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.aw v •' rV'ii:. .* k. . *-.^w* . i*' * .. .. t* . *-'; * Ifcerstoy, liiiry. X tm ... ' .. . «." 5.. , .. J. ng« Ttott ashington Letter ? * -By- Natlonal Editorial Washington, January 2 -- Nine dignified men in black robes of their high " office now stand out in bold relief »H, •> pl^;; as a vital part of our system of government The executive and legislative branches accustomed to having their own sweet way in matters of national interest* find themselves at the beginning of the new calendar year and the political season in the -unenviable position of a mischievous SChool-boy. These mighty agencies jnu«t mark time as to their, future conduct until the edicts of the Supreme Court of the United, States definitely determine the constitutionality) dug of the many New Deal laws enacted at tihe last session. The judiciary is now . the dominant part of the three cW 5 brdinated branches of the U. S. gov- '• .eminent, which is not at all to the liking of those who rrtust impress the j ^•public of their importance to remainj •fe fh officialdom. j ^* The decision of the highest tribunal, ; v.|n the'. Agricultural Adjustment Act! appeal is expected to have a far-reach- j ing effect on administrative policies.' If the processing taxes and the ad-1, justment of crops program is invali-j dated, then the Congress knowB full! Well it must buckle down to a longi ; seige of debate. A short session is the prospect if the court upholds the j ' AAA either in whole or in part. Aj reversal will probably be 'the signal for rapid moderation .of policies of liberalism and the discarding of the remnants of the notorious "Brains- Trust" which evolved many of the ex- 1 periments submitted for legislative / approval. '" With the newer statutes under judiciary scrutiny it is a difficult matter for President Roosevelt to his annual message which will be livered the day following the cotjgt's .pronouncement--about January 7. RAISES SHEEP FOR FUR, NOT FOR WOOL Texas Rancher Makes Success of Karakul Species. Dtinder, Texas.--Raising sheep that bear fur, not wool, constitutes the hobby of Alex Albright, seventy-threeyear- old Archer county stock breeder, who owns the only herd of karakul sheep of commercial consequence In the whole United States. And from that herd of Asiatic sheep he each year sends to Eastern markets thousands of dollars' worth of fine fur. The history of this unusual industry dates back thousands of years. The karakul-fur bearer Is an ancient member of the sheep family. History recounts that conquering tribes came into the independent kingdom of Bokhara, bordering on old Russia, thousands of years ago, bringing their sheep with them. Archeologists have up mummies burled for 3,000 WOULD PROTECT BANKING FIELD IN RURAL AREAS American Bankers Association Announces Purpose to Com* ' bat Return of Excessive Number of Banks ^ CITES LAX CHARTER POLICIES IN THE PAST Finds > Chief Ctaic of Bank Failure* Wu Too Many Banks--Existing Sound Banks "xrtisi - Commnnitios Well years that were found to be wearing this lamb's fur--in perfect condition. ; Regard Sheep as Sacred. ; The breed takes its name from the little town of Karakul, not far froth the Aral sea, In Turkestan, Asia. For centuries the fur of the sheep grown In this little primitive community was known to traders and furriers the world over as the finest to be obtained. The pure karakuls were found only on the ranches of the Bokharan noblemen. Mixed breeds; are found throughout that part of Asia, the Afghans, the Astrachans and the Krimmers. The Mahomatan tribes Of Bokhara have a sacred (regard for these ' full-blooded karakuls. They guard then zealously, and this fact, together with the knowledge that the karakul breed Is rapidly becoming extinct in their domain, caused extraor d I nary difficulties when it was first proposed to transplant a flock of the sheep to America. f ' The flock whlqh Dr. 0. C. Young brought to Texajs tn 1908 was the first full-blooded 1 karakul sheep ever taken out of the Province of Bokhara and out of Russia. That flock of ir> head was brought to Holliday, Texas, also In Archer cckmty, not far from Mr. Albright's present ranch. Doc- There is a chance that the entire an-i tfljr Young's personal knowledge of the W-'V- --nul report may be revised overnight jn event the apple-cart is upset by the Supreme bench. No person can with any degree of accuracy forecast a decision from the judiciary or know the j decision day. The first week of the new session I -will be devoted to short sessions and! three-day recesses until a program is placed before the legislative body. The discordant factions will have a chance to size up the situation and re- ^ their strategy during Pr«Bidentia) xstroaign year. Senate and Home leaders on the Democratic side have • been apprised of incipient r^olW against White House domination. The pressure groups or local lobbies like the Townsendites are creating panic /among the aspirapts for re-election with the result that many may break with their own leaders in an effort to save their own precious political hides. The Republican command is in a similar predicament as desertions are reported in their ranks. The organised peace and preparedness outfits are warring against various proposals for an American neutrality policy. The pacifist element would like to cloak the President with vast discretionary powers while sentiment in Congress " indicates a desire of the solons to pull an oar in determining our policies' in .dealing with - belligerent -nations. The plan of Senator Wagner, Demo- . crat, of New Yprk for a gigantic Federal slum clearance project to cost a billion dollars may strike a snag of no mean size if . th$ Supreme Court throws, out the mSjor farm benefits. As the project now stands it is proposed te clear out shacks and tenements and substitute government-b^ilt homes for the poor which is of direct bene- > fit to dwellers in the larger cities. Secretary of Commerce Roper has . never carried much weight in Cabinet people with whom he was dealing went a great way toward his ultimate success in carrying out his plans. Albright Takes Hold. Dr. Young did n«t continue Ids experiment long and Mr. Arbriglit took up4he project of raising the furbearing sheep. It was 25 years ago that Alex Albright made his first effort to Import karakul stock into the United States In order to bring new blood tc his then small flock. He, too, found that he must overcome the Import laws .of his own cottfctry first, then break down the shyness of the herdsmen of Bokhara, whe recoiled from the Ides of allowing their sheep fo be taken to foreign lands. "When I say that raising karakul sheep Is the most profitable Industry the stockmen could enter I have only to state a few facts," Mr. Albright said. "Ordinary wool Is now bringing around 20 cents a pound, and has not greatly vsrled from that figure In a year. As my invoice shows, last June 15, I sold on the New York market fur pelts from 280 karakul sheep at $2,346.12 net to me. That alone clearly substantiates my claim that 100 good fur-producing ewes can show more profit than a thousand head of any other breed of sheep. Karakul lamb pelts for fur must be taken the first three or four days after birth." NEW YORK. -- Existing sound banks, especially the small banks In the rural districts which are serving their communities well, should be protected from any return of the overbanked local conditions caused by former ax chartering policies, which were mainly to blame for the unfavorable failure record of the past, says the Economic Policy Commission of the' American Bankers Association.. This is brought out in a report covering an investigation by the commission of bank failures and public policies la chartering banks. "The Commission's study gives ab impressive revelation of how great a part mistaken public .policies 1q the chartering of banks played in creating the unsound banking structure which finally collapsed with the Bank Holiday in March 1933," Robert V. Fleming, president of the association, says in a foreword. "Over-production of banks, literally by thousands, over many years in the face of insistent warnings not only from bankers and others who recognized the danger, but even more so from the mounting records of bank failures themselves, is clearly shown to have constituted as a whole one of the greatest single economic errors in the.history of the Nation." TO TAKE MYSTERY , OPT OF RANKING 1^ ROBERT V. FLEMING, Prtsiimt A mericmn Bonkers Asstcimtit* The American Bankers Association has cooperated wherever it could properly do so in every measure for national recovery. It has offered constructive r e c o m m e n .d ations for Such changes in banking laws as we recognized were necessary, and we now have a better law under which to operate. The Banking Act of, 1935 affords us opportunities fjor broader s e r v. ic e and, at the same I time, retains tbe-i fundamentals which we believe are so. vital to our national welfare and which: have played a large part. in. bringing our country, in a comparatively short space of time, to the position: o£ the greatest industrial hitioniohi the earths lite Public «n<L Banking It Is necessary that the public have a thorough understanding of the functions of banks, what they can do and what they cannot do,, for ft must be recognised that to. many people the business of banking Is still somewhat of a mystery. We should frankly explain these functions to the public, acquaint them with the laws under which we operate and emphasise the vital part vhtch banks play ta the economic life of the Nattoa. Therefore, in order that there may be the fullest cooperation and understanding between the bank and the people of the country, it will also be one of our objectives to take the mystery out of banking wherever it exists in the public mind. JOHNSHIRG R. V. FLEMING Germany's Latest Naval Weapon It "Death Boat" Kiel, Germany.--Germany's latest naval war weapon--the "death boatf* --mad* Its first public.i)ppeprMce hettr during the maneuvers of the Ketch's fast-growing new navy. The "death boats." so named because they not only can deal death rapidly but also because their crews brsve death with little chance of escape, are combination torpedo-speedboats recent- •V . ly perfected and reported capable of deliberations but he may yet serve es reaching a speed of more than 00 knots, a peace-maker between industry and j Each of the small speedboats Is the open antagonism to the Rooseveit j equipped with a deadly torpedo and all program. Roper is working for a mid-J are based on a "mother ship" tilled die ground as a basis for co-operation j believing that neither the government nor business can afford to continue the fist-shaking stunts. Organized labor, now in the throes of a bitter family quarrel, may drop this hot iron 1 in the lap of the President which is.j something Mr. Roosevelt wants to with torpedoes and fuel. The naval strategy of the "death boats" in warfare is to rush right up to enemy war shifts, discharge their torpedoes point blank and then speed away--if they can--from under, the guns of the attacked craft. A Recurrence E He refers to fears of a recurrence of over-banking recently expressed by Federal banking authorities, to the powers given the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation by the provision of the Banking Act of 1935 over the admission of banks to membership in the insurance fund, to strengthened state laws and to the policies now being followed by both national and state supervisory authorities aim^d to safeguard the nation against over-banking. "But sound laws and conscientious officials are not of themselves always sufficient safeguard in any field of our complex national life unless (hey have the active support of public opinion." hs adds. "It Is the purpose of the American Bankers Association to aid in msrshailng public opinion in support ot both national and-etate supervisory authorities In their efforts to strengthen and protect thea banking structure." The Economic ' Policy Commission summsrises Its findings is part as follows: X "The facts show a distinct causal relationship between the over-chartering of banks and the abnormal bank failure conditions that prevailed from ItSO to the bank holiday in 1933. It Is desirable that studies be made on the basfc* of experience to develop standards governing the number of banks or the volume of bank capital which sen be sue t essfully operated. "Such a study would embrace the question whether banking facilities can best be supplied to the rural districts by jmall unit banks or by branches from oanks of substantial capital in larfer center*. Existing oound banks, which are serving their cos munlties well should be protected from any return of the over-banked local conditions caused in-the past by lax chartering policies. Bfakiof Queried "An inquiry among state bank commissioners shows a preponderant opin ion against Increasing materially the number ot banks, coupled with the fact that present laws give them sufficient discretion to prevent a repetition of tht grave errors of the past. i "Under prevailing abnormal condi tions, with the Federal Government ex tensively exercising loaning powers lit competition with the banks, and with Banking Conference* A series of Regional Conferences on Banking Service will be held in strategic sections of the country, embracing all types of banking. The new banking laws and the regulations issued thereunder will be carefully analyzed so that our bankers will have a thorough understanding of the broadened services now made possible. The question of public relations and how we can best serve the people of our communities will be another topic of discussion. Clinics or forums on specific questions of interest to bankers and the problems confronting them in their particular localities will also be Included in these conferences. NMUC ATTlTUOt HELPS THE BtittS Annual Bankers, CeaTentien Says People Hare Had Confidence Restored--Recommend s Chanted Government Policy The restoration o. public confldeuce hi banking has put It in the position where it can function fully and vigorously la playing its full economic part in the progress of recovery, said the American Bankers Association tn its annual convention resolutions. "The passage of a generally construc tive banking law in the Banking Act of 191$ b*s stabilised the banking situ* tlon and enabled bankers to devote un divided attention to the normal admin istratlon of their institutions In promoting the business and public welfarf of their communities," the resolutions said. "We feel that it Is a particularly Important feature of this law that It aim| to create through the revision of th* Federal Reserve Board a Supreme Court of Finance which, with the nonpolitical appointment ot exc«pUQnallf competent men, should constitute on* of the greatest forward steps in building a sound banking and credit system for this country." The Government in Bsnkiog •> Eugene King is spending a few days with Mr. and. Mn. Ray Harick at Woodstock. * Mr. and Mrs. Jack Bode and daughter, Pauline,. spent Christmas with relatives at Ivanhoeu Mrs. Steve May, Mrs. Fred Smith and Mrs. Joe King spent Friday afternoon with Mr. and Mrs- Herb Simon at McHenry. Miss Evelyn Meyer* and sister, Laura, of McHenry spent Christmas with Mr. and Mrs.. Wm_ J. Meyers and family. j Miss Alvina Schmitt of Chicago is spending a. few weeks with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. M^th N. Schmitt. Quite < few. friends from here attended the Community meeting at Spring Grove Monday evening.' Mr. and Mrs. William J. Meyets and family spent Saturday evening with Mr. and Mrs. John. King at McHenry. Mr. and Mrs. George Zornstorff of Woodstock spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. George King and family. Mr. and Mrs. Earl Hoffine and family of Genoa, Wis., Mr. an<T Mrs. Mike Giorski and son, Kenneth, Mr. and Mrs. George Zornstorff, of Woodstock and Leander Miller of Chicago spent Christmas with Mr. and Mrs<: Joe. P MUWr. John Huff and Mrs. Anna Lunkenheimer spent Wednesday with Mr. and Mrs. Gus Lunkenheimer at Ringwood. Joe Schmitt is spending a few days in Aurora with his sister and family, Mr. and Mrs. Nick Bertrang. Miss Katherine Althoff of Elgin spent Wednesday with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. William Althoff. Mrs. William J. Meyers entertained the five hundred club Thursday afternoon, prizes being awarded to Mrs. Fred Smith, Mrs. Leo Freund, and Mrs. Charles Michels. Miss Annabel Meyers of Woodstock spent Sunday afternoon with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. J. Meyers. Mr. and Mrs. Roy Hjorick of Woodstock, Mr. ,ftnd Mrs. Alex Freund and daughter, Nancy, of Chicago, Mr. and Mrs. Joe Regner and family, Mr. and Mrs. Herman Kreutzer; Mr. and Mrs. James Geir of McHenry spent Christmas in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Stephen H. Smith. Henry Hettermann and sons, Leroy and Donald and Ray, were Woodstock callers Monday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs, William Althoff and family of McHenry spent Sunday in the home of Mr. and Mrs. William Althoff. LaVerne Freund is spending this week in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Bob Wilkie in Chicago. - Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Miller and family of Spring Grove spent Christmas in the home of Mr, and Mrs. Peter Smith. Miss Audrey Riothermel of McHenry spent a few days with Rosemary Hettermann. Frank Young of Spring Grove was a caller here Tuesday. o Miss Katherine Pitzen spent the holidays with her father, John Pitzen. Mr. and Mrs. John Brown of Wauconda were callers here Thursday. Mr. and Mrs. Earl Turner and daughter of Crystal Lake, Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Schaefer, Charles Schaefer of Chicago, Mr. and Mrs. Dalbert Smith ot Grayalake spent ChristSftas with Mr. and Mrs. Ben J. Schaefer. Mrs. Albert Huff and Helen Michels were Waukegftn callers Tuesday afternoon. Eddie Hettemmnn of Chicago spent Christmas with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Joe B. Hettermann. Donald Tonyan of McHenry spent Sunday and Monday with Mr, and Mrs. George Schmitt. Mr. and Mrs. Joe Michels and family of Grayslake spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Joe Michels. Mr. and Mrs. William J. Meyers were Woodstock callers Sunday aft-< ernootu. • 1 Mr. and Mrs. Gene Condon and friend, of Chieagct* spent Christmas with Mr. and Mrs. Joe Karla. Mr, and Mrs Bob Wilkie of Chicago spent' Christmas with Mr. and Mrs. Pteter FVeundi jjftner Hettermann ef Skokie Valley spent Christmas with his father, Henry Hettermann; Eddie Frett of Sioux City was a caller here Christmas Day. Mrs. John Lay of Spring Grove spent a few days, with her mother, Mrs. Stephen Stehmitt, recently. WE DRIVERS 'A Swiss of Brim/ Discussions pa Driving, IMi>. cats* te th* Smftty. Comlort mnd PUmsur* . , if tk* Motoring Public+Prmpwd by Gomerol Motors & Stomach Gas - One dose of ADLERIKA quickly relieves gas bloating, cleans out BOTH upper and lower bowels, allows you to eat and sleep good. Quick, thorough action, yet entirely gentle and safe. Thomas P. Bolger, Ppiggiat,--in Ringwood by S. W. Brown, Druggist. ADLERIKA No. 8--CITY TRAFFIC ittell building amVwtch thetrsfllc!strteti': below, wa wonder hoy ih the world ad;those cars can keep along . . . crossing intersectians, passing each other, turning in and out parking positions . . without getting hopelessly. tangled. As a matter of facV frwa away up .th^re, we do sas traffic Jams now and than, and manx.thnes the reasons (Or the trouble are just a#.plain as day. Someone will try to tuna from a .wrong position, and and In a few seconds tfce whole line of .cars is thrown, out of kilter tor blocks. Or a pedestrian wi 11 dart out in front of a car sfr fhe driver hu ts slam 8n hi* brakes, and one after another the car%behind have to> do the same thing, Then there is *pt to be a great blowing of horns that only adds to^tfce confusion. But when we become part that traffic oer ^ ^ thin» foing on up ahead; that make us stop and start and sto^ again. And the worst of it is we eant look into other people's minds... the driver who makes a sudden turn, or the j. who decides to> do something we cant i see. The interesting thing is that what l trians do may seem strange arxi illogical to us while- we're driving; but we're all leading double lives . . . sometimes drivers, sometimes pedestrians . . . and it's funny how our psychology changes when we change from one to the other. Any hew, things can happen al^-of-asudden in our crowded cities and we have to be ready for them. And so, as one driver has said, we have to drive along with every intersection, every alley, every car . . . under suspicion We all like to think it was the other fellow's fault when we get into trouble^ But, as we have been reminded, if we're p^c^ntly alert w^ dent let the other fellow's mistake get us into trouble. Expert drivers tell us there ia just one thing to do ... to give ourselves a margin of safety ... a reserve of space and a reserve of time. It's an easy matter to take a reserve of space. They point out that we doat have to drive right up„ almost bumper-to-bumper with the car ahead. If ws do, the chances are we can't stop as quickly as we may need to ... if he suddenly stops, slows up. or makes a turn. But if we drop back a little, and take a little extra room, we won't have to worry about "stopping on a dime" or turning out at right angles to avoid bumping. And we won't pick up such a tine collection of nicked fenders and bent bumpers, either. But a reasonable interval of space, or even clear sailing, for that matter, won't do us much good if we don't keep a time margfaa otsafety too. In other words, we don't want to go so fast that we won't have time to do what we may have to do. All-of-a-sudden a car may dash out ot a side street, and we want to be sure we can keep our Car and that car from being in the aame place at the same time. And we deal want to have to stop so fast that cars behind into each other for perhaps a block back. Now just as we need a safety margin ahead, we also need to protect ourselves from behind. For instance, many drivers tell us that when they want to turn or stop, they make it a rule to start at least two blocks beforehand, getting, into the right position. If somebody behind sees them gradually working over to the right, for example, why, he naturally figures that they're either going to turn or stop. So he gives them s wide berth, to keep out of trouble. We may all know these things, but we know them so well we're apt to get careless about them. Because We can drive almost automstically, and hardly have to even think about it, we're apt to go rolling along thinking of sffpetihing else. Then, all at once our eyes have an important message for 9W bftm, W)4 wh«i they try to get themessage through, the Um is b^«y| - fact,: the; wt'i •f r* fr escape. Their split arises from the clash between advocates of vertical and craft unions and the failure of the National Labor Relations Board to provide*a solution is expected to transfer the scrap to the White House. i Organization of workers and trade unions, for instance, wiH not be pleased at the tactics adopted by government economists. These statisticians are giving wide publicity to their claims that processing taxes on focistuffs are not handicapping the con- J J,,red seriously. sumers. One of the chief objectives . union leaders is to obtain higher rates! of pay for their particular clan on, every occasion. It makes them in- j valuable and the dues are collected without much fuss. Now comes the Federal bureaucrats with imposing •statistics to show that the buying power of the workers has materially increased while food prices are reasonable. The employed railroad workers .-are told, "Earnings of the million employed railroad workers are at present, on the average, 93 percent as large as they were during 1929, vthile retail food prices are at approximately 80 percent of the 1929 level. Farmer Curses Storm; Lightning Kills Him Weimar, Texas.--Benny Hubbard, tenant farmer, stood under a tree, cursing because a thunderstorm prevented a trip to town. "Pon't do that,." his young son said. "Something's liable to happen to you." Hubbard continued cursing, , A bolt of lightning struck the tree. Hubbard was killed and the boy In- ' X-Rajr Versatile X-rays have been used for msny things other than medicine: to locate pearls in an oyster without opening it, examine documents for alterations, photograph .bullets In flight, and ex- :u»ine. delii ate iiuiltfing work for hidden flaws. Model Soviet Plane Makes 7-Mile Flight Moscow.--What is claimed to be a world record for flights by model airplanes was established by Valya Kuprelchuk at a recent aviation show. His miniature plane i:seended to a height of 2,900 feet and was seen for 32 minutes. After this it was lost from view. The flier who took off to look for it found it two days later, undamaged, seven miles from the starting point. V: v industry itself so largely supplied with funds as to render it to a great degree 1 independent of normal bank borrowing, j the banking structure even with its j present reduced numbers, finds it diffi, j cult to support its existing capital in ^ vestment and operating personnel. * "These -«re new factors, intensifying | the need for highly prudent and re s strictive chartering policies. We urge > the retirement of the Federal Govern J ment from the banking business as '• rapidly as the return of normal'"bu&f'] ness conditions warrant." .-•'•A/'."':,! Use of the Hairshirt Conference on Banking : NEW YORK. -- An eastern sta'tes conference on banking-service will be held by the American Bankers ,&£so ciation in Philadelphia January 23 ami 24 as a part of the organization's na ^tionwide program o: banking develop ment, it has been announced. Robert V. Fleming, president of the association, will preside over the meetings. It stated that this conference will be the first of several to be held in various parts of the country presenting a program the details of which are,now in the course of preparation. The general topij of the conference will embrace the managerial, legisla tive and operative problems confronted by all classes of banks. An outstanding phase of the meetings will be the de veloymtnt of plans tor promoting a general better public understanding in , regard to bank functions and policies. Another resolution said: "We particularly emphasize the de *irability of the retirement of govern^ ment from those fields of extending credits %of various types which can be adequately served by privately owned; institutions. We recognize that the: exigencies of the now passing depression made necessary a large participation by government for a time in the task of meeting the public's emergency financial needs. "Those conditions) have been largel remedied and .he obligation now rests upon the banks and other financial agencies to demonstrate to the people of this country that they are fully able and willing to meet all demands upon them for sound credit cooperation. It is our duty as bankers to facilitate in every effective way the retirement of government agencies from credit acr tivities by promoting public under standing of the proper function of privately owned banking" ACCURATE RECORDS The keeping of accurate records con stitutes an essential part of any success ful business management, whether manufacturing, merchandising or farm ing. It is quite generally conceded that any good business concern keeps ade qu^te records, and this procedure is j eqiially important in the business of i 1 farming; declares the Bulletin of the American Bankers Association - Agricultural Commission. '-n- ( RASH VICTIM RECOVERS Wendall Martirt, wfyp was seriously ^Ihe hairshirt was adopted by most ijnjfired in the automobile collisio# that ^of the religious orders of the Middle ' caused the death of Sidnev gmitb. To»d Has Collar ef Spins*' The horned toad of southern California, a sun-loving, squat lizard, has a collar of sharp spines round Its heck, ao tbaf it iJ" not likely bitten ages, in imitation of the early ascetics and to increase the discomfort caused by Its use it was sometimes even made of fine wire. creator of Andy Gump, was discharged from the Harvard hospital last week where he has been since the accident on Oct 20. His home is in Watseka, III. . » Smallest Mitsele in Body •*;:TlU5.smallest .muscle in the body te mnsculus levator labii superiorly alaeque nasi (elevator of the upper lip and wins of the nose). It has ite oijigin at the root of the nasal process of the maxilla or upper Jawbone. Aluminas* Aluminum was known for many yeim as the metal theoretically present In the compound known as^ alum, from whence comes Its name. It was first Isolated as a pure, metg.1 by Frtedrlch WoeMer about !®?. SKI JUMP JAN. 19 The ski slide at Fox River Grove is. being repaired and will increase hazards for riders and greater thrills for spectators when the annual ski meet Is held on January 19. Leech Not Particular The medicinal leech, once so much i used that, In the Sixteenth century they said, "Seod for the leech" as we say "Send for the doctor," feeds nor-r mally on the blood of fish and ftOf, a good meal lasting It for montha^ save time trouble si