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ijFi & ' 7 •-.*'•<•>»* ,^v~ '" »" *• •'- k • & *•'» H^StW'Sr ,-i •^g'"^ »' ** ~j^'~ " WV «*/• V f* $? T >?v, .i'VJ " *•*"& ""' -»i»» -u- •.••>•* -•'• A;,^H'>^<"v,*i.,S1'r *r*yts •-•. -5jr^?f * v • •* , <4' •/{ '!-' f < t •'s %V-: •'"* ?*. ^'. JV."J.»:. '?!*-'^'^f:i' -*K"-,-:^ " j * 4 •" m^:sr^~sjg ^trn'- ;• »••;-* j *v-« MCHENRY PLAINDEALER -M *-v:^ VMS* VOLUME 55 M'HENRY, ILLINOIS, THURSDAY, APRIL 10,1930 Winning Candidates In Tuesday's Primaries W'T c.^.. •{;-. " >*AI»K S. REED MMftiilgjiM I'iiin :p State Representative v* ' • WILLIAM X. CARROLL ' ^ Coanty Judge CHARLES T. ALLEN County flnt RAYMOND D. WOODS Treasurer BARRY F. PETETf j ... ?.! t « •*'*$» < Sheriff LESTER BDOrfifl * '•'--s ,«lj i primary Day Drains Out Big LocitfiVote # . Althoff and Conway Committeeman Edinger, Woods and Peteit Winners Official Returns on County Clerk, Treasurer and Sheriff, • Ideal weather, together with red hot stale, county and local election contests, was the signal on Tuesday, April 8, for a record-breaking drive- of citizens in this locality to the primary polls, where voters cast their ballots for their favorite candidates. In the second precinct there was a total of 448 votes cast for the Republican candidates and five Democratic votes while in the third ward there were 509 Republican and 28 Democratic votes. ' William H. Althoff won out in the second precinct in the contest for precinct committeeman with 204 votes while Peter W. Frett ran second with 161 votes and E. H. Nickels third with 71. In the third ward Ray Conway was the victor in the precinct committeeman contest with 295 votes in his favor, while Rudo.ph Johnson ran second with 163 votes. On the Democratic ticket Henry J. Miller received 19 votes for precinct committeeman in the third precinct and Mat Blake received 5 votes in the second precinct Thomas A. Bolger, candidate for reprsentative in the general assembly on the Democratic ticket received 29 votes in the third precJnct. Robert E. Knox, candidate for senatorial committeeman on the Democratic ballot received one vote in the second precinct and 24 in the third, while Alex M. Adams, Democratic candidate for county clerk, received one vote in the second and 12 votes in the third precinct. The popularity of Ruth Hanna Mc- Cormick, as was shown all over the state, also proved true in McHenry and she received 175 votes in the second precinct and 228 in the third to 88 for Deneen in the second and 75 in the third. Newton Jenkins was more popular than Deneen in this city receiving 157 votes in the second and 106 votes in the third precinct. For state treasurer Clarence F. Buck was high with 117 votes in the second precinct followed by I. J. Brown with 60 votes apd Byron Thorpe with 81. Brown was high in the third precinct with 92 votes, Buck was second with 84 and Thorpe third with 52 votes. Justus L. Johnson won the highest number of votes in the second precinct for representative at large with 102 votes with Richard Yates second with 65 votes. As usual, Frank R. Reid left his opponents far in the rear in the race for Representative in congress with 238 votes in the second and 220 in the third. S. L. Orwall was second with 71 in the secomi and 110 in the third and Earle R^elley was third. That the local j^epole were loyal to their county candidates was shown in the vote cast for William Carroll in the race for representative in the general assembly with 096% votes received in the second and 1,161 In the third precinct. In the second precinct Lyons was second with 95% votes and Jackson third with 87 votes while in the third preenct Lyons was second with 35 and Jackson third with 29. In the race for county clerk, Raymond D. Woods was high with 204 votes in the second and 193 in the third, while Frank J. Hendricks was second with 128 in the second and 131 in the third. Frank J. Green was popular for county treasurer receiving 203 votes in the second and 273 in the third, while Harry Peteit was second with 124 votes in the second and 96 in the third precinct. Lester Edinger was the winner in McHenry as he was In the county in the contest for sheriff, receiving 175 votes in the second and 183 in the third, while John Purvey was not so far behind with 129 votes in the second and 156 in the third precinct. Volney E. Brown was third with 60 and 95 votes, respectively leaving Henry Nulle to bring up D» rear with 54 and 19 votes. ^ /Farm Loans, R. M. Frit*, Harvard. CITY ELECTION ONTUESDAY, APRIL 15 N» Opposition Appears on the Ballot For Alderman--Special Tax Proposition 1 On next Tuesday. Agril 15, tfc election will be held which will end the elections for the month. The election will be a quiet one as no opposition is being offered to the three candidates for aldermen and the one for police magistrate. The men seeking election are Frank Wattles, R. I. Overton and Albert Krause as aldermen in their respective wards, while George Bohr is a candidate for the office of police magistrate. The elections for members of the grade and high school boards will be held on Saturday of this week. Those whose terms expire this year are George H. Johnson and H. E. Buch as members and R. I. Overton as president of the grade school board and A. E. Nye and E. E. Bassett on the high school board. At the city election on Tuesday the following proposition will also be vdted on "Shall an act permitting cities and villages containing less than 500,000 inhabitants to levy a tax not to exceed two mills on the dollar for fire purposes be adopted?" BANK HOLDUP Af FOX RIVER GROVE ftobfaer. Take CasUar ft*** Ride We»tWda^ r, • * Forenoon Two hold-up men walked into the Fox River Grove bank Wednesday, walked over to Richard Novak, cashier, and the only man in the bank at the time, and asked for traveller's checks; while |ie turned around to get them, they covered him with a g*n and proceeded to get while the getting was good, making off with some $1500. The one man kept the cashier covered while the other scooped up the cash. After getting all they could, the two men ordered Mr. Novak into their new car, put him in the rumble seat, and took him for a ride. Some three miles from Pox River Grove they let him out,' admonishing him not to walk too fast. The hold-ups headed for Chicago and no trace has yet been made of them. Mr. Novak rushed back to Fox River Grove and gave the alarm as quickly as possible. But the holdup men are still among those.missing. . COUNT* CLERK MEASURES . Woods Hamer Hend'chs Green ' Richards Peteit Riley 60 47 ' 35 Riley 61 26 28 Marengo, 1 „...143 160 88 Marengo. -- ...190 118 106 Mr.retfgo 2 117 142 114 Marengo, 1.. 158 y-:m 117 Dunham 5$ 7t 75 Dunham 98 ?t 63 Chemung 1 J43 111 806 Chemung: 1 820 " - in 167 Chemung 2 180 93 153 Chemung | 156 1*1 138 Chemung 3.... 28 19 24 Chemung 8 14 1 ii • 12 Aiueii 87 41 Alden .«..£--. 76 H 96 Hart land -- 85 42 69 Hartland 169 21 68 Seneca 42 §6 112 Se«cea 79 47 134 Coral 38 M7 163 Coral 48 <8 146 Grafttm .....111 107 *313 Grafton 1 181 114 Dorr 1 89 S ;#io7 Dorr 1 ^ 4 . 419 ^11 1* 485 Dorr S .462 112 834 Dorr 8 _...308 M 569 Dorr ft' .....;.X.4B5 110 821 Dorr 8 ~~...27l CO 586 Dorr 4 28 19 24 Dorr 4 «£.... 88 .. . ,.-*m 46 Greenwood 114 51 153 Greenwood 152 154 Hebron .174 68 66 Hebron 101 155 Richmond 181 "123 Rlchmonlt . 141 193 Burton .* 39 ,9 74 Burton -J. .. 46 60 McHenry 1 I"...149 83 61 MeHenry 1 133 1 - 29 - 97 McHenry 2 ....104 70 * • ,128 McHenry 2 .......203 124 McHenry 3 " .:.....;198 * - -98 ^ *^31 McHenry 3 273 • "Uo 96 Nunda 1 -,,37 94 ' .40 Nunda 1 38 188 18 Nunda 2 fl 248 67 Nunda 2 --L.. 20 tsr' 76 N'unda $ 81 282 86 Nunda 3 ^... 49 Iff 47 Algonquin 1 ^-....187 114 73 Algonquih 1 ..... 90 n 161 Algonquin 2 ...... 56 306 63 Algonquin 2 48 MS 83 Algonquin 4' 408 * 44 * 21 Algonquin 8 338 m 25 Algonquin 4 ----83# 82 51 Algonquin 4 196 - : « < . 47 Algonquin 5 79 854 78 Algonquin 5 15 MT 83 Total .... ..4701 8167 8884 Total .... ....4248 8105 4284 Riley 9 Marengo, I™*... 33 Marengo 2 57 SHERIFF Edinger BrownPurveyNulle McHenry County Will ¥ Have Representative Wm. M. Carroll Lands Next to Top ui Race , •^V Dunham Chemung Chemung Chemung Alden ... Hartlaod Seneca Coral Grafto®? Dorr m ^ Dorr 1 Dorr S Dorr 4 ... Greenwood . Hebron »..... Richmond .. Burton McHenry 1 .. McHenry 2.. McHenry 8.. Nunda 1 Nunda 2 Nunda 8...... Algonquin Algohquin Algonquin Algonquin Algonquin Total .... 5« 1 170 --283 .... 19 97 ...102 49 .... U 72 471 468 399 44 --.172 2 12 U 73 V I 29 42 •9 22 22 270 260 410 71 99 0 7 »« »• 41 0 1« 42 9 5 92 67 11 2C 18 20 William M. Carroll will represent McHenry county and the Eighth dis- I trict at Springfield during the next two years. He ran second in the race, being topped only by Lyons. McHenry county gave the local man good support, with 16,392 votes, his total in 285 5S 195 42 'mIf 152 245 W 21 108 106 0 «9 .143 J&.- .249 125 22 89 20 ... 49 113 95 "17 ...175 60 129 ' £4 ...183 95 156 : f» .... 84 30 106 .... 41 28 275 ill .... 77 82 289 «o ... 96 99 111 80 .... 59 32 857 82 ...8$1 48 82 29 -. 96 102 83 6 ... 68 28 807 48 .4181 2604 2424 2952 the three counties being 23,755. Jackson from Boone county was defeated. The surprise in this section was the enormous vote polled by Lyons. He got 36,855 total, probably the largest vote every given any candidit* tft ttiift district. LEGISLATIVE VOTE--EIGHTH DISTRICT (One Lake Coanty Precinct Missing) « . Lake Boone McHenry Lyons -32,454 129 4,272--~ Carroll 6363 500 16,392-- McDonough 22,608 74 311-- Jackson .......T.......... 6,297 D,363 6,017-- :^#*V 4vta! 84,866 82,755 23,013 21,721 'A* PETEIT WINS IN OFFICIAL CANVASS CITY COUNCIL m APRIL ME N [TING | has been investigating the past records for some time had a final meeting Monday afternoon, April 7, and irj addition to the committee, City Attorney Cowlin and Auditor North, attended the meeting and fully approvj ed the reports and findings of the | committee. The committee finds that i altogether there is a sum of $4,321.29 f that was erroneously charged to the ^ u ~. n general account, which should have I ^n apportioned aird distributed VOTE OF THANKS GIVEN COMMITTEE April 21 The regular meeting of til* city council was held Monday evening at the city hall with all members present. The minutes of the last meeting among a "great many of the special assessment accounts. These special assessment accounts will pay the general account and then the general ac- 1 count will pay the city's proportion of were read and annroved The treasur !the sPecial assessments, thereby there ™ SETSi rf *no T1."^ wen the reports of the city clerk ^ a f ^11 ».ve £er„, of .bout RESIDENCE CHANGES Mr. and Mrs. Ted Wagner are moving from the Peter J. Schoewer house on John street to a place near Crystal "Lake. Mr. and Mrs. William Burke will occupy the C. W, Stfenger house now 'owned by her brother, John Kelter. They will rent their home on Washington street. TO VOTERS OF SECOND WARD If you deem my experience and qualifications sufficient for consideration for the office of alderman of the second ward, I shall appreciate your support at the city election, Apr. 15, 1930. * *45-fp F. H. WATTLES. INFANT DAUGHTER DIEB The infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Klapperich passed away on Monday, being only five days old. Funeral services were held WedWMr day morning. LADIES* AID SOCIETY The Ladies' Aid society will meet at the home of Mrs. J. J. Marshall this Friday afternoon. A complete line of Spring Millinery at the Thelen-Pich shop, Riverside Drive at Pearl Street. 44-2-fp and city collector. The regular bills were read and those that were OK'd by the finance committee were ordered paid. Notice from S toff el A Reihansperger was given that the liability and property damage on the fire truck expired April 10. This was ordered renewed. Officer Walsh and Supt. of Water Works Niesen had no reports to make. D. I. Granger reported one sewer pump not working. Mayor Knox reported that he had been in consultation with representatives of the Wells Engineering Co., and Fairbanks & Morse Co., and that seventy-one cents per day and fur thermore the special assessment accounts will be in shape so they may be legally closed at the proper time. The board put the motions through to make necessary corrections. Aid. Bonslett reported that after considerable investigation and upon advice from the attorney that he was of the opinion that the board of local improvements, whose pay was held up for 1928, *29 and '30, could t i paid from the special assessment funds of the account to which they were applied to. On motion of Aid. Doherty, seconded by Aid. Kreutder, the special finance committee was awarded a ris- HIGH SCHOOL BAND TO ENTER CONTEST op PKOGKAM SATURDAY NOON the matter ot the pumps had been : . - tVionVe thrashed over considerably and date of the annual meeting wpsi the pumps are being replaced with j ^ fm Mon<Jay nijfht April 2L The new ones without expense to 6 meeting adjourned at an early hour. city. It was suggested that the public property committee have the discarded and unused equipment that is scattered around the sewer disposal plant, taken away and have some INSTALLATION OF OFFICERS St. Clara's Court, No. 659, W. C. O. F., will bold its annual installation grading and levelling done and some ofTicen on Wednesday e^ning, s m a l l s h r u b b e r y o r i v y s e t o u t . T h e j A p n l 3 0 A s i x o d o c k d , j j public property committee was also i served at Bickler s hotel after wluch instructed to have the room for the : the mstallat.on followed by ca^s ^n» fire truck completely cleaned out of, take piace at the hall. Reservations things not pertaining to the fire de-| for thf d,"n" ^ ** made °ot partment, ,Sd th.t they Sl,o«.d have ] tta all refuse and litter cleaned away from the water reservoir and to see if some of the bank of dirt directly in the rear of the pumping station could not be used to level around the reservoir, making a more sightly place. The matter was brought up abo«£ the police magistrate's funds that were in the Citizens bank in the magistrate's own name, as to who, if anyone, should pay the city. » Water meters for the schools are to be ordered at once, meters to be of the same capacity as the size of the pipe. -• The special financfe committee which / . Ranger, Kathrine Worts or Mathilda Garisch. 46-2-fp SHOW POSTPONED „ The Orpheum Players, which were scheduled to appear at the Empire Theatre on Wednesday, April 16, have been forced to cancel their engagement, but will present a clever play at this theatre at a later date, to be announced in these columns. Mrs. Thelen-Fich invites her friends and patrons to attend the Spring Millinery Opening at her shop on Riverside Drive fet Pearl Street, Saturday, April 12. 44-2-fp McHenry High Teacher, WL, Koerner, Chairman of Committee The members of the McHenry Community high school band will go to Naperville on Saturday, where they will play in the band contest to be held in Ffeiffer hall at North Central college, Naperville, on Friday add Saturday. More than fifteen Imnds, representing elementary and high schools of the western suburbs will compete in the North Central district band contest. E. A. Koerner, director of the Naperville High school band and chairman of the committee in charge of the event, has announced a solo contest at 9 o'clock Friday morning in which 175 students of these schools will take part. The bands in this competition have been divided into five classes and the winner in each group will go to the state finals, which are to be held at the University of Illinois, April 25 and 26. Class A includes bands from schools with an enrollment of more-than 600 students; class B represents the bands from institutions with a registration between 250 and 600; class C includes bands from schools with fewer than 250 students; class D is made up of bands organized since September, 1929, and class E is composed of grade school bands. The judges for the event will be Peter J. Nickelson, Otto Brown, Neil Kjos, Clay Smith and M. W» Rosenbarger. ^ ' Five bands of the north central district will not be contestants because they have won district, state or national honors before. They will go directly to the state competition April 25. They will include the Joliet township High school band, Aurora East High school band, Belvidere High school band, Aurora East grade school hand and Joliet grade school band. "On Friday morning, beginning at 9 o'clock, will be the S0I9 contests and Friday afternoon the contest proper will commence with the bands in the A class competing, including tht (Continued on last page.) Unofficial Figures Showed Green a Winner Bat Checkup Pats Peteit 36 Ahead An error in tabulating returns from McHenry third caused disappointment among the friends of Frank J. Green for treasurer on Wednesday when the official canvass disclosed Peteit was winner by 36 votes. The unofficial figures had showed Green a winner by 24. Each received over 4,000 votes and the race was close all the way. The error was caused by the reporters placing Richards' total in Peteit's columns and giving Peteit's figures to Richards in. the third McHenry, precinct. The change was discovered about 4:30 Wednesday afternoon at the court house by the canvassing board. HIGH SCHOOL BASKETEERS VISIT BIG TOURNAMENT Hie boys of the high school basketball teams having one major letter or two miner letters were entitled to a trip to Chicago last Friday, where they attended the semi-finals of the National Basketball tournament at the Bartlett gymnasium. About eighteen boys made the trip and saw three games of the toutna ment, having the pleasure to see the team from Athens, Texas, play, this being the winner of first place in the tournament. Among those who made the trip were: Harold Patrice, Ted Anderson, Richard Wegener, William Brittain, Jack Seigel, Orval Granger, Robert Peterson, Hubert Smith, Maurice Schreiner, Albert Buch, Fred Huemann, Harold Vycital, Raymond Howard, Jack PurVey, Dan O'Shea, Melvin Whiting, and Ford McDonald. They were accompanied by Coach Mc- Cracken, Raymond Howard, Joseph Smith and Charles VycitaL eft; BIRTHS Mr. and Mrs. Gus Carlson of Ringwood announce the" birth of a daughter last Thursday. Mr. and Mrs. James Wolfhope of San Antonio, Texas, announce the birth of a son on April 6. Mrs. Wolfhope was formerly Miss Corabelle McOmber of this city. Mr. and Mrs. George May ot Zenda, Wis., announce the birth of a daughter, born on Sunday, April 6. The former is a son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph May of this city. Mr. and Mrs. John A. Reinert of Elgin announce the birth of a daughter at St. Joseph's hospital, Elgin, on Sunday. Mrs. Reinert was formerly Miss Regina Blake of this city. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Heuser of Chicago are the parents of a son, born at the Lakeview hospital, Chicago, on | jng. April 7. Mrs. Heuser was formerly Miss Helen Weber of this city. Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Butler of Chicago are the happy parents of a son, born April 6 at the Ravenswood hospital. The little fellow will answer to the name of Andrew Henry. FRANK R. REID IS AN EASY WINNER Vvf Opposition To Presort Proves Very Weak--Wins In All Counties According to incomplete ratBVM <i. from the four Eleventh district conn- ^ t;es Frani R. Reid will be returned to congress with a vote so huge that h?s several opponents can hardly>bo said to be in the running. Complete reports have been received from Kane and Will counties, two precincts in DuPage are missing,' while in McHenry county the figures ar < in from twenty-two oat of thirty* one precincts. These figures by counties follows: ^ Reid 1§,593 Kelly 1,202 Bick - _ Orwall -- WBlCewrty Reid Kelly Bick OivaH _ Reid - Orwall Kelljr Bicfc Reid Pick Kelly Orwall Reid - Pick* X.i; M Mi* Keiley 1M&2 Orwall ---- MW STEERING APPARATUS BREAKS; AUTO GOES INTO DITCH Mr. and Mrs. Silas Swale met with an accident Sunday afternoon on their way home from Waukegan. When about three miles the other side of Volo the steering apparatus broke, making it impossible to guide the car which ran off the highway and tipped over. The occupants were badly bruised and the car was wrecked cob* sidecaUy. • !,(»< 1,149 fatal T4M . MILK MBBBNC yv^ The McHenry and Rlngwood locals of the Pure Milk Association will hold a meeting in the auditorium at the Community high school Friday evening, April 11. Don Geyer of Chicago, secretary of the association, will ho the speaker of the evening and the Woodstock quartet will render vocal selections. All members and everyoxw • interested Invited & attend this msefci •, •' Hats that say Easter--$1.00, $1J#6, 12.38, $3.00, $3.50, $3.99, $4.50 and $4.75. Nobby Style Shop. 4&»fp Farm Loans, K. M. Frits, Harvard. PUBLIC CARD PARTY JS The Altar and Rosary sodality <(| St. Patrick's church will sponsor a public card party at St. Patrick^ church hall Sunday evening, April 20. Refreshments, prises and a door prise. 4^2-fp Juat to remind you of the Spring Millinery Opening at Mrs. Thetat- Pick's shop, Riverside Drive at Pearl Street, Saturday, April 18. 444M* ^ V vOh v„:V . &L"" if "li lit'*. • 1