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wsmm THB K'HCNKY PLAINT) IALXR, THUKSDAT, MARCH 16, IMS ••*'21 ..A .'- . , it 1 *T** ' .. ; *$g? Saturday, March 18 THE M'lIENRY PLAINDEALER Published every Thursday at McHenry, 111-, by Charlea F. Renich. Entered as second-class matter at the postoflBc® at McHemy, DL, nn- 4tr the act of May 8, 1879. DUB MUSCLE SHOALS "NIAGARA OF SOOTH" One Year .. Hx Months ...|2.00 .$1.00 A. H. MOSHER, Editor and Manager' r$ v- ^* " & Bands Tn reviewing the important events which have taken place in our country during the passing decades of history we find that music figures most conspicuously in the march of time. Whether it be pleasure, where the g*y notes of jazz bands are heard, or the sad funeral cortege led by bands playing the funeral dirge, the march of soldiers on their way to battle inspired by the martial tunes of the sol-, d i e r b a n d , t h e . ' ' i n a u g u r a t i o n . o f - . p r e s i -j dents or the marriage of a dignitary, f every event-of importance is accom- •pajiied by - the music of a band. ' There are a few people who do not • ore for music, but nearly every hu- • * man heart thrills to the mejody of a • stirring band. •• . " • Will the people "of McHenry vote dpwr> the , tax which makes possible the maintenance of a municipal band . . t h i s city"? >_ ;-t.v Women Teachers It Pays To Advertise Henry Ford, automobile manufacturer, is busy on a new car which will presently appear with a surprise for the public. He has disposed of rumors which say that Henry Ford Is not going to advertise. \ "• Henry Ford is -going to advertise and tells you so promptly. He knows that for success you must first have what the people want and second, let them know you have it. Advertising lets them know. v ^ The way to make your dreanls *ome tri»e is t4j work them out day by day. FOR SALE The predominance of women teach en in American, schools • is one of "the most flagrant flaws" in the American school system, according to, Dean Louis T. More, of the Univer-; sity of Cincinnati graduate school- | Women teachers, says Dean More, lack the intellectual patience of men teachers, and are more interested in getting married than in holding down their jobs. Furthermore, they ire j partly responsible for a type of student "essentially undisciplined and flabby." ' • ! Here is a little expression of opin- J ion which will probably involve the Cincinnati dean in a whole series of red-hot arguments, and it is doubtful if any large percentage of ordinary citizens will come to the dean's support. ! The American schoolma*am, all things considered, does a very good job, devotes lots of energy to it and j does not get overpaid. The school systenW^ontains more serious defects than the sex of its teaching staff. FOR SALE-- Fordson tiTictor- and plows.; Reasonable. Edwin J. Freund, Spring GrOve. Phone Richmond 723. , *42 FOR SALE--Three good brood sows, one. good work horse, 14-in. gang plow and riding cultivator; some tame hay. George Witt at Barreville. *42 FOR SALE--Choice seed barley, free from foul seeds. James Hunter, McHenry., Tel. 614-J-2. *42-2 FOR SALE--One goose and two ganders. Dr. R. G. Chamberlin. Phone 146-M. 42 FOR SALE--Sevin or eight tons hay in stack. Peter Diedrich. Telephone 660-R-2. 42-2 FOR SALE OR TRADE FOR AUTO -40ne 12 ft. marble soda fountain. Address R. E. Johnson, McHenry- Phone 1&8. 42-2 FOR RENT HOUSE FOR RENT--Seven rooms, modern. Inquire of "Dr. N. J. Nye. 25-tf Pf4' • §Kv'. wy. W: f ] County Has Seen Worse Times • i Did you know, Mr. and Mrs.'Citizen, that this good old U. S. A. of ours went completely off th9 gold standard at one time?. Well, it did, between ti»e •Civil war and the panic of *73, Yet we survived. * | There are still men living who were of remembering age when the panic Of 1873 swept across America like a plague^ and held her in a relentless grip for five years. Those somber seventies were so closely parallel to our early thirties that reading of them if like reading today's paper. Yet we «Brvived them. We had 156 railroads in the hands flf receivers at one time in 1893; yet We survived. In that year the gold reserve fell so low that we were wrthin one day of going off the gold standard. It was down to $41,000,000, while today the government gold holdfags are close to four billions. >- In 1907 we were forced to use certificates in place of money. Yet -we IRirvived. Twice before, the stock exchanges |Bid July 31, 1914. Unemployment Widespread and devastating, we have seen before, and bank fail*res, and collapsed prices, discontent on the "Sarins and debt defaults and soup fines. Yet we survived. The special session of congress, was ibot the first to be called by a president to cope with a threatened collapse of the financial system. Grover Cleveland had hardly taken .office in 1893, when the gold reserve Was found to have fallen to $108,000,- ;®00. As a hundred-million was regarded as the safety line public and official concern grew. There are many other parallels in our past which make it clear that what we are passing through today is nothing t"hat need cause abject despair or loss of hope in the future. The panic of 1837 gave us our first organization of an independent trational treasury, a great stimulus to progressive movements. , WANTED FLOOR SANDING--We are equipped to do satisfactory work on all kinds of floors. Reasonable prices. Woodstock Surfacing Co., 407 Dean Street, Woodstock, 111. 37-tf MISCELLANEOUS REFRIGERATOR SERVICE -- Experienced on all types of installations-- Commercial, Apartment and Household. Frigidaires a Specialty. Reasonable rates. Day and night service. Genuine parts. J. C. Dibelka, 241 Hoy Ave., Woodstock. Phone Woodstock 757-J. Not connected with any sales agency. 42-3 SPRAYING--Let us 3pray your fruit trees and berry bushes. Phone 207-J. John Stock. 41-tf IF YOU WANT A GOOD PAIR OF GLASSES have your eyes tested by Dr. Keller. At my summer home Sundays and Mondays. Entrance across from Joe Frett's house on Riverside Drive, McHenry. Phone 211-R. Dr. C. Keller, Optometrist and Optician. 33-tf BEFORE YOU BUY--see eur Bargain Shoe Counter. Expert shoe and sewing machine repairing. Popp's Shoe Store. West McHenry. Phone 162. 46tf Tree Sheds Bark, Not Leave* The eucalyptus ti-ee, a native of Australia. 6heds its bark instead of lis leaves. Perhaps It's For the Best w A- ' * ff* "Ik News reaches us that? last week was the most active weetc ever spent by S president of the United States when ft ended by President Roosevelt announcing preparations for ending the feank holiday. Beginning with, the Inauguration on Saturday he issued • *• special call to congress, ordered a fcanking holiday, declared an embargo On gold, attended the runera! or ator Walsh, sent two messages to (press and asked authority to cut .'trie's of federal workers and to cur- " tail benefits to veterans. And now comes the news that President Roosevelt intends to travel by Sirplane whenever possible. In its day the White House secret Service has encountered tough problems in protecting presidents against the curious, but the most baffling of |hem all arises when the question . «omes up as to how to protect a flying president, , - Agitati/w Vjjg a]ways followed every gew presidential departure. Even the first White House automobile, bought another Roosevelt, who believed In sneed ard action, came in for a torrent of discussion. / Evidently the era of surprises has Only just begun for the new president Seems to be original and energetic in _ the pioneering of new customs and •'* Ideas. And yet on every (ride, as in d^- tUMiing the bank moratorium, we •%atr, "Perhaps it's all for the best.". W• ILLE1 THEATRE Woodstock's Beautiful P lay House FRIDAY - SATURDAY Mat., Sat., 2:00 Admission 10 - 25c "Little Orphan Annie" with Mitzi Green SUNDAY -- MONDAY (Con. Sun. 2:30 to 11) 10-25c to 6:00 Mae West in "She Done Me Wrong" TUBS -- WED Two Bargain Days 10-15c Ann Harding and Leslie Howard in "The Animal Kingdom" THU--FRI--SAT - March 23-24-25 Three Big Days The greatest musical show of the season "42nd Street" / Likened to Great Falls m Potential Water Powell Washington^--Muscle Shoals and Its Wilson dam, In the further development of which the new administration has declared an interest, Is the "Niagara of the South" insofar as potential yrater power is concerned, according to a bulletin from the National Geographic society. "Muscle Shoals is off the main highways and railroads, and considerably south of the center of population, and Is therefore not so well known to traveling Americans as some less important power sites," says the bulletin. "The Tennessee river, on which these rapids are situated. Is the main tributary of the Ohio river and carries a large volume of water, especially in the spring months. The river, flowing far to the south and then far to the north, makes a vast bend, greater than that in any other of the major, streams of the United States except the Snake river and the Rio Grange. ' Drops About 130 Feet; /'Some of the headwaters of the TenfSessee rise in Virginia and the'stream then makes two complete cro§«i)gs of the State of Tennessee^iooping between times info northern Alabama. It is the portion of the river that lies in Alabama that contains Muscle Shoals, a section of •, rapids 37 miles long. In this short distance the river drops about 130 feet, nearly' a third of the entire fall between Chattanooga and the Ohio rhver. . "Plans to improve the Tennessee at Muscle Shoals have been in existence for more than a hundred years. The work was first recommended by the secretary of war in-1824. This Improvement was wholly for the purpose of bettering navigation. Work was actually started In 1831 and a canal with several locks was constructed, but was of small value. Further Improvements to help navigation were made up until the World war, wheii it was decided to harness the river by a power dam and to utilize its electric energy for the production of nitrates to be used in the manufacture of ammunition. The Wilson dam was begun in 1916 and was not completed until 1925. "This dam is one of the largest in the United States. The river spreads out to a great breadth so that the dam lacks only about 700 feet of being a mile long. It is aproximately 122 feet high to the roadway on top, and contained at the time of its completion a greater volume of concrete than any other dam in the world. Because of the great width of the river at the dam site, construction was very costly. Dam and power house have cost to date $47,000,000. The power house Is situated at the south end of the dam and has foundations which provide for the; installation of 18 giant turbines that; will produce a maximum of 600,000* horse power. Of these, eight have been installed and are capable of producing a maximum of 250,000 horse power. The maximum at low water will be about 100,000 horse power. "Since the completion of the Wilson dam and power house in 1925, the plant has been put to very little use. Some electric energy has been sold to existing power companies, but at no time has the power house been called on for its maximum production. "In connection with the building of the Wilson dam, the, federal government constructed two huge factories for the? manufacture of nitrates from the nitrogen of the air. The various buildings of one, situated at the town of Sheffield, a few miles down stream from the southern end of the dam, are scattered over more than 1,800 acres of land. It has never bean in use. The second, four miles up stream from Sheffield and close to the end of the dam, occupies a tract of approximately 2,300 acres. It has been operated only on a test basis. The government also constructed a large steam power plant of 80,000 horse power with whioh to operate the second nitrate plant pending th4 completion of the dam. Near City of Florence. "The north end of the Wilson dam Is in the suburbs of Florence, Ala., a thriving little city of 12,000 inhabitants. Florence is a typical inland southern town of shaded streets, many of them lined with fine old mansions. Like other communities near Muscle Shoals, Florence felt the hectic warj time prosperity that poured liberal wages into the hands of 20,000 workers on the dam and nitrate plants. "When the Wilson dam was built, primarily for power production, the possibilities of improving the navigation of the Tennessee river hy the structure were not overlooked. At the north end of the dam Is a canal with its flight of locks through which river boats are lifted into the Wilson lake., Hack water from the dam makes the river navigable -for 14 miles up stream, but at this point a shallow stretch occurs. There an auxiliary dam is being built which will make the river navigable to Chattanooga. A small dam, also, has been built several miles down stream from Wilson (lam to make possible the passage of river traffic over the lower end of Muscle Shoals. "When the up-stream "dam Ms completed it will be possible for Tennessee river traffic to operate from Chattanooga to the month of the river and on down through the Ohio and Mississippi to the Gulf, carrying Its burdens of coal, stone, phosphate rock, coke, Iron, lumber, furniture, and furm and food products." " iftinw When the meeting rolled around again last Monday night almost all the Scouts were present with glad hearts because the patrols were told to bring three blankets. No one but the Scoutmaster knew what they were for, but they did know that it was something very exciting and thrilling- While the volley ball game went on all who were watching were laughing and why not, with, bopps and yelling mixed in too';' Scouts, I bet your muscles will have hurt plenty from the straining and twisting they got in that game. The compass game showed that the Scouts were pretty well read, especially around the nose after the game was over from the bumping and falling that occurred throughout the game. The Scouts were assembled in a circle with the names of the sixteen principal points of the compass. I suppose the Scout mothers found their blankets 'gone because *he "Sleepy Head Contest" was at the last part of the meeting.. Each patrol brought three blankets for the garrte. The bf>ds were made into the Klondike Roll tyne. When the flying blankets and yelling came to a stop Jlav Hughes and Lloyd Whiting, with Harry Anderson, an official "Sleepy Head," had won; . But, say, dfd you ' ijear %hat the Scoutmaster said as • the meeting came to a close, about a. surprise -in the eiehth grade room probably on next Monday, night or the Monday night following ? So, don't forget to be there either of these nights, because Mr. Schoenholtz said it will be a real surprise. HAROLD TAXMAN. WESTERN UNITED OAS ISSUES ANNUAL REPORT GIRL S-COUT NEWS ~ The Girl Scouts held their regular meeting in their room Monday, after school, Third patrol being the only patrol with perfect attendance. Mary Durland has planned a hike for Saturday. This is one of the requirements necessary for a first class scout. All scouts are to meet at the high school Saturday at ten-fifteen. Mrs. Durland and Mrs. Klontz will- accompany the scouts. Two members of the troop committee attended the meeting, Mrs. McGea and Mrs. Klontz. Several of the new members passed The annual .report of the Western United Corporation and the Western United Gas and Electric Company shows the consolidated gross earnings for 1932 were $7,344,457.39, a decrease of $748,248.61 or 9.2 per cent compared with 1931. Net earnings for 1932 v/ere $2,963,141.56 compared with $3,514,341.98 in 1$31. Rates in effect during a\¥or part of the year 1932 produced $313,309.00 less revenue than would have been produced by the rates, in effect prior to November 1931. Revenijes of the electric transportation subsidiary declined $180,945.00. The falling off in demand on the part of the company's industrial and commercial customers, principally in the use of electric power also caused. a substantial loss of revenue. Sustained efforts to reduce expenses including a general reduction of salaries and wages of officers and employes brought about a substantial reduction in operating expenses. - The earnings of the company in recent years, including 1932, have been materially affected by increased local, state and federal taxes. Local and state taxes paid in 1932 were 51.45 per cent higher than those paid in 1926; 34 per cent higher than in 1927; 24 per cent higher than in 1928; 20 per cent higher than tn 1929, and 8 53 per cent higher than those paid in 1930. . These are items • of expense over which the company has no control. • • ' • ' ' ' - Since "the advent of ratural gas to the Chicago area in the fall of 1931, the Illinois Commerce Commission has been holding hearings upon the question of the permanent rates to be charged for gas in the Chicago area. At the present time, these hearings have not completed with respect to Western United Gas and Electric Company. The present rates for gas used in residential and house heating service are temporary in nature, having been placed in effect by the Illinois Commerce Commission in November 1931. These rates, in effect during the entire year 1932, resulted in a saving of $264,171.00 to the company's domestic and house heating customers. Several other reductions in rates for gas and electricity were made during the year. It is estimated that these reductions will effect an additional saving to customers affected of approximately $85,000.00 per their tenderfoot test. Mrs. Rulien year. These rate reductions include passed six scouts in their bed making | new rates for commercial gas customtests. The weekly health schedules were passed in and new ones were passed out. We finished the meeting by playing dodge ball qaid English basket ball. JANICE KLONTZ, Girl Scout Reporter. McHENRY TO BE ON RAILROAD ROUTE kUowatt hours, 6.8 per cent less than the previous year. Sales of electricity for residential service increased 807,655 kilowatt hours or 4.4 per cent. Sales of electric energy to industrial and commercial customers decreased 10.8 per cent as compared with 1931 and revenue from this source, de creased 11.4 per cent. So Say We All You can fool some of the people all of the time and all of the (>eo|>le some of the time and the rest of the time somebody else will fool them.--Judge. ers, large industrial customers, a commercial gas...baking rate, a rate fojf smaller electric commercial customers, and a new rate resulting in a reduction to rural customers. Total gas sales by Western United Gas and Electric Company in 1932 amounted to 18,404,048 therms, an increase of 3.3 per cent over the previous year's sales of 17,822.276 therme. However, revenue received from such sales decreased $253,483.31 _ | or 5.9 per cent. Comparison of do- Federal Route No. 12 is of special ^ niestic consumption for the two years, interest to people of McHenry this leaving out cf account house heating year as it will be one of the direct j sales> shows a slight decrease from routes leading to the Century of 114.604,973 therms in 1931 to 14,382,- Frogress exposition in Chicago from j g75 therms in 1932, whereas revenue neighboring states on the north and, from guch use decreased $208,291.76 northwest. Its scenic beauty will at-1 or 5.0 cent. tract tourists to this locality for the Total sales of electricity, exclusive cool shade of widespreading trees and. Qf sajes to other electricity supply the waters of matty lakes will cool j companies, but including energy supand cheer the tourist on a hot, sum- j plied to the company's electric transmer day while Lake Geneva, widely j portation subsidiary were 75,289,940 known all over the United States, will appeal especially to all who have a love for nature. Yerkes' observatory, too, with the world's largest telescope, will be an added attraction, while McHenry, also, has ntapy things of interest to offer visitors enroute to the world's fair. No doubt, McHenry will be fully prepared to greet and accommodate those tourists to the Century of Progress expsition in Chicago who may care to/ make this city their temporary nlace of abode during the course of tkat big event. Plans for a vast publicity campaign will of necessity be made setting forth McHenry's superior advantages as a stopping place for world's fair tourists. It is estimated that tourist travel will reach a maximum of 2,000 automobiles a day on a single highway, and that upwards of $50,000 will be expended in cities along the route by that motorcade. The route leading through McHenry will be known as the railroad route and will be marked by signs bearing the picture of a locomotive. Plans to have the entire length of highways within a 100 mile area 01 Chicago well equipped with direction signs for visitors to the world's fair have been announced and a manufacturing company in Chicago has signed a contract for 5,000 enamel signs pointing, the way to the Century of Progress, which will ' be placed on marking posts of federal and state roads leading to the city. In addition, the company has contracted for the manufacture of 1,200 posts and brackets to be erected on, highways where there are no state and federal markers. ' According to fair officials the plan is to have" waiting for the incoming autoist a system of fourteen major highways, radiating In all directions from Chicago, marked within a radius of 100 miles ^jof< the city. When the motorist approaches within twenty miles of the city he will find roadside infoifhation booths, where he may find how to reach Chicago, the names of the best hotels suited to his needs and the means of securing other accommodations. Licensed to Beg Licenses to bej; on account <if"losset by fire was comrnon In the England of jpverii' hiinitrwf VIM)r<« Move On, Fleas* MA man dat could git workman* wont take It," said Uncle ICben, "seems to me to take de liberty of standln' off an" talking 'bout hard times as loud •1* nnvbodv " Slcb Long, Long D»jr»1 The days are gettlngJonger---1 -100th of a second every 100 years, says Sir Frank Dyson, astronomer royal. He ascribes the lengthening 4wittgbt« to shallow oceans. , Pacific Gi«c>er* Crow Glaciers In Yosemite national par*, California, are increasing in size, Bert Harwell,"park naturalist, says. Heavy snows during the last few seasons |wcount -for--the increase. . Displaying Ignorance Many persons are so afraid of "bo* ing wrong" that they are scared to open their mouthSi even to ask questions. They believe that It is better to look wise than to make an attempt to learn something. - - ElTovar Theatre, Crystal Lak#. FRIDAY -- SATURDAY March 17-18 Admission 10c-25c Warren Williams ar Loretttt Young in "Employee's Entrance" SUNDAY -- MONDAY f x * March 19-20 (Con. Sunday from 2:30- Admission 10c-25c before 6:00; 10c-35ic thereafter Mae West and Owen Moore in "She Done Him Wrong" TUESDAY, MARCH 21 (BARGAIN NITE) Adm 10-15c Boris Karloff in ' "The Mummy" WEDNESDAY -- THURSDAY March 22-23 , Admission 10-25c "The Big Drive" Secret War Film from Eight Nations compiled by A. L. Rule. The camera's eye on every front On the stage in Person < Sunday Only Little Georgie Gabel The 13-year-old Singing Cowboy From Radio Station WLS Garden Seeds 30 5c pkgs. for $1.00 - Your choice of Ferry's, Rice's, Condon's or our bulk seeds when put up in 5c plrts. Onion Sets 20 lbs. for $1M Malt 100% Brand & cans for $1.00 Henry, George* Win. Penu or "44," box of for ^ Lanterns '/. Dietz LaiiternsY $1.'50" Value^ •• ' $1.00 Druid Sheeting Unbleached, 9-4 wide 5 yards for $1.00 Curtain Material A nice selection, regular 25c per yard, Dollar Day 5 yards for $1.00 Men's Work Shoes Extra Dollar-Day values, V ' per pair .... .. .. $1.19 and $1.59 Peaches, Pears PINEAPPLE AND APRICOTS, v ;; i 25c values, your choice, assorted.„5 cans $1.00 Salmon Cracker Jack Salmon, No. 1 tall can --10* Peanut Butter 2-lb. jar 19* Clean Quick Soap Chips 5-lb. box _....^ 22* P & G Laundry Soap r 7 bars for Ivory Soap 3 large bars .... ! 23* Toilet Paper Tissue toilet paper •, • v. • •' .5 rolls'19^ Erickson's Dept. Store DoHfouiD atVUtfictud . . . 11 Once more :t is our pleasure to take part fn a big community event! We are celebrating Dollar Day along with the other progressive merchants of your community so that thrifty housewives will see just how much a good American dollar will buy! Stock up on these Dollar Day values. You will find that your dollars look bigger at our storesl PEACHES Amcncan Home California Yellow Cling, Halves or Sliced CAMPBELL'S Pork and Beans, blow Cooked to Golden-Brown, in Rich Tomato Sauce Good Quality CORN Keep a supply on the pantry Shelf, a Popular and ncri^iife ing vegetable . - TOMATOES Good Quality--Rich in Vitamins and Appetizing with Meat Dishes SALMON Fancy Alaska ---'Pink Salmon for Delicious Light Luncheon Dishes P&G SOAP famous White Naphtha Laundry Soap--Buy for a "Rainy Day"l M O N E Y S A V I N G F O O D D I S T R I B U T I O N N A T I O N A L * T E A O O . * FOOD STORES USE THE CLASSIFIED COLUMNS FOE QUICK &ESULTH 16-01. No. 2 cans No. 2 cans