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M-HENRY PLAINDEALER, M'HENRY, ILLINOIS DRYS STRENGTH •r^m' ; v. J I N LOCAL OPTION ELECTIONS .HELD TWENTY-8IX TOWNS AND C1THE*. . • ^SALOON FOES ARE VICTORIOUS Wets Fighting on th* Defensive. Msn- ags to Retain Twelve Towns- Hardest Fought Battle In " Beardstown. Springfield.--Illinois drys won an­ other victory In the city and town vd^ocal options. The 26 local elections "Resulted in 11 towns changing to the • <!ry column and ttie retention of all .frerioUB dry territory. The wets, fighting everywhere on the defensive, managed to retain 12 cities and towns. One of the notable results was the outcome in the suburban towns of Chicago. Naperville, Lombard and West Chicago were won over to the 1 dry column, but Elmhurst voted to re- ' tain its saloons. The following list shows how the cities and -towns voted and the changes: Towns. County. Result Atklneon Henry *Dry Auburn Sangamon *Dry Gardner Grundy *Dry Lebanon St. Clair *Dry Litchfield Montgomery *Dry Lombard .Du Page *Dry Naperville.... Du Page *Dry ftew Douglas. .Madison *Dry Pontiac Livingston *Dry Sycamore De Kalb.. *Dry West Chicago. Du Page *Dry layors. Ann*... ».**»>«*'••***.»• r V** Worrit Ashlandj1. .~D. S.' Gally^ Aurora. B a t a v i a . t . Beardstown..,. Benton Bushnell. E. Harley Van Burton H. Harrii 8. C. D. Rea ........J. E. Harrie Cairo. ..........*W. H. Wood Carml..,vi^r^...,i,^...F. C. Sibley Casey.. Champaign.. D a n v i l l e . . , Decatur..... Dixon Dyquoin El Paso Galeno , . . . . .... J. V. Price ,.E. S. Swigert W. C. Lewman ...D. Dinneen ... H"" Schmidt E. F. Knauer H. Baker F. E. Owens *M. A. Joshel Harvard C. J. Hendricks Highland Park. .8amuel M. Hastings Hillsboro.. . ; H . 8 . ButJer Jacksonville.. ..H. J. Rodgers Joliet William C. Barber Ksnkakoe..,.. B. Alpiner Kewanee........... *B. F. Baker Mendota. R. Madden Moline. .*M. R. Carlson Georgetown.. Andalusia.... Bath .Vermilion ... .Rock Island.. .Mason Beardstown.. .Cass ....". Cullom Livingston Dietrich' Effingham .Dixon Lee ...... Dupo ..St. Clair.. Elmhurst Du Page .. Morris Grundy ... Peotone Will /Troy. Madison .. Wilmington... Will . Dry . Wet . Wet . Wet . Wet . Wet . Wet . Wet .Wet . Wet . Wet . Wet . Wet *Change. One of the most Important victories for the drys was in Litchfield, Mont­ gomery county. The city passed to the dry column by a majority of ap­ proximately 650 votes.' the women controlling the election. Fifteen sa­ loons were put out of business. The election was the most hotly contest­ ed in years. The fight :n Litchfield centered on •*=• a township line. The town Is divided into two townships. North Litchfield had 20 saloons up to two years ago. •when the township went dry. The saloons moved across the Big Four tracks into the township that re­ mained wet Tuesday the issue was up within the limits of the whole town. Other heated campaigns were fought to a finish Sji Ottawa, La S^Ile county; Beardstown, the only wet spot in Cass couiity, and Morris, Grundy county. Ottawa voted to retain its 48 saloons by a majority of 1,240, the vote be­ ing 3,161 to 1,911. The women gave a majority of 171 for the saloons. Morris remained wet by a majority of 177 votes in the city election, an increase of 38 over the township elec­ tion a year ago. The vote was 1,352 to 1,175. On the other hand, the drys won Gardner, also in Grundy county, . which went wet last year, and put four saloons out of business. The women in Gardner were responsible for the dry majority of 33 votes. Beardstown had one of the hardest fought political battles in its history. The drys struggled to win it in order to put Cass county in their column. The wets retained control of the city by a margin of only 249 votes. Dixon also had an exciting contest and the outcome was that the city re­ mains in the wet column. The town­ ship went wet last year in a spirited contest by a majority of 367. Tues­ day 4,160 votes were cast, but 40 per cent of the women voted wet on the returns and are responsible for the wet result ' In Zion City the Voliva party aston ished itself by electing W. H. Clen- dinen, Its mayoralty candidate, with its entire tiekct by the largest ma­ jority the city ever has known. Clendinen was elected by a major­ ity of 561. Whistles were blown on all the factory buildings and crowds paraded the streets with hornB and brooms. In West Hammond Paul Kamradt, a saloonkeeper, was elected mayor, de­ feating Martin F. Finneran. In Harvey the victorious candidate credited his election to the woman vote. In Waukegan on the other hand the defeated candidate had a majority of the woman's votes, his opponent being supported by an overwhelming majority of the men. Incorporations. ' » The following corporations were li­ censed by .Secretary of State Steven­ son: Farret & Co., Farmer City; capital stock, $15,090. Warehouse and com­ mission business. Incorporators--E. K. Farret, W R, Farret, C. L Farret. The City Market company, Chicago; capital, $2,500. General merchandise. Incorporators--Joseph Boyle. Row land O'Connor and Joseph Tenney. Sheridan Stove company, Qulncy; capital, $75,000. Manufacturing and deal In stoves. NorthVest Cut Stone company, Chi­ cago; capital, $2,500. Boy, sell and r ' ideal in limestone, etc. Incorporators "* --Felix J. Streychmans, John V. Clin- ,^»nin and Michael J. Quen. Irwin Faye & Co., Inc.. Chicago; capital. $2,400. Manufacturing and deal In men's clothing, etc. Incor­ porators--Arthur E. Manheimer, Rob­ ert Bachrach and John Busian. The Harmony Cafeteria company, ,V'v; "Chicago; capital, $35,000. Resturant *nd delicatessen, candy and cigar ^ business. Incorporators--Abraham J. *'WV: / Cooper, Samuel Cooper and Joseph C. Morris Mt. Vernon., Naperville.. Ottawa P a n a . . . . . . . Paris P e k i n . . . . . . Pontiac .. Princeton .. Robinson .. Rockford ... 8terling .... Streator ... Urbana .... V i r g i n i a . . . T. H. Hall ........... .-W. S, Payne F. E. Kendall . . . . E . F. Bradford H. N. Schuyler W. H. Hoff C. Schaefer .. i.v;... .H. E. Torrance ..,- vr-.... .C. F. Anderson J. T. Lindsay *W. W. Bennett *A. J. Piatt A. White O. L. Browder A. E. Hinners Waukegan W. W. Pearce West Hammond ....Paul Kamradt Wheaton A. L. Perrottet Zion City W. H. Clendenin TELLS «F ARMY; •Re-elected. Program for Veterans' Day. The Illinois state board of agricul­ ture has selected September 22, 1915, as Old Soldiers' day at the coming state fair. This is always a prom­ inent feature of the fair and elaborate preparations will be completed for the program of the day. The Spanish- American war veterans will stand side by side with the Civil war sur­ vivors and members of both organiza­ tions will gather from all parts of the state and even other states for the oc­ casion. The following 1s the program as now announced; Music. Introductory remarks by the chair­ man, Col. Charle's F. Mills. Invocation by Rev. Donald C. Mac­ Leod, pastor First Presbyterian church, Springfield. Address of welcome on the part of Illinois by "Hon. Edward F. Dunne, governor. Address of welcome on the part of the Illinois state board of agriculture by Hon. James K. Hopkins, president state fair. Response for the Grand Army of the Republic, by Col. John B. Inman. late commander, department of Illinois, Grand Army of the Republic. Address by the commander, depart­ ment of Illinois, Grand Army of the Republic. Address, "The Grand Army of the Republic," by Col. Robert Mann Wood, late department commander for Illi­ nois Grand Army of the Republic. Benediction,, Comrade John R. Lennon. To Adjourn pn June 1. Springfield.--The house decided to hold two sessions daily to wind up business and adjourn by June 1. It 's the plan to hold the first sessicri from 10 a. m. to noon and a second session from four to six, starting Tuesday and ending Friday. Rills growing out of the recent epi­ demic of foot-and-mouth disease were considered in both houses. In tht house considerable time was spent on the agriculture committee's bill, pro­ viding for the prevention of contagious diseases and fixing the amount of com- "ptensation for animals slaughtered by the state. The bill limits to $250 per head the amount an owner can be reimbursed for stock destroyed. An amendment was olfered by Kane of Harrisburg limiting the amount for registered stock to $300 a head and -for othei stock a limit of $150. Browne of La Si»lle moved to table this amendment, but his motion was lost. The Kane amendment was then adopted. Browije raadfc a motion to reconsider'the above vote and the mo­ tion was adopted. The house a^ppted the Kane amend­ ment and the bill was sent to third reading. In the senate the house bill appro­ priating $975,563 to reimburse owners of stock slaughtered in the recent epi­ demic was passed 40 to 0. It is an emergency measure and becomes a law as soon as signed by Governor Dunne. The senate also passed \he Landee bill providing for pensions for school­ teachers outside Chicago 32 to 4. HEWS OF THE STATE ' . . J v ' •ic. Danville.--Nat Herndon, son af Wil­ liam Herndon, Lincoln's law partner at Springfield, died at the National Soldiers' home. He assisted his fa­ ther in writing a biography of Lincoln which was never permitted to be pub­ lished i Alton.--The fly-swatting committee of the Vigilant Improvement associa­ tion announced that it will offer ten cents a pint for flies during the coming season. Mason City.--Rev. C. W. Clough of Schenectady, N. Y., has declined a call to become pastor of the First Presby­ terian church here. Dixon.--The fifty-fourth annual re- union of the Thirteenth Illinois infan­ try .association will be held here Tues­ day, May 25. ' Springfield.--Fire loss for Spring­ field for the year ending February £9, 1915, was $187,000.67 less than the pre­ ceding year, according to the a&s aal report of Fire Chief Henry Bolte. " DISPATCHES MUNCHAUSEN. -RELIABLE" BA.tON According to HlFs Are HaVfng an Enjoyable Time, but of Course One Need Not Believe Him. The hardships of warfare in the trenches have been so grossly exag­ gerated that it is tin\er 1 think, to put forth the real facts of this fea­ ture of the war. Rocking-chair corre­ spondents, who spend their time far from the scene of action, draw so largely upon their Imaginations that very little, if, in fact, any truth per­ colates through to the ultimate reader. I had read with interest, though with skepticism, their reports of the intense suffering of the troops compelled to fight in the trenches, so while I was with the German army in Poland I determined to investigate the matter fully. Needless to say, I found the soldiers enjoying comforts in their subterranean shelters that rivaled those of the moat luxurious homes. I had the pleasure of visiting the Geraan position in Poland as the per­ sonal friend and guest of General von Hlndenburg. The first thing that struck my notice was that the trenches were about half filled with water, in which the soldiers were standing up to their waists. So ac­ customed had they become to it, how­ ever, that they found it uncomfortable to stand on dry ground, and when, unhappily, as sometimes happened, the water drained away, they made special provisions for refilling the ditches, drawing their supply from near-by streams. The water served a double purpose, that of keeping them warm and of af­ fording a hiding place when the. Rus­ sians advanced in too great numbers. The soldiers would in such a case merely duck completely under the water, until the attacking force had again retired. The Germans also found the streams that constantly flowed through the trenches of ines­ timable value in the transport of ra­ tions and ammunition from one point to another, and by the skillful use of specially constructed rowboats they were enabled to rush re-enforcements to threatened spots. One difficulty they had coped with unsuccessfully was the freezing of the water in extremely cold weather. The disadvantage of this was that it ren­ dered the entire army immobile in the event of attacks, and General von Hindenburg was often at a loss when he* found troops needed at a particu­ lar point held fast by the ice in their positions, on fixed post, as it were. I suggested that if the soldiers wetfe ordered all to jump upward at the same time they would bring the ice with them, and would, moreover, pre­ sent a united front to the foe. This Bcheme was tried on the next cold night with unparalleled success. The German lines, linked together by ice walls,, advanced literally by leaps and bounds, and so startled the Russians that they fled precipitately, Two companies in returning had a laughable experience, for inadvertent­ ly each attempted to enter the trench of the other. The irregular ice. of course, did not fit in either case, and the soldiers' efforts to force their way into the wrong shelters was so ludl- crous_ that I was fairly convulsed with laughter. After the difficulty had been pointed out the two commands ex­ changed places, and without further trouble got into their proper shelters. --Brooklyn Eagle. Small Fish Ponds. • The American Fisheries society fa­ thers a project that has already re­ ceived serious consideration in many parts of the country, and should, if put Into practice, help to reduce the cost of living. This project is the creation of small ponds, an acre or two in extent, on every farm large enough to contain them. The ponds should be six or seven feet in depth and furnished with vegetation suited to the needs of the fish wifh which they are stocked. As no other food would be required the cost of provid­ ing a continual supply of fish would be,.very small. Trout have been f6r many years hatched and reared in the waters of sporting clubs, and Im­ mense numbers of them have been' raised for commercial purposes. In a small pond' fed by cold springs they can be bred in great quantities BO as to furnish sport as well as food. Carp, pickerel, eels and perch can also be reared without great expense. Dr. Charles H. Townsend, the director of the New York aquarium, has shown his interest in the project for estab­ lishing these small ponds by prepar­ ing a booklet giving detailed informa­ tion in regard to their stocking and maintenance. Repeated Like Machine Gun. The attention of the committee of seventy is invited to the device em­ ployed in Santo Domingo to prevent repeating; the voters' hands are marked with indelibile ink. It is re- pc»ted that some of the voters have iound it possible to erase the marks, but ft is not known whether they have done this in order to repeat. At any rate, the practice of marking a man opens up considerable possibilities in the way of the purification of elec­ tions. For example, in one of our cities recently a one-legged negro was found to have voted six times. He went to the polls once with an artifi­ cial leg, once with a "peg" leg, and once with nothing but his natural leg and a pair of crutches. By putting a bandage over one eye and then over the other, and on one occasion stick­ ing &me Whiskers on his face, he man­ aged to repeat like a machine gun.-- Philadelphia Record. ' ' -• ?•,/' » Vy I I To help you to remember -- WRIGLEYS for the kiddies--and yourself; its great benefits to teeth, breath, appetite and digestion; its cleanli­ ness and wholesome- ness in the air-tight sealed packages; its two different and delicious flavors--and the gift coupons too: le have published a unique little booklet: **WRIGLEVS MOTHER GOOSE" Introducing the Spearmenl The Coupons with each package " Y E A H - THE SUBJECT SEEMS TO BE WELL COVEREDr ROffl-SnUHNt "SOME BOOK J ABE 2' art good for many valuable presents-- SAVE THEM I You ought to see the merry antics of these little men--28 pages, litho­ graphed in handsome colors! Fun for grown-ups and children. Send a postal today for your copy! " 4 VT I /- <V, WAV. WRIGLEY JR. CO. 1921 Kmmw BmmMmu Chf« 808 Bringing Sunshine to the Darkest Day K a woman laughs at lu bles she doesn't mean it. own trou- here s no form of tobacco more pleasing than the highest class cigarette -- FATIMA. While it's mild, il ii to ••tidying that three ouf of four gmokert woo f haveanf other 15c cigarette. Ask your dealer toi FitJau! CATCH' NOT SUCH A BAD ONE Some Method in "Madness" of Nice- Looking Old Man Pictured by . Representative Bartholdt. Representative Bartholdt said at . a Germa'u-Amerlcan banquet in Milwau­ kee: "Those people remind me of the old man. Yes, they remind me very much of the old man. "He had a soft, daft look---the old man I'm speaking of---and he sat on a park bench in the sun with rod and line, as if he were fishing; but the line, with a worm on the hook, dan­ gled over a bed of bright primroses. " 'Daft!' said a passer-by to himself. 'Daft. Bughouse. Nice looking old fellow, too. It's a pity.' "Then, with a gentle smile, the passer-by approached the old man and said: " What are you doing, uncle?' " 'Fishing, sir/ answered the old man, solemnly. " 'Fishing, eh? Well, uncle, come and have a drink.' "The old man shouldered his rod and followed the kindly stranger to the corner saloon. There he regaled himself with a large glass of dark beer and a good five-cent cigar. His host, contemplating him in a friendly, protecting way as he sipped and smoked, said: " So you were fishing, uncle? And how many have you caught this morn­ ing?" "The old man blew a smoke cloud toward the ceiling. Then, after a pause, he said: " You are the seventh, sir." ** Bank Depositor? Thon thlm /• for Yon For a safe and profitable Invent ment, a first mortgage on a good farm is bard to beat. Your Ravings Bunk, to whom you trust your money, and your life insurance Company whom you expect to look after your family when you are dead and gone use good first farm mortgage* aa a large part of their iuvestmeut of the fuuds ln- truau-d to their care. Taxes on Your Mortgagee In Oklahoma, are paid by the bor­ rower which is quite an item. Investigate our standing. Writ* now for list 901 and boohlat. OKLAHOMA FARM MORTGAGE CO OKLAHOMA CITY OKLA Bird Calls ahd Their Natitta. Most of us know the chickadee when we hear him calling, over and over, "Chick-a-dee, dee dee, Chlck-a-dee, dee. dee!" But when he sings his clear whistling note, "Phoebe, Phoebe," we are likely to inistahe him for the phoebe bird. The chickadee stayB in the North in winter, and the phoebe does not come North till the early spring. The phoebe bird sings its name over and over, a very sweet but penetrating sound. The peabody bird says, "Peabody. peabody, peabody," over and over, in a rather senseless way as if he went round in a circle- Another bird that sings his name is Bob White, the quail. Only he often says "Poor Bob White!" His notes go up and down, and are stronger than the notes of the smaller birds and may he heard at a long distance Of course these birds do not really sing their names! But people listening to them have fancied that these rfames are what the notes sound like, and so they have given the bird the name. The Old Excuse. "You ought to know better, my child, than to pitch Into a tipsy man. Now you've fixed your husband and he's gone off." "But I didn't know he was loaded." Important to Mothers " Examine carefully every bottlo of CASTORIA', a safe and sure remedy for Infants and children, and see that it Bears the Signature of In Use For Over 30 Years. Children Cry for Fletcher's Caatoria Some persons are habitually so mean that their few good, qualities are never remembered. • Hard Matter to Oecid*. • Polly--Molly seems to realise very fully the seriousness of getting mar­ ried. Dolly--Yes. the poor girl Is Just worried to death. There are 16 girls who want to be her bridesmaids, and she can't decide which eight sbe can best afford to make enemies of.*-- Puck. 'li Traveling In Safety." * Smith--tf you don't own a motor car. why are you wearing gogglest Smyth-7-My wife has hatpina. . ,/ Some'men owe their dyspepsia p weak digestive organs and others to ! - home cooking. ; Keason Rules. Human reason is too presumptuous. The momeut you have a delightful Impulse to do something deliriously gjlly--&nd therefore deliriously pleas ant--along comes old Human Reason and tells you not to! 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The excellent grasses, full of nurntion, are the only food required either for beef or dairy purposes. Good school^ markets convenient, climate excellent. t ( | J w f_ Military service is not coiupuisory in Canada bet th-rt 5s as ~T labor to reolarr th- rr.anv youus men who have volnnteerpd ^^u~nr'; en.iti 11 wrwe for literature and particulars as to reduced railway ** « liiimigwHno Ottawa. Canada; or to £ T ... • , C. J. Broucthlon, Room 412,112 W., ^4$) Adasss Street, Chicago, IlUtPI. *• ^ Sr A® c Msclaoes.17$Vinson He .OelrsM.Mkii. Canadian Goven«i;<' i r-', vl:-.