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HEAVY LOANS -------- ~ARE REPORTED Real estate mortgage loans to the amount of $16,474,135 were made during the month 'of May by the Prudential Insurance Company . of m-mintheUnited aflm Of this amount , 450 was on dwellings and mavimants accomodating 3094 fam-- m-mintbeumted n-lcmda- Of this amount , 450 was on dwellings and apartments accomodating 3094 fam-- fies. There were 1747 dwellings and 199 anartments. City loans were made on property other than dwell-- l--:l apartments to the amount _ DBuring the five months from ml,lmto&ym.lllt. the total amount loaned by the Pru-- dential on dwellings and apartments was $51,039,758, amounted to $3,835,160. This record for the current year exeseds that for the first five months of 1925 by more than $12,-- b.'--d.undcelonmtin! d.uuhlnlocfion.thceom- pany now having more than $870,-- 000,000 of its assets thus placed. 'l'.»}.fl-lmmth' Jlocal loan agents. did in 1844 on that memorable night when a mob of white men, disguised heavy stome door that swung shut on Smith has rusted from its hinges. It lies in front of the house where wa stenoned upon it from a motor car as we drove up. They still talk of the "Mormon war" in Carthage, county seat of MHancock county. I shall not go much into the story of the Mormon war. Stories told by the Mormons are one thing; stories told by those The Mormon church was founded in 1830 in New York state by Jo-- seph Smith, who had "visions." Fol-- lowing persecutions the Mormons moved to Missouri after temporary sojourn» at Kirtland, U. Iney Ned Nauvoo, IIl., in 1838. Here on the hl' river they started a city and immediately became entangled in Mincis politics. Nauvoo grew swiftly. Followers of Smith focked in. At one time there were 15,000 people there. To-- day perhaps 1,200. It has no rail-- road. ('It is one of Illinois' ghost ci-- ties. A few Mormons still live here-- abouts. Traces of the old homes they built exist. Vineyards grow on the hills. Farmers today still turn up foundation stones as they guide their plowshares. Mostly the wells the Mormons dug have been filled. The manufacture of strawberry wine, once a famed beverage, is not Warsaw, one time arch enemy of Nauvoo, is down the river a few miles. Once Warsaw had 4,000 in-- habitants; today, 2,100. Dallas, up the river a bit from Nauvoo, still exists as a town. It too has Since the Mormon church bought the ancient jail it has become a Mecca to the elders of the Church of the Latter Day Saints who go mmmwm" It is a in Carthage that every Mor-- mon evangelist, when he starts out to search the world for converts, must first sleep one night in this house where Joseph Smith died. _ (IMinois Chamber of Commerce.) Hmuundt_r of_t.bo Mor-- A record book showed me that more than 300 of them thus came last year: about 250 the year before. Seemingly the number is growing with each succeeding year.> And many of them drive over the few miles to Nauvoo where the elabor-- sate old houses the Mormons built. mostly of brick or stone, many now Little of the hate that once ruled the passions in Hancock county stil! Nves. Citizens say that their father now gwone, related strange stories of the w; *how Smith would have that some man's cattle should be seized for the church and that they were seized: how he micht east eye on some settler's daughter, Snir of face and form and that she woud be taken and whisked to Nau-- They recall a bit how warrants sworn out in Missouri charged Smith with plots to murder:; how he becanib so strong in Illinois politic-- ally that he snapped his fingers at the law; how he finally declared himself a candidate for the presi-- deney of the United States; how he was charged in an indictment with Rediscovering Indians, broke into the building are slowly craumbling -- and families were book, "The Jazz Singer." -- If Sn:un Raphae!son had been he could scarcely flvv:o:o'fim:i more vividly. Buddy Doyle Might Well Bs Hero of "Jazz New York City.--Buddy Doyle, azz singer, well--known along roadway, has discovered his pro-- Teo man--y parties and too man--y pals lfi,h'fu heart some day,.-- Singer" play and e."f."xix"" o eught to sing," was » "My" parents be-- Xi':'v:d thg'l w:ld inherit the talent of both. They hung over me as I practiced, correcting and bmra'llygmt.ul "1 suppose will ever how&harMit caused them when I departed from tra-- dition and followed the stage as THE LAKE COUNTY RECGISTER, -- WEDNESDAY, JUNE 23, 1926 ful citizens who had various church «ffiliations or none at all, Industrially. no great strides have been made by Carthage. ~'There is quite a bit of talk about horses. Trotters and pacers jog around the race track; runners do daily work-- outs. -- The county fair is one of the prides of Carthage. I was shown a race--battered relic and they told ime that this. almost--white and al-- most--whiskered steed, now stiff and bony, is what remains of the once famous "Iron Horse." So farms, "We Lave the farmer psychology here. What these people have they wot by hard work and contsant sav-- ing. Those of our young people that the farms and small businesses do not absorb go away, We are now hoping for industrial develop-- ment. We should have it Labor would not demand high wages here. "He raced more races than any horse that ever lived," I was told. 1 forgot to put down--his name and so recall him only as the Iron Horse. you then to William was selected by : a weekly as one of I farmers." This bis me about him: "He was the first : »ounty to build a c frst to use a road vlant alfalfa. He he I seek interesting men as I travel. I look for stories having morals and little sermons and things that mean inspiration. Let me introduce vonu then to William O. Kunkel. He weekly as one of Illinois' "master farmers." This his neighbors told me about him: ' "He was the first man in Hancock »ounty to build a concrete culvert, frst to use a road drag, first to vlant alfalfa. He helped to organize the farm bureau. Among all the veople of Hancock county he lifted his voice first and lifted it loudest in the cry for concrete roads. He raises as many as 1,500 hogs, all blooded, in a year. The county fair wrounds was carved out of his land. "William O.--Kunke owned land that the county wanted for <high-- way. He .gave, without asking rec-- ompense, an 18--foot strip and a part of his dooryard. More was wanted. a richt--of--way through his farm which left triangular and-- uneven fields. They asked what damages he wanted. Would he settle or would he fight? Carthage is horses, outlying 82--year--old blood--daubs 'on a pine floor, memories of murder--that is the heritage of an era of hate, mobs and "Mormon war." Now--concrete roads, good homes, farm -- bureau work, fat hogs, young--folk in col-- lege, neighborhood praise for men who plan and think--as Kunkel does. Is not co--operation and goodwill the better way? Some time ago a man was charged with shooting a number of pigeons, the property of a farmer. In giving his evidencte the farmer was exceed-- ingly careful, even nervous, and the attorney for the defense endeavored to frighten him. . "Now," the lawyer remarked, "are you prepared to swear that this man shot your pigeons ?" "I didn't say he shoof 'em," was the reply. 'I said I suspected him o' "Ah, now we're coming to it. What made you suspect that man?" "Well, firstly, I caught him on my Policeman Gabala for driving v intoxicated. Gus Johnson, Highland Park toxicated, paid $5 when asse Tony M Waukegan, J kus, 661 Mott just burned up Libertyville "ark, in-- assessed avenue, when he by while became intoxicated and tried to set fire to the cell in which he was but his efforts gained a $50 fine. Nick Zewe, of Sheridan road, Wau-- kegan, met the court informailly also. He was booked as disorderly. C. Bakken, Evaxston, placed a $50 bond for his release when he was booked by Policeman Gabala on a driving while drunk charge. *A Joe Walker, and Emil Nelson of Waukegan had sipped of the liquid forbidden by the Volstead law, and became too puglistic. In the Hyde store, North Chicago, the men started a battle which ended only after a show case was smashed and a damage of $20 was caused. It was a real fight and of course a table was broken. Nelson, it was found, earried a bottle of whisky. The teacher had spent nearly an hour on the drawing lesson that morning. 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