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-- Comments (By David O. Plochsr, Extension Advisor, McHonry County, University off Illinois Winter Care For Roses Our modern day roses are sensitive to winter cold, but according to James A. Fizzell, University of Illinois hor­ ticulturist, rapid temperature changes, especially in late fall and early spring cause most of the damage to roses in nor­ theastern Illinois. For this reason, winter protection is usually necessary. Hilling the plants with soil mounds of 10 to 12 inches is the most commonly used protec­ tion. If the roses are closely Spaced and this method is used, soil should be brought in from outside the rose bed. If soil is scraped up from surrounding plants, injury can occur to the shallow roots of the roses. In addition to the soil mounds, you can put bushel baskets over the roses. All leaves should be stripped off and the plants sprayed with a fungicide before covering with the baskets. The baskets protect the plants from drying Winds and help level off sudden temperature changes. Since they are not air tight, they allow for ventilation and reduce the possibilities of fungus disease. When roses are hilled with soil, the soil mound should be allowed to freeze solid and then a layer of mulch put on top to keep the soil frozen and prevent injury from freezing and thawing. Climbing roses can be over wintered pretty suc­ cessfully by removing the plants from their trellis, laying it along the ground and mounding soil over the whole plants. Don't forget the layer of mulch after the soil is frozen. Rose cones are becoming increasingly popular. Buy cones with a vent in the top or punch some holes near the top to let out hot air. Mulching inside the cone will increase the insulating value. Keep the cone in place with a brick on top. For those who have tree roses, a bit more care and expertise is needed. One method is to drive three stakes around the {riant, mound soil at the bottom, wrap the whole (riant with insulating material, such as straw, and then put tar paper around the outside with a cover on top. Or, lift one side of the root system with, a shovel, lay the entire plant on the ground and cover with soil. Light pruning can be done in the fall, but only to reduce the size of the plant if using bushel baskets or rose cones. In spring remove all dead canes and weak branches. BID RIGGING CHARGES Attorney General William J. Scott last week filed an anti­ trust suit in federal court in Springfield against five high­ way construction firms. "Hie suit alleges that the contractors conspired to rig bids on a contract involving bridge construction in Greene county. 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Crystal Lake Road McHenry, III. 385-0420 by Gerry Johnson Private Eye, 70, Still Gets His Man Mark Lipman, a 70-year- old private investigator from Memphis, Tenn., has been tracking down law­ breakers since 1933 when he worked with his three brothers in a finance com­ pany in Philadelphia. To help track down people who skipped out on their loans, he got private investigator licenses from Philadelphia and the state of Pennsyl­ vania. Today, Lipman is head of the investigative division of Guardsmark, the security service his son started in 1963 and now the sixth largest security firm in the country. The bulk of Lipman's caseload entails workers who are stealing from their employers. Businesses call him in to put an end to em­ ployee stealing, which, ac­ cording to Lipman, can in­ clude "anythine that isn't nailed down." When his undercover investigators, who work side-by-side with the thieves have gathered enough evidence, Lipman is called in to interrogate suspects. "I can get a confession in three, maybe four minutes at most," Lipman told a writer from The National Council on the Aging." "Over the years, I've devel­ oped a method of question­ ing people that never fails." He started refining his methods in 1935, when he moved to Little Rock, Ar­ kansas with only $50 to his name. Several months later, after they'd scraped together $25 for bus fare, his wife was able to join him. Lipman's skills as a de­ tective became evident early on. Every one of his first 28 investigations was a victory and some of those were con­ sidered hopeless by the at­ torneys who hired him. By 1939 his services' were so much in demand that he had two assistants--and a six-month backlog of work. "I still have a six-month backlog," Lipman said. "It's just good insurance against lean days." During World War II, Lipman worked for the gov­ ernment as an investigator for the Office of Price Ad­ ministration (OPA). Work­ ing out of Little Rock, he uncovered a large-scale ring counterfeiting ration cou- Bans in nearby Hot Springs, y the time Lipman re­ signed in 1944 he had been promoted to assistant chief investigator for the OPA. Returning to private in­ vestigating, Lipman's agen­ cy in Little Rock flourished. In 1958 he moved to Mem­ phis, because much of his work was coming from that area and geographically it PAGE 15 - PLAINDEALER was an excellent location for flying to client's plants and offices around the coun­ try. Lipman believes that half the business bankruptcies in the country are caused by employers with lax secu­ rity measures. "If they would just make it verv dif­ ficult for employees to steal they could have profitable businesses," he said. He also attributes much of the $3-billion a year in employee thefts to a break­ down in public morals. "With so much leisure time on people's hands these days, they need more money to use it," he said. 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