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"BOUND" TO WIN OR LOSE mm®. 2® «• a ^ "' • •" • *' r v.- v.-y . **-•«* •«;< ,* V"' * ,„*%. . „ , , « K •T • :;:'v : * 5 A town cannot progress any faster than the people in it. They are "bound" to win or lose together. If the individuals comprising a. city lack foresight and enterprise, they not only retard their own chances of success, but they hold back the town's chances as well. On the other hand, a vigorous and progressive citizenship sets a rapid pace and the community keeps pace with it. This close relationship between individu^ l and community effort should never be overlooked. If the town is not making as much headway as some of us might think it should, it may be because something is holding it back. We must remember that cities have characteristics the same as people and McHenry's characteristics represents the average of those living-here. Therefore it is up to all of us to keep alive the spirit of progressiveness in order that this shall be the dominating spirit of the community. SELL IT WITH A CLASSIFIED AD IN THE PLAINDEALER Qualify Tires and Battery Charging and Vulcanizing Alt kinds of tire And batter^ repairs. Alt repair work guaranteed. WILLARD AND GLOBE BATTERIES . Walter J. Freund Tire and Battery Shop WKST M'HSOTtY, IUL W>- Dividend Notice THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS of Public Service' Company of Northern Illinois has declare^ • t the regular quarterly dividend of $1.50 per shaft on the Company's 6% Preferred Stock, $1.75 pc* share on the 7% Preferred Stock, and $2.00 per sharn on the Common Stock, payable November 1,192(1^ . to stockholders of record, at the close of business, October 15, 1926. QEORQE R. JONES, Treasum This U the 60th consecutive quarterly payment by th* Company to ita common and preferred atockholders,; the 99th consecutive dividend, indue payments of the Company's principal the PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY OF NORTHERN ILLINOIS Serving 6,000 square miles--278 cities and towns--with Qas and EleSridty The Common and Preferred Stocks of Pid$c Service Company of Northern Illinois are listed onThe Chicago Stock Exchange' TFFLS *955 ALONG LIFE'S TRAIL By THOMAS ARKLE*CLAftlt Dcaa *f M«m, I'ltveniltr of Illinois. K NO INFLUENCE' ' : *•- •) , i- KITH was a very modest mnfi Who weight of bis influence in the community. When matters came op for discussion in the church or In the community. Keith was invariably present, but he did not enter into the discussion. He listened, simply, he held his own opinions, no doubt, but he said nothing. "I wish you'd come out to the meeting tomorrow night, Mr. Keith," the minister would say when the problem of a new <;hurch was before the congregation. "I haven't any Influence," Keith would reply.. And yet When the p»«"« were made and subscriptions were asked for it was Keith who came forward moat generously. His pew was never empty on Sunday morning. One could almost start the services on his arrival, for his coming was timed accurately. When Cora Barnes was on the verge of a nervous breakdown from looking after an Invalid family, it was he who sent a nurse to the house and packed Cora off for a two weeks' vacation and rest in the North woods. He never was elected to office so far as I remember--other more aggressive and more Influential men got these recognitions, but he knew more about the schools, and how they were run, and the associated charities, and the management of things In town than anyone else. He was a very quiet man at home. He said little, he laid down few laws for his children, he went about the work of the day without fuss or flurry. "Father never tells us not to do things," Keith's son said to me one day, "but he never does or says anything that he would net want us to do. He lives as he would like to have us live." Keith said that he had no Influence, and yet I have no doubt that he was the most Influential man in the community. We influence people less by what w& say than by what we do. Those who looked on and saw the sacrifices that Keith made to support worthy causes gave more generously than they would otherwise have done because of his Riving. I know that I went to church more regularly than 1 would have been likely to do if I had not been ashamed to stay away when I saw how faithful and rejhilnr he was*. It was the quiet, regular influence of his living that made Keith a power In his home and in the community. ) THE LINKS REFEREE; 0 0 0 Interpretation* of the Ride* \ 1 of Golf ' 0 By INN1S BROWN \ \ 0 (Managing Editor, The American 0 J Golfer) J What is the player entitled to do under the following conditions: A ball is driven into a wide shallow sand trap, through which boards have been laid for players to cross. The player finds his ball lying in a crack between two of these boards so that it is quite impossible to play it. Must the player under the above conditions call his bail unplayable, and go back and play another f The player is not required to call the ball unplayable. The rules give him the right to lift or move any steps, ladders, boards or other objects placed in the hazard for entering and leaving it. Also if In moving these the ball is accidentally moved, it Is replaced, therfe being no penalty inflicted for this. What is the penalty if a player's caddie stops his ball in medal playt The player loses a stroke, unless the caddie happens to be standing at the hole to handle the flag and the ball Is played from twenty yards or less of the hole. In such a case, the penalty Is two strokes. (A kr th* Ball Srndleat*. lie.) Foolish Spelling Advocate* of simplified spelling say scornfully that beeause of the various arbitrary spellings for sounds used In the English hingunge there are 013.975 ways in which the word "foolish" might be spelled. Well, sometimes we think the human race needs all of therm ^r'h lladelphia Wecnrd. X A & Tomorrow is the wedding anniversary. It has been a great and happy year, and we still think Sara is the finest in the world. We think so because--• She never complains when we drop ashes on the floor; she never moves our favorite easy chair to strange locations; she reads our stuff, sometimes t she still has her hair; she doesn't ask us "Are you SURE you were at the office? She doesn't think that a cup of tea and a salad constitute a meal; she doesn't spend more money than we can earn; she doesn't think she is a better driver i than we are; she doesn't insist on j A. dragging us off to dances and other ; Y affairs where we will be bored stiff; I V she never keeps us waiting more than! ^ a half hour; she never complains when ^ we use the guest towel, by accident; jjfc she doesn't ask silly questions when we speak to a strange lady; we can;<2> spill our coffee all over the best table! cloth and she doesn't say a word; she % never tells us about the beaus she used to have; we can carry a letter around in our pocket a week before remembering to mail it and still keep the peace; she doesn't leave dirty dishes overnight in the kitchen sink; she's more interested in having us comfortable and in making our house a home than in movements to uplift the starving Plunkwhatians of Whatsitoyn; and she's generally a good pal and a good sport and nearly always fair and reasonable and agreeable. If these aren't the specifications for a perfect wife, what are they? T t t When I grow gray and men shall say to me, "What was the worth of i V living, truly told? Lo.^thou hast lived !<$» thy life out; thou art old; thou hastjj^ gathered fruit from many a green- ^ leafed tree, and kissed love's lips by ^ many a summer sea, and twined soft hands in locks of shining gold, but all the days are dead days now, behold! Life passes onward,--what is life to thee?" Then will I answer-- as thy gracious eyes, love, gleam upon me from dim-off skies--"Lif^ has its endless, deathless charm-- and still that charm, weaves rapture around me at my sunsets,--and the sea." „ ». --i There is no chance to save mankind unless the girls put on longer skirts and quit lookfri' so damation beautiful that a feller can't keep his mind on his work. If I were a boy, I tell you what, I'm sure I would be right on the dot; I would not ask all my folks to wait because I came from my pay so late. If I were a boy I'd try to mind; I'd know my parents were always kind, and though their reasons I could not see, I'd know they'd do what was best for me. ' I'd be a good sport in every game, and if I played wrong I'd take the blame. I'd bear a loss with a cheerful grin, knowing a chap could not always win. And I'd be kind to the poor, and old; oh, I would be just as good a? gold, the kind of chap the folks would enjoy--'that's what I would--if I were a boy. It is a pleasure to lend cigarettes and matches to some men, especially those who do not say they left "a whole package in my other coat out home." Well, I've heard my share o' music, an' it's stirred my heart so deep that I sometimes dream o' angels twangin' harps while I'm asleep. I can sit in' listen, quiet, for a month or two at least* to a male quartet awhinin' with their tonsile pointin' east. An' a band that gits to blarin' on a platform or the street, is a plumb inticin' matter to the bottoms o' my i!66ta When a pretty girl's a-singin' from a throat that's like a wren's--well, I kind o' git to snifflin, an' I want to kiss my frien's. But from all the kinds o* music: that appeal to me at all, I'll iest choose a pack o' beagles chasin rabbits in the fall! New dress fabrics for fall and winter wear Erickson's Dept. Store. A Critical Point in Building ' £ / ; • Wh«j you decide upon the Lumber and other ri-J|uilding supplies to be used in the construction \Lo*>f your new home, is a most critical point, for ,.>;isSpon your choice depends, in a great .measure, v your future comfort. We guarantee }*our sat- / tsfaetion with our Lumber and other Building ' Materials. Phone 46 ]V/|^14ENRY LUMBER prv * -*• Quality and Service First ' West McHenry ft* • •> Sale October 15 th to October 23rd Friday, Saturday and All Next Week Soap 10 fP. and G. White Naptiia 36c Flour Pillsl>ury's 241/i lb. sack $1.19 Gold Medal 49 lb. sack $2*38 Oats Quaker ------ or Armour*8 3 pkgfc Campbell's Tomato 3 PICKLES-- Hills, puart j*r 21tf KARO-- . Blue Label, 5 Ib. can. 25c PICKLES-- Sweet, quart jar Aid PICKLES-- Swpot mivprlv qiiArf jaf -31d KARO-- Blue Label* laO lb. KARO-- .! Red Label, & lb. cat £ 274 HEINZ CATSUP-- .Eight ox. bottle . / 16d HEINZ CATSUP-- Fourteen oz. bottle PEANUT BUTf«R Bulk, per lb. ^ KARO-- Red Label, 10 lb. oao BROWN SUGAR-*" Bulk, 4 lbs. - * ' 25* 25* CONFECTIONER'S SUGARr- * Bulk, 3 lbs. 25^ 19* CONFECTIONER'S Package SUGARPEAS-- Iona, 2 can? PEAS-- Reliable, per oan 25* BROWN SUGAR-- Package -- 9* PEAS-- Fancy, per can 17* 25* CANDY AND GUM-- 3 packages 10* BREAD-- Large loaf 3 for -29* OLD DUTCH CLEANSER-- 2 cans mi ,-15* COFFEE-- Eight O'Clock^ per lb. -39* DUZ-- Large package COFFEE-- Red Circle, lb.. 45# PRUNES-- Large size, 2 lbs. CORN MEAL-- Fresh, 6 lbs.. 25* COFFEE-- 8^:ar, per lb. POP-CORN-. 3 pkgs. 53* 25* OAT MEAL-- Fresh, 6 lbs. 20* PEA BEANS-- 4 lbs. 29* Lard Pare Hog 2 lbs. 37C Raisins Seeded,or Seedless 2 Pkgs« I Shredded Wheat 2 ^ 19c I Campbell's i Macaroni Pork and Be&ns 3 c&ns 23C or Spaghetti 3jjkgs, knjMmtmsm* ESTABLISHED 1S59 | Green St. McHenry, III. , i Cii' • •&/