E' \_ Congress isn't such a bad institu-- _ _ tion to the fellow who enjoys a good P RROs Te * . Wheeler, i. Senat . party the kj -- and natio _ Wall stre _' #und. Th _. . table. o SPOILS IN POLITICS _ Phe* platform declarations" Ofboth political parties & ha:l:w tgellr W. D, E'oulfi. pmidpe:lt of _ of the National Civil Service Reform league, He sharp-- : ly criticizes the attitude of the politicians and platform _ makers toward the "merit system" in politics. _ _.. Some people may claim that Mr. Foulke goes too _ far in this complaint, yet it is true that many poli-- 3ehik PAGE FOUR 6e < We have heard of people around Libertyville going crazy over reli-- g:» Others have gone crazy try-- ' j 'to figure out a milroud,time' & Entered ut the post « MWarch %. 187 _' 'Not the least of the calamities that are in store 1 ie Democratic party and its national ticket: befo No# }ns the boiting away from Davis of Senat Wheeler, of Montana. Wheeler's defection is a dea for the Democrats of the northwest. _ 'It is confidently expectted that Davis will alter } i eampaign plens, which did not gall for a to west by himf f\iovemor Bryx:n's influence amo Wi\'es of the west was depended on (befo er's desertion) to carry it for B:':/is and himss §« abvious that Brvan is in need of succor early . Dr. Frank Crane says rousers are i.ly 'Well, what's he going to do about it * . _ Autoists of Libertyville can tell mfi-t heftis rush right in where might fear to tread. _ We've always been of the opinion that the devil can read human nature like reading from an --open book. .None of th eadvice against racing & railroad train to the crossing has been declared void. It's still good. Paris still furnishes the styles but this country has learned to produce its own dirty plays. 4 th: Japanese buy their clothes by the pound and their bread by the yard. Here in Libertyville we buy our elothes by the yard and our bread by er means lnat (nC AMCA! fires in the northwest. wlnutboeolnd"i' i forces are engaged, * The world must be in pretty good fihmnudonhutfled to money from us for over . Jackie Coogan has a rival. :?' In the person of little Mickey Ben-- nett, seven and slightly freckled, the LOOKOUT JACKIE, MICKEY'S _ {scraen has a new child wonder. AFTER YOUR LAURELS| We leave the picture public to smmersgamews imake its own decision in this matter Suvenile Marvel Has Fine Role in after viewing "Big Brother," an Al-- Juvenile Marvel Has Fine Role in Allan Dwan's Big Brother 13-- YEAR -- OLD GIRL WINS EDITORSHIP OF NATIONAL MAGAZINE is obviou KEYSTONE PRINTING SERVICE, Pubiisne Sncceeding ALONG THE CURBSTONE > Observations By _ _A MAN ABOUT TOWN r ':. bX'i'r-u of is on p she has ._: editor of the " Weekly, a national ; einaiming a 300,000 cir-- as second--class matter October 13, 1916 ifiee at Tibertyville, Hlinois, under Act ol 9. Issued twice weekly. . FKANK H. JUST, Editor. DEMOCRACY DIVIDED the Waukegan Weeldy Gazette Established 1850 rousers are: -- The Japs who are yelling loudest roing to do| about 'bein shut out of the United States are the ones who were not coming over here any how. M / __Even at that a man would rather | be kept awake by a erying baby than \ a scolding wife. _ The democrats appear to have learned one thing at their convention and that is that New York City is a poor place to hold one. 3 ~_Some Libertyville women's idea of a necessity is anything they can get at a cut price.: . : The trouble with a great many men is that they are like steel--all right uritil they lose their temper. A West Virginia candidate filed as his total campaign expense#*'10 cents for a bag of peanuts". Must have been trying to lure away the G.--O.-- P. elephant. 8 ful in 'rural sections is that country doctors don't tell all they know. \lan Dwan production of the Rex |Beach story, coming to the Audito-- | rium theater for a two days run on Tuesday and Wednesday, next. Mickey not only is the leader of a gang in this picture but he is fast becoming "the leader ; of juvenile screen players. Ever since he essayed to be young Thomas Mrighan in "Cappy Ricks" two and a nalf years iazo he has been in great demand in ktid parts. The good luck star that 'follm Meighan whom he emulated in his camera--debut has been shining | over Mickey ever since. In the short ;.qg.-.g_pf gove k on i ate \'the screen he has played in more | pictures than any of the--recognized 'lnminafiea of the screen. Not long iufierhefelloutof.hbintoalnh near Boston for scenes in "Cappy Ricks" he played in "Marriage and Morals" with Tom Moore whom he is now playing with in "Big Brother" Mickey also appeared in the "Emp'y Cradle," "Second Youth," "The Man Who Played God," "Reported Misas-- ing", "The Last Moment" and "Mighty Lak a Rose." _ One reason why we never believe the fisherman who tells us abou* the big one that got away is that he never gives us any of the little ones that didn't. * What hopec'uu we from a system where Wall street gets our lambs and Congress gets our goats? Mickey is a member of a stage fathily. His fs'thr,W is a member of the team of Christie and Bennett and his moth. | er was at one time a member of the | Pollard's Australian Juvenile Opera 'company. Mickey made his stage debut at the very tender age of four tlnd a half years in 'Chu Chin Chow' | and it was through the interest of Io;rh Gest that he was "nzchu to Jesse L. Lasky, first preai-- dent of Paramount and --given his first picture work in "Cappy Ricks."' The reason life is quiet and peace-- t1 | ticians have at heart little use for the merit system or PR making appointments, ln_dl t:n llfill convinced t}l'mt mmu Spoils politics must preVvAal a la extent. -- They mm f feel that when people have taken hm and have done Gow PED the hard work of political movements, they are entitled lN mm BLUE to some reward. How, otherwise, they ask, will you 4 get people to serve campaign committees, and do the C .L tremendous amount of routine drudgery in politics, un-- t C p less they can have the hope that their efforts will be | Eo warded by a chance at some official position? g i. 4# They would further argue that the people who have | oo t howed ability in campaign work, prove thereby that | o 2 thavy would ty in official position to serve the | e . E's"m'é;&b gn;}'d.";v;m;.aa Ae afrint siggn > parts + pe athad your knowledge of people goods, and we'll .w Jt toth of go will get a leitimate profit «k ie 2 1 04 006.3 4 440 ccoifitaincs dh cautrfiiveiion, ----danncanniet GP ~Artnt vae tr-- 2 +027 i73 ---- _ Think this over and call us in while it is still fresh in your mind. Let's prove that two heads are better than one. And let's together as long as we can make it worth while to both of us. That being the case, here is a suggestion for the business men of Libertyville: You have the goods. to sell and we have the advertising space that will seli them. That has been proven, so there's no room for argument on that point; You can sell your goods bet-- ter if you get your store in the attention of our readers and we can sell our ad space better when we make it fiay the buyer more. We are willing to do our share you will do yours. You tell us what you have to of-- fer you believe the public wants--just ¢¥ve us the facts and such prices as you may want to quote, if any. We'll peop will fail tc course whs he may fa governmen rather thar Co It is A n p-- and un ee} forced t hair comve: asis, go. lo iIty as . efficie r polit! ~eould tru the bf M 4ERE'S THE SOLUTION h» fitness of such politie&'wrkers. it . men are successful in t line, be-- 'al temper and friendly way and pop-- :," who have little conception of busi-- 'he fact that they can sway voters by s and cajolerie, does not prove that vold of some public office and run it d scientific manner. tune when the politicians get so mixed )ligations to their workers, that they d out jobs to them without regard to As long.u politics are run on that l1 taxes high and the government he results the people demand.. Oi litical worker shows business abili?. tablish some claim to a chance to do , but it should be based on fitness e to some politician or political cause. Word was received here Wednes-- day morning of the death of Fred Scott in Wenatchee, Wash. Mr. Scott is a well known resident of Liberty-- ville. (He went to Washington last October to care for a large apple orchard which he owned in the west-- ern state. His health failed him sev-- eral weeks ago and he died in a hos-- pital there. The message was. a great shock to members of his fam-- ily and friends, as they believed him to be much improved. -- Burial will take place in Wenatchee. . Mrs. Glenn G,. Hoskins and son Robert returned home from Chicago Wednesday. Mrs. Maxwell, Mrs. Hoskin's mother, accompanied them and will spend a week in Libertyville. Forrest .Flagg Owen made a busi-- ness trip to Barrington, Wednesday. Kennedy Brothers, Ford dealers, made a ~record" on sales last week. They sold 21 Ford cars in that period of time and have many more pros-- pects which will be closed within a few days. This speaks well for the popularity of Fords and for the sales-- mansip of the local dealers. Mrs. E. H. Purdy and two children of Highland Park spent Thursday with Mrs. F. R. Tripp. eX LIBERTYVILLE ITEMS Mrs. Charles Morris and twa daughters, Patricia and Helen of Sheridan, Wis., and Miss Gertrude Gibbons of Grand Rapids, Mich., are visiting their aunt, Mrs. James Mack. _-- Mr. and Mrs. Louis Bockelman and THE LAKE COUNTY REGISTER SATURDAY, JULY 26, 1924 little daughter Blanche of Chicago spent Thursday at the home of the former's parents, Mr. and Mrs. P. J. Bockelman. . ' I hate to be a kicker, *'Cause it doesn't stand for peace; But the wheel that does the squeak-- -- ing, & Is the one that gets the grease. The Civic Power Commission 'of St. John New Brunswick, has asked the city ecurfcil for a loan of $10,-- 000 with which to buy electric rang-- es for resale. TRY OUR CLASSIFIED CO'UMN developed in the. new blue-- powder. Crepe romasa is the ma-- terial and the trimming consists of girdle, apron and sleeve panel of lattice of self material, the apron finished with rose medalli-- m @ Telephone Libertyville 458--J 107 First Street LIBERTYYILLE ILLINOIS Furniture -- Repairin Upholstering and & . Refinishing R. SUNDELL } go# More Beer Taken ' , -- Sixty--eight more barrels of Jeer. sSwere scized by the sheriff's o!flce' late Wednesday night when three trucks fell prey to thoe officers pa-- ' trolling the roads of the county. . The biggest capture was made ntl midnight ~Wednesday -- about= a--mile --south of Half Day when two trucks (Were _ seized,. <Forty--seven b:rrelal were found in them. j Three men were arrested in Wed-- nesday nights activities. They were Frank Anderson, 35; Frank O'--Con-- nell 24; Joe Martin, 24; all of Chi-- cago. One of the trucks they used had an Acme Phonograph company sign. The address of the company is 2831 W. Roosevelt Road,. Chicago. Victrola ~boxes and. other camou-- flage was scattered on top of the beer barrels, The other truck was designated as Motor Service, G. S. Brown, 5117 West Madison street, Chicago. Released in Bonds & The three men were arraigned before Justice of the Peace Her-- vey Coulson and released in bonds of $2000 cach. Alex Meyer, Wauke-- gan cigar dealer, signed the bonds. day were also released in bonds of $2,000 each and their cases con-- tinued. . The two gave their names as John Okey and John Morris, both of Chi-- cago. <They were released in $2,000 bonds. z Murphy, Millere and Ward, the three beer runners captured Wednes-- the words J. L. Popasky spread on the awning on the side. FIVE TRUCKS TAKEN BY SHERIFE'sS OFFICE DRESS SHIRTS (Continued from Page One.) the most advanced styles, they are "Full Cut for Comfort." See them here in our exceptionally large You will be. doubly pleased by Racine Dress ,Shirts, for-- in addition to being of C. 0. CARLSON 502 Milwaukee Ave. Libertyvillie, Il. A constant stream of friends had been passing in front of the sher-- iff's office, trailing deputies in hopes tha't one of them might accidentally drop the key to the cellar. Never before had the sheriff's office count., ed so many well wishers and willing workers, Sheriff Edwin Ahistrom and his deputies wiped away the tears as they knocked in the heads of the barrels and let the golden fluid be guzzled by the sewer, . Ten police-- men were reported stationed at the door of the courthouse basement to battle the throng that wanted to say a fond farewell to the contra-- band booze.: * Only the sad "drip, drip" of nn-' ber liquid were heard'in the manholes | and sewers of Wmu Wednesday as a sorrowful leetion of 170| half / barrels ~of sizzling, foaming beer which --went the way of dishwater and soap suds in the basement of the courthouse | There was not a man in the court-- | bhouse, or the whole city for that fessessseseseses the screen Paul Sloane Written for Here's A PICTURE Telephones: Residence 165--J / Works 415 Libertyville Cement Block: Works ®= BUY YOUR TICKETS IN ADVANCE FOR DIAMOND LAKE CEMETERY BENEFIT Crowd Watches 123 EAST COOK AVENUE ® Next to Franzen Lumber Yard CEMENT BLOCKS OF ANY KIND SPECIAL ORDERS FILLED ON SHORT NOTICE eeenbnehanennnnnneinninn Tues. & Wed,, July 29 -- 30 6QIG -- BROTHER" has a big *" theme that digs into your soul. Its thrills rush upon you with bewildering frequency. Its dra-- matic force never slackens for a second. It's a perfect picture--one you'll never forget! Plumbers throughout the town were called upon to rise to the emergency, All last night there were mysterious tapping of -- ham-- mers on pipe iron, some of the all night watchers at the courthouse reported. But today, not ome of the haggard and wornout pipe menders had a smile. Their efforts to tap the courthouse pipes had failed. Fish Close to Shore ' Anglers reported that the fish were disporting themselves _ closer to shore than usual. . They claimed that was due to the brisk ¢ wind which was blowing from the land, but failed to say why the serch and herring were congregated in front of one of the large sewers leading from the city into the lake.. Now and then a faint fish song which was translated by one of the old time fishermen to run something like "Hail, Hail, the Gang's All Here!" was heard above the lap--lap and smack--smack of the waves. matter, who would not have been willing to pay 60 cents an hour for the right to pour the beer--into his throst. mm en nnn n i e un 00 00 00 0e n g#