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$! \£ * \ tf ; *> »»-rv ~ -(( ^ - * » 1 -* *** V" ' ^irl* -rp? v»'P^' •t-^,1r,.£-*a.J--': ^t" j "ipp^rfp^pp McHENKY PUHNDBALER H< who swells in prosperity will shrink in jdversity." A "'* " y*^7 22--Sam Hotntonmad* fin* president of Texas, 183fl._; IS--Fir^t U. S. troops enter the trenches, 1917. 24--First Mcti&h *«if ftfii ; Canal is opened,^1819. 25--Charge 'of "Light Bri» gade"'«t Balaklava, 1854, 26--Jackie Coogan, boy pic*' ture star, born, 1914. • 27--Gold strike in Dakota's ' ' bleak Blafck Hills. 1890. f %tV 28-^The Statue of Liberty i* dedicated. 1886. ' -r. *>v %w*a -" " 'T '• -v'.^'-' Thursday, October 1934 JACK HOLT«. "THE WRECKER" • * wilk GENCVIEVE TOBIN S ,• , ^ i : : ^ n t » C O L U M B I A 1 U K t j POTPOURRI " - . Grunts Like a Pij,>• In/ Soiith Aiiic'.'uf'a- aiu]. the West im.lle.Sv are -~ animals ..i;e3iHe4 fjJorc>ipiii^..; ^lost ootiimdiv,' is -'vfhfe agouti' which is About ralvbit' sizp. Ifbiir- "rows^in the ground, lives'or. vegetables. -fruit, ap<l meat. It-grunts lilTe a pig nnd is equally as greeds. Although easily domesticated,- they are too destructive lor pets. . „ ©rAVcPtern Newspaper VmoflL , ; ( The fcilnw ".vliu always takes out two girls may explain it by the fact that theyboth endeavor to Cn-' •escapes t lie -burden" ~~t. of trying to entertain either. RADIO and WAS&ER REPAIRS /We arg now prepared to handle atr repair work •on radio and gashing machines,' carrying" complete stock of repairs' for all .makes of machines. ' ' CAREY ELECTRIC SHOP Phone 251 McHenry m;nt & company All Kinds of INSUJtANCB Placed with the most reliable Companies Ope ia and talk it orer "hone McHenry S Telephone No. 80© Stoffel & Reihanaperger iftaaranee •gents for all classes ef 'M pro|.ertTyJn the best companies. WEST McHENRY - - ILLINOIS Charlie'Kfypair Shop Formerly Pint's Blacksmith Shop--Pearl St. Radiators Repaired, Bodies and Fenders Straightened Sign Painting Truck Lettering Acetylene Welding CHARLES RIET^SEL WHAT HAS HAPPENED, After jitara o/ struggling^ Chuck fiction a it il his tico friends, -Tom Cuminitios and Sam Shapiro, rise to the keiff/itt of the building business--all IItree phases" of if, Jlegan i*- a wrecker, Vii ntni ini)s a builder, and Shapiro is in he salt-age end.' Hegan ia marriett Ko leautitul Mary Wilton, and they i two-i/ear-o.d boy. Ciimmnigs It.ijS waived success through Hegan, fgr ".Vj?rtH has man}/ political conntctions rhich liriitg contracts to Cvmminga. is in lore with Main, and he returns his affections,-unknown, of ourse, to Hegan. The four -lire at !epan's palatini home celebrating the fito-pcar-old boil's birthday n'hen Vegan receives a phone call to go to • nn Francisco t.o supervise «»M urgent wrecking- job. 'He takes an airplane o' Frisco. ' '- < .VOH" GO OW WITH THE STORY {Shapiro, of course., kne\V that he jk*as n«>t wanted around the Kenan airne after -C-hpck had pone. He Wd" v haSty. "adieu, leaving C-umm^ngs liorie With Mary. s - As>ooti as the door had slartiftled i>ehind the departing Shapiro. Mary findumniings were in each other's arms In an ardent embrace^ their lips; clinging together sensuously, passionately. . The unsuspecting Regan in San Francisco finished, the Vfdrk tWat had to be done--finished it. before the allotted time. • Well. I'll bop alohg." he said to tis "foreman; Cramer. --Vo\i shouldn't ave anv more trouble "now." ,-'If Ave - do,, we ll, w'!»j ou at the hotel:"' . '; *on't be at the hotel, answered iii-t-n. . - V- ' \ . • -••Pvrt-,. i made • ft-reservation for jou----" Regan grinned. "Cancel. • it. I m As Regan had wrecked buildings, so did the revelation of his wife's infidelity wreck Regan. Like huge girders crashing down through space to become torn steel on the ground below, so did the soul of Regan go smashing down to eternity --for his^ soul died--only the flesh of the man lived--and that was sh>\Vly becoming decadent. Cramer, now working for the Pacific Coast Wrecking Company--for the Regan Wrecking Company had dwindled to nothing without Chuck's guiding hand, sat down on a huge chunk Of mortar and opened thenewspaper he was carrying. Sprawled across the front page in glaring fvpe was the headline: "THOMAS CI' M MINOS, BUILDING CONTRACTOR, WEDS MRS. MARIE REGAN.'" Then; in smaller type. "Marriage Tak^es Place Within a Month of Uncontested Regan Divorce". He sighed, then looked up.us he heard his name called. He turnedr" to find1 Sani Shapiro--affectionately called "Jake" by the laborers--walk- " ing towards him, v.-"; ' "Hello, Jake," he called] '; • . v "Hello, Cramer. They told rine J'O.i* phoned." ; "I'oah. I Ideated hinv lafet" r1(tgti#/y' Cramer took a bite from a sandwich. , _ - Shapiro'- was eagerv "Where?',; s• "In a flop house down near the ' Plaza." He rook a piece of paper ; from his overalls pocket and handed it to Shapiro. "Here'« the "address, .1 wrote it down tor y.ou.'," ' "How is he?" "Stinkin^druiiH."". ;"v:t : ; -1 i Shapiro's tone was angliisneq< "V'hy didn't you bring hirn up to iroy -ortce?" 'Because he wasn't there.' •Xfmiitc alone, 1 tell you" . (Posed by Jack HOlt and George B. Stone} Dcvns Motor Express "• - The Pioneer Line Operates daily between McHenry and Chicago Phones: Wabash McHenry 7518 256 A. P. Freund Excavating Contractor. frucking, Hydraulic and Crane . Service Road Building • t«L 204 M McHeliry, I1L S. H. Freund & Son f n CONTRACTORS . flying back tonight." He thought of 'his wife and,child' waiting for him, i for his very life centered about his tiny family; his "Very soul hinged on their, lpve. Two hours later, Regan stood on the threshold of his home. He opened the door quietly and walked into the fpyer. He stopped as the butler came from the living room. "Oh. hello. Elliott." "O-g-good evening, eir," the butler stammered. He had gone pale at the sight of Began--not expecting hiiri home. "What's wrong?" "Why--I--I thought--I heard you say you weren't coming back until tomorrow." "Well, it's tomorrow--one o'clock. tTp rather late yourself, aren't you?" "Well, sir--I--I " "Mrs. Regan retired?'• "Yes, sir." Desperation was written on the hutler's face as Regan started to mount the stairs. "Can. 1 fix you tip a--a little drink, sir?" ,"No, thanks. Sure you haven't fftixed yourself up a few?" Regan could not understand the butler's peculiar actions. The butler shook his head negatively.- "What ma*Hes you -so Jittery, then?" ...... "I-^I " . "Go to bed," said Regan goodtiatu redly. . ------^ Regan walked *up the fest of the flight and went to his room, which wad adjoining his wife's and that of Chuck, Jr.'s. He started to get undressed. then stopped and walked quietly to his son's room. He tiptoed in and bent over the child's fcrlb. kissing- the boy lightly. He straightened the rumpled covers, then walked back into his own room, a happy smile on his face. He stopped short as he caught the muffled sound of conversation from . his wife's room. An expression of strange bewilderment crossed Regan's face--then mingled with dawning surprise, He lifted his hand to knock, but the gesture was arrested by the phone ringing In Mary's bedroom. Regan, with knuckles poised, listened. Mary's voice came plainly through the closed door. "Who? Mr. Regan? When, Elliott-- Just now? " It was the butler phoning Mary on the intercommunicating house wire. The rfepelver clicked down 'and the expression in Regan's eyes changed from bewilderment to something ,more terrible--more vicious. Emo- * lions seemed to rip through the powerful body of the man in terrifying floods. His veins carried blood-stretfms of hate--fiery hate, i ' Suddenly making up his mind, he reached for the door-knob and swung Mary'8 door open, "But. you just said--" i Cramer shook his head, "ljt aln't the same guy you and I knew. It's? somebody else^ Regan's, through^ Shcyt. If a guy wants to commit! suicide, why butt in?"- "Suicjde?" - I "What else do you call that rubo'- the-brush liquor they dish out down there? He's been soppin' it up for months. His guts are gone and his liver's goin'." Cramer's tone became savage. "But if I was him, there's one Job of wreckin' I'd do before I called it a day. I'd fix it so that rat Cummings an' his new wife'd spend their honeymoon down, south--about six feet down south.j That's what I told Regan.". Shapiro started away. "Where you goin'?" I "Slumming," Shapiro called backj over his shoulder. In a half hour, Shapiro's chauf-j feured limousine drove up in front! of the address given by Cramer. Inl another moment, Shapiro was inside. The sight that met his eyes can onlyi be compared to the Sargasso Sea--| a human Sargasso Sea, where all thej flotsam and jetsam of life have gathered to become not water-logged-- but liquor-logged--doused in thei half-poison that is sold in the slums' of San Francisco. Somewhere among! this debauched wretchedness was Chuck Regan. On one of the filthy) cots that lined the dark, long rbom,| was a man who had once been rec-: ognized as the best wrecker on the Pacific Coast. What light there was1 in the place came from flickering;• wire-protected gas jets. The stench^ was indefinable. i The proprietor, almost as low li| the human scale as his guests, ap/1 proached Shapiro, whose face wat pained and unhappy as he realized the plight of his friend. I "Is he here?" mumbled the proprietor. - I "I don't know--they all sort ofl look alike. Is it. all right if 1 look] 'around?" i The proprietor grunted and walked1 a w a y . S h a p i r o w a l k e d d o w n t h e n a r -j row lane that separated the rows of| cots. From one sleeping, inert body' to the other he went, finally stop-} 1 ping before one. He bent low toi convince himself that this unkempt,! dirty and unshaven figure was Re-; gan. He gently shook Regains shoulder. " "David--" he said in a low voice. Regan mumbled, but didn't awaken. J "David--David--" , . v Regan's head lifted. He looked at Shapiro for a moment, then recognition filtered his brain. "Lemme alone." Shapiro shook him again. "Lemme alone, I tell you." "Come on, David--shake out of- It --please. I got to talk to you atttiuf something important." Regan lifted his head. "Scram, you cheap peddler!" . ITO BE C©S*TINUED) Economic Security LEONARD A. BARRETT Two principles, are essential to economic security. The first and peril a ps mpst Important is thrift Extravagance.leads to ruin but thrift a s s u res financial stability. The thrifty man saves something, however small,' out of his weekly- pay roll, 'i'liesfe . savings rire permitted to accumulate and are never used except from grave necessity and that only as the last resort. Many homes ltave been built on weekly afid monthly savings. Small fortunes have been builtupon tire principle; always spend a: little less than you earn. It would be an interesting study to determine the profits derived by the use of by-produets. In the meat in. d lis try the blood of the animals was foruierly thrown away, now It is profitably utilised in many w&ys. A dentist, known to the writer, sent his office rug to the refiners and received a check for alneat, sum, for the gold found in the rug.. A well managed business sees tliat there is no waste in its process of manufacturing or salesmanship. Extravagance is always waste. We are facing a serious menace in' Tpe Industrial situation by having to provide large sums of money to take care'of those oh relief rolls. If all the yvaste in-foodstuffs Jn all the leading hotels in our cities could be gathered together It would be sufficient to feed a very large percentage of this dependent class. Another essential principle. 1% to avoid del>ts. Thfs was the principle Ufton which our fathers built their modest fortunes. o They never bought anything until they had the money to pay for ft: A 'mortgapre \vas a nightmare. Pay as you go and do not borrow If you. can possibly avoid it was flit! prevailing spirit of the past generation. The present generation presents a distressing picture in contrast. Not only areyWe urged to spend all we earn but a little more by buying-oq the installment plan. If we are in-debt we are urged to be in no hurry to pay it. Later it may be paid-in greatly depreciated dollars. Let taxes ride. The man who owes money seems to be in a better position than the man .to whom the money is,due. Measures which violate the fundamental principles' of our forefathers cannot be depended upon as stabilizing forces, upon which to build the return of prosperity. Let us* return to the spirit of., our fathers--Save and avoid debts. 4- ©, Western Newspan^r Union. SLOCUM'S LAKE JOHNSBURG QABBY QMTIE "To an obtuse Englishman the dl»< tancs from 'are to "ear is just «n« block." PERSONALS ^-Joe Blake of-Tfexas is visiting refs atives here'and at Johns!,urg. On Wednesday evening he, with Chris Ejake, was a guest of his nephew and niece, Mr. and Mrs^J^HicfiaraT Crystal Lake. t , V Mrs. Earl 'Ma^yriJrews^.; and Miss Maiy Kinney ^S@firnt'd J- last week ,'rom a trip to Lavcrne, Minn*, where they visited their sister, who. was seriously ill . •» Mr: and Mrs. Math B, Laures and family have moved from the Brown place on the Woodstock road to the flat back of his place of business in the Henry Heimer building on Main street. • -t . - Mr., and Mrs. Thomas McCabe and children have moved to the Joos flat in the north end of town. Mr. Mc- Cabe is now .ettiployed at the Pine Ti -ee Dairy farm, owned, by W. E. Skidmore. Miss Gwendolyn Overton* who ifi- 'jured her ankle ijjj a fall at DeKalb, spent the week end at her home here. Hubert Schoewer of Chicago spent Sunday herf. Mors fecadly, Too? 6 In the insect world, as a general thing, the female of the species is much larger than the male and lives longer. CHRISTIAN SCIENCE CHURCHES" ' "Are Sin, Disease, and i'teath Real?" was the subject of the Les- Bpn-Sermon in all Churches of Christ, Scientist, on Sunday. October 14_ ' The Golden Tyxt was. "The Lord is our judge, the Lord is our lawgiver, the Lord is our king; he will , Save us" (Isaiah 33:22). Among the citations which comprised the I^esBon-Sermon was the following from the Bible: "Behold, the eye of the Lord is Upon thein that fear hitu. upon .them that hope in hie mercy; To deliver their soul from death, and to keep them alive in famine. Our soul waiteth for the Lord : he is our help and our shield" (Psalms 33:18-20). The Lesson-Sermon also Included the following passages from the Christian Science textbook, "Science and Health with Key to the -Scriptures," by Mary . Iiaker*Edd.T.: "Sin. sickness, and death are comprised In human material Itelief. and belong not to the divine Mind. They are without a real origin or existence. They have neither Principle nor permanence, but belong, with all that is materia) and temporal, to the nothingness of error, which simulates the creations gt Truth" lp, Mr. and Mrs. John Blomgren were business trailers at Grayslake last Thursday. . Mrs. Harry Matthews, Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Esping were business callers at McHenry Friday. John Nistad spent Sunday with relatives at Waukegan. - * Mr. and Mrs; William Darreil and children of Wauconda spent Sunday evening at the home of the former's parents here. Miss Beatrice Nordmeyer spent Saturday and Sunday with friends in Chicago, also attended a Century of Progress. Mrs. W. E. Brooks and son, Chesney, Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Cook spent Sunday at the home of Mrs. Fred Davoll at Holcomville. Mr- and Mrs. Harry Matthews and sons, Robert and £yle, were Sunday dinner and afternoon guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Earle Matthews at Wauconda. Mr. and Mrs. Anderson c>f .Myleth Park spent last Friday evening at the home of Mr, and Mrs. Earl Converse.'. ; Mr. and Mrs. Fred Nordmeyer and Mr. and Mrs. Frank Nordmeyer wera callers at Barrington last Wednesday eyeing, being; called there by, the, death of a sister, Mrs- , Minnie Lohman. ' • ;• • Mr. and Mrs. Ernil Lundin of -Chicago and Miss Rosemary Erickson and Rodney Erickson of Minneapolis,' Minn., were Sunday afternoon awl supper guests at the home of Mr. and. Mrs. John Blomgren. . , Mrs. Ella Parks, Hugh Parks and daughter, Jacqueline, of Park; Ridge, were callers Sunday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Brookfe. Mr. and Mrs. Joe Sehrer of FoX Lake were, supper guests last Wed* nesday Evening at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Nordmeyer. Willard Darreil and H. C- Gilkerson of Grayslake, D. H. Minto of Antioch and W. J. Swayer of Gurnee spent last Tuesday on business ac Blue Island. • Misses Orissa Brown and Althea Coss and Mrs. Coss and Mrs. Ed Underwood of Wauconda were callers last Friday at the homes of -Mr. and4 Mrs. H. L. Brooks and Mir. and Mrs. Wilbur Cook. Miss Mae Smith was a cnller -iat? Lake Zurich Monday. Mr. afid Mrs,. Zeutschel and children of Wilmette were visitors Sunday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. HI L. Brooks! . Mr- and Mrs. J. D. Williams and son, James Howard,, of Crystal Lake_ were Sunday dinner and afternoon" guests at the home of Mr?. Clara Smith. Mr>afld Mrs. Elmer Esping were callers at Crystal Lake Saturday evening. / Mrs. Fred Nordmeyer and daughter, Beatrice, and Mrs. John Herzing were callers at Barrington last Friday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Matthews and sons were business callers at McHenry Tuesday afternoon. Ifiller, Mrk Peter Freund, Mrs. Schmitt and Mrs. Mary Thelen. Elmer Hettermann of Skokie ley is spending a few days with father, Henry Hettermann. Mrs. Steve Xing motored to Wa kegan Friday. -., % Joe King and daughter, Mabel, aWfe'"f Mise Olivia Hettermann were Chi- / cago callers Saturday. , Miss Mildred Freund at Spring Grove is visiting With her sister, .•> Mrs. George Hiller, this week. Miss Viola Stilling of Chicago spent- • Sunday with her parents, Mr. and - Mrs. Henry Stilling. _ ^ Mrs. Joe P. Miller and Mr. and Mrs. Mike Gorski and son, Kenneth,;.: of Woodstock spent Saturday and'. Sunday in Chicago with Mr. and Mrs. Tony Miller. * * Mr. and Mrs. Delbert Smith and > daughter of Grayslake spent Sunday " with Mr. and Mrs. Ben J. Schaefer. s Mrs! Ben Freund and " daughters / ' wgre Elgin callers Wednesday. ^ Mr. and Mrs, Nick Miller and fam-f ' ily of Richmond spent Sunday with ' Mr. and Mrs. Steve May. "Giant Bags Kill .Fioli' : Some species of water bugs In tropical countries are as much oc four inches long. These curious crea- •?•<*;?' tures inhabit warm, sluggish waters and live on smpll fisi> which they Mr* Mrs. Henry Thelen Were Woodstock callers Monday.» Joe SchmitJ; of Beloit, Wisr., was if business caller here Wednesday. ' Mrs. Mike Freund of Spring Grove is spending a week with Mr. and Mrs. George Hiller. ^ Mr. and Mrs- Bill May and family spent Sunday afternoon with Mr. and Mrs. Peter May at Spring Grove. Mr. and Mrs.. Irvin Schmitt of Ringwood visited with Mr. and Mrs. Frank Mlchels Sunday afternoon. Mr. apd Mrs. Steve May and Mrs. Joe King and daughter, Sal'.v Mae, and John King motored to Burlington," Wis., Wednesday evening. . Mrs. Earl Turner and daughter of Crystal Lake spent a few days with Mr. and Mrs. Ben Schaefer and fami'y- !Mr. and Mrs. Ray HoriCk of Woodstock visited with Mr. and Mrs. Stephen H. Smith Sunday afternoon. Mrs. John E. Freund was a Chicago caller Wednesday. The Lady Foresters held a meeting Tuesday evening -with forty-eight sisters present. Cards and bunco-^svere played after the meeting, prizes being awarded to Mrs. Peter Smith, ™ siiwh usii «invu Mrs. William J. Meyers, Mrs. William with their sharp twaltR. - H'/- sS WHY WONDER czSt ± to The Long Distance Operator will be pleased to quote you the cost of a telephone call to a distant business associate or customer-- or you may look in your r.Y< siderably less than you hacT imagined. When you want to make out-of-town contacts, find out how little it will cost to telephone. It is more satdirectory. You will probably isfactory to, talk business discover that the cost is con- whether in town or out-of-town. •-u. IlLl NOV* Bill 0 save time f if-v ft,'^g?- AND BUILDERS Phone 127-R McHenry Our experience i* at Yonr JService in building Yonr Wants \ voovc-5- A V\hA£^- \ fOUMD rr / ^ m (Somwa Buy CANDV 'M 1ST CAWPV SOKE AAA# -'W vou arta pur vx nwe coueencM BOX AT CMURXS44 SUCH IS LIFE Ft????; mm