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VOLUME XXXVI. ITEMS COPfnw AND G0ESS DP A WEES IN OUR BUSY UTTLE VILLAGE. AS SEEN BY PLAINDEALER REPORTERS *----•--T**1 iniv uciv cmcc BV OUR FRIENDS. Simon Stoffel Chicagoed last Friday. C. H. Parks was a county seat vis­ itor Holiday. Richard Wray was a visitor in town last Sunday evening. Mrs. William Spencer was a Chicago visitor last Saturday. Albert Etten was a business visitor in Chicago last Friday. J. C. Bickler was a business visitor in the windy city Monday. Warren L. Howell of Chicago spent Sunday with McHenry friends. John Stoffel attended to business matters in Chicago last Friday. Dr. and Mrs. R. G. Chamberlin spent Saturday in the metropolitan city. Miss Maude Granger of Elgin passed Saturday and Sunday with hQme folks. Atty. J. I. Lang of Richmond was a business caller in town Monday morn­ ing. C. E. Gay lord attended to business matters at the county seat last Satur­ day. Mrs. John Walsh and son, Earl, spent Friday last in^ the metropolitan city. Miss Martha Gast passed a recent day with her father at Genoa Junction, Wis. F. E." Block of Elgin passed Sunday at the homes of his brother and sister here. Miss Katie Buss of Terra Cotta passed Sunday as the guest of relatives here. Mrs. Elbert Anderson was the guest of McHenry relatives the first of the week. Mrs. Theo. Schiessle and son, Theo­ dore, were Chicago visitors last Sat­ urday. Miss Hettie Randall passed Saturday and Sunday a§ the guest of Woodstock friends. A. J. Raymond of Volo boarded the Chicago train at this station Sunday evening. Mrs. Mayme Lamphere was among the Chicago passengers last Saturday morning. Miss Kate F. Howe of River Forest spent Sunday as the guest of her par­ ents here. Mrs. E. W. Howe and daughter, Florence, spent Saturday last in tlys windy city. * Mrs. C. J. Wendt of North Crystal Lake passed Saturday as the guest of friends here. Miss Florence Granger passed Sun­ day as the guest of Genoa Junction, Wis., friends. Miss Kate Laughlin returned home last week from a visit with friends in Springfield, Wis. Mr. and Mrs. L. F. Block and chil­ dren were the guests of Woodstock relatives Monday. Richard B. Walsh was a guest in the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Walsh, Sunday. Emery Hartlette, Mathias Laures and Louis McDonald were over from the county seat Sunday. H. S. Gardinier of Volo spent last Thursday and Friday at the home of his sister, Mrs. Alice Simpson. Albert Kamholz of Cary spent Sun­ day as the guest of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Herman Kamholz, here. George Richardson of Grayslake was a guest at the home of his sister, Mrs. Alice Simpson, one day last week. Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Went worth passed Wednesday at the home of Rev. and Mrs. W. A. Cross at North Crystal Lake. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Block of Chi­ cago spent Sunday at the home of the latter's parents, Mr. and Mrs. John A. Worts. H. M. Welly returned to his home" in Chicago Monday morning after a few days' visit with relatives and friends here. Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Martin and daugh­ ter, Claribel, of Woodstock were guests in the home of Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Bassett Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Casper Herbes (newly- weds) of Chicago passed Sunday at the home of tl^e former's parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Herbes. Charles McArthur of Elgin passed Sunday at the home of Mrs. Augusta Wolff, where his wife and daughter have been passing three weeks. Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Waite of Lake Geneva, Wis., passed Saturday last as the guests of. the former's parents, Postmaster and Mrs. Roll in Waite. Henry McDonald was up from Crys­ tal Lake last Sunday calling at the home of his father, Samuel McDonald, who has not been in the best of health this winter. Mr. and Mrs. James B. Perry went to Peoria, 111., last Saturday. The former returned home Tuesday, while the latter will remain for a longer stay among relatives. Lewis Wolff came out from Chicago last Sunday morning and passed the day with McHenry relatives. He was accompanied home in the evening by his wife and daughter, who have been passing the week among relatives Iters. H1ENRY PUBLIC SCHOOL NOTES BASKET BALL TEAMS WIN AND LOSE TO WOODSTOCK TEAMS. Saturday night the McHenry basket ball teams go to Hebron, where lhe.v will try to defeat the teams of that town. Miss Hazel Thomas visited us one day recently. The McHenry teams were pleasantly entertained by the Woodstock teams at the Odd Fellows' hall last Friday evening. We are now laying the boys' defeat at Woodstock to the fact that their "best girls" were not at the game to root for them. How about it, boys? School closed Wednesday, the 22nd, at 2:30 p. m. in honor of Washington's birthday. The zoology class is studying the star fish, sea cucumber,* sea urchin, brittle star and the crinoids. Current events were discussed last week by Marguerite Granger, Robert Knox, Margaret Knox and Walter Con­ way. WIN AND IX)SE. The great success the McHenry teams have had this season suffered its first reversal last Friday when the boys and girls went up against the strong fives of the Woodstock high school at Woodstock. Yet it was only a half defeat, as the McHenry girls came out ahead in a hard fought bat^ tie with the score 16 to 14 in their favor. This was the most exciting part of the evening's battle, for when time was called the score stood 14 to 14 and by a little cool headed playing our girls soon gained the two points required. The McHenry girls are to be complimented on their success after the many reverses they have had to overcome in the make up of the team. The boys' game was a fast and excit­ ing one thruout, altho the game ended with a heavy score for Woodstock. Both sides did splendid team work from the start, but Woodstock's two for­ wards have the gentle art of basket throwing down pretty, pat and this brought the score up strongly in their favor. Two members of the McHenry team were just recuperating from an illness and thus did not go at it with their accustomed vim. McHenry girls(16) Woodstock girls(14) Mary Burke F F. McDowell Inez Bacon F Lenora Mentzer Hazel Kobison C Helen Do ten Agnes Tesch(capt) G Alice Austin Elsie Smith G Shirley Gibson Baskets--Doten, 4; Austin, 3; Burke, 1; Bacon, 3; Robison, 1; Tesch, 1. Free throws--Bacon, 1; Robison, 3. Time of halves-- 15 minutes. McHenry boys Woodstock boys Nickel's F Lounsbury Bonslett F Bolger Thomas (capt.) C Thompson Martin ^ G Smiley Knox G Con ley Baskets--Bonslett, 3; Thomas, 2; Bul­ ger, 4; Lounsbury, 9; Thompson, 4; Conley, 1. Free throws--Bonslett, 2; Bolger, 0. Referee, Covalt. Time of halves--20 minutes. EMPIRE STOCK COMPANY OF M'HENRY wuLL PiCSEHT "A ROMANCE OF MIS­ SOURI" AT THE CENTRAL. The next appearance of the Empire Stock company of this place will be on Saturday and Sunday Evenings next at the Central opera house, when the four-act sensational drama, entitled "A Romance of Missouri," will be pre­ sented. The cast of characters and synopsis of the play follow: ^ CAST OF CHARACTERS: Mrs. Vernon Mattie E. Smith Joe Vernon. .John R. Hunter Kate Vernon . _ Mrs. Albert Nye 'Lizabeth Vernon Mrs. Carl D. Ross Col. Bollinger C. H. John Robert Travel*. Carl D. Iioss Dave _ Cdsper Bickler Bill Sykes Arthur Bickler Esrom Richard Fox Jim Radburn J. W. Smith SYNOPSIS: Act I. Home of Joe Vernon, Pike county, Mo. Time, an evening in June Act II. The forge in the forest. Time, early morning. Act III. Home of Joe Vernon. Act IV. Jim Radburn's home at Bowling Green. "All's well that ends well." Specialties will be introduced be­ tween acts by the j>opular entertain­ ers, Mayme Heimer, Anna Miller, Jessie Creitz, Arthur Bickler, Casp< r Bickler. GREAT SACRIFICE IN SUITS. As a special introductory offer to the young as well as older men of McHen­ ry and vicinity, I will, from now until March 1, make up any of my suitings ranging in price from $20.00 to $25.00 at the special low price of $18.50. Don't let this great opportunity slip by. J. D. LODTZ, the Tailor, McHenry, Illinois. MRS. CARL MACOON DEAD. Mrs. Carl Magoon passed away at the Hinsdale hospital at eight o'clock on Wednesday morning of this week after a several months' illness. Her funeral and burial will take place at Elgin at two o'clock tomorrow (Fri­ day) afternoon. MoHENRY, ILLINOIS. THURDAY, FEBRUARY 23. 1911. J v NUMBER 36. AS TMtn nwM TBL CfltllflNS OF 0U* WIHY EXCHANGES. fJUn URN IKSTROYED- IY THE 8eVP*TV.fre£ op : E» ALIVE. MISCELLANEOUS ASSORTMENT OF NEWS ITEMS IN CONDENSED FORM FOR BUSY PEOPLE. At a special school election held*at Hebron recently a site was chosen for a new school building. Waukegan has adopted the com­ mission form of government by a vote of 929 for and 883 against the new form. Herbert DeLap of East Delavan, Wis., is credited with capturing four live butterflies which were out sunning themselves Thursday, February 2. The Emerson typewriter force at Woodstock has been- working nights the past week, and large numbers of machines are being shipped every day. J. F. Wilson, Marengo farmer and weli known citizen, won one of the $25 cash prizes offered by the Chicago Record-Herald for the correct solution of a mystery story contest carried on by that newspaper. C. A. Lemiuei-s, editor of the Wood­ stock Republican, and well known thruout the county, was recently pre­ sented with a gold medal upon the completion of twenty-five years of ser­ vice as secretary of the Woodstock camp, No. 229, Modern Woodmen of America. Some days ago a young turkey was killed by a Baraboo resident and when the liver was removed it looked vety strange. The diseased member was sent to Madison, where analysis shows that the fowl had tuberculosis. This is the first case in this section and puts a new phase to the dreaded disease. Harvard Herald: A dandelion in full blossom was found by Geo. Anthony on Tuesday near the electric railway tracks near the Fahey farm, north of this city, where Mr. Anthony is living. Its rarity and unseasonableness caused Mr. Anthony to bring it to The Herald office that it might be made a note of, as he expressed it. The eight year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Otto Johnson, living northwest of Crystal Lake, near the A. P. Peck place, about 10 last Thursday morning started across the country to a place not far away where his father was ! working, but got lost. Hours after- | ward searching parties found him near Harvard, uninjured, but utterly weary and frightened. Wauconda Leader: The first carload of ties for the new Waukegan, Rock- ford and Elgin Traction company's rail­ road in the county is now enroute to Lake Zurich from Minnesota. The ar­ rival of the ties shows that the work on the electric road is progressing sat­ isfactorily and that the plans for get­ ting the road into operat ion as soon as possible are being carried along very fast. Shooting with his customary accur­ acy, J. R. Graham of Long Lake re­ cently outclassed the field in the week­ ly shoot at the Chicago Gun club by some phenomenal work before the traps. He won five of the six events on tiie program, shot at 150 targets and missed but three, two of the misses comintf in the doubles. Out. <»f 110 single birds the Long Lake amateur broke 109. A tine of $25 was imj>osed on each of a trio of youthful vandals who on the evening of February 1 desecrated the Holy Trinity church at Elgin by besmearing the interior with eggs. The fines are suspended during the good behavior of the boys, who are Ira and Frank Lenz of Addison street and Giles Bloomfield of Franklin street. The parents of the Lenz boys have hired a decorator to repair the church. Dairymen of this vicinity, northern Indiana ami southern Wisconsin met in Chicago Monday of last week and adopted resolutions against the new reciprocity tariff law, which passed the national house Tuesday, and is now be­ fore the senate. They are making an active fight against this act, because thev claim it will reduce the price of their produce without reducing the prices of materials which they must buy. / At a recent meeting of the Algon­ quin village board the old electric light franchise of D. W. Thomas, which had ten more years to run, was annulled and a new franchise for twen­ ty years was granted him. It is the intention of Mr. Thomas to remodel the electric light plant, give all night service and furnish electricity for power. The North Shore Electric company franchise, which was present­ ed by William Gruenwald, was rejected. The annual tournament of the Norge Ski club of Chicago for the champion­ ship of Illinois took place at Wellek's hill, Algonquin, Sunday, Feb. 12. Ow­ ing to the unsatisfactory weather con­ ditions, the slide being sticky, atmos­ phere foggy, etc., no record breaking feats were accomplished. Terge Jen­ sen of Chicago, who made a leap of 82 feet, was accredited the victor over the other professionals, but this is far short of tht usual records. Two Cary boys established good records for themselves, LaVerne Abbott making a jump of 30 feet and Charlie Smith 36. Young Ab­ bott being only 11 years of age, his feat is oonsidtfed miraculous. One of thd biggest and most disas­ trous farm fires tha/ has ever visited this vicinity occurred on the J. R. Jack man farm in Nunda township last Saturday night, when the 120x42 foot barn, together with seventy-five head of cattle, farm machinery, hay, corn and grain, were totally destroyed by fire, entailing a loss of about $10,000. The origin of the fire is not known and probably never will be. The tenant of the place, John Krause, with his wife were in -Chicago at the time, leaving the hired man and the boys to look after the work over Sunday, On Saturday evening the general routine of work was done by those who had been left in charge and at an early hour in the evening the boys left the farm for Crystal Lake to pass die even­ ing at a dance. At about eleven o'clock that night neighbors discovered the blaze, but too late to save any of the cattle which w^ere in the basement of the barn, nor were they able to save any of the other contents of the struc­ ture. It was only by quick and heroic action that the fiames were prevented from spreading to the horse barn and house. The farm where the fire occurred is known as the old Watrous place and during the-past few years has been conducted by the present tenant, who shoulders the biggest end of the loss, altho the farm has been rented on shares. The fire damage is partially covered bv insurance, WEDDED IN CHICAGO YESTERDAY MICHAEL A. SUTTON SPRINGS A PLEAS­ ANT SURPRISE ON IKS FRIENDS. At nine o'clock on Wednesday morn­ ing at Our Lady of Sorrows church, Chicago, was solemnized the marriage of Miss Marion Logne of Chicago and Michael A. Sutton of this place. They were attended by Miss Eliza­ beth Logne, cousin of the bride, and Robert E. Sutton, brother of the groom, both of Chicago. The bride was becomingly attired in a beautiful white serge suit and wore a large black picture hat, while her maid of honor wore a gray suit with hat to match. After the ceremony a dainty wedding breakfast was served the bridal party and a few relatives at the home of the bride's sister,'Mrs. Andrew Gregori, 33Hi Flourney street. Immediately after the breakfast Mr. and Mi's. Sutton left for Buffalo, N. Y. on a wedding trip. They will be at home to their friends after April first on the Ed. SttCtOn old homestead which the groom has rented from his father. The bride has made Chicago her home during the past several years and has many friends here, having visited here quite frequently. The groom is the oldest son of Robt. J. Sutton. He has lived here all his life and is held in the very highest es­ teem by a large circle of friends. The Plaindealer joins the couple's many friends in extending congratula tions. GEORGE WASHINGTON PARTY. Miss Esther Stoffel very pleasantly entertained a party of friends at a Geor ge Washington party at her home on Main street last evening. Gamrs in keeping with the occasion were played and a general good time was enjoyed by the following guests: Jen­ nie Owen, Edyth Petesch, Mary Bons­ lett. Elsie Wolff, Corabelle McOmber, Julia Freund, Lenora Freund, Verona Justen, Letah Page, Lelah Claxton, Leslie Norager, Leo Stilling, Percy Lodtz, Germer Petesch, James Boyle, Gerald Carey, Will Bickler, Francis Bonslett, Edward Bonslett, Leon Dodge and Loren Martin. At the close of the games and jolly-making refreshments of a nature that are always relished by a class of young people were enjoyed, IS NINETY YEARS OLD. On Sunday of this week Mrs. Amelia Walsh, mother of T. J. Walsh, and who makes her home with her son, passed the ninetieth milestone of her life's journey. As a memento of the occa­ sion a number of her friends tendered her a birthday postal shower on Sat­ urday. Mrs. Walsh enjoyed the postals immensely and a more highly pleased "grandma" never lived than she was when the cards began to arrive. For a'woman of her age she is exception­ ally active and if her present spirits are any indication we will venture to s.iy that Grandma Walsh will live to see the century mark. ENTERTAINS LITTLE FRIENDS. Little Delia Heimer, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Heimer, celebrated her birthday anniversary on Tuesday afternoon by inviting a number of her little schoolmates and friends to a birthday party at her home. That the little tots surely didn't have to be told how to have "fun" was evidenced on. this occasion, as a most hilarious time was had by all. Before allowing her guests to return to their homes, the visitors were treated to some dandy refreshments, which we;* also greatly enjoyed. . The Northern Life of Illinois. AS TAKEN BY flR: JOtS* J? M. PRESTON POINTS OP INTEREST VISITED ARE DES­ CRIBES BY MRS. PRESTON FOR BENEFIT OF PLAINDEALER READERS. The Plaindealer this week, thru the courtesy of Mrs. J. M. Preston, gives to its readers an excellent account of a trip taken to the Lone Star state by Mr. and Mrs. Preston. Mrs. Preston's description follows: January 7, 1911, we leftChicago over the Pennsylvania Limited for York, Pa;, where is located the cigar f&ctory of Celestino, Costello & Co.} the firm for which Mr. Pr*>atau is western sales manager. There we remained two weeks. AH their representatives were called in and business matters for the ensuing year were arranged. We vis­ ited Washington and were fortunate in being admitted to the senate cham­ ber and the house of representatives; listened to several interesting argu­ ments in both houses; were thru the Congressional Library, in the White House, visited the famous "east room" wherein have been enacted so many scenes of joy and sorrow, saw all there was on exhibition of the famous Roose­ velt collection, now in the academy of sciences; went thru the United States treasury building, where there were tons of greenbacks and tons of gold and silver. In this building are em­ ployed thousands of men and women, black and white, who have grown grey in the service, handling money. They do not look any more prosperous than others we saw who have none to handle. In this beautiful city there is so much of interest that one would never tire of looking, but our time was limited, as we were to start for Columbus, an­ other capitol city. There we fouqd legislature in session and we were In­ terested spectators again. Our hotel was across the street from the capitol building. In these grounds was a beautiful statue of "Ohio's Jewels," all the public men whom she had sent to forward her interests in Washing­ ton. More of her sons have become presidents than those of any other state in the Union. From Columbus we went south to Evansville, Terre Haute and St. Louis, to Kansas City and Oma­ ha, then south to Houston, Texas. February 2 we left Kansas City for the South on the Katy Flyer. Feb. 3, 9 o'clock. We are nearing Dallas, Texas, and the country here is "dry" beyond the mildest anticipation of*% W. C. T. U. traveler. It has had no rain for seven months. We are now among the mistletoe and green grass. We arrived in Dallas on time and leave there on the Southern Pacific (or Fris­ co it is called) for Houston. On our way down we pass stations that are piled high with cotton bales. We are truly "in the land of cotton" and there are tons of it everywhere, The small towns we pass on our way South are very unimportant. We pass the first town of any size, called Bryan. Whether it has any namesake in William Jennings or not I cannot dis­ cover. It certainly looks prosperous. About twenty miles nearer Houston we coQic iQto Hcoiuc. This is a facsimile of a child's play-house, such as we see in the department stores at Christmas time, all white with red roofs and green blinds, snuggled \ together in little bunches, wide streets and quaint little gardens fenced in with white painted, picket fences. They have gardens, too, already on tte way as far As ours are in June. Our coach has two electric fans in motion, our windows are open and flies are plentiful. Mr. Preston wishes he had worn his summer uniform, but all he can do is to wipe the perspiration and keep quiet. No one gets excited around here. Violets and daffodils are in bloom. Plum and peach trees are laden with their beautiful flowers--no leaves are visible. Six p. m. We arrive in Houston and are registered at Hotel Brazas. After our dinner we had a walk about the business part of town. Looks to us like a most prosperous and beautiful oity. A magnificent lot of very high business blocks are nearing completion --gorgeous electric lights. This is called the Bayou City. We will return here to look around in daylight after we return from Dobbin, where we go tomorrow morning. There is a beau­ tiful new depot, from which nearly all the southern trains leave for Galves­ ton, Brownsville and New Orleans. It has all modern conveniences, a fine location and plenty of room to accom­ modate the traveling public, which, we find, is numerous, and nowhere are their comforts considered, it's just push and crowd. There are many ten and twelve story buildings. Among the finest is the Texas company's, twelve stories high and cost a fabulous sum. They have a fine court house-- recently constructed. The interior is of Tennessee marble, reaching to the dome, which is about eight stories high. Balconies surround every floor in a circular form--every one alike. The entrance is from four streets, each one leading to the center. They also have an auditorium, which will hold 5,000 persons, now ready for the Inter- State- Hardware ooavention, which BMeti there this week, sod will he the first to occupy this part of the build ing. Many offices are already occupied. We were driven around Houston in an auto, all over their boulevard sys­ tem. Four or five miles of shell road is low finished and in a year or two there will be many miles of this road. The oyster shells, which are used, are shipped here from the Gulf of Mexico, which is but fifty miles distant. Every hotel in Houston is filled nearly all the year round. There are several that have three and four hundred rooms. The land all around in this country will grow anything if people are inter­ ested enough to care for it. We had onions and radishes from their own gardens. All the outlying country is plowed and planted, looks just like June 1, and our northern winters have scarcely commenced. February 4, Saturday a. m. We leave for Dobbin, Texas, a small coun­ try place which consists of a fine plant belonging to the Texas Oil company There is a blacksmith shop, a barber shop (both in one building) and a post- office, which is located in a dry goods store. This is all there is of Dobbin. We are visiting here with Mr. Will Marston, who is chief engineer of the plant. His little family, wife and two little girls, live in one of the company's houses. They are very comfortable-- plectric lighted and very nicely kept up. No expense has been spared around here to promote their interests and beautify their grounds. We were very much entertained by our numer­ ous visits to the great "heart of the oil business." The enormous engines, boilers and tanks with their quantities of oil (one holds thirty-five thousand barrels), the gaugers and the entire equipment were of great interest to us. Surrounding their estate of many acres are bayous whose banks are lined with great palms, large and small cactus of many varieties, mistletoe and holly and trees covered with Spanish moss hang­ ing down from the limbs almost to the ground. This will sap the trees and eventually kill them, we were told. Nearly everyone along the route from Houston seems to be a rancher of some sort. Cattle, sheep or hogs. None of them seem to be very fat. The hogs look like razor-backs. Visitors in this primitive town seem to be quite a curiosity, nearly the entire popula­ tion turning out when a train arrives. We find them very- genteel, dignified and much the type of all southern gen­ tlemen. The yard of the Texas com­ pany is like a carpet of green velvet. The evenings here are beautiful. It never seems night here, the grounds are so brilliantly lighted. Great clouds roll up in the afternoon, but by sun down they "roll away" and the stars twinkle as bright as ever before 8 o'clock, ^find myself looking for the big dipper, whioh is bottom. side up here and is in altogether a different locality from where it is at home. The 9th of Feb. After dinner we took an auto to the Rice institute, whose administration building is al­ ready nearing completion. This is to cost many millions and includes ground enough to build a good, large city up­ on. The government has agreed to spend one million dollars here upon the deep waterway and Houston, one and one-half millions, so there will be a great opportunity is this, the couiiug city of the South, for any and all enter­ prises, large and small. "Texas, home for Jew and (entile--1Texas home for old and young; Texas, home for lauded herp, and him with MIME UUSUUK ; \ Texas, home for poor and\ feeble--Texas, tEST AS PICKED UP BY puwwilfg »£ PORTERS DURING WEEK. bouie for strong and great--\ ay alia matchless 'Lone Star State.' " All the world may share tne glory of the Feb. 10.* 11:30 our train leaves for San Antonio. So much has been writ ten and said about this quaint, old Spanish town that I feel that all I might say would be but little in praise of its beauties. Iq the hotel at Hous­ ton we met Mr. McArthur, the south ern representative of Celestino, Costillo & Co. He went with us to San Antonio »nd waf untiring in his efforts to show us all of its attractiveness. One day and night there will be remembered with great pleasure. He took us all around the loop, into all the old mis sions, out to the camps of the state troupes, thru the magnificent residence district and the Spanish quarters, into the Alamo. A stroll upon the Alamo plaza will demonstrate its cosmopoli­ tan characters. The Mexican peon walks along soberly and quietly; the jovial German beams; the Frenchman bows; the Italian gesticulates; the negroes discuss "possum and taters"; the Chinamen and Japs totter along in sandaled feet, while the Turk nods his turbaned head. Truly, San Antonio welcomes thein all. The artist may here vivid color and bold outline for his brush. One hears any language from Greek to Esperanto. About the name and the city cluster legends of old. Its history is full of romance and in commercial supremacy it stands alone. Its assessed valuation is forty millions, with an area of thirty-six square miles, one hundred thousand people, twenty-two parks and plsua* and miles of rivers within the city limits. Feb. 12, Lincoln's birthday. We were in the St. Anthony hotel until 11 o'clock, when Ve left for Houston again, arriving there at B p. m. and left for the north at 8:15 on the Frisco, arriving in Kansas City the morning of the 14th, Valentine's day. Leave here at 5:15 on the St. Paul Limited for Chieafo. WHAT PEOPLE ARE DOBW IN THIS VIL­ LAGE AND THE IMMEDIATE VICINITY- OTHER SHORT PARAGRAPHS. Battor Market. Butter was declared firm at 2*H cts. on the Elgin board of trade Monday. Petesch's for drugs. The Northern Life of Illinois. Fox river is once more free from ice, the change coming last week. If you are figuring on a new suit of clothes see Lodtz, the tailor. Big re­ duction in prices. This is moving time among thefU*9t*" ers and many changes are being made' thruout this vicinity. Petesch's pink cold tablets is what you want this kind of weather. Cure a cold in twenty-four hours. Mrs. Amelia Turner and family have removed to Solon. They occupied the S. H. Freund house on Pearl street. The Empire Stock Co. of McHenry i "A Romance of Missouri ' at the Central Saturday and Sunday, Feb. 25 and 26. ' Dr. E. M. Marsh, the eye specialist, will be at the office of Dr. R. G. Cham­ berlin next Monday from 10:30 a. m. to :0Q p. m. The fifty-eighth annual fair of the McHenry County Agricultural society will be held at Woodstock on Septem­ ber 12, 13, 14 and 15, 1911. 'A Romance of Missouri" by the Empire Stock Co. of McHenry is the next attraction at the Central Satur­ day and Sunday, Feb. 25 and 28. The stork paid Mr. and Mrs. Jos. W. "Freund a visit on Tuesday of last week and left with them a fine baby hoy. Joe has promised to take good care of the new arrival. The Ladies' Aid society of the M. E. church will meet at the home of Mrs. W. D. Wentworth tomorrow (Friday) afternoon at 2 o'clock. All members are requested to attend. We are unofficially informed that the 1010 census of McHenry shows a population of 1031 souls, an increase of eighteen over the returns of ten years ago, when the figures 1013. Isadore Feffer, who is employe^ is the polishing room of the Oliver Type­ writer factory at Woodstock, is con­ fined thru illness to the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Eiftil Feffer. Men and women, sell guaranteed hose. 70 per cent profit. Make $10 daily. Full or part time. Beginners investigate. Wear Proof, 3038 Chest­ nut St., Philadelphia, Pa. 33-8t Mrs. Carl W. Stenger, who has been quite seriouslyill with pneumonia during the past week, is reported to be on the gain. Her many friends will be greatly pleased to learn that she has passed the crisis. Mrs. Amelia Wklsh wishes thru the columns of The Plaindealer to express her thanks and appreciation for the many beautiful post cards received on her ninetieth birthday anniversary, which occurred last Sunday. A few farmers in the vicinity of Mc­ Henry are contemplating the erection of new barns this spring. The new barns will be constructed along the modern and sanitary lines now being advocated by the state board of health. Martin J. Stoffel will this week re­ sign his position with the Kerber Pack­ ing company of Elgin and with his family will move to this village next week, where he will work for his father, Wm. Stoffel, the progressive implement dealer. The twelfth meeting of the J. Q. B. club members was held at the home of Miss Katie Buch last evening. The evening's high honors went to Mfes Clara Freund, while the second Sod consolation prizes were awarded to Misses Vera Barbian and Grace Hei­ mer. Refreshments were served. A caucus for the nomination of a circuit judge in the seventeenth cir­ cuit (to fill vacancy) takes place next Saturday, February 25. Thus far there is but one candidate in the field for the honor,, this being the Hon. Charles Whitney. Turn out and give this worthy man your vote next Saturday. We are informed that a number of our town youngsters have been prac­ ticing the "long fingers" acts recently. A number of purses were "picked" during the progress of the "Feast of the Seven Tables" at Stoffel's hall last Wednesday evening and two young­ sters suspected of the thefts are being closely watched. Jacob Justen, the hustling Center- ville furniture dealer and undertaker, is confined to his bed, suffering from a severely bruised back, received by a fall in his place of business on Thurs­ day of last week. His many friends are anxious to see him around again and hope that it will not be long be­ fore he will be up and around. HUO.E CONTRACTS. Call on Block A Met like. NaUoaal Pickle * Canning CO. U»J 4 * -i*' } Jf: