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^ -1 ir « W \ ; « JJ *' • I " / _ ' V:' ", " •* '. • *' ' j * y ' ' - • * * ' • k . • o >••£ '-• WW*/ J> mrV»^ ^ »*##.' JWWWT* THE M'HENRY PLAINDEALKR, THURSDAY, APRIL 8, 199ft THE LATEST NEWS IN DAYS OF YORE Ptahidealer Items Twenty-five Years Ago A representative of the Plaindcaler has been informed by "One in authority" at the general offices of the Gail Borden Co., Chicago, that work will commence in a very few days on the new factory tb be located here. The deal with the Knickerbocker Ice Co., has been closed and the arrangement of a few minor details will end any further delay. The building will then commence and McHenry will have . added another industry to her list. George Fisher died at his home in . ^this village Wednesday evening, aged - ,34 years. The funeral will be held from his late residence at <&:00 p. m. .Friday. Interment in Woodland cemetery. ' -V ' v' ' Mrs. George Stevens of Rinpwood died at 2:00 a. m. this morning after a lingering illness. She was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Parks of thi3 village. Mrs. B. P. Bishop died at her home in Lake Geneva, Wis., Wednesday evening. She was. the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. D. H\ Woodburn of this place. Dr. David. G. Wells was in Nunda to attend the funeral of Dr. Watson last Saturday. Judge O. H. Gilmore of Woodstock will deliver his famous lecture on Grant at Richmond April 27th, under the auspices of the W. R. C. o'K|J>at place. Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Hanley have moved back to McHenry from Chicago where they havd been for several years. Mr.»Hanley will assist his brother on the farm and Mrs. Hanley will enjoy an extended visit in the west before settling permanently. Mjss Charlotte Madden has moved from Chicago to this village and will occupy the old home. Jos. H. Huemann has sold a fine P O L I T I C A L A D V E R T I S I N G yQjj FOR--™"* Lester Edinger Republican Candidate For KTn»asurer of McHenry Couoty I have served one term as sheriff. On my necord I respectfully solicit your vote and support for treasurer and if elected I pledge myself to serve you to the best of my ability. P O L I T I C A L A D V E R T I S I N G Vote for Judge Barnes The County Judgeship contest on Tuesday next in my judgment has reached the point where it is only between Charlie Allen and myself, and no Allen supporter can be found that will make the absurd claim that a majority of the voters favor Allen. His only hope is that by a favorable division of the voters who favor other candidates, he may win, but this can only happen by some of the persons opposed to Allen, voting for Smiley or Casey. To illustrate. If only nine persons voted, and 3 voted for Allen, 2 for Smiley, 2 for Casey and 2 for myself, Allen would win, whereas, if I received either the Smiley or Casey votes, or half of each, I would win. It figures the same way on 900 or 9;000 votes. If you favor Allen and wish to vote for him, do so, but, if you really want Allen defeated, don't throw your vote away and help Allen besides, by voting for either Smiley or Casey, as neither one has a possible chance of winning. From the methods so far used against me by the Shurtleff-Allen crowd, you may expect anything at the elevehth hour when it is too late for me o answer the same. Very sincerely youxi, Charles P. Barnes windmill to A. R. Beck, Pistakee Bay, and will have the same in operation in a few days. William Lang of Woodstock had an accident with a buzz saw the fore part of the week, narrowly Escaping the loss of one hand. Fortunately he escaped with a severe cutting only, and with skillful medical attendance is on the highway to recovery. A woman who swindles other women has recently been operating in towns, around Algonquin. She is young, of pleasing appearance, and a smooth talker. Fancy work is her stock in trade and upon reaching a town the swindler ascertains the women who are inclined that way, and at once organizes a class in her art, collects the cash in advance, and then skips. Martin Thompson, the scavenger, who was working around Harvard a few weeks ago, has been having a hot time^since leaving that city. He charged "'"outrageous prices for his work there and left several unpaid bills. After leaving Harvard, the gang headed for Pittsfield in this state. A few days later they were arrested and taken to Litchfield for beating a board bill. Since then they have been warned out of every place they stopped at and when last heard from were in Missouri. Thompson is a tough character, one of the brand of men. that hanging would be too good for. Mrs. S. H. Covell pleasantly surprised her mother, Mrs. William Smith on her seventy-sixth birthday on Saturday last by inviting a few friends to her home to spend the afternoon. Tea was served at five. Those present were: Mesdames, H. T. Brown, R. Waite, Robert Sherburne, R. Covell, II. C. Smith, John Ralston, S. H. Covell. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Givens are parents of a 12 pound boy, born Tuesday. ABOUT ILLINOIS Illinois Factories Busy Factories of Illinois are busier they jiave been at any time since early 1924 and more than 43,000 persons have been added to payrolls in Illinois since last July, says the IUinois Chamber of Commerce . in a bulletin issued in March. Illinois Death Rate Low Rocords show that the adjusted death rate in Illinois in 1923 was only 11.9 per 1,000 population as compared with 13.1 in California and 13.9 in Florida, says a bulletin of the Illinois Chamber of Commerce. The death rate in Illinois is lower than in Maine, Massachusetts, Colorado, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Virginia and a number of other states. Illinois has twenty-nine universities and colleges and five normal schools. Illinois' investment in electrical systems is more than $260,000,000. One Illinois electrical power plant at Cahokia, near E. St. Louis, will c6st $39,000,000 when completed. . . , Illinois produces thirty-im!? commercial minerals; Lead has been mined continuously in Galena, 111., since 1728. The early French settlers of Illinois spelled the Wabash thus--Ouabatche. Saline county, Illinois, gets its name from the fact that the earliest settlers of the state made salt there by boiling down the water from salt wells. Ancient Methods of Heating and Lighting The time when map's curiosity and courage first ep^jled him tc/ Investigate the phenomena of flwr was certainly not less than 35jQ0U years ago. It probably happened in Europe during the Glacial age. One of the earliest methods was by twirling a pointed stick In a hole In dry wood, leading to the hearth fire. This was followed by the shell lamp-- a shell filled with animal fats or fish oil, with grass or moss as the wick. The oldest bronze lamp known was found in Cyprus, and is probably 4.(M(0 years old. In Homer's Odyssey the use of three braziers in the palace to give light Is mentioned--a method made possible by the fact that roofs were commonly open in those days. Coming to more recent times, the cresset, a species of cage filled with old rope smeared with pitch, was In use. Candles were first Introduced by the Phoenicians about 1000 years B. C., after which they became the regular indoor lllumluant. About 400 B. C. candles in all the chief countries of Europe were displaced by oil lamps of clay and bronze and did not return to common use for a thousand years. The first friction match (the luclfer) was not Invented until 1827, and a box of fifty cost half a crown (60 cents). The introduction of the Swedish safety match dates to about fifty years ago.-- London Tit-Bits. Chamber of Commerce have recently organized at West Frankfort and Newt»n, Illinois. Both will be affiliated with the Illinois Chamber of Commerce. Calhoun county raises more apples than any other county in Illinois. It is the only county in Illinois wholly without railroads. It is a long, narrow, hilly neck of land lying between the Illinois and Mississippi rivers and depends largely on water transportation. " " " Pass Famed in History Khyber pass is the principal north, ern passage from India into Afghanis tan. It Is ten miles west of Peshawur, extending about thirty-three miles towards Jellalabad, lying between lofty cliffs varying from 600 to 1,000 feet In height. It was forced by British troops led by Colonel Wade on July 26, 1839, and again in 1842 by Geo. Sir George Pollock. Nothing is lost until after a classified ad. in the McHenry Plaiiidealer fails to find it. These little ads are inexpensive and get results? New Illinois Industries Thirty-eight cities and towns in Illinois gained sixty-three new industries in 1925; in these same cities ar.d towns, all outside of Chicago, 118 industries made n».U*.\.>"thy expansion. These figures are i; um a report of the Illinois Chamber of Coini.urci which recently gathered the statistics. More than $25,000,000 was expended in this development and employment was given to more than 13.000 workers in the year. Shoes In Illinois Twenty-five years ago there was practically no shoe manufacturing industry in Illinois; today there are more than seventy factories employing about 11,000 workers and making 20,000,000 pairs of shoes a year. This statement is from a recent bulletin of the Illinois Chamber of Commerce which points to the remarkable growth of Illinois industrially in the last quarter of a century. Varied Ideas About Money and Its Uses Probably more has been said and written about money than any other •object under the sun. Fielding, who spoke with the authority of a magistrate, once commented that "money Is the fruit of evil as often as the root of It." Doctor Johnson said, "Money, in whatever hands, will confer power." In "The Way of All Flesh," Samuel Butler wrote that "money is like a reputation for ability--more easily made than kept." His modern disciple, G. Bernard Shaw, goes farther and says, "Any fool can save money; It takes a wise man to spend It." Bacon wrote, "Money Is like manure; of little use unless it be spread." A quotation from Horace reads, "Money amassed either serves or rules us." John Stuart Mill, In his monumental work, "The Principles of iPolItlcal Economy," points out that furs, gowrle shells and even cubes of conn pressed tea have been used In various places as money. He goes on to say that "money is a commodity and Its value is determined, like other commodities, temporarily by demand and supply, permanently and on the average by cost of production." No article about money would be complete without quoting an American. It seems typical of the American mind always to couple money with work--they rarely refer to the one without the other. Thus John D. Rockefeller: "I determined that. In addition to working for morfpy, I would make money work for me."--John o' London's Weekly. HistoryLong List of Great "Southpaws" Cheer up, all ye southpaws. A delver ftito obscunt matters of history has unearthed something that should please each and every one of ycu. It Is really something to give you reason to put on airs of superiority. Are you not pleased to learn that Alexander the Great used his sword with his left hand? Charlemagne, the patron of scholars, used his pen with his left hand, If he did any writing at all. Also the fharaohs Vere lefi-handed and so were the ffreater Caesars. In the period between 2MX) B. P. and 15 B. P. a left-handed man was considered "the darling of the gods" and w4ls rushed Into high office. Yet. the left-handed have had to suffer under Instructors who tried to make them change a physical habit. Even some educs- M«rinlm that left-handed pupils Tall <" ir '!>»!<««* >'ie average level of •!< h< • I e'"cl«'i)cy In ^fact, the lefthand. -(I have hern Jeered at probably everywhere except on the bMeball field.--Pathfinder Magazine. 4 Food and Hibernation Hibernating animals enter the state of hibernation more quickly and remain in it much longer when they do not get much to eat and when their air supply Is limited. This fact seems to have been established by experiments performed by Dr. George Johnson. He found that ground squirrels on limited rations retired to winter quarters earlier and woke up less often than those given ample food. Animals when In a state of hibernation, he found, have a body temperature much lower than that In ordinary sleep. The results were similar when some of the squirrels were placed In cans where the afr supply was limited. Strangely enough, variation In light and darkness seemed to have no effect whatever upon the dates of hibernation.--Pathfinder Magaslne. ; * Norwegian Belief . fh Norway girls who want to mnlte absolutely sure of getting married never put on new shoes for the first time unless the laces are tied by a married woman, preferably-a mother of seven children. They, also believe that, if a girl's laces are continually becoming untied! some young man is In love with lier. Need for New Word* French is the universal hmguaga, but it isn't the one money »:ilks. Winter Rains Stored for Time of Drought In southern California, where land without water is worth little, various means have to be adopted to conserve the winter rainfall for the dry sum-, raer months. From May till October landowners depend on the underground water supply. A recent development has been the construction of a vast natural "sponge'* destined to hold the flood waters frofi the great canyons in the district. Ttie water from the melting snow or rains is distributed over nearly 800 acres of rock and sandy land, covered from end to end with sage bushes. This area has been intersected by specially constructed ditches, with concrete distributing gates, by means of which the water Is kept circulating, instead of pouring away to waste. At the height of the season this wonderful "sponge" soaks up not less than 100,000 Inches of rain, all of which can be pumped to the surface when required. • *1 Preacheri? Sons Prorttinent Among men of prominence who have been preachers' sons are Cecil' Rhodes and Harriman, among financiers ; Cleveland, Arthur and Wilson, among Presidents; Emerson, Coleridge. Addison and Tennyson, among writers; -Hallam. Hobbes, Froude, Sloane and Parkman, among historians; Reynolds, .Tenner, Linnaeus and Sir Christopher Wren. Electricity In Illinois Electric power and light companies, operating in Illinois, now have more than 7,000 miles of super-power transmission lines and supply power and light to 1,208 cities, towns and communities, says a bulletin of the Illinois Chamber of Commerce. Ten large systems, interconnected, stand ready to supply current if any of them suffers interruption at any point. Illinois has six per cent of the nation's population and nine per cent of its electric customers. Slippery Footing Social climbers often have to mak« their way up Icy stares.--Boston" Transcript. P O L I T I C A L A D V E R T I S I N G r~ For State Treasurer A Banker Businessman and Executive Garrett D. Kinney Peoria, Illinois There are no strings tied to Mr* Kinney. He will administer the business of \ the State as effidendy as he has managed his own enterprises* Republican Primaries Tuesdays April 13 Idea Wat Napoleon's The first abattoirs were organized near Paris in accordance with a decree for their establishment signed bv the Emperor Napoleon in 1810. They .were not put in operation, however, until eight years later. In 1818. Shinner's Packing Plants OPPOSITE C. & N. W. DEPOT Richmond, Illinois Buy Direct - - - Save Half SATURDAY, APRIL 10 Special Bargain Day -- PUKE LARD, 30-lb. Tub Per lb. 1)6 J* BACON, Sugar-cured per lb. 26£* OLD FASHIONED HOME MADE PURE PORK SAUSAGE, 5 LBS. 85* PORK SHOULDER, per lb. 17J* PORK LOIN, per lb. BONELESS SIRLOIN BUTTS7 per lb. 26* 1 7 * . ; ; 5 lb. BOLOGNA and 5 lb. FRANKFORTS, 10 lb. box $1.75 SKINNED HAMS, sugar cured, per lb: 25* NATIVE STEER ROUNDS, per lb. 161/** PHONE 103 E. G. Shinner & Co. Incorporated • ••••••••I'•+••••»»•••••••••••••••••••••»••••••>» • P O L I T I C A L A D V E R T I S I N G In 1920, you rejected membership in Woodrow Wilson's League of Nations by a vote of 1,420,480 to 534,395. •kIn 1926, Senator William B. McKinley repudiated your verdict, joined 36 Democratic Senators, and voted you into the Supreme Court of this League, hypocritically called the world court To get out of the League's court and keep out of the League x)Vot'e for Frank L. Smith Loyal Republican, fighting for Republican success as precinct committeeman for thirty-two years, state committeeman for twenty years, state chairman in three great and successful campaigns; Loyal to American Ideals, the faith of Washington and the verdict of Illinois Republicans, who stands for immediate - withdrawal from the League of Nations World court; Loyal to Illinois fanners and pledged to work for their immediate relief and continued protection; Loyal to Illinois interests by demanding increased Panama canal tolls, and completion of the Lakes to Gulf and Lakes to Atlantic waterways; Loyal to continued tax-reduction, government economy and business administration; Loyal to labor, and to the rank and file of the publicbusiness man, banker, farmer-- For United States Senator To get recognition for Illinois as 4. great Republican state; Service in the Senate, like he has given as chairman of the Illinois Commerce Commission, which is saving the people v $19,000,000 a year--over $70,000,000 since Smith became (•hainnan. Primary Day,Tuesday, April 13th