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Yes, it's true that motors continue •--to cross the tracks, but it is', now done over a solid concrete bridge high above the dangerous rails which have b*en the scene of many accidents in "tllfeir day. The trip to Elgin, which is made by many McHenry people every week, has been shortened considerably by •til elimination of the detour and the distance to Elgin can be covered in a very few minutes. The short strip ~"©f pavement just opened leads the -motorists through a beautiful wooded stretch of country, which adds en joyment to the trip to the down-river city. The entire route is noted for its beautiful scenery as it winds along the Bhores of the Fox River much of the way and through wooded hills and busy cities. Work on the new bridge was commenced early last fall and progressed Mpidly throughout the winter and the remaining stretch of concrete was poured to complete this popular highly. The large fill was just put in at j 1he railroad tracks and the remainder of the road was constructed nearly two years ago, leaving the short strip at the tracks not completed. Three-Span" Bridge . The bridge is built of concrete and k&s three spans with room underner>h for four tracks and is about 165 feet long. It was built by the Federal Bridge company, while F: Hillquist of Geneva had the contract for the grading. About the same time that the work on the bridge was commenced the via- <fact under the tracks on Route 19, nearer Cary, ^as commenced, this work being done by the railroad company. There has been a detour at this point, also, but this viaduct under the tracks and its connecting concrete lias also been opened to travel, making this also a safer route and doing away with the crossing of the railroad. 'Very soon the entire schedule of «ement highways for McHenry county will be completed with work on the remaining part of Route 178 now under way. • Many people who travel the cement tdfchways do not realize what an organization is needed to keep them in repair, to mow the grass and weeds, growing on the sides, keep the ditches open, work on the shoulders and fill the cracks and renew the black line down the center of the pavement, while in the winter the snow must be removed. All of this work is grouped under "maintenance" and It taken care of by districts throughout the state. * _ Nine counties in the northeast corner of the state, Cook, Kane, DeKalb, MaPage, Boone, McHenry, Lake, Ken- 4*11 and Will compose Disrict No. 1, ^hese headquarters are at Elgin. Start Work on Route 17S Ground was broken last week on Soute 173 from Harvard to the Lake OOunty line. The McElroy Construction company has secured the contract for grading the route from the 'Harrison company. They have about 100 head of horses and mules near Hebron, where the grading camp is located on the Cole farm west of Hebron on the Nippersink creek. Route 178 east from Harvard to Hichmond, about sixteen miles of concrete, was included in the roadlotting contract of June 11. Two lower bidders appear on the project, tile Harrison Engineering and Construction company being the lowest on the paving work, while S. J. Groves and Son of Minneapolis, Minn., were low on the bridges to >e installed. « The sixteen miles of pavement #>rk is divided into two units, one wing from Harvard to Hebron, totaling 10% miles and the distance .between Hebron and Richmond of &012 miles also revealed the Harrison company as the lowest bidders, tiie contracting company submitting n, ltd for the two paving contracts of $296,512.69. Milburn Bros., well known Rockford contractors, submitted a bid for t|ie two contract units of about $65, «oo in excess of the Harrison comftany, which was awarded the con- * tract. From Harvard to Hebron the "•nit will be known as Section 132 «nd from Hebron to Richmond as Seclion 133. S. J. Grove and Son of Kinneapolis, Minn., contracting firm, lias been awarded j;he bridge con tlract on the 16-mile span of concrete. The bid was for $10,799.55 Two major bridges are to be con- ^^fgtructed and numerous culverts. > The Harrison Construction comj|* ny is well equipped and has the Warnings Are Issued Again* Has-; ards That Exist Around the National Holifey Today we are entering wkat promises to be the busiest week-end f>f the season, with another Fourth of July at hand, the greatest of all American holidays. With McHenry staging the biggest celebration in the nature of a carnival, probably in its history, people from miles around and from every direction are coming here to enjoy the many and varied amusements and entertainment offered them by the business men of our city, who are sponsoring the carnival with the purpose of starting a fund to be used in securing some factory to locate in this vicinity. Already the traffic over the state highways passing through McHenry is becoming congested, as many from Chicago are entering upon a threeday vacation made possible because this year the Fourth falls on Friday and many business houses are closing for the remainder of the week j^nd giving their employes the extra day of vacation. With the increasing traffic, which every year grows many times heavier than the preceding years, this day of days for our nation becomes every year a more dangerous and fatal one for many of the people who cast aside all common sense and calm reasoning in a wild effort to celebrate and have a good time, regardless of their own safety or the safety of others. American recklessness reaches its peak on the Fourth of July. Thousands of persons give themselves up to to an orgy of noise-making and creation of the hazards of death in terrible forms. With about 3,000 cases of serious injury in the United -States on the holiday last year, drownings, auto accidents, fire crackers and fireworks filled the hospitals with persons maimed or crippled for life besides the many resultant deaths. This is too great a price to pay for one day of reckless abandonment to what people consider to be pleasure and conditions have now reached to the limit where sane-thinking parents and citizess must aid in making this great national holiday a safe and sane one. The younger generation should be made to realize that patriotism does not consist of noise and hazards that endanger life and they should be made to see that an exciting Fourth with plenty of fun may be had without the hazards and lifeendangering escapades. Parents should impress upon their children the dangers of fire crackers, blank cartridges, torpedoes and other devices and should plan with their children for a safe and sane celebration of the day. The first proof of patriotism is the protection of homes and human lives and citizens should not ignore the real Fourth of July hazards and should not forget that nearly all Fourth of July accidents can be prevented. THie young people should realize that much of the responsibility of making the Fourth a safe one rests with them and should be willing to do their part in protecting the lives and property of others. In addition, to the big celebration this year the customary influx of summer resorters and vacationists who come out to spend the holiday along the Fox rive , is expected and an unusually busy week-end is being prepared for by business houses, hotels and restaurants. Visitors are always welcome to McHenry and as usual, the hospitality of this city, the gateway to the garden spot of the Fox River Valley, is extended to them. ANNOUNCE WEDDING Tin following announcement, which will be of interest to many McHenry people, appeared in the issue of a Chicago daily on Monday: ' "Society of the north shore will be interested in the marriage of Miss Anna Marie Douglas, daughter or "Mrs. S. C. Douglas of Souix City, la., and Carl W. Stenger of Waukegan, which will take place Tuesday, July U, at St. Patrick's church at Sioux City. Rev. Father Murphy, the pastor, will celebrate the nuptial pass. "Upon their return from their wedding trip they will be at home at 1009 N. Sheridan Road, Waukegan. Mr. Stenger is president of the Waukegan State Bank." HARVEY NYE MOVES Harvey Neye has moved his battery and tire station from Pearl street to the garage on the south side of Elm srteet, near corner of Riverside Drive, where he will be equipped to do all kinds of battery and tire work, besides handling Valvoline gas and oils. latest road-working machinery and every modern device so that the contract awarded the company may be rushed to completion aa quickly as possible. Route 179 is to connect with the north Second street road out of Rockford at a point almost directly west of Caledonia. The road is paved from Rockford to Beioit so that the connection south of Roscoe gives a hard road connection both into Rockford and into Beioit. The $100,000,000 bond issue provided for this route which extends from the above mentioned connection east through Caledonia, Capron, Harvard and on to its termination at $ion City. t FISH TAGGERS • - -WORKING HERE STATE DOING RESEARCH /.-A- WORK Ask Co-operatiort of Fishermen Wko Catch Fish With Tags Attached The state of Illinois is carrying on some very interesting scientific research work in the vicinity of the lakes and Fox river this summer of which many of us have been unaware up to the present time. The work has to do with the tagging of fish in the waters of the river and the many lakes in this locality and is being accomplished by two men, with F. D. Hunt in charge of the work, in the natural history survey under the state department of conservation. These men make their headquarters in McHenry and have worked for the past two months at Fox Lake and Pistakee lake, but on Tuesday they commenced work at Grass lake. After completing their task of tagging the fish in the lake region they expect to work down the Fox river to its mouth at Ottawa, the work which they have mapped out probably taking them all summer to accomplish. The work is both novel and interesting and several hundreds and soma times thousands of fish are handled and tagged in a day. Find Plenty of Fisk Many fishermen in McHenry will no doubt take courage at this statement for at times they are tempted to give up in despair, declaring that there are no more fish in this vicinity to "be caught, but the work naugurated by the state department shows that there are still thousands of fish in the lakes and rivers of northern Illinois, which will continue to increase and grow. In an interview with Mr. Hunt he informed the writer that the object of the state in making the natural history, survey is to deermine the rate of growth of the fish and their migration. The work has been under way in the various streams and lakes in the state of Illinois for the past four years and the United States government has been interest ed in the work even longer than this. The tagging of fish was first used in the study of the salmon when it was learned that this big fish leaves the place it was hatched and goes out to deeper waters, but after a few years it returns to its birthplace where it spawns and then dies. The migration and growth of the important kinds of Illinois fishes are being studied by marking them with small metal tags clamped to the upper side of the tail fin. These tags have a nuber on one side and the letters INHS on the other side. The fish are caught in a net where every fish over six inches in length is taken out, weighed, measured, tagged and a few scales taken from the side of the fish by which those doing the work are able to ascertain the age of the fish. The age is made evident by the number of lines or rings on the scale just as the age of a tree is told by the number of rings in its trunk. The fish under six inches long are considered too small and tender to withstand the tagging process and so are allowed to go unmolested. Some of the varieties that have been tagged in Illinois are: Bass, blue gills, crappies, sunfish, wall-eyed pike, pickerel, sheepshead, channel cat, mud cat, bullheads, carp, buffalo, redhorse, suckers, etc. A record is kept of each fish, showing the exact kind, weight, length, tag number and the place and date that each fisk was tagged and released. Ask For Co-operation Fishermen are asked to co-operate with the departmest by returning the tags and about ten scales from the middle of the left side of the fish to the Natural History Survey a Urbana, 111., with information showing the body of water and exact location where the fish was taken, and if possible, the weight and length. If desired, the tag will be returned with information showing how far the fish had travelled and how much it had grown since it was originally tagged. Samples of vegetation and fish food are also taken from the water and preserved for study and research work. The natural history survey work was founded fifty years ago by Stephen A. Forbes, who died only last March at the age of 87 years. Ralph F. Bradford is director of the department of conservation. This work is done along the sams lines as the tagging of birds. It will be remembered that several English starlings were found near Woodstock .early last spring with tags on their legs to be used in this same manner. The story is told of a bird that was tagged in Alaska and was later found in Africa, from where the tag was returned. The work of the government is varied and far reaching and there are probably inany departments of which we do not realize or know of the experiments and study they are doing. His 154th Birthday ONClfc 7 ^ ' J "" -\j KOEPPE'S BOAT LINE "Alice" will make excursions through the Chain of Lakes and Fox River and Wilmot, Wis. Leaves the Justen Hotel pier at 9 a. m. and 1:45 p. m. Boat can be chartered. Call phone 75-R. I havf been navigating this river and chain of lakes for the past twenty-four years. William Koeppe, Captain. 5-4-fp MRS. GEORGE YOUNG INJURED IN ACCIDENT Accident Occurs One Mile North of Ringwood--Cars Are Badly Wrecked Mrs. George Young of Ringwood, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John R. Smith of this city, suffered a broken leg when hfcr car overturned in a crash with an eight cylinder coupe Thursday afternoon. The accident occurred on Route 12, one mile north of Ringwood, as Mrs. Young was making the turn into the driveway at the Ed. Peet home where she had planned to spend the afternoon. Her seventeen months old son, Alfred, who was riding with her at the time of the crash, was cut over one eye and was very much frightened. Mrs. Young was taken to the office of Dr. Hepburn at Ringwood where she was treated and was later taken to the Woodstock hospital whets an examination revealed a fracture of the right leg below the knee. Both cars were badly damaged in the crash and the Whippet sedan driven by Mrs. Young was nearly demolished as the heavy coupe, driven by a woman from Chicago, came over the hill at a high rate of speed and crashed head long into the Whippet before either driver could avert the accident. Little Alfred Young is staying with his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. John R. Smith, in this city, while his mother is recovering at the Woodstock hospital. BIG CARNIVAL OPENS TONIGHT GRAND FIREWORKS DISPLAY ON FOURTX RIVER IMPROVEMENT ASSN. HOLDS MEETING Elects Officers and Appoints Committee To Confer With Waterways Commission The annual meeting of the Fox River Improvement association was held at Cary Sunday morning, at which time all officers were re-elected with the exception of the secretary Geofge Boomer of Cary was elected ' secretary to succeed Mr. Jones, who served in that capacity last year. Mr. Twilford of Rawsen's bridge was elected director in place of Thomas Bolger, who is also a director by virtue of his office as vice-president. R. B. Powers, president of the association announced at the meeting that the Public Service company has agreed to restore the Algonquin dam to its original condition at an early date. It is thought that this will raise the water level nine to twelve inches beween McHenry and Algonquin. This is one of the principal objectives of the association. There is also a plan proposed to affiliate in some way with the lower river improvement body, which has headquarters at Geneva. A committee consisting of Judge Allen of Cary, Judge Erickson of Chicago, Alva Hale of Crystal Lake, Thomas Bolger of McHenry, Otto Schmidt of Cary and Mr. Peters of Algonquin was named to confer with the Illinois waterways commission on ways and means to maintain the normal water level in the river between McHenry and Algonquin. This will include the question of the use of flash-boards on the dam at McHenry. The meeting was adjourned subject to the president's call, as it was desired to have the committee meet with the waterways commission before holding another meeting. Airplane Will Arrive For First Display at 3 p. m., Followed By Others at 5, 7 and 11 Well folks, the big show at Conway's grove, east of Fox river, starts tonight when the carnival, which will last until Sunday night opens. Tomorrow is the Fourth, a holiday for everybody but the busy workers at McHenry's mammoth carnival. They expect to be busy all day and a large portion of the night to provide fun for the immense crowd which will undoubtedly find its way to the fine woods at the side of the Fox Pavilion, where those who enjoy dancing can find a plenty. Last week we told our readers all about this event but we will again enumerate some of the features. , First, the children must be amused. A wonderful merry-go-round is here all ready to receive the little folks for those enjoyable whirls. The older ones will be swung around - in ths chair plane and Ferris wheel. Fireworks From Plan# Beginning at 3 o'clock the first fireworks display arrives, when the air plane will bring the boomers. This opens with a friction flash shell, followed by one 15-minute smoke tr and closes with American flag dltyf shell. At 5 o'clock another display opens with friction flash shell, followed by one 15-minute smoke trail *nd closes with thunder and lightning shell. At 7 o'clock the display opens with a friction flash shell, followed by 15- minute smoke trail and closes with American flag day shell. 11 o'clock special night flying display. An expert parachute jumper will make a leap from a fast-moving plane each day at 3 o'clock. , Friday the McHenry High School band will furnish music day and night and on Saturday.and Sunday the Hungry Five Clown,-band will amuse the crowds. There will be about twelve booths on the grounds for refreshments snd merchandise. Celebrate on the Fourth at McHenry and follow it up by being here Saturday and Sunday. M'HENRY STUDENTS IN RECITAL AT WOODSTOCK Mrs. Kathrym Diehl Presents Pnpfls In Recital at Opera House Thursday Evening A piano and voice recital given by the pupils of Kathryne Diehl at the Woodstock opera house last Thursday evening was attended by many people from McHenry. The recital proved of special interest to local people as many of the young people of this city are pupils of Mrs. Diehl and had part in the program. The stage of the opera house presented a very beautiful appearance with its setting of garden scenery presenting an ideal background for the vari-colored formal gowns of the young ladies taking part. Those from McHenry who had a part in the program were: Juanita Keg, Louise Stilling, Angela Tonyan, Marie Miller, Rita Freund, Lucille and Florence Steffes, Marguerite Kinsala, Ethel Granger, Beatrice Weber, Genevieve Freund and Bob Peterson. Miss May Justen played a violin accompaniment in the duet sung by Joanne Rulien and Julia Schneider, and Misses Bernice Weber, Gwendolyn Overton and Mildred Gans acted as ushers. The recital was a most interest ing one in its varied program and every participant rendered ther selection in a most capable manner. McHenry's young soloist, Bob Peterson, was a popular member of the program and responded to the only encore of the evening. He never sang better than he did on this evening and with such a voice as his, unlimited/possibilities are in store for him. s Joanne Rulien.'popular nurse of the McHenry schools, also rendered a vocal solo, which was much appreciated by her listeners. BAND CONCERTS Thfc McHenry band announces tftttt it will begin the season's weekly concerts in the McHenry park, Thursday evening, July 10, and will play each week Thursday night thereafter until further notice. Prof. W. N. Sears will conduct and has planned some good programs for this year. RESIDENCE CHANGES Mr. and Mrs. McGuire of Chicago have rented the Herzog cottage for the summer. Mrs. Herzog is in Chicago, while Mr. Herzog has been staying with her brother and his wife, Mr. and Mrs. Durant. Mr. and Mrs. Glover have left McHenry. Mrs. Glover is at Nippersink lodge for the summer and Mr. Glover is with one of his children. NEW SIDEWALK On Tuesday a new cement sidewalk was laid along the south fids of the city haU. . , . IMPROVEMENTS AT RIVERDALE Mr. and Mrs. Claus Ander are again operating "The Viking," their hotel at Riverdale, as has been their custom for the past several seasons. They report a very good season thus, far with their hotel more than full over Decoration day. They are also expecting a big week-end over the Fourth, especially if good weather prevails. Their daughter and husband, . Mr. and Mrs. Staplin, of Chicago, will spend the Fourth and the week-end at Riverdale, after which they will leave the first of the week on their vacation. The brother of Mrs. Ander, Carl Hard, also has a beautiful summer home at Riverdale, which he has improved very much this season. Among other things he has enclosed the porch with glass and has built a pergola and planted many beautiful roses, many of the vareties being obtained from the best rose growers some distance away. The garden and lawn is an exceptionally beautiful one and his collection of roses is not to be outdone. The home formerly owned by Mrs. N. E. Taylor, now proprietor of the Bide-A-Wee sandwich shop in McHenry, has been sold to Mr. and Mrs. Joyce of Chicago, who have made some extensive repairs on the place and have a very nice summer home. Riverdale is one of the several subdivisions along Fox river, located on the west shores north of Johnsburg, and is a beautiful spot noted for its pretty homes and attractive lawns* PAY R. N. A. DUES 7*' Members of Riverview Camp, Royal Neighbors of America, must have their dues paid not later than July 8, the date of the next meeting of the camp, because the bodks are about^ to be audited. The camp will hold one meeting in July, on July 8, sad one meeting on August 12. HOME BUREAU ANNUAL m MEETING ON JULY 11 The twelfth annual meeting of the McHenry County Home Bureau will be held Friday, July 11, in the Opera House, Woodstock, Illinois. The program will start promptly at 10:30 o'clock with reports of county officers, unit reports and the business of the organization will follow. Mrs. Henry J. Mies, State president of Federation of Home Bureau, will be the main speaker of the day. "The Awakening of Jim Allen," a two act comedy written by Mrs. Miller Hansen of Huntley will be presented by the Huntley unit. Miss Lots Schenck, will also be present and judge the poster contest which has apparently become a part of the annual meeting program. Anyone may WEEKLY EXCHANGE HEMS Of INTEREST TAKEN _FROM COLUMN* . , OF OUR EXCHANGES ^ , Aapgtjpent of Newsy Item?. £» « & • Condensed Form F«r .V ' 7 'r,#* ; 7 • Busy People ^ 7^/7^ w % D. F. Knowles of Rockford was ^ burned about the hands, arms and ^ 7 legs near the old fairground at Beioit > ,i late Tuesday night of last week when some unknown person who couldn't / wait until the Fourth of July to do , his celebrating, shot a rocket into the 7,, ^ car in which Knowles was riding '7-jJ with a companion. He was taken to \ the Beioit hospital and an attempt was made to find the person who was responsible for the injury. The intense heat of June 21 WHOii r 7! the pavement to expand, and as a re- > suit the slab on the road just east of the entrance of St. Mary of the Lake Seminary, near Mundelein, heaved up. The break made an exceeding dangerous condition for motorists. Marshal Tiffany of Mundelein was no- 4 tified and he placed signs at the break to notify drivers to slow down. The - 7 gap in the pavement was aboat three A ^ feet wide and was fixed the follow- 2 ing week. - 4 k Robbers entered "the Butts & Wake. ley clothing store at Harvard, Monday night of last week, and stole a i ; case, containing 19 suits of clothes, s7&' the retail value of each being between $35 and $40. The cash till contain- ~ 7 ing $50 in currency was not touched. Deputies John Deneen and Joseph 7<'| Wandrack were called when the robbery was discovered Tuesday morning by the proprietors. Entrance to the store was gained by forcing out the front door lock, possibly by applying pressure on a lead pipe against the lock. Parents of Mildred Louise Hulsey, the 4-year-old girl who was killed last year by an automobile near her home at Highland Park, were granted $3,000 by a jury in Judge Edward D. Shurtleff's court Tuesday of last week, in their $10,000 damage suit against the North Shore Restaurant company, Peter Thedos and George Biaviti, employees of the company. Mildred was playing with other children in the alley near her home on May 4, 1929, when a cat owned by the restaurant company struck her. The child died from the injuries she received. 7 •- *'& Basing their predictions on the fact that the number of plants is showing ^ ? an. increase over last year, residents ' i t j enter the poster contest and compete of Grass Lake state that this will be for the prizes offered by the Home a banner year for the lotus. The lo- Bureau. Special entertaining numbers have been planned by the program committee with Mrs. Dan Desmond as chairman. No special arrangements have been made for dinner, members and guests will feel free to est wherever they care to. The public is invited to this meet ing and urged to hear Mrs. Mies, who is a very enthusiastic and forceful speaker. WARNING NOTICB On Feb. 21, 1930, money order forms Nos. 4601 to 5000, inclusive, were stolen from the Rennerdale, Pa., postoffice. Merchants and banks are notified to be on the lookout for a man trying to cash these orders, described as follows: About 45 to 47 years of age, 160 to 190 lbs., sandy complexion, sandy beard and in need of a shave; old clothes and soft hat; has the appearance of farmer or laboror. The orders are usually presented at drug, grocery or hardware stores in payment for a small purchase and the difference is received in cash. «v M'HENRY BAKERY IS NOW BACK IN OWN BUILDING Marshall's Bakery, which was recently destroyed by fire, has been rebuilt and the proprietor, J. J. Marshall, is holding his opening today. July 3. The interior presents a most attractive appearance with its clean, white walls trimmed in blue forming a pleasing background for the rows of delicious bakery goods. The bakery has been rebuilt in a remarkably short time and his many friends will be glad to see the proprietor &q nicely established again. IMPROVE SCHOOL GROtWfcS The grounds at the grade school are being improved and will present a very attractive appearance when completed. On Tuesday the playground at the rear of the building received a coat of white crushed stone and the embankment has been graded to a uniform slope and steps have been METHODIST CHURCH You are invited to attend services at the M. E. church every Sunday. Morning worship, 11 o'clock. Sunday school, 10 o'clock. There will be choir practice Friday evening at the church. Next Monday morning the vacation bible school at the church will commence and continue for two weeks. All children are invited to attend this school and much benefit is derived from it. Two teachers will be present to have charge of the work. BIRTHS Mr. and Mrs. Thos, A, the parents of daughter, Theresa, bora Fridays are Margaret tus beds existed in Grass lake whan the first white settlers came to Lake county, and their origin has always interested scientists and botanists, for the lotus is ordinarily found only in Egypt and parts of China. Soil on the bottom of Grass lake seems to contain elements favorable to their growth, as they are not found in adjoining lakes. Fastidious even in death, Mrs. Ida May Galbraith, 63-year-old nurse of Chicago, sealed her lips with adhesive tape and leaped into Lake Michigan June 24 to end her life. To make certain indentification would be positive and swift, Mrs. Galbraith taped her purse to her body before committing suicide. For a t!me police belived she had been murdered, but later they found on the beach beneath a rock a note, a pair of manicure scissors, one of her rings and the remainder of a roll of tape. After listing friends and relatives sh* wished notified, Mrs. Galbraith wrote one liQp: "Notify them that I've jost gone on." Fire, attributed to spontaneous combustion, destroyed the contents of the William Stone jewelry store at Woodstock shortly after 8 o'clock Monday evening of last week. Water damage completed the destruction, for a loss estimated by the proprietor as $5,000. The fire started in the middle of the store where a large number of boxes packed with dishes were stored. Straw and excelsior ;n which the dishes were packed caused a heated blaze. A steel ceiling above the Stone jewelry store kept the flames from spreading throughout the building. Insurance was carried on the stock which will probably cover the loss. Joseph Lac knee, owner of Lackner's cafe at Waukegan, on whose orders a waitress declined to serve three colored men some weeks ago, was found guilty in the Court of Justice of the Peace Walter Dow Wright Wednesday of last week and was assessed damages of $25 in each of the three cases. The colored men, all real estate salesmen, went into Lackner's cafe on Memorial day but a waitress declined to serve them. Through Attirney Earle H. Gray they started suit for $500 each from Lackner. claiming that the laws of the nation require all men to be treated equally. They set forth that all were well and cleanly dressed, that they conducted themselves as gentlemen and that when they were refused service at» the restaurant they quietly left wikoat causing any commotion. -.4-- 7.:4i AMONG THE SICK "Mrs. Henry Meyers is ill at iwr home on Pearl street. Peter Neiss is seriously ill at tho Speedway hospital, Chicago, where a second operation was performed last week. Fans Leans, -