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| DEEREIELD | A number of Deerfielders attended the funeral services of Mrs. Jacob Hausom, who died very suddenly at her home in Arlington Heights Thursday and was duried Sunday. Mrs. Hausom, before his marriage was, Jane Wendling. She had many relatives and friends in this com-- munity. Eugene Gloden and Herbert Her-- tel have returned to school after an absence of several weeks on account of chicken pox. A tomatoe hot--bed has been start-- ed in the window box of the third co--operate with the village in clean ing up the school grounds, their own yards and aiding the community gen-- eraily toward cleaning up the vill-- Red Cross and each child will be provided with one to show that he is grade room. 'The work was done by the pupils during nature study. This week the school children will Mr. and. Mrs. Oscar Benz of High-- land Park have moved to the home of Mrs. Bent's mother, Mrs. Mary Cooksy of Osterman aeyoue. On Friday, April 16th, Mrs. Oreal Kitch, a former resident of Deer-- field passed away, following child birth. Funeral services were held Sunday, Aprnm:th'rhmfn Mr. and Mrs. F. J. O'Connor and family have moved from the Becker home on Waukegan Road, to one of Dr. W. B. Metcalf's homes on the County Line. Mrs. F. D. Gunckel of Galesburgh spent a few days last week with her parehts, Mr. and Mrs. S. S. Love. Mr. Noble Hollister of Chicago was the dinner guest of Mr. and of Miss Lillian Carlson of Chi-- School Notes Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Steffis enter-- tained friends from Milwaukee, Sun-- day Frank Russo attended a card party in Chicago, Saturday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Ray Gunckel and son Le Roy have moved from Gales-- burg to Waukegan. _ Mr. Gunckel is now employead at the North Shore chell last week on her way from Milwaukee to New. York by auto. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Bergholz of Chicago spent the week end with the May 12th, Wednesday night, the Diamond Lake Sunday school is pre« senting a program given by Rev. Frankson of Pleasant Prairie, Wis., and Mr. Peters, also of that town. Mr. Frankson was for four years zx member of the Minnesota Minis-- ter's quartet and is an entertainer of first rank He has a fine -- tenor '}vob.nidandw.l'd draws with colored crayons to illus-- imper in his Scottish costume and sings in a very rich tenor. The Kiene family. May 12th, Wedne Diamond Lake Sund senting a program Frankson of Pleasa and Mr. Peters, als Mr. Frankson was May 12th, Wednesday night, th*|"Business very quiet," "bank depos Diamond Lake Sunday school is Pr¢--|its fallen off," "business not boom senting a program given by Rev.:|ing but not poor," "business an« mofththfizh,Wi&.mmmm,' and Mr. Peters, also of that toWD--:|"¢#a--merp as bad off as they were : Mr. Frankson was for four yeAS|year ago or worse " "general busi a member of the Minnesota Minis--\ness quiet, "retail trade erratic. ter's quartet and is an entertainer Of| Mirroreq here are the opinions 0 first rank He has a fine teno"|tho group chairmen. ° nine rmmads and immersonates, and! _' C__ _ r D WHaMiIIe. ahai tiokets for this entertainment and as it is for the benefit of Sunday school we awsk a large attendance for the best evening of entertainment that you haye had in a long time. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Oast, John Oanst, and Miss Benton of Chicago spent the week end visiting at the home of Mr. and Mrs. daughters visited Satunday and Sun-- day at the home of August Batz. The Diamond Lake cemetery as-- sociation will meet with Mrs. Mary Mrs. Mary Krueger is still stay-- ing with her daughter in Blooming-- dale and getting along nicely after her weeks of suffering trom the in-- jury of a broken knee. The Vernon Cemetery Society met at the home of Mrs. Cassius Mason Miss Maud West visited Mrs. DIAMOND LAKE school children are Every county and section of Hli-- nois is represented in a spring busi-- ness and agricultural review, just released by M. A. Graettinger,, sec-- retary of the Illincis Bankers asso-- ciation, and obtained from ten group chairmen and a prominent Chicago banker. Nownere in any of the re-- ports on trade and farm conditions is there a boom note and, with the exception of the northern area of the state, there is more or less pessim-- ism in some quarters. Such phrases as the following are employed: "Business very quiet," "bank depos its fallen off," "business not boom-- ing, but not poor," "business and agricultural conditions very poor,' ;-u.-mc.a.b.doluthumn year ago or worse" "general busi the group chairmen. _ ° Groupe one--L. P. McMillen, chair-- over time. Labor seems to be very well employed; there is not as much Factories are <perating full time and building as a year ago. holding on to their corn in the hope of getting a better price. What corn has been sold has been bringing the farmer less than 50 cents a bushe! Winter wheat looks good. Group two--Ben P. Schenck, chair -- changed materially sinte the first of the year. Bank deposits have fallen of some. Automobile business at standsti.l; dealers report few sales of new cars. The agricultural situation at --pres-- ent is not very good. Whether we have a good yield of wheat next summer is problematical. Farmers are being as much as 10 cents a Factories running about normal. Groun three--M. J. Berg, chair General business conditions, fair to good. Agriculturar conditions in this section rather good. Livestock and dairying conditions good. Those in-- terested in livestock and dairying have had a very good year. "F¥oup four--Ervin T. Geist, chair-- man, Jotiet. Business about normal. Not boom ing and yet business not poor. The retail business is always somewhat dull at this season but prospecta seem to indicate a reasonably good spring trade. Labor is well em-- ployed at comparatively high wages and most mannfacturing plants, with the exception of the stee} and wire mills, are operating at somewhere near capacity. The farmer is not HANDED OUT of have been grair are just as bad of were a year ago or worse. Report by E. L. Doug man, Crawford county: good for what is out. The corn CroP | . C here was good but there is no mar-- Awkward Due To Different ket for the corn. Farming condi--| States Involved. ; tions are far from @tisfactory.. F0-- ture will possibly be some better., . Business about normal with collec-- tions véery slow: , © s a Report by J. E 'Allison, chairman, Douglas county: + bofit Wheat and grass land look a General busimess is quiet. Moving of corn is slow, caused by low prices. Wheat is all gone. Livestock seems mm"mm ordinarily should be defined to embrace . and m"b.fi wl'ammmt include all cities,.towns, villages and ers are in the main busy and mak-- fleyMoum.m come-- h'.f.hmt. wlm mnmfl"'ifllfilll"dlfllofwm say trade is somewhat erratic. The | Of the present political limits of the hrm'dmfiuhnm»mwdt'"m * | the farmer who handles some stock| _ The resolutions were adopted and has made a little money. forwarded to Washington by the Group eight--Roy H. Garm, chair |city clerk. .'The letter today points man Beardstown. out specifically why such an area The present condition of whea | would not be applicable to Chicago. ecrop is not satisfactory. Only un ---- In Different State. der the most fsvorable growing con Form&ug.w' ditions can we expect anywhere near | Ind., are both within Afty--mile a ormal yield. 'The acreage is also|limit, but in another -- state, and 'There are fewer cattle and hogs on|a Chicago .metropolitan area. feed than last year. © The letter reads in part as fol-- Local merchants report trade as|lows: f * 7 per cent to 10 per tent below tha't| -- "The figures which we publish as of January and February of 1925 |the population of a given city rep-- There is a marked drop in new con--| resent the population of the area struction. s : ~ |within the corporate limits of that Group nine--J. M. Mitchell,--thair--| city as established by the state leg-- man, Mt. Carmel. islature, and I do not see how we Genera) conditions in this sectioa|could very well include a greater sound. The farmers in southeast-- ern Illinois are in better financia' condition than the average; the pros pect for wheat however, is not very promising; looks like about a 50 per cent to 65 per cent crop. Our farm ers are not borrowing heavily and are meeting their payments fairly The merchants report business as a wlole better than at this time last year, with a larger volume of sales. Collections fair. The mines have kept up reasonably well and labor is more steadily employed= Farmers have been a little late in getting their ground in condition for spring sow-- inzg. As a whole, a general optimis-- tic feelmg prevails. Chicayo territory--Oscar G. Fore-- Winter wheat about 75 per cent of Group Group ten--George Powers, chair noving satisfactorily and at s I '--I';' ."" m' P@aliv i9 w !'I"l' anintu* snd prospects| Metropolitan Plan Called There would be grave difficulty and much. confusion in including certain towns and cities in the pro-- posed new metropolitan district of Chicago, according to a letter re-- ceived by City Clerk Al F. Gorman from the bureau of census, depart-- ment of commerce: On March 31 Ald. Toman intro-- duced a resolution in the city coun-- cil providing that for the purposes of the next federal census, to be takes in 1930, the city of Chicago should be defined to embrace . and include all cities,.towns, villages and other populous districts .and com-- munities within a radius of 50 miles of the present political limits of the city of Chicago. . > The resolutions were adopted and forwarded to Washington by the city clerk. 'l'b:::rxy points out --specifically an area would not be applicable to Chicago. the population of a given city rep-- resent the population of the area within the corporate limits of that city as established by the state leg-- islature, and I do not see how we cluded, either for Chicago or for any other city, unless the boundaries of the city were actually extendéd, as was the case when Greater New York was formed. _ "Further, there would certainly be grave difficulty and much resulting confusion in including any group of the population both as a part of Chicago and as part of some other city. Additional complications would arise where, as in this case, a part of the territory is in one state and a part in another, " : Would Lose Identity. "It would seem, therefore, that the population of cities like Gary or Hammond, for example, must con-- tinue to be reported independently by the federal census, or such cities the city of Chicago, and as parts of "The letter was signed by R. M. Stewart, director of the censug bu-- reau, f ® ** In addition to pointing out these objectionable featares, Mr. Stewart said that in 1920 the total popula-- flgndGhiacomgivmu&Wir 706. while the population of the "ad-- jacent territory," included approxi-- mately all territory within ten miles from the boundaries of 'the city, amounted to 499,596 making & total of 3.201,801 for the city "and adja-- cent territory." Stewart wrote the bureau pro-- posed to continue this plan of show-- ing the population of metropolitan districts and "adjacent territory" in 1930, though, inasmuch as the ad-- facent territory haseno formal or legal boundaries, the bureau might extend this area to include all ter rity within 50 miles of the city ir place of using the present ten--mile In his resolutions Ald. Toman pointed out Berlin has recently an-- nexed large suburban towns and diz-- tricts, making it the third largest city in the world in point of popula-- tion, and Paris similarly has under €onsideration a plan providing for the annexation of its suburban dis-- tricts as a means of improving its position in the population ratings of the world's largest cities. . ' He maintained that the popula-- district easily exceeds that of Ber-- POPE PIUS MAY TALK ON RADIO opportunity of hearing Pope Pius over the radio, as he is expected to open the forthcoming Eucharistic Congress to be held in June, with a speech transmitted from the Vati-- can by radio. A powerful® radio . broadcasting plant is to be installed in the Vati-- can soon, it is learned. By the use of this plant and powerful receiv-- ers, it is hoped that the Pope's voice may be heard in the Chicago assembly and in the vicinity of Chi-- was man's own idea. AND IN SOME CASES she gets a divorce because there is nothing else left to get. MOTHER NATURE made the enery; the wayside hotdog bazaar Will Follow Policy. 3k If Illinois keeps up fire losses at the rate established the first three months of the year, the botal loss for 1926 will approximate $37,500,000, $28,517,780, which was the annual loss or record up The losses so far this year total $9,387,930, made up -- as follows: January $2,612,854, February $3,-- 190,064, March $3,585,012. Of the March total $2,021,070 was in Cook "u]'.--w-m run heavy the first three months of the year, but seem The Little Red Schoolhouse of Printing PHONE 90 LOSSES HIGH Keystone Printing Service "The Home of Good Printing" By the dnmd the human face one's ?ualiilmdwnw--'nd""."fiw aces. Being guided by this principle, we always try to use only the type faces which are charac-- mflulmynabcmiredhemygaof printing, but if a situation arises where the ideal iqnedfor.mtypuwiflpmvealigfmin solving the problem teristic of the thing to be advertised. Good faces either human or type, always create a favorable to be" unusually heavy this year," said --Barber. "The total has been boosted by a number of large fires. room to practice fire prevention." Classes of property suffering the most severe losses in March were: factories $1444,046; stores $617,789 dwellings $595,104; warehouses $435. 577. electricity caused the largest 1088 during March $443,367. Other lead-- ing causes were: sparks on roofs $155,691;° exposure $148,365; rub-- bush and litter $128,700; stoves and furnaces $116,907; chimneys and flues $106,890. THE OLDER a man more he hates to buy a LIBERTYVILLE, LL new straw