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•"V #V"'C? I r-"^f' ••' ' I r:^'^ W S'ti tmzmv A :v"&#jf Told £ Item of Interest Taken Frost the Files of the Plaindealer §|p. «f Ton - FIFTY TEARS AGO We understand, that Jos. Buck has rented his Saloon to a Mr. Engeln of Chicago, a brother of M, Engeln, the Gunsmith. At the school election on Saturday last, Isaac Jecks was elected township achapl trustee in place of J. E. Bassett whose term expired. Work has commenced on the foundation of the new cheese factory of Doran ft Poole. They expect to have the building up tuui enclosed inside ia two weeks. JToe. Wiedemann is making exten S*=: **-r? Rtvo repairs in and around his dwelling. When completed it will be much more roomy, convenient land handsome. The channel of the river is open and ducks have commenced to make. ^ their appearance. On Saturday and Sunday quit® a large number were killed. Tuesday next will be held the corporation election at which time will be elected three trustees and one clerk* FORTY YEARS Ati$ BBS COMPEimOM HITS RAILROADS Bankers Association President Asks If Unfair Aid Is Given - Motorized T rftnAport-** .. For Rail Mergers. THE M'HSNBY PUUMDSAUS, APEIL 9, lttl r- «WMI m Hi Blinoiit N ETW YORK.--Fair treatment for the railroads* in respect to highway JB» -AWmotor Competition was called for by W. A. Cristy was elected townsmp, Rome ^ Stephenson, President Amertrustee at the election on Saturday. If the roads do not get better soon there will be a wood famine in this village. ' •School opened for the spring term on Monday, with a fair attendance in every department. Hay is selling from $12 to $16 per ton in this market. We do not believe there is any good reason for this only the bad roads. • Duck hunting closes today and hunters must lay aside their guns for the present, or the game warden will be on the track. Married--At Woodstock at the parlors of the Todd Seminary, April 14, Mr. Elwin P. Flanders of Chicago and Miss Cora A. Colby of McHenry, G* CP TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO Jacob Blake, brother of John M. Blake of this village, passed away at his home at FonDuLac, Wis., Tuesday, April 3. He was a fdrmer resident of McHenry. When the summer season of 1906 opens, patrons of the Riverside House will find that their old stopping place has undergone a very noticeable change, the work of remodeling being already well under way. The duck season has been quite scant thus far. There seems to be plenty of hunters, but no ducks. What is the reason? Peter Adams, a blacksmith by trade and known to many of our readers, lean Bankers Association, in a recent address here. He also strongly endorsed "sound economic railway consolidation" and praised President Hoover for bts initiative in this respect. "I am Very strongly of the opinion that one of the measures.which would help materially to put back business where it Ought to be is the Eastern four-syatem plan of railroad consolidation as announced recently following negotiations instituted by President Hoover," said Mr. Stephenson. "Its adoption by the Interstate Commerce Commission would tend to stabilize the transportation industry, facilitate operation and exert a favorable influence on business in general. "It is a fact well known to business leaders that our railroads are now facing a crisis. Not only do they need protective laws to meet competitive situations arising from increased-use of our highways and waterways by other carriers, but they need unification such aS the proposed four-system plan provides. Our President has acted widely in assuming a leadership in this respect and his move deserves the support of every clear-thinking citizen." Mr. Stephenson declared that the railroads have served this copntry "so superlatively well that we are prone in our public affairs to overlook our dependence upon them and our obligations to them. The past, present and future progress of the United States is inseparably bound up with their welfare. In neglecting just consideration Uncle Sam owns 20,190 acres of Illinois land, according to a compilation of f»Har«!.nwn«H iamierl by Director Rodney H. Brandon, of the state department of public welfare. This is covered by Camp Grant, the U. S. Naval Training Station, Fort Sheridan, Rock Island Arsenal, Chanute and Scott Aviation fields, the Chicago quartermaster's depot, the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, the-Confederate Mound and national cemeteries and memorials scattered over the state. The state of Illinois owns 38,308 acres scattered over 43 counties. State purchasing agent A. W. Daily has been advised that the department of purchases and construction has no power to limit contracts to Illinois bidders, as its duty is to let contracts for all supplies "to lowest and best bidder, quality considered." The question arose when Illinois milk dealers objected to the department getting milk from Wisconsin foj soug^ of the institutions. : "• - r, k-.r Representatives H. R Spaftas, of Shelftyville, chairman of committee to, visit educational institutions, and two members, Elbert Waller, Tamaroa, and Charles J. Kribs, Prairie du Rocher, inspected normal schools at DeKalb and Normal and decided to recommend "a $300,000 appropriation for a library building at DeKalb. resolution the Pike I of supervisors, directing away at Fox Lake Monday evening. His body has been shipped for them we are even more neglectful to his former home at Adams, Minn., for burial. Grot & Damgard hate erected a cold storage, and ice house just west of the railroad tracks on Waukegan street. 1 ' Peter B. Freund has purchased the Mrs. Joe Fitzsimmons and John Stroner property on the west side. The citizens of McHenry were very much shocked Tuesday morning upon hearing the sad news announcing the death of Rev. P. M. O'Neill, which occurred on that morning. TWENTY YEARS AGO • Patrick Aylward, an old and highly respected citizen of Walworth county, Wis., passed away at Racine Saturday. This is Holy Week and both the Catholic churches here are observing the week as set aside by the rulings of the Catholic faith. Local politics are warming up in good shape and by next Tuesday ihorning we expect to see all hands hustling for one of the biggest votes ever cast at a village election here. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Justen of Pistakee Bay are rejoicing over the arrival of a girl, born Tuesday, March 23. John W. Schaffer who up to a short time ago was engaged in the blacksmith business in this village, is rebuilding his old shop, located on Waukegan street, and expects soon to open an auto garage therein. Joseph N. Freund, father of Math Freund, the Pearl street blacksmith, and who passed the greater part of his life in this vicinity, passed away at his late home at Wauconda, Sunday morning. r 's. • *•' exceptional TOcuiabilitu n* new Bdck Eight is r>--fir ably steady and easy to keep oo tbe road mainly because of die Tbrque Tube Drive, which transmits the driving power direct to Ute frame and keep* the wheels !p positive alignment. ' $1025 aad «p--fc o. h. Flint, MicH*" Owhl H AthrptpuUrky, *19*1 BmitkStrMitblEitbts^illkecmrimmHl mrtmtbemttb* cvmmi utmmtr cndfaU. TEN YEARS AGO Delbert A. Whiting, one of oar best known and most highly esteemed rural residents, passed away at his late home northwest of town' last Thursday afternoon following a four months' illness. Renters of summer homes and cottages report an unusually big demand for places of this sort and in many cases cottages have long since been rented for the coming season. Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Whiting of Lake Geneva, Wis., welcomed a boy -to their home on Wednesday of last week. A wedding of interest to McHenry people was solemnized at Woodstock Thursday, April 7, when Mr. Kirk Harrison of this village and Miss Helen Beatty of Woodstock were united in marriage. Mrs. Mary Schneider, one of our old and long-time residents, passed away at the home of her sojR* Peter Diedrich on Wednesday. \'s" of the public's best economic interests. A Question of Public Interest. t "We are confronted with the question as to how much more the public economic interest will stand an invasion of the welfare of the railroads by forces and difficulties not of their own creating and not within the scope of their own unaided powers to combat," said Mr. Stephenson. "I refer especially to new competitions that are undermining the hard-earned position of the railroads, not only with the aid of natural economic forces but also through the aid of government policies which, positively or negatively, tend to give these competitors undup advantages over the railroads. v "It goes without saying that the railroads have no right, nor claim any, so far as I have been able to discern, to complain at legitimate competition in the field of transportation, for the public is entitled to the best possible transportation at the lowest practical cost. But equally does it go without saying that this cannot be fairly brought about by using, or by failing to use, the taxing pewers of government to enable competitive methods of transportation to do things they could not otherwise do as «uaided private enterprises, particularly when such action impairs the invested rights held in good faith by great masses of our people in established enterprises, that^are serving the public well." Mr. Stephenson said it was not his purpose to argue against such competitive. transportation as the highway passenger motorbus and motor truck as such, when conducted under, proper conditions and in keeping with public welfare and benefit. He declared, however, there Is need for serious consideration whether such competition is being developed under conditions that are unfair to the railroads, because either the yutright or obscure aid of government policy is the deciding economic factor in that competition; That the county board their county treasurer not to pay dver taxes to. the state of Illinois until Cook county's taxes are paid, is an attempt to nullify the Illinois law, and the treasurer, in protection to himself, should disregard it, is the opinion given to State's Attorney A. W. Schimmel by Attorney .General Oscar E. Carlstrom. ^ ' 'b. * Bids for almost six mfltlbTl TSdffats worth of road construction work will be opened by the state Tuesday, April 14. Fifty-four projects are included, 135.86 miles of paving and pavement widening, 41,72 miles of grading and 23 bridge-building jobsi f - * Representative Roy A. CoWlnfe, of Stonington,' chairman of the house agricultural committee, devoted much time last year to making a success of the horse-pulling contest at the Illinois State Fair. State Fair officials say early spring or now is the time for draft team owners to begin training for - this year's contest. Two million trees to beautify homes and highways and ' add-- to human pleasure would be planted if each school child did his or her part on Arbor day, says Lewis B. Springer, superintendent of the division of forestry. He urges that trees be planted as memorials by the alumni of our different institutions. Hard maples, tulip, elm, ash, oaks and syouttore are preferred. . ^ Attorney General Oscar E. Carlstrom has advised "that a delinquent child of sixteen or seventeen years of age cannot be sent to the state Women's Reformatory, stating that she has not been convicted of any j:rime. , Stuart E. Pierson, director of • t^e department of agriculture, has issued a directory giving the present locations of the division offices under his direction, as five divisions have moved into the Centennial a^nex. Other offices are in the state house, while the division of foods and dairies is located in Chicago. The division of state fair has offices on the fair grounds. Overton & Cowen Bnick Motor Oars McHenry u f%m 6 f § . P Ib a Nutshell , Life, however short, is made still Shorter by wrfste of time. Kidney Acids 3 Break THE EIGHT AS B U I L D S "w letting Up NirSiii.il, Backache, frequent day calls. Leg Pains, Nervousncss, or Burning, due to functional Bladder Irritation, In acid conditions, makes you feel tired, depressed and discouraged, try the Oystex Test, Works fast, starts circulating thru the system in 15 minutes. Praised by thousands for rapid and positive action. Don't give up. Try Cystex (pronounced Sifis-tex) today, under the Iron-Cad CV:arnrtB'». quickly allay these conditions, lrrr>rove restnfu^ l1 -* and energy, or money beater ** > BOLGER'S DRUG STORB Phalin & Kennebeck (0. A. Stilling Oarage) m Siorage"Repairing'>Oil"Qrecuinf } * Pkone2&%'^ Corner Km Street and Riverside Drive on Route 20 Would Investigate But Trifi| \ . Railroad rights of way, he declared, represent tremendous capital investments, on which the railroads have also heavy current costs to meet. "They pay every day a million dollars in taxes and most of this is on their rights of way," he said. "Also they spend daily over two million dollars additional for the proper maintenance of way." He asserted that the motorbuses have not had to pay for their rights of way in any sense that the railroads paid for theirs. "They have simply taken possession of public highways built by public funds, both state and national," he con tinued, "and they have extensively made those highways vastly less com fortable, less safe and less serviceable for private motorists and others who are contributing chiefly to their creation and maintenance." Mr. Stephenson declared that all these matters should be thoroughly inquired into by competent public bodies, both state and national, with a view of determining the equities and basic public economic interests involved, "particularly in respect to their effects upon the nation's railroads. "I venture to say," he added, "that such inquiries would show whether it Is to the public Interest to let things remain as they are, whether the situation calls for a new basis of motorbus and truck taxes to satisfy the equities of the case or whether it would call fois such drastic action as the exclusion of this traffic from our public general highways, and the requirement that, even as the railways, it provide as a part of its own private capital investment its own rights of way and for iti» own! maintenance 0* way out oT opera*" lng Income." Secretary o$ State William J. Stratton reports that since its creation several years ago for the purpose of preserving legal and historical records, the archives division of the state library has indexed and filed over ten million legal and historical records of the state. Representative Homer J. Tice's bill to permit the state to issue tax anticipation warrants to offset Cook county delay in paying its taxes was approved by both house and senate as an emergency measure. The measure provides that if, prior to June 1, 1988r the funds in the state treasury become insufficient to meet state expenses and taxes have been levied to be Into trpgflnrv t.Kp treasurer and auditor of public accounts are authorized to issue the warrants in anticipation of taxes. These notes are not to exceed 75 per cent of the taxes so levied and shall bear interest not to exceed six per cent. When such taxes are collected they are first to be used for repayment of these warrants. State Treasurer E. J. Barrett is making efforts to secure taxes already collected from downstate counties as Attorney General Oscar E. Carlstrom advises against the use of anticipation warrants as a matter of policy and precedent. A survey erdered by State treasurer Edward J.' Barrett shows there is only $587.69 due the state in inheritance taxes. The Stark county treasurer has $402.63 and Knox county treasurer $185.06, which is expected to be received soon. There is a Cook county case in process of adjudication that may net the state oyer $1,000,000. State Treasurer Barrett has been trying for several weeks to collect inheritance . taxes from the counties and nearly $1,000,000 have heeit received. The Illinois State Fair poster contest is creating quite an interest among commercial art students in public and parochial high schools throughout the state, judging from the entries and inquiries received. Letters reaching the contest management show that the project interests many who have never derived the benefits the fair provides by way of instruction, inspiration and elevating entertainment. The closing date of the contest has b6e extended to Hay first. More than 60,000 acres rf land in Illinois have been leased as game sanctuaries and shooting, fishing and camping grounds by the 'Sportsmen's Mutual, according to a statement made by their executive secretary, C. F, Mansfield, of Springfield. Under the terms of this lease the Sportsmen's Mutual proposes to set aside part of the land as sanctuaries, to carry on a campaign of predatory animal and bird control and to stock these sanctuaries with game and fish produced in our own game farms and hatcheries. The organization also proposes to assume full legal liability for damage done by any of its members to farmers' property. Bids for brick resurfacing, with alternate proposals for pavement in lieu of brick for fr*f sections, were received by the division of highways March 25. A total^jf 76.13 miles of twenty-foot pavement is affected in Cook, Clark, DeKalb, .Kane, Lake, LaSalle, Madison*. Peoria and Sangamon counties. A Iaiv* nnrt of t.h* oaMa n# E. Brown, of Springfield, is to go to the state of Illinois eventually, according to his will recently read. A gift of $5,000 for the library at Illinois college at Jacksonvilleglade shortly before his death*. I Senator Martin B. Bailey, of Danville, has introduced a bill creating a deep waterway commission to study and investigate feasibility and value to Illinois^of the project to connect the Great Lakes with the Atlantic seaboard 4>y way of the St Lawrence river. QRISWOLD LAKS Mr. aad Mrs. Basil Steinhoff of Racine, Wis., spent Thursday at the home of the latter'* parents, Mr. and Mrs. George Scheid. Mr. and Mrs. Edward Nelson and Mr. and Mrs. Charles Schorts of Chicago spent Wednesday evening at the G. J. Burnett home. Mr. and Mrs. John Bantings Wtfre callers at the Clyde Wingate home at Crystal Lake one day last- week. Mrs. Wayne Bacon and daughter accompanied Mrs. Harris and sons to Crystal Lake Saturday evening. Mr. and* Mrs. Matt Scheid Were Friday callers at ,the George Scheid home. Mrs. Floyd Campbell and children were Friday luncheon and afternoon guests at the John Barnings home. Mr. and Mrs. G. J. Burnett were "Saturday supper guests of Mrs. Mort Ritt at Crystal Lake. Mr. Hughes and Mr. Block of McHenry were callers at the G. Burnett home Monday. , Mr. and Mrs. Leo Scheid and (Ml of Wheeling were Saturday callers at the Nick Kennebeck .home. Mrs. Nick Kennebeck and son, Elmer, were callers at the Peter Freund home at McHenry on a day last week. Mike Motto, James Darks Mr. Motie of Chicago spent Tuesday at the G. J. Burnett home. Mr. and Mrs. Earl Converse were Sunday dinner guests of .Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Bacon. •*v. • Try oar classified ada--thef fast bring results. . Don't put off ryour house needs painting this year, it will pay you to secure an estimate and get the work under way at once; Many put off painting in 1930; and before long there will be a rush of work* and prices will stiffef^ . , *U. us. mt. or'- • , j>» HOUSE PAINT Du Pont Paint is scientifically made of finest oils and pigments, and its durability under all conditions has been tested. It costs no more than paint which is not as good. We can help you tq plan an attractive color scheme made possible by the oew, up-to-date colors. \ Two bills introduced by Representative William H. Jackson, oj Toulon, House Bill No. 387, the purpose of which is to aid farmers in paying their taxes this year, and House. Bill No. 248 which provides for threshermen's lien extensions, have passed second reading. Representative Jackson has distinguished himself in Springfield by leading the singing Tuesday evenings during the dinner hour at the St. Nicholas hotel. \ ma THOMAS P. BOLGER PHONE 40 THE McHENRY DRUGGIST McHENRT, (JUPOK PAINTS - VARNISHES D U C O o A t * Maay New Jersey Bays The United States coast and geodetic survey says that there are 20 bays which are named on the charts of the coast of IJew Jersey. The principal ones contiguous to the outer coast are Newark, Raritan, New York, Sandy Hook, Barnegat, Great, Oreat Egg and Delaware bays. In addition to the number given above there are a number of bodies of water that conform to the definition of bay, but which are designated sound, Mtbor, Inlet er tal** ^X^HEN you see that signature on a cartoon in these columns look carefully at the cartoon. It will have been ^ drawn by M. G. Kettner, one of die leading cartoonists of America. We are proud of the fact rhqf he is numbered among die contributors to our columns, and know that his work appeals to all of our readers. In a kindly way he pictures our load of "folk" and his cartoons ate never of the offensive type. 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