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Well, Well! Just look who's now in th# GALLERY • George Ade Julitn 5m ? • NIIM Wilcox Pvtntm »Vi-nr7' • • ; frint Condon v <. i; Kiy Kennedy ". fIfw -WonMnt expict ifc; find them in such com- IV pany, but there they ftr*,, alone with others of the. raost famotoa wrttei* ft 'y the day. '. The Rogues' Gallery wi are talking about ha£ pens to be a different kind of Rogues' Gallery "from the one you probably are thinking about. It comprises 'a series of the breeziest, most mirthprovoking sketches that it has ever been your good fortune to have jin opportunity to read. ^¥atch for the ROGUES1 GALLERY in future issues > -of this paper Yen can't afford to pw up 4 chance to rt<d th*s* brilliaut sJretc/tes by thc most famom wHtan im tkt ttmU af humm* Sitting Around Corpse of the "Blue Eagle *t fwopoee to analyse the enormous increase in the growth of bureaucracy. We are not getting an adequate return for the money w6 are spending in Washington; or to put it another, way around, we are spending altogether too much money for government services which are neither practical nor necessary."--Gov. Franklin D. Roosevelt, Sioux City, la., Sept. 29, 1932. PRIESTS WILL ATTEND MASS Ptiests of the diocese will attend the pontifical requiem mass at 11 o'clock, Oct. 10, at St. James Pto- Cathedral, Rockford, in commemoration of the death of Bishop Peter J. Muldoon, first bishop of the CatHolic dioof Rockford. Maay Bodiw la More than 6,000,000 bodies are estlmated to have been placed ID the catacombs of Paris. ONLY*2 DOWN 66c a week buys this brand The "Blue Eagle" has been dead over three months, but the Roosevelt Administration is keeping 2760 individuals sitting around the corpse, and paying them at the rate of over seven million dollars a year, for, so doing. i. There is no litigation pending in the courts affecting the ^defunct Nf. R. A , but the Roosevelt Administration isTceeping on N. R. A. payrolls 87 lawyers, at an aggregate salary of $427,000 a year There are no codes to administer, but the Roosevelt Administration is keeping on th payrolls of the N. R. A. an aggregate of 220 administrators, assistants, compliance officers, etc., at a combined annual salary of $977, 300. Most, if not all, of these are political henchmen, appointed outside of the Civil Service. The whole N. R. A. set-up, as it now exists, is the creature of an Executive Order issued by President Roosevelt, June 15, 1935. These political sinecures, filled with Democratic political henchmen, could be abolished by Executive Order overnight, if President Roosevelt desired to live up to the sentiments expressed in his Sioux City, Iowa, speech, during his presidential campaign. On May M, 1935, the United States Supreme Court declared the National Recovery Act unconstitutional. On June 2, President Roosevelt issued a statement to the effect that "The Attorney General has recommended and the President has approved the dismissal" of 411 cases as a result of the Supreme Court's decision in th? Schechter case. All of these cases related to the enforcement of code or similar requirements relating to the violation of fair trade practices upon the part of individual business, or Jfailure to live up to minimum wage or hour standards."' Accompanying that statement was a list of the 411 cases dismissed. On June 4, President Roosevelt issued a statement announcing that there would be legislation to extend the N. R. A. to April 1, 1936, with its powers greatly limited. On June 14 the President approved Public Resolution No. 26, which extended until April 1, 1936, certain provisions of the N. I. R. A. The resolution, however, expressly repealed all parts of the original act which prescribed codes of competition and pro vided for their enforcement. The resoltrtion continued in force provisions against unfair competitive trade practices which constituted violation of the anti-trust laws or which constituted unfair trade methods, as de» scribed by the Federal Trade Commission act. President Roosevelt issued an Executive Order, as of June 15, 1935, terminating the National Industrial Recovery Board and providing for a temporary "skeletonized" set-up largely for statistical work. Notwithstanding these facts, on September 7, 1935, over three months after the N. R. A. had ceased to exist legally, it was still carrying 2,760 individuals on its payroll, at an aggregate annual salary of $7,023,220. The record shows that of that number, 473 are listed as being attached to the Washington office, and receiving salaries of $4,000 a year or more. The total annual salary of this group amounts to $2,422,800. Outside of Washington, in the "field," there are 68 officers, with salaries of $4,000 or more a year. The aggregate annual yroll of this group is $338,000. With no cases in court, 411 having been dismissed, and no new ones filed, it was carrying 87 lawyers, with an aggregate annual payroll of $427,100. The salaries range from that of $8 ,500 for acting General Counsel down through a long list which ends with 23 senior attorneys, each with a salary of $4,500. With no codes in existence, which removed any work for code administrators, code supervisors, compliance officers, field^investigators, etc, it was carrying 26 deputy administrators and one division administrator, each with a salary of $6,800 ; 6 deputy administrators, one acting deputy administrator, and an assistant division administrtor, each with salaries of $6,000. In addition, it was carrying 35 senior assistant deputy administrators, each with a salary of $5,000 and 9 assistant deputy administrators, each with a salary of $4,500 WASHER Free Home Trial - OA sensational offer. A brand new "llicr Washer for only $49-95--a greatly reduced price. Offered on unusual!;/* low terms. Has all the features you want in a washing machine. Hurry. Sale ends when our limited stock is gone. Free home trial if desired. Phone or call at your nearest Public Service Store today^ 7' ' ' •Tt . ff e infrmt and cthtr r-ttr. a ssmnebst , I .fbtr pnet is (hargtd tar appitancu old em vtttrrtd paymtnu. To tbi prictl qu-ttd in 4 »r atit trtutntnU and marked on cur mrr~ '.bandat. substantially 3% •! ti b< addtd»n aaeunt oj addititiml tax ixpenjt. PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY OP NORTHERN ILLINOIS Tolonhnno • firvgf.al T.alfft 9i|fl This enormous payroll is being carried without a single code in existence to be administered. As if that were not enough, it is carrying 14 special assistants, each j (Dem.)/ of Utah. listed at $6,800 ; 7 special assistants, j this manner. During the closing days legal talent, irfifeh aggregates fW*,- 100 a year, there is an acting General Counsel, with a salary of $8,500; an Assistant Director of Litigation, and a General Coordinator in the Legal Department, each with salaries of $6,- 800. Then follow 17 "head attorneys,' at $6,000 a year; 40 "principal attorneys," at $5,200 each; and 23 "senior attorneys," at $4,500 each. These are all attached to the legal staff of the Washington office of the dead Blue Eagle. In addition, there is being carried on the payrolls one "senior attorney," with a salary of $4,500, who has been loaned to the Labor Department. Furthermore, one "chief attorney." with a salary of $8,000; one "head attorney," with a salary of $6,000; tw> "principal attorneys," with salaries of $5,200 each; four "senior attorneys/' with salaries at $4,500; one "attorney," with a salary of $4,000, and cn® "associate attorney," with a salary of $3,200, are being carried on the Washington payrolls of the N. R. A., but "loaned" to the Federal Trade Commission. . . ^ ' / • In the "front offices* of the Wash* ington set-up there are ah acting Administrator, with a salary of $8,000; three Directors, with salaries each of $8,500; two Directors, each with a salary of $8,000; four other Directors, with salaries each of $6,800'; an "Executive Officer," with a salary of $6,800; a "Control Officer," with a salary of $6,800. m In view of the fact that the President announced that the principal work to be continued by the extended, skeletonized^. R. A., under Public Resolution No 26, was largely the collection, compilation and interpretation of statistical matter, the Washington'office is amply staffed without any of the above list. To carry on such statistical work, there are 6 "principal economists,1'- each with salaries of $5,200 ; 4 "senior economists," with salaries of $4j- 500; one "chief statistician," at $6,- 800; another "chief statistician," with a salary of $6,000; 3 "principal statisticians," with salaries of $5,200 each; 4 "senior statisticians," with salaries of $4,500 each; one "statistician," with a salary of $4,500; one analyst, with a salary of $4,500; and 9 examiners, each with a salary of $4,500. This makes a combined personnel of 30, with a combined annual, payroll of $145,100, to carry on the statistical work which the President, in his Executive Order said would constitute the "skeletonized" activities of the N. R. A., until April 1, 1936. So much for the Washington office. In the field, the payroll report shows, the N. R. A., as of two weeks ago, when the report was made, had 688 officials and employees, 68 of whom are drawing $4,000 or over a year. Eight are regional directors, at $6,800 a year each, and one a deputy regional director at $6,000. Twentytwo state directors and one review officer are shown on the rolls. The review officer's salary is $6,- 800, four state directors get $6,000 each, eight $5,200 each, and ten $4,500. One field executive assistant draws a $6,00 salary; five assistants, $5,200 each, and eleven assistants, $4,500. In addition to those above listed, the reports shows that the N. R. A. has loaned a great number of employees to various governmental agencies, including the White House. The significance of this lies in the fact that the White House, the Labor Department, the Department of Commerce, and the Federal Trade Commission (to all of which agencies tfie N. R. A. has loaned employees) are supposed to obtain from the Congress appropriations sufficient to staff their own activities. By obtaining from the N. R. A. help which is paid from money allocated to the N. R. A. from the P. W. A. funds, which funds are not Administration is able to set up a false double budget. The outstanding offender is the Federal Trade Commission. It sought larger appropriations from Congress for its staff than Congress was willing to appropriate. Evading the law, the N. R. A. loaned it 77 employees, ranging from a Chief Attorney, drawing a salary of $8,000, to file clerks drawing salaries of $1,260, making in the aggregate -an annual salary list of $154,343. The Commerce Department has 19 individuals loaned it by the N. R. A with salaries ranging from $1,260 to $2,600 a year. The Treasury Depart ment has 3, and the Labor Department has 6. Even the White House is not exempt.- The data shows that the N. R. A. has loaned the White House 11 individuals, listed as, 3 readers, 1 clerk, 1 stenographer, 4 typists and 1 messenger, with a total annual payroll" oi $11,020. This amazing data has been brought to light by Senator William H. King It came about in WHY Day Is Added or Dropped in Crossing Pacific. The reason for adding or dropping a day while crossing the Pacific. Instead of the Atlantic, or any other ocean. Is because the one hundred and eightieth parallel of longitude east or west Is found there--that Is, the point Immediately on the opposite side of the earth from the observatory in*Greenwich, near London, which navigators uniformly count as the starting point, or zero, observes a writer In the Cleveland Plain Dealer. In traveling eastward, or against the Sun's apparent course, It is necessary to drop a dfay, and for convenience and uniformity this Is done at the one hundred and eightieth parallel; in like manner, In moving westward, or with the sun, one day must be added or counted twice. If this were not done, the traveler would find on arriving at his journey's end that be was either one day ahead or behind those whom he had left at home--that according as he had gone east or west iround the world, he had gained or lost a day, both of the week and month. The three or four minutes Of time gained or lost each day, being put together, make up one day In the aggregate, and Is dropped out or added, at a point exactly opposite Greenwich, 180 degrees, or one-half of 800 degrees, the number in any circle. • Wity Word "Post" Is Used F in Referring to Mail " Tfce word "post," referring to mall, comes from the Latin, posltus, which literally means placed. In early days horses were placed Or stationed at regular-points along a given route to. carry the mall onward. Travelers moved In post-chaises. Post-chaises carried the mail.. Early American pony express riders furnish a perfect example of handling mall by post Hence, post office, postman, postal, and similar words dealing with mail matter. The origin, it Is said, of the name post office goes back to the earliest known means of carrying messages by couriers. With the Romans the place where the relay was effected was marked by a post along tie side of the road.--Washington Star. . Why Bird* Wear Band* Birds are banded for the burfeau of biological survey of the United States Department of Agriculture. By means of these numbered aluminum bands Important investigations relative to the migrations and other facts in the life histories of North American birds are being advanced. The bands are attached to the birds by volunteer cooperators, both In the United States and Canada, who serve without pay. Success In the bird-banding work Is therefore dependent upon the reports of persons In both countries on such banded birds as come to their attention. Why It li t "Marriage Kaot" We speak of the marriage knot or tie because the tying of a knot was once an Important part of the ceremony among the ancient racea. Among the Carthaginians the thumbs of the betrothed couple were tied together with a leather lace. This custom. In slightly different forms, still prevails. In the Hindu ceremony, the groom places a ribbon round the bride's neck and ties it In s knot. The Parsees also bind the hands of the bridegroom with a sevenfold cord.--Answer* Magal* ne. Why It la Methodist Church The name, Methodist, was adopted by the religious denomination of today on account of .the method or rule of life adopted by John and Charles Wesley, George Whitfield, and a number of other Oxford students in 1729. According to Wesley's diary they found as they read the Bible they could not be saved without holiness. They followed after It and Incited others so to do. Other students called them In derision the Holy Club, Bible Bigots, Methodists, etc., and this last name was accepted by them as a fitting name for their denomination. Why Red I, Called Pink It is not definitely known Why red hunting coats are called pink. One authority suggests that It originated with the cavaliers when they met for fox hunting and sported the royal livery. The word pink wafc possibly used through fear of offending the Cromwellians and dissenters through wearing the royal red. Another authority suggests that the word ptnk probably arose frqm the discoloration caused by weather and that old coats really are more pink than red. each listed at $6,000-; 15" special assistants as $5,200; and 15 other special assistants, at $4,500. Among the titles of these assistants are: Assistant Code Administrators, Code Supervisors, Senior Code Supervisors, Compliance Officers, Field Investigator CJw^f Code Advisers, Senior Cpde Advisers, Code Assistants, Exof the last session of Congress, Senator King introduced a resolution calling on the N. R. A. for a report showing the payroll and the names of individuals on the payroll of that agency. Obviously he desired the report for insertion in the Record. He was approached by representatives of the N. R. A. and assured that if h* ecutive Code Assistants, and Assist- ^ would withdraw his resolution, the In* ant Code Advisers. formation he sought would be fur* in addition, there are 34 unit chiefs,! nished by them voluntarily . • ^ " two with salaries of $6,800, 5 with • Senator King . believed they were $6,000 salaries, 15 at $5,200, and 12 acting in good faith ahd withdrew his at $4,500. With no codes in existence,1 resolution. The N. R. A. waited until and nothing to administer, with no'after Congress adjourned and until litigation anywhere, therp is no in- after the last issue of the Congresdication as to the units of which sional Record had befen published bethese individuals are designated fore they sent Senator King the dechiefs. In fact, there are no units (sired information. It was quite eviany longer in the N. R. A. which dent that was a trick whereby the have any le^al existence. ij promise to furnish the information Why It It Spanish Moaa The plant Is native to the southern portion of the Gulf states In territory which first belonged to Spain. Probably this accounts for the name. It Is a native American plant and psS not introduced by the .Spaniards. : Why Ball I* Big Ben" The bell In Westminster clock tower la called "Big Ben" In honor of Sir Benjamin Hall, the commissioner of works, under whose supervision It was constructed. " - Why Italian la UimI ia Mnaie Italian terms used to indicate time, speed, etc., have become traditional because the first systems of modern music notation were originated by Italians. Why Harlnm I. So Callod Harlem was settled about 1634 by people from Harlem in Holland and the name was given It by Qov. Peter Stuyvesant In 1636. Tli» Trench of Bayonets.. . The memorial known as the Trench of Bayonets is near the battlefield of Verdun in eastern France. Cftaaia* back to the payroll for would fcfe lived up to, but the.|iurp<^ [tio^ public. for which the information was sought would be defeated. Senator King did not take to that treatment kindly, and upon receipt of the report, which covered 18 typewritten pages, notified the N. R. A. that he intended to make the informa- Insect Cannibals - Lower Crop Loss Earworm Has Habit of Eating Its Fellows; Halts ,< Greater Damage. Supplied bj> th* United State* Department of Agriculture.--WNU Servloe. The corn earworm's unfriendly habit of eating Its fellows saves a great deal of corn that would be destroyed by these Insect pests if they lived more amicably together. Out of several earworm larvae--sometimes as many as 20--entering the same ear of corn, only one may live to become an adult moth, according to recent studies by entomologists of the United States De partment of Agriculture. The sole survivor of the 20 does not make away with all the others. Perhajps it kills only one pr two. Its victims, however, may have accounted for one or two more, and so en. Corn earworm cannibalism Is progressive. Corn with long, tight-fitting hnsks Is more conducive to cannibalism among earworms than corn with short, loosefitting husks. The hungry larvae that hatch from eggs laid on corn silk outside the husk must work their way inside to the new silk and the kernels! When their only passageway la restricted-- as It Is when the husk covers the whole ear and extends well beyond -the tip--one frequently runs upon snother. No la^va feeding by Itself goes out of Its way to pick a fight But when It meets a fellow feeder it Immediately lunges for a soft vulnerable spot of that fellow-feeder, sinks In Its powerful little jaws, and voraciously devours its victim, down to, the hard head capsule. In close quarters, where there Is no room for a counter attack, the larva that strikes first Is almost certain to win. In open spaces, the entomologists say, all these tiny larvae lack to complete the picture of furious combat is the ability to growl, snarl, or hiss. Weeds Are an Obstacle to Better Grade of Hay \Veeds are one of the greatest obstacles in producing high grade hay for the market, says W. H. Hosterman. hay specialist in the United States Department of Agriculture. He reports that farmers who are planning to profit from a national hlf^ shortage-- a shortage that certainly cannot be overcome In less than two or three years--will make every effort to havf their hay free from weeds. To^ grade as U. S. No. 1 not more' thin 10 per cent of foreign material-- which Is usually made up of weeds--may be present Tn hay. For Nos. 2 and 3 the tolerance Is 15 and 20 per cent, respectively, except for al falfa where the allowance Is ft, 10, and 15 per cent. Alfalfa, says Mr. Hoster man, usually is "very clean," which accounts for the difference In grade requirements. Weeds are particularly bothersome In the annual hays such as soy beans. Sudan grass, and lespedeza. The most bothersome weed reported In soy bean hay Is the prickly spifrge nettle (bull nettle). With the slightest dampness--even the breath of animal* eating It--so offensive odor arises. Seed of the nettle also Is objectionable when soy beans are harvested as a seed crop. Twice T o l d Tales Items of Interest Taken From the Files of the Plaindealsr of Tears Ago FIFTY YEARS AGO An accident occurred on the railroad near Algonquin, on Friday last, a freight train running into the Pay Car, while paying off the men at the gravel ;pit. Quite a number of workmen Were severely injured, and we hear that one has since died. A call for a Republican Mass Convention, to be held at Woodstock on Saturday next, for the purpose of sending eighteen delegates to Elgin on the 6th, to nominate a candidate for Congress in this District, We learn that Albert Colby has rented Allan Walsh's house, and that I. N. Mead, the West Side Hardware merchant, has rented Wm. Walsh's residence, • ..."'" /: Earnest Wendell is building a fine little residence for himself in the north part of the village. ' Pine-Fed Pi# in the Middle ages millions of pork ers picked' up a precarious living in the great forests, grubbing for acorns and roots. Today they are regaled on quick-fattening oil cake, which makes better bacon. But such rare Is dear, and Germans have been enjoined to observe economy In plg-feedlng. Now, says the Tit-Bit Magaslne, a German chemist has come to their aid with an extract from plDewood. of which com. modify Germany has millions of acres. It Is claimed that this extract Is capable of fattening pigs rapidly and satisfactorily. i Along the Windrows Ten tons of soli an acre pass through earthworms each year. • • • Honey is used to manufscture one brand of golf ball now on the market • • • Nearly 21,270,000 acres of land In England ts'devoted to gracing this year. There are still 20,000 horses In New York city, requiring 600 stables to house them. Seven farms have automobiles for every one that has electrlcitjr, in the Mississippi valley. Official statistics shows corn Is North Carolina's biggest crop, the norma! yearly yleld being about.50,000,000 bushels. ' •' ' Two-thirds of* the meat • Sfclmals that are slaughtered In this country are slaughtered under government in spection. i • • • Corn Imported Into the United States vffi 1984 "amounted fo 2,059,256 bushels. More than 28,000,000 acres In Russia have been sown to graln thlS year. • • • Prospects for an apple crop in northeast Kansas are above the five-year average, a survey by the state horticultural society Indicated. • • • When apple trees receive proper fertilizer and cultural care they will produce every year under favorable weather conditions. Weight of Mules ' The weight of a full-grown sole !e about four ounces, and If food Is plentiful it will eat this weight of food each day. The staple diet, consists of worms, but all kinds of insects are devoured, besides small frogs and lizards. Mi»t»ke« Encouraged Charitable enough to belief*,!* said Uncle Eben, "dat mistakes will happen, but some folks has a way of hurryln' 'em." FORTY YEARS AGO We learn that the Wilbur Lumber company have bought the two yards at Nunda, which they will consolidate, and that fieo. G. Smith, of this village will be put in as manager; H. Cj Mead informs us that he bought two bushels of seed potatoes last spring called the Early Queen from which he raised f\fty-two bush* ,els of as fine potatoes as he ever put in his cellar. - -Jacob Bonslett has sold his_hanL ware business in this village, to A, C^. Friedley, late of Lamont, 111., who has taken possession of same.. The West Side Band has organized a regular Dramatic Co., in connection with the Band and will produce a good drama every month. > in their West Side salesroom a 1918 Overland roadster, which is a beauty to say the least. A deer for Sayer'a animal park Pistakee Bay died while being hauled from the depot in a wagon on Tuesday evening. TEN YEARS AGO Due id the unfavorable weather, tlat work of paving the streets of our city has suffered many delays. Last Sunday afternoon witnessed a beautiful ceremony at the Catholic church at Volo, when the cornerstones were laid for the itew church and alttt. the school buildings now being erect* ed for the St. Peter's congregation. About thirty-five friends of Ray: Cotr of Woodstock gathered at the Bickler Hotel in this city Tuesday night and gave the "nearly-wed" B big surprise. The occasion was ft farewell party to Mr. Corr, who be married next Saturday "morning.". M. E. CHURCH You are invited to attend servient! •at the M, .E- church every Sunday. 1f£.' , Sunday school, 10 a. m. - * Morning worship, 11 a. m. " /r •" It is hoped that a go&d attendance ' - will be present Sunday to welcome" "* the new pastor, Rev. R. W. Pinell. /"r/.i'V. Promotion day was observeo last " Sunday in the Sunday school and the ; VJv children were promoted tc other : classes for another year. If youl child does not attend a church or Sun-. - day school they are invited, as well as adults, to join in these services: Mrs. Nizzie Holly is visiting in the home of her son, Albert, at Genoa, NEW GARAGE. TWENTY FIVE YEARS ; v The brick work on the new Schumacher block is progressing nicely. The foundation for the m Peter B. Freund block op the West Side is completed. < The front of the Brefeld block, as well as the interior of the barber shop, has been refreshed through a new coat of paint. Miss F. Hillebrand has moved from the John Glossen house on Green st, to the rooms over the John Stoffe) grocery store. Lewis Eisenmenger and Charles J. Heft have moved their families to McHenry from Chicago and are novt occupying homes in the north end of town. Both have secured employment at Terra Cotta. TWENTY YEARS AGO John Engeln of this city recently shot a 7-foot eagle, which he is now, having mounted in Chicago. The birdwill be on display at the Engeln hard< ware store as soon as it arrives. • The Geo. Beckwith property at the end of Waukegan street was sold at public auction last Saturday morning the purchaser being John Carey of this village, who paid $2,700 for the place. Overton and Cowen have on display PAY FOR IT LIKE RENT AS YOU USE IT i Build a new garage NOW and pay for it ia small monthly installments-- depending on the total amount and the length of time needed M complete the payments^ Materials and labor aire reasonable. Our simple Finance Plan provides low rates, convenient monthly paymentsT^^j^ USE 4-SQUARE LUMBER FOR BEST RESULTS Precision-cut lumber in exact standard lengths, with smooth, square ends. Prop* erijr seasoned stock. Guarmateed by Weyerhaeuser. You can buy it with confidence, McHenry Lumber Phone 46 West McHenry, OH. Phone 200-J Fred J. Smith, Prop. I Johnsbnrg The best equipped garage in Northern Illinois. 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