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81s -""YY YYY -"Z3* W I / • s | F « ^ " j • ? t) * . "*-%U J' • ' V*' • ".'"T;" '.VI ^; fHS McHENBY PLAINDEALER J^ V ' ' ; Thursday, September 30,1937 ; ??ifV 'IHow the Other Half Lives" . «y • • ' LEONARD A. BARRETT !1 - . &• : : v _*•;) #- • '^Vi One of the best sellers of Several J|)ecadrs past was a book entitled, ' "How the Other Half Lives." It was a vivid portrayal of the social conditions of a very large population of the under- privileged in the large cities. To many, the book was an astbunding revelation. Among these was the late Theodore Roosevelt who read the book and hastened to the study of the c ' ^iuthor, at that time living in the ':{-f "totims Of Ne\v York. The author j.". ' -;was not in, but Mr; Roosevelt left -llis card-upon which he Wrote these • -iji'ords: "Have read your book and 1&a;me -to help.*' The real ntiessage jV;v« •\ • * ':ift the book was a plea for a mutual standing1 between tha social \':y'Sglasses. Understanding is hecessary YY'V?- the solution of' every problem, v, Y'ftany. like Mr. Roosevelt, would o$- 1 • - Iter to help, if .they understood the J^^li-V^i-Aeed . to know 1 J*" ' "lives, Perhaps how • the other half those who happen to re.fid theselines, live • in .a ' shel- """ fered world; reasonably free from •' the fear of ' insecurity and reason^ •^{"'.•Jibly sure of the necessities of life. V'; Within our reach, if not actually the corner, of Maple avenue to Green within sight, may dwell others whc are literally on the verge of hunger. and in serious need of courage ; and a helping hand. It is not the of this message to say we Twice Told Tales I Ttema <rf IntarMt Taken From : the Wee at thrHalndealet •# Y®ar* At» LILY LAKE mm TWENTY YEARS AGO Butter on the Elgin board of trade sold at 41% cents per pound last Saturday. Simon Stoffel has been named on the agricultural (food control board for McHenry county. - u Never before has McHenry seen the automobile traffic:that was experienced. overtheholidays. ° Earl R. Walsh is attending the A meeting of the Lily Lake Ladies' League was held Tuesday afternoon at the Lily Lake Casino. Prizes were won in- bunco by Mrs. George J. Wegener, Josephine Dosch and Mrs. A1 Olson. Mr. and Mrs. Hanson and baby' daughter of Chicago spent the weekend at their cottage at Lily Lake. > Mr. and Mrs. Harry L. Miller of Cicero and friends spent the weekend at their cottage at Lily Lake. Mary Hubbell and Viola Brady haVe returned to their home in Chicago, atfer spending two weeks at their cottage at Lily Lake. Mr. and Mrs. Pecha and family of Chicago spent Sunday at their cottage at Lily Lake. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Dosch visited the home of Mr. and Mrs. John Cusick in Chicago over the weekend^ Mr. tfnd Mrs. Walk and family of Chicago spent the weekend at Lily Lake.' . Christine Wegener of Chicago spent 1 CONGRESSIONAL VIEWS By Congressman Chaancey W. Reed Y • (Continued from last week) MEN WHO HAVE REPRESENTED YOUR COUNTY IN CONGRESS county fair every+day tW* year. ^end -at the home of her par- ,S Wegener. The friends at Lliy Lake of C. O. Swanso.n were sorry .to hear of the deatj^ of his father, who pa#s£d away are being -exhibited*!*? tracks.... Y' ./""-V,. " '• Most of the McHenry township you,* who will help make up the Monlia£. ww; „.t,onal M. «d M™:' Martin 6t Chicago we»i«na at Lily Lake. . 0 ® c. • • ,-i *.^. r, ^ J Visitors !n the home t>f Mal'y Hub- V '• THIRTY YEARS, AW?" ; bell and Viola B^dy over the weeke^l * •» . • , . \ * -v were'A. Crane, M. Crane and Mrs. H. A%w cemeht walk is king'W :a»d Y 5hi the south side of Pearl street from Illinois in the meantime had increased its population to such an extent that it became entitled to seven Congressmen. The legislature ac>- cordingly, in 1843, apportioned the/ state into seven Congressional districts. The fourth district consisted of the counties of Cook, Will, Kane, McHenry, DuPage, Lake, Boone, De- Kalb, Kendall, Grundy, LaSalle, Iroquois, Livingston, McLean, Champaign, Vermilion and Bureau. It might be illuminating at this point to discuss briefly the organization of the counties of Will, Kane, McHenry and DuPage. "Of these four, \yill is the oldest, having been created in January, 1836 from territory detached from Cookand Iroquois counties. The " neW Cpunty thus brought into existence, inwas passed by the legislature Authorizing the formation of a new county to be known as "Michigan County." The territory contained within its boundaries included all of the present county of DuPage and that part of Cook lying north of DuPage and south of McHenry and Lake counties. The formation of this new political subdivision never fnaterializes however, because of the failure of its citizens to complete a county organization under the enabling act creating it "Michigan County" went, out of existence and is knowrt as one of the "lost" counties of Illinois. On Febthe fourty Conngressiojial District and in 1852 to the Thirty-third Congress from the Second Congressional district created under the Act of that year. In 1867 as a Republican he was elected Mayor of Chicago, a position he held until 1863. In 1864 as a Republican he was again elected to Congress serving from March 4, 1865 to March 3, 1867. When he completed this term he returned to Chicago and resumed the practice of law. > He died ill' that City October 16, 1888 and is i buried in Rosehill cemetery. He serv-j ed in Congress during the troublesome j period of the Mexican War and asj Mayor of Chicago during most of thci Civil War. While a member of this Thirtieth Congress he had as his col- j league Abraham Lincoln of whom he became very fond. As a Congressman | he served under seven Presidents, John i j Tyler, James K. Polk, Zachary Taylor,' i Millard Fillmore, M. E. CHURCH j are invited to attend services the M. E. church every Sunday. Sunday school, 10 a. m. ^ ; Morning worship, 11 a. m,:'V5" ^, Epworth League, 7:30 p. raY ' * ^ Pastor: Rev. Harry Collins, wood,, . -" • • ' ; ,!*w ruary 9, 1839,,about two years later,; r.'"nwfe' *]ran^n Pierce, however, DuPage County, with its,Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Johnpresent boundaries was created from territory detached from Cook and has remained unchanged in area since that time. ' , Congressman John Wentworth The first Congressman,to be elected eluded not only its present area but from; the newly created fourth conalso a large tract*of land adjoining it gressional district of which these four on the south. In 1856 this tract was1 counties were a part, was "Honest _ _ withdrawn to become a pArt of Kan-j John" Wentworth of Chicago, He first j Thirty-second Cdngress and served kakee County and Will County was re-j SaW the light of day in Sandwich, Car- j from March 4, 1851. to March 3, 1853. duced to its present limits. --*-• %r rr i_ Bon. Congressman Richard S. Malony Richard S. Malony was born in Northfield, N. H., June 28, 1811.- He studied medicine and was graduated ifirom Dartmouth Medical School in 1838 which year he commenced the practice of his profession in Belvidere, Boone County, Illinois. In 1850 he he was elected as a Democrat to the Y<" • isSY Spirit Yshall exchange places with the oth- -er half: such vehement expressions but overbalance the social scales, but it is imperative that we underitand the thwarted ambitions of ruggling youth, the utter discourement of men and women who ave lost their nerve, and the aching void in the lives of little chil- Y dren who go hungry to school. ; Unless we know something of the -feieartache of the world, we onrv- Alves are poor indeed. Unless fafored social classes realize their |power to change unwholesome environment and meet that power With adequate action, the light of •--tocial progress will remain under bushel of selfishness. What is our attitude toward this .Cross section of human experience? Do we take only a mental photograph of it all, look at the picture fai our mind daily, and let it go? Or, Y - we resolve to do something about ' :|t? Do we know what it is to say: "I came to help"? We shall never teally know-how the other half lives Until we receive a' smile of appreciation from someone who had almost forgot how to smile; until we jftre given broken, • half - audible . Words which tell life's story in letiers of drab. No man can live unto himself. " Life is too complex fbr that. This Ylil"s true in • local neighborhoods, in --------the life of throbbing cities, in national and in international affairs. ^ In Kipling's story, "Wee Willie Y a little child leads two Y -Ivarring enemies to face*each other '• fend to understand. Peace belongs p to mutual understanding: and the ~ beginning of understanding is the j *•< tear of social power as well as sotial poverty. Let us seek the incentive to help our fellow-man. Let us j>*. tubdue indifference which deepens the cleavage lines between human -fbeings. Let us set up the words: *'I came to help" on every tragic , j, crossroad of life today. j© Western Newspaper Un^on. street. The bid warehoa&e which sbknds just north of the Peter B. Freund building is being razed to the ground this week. Jos. RotheiTnel has fhe distinction of having caught the largest black bass that has been taken from the Fox in twenty years. The beautiful specimen tipped the scales at 13% pounds. Mrs. W. G. Jjtehreiner is the proud possessor of an elegant new pi^fli& Y Y FORTY YEARS AGO ^ Once the Largest Hotel When the Continental hotel was erected at Philadelphia in 1860 it was the largest hotel in this country. The front of the building was six stories high and the back part * Kahe County was created by an Act of January 16, 1836. It Was then.considerably larger inasmuch as it included within its limits hot only its present area, but also all of DeKalb •nd part of Kendall counties. These rail County. New Hampshire on March j He was not a candidate for re-nomina- 5. 1815. HJS father, John Wentworth, j tkm. In 1866 he moved to Hurrbcldt, had formerly been a member^ of .the j Nebraska, where he engaged in farm- Contmental Congress and was one of ing. Sixteen years later he declined the signers of the Articles of Confed-, the Democratic nomination for U. S. •eration. The younger Wentworth re- Senktor from Nebraska on account of ceived his common and academic edu-'in health. He died Nov. 14, 1#1, i» were detached a few years later and £atlon in Doverr N. H., and graduated buried at Belvidere, Illinois, in 1841 Kane County was reduced to fr0™ College m 1836. He nrpsont !then moved to Chicago where he engaged in newspaper work. Believing it would be advantageous to have a its present proportions. McHenry County which was aiso icotfteIu . th.e Act .°^. January 16, i thorough knowledge of law he enrolled letter BENNETT TO RETURN The Plairp&aler is in receipt of a HOUSE CALL OPTICAL SERVICE M YOUR OWII HOME NO EXTRA CHARGE GLASSES COMPLETE (O PA AS LOW AS ^0.«)U For appointment, Phone Chicago, Franklin 8510 -- McHenry 60-W "oc Write to -- Dr. M. M. Kagan OPTOMETRIC EYE SPECIALIST Street. Chicago Frank Bennett, which FRETT BROTHERS ;\-.-^rCONTRACTO«S Brick, -Plaster alMI-v Stucco Work Bailding, Moving and Raising •Telephone 625-M-l ^ McHENRY, ILL. . 1 36, then included within its bounds j jn the law department of Harvard uni-' states that he will return to McHenry ^\at .now knoWn as Lake,, County, j versity. After completing his course! about Oct. 5 or 6, to resume his maswas eight stories. It was one of the | When this was detached in 1839, Mc-j he was admitted to the bar and be- sage practice at the Northwestern Hbfirst hotels in the country to install Henry County Was reduced to its pres-jgjrfn his practice in Chicago. In 1843 tel in West McHefifyT f?an? hhf im«n" 1 e"A • '• he WaS PelHUaded to run for Congress; Mr. Bennett was called home a few fow^ fL thi r,r«t ^ f°te. ^rf I . . ^athe.r, c""OUs incident is asso- and was elected as a Democrat to the , weeks ago on account of illness in his tower for the protection of its pa- "ated with the origin oif DuPage Twenty-eighth, Twenty-ninth, Thir- j family, but reports that trons. |.County. On March 2, 1837, an Act tieth and Thirty-first Congresses from | now. are. fine Mrs. Wilbtir Bassett will give a tem on Friday afternoon of this week, tin* der the auspices of the Ladies Aid Scf« ciety of the M. E. church. - Mrs. Lewis Waite, who resides with her son, R. Waite. in this village, had the misfortune to fall down cellar, on Tuesday morning, injuring herself qujte severely. We understand that John Stroner** mother-in-law is making him a visit this week. The old lady has a determined look and John is" accordingly meek and docile. Hanly's bus team made a desperate attempt to have a little spin on their own hook, at the seven o'clock train on Monday evening. The prompt action of Harry Wightman prevented a runaway and the consequent damages. c*&' FIFTY YEARS AGO Tbe sheds at the brictf yarif again caught fire on Sunday night and Wer® damaged to the extent of about $10(1, Ther cautfhi from a hot kiln. Mrs. Thos. Fhalin was the purchaser this week, of one of the finest cools stoves we have seen lately. We understand that C. V. Stevenjf has taken in as a partner in his busw» ness, John Miller, who has been hi|| head clerk for the past three years. McHenry Post, No. 643, G. A. R., was mustered on Monday evening with twenty-two charter members and L. EX Bennett was elected Commandor. MONEY TO LOAN . I have clients who Have money to lend on first mortgages on real estate and others who waavt to borrow money on real estate. If interested either way, I will be glad to talk it over with you. Joseph N. Sikes Waukegan National Bank fildg. 4 S. Genesee St., Waukegan, I1L TEL. MAJESTIC 103 ! Y KENT ft COMPANY AU Kinds of I N S U R A N C E (Naeed with the B)ost reliable ' Companies Oome in and talk it ever "bone McHenry S Charlie's Repair Shop Next Door To Hoot Noonan'g On U. S. It . RADIATORS REPADUfll v BODIES and FENDER* Straightened Sign Painting Truck Lettering Funiiture Upholstering CHARLES RIETESEL SIXTY YEARS AGO CHIC FALL SUIT The Board of Supervisors apt* session at Woodstock this week. ' Buck and Wells have purchased thf new building lately put up oppositi Perry and Martins, and will immed* lately fit it up for a first class restau*. rant and billiard hall. The firm of Fitzsimmons and Even* son, in order to .accommodate theii* large and increasing trade, have been obliged to make an addition to their store, and have opened a room in the east side 30&40, which they now oai as a grocery and crockery department Completely In^ated. C^ea heat reguTatat. Automatic top lighter. Non-clog top burnetB. Enamelled throughout. 2-piece grid-p4|k broiler. 2 roomy service drawers. A* P. Freund Co. iExcav&ting Contractor Cracking, Hydraulic,and Service Road Building t«L 204-M McHenry, HOLSTBIN HERD OWNERS SPONSOR SALE OCT. T Smartly tailored, this fall street suit of uneven-surfaced celanese crepe in brown features a novel Y; neckline design and a row of fabric- ^ , covered buttons to the waistline. On Thursday, October 7 at Green's Sale Barn in Woodstock, Holstein breeders from McHenry, Boone and Lake Counties are consigning 45 head of high quality pure bred Holsteins. This sale is'an outgrowth of interest stimulated by local Black and Whita Shows sponsored by the County Holstein Associations this past summer. Judging from the quality of cattle consigned, there will be niany animals of good type backed by V acceptable production records sold in ibis sale. McHenry county herds consigning to the sale include Harmony Hills Farm, Marengo; Leland Hegeman, Spring Grove; Willis Gardner, Solon Mills; H. R. Kiltz, Woodstock; Maywood Farm, Hebron; F. B. McConnell & Son, Woodstock; Peters Bros., Marengo; Turner & Winn, Richmond; E. A. Thomas, West McHenry, and Judd Winn, Richmond. Consignments from Boone County are coming: from the herds of Clarence Johnson, Floyd Rote and Ernie Ellington. Herman Dunlfer of Lake County is also consigning to this sale. Iran, Name (or Persia The official .name for. Persia Iran. . .. , A woman's work shop is her kitchen! How important it is then to have it modern and upto- date m every respect! And yet, today, mac|f homes are still using ancient, inefficient stoves and ranges... equipment that should have been discarded long ago. i Y To make it possible fbr every home to enjoy modern cooking equipment, the Western United pas and Electric Company now offers a big Fall Sale of modern Gas Ranges. Come in and inspect the m^ny sizes and makes on display. "See the drastically reduced prices that mean big savings to you. Liberal terms to make it easy to buy now. . . so don't delay. Visit your Western Doited Store today. * SMALL DOWN PAYMENT LIBERAL TERMS JPSTERN UNITED ••GAS electric oompanyL/ FN S. H. Freund & Son CONTRACTORS . • » ; AND BUILDERS PIwim 117-R MoHenr/ Our experience 'U at Tour Service in bnildinf Tour Want* Telephooe Nd. 800 v. r~~v Stoffel A Reihanaperger • 4 IsMurance a|«iU far all ela proterty in tke best unptiiM. EST McHENRY ILLINOIS "»4G, low at °«/i this tow Price! Downs Motor Express - The Pioneer Line • c Operates daily between McHenry and Chicago '. i-'i'-v .• ' •. •' '; '. •;t; Phonee: ,V." Wabash McHenry 7518 286 Ph« 43 your 'a#»£e Eli.nrwis IS FAIKJT ME I A^AKIM'A PATTERN OF DOS "TRACKS Alt OVER TU' UKIOtEUm KUOW MAKES 0 TRACKS > Appuep ?ora 'ft. nmi fooe .TRACK UUOLBUml VOU GOT SOME -rum /A ["rWEKl You 0\MT SEE AKiV MUPPY "TRACKS, HE'i 1 Jp rr 2 VERNON J. KNOX ATTORNEY AT LAW iPries Bldg. Yj;t- OFFICE HOUHfl Y Tuesdays and Fridays #tiMr Days by Appointee* HCHMIT AITTO INSURANCE ' ~ EARL R. WALSIT Pri« Bldg. X; 'a • -V"-'