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: % jL«eLv*.jgS6<x_.. "»«v, ^ ? -.^j JOHNSBUEG Mr. and Mn. Ale* Freund of Chicago visited with Mr. and Mrs. Ste phen Smith Sunday. Mrs. Wm. J. Meyers and daughter, Evelyn, were Woodstock visitors Saturday < i i i i i i n i i i i i i i i i i n m i l Ufow to playfiridge AUCTION w CONTRACT PAY DAY NEWJ By AMY CAMPBK1X i t H f i u n i m i i n i l i i n n ((c) by McClurf Ncwsoanpr Syndicate.) (WNU Service) BEET BY-PRODUCT HELP FOR LAMBS ne Ferguson practical auction bridge .•i&m Author Of Co?yi w Movie, Jr. *r *, ; -1. : •>; ARTICLE No. 21 The Following hands have been i played in some way and have been t in for criticism: ; .Hand No. 1 ,y y ^ . ^'[1 %' * A ; ^ Hearts -- 6 • ' "• - ciuhs--K, Q, ;; »;>% ^. Diamonds r*-'7..'--L"7 !• Spades -- A, 0, j, 9/7, 6, 2 . No score, rubber game. The hand is \ equally applicable either to Auction or // * ' ' •' J'1*' to Contract.' • • -p * i » j* « Z dealt and hid four sjiades (a fine 'Jt ' s\ pre-emptive bid by the way), A doubled., ,t| . K . ; ^V passed and B bid five hearts. Z ^and <^| * t x. , A now i>a*sed and Y doubled. When " iPTy^tT^X al! passed, what should Z have opened? ^ -e"~. - $k* bead ofietfcaa a*s«Ikiit ex^nple of the pKop^f ( 3ft er double. If a player doubles after his partner has made a bid, he expects his partner to lead the suit he has bid. If a player has made a bid of his own and later doubles, he expects his partner to lead that suit. . In this example hand, Z has bid foil* spades and his partner, Y, has doubled •five hearts. Under these conditions, Z should ha%re opened his ace of spadfce. This opening would have set the contract one trick. Y had a singleton spade and doubled with the expectation of a spade opening. Z, however, thought of none of these very good reasons for-it'-- spade opening. He opened the king of . clubs and A B just made their bid and thus scored game and rubber. This hand is a fine example, so study it ofer carefully. - - > ' . T^(^lgg.»p,,is another ;e^g>pj<;; Hand No. 2 ^ Hearts--5 ' _ /.j Clubs -- 6, 3 ^ Diamonds -- 7, 6, i ^ • Spades--,A,-K, 8, 7,6 -• No score, rubber game, and the hand is applicable to either Auction1 or Contract. Z dealt and bid four hearts, A b;>l five diamonds and all passed. Y opened the king of spades and B's hand,"the dummy's in this instance, Was placed on the table. Z played the three of spades and A the five. Y should have reasoned somewhat.as follows: "What sort of hand did Z have to, justify a four-heart bid? If he had wanted a heart lead, he probably would have doubled. His four-heart bid probably consists of at least eight hearts with four honors and very little side strength. He also probably has a singleton spade and bid four hearts in the hope of shutting out a spade bid. Therefore, my best play is to lead the ace of spades and hope that Z can trump the third round of spades." If Y had followed this line of reasoning, he would have set the contract one trick. He failed to do so, however, and led a heart at trick two,' which A trumped. A then led trumps and scored game and rubber, losing only two spade tricks. This is another hand that should be carefully noted. • The play in the following hand should be easy but sometimes the easy ones are the ones that go wrong: Hearts -- K, 6, 2 Clubs -- K, Q, J, 4 Diamonds -- K, 8 Spades--Q, 10,4,2 Hand No. | Y A B • Z " . • Heirts - K, Q, 10, 8, 4 Clubs -- A, 4 Diamonds -- J, 7, 6, 2 Spades -- 9,5 . •» ' No score, first game. The point; CM the hand is applicable to either Aaction or Contract. Z dealt and bid one heart, A and Y passed and B bid one spade. Z and A passed and Y bid two hearts. The final bid was four spades due to the fact that Y raised the heart bid twice more. He also doubled four spades. What should Z open? This hand is similar to the first one in that Z has bid a suit and his partner, Y, has doubled. Under the rule set down in the analysis of that hand,. Y. certainly expected a heart lead by Z. Irrespective of that fact, however, Z should have led a heart in the endeavor to set up a trick in that suit before he lost his re-entry in clubs. Instead of doing so, however, Z opened the ace of clubs and then led the four, hoping, as he said, for a ruff. This lead gave A B a game that they couldn't have scored if Z had opened the king of hearts Washington Letter 5 --By-- Natioaal Editorial ,J- 4~: ^ * ? WASHINGTON, itarch 23--Stra- HgistE in the major political camps «te at odds over the assignments of l»le8 in the forthcoming election activity. Under-cover reports are to tho effect that Calvin Coolidge will he drafted as the "keynoter" at the Republican National .Convention in June. The "till- tappers" or money-raising ' agencies have indicated that Coolidge |iust be brought out of the shades of .retirement for the G. O. P. to win the Support of important contributors. The trumpeting of the American Legion is creating concern in legis lative and Administration circles. After a brief period of cooperation with the American Federation of Labor, the National Advertisei'3 Association and hundreds of civic and industrial organizations joined in a coordinated effort to find jobs for the unemployed. The Legion is out of step and again active in the political arena. Has Several Attri.butesinJts "Bulky Nature. * Wet beet pulp and corn silage make excellent supplements to the lambfattenipg ration because they are bulky^ succulent and palatable, and because of their partial grain equlv? alent value, says E; J» MayoanV; associate nnimn! husbandman at the Colorado Agricultural college. In adding variety to the ration and in reducing the amount of grain necessary for -finishing the lamba, these feeds often show a value greater than theh* actual grain-replacement estimate, it is emphasized. "Dried molasses beet pulp In recent years has eoifie Into rather wide use as whole or partial substltue for grain- where Iambs have gone -'off feed,' " Maiynard idds. "As this beet by-product concentrate, has several natural attributes In its bulky nature, its palatability and fattening value, It Is often wise to include It as part of the grain mixture fed in the dry ration for lambs when wet pulp or other succulent feed is not available. "An average of four tests conducted at the Agricultural college indicates that the substitution of dried molasses beet pulp for one-half the corn fed will slightly decrease hay consumption, decrease ost of gains at present prices and slightly increase gains. "It Is a well recognized fact that lambs once 'off feed' on account of too heavy- a grain ration can rarely be brought back to a full feed of barley of corn. Since no two bunches of lambs can be expected to take the same a'mount of grain on a full feed it is often a delicate matter to raise lambs to a full feed of straight grain and hold them there. "Wh%n lambs go 'off feed* the cost of fattening them of course Increases because time is lost and digestive disturbances naturally cut down the efficiency with 'which they handle tiller ration. Then, too, there may be some death loss experienced In connection with the disturbance. "With* these facts in mind the Importance of keeping lambs 'on feed' is evident and any feed that-can be used In the fattening ration to safeguard them against going off feed should haave additional merit in connection with its actual fattening value." Right Mineral Mixture in Swine Feeding Lot The veteran experimental feeder at the I»wa experiment station, John M. Evvard, has the following to say about a simple mineral mixture for pigs: "It Is surprising how well a slmpfe mineral mixture will usually respond in the swine feeding lot It is surprising that even common salt may give results that are greatly superior to those obtained where no salt is fed. A simple mixture of salt and Legislators, c' recalling the costly wood ashes often yields wonderfully Legion drive for the bonus, are won-! £°°d results. Of course when we use dering whether this body is preparing for another raid on the Treasury. A little group of "glory-grabbers" within the Legion are obviously threatening the machinery put into shape under the significant name of United Action in a war against depression* It n^y be considered good tactics in recruiting members but official Washington looks askance at the Legion's sudden intervention in legislative relief measures for unemployappears that the Democratic ment. With resentment against pro- , fathering will not be the only scene dissension- The shelving of Vice President Curtis has been whispered for fometime but now openly talked ' Among Republican state groups. There is fear that the scrapping in Convention may force a factional split that cannot,be healed before election it is an open secret that President //^IHoover and Curtis have never been ; iriendly. Curtis wanted first place at fCansas City in 1928. He is reported to have made derogatory statements About candidate Hoover at the time. Curtis has lost prestige with the Senate aa its presiding officer. Senators are powerful figures at conventions Dolly Curtis Gann has been stumping the country for the party in an effort to place the Hooverites under obligations. Mrs. Gann succeeded to the role jformerjy held by Mrs. Mabel Will3- brant as a political trouper among Republican womenl, The eastern Republican groups in Congress have a fancy to Ogden Mills, formerly a member of the House and now Secretary of the-Treasury. Mills could raise the tops of the cash pots but hie defeat by Al. Smith a few ; years ago is listed against him. The Administration is reported grooming Secretary of War Hufrley of Oklahoma. Hurley is young, rich and a f powerful speaker. Curtis has never ti been considered an orator. It is said Hurley could take the active campaigning and Hoover would not be : dependent on Senator Borah. The G. O. P. only deals with Borah because ; of his oratorical powers in campaign , years. In other seasons the Idaho Senator » called a "Republican" by if courteey as he seldom plays down their street when a vote is required. The revenue bill threatens to create political havoc. The controversy has , reached a stage where party lines have broken. It may require months f; before the Senate and House agree on an equitable tax bill. Meanwhile prO' % tests coming from Congressional districts about Various tax proposals a giving the legislators the "miseries The slashing of government salaries haa stirred up a homefs nest among the hundreds of thousands of govern- ,<?§* ment worker*. The leaders are preach iing a doctrine of budget balancing r,' > /'"which requires savings in government w 2 cost£ or make the taxpayers pay. posed taxes at high tide Congress is suspicious that the Legion contemplates bonus measures which would increase the Federal deficit by several hundred millions. A drastic cut of 10 per cent would strike a blow at Congressional incomes. The high cost of government may be noted in the number and costly salaries of employees in the legislative branch. There are 9,049 men and women on this payroll drawing $23,087,764 annually. Of this total salaries of Members of Congress amount to $5,380,000 which is $10,000 each. The grand total, however, includes 4,442 employees, mostly in the Government Printing Office and stenographers on Capitol Hill, receiving an average of $2,100 per year. The $2,500 group numbers 917 employees, largely clerical help of Senators and Representatives. Each legislator is allowed about $5,000 a year for office help. This amount is in some instances paid to members of their own families who are licted as employees but known in social circles as those who "help dad at the Capitol". salt and wood ashes we have a mixture that carries a number of essential nutritional elements, chief among which are calcium,.potassium, sodium, phosphorus and magnesium. "A very good, simple 'backbone' mixture which carries the outstanding and main deficiency elements such as are needed to balanee up our ordiftary feeds may be made up per hundred pounds as follows: Hard wood ashes, 60 pounds; spent bone black or bone charcoal, 25 pounds; common salt, 15 pounds; potassium iodide, 0.02 pounds (two one-nundredths or onefiftieth of one pound.)" 4 Composition of Wheat and Rye Very Similar The chemical composition and the general characteristics of wheat and rye are very similar so that they might be expected to give about the same results when fed in the same stations, however. Indicate that rye intend of being more valuable than wheat is in reality , about 5 per cent less valuable. This difference in feeding value of wheat and rye is thought in a measure at least to be due to the fact that rye Is less palatable. The Minnesota station has recently been working on (the problem in an attempt to find out what factors cause rye to be an unsatisfactory feed when It is fed ^s the greater part of the IL- 1 *r • "> AtY*. Smart or Haagrjr? -y'* • ~The «¥k In Yellowstone park may be very shy during the October hunting season, but they seem to sense that a truce has been declared when winter comes and are ready to accept the hay offered them at the feeding grounds when they can no longer satisfy their hunger by browsing in the open because of the •no# and ice. v ration over a period of several weeks or months. Efforts to discover some feed combinations that will be efficient for dry lot conditions have been partially successful while quite satisfactory results have been obtained by feeding rye combined with other grains upon pasture. , A S FtE neared home with his pay envelope in his pocket, D'c< Howard had a sense of drpr^s^na that he hsited ®o go inside and face the exhilerated Mood of his wife. She was always elated on pay days, ready for ;W>me new adventure in spending. To have been married a year and a half, with a baby one month <3ld, and hot to have been able to save more than a paltry sum from his fairly good * wages, seemed overwhelming tragedy. Most of what they saved had gone to pay the hospital bill, The doctor was yet to be beared from. Dick couldn't see how he was so stupid as to turn over nearly every cent to Mae from the beginning. He had given her the credit of being able to manage well. He was still terribly in love with her and as for the baby-- well, nothing was too good for the little feU-ow. . , • That was the worst of this never getting anywhere. There was the baby's future to consider. He ought to have the best. Especially in education. Didi felt ugly with himself for being so soft in acceding to Mae's demands for money. He had never once protested and Mae had taken it all for granted that she could have almost anything she wanted. " ' He had got so sick of hearing her mention over all the things she would do the minute money was In her hands. He had never once heard her say the word--save^ If she had it would have been different. Then they could talk things over. He hated to spoil the kid's fun. She was lovely In her excitement of getting things together in the house. She must be enmeshed with different deferred payments for various things. He couldn't see how she could be so weak as to fall for that dollar-down stuff. But he hadn't the heart so far to dampen her enthusiasm. Not that he didn't wunt to. spend. He told himself he got as much kick as the next one out of throwing money for a little fun or spec. But Mae was surely hyped on this Installment buying. He wondered tfhere it would bring them if she didn't ease up. Suddenly he thought of the absurdity of his acceptance of her extravagance. He saw them in debt which they could ne^er me&. H he had any stuff In him at all he'd tell her. He'd tell her tonight when he hafided over the pay. He'd be kiqd about it but wise and firm. He'd treat her like a fine little kid that Just needed advice. He felt kind of sick about attempting 1| as he opened the door and called his usual "Hi, you two." : "Oh, Dick, I've hardly been able to wait to tell you what we've got. Baby and I. You know you said you wanted him to have a good education. Well» he's going tojbegin right here at home first with his own lovely library. Look--" • She led the way to the living rooms and displayed the beginning of a group of knowledge volumes for a child from babyhood to--it looked to Dick, like old age. She leaped upon pages with her fingers and pointed excitedly to certain items which attracted her eye. A slow fury calne over Dick. He ^looked at the baby asleep In the new buggy, and at Mae with her eyes gloating over this uew purchase that was to enchain them with new obligations. He tightened his fists to keep them K from gripping her ahouldeqs. He felt he could sha';e and shake her into sensibility with a more keen delight than he- had ever known, In elthter kissing or loving her. ' But when she went over .to the baby, cooing above him. calling back: that she had had the money for the down payment so she thought It was a splendid thing to get the books, he took a quick step toward them. • "And so you had to get Into more debt, didn't you?" he glowered above iier as she bent to pick up his son. "And now," she continued, without looking at Dick, without seemingly to have heard him, "its time, Sonny, to tell your Daddy our surprise for him-- how busy you and I have been trying to spend the precious money he works so hard for. Even with all the things we've saved a lot more than the doctor's bill which came today. We can pay It and clean up most of our debts and start a bank account for Sonny and some time maybe we'llSUput our rent Into buying a house for us all, won't we?" She looked at Dick, a veritable glow about her. "Why, you're alf tired out and white. Bet you're hungry. But aren't you ^ proud of us, uh?" He held her as if forever, the baby between them. "Proud? HI show you. Fve got something to work for. Something too good for a plug like me--" '""iitrs. Win. J. Meyers and daughters, Evelyn and Annabelle, motored to Waukegan Tuesday. . Wm. Althoff motored with Mr. arid Mrs. Wm. Althoff to Milwaukee Tuesday. Mrs. Fred Smith was • Waukegan visitor Wednesday., V Mr. and MTS. Steve Schaefer of Fox Lake aijd Mr. and Mrs. George Hiller visited at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Michels Tuesday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Althoff and sott, Bernard, and Mrs. Henry Tonyan motored to New Munster Wednesday, o Mrs. Wm. J. Meyers entertained her card club Wednesday afternoon, prized being awarded to Mrs. Peter Smith, first; Mrs. Wm. J. Meyers, second, and Mrs- Steve May consolation. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Althoff and son, Bernard, Mrs. Peter M. Wagner and daughter, of Mundelein, attended the funeral of John Kerkmann at New Munster, Wis., last* Friday. Miss Laura Meyers qjf ' Chicago spent the week-end with lier parents, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. JL Meyers and fam-t ily. Walter Clark and Guy Hann of Fox Lake and Miss Eveljiv Meyers motpred to Chicago Sunday evening. John Huff, Gus Lunkheimer and Mrs. Anna Lunkheimer were Woodstock visitors Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Kempfer Chicago visited with friends around here Sunday. Mrs. Jack Thies, Mrs. Jacob Steffes and Mrs. John King' of McHenry visited at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Steve King Friday afternoon. Don't forget the dance at the Parish hall Easter Monday. Music by the Radio Stars of Kenosha. Admission 75 cents per couple. Everybody •welcome. The Christian Mothers of St. John's parish received Holy Communion in a body at 8 o'clock Mass Friday morning. After church they served breakfast in the Forester hall. A large crowd was in attendance. After breakfast -election of officers was held. fWported f^tanoc - " " In 1784 John Jacob Astor of New York imported the first pianos. They were small 4% to S fectave jquare pianos with 8 legs. * ' ),|«u Need for Horir ' . tt feSBe motorists' minds penetrating rs their horns, there wouM be less need for horns.--Louisville Courier-Journal. MMraiai Eillw Tlx black tie or scarf going wttl^ thct uniforms of British and Am«riea^;' < sailors originated with the Brttfcrtt h. ' navy. • It "is a mark of perpetualS'S:^ ^ mourning for Lord Nelson and ^been used by British tars since Npl-T son fell at Trafalgar. * m * f feut Not Taxes An, author says that scicnce 1 lengthening the life span. But it not stem able to shorten tajce^ jij much.---Birmingham -Newip Briefly Told True courtesy can neither be placed nor replaced. Back To Prosperity With Len Small for Governor . ' of Illinois You are invited to enroll as a member of the McHenry County Len Small for Governor Club now being formed by the friends and supporters of the former Governor in this county. Men and women alike are invited to join. There are no dues and no obligations other than your expression that you favor the nomination of LEN SMALL as the Republican standard bearer at the primaries on April 12, 1932. Join now by sending in your membership. Cut out and fill in the coupon below and mail it to Theodore Hamer, Chairman, Woodstock, HI. r ~ Manil Mr. Theodore Hamer, Chairman, Woodstock, 111. Please enroll my name as a member of McHenry County Len Small for Governor Club. I favor Mr. Small's election and will support him at the primary to be held April 12,1932. / . Name - ; Address r * , McHenry County, Illinois IN YOUR OWN HANDS GREATER VALUES Exlmlt* Cottt LfnM The shore length of Maine, due to numerous bays, is 2,000 miles, though a direct line drawn from its extremities would be about a tenth of It* real length. California has an enornious co^st line. It is approximately 3,58? miles, or somewhat less than one-fifth of the whole coast line of th» United States v Wood <ra. CmI One Cord of each of the following woods is equal* In heating value to one ton of cpal: oak, ash, elm, locust, hickory, beech, birch, hard maple. Two cords of the following are required to equal one ton of average coal: cedar, cottonwood. catalpa, bass wood, white pine and spruce. v _ Hay for Horses A* Allowance of about one tad si half pounds of hay for each 100 pounds of live weight is the usual' recommendation for Idle horses. Many farmers increase this allowance to two pounds per 100 pounds live weight. 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