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VOLUME XL! MoHENRYvILLINOIS. THURSDAY. JANUARY 27. 1916 NT) 32. WEEKLY PERSONAL ITERS COMERS AND GOERS OP A WEEK IN OUR BUSY VILLAGE M • Aft. Seen By Plaindealer Reporters and Banded Into Our Office By* Oar Friends Ray Page passed Tuesday in Chi­ cago. Ben Stilling was a Harvard visitor Monday. Arthur Hunter was an Elgin vis­ itor last Saturday. ^ Geo. A. Stilling was a Chicago*?vis­ itor last Saturday. Miji. C. G. Frett was an Elgin vis­ itor last week Friday. Lewis Stoffel of Woodstock spent Sunday at his home here. Mrs. Clara Starritt boarded the Chi­ cago train Tuesday morning. Ed. L. Hayes was a business visitor in Chicago last Saturday. Joe Goodman was a Chicago pas­ senger last Friday morning. J. C. Bickler was among the Chi­ cago passengers last Friday. Everett Hunter was a business vis- • itor in Chicago last Saturday. Simon Stoffel was a business vis­ itor at the county seat Tuesday. Jacob Justen was a business visitor •in the metropolitan city Monday. M. L. Worts was a business visitor in the metropolitan city Tuesday. J. W. Smith was a business visitor in the metropolitan city Monday. Everett Hunter attendee! to busi­ ness matters in Chicago Tuesday. Adolph Tietz of Chicago passed a few days last week in McHenry. Miss Mabel Gorman passed Satur­ day last in the metropolitan city. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Cowen attended the auto show in Chicago Tuesday. Page Smith of Wauconda was a business visitor in town last Friday. F. O. Gans attended to matters of a business nature in Chicago Monday. Atty. A. H. Pouse attended to legal matters at the county seat Monday. John R. Knox attended the auto­ mobile show in Chicago last Saturday. Harry Alexander of Hebron was the guest of friends in town Sunday. J. H. Miller transacted matters of a business nature in Chicago Tuesday. 4 Miss Lola Boyle passed Saturday last as the guest of relatives at El- gin. Mr. and Mrs. August Rossman were guests of Elgin relatives last Satur­ day. Atty. A. H. Pouse was a business < visitor at the county seat last Fri­ day. Miss Maude Granger of Chicago spent Sunday as the guest of home folks. Walter Warner of Woodstock spent Sunday as the guest of friends in town. Clarence Wolff of Woodstock spent Sunday as the guest of McHenry friends. S. H. Freund and son, Carl, attend­ ed the auto show in Chicago last Sat­ urday. A. J. Winteringhfim of Dundee passed Sunday as the guest of Mc­ Henry friends. Prof. A. E. Nye was among those to board the Chicago train last Sat­ urday morning. Misses Mary and Vera Knox were among the Chicago passengers last Saturday morning. Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Stenger at­ tended the funeral of G. W. Besley at Waukegan Monday. Mrs. Geo. Griffiths of Woodstock was a Sunday guest in the home of Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Page. Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Landwer passed Saturday and Sunday as the guests of relatives at Barrington. Mr. and Mrs. Peter Schoewer spent Tuesday as a guest in the home of their son, Joe, at Beloit, Wis. Mr. and Mrs. Merritt Cruikshfmk of Huntley spent Sunday as guests in the home of Thos. Thompson. Mrs. E. J. Mansfield of Woodstock passed Sunday as a guest in the home of her sister, Mrs. E. E. Bassett. Mrs. C. E. Gaylord and brother-in- law, Henry Gaylord, were guests of Woodstock relatives last Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Russell Lawrence of Elgin Wre entertained in the home of Mrs. Alma Thomas last Sunday. Albert Freund of Woodstock was a Sunday guest in the home of his par­ ents, Mr. and Mrs. Peter J. Freund. Earl Whiting of Elgin passed Sun­ day as a guest in the home of his par­ ents, Mr. and Mrs. D. A. Whiting, northwest of town. Eb. Gaylord of Milwaukee, Wis., spent the latter part of last week as p guest in the home of his mother, Mrs? C. E- Gaylord, $wd Mrs. M- L. LaVelle and spn, Maurice, have been guests in the home of the former's parents at Media. IH., during the past week. Mr. and Mrs. Geo. B. Freund and children of Woodstock were Sunday guests in the home of the former s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Peter J. Freund. Mrs. A. Kenneth Burns of Austin passed the latter part of last and the fore part of this week as a guest in the home of her mother, Mrs. F. K. Granger. Mr. Burns was out over the week Mid. MASQUERADE BIG SUCCESS Large Crowd' Attends Annual R. N. A. Masquerade - A8 TAKEN FROM THE COLUMNS OF OUR EXCHANGES The annual masquerade dance, giv­ en under the auspices of the River- view camp, R. N. A., at the Central opera house last Friday evening, brought out an exceptionally large crowd and the event proved the big­ gest success, both socially and finan­ cially, ever undertaken by the local camp. The masqueraders started to arrive long before nine o'clock and as the minutes passed the gathering grew larger and larger until the place was comfortably filled with merry dancers and good natured on-lookers. The grand march started about 10:30 o'clock and the judges awarded prizes as folows: Ladies' List ' 1. Best Royal Neighbor, embroi­ dered pillow slips, donated by Thimble club, won by Mrs. J. W. Rothermel. 2. Best Colonial lady, $1.00 in trade, Tohn Stoffel, won by Mrs. J. W. Bons- lett. 3. Best folly suit, $1.00 in trade, C. Unti, won by Mrs. Peter Engeln. 4. Best queen of hearts, $1.00 in trade, N. II. Pete so h, won by Marga­ ret Phillips. 5. Most correct suit--kny design, $1.00 in trade, E. V. McAllister, won by Mrs. Mary Noonan. 6. Best costume of any nation, $1.00 in trade, N. A. lluemann, won by Mrs. W. F. Holtz. 7. Rest group, four or more, $1.00, West McHenry State bank, won by Rosa Laures, Dorothy Lundgren, Mrs. Nick Justen, PVances Steinsdoerfer. 8. Best colored lady, $1.00 in trade, N. J. Justen & Son, no winner. 9. Most comical lady, $1.00 in trade, M. M. Niesen, won by Mrs. Nita Clan- cey. 10. Best school girl, $1.00 in trade, Plaindealer, won by Mrs. F. J. Karges. 11. Best grandma, $1.00 in trade, S. J. Deinlein, won by Mrs. Barbara Krause. Gentlemen's List 1. Best Modern Woodman, $1.00 in trade, M. J. WalBh, won by Wm Karls. 2. Best colonial gentleman, $1.00 in trade, J. J. Vycital, won by Jos. B Stilling. , 3. Best folly suit, $1.00, Hoy Bank­ ing Co., won by Mat. Karls. 4. Best king of hearts, $1.00 in trade, John Franzen, won by John Kennebeck. 5. Most correct suit--any design, $1.00 in trade, Smith Bros., won by Fred Schoewer. 6. Best costume of any nation. $1.00 in trade, Chas. G. Frett, won by Jake Franzen. 7. Best group, four or more, $1.00 in trade, Donavin & Reihansperger, won by Katy Niesen, Emily Weber, Louise Engein, Mrs. John Engeln. 8. Best colored man, $1.00 in trade, F. A. Bohlander, won by Percy Lodtz. 9. Most 'comical man, $1.00 in trade, Schneider Bros., won by A. Pouliot. 10. Best school boy, $1.00 in trade, Wilbur Lumber Co., won by Lillian Buss, Leonqre Cobb. 11. Best grandpa, $1.00 in trade, Joe Leickem, no winner. Moore's orchestra of Woodstock furnished the music and, as usual, gave good satisfaction. When all ex­ penses are paid the camp will have a neat balance left with which to pad its bank account. " Buys Wheeler Farm Michael A. Conway, who recently disposed of his farm south of town to Geo. Frisby, has just purchased the Mrs. E. S. Wheeler place, east of the river, one of the most desirable pieces of land in this locality. The property consists of about forty-seven acres of excellent land and a beautiful country home, built only a few years ago. Its nearness to the village, together with the richness of the soil, make the place one of the most desirable small farms in McHenry township and we dare say that it is well worth the price paid for it. Mr. Conway will take possession of the place about the first of March, at which time Mrs. Wheeler and her daughter will take up their home somewhere in the vil­ lage. WEEKLY EXCHANGE ITEMS Miscellaneous Assortment of News Items In Condensed Form For Busy People Barton S. Austin, a landscape arch­ itect, has located at the county seat. Hartland will vote on the saloon question at the annual town election in April. The wets of Libertyville are now circulating a petition for the purpose of having the question "Shall this town remain local option territory?" placed cn the ballot at the coming spring election. The New Era Telephone company, which has its headquarters at Rich­ mond, held its semi-annual directors' meeting in that village one day re­ cently, at which time a dividend of 5 per cent was declared. John Marvin, residing on a farm near Woodstock, has disposed of his famous five-legged calf, which was born on the farm about two years ago, and which, since its birth, has attract­ ed considerable attention. The ani­ mal was sold for beef. Head officers of the Illinois North- BUY8 BONSLETT BLOCK Martin B. Schmitt Buys West Side Business Block Martin B. Schmitt, who since the death of the late John Bishop has con­ ducted a barber shop at the latter's old stand in the Jacob Justen block in Centerville, has purchased the Bonslett store building on the West Side. The deal by which the property is transferred from the ownership of Wm. Bonslett to that of Mr. Schmitt was consummated here last Thursday and in acquiring the property we be lieve that the purchaser has come in­ to possession of a most desirable piece of real estate. Mr. Schmitt has already moved into the flat over the store building , and just as soon as the first floor is placed in a suitable condition he will move his tonsorial shop from its present lo­ cation to the West Side. He informs us thpt he will conduct a billiard and pool hall in connection with his West Side shop and that an order for the tables and other fixtures has already been placed and will ar­ rive within a short time. The front part of the building will be used for his barber business, while PIONEER DRUGGIST DEAD G. W* BESLEY PASSES AWAY AT WOODSTOCK Conducted Drug Store In This Village For a Period of Thirty-three Years ern Utilities company have offered a the pool and billiard tables will new scale for electric light to Har­ vard users. By reducing openings and using certain types of lamps lighting bills can be reduced as low as 7 cents per kilowatt hour. James Dorsey has disposed of his stables and 460 acres of land at Gil­ berts to James H. Marks of Fenni- more, Wis. It is said that the trans- cupy the rear end of the place. Work on fitting up the place for the business which is to be carried on therein will be started at once and will be ruslhed to completion, as Mr. Schmitt hopes to have the place open for business on or before March 1. Later on he contemplates making a number of substantial improvements action involves $100,000. Mr. Marks in the building. Among the changes recently purchased the Dalton farm at! contemplated are the installation of Dundee and also owns other farms in a heating system and the replacing of northern Illinois. He will fatten the present front with a more modern stock on his Gilberts farm. i AAA Harvard fteifaJUl: Sheriff Wandrack was commanded on Tuesday to sum­ mon a special panel of jurors to hear what is known as the Hebron drain­ age case and which has been set for In making the move from Center­ ville to the West Side Mr. Schmitt is doing so with the expectation of bet­ tering himself. Since coming to McHenrv lie has enioved an excel- Waming to Farmers The prosperity of this community is very seriously threatened. Men fa­ miliar with the Situation give warning that there will be a very short corn crop, with thousands of dollars lost to our farmers, if great care is not taken in selecting and testing the best matured seed corn for this sea­ son's planting. In order to help our farmer friends we are printing irf this issue of The Plaindealer a big special illustrated article by Prof. P. G. Holden, the famous corn expert, which thoroly covers the subject. M. E. Church Services as follows next Sunday: Sunday school, 10:00 a. m.; preach­ ing services, 11:00 a. m.; evening services, 7:4 5 p. m. W. C. Even. Pa tor. Help make The Plaindealer newsy by sending in any item of news that you may know of. a hearing for Monday, Jan. 31. On j lent patronage from people residing the panel of twelve appear the names ] jn the West Side of town and it was of C. A. Stone, Dorr; Thos. McGee, j principally thru the efforts of his W. H. Forrest, Richard Croak, Hart- West Side customers that he has been land; M. Worts, McHenry; John Wil- induced to make the change. son, Marengo; W. G. Flanders, Sen­ eca; C. R. Draper, Nunda; P. H. Leon­ ard, Henry Brudigam, Crystal Lake; John T. Kelley, Grafton, and J. H. Vinton, Richmond. Clinton Banner: Herschal Vaughn, who worked on the dray here, and al­ so for the telephone company, is now in Woodstock in the Oliver shops, where 1,500 men are making war sup­ plies. He was here this week and ex­ hibited a steel shell about 15 inches in length and 2% inches in diameter, the mechanism in the head for ex­ ploding it comprising about 25 dif­ ferent parts. These are manufac­ tured at the rate of 6,000 per day. The shells are accurately lathed and coppered to prevent rust. The fac­ tory price is said to be $14 each, on which there is a 50 per cent profit. A certificate was filed at the Mc­ Henry county court house last week whereby Clarence F. Hoy, president of the Citizens' State bank of Crys­ tal Lake, transferred 60 shares of his own stock in that institution to Irving Shuman of Chicago and 10 shares to Attorney F. B. Bennett of Woodstock. The certificate bears a date of Jan. 11. Another transfer of bank stock was also filed, showing that B. L. Parker of Green Bay, Wis,, wh& was the In an interview with. Mr. Schmitt the writer was informed that he has had the deal under consideration for some time past. The feeling* over there seems to be that there is room for another barber shop and that the pool and billiard tables will fill a long felt want. There are now two barber shops in that end of town, but one of these is open for business evenings only. With the removal of Mr. Schmitt Centerville and old town will have but one shop each. Joint Installation The Royal Neighbors of Fox River Valley camp, No. 3251, and the M. W. A. of Valley camp, No. 97, held a joint installation of their newly elect­ ed officers at Stoffel's hall last Satur­ day evening, the event bringing out a large crowd. The Modern Woodmen, being invited guests, were asked to install first, J. C. Holly acting as dep­ uty consul and W. D. Wentworth as head escort. The work was faultless­ ly executed. The R. N. A. then in­ stalled their" officers, Mrs. Etta Wat­ tles acting as installing officer and Mrs. Fannie Chamberltn as ceremon­ ial marshal. The work went off with­ out a hitch and the big crowd present owner of 5 shares of stock in the Cary | pronounced it as good as any that they State bank, sold them to E. L. Wag- eVer seen. A sumptuous hanquet, ner, who gives his residence at Chi­ cago, 111. The spring brooks of Lake and Mc­ Henry counties will be richly replen­ ished with trout this year, according to information given out by the office of the state fish and game commission- Twenty-five thousand brook trout eggs have been received from the fed* eral hatchery at Leadville, Colo. These eggs are now being hatched at the Spring Grove hatchery- The fry fr<fln these eggs, together with 60,000 rain­ bow trout fry already hatched, will be distributed thruout Lake «nd McHen­ ry counties in the spring and summer These are the only counties in the state in which th^ye are many good spring brooks. The state fisheries bureaus is planning to raise and dis tribute this year 40,000,000 black perch, 1,000,000 black .bass, 60,000 brook and rainbow trout and 15,000,- 000 buffalo trout fries, Woodstock Republican: L- F. Hea ton, R. F- D. mail carrier for the local postoffice, made a record last week which is apt to stand for some time- Several of the carriers were sick- Substitutes were sought, but with all the available candidates it was found that one route, R. F. D. 6, was still unfilled. When no one could be ob­ tained Mr. Heaton very generously offered to deliver on R. F. D. 6, in ad­ dition to his own route, No. 2. Tak­ ing his own in the morning he start­ ed out every afternoon on R. F. D. 6, driving about fifty miles during each of the three days. With his great­ est incentive found in his desire to see people living on R. F. D. 6 get their mail, Mr.. Heaton is not only to be complimented, but admired. Watch for the Eagle masquerade. served by the members of the R. N. A., was then enjoyed, after which an hour or more was passed at dancing and other amusements. The occasion proved one of the most delightful of the season- Injured By Cartridge While burning up some rubbish at his home on Water street on Tuesday morning of this week, Wm. Holtz met with a very painful accident when a cartridge, which in some manner had gained its way into the huring rub­ bish, suddenly exploded. In the ex­ plosion the direct charge just grazed his right eye. He suffered a cut eye lid and burns to his lower limbs. Dr. A. I- Froehlich was called and attend ed to the man's injuries and under his care the patient is getting along very satisfactorily. The injury will keep the victim laid up about two weeks. Mr. Holtz can consider him­ self very fortunate that the accident did not prove more serious, as he came within a fraction of an inch of losing the sight of his right eye. Iowa Couple Coming John J. Mueller, son of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Mueller of Stacyville, la., was united in marriage to Miss Eliz­ abeth Thome, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Thome of Meyers, la., at the Sacred Heart Catholic church at Meyers, la., yesterday morning. The couple left at once for Illinois, where they will spend their honeymoon as the guests of relatives at Grayslake, Volo, McHenry, Johnsburg and Spring Grove. On their return to Iowa they will go to housekeeping on a farm owned by the groom's father and sit­ uated about three miles south of Meyers, la. George W. Besley passed away at his late home at Woodstock last Fri­ day, only five days following the death of his wife, who died in the $ame city a week ago last Sunday. Mr. Besley's death had been expect ed for some time past and when his wife passed away her remains were taken to Waukegan, where they were placed in a vault, and on Monday of this week the body of Mr. Besley was taken to the Lake county metropolis, where a double funeral took place that day, interment being made in Oakwood cemetery. The deceased had many friends in this village, where he made his home and was one of McHenry's leading business men for a period of over thirty years. George W. Besley was born in Oak­ land county, Mich., July 17, 1846, and was a son of William and Mary Bes­ ley, natives of England, who came to America in 1832. His father was president of the Besley Brewing com­ pany of Waukegan and also served that city as its mayor for two or three terms. H is family moved to Waukegan when the subject of this sketch was still in his tender years. Here he at­ tended school until fourteen years of age and then entered the store of W. S. Pearce, at that time a druggist in that city. He remained in the Pearce drug store for three years, when he received his certificate and went to Chicago, where for two years he was employed by George Sobey. He then alternated between Waukegan and Chicago, seven or eight years, when he went to Negaunee, Mich., where he was employed as head clerk for L. D, Pyr SnKcannontly Kc returned to Waukegan and two years later went to Chicago, but remained only a short time when he returned to Waukegan. In July, 1879, he came to McHenry, where he established a drug store, which he conducted in this village for a period of thirty-three years. It will be remembered that his store was de­ stroyed by the big West Side fire of the spring of 1907. He lost every­ thing he possessed at that time. As soon as he was able to dotso he rented the store room now occupied by E. V. McAllister in the Jos. W. Freund block, where he continued to do busi­ ness until four years ago last spring, when he disposed of his stock to the present owner. Shortly after disposing of his store here the family moved over to Wood­ stock, where he has resided since. Mr. Besley has not been well since he burned out here. His condition grew worse as time passed on and during the past two years he has been a paralytic. The date of his marriage and the children he leaves were mentioned in connection with his • wife's obituary, which appeared in these columns in last week's issue, and for this reason we consider it unnecessary to give this data. During Mr. Besley's residence in McHenry he was considered one of our most enterprising business men as well as citizens. He shared the esteem of our people in general and his acquaintance extended thruout the entire county and part of Lake coun­ ty, especially Waukegan and the im­ mediate vicinity. He was a man pos­ sessed of a kind heart and his deeds of kindness will ever remain in the memory of those who knew him best, While it was almost impossible for our people to attend the funeral, many of our citizens drove over to the Bes­ ley home at Woodstock last Sunday to pay their last respects to a man whom in life they had learned to love. The sympathy of our people is ex­ tended to the bereaved ones. WILL HAVE DOLLAR DAYS McHenry Business Men Are (setting Together For Big Days Not to be outdone by other towns, the business men of McHenry have de­ cided on holding two gigantic dollar days in this village on Feb. 11 and 12. Practically every business man in McHenry has signified his willingness to take part in these two big bargain days and people of McHenry and the outlying country and surrounding towns are sure to profit thru this tre­ mendous undertaking of our wide­ awake and enterprising set of busi­ ness men. The real purpose of these two bar­ gain days is to go after outside trade which is now going elsewhere. The general feeling seems to be that Mc Henry's business houses are carrying just as good lines as may be found anywhere in McHenry county and their prices, too, are just as attrac­ tive as those of their brother mer­ chants in other towns, and in some re' spects even more so. In fact, it has been said that McHenry's stores car ry even a bigger and better line of goods than is usually found in towns much larger than olir village and it is for this reason that the merchants feel that much new business may be added by presenting to the outside buyers opportunities that are sure to attract them to this village and thus see for themselves what McHenry merchants are doing. Thus while extending a hand to the smaller town residents in this lo­ cality, they are at the same time ex­ tending an invitation to the home people to take advantage of this mon­ ey-saving opportunity. Watch this paper for the bargains to be had in McHenry during these two days. TOWN CAUCUS MARCH 18 Four Offices To Be Filled at Coming Spring Election ITEMS OF LOCAL INTEREST AS PICKED UP BY PLAINDEALER REPORTERS DURING WEEK iM SI What People are Doing In This V8- lage and the Immediate Vicinity-- f Other Short Paragraphs' >:i| Butter Market Butter sold at 31 cents per pout on the Elgin board of trade last Sat- 'J, urday. Belvidere's poultry show is holding,' y- forth in that city this week. - Local capitalists will erect a $100^-»vi 000 hotel at Waukegan this spring. Miss Theresa Knox is absent from *.S her duties at the West Side postoffice^ on account of illness. ii ^ ' Dr. C. H. Fegers is moving into beautiful new bungalow on the cortie^-f^t of Elm and Court streets. -""i Mrs. S. Dermont has been very for the past week of congestion of the V;*'; lungs, but is now on the way to rei^;Q|| covery, and we hope out of danger. J Most of the McHenry dealers are \ again handling the home bakery goods, which indicates that the newyv/f baker is turning out satisfactory vfst goods. '-kM - ,,.>*3 Just to remind you of the leap year. v dance to be given by the members of; the Just Us club at Stoffel's hall on . i Saturday evening, Feb. 19. Walsh'#; Chicago orchestra. ";^ --- * _ ; J Michael Freund will hold an auctiotf i ^ sale on his farm east of McHenry and ^ expects to move to this village about ^ the first of March. He and his fam-" ^ ily will occupy his house, the old Wightman place, which he purchased, some time ago. With the town caucus only seven weeks distant politics in the town of McHenry are beginning to warm up and before another week rolls around we expect to see several candidates in the field for the four offices to be filled this spring, viz., town clerk, as­ sessor, collector and commissioner of highways. The offices, in the order given above, are now filled by the following gentle­ men: C. B. Harmsen, John W. Kim­ ball, John Niesen and James L. Con­ way. Mathias Miller, father-in-law of Jos. W. Freund, the West Side clothier, was the first man to announce his candidacy to The Plaindealer. He called at this office yesterday morning and left a card announcing the fact that he is in the race for the office of collector. It has also been rumored about town that John Niesen, the present incumbent of the office, will again seek the job, altho up to the time of going to press no official announce­ ment has been made by him. Whether or not Chas. B. Harmsen, John W. Kimball and James L. Con­ way will again become candidates for the respective offices they now hold re­ mains to be seen. The name of Chas. Harrison of Ringwood has been connected with the office of road commissioner and it is not at all unlikely that he will become a candidate. We wouldn't be at all surprised to see a lively fight for every one of the offices to be filled and in this event the annual town caucus is sure to bring out a big vote. The Social Wheel A most delightful meeting of the members of the Social Wheel took place at the home of Mrs. T. J. Walsh last Thursday afternoon. Mrs. Walsh made each and every one of her guests feel that their presence was deeply appreciated and naturally ev­ eryone enjoyed the event fully. When the proper time arrived dainty re freshments were served. The next meeting will be held at the home of Mrs. F. J. Mershon on Friday, Feb. 4, with Mesdames F. J. Mershon and M. D. Ott acting as hostesses. Each member is kindly requested to bring a news item. Jesuit Missionary Coming The Rev. J. J. Corbley, S. J., an eloquent Jesuit missionary, will preach at St. Patrick's church next Sunday morning. He will also be here Saturday afternoon and evening to hear confessions. Father Corbley gave a mission at St. Patrick's church some years ago, so he is not a strang­ er in McHenry. Owing to the assis­ tance of Rev. Corbley there will be two masses at St. Patrick's church next Sunday morning at 8:00 and 16:00 o'clock. Operetta Was Good "The Japanese Girl," an operetta in two acts, was rendered in a most pleasing manner by the girls' glee elub of the McHenry high school at the school auditorium on Tuesday evening of this week. The attendance was one of the largest that ever jammed the place and everyone went home well satisfied with what they had seen and heard. The stage never looked pret­ tier than it did on this occasion and the members of the cast and the var­ ious choruses carried out their roles in a manner that would do credit to many a traveling company of players. The manner in wheih the operetta was put on showed careful training by the director, Miss Jessie M. Cameron, while the Japanese costumes and the prominence of the Japanese chrysan­ themums brought out the acting al­ most true to life. In short, those who were present were treated to one of the most cleverly acted operettas ever seen in McHenry. Buys Crystal Lake Restaurant Mrs. N. H. Clancy, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. S. S. Giddings, who until a short time ago occupied the Mrs. Nick Bohr farm near McCollum's Lake, has purchased the Miss Emma Gerlach restaurant at Crystal Lake and took possession of same last Monday. Mrs. Clancy has been employed at the Mc­ Henry House in this village during the past month and her many friends here wish her success in her business venture. Imported pure olive oil at C. Unti'a. ^i Vsti.il The thaw of last, week put another crimp into the ice making business here. The pond as well as the river ^ were flooded and for a time it looked as if the old Fox would cause some";f| trouble here but fortunately the . passed without serious results. ^ Hereafter the McHenry bakery and' milk depot will be closed from 1:00 to 4:30 o'clock on Sunday afternoon. i The proprietors of these two places, | feel that they are entitled to a little '^ rest during the course of a week, ' j hence the Sunday afternoon closings.'J| Mr. and Mrs. Martin B. Schmitt J have moved from the Jacob Juetent flat over N. H. Petesch's drug store ^ to the flat in the Bonslett block on the West Side, which Mr. Schmitt pur- ^ chased last week. The Justen flat "A will be occupied by Mr. and Mrs. John'-" ^ Tonyan. Elgin Covurier: One girl lost two| teeth and another one fainted after ;,"J a collision in a game between Elgin|» academy and McHenry high school, . J girl basket ball teams at McHenry last': Friday night. We humbly recom-^^ mend the ladylike game of football as., -"\'2 a substitute. '*>#$1 --- ".JXirl The seventh card. party, given hat the Riverview camp, R. N. A., will « take place at the home of Mrs. Fred Justen next Saturday evening, Jan.£,.|$ 29. Mrs. Nick P. Justen will act as hostess. This will be a public card ^ party and a general invitation is ex-.. tended to all. * •:'•$ -Ha weather The icemen are surely having their > .s , troubles these days. The has been such during the past week as to keep them in idleness and in anything but cheerful spirits. Here's hoping that the weather man will cause the smile to come back to the ^ icemen without much further delay. •i«'^ Ben Stilling informs us that the ^ North Dakota farm produce and farm life pictures will be slhown at the Cen- tral opera house in this village on Sat- ^ urday, Feb. 5. Two shows will be given and the farmers of McHenry and the immediate vicinity are invit­ ed to come out and see and hear what the farmers of the^ great noi&we&t ; ' are doinjk Jos. N. Miller, rural carrier ^ on route 3, has just received his titles to a couple of lots at Round Lake, which were raffled off during a recent church fair held in that village, Mr. Miller holding the lucky number. ^ yl Round Lake has been 'experiencing quite a boom during the past few years and the lots won by the local man are said to be quite valuable. ------------ -- ; H. G. Seger, who with his wife have '.;'M been spending the past few summers j®|| at Pistakee Bay, has sent to a num- ber of his friends in McHenry posters, C.:| advertising the sale of all of h»v '"A horses, wagons and harness used in V;.$f| the loop district United States mail > J contract. The sale will be held at the stables on the northwest corner of ; Monroe and Green streets on Friday || and Saturday of next week, Feb. 4 ' and 5.- The sale will start promptly at 9:15 a. m. each day. Besides forty Jv sets of double and sixty sets of single .^s| harness, there will be sold all of his wagons, forty teams of horses ami eighty single horses. The horses « range in weight from 1400 to 1800 pounds. The reason for the sale lies in the fact that Mr. Seger has the mail . u t&i H- 4