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tSPPjJlp^ WO ^ fi:y - • ss^ni, *** >"^s jj^ .;-^»^v ^w\Yf i «v^ BUILDERS' SECTION ^ _ 7<- v* „|>7 7, «>> tw5. tli:5lK •a,; -r,i •r] w i MCHENRY VOLUME 62 McHKNRT, ILLINOIS, THURSDAY, APRIL 21, 1927 Ho. 4* Good Open Stable for Cattle Is - Investment That Will Pay Well MISSISSIPPI RAGES; #,000 ASK FOR AID tZrMt River Basin It Deluged; Red Cross Is Administering Relief; By W. A. RADFORD Mr. William A. Radford will *n»ww WWjlQM and ffiva advice FRKK OF COST on all problem* pertainlnff to the •abject of building work on the farm, for the readers of thla paper. On account of hla wide experience a* editor, author and manufacturer, he la, without doubt, the highest authority on the •object. Addreaa all Inquiries to William A. Radford. No. 1827 PralrU •as, Chicago, I1L, and omit lmtoae two-cent itamp tor rspty. Comparatively high prices for meat animals and low prices for grain and feed have made breeding and feeding live stock a profitable business. At least, farmers are getting a great deal higher price for the grain they produce bjr "marketing It on the hoof^ than by selling It as grain. Of course, during the summer the cattle or hogs are allowed to ran In the feed lots, where forage Is plentiful and the self-feeders supply the fatmaking rations that the animals require in addition to the grass they get from the pasture. But In winter a weather-proof stable is necessary to protect the animals from the cold winds, which take their vitality and force them to use up much of the food they consume for bodily warmth. That Is why successful cattle breeders and feeders have such a barn as Is shown In the accompanying Illustration. As will be aeen by the floor plan that accompanies the exterior view of the barn the first floor is open--that la, there are no stalls or mangers In the stable. Instead, ranged along the sides are self-feeders, In which there la a constant supply of hay or other roughage, and feed boxes underneath to hold the grain rations. Double doors at both ends on each side permit the cattle to come and go atNwlll, or they may be closed to keep them Indoors during the worst weather. Overhead is the mow floor wherein die roughage, such as alfalfa or timothy hay, or chopped corn stalks are stored. Also there Is plenty of space for grain bins, so located that the supply needed for each feeding may be secured by gravity through chutea running to the stable floor. The barn illustrated is 82 feet wide and 115 feet long, which provides ample space for a rather large herd of steers. The monitor roof adds height to the building and gives a larger Floor Plan. storage space In the mow. The bunding may be set OB cither a concrete or stone foundation, and the floor may be either of concrete or of cinders. In either event It should be Bo constructed that there will be good drainage, as the floor should be kept dry. The self-feedera are not secured to the floor, but are loose so that they may be moved at will. Removable partitions also can be Included so that a part of the stable may be partitioned if the owners deem it necessary. The building Is of frame construction, the lumber used being of the first class so that the barn will be weathertight. Such a barn as this will be a good Investment for those farmers who want to make the most from their cattle feeding operations. Before deciding on such a building, however, it Is best to consult the local contractor and material dealer, either or both of whom can give a good idea of what this building will cost Prices of materials and labor vary In different sections, and nra$h depends on local condition* Porch Found Desirable '• Place to Buiid Closets Closets on the back porch, or even built-in under the back porch, provide a safe and cool place In which to keep certain provisions or articles that are needed about the back yard. You will find such closets so convenient you will wonder how you got along without them. The butcher and other delivery men can place tlielr packages in the closet when you are not at home and the contents will be safe from dogs and cats. Such closets can be placed on porches -already built and can be located across the end or against the wall of the house. Almost any good, serviceable color will be satisfactory for the exterior, but it should be In keeping with the house. You will probably want to enamel in white or ivory for the sake of cleanliness. If you desire to decorate the front or visible portions simply outline the door panels or other portions in a contrasting color or a lighter tint of the .ground color. Before Painting House Remove Old Coatings While it Is a comparatively simple matter to prepare new wood surfaces for the priming coat, this it not true of some old buildings which have been previously painted. The continued use of paints made of combinations of pigments often results In the cracking and peeling of paint films. No new paint can possibly hind these loose places back on the surlaVe, so the proper thing to do Is to remove all loose paint with scrapers, steel brushes, or, if necessary, a gasoline torch. If this Is neglected the piling paint will continue to peel, pulling the new paint off with it A building that has always been covered with a pure white lead paint will not have these defects but may show, Instead, evidences of slight chalking. This makes an ideal *ur*nce for repainting, and the only p-elimlnary work necessary la a good dusting. Have Electric Switches Harmonize With Paper While the tumbler switch ts the one modern type for installation in new houses, it is also especially adapted to the modernizing of old electrical ( equipment. It occupies the same •pace in the wall as the obsolete types that you may desire to replace and so involves no marring or further cutting of plaster, wall paper or wainscoting. Yon can choose a finish that will harmonize with the tone of the paper-- choose it separately for each room-- and you will find that the flush plate fairly sinks Into Its background, entirely inconspicuous save for Its re^ fined suggestion of perfect service and perfect convenience. When Purchasing Home Get Tax Rate Data la the purchase of a house It is well to find out the tax rate and the assessed valuation, so that the amount ef taxes to be paid each year may be estimated. If the street Is to be pared, or new water, sewer, or gas mains, or electric Ught lines are to be put In, there may be special assessments charged against the property. It Is well to find out which ones of these must be allowed for Good Paint Should Hide A Surface When A^pfied In order to be^a good paint It must hide or obliterate1 the surface to which It is applied. Th&^uil u£ed has negligible hiding power, ^o it remains the duty of the pigment to do this. Here we must separate from each other two ideas. One is the hiding power or strength of a pigment, the other Is the hiding power of the paint using the pigments. These two are quite different; the first Is a very great factor, though not the only factor infln encing the second. The scientist I« greatly concerned with the first, while the painter cares only1 for the second. Yet a strong hiding power paint cannot be produced with a poor hiding power pigment i Pipeless Design Heater Economical in Operation The pipeless design of heater has come to the fore rapidly in recent years, largely on account of its economical operation, yet It has many other good features. In general, this kind of plant should not be Installed in any but compact, square buildings In which room doors may be left open at all times. Warm air from the delivery section of the register, always located in the center, flows first to the ceilings, where It spreads to the outside wails. Washington.--A special meeting of Red Cross officials was held at the national headquartetrs here and they Immediately began active work for the relief of the Mississippi river valley flood sufferers, after Meports of the rapidly lncrealng seriousness of conditions. The Red Cross said that more than 24,000 persons had been reported as in need of assistance, William M. Baxter, organization official at St. Louis, reporting 15,200 refugees in Illinois. Missouri and Arkansas alone. Roads leading into Forest City, Ark., were reported literally blocked with flood sufferers, who, loaded with personal belongings, were making their way to safety. Henry M. Baker, national disaster relief director, left Washington for the flood area to make an extensive survey of conditions, and Miss 1'aullne, Marshall, active In the Florida hurricane, Is at Natches, Miss., to aid T. R. Buchanan, who reported the situation In Mississippi 'as very serious. Cairo, 111.--Cairo, III., the island cttv of the Mississippi valley, is fighting to maintain Its great wall of levees against the flood pressure of the Ohio and Mississippi rivers. With the river level more than 56 feet, higher than during the flood of 1913, and even higher, than the great flood of 1858, a company of National Guards and hundreds of volunteer workers are guarding levees and fighting weak spots at two points in the drainage districts outside of Cairo. More than a thousand refugees from flooded districts are In Cairo, where Red Cross workers are administering aid. A tent city has sprung up in the courthouse yard and vacant buildings were utilised to care for the storm stricken. Memphis. Tenn.--The mighty flood sweeping down the Mississippi valley took toll along two streams tributary' to the Mississippi, marooned and endangered hundreds, and spread Itself over additional thousands of acres of fertile farm lands. Several deaths already have been reported. Levees along the Arkansas and White rivers in Arkansas broke in places under the pressure of the water. The Arkansas embankment near Frenchtown, Robroy and the levee protecting the towns of English, Rel j del and thousands of acres between I Pine Bluff and Farrelly gave way befor the flood; the White river dike be ft) re McClelland county collapsed and the Plum bayou levee protecting Althelmer, Sherrill and Humphreys went out. About 250 residents of McClelland, forced to flee for their lives, were reported marooned without food or shelter on a ridge two iuiies from Kelp and a raging current making their rescue almost Impossible. The flood carried away the Robroy levee and 200 feet of the tracks of the St Louis & Southwestern railroad. State troops were called into service to patrol the embankment along Washington county. In Mississippi. Refugee camps for residents of the St. Francis basin have been established at Helena, Marianna and Forest City. The government dispatched barges up the flooded valley to aid in evacuation of residents. Service of Architect of First importance Most persons suppose that the plan of a small home is simply the result of following a few "rules of thumb," and that by a few trials and shufflings of mere spaces for rooms, with walls on four sides, and some kind of a cheap roof, a house can be compiled. The sorry truth Is that many so-called houses emerge frotuj this method, but certainly no correct solvation of a home builder's problem la thus achieved. Each room must have Its appropriate size, shape, aspect and relation to other parts of the house. Proper relation of rooms means no waste of time to the occupants when going from one part of the house to another. A saving in steps is a real comfort to the busy housewife. All parts of the bouse must be properly lighted with sufficient window area, and doors must be properly placed so as to leave suitable spaces for furniture. An architect never studies plans for a home without placing property* the necessary pieces of furniture, and being sure that there is room enough for them. Now, all this may seem simple enough, and it Is, were not the inevitable factor of cost ever present to determine the limit of what can be done. This most Important item can be controlled most properly by the architect who makes complete preliminary drawings for his client and obtains preliminary bids before final construction ts begun. The plana made by an architect complete in detail, show the contractor exactly what ts expected of him. The architect eliminates "the extras" so often incurred by the unenlightened using poor plans or possibly no plans st all except "their builder's" sketches. Hickman, Ky.--Kentucky National Guardsmen and Red Cross workers joined forces to prevent spread «>f disease as well as to care for some 2.000 flood refugees housed In tents on the hills around this Mississippi river town and packed in houses in Its higher portions that escaped last weelps flood. Two Families Wiped Out in Chicago Blast Chicago.--Hight |iersons were killed In • terrific explosion in a row of one- «tory stores extending from 3418 to 3424 West Harrison street. The cause <of the blast is a mystery, but police and firemen declared it was either an explosion of gas or of a gigantic still. All the eight victims were members of the Barnett Levin and Harry Sokolosky families, who lived in the rear of their shops. South Need Not Alon^ Be Land of Blossom* In recent ye<ars landscape experts hsve demonstrated that more pleasing effects are produced by a few wdllplaced ornamentals than by the masses of vegetation which it was the custom to crowd into a front yard or back yard a few years ago. Perhaps when the Japanese taught us tlie beauty of a single long-stemmed blossom in an appropriate vase, they taught also new ideas in the beautiiication of grounds. No climate Is more favorable than ours for the production of trees, shrubs and flowers. In most parts of the South the soil Is also adapted to easy planting and comparatively quick growth, though in light soils the use of fertilizer Is Important In no other region can a flower garden be made to bloom so many months in the nar. For this reason, the residents of other sections of the country have come to look dpon the South as a land of blossoms ; but sometimes actual conditions are disappointing. With little effort every home in Mobile county could be made a place of infinite attractiveness. Let us make front yards smile, not only for our own pleasure and wellbelng, but also for the pleasure and benefit of strangers who come within these hospitable gates.--Moble (Ala.) Register. . - U.S. WORRIED OVER HELIUM SHORTAGE Principal Source of Supply Playing Out. Washington.--Ameruat faces a helium shortage. And helium is the unburnable gas that, although undiscovered on earth before 1885, is used to inflate dirigibles and thus keep them from exploding, as those filled with hydrogen are likely to do. The natural gas from the Petrolia (Texas) field, which has provided helium up until now, is playing out Since congress has authorized the construction of two giant dirigibles, each with a capacity of 6.000,000 cubic feet t<k cost $$,000,000, lack of helium Is worrying government officials. The navy and the United States bureau of mines are asking congress to appropriate money to pipe to the Fort Worth (Texas) helium extraction plant, built during the war, the helium-bearing natural gas of Nocona, only 25 miles from Petrolia. The appropriation desired Is $500,- 000, which is needed to construct the necessary pipeline and pressure plant The bill Is now awaiting action by the senate. Once the money is appropriated, it will be a matter of only six or seven months before the helium supply can be increased. The Nocona field was discovered In 1922, but natural gas, although burned in the field, has never been drawn away. The life of the Nocona supply la about 15 years, and It will probably produce from 10,000,000 to 12,- 000,000 cubic feet of helium a year during that time. More helium Is essential with the construction of the two giant dirigibles In view. There never was enough helium to float the Los Angeles and the Shenandoah simultaneously. With the destruction of the Shenandoah, the world's largest single store of pure helium was lost. Each of the projected giant dirigibles will need three times the helium now being used by the dirigible Los Angeles. One-Story Factoriwe * Where choice Is unhampered, as by lack of ground space, the trend la strongly toward the one-story building In begglug for food they try to attract Cattle Malady Laid to Lack of Phosphates Sturgeon Bay, Wis.--A cattle malady that has puzzled dairymen lu Door county for months has been traced to Its source, according to a report from Dr. B. A. Beach of the Wisconsin College of Agriculture. Lack of phosphates in the soil and consequently in the cattle feed caused all the trouble, he said. A herd of six afflicted animals was placed at the peninsula branch of the state experimental station and fed a well-balanced ration after postmortem examination on cows that died of the trouble showed lack of phosphates and limes in their bones. This ration. In which the proper phosphates were Included, brought the cattle back to full strength and weight lu a few months. The soil in northerd Door county Is very shallow, and due to this the phosphates in the soil were quickly used up. According to Prof. E. J. Delwiche, head of the experimental station, ninetenths of the farms In this district are lacking in phosphates, and many other farms in Wisconsin are also allowing the effects of insufficient phosphates In the soil. ; f . Local Fancier Breeds Dogs That Do Not Bark Bellinghain, Wash.--By Interbreeding with a type of Siberian sledge dogs, a local fancier has developed a species of dog that does not bark. They have a manner of howling something akin to the wolf, but when well fed forget even that vocal ability. for general factory purposes. Comparison of typical structures of each class shows much additional expense and waste room incidental to stairways, elevators and approaches in the multi-story building. Walls and columns also taKe up a greater part of the Inclosed space, and for a total floor area of 72,000 square feet In a representative six-story building there is a non-productive floor area of 13,368 square feet, as against only 4.428 square feet in the one-story structure. The cost of additional roof construction for one-story buildings is offset Fund* for Children's Home ®rie, Pa.----Provision for construction of a children's home Is made in the wlU of Dr. Charles F. Hastings, eccentric scion of a wealthy New York family, who for years operated a -toy repair shop here. $100/900 for Teacher«* College Nashville, Tenn.--A gift of Jtioo.ooo to the George Pea body College for Teachers by Benjamin Newton rMike of New York, out of the Washington Duke fund, |s announced here. W Retort Buildings Burned Holland. Mich.--Fire, which broke out in the summer resort of Mucatawa PaVk, near here," destroyed between oO and 00 summer residences and damaged a score of others before being brought under control Total damage was estimated at $300,000. 20 Killed in Moroccan Storm Madrid--Twenty or more p«jr*.>a r.re di»i;d nt»d numerous -<n »|j - u - . v r r . H • - ^ attention by cough. a whine and guttural * Real Estate Pays New York.--Jonas Weil, realty operator, died in 1917, leaving tenements valued at $500,000 when realty was lu the wartime, dumps. Now It's worth $4,000,000. - Church Theft Charged Dallas, Texas.--Theft of one Baptist church, value $45, is the charge that two negroes, one the pastor and by the lower cost of floors which are! the other a deacon, are facing here. laid directly on the ground In the • single-story factory. Cost of land Is a minor Item as compared to that of the buildjng. Planting Fir*: Garden There will be a number of city-j bred folks who will enjoy the sub-1 urbs for the first time this y£ar. Of course they will have a garden, and j the main thing to remember In this \ important matter Is In deciding the • location of same. If possible select a stretch of land with a southern exposure and plant the rows north and south unless you are on a hillside. If planted east and west the rows will shade one another when the plants are a few inches high. Keep the Money at Home It's the stream of money going out of our home communities and counties and states that hurts. This helps to make hard times, while all the money we can bring in and that we cao keep at home makes times better. It's just as simple as that two and two make; four.--Roanoke (Ala.) Leader. | ;tr;> Always in Demand j « If one year above another calls for the USP of good. hard »en«e :n all lln«-« of business affairs from farming up t«: the greatest captain of Industrial af CHCHOHWJHJHJHWHCHOHOHCHSHOHOHOHOHOHCHOHSHCHCHIKI White House Employs Small Clerical Force Washington.--With the exception of the fine arts commission which has but two hired hands, the White House has the smallest clerical force of any government department or independent bureau. .Forty-four employees, includ ing three women, are assigned to the executive «;iice.s to aissi*t President Coolidge administrate the nation's business.. L'.f.'ie Sain employs a total of ."(50,705 persons to " keep the wheels o'f government moving, c ompared with a total of 43N. ; l i VM«". When the nrmis ti -e w;?s signed in November. 1918, the largest number of clerks iu history, 917.700. were on the government pay rolls. The Post-Office department leads the tic Id in employees wttTi 3»",5»85. The Treasury depart ment is second with 51,619 and the War department third with 48,768. The Justice department has the MI»:;I! st nsinilK»r. :5.71V. 5 of any of the executive d.*part : g meuts. iKPiinniinrrririniiimniiriiiririnnni^ii LUMBER CAMP SONGS INNOCENT DITTIES •A: Traces History of Ancient Tunes. Montreal.--Coincident with the decision of the Quebec government to appoint a committee of prominent men to study the speech of the French-Canadians with a view to putting a quietus once and forever on the slanderous opinions of^tourists who believe, from contact with cab drivers and others, that the only language in French-Canada is a jargon of French and English, comes the publication by Mr. J. Murray Gibbon of Montreal of translations of thirty of the songs of French Canada. Instead of the swaggering, blustering, devil-may-care lumberjack and river driver singing songs best heard In deserted districts of the forest and river, the secret is out at last, namely, that the' songs most sung by these lumberjacks are In reality children's songs in the main, brought over from France hundreds of years ago, and the first white man's music to be heard in North America. ^ Traces Old Tune*. "Canadian Folk Songs, Old and New," the book Just published by Mr. Gibbon through Duttftn & Co., New York, not only Is an education to lovers of music who gain some idea of the spirit in the songs, but it contains a somewhat lengthy treatise on the history' of the music. The translator believes that some of the tunes date back to the Twelfth century, others corresponding to those In the Tudor and Stuart periods In England. Strangest of all, it is stated that the tune of the famous old Scotch song, "Ye Banks and Braes o' Bonnie Doon," was discovered in a Seventeenth century manuscript in France. "En Koulant Ma Boule," one of the favorite French Canadian songs was originally sung by French children at play-rolling balls. Another colorful selection has to do with a French trapper who saved the lives of his companions when threatened by the Iriquois, at the expense of his own. When his body was found, beside it lay a poem written in blood. Purest of French. ' The Quebec government points out that the purest of French is spoken by prominent French Canadians, eveu purer than that In France, and this book by Mr. Gibbon will no dbubt also dissipate another mistaken Impression that the simple FTench pastourelles were of questionable merit held by people who are unable to read French. JF inimimiiinwiinnmninimiaBi ILLINOIS News Notes limiuiiiiuuuuiiuiiiiiiuiiiiuiiiiiul i Fire originating in the motor >f thS.. . pipe organ wrecked the First CkrL*-". tian church of Marlon, causing a loss estimated at $150,000. All prisoners In the Edgar county jail af Paris were quarantined whejl v Sheriff Roscoe Rives and two prison? ers became 11! of smallpox. Mrs. Maria Patience Bowman, nin#> V • ty-one years old, said to be the second"'/.* white child born in Sterling, is dead. She lived her entire life there. Frank Rice, a moving picture ma% formerly of Chicago, was severel|f_ \- burned In a projection room in Da». , | ville when a celluloid film exploded. \ Thomas Taylor was elected city a' torney of Geneseo to succeed J' L. Shaw by the new city council, a other city officials were reappointed. dements Albert Caesar, seventytwo, a prominent mining engineer, f<r many years consulting engineer for tftA Hegeler Zinc Smelting concern of Da# ville, died after a short Illness. OstbofTs garage, the Bishop bartojf shop, Upton tire service, W. A. Browv auto showroom and Central Illinois Public Service office In Effingham weife destroyed by fire. The loss Is mated at $100,000. A $2,500 gift to the playgroon^? , ^ and recreation commission of Rod! Island for the construction of tennis courts in Reservoir park by Mr. anil Mrs. John H. Houberg was announce^1 by the city council. • Under the will of Charles S. Kl|» bourne, who left an estate valued at $225,000, Aurora Y. M. C. A. Is CP. receive $20,000, the Y. W. C. A. $3,00fc the Aurora Old Ladles' home $2,.Vp and Trinity Episcopal church $2,500. . Distributed under auspices of this Civic Beauty council of Oak Park anA River Forest, 1,500 cherry trees and 2,500 decorative plants were pr*. sented to grammar school students et the two townl to beautify suburbaa * lawns. v Mrs. Helen Ward, forty-three yeft|fc old, housekeeper In the home of Sergl. and Mrs. R. F. Teague at Fort Sheridan, was electrocuted In a bath tub toi her home when an electric heater sip took Into the tub with her got shoft> circuited In thef water. ^ Fifteen masked men, armed with machine guns, rifles and revolvers, !»• vaded the plant of the Illinois Watck Case company at Elgin and. after trussing up five men In charge, cot Into the treasure vault with acetylene torches and escaped with gold and silver bullion, believed to be worth $25,000 to $50,000. The heated battle staged by war county communities over the final Mft»' cation and routing of the state's ne«r $100,000,000 bond issue highway knows as route 51 ended when Col. C. 8. Miller, director of the state highway* division, officially announced that th# road will run-through Frankfort snAv Orland north to Justice rather th«a follow the old Wolf road through M#» kena and straight north. Krtck Strom of Victoria and bUK three sons, arrested on charges brougttl by Cecil Hedstrom. wealthy Victor^, farmer, who testified he had traincttf his horse to charge the Stroms wheSr ever they appeared, were placed u**, der a $200 peace bond in the justkgk court here. Hedstrofei testified tl||. Stroms had threatened him after aiS" argument over the payment for cnelU he took from land leased to theui. , ^ , A lion, two panthers, and some bird# * . of various species from the jungle •' ,L India are to comprise the gift of Mnfa> jV-i harajah DhlraJ, one of the most pos^ erful potentates of that country, to th(j(' zoological gardens that Chicago Is i have in the forest preserves In this* ( near future. Proffer of the 'animateand bl^ds was made in a letter to HL L. Glaser of Glencoe, one of the trustees «»f the Chicago Zoological society. Pastors and lay workers of Chris*- uni, vers.i.ti.e s or colleges .in. t.h e .I.n lted. tian churches of 21 northwestern 1111- i . . . . •* f nois counties will meet in Pekin May „ 17-18 for their annual convention, afe guests of the Pekin First l'hristia%£*- Wild Horse Elimination Sought by Cattle Men San Francisco.--The last of .their type, wild horses of the once "wild" West are becoming victims of a campaign of extermination, because of their encroachments on civilization. Thousands of these wild mustangs, descendants of those used by Indians, before the advent of the white man In the West, have roamed in small bands from their mountain wilderness into sparsely settled country to prey upon the grass of cattle and sheep ranges. Stockmen, co-operating with forest rangers, have formed wild horse hunting parties, with the result that in Utah recently more than 1,000 were eliminated and in Nevada a campaign netted 1,238. In the north coast section of Call- < fornla the wild horse problem has become so serious a conference has been called to outline plans for extermination. Similar action has been taken In Idaho and Montana. The horses are declared to be of no economic worth and their elimination of decided *aloe to cattle and sheepmen. Wisconsin "U" Leads With 40,450 Students Madison, Wis.--Wisconsin university Iead8/4he universities of the country in service. If figures in the current Issue of "k magazine devoted to education are correct, more individuals are now receiving Instruction ifl and from the Badger institution than in other States. The Wisconsin state school, with a total of 40,4b0 students. Including 8,220 full-timef ifesident nnd 32,130 extension students, is well ahead of Its nearest competitor, Columbia university of New York city, where there are 37,734 students. The University J»f California ranks second to Wisconsin in the number of extension students, but has less than half the Wisconsin number In that branch. The western state leads all the others in full-time students registration, with 17,101. Fruit Growers of Ozark* ' Will Have Banner Year Kansas City, Mo.--Fruit growers In the Ozark mountains are to have one of the greatest years on record, according to report of one of the principal fruit growers' associations. Morv than 20.000 acres of strawberries will be under cultivation and from 2.500 to 3,000 carloads of berries are ex pected to be shipped to the city mar kefs. Officers also stated that abou' 2,000 carloads of grapes wontd be shipped this year. Mecca Drawing Well ifanjennasin, Borneo.--This year pil^riinnire to Met-ca Is drawing a rv ord nether «.f 10.000 faithful Moslem from the island alone. The piigrli.. age will take approximately $4.000,0tr out of the country. - hundred churches are expected. A<|» /• • > , dresses will be made by Dr. Stephen - B. Fisher, Champaign: Rev. Guy Williamson, Rock Island, and Dr. H. H. Peters, state secretary of the churehe*. Bloomlngton. ^ Judges Frank L. Shepherd of Elgin, I John K. Newhall of Aurora, and William J. Fnlton of Sycamore, were renominated by the Republican convention of the Sixteenth judicial circuit In Geneva. The counties In the circuit i. are Du Page, Kaue, I>e Kalb. aud Kendall, and nomination on the Re^ publican ticket is considered about equivalent to election. The convene tlon Indorsed Charles W. Hadley ol^ Wheatou for attorney general an4"- orged him to make a campaign fof ! that office. | Fire originating from spontaneous I combustion In sweeping compound an§ * j oily rags resulted In a $7.0«>i> danmg*Vj at the Thomas-Kerns company. veo«|^ V Ing machine plant. In Rock Island. ' Farwell Winston was PKlecte^f?^ ^ j without opposition as mayor of «'•%: I Format. George Richardson. Wllllai^l J O. Paape, A. B. Dick. Jr., Lawrence IVA*. Smith, and Lawrence Vaughn named aldermen. The ouly place fofc which there was a contest was paltaiP magistrate. Edwin Burgess won ovef^j | Thomas/iTferJdge, 062 to 482. Hearf