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7 - • * . •-*- -t* ^ r:c '<•„; * * v, g, Y . *.-«<•> *" * -jr# *> - - * <" ~ * - * ; r a v-* :<v> - . J ' • „ * YV ' ' - - - ' , * :.T: ' •-!/;/"m*~ ' Vi " ^ V' R*'? »*«, I UH .? i;.^4, 1 'f- 1 n 8 '. <? <» ;# * rf* 'v- VOLUME XXXVII. MCHENRY, FLLINOIS, THURSDAY, JANUARY II, 1912. NUMBER 30. WEEKLY PERSONAL ITEMS COHERS AND GOERS OR A WEEK IN OUR BUSY LITTLE VILLAGE. AS 8EEN BY PLAINDEALER REPORTERS AND HANDED INTO OUR OFFICE BY OUR FRIENDS. Wm. Stoffel spent the day in Chica­ go. F. O. Gans was a county seat visitor Wednesday. C. F. Norager was a Chicago passen­ ger Tuesday evening. Martin Stoffel was a Nortfi Crystal Lake visitor Tuesday. C. E. Gaylord was a business visitor in Elgin last Saturday. Rev. A. Royer boarded the Chicago train Tuesday morning. George Steilen was a Clycago pas­ senger Tuesday morning. John Martin was a Chicago visttor on Thursday of last week. Mrs. John P. Weber was a Chicago passenger Monday morning. Mrs. F. A. Bohlander was a business visitor in Chicago Wednesday. Peter J. Freund and son, Walter, were Chicago visitors Monday. Simon Stoffel attended to business matters in Chicago Wednesday. Martin Stoffel took in the poultry show at Woodstock last Saturday. Frank ^ayler boarded the train for Woodstock Wednesday afternoon. Wm. Bonslett was among the Chi­ cago passengers Tuesday morning. Dr. and Mrs. A. C. Spurling have returned from their trip to Florida. M. J. Walsh was a business visitor in the metropolitan city Wednesday. Miss Dora Stoffel boarded the Chi­ cago train this (Thursday) morning. Theo. Schiessle was a business vis­ itor in the metropolitan city Monday. Stephen Heimer was among tlft Chi­ cago passengers this (Thursday) morn­ ing. Charles G. Buss of Chicago spent Sunday at the home of his mother here. Mrs. Henry Kamholz was among the Chicago passengers Wednesday after­ noon. Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Fay of Solon were recent guests of McHenry rela­ tives. Dr. D. G. Wells was a professional visitor in Chicago on Thursday of last week. Miss Loretta and Joe Feffer were Woodstock passengers Wednesday aft­ ernoon. Miss Kate Heimer was among those to board the Chicago train Tuesday morning. Mrs. K. S. Craine and Miss Mae Ayl- ward of Solon passed a recent day in McHenry. Mrs. Henry Kamholz boarded the Chicago train on Wednesday afternoon of last week. C- S. Howard and sons, Qilbert and Raymond, passed the day in the met­ ropolitan city. E. W. Howe passed a couple of days last week as the guest of Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Fay at Solon. Misses Ella Mollohan, Margaret Buss and Margaret Knox were county seat visitors last Saturday. Mns. E. Hunter and son, Everett, were among the Chicago passengers last Saturday morning. Theo. L. Grot of Ottawa, 111., at­ tended to matters of a business nature a couple of days this week. Stephen H. Smith of Johnsburgh boarded the train for Woodstock at this station Monday morning. Mp. and Mrs. P. Sephen of Chicago were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Thep. Schiessle Saturday ^nd Sunday. Miss Veronica Young of Woodstock spent a few (lays recently as the guest Of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Johq B. Young, Mre. I* Althoff and daughter, Mar­ tha, of Kenosha, Wis., spent a few days this week as the guests gf McHenry relatives, Mr. and Mrs, F. B, Doolittle and daughter, Gladys, spent a recent day as the guests of relatives and friends at Lake Zurich. George Nell returned to bis school duties at Quiney, 111., last Friday morning after spending the holiday vacation at the home of his mother. Mrs. Geo. Mix and son, Harold, re-: turned to their home in Chicago Sun­ day evening after spending $ few days at the home of Mr. and Mrs. John Miller. HARD PICKING FOR THE BIRDS. Feed the birds. The little feathered friends are finding it hard picking these days. The snow and ice have covered the ground and also most of the seeds on which the birds ordinar­ ily feed, and they heed assistance this cold weather as well as do the more unfortunate of their human friends. Tie a hunk of bread or suet to the crotch of a tree and see whether the birds like it. A woman who is inter­ ested in the welfare of the little feath­ ered friends ask that the children do j,his, for she kno^g that the children ^re quick in their sympathy for the thirds. Quail also need help this win- j«r, the ice that covered the ground befqre the snow fell make? it hard for them to get foq^. Don't have colds. Our col^J tablets frill keep ypn free from them. 25c Peteecb's. 21-tf N'HENRY ruBuc SCHOOL NOTES WEEKLY EXCHANGE ITEMS GIRLS WIN AND BOYS LOSE TO WOOD- * . STOCK TEAMS. The plane geometry cl^ss has taken up the study of circles. Agnes Conway is back with us again after a month's absence. School opened last Thursday after the Christmas vacation of ten days. We are all glad to have our janitor, Mr. Brents, with us again. Miss Myrtle Wattles was in charge of the fourth room last Friday. Edythe Petesch returned to school on Monday morning, after a few days' illness. The large number of absences last Thursday and Friday was due to the cold weather. Edwin Heimer entered the sopho­ more class of the McHenry public school last Thursday morning. Judging from the number of cases of tardiness and absence, there are few who have made new resolutions. The cold weather record was broken last Friday, when the plants of the sixth room froze beside a heated radi­ ator. The cold weather kept a large num­ ber from attending the last number of the lyceum course, which took place Friday, Jan. 5. The physical geography class is sutdying deserts and glaciers. They now know that they are living in a region of ordinary climate. Ella Mollohan, Margaret Buss, Mar­ guerite and Florence Knox of the senior class attended the teachers' meeting at Woodstock Saturday. William Stewart of the sixth grade leaves this week Wednesday for Min­ nesota, where he will make his future home. We are sorry to see him go. The Crystal Lake-M. H. S. high school basket ball game, scheduled for Jan. 13, has been postponed. It prob­ ably will be played sometime in March. Our left forward, Bolger,. who has been seriously ill since the Woodstock game, returned to school Monday. He has probably played his last basket ball game under the orange and black col­ ors, as his parents and doctor have advised him to remain out of basket ball the rest of the season. This has been a severe blow to the team, as his work at forward would help much in the fight for the county championship. As there is no 'other available forward among the subs, Coach Doherty is working diligently in an effort to develop a star among the other candi­ dates. Because there wa$»9 school during the past week the report of the Mc­ Henry-Woodstock high's, boys and girls, basket ball games is two weeks late. Despite the absence of Tesch from the team, the M. H. S. girls won by the score of 19 to 7. The boys' gam6 was exciting from start to fin­ ish. The M. H. S. boys were able to put their regular team into the game for the second time this season, but they showed lack of team work and were defeated 41 to 29. The M. H. S.- Crystal Lake game, ' which was to be played this Friday night, was canceled by the latter team. The boys will play Harvard one week from Friday even­ ing and both boys and girls play Dun­ dee two weeks from Friday evening. Bi^th games will be played away from hop»e. THE UIRLS' BASKET BALL TEAM. The girls defend our orange and black, In each and every game they play, By beating every team they meet; Their star work always wins the day. They beat the Dundee high school girls By a most one sided score. Their basket throwing wop that game, The score was twenty-fonr to four. The girls exeel all high school teams, In teamwork, throwing and in speed. They took the Woodstock team into camp, And finished twelve points in the lead Their paptain's name is Bacon, A star in every game. ^5he and Burke play forward- Smith is the center's name, At guard, F. Welch and Tesch will Hold down the other's soore. Their equals in this county Were never seen before. They work in every battle Just like a new machine. They'll win the county championship In 'twelve and in 'thirteen. W. K. C. Cold night--cold feet. Hot water bottles, 75c to $1.50 at Petesch's. 21 BUYS BUCK'S NEAT MARKET. W. A. Fisher, ex-milkman, hks pur­ chased the Henry E. Buch meat mar­ ket on Water street and'has already taken possession of his newly acquired business. Mr. Fisher has great faith in the meat business in that end'of town and believes that thru a little hustling the present patronage of the shop can be considerably increased. Mr. Buch, since taking hold of the shop, has built up a very acceptable patronage and has brought the place from a dowp-^nd-out establishment one of t^e bept in the village. Geo. Hauk, who has been the meat cutter in tfye market for a number of years, will be plained by Mr. Fisher, winch insures the public the hest gf service. Your calendar is waiting for yon N. H. Fetesoh'g. g8-tf AS TAKEN nam THT COLUMNS or OUR MANY EXCHSNf.ES, MISCELLANEOUS ASSORTMENT OF MEWS ITEMS IN CONDENSED FORM FOR BUSY PEOPLE. Harvard organized an Odd Fellows' lodge on New Year's day. Hebron's new school building was formally dedicated on the afternoon of New Year's d^y. "Billy" Sunday recently made a new record for converts at Wichita, Kan., when, following his sermon on "amuse­ ments," 534 persons came forward. Lima lake, which covers ft,000 acres in the northern part of Adams county, 111., and is famous for duck hunting, Is to be reclaimed for agricultural pur­ poses. Wisconsin is said to be the only state in the union which derives enough revenue from the corporations to meet the ordinary expenses outside of school. From thirty to thirty-five cars of sugar beets is the daily consumption of the Janesville sugar beet factory. Up to date 1500 carloads of beets have been hauled to the sugar factory at Janesville. Karl & Miller, merchants at Fox Lake, are about to put up a large store building. They formerly occupied the building in which the postofflce is lo­ cated, but by the coming summer they will be in their own building. A new speed record for the Galena division of the Chicago & Northwest­ ern railroad was made when a special train of four steel coaches traveled from Chicago to Clinton, Iowa, a dis­ tance of 138 miles, in 13(5 minutes. The proposition to bond the city of Woodstock in the sum of $25,000 for public improvements was defeated at a special election held last week. About 45 per cent of the total vote of the city was polled, the proposition losing by a majority of 66 votes. Waukegan is without question the largest fishing port on Lake Michigan. One hundred eighty seven and one- half tons of lish were caught during the year by Waukegan fishermen. Cleveland, O., is recognized as the largest fishing port on the chain of lakes. The school board of Stoughton, Wis., at a recent meeting, passed a resolu­ tion specifying "that no pupil known to be a cigarette smoker shall in the future be graduated from the Stough­ ton high school. The su)>erintendent is hereby authorized ,and directed to enforce this rule." Raymond Vierck, the six-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Vierck of Harvard, was seriously burned on one of bis arms Dec. 25, his clothing catch­ ing fire from candles a Christmas tree in the Vierck home. The little fellow's arm was so badly burned that he will be laid up for several weeks. Mr. and Mrs. John Turner, resi­ dents of Grayslake, 111., for the past sixty-five years, will celebrate their sixtieth wedding anniversary at their home the fii-st week in February. Mr. Turner has been a resident of Lake county for the past seventy-two years. When he reached Chicago seventy years ago there were but three houses on Halsted street. Joe Corrigan, farm hand and who for many years made his home with Mullen Bros, in H&rtlan^) was de­ clared insane by a cqramissiqn of physicians called to examine iqto his mental condition in the court of Judge Smiley at Woodstock last week. Coiur mittment to the hospital a| Elgin decided on and Sheriff Henderson took he young m >n to the inst itution. It is expected th^t one of the large sources of income to the road between Palatine and Wauconda will be the milk business. As showing something of what, milk sh.ipping pays, we olip the following from the Grayslake Times: "The annual fall away of milk shipped from the local station of the Koo is shown by the fact that the sale of milk tickets the past month was short $200 of what it was the previous month." Within the next three weeks several carloads of the machinery and equip­ ment of the Atlas Belting company will arrive in Harvard from Buchanan, Mich., their present seat of manufac­ ture, and early in the next month ten or twelve cars will be shipped with a view to beginning operations not later than the middle of next month. The operating force of the Atlas company will number about sixty people at the outset and of the number ten or a dozen employes will accompany the concern to Harvard, the balance being engaged there after they are ready to begin operations. Harvard Herald: D. Davidson, rural mail carrier on route 5 from the Har­ vard postofflce, says he saw a robin while oh his route nes^r tl\e Chas. Lembka farm ii^ Dunham on Tuesday of this wepk. The um^^enes§ see­ ing <* rqbin pfl Jfwv 2, *rl^q ther­ mometry were Registering four and five degrees below zero is so rare. The Herald is anxious to proclaim that such was the experience of a Harvard man--The Wauconda Reader reports t^at * pa^r of robins yefe, geeq there qn the same day--also adds Utat spring will soon be here. Richmond also re­ ports two the preceding day. SELLS POLK ROUTE STEPMEN IL FREUND BUYS ROUTE OF W A. W. A. Fisher, who for the past few years has conducted a milk route in McHenry, has disposed of his interests to Stephen H. Freund, the latter tak­ ing possession of the route on Monday morning of this week. Mr. Freund has engaged Simon Michels to operate the route for him and in the future Simon will be Mc- Henry's milk and cream man. ^e believe that Mr. Freund has demon­ strated very good judgment in select­ ing Mr. Michels to care for his milk interests and we feel safe in predicting that the route will be well taken care of with the present owner and wagon driver at the head. That Mr. Freund believes in keep- ing right up to the minute is shown from the fact thafc he has started a new ticket system among his custom­ ers and placed it in effect on Monday morning. The new system is the*same as demanded by the Chicago board of health and used in that city and is the only sanitary way of handling the milk and cream. Those holding Fisher tickets are at liberty to use them until their supply is exhausted, after which the new sys­ tem will replace the old way. Just as soon as Mr. Freund can find an available piece of property he will construct a modern and perfectly sani­ tary milk depot in McHenry. The de­ pot will have all the modern conven­ iences and be built along lines that are right up to the minute. In the mean­ time customers will be served as here­ tofore with pure milk and cream. The new owner, as well as Mr. Michels, will do everything within their power to bring about every con­ venience for the customers and before many moons roll around they hope to have in operation one of the finest milk routes to be found anywhere. MONTH'S ENROLLMENT 241 AT THE H'HWRY PUBLIC SCHOOL AND UiOH SCHOOL TWENTY-TWO CASES OF TARDINESS DUR­ ING MONTH OF DECEMBER--1S1 NEITHER ABSENT NOR TARDY. PENSION LIFE SAVERS. Our readers are interested from time to time in accounts in the news col­ umns of rescues by the life saving corps along our coasts. In this week's issue of The Plaindealer we run a very good descriptive article, "To Pension Our Life Savers," which gives an in­ teresting account of the life savers, their duties and perils, and we know that you will find it good, entertaining reading. Each week in order to give you a paper containing more than the local news, we are running interesting articles and special features covering travel, exploration and adventure, and we know you will be well paid by reading these departments. M.EIGHRIDE DANCE. Yourself and all of your friends are cordially invited to attend a sleighride dance at the Riverside House, McHen­ ry, 111., on Saturday, January 13. Hei- mer's 4-pie<^ orchestra of McHenry will furnish the music. Landlord Gans promises that all who attend this dance will find the event just as enjoyable as any held here in the past and, as usutti, everything" possible will be done for the comfort of his guests. You will forget that you are in the land of snow. Heimer's orchestra is gaining in popularity wjtl^ each 4ance and will be there with their latest and best. Come for a good time. Dance tickets, 50 cents. NORDSTROM FAMILY LEAVES. L,. E. Nordstrtyn and family left Mc- Qenry on Wednesday of last week for their new hpine at Homeland, Ga., the former hnving disposed of his stook of goods tQ Ogten & Wollar of Chica­ go. Mr. Nordstrom, during his stay in MoHenry( has done a satisfactory business, but he has always felt that the south had greater opportunities to offer and for that reason he invested in land there some time ago and ex­ pects to "farm it" mid the balmy breezes and sunshine. The Nordstrom family had won many friends here and we are sorry to lose them. TARGET SHOOT I AT VOLO. The Volo Gun club extends a cordial invitation to all lovers of the sport to participate in a target shoot to be held on their grounds at Volo on Sunday, January 14. The club is planning on entertaining a large crowd of shooters on this day and a special invitation is extended to McHenry followers of the sport to take part in the day's event. Events and divisions will be arranged to suit shooters and. there will be plenty of good shells to be had on the grounds. Targets, ofie cent each. A | good time is guaranteed those who S(t-_ tend. JOHNSBURGH COURT ELECTS QFFICEBS. St. Johannes Court, No. C- Q- of Johnsburgh at a recent elected the following oncers fqr ^e coming ye^r; ' Ch^ r^er, Henry ijetterxpannj v}ce phief ranger, 8, W, Hetterm^nn; r^co^iqg «ecwt«ry, Wm. J.' Meyers: finaqetel secretary, Frank 3mit^i u-t&swer, Wm. Althoff; trus­ tees John Mertes, Peter Niesen, John j. Pitzen; marshals, Jos. J. Freund, Wm. Thiel; sentinels, John Huff, Geo. VVirfs. Installation will take pl«ce next Sunday. MRS HA**Y ^MOLLSTDEAD. Mr?, N it?holl», one of the most highly respected citizens of this vicin­ ity , passed away at her home on the A. J. Raymond farm near Volo at 8:30 o'clock Tuesday morning of this week. 23 FIRST GRADE. Enrollment: Boys, 15; girls, 13: total, 28. No. of days attendance: Boys, 226J; girls, 218; total, 444*. No. of days absence: Boys, 10; girls, 14; total, 24. Cases of tardiness: Boys, 1; girls, 0; total, 1. Average daily attendance for grade, 23.4. No. of pupils ranking above 90 in industry, 15. No. neither absent nor tardy, 9. SECOND GRADE. Enrollment: Bovs, 9; girls, 13; total, 22. No. of days attendance: Boys, 149J; girls, 221; total, 3604. No. of days absence: Boys, 10i; girls, 12; total, 2'2j. Cases of tardiness: Boys, 0; girls, 0; total, 0. Average daily attendance for grade, 19. No. of pupils ranking above 90 in in­ dustry, 10. No. neither absent nor tardy. 6. No. of cases of corporal punishment for room, 0. No. of cases of truancy for room. 0. Mrs. M. Overton, Teacher. THIRD GRADE. Enrollment: Boys, 11: gipls. 5: total, 16. No. of days attendance: Boys, 196J; girls, 88f; total, 2851. No. of days absence: Boys, 12i; girls, 5t; total, 14. Cases of tardiness: Boys, 0; girls, 1: total, 1. Average daily attendance for grade, 15.02 plus. . No. of pupils ranking above 90 in in­ dustry, 8. , No. neither absent nor tardy, 7. FOURTH GRADE. Enrollment: Boys, 15; girls, 12; total, 27. No. of days attendance: Boys, 276*; girls, 205; total, 4811. No. of days absence: Boys, 8; girls, 61; total, 141. Cases of tardiness: Boys, 2; girls, 0; total, 2. Average daily attendance for grade, 25.34 plus. No. of pupils ranking above 90 in in­ dustry, 12. No. neither absent nor tardy, 11. No. of cases of corporal punishment for room, 0. No. of oases of truancy for room, 0. Clara V. Stoffel, Teacher. FIFTH GRADE. Enrollment: Boys, 8; girls, 11; total, 19, No. of days attendance: Boys, 130; gtrls, 197; total, 327. No. of days absence: Boys, 14; girls, 31; total, 171. Cases of tardiness: Boys, 1; girls, t>; total, 7. Average dally attendance for grade, II 10-19. No. of pupils ranking above 90 in in­ dustry, 12. No. neither absent nor tardy, 10. SIXTH GRADE. Enrollment: Boys, 17; girls, 10; total, 27. No. of days attendance: Boys, 2691; girls, 1871; total, 457. No. of days absence: Boys, 6; girls, 8; total, 14. Cases of tardiness: Boys, 4; girls, 2; total, 6. Average daily attendance for grad?, 24 1-19. No. of pupils ranking above 90 in in­ dustry, 16. No. neither absent nor tardy, 5. No. of cases of corporal punishment for room, 0. No. of cases of truancy for room, 0. Kathryn L. Knox, Teacher. SEVENTH GRADE. Enrollment: Boys, 13; girls, 10; total, 23. No. of days attendance: Boys, 244;. girls, 190; total, 434. No. of days absence: Boys, 3: girls; 0; total, 3. Cases of tardiness-' Boys, 0; girls, 0; total, 0. Average djuly i^ttendpncae for gradeh 22. No. of pupils, racing i>0 in in­ dustry, 12. I No/n^tivei^ a,b^eqfc nor tardy, 20. j ' K(I<AHTH GflADE, • ^o#hnen>; Boys, 9} girls, 12; total, 21. No. of days attendance: Boys, 163; girlst 226; total, 389. No. of days absenoe: Boys, 0; girls, 2; total, 2. Cases of tardiness: Boys, 0; girls, 0; total, 0. Average daily attendance for grt&$* 20. No. of pupils ranking above 90 in in­ dustry, ia, New neither absent nor tardy, 19. No. of eases of eorporal punishment for room, 0. No. of cases of truancv for room, 0. Mrs. E. D. Martin, Teacher. NINTH GRADE. Boys, 1671; girls, No. of days attendance: girls, 256J; total, 424i. No. of days absence: Boys, 31; 9i; total, 12J. Cases of tardiness: Boys, 4; girls, 1; total, 5. Average daily attendance for grade, 22. No. of pupils ranking above 90 in in­ dustry, 14. No. neither absent nor tardy, 14. TENTH GRADE. Enrollment: Bovs, 5; girls, 12; total, 17. No. of days attendiance: Boys, 921; girls, 211; total, 3031. No. of days absence: Boys, 21; girls, 4; total, 61. Cases of tardiness: Boys, 0; girls, 0; total, 0. Average daily attendance for grade, 16. No. of pupils ranking above 90 in in­ dustry, 14. No. neither absent nor tardy, 15. No. of cases of corporal punishment for room, 0. No. of cases of truancy for room, 0. Agnes A. Perry, Teacher. ELEVENTH GRADE. Enrollment: 9. No. of days attendance: Boys; 19; girls, 151; total, 170. No. of days absence: Boys, 0; girls, 1; total, 1. Cases of tardiness: Boys, 0; girls, 0; total, 0. Average daily attendance for grade, 8.9 plus. No. of pupils ranking above 90 in in­ dustry, 8. No. neither absent nor tardy, 8. TWELFTH GRADE. Enrollment: Boys, 3; girls, 6; total, ITEMS OF LOCAL INTEREST AS PICKED UT BY FUMDEALET K- PORTEB DUKNG WEOU WHAT PEOPLE ARE D0ING IM ffltt TIL­ LAGE AND THE IMMEDIATE VICINITY- OTHER SHORT PARAGRAPHS, Butter Market. Butter was declared Sinn at 3$ on the Elgin board of trade Monday. Get your masks at McAllister's far. the party Friday night. 30 The next regular meeting of the Knights of Columbia takes place at Stoffel's hall on next Thursday eras­ ing. Jan. 18. Boys, 1; girls, 8; total, Boys, 50; girls, 9. No. of days attendance girls, 113; total, 163. No. of days absence: Boys, 0; 1; total, 1. Cases of tardiness: Boys, 0; girls, 0; total, 0. Average dai,ly attendance for grade, 8.6. No. of pupils ranking above 90 in in­ dustry, 8. No. neither absent nor tardy, 7. No. of cases of'corporal punishment for room, 0. No. of cases of truancy for room, 0. REPORT OF ALL. GRADES. Enrollment: Boys, 115; girls, 126; total, 241. No. of days attendance: Boys, 19641; girls, 2265; total, 42291. No. of days absence: Boys, 67; girls, 671; total, 1341. Cases of tardiness: Boys, 12; girls, 10; total, 22. Average daily attendance for school, 223.2. No. of pupils ranking above 90 in in­ dustry, 144. No. neither absent nor tardy, 131. No. of cases of corporal punishment for school, 0. No. of cases of truancy for school, 0. A. Edgar Nye, Superintendent. PUBLIC CARD PARTY. The members of the St. Clara Court of Lady Foresters of St. Mary's Cath­ olic church will hold a public card party and serve refreshment^ at the McHenry House on Wednesday after­ noon and evening of next week, Jan. 17. Both progressive cinch and dom­ inoes will form the afternoon and even­ ing's entertainment an$ the ladies promise all those who attend a fine time. The fun will begin at 2:30 o'clock in the afternoon and continue uptil five o'clock, after which refresh­ ments will be served. In the evening the games will start at eight o'clock. Suitable prizes will be awarded the successful contestants. The McHenry House parlors and dining room will be placed in a most cozy condition for this occasion and nothing will be left un­ done by the ladies that will assist in bringing the event to a success, both socially and financially. Twenty-five cents will admit you to the games and I refreshments. A cordial invitation is | extended to all. LOST--On W ednesday of this week, a shepherd-collie dog. Finder will please return to Louis Bteenmengpr, McHenry, 111. 30 The will of the late James S. Knight* was filed for probate Monday. Knights bequeathed his property to widow, Mrs. Betsy J. Knights. Louis Eisenmenger has moved hi# family from the E. J. Hanly house on the West Side to that of Albert EtleA on the east side of Fox river. Representatives of a Wisconsin tory have been in McHenry recently. They are looking for a site and here's hoping that they come to this village. The Ladies' Aid society of the M. S. church will meet with Mrs. SherBurne at 1:30 o'clock on Friday afternoon of this week. All members are to be present. The pupils of the McHenry high school, together with a number of in­ vited friends, will enjoy a masquerade dance at Stoffel's hall on Friday even­ ing of this Week? The Fox River Valley camp, R. N. A., will hold installation of officers at their next regular meeting, whieh takes place on Tuesday evening, Jan. 16. All members are requested to bo present. Mary had a little caj^L Everywhere that Mary went The cold was sure to go. She took McAllister's cold ttMfrtn That's the way Mary was eotad, you know. JO The Mystic Workers of McHenry have rented the Schumacher halliilik Centerville and have placed the same in readiness for their first meeting of the new year. The hall is an ideal one for lodge purposes and we belieYti that society has acted wisely in mak­ ing the selection. * McHenry has just experienced OMi£ of the coldest spells in years, the ther­ mometers registering all the way from zero to twenty below during the past week. One man was heard to remark that his thermometer went down aa far as twenty-four below, but it takes nerve to tell that. Enrollment: Boys, 9; 14; total, M. E. CHURCH SERVICES. Order of services at the McHenry M. E. church next Sunday, January 14; On account of the unreliability of time of railroad train? Sunday mornings, the services are changed from forenoon to afternoon- The Sunday school meeting at 1;15 p. m. Subject of the lesson, "The Birth of John the Bap­ tist." Lesson text, Luke 1:57-80, As we are entering on a new course of study to include the entire bible in its course during the next five years it is very desirable each one should study eaoh lesson attentively and be present at each session of the Sunday school if possible. The preaching service be­ gins at 2 p. m. WM. A. CROSS, Superintendent and Pastor. _ MEW GENERATION ROOMING. A boy arrived *t the home of Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Davidson on Friday of last week* Mr. and Mrs. John B. Young are en­ tertaining a daughter at their home south of town since Saturday last. Mr. and Mrs. Math. Qauer are re­ joicing over the arrival of a baby boy at their home Sunday. A bright young lady came to take up her home with Mr. and MIL John Kline last Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Givens are car­ ing for a new daughter since Sunday afternoon. The Barbers' State board has start­ ed an inspection campaign of the bar­ ber shops in Illinois. A number of the cities and towns about this vicin­ ity have been visited and in some cases the inspectors have found condi­ tions not in keeping with the laws laid down by the state. The Jolly Twelve met at the home of Mrs. Math. Freund cm the evening of Dec. 28. Progressive cinch was played and the honors went to Mrs. G» C. Boley and the hostess of the even­ ing. The usual refreshments were served at the close of the games. A fine time was had by all. Peter Smith of Johnsburgh was tak­ en to St. Bernard hospital in Chicago by Dr. N. J. Nye last week Friday and the following day he underwent a very successful operation lor appendicitis. , His brothers, Will, Fred and E&, called on him at the hospital on Mon- - day and found him in good spirits and getting along nicely. Montgomery Ward & Co., the large mail order house of Chicago, are jttgli now flooding the country with thejjr catalogues, annonncing the tenth an­ nual February sale. Our advice tip . those who received one of the booklet* ^ is to takejt to the local business houses , and get the same articles at the same prices quoted by the Chicago firm. The McHenry ohapter O. E. S held open installation of officers at the Masonic hall here on Thursday Even­ ing of last week, Mrs. Jessie Durnser of Elgin aeting as installing officers* The work was preceded by a turkey supper, ice cream and cake. On ao count of the severe cold weather onjy twenty-seven members and guests of the society turned out, but those wh*. J did challenge the icy atmosphere weftfeM ̂ well repaid for so doing. » The thirty-eighth annual convention of the Illinois State Dairymen's ass#l : ciation, which opens in Effinghatl^. Tuesday, Jan. 15, will be called order at 10 a. m. The mayor of ElMnjjp* . ham will give an address of welcoRit and Judge Lynch of Olney will respond. President J. P. Mason of Elgin will deliver his annual address and theot appoint committees. Prof. Fraser at the University of Illinois will give afc address and Jacob Ziegler of Clintoat will speak on <tV*edtng ITutUrmllk IRI., SOT** WM'MM * * < •jt.. i