The popular beliet that wintets ¥n the United States are growing guillder is a fallacy, m' to Clarence J. Root, gov me-- ferologist in the Springfield weather bureau, who says no permanent change has ym place in tempera« ture or c¢limate for at least 140 years. . Mr. Root 'miso denies snows are becoming scarcer and assigns the Jight snowfalls of the last few years to the fact that the heaviest precip-- Station of recent winters has bap-- pened to come during comparatively warm periods. PROTECTION GREATER NOW Quotes United States Reports To illustrate his statements _ Mr. Root quoted government reports which show that. January in 1918 was the most severe winter in the elimatological history of lllinols, . "The low temp&Aiture in _that month, and the 'heavy snows," he said, "combined with strong winds were most unusual, As far back, at least,-- as 1878 there has been no wmonth of apy@name as cold as Jan-- uary, 1918) and the local" weather aeard at Peoria, which extends back 48 years, shows this month to have been the coldest month and the combined temperature of December The snowfall for that month was mearly double that of any previous month and the average temperature for the month was only 12.6. = New Haven Records Oldest The meteorological records at New MHaven, Conn., ac¢ording to Mr. Root, are the oldest in existence in this 'gountry, extending bu:s to 1789. These records, averag in -- ten gar periods by Mr. Root, show that that tinte the averages for the vartous ten--year perieods have var jed only three degrees,.> The.coldest ten ' years in the record occurr¢ed between -- 1810 and 1820, when the sverage was 415 degrees--gbove zero: C. J. Root Hits Fallacy of the Weather Beoomlns Warmer; Cites Much Data. Th warmest ten year period came between 1910 and 1920, when the average was 50.5 degrees above zero. But to show that this high --average in recent years does not indicate any permanent 'change Mr.© Root points out the fact that the average for 1800 and 1810, the ten year period, was 50.4, onetenth of one Aegree colder than the average be %ween 1910 and .1920. J ~~-- _ Coldest January in 1857 \ This report further shows the cold-- est January on record «came in 1857, wr. 71 yeats after the record was "The idea that winters are warm #r than formerly is possibly dus," Mr. Root said, "to the fact that people are better equipped for cold weather now than they were 20 years ago. Warmly dressed and mvflled with modern furnaces and water-- --systems people do not suffer the inconvenience and pain from cold they once suffered. the--140--year period came eight years amfter tho© warmest February and the coldest March on record came in 1885. ~On the other hand, no June in the past 134 years has been warmer than was June in 1779. "In addition to this our cities have bécome so well built up that there wre plenty of buildings to break the forte of the wind and ma'e weather seem milder." ~ SAYS WINTERS ARE STILL COLD HERE SAM ZICKERMAN AND WAUKEGAN MAN BUY Mr. Sam Zickerman's host of friends here will be interested to zrn that be and Mr. E. Hunt of Wau-- gan, have purchased the T. H. Mc-- Kinney &on hardware store, North Chicago, Ths new owners took pos-- session of tWa business on Tuesday. TOOK POSSESSION TUES. Mr. Zickerman, who resides at 646 Carmel boulevard, has made his home in* this city for the past eighteen years and is well known here. For several years "io was ~employed / by the Marshall Field lace factory here following 'iith he t--~k up the plas-- tering trade, and for the past few g:n haw been a plaster contractor, Ile in the latter business he be came well acquainted in North Ch+ cago as well as Wankegan ind Keno wha. Mr. Zick --rman was very suc McKinney Store of North Chi-- & cago Purchased by Well ~ Known Men. ~ ~ Bilbo, Spain, Jan,. 23.----Fire caused cessful as a plast contractor and his many frien's wish hi mthe same ruccess his new undertaking. In 1 stateme it to the Independent Mr. L. _ eman asgerted that hbe will con-- tinue to make his home in Zion City. M.«:. Hunt, whose ' ome is in War kegan, Mp)nn loyed by the No\ P*+_# Line as 1+ motorman for 10 * time. HMe is well acquainted in North Chicago as well as Wauke gan. The McKinnel hardwarse store Is a well established firm and has done a vory good 'vusiness since foun'ed '*teen yeatrs ago. The contracting business® of Mr, Zickerman's has b« ken over by Archie LaBelle of this city, who has been in the employa of the former for the past two years, and F. L. Na-- don, 1906 Elim ave we, who is a lath-- h.; contractor. HARDWARE STORE the German ship of --$10,000,000 pa SETTLE FOR $500 TN DEATH CRASH Mrs. Michael L. DeThorn, adminie tratrix of the estate of her son, Kd-- ward N. DeThorn, who was killed at Winthrop Harbor last year when a truck which he was riding--was struck by a Nortbhwestern train, has flled a petition for cause of action in probate M&m was granted by Judge C.Dochgn'hdlam that Mrs. DeThora.will accept the of-- fer of the. North Shore Dairy com-- pany for $500 rather than go ahead with a recent suit for damages which was started. 'The youth was driving one of A. L. Brumund's trucks at the time of the accidext. TO INITIATE FEB. 26 from the United States cruiser Piits burgh, led by Vice Admiral Andrew, were received in audi¢nce by Pope Pius XI todgy. Later they visited Saint Peters. . . The Loyal Order of Moose in a big meeting Tuesday evening, decided to boost the membership of the local or-- ganitation to seven hundred members and will start a campaign for two hundred" new members who will be Initiated February 26th, A-- resolution was passed at the meeting to authorize a search for big-- ger club rooms as the size of the lodge has forced the order to seek larger quarters.-- There were more than four--hundred members at the meeting Tuesday. It was decided to hold a dance at the Masonic Temple February 29th for the membership. This dance will be similar to the one beld last year which proved so successful. ~~ : Madrid, Jan. 28.--The directory today approved a credit of 70,000 pesetas for purchase of naval avia tion materials, MOOSE TO START DRIVE FOR 200 _ NEW MEMBERS Maudeville entertainment, of which the Naval Melody Boys took part, wad one of the features of the program, Refreshments were served following the business meeting. , + _The Moose have undergoné & rapid growth in the city, A year ago there was only & membership of 127, today it has reached the five hundred mark. feiture of dynastic rights. It provided further for seizure of all royal prop erty, It grants a small pension to the king and queen but prohibits them from returning to Greecée. Also Seek New --Quarters as Lodge Outgrows Present Athens, Jan. 23.----The republicans introduced a motion in the national Rome, Jan. 23.--Seventy -- sailors \ _Any womahn who owns a _ Lorain--equipped Gas Range can ' * easily prepare this favorite delicacy COOKERY, until a few years ago, was an inaccurate art. Today it is gn exact science because the Lorain Oven Hmkquhmmmwhumquxwwemd control heat. Nolongerneed you wonder why the appetizing recipes you try, sometimes fail to meet your expectations. Two new clements, you'll notice, are now being the success of the : included in the best recipes--"Time and Tempera-- -- equipped Gas Ran nov on in in rract tnupitatare and ingredients onlys exact temperature and l:::th of :lmc ¥.n Ttooking were left for the reader to guess, at s % accurate device attached only to certain makes of Gas Ranges,. With Lorain you tell the oven just what heat you want, Automatically that heat will be maintained for any length of time, ® Nov,w&nyo-nuln-odunnd:.mhu that given on this page, you can exactly duplicate Thes baked on fnth of these ranges _ to look at. Alsteal--constractich pros "M-h-o-.": vents breakage, Many pleasing styles ¢ that is as casy to keep tlean as itls and convenicat sizes to choose from, SEWNEL Gas Ranges® North SPl;n'gre Gas Co. and July but--corn planting was de-- layed by wet weather in the <south-- ern division. May was too cool for corn and June }ud both hot and cold weather, (July was favorable "for farm work in the most part but wet weather in August delayed threshing and--damaged grain in shock. There was some damage by local storms in every month from March to fep-- tember. ~ When ~the general killing frost of October 21 arrived corn was mostly~ matured but in the north half there was considerable damage on September 14. Wet weather in-- terfered . with wheat seeding and delayed the corn harvest. Decem-- be; ';" one of the warmest on rec-- ord.' * . 1923 WAS ABOVE = NORMAL IN MEAN . TEMPERATURE Weather Man Reports Strange Action of Elements During the Past Year. cOLDEST IN FEBRVUARY J:ruw tay Thamber --of oday to r o Deputies a measure Authorizing the government <to probibit importatfon of foreign merchardise. It ' was referred ~to the committee on 1+ nances. + Malaga, Spain, Jan,. 23.--The pilot boat Josefina went aground today. The crew was saved. eppan ies Haves Tan propree the imgrenisres i i as explained, Set Lotain at the m«.mx':?z quired. 'l'b:r where ::' -:n. and do w?n Jn the oven will be dilicionaly rtady to uerve We are always glad to explain the Lorain Oven Heat Regulator--the Regulator with the Red W&flm Yo:manthmno M oven mk'u'o mhl-lu-:'umdu--wkhwt any attention. M-h-vvdd}olmm- ing booklet "An Easier Day's ork." THURSDAY, JANUARY 24, 19214. NOTED EDUCATORS AT UBERTYVILLE MEET NEXT SAT A umber of leading educators will be the principal speakers at the meeting for all the teachers of rural and village schools of the county, and pupils in the upper grades, at Gridley Hall, Libertyville, next Sat urday, beginning at 9:30 o'clock. Dr. John Dill Robertson, Dr. Henry C; Cowles and Miss A seven reel film, "Hunting the Big Game in Africa," and & fve reel film, "Nanook," or the story of the North-- land, will be shown. 600. There will also be other {features. T. Arthur Simpson, nty superin-- tendent of. _achgol.i;_!fi?x!fesm_,fi- x HAVE INTERESTING FILMS Dr. Hnts C. Cowles, of the Uni-- versity of Chicago, one of the best known authorities on plant life, will speak upon the subject of wflg fow-- ers in Lake county. ¢ Dr. Johnvé)m Robertson, who di-- rected the phblic health work in _ i-- cago for many years, will give va.u able -- information -- concerning ths health of children. & Miss Sorenson, of Evanston will #speak upon the subject of oral by-- giene and the importance of care of the teeth in keeping of good health, MEXICO AWED -- BY U. S. STAND naval demonstration in -- Mexican . waters, has resulted in the Mexican revolutionists backing down virtually completely in their announced block-- ade of the great oil port at Tampico;, Consul Wood at Verg: Cruz, head-- lormee us siate vg t today ormed ¥ that the de facto nm indefi-- nitely postponed its blockade of the | Marriage Licenses |{ ud D um OV uPW AAV Ne + James Williame, 29, Neenah, Wis, Mabel Jams 28, Stevens Point, Wis. Wim. Sefosuky, 21, North Chicago. Leona Baunders, 17, Waukesgan, Milton Lundskow, #1, Kenosha. Marie wmau 18, Kenosha. Robert 25, New London, Wis. ':nua Kanaman, 19, New London, «o lc a Harry Goldberg, 25, Chicago. ; Lillian H. Olson, 22, Chicago. g Arthur R. Johnson, 21, Milwaukee. Myrtle Koelpin, 21, Milwaukee. Lawrence Blanchard, 18, Wauke Ethel Bowen, 19, Waukegan. Washingtor, Jan. 3.----The Ameérican Sorenson on Program. One easy turn of the Lorain Red Wheel gives you a choice of 44 meas» ured and controlled oven heats for any kind of oven cooking or baking. # HORSES RAN AT = LARGE, CHARGE: H. _ 0. BROWN HIT Madrid, Jan. 23.--The Directory to-- day decided to revise several com-- mercial treaties. A warrant was issued today charg-- ing H. O. Brown, well known farmer of Zion Chy.'vlth IO:t.tu his horses run at large during the sub--zsero ther, without food or water, and B'I: Iff Edwin Ablstrom was out this at-- terncon to make the arrest, _ N E1IGH BOR COMPLAINS the horses are now being cared for by Ed Clark, at that place. Brown is residing in Zion City but runs a farm pear that place. It is al}-- leged that on account of all the water-- ing places being frozen the , five horses have boenh unable to get any water and that they were compelled to forage on other people's property to get anything to eat. 4 Well Known Zion City Farmer to Be Arrested This After-- noon by Sheriff. The complaint was sworn out by F. J. Cashmore of Wadsworth, and There is no tragedy which could be greater for the state of lilinois than when vaudeville actors begin cracking jokes about Williamson county.--Peoria Transcript., Millions of Foet Choice Lumber From U.$. 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By providing a noutlet to the gulf, the disposal of sewage into Lake Michi-- gan would be eliminated and that body of water would thus provide.the chief. source of supply for domestic and manufacturing purposes. Through this plan it is expected that the death rate from typhoid and other diseases The Sanitary Distwict of Chicago pays all awards in respect to caused the land owners in mm river valley by the dive--sion of wa-- ters from Lake Michigan, and agrees to the satisfaction of the secretary to pay any award caused to land owners in the Illinois river valiey by the in-- creased diversion of waters from Lake mic~igan, awd continuous installa tion, operetion and maintenance of sewage purification works. -- ~. The Inland Waterways corporation to be created under the bill would consist of the secretary of war and six other members to be appointed by him. _ that are carried 'by germination in the' water would be--greatly reduced. Messrs. 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Junior," and the other is "No, No Downtown, Poppey:; Tay Home."* The poems will be recited by Haroid Knight, law student at University of Chicago. 20 ¢f the district with regard to the con-- struction of such a canal and also ibe water transportation project YOU CAN TUNE IN The poems are from "Slams of Life," who also is the author of "The Potters," a syndicated feature. Claire -- C. -- EKdwards, .2.'.'.."""" 3 Nick Keller, and this m were 3 making arrengements a meeting", with Mayor Theo. !L Murst, and oth= -- er memb*~s ofthe city council, E. H. Clifford, secretary of the Chamber of Commerce, members of the Rotary Club, Ed Kdr'::n, head of t::hfre'i:.p Pfleger Tann ~ompany, r 1acg» tory hea.'s, amd W. *. Allen, of the North Shore Sanitary district. Senator Brookhart ----spent several weeks in this district about three months ago investigating the nesds Bungalows Tllustrated Catalog GW--5 FREE ON "MAC" POEMS i THURSDAY NIGHT PAGE ki v & «2