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WASHINGTON, June 7.--An agricultural platform to be submit-- ted to each of the national political conventions by the American Farm Bureau federation, in _ conjunction with the Illinois Agricultural "as-- sociation, will ask for a pledge to * take whatever steps may be neces-- sary to bring the purchasing pow-- er of agriculture back to normal. "Every effort shculd be made to bring back into proper articulation the relationship between agriculture ----the biggest of all our industries --and our various other interests," says a draft of the platform pre-- pared here, Afiels 1. The platform deciares for legisla-- tive aid in furthering co--operative marketing, continueg study of agri-- cultural prices and farm production imprmment of international trade and maintennace of low _ intérest rates to farmers. Condemn Sales Tax. It condemns a general sales tax as unjust and inequitable,. and advo-- cates a general plan of comprehen-- give water power development for the country as a whole, stipulating that the government should not it-- self engage in the fertilizer busi-- ness or in the power business. but should finance approved hydro--elec-- * Continuance of the development of the federal--aid highway system Pledge to Make Agriculture " Buying Power Normal Once More, Claim "A price level that is just to the taxpayers the stock and bond hold-- er and the producer and carrier, must be maintained for the welfare of all, but in particular of agricul-- ture. Drastic deflation has worked a hardship to -- agriculture, . made burdensome its taxes and mortga-- ges, brought unfairly low _ prices and injured our foreign trade." -- is approved, and réorganization of railroad rates is recommended so as to give the bulky, basic and raw commodities, such as . agricultural products and wfl.m'"""'""1 The platform declares for an Amer-- ican merchant marine owned by private capital and operated by pri-- vate energy. Regulation of -- child labor as a state function, should be « -- (By R.. E. Porter) "Lawdy Bo! hit dat pill!", Dat witcher done gotta soah arhm," may be among. the many expressions to be heard at the Fairgrounds Sun-- day. June 15, when the strong Li-- bertyville Colts step into action, af-- ter a two weeks layoff, against the Waukegan Colored Giants, and the fast Des Plaines team, in the first double bill of the season. Rain the past two Sundays has caused local ball fans considerable wrief. but the management of -- the CcoLTs TO PLAY DOUBLE ~BILL AT FAIRGROUNDS ON SUNDAY Des Plaines and Waukegan Colored Nines to Furnish Opposition For Local Aggregation Colts desires to catch up 'with his already -- crowded scheduldé and -- give the home fans a run for theh; e:d\. MORE REAL GAMES TN SIGHT The. game with the colored boys alone should be enough to draw even the least interested fan to the ball wrounds Sundav. Every one knows that therd is always a world of fun connscted with' a negro ball team, even thougn they do fight for vie-- +~-- just as hard as their opposition. This ja a good chanee to make up fo-- In<t time and at the same time wet '~ good hearty lauch watching the colnvred lads do their stuff. Des Pi--inss has a strong nine and should wive the Colts a real battle from the ver «tart of the game until the last man is called out.. . . The curtain raiser is scheduled to start 'at 1:30 n ~. and the the se-- cond #ame at 3:00 (standard time). More Big Games in Sicht The Chicago Bearcats or the fast Knignts ~of Luthuanians or per-- hans both teams will appe~r at the Fairgrounds next week. In sither event a real game may be expected as both teams are going strong this sen«on. . The Lake County All--Stars are, without a @ame for Sunday. Any nine desiring games with this ag-- wregation. may wet in touch with the manager by calling prone 59 Liber-- tvville or writing to Bert Finstad. Will Erect You A House CONTRACTOR & BUILDER Phone Winnetka 425 or or any kind of building; furnishing all labor and material by contract, se you may know just what entire cost will be before starting, R. L. Gonsalves Martha Téessman, 19 years old, 216 Liberty street, died at the Vic-- tory Memorial hospital Sunday at noon of injuries received when she was struck by an automobile driven by Michael Davis, 588 Cummings #v»--nue, in front of St. Joseph's school in Oak street Thursday. Da--| vis was arrested when the girl's | condition became worse and is out' on bonds of $3,000 now. | on bonds of $3,000 now. Dr. M. J. Kaye. who attended the girl, said she died of a hemmorhage of the brain and a fracture of the skull. * Miss Tessman was well known in Waukegan. She graduated from St. Joseph's school and was later em-- ployed at the Burke and Wright hardware store. She is survived by her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Tessman, five sisters and three brothers, -- Mrs. Elizabeth Dowd and Mrs. Ida Selig, of California, Mrs. Mary McDer-- mott, and Fred, George, Helen and Alex Tessman. -- Funeral services will be held Thursday morning at St. Joseph's church. Hurt in Accidents. A Chicago woman and two sail-- ors from Great Lakes naval train-- ing station were injured -- arly Sun-- day morning when an automobile in which they were riding crashed into a truck in Sheridan road near the Northwestern depot in North Chi-- The car was driven by Miss Har-- rie: Harris, 4042 Richmond . street, Chicago. The sailors ~were _ Carl Hyle and John Floyd. Another wo-- man in the car left after the acci-- dent before the police arrived on the scene. j Four of Miss Harris' front teeth were knocked out, her lip cut and Young Woman Dies Of Il}'iuriea Received When Struck By Auto SUCCESSOR OF M'BRIDE NAMED F. Scott McBride, recently elect-- ed superintendent of . the Anti-- Saloon League of --America was tendered a farewell dinner in recog-- nition of services and a welcome Ebbert, elected by the state board of the league as lllinois superinten-- in the day. s Dr. M. P. Boynton was toastmas-- ter. Congratulatory addresses were made by Dr. Howard H. Russell, founder of the Anti--Saloon league; Dr.--E. H. Cherrington, general sec-- Fetary of the World League Against Alcoholism; W. W. Bennett, state Maj. Ebbert Choosen Yester-- day to Follow in Work of Office Iilride was presented with a tra-- veling case and Mrs. McBride with a pearl necklace and diamond. clasp: A telegram was read from Wayne B. Wheeler from Washington -- an-- nouncing the passage of the Cramp-- ton bill, taking in some measure, it was explained, law enforcement out of politics. & McBride Talks. "The idea back of the Crampton bill must: be carried still further," said Dr. McBride. "We must get law enforcement out of politics. It is .not the business 'of the --Anti-- Saloon league to build a supergov-- ernment but to get the : officials from the President of the United States to the humblest constable, to perform their respective duties." Maj. Ebbert, the newly elected dent of the elague; Senator A pair of these Two Button, One Strap Slippers will add Comfort as well as Style to your feet. Many other styles and lasts ait > ..« } x;.""% [ ®i j Martha Washington Shoes RAY N. SMITH Duddles Building ' Libertyville --= Illinois f w;:.nv';'. --./~,: '«" «* $@OQ to $5.00 | _ Dr. James L. Miller is caring for |the injured, who were taken to the | Victory Memorial hospital by the | North Chicago police. Miss Harris, owner of the car drove into a truck owned by Adam Kankue of 904 Adams street, Wau-- kegan, parked on the side of the road, She claimed there was no light on the truck, but Yankus, the police say, maintains she broke the tail light on his car. Boy Is Hart. Walter Such, 7 years old,. 148 Nineteenth street, North -- Chicago sustained head apd face injuries Sunday afternoon when . struck and knocked down by an automobile in Sheridan road and Seventeenth street, North Chicago. O. N. D%eeler, 117 Fairview Place, Waukegan, was the driver of the car that hit the lad. The ac¢ident occurred at 1 p. m., in front of the Sheridan theater. s leg badly bruised and cut. An x-- ray was to be taken of the leg to-- day to ascertain if there is a frac-- Floyd was bruised and cut about the face, head and body./ Hyle was shaken up and bruised. , Such, the police say, was going to attend the afternoon performance at the theater and in his hurry to get to the movie house -- started across the street without -- looking for machines. -- Beeler was driving slowly and did all possible to avc'1 hitting the boy, but to no avail. The driver pic and took him --to James L. Miller. gash in his fore being taken by close up the wou state superintendent, was formerly for seven years attorney and legis-- lative syperintendent of the Illinois Anti--Saloon league. He drew up the first Illinois prohibition enforce-- ment act following the adoption of the eighteenth amendment. In 1920 he was assistant to Wayne B. Wheeler, gené.--al counsel of the na-- tional league, and had charge of the legal work of the Anti--Saloon league in the ten Pacific coast sta-- tes, with headquarters---- in --San Francisco. f ; | _ Women appreciate the quick action of simple glycerine, buckthorn bark, etc., as mixed in Adlerika. Most med-- icines act only on the lower bowel 'but Adlerika acts on BOTH upper ang | lower bowell, and removes all gasses | and poisons. Excellent for obstinate | constipation and to guard against 'lppendidfit. Helps any case gas on stomach in TEN minutes. Decker & Maj. Ebbert is a veteran of both the Spanish--American and the world wars He is a graduate of --De Pauw university and the "hicago Law school. He is a brother of the wife of Bishop Edwin H. Hughes, who. was. recently appointed . in 'fi" of m'p area of the w»ssor to Bishop Thomas Nicholson. Many Women Use Neville, Druggist. FRED GRABBE Auctioneer Farm and Livestock Sales Telephone Waukegan 2588 Addressa: 928 North Ave. Waukegan, H. e superintendent, seven years atto e syuperintendent i--Saloon league. LAKE COUNTY REGISTER, SATURDAY, JUNE i4, 1924 ns : id t forehead by the wound. ed up -- Ais the office « There was re was a deep four stitches physician . to his of 8 4 bert 8t. Clair, tising expert of the American Blectric Railway as-- sociation. -- _ _ "Sell the and you sell " might well be chosen as the .:;b!tillu slogan for all business, is this expert's golden text. "Women always bas been the buy-- ing head of famfly," Mr. St. Women's plage in the world as the one who dogs 95 per cent of the buying, directly OF :ndirectly.. in the United States, is fixed in recent ad-- vice given ng men by Al-- bert 8t. Clair, tising expert of the American Blectric Railway as-- "Women al bas been the buy-- ing head of famfly," Mr. St. Clair contin "Mistory proves that. Refer to r Bible for a ree-- ord of the shopping. Noth-- ing is said Adam ever buying anything. He had no shopping thoughts of any kind. Not even for » wife. While he was asleep one of hie ribs was eK! d and a wife SELL WOMAN AND PRODUET's soLD Lines in Nation Electrical Development -- for Convenience of the Public Then the first %44%% The Charles A. Coffin Foundation _ Advice _ for in -- Various As an c:zcuion of appreciation --of Mr . 's life work the Charles A. Coffinm Foundation was created. This Foundation consists of a fund the income from which is to be util-- ized in encouraging and rewarding service in the electrical field. As an e In 1922 Charles A. Cofin, founder and creator of the General Electric Company, retired from active lead-- ership of that Company. A gold medal known as the Charles A. Coffin Medal is awarded annu-- ally to the electric utility operating company in the United States, which during the year has made the greatest contribution towards increasing the advantages of the use of electric light and power for the convenience of the public and the well being of the industry. The Company receiving the Chirles A. Coffin Medal receives also $1,000 for its employes ben-- efit or similar fund. ~Corepy, | ' r<e " /"'; } = $ 3 m y# > | _ 2 ~ ' +. )R ,'\::'.\"':'-:T",T -~..,' veere ns > We }' ( ho tss Syoata. "--3 ho Ts | u"«'&»if':'f&'{"?#'fl"C"'?I.--'H'Y'?'- y _ C P \ ;' will _ 0 S ue "' 'Lw P NSC .x' n es E | ~ neNy O S INDVS Rep " tss PA .« _ AywpaDpRQ To ___ + e P /f -- ILLIMO!$ 1923 PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY "Men will tell you tha¥ they at least buy their personal effects to suit themselves, but they don't Why, only last week, over in Indi-- ana, my old friend Snode Whitaker, the sassafras king of the Wabash river, told me that he didn't use plug eatin' terbaccer any more be-- cause Aunt Kate, bis wife, said it wasn't as proper as fine cut. Prac-- tically every man in the United States secretly desires to dress like a bookmaker, but most of : them wear conventional black (or -- blue suits. Why*? Because their wives choose their clothes. And if a man hasn't a wife to chuose his clothes, then some other woman does,. Wo-- men may not go to stores with the men, but their influence does. In fact it often gets to the stores she needed, but the shopping intui-- tion. born in woman, told her to get more. 'The serpent, understand-- ing Eve's desire to shop, told her that an eating apple was a splendid investment. and she fell for his salesmanship. After that she just had to have some clothes. Her daughters have been shopping ever since. shopping in all history began "Eve had everytning in the Serving 6,000 square miles=--202 cities and towns 4 --with Gas or Electricity OF NORTHERN ILLINOIS -- THEO. BLECH, District Manager GUS KRUMREY, Local Rep, Libertyvilie, IIL in the world TFAHE announcement that the Public Service Company of Northern Iilinois has been is important information to the more than 21,400 stockholders, who will feel a natural pride in the attainment --by their company of this signal honor. mnmmmmumm attention to Northern Illinois, was made to the Public Service In selecting this Company for the high honor, among all those competing, the Charles A. Coffin Prize Committee of the National Electric Light Association considered these outstanding factors in the.Company's activities: Had not the people in the territory served by this Company recognized the essential importance to their communities of dependable electric service and by their friendly co--operation as customers and stockholders, expressed their confidencte, this Com-- pany could not have accomplished the things which won honor not only to it, but to Northern Illinois. "In recognition of its distinguished contribution during the year nineteen hundred twenty three to the development of electric light and power for the convenience of the public and the benefit of the industry." y i. Particular initiative, skill and enterprise manifested in enlarging the general use of electricity. m of efhciency in company organization. Improvements in construction practice, resulting in greater reliability of service. Increased efficiency in the generation and distribu-- tion of electric energy. Extension of service to homes not previously wired and to rural communities. doubly interested in this awgrd because a similar honor--Charles A. Coffin Medal awarded annually in the electric transporta-- tion field, is now held by the Chicago North Shore and Milwaukee iailroad &mpcny. Thoroughness of the policy of personal--service to Residents 6f North Shore Communities will be SPECIAL ASSESSMENT NOTICE Notice is hereby given to all per-- sons interested that the President and Board of trustees of the Village Board of _ Libertyville, County of Lake and State of Hli-- nois, having ordered the construction of a local improvement consisting of a konnected. system of cast fron water supply pipes together with fire hydrants, shut off valves, tees and special castings and all other necessary adjuncts and material for same, to be made, constructed and laid in, along and under Elm Drive| and other streets in said village, tlu! ordinance for the same being on file in the office of the Village Clerk of' said Village, and the said Village] having applied to the County Court| of Lake County, Ilincis, for an u-. smntoftlueostsofuldlm-' provement, according to benefits| and an assessment therefore having : provides for the collection of said as-- | } . $ as 1# 4 3 with anual interest at the rate of six per cent per annum. Dated Libertyville, IIL, June 6th, A. D. 1924. FLORA A. STAPLES, The person appointed to make sald assessment. PAGE SEVEN -- _ s R