Hemp Fiber Strong "^'TOne of the strongest fibers known % made from the covering of the •folk of the hemp plant. .The in-, terlor or woody section of the plant js 90 per cent cellulose, Valuable J tor many by - products, including p#per."~ - IS: NEARBY NEWS HOUSE CALL OPTICAL IN YOUR OWN HOME NO EXTRA CHARGE ,r- • Dr. Kagan will, carefully examine your eyes and ftt your glasses in your own home at your own convenience, using the latest and most scientfic methods with the same instruments he would use in, his office without extra charge. Why* not call in yoUr cjx doctor as you do your family physician? Eighteen years of experience is your guarantee ot complete satisfaction. - J ' - GLASSES COMPLETE "V""XS LOW AS $8.50 For appointment, Phone Chicago. Franklin 8616 -- McHenry 60-W or Write to -- Dr. M. M.-Kagan OTOOMEmUC EYE SPECIALIST 1W N. Stole Street, Ofeafo I i(n and Mrs. Henry Vogel visited at Des Raines Sunday. ' , Mr. and Mrs. Henry Vogel, Elsie, Frances and Richard Vycital and Har-: ry Dahms attended a masquerade at Fox River Grove Sturday night Each, one returned home with a prize. | Mrs. R. I. Overton and daughter, GwendcdVn, left Saturday in com- Leslie B. Paddock, for seven years pany with Mr. and Mrs. Will Cowen a member of The Harvard Herald of of Harvard, for/ Orlando,,Fla., where :fice organization, was appointed postthey expgct to spend a few months, master , at Barrington, Jan. 27. He TAKEN FROM COLUMNS OF OUR EXCHANGES They followed a route through Cincininati and Alabama, £ recommended by, ,the Chicago Motor Club, . 1-^-1-. j Violet Woodward of Chicago spent Sunday at her home vhere succeeds Cornelius C. Synder, The car owned by C. H. Doolittle Arid the garage at the Doolittle home in Marengo were destroyed by fire on Friday afternoon of last week when an | Mr. and Mrs, Adrian Thomis of overheated stove set fire to the garage. .Chicago spent the weekend With her j fj^,e ^re Apartment was summoned mother, Mrs. F. O. Cans. |aTKj prevented the fire from spreading | Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Berndt of Chi-'to other buildings. The city water cago spent the weekend with her | Supply does not extend out as far as mother, Mrs. Mat Freund. (the Doolittle home. ! Mrs. Kathrine Barbian attended the j A 'Crystal' Lake resident ha« seen style show at the Sherman hotel, Chi-Emil Utroska, Vircago, the first of the week. . r. j ginia street, reported a robin red CartStenger, Jr., who has;b^en in his yiard last week 'Thuijij \lauK%»n, is now makmg his hqme|. mornin^ This ia the first robin with his> brother? George, manager of jtQ ^ reporte<f for 1937. jt j8 not. the local A. & P. store, and attending j-n0w71 whether tjie bird has been here Little Vibration , / Readings taken with delicate Instruments show that during the heaviest winds the vibration in our tallest buildings does not produce a, movement of half an inch each wiy from the vertical. . The Nine Worthies . - Thenine worthies are designated in literature as Hector, son of Priam; Alexander the Great, Julius Caesar, Joshua, David, Judas Maccabeus, King- Arthur, Charlemagne and Godfrey of Bouillon. V Truthfulness ' Complete truthfulness is one of the "rarest of virtues. Even those Who regard themselves as absolutely truthful are daily guilty of overstatements *and under - statements. Exaggeration is almost universal. Meanin'g of P. A. C. S. The letters P. A. C. S. when used after the names of persons who served in the Civil war/stand for Provisional Army, ' • Confederate States. , : "" high school here " The Misses Maxine Bacon and Carmen Freund of St. Vincent's orphanage, CRicago, spent Sunday at their homes here. , --- Kathleen Givens and. Florence Conway were Chicago visitors Friday. Mr. and Mrs. Dick Smith of Chicago spent the weekend with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Kilday. Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Schroeder of Chicago spent Sunday with her parents. Mr. and-Mrs. Jacob Steffes. ,) Miss Vivian Bolger of Elgin spent jSlanday at her home here. , [ Mrs. John R. Knox visited her fath- ;er, Henry Geary, who is quite ill at jhis home near Wauconda. CHAS. LEONARD, Auctioneer j ~ Mrs. H. E. Durland visited he* The undersigned will sell at public j mother at Wilmette, Friday. auction on the farm located 4 miles j Mrs. Jack Walsh was an Elgin callwest of McHenry, ,2 miles south of er Thursday. AUCTION Sherman Hill, and 1 mile west of Clemens School. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 5 • Sule starts at 1 o'clock sharp LIVESTOCK I Team of Black Horses, 11 Cows, 8 Heifers, 2 yrs. old, 1 Yearling Heifer, and 1 two-year-old bull. 75 Buff Orpington Chickens. Hay, Grain and Machinery 12-ft. ensilage in 14-ft. silo; 18-ton The Misses Eleanor and Mildred Kinsala. Marie Powers, Clara Stoffel all the time, came back from the south too soon or, if warm weather i£ to be the..rule. Lawrence Anderson, 38, was instantly killed at about 4:45 p. m. last week Tuesday vhen he fell a distance of 25 feet from a tree which he was trimming on the Phillip A. Person farm, 1% -miles west of Belvidere on .the Newburg road. Jaities Cox, Hebron, was unhurt in an accident which did $200 worth of damage to his car Sunday afternoon of last week. Mr. Cox was driving near Greenwood -when he side-swiped a milk truck. Mr. Cox had the right of way and turning to avoid the truck, which did not stop, ran in the ditch. His Pontiac knocked the door handle of the truck in and then veered off the road cutting off 7 or 8 fence posts. The truck was scarcely damaged. Burglars entered two places of busiand Bertha Schiessle visited Harriet I ness in Barrington Saturday night of Bobb at Freeport Sunday. i last week and escaped with a small -• Mr. and Mrs. Henry Kinsala and amount of loot. The glass in the rear Son, George, visited her sister, Mrs. j door of the Hutchings Barber Shop on Kerchman, at Ingleside, Sunday. | North Hough sfreet was smashed by Mr. and Mrs. John Bolger visited: culprits and the door opened from the her father, Joseph Kortendick, in; inside. Nothing was taken from the Rockford hospital last week Wednes- place, although everything was randay - | sacked. By squeezing in through a ... Mr. andrMrs. Charles Lasch of Chi-j coal chute the burglars were able to ottiay; 200 bushels of oats; 2-ton hard Q g t the weekend with his moth., gain entrance to the Meyer's Wall ear corn m crib; 8-bu. old seed corn: , . (Paper and Paint store next to the ^cdrn fodder in barn. ' 1 8-16 International tractor; P. A O. tractor plow; gang plowj^sulky plow^ ^months vi8it in the home of Mrs. tractor disc; pulverizer; 2 single ^ Houston> Texas. Mr. rand Mrs. Lisle Bassett and little barber shop. The intruders took sev- ! daughter arrived home Sunday after eral items of low cost. Edward Nelson of Libertyyille, who was burned to death in his shack at cultivators; one-horse cultivator; hay;^;;- ~^ ^"rf'the flTod Fifth st., Saturday night of last week, loader; dump hay rake;, side delivery re-on*hey encountered an varieties was buried in lakeside cemetery. A rake, iron wheel wagon and rack, of weathe- and roads. They were coroner's jury had returned a verdict wagonand wagon, box; corr.binder; ^ in t& mudf drove two days instating that he died of burns received gram binder, 6-ft., mower, 6-ft., wood thev neared home thev when the shack in whScn ne was liv- «w; 2-section drag; bob sled; grain^ ^|ing accidentally caught fire. Although drill, corn planter, grind stone, I Stacia Malone of Crystal Lake'Jt was earlier believed that the fire heltft6 fn'^ol^drWr^lt^^sete'S spent Sunday in the M. J. Walsh home, j started near the stove in the onerroom belt, 6-in.,. old drive belt, 2 sets of Dr< and Mrs. Buttery of Chicago structure, evidence presented before S ^ the weeknd at their cottage at the coroner's jury indicated that it was ness; 3 gas barrels, Model A Ford ^ . I started when a kerosene lamp was truck-; ltt-H'. P. gas engine; 7 milk. cans; pails and strainer. TERMS:--6 months on Good Bank ' able Notes. JOHN GRASSER '"West McHenry State Bank, Clerking " ' • v . •' F&ii* Oaks. Mr. and Mrs. William Weizel of!overturned. A five gallon can of kero- Hebron were McHenry callers Monday. 8®ne became ignited also, causing the Mrs. Weizel, who was formerly Agnes violence of the ftre, which burned the Matthews of McHenry, enjoyed a call( c,othes from his^b L ody wh,ch T was on Mrs. Fred Kamholz, and learned ^und ^ outside his door. It was about many old friends. She had ribt 8t»ted that the fire swept through the Jbeen here for about five years. shack so suddenly that even a dog, Mr. and Mr?. Vaughn Jones of Chi- was lymg under the bed, was cago spent the weekend in the C. W. imable to escape from the flames. Goodell home. * Sol Hess, well known cartoonist, has purchased a 380 acre farm on the Kishwaukee river, approximately one mile northwest of Marengo. The farm is a portion of the former William Renwick farm of 542 acres. Mr. Hess draws The Nebbs, comic strip appearing daily in the Chicago Herald and War on Tuberculosis Naples Home of Macaroni Naples was the center of the macaroni industry for many years. The process for making macarJni was kept a secret until the Fourteenth Century. Early Permanent Wattags Earliest records of permanent waving go as far back as 3000 B. C., when Babylonian women had their hair braided and treated (with bitumen to preserve the. curls. Memorial to Presidents There are nine memorials - to Presidents in Washington^, with Lincoln having three and Washington two. Atlantic Coast Elevation The highest natural elevation on the Atlantic coast is 430 feet en top of Todt (Toad or Iron) hill, Staten island. Coart-leet in English Law r Court-leet in English law is a local customary court with a limited criminal jurisdiction. The Word "Teton" The word "teton" is a contraction of the Indian word titonwan meaning "dwellers on the prairie." EDUCATION By LEONARD A. BARKETT AUCTION Charles Leonard and Thos. M. Rafter, Auctioneers Having fully decided to sell out and quit farming will sell at Public Auc- / While great progress has been made tion on what is known as the John against that old enemy, tuberculosis, Haley farm, now* owned by George it is 8tiu much easier to get the dis !Sch' r? ™nTil\Snntw«TStf h S'lT tha" to get "1 of ^ In ^ E^amine'r. The farm adjoins the 500 ^oris n ^om tuberculosis.^^ eaUte o£ Alfred M Loewenthal, it ? 4 rookdale Bridge, off;abou^OM patients were admitted to^^^dent 0f The Famous Artists *tt\ ' the 20 public and 8 private sanatoria Syndicate MONDAY, FEBRUARY 8 |in Illinois during 1936. During thej Russell Bacon, 15, of Mayfield town- sf young person to earn a living? Commencing at 11:00 o'clock sharp, same year approximately 6,000 pa- ship, was fatally injured last weekV^es, in part, it is that. We have J&e following described property, to- *" J;""' J * " i_ "" The material equipment of our educational system in this country is indicative of a deep and serious interest in the advancement of theculture and discipline of youth. In nearly e v e rV city, town and village, no matter how small the population, you will find rnodern and well furn i s h e d s c h o o l b u i l d i n g s . The construction of these buildings does not represent the altruistic spirit of the population; nevertheless, it does represent the affirmative vote of a people who have accepted the responsibility of bonds created and issued for the purchase and erection of school buildings. The mere physical or material satisfaction of owning all of this splendid equipment is not our most vital concern. We are more interested in the supreme purpose for which education is provided and the end to be achieved through the generous expenditure of such vast sums of money. What is the chief aihi of education? Is it to enable Our ashingioh ! Letter --By-- National Editorial Washington, February 3 --• Flood ravages, which taxed the resources of the Federal government, have diverted the public mind and political inter* est in the automobile workers' strike. The fact, that this issue is relegated to a position of secondary-importance at this time is best probably best for all concerned, "as it lessens the heats of controversy. Legislators from the many- states in the flood belt are fully occupied With urgent locail problems incident to the flood so that they have little time or inclination to engage the labor imbroglio. It is, however, A matter which cannot be side-tracked for the government's role has. been en-' larged to such an extent that a settlement must be affected at an early date. With the Federal purserstrings now wide open for relief of flood-stricken areas, questions are raised as to the relative unpreparedness along the rampaging rivers. There are a variety of answers, hut eonspicious in the replies are the evidences of petty politics. It is generally known that the patronage evil has figured prominently in appropriations for flood control. The Corps of Engineers of the Army, which is now doing such yeoman work in the field, was, until superseded by newer alphabetical agencies, the most effective lobby at work on Capitol Hill. Their spokesmen traded with legislators. This backscratching system resulted-- ati large expenditures for brides over navigable waters at remote places when funds jcovtfd have been used to advantage in deepening and widening major streams and tributaries. It is an old story around here that many meritioug plans, which if carried out, would have reduced much of the present devastation had they not been boggered down hy petty local politics. When you, as an impartial observer, watch the play of forces absorbed in the triangular game of government-- labor and employers, which features current furore in automobile industry, it is unlikely that you will be impressed by the deportment. Overnight developments along all fronts usually explode yesterday's claims of all factions. By exercising patience and forbearance, it is only a matter of time before the absurdities become apparent to the layman. Just now the picture shows various government agencies wielding a big club over automobile manufacturers.- This persecution may do more to solidify public support to the employer's side than any one factor. It is an established fact that the best way to advertise your opponent's qause is by persecution. The labor unions profited enormously by the utiblic's reaction to this method for many years. Now the tables are turned with their friends in Congress and in the Administration having their impartiality questioned. Government agencies are drdinarily considered neutral and their effectiveness as an arbitrator is lost once this ratjng is in doubt.- ; ' / Personalities *nd\ " factions loom conspicuously in the prevailing picture. Standing out in bold relief is the pathetic figure of Miss Frances Perkins, Secretary of Labor. The story is current in Congressional cloakrooms that Miss Perking resented the growing stature of Edward McGrady, Assistant Secretary, as the President's trouble-shooter in labor battles. It is claimed that her interference had much to do with the break-up of a settlement engineered by McGrady in the maritime workers' strike. McGrady was formerly a chief lobbyist for the American Federation of Labor, an organization from which John L. Lewis and his followers were expelled last fan. Secretary Perkins, peeved at the refusal of the General Motors executive to recognize her as the supreme government authority on labor matters demanded Congressional authority im~ rftediatelv to compel a conference. Now comeS' William Green. A. F. of L. president, and a foe to Lewis, to warn Congress not to give the lady cabinet officer vast powers of a trial court. Unlike Lewis, seeking only quick victories, Green foresaw a Damocles sword in the Perkin's demand because unions as well as employers woqld be obliged to produce their books. Lewis still considers the President is his ace card because of election obligations. The Congress will likewise require a strong-armed peacemaker soon. The action of the House in prohibiting the transfer of funds and Federal employees to dig up soiled linen for Senate! Investigators rubs the fur the wrong ^ way.. It will be recalled that certain . Senators Conducted a feud against the House in connection with legislation^ regulating the public utilities. The.--^ latest check-rein on the Senate's pro- J, pensity to conduct public and private inquiries has reopened the, wound. .V .j Backstage the talk favors retaliations, which may mean a stalemate m the " legislative program. The White House social program, which called for a"V round of official receptions, will oid^ this week as the* Lenten season ap-£-* »;. proaches. The President is holding / conferences with advisers from private • life be*ore submitting recommends-^ tions for legislation dealing with houi-3 . - and wages and other social problems.'*;': : The CongrtSfcs has displayed the usuil^ deaf ear to proposals of cabinet offi-}iV cers and lesser fry. They, want a de- p£ finite message from toe €hief E*ecu-f r^ tive--a policy which burns up the high /,} officials. • , , : • . CALIFORNIA HAS UNUSUAL . ;:V WEATHER AS UStf At tettfer received by Pteter5^ M. Justen from Fred Beiler of Sanf-M Diego, Cal., the writer told of the re- ; cent snow and freezing weather which. destroyed the fruit crop there. V: It was the first weather of its l(ind/v:' in fifty-five years, wrote Mr. Belier," ' and will make winter vegetables,:.'; oranges and avocadoes very high. • /. Every effort was made to save the- '4 crop and over five million dollars was spent for oil. As is usually the case, the weatherh < was "^ery unusual." * ^ j i ' ' -- . T - - 'a Read The Want Ads.-' :M- ^ Complete ^ Fur Gleaning and - . Repairing Service We have installed the "Reliable" Drum and Sawdust process for the cleaning of fm\?oats and complete equipment to do any kind of Altering ancLRepairing. Come in and see h^ow your furs are handled. . SPECIAL FOR 10 DAYS ONLY FUR GOATS CLEANED AND GLAZED $2.95 McHenry Cleaners Green and Elm Sts. Phone lOi-M McHenry, 111. wit: 61 HEAD LIVESTOCK < ' Consisting of ; ^ 24 HEAD OF CHOICE COWS : Mostly home raised, some with tients were discharged from these in-1 Monday when his skull was pierced stitutions. In only about one-third of by the tine of a pitchfork. Russell, these was the disease regarded as ar-1 son cf Geo. Bacon, was working on his rested or quiescent. Only about 60 father'a farm at the time of the acper cent of the discharged patients, cident. He was rushed to the hospital who spent an average of about 160 Selves by side. 12 of "these will be irj sanatoria had improved close springers or fresh. This is an jiificantly in health. at Sycamore where he died at 9:30 o'clock in the evening. A 13-year-old brother was engaged in cleaning out the stable in the late afterncSotfT He young and large in size. Roan Dur-!lurm wo L™ A l? care ^f^was pitching stable refuse out of the hanj, 2 year old bull, black Angora iVe^ r"UC j . ,ut ^"t ° ® door when his brother, Russell, darted w notionto orA olroaHw in tha . ' exceptionally good herd of Many of the. patients get to sana- C^^'itoria too late for medical care to help .bull, 7 mo. old, 5 head bred heifers. . 9 HEAD OF HORSES patients admitted are already; the: jnt0 ^ buiIdi . According to the advanced stage of the disease. Sue- , .. . T, , a ur nvFivoiLo •.*•;* *„ » * v i. • younger brother, who was the only : 5 - y e a r - o l d g e l d i n g * w t . 1 7 0 0 , 6 - y e . r - W ^ " "jw Ztim, of the accident, Russell nia,'e 'n ^oa'* wt- 1750, team mares,j « ¥-j-thftt entered the stable door just as he was LaSt year reports fell to the ran full into it. With a sharp cry of pain he fell to the ground unconscious. Cars driven by LaVerne Kuecker itig, coming 4, wt. 1500, stallion coming 3, wt. 1400, team mare,colts, coming 2,</015 . . . , , „ 2400. These are all sorrels with lowest point on record' a o{ 8'513 • gST Th:,St^S2.leTwef ,^ *-mtMor7SiiS du^releven'-na U* Sl.vin, Hebron High School ^ Ji1700: months of 1936 stood at 3,673 against .students, came together at the four 'These horses are all our own raised. 3,737 in ^responding pfriod of,corners just west of the schoolhouse - This is as fine a lot of young horses the year before' the lowe8t dlte.near Hebron Tuesday morning of last • s has ever been offei^ at an auction. 51^ relUble records have been kept |week Slavm was severely bruised Come and see for yourself and you program against tuberculosis »*><»* the shoulders a"d chest and won't be disappointed, i thas been expanded. Seal sales have ^e was covered with tiny cuts. A W HEAD HOGS ibeen much greater in the last twoi8tltch was necessary to close a lacera- 15 head brood sows to farrow last years than previously since 1930. No,tion above one eye. Alice Slavin had of April or early May, 5 Hampshires,!1*8? than 54 cour>ties have adopted the,h«r coHarbone broken and spent the 10 Duroc Jersey, pure bred Poland Glakln ,aw and have either organized | ^t of Jhe day at the Harvard hos- China stock hoe 1 i programs or plan to do so in the near jP'tal. She was the only one to require . 300 chickens, mostly' Hybrid Leg-'future' The law «naWes counties to hospital treatment. Eddie Slavin was horns and Minorca Cross, heavy layJ evy a special tax which can be uaed ^hurt. Kuecker was unhurt but his :^rs. Goose, gander, 4 white Pekin ^1^ ^ for anti-tuberculosis work.)***** Norgard, -- ducks, 10 young ducks, drake, breeds k;- ing stock Hay ana Grain 25 tons choice alfalfa hay, 200 bu.j heavy yellow seed oats, free from foul seed, 75 bu. seed wheat, free from foul seed, 250 bu. parley free from foul seeds, 200 shocks good Hybrid hill--com, 200 shocks good."Kill corn. 8-ft ^ood silo feed 4n 14-ft silo, 10 tons straw in stack. Full Line of Good Farm Machinery 2 Lunch Wagons will he on *the farm TE1RMS:--All sums of $25.00 and under, cash. Over that amount a credit of six months' time will be given /on good bankable notes satis fjffetory to the clerk bearing l','c inter est. Positively no property to bfe moved-until settled for with clerks. McFARLAND BROS, First National Bank of Woodstock, / Headdresses lell Story Women of Inner Mongolia Wear a headdress which denotes their relative social status and which, in many cases, costs as much as $5,000. thrown out and the rear wheel ran over his arm bruising it. The Slavins were all thrown out of their car and Eddie considers himself a very fortunate young man to be thrown oui with the cushions. , form Eats Sand - _ "Hie fisherman's lobworm of 'th# seashore .eats large quantities of sand for the sake of the minute organisms it contains. Dikes in China Holland is not the only laild" of dikes. China has plenty of them. On the Yangtse Kiang alone there 7JX)Q miles pf dikes 7 First Treatise on Smallpox . The Arabic physician, Rhazes, who lived in the Tenth century, wrote the oldest account in existence of smallpox and measles. ... • Natives Eat- Worms The headless bodies of Palolo worms that swarm in the waters of Samoa are caught by the basketful XOr native feasts. «; CMtriis Tm^s Burned^ ., _. A total of i^0,162 citrus trees were dug up and burned in the citrus, canker eradication project completed at Harlingen. Texa». - „• No Forests In Egyfl A large variety of trees grow throughout Eigypt, especially along the Nile, but nowhere is there a our trade schools which train young people for a definite employment. We have our professional schools from which are, graduated our teachers, doctors, lawyers. But even though schools provide specified training, are we justified in thinking that education has fulfilled its purpose, if it equips one to earn a living? Let us remind ourselves that education is no guarantee of affluence, comfort of happiness. No. Real education goes more deeply than that. It does not guarantee the possessor of a diploma employment in his field of specialization. He may be compelled to work in some other field, in some other kind of work wholly different from that for which he received special training. But in spite of the nature of his employment, the educated man should be ready for a richer, more contented life, if he has caught the meaning of education in the routine process itself. Education builds life as well as life equipment. -- Th^ ultimate aim of education is the development of character. "As a man thinketh in his heart, so is he." Thoughts make character, and education trains the mind to think. Right thoughts inspire right motives which, in turn, direct the current of the stream of life. In a little room of one of the large power plants on-the banks of the great Niagara sits a solitary man. He has under his control volts of electricity "beyond our imagination. He piust know not only how to use the power but also when to use it and where to direct it. Character as well as skill is constantly put into execution. Education motivated by a high moral purpose and a sincere altruistic spirit should be the goal of in dividual effort. No matter what sacrifice is necessary, if education develops the character of a man, it gives him an equipment that will not fail, however uncertain may be sthe conditions of employment or the kind of work offered. Education -must cause a man to know himself as well as facts and theories: and to give himself • sincere interest in his work. twm«» y»m»>w thim. i- C : - f