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• v \ - * < -» I , New Streamlined Train's Power Car ' ' *". v\: :*$ i MAHOGANY LOGGING REMAINS PRIMITIVE Vie* of the power car of the new "City of Denver," one of the two streamtrains being built for operation between Chicago and Denver over the Pacific and the Chicago and North Western railroads on a 16-hour dally which will save the passenger a Mil business day. Two 1,200-horse- Diesei electric unUs will propel each train at an average, speed of >er hour for the 1,048 miles between the cities. - Along the Concrete HOODED CAPE ON COLLEGE FACULTY :n "'r-' , • A little hooded cape, made entirel.t of silver fox. Is charming with a gown of velvet. When the hood Is dropped it forms a cowl collar that shows Its black allk velvet lining.--From Am Tbll Is Aunt Molly tacky mountain ballad-singer llsh-I rlsh-Scotch-Cherokee scent, who Ik assistant In university courses In song and American folk-lore, considered the first hill-billy a college faculty. Jackson, Ken York folk for Wood in Junglss It Still Ritlqr. New York.--Adventurous youne ni®ri who bemoan'the fact that explo:i •: and trail blazing Is only a yarn in Ills tory books might look to m:ih<r.ra!?> harvesting in the jungle forests .»»' South America and Africa for" then elusive adventure. 1 Many of the locations where m« hogany Is found have not been fotirli by the f»««*t of white man. and for ni-.»i • than years the same primltiv methods have heeri used to locate, f**1: and market maliogaivy as existed vvhe Oor'tez and Raleigh first came upon flits wood In tropical America. Gold and diamond mining, fur-trap ping and other exploits all have fel\ ttye hand of Industry and the efU'-lenc* of m.'H hinery upon their exploits No* so with nuihogany harvesting. Mo othei' product sought for lit unexplored coim fries has resisted commercialization to the same degree. Work Demands Initiative. ; ' "Whether in Mexico, Honduras. Nlcar agua. South America, or along the gold and ivory coasts of West Africa, the work of logging still demands Indi vidua) initiative and hardihood. There is still the difficult penetration of the Jungle and navigation of torrential tropical .streams; still the need for adroit negotiation with local conces slonaires and on their part the neces sity for shrewd barter with landowners. government agents and tribal chiefs. Experienced employment and management of native labor also are essential. All these elements in the exploitation of mahogany change but little from generation to generation. In Africa, the natives still haul the giant logs for miles through the brush, the prevalence of the tsetse fly making It Impossible to use cattle. Attemi have been made, to haul by tractor. 1 the tangle of the bush Is so thick and the terrain so Irregular that repair costs thus far have made the expet prohibitive, according to the Furniture News bureau. One of the main reasons why the color and romance of mahogany logging still survive whenever it Is undertaken and why the adventure Is still primitive ant} frequently even danfact that the "ma- Hunters Locate The contractor usually takes with him on his prospecting trip three or four "lumt^s" whose assistance Is Invalirahle to him in Ideating mahogany forests. In Central America the men employed for hunting are Mosquito In dlans, Suroas or Spaniards, chosen for their experience and skill in this work. From the point where cjimp is estab llshed to thl end of the drive, the harvesters are in constant danger. Their work must be rapid so that all the wood is in the rivers, before the dry arrives. Much of the time Is In working and little for eating and sleeping while the water lasts. Not until after the logs are loaded on a 81earner do the contractor and his men breathe freely. Behind him, then, are all of the danger of attacks by hos tile natives, death by poisonous Insects and reptiles and the fever. The ma hogany Is on Its way to the large fur nlture-maklng centers and shipbuilding yards, *nd until another "forest", is sighted the men take their leisure. CUBA HONORS ilEi the "That perpetual calendar. All have to do la to shift the" Itround in the right way and you have the date before your eyes. And It's Just as good for one year as It 1«| for another." "V&8. There's only one combination of circumstances which can interfere with Its usefulness." - "What Is that?" i the month it is. and. don't how to set the thing. what day of t know Just Why H« Got HU The rookie In camp, had been kidded by every one, and he was getting to the point whei* hie was a little wary and did not fall so easily into traps. On? night be was on guard when a figure advanced. in the darkness.. ."Who's there?" asked the rookie. "Major Moses," came the reply. "Glad to meet you, M the rookie gayly. "Advance ; the Ten RINGWOOD .' .Mr. and Mrs. Ray Peters were callers at Belvidere and Hunter Wednesday aft^rnooa. ' Clarence PP<e arson spent Tuesday night and Wednesday at Milwaukee. Mr. and Mrs. I. N. Butler and E. B. Butler and daughters of Elgin spent New Years in the F. A. Hitchen's home. Mr. and Mrs. George Young attended a New Year's eve party in the Peter Weingart home near Mc Henry. _ Mr. and Mrs. Gecrge Shepard an«l Wayne Foss a't th^ pTwio. family spent Wednesday afternoon atj Rev. and Mrs. H. J. Collins in Woodstock. • ! Mrs. Kenosha spent the parents, Dr. am Mr. and Mrs. family of Algonquin with the former's Mrs. Joseph McCannon. Andrew Jepson of Stanford, mont is visiting in the home of his brother, C. J. Jepson and family^ George" Young and Thomas Doherty attended a milk meeting at Woodstock Friday evening. Rev. Ralph Kafoed held services at the county poor farm at Hartiaad, Sunday afternoon Dora Virginia brain fever Jane--How did they sme sort of - 4 Not tk It was Mary Jabe's first day and the t some questions for the records. "Are you the oldest in your family?" she asked. "No." replied the child, "mother la quite a bit older than I am." It became known recently that Mrs. Marion Hughes Pierce wife of Andrew Granville Pierce III, of New York, heir of the American Woolen millions, gave the la6t $5,000 necessary for the success of the revolt against Machado in Cuba. So Mrs. Hughes has become thi new national idol of the islanders and she was invited to J>e the guest of honor at a state banquet (n Hnvana and to receive Cuba's highest decoration, the Carlos de Cespedes cross. pany with their son, William, and Mr. and jtfrs. Glenn Jackson and famify of Beloit, attended a family family of Solon Mills and Mr. and eatherin? at the home of th--- --- Mrs. filmer Olsen and family spent Frank and family, at Niles New Years Day in the S. H. Beatty Sunday. home. I Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Wurtzinger of • Mi;* *nd Mrs, Alec Anderson and Woodstock, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Marfamily spent New Years Day in the iow of Huntley, Mr. and Mrs. Roy Felvey Davis home at Woodstock. i Harrison and family, Mr. and Mrs. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Fritz and fam- Lonnis Smith and family and Mr. and ily of Solon Mills and Mr, and Mrs. Mrs Chancev Harrison and temOv Gus Carlson and family spent Tuis- - day evening in $be Clayton Bruce SHE KNOWS HER CUE TOE THE CLASSIFIED COLUMNS FOR QUICK. RESULTS WE DRIVERS 'A Series of Brief Discussions on Driving, DedL cmted to the Safety, Comfort and Pleasure pf the Motoring Public. Prepared by General Motor* ,r h f - No. 9--COUNTRY DRIVING H DISCUSSING we spoke of our cars as transportation systems V. . Our own private railroads, so to speak, with home for our terminal. As a rule we engineers behind the steering wheel work only on local rung . . . back and forth from the office, stores, and the rest of our regular stops. But every now and then, and especially when vacation time rolls around, we're likely to want to change our run. And one fine day there we are, out on the main line, at the throttle of our "Overland Limited," if you please. Railroads put only their best engineers on important runs like tfcat. What the railroad men mean by the best engineer, is the one who has taken his train out and brought it in, time after time, year after year, without a thing to regret. Now there's one thing about this engineer that explains his good record better than anything else. He believes in signs. All along the way there are signals that tell him what to do, and he does exactly what they say. When a semaphore says slow down, he slows down. Whenever he gets the sign of a curve or grade, he adjusts his speed accordingly. Every red and green and amber light that comes winking through the darkness means a definiteorder thpt he'd never dream of ignoring. And when a flare warns him of danger, he just stops until he , gets the go-ahead. Now, when we pull out of our' station and on to the main track, if we are good engineers we'll take good heed of our signals as they come flashing by--"Curve," "Steep Hill," red light-- "Stop " But along comes one that says "Intersection, and there doesn't happen to be any car passing on that other road. Or one that says "School, go slow and there aren't any children about. Or "Slippery when wet," but today the road is dry. And what's the result? Why, a good many of us get to taking those signals with a grain of salt, and, after a while with so much salt that if we aren't careful those warnings may lose their meaning. It isn't hard to imagine what would happen if the railroad engineer got into that habit. He wouldn't be an engineer very long. No matter how many times his warnings prove unnecessary, he still goes on accepting them as gospel truth. And people who drive thousands of miles every year j tell us they have trained themselves to the very same | habits as the engineers. We can just as easily form; one habit as the other, and it pays to form the habit of automatically acting on the advice of our roadside sign?. Soit isn't enough just to have bur and to watch our fuel and oil, or even to follow the rule of not driving too many hours at a stretch. Those things are highly important, but it is "*.st as important to watch for our signc.- and follow them religiously. Then we can look forward to sending t tfiat ever-welcome message--"Arrived safe after pleasant trip, j SCHOOL «4 RPOJRL Mr. an<J Mrs. family of Wauconda spent New Years Day in -the C. J. Jepson home. Mr. and Mrs. Matt Welter were visitors at Woodstock. Friday. Mr. and Mrs. George Shepard were callers at Woodstock Friday. Mrs. J. C. Pearson returned home Friday evening from a week's visit in the Kirk Harrison home in Milwause* . Marion Hawley entertained the girls school room at a party at her Friday afternoon in honor of her birthday. Games were played and refreshments were served by her Mrs. D. C. Friday in Fred Wiedrich an t Friday afternoon at Virginia Welter and Harry Ritter of Woodstock spent New Years with Mr. and Mrs. M. L. Welof Crystal Lake the Louis Hawley Mr. and Mrs. George Shepard entertained the five hundred club st a Christmas party at their home Saturday evening. Prises were awarded to Mrs. Ray Peters and George Young and Mrs. J. C. Pearson and F. A. Hitchens. At the close of the comic Christmas gifts wei ed. Mr. and Mrs. Louis Hawley and family spent New Years Day at Elyour fat Kvelyn--No, but he gave us a of acid to test the presents with. Sunday dinner guests of Mrs. t;. Ella Harrison, J. V. Buckland and Miss Flora Taylor spent Sunday at Woodstock. 1. • i ^ Mr. and Mrs. Morton Wilcb* aft*'. < ' * - Mr. and Mrs. Woodward of Freeport . spent Monday with Rev. and Mrs. ft . J. Collins. Mr. and Mrs Wikox and Mr. and Mrs. Woodward are leaders in the Eastern Star work. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Hinse of Crystal Lake spent Sunday with the lat-. ter's parents, Mr. and Mrs. George Harrison., Miss Marion Peet of Crystal Lake spent Sunday with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Peet. Mr. and Mrs. Joe Weber and feat- ; ily of McHenry spent Sunday with > the latter's parents, Mr. and Mrs. N. i Young. Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Allen of spent Sunday afternoo Viola Low and fsmily. Miss Billie Robin and Harry Con- 1 . nell and* Miss Florence Zapfe and: -- . Walter Hgsel of Chicago and Mr. and" Mrs. C. H. Anderson and daughter,' Joyce, of Antioch enjoyed a 5 o'eloek dinner at the S. W. Smith home Sua- ' day. Mrs. Viola Low Scotch Bridge club Friday Prizes were awarded to Mrs. E. A ' Whiting and Mrs. Louis Schraaflfc' Jfc* \ f: Mr. and Mrs. F. A. --»<* Mrs. J. M. spent Sunday »'v BUJLHAJ LVP O[CBI in the Louis Child, 23 Months of Age, It a Walking Dictionary San Francisco.--A 450-word vocabu lary at 23 months! The claimant to this phenomenal ed ucatlon, tiny Jean McGlamery, pro nounced "exceptional" by psycholo gists at Stanford university, can usr all of them, too. For 15 minutes recently her father •Alexander McGlamery, who has car rled on most of^the child's bringing up took her from room to room in their home and not once did she fall to name th£ countless objects to Which he pointed. The bland, blue-eyed little progidv also can count up to ten, spell out her first name, tell her address, sing "Yan kee Doodle," recite without error nu merous nursery rhymes, and she Is now beginning to wr<te. Authorities <*i mental testing at Stanford are imerested keenly In little Jean's progress. Flivver Supplants Steer as Test for Saddle Horn Dallas.--Not only has the machirn age failed to put the saddler out o! business, but It has actually brough' about an Improvement In his product according tp W. T, Moore, who oner built a saddle for Cole Younger, the outlaw. _ "In the old days," Mr. Moore ex plained, "the test of a good saddle was Whether the horn was strong enough to hold a wild steer. But we've got to make them,stronger now, for the main thing cowboys use their saddle horn? for Is to pull flivvers out-of mm' holes." Pupils Are Guaranteed Good-Looking. T eachers Rookford, 111.--Teachers who are not icomel.v need not apply to Superintend ent William W. Ankenhrand for Jobs "All public school pupils are entitled to good-looking teachers." Ankenbrani. said, indicating one look often is enough to disqualify a teaching applicant. First Pick "Can you give me a job where I can keep dressed up and won't have too much work?" said the applicant. "I'll keep you in mind," said the office -manager, "and when 1 And two Jobs like that, you can have the other F.r "Do you know that the the back of your car Is not the si as the number on the front?" "Yes; I really had that back n ber put on to save botber. It's the A Strong PrMcriptfoa "The thing for you to do," said the doctor to the man with frassled nerves, "ts to stop thinking about yourself-- to bury yourself 1n your work." "Gosh," returned the patient, "and me a concrete mixer. 4i HIGH UFf Mr. Wozz--(In 2050)--I hear you aregoing to live in the air this summer. Mr. Ozz--Yes. I've rented an aeroflat twenty-one miles up over my office. Tell It Again Professor (in the middle.of a joke) --Have I ever told this one before? Class (in chorus)--Yes. * Professor--CJood! You will probably understand it this time. .rs^v. Lack of Appreciation "Owf--Why should I lend you shillings? • White--BecauseJjlldn't ask for ten pounds. Have yob no sense of gratitude? This is Ruth Harvey of Los Angeles, Calif., who defeated Irene Hummcll and Hilda Stowell In a round robin at the women's national amateur pocket billiards championship tourney in Chicago. POTPOURRI ^ ji' j jiiiij^.j ---- The Blarney Stone The world famous Blarney stone Is in a wall near the top of Blarney castle, Blarney. Ireland. To those who kiss the Blarney Ktone is supposed to go the power of flattery and persuasion This legend is believed to have originated because the first owner of the castle de layed' Its surrender, by promises and flattery. • WM*« for The home Saturday sister at Woodstock Wayne Foss has n.oved to the home of his mother, Mrs. Rilla Foss^ for the remainder q{ the winter. Mr. and Mrs. Merr.tt Cruikshank Friday of Dundee spent Sunday in the William McCannon home. Mr. and Mrs. Ed Peer and family spent New Years Day m the Ralph Clay home at Rockford. Mrs. Ed Thompson and daughters, Betty and Grace Mary, of McHlenry spent Tuesday in the William McCan- A. of • H. M. Stephenson and Mrs. B. T. Butler attended the county Legion Auxiliary meeting at Crystal Lake One-fourth of imed in the U e motor industry, Mr. and Mrs. Gus Lunkenhe toer and family have moved to Johnsburg. Dr. C. Keller OPTOMETRIST Drifts 1WL 211-R Stupid} "That librarian made a blonder." "How's that?" "I asked for Shakespeare's plays and now she's gone and sent me Shakespeare's works." • : Humiliating Friend-*-Why worry because your Jewels were stolen -- weren't they fakes? Actress--That's just the trouble. Now all my friends will know if. Ifi'A engine in good shape, Metal Names . The names of metals are wonderfolly expressive: Silver has a gleam, gold Is soft and richly yellow, bronze, brass and steel exactly convey the nature of the substances, lead is gray and heavy, zinc Is an ugly sound which describes the soul of the metal, while iron is as cold and melancholy a word as can be found. 1 Make the Best of Things When the best things are not possible, the best may be made of those that are. '.v' 'Too Bad "Modern science shortened my jiff by a year." 'A badly managed operation?* 'No, the science of fingerprints." The Opium War - The Opium war between Great Britain and China, 1840-1842, resulted from the attempt of the Chinese government to prevent the importation of opium from India. By the treaty of Nanking, which closed the war, China opened certain ports to foreign trade and ceded the Island of Hongkong to Great Britain. •• .; • ' •<./ . Melancholy Bagpipe The "biniou" was an ancient musl" cal instrument In Brittany, a sort of fragplpe with melancholy note* save time trouble