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-f. - %*.<* •• > V " ^51 pilJW«liJU '- / V •1 i^BWr \5W5#JT' Thursday, January 13,1938 THB MeHENlY PLAINDEALER P'- W-W^w* 4 *.-jt *.,.-.f".S.-.U.. ,Vj . vwv.i * T-. i "^l >~ '/ *:~r ,~^ ""* iwvJfW* TwiM Told J Tales JL Itama of Intarwt Takan Fiw «ba Fflea ©f«fc* PtaiadMkt ^ af Ttui Ac* SIXTY YEARS AGO . [ ,*' C. B. Curtis and wife, of this villas Returned on Saturday evening from a ?|!^|^3visit East. ; -J We are now having what might be galled snug wtinter weather. On Sat- £V?,'v\',!Urday- morning the mercury indicated ' V;"?'-f°ur degrees below zero, and on Mon- '*\ • •iiay morning twelve. With a foot of ViCv;:f-.f*t¥^5now we should now be happy.. „ > • / ' It has been decided that the Grand FARM TOPICS USE FIELD STONES IN FARM MASONRY Rocks Have Value in Making Walls/Yards, Roads. By K. R. Gross, Agricultural Engineer. Ncte Jersey Agricultural Experiment Statioii. WNU Service. ' Stones, a nuisance in the field, have a value in masonry or concrete work, but whether it is worth while expending the energy and time necessary to remove them from the land depends upon conditions on individual fields. Complete stoning is necessary for growing vegetable crops but. land used for tilled field crops, grain crops, meadows, pastures or foresttry need only be partially stoned in most cases. Land used for f^sY mm " .^Masquerade Ball, under the direction- ture or forestry "*\Hof'-the Geneva Lake Quadrille Band, j need stoning at all. , .YXVYlY-YY' s*. *will take place at the Riverside Hall,! If stoning is advisaWetY^® ..^in this village on Friday ^veoihg. This| way to do it is ;bv hand, TrtHSpdr* •' •/ ."will be, without doubt; one of the tation may be by rneaps o# the olgi IT TEARS AGO # The^party at the Riverside House on. Friday evening last, notwithstanding! t h e r a i n , d r e w o u t e i g h t y - o n e c o u p l e s , j and all had a rousing good time.. j ; W. D. Wentworth and Wm. Whiting > wagon. The stone1 boat is not ra; ommended where there is ri tfactor because it is too hard on horrc-s the wagon permits moving a tnu'c'i larger load at each haul. Rep oval should be preceded by breaking tl.e larger stones with dynamite, reducing thegi to a size which may be h-Y commenced, schI_ ooIl aIt. JTu ,dJJd's„ Lommer-,1 handled b.y one or two me,n ,, cial College, Chicago, on Monday. ' the stones along fence hnes J r , , . . . . I i s t a b o o o n a w e l l m a n a g e d f a r m . v A. C. Granger has moved in jor ^ takes up valuable space and Yhouse first door east ° becomes a weed-breeding nuisance, ^church, owned by Fred Schnorr. | Burying stones in e trench involves Peter Schumacher, who lived near, much digging and is-not a com- YPistaqua Lake, died quite suddenly on piete means of getting rid of them, !Priday night last. He had been around gince stones left above the frost line 118 turaal all day Friday. 4 j tend to come to the surface again. However, filling a gully with stones and covering them with soil has advantages since it provides additipnal well-drained field area. When using stones for concrete work, all those measuring more than three inches should be crushed. At least two-thirds of the concrete mix- EDISON MEMORIAL \!V- CONGRESSIONAL' VIEWS By Congressman Ghaoncey W. Reed FORTY YEA1LS AGO Marshal Walsh and Alderman Went- *worth attended a revival meeting at "the Campbellite church, Fort Hill, one day last week. There are others we could name who are sorely in need of grace, and we advise them to take them along the next trip. fV C. T. Eldredge shipped one ear of ^hogs and two of sheep on Tuesday.' George Hanly had a valuable horse strangled to death on Saturday night. J. D. Lodtz's new residence is rapidly taking shape, under the slqillful hands of E. W. Howe. Joseph Stilling and Lizzie William will be married at Johnsburgh Wed- -tiegday.-- - THIRTY YEARS AGO - A view of the lower neai iy completed at Menio Park, N. J.,- which will be dedicated February 11, on the birthday of the great inventor, Thomas Alva I^dispn, for whorti it Was designed as'a memorial. At the top of the tower a small fir tree may be seen. It was put there by workmen in an old ceremony Symbolizing the completion of the apex of.the 130-foot structure. The fir tree was affixed to the top of the steel framework which supports the world's largest electric light bulb, 14 feet high and weighing three tons. SPRING GROVE Mrs. Klaus and baby. Mr. and Mrs. Russ Boehm *of Libertyville visited Mr. and Mrs. A1 Schmeltzer on Wednesday night. A party of friends gathered at the ,. , , home of Mrs. Joseph Brown on Thursture should be occupied by stones day afternoon in honor of her birthotherwise too much cement is need5 ed. When not crushed, the best use Mrs. Frank Sanders returned to her home, having spent the past two Weeks at the Norbert Klaus home, caring for erlan<Twho recently announced his de- British Trade Pact ^Assistant Attorney General Robert H. According to latest formal negoti-j ^ac^son vitriolic speech fame. It ations for a trade pact with Great'3 expected that the Senate Judiciary Britain will be entered in the very Committee will conduct a searching dnnear future by the State Department.; Qu'ry the life of whoever the nom- It is anticipated that an official pro-- 'n^e may bie. clamatiori of intention to open a par-' « New Bills ley will be made within the next few! Congressman Mitchell of Illinois has weeks. Informal discussions which! introduced a bill which, if enacted into have taken place during the past six' law, will do away with "Jim Crow weeks have paved the way for the official conference. It is hoped that an. opportunity will be given Americaif business and industrial leaders to ex« prefcs their views before the Commit* tee on Reciprocity Information relative; to the trade concessions. State Dei; partment • officials believe that aii agreement with Britain will be com* pleted some time in Aprtl. Budget Figure» , In his annual message to Congress President Roosevelt informed the lawmakers that the deficit for the 193$ fiscal year will be $949,600,000. cording to the message the revenue foi^j the next fiscal year will total' $5,911M 400,000, a decrease of $4Ol»O'7i3,0O<§ from the present fee at year. Expenditures exclusive of debt retirement wiljt tota} $(>,869,000,000. a decrease of $539,600,000 from the present fiscal year. National defense appropriationstY. will total $99,300,00flt ah increase oil';, $34,300,000. It is expected that the President will later a?k Congress for additional funds for the construction of more Naval vessels. It is ^nticipat^ ed that relief expenditures for thi next fiscal year will total $1,139,000.. 000. It is interesting to note that th« per capita public debt on June 30, 193® as estimated in the President's budget message will be approximately $296 per person. During the 1939 fiscal. year the federal disbursement per person will be approximately $61. While the Federal deficit for the same period will be approximately $16 pet person. 0 Another New Justice The retirement of Mr. Justice Suth- Cars on our railroads. The bill provides AS follows: 'It shall be unlawful to segregate any persons traveling as interstate passengers on any carrier subject to the provisions of this Act, or in railroad stations, waiting rooms, rest rooms, lunch rooms, restaurants, dining cars, or in any other accomodations provided for passengers traveling interstate, on account of such passengers* race, color, "or religion; any such discrimination or attempted discrimination shall subject the offending carrier, its officers, agents, servants, and employees, to the penalties hereinafter provided for vi-1 olations, of this Act." Representative Edith Bogws of into law, *fll provide for uniforms and Hack shoes men in the United Staf-- Army, ht ft letter to the P'resident and of War, Representative Bogm ed that a change in the color of forms would be a help in employment in the woolen dustries. Remembering Kindness, Injury "We would all be happier," said Ys Uncle Eben, "if it was as easy to remember a kindness as it is to ,"^1; recall an injury." !J . _ day. Cards and visiting were the afternoon's diversion and prizes for high scores in five hundred were awarded Tenth Federal Circuit Court. The to Mrs. Vincent Feltes and Mrs. Leon Iame of Solicitor General Stanley Reed for the larger stones is in a masonry wall, the stones fitted closely together and imbedded in cement mortar. Small stone crushers operated by farm tractor power can be obtained and the crushed stone may be used Mrs- SanBornr~anJ ^s^rbarnyardsr ^In ^melocali- ch^ren( of Chi t the week. ties there is a market for crushed end ^ his mother/Mrs. B. L. Orvis. slire to leave his position on the bench of our highest judicial tribunal on January 18 have given rise to much, speculation as to who the President will name as his probable successor. The name most frequently mentioned! in the capital city is that of Judge Sarii G. Bratton, a former Senator from New Mexico and now a judge of the 'VanEvery while consolation went to 'Mrs. Jim Oxtoby. At the conclusion i of cards, lunch was served by the guests, and Mrs. Brown wias presented with a gift -John is also receiving considerable mention# as are the names of Senator Minton of Indiana, ^udgeTSibley of Atlanta and stones of this type. \i understand that the new meat! market to be conducted by Joseph! Leickem at the old Thos. Burke stand: :ion Water street is to be opened soon.} The prospects for that new depot .. do surely look night. Even the gang , f»f painters, white-washers and general cleaners sent out by the N. W. company failed to stop off here this season fes they have so regularly done in pre- Vious years. Y Butter was declared firm at 30 cents cn the Elgin board of trade Monday. /There were no offerings, < Work on the ice was begun last Iweek but the storm of last Sunday put a stop to operations this week, Last Sunday was a wiinter day in earnest. A blizzard struck town dur- Try Close Inbreeding /^I3 ' in the Domestic Fowl 1 .Studies with White Leghorn test birds at Iowa State college, through a ten-year period, indicate that close inbreeding may be practiced in the domestic fowl, providing careful and rigid selection for certain characters is maintained at all times, particularly for high hatchability. For most characteristics, the birds retained to a remarkable degree the excellent qualities possessed by the foundation individuals-- four males and seven femalerf, states a writer in Wallaces' Farmer. The college workers hope thgt the favorable results obtained from ing Saturday night and" spent the daV their tests will encourage other in- \vith us. TWENTY YEARS AGO _ McHenry, in common with the entire central west, experienced the worst snow storm and blizzard that has ever visited this section in years. Even the oldest residents of the village cannot remember a worse storm than the oi.e which greet<:d our vestigators to undertake the development of good inbreds. If the problem of the utilization of inbreds for poultry improvement is to be tested adequately, it is likely that a good many different inbred lines must be developed and inter-crossed before superior comfiinations ate found.. 'Y*; •» ; Seed Corn Mtifcli Hseed corn is not fancy in appearance, but it may be entirely 5feVY. Y• if: ton awakening from their night's slumi bers on Sunday. _ _ Fred Heuser is now employed in the satisfactory for seed, nevertheless. Water street meat market, having j in the dry areas, stalks that were started work there last week. Fred able to mature even small ears may has had some experience in this line, BO should make good. Another misfortune befell George Meyers, St., last Thursday, when he lost one of his most valuable horses, Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Glossen en-j tertained a party of friends at their] home on Saturday night. A lovely lunch w»s served and everything was 'done for the pleasure of the guests. Mr. and Mrs. George Wagner and sons of Chicago visited relatives here on Saturday and Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Franzen, of Ringwood, visited in the J. G. Wagner home Thursday evening. Misses Berniece and Lucille Nimsgern, who are employed tin Chicago, spent Sunday with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Math Nimsgern. Mr. and Mrs. Wililam Shotliff vis-: ited iin the Fred Shotliff home at Alden, Sunday. ^ Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Rauen motored from Chicago on Sunday to spend the day with her parents, Mr., and Mrs. John Kattner. ' - wPsl * Sf S6RVJCI 00t to=Vkfnara30i'aqt Vtointnilk25caqt.* fobulV20<aqt bulk 15f apt' TUM 146M STANDARD OIL DEALER HfflS TOIR Tin piiirn BIG! LILY LAKE which died that day. JOHNSBURG be regarded as having better than average resistance to drouth. It is advisable, however, to avoid saving moldy ears or those which come from stalks infested with smut, rot or any other kind of disease: Mrs. Wm. May and son, Richard, Mrs. Jos. J. Freund and Mrs. John Hiller were Elgin callers Wednesday. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. J. Meyers and sons attended the wedding of Mrs. Viola Schaefer Saturday at Waukegan. Miss Kathrine Althoff of Elgin spent the weekend with her mother, Mrs. Wm. Althoff. . Mr. and Mrs, Bob Wilkie of Chicago _Spent the weekend tin the home of Mr. jmd Mrs. Peter F. Freund. Mr. and Mrs. Joe P. Miller were Woodstock callers Thursday. I Mr. and Mrs. Steve May and daugh-j ^r and M r s . J o e K i n g and d a u g h t e r s j spent Wednesday at Richmond. j Mr. and Mrs. Jack Bode entertained ! Y Storing Canvases la putting away canvases for binders and combines, it is very important that they be protected from mildew and from mice, according to a farm correspondent. When through for the season, they should be spread out in the sun on a fence or hayrack until thoroughly dry, then rolled up and hung with wire from rafters or joists so that mice can not get to them. If put away in this manner, they will be found in first class condition for next season. |-elatives from Iowa over the weekend. Mrs.. Fred Smith entertained the five undred club Wednesday afternoon, zes were awarded to Mrs. Charles . Michels, Mrs. Wm. J. Meyers and Mrs. ' Yt'red Smith. Mrs. Peter Smith entertained the |ive hundred club Monday evening JVizes were awarded to Mrs. Wm. J. Meyers, Mrs. Leo Freund and Mrs. J. Freund. " John Pitzen 'is spending the wintet ynonths in Chicago with his daughter, Mrs. George King, spent a few days at Woodstock with her sister, Mrs. "George Zornstorft Mrs. Leo F. Smith and son, Miss Eleanor and" Sally Marie King motor* ®d to Waukegan Wednesday after fioon. Y Mrs. Joe King and daughter and rs. Steve King were Grayslake call «n Monday evening. The Black Sumatra Hie Black Sumatra apparently originated in Sumatra. It is a bird of fair size, slightly larger than the Leghorn, and is characterized by having a long, drooping tail which is abundantly supplied with smaller ! sickles and coverts. There are no , standard weights for the breed, but i the body is of good length and fair | depth. The comb is V shaped; the j color of the beak is black, and the ! shanks and toes black or dark alate. | The ear lobe&i are red. Coarult A meeting of the Lily Lake Ladies' Le a g u e was h e l d T u e s d a y a f t e r n o o n a t j the home of Mrs. Fred Dosch. Bunco was played and prizes were given. The serving of a lovely lunch concluded a most enjoyable afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Walk of Chicago spent Sunday at their cottage at Lily Lake. Mr. and Mrs. Edward Weiabaum were Chicago visitors Saturday and Sunday. ' Mrs. J. Boyko of Chicago spent the weekend at her place of business. Mr. arid Mrs. John Cusick of Chicago visited the home of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Dosch Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Hanson and baby daughter of Chicago spent Sunday at th»ir home at Lily Lake. Mr. and Mrs. Harry L. Miller of Cicero visited the home of Mr. and Mrs. Alex Wirfs Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Wilbert Swanson have returned to their home at Lily Lake after spending two weeks at the home of her sister, Lillian Schonauer, in Chicago. Lily Lake was the scene of festivity Saturday, January 8, 1938, wfien Mf. and Mrs. Joseph H. Daly celebrated their fifty-third wedding anniversary. Friends and relatives were gathered through the evening, and a midnight lunch was served. Gifts were received, among them two wedding cakes. Games, singing and dancing was enjoyed by all. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Daly have endeared themselves to all since residing here and all wnsh them many happy returns of the day: Among those present were Mr. and j Mrs. John Hallbeck, of Chicago; Gen- j evieve Daw, lily Lake; Mrs. Emma Miller and daughter, Adele, of Antioch; Mr. and Mrs. Harry L. Miller of I Cicero; Mr. and Mrs. Wilbert Swanson, Mr. and Mrs. George J. Wegener, M|*. and Mrs. Fred Dosch and daughter,. Josephine, all of Laly Lake. MONBY talks -- so take a turn up and down Automobile Row and see what it says about Buick. First off you discover that this sparkling stepper is the lowest - priced <ef all the straight-eights of its size. Next -- it lists at lower figures, even, than some sixes do, and it's within a cjollar or two a week of several othegt. 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