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hed 4 ~ ~Dairying ~Stressed : as Major Agricultural Project: Kegal _ {)-ewm:'my attendance at the ¥ meeting, it was declared _ A&pday. Nearly 150 delegates to both ° had been registered before 6 P'clock on Tuesday. es 4 Stress. Many Points « Dairying as a major agricultural project, the demands of Chicago in the cmaintenance 'of a sanitary milk supply, -- co--operation between "!labor And the farmer and--co--operative mer-- keting of milk < and farm . products were the issues stressed in the series Of meetings today. 4 . © Sanitation Essential : The city of Chicago is not exor *humnm demands for mainte nance of shnitary conditions in its -- milk supply, in the opinion of Dr. ! Arnoid H. Kegal, as expressed before the meeting this morning. S --CITY ASs STATE _ MEETING OPENS ~NVOL. Addresses of Dr. Arnold H. Kegal, "health commissioner of Chicago, and his assistant, Dr. Martin 0. Heckard; Relimg of the ilinols Acriculturs} A5 , of the Jlinois sociation; . Victor Olander, F Of the lllinois Federation o6f Labor; I W. Heaps, secretary and manager of the Maryland Dairymarns association; Prot. . 0. E. Reed --ot the -- Michighn State college at Lansing, and Prof. 1 G. Graber, of the University of Wis gonsin, were outstanding in the events of the day. * "® -- Farm folk from all sections of 11-- nois gathored in Waukegan yesterday for the opening sessions of $3r4 an-- nual meetink of the Illinois Farmers Institute nowbeing hold for tye first gime in Northeastern I!linois. ' . The Academy theater. witere ses-- lons of the Farmers institute are be-- beld, and the Masonic'° Temple, of the meeting of the Household division, ware well tilled "as the program -- progressed and . in-- ; were that by tomorrow it e --great influx of farm folk contin-- phed that an overflow meeting would LABOR OFFERS ASSISTANCE --_"The city of Chicago consumes 1,« ©00,000 quarts of nnktmwnch! 4s on the basis of about a pint a day for each man, woman and child in M"heonthned."'rlhmmt]' -'nu:nnt 'from 400,000 cows + comes from cows on thousands of farms on which 35,; 000 persons livé in fivo states. It 48 matural® that --unsanitary --conditions should exist on many of these farms and that rigid inspection must be fol-- --.~"MIlk is essential to the life of an AInfant,' 'the Chicago health commis-- s#loner stated, "and it is a beneficial beverage for the adult. It is neces wary that this Wte sustaining fluid be ~.The bealth commissioner © explain-- ed the usual methods and advantages z'mmxm He stated the rigid sanitary conditions fol-- lowed by Chicago in its milk supply were but 30 deaths from typhoid in that--city--. during the year of© 1937 while such cities as Montreal where rigid sanitation conditions are not fol-- lowed reported hundreds of deaths. ' oo on e S AAp * t 3 '-; <= a»'t%f;?-;';;?u a* . pic. en >3 ty k That he is intending to work along the lines of.. co--operation ' with the dairy farmers in bringing about more rigid sanitation on dairy farms rather than by. force was declared by the health commissioner. 'There has beon man health department during the last two years. . i Will Extend Inspection --_ The most interesting and--probably the most informative section of the re marks .of Dr. Kegal came during the --_ Frank T. Fowler, secretary and man ager of the Waukegan and North Chi eago Chamber ot Commerce and for many years a milk producer, placed some pointed questions'as to the fw ture --policies of the Chicago --health Mepartment on _ inspection of dairy farms, He asikd as to whether the rigid form of inspection-- was to be _ Both Dr, Kegal and Dr. Heckard, his . asaistant, stated that inspection d:luhru would be carried on in the same manner as has existed for years: and likeowise assured those in attendance that the same rigid inspec-- titon 1is: to. be followed in the adjoin--. ing states that ship milk to Chicago .**We intend to make the inspection in adoining states upiform--with that Sollowed on the dairy farms in IHli Attendance at the Illinois Farm-- ers® Institute and ~Housghold Sct-- ::;.WhWfl,lhnnNtw- exceeded the thousand mark, it was estimated. _More than 64 counties in Illinois were represented at the gathering cers of th\:sututo in attendance expreaged belief ' that. all rec-- ords for attendance would be shat~ hare added 25 more inspectors to outr 64 COUNTIES REPRESENTED discussion trat followed hbis LAKE COUNTY INDEPENDENT --NO. T h wiss mamkie DentTtLeRr . : President Houschold Science Division f 1. W,. HEAPS Secy--Mgr. Maryland Dairymens Assn department making a total of 40 men who are assigned to this work. Dr. Kegal declared that every. e(-- fort would be made to aid the farmers in Illinois in marketing their milk in against," Dr. Kegal stated, "but the reverse is true. We much prefer that our milk< supply come to us fro those districts au'pmtocuam as possible so that it be fresher." The health commissioner . stated that in his opinion all milk entering Thicago comes only from tested herds It--was brought out in the ~meeting that 'milk is being shipped from:va-- rieus points "toward Chicago,"-- but: the informants were not.sure that it was entering the city. DPr. Kegal stat-- ed that the complaints would be in-- vestigated but declared that in his opinion the milk was probably going .. Tiy Tree nighr brices _-- mndbmy ot -- the : Chicago Health department in taking a hand in fixing the price : oft-- milk.. was brought out during the meeting. Dr. {xcnlpu;o'dum h.hddh&'fi proached by a [mndw?huu:on- euring the support of the health com-- missioner in such a movement but that be bad refused inasmuch that he was too ugw to his office to promote * FRED & PURNELL: " > 04 o 5o i nae e AiFeting f Congressman from Indiana and Head Chief of the Dairy Marekting Dept. of of Farm Block in Congress Wiincls Agricultural Association._~~ step of correlating and federating 'these local Institutions into a state ~wide selling ~plan that will-- pyramid the advrantages already obtained --by 'the local leaders. y s * _ «--"The seventy farmerowned checse anything not in the ordinary run of his duties He might consider such 'mwoh"' ~ "Dairy producers in Illinois are now operatipg upon a 'balanced co-- operative <marketing-- program . on & wflh hnh"mm th;c la:t dee ve been e Lyuch, director of Dairy marketing department of theIllinois Agricultur-- al department, He stated in part: "Dairy producers in Illinois are operative <marketing-- program . on & state wide. basis. During the la:t dee ade have been dovw :oping local ns for the beti sajent of ~and more intelligest mar-- ketinig of milk and its products.<They are now oentering into the next logical Several Speakers at the -- Talke on Cooperation The next speaker of importance t factories are contemplating a federa-- tion with central esles facilitiés, The co--operative creameries will in time pool their activities to enlarge . their -:::u- The produceé uooclttlon: which are handling cream, eggs an poultry and operating ¥ twelve coun-- tries, have formulated a uniform pro-- gram for all of the associations or-- ganized up to this time. Theifluld milk selling assgociations bave author: Ited a committee of tive to develop a state federation to be composed: of the tions seelling milk on the ,nm"mm fluid milk markets, Chicago District Progressing "Out of a chaotic procession of co-- pperative efforts that have flourished and {ailed has emerged the Pure Milk association in the Chicago milk dis-- trict, that gecause of the fundamental soundness of its program, is acquir-- ing a following of the sane aud think-- ing. &lflnfl. It doubled=its mem-- bership in 1927 and now has a mem--: 'will~ not only @t Chicago consumers but the rank and file of dairymen 'whose high quality milk is deltvered to the Chicago market, . ;--_-- _ ~ ; . DR, HENRY C. TAYLOR Economist, Northwestern University 'f'--' "-- m_--."_"".__ v:" per cent of m'-'rmu the nearby Chicago dis: triet.. Because of its: stability the triet.. Because of iIts. stabllity .110 Pure Milk association enjoys the good .. ~... Wasy Soungd Program/' "The outstanding progressive polf-- ciles of the Pure 'Milk association can be: best' summarized in the program which follows: is 1. Production highest quality milk 2. > Develop producer--dealer selling plan which will stabilize the market. 7. . Carry on educational-- advertis-- ing --campaign. to increase the com eumption .of milk and to broaden the market of the memborchip. : -- "The Pure Milk assoc:ation's pro+ gram is very gimilar to that'of other anceessfrt . nil't--golling -- qgrgauizations 8. ~Sell the members' milk at the right price. ._~ *4. 'Check . up . on < the -- Gegleta' 5. Look after the credif rating of are paid when payMents are.due,: 6. Compile .complete and. accurate market information which is of equal benéfit: to /producers 'and dealers : be-- eause it zives them both the facts to work upou. t e oc t cA .0 > \o,, --\2.. * K HUDQON f Of Illinoia Chamber of Commerce State Convention < -- Lake County's bis _ Weekis milk on the of 'all a desire to cooperate, leaders who aro. interested. in welfare of all instead of themselves only, dem-- ocratic rile by the: members, a selling plan that .:.t&mk " At is right and management to carry its policies. into effect. > f : (N!m,l'!-*"? . Following: an hgoul Anvocation given by Revr, W. H. Whan, pastor of 'the First Baptist church, W.--C. Cur-- luu.@n-mnt of the: institute,: in-- troduced Mayor L. J. Yager, who gave lielegates from the county Farmers institutes will meet at 5 o'clock this Aifternoon. to elect Cirector of the 'luu Institute for the old numbered _districts. f a brief but stirring address of wel The mayor in his opening remarks fgeclared that he regarded it as Asdis-- tinct: privilege to be permitted -- "to welcome mw folk of the state of "IL am glad that you &re here," he stated, '"'but~I regret:-- that you came in winter instead of during 'the sum-- mer months "when the beautiful North Shore is in full glory." * 2+ .~The mayy then told of the marked etrides that Waukegan made in progress «during the ° few years and decliared that the was . not a boom--town but one e stable He also urged that the agriculturdl and urban interests of the 'state co-- operate more closely for the general good of both. s i "We have more in common than we realize," he stated, "We should get together and fron out our problems. I hope that the trend of these moet-- ings will be along that line. We have no greater problem in the state of Ulinols than that of : taxation < and still interestsrepresenting-- agricu} ural and those . representing ; cities «re now at A4oggerheads --down -- at Springfield on this problem." m;"mm Porters'> quartet, <--Aa famous colored singing organization, appeared in a number--of songs . at the morning sessions and was forced to sing many encore numbers. --' Me stated that it was up to the farmer to take the Tirst step toward organization and that the labor inter-- ess of the nuation aware that their in-- terests were mutual would lend them a hand in the development of their ~--Mr. Olandéer \was greéted by rous Ing applause and he completed his address amid a--storm of cheers. Olander in Address .. More than 350 persons attended the Whfld in the Masonic temple at noon. ~ The meeting was ad-- dressed by Victor Qlander, secretary Of the lilinois Feéderation of Imbor and one of the ablest speakers on labor matters in the nation. in the meeting in the Academy this evening. Mrs. Charles HSchuttlier of KFarmington, Mo., will speak on "List-- ening In," a treatise on the life of a farmer's--wife will also speak. There will be seVeral mfusical numbers in-- Cluding the appearance of tlie fam-- ous Pullman Porters quartette. Mr. (Ulander stressef the need of organization among the Tfarmers of the state if they desire 'to obtain re-- Hef from what he chose to call as un fair conditions. -- He declared that the coordination of the labor interests and the results that such--unity has zpultuouth ample proof of the lue of uniohism. k y Preus Tonight Hon. J. A. 0. Preus, former gor-- ernor of Minnesota and noted as or-- EKtor will give the principal address TOWN PETITIONS ARE CIRCULATED Charles Jack, town clerk, were in cir-- culation --today. Petition for Wiliiam Taylor, who was defeated by Tonigan a year ago, was also being ¢ircula-- Charles 00. Armes, assessor, William ted. . Assistant Supervisors Burke, Potter, Holdridge and Hoban are also The' program for the Iilinois Farm-- ers, Institute and. the n:apl'old Sct ::c. division tomorrow be as fol-- w#: s ce 5%.3 : Ac;tm: umm' Moi fon; A demy . e. Morning sess 10 o'clock. President, W. G. Curtiss, dester, First Presbyterian church. .~*"Tax Problems"--Frank S. Regan, "Agricaiture and Industry--C. V. mry, editor Prairte Farmer, Chi-- :"Friendship, Fellowship : and: Fer-- tilizer"--J. H. Hudson, lilinois Cham-- . Organ recital----Tom. Wagner, --*. -- Vocat' solo--;;:htll:r zg nd Kn;e:i »"A'flbfltflf "I4 ~_. Fred S.--Purnellf member: of Congress d% & Afternoon Begsion--One O'Ciock Institute Program _ For Today L'.l w.' Chl' tod#Ky. Included were:. Senators Het-- lin (D) of Ala., Sackett (R) of Ken: tucky, Sheppard (D) of Texas, Ship stead {F--L) of Minu., Shortridge (R) of California, © Smpot (R) of Utah, Steck (D) of lowa," Steiwar '(R) of Oregon, Thomas (D) of Okla., and Ty-- dings (D) of --Maryland. s Washington, -- Feb. 15. ---- Fourteen senators were guests of President Coolidge at a White House berakiast Music--Ladies'® Trio: Mrs. W. R. Wilson, Miss E. Ritzenthaler, Mrs. L C. HoltJe. -->_ $«,"4 4 "Our Greatest Profession" -- Mrs. Nellie Kedkie Jones, * University of Saxophone Speciaity--Selected. "Great Lakes. Waterway"--kHon W. I Harding, former governor of lJowa. . Mousshold Science Division Magonic Teniple. Morning session, 9 o'clock; Miss Mamie L. Dentvr, pre-- --_ America the _Bu_ntltul---EnrnLdy. Invocation :« Rev. Eleser Dawe, First Methodist church. =-- ~ .. _ -- Vocal solo--Esther Friend Kennedy .: #tPurchasing Household Textiles" -- 'Mite Edith Rhyne, James .Millikin University, _3 > --=<:= _ / > Music--Neapolitan Trio. 6. --. Mormal Diet" -- Dr, Kate Daum, Faith McAuley, University of Chicago. . YVocal solo--Esther Friend Kennedy, Officers of Hlinois Farmers' .. CAL!S SBREAKFAST PARTY "The Homemaker and Advertising" FRANK 1\ MANN, DIR _ Of Gilman, I!L. H. E. YOUNG, SECRETARY Of Springfield, I!L WAUKEGAN WEEKLY SUN Institute Being Heéeld -- After laughing for a few hours yes-- terday over a transaction in milch cows a jury in circuit court before Judge ~--Edward Shurtleff awarded August Niemi, of Waukegan, $25 from J. 8. Crain, a cattle dealer. * The entire deal had involved $155, two cows, one call and two lawyers. Attorney John Noll had represented Niemi and Attorney Okel Fugua up-- held the trading ethics of Crain. -- Niem{ needed a cow. Crain said he had one that would give 30 quarts of milk a day for $125. Niem{i bought. wouldn't get out." c es The cow, \so it was said, was teth-- ered on a fifty foot rope in front of the cvoal shed. Its pasturage was wire grass The summer sun shone with a vengeance. The milk supply fell off. The beau-- ties of motherhood entered the life Oof bossie and she had a daughter. _ Crain made delivery F. O. B. Wau-- kegan. He put the beast in Niem{'s "It was," he told the" jury, "so' small _ that when the cow and I got in ~there together it looked like T NIEMI BEEFS ON _ _ ~ COW DEAL: GIVEN -- $25 BY JURORS Crain said that her sleek sides be-- came lean and a hungry look--came Niemi--called Crain in and upbraid: ed him for selling him a -- defective critter. Crain spoke up right sassy His $155 Animal fails to Thrive animal got thin, or was thin. .*.NMiem!{i beefed. Then he sued. © Both Solicitor Fugqua and Solicitor Noll debated the facts in a masterful way. The lacteal abilities of cow No. 1 and No.: 2 and their penchant to re-- duce on wire grass provoked great flights of oratory from 'these barrig-- and w& Niemi that he knew little about the proper diet for cows. / ' --"It sghe--lives," Crain said, -- "unti# Bunday J will be in with a new one." Bossy lived and he turned over an-- other cow. . "That one," he said, "was so fat nd'n.utty that I hated to turn her m\ \ w > » MILK -- SUPPLY -- SLUMPED riculture have on cotton prices, ~Washington, Feb. 15.--The -- senate today ordered. an investigation into alleged manipulation of cotton prices on the cotton exchanges of the coun-- try. 'The inquiry as provided by A resolution ---- introduced-- by *Benator Smith --{(D) of: South--Carolina, would also_determine what effect crop fore-- caste issued by the department ol ag:-- C, C. PICKETT, AVDITOR--TREAS, Ot Chicago, IL. In the words of L. J. Wilmot, cir-- on Wire Grass in the Sum-- mer Sunlight. ORDER COTTON PAROBE $1.50 PER YEAR. IN ADVANCE the -- second HOME SCIENCE -- DEPARTMENT AT-- Staunch support of the department of household science of the Illinois Farmers' Institute was voiced at the morning's session' by Presidert Ma-- mie L. Dentler, of Davis Junction. "We are not a fudge making group, . More than two hundred women at tended the opening sesesion held at the Masonic Temple. Nearly all of them <were farmers' wives. : _ Mrs, Perty L. Persons, president of the Waukegan Woman's Club, e¥ tended a cordial welcome to the vis-- itors. She spoke briefly on the city's wonders. That the Household Science depart-- ment is not a Domestic Science in-- Stitution was stressed by Miss Dent-- ler.. She said that where the women on the farm formerly were {orced to act in the capacity of home econom-- Asts they are now truly home--makers, utilizing the finished products of the factory and shop to much better ad-- vantage. "This," she sz3id, "has gir-- en her the time to engage in many new activities. It has eliminated many unnecessary things in her daily life, and has given h;rth:;toctndy the problems with which she is constant-- 1y confronted." + ® Mamie L. Dentier, President, -- --Tells Changed Status in MANY ~SPEAKERS HEARD *« Bhe was greeted with applause when she declared that altogether too much attention is paid to frosted cake exhibits may be perfectly all right in their places, but cannot match the household institutes in good accom-- . "Homes should be attractive out-- side as well as inside," she empha gsited. "We pass farms and judge the people living in the houses by the ap-- peasrance of the front yards, A neat lawn is an indication of prosperity, shows that an interest is being taken and that the.--work is being shared." Mrs. Mabel Hollis, of the University of lilinois, spoke .at length on "The House Beautiful," telling the women how--to plan color schemes, arrange other ways apply artistic craftsman-- skip to their home making. * *The day --of--the closed off parior which m'bm only on staid oc-- casions when disliked compdny 'came to call is past," she said. "In its place has come the .congenial atmosphere which makes one want to stay at home rather than chise off to movies and dances. ; "It is puzzling what the architects are thinking of when they design some 'of the modern homes. They leave no room for furniture, ~cutting unnecessary holes for doors." -- *"*The modern home should chow dignity and congeniality rather than formality and>~stiffness," she said in conclousion. Fresh air, sunshine, 'room to move around in' and living close to nature, are a {ew of the advantages of rural life as told by Mrs. L G. Vannice, of Amo, Indiana, head of the Indiana state Institute. . A varied program was heard h% :.t.t':?ou. "Homemaking is not which can te accomplished with out training," said. Mrs. Florence Busse Smith, of Gary, Ind., nationally known authority on the subject. She told of the effects of the var-- fous color schemes on the mind. Miss Neva L Boyd, of Northwest-- ern University, emphasized the need of recreation as a part of the rural honsewife's daily program. DPr. Isabel Bevier, of the University Of Illinols, spoke on "Yesterday and Today hmm'." She referred to the many that have taken plate and the facilities which can be 'Claude Stevens, Benton; Archie Ray, Walter Lucas, Newport; Henry Johon nott, Grant; Henry Cable, Chas. Kru-- ser, Avon; Fraunk Gust, Victor Rogers, Wm. Fisher, F. Monliton, Geo Sage, Charles Ekrow, Albert Hermaun, Har« old Manning, Fred Q Morey, John Tidy, Waukegan; Donald ~Douglass, Tom Fagan, Jesse Hurt, Robt. Kep-- heim, Shields; E. G. Fry, H. A. Wat son, Dale Collins, Libertyyille; M. 85. Clark, Wauconda;-- Arthur Kirchbaum, 'Harry Pennery, Albert Prohm, EiA; 2ND PETIT JUROR -- ; PANEL IS DRAWN _ FOR CIRCUIT CT. A second panel of petit Jurors for the circuit court was announced to-- day by L. J. Wilmot, circuit clerk.The first pauel is returnable March 5, the day the grand jury convenes, while the second one will be available for First Panel Due For March 5 " While the Second is Re-- TEN ~ FROM-- WAUKEGAN service March 19. Those listed in-- KFred W. Weise, H. P. Sweeney, *~ turnable on Mar. 19. _ -- TENDED LARGELT Wives of Farmers. lighten the work about Harmon, F. 3. e Sgoe 2 s o y tm ce v {4