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; , SPECIAL SESSION ii®»S8a»v... . %f Village « /4 \ 7%, *if v-jf Council Room, Jane 10, 1921. The village trustees met in special session for the purpose of passing the appropriation ordinance and to transact any other business that might come |Lfup ^fore the meeting, with Pres. Stoffel presiding:. . Trustees present: Doherty, Ericksoa, Knox, Krause, Overton and Wat- _ ties. Motiop by Doherty, seconded by / < " * Overton, that the appropriation ordi- • ^nance be passed as r4ad. Motion carri®d-' Motkm % Knox, seconded, by • k , Krause, to grant C. W. Stenger to ex- Jj& tend the water on John street under the supervision of the superintendent of waterworks and according to the village ordinance. Motion carried. Motion by Overton, seconded by Erickson, to adjourn. Motion carried. Simon Stoffel, Pres. W. G. Schreiner, Cleric. Market your eggs at ErfcktoriV Appropriation Ordinance Be H ufdaiiwd by the President and Board of Trustees of the Village of McHenry, in the County of McHeitry and S&|t#of Illinois: Section 1. That there be and is hereby appropriated fronj any money that is new or may be hereafter in the village treasury of the Village of McHenry, not otherwise appropriated, the following sums of money for the purpose herein specified to defray the necessary expenses - and liabilities of of said village for the fiscally ear commencing on the first day xrf May, A. D. 1921, viz.: for salaries . flt.. .V........ $3,500.00 For streets and alley|,%.M. 6,000.00 For waterworks . I.. . ;>* «> . 2,000.00 For public property 2,100.00 Engineer's fund . 1,200.00 C o n t i n g e n t . . . . . . . . 1 , 2 0 0 .00 Total. .:,....., ..$16,00^0 2. That tiis ordinance shall be in full force and effect ten days after its passage, a\>prgval and publication according to law. Approved: Simon Stoffel, President of the Board of Trustees J PPTSWIAL ITEHS COMERS AND GOERS OF A ; IN OUR BU8Y VtLLAGj I ' , A* by I Ma in dealer Reporters and Handed Into/ Our OBce fcy Our Friends ityChicago of the Village of McHenry,'County of MeHewry Mi ftatt of Illinois. Attest: Wm. G. Schreiner, Village Cletk. Passed Jane 10, 1921. r » Approved June 10, ld2l£» " j' Published June 16, 192l|t' 4(|V ^ * Execater'a*NetkMil?-'Mt- Alford H. Poase, Atty. Estate of Joseph Neumann^ Deceased. The undersigned having been • appointed Executrix of the last Will and Testament of Joseph Neumann, i deceased, late of the County of McHenry and State of Illinois, hereby j gives notice that she will appear before the County Court of McHenry County, at the Court House in Wood-' stock, at the August Term, on the first Monday in August next, at which time' all persons having claims against said 'end ;re "ld ;T>R,TODJ»; *•«'. o. G. W. b^I. attend for to purpose of the »utor a» county ».t Ust S.t- •same adjusted. All persons indebted urday to ««id Estate .« requested to m.k, ; Mrs.Nelli® hn. ud wiaB. W«rton immediate payment to the under- and signed. Dated this 8th day jof June, Mi$g Clara Stoffel vis itor Monday. Miss Blanche Pryor was * Chicago Vi itor last Saturday. Germer Petesch was a Chicago visitor last week Thursday. George J. Donavin was a business visitor at Harvard Monday. James Burke of Chicago spent Sunday with McHenry relatives. Wm. Gillispie of Chicago was the guest of friends here over the week A1 D. 1921. Catherine Schneider, Executrix. res i CORD TIRES ^1 Now Selling at the Lowest ^ j Price Level in Tire History 30x3% 32x4 34x4* $24.50 46.30 54.90 (And Other Sizes In Proportion) Tire repair men, who judge values best, class these tires as having the sturdiest carcass made. Forty-seven highgfade car manufacturers use them as standard equipment They are the quality choice of cord users $13.95 for 30x3 This new low price is made possible by strictest economies and specialized production. Plant No. 2 was erected for die sole purpose of w1b«h 30x3 34-inch Non-Skid fabric tires. With a daily capacity •I 16,000 tires and 20,000 tubea, this plant permits refined production on a quantity basis. All materials used are the best obtainable. The quality is Uniform. It is the best fabric tire ever offered to die car owner at any price Harold, were Chicago visitors Monday. 1 Richard Givens of Elgin spent a few days last week with McHenry relatives. . j Mrs. John Miller passed the latter part of last week as the guest of Chicago relatives. ! Miss Ruth Gannon of Chicago spent a few days recently as the guest of friends here. j Mrs. Simon Stoffel and daughters, ! Lefia and Clara, passed the weeft end . afc .Powers Lake. | Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Jolly of Crystal Lake were guests of relatives here over the week $nd. Mrs. Harvey Baron pasted the latter part of last week as the guest of friends in Chicago. Charles Frett, Jr., of Aurora spent the first of the week as the guest of McHenry relatives. Miss Barbara Wiedemann of Elgin ] passed the week end at the Wiede- 1 mann cottage on Fox river. Mr. and Mrs. Richard Givens and son, Carter, of Elgin were week end guests of McHenry relatives. Miss Kathleen O'Reilly of Chicago was a week end gue^t in the home of 4 her grandfather, J. J. Flus%. Miss Edith Geary of Wauconda spent Sunday as a guest in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Meyer. Michael Weston of Woodstock spent Friday and Saturday as the. guest of McHenry relatives and friends* Misses Rosemary Nye and Genevieve Carey are home from Notre Dame for their summer vacation. Mrs. Adolph Fischer of Elgin spent the latter part of last week in the haane of her father, Peter Thelen. Miss Mayme Costello of Elgin is spending the week as a guest in the home of Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Walsh. BOARD OF TRADE EVILS AS. CHARGED BY FARMERS SUPPORT OF LANTZ BILL mat the Farmers and What the ganizations Cost the Farmer goes on, "so far as it concerns the board of trade is based upon board of trade figures of bushels and commis- IN skms. It shows that the average Illinois farmer is paying fifty times ^ I as much yearly to the board of trade p08*8 as to his state agricultural association, Farm Or- counting only an estynate of the commissions received by the board from Admissions of evils on the Chicago 'farmers, admittedly a very small part board of trade as charged by fanners ; °* profit actually made there, in their support of the Lantz bills are! "At one cent a bushel commission found in two written statements of ^or cas^ grain and one-fourth cent a board of trade members made public bushel commission on speculative By the Illinois Agricultural associa- Brain, Illinois farmers are paying tion, officials of the McHenry County $25,000,000 yearly in commissions to Soil Improvement association say. j^e board or $108.60 for each of the In a booklet, "The Octopus and Les- [237,000 farrtis listed in the state by ser Evils," published late in May, by' *920 U. S. census. Each year the John Hill, Jr., for thirty years a member of the board of trade, representing Hill's National Reporting company, 542 South Dearborn St., Chicago, is found the following: board "handles about# 325,000,000 bushels of cash grain, about fifty-two per cent of which, or 170,000,000 bushels,, comes from Illinois farmers. Of the 18,500,000,000 bushels of "The Chicago board of trade has 4or 'phantom' or speculative grain handled years been unable to cope with the big y®arly it is only fair to assume that things in its life. Why not at least, s'nce speculative grain is based upon be honest about it and ask congress Cflsh grain, Illinois farmers are payand the agriculturists to help shake off the Octopus?" The "octopus" to %hich the booklet refers is "the four great evils of the board of trade." T|»e booklet continues: "The four great evils of the ing approximately fifty-two per cent of the commissions on it, also. "In the same year, the Illinois Agricultural association receives $500,000 in dues, $4.50 a year from each of its 110,000 members, whieh amounts to grain trade in Chicago to which all *210 yearly for each of the 237,000 abuses, at time so bitterly attacked, farms in the state. In short, the can be trqped are all apparent to those Illinois Agricultural association mainwho have given any thought to the to'"8 a service and traffic; phosphate subject. In the order of their im- and limestone; live stock marketing; portance, they should be classed as P*ain marketing; finance; fruit and follows: Public warehouse or grain vegetable marketing; legislative; intrusts, puts and calls, bucket shop^, formation and dairy marketing deprivate wire in small towns." ^ partments, transacting most of the "Facing disaster, possibly annihiRT Preat business enterprises of farmers tion, the board of trade stands today a of Hli^jpis for one-fiftieth of the sum living example of human frailties and P°id by the board yearly by farmers thoughtless disregard of the future," °f ^lie state for the mere htyidiing of is the first^tatement in the pamphlet.: th®'r grain." It goes on to say that "the board finds ' 'n answer to charges made by itself at a critical time in its life with board pf trade members that Illinois a confession of guilt," as the only Agricultural association officials' salargument why it should not be curbed, aries are too high, it may be said that Called to account for 'practices inex- commissions alone received by the cusable, it could only plead like a board from farmers--^and commiscripiinal that it could reform itself, are admittedly a small part of Not being able to go into court with? their actual profit amount to about clean hands, its substantial arguments were scoffed*at; its sins were uppermost A complete denial of one of the board's main defenses against the Lantz bills, the plea that the passage of the bills would drive the board out $49,500,000 a year. There are 1,617 members of the board so that these | commissions alone, if prorated among them, would be $30,613.24 a jAar per member. i In contr&st to such incomes, there i are only eight officials of the Illinois of Chicago, is found in the statement j Agricultural association who are paid of another board of trade member, farm bureau officers say. Under the heading, "The Passing Show," a statement from a trade letter issued on May 20 by Lowell Hoit and Company, 52054 Board of Trade, Chicago, is in part as follows: "Oh every hand we are hearing matchless folderol about closing the Sunday as ! here.- I FORD THE UNIVERSAL CAR ANNOUNCEMENT Sfcr. Edsol B.*!Pord of the Fprd Motor Company, gives out the following statement: Mrs. Gray of Emmett, la., passed I Chicago board of trade, shutting its several days this week as the guest of Idoors, moving it to Gary, Milwaukee, her brother, Prof. O. G. Tread way. j Liverpool, Kamchatka or Timbucktoo. Mr. and Mr»i Chas. J. Reihan-jMen and women of all intellectual sperger and daughter, Ruth, passed I levels are discussing the moving bee. Saturday and Sunday at Powers Lake. (There is nothing constructive or digni- Mr. aqd Mrs. John Karls and I fied about all this stuff. Every sensidaughter, Evelyn, of Woodstock spent Ible man with both feet on the ground the guests of relatives | knows it is childish and asinine. It doesn't look well either to producer or consumer. They consider it in the light of bombast or rant. The board the home of P. L. Carr at Wau-1 of trade will be functioning here when conda. ^ I every man living , today has been | Miss Blanche Meyers of Chicago [gathered to his forefathers. passed the week end in the home of I "There will be changes to meet the her parents, Mr. and Mrs, George I demands of modern requirements. But Meyers. I'1, wi" be here, growing better, John^Reihansperger of West Chica-1 stronger, more useful as the generago was a Monday guest in the home of I tions come and go. And right now $5,000 or more a year, while Illinois farmers alone pay board of trade members an average of«v$15.924.55 apiece yearly in commissions. Quaker oats compound Ful-OVPep egg mash makes the hens lay. Wilbur Lumber Co. American the Start will carry you your goods wm Two and three _ ago, the Scats and were all ever the Then they almcec from the seven • today they are bade spicMhd oanownadaad «oo<k,«s* tKjfc- in* into ai kai'bori Strip** their muo. Ammrtn t*avel«ts -all ping artd nmI Stripw. Operator* a t PS ScrvieM tkt Scam Ywk. jFj 17 * So. Gay Screac, i OfK, • . Nnr Task mod FgrttMwaaflk, II Braadvw. Nwr PmSc Ma* S. 1 Ca.. N«w York, N Y. V. S. Mail S. «. Ca.. «f V.Kk, N. Y. Ward Lin*. Yarki &. i. Co.) Foot «r New Y«k. N Y Free uae of Shipping Booed Ua* of Shipirins Bum4 > Ska*, four rah, traa «a i Mayor. pMutar, zfldofi A vt-- of dap* and Ut« ml Vila I •ikn to H. Lauc. Dlnuwi laforaaattaa BuMau, Romb $11. IJI5. "I" SttHb hTWTv MUT3 POR SALS at F01 and frrii pmtffti tttherinf* _ any •ftk* akt€ Umm ar U S 'SHIPPING B04RD ,a.c Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Bonslett and (children spent Sunday as guests in his son, Chas. J. Reihansperger, and family. I Carl Wiedemann and a party of friends from Elgin are spending the w*ek at the Wiedemann cottage Fox river. less nonsensical talk and chickadee behavior will give us a better standing among dependable people whose support is vital to the welfare of the exon | change." A. W. Green of Lamson & Co., 141 Mr. and Mrs. Franklin Ensign andjW. Jackson St., Chicago, for fortychildren of v Crystal Lake ^ara. guests I two years on the board of trade, is in the home of the former's mother, I also quoted by Illinois Agricultural as- - "Another reduction has been made in the list price of all types of Ford l*-i bars and the Ford truck to take effect immediately. The list prices, f. o. b. Detroit, art now as follows: - " -- w. r*. : • . .• 1 • ;.t,\ ; •> •-T-. • / • , 'I' . ! > ; t i .v£ . ft ' ; f-" « TOURING RUNABO COUPE. SEDAN CHASSIS «. TRUCK-CHASSIS TRACTOR $415.00 370.00 695.00 760.00 345.00 495.00 625.00 Mrs. Ellen Ensign. Ed. Bonslett, a student at the Wisconsin state university at Madison, spent the week end with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Bonslett. Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Dunne of Lake Geneva, Wis., passed Sunday as guests in the home of the letter's mother, Mrs. D. A. Whiting. George Phalin, who has been at-1 tending school at Notre Dame, Ind. sociation officials as having said that there was nothing in bill No. 283, now before the house, that would drive the board frdm Chicago. Many other board of trade members are said to share the opinions of the men who made the above statements, but are not in a position to allow themselves to be quoted. "Collyer's Eye, a sporting weekly of Chicago, said to have a circulation has returned to his home here and re-1 of 1,800 among board of trade mem- Electric Starter and Demountable Rims on TouJfiiis jind RuoiUfcKKit ' • $95.00 additional "I^ , '.** * F.r^l "The big reductions last |Jall were made in anticipation of low material ; trhich we are now getting the benefit of, and this fact together with in- Hfreased manufacturing efficiency and the unprecedented demand for Ford • i*rSl particularly during the past thpee months permitting maximum produc* t tion, have made another price reduction possible immediately. ^ • "Ford business for April and May, 1921, was greater by 56,683 cars aii ^ > trucks than for the same two months in 1920; in fact, the demand has be«D Uiven greater than the supply, so that our output has been limited, not by filled orders but by manufacturing facilities. • m bers and employes, has an article in a recent issue under the heading "Double Croes Charges Split Board of Trade Into Factions." The article states: "Even President Joseph P. Griffin was openly scored by scores of 3i«-> "During May we produced 101,424 Ford cars and tracks for sale In j- United States alone---the biggest month in the history of our company--a: "«ur factories and assembly plants are now working oft a 4000 car dailjr !vv|jphedule for June. ^ "The Fordson tractor is still being sold at loss than the cost to produce 011 account of the recent big prico reductions, and it is Impossible, therefore, ' inake any further cut in the price*of the tractor." , - • Cati jou afford to go without a car any longer when Fords are filing at these lcrit f There is »o rea«o& »ow ^hjr you should delay purchasing a Ford car, F^rd *u Jt >;W Fordson tractor. f gladly advisieyou concerning the delivery of a Fordson tractor or the pariteular type of car in which you are interested. Just phone us or drop us a card. stimed work at the Overton garage. Dr. D. G. Wells, N. H. Petesch, John E. Pufahl and Jacob Justen drove to Aurora last Saturday afternoon, where they took in the boxing exhibitions. • Miss Jennie "Mae Cooley, who has | traders who professed themselves to been attending school at Athens, O , is home to spend the sumfher vacation with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. F. A. Cooley. * Mrs. John Reihansperger and Mrs. Ryan of West Chicago were guests in the'iiome of the former's son, Chas. J. Reihansperger, and family Wednesday. Mrs. John MeEvoy an<J Miss Mary I What the Board of Trade Costa the [~Doherty spent last week Wednesday! Farmers vs. What Farm Orgapiin Chicago, where they sfw Lauretta! zations Cost the Farmer Taylor in "Peg O' My Heart" at the An average cost of $2.10 a year to Powers theatre^ #v I Illinois farms to support the Illinois Robert Weber, a student at thel Agricultural association and an averstate university*at. Champaign, 111.,lage cost to each of them of |108.60 a is spending his vacation at his home I year to support the Chicago board of here and again taken up his duties at I trade is set forth in a report from the the drug store of N. H. Petesch. I Illinois Agricultural association re- Mr. and Mrs. Irwin Hart and chil-|Ceived today by the McHenry County dren of Chicago came out last Satur-|Soil Improvement association. The day and have again taken up their I report grew out of charges by Presabode in the Wm. J. Welch cottage I ident Joseph P. Griffin of the board of Your bride of several Junes ago--many, the comforts and conveniences you planned for her then. Have you really bought her the laborsaving gas appliances she needs? 1 With a clean, efficient cabinet gas range, hot; water at the turn of a faucet, a gas iron to save" steps, her housework ceases to be drudgery, and she becomes the same bapov, rested, carefree gid you married. T This is one thing you can't afford to put oft. For her sake, let us show yofv our line of gas appliances. ? WSM be dissatisfied as to his sincerity in defending the board of Washington where in a short time all the grain exchanges will be on tcial for existence. Ugly charges of 'double crossing' and 'playing into the hands of the big cash interests' were openly hurled on the last | floor of the board and, It Is said, were carried clear to* the directors' room. >®HNR ** STAR .GARAGE McHenry, I1L thou M m. w in. > tcVv 'MS- V. 3: p just across from St. Patrick's church for the summer. Postmaster and Mrs. T. J. Walsh and son, Richard B., motored to Walworth, Wis., Sunday, where they spent the day as guests of the former's brother, C. A. Walsh, and wife. The latter are now owners of the Wayside Inn at that point and a:re enjoying a very fine business, ' v *"V Itions f Ute trade that farm organizati( too costly to the farmer. Commissions received by the 1,617 members of the board of trade from Illinois farmers amount to an average of $15,924.55 for each member yearly, says the report, while commissions received from national grain amount to an average of $30,612.24 yearly per The estimate," the rejfort , W v Two coats of good paint on a •5000 house will make it worth $6000. Ask your real estate ! that we say GOOD paint. Pont Prepared Paint is 1 paint--none better made. : Du Pont name oa the label guarantee* that. folks are dnehi fcraifht tide year by their boom. Ifssood too. t us show you sane of oar color combination* you Vet EEDUCED PRICES M. Engeln & Son . I*?' 0;»Ss'V/ Ms**., ! $1000.00 fwl $200.00 --And be Pant Paints, «r would look bettar