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V , • - . . * . * , ' , . ' VOL. 61 •f M HENRY, ILLINOIS, THURSDAY, NOVEMER, 28,1935 mmmm NEARBY NEWS WILL BE GRAVELED TO TAKEN FROM COLUMNS ROUTE 176 OF OUR EXCHANGES SELECT YOUR GIFTS THE BAZAAR ADVISES FARMER! ON PERPLEXING MILK PROBLEMS TOM BOLGER SPEAKER A group of perplexed farmed met in the high school auditorium Friday •evening to hear Judge Edward D. Shurtleff of Marengo explain to them fully what to do with their milk. E. L. Bost, Harvard dairyman, was harman of the meeting and introduced the speakers as well as, also, giving his own opinions on the subject under discussion. In Addition to Judge Shurtleff, Other speakers during the evening were Representative Thomas A. Bolger of McHenry and Mr. Anderson, of the First National Bank at Antioch, all being vitally interested in the problems of the dairymen. Recommending the , Dairymen's league as it functions In the east as an ideal system for the milk producers, Judge Shurtleff V>ld of his trip east and of his conference with Chester Davis, head^of the AAA at Washington. PMA Policies The Marengo judge condemned the policies of the Pure Milk Association, but told the farmers that if they thought favorably of the association to stick by it, but if they thought they were not getting a fair deal to cancel out of,it. He further stated that the article which is being printed as an editorial written by a Marengo editor was in leality written in the Pure Milk office in Chicago. Mr. Anderson of Antioch also condemned the acts of the PMA and announced that the factory at Antioch could take a limited supply of milk, 10,000 pounds or VMM, if the farmers wanted to sell. Rep. Bolger Speaks - Rep. Bolger read extracts from the of the committee of the Illi- House of Representatives apto investigate the milk situav and told the farmers that it was to each individual to make a decifor himself as to whether or not would remain with the PMA. Rep. Bolger condemned the present of marketing milk because it not treat all alike, as one man receive as much as fifty cents |>er hundred more than his neighbor. According to the Pure Milk contracts the farmers have from Nov. 15 Dec. 1 to cancel out, this being only opportunity during the withdraw. Therefore the do not have long to make decisions as to whether they will out or remain with the PMA. The dairymen in this vicinity seem it to take a decisive step, aldissatisfied with present conas they are afraid of losing a ; for their milk. Just what the affairs of the farmers will cannot be foretold at this time. Judge Shurtleff has appeared at I he majority of McHenry county | owns during the past week explainto the farmers the details of his for a new co-operative organization, believing that local dairymen hould receive at least $2.00 per hundred for their milk. It is estimated that there are more Ihan 2,000 herd and about 52,000 [ows in the county. Advocates Building Factories The judge advocates the building I f factories to be operated by the farmers and exlains how producers in Ihe New York milk shed have a steady Inarket and no base or suplurs plan, lie tells of his conversation with I'hester Davis, telling him that the I'hicago area was the black spot on Ihe map in the United States and of lhe federal officials reply that nothing could be done because the PMA (fas a "closed corporation" and "the |;ho)e milk system in the Chicago hilkshed was a racket." The Dairymen's league in the east liarkets its bottled milk in the cities, lisposing of all that it can and from I'hat is left manufactures ice cream, Iweet cream, powdered milk and |ther products and there is no surlhis milk. I night to The annual bazaar, chicken dinner and supper, sponsored by the ladies of the Methodist church, will be held at the church next Thursday, Dec. 5, and to this affair the public is invited'; Elaborate plans are being made for the event this year, with two meals being served, in addition to a large and varied display of fancy work, aprons, rugs, quilts, useful articles and Christmas gifts at reasonable prices. As to aprons, well, you should see them to appreciate them. There are tea aprons, lovely organdie creations,' small aprons, large aprons, light or dark aprons, iri fact there will be aprons* for every occasion. The menu to be served at noon will include roast chicken, dressing, mashed potatoes, cranberries, salad, bread, pickles, celery, pie and coffee. This will be 50 cents per plate with a special price of 25 cents for grade high school pupils if their tickets are bought in advance. There will also be a table reserved for school students and special service so that they will not be required to wait These tickets must be secured in advance, however, so that the ladies will know for how many to plan. Supper will be served at 35 cents per plate and the menu will include chicken with biscuits, mashed potatoes, apple salad, escalloped corn, pickles, cranberries, cake and coffee. Children under twelve, 25 cents. Among the large display of articles to be sold will be a line of Reliance Big Yank work shirts for men and boys, donated by the company, and packages of Climalene, also donated by the company. There will be a home bakery booth, a candy sale and a grab bag, 1n addition to the large display of other articles already mentioned, and we are sure you can find just the thing you are looking for, here. Do your shopping at the M. E. bazaar next Thursday. Visitors are welcome during the afternoon, and you are invited to stop in look over the display, meet friends, and enjoy a social time. , The ladies are working hard to make the affair a success and they solicit your patronage. Give your wife a holiday and enjoy the delicious meals at the M. E. church next day, Dec. 5. • * CHRISTMAS SEALS ARE NOW READY FORMER LOCAL MAN DIES IN MINNESOTA The remains of Charles Johnson 'ere buried in Woodland cemetery, IfcHenry, Sunday, following funeral srvkes held at Aurora, the body beshipped from Minnesota where Ir. Johnson died, at abou^the age of years. deceased at one time occupied the ifrky farm, south of McHenry, I'here his wife died nineteen years too. Three sons, William, Francis, Ind David, and a brother, David, acpmpanied the body. He also leaves daughter, Mabel. Z .. . Rev. R. W. Pinell, pastor of the Itethodist church, officiated ikt the lurvjces at the grave. Approximately 375,000 Health Seals wet-e placed in'the mails in McHenry county Tuesday by a dozen sub-chairmen named by Mrs. Ethel C. Coe, general chairman in the county. * Following is the list of chairmen: Marengo--Mrs. George Hance. Harvard--Mrs Iola Lush Shepaitf. Alden--Paul Nelson. Huntley--G. S. Hall. Woodstock--Mrs. Helen Baccus. Hebron--Mrs. Clyde Arp. Richmond--Frank A. Love. McHenry--Mrs. Greta GoodeU. Crystal Lake--H. A. Dean. r Algonquin--Roland McCannon. Cary--T. E. Sims. Fox River Grove--Miss Elsie Vycital. AH of the rural school districts ts a unit in itself. Each year the month between Thanksgiving and Christmas brings the opportunity to purchase Christmas Health Seals in order that the work of promoting health, particularly among those threatened with tuberculosis, may contijiue. The national tuberculosis association, of which the McHenry County Tuberculosis association is a branch, uses its funds to provide health education as the most effective preventive measure. It also provides community nurses, who assist patients under the direction of physicians, and guard the health of others who may be threatened by this greatest physical enemy ,#ff youth. Constant research is reveling the need for more thorough ' and more reaching measures of prevention. The economic depression is responsible for an increased number of cases among the needy. If you care to help control this menace then join in this campaign by buying health seals. Buy Christmas seals--Protect your home from tuberculosis' , NTER "into His gates with thanksgiving, and into His courts witli praise: and te tkankful unto Him antl oless His name, for the Lor J is goo J; His mercy is everlasting; and His truth endiiretli to all generations. SCOUTERS STAGE STAG SUPPER :-*S^si!W«r for members of McHenry County committees of the Boy Scouts was held at Niesen's restaurant Thursday evening at 7 o'clock. Fifty-two Scouters, representing every town^n the county, were pres-* ent to enjoy the meeting. Dr. G. W. Hess of McHenry, county chairman, acted as toastmaster introducing the speakers of the evening, the main address of the evening being given by Mr. Pedderson, district Scout Commissioner of the Rockford area. R. L. Warren, field executive, was also present and gave a talk with short remarks also made by three of the past county presidents of the Boy Scouts, Herb Megran of Harvard, Sam Marsh of Crystal Lake and Fred Ferris, Woodstock. The object of the meeting was to BOMB FOUND AT CRYSTAL LAKE ON PORCH OF CHAIRMAN interest and enthusiasm |n the county which has waned somewhat during the changing of These pep meetings are not a new idea, however, as they have been held at intervals during the past several years in the county. Sometimes they are stag affairs, sometimes the ladies are invited, but they are always held with only one object in view, namely the advancement of Scouting. They held at different^ towns in lhe county, but they are never any expense to any troop or organization as each individual pays his own expenses at the supper. In other worfc <s always a "Dutch treat,". ;.y:v:" MRS. PETER MILLER DIES AT WOODSTOCK Mrs. Peter Miller, 43 years old, died at her home at 418 South Jefferson street, Woodstock, at 5 o'clock Monday, saftemoon, death* resulting from pneumonia. She will be better remembered by friends here as Mrs. Otto Johnson. Her husband died at their farm home at McColium's lake and she later COUNTY BOARD A clpurge of dynamite large enough to blow up the home of Paul Rosenthal, chairman of the county board of supervisors, was found early Tuesday morning of last week on the front porch of the Rosenthal home in Crystal Lake according to information released by Sheriff Henry A. Nulle Saturday noon. A fuse which had been lighted had gone out leaving about two feet attached to the dynamite. It was evident that whoever placed the dynamite on the porch of the home had intended it should go off because the fuse was attached to a cap in one of the sticks of dynamite of which there were several. Mr. Rosenthal said that during the night his wife smelled something burning and thought it was in the heating plant. Mr. Rosenthal said he got Up and went to the basement but could find nothing. When the Rosenthals got up Tuesday morning the odor was still around the house. Mr. Rosenthal opened the front door to go outside and it was then he discovered the package of dynamite wrapped in a Chicago new»- paper. Sheriff Nulle was notified and he immediately went to the Rosenthal home. The dynamite was taken to Woodstock where the cap was removed. During the past few days Sheriff ill, •' MRS. ROSE SAYER DIES IN WISCONSIN •'-'ttteral services for Mr6. Rose Sayer were held at St. Patrick's church Saturday morning, Nov. 23, at 10:30 a. m., with Father M. J. Rostall of West Aliis, Milwaukee, reading the Interment was in_ the vault in St. Patrick's cemetery, * where her body was placed beside that of her husband, George Sayer, who preceded her in death. Mrs. Sayer, who had been living in Fon du Lac, Wis., with her two sisters, died suddenly from the effects of a paralytic stroke. She is survived by two sisters, Mrs. J. Dust in and Miss Isabelle Serwe of Fon du Lac and a brother, Phil L. Serwe of Los Angeles, California. George J. Sayer, her husband, who died in 1927, was a member of the firm of Wolf, Sayer and Hiller, of Chicago, dealers in butcher supplies, and for many years was an extensive land owner at Pistakee Bay, where he also owned a palatial summer home of thirty-two rooms, named "Rose Villa" after Mrs. Sayer. About a year ago the furnishings of the home were sold at auction and tb place has remained closed", 'it w 11 probably be closed to settle the estate. -•--: ; Several old time friends of Mrs. Sayer came out from Chicago to attend the funeral. Day time issuance of marriage liin Lake county seems to be working out satisfactorily since placing the ban on the marriage mill racket, according to records in County Clerk Russ Alfords' qffice. Besides restricting the issuance of marriage licenses to day time business hours, County Clerk Alford has adopted the $1 fee for lice which is tunied over to the earnings of the office and becomes county revenue. Miss Marjorie Grace Bauman, 17, of Mount Prospect was awarded a $10,000 verdict , in a damage suit against Dr, Perley W. Johnson of Barrington in superior court in Chicago Wednesday afternoon. Miss Bauman had charged that Dr. Johnson while treating her, displaced a ver-' tebra in her neck. She said she felt a "click" as he twisted her neck. The defendant, fighting his own case, declared that the "clicks" were beneficial. • ' . As the outcome of a brg milk meeting last Friday night in Memorial Hall, Richmond, about 26,000 pounds of fluid milk daily has been secured which assures a milk handling plant for Richmond. O. E. Nysted, large milk buyer of Chicago will purchase the milk and will equip the Shinner building with several thousand dollars worth of machinery and equipment to handle same without farmer or outside investment. Mr. Nysted is reported to be financially souhd and has a fine reputation in the milk buy-, ing field and is said to be purchasing about one-third of the fluid milk going into Chicago. Judge La Buy of the circuit court of Cook county granted an injunction on Nov. 12, restraining the state director of finance and the state treasurer from disposing of any money in their hands paid by cities and villages under the three per cent utilities tax law, and forbidding them to enforce any penalties against municipalities under the acjj. until the suit to contest the validity of the law is disposed of finally. A* large Golden eagle, killed by a farmer near Barrington, 111., on October 24, 1935, is on display at the Pratt Market in Woodstock. The taxidermy work was done by Charles Asmus of Woodstock and Haroldj Reese of Senfeca township. The bird? Weighed about 14 pounds when killed. Ralph Bungard of Hebron is being held in the county jail in Woodstock charged with assault with a gun. His DEAN COMPANY MAKES OFFER TO PRODUCERS According to an announcement made Tuesday by Sam E. Dean of the Dean milk company the company is in a Nulle and Mr. Rosenthal have been' position to accept any inspected milk investigating the matter in hopes of; at the company's plant in Chemung being able to determine some motive j from milk producers, of the Chicago for the attempted bombing. It was (district who have cancelled their confor this reason it was kept a secret tract with the Pure Milk association and not released to the press. or independent producers, who have Mr. Rosenthal and his wife are now Chicago inspected milk. thoroughly convinced that the pack-1 In the statement issued by Mr. Dean • j r» , , age was not meant for them but that he says that his company is ready to married Peter Miller, who sm^viyes ^ wjjotver placed it there placed it at j handle the milk to the best advantages the wrong house. J Of the milk producers in this section. Mr. Rosenthal said that he has re-1 All of the milk accepted will be sold ceived no threat or warning of any on the Chicago fluid market as far as For the past month state-aid road, east of the river, has been under way as part of the project to grade and gravel the highway from ineral Springs corner to pavement on Route 176, near Burton's Bridge, a distance of about six miles. About three-quarters of a mile is now torn up at Emerald Park and, progress in the work has been retarded because of the wet weather which has made use of .the heavy machinery difficult. The work, which is being done by the county, in charge, of Fred Kunz, patrolman of the highway for the past twelve yeaTS, includes the grading and widening of the- roadbed, levelling the. -hills and "making tills, putting in drainage and changing of present right-of-way in ,to eliminate the curves and corners. Work will be continued as long as the weather permits. and will be finished in the spring Already the frost made work difficult during the recent cold snap and after the first day. of, the cold the ground was found to be frozen about three 'inches in depth. Wonderful Equipment | The county has some wonderful equipment, however, and the gigantic six-ton grader can dig its way through almost anything. Included in the equipment being used in the local work are a ten-ton sixty-horsepower caterpillar and a lighter twenty-horsepower caterpillar, an automatic scraper, a six-ton grader, a three-yard trailer, self-loading, in addition to machinery in use in .other parts of the country. It is expected that next spring the big crusher, now ijj use at Barnard s Mill, will be brought here to crush rock for the top dressing of the road after the gravel has been hauled in. The crusher has a capacity for turning out 450 yards of material a day and is now crushing rock for a roadway north of Greenwood. In the pit on Route 20 there are also 2,800 yards of stone waiting to be crushed for the top dressing of the Greenwood road fron-. Route 20. The hauling of gravel for the road will be done in short order with five or six gravel trucks doing the work. The gravel will be loaded by machinery. two yards of gravel being put into a truck in a minute and a half. The roadbed now torn up will be graveled this fall and work. will. be. continued as long as possibl*. 2,000 Yard Fill near the Sutton Farms v-4' v - . At the hill hearing was held before Justice W. S. » 2,000-yard fill will be necessary and Battern Monday, the case continued , the hill will be cut down. The road or ten days and bond fixed at $500, i's being widened and telephone pole* which he was unable to furnish. , have already been set back to ai- Robert H. Hooper, son of Wm. >°w the Pr0P*r width a few 1 '.V Hooper, well known Hartland farmer, is a patient in the Community hospital following injuries received Nov are being removed. The strength of the giant tractor, with its 20-inch track, is displayed- 16 when, it is thought, he fell through when it pulls up large hickory tries a hay chute onto the barn floor of the former Michael Gribel farm, Hartland, where he was employed by the tenant, Clyde Gates. D. H. Desmond, acting postmaster at Woodstock, has received the endorsement of United States Senators! by the roots and rolls huge rocks oft the roadway. This tractor also pull* three automatic scrapers and its strength seems to be almost without lihiit. Old Stump Must Stand The roadbed is being curved around Lewis and Dieterich for permanent t the °|^ stump which cannot be her as does her mother and adopted daughter, also. Funeral services will be held Friday afternoon at the fiome with burial in Ringwood cemetery, beside Mr. Johnson. Mrs. Miller had recently celebrated her forty-third birthday anniversary this month. postmaster of the county seat city Effective Jan. 1, 1936, the interest on savings deposits at the Home State bank, Crystal Lake, will be computed at the rate of one percent per annum instead of two percent as heretofore. This action was taken at a meeting of the Board of Directors last Friday. Lake couriy according to word from Springfield will be one of the counties moved as it is a government land mark. This stump caused an automobile accident last summer in whiel a man Was killed and others seriously injured and yet, this stump must not be removed. Next spring the work will be tinued and the highway straightened and several fills made. By making » straight course several fills will b*» kind and knows no reason why his | possible. Any milk not sold on the 1 selected by the department of fish j r?qu"'e?i 15-foot fill to:- n linclu<jin* * - . home should be threatened. Sheriff Chicago market will be paid for on!and game conservation for the libera- »boj{t 500 jards. tnere is a nea Nulle is also of the opinion that the, the full condensary price. tion of a very prolific type of wild .traffic over this highway "bombers" got mixed up in their air- Dean company will pay a flat'turkey and the propogation of the ; summer. ? . nala. price for all fluid milk and will issue j bird in future years. Although the ! ment is much^needed and will decreas* The sticks of dynamite were wrap- checks to producers every two weeks number of birds to be liberated ;n .tnedanger or swous accidents.- $100 a will deliver a Norge Refrigerator to your home Christmas morning. For further^ information call H. E. Buch and Son. Phone 48. ' - " - . . .. 27-fp Mrs. William Spencer and daughter, Mrs. Lester Page, were Elgin visitors Monday. ' v .-"- \ She had been ill about a week and ped in a bundle by tape. The white according to Mr. Dean was under the care of a nurse. She 'use had burned several feet as dis-| The statement made by Mr Dean is still owned the 71-acre farm at Mc- closed on the floor of the porch. Mr. m answer to an inquiry made by a Collum Lake and had recently bought j Rosenthal thinks that the package committee of some twenty-five milk a home in Woodstock. was placed on his doorstep sometime producers of Hazard, Big Foote, He- ' between 1:80 a. m. and 2:30 a. m. the bron, Walworth, Sharon, Capron, Pop- AUTO AND TRUCK COLLIDE NEAR ELGIN time his wife first detected the odor in their home. Offers Reward ular Grove, Marengo and McHenry. It was announced by this committee Tuesday $hat 350 members of the Pure Ctrl Weber, who drives daily to his ed a reward of $500 to be paid for in work at the State hospital in Elgin,' formation leading to the apprehension, fortunately escaped serious injury in prosecution and "cehviction of the an automobile accident Tuesday morn- party or parties responsible for the ing near Algonquin. • placing of the package of dynamite He pulled out to pass a car when on the front steps of his home he saw a truck approaching and, sloW' Mr. Rosenthal on Monday announc-1 Milk association from the above locals, with the exception of McHenry, have cancelled out of the Pure Milk. ing up to get back into his lane os the highway, his car skidded and turned crosswise of the pavement with the result thdt he was struck by the approaching truck. Bq)h Weber and 3etty Conway, who was riding to'Elgin with him, were thrown out, but were not injured'except for bruises. The ear was dam* aged. THANKSGIVING DESSERT Order your ice cream cake for Thanksgiving dinner dessert by calling Karls' Cafe and Fountain, phone 26. It serves four persons generously and sells for only 33 cents. It will be delivered anywhere in McHenry in time for the feast. *27-fp Plaindealer Want Ads bring results Hear! See! And enjoy the pleasure of having a new Zenith long-distance radio. Guaranteed foreign reception. On display at H, &. Buch and Son. . . 27-fp ATTENTION, LADY BOWLERS! Every Monday night will be set aside exclusively for lady bowlers at the Place Recreation, Mffienry. 27-fp Mrs. Catherine Young and daughter, Rosina, returned, the last of the week from a visit at Waukegan . Lake countjr has not been determined | ^The work is being done by men ® it has been annuonced that but 150 the county highway department, al will be placed this year in the state experienced m their line of work «r£. With nearly all of them in Northern I employed in the work for a ^rm^, Illinois counties. It is considofed several years. , likely that at least ten pairs of the i „ j Experienced Patrolman .- fowl will be allotted to Lake county. J Fred Kunz, who is at the head a Labor on building projects of the the work, has patrolled the road aa-i Works Progress administration in road around the Bay for the pas' Lake county will receive union scale twelve years and for two years pre wages, ranging from 87% cents to vious he worked in building the stat $1.50 an hour. E. T. Gurnev, WPA highway. These county men ar" area administrator, stated today, after conferences during the past week between labor representatives and state administration heads in Chicago. ready for duty at anytime. CALLED TO CALIFORNIA Mr. and Mrs. William Spencer left Tuesday morning for Los Angeles, Calif., where they were called by the critical illness of his father, John Spencer, about 90 years old. They received a telegram that he had "uf^ fered a stroke and that his condition was steadily growing worse so the'y Jeft at once. day «•' work without ceasing as long essary to keep the roads open. In addition to their other •maehsfiK ery the county has five snow plow* three on tractors and two on truckwhich work, day and night during tfr winter storms in Keeping the staifr aid roads open. . One plow and a^tr^l* -" or are kept at the home of Mr. liuny the year around, ready for work a any call. The work of modern improveaiei^ - . (Continued on last page,)