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1 Annual Report of Western United Co. iW '•m - . -• •it A satisfactory financial condition, an increase in sales of both gas Skid electricity, with the exception of gas for industrial use, are shown in tfee annual report of the Western tlalM Gas sind Electric Company, «3?*ublic May. % VkNNrty-nine miles of distribution ' fines Were constructed in 1930 to supf0| r electric service to farms, and Other services of the company- were further developed and many new conj. tracts obtained. There was only one chancre in the 5* Management of the two"'companies (" Jpiring the year, Murray D. Smith Ibeing elected secretary of both to succeed John H. Gulick, and continuing ' to hold his former position of treasur. IT. Mr. Gulick remains as a director and member of the executive committee of both companies. A vacancy in the board of directors of bojji comffenied was occasioned by the sud- 2en death of Mr. R. Floyd Clinch on . November 7, 1930. No changes were •Bade in the staff ox operating officials, most of whom have been with the company for many years watt baarp, an increase of approximately 4 per cent over 1929. Revenues derived from the sales of electricity increased 6.8 per cent. Residential company's 6%% Cumulative Preferred Stock-which had been acquired by Utility Securities Company. This 6% Cumulative Preferred Stock was then distributed in small lots to investors through the agency of Utility Securities Company. During the year there was issued one share each of Western The statement of the year's busi- whereby the number of rooms in kv3A*» f . 3K Ve«* gtess shows that consolidated operat lag revenues of the Western United Corporation and subsidiaries were 98,475,224.45. Operating expenses Were $4,301,858*21. including $499,- 191.45 for retirement expenses. After the payment of preferred and common atock dividends there was added to Surplus $297,353.46. INSERT DOUBLE COLUMN At the end of the year the Western United Corporation had 3,870 stockholders, and the "Western United Gas and Electric Company 6,238. The company is now serving 40,472 customers with electricity in 22 communities ha' ing an estimated popula- Jion of 130.000, and also sells electric energy to four municipalities electric sales expressed in kilowatt United Gas and Electric Company's 6% and 6%% Cumulative Preferred Stock, which had been previously sub scribed through Western United Corporation and payments completed in 1930. In the last annual report, the inauguration of an Employes' Benefit Association was announced. This association, which began operation on January 1, 1930, has received the whole-hearted support of employes, as evidenced by the fact that at the close of the year 95 per cent of the eligible employes were members of the Employes' Benefit Association. During the year $11,076.74 was paid out in benefits: "On October 1, 1930, Western United Employes' Savings Fund, Series I, was closed to new subscribers. At the same time the trustees announced the opening of Western United Employes Savings Fund, Series II. At the close of the year more than 80 per cent of all elegible employes were subscribers to one or both of the funds. Under the Group Life Insurance hours increased 11.1 per cent and sales to power customers increased 2.4 per cent. The amount of energy sold to Asrora, Elgin and Fox River Electric Company, the subsidiary which operates the electric railway in the Fox fthrer Valley, on the other hand, decreased 12.5 per cent. - Additional power business placed under contract in 1930 aggregated 7,000 H.P., an increase of 27 per cent over.the previous year's figures. Sales from gas and electric appliances and miscellaneous* jobbing, revenue from which is not included in Operating Revenues, amounted to $690,834.00, compared with $685,928.00 a-year ago. The demand for electric service on the part of farmers in the territory resulted in the construction of twenty - nine miles of distribution lines for rural service. On August 1, 1930, a new residential rate, known as the "room rate," residence, rather than the number of outlets, is made the basis for calcula- Charmaine, little 3-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Carlson was severely scalded when she fell backwards into a pail of hot water. Mr. and Mrs. George Jepson of Wauconda spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Jepson and family. MMrrss.. Vviiooilaa iL-ioOwW eenntteerrttaaiinneedd ttnhee VPNTTT ATTAM TQ B u n c o c l u b a t h e r h o m e W e d n e s d a y 1 1 0 tion of the customer s demand, was I _jan ^e insurance company that unmade effective in all communities of|dferwrfteg the insurance paid out durthe northern territory of Western United Gas and Electric Company Under the application of this rate, the average saving to the Company's customers is about ten per cent. The new rate "is advantageous to the customer who makes more than the average use of electricity for lighting, labor saving appliances or home conveniences, since the cost for such use under the lowest portion of the rale is only 3 cents per kilowatt hour. Savings in the cost of gas and electricity were also made possible for large commercial lighting customers, which distribute it to their custoi:l-1 for users of gas for house heating, •rs. Gas is sold to 96,339 customers j and for commercial gas customers, in 82 communities, with a population through the introduction of lower estimated at 420,000. Included among' rates. these customers are more than 5,0001 A vacancy in the Board of Directors Commercial enterprises. | of both companies was created on No- •> In June, 1930, the company, acting I vember • 7, 1930, by the sudden death tmder authority from the Illinois Com- j of Mr. R. Boyd Clinch. Mr. Clinch ing the year $19,000.00 to the beneficiaries of employes who died in the service. The operation of Aurora, Elgin and Fox River Electric Company, which serves the transportation needs of Aurora, Elgin and the intervening towns of the Fox River Valley, were maintained during the year at a high standard of efficiency. The total number of passengers carried decreased considerably from .previous years due to the prevalent unemployment throughout the territory. •aerce Commission, established the B. T. U. value of the gas distributed fat its Southern Illinois territory at #0 B. T. U. per cubic foot to conform with the practice in its northern ts.'> , '""territory. fcv".'" - * Total gas sales for the year were ST » i'" S,859 508,000 cubic feet as compared f? , with 3,863,172,000 cubic feet in 1929, Wt \ , the slight decrease being due to a 5 & \ »er cent drop in the sales of gas for - Industrial purposes. All other classes - of gas business showed an increase, '^ir -Revenues derived from the sale of gas , showed a gain of less than 1 per cent over 1929, but were 8.7 per cent more v than in 1928. At the close of the year (as was being used for house heating hy 473 customers, an increase of 90 «rver the previous year. Residential $\ Bales of gas, including house heating, \V increased' 1.2 per cent as compared ^ V With 1929. Total sales of electricity (exclusive sales to other electricity supply Companies and to the Joliet Gas Generation Station) were 81,274,091 kilohad served as a member of the Board of Western United Corporation and of Western United Gas and Electric Company since November 22, 1929, and his loss to these companies is recorded with deep regret. At the annual meeting of the Board of Directors held on February 28, 1930, Mr. Murray D. Smith was elected Secretary of both companies to succeed Mr. John H. Gulick. Mr. Gulick remains as director and as a member of the Executive Committee. During the year $44,500.00 princ" pal amount of Thirty-Year Sink ing Fund Collateral Trust Gold Bond« of Western United Corporation were retired through the operation of the Sinking Fund in accordance with > the provisions of the indenture securing the bonds. In March, 1930, Western United Corporation exchanged on favorable terms 5,000 shares of Western United Gas and Electric Company 6% Cumulative Preferred Stock which it had in its treasury for 5,000 of the latter <©, 1930. Western Newspaper Union.) "The strongest strand In th« cable that binds a man to bU God is a wife's devotion." "The purest altar from which prayers ascend to heaven to a another's knee." L . " s-.fV Iff-- The income and surplus accounts of the two companies for 1930 are given as follows: ^ ^ : WESTERN UNITED CORPORATION * and SUBSIDIARIES INCOME ACCOUNT For the Year Ended December 81, (Inter-Company Accounts Eliminated) - g Revenues * $8,476,224.45 ng Expenses (including Retirement Expense, $499,291.45 ^ 4,301,858.21 :*fet Operating n Other Charles: Uncollectible Bills Ifcxes ........ .... Net Operating Other Income ...$ 29,023.21 371,834.09 $4,178,366.24 400357.30 i .y 4Gro*s Income -- Deductions iron Grtss Income $8,772,508.94 64,797.81 $3,837,306.75 384,162.12 , *• Interest ** Funded JSet Income SURPLUS ACCOUNT 'Surplus, December 81, 1929 Wet Income for Year as above .^...^$1,869.48532 Les: Dividends Paif* and Accrued: \w Western United Gas and Electric Co.: Preferred Stock ........$652,132.61 . Western United Corporation; _ Preferred Stock 1^716.82 $3,453,144.63 1,583,658.81 $1369,485.82 $2,726,157.69 ft" M at- -iM^-flfcstern United Corporation: .. . » Class A Common St^ck ...$208,665.64 1 /' JStock Dividends--14.437% share? '?• . •• •"Class B Common Sto?k 288.750.00 $ 794 769.00 497,415.54 7363.46 Adjustment for Income Tax Requirements for prior years .....r...„. -Surplus, December 81, 1930 $3,028,511.16 125,000.00 $2398,511.15 WESTERN UNITED AND ELECTRIC COMPANY . and SUBSIDIARIES t INCOME ACCOUNT ^ ; , For the 1*J-ded December 81, -Operattag Jievenues f Operating Expenses ( n 1 pense, $472,065.54) . Net Operating Rersenur- Ofher Chaises: Uncollectible Bills Taxes' Net Operating Incfta^ ' O* 'n"ori" I-.."'- ...... $8,474,329.71 4388.544.19 FOR THE BUSY HOUSEKEEPER In many homes-fresh cookies are so much more enjoyed than a large ' amount baked at one time. Here is the Icebox cooky which may be l.ept many days and when a tin of fresh cookies is wanted, slice off a few, j ut them in the oven and kik^ them as brown as you like. Ice Box Cookies. -- Take one cupful each of butter, brown and granulated two eggs, one tea: poonful each of salt and soda, one cupful of nutmeats, one teaspoonful each of almond and vanilla extract and four and onefourth cupfuls of flour. Cream the butter, add the sugar, eggs and other Ingredients. Roll into two rolls and let &tand on a cloth in a pan placed in the ice box. The cloth keeps the dough from flattening and sticking to the pan and thus losing its round shape. Slice very thin, decorate with half a nut meat, a raisin or cherry as one's taste sugggests. Another food so much liked in all our homes, is fresh rolls. It takes time to prepare a light and crisp roll. Here Is a recipe which will keep for a week or longer in the Ice chest and a pan of biscuits may be baked any time one cares to serve them: lee Box Rells^--Dissolve two compressed yeast cakes in one-fourth of a cupful of warm water, adding two teaspoonfuls of sugar. Add two tablespoonfuls of shortening, one teaspoonful of salt, one-half cupful of sugar to a pint of boiling water. Beat two eggs and mix ail together with four cupfuls of flour. Beat wall then add three und one-half-cupfuls more of flour, mix well with a spoon but do not knead. Set away in the refrigerator until the next day at noon, when It will be ready to use. Handle the tolls quickly, brush with melted lard or sweet fat when they are placed in the pan. I*et stand until more than double their bulk; keep covered while rising in a warm place. With these two mixtures in the Ice box, one may be ready for the unex- 9ected and need not worry. • i hi* - - • ,i . y Rental () i the at i .. ury of the battle of Wiloo tlie r'ug.of England receives tti ; i the *c • t: : duke of Wellington a »ia:: II bj h ' r. h,v |vhlch annual presentation thi» Y Ue holds the estate* votr d hls pr 4 ancestor by parli*. meni. ~ •*« A ».*'• •JHM85,78532 #90 237.95 fi;«05.547.57 . 56 735.62 EDeL^- •f ^ V . mix Tncome . . Mons from Funde*'!?>M $5,752,283.19 -ft06.061.25 $3,446,221.94 1,411,500.00 qcome <5, December ISOCOUNT |;f;Net Income for Year as above Less Dividends Paid and Accr "•« R'f"erred Stock ...^™.$2034,721.94 r,n,20').67 •torn $1201.512.27 l.OIK) 000.00 (The eorirtnoti Sfrcft of this n upany is o ned by Western Un'ted C rioration) Adjustment for Income Tax Requirements for prior years i-- $2,034,721.94 $6,1933883$ 201,512.27 $6394,80133 125,000.00 ^orplos, December $1, 1980 $6369,801.23 Ouplic: o of Hiatoric Flag The V. i: tun Hug at Valley Fprj't* Ir l d "c:ite o.' tioner:il WaFhlri; r'»»n's h«:' • .arters flag and was ntr <!e after » tensive re^oarch. It Is 6 l»y 6^4 fc t, of naw-blue bunting, Hi'U IS Ftiirg of 6 points each arn1 "<H| If c'fle, * ; afternoon. Prizes were awarded tq' Mrs. Edgar Thomas, Mrs. Thomas Doherty, Mrs. Ben Justen and Mrs. Ray Merchant. At the close luncheon was served. Mr. and Mrs. Ray Peters have •moved from the Mrs. Frankie Stephenson house to the Mrs. Louise Tabor house. Miss Dorothy Poet and Mrs. Nick Adams of Waukegan spent Friday here with their parents. Mrs. C. J. Jepson and son, Harold, spent Friday with Mildred Jepson at Evanston. Mr. and Mrs. N. Young attended a funeral of a relative at McHenry Saturday. Among those from Ringwood to attend the Home Bureau winter picnic at Woodstock Friday were Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Harrison, Mr. and Mrs. Chauncy Harrison, Mr. and Mrs. Carl Halstrom and Mesdames B. T. Butler, J. M. Butler, F. A. Hitchens and Lewis Schroeder. George Shepard was a caller in Woodstock Friday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Stephenson and Mrs. J. C. Pearson attended an O. E. S. banquet at Harvard Thursday evening. Mrs. Nettie C. Kinneer, grand Secretary of the order was the speaker of the evening. • Mr. and Mrs. Frank Hay attended the funeral of the former's sister at McHenry Saturday. Mrs. S. H. Beatty and Mrs. Viola Low spent Friday afternoon fn the Leslie Allen home near Hebron. ; Mrs. Jennie Bacon is spending the Week with Mr. and Mrs. Olney Moe in Chicago. Mrs. S. H. Beatty, in company with Mr. and Mrs. Irving Herbert of Richmond spent Saturday with Mr, and Mrs. George Herbert at Woodstock. Harold Jepson came home from Urbana Wednesday to spend the remainder of the week with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Jepson. Mrs. Charles Peet spent Thursday with her sister,. Mrs. Henry Hinze -at Crystal Lake. Mr. and Mia. George Harrison and son, Edward, spent Wednesday with friends in Elgin. Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Jepson spent Wednesday at Mvndelein. Mrs. S. H. Beatty and Mrs. Viola Low spent Thursday in Woodstock. Mr. and Mrs. N. Young spent Thurs day night at McHenry. Mrs. Edgar Thomas and son, Adrian, were McHenry visitors Friday. Mr. and Mrs. Will McCannon spent Friday at Wilmot. Mr. and Mrs. George Young attended a funeral at McHenry Saturday. Mrs. W. A. Dodge returned to her home Saturday from a two weeks visit with her daughter at Antioch.. Mr. and Mrs. Lefris Schroeder were Sunday dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Earl Sherman at Woodstock. „ Misses Bernice Smith and Nellie McDonald spent Saturday with Chicago friends. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Neal and baby of Waukegan were week-end guests in the Roy Neal home. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Frey and children of Deerfield and Mr. and Mrs. Glen Jackson and family of Solon Mills were Sunday guests In the S. H. Beatty home. Mr. and Mrs. Joe McCannon and sons and Mr. and Mrs. Roland McCannon spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Will McCannon. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Peet of Woodstock spent Sunday afternoon in the B!d Peet home. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Carr and Mr. and Mrs. Lester Carr and children spent Wednesday at Racine. Fred Wiedrich and son, Harold, were Richmond visitors Friday. Mr. and Mrs. W. O. Fisher spent ttte week-end at Rockton, 111. Mr. and MTS. Frank Hawley of Chicago were Sunday visitors in th» E. C. Hawley home. Thomas Dempsey of Chicago spent the week-end in the John McDonald home, Among those from Ringwood to attend the funeral of Everett Hunter at McHenry Sunday were: Mr. and Mrs. L. E. Hawley, Mr. and Mrs. F. A. Hitchens, Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Stephenson, S. W. Brown, C. W. Harrison and Clayton Harrison. | Mr. and Mrs. Charles Carr spent -Wednesday afternoon at Woodstock. Among those to attend the theatre at Woodstock Sunday were Mr. and Mrs. Ray Peters, Mr. and Mrs. F. A. Hitchens, Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Stephenson, Mrs. Ed Whining and daughters, Norma and Marjorie, and Mrs. Emma Merchant. Mr. and Mrs. Byron Hitchens of Chicago spent Tuesday in the F. A. Hitchens home. , Charles Carr and son, Lester, and Mrs. Frankie Stephenson were visitors at Crystal Lake Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Hinze of Crystal Lake spent Sunday in the W. B. Harrison home. Sunday visitors in the Ed Thompson >^ome were Mrs. Harry Kist of Chicago, Mrs. George Worts and Mrs. Paul Meyers of McHenry and Mr. and Mrs. Nick Adams of Waukegan. m*. ? SLIGHTED Let in Fresh Air and Remove Foul From House. Poultry men, of necessity, use1 many types of buildings to bouse layers and breeders. Chickens are boused in all sizes and shapes of rooms. In basements, and on fourth floors of barns, as well as on the floors between, and under roofs of varying shapes and heights. It Is in these converted bouses tbat ventilation, or the lack of it, causes must trouble, aays Prat H. EL Botsford of the New York State College of Agriculture. It is wropg, he says, to insist that chickens should be kept only In certain types of oouseS, but, b« adds. It woutd simplify the winter ventilatioo problem. Several methods are governed by the same principles, and onea these principles are In mind It Is easy to construct a system that works. Warm air In the poultry house tend* to rise and collects moisture. If It cannot get out,' it accumulates; and when It cools around the roof and walls, the moisture condenses and gathers as frost or water on the roof and walls,, or drops and makes wet litter. The moisture and lack of treat air mny make the hens lose vigor and be susceptible to colds and other troifc* bles. The air outlet Is most Important; It should be the highest point in the house and protected by the eaves or by an overhanging board. The outlet should extend across the entire width of the house a^d should always be left open. If the roof is othfer than the flat or shed type it may be desirable to consider building a straw loft or celling, advises Professor BotsfoM. Cornell recommends open space near the center «f the front of each pen or house at the rate of one square foot of opening to 12 to 15 feet of floor space. These openings should be between 2 or 3 feet above the floor and, longer than they are wide. Windows may be placed at the end of the open space and should he kept closed all winter. If the temperature is helo*" 15 or 20 degrees above zero, or If there are storms or high winds, the front will need to be covered curtains. s Oats Found Valuable for Layers at Ohio That oats make a valuable feed for layers and provide something which functions more effectively than yel low corn has been substantiated by extensive tests at the Ohio expert ment station duiiifg the past three yeara A total of 600 layers were used In the experiment conducted b? D. (1 Kennard, In charge of poultry investigations. The nine groups of layers which received rations with 20 per cent of the corn replaced by that amount of plump oats averaged 15 per cent better egg production while the hatchabllity of the eggs and the mortality of the birds were practically the same. The groups which received the oats ate 10 per cent more feed and averaged 3 per cent more In monthly body weights. It should be emphasized, however, that even the oats ration carried 40 to 60 per cent yellow corn. Just how much mo lis of the corn could have been replaced by oats was not determined. Poultry Facts I WMtl ' Atic:ning PerfactioB Perfection ts attained by doing common things uncommonly well, not by striving to do something out of the Common.--E**?hnnsre. Do* 't Wia Oftca W hen the chronic kicker does gain his point it is likely to be blunt-- Chi ffpo News. Fanaticism's Peril The blind fanaticism of one fool Ish honest man mar cause more evil than the united efforts of wp"fv rosrues.--Raron de Grimm. Kidney Acids Break Sleep ff Oetlfligr Up Nights, Backache, frequent day calls, Leg Pains, Nervousness, or Burning, due to functional Bladder Irritation, In acid conditions, makes you feel tired, depressed and discouraged, try the I'yatex Test. "Works fust, starts circulating1 thru the system In 15 minutes. Fralsed by thousands for rapid and positive action. Don't Hive up. Try Cystex (pronounced Siss-te*) today, under the Iron-Clad Guarantee. Must quickly allay these conditions, Irrprove restfw* r'oep ana energy, or money back, v-"-,:-. ~ at POLGER'S DRUG STORE \ Clean the Incubator at the sad of the hatch. v • • e Make changes gradually In the man* agement of pullet flocks to avoid upsetting the birds. • • e~ If green feed Is not available for the chickens, germinated oatt will give satisfactory results. • • e Good ventilation Is not confined to expensive poultry houses. An effective system canj>e devised cheaply for any houaa • • e Cannibalism will peldom appear If the chicks are given free range, or otherwise encouraged to keep busy and active. • • • Geese do not require elaborate houses, but they need shelter that will protect them from heavy rain. snow, cold winds and dampness. • > • ' Place the Incubator In a cool room where the sun's rays cannot strike the machine The room should be even In temperature and be supplied with fresh air. but no drafts. • * •' Bens that have to get their water by eating Joe or snow are not generous with their eggs during the wtater. • " •, e Clean ground is a cardinal virtue In the matter of preventing poultry diseases among old as well as young chickens. • • e A concrete floor that Is constructed on three or four inches of confse roA~ or cinders is probably. the most economical and satisfactory. 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