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Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Buckley and "" """"daughter, Edna Sommers, of Chicago called on McHenry friends Sunday. Miss Eva Stenger of Chicago was a week end guest in the home of her brother, C. W. Stenger, and family, Mrs. John Engeln and daughter, Virginia, passed the latter part of last week with relatives in Chicago. Mrs: Nellie Bacon and children re turned home Monday from a ten < days' visit with relatives at Round Lake. , Mrs. Jpsephine Heimer of Chicago is spending the week as a guest in the hofne of Mr. and Mrs. John H. Miller. Miss Klea Schoonmaker of Genoa, 111., is spending a couple of weeks in the home Of Mr. and Mrs. M. J. Walsh. Mrs. Frank Zuelsdorf and ditWren „ are spending a couple of weeks as the guests of relatives at Palatine and (Chicago. Mr. and Mrs. A. D. Loomis of Woodstock were week end guests in the home of Jffr. \u»d Mrs. Jas. T. Perkins. Germer Petesch of Birmingham, Ala., is enjoying a week's vacation in the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. N. H. Petesch. Mrs. Mary Ferguson passed several days this week with her son, . Lowell, who is confined at the Univer- «ity hospital in Chicago. Wm. Erickson and son, Clarence, and Fred Erickson of Rockford were week end guests in the home of their brother, Louis A. Erickson. Mr. and Mrs. Richard Givens and . family returned to their home in El- |jin Tuesday after spending a couple of weeks with relatives here. Mr. and* Mrs. F. A. Cooley and daughter, Jennie Mae, passed the latter part of last week as the guests of relatives at Tampico, 111. -"'Mr. ahd Mrs. C. A. Going, A. C. Granger and C. C. Hallowell of Chicago were visitors in'- the home of Mr. and Mrs. G. H. Johnson Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Sternberg and Mrs. Thos. E. Roach of Elgin spent Sunday at the C. M. Buel cottage on Fox riv$r near this village. Andrew Erickson and daughter, Ella, of Rockford are' spending the week as guests in die home of the former's JKm, Louis A. Erickson, and family./ Miss Elsceta Schnabel left Tuesday morning for her home at Murphysboro, 111., after a 'several weeks' visit 'wdth her father, Frank Schnabel. Mrs. Wm. Riggs and son and Mrs. Agnes Dixon and son of Silverlake, Wis., were week end guests in the home of their .parents, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Tesch. Miss Lena Stoffel, in company with Miss Mary Reihansperger of West Chicago, left Chicago last Saturday on a sight-seeing tour thru Yellowstone park. Mrs. Ed. L. Martin and children and Mrs. Clara Il&rrisOu of Woodstock passed the latter part of last week as guests in the home of Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Page. Mr. and Mrs. Milo Loomis and ' daughters of Niles, Mich., passed the latter part of last and the first of this week as guests of his sister, Mrs. Jas. T. Perkins, and famiiy. Dr. and Mrs. R. G. Chamberlin left Monday for Muskegon, Mich., where they will pass a few days, and from there will go to Springfield, where they will take 1n the state fair. Mr. and Mrs. Wtai. J. Welch and daughters, Mildred and Helen, and Dr. and Mrs. A. I. Froehlich and lit- • tie daughter, Adelle, left this morning on an automobile trip to Winnebago and Glencoe, Minn., where tbey will visit relatives. - Chas. McArthur of Elgin passed Sunday as a guest in the home of Mrs. A. Wolff. He was accompanied home that evening by his wife and (laughter, Ruth, who passed last week as guests in the Wolff home here. Mr. and Mrs. Jos. J. Frett and f&ntily and Mr. and Mr». A. M. Frett and family and their guests, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Albert of Chicago, and Mr. and, Mrs. Mathias Steffes and family made an auto trip to Holy Hill, Wis., the first of "the week. They left here Sunday morning and . returned home the following evening. MAKE GET-AWAY WITH CHECK I -- 1 Burglar* Enter Home fa Sayer Farm Number One Sometime about nine o'clock on Friday evening of last week the. home on the Geo. Sayer farm No. 1 at Pistakee Bay was entered and three checks and other articles of minor importance taken. The home is occupied by Chris Blake and his family, the former having the management of that farm. They were away at the time the burglary was committed and, while one of the workmen employed on the farm remembers seeing a car pull away from the premises about the hour that the burglary is thought to have been committed, he was unable to give a very good description of the c^P or its occupants. Entry to the house was effected thru the kitchen door, Which was smashed in. The entire home was ransacked and the three checks taken were made out to three men who had done some painting and had not been paid off. The checks were payable at the West McHenry State bank, but payment on same was stopped immediately after ..the robbery ' was dis covered. 1 • / , It looks to us as if the burglary was committed by someone familiar with the place and one who had knowledge that the checks were there. In an interview with the manager of the farm, a Plaindealer scribe was informed that three men, Jemjjloyed on the farm, were let out a short time ago and returned to Chicago, but does not believe that these men returned and did the job. A quiet investigation is being made by the owner of the place, Geo. J. Sayer, but whether he will be sue cessful in apprehending the ones guilty of the crime remains to be seen. WEEKLY EXeHMGE ITEHS AS TAKEN FROM THE COMJlfNS OF OUR EXCHANGES BEAUTIFUL LIGHTING SYSTEM b That Recently InstaHed^ttt Mary's Church St R. A. Sehroeder of Crystal Lake is doing the finishing touches this week on the electrical wiring of St. Mary's church. Six beautiful pendents with 300 watt nitrogen ldmps embody the illumination of the nave. The white opalescent glass in these tasteful and massive fixtures spreads the powerful light in all directions without offending the eyes. The artistic decorations show up wonderful when the stream of these powerful pendents are turned on. All minor fixtures in tile illumination scheme of the church conform in style and harmony. The lofty sanctuary niche is itself a masterpiece of illumination. From forty, twenty-five watt lamps hidden from view a flood of mysterious light fills one with wonder. Those who have had a glimpse of this extraordinary illumination, altho there is not so very much of it in our church, pronounce it to be the latest and best of any church outside of Chicago. All of the wiring above the floor line is in conduit pipes, which does away with, all danger of lire from that source. A slate panel board with iron box imbedded in the vestry wall controls all cut-outs and fuses for the church and school. All these features enable the church authorities to invite the most rigid state inspection that may come later. In a few weeks an evening service has been promised to give the people an opportunity to see the illumination at St. Mary's. New Battery Shop W. L. Howell & Co. is the firm name of a new enterprise which has rented the former Star garage quarters on Pearl street and opened up for business this week. The company will handle the "Exide" starting and lighting battery. W. L. Howell, who has been employed by the "Exide" concern for four years, is in charge of the new place and will give the public the very best service at his command. The users of the "Exide" pronounce the battery to be one of the best on the market today. Read the display advertisement to be found elsewhere in this week's issue of The Plaindealer. Auditors' Meeting Notice is hereby given that the Board of Auditors of the Town of McHenry, County of McHenry, 111., will meet at the Town Clerk's office in West McHenry, 111., Tuesday, the 2nd day of September, A. D. 1919, at two o'clock p. m., to audit any and all bills against said town. Bills may be left with the supervisor or the undersigned. Dated this' 20th day of August, A. D. 1919. Chas. B. Harmsen, Town Cleric. Takes Charge of Shop Wm. O'Connor, a former employe of the shop, and who recently conducted a tonsorial parlor in Chicago, has rented the Smithy place on the West Side and took charge of the shop on Wednesday morning of this week. John Franzen, who conducted the place for some time past, has A--ortmrnt of News Items In Oendeaeed Fen* Fer Buy People Peters Bros, of Algonquin are still advertising for men. Dundee's two new factories will soon be ready for operation. The annual Lake county fair will take place at Libertyville Sept 3 to 6, both inclusive. Barrington's home-coming date has been changed from the 10th to the 11th of September. Dr. D. M. Brooks of Hebron took seventy-five pounds' of honey from two hives of bees last week. Forty former Woodstock residents, now employed and residing at De troit, Mich., ^enjoyed a picnic at Bob Lo, Canada, on Aug. 9. With 550 members of the American Federation of Labor in Harvard, that city is planning on its first celebration on Labor day. On account of the strike among rail workers, two trains have been removed from the daily schedule alt the C. & N. W. thru Woodstock. Owing to the increased membership in the McHenry County Soil Improvement association, the soil adviser is to be given an assistant R. D. Weitzel of Harvard recently paid $700 for four brood sows at an auction sale of registered Duroc Jersey swine held at Columbus Junction, Wis. A card party and the sale of various articles, which had previously been donated, netted St. Thomas' church at Crystal Lake $425 one evening recently. William Jahnke, a farmer residing near Ridgefield, recently delivered 1,400 bushels of wheat to the Ridgefield Farmers' Supply company, for which he received $2,736.68. An attorney for the Chicago Telephone company appeared before the board of review at Woodstock last week to protest against the assessment made against this company. For four months past S. L. Carfield has been endeavoring to give Grayslake a furniture store. Only a very small portion of the stock ordered by the proprietor some months ago has been delivered. According to last week's Hebron Tribune, that village witnessed a regular rough-house charivari one evening last week. Who had even dreamed that such an occurrence could take place in such a staid community ? Work of placing the cement on the •hew state aid road between Grayslake and Waukegan has been started. An average of about 300 feet per day is being put in and the contractor and workmen are going at top speed so as to finish the job before freezing weather sets in. The fifteen-month-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Mark Wakely of Harvard was drowned in a small bath tub last Saturday morning. While preparing the little one for the bath the mother was suddenly taken ill. She left the child and on her retdrn found that she had crawled into the tub and drowned. A complete sawmill outfit is being installed at the new factory building that is now in the course of construction for the Express Body corporation at Crystal Lake. This means that the company proposes to buy its trees and manufacture much of the lumber that is to be used in the building of express bodies for automobiles. "<1 Crystal Lake's home-coming will be held on Friday, Aug. 29. The Chicago Daily News band of fifty pieces will furnish the music for the day. All the games, sports and races will take place in Walkup's woods, while big dance will be held in the new express body factory building in the evening. Hardin's 15-piece orchestra of Elgin will furnish the music for dancing. Crystal Lake expects to entertain the largest crowd on that day that ever gathered in that progressive city.... ' Harvard Herald: James Tupper, Alden farmer, was the victim of an automobile thief or thieves during Tuesday night or early yesterday morning. Mr. Tupper was at McHenry on Tuesday evening attending a meeting of Holstein cattle breeders to arrange for a county sale the coming fall and returning home that night his motor car axle broke near the E. W. Thompson farm in the Wwn of McHenry. It was late at night and impossible to fix the break so he borrowed a car of Mr. Jung, a tenant on the Thompson farm, leaving his own car where the accident took place. Yesterday morning Mr. Jung telephoned Mr. Tupper to tell him that his car had been robbed of five tires, six tubes and casing and one of the car wheels. Mr. Tupper is making investigation in the hope of obtaining information that may result in the arrest of the thief or thieves who stole his motor car Dri Arnold Mueller Did Great Werk In Service cf Red Own Dr. Arnold Mueller, who before hie entry into the service of his country was stationed at Johnsburg, where he had successfully practiced his profession for several years, is to return home soon, and the following clipping, taken from a recent issue of The State, a daily paper issued at Columbia, S, C., will be read with interest by his many friends here: "Dr. Arnold F. Mueller, who has bata stationed in Columbia thruout the entire period of the war as home service physician for the American Red Cross, has received his discharge from the service and will leave Columbia within the immediate future. Dr. Mueller had his office in the lower floor of the Red Cross headquarter! at the intersection of Lady and Sum mer streets and his untiring efforts to render timely and patriotic assis tance to the families of all soldiers in the city was most highly com mended by all Columbians. His leaving Columbia will bring universal regret. The following letter was ad dressed to Dr. Mueller yesterday hy Mrs. Stanhope Sams, secretary of the Home Service section, Columbia chapter, American Red Cross: It is With great regret that the Home Service section of the Columbia chapter of the American Red Cro&s hears that you are about to leave Columbia, having received your honorary discharge from the medical corps of the United States army. 'Both the former chairman, Mr. Southworth, and the present chairman of the Home Service section, Mr. Gustaf Sylvan, and the entire staff wish to thank you for splendid spirit of co-operation and invaluable professional skill and assistance while you were the medical director appointed for families of the soldiers in Columbia. You came to the aid of the Home Service section of the Columbia chapter of the American Red Cross a little over a year ago during the most strenuous and overcrowded war period in this office and from that time, and especially during the terrible epidemic of influenza, you, personally and professionally, gave willingly, constantly and cheerfully out of the abundance of your heart and skill service which should never be forgotten by all those who were under your medical care and by the American Red Cross. 'With the hope that you will be equally successfully in your future work as you have been in the last year, and with best wishes from the whole staff of the Home Service section.'" Charles Swedish Dead Charles Swadish, a one time reddent of this village, but who with his family moved to Woodstock some years ago, passed away at Rock Island, III., on Monday, Aug. 4. He was following the painter's trade of late and on the morning of his death he went to work the same as usual and wtiile standng on a ladder about twenty feet from the ground he suddenly lo§t his balance and fell to the ground, striking on his head. He was rushed to a local hospital, but died about three hours later. The deceased will be remembered by a number of Plaindealer readers.. rented the Brefeld shop just across the street and ovnflfts to open same auxiliaries^ but thus far has been •Aortiy. ' • ' ^ ' .*-7~, • fe.* jM' -i- Bakery Sale The Christian Mothers' society of St. Mary's church will hold' a bakery sale at the village hall here next Saturday, Aug. 23. Cakes, doughnuts, pies and bread will be baked up by the ladies and placed on sale on this day at tempting bargains and the net proceeds of the sale will go into the treasury of the society and later on be used to purchase much needed articles forf the new church. Remember the day and date and don't miss this opportunity of supplying your "goodies" for over Sunday. AUTO ACCIDENT KILLS BOY JOSEPH FREUND IS VICTIM OF SAD ACCIDENT John Mann of Chicago Medi With Painful Accident Anto Truck Rolls Down Embankment On Fox Lake Road--Driver Escapes With Only Scratches An automobile accident, which has since proved fatal to one occupant of the car occurred near Fox Lake about four o'clock last Saturday afternoon, the victim, Joseph Freund, the fifteen-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Freund of thjs village, passing away at the Woodstock hospital yesterday morning. Joseph, who has been employed at the Water street meat market during the summer as errand boy, had just returned home the night previous after spending a week's vacation with his brother in a southern state. Altho he wasn't expected to return to work until Monday of this week, he reported at the meat market last Saturday afternoon. Mr. Heuser, proprietor of the shop, has worked up a very fine patronage among the Fox Lake hotel proprie tors and private homes, which neces sitated his running an auto truck to that resort several times weekly. With the intention of placing Joseph on this truck at some future time, the proprietor of the market invited the young man to take the trip with him so as to familiarize himself with the road and the various patrons. With a heavily loaded truck the two left the McHenry meat market about thr^e o'clock and when they reached a point just north of the Wille home on the Fox Lake road the machine suddenly swerved and before the driver was able to avoid the accident the machine was toppling down a sixfoot embankment. Mr. Heuser escaped with but few scratches, but the other occupant was pinned beneath the car and suffered a complete fracture of the left arm as well as other injuries. The young man was assisted to a near-by house, where Dr. Rosenthal of Fox Lake gave him temporary aid. He was then brought to the home of his parents here, where Dr. N. J. Nye was called, who advised taking the young man to some hospital at once. He was removed to the Woodstock hospital that evening and, while every possible attention was given him he was not to be saved and passed away as stated above. His unexpected death not only brought deep grief to his parents and members of his family, but to his many young friends, about the village as *well. He was one of thoq^ whole-souled young men whom the world admires and the bereaved family has the sincere sympathy of all of our citizens in its sad misfortune. RAIN STOPS MISSION FESTIVAL Servieea Are Held In Church Instead of Park- J. H. Miller, the local monument manufacturer, will please accept our thanks fot- a generous sample of his luscious ever-bearing strawberries picked from his own garden, in which he takes great pride and to which he is justly entitled. Mr. Miller, we are told, has exclusive charge of his beds and looks after them personally and in this manner he has given himself one of the finest beds of the kind to be found in these parts. The berries are large and of excep-. tionally fine flavor. Will Exhibit Bull at Fair Countryman & Cox, owners of Rag Apple Korndyke 8th, the $100,000 bull, will exhibit this animal at the Woodstock fair on Thursday of next week. The valuable animal is now at their farm at Volo, where it has been seen by many of the stockmen of this locality. M. E. Church The services at the M. E. church next Sunday will be as follows: Sunday school at 10:00 a. m. Subject for the object lesson will be "The Center of the Circle." Preaching at the usual hour. Subject of sermon, "Jesus, the WeH Balanced Personalty." The annual missioft festival of the Zion Evangelical Lutheran church of this village, which was to have taken place at the old driving park on the "West Side last Sunday afternoon, was hampered thru the visitation of the rain. All arrangements for the big event had previously been made and the workers were on hand bright and early Sunday morning to see that everything was in readiness for the visitors who were expected to come and share the day's festivities with them. However, the rain appeared and the out-of-town people who had been expected here either remained away or drove back to their homes soon after the down pour started. When it was seen that the outdoor services could not be held it was decided to hold the services in the rhurrh and this was done during the afternoon. Rev. H. J. F. Meier of Ontarioville spoke in German, while Rev. Paul Doederlein of Dundee gave his sermon in the English language. At the close of the services at the church the entire congregation gathered at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Chas. B. Harmsen, where refreshments were served. A Small Blaze A small blaze was -discovered in the house just across the street from St. Patrick's Catholic church in this village shortly after three o'clock last Friday afternoon. The house, during the summer months, is occupied by Irwin Hart and family of Chicago ^nd no one was at home when the fire broke out However, the prompt response of the volunteer fire department soon extinguished the blaze. All of the household effects were saved. The loss is Covered by insurance. The fire had its origination just below a window on the northwest corner of the house, altho it is not known how it started. ' William Schumacher Dead Just before going to press we learn the sad news of the sudden and unexpected death' of Wm. J. Schumacher, who dropped dead at his home in this village at 9:80 this morning. John Moran of Chicago, who, with his family, occupies one of the Sayer cottages at Pistakee Bay, met with a very painful accident on Monday evening of this week, when his car turned turtle in the highway near the John Smith farm, on the Johnsburg road, half way between this village and Johnsburg. . " Eye witnesses to the accident declare that Mr. Moran, who was driving the car and wa? the only occupant of same, was headed north, going at the rate of not more than twenty-five miles an hour, and when the machine reached a point near a culvert in the road it seemed to 3way to one side and in the driver's endeavor to keep same in the road he lost control, the machine turning over twice. Mr. Moran was thrown out when the auto turned the first time and suffered, we are told, two or more broken ribs and other injuries. A son of Mr. Smith, who saw the accident, as well as his mother, rushed to the unfortunate man's aid and soon others had gathered to lend whatever assistance they could. Mr Moran was assisted into another machine and driven to this village, where he was taken to the office of Dr. N. J. Nye. After being given every attention possible by the Mc Henry physician, he was placed on a cot and taken to his summer home at Pistakee Bay. Late reports from Pistakee are to the effect that the injured man is resting more comfortable and complete recovery from his injuries is expected. The machine was also considerably damaged. Entertains at Summer Home Miss Marion McOmber of Chicago very delightfully entertained a company of friends at the family summer home, "Jonell" cottage, on the east banks of Fox river here last Saturday evening. The home and grounds were most attractively and elaborately illuminated and decorated with Japanese lanterns and floral garlands and, as viewed from the opposite side of the river, formed the most spectacular sight ever witnessed along our beautiful stream. The evening was interspersed with music and games, bunco proving the evening's chief diversion. The winners at this game were Clarence Knight of Chicago and Miss Lenore Freund of this village. At midnight a bountiful repast was served and two hours later the guests of the happy occasion departed for their homes, voting Miss McOmber a most charming hostess. Those present were: Mrs. John Blackstone and daughter, Ella, of Crown Point, Ind.; Miss Katherine and Messrs. Anthony and Charles Schermann, Joseph Schaifer and Clarence Knight of Chicago; Dr. F. J. Aicher, Henry Miller, C. F. Otto, Misses Clara Miller, Annabelle Heimer, Lenore Freund, Mayme Ibsh and Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Smith of McHenry. Oelebrates~l^ird BhtMey In honor of the third birthday anniversary of their son, Donald, Mr. and Mrs. George Adams invited sixteen of his little friends and their mothers to spend Thursday afternoon of last week at their country home riear Ringwood, where a merry time prevailed. A dainty luncheon, consisting of cookies, cake, lemonade and oranges, was served on the lawn. Many pretty gifts were left by the little folks as a remembrance of the occasion. Those to make up the party were: Helen, Zura and Vivian Whiting, Robert Kenneth, Harry, Dorothy and Murray Roach, Florence, Roy and Alvin Blake, Edmund, Melyin and Adelbert Whiting a(y^JDonald and Mary Celine Adams. ;y:•%' ITEMS OF LOCAL WIQEST AS PICKED UP BY PLADfZMbhLBB DURING WM* All Day Excurstoiv Another chance to go on an allday picnic excursion on the Launch Gladene tomorrow (Friday), Aug. 22 Boat leaves the Riverside pier at 9:30 a. m., going up Fox river and thru the chain of seven lakes. Fill that big hamper witto eats and come along. Stop in Channel lake for lunch. A sixty-five mile trip. Fare, $1.00. Call McHenry No. 7 for reservations. I sell farms. Cleaning, D. F. Quintan, aad repairing. Hunter Boat Line The Hunter boat line is now mak ing daily trips to any point on Fox river and the lakes at 10:30 a. m. and 2:00 p. m. Every Saturday night the boat leaves the Riverside pier at 8:15 o'clock for the dances at the Colonial and Willis Inn at Fox Lake. Special boats for rent any hour of day or night Hunter Boat Line, McHenry, 111. Phones 7 and 77-J. Orders Now Being Taken The two postoffices in this village are now taking orders for the U. S. army food supply, which is being offered to the public at reduced prices. Already a number of the patrons of the two offices here have taken advantage of the low prices and placed'orders for the delivery of food stuff. 1 Cat What People Are Dsiag In TU| Tillage and the InntMt VfettHy-- Other Short Paragraphs I sell farms. D. F. Quinlan. See Louis A. Erickson for shoes. - Cleaning, pressing and repairing. Jones, Tailor. The home of J. H. Miller is being newly repainted and decorated. J. . A. Neyer is the artist on the job. i; David Johnson is enjoying a two 1J weeks vacation from his duties at • the local milk bottling plant pf the,>'% Borden company. '• A carload of potatoes wfll arrive in McHenry soon. Leave your orders. now with Niesen & Segal, MeHenry. Price, $2.35 per bushel. Rural Letter Carrier James N. - Sayler is the proud daddy of a bouncing baby girl, born on Tuesday aura- . ing of this week. Of course, he's smiley. A baby boy was born to^ Mr. and ' Mrs. Roy Hankermeyer of this vil- ^ lage at the Garfield Park hospital in n Chicago on Thursday of last week. Ben Adams, who during the past ... several years has conducted a milk , route in this village, has discontinued business. He is now and has for some time past been employed at the * Terra Cotta factory. The McHenry Boy Scouts are en- ; joying their annual summer outing . down the river. Asst. Scout Master v Arthur D. Hunter has charge of the boys and from reports the young- * sters are' having a great time. J. E. ' Hauswirth has taken over the agency for the Baldwin piano, piano player, Columbia phonograph and records. Mr. Hauswirth believes th&t this locality offers a good aoU-** ing field for these instruments. The local station agent C. W. Goodell, who has been spending the past several weeks at Eleanor, Ala., is expected in McHenry shortly, when he will again resume his duties as agent for the C. & N. W. Railway Co. The interior of the Chicago tele- . phone exchange on Green street is now in the hands of the painters and decorators and when the job thus started is completed the local ex* change will present one of the neatest in this district. A baby girl was bora to Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Fay on Tuesday after- * noon of this week. The father is the rural letter carrier on route No. 2 from the McHenry postoffice. Tuesday sure was a big day for the letter carriers in McHenry. The all-day picnic excursion thru ^ the chain of seven lakes as conducted by the Hunter boat line last Friday ; proved popular with our people, a number of whom took in the trip. ; Another excursion of the same na- , ture will be run tomorrow. John R. Knox, the hustling agent, received a carload of Fordson tract- ^ ors last Thursday and now has the : machines on display on Water street. There seems to be quite a demand > for these tractors these'days and the local agent expects to get rid of the machines without trouble. An old-time bar room entertainer, carrying a banjo, who visited this village on Monday of this week, found {he old place quite changed; since the country went dry and left \ town with very few nickels and dimes S;j that he hu* been able to collect by -V « passing the hat Things arent as - ; Jg they used to be, even for such characters. Quite a number of the people of this locality are planning on taking . in the county fair at Woodstock next week. In past years the fair has fk also been well patronized by Chicagoans who spend their sum mars along Fox river and the lakes and we take it for granted that their interests in our annual exhibit has not -grown cold. Will McHenry be given a foot hall team this fall? If so, now it the time to start talking about it Good teams are produced thru an early start and this is none too early to start work along this line if MeHenry expects to be represented on the gridiron. We have the material and all that is needed is to get than interested. Who'll start the ball arolling? H. E. Buch, the local plumber, heforms us that he has made arrangements whereby he will carry a complete stock of electrical accessories in the future The stock will include electric lamps and shades of every description, fuses and the many other every-day needs of users of electricity for lighting and power. We be-' lieve that such a stock in the village will fill a long felt want Lieut. Paul Blair, who made exhibition flights in McHenry over the Fourth and who during the past few weeks has been stationed at Lake Geneva, Wis., flew over this village Monday morning while on his way to Elgin, where he expects to do some Hying next Saturday, the day of the read races. A number of our people saw and recognised the machine aa it passed over the village on its flight to tfen city «f J! •f. - : ^ ..w-- , ,,