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~ VJS ADDITIONAL PERSONAL For curtain goods, go to Smith's. Mr*. W. E. Whiting visited at Genoa injunction Tuesday. - '.li* J. B. Kelter of Chicago passed St»- with M('Henry relatives. Opening of th« Fox pavilion, Mc- • , i JHenry, Tuesday evening, May 29. Robert Taylor spent the first of the $ J'- *ve«k with relatives in the metropolitan city. 'V Mrs. Lewis M9Donald spent Tuesday with Mrs. Gus Ehrke at Genoa ' J unction. v ^ Mrs. Carl Nelson of Elgin passed a •' .. few days last week w\th her mother, -?#Wrs. A. Wolff. > !i Mr. and Mrs. Wrti. Pries left Mon- ; EPISCOPAL SERVICES f . CRYSTAL LAKE Episcopal service is being held on Sunday evenings at 7:30 o'clock at the American Legion hall. Crystal Lake, 111. ; f 46-tf day evening on a business trip to North Dakota. , ,' : £ Miss Nettie Hewitt & Fox lake passed Sunday as the guest of Mc- Henry friends. Miss Julia Wittine of Chicago spent the week end in the home of Mr. and Mrs.'Henry Dowe. A. L. Noonan of Chicago spent the week end in the home of his mother, northwest of town. Charles Buss of Chicago was a Sunday guest in the home of his sister, Mrs. Henry Dowe. Miss Mae Noonan spent Sunday with her sister, who is confined at Sherman hospital in Elgin. Telephone 93-R. WM. G. SCHREINER Agent for County Fire Insurance Co., Illinois Bankers' Hog Insurance Co., Reliance Life Insurance Co. Auctioneering McHENRY " :: ILLINOIS Home Outfits--A Special Feature of Leath Service A. Leath & Co. Stores Elgin, 7»-74. Grove Ave. Rockford Opposite Court Houie Dubuque. 576-584 Main St. Aurora, 31-33 Island Ave. Freeport. 5-7 W. Main St. Waterloo, S12-314 E. 4th St. ( Beloit, 617-621 4th St. , Joliet, 215-217 Jefferson St. Janesville. 2*2-204, Milwaukee St. Eau Claire. Masonic Temple. Oshkosh, 11-13 Main St. Peoria. 325 South Adams St. Decatur, 432-45* N. Water St. Says Leath When you are raadj. to completely furnish your Home--one of our Complete Outfits will help make^it a home to be. proud of--and we'll surprise you how little one of this type will cost. EXAMINATIONS HELD FRIDAY FIFTY STUDENTS PASS EIGHTH §fcADB EXAMINATIONS , Birchmont Farms Ingleside, Illinois John L. Nicholson & Sons, Props. The home of BELL FARM POSH PRIDE whose sire took fourth prize at the National Dairy Show 1 A cordial invitation is extended to all ; interested in Registered Holstein Cattle to visit our farm at any time. An attendant will be ready to show you around. 1 ENTIRE HERD UNDER FEDERAL SUPERVISION The annual final eighth grade examinations for rural pupils was held at the school building here last Friday. Fifty-three students from the rural schools and from St. Mary's parochial school in McHenry took part in the examinations. In spite of the fact that other schools report the questions comparatively difficult, the pupils here ranked very high. Out of the fifty-three students taking the examinations, fifty passed. The other three failed by only a comparatively small degree. The student having the highest average „was Agnes E. Weingart of Johnsburg school with an average, of 96. Lorrana Jepson ranked second with an average of 94 and Cora Beth ranked third with an average of 93. The last two are from the Ringwood school. Four perfect grades were made in the examination. Agnes Weingart received 100 in arithmetic and history, Mildred Milter o/ the Johnsburg school and Cora Beth each received 100 in spelling. The community should be very proud of the above record and should use its every influence to see that these pupils attend high school next year. With the splendid chance for education which our community now offers, no parents can afford to allow their child to mites a high school education. Any parent who does not allow their child to continue in high school after completing the eighth grade is causing that child to be handicapped thru life. To make our community the best community in northern Illinois, we must make it the best educated community. For this reason every person should devote every effort to see that the pupils of our community remain in school until they have finished their high school course. VILLAGE"TREASURER'S REPORT Report of Carl W. Stenger, Village treasurer, of special sewerage assessment collections as deposited by Miss Mame Bites, Village Collector, May 2, 1923: Receipts May 2, 1923 First assessment . ..$4748.96 Second assessment 266.92 Third assessment 266.92 Fourth assessment 266.92 Fifth assessment 266.92 Sixth assessment 257.78 Seventh assessment ......... 257.78 Eighth assessment ......... 257.78 Ninth assessment 257.78 Tenth assessment 257.78 WEEKLY JTONHLS COMERS AND GOERS OF A WEEK IN OUR BUSY VILLAGE AS SEEN BY PLAINDEALER PORTERS AND HANDED IN BY OUR FRIENDS Bal. cash on hand May 3, '23.$7105.54 I, Carl W. Stenger, Treasurer of the Village of McHenry, 111., do hereby certify that the foregoing statement is true and correct according to my best knowledge and belief. Carl W. Stenger, Tr«M. State of Illinois, ) County of McHenry, )ss. Subscribed and sworn to before me this 3rd day of May, A. D. 1923. Verona J. Niesen, Notary Public. Atty. Chas. T. Allen of Cary was a McHenry visitor Monday evening. W Gum-Dipped Cords Gaining New Fame £or Service 194% Sales Increase in Last Six Months Shows Trend Toward Firestone The public has emphatically syuk&xi. luc ,x>pular preference in ell territories la unmistakably the Firestone Gum-Dipped Cord. A standard of service haa-been set by these famous tires without parallel in the past. It brought a sales increase of 194% for the past six months over the same period of a year ago--the greatest gain in all Firestone history. The Firestone Gum-Dipped Cord is the mighty achievement which has enabled Firestone to break fbe tremendous record of past Firestone success. The tire buying publlo hat been aroused to the results in economical UiUcage of the process of double gum-dipping. The buying toward Firestone shows how It has advanced public's standard of tire value. Ask owners about Firestone performance tm their cars. Note the big taxicab fleets Firestone-equipped. Watch the new cars you see--just from the Cm* tories; Firestone Gum-Dipped Cords are seen tvgy where in fast increasing numbers. Get the maximum extra mileage that only th* Firestone name assures you. Only by insisting oa this name can you be sure of getting the gum-dipped constractloa.* Meat Miles Dollar GUM-DIPPED CORDS Qtf • Mf mfihmam Gum-Dipped Cord* from one of the following dmalmrmt JOHN R. KNOX McHENRY ILLINOIS Miss Gladys Rietcsel wm a Chicago visitor last Saturday. Miss Blanche Pryor spent last Saturday in the metropolitan city. Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Baer were Chicago visitors last Thursday. F. A. Belief* was among the Chicago passengers last Saturday morning. Jos. N. Miller attended to business matters in the metropolitan city Monday. Mrs. C W. Good ell, and Miss Ethel Jones were Chicago visitors last Saturday. Mrs. George B. Frisby and daughter, Mary, were Chicago visitors last Friday. Mrs. Simon Stoffel and daughter, Esthe?, are Spending a few days in Chicago. •* Misses Mary and Bernice Bonslett were metropolitan city visitors last Saturday^. Mrs. Rose McGee of Chicago spent the week end in the home of Dr. C H. Fegers. Mrs. Theo. Schiessle and daughter, Bertha, passed last' Friday in the metropolitan city. Phil Meyers of Ohicago passed the week end with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Meyers. Mr. and Mrs. Jos. Williams and little son, Richard, spent Sunday with friends at Fremont ,Mrs. E. E. BaSsett and son," Lisle, and Miss Arline Harrison were Elgin visitors last Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Erickson and daughters passed Sunday as guests of relatives at Rockford. Mrs. John Miller parsed last Saturday in the home of her daughter, Mrs. Goorge Stoffel, at Woodstock. Mrs. Frances Sanger and son, Rev. Raymond Sanger, were the guests of Crystal Lake friends Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Baron and Mrs. John Miller called on Hebron relatives and friends Monday. Anton (Immekus of Chicago spent the week end in the home of his daughter, Mrs. Allen Noonan. Johji- -R; Hunter of Terre Haute, Ind./passed the first of the week looking/ after business interests here. ileo Rothermel of Chicago is spending the week in the home of his mother, Mrs. Elizabeth Rothermel. Miss Blanche Meyers of Chicago is spending the week in the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Meyers. Edw. J. Brefeld of Chicago spent Sunday as a guest in the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. B. J. Brefeld. Mr. and Mrs. Chas. McArthur and daughter, Ruth, of Elgin were Sunday puests in the home of Mrs. A. Wolff. Mrs. John B. Young and daughter, Mathilda, and Mrs. Steven Schmitt were Chicago visitors the first of the week. Misses Marion and Irene Conway of Elgki passed the week end in the home of their parents, Mr. and Mrs. M. A. Conway. Mr. and Mrs. Val Zillien and Raymond and Erma Zillien of Chicago pent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Lewis McDonald. Mrs. M. J. Freund and daughter, Mrs. Geo. Weber, passed Thursday of last week with friends in the metropolitan city. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Oder of Chicago were week end guests in the home of the latter's parents:, Mr. and Mrs. John W. Fay. Mrs. Helena Heimer and Mr. and Mrs. Jos Hoffman spent several day.-* this week as the guests of relatives at Kenosha, Wis. Mr. and Mrs. Ben Herbe* and children of Grayslake passed Sunday in the home of Mrs. Herbes' parents, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Meyers. I Mr. and Mrs. F. T. Kartheiser, I flaughter, Kathryn, and son, Ralph, of; Chicago passed the week end at their cottage at Emerald Park. - Miss Elizabeth K. Miller of Mil-j waukee, Wis., spent Saturday and i Sunday in the home of her parents, j Mr. and Mrs. John H. Miller. | Mr. and Mrs. Howard Christensen I and two sons, Mervin and Eugene, of Richmond spent Sunday in the home! of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Weingart. Mr., and Mrs. J. J. Doherty and daughter, Nellie, spent the week end at Notre Dame, Ind., with the formers' ;on, Frank, who is attending school there. Mrs. B. Probst of Chicago is spending a month as a guest in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Jos. Diedrich and thereafter will leaye for Lps^Apgeles, Calif., to spend the sunuher. ' Misses Carolyn Miller and Carolyn Steffes passed Saturday in the met- ! ropolitan city and in\the afternoon took in the matinee of the/ "Cat and Canary" at the LaSalle theatre. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Warner and children of Elgin, B. J. Frisby of Chicago and Mr. and Mrs. John Walsh, daughter, Irene, and son, Ray, of Fox Lake passed Sunday as guests in the home of Mrs. Frisby. Mr. and Mrs. Granger Smith and sen, Gage, of Elgin; Mrs. Alsena Chapell and Mr. and Mrs. Arthur j Chapell of Chicago were Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. Robt. Thomp son and Mrs. Alsena Smith. Mr. and Mrs. C. Wolff and family of Melrose Park, Mr. and Mrs. H. Thiele and family, Mr. and Mrs. E. J Thiele, A. and W. J. Jeskey of Belle wood, Mr. and Mrs. H. Morris and Miss Kathryn Hagemann of Chicago passed Sunday as guests of Mr. and Mrs. H. Kasch. COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS VILLAGE TRUSTEES MET, IN SPE- , G|AL SESSION MAf * ^, Council Room, May 3, 1923V The village trustees met in special session for the purpose of transacting matter that came up since the last regular meeting, with Pres. Wells presiding. Trustees present: Doherty, Knox, Krause, Overton, Stoffel and Wattles. Motion by Stoffel, seconded by Krause, that the ordinance designating D. G. Wells, Richard I. Overton and John R. Knox on the board of local improvements be passed as read. Motion carried. Motion by Krause, seconded ' by Stoffel, that the purchasing committee purchase two car loads of coarse crushed stone, one car load of fine crushed stone and 10,000 gallons of toad oil. Motion carried. Motion by Knox, seconded by Doherty, to adjourn.. .Motion carried. D. G. Wells, Pres. Wm. G.. Schreiner, Clerk. ; ENTERTAINED RIVERSIDE DRIVE CARD CLUB Mrs. Jos. W. Rothermel very delightfully entertained the members of the Riverside Drive Card club at her pleasant home on Riverside Drive last Saturday evening. The time was j passed at the playing of five hundred, after which delicious refreshments were served. The high honors of the occasion were won by Mesdames Simon Michels and Anton Schneider. Dizzy-Speiis Due - , to Uadigested Food Dizziness and faintnesa after eating. show that your food is not digested and is turning into poison and gaa.. Simple buckthorn bark, glycerine, etc., as mixed in Adlerika, expels all poison and gas from BOTH upper and lower bowel. Removes foul, decaying food-matter you never thought was in your system which poisoned stomach and made you dizzy and faint. Adlerika is EXCELLENT to guard against appendicitis. N. H. Petesch, druggist. Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Guffey of Chicago were Sunday guests in the home, of the letter's parents, Hr. and lip* Martin May. .Made in the latest models, blue serge stripes and * checks* Clothes that will appeal to you for their neatness and durability, all \dtli two pair of knickers, priced from ^ to $17.50 Others with one pair of knickers, priced as low as .85 FREE For a limited time We will give free, with, each suit of boys' knickers, a "Buster Brown" Watch. McHenry, Illinois Chicago & North Western System C. &N. W. Ry. • C., St. P., M. & O. Ry. I Freight Rates and Valuation ^ide publicity has been given to the statement that the value of all the railroads of the United States does not exceed $12,000,000,000, and that if such valuation had been used during the past three years in making rates all freight rates, including those on farm products, would have been materially reduced. That statement disregards the railroads' right under the Federal and State Constitutions to earn a fair return on the value of their property, and denies the validity of the valuation made by the Interstate Commerce Commission. It also disr«i£ards the fact that the railroads during the 34 months prior to January 1,1923, did not earn 4 per cent on $12,000,000,000, although authorized to earn 6 per cent on $18,900,000,000. If, however, a valuation of $12,000,000,000 had been made the basis for rates ill* stead of the valuation found by the Commerce Commission and the reduction had only applied to freight rates, that reduction could not have exceeded 2.1 per cent of the. rates collected in 1922. This conclusion is emphasized by the following GROSS FREIGHT REVENUES OF ALL CARRIERS FOR YEAR 1922 $4,M7 #14,655 NET INCOME FOR ALL CARRIERS FOR YEAR 1922. 776.W5.9W 5J% RETURN ON ASSUMED VALUATION OF $12,699,0M,«M EXCESS OF NET INCOME OVER THE RETURN ON THE ASSUMED VALUATION... 86,665,96* ' „ A deduction of this excess of $86,665,960 from tlfejtotal gross freight revenues of $4,007,014,655 would have reduced the gross freight tevenues only 2.1 percent. If this reduction of 2.1 per cent had been applied to freight rates, with no reduction in passenger fares or other charges, it would not, in fact, have increased the amount received by the farmer for his products. . GRAIN A reduction of 2.1 per cent in freight rates means nothing to the individual shipper unless expressed in units with which he is familiar and be large enough to be recognized in commercial dealings. During the year 1922 the Chicago & North Western Ry. Co.'s average hall and rates on grain were as follows: Average Hani Areragf Kates per bm. Reduction per bu. Wheat 197 mile* 7.14 cents 1.5 mills Corn •/ 256 milea 7.25 cents 1.5 mills Oats 210 miles 3.29 cents i.7 mills A reduction of 2.1 per cent in this company's freight rates would, therefore, have reduced its wheat rates 1H mills, its corn rates Wi mills and its oats rate 7-10 of one mill per bushel. Experience shows that grain does not vary in price at country stations by less than one-half cent per bushel. As a result, the assumed reduction in rates on corn and wheat of less than one-sixth of a cent per bushel would not have resulted in the grease of a single cent to the producer of grain. ' LIVE STOCK Reduction of 2.1* 4.9 mill* Si mills 5.4 mills Iismra*t.* C*ea*te 4.9 1.S •.5 Awrasrf Hani . Bates per Owt. Cattfo 240 miles 23 cents Hog* 210 miles 24 cents Sheep ' 352 miles 26 cents A reduction of 2.1 per cent would have reduced the rates on cattle less than five emits, on hogs, one cent, and On sheep one-half a cent per animal, assuming cattle Weigh 1,000, hogs 200 and sheep 90 pounds. Such reductions mean little or nothing to the average producer of farm product^ tat a loss to the railroads of ovqr $86,000,000. / v,