yeiZT JV*' » &•* "J*^ &-*^\ k-. ••^, 4* '*" v> •' - .v- '• *<* •- *A .r »., >K THE IVTHENRY PLAINDEALER Publidn>d trfwy Thursday at McHenry, 111, by Charkfe V. Renich. Entered as second-class MlttW >t the |r the act of May 8,1879. •t McHwcjr, DL, u. One Year ... »Smixm rnM onths tip 3£ ...*2.06 ..41.00 A. H. MOSHER, Editor and Maaa«er I""'"". Want Ads FOR SALE IPHE NEW SPEED QUEEN and One- "Itinute Electric Washing Machine, porcelain tub, balloon wringer rolls, 8te|pl cut gears ...,,.$49.50 ^ejw May tag Washers ..............$79.50 :Wo6s Copper l\ib Washer ........*20.00 CAREY ELECTRIC SHOP '-;<V .;•••. ?7tf ' THEFT OF WORKER NEW SOVIET RACKET Club News jjX .'f <-\.||EW DESIGNS IN WALL PAPER-- A? », V --*-Now is the time to have your work i, \ " > i done at wholesale prices. Also paint- 'fug- and other decorations.; W. P. ^ ' brooks, RiversideDrive. Phone 1?$7» 3%:^ ' : ;B7 - t f • - ; • ; : v . iPdR SALE--Baled timothy hay, five . toils corn, 100 bu. barley, brooder .house 12x14. George E. Adams, Ring' •Wood. 36-2 POR SALE--5-drawer Singer electric or foot power sewing machine. Like B^w. Bargain at $27.50. Nye Jewdry, Music & Radio Shop, West McHenry. 36-tf iff: iv- FOR SALE--New Colonial residence Oti: Waukegan St. Bargain for quick «ash deal. F. E. Covalt. ' . 26-tf LOST tiOST--A magnetic separator off the feed table of a Klein portable feed mill. Also a log chain. McHenry and 8pring Grove road. George T. Freund, McHenry. 037 WANTED SALESMAN--With car, for "McHenry and vicinity, to sell direct from factory to property owner on long credit terms. «Apply 4506 Broadway, Chicago. 037 MISCELLANEOUS 'CORN BELT STATE Accredited Baby Chicks now as low as 6c on early 'bookings. Get details of our $500 CSahs Prise Contest. Corn Belt Hatchftties, Woodstock, 111. 37-3 KOTICE--We file saws and sharpen •II kinds of tools. Tel. McHenry ' 68-M. H. W. Ahrens, West MCHSJJI*. - RAGS WANTED • rThe Flaindealer office will pay 5c a pound for good, clean wiping rags. BEFORE YOU BUY SHOES see our liar gain counter. B. Popp. Expert shoemaker and repair shop. Main gtreet. Phone 162. 38-tf UPHOLSTERING--AU kinds of furttiture reupholstered and repaired. Uood work guaranteed. Work called lor and delivered. Chas. Rasmussen, ^ Centet" SV Wast McHenry, 111. Tel. 107-M. " 12-tf Ijlmnwwi • Mr • , i SEWING MACHINES REPAIRED Rag Rugs Made to Order All Work Guaranteed * B. POPP 162 Main St. McHenry Shortage... of Labor Brings ' Keen Competition. Bfoicow.--The shortage of IfttHM* to the Soviet union has led to keen competition for working hands among various state organizations, carried, in some instances; to the extent of "stealing" each other's workers. ; The hiring of peasants bound for one Job to halt at another en route has developed, according to charges in the Moscow economic press. Into a profitable "racket" for those engaged in it The Russian slang name for a racketeer or swindler is "beetle." It Rivernew Camp Meets On Tuesday evening Rhrenriew Camp, R. N. A., held its regular meeting with a large attendance of members present. Several members were present who had not attended meetings for years and they were made to feel most welcome and asked to come again. These meetings are for every member and all members are urged to turn out and enjoy a pleasant evening- , The January birthdays were celebrated at this meeting and those having birthdays were Mrs. Annie Boley, Mary Weingart, Elizat>eth Schneider, Agness Wentworth and Vendelina Die drich. A large cake made by Mrs. Agness Wentworth was" served in honor of the birthdays. The committee for the evening was Magdalena Bohn, Susie Adams, Magdalena Baur, Anna Boley, Susie Bishop and Mary Bolder. It is planned to make two quilts, one for tfee R. N. A. home at Rock Island and one to be kept and disposed of next summer. Mrs. Lena Bohr and Mrs. Katherine Schaefer are the committee to get the blocks cut and ready for sewing. Mrs. Agness Wentworth plans to entertain the fir.it quilt party. Cards and bunco enter- Brfftl 12,1832 r^r v • ••'ir •• •(, *•«-- -tjfrtfif?,: appears that Tail road stations are Infested with beetles, who waylay and j tained the members present and prizes power, using promises, and Woodstock's Beautiful P lay House FEID AY-SATURDAY Zane Grey's "RIDERS OF THE PURPLE SAGE" with • r George O'Brien Comedy News Novelty SUNDAY-MONDAY Continuous Sunday, 2:30 to 11 Robert Montgomery in "t«vers Courageotis" | with .• Madge Evens Comedy News Cartoon K •••$"• • - ^ TUESDAY |S; WEDNESDAY "Five Star Fioal" with K Edward G. Robins<ia Comedjr News Sports Thursday on the Stage „ %On the Stage 'J. B." Rotnour Players "Reckless "capture" raw labor vodka, cigarettes, tall sweet words. Beetles Get Five Rubles. The beetles receive five rubles, and sometimes more, for every laborer lured Into the employ of organizations suffering from lack of labor. The newspaper Za Industriallzatzie reveal* that of 11,200 peasants enlisted In the Tartar Soviet republic for service in the Donbass coal fields, only 9,820 reached their destination. For weeks the 1,380 missing men were sought by the Donbass authorities. Finally it was established that they had been decoyed to construction jobs by beetles. I £• graphic description of the labor thieves at work Is given in an indignant attack on the racket in the press here. A train bound for Donbass arrives In the Moscow station. A group of peasants gets off to look around. Soon they are-spatted and approached by a beetle. ** The Bottle of Vodka. At first the peasants distrust the man, but in a few minutes he wins their confidence. • He sits down with them in the waiting room, gives them better cigarettes than they are accustomed to and mysteriously a bottle of vodka appears. In a few minutes more the peasants are convinced that they have met a true friend. They go back to the train only to fetch thelp bundles and rei^^'otTTITe station waitUa^-'ir "tne next train to -^"O^afTiy town, where a large chemical combine Is under construction. Their "friend" receives his re,ward, plus: expenses, when they are delivered to the construction manager. » Census Report Shows Families Are Smaller Washington.--The size of the American family in the last decade continued the steady decrease which has been apparent In every decade since 1890. according to figures just issued by the census bureau. The population per family In 1930, the bureau reported, was 4.1, as compared with 4.3 in 1920. In 1910 the average population per family was 4.5, In 1900 it was 4.7, and in 1890, 4.9. The total number of families In the country, however, was 23.1 per cent higher In 1930 than ten years ago. According to the figures* there were 29,- 980,110 faniilles ip the United States last year. More than 40 per cent of the families In the United States had radio sets when the census was taken in April, 1030. In Illinois nearly 56 per cent owned radios at that time, while in the east north central area the percentage of families possessing radios was 43.1. In the preliminary figdres made public, the bureau said, the term "family" applied to all groups of persons, whether related or not, who live together as one household, usually staring the same table. One person living alone, it was pointed out, was counted as a family, while, on the other extreme, all inmates of an-Institution or all persons living In a boarding house were Ml so counted as a family by the cen sus enumerators. were WOT* by Mary Weingart in five hundred; Mrs. Lena Bohr in bridge and Darline Lockwood in bunco. The February birthdays will be celcbrated at the next meeting of the camp and after this the birthdays will be celebrated at the last meeting, of the month. R. N. A. To Crystal Lake Several Royal Neighbors from McHenry attended a meeting of th3 Royal Neighbor camp at Crystal Lake Wednesday evening at a "stunt" night. Fox River Valley Camp contributed a group of songs, by Bob Peterson as their part of the program. Those from McHenry were: Mrs. James Per. kins, Mrs. Anna Meyers and Mrs. F. E. Cobb of liiverview Camp; Mrs. S. E. Bassett, Mrs. George Johnson, Mrs. Frank Thurlwell, Mrs. E. G. Peterson and son, Bob, Mrs. Charles Mertes, Mrs. Henry Heim^r, Mrs. Ray Howard, Mrs. Lester Page, Mrs. R. G. Chamberlin, Mrs. Carrie Ensign, Lena Stoffel of Fox River . Valley Camp. ' - ' • " • Attir aild Rosary Party Seventeen tables of bridge, five hundred, euchre and bunco were played at the card party given fd* the benefit of St. Patrick's church at the home of Mrs. Nellie Bacon on Main street on Sunday evening. Bridge^rrees were awardsd % Miss iviarie Powers and Earl Walsh. Winners in five hundred were Mrs. Ella Gans and Mrs. J^argaret McCarthy. Lucky ones in euchre were William Welch and Donald Givens land honoris in butnco were given Maxine Bacon and James Thompson. Other prizes given were a basket of groceries to Mrs. H. J. Schaefer, an angel food cake went to Thomas Wilson, a fancy dressed doil went to Hubert Smith and a pillow was awarded Mrs. Thomas Wilson.. fitowar A bridal theWfcr was given in honor of Mm. George Messenger, the former Miss Viola En gels, on Thursday evening at the home of her pare: Mr. and Mrs. Steven Engels. Tl evening was spent in playing bunco, prizes being awarded to Mrs- Joe P. Miller, first; Rose Miller, second; and Mrs. George Messenger, consolation. Mrs. Messenger was presented with many beautiful gifts. At a late hour a delicious luncheon was served and the guests all departed wishing her many happy years of ' wadded life. Those present were: Miss Frances Beebe, Miss Dorothy Babcock, Miss Rose Miller, Miss Martha Miller, Mrs. Gilbert Taylor all of Woodstock and Miss Mae Pfanrienstill, Miss Margaret Miller, Miss Vera Freund, Mrs. John B. Freund and Mrs. Joe P. Miller. ~ " , Celebrate Anniversary • A sttrprise party was tender&tf It and Mrs. George Steinsdoerfer, Feb. 6, on their twenty-fifth wedding apniversary. The evening was enjoyed at cards and a lunch was served at midnight. A gift was presented to the happy couple by the guests. .Those who wer? in attendance were; Mr. and Mrs. Jacob M. Freund, Mr. and Mrs. Ben May, Mr. and Mrs. John Freund, Jtfr. and Mrs. Wm. Huff and family, Mr. arid Mrs. Nick B. Freund, Mr. and Mrs. Peter W. Freund, Mr. and Mrs. John Barle from Waukegan, Mr. and Mrs., LeRoy Tansey and son from Chicago, Mr. and Mrs. James Randell from Chicago, Mrs. Frank Masquelet, Bill Tansey, Ernie Freund, Clarence Freund, Earl Freund, Angel, ine Miller, Elsie Steinsdoerfer. m r^mm ^ Surprised on Anniversary A party Of friends surprised Mr. and Mrs. Vincent Martin Saturday evening in honor of their twenty-third wedding anniversary. They were presented with a gift appropriate to the occasion. The evening passed pleasantly with dancing and cards furnishing entertainment for the guests. Tho'se present were Messrs. and Mesdames E. R. Sntton, Albert Vales, Ben Dietz, Thomas Wilson, Albert Purvey* Waiter Walsh and Clarence Whiting. Entertain Club > Mr. and Mrs. Leo Blake entertained the members of their card club at their home on Main street Tuesday evening. Prizes were awarded to Mr. and Mrs. Anton H. Freund, first, while the consolations went to Mrs. ,Niclc Adams and John R. Freund. Guests present were Messrs. and Mesdames Nick Adams, William Althoff, Louis Althoff, John R. Freund, Anton H. Freund. Lunch was served" ,: • » Card Party A Success The card party given by the Chrisian Mothers of St. Mary's church nt the church hall Sunday evening was well attended with twenty tables in play. Bridge winners were Mrs. Nick Freund, Gertrude R. Weber, Mrs. Charles Michels; lucky ones in five hundred were Mrs. Herbert Simon, Herman Dowe, Mrs. Jacob Freund, Frank Hay and Mrs. Peter Blake. Bunco prizes were awarded to Clarence Stilling, Lorraine Thennes and Milly Joos. Charles Pich was also the winner of $ prize. * Mid-Week Out* - The Mid-Week Card club met at the home of Mrs. George H. Johnson Wed. nesday afternoon. Six tables of bridge were in play and prizes were won by Mrs. George Bohr and Mrs. Andrew Eddy.' This was the la3t meeting of the series of parties,'bat the club has been reorganized for another round. Emer&ld Bridge The Emerald Bridge club met at the home of Mrs. Albert Krause Tuesday afternoon with prizes In cards beini? awarded to Mrs. Albert Krause, Mrs. J. W. Rothermel, Mrs. Al|>ert Purvey and Mrs. E. R. Sutton. A delicious lunch was served. , Btrtbiiay Anniversary Mrs. Joe Michaels was surprised at her home in Crystal Lake Sunday evening in honor of her birthday anniversary. She received many gifts. Those present were: Dr. and Mrs. W. A. Labrom, Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Williams, Mr. and Mrs. Albert Pepping of Crystal Lake, Mr. and Mrs. George Justen and Chris Blake of ^McHenry. Bullets Stop Two Dogs' Vigil Over Dying Woman Macleod, Alta.--Two collies sacrificed their lives here for Mrs. William AndeHon, seventy-seven years old, who lived alone with her dogs since her husband's death three years £> ago. Neighbors had not seen Mrs. Anderton for several days and, becoming alarmed, informed police. When po-' lice arrived at the house the dogs attacked them. A struggle ensued and the officers had to shoot the collies before they could gain entry. They found ^ Mrs. Anderton unconscious. Taken'to a hospital, she died several hours later. Nevada Lakes Reported to Be Drying Up Fast Reno, 'Nev.--Nevada is going dry, not In a prohibition way, but waterless. The level of Pyramid lake, which i about four miles northeast of hen 1ms dropped nearly 55 feet in the last 00 yfears. In the last four years the level has dropped more than 14 feet. Pyramid" isn't the only vanishing lake in Nevada, Walker, Winnemucca, Washoe, and Talioe levels are dropping at tremendous rates. Daughters of G. A. R. The Daughters of the G. A. R. will meet at the home of Mrs. William Spencer next Tuesday afternooq. Wales Must Be Babied When Sick, Says Nurse London, England,--The prince of Wales is just like any man when it comes to being babied when he Is Sick, according to Miss Graice Fuller, one of the nurses who attended him when he was ill recently in South Africa with malarial fever. "He was a splendid patient," said Miss Fuller in a letter to friends in London, "but he was a real babe when it came to swallowing pills. When I gave him the pills the prince said: 'This is my barbed-wire and gatejumping trick.'" Entertain At Cards Mrs. J. R. Smith, Mrs. George Kuhn and Mrs. H. L- Ritter entertained at. a card party at the home of the former Friday afternoon for the Good Will Star club. Each guest pieced a block for the quilt, which the club is making, after which cards were played and prizes won by Mrs. F. O. Gans, Mrs. C. H. Duker and Mrs. J. J. Rotheruud., BirtMay Remembered A pirty of relatives surprised Mrs. Tony Blake Saturday evening in honor of her birthday anniversary. She was presented with a gift and a pleasant evening was, spent at' cards, with prizes being won by Mrs. Mat Blake and Mrs. Leo Blake. Those present were Messrs. and Mesdames Mat Blake, A. P. Freund, Joe Blake, Peter Blake, Leo Blake and Bernard Blake. • . ; Jr " / 1 Mis. I. J. Marshall WM a Chicago visitor Monday. Miss Helen Steven* apenjt the weekend in Chicago. _ . Mr. and Mrs. Paul Brefeld were Chicago visitors Sunday. Miss Fern Bacon of Waukegan visited home folks this week. Clarence Anglese spent the weekend at his home at Morrison. Miss Dorothy Freund of JLake Villa spent Sunday with relatives here. Mr. and Mrs. Alby Krug spent Sunday with relatives at Ashton, 111. B. J. Frisby and son, Weston, of Chicago visited his mother Sunday. Mr- and Mrs. Harry Kist of Chicago visited her father, John Pint, Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. J. Freund of Woodstock visited relatives here Sunday. Miss Kathleen Power's spent the week-end with Chicago friends. Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Hughe3 Visited relatives at Williams Bay Sunday* Mr. and Mrs. William Mertes were Woodstock visitors Thursday, < Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Hngbes were Chicago visitors Friday. Lowell Nye of DeKalb spent the week-end with home folks. Mr. and Mrs- Percy Lodtz of Crystal Lake were McHenry callers Saturday. Mrs. J. E- Wheeler attended the funeral of Sally Voltz at Arlington Heights Saturday. Mrs. Varina Justen of Chicago visited her parents, Mr. and Mrs. N. J. Justen, over the week-end- Edwin Sherman, who is attending school at Lake Forest, spent the week-end at his home here. Miss Maud Granger of Chicago spent the week-end in the home of her sister, Mrs. Robert Thompson. Mrs. George Phalin and daughter spent Thursday with her parents at Woodstock. Miss Lucile Speaker of Richmond was a Sunday guest in the J. R. Smith home.. \ Mr. and Mrs. Gedrge Young and sons of Ringwood visited relativ e here, Sunday. - -" " Mr. and Mrs. Albert Rosing of Libertyville visited relatives hti" Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. George Schlitt < f Chicago spent the week-end with friends here- Misses Marjory Phalin and An'<>- nette Huetch of Chicago was a visjt >r in the former's home herev Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Phalin were Woodstock visitors in the George Frisby home. Mr. and Mrs. John May of~Waupai a, Wis., visited r e l a t i v e s here over t h e week-end. Miss Ruth Holm of Williams B;iy was a Sunday visitor in the home of Mrs. B. Frisby. , •'Mt: SiT<JH5tr^ Roy Hankermeyer of Waukegan werei McHenry visitors Saturday night. Mrs. Ella Kenney and daughtrv. Katherine of Chicago were Sunday guests in the M. J. Walsh home. Mr. and Mrs. George Johnson and family visited relatives in Chicago Sunday. . ' ^ ° .• Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Mortality of Chicago visited relatives here gnnday. Miss Leone Gevens spent the weekend with Chicago friends- ^ Edward Knox and daughters, Dorothy and Anna, of Chicago were Sunday visitors in the Edmund Knox home. Miss Agnes McCabe is visiting in the home of her brother, Thomas McCabe and family, at • Newcastle, Ind. • George Kuntsman of Chicago spent the week-end with his family in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Herman Schaefer. . Dr. and Mrs. Zimmerman and daughter of Woodstock; were guests of Dr. and Mr*. J, E. Wheeler Saturday evening. ' Mrs. Fred Karriholz returned home; the last of the week,after a visit in the home of her daughter, Mrs- Carl Schmitt, of Chicago. Her .little grand-daughter, Bertha Lou Schmitt, returned with her and will remain, for a visit. ".V y.,y.' Among those from oat of town who attended the funeral o{ Mrs. J. F.; Knox Monday were; Mr. and Mrs. Irving Horn, Mrs. Becker, Mr. and Mrs. Horace Foss, Mr. and Mrs. Silas Mayers,- Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Jackworth, Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Schlitt, Thomas Knox* Chicago; Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Winkelman, Melrose Park; Mr. and Mrs, Ed; Kiel, Woodstock. , • Casey aadMrs. Thoft, Rfagwbod wvre visitors in the John Bolger home in Wood** Sunday afternoon. Scathipf • Mrs. Smith was so upset over t|i?vactlons of one of her acquaintance#" that even her tongue got twisted, and what she said, with withering emphasis, was: "Well, I must say her toons were very rude and craw." S Q * Ancient Juniper Trees Puny, gnarled juniper trees, all dant in central Oregon, rival the California redwoods in age. Trees 2,000 years old have been cut. In. some trees 75 rings were found witl>»y in the breadth of an inch, revealing SL< growth of an inch in 75 years. 4,5. 'm V* t * ; "'Light Visibility yy tJn#Gr normal atmospheric' tlons the visibility of a light depend* upon its height and intensity, t&e distance due to the former being:' \vv-y known as the geographic range, and! to the latter as the luminous. - , v . b --v. • Atmo*pheH« t_V-> L i>ia^y«iioke and fojg; are * * V/* •' tial parts of the atmosphere, bat " hither impurities in It As generally understood, the term atmosphere i* applied to the Invisible, odorless and tasteless gasses which make up th* blanket of air surrounding the eartjiiD v:&' y. Watch This Space for m Important Announce 9 9 9 a Good are worth waiting for' Buss-Page Motor Sales "We Serve After we Sell** Club Making A Quilt Mrs. Agness Wentworth, Mrs James Perkins and Mrs. Earl Monear were hostesses at a Good Will Star club party at the former's home Monday afternoon. Five hundred and bridge were played and prizes were won by Mrs. F. O. Gans, Mrs. R. G. Chamberlin and Francis Vycital. Each one present made a block for a quilt. V/orker to Collect $100 -> for Loss of Mustache Pittsburgh, Pa.--Matt Itosky, tiltyftve, whose mustache was clipped by three fellow workers, has agreed to settle for $100 mustache balm. George Ullor, twenty-three, When arraigned on a charge of malicious mischief in connection with the clipping, agreed to , pay, Jtosky $33.33 as his share of the settlement. The*'two other masculine "jftelllahs" will face similar charges when apprehended. oooooooooooooooooooooooooo Mother of 18 Has Quadruplets, Too New Haven, Conn. ~ When twins were born to Michael Salzo's thirty-nine-year-old wife, giving him a total of 18 children, Salzo proudly announced that his wife had been the mother of two sets of twins, a set of triplets and a set of quadruplets. Of the 18 children born, only nine are living. The couple was married in 19T2 - „ Saturday Bargains Specials Saturday, February 13 only LADIES' ALL RUBBER GALOSHES --snap fasteners, first quality $1.95, per pair $1.29 MEN'S OVERALLS--heavy blue denim, per pair 59c MEN'S YARD-LONG BLUE WORK SHIRTS, each .... 59c 10 YARDS UNBLEACHED MUSLIN, good quality 49c FORT MILLS 81 INCH SHEETING^ BLEACHED--1~ 2Vi yards for ^ " 1 * * *' FORT MILLS 81 INCH WIDE SHEETING-- UNBLEACHED-- 2 Vi yards for -- Hebrew "U" Fellowship A Rudolph Grossman fellowship of S2.500 has been established at the' Hebrew university, by the newlyformed chapter of the American Friends of the Hebrew university at Itodeph Sholom temple. New York city.--Opinion. Surprised on Birthday A party of relatives and friends surprised Miss Dorothy Knox at her home on Waukegan street Monday evening in honor of her birthday anniversary. Three tables of five hundred were in play during the evening j and prizes were won by Will Sutton and Betty Conway. Lunch was served at the. close of the evening. Feat for Science Science hasn't done much yet. When it can transplant whiskers from the face to a bald head and make theijp grow there it will be entitled to a piece in the paper.--Toledo Blade. V • Card Club Meet Mr. and Mrs. Robert Thompson entertained the members of their card club Friday evening. Three tables of bridge were in play and prizes were awarded to Mrs. J. A. Craver, H. M. $tephenson, £a*i Monear and . M**. H. C. Hughes." iKiidntu Add* to Gift If what must be given is given will ingly the kindness is doubled.--Syrus. Type Eaaie«t to Read Extensive tests by a University Of Minnesota scientist Indicated that printing with ten-point type is more easily read than when either larger er stnaller type la used. 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