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T - W - • • ; y ; . ; . _ ' i <• s • :.'j \v'^: •. : / ' '• •••'if'. - .•-" • . - ~ ' " • f j * • , t - c •'••• . •; - VOL. 61 'HENRY, ILLINOIS, THURSDAYOCTOBER, 17, i935 no. ax: ON """•"saw CLAY BAIRD FARM SOUTH OF CITY Apples, apples--apples everywhere --five thousand bushels of them hanging, rosy red, from branches breaking with their weight, covering the. ground where they have fallen because of ripeness and piled high in baskets, hand-picked and awaiting a buyer--this is the sight which greets the eyes of a visitor to the Clay Baird farm, south of McHenry, where the largest apple crop in the history of the farm or in the history of tho countrywide is being harvested. The sight is one to marvel at, a thing of beauty and a joy to remember iorever, as one walks between tta row upon row of trees laden with hei; fruit which hps grown so luxuriantly this year that as many as eity-five bushels of apples grow on ne small tree. In fact, the entire, place is a reveltic. 1 of beauty situated more th^n 50 feet above the level of Fox rivr on what might be termed the Pike's >eak of the Fox River valley, the loation is one unequalled for its grandwhich is realized as one gazes miles in every direction over a rama of fertile fields^ woodlands rgeous in the autumn colors of and yellow, the glistening waters f the Fox river splashing over the lam, flowing peacefully along at the oot of the hill and around Colby's oint, while in the distance gleans riswcld lake, nestled like a jewel in setting of vari-colored oak trees nasted in a riot of autumn colors. Former Kenneally Farm Clay Baird, president of the Bilatral Fire Hose Company, with a facory in Akron, O., and offices in Chiago, has owned the place for thirty 'ears, buying it from John Gibbes, me of the early settlers here, the arm being known in the old, olden ay 5 as the Kenneally farm. Heie one is given a kindly welome by the manager of the farm, eorge Bonsall, "who for eight years as been busy in his work of imroving the land, raising crops and ring for the orchard, through his bility bringing it to it's present high eak of productive fertility. During the past years, Mr. Bonsall tes, he has been working towards is climax of peak production which as been aided this year by the favable season for fruit, the wet, cooJ ring causing- a big growth in the :-uit. ' *• The location, also, is an ideal one r an orchard, the trees growing on le east and south slope of the hillde protected from the coW west incls and exposed to the, warm su: heie a clay subsoil affords oper drainage for the tree roots, ere a forty-acre orchard, composed approximately 4,000 trees, is being ripped of its fruit by twelve pick- ; who have been at work a week king about 2,500 bushels of apes and the work will require at *st another week before the reaining half of the fruit is picked, e apples are being put into baskets d, for the exception of those sold local customers, will be stored and pt for a later sale to be shipped Chicago when the market clears jHere are found many of the origla) trees planted twenty-eight years Vo when the orchard was started, ith new trees added each year and fad trees replaced. The varieties many, from the yellow Golden ilicicus apples to the ever popular ^rk red Jonathans, Baldwins, New 3rk Pippin, Banana apple, Grimes jloen, Maiden Blush, Ben Davis, |iow apple, the early Transparent Duchess, the choice eating apkr- own as the King and the new Iting apple with the modern name of \umfea." iThis office is enjoying a "bouquet" these fragrant apples, a branch of en leaves and golden apples as lautiful as any bunch of flowers own. Iln addition to the apples there are |so about 190 bushels of Keefer irs being harvested, which will albe placed on the market. ;f Many Grafted Trees" [any of the trees are being graftto more popular species such as Maiden Blush, which Mr. Bonsall : grafted to the Jonathan and the rly Transparent to the Golden or Delicious. Grafted trees will bear it in three years which is a much licker production than .waiting for jng trees to bear. le miracle work of grafting a |y bud into the bark on arytree inch, tapeing it on securely and Itching, it grow into a part of the itself is interesting and intriguand has been accomplished sucfcsfully many times by Mr. Bonsall. Iter the grafted branch has become sun, ttfe WILL ELIMINATE CITY'S FLOATING DEBT (Continued on last page;) As the thirty-day period allowed for a petition for referendum on the $30,- 000 bond issue proposed for the city of McHenry had expired With no Petition presented, the bonds were disposed of at an adjourned meeting, of the city council held Monday evening at the city hfll. The firm of Bali man and Main, who had submitted their proposition to prepare necessary legal proceedings in connection with the funding of certain claims and had agreed to purchase the bonds at par and interest at four per cent maturing within a period of twenty years, was represented by Mr. Main, who whs present at the meeting and was also here on Tuesday. when the bonds were signed, sealed and delivered at the West McHenry State bank. The city council, at a meeting on September 9, adopted a resolution and passed an ordinance providing for the issuance of $30,000 Funding Bonds, seating forth in detail the terms of the bond issue. The money received from the bonds must only be used to pay existing claims against the city and, therefore, the bond issue makes no new obligation for the city, being only a refinancing of the debts, saving a large sum in interest and spreading the payment of the debts over a period of twenty years. The bond issue was made possible by a new law passed by the 59th General Assembly authorizing incorporated towns having a population of 300,- 000 or less to issue bonds for the payment of miscellaneous claims. While the indebtedness of the city is estimated to be $34,000, some of this amount is not due for a few years and it is expected that the bond issue will be sufficient to take care of all present indebtedness. Floating Indebtedness Eliminated Upon delivery of the bonds, the floating indebtedness on the city of McHenry was eliminated. The money will be used to pay outstanding judgments of the Oberchain Boyer Fire Apparatus company and the West McHenry State bank, to pay mohey due on street bonds, interest accrued, and public benefits on several assessments and diversions. Interest at the *ate of four per cent will be paid on the bonds on the first of June and December at the American National Bank and Trust company of Chicago, in Chicago. Provision has been made for the collection of a direct annual tax, in addition to all other taxes, on fill taxable property in the municipality sufficient to pay the interest on the bonds as it falls due, and also to pay the principal at maturity. For the year 1985 a tax will be levied sufficient to pay the sum of $1,960 interest and in 1936 the amount will be $1,200. In 1937 a tax sufficient to pay interest and principal will be levied sufficient to pay the sum of $2,180 and this amount will vary during the succeeding years until in 1953 a tax sufficient to produce the sum of $3,060 will be levied. If a petition for referendum had been filed within a period of thirty days it would have been necessary to hold an* election and take a vote on the bond question. For several years the city of McHenry has had an excessive floating indebtedness carrying an interest rate of six per cent, but, in spite of slow tax collections during the years of the depression and high interest rate, the mayor and aldermen have, by careful management and economy, been able to reduce the debt materially- The entire indebtedness, however, .was about to be due immediately or within a period of one year which meant that some other measures would have to b? taken. Advantage of New Law Fortunately the new law provided for just such a predicament, making it possible to issue bonds covering such indebtedness.* The market for municipal bonds has given the opportunity of converting the floating indebtedness into a bond issue at an interest rate which saves the city two per cefnt. s The only alternative would have been an excessive tax rate to meet the. immediate obligations, but the bond tissue makes possible the elimination M this excessive tax rate and by the 'reduction in the rate of interest, the elimination of the present assessment for public benefits and the return of money from special assessment funds, will i&sult in a reduction of «the tax levy, thereby, maintaining for the McHenry taxpayers a compapatively normal rate of taxation. midPersons the Current \ .V "•j" • *. -• ••Ci.'-;vv-.a.11 . INTERESTING NEARBY NEWS TAKEN FROM COLUMNS OF OUR EXCHANGES LOCAL PRODUCERS WILL CONTINUE IN PMA ASSOCIATION SHURTLEFF SPEAKER Afr ELGIN MEETING 1--Gen. Emilio De Bono, commander of all the Italian troops 1n the campaign against Ethiopia. 2--View of the City of Ilarrar, objective of Italian troops Invading Ethiopia from the south. 3--president Roosevelt boarding the cruiser Houston for his trip In the Pacific^and through the Panama canqU, ST. MARY'S SCENE OF ll|DO T I OCTOBER WEDDING Hindi ll Ul No brighter sun, nor sky more blue, ever shone on a more radiant June bride than did the perfect October day which dawned on Wednesday, Oct. 16, for the lovely autumn bride, Miss Elvera Blake, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Will Blake, who was united in marriage to Mr. Alex Justen, son of Mr. and Mrs. Jacob F. Justen. The ceremony was solemnised at St. Mary's church at 9 o'clock Wednesday with Msgr. Charles S. Nix, pastor of the church, officiating at the ^nuptial High Mass and exchange of marriage vows. Four cousins of the bridal couple served the mass. The wedding march was played by the church orgainst as the bridal party proceeded down the aisle of the beautiful church, decorated for the occasion in autumn leaves, and approached the altarj Miss Lorraine Blake attended her sister as bridesmaid and Leo .Meyers, cousin of the groom, served ** best man. The bride was lovely in a gown of white satin made very simply with a long train, long sleeves and high neck, at which there were insets of lace both front and back with buttons to the waistline. Her tulle veil was arranged in cap effect and held in place with a wreath o£ orange buds, and she carried a bouquet of white roses and lilies of the valley. -- -- The bridesmaid, Miss Lorraine Blake, wore a floor length gown of violet satin with yellow hat, slippers and other accessories and carried a bouquet of yellow roses. Following the ceremony a -reception was held at the home of the bridegroom's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jacob F. Justen, where dinner and supper were served to about eighty guests. Decorations in the dining room were in colors of violet and white. The festivities of the day ended with a wedding dance at the Bridge, after which the happy couple left on a week's wedding trip. Upon their return they <K)11 reside in the Greunfeldt flat, north of the park. Both the bride and groom are well known here, where they have many friends. Mr. Justen has been employed by his cousin, Nick P. Justen, at the Standard Service station for nearly five years, now enjoying a vacation from his duties. He graduated from the McHenry High school with the class of 1928 and two years later, in 1930, graduated from International Business College at Fort Wayne, Ind. NATIVE OF McHENRY PIES IN WASHINGTON Mn. Dora M. Colby Waldorf died October 9, 1935, at her home at Yakima, Wash, from a heart attack. She ws born June 7, 1878, %t McHenry, but because of poor health it was necessary for her to live in the West. Her husband preceded her in death six years ago. She is survived by her father,"George W. Colby of McHenry; two brothers, Raymond L., of McHenry and Guy C., of Tulsi, Okla., and one sister, Mrs. Robert Judy of Yakima, Wash. Mr. and Mrs. .Arthur Kennebeck, Orvai Freund and Mrs. Peter A. Freund visited Mr. and Mrs. Ray Wienke in Chicagoj Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Marsh of Chicago spent &uaday in the Albert Vales home. INJURED BY AUTO WHILE CROSSING ROTJTE 20 SUNDAY MORNINO Mrs. T. J. Walsh, one of McHenry's oldest and highly esteemed residents, was seriously injured Sunday morning when she was struck by an automobile on Route 20 in Centerville, sustaining three broken ribs, an injured ankle and severe bruises on her legs, body, arms and head; Mrs. Walsh was crossing the highway on her way to attend the 8 o'clock mass at St. Patrick's church, when she was struck down by an automobile driven by George Glosson, son of Math Glosson, who was driving east on Route 20. Assisted To Home Glosson stopped his car and rushed to call a doctor, while others who saw the accident hurried to the assistance of Mrs. Walsh and assisted her into her home nearby. As she was suffering from the shock and in considerable pain, it was feared that among other injuries her hip was broken, but, upon further examination, this was found not to be the case. However, she suffered excessive bruises and broken ribs and is in a serious condition, although she is recovering as well as can be expected. Th many' friends of Sirs. Walsh, who has been so well and active, were shocked to hear of her injuries and are hoping for her' "complete and speedy recovery. ARD PARTY FOR LIBRARY BENEFIT GEORGE HAAS DIES A* WAUKEGAN HOSPITAL George Haas, 34 years old, died at St. Therese's hospital, Waukegan, Friday afternoon, at 3 o'clock, following operations, which he underwent at the hospital. His condition had been critic*jht£jMn the first and his recovery w^sS ered as doubtful, although ev< was done to benefit him. - *: . ( Mr. Hass had been in McHemi^ for about two years, where he was employed as barber in the John Dreymiller barber shop. The son of Mr. and Mrs. George Haas, he was born in Tenesvar, Roumania, on September 18, 1901. H's father died in Roumania and he came to America with his mother in 1921. In June of this year he was united in marriage to Miss Elizabeth Nett of Johnsburg, who is left to mourn his untimely death. Funeral services were held Tuesday morning at 8:45 o'clock at St. John's church, with burial in St. John's cemetery. y Card of Thanks In this manner I desire to express my thanks and appreciation for floral offerings, expressions of sympathy and acts of kindness extended during the "illness and detath of my husband, George Haas. MRS. ELIZABETH HAAS. »»»»»»••»,».|,4.>»•>»» H *•••• Among the Sick George Colby is still confined his bed with heart trouble. to Subscribe for Hie Plaindealer. A library is considered as an improvement to any city or community where the poeple welcome added opportunities for higher education and greater recreation through reading. Through the efforts of the members of the Mothers club, McHenry has the promise of a library which will be organized in the near future. The members have made a drive in the community for funds and books and any donation which will assist in the founding of a library will be greatly appreciated. "What others have done, we can do," is the belief of the McHenry ladies, who find that many neighboring cities and towns, some of them smaller than McHenry, already have libraries well established which they maintain and derive much benefit from. As, not only words, but acts of encouragement, are received by ths workers, enthusiasm in the project becomes greater and plans and arrangements are being completed for the realization of the project. In an endeavor to raise additional funds for the library the members of the Mothers club arei sponsoring a library benefit card party at Erickson's hall on Wednesday evening, Oct 23. L. A. Erickson. is--donating tha use of the hall for the occasion and it is hoped that the public will attend this benefit party to help a good cause and spend a pleasant evening as well. Various games will b£ placed, including bridgte, five hundre<J, bunco, pinochle, prizes awarded in each game and lunch served. There will be an admission charge of 25 cents. Games will begin at 8:15 p. m. Remember the date, come and bring your friends to this party and help, along a good cause. DOSATE BOOKS%/ Members of the Mothers club request that everyone who has books to donate to the public library, ple»se. leave them- at Erickson's bftsemenl at their earliest convenience. Those who* wish some one to call for their books are asked to call Mrs. B. M. Fleming or Mrs. C. W. Goodie, The Vwks will be looked,.over and the library arranged for. MRS. ETHEL HERZOG DIES IN CHICAGO Friends here have received news of the death of Mrs. Ethel Herzog, 3558 Ashland avenue, Chicago, of the Durant Herzog Greeting Card company, Chicago, which occurred on Tuesday of last week. Funeral services wei* held Friday, with burial in Graceland. Mrs. Herzog was a resident of McHenry about five- years ago. She is survived by her husband, Albert Herzog, hef mother and three brothers. •NOTICE \ The C. D. of A. will hold their social and business meeting this Thursday evening, and all applications for new members should be turned in tonight. f Miss Lily Siebel of Woodstock was a Sunday guest in the D. I. Granger home. . Mr. and Mrs. James t)<pwns have moved to Lake Geneva. Wis. The Asmalsky house, which they occupied, has been rented by H. Nielse^ the Green street baker. Libertyville was shocked last week by news of the death at Zace sanitorium, Winfield, 111., of Marjory0and Marguerite Kruckman, 20 year old twin daughters of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Kruckman, of Libertyville. The girls, both sufferers from consumption, had been taken to the sanitorium two weeks ago for treatment ai-r though both had been ailing for more than a year. Mathison's Place on Oakton street, DesPlaines, was hurglarized recently. Entering through a*' washroom window, which they broke, the burglars made off with a cigaret machine and all the liquor, A sneak thief stripped a binder at the Fred Lundstrom farm, southeast of Barrington, Sunday night., of last week, removing and carrying away the pole with three horse hitch, the elevator chain, the twine and all of the machinery tools. The binder was standing in a field fSfeveral rods from the house and buildings. Several other cases of petty thievery have been reported in recent months. With the payment of $2,300 for right of way last week Tuesday th<T right of way committee of the county board of supervisors completed securing right o( way on Route 47 between a point north of Woodstock and Huntley. All dedications have been signed according to report made by Volney E. Brown of Woodstock, chairman of the right of way committee. It is estimated that the purchase of right of way on Route 47 cost approximately $50,000. This expense of course is taken care of out of the motor fuel tax allotments to the county. Fire originating in a defective chimney at 10 o'clock Monday morning of last week, caused damage estimated at $900 to the roof and walls of the Joe Wolz residence on state line road near Pikeville. The Antioch fire department was called and in the meantime a "bucket brigade" had kept the flames under partial control until the arrival of the firemen who extinguished the flames and prevented the spread of the fire to nearby buildings. About 25,000 more fish, 90 per cent of which are black bass, w$e dumped into Channel Lake, last week Tuesday, off the shore of Einar Sorenson's properties. Sorenson pointed out that these bass will be ready for the legalsize catch in two years which means that with the thousands of bass that have been stocked in the lake, in previous years, fishermen should not Local milk farmers started delivering milk again this (Thursday) ; morning at the West McHenry loading platform, the first to be brought in since the dumping took place ther^ over a week ago. Dairymen had de? cided to keep their milk at home until the strike reached a point where lit? tie or no trouble might be had in the deliveries. Farmers in the Woodstock territory resumed delivery Wednesday morning at the Borden plant. It is report-, ed, that'they have quit the Pure Milk Association and signed up independent of all organizations for a flatprice of $1.65 per hundred, which they claim is better than the price paid them prior to the strike. r Under the "new agreement at the Woodstock plant the Borden plant will purchase milk direct from the farmer with no check-off, base or surplus tached to the agreement. . ' 1 Although no official announcement of the strike being over has been made it is reported that Bie Foot, Harvaid, Marengo, Union, Huntley, Algonquin, * Ringwood and Woodstock made deliveries on Wednesday. Hebron an!d Crystal Lake were still holding out, although it is said that the dairymen around Hebron were making the same agreement at the Borden plant as iat Woodstock. Remain In PMA A meeting of members of the Mc-, Henry local was held Wednesday evening and it was decided not to withdraw from the Pure Milk Ass6-* ciation, at least not at the present - time. The price they will receive is $1.75 per hundred for 90 per cent of the base . A meeting was held in. Elgin •' Elgin on Oct. 15, at which Judge E. D. ShuftP™ leff was asked to mediate existing differences between striking milk producers and Chicago dealers. The meeting voted to ask the McHenry county jurist to head a coiincil of business and. professional men to foftQ a new farmers' marketing agency. Judge Shurtleff made it clear he is in sympathy with the movement of the dairymen to obtain a better price for their product. Judge Shurtleff was the main speaker at the meeting. He reviewed at some length the milk situation and how the industry affects farmers and the people as a whole in the dairy belt. In substance he told the gathering that when farmers producing milk are able to organize and contain a majority of those engaged in milk production and when they are able jv--o *° se" ^eir product to buyers, he w^t for hM for" severai j would accept the leadership of such years to come. The other 10 per cent I an organization of the Tuesday stocking consisted of He offered criticjsm of the Pure Milk Association and especiallly D6n Geyer, manager of the organization Under existing circumstance, he gave it as his opinion that $1.75 per hundred is the best possible price obtainable at this time. blue gill£. Mrs. William Austin, Richmond, sustained burned arms last week Thursday morning when she tried to start a fire in the kitchen stove with what she supposed was kerosene. By mistake the oil tank had been filled with gasoline instead of kerosene. As she poured the liquid from a small container she had filled froiq the tank, the explosion was instantaneous, and Mrs. Austin's clothes were soon ablaze. By timely *id! memories of all the homesick the blaze was put out. There was j come back to play. quite a little damage in the kitchen xflhe warm weather on M'HENRYITES ENJOY "INJUN SUMMER-- McHenry had a taste of Indian summer this week when the wars*, sun and hazy ^atmosphere brought Infrom the fire. Sixty-eight-year^old Hilka Vanderspool of Hainesville, passed away late Wednesday afternoon of last week.. Death was self-inflicted, and was due to a large amount of chloroform^ which Mr. Vanderspool drank earlier in the day. A physician was called as soon as Mr. Vanderspool's daughter- in-law discovered what had occurred, but medical aid was powerless to combat the effetes of the drug. A hold-up occurred at the Pure Oil station of Alfred Kayser, at Miner and Pearson streets, DesPlaines, late Sunday night of last week. A motorist drove up to the station, asked the attendant if he had a flashlight. As Kayser entered his oil rack room to get the light, the motorist followed him, pushed a gun in his back and demanded, "where is it?" Before Kayser could answer, he grabbed for Kayser's pocket and took a roll of Sunday ht a parting greeting from er as the mercury soared to a yhiaximum equaling the record for Oct. 13 established in 1899. It also sent ' hundreds of motorists into the country for drives through a beautiftri countryside of a gay autumn colors* some in a search for hickory nuts, mushrooms or apples and others content to ride and enjoy the scenery The warm weather, also, brought many bugs, flies and spiders which seem to be more numerous than time during the summer--and snake* --well, this is their open season Hundreds of snakes were out on Soilday enjoying the warm sunshine &n<! feeding on grasshoppers in prepar** tion for their long winter sleep. Golf players and those walking about tit* woods and fields saw more sn*k*v Sunday than they had seen during tho entire summer. - „ . ' Yes, this is the time of year when bills totalling $62. Telling Kaysei/ to j Injun spirits dance in fields -swimkeep quiet, he jumped back into his ; ming in moonlight and. according ,».•> car and fled. Special big reduction^ demonstrator refrigerators and washing machines: H. E. Buch and Son. Phone 8. McHenry. - 4 21-fp Colb$? and John T. McCutcheon. the Injun ghost* come floating to the ground on t^-Trrfalling leaves turned red by the wit paint from the Injun spirits. y- Mr. and Mrs. Albert Krause an1 Mr. and Mrs- Albert Purvey drove V Holy Hill, Tuesday afternoon. t: F. G. Spurling of Chiacgcr spent th ' first of the week at his home here. Mr. and <Mrs. D7 I' Granger an1 Mr. and Mrs. Willard son, Frank, of Wauketran, visited Sunday with George Colby, who has been sick in bed for the last two months. Mr and Mrs. Masoi) Beebee of j son, Kenneth, spent Tuesday an " Woodstock were Sunday dinner guests j Wednesday oh a, trip *9 Flora, II? , in the home of Mrs. Georgie Heine, j south of S^ingfiekL