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11 ~LIBERTYVILLE INDEPENDENT s # *g t --| [ LAKE COUNTY INDEPENDENT ~| [ MILK PRODUCERS _ | [ _ STAND PAT ON l 1R ~~~~ THER DEMANDS + _ ~ 'Milk producers of Lake County, . three hundred strong, augmented by '"others from McHenry and Crystal '. _ Lake, held a mass meeting at the _ willage hall in Wauconda Tuesday and _ : voted unanimously to "stand pat" on % their demand for $2.75 a can for the ---- mext six months., Waukegan _ Milk: Concern -- Agrees to Accept 400 Cans -- "of the Milk Daily. ¥ promise of the Co--Operative lmc company of-- Waukegan to «akefour hundred cans of milk daily at butter fat prices, turning back to the farmers the skim milk to be fed to the swine, shed a new ray of u'%n on the situation. A dairy at Elgin is ausing nine bhundred cans daily under the same conditions. Up to the pres ent time the farmers bave been _ fEéed fih--' their whole milk to the 'swine. "At butter fat prices they wil} dérive sufficient income to, permit thegr to 'holdout until the 'strike has been meltled to their eatisfaction. The--Co Operatice Trading company may be able to take an additional supply of two hundrcal cans daily within the .next few days. :rl:e Yore Brothers bottling plant! * *# #% K --# # O# @f O"f f f 0 f at Libertyyilie, was picketed Monday , areax' es o t hi Rrone fon | adiin oo Pitifee! oo baiins the heads of the plant refused x?o'x.e callers in Chicago Friday the milk producers an answer to the| --yr' ang Mrs. G '"Bur.nett and Al demand that they sigD up Al The| Staples were guests of Mr. and Mrs. $2.75 rate for six months. Ali trucks | Lyle Litwiler at Round Lake on last and wagons carrying milk were hbalt | Wednesday. > "ed on their way tA the plant and Mr. and Mrs. Harry Matthews en-- were :fi:t'@go";':fi:'f';flgo'z Ide:"V .J(;yetdh.Ne" Year's dinner at thté !mmel ering . & rDp | o ormer's parents at Crysta ed there were but two producers 'ho] Lake. . ' RoMilsased maille Robert Kirk was a Crystal Lake ed on their way tA the plant and were induced to refrain from deliv ering milk. So far ay could be iearn ed there were but two producers who delivered milk. ' No milk is being shipped to the | Chicago market Area and points south, Including Leighton, Aptakisic | ! and Prairie View. Not a drop of milk ' iw" being shipped to Chicago from | Wauconda and Barrington. Two deal ets at Lake Zurich signed up yester | day for six months at the $2 15 rate. A meeting was held in Chicago | Wednesday between American Fed-- eration of Lavor of Illinoig--and Chi cago to decide wehther or not the Milk Producers shall be allowed 1o organize. At the same time an ap peal will be made to the union milk wagon drivers of Chicago to refuse to dou'ver non--union milk. 0. L. Stanley of Waukegan, presi-- dent of the Lake County Central Trades Union, Commisstoner Nicho-- las Keller of Waukegan and repre sentative milk producers® 'of Lake County 'were present at the meet-- ing. _ Messre. Stanley and -- Keller were present at tite: meeting in Wau-- conda Tuesday. -- The --meeting at Wauconda Tuesday was one of the largest ever held in that vicinity. Only half of those pres ent were able to get into the village Hall where the session wu.held. ' Waukegan dairies are paying the price asked by the milk producers and therefore are not affected by the strike, which is directed against the Chicago dealers. Deciston on the part of the Co--oper ative Trading company to take four hundred cans of-- milk daily -- was reached after Commisstoner -- Keller had called the concern up on the 'telephone from Wauconda and put the proposition up to the-- heads of the concern PASTORS REFUSE > TO CENSURE GOY-- ~ ERNOR LEN SMALL Refuse to "Pull Chestnuts Out of Fire" for His Political Enemies. v Methodist ministers, at their meet-- ing Monday in the Chicago Temple building, Chicago, yvoted almost unan-- imously not to become involved in the political squabble that lawncha? by the onemies of gmall. ol s e The Rev. Dr. Kirk RobDbins, pastor of the Auburn Park church, offered a resolution attacking the governor. The resolution was tabled after a heated debate. _ _ > _ _ _ The Rev. Dr. Frank Sheets of the River «Porest church, pointed out that "the governor ought not to be condemned without a hearing," while bu's in > con apqustval «it * the Rev. Dr. Fred D. Stone, superin-- tendaent of the Chicago Western dis-- trict, asserted he was "opposed to al lowing this preachers' meeting to be z'uuwmwp pull the chest Fe tl:.' m"ln by the enemies p.mmur spoke the sen-- timent the majority when hbe as MA\ is is a political fAight and 1 don't thisk we ought to be a party of the C * 'Dr, fkone oride Hment of the m varked: ' "This is : 1 don't thisk we to * abble that has been enemies of Governor burn lu:nrl Insurance --Company will be held Baturday, January Ij. at Masonic building. A chicken.pie din-- ner will be-- served by the ladies of the church. +W m The M'@liburo Cemetery Assoe'ation will hold the annual meeting and Sleoct officers Monday, Jan. 14, in the churth parlors,. commencing at 2:30 p. m. The Southside Telephone Co. met at the hom, Of J. H. Bonner Tuesday evening, Jan. 8th. On account of the exertme cold weather, Miss McCredie was unable tohhav. school Monday at the Grupb school. Mrs. Beott LeVoy>----left Baturday morning for Pasadena, Calif., for a visit with her sgister, Mrs. Hardy. Mrs. Etts Winecke, of Sycamore, IIl., is keeping house for her brother, while Mrse. LeVoy is away. . _ ___ lil., 18 KOOpIHNG EQUBO AUE INDE EIILEIET® while Mre. LeVoy is away. 33 Gallons of Whiskey, Some " ar and Mre Altred Balu ot New . Bearing Counterfeit LabelS, Ba'n's s'ster, Mrs. Clarence Bonner. --| . Seized, It is Charged. T. D. Kidd of Chicago spent several days at. his farm the past week, Mss Ruby Gillings is in a hogpital in New York City, taking treatment from a specialist for arthritis. _ _ mrs. George Edwards spent several days with her son, Bert, whose wife and baby were iR. . A caller Thursday. under prescription. Mr. and Mrs. Henry J. Schaifer @Rd _ (yriee's place was raided son, Stanley, of McHenry, spent N°W |mionts ago by the SPODE! Year's with the latter's parents, Mr-- 1yop gallong of gin Were sn;l'rlr:'dwory a88 on .Jnnt time it being char; + Mrs, McGill not come va teaded the funcral--of Swan Hanson Stariting"the" sale "of Int f work at Kenosha Tuesday. H. PASCHEN SUES 'FOR $96,272 ON OLD COUNTY WORK State Made Defendant in Suit Growing Oélt gf Belvidere # oad. Henr? Paschen, a Chicago contrac-- tor, known personally or tz'name to almost puK resident of county, has made the state a defendant in a suit for $96,272 in & claim fled: al-- leging that the embargo on the move ment of freight cars declared by the lilinois Commerce Commission in 1919 was partly responsible for K loss on a state bond issue sbad contract. Paschen employed a number -- of Lake county men in the construc-- tion of the road and became acquaint-- ed with many people l" Waukegan as well as the county. is brother, Frank, who was here with him was not mentfoned in the claim. The case will come up for hearing in the court of claims Chicago Jan. in 15 LC. Paschen obtained the contract for the construction of the --Belvidere road in Lake county in 1919, Comple tion of the paving was upo'ttod by Dec. 14 of the same year. The com tract compelled the use of a certain kind of coment, the delivery of which was halted by the commerce com-- mission's embargo, it is allegeod. Aft er that, the complaint reads, weather conditions and*other things prevent ed completion of the contract. Mr. Paschen contends that he lost $42,000 of the rgs.m in maintaining equipment during 1920 and 1921. which amount was "over and above lvm it would have cost him to main-- tain it in 1919." * ' SLOCUM'S LAKE "LAbor went up in the years fol-- lowing 1919," the ~complaint con-- tinues, "and in addition was unusual Iy searce." Other miscellanecous char-- es are contained in the complaint, making the total alleged loss . $96, * CURLEE RALIDED »| BV U. S. REVENUE i -- DEPARTMENT MEN Federal probibition agents, co-og erating with States Attorney A, V; Smith's sponge squad, swooped down upon Curlee's drug store in Wau-- kegan Monday night and~ seized 83 gallons of whiskey, some of which bore counterfeit tax stamps,-- it . is charged, and suspended the permit of the proprietor, Raymond A. Cur-- lee. -"l'uny alleged irregularities are charged against Curiee, among which are the following: c We -.W(I)."Ft-flfi-;e" _to-- keep records : in abcordance with governmental . re-- quirements. _ x (2) Diverting non--beverage SPH*~ its to beverage purposes. (3) Selling liquor not up to stand ard required~by government. . (4) Having possessiHon of gin without requisition from government. (5) Having .. whiskey bearing counterfeit stamps. * (6) Selling liquor | without re quiring %roper prescriptions. (7) Selling of intoxicating liquor by ( cists His 'entire stock of whiskey has been seal:d up --so that while _ the. case is penging he cannot sell even under his government pérmit, which has been temporarily suspended. _ (8) Threatening federal investiga-- tor. on iinrentouy > It was charged that he threatered to "get" the federal agent's job.' . The penalty for violation of the federal ~law governing drug stores carries a fine or jail sentence and revocation of permit to sell liquor under prescription. _ hne p¢enaily, JOFP YJUVIMRIAM M 1007 . federal law governing drug storea' Razing of the buildings began carries a fine or jail sentence and Tuesday morning in préeparation for revocation of permit to sell Ilquor'the construction "of the skyscraper under prescription. | home of! the /Waukegan National Curlee's place was raided several}bank --to cost $750,000, it was Aan:-- nights ago by the sponge squad. nounced following a. conference of Two gallons of gin were seized at| bank officials with t&m § 1 CBP Cl en n us nesiatal~ . At~ tha -- uis\ Hank Rev. A. C. Bartz Announces at Annual Meeting Showed Church is Prosperous. & er, and A. 8° church elders. TARKINCTON'S PENROD AND * SsAM" FOR P. T. A. BENEFIT fi: l;;:-ir. Bartz came to Wau-- kegan sevetal months ago from Mii-- waukee, where be built up. a fiour-- ishing parish "Penrod and Sam,* Booth Tarking-- ton's famous story of American boy life, is coming to the Auditorium The-- ater Tuesday and Wednesday of neXt week for a Parent--Teachers' Associ-- ation benefit. lnowr:r'f: by the marvelous re: ception the public tendered "Penrod," which was filmed by Mar-- shall Nellan for Firs#t National re-- lease, the latter organization under-- took to put on an even mere lavish American w from the pen of u\&hmoul ngton. & o expense or Dflm spared in nnklnao th!:'mn A screen reproduction American y o said Mr. McDonald. . So ".':_{:':"d in others than registered pharma-- on in Trown op duling the oho'hs picture. The .%.A.wmnm'h.dnm sales only. Buy your tickets in ad-- vyoautnutnnoutfl"m young woman of that vm_vm m.u.flymdm given a ton day stay of us in ness and shown us durin#|circult court Friday before Judge E4 -w :Mhmawm'm the lssuance of a beaut floral «u es requesting that the case Almon and Famil¥. -- be revtiewed by the Supreme Court. PR bale CCC EC OVE d d cgel A. Scherer and R. Behake., CcARD OF THANKS LIBERTYVILLE INDEPENDENT, THURSDAY, JANUARY 10, 1924. " PP wts '"' "I il' w Ii .--' = c l' ' Sntered at the Postoffice at Libertyville, Il., as Secopd Class Mail Matter. Lake County's Big Weekly _ WAUKEGAN WEEKLY SUN The repair shop will be in charge of thrée of the best mechanics in Lake county. Albert mn. shop foreman, has had many of experience, conducting a/ shop in Round Lake; Edward Sawusch, head mechanic, owned and operated the Area garage for years, and . agsisted by ,Ernest Knaack, will give 100 per cent real word mechanical work. es d l Kennedy Bros., the live wire Ford | dealors of Libertyville and Crystal | Lake have made several changes in the personnel of their workin= gtoree:----Chester -- Flage hu' been made assistant man#ger, and has charge of the stock room and the pur-- . chasing department, Mrs, F. E. Ken--: nedy has charge fiho bookkeeping and accounting. ward Kennedy, who formerly worked for Glen E. Holmes, one of the largest Ford deal-- ers in Chicago, will assist F. E. Ken-- nedy on car and tractor sales. _ The repair shop devartment of the firm will be given special attention to the repairing of Ford cars, no work to be done on any Other make of car. They use only genuine Ford parts, and will thereforé Bbe in position to iender 'the best Of servicee. The slogn? adopted by Kennedy Bros. is "S:1vice With a Smile." BREAK GROUND FOR Begin -- Razing Buildings To--, morrow for Construction of } Waukegan National Bank. | Offigials Of the Bt. xlm Dank Equipment compang. who will have complete 'charge of construction un-- der a general contract, were . in Waukegan Monday making final prep-- arations for the breaking of ground Tuesday morning. The first building to be torn down is the one until re-- cently. occupied . by the Holistein drugstoré. > Other . buildings will -- be C T 1 L._ _ u.% 1424 in uIuge udn t. eentn y e m razed and it is expected that in three weeks all the buildings will be down, ready for the constructien operations, according:to-- H. C. Bur-- nett, president of the bank. Local labor of all kinds will be employed in every trade that is rep-- resented in Waukegan. It is the molievy of the bank officials and the employed in every trade that is FCp resented in Waukegan. It is the policy of the bank officials and the contractors to employ locai labor to the greatest possible extent. MANY MATTERS IN PROBATE COURT HEARD MONDAY SKYSCRAPER LAST | TUESDAY MORNING A number of estate cases were heard Monday in probate court, and action was taken as follows: Morris S. Ford, Waucofda--Proof of heirship taken. Will proved and admitted to record. Bond fixed at $4,000. -- Letters testamentary issued to George D. Sroker, i William C._ Bremner, Highland Park--Report of sale of real estate approved. Final report and account approved. Estate closed. ' Mary, Andrew and John Edward Cooke, minors--Second account and reports approved. _ ___ _ _=-- Een e on 9 Samuel Bambrough, Waukegan -- Will, proved and admitted to--record. Bond fixed at $2400. Letters testa-- mentary issued to Winifred May Ja cobson. l2 -- Selma Swanburg, minor -- Decree in the matter of sale of real estate entered. 6 Josephine R. H.M.heyl. incompe tent--Re port approved. _ mR EC C s James Hardinge, Lake Forest-- Appraizement bill approved. Chester c? Needlies, et al, minors --KFirst accbunt and report approved. Lettie Nichols, Zion--Petition for probate of will filed and ,set for hearing Jan. 28, 1924. ~* W OOC 1 sem B SCZ Wiam _ v('i'hr;if; _ Richard Wickens, Zion-- Sale of personal property Lordmd _ Thomas -- Strong, Grayslake--Fifia! report and account approved and es-- tate closed. . o "Elb:.r';wl-l..\ Davis, Zion.--Report of sale of real estate approved. © MITCHELL COLE _ , GETS 10 DAY STAY Mitchell Cole, libertyville youth, who was sentenced to serve from one to 20 years in the state %ory for having attacked Elele ah , young woman of that _ was wiven a ton day stay of Umus in of sale of real estate MAKE SEV-- GES IN FORCE tyville youth, | wants of erve m-&ne ity in tha e ty nmhh- ore 'wid'ss is | "Ben . f wlttimas in ; Rach © cce $25,000 SULTS sy| FOLLOW ARADE "= > CROSSING CRASH Two Chitago Youths Sue for Damages for Injuries Re-- ceived at Diamond Lake. The Elgin, Joliet and Eastern rail way company is made defendant in two damage sulits aggregating $25,000 filed in circuit court Friday as a re sult of an accident at Diamond Lake on Sept. 30, last year. | ASKS POLICE 1O | ING FOR WEEK George Hodek, by Charles Kublk, as next friend, is suing for $15,000, while Zdenek Newman, by Rudolph Vacek, as next friend, is suing for $10,000. "THe accident took> place at Dia-- mwd Lake, the injuries being re cefved when an auto driven by Ho-- dek and in which Newman was & passenger, was struck by an engine on the "J" line. It is charged in the suit filed Friday that the railroad was negligent because there was no crossing wAtchman and no warning signal--was sounded by bell or whis tle Both young men were injured very severely and were brought to the county hospital at Waukegan where they received attention,., l-llU, PVUUEVWI . TUIEDNTTO The bill, charges thaft both young men were injured so severely that their earning power has been im-- paired. Likewise both have had to expend large amounts for medical attention in seéking recovery. ° _ The victims of the accident live at the following addresses: _ _ . Georg:.!.l;cvl:k--:il--c--s-- West 26th St Chicago. oo L*R _--ZGenek Newman--1751 West 47th St., 'Chicago. rag man is 19. "J am going away and 1. am 'm coming back. It will do you no to look for me. Take good care of the children and try to think kindly of. me.~Good bye." When Arthur Pedersen, a driver for the Standard-- Oil company, re-- turged to his home, 485 N. Jackson St.." Waukegan, Friday night of last weék he found a note on the dresser from his wife. --It was worded prac-- ticallyas stated above. 4 , Then he conducted a little search and found that his wife had packed up her personal belongings -- that morning, had" kissed the three chil-- dren goodbye, and had left -- the house. Since that time, as nearly as Pedersen can find, she has not been, seen by any of her friends. . 4s , At first Pedergen thougz'unt hbis wife might have sought --destruc-- tion and he went to the police with his story. Captain Thomas Kennedy --conducted a-- search but was unable to find any trace of the 'qn(n. ~ Today Pederson said he was con-- vinced that his wife had not taken her own life--on the other hand hbe V¥elieves that she simply has decided to leave him. * "During the eight years we. hnave been married .we never . have had. any #trouble," -- Pedersen said today. "She was a good woman and a good wife. There was Ao other man in the case--of that I gm_ponmve. For the last three: years --we have had more than our share of hard luck. First ['s'iiil1 hurt--then the children contracted 'scarlet _ rever , chicken pox, pneumonia, etc--in fact it has J uPn 2 k¥ amw _1 'I:lo:l;r"l;"zo years old--and New hhieg: WOR ce O es C been one thing arter another--I guess my wife was just worn out with the hard work and worry." The Pedersen's have three children --aged 3, 5 and 7 years. Pedersen announced today tnat he is break-- ing up housekeeping and he and the children 'will live with his sister. NEW BAKERY OPENED IN LIBERTYVILLE TUESDAY The Quality Bake Shop, located in The First National Bank Building, was ovened for business last Tuesday morning, and is in charge of ' HarrY Eglaff, a baker of many years' experi-- ence, who comes here from Evans-- ton. 'dAn the equipment of the old Buke-' te Bakery hay been removed and a new cokeburning Hubbard oven of | the latest design installed. The bak--| ing and salesrooms have been redec--| orated and present a spdtless appeAr-- | ance. A complete 1st of everything found in a first class z:'l'iry, wl be on sale, and ev of-| fort will made to take care of the : wants of the people of this commun-- ity in that line of business. | attention will be given to l orders for churches © lodges and i for weddings and banquets. @aturday a special offer will be-- tor that particular day. For next Baturday thd finest of pumpkin pies will be on nlo tor 186. SHee the display ad in another column.. n said he was con-- wife had not taken years we nave never . have had stt Mrs. Fred Labahn will entertain the sewing club Thursday afternoon, Jan-- uary 17th. . ur. and Mrs. L R. Beecham have purchased a house in Wheaton, where they will move to in February. Mr. and Mrse. Albert Franken enter-- tained a nephew, Peter Franken, of New Jersey, th, past week. The annual congregational meeting of Bt. Paul's church has been postpon:-- ed until Sunday, Jan. 13, at 2 p. m. The Ladies'® Alid will hold a bakery goods sal, at the.Mercantile Store on Saturday afternoon, Jan. 12. . James Grogan of Streator is the guest of Mr .and Mrg. Bruce Blaine. A public hearing of the zoning ord-- inance.will be held --Jan. 17th. 'The teachers 0 fthe Presbyterian Sunday--School. held _ their regular monthly business meeting at the E. P. Easton home Monday evening. The North Shore Bible and Train-- ing School, which meets every Friday evening at the Presbyterian church, will meet in th, future at 7:35 in-- stead of 7:45. . Mrs. Henry Siljestron and little son James Henry have returned from the home of Miss Josephine Woodman. _' Mrs. Thos. Duffy attended the fun-- erai of her sister, Mrs. Julia White, in Chicago Saturday. * ¥ Pettis Bros. are building a houme of the colonia} style on Todd Court for I)'lr.i:ml Mrs. C. J. Burns of Rogers AL rivet ¥ hurs-. Katherine Walker and son of Chicago Helgh&pcnf the week ond with Mr. and Mrs. John --Haggle. , The cold weather delayed :the work on the new home of Bert Fiaston on Chestnut street. >' ? z> rdea Mrs. Gustive Koch and children are 'v'ilnltin; her mother in Minneapolis, _ The Pot Luck club were entertained Frida yafternoon by Mrs. Lincoin Pettis. ces The young »eople of the United Evangelical church gave & farewell party Saturday evening for Mss Lau-- rel Stryker, who left Monday for. LA Western Union College. t s 9 'Mr. and Mrs. Ambrose Montavyon are visiting Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Hebbs in Minneapolis,--Minn. -- --ll;s. C. I¥V. %t:mf enterta'ned the Woman's Misslionary Society of the United Evangelical church Thursday afternoon ----Mrs: Harry Muhlk, is teaching for Miss Fay Mills, who is sick at her home in Warsaw, NL * _ Miss Martha Jeppson visited Miss Marjotie Grabham at the lowa State University at Ames. 4 '7 Leslie Haggie is at St. Luke's hos-- pital in Chtedgo, where he is doing as well as could be expected after an aperation. _' Mrs. Thomas Gilder of Gatesburg is visiting her daughter, Mrs~G H. Clouse. 4 en a t ie on aks _ Mr. and Mrs. W. McDonald of the North _ Shore. have moved into ,the John Woodman home. . Mr. and Mrs. John E. Woodman and family left Saturday for Dunedin, eeellyy e D C n The Grammar School P. T. A. will hold their regyfar meeting Friday aft-- school, when they will hold an elec tion for president, | as . Mrs. Oscar V,Beec'hID has mw to Mn m-o where Mr. Beecham has been {for the past three months. . Rov and Mrs~ M. L Thomas and Rev. and MrS, M. L. AuOMN® "7""* children are visiting Mr. and Nre. | John Graves near La Salle nl. apra)an'» o OoBITUARY ( Eliza 'Jane Lockwood, daughter of Jane and John Lockwood, was born near Washburn, Woodford county, ) August 31, 1847. From there they moved to near Fairbury, where they fong tolived for nearly eight years, later moving to Saunemin township. She was married to Almon Frost of Fairbury, Dec! 17. 1872 and where they lived for several years, moving from there to Saunemin and Komr' ton. They maved to Deertleld warly twenty" years ago, later settiing on | the Wilmot farm, where they resided until three years ago, when thay | moved into their new home in the village, where she passed away on Dec. 31, 1923 She leaves to ?ourn her death her husband, Aimon Frost, five sons Har-- \ ry, Arthur, Rarl, Theodore and )'lx |\ man, all of Deerfield, and two | ters, Mre. Ollie Schafroth, of near | Kempton n% Mrs, Lmallsa Olson, of Chamovaign. She also legves 'pineteen | gudcmldn four sisters, Mrao. '| fllhll v ""o c'.fl. , Wood, of fil.; Mrs. F. Wood, .|:; lnhm&ul Mra. Sallie Fagan !. Te OS ok -M |_ She leaves to ?0""' husband, Aimon Frost, !ry. Arthur, Farl, Theo |\ man, all of Deerfleld, | ters, Mre. Ollie Scha | Kempton n% Mre. L Chamoaign. She also. oteithatee l vitor ~w W';WNO. 954. C '- won . No h cce tn> The interment was a Sunny Hlope tor noew '%' cemotery at Saunemin, 111., Thursday.! squipment. than DE ER FIE L D .;uv -v-m---vi"' us + MILK PRODUCERS _ SEEK AFFILIATION > Producers Meet Trades Union Leaders in Chicago; Arrange Meeting for this Week. Lake county and other milk a ducers and Labor union. officials ha delegates at a meeting in % Sunday afternoon for th'm:r obtaining the sentiment of -- pro-- ducers concerning their --affiliation with the American Federation of L& bor. + Lake county took the initlative i% the movement. O. L. Stanley, prosi-- dent of the Lake County Central La& bor Union, and Commissioner Nitheo-- las M. Keller, of Waukegan attended the meeting, at Musicians hall, where more than 400 officials and delega tions of the various state, city and county labor organizations were rep resented.. Mr. Stanley delivered a ten minute address #ad invited the farmers and milk producers to affili-- ate *homulvu with the A. F. of L. TE aBegt ns T EW phon upy CGT ; P" f P°9" Tfio meeting was principally for the purpose of conferring with Frank T. Fowler, of Lake % champion of with officers of the Milk Producers Association, as well as the executive and legislative committees of. the State Federation of: Labor. ; <It an address made Sundhy after foon by Mr. Fowler, he deciared that the producer is receiving only . z and 9--10 cents per quart for while the Chicago consumer is hg charged 14 cents by the dealers, stated that the producers have spent large sums in making their -- d¥ thoroughly sanitary in order B0 I every requirement of the 'health thbrities. <o i "The last minute. the QIBLFIOUIOFS, notifed the producers that they would no longer continue to pay the price whichthey had been wh': during the past six months, / Mr. Fowler said. "Now when we are asking a continuation of 'the price,. $2.75 a bdndred pounds, they start. importing milk from outside --sources . and "paying 50 percent more .rather than give us our price, w we 3 sider is as low as-- it can-- pDaSsinly We" Drod"ced-" s ; * '1_ N" 1 ;7 Mr. Fowler quoted figures to show that it cost the producers .0233 cents 'to 'produce the milk wlle.!.fiq are selling, or have been > til _ the "strike" at 0275 per pound. 7 W. I: Woodin of Area , ~ day that Area, Prairie iVew, W ing and Aptakisic, no milk nh'r- ed by the producers Mongay. H de clared that the {farmers are fi ming their _milk Of through separators and are the cream either as butter fat making butter. -- The skH . k is being fed to hogs, he : By disposing of the milk y this way, Mr. Woodin said, pro-- ducers are getting as much or more than what they are asking from the distributors. [ Lake County spent $1439,488.54 for | the purchase of new schools, togeth 4 | er with grounds and equipment for: iaame during the fAscal year 1 22--23, ';u'cortflnq to a report just ..,1*.« | he by state department «t pao iC 'M.vu spent for the year 19 J when' the total amount # wfi these pyrposes was $275,07 1M s' i > In this respect Lake C ) entate. lished quite a record for out o u§ | hundred counties which reportal I to ittha state -- department half stated \ that less was spent in 193233 / f . | in 1921--82%. * y n |_ ot the total amount expended in | Lakes County in 192223 e squm : ; | $387,630.18 was spent. fot -- grounds . | apant for new ® met % > n LAKE CO. SPENT. . | $439 438.54 FOR .___ SCHOOLS IN 1923 $1.50 A YEAR IN ADVANCH WITH A. F. OF L. per pound. § rairie iVew, Wheeh . no milk was bhaul«" ers 'm-"" farmers are skm-- . k or running it rs and are selling -- ; as butter ftat or . hase . ho 50 the aistributors at 'nl°~ rALBOFr in o » 'h we *o .44'1' ~ cen -- until the _ ; _ pound. , x m docund-'. ce s ie iVew, Wheok e .\ milk . was baul« .-- l w6