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Near- j along Riverside Dri.ve PETTY THIEVES BUSY ON RIVERSIDE DRIVE McHenry has not been neglected in the list of petty robber les which have been perpetrated in the county during the past months and on Sunday night fresh evidence was given that this city is remembered all too well by some of the light-fingered riffraff who seem to enjoy causing loss and trouble for other people. On Sunday night thieves paid visits by the wholesale to private garages ~ ~ - wTiere locks ly every seat in the spacious theatre was filled as the meeting was called to Order after lunch.- , > Eleven resolutions, most:."6f which were important, were presented and passed. Probably the most important was a resolution presented by the Hon. Thomas A. Boiger of McHenry, representative from the English district, and a prominent member of the Pure Milk organization. The resolution was a counter attack on the Chicagc Tribune for recent articles print, ed in regard to the production of milk HOUSE WITH THE "ROUND CORNERS" ONE OF OLDEST BUILDINGS IN VIGIJOTY RED CROSS FLOUR J ARRIVED THIS WEEK were broken, cars drained of gasoline and tools and accessories were stolen. It is estimated that the robberies were committed some time between midnight and 1 o'clock as John B. Wirtzjthrough age became went to Crystal Lake to meet a train, locking his garage when he went. Upon his return home he found the garage door open and the floor strewn with tools as if the robbers had been frightened away. TRey had taken time, however, to^gather up all of his best tools which he used in his work on cars and boats and his most valu- On Tuesday of this week the local branch of the American Red Cross received an allotment of sixty-five barrels of flour in 50 and 25-lb. sacks to be distributed in charity work, 'Three'-carloads of the flour were received at Woodstock the first of the week for distribution among .the several branches of the county. The flour was brought to McHenry in trucks furnished by the Alexander Lumber company and the McHenry , T .--I-- compafny, whose generous, Among tiie wooded .'hills of Bull Valley on a warm, sunlit slope, i° one of the oldest and most rugged of structures in this vicinity. Even the most prosaic places and the simplest of every day occurrences be- j Lumber come illustrious on account of the j kindness in this respect isjjnUch ap m e m o r i e s w h i c h s u r r o u n d t f t e m a n d j p r e c i a t e d . V ' • • ' . . because they are growing venerable The officers of the Joca! briiheh of invested , with] the Red Cross extend their, thanks to peculiar interest. , the above companies for their ser- And so this 'plate, brick house,; vices as:well as to those who assisted known as the Jackmari house, or to! in unloading the flour. older residents as the Stickney house, Peter M. Justen and Stephen H. stands like an old English castle j Freund have given much Of their time among the gigantic oaks with an air: to the distribution of the flour in Mcof mystery surrounding its unique j Henry township. They deserve a good structure and rounded corners where, amount of credit for their work, 'tis said, spirits lurked and ma.le I --; electric extension cords, were stolen, with an estimated heavy loss to Mr. Wirtz. age gas. two cars were also drained of in McHenry county. The resolution .ahle wrenches and other tools, even to; met with the approval of all members present atid was passed by unanimous vote. The resolution is descriptive enough to explain why it was presented and "Mf-1 at*W in in full as follows: "WHEREAS, certain CY,!-«••»« «.--• papers have published news articles and editorials concerning the dairy incfuitry of Northern Illinois, and "WHEREAS, such news articles and editorials contain statements that much of the milk produced in Northern Illinois is unsafe and unfit for consumption because it does not come from T. B. tested herds, thereby making it necessary for the milk,.dealer3 to go to distant points to obtain the liteeessary supply of Milk to "supply the Chicago Market, and "WHEREAS, such newspaper editorials and news articles contain statements that are false and if allowed to go uncorrected will do a grave in their home in the circular walls of the huge building. BuHt Before Civil War Built before the Civil ar by,George At nearly every garage along the j Stickney,..a spiritualist, the house atT street locks were broken open while j that time was commonly known to be in the Niesen garage gas rnd acces- j occupied by spirits, and visitors pulled j series were stolen, two cars in the,^-'16'1" chairs nearer to the center of, gw<£v; ol "WViiv .Hart" stv_. **4 ed of their gas and tools were miss-!ance into the well-rounded Farm FARMERS TO MEET HERE SATURDAY Many farmers in McHenry county kmkmr forward to the County led corners, *arm bureau . „nw>| ^ ^ ing and in the Richard Fleming gar-J where issued uncanny sounds and the held Saturday, Jan. 14, at the < DOCKET CLEANED OF HADLEY JAS. M'QUEENY MAY FILE SUIT , MATH FREUND BU^S N. S. COLBY FARM • - Tbe fiiiaJ ichapter -in'J't!^^';'0!^^>^•' mous special investigation, of alleged liquor violation in' McHenry county back in 1928 was read in the' circuit court Tuesday afternoon. Twelve cases remaining on the "docket as the result of the itivesiigation were stricken from the docket at the re-' Math Freund, progressive business man and implement^dealer of McHenry, nas recently purchased the N. S. Colby farm, situated on Route 20, just west of McHenry- The farm, which consists of 125 acres of level, fertile j farm land, was bought from Adam Ibsch, who foreclosed a mortgage several months ago, that he held on the place. The farm has been rented to Joe Grejaier, who ^yill put one Of his men en the place to carry it on for h»n>- it is expected that Mr. «dd Mt^. Lloyd Harvel will .be . on the farm. Mr; Greener is operating several quest of Charles W. Hadley, who act- j *anns ^ this vicinity. Living on the ed as special -prosecutor d'Fing the | fbbott °cff. he rents a Crystal Lake swallowed an oben safe. WEEKLY EXCHANGE: HEMS OEINTERESr TAKEN FROM COLUMNS OF OUR EXCHANGES o : Construction work on the I^e Forest pogtoffice is being rushed in order that it be completed early- jft1 summer. The steel work on the $77;- 000 .stfucture is well under way aad the stone work will be started in th® : near future.'.' C' David Lowell, 5% month oW twia son of Mr. and Mrs, Gordon Lowell of sented to the court by Attorney Ghas. t 700-acre Hanly farm, which he P. Barnes, who acted ks Hadley's as-icarries on and in the spring he will * l also work the Colby farm. For the first time in seventy-five years this farm has left the Colby ownership, having been bought by Newell S- Colby, Sr., in 1856, just after his marriage. Starting with an 80-acre tract, he added to it until he j owned one of the finest farms in this section of the bounty. » Mr. Colby wasjthe first to introduce the Morgan breed of horses in northern Illinois and many of his popular sistant.. Leave to reinstatewas given by the court. The cases stricken were headed by the conspiracy indictment involving 115 persons- This blanket indictment was returned against Alford H. Pouse, former state's attorney, and 114 others. Caused Excitement A number of the persons listed frt the blanket indictment have since died. The blanket indictment caused "mt«aPeT+1 Later he added the breeding of merino sheep GOLDEN WEDDING OBSERVED TUESDAY hewn from aja oaken lvg and the sec Tuesday, January 10, as a.memor-jend floor was at one time a large ball, able one for Mr. and Mrs. Hubert i room, where, who know?, perhaps the Weber, who observed, their golden j spirits danced. wedding on that day. , George Stickney, who built the Cheered by the presence of their house, was born in New Hampshire justice to the dairy industry of North-1 children and grandchildren, the day j and in 1835 made up* his mind to find «rnIllinois. Therefore be it was a happy one for the honored cou-|a home in the western country. He "RESOLVED, that we, the members; pi6j although it was sper.t quietly, be- j made a small round trunk in which he of the McHenry County Pure Mi.'k cause of the poor health of Mr. Weber.1 packed his clothes and started out to' Associatior, go on record as protest-] The day, which will always be re-'make his fortune. At Chicago he injf against such ^ newspaper articles j membered because of its golden mem-; heard of the country in the valley of and editorials, be it further ^ jories, was commenced with a High! the Fox river and made up his mind "RESOLVED, that the attention of jMass-at St. Mary's church at 8 o'clock! to stop in this paradise.of ihe' west, said newspapers be called to the fact]which was attended by Mr. and Mrs.l In i836 he settled in Nunda townthat all the ebairy herds in Northern j Weber in commemoration of their; ship, where he decTtfed to make Ms Illinois, have been tested for tubev-, nuptial mass of fifty years ago. ! home, and where the house with the tapping of spirits echoed from tha: school in McHenry. A very interest lofty ceilings of the mysterious d'well- • ing program has been arranged as ing. ; | follows: Built in pioneer days, its structure! 10:45-11 a. m,--Music by High School, is as rugged as the constitution of the j 11-12, Nobn--Address by George men who reared it and the massivei Metzger, Secretary of the Illinois oak beams and soljyl walls make of it . Agricultural Association, a permanent thingT Tis said the! 12:45-1--Community Singing.led by heavy front door is one solid piece C. A- Phillips. culosis and have all been under state and federal supervision for at least two years, and be it further In the evening a dinner was served j "round corners" was bu'H. to the family, children and grand-! The house has passed through sevchildren, with an even fifty present to | eral ownerships, being at one time in "RESOLVED, that a copy of this enj0y the repast and the evening ; the possession of James Watrous, also resolution be sent to each of the Chi- which followed. Decorations were in a pioneer, who came here from tiie cago daily newspapers and to Gov- keeping with the occasion and Mr. and | east. In 1886 the place w&s sold to ernor Henry Horner, Hon. A. J. Cer-|^j;rs< Weber were pleased by many Jamts R. Jackman, whose heirs still mak, mayor of Chicago, and Herman beautiful gifts. | retain the farm. N. Bundesen, Commissioner of Health «f the City of Chicago." Other Resolutions - 1-2:15 p. m.-- a. President's Address--Earl E. Swen^on. b. Secretary's Report--Earl MHughes. c. Treasurer's • Report--Fred S. Gay. . . d. Farm Adviser's Report--W. A. Herrington. e. '.Insurance birector's Report-- H. T. Buri-oughfi. f. Reading--Hazel Stalheim. g. Manager of the Service Company Report--Melvin Stalheim. 2:15-4 p. m.-- a. Report of the Nominating Com- * mittee. b. Election of Officers. c. Reading. d. Talk by Home Adviser--Mis3 Clara1 Greaves. e. Colored .Comedian Act--R. T. Burroughs, and E. M. Hughes. George Metzger, secretary of the Other resolutions included one^ asking for the return of second class milk. Another requested the management to secure co-operation of dealers in handling the situation of "wildcat" milk and that farmers outside the association with an okay from the Chicago board of health be taken into the chance to Illinois Agricultural Association, will All of their nine children and four-' Almost within a stone's throw of prove to be a very interesting speaker, teen grandchildren reside in this vi- |this mysteriously interesting house His talk will have to do with some of cinity and were present on this occa- stands a Colonial mansion built bv the major activities of the Illinois Agsion- j Samuel Terwilliger, one of the oldest rieultural Association. In this con- Married at Johnsburg (pioneers of the county, who tcok up nection it is expected that he will Mr. and Mrs. Weber were married his land about the same time that spend some time explaining the pendat Johnsburg on January 10, 1883, in: George Stickney settled on an ad- ing legislative program of the State a double wedding ceremony with Mr. j joining section. This is also a brick association. Being secretary to Mr. and Mrs. John Pitzen. | structure, with lofty rooms of endur- Earl C. Smith, president of the Illi- Mrs. Weber, who Is 74 years old,j ing beauty, while large Colonial pil- inois Agricultural Association, Mr. was born in this vicinity, while her 1 ^rs adorn the exterior, reminding one Metzger will be well informed upon association and - given a j husband, who is 79 years old, was] of the days of long ago when the the above subject. President Smith establish a base, provid- born in Germany and came to Amer- j place - vas first built. ;has been in constant conference at ing they comply with the rules of the associations. Another resolution condemned 'the practice of farmers operating two farms, selling milk from one herd to an association agencjl and selling from another herd, in a local community, in open competition with dealers who are taking association milk. The resolution called for a penalty of depriving the member of^hia base and membership. Another resolution asked the sales committee to suspend Rule 10, doing a.way with the 80 per cent base rule ' I 1 ica with his parents when he was | Mr. and Mrs. Mat Fitzsimmons three years old. j made thi# place their home for many They are well known and have j years, later moving to Woodstock to many friends here where they have live. always lived, Mr. Weber being a farmer before his retirement to their pleasant home east of the river- The Plaindealer joins with their many friends in extending congratulations and best wishes for many more happy anniversaries. \ Washington with some of the highest 'government officials including President- elect Roosevelt Full reports on the activities of the Thece early settlers, with others in local organization will be given actheir vicinity, built the first log school. cording to the detailed program outbouse in their township and did much 1 lined above. While it 4s expected in making the history of their localty. that the attendance will be made up A small community has its" place in I primarily of the members, anyone outl. istory and even one county has many. side of the membership who may he people and places of outstanding interest to others. APPOINT COMMITTEES The local post of the American Le-: INSPECT SITES FOR gion met at their hall Monday even- LIBERTYVILLE PTQ. This rule is that fanners would lose j ing. Committees were appointed to} The first definite step in the contheir base, if they did not keep up make plans for the county meeting to j struction of Libertvville's new fedin their base for three months. In be held in this city on the last Thursother words it was explained farmers day of the month, Jan. 26. in order to keep up to their base are overproducing, causing a surplus, j proposition with a united front the A resolution, which caused much: cause will be lost. comment and debate was one calling! He brought out the. fact that 10 updn the finance committee-to inves- per cent of the base milk of the vis- (property, with prices, have been filed sociation is being turned over to reeral building was miade recently when W. P. Krumbiegin, an inspector from the postoffice department was there and looked over the various sites which have been submitted for approval. Seven different pieces of association in Chicago on March 4. At this time members from the 17 distigate the salaries of staff officers. This brought plenty . of debate \>n the floor. The salary matter was explained in detail by Don Geyer, manager of the association. Geyer Matip Speaker Geyer, in answer to one member's qtttstion, asking why members could not obtain a complete list salaries' tricts will attend. paid officers of the association, said I Directors of the " various locals he was drawing a salary of $11,520! who have been elected recently and; per year. He said he started at! approved by the meeting Friday $8 ,000 was raised and during the past .include the following: year* has taken a ten percent cut' Algonquin--George Pyotfc. on two different occasions. Other Big Foot--Carl Sehulta. salaries include^ that of W. C. Mc- Cary--Frank Jelenek. Crystal Lake--Frank Flnnow. Simon Michels is critically ill at his home on Riverside Drive- Miss Mildred Freund, who has been very ill at an Aurora sanitarium, is reported improving. Miss Emily Stoffel Is absent from her work at the local telephone office answer to the published request, I on account of illness. lief. He said this rnjlk is going to | an<j it wag these parcels that occupied j Mrs. Fred Justen, who has been se- 167,000 families and represents a|the attention of the inspector on his; riously ill at St. Charles hospital, Auinterested is invited to be present. The program committee consists of Fred Gay, chairman, Earl Hug has and Stanly Church, Among the Sick $450,000 milk bill per month- J visit here. While no information has The resolutions passed will l^e pre- piven out as to the locations, it is sented to the annual meeting of the understood that most of the sites are centrally located and that a number of them are suitable for the purpose. Queen, president, who receives $5,- 400; Kenneth Royer, labatory expert, $360 per month; A. M. Krahl, field general and editor of the Pure Milk News, S324 per month; L. M- Oranger, accountant and three assistants, at $135 to $186 per month. Geyer said all the officers have been cut 10 per .cent on two different occasions. Asks United Front •Geyer was thee main speaker of the fcfleraooTu He answered a number Harvard--Richard Hutchinson. Hebron--A. M Ehle. Huntley--John Boyer. Marengo--Stanley Chuydk>~ McHenry--Matt Blake. " ^ Ringwood--M. L. Twomley. Union--Henry Carson. Woodstock--F- J. Greett. Spring Grove--Joseph E. Miller. New county officers will be elected President C. ATTENTION! The reeular meeting of the month occurs tonight, Jan. 12. Special twenty- fifth anniversary program. The state deputy and past-state deputy, Henry J. Lynch and District Deputy ter, Marian Grace, have been ill with rora, following an operation, is reported improving. Mrs. A. G. Mathews, who has been ill with the flu at her home on Waukegan street, for several days, is again able to be around. Mr. and Mrs. Schaefer are both seriously ill and confined to their beds at the home of their daughter, Mrs. Nimsgem, on Green street. , Mrs. Ray Conway and little daugh- Daniel F. Murphy, a member of the Chicago bar, are visiting our council. All chartered as well as other members afe urged to be present, Lunoh. ' V ••• • :.... BIRTHS ^ Mr. 'and Mrs- Martift J. Stoffel of Spring Grove are the parents of a daughter, born Sunday, Jan. 8. Mr. and Mrs. James Mullens of Chi. cago announce the arrival of a 12- lb. boy on Friday, Jan. 6. Mrs. Mullens was formerly Miss Louise Stilling of this city. JANUARY CLEARANCE Erickson's Dept. ijtbre has a full page ad in^this week's issue, which it < ,4s .-•v ' -' u. •- •Sr- 1 in the next week or so. of questions asked by the members) John C. Ohlbrich and Secretary Ben T. as well as gave a complete outline of ! Winn both retire this year, after seven the battle being waged by the officers years' service each in those positions. of the organization in connection with 1 Although the meeting was orderly the recent cut in price and the fight j on several occasions it Hooked as if to restore it, which is now going on. j there would be some "fireworks.." If H© said the program as outlined by; was evident there was some ill feel- j will pay every reader to check over the executive committee is working! ing among some of the members, as,carefully. There are bargains galore out all right and! he believed in an-: the voting on some of the resolutions: in this announcement; which is a*Janother month or,, six weeks there will J disclosed. When the chair was injuary Clearance sale. Everyone wants be a change for the better. He asked i doubt on the vote by the entire dele-1 to save money these days. Here is the co-operation of all members in the gation the matter was then left to the'; an opportunity to do so for the next fight and stated that unless the voting delega|e%. This did not prove .ten days. The early shopper gets the naembenhip battles .Unpopular. g }best hujs- • -- ' , • vr 1 the flu and under the care of a nurse at; their home on Riverside Drive this week. Mrs. Catherine Young returned home from St. Theresa's hospital Waukegan, Monday, and is recover* ing nicely from the injuries sustained in a fall on Christmas day. SKI JUMP, JAN. 15 The World's Fair Central, U. S. championship, ski tournament, under the auspices of the Norge Ski club of Chicago, will be held on the famous Cary hill at Fox River Grove, on Sunday, Jan 15, at 1:30 o'clock. Many world famous ski riders will compete- As a special feature, the world's greatest women ski jumpers, Johanne Kolstad and Hilda Jtfraskerud, from Norway, will attempt to break the Cary hill recprd. Fox River Grove is * on the Northwest Highway (Route 19), U. S. 12 and Route 22. General admission $1.00, tax included. Free Parking. a big stir in the county and rated breed of horses were sent from his headlines in various newspaper?! fur,n to parts of the United States, throughout the nation for weeks. It WAS neverjbrought to trial. cases iisted on the 'tan-®?** docket^ of 1929 have been remove;! 1 due to the fact they were tried byi Attorney Hadley. He prosecuted several of the cases via the trial route. Others'] pleaded guilty and were fined. Many of the fines remain unpaid- Others! paid part of their firies while some j were sent to jail for failure to pay BEING REMOVtu Old landmarks, like old friends, lose their usefulness and pass away, altheir fines and worked them out* in|thou^h renewing memories of olden jail. jdays and the changing events of in- TTie investigation oame on the heels jtetvenin^ yearsof Pouse's resignation as state's at-! Such has been the case during the torney and his flight to parts un-1P*8!1'wee^ when the old building, cornknown. A Citizens league, composed! jnonly known as the Bonslett buildof citizens of McHenry county, was | situated at th*? creek bridge or formed. A petition was presented j Green street, has been razed by the the court for a special prosecutor to'PI'esent; owner, Julius Keg. handle the cases. V. S. Lumliy was!. With its foundation'crumbling and acting as state's attorney at the time,; *-s wa|l® leaning, the old building was being appointed by the county board • becoming unsafe and its owner deto fill out the unexpired term of c'ded to tear it down, thereby im- Pouse. The Citizens league did not want Lumley and asked that someone e.lse be appointed. Hadley was seproving the appearance of his- property. The building, which has man*; a lected and James McQueeny, special 1 story of prosperity ami adversity hiddetective, hired to gather information! aw®y .within its walls, came l:>lo against alleged violators of the law. th* possession of iw present owner Raids were made. Slot machines were! "hoOt six years ago when Mr- Keg confiscated and hidden. , purchased the property, along the Chicago and nearby newspaper »orth side of the creek, which he has offices pent special reporters niuch to improve and enhance in photographers-to Woodstock to cover j beauty- •, * . . the situation. A special grand Jury That this .old b ji ding, is stirring up was summoned. Indictments were re- j thoughts of the past and reviving turned. For days and weeks special [memories of other days has been made officers rounded up indicted men and 1 evident during the past week as passwomen. They were brought to Wood-! ersby Paused to view the work and exstrick, where they either furnished, change memories of the former o*mbond or were placed in jail until iers and uses of the building. bonds were furnished. ~ I 0ne of the most ancient landmaiks F* t Tri*! , i °f this city, it is estimated that the ,rs • I structure was built nearly seventy The day of-the first trial found a! yeJirs ajfo wjwn buildings along the crowded court room- High powered j str^t were not as numerous as they attorneys were employed by indicted are now> when no cement pavement citizens. Chafes of venue were, traversed by motor cars lay in front granted by Judge E. D. Shurtleff and an{j w^en the rushing watto Woodstock came Judge Theo. Forbv i ers surging over the dam from tlis of Zion City to preside over the first overflowing from spring freshtrial which was the People against ets, washed away the foundations of Theo. Schiessle of McHenry. After tjle nearby creek bridges, causing days of presenting evidence the case; them to float away pn the swift and went to the jury . The jury debated niU(j^y waters of the swollen creeK. for more than sixty-five hours and re-J in 1880, when the population of Mcturned a verdict of guilty. Others in- j Henry numbered only 870 souls, Joe | E. Sorenson stuffed and m our ted the - last week- The pin was removed at the Sherman hospital where the infant is remaining under observation from 24 to 36 hours. Mrs. Frances Meyef of Wauconda fell on the icy sidewalk in front of her home Thursday evening of last week and fractured one bone in her right wrist. A local physician took an xray of the broken bone Friday morning at the Condell hospital at Libertyvilie. The arm was placed in, a cast. Fred Klipp, of Desplames reported to police last Tuesday that his' home had been entered and that a one and one-half carat diamond ring and other jewelry had been stolen. According to the report, the robber, Knowing or discovering where the family hid the house key, entered by way of the rear door. . ^ A bad fire broke out at the home on Forre-st avenue in day. The fi^de^^st the call quickly, but the fire a start that they were unable to sa*'e any ,pf the household goods. There was no one at home when the fire broke out. , Sunday, Jan. 1, the school building at Wilmot was destroyed by fire. The main structure, which was built many yekrs ago, had several additions, and housed the high and grade schools^ Jkrrecently erected gymnasium, not'lkr from tne main building was saved. It is not definitely known just how tbe fire started. A man named Richardson, employed on the Verne Sisson farm southeast of Caledonia tried to shoot himself with a revolver on Wednesday of last week. . The bullet struck the side of the h$ad and glanced off- A physician was called and had the wounded man removed'to St. Joseph's hospital in Belvidere where he is recovering from shock. Six reactors were found among the 2,337 cattle tested for bovine tuberculosis in Antioch township during the past year according to the report of Dr. Thomas P. Gallahue, county veterinarian. Forty one hundredths per cent of the cattle in Lake County were found to rea^t to the test. Thiwe reactors were found in Lake Villa township and three in Grant. William Hale, Jr., 11-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. William Hale, living about five miles north of Belvidere on the Town Line road, suffered a badly mangled left hand on last Thursday .when the member was caught in a corn picker machine at his home. He was taken to a Belvidere hospital where it was found.necessary to amputate three fingers and take the little finger off at the first joint. A Golden Eagle with a wing spread of 80 inches, shot at the C. K. Anderson home at Channel Lake, is on display at the First National Bank. R. , . -.i -7 ^ dieted, to escape the expense of a trial j N preund lived in the" building, which entered pleas of guilty- As weeks |he rented from Jacob Bonslett, and passed the proceedings .began to lackj where ,Math FreUTKj( implement dealcolor and interest dwindled. " ! er of McHenry, was born. Various Those indicted in the big conspiracy j Uses have been made of the place and pleaded not guilty. This case wa®|jt has served as a store, saloon, resset for trial and continued thne and | taura'nt and dwelling house, in addiagain. After months of the investiga- j tjon to many other enterprises which tion Atty. Hadley stopped his trips have been Altered beneath its walh. to Woodstock. The work was continued at various times by Attorney C. P. Barnes. Then Came the Dawn Theft came the dawn and the bills. The board of supervisors balked at •paying the bills. Judge Shurtleff issued an order impounding the fines TRAINER SAVES ANIMALS IN THEATRE BLAZE Gus Thalero, Mundelein animal trainer, whose four-footed comedians have delighted audiences on the big vaudeville circuits throughout the „ country, came very near losing .his collected from the various cases. Had-! animals reCently in the fire which ley and McQueeny threatened suit wrecked the Lido theater, 622 South against the county board. Some Fifth avenU6i Maywood- $1,500, it is said, is still impounded' Thalero was playing an engagement in fines. State s Attorney Lumley jflayW0CKj house arid his animals will probably make an effort to havejwere jugt entering through a side door this money turned into the county ^hen the firp broke out, and were treasury.--Woodstock Daily Sentinel.; ^thdrawn safely. The troup consists of four monkeys, three dogs and a FOUR TONS OF MEAT KILLED FOR DISTRIBUTION The largest butchering bee pony, whi^h have been trained by Mr. Thalero at Mundelein. The fire started back stage, probstaged by the county outdoor relief j ably from electric wires, and caused commission was held at the county j damage amounting to $50,000. The farm at Elkhom, Wis., one day last fact that the afternoon show had not begun is responsible for the absence of injuries. The lobby of the theater was crowded with patrons waiting to be admitted and these, many of them children, hurried to the street when the first wisp of smoke appraised them of their danger. week, when nearly four tons of meat was made available. The records in the office of the superintendent show that 7,181 .pounds of pork was killed and prepared, along with 531 pounds of beef. The butchering was done for the first time this winter, but another bee is expected to take place in January. The, meat was cut into 10 to 12 pound pieces and wrapped in packages fo^ delivery to residents _ ,--„ Walworth county who are receiving j Jan. 19. .Mrs. Carol Anderson of aid from the outdoor relief 00m- Charles, the Eleventh district direcmission. The distribution has been;tor, and Mrs. Wanda Todd of McHenhandled by the commission. jry, county president, will be present. Last winter several butchering All present and past members are arses sions were staged by the com- | gently requested tp attend and eligible mission to furnish food for the suf- members are cordially invited fering, hat this is the first held this * LEGION AUXILIARY The American Legion Auxiliary will hold a special meeting at the of i Legion hall on Thursday evenj^g, winter because the need is so great throughout the county thaf the kill Miss May Jnsten returned to her school work at St. Mary's, Ind., Wedhad to be exceptionally large to take:nesday, after having her vacation excare of the demand. tended, due to her blether's illness. bird. The eagle was shot by John Jinv* merson, negro employee of Mr. Anderson, one afternoon when Mr. Anderson and John were out on the laxe in a boat. The bird flew oat and lighted on a thin patch of ice within range of their guns. Mrs. Bridget Feffer of Crystal Lake was injured New Years morning about 1:15 a. m. when arising from bed to go downstairs she slipped and fell four steps. She suffered a bruised left leg and arm and other bruises and a gash was cut in her forehead, necessitating a stitch- Mrs. Feffer was alone at the time and descended the remainder of the steps and phoned a physician, and. her daughter, who was attending a New Years Eve party.' Burglars last Saturday broke 1.1 to the Winthrop Harbor postoffice, tried to batter a hole in the safe and failed, and then escaped with $2 in change. Entry was gained by forcing oper. the rear door of the building, according ta Deputy Sheriffs Geno Palmieri and Arthur Grieve. The burglars then tore a hole in a wall of plaster board an-l entered the office of the building. The combination was battered off the safe but they failed in forcing the door, so an axe was used in an effort to chop a hole in the top of the safe. This, was unsuccessful. Fire caused by spontaneous combustion Tuesday afternoon of week, destroyed the' barn oh the' George Bohls farm near Reed's corners northwest of Woodstock at a loss estimated to oe $8,000. The damage is covered partly by insurance. The blaze was Discovered at 4 p. m. by the owner as he repaired % fence damaged by cattle in the barnyard . Assisted by volunteers he was able to rescue eighteen head of cattle and three horses from the flames. Considerable grain and hay were destroyed The farm formerly was owned by Henry Schmarje, now a resident of Woodstock, who sold it to l«Us about five years ago. - i • >1"* Long Boy should have a birthday tomorrow---but H is the wrong month.