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W' ' "-L" t * */ rl*f j l fr V „ *\\ v»* S ̂7̂ V _̂ *t - ; *;i JPK'-Si' F ' * »*" 51 « >V ^'\2 ^ f.?* \Z- >1 Vtl?i •* . V } 13< .3$ * NO 44 * IliLINOfS. THURSDAY. APRIL 20, 1916 VOLUME XLI MoHEN WEEKLY PERSONAL ITEMS COMERS AND GOERS OF A WEEK OUR BUSY VILLAGfc , Seen By Plaindealer Reporters and Handed Into Our Office By Our , ftfiss Anna Knox passed.ifaturday „V#k Elgin., ' - ." * « &- J. Heimer spent Tuesday at jfoliet, 111. ' v . , •" ? M. D. Ott was * cofanty ^?eat vis­ itor Monday. ' v'\". " Mrs. Sarah Dermont passed Mo,n- ' diy in Chicago. •?.1.'- ^ sRev. M. J. McEvoy was a Chicago f";*>|l$Htor Monday. ... . Mrs. C. W. <SbEKkdeU."j»rv4CHie«^to Visitor Monday. j ^ J Mrs. Wm. Cowen was * Chicago ^ 'ifiiitor Monday. ; -I. ' > "Ed. L, Hayes was a couftty seat I'Srtiitor Monday. '•/,»',/•• • >< K'~.v]ftr&i J. Karges Wa* a county Seat visitor Tuesday. ' M. L. Worts passed Tuesday in the ' metropolitan city. *? Mrs. D. G. Wells spent Tuesday in the metropolitan city. Mrs. A. J. KamhOlii was a county seht visitor Tuesday. ««--"£F.' E.' Cobb of Chicago £pent Sun- 4& in his home here. Miss Bertha ^Volff was an Elgin fisitor last Saturday. Mr8. Clara Starritt passed Monday """III the metropolitan city. It. I. Overton was a business vis­ itor in Chicago Monday. . r F" J. Barbian attended to business '"""Slitters in Chicago Monday. H. Wattles attended to business ^fitters in Chicago Monday. • • "Misses Josephine and Rose Worts -ifcere Chicago visitors Tuesday. ^'Misses Eleanor and Edna . Phalin ,f vWre Elgin visitors last Saturday. *.v;^'r Mrs. Kenry Antholtz and children -Were county seat visitors Tuesday. Mrs. Walter J. Walsh boarded the £lgin train last-Saturday morning. . Mr. and Mrs. Gfeo. Kramer and ^jild were Chicago visitors Tuesday. ; ; :Miss Eva Stilling wasthe guest of ..... Chicago friends the first of the week, ^Atty. A. H. Pouse attended to legal .<•• jiliitters at the county seat Monday. . 'Mrs. Jacob- Lelc-kem was among the Chicago ^passengers Tuesday morn- HENRY Passed Away at HisHome Here Last Sunday Evening WEEKLY EXCHANGE ITI WORTHY SUPPORT Aft-^KEN FROM THE COLUMNS or OUR EXCHANGES : ^ /,? Everett Hunter attended to matters t£ a business nature in Chicago Tues- xday. 1 Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Landwer were 'gttests of relatives at Barrington .-Sunday. a • Miss Florence Granger passed the week end as the guest of friends at * Ifebrpn. Wm. Smith attended to business blatters it}., th'e metropolitan city Tuesday. ^ I Mrs, C. S. Pumbleton was among ' tile Chicago passengers Tuesday morning. " „ Geo. .A. Stilling was among the - *: Chicago (passengers last Saturday - L, <}M of Ottawa, HL, 4^ans^ gjted husMpps matters here the n*st- Of the w«4lt , -.Misses Emjly Weber and Kathryn Hiesen of Elgin were Sunday guests home folks, iiife.' Kb, Gaylord of Chicago spent^, the * #eek end as a guest in the home o| ... mother here. x ~ ':Jfty Comiskey of Woodstock s^ent Sinday and Monday as the guest of iends in McHenfy. ^ > Mfs. James T. Perkins spent the litter part of last week as the guest / of friends at Woodstock. Geo. H. Johnson of Waynesville, • Bl., passed the week end as a guest ^ in the home of Mrs. F. K. Granger. Mrs. E. W.. Howe was in-Chicago Monday selecting a new stock of sea- a(>naMe goods for her millinery store. S,- . Miss Elizabeth Thelen Was in Chi- ; ' cftgo Monday, buying new .millinery goods for her West Side -testablish- jB|ent . . . Mr. and/Mrs. A. K. Burns "of Aus­ tin were Sunday guests in the home of the lattet's mother, Mrs,, F. K. Granger. E. E. Bassett and James N. Sayler attended the meeting of the rural letter carriers at Woodstock last Sat- i urday evening. -i Mrs. Otto Singer and daughter, J ||ary, of Woodstock were guests in the home of Mr. and Mr« James T. jP«rkins Sunday. ^ Mr. and Jtfrs. Nick Justen and son, Elmer, of Ringwood passed Sunday as guests in the home of her parents, |!r. and Mrs. Peter M. Freund. Mrs. Peter May and son of Spring % Grove and Mrs. John May of Johns- -burg passed Tuesday as guests in the !r home of the latter's daughter, Mrs. fceter M. Freund. Loren Martin returned to - his '- school duties at Mcdison, W^is., Tues- ' -^^iay after a week's vacation spent in :(|»e home of his parenjts, Mr. and ^Hllrs. F. E. Martin, who reside west town. - \ : Mrs. Chris Blake and daughters, * 4 Dorothy and Helen, and Mrs. P. J. " Schoewer passed the latter part of last week as guests in the home of ,Hte latter's daughter, Mrs. Geo. F. - / Garrity, in Chicago. A very sad death occurred here last Sunday evening, when Henry Bre- feld, for many' years a barber pn' the West Side of town, ansWered the call of his Maker, after &n illness of only twelve days in duration. The death came as a great shock to his wife and children as well as" to our citizens in genetf«d, who had hoped that he mi^ht be restored to his former good health. » Mr. Brefeld first complained of not feeling Well on April 5. "At iihat time, he was suffering wijh pains in his right ar<n. lie Quit ^vork in the shop on that day/ aA'd with the thought that a rest would bring him out all right he retired to th? living rooms he occupied over the shop. However, as the days passed by his condition grew steadily worse. A consultation of doctors' was held and a trained - nuVse placed into attend­ ance. Notwithstanding the» fact that everything that medical skill and lov­ ing' h'ands cquld accomplish was done for him, he passed out of this world in a; quiet and peaceful / manner on the evening above mentioned. r The deceased was born on the Bre­ feld estate farm, situated about four miles east of this village, better known as Big Hollow, on May 18, 1868. When five years of age he suffered a severe attack of typhoid fever. While recovering^ from this ailment it was noticed^ that*1 his lower limbs had become affected, which he did not seem to outgrew until at the age of eighteen years. About this time his health began to show a marked impi'ovement and within the next few years he grew to be a strong and robust young man. H remained on the farm until - thirty years of age. In 1898 he wept to Chicago, where he took, a course in the Moler Barber college* from jvhich he graduated in the due course of time. He worked in shops in Chicago and North Chi­ cago about a year or so and in the fall of the year 1900'he came to Mc- Henry and opened up a shop in the east room of the Gilbert block, now owned by Theo. Schiessle. Later on he moved his location to the Stroner building, which stood on the site of the West McHenry State bank build­ ing, and which was destroyed during the big fire which occurred in the spring of 1907, Mr. Brefeld losing his chair and other barber tools in the fire. Fortunately for him, ...however, the present building, which stands as a monument to the deceased, was just nearing completion at the time and it was not long thereafter that he op­ ened up the shop he has conducted during the past nine years. Mr. Brefekl was united in marriage to Miss Christine Tonyan in 1897, the ceremony • having been performed), by ftev. Decker at St. Joseph's Catholic urfch at Milwaukee, Wis. Four children were. born to the union, as follows: Varena, Genevieve, Carlie and A The deceased was a man who manded the esteem and respect every one who formed his acquain­ tance. Being of a quiet nature and an excellent workman he built up a barber business that ranked with the best in any of the smaller towns in this locality. lie was not a man to mingle in politics or things of that sort, but was ever ready to lend his good will and financial support to that which he thought worthy of such. In home life he was an ideal husband and father, always finding enjoyment within the home circles after his business hours were over. As a citizen, neighbor and friend the deceased i^(>n a place in the hearts of every fine and our citizehs in general join as in one voice in extending to the bereaved, family their deepest sympathy in I this, their ' dark hour of sadness. , Besides his four children and sor­ rowing wife, he leaves to mourn his untimely . death four brothers: Ben J. of this village, Jacob and William, who occupy the old*1 homestead, and George, who is employed on a farm east of town. He also leaves a large circle of friends in this village ,ahd locality. Mr. Brefeld was a member of St. Mary's C. O. F. as well as the Mystic Workers of this place, his1 brother members of the former soci­ ety turning out at his funeral. The funeral took place at St. Mary*8 Catholic church at-10 o'clock on Wednesday morning of this week. Rev. Edward Berthold, pastor o? the church, performed the last sad rites and druing his sermon paid the de­ ceased a beautiful tribute, in which he characterized his. exemplary life A large congregation of relatives and friends, were in attendances O. E. S. Y>ance The members of the McHenry Chapter, O. E. S„ will give a public dance at Stoffel's hall on Saturday evening, May' 6. first-class music will be in attendance. More particu­ lars will be given in those columns next w MeHenry Band Should Have . United Support of Everyone • H' Miscellaneous Assortment of News Items In Condensed Form For Busy People' . The city spifihkler has already been, called into set-vice at Lake Geneva, Wis. • ; '; . . A nviinber of sheep and lambs have been killed by dogs over in. Lake county oi late. The Richmond band will give a, concert and dance at the Hebron opera h^us? tomorrow evening. , H.J J. Bauer & Sbfts, the Crystal La*ke gSrage! men,, i»a ve just /^placed into service a sixteen-passeriger autu bus v, ' . •; . * ' \ A large auto bus with/ a seatine capacity of ljifteen passengers has been placed irito' commission .at"Fox Lake. ' • " r> • A number of the buHdings noW oc­ cupied by saloons at Waukegan have already been rented for other pur­ poses'. * The freight handlers at the Har­ vard depot went on a,,$tdke -Qne day recently and as a result all received an increase in pay. W ith ceremonies appropriate to the occasion, the Nunda Masonic lodge celebrated its sixty-first anniversary on Saturday, April 8. ^ Capt. C. H. Tryon .of Woodstock for many ^ears county" surveyor, passed away at his home in that city last Thursday morrnyng;""""" ' ~ TlietjT Crystal Lake high school'is now "fully accredited, which places it on an equal footing with schools in cities like Elgin and Rockford. A t bill asking the consent of congress to erect £ bridge across Fox river near Nippersink lake has .been introduced by Congressman George Edmund Foss. The city of Crystal Lfake is under­ going a general cieanrng. Two teams and men hav been busy during the past two- weeks. The railroad park is also being beautified for the sum­ mer. Answering to. a call for help, ' a number of residents of the city of Lake Geneva, Wis., turned out last Friday and assisted in getting the baseball park in condition for the playing season. Since it has been definitely settled that Arlington Heights is to have some of her principal--streets paved, real estate is growing in demand in that village. A building boom has also been started. . Crystal Lake held a "tag day" for the benefit of the High School Ath­ letic. asssociation one day recently, with the result that the, three girlsr, who did the tagging, turned in $47.00 after their day's work. Edgar E, Cornue of Hebron has just received a birthday present from his sister, who resides at Des Moines, la., in the shape of a draft for $500. The draft was sent with the under­ standing that an automobile should be purchased with same. An injunction, restraining |he vil­ lage board from purchasing a motor driven truck, has been filed against the president and members of the board at Gilberts. The injunction was filed by three tax payers of the village last Friday afternoon. Herman Elhofz," a drayman of Huntley, was hauled into the county court at " Woodstock last week on a charge of having given liquor to a minor. The court assessed a fine of $100 and costs and sentenced him to thirty days in jail, fine (^nd jail sen­ tence both being suspended until the first Monday in May. ^ The village of Barrington is to have a new hall, something the vil­ lage has been sadly in need of for some time past. J. C. Catlqw of that place will' erect a building 40x100 feet with two stories and a basement. The building wjJI be constructed of wood -with "a cement- veneer. The two floors above will be used for lodge purposes, two fraternal organi­ zations having already spoken for same. The lowter or main floor will be fitted up as a hall or opera house. It will contain a 16x40 stage and will have a seating capacity "of 700. The cost of the building will be $15,000. Harvard Herald: ' Adriel Cowlin. who was convicted nearly a year ago for violation of the local option laws by selling a so-called temperance beer at Woodstock, and whose case stirred the entire county and extended to the state administration, is-again in he county bastile working out the $900 fine imppsed upon him by lJudge Smiley. Cowlin was given ja jail sentence of thirty days and this fine, imposed. After serving two weeks in jail, friends succeeded in reaching Governor Dunne and thereBy'secured his release frpm jail. An appeal was taken to the appellate court and Cow-' iiist. The case stirred up a bitter betw^n Cowlin's friends and uity officials and others at the county seat, and was one of a num­ ber of cases in the clean-up campaign conducted by State's Attorney Joslyn. k out the fine will require a of about 600 days. \\ .• I^OW that the warm days are ap­ proaching our minds turn back to th6 days erf the oM Mcllenry band, which gave us such excellent concerts dur­ ing the summer months. Mcllenry once more stands in line Of having weekly band concerts dur­ ing the coming summer if our people will only, give the band boys the en­ couragement and-; support which rightfully belong to them. "We know of nothing in this world that advertises a town more or bet-, ter than a good band and weekly band concerts during the summer -season. Over at Woodi-toek. where such con­ certs have come to be looked forward to during the summer season by hun-f dreds of people residing in _ Wood­ stock and other McIIerny county towns, the city has been greatly ben­ efitted. The writer has attended sev­ eral of these concerts over at the County seat during the past few sea­ sons and the crowds that are drawn tb that city in this manner are lar&e. Not only do the people of that enter­ prising city turn out irv numbers, but music lovers from the immediate rural vicinities as well, as from all of the neighboring towns may be found among those gathered on such pleas­ ant occasions. ' The Mi-Henry band has made a steady progress thruout the winter months anil by the .Lime that the band concert season arrives the boys >vill be in. Condition to turn out' and give the" people of McHenry and vi­ cinity some very line music. How­ ever, in order to do this the band members must have the financial sup­ port of our people in general. Thus i'ar the members of the band have hired and' paid |he music director out of their own pockets. They have purchased all of their own music, which runs into a considerable amount,'and. have taken care of the numet-ous incidentals that naturally arise from any organization. The boys 'have "all' "^rBKHpfieir hearts and souls into the work and what has been accomplished by them will be left for you to decide when the Mc­ Henry band makes its initial public appearance of the season. We are told that a number of do­ nations Tiavfe already been received and as a result of the Canvas made among the business men and others about the village a good start has been made1 towards the band fund. We understand that it is the desire of the band members to purchase uni­ forms and also get a line of new music for the summer season and if the good people of McHenry and vi­ cinity will assist them in making their desires a reality, the band in turn will give McHenry a series of concerts of which no one need feel ashamed. We have also been, requested to give public thanks to those who have already contributed to the support of the band and also to once more thank the members of the board of educa­ tion for granting them the free use of the Mcllenry high school auditor­ ium, where the weekly rehearsals have taken place ever since its or­ ganization. At the present time the band has a membership of twenty-two and with everyone working in perfect harmony with the proficient leader, Prof. Sears, nothing but success * can and will crown the efforts of those Who have given their time to this excel­ lent cause. •" The McHenry band was organized under conditions that confront few such organizations, in that most of the members were novices. How­ ever, thru hardi and tireless work the boys have progressed slowly, but surely. Old band members have gradually been drawn into the fold, until today the membership takes in most of the musical talent in the vil­ lage. This fact is indeed encourag­ ing and gives us reason to believe that the old members are very well satisfied with {the progress of the w men and that we will «oon be able to boast of a musical organiza­ tion *' that will not take a back seat for any of the smaller town bands in this part of the state. In order |o give those Who have not as yet contributed towards the cause an opportunity to assist the band in a financial way, it was decided last week to hold a benefit dance at Stof­ fel's hall on Friday evening, May 12. This will give the young folks an op­ portunity to ten.der their assistance by taking in the hop and at the same time be-shown an excellent time for the monej£ spent. •. J Tickets for this event *are already off the press and the members "have set out to dispose of 200 of these-at $1:00 each. If you are really a l^ver of nfeou music and appreciate the ef­ forts , of the boys to give us weekly concerts during the coming summer, you will buy a dance ticket and at­ tend this event, which promises to be one of the most pleasant of the season. . i Already the place of holding these (Continued on .last page.) THE CITIZENS' TICKET WINS THREE NEW ALDERMEN ELECTED TUESDAY ARE Wm. G, Schreiner Is Reelected Vil­ lage Clerk By Large Majority-- Women to Front As predicted in last week's issue of The Plaindealer the annual village election, held here pn Tuesday of this week, proved a very lively affair, altho there were quite a number who did not get to the polls. All of the Candidates for the var­ ious offices were at work with the be­ ginning of the day and there wasn't a let-up to the hustle for votes until the closing of the polls at five o'clock in the evening, at which time it was discovered that 528 voters had vis­ ited the polling booths thruout the day. Of this number 291 were men, while the balance, or 234, were women. The detailed results of the day are as follows: Jotal vote cast:.... .......628 Total women vote cast 234 Total men vote cast...... ..291 For Village Trustees Peter J. Doherty 279 John Kennebeck ....... 274 John H. Justen 265 N. E. Barbian .!. .256 John iieimer .J...242 Wm. J: Schumacher . .222 For Village Clerk - Wm. G. Schreiner 340 J. C. Holly ......152 How the Men Voted N. E. Barbian..................153 John Heimer ...151 Peter J. Doherty f. 140 John Kennebeck .137 Wm. J. Schumacher 135 John H. Justen >132 Wm. G. Schreiner .1 .180 J. C. Holly 88 Women Turn Tables / Peter J. Doherty 139 John Kennebeck 137 John H. Justen u. 133 N. E. Barbian .......... .103 John Heimer 91 Wm. J. Schumacher*'.' 87 Win. G. Schreiner .160 J. C. Holly 64 By the above" it will be seen that it was the women vote that decided the winners. With one exception the majority of the men voters were willing to see the old trustees re­ turned, but the women said no. That it was the platform of the men who ran on the Citizens' ticket that won them the women vote seems to be the general opinion since Tues­ day. Many oi the women, especially those owning property, are against sewerage. That these women, at least the larger majority of them, are not in favor of sewerage can be heard from all sides. If there is any one in McHenry who doubts, this state­ ment we advise him or her to make a canvas of the women property owners of the village and find out for themselves. These women, many of whom are widows, have very little means of support. They are not con­ cealing their feelings on this very important subject and come out flatly and say that they are not ready for such an improvement at this time. During the entire campaign we haven't heard a single complaint made against the three defeated al­ dermen, which adds strength to our belief that it was the platform adopt­ ed by the winners that won for them one of the closest battles fought out in McHenry in some . years. The fight for the office of village clerk, to the great surprise of every-^ one, proved quite one-sided, the pres­ ent incumbent of the office, Wm. G. Schreiner, winning ou£ over J. C. Holly by a very comfortable margin, evidencing the fact that the majority of the voters are satisfied to have Mr. Schreiner hold the position he now occupies for another two years. "As a result of the election the personnel of the new board will be as follows: Dr. D. G. Wells, presi­ dent; Peter J. Doherty, John H., Jus­ ten, John Kennebeck, Wm. Simes, Wm. Spencer and Simon S,toJJel, trus­ tees, and Wm. G. Schreiner, village clerk, " Now that the fight is over local conditions should once more attain their normal st^te. The slight feel­ ings that have been aroused thru the battle should be thrown aside. Ev­ eryone should make a voW to work for the good of the village and lend his support to the men who have thus been entrusted with the busi­ ness connected with our enterprising little village. Are You Going to Do Inside Dec- * orating - - We have just unpacked twenty bar­ rels of Bradley & Vrooman's paints. In this shipment we have 50 per cent more velvet flat finish for interior decoration than ever before. What does this mean ? It means that this flat coat paint is being used almost exclusively for interior painting and decorating. We carry- a complete stock of paints. Donavin & Reihansperger. Chapelt's fancy brick ice cream iit Petesch's. " OPPOSITION TO SEWERAGE Many Feel That the Time Is Not Yet Ripe for Improvement The public hearing, held at the Cen­ tral opera house on Wednesday aft­ ernoon of this week, brought out a very good representation of our prop­ erty owners and we feel very safe ih stating that at least two-thirds of those gathered were opposed to any such improvement being made. Atty. V. S. Lumley of Woodstock was present and talked at some length on the legal points connected with the installation of such an im­ provement. He also explained to his listeners what a local board of im­ provement can do and what powers they are given the right to exercise if they so wish/ , Engineer Price of Chicago was also on hand and went oyer the local situ­ ation from hiS standpoint of view, viz., that of an . engineer. Petitions, bearing the names of at, least three-quarters of the property owner of the village, who are against the proposed improvement, were also read. The writer has personally looked these petitions over and finds that the residents over on the West Side, with very few exceptions, ajre against sewerage,' while the east side of town is also very well represented thereon. We have always' believed in "Let majority rule" and this is as it should be. To hear some of the talk that is going on in town these days one wonders whether Or not he or she is entitled to his or her opinion. We do not refei>t6 everyone when we say this, but all must agree that in a con­ test of this kind there are always some who allow themselves to get a bit more4 excited than others. ' For instance, the writer of The Plain- dealer has been pointed out as a "knocker" by--some for the simple reason* ths(t he has not looked at the proposition in the same light as the other fellow. Also have we heard it remarked that fighting sewerage in McHenry was purely ignorance on the part of those who are opposed to sew­ erage. In reply to the latter charge we wish to state that a few years ago, when the present sysrfc^m was in­ stalled at Woodstock, some of the brainiest men at the county seat were opposed to such an improve­ ment. This ignorance argument is foolish. And then, too, it has been" stated that McHenry could never expect a factory to locate here until a sewer­ age system is installed. In answer to this We will say that Woodstock had its Oliver typewriter factory years before sewerage ...was ever talked of in that city and if anyone who has made such a remark will go to the various cities in this locality we are quite sure that in many instances factories came before sewerage. Al­ so if they will go to the trouble to look it up they will find that there are thousands of thriving villages and even smaller cities in this grand old country that are without sewer­ age. Many of them have factories, to& The Plaindealer is not against pub­ lic improvements, but believes in al­ lowing the property owners and tax payers decide these questions and if the majority vote in such an improve­ ment we will be among the first to boos'f it along, but not until then. ( At the meeting of yesterday a vote was taken by the three members of the boaird of local improvement whether or not to carry the proposi­ tion further or drop it where it is. Simon Stoffel voted to drop same, while Drr D. G. Wells and Wm. Simes sre willing to carry on the work started. According to the vote taken the board of local improvement will now put it up to the village board of McHenry to be passed upon and it is fp to the latter body of men to say whether or not the improvement goes ITEMS OF LOCAL MEREST AS PICKED UP BY PLAINDEALER REPORTERS DURING WEEK company, Easter Monday Dance A number of young men, styling themselves the "Just Us Boys," will hold an Easter ball at Stoffel's hall on Monday evening of next week, April 24. These young men are lov­ ers of the ever popular pastime of dancing and believe that they know a thing or two when it comes to en­ tertaining others. Metzger's orches­ tra of Woodstock, which consists of some of the best musicians obtain­ able in the Typewriter city, has been engaged for the- occasion and the dancers may rest assured that the music feature of the dance will not be lacking in any respect The "Just Us boys" will set , forth their very best efforts to make the event one of rare enjoyment to everyone who at­ tends, and they will also see to it that their guests are shown every courtesy and consideration at their, command. Turn out and see how well this new club can entertain you. Dance tickets, 75 cents. To th«r V oters" Ladies and Gentlemen! I wish to take this means of thanlc ing you for the loyal support yo# gave me at the election April 18. Wm. G. Schreiner. 1 Wha t People are Doing in This ̂ l« fe and the Immediate Vicinity-- Of her Short Paragraphs >, . Butter Market - ̂ B atter on the Elgin board of trade sole at 34 cents per pound last Sat- urday. ' / • ; Ohapell's fancy brick iee cream it?" '% Petesch's. - Vaudeville and pictures at the Ces».f tial opera house Sunday. " _ " O. E. S. dance at Stoffel's hall m- Saturday "evening, May 6. I Brick ice cream for Sunday's din- per. Phone order at Petesch's. • See Wm. Bonslett's ad for bar-- - gains in flour and chicken feed. . t 'J B, P. Si means best paint soli ; ' For floor, walls or house. At Pet-' ^ esch's. ' . ~~ 5 Wm. Bonslett is offering special bargains in flour, feed and farm ma- ' f chinery. See his ad. % A number of boats, the product of % the E. Hunter boat factory were shipped this week. The annual meeting of the village board will take place at the village hail' next Monday evening. The Waukegan Rug company will send Iheir man to McHenry for car­ pet orders next Tuesday, April 25. The Fox River Valley camp, R. N. A., will hold a Memorial dance (Hi Saturday evening, May 27. Particu­ lars later. Easter ball, given by thp Just Us boys at Stoffel's hall Monday even­ ing, April 24. Music by Metzger's orchestra. H. E. Buch has accepted a position in the Chas. G. Frett meat market and grocery, entering upon his mrH duties this week. Frank Beach, the clever Germto dialect comedian, in conjunction with pictures at the Central Sunday. Ad­ mission, 10 cents. Vycital's hardware store has be­ come a sort of headquarters for the boys and girls who are out to win that pony and cart. Vacuum cleaner to rent by hour or day. 25 cents per hour or 50 cents per day. Inquire of <?. Adams, West McHenry. , 7 ^ ' We sell McCollum's lake ptire fee. Give us yourjtffder and we will please you. (Meyers Bros. Ice McHen>y, 111. Phone 82-R. 44-St Percy Lodtz has given up his po- w sition in Chicago and has returned to this village, where he is now as­ sisting his father in the tailor shop. John W. Kimball, the assessor, has again started on his annual tour and from now until the completion of hia work he will be kept a very btuqr man. Recent rains have worked wonders^ •'% with the trees and lawns, altho the roads, especially those that have been- graded of late, have been left in prefe* t y b a d s h a p e . ( : ' : ' i In respect to the deceased, "the West Side business houses closed, their doors during the funeral sefr. vices of the late Henry Berfeld ye®». w terday morning. a Lumber is being hauled to tbr grounds for the erection of a large ^ livestock barn on the Gage property on John street, recently purchased by F..H. Wattles. 1%; I Tha members ofjfche Social Wh«|||^» ^ will meet at the Universalist church ; parlors tomorrow (Friday) aftets < noon. All members are requested % . be present as early as possible. K, ^ Overton & Cowen, the West S»4ly:- garage men, this week delivered to. Mrs, Clara Starritt a beautiful new Chalmers six-30 touring car, which we feel certain will afford the proud owner much pleasure during the automobile season. | . . 6 >- * Owing to the death of Hoary Bre^- _ feld, the barber shop, conducted by him up to the time of his illness, has^^/1" been closed until this morning, when it was reopened by Nick Franzev who has operated the place during the past two weeks. . Fred Weinschenker placed his auto truck passenger service into commit- sion between here and Terra Cottia on Monday morning of this week. Peter H. Weber is numbered among the new beginners at. the factory anal we are told that more will go dow*." Ed. L. Hayes, thlT local poultry fancier, informs us that he made at shipment of his fancy Barred Rocka to Webuax, Mont., last week. Mr. Hayes has been a successful breeder of several different varieties of chicle* ens daring the past several years andl his birds never fail to bring top-no toll prices. ^ Public Card Party The Young Ladies' Mary's church of this village wish to announce that they will hold a public card party at Knox's hall on Thurs­ day evening of next week, April 23. Cards and dominoes will be played.....1 for prizes, after which refreshments will be served. The young ladies as­ sure you courteous treatment and jt fine time, so don't miss it General adniasion, 25 ctPtft., ~r- ./X v •MS ; -Ov? '• '*rf 1 -- H/. tS'Sli •31.'® < • > - Stik'. ' /<"K ' '>