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Mrs. F G. Spurling spent Saturday iji Chicago. ifi. II," J". !" « JOJORD H. POUSE PhM |t' y-1 \?. 'V ' McHeery, lit. Arthur Johnson was an Elgin Visitor Tuesday. * Telephone No. 168-R. SIMON STOFFEL Insurance agent for all classes of property in the best companies WEST McHENRY, ..- ILLINOIS AKmJAL REPORT Of Pwfclek of In Hirer Improvement I-.;, A Simple Way to Save to .Always light the gas after, not before, you have placed th# utensils over the burner. Als# turn out the gas before, not aftet^; taking the utensils off the ranged III the course of a year, this littl^ rule in iu^lf will fepay Western United Gas /Jfe: ' '^ aod Electric Compaoy /•«&; COPLEY CANNOT COME HOME TO MAKE CAMPAI6N WMb TIhi nity ii mi MdsMI crisisHipiris Hi Stay on Joli is Washington Asks That.Lelters Be Bead < Explaining that in this industrial crisis duty requires him to stick on the job in Washington, Congressman Copley * \ this week addressed the following letterto the people of t&e ^8V' Eleventh congressional district: I * "My Dear Constituents: ' . "You have honore<J me by nominating and electing me your representative in congress for six successive terms. lb£§ I find that at the present moment it is impossible to absent ;V" myself from Washington to take an active personal part in ^ »y campaign for renomination f;/, •%- j * Must Find Prosperity Solution Soon. "I believe that a solution of the difficulties which beset our country at the present moment must be fou«id in the very, very near future, and that the foundations must be relaid for a material prosperity that ought to last for at least a generation. "I might write each one of you a letter, but it would require 60,000 letters to reach as many of you as will read we pages of the papers in which I will print four or five successive communications on the most vital topics of the present time. It would take 16 people one week to address one set of envelopes arid if the letters were written by typewriter it would take 200 people a week to write each set of letters, consequently it would be necessary for me'to print them in any event. I therefore take it for granted that you will forgive me for being so frank and using this as the quickest and most direct means of addressing each of you. Tax Laws Important Prosperity Factor, "The tax laws of this country are the most important factors in determining the prosperity or adversity of our peopie. This present congress has amended the general tax law, and very much improved it, but the president has suggested ttiat we make other changes, which will probably become necessary and which will undoubtedly come before the ways and means committee during the progress of the present primary campaign to choose a Republican candidate for congress from the Eleventh congressional district. "The new tariff law, prepared by the ways and means committee has passed the house of representatives ahd is still before the finance committee of the senate (not yet having been presented to that body). Conferences between tile Republican members of the ways and means committee of the house and finance committee of the senate have been held almost daily for the last three weeks, and will probably continue for some little time to come. r Must Find Way to Raise Bonus. ,"The adjusted compensation bill for the veteran United 'Slates soldiers of the great world war must carry also a method of raising the money. Conferences of the committee are being held for several hours each day and every official of this government from the president and secretary of the treasury down, is being consulted in an effort to hit upon a plan which will at the same time do justice to our soldiers Without working a serious hardship on our people as a whole; such a hardship might entirely effect the benefits to , be derived from this act of simple justice and plunge this . country into greater alrid more prolonged misc-y than we have ever known. We must find some way of raising this* | money that will not interfere with re-establishing th<> business of the country. • . "My d u t y , i s c l c a r l y h e r e i n W a s h i n g t o n q t t h e p r e s r u t m o - 1 • Utetrt. My position as a member of the xvays and weans comtniitcc-. • ^imposes a duty on mc which I may not shirk and therefore I must »'.v candidacy ifi the hands of the men and women of our 'whose welfare and prosperity, to my y&y of . thinking, is \ijAave any change in my own political fortunes'. " ' f;j?" Not for Class Legislation. ' v n°t believe in class legislation. No one class in tfthis country has ever enjoyed all the prosperity and no orie class has ever suffered all the adversity. We have either climbed up together or else we have gone down the toboggan together and there is no possible chance of changing this order. One class or another may be first to feel a wave of prosperity, but if so it is the first to feel adversity. y11, the other harid^ one class or another may be first to feel adversity; if so, it is perfectly sure to enjoy the > «nsuing prosperity first and when we finally have rounded a cycle a ^ew years each class has received its fair " aJif both ends and the middle of the fortunes dealt out § , feconomic law», which we as individuals or as an entire people cannot change. Asks Letters Be Read. "With this in mind, I shall take the liberty of addressing a letter to the farmers, to those who designate themselves , •>; ,aB workingmen, to the business men, to the soldiers of the fe vlw?r!4.war' an5*.to a11 the rest of us who may not find them- \. L. ..,-aelveS grouped in any one of these four great classes. I hope each and every one of you will do me the honor ; to read all of the letters which follow. I do not believe y#tt r «an have a fair grasp of the difficulties of the situation and J do not b.eueve you can get a just estimate of my work as pmu representative in congress unless you do read them a»r ."Sincerely yours, About a year ago some twenty odd public spirited residents of the district represented by this association realized the necessity of forming1 a permar\ent improvement organization for the promotion of the interests of the residents of the district and took it upon themselves to establish such an organisation. The results of their activities are now before you for review. In January, 1921, the organization called a meeting, which was attended by about one' hundred interested people and thru the activities of our membership committee the association's membership was increased the first year to over six hundred publicspirited, broad-minded, progressive people, and in addition to this, some- j thing; invaluable to the association' was accomplished in the form of a j census of all the residents of the district, consisting of the Fox river from were kept tree of woods. Sixth--"Bathing improved.** ' The elimination of weeds, the maintenance of a normal clear water level made bathing a greater pleasure. Seventh--"An organisation representative enough to carry weight with county, state and federal officials." Thru the size and activities of our association considerable recognition was given the association by county, state and federal officials, as the further report will outline. Report of Membership Committee Thru the activities of this committee the membership of the association reached more than six hundred interested, progressive members during the first season of the association's activities, but this was not obtained without considerable hard work and a certain amount of expense, but incidental 26 brood sews, Sfr NtRftate, 3 registered Duroc bean. * H HAY ft GRAIN 10' tons alfalfa in barn, 800 be. 200 bu. barley, 600 bu. shelled corn, quantity of silage, quantity of tankage and stock food, 40 bu. alsttn clover seed. FARM MACHINERY Clover huller, threshing machine, 2 20 h. p. steam engines, stump puller, hay bailer, 2 scrapers, 3 feed grinders, milking machine, 3 cultivators, Fordson and Plow Boy tractors with plows, discs, etc., one grain and *2 corn binders, 7 wagons, hog rack, 3 horse drill, 1 horse disc drill, 2 hay rakes, 3 hay mowers, 2 pulverizers, clod crusher, 2 n£w silo fillers, 6 passenger Ford car, Ford truck, 2 manure spreaders, sulky, gang and disc plows, new bob to this was obtained an invaluable, s.l ei.g h, buggy, 3 h. p. and 6 h. p. gasocensus of all the residents of the dis- | *'ne engines, 3 wagon boxes, 3 hay trict, which should enable the asso-jrac^s» ** 8e*® dump planks, buzz saw, ciation to increase its membership j anv'l an^ forge, grindstone, hay fork, Imany times during the coming year. |roP® and pulleys, 3 sets double har- Report of Public Utilities Committee jness. 5 new horse blankets, grain . tI . - ,. The public utilities committee, in a forks, shovels and many other D.e ,c J10 ' ,n 1*L.U ingj number of places where power and articles too numerous to mention. Pistakee lake, Pistakee bay, Nipper-) ighting facilities were desired, buy„ 4th-ve,- iI USUAL FREE ^UNCH AT NOON | residents of such localities, when re- J jferred to this committee it was found j^er» cash; over that amount a credit that the wrong procedure was adopt-i°^ ® months will be given on good" j ed,' whereupon this committee, thru ' bankable notes bearing 7 per cent in- I its activities, took up the subjects I t®rest. No property removed until with the proper authorities, the result! f^led for. of which very little time elapsed when MYRON H. DETRICK, Prop, such facilities were installed. P. L. Purdy, Manager. This verifies the fact that public Willard Darrell, Clerk. j utilities corporations favored doing Mrs. Ella Wheeler . leaves this I business with an association of this week for Oshkosh, Wis., where she (kind than with individuals and this .is expects to spend five or six weeks as evidence of what can be accomplished the guest of her mother, Mrs. E. D. sink lake, Fox lake, Petite lake, Grass lake. Lake Marie, Bluff lake, Channel lake and Lake Catherine and the Fox river north of Grass lake. This census of the residents of this district and their summer and winter addresses is something that has never before been the property of an association in this district. This association, in launching its activities, faced a number of old obligations of the past, amounting to $700.00, which were immediately satisfied by the present association in advance of making any expenditures for improvements. At the beginning of last year's activities the management of the association submitted to you a plan of proposed improvements, which I enumerate below, mentioning the resultant acconwlishments: First--"A permanent association active the year around." This has been accomplished as a* well' establishcci (A) "Membership represeDftiv* j«">J UP department of all waters affected'" Our member- *' .tlw <»P"ol question of .hip now eonsists of members from st"f . "J «e"er»! '•"Provement of .very lake and locality in the district. r°a.'"\ bu' du« 10 the (B) "Fixed annual di*s.» A„ «ta« highway ha, no Jimsd,et,on o»er annual dues of *10.00 has been£">vel roads our committee waa , . , j referred to the local county road com- °C) "Paid secretary or mMMger."! *>»"• The improvements accomplished by i f8 have been working m the hope the association were obtained in the!"' such roads, and we feel 1921 season without this proposed ex- "1" w,th more «ctlv"5' our road Terms: All sums of $10 and unby an association such as this. J Report of Good Roads Committee | In the vicinity of Fox Lake and Mc- | Henry the road committees were t active during the 1921 season and : many bad and dangerous places in the public roads were repaired and i corrected, due to the, fact that our ; committees were in a position to take up with the proper authorities the remedying of these faults. j Our general road committee also pense (D) : mittees will accomplish a great im- Representative committees j pr°ven,enttho ™»d conditions for each body of water." All locali-i » i» P«rticuMy recommended by ties of the district are represented by ?! T °I ! director and various committees. roads thru the district be widened and (E) "Periodical reports on f i nances." Weekly reports during the season were published in the local papers of the district and a detail financial report submitted to you in our program of the 4th of July activities. (F) "A comprehensive plan for permanent improvement and completion of dam." This has been partially accomplished by the work done in 1921 at the McHenry dam. (G) "Instead of temporary repairs annual work done shall be a unit of a completed plan." This has been done would ^ Protected to a further ex when the gravel is put on the roads that it be spread t>n the road uniformly. If this is properly done, it will only be a matter of short time when all roads of the district will be safe for the residents of the district to travel. Our road committee has impressed upon the road commissioners of the various localities that if more safe and efficient ways of caring for the roads were not adopted this association would carry the matter thru in some way to see that the public life on work so far accomplished, because such work has been of the vety highest type. (H) "Normal navigable water level maintained." This accomplishment is evidenced by the fact that in 1921 a good, steady level of water was maintained altho conditions were abnormal and work was in progress at the dam during practically the entire season. (I) "Fishing improved by f i s h - ways and dams." The installation and completion of the fish-ways and the dam was accomplished last season. Millions of fish of all sizes can be seen coming up this fish-way over the dam, which in the past could never return to our waters after going below the dam. (J) "Activities extended to cover channel marking, weed cutting and dredging." All of this was very successfully accomplished and is described in our engineering committee's report, which follows. Second--"Your property value increased." At no time in the history of the district represented by this association have property values reached «uch a high level, which in a large Pleasure is due' \o the association's publicity given the district and the encouragement of building additional homes. Third--"You and your family's . health and enjoyment improved with good water level." The normal and regular water level maintained laat year, the sanitary flow of the water, ^evidences this accomplishment. Fourth--"Navigable waters for better navigation." The residents of the district last season enjoyed better navigable water conditions than in years, due to the good water levej tent. Report of State Aid Committee On account of the waterway department insisting on putting in of a fish-way at the dam below McHenry, a committee was appointed by the president of the association to wait upon the state in regard to the possibilities of getting the state to pay the costs of the fish-way. The committee, consisting ef C. E. Carson, chairman, A. H. Severing* haus, A. V. Hannifin, Otto Lehman, E. S. Davis, Ben Stilling and John Qering, have formulated a letter to the state attached to the resolution passed by the board of directors of December 13, 1921. Said resolution has been presented to the proper department at Springfield for consideration and in our opinion there should be no reason why the state should not bear that expense and hope that it will result that our communication will be acted upon favorably. (To be continued next week) Spikes. DB. N. J. NYE Physician and Surgeon X-Ray Treatment and Radiograph Office Hours: „ ' J 7:00 to 9:00 a. m*, * ' 1:00 to 3:00 p. 7:00 to 9:00 p. m. 'Phone 62-R McHenry, DL A. M Schmitt. Pres. Phone 4OT-W-1 M. N. Schmitt, Secy. Phone 623-R-l McHENRY TOWNSHIP MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE GO. The cheapest and safest insurance on earth. Rates and other information may be had up«n applicatfeft V Michael Fretmd, Agent, McHenry TUNE UP TO 36ft METERS and hear the K. Y. W. concert tonight or 33* meters and hear K. D. K. A. concert of Pittsburg. Say, it's great! But first, be sure you have an EXIDE RADIO STORAGE BATTERY, full of pep to enable yoju tQ. have CQWtaqfr #niatefrupted service. -- ^ All Marconi and most of the government and private sending stations use special "Exide" batteries exclusively. [ There is a special Exide Radio battery to suit w h a t y o u r r e q u i r e m e n t s . ^ ^ If you contemplate the purchase of a Radio Set, see us first and get some sound advice along these lines. There is an Exide battery of correct size for evpry purpose of long life and dependability. Come in and see the new Double-life Gumite Exide, the greatest improvement of the age in storage batteries for the automobile. W. L. HOWELL & CO. IIumm 191-R maintained. V Fifth--"Weeds* eliminated." Thru the activity of our weed cutters, thousands of acres of former weed beds were eliminated and all channels AuctionSale! Blanck & Froelich, :: Auctioneers The undersigned will sell at public auction on the premises known am the Myron H. Detrick farm, 1 mile of Wauconda, 111., on TUESDAY, MARCH 7, 1922 This is a big sale and must start at 9:00 o'clock a. m., sharp. 1 150 HEAD OF LIVE STOCK 15* Forty-five head of full blood and high grade Holsteins, 25 head of red and roan Durhams, milkers, close springers and some with calves by side, 26 heifers coming 3 years old, 5 calves, registered Hoi stein stock bull. 6 HORSES Gray team, 7 and 8 years old, wt, 3000; gray team, 8 years Qld, wt, 2800; bay wotk horse, 9 years old, wt. 1400; bay driving horse, 8 years old, wt. 1100. m- Fulton Provision Co. V v (Not Inc.) f' COMMISSION MERCHANT® ? FULTON MARKET MMM FULTON STREET LONG INSTANCE FHOI4S MONROE 34* Charles ). Zak Adolph Lederer CHICAGO, ILLINOIS 11th Congressional District Counties of DuPage, Kane, McHenry and Will greSsman I. C. Copley Now serving this district in Congress. Fifth Ranking Member of the Ways and Means Committee *A candidate for renomination at •the Primaries of April 11, 1922 The best platform that any public official can st$pd ntwm as * candidate for return to office is his public record while; hohfijig that office. The best campaign ihat he can make is one of service to his constit* uents throughout the term for which they have elected him.' During the time that Congressman Copley .has been in office h« supported, among others, the following measures: t > - -- ' • • 4 : -V". ' • TIm Child Labor BIQ. The Farm Loan Act. The Federal Reserve Afk* i The Federal Aid Road Bill. ' The Women's Bureau Bill. The Maternity Bill. ' . The Budget System. The 16th or Income Tax Amendment. The 17th Amendment Providing Direct Election of Senators. New Exemptions for Heads of Families in Income Tax. The 18th or Prohibition Amendment. The 19th or Woman Suffrage Amendment* The Parcels Post Act. > • As fifth ranking member M the Committee on Ways and Means, the most important of the House. Congressman Copley has had an integral part in the framing of the Soldiers' Adjusted Compensation Bill, the Revenue Bill of 1921, and the Fordney Tariff BilL Along t|ie lines of these bills his greatest work in Congress has been accomplished. It is along these lines that his greatest service would lie in the future. Congressman Copley cooes before you for renommatioo i» time» «f itruction. The United States b as never had a greater need for oepr 'stractive effort and legislation than at the present time. The record el your Congressman in the House of Representatives and in private life has proved that he is e ssentially a builder. ~ EDWARD CORLETT. • v. tin ,4: ,'V A