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MP yx *». mwm Twice Told Tales r-sv'*:-; , ft p*-* '-*•? < •-M 5si life "* • r.1 V":: Items of interest Taken rrwa th« Files of the Plaindealer of Years Ago TWENTY YEARS AGO ' Bauer is once more marking the east end of the mill pond and unless another thaw prevents same the harvesting season in McHenry will be '/.Well advanced within the week. Ferdinand Frett, who has been emr> l°yed in Chicago for some time past, *, / V>as given up his position in that city "••""-"V'^imd recently started work in the shop ' .Jbf his brother, P. W- Prett on the ;>^:West Side. Even our oldest residents can ; 1 • Scarcely remember a winter like the ' nne we are now experiencing. Even * pome of the flies have absolutely refused to leave, while occasionally a , robin is seen. Wauconda last Sunday witnessed her first military funeral, the occa- , sion being the burial of the body of * Paul C. Hoffman, who gave his life during the late war while serving his * countary abroad. THIRTY YEARS AGO FORAGE NEEDS ' HEALTHY *«p JS Pastures on Poor Land Lack Nourishment C. P. Norager, who has conducted the affairs of the Orchard Beach hotel during the past year, is now the owner of the property, having purchased same from August. Larsen. The Wauconda Leader, for the past fourteen years the property of F. L. Carr, who also edited the journal is now the property of John P. Blank. The terrific wind of Sunday morn- j ins: blew in the south plate glass window in the Peter B. Freund saloon building. ' Butter was declared firm at 29 cents on the Elgin board of trade last Monforty years ago Jacob Dietrich has purchased the Snyder farm, the consideration being $10,000. He has rented the same for a period of three years. Mrs: Angevine, mother of Prof. P. E. Angevine, was the unfortunate vic- , tim of a painful accident last Satur- " day morning. In stepping off the rear porch she missed her footing and fell, fracturing the leg above the knee. Mrs. Isaac Wentworth died at her - home in this village Tuesday, January 8, after a lingering illness. Mr. Robert G. Tweed and Miss Alma Anna Etta Kane were united in marriage at the residence of Miss T. Sharon, Chicago, Tuesday, the Rev. Dr. Heneson officiating. fittv years ago Mrs. John Cleary, who lived south of this village, died on Monday last, after a long and painful illness.. Her funeral will be held from the Catholic church in this village. Our public school opened last Monday after a two weeks' vacation. Master Dick Walsh entertained a company of his little friends on Toesday afternoon, It being his sixth birthday. The party at the Riverside House on Friday evening last was attended by seventy-eight couples, and ageneral good time is reported. :St. s SIXTY YEARS AGO Gottlieb Boley, of the McHenry Brewery has an unweighed daughter at his house, which arrived recently. Smith & Snyder, of this village have since the 16th day of October, paid out over thirty thousand dollars for hogs alone. Responsible parties are talking strongly of starting a Butter and Cheese factory in this village. The bridge was finished, tested and delivered over to the commissioners on Saturday last, and now we can safely say that we have the finest and most substantial bridge in this part of the country. J iy PROF. W. A. ALBBECHT CS«7> Dtpsrtmrot, University o/ Missouri.) Sick soils will not produce healthy plants. Sick plants will not nourish healthy live stock. Mal-nourished live stock will not yield the farmer a profitable income. So what shall it profit us, then, if our frantic search for a foolproof grass to grow on abused soil is successful? We have become conservation conscious in recent years. » We have come to recognize the threat to civilization from soil erosion. In many cases we have embraced the obvious solution--protective covering to heal the scars of wind and water, to hold the remaining surface and fertility. But suppose we do succeed in getting the sick land back to grass? Suppose we do find, plants t&at will exist? They will hold the surface, which is desirable, but will they restore the land to useful production? Only if they are reinforced by vitally necessary nitrogen, phosphorus and potash can they assist in repairing the damage that has resulted from years of mining the soil of its fertility. An increasing number of cases of animal malnutrition, animal irregularities and animal disease have been traced to soils that have lost their fertility. Chemical studies have been> made of the soil and of vegetation it produced that ailing animals consumed. When these chemical studies are related to animal case histories, they show that the trouble lies in the absence from the soil of plant nutrients essential for the plants and required in larger amounts by the animals. Mining our soils of their fertility is bringing us face to face with the simple fact that plant factories are not running as efficiently for feed production as they once were. We should try to balance the plant diet for better results in the plant factory, just as we try to balance the animal ration for better output by the meat or milk factory. Plant rations are much simpler than animal rations. Lime and phosphorus treatment to soil are usually the first requisites in the light of plant and animal needs, because calcium is about eight times as plentiful in plant ash and 40 times so in the animal body as in the soil. For phosphorus the corresponding figures are roughly 140 to 400, according to the United States department of agriculture. Remedying the plant ration by lime and phosphorus additions mainly to the soil will relieve us of remedying the animal ration in many cases, and will be much more simj pie than tinkering \yjth animal phys xology, which is Infinitely complex. A simple soil treatment, like liming, cari do much for the animal's sake in terms of higher content of minerals and protein in the forage Ert of the ration. Lime applied to ipedeza has demonstrated its effect in many places. In one case it increased the lime content almost one-fifth. It was instrumental in helping the plant to rustle enough phosphorus out of the soil to increase the concentration of this nutrient by one-fifth. It enabled the plant factory to pack more than onefourth more protein into each pound of hay, to say nothing of the yield increase per acre in all these items. New Market Found for Potatoes, Skimmed Milk In their search for new ways to use dairy by-products, scientists of the U. S. bureau of dairy industry have devised a new food article from two surplus products, skim milk and cull potatoes. The potato and skim-milk mixture, with a little salt added, is'roade into wafers, chips, sticks, or croutons, oven-dried to crispness. These products contain no cooking fat and consequently keep indefinitely without becoming rancid. Food specialists have found the wafers, chips or sticks, desirable for use with soups and for serving with light luncheons, in much the same way crackers and potato chips are used. Mrs. Louise Van Heirselee and daughter, Edith ,of Waukegan, were callers in McHenry Sunday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Norbert Kuchenmeister and family of Almena, Wis., visited at the Jos. N. Miller home over the weekend. The Kuchenmeisters are making a trip to Florida with their trailer. Mr. and Mrs. William Berndt of Chicago were recent guests in the home of her mother, Mrs. Kathryn Freund. Lillian Atwell of Lake Villa and Jerry McGillevry of Davenport, Iowa, visited Mr. and Mrs. Ray Horick at Woodstock Friday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Jacob . Diedrich, daughter, Vendelina, and son, Arthur, visited the latter"s wife and infant son at St. Therese's hospital in Waukegan last Wednesday evening. Mrs. Eleanor Renard, Walter Gorman and Miss Vera Stufflebean attended the performance of "DuBary Was a Lady," at the EHanger theatre in Chicago Sunday evening. Mrs. Eleanor Renard, Walter Gorman and Miss Vera Stufflebean enjoyed seeing Sonja Heme's Ice Follies at the Stadium in Chicago Saturday evening. Richard Clark, of the Great Lakes Naval Training station, spent Sunday in McHenry. Gerald Miller has received a position in the West McHenry postoffice. He is replacing George Kinsala'who is awaiting call from the army. Mr. and Mrs. Rupert Jones have returned to Galesburg after a two week visit in the home of Mr. and Mrs. R. I. Overton. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Thompson called on friends in Chicago Sunday. Dr. and Mrs. Jack Purvey and son, Johnnie, of Crystal Lake, Miss Sue Feilen of Chicago and Melvin Walsh were dinner guests in' the Jos. J. Miller home on New Year's day. Herbert Reihansperger returned to his studies at the University of Wisconsin at Madison Monday evening as the holiday vacation came to a close. John Meehan, of Jacksonville, Fla., is the guest of McHenry relatives. Mrs. Ada Smith, Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Smith and son, Gordon, of Elgin and Villa Smith of Cleveland," Ohio, were dinner guests in the Robert Thompson home Saturday evening. Mr. and Mrs. R. I. Overton, Mr. and Mrs. Richard Overton and Mr. and Mrs. Rupert Jones attended the ice carnival in the Stadium at Chicago Sunday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Paul Yanda returned to McHenry Saturday night, having spent the holidays in Winnebago and Cloquette, Minn. They were accompanied by Miss Virginia Hope who returned to Northwestern university after enjoying the Christmas vacation in Winnebago. Mr. and Mrs. Richard Overton and Mr. and Mrs. Rupert Jones enjoyed the stage play, "Life With Father," in Chicago Wednesday evening. Maud Granger is visiting in Elgin fair a few; days. ' Dr. and Mrs. Wm. A. Nye and Mr. and Mrs. Richard Overton witnessed the tennis tournament in Chicago last evening. OOTOES88IONAL VZSttS by Congressman Chauncey W. Seed The 7«th Congress is History When the 76th Congress ended its* labors shortly prior to the convening of the new 77th Congress, finis was written to the longest session in Congressional history. The session of the 76th Congress, which just ended, began on January 3, 1940 and continued to 11:43 of January 3, 1941 or a session of virtually 367 days. The longest Congressional session prior to the one just ended was the 354-day World War Congress of 1917-18. With the passing of the 76th Congress many men who over a period of years have played a prominent part in the making of our nation's laws returned to private life. Senator Ashhurst of Arizona who has served in the . Senate since his state was admitted to the Union is probably the best known of the retiring lawmakers. Other Senators retiring are Burke of Nebraska, King of Utah, Frazier of North Dakota, Slattery of Illinois. Holt of West, Virginia, SchwellenmReb of Washington, Neely of West Virginia and Minion of Indiana. In addition to these Senators some seventy odd House Members will not be in the 77th Congress. In closing his long career in public life Senator Ashhurst, one of the deans of the Senate expressed a philosophy that all men in public life would do well to bear in mind. The Senator Mtid, "Never get attached to any w'orlaly thing--professions, office, lands or money--that you cannot give up gladly with only ten minutes of regret. Those who seek fame do not know what it is. Those who know what it is won't seek it." The 77th Congress Begins its Labors Promptly at noon on January 3rd the new 77th Congress began its life. The first order of business in the House was the election of a presiding officer. Speaker Rayburn of Texas was re-elected to that post. Congressman Joseph W. Martin, Jr., was selected by his Republican colleagues for the post of Minority Leader, while the Democrats again chose John W. McCormack of Massachsuetts as their floor leader. Congressman Pat Boland of Pennsylvania was again selected as the Democratic Whip. On the Senate side of the Capitol, Senator Pat Harrison of Mississippi was expected to be the choice of his colleagues for the post of President pro tempore of the Senate. He will succeed Senator King who was defeated for re-election. Many problems will face the nation's lawmakers during the new session. In all probability the 77th Congress will be one of the most im-. portent and possibly the most important in our nation's history, for upon what this Congress may do .win rest the fate of oar nation. Decisions will have to be made fat respect to fenflgn and domestic dfefeefe and upon the wffl net tfe* our Inftittd country. May Almighty God ta Us divine wisdom guide the Tflh Cflagxess fa its labors) and in its V jiaj Hum ivht m ^OnS® HO LONGtR, LARGER, WID' FISHER BODIES SAFE T SPECIAL HYDKAIJLK BRAKE 90-H P. VALVE-IN-HEAD VICTORY' ENGINE MMROOTS the LEADER! •V-*.. ' --:--' SCHWERMAN CHEVROLET SALES McHENRY. ILL. McCOLLUM LAKE FEDERAL JURY PROBES CIO CHARGE AT ALEMITE Agricultural News Mr. and Mrs. George Schubert spentf- Friday in Chicago with Mrs. Schu bert's sister who is very ill. Little Joseph Kilfeather has beet* sick for the past week. Mr. and Mrs. Ed Keegan of Chicago^ spent New Year's day at Hugh Mc-> Donald's. Elmer Schaefer,-Arnold Blake, Joseph Justen and Gus Doberstein have recently returned from a 4,500 mile, trip. Guests at the Jos. A. Schaefer home Wednesday were Arnold Blake, Gen& Justen, Millie Susie Frett of McHenry, Joseph Justen, Ringwood, Mickey Untz, Mundelein, and Eleanor Schaef er of Wonder Lake. Mr. and Mrs. Jos. Bold of Chicago spent Sunday at their home here. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Brocken and son spent Wednesday in Chicago. Geo. Reimus of Mundelein spent Sunday at the Jos. A. Schaefer home. Mr. and Mrs. Jimmy Clark and friends of Chicago spent Sunday at McCollum Lake. A federal grand jury in Chicago is "looking into the complaints of a CIO union that its civil liberties have been denied in a campaign to halt organization of employees of the Alemite Die Casting corporation in Woodstock. The union involved is the National Association of Die Casters, which filed its complaint first in 1937 with the national labor relations board and later with the attorney general. Among the charges are .that meetings were broken up. pickets chased away and vigilantes formed, with the blessing of Woodstock city officials, to thwart the union's organization efforts. ^ The grand jury is attempting to kittle the merits of the controversy Wihout aiming at indictments. A. U JOHNSON BUYS /THE HEBRON TIMES Last week the Hebron Times Was Isold to A. L. Johnson, publisher of Hie Richmond Gazette and other A. VL. Johnson publications. Mr. Johnson will continue the publication of Hie Times with Mrs. Arthur Latham 0f Hebron as editor and advertising v Representative of that city. ' The printing plant of the Hebron - Jfimes will be moved to Michigan City, bid., where it will be used in publish-' tng the Michigan City "Smiles." Alvin F. Johnson is the retiring publisher of the Hebron Times. A. L. Johnson is now the publisher l-'Vf the Richmond Gazette, the Fox ; Lake Herald, the Hebron Times, the Genoa City Broadcaster, the Twin L»kcs Reporter. The number of workers in a colony of bees may vary from 10,000 to 75,000. • . • m 0 m ' Skillful culling is one way tor poultrymen to reduce labor and feed costs without severely reducing labor income. * • • Steering a tractor over gravel roads may be made easier by taking off the skid rings on the front wheels and replacing with old auto tire casings over the wheels. • • • - Forty per cent of the American population lives on farms and in rural towns. • • • The farm population of the United States totals more than 32,000,000 persons, an increase of approximate ly 2,000,000 since 1930, according to the latest census figures. • • • Dr. Ernst Berl, a Pittsburg chem istry professor, has perfected t process that will turn out high-grade gasoline from molasses in two hours at a reasonable cost. 3My GNeighbor„ w • Says: • ^ If your house plants do not took healthy dissolve a piece of lime water and pour over soil plants are growing in. This will kill insects that may be in soil sapping life of plants. • • • Here is a new flavor suggestion tor ham. Spread a little prepared mustard on sliced smoked ham; then cover with strained honey and sprinkle with a little powdered cloves and cinnamon. Brcil or bake until ham is very tender. • • • Coffee used as the liquid for hard sauce gives a new flavor which blends deliciously with baked or steamed fruit puddings. Heat the coffee first to make it mix more quickly with the sugar. This also will do away with the raw taste sometimes noticed in hard sauces. 0 • • To help keep colors in figured draperies from running when laundered, loosen one end of the lining of each drapery. When ready to press, slip a bath towel between the lining and the drapery. Colors that run will be absorbed by the towel which, of course, can be quickly washed. ^ <AaaocUted New«pap«rs--WNU S«vttt| Cock Fighting In Roma Cock fighting was introduced into * mm* Pric«* sharply reduced on a wftU selection of I. 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