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Thursday, Inly 7,1988 i-sss-irf p . >«*?-"• yijr~~a £ TT*99 ll »" »l\* •• (. .••••: \ . .->•-••- '*"' t ' •.' • • •• ,• *•'••;- :ii " .•, .-V • ' \- -y., "* "SO I HEAR" «/ *i*f ®3r . >' v'i .4 * KAltL WALSft 1 ' JOHNBBUBO LOSES WILD OAKS TO HALFDAY* - 7 Johnsburg dropped a close, but wild holiday game to Half Day. Thing" went fine until the silth inning when Half Day scored six runs. Johnsburg scored all their runs in a wild eighth ii .The Fourth of Jufc has gone over!1™""*' but the rally was just a bit .the pike and our firecrackers are all 8"ort« £f one -- but, that doesn't mean we Johnsburg will battle the Waukegan ian't make any more noise ' i Mansville nine at the Johnsburg park " • ." I jnext Sunday, July 10. i - . I^i Wally Smith, regular first baseman, who has been on the side list for qppite MARRIAGE LICENSES - SHOmBKLMCRRASE INMMccHHEENN KT COUNTY The new state law & with the issuance of ma: which is a year old caused a 70 per cent drop in the total number issued in McHenry county during the twelve month period ending June 1, 1938, as against the same period the year before. Some Birds Are So Arrogant Still Unexplained. connection' . 1^ie most conceited citizen of the afee licenses kingdom is the common turkey cock. He is powerful, arrogant, aggressive, ever seeking a quarrel, but usually the first combatant to run away when a fight really takes place. Why has Nature endowed him with such a strange medley of qualities? In the period ending the first of this Why, is it that the c_o_ mmon male This noise -travels frott kemk fftj month only 239 licenses fcere issued as) barnyard fowl has been singled out and we can prove, it. * , i: against 844 for the same period the , by Nature to be a perpetual deman- ,,*,1^: li *, ».Isorc^ tima, wiU b»baefcinactkm flun-jyear "previous. Tigurgs for the twfr strator of the art of politeness to n Didrft Henry Foss, his littfe wom& \**V- ^ y«*r» foUw: ^ - | .«**' A* so°n '« K* find big son come clear from #e^»nd you can't ta*e tatttag away frothj :fc,. , f •»-» S-*7 cofckerel tork to tell us that they read theold '««« the W «•» Plaindealer every week and even read!sm,c^ ^ apple |lis staff? i /*' ' | Mub^-T m A°J--didn't" Mrs- D. L. Rigden (N^'iV. Freund, 2b ........ le Clemens to some of you) c«yme H Fnund c dear from California to say hello and „ jjever M liow are you and to say in her own _ ' " •weet way that she reads this same "• 1®""' ?D - « « *"*»« .(Ml J ^1^ "-- 1Ye«? -I- • Didn't they? They didl, vj ' " • • • ' * i -"iY That's settled. DismissAle joTtf. ' --i--' Riding in on the heels of the great- It. Hettermann, If 4 S. Freund, rf 2 B. Miller, p 3 August September ..... October ....... H | November 2 December 1 January ... 1 Fettruary r 2 March 2 April ....... 1 May 0 June O v..5? 'ST-'tt J IS- 26 20 V 26 15 11 21 12 19 .\r.' »•;; 40 : *J6-'S7| 60 74 &A "4m 239. 85 77 58 60 88 88 47 63 76 178 844 Totals Half Day .."apt downpour that most of us young Qj€4SOn 2h a p r o u t s c a n r ememb e r , t h e Ame r i c a n ^ '1 K , - tegion Carnival held its course and,y 4 spiled ^tJi rougih- to *- successful ven- ^hroederP 8b 4 .-tore. Leuthesser, c Mayfield, If Our front page artists will probably J ballyhoo this big splash of rain plenty ^ this week, so we won't get in too deep. --I-- Anyway, it was damp very damp. Blau, rf D. Schroeder, p .... Thruger, p ..... ' The idie must have been to give -as * lake on every farm.' Most any 'farmer could start his jown lijttle sul>- (hvision now .if he'd act right quick. 1 .^...5 4 .... 4 .... 5 1 i r i -!.• 0 0 1 t :U 9 PLAYGROUNB NOTES H; Two very interesting tennis touTna- • 2 ments were played Monday afternoon 2 on the high school courts. '5.1. V-\ ;• , 2 In the men's singles the final match 0 was played between Tike, of . the pop* 2 ular Max and Tike ice cream parlor," 0 and Peterson, a very clever player 1 from Chicago. This match was bat- ( 1 tl« from the start, going into a duece 1 set with Peterson finally winning, 8-6. t I Totals 41 8 12 •"The girls tournament was won by > '.Z't: Score by tarings | Adele Froehlich in another very inter- Johnsburg 000 009 070---7 esting match in which Adele beat a Half Day 010 060 lOx--8 Mrs. Evans from Chicago, one of the ^ ^ Two-base hits -- V. Freund, H. high waking players. t^aXiacoli) . . who win'tackle a bird three It's An p VM That Blows Ne ^und, Gleason, Schroeder. Bases on Park. District AhM uirf muu> m'eat fellowJ'>a"8 Miller, 3; off Seliroeder, 3; grows a comb and can crow, he begins to pay marked attention to the opposite sex, observes a writer in London Tit-Bits Magazine. He tends them, hunts for them<; and declines to eat until they have satisfied theilr wants. For ages mankind has been killing off cockerels, but the chivalry of the barnyard fowl remains untarnished, k Pigeons have been used ar.d studied for ages, but who can explain by what mysterious sense the homer sets his course? A young bird has been sent away 100 miles and liberated in strange surroundings, and within a few hours has been found safely perched in his own loft. ' How did he find his way home? - • ' Swifts will nest year after year under the eaves of the same build' ing. In spring they cross the ocean and take up their old abode in England. Close observers have noticed that they return each year within a few days of the date of their first arrival. How do they time a journey of a thousand miles or more with such uncanny accuracy? Who, too, can say why the cuckoo hen deposits her eggs in the nest of small birds and never by any chance hatches them herself? Why are powerful birds, which live by killing, lacking in courage as compared with the tiny tom-tit, times 'J,: Hood,* o'nee said some Jpteat fellow. 0 ^ He had something there. Somebody,** JLJ*ru<* '«»*-£ stole our U S. Highway No. 12 this"«r» s5 by Schroeder, 8; by Thruger, spring and we lost plenty in this burg. A pack of travelers didn't know we L_ Were on the map. ^ - Then, along comes this flood 'business and blocks every highway bat 'eur old No. 12. • J . --l-- : ^ Honest, those cars crept over" our "eld No. 12 Hke ants over the sugar -Sowl. If you don't think that meant busi- JIM McMILLEN BfEETS VICIOUS KINO KONO AT ORATSLAKE ARENA The grade children, had some lnteresting croquet and ping pong tourna-l ments Monday morning. Marion1 Smith winning the girls croquet match, Deane McCracken the boys cro-1 quet matph, and Shirley Patzke and its own size and beat him? Birds of the rapacious kinds are rarely known to engage in combat with their equals in size and strength. Bob ping Weiderman i r p6ng tdn^ni ament. Friday's Car# *"* J We wish to thank Miss Ethel Jones, King Kong vs. Jim McMillen IJohn Karls and A1 Krause for the Fred Grubmier vs. Johnny Plummer. prized they offered the winners. "Bull" Campbell vs. Fritz Schnable.l ---- Rudy Strongebrg vs. Hans Sehnable1 Due to the high water and condition In a bout held over from last Fri- of the beach, there will not be a su« Why President's Wife Is "First Lady of the Land'* The wife of the President of the teaming up to win tl* United States has ^ caHed "the Hess to McHenry, go chase yourielf day because of the rains and flood, pervised period for several days, but around the block. King Kong, famous bearded wrestling the playground will be opQn all day. star who has as yet to meet his first1 We tried to wheel up to Bald Knob defeat in this country, will go up1 Tfiis Friday ^ <clver the weekend but had no pontoons against Jim McMillen, great heavy-' abojat 3:30 o'clock thefe will be) a for the gas buggy. |Stopped at Louie weight championship contender who J"* match between a McHenry 1 Pitzen's and found that rain had is a stumbling block for up and com-' a team from Woodstock. " driven him into the hills. jing stars, in the feature attraction in' Peg's Grayslake arena Friday night FORMER RICHMONH ing. ten-1 team r Louie was quick to tell us that this headlining the outstanding card of the high water couldn't compare with'season. some he has seen. We didn't go into| King Kong easily disposed of two 7" ti|iat. That Louie cpn tell '^m* with opponents in quick order at Grayslake Hie best of 'em. and proved himself Worthy of world's -I-- •: championship consideration. JUSTICE DIES BY HIS OWN HAND Funeral services were held Tuesday Promot-1mornin* for Thomas Foster of Rich-j These holidays are great. We notic- ers called upon Jim McMillen to stop mond- former police magistrate, who :H& some fellows calling the Fourth of the sensational rise of the King who!shot and killed himself Saturday ( July "Independence Day," but checked had been finishing up all of their stars, morninS With a shot Run in the home. First Lady of the Land" ever since the establishment of the federal government. There are two reasons for this usage. During the Revolution end the two decades following, the title "Lady" was applied to the wife of any man of distinction. Mrs. Washington was known as Lady Washington, and an attempt was made in society circles to give that title to the wives of later Presidents, but the custom was discontinued because titles smacking of English aristocracy were distasteful to the majority of Americans. The President's wife was called "the First Lady of the Land" because the presidency is regarded as the highest position any man can attain in this country and his wife is given social precedence over all other women. When the President is not married tl^r woman who presides socially over the White House is called^Ehe First Lady of the up and they were all single fellows. and Mac answered the call when he fathef-in-law at Twin Lakes. signed articles for the match two1 Foster came into the limelight dur- Alby Krug was down from Antioch. weeks ago. >ng the recent primary campaign in Jim Fay was here from someplace. | Scissors Star Returns connection with issuing warrants for Henry Stephenson was down from; The semi-windup features the TC_ »"«ged operators^of pin ball and other Ringwood. Clay Hughes was up from turn 0f Freddy "Legs" Grubmier fa- PamblinK devi«* <n Richmond. He Crystal Lake. Oh! They all hit *c- m0U8 Iowa scissors star who proved k*ot hi? P*c.tare on ^ front of W1 me „rf.aier lg Henry. big favorite here last year. He will ,7wsfper8 /nd w" Tts total volume and the lfghter the --"-- I try and tame the roughster from ha,Icd hyseveral local crusaders as a weight of its unit volume. This Why Chimney Has Draft Draft in a chimney flue is caused by the difference in weight between a volume of air on the outside and an equal volume of products of combustion from the fire on the inside. The higher the temperature of a given weight of air, the greater is Henry Stephenson brought his camp Texas, Johnhy Plummer, i chair and had a ringside seat for the minute go. fireworks. Beat that! --I-- Ererthing happened ;«%er - the In the preliminary bou r, in^a thirty its twoVof the savior of the county in connection with pro- . „ , , duces a condition of unbalanced of alleged gambling, pressure at the base of the flue. The rising of the lighter gases withfour famous wrestling Sehnable brbth-' Shortly after the alleged raids in, j|* the chimney tehds to equalize ers take on heavy tars. Fritz goes Rkhmond, Foster resigned as justice' ** Pleasure. So long as the fire the cleaning ouj "machines ilourth. The Chicago Tribune came against "Bull Campbell, U.S. Navy P€*ce- He moved to Twin Lakes! hums this condition of unbalanced oMunft wmiitlhk aa seitfortriwy hVeaindeodl illirkoe tfhKiistf: « • _i « . 1 J il. i i DTMSliri Difftictft tKn Manli """ Discovers Flea Eludes Captors By Backward Hop This marvelous discovery was made in a London school. Now if they- can jut discover "Why is a Flea." c « "*• e -- -- / iiwcicu. L«aie$ wnn escor ghes back thirty years to the time in the ringside section, when most towns had ordinances providing that all motor vehicles must come to a dead stop when meeting torses. Do you remember J „ City Sights: "Pink" Gorman sitting heavyweight champion who was re-'an^ had been residing there for sevc e n t l y t r a n s f ^ r e H . t o \ h e Great Lakes e r*l months. At ofne time a year orj Naval Station frotti the west coast,'two ago he held a position as state| pressure persists, the result being draft. while Hans takes on Rudy Strong berg, powerful. German adonis,, in the other prelim. Tickets at $1 and at 50c plus tax will he available at the box office which opens especially early, 7:00 p m., to take care of the large crowd ex. We were wading a little «tory that(Pected. Ladies with escorts will be highway patrolman. He later ran for Democratic precinct committeeman in Richmond township." Sixty-Foot Waves in Atlantic Giant Atlantic ocean waves are even bigger than is generally thought. The biggest ones are more than 60 feet high and ahout JL«QOp on his front steps shooting flrecrack-1 feet from crest to crest.' ers -- s h o o t i n ' 'em for the k i d s , of, ' v 60urse. Gorillas Have Man's Diseases Gorillas have many of man's diseases, such as pneumonia, rickets Take" says that Puplis, former Notre Dame quai back, will coach at Crystal Lake Higl School this year. II-- There's no use. We cant forget that flood. Vfe saw one young lady and colitis. take her shoes off her little footsies j - .. and wade right through a blocked "Put and road. • - --i-- :• We knew you cut believe these newspapers, but this one came by way of the radio. They must tell the truth!Best Crack of the Weeks sometimes. The story goes that a' Edward Burns, Chicago Tribune group of Italian soldiers are marooned baseball expert, referring to Big John on some Ethiopian hillside without (Whitehead of the Sox as "Yum-Yum." food. What are they doing but load- They claim that Whitehead lives to ing animals in airplanes, strapping eat. parachutes on them, and dropping. -- H-- them down to the hungry fallows.! P®ul R«vere had nothing on "Peg- Flying cows! I gy" Feltz. "Peg" rolled out early on I I the morning of the storm, discovered They won't let the dead rest. Now j that our water main under the Boone tile Republicans are claiming that Creek bridge was in danger so galloped through town to retire out the sound-sleeping aldermen. . --B-- . ;^.;> "Peggy" may be Hero "No. a, but there was Hero No. 2 on the job, too. The crowd was in a frenzy as a Homes Jefferson wasn't a Democrat. --B-- ' Which reminds us. * ' Mrs. C. F. Renich, wife of our Pub- Ifaher, and a staunch Republican of her own right, is reported to have huge tree was rushed doWn the' swirl spent one of the most enjoyable times ing stream, menacing the large, pipe, of her life on a recent trip to Westj --I]-- -A Virginia. Mrs. Renich thoroughly en- Joe stopped it single-hahded! Joyed the gracious hospitality and --B-- .warm welcome extended by the First) Of all things A swarmbees Lady of our Land, Mrs. Franklin Del-'have made their home in the walls ano Roosevelt. - . -I-- Just between us, a little bird told M that-Mrs. Renich and our editor's wife were caught playing "Drop the Handkerchief" while the crowd was have played water applauding our First Lady's speech,,lideas came too Xate. of the Rainbow Sweet Shop. Can those bees pick their spots! --I-- McHenry's ball team didnt over the weekend. Wet grounds. CouW polo, but those v FROM OHIO SUBSCRIBER Alvada, Ohio, J«ty8,1M8. McHenry Plaindealer, ; McHenry, Illinois. Dear Sir: Enclosed you will/find $2.00 for my subscriptidtr-foF-tlre paper. We heard over the radio yesterday noon that you had a flood out there in McHenry. Harvey Nye and family from out there just came out here last night and I told him and he said it rained awful hard Thursday night before he left • Well, the crops are 1 ooking fine around here. Certainly had nice hay weather out here, a week and a half without rain. Most of the wheat is cut and on shock. I got eight acres to cut yet. Wheat is pretty good.Open celluloid bands are sometimes Oats look .good so does the corn. If used, and they are easily removed Nothing happens we will have a pretty I without harm to the birds. ood crop. We had an awful heavy; -- ^ Why Germany H*» toCay Election According to Article 22 of the constitution of the German republic, all iiational elections must be held on Sundays or on public holidays. This provision was promoted by considerations of convenience and industrial economy. It enables the largest number of voters tc take part in the elections and causes the least interruption of business. The practice is not new. National elections in Germany were held on Sundays and public holidays under the imperial regime, according to the German embassy at Washington. Why Bands Are en Birds' Leg* Breeders of canaries put bands on the legs cf certain birds to distinguish different breeds and to prevent interbreeding. Many aviarists have discontinued their use, as legs are frequently broken by customers attempting to remove the bands. rain here last Sunday and a good shower Friday. Well, I guess I will have to cut wheat tomorrow if it is the 4th of July. Yours truly, JOHN A. BUGN1ER. are Sacred Books Hie Buddhist sacred book* written in Pali, India's living tongue from the Seventh through "the Seventeenth centuries. Deaeen, Skin of Bmalf {AOf Deacon, as applied to leather, is the akin of a very small calf. After curing, the skin weighs leas seven pounds. The Horse and Losers Jud Tunkins says the horse is a itient animal, but not as patient ~ the losers that keep betting on Why It Is "Secretary** Bird From a fancied resemblance)of its erectile crest to the pen behind the ear of a clerk, the secretary bird received its name. It is a large cranelike bird, closely allied to the Vultures, and stands about four feet high, with bluish gray plumage. Why Lions' Heads Grace Fountains The ancient Egyptians used a lion's head for their fountains because the Nile overflows every year Greeks and Romans in turn adopted the same idea, which gradually became ^ougiiout world. ' • ... Wine Cellar in Glacier On the Jimgfrau, in Switzerland, is a hotel which has a wine .cellar cut into the ice of the glaciec# Earliest Illustrated Werk The Egyptian papyrus, "The Book of the Dead," written about 1500 B. C., is the earliest known illustrated work. \ Treaty to Protect RoWm < In 1918 the United States made a treaty with Great Britain and Mwico to protect robins. SECRET OF STAGE LOOT OF $80,000 REMAINS UNSOLVED Death of Rancher Ends Last Chance of Clearing Old Wert Mystery. Colorado Springs.--Another secret of'the Old West seemed destined to remain an unsolved mystery with the death here of Raymond McLaughlin, eighty-eight years old, pioneerColorado rancher. With - McLaughlin* died the Jest clue to the purported hid>Ug place of,$80,000 in loot ,taken.in the historic Como (Colo.) stage, Jobbery in the summer of 1863. ^ Although the band of 12 bandits was captured and later shot, they all died without revealing what had become of the stolen fortune in gold and greenbacks. McLaughlin was fourteen years old at the time of the robbery. The bandits, he said, had visited his father's ranch, forced his mother to cook them a meal and then commandeered his father's horsea, on which ' they robbed the stage at Como." ' Believed to Save Kept Secret. He never would reveal the exact burying place of the hidden loot, and local residents and "oldtimers" always thought that McLaughlin "knew more than he was telljn' " about the treasure. Legend says the robbers hurriedly buried it at the foot of a tree before they were set upon by a posse. The tree was marked by a bowie knife stuck in its trunk. The stagecoach had left Fairplay, Colo., headed for the UUs pass over the Rocky mountains. * At Como, Colo., 12 bandits, armed with revolvers, rifles and knivet, attacked the coach, killed the driver and guard, and seized the money box. They also robbed the three passengers and ripped open all mail sacks in search of more Anoney. The men then bound the passengers and escaped. When the passengers .could release themselves, they spread an alarm and heavily armed posses, including two troops of federal cavalry, took up the chase. One group of possemen surprised the bandits in camp the following night, killed six of them and captured the remaining six. The loot was never found. The captured men were taken to Denver and held for transfer to the federal jail at Pueblo. Some days later the six men v.-ere on the road from Denver to Pueblo with a squad of cavalry riding ahead and one rising in the rear. Gang Wiped Oet. HUB OVER wmmm OWDS TO CITY WEEKEND Carnival time pMtim in McHenry over the weekend. The bright lights, confused medley .of music and shouts, "the ferris wheel and - the monotonous song of the calliope were all there to fill the milling Crowds • with the suppressed excitement of- carnival time. Qw*e wheels, ferris ^ fw wheels tihi«h Ih ateuttt tpntioaobs rhythm througfceet SwRay and iftmday. Thousands of' Weekend merry mfelcers and citizens thronged the premises during the thre£ diysr and nights of gaiety. The carnival proved- a huge success despite the fnclement weather prior to the Opening tfhich threatened to ruin the annual .effiSf. The local American Legion Post, Number 491 agai^ put over one of those splendid "Fourth of July carnivals for which they axe famous. It was held on the • familiar carnival pounds on" the hank of Boone Creek in the center of t)ie city. The Carnival proved so popular that hundreds of people were turned away because of lack of parking space on the streets and grounds! . 1 Too mucjk credit can not be given to the chairtiKp and. 'members of their committees in jchaWge of the Various carnival arningeincjftts who worked so diligently #jidv«mselfi$Wy to give the public onerOf the .finest carnivals ever held in McHenry. As in the past, McHenry citiMtns bAnded together in a splendid spirit <af cooperation to assist the {AmecicaH' Legion in making this festival \ an outstanding success. It p a y s - a d v e r t i s e : Tom Bolger surely did a goodtjeh of it and everyone who cpuld-refttiL knew about the carnival. Over; .4^000 announcements were sent out .in addition to posters, letters and oenispspcr- "ads." There were games and entertainment for everybedy. Rides, booths and various .attractions and concessions were*.- chosen, to please both young and old, ^ i The ridee- proved: eapcially popular with the children and young folks. The ferris wheel, liady loop and loopo- plane tfciUs aplenty for those whq dfwd ride ift them. A merry- go-roand arid^V' ride seemed fascinate children. The ever-popular corn game drew a large crowd as- did the wrestling match held inside* a tent. A penny game attracted both yonng and old. to PTOE MILK ASSN. ® SELECTS A NEW GENERAL MANAGER A. H. Lauterbach The Board of Directors of the Hate Milk Association is pleased to announce the appointment of Arthur HT. Lauterbach as general manager of the organization, He will assume his new duties in Chicago-in the near future. Mr. Lauterbach comes to the association frohi Philadelphia, Pa., where he has been manager for the past three years of the Inter-State Milk Producers' Association, the dairy farmers' co-eperative in thd Philadelphia market He is also, at this time, president of the Northeastern Dairy Conference, a federation of dairy cooperatives, .general farm organizations and various state departments that are interested in agriculture. The Pure Milk Association counts itself fortunate in securing an executive of Mr. Lauterbach's experience in the dairy co-operative field, and knows that the* thirty-three counties in the Chicago milk shed will benefit under his leadership. Prior to his affiliation with the Inter- State Milk Producers' Association, he was chief of the dairy section of the Agricultural Adjustment Administration ,and before that was genera] manager of the National Cheese Producers' Federation with headquarters at Plymouth, Wis. Mr. Lauterbach was born and reared on a farm near LaCrosse, Wis. His education included the Wisconsin Business University, night classes of the University of Minnesota Extension The grand finale came with the Division and special courses at Y. M. great display of fireworks on the car- C. A. From 1910 to 1918 he was ac nival grounds Monday night. Every- countant and office manager of the thing new and daring ih pyrotechnic Soo Railway at Minneapolis From Just what happened or who start- .art was displayed. Brilliant and awe- 1918 to 1927 he operated his own farm ed it has never been, determined, ful fireworks illuminated the skies and at Monticello, Minn., and participated but when the smoke cleared, the | filled the air with >reaeunding blasts, in the organization of local co-operalast six men of the band were dead. jThe "oh's" and "ah's^ of unconcealed tive creameries, co-operative elevators Word passed around the country delight and wonderment from the and farmers' livestock shipping assosaid that the troopers had offered jcrowd as display burst into a ciation. He also assisted in the organi8lory hriUiao^te were ample proof isation of Land O'Lakes Creameries, rti«rin«i. tho hidinir nlnr* nf ithe Legionnaires had again pre- and in 1927 was appointed manager of tmhee $tB80u .0u0u0u . Iut wwaass ssaaiida tuhiaavt txhnee 1 s•®,{n«tf]1. *kH**wy ^tth the best of car- the poultry and egg division of L«aonmd bandits refused and were killed. McLaughlin's version of the robbery substantiated these reports. O'Lakes, a position he held until 1932 when he was selected as general manpry suDoianuflica incsc rcpona. • The pioneer rancher mentioned | "Geneva Gulch" as the location of the buried loot. When questioned as to the location of "Geneva Gulch,'N^ie would evade answering by saying4 "it's oh the North Platte river." Order y^;lla|blir"ftamps at The ager of the National Cheese Producers' Federation. Curse on Family 7 Is Blamed on Elk Head St. Paul.--An elk that was killed near the St. Paul business district in pioneer days has put a strange curse on the family of the late Horace Austin, governor at Minnesota, 1870-74, it seems. Wherever the elk's heed trophy is placed a fire breaks out, consuming everything but the trophy, according to its present owner, Herbert W. Austin, city purchasing agent and son of the governor. The curse began in 1881. Governor Austin had the trophy hanging in his executive offices when fire destroyed the building. Excited lawmakers rescued the elk's head, overlooking important state documents. The trophy was removed to the old Austin family cottage at Lake Minnetonka. Fire consumed the cottage, but neighbors retrieved the trophy intact. The trophy was stored in the old Chapman house pavilion at. Mound. The pavilion burned to the ground, but someone saved the elk head, which now reposes at the Attain'# new Minnetonka cottage. !• Crowing Now! Former Hen Turns Into Rooster Petersburg, Ind.--The barn yard of the Rev. William A. Montgomery at Gfezon was excited as a rooster, recently a hen, started life anew among the fowl. The former hen quit laying last December, sprouted a tail and a comb. Other hens started pecking at her, which in hendom meant she was socially an outcast. Now fully transformed and crowing with full voice, he is trying to live the life of a good rooster. The Rev. 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