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ry"* , .. r^f.' • *,V» ^ *"" -ASii'i , * ifKl * - "^™ •;** * , •!t:t >' i ' ^ -.«V4 •,;«^<» • T, •*<$>& -J*W ^ ^ "e af'-wfi §. d» 5ii' ,J#f- Ukw topUtyGrufgi AUCTION w CONTRACT j(y Wynne Fergosoa Author of 'PRACTICAL AUCTION BfUOCS* ARTICLE No. IS Many times in these articles the writer has strongly urged the necessity of making original bids mean something. There are certain definite requirements of bidding t$&t should be complied with at all times, if the player wants to become a sound Mdder. These requirements are more or less arbitrary and vary with the position of the bidder. For example, if >'ou hold five hearts to the ace, king, it is a sound heart bid as dealer but if three players have passed, it is not.^^sound bid by fourth hand. In the samfe way a bid may not be sound On the first round of bidding but may be perfectly justified i on the second round. The real reason for these so-called | conventions of bidding'is the fact that :$*'but also its effect upon and interpreta- .'/* * ^ ' tion by one's partner. If it tells him the truth, it is a sound bid; but if it de- !'» reives • him or may be misconstrued, ^J- it is not sound. Whenever you make a ? ft'bid, think not only of your own cards > " - but also of your partner and what he may do after he hears your bid. You should also consider your own course of action if the bid you intend to man should be overbid by your opponents. Have you started something that either you or your partner cia carry to it# logical conclusion? If so, it » a sound bid but not otherwise. When you are dealer and bid one no trump or one of a suit, you should convey the exact information to your partner: First: In case of * no trump bid, that you have at least two ana one-half quick tricks, distributed in at least three suits; Srcond, in case of * suit bid, that you have a suit of at least four cards and two and one-half quick tricks in the hand, one of which is in the suit bid. Original bids should always give exact information for they are the first bids of the hand and have the chance to start partner off on thife right foot by telling him what you have. This is the time you should tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth. If you don't tell the truth, you are laying up trouble forySurself. Lay a firm foundation for the pari? nership and you will get good results? but, if you build your house on the sand of untruth or misinformation, look out, for trouble is sure to result. I Twice To 1 d Tales • - * i) • Items of latere* Taken Prm the Flies of the Plaindeala* •' of Years AfO 1 "m 1 • I :| "• I .11" II Mill ' \ 5 JOHHSBTOQ Solutions to Last Week's Problems No. 1 "Hearts -- none . . Clubs -- none Hearts -- none" Clubs --none Diamonds -- K I Spadea--Q, 9,4 Diamonds -- J Spades -- A, K, 2 B Hearts -- 8 Clubs--K * Diamonds --none Spades -- J, 6 Hearts -- J Clubs -- none Diamonds -- noae Spades--10,8,T There are no trumps and Z is in the lead. How can Y Z win all the tricks against any defense? Solution-. Z should lead the king of clubs and A must discard. He cannot discard the king of diamonds' or Y's jack w ill be good, 6o is forced to discard the four of spades. Y should now discard the jack of diamonds and B must also discard. He tannot discard the jack of hearts or Z's eight will be good, so is forced to discard the seven of 6pades. Z now leads the jack of spades, Y overtakes with the king and makes the balance of the tricks. This forcing of discards is the socalled "squeeze" play and, as both A and B were forcgd to discard, it is a good example of the "double squeeze.""" "" . v Hearts--none Clubs --K, Q, 9 Diamonds -- none Spades -- Q, 10,9, 4 " . No. 2 ' Hearts -- J, 6 . Clubs -- 8, 4 Diamonds--none, Spades --*• K, J , 8 B : Hearts--Q, 7 . Clubs -- none Diamonds-- 10,9 -Spades -- 6, 5, o." Hearts -- K* 10 Clubs --J, 7, & , Diamonds -- Q, 6 Spades none Hearts are trumps and Z is in the lead-. How can Y Z win six of the seven tricks against any defense? Solution: Z should lead the queen of diamonds and trump in Y's hand with the jack of hearts. A should discard the four of spades and B follows suit. Y should now lead the six of hearts, B should play the seven and Z the ten. A should discard the nine of clubs. Z should now lead the.king of hearts and A is again forced to discard. He cannot discard & club or Z will lead a low club, place A in the lead and thus force him to lead a sf>ade. Y will win two spade tricks, on which Z* will discard one diamond and one club. Y will then lead a club, which Z will win. On the third trick, therefore, A is forced to discard the nine of spades. Y should discard a club. Z should now lead the six of diamonds. A's discard is immaterial. Y should discard his last club and B must wiu the trick. As B ha* nothing but spades left iii his hand, he < must lead spades up to Y, who thus 1 wins the rest of the tricks. J FiFT* YEARS AG6 The weather in this section is more like April than February. The man who is hot suited with this kind of winter weather is hard to please. The ice harvest on the pond has been progressing rapidly the past week, from 50 to 76 cars s day being loaded. H. H. Nichols has his cigar store and restaurant next door" to the pOotoffice, now in full blast, and we must say "has one of the tastiest arranged and nsatest places of the kind to be found in the c&ira^y. ^ C. L. .Tames, who has been here for the past two weeks, putting our iron Mrs. Steve Ifiay, Mrs. Joe King and Mrs. John A. Miller motored to Elgin Tuesday. ~ Paul Huff and brother, Edwin, visited with Mr. and Mrs. Wm. J. Meyers and family Tuesday evening. Mrs. Steven Schaefer and Miss Regena Britz were visitors at the home of Mrs. Wm. May one evening last wieek. A large crowd attended the Community meeting Monday evening The ladies of the Community club met at the home of Mrs. Joseph J Freund Monday evening. Cards were played and first prize was awarded to Mrs. Joe King; second to Mrs. Fred Smith and consolation to Mrs. Leo Freund. Mr. and Mrs. George Oeffling and family visited with Mr. and Mrs. Albert Huff and daughter, Shirley, last Thursday afternoon. Misses Helen Schaefer and Evelyn Meyers, Guy Hann, Walter Clark and Howard Leedle motored to Chicago on Wednesday evening, Mrs. Math N. Schmitt and daughter, Isabella, visited with Mr. and Mr<s. Fred J. Smith Wednesday evening. Guejsts at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Joe King and family Saturday were: Mr. and Mrs. John Boh man of Wilmette, Mr. and Mrs. Louis King and ent at the party were UftWt Violet Instilling, Henrietta ami Ethel Nell, Lorraine, Rita, LaVerne and Delma Freund, Lorraine and Jeanette Kennebeck, Anna Schaefer, Delma and Jeletta Thelen. A g$od sized crowd attended the hard-times dance at the Johnsburg parish hall Monday night. The first prizes were awarded to Mrs. Steve May and Leo Hiller. They eaoh received $2.50. BQ-. and Mrs. George Hiller spent Saturday night and Sunday in Chicago with relatives. * - was first finished. ^ FORTY YEARS AGO We are having some mild, springlike weather in this vicinity just at present. Colds and influenza are making themselves felt in almost every household. Married--At the Catholic Chufch, in this village, on Tuesday, Jan. 26, 1892, by the Rev. Father O'neill, Mr. Peter Gilles and Miss Maggie Welsh, both of McHenry. The Editor has been flat oh "his bafek with La Grippe for the past four days. bridge in shape, which was rucked by the ice last winter, finished the job on i family of Kenosha, Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Monday, and now the bridge stands as Steffes and daughter, Emily, Mr. and straight and solid as It did the day it Mrs. John King and Mr. and Mrs. JacK Thies of McHenry; Mr. and Mrs. Wm. J. Meyers, Mr. and Mrs. George King and family arid Mr. and Mrs. Steve King and son, Eugene, of Johnsburg. . Miss Laura Meyers, employed in Chicago, spent Saturday evening and Sunday at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. J. Meyers. Mr. and Mrs.iWm. Althoff, Jr., and family of McHenry visited the former's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Al- Ihoff, Sr., Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Math Rauen of Spring Grove, Miss Emma Freund of McHenry and Mr. and Mrs. Fred Freund and family visited John H. Freund and son,Louis, Sunday. «, Mr. and Mrs. Peter Miller and daughter, Lillian, of Lily Lake were visitors at the home of Mr. and Mrs. John Degan Sunday afternoon. Miss Evelyn Meyers was a Woodstock caller Friday afternoon. Miss Florence Sith of Woodstock fisited her parents over the week-end Miss Olive Hettermann of McHenry visited hier parents Sunday. Johh Pitzen returned to his home after spending the past three weeks with his daughters, Mrs. Elmer Schroeder and Mrs. James Chamberlain of Chicago. At the present w^riUhg 'Mrs. Peter Schaefer is quite ill. Mr- and Mrs. George Miller, sons, Arthur and James, and daughter, Lug2' cille, of Volo speht Monday night' t.t of Mr. and Mrs. Ben TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO The West McHenry Flour and Feed mill is now in operation and if present indications do not deceive us this new industry promises to be a financial boom to McHenry. . Butter remained firm at 32 cents oij the Elgin board of trade Monday, with no offerings or sales. iVTr. Groundfiog took a peek last Saturday morning, Just long enough to see his shadow. He returned to his winter quarters for another six weeks. It is said that Bordens contemplates th6 harvesting of a second crop of ice this season, to be shipped to the various plants throughout the country where ice is not obtainable. LATIN AMERICAN ENVOYS SHIFTED TWENTY YEARS AG# Butter was declared firm ... . cents on the Elgin board of trade, 1 JjJ1? Monday. |Bct?eferV„ „ J. C. Clemens passed away at Ins! an<* Mrs. Frank Pitzen spent home south of the village on Friday Saturday afternoon at the home of the motiving of last week after suffering a stroke of paralysis. Big motion picture show coming to the Central on Sunday evening, Feb. 18. It has been called to the attention latter's parents* Mr. and Mrs. John P. Schaefer. Misses Laura Meyers of Chicago and Evelyn Meyers motored to Fox Lake Sunday afternoon. Miss Thelma Lay celebrated her HWashington Letter -By- National Editorial Association advice from the side-lines on effective methods to Resuscitate a drowning person than is handed the Reconstruction Finance Corporation with its two billion dollar pulmotor- There is ro shortage of suggested panaceas. The problem is to work out feasible plans which will assist in the restoration of of the writer that McHenry js again:ei^hth birthday Saturday. Those pres. experiencing a scarcity of houses. We believe that the building of, at least half a dozen houses in th^ village would be a good thing. Most of the cars and other vehicles that had to pass thru Algonquin to the ski tourament at Cary, drove onto the river above the bridge and made the trip to Cary on the ice. It was an unusal sight to see the automobiles on the river. , Eight Are Transferred Due to »•£._ Political Changes.- Washington.--Rapidly shifting political currents In Latin-America have brought eight changes in diplomatic missions here. During the year preceding, nine out of twenty chiefs wleffe changed. Only Cuban Ambassador Orestes Ferrara, Uruguayan Minister Jacob© Varela, Guatemalan Minister Adrian Reeinos, Nicaraguan Minister Juan B. Racasa and ParaRuayan Charge d'Affaires Pablo Ynsiran have survived the political and economic changes of the last 18 months. ~ The Argentine embassy, after being without an ambassador for two years during the Irigoyen presidency, took on new life with the return of Ambassador Malbran after the revolution. Mai bran fearlessly attacked the United States tariff laws, but soon was transferred to London, with Dr. Felipe Espil, a financial expert, taking his place. Honduras elevated her minister, Dr. Ernest Argueta, to the cabinet and after leaving the legation for a short time In jharge of a subordinate, sent Dr. Celeo Davila. Chile, after her midsummer revolution, retired Ambassador Carlos G. Davila and returned Dr. Miguel Oruchaga, former ambassador here. He is serving without pay. Bolivia retired Minister Eduardo Diez de Medina and sent in his place Don Luis O. Abelli, tin magnate, who is serving without pay. Like Ferrara of Cuba, he is of Italian extraction. Dr. Carlos Leiva in November succeeded Dr. Francisco A. Lima as minister of El Salvador. He had been in charge since 1928. Metxico recently recalled Don Man.- uei Tellez and made him minister of Oobernacion, next in succession should any tiling happen the President, lie Is succeeded by Dr. .Toae Manual Puig Casauranc, a journalist and surgeon. * > The Costa Rfcan legation Is in charge of Counsellor Guillermo E. Gonzales following the resignation of Minister Manuel Castro Quesada, who is running for President. Homero Viteri f-afronte has resigned as Ecuadorean minister following the recent revolution, but is still on the job pending the arrival of Gonzalo Zaldumblde, the new minister. Chinese Girl* Neglected Prior to 1910, it was rare for a Ohi- .'Wgirl to ntten'd school. TEtf YBARS AGO Seventeen inch ice was harvested at bu&iness and above all revive public Lake Zurich last week. confidence in our economic stability. I W- E. Krouzer has opened a shoe The President called a select hand of j repair shop in the Heimer block on industrial and civic leaders to the' Elm street, formerly occupied by the , White House last Saturday for the ex. I McHenry bakery and more recently Washington, February 10 - Political i press purpose of starting something j ^ McHenry Poultry and Egg Co. patent medicines for the relief of de- j tangible. One of the first moves will John P. Weber and his men started pression victims are concoted with a i be to check hoarding of currency be- jwor^ on ,^e new addition to the free hand oft Capitol Hill. Bitter. cause every dollar withdrawn from McHenry ice cream factory building partisan warfare has broken out in i circulation reduces credit facilities jon Monday morning of this week, the Senate and House over this issue, apd slows up business generally. The | Rev. Charles S. Nix, j>astor of St. Concern is felt in various quarters assurances that the enormous resour- j Mary s church has this week sent out that in attempting to fabricate a so-1 ces of the Reconstruction Finance one hundred invitations to priests to lution Congress may aggravate what Corporation are available,;jin all sec- ' attend the blessing of the new parish ifc rgally a serious problem of relief tions of the country is expected to , W the Rt. ^Rev. Bishop Peter legislative body in open disagreement allay fear and suspicion. ------ as to relief forms, the fear is manifest j Parliamentary tricks to insure rethat local agencies may be tempted to porting proposed legislative measures let up on their activities in anticipa- i from hostile committees were again tion of generous Federal aid. It is of exposed this week. It seems that genuine importance, _tha-tj Congress- j. Senator Borah, Republican of Idaho, ionai meddling should not break down crusading for salary reductions affccthe lavish system of local community ting Congress and Federal department J. Muldoon of Rockford of next week, Feb. 14 How to sell i$t fied ad. redief work that has been built up aver a period of months. The drive for reduction of personnel officials and empJbyeos, utilised a strategem which brought results. Senator Walsh, Democrat of Montana, AUNDKf in. the Army and the Navy has been }>av'nfc a bill calling for a thorough given a severe set-back as a conse- i investigation of underlying factors of quence of the Sino-Jap war. The'the £eneral depression and more parvoices of peace organizations raised Ocularly the effect of juggling securin protest against Increased appro- ities on the stock markets, pulled the priations do not fall on ears as recep- * ' tive as was indicated last fall. Cont= jg-essional leaders have postponed consideration of appropriation bills affecting these two armed services. It may also be said that the aggressive military group is only marking time because they realize that Congress would be averse for diplomatic reasons of putting the country on a same trick. Senator Dale, Republican of Vermont, under pressure from organized government -employees publicly declared his opposition to the Borah proposals. He found that the Idaho Senator had neatly side-stepped the trapping of his measure by having if referred to the Appropriations Com* mittee. Jealous of his Civil Service War-time basis merely in preparation 1 Committee's prerogative, Dale asked for hostilities. War talk is officially discouraged at the Capitol'and in departmental circles. The recent change in reapportionment of Congressional districts in sev. eral states has a salutary effect on legislators. In the states affected, it is Interesting to observe that legislators numeromi requests frwa the to have the Borah wage cutting bills restored to his griup After the Idaho solon extracted a public promise that'Doe to __ the measure would not meet the fate! nr ~li.il „ Of most salary bills - burial in a Ipeople of J1"8 community we ha\e pigeon-hole, the transfer was author- j open*d * laundry agency in McHenry ized. Senator Fess, Republican of Ohio I fr* the accommodation of the househad kept the Walsh resolution bottled wives of the city and county, where Who must be elected by the voters of a C0IT!T1't^e ^°!L seven ' calls may be made to McHenry 208-R. the entire state instead of one district blasted iTout to thp i with a rrunnn- «Tw>ioi Diastea it out to the Senate floor. I _ request for . the tr,u ck to call, Extra prompt service and exceeding ly low price* awaita your order. have been giving special attention to problems of the commonwealth. Formerly, it was difficult to have a Member of Congress concern himself with \ affairs outside his immediate baili- %ick. Now they are absorbed in selling their service to the state. The relative urity thjit some incumbents enjoy- «d when charged with maintaining political fences in a few counties has been wiped out by the reapportionlaent. ifo jr|Kae squad ewer received more Ungall&nt Calculation - l£very man Is, according to Boropean scientists, worth $9,000 to his country at birth, vyhile woman's worth is placed at $4,500. Face Paint Old Cocmetlc Cosmetics were used 4,000 years ago In China, and long before that in Egypt. ,.V- . - SNOW WHITE LAUNDRY Crystal Lake, Illinois SPECIA CALIFORNIA NAVEL u r/ii: ra *1 2 49* Jhf200-2.6 TTw ^-- Iceberg Lettuce n . 2HEAD813c U. S. No. 1 V> lite Potatoes 15 lb. pk. 15c 100 lb. bag 98c lona Brand Sliced Pineapple 2 "CANS 29C Quaker Maid Beans . . . .'CAN 5c Encore Macaroni or Spaghetti *KQ.' 5C Sultana Brand Red Beans . CAN2' 5C S4)Z. CAN 12-OZ. JUG Cocomalt. . . . Vermont Maid Syrup Blue Peter Sardines Lifebuoy Soap . . O x y d o l . . . . •C IDtCCCC . Ochna*s *m oMf lKim sl:e 23c 23c rms 25c 4 CAKES 25c 4%?Z' LGE. 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KELLER Optometrist and Optician During the winter months I will examine at my summer home in Lasch Subdivision, on Riverside Drive, one block North of city limits of McHenry, on West side of river, on Sundays and Mondays only. Phone McHenry 211-R » i V. ^ • : t ; - ijfy ' -• aV V" »'I1 -t- * •> » » » » » Phalin's Garage Phone 3X4 !, Repairing, Oil, Greasing Pearl Street, McHenry McHenry Floral Company. - • • Main Street, McHenry - Wteere quality is best and prices fcJre |ovepeft». : 1 Funeral Work a Specialty Flowers for Weddings and aU occasions et an ELECTRI BROODE mother your chicks., ',-A; CHICKS that are mothered by an electric brooder grow into healthier, heavier chickens. The brooder takes them two day» pfrw hatching and keeps them warm and active . under its hood until they are old enough t<> take care of themselves. _ Almost your only responsibility fs to See the are fed. The electric heater in the bcooder automatically maintains a constanv, bealthful temperature. Insulation holds practically all the heat under the hood. Plenty of fresh air is provided by an adjustable ventilator--| condition which is practically impossible wheft other heating methods are used. The small cost of operating an electric broodar is more than offset the better chickens fc produces. The mortality rate is cut down mat©- - ami rKirlr^n* fa*r*r Vriti ot "phone yottr wet«wt fttMlf Serrtce Store and ^p'll be glad to «end one of our men assigned to farm electrification to tell you all about electric brooders. You won't be obligating yourself In any way. i VPubltc Service Compam* OF NORTHERN ILLINOIS £. J. LARKYN, Jjisi. Mgr. 101 Williams St, Crystal Lake Crystal Lake Phone ]B0 1 • 'zim '.ri . .j