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La'e County independent ---- Woaukegan Weekiy.Sun --~_. The gas tax measure, recently pass-- # dbytbm"flyma.nmv- ed by Gov. Len Small, will be collect-- _ It's a cinch that Mtr. Bracher felt the money was to be safe in the Kansas bank or he would not have sent it there knowing full, Well that he and his bondsmen would be liable for it. --_ clse in the state. For example, had the Security Savings bank, | stop flight between the Pacifc Coast wmitd&eimmmanypfimmfdwwmun:wm'w fid&fluhflghmm,(&uhhfl)nd"u--.fito;:m c&.'z'ma his bondsmen would have been hit five times as hard as Bracher has lolleed Fokne: arm? Siade 26 hours mwwmmdmunmmmmmfuwmmua:m had on deposit about $500,000 of Lake county funds. And,mmm"'""' thehw,thc'fafltnevouldn'thavemadepemallothism Unescorted by an-- army patrol any the less liable just because it was a WAUKEGAN bank. mm'::ng.mm::m Anderxhar,?adhglfimdfinah.tmw& ~.."'gmwlum' honesty of others has come forward, tendered all of his property to :tflifl- 'l'h'.v:.:O was in exce} amfith«dentosénhandmakemghe_mmtinvdvedbqum, n rmore thrt they Bag for thefihédflnhuubanktosdelym&ectthetndshemmth radio beacor route most it.forthatpurpose, Hq.has'doneandisdoin(al.lhémandhis A:.;'{,',""-'W.w fnewsarehwhghmntmmm&emmndmwmm-mm-m and that he personally recovers from the western bank which 2P--|come wey thed ty guns at Schofiend parently got him into all this trouble. Barracke. es Army nary and civitian-- officials _ We think he made an error in sending the money out Of the | _iag.95°, " m -- pacific Const time, state, but in the end it would have been the Ssame under similar CiT-- | Lieuts. Lester Maitiand and Aibert F. THE COUNTY TREASURER MATTER Treasurer Roy Bracher has shown his complete good faith in vdmwflyt':inmallh'sprmto,mbwhvhaothm did with the county money after he entrusted it to them for safe, keeping. 'Twould have been the same had a LOCAL BANK gone "busted" or had a local official misused his funds as was the caso with the Kansas bank--in theyend Bracher personally would have been responsible under law. ~And he knows that, recognizes the bct,mmmrflhhm,*tmflingtom&wwhdp\fimn-' cover later from those who fleeced him. * ¢ Royisthe"vicumq(acircmunce"andtbcwhOksimfio' seems to argue for a change in the state law governing ~countyi treasurers. For $3,600 a year he is supposed to furnish a bord off $1,250,000 and be responsible for all the funds given into his hands. Hehwmpfltth'hw.'idmdif&emhcfi,@ PERSONALLY or his bondsmen are liable--and yet he himself cannot get a cent's interest on those funds. ° ' It--s:ems "all wet." n eek It seems that the law should provide a bond be furnished by the The National Conference Board reports that for the last three years the taxes paid by © agticulture in~the United States have This is a great reduction -- fromthe figures of 1921--22> when mesmnpeg\o-cdmmm-hun-u&mhiu took only 11.2 per cent Of the net profits. x t + These figures indicate the varying farm profits more than any variation in tax rates. In 1919, under the war stimulus, agricultural net profits reached--the high mark of $8,857,000,000. The next year | _ they dropped to $3,013,000,000 and in 1921--22, they amounted to only $138,000,000. This was the year when taxes collected on farms came | | to six times that sum, In considering these figures it is important to keep in mind that the farm taxes are almost entirely state and local levies. The only form of assessment bythoUm\e::j?- government which directly affects farmers is the income tax.(_ | --. | /~ It is not the United'States goverpment, therefore, which s be blamed for the excessive taxation of agriculture or which power to lessen this burden. _ bondsmen be held liable. ~ * us wicittu_1VvuUd}j. For $3,600 a year we can't see how they get folks to take the mm mm 0 job of treasurer. Too much responsibility and liability is motvdl RECEIVE* -- WILD -- OVATION to make the job anm appealing one. oounty;itshouldindiatehowmdchmoneycoddfiodepdfiudha Sureretlitneun ind > mamauum:mdmmxdfimuw mmwm then if the bank breaks, the county and not treasurer or his| Coast and is Com-- able in the county starting Aug. 1 when the measure becomes a law. * It was passed for thnq purpose of completing the state eystem of --hard roads and proponems ~of : the -- bill argued that it would ahorten the speed of conustruction by ten years at the R. M. Lobdei!, connty superintend-- ent of Kighways, after attending a.dis trict convention several months ago saw the passage of the tax as event-- ually if.not for this year. He advanced the argument then that the 102 coun-- ties through the state had e» pressed the state ,highway departnmient for hard roads that it wouid take until 1942 to complete those placed under the $100,000,000 bond iseue. > The stinte highway department, he The members of the board of super-- visors . who voted for the tax of two cents on the gallon--to ai@ purchasers buying ior automobiles argued that it would bring $1090,100 annually to fl.mllt!kt'lfldmm a bhalf miles of seven inch concrete 18 feet. wide: s F GAS TAX TO BE ? : COLLECTABIE ON AUG. 1 IN COUNTY in pressing Illinois for the lead, Only wfl--fwn Preacag "The assemibly by placing :! the the state highway department can and has been: building about>1,000 miles of road a year. Wisconsin, which ASK TWO CENTS A GALLON all Signs Bill a n d Will be Enriched by THE FARMERS TAX collected retuned. Thus it can be éeen that the state will be in a pos' tion to use both licenpse fees and gas tax for paving. The anticipated co+ lection for lllinole a year is $13,000,000 routes under the $100,000,000 . pond issue and thus creating an almost im-- New York, June 29--After trying vainly to gain parental tmmm for, their hurried and unconvent mar-- riage, Henry--Gassaway Devis, 34, and his bride, the former Grace Vanderbilt today were reported on their way to British Columbia on tneir honeymoon. The young society coupie, who were secretly married: yesterday in the chape! of the municipat yuilding with a policeman as 'witness, later at~ tempted to appease the shocked 6¢n: cibilities of generas and Mrs. Cor-- néelius Vanderbilt by having a religi-- ougs ceremony performed at the little church aroufd the corner. This move failed to stir the Vander-- bilts, ~however, and repeated tele-- phone calls by the bride to ber par ents .home-- brought en:y the P and Mrs. Vanderbilt are uot at home." Cornelius Vanderbiit ;r.. brother of Grace, revealed that his Wg insisted upon her llv'l to a title enctishman, but that she had Mre. McPherson, in a number of at-- ticles she has published toncerning night liftso in Chicazko. termed the according to the suit. FOR $100,000 were waiting to grasp the hands of the: intrepid aviators as-- they ended their long aerial journey apd added a-- mrew chapter of man's conquest of the '~'Governor _ Wallace -- Farringtos, Mayor Charles Arnold, Admiral John McDonald, Edward Lewis commander of the department of. H:awali and bro-- ther olfficers were first--to pay their homage to the--valor of the two youth-- ful; flies who had ~'~pl=>~~ that Haewaii is only a little more twin 3 bhours 1100 nc Busth--ang. F Lient. --Two batallions of the zist iss atry, seventy military police & fifteen Hon-- olulu motor officers bpatrolled the ____ By JOHN F. sTONE Honolulu, June 29.--The Pacific has Army nary and civilian IN HAWAIE; 2400 MILES IN 26 HRS. CONVICTS OF PENITENTIARY in Lansing, Kan., who mutinied while working in a mine because they Snce exhausted, beinig PORINON: _ > _________. s cowlc-- cessn es daneel en tmaianeie c oninmmane ie is prayers for guidance, KNEELING IN PRANER st the Calvary Baptist Cliurch, in New York city, Warren Straton, 19--year--old son of PBr. John 'Keach Straton, noted Fundamentalist, saw the light of the living God, he has declared. hm.*'*d*ol.-flflu'hw"" -',h---n&m.wmu--wmma---u*hm before his thther and fellow worshipers as he se the 'he Tirmily believes was God's answer to his Ade (eboi s Tone COs BW T ca laryss, W Y 5o lale . oi ns c s o ie s o t e t t s ns s ks Suja e t se fls 4 es Cl wlA cord Tss ceogss e on t l eX 3 '«?":" Canple se n i o n n h s e tss : f N nomarta ies ns on in s n ha -- Convicts Starved Out After Mutiny o ~ > mamannenbetizns ci e ME Abrios s . ~~ and acquired a host of friends. who were on hand . to greet him, s Am:,dad'uhnflhu for an C welcome to the fliers as soon as they dicembarked from "I'm hungrty," wede the first words of Lieut, Hegenberger as he stepped ~~*They put in coffee and sandwich-- es. but we couldn't {find them," He . "Congratula my boy," General Kdward Lewis. commander of the department of Hawail,--said to Mait land as he climbed from the plane. . "That's fine, thanks," <~responded Maitland, "but &ive me--a cigarette." "et's hbhave a cigarette," was the first request of Lient. Maifland as he stuck 'hbhis hbead from th pilot's compartmnt with a boyish grin., Washington, June > 29.--"Oh, ijan't that fine,"--exclaimed Mrs. Lester J. Maitland, -- wite of the --courageous Hawaiian pilot when told by Interna-- tional News Service that the big army plane had landed at Honolalu. -- * bets news I've heard in a long time," she continued. "lsa't it marvelous?t" ; Parents: Overjoyed Rurlingame, Cal., June 29.--Whoops of joy sounded in the Maitland home here when the father and mother Lieut. Maitland wehe told their son had successfully completed the epoc-- hal flight from San Francisco to Hon-- The avirtor's father, James Mait-- land, bounded out of his chair and leaped around the room. "That's won-- the night. -- P San, Francisco, June 29.--Gen. Ma-- son Patrick, head of the army air service, made the following statemen' roday when --told : by International Mrs. Maitland's eyes filled~ with Patrick in That's wonderful!" he kept Wife Iw Pleased © much, that's the established air communication -- with News Sery'---- --***~ suceess of the army's Hawaiian flight: --_"I am greatly gratified sover this feat of the army aviators who hare to ¢~~ <*~ that withiz a short period of time regular air communigation will ~«~* heen established --and be fore many years all--regular ports wiil be linked together by means of air SHOT AND KILLED _ Deirborn, Mich., June 29.--The man while .driving a truck loaded . with liquor toward Chicago, . was identi-- fied today as Max Boiton. Police ex-- pressed belief Bolton lived in Chicago and was slain by a group of riva! Chicago rum runpers. "Everything was dozse to safegu the flyers before their siz:t and the success{ul completion of the flight: a tribute to--the figyers thems#lves and to the careful prepara®idns made be-- forehand.© Like all other such fligh:ts over great distanses tis means much in an economic and business way, bringing widely separated commercial ports together. day served notice on Soott's attor-- ney he would ask that an immediate date be set for--the insanity hearing. _'If Scott is found sane he must hang for the murder of Joseph Maun-- "Ploneers . in a new method . of tran:--orlaiijon are -- always {ollowed by more prac"~~* ~~ ~4«--of their ac r*~glishments. © There is--everything soon. 'The state's attorney bere to-- Chicago, June >~28.--The sanity <0f Russell Seott, convicted murderer, twice adjudged insane and twice de-- clared of sound mind in legal wrang-- return to Chester asylum, in o A gracious woman retaineth honor: and strong men retain riches. 'The merciful man doeth good to his own gou! ; but be that is ¢ruel troubleth his own fiesh.--Proverbs 11:10, 17. the Pacific. Bowuhgnded. The Spaniard De Soto explored the great Southwest, discovering the Mississippi river and finding an untimely grave other adventurers meantime had "put Canada on the map" as French terri-- plorers. They risked their lives, their fortur #, their whole careers, not for themseives, but for the greater wea'lth and glory of the kings they served. Their final reward in nearly every ease was poverty, disgrace or execu-- tion. Never before or gince was the eceeding up the river that now bears his name to a point north. of Albany. Later, while exploring Hudson's bay in search of the North pole, he was cast adrift in a small boat by his own men and left to die. Cartier and paxim "Put not your trust in princes" so terribly verified as in the instances of these Fifteenth and Sixteenth cen-- cbecure and in pqverty. P ol fame, but their earthly recompen wqdn.,qnddufl.' ** divided up among Purope's nations as m Spain hbeld the Far South; the Virginian and adjacent colonies: the Dutch ruled New York ; a trackless wilderness and discovered Smith followed him, making the Vir-- ginia settlements permanent and open-- oppressed her American colonies, fall-- Ing 'v send themsuccor, levying heavy and unjust taxes; allowing them no rnanrecoentation in parliament and gending incompetent men to govern them. For centuries dissatisfaction Increagsed throughout the thirteen After him John and Sebastian Cabot, father and son, explored North America --in 'the name of the miserly King Henry VII d&lflnd (the "Henry of Richmond" who conquered and succeeded Richard , and were other in all history; taking its place ington's guidance, began its career as a republic. Despite a second war with Rngland, in 1812, and the need-- less, tragle Civil war between North and South, in 1861--1865, the country among the greatest hations on earth and winning the respect of those who in earlier days predicted speedy col-- lapse for the mighty young republic, and seiting a high example of gor-- erament, freedom and patrioctism to the world at large. Criminals and beggars, led by a fa-- matic on a mad cruise, made possible by the generous whim of an unedu-- cated woman't r CBBMOPBR COAXDUMBUS, Gene eco -- marinor ~ ctudamt --and -- mwo--rl. #ailing west from Europe one might in time hope to arrive in the East In-- dies. After many fallures he succeed-- ed in interesting <Queen Isabelia of Bpain and a capitalist named Pinzon rate fighter, incurred charges of heresy and insanity in the latter part of the Fifteenth century by evolving the idea that the earth was round and that by [ Honor and Riches "*he new Unlon, still under Wash-- (© by Dodd, Mead & Company.) A7 .'L":"'A_'"éi; f however, ~neglected and i > 42. sented by a proxy or euali, who i# practically her master, € The same law also permita amy, which is often necessary, :: uilly meve ouh tw wine whe all y have only two wives, who 4 ased Tor all kinds of work, his kaoua at the Moorish cafe or t6 digcourse at the Djemaa or clse to look* for news in the market. It is not ut usual to see old men of sixty marrying~ girls of twelre--Colonel Goochot in La Revue Mondiale. 4 Gold of the Ancients a The supply of gold in ancient times was derived mostly from surface sands and gravels which yiclded their vak ues by simple processes of washing, Gold was thus mined at a very carly southern Urals and in the region bor« dering the eastern Mediterranean. parently the discovery of gold is d«itributed to any one person. 'The an-- d.tworunnforhuthcflfi been ascribed to the Egyptians have been found in the mountains of ; Forced to Divide Dramond '-'.--)'4', '-- Until the discovery of the Cullinan -- C@lamond the Excelsiot held Orst . years mo buyer--was found for 4&, 4# . Mdmmmth&b&a'fi by her father or her brothers, or by her children; for in all these ree lations of her civil life she is repre Waited Long for Notice. ' Not until 14 years after the --~comp pletion of --her masterpleces, "Pride and Prejudice" and "Sense and Senti« bility," were the npovels of Jane Aum circle. Originally called "First Jm pressions," the novel "Pride and Pref udice" was refused by the who in the latter part of the eenth century were imaking money by the distribution of books "romantic horrors and extravagance." When it was finally accepted and pub» lished 14 years later, it was immedi ately --acclaimed by the reading public, Duluhercreaunmhlltvuz fashion among wealthy persons to cuk Hvrate not refinement but the refine Ralph Jones, a lawyer, tells this story at his own expense: 32 He was employed to defend a ww;mx-uquu--ad Jones'and his client succeeded in ; ment of cruelty, and Jane Austen at tacked this fad with all the power & the command of bher genius. named, and Jones accepted it. mexrt day he learned from ihe the check was worthless. The had never Had an account at bank. Jones was told. vincing the judge that man was notxufl:' g". "How much is your fee?" the The attorney named the figure. TB Poetic Jastice immedb g public, _ was s 8 toe'z * ie im usten ats