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CfiARLES LEONARD, Auctioneer ' The undersigned will sell at Fnblic Auction without reserve on the premises known as the Borden Plant, at Ridgefield, on Saturdajr, April 2nd -Commencing at 2:00 o 'clock sharp the following described '.Jppopertf, to-wit: • ; The real estate and buildings formerly occupied as a milk plant, at Ridgefield, consisting id: Approximately two acres adjoining the C. & NrW. R. R. right of way. Buildings: One-story frame -factory building and power house, 124 ft. by 34 ft. with concrete platform 100 ft. by 12 ft. One-story frame well tank house, 26 ft. by 12 ft. fTwo-story concrete and friune receiving room 34 ft. by .15 ft. , One-story frame iee house, fS ft. x48 ft. Title: Free and clear of liens or encumbrances except taxes to become due in 1933. Immediate possession will be given. Terms of Sale: Cash; $100 Art day of sale and balance in cash within five (5) days upon delivery of Warranty Deed. Also small office building.' Each building will be sold Separately. BORDEN'S FARM PRODUCTS CO. OF ILLINOIS This is absolutely a bona-fide sale. Each building to be sold separately to the highest and best bidder, and also the real estate. Come and buy yourself a bargain. A reasonable time will be given to move buildings. , CHARLES P. BARNES, Attorney NOTICE OF SALE OF REAL ESTATE By virtue of an order and decree of the County Court of McHenry County, Illinois, entered on the 14th day of March, A. D. 1932, on the petition of the undersigned, John McDonald, Administrator die bonis non of the estate of Kos&nna McDonald, deceased, for leave to sell the real estete of said d ccfitts 0fit NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on Monday, the 18th day of April, A. D. 1932, at the hour of 10 o'clock in the forenoon of said day at the East door of the Court House in the City of Woodtetcjck, in the County of McHenry and State of Illinois, I will offer for sale and sell to the highest and best bidder, the following described'real estate belonging to the estate of Stosanna McDonald, deceased. to-v?it: Sub lot No. Two (2) of Lot One (1) of the County Clerk's, plat of Block Twelve (12) of the original plat of the Village of West McHenry, situated in the City of McHenry; County of McHenry and State of Illinois. TERMS OF SALE One-half cash to be paid to said administrator de bonis non upon the approval of his report of sale, the other one-half of said purchase money to he secured by the purchaser of said premises by giving a note for the balance of said purchase price upon the delivery to said purchaser of said administrator's deed and sakl note to become due one year from date with interest at the rate of 6 p#r cent per annum, interest payable semi-annually, and said note to be secured by a first mortgage or trust deed on the premises so sold, which said note, trust deed or mortgage is to be approved of by the County Court of said McHenry County. Dated this 21st day of March, A. D. 1932 JOHN McDONALD, Administrator de bonis non of the Estate of Roeanna McDonald, deceased- 43-8 LINCOLN'S LOG CABIN TO APPEAR AT'33 FAIR Chicago, March (Special). The log cabin in which Abraham Lincoln was born, the Wigwam in which he was nominated for the presidency and other buildings will appear in replica on Chicago's lakeshore as part of the Century of Progress exposition. Application to erect, equip and operate the Lincoln Group on a site adjacent to the replica of Fort Dearborn has been accepted by the expo-, sition from the Congress Construction Company, of Chicago- According to the concessionaire, the group will be ready to open by June 1, day. SLOCUM LAKE Mr. and Mrs. John Blomgren were business callers at McHenry last Thursday. Mr- and Mm.' Ray Dowell and daughters, Dorothy and Deiores, were callers at Waukegan last Friday. Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Bacon and children were callers at Woodstock last Saturday. Stanley Schaffer of McHenry spent Sunday afternoon at the home of his grandfather, Henry Geary. Mrs. Clara Smith was 'a dinner guest at the home of Sir. and Mrs, Jos. S. Haas at Wattconda last Fria full year before the exposition's official opening on June 1, 1938. For Lincoln's birthplace, the cou Mr. and Mrs. Earl Converse and daughter, Frances, spent Sunday evening at the home of Mr. and Mrs. cessionaire proposes to erect a repro-j Ray Dowell. ^ duction of the rude cabin at Hodgen-.' Miss Helen Bernier of Chicago spent ville, Ky., which has stood as a shrine! the weekend at the home of her sfefov Lincoln worshippers for a century ter, Mrs. Jack Geary. and a quarter. Nearby would stand a Emi) Heidner ami grandson, Clarreplica of Lincoln's boyhood hotae in en?e, of Wauconda and Mr. and Mrs. what is now Lincoln City, Ind. A few Fred Korbus of Chicago spent' Sunpaces Away would be a duplicate of day afternoon at the 'home of Mr. and the grocery store at Salem, 111., where Mis. Wayne. Bacon. .< the youthful rail-splitter clerked,! WiHard Dan-ell and Kenneth Morstudied Blackstone, wrestled with ray attended a Democratic rally at his ability to raise a barrel of whiskey Waukegan last Saturdy evening. to his lips and did: the hundred-odd! Mr. and Mr*. J. D. Williams and things that are part of the Lincoln' son, James Howard, of Crystal Lake j tradition. jwere Sunday dinner and afternoon!the committee on City Planning and One of the moet interesting build-, gBests at the home of Mrs. Clara • Zoning, Subdivision Layout, Utilities RAISE STANDARD OF AMERICAN HOUSING "•WWi a foreword by Preside.it Hoover, in which .he states that, "The next great lift in elevating the living conditions of the American family must come from a concerted and nationwide movement to providie new and better homes," the first volume of the filial reports of the President's Conference on Home Building and Home Ownership is today offered to the public. It includes the first part of a complete prgoram for raising the standard of American housing, a program based upon the experience of scores of private and public groups and individuals professionally engaged in all the multitude of fields whose combined activities produce modern housing. It represents the first fruits of the conference held last: December, which, by pooling all pertinent experience, for the first tirtte made such a program possible,• , Tftis present volume, entitled "Planning for Residential Districts." offers a means to put an end to the repaid decay which is the curse of; American home neighborhoods, a.nd so to protect the investment of the home owner. It includes the reports of the four corami£ to$?s of the Conference that dealt with the home surroundings, namoly Silver Wn Safer JWHnd a stone in the roof of in did Sussex (England) mansion a workman found a bag containing 400 silver coins of the reigns of Elizabeth and the Stuart kings. A farm worker of Donegal hid a packet of banknotes in the rafters of his cottage, and found, when he went to look for them, that rats had eaten all but a few shreds 9i ^ . * "Half-Matt" "Properly speaking, a flag should not be flown at half-mast as a symbol of mourning. "The correct procedure is to raise the flag to the mastbead, then icywer It to half-mast, then raise it again one-half the distance from the half-mast to the masthead, that is, approximately three-quarter Would Cmm a Pule The oculists would be overworked If we conld see ourselves as others see us.--Toledo Blade. Central Garage Fred J. Smith, Prop. Johnsburg Chevrolet Salts. general Automotive Repair Work Give us a call when in trouble Expert Welding and Cylinder Reboring Day Phone 200J - Might Phone 640-J-2 II V f OK AS' LOW AS $ (AT THE | fACTOKY) | \ . 'V EFFECTIVE immediately, you can enjoy the matchless advantages of General Electric ownership for as little as •187 f»t the factory/. Always the outstanding electric refrigerator in point of economy and unfailing performance, the General Electric is today an even greater •alue than ever before. It requires no attention* not even oiling, for ail the mechanism is sealed-in-steei in the Monitor Top. Even the cabinet is built entirely of steel, for longer life. $ 1 O DOWN Hturey Electric ^ Shop, McHenry, GENERAL W; ELECTRIC y A I. I. - S T E \ 1 R L 1 l< 1 (. I K A TO R for Houses, and: Landscape Planning and Planting, These reports are the first to appear because the conference revealed that good housing is dependent first of all on good surroundings. A dwelling of the Lincoln Group would be a Smith replica of the Wigwam - the large i Miss Myraa Bacon sprat her time frame building in which Lincoln was when not in high school last week at nominated for the presidency in 1860 the home of Mr. and Mrs. Earl ConaixLwhich stood at the corner of Lake verse. ana Market streets in Chicago. In the ( Mr- and ^trs. Willard Dairell, Mr. Wigwam replica would be reproduc- and Mrs. Elmer Esping, Mr. and Mrs. j 'nK may be of good design and well tions of rooms in the Springfield, 111., Harry Mptthews and sons, Robert and (constructed, but if it is in a slum or a home, which Lincoln left for Wash- Lyle, Mr. and Mrs, William Darrell j^ctory district, if it lacks privacy, ington, and one or two rooms of the and son, George, of Wellsmere Quiet, or sunlight, running water or White House 6f Civil War days. j Heights were Easter Sunday dinner sewers, if through-traffic endangers French Envoy Picks Site j and afternoon guests at the home of Paul Claudel, French ambassador to Mr- ®nd Mrs. LaDoyt Matthews at the United States, visited the expo- Forest Park. sition grounds last week to select a' Mr- and Mrs. Ray Dowell and two site for the French building or build- daughters were Sunday dinner ani ings at Chicago's 1933 World's Fair, afternoon guests at the home of Mr. He was accompanied by Paul Philippe and Mrs. Wm. Davis. Cret, of Philadelphia, and Prof.! Sund^ afternoon callers at the Jacques Carlu, of Boston, who have borne of Mrs. Clara Smith were Fred been commissioned by the French Obee.-and Mrs. Amy Scott of Highgovernment to deugn the French ex- Park and Mrs. Duane Smith <,f : men and women at the head of the hibit buildings. j Edison Park. j various professions concerned^--city "There is no question bat that Mr- and Mrs. . Wm. Davis andt planners, realtors, subdividers. hous- Chicago will have the greatest -finest daughter, Frances, were last Friday: in£ experts, architects, utility engiexposition in the history of the world," afternoon and supper guests at thej j^rs, representatives of government, Mayor Cermak told the ambassador. jhome o{ Wr 'and Mrs. Ray Dowell. | "dscaPf architects, sociologists. For "My government is planning ex- - ^ Brooks was a business caller lts fulfillment it demands the co-op tensive participation in the fair," Mundelein last Saturday. said, the ambassador. "I expect that' F°ss of Libertyville was a many Frenchmen will visit it.M jCaller Sundlay forenoon at the home South America Shows Interest Pflrents here. South America is eagerly awaiting * , ^"(K>^S wa? a business caller Chicago's 1933 World's Fair as the at»hake T> Zui?c|l ,ast Wednesday. first definite step in the world's .. 4? s an^ Berg of ascent from the present economic de- t 'ats visited relatives at Crystal p r e s s i o n , a c c o r d i n g t o C a p t a i n M o r r i s f a , S. Daniels, Jr., U. S. A., who returned J Mr. and Mrs. Fred Nordmeyer -and from a two months' visit to Latin ?r' Wednesday America. Captain Daniels visited the f1 the j^me of Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Miller in Chicago., Mir. and Mrs. LaPoyt Matthews of the lives of its children, if ugliness is all about it, if no parks or playgrounds are within walking distance, it is not good housing. These faults are common to many American home nei ghborhoodts. -aw^there can be no effective improvement of our housing standards until they are removed. The present volume contains a program for their removal, prepared by capitals of six republics, renewing in behalf of A Century of Progress President Hoover's invitation to participate. "The president of Brazil assured T n< me that his country would accept the anl ^ B,om^re J n' Mr. invitation, erect its own budding and f"d 1S1I> Fred No^m«y^and daughhave an exhibit representative of ter' Beatr,ce' and son- Russe»- Mr Brazil's economic and cultural imeration of citizens with their local governments and the use of a highly developed professional technique. The heart of this program is a plan for every community--metropolis or village, old or embryonic. To secure safety and quiet to home areas, and to restore the vanishing spirit of civic loyalty the program calls for the development of each neighborhood within the plan as a self-contained unit around the school as a center. It calls for the limiting of bulk and height of buildings to secure sunlight BOWMAN'S ANNOUNCE A MID-SEASON SALE »F '•••• ' SHOES STARTING SATURDAY, APRIL 2 • * ^ Tlfte f¥iSTO%eatlier prior, to Easter left us with too targe a stock of shoes for this time of year, hence we are closing out &everal hundred pairs of New 1932 Footweaiftafc -r 98<S $1.28, $1.48. $1.78 $1.98. $2.48 «">a$2.98-; Wfitch far Double Page Circular. Be on hand Saturday and share in the many bargains § BOWMAN BROS. SHOE STORE ; ; ; "The Home of Good Shoes"- , • 'V;i. 101 Van Bnrta St, , , \ ^ODSTQiCE;:iM. . . /"'> l .. *"' '< »v.' ' .•_! - . .[Pul.'ii QUALIFICATIONS-- Forty Yean an Undertaker No Other Business to Interfeii CENTRALLY LOCATED-- Close to the Oomt House -Republican Primary--April 12, 1932 7 *r J ' i . a ^ H J ' j , • • ^ J'i fill Forest Park were Monday overnight'an<^ a'rJ ^or the protection of the guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Matthews. home owner's investment and the exclusion of factories and other influence destructive of home by zoning regulations; for the redaction of topheavy costs for public services and the and Mrs. LaDoyt Matthews of For- eas'nK of transportation difficulties--! est Park, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Mat-'at tho same tln3p natural amenities *1. , **• • , thews, Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Esping are P^ser-ved for the home owner, and »• «!».. Wm. publio service. i„sure4 son, George, spent Monday evening:"101--by the control of growth ,and at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Willard 0' subdivision development. This Dan-ell Why Buy Baby Chicks When we can sell you 8 to 10 week-old. pullets? Stop in and see a nice bunch of your pet breed. Old hens taken in trade. Produce Co» FRETT & SON PHONE 399 WEST McHENRY, Hi. porta nee. "I and business men of Brazil, Uruguay, Argentina, Chile, Bolivia and Peru. Everywhere I was told that the 1933 , , Exposition is regarded as the first birthday anniversan,. r> sign of returning prosperity. South ' Americans regard the United States Mrs; E'Bro^s and 8on» u the world s financi.l, indu.tri.1 and ff"*,Tey' «T""J- S""<ly •»«»»» « commercial leader and the country "•« ,h°"" <* P»"™ Brawn « W»Q. that will lead the way out of the economic wilderness. ---- 'I was frequently told that the 1933 MOTOR CLUB ISSUES world's fair will give the needed impetus to overcome the present forces of inertia." BULLETIN FOR MOTORISTS In the belief that the recent heavy show may have been the last of the season, the Chicago Motor Club has FORMATION OF BUICK-OLDS- ««"ed a bulletin on preparing the car PONTIAC SALES CO ANNOUNCED . s5fe an<1 economical driving dur- Fdrmation of the Buick-Olds-Pon- In£_ touring season. tiac Sales Company, a super-sales ! The club pointed out that many car organization for the distribution of *?encies an<* rePa'r shops offer a com- Buick, Oldsmobile and Pontiac cars, b,natlon operations usually necesis announced by Richard H. Grant, f®1"7 this time of the year- For the vice-president of General Motors. benefit of those who may want to do Mr. Grant, in addition to his activ- tte.w®rk themselves the club listed the ities as general supervisor of sales, vanous tasks. Some of them may be advertising, and service for General "^eoess,ary- depending up°n the con- Motors, will have active charge of the T 10r) - ca!L new organization, assisted by W. A ' v L»ubncation: Flush the CTankcase ... _ * * n n J WnA'11 J . M •• same control will prevent the loss of investments which, with the unlimit< ed subdivision home of the past, has. mounted to hundreds of millions. The beauty of the individual home must, of course, depend mainly on the owner, but the report on landscape planning and planting offers him a guide by which to make the most of his home and lays down the principles that must control the planting of public places and the elimination of the unsightly features that now dis. figure so many neighborhoods. Because housing in unincorporated areas adjacent to cities presents certain unique problems a report on this subject by a special group of the conference is included. In an introduction, the editors, Dr. John M. Gries and Dr. James Ford, state that the volumes will serve as a guide "to every citizen or organization that feels stirred by the great challenge of our h<fising problem." -- -- B -- h j j r i . t . . , . . . . T h i s f i r s t v o l u m e o n t h e h o m e s u v - - Blees as General Sales manager, and j' of.oil- roundings is a'handbook particularly R. K. White and George H. Wallace, " 5,^ " ! ,uf!,nps for city planners, subdividers, real e^- as Assistant General Sales managers. . re£ w,th 8U™mfr grade of hbri-!tate men, and city officials as well a* Mr. Blees formerly was vice.! f and c,ean front wheel, for garden clubs and civic improvepresident in charge of sales of the. ^nn*f f repack with grease. ment associations. But it supplies Oakland Motor Car company, with springs with 6ii. Grease also a text book for schools and cjIMr. White as assistant. Mr. Wallace was formerly General Sales Manager of the Butck Motor company. Mr. Grant, in announcing the new . _ _ executive personnel, stated that R. M. t ln^ ° va'ves may be advisable. Cheek W .Shaw would continue as advertis- c^^ance va^ve tappets. entire car. Motor: Take up loose bearings. Install new piston rings, if needed. If no motor overhaul is necessary, grinding manager for Oldsmobile; R. H. White for Pontiac; and E. J. Poag for Buick. "The new organization is planned to intensify and improve the operating efficiency of our distributing outlets for these lines of cars," Mr- Grant stated. "The present field organizations of the three companies will be combed for the best talent available, and their united efforts under one directing organization will, we feel, form the strongest and most efficient sales force ever assembled in the automobile industry. "The three cars will continue to be merchandised through the present dealer and distributor organizations, and the management expects to increase materially their sales throogh the new organization." Degrees ef Temperature The bureau of standards says that the phrase red hot is used popularly to designate any temperature between about 700 degrees O. and 1,000 degrees C. Above 1,000 degrees C. the phrase employed to describe an object would usually be white hot, although the color would still be primarily red or reddish yellow. Ask No AJtim tree never asks the beech how he shall grow, nor the lion the horse how he shall take his prey.-- JBlakfc.. '..,. ,r,s.. ..r„s,,, . Lrjit* Electrical system: Set generator to correct summer charging rate, say 10 amperes. Check brushes and commutators of starter and generator.' New brushes may be required, and commutators may require polishing or re-turning. Polish and readjust distributor points. Replace old or -ineffid^ t spark plugs. Replace wiring on which insulation is worn. Fuel system: Drain sediment from gasoline tank, and feul pump or vacuum tank, as case may be. If car buretor requires readjustment, have an expert do it. Cooling system: As soon as possibility of freezing seems remote, say in mid-April, flush radiator and water jackets in motor thoroughly. If much scale is present, replace connections, refill with water and a cupful of r>al soda, and drive for a day or two. Then reflush and refill with water. Replace old hose connections and worn fan belt with new. Miscellaneous: Readjust brakes; install new linings if necessary. Tighten all important bolts, especially those holding body to frame- Inspect and-replace worn tires and tubes. Apply top dressing to top and! clean and »»>ply some wax preparation to body and shine nickel parts. "When these requirements have been met," the club concluded, "the car will be transformed, mechanically and in appearance, and the owner may look forward to a summer of care-free driving*" . . % leges, and a source book to business Und civic rganizations. The volume in cloth binding can be obtained for $1.15 postpaid, by writing to Dr. John M. Gries, executive secretary, President's Conference on Home Building and.Home Ownership, Department of Commerce, Washington, D- C, Thirty-one committees .collected data on every phase of.housing for the meeting of the President's Conference last December. The thirty- one reports will make up in all eleven volumes, the ^remaining ten of which will be published In the course of the next few months. Those now in preparation are: Home Finance and Taxation; Slums, Large-scale Housing and Decentralization; Home Ownership, Income and Types of Dwellings; House Design,'Construction and Equipment; Negro Housing: Fwntt and Village Housing, GENERAL MOTORS TR U C K .""St ^ 66 HORSEPOWER 6 CYLINDERS ; I ' / a TO 2 TON *595 CHASSIS F.O.e. PONTIAC Body Prtew f. •. k My Of t Shade* of the Past It has been estimated that In the approximately 1,800 generations since 4000 B. C. 2,000,000,000,000 people have lived in the world. It is Impossible to state, even as an estimate, the number of human inhabitants of the earth since Its creation, or, more accurately, since the beginnings of human life, since this has not yet been definitely 'dated.--Washington Star. tfMolecnlea Found ROOM • «nall bottle which had pumped almost perfectly free of air was recently explored, and In the bottle were still 77,000,000,000,000 of .molecules of oxygen, 288.000,000,000,- 000 molecules of nitrogen, and smallit quantities oi ojUter.gasea. , STANDARD SgJJ STAKE BODY ' t! fttmntotf Platform Stuidtfd Suk« |MJ)0 H»* R.cv tv*M VMPtnei UOOM CiMpy SVMM Op«i mm Hi* cod Ex^tmS WJt STANDARD BODIES TO MEET EVERT* HAULING REQUIREMENT Cvtfy eM ef the ten body types illustrated- above Is engineertdjm At , 1 Vi-2 ton General Motors Truck 131-inch chassis. Seven adctttioeal models, tnctudin^ farm combination unit, are available »n the IWinch wheelbase chassis, at correspondintfy low prices, t hoicc ef twelve colors is optional at no ei'rs cost. Let u> »ho« *ou ht>w yea •are money by selection a truck chassis and b*Ki? a unit. R. I. OVERTON 5 FRONT STREET WEST McHENRY, ILL iX11 •*