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-- m -.Him •' I mm mm .m mm in. fe^»i--*t •' '• w<*v » * _ 1' ' '*»» .a-v..- O-V. fjft!: ^ . ..*'. ' 1.. '>. ':\ -.-r.lA „ JftSiUKHh. wy^^&'-V 4 w..-? %V*- -. •#-*£';*. - ^ *skvft r-r>K'f'-:.v rai fH* tUT 23. ** "'^ i _• *v'-' •«* •' ">s- & / •» VOLUME XL. VII MoHENRY. IULJIN'OIS. THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 15. 1921 »•• Ifr NO. 14 -!?>V: WEHLY EXMMNff ITEMS Afi TAKEN FROM THE COLUMNS ^ OF OUR EXCHANGES MUacellaneous Assortment of News """""HeiwkB In Coadeaaed Form For Busy People The village of Grayslake last week passed its 1921 tax levy, the total amount of which is $5,503.00. > A bazaar, recently held at Crystal Lake for the benefit of St. Thomas' church in that city, netted approximately $3,000. Hie total enrollfhent at the Harrington schools on the opening day was 389, just nine less than were enrolled at the close of school last June. Even County Clerk Guy Still of Woodstock is beginning to complain ahout poor business. Last week, for the first time this year, not a marriage license was issued. ..» Charles J. Schrpeder, Jr., who resides near Crystal Lake, had seven sheep killed and several others severely injured one night recently. It is believed that the damage was done by dogs. # Peter Cary of Lake Geneva is no longer dog poor. Eleven canines which he had owned have disappeared. The dogs disappeared^ after tike city authorities had pronounced them a nuisance. Lake Geneva entertained several thousand guests over the Labor day holiday^. It is estimated that between five and seven thousand visitors were carried to the famous summer resort city via train. Dr. A. J. Martley of Belvidere is the newly appointed medical superintendent of this, the eighth district, coifiprising the counties of McHenry, Boone and Lake. * The office carriefe a salary of $3,500. „ W*. J. Wilkinson, who rnh| served in a like capacity for the Madison division with headquarters at Baraboo, Wis., is now roadmaster for the C. & N. W. at Harvard, 111., succeeding the late D. R. Evans. A Buick car, owned by Wm. Ambora of Genoa Junction and occupied by his son and daughter, was struck by a C. A N. W. passenger train on a railroad crossing in Richmond one day last week and quite badly damaged. Fortunately np one was injured. The huge ski slide near Cary was wrecked during >a recent storm. Wfule the club which owned the slide has had offers to rebuild it at another point, it is not likely that this will be done, as members of the club appear satisfied with the present location. Theo. Hamer, for several terms circuit court clerk and recorder, has temporarily taken charge of the McHenry County Abstract company at Woodstock. The change is necessitated by the death of Emil Arnold, manager of the company for many years. Pronger ft Black of Blue Island have been aVarded the contract for grading and putting in culverts on the Northwest Highway from the viaduct to the Barrington village limits. The contract price is $17,082 and the work on the improvements is to be started at once. According to the fellows who figure out politics and "dope" in advance, J. H. Vickers, four terms state legislator, four terms mayor of Harvard and former clothing merchant in that city, is picked as the most logical choice for postmaster there. The office carries a salary of $2,800. Zona Kirsch, aged twenty-two, whose father is said to reside at Riveria, Minn., was picked up on the streets of Woodstock one day last week and placed in the county jail, where she was given food and shelter. She has lately been employed at Woodstock, but when picked up was without funds and had no place to go for sheli- JfV According to the articles of a new jr;" ;• game ruling passed oh Sept. 6, and first made public last week, hunters |n'V. are now allowed to shoot on Fox lake from 12:00 o'clock noon to 2:00 o'clock p. m. during the open season. Fox INtSf lake, during the past few years, has been a game reserve and now that the i V ban has been partially lifted hunters * in that locality should be pleased. itfi-c Albert Morehouse, twenty-two, of Keaosha, Wis., and Clyde Stewart, , * twenty, of Detroit, Mich., were taken to Chicago from ,W oodstock last Saturday, where they 'will answer to the ^..vs^ charge of having robbed the U. S. mail. The two lads were arrested , * at Woodstock on Wednesday of last ' ** week, charged with-having robbed a | * mail bag at the railway station at Harvard. W The Nestle Food company, which .V5 t'\ operates a factory at Grayslake and 'iyl"I also has a receiving station st Vol"; *s •f . - offering $1.80 and $2.00 for milk delivered to its plant there during the first half of September. The price of £*' )i 2 $1-80 is for milk testing 3.5, while the k- ' fotfr per cent test brings the higher £»* ^ price. The company has added fortyfe - five new patrons since the first of ||f^, September, bringing the daily receipts l|* " H * up to about 25,000 pounds. It is ex- :4V--peeled that this will be increased to '4 ' 40,000 by late fall, while the first of the new year may see the daily rei cotpts around the 76,000 pound mark. ' -V '• • j£ - ~ 'v i,* i * : * LOCKS OPEN WITHIN WEEK Repaita ft Fox River Dam Neariag Completion The work of repairing the locks and other improvements, which have been going on at the Fox river dam during the past several weeks, are now rapidly nearing completion and it is now only a matter of a week or two before the contractor will have finished his work. The locks have been greatly reinforced, the gates repaired, a fishway constructed and an apron built to the south, approach of the locks and within the course of another wsek boats will again be allowed to pass thru the waterway,. The work of taking up the steel coffer dam is now under way and before the end of the week work of reinforcing the west side of the dam will be undertaken. The steel used in the coffer dam will be used in strengthening the west shore. With this work completed the job will be ready for final inspection by the officers of the Fox River ft Lakes Improvement association, under whose directions the improvements have been made. To us it looks as if the job will be found satisfactory in every detail and the dam should give the association very little trouble for mauy te come. < K. of C. Elect" Officers for the coming year were elected by the McHenry council, Knights of Columbus, at their hall last Thursday evening. The men elected to office were as follows: Grand knight, C. M. Bidder; deputy grand knight, Dr. F. J. Aicher; chancellor, Ray F. Conway; recording secretary, Albert Barbian; financial secretary, Math. P. Freund; advocate, Wm. Smith; treasurer, Gerald J. Carey; warden, John Bolger; inside guard, Geo. C. Steilen; outside guard, Clarence Nieseii; trustees, Jacob H. Adams, Ed. R. Sutton and Jos J. Miller. Delegates to state convention, C. M. Bickler, Thos. A. Bolger; alternates to state convention, Dr. F. J. Aicher and Mathias Schmitt. Refreshments were served at the close of the election of officers. Progress at Golf Cowse Construction of the new golf course of the McHenry Country club has been going on for seyferal days and gratifying progress hajs been made. Putting greens Nos. 1, 2 and 3 and fairway No. 7 (360v yds.) have been leveled and seeded and putting greens 5 and 6 will be made ready next. Fairways N&s. 2 and 6 and parts o£ 4 and 5, seeded some time since, need only cutting and rolling to~ be in condition for play. The corn on that part of the course to be occupied -by fairways Nos. 3, 7, 8 and 9 is being rapidly cut and as soon as this work has been finished these fairways will be plowed and seeded. This is a good start apd will assure a practicable golf course early next year. Harvard Fall Festival Many people from this vicinity plan to enjoy the fall festival to be held at Harvard Thursday, Friday and Saturday evenings of this week. Great preparations have been made to entertain a record crowd and amusements have b^en provided to please all sorts of tastes, including athletic carnival, vaudeville, ladies' minstrel, shooting gallery, movies, Japanese village and many other interesting attractions. Music for out door dancing will be furnished by a Rockford orchestra and Weaver's celebrated Yannigan band will entertain thpse who don't dance. A new 1922 Buick touring car, worth $1650, will be given away at the festivsir;.- SSL TOREUVSTATE KITTLE MARKETING COMPANY OFFICIALS MAKE STATEMENT | s ; Fire Lom Adjusted . * D. F tjuinlan of Woodstock informs us that the fire loss on the George J. Wegener farm east of this village was adjusted and settled within twenty-four hours from the time that the fire occurred. The policy was carried in the Great American Insurance company, represented by D. F. Quinlan of Woodstock. Messrs. Albright and Russell of Elgin, who adjusted the loss for the company, were on the grounds and paid the loss in (nil. The barn will be rebuilt at once. Building 400 Foot Wall The McHenry Artificial Stone ft Construction company has had a gang of men at work during the past two weeks in the construction of a 400-ft. sea-wall on the L. J. Brainard property on the east shore of Fox river just south of Otto Sohm's. A cement boat house will also be built. Work of filling in the site will start at once and by spring Mr. Brainard will have a place thai wiii compare favorably with the finest along that ahsso of the Fox. \ May Have Foot Ball Team There has been considerable talk about town during the past few days regarding the organization of a town foot ball team in McHenry. Those who have studied the situation declare that there is plenty of material for a first-class team and the foot ball enthusiasts w<mld surely be pleased to have saeh a team organized here. Ufa# V V 1' • *' ' v" '*•' |j V V "T Till of How Kittle, Reece, Rockwell and Their Friends Are Trying to Regain Control of Organization The below letter, dealing with the milk situation, has been mailed us for publication from the office of the Milk Producers' Co-operative Marketing company and will, no doubt, be read with interest by Plaindealer readers: Kittle, Reece, Rockwell-and the personal following of each, formerly bitter. antagonistic and critical of each other, form a combination to reinstate Kittle, to block the business reforms that the new executive committee is putting in effect, to bring about the retirement of the new executive com mittee, to unseat the more recently elected directors, Bingham, Overton and Buchanan, and to discredit new advisory committee recently elected by the delegate meeting at Dundee with special animosity displayed against the Illinois Agricultural association and Professor Larson, the head of the dairy department, who was elected at Dundee as a member of the advisory committee. The old crowd desires to regain control thru a legal technicality. The following is the story: Knowing themselves to be in the minority upon the board of directors, the old guard set about to find some way to stage a comeback before the good effects of the business reforms set in motion by the reorganized board and executive committee became so evident as to forever discredit some of the former officials. " In easting about for some means to accomplish their purpose, someone discovered that the president, J. H. Love, (who has, and apparently still does, take his orders from Kittle), had called many directors' meetings without complying with the provision in the by-laws regarding five days notice of a special directors' meeting and the signing of a request for such a special directors' meeting by five directors. President J. H. Love has arrogated to himself the right to call such special meetings, even to the limit of calling one meeting by telegrams to the directors over the protests of four other members of the executive oOmmittee against the calling of the meeting in this hurried manner. Taking on unfair advantage of this situation, five-members of the board put in a request to President Love to ANOTHER MILITARY FUNERAL To Be Held la This Village Swday • Afteraef* McHenry will witness another Military funeral next Sunday afternoon when the body of the late Corp. Charles F. Geske will be laid at rest here with full military honors. The herp of the late World war, who fell during the bitter fighting in the Argonne, was a member of Co. I, 23th Inf., second division, and took part.in all of the big battles loading up to the final victory of the allies. Notification that the body has been shipped from the east, was received by Henry Buchert on Wednesday morning of this week and the arrival of the body in McHenry is looked for either this (Thursday) evening or Friday morning. The deceased was tile youngest son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Charles Geske. At the ago of four years, after the death of his "mother, he wattaken into the home of Mr. and Mr$. Henry Buchert, where he resided up to the time of joining the colors. The members of the McHenry post of the American Legion as well as many ex-service men of this community will turn out in a body. The funeral procession will leave the Buchert home south of this village at one o'clock and the services will bo conducted from the M. E. church hero. F. C. FELTZ SELLSPLACE Thirty-five Acre Tract' Adjoining Village Sold to Nick M. Bowers F.. C. Feltz, who during the past nineteen years has owned and worked a thirty-five acre tract of land, which at one time comprised the old brick yard site, and which adjoins the south side village limits, has sold the place to Nick M. Bowers, who resides on the Volo road east of this village. Since coming into possession of the property, Mr. Feltz has improved the tract very materially. In fact, he has made a most productive tract out of a piece of property which twenty years ago was considered of very little value. Today it represents one of the real attractive small farm propositions to be found anywhere. |' The site is not only valuable as a farm proposition, but also offer; a most desirable location for a factory site. Mr, Feltz will hold an auction sale on the premises next Saturday afternoon and, while it has not as yet been call a special meeting of the board definitely decided, it is not likely that with the avowed purpose of legalizing these previous special meetings. The executive committee, as the managing board of the company, had the secretary take the minute book, containing thet records of the meetings, to the company's attorney, ex-Gov. Chas. S. Deneen, with the request that he*go over the book since the new hoard went into effect, and prepare a resolution to be passed by the meeting of the board to validate and legalize any meetings in which President Love had failed to comply with the by-laws in calling such meetings. Governor De neen prepared such a resolution, which reads as follows: ^ Chicago, 111., Sept 7, 1981. Resolution ~ Whereas, The question of the legality of certain special meetings of the boatd of directors of the Milk Producers' Co-operativo Marketing company has arisen: Therefore Be It Resolved, By the board of directors of the Milk Producers' Co-operative Marketing company, that all the acts done and proceedings had, as shown by the secretary's minutes of the following meetings, are hereby ratified and confirmed in every particular: April 7, {April 11, April 28, June 8, June 17, June 21, July 7, July 30, August 2, August 3, August 8, all held in the year 1921. And Be It Further Resolved, That all the acts done and proceedings had at these meetings, as shown by the secretary's record of such meetings, shall be binding and be of the same force and effect as if said meetings had been regularly called and legally held. Ex-Gov. Deneen appeared at' the meeting, but before he could be requested to read his resolution Mr. Omman jumped to his feet and offered a resolution declaring all the above meetings invalid and that the records of such njgetings be expunged from the recor|ls and minutes of the secretary's book. A member of the executive committee then asked Governor Deneen to read the resolution he had prepared, and upon the statement by the governor that the passage of his resolution would, legalize all of the meetings complained about, it was offered for a substitute to Mr. Omman's motion. If the old guard were really sincere in calling the meeting lor the purpose of legalizing these former meetings, ex-Gov. Deneen's resolution presented an easy, quick way to do it. However, a member of the old guard quickly jumped to his feet and moved that the Deneen resolution be tabled. In the remarks that followed by various members of the old guard, it became <Continued on fourth page) the purchaser of the - property will take possession of the place until next spring. Mr. Feltz has not as yet made any plans for the future. "Up In the Air" Pleases "Up In the Air," a very pleasing two act comedy drama, was presented by a clever company of artists at the Empire theatre last Friday night, the audience present declaring the company to have been the best ever to visit McHenry. Real singers and dancers, coupled with the work of a clever comedian, made it possible to put over the comedy with a bang and when the audience was *not busy applauding a musicpl number the house was kept at an uproar by the work of a real comedian. Manager Smith informs us that the agency which booked the attraction here is desirous of sending more companies to McHenry and should this come to pass we are sure that the next attraction will pack the house. McHenry theatre-goers will patronize a go^ show. " i * Hartford Giaata Next Saaday The Hartford Giants (colored) of Chicago will be next Sunday's attraction at the local baseball diamond. The Chicago team is under the management of Dick Wallace, who has appeared in McHenry on various occasions during the days of the old McHenry Sox. Dick has promised the McHenry management that he will bring to McHenry the fastest colored aggregation which has ever visited our village and the fans are getting set for one great game. Lehman and Giertz will form the battery for the home club, while the colored gents will be well fortified in every department. For this special attraction the prices of admission have been slightly increase*! and therefore the general admission next Sunday will be 50 cents for adults and 25 cents for- children. Game called at 2:30 p. m. McHenry Product to Washington The Hunter Boat company of this village on Wednesday of this week shipped a motor boat to Washington, D. C., from which place the owner. J. W. Phorne, will make a cruise to Florida. The purchaser of the craft is one of the officials of Montgomery-Ward & Co. of Chicago. On the same day the Hunter Manufacturing company also shipped thraa of their phonographs to Willington, New Zealand, and one to Mexico. Libertyville Gaaae Off On Account of wet grounds the game advertised to take place at Libertyville last Sunday was necessarily postponed. It is doubtful that the game can be played this season. SCHOOL ATTENDANCE 2S0 SHOWS DECREASE OY$R WAT OF YEAR ACti * • ; " n Students Nine Eighth Graders and Last Year High School Fail to Return The McHenry community high and grade schools opened hero last week with a total attendance of 260 pupils, a decrease of eighteen under the opening attendance a year ago, when the total enrollment was 268. There were nine of this year's eighth grade graduates that did not enter high school and eighteen who were in high school last year who failed to return, making a total of twenty-seven boys and girls who should be in high school. •: The opening attendance In' high school last September was ninetythree, while this year it is ninety-five. The grades opened last year with a total attendance of 165, while the attendance <last week showed but 155 enrolled. „ The high school enrollment is divided as follows: Boys Girls Total Freshman Sopho! J u n i o r s « . . Seniors .... . ^ f ' Totals.. S*' ; Grade GanHmeat Boys Girls Total 41 19 9 14 19 12 SO 20 ,165 and .16 20 36 8 20 28 . 8 9 17 . 8 11 14 .35 60 95 Eighth « «. »-- ;• «.21 20 8 11 Sixth .#>$•« » . • 7 ,2 • F i f t h . . . . . . . . 6 S Fourth .10 v t Third 8 \ i Second .4..^. .42 ^ First r. 9 11 fbtod Following is the official list classification of high school -students: 0 Seniors--Edmund Barbian, Mary Bolger, Florence Conway, Lillian Doherty, Rose Feffer, Esther Feltz, Mary Frisby, James Hughes, Mildred Kinsala, Viola Stilling, Gladys Van Natta, Dorothy Walsh, Mary Pender Walsh, Glenn Wattles. Juniors--Doris Bacon, Harriett Bobb, Greeta Chamberlin, Ralph Clemens, Floyd Foss, Pauline Freund, Margaret Gibbs, Arline Harrison, Edward Kennebeck, Alice Miller, Herman Nye, Frances Peterson, Bertha Schiessle, John Vycital, Cloice Wagner, Earl Walsh, Leo Wlnkel. Sophomores--Weston Bacon, Ethel Biggers, George Bohr, Anthony Bonslett, Cornelia Freund, Ellen Frisby, Leone Givens, Floyd Hopper, Lyle Hopper, Ruth Krumpen, Evalyn Mead, Josephine Olson, Helen Powers, Kathleen Powers, Gladys Rietesel, Pamela Rietesel, Florence Rothermel, John Smith, Carolyn Steffes, Margaret Stenger, Rosalie Stilling, Emily Stof fel, Leo Thelen, Joseph Vondrasek, Helen Vycital, Eleanore Walsh, Notfta Whiting, Mildred Zuelsdorf. Freshmen--Mildred Ahrens, Harold Bacon, Fern Bacon, FloribOl Bassett Ethel Bell, William Beth, Lillian Buss. Clyde Carr, Gertrude Clemens, Mabel Conway, LeRoy Conway, Mary Dittrich, Augustine Freund, Bernard Freund, Matilda Freund, William Glosson, William Green, Ella Harrison, Alvera Heimer, Arthur Hoppe, Frances Jarnacke, Florence Kinsala, Elwood Loeber, Dorothy Matthews, William Nye, Angela Petesch, Ruth Powers, Pauline Pufahl, William >Stoffel, Adrian Thomas, Olive Vasey, Howard Vasey, Elizabeth Vogt, Carl Weber, Jesse Whiting, Agnes Young. Enjoy Barn Dance^ - A happy crowd of people, both old and young, attended the dance given for the benefit of the McHenry band at the old cr<gfoiery building on the West Side lsft 'evetiing. The older folks in attendance apparently enjoyed the event fully as well as did the younger set. The band was on hand and furnished a splendid entertainment on the lawn. The grounds and building were perfectly lighted and refreshments were served both on the grounds and inside. We have not learned what the proceeds were, but it is quite likely that a nice balance will be left after all bills have been paid. Five Hundred Card Club Mrs. Gertrude L. Miller very pleasantly entertained the members of the West Side Five Hundred Card club at her home on Main street last Wednesday evening, the occasion being held on the anniversary of her birth. Five hundred was played with high honors going to Mrs. Henry Antholz, while Miss Clara Schiessle was awarded the consolation^ The guests of the evening presented their hostess with an appropriate gift. Delicious refreshments were served at the dose of the card games. To Give Away Ford {kqn of the big special features for the bazaar, to be held here during Thanksgiving week for the benefit of St. Mary's Catholic church, will be the giving away of a fully equipped Ford touring car. This big feature will be put over by St. Mary's court, a O. ; Hair ribbons, a splendid variety, at Erickson's. ENLARGING TAILORING SHOP 12-Foot iunaiw Added to Place - Oeeapled By J. D. Lodta A twelve foot extension has just been added to the east side of the Barbian block, which for a quarter of a century or more has been occupied by the tailoring establishment conducted by J. D. Lodtz. The extension gives Mr. Lodtz an opportunity for expansion, which he has so much desired for a number of years past. * The now addition will hereafter be used as a work room, while the entire floor space formerly occupied will be given over for the display of his stock, which will be greatly increased during the next few weeks to come. Besides carrying on his tailoring business, Mr. Lodtz has, during the past few years, carried a small stock of gents' furnishings and now that he has been given more room a larger and more varied display of goods will be carried. His stock, in the future, will comprise a complete line of gaits' furnishings, consisting of shirts, collars, ties, underwear, hats, caps, ready-to-wear pants, overalls, khaki pants, belts and the various other little things that go to make up a man's wardrobe. Two show windows, brilliantly lighted, will give Mr. Lodtz plenty of opportunity to display his line to very good advantage, while the naturally well lighted room will assure his patrons of better Workmanship than ever before. He invites , the public to call and inspect his newly arranged quarters. ITEMS OF LOCAL INTEREST AS PICKED UP BY PLAJNDEALER REPORTERS DURING WEEK FIFTEENTH ANNUAL MEETING Of West Side Bank Directors Was Held Last Saturday The fifteenth annual meeting of the officers and directors of the West McHenry State bank took place at the bank building last Saturday afternoon, at which time the same officers and board of directors were re-elected for another year. The present officers of the institution who were re-elected last Saturday are as follows: C. H- Fegers, president; P. S. Webster, vice president; Simon Stoffel, vice president; Carl W. Stenger, cashier; Gerald J. Carey, assistant cashier. The board of directors is made up of the following well known and influential men: E. L. Wagner, chairman; C. H. Fegers, P. S. Webster, Simon Stoffel, F. H. Wattles, F. A. Bohlander, W. E. Bradley and Richard B. Walsh. Since its establishment fifteen years ago the institution has enjoyed a constant growth and in spite of business depression during the past year or more the bank has continued to grow, the total assets having passed the half million mark. 1 Will Have Light and Gas That the wishes of the new colony of summer resorters, residing in what is known as the Diedrich sub-division on the east shore of Fox river north of this village, as to electric light and gas are to be granted is seen in the present activities of the Electric Light and Gas company. Work of SSctending the light system was started this week, all of the poles having been set last evening. The stretching of wires will begin at once and the late stayers among the summer guests who own cottages at this point will be given the benefit of the light before they leave for their winter homes. We are told that the work of extending the gas mains will begin today. The extension of the two systems cover a stretch of approximately 1,600 feet. Fourteen Foot Cora v Ben J. Adams last Friday brought to this office a stalk of corn that beat anything in size that has been brought to our notice this year. The stalk measured fourteen feet in height and contained two extraordinary large ears What People Are Doing In Tills Yftlage and the Immediate Vicinity-- --Other Short Paragraphs Special prices on many items at Donavin's hardware store Friday Saturday. . Wool jersoy doth, the finest material for jumper drosses. Splendid colors. At Erickson's. The McHenry band will furnish music for a church festival to be bold at Spring Grove early next month. You can save money on dairy sopplies and kitchen ware at Donavin's hardware store Friday and Saturday. The foundation, for the new home to be erected for Wm. Pries on Hie corner of Green and Pearl streets si now under way. The McHenry fishermen, who has* been spending a week in the vicinity of Eagle River, Wis., are expected home today (Thursday). The undertaking room connected with the furniture store of N. J. Juaten & Son has been repainted and. decorated during the past week. Miss Elizabeth K. Miller, clerk at the McHenry postoffice, is enjoying a two weeks' vacation from her duties after an exceptionally busy rrnmttsr season. A bright baby girl was horn to Mr. and Mrs. Howard Simpson in Chicago on Tuesday, Sept. 13. Mrs. Simpson was formerly Miss Rose Oerfed of tUs village. The new home under construction for Jos.. W. Rothermel and family on Riverside Drive is rapidly nearing completion and will soon be ready tot occupancy. The Mystic Workers of this village will hold a public card party on Thursday evening, Sept. 29. Further particulars will appear in next week's issue of The Plaindealer. Hereafter I will make but two tripa to Chicago a week. Balance of my time will be given ovor to draying of all kinds. Reasonable rates. Fred Weinschenker, McHenry, 111. The Ladies' Aid society will; asset at the M. E. church parlors on Thursday afternoon of next week, Sept. 22. All members and others interested are urged to attend and assist with the quilting. The sixth annual county convention of the Royal Neighbors will take place at Algonquin next Thursday, Sept. 22, beginning at ten o'clock. Mrs. Alice Gillaland, supreme recorder, has promised to be present. The Mystic Workers of this village will hold election of officers at the home of M. M. Niesen on Riverside Drive on Wednesday evening of next week, Sept 21. All members an urgently requested to be present. Joseph Glossen, the nine-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Math.* Glosssn, who reside west of town, was taken to the West Side hospital in Chicago on Tuesday of this week, where he underwent an operation for appendicitis. An unusual sight just below the Fox river dam at this time is the presence of thousands of young blade, silver and rock bass and blue gills. The fishing in the Fox should bo p*bticularly good next spring, especUfijr for smaller fish. " , ; The smile that won't come off is be-' ing worn these days by L. A. Erickson, the progressive West Side merchant. It's all on account of the ar-., rival of Mary Elizabeth, who came to make her home with the family last Saturday morning. The exterior of St. Mary's beautiful new parsonage is rapidly nearing completion, whil^ very satisfactory progress is also being made on the interior, and it now looks as if the pastor will be able to occupy the new home in the very near future. P. N. Peterson, tenant on one of tba Hanly estate farms near this village, will hold an auction sale this month, HIof corn. The stalk was cut from a ..... * . „ two acre p.teh planted alxHit th« ^ middle of last May. This is the first time that the field has been under cultivation. In fact, up until last spring the field was nothing more than a frog pond. Tiling and draining have thus converted a worthless piece of ground into a most productive one. Mr. Adams -informs us that the entire field will average twelve feet in height. fornia. He will be accompanied on the trip by his wife and son and they * plan to make their future home out there. The appearance of the front of the N. J. J us ten block on the West Sido has been greatly enhanced during the week thru the application of a keltastone finish. The block is occupied by the furniture store of N. J. Justen & Son and the West McHenii S-3 Will Give Up Farming Fred W. Huemann, whose farm is'postoffice. situated between this village and | Mr. and Mrs. Anton Krumpen and Johnsburg and borders on Fox river,! children are this week moving to will give up farming this fall and t Genoa Junction, Wis., where they vrffl move to this village? A new home on 1 make their future home. N. C. Klein Riverside Drive ha? been under construction for some time past and is now about ready for occupancy. We are told that Mr. and Mrs. Huemann will move into their new home sometime between now and November i. The farm has been rented. / of Chicago, who recently purchased the Krumpen property on Center street, is taking possession of same this week and with his daughters ta moving to this village. The scraper this week" has been doing some work on the river road and * from the appearance of numerous stretches, especially in Nuada town* ship, considerable work must be dpm Over 8,090 Bushel* of Pickles Up to last evening the local receivi n g s t a t i o n h a d t a k e n i n a t o t a l o f . . . . over 8,000 bushels of pickles. John " nQwan<* to have L. May, who has charge of the station, informs us that he expects to begin shipments to Chicago next week | ** I thorofares in good .condition fir travoL At this time they are usually stony and driver* of autwps CM it nt Erieksotfs.