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& ' w A : ,V : v t v " " ^ r - > H * 7 * V * . v > ' * . * " * * „ : ^ • • * -f . ^ TOE M'HXKltV 'i TUiyhlfU/VlwftAV DOy ic19w0fl ";.*- Our '-M Washington ;i • Letter y?-': --By--i-; , National Editorial Antdato 2 Washington. Oct. 7--Organized minorities are beating the drums for a fmorous Congress. Just as the merican Legion with its demand for rjjiodification of prohibition laws, brought consternation to the • legislators so does the American Federation pf Labor, which is passing strong 'Resolutions at it\ Vancouver sessions ^ * fhis week. The anxiety becomes pro- '%';~*'--'Qounce4 w^en organized "dry" groups . .'and agricultural combines differ with '• -the Legion and Labor on the "wet" r<j|nd ^'dry" issue. Legislators are fjognizant that they are due for a long I feriod of *eitr-pulling as the various ; jf roups demand affirmative votes for ; "their respective plans- Even the ex- • :f ' "tjerieijced politicians among theirf ; _ will find their Congressional seats " Tpadded with cockle-buns when at- "•:;v^emptirg to straddle. ;;v *; It is an established fact that mors have been enacted with the safic- •: «?;i^on of minorities thaji by the will of majority. The legislative." pro- . * #ram of organized labor shows that • \ iiheir interests are by no means con- . lined to prohibition matters. On the contrary, labor unions have more ur- ; ||ent legislative problems in main- : 4 gaining high wages and insuring job .security. It is noteworthy that union .••r.T^nemberships h®s declined in periods <|f depression. Pl review of fifty gears' service to workers shows that ijinions have been instrumental in gaining fifteen hours leisure per week §nd increased workers' buying power y an average of $13 per week. 'The report of the A. F. of L. Ex- V ,j§cutive Council is of particular interi• cist to workers and employers at this Their analysis of factors in ?;-^.fhe present economic depression points •ut that '.wage earners who are daily ' t #r weekly in fear of loss of their jobs 'jjannot- plan living or use their minds effectively" which accounts for the •lump in buying power- The unions Intend to promote legislation for ad- - 7/France planning and regulated construction of public works, the anti-in- tanction bill "for their relief in labor isputes, restricted immigration, etc. -v'!' v"While unions marshal! their major Strength in heavily populated areas .-A is significant that Congress is eas- ' : fiy stampeded. For instance, postal :;:;^|niong inspired the legislators to Scramble with alacrity to open the ? , ^Treasury doors to the demands of this handful of Federal employes. Here . vfe a clear case where wails are often j^iistaken by frightened politicians as Voices of iron. It is an open secret that business taen would prefer to have Congress pass up its n#xt session. The theory is that the threats of restrictive legislation is sufficiently harmful during f?ood times without the menace being • .^^rpccentuated in times of depression. :^;,;lt^his tax itev3s|on talk.undoubtedly Tv'ijretard trade revival. With government finances in a bad way it becomes -Necessary to tap other sources of rev •nue. The possibility of a sales tax delays price adjustments for an un Certain period. It Is well nigh impossible to establish selling prices with the prospect of having the schedules upset by tax assessments on com- • modities. If a tax boost is necessary /^••-//Industries and other taxpayers would jprefer having the rates prescribed Without months and months of needless debate and bickering. To expect •nothing else of a Congress on the *ve of a Presidential campaign is like • wishing for the moon. The debenture and equalization fee, which harassed the administration at the last session of Congress , will r #gain haunt legislative halls. The . i^j^farm organizations have declared for 'I* revival of these issues supposedly in #he interest of the farmer. The farm i>Ioc is powerful and may put the legislative stamp on it. If President Hoover remains firm to his announced policies the debenture will meet with a veto. Somehow Senator Borah of Idaho reminds observers of the oidtime Shakespearian actor strutting about ithe stage declaiming smooth phraises. Ithe sage of -Idaho, always a poseur returned, and is holding daily ,|>ress conferences. The Borah grist , ,|nill turns out interviews which have 'anade him a competitor with the White 5 House for front page position in the ffcess. 'V> 'M- • _ -- YIm Denotiatnent Now comes the explanation that It Is only certain types of headaches that are proof of brains. We thought there was a catch in it somewhere.--Toledo Blade. "Cutlw in Spala* The origin of the expression "Castles In Spain," Is said to have been the fact that fashionable adventurers in France used to Impose on the creditors and get money and social advantages out of them by telling tales of their castles In Spain, which, needless to say, they did not possess. /"Black Friday*** In English history the naiae "Black Friday" is given to Easter Monday, April 14, 1300, when many soldiers of , Edward III died from cold before the city of Paris. English schoolboys give the name to the first Monday of school after the long vacation, and it is also applied to Monday, Ma.-t'h 30, 1200, when the Irish attacked/the English settlers in Ulster and put some thousands to the sword. -ripr Useful Courts of Law "•• laiiore than one hundred cities ia the United States small-claims courts have been established. Their function •is to decide promptly and rapidly cases where small amounts are involved. No formal pleadings are made and usually the suitor to aet ablttfsd to *m> Ifioy a lawyer. v. 13-MONTH YEAR IS GAINING APPROVAL 24 Nations Have SanctioMd . Proposed Calendar* Riris, France.--The year sdon will have 18 months Instead of 12 If a proposal sponsored by the League of Nations and supported by 24 nations goes Into effect, according to Moses tt. uotswortn, director 01 the International Fixed Calendar league. Disadvantages of the present calendar, Cotsworth said, are due to thltee undisputed defects: The months are unequal; the month Is not an exact multiple of the week; as the ordinary years consists of 365 days, ju§t one day over 52 weeks, the week days change each year to different dates. . Several plans have been proposed to remedy these defects, but the plan which is claimed to have the most advantages and is most practical from the modern point of view is the inter* national fixed calendar. The new month, which would be lnserted between June and July, in order to take tap the days left over, from the 28-day months, wMilil be called Sol, ..', : Under the new calendar Sunday would fall on the first, eight, fifteenth an4 twenty-second of. the month. The day of the week would always Indicate the monthly date and conversely, the monthly date would indicate its weekday name. The complete four weeks would exactly quarter all months, harmonizing weekly wages and expenses with monthly rents and other accounts. Each month-end would coincide with the week end. Fractions of weeks at month ends would cease. Easter could be fixed with benefit to churches, certain industries and schools. As there would be 13 monthly settlements during the year instead of 12, there would he a faster turnover Jn money and the same volume of business could be handled with less money, resulting in a considerable saving in every country. Qeorge Washington Fired the First American Gun at Yorkiotvn Good Hard Work Use!# Foil Breaks in Jails Harrisburg, Pa.--Pennsylvania prisoners are too tired to riot, according to State Welfare Secretary John L. Hanna, who attributes hard work for the prisoners as the most effective deterrent on prison "outbreaks. Hanna said that 878 men in four state institutions are regularly employed at trades for which they are fitted. Others are given temporary work or are used on construction project^at the prisons. While contending that overcrowding has been a leading cause of riots in other states and that Pennsylvania temporarily faces similar conditions pending construction of the new Eastern penitentiary, Hanna held the prison work program Is balancing the overcrowded condition to keep disturbances among prisoners to a minimum; "Eight hours a day of healthful, hard labor keeps a man close to normal life and leaves him comfortably tired at, night with little inclination to conspire for rioKng," Hanna said; "Nothing, however, can be said to be a sure preventive." About five o'clock on the afternoon of October 9, 1781, * General George Washington stood in the American works before Yorktown. In his hand was a smouldering fuse with which he was to fire the first American gun in the bombardment of the town where Lord Cornwallis had; taken post. Far to the left he cOuld hear the French battery roaring its menace to the Briton. The guns of the regiment Touraine had been in action for two hours, pouring shot and shell en the English ships in the river. Finaljy the big gun was loaded and primed, and as the gunner stepped back, Washington put the fuse to the touch-hole. There was a deafening roar, a violent concussion, and the cannon belched black smoke and deadly , missile. A terrific cannonade ensued, and the surrender of Yorktown was but a few days away. In the standard work on the Yorktown campaign, quoted by the United States George Washington Bicenteap ' nial Commission, Henry P. Johnson writes of t;be first shot: I "The journal- of [ more than one American officer mentions •" the fact that the first shot from the American battery was fired by Washington himself. Colonel Cortlandt remembered: that he distinctly heard it crash into some houses in Yorktown. If Captain Samuel Graham, of the Seventy-sixth regiment, whose station was directly in the line of fire, was not mistaken as to the particular discharge he refers to in his 'memoirs,' this first shot was singularly fatal- A party of officers from the Seventy-sixth were then at dinner in a neighboring building. The British Commissary-general Perkins was with them. One of the officers was an old Scotch lieutenant, who when the allies first invested the place, was heard to soliloquize as he buckled on his sword: 'Come on, Maister Washington. I'm unco glad to ^ee you. I've been offered money for my commission, but T could na think, of gangin' home without a sight of you. Come 0% Poor fellow! Washington fell on )pm in a way that was quite unexpected, for that first ball struck and wounded him terribly. It also wounded the quarter-master and adjutant of the Seventy-sixth, and killed the commissary-general." The seige of Yorktown, which be- Ancient Log Fort Still f Stands at Woodbine, 111. Woodbine, 111.--Still standing near here and in fair state of preservation Is a fort of logs, surrounded by a stockade, which the early settlers constructed as a protection against Indians led by Chief Black Hawk one hundred years ago. A spring which supplied the settlers with water when they sought refuge within jthe stronghold still flows. There Is a movement under way to rebuild the ancient structure and utilize It as a museum. The fort Is probably the last relic of the kind In existence In the Middle. West Kitten Wins Battle With Mountain Beaver Seattle, Wash.--Bluebell, Maltese kitten, was always regarded as a great hunter, but her master thought her ability extended only to the capture of rats and mice. Then one day she disappeared, and her owner found her at the bottom of an old dry well, 40 feet deep. Beside her was a dead mountain beaver. The kitten appeared none the worse for wear when pulled out. Condition of the beaver's body indicated that the two bad engaged in a desperate fight before falling into the well. Prisone/Paints Desert Scenes on Jail Wills B Centro, Calif.--No longer will Sheriff George L. Campbell have to purchase pictures for his walls. Capturing Charley Wrench, the sheriff incarcerated him in the county jail, where Wrench, to pass the spare time, painted scenes of the desert. On his office wall now the sherUP has a realistic depiction of a typical desert scene with rocks, brush, hills, and ocatlUo and cacti in evidence. . Wanted a Harem vV'ashlngton.--Her husband "wanted above" all things else to possess a harem," Mrs. Lindsay S. Stott alleged in a petition for divorce on file "One woman was not enough for him," the petition continued, "but, because of financial restrictions, he was forced te get along by developing love affair* tm the outside." 1 gan in all seriousness with this hot, culminated one of the most^rilliant military maneuvres in history. It will be remembered that only a few weeks before, General Washington was on the Hudson preparing to attack New York in the event that General Clinton should send troops to Cornwallis or farther south. In the midst of these plans, the commander-in-chief receiv-i ed word that De Grasse was sailing; for the Chesapeake with a powerful fleet and a land force. i; Washington immediately laid his plans accordingly. He wrote Lafayette to hold Cornwallis on the peninsula of York at all costs. A gesture was made toward New York which completely deceived Clinton. Before j the Briton discovered the ruse, Washington wits, well on His way to the! south. . Quoting again the author named above: "To break up a base 0f opr erations, leave the vicinity of a powr erful enemy, and enter a new field, more than four hundred miles distant, in order to engage in a single enterprise, is no ordinary effort. For the men of that time It was a great ef~ fort,'*. ; , . ... ;The soldiers had to rtiaroh most of the way* and there .were only half starved horses to drtkw the guns over miserable roads to the place where boats could be secured. Washington thought the matter over thoroughly. He considered every contingency and decided it was the only thing to do. Once his mind was made up he proceeded with energy to carry out his part of the plan. The success of the enterprise depended upon the coincidence of several movements. Washington^Vas determined that the movement Jshould not fail through any fault of his. The precision wit»n which each unit in this campaign performed its assignment is remarkable. De, Grasse, the commander of the French fleet, arrived at the appointed time, which was something of a feat in those days of sailing vessels so dependent upon the weather. The handicaps under which Washington himself labored demanded prodigious effort. He worked almost night and day to get his army safely to Yorktown. No man> with less energy could have succeeded so well. « ((£). 1931. Western Newspaper Union.) Welcome,- a thousand times welcome, ye dear and delicate neighbors-- Bird and bee and butterfly, and humming bird fairy fine! Broud am I to offer you field yeur fjracef"! !*bors- . L . All the honey and all the seeds are yours In this garden of • mine. •v. --Celia Ttaucter. TIm Tim u4 ike I'Um Small Minnie, when visiting her aunt, was asked at the dinner table if mother allowed her to eat a certain food upon the table. She replied, "Sometimes," and after a moment's wait she volunteered, "This is sometimes." - Diff*r«ac« ia Berries Tfcwe is a botanical difference bs* ^Ween blueberries and huckleberries The huckleberry Is a variety of blueberry. The blueberry is a softer and richer berry, The huckleberry has slightly larger seeds than the blueberry. " " V ' m SLOCUM'S LAKE Long an Endearing Term The term "sweetheart" was originally written In the form of two words. It Is found In literature as early as 1290, though there Is no record showing by whom It was first ssed, '• Big Coast Comfy «-*. " The county of San Bernardino, Callt, Is larger than the combined area of VeraM*. Massachusetts and Bhode laland. ^ . - \ • Mr. and Mrs. John Blomgren were business callers at Waukegan last Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. William Foss were callers at Crystal Lake last Tuesday. Mrs- Wayne Bacon accompanied Mr. and Mrs. William Davis and daughter, Frances, to Woodstock last Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Earl Converse and daughter, Frances, attended the theater at Crystal Lake last Tuesday evening. Leslie . Foss attended the Cubs- White Sox game in Chicago Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. H. E Maimen of Wauconda spent Tuesday evening at the home of the latter's father here. ,Mr. and Mrs. John Blomgren and Mr. and Mrs. Willard Darrell spent Wednesday evening with Mr. and Mrs- Harry Matthews. Miss Myrna and Beulah Bacon spent last Friday night with their cousin, i Miss Frances Converse. Miss Pearl Foss of Libertyville and Wm. Berg of the "Flats" were Sunday dinner and afternoon guests j at the home of Mr. and Mrs. William Foss. Mr. and Mrs. Jack Geary,and children were Saturday evening callers at the home of Mr. and Mrs- H. J. Shaffer at McHenry. Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Williams and son, James Howard, of Crystal Lake spent the week-end at the home of Mrs. Clar* Smith. Mr. and Mrs. John Blomgren and BCrs- Raymond Lusk Of Volo spent last Friday visiting friends at Stillman Valley, 111. Mrs. H. J. Shaffer and BCrs. John R. Knox of McHenry spent Sunday afternoon at the home of their father he*e. Mr- and Mrs. Wm. Foss and sons, Leslie and Billie, and Wm. Berg of the "Flats" and Miss Pearl Foss of Libertyville spent last Wednesday evening at the home of Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Foss at Libertyville. Miss Myrna Bacon accompanied Mrs. Lou Harris and son, Robert, of Wauconda to Crystal Lake last Friday evening and attended the movies. • Wm. Foss and Harry Matthews and Bill Berg of the "Flats" attended the Cubs-White Sox hall game in Chicago Monday. Mr. and Mrs. Willard Darrell and Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Esping attended the Farmers Institute at Lake Zurich last Friday evening. W. E. Brooks and Otis Phillips were callers at McHenry last Thursday. Mr. and Mrs. H. L Brooks were callers at Dundee last Saturday. Mrs. Raymond Lusk and daughter, Betty Lou, of Volo speifit Saturday afternoon at the Blomgren home. Miss Lillian Tidmarsh, Mrs. Graham and Mrs. Clough of Wauconda spent last Tuesday afternoon at the home of Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Brooks. Stanley Shaffer and Willis Schreiner of McHenry spent last Saturday afternoon at the home of the former's grandfather here. Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Brooks and son, Chesney spent Sunday evening at the home of Mr. and Mrs*. Wilber Cook at Wauconda. - Mrs- Clara Smith was a caller at the homes of Mr. and Mrs. C. K. Werden and Mr. and Mrs. Jos. S. Haas at Wauconda last Saturday aftrnoon. Mr. and Mrs- W. 0. Brooks of Waukegan spent Sunday afternoon at the home of Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Brooks. Chesney Brooks attended the Sunday school convention at Gray slake last Thursday. The teachers and pupils of the Slocum Lake school attended the Farmers' Institute at Lake Zurich last Friday afternoon. They aba entered an exhibit. > 'i m. Mr. and Mrs. Earl Converse and Mi. and Mrs." Duncan of Mylith Park attended a birthday party at the home of Mr. and Mrs. F. D. Norris ih Chicago in honor of A. Norris of Mylith Park one evening last week. FRUIT SOUPS Cocktails are more popular as a fruit beginner for the dinner than soups, though In Europe they are enjoyed "by prince and peasant, summer o r w i n t e r ; chilled with shaved. Ice they make a m o s £ nourishing dish. With , fruit soups the nourishment depends upon the ingredients used, as with ©their soiips. Prunes, ru isiiis.. figs, banfsiuis, pertsimmohs and pawpaws have moi?e food value in theinselves, though lacking in other things. With the additions of stock, milk and egg, the food '-value- Is increased'. Pried or canfced fruit# are used as well as the fresh fruits. Strawberry and Orange Soup.--- Sprinkle a pint of strawberries with sugar and let stand on ice for dhe hour. Make a sirup of one and onehalf quarts of water and a pound of sugar, cook for teh minutes, add a quart of fresh berries with the juice of One lemon. Mash and strain, adding a cupful of orange juice with the berries which .have been iced. Serve •-* cold. Prune and Peach Soup.--Take onethird of a pound of dried prunes and two-thirds of a pound of dried peaches, soak overnight. In the morning add a pint of cold water and cook, to the boiling point, then add two tablespoonfuls of sago; cook until thejsago is clear. Add a cupful of cherry, cranberry or other tart juice and servo <\'v- *&• And farther, For w Wi* f: ^ ^ ' J*i V -r-s* • i " ~.*v ShoUtS of, the Crowd; At any hour of th# day or ntght trt.- tan connect xour telephone t; ith almost any other telephone t« the uorld. The cost if ~ always moderate. Tom's Dad telephoned him after the gamt, he could. almost hear the cheers of the spectators as, his son gave him an excited eyewitness' account of the game. Football Wasn't ail they "tfclked about . . . health, studies and, of course, finances! Vs jrgoodhafciif for families to "keep in touch" with young folks away at school. Take a few minutes each week to telephone that bov or girl. You'll be interested in everything they do and a short conversation every week will encourage and cheer them between vacations., CITY COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS Council Room, Oct. 5, 1931. The city alderman with Mayor Knox presiding met in regular meeting on Monday evening. Aldermen present, Barbian, Doherty, Kreutzer, Overton* Schaefer and Wattles. Motion by Kreutrer, seconded by Wattles that the minutes of the previous meeting be approved as real. Motion carried. Motion by Doherty,* seconded by Overton, that the Treasurer's report be approved as read, showing a balance of $6,983.98. Motion carried. Motion by Overton, seconded by Bar<& bian that .the Collector's report be accepted as read. Motion carried. Motion by Schaefer, seconded by, Kreutzer, that the Clerk's report be accepted as read. Motion carried. Motion by Doherty , seconded by Wattles, that the following bills be paid as read. Motion carried. ~ Motion by Doherty, seconded by Wattles, that the following bills be paid as read and O. K'd by the financf committee. Motion carried. John Walsh,, salary .$135.04 W. C. Feltz, salary 110.00 M. M. Niesen, salary... 60.00 Andrew Hanson, labor, witer* works i£t Peter A. Neiss, commissions, etc., 7.5®. Mayme Buss, commissions, etc. 22.42 M. Engeln & Son, supplies, labor, --18.2$ The McHenry Plaindealer, print. ing, 20.7S Carey Electric Shop, repairing switch, 1.00 N. P. Jus ten, oil, T.2t John F- Brda, kerosene and hauling, 1.17 fhe C. H. Hanson Co., tags,.... 7.00 West Side Garage, 1 broom.... 1.5fr National Meter Co., meters 152.50 Illinois Bell Telephone Co., service, JjQ Public Service Co., street lights, .148.25 Public Service Co., street • lights, .: 124.7* Public Service Co., power, sewer lift 1S.1I Public Service Co., power, pumping water, 68.80 Public Service Co., city hall lights, 1.44 Motion by Doherty, seconded by Overton, to purchase a used clock from the Public Service Co., for onu, amental street lights. Motion carried.-' Motion by Overton, seconded by Kreutzer. that the city offer D. T. Smiley $100.00 to settle his account with the City of McHenry, in full up to date. Motion carried. Motion by Doherty, 'seconded by Kreutzer, to adjourn. Motion carried* JOHN R. KNOX, Mayor PETER Ai NEISS, City Clerk. either hot or cold. Apple and Rice Soup.«M?ore and slice thin eight unpeeled apples. Cook Ihem with one-half cupful of rice until both are soft, using two quarts of boiling water. Put through a sieve, add spices and one-half cupful of orange juice or grapefruit marmalade. Serve hot A very appetising salad may be made by stuffing well plumped and stewed prunes with cream cheese and finely minced celery. Serve on lettuce with a spoonful of french dressing, or any other kind preferred. • 1W Summiag It Up Half the sting of poverty, or small means, is gone when one keeps house for one's own comfort and not the comment of one's neighbors. SWEDISH MASSAGE For Rheumatism, Lameness, Nervousness, Constipation, Headache, Lack of Pep and Energy, try_our Swedish Massage. Steam and Electric Cabinet Baths and Electric Treatments. ^ Erickson Massage Parlors , Woodstock, III 200 Dean St ^ 182 ••Go Ahead" ' Gr^eh gives you the right of way. This is especially true of the lqog green.--Kenosha (Wis.) News. WEST SIDE GARAGE Otto Adams, Prop. Qenenl Automobile Repairing TeL 185 Res. 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