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THE McHENRY PLAIKBEALE&, THURSDAY, ?EB. 23 ILLED WEEKLY PERSONALS THEATRE Woodstock's Beautiful Play House SATURDAY Feb. 25 Hoot Gibson in "TRICKS OF HEARTS" Also Comedy ,,v;> Saturday and Sun^lty On the Stage Presentations of all home-talent SUNDAY Feb. 26 ~ Reginald Denny in ... "OUT ALL NIGHT" Pathe News and Comedy !GOMERS AND GOERS OF A WEEK IN OUR CITY MONDAY ^ Feb 27 AL KEARNEY and PAT BARNES FROM iiADIO STATION WHT Also X,ew Cody and Arlene Pringlt---- is 'TEA FOR THREE" Also Comedy Tuesday - Wednesday Feb. 28-29 Vera Reynolds in "THE MAIN EVEKT" Also Comedy and Will Rogers* Travel Pictures THURSDAY - FRIDAY March 1-2 "FIREMAN SAVE MYOHILD" with Wallace Berry and Raymond Hatton Pathe News, Fables and Sport Lights , Also &s Seen By Plaindealer Re "si porters and Handed Jtt By Our Friends / Gerald. Newman visited in Chicago Monday. y Bemie Newman was a Chicago visitor Sunday. ^ Walter Vogt, Jr., was a Chicago visitor Sunday. - Miss Elola Boyle vtt an Elgin visitor Saturday. Mrs. Jane A. Cart Wasan Elgin j visitor Saturday. Mrs. George Phalin was an, Elgin visitor Saturday. Miits VJr^inia 'Engeln visited at Woodstock Sunday. Miss Kate McLaughlin was a Chicago visitor Thursday. Mrs. Elizabeth Laures w»* a Crystal Lake visitor Sunday. ; Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Schenider were Elgin visitors Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. L. F. Newman were Chicago visitors Monday. Floyd Hopper was a Crystal Lake visitor Thursday and Friday. Mrs. J. E. Freund was a Chicago visitor the first of the week. Miss Grace Granger is a new assistant at the McHenry postoffice. Mrs. Rilla Foss of Ringwood visited friends here Thursday evening., ' • • Mrs. Berquist of Batavia spent a recent day with friends here. Leo Rothermel is a new employee at the Carey Electric shop. Miss Genevieve Knox of Elgin sp^nt the week-end at her home here. Mr. and Mrs. Joe Hettermann were visitors at Crystal Lake Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Purvey visited relatives, at Crystal Lake Monday!" Mrs. Edgar Landgren of Crystal Lake visited relatives here Monday. Miss Theresa Knox was an Elgin visitor on Wednesday of last weefk. Miss Lou Schneider is spending several days this week in Chicago lamson* Springfield, the capital city, joined with Illinois and the res* of the world a few days ago In honoring the memory of Abraham Lincoln, the I'ralfle state's most renowned citizen. The occasion was the one hundred and nineteenth anniversary of the great emancipator's birth. Born In obscurity, of iowly parentage. of what he was pleased to refer to tis common folks, Lincoln was Illinois' greatest citizen, and one of the world's immortals. Tribute was paid to the great American in three ceremonials on the day before his birthday in Springfield. The Lincoln Centennial association presented a program in the Circuit court of the present Sangamon county courthouse which was the state house In Lincoln's day. It was in this same room that Lincoln gave utterance to one of his masterpieces of literature. • his "house divided against itself speech, when lie was serving in the Illinois legislature; The annual boy scout pilgrimage to his tomb was another of the ceremonials, and the annual meeting of the Lincoln Centennial association at the Abraham Lincoin hotel was the third. On Lincoln's birthday proper another observance was held In the state arsenal. Secretary Curtis D. Wilbur of the United States navy, and Senor Don Alejandro Padilla y Bell, ambassador of Spain to the United' States, were the principal speakers. Another pilgrimage to the tomb of i Lincoln which assumed immense proportions before the day was over was the fourth annual visit of the Order Of De Molay. Some two thousand young men flrom half a dozen neighboring states were in the city over Lincoln's birthday. The state division of highways hes awarded the contracts for the construction of a stretch of hard- road from Route 102, Adams county, to Peter Simons, Quincy, for $88,294.81. Other pavement contracts awarded are ns follows: Route 116, sectloii 109, Woodford 'county, to Trotnoeter A Sons, Peru, $79,742.71, Routes 40 and 27, Carroll county, to J. F. Lee Paving company, Dubuque. Iowa. Route 83, section 181, Henry county, to McCarthy Improvement company. Davenport. Towa, $358,072.40. S. B. 566, Perry county, to Lough ft Sons, Marion, $96,723.67. Bids for the construction of approximately 100 miles of hard roads, together with bridge and heavy grading projects, will be received by the state department-'of public works and buildings on February 29. The stretches of pavement will be a part of Governor Small's road building program of 1,000 iniles or more In 1928. Peoria business men In conference with Governor Small a few days ago urged state aid on the Cedar strget bridge for which that city recently ap proved a bond Issue of $1,000,000. The governor said that the matter Would be looked into and If the approaches were any part of_a state bond issue route, be wonld be willing to do what he could. A delegation from southern Illinois urged the construction of the highway from Finney to Percy. The visitors were presented to the governor by Senator Harry Wilson. Pinckneyvllle and Representatives Waller, Davis and Ei sen hart. Another delegation Urged construction on route 150 from Cairo to Chester. T o l d Tales Interesting Bits of News Takes From the Columns of the Plaindealer Fifty aal ~ Twenty-five Years , .AgO V Deaths in Illinois, due to food poisoning, each year since' 1919, for which tabulation is completed, lot- Mr. and Mrs. P. N. Musser of Elgin | lows: 1919, 56: 1920, 48; 1921,' 31; visited relatives here one dny recent- j ly. Harold and William Sutton visited relatives in Elgin Friday and Saturday. James and Irving Carey of Wilmot, Wis., were recent , visitors with relatives here. Mr; and Mas. William Bonslett we e Evanston visitors on Wednesday of last week." f Mr. and Mrs. George Shepard and children of Ringwood wer& MfcHenry visitors Monday. Edward W. Bonslett of Casper, Wyo., spent Sunday and Monday at *iis home here. Ivan Zuelsdorf of Chicago is spending the week in the home of Mr. and Mrs. John Engeln. Miss Lily Hall of Chicago has beei. McHENRY GRAVEL & EXCAVATING CO. A. P. Freund, Prop. Road Building and Excavating of Every Description Estimates Furnished on Request j visiting in the home of her parents, High-grade Gravel Delivered! ™fer went to ch. At any time- large or small iCago the first of the week, whpre she orders given prompt attention. I will spend a few weeks. ly. -T Mr. and Mrs. George Johnson and mcnenry, children visited the former's parents | at Crystal Lake Sunday. | Robert Taylor went to Chicago on \ Tuesday morning, where he will visit relatives for a few iiays. ) Vaughn Jones of Chicago spent Sat- . urday in the home of his sister, Mrs. j.C. W. Goodell and family. j Mrs. Charles Ensign spent a recenf 2 to j ah-r' as t'le Pues* of her mother, Mrs. Nellie Thomas, at Richmond. 1922. 32; 1923, 38; 1924, 37; 1925. 30: 1926, 27. .Food inspections, and the investigation of sanitary conditions throughout the state, resulting in more gen eral obedience to the laws,'have con sistenily increased within the pa:t few years, according to the records of that branch of stnte government. Phone 654-M-2 i C. W. KLONTZ. M. D Physician and Surgeon (Also treating all diseases of the Eye Ear, Nose and Throat and doing Refraction) ' Cobwebs festoonul from the ceiling may be potent flytraps, but the food inspection forces of the state of Illinois do not approve of them In restaurants. In January, 145 "notices to con ct" were issued as the result of about 6.000 sanitary inspections. The January records show that 312 food samples analyzed were pronounced illegal, and that 57,00<S pounds of food, unlit for human con cumption, and a menace to public health, were confiscated and destroyed. Office Hours--8 to 9 a. m. 7 to 8 p. m. Sundays by Appointment Office at Residence, Waukegan Road. Phone 181 McHenry. Ill WM. M. CARROLL Lawyer Jflfee with Kent & Company Every Wednesday l*hoae 8 George Barhian of Chicago spent the | '.veek-end at the home of his parents,! Mr. and Mrs. N. E. Baibian. ' C. W. Goodell, Floyd Foss, „ Glen Wattles and Dr. R. G. Chamberlin were Harvard visitors Friday evening.1 Arthur Patzke, who is employed in | a National Tea company store in Chi-' cago, spent Sunday at his home here. MJS. Harvey Damm and children of _Kenosha, spent the week-end with her j It has been Just 20 years since the Supreme court building was dedicate ed. On a chilly February day in 1907 for the first time in Illinois history. Justices of the court after battling ihe odds' of unconventionally for more •than a century appeared In robes. Tiie attractive and costly structure was turned over to the court by Secretary of State James A. Itose, who presented the keys to Chief Justice Jolm P. Hand. Gen. Benton Wood. Kttinghum. was orator of the day and ihe late James H. Mutheny, president of th° State Bar association, and oth < rs, spoke. McHenry, 111.j parents, Mr. and Mrs. William Bacon. Mrs. George Hermansen returned | home the first of the week, after j spending several days with relatives' 'n Chicago. I Miss Frances Johnson of Chicago I spent the week-end with friends here, j Mrs. Fred Eppel was a Woodstock j visitor Friday. j Mrs. John F. Knox and children | visited in the home of her sister, Mrs Edgar Landgren, and family at Crystal Lake Sunday. Mrs. Elizabeth Laures spent a few days the first of the week in the home of her daughter, Mrs. Edgar Land- McHENRY, ILLINOIS ?r!I?' at I Cr^st®1 *Lal"- , „r Mrs. L. B. Compton of Woodstock spent a few days the first of the week in the home of her "daughter, Mrs. A L. Purvey, and family. Miss Kathrine Walsh is again at tending to her duties at the McHenry Telephone No. 108-&. Stoffel & Reihansperger Insurance agents for all classes of property in the best companies. WEST McHEJtRY, :: ILLINOIS Phone 126-W. Reasonable Rat*' A. H. SCHAEFgR Draying Insure- In Sure --Insurance WITH Wm.G. Schreiner Auctioneering OFFICE AT RESIDENCE Larger municipalities of the down -;iate,~ including Springfield, Peoria. Hast St. Louis. Kigin, together with many In Cook county which favo' higher bonding power were defeated in the state senate on the first day of the reconvening of the special session of the general assembly when a bill living them authority to i?sue bondup to 5 per cent failed. It received only 14 votes while 13 were cast In opppsition. Several members declined to vote. The defeat of the bill was also a setback to school districts of the state which are bonded to their legal limit and which had planned the construction of additional buildings. The fight is not over, supporters ot the measure have declared. There is H bill pending in the house, which has been approved by the senate, fix ing the bonding power of downstate municipalities at 2% per cent. Indi cations are that heavy guns will be turned on it when it is called on lts: passage and. If It should also~ be de feated, the bonding power of all municipalities of Illinois would be 5 per cent, the same as Chicago. Bonding legislation was made neces- Gov. Len Small wit! send "sacred soil" from spots in Illinois that are revered in memory as scenes of historic events, to nourish n memorial tree the class of 1928 will plant .In the schoolyard at Sunimertown, Ga. Among the novel requests that reach the desk of the state's chiet executive, Governor Small received this week a letter from De Vaughn Hydrick. superintendent of the Sum-- niertown (Ga.) high £chool, asking that some soil from Illinois hfc for warded to use in planting an evergreen. as a memorial of the year 1928. At the suggestion of Governor Small, Senator Marry Wilson of Pinckneyviile plans to journey to Ka«- kaskia where George Rogers Clark defended his stronghold, and tc Grimsby near where -the first public school was organized In Illinois. Me will be accompanied by students of Pinckneyviile high school who will aid him In securing the '"sacred soil" which will be forwarded with the compliments of Governor Small to Sum niertown, Ga. Selection of members of boards of supervisors to serve on grand juries would be "clearly against public policy," Attorney General Oscar E. Carlstrom hits Informed the state's attorney at Sycamore. This was In reply to a query from the state's attorney, asking If the board might legally select a supervisor to serve on a grand Jury. "I do not think that the statute contemplates that the boarj] shall select one of its own members as a grand juror," the attorney general said. "If that could be done, then the board would have authority to select 23 of its members to serve. I am unable to find a decision bearing on this question, hut I am of the opinion that it would be cleanly against pubUu policy." , , • • A distinction "as to when gasoline used in tractors engaged in road construction is, and is not, exempt from taxation was drawn recently by Attorney General Oscar E. Carlstrom. When the tractor in question i$ engaged In actual road construction-- grading, leveling, etc.--the gasoline used is exempt from taxation. When the tractors are used to trans port materials, even though materials for road construction work, the gasoline used in transportation is taxable. Gasoline used by a tractor to and from work is likewise taxable, even though the work of the tractor Is in the actuaf construction work. The question In each case'is whether the vehicle is properly "operated over a state highway." February, 1878 The time for the- annual town election draweth nigh. Trot out your candidates for the different offices to to be filled. Why do printers not succeed to the same extent as brewers ? Because printers work for the head and brewers for the stomach; and where twenty men have stomachs but one has brains. Ducks have made their appearance in large numbers on the river, and the roar of breech and muzzle loaders indicated that the skirmishing had commenced. This is the earliest in the season that Duck Hunting has been known to commence in a good many years. At Barreville, on Friday the 15th inst., Mr. Elisha Hubbard and Miss Mary Keller were joined in the holy bands of Hemlock. Success to them. Barreville has good facilities for the opening of a barber shop, blacksmith shop, dry goods store, drug store, confectionery store, cigar store and cobbler's shop. We learn that Gilbert Hubbard contemplates opening a writing school at Volo soon. We can assure our readers in that section that they will find MK. Hubbard a good teacher and a gentlerman, and those who wish to fake lessons in this most useful branch of education should not fail to attend Mr,. Hubbard's school. February, 1903 C. E. Chapell recently sold one of his 250-acre farms at Algonquin for $100 per acre, including a dairy of seventy cows. James Doherty, who sells his farm property this week, has purchased E. W. Howe's house on Green street and vill move in as soon as Mr. Howe can secure another residence. , That is not a new wagon which Charles G. Frett so proudly^ backs up to his market door. It is the old. one painted in bright red and yellow •• ith gold letters. It's as flashy as a row gold piece. Black bass fishing promises to be better this season than for years, if the prophesies of old-time fishermen can be depended on. Those Who have had the temerity to fish through the; ^ claim that bass weighing front 'ne to two pounds are swarming ill the waters of the Fox river. P. K. Wright, editor of the Ricl|*» mond Gazette, has purchased J. A." Nash's undertaking establishment and has commenced a course at a Chicago Embalming college. He will handle the business in connection with .Mt newspaper work. To make mone , and then to make it las# That is the problem that confronts almost all of us. If yon can solve the first part of this problem, we can help y<|| Irith the second. V - Systematic saving from income is the solution. The savings department of thl« hank will be glad have yo«t TSccoun^ : River Valley State Bank t.K Try Plaindealer Want Ads AUCTION! FREUND and VA\DIvNBOOM, Auctioneers Having decided to quit farming, I will sell at public auction on the S. H. Freund farm, located on the McHenry-Johnsburg road, one mile north of McHenry, on SATURDAY, FEB. 25 beginning at 1 p. m„ sharp, the following described property, .t©-wit: 4 Head of Horses 4 Consisting of: One Black Mare, 8 yrs. old, wt. 1,400 lbs. * Two Bay Mares, 12 yrs. old, wt. 1,300 lbs. One Pony, 8 yri. old, wt. 500 lbs. 4 Holstein Cattle 4 3 Shoats and one Sow. 150 White Leghorn Chickens. . • ^ MACHINERY, ETC. Deering Grain Binder; John Deere Corn Planter, with fertilizer attachment; 12-bo*tom* Tractor Plow, new; Emerson Grain Drill, new; 4-section Drag for Tractor; 3-section Drag; Cullten Packer; 2-row' P. & O. Corn Cultivator, new; International Feed Grinder, 8-in.; Pap'ec Silo Filler; P. & O. Gang Plow, 12-in.; Manure Spreader; Hay Tedder; Hay Rake; Tractor Disc with tandem trailer; Weber Fanning Mill; two Iron-wheel Wagons, one new; Hay Rack; Grain Box; two sets of Harness; Seed Corn Dryer; Silage Cart; Horse Clippers; Milk Cart; Blue Ribbon Electric Milking Machine; Cream Separator; 10-gal. Combination Churn and Butter Worker; Milk Cooler; Two Incubators; Kitchen Range, like new; 4-burner Oil Stove; 2-T>umer Oil Stove; Round Oak Table; 9x12 Rug, and other articles too numerous to mention. TERMS OF SALE--All sums of $25 and under, cash; over that amount a credit of six months will be given on good bankable notes, drawing 7 per cent interest. No property to be removed until settled for with clerk. . . . A. P. FREUND Gerald J. Carey, Clerk postoffice after several days' absencer sary by the special session because of on account of ill health. . u decision of the State Supreme court Miss Maud Granger of Chicago knocking out an amendment limiting spent the week-end at her home here, the downstate bonding power to 2% per cent and giving ChicafO S per cent . V: BETTER GLASSES BETTER VISION BETTER SERVICE •' HF®. Nt. HENRY FREUND Optometrist „i > Pries Bldg. McHenry, Illinois. 1 * J; Hours: 7 to 9 p. m. except 8at- * > urday; Wednesdays 9 a. M. to M » P. *. Phones: Office McHenry 182 } Residence, McHenry 178. Phone W-R McHENRY ' ILt'l Mis8 Irene Conway of E1^in spent j i Sunday at her home here. j Miss Ethel Jones was >e Chicago' visitor Thursday, at which time she attended the Eastern Manufacturers'! exhibit at the Palmer House. ! Charles Ferw'erda of the University of Illinois spent the first of the week at his home here. He came to attend the funeral of his cousin in Chicago, j Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Phalin, Mr. and I Mrs. William J. Welch and Robert i Knox left Wednesday of last week via automobile for a several days' visit with friends at Staunton, 111. Mrs. Sarah Sherburne, who has been a resident of this city for many years, closed her home and left Thursday to make her home with her daughter, Mrs. Clayton Hlarrison, at Ringwood. Mr. and -Mrs. Simon Michels and Mr. and MVs. Nick Freund motorpd to Waukegan Sunday, where they visited the former's daughter, Miss Laura MSchela. They also attended the theatre. Meadames M. H. De trick, Mayme Harrison, John Fay and William Bacon attended a reception and banquet <or the department commanders of the Daughters of the G. A. R. held at Libertyville Friday evening. Illinois has collected approximately $6,250,000 under the provisions of tbe 2-cent gasoline tax, the validity of which is pending before the State Supreme court. A decision is expected at the end of the present terra, which probably will be Feb. uary 22. Of the total amount collected $50,000 Is claimed as refunds, leaving a balance of $6,200,000, one-half of which Is to be credited to the counties of the state for road construction. The collection of the gas tax has been done without additional expense to the •tQte, according to those In charge. "If the consumers of coal would Insist on clean coal Instead of the coal that they so often buy that Is Mifuted' by dirt and shale, the smoke nuisance that not only menaces the general public health, but makes life In a large city so disagreeable at cor tain times, would be practically elim hinted," D. R. Mitchell, of the mining engineering department of the I'niver sity of Illinois stated a few days ago. "Dirty or high ash coal increases the production of smoke and results in the discharge of Que dust from chimney stacks which settles over the whole community. The question of the elimination of smoke and dust Is one that is being given serious consideration throughout the country and certainly la of vital Importance to everyone." "Short Cate" Dmngorom , The road to success wonld havo mere travelers If so many were not trying to find short cuts. These may he all right If so much time Is not spent In hunting them that the mala roai la completely Inst--Orlt Royal EjUtim The earliest suppoeed spedsaen ot a British royal letter Is s short Bote from Henry V to the bishop ot Dorham. February 10. 1418. Tbe agricultural laws of Illinois, a comprehensive edition compiled by Stillman J. Stanard, director of agriculture, and his assistant, E. D. Turner, is now ready for distribution to interested officials. The laws and regulations administered by the state department of agriculture, as assembled In this edition, form a 228-page book. With the laws, there also appears an Index giving the chapters and sections of the 1927 revised Smith-llurd statutes. In which 55 miscellaneous agricultural lawp are feond. Rmro mnd Homvy Motoi Osmium, a rare metal, is the haa** leat substance known to science. It weighs 21H times aa much as an equal volume of water in a general way osmium resembles tilatinura. The Convenience oS Self-Rising Buckwheat Flour is recognized by thousands of housewives A quick breakfast is a sim- . pie matter. Just mix it with milk and beat to the proper consistency and your cakes are ready as soon as the coffee is--and they're deliscious. J Have you tried our All Wheat Breakf as tCereal? "Made in McHenry" IMenndWark Mnslc Is said to Increase efficiency la work, and we all know that the mosquito tees his best suit to tfc» accompaniment of song. McHENRY FLOUR MILLS Phone 92-R Wm, Spencer, Prop. - West McHenry