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K, Our '• Washington Letter it; --By-- Natkul Editorial AaoeiitiM Washington, April 19--Nearly 100,- 000 visitors have been in Washington for the Easter holidays. The majority have been members of high school •graduating classes seeking first-hand information on the Federal government and the activities of their public servants now on the government pay- Tolls. The essays which will be 'written on their return will probably fnrnish a variety of impressions for their parents aixf friends. If the views of these schoolboys and girls «oold be condensed and supplemented by talk that never reached their young ears, the country would have a>n- interesting picture of current -events at the Nation's capitol. First, far-sighted and politically -ambitious legislators made an effort to, entertain school delegations from their districts. These visitors will be the new generation of voters three or four years hence. Usually the hosts •explained the workings of Congress. A digest of one luncheon speech is perhaps typical. A somewhat cynical 18 year old student explained it thus, ""Aw, all the Goitgressman from my •district did was to brag about how much he was doing for the folks in our neighborhood-" The youngsters listened; to, impassioned speeches in the Senate and House and assumed that men's votes •on measures were governed by oratory. What the students did not see and consequently will not include in their descriptive essays is more im- •portant. They did not know, for instance, that the fate of measures is <letermined in executive sessions of committees, that trading is conducted in the cloakrooms or in talks with party leaders when noses are counted on each legislative Item up for a -vote. The outbreak of insurgency among the Democrats in the Senate and the refusal of others in the House to permit their leaders to bind them on votes indicates troubled waters for the Roosevelt ship of state. These legislators feel that measures of the emergency type have been passed <.s requested by the White House. Now they intend to settle qown to wrangling or to be polite, more deliberative -consideration. The consequence is that the Chief Executive now arranges to •confer with important leaders and' others not known for leading but for their obstructionist tactics. Current opinion is to the effect that patronage will be distributed freely in exchange for votes when surveys hint that Administration projects are in danger of defeat or cramping amendments. Inflationary plans .have been discouraged by the Vi hite House in all public statements. Yet there is reason to believe that some of the campaign pledges of the President which had to do with inflation may eventually be given a trial. The conservative elements in both major parties are working hard to circumvent inflation but admit inflationary trends are gaining momentum- This situation is particularly applicable to farm relief schemes. The stumbling block in the path of the pro-inflationists is the fact that they cannot agree on formulae. May first will be moving day for home owners but government agencies may join the procession. The executive order authorizing many consolidations and eliminations in the name of economy and efficiency will require regrouping before July 1. These changes will cut down the personnel which will then increase the pressure oft politicians for new jobs. The committee in charge of revamping the Federal departments and agencies did not dare make the sweeping changes that had been demanded. Politics is always at the bottom of this hesitancy in abolishing jobs--and patronage. Paintings of former Democratic Postmaster-Generals have been taken out of storage and now replace the chromos of Republicans in the reception /oom of Mr. Farley. This Cabinet officer has long lines of influential sponsors and applicants for government positions parked at his door. The latest order of the Department strikes deeply at families of postmasters and rural letter j carriers. No longer is it permitted to employ relatives for substitutes when others are available. The department is also holding up leases for! rented buildings and contracts for j new postoffice buildings and sites. It | is said that the Republican ad minis-1 tration rushed these awards as one means of paying up certain patronage I obligations. If the money is to be spent under a Democratic administration they want the credit that goes j with the responsibility. Building will probably be resumed within a few j weeks especially where the sites have been inspected. j The 30-hour per week labor bill l, still provides concern for its advo- j cates. The American Labor Feder- j ation insists on an amendment cover-1 ing foreign products which would. place an embargo on imported goods coming in competition with American ; articles. There is a difference of opinion in the Administration as to j the general bill. Miss Pej-kins, t Secretary of Labor, is favorable to J the bill as it passed the Senate but; some of her fellow Cabineteers are [' not in accord with her ideas. The, "bank deposits insurance^ plan may be passed by Congress and offer the President his first veto. The securities hill recommended by Mr- Roosevelt is tied up with committee amendments "which hinder early passage. MUCH BOGUS MONEY IS BEING FLOATED Counterfeiters Spur Activities in Depression. Washington.--Depression and Unemployment hare brought an Increase in counterfeiting and led td greater vigilance on the part of the United States secret service. Descriptive warning ^Circulars of seventeen examples of counterfeit notes have been broadcast during the last fiscal year and about seventy unidentified productions of varying types and denominations have been circulated in different sections of the country for short periods. "In all my experience I have never known a time whep counterfeiting was so prevalent," said Chief W. H. Nlornn recently. The experience he referred to covers the last half century. Idleness and hunger lead to desperation,' and desperation has turned more than one honest man into a counterfeiter, according to Chief Moran, who observed tlmt counterfeiting Invariably increases In hard times. - Many Art Arrested. The only real measure of the volume of counterfeiting DOW going on may be found In statistics relative to arrests and to the seizures of spurious money. In the year ended June 30, 1932, counterfeit notes aggregating $540,538 and altered notes aggregating $24,215 were seized by government operatives of the service, ahd counterfeit coins totaling $49,773 were confiscated. About 2,000 persons were arrested charged with counterfeiting and passing counterfeit notes. "The counterfeit notes captured during the year were largely used in evidence against the makers and passers," Chief Moran said. "In connection with Investigations and arrests, agents captured or seized 900 plates and glass and film negatives for printing counterfeit obligations and securities, including five plates for foreign notes, 3"9 molds for counterfeiting coins. Including three molds for foreign coins, and twenty-one dies, together with a large quantity of miscellaneous materials and paraphernalia." A large percentage of the men held for counterfeiting were convicted. Methods of detecting counterfeits vary widely. Generally speaking, a counterfeit investigation is begun when spurious money is known to have been passed or when an attempt has been made to pass it. Much of it is prepared by the photo-engraving process and is easily detected. Money made? from engraved plates usuallygets by until it reaches banks. In a few cases counterfeits have been accepted even by banking experts. Gets Anonymous Tips. Information concerning counterfeiting operations is sometimes received by the secret service from anonymous sources; sometimes as a result of investigations of other crimes by local police; sometimes from persons seeking Revenge. Capture of counterfeit money plants is thus sometimes possible before notes or coins actually have been put into circulation. Only in rare instances does the counterfeiter escape. In normal times he is very soon caught. Under present conditions, Chief Moran said, he is able to remain at large for a longer period, because of the large volume of counterfeiting. The public Is warned from time to time by the secret service of the presence of bogus moi.'ey in various parts of the country. Formal notices are given to the press together with a complete description of the spurious currency and the defects by which it may be detected. Antelopes Eat Crops in Nebraska; Menace Farms Sidney, Neb.--In this civilized country, where many complain wild game life Is all but snuffed out, there are some here who complain wild game Is becoming pestiferous and a menace to property. Farmers of Kimball and Cheyenne counties are demanding that something be done about wild antelope herds, which are eating up hay. One farmer has gone so far as to present a bill to the state legislature demanding $150 for damage done by antelopes to his crops. Antelopes have become so thick that several efforts have been made to round them up and place them In Wild Cat state game preserve, south of Gering, in Scottsbluff county. It is estimated there are 350 of them running wild.' They are protected by the state, thereby preventing their being killed off by the protesting farmers. Church to Exhibit Crucifixion -Coat Trier, Germany.--Jesus' "coat without seam, woven from the top throughout,"- for which the soldiers cast lots Rifter they had crucified him, will be shown from July 23 to September 3 In the Trier cathedral. This garment, one of the most valuable relics in the Christian world, is reputed to have been brought to Trier more than a thousand years ago by St. Helena* the mother of Emperor Constantine VI. It hag be^n In the cathedral's treasure chamber since 1196. The coat has been exhibited a number of tildes in the last centuries-- the last time in 1891. when more than two million Christians came from all parts of the earth to view it. LOWER PRICES IN . SURPLUS OF. COWS New York Dairy Official Is Pessimistic. "If we do not have another drought this summer, the manufacture of dairy products will Increase, and thus lower the farmers' return," said H. A. Ross, of the Borden company, at Cornell university's farm and home week."' "The farmer has not heeded the trend in the supply ofc-^ows and today is facing the situation of having 11J8 per cent mors cows than in 1929." Doctor Itoss predicts, however, no material reduction in the number, of cows, and perhaps even a slight increase. "I ..'cannot "blame the farmer for not cutting his herd," lie said, "because of the overhead expenses and the lowered cost of feed. Cut tjie situation today is serious. Butter is now going into storage rather than being drawn from storage." Many people seem to think that with the present lowered prices,. demand will increase. Doctor lloss Indicated, however, that such .might not be the case. He estimates that the buying power of the people is about one-half of that in 1929. This is due to both the unemployment situation and decreased wages of those who are working. ' In New York state the farmers are facing the situation of store sales of milk as contrasted with route sales. If more tnilk is sold in stores, the furrner will receive less for his investment. He said that the basic situation could not be remedied now but that /lie farmer could help by culling his herd and aiding the control of store sales. Ration That "Fills Bill" ill Variety of Proteins Since some proteins are particularly rich in some amino acids while others may furnish more of some others, one protein may supplement another. We know that every feed a cow eats, whether roughage or grain, contains some protein and different proteins. It has been chown that tlie protein of alfalfa or legume hays supplements those of silage and grains. The pro tein of the high protein feeds supplement those of the grains. There is little supplementaryvalue between the cereal grains. From this an loWa experiment concludes that where a cow is getting a ration consisting of plenty of legume hay, silage, and a grain mixture pf 10-12 per cent digestible protein, her demand for protein variety is fairly well met. With mixed hay, the grain mixture should contain from 14 to 16 per cen^ digestible protein, while with non-legume hay it, should contain 16 to 20 per cent digestible proteih.--Hoard's Dflirynmn. Why Milk Tests Vary Milk tests vary from-day to day due to perfectly normal factors, state speialists at New York State college, who have tested samples of Holsteln and Jersey milk to determine effects of sampling on fat tests. Some of the factors are: Advancement of the lac* tation period of the cows, which means more fat in the milk; the amount of exercise the herd receives; complete ness of milking; feeding practices; age of the cowsr the breed; individual difference of the cows; the seasonal changes with higher tests when the temperatures are low and. low^1 tests when temperatures are high during the heat of summer. In New York state two testers working independently will check within 0.1 per cent In GO per cent of the samples they test. The Babcock test Is not expected to give greater accuracy than this. Methods of sampling have been held responsible for daily variations, and the recent investigation indicates the reasons why tests may vary even tho.ugh all sampling is done uniformly --Prairie Farmer. lOHNSBUSlf iJid Mrs. Jimmie Chamberlin and daughter, Bernice, of Chicago ara spending a few days with John Pitsen. Miss Gertrude Williams of Mc- Henry spent Wednesday with Mr. and Mrs. Peter Williams. Mrs. John Lay andi Mrs. Math Lay of Spring Grove called on their mother, Mrs. Stephen Schmitt, Wednesday afternoon. .» Miss Julia Weingart and a friend of Chicago spent the weekend with Mrs. Jacob Weingart. Miss Marie Hiller of Crystal Lake spent Thursday with her parents. Mrs. Joe Schaefer from north of Ringwood yisited Saturday with her father^ Peter Schaefer. Mrs. Albert Huff, daughter, Shirley, an<^ Clarence Michels visited with Mrs. John Meyers at McHenry Wednesday morning. William J. Meyers*Wt»a\Barrington caller Monday. Mr. and Mrs. Georgis King and family and Edward Kattnor visited with Mr. and Mrs. Mike Gorski at Woodstock Monday afternoon. Joo Schmitt of Beloit, Wis., Wis i business caller here Wednesday. Visitors in the home of John H. Freund Sunday afternoon were Miss Emma Freund of McHenry, Mr. and Mrs. Math Rauen and Mr. and Mrs. John Rauen of Spring Grove. ' Mrs. John Lay of Spring Grove spent Tuesday with Mrs. Joe Schmitt. Mrs. Martin Jung is at the Sanatarium hospital at Woodstock. Miss Olive Hettermann of Crystal Lake visited with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Joe B. Hettermann, Monday. Mrs. William May, Miss Helen Michels and Mrs. Steve Freund and daughter, Gathelein, motored to Des Plaines Saturday and were accompanied home by Miss Alvera Freund Saturday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Michels and daughter were callers at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Irvin Smith at" Ringwood Saturday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Joe Rothermel, Mrs. Albert Krause, Mrs. Math Steffes, son, Herman, Mrs. Frank Weingait, Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Freund, Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Bickler, son Carl, of McHenry, Mr. and Mrs. Mike Freund, Stephen Huff, daughter, Katharine, Mr. and Mrs. John Lay, Mr. and Mr?. Math Lay, August Huff, Mrs. Steve Engeln and Mrs. Stephen Freund of Spring Grove attended the funeral Saturday morning of Peter Weber. Jacob Miller of Zenda called in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Joe King Saturday morning. # Mrs. Ford Jackson and family visited with relatives heoe Thursday evening. „ ttriehien up your home with lamps before the World's Fair starts. Mrs. Phil Guinto of McHenry was * caller here Friday afternoon. Mrs. John Freund and son of McHenry visited with Mr.> and Mrs. Math Freund Thursday. Mr. and Mrs. Louis Althoff of McHenry visited here Friday afternoon. The Sunday Evening club surprised Mrs. Joe King Sunday evening. Five hundred was played and prizes awarded to Mrs. Fred Smith, first; Mrs. Steve May, second, and Mrs. William J. Meyers, consolation. Joe King and Leo F. Smith motored to Kenosha Monday. Miss Katherine Althoff of Elgin came out Sunday morning to spend the day with home folks. Mr. and Mrs. Joe Miller and son visited Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. William Freund at Spring Grove. ; Mr. and Mrs. Bob Welke of Chicago spent the weekend with Mr. and Mrs. Peter Freund. Bill Tonyan of McHenry was a visitor in jthe home of his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. William Althoff, recently. Mrs. John Lay of Spring Grove attended the Forester meeting here Tuesday evenlriji* - Mr. and Mrs. Mike Gorski and son, Kenneth, of Woodstock, and Mr. and Mrs. George Zoynstroff pf Spring Grove spent Sunday in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Joe P. Miller. I MJrs, Elizalbeth Tonyan and son,; Edward, were visitors in the home of ! her parents, Mr. and Mrs. William Althoff recently. j Mr. and Mrs. Louis" Adams. and, family <>f McHenry Were callers Here Sunday afternoon." j Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Schmitt of McHenry visited Sunday with Mrs. Jacob Schmitt. b Miss Katharine 'Pitzen of Chicago spent the weekend with her father, John Pitzen. Mr. and Mrs. John Lay and Mr. and Mrs. Math Lay of Spring Grove visited Sunday with Mrs. Stephen Schmitt. Mr. and Mrs. Ray Horick of Woodstock spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Stephen H. Smith. Mr. and Mrs. Louis Althoff and family were Sunday visitors in the ( home of their parents, Mr. and Mrs.' William Althoff. Mr. and Mrs. Alouis Steffens returned home Saturday evening from Germany. Twice T o l d Tales Item# of Interest Taken Pro* the files of the Plaindeahv of Years Ago, FlfTY YEARS AGO Isaac Wentworth wa^ elected school Director on Saturday last in place of C. B. Curtis, whose term had expired. Workmen are busy improving the residence and grounds of Allan Walsh, and when completed it will be a great improvement to that part of our village. a , The new Efcard of Trustees met last week and organized by electing R. A. i Howard, president for tjhe ensuing year. They also fixed- the saloon license for the coming year at $101). S. McDonald was elected Street Commissioner. No marshal was appointed. The McHenry Brick Company made a sale of one hundred thousand brick to an Elgin party last week, which they are now loading on the cars as fast as possible. Orders are coming in every day, and the brick are pronounced by good judges to be the best to be found in Northern Illinois. TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO Township assessor John Kimball has again started his annual spring canvass. He will call on you shortly, so be prepared. No complaint can be made with the weather we are now having and farmers are improving the opportunity offered to get their plowing oat seeding well along. Warren Thomas, who resides we?t of town, had the misfortune to stumble and fall recently, his face striking on the lever of a harrow that he was using, cutting an ugly gash. A. O. Rupp,*who at one time was editor and publisher of the old McHenry Journal is now executing the duties of city clerk at Chenoa, 111. A. O. served our people in this capacity* while a resident here and should be Quite familiar with ..his jal 4i4iM by this time. . TWENTY YE Atl XtSO Butter was declared firm at 33 cents on the Elgin board of trada Monday. •' The household ..effects of E. jp.; Thomas have bee»t moved to Hebron; where the family Will make their future home. Many of our nimrods have ma3s trips to Pistakee Bay during the past couple of weeks, where fishing has beep, exceptionally good. Many large catches of black and' silver bass have been reported. Prof, and Mrs. A. E. Nye'will-soon-, move into the Hueman cottage recently vacated by John Buch and family. ACID STOMACH BIG FACTOR IN CAUSING UlSERS Don't let too much acid ruin your stomach. 'Take Dr. Emil's Adla Tablets and quickly overcome acid conditions, heartburn,, sour stomach, indigestion. THOMAS P. BOLGER, DRUGGIST FORTY YEARS AGO , Workmen from Elgin have been putting on a new roof on the south part of Pekosky's block, this week. Jas. R. Sayler had the misfortune to have two fine Morgan colts killed by lightning one day last week. The Michael Dohetty farm of 240 acres, one mile south of McHenry village, will be resold at Woodstock, May 13, 1893. A school concert will be given by the pupils of the West McHenry school. A fine programme has been prepared. The higher department of our public school, which has been, closed for several w£eks on account of the sickness of the principal, was again ope,ned on Monday. Prof. Huntington being able to again resume his duties in the school room. The past ten days has beaten the record for storms, both wind and rain. It rained every day last week, besides the wind has blown a perfect hurricane at times. TEN YEARS AGO The basement for the new home to be erected by Jacob Schaefer on the corner of Court and Washington streets is about completed. • Last Saturday's rain proved very beneficial to the facrh lands and city lots. The lawns about town especially are showing the ^benefits thus derived. \ Motor boats are once more plying Fox river. An indication that* the summer season is near at hand- A few of our resorters have already taken \f|> their abode in their cottages along the river. Patrick McCabe who last year purchased the big dredging outfit which was used in making the repairs at the McHeriry dam, has already started work and is now engaged on % dredging job along the east shore of Fox river south of this village. Hm Highest Church Tower The Ulm Minster is famous set merely for its history and beauty, but also for the fact that it has the highest church tower in the world, riaiag to a height,of 529 feet. •3 Company it coming! Keeping Calves Healthy Dirty feeding pails are often the contributing cause of an outbreak of common scours in calves. Avoid this by scalding the palls after each feeding. Allow the sun to shine on them during the day. Some dairymen keep a separate pail for each calf. Overfeeding is another frequent cause_ of scours. Feed around one pound of milk . for each ten pounds {tf live weight, and during the first few days, give the calf several feeds per day. The milk fed can be gradually increased with growth until the animal is getting around two to two and onehalf galtons of skim milk per -day. Begin giving the calf some ground grain or other concentrate as soon as It will eat.--Wallace's Farmer. ^ Xs i j ^ \'X. -xy "v " L t l i c • . ,M .^Tests for Mastitis Tests for the presence of mastitis In dairy cows was one of a number of features of an exhibit at a sr<»up o|j dairy.meetings held in Syracuse* N. y!. This exhibit was prepared by tlie experiment station and the'college of ag, riculture, and was of much iiitereslt to the various cattle breed associa*, tlons, as weir as to the Kin le l>a,iry. men's ftssoe.iation, Mastitis h;ls lung been a baffling malady in dairy Itt iils and much attention Is beins givi^n r» Us detection and troatmerii.^-Kxelt'v.fvr^ Noiseless Hammer. XSalled a "noiseless hammer," an in-, T«tion in Germany forces a nail through a metal channel as pressure is applied with the a!4 of a handle. Trapping of Beavers About one hundred years ago trapping of the beaver constituted one of the foremost occupations of the early settlers, and one report on record Shows that in 1S25, a trapper on the San Francisco river in Arizona, caught 250 beaver in two weeks. Prices paid for beaver pelts In those days were small but steadily increased with the Shortage of the animals until in 1920, during the fur boom, a first grade beaver pelt brought as Ijigb as $100. **H«ssy" Almost Forgotten Word : A term of opprobrium so harsh that it comes under its own shadow and its use discouraged almost as a vul*, garism, "hussy" Is a word that hai lost caste from Its original status ia the language. When used now It is in the spirit of contempt or reproach^ ay"hussy" being a worthless woman' a v"jade." But originally she wat merely a housekeeper. For "hussy* Is a contraction of ^housewife" or th# older form "huswife!" cost only 17-cents/ RENTAL ON JIGSAW PUZZLE . . . . LIGHTING LIVING ROOM FROM 7 to 11(30 , RUNNING RADIO FOR 4'A HOURS . . . -TOTAL $ .10 .04 .03 $ .17 3.75 A charming ; il !c lamp wStfc washable parchment shade 4n gay color combinations. Art crystal base to match. Quite a bargain in entertainment when you come to think about it! Four and one-half hours of good fun for the whole family for only 17 cents. Where else but at home could so little buy so much? It's a fact that people are staying home more now than they did a few years ago. Playing bridge and ping pong, doing jigsaw, puzzles, reading, listening to the radio. And it, too# Your electric service is adding greatly to the enjoyment of these evenings at home. And it's still the cheapest item on most budgets. The cost of electricity has been coming down consistently for 20 years. /Veto lamps will do wonders toward brightening up your evening* at home. At the right are livo special values note featured at your Public Service Store. Other local dealer? are also displaying similar bargains. . • \ ' : The Illinois Sales Tax for emergency relief is additional to tbe prices quM«l" ,"T la this advertisement. If the law is declared unconstitutional, any amount col- Itcted because of the tax will be refunded upon presentation of sales check. •i Al»aii<lsome met.:! 24-carat gold trim. Cortes o in five popular colors with , pleated shade of pure silk. P U B L I C S E R V I C E C O M P A N Y OF N O R T H C R N 4 L 1 1 NO I S