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^•=i»£^r.r»>.r'; ' ^vfpfs 15^;% •'.-*•+V.',. -k"* • • •*'•. . ' ^ .fa*? " V " *, **- WnmoDiAY. BWt;*, UMLO; ;*V„; . fc,«, ^ « >' 4f**« * * <** - • fe Tf ' V ! ' . ( THE M'HENRY PLAINDEAJLER PtbMed every Thursday at McHenry, 111., by Chatfas F. Baaich. Entered u aecond-dmss matter at tjb* poBtofflca at ICeHenxy, HL, «b» vr the act of May 8, 1879. r. , ^v*-. >jw.% f "V- ' On* Year M ttz Months .12.00 .41.00 A. EL MOSHER, Editor and Maaa*«r FARM BUREAU TO HOLD ! SOIL TESTING MEETINGS i ' ' ~ » • yjz** •Jt WM~ ' m'~i. &tY '• ,'*:£v *' x:* a^ * t •- - --j •Of ! • A W'." • r^w-i r » ** i; The McHenry County Farm Bureau has arranged for a series of soil testing and mapping meettyigs to cover the county. The object of these "meetings is to give farmers an opportunity to test their soil for lime and phosphorus. There is an unusual interest in this work at this!time since dairymen are doing everything possible to improve thefr market and lower the cost of production. The cost of production is lowered through the successful growing of alfalfa and Other legumes. •Alfawa net only prodtices^ by; far more dig^stitte ftcd per acre tht.n any other crop grown iu the "county but is more profitable from the standpoint of net income per acre. McHenry county ranks first in the state in the number of dairy cattle and the production of dahy products. In alfalfa production we rank third according to the 1930 census. Some farms in the county have certain fields or parts of fields that will grow alfalfa without soil treatment. The most convenient way to locate these fields of parts of fields is to take a large number of soil samples and test them. After taking a large number of samples no - field is located that will grow alfalfa without treatment. Then either mineral elements will have to be supplied or other crops grown. Each year some men go to the expense of buying the seed and putting alfalfa in just to find as the season progresses that the soil was too sour for the crop in the first p»ce. Testing meetings arranged to date are as follows: Monday, Sept 12, at .1:30 p. m-f at Thomas Doherty's, Jialf mile south of Ringwood. Tuesday, Sept. 13, at 1:30 p. m., at R. W Stewart's, 2% miles south and 2 miles east of Hebron. Thursday, Sept. 15, at 1:30 p. m., at Walter Winn's, half mile west and 2 miles north of Spring Grove. Friday, Sept. 16, at 1:30 p. m., at James Cornue's, 2 miles north • and 1% miles east of Alden. Monday, Sept; 19, at 1:30 p. m., at Harold Cash's, half mile, north of Lawrence. Thursday, Sept. 20, at 9 a. m.,at Claude Pagle's, 2 miles southwest" of Chemung. Wednesday, Sept. 21, at 1:30 p. m., at Richard Merriman, Jr., 2 miles south and 4 miles west of Marengo. jFriday, Sept. 30. at 1:30 p. m., at MS F. Costello's, AVa miles north and lWt miles west of Woodstock. Those who are interested . in soil testing are invited to attend the meeting most, .convenient for them. Instructions for taking samples and containers can be secured from the men at whose farms the meetings will be held or at the Farm Bureau office. Several additional Meetings will be arranged for soon In the southeast part of the county. Want Ads FOR SALE FOR SALE--Pickles, tomatoes, cabbage, summer squash, table queen squash, egg plants and peppers. Joe Londau, Jr . Solon Mills, 111. 15-3 FOR SALE--Combination gas and cook stove; cheap. A-l condition. Tel. 62S-R-1. *l5 FOR SALE--Wood aftd burr-oak posts. F. M. Ensign, John St., one block west of Country club, West Mc» Henry,-III. ... . *15 FOR SALE--Entire farm equipment including feed,"dairy and base. Also farm lease. Inquire Plaindeaier. *15 FOR SALE OR RENT--About five acres, two houses, "adjoining the Fox River; gas; electric; shade and fruit; near school and stores; east side Fox River; one block south of the bridge at McHenry, 111. Reasonable terms or will divide. Inquirt of Plaindeaier. *15-4 FOR SALE--Bartlett pears, $1.25 a bushel. Tel. McHenry 142-M." 14-tf FOR RENT FOR RENT--Furnished cottage, three rooms and large sun porch, near the river and park. Rents by week or month. Broad St. Mrs. Andrew Miller. 15-tf FOR RENT--5-room modern bungalow in McHenry. $20 a month. Call Roy A. Kent. Phone 8. 14-tf WANTED WANTED--Woman wants • housework by hour, day or week. Inquire at Plaindeaier Office. *15 WANTED--Work by the hour, day, week or month. Experienced farmer and other lines. Married man. Reasonable wage. Phone McHenry 119-J. *15 . Cticulta Rate* 1 •"Circassian" is applied to a group of tribes inhabiting the Caucasus on the borders of Asia and Europe. They are noted for their personal beauty and In olden times the harems of the Turks were filled with Circassian women. Circassian people are of the Caucasian race but not of Indo-European speech. XLLE1 THEATRE Woodstock's Beautiful Play House FRIDAY - SATURDAY GLAUDETTE COLBERT CLIVE BROOK in • , #The Nan from Y es terday' SUNDAY -- MONDAY Continuous Sunday, 2:30 to 11 25c to 6:00 Eve 40c Children 10c VERY SPECIAL ON THE y-jyfrGE SUNDAY ONLY Floys's Royal Ambassadors ' 17 Piece Stage Banjk with TED and JACK RKO Hftrmony Team On the Screen GARY COOPER TALLULAH BANKHEAD Devil and the Deep -f T •A* * i X *•% t it TUESDAY ONLY--lOc^^Ill DIME NITE LEW AYRES "Night Worlds'* k ? WEDNESDAY A v THURSDAY JOHNNY MA^LK BROWN in 'TheVanisbiog Frontier' * with RAYMOND HATTON , ZAZU PITTS WANTED FROM OWNER--Small farm for part cash down. Write Box 248, Elgin, IU. *14-2 MISCELLANEOUS VOICE AND PIANO--Organizing a class of pupils and will teach Saturdays in McHenry. Studio will be at Mrs. Anna Howard's. Will be at Mrs. Howard's place Saturday, Sept. 10, from 1 to 3 o'clock for appointments. Opening teaching day Sept 17. Kath. ryn Diehl, 462 Judd St., Woodstock, 111. 15 MY CLIENT, a large Chicago Piano Manufacturer, has recently been forced to take back several pianos in this general vicinity. They include a Baby Grand, a bungalow style Up PKftSbKAU Mrs. Ed. Hoelscher and soft ®f Wheaton visited here Sunday. Mr. and , Mrs. Frank Chapman of Woodstock visited here Thursday. Mr. and Mrs- William Aebischer of Chicago spent the week-end here. Mr. and Mrs. Howard Phalin left Sunday morning for New York City. Miss Mirtnie Knox visited last week in the Mike Knox Home at Terra Cotta. William Martin and Dr. Turner of Chicago visited the former's parents, Sunday. Mrs. Agnes Youn& spent a few days last week with her daughter at Genoa. Charles Durkee of California, a former resident, visited friends here last week. Mr. and MrsT^Henry Vogel and their guests attended the Elkhorn fair on Monday. Miss June Geis of Chicago was a guest last week in the' George " Johnson home. Mr. and Mrs. Howard Phalin aiid Mrs. J. M. Phalin were In Chicago Thursday. | Mrs. Harry Morris of Chicago spent, the week-end with her husband at the ountry club. Mr. and Mrs. M, J. Lcnergtin of Chicago called on Mr, and Mm L. F. Newman Sunday Mr. and Mrs. Will Cowen of Harvard were Sunday visitors in the R. I. Overton home. Richard and Victor Fitzek of Chicago visited in the Richard Fleming home last week. Mr- and Mrs. A. K. Burns and son, Robert, spent the past two weeks at Ludington, Mich. Mr. and Mrs. Edward Brooks and son of Chicago visited relatives here the first of the week. Mr. and Mrs. Bonh'en of Wilmette spent Sunday with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John King. Leo Smith and Frank Ross of Chicago Heights spent the week-end at the former's home here. Mr. and Mrs. H. Meyers and family of Chicago visited in the Math Steffes home Sunday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Charles LaPlant of Crystal Lake were Sunday callers in the Louis McDonald home. Miss Ruth Phalin left Sunday morning for Cleveland, Ohio, where she will attend college this year. Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Engstrom of St. Charles were guests of Mr. and Mrs; Linos Newman Saturday evening. Florence Monroe of Woodstock was a Friday evening caller in the home of Mr. and Mrs. L. F. Newman! Mr. and Mrs. Joe May have moved from Richmond road to the W. FBurke house on Washington street. Mr. and, Mrs. Henry Lange and daughter of Waukegan spent the week-end in the William Bacon home. Mr. and Mrs. Louis Althoff and family were Sunday visitors in the C. F. Luetten home at Burlington, Wis. Mr. and Mrs. Paul Kamholz of Chicago visited his parents, Tuesday. Mrs. Kamholz remained for a week's visit. Miss Myrtle Hammerll and Walter Ebert of DesPlaines spent Labor Day as guests of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Vogel. Mr. and Mrs. Edward Smith of Crystal Lake spent the week-end wifli his parents, Mr. and Mrs. John R. Smith. Mr. andJMxs. H. J. Poyle of Villa Park and Miss Clara Wightman of right and a fine Player Piano, and at Florida visited friends here Thursday present are being stored in a nearby1 afternoon. city. These instruments are modern only slightly used with a large portion of the purchase price already paid. A signed guarantee protects ifer arwri fnnT;iv the purchaser. I am authorised to1 Y' Mr- and Mrs. George Broughton of Wauconda spent Sunday in the home of their daughter, Mrs. H. B. Schaetransfer these pianos to responsible parties willing to pay out balance on easy monthly payments. For full particulars address Attorney, P. O. Box 195, Chicago, Illinois. 13-3 BEFORE YOU BUY--see our Bargain Shoe Counter. Expert shoe and sewing machine repairing. Popp's Shoe Store. West McHenry. ph 162. H a one 46tf South Sea "Metropolis" Papeete, in Tahiti Is one of the most important and populous of the South Sea islands. The chief town, Papette, has about 4,(500 inhabitants. The climate is agreeable and the natural vegetation beiautiful and luxuriant. Tahiti is a French colony. 4 Modal •» CALL AND SEE This Standard at Only Easy Terms Carey Electric Shop McHenry, 111. Misses Helen Butinger, Clara Kullinan and Mary Maher of», Chicago spent Thursday afternoon with Miss Kathrine Walsh. Miss Kathrine Hudson returned to Kansas City, Mo., last week, after spending the month with her aunt Mrs. F. G- Schreiner. ^ Rev. Fr. Walter Conway returned to his duties at New Orleans, La., last week, after a visit with his father, M. A. Conway. . - » Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Walkup and children and her mother, ,Mrs. Anna Mollohan, of Ridgefield called friends here Labor Day. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Alberg of Chicago returned home Wednesday after spending a week in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Math Steffes. Miss Kate McLaughlin and Florence Gamage of Chicago spent the weekend in the home of the former!s sister, Mrs. C. M. McDermott. Lowell Nye and Edward Sherman visited Lake Forest college Monday where the latter arranged for *his second year at the college. Mrs. Maurice Crouch was called to Janesville by the death of her father last week. Funeral services w< held Saturday at Janesville. Dr. and Mrs. A. I. Froehlich and daughter and Rita Martin returned home Saturday from a week's visit with relatives at Winnebago, Minn. Mrs. Andrew Eddy, Mrs. J. E. Wheeler, Mrs. J. R. Smith and Elsie Vycital attended the official visit at Elgin chapter, O. E. S., Friday night. Mr- and Mrs. William Perkinson and daughter, Marilyn, and Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Peterson of Chicago spent the week-end in the home of Mr. and Mrs. T. W. Winkei. Mrs. George Westerman, Mrs. Frank Cleary, Mrs. Minnie Donaldson, ' Mrs. Edward Sensor and Mrs. Sam Westerman of Elgin spent Thursday afternoon at the Aylward cottage. Mrs. Carey and daughters Avis and Belle, Mr. and Mrs. Ed *Tetlow and daughter and Mr. and Mrs. Ray Scott of Elgin were Sunday visitors in the home «f Mr. and Mrs- R. I. Overton. Misses Lillian Vales and Anna Zeman of Chicago, Mr. and Mrs. Jos. Mikulas, Rudolph and Marie Cvigr of Brookfield were week-end guests Jn the Albert Vales home. Other guests were the members of the Merrymakers orchestra, who played at the Crystal Lake Country club over the week-end. How to •*: sell it?. Try a Ha--I- • • J Fir* Wood Is 8carc« in ' Pr*p»re<5 t»y " OecifrftpWe Bo^cleljr, I Washington, D. C.-WNU Berrlca. RAQ, where American explorers ro» cently discovered a complete historic township, dating from the early fourth millennium, is the modern name for the traditional Garden of Eden, historically known as Mesopotamia. Many historians hold that somewhere in Iraq--in the valley of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers-- is to be found the cradle of civilization. Upon the breaking up of the Turkish empire following the World war Mesopotamia became a British mandate which was erected into the Arab kingdom of Iraq with a Mohammedan prince from Mecca upon the throne. Such is the latest form assumed by the"Phoenix among nations. In the last six thousand years Babylonian, Assyrian, Chaldean, Persian, Greek, Roman and Saracen civilizations have flourished in ^Mesopotamia, each rising from the ashes of its predecessor. This great irrigation works which, throughout the centuries, had kept the Tigris-Euphrates valley green, rich and flourishing were destroyed by invading Mongols and allowed to decay by heedless Turks. The Garden of Eden became a treeless desert, except for a fw date palms along the river banks. Cities like Baghdad and Basra fell into decay and seemed fast approaching the fate which had overtaken Ur and Babylon, where Jackals howl above a lonely waste. Then followed a rebirth during the throes of the great war. Once more boats crowded the swift and treacherous reaches of the Tigris. Once more the bazaars of Baghdad and Basra and Mosul hummed with world traffic. Marauding desert robber tribes were kept In perpetual peace by airplanes humming over their remote villages. Sanitary regulations and electric lighting made town and country both more safe and more healthful. Ice factories and soda water establishments helped alleviate summer days of 120 degrees in the shade. Levees were built to keep the flooding fivers within their banks and slowly bit by bit work was begun on repairing irrigation works and building railroads. Thus was modern Iraq born. The new kingdom under British nf&ndate embraces the valley of the Tigris- Euphrates between the Arabian desert on one side and the Persian uplands on the other. To the northwest lies the French mandate of Syria and to the north the Kurdish highlands of Turkey. Southward stretches the Persian gulf, the country's salt water outlet to the wide world. Within this strip of territory are barely 8,000,000 people where once flourished a poplation denser than that of modern Belgium. What Baghdad Is Like. There are three principal cities: Mosul, of oil fame, is In the north; Baghdad, the capital in the central part; and the important port of Basra in the South. Of the three Baghdad perhaps Is most famous. From the deck of a Tigris steamer Baghdad looms up Boldly, its splendid skyline of domes and minarets reminding one of some "Midway" of World's fair memory. An odd pontoon bridge connects the two parts of the city, separated by the yellowy Tigris. On the west bank Is the old town, inclosed by date and orange groves. • From here the Baghdad-Mosul railway starts on Its long run across the trackless desert. East of th^river, on the Persian side, is "new" Baghdad, with its government offices, barracks, consulates, prisons, etc. Beyond, as far as the eye can reach in every direction, stretches the vast, flat, treeless empty plain of Mesopotamia-- a region once more populous than Belgium. * The traveler Is paddled ashore from the steamer in a "goofah," a queer, coraolelike craft In use here since Jonah's day. A goofah Is woven from pillows about six fet In diameter, Is circular and - basket-shaped, &nd Is coated outside with bitumen. Some say Moses was cut adrift in one of these goofahs. Old City Mostly In Ruins. : Another strange craft at Baghdad 111 the "kelek," a Kurdish invention. The kelek is a raft made of inflated goatskins, held together by poles and covered with a platform of straw mats. These keleks "confe'* Abwh"^ to^fifighdad in hundreds from Mosul, bringing wool, pottery, grain and skins. The present custom house at Baghdad is a wing of the old palace of Harum-al-Rashld; yards of scrawling Arabic characters, cut in marble panels, still adorn its historic walls. Baghdad arteries of traffic are mere alleys, often so narrow that two donkeys cannot pass. Once Turkish soldiers tried to move artillery through Baghdad. The streets were so narrow the horses had to be unhitched, and men' moved the guns about by hand. A.,great wall encircles Bagbdad, with guarded gateways, as in medieval days. Flat-roofed, huddled Moorish houses, many almost windowless and each surrounding its own open court, are a distinct feature of the older parts of Baghdad. On these flat roofs Arabs spend the summer nights with 'tom-toms, flutes, water-pipes, aqd dancing women. Facing the river, removed from the Arab town, are built the imposing foreign consulates, mercantile offices, and the sumptuous homes of rich Jews, Armenians, Greeks and Syrians--the men who make New Baghdad. But the Baghdad of All Baba's day, With the splendor of Aladdin's enchanted age, is gone forever. The palaces, the mosques, and minarets are mostly In ruins. Even the tomb of lovely Lady Zobelda, favorite®wife of Harun-al-Rashid, Is tumbled down and decayed. It Is into modern monuments to New Baghdad--into roads, bridges, public buildings, irrigation works, army organization, dredging the Tigris,' etc.--that the Young Turks put their money. Modern Baghdad is In safer hands; no dissipated royalty guards its gates. Sober, clear-headed men, drilled in the best schools of modern Europe, able to hold their own anywhere, administer its affairs. As late as 1830 the Tigris overflowed its banks, swept through Baghdad, and drowned 15,000 people In one night. Till lately Baghdad, more than any other city in the Near East, has been slow to yield to Europe's Influence. For centuries Baghdad kept close to the Bedouin life, under the sway of nomad customs. Even now Baghdad's famous bazaars, despite her evolution in other ways, are conducted as they were a thousands years ago. These Arab trading places have changed not one whit since Abraham's time. Here is barter and sale as Marco Polo found it, as It'was In the days of the Three Wise Men who bought gifts for Bethlehem. < Basra Is situated on the Shatt-el- Arab, a river formed by the unlDn of theTigris and Euphrates. Smaller centers of Importance, Buch as Kut and Angara, follow each other at intervals the entire length of the valley. Most of the Inhabitants are Mohemmedan Arabs, though in the cities are many Jews, while in the mountainous north are settlements of NestoMan Christians dating from very early" times. Arabs Who Work In Factories. City Arabs have taken readily to the ways of civilization and seem glad for the chatice to work in Ice and cotton cloth factories, and upon engineering and public works. Much agricultural land has been reclaimed, the date palm, of which more than sixty varieties are known, being the chief product. Wheat, barley and rice are also grown, and experiments with cotton are being made. Flowers,^pumpkins, and vegetables are planted in the date orchards where the palms protect tender leaves below from the scorching summer sun. These green spots are still chiefly confined to the regions of the river banks. The rest of the lower valley is swamp or treeless plain. In the spring months when snows are melting on near-by mountain ranges the Tigris and Euphrates become swollen torrents and often overhow their banks and inundate the surrounding country, just as they did In the days of Noah. The new regime Is taking active steps In flood prevention by strengthening river banks in low places and damming up the flow at headwaters. There has been no serious flood since 1919 when the Tigris rose to within a foot of the level of Baghdad and the lower valley became one vast lake wherein man and beast vainly sought for safety. Washington Relics Saf* There were constructed for the Washington family Bible and thi Martha Washington prayer book specially made frames In which they are hermetically sealed under glass Identical with that found In the shrine of the Declaration of Independence. / As New* Travel* •ril news rides poet, whfte food ••we waits.'--Muten. . V . \ Largest Ball Room? •nie ballroom In the royal palace la Madrid Is said to be the largest In Europe and possibly the largest la the world. - • :V. » . . . . . . . . . . . Houses are built to live In, not to look on; therefore, let use be preferred before uniformity, except where ilKrthmfcy be hail--Lord Bacon. •• Faaa h the East Fans Have been made of many materials, feathers, tortoise shell. Ivory, sandalwood, paper and many fabrics. In Japan there Is a fan for almost every use one can think of, such as the tea fan, the court fan, the kitcheo fan, and the dancing fan. The fan in Japan and China is not a part, merely, of feminine apparel, being an article of use carried by mistress, maid, priest ahd soldien Glasinfc Chints ' ,v ' The Textile World says ttmt the glazed effect on chintz is produced In the finishing plant by passing the cloth through the ordinary friction calender after the fabric has been finished with a mixture of cornstarch and V softener. Paraffin or beeswax Is often passed over the hot bowl of the calender to aid In getting a high luster o* glaze. * Wsrfi Maajr Application The English hunter pursues, with the aid of trained hounds, the adult male of the red deer, a European .v .* species. But the word "stag" haa' ;'; '- many more applications than that, ae- ; cording to Webster's new Internatlonal dictionary, being not only the name of males of other species of deer, but of other animals, Including , man as well. "Stag" is probably of J - , Scandinavian origin; it has been the English language for many em-.-- .Vj turies. . . Atlas and Geography ICereator, the* great geographer^ f first applied the name "Atlas" to a •/„ volume of maps and other geograph- ;'*o leal information because It long had been a common practice to print a pic- ."t ^ ture of AtlaB supporting the world as the frontispiece of such collections.-- Detroit News. the Best Miss Betty Bausch of Alameda, Calif., was the proud exhibitor of thefinest novice exhibit at the Western Dahlia show In San Francisco. With seven Varieties of the beautiful bloom, Miss Bausch walked off with first prize. Special Offer for Limited Time To those who cannot afford to pay more, I am offering Glasses for Near Work, reading; sewing- etc,, ®2.50 Double Vision Glasses $3i50 No humbug--fully guaranteed I will be at my summer home Sundays and Mondays all day to test eyes. Entranee across from Joe Frett's home on Riverside Drive, McHenry. Phone 211-R DR. C. KELLER, Optometrist and Optician Klaiimats hmd Bmcjaints. FRIDAY AND SATURDAY HAZEL ALL-PURPOSE FLOUR • w 24bag An excetfefit flour, milled and blended from the country'* finest wheat. It is a flour you can use for baking,, cooking and for the finest -pastry making because it is always uniformly perfect. Mb. bag. 12" Oherries c« 10c Red, Sour, Pitted, Water pack jQsakerOits Regular 2 iSi*' 1S« Evap. Milk C.rn.doa 5^ Rat'l Milk Evaporated 3 ii 13® Jell-0 3 20c Salasa 3^-~25c BUDWEISER BLUE RIBBON BUCKEYE . 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