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v •' I : '.'- ':'i^">V'-:;-K: > - • • , FLAINDKALEX, THURSDAY, APRIL 15, IMS '- t T1TR LATEST NEWS « ITNV 1D\AA TS OF YOKE Plaindealer Items Twenty-five Years Ago William Ryes died at the residence of John Herbes on Wednesday morning. The funeral was held from St. Mary's German Catholic church on Thursday morning and the body was laid to rest in the cemetery adjoining. Gilbert Bros., the hustling grocery firm, will have their soda and ice cream parlors open to the public on next Sunday, April 14. It is not necessary to mention the quality of the drinks they serve., You have tested them. Andrew Kennedy and wife, of Harvard, Nebraska, arrived here Friday morning and are guests of H. C. Mead and wife. They are 86 and 83 years old and have made a jour- Radio Fans,/ Look! I We have a limited numb&r of 2-tube radio self,': which we will sell very reasonably for the nex$ few days. If you want ft radio, here is the chance you haife been waiting f^;: Better see them soon, for they cannot last long at the price we have put on them. i - W. L. Howell 6 Co. / / Battery ^Station RIVERSIDE DRIVE CASH GROCERY AND MARKET ALBERT BARBIAN, Proprietor PORK AND BEANS, Lake View Brand, 3 ^r 25* MINCE MEAT, Batavia Brand per package, 15* 1 GAL. THERMOS JUG, filled with 3 lbs. Arbuckles best coffee, each $3.00 SUNBRITE CLEANSER, 2 cans for 11* EATING APPLES^ 3 lbs. for 25* ORANGES, medium size, Sunkist~ per dozen, 30* CHOICE TENDER POT ROAST, f per lb. 21* HOUND STEAK, / per lb. 29* WE OFFER ONLY THE BEST FOR SALE Mr. and Mrs. Kennedy are among the oldest settlers having settled in McHenry county in 1837 in the town of Richmond. They are the parents of Mrs. H. C. Mead of this city and are widely known in this section. Mr. and Mrs. P. S. Myers of Racine, Wis., are the parents of a baby daughter, born on Monday evening. Mrs. Mayes is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. L. E. Bennett of McHenry. E. C. Howard, who recently purchased the Mineola hotel at Fox Lake, is building an addition and when it is completed, will have a house that is modern in every respect, with over one hundred rooms. Ed Norton was the victim of a very serious accident recently. He was employed by Ed Howard of Fox Lake to excavate for his new building and was thus engaged when struck by a falling beam. His head was severely cut and he Sustained a number of bruises. Eleven stitches were required to close the wound. Dr. Wells of this place was the physician in attendance. The Easter dance held in Stoffel's hall was attended by a large crowd. Many of the neighboring towns were represented by large delegations of young people. It is a potent fact that the popularity of the Stoffel dances is still in the ascendancy. The music was furnished by Baernstein's orchestra and the supper was the usual sumptuous affair which Mrs. Stoffel so well understands how to serve. Dunnil Bros, new house is completed and will be a popular resort of the sportsmen this season. The offering of buter on the Elgin board of trade on Monday was f.,400 pounds but no sales were made. The official market was made steady at 21 cents. The sales for the week were 018,000 pounds. Guy Lemmers of Woodstock has purchased the Hebron Tribune from Dr. E. V. Brown. Mr. Lemmers is a capable newspaper man and it is our opinion that Hebron will have a good local paper as any town in Northern Illinois. WEEKLY EXCHANGE ITEMS OF INTEREST TAKEN FROM COLUMNS OF OUR EXCHANGES * Dog Live* in the Preaent The great difference between dog and man Is that th« dog has hardly any power of looking into the future. Mnn spends most of. his time thinking of what Is going to happen tomorrow, next week, or next year. an<1 preparing for it. To a dog the present la the only thing that counts. It Is true that a dog will hury ft bone to be dug up later on. tint in doing so he does not say to hlniMetr, M| am not hungry now; I may he hungry tomorrow. Therefore, I will make provision." The act Is merely instinctive, and to he compared with the storing of nuts by the squirrel or the dormouse. ' Antler• of Deer Deer antlers are shed each year, usually soon after the close of the breeding season, to be renewed the following spring. Sometimes antlers are straight and uiihranched, but usually there are branches, called tines or snags, and the number of these Increases with age. so that the finest antlers are on fully matured males. The Greatest Month More commercial firms took deliveries of Graham Brothers Trucks in March than in any month in the Company's history- January set a record, February brought another--and March surpassed them both. When you realize that Graham Brothers are the largest exclusive truck manufacturers in the world this statement becomes a business message of genuine importance. Record sales under such circumstances are the best possible confix mation of superior service. -V*': ,**> 1 Ton Chassis - - IVfc Ton Chassis MBM Low Chassis Delivered $1017.00 1291.48 1342.00 James Morrow & Sons Waukegan and McHenry TRUCKS SOLD BY DODGE BROTHERS, DEALERS EVERYWHERB Assortment of News Items In Condensed Form For Busy People Mrs. Delia Sherwood, for many years a teacher in the public schools of Fox Lake, passed away on Sunday morning of last week at 4 o'clock, after a short illness of pneumonia. Mrs. Sherwood was taken ill on the Tuesday previous, when her car became stalled in the blizzard and she suffered from exposure. Pneumonia set in, and death followed. One of the biggest deals in acreage property inside the corporate limits of the city, of Waukegan, was reported recently when it was learned that the Bauman farm of ninetytwo acres, and the Sokup farm of ten acres, have been sold to Earl J. Cooper and associates of Evanston for a reported consideration of |125,000. L. A. Griffin, representing Baird and Wardner, real estate brokers, of Chicago, negotiated the deal, acting for both parties. The Belvidere High School Athletic Association has paid the Harvard Association the sum of $17 to. cover expenses of the Harvard basketball squad who played in that city and to pay advertising expenses incurred on the Harvard-Belvidere game which the Boone county unit refused to play in Harvard. This action was brought about following a decision of the board of appeals of the Illinois High School Athletic Association to whom liar vard officials presented their case. The dispute came over what Harvard claimed to be unsportsmanship on the part of Belvidere. Citizens of Williams Bay, Wis., are having an interesting conflict about village improvements, waterworks, or a sewer system, offering the points for contention. Opponents of the project say its installation will entail too much expense and that the im provements are not»justified by conditions. Supporters of improvement* contend it is incumbent on William Bay to exert itself to keep pace with conditions about Lake Geneva and tillages of like si-e. William Elm.r 7 rboss, forme Hebron resident, comni.tted suicide a his home in Kenosha on tue luurnni of Easter Sunday. He had been ii poor health for some time and it i.- thought that this preyed upon hi mind to such an extent that he be came despondent. Arising in the morning, he told his wife that he was going to end it all and grabbing 32 calibre revolver which he had used when a member of the police force, he rushed into the bathroom, closed the door and holding his foot against it placed the gun to his temple and fir ed a shot before his wife could pre vent the tragedy. Michael J. Haney of Waukegan, an insurance broker, has decided to do One of two things; either start a pri vate hospital of his own or to lease room in the hospital by the year During the last year, members of his family have occupied a room at the Victory Memorial Hospital on twelve different occasions. "Mike" thinks that he might be abty to get rates if he leased a private room at the hospital by the year. Contracts totalling $6,795.80, providing improvements to certain of the public school buildings of Elgin were approved by the board of education on Thursday evening of last week. In accordance with the order of the fire marshal, the board let a $1,849 contract to the Otto Biefield Company of Watertown, Wis., for the construction of two additional fire escapes at the high school on either side of the gymnasium room", the level of the running track to the ground. Another contract of $409 was let to the Biefield company for the re-construction of the fire escape on the north side of the high school east wing. Sam T. Peterson, senior partner in the defunct Charles Rippberger Co., paid a fine of $2C7 and costs amounting to $68.21, in the circuit court at Geneva on last Thursday morning, representing the punishment meted out to him by a jury that found him guilty of accepting money as banker after insolvency. M. Peterson's attorney, Charles Seidel of Elgin, tendered the court a check for $335.21, Covering the fine and the costs in the case. Hearing upon a motion to enter judgment on the verdict and pass aenence in regard o Waler C. Rippberger, the other member of the firm was continued to May 17. Rippberger was found guilty of the same charge and the jury fixed his penalty at a like fine of $267 and a penitentiary sentence of from one to three fears. Woodstock talent made a hit with those who listened in on WJJD, the jlifooseheart station, between the hours Of eight and nine on Thursday night «f last week. Attorney Floyd. E. Eckert gave a ten mipute talk on Wookftock. Following the address, an Interesting program was given. A telegram was received by the American Terra Cotta and Ceramic Co., from a building concern in Detroit, for a 20 story hotel that is being built there. The order is a large ©ne, calling for 450 tons of the factory material. Work of filling the order has begun. The hotel will be one of every modern convenience as well as very beautiful. Joseph H. Feffer of Crystal Lake suffered a sprained back and his left leg was injured when the automobile which he was driving was struck by another and turned over. Mr. Feffer %as returning from Woodstock on Monday night of last week, on route 19 and was near Ridgefield when the accident happened. / William H. Whipp$ widely knovra and prominent former living on the Sycamore and Genoa road was ^ Struck by an auto and killed recently j tm the Beloit-Rockford road opposite ) the Wilgis sanitarium, a Rockford*' iiMtitutfoa. At thf iafOMt, which was held, Roy Wilbur, driver of thg' auto on his way from Granite City Illinois, to Aberdeen, N. D., was ex onerated by the coroner's jury, and A verdict of accidental death was returned. The purchase of five of the oldest and largest farms between Elgin and Dundee on the east side of the Fox river by G. H. Jacobsen of Chicago was recently announced by Donald M. Patterson, business associate of of Mr. Jacobsen. Mr. Jacobsen plans calling for public piers along the river front, 2000 feet of walks, and, if feasible, to create an artificial lake and a swimming pool, fed by natural springs. Several acres may be reserved for a park and a flower gar-*! den. ° Dairy Cost Accounting i About thirty farmers about the; county^will cooperate in conducting cost accounting records in carrying1 on their dairy enterprises. This project was initiated by the Farm Bureau and the Farm Management Department of the U. of I. and will be given upervision throughout the year by Melvin Olson and Roy Leonard, cow testers of the McHenry County Herd Improvement Association. What does it cost to produce 100 pounds of milk? Just how much milk must a cow give in order to pay her board and keep?" What is the difference in profit between a 5,000 pound cow and a 10,000 pound cow? How will dairy profits be influenced by raising nearly all the feeds for the herd in comparison with buying ibout all the feeds consumed? These and a number of other important luestions will be answered largely by he careful accounts kept by the co- >perators in this special project. Dairying is a rather complicated and pecialized form of farming and to make money ~at the enterprise retires that the dairyman be pretty .veil posted on the selection of dairy stock, feeds and feeding, care, etc. Of course the market price of his milk >r cream has a very important bearng on his profits, but this under iresent conditions he can control but little so his main concern is with the iroblems within his own farm fences. Definite records from thirty or more farms about the county will point the vay to greater success with the dairy herd and make for better farm living. Election is But we are still here and serving the voters and families with light lunches, ice cream and soft drinks. Come on over. t K A R L S Riverside Drive McHenry MILLER'S STORE GENERAL MERCHANDISE Phone 114-R A good place to Trade in all kinds, of Weather F Jqs. J. MiUer,Prop., McHenry, Am6iguou< The carol singers were having an irguinent. "Look here. Rinks," said the leader, i ihi.< enrol Is to be a success you i i >'n'? louder." -lilt!;.* I'm singing as loud as i an. \VII:I( more can I d6? "Be enthusiastic; open your mouth tnd throw yourself in!"--Pt arson's Vwkly. Plaindeators at Bolgers QUALITY PLUS SERVICE Shinner's Packing Plant OPPOSITE C. & N. W. DEPOT RICHMOND, ILLINOIS Buy Direct - - - Save Half SATURDAY, APRIL 17 Special Bargain Day BONELESS SIRLOIN BUTTS, per lb. 16 26c PORK SHOULDER ROAST per lb. PORK LOINS, small and lean, per lb*^. PICNIC HAMS, sugar cured, per lb. SKINNED HAMS, 22-25 lb. average, per lb. 25* SKINNED HAMs! 14-16 lb. average, per lb! 30<? DRY SUGAR CURED BACON, per lb. 27* OLD FASHIONED HOME MADE PURE PORK SAUSAGE, 5 LBS- 85* ;; PURE LARD, in 30 lb. tubs, per lb. 16k 5 lb. BOLOGNA and 5 lb. FRANKF0RT8, 10 lb. box $1.75 «• FANCY STEER CHUCKS per lb. 14* BRING YOUR POULTRY. EGGS AND VEAL TO US, WE PAY CASH PHONE ,103 E. G. Shinner & Co. I "T < • Incorporated Deep, Luxurious Cushion * Tfresfoite Full Size Gum Dipped Cords Big, broad, ultra-flexible, real low-pressure tire_tires that provide greater Tiding comfort than any other equipment made -- Firestone * Full-size Gum-Dipped Balloons. Gum dipping--the secret of their excellence--makes possible their unusual elasticity--it is the means whereby the whole cord structure of the tif# is B%ftde more flexible and, at the same time, much more strong. Gum-Dipping is an exclusively Firestone process. Sales Service Knox Motor Sales McHenry, 111. Phone 30 and 31