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.SfiVV; UPfJ p0HT • , *• '•••.«."<4* »• THS IOHSHBT PLAINDEALER 7? t ~*r »i 27, 1934^ THE M'HENRY PLAINDEALER Published every Thursday at McHenry, 111., by Char lea F. Renich. Entered MM second-class matter at the postoffice at McHenry, DL, unthe act of May 8, 1879. One Year .. fix Months -..$2.06 ...$1.00 A. H. MOSHER, Editor, fend Manager Public Ownership V-- }••••'• ; v» .v, For.several y^aris the government- •v'ipijcned Ontario power system lias been held up by advocate? of .government : '^eVation»-ef utilities as a shining example if' cheap power under political • Iflanagoment. Opponents of public Ownership have charged tha t the jjower commission sold current to farm- and household consumers' often at a loss, in order to gain popularity among the mass of the voters and thus perpetuate,, its piembers in ef- ' • / - ' A .recent statement by T.. Stewart li^on, chairman of the . government •'power commission, showed that the averaee cost of power defiveretl in Toronto had increased from $21.28 ,per horsepower in 1930 to $30i® , in, Afeo,i the reserve fund; to th« !credjit of th|e. commissidft was' tftibed from. $1.4,629,578 in 1931 to^ approximately $6,900,000 at present, ,a losfe for the period of inc^ •than eight million dollars': - In 1933, Mr. JLyons saicl, power (Consumers of Toronto alone got their power for $825^000 less than it cost the government to deliver it. When, as is by no means uncommon, a public-owned utility .i?- operated at a loss, such as -that shown by the "Ontario systefn, the deficit is made up, of course, by taxation, ftus, although the consumers power bill imay be low, the public pays the loss through increased tax bills. There is no magic in public ownership whereby the people may get something for nothing. whereby this government* agency. »r its '"news" releases seeks to obtain advertising for its approved electrical, appliances without cost. In a bulletin to members of the Southern Newspaper Publishers' Association, Secretary Cranston ~ Williams asks: "Why should any government agency competing with private * enterprises not pay for advertising and publicity, just likea private concern?" • • He also cites the fact that the* Authority recently distributed" 300, 000 copies of an elaborate 12-page advertising pamphlet by mail, postage free under government frank, for which a private concern would have have unlimited instances of worthless offspring from high-class parentage, while on" the other hand many persons born in obscurity have made notable successes in life. The divine right of j kings was founded on anlestry, usually begin ning with some political or military upstart. The American "400" was founded on the wealth of shrewd trad*- ers and schemers of the early days. While in some sections the fetish of ancestry is still worshipped, it is becoming out of date, and nowadays a man must'amount to something in hi? own right if he would be held in high esteem. » As a recent writer has well said: "Humanity's . sense of justice wbuld be outraged if Descendants of a criminal justly hanged, say; three hundred years ago, should still lie ui.der the infamy of that ancestoi. Why, then, should glory attach t6 the worthless descendant of a hero?" FOR SALE RUSSIA CONSTRUCTS HARBOR IN SIBERIA FOR SALE--Diggins oil burner, with 250-gal. oil tanlj and thermostat. Will sell cheap. Albert Krause- Tel. 117-Jt 16tf FOR SALE--Bed, springs and mattress, very reasonable. Inquire at Plaindealer. ? * *16-4 Motor Fuel Saving. The pocketbook of every motorist in, America will he! benefitted by changes .being made iri automobile enhad to' pay $13,500 for postage alone £ines> J? Charles B. Bohn, at the third class rate. These gov- Indent of the Bohn Aluminum and ernment "pamphlets w^re tt^ilfeSi. ttei Bras® .^Q 1 r,^>0^5^V' ^u,°^e J\ rec^^ periodical. "With minor changes U» present engines We have obtained a as, firSt, class matter Secretary Williams aslcs the .further question as to how private business men and ^newspapers can compete with this Advertising,, tli^ expense of which i? bprtieJby thg.taxpayers of the entire nation. tremendously greater output with superior fuel economy," says Mr. Bohn. '.'The improvements lie in better combustion chamber design permitting higher compression without spark or gas knock, and higher engine speeds Newspapers of the country have itted b j the entire been most generous in giving free breathi gvstem of the en^ne to a space to various government estab- depree possible only with aluminum hshments at all times. They can bea(js and proper combustion hardly be blamed for protesting when ? . „ FOR SALE--The Henry Brefeld building in West McHenry. Store, garage and living rooms. Will sacrifice. Inquire of Mrs. Christine Brefeld, 1906 N.- Lowell Ave-, Chicago, 17-3 BLACK WALNUTS FOR S^E--50c per bu. Lloyd Fisher, Grisword Road, near Volo, and near State Roijte 20., . *18 1POR SALE---PulletS, 6 mos. 6ld, $1 each. Gerhardt Poultry Farm, on U. S. 12. Phone McHenry 617-R-l- *18 PIANO FOR SALE--Very reasonable. Elola Boyle, West McHenry. ° 18 FOR RENT-r-Farm near McCollums LaHe .- Inquire of Mrs. Magdalena Bohr, McHenry. 18-3 FOR RENT FOR RENTtA pleasant .room,' centrally located. Inquire at this office. P 62-tf the government invades the field of Publishers and TV A ; Newspaper publishers in the. South are casting a critical eye toward the Tennessee Valley Authority and its extensive free publicity program, chamber design. "These improvements during the private business and adopts the un- next two v6ars will resu]t in the sav_ fair methods mentioned m compet- * ing with newspaper advertisings Pride of Ancestry Honoring of parents of<>ther worthy forbears is most commendable, but the extremes to which some people carry their pride of ancestry | the gasoline tank is generally thrown ing of millions of dollars annually to the motorists of America, We have combustion chamber forms perfected which permit of higher compression without using anything but standard gasolines of good quality." The average person does not realize that one-third of the fuel value in is somewhat amusing. It has been pretty conclusively established by scientists that acquired characteristics of one lifetime can n<>t be transmitted tp posterity, and we OLD TIME DANCE at the OLD CREAMERY TAVERN (North Side of GriswOld Lake on McHenry River Road) Every Saturday Night, Square Dances. Waltz, Quadrilles BEER 5c - V4 FRIED CHCIKEN 25c "Bill" Jenkins, Prop. away through the radiator. Although this cannot be eliminated, a more scientific arrangement of the cooling, particularly of the cylinder jhead, and by higher compressions and more complete combustion, can" control it in a manner to reduce heat losses. Technical details ire of interest only to engineers, but the results &re of vital importance to every car owner, as they materially affect his pocketbook. FOR RENT--Sept. 15, the Burke bungalow, Washington St., near Richmond Road. Rent reasonable. Phone 93-M. - 14tf FOR RENT--Furnished or unfurnished 5 rooms, all modern. Inquire of H. A. Asmalsky, Rt. 20. Phorfe 220-R. 16tf FOR RENT--The J. J, Vasey house on Green street. All modern. Inquiry, of Mrs. Geo. F. Lindsay,-phone SWR. 16tf FOR RENT--Modern house'., of Dr. N. J. Nye, McHenry. Inquire 17t,f WANTED Free Dancing Saturday Evening V •" Music By • ' ' -:"v Edgewater Beach Orchestra BEER 5c ? FREE FISH FRY VILLA PARK oo Slocom's Lake Route 176 - 2 miles west of Wauconda or 2 miles Brid«e- . J Visit The NEW WALNUT ROOM iJusten's Hotel, McHenry Saturday Night - ^ ^ ^ " CHICKEN DINNER, 25c - ORCHESTRA - FREE DANCING FRED JUSTEN, Prop. Harmful Legislation I " I More and more it is coming to be accepted as a fact that the main hope of national recovery lies in the accomplishments of individual citizens rather than in legislative experiments of , doubtful efficacy. Burdensome restrictions on business and trade usually create evils far greater than those they seek to correct. This result is seen, according to the editor of a leading trade journal, in connection with legislative assaults [ upon time-tried agencies for the mar- [keting of farm products. He writes: •"Utter disregard of ultimate effect upon the marketing machinery has" characterized much of the proposed legislation against the nation's gain exchanges. As a consequence, fear of what might eventuate has had the effect of driving former investment end speculative support from the markets." i, Lack of this support' is declared to have depressed the price of the early wheat exop when it was moving from the farm this year. The thoughtful farmer, after years of confusion, is coming to the definite belief that there is no legislative panacea which will guarantee high prices for is products. He further realizes that every time an attack is made upon hi» marketing machinery, more buyers are driven away and funds normally used to buy and carry the grain crop go into hiding. The grain exchanges, on their part, ask only that they be kept free of harassing legislation and be permitted to continue their useful functions in the future as in the past. WANTED--Old cars, scrap iron, brass, copper, radiators, batteries, rags and paper. Call M. Taxman, McHenry 173. 38-tf WANTED--WILL REMOVE DEAD AND CRIPPLED HORSES 0R CX)WS C a l l ' C r y s t a l L a k e 8 0 1 7 - Y - 2 a n d 8034-Y-4, and. reverse phone charges. 14tf WANTED -- Kitchen stove, to burn coal or wood. Write Albert Rodig, R. 1., McHenry. *• ' ""IS WANTED -- Position as chauffeur. Will go anywhere, any time for expenses. Address "XY," care Plaindealer, McHenry. - *18 WANTED SEVERAL FARMS--for cash--with or without buildings. Send description, ' number tillable acres, timber, creek, if any, buildings, other facts. Freeman, 2418 Lincoln Street, Evanston, 111. *18 MISCELLANEOUS WHEN YOU NEED A VETERINARIAN-- Call Richmond 16. Graduate veterinarian, prompt service. General practice. Both large and small animals. Dr. John Ducey, Richmond, I1L 12-26 DEAD ANIMALS REMOVED FREE OF CHARGE MIDWEST REMOVAL CO. PHONE DUNDEE 10 Reverse Charges 49-tf HOW IS YOUR ROOF?--You can get your roof recoated and repaired very reasonable. Inspection and estimates free. Super-Asphalt Roofing Co., Phil Meyers, Prop. Phone McHenry 82-R. *16-4 New Johnsburg Tavern Fish Fry Every Friday Nite 10c per plate / „ SPECIAL SATURDAY NITE ' Diick Dinner with All Trimmings, 25c ^en Thonnesen and Bill Quinn J. B. ^JETTERMAN, Manager STREET TAVERN' Just North of Empire Theatre r MEXICAN CHILI SERVED AT ALL TIMES, • ^ 10c PER BOWL Mixed Drinks, Wines and Liquors, Meiater Brau Beer, 5c GEO. L. JONES, Proj> SCHAEFER'S TAVERN East of the Old River Bridge Mixed Drinks ^ Sandwiches - 5 and 10c Beer FISH FRY FRIDAY NITE -10c per plate CHICKEN DINNER-j-Saturday Nite.2jta ORCHESTRA SATURDAY NIGHi tv _// Rise of the Tomato It seems a liST strange to us that tomatoes were not used as human food by the white race Until only a little, more than a hundred years ago, being thought poisonous. In fact, it ij> related that about 1833 a New Jersey child who had eaten-of a raw tomato was rushed to a doctor by her parents, who [feared she would die. There were early superstitions coh-, netted with the tomato, one of. which jwas that they were eaten by witches, another that they were effective as [love potions; in fact, they were at first known as "love apples." Even in recent years it has been thought ; by some that eating tomatoes tended i to produce cancer, but science has rej- futed that idea, also. Now the raising and. marketing of j tomatoes, both fresh and canned, has become a great industry. In 1931 | more than twenty million cases of ! canned tomatoes were produced in the | United States, including whole toma i toes, paste, pulp, sauce and juice. J The rise of tomato juic£ in popularity (luring the }.ast_five years ha been -most spectacular, increasing from an output of 165,251 cases in 1929 to About 5,000 cases, last year. X •; If tomato juice is really a love po tion, fk must be contributing * very greatly to the emotional life of the present generation. RADIO AND WASHER REPAIRS-- We are now prepared to handle all repair work on radio and washing machines, carrying complete stock of repairs for all makes of* machines. Carey Electric Shop. Phone 251, McHenry. >17-4 FOR QUICK REMOVAL OF DEAD AND CRIPPLED COWS OR HORSES call Axel Bolvig, Woodstock 1645-W-2 and reverse^charges, *18-28 TEN MEMBERS OF COUNTY BOARD IS TO BE ELECTBD Mrs. Joe Paull and children pt Woodstock called on Miss Anna Fris by, Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Thompson at tended the Century of Progress Thursday. Peter. M. Justen is expectd home this week from his trip to Denver, Colo.a Mk and Mrs. Harry Alexander of Hebron called in the Robert Thompsoq home Tuesday. The terms of the members of the board of supervisors will expire nexfr spring, according to records in the office of County clerk R. D. Woods of Woodstock. Among those whose terms will expire in the spring is Stephen/ H. Freund of McHenry. Mr. Freund is second in length of service on the county board with only Henry Turner of Hebron having a longer term. Mr. Freund was first elected in 1909 and has served an unbroken term since that time. He succeeded the late Ja^es Ladd as supervisor of McHenry township. - The election next spring will be for four-year terms.. Hopes to Open Ship Routes Through Ajrctic Sea. Washington, D. C.--Along the bleak Arctic coast of Siberia, at the mouth of the River Lena, the Soviet government Is constructiifg the most northerly port In the world. "Though one of the six longest rivers in Asia, being almost 3,000 miles in length, the River Lena plays a minor role In the life of the continent. The sparse population of its basin, and its ice-jammed mouth on the dangerous, little-known Arctic ocean has prevented the'Lena from taking part in world trade and limited It to internal commerce," sa£s tjje National Geographic society. "As Russian population spreads toward the Orient, however, this new port and the opening of navigation routes through the Arctic sea, may mean that the Lena will become a fymsy trade artery, through Which will pulse the wealth of minerals, timber, and valuable furs of Central Siberia. Rising as a flear mountain torrent in the Baikal mountains, the Lena, rushes northward between frteep, folr* • est clad cliffs of red pandstone from '200 to 300 feet high and then between lower chalk cliffs, gutted with . Innumerable grottoes. At the town of Vitim, 870 miles from Its souorce, it Is joined by the Yltlm fiver, noted for Its gold mines. Cliffs Resemble Cattle. "Its volume doubled; the Lena flows for miles through the dense taiga, a . primeval coniferous forest stretching ! from the Arctic circle ^o Turkestan. 1 Through the dark wild shrubbery run packs of howling wolves. Flying squirrels leap from pine to pine above prowling brown bears, sables and er-, mines. "The monotony of the forested slopes is broken occasionally by the flickering red camp fires of hunters, tent settlements surroundhig posthouses, and limestone or sandstone cliffs. One series of cliffs, the famous 'Colannades of Lena,' resembles a castle, whose battlements of red and green limestone strata' jtretch for miles along the river. Shortly beyond the junction with the rapid Olekma smoke from burning coal fields is seen rising from the banks of the Lena. These' banks were long ago ignited by forest fires, giving rise to legends of volcanoes In central Siberia. "The Lena valley has a wealth of minerals. Because its tributaries, the Vitim, Olekma, and Vilyui, flow through a region rich In gold, the Lena carries more of the precious yellow metal In Its sands than perhaps any other river. Goal Is found in several places along the Lena valley. In the region of the upper Lena are petroleum fields and whole mountains of salt. Near Yakutsk are silver mines, Iron and zinc. Sulphur springs bubble on the banks of the middle Lena. Jasper is found at Zhigansk. Platinum is so abundant In the Aldan valley that natives are repute^ to make bullets out of it. ^ - Yakutsk It Chief City. "Yakutsk, the chief trading post of eastern Siberia, and an important fur market, Is built on alluvial soil about two miles back from the Lena and about halfway between Its source and mouth. When the ice breaks In June, floods sweep the town. For this season, many houses are built on high platforms. Yakutsk boasts a wooden blockhouse for£ built In 1632 by Yercaak, the Volga boatman who turned: pirate. "--- "Yakutsk has ' a "few brick office buildings, schools and churches, but most of the city is an unprepossessing collection of skin ynrts (tents) pitched. In spaces between snow-swept log houses. The few muddy streets become quagmires when the ground thaws. Many of the Inhabitants are exiles, reindeer-rtding Tungus, who .breed cattle, and the more advancefl^Yakuts, who occupy the entire length of the Lena valley, farming on the fertile elevated banks almost to the Arctic circle. "One hundred miles below Yakutsk, the confluence of the River Aldan from the right sweels the River Lena, temporarily, to a width of twelve miles, almost an Inland sea. Sot far below, the Vilyui enters the Lena on the left Beyond are only insignificant tributaries and the I^na flows northward for 1,200 miles, a majestic stream, four to twenty miles wide. "Steamers carry about 15,000 tons of freight a year on tl\£ Lena. To Yakutsk come barges bringing trade from tjie Sea of Okhotsk via the Aldan, and smaller craft with fox-skips from Bulun, with sables, ermine, and fossil ivory from the tundra of the Arctic. Skin-boats full of fish pass great rafts of timber, white steamers and leisurely ferries. "The vast delta of the Lena covers an area of 8,800 square miles. It is formed partly by alluvial deposit, and partly by a group of ancient marine islands connected by silting of up foeaval." 7'."v- ROYAL NEIGHBOR CONVENTION Royal Neighbors of McHenry county held their annual convention at Algonquin Tuesday. The morning session convened at 10 o'clock, the afternoon session at 1:30 and the evening session at 8 o'clock. Miss Erna Barthel of Rock Island, supreme recorder, was the guest of honor. Mrs. Orva Bratzler of Elgin, district deputy, was in charge and a school of instruction was held in the afternoon session. An address of welcome was given by Rev. P. L. Hauscom of Algonquin. A class was adopted at the evening session with the Algonquin caipp in Charge of ceremonies. Luncheon and dinner was served by the Willing Workers, society in the church parlors df the Congregational church. Mrs. Carrie Ensign was first vicepresident of the county organization for thie past year. Many Royal Neighbors from McHenry attended the convention with the officers of Fox River Valley.c#mp demonstrating the retiring march and Riverview camp putting on the seating of officers. . • -Ml:' MATHEWS RETURNS TO '-iOCAL- A. & P. STORE flwfc many "friends of A. G. Matthews will welcome the news that he will return as manager^ of the local A. & P. store and will commence his wb#k here Friday. He was transferred to Harvard where he has been for the past six weeks. » - I- 1 *» » » »< • < • » Births • <•••• fr-fr •!' •!' Mr. unci Mrs- Charles Dowe are parents of a girl born Sunday "at St. Theresa's hospital, Waukegan.- Mrs. Dowe was formerly Genevieve Young, John Rakow of Elgin wa% W local caller Wednesday. Mr. and Mrs. Le\yis Owen of CusKing, Okla., who are visiting their son at Niles Center, visited Mr. and, Mrs Robert Thompson Tuesday. Mi ss Marguerite Kinsala finished her work at Fox Lake and came home Sunday. She is now employed in the Variety store. Edward Lobre of Baltimore got a divorce as the result of information obtained whenJhia *rife talked ilk her sleep. < Expert Finds Flowers Keep Better in'Copper New York.--If you want to keep cut flowers for a long time, try keeping them in copper containers. John Ratsek, floriculturist on the staff of the New York State College of Agriculture, placed" snapdragons, stocks, roses, primroses and ottyer flowers in such containers and by so -doing he found that their life span was increased by one to three days. He explained that the copper kills bacteria which would decay the flowers. Irfandr in Bay of Panama The islands of Perico, Naos, Culebra and Flamenco, in the bay of Panama, belong to the Ameriean section oTJJhe Panama Canal Zone. William Gutman and Miss Sarah Barbas admire the woodland beauty of- a Huron River, Mich., cemetery so much that "they have decided to be married in it. © DETERMINE McHENRY TOWNSHIP VALUATION The valuation of assessed property for McHenry township is $85,105.70,- as disclosed by as^ssor's report* ~ which have been corrected by the board of review. The valuation of property in thp county is $266,355 less than last yeaiw_ according to the board of review. ^ Personal property assessed in tltt county as-defined in various, items is - as follows: 4,476 passenger cari, $285,035; 959 trucks and busses, $70,4 220; 50,401 cattle, $958,875; horses and mules, $267,365; 357ft . sheep and, goats, $7tf«0; 4950 swin^ $17,595; household furniture, $652.- 929; total lands, $19,245,040. GAIN IN FARM SALES Increased activity in farm lands is"'-'.- reported by John B. Utley, manage! of the farms and estates department, of the Northwestern Realty & Builji • ing company of Evanston. Among th$ . farms sold two m McHenry. county. William B. Temple, interior <dec-;: orator at 740 Rush street, bought 140-acre dairy farm two and a half ; itliies east of Woodstock. He is mak- i ing extensive alterations and infe provements and plans to erect stables^' for his saddle horses. ^ J*! Dr. Charles E. Pope of Evanston1 purchased a 120-acre dairy farm iilf: * McHenry county, adjoining the towpV of Union. He plans to open an officer ' in Woodstock in conjunction with his" Evanston office and is repairing the eight-room house for part time -resi-' dence. TJ. Signora Luisa Scallino, wij^t of a Genoa railroad employee, has given birth to her third set of triplets. World's ClMnkdi t About 15 per cent of the world's chemicals are manufactured In countries which In 1013 had no Important chemical manufactures. Subscribe for The Plaindealer. AT THE PIT Quarter Mile East of McHenry on Route 20 " SATURDAY NIGHT Chicken Dinner 25c FREE DANCING SATURDAY NIGHT~ Music by Frankie Gans' Orchestra HAROLD MILLER, Proprietor Novelty Night - - Sat., Sept. 29 BETTY'S at Lily Lake . . ~ A Treat 6n the House With YotHf^--: ^-^£4 ROAST DUCK DINNER, 35c : 1 A Real Party for Ages 16 to 1Q0--Modern and Old Time Singing and Dancing -- Best Orchestra * Fish Fry Friday Nite 10c, All You Can EaX Fish Dinners ALL DAY Friday No need to buy fish for that Friday dinner, for you can take the family to My Place for boneless perch cheaper than you can eat at home. SANDWICHES - PLATE LUNCHES - OR DINNERS Green Street ^ My Place 'McHenry AUTO INN TAVERN v Chi the Brewery Corner, McHenry,. $11. Special Entertainment 11UDAY NIGHT, Fish Fry, 10* | ! SATURDAY NIGHT, Chicken Dinner, 25c -^AP DANCING^- NOVELTY ACTS^ Latest and Newest Mixed.Drinks^ 5c and 10c Beer COMPLETE SHOWS) at • Ju&t ^ast State Bridge, McHenry • gome Real Entertainment - Don't Miss It! FREE DANCING - ORCHESTRA Ustial Chicken Dinner Every Saturday Night, 25o BOXING MATCHES EVERY FRIDAY NIGHT Meet Your Friends at Joe Friend's Jtea •Yv