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You Need Clothin g, Shoes, Hats,' Shirts, Gloves, Underwear We deal entirely in Wen's and Boys' wear and can save you money in these lines and sbow you a larger assortment to select from than you can find in McHenry County Call and see our. line and convince yourself of our statement. :: JOS. W. FPI.UND WEST WIcHENRY, - - PHONE 303 J OUR YELLOW R iE FOR PMILDiNG IS F INE U>me aim lOuh tit uui cuuiut4 ui c a h a soft, bright and clear grained yellow pine Flooring, Ceiling, Siding, Casing, Bet.se, Etc. Our high quality lumber costs no more than the kind the ordinary lumber yard sells. We carry also a complete stock of Yellow Pine Timber, Miliworkr R.ed Ceda.r Shingles,, Lath* Cement, Roofings, Feed. Coal. Etc. "QUALITY AND PROMPT SERVICE" GOES WITH EACH ORDER. HERE. WILBUR LlMIEK CO. 'PHONE 651. WEST MCHENRY, ILL. WE &PE__WQT MEIR'E FOR PLEASURE but are here to please you and this we are willing to do if you will only consent to give us a little of your time by paying this store a visit. Our line, of course, is Hardware and we have been in the business long enough to know that the people of McHenry and vicinity want nothing but the very best in our line and for this reason we have assembled a stock of general and builders' Hardware, Tinware, Enamel Ware, Paints, Oils, Brushes, etc., that will meet with your approval as to qual­ ity and price. We also do repairing neatly and promptly. Let us prove our statements to you personally by calling at our establish­ ment at your first opportunity. :: w We are prepared to show you'the finest line of Shoes in tile town in fine dress, medium and heavy work Shoes :: :: :: Men's fine Dress Shoes in lace, blucher and oxford at per pair .... S2.2S, $2.5#, KM, 8.50, 4.00 AND $4.S0 Men's Work Shoes from $2.00 See our $3.00 line in black, tan and viscol oil finish. Ladies' Shoes, velour, kid, patent leather, velvet, etc., from $2.00 TO 13.80 Ladies' comfort Shoe, turn sole, button and common sense rubber heel, plump vici at $os ^Ladies' Juliet style rubber heel comfort or nurse Shoe at 11.10 DRESS GOODS, GINGHAMS, POPLINS, FLAXON, PERCALES IN ALL GRADES AND COLORS. Our spring line of .silks in plain and fancy colors, up from sac GROCERIES: Try our 00c Tea, none better. Coffee, at per pound 25c, 30e and 35c Extra fancy New York full cream Cheese, October make. PISH FOR LENT: Cod Fish, White Fish, Mackerel, Herring, Canned Salmon, Sardines, Shrimp and Lobster. Goods delivered promptly. 'Phone 343. J. WALSH Bill! II WILL Will! wmm CM K RAH a mmm- m 43IY ANY VILLAGE OR GJTV «K JO»T ElACTtV WHAT THE PEOPLE IX IT HAKE IV--LET US USE SC##STE®f. Any place is just wbst the men who live ia it make it. Don't sit around and damn your town. A town is just as good or just as bad as the people who are damning it. Every community, even if it hasn't more than two hundred inhabitants, should have a town-room where the cigars are good and where everyone can meet, free from religion or poli­ tics, and absorb the good qualities of one another; where the spirit of the Golden Rule can be instilled; for no religion and no political party can deny this perfectly scientific principle. A town is seldom the result of virgin natural conditions. In any event it was man who saw the natural advan­ tages--and frequently it was some one individual. For illustration: There is no nat­ ural reason why Cleveland should have been the oil center of the wuriti There are no oil wells in or about the community. So far as oil is concerned, and as a shipping point, it is no better than a dozen and one other towns. It was simply John D. Rockefeller. He wanted to live in Cleveland and his in­ dividuality, his personality, brought the oil to him. There is no reason why Boston should be the shoe market of the world. There are no hides there. They are all shipped from the West. Simply some man who knew how to make shoes on a large scale wanted to live there and his success'encouraged others to follow in his wake. There is no physical reason why Chicago should be the meat-packing center of the world. It could as well have been St. Louis. Simply old Phil Armour wanted to live there. In nearly every town you visit you hear some resident say: "Aw, this ain't nothin' but an overgrown country village!" The resident of any town that makes such a statement wears whiskers and boots at heart. Of course, if your town isn't sporty enough for you, why, you can move-- that ain't the town's fault. If you get too sporty, you'll have to move anyhow. It isn't the sports that make a town --it's the jays. The man that gave the light for the sports on the Great White Way was a jay -Thomas A. Edison, a jay tele- graph operator from Indianapolis. John D. Rockefeller, who, in a money way, is the ideal of every sport, was a: jay from Richford, New York. Russell Sage, who loaned money to the sports for years, was a jay--he' started by jumping counters in a coun­ try store. Some jay from Connecticut went to the World's Fair at Chicago in 1893. He set up a stand on the Midway and sold wooden nutmegs to the sports for souvenirs. Finally he ram out of wood­ en ones and sold 'em the real thing at twenty-five eents a throw. William Dean Howells, America's foremost literary eharaeter, will take more pride in telling you of the days when he set type as a jay printer on the Sentinel at Ashtabula, Ohio, than his literary suceess of later years--the days when they used shoe pegs to space the type, and about a printer getting drunk and using a plug of Star tobacco for a cut. Nearly every man in art, science, literature, industry and commerce hers in America today either is or was a jay. Cincinnati is the supply center of the South. Years ago, at the waning of the river traffic, it was about to give place to Louisville and Memphis in the commerce of that territory. The eitizeos of Cincinnati got busy and built the Cincinnati Southern rail­ road. This road was the dream of a jay. They called him a jay dreamer, but his dream saved the town. You hear people of the far west in mercantile, industrial, artistic and scientific pursuits, saying: "If we were only in Chicago we could do or get so and so." In Chicago you hear them say: "If we were only in New York." When in New York you hear them wishing for something in London or Paris. Chicago, New York, London and Paris are all the results of their citi­ zens taking the conditions and mater­ ial at hand and doing the best they could with them--just as we can all do. There you are: Any place is just what the people who live in it make it. If any of the towns that any of us live in are not to our liking, why, let's get busy--it's all up to us. The first process in the improvement of any town is to get rid of the people who are damning it. NOTICE. I have left all accounts due me with C. W. Stenger at the West McHenry State bank for collection. Anyone knowing themselves indebted to me will confer a great favor by settling their accounts at the above mentioned place at as early a date as possible. 44-tf ALBERT ETTEN ssmmiwims wm iss&i fMftB LAW nXEf SEVfftE PENALTY f|R Song birds as well as game birds are most amply protested. Tks enow, chickenhawk and some others which uie supposed to be destructive of bird life and eggs are excepted from the protection afforded by statutory pro­ vision, but all other birds, their nests and e#gs, are fully protected by law. The penary fixed for killing eaeh bird or even having one is one's pos­ session is a fine of «5 or ten days" im­ prisonment. This applies tt» the kill­ ing of the birds themselves as well as destroying their nests and eggs. So the small boy with air gun, sling-shot or rifle subjeets himself to a severe penalty when engaged in shooting birds in city or country. Any person detecting anyone killing birds may bring suit and it is the duty of the state's attorney to prosecute the case. Police officers, constables and sheriffs are directed to bring suits against violators of the act and prose­ cute them. The provisions of the law relating to this matter are printed in part below: Any person who shall, withia the state, kill or catch or have in his or her possession, living or dead, any wild bird or part of a bird other than a game bird, English sparrow, crow, crow-blackbird or chickenhawk, or who shall purchase, offer or expose for sale any such wild bird or part of bird after it has been killed or caught, shall, for each offense, be subject to a fine of 95 for each bird killed or caught or had in his or her possession, living or dead, or imprisonment for ten days, or both, at the diseretion of the court. It is not only the unthinking small boys tVuG rutuioaaiy xiui uui- swwjv* throated songsters, but is often the self-styled sportsman who shoots every­ thing and anything that flies up, and then as the beautifully plumed little bird lies gasping and bleeding in his hand, tosses it aside and comes back telling what great sport he has had. A visit to the woods in most any part of northern Illinois will convince you as to the scarcity of our song birds, and if there is a law to prevent their destruction, why not get busy and en­ force that law? IB LO&KK WEBS •AttUOE TOOK PLACE IN €RICA#| UA*T THURSDAY AFTERNOON. MUST BE NUZZLED NEW ROLE BY RAILROADS CONCERNING CARRYING OP DOOS. Dogs have hitherto been carried in the baggage cars at a rate of 25 cents. Every dog that is carried on a train now must be checked the same as a trunk or an infernal machine, such as the case may be, and will be carried at the rate charged for excess baggage. Furthermore, whether Fido has the dis­ position, character and general person- ality of a cherubim or an imp of Hades, he must be muzzled, in order that he may be deprived of the chance to chew segments out of the other baggage or to grease his palate at the expense of the calves of the baggageman. This ruling will be one of especial interest to hunters who in the hunting season have some of the baggage cars pretty well filled with their canine assistants. The hunter now, who ar­ rives at the railway station without the precaution of having his beast muzzled, will be out of luck and he will have to leave the dog behind or contrive some speedy method of tying the dog's face shut that will pass in­ spection of the baggage officials as a muzzle. PLEASE TAKE NOTICE. The Cemetery Aid society will meet with Mrs. T. J. Waisii on Tuesday afternoon, June ft, at two o'clock. It is earnestly hoped that all who are in­ terested will be present or send in the dues for the year 1911. MRS. J. B. PERRY, Pres. MRS. T. J. WALSH, Sec. WILL GRIND BUT THREE DAYS. Until further notice, we will grind feed on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sat­ urdays only. JOHN SFBNCKR. 44-tf Our buggies represent more style, more finish, more value for the money than any buggy on the market. Wm. S toff el. The Northern Life of Illinois^ BOWLING ALLEY OPEN. The G. E. Schoel bowling alley is now open every afternoon and evening and a handsome prize will be awarded to the person having the highest score at the end of each month. Now go after the prizes. Now is the time for lightning rods. Better let us figure with you. Wm Stoffel. A marriage that is of unusual inter­ est to many Plaindealer readers was solemnized in Chicago last Thursday afternoon. The bride of this occasion has passed many summers at the beau­ tiful country home of the Lorimer fam­ ily at Pistakee Bay, where she has al­ ways been one of the leaders in society. The Chicago Record-Herald of last Friday morning had the following ac­ count of the event: The marriage of Miss Ethel Lorimer, daughter of Senator and Mrs. William Lorimer, 3700 Douglas boulevard, to Ralph Richard Graham, son of Mr. and Mrs. Andrew J. Graham, 3340 Washington boulevard, was celebrated yesterday afternoon at 5 o'clock in St. Agatha's Roman Catholic church. Rev. M. Bonfield read the service. Miss Loretta Lorimer, sister of the bride, was honored maid, and the bridesmaids were Miss Loraine Lori­ mer, another sister, Miss Madeleine Gregory and Miss ^Ruth Gunderson. Jariath J. Graham, brother of the bridegroom, was best man and the usher* were John B. Graham, Leonard Lorimer, Edward F. Kennedy, Jr., Stewart Renwick and William J. Cooke. The bride's gown was of white satin and Florentine lace and she car­ ried white orchids and lilies of the valley. The maid of honor wore a gown of pale green crfepe meteor with tunic of silver net and crystals and she carried white sweet peas. The brides­ maids' gowns were shaded from white thru the palest green to a deeper shade, and their bouquets were of white sweet peas and maiden hair ferns. The cere­ mony was followed by a reception at the uuuie ui the bride's parents. Mr. and Mrs. Graham will go east on their wedding trip. DECORATION DAY OBSERVED MARCH IS HADE FROM SCHOOL HOUSE TO CEMETERY. Notwithstanding the fact that ar­ rangements for the observance of one our nation's greatest holidays were not made until a late hour, Decoration day was properly observed here on Tues­ day afternoon of this week. The few old comrades who are still with us and able to make the march met the school children at the McHen­ ry public school and the marchers left that point at two o'clock. The parad- ers marched east on Waukegan street to Green street, north on Green street to Elm street, west on Elm to Maple avenue( north on Maple avenue to the Woodland cemetery, where the exercises took place. After the graves of the departed comrades had been prettily decked with beautiful flowers, Comrade H. C. Mead opened the afternoon's exercises with an address of welcome. The ad­ dress was well worded, full of mean­ ing and most appropriate for the occa­ sion- After the address of welcome the school children gave a short but very interesting program, which was fol­ lowed by a most masterly oration by Rev. A. McHenry of Chicago, pastor of the Universalist church here. The speaker's oration rested entirely upon the civil war, its cause and the good"~3erived therefrom. From begin­ ning to end the oration was brim full of significance and food for thought and the eloquent manner in which the speaker delivered the oration was ful­ ly appreciated and enjoyed by those assembled. Nearly all of the business houses closed at noon for the balance of the day and the turn-out at the cemetery was a very satisfactory one. PIANO TUNING. An opportunity of having your piano put in firot-class condition. Mr. Mayr, expert piano tuner and repairer, hav­ ing tuned pianos in and around Mc­ Henry for the past eight years and proved satisfactory, will be in McHen­ ry and surrounding country from now on during the sumimer months. Price, per tuning, $3.00. No extra charge for small repairs. Address all communi­ cation to FRANK J. MAYR, Plaindealer, McHenry, 111. Petesch's for drugs. fpS F. A. POHLANDER General Merchandise Ij. Capital Stock, $25,000. YOUR BANK ACCOiiNl is your business repu­ tation. Your batiker is your friend to the utmost of his judg­ ment. Your bank ac­ count makes you a member of the finan­ cial world. Our In­ stitution is perhaps the very one most suited to your ideas. Let us have a chat. Your success may begin right there. ... .Safety Deposit Boxes, $3.00 Per Year -OFFICERS: Edwin L. Wagner, C. H. Fegers, Sr., Pres. Vice Pres. Carl W. Stenger, Cashier. Simon Stoffel, Vice Pres. From now until August 31, 1911, we will give the following prizes for Cash Trade Only: 1ST PRIZE, ONE SINGLE BUGGY HARNESS VALUE • $25.00 2ND PRIZE, ONE WlNCH WALKING PLOW, VALUE • 114.0V 3RD PRIZE, ONE PLUSH LAP ROBE, VALUE • • • I1U.IM) (OR THEW EQUIVALENTS) We will issue to every cash purchaser coupons of the denomination of one dollar (nothing less) for the amount of his purchase in dollars. Every­ thing we handle and sell for cash is entitled to coupons (except automobiles--they will not be allowed.) CONDITIONS or CONTEST: Pay your money, save your coupons, and pull down one of these prizes. In order to be per­ fectly fair with all of our many customers we will give cash coupons for all book accounts which are settled in full by April 30, 1911. Th^t, we believe, is fair to everyone. Now, who will get them? Yours for trade, WM. STOFFEL PIlililPQ* OPFICP-772. riiuiicd. utisii>tiNCi>7Qi. BLOCK & BOTH KB McHENRY, ILL. TELEPHONE S4« LESS THAN COST PRICE Here is what you have been waiting for. We have several broken lines of good sizes in Ladies' Pumps and Oxfords that we want to dispose of QUICKLY. Gun Metal and Patent Colt, all up-to-date, selling for $2.25, $2.50 and $3.00, here goes to close them out at a big loss to us but a big saving to you. Choice...$1.50 LACE CURTAINS Housecleaning time is here and you are going to need some new lace curtains. We have them in attractive designs and plain nets in white, cream and Arabian or ecru. You will not find a better line anywhere and when we say the price is low it does not speak enough lor them. Call and see the line at per pair $l.M, I.M, 2.M, 2.2S, 2.M UT T# IS# 1-2 OFF REGULAR PRICE 1-2 Here is something that ought to interest every lady. We have just bought and placed on sale a large sample line of a well known make of Ladies' Muslin .Underwear, such as Cor­ set Covers, Gowns, Skirts and Drawers. No cheap goods, but the best muslin underwear made at one half off the regular retail price. Corset Covers worth from 50c to $1.00 selling at 2SC, 35C, SOC Gowns worth from $1.00 up to $4.00 on sale while they last at SOC, 7SC, $1.00, $1.25, $1.50 Skirts which you never saw equalled at $2.00 to $4.00 now on sale at from SOC TO $1.50 Ladies' Muslin Drawers which we guarantee you have never bought for twice these prices 2$C, JSC, SOC LADIES' WAISTS now on sale, consisting of lawn and linen, tailored, soft collar and low neck, neatly trimmed with lace and embroidery, every one up to the minute, at $1.0#, $1.25, $1.S«, S2.M, S2.M