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- 'M[ TWBfTf 1-FITK TEARS AfiO ... „. llinick, chiropractor, fartM ku been located In the Bre- * Mi Mlflsi on the west side durtkt put nine months or more, _i week gold bis practice to Dr. ^0. Fowler of Woodstock. •nd has been broken and the rat Is now being put In for •ew home -to he erected for rm. Bishop on Riverside Drive. Karls cafe, located in the John |f. Bach block on Riverside Drive, feear the bridge, was entered during the early bowrs of Tuihy morning of last week and nMvil of between |K and ftO la currency and four or Iti cartons of cigarettes. • A home Is soon to be erected for Mrs. Jacob Stock on her lot on Pearl street. A garage has already been built. FORTY TEARS AW The batter on the Elgin board of trade dropped to 26 cents last Monday. The selling was light, *0 tubs being all that was taken. Bull-head fishing is pronounced to be splendid by local anglers. Some good catches have been reported this past week. That McHenry will get Its long looked for depot Is now an assured fact. Work of filling In the hallow just west of the Chas. Harm- LAURENCE N. PITZEN EVERGREENS SHRUBS LANDSCAPING A few evergreens still available for foundation planting. Route One McHenry, HI. ffetMi* McHenry 6604-2 km going on •rta« IN M*t week. Congratulations to oar Tillage board! The Green street walk ia to ho eztendMNAt least, the authorities are alloVing/he public to dump its kupeVMoas dirt in the hollow Just west of the present walk near Win. Stoffle's implement house. FIFTY YEARS AC®f ^ Get ready to plant 850 acres of cucumbers and get ready to do It at once too. Having purchased the pickle factory of W. A. Crlsty, we are now putting In the necessary Improvements R. W. Stafford. The Lake County Independent has been sold and editor Just has become the sole proprietor. Prof. F. E. Angevlne, accompanied by Misses Kate Howe, Jessie Baldwin, Frances Osborne, Deborah J. Cooper and Mrs. Mary Cobb, will go to Harvard tomorrow to attend the county meeting of teachers. The Marengo Republican has been changed to a folio, all home print SIXTY YEARS AGO LANDL'S COUNTRYSIDE INN LILY LAKE 0 Featuring Dove Carter at the Hammond Organ SATURDAY and SUNDAY NIGHTS o--- The BEST of FOOD and DRINXB Power Lawnmowers The famed "Jacobsen" For free demonstration or in need of repair FHonmi Hettermann Sinclair Johnston? The following hew postmasters have lately been appointed in this county; W. B. Fitch. Crystal Lake; J. VanSlyke, McHenry. L. H. Owen goes to Chicago, to-day. where he has accepted a position in a real estate office. The brick yard, owned by the Elgin Brick and Tile Company, and under the supervision of that "boss" brtckmaker* Isacc Went, worth, is now running in full blast. Mr* L. D. Lincoln's Ice Cream parlor on the west side, can now supply all with the best of cream, either by the dish or quart wanted" ads British Hm ttMklag Up M ilelp Wtittf* lis LONDON.--British checking the "help these days. Modern times and socialism In Britain have caught up with feudal nobility. Many an *ail or lord has switched from dinner clothes to overalls to earn pocket money and to meet his overhead expenses. Some simply are broke and need the money to live. Others-are burdened bar the coet of keeping their mansions and estates. By the time they have paid their taxes, they find they can't runUteir cars, pay their dub dues. keep\up their social engagements or \act the way noblemen generally aj» supposed to do. Some have takn to selling parcels ct their land .in order 1o eeve the rest " Still others have &qned to Commoners' chores because they want to make themselves useful in Britain's great battle for production-- its struggle to survive. They have dropped ttt Hffe of a man-about-town. therefor*. Mi turned to earning a tarings Man's Fecshasrm Historical records are missing of the achievements ct the men who inhabited the earth during the last million years; the Java man, the Heidelberg, PUtdown. Neanderthal, Cro-lfacnon man and others. Hot-Iron Holder FREE FASTEN ON WALL OR CUPBOARD BOOR WHEN YOU BUY A ouse ADJUST-O-MATIC IRON ADJUST-O-MATIC WON *11.95 HOT-IRON HOLOKR IOTA! VAUm t r - ? ' CAREY ELECTR^f SHOF --BLEOTBIOAL 00HTEACT0R8 -- TKLEPHOHZ 251 McHMty; HI. you can be SURE..if iTsWestinOhouse . ' v . n - ' ;.v-VV enables' the tormr to proSon store In a given time and m lowers unit coats, agricultural experts contend. A factor In the situation. of course, is the tact tlttt wheress the termer used to raise bis horses and mules 40 yean ago, us machinery represents a cash outlay However, experts believe the saving in wages, plus Am fact that work is done faster, adds up to s figure that leaves Km farmer a good profit an his mechanization. The fact is that the mechanized farm. In an area level enough so that tractors ean develop lop performance, Is a mass production factory. That Is In port responsible tor the trend toward larger fsrpis There are 10 per cent fewer now than In 1MQ, but than ttre mi large holdings. News that the meat ration in Britain is to be cut to the all-time low of 17 cents' worth a week, mainly due to the lack of promised supplies from the Argentin^ means that ar> even sterner effort will be called for from Britain's farmers. Only 13 cents' worth. of butcher's meat will be available each week on the ration--the other lour cents' worth will have to be in canned corned beef. The farms of Britain have already achieved phenomenal-results. In Britain's drive for recovery Britain is now the most highly-mechsnlxed farm country In the werkl, producing as much from Its soil per acre as any other nation, but still mors must bo achieved to grow "Mr "Party crashing" Is an ancient art. More than 4H years before Cftrist, according to Athenian history. an piinvitsd Jester pushed bis way Into a solemn beaquet, attended by the philosopher Socrates among ethers. The Interloper tried to pay for his dinner by Jokes, but failed so miserably that finally be put his tunic over bis head end bum Into tears. laughed. Sweet potatoes should bo within a week or so after toey ere . to be at their bast Like they should never be put In toe refrigerator. They are so sen* sltive to sold that they tfMtuni dark and become less appsjftlng If they are -kept at * tosgsMi^ as low as 40 F. JAMES ». CORNELL AUCTION WILLIAM H. RUSSELL AND" WILLIAM "B. SULLIVAN, Aucts. Having aold my farm known as CAMILLA WOOD FARM. miles North and Bast of Woodstock. 2 miles North and West of Greenwood. 1% miles Bast of 47, the undersigned will sell at Public Auction on SATURDAY, MAT 28, IMS commencing at It:30 o'clock, the following described personal property, to-wit: A FULL LINE OF PRACTICALLY NEW FARM MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT, described as follows: Model H International Tractor, Including cultivator and weeder attachment, used very little; Super Six senior manure loader and Ttiaw More cities are striving tor I place to the sup by sweeping aside fumes, and smog clouds. Confronted wife evidence that every yesr air pollution kills thousands of city-dwellers and causes property damage estimated at 9800 million, big cities especially are tightening , air pollution control ordinances or adopting new regulations. Thirty-three cities over 290,- 000 population, now have smoke abatement regulations, the American Municipal association reports. Pittsburgh's aD-out drive against smog reduced smoke 00 per cent and Increased sunshine 30 per cent In its first 14 mogths of operation. Railroads operating In Pittsburgh have embarked on a 74 mill ten dollar program to eliminate smoke by -substituting diesels for steam locomotives. Cincinnati, which has one of the more vigorous anti-smog programs, had 96 fewer tons of soot per square mile last year than in any year before the campaign began. ^ Milwaukee and Los Angeles have tackled the problem on a countywide basis. Los Angeles county's regulations are aimed at refineries, power plants, acid plants, burning dumps, steel plants, iron foundries, incinerators, diesel trucks, and locomotivee. Industrial * plants In the area have spent more than |3 million in the last 10 months to combst smoke and fumes. In Milwaukee county, ^fcmoke inspectors are charged with spotting wees* slve smoke, and inspecting fuelburning equipment Trettt LNtt Birds, Ftowtn, Ear* State AppslitaMflt America's 48 states, like toe nation itself, have their Individual flags and seals. Each has, or has had, an inspirational motto. Officially or unofficially, each state has Its flower, its bird. Its hymn of provincial 'praise, and • nickname or two* Trees now form a growing list of such symbols of state pride, notes the Nstlonal Geographic society. Although more Chan 40 states are represented In a list of state trees compiled by the U. S. forest service, barely half the choices have a state law supporting them. The unofficial tree yetoctions have been made by forestry groups, by garden and women's dubs, and even by vote at SCMOI children. Rhode Island's official adoption of the maple tree followed its' choice by itudents In MM. Idaho lawmakers In 1KB approved toe white pine, gallantly confirming the of a women's club In one of toe state's tiniest counties. Rhode Island's student vote was one of the earliest state tree selections. Other pioneers In taking legal action were Illinois and Texas. Hm former passed its' statute naming the "native oak" In 1800. Texas, producer of one-fourth of the nation's big pecan crop, adopted the pecan tree In 1010. Virtually all other legal actions have been qince INI. NEW YORK.--A Amy corner of what used to bo the attle of the American Museum of Natural History h toe planning center for a far-flung program of eeoteric studies conducted by Dr. Theodore G. Sebneirla, who Is one of the world's leading ant psychologists. In his book-lined office. Dr. Schnelrla keepe track of what Is doing in toe apt world by corresponding with other scientists and by perusing scientific literature. Be frequently makes a flying trip to Central America to study his fsvorite, the army ant in Its natural habitat <8 , At other tones he may be found, as he was yesterday, measuring the time It takes a bright ant to find its way through a maze cleverly designed to test the learning ability of an Insect In search of food. , As an ant psychologist Dr. Schnelrla believes that many of the oddities of human behavior may be at least partly explained when the inflexible patterns of behavior exhibited in a rudimentary society of ants are understood. To this end. Dr. Schnelrla has spent many hours crawling on hands and knees watching ants at work and play and fearlessly has prodded Into ant nests and activities rarely seen by human eyes. Dr. Schnelrla finds that weather has a direct effect on ant actions and that their behavior varies according to the prevailing temperand humidity Oneof Franklin's •von worked out a curriculum for too "Asndsmy In Philadelphia," too forerunner of the IMmsltr of Pennsylvania. Throughout his lite ho helped young men In getting a start as well as young women to* ward becoming better wives and mothers. His last act in encouraging youth was to will money.v together with a (dan, to them to be ed In his own garden at T< Ireland. Bead the Waat Ad*. Ocuoininent-O n aed Forests Over a fourth of the 401,000,000 teres of commercial forest land In tie pmtod Slates to owned by govef s nickname. Is believed to come from toe old Saxon word "Hooter," which moans "hill dweller." NOW OPEN! m WSTAKEE golf course South End of Pistakee Bay 354 McHenry, tfllflGts FOR THE BEST IN LISTENING PLEASURE wy-'-rm- ' - TUNE IN - w _WILA P M 92.1 M*. XVBRYWEDNESDAY ' ' ™'.F' KVSKlire J," t b«o to tJo e ALL STAR WESTERN THEATRE t 9 bot wiuuro and Hit lUdm of tk* Pnrplt sm_~ *; Pr--gntid by FIUGIDAIRE&GeorgeRJnsteii&Sea4! „ Bffo sow's Iho time to nod jnss M0R0I Complete line of Beebe livestock remedies at WattJes Drug Store, Me- Henrjr. "*• • "n".*5# VYCITAL'S Order your rubber stamps at. The Plajndenl#*. Hardware Sheet Metal Shop FOR A CHIMNEY JJ rrs THEO. OLSEN & , . 1USOH OOHTRAdTOU KoGULLOM UUB ^ J" fort . . . . • » • -0#s»u/. - 'f k No Job Too Big Or Too 8mRll ---o-~~ for Xzpert Workmanship and Fast tontfot McHenry 548-W-l A scoop; 8 ft. snow plow; set tractor chains; New Holland Baler No. 76 with blower, jack and canvas cover, hardly used; 67 bales of black New Holland j twine; Massey Harris No. 11 side delivery rake 4 bars, on rubber new 1948; New Holland bale loader, new 1948; Dodge truck dual tires, very low mileage, model WF32, 1% ton; Little Giant elevator, 42 ft. with drag, hoist, Jack wagon craddle; Mc- Cormick .Peering 10 ft. grain drill all steer tractor type; John Deere 999 two row corn planter, en- Closed clutch, tongue truck; John Deere 4 section drag including dolly craddle; John Deere 2-bot. 14-irt. plow. No. 4-B; John Deere drag for same; John Deere power hay mower oft rubber 7 ft.; John Deere disc 10 ft.; Keystone feed mixer with 5 hp. motor and belt; DeLaval milking machine. 3 units complete pipe line 27 cows; Mc- Cormick Deering hammer mill; NeW Idea manure spreader on rubber, flare type box; 2 wagons on rubber, with 7x16 ft. hay racks, new; steel grain box; McCormick1 peering corn shelter; Mastec-Jmifd jfleep freeze unit 9 cu. ft\ *New Power lawn mAper, with sulky On rubber, 5 hp. motor; Buzz 8a w attachment for tractor; cutter; pony buggie; Fairbanks Morse scale; air compressor unit, including % hp. motor, piping, gauges, hose, etc.; 2 silage and feed carts; feed truck on rubber; Culti packer; end gate lime spreader; combination wash and rinse tank; Dairy Maid electric water heater; milk can cart; cream separator; electric chick hoover; misc. chicken equipment, steel nests, feeders, waterers, etc.; 2 hog trough feeders; electric hog brooders; misc. garden equipment tools, etc.; approx. 7 tons super phosphate; child's portable swing; electric battery charger; 2 English saddles; boy's western saddle; 3 steel lockers; 2Vi cu. ft. concrete mixer; New 4 ton Weaver hydraulic jack, model WA73; «et hay hooks and rope; misc. lot small tools, etc.; rock wool insulation bats, wire lath, gas mask, meat cutter's block, fire gun, forge, etc,; extension ladders; welding torch; FEED--45 acres of standing alfalfa hay, first, cutting will be sold; quanity of year " old second cutting alfalfa hay; two silos of silo feed. TERMS--All sums of $2tr.OO and under that amount cash; over that amount a credit of six months at 6 per cent will be given on notes approved by the clerk. Anyone desir ing credit kindly make arrange ments before purchase is made. No property to be removed until settled for. " JAMES D. CON NELL, Owner. First National Bank of Woodst*«k*. Clerking. •; ^ ^4hhcuhcCh^ . . , another home for 1 AMERICA'S MOST USEFUL VEHICLES f' i M9HENRY GflRRGE Tf'-v i*t &*td yet He in ffovd of our appointment as Willys-Overland dealer In territory and will do out best to live up to the responsibility it places upon us* We iovite you to drop in and see for yourself how well we are set up to take care of TOypeftonal transportation 1 requirements. We have a complete line of Willys-Overland products on display, including the world-famous Universal "Jeep", the popular Station Wagon and the newest in 2- and 4-wheel-drive tsucks. Come and see us soon. '• * I" -i".