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rOIATME <40 MoHENRY. ILLINOIS. THURSDAt. OCTOBER 11. 1923 NO. 18--"^ ---- WEEKLY EXCHANGES TAKEN FROM THE COLUMNS 5S#F OUR EXCHANGES*! OfttMENT OF NEWS ITEMS IN W CONDENSED FORM FOR BUST "f PEOPLE H The recent judicial election cost Mcffenry county $1,800 or an average list of $8.00 for each of the 688 votes •Mt. Editor John H. Brill of the Hampshire Register and former publisher •jflf the Richmond Gazette, has been .Jjguned postmaster at Hampshire. - Button Bros., Hebron contractors, Itttve started work on a thirty foot etment and steel bridge over the creek two miles south of Harvard on route *». * The Norge Ski club' of Chicago will Wonafce $200 towards the securing of tile right-of-way for state route No. if between Barrington and Fox River ffrove. The Petesson clothing store at Wau- Ipgan was entered'by thieves daring Wednesday night of last week and relieved of about $6,000 worth of suits and overcoats. The only clue Waukegan police have upon which to solve jBie identity of the robbers are their gfcger prints. - Atty. William J. Ryan, son of Mrs. Itary Ryan of Woodstock, a graduate of the Woodstock high school, the Depaw University, Chicago, and also of the law department of the Chicago University, has opened an office in the National Life building in Chicago. • After terrorizing attendants and patients at the Sheridan Roacl santitarium, Waukegan, Charles Hawkins, aged forty-seven, a wealthy farmer of Gurnee, was taken to the Lake eduny jail last Thursday night, but not until he had beaten a nurse and ' |||t a deep gash in his throat. ^Contractor Roach was in Hebron list week to award the contract for the moving of the Methodist church in that village from its present location to the rear of the lot. The present site is to be used for a new church edifice, construction of which is to •tsrt in the very near future. " The first unit of the immense generating plant, under construction for the Public Service company just north of Waukegan, began operating last Friday morning. The big plant will supply electricity for scores of towns and cities in this section of the state. It will cost, when completed, $25,000,- 000. -- ^If the hopes of the board of education of Elgin are realised that city will soon be able to boast of a 300- piece school band. It is the plan to organize both a boys' and girls' band In the high school, while 176 boys of the grade school have also expressed •t willingness to become members of flle band. Lake Villa is rapidly gaining the reputation of being one of the best •ftiall towns to be found anywhere. With a commercial organization of more than ninety live members the Tillage is Betting a pace which many towns two and three times its size And it rather difficult t? follow. Among the things that Lake Villa has Already accomplished are the paving of all of her main streets, the sponsoring of three years of successful horse shows and now the village has a good efcance of landing a $300,000 flax mill. • Andreas Nieson, Long Beach, California, swimming instructor, who was arrested at Lake Geneva, Wis., several weeks ago on a serious charge involving two minor Chicago girls, was sentenced to one year in the state prison a Waupun when his case came op in the county court at Elkhorn, Wj?„ Recently. Sonia Biseglia, a Chicago youth, who was also involved in the affair and released on $500 bail, trill be tried at Elkhorn next week. Nieson and the two girls are being held in that city to act as witnesses jgainst Biseglia. ^ Frank Morris, aged fifty-eight, a , |§rmer residing between Crystal Lake Hid Ridgefield, narrowly escaped death on the main railway crossing at Ridgefield last Wednesday afternoon srtien he was struck by a locomotive. He was driving a team hitched to a Wagon and the fact that the locomotive was moving' very slowly when it •buck him undoubtedly saved his fife. The team was uninjured. The victim was taken to the Woodstock hospital immediately after th^ acci- 4cnt, where it was found that he had suffered several broken ribs, a laceration of one arm and other injuries. f|e will recover. , Obie Johnson, twenty-fire years old, died at the Lake County General . hospital at Waukegan last Thursday aoon as the result of having been fun over by a large truck. The victim of the sad accident, an employe of the Libertyville Engineering com- Jiany, together with a number of other employes, was riding to dinner at gurnee in a large five ton truck when fce lost his hold on the side of the mailiine and slipped underneath same, the rear wheels of which passed over ||is chest and head. He was rushed , tt> the Waukegan hospital, where his 'Heath occurred about twenty minutes lifter his mival a* that TO REMOBEL BUSINESS BLOCK PUSS BUILDING TO UNDBBGO DECIDED CHANGE The Wm. Pries building, corner of Green and Elm streets, is about to undergo changes which will, within the course of the next six or eight weeks, transform the place into the most modern business block in Mc- Henry. According to the plans, which have been under way for some time past, the block is to be divided into $our up-to-date store rooms, all facing Green street. Two of these store rooms will be approximately 18x40 feet, while the other two will be the same length but a trifle wider. Contractor John P. Weber has been awarded the contract for the work and he and his men have already started tearing things up. The outside stairway leading to the hall on the second floor of the building will be done away with and in its place there will be an inside stairway. This will occupy the northeast end of the building. An additional two feet will be purchased of T. J. Walsh on the east side of the building, which will be used as a driveway. It has/been Mr. Pries' desire for some r~fime past to separate the grocery and meat departments of his business and with the change this will be done. The grocery department will occupy the first store room In the north end of the building, next to this will come the meat market, thence another store room which is to be rented and last will be the postoffice. All of the store rooms will be fitted up with the very latest designed fronts, while each room will have all the conveniences usually found in the city stores. There will be a spacious entrance, which will connect the meat and grocery departments in the Pries stores, while a cashier's cage will also be stationed between the two departments. With the installation of the new cashier's cage a system like that used in the larger cities will be inaugurated. Who will occupy the extra store room Mr. Pries was unable to state at the time of being interviewed by a Plaindealer reporter. He has already had several applications for the room, but will not close a deal with anyone until the changes in the block have all been made. Mr. Pries pointed oat that H was the new sewerage system now being installed in this city which has made the change possible. Without the sewerage he would never have undertaken the big change which is now in progress. , ALBERT PURVEY RBENGAGED AS CARE TAfcfCR 50 YEARSAT TRADE LOCAL BLACKSMITH COMPLETES HALF CENTURY?, Members of the McHenry Country club will, no doubt, be pleased to learn that Albert L. PnrVey has been reengaged as caretaker of the grounds for another year. Mr. Purvey, who has acted in this capacity ever since the inauguration of the McHenry links, has proven himself a man of exceptional ability along this line of work. Under his careful supervision the course is rapidly developing into one of the finest in this section of the state, which is saying a great deal when one considers that the links are but two years old. The greens, especially, have been kept up to such a degree as to bring forth many choice compliments from visiting golfers, who regard than as among the finest to be found anywhere. The fairways are growing better right along and by the end of another season these, too, should compare favorably with any to be found in McHenry county. TO REORGANIZE LOCAL LBGION POST A meeting of all ex-service men of this community has been caHed and will take place at the city hall this (Thursday) evening for the purpose of reorganization of the McHenry post. According to the notices which have been mailed to ex-service men, new officers are to be elected, new committees named and plans laid for a big year. It is the hope of those responsible for the calling of this meeting that all ex-service men may be induced to join the local post and thus place same within the front ranks of similar organizations in this section of the state. All will be needed to help boost along the United States bonus, which is now one of the leading questions among ex-service men. FORMAL OPENING OF SPRING GROVE BANK The formal opening of Spring Grove's new banking house, which is now nearing completion, will take place on Saturday, Oct. 27. Invitations to attend the opening are to be mailed out to the patrons and friends of the institution and it is expected that many will take this opportunity of and inspecting the new home of the Spring Grove State bank. A reception will take place from 1:00 until 3:00 p. m. on that day. Hie building was erected by Contractor John P. Weber of this city and is P. J. SCHOEWER ESTABLISHES FINE RECORD AS TRADESMAN --STILL WORKING Fifty years at. the trade and still swinging a wicked hammer is the record to which Peter J. Schoewer, local blacksmith, is able to point to with justly pride. After a half century at the trade and now in his sixty-eighth year of existence, Mr. Schoewer is still conducting a blacksmith shop and, altho he is not able to accomplish as much as he did in the days that have passed by, he may be found at his shop every working day of the week, where he is seen performing the same duties as those assigned to him fifty years ago. It was fifty years ago the first week of this month that he first started in as an apprentice in a blacksmithing and woodworking shop in the little town of Steinenburg, Germany, his birth place, and from that time until the present, with the possible exception of three years, when he served in the German army, he has followed his chosen line of work. Like all tradesmen of his day and back in the old country apprenticeship in all trades meant long hours, hard work and little or no pay. This was his experience. During the first two years he was given his board and washing, while the third year he received just enough compensation over his board and washing with Which to purchase his clothes. After completing his student years he entered another shop, where he learned the horseshoeing end of the business. He worked at the trade up until the time of being called into the service and after completing his term In the army he conducted a shop in his home town for a period of two years, from 1881 to the fall of 1883. About this time a sister, who had made the voyage to America, was describing America and her possibilities in most glowing terms in letters she was sending back home. Attracted by these letter^ and having accumulated enough to pay his passage Mr. Schoewer decided to leave his native land and come to America. He closed up his shop, turned over the unpaid accounts to his father and bade goodbye to the Fatherland. He landed in New York on September 15, 1883, and in Chicago three days later. Arriving in the latter named city on Wednesday,<he lost no time in looking up a job and on the following Friday went to work at his trade. His first job in America paid him $18 per month and board and at j the time of leaving that city to come to McHenry, in 1886, he was making the huge sum of $9.00 per week. The month of October seemed to have been a lucky one for him ever since he started out In life. He arrived in McHenry on October 4, 1886, and shortly after went to work in the woodwork and blacksmith shop then conducted here by the late Richard Bishop. After working there a few years he went to Ringwood and then returned to McHenry, where he worked for a short time for the late Jacob Haupris. In 1892 he built the present shop and here he has been located ever since. During his business career here McHenry has had as high as seven blacksmith shops, while today, due to the advent of the automobile and the more modern farm machinery, the number has dwindled down to four, altho only three of these are doing horseshoeing. In observance of his fiftieth year in the business Mr. Schoewer entertained all of his children at his home here last Sunday, those in attendance being Mr. and Mrs. Jos. M. Schoewer and daughter, Ruth; Mr. and Mrs. Ben M. Schoewer and two children, Mr. and Mrs. George F. Garrity, all of Chicago; Mr. and 1Hrs. Fred C. Schoewer and Hubert P. Schoewer of this city. Mr. and Mrs. Peter King and two children of Chicago were also guests of the day, Mrs. King being a sister of Mrs. Schoewer. The host of honor at this happy gathering is rtijoying the best health in his career and, while he hopes some day to be able to retire from activity, he has no desire of setting aside his tools at this time. Among other blacksmiths and woodworkers of this city who were in the business when Mr. Schoewer started and are still plying their trades are John Pint and Adam Ibsh. ENTERTAINED SLO • KUM CLUB TUESDAY * PETITION NOT SIGNED F * ' „ BY EARL WHITING * In publishing the names of * those who signed the Hoy peti- * tion asking that Fremont Hoy * and his sons be tried in another **• * county, the name of Earl Whit- * * ing of McHenry was included. * * This was an error, however, * * and the name should not have * * appeared as Mr. Whiting was * * not one of the men who signed * * an affidavit stating that the * * Hoys could not get a fair trial * * in McHenry county. We are * * sorry that Mr. Whiting's name * * was printed in this connection * * and are pleased to make the * * correction. • * • ' ' • • • . • FIRST NUMBER OF LYCEUM MONTAGUE LIGHT OPERA CO. TO BE HERE OCT. IS John Eichenberger, manager of the Montague Light Opera company, who will appear here on the lyceum course Saturday evening, Oct. 13, recently •eceived the following personal letter of appreciation from Charles Wakefield Cadman, well known composer of "From the Land of the Sky Blue Water:" "I just want to tell you what a delightful evening you gave me recently in a town in Pennsylvania, where I stopped over between trains. I did not expect to hear such a group of real musicians and entertainers when I went to the hall, because the advance information and notices in your circulars did not make your merit and worth half what it deserved, and let rae say right here that this is a good policy, too. False press agenting has killed many good attractions. It is better to be 'agreeably disappointed* than otherwise, and this was your case. From the first number on your program, thru the duets and concerted numbers and th4 tabloid operetta, so cleverly sung and acted, the evening was a delight. I was glad to see the audience rise to it all as I did. "Good luck to you in every way possible. Cordially, "Charles Wakefield Cadman." The Montague Light Opera company is one of the standard lyceum attractions! It consists of four artists of rare attainments. • SIGN MAIN STREET PAVING PETITION MOTHERJS_ CALLED MRS. ANTON M. SCHMITT DIES . AT OAK PARK HOSPITAL A petition, asking for the paving of Main street from the depot to the new community high school, which has been in circulation among the property owners along that thorofare for some time past, has been signed by most of the residents along that street, so we are informed. It is the plan of those who have been pushing the proposed improvement to have things all shaped up so that paving on this stretch may start just as soon as possible. It is their further hope that the property owners will also connect up with the sewerage at an early date and if this is done there will be no cause for delaying the other contemplated improvement. While the Main street petition was the first to be circulated, it is our understanding that an effort is also to be made to sign up property owners along the othek main streets of town for the paving improvement. There seems) to be no let up to the improvement "'bug" in McHenry and within the course of the nest Ave years the old town will have been changed from that of a back number to one of the most modern small cities in this section. NEW SERVICE LINE TO SUBDIVISION The Public Service and Illinois Bell Telephone companies are this week completing new service lines from this city to the Owen, Stenger ft Allen subdivision on the west shore of Fox river a short distance south of here. The poles for the new service were set last week and workmen are\now engaged in stringing the wires ihat Will soon carry electric and telephone service to home owners along this beautiful stretch of our river. The service has been obtained thru the efforts of the owners of the subdivision, who are bearing the expense of same, but who will be re-embursed as rapidly as home owners connect up. The installation of these conveniences means a great deal to those who already own homes as well as those who purchase lots and build in the future. W£BPJNG DANCE AT JOHNSBURG WEDNESDAY NIGHT »• * • • • - ^ The members of the Slo Kum club were most delightfully entertained by Mr. and Mrs. Henry Foss at their home at Rosedale on Tuesdgy evening of this week, Oct. 9. Five hundred furnished the evening's entertainment and honors were awarded as follows: High scores, .Mrs. S. J. Frazer and Loren Martin; low score?, Miss Pearl Claxton and S. J. Frazer. Delicious A wedding dance will take place at Jonas' hall, formerly "Stubby" Smith's place, Johnsburg, on Wednesday evening of next week, Oct. 17. The music for the occasion will be furnished by the Fox River Five of McHenry. The management extends a cordial invitation to everyone to attend. Dance tickets, 90 cents; wit tax, 10 cents; total, $1.00, A carload of potatoes, lit for winter storage. Leave your orders with M. 40. : > * ! CHILD BORN LAST THURSDAY, MOTHER PASSED AWAY SUNDAY MORNING \ A very sad gloom was oast over the rural community last Sunday morning when it became known that Mrs. Anton M. Schmitt, wife of one of the most prominent and best known McHenry township farmers, had passed away at the Oak Park hospital, Chicago, that morning. Mrs. Schmitt was taken to the Oak Park institution on Monday, Oct. 1, and on last Thursday a daughter was born. The joy of the parents over the arrival of the daughter, however, was short-lived as the mother became critically ill and in spite of the best of medical attention and care she passed away at nine o'clock on Sunday morning, thus leaving the heartbroken husband alone in the world with an eighteen-month-old boy and the infant which arrived on Thursday. Katherine Lay, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Martin Lay, was born at Johnsburg on May 4, 1889. Here she was reared to womanhood. She attended the St. John's parochial school, was baptised, made her first communion and was confirmed aff St. John's Catholic church, of which she was a faithful member during her entire life. She was twice married, her first husband, Peter N. Freund, passing away on Feb. 17, 1917. Her second marriage to Anton M. Schmitt occurred at St. John's Catholic church at Johnsburg less than four years ago, on May 5, 1920. After her second marriage she went to make her home on the farm of her husband, located near the Chapel Hill golf grounds on the McHenry-Plstakee Bay road. Here, in a comfortable new home and the companionship of a devoted husband and the little son, she lived happily until last week, when she became suddenly ill, her condition being such that, upon the advice of the family physician, she was taken to the Oak Park hospital. The deceased was a member of St. Agatha court, W. C. O. F., and the Christian Mothers' society of Johnsburg and also of the Spring Grove chapter, Mystic Workers of the World. Mrs. Schmitt was a woman of many high traits of character. As a member of the various societies to which she belonged she was given many opportunities to exercise her charitable and loving disposition, while her duties in the home were discharged as only a loving wife and mother knows how. Her untimely and very much unexpected death came as a great blow to her husband, who has the sincere sympathy of our people in this, his saddest hour of misfortune. The funeral took place from the late home and thence from St. John's Catholic church at Johnsburg at 9:30 o'clock on Wednesday morning of this week. Scores of relatives and friends gathered to pay their last respects to one whom they had learned to love. Rev. Wm. Weber performed the last sad rites and interment was made in the family lot in St. John's cemetery. POPULAR PASTOR GIVEN FAREWELL SURPRI8E BETTER PROGRESS ONEASTROAD GANG ON WOODSTOCK ROAD NOT GOING SO GOOD Unless exceptionally fine weather prevails for the next two^months it is very doubtful if either one of our road jobs will be completed this fall. Over on the Volo stretch better progress is being made as the days pass by, but the gang on the Woodstock job is not doing so well. The Dunnigan gang, working between this city and Volo, laid their longest stretch of cement on Tuesday of this week, when 460. feet were completed. Yesterday another good stretch was laid, but even at this rate the entire contract could not possibly be completed this fall unless the brand of weather we are now experiencing will be kept up for the next six or eight weeks. All told a trifle over one mile of cement has been laid on the Vote stretch up to last evening. Over on the Woodstocic road the contractor has been experiencing more or less trouble in keeping supplied with gravel. The pit from which the gravel has been taken since the start of operations seems to h&ve given out and owing to this condition all of the course gravel is now being shipped in. This has proven a great handicap andi unless more speed is shown by this gang the road will be far from completed by the time the work is stopped on account of cold weather. While many of our people had been living in the hope that both of these stretches would be completed this fall, there is now very little likelihood that this wiU Come to pass, and we might just as well make up our minds that we will Wave to wait until some time next year before the new roads can be enjoyed. v CLEMENT"LODGE ON FOX RIVER IS SOLD A farewell party was tendered Rev. Raymond Sanger at the Woodman hall in this city last Thursday evening. The affair was in the nature of a surprise and was attended by members of $ie church and friends to the number of seventy-eight. A short program, during which talks were given by Superintendent of Schools C. H. Duker and O. G. Treadway of Chicago, who had charge of McHenry's school system three years ago, was greatly enjoyed by the guests. Both gentlemen, during the course of their talks, complimented Mr. Sanger very highly on the good accomplished during his ministry here and the enthusiasm established in the church as well as the Sunday school. Games made up the balance of the evening's pleasures, after which refreshments were served. Mr. Sanger was presented with a purse of ft bout $16 at the close of the evening and, after expressing regret on his leaving McHenry, all left for their homes feeling that a most enjoyable time had been spent. Rev Sanger, accompanied by his mother, left today to take up his new charge at Winthrop Harbor. McHENRY LAUNDRY TO CLOSE NEXT SAI (1KBAY The Model laundry of this city will close down for the winter next Saturday. The proprietors have made arrangements with John Stoffel on the West Side, Lee Kercher In Centerville and Bishop & Olson in old town whereby they will act as agents for the laundry during the winter's closedown. Thus, beginning next Monday morning, all wash intended for the local laundry may be left at any one of the three places named above, from whence it will be sent out of town for j washing. There will be no deliveries [after nert Saturday. A- tats just been consummated whereby Robert F. Clement of Chicago has sold, thru Ben Stilling ft Son of this city, the summer resort property known as Clement Lodge, located on the east shore of Fox river a short distance south of McHenry. The purchasers of the property, which consists of the summer home and four acres of land, are Mr. and Mrs. Ben J. Dietz,.also of Chicago. Possession has already been given. In the sale Mr. Clement reserves two river front as well as five or six rear lots and, according to our • information, this community will not lose the Clement family as summer resorters as they are planning on the erection of a new summer home on one of the lots thus reserved. The property was purchased by Mr. Clement from Dr. D. G. Wells and John Barbian in 1912 and since coming into possession of same the tract has been greatly improved. One hundred apple and fruit trees have been planted, while considerable money has also been spent in beautifying the spot in many other ways. FIRST HOME GAME OF * FOOT BALL FOR McHENRY A good game of foot ball may be expected when Genoa and McHenry meet on our field Saturday of this week. The two teams met in a practice game last Saturday and came out even, with good playing on both sides. Neither team has played foot ball before this season. This is the only game of the season scheduled to be played in McHenry. Our boys have worked hard in learning the game this season. They have been out every practice afternoon practically 100 per cent. The students and foot ball fans of McHenry should turn out and give the team their support. Game starts at 2:30 p. m. and will be played at the ball park. Next Wednesday afternoon the boys go to Woodstock for a practice game and on next Saturday afternoon they will travel to Libertyville to meet a seasoned team. LALLINGERS ARRIVED HOME FROM THE WEST Mr. and Mrs. Albert Lallinger and daughter, who left McHenry last fall for California, where they nave been spending the past year, arrived back in town late la6t Thursday evening, both trips having been made in their Chevrolet sedan which they purchased from the local dealer, John W. Schaffer, shortly before their departure for the West. The family will again take up their home on the Woodstock raad, where they will remain for the winter at least. Mrs. Lallinger s mother is expected to ,arrive from Germany very shortly, who will make her home with the daughter. The family was very much impressed With the West an.d may some day return to make it their permanent home. TENDERED SURPRISE Mr. and Mrs. James N. Sayler were tendered a surprise at their home on Main slreet last Friday evening by the members of the L. E C. club, the occasion being their fourteenth Wedding anniversary. The evening wai passed at five hundred, after which refreshments, furnished by the guests, were served. Mr. and Mrs. Sayler were presented with a set of sherbets. ITEMS OF INTEREST AS P1CKEB UP BY PLAINOEALER f REPORTERS DURING WEBC V WHAT PEOPLE ARE DOING IN M THIS VILLAGE AND IMMEDI- IJ ATE VICINITY ' 1 Dalby underw^r«*rwomen children. Smith's. ^ Splendid new patterns of wall paper carried in stock at Ericlcson's. .j The famous Allen A Black Cat If hosiery for all the family at Erick- |i| son's store. Another carload of Red River Ohior'^ potatoes. Telephone your order to- v~| day. I. Levinson, phone II9-R. Jj Prepare for the winter by ordering *'^1 your potatoes new. A carload, fi€fto'W'|| winter storage jusft in. M. M. Nieeea, fl phone 40. Stoop, look and listen. I am now ^ ready to cry your farm auction sales. Wm. G. Schreiner, phone 93-R, Mc- Henry, 111. 5 Both banks here will be cloaed aD-'">f day tomorrow (Friday), Cafambasi:0 day. Patrons _ will kindly hear this i fact in mind. / fc; Mrs. Delia Matthews is a new em- f |t| ploye at the local exchaneg of the Illinois Bell Telephone company, having started work last week. - They are still getting than at that * old game of "dill-doving." Last week*^l| a real hunting party was pulled off in a woods near this city. A young man from Elgin is said to have bean the . victim. V Altho the dust has been almost unbearable, our streets have once more ^ been put back in passable condition. ' On Monday and Tuesday some of the main thorofares were given a good ^ drenching, which relieved the dust ^ nuisance for a short time at least. : A forty hour devotional service came to a close at St. Patrick's Cath- s olic church in this city last Sunday evening. The special services were very well attended, while the church was well filled by worshippers who 3 had gathered for the impressive doeing. • Mrs. Margaret Wallace, who has moved from the Wm. J. Welch house; on Waukegan street to the Vycital fiat, wishes to announce to the public that'her ^ new telephone number is jfij 138-R. Communication with her sis- - ter, Mrs. Earl Cornish, who resides"; with her, may be had over the same-." ;,:/ phone. J0 The sewer trench digging machine, * ^ 2 traveling west on John street, has ^fed now reached Center street and if the same progt-^ss that has been made ,;r during the past few days can beV'~^ maintained the John street stretch should be completed very shortly. Work on the disposal plant, in spite of the water handicap, is also pro-: gressing favorably. • The entertainment, aa presented the Metropolitan Glee club and Swiss Bell Ringers, under the auspices of J the McHenry chapter of the American |J| Red Cross, at the Empire theatre on Monday evening of this week, brought : |f out a good crowd. The entertainment | was very well received. The receipts, above expenses, are to be turned over ^ to the Japanese relief fund. ^ Miss Verona Niesen, assistant r '& cashier of the West McHenry State bank, underwent quite a serious oper- :. ation at the Garfield Park hospital in rv1jj| Chicago on Tuesday of this week. ^ Reports from the hospital, since the .5^ operation, are to the effect that the >1 patient is getting along as well as might be expected. Her place at the ' -i bank during her absence j* being j filled by Miss Viola Stilling. "* ' I Mayor D. G. Wells this Bsorning re- ^ ^ ceived official notification of a visit ^ to Mooseheart, near Aurora, of Ex- Premier Lloyd George of England, , p who is touring this country at the present time. The distinguished visitor will speak at the above mentioned place at 9:30 o'clock next Tuesday morning, Oct. 16. No doubt a number from this community will be among the 100,000 people who, are expected to hear the speech. The Fox River Valley Coach toMat Elgin, organized to operate motor ; ^ buses between Elgin and nearby cities y^- and towns, was incorporated at Springfield yesterday, file capital V w VS I M • K. . .V-v stock of the line is placed at $25,000. 14 is the plan of the new.line to continue the service as established by the Smith Bus line last summer and which was discontinued only a short time : ago. The towns which the new line v expects to reach are Dundee, Carpentersville, Algonquin, Crystal L*ka,» Woodstock and McHenry. Two small boys, who thoughtlessly . threw stones into the Universal is t church during the services last Sunday morning, were given a sound lec- ^ ^ ture by Officer Jack Walsh the follow- ^ ing morning. They were warned , ^ never to let such a thing happen ; again. This is a serious offense and should this happen again the offenders ^ $ are quite certain of spending a night ^ ^ in jail and a trip over to Woodstock. ^ Boys, let this be a lesson never to be forgotten. Always remember that ^ church or religious services of aay -l nature should never be dbuibed. i;-5/ • • if