Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-06-15
SUPERVISORS GIVE.
HOME ADVISOR ASSN,
$1,000 FOR EXPERT
BUT BEFORE THEY CAPlTUIATED
DIRECTORS HAD TO BE BEATEN
DOWN BY PATRIOTIC ORAToRY
CLOSE WEEKS WORK.

Void the flare of trumpets and rattle
Of drums, Frank T. Richey, Eden town.
ship statesman this morning cast his
forces into enemy ramparts on the
board of supervisors and put over
the county home advisor. He did it
under stress OF certain defeat for a
lobby OF prominent Ottawa women.
He was forced 10 muster every one of
his oratorical brieades and put them
together to assail the vast heaps Of
opposition looming on the horizon
before he opened up his guns.
All the Eden township representa-,
tive lacked was big flag and a band
to have given George NJ. Cohan his
proper place among hip, hip, hooray
amateur patriots. So strong did Rich
ey become in his argument for a
peoples culinary expert the odor of
blood and gunpowder could almost be
smelled on his breath. Many of the
supervisors expect to see casualty
lists from the focal firing line as a
result OF the senatorial candidates
great burst of oratory.
While there were lot in the audi.
ence who couldn't see where gun
powder and baking powder mixed the
ants were Swept over into the pre-
column that left only five OF them
uncapitulated. Before Rchey started
the attack the score stood about 40
TO against, When he finished under
great dramatic strain, he was given
hand even by his enemies
Backed by NJ, J. Charley, who pic.
ured our boys dying over there,
Richey had a strong henchman in his
plea for a home advisor While /,
may have seemed to some there was
much said not very pertinent to the
issue they were willing TO take "a
tlier at the home building business as
suggested by the county association
and voted aye
The fireworks followed recon-
mendation by the Judiciary and Fl
nance committees that the request for
a Sl,500 appropriation for the home ad-
visor be denied This followed an
amendment by Mr. Richey that he
petition be allowed Supervisor Dunno
recommended cut in the appropria-
ton of $ 500 10 1000 Richey aC-
quiesCed to this and then Supervisor
Wiley of Watham recommended thar
the two substitutes be tabled Then
opened the fireworks. Big BerthaS
were whipped out of their turrets and
beaded on Wiley's crowd of anlis.
French .1J's were brought into play
and these two strong forces backed
by the Richey method OF eeneralship
won both points. When the smoke
had cleared away and toll taken
there we're only,iive who dared ilaun'
Old Glory, the army. the navy, our
government and eveyone else with
their obstinacy in being against
domestic science expert for county
homes.
Mr.. Richey, as did also Mr.. Charley.
took their colleagues from the time
babies are in arms to the day they are
rallied to the colors All of this, he
sad, were dependant upon. the home
advisor. Under such training babies
would be brought TO youth and man
hood on hundred per cent health
basis and the nation would profit ex'
ceedinely thereby
BY the time he had finished the
men who had sworn to defeat the
petition were scurryine for cover and
came out from their seclusion neatly
and snugly enIoded in the red. white
and blue. An appeal to patriotism
won, where no other argument could
have succeeded. The women, a dozen
in all Of Ottawa's best known were
grateful to Messrs. RcheH and Char
ley for leading and winning their fight.
Board Notes.
County Attorney Roberts reported
on the work done in the legal depart.
ment during the sixS months. County
| cases, he said, are either ready ol
almost so, read for trial
The petition Of the Cedar Point
light company for a rebatement OF
taxes was ruled oft because the board
was ruled TO have no jurisdiction.
The board appropriated s25 toward
| he erection Of the memorial colon
| made on Ottawa avenue.
The state aid roads committee rec
commended proceed with construction
| nf imurpvpu highways in Dpar pa rL