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This lake which is situated just west of Ring wood, near Barnard's mill, has keen watched during the progress of Ka growth through the summer by thousands of people who visited it «rery week with many varied conjec- \ tores as to the success of the huge x undertaking. Many opinions were ad- ^anced as tp how rapidly the lake wtould fill, if it would fill at all, aqd jttst what would happen in the meantime and just what it would mean to this vicinity, with the engineers and promoters feeling every confidence that the project would be a success. The Jones & Winter company is the A Sponsors of this wonderful work of nature and man combined, and too much credit cannot be given Messrs. Barnes and Savery of the realty «mpany for conceiving this v.st in- her ^b^tTthe HZZSZZ. dertakmg and having the ability to Mrs. Esther ML Beers of Chicago Celt* brates Her 100th Birthday Anniversary •> Many of her old friends in this city will be glad to hear that Mrs. Esther M. Beers has just passed the century mark and on Wednesday, March 5, celebrated her one hundredth birthday anniversary at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Jennie Tyrrel, and a granddaughter, Mrs. William R. White, at 6514 Bosworth avenue, Chicago. Mrs, Beer's husband, Dr. Edwin Beers, was for many years a practicing physician in McHenry and the family lived in the brick House on Elm street, now occupied by Fred Ferwerda, proprietdr of the Riverside Dairy. Their two daughters were married here where they also lived after their marriage for some time, their husbands being men employed here. Following Dr. Beers' death in 1877, his widow spent several years in this vicinity, later moving to Elgin, whera she lived for some time before moving to Chicago several years ago. On March 5, 1830, Mrs. Beers was born in a small town near Rome, N. Y., and about 1840 she came west in a covered wagon with her parents and five other children. The family settled near Crystal Lake, but soon camc to McHenry, where they made their home for many years. Mrs. Beers has three children, Mrs. Jennie Tyrrel of Chicago, Mrs. Etta McKinstrey of Los Angeles, Calif., and Charles Beers of Hoxie, Kansas. She has a brother, William Salisbury, and a niece, Mrs. Jessie Jones, in Elgin, and a sister, Mrs. Emma Wolaver of Owosso, Mich. Relatives and friends gathered at CITY COUNCIL IN MARKETING OWEN, STENGER & ALLEN PLAT ACCEPTED I" m-' irry it through to completion and success. This locality has been excited several times by stories of the -wonderful lakes and other enterprises about to be made In our midst, but which have never materialised and to Me a group of men who can success- , ^^ully put over an achievement as gigantic as Wonder Lake in so short a'time and without a drawback, well, we say "hats off" to them, for they sorely are deserving of respect and admiration.' , Near Route 20 l> jThe lake, which has filled rapidly firing the past several months, can now be seen from Route 20 between here and Woodstock, and when the . Hfew "noted is completed, connecting it with Route 20, the distance will only be a few minutes' drive from this city--to one of the largest resort colonies in this part of the state. This roadway was commenced last fall and will be completed as soon as possible ikcis spring. .The cranberry marsh road, at the south end of the lake, is now covered several feet deep with water and the road has been closed to travel. This md will be abandoned and the new load, now under construction, will serve the community in its place. The dam at Wonder lake was completed in October and the lake was commencing to fill and at that time s guessing contest was put on as to the exact time that the water would reach the halfway marker at the dam. The exact time proved to be on November 12 at 11:18 o'clock. The lake filled slowly for some time in order to allow the workmen to watch the effect of the added pressure upon the The work at the lake went very closely to schedule and the dam was completed according to the time predicted. Stocked With Fish The lake, which is to be abAut twenty feet deep at the dam, has already h*en stocked with fish, so that when summer resorters seek rest and recreation here they will find fishing to be one of the sports offered them. The depth of the water in the lake will be' regulated by flash boards at *the crest of the dam and also.by sluiceways, one at each end of tfee cement work, which will enable the water to be kept at an average height. The lake has already been so widely advertised that the owners will probably have no difficulty of disposing of lots in its vicinity. '-The land surrounding the lake is hilly and rolling and beautifully wooded, with a natural growth of oak trees, while the beauty of the lake is enhanced with several islands, which dot its waters, as well as a peninsula, which, reaches far out into the lake, farming a novel location for a sum mar cottage. The completed dam presented a very fine picture of expert workmanship and skill, while the immense fill of clay and gravel more than twenty feet high and 110 feet wide and more than 900 feet long, added to the finished picture of this great achievement. When the thousands of visitors return to Wonder lake again this year they will find a beautiful lake where the Nippersink formerly flowed so serenely along its course, enhancing the natural scenic features of its shore line. And so, another lake has bees added to Norther Illinois* popular lake region and whether made by nature or by man it promises to surpass in beauty and popularity anything heretofore discovered in this locality. Show Motion Pictures A showing of Wonder Lake movie films will be presented at the McHenry high School auditorium on Monday evening, March 10, 8 o'clock. The public is cordially invited. There will be no charge. No selling--juat entertainment and information. EARLY SPRING WEDDING %-r- ^^ AT WAUKEGAN Glosson and Mr. Paul jMarre United in Marriage * - Saturday Morning A very pretty early spring wedding took place at Waukegan, 111., when Miss Regina Glosson, formerly of this city, became the bride of Mr. Paul Marre of Waukegan, at 9 o'clock Saturday morning, March 1. The ceremony was performed at the Immaculate Conception church with Rev. F. J. Shea officiating at the nuptial high mass. The bride is the niece of Mrs. John Schaid of this city with whom she always made her home until about a year ago when she went to Waukegan and there was employed at the Phan steel Radio shop, until a few months ago. The groom is the second son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Marre of Waukegan, where he is a valued employee at the John Mansville factory of that city. The bride was beautifully attired in an all over gold lace dress in the latest mode with hair band, slippers and stockings to match, and carried a bouquet of American Beauty roses. She had as her bridesmaids, Miss Julia Marre, a sister of the groom and Miss Florence Groat, a friend of the bride. The groom was attended by his brother, Raymond Marre and a friend, Maynard Groat. Miss Julia Marre, a bridesmaid, wore a new style dress of pink satin crepe with accessories to match and carried a bouquet of red roses. Miss Florence Groat, also a bridesmaid, wore a similar styled gown of light blue satin crepe with accessories to match and also carried roses. Following the ceremony a wedding dinner was served to about thirty of the immediate relatives and friends of the happy couple at the home of the bride's aunt and uncle, Mr. and Mrs. John Schaid, in this city. The home was decorated for the occasion with white wedding bells. Following the dinner Mr. and MM. Marre left for a short honeymoon, after which they will be at home to their friends at 1516 Laurel aye., Waukegan. RESIDENCE CHANGES Mr. and Mrs. Martin J. Weber have moved recently from the Thonneson farm, south-east of this city, to the Steve Adams house east of the river. The Adams family have moved to the Martin N. Schmitt farm north of Johnsburg. Mr. and Mrs. Milton Dowell are now occupying the lower flat of the Pich building on Riverside drive. Mr. and Mrs. Laurence Huck and children have moved from the William Frett house in the north end of town to the home of John Huck at Emerald Park. IZAAK WALTON LEAGTTTF A meeting of McHenry Chapter of the Izaak Walton League will be held at the Parish Hall in Johnsburg on Friday evening, March 14, at 7:30 o'clock. Election of officers will take place at this meeting and all mem bers are urgently requested to be present. 40-2-fp Money to Loan on Farms. K. M. Fritz, Harvard, 111. M-fp-tf ST. PATRICK'S DANCE Come to the program and dance given by the Young Ladies' Sodality of St. Patrick's church, Monday, March 17, at Stoffel's hall. All the old songs of Ireland that you used to love will be played and sung for you. A chance to dance all the old time dances you used to like and a chance to hear the best jazz music you've ever heard. Admission 50 cents. 40-fp STUDENTS VISIT MQOSEHEART The members of Miss Kortendick's civics class at the Community high school enjoyed a trip to Mooseheart Tuesday. Mill Tax For Fife Protection TV* •e Voted On at Comiag City Election The stated meeting of the city council was called to order at 8 o'clock Monday evening, March 3 , by the mayor and with the clerk and all al dermen present. And right away the mayor reminded the aldermen that at the beginning of the fiscal year he had told them that it would be his aim to keep complete decorum through all the meetings and that only one member could have the floor at one time, find that lately some of the members in their heated arguments had made more or less of a burlesque show of the board meetings and that from now on he wished them to only speak when permission was granted them. The minutes of the previous meeting were read and approved as well as the city treasurer's and city collector's report. The City clerk's was read and after a lengthy round table discussion, with the law being quoted by Attorney Cowlin and a reading of the clerk's duties from the ordinance book, the report was accepted as read. The bills were read and the labor bill for repairing the sewer at the W. J. Welch property led into considerable discussion. The sewer had been clogged by tree roots and a 5 the stoppage was outside the lot line the question was whether the city should repair it or the property owner. It was finally decided that as the property owners connected to the sewer at the upriser in the street it was the owner's duty to keep the same repaired. With this bill thrown out the bills were ordered paid, as okd by the finance committee. Judge Allen of Cary, representing the syndicate of Messrs. Charles Owen, C. W. Stenger and Charles Allen, presented a plat of the ground adjoining the Number 2 fairway of the McHenry Country Club and bordering the row of lots on Elgin road and another row of lots on John street. About one acre, more or less, adjoining the Number 2 fairway had been sold to the McHenry Country Club with a written proposal from the syndicate to have streets in this plat constructed in accordance with the ordinance governing the same and under the direction of street and alley committee. The plat was accepted bat previous to its acceptance Judge Allen had presented an ordinance to the board for the vacating of two 40-foot streets opening onto John street. The board accepted this ordinance so as to be able to accept the plat with newly arranged streets. Judge Allen also presented an ordinance for the vacating of a small plat of ground lying in the woods northeast of the golf course which, through some error in making plats, appeared to be in the middle of the road. This ordinance was accepted by the board. Then there had been a plat tabled at a previous meeting which the judge asked to be taken up at this time. It is a small parcel of eight lots facing south on John street and between the Community high school football field and the green on Number 1 fairway of the Country club. The reason for the tabling of the plat was to see if it could be arranged to connect with the sewer system, but as there was no indication of an immediate building b00m the plat was accepted as it lies. An application for a permit for construction of a filling station by Nick Justen was granted. A petition had been presented to the board for permission to erect a United States mail collection box on Route 20 near Green street. Messrs. Unti, Beavis and Vycital raised objections as to the location for the box and said that they had just come from a meet ing of the Green Street business men and that they wished to change the petition to place to box at the National Tea store corner on Green street and Route 20, but as it would not be legal to change a signed petition the men were requested to bring in another petition, properly signed, to the street and alley committee who would supervise the erection of the box. Election Law* Changed The election laws have been changed somewhat and in one particular the hours of opening and closing can be from 6 a. m. to 4 p. m., instead of the present schedule of 7 a. m. to 5 p. m. The ordinance covering this had been prepared by Atty. Cowlin but was not accepted. The board, however, did accept an ordinance in confirmation of the new law on fire protection which will put the question on the ballot as to whether a new tax levy of two mills on the dollar should be assessed for fire protection. This will appear on the spring election ballot and it will be up to the voters to decide the question. Two mills on a dollar or 20 cents on a hundred dollars would not increase taxes very much and the extra fire protection would undoubtedly lower fire insurance rates so that property owners would not lose anything by the increased tax. Appoint Election Officials On account of a change in the election laws which calls for the appointment of judges and clerks forty days or more previous to the election the following judges and clerks were appointed: Judges -- Mrs. Mayme Harrison, (Continued on page 5) WKETTV:'. OH MARCH ulROBBERS SECURE 8. W. Johnson Fren Supreme Coun' "VALUABLE GLUT cil WM1 Have Message Fotf" Local Members H. W. Johnson, representative of the Supreme Council, Knights of Columbus, will visit five Illinois councils, during the week of Mar. 10, to explain several improvements in the insurance laws of the Order which were voted at the last Supreme Convention and to outline the boys work program which is now the major peacetime' welfare activity of the Order, _ Mr.! Johnson is one of several special representatives who provide a contact between the headquarters of the Order' here and the more than 2,000* subordinate councils in the United States, Canada, Mexico, Cuba, Porto Rico and the Philippines. He Will arrive in Chicago on Monday, March 10. and will be the guest of Bishop Ketteler Council on that date. The following day, he will Visit Ravenswood Council in Chicago. On Mar. 12, he will visit McHenry Council in McHenry. On Mar. 13, he will visit* Pontiac Council in Pontiac and on Mar. 14 and 15, he will meet the officers and members of Braidwood Council in Braidwood. Q*e of the changes on which Mr. JohnsQti will report will be that which permits a member to borrow against his insurance equity for the purpose of paying assessments. Another will be the reclassification of occupations and the removal of several of them from the extra-hazardous list. The insurance in force of the Order as Of June 30 was $278,235,306 and the insurance liabilities as .calculated by the actuaries on^Jan. 1, were $21,493,574. The ratio or margin of safety of assets to liabilities was 131.51 per cent. All changes were made on the advice of the Order's actuaries. In connection with the boy welfare program, Mr. Johnson will report on the Columbian Squares (Junior order of the Knights of Columbus,) the ten-night courses in "Boyology" for all men, and the Knights of Columbus Foundation at Notre Dame whic?\ trains college graduates in boy guidance and leads to an M. A. degree. During the course of a year, the representatives of the Supreme Council travel thousands of miles in order to meet the officers and members of each council. They offer suggestions and advice in the conduct of council matters and in turn receive suggestions and information beneficial to the Order at large. McHenry Council is planning a special meeting Wednesday evening, Mar. 12, and it is the hope of the officers of the local council that a large number of members will be present to hear an important message direct from the Supreme Council Following the meeting, prices will be distributed to the winners in the K. of C. bowling league. ['HENRY COUNTY FARM COUPLE TORTURED ANNUAL TOWN MEETING AND ELECTION Notie is hereby gtven to the legal voters, residents of the Township of McHenry, County of McHenry, Illinois, that the Annual Township meeting and Election of Officers of said Township will take place Tuesday, the first day of April proximo, being the first Tuesday in said month. The election will be held in the following places: 1st District, Woodman Hall, Ring' WOod HL 2nd District, City Hall, McHenry, ni. 3rd District, Colby Bldg. McHenry, 111. The officers to be alaftad are as follows: -- --*^7" One Town Clerk. V One Assessor. 'Writer Finds Stone In i)?tch--Reported Worth $40,009, But Later Valued at f3W> Yes, McHenry county is back on the front pages of the Chicago papers. The reason seems to be because three' men on Monday, armed with shotguns and revolvers leaped upon Edward Tessendorf, in his barn on the old Andrew Peterson farm one mile and a half northeast of Ridgefield, blindfolded him and led him^-to' his house where he was tied to a bed together with his wife. Probably the above few lines will get you all excited, t>ut you haven't heard anything yet. The reason for tying Tessendorf and his wife to a bed resulted from the finding recently of a gleaming stone as big as a fist in a ditch on the Tessendorf farm. Tessendorf at first thought it was a diamond and that he had really found his fortune. He took the stone to a jeweler who had advised him the" stone was very valuable and probably worth thousands of dollars. Discovery Spreads He displayed the marvel to a few friends and all pledged to keep a secret. News of the discovery, however, spread and the value of the stone mounted until gossip placed it at $40,000. Now, Monday, as Tessendorf was working in his stable, three strangers drove up in a° car. As Tessendorf greeted them he was struck over the head and practically knocked unconscious. He was taken to his house which we told you about ia the first of this story. The robbers demanded the whereabouts of the $40,000 diamond. When Tessendorf refused to tell them, the torture began. For more than two hours the three bandits ransacked the house and rifled everything that housed a single article. The Tessendorfs kept silent. However, when the bandits produced their guns and started shooting up the walls in the "house and threatened death to the Tessendorfs if they did not tell, the husband weakened and told them where the gem was. The robbers seised the stone - and disappeared, leaving »the victims tied Op. Son Releases Parents When the son of Mr. and Mrs. Tea sendorf returned from school at 3:30 he found his parents still tied up. He untied them and Sheriff Cyrus Sanford was notified. Sheriff Sanford and his deputies made a quick trip to the house. Tessendorf described the three men as well as he could. It was later learned it was not a $40,000 diamond the robbers carried away. A short time ago Tessendorf took the stone to Chicago and had it examined at Peacock's. The Chicago expert pronounced it a crystal, probably worth $300. Many wild stories of horrid torture have been reported. It is true the Tessendorfs did endure considerable torture while being tied up. According to reports the three bandits were pretty well "liquored up" when they pulled the job. It may have been the work of professionals and again it may have been the work of somebody who is well acquainted with the Tessendorfs. ITEMS OFINTEREST TAKEN FROM COLUMNS OF OUR EXCHANGES LENTEN SEASON OPENED ill/CEI/I V CVPUliinC WEDNESDAY, MARCH ft] WLlKLi LAUiANuL Special Services Will Be Held "Week at Each of"V' •J" :v:' Local Churches ' .],* The fin ten season, whi& Is the forty-day period of fasting preceding Easter, opened on Ash Wednesday, March 5, with special services in the Catholic churches in this vicinity. Easter will be unusually late this year, falling on April 20. This annual season of preparation for the feast of Easter, observed as a time of special penitence, has been the custom in the western church since the early middle ages, when the duration of time was fixed at forty days. In the early church the period of Lent either was not fixed or varied within the numerous jurisdictions. From the early part of the fourth century the period of fasting has comprised more or less closely the forty days, the fast being extended over six or seven weeks, according as Sundays only or Saturdays and Sundays were excepted. Sundays are omitted today. During the middle ages when the title, Lent, was applied to other seasons of fasting, the sprtng fast was called Great Lent or Clean Lent. Ash Wednesday derives its name from the old custom in the Roman Catholic church of touching the heads of the public penitents with ashes on this day. Symbolic of this first meaning, all the faithful of the present church receive the ashes at the first Wednesday service. Lenten devotiohs opened at St. Mary's and St. Patrick's churches with special services on Wednesday and Wednesday evening and the distribution of ashes on Wednesday morning. Throughout the season services will be held twice a week at the churches, with the devotions conducted at St. Mary's church on Wednesday and Friday evenings and at St. Patrick's church on Tuesday and Friday evenings.;; '• During Holy week special services will be held which will bring the Lenten season to a close with the beautiful services on Easter morning. JUDGE EDWARDS HANDS IN HIS RESIGNATION One Justice of the Peace to fill vacancy. ^ # The Town Meeting will open in the J jer»g pj0tel, after which the members R. N. A. CAMP TO OBSERVi NINETEENTH ANNIVERSARY Members of Riverview Camp, R. N. A., will celebrate the nineteenth anniversary of the camp at their meeting next Tuesday evening. A six o'clock dinner will be served at Bick- City Hall, McHenry, 111., at the hour of 2 o'clock p. m., and after choosing a Moderator will proceed to hear and consider reports of officers, to appropriate money to defray the necessary expenses of the Township, and to deliberate and decide on such measures as many, in pursuance of law, come before the meeting. Polls will be open at 1 o'clock a. m„ and close at 5 o'clock p. m. Given under my hand this 5th day of March, a. d. 1930. CHAS. B. HARMSEN, 40_4 Town Clerk. FIRE DEPARTMENT SAVES BURNING TRUCK ON ROAD ' The McH enry fire department prov ed to be "Johnny on the Spot" Tues day afternoon when they were returning from answering one fire call only to find a burning truck In their pathway, which they lost no time in saving. The truck, which was loaded with crates of poultry and^ pigs, had caught fire in the straw in the back end of the truck, which would have blazed quickly had it not have been for the timely appearance of the firemen. The fire was extinguished with the truck receiving only slight damages and its contents none the worse for the scare with the exception of a good drenching. AFTERNOON'S VACATION The students of the McHenry Community high school enjoyed an afternoon off from their school duties on Tuesday. The vacation was due to the water being shut off in the school building while a leak was being repaired in the water main outside. GRANTED CITIZENSHIP E. J. Bylsma," a farmer living west of McHenry, was one of nine persons who were granted citizenship Monday in the circuit court at Woodstock by Judge Edward D. Shurtleff. will go to the hall for the meeting, which will commence at 8 o'clock. All members who desire to attend th? dinner must make reservations with the oracle, Mrs. J. W. Rothermel, Phone 52-W, or Mrs. A. Krause, Phone 42, not later than Monday morning. The recorder requests that all dues be jtaid at the meeting, if not before. BIRTHS , Mr. and Mrs. Glen Peterson are the parents of a baby girl, Carol May, born Sunday, March 2. Mr. and Mrs. Fred J. Smith of Johnsburg are the parents of a baby girl, born at the Woodstock hospital, Tuesday, March 4. Circuit Judge From Lake County To Retire After Fifteen Tears oh the Bench Judge Claire C. Edwards, of Wau kegan, for the past fifteen years t circuit judge of the seventh judi cial district, on Tuesday sent his resignation to Governor Louis L. Emmerson at Springfield to be effective Mar. 5. Judge Edwards announced his resignation to members of the Lake county bar association at a luncheon held at the Kaitcher hotel in Wau kegan Tuesday noon. Although he did not give any reason for resigning at this time, Judge Ed wards has told many of his friends that the salary connected with the circuit judge is too low and he could make more money in his law practice. It is understood he will join Ralph Daddy, former State's attorney of Lake county, and will continue to practice law as he did prior to being elevated to the bench. The present term of Judge Edwards would not expire until June 1933. It is thought Governor Emmerson will call a special election to fill the vacancy. Although the resignation of Judge Edwards will come as a surprise to many, it was no surprise to those who were in close touch with him as he has indicated numerous times of late his intention to quit the bench. Two Judges Left The resignation of Judge Edwards leaves the entire district of Lake, McHenry, Boone and Winnebago counties to Judges E. D. Shurtleff and Arthur E. Fisher. With the constant increase in court work In these counties, especially in Lake and Winnebago, it has been n*entloned several times of late of securing another circuit judge to help out instead of dropping one of the present three. Judge Edwards was well known in McHenry county. He has presided in the local court numerous times during his career on the bench and was very popular among the members of the various bar associations in the ___* Hearn 1* g vOiiwFiwd Form ^ Bust People ^°r the fifth time in a few ni(,aiI13 the Smiling Service filling station, at Milwaukee avenue and Rockland road, Libertyville. was burglarized one night recently. A quantity of cigars, cigarettes, etc., had been taken. The owner Chas. W. Andrews, discovered the robbery the next morning. The value of merchandise taken is estimated at about $50. While searching through an ohl ^ safe m the office of Foulds Milling ^ % Co., in Libertwille last week. Art > •' -A Greenwood, office manager for the Cl concern, found two old coins both of which are believed to have high ^'€4 value. One was a half dime of the v# date of 1858 and the other a dime • displaying a sitting liberty. The safe , has been in the offices of the plant 'f for about 35 yeals and since the nlant '""fdI was owned by the old National Maca- > P roni company. Mr. Greenwood is displaying the coins to friends. Right-of-ways for Route 16 from Diamond Lake south to the Cook county line are being obtained through ^ the office of R. M. Lobdell, county superintendent of highways. The road, when completed, will run from near Buffalo Grove through Diamond Lake ' v to Mundelein, then north to Gage's . .sf Corners, where it will intersect with Belvidere road, and north po csf Qaoa1* ^ Lake and Druce Lake to Wedges' " 111 Corners, where it will connect with , pf the Milburn road and run to the Wis- " x J, consin lihe. Two armed men made an unsuccess- *. .'% ful attempt to hold up Sam Tonas, . Waukegan ticket agent at the Tenth street station of the North Shore Line as he was about to go home Friday /yf night of last week. Tonas was just locking the front door of the station when the men approached and order- ' ed him, at the point of a gun, into the station. He backed Inside slowly ' . ,'S and when behind the counter suddenly "ffl reached into his pocket and pulled out a revolver. Completely taken aback, the two robbers turned and ran out of the place, jumping over a high fence and then running to their machine in which they made their escape. Fatally injured when he was crashed between the movable part and the stationery base of a swinging crane at the Public Service company plant at Waukegan, Wednesday afternoon of last week, Francis Ryan, 22 years old, an employee of the Abel Transfer company, and the father of two babies died in the Victory Memorial hospital the following Friday. The young maif was sitting on the crane which is used for transferring heavy materials and machinery in the building and equipping of the addition to the Public Service company plant, when the front end of the machine swinging about, caught and crushed him against the frame. "V Mrs. Howard Whiteside, Sycamore, a bride of three months, was instantly killed and her husband severely injured Sunday morning of last, week when the Ford coupe in which they were riding collided with an Interstate truck about one-fourth mile west of Geneva on the Lincoln highway. The couple were driving to Paxton to visit Mrs. Whiteside's sister who is ilL Nearing Geneva the Ford met a troc< coming toward it on the wrong side of the road. Not knowing what the trouble could be Whiteside attempted to pass on the left and at the same instant the truck driver roused himself sufficiently to see where he was and swung back to the right directly in front of the Ford. A terrific headon collision followed. \ A three weeks investigation of a woman who received from 10 to 25 letters daily through North Chicago, . Lake Bluff and Lake Forest postoffices, recently led to the arrest of a 23-year-old mother of two children OR a charge of using the mails to defraad. The woman, Mrs. Lily Nelson, of t{ Miss Theresa Brefeld is spending the week with relatives in Chicago. a Lots of Sap D district. H. recently* returned torn ^ p • • lnosi n H.V.M, who. h, >pwt « nkoW b? the Koverom,nt. hIS llnd vacation. in Lake Forest for the past three months with her husband. Her method according to the reports released to postmasters in the county, was ingenious and lucratice. She received from her assortment of mail as much as $5 to $25 a letter, it is charged. Each letter, sent to all over the country, contained a proposal of marriage. It is charged that the woman agreed to live with any of the men she wrote to, as a legal or common wife. The machine shop at the Bowmaa Dairy company plant at Harvard was burglarized late Tuesday night of last week. The loot insofar as attaches of the plant have been able to ascertain is about 1,000 pounds of bronze metal worth between $500 and $600. Suspicion points to a number of characters whose whereabouts at the time of the robbery are being checked up by Sheriff Sanford and his deputies. A number of junk dealers--- from surrounding cities £ave at timia within the past several weeks had occasion to «ipend considerable time at the plant. Junk ordinarily is trucked over the highway following the purchase of same in Harvard. It seeiaa - certain, according to an opinion expressed by E. C. Chester, in charge of the Harvard plant, that a greatar loss would have been entailed but far , the sounding of an eieetric alarm gotijg op ao, office door In thy ' Mr**... i *