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.L.- -J iL '^5«,.jfl'J . .;.. " -_ >,. •c*v?/*•-:? '-•?• 1 ' • .4'; - -,. : ••••"&".* f <• *m;* ~f; *»- 4 V ^ * ~ /C>& •*< ,. ' /$*:-- _y»;* If®;" ,*>,*• '-i* i ~ - J*C^ '."f r ^ VOLUME 53 McHENEY, ILLINOIS, THURSDAY, JANUARY 26, 1928 KENT & COMPANY BUY SUBDIVISION Wm. BONSLETT SELLS 20 ACRES Alio Negotiating For Borden Proper- : fy, Bat Deny That Deal Has Been Consummated I HIGH SCHOOL CAGERS MAKE GOOD SHOWING In Gane Against Belvidere LaafcFfei* day--All Set For County ~Z\. Tournament ' The high school basketball team surprised the fans in the showing they made against Belvidere last Friday night. The local boys led the scoring from the opening of the game through out the first three quarters. The team has slowly developed a very effective offense. However, until the last one or two games* it has not shown an Itent A Company, local realtors, have purchased the William Bonslett subdivision, located in the northwest; offense which is capable of breaking portion of the city of McHenry, some j through the opponents. Repeatedly of the lots fronting on Ringwood road, throughout the game with Belvidere and others in the rear being on the (the local boys succeeded in breaking edge of the Borden mill pond. j their opponents defense and scoring. The deal takes in twenty acres of, Each one of the boys who are used land and there are about seventy-five. to work the ball down the floor, suclots available, which will be placed on reeded in reaching the basket some the market by Kent & Company, there j time during the fiitt .three quarters being but five lots sold before the, <>f the game. new owners took over the tract. 1 , It did not seem to the spectators The local real estate firm has had .that Belvidere opened any attack negotiations with the Borden Products j special in the fourth quarter. It apcompany in an endeavor to secure i pea red that the local boys made an the Borden property, which includes j ineffectual attempt to stall and lost the beautiful lake, commonly known j "he game as a result Belvidere suehere as the mill pond, in order that; ceeded in making sixteen points durlots in the Bonslett subdivision may the final quarter. Only one or be sold with water privileges and also two of their baskets were made, howto . subdivide the remaining ground ever, as a result of a decided drive anund the lake. The lake is a private ( on the part of the Belvidere b^$s. body of water and has been used for Nearly everyone of the Belvidere cutting of ice, but the property has j baskets in the final quarter resulted become so valuable for subdividing | w*>en they intercepted a McHenry pass that the Borden company has recently under McHenry's goal. entertained offers of prospective purchasers. Deny Rumors of Sale Rumors have been circulated that the deal has already been mad©, but Belvidere is usually considered one of t .e best teams in northern Illinois and this year is no exception. They won against the local boys by a very one-sided score on the Belvidere floor. 'H ' No. 34 T AFFORD NIGHT POLICE CITY'S FINANCES ARE LOW Dairymen Vote Milk Strike In Chicago Area The following report of the Milk Producers' meeting held in Chicago Wednesday appeared in the Chicago Tribune this morning: "The Milk Producers association voted to call a milk strike in the Chicago territory. The vote was taken at the close of ah all day session in the Hotel Sherman. A price committee had reported that an unsuccessful attempt had been made to hold conference with the large dealers. "After the discussion among more than 100 Illinois, Indiana and Wisconsin dairymen a fund was started to be used in carrying out the strike. Between now and Jan. 31 the members of the association will announce the date when they will stop delivery of their milk to Chicago dealers, the meeting decided." WEEKLY EXCHANGE ITEMS MEREST j TAKEN FROM COLUMNS OF <OUR EXCHANGES * John Pufahl, the local manager for,The school team is, therefore, Borden, and Kent & Company, both! P™ud winning against them in the deny that any deal has been consum- j three quarters of the game ano mated, although admitting that nego-, they are confident that, if they could tiations have been under way. | *neet Belvidere on a neutral floor again Both farmers and business men of, *"'s season that they could make the McHenry have discussed the recent j 8Tame a real contest. reports of the sale of the Borden hold- The local team has shown a great ings, which would include the milk j improvement during the present year, plant, where local dairymen find a j While they have only succeeded in market for their milk. Should the winning one game they have lost the plant be closed tjjese farmers would; last three games by a comparatively be compelled to haul their product to; small margin. During the first part other nearby towns, including Crystal, of the season every game .was lost by Lake, Ringwood and Woodstock, which.' 15 or 20 point*. ^ would also affect local business houses. I The county tournament will be held However, the local real estate firmj^t the Woodstock Armory on the 9th, Btates that if its offer is finally ac- j 10th arifa 11th of February. The drawcepted there is every assurance that ings have been made for this tournathe plant will be taken over by some ment. McHenry drew Marengo for company or parties who will keep it the first game. If our boys succeed operating and avoid the necessity for in improving during the next few the dairymen to make their deliveries ^ weeks as they have in the past, there elsewhere. {is no question that they can make a The Borden factory at McHenry has very good showing in the county touralways been known as one of the finest nament. plants of its kind in the Chicago dairy: The local boys will meet Richmond district, located in ofie of the best on tjje McHenry floor for the first time sections of the territory which helps this year, on Saturday night of this to supply milk to the big metropolis. | week, it is a little difficult to When the test was forced upon the prophesy what kind of a game will producers by the Chicago health com- result when Richmond and McHenry missioner and the plant was operated meet. The only indication we have is, at a loss on account of the scarcity of that both Richmond and McHenry won tested herds, the company threatened from Hebron during the season by to close down, but that condition about the same score. The game gradually^ grew better as more farm-1 should, therefore, be a closely fought ers cleaned out their herds. Then a one Wi*fc the local boys picked as new system of handling the milk went winners. into effect and all the bottling was( T., !o'a! fans are urged to give done in Chicago, the McHenry ac ry (tj,ejr support to their high school being used as a receiving station, team gvery schoo, has plenty of while the mlik was taken to Chicago ^ fair weather fan8 What the school in tanks. , , , needs is the fan who can see the boys At the present time we understand ant| yet support them. about 24,000 pounds of the fluid is ( being delivered here daily, although many more thousands of pounds could WILLIAM GREEN WRITES be handled. i FROM LOS ANGELES. *CAL. Special Meeting of City Coancil Monday Evening Shows Merchants - Must Protect Themselves A special meeting of the city council of McHenry was held at the city hall Monday evening to discuss the question of a night police officer. A number of the business men and other citizens attended the meeting, at which time a petition was presented, signed by 117 residents, asking that the council take immediate steps to provide adequate police protection during the night. - After the petition was read. Mayor Frett called upon a number of the taxpayers for expressions in regard to the matter and all stated that in their opinion a night man was necessary. Alderman Doherty, who acted as the spokesman for the council, after listening to the remarks of the tax-' payers, said that he agreed with the | KIWANIS UEUTENANTothers, but could not see where the money was coming from if the city paid the salary of another policeman. He stated that the finances were very low. However, he suggested that if it was agreeable to the business men he believed that a plan could be work- Sam Bosley, lieutenant-governor of ed out whereby the present marshal' this district, was guest speaker at the could be shifted from the .day to the weekly dinner meeting of the Mcnight force. I Henry Kiwanis club last Thursday Committee Appointed evening, at which time the attendance A committee was appointed, con- committee reported a 100 per cent atsisting of three aldermen and three tendance for the week. business men, namely Aid. Doherty, I Mr. Bosley enlightened his auditors i Contractor, Henry Lund, met death Overton and Kreutzer and J. J. Mar-j on many of the principles and objects i 'n?tantly Tuesday of last week, when shall, Jos. W. Freund and Gerald J.' of Kiwanis and went into the history ^raPPed by a cave-in. He was Carey, to meet Tuesday evening and j of the organization, delivering a very, sm°thered between tons of earth. AIdiscuss the matter. At this meeting interesting talk. ] though it took only a few minutes two of the committee were absent and j Elmer Freund, local violinist, pro-' ^or workmen to remove the soil, nothing was accomplished as the offer ; vided entertainment for the evening, weight of the- heavy earth had regarding the marshal was withdrawn rendering a number of selections in snuffed out his life. due to the fact that he had other duties a manner which showed this young! Earl Hughes, former member of the during the day which must be taken! man is making rapid progress toward: ^oard education of the Woodstock care of. a musical career. 1 Community high school and success- It begins to look like McHenry will j The attendance congest is bringing' Hartland farmer, is being menhave to get along without a night (.out the members regularly to the meet, tioned as a candidate for supervisor police officer, at least until the finan- j ings and a record attendance for the ^art^ar|d township to succeed Wilces of the city reach a point which two months is looked for, ending with j ^am. White, whose term expires in will warrant the expenditure of a sum 1 the turkey-bean contest the fore part j April and who is moving to Crystal of March. * I-ake to engage in the mercantile , Assortment of Newsy Items in ei Condensed Form For Busy People Libertyville has raised $1J.0,000 by popular subscription to'add to a fund of $20,000 willed by Mrs. E. C. Condell to build a hospital. The institution, to be known as ^fe^TBUgabeth Condell hospital. The hospital "building will occupy an irregular shaped piece of ground measuring roughly ! 281x246 feet and comprising about bne J and two-thirds acres. A new $1,500,000 home for St. Pat- 1. rick's academy for grlsi, is to be built on an eighty-acre campus at Des ; Plaines. I The Hull House association of Chii cago, through Jane Adams, head of | the organization, today took out a ! building permit through Walter Nibi belink, building commissioner, for a residence at the Bowen Country club GOVERNOR IS SPEAKER on Sheridan road at the north city limits of Waukegan. The permit calls of for a house costing $34,000. It will be 82 feet wide by 93 feet long. Burglars entered the Chicago and North Western Railway company freight house at Crystal Lake some time last Friday night, breaking the combination off the safe and prying into the cash drawer but failing to obtain anything of value. A well known Park Ridge Sewer TOWN TEAM BATTLES WITH SMOKE SHOP FIVE Game Here Last Sunday Ends Sir, Score ef 27 to 25 In Favor of Elgin Cagers Clem's Smoke Shop five of Elgin i defeated the local McHenry Amateur! Athletic basketball team on the local floor Sunday afternoon in a thrilling j game with a score of 27 to 25. The game was a close and hai^i fought battle with the players evenly' matched and the McHenry boys lea the scoring up untH the last few sec-i onds of the game when the Elgin ag ROBBER CAPTURED ¥ NEAR RIVER DAM FIRED SHOT AT HAND FARM Record Attendance At Meeting Local Clt4> Here Thursday Evening, Jan. 19 Two Men Picked Up and _ Coanfy Jail--One Is Bound Ov«t to Grand Jury ^ Two young men were picked up bjr state police officers and Chief of gregation forged ahead and won the rniiTa ,L-inCL^aISh' aftei?d^1 game by one basket a"d taken to the county jail at Wood- Every one of the McHenry boys T • 1 ^ * P^yed a good game including Bacon TV'T and h*d who played with an injured hip. | ® few shots at 8 hlred man ne*r The score at half time was 14 to 13' rp, ° a^e' in favor of McHenry and at the end < - .e f?'1* ™en fV\l PL name3 " of the third quarter they had increased fj™ Johnson ^ Alfofd Gerou withtheir lead to 23 to 14. During the T htU" pre®ent ad^ess as Woodstoc*. third quarter the Elgin players seemed ! Johns t on *** ^or^ed c" farms t*»is to gain new life and the score was tied S Last ?hre? years and with two minutes left to play: ' 'Vas held chiefly for the evidence that Overton made the basket which j Z** ~ t0 g,VC concernin« G*™*- broke the tie but this was quickly n Th®, affair occurred on the Clay followed by two baskets for the! A farm> south i of McHenry, at the Smoke Shop boys which finished the p°ttaf^ occupied by Mr. ani Mrs. game. j Baird during the summer months but Earl Britton, formerly of University i W!*ich had not J"*" used since ,ast faI1 of Illinois, and a team mate of Red! xt was_^>sed for the win'er by Grange played center on the Smoke Shop team. The second team played Bud Frazer's team from Kenilworth a$d were defeated with a score of 20 to 19. On Thursday night the McHenry boys will go to Waukegan where they 1 the owner. The Baird farm is under the supervision of Mr. Gervais, who lives in the farm house and whose hired man was the targ^f for the. shots. The man in the cottage was first noticed by the hired man who ap. business with his brother. Fifteen delegates from the Milk SHOWS GOOD INCREASE'rr0ducers as80ciatl0n gathered in Chi- „ „ _ .... ,cago one day last week in the hopes of The McHenry Township Mutual Fire, meetin(r officials of the Bowwill meet a strong te^m and next "Proached the cottage to investigate. Sunday afternoon thev will travel to , s. . e . 5 man approached, the in- Woodstock, where they will meet the habitant of the cottage opanH fire pn W. A. A. C. team at the Armory. This promises to be one of the best him with a rifle with every intent to kill and gave him directions to stay games of the season and the boys are *^.fi:!,"?..^°m?t-Ve^ P°r'6 .?n(* planning on putting this game over ° big. Summarili! t. Elgin (2t). 9 # Scoffield, f l Wells, f .... Johnson, f Britton, c .. Kerber, g Weston, g ' Kochfi^Fi^i. ....... ..0 . 0 abusive language. The hired man than turned back to summon help and while he was gone to a nearby phone the p man escaped. 2' It was about 4 o'clock Sunday after* 2 noon when Chi^f of Police Jack Walsh q received the call and as he had just re'urned from a trip with the state necessary to pay the salary. Just, how long that will be is a problem no', one is able to answer. j JOHNSBURG INSURANCE CO. If the council had been willing to meet the business men half way, it is believed that some plan could havej. '"""'"•j "'ulun' * "c I meeting with the officials of the Bowbeen worked out satisfactorily. As! ™«™nce company of Johnsburg has man Dairy company to discuss the just issued its annual statement cover-1 price situation. All of the delegates mg the year of 1927. It shows the are. jn the area where the Bowman company to be in a strong condition j ccnipany has plants and it was underand an increase m policies in force stood that the Bowman authorities during the year of $192,562. These, wou](j meet with them to hear their S? °!SLat.the 5 086 business Dec , complaints. The men met at the Bow. showed a total of $1,448,355. | man offices but the officers failed to The officers of the company are • present themselves. John A. Miller, president; Math N., Plans are being made by the Illinois Schmitt, secretary, and Jos. J. Freund, j Bel, Telephone company to build a treasurer. „ |,ew telephone repeater station on the satisfactorily things now stand, if the merchants are to have proper protection against robbers and fires, they must hire a watchman to patrol their respective sections of the city. HXB&QN FARMKK C TAKES OWN LIFE Harry A. H. Steffen of Hebron Geer farm near Crystal Lake, the cost said to be about $50,000. The new building will be ready for service the I - (Willi, McHenry R«fle Cluk j a /ecent letter received from The second rifle match witli Co. A.,1 Green, now of Los Angeles, 129th Inf., at Woodstock was held Calif., he tells of meeting with the last Monday night and again the Mc- F- J- Kartheiser family, who spend Henry Rifle club brought home the their summers at their cottage on Fox bacon but expect that the bacon will "ver- now located at 807 Citrus Ave., be slightly burnt when Herb Freund Jf9 Angeles. Willie and Kathryn gets that n«tw Winchester 52 into Kartheiser, while motoring have - ggtion i 'isited the universities, studios, and The match last Monday night was other Points of interest in the sunny somewhat different than the last one south- They are looking forward to shot and the course was 10 shots n'any more pleasant trips as the Standing slow fire, 10 shots prone Kartheiser's expect to remain another slaw fire, 5 shots sitting slow fire, 5 month ,n California. McHenry friends shots kneeling slow fire, 10 sho*s sit- may hear of them joining the Hollyting or kneeling rapid fire. And the V (^d . . tragets used were the official N. R. A.1 . Glen Wells, who is attending college small bore, 50-ft. target. £.1Fal,£orma' ,and Frank Pa*e and The following are the scores for the WlU,e Green also enjoy many pleastw © teams* i ant evenings together in Los Angeles. . McHenry Hifle Club--Lewis Pitsen,' In » recent communication from 241; Herb Freund, 245; Gilbert How- Verona Niesen who is now at Long ard, 267; Ray Page, 200; William Beach' Cahf- to M*55- Mar-V Green of Caspers 273* total 1226 l s^e reports a wonderful Co. A. 129th Inf.--Ray Kline, 236; triP> fine climate and beautiful scen- Ralph Leppold, 20tV Private L. Ron- ery- „T S|je ™tes that Frank Pa^ ning, 232; Sargeant Smith, 229; pri- and Wllhe Green have stored out vate William Klapperich, 262; total, to see them and are to have d,nner 1152. , with them some evening next week. There will be another match with She says ^th look fine and Co. A one week from next Monday Willie is getting fat. night, smarting at 9 n. m. The course' T1"8 community is getting, to have shot will be decided in the near future. quite an extensive representation in D. V. Batten and Howard Ensign Cal'fomia and according to reports were out to the outdoor range Mon- the-v ar« a!I very favorably impressed day afternoon and did some shooting, that state. with the 30-06, so have s'arted the »1 1928 season, which is bound to be a1 . ^ „ * big one, full of competition. Autos OolhJe on John Street Two cars driven by Joe Williams nnd Henry Kennebeck respectively met in a head-on collision on John City Vehicle License Plates {The McHenry city vehicle tax license plates for 1928 are now here stree*. Sunday evening. The accident and can be obtained by applying to °ccurred about 7:r>0 o'clock. The two R. F. Conway, City Clerk. Orders cars were travelling in opposite •left at either of the local drug stores d|rections and evidently the drivers vttl be taken care of. 84fp did not see the approaching cars tfs * i i t, hey fmM et 1i nn aA heA aA d-oA nM cA oJVlIlI iftsni. ao ^n . ^T1h. eA with Bu'ck sedan driven by Joe Williams •and the Chevrolet coacn driven by j Henry Kennebeck were both damaged "I crossed all my chickens piTrot®" ""•What was your idea?" , , , "Well, when one of my henMayfe aa although the occupants were badegg now, instead of cackling, she, ^ 8 en w OM was injured. comes to me and says: 'Charlie, I • laid an m go and get it. "Open Tennessee Rose is something Ask Bolger, the druggist. township died some time on Sunday. SEE NEW FORD CAR AT At an inquest held at Woodstock un-| KNOX MOTOR SALES dertaking rooms Monday a verdict was Knox Motor Sales will have a new! lat'er part of 1928 or early in 1929 rooms on Monday a verdict was Ford Tudor on display at their sales; Eggs were "laid" thick and fast on brought as follows--"death due to a'rooms in McHenry tonight after ?|the pavement and roadside on Route self-inflicted shot gun wound in neck,1 o'clock. An invitation is extended to 19 east of Crystal Lake Friday mornsaid act being commited on William | the public to come in and examine the' jpg, January 13, when a truck be- Steffen Sr., farm located in Hebron new oiodlk" I jonging to the Woodstock Provisions township, McHenqy county. 111., on 5-- j company overturned. The machine was Jan. 22." j ^ the Empire j loaded with twenty-nine thirty-dozen On talking with members of the un- j ^ highly pleased audience witnessed; egg cases and a few barrels of dressed fortunate young mans family it was| the play, "<You're in the Army Now" poultry and was being driven to Chilearned that Harry Steffen had' been ,agt nij?ht given by the Bonnie Maie cago. Another truck in front of the down hearted and despondent for j piayers> *phe company consists of county-seat machine was said to have some time. He had been unable to, professjonai people that know how to i slowed down suddenly and in order to eat or sleep due to disappointment in pUt a pjay over They have been; avoid crashing into it, the Woodstock love. He had told hie family that he! to appear at this theatre on truck was turned to one side, being would not live long. | Wednesday of each week, presenting overturned. • - On Sunday he left the house at j £uj| scenjc productions of the latest Spring-like weather of this week about eleven o clock and did not re-j melodramas and laughable comedies was made more realistic last Wed- . t*-, nesday at the William Lehmann farm north of Crystal Lake, where 400 baby chicks were received through the Roeers Feed company. Clarence Johnson, fanner ne^r McHenry (25) Bacon, f Overton, f ......... Freund, f ........... Kinsala, c ......... Whiting, g Conway, g i1 3 .......3 .2 .0 g police, Phil Guinto of this city and q Mr. Froehlich of Lake Zurich, the two 2 men accompanied him to th^ Bairl farm. While they were crossing the g g field on the way to the Baird cottage p p they met Ernie Johnson, who sai<f h^ q 0 was hunting rabbits on the farm with 0 (i which he was familiar, having workad u iv.. .in .• i 1 0 0 1 3 1 1 2 10 5 4 WOODMAN BOOSTER MEETING AT HEBRON Two Hundred Modern Woodmen Attend County Meeting Held on Thursday Evening in that vicinity. When questioned more closely he admitted knowing the man Gerou and went with them to the cottage. Here they found everything in great confusion and much damage done in the attempt to busglarize the ! place. They also found a double- , barrel sho^ gun oustide the door be- I longing to Gerou. i In their search for the missing man they were directed w the W. J. Kittle i farm now occupied by the Foreman family. It became necessary to search the place, v here the guil y man was found hiding in a closet. He denied turn. When evening came and ^ at popular prices, had not returned his worried mother! sent others to hunt for him. He was | CHANGE IN BAND AT found in a fielu' with a shot gum POLLY PRIM TAVERN wound in the front of his throat. The, to the unusual SUCcess that full force of the shot had lodged in his the Polly Prim Tavern, McHenry, has Capron, has lost most all of his sheep, neck making a large gastly *ouud. {met with their regular Saturday night forty out of a herd of forty-three, Harry Steffen was born on Sept. ®.| dances the management has decided as a result of attacks by dogs recent- 1898. He was employed on the farm apon a pojiCy 0f changing and rotat- ly. Mr. Johnson has long prided himiu Hebron township with his father, ban(j8 each Saturday night. Next self on his flock of sheep, grading W. C. Steffen, Sr. He leaves his par- Saturday night will see Millar's them until they reached a high standorchestra on the stand, replacing ard for quality of wool and mutton. Larry Peltier. The dance policy re- During a single night recently his mains the same, admission as usual labor, covering a period of years, wa? fifty cents with park plan, or ten • swept away and his gross loss is much cents a dance being employed. 34fp, in cxcess of the marked value of the I sheep, it is claimed. CHRIST NORAGER DIES ' j Len Geary, living on the Darwin ents and five brothers and a sister, to mourn because of his tragic death. BIRTHS Mr. and Mrs. Peter Weingart are 'he proud parent^ of a nine-pound boy, born Tuesday morning, Jan. 24. Daddy Weingart is wearing a big smile these days. Mr. and Mrs. Martin Stoffel are 'he parents of a baby girl, born Sunday, Jan. 22. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Bracher are the parents of an 8M:-lb. baby girl, bora at St. Joseph's hospital, K|gin, on Tuesday, Jan. 24. MRS. ELIZABETH ROTHERMEL PASSED AW AY WEDNESDAY Mrs. Elizabeth Rotheimel passed AT CHICAGO HOSPITAL Brown farm, south of Wauconda, had Christ F. Norager, 56 years old, | cne hundred chickens stolen Thursday f proprietor of the Orchard Beaoh hotel, night of last week. The thieves doped died at the West Side hospital in Chi-{the chickens and twenty of the re- j cago at 5:30 o'clock Monday after-1 maining flock died from the effects, i noon, Jan. 23, 1928, from chronic I Sneak thieves broke into "The Mill" i Bright's disease. Although in poor ; filling station at the intersection of health for some time the end came j Hart and Church streets, Harvard, | suddenly and he was only at the hos- j recently and made good their escape j pital a week. He left McHenry on j with loot estimated at $31. The thieves Friday and entered the hospital the following Tuesday where he passed away the following Monday. The deceased was born at Copenaway at her home on Riverside Drive. haffen Denmarkf #n Ja 4 1872. aA bou^t 7. o/\*'»ci lIo ck1^ WU/ en /dI nM eA s?dyiOa ytf mW oArfnnilnnC gf , I Jan. 25, 1928. Ilad she lived until February 2, she would have been 52 yea.s old. v Funeral services will be held at St. Ilary's church Friday morning at ".o o'clock. " Obitur ry will be published in The Pla'ndealer next week. Attention, Dairymen- -• The Milk Producers' association will hold a very important meeting next Monday afternoon, beginning at l:30|day, Jan. 26, at 2:30 o'clock from the o'clock in the Woodman hall, West | chapel at 3315 Fullerton avenue, Chi Wh$n a young boy he came to the United States where he became an American citizen, having lived in this coun'ry for thiity-two years. For the past eighteen years he has lived at Mi-Henry, coming here in 1910. The deceased leaves his wife, Mrs. EIna Norager. cne son, Leslie, and one daughter, Erna Norager. He was a member of the Danish brotherhood No. 17 and Royal League, Jefferson council in Chicago. Funeral services were held Thurs- McHenry. All dairymen are urged to be present. 34fp gained entrance by jimmying a rear window with a tire iron. They broke open the cash register and safe, extricating $20 in cash, and gathered ur a quantity of oil and greases. It cost Mrs. Jane Beatty, Chicago theatre owner, who is a summer resident at Lake Villa, just $3,000 for the privilege of giving Thomas Gavin, pf Chicago, free ride in her automobile on July 29, 1926. An accident occurring near Gurnee, in which Gavin was injured, resulted in court action, and Tuesday of last week Gavin was awarded damages as stated. Paul Rahn, son of Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Rahn of Woodstock, died last Thursday afternoon in the Woodstock hospital. Paul was injured in an automobile collision at the intersec- The Modern Woodmen of McHenry everything, but was brought to Mccounty held a booster meeting at Henry and taken to the city ha'l, Hebron on Thursday evening of last where he was given a grilling by the week. About 200 Woodmen braved police officers and finally confessed to i the wind and bad roads that evening the whole thing and signed a written ' to attend the meeting where a class confession. He told them thai they of fifty young men were put through would find the rifl? under a tre? near the ceremony of adoption by the of- the cottage and when the officer? teficers and team of the Ringwood M. turned to the spot the next morning W. A. camp. The team from, the Wau- they found the rifle, which had belongkegan camp was to have bedn present ed in the cottaze and which had been to do the work, but owing to the con- used to do the shooting. dition of the roads they were unable Gerou, who is a French Canadian, to be present. Chief Forester Red aiso saJd he was married to the Fore- , Hopper, assisted by Neighbor Eddy of man jjjri ]at-r admitted having m McHenry. soon saw the predicament wj*P anc| ch»ld in Michigan. that the large gathering was in and The men were taken to Woodste- k soon rallied a team together and put where they were lodged in the county" on the floor work in a manner which jaii. At a hearing on Monday G«f*u would have been a credit to a more waS bound over to the grand ju^y ani skilled team. * , Johnson was given bis liberty, he Neighbors Joe Reihman and John showing that he was not implicated Davis of the head camp were present jn the theft or shooting. and spoke of the progress of the society and the good it is doing for . olnr - 1 humanity. The camps which vere . A-wwu inc. SitIV ^ >jr represented at the meeting were Me-' Miss Clara Stoffel undarwsrit Henry, Ringwood, Alden, Marengo, successful operation at the Ja-?' sua Crystal Lake. Ridgefield, Greenwood, Park hospital, Chicago, on Tuesday. Gray.ilake and Hebron. Miss Leone Givens is improving and This meeting will be long remem- is now able to take short wa!k-». bered by Modern Woodmen as it wa* George Reynolds has been absent the largest class ever pu* through at from his work at the P. J. SchaetfT ; one time in McHenry county. Every- market for seme time on account «f one had a good time and a delicious illness. lunch was served at the close. Mrs. Richard Fleming ar.J !'***» - Those from McHenry who attended son, John Anthony, returned home the meeting were Lyle Bassett. An- from the Woodstock hospital last - drew Eddy, Fred Nickels, Earl Brown week. and Lee Adams. « g. Jecks is slowly recov*rJ»* • from his injuries received seme time "DICK*** PARMLEY KILLED ago, when he was struck by a car < a IN AUTO ACCIDENT Route 20 at his hone west rf thi* Word has just reached McHenry city. He is now able to walk with the friends that "Dick" Parmley, who was help of crutches. the superintendent here during 'he i*. II. vv who- is re-overikg construction of the gas ball, s^nth of fr(.fr^ an --t McHenry. employed by the Ch'cago; h.->sr»Ha! f'-i ^ 5s imTo ir.g .ni esjr- Bridge & Iron Co.. was killed in an; Mi-s !.»V- Bv^on is *Ter:vr fr"»m auto accident on New Year's day at h'Tns <*bo,,f the fa an«' h^d r-^rc' Durbin, West Virginia. Mr, Parmley the firs' of last v eek. v'«n throw became quite well known to McHenry some farba-« int> the furnace. people during his stay here of .several months and was well liked. cago, with interment at Mount Olive! tion of Routes 19 and 23, south of. cemetery. j Harvard on December 26. At first it was thought that the Rahn boy was the least injured of the three boys who were in the accident. Sherman Boyd of Janesville. Wis., was killed Thursday while driving a new Chevrolet chassis 1 enroute from Janesville to Chicago. The accident occurred on Route 19 between W codstock and Harvard. The young man was piloting the chassis in a caiavart of Chevrolets. Slippery pavement was believed ,to have caused the wreck. The chassis skidded from the pavement and Boyd was thrown against a fence post, and it was thought that death came almost instantly. ..Mrs. Jessie Dur?s-- f F!*-T"v * * •> has many f irnd? in *hi« :kv »* Sherman hospital. Flein. wh^re iPr"? underwent,a serious operation. day.' . Mrs. Peter W. Fngc*!n i« I!1 • fth attack of ronsilitis this week. Charlie Rietese! is absent f?cm work at ^h° Knox M *•">" ? due to injuries received while ronmnf his ice iKat ci Sviray. His Nani .•ame .a i? t ;n > p .-**»!!*>• ft tfce boat, cut ing his fingers severely. Mrs. L. A. IKri^fn i<« from an attack of t'ie gri?>p«vA RESIDENCE CHANG1P Mr. and Mrs. John R. Schmit; af will move \next week i«ft» * 0"n--