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af* 1 m wm--m*xmmmBK9 TBX VStKKt PLAHn>XAU3L, THDSSDAY, tAStV. juxcuemeni is running high in Springfield u the general assembly swings Into action for an Interesting term which Governor Emmersou fhopes to hold to ninety days. Uepub |Ucan senators hung out the harmony 1 banner at their biennial dinner au<l rancus held the evening before the legislature was scheduled to convene State Senator Martin l*url«on, Mo'lue. •{ was elected president pro teui ol the senate without opposition. Lieut tiov. Fred' E. Sterling, Uockiorii. who was re-elected at the lasi elec ition, is aatouiath ally president of the " senate and will of course continue In . that capacity after the inauguration. James H. Paddock of Springfield was ^ appointed secretarir of the senate ' Mrs. Madge Hlctiejr of Springfteld was made postmistress, and T. B. S'.outen . of Chicago was nuuicd sergeant-ut . arms. The minority leuder for the Democrats In the senate is Kdwurd Hughes of Chicago. David &. Shun* Iud, itepubJlcaia of Chicago, has been elected speakei of the house; Uewrge 41 Blaeuer of ('iirilnvllle la the new clerk; 11 it. Etta B. Hayes of Decatur was named postmistress, and Frank Leonurd, Chicago, sergeaut-at-aruis. The minority leader of the house the Democrats if Michael Igoe of Chi cago. When the gavels fell in tx^h branches of the general assembly on the first day, former Secretary of State Etamerson, by virtue of ids of flee, called the house to order; Lieut. Gov. Fred EL Sterling officiated at the senate session. The oath of office was administered by Chief Justice Frederic It. De Young of the Supreme court. The first sessions will undoubtedly be devoted to, the organ izatlon of the two branches. After preliminary routine business had been disposed of, the two branches met in joint session and beard Governor Small deliver his farewell message. His messuge, which Is the longest In history, was a general review of the achievements of his eight-year iidniln* istration; he also niude recommendations on various subjects. Later the joint session canvassed the vote for state officers in the general election In November. A joint Inaugural committee was also appointed to arrange for the details of Governor Einmerson's inaugural which was held a ftew days ago. Bids have been received by the department of public works and buildings, division of highways, for the construction of 14.6 miles of paving. 3:3 miles of heavy grading and five separate bridge sections. From a preliminary examination of the bids it appears that satisfactory bids were obtained on the 14.6 miles of paving work st an average cost of $25,6iX) per mile. This average figure includes tfife cost of cement which is furnished by the department of public works and buildings. According to the bids read and subject to final checking, the low bidders Included the following: Bridge in Clinton county, across Kasfcaskla river at Carlyle; the Clinton Bridge works. Clinton, Iowa. $80.- BOO. Route 107, section 104, 2.8 miles of paving in Pike county; Cameron Joyce and company, Keokuk, Iowa. $44,010.- *1. Route 107 section 106, 5.4 miles of - paving In Pike county; the Madison Construction company, Edwardsvllle. III., $108,119.90. Route 111, section 125B, consisting of one bridge In Macoupin county; M. a Robinson. GIrard, IU.. $13,418,27. Route 111, section 125A, 2.6 miles pt grading in Macoupin county; Mike Baas, Fairfield. III.. $31,706.52. In a series of three a«eett»ga. at Dixon, Springfield and Carbondale, ttte Accredited Hatchery men's association of northern, central and southern Illinois conferred with Illinois department ot agriculture regarding plans for the inspection service of the 1929 baby chick season. Poultry specialists, licensed by the state of Illinois for flock inspection work, by passing tests conduc ted by the poultry husbandry division m;tde arrangement for their season's employment. The flock Inspection work Is done at the request of poultry breeders who seek markets for their batching eggs as accredited chicks, through the hatcheries that operate undfr the inspection regulations. The flock owners, co-operating through the hatcheries they supply, pay the costs of this Inspection, and find it profitable in that they receive .premium prictt for the product of the flocks that get this recognition. Indications art that the accredited hatcheries of Illinois, this season, will market more baby chicks as state accredited, than la any other year. Last season Illinois accredited as standard bred more farm flocks than were Inspected In All other states eomhftsed. Even greater growth Is anticipated during the coming season, according to A. D. Smith, chief of the poultry husbandry dtvision ®f the state depnrfme»t of agriculture, through wWcb this service Is administered. Reviewing the accomplishments In Illinois' program for eradication of bovine tuberculosis, the director of agriculture. Stlllman J. Stanard. states that 31 counties were accredited during the year--more than any other state has ever accredited in any year. This brings the total of accredited counties up to 38, which, in area, and in cattle population, represents onethird of Illinois. Cattle under super- ' vision for tuberculosis eradication, in areas engaged as county units, total more than three-fourths of the dairy cattle on the farms of Illinois. In number of herds tested as well as In tbe number of counties accredited, Illinois. In 1928, led the entire United States, according to the records of the federal officials engaged in this disease eradication work. SLOCUM'S LAKE LssHe Foss was a brafnws caller at Crystal Lake Saturday morning. Willard Darrell was a business caller at Waukegan Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Earl Converse and Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Bacon were business callers at Woodstock Saturday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Ray Dowell and Mrs. Joe Dowell were business callers at McHenry last Thursday afternoon. •Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Brooks left last Thursday via auto for San Benito, Texas, where they will spend a' couple of months. Harry Matthews was a buniness caller at Libertyville last Friday. Archie Foss of Libertyville was a supper guest at tht home of his parents last Saturday^ Pasre Smith spent a few days this week in Chicago. Misses Myma and Beulah Bacon spent the week-end with their cousin, Miss Frances Converse. 'K George Whitt of Lakes Corners was a caller at the William Foes home on Monday aft^rnooih ' Mr. and Mrs. Harry Matthews and Mildred Hoffman attended the installation of the officers of Mayflower Chapter, O. E. S., at Wauconda last Wednesday evening. Mildred Hoffman was installed as associate matron. 1 Mr. and Mrs. William Foss and son, Junior, and George Roesslein were OSTBHD Z. H. Osmun of Crystal Lake was a 'business callers at McHenry last Tuesbusinegs caller at the Joe and Bay Dowell homes last Thursday. Wa. Foss, A. J. Heftnan, Fred Smith and Harry Matthews attended the farm sale of John Phalin near McHenry last Wednesday. ' Mr. and Mrs. Joe Dowell attended the basketball game at Wauconda last Friday evening. Mrs. Wayne Bacon ufd son, Donald, visaed at the he«M of Mr. *ad Mrs. Earl Convene last Thursday after- "noon. Mr. and Mr#. W. E. Btooks and son Lyons, of the Illinois Agricultural association, accompanied by Harry Matthews, worked in this community last Thursday signing new farm bureau members. ' Mr. and Mrs. George Lnndgren of Wauconda spent last Friday after- 'noon at the Blomgren home. Mr. ana Mrs. Raymond Lusk of hear Bound Lake, were Sunday dinner and afternoon toasts at the Blomgren home _ Dont buy t&fes until yon see Walter Chesney, were dinner atsd afternoon j Freund's Goodyear ad. 81-4 guests at the home of Dsurwm Brown! We are making room for aur spring at Wauconda last Thursday. Mr. and Mrs. Ray Dowell and daughter, Dorothy, were sapper and evening guests at the home of Mr. and Mxs. Earl Davis last Wednesday in honor of the former's birthday anniversary. Willard Darrell called at the home of Martin Bederske northeast of Wauconda last Thursday. Mildred Hoffman, organist at the Auditorium theatre at Libertyville, visited home folks here Sunday afternoon. line of good? and our prewnt stock is •priced low eaiousrh to attract the most fastidious buyer. Ericksin, Dept. Store. q^f • • Fltr "C--><Jasy Cm. /•*; are said to be the greatest mutton of money makers that ever lived. bat we are always willing to stop long enough to lose our last nickel. We know everything about money excepting what to do with It.--Harry Daniel In Thrift Mannr-lrnO ~ Plaindealer Publicity Pays. We hope no one is wishing for www as the roads are in rather bad shape now. *n»e milk hauler that delivers milk to Chemung had to have some assistance Sunday to - get his load through. Henry Schumacher, form hand for F. R. Eppel, has been quite ill for several days; is now able to be up around the house, not able to work. Glen Eppel, a pupil in McHenry high school, is home nursing a case of influenza. Nearly every family In neighborhood have one or more cases of hard colds. Mrs. Eva Eppel has had her^turn at nursing a severe cold or influenza, but is much better at this writing. Bud Sherman walked from his home on top of Snyder hill up to Qrandpa Hobart's. He did not wish for second trip. He said snow was drifted badly in several places. , Henry Dalziel is the first on the road every morning and has to break his own road. He works in a factory at Woodstock; leaves home about 6:15. Tuesday morning, Jan. 15, the thermometer registered 14 below at Henry Kohart's. At Fred Eppel's it was *5; we hope the lowest, this year. The Benwell family have pretty well recovered from their illness; one little girl not yet r.ble to be in school. Dan Sherman was out of the shop Saturday afternoon, nursing a light case of influenza; hoped to be on hand Monday. We are making room for our spring line of goods and our present stock is priced low enough to attract the most fastidious buyer. Erickson Dept. Store. Don't buy tires until you see Walter Freund's Goodyear ad. 31-4 Read Jos. J. Miller's special grocery prices in ad. every week. 82-2 CENTRAL GARAGE JOHN0BURC p J. SMITH, Proprietor ^ Chevrolet Sites. General Automotive Repair Work Give us a call when in trouble Day Phone 200-J Night Phone 640-J-2 -* n, I Fresh as the ctawn--our work finds a welcome everywhere* Clean waists, radiant with cleanliness, gowns cleaned and pressed into stylish usefulness* . ^ -~-Mr. Before and Afia# "For Appearance's Sake" ANNA. HOWARD CLEANING &PKSSDW ^ t OV£R BOLQER'S D&JQ STO& WRh the current epidemic of Inlliienza apparently on the wane In Illinois, Dr. Isaac D. Rawllngs, state health director, lias announced that he has Instructed th&. various laboratories In his department to utilise every resource at thejr command In an effort to discover the specific cause of this disease and to develop a vaccine with which to fight it. Success In these endeavors would settle one of the most baffling problems of modern medical research and would provide a means of preventing a highly contagious disease which has thus far run rough shod over all ordinary control methods. Work on the Influensa problem will begin at once In the three principal hMcterlologlcal laboratories of the state. Studies In the main laboratory at Springfield will be under the Immediate supervision of Thomas O. Hull. Ph. D.. state bacteriologist. The program at .Chicago will be In charge of Dr. Lloyd Arnold, professor of pathology at the medical college of the University branch of the state diagnostic laboratory. Miss Eva Faught will undertake as much work as possible on the problem at the Carbondale branch of the state diagnostic system. So far nothing has been found that will stop or even modify an outbreak of Influensa. 9 Number 9 of a Series an ^Metropolitan Chicago ••••dhtwwwgtphyMB#' rofroliton Chicogp has every Jiossibtltty of bscoming th« world's foremost Metropolitan center --in ftoftttlation «s wall as in trc4a im£orta«ce -- tmd that in a day ttU What promises to be the greater poultry exposition ever held > Southern Illinois Is scheduled lor presentation at Carbondute. Januury 16-19. according to the men in charge of pouftry promotional work^ carried on jy the Illinois department of agriculture. Premium offerings are divid ed into three classes--the fanciers. |unlor department and tlje commercial hatcheries. Cash premiums, expected to total upward of silver trophies and merchandise prir.es are offered, and the premium lists. n«w being distributed, are attracting wide attention. An educational feature. In eluded In the exposition plans, will he open to the pubiic. In this, the poultry husbandry division will pre- . sent motion pictures and fund net poultry culling demonstrations and clinics. As this feature of the show forms a short course In poultry litis bandry, the dates were arranged In accordance with the program of the Southern Illinois Normal university •o that the students can atten<L Th^, old gymnasium buiMlag" h«Htae Aw exhibition. > • Common poultry diseases have Caused serious losses in farm flocks throughout the state since severe win ter weather set in. A. D. Smith, chief of the poultry husbandry division of tbe state depurtment of agriculture Imports. By way of prevention. Chief gaiith advises poultry breeders to retain the best of early hatched broods |tor breeding stock. "Now," be says. •Is the time to guard against this foes next winter. by making plans for early hatching, and by selecting breeding stock with car- from early ffoods." Abraham Lincoln was a descendant of the famous Lee family of Virginia and was directly related to the man with whom he contested ttie fate of the nation. General Rpbert K. I*ee. Lincoln was not. as popular belief would have him, the product of undistinguished progenitor*. Though torn In a log cabin, he #as but two generations removed from the stately mansions of one of the proudest names In early American history. These statements, upsetting some of the most deep-seated of American traditions, are the result of careful research conducted by Dr. William E. Barton, an able genealogist and one of the best known authorities on Lincoln. They were published for the llrsf time this month. High school agricultural students who qualify as dairv cattle judges will compete for honor® and cash prlr.es at Jacksonville. January 29, the opening d«y of the ,V»th convention of the Illinois State Dairymen's association. An elegant silver <Mip will grace the trophy cabinet of the school that sends a winning team. Pennants go to teams' that place as good as fifth. Individ ual honors go to students who excel in Judging. The three dairy breads that predominate in the Jacksonville territory-- Holstein. fJuernsey and Jer sey--~-\vill be Judged. Premium offer Inus are expected to attract the bes,t dairy cattle In Morgan and surround ins counties. Cattle kept at Jacksonville stiite institutions will also be displayed Soy henna brought Illlnoli farmers nearly a million dollars more in 1J12R than In 1927. and the Income from that crop in Illinois has dwuhled with in the past four years, according to the year-end review of farm production Issued by the Illinois and United States Departments of Agriculture. Illinois again rartks first in soy bean production. Analyzing the rapid development of this legume crop. Stillman J. Stanard. director of agricul lure, attributes its Increasing popularity to extension service and educa tlonal methxwls employed In Illinois. METROPOLITAN CHICAGOHUB OF AMERICA'S AIRWAYS -1^ nkk-i: ' "It is sad," said the ship's cook, "to think that a kind-faced cow had to be killed to provide this steak for the Bailors." ' "f^Yes," agreed the cynical old-timer, is tough.--Our Navy. 'Mistress: "So your matrimonial Bfe was very unhappy? What was the fcouble ? December wedded to May ?" Chk>e: "Lan' sakes, no ma'am. It "Dot's a vicious looking bc^er; vot iss his name?" "Boss, ah calls him Gladly." _ "Vot? Gladly? Vy such a name?" "Got it from 'de Bible, Boas, where it says 'gladly 'de cross I'd bear.' "-- Exchange. Doctor: "111 sew this scalp wound for yon for 110.00." Cabby: "But, Doc, I just want Labor Day married to 'de day ob! plain sewing--not hemstitching or '• -0 vipiaui ocwm - yI.n• M••P•tiAi-W :M.|M .,a1j-fe i '--Oral Hygi-- |F anyone doubts that air travel is today an established and important factor in American transportation, let him but study the heavy lines on the above map. Daily scheduled mail, express and passenger service is now being operated over 16,486 miles of airways in the United States, and the planes in service over these airways travel 38,902 miles daily, of which 20,098 miles are scheduled to and from Chicago. Travel by air has logically established its hub in ^Metropolitan Chicago, the great central,metropolis, close to the geographic centers of population, manufacture and agriculture. Chicago is the world's foremost railroad center, the world's largest inland port, and the central link in America's vast chain of motor highways----affording unequalled facilities for interconnection between air and/ other transportation. United States. In December, 1^2&--a winter month--landings and take-oSs during daylight hours were made at this field on an $yerage <of almost every three minutes! Chicago How has thirty-six scheduled arrivals and departures of mail, passenger and express planes every day, a number exceeded onl/at Tempelhof Airport, Berlin, Germany. Tkxf Chicago Municipal Airport was officially opened just a year ago last December. Yet it is expected that the present field will be outgrown before next summer is over. Already plans have been made to double the aiea of the field, affording quadrupled accommodations* In addition to the Municipal Airport, Metropolitan Chicago has more t\tar% $ dozen other active aviation fields. A proposal The volume of air mail and express handled in Chicago is more than double that handled in any other city, and Chicago's Municipal Airport fat Sixty-third Street and Cicero Avenue] is the busiest commercial airport in the 10NAUTH :ENTEI is now receiving consideration, and appears likely of adoption, for the building of another airport on the lake front at Sixteenth Street, just ten minutes distant from the Loop ... Chicago's position with reference to air transportation is another important factor adding to Chicago's progress toward becoming the world's greatest metropolitan center. PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY OF NORTHERN ILLINOIS ' Suptbtog EUctridly and Gat to 6.000 tquan miits, including Metropolitan Area into which Chicago is growing. CUcat* iwlwU* tJU CUy *f Chlc*t° tlw Urritonr witU* 50 f» 75 mitw •/ CMff C<,» £1 ' • 'i. 'H & • is. .. , v : X p ^ i V-'i« f.v-W. M-v'i . ^ ' J W. >r- . ~'<r ,y*.