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_ Farmers in This Section to _ Meet in McHenry County on *4 September 24. &# In justice to Gurnee residents and in fact all res--' Sdents of the county that paving job at the Gurnee f'ge should be rushed with all possible speed. It would be a shame to allow it to remain unfinished dur-- \ mg the winter when it is such an important artery %. through the west part of the county to the eounty seat. Delays are costly to local merchants; it -- is costly to the farmers themselves who wish to come to J town and perhaps refrain from doing so because of the | bad stretch at the bridge. Let's hurry it along. * Urbana, lII., Sept. 20. --Ten seed worn selection conferences have been scheduled for next week in different parts of the state by the College of Agriculture, University of Illinois, as part of 'its program to help farmers meet the threatened seed corn short-- age which now seems inevitable as a result of the present unfavorable corn geason. Three of the conferences will be held in southern Illinois, fourt in the central part of the state and three 4n the nortbern part. --The meetings have been planned es-- pecially for farm advisers and leading "f n other words these beer--runners apparently figure lt the expense of fine etc., is one of the items they mst figure in in making their sales of beer. No doubt i&ufchaser pays for those fines every time they are ssessed. If you could see the rolls of, bills some of Wese men produce you would come to the conclusion _"'there is apparently a great deal of profit in the eer running business. _A few jail sentences may change Big :whole situation. It is worth thinking. about. _ Of course there's the slant that some may take: ake County might as well get this fine money as to let hem go some other route and have somé other county et it. However, that's not the idea at all--Lake lounty should not WISH to take advantage of such %:ions; it can't willingly take tribute from law vio-- tors and cncourage repetitions just to enlarge its ex-- IRMERS TO HOLD _ MEETING ON SEED --CORNPROBLEMS ertyville Independent §25FINEMETED _ ounty Independent --_Woukegon Weekiy Sun| _ OUTTO MAN BENTENCES WILL HALT BEER RUNNERS NKEN DRI 3 " ars :l though the time has arrived when the Dlm euting aut orities in Lake County should apply or pp T < md a jail sentence for the beer--runners who seem H. Raymond Fined 3.100 on y« DoP ' "| Eachof Two Wom-- getting by through Lake County in a way that is|, an Companion A 'Flned displeasing to themselves. Judging by the Charged o nmmecsenie Agness with which t'hey produce huge rolls of bill8|pue ie Thek. wht epestine 4o y their $300 fines when they are caught, it appears|miles a" hour in Washington street jough they are not very much discomfited over be-- t590¢." 21. thicags. "ao eulmigbde irrested. In fact, it appears as though they figured |salssman, mes srrested in Waukegan part: of their whole proposition namely, they ex-- .':n':.emb%mzl:: D::llc:. °|:l°:um.: 6 pay a fine or two now and then. If the author-- :g"ummm he was fined $100 and began to apply the jail sentence it might cause dn.mk,m;l(:o c::;';o:zf- t':":'é::ug: 'flua of crooks to take a different route into Cb Seoiists e . ud rather fit:an to go through Lake County. They are|$225. udd-- ncaadl on' * : a fine of $300, they pay it quickly smile grac-- Miss Dorothy Cisek, 29, Chicago ¥. shake hands with those who have gad them ar-- ue hss 3?5 %:'?::u: o2 oram id, go on their way for some more beer and in A|**PR@ murention of the police firs short time the same men appear in the custody of was :'t:?c:}vg Ru?:n:o when his avgain. In some cases they bhave repeated SCV--~| street at '-f'?'.'.'i:}"t_h?fl?'"" uer. ers., farmers in their communities with the idea of giving them the latest facts on corn diseases and seed selection. The plan is for the--farm advisers to return to their couhties and stage intensive seed corn selection campaigns with the help of these trained local advis-- In Southern Illinois meetings will be held in Crawford county, Septem-! ber 23; White county Sept. 24 and in Jackson county Sept. 25. The four meetings for central Illinois are sched-- uled for Sangamon.county, Sept. 25; MoDonoug county, Sept. 26; Tazewell county Sept. 25 and Greene county Sept. 26. The northern meetings will be held in Will county Sept. 22; Stephenson county, Sept. 23 and Mc-- Henry county, Sept. 24. LIBERTYVILE DNDEPRDANT, THRSDAY. SEPTEMBER 25, 1924 HE. g'ay;ngnd Fined sn&o on ach o wo(:hum; om-- .. an Companion Also Fined Charged with driving an automeo-- bile while drunk, with speeding 40 miles an hour in Washington street and with resisting arrest, H. Ray-- mond, 24, Chicago, an automobile salesman, was arrested in Waukegan this morning at 3 o'clock after a chase by the police. In police court this morning he was fined $100 and costs on a charge of driving while drunk, $100 and costs on a charge of speeding, and $15 on a charge of disorderly conduct, a total of $225. o Miss Dorothy Cizek, 29, Chicago, companion of Raymond in the car, was fined $15 on a charge of drun-- kenness. -- W > p 4 g. The attention of the police first was attracted to Raymond when his car was driven south in Genesee street at a rapid rate. Policeman George Gould .sought to stop the machine and was nearly run down. Later the car returned. This time Policemen Gould and John Rahling tried to stop the car but both nearly were run down as Raymond sped west. The officers leaped into a taxi and pursued, firing several shots in the air A few blocks up the street a tire exploded on Raymond's car and he stopped. The police say he threatened to htrike the offlcera\fl the face. Raymond d the court this morn-- ing that he was on his way to: Fond du Lac and thought when the officer fired the shots that he. was being pursued by bandits. He was unable to pay his fine and. both he and the young woman were locked up in jail. * WIFE SUES "JUDY" M°DERMOTT FOR DIVORCE TODAY Olga McDermott Charges ex-- policeman Deserted Her 2 Years Ago. Mrs. Olga McDermott on Thursday filed suit for divorce from Lawrence (Judy) McDermott, formerly a mem-- ber of the Waukegan police force. Mrs. McDermott charges him with de-- 'sertion She alleges irat he left hes August 1, 1922. The petition states that they were married May 18, 1915 and have one child, Lawrence, Jr..-- age 8, whose custody the mother asks, alleging that her bhusband is 'not a fit / person to take care of the boy. » Mrs. McDermott has a secretarial position in the offices of the local telephone company, and resides on Palmer Place. ---- Mrs. Maria Gustava Norrlen, of Highland Park, today filed suit for separate maintenance from Axel E. Norrilen, charging him with cruelty, threatening to kill her with a stove poker, and drunkenness. She states that she was compelled to leave him in 1915 because she feared to live with him any longer, and has not made application for maintenance until now because she was able to make her own living until now, be-- ing too old at present to earn her livelihood. Norrlen is reputed to have prgperty valued at $8,000 and in a tion to contribute to -- his wife's su MAN PICKED UP IN STREET DIES TN POLICE STATION John Franzen, Former Police-- man, Stricken While on His Way to Work. BVULLETIN. At the coroner's inquest presided avor by Coroner J. L. Taylor at the olland undertaking rooms, a verdict was brought in Saturday that Franzen died of heart trouble,. This was re-- vealed by the autopsy. John Franzen, McKinley Ave., Wau-- kegan, former policeman, but of late employed by the North Shore Linre at Highwood, died suddenly this morn-- ing under circumstances which made it necessary to call a coroner's in-- quest. WE CY The police received a telephone call that morning at seven--thirty o'clock that an intoxichted man was lying on the sidewalk at South avenue and Oak street. He was removed to the police station. Officers perceived at once that the victim was very J :3? summoned Dr. J. E. Walter immedi-- ately. In the neantime Policemen Herbert Gillis and William Blaylock worked over Wim. but in spite of their efforts he died shortly before the ar tival of the physician. land undertaking rooms where Inquest was held Saturday. _ . _ _A passbook on the North Shore Tine. togetner with letters found in hi# pocket identified the victim as Franzen band had not been 11 of late. Last Baturday when he left for work at seven o'clock he complained of a pain over his ayes but otherwise ap-- peared to be all right. Mrs. Franzen _'Police were sent to the Franzen home to notify the widow of her hus-- band's sudden: demise. O 2 According to Mrs. Franzen her hus was removed to the Hol goodbye. the last "Seanee 2t 55n, hn o hime had made hbis home in Waukegan for a aumber of years, He foree for a time about 17 or 18 years ago during the William (Bullock ad-- ministration. $ t The deceased was 52 years old, born hlvmnllytlf'lt. He came to the United States in' 1898, settling in Waukegan. Besides a brother, Gust, who resides on 18th street, North Chi-- cago, and two sisters, be leaves his wite, CAPTURE RUNAW AY -- FOR FOURTH TIME Sheldon Davis, 17. year old High-- wood boy, who has:been mixed up in numerous burglaries in Waukegan Highland Park and Lake Forest, and elsewhere, who ran away from 8t. Charles school for boys, on Sept. 12, was captured at Highwood Thursday at the home of a man named Brunr-- er, for whom he had once worked. Since Sheldon was sent to St. Charles his family has left Highwood. Davis ran away from ~Glenwood training school three times. The county probation officers finally or-- dered him to St. Charles. He is to be returned to St. Charles probably tomorrow by the sheriff's officers in whose custody he now is. Springfield, III., Sept.. 22.--Pocket money for boys in Illinois i#obtainable thru the raising of. mushrooms for commercial purposes, Dr. A. R. Crook, curator of the state museum, says. He points out that with a little care, mushrooms will grow -- satisfactorily in any unused cellar, cave or in the abandoned minés in Illinois. . Do you trust your wife? S What would you do if you saw a man kiss your wife? Would you listen to an explanation ? Would you believe her--trust her? Or would you rush to the divorce. court ? T;\eoe questions answered in this extremely interesting photo-- play. AY° .98 Y M 'hetsia i: FRIDAY AND SATURDAY, SEPT, 2627 TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 29--30 CORINNE GRIFFITH CONWAY TEARLE Also a knock--out series of "FIGHTING BLOOD' Show Starts at 7 P M. FEATURING ALSO COMEDY Were Included in 25,000 from State Who Benefitted by More than 25,000 adults have taken guperficial physical examinations giv-- en by the physicians of the state de partment of health in connection with a score of county fairs this sea son. This indicates clearly the mag-- nitude of 'poular interest in health matters in Illinois, oficials of the do partment state. M . t C se . The state department of -- health maintained a tent at the Lake Coun-- ty fair in Libertyville this year and hundreds of Lake County residents availed -- themselves of roeolvug' & free health examination. The "test included lung capacity, blood pres sure, etc.. 'and the results indicated whether or not those who took the examination were in a good state of health. _ 'The exbibit maintained by the state at the local fair this year was the most pretentious ever seen at a Lake County fair,. 'That it was appreciat-- ed was indicated by the large crowds which visited it. Three night policemen, Earl "Smil-- er" Hicks, John "Jack" Metz, and Virgil Stewart, a new man on the force Aug. 1., are named in charges filed with Charles E. Mason, secre tary of the Civil Service commission, by George Nordstrom Thursday. The chances are that the populari ty of the plan will cause the state de-- partment to continue these exhibits at county fairs from year to year. LAKE CO. TOOK HEALTH EXAMS. Free Offer. Universal Heaters Do you realize that at least 30 of the heat units in every pound of fuel you burn are going up the 'chimney without doing anybody 'any good. Stop this useless waste with a Universal Air Blast Heater, -- It will burn up these gases in the combustion chamber, radiating heat from the burning gases into the room instead of up the chimney. ~ Libertyville, FOR SALKE ADMINISTRATOR'S FRANK H. ECQGER 'l\endcsine«lvflofferfu'uleathblicAlcfin.olthe Robert Ellis Farm, on Milwaukee Ave., just South of the Village of Libertyville, commencing at 1 p.m., 'The Personal Property of Calvin El' Saturday, Sept. 27th Telephone Libertyville 458--J 1 Horsge Cultivator 1 Ice Rack 800 Bushels Oats 200 Bushels Barley TERMS OF SALE--All sums of $20,.00 and under, cash; over that amount a credit of six months will be given, purchaser to execute bankable note bearing interest at the rate of 6%. 5 Bets of Harness 8 Horses * 2 Grain Binders 4 Wagons 2 Mowers 1 Double Disc 1 Potato Planter 1 Corn PJanter '; 1 Deering Tractor 1 Tractor Plow 1 Tractor Harrow 1 Ford Motor Wagon 1 Potato Digger 3 Sets Bob Sleighs Give More and Better Heat At a Fuel Saving Taupe Velvet Rug 12x18 feet, Box Spring, Hair Mattress, Simmons Square Tube Bed, Mahogany Bureau, Hand--Carved English Oak Round Dining Table, Real Leather Mission Chairs and Rockers, and other articlet' priced right for quick disposi-- EDWIN _ AUSTIN SAL HARDWARE 8# Acres Corn 100 Tons Hay 15 Tons Alfalifa 1 Cart 1 Corn Sheller 1 Cycle Grinder 8 Horse Collars 120 Grain Sacks 1 Phonograph 1 Hay Loader 1 Hay Press 1 Hay Rake 1 Dril Seeder 1 Set Scales 8 Scoop Shovels Miscellaneous Tools and Farm Equipment. , Deceased, as follows: i Illinois