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The party at the Riverside House, <on the fourth surpassed anything ever M44» Pl»ce #£•* lag. the Pis The final vote on the congressional reapportionment bill occurred in the house, there being 105 yeas and 35 nays, a large increase of yeas over the first vote taken in the house. Only one member of the re-mapping subcommittee spoke previous to rollcall, Representative Frank W. Hectare, of Abingdon, who spoke in opposition, but numerous members explained their vdfces during roll-call. Praise is universal of the impressive manner in which the tenth of Abraham Lincoln waa rededicated, and Springfield and the state of Illinois m fortunate and highly honored in having had the presence of President Herbert Hoover. His address at the tomb* brief remarka at the joint meeting of the aeaate and house, in the axwMri, cordial greetings of the $reasendous crqwds at both places andalong the line of march, further endeared him to his many admirers. flOHTY YEARS O. W. Owen has commenced election of another cottage at takee Bay. v The front of Althoff A Co.'s store h»s been treated to a Coat of paint the past week 'which much improves its appearance. Died--At Belvidere Saturday, June 20, Aves Ann Coates, youngest child of Mr. and Mrs. F. S. Coates. The Plaindealer is now printed by steam, and we do not exaggerate -when we say we rtow have the finest equipped country office to be found anywhere in northern Illinois. It is a Shipman engine. . Kate Schumacher, 23 years old, of Johnsburg, dropped dead at the Johnsburg church Sunday. Death was due to heart trouble. 1 Anton Engeln sprained his ankle On Friday last when the round of the ladder, on which he was standing, broke. ^TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO - ^Baniel Francis Hanly was drowned in -the mill race near his home Saturday morning, June 30, the death of whom caused the whole community to bow under a cloud of sorrow. At the Methodist parsonage at Woodstock last Wednesday occurred the marriage of Miss Caroline Spurl ing of this village to Roy Collar of Woodstock, a former McHenry boy. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Thompson are the parents of a son, born on Saturday. A most enthusiastic meeting of those concerned was held at the village hall last Friday evening and as a result a dam in Fox river below McHenry is now an assured thing. • William Cooper, a farmer residing near Diamond Lake, recently shot a ^oung wolf on his place. Grand jurors to serve at the September term of the McHenry county circuit court were drawn by the board of supervisors in session at Woodstock. John p. Freund and Adelbert Abbott of McHenry will serte. TEN YEARS AGO Within an fiour after a bolt of lightning had struck the barn on the Jacob P. Diedrich farm, six miles east of McHenry, on" Monday evening, the barn, house and wood silo,, together -with mjost of their contents, lay a mass of ruins. Mr. and Mrs. Nick K. Jus ten welcomed a boy to theijr home on Tuesday evening. According to a very conservative estimate 1,000 people were carried to McHenry over the C. & N. W. railroad fot the holiday vacation. A new bus service has been instituted between McHenry, Johnsburg, Pistakee Bay and intermediate points, bus leaving McHenry every three hours daily. The house of representatives accepted the responsibility for the killing of two Important bills the closing week, one favored by labor leaders api the other opposed by'them. Hie eight hour hill for women received only 69 votee, 18 short of a constitutional majority, and there were 65 votes in opposition. The bill for an increase of fifty on the staff of the state highway police met its greatest opposition because of the amendment placed on by the house giving the state force unlimited police powers, which labor leaders claimed to fear as foretelling its use in strike break' ing. The final vote on this bill was 57 yeas to 75 nays. *,«Sf .V 'J? Independence Voted on July 2,if76 Nearly one-fourth of the 2,081 bills introduced in the legislature were passed. Of these, about a hundred had been signed by Governor Louis L. Emmerson by the time legislature adjourned, leaving a plentiful supply for his consideration before June 30. July 2, has been neglected as an anniversary date of importance by the American people; vet it is one of the most significant dates of our history. For it was on July 2, and not on July 4, 1776, that American independence was really voted by the Continental Congress then in session. The Uited States .George Washington Bicentennial Commission calls the attention of the Nation to this fact and suggests that, when the people throughout the land celebrate Independents Day in 1932, during the Celebration of the Two Hundredth Anniversary of the Birth of George Washington, July 2 as well as July 4, be recognised in the merry-making and thanksgiving which the anniversary of that great document brings forth. The story of how independence was voted is here briefly told. Before 1775, independence was not thought of by most of the American leaden* or by the American public at large. The colonista were interested in righting the wrongs inflicted- by the British but not in breaking away completely from the mother country. Several attempts at conciliation were made, all without result- But many of the Colonists were still anxious to close the breach rather than widen it. As late as January, 1776, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Maryland instructed their members in Congress to vote against independence. _ t - As the months went on, MT*Dy the more radical colonial statesmen, the demand for independence began to crystallize. Soon it became the goal. Complete independence from England was to be the reward for American sacrifices. January, 1776, brought to Congress news of the burning of Norfolk, Virginia, by the order of Lord Dunmore. About that time Thomas Paine's "Common Sense" stirred the Colonists to fever pitch. Also, reports reached Philadelphia in May that England was hiring Hessians to coerce the Colonies. There was also the stigma of being proclaimed "rebels" and treated as such. All these events and conditions had their effect in arousing public opinion to the point of demanding independence. George Washington, at the head '.t the Continental forces, was urging the Colonies to declare independence. He thought that the time for parleying attd compromises was past. Complete severance and independence from the mother country, he thought, would help bring the struggle to a successful end- On June 7, 1T76, Richard Henry Lee introduced in Congress three • 1 1 I ------e^mpi Declaration of Independence as know it was adopted by Congress en July 4, 1776. The suggestion of the United States George Washington Bicentennial Commission that July 2, as well as July 4, be celebrated is a good one. Let the nation prepare to have a three-day celebration next year instead of the usual one-day event. It will be particularly appropriate during the year when the man who made the Declaration of Independence a reality is being honored on the Two Hundredth Anniversary of lis birth. MMMMMWMMIMIMtMMMMMIIMMIMMM VOLO Mr. and Mrs. George* Dowell, Mrand Mrs. Charles Daviin and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Dowell of Elgin, and Mr. and Mrs. Jos. Passfield were Sunday guests of Roy Passfield. Mr. and Mrs, Arthur Kaiser m Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Fsher wc Wednesday evening visitors at the Fredrich Frederichs home. Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Russell and family enjoyed a picnic dinner sat Siocum Lake Sunday. Mr, and Mrs. Elmer Gottschalk of Lake Zurich were Sunday guests of We Like It? I Why? Because that's our business. Let save you that disagreeable johr right now. Our prices are reasonable and we guarantee satisfaction. Wet wash, rough dry or finish" ; j ed work* Ffconc McHenry 189 kernel our driver will call famous resolutions. The first of these! ***• ?n<* ^rS" ^°yd Fisher. declared the United Colonies free and Dwell called on his sister, independent States, one of the most Geerge Scheid, at Wauconda, < • momentous resolutions eyer intro- * "«ay eveninc. duced in Congress. ei Mrs E T d*h **** ^ daughters qf Lee's resolution was tabled for the'S1^uf ***** afternoon time being but Congress created herstster, Mrs. Richard Dowell. committee, with Thomas Jefferson at' p«ter Stadtfield spent Friday evenits head, to draw up a declaration of *»* at Geor*« •* independence. Lee's resolution for in- j ,ycon(|ft" _ _ , dependence was brought up in Con-' ^rs. Elmer GottschaUc of Lake gress for debate on July 1. On the Zurich spent Friday at the Lloyd next day, July 2, 1776, the vote was, *«her home. taken and it showed twelve states in1 b R °weB of Algonquin was The Modern Laundry Dry Cleaning, Pressing and favor of independence, New York not in loe*[t* °» Tuesday apd voting. It was, therefore, on July 2, 1776, that independence was really declared. Thomas Jefferson's declaration of independence was then taken up, and, after several changes were made, the Friday. Dimiag Room Etiquette Bickering will ruin the best In the world.--Woman's Home Companion. Central Garage JOHNSBURG . van SMITH, FitpriH#^ -' < • Chevrolet Sales. General Automotive Repair Work Give us a call when in trouble '» •XPERT WELDING AND CYLINDER RBBOR1NG ' - ; Day Phone 200-J Night Phone 640-J-^ • Attorney General Oscar E. Carlstrom rendered an opinion that the bill of Representative Ralph Church, of Evanston, providing for prompt payment of wages to an employe discharged, laid off or out on strike, is unconstitutional. 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We Use Genuine Supplies--Beware of Substitutes Glean Soft Water Used Ask For Free Service Coupon Stompanato's Barber & Beauty Salon Five Beauty Artists, Three Barbers TeL Ml Woodstock Main St. Open Evenings Until 10 p. hl, D. S. T. Representative Truman A. Snell'si bill requiring contractors on public! works to pay the rate of wages pre vailing in the vicinity to workers hasi been signed by Governor Emmerson also the bill of Senator Victor Michel, of Peoria, making it neces-« sary for officials of the state and its subdivisions to require bonds of contractors for the payment for material and labor used in the work. Applications for certificates by the; Century Air Lines, Inc., and the American Airways, Inc., will be argued before the Illinois Commerce Commission. Both lines serve Spring^ field with four planes daily and arej rival claimants for the right to control aerial passenger service between Chicago and St. Louis via Peoria^ Bloomington and Sprinfield. Thef American Airways carries the govern ment mail by contract but this service is not involved in the hearipg before tlie commission. Vr ' The pauper aid hill inttodiaced fry- Senator W. I. Finn, of Iuka, passe# in the house by a vote of 90 to 12, re* quires that pauper funds be provided by the townships instead of the coun« ties. It was a substitute bill for a| previous measure making it optional with the board of supervisors wheth er to transfer the burden to the town ships, which was vetoed by Governoif Louis L. Emmerson following the ren-| dering of an opinion by Attorney Genf Oscar E. Carlstrom tlut it was tuu constitutional Delegates are being chosen in the various counties of the district whicH is to nominate in July candidates for the position on the supreme courf bench left vacant by the resignatioif of~Justice William M. Farmer- Wal« ter M. Provine, of Taylorville, form# er U. S. district attorney, and Judge Jesse Brown, of the lower end of th^ district, are being favored by the Re* publicans, and Circuit Judge Normal! _ L. Jones, of Carrollton, and Circuit Judge Franklin R. Dove, of Shelby county, by the Democrats. Nearly one thousand applicants for clerical positions under the stat^ civit service system were examined recentf ly in Chicago, Springfield, Quincy, Champaign, Rock Island, Peoria, East St. Louis tfnd Carbondale, by attache^ of the Illinois Stale Civil Commission. Nine hospitals throughout the state, furnish spacious, comfortable home! to eleven hundred Illinois veteran^ whose courage is unquestioned but their minds shattered by the horrors of the World War. A carefully select^ ed corps of trained, experienced physicians and psychiatrists, minister te their needs, and under the treatment given some of the veterans show improvement, although most of therfc may never be cured permanently. 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