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lies-1 ,;*'V Wsm'Vw ~>:ms . • * ~- ~ /* ** * ?*>W%* ?• >* vm w* v - '*;* , >• •* *•' & 'Xrn 4 J* V .' .'/<s * V " *' !•» * r * in ' *.. .. roraday, February, 20,1936 THE McHENRY PLAINDEALER , H . '^1 4""^' '- >' * ! Page SevtlK' PERSONALS f Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Huemann are ^ving in Chicago, whre Mr. Huemann employed. ' Lorraine Stacknick is staying with jtsther Miller and attend mg high •chool since her parents, who have keen at McCollum lake, have returned .to Chicago. ; Prof, and Mrs. Mark Oster, who have been at Shalim&r, have gone to Chicago until the weather moderates. Evelyn jShober, who lives near Jtingwood, is staying with Esther Milter and attending school. Yvonne and Winifred Benwell and Dorothy and Henrietta Herdrich of Ostend have ben staying with Miss Anna Frisby during the severe weath- Lights of New York by L. L. STEVENSON That necessity of modern life1, the telephone, Is looked on as a timewaster by .many a big business man despite the fact th'af he couldn't carry on without it Many busy men employ various devices and even subterfuges to escape unwelcome and unimportant calls and at the same time not misk any that really matter.- The best buffer Is an efficient secretary of course, but even the most careful secretaries make slips and on Occasions,' Tracing loss of jobs or business by the 'boss, pass on calls that prove em barrassing. One big business man. ir in order that they would not miss j whose house has branches all. over the ; fcigh school sessions. Henry J. Miller was a Woodstock .^isitor Sunday. ' Margaret Larkin, who teaches at • 8 Burton's Bridge, has been having ai\. '•'.i enforced vacation because of the bad .1, toads and weather. .; Leroy Conway of Chicago spent the r* Weekend here. Harold Phalin of Chicago visited /i«is parents here Sunday. Misseti Kathleen Givens and Florence Conway were Chicago visitors '^Monday. ?-r George and Albert Justen attended the Frigidaire convention itt Chicago Wednesday. . . ;r.- Mr. And Mrs. George H. Johnson attended the Lumbermen's contention at the Steven's hotel, Chicago, on Wednesday and Thursday. MisB Clara. Stoffel went to Chicago ' Monday for a few days' visit. Maxine Bacon spent the past week >t Elgin. Mr. and Mrs. Ray Page and family have moved from their farm home to their house on Elgin road. Mrs. Herman Schaefer and infant daughter, Ruth Marie, returned home last wefck from St. Theresa's hospital, Waukegan. Her sister, Ellen Frisby, of Batavia, is with her. Mrs. Kathleen Brown Is now living in her house on Riverside Drive. ' Warren Holly of Chicago - visited here Sunday. Mrs. J. C. Holly visited her new little grandson in Chicago last week. Mr. and Mrs. Jack Purvey of Chicago spent the weekend here. Red English, Stanley Hillman and TYank York of Chicago, students at North Park college, were snowbound at Betty's Place at Lily Lake during the recent blizzard. Mr. and Mrs. Ted Schiessle left Wednesday morning for a three weeks' visit in Florida. Among the points they plan to visit are Eustis, St. Petersburg and Sarasota, Thomas Bolger and James Doherty were in Woodstock Saturday. thr. W. C. Besley of Woodstock is attending the Dental convention "in Chicago this week. Mr. and Mrs. Homier Fitzgerald of < Crystal Lake spent Sunday evening with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Freund. Mr. and Mrs. Jos. J. Miller, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Klapperich and family and Mrs. J. W. Freund attended the Martin Lay funeral at Spring Grove, Monday. Mr. and Mrs. M. J. Walsh are spending several days in the home of their daughter, MW. (Louis Young, at Waukegan. ^ James Stack and little son of Chicago visited in the home of Mrs. Kathrine McCjbe, Tuesday. The little boy remained for a longer visit --with his grandmother. i Miss Margaret McCabe of Libertyville spent -Tuesday here. Miss Pauline Herdrich. of Chicago is spending a few weeks with her , parents, Mr. and Mrs. Enril Herdrich. Ralph Schroeder 'of Chicago spent 'Saturday and Sunday in the Jacob Steffes home. Gordon Dagley and William Akely of Chicago spent the weekend in Mc- Henry. Linus Newman has not been able to get to his work at Relief headquarters at Woodstock during the past week. Mrs. Martha Freund, Mrs. Rickett -.and Mrs. Omar Stanley employed in MAN'S CONFESSION SOLVES SECRET OF OLD "BABY MIXUP" Sensational Hospital Case of 12 Years Ago Is at Last * Cleared Up. ' Cooling Milk in . J Winter Important Dairyman Is Advised to Use Well Insulated Tank and Clean Quarters. serving at the Relief headquarters at Woodstock took the train to; the county selat Monday and will remain during the week. Howard Wattles, Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Buss .taking pictures of the drifted roads the first of the week. Mrs. Louis McDonald has now left the hospital in Chicago and is staying at the home of relatives, Mr. and Mrs. M. J. Lonergan. Mr. and Mrs. Peter Justen, Orval and Gordon Granger of Woodstock _ visited--in -'the D. I. Granger home Sunday. H. E. Durland and Henry J. Miller were taking pictures of the , snow drifts on Route 14 Saturday. The snow scenes will doubtless make interesting filmB in thq Durland's movie (camera. Mr. and Mrs. D. I. Granger and daughter, Ethel, were in Woodstock Monday. , ATTENDING JUNIOR COLLEGE Those attending Junior college at the Community high school are Betty and Edith Stewart of Hebron, Ralph Panknin, George Johnson, Marguerite Johnson, Ernest Bohr, and Rita Martin. COUNSEL FOB DOCTOR Harry X. Cole, past worthy grand patron of the O. E. S., who is known by local members is counsel for Dr Gordon Mordoff of Wilmette in his claim for the three-year-old boy whom he claims is his son and whom he calls Gordon Mordoff III. His claim is being contested by Miss Margaret Mann, 24, of Evanston who claims the s&M is her son. A Barcarole A barcarolle (Italian and French, little boat) Is a boat song made popular by Venetian gondoliers; also any musical composition which suggests the characteristic manner and rhythm of the Venetian boat song, such as the "Barcarolle," from "Tales of Hoffman," by Jacques Offenbach. country and whose personal telephone calls run into the hundreds each day,, has solved the problem in a manner •tlrtit. has worked perfectly'so far. His personal secretary Is named Josephine. If Sotpe one calls uft addresses her as -"Joe"" and asKs for the boss, the fall goes right through--"Joe" of course being the code word. But I'm Wondering what would happet^ shpyld she fail to recompile the' boy friend, „ V",' ' " • •>*. % "••-.Many of thfe,calls"that liilg liuslriess men desire to duck are those of itisuranee salesmen. Soliciting business over the 'phone la a common practice In- New York and various agents have a w,ay of calling up, giving their names immediately and speaking In such an Impressive tone that the call goes where desired--the business not being "mentioned, of course. Then,-too. In the old days, there were the "dynamiters," the sellers of worthless securities who did business over the telephone. In some way, my name got on the sucker list and 1 used to have a lot of fun, placing the receiver on the desk and letting the "dynamiter" go on and on . . . and spurring him Into renewed effort with now and then a statement, "I didn't quite get that." * * * Number%,being connected with telephones just as ham Is connected with eggs at breakfast time, the numbers game, comes Into mind. There has been quite a campaign against the policy racket, arrests have been made, some prison terms are being served and several big shots have been permanently turned from their sinful and profitable ways by bullets. Nevertho less, the numbers game continues to flourish. Runners still' make regular rounds of apartment houses and collect bets ranging from a penny to a; dollar from hall boys, elevator men, porters and jarfitors. Runners also make rounds of many office buildings and collect not only from employees but tenants as well. Runners get not only a percentage of their collections hut. If a client wins, they get a percentage on that, too. Usually, clients get nothing. Policy players are always on the lookout for a "lucky" number. A number dreamed Is regarded as especially lucky. A colored porter who once played four cents on the number on the door of this office won $20. That was two years ago and he hasn't hit since hut keeps on. When dispatches told of 510 Italians being killed In an Ethiopian raid, Harlem rushed to play that number. Sure enough, it did come out But (here were so many betters, the bankers couldn't pay. And still the numbers racket continues. • • • Gambling reminds me of an experience of a Westchester commuter the other day--a happening that cansed him to believe In Santa Claus. Scanning his hand, he discovered he held the* cards for a perfect seven n,i trump contract. Hardly had he done so, than his station was called. The dilemtba was a serious one. He remembered that his wife was giving a dinner party for Important people, and should he be late, his home standing would be less than zero. And If he passed his station, he wouldn't get home until at least three-quarters of an hour after the time set! " • » . • • i# While the commuter, was wondering what t„0. do, the train stopped With a jerk despite the fact thajx-tf*e Itjitioo was .still several blot^/awaOf Wita the stop, came the friTnoiinc'einent that the .power., was" oflf. 'The hand was played out-; the commuter collected, honned a taxi, got home--and le?irni»f! Detroit, Mich.--The mystery surrounding a sensational "baby mixup^ case of 12 years ago was believed solved by the confession of Alphonse Vleinmlnck that he threw the body of one of the babies In the Detroit rl\'er after it smothered to death.. The baby given bins through a nurse's error w\is the infant son of William C. Greatrex and not the cb'ld of Vlemminck's unmarried daughter, as he supposed. 'The babies were bortv at the- game time in a Detroit hospital. ' ^ - Hi's latest story 'was the first time Vlemmlnck has altered his. assertion of 12 years ago that h^ turned the baby given to him "over to a couple from, Philadelphia" ,for»fldop\i«»." : - Spent Savings in Search.' Greatrex, grief stricken by the d&ith of his wife at the birth of the baby, 'spent his savings In a fruitless search for his son In the belief N lemmlnck actually had glyen the, infant (or adop tlon. •" Vletomlrtck, an elderly Belgian with a long pdliee reeof^, re<*ntly was sentenced to serve 12 to 15 years for taking Indecent liberties with a fouryear- old child. During the lnvestlga tlons of the mixed baT>y case he admitted he was the father of the bahy born to his daughter. fireatrex confronted Vlemmlnck nfter his conviction and Implored the Belgian to tell the truth regarding the fate of the infant. Vlemmlnck stuck to his original story at that time and It was not until the new account, that Greatrex lost hope that his child still was alive. Questioning of the prisoner was conducted through a Belgian deputy sheriff. According to Sheriff Henry Behrendt, Vlemminck told of going to the hospital and being handed the baby •he believed had been born to his urv/ married daughter. The elderly ^tteTglan declared the baby died as he was taking the Infant away. Throw* Bab* Into ' "I took the baby's clothes off an1 wrapped hinv in my own coat." Sheriff Behrendt quoted Vlemminck as saying. "I drove for blocks and blocks, afraid to go home. V "Finally I made up my mind to get rl(l of it, but I didn't know how. When i looked at the baby and found It was dead I threw iny. coat, the baby and all. Into the river." It was not until two days later, when police took htm to the hospital, he said, that he learned the baby was not his daughter's. Kuriier Vlemmlnck had given a somewhat different version of bow he disposed of the baby. He said then that he paid an unnamed man $25 to get rid, of the infant. Greatrex discovered the substitution of babies when he returned to the hospital from his wife's funeral and was handed ar. Infant wearing a tag with the name "Vlemminck" on It, He refifsed to accept the child and it was given to a charitable organization. Greatrex sued the hospital for $200,000, but lost the case. By Prof. H, J. Pnirrkner, Dairy D*pt., New York Collofte of Agriculture WNl' Service. A can of uiilk that stands overnight may appear to have been cooled prop erly because some of the milk freezes; Slow cooling before it freezes makes an Inferior "grade of milk, and, |n addition, the frozen milk usually stays In the can when th<0 milk Is dumped nt the milk plant or station. Hence- Our Washington H ' - . r1 Letter •• -By- -:C-_ National Editorial Aaaoebttloi the Senate on the neutrality bill wasjeau's new 1936 twelve-page calendar a blow to the Administration's id'ja! will be chosen by each boy' cr girl of a permanent ^policy. Merely' extending: the present act to next year keeps the neutrality controversy as a political football. • The primary fights the Pre sidential nominaticn have stirred the Republican camp because they fear a blight inflicted by disgruntled candidates following the convention. Co-i whdse parents or guardians are ac | hesion among the leaders has been1 tively engaged in farming Original* Washington, Feburary 19 - Stirring sought without much success. Henry ity of thought and expression, clar- _ -ii * . \ i /»V*oirniQ»i fit »-> P A t) \T« ltV nf entering- the' prize contest. Essay* i must be limited to 400 words and be : the contestant's own work, type-writ- . ten oAlonghand. They are to be in the ma|ls or delivered to the County Farm, Bureau office by March 18, 1936. The contest is open to all boys and girls of not mor than 18 years IS the political caldron with forked Fletcher, chairman of the G.O.P. Na- ity. directness, accuracy of diction and partisan ' ^tickg has conjured up tional committee, is unpopular with sentence structure are anr.ong the wraiths which make our national law- j Party workers. He will" probably be , points on which essays will be judged, makers and office-seekers look anx-: shelved after the Cleveland Conven-.i . The contest for McHenrv county 'iously homeward. With the legisla-' ti°n i" June. Meanwhile* several new; has been divided into two Hivisions, itive situation at sixes and sevens, the fi$Tur®s t have been* brought into ser-,one fc-r those students in the grade j ambitious" statesmen cannot secure) v"ice to give the party a reSl fighting • school system and the other for high ; enjoyrnent even in stagnation The ' spirit. Vital organization work has., school students or those out .of school. n loyal • ^een in effect for several weeks. As j Pnzes in each division will be as folhenchmen that factions are setting ja result, the^^Republicans are building j lows: $5, $3, $1. . > snow bank or mv a r cake of fee during .! K^-fires along the political fenct s,; ^rful local committees down the j' In addition, to the county prixea satisfactory wav t^ at home- A» the campaign season isi line , ,nt0 election precincts. These the Illinois Agricultural Association wdl undenvay, (the Senators and Rep-j Partisans say they have ail uphill Ms offering a- $50 wrist watch for first resentatives realize that hope alone ' ^»ht agiiinst enormous bounties dis -j prize, a leather traveling bag, second ^"ml^t "ge^by"18 v^' even tho"sh J irritant is found in news from loyal1>en in effect for several weeks. Neither Is the setting of milk In a winter nights a • sfHisfactory way to cool mllkj The can on a cake of Ice will cool at the. bottom and' thus mW cool the milk In the bottom of the ciVrt. Since the cold milk at the bottotn" of the can Is heavter th.in the ^warui milk on _t<>p. the cool : n>ilk stay* at the bottom and the wjtriti •'•th -Ik mains on to^?' never cooled. _. The can cool because, a few uiitdttvs a.ter' it is , not an effective helmet: to save 1 trib«ted by their rivals p the fortn of their title ancl ?10,00 %per year seat at j relief and relief administrators , arp the Capitol. As a consquence they are beseech' ing the leaders on both sides to. hasexpected to come to the aid' of the party in poWer niext Nbvehiber. •The Town send plan propaganda prize, and a fountain pen and peniril' set, third prize for the three best es- ij: says among the county winners. - , i - Subscribe for The Plalndealef^ ten the day of adjournment. The continues to harrass the Congress.' Itsolons? want a minimum of cojitrover- j is largely responsible for the unwijir sial legislation so that the. sudden at- iinffnes? «>f the legislators to make e&* tack of homesickness may be cured sehtial changes in the Social Security that he'd mixed his dates. That din ner wasn't until the next night. © Bell Syndicate,--WNU Servic#. United States Retains Leadership in Aviation Chicago.--I'nited States retained internationalS-leadership in civil avi ation In 15C55, rejiorts United Air IJnes. which set an international record by flying more passengers, mall and ex press and passenger miles than any air line-In the world. United Air Lines' figures show that In 1!WT> it flew 1,V (XX),(XX) miles, carried 1S<UKM)* revenue passengers, tons of mail and. 90U tons Of express. : Bucking Bronchos Keep Plant Busy Plerpont, Ohio.--For weeks this northeastern Ohio hamlet has been crazy over horses--rocking horses being turned out at the rate of 400 a day by Pierpont's newest industriiy. Two Pennsylvaniana took over an old saw mill and put.,20 local persons to work making "bucking bronchos," a device relying on a spring to please kids with a cuwboy complex. ' " . That Rich Fellow "De man who gits rich epougb to i^ tire Turn work," said Uncle Eben. "looks to, me like he had to look around fob amusement almost as industrious u If he was bnntln' a Job." Empress Jingo Great Leader When Chuai, fourteenth emperor of Japan, died In the year 200, the Empress Jingo assumed the government, fitted out an army and led. it OB a successful invasion of Korea. is placed In the snow tiaiik. tfW' snow :by an early departure from their of- ^ct- A discussion at this time woultl ficial station, Not even ihe glitter °pen the door on the tdiiching subject' and gayety of the social whirl will in- old-age pensions as advocated % trigue a legislator whose re-riomina-|^e Townsendites, Action on amend,- tion is threatened by local aspirants atory measures will be postponed unploughing for votes while he is away, j _ next year. All legislators are against the can .tTjelt8:,r«ivd<,/,Je,tv space that forms' good -instiYii1Vii f,' tMlsretards cooling and alfuost it. Even in very cold weather'.thin; air space between the can and tlie snow is not changwl'very ranch by the cold air above. Actually,-a can of milk will cool more quickly If It Is alloxyed to stand In the cftld wind than If It is placed on ice or in a snow bank. If all dairymen are to cut down on the amount of milk rejected this winter and pw out a better product, Jhey should cool their milk in a well Insu iated milk tank in n clean milk house. Just the same as during hot weather Losses to rejected milk cost dairymen thousands of dollars each yeiir Warehouse Board Sealers Rule on Handling Com Pue to the high percentage of mols ture contained In the corn In some sections, the Iowa department of 'agriculture recently made a ruling that no corn will be sealed by the warehouse board sealers *vhlch Is a greater •iistance than four feet from a slatted side of a crib or a suitable ventilator As a general rule. It Is held that any frlb which Is more than eight feet wide and In which the corn Is more Somehow, the , politicoa cannot go Il-working hard to soft-pedal this issue about their chores with an easy mind j w^ich is disturbing their chances for and manner', •>• re-election. The proposal to pull the Delegates from the . legislative! teeth of the Supreme Court is not branch are making frequent pilgrim- j taken seriously as it contains too ages to the White House in a frantic |much dynamite. The bill which passeffort to expedite early closing of the 'et* the Senate recently, prohibiting sessioh. Privately, the boys admit j employers from influencing the vote they, are trying to get through withj0^ their employes in national elections "face-saving" measures which must may pass the House. An effort will be given attention to pacify powerful ^ made to make the restrictions appressure groups like the militant Pjy _ government workers who^ infarm and labor union organizations, j timjdate oth^r citizens by various The veterans' bonus met only one or? | methods. Labor union leaders who atganized lobby.... for class legislation, j temi to dictate how their members Having plagbed business and industry, shall vote are still free, but may be with a multitude of restrictive meas- j made responsible for electioneering, ures at the beginning of this Con-{w^'ch is a Congressional gesgress, the reaction from the country | ture to achieve t«e impossible-!--purihas greatly modified sentiment for j politics. further hamstringing. Of course, | ;i •'•-••• emphatic decisions by the Supreme , rrn T{urpnu \Ip411S Court contributed more of a sobering' CC*1» influence and forced this sudden cfiange of front than all of the protests from affected merchants, producers and consumers. Office-holdthan eight feet /leep, should have a iers concede that of late they have disventllator unless the corn happens to | covered a Called "Sissy,w Boy Loyal to Ailing Mother Killed Washington. -- William Suddath'a mother is seriously 111 and he had. to keep close by the house for errands. He never told his playmates about his mother'* illness and they couldn't understand why he had to go home sometimes when they were in tf»e midst of a game. William, fifteen, played with his chums for awhile recently and one of them, the other children told police, called him a "sissy" and dared him to fight. They said William struck his tantalizer in the face with his fist. The other boy, who Is thirteen, stabbed William in the heart with * cheap penknife. Before William died he gasped: -He called me 'sissy* and 1 wan re to fight." / J Police are holding Raymond Smallwood for the action of a coroner's Jury. Raymond his chums said, bec «m<> frintlc when he realized', he had stabbed William, and ran home. Vernon Suddath, the father, said he will not. tell his, wife aboui WilUaui'* death because of ber condition. » Severed Finger Leads to Conviction dfl Robber Nairobi.-*--A severed finger has resulted in a four-year labor\S^nfence being passed on a man for a crime, near Zanzibar. The finger, preserved in a pickle Jar. was the only clew which the Zanzibar police had In their Investigation of» a chse of burglar> with violence. An isolated Arab Snop in a country district had been entered by four V men, who attacked the pro prietor. The Arab used a knife to de fend himself) and next morning a tin ger was found on the floor by the po lice.- A print was carefully t:iken from it and the finger preserved. The police then discovered a man with a very swollen hand who had a finger miss ing. His identity was proved bj the fingerprint bureau. Sweeper Picks Up Adder /\ Lodi, Wis.--Mrs. Oscar Gamier, emptying her carpet sweeper after cleaning the family rugs, foiind a four-foot spotted adder coiled up ins i d e It , - v - . " . . . • - • to the Home of the DmIo , Mauritius, a British Island east of Madagascar, was the borne of the now extinct dodo, a large pigeon with rudimentary wings. Its passing led to the popular saying "As dead as tte dodo.- P1a«k Floorfag ~ Plank flooring Is made of wooder boards. A plank Is a piece of woort more than 1^ Inches and leas tha 4tt Inches in thlckneM and at least 6 Inches wide. he extremely "dr>v ! Strings of six inch, tile laid every two or three feet crosswise of the corn crib, will furnish satisfactory venMla tion In some cases. Vertical ventila tors, somewhat resembling chimneys, can be constructed with two-by-four* about a foot apart eaVh way and connected with one-by-three slabs. These vertical shafts are sometimes connect ed up with horizontal strings of tile In addition to equipping the crib with ventilators, salting also will he of considerable help In preventing mold In corn which contains .10 per cent moisture at cribbing time. One pound of salt for each hundred bushels of corn Is the common proportion to use. Two pounds of salt for a hundred bushels Is still more effective, but such a heavy application of salt is not wise when the corn is to be fed to live stock. Salting. Incidentally, should al ways be used In connection with the ventilating device.--Wallaces' Farmer. $24,000 on the Hoof Tlie most striking cattle-feeding story that hag come to - our notice lately concerns Joe and Felix Oorpsteln of Nortonvjlle. Kan. On May 1, last, says the-Country Home, the Corpsteins topped the market with their twenty-first carload of horned Hereford steers. Out of a total of 25 cars sold -from January 28 to May 1, only four cars failed to set the pace for day's run. Nearly all shipments went to the Chicago stockyards. Prices received ranged from $13 to $16.2f». The Corpsteins would not rate as veteran feeders. It was in 1920 that They began feeding 400 to~500"cattiif» annually on their 2i(^K) acre farm in o/r der to] build up/the fertility whl/'b rain farming h^dliised up. Their steers fed in the open at bunks, tilled once daily, and were allowed to eat all they liked. They were sUirted on' bran and later fed mostly ^'niensilage. Uhelled corn, molasses fe^d \ and 1 fall's.- It'.ls estimated that t l-i net -caslt pro tit of more tha '.Wcby.on the 4«>7 steers fed this season , • Agricultural Notes A frequent cause of ofT-flavor eream is rust In the cart. > • •'.••: • '>'.» * .••'•'•'• •','•"•• Barnyard manure ia not a wai product and should not be wasted • '• • Far more women leave the farm for/ the city than men. Today there art i .421 single men for eevry 1,000 single women ob the farms of this country The leading Swiss breeds of g are the Toggenhurg and the • • i • |. Potatoes < an l>e made to grow sooner and larger by treating the seed ^'itb high frequency sound waves .1 . , Sheep will drink more wrat^r }B tyln ter than in summer, as they do not get the benefit of the dew on th^ grass public increasingly critical of "legislation--a development of public thinking which worries them no end> Contemplating the damaee to their political fortunes if the s'essicn is prolonged beyond Mav 1. the lawmakers | would like to confine the proeram to ' the farm crop-control bill with a temporary financing rider to allay the a>rjricultural unrest and possibly the J Walsh government, contract bill restoring NRA labor conditions as an j olive-branch to the trade unionists. | The dopesters here will tell you that j the" Senate will just go through the motions of studying the O'Mahoney licensing bill, a pet measure of the American Federation of Labor. Congress will taJce advantage of dissension in labor ranks to stall this measure. The Administration, in giving dubious acquiescence to Congressional pleas against a general sales tax or a wide-spread income boost, is pushing for excise taxes on foods as a means to finance the farm program. The fact that farm products may be taxed more broadly will be construed by the Republicans as a general sales tax against consumers. The action of FARM BUREAU OFFERS \ PRIZES TO BOYS AND . GIRLS IN ESSAY CONTEST The literary and journalistic talents of McIIenry county farm boys and girls will be stimulated by the essay contest recently announced by the McHenry County Farm Bureau, A subject suggested by the illustrations and copy on the Farm Bur- The sale season is now at hand. 1 have a number of sales listed. I will be glad to call and see anyone needing my services. My 80 year experience will be much help to ys as I am in touch with more bu. than any auctioneer in McHenry County. V Three days I sell in the DIfc sale ^markets in Wisconsin and 1 meet al) the buyers frcm far and near who Want to buy farm personal .property ! of all kinds, including, horses and cattle* CHAS. LEONARD V Auctioneer Phone 473 * Woodstock, IB. Central Garag< Phpne 200-J Fred J. Smith,: ePLrip p.' Johnsburg • The winter weather is especially hard on any car or truck and closer inspection should be made. We are prepared to advise the needs and do expert repair work at f a i r p r i c e s . \ ' " V ' ' " \ Standard Service Station 24-Hour Toeing Service FRED SM^TH, Prop. Community Ructions and public stockyards in Ohio are regularly In spected by approved veterinarians to prevent spread of live stock diseases IKY IN 0