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Tlranday, January, 23,1936 ',IV .*•* FUnDBAUBK WHY= Hondai Pigeons Fly Hon^a in Ordinary Flight# Dozens of guesses have been made as to why carrier pigeons, those remarkable birds to whose wings and to whose "homing sense" we trust messages in peace and in war, so seldom lose their way back to their cotes, noces a writer in the St Louis GlobeDemoerat. Some persons have suggested that these pigeons are sensitive to mag netle forces around and, in the earth, and that perhaps it is these forces which Indicate the homeward idirection But this has been disproved when pigeons flew through strong magnet * currents without being affected by them. An equally fantastic suggestion Is that thete 'birds have, somehow>«a sensitive physical mechanism which winds up as they are taken away from their homes. But this" is obviously incredi ble, fdr the1 birds may be twisted around many times in baskets before they are released, and, they do not re verse the action before starting for their cotes. The most reasonable explanation is that the birds have excellent eyesight and great strength. The fact that they return more surely1 in daylight than they do at night indicates that their eyesight has some relation to their home-finding genius. It is quite possible that the birds learn to recognize landmarks, for/ they see milch more sharply "than human beings, who have only a dulV, limited vision by comparison, can quite realize. At any ra^e, the fact is that homing pigeons, even though they may be comparatively near their homes, generally wait until morning before their return. SALMON RIVER AREA WILL BE EXPLORED Gorge Surpasses Grand Canyon of the Colorado. __ " v Washington, D. C.--The Salmon river canyon in Idaho, one of the larg est primitive areg,s in the United States, wtih a gorge Surpassing the Grand canyon of the Colorado In depth and steepness, will,, be explored and photographed soon by the Salmon river expedition of the National Geographic society, according to an announcement made by Vice President John Oliver La Gorce. The expedition personnel includes Philip J. Slienon and John C. Iteed of the U. S. Geological survey; Maynard Owen Williams, staff representative of the National Geographic society ; Robert Marshall, naturalist: D. Worth" Clark, and'-two local boatnen. . 'Travel. Upstream Impoieibl* SPRING GROVE Miss Celis Brown, who was confined to tier bed by illness the past week Is greatly improved and is again able to be up and around. Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Freund and children visited his parents in MeHenry Thursday afternoon. Victor Blink spent the weekend with Mr. and and Mrs. Nick Freund. He returned to Skokie Valley Sunday evening. Evelyn Sanders motored from Mo- Henry Saturday to spend the day with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Sa^?eIj\ \ U . - FIFTY YEARS AGO frnmrht6.. fri*nds from Chicago Saturday evening. , On Frida*y, last,* w_hi leu c» uttin• g ivc e Ellen Bower spent Saturday and ™ ^ pond ateam belonging to ^ . i John Meyers, broke through and came Twice T o l d Tales Items of Interest Taksn From f|tt Files of the Plalnds of Years Ago Sunday with her sister, Carol, in \ Waukegan. Mrs. Ina Gracfey, and two children fend Mr. and Mrs. Reed Carr were Wallers in the home of Mr. <^nd Mrs. John Sullivan at Crystal Lafee Sunr --L " a 1**""; ^ "y 'fe '< 1 * 9 ' dapotfand the MeHenry postoffice with Henry Wegener, the regular appointed carrier. , >A TEN YEARS AGO . The West Side Tire Shop, conducted by Walter J. Freund, has added new equipment and is now one, of the best equipped tire shops in the countryi Mrs. Maud Clark, Ostend, has been suffering with hoarseness and stiffened chords of the neck. All the family have had their turn with the same trouble. Dr. and Mrs. C. W. Klontz' of Richmond moved to MeHenry on Wednesday and are now living in the Mrs. Laura Kent home on the corner of Waukegan and Green streets, which the doctor recently purchased., . Miss Lackie of Iowa is spending "The Salmon river, whicli winds • through rugged central Idaho, hi»s b*?n Miss Lackit truly designated the 'River of NoRe^ Leveral days in the home of Mr. and turns, the announcement contiooe&t.. ^ "The falls artd roaring rapfils of the swift stream, and the sheer,cliffs and, Why We Eat Is Simplest of Questions to Answer Of course everybody knows that the reason we eat is that the body requires food In order to exist, observes a writer In Answers Magazine. The three things the body requires from food are building material, energy and reguiat ing substances. Thus everyone should strive to eat those foods which best supply these three things. The legumes, eggs, meat and cheese are the foods used by the body for building up tissues. Carbohydrates and fat furnish the necessary energy. Carbohydrates are found chiefly in cereals, starchy vegetables, sugar, candles and sweet desserts. The best known fats are butter, cream and salad oil ' Our principal regulating substances are water, minerals and vitamins. The minerals and vitamins are found in milk, egg yolk, fresh fruits, vegetables and cereals. Children need more bqj^lpg material than adults Why Taxi Lights Aro High Tail lights on cabs are placed un usually high for two good reasons In the first place, their high position places them more nearly on a direct line with the eyes of the driver of the car behind in heavy traffic with vehicles close together In which taxicabs usually ply. In addition, experience has taught cab companies that a tail light in the conventional location Is in a vulnerable place, subject to those knocks and damages frequent to cars which are operated day and night, In good weather and bad and under all sorts of traffic conditions. The high tall lighr on the taxicabs removes the light from the danger of damage by drivers behind who have not stopped soon enough to avoid collisions. ruggedness of the canyon, make travel upstream Impossible. Downstream navigation can be accomplished only to stout, flat-bottomed boat! reinforced to withstand numerous collisions with boulders in the rapids and low falls. "The source of the river is in the rugged Sawtooth mountain range of southeastern Idaho. For many miles It flows north. About ?Q. miles below the town of Salmon It turns westward to enter the main gorge. The, Salmon river expedition will begin its exploration at Salmon early In October, working down the river through the main ha& been rs.'Aiitbh May Ned Hesselgravg, Who quite ill, is improving. ' Mrs. Molly Harms visited, in^ Woodstock on Saturday. ' V'l-•• A -." .'-v Among those employed in Chicago who spent Sunday with home folks were Misses Agnes Lay, Eleanor and Lucille Freund and Catherine Freund, accompanid by a friend. ' A most enjoyable afternoon was spent by members of the Pleasure Seekers Sunday at the home of Mrs. Steve Schaefer in Fox Lake. Five hundred furnished the entertainment and the lovely awards for high scores were presented to Mrs. Arthur Rauen near being drowned,. It was a cold bath but they were rescued without injury. Sunday, Monday sad Tuesday will pass as three of the coldest days of the winter, the thermometer ranging from 18 to 30 degrees below zero with a regular blizzard blowing from the Northwest. The MeHenry Dramatic club under the auspices of the MeHenry Military band, are now rehearsing and will bring out in a few weeks the beautiful dramA of "The Banker's Daughter." . Married--In Woodstock, Thursday, Dec. 31, 1885, by the Rev. M. H. Plumb, Mr. Thomas Wright and Miss Lydia A. Dolbeer, both of MeHenry, ni. A * M. E. CHURCHi • > You are invited to attend services at the M. E. Church every Sunday. Sunday school, 10 a. m. Morning worship, 11 a. nt Epwovth League, 7:30 p. m. • ' Pastor, Rev. R. iW. PinelL ' T Preferred Spirit#.' . TWSouth Sea Solomoo Islanders endeavor to keep the souls of the dead with them. In their own parlors.! When a death occurs they angle for the ghost of the late-departed with a sort of little fishing rod, and when they catch it put the soul or ghost in % case, along with some bodily relic, in a corner of the room. Why Lest Cotton I* Used One reason that less cotton is used is the Invention of artificial fabrics-- that is manufactured fibers from which cloth may be woven, instead of cotton, flax or silk. Another reason is the decrease In tjie amount of cloth required for women's clothes. They wear fewer apd much smaller undergarments than their mothers did, and as for cotton stockings--have a look. Probably 30,- 000,000 women and girls now wear silk ' stockings. Allowing for five a year on an average, it would take a lot of cot- -tonto fill -or+leFs for tr<4MKMM>OU paits. - of stockings. The production of rayon In the (United States alone, last tfear, was about 110,000,000 pounds. Why Metal Furniture Foela Cold lletal furniture and wooden fiirni ture attain the Temperature of th<» room. Metal furniture feels colder to the touch because metal is a good con ductor of heat, whereas wood is a poor conductor. When you touch an object with your finger you supply some of the heat of your body to the object through your finger. If the'-object is a good conductor the heat passes through it quickly and you get an Impression of cold In your finger On the other hand, if thu object is a poor, conductor of heat, it feels warm for the same reason. gorge to the lower gorge. The latter -and Mrs. Arthur Kattner, while Mrs. Norbert Klaus captured consolation. A delicious lunch of chop suey was served by the hostess. The next meeting will be at Mrs. Arthur Klein's home in Johnsburg on Feb. 9. Miss Margaret Waspi is in A hosital at Elgin due to injuries incurred Sunday afternoon while in a sleigh riding party. Miss Waspi is suffering from a broken leg. Mr. and Mrs. George Huff are the proud parents of a daughter, weighing 8% pounds, born Monday, Jan. 20. A baby boy arrived at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Donald Haldeman on Sunday, January 19. begins at Whitebird and extends about 50 miles to the junction of the Salmon and Snake rivers. "The wildly beautiful main gorge of the Salmon river is one of the loneliest regions in the country. For 150 miles along a deep, twisting canyon the only settlement is an occasional cabin. The rushing torrent has cut through Several thousand feet of lava flows and deep into older formations beneath. The canyon's great depth, 6,000 feet In places, permits scientific study of formations mote than a mile below the original surface of the main body of granite rock. ^ Subjects for Color Camera. -7-^--- "The walls of the canyon itself are brilliantly colored. On Big Creek, In the canyon area, are extensive but little known prehistoric Indian picture writings that have not been studied. "In addition, the forests and flowers of the region are expected to provide Excellent subjects for the color camera. In the Salmon and the Clearwater mountains, bear, mountain goat, mountain sheep, deer, elk, and moose roam far from the usual haunts of man. In addition to salmon, there are several varieties of fish, Including the rare red fish trout. "The Salmon river area has an Interesting historical background, beginning with the Lewis-Clark expedition to the Northwest in 1805. Stories of Indian warfare, picturesque early settlers and exciting gold rushes lend glamour to the region. Scenes of earlier gold rush days are again being re-enacted In this section of Idaho. The granite rock, known as Idaho bath ollth, through which the Salmon river cuts its way, is similar to that of the Coeur d'Alene region, source of most of the state's mineral wealth."% Farmer Wins by a Cob in Corn-Eating Contest Ortonvllle, Minn.--Over a pile of 57 well chewed cobs, Berge Simon sen, a lean, middle-sized Stone county farmer, clalried the corn-eating championship of the world. ----- Simonsen defeated all comers In the annual Ortonville corn festival, which each year decides the champion corn eater of the land. Ed KottwitZrJ-of South Dakota, for years the champion corn eater of the Northwest, was runner- up. For ^even hours and ten minutes STmonsen gnawed away nl the trolWn Maybe Guide In Egypt--It took hundreds of years to build those pyramids. Tourist--Ah, I see. It was a government job.--Pathfinder Magazine.. Credulity • "Willie Wlbbles believes thoroughly In himself." "les," said Miss Cayenne, "Some men are so credulous 1" Should Have Tied the Cat '-.i...... Henry--What became of that portable garage you had? Adolf--I tied the dog to It the other day and a cat came by. Noisy Youngster "Whom Is your baby really like?" "He has my wife's eyes, my nose, but I think he got his rolce from the. motor horn." • . On the Q. T. "John, there's a letter marked 'strictly private* for you." "Yes, my lore, and what does it say?" Iron Once Ornament Copper and tin were the first useful metals to be discovered. Iron being originally used only as an ornament. FORTY YEARS AGO C. T. Eldredge shipped two cars of hogs on Tuesday from this station,' making eleven shipped by him so far. this month. The meeting of the History club for' this week, on account of sickness, has been postponed until "one weefc ^rom Thursday evening, at which time it will meet with Miss Julia A. Story. j A son of John B. Frisby, aged about j 17 years, died at the home of his par- j ents, southeast of this village on Tues- i day morning. He had been sick for ! over a year. If the business men of this village j would unite with the farmers and i make a reasonable effort to secure a condensing factory, such an industry could soon be established here. Executive Ability, Ability is as requisite to' exeats a -great enterprise as capacity to devise It ULYLAKB Mrs. George J. Wegener entertained the members of the Lily Lake Ladies' League Tuesday afternoon. Prizes were won by Mrs. Fred Dosch, Mrs. George Wegener and Josephine Dosch. The serving of a lovely lunch concluded a most enjoyable afternoon. Mrs. Mae Budil and daughter of Chicago spent Sunday at their home at Lily Lake. , Myrna Bacon spent Saturday at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. Bacon of Grayslakeu Little Donnie Weisbaum has been ill in bed with a very bad cold but is now much better. Mr. and Mrs. C. D. Swans on and daughter, Lois, and nephew,vWalter, of Chicago spenib Sunday alr>their home at Lily Lake. / Mr. and Mrs. Curl Boldt of Chicago visited the home of Mr. and Mrs. ;Edward Weisbaum Sunday. Mrs. Wilbert Swunson of Chicago was a visitor at the meeting and -bunco party'of the Lily Lake Ladies' League last Tuesday'. « Mr. and Mrs. Edward Marshlof Chicago spent the weekend at the^hooie of her mother, Mrs Werbluski, Mr. and Mrs. Wilbert Swaason of Chicago were luncheon guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs.. Edward Weisbaum Tuesday. Eleanore Wegener "was a Rockford visitor Thursday evening* Maine Etten .is spending a week at the home of her parent*, Mr. and Mrs. William Etten and Marie also was a visitor at the meeting and bunco party of the L.L L.L. last Tuesday. mm* ... Mrs::fedw*rd WeistSram was a CHfc» cago visitor Monday The sale season is now at hand. V'!!-:*. have a number of «jsales listed. - If' will be glad to call and see anyone needing my services. My 30 years experience will be much help to you as I am in touch with more buyers than arsy auctioneer in" MeHenry County. Tlire* dais I sell jn' the' t>lg sale markets in Wisconsin and I meet Id! the twyers from" far and near who want to buy farm personal property of all kinds, including, horses *9# cattle. . ',>• *KVCHAS. LEONARD Auctioneer Phone 478 Woodstock, IB. TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO , Sutter was declared steady at 27 cents on the Elgin board of trade Monday. This is a drop of two cents below the quotation 0* last week. The drop in the price of foodstuffs has not as yet been felt in' MeHenry. Seating on the walks and roads and coasting is furnishing no end of merriment for the younger folks, as well as some of the older citizens of our village. The school house hill is being utilized for coasting purposes by many. Rev. W. A. Cross, pastor of the M. E. church of this place, has bean somewhat indisposed of late. TWENTY YEARS AGO Sleighing is fairly good at this time, but comparatively few are taking advantage of same. M. M. Niesen, the Centerville grocer, is again able to be at his place of business after a siege of illness. Several boat houses have been built at the local boat works this winter: We are told that boat houses will be familiar sights in these parts before long. F. E. Covalt, the local manager of the Wilbur Lumber company, has invested in a Ford touring car, purchased through the home agent, John R. Kpnx. Mathias Miller is now sharing the work of carrying the mail between the Gillette 1 SUPER TRACTION TIRE Here la the ALL PURPOSE TIRE. Whether you drirt passenger csr» track, rating car or tractor, -- this tfrt "fflls the bill". Through snow -- through mud -- through sand -- - orer the worst roads imaginable, this tire wifl take you to your destination. No more spinning and sttdbf. Those big knobs take hold with a powerful grip and send you on yottr jray. 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Standing up, with art' effort, Simonsen wiped the last vestige of hutter from his lips, patted his stomach approvingly and acknowledged the.contffUjulations of the throng of western Minnesota farmers. Simonsen won by one cob. Why It I* "Ninien" Passport After the Soviet revolution in 1917 White Russians were unable to obtain passports, since the czarist government no longer existed. To solv«§j|jis prob lem, several nations hav<* issued, through the auspices of the League of Nations, an international passport for the benefit of person^ without hom*- governments. These are called Nan 9en passports, in memory of the grea' Norwegian statesman and phUan thropist, Fridtjof Nansen. . Why Hunter* Wear Red Coat* Red Is the colof of the liritish roya! livery. It is said that this color was adopted by huntsmen because fox hunting was declared a royal sport by Henry IL Costly Expedition ' Britain's Ill-fated Gallipoli expedition. In the World war, employed nearly half a million nen, of w! ch about 125,'XX) were killed or wounded, not counting the beavy casualties taken by sickness. All Readers "Go Blind" on Every Line of Type Miiuieapolis.--The eye "goes blind" at least three times while reading a line of type. Tests made with a cam era developed by Dr. M. A. Tinker, of the University of Minnesota, showed that the average persons eye m;ide about five little hops over eafch line and that the eye was blind for u fiftieth of a second between the hops. The best readers make three or four stops twelve tliu«s.,Jo covering a line of type. Penny Wedges Wedding Ring; Hammer Is Used Mansfield, Ohio.--A hammer and chisel were part of the equipment Rev. Hayes M. Hraker, Hans.field, used at a wedding. The minister as^ed for the ring, and a nervous bridegroom brought it forth, only to find a penny tightly wedged in it. The ceremony was delayed while Rev. Braker got a hammer and '« chisel to knock tbe penny loose. "i Rock Tolls Woathor Piised by collectors la the "reek barometer," a beautiful piece of green stone, which turns a dirty gray when there la an increase of moisture in the gtt, 73m stone is unidentified.. Derivation of Word "Badgot" Hie word "budget" is derived from the old French "boygette," meaning s. walle'. The n^e oi the word in Its presei t fense is from the custom of fringing int<~ the hou^e of commons all the papers pertaining to matters of expenditure and I-iyiog _ them on the table. "Cow Treo" Sap Like Gam A tree native to Guatemala called the cow tree furnishes a rnlUty sap col table for chewing gam. n ""n now a FORD V8 Ap&r usual low down payment f ANY MODEL PASSENGER CAR OR LIGHT COMMERCIAL UNIT/ AdvarWv Govm' od lY arrangement with Universal Credit Company, Ford dealers now make it easier than ever for you to own a new, 1936 Ford V-8 car--any modeL Several new plans are open to you. 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