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U^f -">'-•/• • -T ; ••••• ^- - - --• V •••••„•. • s._ v v:v -• >;,1: •• f < r. , «rn\ -;.':";V^r V-";-,.; . . I: .Uy*\. riz_ " • >-v<£!V»\ /";--- *" Thmis4iJ, AjnB tt,WSl ESRfi By W. H. Tammeas I beard of a cow the other day that gives butter milk. What would you expect a co# to give,'but her milk. Busy! Busy! I hope the weather clears up pretty soon so the farm- S'•.rs can get into the field. I'm sure they do too. Three meeting! have been scheduled with the cooperation of the P.M.A, and the soil conservation district on pasture improvement and grass waterways. The first was held Friday afternoon at Mc- 1 Henry high school with a very small attendance. Jeppe Jepscra, Hen Tonyan, Walter Krepel, Frank j^rumweide, Ben Bauer and Bill dfoiith were present ^ The other two are at Harvard high school held Wednesday, April 11, at 8 p.m., and at Westwood school, Friday night, April 13, at 8 p.m. The purpose of the meetings is to acquaint everyone who has signed up with the P.M_A. for pasture improvement and grass waterways, fth the requirements necessary qualify for payment under the P.M.A. program. It is possible to earn, up to $17.50 per acre for pasture improvements but the qualifying is not so easy. For instance, this is not for establishing pasture and it isn't for improving pasture on land classified -as crop land. Soil tests are necessary and very little of the old permanent pastures have been tested. •a. These meetings are to help aave some farmer from disappointment next fall by not qualifying. Also, a ditch with banks seeded is not a grass waterway. Norm Specht has worked out a dilly of a table to use in determining how wide and how deep a grass water- * way should be under different circumstances. These are passed out ai)d explained at the meetings. We show the University of 1111- laois movie, "Green Dollars," and paatare of the right kM mean* Just that. May find, A. ft. Ayers, University of Illinois engineer, tells me hf is returning to the air force to fly B-50v planes for Uncle ^am. This is one of his last appearances with this lecture that Is extremely important and can save farmers many dollars in a year's time. One of his tricks is to hold up two tubes of what looks like oil. He asks which oil would you choose to use in your tractor.. Of course, everyone chooses the light clear golden color one. He then empties it into his mouth and smacks his lipa and says he wouldn't It's table syrup. So you can't always go by looks. The 4-H rally and Talent show Which has been kicked around a couple of times changed from Saturday night, April 14, to Friday night, April 20, has nc^ been settled for Saturday night, April 21. at the McHenry high school at 8 p.m. By misunderstanding it i?as Bet for April 20, which caused many of the leading 4-H members to be disappointed because they had school events on Friday night. Pictures will be shown of Camp Shaw-waw-nas-see, the talent show and recreation will fill the evening. A collection will be taken for our fairgrounds building fund. The only pen with a lifetime guarantee is Alcatraz. Someone said there was the the only place one might find asolute security. Many folks have been asking about the Oreen Thumb special edition "of the Sentinel of Woodstock. We are told plans are definite that if will come out in April. RED CROSS AID Governor Adlai E. Stevenson has issued a statement urging the people of Illinois to help the current fund-raising campaign of the American Red Cross. The governor stressed the role the Red Cross has been asked to take in the Illinois civil defense plan. This work will include the training of thousands of persons in first aid, clothing and sheltering refugees in case of sudden emergency would also be administered by the Red Cross. Makes Report (by State Rep. Robert McCMry) Who ^are the men and the women who serve in our Illinois General Assembly? Are they "professional" politicians depending upon "deals" and their wits for a living--or are they farmers, business and professional men who reached the legislature as a result of "dabbling" in politics? Well, for most part, our state senators and representatives are a sincere, hard working crosssection of the men and women of our state. They are men and women seeking to give expression to their own ^ political views and convictions. A few are political bosses; most bave private careers and became legislators as a part time proposition. First it will be well to* remember that there are fifty-one senatorial districts, nineteen of which are located in Chicago and Cook county, and thirty-two in "downstate" Illinois. Since there are three representatives and one senator from each district it followf that4 ninety-six representatives and thirty-two senators are downstate members while fiftyseven representative^ jii^l nineteen senators represent Cook county. Politically, the Senate is divided as follows: thirty-one Republicans to twenty Democrats. In the House, there ore eighty-four Republicans to si&y-nine Democratic members. But how a member will rote on a given measure is more apt to depend upon his--or her haefcground than on the member's political affiliations. What then are the members' backgrounds? What do they do when they are not legislating-- or campaigning? , " ' We have six women In Ifce House (about whom a later article will be written). They all classify themselves as housewives or homemaker Of the 147 male representatives, there are thirty-five lawyers, ten real estate men, twelve farmers, twelve Insurance men, four merchants, four bankers, five retired individuals, three druggists, four licensed engineers, three manufacturers, a hotel owner, a doctor, a professional musician. an auctioneer, a broker, a coal miner, a dealer in antiques, a tailor, a janitor, and fifty-two others engaged in a great variety, of pursuits. There is ft corresponding variety of occupational backgrounds among the members of the Senate, where we find the only female member is a veteran legislator, Lottie Holman O'Neill,, the second woman senator ip Illinois history. The apparent over-supply of lawyers is not so startling when it is Observed on closer study that a number of the lawyers represent unions, small businessmen, farmers and a great number and variety of "little fellows.* Few, if any, of ' the members depend upon their legislative salaries alone. ($3,000 per year), but even when added to their income from other sources only a very few are persons of more than modest means. Complete line of Beebe livestock remedies at Wattles Drag Store KcHeur. 8tf BUTCH'S rrs SPRING TUNE-UP TIME! Conserve on gas and oil also save money, by having year ear taaed-ap for spring and summer driving. We Do Complete 309 W. Elm Street Phone 811 24 Hour Towing Service The youngest member, Alan J. Ijixoa of Belleville, is 23. The oldest member, Rep. Frank Holten of East St. Louia, is 82. The average age is 66. It is only when a legislator votes contrary to our views that we wonder whether he can read and write. •* Actually, the vast. majority in both House and Senate graduated from high school, most attended college. There are even a few members of Phi Beta Kappa and other honorary scholastic societies. One looking for truly representative government could hardly imagine a finer example than the Illinois General Assembly. And, as was said by one who ha8 had intimate contact with the House, and Senate members for a number of years: "They are a grand bunch.", FLOOD DAtfAtiE ' Floods in Illinois during 19b0 caused damage estimated at $10,- 941,200, according to a state Division of Waterways survey. This is substantially less than the average annual loss of $18,400,000. The Mississippi and Illinois rivers and their tributaries were responsible for about $5,000,000 of last year's property damage, while the Ohio river andstreams that flow into it caused the remainder. •_ A new booklet showing by charts, graphs and non-technical narrative where the state of Illinois gets its money and what it does with it has just been Issued by the state Department of Finance.. Entitled "Services and Oosts: 1950," the booklet discloses that the average Illinois citizen paid $58 for his state government during the year. The national average is $76. The average income per person in Illinois is $1,618, while it is only $1,330 nationally. Copies of "Services and Costs". may be obtained free by writing the Director of Finance, State House, Springfield, Or State Of Illinois Building, 160 N. LaSalle St., Chicago. DR. HENRY FREUND "--R" OPTOMETRIST At 136 S. 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