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To 1 o Tales «f hUnrt Mm ffm Files of th« PlalndeaWr «( Tmti An WAR ON WEEDS EASIER IN FALL Chlorates Less Effective in Summertime SIXTY YEARS AGO This section is now experiencing the thaw of the winter. If you want to get the particulars et the accident which happened near the bridge, ask Dr. Brown, We're •him. V \ Hon. Richard Bishop has been quite tick for the past few days, but this Wednesday morning is reported much j perennial better. Jacob Story is moving his hardwire store to his own building, one door west of the Riverside House, where, when he gets it arranged, he will have one of the handsomest stares in town. " FIFTY YEARS AGO; t ' • "Another cold wave struck this section on Monday. We learn that Jacob Jus ten has purchased the store now occupied by him as a furniture store, of K W. Howe. A debating society, held in the German language, is being held at the McHenry House hall, every two weeks on Sunday evenings. Mr?/Stevenson, wife of Chas. Stevenson. of Ringwood, died on Sunday last, after a somewhat protracted sickness. The Board of Trustees, of this Tillage have made a contract with the firm of Ballard & Bailey, bridge builders, to put a new bridge across Boone oaek, In this village. By J. C. HACKLEMAN |) Cfteg* Iltwa'H Specialist. U nirertttf •# Illinois.) You can kill three times as much quackgrass with the same amount of chlorates by applying them in the fall instead of in the middle of the growing season. Then while the quackgrass is still groggy next spring, give it the final knockout blow. More recent work indicates that somewhat the same thing may apply to the control of sow thistle, leafy spurge and hoary cress. The general rule for killing weeds with chlorates is to apply the chemical during early November at the rate of three or four pounds for each square rod for the worst weeds, such as bindweed, hoary cress or peppergrass and leafy spurge. Then next April or May this treatment can be followed by a second application to prevent the weeds from regaining their vigor lost by the first poisoning. Experiments conducted by the University show that two or three pounds of chlorate applied for each Square rod in early November are just as effective in killing quackgrass and some other weeds as 8 or 10 pounds a square rod in the mid' die of the summer growing season. The experiments alSb indicate that calcium chlorate is about two-thirds to three-fourths as effective as sodium chlorate. The cost of two applications is about $80 an acre when the chlorate is used at the rate of 3V4 pounds to the square rod for each application. Chlorates are dangerous as fire hazards, but if the directions are read carefully and common sense precautions are taken in handling i them this danger will be avoided. 'Pit*:fW'J J . f j y T'1 fS I By »• DEBUNKER Byjvhi Wat>ey Fwri*y, PkJ). BWfnnsm CflWB tamow; mm CONGRESSIONAL VIEWS by Congressman Chauncey W. Reed FORTY YEARS AGflTT" iSA A large amount of damage was done to Hanly Bros, mill by the explosion of the engine yesterday. Mr. and Mrs. Peter Doherty were treated to a very pleasant surprise on Thursday evening of last week. A luge company of friends carrying with them baskets laden with toothsome goodies assembled at their home and proceeded to make merry. O. W. Owen sold an, elegant piano last week to a party living in Richmond. The Lady Foresters ..gave a very pleasant progressive euchre party 'in the city hall on Tuesday evening. Sixteen tables were filled with players. Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Walsh entertained very pleasantly at dinner on Monday. The guests were: Mr. and Mrs. James B. Perry, Mr. and Mrs. John Ralston and Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Crisfcy. THIRTY YEARS AGO heaviest snow storm that has visited McHenry and vicinity in years made its appearance last Sunday afternoon and continued until Monday meaning, the fall being about a foot on the level and all the way from three to five feet in places where it drifted. Frank Holly of Lake Geneva, who was quite severely injured in a fall from a scaffold several weeks ago, is up and around again. Jacob R. Justen, who owns one of the finest farms in this vicinity, is the first farmer in this section to have his buildings and property wired for electricity to be used for both light and power. The moving pictures at the Central sre giving the best of satisfaction and wID be here next Sunday. TWENTY YEARS AGO p/. Swine Fatten Faster If they Aren't Tiggish* Believe it ot; not, pigs will make hogs of themselves much faster if they do not have to be "piggish." Elbow room while eating and the right kind of service help swine to make rapid gains on a smaller amount of feed than when they have to eat like "greedy pigs" to get their share of whatever grub is available. Hog-lot mannerisms of this kind are worthy of the attention of farmers as well as of students of swine psychology, Drs. R. C. Miller and T. B. Keith, of the Pennsylvania State college agricultural experiment station, believe, because of the feed cost involved. When pigs are fed in groups and allowed to act "natural," they usually require 400 or more pounds of feed in order to gain 100 pounds in body weight, the Penn State experimenters found. In a recent test in which they were fed separately, however, certain pigs gained 100 pounds on as little as 229 pounds of a ration analyzing 17 per cent protein. Factors other than uninterrupted meals doubtless had a bearing on the economy of gains, Miller and Keith freely admit, but they also are of the opinion that plenty of room at the trough is important. Their tests indicate that a ration of corn, tankage, soybean oiimeal, alfalfa meal and salt is about right for fattening pigs after they weigh 100 pounds if the mixture analyses around 17 per cent protck From weaning to 100 pounds, same what more protein may ha work of installing the new machinery at the Borden factory is going on much more satisfactorily during the past week and it is hoped that same will be ready for service in the vpry near future. Henry J. Kamholz is this week moving his family from his home on Center street to the flat over his place of business on the West side. Edward J. Buss, Clarence I. Niesen and Lester Page spent last Thursday and Friday in the metropolitan city where they were in attendance at the automobile show. John L. May, eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. Jos. May, and who is one of the owners of the local pickle business, has been 6n the road during the past three weeks in the interest of the C. Clauasen Pickle company of Qu- \ - ENLARGE CENTRAL GARAGE FOR SAFETY LANE SERVICE Orchard Grass Ally ' Of Pasture Legume The very fact that it dees not form sod, which formerly was regarded as a disadvantage, » causing renewed interest is orchard grass as a pasture plant. The bunchy growth ot orchard grass, says E. Marion Brown ot the bureau of plant indastry, U. S. department of agriculture, allows for free development of the lespedeza between the clumps of orchard grass. This favors the always desirable partnership of a grass and a legume, with the grass benefiting from the nitrogen which the legume draws from the air. Thus the orchard grasslespedeza combination has one of the qualities that has made bluegrass and white clover a favored partnership wherever they will grow. Orchard grass--particularly if well nourished with nitrogen stored by the lespedeza--makes a strong early growth in spring. In summer when the orchard grass is resting, lespedeza is productive. Catherine de Medici once took the notion of producing a race of midgets, so she promoted matches among the living midgets of her day. The experiment failed for two reasons: First, that most such matches prove sterile, and second, that those who do produce offspring do not produce midgets, but normal-sized people. This has since been found to be a biological law. Likewise, any two short people who marry are likely to produce children taller than them- Sf ives, while tall parents much less frequently produce short children. It is possible to produce & race of giants, as Friedrich Wilhelm I set out to do before his death, but it is not possible to produce a race of midgets in this way. (Public Ledger--WNtf Service.) (Jabby Qertie VINWVr 7AIY0IY "The capacity for taking panes is not always called genius." §My aNeighbor T w Says:'^0J: Save colored bottles that beverages come in and use them fef holding trailing vipes, sprays or otfat*: ar greenery. They adi a note off color to glass shelves in window* or on flower racks. ««?• • • • The position of the mattress an the bed should be changed every week. One week the top should b# shifted to the bottom and the second week the mattress should be turned over, so ttsat it has; a com-- plete turning every 14 days. • «• * If you like the flavor of cunry add some to scrambled eggs the next time you make them, or put m little in veal, pork or beef gravy. Curry also adds flavor to nice and cheese or macaroni and tomato sauce. Go sparingly, however; an overdose ca» spoil the whole dish. (Associated Newapapera--WNU Service.) The Lease-Lend Bill As this column is being penned the siO-*a!led lease-lend legislation is approaching a final vote by the House of Representatives. It is expected to'pass the House by a majority of at least fifty votes. In the meantime at the other end t of the Capitol, the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations heard several prominent citizens testify in opposition to the lease-lend bill. Colonel Robert R. McCormick. publisher of the Chicago Tribune, Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh, General Robert E. Wood, head of the America First Committee and Major A1 Williams, aviation expert were among those who gave the Conjmittee the benefit of their views. Colonel McCormick in a very well prepared resum£ of the situation demonstrated to the Committee how impossible it would be for our nation to be successfully attacked. Said Colonel McCormick, "It is fantastic to suggest that we are in any danger of attack. Even if we did not have these overwhelming strategical advantages, this panic over possible German attack would not be justified." Major Williams, well known aviation authority, charged that the Administration is guilty of "persistent promotion of hysteria"; and that by its stripping our own nation of its airplanes it has reduced American air power to a "myth," and that talk of any successful air, naval or land invsion of the United States is "pqre nonsense and fantasy." Preserving Historical DoeameRtf After spending ?12,000,000 on the new National Archives Building the government now finds that an excess of over one and a half million dollars will be needed to complete the structure. It is contended, however, that every cent that has been spent on the building is money well spent because this structure is the one that houses the priceless documents concerning our national history. In order to make the building as fire proof, bomb proof, and every other kind of proof as possible, $849,000 is being asked this year for new equipment. The Mellon Art Gallery The new national Gallery of Art, gift of the late Andrew W. Mellon, will be dedicated about the middle of March. In addition to the Mellon Art Collection, the famous Samuel H. Kress collection will also be on exhibit. Later the famed Joseph E. Widener Collection will be on display when the objects of this Collection are transferred tp Washington. The Gal lery is estimated to have cost in excess of $15,000,000, which with the large Mellon Art Collection aggro* gates a gift of more than $70,000,000 from the late Secretary of the Treas^ ury. The Balloon Goes Up and Up The House Ways and Means Gotft» mittee, by a strict party vote, has reported out a bill, which if enacted, will increase the National Debt limit to 66 billion dollars. Republican Mem* bers of the Committee fought the in. crease but were defeated in a Vnove to limit it to 60 billion dollars. According to official budget estimates the National Debt is not expected to reach more than 58 billions ,by Jufle 30, 1942, -- 18 months hence. ATTEND ANNUAL I. A. A. MEET, Twenty-four McHenry county farm bureau members attended the twentysixth annual meeting of the Illinois Agricultural association held in St. Louis, Mo., from January. 29 through January 31. Conferences of the twelve I. A. A. affiliated or subsidiary companies were held on Wednesday, January 28. Among those to attend were Earl Swenson of Spring Grove mTU* Walter Winn of Richmond. Franklin's Lost Foem Found? "The Lighthouse Tragedy," the first literary work at Benjamin Franklin, was recently found by a Boston man. Maurice Babeock Jr., son of a Boston lightkeeper, claims he found the yellow sheet, printed in old English characters, in a vacant house near Boston harbor. Said to have been written by Franklin 175 years ago, students and collectors have been searching in vain for it. The story relates the drowning of the first keeper of Boston light. ip.fi.fj1 ympm I one of tmi fwwt plastics oeveuwea NOW HAS MORCHMM OOf4CTlVFP « MOWMl * «ra»< Core for A soRE"<HnQi(r INDUSTRY DOE'S COMPLEX DEFENSE JOB lb BUUO A RtFlZ NOW USED ty at. *kmv seottms /9 ttmtotr vtcmarnoHS on ffm/ TIP hrst Autoe ACTM A CONFECTION, OUT 1D5ERME A* 4 Sweet QMTINS FDQ •rPTEP MEDICINES LARGE CHFMtCAc CQMMNV ALONC HAS APPEP 7.300 JOBS Sine* •MOOim to aesomcH and QfWnOAMEVr *CHICVPMF-*rTc S P E E D Y " IN-THIS TRAFFIC ? R0SSMAN MOTOR SALES NA8H- PAOKARD See the 1941 flfA8H AMBASSADOR 6 today at thr-- AUTHORIZED SERVICE by RDS5MRN MOTOR SALES RIVERSIDE DRIVE and PEARL STREET - PHONE 13 A new addition to the Central Garage at Johnsburg is almost completed, tiius making this one of the largest Iparages, in a community the sise of nlohnsburg, for many miles. In this new addition is all of the latest equipment for Weaver Safety tiane service, in accordance with the jrules and regulations of the State of Illinois for testing trucks and cars. This service tests brakes, steering and headlights and takes but a few min- •tes for each test. It has been compulsory for the past couple of years lor trucks to undergo this test, so that It may be determined whether or not they are fit to be on the highways. red J. Smith, owner oT the garage, %as been a workman at the garage .*ince it was built twenty-two years fgo. Twelve years ago he took over #he business himself and has been^ continually making imprvoements on the ,|>lant in order that he may serve his i*U8tomer8 with the latest equipment jlnd best workmanship. Rubber Stamps? Order at The Grain Storage * Once every two weeks isn't too often to inspect stored grain, warns M. D. Farrar, entomologist working with the University of Illinois. Infested grain may be quickly recognized by its firm surface, musty odor, and warmth at a depth of 12- 18 inches. A careful examination will show damaged kernels and other conditions which may be associated with infested grain. Killing of grain insects can be done at a cost of less than a half cent a bushel. i w-I McCOLLUM LAKE Mr. and Mrs. George Sdfobart spnit tte weekend in Chicago*. Mr. and Mrs. Warren Barber of Chicago spent the weekend att their ham* here, Sunday guests at the Jim. Schaefer home were Mildred and Spsie Fbetfr of McHenry, John Freund' of Chicago} Eleanor Schaefer of Wonder Lakti Mrs. Susie Rankin of McHenry, Jos. Justen of Ringwood and Mrs. Chad Brocken of McCollum LaKe. • Mr. and Mrs. Clarence A. Feiereisel' spent Saturday evening ih Chicago-. Mr. and Mrs. S. Beatty spent Saturday in Chicago. Mr. and Mrs. Emory- Patterson at Chicago were visitors; at the JV>hn Winkrantx home Saturday-. Mrs. Clarence Feiereisel entertained the Bowling club Wednesday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. William Schaefer spent Saturday evening in Chicago. Mr. and Mrs. John Pardell of Chicago spent Tueariay »t their here. Mr. and Mrs. Hugh McDonald tertained friends from Chicago Sunday. Mrs. Eddie Horn and son of Berwyn spent Sunday with friesds here. Mrs. William Justen, Mrs. Rauen and daughter, Dorothy, of Ringwood spent Wednesday evening at the Jos. A. Schaefer homi, Bulletproof Tire The U. S. Rubber company has developed a tire tube that is bulletproof in the sense that it seals itself after being punctured by bullets. In a test, according to company officials, one of these tubes was shot 29 times by army rifles, then sealed itself so well that "only a fraction" of the 60-pound air inflation was lost. Moreover, it is asserted this selfsealing process can be accomplished at temperatures as low as 39 degrees below zero (F.). The new tuba is being manufactured for the U. S. army and also is being released for restricted use on law-enforcement vehicles. 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