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PG 3E offer EXTRAORDINARY J We have concluded arrangements with the L. & M. Tailors of Chicago, 111., to handle their line of Woolens for Men's Made-to-order Suits and Overcoats. To get acquainted with this line, merely as an advertising proposition, they have agreed to have a competent cutter, measure taker and salesman at our place in West McHenry Beginning Monday, May 10 and Ending Saturday, May 15 with their entire line of summer and fall woolens, Suits and Overcoats, including blue and fancy serges, cheviots, cassimers, worsteds and all the latest imported and domestic no- U velties. The entire regular line running up to $40, that they will offer for the above day ONLY at the lowest price ever made in McHenry county for like articles, nothing re- served, your choice out of the entire line at TT TCT HTT TT1VTT/" fHand tailored Glothes made to J U»3 A A XJ.J.1^1 JV.your individual measure at $18.50 can now afford tailored clothes at this price. Less I OU than HAND-ME-DOWNS. $18.50 . FIT AND WORKMAN SHIP GUARANTEED Tf" i Q you are not quite reac*y *or y°UT su^ or over- A coat. Come in anyhow, look over the line, make your selection, be measured by a competent cutter and you can get your garments when you're ready. Don't miss this opportunity. Remem­ ber, 6 days only, May 10,11, 12, 13, 14, 15. F. A. BOHLANDER, WEST McHENRY West McHenry's most Progressive Merchant TIE M'HENRY PIMNDEALER PUBLISHES EVERY THURSDAY BY F. G. SCHREINER Office to Building Telephone *-W TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION: Oae Year Six Month*, 75c 91 Jt Three Months, 4#c Thursday, May 6,1915 ADDITIONAL PERSONALS G. C. Boley was a Chicago visitor Tuesday. Mrs. Simon Michels was a Chicago visitor Monday. Mrs. John F. Freund was & Chicago visitor Tuesday. Miss Elizabeth Barry passed Wed­ nesday in Chicago. Everett Hunter was a business vis­ itor in Chicago Tuesday. Hubert Freund boarded the Chicago train Wednesday morning. Dr. D. G. Wells was a professional visitor in Chicago Tuesday. Theo. Hamer of Woodstock was a visitor in town Wednesday. , Miss Anna Schoewer boarded the Chicago train this morning. R. I. Overton was a business visitor in the windy city Wednesday. M. A- Tbelen was a business trans­ actor in the windy city Tuesday. H. E. Buch was a business visitor in the nxitropolitan city Tuesday. Frank Warner of Elgin passed Sun­ day as the guest of friends here. Mesdames W. F. Bassett and C. E. Gaylord passed the day at Elgin. John Cameron was among the Chi­ cago passengers Monday morning. J. W. Smith was a business visitor in the metropolitan city Wednesday. Wm. Smith attended to matters of a business nature in Chicago Tuesday. Gerhard Wegener of Lily Lake was a Waucomda visitor one day last week. William Howard of Crystal Lake passed Sunday with McHenry friends. M. D. Wilkins was among the Chi­ cago passengers Wednesday morning. Henry Hildebrandt and cousin, Mrs. Chas. Pultz, visited Chicago and Blue Island relatives Sunday and Monday. M. A. Howell was out from Chicago the first of the week, looking after interests at the Villas. Mrs. W. D. Wentworth passed the first of the week as the guest of friends at Hebron. Mr. and Mrs. John Aylward spent Saturday and Sunday as the guests of Elgin relatives. Mrs. Stacia Knox spent Saturday and Sunday as the guest of Elgin rela­ tives. Mrs. Vincent Martin of Wauconda spent a day last week as the guest of relatives here. Mr. and Mrs. Frank O'Flaherty of Elgin passed Saturday and Sunday as guests of relatives here. Ray Opfergelt of Woodstock spent Sunday as the guest of friends east of town. Mrs. F. A. Bohlander was a business visitor in the metropolitan city Wed­ nesday. Dr. C. H. Fegers was among those to board the Chicago train Wednesday morning. Chas. Fur'ong of Chicago passed Sunday at his summer home at Orchard Beach. James Arado and family of Chicago passed Sunday at their summer home at Orchard Beach. A. L. and J. V. Isberg of Chicago were out to spend Sunday at their cottage at Orchard Beach. August Larson and son, Robert, are spending the week at Phillips, Wis., where the former has land interests. C. Unti transacted matters of a business nature in the windy city Tues­ day. Jessie Wormley spent several days last week as the guest of relatives at Mendota, 111. Hon. J. B. Murphy arrived in town from Chicago last week and is re­ newing old acquaintances. Wm. F. Holtz was among those to board the Chicago train Tuesday morning. WEEKLY EXCHANGE ITEMS AS TAKEN FROM THE COLUMNS OF OUR MANY EXCHANGES Dr.P ?£V PL-' .!» "v. <V* ' w;.- CREAM BAKING There is no alum in Dr. Price's Cream Baking Powder. The names of its ingredients, printed on the label of every can, show it to be made from Cream of Tartar, which comes from grapes. No alum baking powder or food con­ taining alum is permitted to be sold in many countries. To avoid alum read the label and use only baking powder made from cream of tartar. MISCELLANEOUS-ASSORTMENT OP NEWS ITEMS IN CONDENSED FORM FOR BUSY PEOPLE Some of the employes at the bliver typewriter factory are now working Sundays. The alleged blind pigs in that city still continue to get space in the Elgin newspapers. Woodstock has the golf fever and a club is to be organized in that city at an eatly date. The eighteen city mail boxes at Har­ vard were given a fresh coat of paint two weeks ago. Delos James, county agricultural ad­ visor, has had his salary cut from $2,000 to $1,500 per year. The C. & N. W. Railway company has started work on a new railway park adjacent to their new station at Crystal Lake. County Judge David T. Smiley o Woodstock has entered the race as a candidate for circuit judge of the sev­ enteenth judicial circuit. Henry Eger, for many years a hard­ ware merchant at Libertyville, has been appointed chairman of the Lake county board of supervisors. The new Barrington park near the Northwestern station in the village is about completed and a distinct L edit to that the citizens of that place. The ages of eighteen guests at a party recently held at Ricninond total­ ed 1352. The hostess of the occasion, Mrs. Reed, is eighty-five years old. The school boards of Antioch town­ ship are boosting for a township high- school. The township high school fever has become quite general in Lake county. Seventy automobiles were counted on the streets at Harvard one night recently. Most of the cars were owned by residents residing in the rural dis­ tricts of Harvard. The saloon license at Waukegan took another jump on May 1. The dram shop operators are now paying $1,000 a year instead of $750. Thirty- one permit? .were granted. The street sprinkling proposition is heing discussed at'Harvard. It will take $2,500 to oil the streets of that city and with no funds for the purpose it looks as if the people there will have to be satisfied with water sprinkling. Petitions have been filed with the road commissioners of Dorr, Grafton, Nunda and Algonquin townships, ask­ ing that a new road be opened that will make Crystal Lake more aeces sible to the territory to the west of the city by about two miles. Superintendent of Schools E. C. Fisher of Rock Island has received a rv "• 'Every America^ Home should have an American Flag" --Abraham Lincoln Get one of our beautiful Flags free and display it on Memor­ ial, Decoration, day-May 30. See our offer below A 6x4 FLAG and ITRfTXT, THIS BEAUTIFUL HOME BANK A SIZE 6 FT. BY 4 FT. Complete with Pole and Fixtures Heavy bunting, sewed stripes, permanent colors; flag of best quality and sells at high price "THE FLAG OF PEACE" "It is your Flag and my Flag And, oh, how much it holds, Your hind and my land Safe within its folds. To any person opening a savings ( account with $25.00 or more ( V-/J.V You may open an account with $1.00 now and get one of the little banks at once, receiving a flag as soon as the account has reached $25.00. We also give a flag and a bank to those already having savings accounts at this bank, who will add $25.00 to their accounts. The flags are given outright, as permanent pa­ triotic souvenirs for the home--one to a family. The banks are furnished for the use of our de­ positors, as an aid to systematic saving. They are the best made. 3 Per Cent Interest Paid on Saving Deposits As handsome as a Jewel Casket ri. --'Jj ..... .:v :x r̂ ViCS wnnx ...... s, :i. . i * i' .. wJU* i- W t - ' H j* •• - ?. j 3 T. R ' / I Ml If ••J! # fa! it ~ * tsil' It counts your money and lets you see it grow West McHenry State Bank WEST McHENRY, ILLINOIS week and the owner went in to get it that day. The car was minus a Clax- on horn, tools, inner tubes and coats belonging to the party. The state highway commission on Tuesday announced that, the following contracts for state aid roads in McHen­ ry county, all cement, to be furnished by the state would be let May 20^ Sec­ tion F. out of Woodstofck, 2640 feet, engineer's estimate of cost to state to furnish concrete, $4,482; Section I), out of Woodstock, 2010 feet, engineer's esti- . ... mate of cost, $3,880; section E. out of call to a large eastern citj at a 'n-iWooliswoki ,«40 feet, eoKlneer's eBti- crease over his present salary. The raise was met by the Rock Island board of education and the popular superintendent will remain in Illinois for another ye'ar at least. Community meetings are being held by the farmers residing at Linn, Bloomfield and Lake Geneva, Wis. These meetings have proven very in­ teresting as well as instructive and the farmers in those localities are very en­ thusiastic over the good work already accomplished thru their organization. While a party of Hebron young peo­ ple were attending a theatre in Chica­ go on Friday evening, April 23, their automobile was stolen. The car was left standing at the corner of Clark and Randolph streets in that city. The party was forced to return home by rail. The car was found in a woods near River Forest on Tuesday of last mate of cost $4,501; section C. out of Woodstock, 1080 feet, engineer's esti­ mate of cost, $904. SEALED BIOS WANTED Notice is hereby given that sealed bids will be received by the village clerk of the village bf McHenry for the old village hall building, the build­ ing to be removed by the purchaser. Bids will be received for a short time only. WM. O. ScijgEiNEB, Village Clerk. UNIVERSALIST CHURCH Sunday, May 9, services as usual: Sunday school, 10:00 a. in.; preaching service at 11:00 a. m. Subject of ser­ mon, "Our Mothers' Greatness." As this is "Mothers' Day" a special in­ vitation is given to all mothers to be present. JOHN M. RATCLIFF, Minister. Arthur Fitzpatrick of Chicago passed the first of the week as a guest in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ben Stilling. Miss Kathryn Weber passed a few days this and last week with Elgin friends. Mr. and Mrs. S. S. Giddings, Mis Henry Meyers and Mrs. Ben Herbi>s drove to Huntley one evening last week. Mr. and Mrs. F. R. Goodman were entertained in the home of the former's parents, Prof, and M rs. F. M. Good­ man, Sunday. Miss Eva Miller of Lily Lake and Michael Lenzen of Grayslake v.vvv Sunday guests in the home of Mr. an«l Mrs. Russell Turner. Jacob Justen, J. C. Bickler, Richard T. Wray, E. S. Brink, Nick F. Freund and Theo. Schiessle were among the Chicago passengers this inoruing. Mr. and Mrs. Lewis McDonald and son, Ford, of Woodstock spent Satur­ day as guests in the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. L. F. Newmann. George Justen of Chicago passed a few days this week with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jaoob Justen. Geo. now holds a position with a large South Side undertaking establishment in that city. A number of the members of the Central Camping club of Chicago passed Saturday and Sunday at their club house at Orchard Beach. CERTAINLY A GOOD MBAL A GOOD MEAL IS ALWAYS APPRECIATED % A good cook is essential to a good meal, but much de­ pends on the quality of the viands she prepares. Our Grocery Department Contains the best of everything in the line of edibles. See that your good cook is provided with our quality goods, and enjoy "good eats" morning, noon and night. SMITH BROS. McKr,J