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« v • " v v v '*t ... $rV ^'j#!' r - ; :.' r y / * • * v v * \^f * r ;"* * £ >> •• " *0".V'^i rm ' • " u ' 3r. *"" ~- ... '>••!.• £'**W • ^>tt'. •;**#$ rO^JMR XLVI MoHSHtfRY. ILLINOIS. THURSDAl APRIL 21. 1921 i* " " •:-* second annual bicycle race at wjp take place on Saturm WBLUWMMl ITERS '0** fVSKJiN $1ft)M Tllte COLUMN* "V^ mm' Bxmm:^ $",* ft:! ' ^ ' V MiiraMsncotiw Assortment *f Ntwn " I" Cawitmtd Ftira PAT Busy The sec* v ,?f %, %aukegan $$- 4*y, April 23. - "' -' " * '".j:- Rev. E. P.. Gahtgan, fonnerly of fi., £>ake Forest, is" the new pastor at the vy. Tranfiguration church at , Wauconit - ;V A huge 106 foot water tower with a ^P^^apecity of 75.060 gallons is being 'greeted by the Woodstock typewriter '? ;^|jjactpry. •' The foundry at the Hunt, Helm, ^ Jferria ft Co. plant at Harvard r6- f r Opened last week after • six weeks' Xv " <«hut down. (.-.:•; A new city well, pumping 100 gallons per minute, has just been _ accepted by the village board at )' ; Xake Zurich, i j , . T h e s t o r e s o f H a r v a r d , w h i c h h a v e j' been closed . on Wednesday evenings / ' luring the winter months," aire again I? ifipen on that night. < Building of the fifteen miles of hard road on the Grant highway between Xlgin aad Marengo was started on ifVednesilay of last week. I j\ Now that the basket ball season has ,• jjjome to an official close, the "movies" j^ ^ave again been introduced to the 1 »ft*people of Hebron and vicinity. , Barrington has just been granted e privilege of an additional outgoing ail, which is carried on a train which ;(>|eaves that village at 3:17 p. m. daily. . • A five cluster street light has just been erected in the heart of Lake '- !>lurich, which gives that enterprising pttle village a more metropolitan air. : The Woodstock Commercial and * Community club will sponsor twelve f "•!•1'.pavement dances to be held in that K; : tity during the coming summer (c.K'J&onthsi ,-/vA' Lakes in Lake county are being -Stocked with while fish from the jSi hatchery at Spring, Grove. Three H : inillion are being • placed into the Various deep water lakes there. F. A. ^Beu, who has been principal '• " " H athletic director at the Crystal f^y lake schools during the pest two %•> • |ears, has been engaged as superinpendent of the schools at Hebron. I ,• (, E. C. Covell of Richmond, who on MID-WINTER SNOW STORM Visited This Section Last Saturday and Made Rbade Impassable H*e heaviest and most severe snow storm since the winter of 1920 visited this section last Saturday. The storm started early that morning and the fall of snow continued thruout the greater part of the day and by Sunday morning bob sleds and cutters had replaced the auto, which had had full sway during the entire winter. The severe wind which accompanied the fall of -snow made the going a task, both for m;.n and beast, and, while most of the dairymen were able to reach the factory that morning, many of them were late and reached their destination only after the hardest kind of a pqll, for the •horse3. All day Sunday the going was anything but favorable, even in the village, but by Monday . Morning the blanket of white had started to disappear. The warm rays of the sun kept up their good work all that day and by' evening most of the walks about town were again entirely free from snow. This, however, was due in a measure to the good work of our people, who used .their shovels to very good advantage. From a farmer's standpoint the* snow did more good'than damage. It was just what the fields needed. The storm has brought back to mind a number of similar instances in years gone by and especially so one of 188k Jos. J. Frett, one of our esteemed citizens, called us on the telephone on Tuesday morning of this week to relate his experience on that memorable occasion. The storm in 1881 occurred on April 20 and was one of the worst ever experienced in this locality. "I was married on the 21st of that month and that's how I come to remember it so well," stated Mr. Frett over the phone. Going into further detail ha told the writer that he' had come out from Chicago just ahead of the storm. On his arrival at Johnsburg he learned that the license secured in Chicago would be useless and this necessitated a trip to Woodstock on the day of the storm. On reaching the McHenry depot he found that the train could not get thru, but with a grim determination to get -the license he started out and walked to Crystal Lake, from which point he took the train for Woodstock. a party of Chicago friends, who had come out for the wedding, were' met at the depot by two sleighs drawn by four-horse teams, which carried them . Tuesday of this week was re-elected 4s president of the village board there, I On his return in tire evening he and is now completing his nineteenth con- ~ "l" * J" ""L~ U~J |.J ^gecutive year in that official capacity. • r * The Presbyterian church at Har- . yard is planning the erection of a gymnasium where the young men of |to Johnsburg, not by way of the reg- /the church and Sunday school mem-jular roads, but thru fields and over Iters may receive physical and other j fences. \ • trainings. * j On the day of his wedding, April H - Forty-five changes in ownership of 21, the Johnsburg bridge Was washed J: jUmmer resort property around Lake,away, while the,bridge at McHenry ^fejjOeneva have taken place since 1916. "These include real estate transfers to •••.'-*iew owners and new property that has ^r ^^ystir^Lake was without water j» of ?<>«"* f0*8 * ho»® came very near irteeting a same fate. ' • A Surprise Mrs. John Montgomery entertained .for about seven hours a week ago last^ the north end of town at a surtaturday, when a big Packard crashed pr.se party in honor of the fourteenth v .|nto a hydrant and snapped it off. fas necessary to dig down and plug kff the water mains. It (birthday anniversary of her niece, Miss RoVena Marshall, on Monday evening. A few very pleasant hours j Richmond b pLyin* **1* tin. g'T;-*1i?r_ j>» ordering her st«et oil «rly. It Eloanor K»thfe« Powers >ill be remembered tlmt the «r of oUI»"« •"«** h'*h hono"; for that municipality went «tr.y At '"T. not reach its destination | P«>pnate hour refreshments were served, the dining table decorations being sweet peas and a huge birthday Jrear and did iintil late in the summer. An eighty-foot net was found in Genev. lake n«r William. Bay hoM.n«r fourteen candles. Many <J,y last week. When found the net P""? «'f1. were rece""*i contained fifteen pickerel, several lilack bass and a large speckled trout. The planter of the net is unknown. commercial de- The Illinois Bell u '-"pany has opened a ! partment in its buildiftg at Barrington. The office will handle the commercial 'jvork of Barrington, Arlington N'-," . Heights, Palatine, Lake Zurich and ^•il.v^auconda. Supt Harn, of the Heboon schools, Marshall. Those present were Misses Eleanor Walsh, Frances Garbutt, Ellen Frisby, Josephine Olson, Cor- Telephone"com- ne,ia Freund' Anna 0erte1' Helen and Kathleeif Powers and Loretta Steffes. (• r,. Crystal Lake Pupils In Concert The Crystal Lake high school orchestra will appear in their first concert at the high school gymnasium in that city on Friday evening of next week, April 29. Prof. W. N. Sears is / will give up school t work at the end J the director and reports from that city ' S t^- ^f tjjg present term, when he will take | are to the effect that he has worked \up the practice of law, having only .up a wonderful organization. The con- - 4-ecently completed a course in the cert wTil consist of violin, comet and " latter profession. He expects to, lo- J clarinet solos as Well as volo numbers te at either Princeton or Galva, 111. and two readings by Miss Elsie Vy- The Nestle milk plant at Grayslake cital of this village. A special invir'.,-^ g again f in operation after a year's | tation is extended to the people of Mcihut- down. About 3,000 pounds of Henry to attend. A small admission ilk' are now being delivered to the fee wiH be charged for admittance. First Universe list Church Was the garden of Eden "-fact or If fancy, is there fact behind .... j>lant daily. The company is paying jt; i ^the price of the Marketing company, i^^hich is $2.25 per hundred for Aprilr ^ & V Adelbert A. Thomas of Crystal, "J1®* * * - ^ Side !t * A What liufng on the porch of his home the j b~ri.n< does tha.t l d0C'"n!_^V*'.2P0° 1 religion ?# Is the thought of Lb itten on the neck. .b y some cin' s"ecIt "an"dj i4mon_k e'y ancertry" depressing? Does ' 1 it reflect upon character and immortality? Is its tendency atheistic? n jatter part of last September he was from the bite there developed tbe tnalady which caused his death. ' Forrest Halm of Marengo has set an egg record during the past three inonths which is seldom equalled, uring January and February he "£1-- • :|>wned a flock of 102 hens, while in .* jMarch the number dwindled down to •fcj,'* ^7. During these three months the f|'"^iens laid a grand total of 4,346 eggs, f??:"j«rhich the owner sold for $149.21. He ^ " jpaid out for feed during the same period of time $11.10. Another argu- & tnent that some people ca^t make the game" pay. .'-sft* '•it.'.*.* 'et15&-X-Z. Mr. Grimes will discuss these questions next Sunday in a sermon on "Evolution versus Creation." Everyone is welcome. » A Dim Course Dinner MVs. W. E. Whiting entertained at a three course dinner in honor of her husband's birthday at their home south of town last Sunday. Present on this occasion were Mr. and Mrs. Henry Senne and daughtert Jielen; Mr. and Mrs. William Power* and son, Hugh, of Crystal Lake. , . . . . a:4"* J. C. rSFAIL is hNdred BY BEING MADE PRESIDENT 0(F *-j . SCHOOL BOARD -- i District No. 15 Section Held •Last Saturday--Dr. R. G. Chamberiin and J. P. Weber Also Elected "The unexpected oftimes happens." This old saying was once more proven true at the school"election, district No. 15* held in this village last Saturday afternoon, when John E. Pufahl, superintendent of the local plant of the Borden Condensed Milk company, was elected president of that body by an overwhelming majority. Only one ticket h^d been filed before the election and it may be truthfully stated that a very small per centage of the voters of said district knew that a fight was being waged until it was all over and the success of Mr. Pufahl was announced by his sixty friends who were responsible in according him the honor of heading the district No. 15 board. . The candidates whose names appeared on the regular ballot voted at the election were Simon Stoffel for president; Dr. R. G. Chamberlin and John P. Weber to serve as members for a period of three years. The result of the election showed that ninety votes had been eaat and were distributed among tfce Various candidates as follows: For President*-- ,?*;;• Simon Stoffel . ,. ,g. . .17 John E. Pufahl ..,»!*'» • .60 For Trustees:-- *4, ' Dr. R. G. CharaberUi^#i«MV<«t'. • -53 John P. Weber .68 John E. Pufahl ... 2 Chas. L. Page 1 Walter F. Vogt 1 The outgoing members of the board are Wm. Bonslett and John F. Claxton. Thus the personnel of the new board of the coming year will be John E. Pufahl, president; F. A. Cooley, Dr. R. G. Chamberlin, Dr. A. I. Froehlich, Chas. L. Page, Wm. J. Welch and John P. Weber. . y iftr. Pufahl, we beHeve, Sorill make an excellent head for the honorable body to which he has thus been chosen. He is progressive, has ample business as well as executive ability and has two daughters who are now attending our schools, all of which should go to make him capable of fulfilling the duties connected with the office. It would not be out of plaee at this time to once more bring to the atten* tion of the school patrons and general public that a school board cannot be expected to accomplish the desired results without the co-operation of each and every one of us and The Plaindealer earnestly hopes this co-operation will manifest itself very freely during the coming school year. FIRST BASEBALL GAAHS Since Itl2 Was Played With Cryatel Lake By High Schoel Friday The McHenry high , school nine made their first debut against the strong Crystal Lake team last Friday, holding them to the score of 7 to 11. The difficulties and obstacles that had to be overcome by the squad were not few and will be remembered as landmarks in again putting McHenry high on the athletic map. * At no point of the game was the victory assured by our opponents, as the two base hits as made by Bacon, the speedy bounders of Olson, Wlnkel or "Muggsy," the high throws as they were snatched out of the higher atmosphere by Hawley and the sound work of the battery, Barbian and Bonslett, together with the eager waiting for a hard hit ball by all the players when the opponents were at bat were enough to give the Crystal Lake high school boys weak knees. The next game of the season is scheduled for the McHenry baseball park diamond, when the high school nine meets Woodstock Friday afternoon. The boys are rapidly rounding into shape and the entire squad is expected to be in excellent trim for the tilt with the visitors. The entire line-up for the game is as yet doubtful, as no statement has been made as to the probable gang for the battle. Altho the abundance of material is limited, the positions of both infield and outfield are quite shalfy. The boys have the courage of Roman soldiers. They are strong for athletics and the physically and mentally derived benefits, but are looking to the pubfic and all the high school for encouragement. ARE YOU FOR US? OPEN YOUR MUFFLERS AND KEEP THEM OPEN TILL THE SEASON IS OVER. *** * Boys' and Girls* Club A very profitable as well as enjoyable meeting of the Boys' and Girls* club was held at the West McHenry State bank building last "Wednesday evening, there being about twenty members present. At the close of the meeting the young folks were escorted to Vogt's drug store By Cari W. Stenger, the popular cashier of the West McHenry State bank, where they were treated to delicacies. Ladies' and Ericksoa'&i iniiK* exjorda at SWIFT-PERRY Granddaughter of Mr. and Mra. JOB. •. Perry Married fArmy and Navy Journal* April 11} Lieut Ira Piatt Swift, U. S. Cav., and Miss Gertrude Morgan Perry were married on March 30, 1921, at the home of the bride's parents, Col. Howard Rand Perry, U. S. Inf., and Mrs. Perry, at Des Moines, Iowa, the Rev. Elmer N. Owen, rector of St Paul's church, officiating in the presence of about forty guests. The colors of infantry blue and cavalry yellow.were carried out in baskets of yellow jonquils tied with bows of blue ribbon. Palms decorated the improvised altar, on one side^of which was a large American flag and on the other side hung the guidon of Troop D, 14th Cav. The bride was given in marriage by her father, Colonel Perry, and she was attended by her sister, Miss Larlette Perry, as maid o^honor. Lieut. Dale W. Maher, 14th Cav., seized the bridegroom as best man. The ushers were Capt. Bertrand Morrow and Lieut. John H. Collier* 14th Cav. As the bridal party descended the stairs to the living room the wedding march from Lohengrin was played by Dean Basil (Jauntlett of Drake University. The bride's gown was of white lace over white crepe de chine and phe wore a corsage bouquet of pink sweet peas pnd lilies of the valley. The maid of honor wore an infantry blue organdie dress with a corsage of yellow roses. An informal reception followed the ceremony, after which » buffet supper was served. That evening Lieut, and Mrs. Swif^' left for San Francisco and on ^pril 5 sailed for the Philippine Islands on the transport Sherman. Among the guests were Mr. and Mrs. James B. Perry of McHenry, 111., grandparents of the bride; Senator and Mrs. H. W. Grout of Waterloo, Iowa, and the Misses Mary Kinnavey, Ethel Mc- Kown and Annetta Rodler of Davenport. Iowa. t CATHOLICS MET AT ROCK FORD Meeting ef Diocesan Council of N. G* W. C/Held Sunday On Sunday, April 17, a meeting of delegates, men and women, from the parishes of the diocese of Rockford was held in the K. of C. hall in that city. Two delegates from St Mary's and one from St Patrick's were in attendance. St. Mary's delegates were Peter M. Justen and John A. Thennes, while St Patrick's and Johnsburg were represented by M. J. Walsh. "On account of the severe storm the delegate of the women of St. Patrick's parish, Mrs. Jack Walsh, was unable to attend. The meeting was addressed by'the flight Reverend Bishop Muldoon and the tentative constitution for the jliocesan council was discussed and amended. Within a short time the constitution as finally adopted will be mailed to all the pastors of the diocese and the delegates who were in attendance at the meeting. The following officers of the council were elected: 4 Men's council--F. A. McCarthy, Elgin, president; M. J. Walsh, McHenry, vice president; A. B. Tracy, Freeport, secretary. 1 Diocesan council--Thos. E. Gill* Rockford, president; Mrs. Harry Jilbert Rockford, vice president; Mrs. STOFFEL WWS BY & VOTES PROGRESSIVES ELECT ALL OF THBIR CANDIDATES - Vetera Once Mere Express Themselves In Favor of Improvement*-- 56$ Votes Are Cast Tuesday With the close of the municipaTf election of Tuesday another exciting village contest has been written into the pages of our village history. With the exception of Simon Stoffel, who headed the People's ticket the Progressive ticket won out While the majority given the successful aldermanic candidates on the Progressive ticket was not as large as a year ago, the winners had from twenty-eight to forty votes to spare. All told 563 men and women voters made trips to the booths, exactly four less than last year, when the biggest vote ever recorded at a like election was polled. . The vote of last Tuesday was divided as follows; " - . For President ef Village Board John O. Olson 277 Simon Stoffel .200 For Village Trueteea V' *R. I. Overton .$pF9 1F. JI. Wattles .. 4 *,..... 276 L. A. Krickson .. .276 Fred Kemholft .,» ...«*».«*>.... .289 P. H. Weber »*»'» • v •«<-»%•?•»• • • .248 J. Vasey . i.»>*£;.<.i... .288 The Progressive ticket polled 244 straight votes, while the People's was given 219 straights. Not in many years has such a close race been run by two candidates for the village presidency, the election bringing back to mind the days when such men as John I. Story. Peter J. Freund, George Rothermel, Anton Engeln, Joseph Heimer, C. T. Eldredge, Charles Granger, John Evanson and numerous others. son and numerous others occupied places in local political limelight. The issues upon which the candi- Ates of the two tickets of Tuesday made their campaign is clear and has MRS. MARY SCHNEIDER Waa Bern Near Trier, 88 Years Age Germany, * r • • •' lira. Hary Schneider passeif* away quite suddenly at the home of her son, Peter Diedrich, who resides east of this village, on Wednesday, Aprtf IS. AJ>out a year ago, on account of her advanced age, the deceased went to the home of her son, Jacob, who also resides east of the village, where she remained for about six months, after which she again cam ft to her home in McHenry. On her return her son, Joseph Diedrich, and wife closed their own home and weflt to reside with her, where they remained until April 1, when Mrs. Schneider went to the hOfee of her son, Peter, where she died. Mary Glossen was bam at Ossburgh, near Trier, Germany, on March 3, 1833. At the age of fifteen she came with her parents to America and after a short stay in Chicago came direct to Johnsburg, where the family made their home lor many years. ^ She was united in marriage to Thomas Diedrich a few years after j her arrival in this country. After her marriage she, with her husband, settled on the farm northeast of this village, on the Pistakee Bay road, which is now known as the homestead. To the union were born seven children, four of whom have preceded her in death, while three are left to survive. Those who have gone before her are Mathias, Henry, Joseph and Mary Katherine. The living children are: Joseph, I'eter and Jacob, all of whom reside in or near this village. Mr. Diedrich, the husband of the deceased, passed away on April 21, 1878. In 1881 she was married a second time to Nicholas Schneider, a widower with four sons, Fred, Anton, Joseph and Jacob. Of the four three are still living, while the first named passed away a few years ago., After her second marriage the deceased took up her home on the farm now owned and occupied by her son, Jacob Diedrich. Here she .continued IS ROADS FOK cooxrr SLOGAN OF LOCAL BARD ' ROAD BOOSTERS been clear to the voters for two years . at least and now that the majority of *„m"k±h9/_h°™ &bOV?*™ty' the voters have once more expressed themselves by ballot as being favor able to the proposed improvements t h e r e i s n ' t a g o o d r e a s o n l e f t w h y t h e , . . . will of the majority should not be awa* in thl8 Vllla«e granted and from the manner in which we have heard tfome of the board members express ^themselves it looks to us as if. they stand ready to make good their promises. We will admit that prices, even now, appear a trifle high, but from all indications they will not l>e lowered much in some years to come, so what is there to be gained by waiting? Many towns ab6ut us are now putting in these improvement, or about ready to do so, and unlesP McHenry wishes to become one of the back numbers it is time for us to get busy. six years ago, when she and her hus- Iband came to make their home in Mcftlenry, where Mrs. Schneider has resided ever since. Her second husband this village a number of years ago. No children were born of the second union. Mrs. Schneider proved a kind wife, a devoted mother and a faithful friend. Her life was one of true Christian charity and filled with many fine traits. She was a member of the Christian Mothers' society of St Mary's church and a devout Rowan Catholic. The funeral took place from St. Mary's Catholic church in this village at 3:00 o'clock on Sunday afternoon and |n spite of the bad roads quite a large following of relatives and Young America absolutely refuses1 friends gathered at the church to pay to live like it did twenty-five or fifty > the beloved one their last respects, years ago and the young people of Rev. Edward Berthold performed the McHenry are no different then their, 1*9* rites and interment was made brothers and sisters who reside elsewhere in this, the land of progress. The majority have once more spoken thru the ballot as in favor of sewerage and it surely would be doing them a great "injustice if their prayers are not heeded by the incoming board. Every one of the men who were in St. Mary's cemetery. 'THE KID" To Be Shewn at the Umpire faniay and Wedneeday Eveninga Charlie Chaplin has hit the high spots in delightful entertainment in 1 his first attempt at a feature length elected to office on Tuesday are men picture( "The Kid » which i3 the title _ . „ i » t> ivarv iUof1 good, sound, business sense and . nj,ee hnaass ggiivveenn tmhee sstioorryy,, wwhmiccnh hnee hnaass . . ey, seer , • > jdeas an(j we believe that they will written himself, and is the most entreasurer. National delegates to Washington, D. C.--Ed. J. Keating, Aurora; F. A. McCarthy, Mrs. A, J. Lichtenberger, Mrs. Harry Jilbert, McHenry generally and St. Patrick's in particular is honored in having a representative on the council, which has just come into existence, and Mr. Walsh is to be congratulated on the recognition extended him. ' Entertained at Just en's Hotel Justen's hotel was the scene of one of the most pleasant as well as enjoyable parties held in McHenry in many a day von Tuesday evening of thi& week, when friends to the number of nearly a hundred gathered to enjoy the genial hospitality of Messrs give the village an administration 'n i joyable Chaplin film ever seen. In keeping with modern times and by piace jt simply bubbles over their actions will demonstrate to the wjth laughter and the situations are public in general that they have the Q that you do not feel foolish interests of our people at heart ] because you are laughing. Again, it Give the new board the co-opera- |ong enough so that it provides a tion it deserves and we are sure that |WhQje evening's entertainment in ityou will be grateful to them in. the J Chaplin is there with the same make-up and the same characteristics that have made him the most famous years that are to come. _ Iriah Relief Fund The nation wide appeal for the Irish relief, which has been approved by | comedian in the world. But the film President Harding And prominent men does not revolve around Chaplin; it of ali denominations, including the J concerns a foundling baby, its growth Protestant Episcopal bishop of Chi-1 to boyhood and hia final coming into cago, is being pushed in McHenry by j his birthright. Charlie's part is that the local council of *the K. of C. Their of foster father to the boy and in the war relief work in conjunction with role he commits the most delightful ... the Y. M. C. A. and other organiza- j humor and ludicrous comedy that he and Mesdames N. H. Petesjch and 3.1 t. ^s make them eminently fitted to [has ever given the screen. But there C. Holly. Cards and dancing, followed by light refreshments, made up the evening's pleasures, music for dancing being^ furnished by Hauswirtfi's orchestra. The party broke up about the midnight hour, but before departing the guests of the occasion voted their hosts and hosvery fine entertainers. Honor Former Instructor E. Nye, who for a number of years was superintendent of the Mc- ing Henry public schools and now head after of the school system at Coal City, Plaindealer* undertake the present Work of Irish! are no shifts away from the plot to relief. Conditions in Ireland are in-1 give him a chance merely to do some describable with women and children new trick. Every laugh--and the story the chief sufferers and relief is a cry-j teems with them--is caused by a step ing need. A house to house canvass onward in the career of the Kid. will be undertaken in McHeriry and | As a comedy the production is a the neighboring towns, which, it is winner; as a dramatic production it hoped, will demonstrate once morpj ranks high; hut the strongest appeal that wherever human nfied is made [this First National six reels of joy known our community is not found:makes is the realization that Charlie lacking in coming to the aid of suffer- Chaplin is not a clown, hut one of the innocents. Canvass will begin most consummate actor* on the screen publication of notice in The today. See "The Kid" at the Empire thethe Mcreceived the foratre Tuesday and Wednesday evenings, April 26 and 27. Social Wheel Members In Chicago Members of the Social Wheel of < •> ; C • i' o5 . >v 111., was elected president of the I Buy Cub Sailf* . Grundy County Teachers' association I g jj Geier, manager of at a meeting of that body held at Baseball club, Has Mazon on April 8. Since going to word that twelve uniforms, Coal City Mr. Nye has achieved won- mer pr0perty of the Chicago Cubs, j this village, numbering about twenty, derful success and the honor bestowed have been purchased for the team, went to Chicago on Wednesday momupon him by members of the pro- fhe deal was put over by Richard B. (ing of this week and in the afternoon fession evidences the high regard in ^Valsh. Thru the same source uni-' attended the matinee of which he is held in Grundy county. forms have also been procured for the His many friends in McHenry take | johnsburg and Richmond, teams. pleasure intending congratulations..1 A1, CUI^nt nvOTtersTf the moat Early and tya seed potatoes at M. j popular magazines. Carl Weber, M. Nissan's. Irene" at the Studebaker theatre. The trip was greatly enjoyed by all. Several #r- •y ^ vK. i L ' V/ i W. 1 Northwestern hotel* West McHenry. : '• additional street lights have been installed in the village during the past week or two. Meeting Held Here Monday Evening --County Being Organised--May Vote on Issues In line , Hie opening gun in a fcfMKi *oed campaign, which is to take in all of McHenry county, was fired at the village hall here on Monday evening of this week, when a good roads meeting, attended by about fifty of Mc- Henry's representative and hnsinrnn men, was held. Atty. A. H. Pause presided. On invitation of the met) who were responsible for the. calling of the meeting, Supervisor Stephen H. Freund appeared and, besides explaining to the body just how to go about the work of peCtioning the honorable board of supervisors, he also answered all questions put to him. The men gathered here on Monday night were unanimously in favor of a system of hard roads for McHenry county and two plans as to the raising of the money for such roads were thoroly discussed. One of the two plans was the floating of a bond issue, while a second was the direct taxation system. Lake, our neighboring county to the east started a hard road campaign about three years ago and as a result of this a million dollar bond issue was favorably voted on and a good start already made upon the building of a system of hard roads in that county. This year the county hopes to "receive reimbursements from the state for moneys already expended on hard roads over there and with thia state money additional stretches will be constructed. By this it will be seen that most of the main highways of that county will see the hard roads before McHenry county has made even as much as a start A second system, that of direct tax* ation, was also discussed. This sy»-"' tem is used with very good success and satisfaction to the taxpayers in general. By this system a tax of 50 cents on each $100 valuation is made over a period'of five years and in thia manner Kane county has also made a good start towards the establishment of a system of hard roads. At the meeting here on Monday evening a general committee was named to go ahead and organise the various townhips of the county for the purpose of petitioning the McHenry county board of supervisors at their next regular meeting, which takes place at Woodstock next Monday, for the purpose' of having the hard roads qpestkfti voted on at the judicial dec tion to be held this coming June. The members of this committee are: R. I. Overton, hairman; C. W. Stenger, J. C. Holly, Walter F. Vogt, Martin B. Schmitt* John R. Knox, Win. Spencer and F. - Ql Schreiner. Immediately following the general meeting these eight men got together and formulated plans for.enlisting the services of men in the various towns of the county who would be willing to help the good work along. A eotnmittee of two or more men was picked from each township and they were notified of our meeting and its purpose the following morning. The notifications were sent out over the telephone on Tuesday morning and with them went the request to get busy and organize) the same as we did here. The general coaunittee ef McHeaay will make a tour of the entire county tomorrow to ascertain just what has i>een done in the various sections and to lend their assistance to the various committees who may be in need of same. The automobiles bearing the McHenry good roads boosters will leave this village about 7:30 o'clock tomorrow (Friday) morning and it is their expectation to visit every tow^ in the county before their return home that evening. By bringing this important question before the voters of thfc county at the coming June election, the men pushing the movement are sincerely hopeful of getting a good roads program started in McHenry county •# later than next year. Most of the counties adjacent and near us have many more miles of hard roads thaa have we artd the progressive people of our own county do not wish to remain back numbers any longer. The proposed vote to be taken is merely to hasten the work in our asm. .•oimty and not wait ft# the state. The state will later on reimburse «e for all or at least one-half of the expanse we have gone to in making these proposed improvements. Tfcere are two kinds of road routes thru eur county, a state and state-aid. former is paid for entirely by te state, while with a state-aid road only one-half of the cost of construction ia borne by the state, the other half being paid by the county thru which Aft road is built Join the good road booeters today and help put this thing over. Skull caps, advertising Wm. Spencer's Early Riser flour, are Una week being handed out pwkswwly at th* the mill. v m *• V:. .. . A': %