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ANNUAL MEETING *AYOR J. B. KNOX MAKES APPOINTMENTS ATTEND BANQUET AT DOWNERS GROVE Ffe. ;j.| I'Ttw aaiMal um»1ng of the Me- B«nry city council was held Monday evening, April 27, with the mayor, cleric and the aldermen present. The miaatcs of the last meeting fen read and approved. The tww* tfcrer*!. annual report, showing a balance on hand of $2,087.93, was read. 4>n motion by Doherty,^ seconded by Kreutzer, the report was accepted as HEALTH DAT PROGRAM TO BE GIVEN MAT 1 Mother Earth Gets a Facial GRADE SCHOOL PUPILS PRESENT OPERETTA The city collector's report was read jjjnd on motion by Watties, seconded ^jy Schaefer, wa3 accepted as read. i The clerk's monthly report, on motion by Overton, seconded by Wattles, was accepted as read. •\ The clerk's annual report, on moion by Doherty, seconded by Schaer,. ovas accepted as read. The bills were read and * those 4J)K'd by the finance corikmittee were Ordered paid. Under reports of officers the j|aayor said that twice lately pieces #f wood and the last time a six-inch Iriece of flooring, a little over two feet ong, was taken from the sewer, tyhere it had plugged the pump. . m An ordinance to take effect at the !0J>eginning of the fiscal year 1931, fix- Jb»g the salary of the city clerk at $300 annually, to be paid quarterly, with fifty cents for each vehicle tax * find 25 cents for each dog tax was ^Ssfead and on motion by Kreutzer, jfteconded by Doherty, the roll call was ^Jttaken and ordered passed. The mayor appointed Overton and ^Wattles to canvass the city election votes and on motion by Doherty, seconded by Kreutzer, the appointment was approved. The canvass of votes showed that John R. Knox had 'been elected mayor, Peter A. Neiss elected clerk, Gerald Carey, treasurer; Peter Doherty, alderman first ward; ^Kreutzer, alderman second ward; Jacob Schaefer, alderman third ward, and A1 Barbian alderman third ward .to fill a vacancy. The daylight saving question carried by a majority of more than 100 votes. The board separately declared each ^ candidate elected. » The mayor, clerk, and aldermen for first, second and third wards were |separately sworn in, the treaaurer- * elect, Gerald Carey, unable to be present on account of sickness, will be sworn in at the regular May meeting. The newly elected alderman, A1 Barbian, made a short speech of ac- Pceptance. Mayor Knox said that he would be disappointed if the next two years I did not show a good payment on the city's indebtedness. An ordinance fixing the salary of the superintendent of waterworks at $60 per month, paid monthly, was Tead and on motion by Doherty, seconded by Kreutzer, was passed, i An ordinance fixing the saary of the city marshal at ?135 j>er month • and on motion by Schaefer, seconded ; by Wattes, was passed. An ordinance fixing the salary of the city collector at two per cent of all money collected, also carrying the provision that the city shall pay the collector's assistant when necessary, was passed. An ordinance fixing the salaries of the fire marshal at $100 per year, assistant marshal at $50 per year, three fire truck drivers at $200 to be divided between them, was read - and on motion by Kreutser, seconded i;f| by Barbian, was passed. An ordinance fixing the salary of the city attorney at $200 per annum to be paid at the annual meeting, was read and on motion by Doherty, seconded by Overton, was passed. An ordinance placing the city on daylight saving time during the same period as Chicago from April 26 to and including September 26, was read. On motion by Doherty, seconded by Kreutzer, the aldermen voted as follows: Barbian, yes; Doherty, yes; Kreutser, yes; Overton, yes; Schaefer, no; Wattles, no. Motion carried. The mayor made the following appointments which, on motion by Schaefer, and seconded by Doherty, ware approved by the board: Officers 1931-1932 City Attorney--Henry L» Cowlin. Chief of Police--John Walsh. City Collector--Mayme Buss. Supt, Water and Sewer--Math. Nieaen. Fire Marshal--Wm. Bickler. ' , Asst. Fire Marshal--Jas. Perkins. Board of Health--Dr. D. G. Wells, V. J. Nickels, Sr., Ben Brefeld. The mayor then appointed the following committees for the fiscal year 1M1: Oommitteea - -Finances--Doherty, Kreutser, Over ten, ' I if--in Watt!--. Schaefer, Barbian. Streets and Alleys--Kreutser, Overton, Schaefer. Water and Sewer--Doherty, Schae- * far, Wattles. Public Property--Schaefer, Wattles, Barbian. Sidewalks »--'Overtoil, Kreutzer, Schaefer. >. " Ordinance--®fcrbian, DoUHr, Wat- 81xty-one citizens of McHenry county were in attendance at the First Annual Meeting and Banquet of Eleventh District Postmasters ^ at Downers Grove last Saturday evening. The affair was given in honor of Congressman Frank R. Reid of Aurora, who made the principal address. Postmasters and their friends from each of the four coumUea of tha fistrict were present. A delightful dinner was served at 7:00 o'clock at Masonic Temple by the Eastern Star ladies, a splendid band of twenty-five or thirty pieces furnishing music and the Armour Jubilee Singers, a colored quartette from the Armour Packing company, entertained with a program of negro melodies. Mrs. Lucy H. Renich, postmaster at Woodstock, in a few well chosen words brought greetings from McHenry county, Postmaster James E. Harley of Aurora spoke for Kane county and Dr. W. R. Fletcher, postmaster at Joliet, spoke for Will county. M. J, Donahue of Streator, president of the Illinois Postmasters Association brought greetings from the state association. K. P. Aldrich of Chicago, inspector in charge, complimented Congressman Reid upon the fine standard of postmasters in his district. Mr. Aldrich stated that in his thirty- four years in the postal service, 'most of the time as an inspector, he had never known a district which had a better personnel of postmasters than the Eleventh Illinois. Mr. Reid thanked Mr. Aldrich for the compliment and reminded him that the postmasters are all chosen on merit, first by examination and only lastly upon the congressman's recommendation. He also reminded Mr. Aldrich that politics has but little to do with the appointment of postmasters in his district. "The best politics a postmaster can play is to give good service the year around to the public. In that way he reflects credit on his congressman and the administration," said Mr. Reid. Those in attendance from McHenry were: Mr. and Mrs. Albert Krause, Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Mosher, E. E. Bassett, Dr. R. G. Chamberlin, S. H. Freund, Peter M.. Justen, Simon Stoffel, Frank G. Schreinet^ hf E. Nye and R. I. Overton. 4- Friday, May 1, will be National Child Health day and will be observed in McHenry with an interesting program given by the children of the local schools. The program will be given at 2:15 o'clock, daylight saving time, in the afternoon for the school children of McHenry and the rural districts, while at 8:15 in the evening, daylight saving time, the adclts are invited to attend. The admission to the entertainment, which will be given at the high school auditorium, is 10 and 35 cents, ^ Among the many features which will be worth hearing as printed in the program last week will be the opening number, Mendelssohn's "Spring Song," by the high school orchestra, a whistling solo by Mary Lemmers of Woodstock and a whistling duet by Maty Lemmers and Julia Schneider of Woodstock. The dancing director is Mrs. John Stilling; Misses Marie Ropp and Genevieve Knox are uncharge of the art and design and the costuming and directing will be <fone by the Sisters of St. Mary's school. Joanne Rulien, school nurse, is most desirous of making the day a big success as the proceeds of the program will be used for corrective work and the promotion of the health of the children of McHenry. In connection with the Health week program to be given at the Community High School on Friday afternoon. May 1, there will be a style show given by the members of the advanced sewing class. Guests are also invited to visit the Clothing and Health Poster Exhibit in Room 110 at the completion of the program. With the health of the children properly supervised as it has been in McHenry for several years, we find school absences diminishing and the scholarship of the pupils advancing. You are asked to attend this program on Friday, show your interest in the health work of our schools and also be entertained by - a splendid program. 1950 FARM CENSUS SHOWS DECREASES BUREAU GIVES OUT COUNTY FIGURES NEW TIME CAUSES ' JFFLXUP IN SCHOOLS BIBS. ROSE M'DONALD DIES WEDNESDAY EVENING Mrs. Rose MrDonald, about 85 years old, died at her home on John street at 7:30 o'clock Wednesday evening. Funeral services will be held at St. Patrick's church at 9 o'clock, daylight saving time, Saturday morning, with burial at Richmond. ERECTING LARGE BARN The Tonyan Construction company is building a barn for Joe Tonyan on his farm on Route 61, between McHenry and Ringwood. The dimensions of the bam, which already has the sides up, will be 34 by 64 feet and a concrete basement will afford room for about twenty cows. Henry J. Schaffer is doing the carpenter work and the barn will be rushed to completion. Ir' S fl-,- Purchasing--Overton, Doherty,Bar; LOCAL JUGGLER Frank Mathieu of Johnsburg pot on a first-class juggling act at the Empire theatre Saturday night and Sunday, featuring such tricks as swinging a glass of water around in a hoop and balancing a lamp on several boxes, dropping them out one by one until he caught the lamp in his hand. Mr. Mathieu is an experience jugg ler and at one time^Jtoured the try with his act. OVERTON & COWEN TAKE ON NEW LINE Board of Local Improvements-- Knox, Kreutzer, Overton. A provisory bid for the pump motor, etc., not in use, was received from a party at Libert yville, who has temporary use for such an outfit 'and would consider paying the board $500 for it. It was decided to have the man put his bid in writing and hand it into the board before the May taeeting when it would be given further consideration. The bond of mayor John R. Knox for $3,000 was approved by the board, as were the bonds of Marshal John Walsh for $500; city clerk, Peter A. Neiss, $1,500; city collector, Mayme Buss, $5,000. / It was suggested that the city carry indemnity insurance on the, street cleaner. ** The mayor, calling on different appointed officers, was informed by Marshal Walsh that there was no lawn-mower for mowing the grass around the city hall. The purchasing committee will buy a mower at once. Fire marshal Wm. Bickler stated that the fire truck was now being kept at the city hall and that there was too much valuable property to be left in a place not securely locked. Also that clothing, etc., had been taken from the truck. The ftoirchasing committee was ordered to secure proper locks for the doors. The, mayor instructed Officer Walsh to have his evening roomers help him move the heavy articles out of the way. The matter of the individual members of the city band donating their salaries for two or three concerts for the benefit of the high school orchestra Cleveland trip was presented to the board and it was decided to allow this amount from the allowance to the city band as soon as some of the tax money is received. Attorney Cowlin thanked the board for the confidence placed in him by his, re-appointment for the succeeding year. On motknf by Kreutser, seconded by Schaefer„»t was decided to continue William Feltz for street cleaning and care of sewer disposal plant for the year at a salary o£ $110 per month. The meeting adjourned at 10:50 daylight Mfkf • An announcement is made in this week's display columns by Overton & Cowen, local automobile dealers, of the addition of the Oakland-Pontiac line of cars to their Buick line. This is made in order to serve their customers with a car at the lower priced range if they -wish to buy one in that class. Overton ft Cowen have been in business in ST&JIenry for about twenty- three years, starting here in 1907 with a livery and doing taxi work. For practically twenty-one years this firm has dealt in new and used automobiles and sold the livery business in 1918. For the past eleven years this business house has handled nothing but the Buick line. They have one of the What has become of the farms in McHenry county during the last ten years? This question arises as the 1930 farm census report for McHenry county, as sent out by the department of commerce, announces that there are 267 less farms in the county than there were ten years ago. The land remains, but evidently many of the owners are finding some more profitable use for it than the oldtime tilling of the soil. M^ny interesting facts about farm Hfe in this community are brought out in this report, which gives the number of farms in the county as 2,607 in 1930, as compared to 2,744 in 1925 and 2,874 in 1920. The acreage of farms has decreased 25,574 acres in the past ten yearfc. In 1930 the acreage of all the farms in the county was 343,191 acres, in 1925 it amounted to 354,789 acres and in 1920 there were 368,765 acres in the farms of the county. The decrease of livestock is another important and interesting item brought out in the report and it would seem that the automobile and the tractor have practically replaced the faithful farm horse for we find that there are now 15,325 less horses in the county than there were ten years ago. This would, no floubt, be hard to believe if it were not for the exact figures as given out by the department of commerce* In 1930 there were only 9,373 horses ift^the county,' as compared to 24,698 in 1920. About the only increase is shown in the number of mules and chickens in the county, the mules having increased from 186 to 283 and the num ber of chickens has increased from 276,628 to 293,249. There are 1,663 less milk cows in the county than ten years ago, the number having decreased froth 47,219 to 35,556. The number of cattle has decreased from 68,4^$ to 52,529. Perhaps the grtojfest decrease 's shown in the number of hogs during the last ten years for today there are best equipped buildings for this busi- n 669 le88 hog8 th|m there were ten nessoutsideof the larger c,ties with 1 fe 19g0 there were Daylight saving time went into effect in McHenry and Crystal Lake, as well as Chicago at 2 o'clock Sunday morning when timepieces were set ahead one hour: The new time arrangement "is in effect in at least seventeen states, the schedule to continue until September 27, when clocks and watches will again be turned back and people will regain the hour they lost on Sunday. The larger radio broadcasting stations are operating on the daylight saving schedule and railroads have changed their schedules to conform to the plan although they continue to use standard time. In McHenry the plan is being tried put for the first time since the war (Jtys and is causing rather a mix-up in the affairs of the vicinity. With the farmers adhering to standard time the old time has to be observed more or less in this city, despite the fact that the daylight saving time was voted in at the recent election. The community high and the grade school finally compromised with patrons from Ringwood and the rural districts, who presented a petition asking that standard time be continued in the schools, and have split the difference in time. The grade school now starts at 9:30 o'clock in the morning and the high school commences at 9:05 o'clock daylight saving time. There are seventeen states in the United States and forty-eight cities in Canada which either officially or voluntarily observe daylight saving. France, Portugal, Great Britain, the Irish Free State and Belgium went on daylight saving time a week ago. M'HENRY AT WONDER LAKE FOR OPENER The operetta, "The Saucy Hollandaise," was given by the pupils of the grade school at the high school auditorium Friday evening and was a most succeaafnl presentation of this beautiful story of Holland. Its scenery effects ami its settings were a* nearly perfect as possible with a large Dutch windmill in the background, the large wheel of which turned round most realistically as the play progressed. The costumes also were beautiful and aided in making the presentation a beautiful and colorful one. With the leading parts being taken by pupil* of the eighth grade there was unusually good acting and solo selections, while the chorus singing and the dancing completed a performance which was enjoyed by everyone present. Much time and effort was spent by the pupils and their teachers in mastering the difficult operetta, but their work was amply rewarded in the perfect rendering of its music aod acting, which carried an interesting story through to a happy ending. Everyone took their parts splendidly and their work was a convincing demonstration of the talent of the young people of the grade school. Following is given the names of the pupils who took part: CAST Sailors--Vernon Cramer and "Chester Howard. Joe, a tough old salt--Clements Wirfs. Hans, a tinker--George Johnson. Prince, in search of Holland's secret --Richard Vycital. Meena, Hans' sweetheart -- Mary Landl. Doctor Quick, of the royal household --Robert Martin- King, afflicted with sleeping sickness --Felice Unti. Queen, the real head of the kingdom •Shirley Coyalt. Princess, headstrong and talkative-- Evelyn Karls. Dutch Dancers--Kathryn Dotiavin and Melvin Peterson. Orchestra--Violins, Elmer Freund, Bernice Weber; trombone, Harold Vycital; cornet, Charles Vycital; drums, Carl Weber; piano, Dorothy Knox. CHORUSES Ladies of the Court--Irma Knack, Clara Thorsell, Florence Miller, Arlette Newman, Adele Froehlich^Mercedes Hayes, Harriet Brown, Juanita Gibbs. # English Girls--Lucille Yactor, Mildred Vasey, Gladys Howe, Darlene Lockwood, Lorraine Engeln, Ruth Reihansperger, Laverne Engeln, Lorraine Knox. Sailors--Raymond Hughes, Loren Miller, Jack Trent, Walter Whiting, Walter Colby, Marshal Bacon, Gordon Granger, Glenn Anderson, Clarence Anderson, Lloyd Whiting. Dutch Peasants--Raymond Ferwerda, Ruth Bouril, Janice Klontz, Lawrence Huck. WEEKLY EXCHANGE ITEMS Of INTER TAKEN FROM COLUMN# OF OUR EXCHANGES - McHenry's hall diamond not being fully completed, the reorganized baseball club of McHenry Is scheduled to SENIOR GLASS PLAT TO BE GIVEN MAT 5 The Whole Town's Talking" !s the fitting title of this year's senior class pop open the season at Wonder Lake )play which will be iriven at the high a large show room and plenty of machinery to give the customers expert service. Overton & Cowen also have show rooms and garages in Crystal Lake and Harvard. Wm. F. Cowen takes care of the latter business, while Paul Bonslett manages the one at Crystal Lake. The Oakland-Pontiac line will also be handled at these two points. The sale of Buicks will go on as before. They report a wonderful business in this price field, outselling every town in McHenry county. The new Pontiac-6 line is composed of the following models, with the delivered prices: Coupe and two-door sedan, $763; sport coupe, $803; fourdoor sedan and convertible coupe, $836; custom sedan, $878. The Oakland-8 can be secured in the following models: Coupe and two-door aredan, $988; sport coupe, $1,067; four-door sedan, $1,088; fyurdoer custom sedan, $1,148. t* FREE GOLD A/beautiful abject in motion will attract and please quicker than a beautiful object that is quiet. This is why Goldfish, with their brilliant color, contrasting with the green of]"which 220,751 were harvested plants, the whites of shells or ornaments, and the crystal of the glass, add a charm to any room. Bolger's Drug Store is making an unusual offer this week. With each purchase of 50c or over will be given two Gold Fish in an aquarium with an aquarium plant. Get your pair of these beautiful gold fish today. They are easy to raise if you follow the few simple rules. Extra .f^^n be obtained for 15 cents each. „ .»• Mid-Week Card Club The Mid-Week Card club met at the horn* of Mrs. J. J. Marshall Wednesday afternoon. Five tables of bridge were in play and prizes were won by Mrs. F. A. Bohlander, Mrs. Thomas Phaliri and Mrs. James Sayler. The next meeting will be at the home of Mrs. years ago, 30,295 hogs in the bounty, while in 1930 there were only 12,636. Land Values Decrease The value of farm lands.and buildings in the county decreased from $63,983,595 in 1920 to $49,295,402 in 1925 and $44,386,425 in 1930. Thq 1930 valuation on land alone is $28,- 632.216 and $15,754,209 on buildings. The value of implements and machinery on the farms of McHenry county has decreased from $3,310,785 in 1920 to $2,518,317 in 1930. The average value per acre of lands and buildings for 1930 is given as $129.33, a drop from $173,52 in 1930 There are three farms listed under three acres in size, 121 between three and nine acres, 88 between ten and nineteen acres, 191 between twenty and forty-nine acres; 550 between fifty and ninety-nine acres, 1,060 between 100 and 174 acres, 411 between 175 and 259 acres, 171 between 260 and 499 acres, 11 between 500 and 999 acres and only one of 1,000 acres or over. There are 220,754 acres of crop land, of which 208,294 acres wAe harvested, 5,471 were crop failures and 8,989 acres were idle. In 1925 there were 234,302 acres of crop land, of and 9,325 were crop failure. There are 102,768 acres of pasture land, of which 41,331 acres are plowable and 25,036 acres are woodland. There has been a great decrease in the acreage of corn and wheat during the past few years. Although in 1920 there were 55,187 acres of McHenry county land in corn harvested for grain, that average,/ell to 25,568 in 1925 and 37,906 in 1930. In 1920 there were 42,613 acres in wheat while today there are only 4,906 acres. In 1930 there were 26,204 acres in barley, a considerable increase over 15,523 acres in 1920. Hay has also increased, with 51,340 acres of hay in 1930 to 44,039 acres in 1920. In 1980 there were 27,787 acres of corn cut for silage, a slight increase over 26,697 acres in 1920. 1 .» ~ . - next Sunday. The locals will present a slightly variated lineup from last season and it is generally conceded that the power of the team has been increased, at least on paper. The game is to start at 8:00 p. m., daylight saving time, or 2 o'clock standard time. McHenry's lineup will probably he arranged so that every player will get at least an inning or two of action, but the starting lineup will no doubt find the following players on the field. Schoewer, p., Fay, c., Schumacher, lb, Winkel 2b, Johnson, 3b, Dahn, ss., Buhrow, If., Bacon, cf., and S. Whiting, rf. Ottiers who will probably see some of the game from a location *other than the bench will include Jenners, catcher, and M. Whiting, infielder. The baseball park being constructed on the old mill pond property is rapidly nearingf completion and is turning out better than most of the fans had believed possible. The diamond should be ready for the first game at home to be played either May 10 or 17. Watch for the announcement. Don't forget mother on Mother's Dsy. Seasonable plants. Order early. McHenry Floral Co., on U. S. 12, south of McHenry. Phone 293. We deliver. 48-fp .... '• • "A 4 ^ j'jtT t "•"V school auditorium on Tuesday even ing, May ft. Mr. Simmons, senior partner in a paint has a marriageable daughter whutn he wants to marry Mr. Binney, the Junior partner. But the junior partner is the kind of man no woman likes. "He is such a blank that every time he comes in it seems that someone hai* gone out." And so a few love affairs are invented to create popularity for Mr. Binney. Soon "The Whole Town's Talking." All the girls in town fall in love with the poor ink-stained junior partner. Then a movie star, a prize fighter and complications work up to a climax of whirlwind hilarity. The between-act feature this year is a jazs band whose interpretation of songs you like will be unusual and clever. The cast of the play is as follows: Mrs. Simmons--Margaret Trent. Annie--Helen Weber. Taxi Driver--Melvin Whiting. Mr. Simmons--Theodore Ande Ethel Simmons--Clarice Miller, Roger Shields--Jack Purvey. Chester Binney--Lowell Nye. Sally Otis--Alvera Weingert. Lila Wilson--Carolyn Regner. Letty Lythe--Louise Kilday. • Donald Swift--Harold Patzke. Sadie Bloom--Dorothy Knaack, sixty-two acres were given over to potatoes in 1930, a slight decrease from 1,787 acres in 1920. The production of crops has also diminished in nearly every instance with 1,336,519 bushels of com harvested in 1930, a decrease from 2,075,- 216 bushels in 1920. A slight increase is found in the oat crop, with 1,249,012 bushels in 1930 and 1,129,508 bushels |n 1920. The whe; t crop was only 87,8&9 bushels in 1930, as compared td 688,759 bushels in 1920. The hay crop was 96,388 tons in 1930, showing an increase over 71,787 tons in 1920; 211,223 tons of corn were cut for silage in 1930, a decrease from 227,679 tons in 1920. The 1930 crops of potatoes was 79,779 bushels, an increase over the 1920 crop, which was 62,374 bushels. In 1930 there were 1,292 farms operated by owners, seventy-eight by managers and 1,237 by tenants. The value of land and buildings of farms operated by owners is $19,776,249, by managers, $2,810,154 and by tenants 1022. LONG BOY SAYS THAT Relative to the "slaving" time he must quote fMMn Amos and Andy-- "It's more ain't than is ben." The unfortunate part of all the talk now agin' it should have been before it. After perusing the issue very minutely, pro and con, we thought we had one redeeming feature, vis: The evening paper would be home late and thereby supper would be ready on arriving home--no serial story or funny pictures. But, alas, the paper arrives just the same. So what's the use--slow time or fast time. Oh yeah, the payments of the Citizens Bank must be on SLOW TIME, it [ being two years this wash since doe ing time. Mrs. F. C. Felts, Home Bakery, Waukegan Street, now ready to fill all orders promptly. A oice assortment of bakery goods on hand dadiy. Phone 124-R. 48-fp Mrs. James Perkins and MM. J, E. Wheeler were Elgin visitors Thursday The first electrical storm of th#' season caused a fire that burned thdr| barn on the John M. Hoy farm, easj^t of Woodstock Lightning struck th# s s " corner of the barn, and the bailding was soon in flames. Some hay and grain was destroyed, but "the stoek wK 1 was all saved. " - J William Schlauter, aged 14, of < ' f Waterford, Wis., met with what t- J might have been a serious accident, *' o n e d a y l a s t w e e k , w h e n , i n s o m e ' • "' a manner, he became entangled in a v £ . "A tractor-drawn plow. Before the ma* { ' -Jj chine could be stopped he had bee® '-'J ; rolled about, nearly all his clothes ?! being torn from his body. No bonet were broken, bat ha waa badly 1 bruised. H Fire, believed to have been caused - 4^. : Jl by stontaneous combustion complete* l y d e s t r o y e d a l a r g e b a r n o n t h # : ' ^ ^ | | James Mathison farm, south of He- ^ '• «'J3 bron, recently. The loss included 2# *re^ tons of hay, some straw, several v tons of cut feed, 1200 bushels of barley, 1000 bushtls oats, all smal |f ^ tools and harness. The barn wa# : completely equipped with a watefc;^^-.. system, electricity ana milking mat*- j chine outfit. *• Frank Leonard, 46 years old, of , Crystal Lake, was instantly killed - *• .f about 6:30 Monday morning when | the milk truck which he was driving ' ^ was struck by a train on the crossing on the Crystal Lake-Algonquin lini» Mr. Leonard a few years ago narrow* ly escaped death when his truck waa hit by a train at the Benton street crossing in Woodstock. He was « - brother of the well known auctioneer . | Chas. Leonard, of Woodstock. ^ Bert Dean, aged about 60, living on , a farm five and one-half miles north* ^ west of Kirkland, was found dead Tuesday noon of last week by the side of the road about a mile from. his home, having committed suicidtpr % by shooting himself with a revolver. The body was found by a truck drivepv 'f Dean told his brother, with whom hfc lived, in the morning, that he waa going to kill himself but the brother succeeded in taking away from him % shotgun. He managed to get hold of a revolver however, and disappeared from the house, the suicide fallowing shortly after. ^ > Mrs. Robert Schroeder of Crystal ' Lake, died a tragic death on Tuesday of last week at an Elgin hospital, the result of having been severely burned. The accident happened about 6:30 te ' the morning when Mrs. Schroeder was starting a fire in the furnace, Mrs. Schroeder being unable to give an accurate account of the accident on account of her injuries. It ia thought however, that she had p«t some wood in the furnace and then had started sprinkling kerosene over the fuel, evidently thinking that theff* were no embers alive from the pra> ceding day's fire. Michael Scully, 66 years old, coai* ' mitted suicide on Wednesday of hut ' week, by hanging himself in the barn on what is known as the Carlie Town* send farm, west of Round Lake, which is tenanted by Edwin Bauer. The tragedy was discovered at 5:30, when Mr. and Mrs. Bauer returned home from a wedding. Mr. Scully was a resident in that vicinity for many years. He was considered quite well-to-do, although he had been employed at various places iri the community. A verdict of suicide by hangw ing while suffering from melancho^ was returned by the coroner's jury. After locking a maid in a clothes closet and threatening her with death if she made an outcry, an armed anch well-dressed bandit looted the home pi Elmer R. Pahnke, in the exclusive Brown Hills road residential district of Rockford Tuesday of last week and escaped with between $4,000 and $5,000 worth of jewelry, silverware and clothing. The robbery was staged in the early morning and the maid," who was alone in the house at the time, remained a prisoner until fovr o'clock in the afternoon when a member of the family returned. Posing as a gardener, the lobber inquired vf the maid if the lady of the house waa at home and informed she was net, pulled a gun from his pocket and forced his way into the place. The loot was carried*away in an auto. \ Five young/hien, all residents ef „ Libertyville,Returning home from ja" fish fty at Camp Lake, Wisconsin/ were killed Thursday night when their auto crashed into a Soo Line freight train one half mile north of Antioch. The automobile, a coach, struck the train with such force that it derailed a heavy freight car, but trainmen were unaware of the accident until the air line hose was broken, applying the air brakes. Mr. and Mrs. Claude Patterson of Antioch weje the only eye-witnessea of the accident, and were parked in their car 175 feet north of the crossing, waiting for the train to pull through. wig-wag signal was on the south sjge of the track and could only be sea* through the passing cars. Aft-j Instant after the car sped by them, they saw the car sway as the drive* attempted to apply the brakes. A moment later the car struck the mewing train and was demolished. Two of the youths weke thrown firaas the car. FanaLoMM. B. *• Frtta, Bamii.