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Thursday, Augsut 27,1936 SLOCUM'S LAKE Willard Darrell, Mr. and Mrs. Harry ; Matthews and sons and Mrs. Martha •; Baer of Chicago returned home recently from a 2100-mile trip. They visited * the Mammoth Cave, taking the his* torical route in the cave under a guide. Near Louisville, Kentucky, the LinoolO ^Memorial was visited, and enroute to Washington, D. C., they drove over ' the "Skyline Drive" in the Shenandoah National park in the heart of one of . the most beautiful and historic . of the East. This highway, one '•T .. . Z ^ .4,*" % JUST WHAT DOES HE MEAN? Horse Crazy LILY T-Ainc jthe outstanding scenic attractions itl America, runs along the crest cf the ^aff^rding umerable panoramas ofrtfores mountains and flowering hillside ay-Arriving at Washingtoh, D. C. with the •assistance of a guide, a tour of the city was made, visiting all historical places there, as well as Washington's . f< 's.. . :p former home at Mt, Vernon. •v;"-'v'Mr. and Mrs. Earl Converse weri business callers at McHenry last Thursday. - Mr. ami Mrtf. Walter Robinson and" amily of Fremont township, spent last >iday evening at the W.E. Brooks; ciiie. ' Mr. and Mrs, Lee Larabee and sons nd Mrs. Emma Larabee of Bristol,, Wis., spent Tuesday at the hon^e. of , Mr. and Mrs. W. E^lrooks. ; ^ Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Bailey of Amboy spent Saturday at the home of WiHard. Darrell. Mr. and Mrs! Louis Schrambri of West Chicago, Willard Darrell and Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Esping- were Sunday guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Matthews. Mr. and Mrs. John Blomgren and guest, Mrs. Raymond Lusk and daughter, Betty Lou, were callfers at Waukegan last Thursday. Mr. and Mrs. John Blomgren and guest, Mrs. Raymond Lusk and daughter spent Saturday at Lake Geneva, Wis. ||M. ir. Haffey of West Chicago call- «PI>n relatives at the Darrell-Matthews homes Friday. Mrs. Ella Parks, Hugh Parks and daughter of Park Ridge, Mrs. Anna Adams and son, Richard ,of Grayslake spent Sunday at the home of Mr. and :|Irs. W. E. Brooks. . Mr. and Mrs. Ray Cook of Zion were dinner guests Monday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Cook. Mr. and Mrs. W. O. Brooks of Libfrtyville and guests, Mr. and Mrs. P. Jlrann of Indianapolis, Ind., spent •Tuesday evening a* the home of H. L. Brooks. . Mr. and Mrs. Wm. A. Chandlers of Gurnee were callers at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Matthews last Wednesday evening. Chesney Brooks, Misses Neva Toynton and Ellen Harris of Wauconda spent from Thursday until Saturday evening at the State Fair at Springfield. • Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Foss and son, •Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Berg and daughter Were callers at Elgin last Thursday. Harold and Howard Dowell of McHenry visited the children at the Joe I>owell home Tuesday evening. ( NATIONS AS CAN ONCY BY pesmx Rift By HAL G. VERMES •© McClure Newspaper Syndicate, 'T"*HATtS Just the «!• fhls Tax Levy in Kansas Again Hits New Low TOPEKA, KAS.--Kansas' lowest tax levy and the lowest total tax charges against property in the state for ten years has be;en fixed by the state tax commission here. The new levy will raise $3,276,425.88 in taxes, compared to $3,657,312.85 in 1935. How the state's taxes and tax rate have declined during the administration of Gov. Alf M. Landon, famed for balancing the Kansas budget while other states as well as the federal government were going far into the red; is showcin the following table: SPRING GROVE Year 'Rate In mills 1933....1.88 1934....1.30 1935....1.44 1936....1.29 Yield 14,847,960.68 3,330,501.77 3,657,312.85 3,27C,425.88 The tax commission repbrted that it "has made ample provision for a possible rise in commodity prices, thus safeguarding against a deficit because of increased maintenance costs in the state institutions." The statement also said: "The commission has given every consideration possible to every item of expenditures and receipts, to the end that the state's business may continue on the same business-like plane used by successful private and corporate businesses." U. S. Corn Imports Imports of corn during the first four months of this year were greater than the total corn imports for the five full years preceding 1935, Import Labor While ^ Texas Pays Relief Chicago.--The netessity of importing Mexicans to pick a bumper Texas cotton crop while 138,404 persons are on work relief in the Lone Star state is too much for one former Democrat. He is E. F. Baxter, of Chilton, Texas, who wrote to the Republican National Committee headquarters here announcing his conversion and enclosing newspaper clippings which described queer goings on in his home state. "The article striking .me most forcibly isHhat where right here in Texas \yith thousands on relief the people in the lower valley section are asking for permission to ship in Mexicans to pick a bountiful crop," Mr. Baxter wrote. "So much for the Roosevelt relief." - The story to which he referred, an Associated Press dispatch in the Dallas News, said the Mercedes chamber of commerce had asked Congressman Milton H. West to seek suspension of the immigration rulings to meet the labor shortage. Growers feared damage to the crop if it were not picked at once, but no local labor could be obtained. , Straight From the Heart "It would be well for politicians to remember that there are still more people off relief than on it; These will have a say about the building of a political machine with their own hard-earned dollars. -- Charles Francis Coe. "Nearly everything has been explained except why there are more unemployed this year than there were last year. --The Lynchburg (Va.) News, Senator Carter Glass of Virginia, owner. way it *ras With this Red Ike. If you ever had that feeling, then you pot racing blood In your veins and you'll always get a thrill out of the bangtails until the Great Steward rules you off the turf forever. Hazel Sanders spent the past week ' with her sister, Mrs. Alvin Westman, m Woodstock. ' • A pleasant evening of cards and visiting was spent at the home of Mr. And Mrs. Edwin Freund on Saturday _JOight by Mr. and Mrs. George Freund, Mr. and Mrs. E. Smith, McHenry and Jflr. and Mrs. Joseph P. Freund. Re 1 freshmehts were Served during the evening. : Jack Eblert was pleasantly surpris ed Saturday evening when a party of "friends gathered at the Town Hall in observance of his birthday. The evening was spent at dancing and refresh ments were served. . Evelyn Sanders, who is employed in Chicago, spent Sunday with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Sanders. -- Mr. and Mrs. Walter Gabe and chil- ."Au dren, Woodstock, visited her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Wagner on Suni Mr. and Mrs. Charles Freund, son, Tommy, motored to the home of Mr. '.•#id Mrs. Charles Michaels, near Johnsburg on Sunday to join in a "• •• family reunion. A lovely supper was served and the evening was spent in cards and general family chatter. :•&The Community Club held its regtllar monthly meeting at St. Peter1 ". .v; :Hall on Monday night. Cards were enjoyed after the meeting and re- ' freshments were served. Mrs. Vincent Feltes entertained the members of her club on Monday evening. Three tables of five hundred were in play and prize -winners were Mrs. Frank May, Mrs. Frank Sanders and * Mrs, Charles Freund, while consolation went to Mrs. Margaret Feltes. A lively dessert lunch was served following cards. The club will meet u-L^2j^xt month with Mrs. Arthur Kattner. Original Optimist Clob Lloyd's was the original Optimist dub. Its motto is: "Most troubles never happen." When most people bear the name of Lloyd's they invariably think of marine insurance, •ays Pathfinder Magazine. But this great British firm is more than that. It places risks on almost everything lyut human life. And Lloyd's is not • company or corporation. It is father an exclusive club of individual speculators. But it is rated *;*s a good paying proposition despite ttie chances taken. This is attested t*y the fact that a premium income :':0t over $150,000,000 a year is divided •mora* the "^club's" 1.200 members. THE FOREIGN FLOOD Food Imports 1933-1935 I* LIVE HOG IMPORTS 1933 --6,470 lbs. WHEAT CORN IMPORTS 1933---160.288 hu. 1935--43,242,2% bu IMPORTS 1933 31383 bu. 1935--3,414,317 lbs. 1935--27,438,870 bu. The latest figures from the Department of Commerce at Washington show what; has happenec to the American food market in two years of New Deal mismanagement. While New Deal bureaucrats were slaughtering hogs, ploughing under crops and yanking farm lands out of production, the rest of the world was busy shipping in food that the American consumer is buying. In 1933 we imported only 6,740 pounds of live-weight hogs. IN 1935, AFTER THE NEW DEAL HOG SLAUGHTER, WE IMPORTED 3,414,317 POUNDS. This is fint for the foreign hog raiser, but is hard on domestic producers and consumers alike. The American corn and hog producing states have been penalized by fantastic New Deal theories which have turned the home market over to foreigners. Corn, hogs and wheat represent only part of the loss to, the American farmer. Hay, butter, beef and other farm products are pouring in. The American farmer is demanding that this flood be stoppeo. ElA.kar ; E1-Askar was a city near Oairo, Bgypt, and was built In 7-V) by Suleiman as his capita^yt is now a late waste. Edinburgh City of Hilly Edinburgh, Scotland, is built •nd surxcuaded by hill*. • • • ' . ' Cniqne Among Capitals. Washington is unique among the capitals of the world because it was planned with the express purpose of being made so. Soon after the war for Independence the necessity for a permanent seat of government was felt. In 1791 a site on the banks of the Potomac was chosen. The tract of land was first called Territory of Columbia which later became the District of Columbia. Ffre Million Bid for Hawaii . ' Records show that a New York business man at one time tried to purchase the Hawaiian island for $5,000,000. This was in 1853, 45 years before the islands became part of the United States. The records consist of the handwritten minutes of a meeting of the cabinet presided over by King Kamehameha on August 24, 1853. The name of the bidder is not revealed. We' see this chap for the first time while we're walking around the pad- • dock during the seventh race at Churchill on a quiet Wednesday afternoon. I points him out to Mudiier and Bertie. - ' "Who is the one.'^I ask, "with the outspoken suit and the little red feather, in his hat?" But they do not know, either, and it seems like he is a total stranger as everybody he passes is giving him the once-over. It is not that he is so different t>«t there is a look in his Shining black eyes that somehow uwkes you start. " ! -V;"v . : He watfhes the jockeys get into the Irons for tlife eighth heat ami his glims are all on number five. .That is a horse Jolo by name, from Great liuns out of Henrietta. I know this chestnut filly well, as ft is niy^usiness to acquaint .myself with alf^the nags what has any possibilities. Jolo ijs a three-year-old which we are keeping our eyes on though we do not bet anything on her yet becaftise sometimes she wins and sometimes 'she do not. That, of course, is to be expected but the trouble is that we do not know "when she will do which. While we are strolling back to our bos in the stand this egg, what we have already named Red Ike because of the leather iif his chapeau, he walks along beside number* five during the post parade and do riot take his eyes, off her till the valets chase him away from the barrier. Then he takes up a stand on the lawn right beneath us. "Oh, .Tojo, baby!" he yells as If he Just got to let off steam; "Oh, Jolo!" By this time everybody In our neigh-; boyhood Is watching this Red Ike as he walks up and down on the lawn, turning sharp around every few steps like he was a lion in a cage. While the valets is trying to straighten out the hides at the barrier, lied Ike rips ,0ft his coat and rolls it up in a ball. Then comes that breathless second when the whole world seems to be standing Still. ' . . ' ; Being as it Is the last race of the day the tiel£ is mostly dopes except for a few maidens and young hides like Jolo. Therefore, there. Is very little money l>et on the result and me and my pals has got nothing on it at all. But, like the rest of the crowd, we want to see a good race though we do not care who wlhs. There is one fellow that cares, however, and that is this Red Ike. And when Jolo gets off to a good start, he whams his coat down on the lawn and starts" Jumping on It. "Jolo, baby!" be screams. "Run for papa. Run!" And believe you me, Jolo is running. There are twelve hides In the heat, but Jolo is eating up the dirt so fast, that she is already half a length In the fore as tljey go whizzing by us like they was shot out of a gun. They close in for the clubhouse, turn and tight for the rail. But of course ri<j» twelve horses can all have that in side position and it looks like there will be a serious accident. Everybody sighs as they spread out on the back stretch and we see that thay have all (still got four legs. Jolo is now racing the other fast bangtails for the lead. Red- Hce 4»-etiH Jumping up nnrt down and not only on his coat but also Including his hat. He la yelling for ilolo like it Is a matter of life and death; and now the crowd Is with him and we are all shouting for Jolo. 'has my glasses on the bunch and I- se« .that Jolo is trying to get inside so she tan hug the rail at the turn. I toss my magnifiers down to Red Ike. He holds them on Jolo until she makes the rai! and the rest of the field has to follow her; then Red Ike goes ntjts and throws my glasses away. However, do not blame him because his hide went to the post at odds of"about 1<> to 1, so if she gets the nod he will win a big barrel of cherries. "Jolo, darling, come to papa!" be raves as the nairs straighten out fet the head of the stretchy Jolo sure couldn't help hearing him and she aims for the wire with the pack straining to beat her to It The rumblje of hoofs gets louder and taster and louder until 1 think my heart is going to bust, I . Jolo is now less than a length ahead as the other hides bear down on her. Then she's only half a length, in front Red Ike is yelling and crying and tearing his hair. His shirt is blowing around him in ribbons. In another minute he will be practically a nudist ••Jolo!" he screams like ten thousand devils. "Come home to papa! Come home!" Five bangtails are racing for the' Wire with Jolo in the middle. Seems, like they are moving without touching the ground. For a second it looks Jike anybody's race. And then the Crowd goes mad as Jolo wins by a nose! " One last wild Shriek of victory and Red Ike jumps up In the air, lands flat on his back and is out cold. A crowd gathers while we try to bflng him around: " A valet throws a bucket of water in Jils face. Then Red Ike opens his eyes. ~ "~ "You must have won a mint," says Mudder, "I'll say," he squeaks, his voice ail gone. , "I bet two dollars on .that Jolo. . Oh, hoy!" A meeting of the Lily Lake Ladies' League was held a,t the Jewel Tower Tuesday afternoon! Prizes were won in bridge by Mrs. Moles^ and Mrs. Shoulder; in bunco-by Irene Jackson,' Mrs., Snider, R. Kagan, Mrs. Harle, Marilyn Olson, and Mrs. Gannon. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Daly and Genevieve Daw were Chicago visitors Saturday. Mrs. Georpe Esser and daughter, Sophie, have returned to Chicago after spending flfcvo weeks at their cottage at Lily Lake. Mr. and Mrs. C. O. Swanson and daughter, Lois, have returned to Chicago for a few days, because of the illness of her father, Mr. Tookey. Mr. and "Mrs. Fred Doseh returned home Tuesday evening from Chicago, where they were called-by the illness and death of his sister, Mrs. Charles M a r i n i e r . ^ V - . Mi's. jlbert Swanson is recovering from an operation/ which she'underwent at a Chicago hospital. At the time of this writing Frank Steinsdoerfer J is. still"^rfyically ill at his home at Lily Lake Mrs. George Italy ; and' "daughter, Lorraine, of .Chicago, speYit a week at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Daly at Lily Lake. Mr. and Mrs. Hanson and baby of Chicago spent the weekend at their cottage at Lily Lake. * J • J Mr. and Mrs. Edward "lienl; '-$v.Chfcago spent the weekend at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Gus Lipfert. Mrs. Gus Schweighofer and daughters, Marie and Doris, are spending a few days at their cottage at Lily Lake. Mr. and Mrs. Edward Marsh .of Chi-" cago spent the weekend at their cottage at Lily Lake and also visited the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Wrublewski. , Mr. and Mrs. C. Blum have returned to Chicago after spending two weeks aV their cottage at Lily Lake. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Dosch were Chicago visitors Thursday where they visited Mr. and J^rs. Joseph Hahn, Mrs. Hahn is very ill at her home in Oak Park. They also visited Mrs. W. Swanson. , ' Mrs. Joseph Mpran ;of ^fchjtagq has returned to hei" home, after spending a week at the home of her daughter, Mr. and Mrs. C. Blum, , ' V .. Mr. and Mrs. John Cusick and brother, M. Cusick, of Chicago visited the home of Mr. ,ahd Mrs. Fred Dosch S u n d a y . ' ' 7 i V ' . / Y v • _ - Mr. and Mrs.T<^ Springnenv Mr. and Mrs. John Monm and Joseph Moran visited the home »f Mivand Mrs. C. Blum Saturday. ~ » Mr, and' Mrs. John Tysler arid son; Geoige, and Mrs. C. Winter of-Chicago are visiting her niece down in Dallas, Texas, for a few \£eeks. Mae Budil's sister, Viola, is speedily recovering from injuries received two weeks ago at Lil^ Lake. Weekend visitors at the home of Mae Budl were Mr. and Mr.,. Schlessor, Mr: and Mrs. T. Budil baby of Chicago, and Mr. and Mi Ed McDonald and children of Park. 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