4V'?4 i&jy&S^VTV-/. .•^rv.5>"-;., >"•>;, ^.-r« ?L THE M'HBmtY PLAINDKALXK, TH0MDAY, iroVEKBXX ; _ •' •>'• •'; --,,' •:•.% S».M. v v *ir JJ- •-TP** •.***"*-» v.*** >"'r"v ;>r ' ,* .. - ^ * '.'« «U> V ,*r • «*\ ight, 1031, 1 ARTICLE No, Dfiw to play Bridge AUCTION ami CONTRACT ne Ferguson PRACTICAL AUCTION BRIDGi* ...». -*£. we uni ' V:" T ^ AVCTI : Auction is a game of contrasts. One land will play vejl and the next one feftrflv; that is, on one hand you will g«t all the "breaks," and on the next, fcverything will go wrong. It is a game of such infinite variety that no player car ever hope to master ail its quirks and turns. Even the best of players lose their judgment at times and allow their own hand to influence their bidding to their disadvantage when they should realize that their partner has mn unusual or freak hand. The other night, the writer noticed two examples :/$ this failure to be cm the lookout for the unusual or freak type of hand. / ;*VcriQN' BIDDINGS :&&}:• Hearts -* Av 7 -•« Clubs -- A, 9, 4r 2 . • Diamonds A, Q,fj/8v! ..... Spades.-- A, K, 4 jBJd one no trtimp. Second hand passed and the dealet's partner bid two heart* Fourth hand passed and the dealer bid two no trump. When his partner bid three hearts, the dealer failed to realize that, if his partner had a justifiable three-heart bid, they had a sure game in hearts and bid three no trump, although there was no sure game in no trump. The 100 Aces were too much lor his judgment and, as a result, he Vent down three tricks undoubted, a net loss of 50 points on a hand that would have scored game at hearts. His partner's hand was as follows: ' Hearts --Q, J, 10,9,6,4* Clubs -- Q, 6, 3 j Diamonds --j40, 9, 7 Spades- I - Don't allow 100 Acestoimpair your lodgment. , CONTRACT BIDDING: The dealer should bid two ho trump, (Bid his partner four hearts. The same player made a similar • error on tne following hand; Hearts -- A, Q, 10 Clubs -- none t Diamonds -- A, Q, 10, 9, 6 AUCTION Wt5T3T^fc: His partner dealt and passed, second hand paissed and he bid one spade., When his partner overbid with two clubs, he correctly bid two diamonds. His partner bid three clubs and he bid three diamonds. This bid is doubtful but, when his partner bid four clubs, he should certainly have passed; He never stopped to realize that such . bidding by his partner indicated a most unusual* hand, one of the frealc type, and that his high cards in three suits would be of great heljj to his partner and that his partner's clubs would be of little value to his own • hand, if he should obtain the bid at', diamonds or spades. In spite of all these cogent fcasons, however, he bid four diamonds and all - passed.. His partner's hand was as follows: ,f ; Hearts-- 8 . Clubs - A, Q, L 10, % 7, 5,4,2. IMamojids"--8, 7 • • Spades -- 3. :• At clubs, they could haVe made fivil odd, losing only one club and one diamond trick, while at diamonds they went down two triclcs. It is av fine example of what not to do with a big -- hand. Play for the game, first, last and all the time, whether the hand is played by yourself or your partner. Always be ,t willing to concede the bid to your - partner when the bidding indicates % that he has a freak hand. In the hand just considered, the dealer could have -- saved a lot»of trouble by making an original bid of five clubs. It is a perfect exarpple of the pre-emptive or shutout bid. If the bid fails, it will certainly save game, so that in either event it is a winner. ' vv:' CONTRACT BIDDING: Pass, pass, one spade, pass.' Five clubs and all should pass. An original five clubs with the above hand is bad because partner may try for a slam. Pass in the first instance, but then bid the full strength of your hand on the second round. As a contrast to his bad bidding, the player whose bids have just been criticized played the following hand very cleverly: " ' • • ' -J Twice Told Tales Items of Interest Taken From - the Files of the Plaindealer -Years Ago V TEN YEARS AGO A horned owl was shot by Georgi Ellison near his home west of Hebron one morning1 last week. The drinking fountains about the village have been taken up for the winter. Delay in the arrival of material has caused slow progress during the past week on the new home now under construction for Wrri Pries on thecomer of Gjreen and Pearl streets. Messrs. and Mesdames George II. Johnson. Floyed Thompson, -C J, Hdba'hsperger, P. M. Justen and Roy H&nkermeyer entertained about fifty couples at a private dancing party' at the American Legion hall here last evening. McAndrews* orchestra of Woodstock* furnished the music. Refreshments, consisting of punch and Wafers were served the guests. . ^Jick M. Shaefer has sold hfs seventy-three acre farm which borders Meyer's bay on Pistakee bay to a Mr. Matthews of "Chicago. HOW V Hearts -- 5, 4, 3 . "-Clubs - A, Q, 7, 5 Diamonds-- 6,4 Jpades -- 8, 7,5, 2 Hearts--K, Q, 7, 6 Clubs --10, 4, 2 Diamonds -- K, 9, 3 Spades -- A,.6,-4 Hearts -- A, J, IT, 9 . Clubs -- II, 9, 6. Diamonds -- Av $ Spades --- J , 9^1° Hearts -- 8, 2 • t .-. Clubs'--J, 8,*3 - Diamonds -- Q, J, 10, 7, 2 Spades -i- K, Q, 10 TWENTY YEARS AGO Butter was declared firm at 82 cents on "tiifr Elgin board trade Monday. Roy Hobart, who resides west of town, had the misfortune to have the second finger of his left hand broken between the first two joints, while oiling a windmill for his uncle, Warren Francisco, one day recently. The youngsters enjoyed their first day of skating on the mill pond on Tuesday of this week. TJ"he ice is anything but favorable for the sport, but nevertheless those who enjoy the winter exercise are making the best of it. ^ The members of'the family as well as the citizens of the village in general received a vei-y sad shock last Saturday morning when the news of the sudden death of Mrs. Anton Engeln passed away at the Harvard hospital where she underwent an operation. . . , The beet crop is ^o large this year that it has developed a scarcity of cars. In some places the sugar .companies have recourse to digging pits to store the beets until cars 'can be obtained to load in. * Z, the player in question, was playing the hand at three no trump. A opened the five of clubs. Z won the , trick with the king and led four rounds «-t©f hearts, winning the last heart in Y's hand. B discarded two diamonds on the last two rounds of hearts. Z was now in a position where he could make . two odd, but figured that if he could force B to make another discard, he plight possibly make three odd by "• tnaking three diamonds or two spades. . At trick six, therefore, he led Y's ten « T d u b s , f o r c i n g A v . t t f t r i c l ^ who thereupon led two more rounds of clubs. B was now forced to make another discard. He could have discarded either a spade or diamond. If the former, Z would discard a diamond and make two spade tricks. If the latter^ Z would discard a spade and make three diamond ^tricks. It is a perfect example of the - 'squeeze" play. Study the play of this hand carefully, for it was cleverly thought out. It is very unusual to win a game by leading your opponent's suit. Mona Lisa Premier features Third Week of Civic Opera Frida Leider Mona Lisa TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO The many friends of the couple will be quite agreeably surprised to learn that Mr. Henry B. Dowe and Miss Christina G. Buss have been victims of cupid's darts the past week. Butter wtas declared firm at 28 cents on the Elgin board" of trade Monday, an increase of two cents over last week. Nat Kimball, a former McHenry resident but who for the past few years has been in the employ of the Wilbur Lumber Co. at Graysfake, has resigned his position with that company and is now operating the Round Lake feed mill. A farewell party in honor^of John R. Hunter, was given at Stoffel's hall last Saturday evening and was attend ed by about thirty young people. Lew Bending, who, it will be remembered, broke his leg in a base ball game about two months ago, is again able to get around, with the aid of crutches. . ^ • '.'fi by Max von -Schillings First Tristan of Season Also Scheduled; Aida Billed for Saturday "Pop," Nov. 21, ' - Mix von Schillings' Mona Lisa will H heard for the first time in Chicago during the third week of opera, it was announced from headquarters of the Chicago Civic Opera company today. This novelty to Chicago opera goers is a setting by the German composer-conductor of a' modern story dealing with the famous "smiiing one" of the da Vinci painting. It Is told in ft prologue, two acts and an epilogue, and the work enlists the services of Frida Leider. Maria Rajdl, Paolo Marion, Oscar Coleaire, Rudolf Bockelmann and Chase Baromeo, with Egon Pollak conducting. . Mcna Lisa belongs to the modern school of opera, and the drama is thrilling from the opening scene to the closing curtain. It tells of the love of Mona Lisd, tied in loveless wedlock to Francesco del Giocondo, for the young SalviatL The tragic denouement of their love is related in graphic and thrilling manner. The first performance of the, opera' by the Chicago Civic Opera Company will occur on Saturday afternoon, November 21. Another feature of the week is the first performance this season of Wag-' ner's Tristan and Isolde, with Frida Leider,acknowledged the finest Isolde of our day, in that role, and with Paul AlthouSe, American dramatic tenor, in"ffis first appearance as Tristfen. The complete program for the week Monday, November 16, at 8--II MOTHER WASP ARRANGES SUSTENANCE FOR YOUNG.-- The common mtid-wasp has a method of caring for its needy offspring tliaj: is interesting, If not instructive, In these days of unemployment and commercial depression. The wasp lives by preying on spiders. • Among many peculiar characteristics, Mother Wasp believes in keeping her realty In the family, so she places, an unhatched egg in her new apartment. Then, having obtained nine points of the law by possession, she goes after a delegntion of spiders to keep, the egg company. Mother Wasp, having provided the egg witfr a delegation, seals up the apartment and covers its top with a few rough dabs of masonry. • The egg, now sealed In a!6 airtight chamber, is provided with the three things that are necessary for its development, foot], moisture and feclar energy, all of wTTich at e supplied by the delegation of sleeping spiders. Finally, when the egg has hatched and becomes a hungry larva, the spiders fall prey to it# voracity. Thirty spiders appear to be enough to'convert $he larya into a pupa and finally into a imago, two stages of growth out of five where a wasp is unable to eat spiders and flies. The imago stage is the last Jbefore maturity, and the young wasp soon passes through it, when it moistens the walls of its apartment by a fluid poured from, its mouth, and gnaws its way out. --Magazine^- Section" of the Louisville Courier-JourniH. / VOLO How-Mushroom May Be Employed as Barometer "The poor man's weatherglass" is a mushroom, so named because it' is so sensitive to changes in the moisture of the air that.it serves as a barometer. It grows i'n woods, sandy plaees, and On partly cleared land. As it develops, the two. outer Coats of the puffball containing the spores split into segments, but remain united at the top of the ball. The twolcoatings vary in composition and do not absorb moisture in the same degree. The result Is that in wet weather or when there is considerable moisture in the air the segments >tand out from the plant. In dry weather the Inner layer contracts more than the outer and causes the segments tb curve in sharply. Because of their habit of splitting into starlike segments this group of fungi is known ns the earth stars, and Geaster hygrometrlcus is known both as the barometer earth star, and as the poor man's weatherglass. The puffball mushrooms are not poisonous. "How to Tell Real Pearls ^ In chemistry, X-ra.vs have found many uses. You have all heard the answer which a certain huly received when she inquired of a chemist how she could ascertain whether her string of pearls were real pearls: "Put them in a glass of wine at night." said the chemist, "and If the.v are gone in the morning they were real pearls." The. chemist, when he analyzes samples by ordinary chemical methods, must of necessity destroy the samples. But by means of X-rayfc he Is now able to make many kinds of chemical analyses without destroying or even altering 'the substances under examinrftion Dr. F. K. Richtinyer in the Scientific Monthly. -- * ; Mr*. Richard Dowell 1*1 son, James, drove to Woodstock Friday. Mrs. Joe Wagner spent a few days in Chicago with relatives the past week. Miss Vera Mae Vasey of Eldora, IH., spent the week-end here with her parents, Mr. arxf Mrs. G. A. Vasey. Arthur Wackerow attended the show at Woodstock Wednesday evening. Mrs. Frank Hironfmus gave a shower at her home Thursday afternoon in honor of Mrs. Earl Hionimus/ Eleven tables of airpiane bunco was the pastime, with honors going to Mrs. Clara Davis, Mrs. Roy Fassfieldi, Mrs. Clara Newman and Mrs. E. Bacon. A delicious lunch was served at 4 o'clock. Mrs. Earl Hironimus received many useful gifts from her guests. Those who attended the shower from a distance were: Mrs. Shober, Mrs. Wm. Hironimus, Mrs- Edith Cleveland of R,ound Lake, Mrs. Elmer Kochens of Chicago, Mrs. Clara Newman, Mrs. Jack Nichols, Mrs. John Karls of McHenry, Mrs. Clara Davis and Mrs. Jane VaSey of Grayslake, Mrs. Elizabeth Dowe, Mrs- Nicholson of Waukegan, Mrs. Ray Seymour of Wauconda, Mrs. George Frederick, Mrs. Frank Ulbrich, Misses Bertha and Kathryn Hironimus, Miss Irene Hertel, Miss Anna Barnsmith, Mrs. Sylvester Leffleman, Misses Regina and Martha Tekampe of Fremont Center. Mrs. Arthur Kaiser, Mrs. S., Wagner and son, Arthur, and Mrs- Sable drove to Holy Hill, Wis., Friday. Mr. and Mrs. Esse Fisher,. Mrs. Lloyd Fisher and family drove to McHenry Saturday. Earl Jacobson is now employed by Joe. Lenzen. Mr. and Mrs* John Rossdeutcher of Chicago are spending a few days here with relatives. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Hironimus and daughter, Ellen, Mrs. Earl Hironimus motored to Fort Atkinson, Wis., Friday. Miss Vinnie Bacon was a McHenry •caller Saturday. • Mr. and Mrs. Eddy Rossdeutscher have tnbved into the John Wortz honje. Mr. and Mrs. Joe Lenzen have purchased Mrs. Naomi McCandless' house known as the Daniel Richardson house and are having it remodeled. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Kaiser and Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Fisher spent Saturday evening at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Sylvester Teffleman at Fremont. Mr. and Mrs. Earl Jacobson and Frank Henkel of Wauconda spent Thursday evening at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Fisher. Many from here attended the basket social at Griswold Lake Saturday evening. . • Mission was held at the St. Peter's church in Volo this week. Clarence Hironimus motored to Chicago Thursday. Mrs. George Scheid of Wfiuconda. Mrs. Esse Fisher and Mrs. Lloyd •Pisher and children were Waukegan shoppers Wednesday. Mrs. Clinton Raven ^id family of Slocum Lake spent Monday at the Dowell Bros. home. Mrs. G- A. Vasey and daughter, Vera Mae, were McHenry callers Saturday. Milton Dowell and Lloyd Fisher drove to Milwaukee on business Thursday. Little Katherine Wagner was spending a few days the past week with her aunt, Mrs. Eddy Rossdeutscher. Jason Walton is remodeling Mr. and Mrs. Joe Lenzen's new home. Mrs. Leslie Davis and daughter, Helen, of Slocum Lakte were Tuesday afternoon guests at the home of Mrs. Richard Dowell. Both of our grocery stores in Volo close every night at 6 o'clock except Wednesday and Saturday. MrS. Charles Rossdeutscher and son, John, are now employed at the Meyers Bros- home In Fremont. Charles Bunnell of Waukegan called- at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Hironimus Thursday. Mr. and Mrs. Ben Lenzen and family of Fremont spent Sunday here with his mother and other relatives. Mr. an€ Mrs. Lloyd Benwell and family of West McHenry, Mrs. Anna Passfield and son, John, Mr. and Mrs. Herman Dunker and , family weye Sunday, visitors at th£ hnome of "Mr. and Mrs. G. A. Vasey. Mrs. Elmer Gotta chalk of Lake Zurich called tm Mrs. IMfd Fisher Sunday. ' '/ • 1 - #J*; Mr. and Mrs. Frank Hironimus and daughter, Eileen, and Mrs. Earl Hironimus spent Sunday at Fremont with relatives. Miss Vinnie Bacon attended the show at Waukegan Sunday evening1. James, Lloyd, Dowell and Arthur Wackerow spent Sunday at the Joe Dowell home at Slocum Lake. Milton and Ellwood Dowell were W gin callers Sunday. • ^ Funny Human Trait How funny we are. Great and wMtmen take sides, so that one is right and the other wrong, and we still think the wrong one great aad win --Exchange. • .~ri C v*. txpurgatios Cromwell's "Handbook for Iteadtft and Writers'* says that to "Rowdierlze" means *^ to expurgate a book. Thomas BowdSer In 1818 published an edition of Shakespeare's work la which nothing is added to the original text; but those words and expressions are- omitted which, cannot with propriety be read aloud in the family." This was In ten volumes. Bowdler subsequently treated Gibbon's "Bedine' and Fall ot the Roman empire^- *,"* ^ In the same way.; ' •vV-?•?. ' " /•>' •T.' 'i'i ^;rVmMELY TIPS * r- For Carefree Winter Driving •/•' .j Wow these simple suggestions to insure maximum ^freedom from /'trouble" when the first real cold snap strikes. Check ignitiop system. Check and charge battery. Clean and adjust carburetor.. 6tean gas tank and filter. Inspect radiator hose. ' 1 Inspect fan belt. v ^Adjust generator charging 1 rate. Replace oil filter cartridge Mobiloil Arctic--the double range Winter Oil flows freely at zero temperatures. Lubricates perfectly at high engine temperatures. Central Garage* Johnsburg V VRED J. SMITH, Prop. v~ • . IP Have gears (transmission ? and differential) flushed clean--and re-filled with Mobiloil "CW"-- the Quality . Winter Gear Oil. Have crankcase drained and refilled with Mobiloil Arctic--the "double range " winter oil, when the first advance warn- „ ing of cold weather^taf - rives. 1 . McHenry Laundry Phone McHenry 189 " V and our driver will call The Modern Laundry • Dry Cleaning, Pressing and Dyeing' FROM ATTIC TO BASEMENT--IT'S COMPLETELY MODERN Trovatore (in Italian). OpeA In four acts and eight scenes by Guiseppe Verdi. With Serafina Dl Leo, Cyrena V an Gordon, Antonio Cortis, Augnsto Beuf, Virglllo Lazzari and others. Ballet. - Conductor, Roberto Moranzonl Tuesday, at 7:45--Tristan und Isolde (in German). Music drama in three acts by Richard Wagner. With Frida Leider, Maria Olszewska, Paul Althouse, Rudolf Bockelmann, Alexander Kipnis and others. Conductor, Egon Pollak. ^ Wednesday, at 8--Rlgoletto (in Italian). Opera in four acts by Giuseppe Verdi. With Noel Eadie, Coe Glade, Jan Kiepura, John Charles Thomas, Vlrgilio Lazzari and others. Conductor, Roberto Moranzonl. Thursday, Boris Godunoflf (in Italian). Opera in a prologue, three acts and seven scenes by Modest Moussorgsky. With Coe Glade, Paul Althouse, Vanni-Marcoux, Oscar Coleaire, Robert Itingling, Salvatore Baccaloni, f hase Baromeo and others. Conductor, Emil Cooper/ Saturday, at 2^-Mona Lisa (In German) (First time in Chicago). Opera in two acts by Max von Schillings. With Frida,. Leider, Maria Rajdl, Paolo Marion, Oscar Coleaire, Rudolf Bockelmann, Chase BaroUjjeo and others. Conductor, Egon Pollak. Saturday evening at 8 (popular prices, 75c to $4) Aida (in Italian) with Iva Pacetti, Cyrena Van Gordon, Paul Althouse, Casare Forniichi, Sergio Ben,oni, Virgilio Lazzari and others. Conductor, Roberto MoranzonL FORTY YEARS AGO Miss Kate Howe has closed her Kindergarten School, in this village. A large ntfmber of hogs were taken ih at, this station on Monday last, by our stock buyers, Granger and Eldredge. Tuesday was one of the most disagreeable days this season, in this section. The wind blew a perfect gale from the northwest, and the thermometer was reported below zero early in the morning, a little too sudden for eomfort- Lew Holmes went to Kenosha, Wis., Tuesday, where he has accepted a situation with L. J. Althoff, formerly of this place. , Married--at the home of Mr. and Mrs. F. E. Mead, at Janesville, Wis., on Wednesday, Nov. 11, 1891, by Rev. M. Evans, pastor of the First M. E. Church of that city, Mr. Emerson G. McCollum, of Nunda, to Miss Addie L. Holmes, of McHenry. ' FIFTY Y^ARS AGO " J. A. Scott of the firm of Scott £ Co., Hatters, Chicago, had the misfortune to sprain his ankle while hunting at Fox Lake a few days since. Henry Madden is building a new Harness Shop on the grounds, next to Norquest and Weber's Blacksmith Shop near the red bridge. Mr. Madden is a good workman and will accommodate his old customers in his new shop better than ever before. H. H. Nichols has been putting out some handsome trees. In front of his store, which, in the future, will be a great improvement, both to his premises and the street. The second sociable for the benefit of the Cemetery Association will be held at Henry Colby's on Thursday evening, Nov. 17th 1881. The wife'of Mathias Schimmel, an old German resident of this village, died on Tuesday evening. She had been sick about six months, w> Iter death was not unexpected. How Food Decay Is Matted Checking of decay in food materialS. through treatment with ultra-short radio waves hasi been reported to thd Department of Agriculture from Hoi* land. After the short-wave machine has been operated about ten days, # field of influence is found about twenty meters in all directions from its set-up, in which no organic matter can decompose. The field permeates everything within its radius, including stone wall^ lead, Iron, wood, and glass, works In* doors or outdoors, and In any atmosphere or temperature.--Popular Mechanics Magazine. . TTSE THE CLASSIFIED COLUMNS FOR QUICK RESULTS How Pearl* Are Produced Pearls are abnormal calcareous concretions formed on the interior of cer» tain mollusks, particularly the peart oyster, and the pearl Is essentially of the same material as that of the "mother of pearl," which is the lining of the shell on which It forms. Thei exact cause of pearls is not known, but in a general way It may be said that those shells which are Irregular in shape and stunted in growth, or whicly hear excrescences, or are honeycombed, bjr boring parasites are ttfosa most likely to produce pearls. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 14 and every day tor two weeks--2 p. m. to 9 p. m. At ihe JEWEL PARS ALL-MODERN HOME Elm and Willow Avenues. Barringtai * How to Group Pictures Small pictures should not be placed promiscuously around the walls of the room but should be hung together In related groups. The group should bear a definite relationship to the wall space it occupies and should not appear to be'lost In a vast field or crowded- Into a small space. l£vERYTHlNdM teady. The hoi picture is hung -- the last electrical convenience is in place. And on Saturday the doors of the Jewel Park All-Modern Home will be opened to the public. : many practical appliances for speed* ing through home chores. And iip the basement is an automatic gas beating plant embodying forced air circulation. Old 'Friaco Structure ; 33ia first granite-faced building in San Francisco was erected, with Chinese aid, by J. Parrott In 1852, completed In November, at a cost of $117,- 000. It was the three-story building, 68 by 102 feet, on the northwest corner ef Montgomery and California streets, at first occupied by Adams 4 Co. and Page, Bacon St Co. ; How Tear* Protect Eyes A British scientist concludes, that tears are bacteria destroyers, thus pn>^ tectlng the eyes from germs. -'I How Blue Nile Got Nwm The Blue Nile in Africa was so called from the dark color of its silt-laden waters. - ' " No Light From Plutto The stars are hot and shine then*- selves. 1The planets have cooled to a great extent, and while a few may be hot enough to glow dimly, tha light of the planets Is reflected aasf light- - --- Aitrrifeka.u-. ; V: *•"' -- , ' .A. 9'. .- • * , ivj _-fj Thing* Worth While The pleasantest things In the world car* pleasant thoughts, and the great art In life la to have as many of them as possible.--Christian Nestell Bovea. Architecture and interiors have been attractively planned in the Early American jpanner. Lighting fixtures are modern adaptions of period designs. A complete collection of built- financing* in labor-saving equipment embodies the most recent development! in carefree housekeeping. Jua unusual feature of -the Jewel Park Home is the inclusion of aU these conveniences in the original Oost of the home. This introduces g new departure in building la the kitchen and iMndry especially «l* EVERY ONE IS INVITED IWt miss this opportunity to inan All-Modern Home. You'll carry away many help? ful suggestions for your own home. _ ARCHITECTS--Russell Walcott and Robert Work, Chicago. BUILDERS--Jewel Tea Company, Harrington. HFURNISHINGS--Tobey Furniture Company* Chicago. .GAS and ELECTRIC EQUIPMENT--Public Service Company of Northern