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Mrs. Sy Robb won first honors, Dorothy Rauen second, Mrs. jtath Raver third, and Mrs. F. Wagner consolation. Mrs. Ida Franks of Wilmout spent Thursday afternoon "lit the home of S. A. Ox toby. Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Oxtoby were Bfehmond callers Monday. MSss Bertha Roepke returned to Waukegan, after a two months' vacation spent with her father. Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Wagner, accompanied by Bliss Zelda Sanders, were Chicago visitors Thursday. Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Freund and son «f JohnsbUrg were Friday visitors at t}>e home of their daughter, Mrs. Math Rauen. , ""Miss Eva WebCr of Spring Grove and friend, Helen Meyers, of Chicago, returned home Saturday night, after 4 trip through Wisconsin. Mrs. Anna Fredricks and children Spent the week-end in Chicago. v Mrs. Mary Siedschlag and grandson spent Saturday with her daughter, Mrs. Mark Pierce. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Sanders of Hebron, J. A. James and Mrs. Emma Borrows of Beloit, Wis., were Sunday visitors in the home of Ernest Peacock. Mr. an^ Mrs- Ed Hoffman of Wilmette were over Sunday visitors in the home of P. M. May. Mr. and Mrs. Glen Esh and family of Watertown, Wis., were Sunday guests in the home of Mrs. Bertha Esh, and family. We are prepared to take care of all your needs for canning. Just call 154 if you are in a hurry. All phone calls are promptly taken care of. Erickson Dept. Store. Enthusiasm, Like truth, admits of no compromise. It is a conviction of rightness. It radiate® confidence in one's self and In one's business or product. Today more than ever before it Is vital to success In any enterprise.-- Longview Daily News. Paraguayan Lac* fhl characteristic Paraguayan lace is called "nanduti." The groundwork of this lace Is usually composed of fllete, or threads forming the radii of the circular pattern. Upon these ait woven the designs. EoeryDmry Man nrWtmtm m the Font, Every Household In Woodstock* Every Bank, Every Store, Office or Stop Needs No Grit-No Scratch A Teaspoonful Goes a Long Way 10 oz. Package, 10 Cents WE RECOMMEND PERSOLENE TO WASH DISHES---Add a level teaspoonful to ftl dish water. TO WASH PAINTED SURFACES--Dissolve a level teaspoonful of PERSOLENE in a quart of water, warm or cold. Wash all surfaces well and rinse with clean water. If dirty spots remain, sprinkle' a few crystals, on the cloth or sponge and rub, then rinse well. TO WASH TILE, PORCELAIN, MARBLE--Dissolve two level teaspoonsfuls of PERSOLENE in a quart of water. Handle as on PAINTED SURFACES (above). TO CLEAN THE LAVATORY AND BATH TUB-- --Uprinkle a little PERSOLENE on the soiled parts and wipe off with a damp cloth. Rinse with fresh water. CLEAN EVERYTHING IN THE BATHROOM WITH PERSOLENE. TO CLEAN CONCRETE SIDEWALKS, PORCHES OR GARAGE FLOORS--Sprinkle PERSOLENE on the soiled spots and scrub with a stiff broom or brush. TO SOFTEN WATER FOR THE LAUNDRY--Add PERSOLENE to the water as it is heating. Remove scum before the water boils. It will save soap, and make your clothes whiter and easier to rinse. TO WASH CLOTHES--Add y2 package of PERSOLSSNE to the first washerful of clothes, then add the hot soap-suds. It will save soap and not only wash the elothes more quickly, but makes them whiter and easier to rinse. TO CLEAN SILVER--Put the silver in an aluminum pan, cover with water, and add a teaspoonful of PERSOLENE and a teaspoonful of table salt. Bring to a boil, rinse with fresh water and dpr. Tarnish is readily removed in this manner from otherwise inaccessible places. Sold in McHenry by JO& 1. MILLER Riverside Drive LOUIS A. ERICKSON West McHenry , PETER W. FRETT West McHenry JOHN STOFFEL West McHenry -f. - ALBERT BARKLiP Riverside Drive SCHAEFER'S GROCBR? ' MARKET, West McHenry Premium lists tor the Illinois state fair, August 18-25, are now being distributed. Farm Bureau officers'will receive supplies of copies. Banks, within 100 miles of Springfield, will have some to distribute. The exhibitors of former fairs will receive them direct by mall. Others, wishing copies, with entry blanks inserted, will be supplied by mail upoa request directed to W. W. Lindley, general manager of the Illinois state fair, Springfield, IlL The list shows greater offerings than any previous edition. Open and Illinois classes are provided in most live stock divisions. The junior department has added classes and increased premiums. Important changes in the regulations, and the extension of the fair grounds are explained in this section. Fair officials urge all prospective exhibitors to secure copies, study them carefully, and to make . their entries and reservations early. Present prospects indicate that the Illinois state fair, this year, will exceed all former sessions in the scope of exhibits, and In the nature of the entertainment offered. ' |n ii i *1^---- •*» '% > •••"• The disease eradication program, freeing cattle herds of Ullnols from tuberculosis, established a new record during June. The cattle tested totaled 107,866 head, and of that number, only 1,322 reacted. This shows the smallest proportion of disease on record-- less than 1% per cent With this addition to the lists, Illinois now has 1,223,850 head of cattle under supervision, which is approximately threefourths of all the herds of breeding and dairy cattle in the state. With each month's testing schedule setting greater records of achievement, and the marked reduction in the percentage of reaction, officials of the Illinois department of agriculture, conducting this program, confidently predict the practical elimination of bovine tuberculosis from the dairy and breeding herds of the entire state within the next two years. The annual repor. of State Auditor Oscar Nelson shows that building and loan associations of Illinois have in creased their resources approximately $32,000,000 during the yefir. On June 30, 1928, there was a total of 929 associations of which .491 were in the downstate and 438 in Cook county. Downstate Increases were declared to be remarkable in view of adverse conditions in mining localities and farming districts and the reverses suffered by other districts due to floods and high water. With one or two exceptions, every city in Illinois and many of the towns and villages support building and loan associations. Chicago, with 351 associations, heads the list. The income Illinois has received from running race tracks since the racing law became effective last £ear, totals $775,753.40, according to the records kept by the director of agriculture, Btillman.J. Stanard. The account in the state treasury, designated as the state and county fair premium fund. Is increased by the deposit of $60,000, paid to Director Stanard by the Chicago Business Men's Racing association for license to operate Hawthorne track for 24 days. Appropriations made against this account for 1927 and 1928 total $670,000. Of this, the county and other agricultural fairs," during the two years, are entitled to receive as reimbursements for agricultural premiums. $520,000, With the opening of the Blnots state fair but a short time away, work is being rushed on permanent improvements, and they will be completed before the gates are opened for, the annual exposition on August 18. In addition to the construction of the dairy barns and pavilion, work is nearing completion on the new automobile entrance on Eighth street and the greater part of the fencing of the grounds will be finished soon. General Manager Walter Lindley Is confident that all of the Improvements, costing approximately $250,000, will be completed before the opening of the fair. Entries in various departments are coming in rapidly. Bids for the construction of the Marseilles lock on the Illinois waterway, together with proposals for dredging pools at Marseilles, Starved Rock and Brandon road, have been received by William H. Mulvihlll of Chicago, state superintendent of waterways. The bid for the construction of the Marseilles lock was $597,470, submitted by E. Callahan company, St Louis. The Congress Construction company of Chicago was the low bidder for dredging the pools. The price was $856,800. The bids will be checked by the department and the contracts will probably be let In a short tin* ' Get. C. R. Miller, direeter •# the state department of public works and buildings, has retired as a member of the state fair advisory board because his duties as director prevent him from giving attention to fair work. Mr. Miller's resignation has bee^n accepted by Governor Small but hte successor has not yet been announced. There an now Til babies entered in the Illinois Better Babies' conference to be held at the Illinois state fair. •-sffhe department of public works and buildings, division of highways, recently sold a block of $13,000,000 worth Of state highway bonds for $12,514,0001 This represents a rate of $'J6.266, or an interest yield on the bonds amounting to 4.225 per cent. The bonds were 4 per cent serial bonds with maturity dates from 1949 to 10oS, Inclusive. Four groups representing a large number of the leading financial Institutions of the country, participated In the public auction bidding which was concluded on the eighty-fifth bid. Various state officers were either present or represented, and Cornelius R. Miller, director of th£ department of public works and buildings, presided at the sale. Governor Siuall has signed the bonds and as soon as they have been signed by the secretary of state and auditor they will be taken to New York by State Treasurer Garrett D. Kinney, and after he affixes his signature the money will be naid to the state and become a part of t^s road construction fund. SLOCUM'S LAKE Bids for the construction of 170 miles of hard roads, bridges and grading sections have been received by the state division of highways; the bidding brought a record number of bidders from all parts of the country. The following contracts, were recently awarded: Route 142, section 114, Hamilton county, bridge; to G. H. Goodllnk, Lawrencevllle, $48,842.14. Route 95, section 115B, Hancock county, bridge; to Federal Bridge company, Des Moines, Iowa, $8,748.70. Route 107, section 106A, Pike county, grading; to S, J. Groves & Sons, Minneapolis, $53,595.29. Route 95, section 115, Hancock county, pavement; to S. J. Groves ft Sons, Minneapolis, $190,672.83. The staff of European cornborer Investigators Who recently received a week's Intensive training at the hands of federal insect control specialists, has returned to Illinois with 20 representatives of the United States Department of Agriculture. The combined -forces of federal and state departments of agriculture will scout the entire eastern border of the state. A crew of five trained men will give suspicious cases their particular attention, submitting to the federal laboratory any Insects that they may suspect of being cornborers. This la a preventive measure, according to officials engaged in this service, to guard against an unknown advance outbreak of this destructive Insect pest along the line its progress westward endangers. J Speaking before the Illinois State Veterinary Medical association. In session at East St Louis, Dr. F. A Lairjlj ^resjde^ dimissed the many branches of the veterinary science used to guard domestic live stock and poultry flocks of Illinois against disease. Even if motor transportation brings about the passing of the horse, there are abundant opportunities for the veterinarian, skilled in disease prevention branches, to serve for the protection of the live stock industry. Doctor Laird is chief veterinarian of the division of animal industry, Illinois department of agriculture. with her cousin, Miss Frances Converse. 1 Mr. and Mrs. B. C. Harris of Wauconda visited at the Page Smith home Monday evening. Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Cornish and Mrs. F. B. Carr of Spring Grove spent last Wednesday afternoon at the Harry Miatthews home. Mrs. Clara Smith and Mrs. Page Smith and Mrs. B. C. Harris of Wauconda, were guests at the home of Mrs. J. D. Williams at Crystal Lake last Thursday. Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Werdefi of Hillsboro, New Hampshire, arrived at the L. A. Werden home at Bam Lake Sunday, for a few days' visit. Leonard Wade and mother of Barrington visited at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Page Smith Sunday afternoon. Mrs. Sigrid Blomgren spent Saturnday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Lusk at Wauconda. Persey Robinson of Elgin spent Thursday evening at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Leon Smith. Miss Dorothy Dowell /spent the week-end with her cousin, Miss Frances Converse. Mrs. Lillie Toynton and daughter, Neva, and Miss Delia Kerwan of Wauconda visited at the H. L. Brooks home Wednesday night. George Roesslein and George Harner spent Thursday evening at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Matthews. Guy Bone of St Charles visited at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Page Smith Monday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Cook and Mr. and Mrs. Ira Cook and son, Russell, of Wauconda, were last Thursday evening guests at the H. L. Brooks home. Douglas and Mae Smith spent Sunday afternoon with the Joe Dowell children. Mrs. Nelson and son of Kenosha* Wis., and Mrs. Lee Larabee and son and Miss Olive Larabee of Bristol, visited at the W. E. Brooks home Thursday night. Miss Larabee remained until Sunday when she returned home with Mr. and Mrs. Brooks and son, Chesney, where they visited at the Lee Larabee home. Mildred Hoffman and Mh. Harty Matthews spent Tuesday in Chicago. Every department in our store is filled with mid-summer bargains. Come in and look them over* Erickson Dept. Store. Save a dollar each week by taking advantage of the specitl offers in the Plaindealei; ads and at the end of the (year you have fifty-two dollars. Your Subscription costs two dollars--the | Miss llyrna Bacon spent last wsek | fifty is your profit. Mrs.-Wayne Bacon and children were business callers at McHenry Saturday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Roy Dowell and daughter, Dorothy, and Mr. and Mrs. William Davis were callers at McHenry Saturday evening. Mildred Hoffman and little Robert Matthews were callers at Crystal Lake Friday afternoon. Mrs. John R. Knox and Mrs. H. J. Shaffer of McHenry visited at the home of their parents here last Wednesday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. O. W. Grantham spent the week-end at the home of their daughter at Waukegan. Miss Maxine Bacon and Miss Margaret Freund of McHenry visited at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Bacon last Friday afternoon. Miss Myrtle Darrell spent a few days last week at the home *of her sister, Mrs. LaDoyt Matthews at Crystal Lake. Mr. and Mrs. Earl Davis and two children were Sunday dinner guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ray Dowell. Mr. and Mrs. Willard Darrell and Mr. and Mrs. Harry Matthews were Friday evening callers at Lake Villa. Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Maiman of Wau conda, were Sunday evening guests at the home of the latter's parents here. Mrs. Elizabeth Bacon and daughter, Vinnie, of Roseville, and Mr. and Mrs. Ray Dowell and daughter, Dorothy, spent last Thursday evening at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Bacon. Mrs. H. J. Shaffer and son, Stanley, and Maurice Schriener and Mrs. J. N. Zimmer of McHenry and Miss Jean Zuelsdorf of Palatine visited at the Henry Geary home last Monday. Lloyd Dowell and James Dowell of Roseville spent last Friday evening at the Ray Dowell home. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Matthews and son, Robert, called at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Boehmer at Wauconda, Saturday evening. Mr. and Mrs. George Eisner and two children of Barrington visited with relatives at Ardelou farms. G. Lagerlund and two children, Margaret and Harold, and Mrs. Foster and two children of Chicago and Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Lusk of Wauconda, were Sunday dinner and supper guests at the Blomgren home. Mrs. Leon Smith and Douglas and Mae Smith spent last Wednesday at Elgin. Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Brooks spent Sunday at High wood. Kay to Etrurian Writing After twenty years' work, Prof, tk fredo Trombettl of the University of Bologna has found the key for dw reading of Inscriptions on Etrurlap antiques. The writings bavs slai|li. baffled arcbeotogists. -Ml Kesohe WAUL FOUNTAIN PSH DESKS#? Then youll have the 1( convenience oi an easy*^ writing Wahl Plen, alway^v handy far instant writing--• . --and the distinctive bemtt# • of the WAHL bases, fash^ kned from rich Italian Mar^ Me or Gold-veined Onyx. ^ Set illustrated has Mazblfiy base and Black rubber pe£f* --$10--try it and the manf athen Cities which would extefcd a hand of welcome to motorists by erection of gateways and Illuminated "Welcome" signs across state hard roads must seek some other method of expressing their hospitality, Attorney General Oscar E. Carlstrom declares in an opinion given Frank T. Shsbts, chief highway engineer. "Welcome," the opinion states, would be considered advertising. The law forbids any signs except highway markers placed by the state, and all others, whether gates or not, would be In violation of the statutes, the opinion conclude* The following contracts haws been awarded by the state division of highways : Route 8, section 10B, Peoria connty, bridge; to A. Olson Construction com pany, Waterloo, Iowa, $35,000. Route 47, section 109, Kendall county, pavement; to Duncan Construction company, Ottawa, $222,086.25. Route 00, section 101, Will-Cook counties, pavement; to Chicago Heights Coal company, Chicago Heights, $344,041.10. Route 78, section 131, Peoria county, pavement; McCarthy Improvement company, Davenport, Iowa, $157,314.62. Births Increased Illinois' population last year by 133,663, a census of vital «| tistics In 33 states of the nation Jniducted by the United States Department of Commerce said In a report issued recently. The department's compilation ported that the 1927 birth ratio per I,000 population wa% 18.3 per cent, a decline of 0.3 per cent from 1926, but whjph was offset by a 0.4 per cent decline in the state death rate. Deaths In Illinois last year reached a figure of 82,841, or a percentage of II.4 to each 1,000 population, compared to 1L8 in 1M& For the second time, Attorney Gen. Oscar E. Carlstrom has held unconstitutional the provision which put teeth into the rabies eradication act. The section be holds Invalid Is that which provides a fine of from $10 to $50 to be assessed against any officer who falls In enforcing the law--that Is, fails to shoot a dog whose owner has not compiled with the muzzling or vaccination or other provision of the rabies law. His second opinion •wers a query from the director ot the department of agriculture. 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