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U"' ' . !£v; i'- :•' % • U'%- >" fe: &' " 4 6* ' ' • -P:" V W<;' • • ' w m;:. mk: Jfe: - W. O. Behlka of Rock Island, 111., spent the first of the we<k as m guest in the home of his brother, J. E. Behlke It. A.. Conway was an Elgin visitor Tuesday John R. Knox passed last Friday in the metropolitan city. lea NAL Tuesday ROBBERS VISIT LAKE Pour Places Are Visited and Cash COMERS AND Registers Emptied IN ouik OP A WEEK VILLAGE PHILIP JAEGER r w,GENERAL COrmtSSlQN MERCHANT #?•!• ••'-t- • srxCIAL. ATTKNTKJN G1V9KT0 TOM 8A.LB O* Dreaaed Beat, riuttoa. Hogs. V«M. Hides, Etc., Butter and Eft $ ThU is the oldest boose cm the street Tags and price list* furnished on application. . «g^£l||RAae FRB3 ^ i A t, PaW«i M ? CHICAGO, ILLINOIS. WkdM^i NwM Getting Back to Normal Means taking: a toss on goods bougrbt when prices were higher than at present. We have taken our share of the loss to help in getting back to nqjrij^.,vJgyfry article |n this store is priced on today*s values. This Week's Fancy Bloe, fki:* lie N avy B^ans, pdr lb.--. -- Fancy Apricots, large can.Pineapple, salad cut. per caia'.fifc JOHN STOFFEL* fc * WEST McHENRY We find that we have in stock a number of odds arid ends which we will close at bargain prices. Our line of dress goods, underwear, clothing, shoes and rubber goods is very complete and makes selection easy. Come in and see. Phone 117-R • Goods Delivered M. J. WALSH probably has plenty of "breathing" space on all sides; screened ^porch; commodious living room with a real fireplace; hard wood floors finished just the way you like; a sunshiny kitchen; airy bedrooms with plenty of closet _ space; a dining room that makes a good meal taste better--in fact, a house that you would be proud to show to friends: r , We have a variety of plans from which to •M make a selection, know what materials will prove most economical in the long run, and Wtt! assist you in every way possible. : Now is a good time to do your planning , and get your estimates. Later en contractors will be more than busy. Engage yours now before the rush begijnft. S " , . 'f J \ McHEI*RY LUMBER CO QUALITY AND SF.KVICE FIRST ' ^ WE WISH TO EXTEND JACOB JUSTEN McHENRY, ILL. When you'-get ready to install new furniture into your home we want you to feel & liberty to call at our store for advice as to what sort of furniture would best fill your require- ' ments aud also an estimate as to the cost of sucfcl ^ rrst • . Th,s »8 only a part of the service we extend rae public. It always pleases us to have you call for any and all information which we af$ able to extend along the lines of home furnishings and the chances are 10 to 1 that our prices too will meet with your, approval. As Seen by Plaindealer Reporters an# Handed Into Oar Ofire by Ow Friends Simon S toff el was a business viflitar in Marengo last Friday. Richard B. Walsh was among the Chicago passengers Monday morning Wtn. Smith attended to business matters in the metropolitan city Monday. Mrs. Win. Spencer and daughter, Dorothy, were Chicago visitors last Saturday. Miss Mabel Peterson spent Saturday and Sunday with her partats at Maywood. Mr. and Mrs. Barry Alexander of Hebron were Sunday guests of relatives here. Mr. and Mrs. Wn. J. Welch ware guests of friends at Crystal Lake Sunday afternoon. Miss Lena S toff el fs spending a couple of days as the guest of Chicago relatives. James Overton of Elgin spent Saturday and Sunday in the R. I. Overton home here. Miss Lena Hartman was the guest of home folks at Marengo over Saturday and Sunday. Edwin Hall passed the week end as the gu^st of relatives and friends "in the metropolitan city. Miss Dorlesca Granger passed last week as a guest in the hone of Mrs. Geo. G. Smith at Elgin. A. L. Noonan of Chicago spent the week end in the home of his mother northwest of this village. Miss Lenore Freund passed Sunday as a guest in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Leon Docffce at Ringwood. John Reihansperger of West Chicago spent Monday in the home of his son, Chas. J., and family. Miss Avis Carey of Elgin spent Saturday and Sunday in the home of her sister, Mrs. R. I. Overton. Mrs. John Carr of West Chicago spent last Friday in the home of bar sister, Mrs. Walter J. Donavin. Mr. and Mrs. Earl Brown and daughter, Harriet, of Woodstock spent the week end with relatives here. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Bonslett and sons, Francis and Paul, of Woodstock spent Sunday with relatives here. Miss Elsie Wolff passed a couple of days last week at West Chicago, where she assisted in the telephone office. jkfiss Ellen Walsh of Woodstock spent the week end in the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jack Walsh. Miss Kathleen O'Reilly of Chicago spent the week end as a guedt in the home of-her grandfather, J. J. Flusky. Miss Virginia Harrison of Chicago passed the latter part of last week as the guest of Miss Maybelle Hauswirth. Misses Vera Bolger and Mary Gan non of Woodstock called on the for mer's relatives here Sunday evening. Misses Florence Colby of Elgin was a guest in the home of her aunt, Mrs. F. H. Wattles, Saturday and Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. P. N. Musser of El gin spent Sunday in the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. D. A. Whiting. Miss Blanche Meyers of Chicago was. a week end guest in the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. George Meyers. Miss Mabel Larson of Elgin passed Saturday and Sunday as a guest in the home of Mr. and* Mrs. F. H. Wattles. Miss Evelyn Commerer of the' Elgin watch factory spent Saturday evening and Sunday with Miss Ella Newman. Mrs. John Miller spent last Friday at Ridgefield with her daughter, Margaret, who is teaching in the school in that village. Mr. and Mrs. Ben Siehoff and daughter of Burlington, Wis., were Sunday guests in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Michael Freund. John W. Kimball passed a few days last week in the home of his daughter, Mrs. Wm. Sherman, at Genoa Junction. Mr. and Mrs. S. J. Frazer of Chicago were Sunday guests in the home of the latter's parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Wentworth. Miss Belle Carey and Mrs. Mayme Overton of Elgin were Sunday guests in the home of their sister, Mrs. R. I. Overton, and family. Misses Frances Manning and Zenith Ellis of Chicago wre week end guests in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Wm Doherty south of town. Mr. and Mrs. John Freund of Burlington, Wis., were week end guests in the home of the former's parents, Mr., and Mrs. Michael Freund. Mrs. George Mix has returned to her home in Chicago after a several weeks' visit in the home of her sister, Mrs. John Miller, on Main street. Misses Dott and Dama Chesley of South Omaha, Neb., were Sunday guests in the home of their uncle and aunt, Mr. and jtfrs. J. W. Kimball. Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Dunne of Lake Geneva, Wis., passed the week end with the latter's parents, Mr. and Mrs. D. A. Whiting, northwest of town. Mr. and Mrs. A. D. Loomis of Woodstock passed Sunday a« guests in the home of the former's daughter, Mrs. Jas T. Perkins, and family Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Gierke of Chicago were Saturday and Sunday guests in the hqme of the latter's sis ter, Mrs. W. D. Wentworth, and fam ily. Mrs. Elizabeth Rothermel passed Saturday in Chicago. She was ac companied home in the evening by her son, Elvin, who had undergone an operation at the Columbia hospital recently. The lad is getting along nicely and with the'aid of crutches he MCHENRY'S W H9H& or mmm THURSDAY, JANUARY 27 ' Lyons^§?fc, EfWythiaf 'S'A * But tie Truth Comedy Dmu l^jUlDAY. JANUARY Sj|* ifary MacLareu ; -INW, Forged Bride --AND AN EDUCATION \L COMFJBY * DUCK INN SATURDAY. JANUAR^^B Road Coin pa Uacle Tom's Cabin RAND AND ORCHESTRA SUNDAY. JANUARY 3p „ FIRST NATIONAL ATTRACTION Notorious Miss Lisle AND A SUNSHINE COMEDY MARY'S LITTLE LOBSTER MATINEE AT 2:3# RSDAY, FEBRUARYS Frank Mayo -fe «N ponor Bound COMING Shore Acres --AND-- to Every Woman DAN OFFICERS ARE ACTIVE (Continued from front page) ADMTiWAI* Miss Birtfta in the ttatropditaa city. Mr. and Mrs. Al. Krstose ware guests of relative# at EH gin Sunday. Frank Hovat of Elgin was the guest of relatives here one day this week. Lewis Wrede of Chicago passed a lew days this week at his home here. Mrs. H. E. Tibbets of Chicago was a McHenry visitor over the waek and. Mr. and Mrs. George Worts spent Sunday as the guests of relatives at Elgin. * • B. F. Martin from aear Grayslake was.the guest of friends in town Wednesday.' John Walsh of Fox Lake passed last Saturday as the guest of relatives here. Will Noonan and daughters'of Elgin passed last Thursday with relatives in this vicinity. Miss Genevieve Knox passed thelatter part of last week as the guest of friends at Hebron. Mr. and Mrs. Lewis McDonald and Mrs. L. F. Newman were Woodstock callers Tuesday «fternoon. Mrs. Ellen Ensign passed a few days this week with relatives at Crystal Lake and Genoa Junction. Mr. and Mrs. Hiller are spending a few days this week as the guests of relatives at Burlington, Wis. Mrs. Clarence Tuttle of Dundee yras the guest of her mother northwest of this village last .Thursday. Mr. and Mrs. Jos. W. Rothermel and little daughter, Audrey, were guests of relatives in Elgin Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Engstrom and Mr. and Mrs. L. F. Newman spent Sunday afternoon at Richmond. Mrs. F. E. Cobb passed the latter part of last and the first of this week as the guest of Chicago relatives. Michael Thelen was called here from Chicago last week owing to the serious illness of his father, Peter Thelen. The village of Fox Lake waf vtsfbgl!' by a daring band of robbers last Thursday night, who continued their operations until a number of places had been broken into and robbed. The exact amount of loot taken has not yet been determined, but estimates place it rather high. , Indications are that the robberies took place between eleven and twelve o'clock. Here is a list of the places entered so fa? as obtainable: ' . James Manning saloon. Opposite depot. Robbers took cash register and obtained between f600 and |700 in cash. * Arnold grocery store. Cash register carried away; amount of loot not known, but believed to have been several hundred dollars. Gus Landry place. Confectionery and drug store. Cash register taken; loot estimated at between $100 and $200. Prominent Hog Raiser Says I Prices Charged Are Unwarranted-- Make His Own ,11 Hog Food With 4 Vt Better Resul#". '• v y - TT -v V'J - > * K tN "•flitat he is all thru payfng fancy 's, prices for stock foods arid hog rem- * edies and that he is raising some of the best hogs ever placed on the mar- I ket" was the statement made recently ^ by E. H. Beckstead, well known hog j raiser and authority on live stock. 4 Mr. Beckstead's hogs are the envy J of his neighbors and have "topped the £ market" for several years in Iowa. ^ He states that for years he bought * high-priced hog foods and hog remedies, but he is all thru paying ex- - travagant prices for what' he 1 make himself. He states that what ^ k°gs need are minerals and tells ^ Geo. Koeth saloon. Carried away the secret, wonderful success by £ Qash register; amount of loot token |Xp !nmf tlft he ***** al*>ut five ? believed to have been several'hundred > P°ur 8/0 ° inary niineraline (which ];| is pure concentrated minerals and costs only a couple of dollars) and mixes same with enough bran or filler H to make a hundred pounds. All hogs, ^ and especially brood sows, dollars. ' _ In some pf the places where the robberies occurred the thieves made it a point to break open the slot machines and extract the nickels knd quarters. yhe Fox Lake authorities have reported the robberies to the office of the sheriff and an investigation is being made. That the robberies may have been committed by local talent is one of the theories being investigated. Farmers on the Fox River Trail between Elgin and Dundee Readily signed the appeal to move back their fences to the sixty-yard line, thus giving full width to that thorofare, which is almost certain to see pavtng this year. require ft minerals as they keep them free from ^ worms and in the pink of condition, ^ and are essential to the hog's growth and a well balanced ration. This inexpensive mixture placed in a sheltered box where the hogs can get at it as they need it will produce far bft- ' ter results than any high priced 4o- - called stock foods. ' • Send two dollars to The Mineraline Chemical Co, 1688 North Wells St., Chicago, 111., and they will forward you by prepaid % parcel post enough mineraline to make a full hundred pounds. (Adv.) ton Prouty of Winnetka. It was moved, seconded aad duly carried that the president appoint a committee to prepare amended bylaws and obtain a certified copy of the charter of the association from the secretary of state. The president appointed Directors Phelps, Cooper and Gast. It was moved seconded ind duly carried that the president appoint a legal committee of two, one of whom shall be Judge Smiley of Woodstock. The president appointed Director Phelps to serve and instructed the secretary to advise Judge Smiley and ask him to obtain a list of the McHenry county residents on the waters in which this association is interested. Mr. Phelps volunteered to get a list of Lake county residents. It was moved, seconded and duly carried that Director Tarrant be appointed chairman of the publicity committee with power to appoint his committeemen, with the suggestion that the publishers of all the papers in the district covered by this association be made members of the committee. Mr. Tarrant donated a page or two in Morrison's Weekly for use by the association for an account pf the dam and the association and its aims and activities, and stated that he would send a copy to every member ,of the association. It was moved, seconded, and duly carried that the president appoint a roads committee, to consist of three voluntary workers in each locality or district, one of each to be a Chicago man, to see and work with county or state officials in charge of roads, the president to be the chairman of the committee. There being no further business the meeting adjourned. The affairs of the association are having the prompt and energetic attention of the directors and officers elected at the meeting January 11 and the least that each of the members, residents and business houses of this district can do is to give them substantial support by sending in membership fees promptly and by obtaining the application and membership fee of their neighbors. * And further, since there Are many who benefit in a substantial financial way from the traffic that comes to the lakes and river by the reason of the fact that it is beautiful country with magnificent waters, good fishing, sailing, motor boating and bathing, LET THESE show their appreciation by substantial donations over and above the nominal membership fee of $10.00. Subscriptions accepted at the banks, The Plaindealer office or the secretary's office, room' 1425 Lumber Exchange Bldg., 11 South LaSalle St., Chicago. Thru an oversight on our part the following omissions occurred in our last week's report on activities of the association: Membership committees: Riverdale and Bald Knob, Chas. E. Reed, F. C. Elliott, W. E. Copper; Grass Lake, Jack O'Connor, Leonard Schoben, Ray Praganza and Butch Rother. Omissions on the McHenry committee representing summer residents Wfere Otto M. Sohm and A. L. Weixel. GIVE YOUR MONEY % • - f i . i ^ 'r ' , • '. M'*" FOR 1921 Deposit $10.00 every month in this bank % for ten .years and you will have the neat ^ sum of $1475.00. Let your money work i lor you. You worked hard for patronage is solicited. \ ; Clark's Uncle Tom's Cabin is coming to McHenry at the. Empire theatre, Saturday, Jan. 29. Don't fail to at- 16 uj> and about his l^d, _ „f t W»:f- Our efforts, as in the past, in keeping to the with lower prices will be especially einpha- ^§zed during the month of February. . r, Merchandising news today is most interestin ^Hiiigs have been changing fast--settled priced -j? ttave been upset--jobbers and manufacturers have" jjone to great lengths tp give us good old tim| * „ Mrices, and it is glad we are to announce that pricing our stock we are either anticipating ot^ ^ t Closely foHowing the new wholesale values disregarding entirely our cost price. s In following this policy we are building for y :JJom°rrow. We seek'your friendliness and good ^ ijvill as well as your patronage. We always- enjoy s ;>••• f frequent visits. Come in-- •> i p , . „• ..-i t. A ERICKSON GENERAL MERCHANDISE Vvtsi McHENRY, ILL. v . V v'. f H mm : 'B. v*.;