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THE M'HENRY PLAIN DEALER cr i every Thursday at McHenry, HL, by Charles F. Renich. Entered as second-class matter at the Jtoatotf tut the act of May 8, 1879. Ice at McHenry, SL, unoii Tear i mx Months ftahscrlprion Rataa oii "•-'•'"r-'-nTmi f* *** -- - 41.00 L A. H. MOSHER, Editor sad Manager) Public Pulse tfv* • • .. ry" (All communications foV this department must be signed by the writer, otherwise they will not be published. The Plaindealer incites its readers to express their opinions in these columns.) - * • '* CarlstronTs Opinion January 10, 1930. Editor of the ^JcHenry Plaindealer, McHenry, Illinois. Dear Sir:- Some little time ago I was called on the city council of the City of IfteHenry to give a written opinion as to how the $5100.00 that was in the city treasury could be used for city porposes, this amount being collected under a tax levy that was not levied,, in a legal way, but the tax being levied and the same was voluntarily paid in to the city treasury, under the law of our State it became the absohite fund of money for the city to do as it saw fit with in applying it to the debts that were due and owing from the city. At that time I gave a written opinion backed up by a citation of <|uite a number of authorities, and Mated then that I was perfectly williOf to stand back of the opinion in •By court in the State. Regardless of what has been said pro and con in relation to my opinion, I pm very much pleased, indeed, to enclose herewith a copy of a letter that Mr. Wm. Bonslett of West Mc- Henry, one of the city aldermen, received from Attorney General Carlstrem on October 4, 1929. Will you please publish the same so that the citizens of McHenry can find out the right and wrong of the matter in so far as the city being in control of the $5100.00 above mentioned is concerned. I think and believe that this is due to the taxpayers of the city. -I- Yettrs very truly, • D. T. SMILEY. "Springfield, Oct. 4, 1929. Wm. Bonslett, "West McHenry, 111. , *$>ear Sir: < *1 "I am in receipt of year letter ef Sept. 5th and have carefully noted what you have written. Although the Attorney General is precluded by law from sending official opinions to others than state officers, State Deportments and States Attorneys. "I am pleased to advise you that I tore given due consideration to the opinion written by Judge Smiley. If the facts are as stated in Judge Smiley's opinion, I believe that it covers the situation thoroughly and 1 Concur in what he has written. D ' '"At your request I am returning '•JMge Smiley's opinion to you. / "Very truly yours, "Oscar E. Carlstrom, •'! "Attorney General." (CATCHES RATTLKRl -1 X^JWITH BARE HANDS |Vfflage Won't Believ* It, So He Shows Then. Be Soto, Wis.--Barehanded catching of live rattlesnakes Is no trick for Joseph Wilson, known in this Mississippi river village as "the rattlesnake king." Be has been handling the poisonous reptiles many years, but never has a rattler bitten him. Wilson disdains the forked stick other hunters of rattlesnakes in this rockhiSl region use to take live specimens. The ordinary method is to pin the rattlers with a stick and transfer them to a heavy bag. No such slow and careful methods for the "king." He finds a rattler den and reaches in and picks them up about the same as another person would pick up puppies or kittens. Whether rhey are coiled or not makes no difference to him. Wilson asserts that not one ot the thousands of mttlesnakes he has killed or taken alive has even struck at him. Recently Wilson gave the villagers a demonstration that sent chills running up and down their spines. He had found a big den of snakes on a rocky promontory Just below the vil lage. He had an order for three big snakes for a museum, so he left the three largest of the den alive while he killed thirty-odd others and clipped off their tails for the bounty. With one of the big snakes draped around his neck and another around each bare arm, the snake catcher walked Into the village. He rubbed the live snake's head against his cheeks, put them down his trouser legs and into the bosom of his shirt, let them coil at his feet and picked them up. and so on, for fully an hour. Or. A. T. Andrews was skeptical and accused Wilson of hoaxing the crowd. The snake catcher borrowed a pencil tind opened the snakes' mouths to let the doctor examine fangs and poison sacs. The exhibition was too much for De Soto«*ownspeople and the result was a request by the village board that Wilson confine his snake stunts to the ares outside the limits. ILLE [THEATRE, •"WOOOJTOCK, Woodstock's Beautiful Play House ^FRIDAY ONL]|^ -4*- On the Stage- J, B. Rotnour Players V' • Present "ELLA CINDERS" On The Screen r & Lillian Gish KIT ' • tn fcplc of the And Pathe News Mule and Donkey Still Hold Their Own in Spaftf Madrid.--The horse-drawn carriage still makes in Spain a stand against the encroachment of th< automobile, but It is a losing fight In the capital some old families. If also possessed of wealth, continue to keep their grand carriage and fineblooded steeds, their liveried coach tnen and footmen, and drive of afterboons In the parks. Hfft the horses for which Spain was famous, whose ancestors went to Mexico with Cortez and whose Increase populated the western plains, are seen ess and less, as taxis honk through he streets of Spanish cities. However, the bumble mule and donkey still hold their own. They plod along Just as patiently and numerously over every road and highway. still packing or pulling Incredible loads; still being cussed constantly In the ancient, approved fashion of muleteers the world over. .C.t;.. iS' SATURDAY ~ All Talking "BIG TIME'lp with ln>:V' Lee Tracy Sound and Screen Act ; Pathe Talking News SUNDAY -- MONDAY All Talking Nancy Cairol|^-'i -••nrU'1 in . "SWEETIE" A Musical Comedy Wow &=• also Talking Comedy : ; Sound News 7 TUESDAY WEDNESDAYTHURSDAY Sound Picture Vilma Bank? ^ in TP**:" '"THE AWAKENING' r ; ; * ^ Talking Comedy Fox Movietone News jf At' ' Judge Rules Citizenship Seeker Must Wear Tie Fitch burg, Mass.--You can't become ah American citizen without wearing a necktie--at least not at the naturalization session over which Chief Justice Walter Perley Hall presides. When Evangelos J. Ghenfcs appeared in quest of citizenship papers the judge noted that he had no cravat. The candidate was obliged to go out and procure a tie before being passed. • ' • sy Drawbridge Holds no - ^ Thrills for Lumberjack Green Bay, Wis.--Being caught on a drawbridge when the spans were lifted to allow a boat to psss through the draw did not bother an unidentified lumberjack here at all. He perched himself upon a girder, calmly watched the boat pass, waited until the bridge was lowered, tipped the brldgetender 50 cents for no reason whatever and continued on his way. * Woman Swims MtlilftM New York.--Handcuffed and manacled, Mrs. Lottie Moore Schoemmel swam In North river from Seventyninth street to the Battery. She wore the handcuffs used on Gerald Chapman when be was taken'to prison for execution. _ v Demand for Scriptures Is Growing in China Canton.--The business of selling Bibles and other Christian books la China is improving rapidly, according to a report compiled here by the British-American foible society. The missionaries who operate the organization «re more optimistic than they ever have been and, although they hardly expect to place a Bible tn the hands of every Chinese their hopes are high. This Increased business in Bibles really became apparent last year, according to the report, as a result of the unification of Clrfna and the beginning of the era of reconstruction. * .... Probably Prise Puztls in Mixed Relationship "I tell you how it Is," said the mild- •fed patient to the asylum doctor. MI met a young widow with" a grown-up stepdaughter and I married the widow. Then my father met oar stepdaughter and married her.' That made my wife the mother-in-law of her father-in-law. and made my stepdaughter my stepmother, and my tether became my stepson. See? "Then my stepmother, the stepdaughter of my wife, had a son. That boy was, of course, my brother, be- ! cause he was my father's son; but he was also the son of my wife's stepdaughter, and therefore her grandson. Then my wife bad a son, my brotherin- law. "The stepsister of my son Is also bis grandmother, because he Is ber stepson's child. My father ts the brother-in-law of my child, because his stepsister Is bis wife. 1 am the brother of my own son, who ts also the child of my grandmother. "I am my mother's brother-in-law, my wife is ber own child's aunt, my son is my father's nephew, and I am my own grandfather, and I can't stand it."--Retail Credit World. Well lor Youngsters Learn to Stand Alone The best thing that can happen to any young person, after receiving sufficient education and technical training. is to be away from home and to stand alone on bis or her own feet. Only In this way can young people be sure that they can handle the affairs of life successfully. Not only do they develop a sense of thrift, but with this new-found Independence they also come into contact with people, and must learn to make decisions, to use their own judgment, to lessen their errors by learning from previous ones. And, everything being equal, they learn something of understanding and tolerance and sympathy, so much needed today and always. They learn teamwork and co-operation, to take orders and to give them. They learn the joy of labor and the satisfaction of Independence.--Rachel Nelswender in the Household Magazine. HUGE OAS MAIN INTERCONNECTION DONE Western United Insures Continuity Service To Its Many •Yyy- Patrons A t»ew fcas main interconnect toft"*)# major importance was completed, Dec. 23, 1929, according to the statement of an official of the Western United Gas and Electric Company, "In accordance with an agreement between the Western United Gas and Electric Company and the Peoples Gas Light and Coke Company," the official stated, "the large gas main connecting the systems of the two companies has been under construction for the past two months and is now completed. This gas main connects the large plant of the Peoples Company on Crawford Avenue with the station of the Western United Company in the southeast part of La- Grange. The main is built largely on the right-of-way of the C. & I, W. Railway from the west limits of Chi • ,v* " :*>• j v. ).*y CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS USB THE CLASSIFIED COLUMNS FOR QUICK RESULTS TOR SALE FOR RENT Where Tb.y AH Fall "Most folks ts prepared for any#?* thing," says Scattergood Balnea 00. the American Magazine, "till it commences to rain and then tbey's a teafcl^ - • <&.• Obaoloto Mauar* Tun Is a liquid measure formerly is general use, hut now obsolete. A tun ale was 21ft gallons. _ FOR RENT--Modern 6-room house, POTATOES FOR SALE Genuine centrally located. Inquire at West Mc- Red River Minnesota potatoes. $1.85 Henry Bank. 27-t.f cago to the Village of Lyons whence Dave Segel. Tel. 92-J. *33-3 ,, Hage Gall Battles While driving a mall truck near Kirkwall, Scotland, recently, James Greig was attacked by a huge seagull. He disturbed the bird while it was devouring a hare tn the road. The gull flew on his shoulder and pecked him in the face, and Greig bad difficulty in steering the car and warding off the enraged bird which tried to strike his eyes, as gulls do in killing sheep. Aftfer a lengthy struggle Greig knocked the gull to the floor, where be held It until he could stop the truck. He then killed 1L It measured 5 feet 4 Inches from wing to wing. • • Lincoln's Wife ; Abraham Lincoln married a woman named Todd, and was once asked how members of the Todd family spelled their name. "With two ds," he replied. "God was satisfied with one, but the Todds Insisted on two.". . . . Lincoln patiently submitted to the most foolish, incapable and annoying wife In history, but the Incident above indicates he was not above taking a "dig" at her. The more prominent a man Is, the greater the necessity for submitting in case- he has a foolish wife; be feels he must be noble In public estimation.--Howe's Monthly. it follows the State Highway on 47th Street to East Avenue, LaGrange. "The purpose of this main is to serve as an additional source of supply to the entire territory served by the Western United Company, which is at,the present time supplied entirely by its plant located at Joliet. The main under construction is built of such capacity that it may be called on to serve the entire requirements of the Western United system over a period of the next fifteen years. Tho gas supply of the company will continue to be generated at its Joliet plant and the new interconnection will be used only for a reserve supply. "The pumping station located at 47th Street and East Avenue, La- Grange, will receive such reserve supply and relay it on to the Western United systems. The installation of a large additional compressor for this purpose has recently been completed at this station "As a result of this interconnection the customers of the Western United are assured of continuity of service, even in the event of trouble at its own plant or trouble on present transmission lines. This interconnection is in line with the policy of connecting generating stations of different electric companies and is one of the first of such gas interconnections in this country. *The high pressure transmission system of the Western United Company is so arranged that it is easily adaptable to absorbing its gas supply from an additional source as in this case. This is made possible due to the design of its transmission system, which follows a plan laid down more than twenty-five years ago. The Western United Company pioneered in the method of transmitting artificial gas in large quantities under high pressure over great distances in 1902, when the line was constructed from its plant at Aurora to serve the cities of Batavia and Geneva. This was the first line of its kind in the country. The success of this first line laid the foundation for the present extensive high pressure transmission system of the Western United Company which consists of approximately 400 miles of cross country transmission mains and which has made possible gas service to thousands of customers located in many small communities which would otherwise^ be without such service." FOR RENT--7-room house, located on FOR SALE--About 10 tons ear corn Main street, West McHenry, formerly in crib. Phone 124-R. Charles W. the C. W. Stenger home. Inquire of Gibbs, SlcHenry. Also set of heavy West McHenry State Bank. 28-tf work harness. *83 ~-- r--, , „ " • FOR RENT--Four-room heated flat. DAIRY COW1S FOR SALE--Can fur- Inquire at Thelen-Piak Hat Shop, eornish COWB $25 to $40 cheaper than "er Riverside Drive and Pearl St., Mc- Dec. 1. Dairy cows (selling much Henry. 20-tf cheaper. Now is the time to change. p0R RENT 0R SALE--A modern 8- Beef cows selling good. Satisfaction room house and on Richm<md guaranteed. Joe/Kvidera, Cary, 111. roadf near st. Maiy8 church. Call Phone Cary 37-J. 33-tf Joh)B R ^nox, 17 or 31. 1$ tf. FOR SALE!--Brown leather davenport. Phone 622-R-l. 32-3 WANTED FOR <?AIF T^f TV*™ POSITION .WANTED--Experienced £ m w ^ married man \ wants job on farm. £ n^?enry' 5°f5(\ ™r\°\IeS3; Phone MicHenry 608-R-2. *32-3 $1,000 for a quick sale. Abstract and title clear. N. H. Petesch, 268 Madison SALESMAN--For Lubricating Oil St., Oak Park, 111. 32-4 and Paint; two lines combined. Salary * or Commission. The Royce Refining FOR SALE--"Petesch" home on Rich- Co. or The Royce Paint Co., Clevemond road. 7-room modern house, land, Ohio. 33 double garage. Lot 66x400, more or less, $7,500 for quick sale. Abstranct and title clear. N. H. Petesch, 268 Madison St., Oak Park, HI. 32-4 SEWING MACHINE REPAIRS, rag MISCELLANEOUS rug weaving and ice skate sharpening FOR SALE--Well secured 7% First at B. Popp's, West McHenry. Phone Mortgages on McHenry Residence \§2. 25-tf Property. Inquire at Plaindealer y- '•••• -- fice. 19-tjf FOR SALE--Choice Duroc Jersey Thoroughbred boars; ready for service. William Whiting. West McHenry. Phone 620-R-l 23-tf TYPEWRITERS Bales and Service^ Repaired and Rentals. Prompt attention to phone calls. Phone 549, L. KILTZ, Woodstock 49-tf WILL SELL OR TRADE--Hard coal TUNE--and keep your piano tuned, burner in A-l condition. Can use soft Tuning makes your piano a musical coal heater. Call 61-R for terms. instrument. Phone 274-J or write J. , . *19-tf H. DeiM, Wppdstock, HL , 27-tf y -•• • y- ' • *Y: ' | y i ; » ' nif i, i ii'ijfi'i if „ ..I.,, > Tin Foil Mult Be Exact Tin foil was first made by hammering bars of metal into thin sheets. Today it Is made by automatic machinery and must meet exact specifications. The foil for fine hand-made book paper will run 200 sheets to the Inch, while that for use tn radio condensers runs 4,350 sheets to the inch and must not vary more than one 45-millionth of an Inch. In the thinnest size, 14,BOO square tnchei are ntade from a pound of metal. Vitamins* la Nut* are poor In vitamines A cad C. but contain « fair amount of Titamine B.. Great iiie«s I count htm a great man who Inhabits a higher sphere of thought. Into which other men rise with labor and.difficulty; be has but to open hts' eyes to see things in a true light, and tn large relations; whilst.they mqst make palnfuj corrections, and keep a vigilant eye on jnany sources of emir. He is great who is what he Is from nature, and who never reminds us of others.--Emerson. > v r Nugget of Wiilbm As you grow ready for It, somewhere or other you will find what Is needful for you. In a book, or a friend, or, best of all. In your own thoughts. Breaking In / i. ®Sk« has been breaking fci Hfe new mail order house shoes until the bottoms broke through. Now, ho says they don't pinch him any moire. y Ptoor Mike! I think If you keep ort 'with your mail order house shoes you will never get rid of your troubles. You better go at once to Shoemaker B. Popp and let him take your measurement, for which he don't charge you a thing. -- We are selling the Wear-U-Well quality ehoes at factory price and help you to toy them on. y - Bernhard Popp Expert Shoemaker Best Shoe Repairing Dene Phone 162 West McHenry For Rent- By job or Work ^4-v £> Portable air compressors and electric hammers for breaking concrete, drilling rock, tunneling, driving sheet piles, riveting steel work and breaking frost. yyivy Wm. Lake Geneva, Wis. eill 33-4 Riches Consider what you 'tiara In the smallest chosen library. A company of the wisest and wittiest men that could be picked out of aU civil countries, in a thousand years, have set in best order the results of their learning and wisdom. The men themselves were hid and Inaccessible, solitary, impatient of interrup.ion, fenced by etiquette; but the thought which they did not uncover to their bosom friend is here written out in transparent words to. us, the strangers of another age.--Emerson, In "Books." ' ' ' ~\i »; »s Fraace's "Unknown Soldier" The French embassy gives the f<>» lowing Information concerning the French Unknown Soldier: "Seven unidentified bodies were raised from as many sectors of the war front ainf placed In new caskets similar in eve) respect. Those seven similar caske were brought nigbtly to the cellars Verdun's citadel. There a Frent i war-blindJ soldier was directed « choose one of the exposed caske) ; The six remaining bodies were sube« quently Inhumed without any marks. Order of Golden Rote One of the rarest orders in the world Is that of the Golden Rose in the gift of the pope. A decoration dating frost! the Twelfth century, and reserved for persons of exalted rank. It comprise a single rose of gold, colored red, ar set with pearls and rubies, and is high intrinsic as well as sentiments £ value. In pre-Reformation days it was conferred on several British sovereigns-- Henry VIII, oddly enough, received it twice. (. Mast Collect Life's Debt The world owes every one a living, that Is true. But you're not going to get it unless you go out and collect It. The best apples are those that have to be picked from the tree; It's the poor ones that drop Into your lap. -- 'G* •r.yit- y.y ' «ftriirialiM" tin Thought A colored woman phoned a relative thus: "Brudder Jonathan died yestlddy and tomorrow evenln* we is gwlne to funerallze htm."--Pathfinder Magazine.' V Men's heavy blue Corduroy Coatsnatural sheepskin lining, beaverized collar, regular $13.50 value, noW Men's Genuine Horsehide Leather Coats, wool lined with beaverized • • ' collar, regular $16.50 value now ; . A r , .. if «1S ^ '•* Men1* Sheepskin lined Moleskin Coats with beaverized collar, regular $9.75 value, buy nbw fpf tpm.xs • ; m - Boys' Genuine Horsehide Leather Coats, warm beaverized collar; our regular $12,50 value now^ea^ « T ' t • . , , , • Famous "Dietz" Lanterns. D'Lite cold, blast lanterns, lVA inches high, No. 2 burner, short globes, specially priced at $1*39 Corn Poppers--Heavy wire corn poppers, our regular 50c value now each Z9« Dishes Here J&a real bargain ill dinnerware. 32-piece blue and white dinner regular $4.50 value v y ^ .',|y^pedal f $3.55 v Blue Enamel Mixing Bowls. These mixing bowls are a wonderful value at 45c, priced during this sale 330 Sauce Pans~Grey enameled sauce pans, heavy handle, tin cover, regular 45c value, special, each » ' ^v 33c Ivv' .-y iv y- '-v*"*- *»:•- ;• r'!' " ~"V v. -r~; • W Easily Satisfied Aay iaaa who comes tip to m'tim idea of greatness must always have Ihad a very low standard of It--Ha*- Utt. McHenry, III. t - - - ' • . • • y v . . y % V .... . .V. X&fjttJiahAML. . *.. . * V 3K hiLt^U