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The Test of Time That is what this community has applied to this %tare and we have stood the test The reason we hare been able to bear this test is we have ap­ plied the same test to all of the lines of goods Jbat we handle. Our Dry Goods, Shoes, Hats & Groceries each cqpstitute a line of time tried and tested merchandise. In short, we handle nothihg that we cannot conscientiously recommend on its merits. :: :: :: :: :: :: |i /Trade at the Time Tried Store F. AJBohlander WEST McHENRY. ILL. SPRING Will soon be here and with its coming you'will feel the need of many things carried at this store such as Carpets, PAigs, Linoleums, Curtains and various pieces of Furniture. Our stock in these lines has been selected with the utmost of care thus assuring the public of the very best in the way of selections. We are Home Outfitters and know that we can please you both as to quality and price. Why not let us install a Kitchen Cabinet, one of the most useful things you can possibly place into your home? ̂When once in your home your wife will • 4 wonder how she ever got along without one. Call in and see them. Jaeob Justen McHENRY, ILLINOIS IT 5 1-2 Billions of Dollars That's what the government figures today is the in­ crease in selling price of fapn products for 1917 over 1916. How are you going to invest your share of the excess? You can't do better than to put it into profit produc­ ing improvements that will take care of your greater 1918 crops, prevent waste and permanently increase the Jlgge of your planL , ? We shall be g(ad any day to talk over building plans and prospects with you. Building costs are relatively low. There is a substantial advantage in building now. We can help you with practical suggestions that obligate you not in the least 1918 is going to be i big crop yen. Buildings moat be equal to the crops. ^Wilbilirl Lumber Co. ^^Phone 5 West McHenry, 11L 'v ̂ 'ivilu - *•£• •tef, $ Early Ohio and Early Rose seed potatoes at M. M. Niesen's. Quite a few of the Oliver employes who reside in this village were home for a Sunday visit. The Masonic hall is undergoing quite extensive improvements this week, among them being new carpets. The Flora DeVoss company is booked to play the Central opera house on Sunday evening, April 14. We are informed that a few saloon changes are to take place in McHenry before the beginning of the new fiscal year. We are told that the Rollin Babcock family will remove to this village from Elgin some time in the near fu­ ture. Charles C. Schoonmaker, son of the former editor and manager of The Plaindealer, is now on his way to France. The W. G. T. U. will meet with Miss Anna Sherburne on Wednesday, Mar. 27. All members are requested to be present. Our streets are sadly in nefed of a thoro cleaning and our citizens sin­ cerely hope that this will be done this spring. A few of our young people attended a St. Patrick's dance at Woodstock last Saturday evening. They report a very pleasant time. Chicken thieves have been getting in their work in the village! again of late, according to complaints made by a number of our citizens. Parents should remind their chil­ dren about the curfew law, lest the police officers are forced to take them in hand some of these evenings. Today is the first day of spring. The robins are growing more numer­ ous and .many of our people have started the annual spring cleaning of their premises. Arthur Smith, employed at the Smith Bros, store in Centerville, has just purchased a Model 90 Overland roadster thru the Overton & Cowen agency here. The road scraper made its first ap­ pearance on our streets on Tuesday morning of this week and as a result a number of our streets have already been greatly improved. J. W. Smith informs us that he will reopen the Central opera house on Saturday evening, March 30. Moving picture fans of McHenry and vicinity will, no doubt, be pleased to' learn this news. John Fleming, a progressive farm­ er of Barreville, is having an electric light plant installed. The sale was made by Ed. Martin of Woodstock and will be installed by O'Brien and Corr of that place. C. M. Bickler is now the machinist at the Overton & Cowen garage on the West Side. Mr. Bickler is an ex­ pert workman and we believe that the enterprising firm has been fortunate in securing his services. M. M. Niesen, who last spring estab­ lished a record of selling* more seed potatoes than any other man in Mc- Ifenry, has again ordered a big sup­ ply of Early Ohio and Early Rose seed potaoes. Give him your order today. According to local contractors and builders there will be very little building going on in McHenry this summer. Those who contemplated erecting homes this year have de­ ferred sair until times become more settled. In last week's issue of The Plain- dealer we stated that Geo. Hapke of Wauconda had been engaged as fire­ man at the local milk factory. Since then we are told that Mr. Hapke has changed his mind and has decided not to accept the job here. Mike Schaid, son of Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Schaid who reside east of town, is now among the American soldiers over there." Mike left with the Lake county contingent some time last summer and up until a short time ago was in training at Camp Grant. Mr. and Mrs. Casper Bickler will move from Water street to the Henry Miller house on Elm street, where both families will reside in the future. Louis Oertel and famiy will move from the Thennes house on Court street to the hquse vacated by Mr. and Mrs. Bickler. Local automobile agents and dis­ tributors inform us that the season's outlook for the sale of cars is exceptionally good in spite of the un­ settled condition of the country in general. One distributor informed us title other day that he has more prospects at this time than he had a year ago. Overton & Cowegt's big auto bus has just undergone a thoro overhauling and is now being repainted and when same is placed into coynmissiou thi3 spring one will not he able to tell it from a new outfit. This firm be­ lieves in keeping all of their machiAes in the best condition at all times, which, in part, accounts for, the suc­ cess already attained Mr. and Mrs. Peter Heimer passed Tuesday in .the metropolitan city. Mrs. Chas. B. Harmsen and daugh­ ter, Elsie, visited relatives at the county seat Friday and Saturday. Miss Esther Stoffel and Mrs. Chas. J. Reihansperger passed yesterday and today as the guest of their sister in Chicago. *" U'1 r . f' 1 ^ :> -i-'V v: AS PICKED UP BY PLAINDEALER REPORTERS DURING WEEK What People Are Doing In This VII lage and the Immediate Vicinity- Other Short Paragraphs $ ,^1" ^ fife?. ' > •» . > x . IQISSgS a x^y Saturday % >*\ , " i ,%!, TOWN TEAM WINS TWO Wauconda and Naomi A. C. of Chi­ cago Are Victims The McHenry town basket ball team annexed two more victories to its season's excellent record last week by defeating the Wauconda town team and the Naomi A. C. of Chicago. Both games proved close and in­ teresting contests and kept the fans on edge thruout. '* The first of the two games was played at Wauconda on Thursday evening of last week, when our ath­ letes came thru with an 18 to 16 vic­ tory. The contest was one of the closest and most exciting seen on the Wauconda -floor this season. During the first . half Wauconda out-distanced our boys by two points, the round ending with Wauconda leading our boys 8 to 6. In the second half McHenry went aft^r their sturdy opponents with a vengeance and after a hard struggle they succeeded in ty­ ing the count. Meyers, who won the previous game at Wauconda, was again placed in the line-up during the second half, taking Frett's place at center. The change proved to be right as the tall athlete came thru with the ringer that settled the con­ test and made McHenry the winner by points. Wauconda has, during the past two seasons, given McHenry more trouble than any other team our boys have met. The members of the team are all finished players and with two teams of this calibre facing each other the fans are sure to get their money's worth. f The line-ups and scores follow: McHenry (18) Wauconda (16) Robison R. P. Tiffany A. Justen L. F. Oberlin, Stroker Frett, Meyers C. Stroker, Kirwin Hunter, Justen R. G. Broncheon Nickels L. F. Young Field throws: Robison,' 2; Frett, 3; F. Justen, 1; Meyers, 1; Tiffiany, 1; A. Stroker, 2; Young, 2; R. Stroker, 1. Free throws: Frett, 4; Young, 4. Referee, Vogt; umpire, Grantham; scorer, Hunter. Classy Game Saturday The game with the Naomi A. C. of Chicago at the local gym last Sat­ urday night proved a classy event, the teams being very evenly matched, and as a natural consequence the large gathering of fans was given plenty of opportunity to exercise their lungs. It was a pretty game to watch and for a time it looked as if the locals were in for their season's second trim­ ming. However, the local quintet hit their stride during the second half and succeeded in extending their two point lead obtained in the first half. Robison was again the best point maker for the iucais, getting five ringers, while Carlson, playing center for the Chicago team, led the visitors with four free throws. The line-ups and scores of, this game follow: McHenry (24) Naomi A. C. (16) Robison R. F. Brown Reihansperger L. F. Mills Frett C Carlson F_ & A. Justen R. G. Eisenberg Hunter L. G. Okun Nickels, Meyers Subs Saxon Harper Sub Hohl Field throws: Robison, 5; Reihan­ sperger, 2; Frett, 3; F. Justen, 1; Brown, 1; Mills, 2; Carlson, 4. Free throws: Frett, 2; Brown, 1. - Wauconda Saturday Night Local followers of the game are as­ sured of another interesting game at the local gym next Saturday even­ ing, March 23, when the Wauconda town team comes for a return game with the McHenry quintet. Waucon­ da still believes that she is capable of putting it over on our boys and with this confidence is coming here to do battle with our warriors. This should be the very best drawing card of the season and the McHenry boys are making arrangements for the largest crowd that has ever attended a game of basket ball iff McHenry. Reports from Wauconda are to the effect that the team is coming to McHenry ac­ companied by a large number of fans, so it is up to the home people to turn out in numbers lest the visitors show us up when it comes to "rooting." Game called at the usual hour. Gen­ eral admission, 25 cents. /• * You Can Save--Do You? If your, income averaged $300.00 per year you would probably be able to live on that comfortably. If your income increases to $600.00 per year that will probably seem a bare sufficiency. But what became of the extra $300.00? If you can live on $300.00 per liar you can Save money on $600.00 per year. ;U 9 "l • j. ! DO YOU DO IT? . >. „ , - The man who has a definite plan of saving a certain portion of his earnings is the man who will be able to take advantage of business opportunities when they offer, His savings will then be available for aisur better purpose than mere high living. SAVINGS DEPARTMENT We have a'savings department in connexion with this bank which pays three per cent interest The interest is compounded semi-an. n u a l l y . W e i n v i t e y o u t o o p e n a n a c c o u n t w i t h u s . - Wê t McHenry State - SEED Potatoes! As in former yeafs we are again mak­ ing a specialty of Seed Potatoes, We are again handling the Early Ohio and Early Rose varie­ ties and our guaran­ tee goes with them. Our Chicken Feed is an egg producer; fry it. M. M. Niesen McHenry Phone 84-W Grant Six For the second time the Grant Six has won the honor of being the first car over the Sierras. The victory was sealed on January 8th When the Grant Six reached San Francisco, after com­ pleting a round trip of 564 miles, go­ ing by way of Placerville and return­ ing by way of Truckee, thus crossing the mountains by both summit routes. "Last year the Grant Six was also the first car over the Sierras, but the victory then was not achieved until March, and only after a terrific battle with the worst snow storms in twenty years. For a whole month the car was buried in snow and the intrepid pilots had to camp out like polar ex­ plorers. More than once it was thought that the Grant Six party had been lost and there was great reli- f when the daring crew were known to be safe. The honor of being first over the Sierras tempts a few Jiardy sports­ men each year. Of those who have tried for the prize, only a handful h"vc ever succeeded hi gstthig flim. The objective of the'trip is the beau­ tiful Lake Tahoe, said to be the larg­ est fresh water lake of its elevation in the world. The prize is a simple silver cup given each year by the Lake Tahoe Inn. The honor has' never before been won by the same car two years in succession. While the route is fairly easy in midsummer, when roads are good and the trail is easily followed, it becomes a severe trial of endurance both for the car and for its drivers, when it is attempted in the middle of winter. At the high altitude the snow obliter­ ates the trail for miles and travel is necessarily on top of the snow crust. In many places the high winds have brought down the trees so that wide detours are necessary or the men are obliged to become pioneers and cut their way thru. ^ Both in 1917 and 1918 the Grant Six made the trip without a single repair or replacement. The 1917 vic­ tory made the Grant Six the talk of the Pacific coast--the duplication of the performance has increased the reputation of the car in wonderful measure. The Grant Six company and the San Francisco distributor, F. ,0. Renstrom, have been swamped withi congratulatory messages. J. H. Huemann, Agent, Johnsburg, 01. Card of Thanks I wish in .this manner to express my thanks to the voters of McHenry townsliop for the support tendered me at the polls last Saturday afternoon. Albert Pepgutg. Meats R E T A I L Government inspection for your protection The Market That Leads In Quality and Prices t 1873 1918 The East-Side market can show a record of forty-five years established- That the people of McHenry and vicinity belieye in this store is shown bf this splendid record. Why is so mut^h attention being directed to this store? I am publishing this 11st of prices so that you may determine for yourself. And remember, "Small place, small .expenses, small profits.** My personal attention to your wants at all times and the benefit of mjr large refrigerator, 12x15 ft., holding 8 tons of ice, which assures you meat* of No. 1 quality, strictly fresh at all times Some of our specials in meats and groceries for Friday and Saturday, Mar. 22 and 23, are: Sausage and Corn Beef We have home made sausage Md also a full line of Oscar F. Mayer's Edelweiss and Heuel's Holly brand sausages, hams and bacon. Those popular and well known brands that have the taste that satisfies and the lpw, that gratiflies. ^ Com Beef Try our home sugar cured <?bni beef. Boneless briskets, rump4, etc. The corn beef that taste* like oorn beef. Native Chuck Roast, perlb..l$ic Native Boiling Beef, per lb--.15c Sirloin Roast, per lb 22^c Porterhouse or short steaks, per lb 2l}c Home pickled salt pork, lb. .29c Virginia Bacon, per pound..S14e Rolled roast beef, no bones, no waste, per pound ..24Je Also all cuts of lamb and veal. Roasts?' chops, etc., at lowest prices. Calves' liver, hearts^, brains, sweetbreads and tongues. PURE LARD Sdelweiss, Arnold Bros.-' or Hetzel's Holly brand. Any of these leading and well known brands, per lb BUTTERINE ^ Those popular brands such as ? Jelke's Good Luck, Swift-S Premium, Armour's Veri- best or Cream of Nut, per •• pound only SI if Creamery Butter We sell the well known Holland creamery butter. Coffee ' ^ A full line of all best grades ^ of coffee, per lb I7c to 35« We carry an up-to-date staple line of groceries; also a full line_ of fruits, vegetables and bakery goods. " Cheese Fancy brick or American cheese; per pound only SSic Special No. I spiced herring, pr pail .#1.11 Bloaters, each St Holland miloher herring, each jp Our Grocery Specials '3 bars American Family soap. 174 Pipem. soda crackers, per lb,.tfi# fCellogg's Toasted corn flakes, per package ||f Henry brand peas, percan..-t$f Sweet corn, 13c per can. 2 for .2$? Plums, large can -2®f Van Camp's and Monarch pork and beans, per oan- -- -I* Fancy head rioe, per pound..IN For Your Lenten Eats we have fresh halibut, sable, cod, emoked and spiced fish and an- ' ohovies. ^ Pork , Pork lotas, shoulders, tteaks, chops, spare ribs at lowest prices to compete with any. We haveiresh radishes, green onions, cauliflower, leaf and head lettuee* Also all kinds of fruits. Calves, Poultry, "Hides, Etc., bought and highest market prices paid. Open Sundays Till Noon ,Orders Promptly Delivered 'Phone 57-M fcASl Slllft IY1/\M\F>IMcHIlinki WHOLESALE AND RETAIL L. H. EISENMENGER. JR., P*0K ' ;' The Market That Leads J Our line of standard grade Shoes is larger than ever, a larger variety of styles to select from and on ac­ count of our low selling cost, we are naming low prices on dependable Shoes that combine fit and durability. Give Our SJioes a Triaf • ' i I T I 1 1 1 I t ) jit;: • / \ vv- When, in need of a pair, you will feel satisfied with ice and^the tî <*arin<v jiualities* ,. • • f*® " ;^r, * ,;j JOHN STOFFEL Li"/ IK A* •h, f h ;r jfij