; Secretary and Manager, Dr. E. A. Melze .

The company believes in spending their money at home and also in home-town investments. They especially invite every family to come to their splendid amusement theatre and to own from one to

twenty-five shares of the stock. Th i s feature insures a home controlled theatre. The "Echo" bills only first-class attractions, is well patronized and is a paying investment. Dr. Melze , with professional offices in the Columbus Memorial Building, Chicago, owns a beautiful home in the fashionable Des Plaines Manor.

Alvin Minnich, the player of traps, drum and bells, and manager of the Kruse Orchestra of fourteen pieces, has advertised Des Plaines in his musical way. He is ready and wil l ing to make out of town calls on short notice. He is liberal in donating music to churches and charity, and has as many as four and five orchestras out in one night.

Thomas Minnich, the veteran ice man, needs no introduction. For more than twenty years he has supplied the "campers" and the Des Plaines people with his pure, sparkling ice. M r . Minnich is always ready to do his share toward boosting Des Plaines.

The M . & A. Bakery and Restaurant, run by Mrs . Manicum and Adams, is where you will find home cooking at a reasonable price. These ladies are desirous to please and hold their trade as well as to advertise for new guests.

Dr. E. A . Manuel , corning here twenty years ago from Milwaukee, is one of the strong supporters of the town. He is the oldest man in the present business. Besides being the pioneer veterinarian of Des Plaines he is owner of the Des Plaines Depot Garage and also of one of the most beautifully laid out homes in the town. His delightful gardens on the Rand Road are made thus through the work of the landscape artist, M r . Ransom Kennicutt.

The late August Moldenhauer, who at the time of his death, Aug­ust 22, 1915, was President of the Des Plaines State Bank and one of its organizers and also an organizer of the Evangelical Lutheran Immanuel Church. He was a pioneer and from early date occupied positions of responsibility and trust.

The late Wi l l i am Meyer , a highly respected pioneer and early community builder, was a lover of nature. He planted many beauti­ful trees for the coming generation. Whi le his loving and thoughtful hand is now stilled forever, the stalwart trees live on in gratitude that he once lived.

The Wi l l i am Mounsey family wil l be remembered as pioneers of Des Plaines some twenty-three years ago, when they were on the Hoffman Dairy Stock Farm, coming originally from Vinton, Iowa.

It will be recalled that Wi l l i am Mounsey and his wife lost their lives in a most tragical and dramatic manner. Coming from England on the Lusitania, M a y 19, 1915, M r . Mounsey was one of the victims of that terrible sea disaster, of which this war was the cause. M r s . Mounsey lost her life one year previous while going over on the Em­press of Ireland; the daughter was saved but the others were drowned.

At the time it was somewhat doubtful, however, if Mrs . Mounsey was among the living or the dead. A picture was sent to the Mounsey family from Ireland which resembled the wife and was said to be a woman confined to an insane asylum. It was a false rumor and it was while on the way to prove this, that M r . Mounsey and his daughter met this fate.

The Mounsey boys, Wi l l i am, George and Thomas, were left orphans in a very unwarranted way. They are still carrying on the moving and expressing business established by their father in 1889.

The three young men work in perfect accord and, with their sister in charge of the office, have increased the business materially.

They have a number of teams and horses and do auto truck service on short notice. They especially solicit the moving business of suburbanites and travel within a radius of two hundred miles around Chicago. They are responsible and figure moderately.

M r . John F. Meyer, from Long Grove, Illinois, has bought the business from its former owner, M r . J . L. Hans, for whom he was clerking. He is a member of the Commercial Association and is thankful for the trade that he is tendered and aims in every way to help the town along.

The drug store at 4943 Mi lwaukee Avenue, of which J . B. Mi l l e r is the proprietor, is located near the Jefferson Park Station on the N. W . R. R., and is a general stopping place for suburbanites. M r . Mi l ler , originally from Clayton, Illinois, is a graduate of both Val­paraiso University and of the Northwestern School of Pharmacy. He is so well impressed with Des Plaines that he is seriously thinking of locating there. He conducts a well-stocked Drug Store at the above number and is a favorite with Des Plaines and Park Ridge people, inviting them to stop over in his Drug Store.

Lester C. Poyer, son of Benjamin Poyer, in the express business the past five years, is a graduate of the Jefferson Park High School and the Metropolitan Business College, and is well able to judge on the present development of Des Plaines. His father's farm was on the site of the present Camp Grounds and Northwestern Park. M r . Poyer married Marion Perkins of Park Ridge.

Wa l t e r Thomas Poyer, his nephew and a graduate of Maine Town­ship High School, who was in the employ of M r . Wal ton , the druggist, is now taking a course in the Northwestern Dental School of Chicago.

Axel Petterson, the expert wagonmaker on North Pearson Street, has such a good record that the farmers far and wide declare his work wil l outlast him. He owns a substantial home on North Des Plaines Avenue and is a town "booster" and general good citizen.

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Billiard Room and Barber Shop

Telephone No. 221

Phone Park Ridge 1 2 5 3

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P R A I R I E & S E C O N D A V E S .

O t t o Rexses , Chief C l e r k in the C o u n t y T r e a s u r e r ' s office, is said to be the best informed man r e g a r d i n g the county ' s f inances in his special depa r tment . M r . Rexses has seen t w e n t y - e i g h t yea r s of con­t inuous service in his office, since 1888 , w h e n he s t a r t ed under George R. Dav i s . H e has been a proficient c l e rk in every d epa r tmen t and on account of his ab i l i t y and progress w a s made Chief C l e r k in 1901 . H e w a s promoted to the position of Coun t y A u d i t o r under the reg ime of J o h n R. T h o m p s o n . O n account of his efficient w o r k M r . Rexses has held his long te rm of office regard less of pol i t ica l affi l iat ions.

He has been a res ident forty-one y e a r s , son of p ioneer E d w a r d Rexses , who came in 1869 from Hi r schbe rg , P rov ince of S i l i c i a , Ger¬ many .

" T h e Red Comb Pou l t ry F o o d , " made by the E d w a r d s & Loomis Company, wh i ch is used l a r ge l y by f a rmer s th roughou t th is d is tr ic t , has F r ank l i n Bel l as its capable young adve r t i s ing m a n a g e r . T h e y manufac tu r e var ious b rands of Pou l t r y , Horse and Da i r y Foods , though the " R e d C o m b " is the best k n o w n . I t w a s one of the first branded pou l t r y foods on the ma rke t . " R e d C o m b " is ex tens ive ly adver t i sed in F a r m and Pou l t r y Papers , and as a re su l t of this , they have received inqui r ies from a l l over the wor ld . Possibly the most in te res t ing inqu i ry w a s from a G e r m a n pr isoner of w a r , the l e t t e r hav ing been proper ly approved by the In te rna t iona l Censor .

A l though this company w a s establ ished in 1870 , the m a n u f a c t u r e of pou l t ry foods dates back about e ight y e a r s . T h e past three years has witnessed the most r emarkab l e g r o w t h .

M r . J . F . Risser , energet ic m a n a g e r of the Des P la ines T e l e p h o n e Company , accepted this responsible position in 1 9 1 1 . S ince that t ime the service of the C o m p a n y has been much improved and the l ines m a t e r i a l l y ex tended . M r . R isser is an exce l l en t business man as we l l as an expert on a l l quest ions of te lephone eng inee r ing . Prev ious to his engagement here , M r . Risser w a s m a n a g e r of a county sys tem of tele­phones in P u t n a m C o u n t y , Ohio . H e is tho rough l y conversant , hav ing e ighteen years of exper ience to back h im. H e is an act ive member of the I l l ino is T e l e p h o n e Associat ion of A m e r i c a and also of the I l l ino is Independent S t a t e T e l e p h o n e Assoc ia t ion , a member of the Des Pla ines M a s o n i c Lodge . As P res iden t of the D e s P la ines C o m m e r c i a l Asso­c ia t ion, M r . R isser d i sp lays the qua l i t i e s of a publ ic - sp i r i ted c i t izen, i nva luab l e to any commun i t y . T h r o u g h his un t i r i ng efforts the asso­c iat ion has s ta r ted a sys temat i c c ampa i gn for adve r t i s i ng Des P la ines . H e is the " p o w e r behind the g u n " in keep ing a l l his commit tees at w o r k "boost ing" for a g rea t e r Des P l a ine s .

T h e author wishes to thank Mr. Riser for the many favors and courtesies granted her.

J . A . S i g w a l t , one of Des P l a i n e s ' l e ad ing merchan t s , w a s born on a farm near Long Grove , L a k e Coun t y , I l l i no i s . H e has through­out his career bui l t up an exce l l ent business . A s a young man , he s t a r t ed to l ea rn the cheese and b u t t e r - m a k i n g business as a t r ade , first a t L a k e Zur i ch and l a t e r at A r l i n g t o n He igh t s , l a t e r becoming the m a n a g e r of the c r e a m e r y at Bensenv i l l e . In 1894, he ma r r i ed M i s s D e n a L a n d m e i e r of E lk Grove and a y e a r l a t e r s ta r ted in business for himself by t ak ing cha rge of the Elk G r o v e C r e a m e r y . In 1905 he sold his business and entered the employ of Nelson M o r r i s C o m ­pany of Ch icago as super in t endent of their r enova t ing but ter factory . M r . S i g w a l t accepted a position as sa l esman for the N a t i o n a l C r e a m -ery Supp ly Company. In 1907 , he s t a r t ed in business for h imself in Des Pla ines , s ince wh i ch t ime his business has g r o w n rap id ly . S t a r t i n g

nine years ago with one horse and one wagon, he now employs four teams and eight men constantly, besides his cabinet maker. He is now in the coal, lumber and building material line. As Des Plaines developed M r . Sigwalt extended his business, so that he is now able to build homes for people on the installment plan. In this work his two sons, Henry and Romeo, are associated with him.

These sons are both graduates of the Maine Township High School. Henry is completing a course at the Northwestern University at Evan¬ ston, while Romeo is choosing a career along mechanical and electrical engineering lines.

Mr . Sigwalt, the "Vil lage Father," is not only one of Des Plaines' best business men, but is a public-spirited man as well, being a Vil lage Trustee.

In transacting affairs of the Village he has always had the courage of his convictions and has stood firmly for what he believed right. He is now serving his second term as trustee and has proved to his own satisfaction that the principles of honesty and fair dealing are as truly necessary in building up the Village as in private life. M r . and Mrs . Sigwalt are members of the Evangelical Church.

W . Don Smith, the former superintendent of schools, has taken a leave of absence in order to obtain a much needed rest from the per­sistent duties in which he has been busily engaged for the past thirteen years. M r . Smith comes from interesting parentage. His mother was a Scotch Highland "lassie" and his father a Pennsylvania Quaker whose ancestors came with Wi l l i am Penn on his second voyage here.

He is a graduate of the Holden High, and has done three years' work in the University of Chicago and the Illinois University. He was principal of the Shannon, Arlington Heights and the Polo High Schools. M r . Smith has always been an arduous and leading citizen, and a good worker for the school and town interests.

M r . John Suster, one of Des Plaines' aldermen and leading citi­zens, has made a splendid record working for a greater Des Plaines. He was born in 1874 on a farm near Denmark, Wisconsin, of Austrian parents. He was a mere child when they moved to Chicago, where he attended the Foster and Garfield schools. At twelve, however, he was suddenly thrown upon his own resources and obliged to make his own way. His history reads like a story. He secured an errand boy's job with his present firm, the John C. Newcomb Picture Frame Manufacturing Co., where he remained for years. At eighteen he went to work to learn the business in the shops. He again proved his worth and in two years he was made foreman. His employer was impressed with his steadiness, his frugal habits and his native ability. T w o years later he became superintendent of the factory. Having successfully demonstrated his unusual executive ability and business sagacity, a

year later, when M r . Newcomb desired to retire, John Suster, the little errand boy, took the high position as Vice-President and Secretary of the Newcomb-Macklin Company, manufacturers of some of the most artistic frames in the world. European artists seek him for his judg­ment in selecting suitable frames for their valuable paintings. In this capacity he has developed the largest business of its kind in the United States. Doing business broadcast over the entire country, he has en­larged from a forty thousand dollar concern to one of nearly half a million. In 1895, he married Rose Doubek of Chicago. Like all busy business men, he located in a country town to enjoy greater comforts in his leisure hours. In 1905, he built a beautiful home on Graceland and Prairie Avenues, on one of the most desirable sites in the vil lage. Through persistent effort, his hard knocks have made him neither

cynical nor narrow. He is known as one of Des Plaines' most liberal-minded men. In his busy career he has made it possible to find time to devote to the welfare of the Village and, as trustee, has given much thought to the town.

He is absolutely fearless and takes a decided, determined stand on all questions which may be at issue. His motto is, "Enjoy life." His vacations are spent on his farm on the banks of the Waite Lake, W i s ­consin, where he relaxes in his favorite sport of fishing.

He is a member of the Chicago Association of Commerce, a past President of the Chicago Palette and Chisel Club, and a member of the Benevolent Association of Des Plaines.

W . L. Smyser, prominent educator and one of Des Plaines most public men, was born near Wellsvi l le , Pennsylvania, where he spent his boyhood days on the farm. Here was the family homestead where four or five generations of the Smysers had lived. Teaching school in order to pay for his college education and securing a secondary education at Hanover College. High School, he entered Pennsylvania College from which he was graduated in 1891 as an A. B. A year later he came to Illinois with the purpose of studying law but later decided that his "forte" was as an educator. He then became prin­cipal of the Palatine Public Schools where he made a splendid record. In 1902, he was unanimously chosen by the Maine Township High School Board of Education to organize the courses of study for the new school and to secure a capable faculty. The board's judgment was amply repaid for their confidence, since no man could have suc­ceeded better in this task. In 1906 he entered the Chicago Public High School system as an instructor of the Calumet High. Later he accepted the Principalship of graded schools, being most successful. Last June he was promoted as Principal of the new Gregier School, located at the corner of Belden and Wood Streets, Chicago. When it comes to a question of entering into any movement for better conditions of the town, M r . Smyser is among the first in the community. He has made Des Plaines his home since coming here in 1902. As a college man

he had few superiors as "half-back" on the football team and has car­ried those famous qualities of "half-back" over into his light for good citizenship and a wholesome environment for young men and women. As President of the Anti-Saloon League of Maine Township he has worked courageously amidst many discouragements for a series of years. The community will never he able to repay him for the successful fight which he waged for its moral welfare. Being a man of excellent busi­ness ability, he is director of the Des Plaines State Hank, where his judgment on all financial matters is highly valued. He is a member of the National Educational, the State Teachers and the Chicago Prin­cipals Associations, and also of the Philosophical Round Table . Mr . and Mrs . Smyser have a comfortable home on Graceland Avenue and a summer home on Twin Lakes, Wisconsin. They are members of the Congregational Church, enthusiastic members of Director Bennett's Choir. M r . Smyser also finds time to act as the Assistant Superintendent of the Sunday School.

W. L. S M Y S E R

M r . Charles S. Stewart was born on a farm in Central Illinois of pioneer parents who went there from Western New York in 1858. Mr . Stewart received his elementary education in the district school

CHARLES S. STEWART

and at the age of eighteen he left the farm to work his own way through an academy and college. Whi le a student he won high honors as a debater and orator, and since has been in demand as a public speaker, especially at commencement exercises.

In 1898, he enlisted in the Light Battery D of the Sixth United States Arti l lery and served in the Philippine campaigns of the Spanish-American W a r under General Lawson. Here he saw much active service in the trenches around Mani l a and against the Filipines.

After taking his Bachelor of Arts degree from Knox College in 1900 he devoted bis life to public school work. For one year he taught mathematics in the Galesburg High School and for five years filled the office of Superintendent of Schools in Elmwood, Illinois. In 1907, M r . Stewart came to Des Plaines to take up his duties as prin­cipal of Maine Township High School. In this position his virile per­sonality and ability made him popular in and around the township; after five and one-half years of excellent service he entered the Chicago school system. At present he is in charge of the fourth-year English

Erected By

ROBERT DUTHIE In German Lutheran Cemetery, Desplaines, Ill.

Growth of Local Service This illustration shows the growth of the Des Plaines Telephone

Company's service in this community during the past eleven years.

Nothing more strikingly illustrates the greatly important place which the telephone has assumed as a factor in expediting business in this country.

The telephone saves millions of steps each day and the time saved each day by reason of the telephone advances us by century leaps.

If you don't have a telephone to do your walking and time saving for you, you are very badly handicapped.

Des Plaines Telephone Company

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Lee Street, Opposite Vil lage Hall

work at the R. T . Crane Technical High School. He still resides in Des Plaines, however, with his wife, formerly Jean Kitchell Frash, daughter of John F. Frash of Topeka, Kansas, and two children, Francis, a son of eight years, and Mary Elizabeth, a daughter of two.

Charles S. Stewart is an active member of the National Educa­tional Association, a member of the executive committee of the Chicago High School Teachers, and the State Teachers Associations. He was Secretary for two years over the Vil lage Principal's Section. He is also a member of the Illinois State Historical Society, Brotherhood Masonic Lodge, Eureka Chapter, Royal Arch Masons, and Chicago Post Number 54 Spanish-American W a r Veterans. M r . Stewart is now a member of the Des Plaines Business Men's Association and Chairman of its Ways and Means Committee.

In 1914, he was a candidate for Congress in the Seventh Congres­sional District, running on the Progressive Party Platform. During the years 1914-1915 M r . Stewart held the office of village trustee, to which he was elected with a high plurality of votes. Here he dis­tinguished himself in his work as chairman of the Finance Committee and was an important factor in helping to put Des Plaines on a firm financial basis.

Mr . Stewart is a man of good habits, clean cut, friendly, and a fine fellow to meet. He is liked and respected by his many Des Plaines friends, who wish him success in his work in the Chicago Public Schools.

Mr . and Mrs . Stewart are members of the Congregational Church of Des Plaines.

About the first thing that the wr i ter heard after starting the work of com­piling was, "Oh, you must see Mr . Stewart . He is just the one you want to see on many things. He has been ve ry public-spirited and progressive."

It would have been an absolute impossibility to have made this general history so complete had it not been for the untiring generosity and kindness as wel l as the ability of Mr . Stewart . T h e compiler wishes to thank this gentle­man for the many favors granted her. It has been truly said, "If you want anything done, go to a busy man." It has proven so in this case. Mr. Stewart is of a personality that any town would welcome.

D. Scott, the pioneer real estate man of the town, has been here sixty-three years, coming from Somerset, Vermont. M r . Scott can tell you almost every stone in and around Des Plaines and regarding the real estate values he is an authority. He is well known for his integrity, square dealing and honesty. Before he took up the real estate business, he was a farmer at Orchard Place. His public life was represented as Road Commissioner for several terms and as trustee of the Vil lage. When his people located here they occupied a log cabin at the site now owned by the Lester Poyer estate. He has been

in a position to witness the green fields, develop into an incorporated village.

His daughters are Mary Elizabeth and Cornelia, now Mrs . Huston and M r s . Randall . His wife was a Miss Webster of Elgin.

M r . and Mrs . Conrad Seegers, among the first pioneers of Des Plaines, have recently crossed to the other borderland. M r . Seegers passed away June 23, 1915, his wife following nine days later. Thus closed their life's chapter.

Ben Smith, the reliable painting contractor, selected his home here thirty-one years ago, coming from Palatine, where he had been ten years. He has been in the present business twenty years and located here because he saw a great deal of work ahead. He is kept as busy as the proverbial bee. The citizens appeal to him because they are substantial. He calls them a class of high-grade people. Ben Smith was formerly a special police under ex-Mayor A. Jarnecke.

Thornton Shaw, well known, is now conducting the spacious his­torical hostelry, formerly the Thoma Hotel. M r . Shaw is remodeling the entire place and sparing neither time nor expense to make it a pride of the town. His dinners have already advertised him and he caters to first-class patronage and banquets. His Ladies' Bowling Alley will appeal to the most fastidious. He has the dining room to let for select occasions. The name is changed to "Shaw's ."

T h e new Standard Oil Distributing Station, built by Frank M . Cook, is another valuable addition to Des Plaines. Th i s corporation never selects a site without first considering it from every angle and point of view. Tha t the Standard Oil Company finally chose this town and invested money enough to put up a substantially good build­ing is in itself a feature pointing to the progress which the Company expects for Des Plaines. Wi l l i am A. Deke, formerly proprietor of the Peerless Dairy, is their local agent.

George M . Whitcomb, Vice-President of the First National Bank and Vil lage Treasurer for several years past, is a general manufacturer of concrete products. This business is really the outcome of the very first industry in this section of the country.

As mentioned before, Franklin Whitcomb, pioneer, came to Des Plaines and located in 1868. He purchased thirty-six acres, twenty acres of which contained brick material. He began to manufacture brick for himself and turned out an average of three million brick annually. The clay hole is located on the southern outskirts of Des Plaines, part of it being in the Vi l lage.

The pioneer business has merged into the present one, successfully carried on by George Whitcomb, who makes it a point to employ local men only. He is a contractor for all kinds of concrete construction work. A story of interesting volumes could be easily written on this

historical brick manufacturing business. It started the industrial life and progress of Park Ridge and Des Plaines. In the beginning this plant gave employment to something like one hundred and twenty-eight men. Franklin Whitcomb came from Jefferson County. New York. He followed building until 1863, then became foreman for Penny & Meacham. His wife was Miss Elizabeth Jones. There were six children, three living, Mary F., Elda and George.

THE LATE F R A N K L I N W H I T C O M B

F. C. Wal ton , Des Plaines Druggist, is one of the town "boosters." He has lived here twenty-five years, being in his present business for that length of time. He originally came from Chicago. He has held the following offices: Ex-Secretary of the Township Board of Educa­tion, former President of the Des Plaines Business Men's Association, and a director in the present organization. He is most active in the present association. Des Plaines appeals to him because of its good business management and its future prospects. Mr . Walton is a

graduate of the Northwestern University and has a daughter Lucile attending the Beloit College, who is a brilliant English scholar, always having received the one hundred mark. Miss Lucile is acknowledged a fine musician.

Mr . Walton chose Des Plaines instead of Crystal Lake when he was importuned to locate.

Henry Weber, pipe organist in the Christ Evangelical Church for the past twenty-two years, is an active worker in the Sunday School and a member of the Men's Society. He is a member of the Library Board. Coming from Buffalo, New York, thirty-five years ago, he is one of the best known and most highly respected men of Des Plaines. Besides being a pipe organist and a choirmaster, he is a genuine "town booster." He has three children, daughters, one of whom holds the responsible position of private secretary to M r . Jahn of the Jahn & Oilier Engraving Company of Chicago.

Louis Wolfram, the present postmaster for the past three years, came here with his parents twenty-seven years ago from Chicago, but originally from New York City. He, when asked why he was attracted to this town, said nothing, but that he had come when he was too young to "kick." Yet while he came here so young with his parents he still chooses to make it his home because he thinks Des Plaines one of the most beautiful towns in Cook County, also because of its fine natural drainage, supplemented by an excellent sewer system, its well paved streets, a beautiful river with its excellent swimming, boating and fishing. He is a graduate of the Jefferson High School and Law Department of the Lake Forest University. He is still an attorney,

and for enlightenment of many we shall add that Wolfram Street on the north side of Chicago was named after his father, George Wolfram.

Joseph Wal ter , pioneer harnessmaker of the town, carries on the trade established by his father, Jacob, who came directly from Austria, first locating at Bensenville. His mother at eighty is still living. He has seen Des Plaines lie dormant for years, but its recent improvements have made it grow in leaps and bounds. It is not an inflated "boom," either. He is an expert in his special line, but the coming of the automobile has taken away much of his work. He says that eventually there will be no use for a harnessmaker and that he can see that time coming soon.

Arthur L. Webster is fitly called a "real live booster." There is not a project that savors of merit that he does not jump right into it and push. "The Suburban T imes" says of him, that he is a broad-minded and conservative citizen, yet ever bubbling over with enthusiasm whenever there is an opportunity to help. He is also a vocalist. He has been foremost in the Commercial Association, being pre-eminently a leader. He is an officer of the Congregational Sunday School and is on the Library Board.

The Wolf Brothers, over on North Lee Street, proprietors of the Des Plaines Auto Garage Company, originally came from that collegiate town, Elmhurst, Illinois. Henry and Otto have been here two and one-half years, while Theodore has them six months "to the good."

O T T O F . W O L F

Theodore H. has been six years in his present line after being bookkeeper and chauffeur, while Otto E. is a two-year novice, vet thoroughly competent. He is a civil engineer and was attracted here because of the good railroad accommodations. He specially praises Des Plaines on account of its rapid growth, splendid subdivisions and street improvements. He thinks it one of the best towns he knows of for its size. M r . Otto E. Wolf has received the degree of B. S. in Civil Engineering and is a graduate of the University of Illinois in 1910.

Henry A. Wolf, named after his father, was formerly with the U. S. Mar ine Corps. They have a commodious garage and are widely known.

Wa l te r R. Wheeler, whose parents, B. W. and E. A. Wheeler, came to Illinois State in 1837, is a thorough electrician, being in the business twenty years. He can successfully solve any electrical problem, having made this a scientific and practical study. He is a Cook County Con­stable and a member of the police force.

A B R I E F M E N T I O N OF T H E R E T I R I N G O F F I C I A L S

W m . Hayes, chairman of the finance committee, was active in devising means to liquidate town indebtedness.

Robert Zaleski was the active and popular Vil lage Attorney of the last administration. M r . Zaleski acted as village attorney for two years and deserves special credit for his work in putting through several important deals for the village. He has an office down-town where his son, Francis, a graduate of Kent Law School, has just passed the state examination shortly after reaching the age of twenty-one. He is engaged in practicing law with his father.

The following is an abbreviated mention of citizens more or less prominent. Some were pioneers, now gone.

Because of the many exigencies required it has been impossible to compile a more satisfactory sketch of these people.

Charles F. Arnold is one of Des Plaines' active men in the green­house business. He is an ex-Trustee and a member of the German Benevolent Society.

Charles Boesche is one of the most successful farmers in Cook County. He is a director of the Des Plaines Telephone Company and a director of the First National Bank.

F. W . Duntemann is the postmaster and merchant of Orchard Place.

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Charles F. W . Forberg is in the coroner's office. Charles A. Frisbie is the American Express man and N. W . R. R.

ticket agent at Des Plaines. Frank, Solomon, and Warren Garland are the pioneer greenhouse

men in Des Plaines. Henry Goede is a successful truck gardener of Cook County. Fred Grewe, ditto. W . B . Hal l , retired banker. Richard Hanke, architectural iron business. E. E. Har t is one of Des Plaines' active citizens, a liberal minded

man and successful carpenter contractor. David R. Jones, Chief Clerk and Deputy Coroner. J . L . Jefferson, President of the First National Bank, is a retired

financier, a director of the Des Plaines Telephone Company and was born and raised here.

B. F. Kinder is the. pioneer hardware merchant of the town. Wi l l i am Koehler, a member of Maine Township School Board,

is a successful contractor and has put up a number of beautiful homes. John Kray is the jeweler of the town. C. M . Larson, an expert accountant, is Secretary of the Masonic

Lodge of Des Plaines.

R. V. Leffingwell, the magazine man, makes his summer home in Des Plaines.

Dr. Edward Miers , the practicing physician.. Conrad Muel ler , a clerk in the County Coroner's office. Fred Nagel, in the auto business and a teaming contractor. W . H. Nierman, foreman in an electrotype establishment in

Chicago. Dr. A. M . Purves, Director of the First National Bank, member

of the School Board and is a practicing physician. A. L. Scharringhausen, a successful laundry man. Charles Schlagel, Sr., a pioneer engineer on the Chicago & North­

western R. R. J . V. Stott, retired business man. George Webster, Deputy Coroner. H. H. Webb, real estate. W m . G. Wi l l e , contractor. Michael and Antoinette (Nimsgarn) Hoffman were both native of

that historical, interesting and much contested borderland between Germany and France, Alsace-Lorraine. They were pioneers in North-field, Cook County, in 1842. In 1848, they crossed the plains and reached the gold fields of California in 1849. After eight years there they returned to Cook County and in 1857 located in the Township of Maine . He has for twenty-eight consecutive years been Township Collector, locating in Des Plaines in 1880.

Charles W . Carrier, Druggist, came in 1882. Henry C. Clybourne, sand and gravel, came in 1871, headquarters

in Des Plaines for the Clybourne House in Chicago. C. Haverley, liveryman, 1872, first livery establishment. Horance Hopkins, 1868, farmer of 450 acres. Wi l l i am Jones, postmaster and merchant, 1847, of Jones & Curtis. Thomas Luce, 1872, blacksmith. August Meyer, proprietor of Meyer House about 1855. Wilhelm Meyer , proprietor of Hotel, 1867. Alfred Parsons, farmer, came in 1842, 1,440 acres. Lewis Poyer, farmer and supervisor, came in 1846, 114 acres. The Parsons. Socrates Rand, 1835, farmer, 320 acres. In 1855, bought saw­

mill and in 1861 changed it to steam grist mill . In 1866, sold farm corner of Miner and Lee Streets. He ran grist mill about twenty years.

Andrew Sallstrom, carriage maker, 1873.

Edward C. Schaefer, merchant, 1871 (Sutherland & Schaefer) . John Schuh, blacksmith, 1868. John Weller, farmer, 1852. 146 acres, dairy farm.

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(By J . F. Risser)

In 1897 the Chicago Telephone Company ("Bell System") received franchise rights from the Vil lage Board of Trustees to build and operate a telephone system in Des Plaines, Ill., whereupon they erected a plant, installing 25 or 30 stations in Des Plaines.

Des Plaines Telephone Co.— In August, 1900, M r . F. E. Bell (not associated with the "Bell

System") received a competitive franchise from the Vil lage Board of Des Plaines, whereupon he organized the "F . E. Bell Telephone Com­pany" with an authorized capital of $10,000.00.

In the winter of 1900-'01 the "F . E. Bell Te lo . Co." started erecting a telephone plant to compete with the "Chicago Telephone Co. 's" system.

In the spring of 1901, M r . F. E. Bell, who controlled the stock and management of the "F . E. Bell Telo . Co. ," sold a controlling

interest in the Company to M r . B . F. Kinder, J . L. Jefferson, Chas. Boesche, John Curtis and Ning Eley, all residents of Des Plaines, M r . F. E. Bell remaining a minority stockholder in the Company with his new associates, also remaining in the employ of the Company until October, 1902, in the capacity of Manager and Constructing Foreman.

In April , 1902, the name of the Company was changed from "The F. E. Bell Telephone Company" to "Des Plaines Telephone Com­pany," and the authorized capital increased from $10,000 to $20,000.

The Chicago Telephone Company and the Des Plaines Telephone Company operated competitive plants in Des Plaines for almost four years, or until October, 1904, at which time the Chicago Company was operating approximately 35 stations, and the Des Plaines Company approximately 150 stations, the Chicago Company being able to give their patrons toll-line service to Chicago while the Des Plaines Com­pany, their competitor, had no service to Chicago for their patrons, but made up in popularity with the community that the two companies were serving by charging lower rates for service on the local exchange, and also being able to connect their subscribers with more stations in the immediate territory, the Des Plaines Company having also erected an exchange with 50 stations at Bensenville, Illinois, connecting the two towns of Des Plaines and Bensenville with local toll-lines over which the Des Plaines Company was giving service to its patrons on very low rates.

At the solicitation of their patrons the Des Plaines Telephone Company in October, 1904, bought the plant of the Chicago Telephone Company in Des Plaines, at the same time arranging for traffic connec­tions with the Chicago Company's system in the City of Chicago, it becoming necessary in order to do so to sell the Des Plaines Com­pany's system in Bensenville to the Chicago Company, but retaining a half interest in the Des-Plaines-Bensenville To l l Line that had been built by the Des Plaines Company to serve their patrons at Des Plaines and Bensenville.

The first Central Office equipment installed by The F. E. Bell Telephone Company, which was later acquired by the Des Plaines Telephone Company, as successors, was installed in the building at the corner of Prair ie and Lee Streets, where M r . Kuhlman now resides, at which location a switchboard manufactured by the Chicago Telephone Supply Company was installed. Th i s first switchboard served the Company's purposes until 1904, by which time the plant had grown to 150 stations, which necessitated buying a different switchboard bet­ter equipped for extensions and faster operation, at which time what was then the latest type of magneto switchboard manufactured by the Kellogg Switchboard & Supply Co. was installed in place of the first equipment that had only been in service four years.

In October, 1902, at the time M r . F. E. Bell severed his connec-

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The quality of our goods is our first consideration. If we are going to satisfy our customers, and guarantee it, it's much better to have the goods do it. than money back—better for both you and us. Because our goods are right, we can give our full guarantee.

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tion with the Des Plaines Telephone Company, M r . W . R. Wheeler , who still resides at Des Plaines, and who at that time was part owner of a telephone system at what was then the Vil lage of Edison Park, hut which is now a part of the City of Chicago, was appointed Super­intendent of the Des Plaines Company.

About Jan . 1, 1905, the Des Plaines Telephone Company pur­chased the plant of the Chicago Telephone Company at Park Ridge, and also the plant being operated at Edison Park, of which M r . W . R. Wheeler was a part owner, after which date the Des Plaines Company operated all the stations at Edison Park, Park Ridge, Des Plaines, Riverview, and Orchard Place, which included approximately all the territory of Maine Township, in Cook County, until February 5, 1915, when all the stations in Edison Park that were located inside the city limits of the City of Chicago were transferred by sale to the Chicago Telephone Co., which action was taken at the solicitation of all parties interested and by the authority of both municipal and state authority.

M r . W . R. Wheeler remained with the Company as its Super­intendent and Manager until March, 1908, at which time M r . L. M . Morrison succeeded M r . Wheeler as Manager . At the expiration of M r . Morrison's three years ' administration as Manager , in March, 1911, at which time the Company's development in stations in service

had grown to 582 stations, M r . J . F. Risser was appointed Manager , M r . Risser still serving the Company, having been serving almost five years, and having filled the position he occupies with the Company during

a period that the Company's development in stations in service grew from 582 at the time he was appointed Manager in March, 1911, to 1,106 when the Des Plaines Company transferred the plant to the Chicago Company in Edison Park representing 117 stations, in Febru­ary last, since which time a continuation of a steady gain in stations in service has continued until on Aug. 31 , 1915, the plant consisted of 1,058 stations, which with the 117 stations transferred to the Chicago Company in February last represents a gain of 100 per cent in four years, which handsome gain in volume of business and traffic has been warranted by a progressive policy on the part of the stockholders in furnishing the capital for extension work, along with the aggressive and economical administration of the present management in administering the Company's affairs so that the patrons of the Company continued extending the Company their valuable favors.

In Ju ly , 1912, the Company moved their central office to the building at the corner of Pearson and Prair ie Avenue in Des Plaines, in which building, which the Company has acquired ownership of, a new up-to-date central office equipment was installed serving the Des Plaines Neighborhood Exchange. T h e building also serves as the general office for the Company, and also affords the Company accommo­dations for their Manager 's residence.

M r . Ning Eley, of Des Plaines, Ill., has been closely associated with the management and development of the Company since 1901, having always devoted much time and money to its development, and many times at times that his associates were not as wil l ing to devote time and money as he was . There is no one man that is connected or ever was connected with the Company's affairs that deserves more credit for the success of the Company than M r . Eley, and it is evident from the confidence that always has been, and still is placed in M r . Eley by his business associates connected with him in the enterprise that M r . Eley's faithful and unceasing service has been appreciated.

Ninety per cent of the Company's securities are owned by local citizens of the territory that the Company serves with telephone service.

S U B U R B A N A T H L E T I C C L U B

The Suburban Athletic Club was organized in 1906, and since then has built up a fine reputation in its football, baseball and basket­ball teams. Its football team has a record of never having been scored on for two entire seasons. W i th some of the best players of local fame, baseball teams were developed that ranked with the best amateur teams in the city. In 1913, a basketball team was organized that took second place in the Maine Tournament.

Under the direction of M r . Lawson and with the assistance of other local talent, the club staged two very successful minstrel shows. These were held at the Echo Theatre in Des Plaines and Seipp's Theatre in Palatine, in the spring of 1914 and 1915.

Social events are given to team members in finishing up the foot­ball and baseball seasons and also to the public several times a year. Meetings of the club are held bi-weekly at the homes of club mem­bers. There is now a membership of fifteen who hope to increase materially so that they can give Des Plaines what it really needs; that is, a live young spirit and element to help advertise a growing City.

O F F I C E R S

R. Stellman President A . Heidke Vice-President A r t h u r Imig Secretary J . Heidke Treasurer

T H E R O S T E R O F " T H E S U B U R B A N A T H L E T I C C L U B "

Gustav "Swede" Framburg, ' 1 5 ; Des Plaines Grammar School, ' 12 ; S. A. C. Minstrel , ' 1 5 ; employee Royal Enameling W o r k s ; "And that boy can s ing!"

Fred "Fr i t z " Fulle, ' 12 ; Des Plaines Grammar School, ' 0 8 ; two and one-half years at Maine High School (Philo Literary Society) ; S . A. C. Minstrel , ' 1 5 ; member German Benevolent Society, Des Plaines Mi l i tary Band and Kruse's Orchestra; S. A. C. Treasurer , ' 14 ; printing and advertising.

Arthur "Otts" Heidke, ' 0 9 ; Des Plaines Grammar School, ' 0 5 ; S. A. C. Minstrels, '14 and ' 1 5 ; member German Benevolent Society, Des Plaines Mi l i t a ry Band and Heidke Brothers Quar te t ; right guard at football; Vice-President of club, ' 1 5 ; Crane Co. Band ; C. Ev. Church Choir.

John Heidke, ' 0 9 ; Des Plaines Grammar School, ' 0 6 ; S. A. C. Minstrels, '14 and ' 1 5 ; member German Benevolent Society, Des Plaines Mi l i t a ry Band, Heidke Brothers Quartet and C. Ev. Church Choir; quarterback at football; S. A. C. Treasurer, ' 1 5 ; watchmaker by trade.

Clarence "Daise" Heidke, ' 12 ; Des Plaines Grammar School, ' 1 0 ; S. A. C. Minstrels , '14 and ' 1 5 ; member Young People's Society, A. I. Musical and T . Union, Des Plaines Mi l i t a ry Band, Kruse's Orchestra, Heidke Brothers Quartet ; employee Public Service Com­pany of Evanston.

Arthur "Fa t " Imig, ' 12 ; Des Plaines Grammar School, ' 08 ; two and one-half years at Ma ine High School (Adelphic Literary Society) ; S. A. C. Minstrels , '14 and ' 1 5 ; football Maine High Team, ' 12 ; Manager Des Plaines Feds, ' 1 5 ; Secretary S. A. C , '15.

Arthur "Omaha" Katz, ' 1 0 ; Des Plaines Grammar School, ' 06 ; S. A. C. Minstrels , '14 and ' 1 5 ; football, basketball and wrestling.

Ernest "Haze l " Kaufman, ' 1 1 ; Des Plaines Grammar School, ' 0 9 ; member Young People's Society; S. A . C. Minstrels , '14 and ' 15 ; long distance swimmer; S. A. C. Treasurer , ' 12 ; tai lor; hobby, cards.

Henry "Heine" Kaufman, ' 1 5 ; Des Plaines Grammar School, ' 12 ; member Young People's Society; S. A . C. Minstrels , '15 .

Arthur Larson, ' 1 5 ; Car l Von Linne Grammar School, ' 05 ; S.

A. C. Minstrels, ' 15 ; football, baseball, swim; Manager Larson Poultry Farm, Des Plaines Manor ; Chicago Ti t l e and Trus t Company.

Walter " Jake" Pflughaupt, ' 15 ; Des Plaines Grammar School. ' 08 ; Maine High School, ' 12 ; Philo Literary Society and Debate T e a m ; Sophomore Northwestern U. Commerce School; member Northwestern U. Commerce School Quartet ; S. A. C. Minstrels, '14 ; S. A. C. Secretary, '14.

Henry "Hank" Sigwalt , ' 12 ; Des Plaines Grammar School, ' 10 ; Maine High School, ' 13 ; Adelphic Literary Society President, ' 12 ; Adelphic Debate Team, ' 13 ; third year of pre-legal course at college of Liberal Arts at Northwestern University; completed four year course in three at the Northwestern; member of the Order of the Barb ; Lind¬ gren House Society; German Society; Young People's Society; foot­ball, class ' 17 ; baseball, M . H. School Team, '12 and ' 13 ; S. A. C. Secretary, ' 1 3 ; Secretary Lindgren Society; Dramas, "Charl ie 's Aunt," " M e n , " Maids and Matchmakers," "Doctor Imphoff" and "Turn Him Out" ; winner first place in W . C. T . U . silver medal contest at Arlington Heights, and winner of Maine Township High School Debate contest, ' 13 ; speaker on Des Plaines Home-coming Day, July 4, 1914.

Romeo "Sig" Sigwalt, ' 1 5 ; Des Plaines Grammar School, ' 1 1 ; three and one-half years at Ma ine High School (Phi lo Literary So­c i e t y ) ; member Young People's Society; carpenter and mechanic; hobby, speed.

Roy "Honkey" Stellman, ' 08 ; Des Plaines Grammar School, ' 05 ; S. A. C. Minstrels , '14 and ' 15 ; football manager, '10 and '14 ; basket­ball manager, ' 14 ; President S. A. C , ' 15 ; employee Royal Enamel W o r k s ; "chaffeur" of the club.

Albert C. " M i k e " Tosch, ' 1 5 ; Des Plaines Grammar School, ' 08 ; member Ivanhoe A. C , '11 to ' 1 5 ; Chicago Chapter of the American Institute of Banking, Commerce Club of Northwestern University School of Commerce; football, Ivanhoe A. C , ' 1 1 ; Merchants Loan & Trus t Co.

T H E C E D A R C R E S T KENNELS

The fame of the Cedarcrest Kennels is better recognized outside of Des Plaines. Visitors to the Kennels are greeted with a hearty welcome from its canine tenants, who exhibit only the most amiable reception toward the stranger. The dogs are well fed, sleek, happy, and contented. Here we find World ' s Champions of Pomeranians, Air-dales, Terr iers , Greyhounds, Poodles, Spaniels, Irish and Scottish Set­ters, French Bull Dogs, Bull Terr iers , Sheep-dogs, Collies, Wolfhounds.

A . W . Cates, Sr., is manager of all the bench shows throughout the Middle West. Young W . C. Cates is the caretaker and also pro­fessional exhibitor of aristocratic pets. His worth as a scientific man in this work is so well recognized that he has been obliged to enlarge his kennels to accommodate the ever increasing number of petted boarders. Numerous are the trophies and medals carried off by these dogs. Here we find the $2,500 Champions of Dr. H. L. Van Schaicks. "Scotia Chief" and " M a y Beauty," his valuable French Bull, worth $500, just returning from the show circuit with a record of fourteen points. Also Dr. F. A. Fisher's "Champion," "Ganuie," "De Luke," 'Normandy Jacquette," "Normandy Piccolo" totaling a valuation of some $3,000. M r . Cates loves his chosen work, is a friend of all dumb creatures. The Kennels are beautifully located on the banks of the Des Plaines.

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