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B '•Mil-; « IM,AIMM.AI.KK KKII»AY. MMST If, |»71 This garden shows how annual flowers, lawns, hedges, shrubs and trees combine to produce beautiful effect in Boerner Botanical Gardens. Botanical Gardens Are. Highlight Of Park Trip TAX FACTS (by Father Wm O. Hanner, retired Episcopal vicar). We took another one day vacationet August 8. This time we went to Whitnall park in Milwaukee. Our twelfth city has often, been called our biggest country town. Milwaukee does have the feeling of a country town but there is nothing small townish about its manufacturing, businesses, political sophistication, government, symphony, museums, art galleries or zoo. The park system is also one of the best in our land, thanks to Charles B. Whitnall, who for years labored to acquire its land and build up its usefulness and beauty. Back in the days of the Depression the CCC did much of the groundwork building lagoons, dams, roads and a golf course. To my mind the piece de resistance is the Boerner Botanical Gardens in Whitnall park. These magnificent gardens are different every week of the spring, summer and fall. We visit them as often as three times a year. In the rose garden I counted forty varieties of roses and the large stands of phlox were showy in a display of colors, shades and variegations. The herb garden was at the peak of its summer perfection, the lilies still fine but passing their peak. The bog shows some effects of the dry summer. Near the gate the tuberous begonias boasted their clear complexions in a variety show of begonia apparel. Mrs. Hanner and I were interested in liatris or Kansas Gay feather. They are a tall,, spiky flower reaching over 3 feet under cultivation. June Leanard on Melrose court in Whispering Oaks had a fine display earlier in the summer. I had only seen them in magenta or purple but at a memorial service at which I officiated recently in Sycamore there had been an arrangement in white. I found the white ones are called "white spire". These we were after. One of the gardeners, William Abramczyk, listened to my plea for information. He took me to the garden's library and there we searched catalogs. The catalogs listed liatris and said "see under G a y f ea t h e r s . " Under Gayfeathers there was no information at all ~ just the word. It was discouraging but where will you find a man so earnest in his field that he drops his work to help you on long chase? Thanks Bill Abramczyk. But joy of joys, after lunch when we were on our way home in Greenville, Wis., Rose cried for me to stop. There beside the road was a fine old commercial grower and in his fields were liatris, purple and "white spire". They were healthy, well grown specimens in bloom. We bought two clumps of purple and two of white and now they grace our back garden just under four feet in height. Let us retrace our steps to the Boerner Gardens again. There I found a number of fine young people, plainly college students on a summer job. One young woman was watering roses through a rice husk mulch (try saying that!!!). I remarked that I had seen shredded auto tires used as mulch at the Chicago Horticultural Garden under construction on the North Shore near the old Skokie Lagoons. She didn't believe me, I am sure. I said the job could not pay much and she set me back. "Oh! It's enough!" she said dryly. Down the path I met another gardener and stopped to talk to him about the fine young people. "They are JPS's", he said. "JPS's-Junior Public Servants. They are not badly paid and only the best get in here. You don't get these jobs if there is the slightest blot on your record." "Only the best get in here" said my informant. "We have little vandalism and no public bus lines run through the park. We have no real problems here of such a nature." As I turned to leave I thanked this fine man and in parting he gave me a gardener's witness -- When you work here you feel close to God!" Try these one day vacationets. Bob Foy took his grandchildren to the Milwaukee Zoo. He reported a long happy day for the children and a tiring but well spent one for grandpa. Then there is Grant's home in Galena; there is a railroad museum over here at Union in our own county and nearby at East Troy, Wis., there is an electric railway museum that runs trains all summer. You About 3,350 northern Illinois taxpayers have undelivered refund checks waiting for them at the Internal Revenue Service. Any taxpayer who has not yet received his refund should call or visit his local IRS office as soon as possible, Charles F. Miriani, district director of Internal Revenue for northern Illinois, said this week. The dollar value of the undelivered refund checks is $800,291.91, for an average refund of $239. The most common reason for an undelivered check, according to Miriani, is that the taxpayer has moved and left no forwarding address with the U.S. Postal Service. In cases where the taxpayer suspects his check may have been lost or stolen, Miriani urges the person to get in touch with his local IRS office as soon as possible so that the IRS can put a tracer on the missing check. Some refunds may have been delayed because of errors or omissions on tax returns. Taxpayers affected should follow the instructions received from the IRS in order to speed up issuance of their checks. The director stressed that in all refund inquiries to the IRS, the taxpayer should be prepared to provide the name and address as it appeared on the return, the actual name and address if different, the social security numbers, and the type of form filed. While the IRS can remail an undelivered refund check with in a few days to the new address, Miriani explained that after Oct. 1, all undelivered refund checks are cancelled. The IRS must follow a more time-consuming procedure to had better get in some one dayers before cold weather. issue cheeks in ii'spoiise In inquiries received after Ocl. I. Taxpayers in (IK* Chicago * area can coniyct Hie IKS by calling 435 1040 Persons in outlying areas may call toll- free 800-972-5400. Owners of large trucks, truck-tractors, or buses in northern Illinois are required to file a Federal Highway use tax return, Form 2290, by Aug 31. "The tax generally applies to single unit trucks weighing 13,000 pounds or more, to truck- tractors weighing 5,500 pounds or more, to trucks of 9,000 or more pounds equipped for use in combinations, and to buses with a gross weight of more than 26,000 pounds," said Charles F Miriani, IRS district director. Revenue from the highway use tax program assists states in financing the Interstate Highway system, but the tax is imposed on these vehicles using any public highways, city streets, state roads and interstate roadways. "The tax year for the highway use tax begins July 1 and runs through the following June 30. For vehicles placed in service after July, Forms 2290 must be filed with the IRS Service center serving the vehicle owners by the last day of the month following the month a vehicle is used on a public highway for the first time," Miriani added. Further information on the proper filing of the Federal highway use tax returns are available at the Chicago IRS FROM THE I FARM I CYCLONE IS COMING TO Jos.H.Huemann & SONS WELL DRILLING UK WILL MAT ANV 6UICK DEAL 1974 Buick Electa Limited 4 Dr. Hard Top, Artie White W/Saddle Leather Interior, AM-FM Stereo Radio, P.S., P.B., Fact. Air, Steel BeItedRadiaIs, Tinted Glass, P. Seats, Tilt Steering, Plus Many, Many Optional Extras. 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A plastic-resin flea collar containing dichlorvos (Vapona, DDVP, or Baygon) will protect your pet from fleas. Some dogs and cats are allergic to flea collars and should be watched closely for irritation symptoms, especially for the first few days after use. HERBICIDES This year's weeds may not necessarily be next year's weeds if you evaluate your weed control program now, says Young. Herbicide ineffectiveness or improper tillage practices can be altered for the 1974 growing season. The best way to check herbicide effectiveness - is to leave a small portion of your field untreated, says Young. You can then see what weeds were controlled and what ones were missed. But in fields where untreated spots were not left intentionally, you can usually find places the sp Iyer miss«*l, often close to the < rids of the fields If particular weeds seem io have escaped control, check the herbicide container label to see if the material was designed to control that weed. 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