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Vs - „'?. 3&"Xj- -. jM^.-'ITM » • .-T'" %.'_ J. - ' ^ f > - v v./ „T>-< x ' SYA I?:*!!*?!*«..«. xd**.Z*.i. „*&^J :-._svat: ' V*- t lW.^4rsy*. ̂ *f -I/' n- • • • • • . . ^ V - p ; . - - isMNCJM«afl*m^^MKHMHC4mfs>Mmi&0iap««tw:aM*7c«aBrvwjwOTecfM s«ss -- w/ v -'i ^ ", > u <* " f> *"*•% f, * ' 3 t ' 5 F * *<*r * *~ f S^ *- * *" * ^ «»#« W irs«j# •» .. j»4*vj|w-.»» 4 *• ~i*w. -^m.ja.jK.J". a. .' *4 ' !...» **. si ftwiMBimap IhIPP'V ifi/KAll# NDEALER. VOLUME,XXXVI. McHENRY, ILLINOIS, THURSDAY, SEPTEHBER ja, 1910. NUMBER 14 Of A PERSONAL NATURE WHOM WE ENTERTAIN AND WHERE WE GO. McHenry Knf*rtain* a l.arg« Company or Vlnlters During th« We«k-Whoiu We Kutertatn. Miss Ruby Clazton spent Tuesday at Sharon, Wis. J. W. Bonalett was ft visitor at Belvi­ dere Monday. Dr. C. H. Fegers spent Taesday in the metropolitan city. Jacob Jasten was a Wanconda vieitoj one day last week. M. L. Worts transacted ̂ business in Chicago Wednesday. Gas Carbon of Woodstock 'sailed on friends in town Sunday. Mrs. May me Overton was the guest of friends in E2gin Sunday. Ray Merchaut of Woodstock was a visitor in town Tuesday. Miss Myrtilla Stewart spent Sunday with Woodstock friends. Miss Agnes Carey of Ringwood spent Sunday with Elgin friends. C. C. Van Dyne attended to business matters in Chicago Tuesday. Mrs. Henry Meyers was a Woodstock and Harvard visitor last week. R. I. Overton attended to business matters in Chicago Wednesday. Chas. J. Heimer passed Sunday even­ ing as the gnest of Elgin friends. John P. Smith was a business visitor in the metropolitan city Wednesday. Mrs. F. A. Bohlander was a business' visitor is the windy city Wednesday. Mrs. E,S Wheejer spent a few days last week with relativ«s in Rockford. John W. Schaffer was arapng the Chi­ cago passengers Wednesday morning. Mesdames Frank Schnabel and H. E Price were Chicago visitors Wednesday. Mrs. E. W. Howe purchased millinery goods in Chicago Tuesday for her par­ lors here. John Carey of Ringwood boarded the Chicago train attain siaiiou Taesday morning. Edwin Evanson of Chicago is spend­ ing the week at the home of W. C Evanson. Mrs. John Claxton and daughter, Ruby, were Sharon, Wis., visitors last Saturday. Rev. Panl Burke of Rochelie, 111., spent Wednesday as the gnest of Rev. D Lehane. N. A. Huemann attended to matters of a business natnre in the windy city Wednesday. Mrs Sarah Sherburne is spending a few days this week with friends in Rogers Park. Milo Loomis of Woodstock passed Saturday and Sunday with his father, A. D. Loomis, here. Miss Lillian Larson of Elgin was a guest in the home of Postmaster and Mrs. H. C. Mead Sunday. Mrs. O. E. Churchill of Libertyville was a guest at the home of her mother, Mrs. Sarah Sherburne, last week. Mrs. J. J. Davis of Elgin was enter­ tained in the home of her parents. Post­ master and Mrs. H. C Mead, Sunday. Mrs. Josephine Heimer and son, Charles, and Miss Edna Hunter called on Woodstock friends Sunday after­ noon. Misses Anna Ryan of Hope, Kan., and Mary Lynch of Chicago passed a few days this week at the home of William Bonslett. Miss Gertrude Wright of Crystal Lake passed a few days the latter part of last week as the guest of Miss Ella Mollohan. Mrs. J. E. Wightman, who has been passing the summer at Pistakee Bay, returned to her home at Chenoa, 111., last week. Nick Weber and Mr. and Mrs Wm. Bishop spent a few days-last week as the guests of relatives in Chicago and Evanston, 111. A. M. Whitten of Chicago, who is just recovering from a severe siege of sickness, passed a few days last week at the home of Gh W. Besley. Mr. and Mrs. Jas. Waters of Dwight, 111., passed a few days the'first of the week as guests in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Schnabel here. Mrs. John F. Miller left Monday morning for a visit with relatives in New York City. She wax accompanied as far as Chicago by her husband. Mr. and Mr*. Joseph Maxquelet came ont from Chicago Monday evening for a short visit at the home of the former's parents, Mr. and M,ra. Frank Ma.si)nelet. Miss Lillian Schaefer of Chicago passed the latter part of la-^t week as a gnest in the home of Nick Weber, who resides a short distance east of town. Mrs. Mathias Heimer, Mrs. Josephine Heimer and son, Charlen, drove over to Woodstock Wednesday afti moon and spent a few hours with relatives aud friends. Mrs. Mayme Lamphere and son, George, left Wednesday morning to pass the balance of the week as the guests of relatives and friends in Chica­ go and Wsaksgan. Misses Mabel Granger and Lena Stof fel went to Chicago this (Thursday) morning and will leave that city tonight for a three weeks' visit with Denver and Castle Rock, Col., friends-. Drs. R. G. Cbamberlin and D. G. Wells went to Chicago Tuesday morn­ ing and drove ont the same day in a classy Black Crow automobile which the latter recently purchased. WILL GET MORE FOR MILK. Borden Cobimk; Makes Ccstreab mt, ; Incrsiii-E of Twouij Cvoui. Last Thursday was contract day at the Borden milk plants thrnont this part of the country and as a result the farmers are happy, whiie the consamers of butter and milk are anything bot .SuUice. The average price per hundred that will be paid the farmers during the coming six months for milk will be fl.86j, an increase of twenty cents per hundred as paid daring thesame months a year ago. The contract prices for the coming six months read as follows: October . ....$1.70 November l.VG December.. ... . a 00 January alOO February.,. 1.80 March 1.70 Average^.. *..$1.88$ There was touch speculation regard­ ing the prices to be paid and it wan gen­ erally conceded that an advance would be made, as the prices that have been paid during-the past few years have not been in accordance with the prices paid for other farni1 products and there was a general decline in the production of milk, as the farmers devoted more of their energieMo the raising of bogs and grain. The Borden people, to encour­ age the farmers to go back to cows and milk, voluntarily violated their con­ tracts of August and September by ad­ vancing the prices of those months over and above the amounts that the farmers bad agreed upon with the company. They paid an extra 15 cents for August and an extra 20 cents for Sep­ tember on each 100 pounds. This was pleasing to the farmers and they have since decided that the milk business is the best for them and they are again purchasing new milk cows with which to stock their depleted dairy herds aud increase the output of milk. The decrease of milk has been fully one-third, according to those who are beat posted, and tbere has been no de­ mand whatever for dairy cattle in this section during the summer. According to the farmers who have stuck to the dairy they have been playing a losing game for the last six months, as they have been compelled to feed their hay and grain that was to have been used for next winter, on account of the dry weather during July and August. The Borden Condensing company has also changed the reading of the con­ tracts with the farmers wherein the price was tixed and the clause now reads "not less than" instead of "at" and therefore the inference is made that the company intends to pay in the -futnre as much above the contract price as market conditions warrant, while it fixes the contract price as the minimum to be paid. . The company uses millions of gallon^ of milk and has a chain of plants thru out northern Illinois and southern W is connin. Besides McHenry, the plants owued by the Borden company in this section are located at Carpentersville, Algon­ quin, Belvidere, Marengo, Huntley, Ridgefield, Woodstock, Elgin, Cary, Genoa Junction, Richmoud, Alden, Hebron, Bassett, Salem, English, West Chicago, Prairie, Dixon, Sterliug, 111., and Monroe, Wis. According to the estimates of the but­ ter makers the prices paid by the Borden people are such that the result will be a big advance at once iu the price of but­ ter. Milk at $1 8(5 a huudred means butter at 45 or 46 cents a pound at wholesale, say the butter men, and they are making but little more out of the fact than as if batter were 25 cents a pound, they claim. This fact is due to the manner iu which the creamery men manufacture the butter. They do so on commission of a certain amount for each pound and divide the remainder with the patrons of the factories. "It means a big advance in the price of butter," waid John Newman, presi­ dent of the Elgin board of trade, "and means that if butter is sold on the baeis established by the Borden people for the price of milk that butter will be 4r) cents a pound." Nearly all of the old patrons of the McHenry factory signed contracts last Thursday aud it looks as if about the same amount of milk will be received here as last winter. Among the very latest acquisitions to the McHenry factory is a bottle washer of the very latest improved type. The washer not only performs the work that was previously done by hand as well as the old method, bnt does it a great deal more rapidly. BesMes this, it makes the work a great deal more pleasant for the employes, iu that they are not re­ quired to have their arms in water, as was the old method of washing. The Borden people are continually in­ stalling new machinery iu their factories aud it now begins to look as if the day isn't far off when nearly ail of the work will be done by machinery instead of human hands. Bit Crowd mt Clam Baka. One of the largest, if not the largest, crowds that ever attended a clam bake iu this vicinity was present at the one given at the Kiugsley House, Pistakee Bay, last Sunday. The crowd was made up, to a great extent, of reprssentative men of McHenry, Kane, Cook and Lake eounties. Nearly two hundred and fifty people sat, down to tfe? bake at the noon honi- aud from the compliments heard on all sides the bake was about the dandieet ever Mtved *4 PirtakM fiay. COPLEY DEFEATS GONN M'HENRY COUNTY MAN MAKES EXCELLENT SHOWING. Shvrtl«ir, Vlcker*, Burn*, Still* C*Htu»ey, Slieltou and H«n<ten»oii AI MO Will Nomiuiaiions. Last week Thursday marked the clos­ ing of one of the most bitterly fought primary campaigns ever waged in Mc Henry county and as a result the ma­ chine candidates won out almost to a man. The battle, which has been on for several months, bore the earmarks of a desperate one right from the begin­ ning and the last week of the campaign saw one of the warmest etrug- Kles for supremacy ever witnessed in the county. All during the entire campaign McHenry was considered one of the so called "insurgents" strongholds, but. contrary to expectations, the machine candidates proved the favorites here. One feature of the primary in McHenry was the large Democratic vote polled, one hundred aud sixteen voterH in this precinct voting the Democratic ticket, and therebj gave Representative Thos. F. Barns of Belvidere an excellent ma­ jority over his opponent, Chas. F. Hayes. The overwhelming majority of Burns over Hayea is not the fault of our esteemed neighbor, John B Murphy, as the latter named politician worked night and day to defeat the wiuner. Fonr hundred and two votes were cast iu the McHenry precinct and were divided as follows: Republican, two hundred and five; Democrat, one huu dred and sixteen; nocialist, one. In this precinct a fight was also for the nomination of preciuct c<<uiiuit teem an. Very few voters knnw any­ thing about this fight until they reached the polls, when they found th«t there were two Republican and on«? Democrat­ ic aspirants for this office, the two He- publican candidates being P. H. Wattles t 1 m ± U „ e -. , nuu v. x. i^iuieu^c, i/uo iui Uirr VvIUUIUK out by thirty-nine votes, the vote stand­ ing as follows: F. H. Wattles t:t» O. T. Elrtredge wt Hiiuou Stoff«>l 1 The Democratic candidate, without any opposition, received thirty five votes. At Ringwood James (\ Ladd, without opposition, received sixty one votes for precinct }»>muiitteeittau. McHenry county could not have given its candidates for congressional honors a better indorsement than it did, G. W. Conn defeating his opponent here by over two thousand votes The McHen­ ry count) candidate also gave bis oppo­ nent a hot run for the money in the counties Will, Kaue and DeKalb. Iu fact,, the Copley victory wns any­ thing but a landslide. Over in Lake county, especially at the couaty seat, Waukegau, the voters are anything but satisfied with the result and unless someone over there can be induced to ran independently that, coun­ ty wili be without a representative in the general assembly during the next term Lak3 had three aspirants in the field for the office, which proved just one too many, all three of them falliug down at the primaries, while McHenry placed two of its citizens into the field. One of the most decisive victories in McHenry county was that of Guy E. Still for the office of county clerk. (Jut of the twenty-seven precincts in the county he carried all except three, getting the nomination by a margin of 2082 votes. The Democratic county ticket that will be voted this coming November will contain the following names: Coua­ ty judge, J. E Barber of Marengo; county clerk, Frank Tappen of Wood stock; treasurer, A. D. Williams of Harvard; sheriff, Stephen H. Freand of McHenry. Below we give the official Republican vote of McHenry county: STATE TREASURER Mitchell Teliipleton Rilev. . «5 20 Marengo, 1st 6A 91 Marengo. 2nd 99 73 Dunham 68 17 Chemung. 1st 123 79 Chemung, 2nd 120 55 Chemung. 3rd JW 21 Alden HI A3 Hartland 48 13 Seneca K3 22 Coral 9-r> 43 Grafton 97 50 Dorr. 1 st 144 109 Dorr, 2nd, 150 112 Dorr. 3rd 119 ISO Dorr, 4th 44 10 Greenwood 75 46 Hebron 242 29 Richmond 102 92 Burton 33 12 McHenry. 1st 58 44 McHenry, 2nd 77 100 Nunda, 1st 01 29 Nunda, 2nd 133 85 Algonquin, 1st 68 51 Algonquin, 2nd 115 49 Algonquin, 3rd 92 35 Total 2482 1 460 STATE SUPERINTENDENT. Blair Riley Marengo, 1st 131 Marengo. 2nd 105 Dunham .... ... 60 Chemung, 1st 167 Chemung, 2nd 150 Chemung, 3rd 49 Alden.. 129 UwtlMd * M Seueca Dorr, 1st Dorr, 2nd Dorr, 3rd Dorr. 4th Greenwood Hebron .... Richmond Burton McHenry, 1st, Ringwqod... McHenry, 2nd Nunda, 1st Barreville Nunda, 2nd Algonquin. 1st Algonquin,2nd Aigouqnin, 3rd T >r«i. CONGRESSMAN ropU'y Riley 2i Marengo, 1st . 96 Marengo, 2nd 7:? Dunham lr> Chemung, Is 109 Chemung, 2:nl 91 Chemung, 3rd »3 Alden 33 Hartland. 4? Seneca 40 Coral 62 Grafton 112 Dorr, 1st Dorr, 2nd Dorr, 3rd Dorr 4th Grefii wood. . . Hebron Itirii imoik) . . Burton Mi'Hi-nry, 1nt McHenry, 2nd Vnnda. Int .... N tindjjt. 2nd ... Altronqnin. tir*t Algonquin, 2nd . Algonquin, 3rd. . 197 . .191 . .200 . . 20 . 9 6 . . 39 . 104 16 . fiH . M2 . . 2 1 . . . 86 . .140 . . Ml ... .165 Total 2226 STATE (DMMITTREMAN Kieb^nmn I' Riley 72 Marenuo. 1st 95 M arengo, 2nd 156 Dunhsui 55 Chemung. 1st 99 Chemung. 2nd .113 Chftmiug, 3rd 43 Alden 103 Hartland 52 Seneca , . ... .... 107 Coral 122 Grafton U0 D<»rr, 1st 151 Dorr. 2nd 168 Dorr, 3rd . . Dorr, 4th... Greenwood Hebron Richmond.. Burton 105 . 32 . 61 .221 139 . 22 McHenry, lut 42 McHenry. 2ud 84 Nunda, 1st 55 Nunda. 2nd 141 Algonquin, 1st 54 Algonqniu, 2nd Ill Algonqnin, 3rd 48 Total* . SEN ATOai Al. ... .2561 OOMMITTBKMAN. . 99 ..110 ..106 .175 281 . .280 . 51 .109 . 246 . 148 .. 29 .. 79' .135 . 79 .189 .. 96 .132 . S« .3280 Conn 115 162 208 120 211 199 64 147 93 156 185 159 236 282 214 64 95 297 230 46 81 157 101 238 108 203 83 4254 Httorsou 30 116 91 34 116 118 36 47 39 50 79 87 184 181 191 30 89 40 100 21 63 96 42 111 123 81 126 2316 Smiley Man ley Klley 10y 12 .. 151 V.J M;i reiigo, 2n<i. . a'4 5M I)uiili;tm 80 .13 CheumiiR, l.st. 164 13) < iieiiiutiK 2nd.. 157 12* Hhemuiitf, 3rd.. 51 3U Ald«n 12K 52 iliirlhuKl . H7 30 Seneca . . .135 34 ('ontl I0S 40 Urafton. . ... . 1K3 40 Dorr. 1st . ..1K7 131 l><>rr, 2nd 270 131 1U3 157 .. m 14 GrtMMIWlHxl U2 7H Hebron 2U0 20 Kirtimoiid 817 74 Burton ... 45 12 McHenry, 1st -- . 71 53 McHenry, 2nd. . . 14# 72 Nundit, i«t. . . 100 1M Nunda, 2nd . . 241 53 .\in<>n<|iiin. l.st .. 113 K7 41 Algonquin. :ird . . . . «K 104 Totnl 3H24 1724 STATK BBPRK8RNTATIVE. Kiiurt Hey- Jark- Viok- luff Sterna decker sou ers Rllpy 370 is M 37 Miiretitio. 1st--5KiH 10H 3 100* 211* Marengo. 2nd 67H 15 9 01* 175* l*unli;tin 27B 3 fil* 88* Chemunft. iHt. 402 4* 67H 514* (JiKMiiUnx, 2nd :ft(2H 10* 3 M) 423 <'li«niut)K. 3rd.lJ6 7% 12 I3H 111 Aldwn 412H 1* « 37* tmi HarMuiid HIS 4* r> u w* K«'iioca 50t>^4 16 4* 54* Stt lioral (W7V4 iavi 2* 35 101* Grafton so* 21 38*. 121* Dorr. 1st :>36H 5M H 1# ft-.* 577 IW.rr, 2nd W>% 37*. 24 5H 574 Dorr, :trd... A3 15 40 5H5 Dorr, 4Ll) 123 21 4* 24 70* Greenwood... 1H4 (i 4B 31U Hebron 804% l."> it 89 81 Riclmiond 15 10 60 336* liurtoii 104H 13 0 13 4JJ* M<* 11 «'ury, 1st 14« 4 7* 57* 227* M <• H en ry, 2nd. 310H 5K* 24 87* 335* Nunda, 1st.... 181H 26H 3 43* 112* ISun<la, 2nd.. 43H m% 36 94 321 Algonquin, lst.311'4 44 15 30 334* Algonquin. 2d.4U!4 73 '4 2* m 172* Algonquin, 3d .217 22* 4 30 42H*. Total. 10555 7H3* aatt 1444 «06* COUNT If JUDOS. Stnlley Luniley Klley . . . 1 0 9 22 Mareugo. 1st 175 w> Marengo, 2nd 215 57 Dunham 114 ID Chemung, 1st t. 203 DO Chemung, 2nd WO 87 Chemung. 3rd., 58 31 Alden 142 48 Hartland .... 82 52 Seueca 137 75 (CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR.) EXCHANGE CLEANINGS. HAPPENINGS IN M'HENRY ADJACENT COUNTIES. AND A Mtac«llaiieouii AuArtmcnt of News Item* In Condensed Form For Conven- inuuc) of Baay i"eopie. On Sunday. Sept. 11, occurred the dedication of St Paul German Evangel ical church at North Crystal Lake. Th* first cake of artificial ice has been taken from the new ice plant at Maren­ go. The ice is said to be first class in quality and the plant can turn out many thousand pounds a day One-fourth of the gradicg for the new Waukegau, Rockford and Elgin Trac­ tion company line between Wauconda and Palatine is now completed and the work is going on apace. A. H. Davis of Chicago with his Ex celsitfr"autocycle was the titst one to climb the Jayne hill, Algonquin. Al- tho many others have tried again and again they would fail in the end, bnt Mr. Davis went up ou his first attempt. Crystal Lake Herald; The city well is at a standstill, pending the arrival of pipe to secure an 1800 pound drill which brpke off at the bottom of the well Mon­ day. The hole is down 260 feet, 30 feet in solid rock, aud there is 180 feet of water. This is the busy shipping season at the Bradley Knitting works at Delavan. Lant week a single shipment to Cali­ fornia was 30,000 gonads. The daily shipmeut nowadays averages 150 cases and the amount sent oat daring the past month has been $200,000 worth of vnodi. The government is preparing to build what will be the longest fence ever con structed iu the world. It will extend from El Paso to the Pacific coast, over 1,000 miles, and will divide the United States aud Mexico The fence will be of barbed wire and the work will com­ mence in a few weeks. Edwin O. Rector was the first white child born in Autioch. He was born in 1838. He lived in Lake connty and also at Salem and was a soldier in the war. In 1863 he was married to Miss Emily Miiuson. Aft-r the war tie was first a priuter and then a carpeuter in Chicago and in 1893 moved to Colnmbus, Neb., where he died two weeks ago. The new law passed by the state of Wtfconsin, banishing drinking cups from public places, such as railroad trains, parks and school houses, went into effect the first of the month and now the drinking cupe are collected by the train men just before entering the state. When it is realised how many cases of catarrh and other diseases can be con­ tracted by using a common drinking cup the idea will be accepted as a for­ ward mova The stage of water in the Mississippi riyer, which is the lowest since 1864, has recalled one of the most horrible of the early day river tragedies the wreck of the steamer Ocean Wave. The boat encountered a terrific wind storm in Lake Pepin in 1868 and sank in sixty feet of water, not one of the thirty-five passengers escaping. Today the re­ mains of the wrecked steamer are ex­ posed to view on the shores of the lake at Frontenac. Lake Geneva News: When Rob Galley was coming into town Taesday night an air ship or balloon passed over him within speaking distance. The oc- capants, of which there were at least two, hailed him to ask what place it was and to inquire which way Milwau­ kee lay from here. .Their course lay southeast, but on being informed they changed to hortheast and continued in that direction until their light disap­ peared from view. Jay D. Voltz of South Elgin, one of the oldest telegraph operation in the United States, liestcritically ill at Sher­ man hospital, Elgin. Mr. Voltz worked at the telegraph key for more than half a century. He was a mere boy whep the civil war broke out and he volun- teered to join the groap of telegraphers who accompanied the army. He served thruont the civil war and was the oper­ ator who was intrusted the work of telegraphing the plans of General Sher­ man to President Abraham Lincoln, outlining the famous iparch from At­ lanta to the sea. The critical illness came just at the time Mr. Volte planned to spend the happiest moments of his life. A year or two ago he was placed ou the Carnegie honor pension roll. Only recently he was retired and pen­ sioned by the Chicago & Northwestern railroad. Woodstock Republican; A veritable globe-trotter named Heury Stewart, a man about seventy years of age, walked into Woodstock last Saturday and regis­ tered at the North-Western station. He called himself a "world-booster," and we liked him for that reason. Mr. Stewart started from San Diego, Cal., Feb. 14, 1910, and expects to get back to his starting point Jan. 1, 1915, after en­ circling the globe afoot, his object being the boosting of the San Diego exposition that will be held that year to celebrate the opening of the Panama canal. He carries with him a blanket and a grip, wears a wool cap and leggings, and pre­ sented a picturesque sight as he ap proached the depot last Saturday night. He has with him a book in which are impressed the state seals of every qtate capitol he has visited, ~as well as many municipal corporation seals, and is earning bis way aa he g09«* Be is a fluent talker and a most interesting petnuiiBgv. • BURNS CAUSE ^OMAN'S DEATH John Danifard or Ottawa Meet* Ter­ rible Death. The Ottawa, IU., Republican-Times of last Tuesday contained the following article regarding the terrible death of a former McHenry resident, Mrs. John Dam gar d. "Mrs. Louise Damgard, aged thirty years, of No. 1425 Champlain street, died at Ryburn Memorial hospital this morning as a result of burns received at her home Monday evening. "Mrs, Damgard was the wife of John M. Damgard, secretary and treasurer of the Ottawa Brewing association and brew-master for the company. "At th? time of the accident Mrs. Dacngprd had started to prepare the evening meal and was in the act of generating a gasoline stove in the kitchen of their home. The husband was in the front section of the house, when he was alarmed by the cries of Mrs. Damgard for assistance. By the time Damgard reached the kitchen Mrs. Damgard's clothiug was a mass of fire. The hasbaud gathered her in bis arms and ran upon the lawn and extinguished the flames. But this was not done un­ til fatal injuries had been inflicted. "Mrs. Damgard was harried to the hospital, where she was immediately given medical attention. There was scarcely a place on her body that was not burned, and the flesh hung in rib bons from her arms and limbs. "This afternoon Mr. Damgard told a Republican-Times reporter bow the ac­ cident happened as near as he knew. He said: " 'I had just arrived at the house, and was in the front room, when I heard an explosion, followed by my wife's screams. I rushed into the kitchen to find my wife's clothing, and what looked to me like the whole kitch en, in flames. I tore a bed spreadfrom a bed, wrapped it about my wife, and carried her into the yard. The spread and the hard rain that was falliug at that time soon extinguished the flames. " 'I am told that the explosion was a can of alcohol that had caught fire. The whole interior of the kitchen appeared to be on fire. The table cloth and rugs and curtains were baraed.' "After the Are that was eating away the life of Mrs. Damgard had been ex­ tinguished and she had been returned to the house, Damgard realised for the first time that his bands had been seri­ ously baraed in his battle with the flames that enveloped his wife. "After physicians had dressed Mrs. Damgard's burns she was removed to a room and she and her husband spent tfie time nntil midnight in conversa­ tion. It was believed by the physicians that Mrs. Damgard could not recover, aud the few hours spent by husband and wife before the wife became un­ conscious were probably the most pleas­ ant, yet the saddest, of their lives. "At about midnight Mrs. Damgard's eyes became closed by the burns, and she soon became unconscious, remaining in that state nntil the end came at 9:30 o'clock this morning "Mr. and Mrs. Damgard and their little son, Teddy, mov&l to Ottawa five years ago from McHenry. Mrs. Dam­ gard's father is Peter Miller of Fort Dodge, la., and her remains will be taken tbere for bnrial." Reception to Hoftt Owners. In honor of winniug the season's cap, donated by Commodore E Hunter, Joseph Lauletta. owner of the "Joseph Jr.," gave a reception to the members of the McHenry Power Boat club at the While Away hotel last Saturday even­ ing. At the beginning of the season Commodore Hunter offered an elegant cup to the boat owner wiuning the greatest number of points during the racing season. At the end of the season it was found that the "Joseph Jr.," had made 665 points, ten more than his nearest competitor, and was thereby declared the winner of the trophy. Forty members of the clab were present to enjoy the hospitalities of the good- natured host. An elegant dinner was served and speeches were made by F. H. Schau and Commodore Hunter. At the conclusion of the speeches dancing was enjoyed until the wee small hours of the following morning. A fine time was had by all present. Next Attraction at The Central. A novelty filled musical farce comedy is "Sparks the Rounder" with Frederick Heider, which will make its appearance at the Central opera house ou Sunday evening, September 25. Mr. Heider does five different characters and five kin Is of dancing. Mind he does not merely put the makeup on and call it character, but he acts them. His bell boy in the first act and his scarecrow in the second can not be beat. He also plays the hot tamale man, the mis­ chievous moukey and the Italian street singer. It must be stated that Sparks the Rounder" does not depend entirely upon one person, number or novelty alone to insure its success, but from the rise of the curtain to the final it is filled to the brim with overflowing comedy lines, startling situations and pleasing melodies. . Public Card Pkitf. A public card party will be held and refreshments served by the Royal Neigh­ bors of this place in the Modern Wood­ man hall on Friday evening. Sept 30. Admission, including refreshments, 26 cents. All are invited. OUR WEEKLY PICK-UPS " \ . ITEM8 PICKED UP ABOUT TOWN DURING THE WEEK.! What People are Ootng la Oar Baay Ltttlt City- New* u Seen hj Tb« Fiaieditfer Representative*. Batter Market. Butter dropped one cent on the Elgin board of trade Monday. The market was declared firm at 29 cents. Visit the Lotus. The honleof ctp-to' date millinery. Nothing fi*iwr ia t$« county. Another new erected on the "brick bteck fe to West Side. BuildSng operations on same, we are told, will be­ gin at once. Wm. G. Schreiner has parolpM^ a lot from Wni. Teech on Main street will erect a new home thereon eithar this fall or early next spring. Work on the Palatine Wauconda rmll- road is progressing nicely. WaukegMi citizens are now getting busy to hsiH the road extended into their city. The Ladies' Aid sociely will meet with Mrs. Will Wentworth Friday after­ noon of this week, Sept. 28. Light re­ freshments will be served. AH are cor­ dially inyited. Quite a number of our automobile en­ thusiasts attended the hili climb at Al­ gonqnin last Friday. Most of the Me- Henryites made the trip by aato, while a few went by motor boats. The second battalion of the twenty- seven infantry, enroute to Fort Shert- dan, marched thru McHenry Monday afternoon and camped on the Welbr Barbian land, bordering on <Fox river* dnring the night. ! On account of recent accidents and for other reasons, only seven of the twenty fi .'e members of the Waukegan Motocycl© clab made the one hundred and twenty-two miles enduranoe wt thru MoHenry last Sunday. N. A. Huemann has moved his jeweliy and piano stock from the old hnUdtag that he has occupied for some years to bis beautiful new busineaa block. Mr. Hnemann now possesses one of the flraint little jewelry stores in McHenry county. William J. Welch, one of the moat progressive farmers in this vicinity, haa purchased the Cleary estate farm, sita- atad a short distance south of this Til­ lage. The farm consists of about I1B acres and the consideration waa $118.00 per acre. The pickle crop in this vicinity is any­ thing but good this year. In fact, ftli the poorest in many moons. The faiB- tory at this place has taken in about fifteen hundred bushels up to the time of goiug to press. Frank Rossman, who is in charge of the factory at this place* informed the writer that the very beat they expect to take in this year is two thousand bushels. .31 Mr. and Mrs Edward Brahan were tendered a pleasant surprise by a naitt- ber of their friends at their home in Elgin last Saturday evening in honor of their first wedding anniversary. The couple was presented with a beaatiffl cut glass bowl by the guests. Misa Agnes Carey of Ringwood and Mrs. Mayme Overton of McHenry mm among the guests. Sixty-four tickets were sold at the dance held at Stoffel's hall last Satur­ day evening. Walsh'b orchestra of Chi­ cago furnished the mnsic and made even a bigger hit with the dancers than on their first visit to this place. Tke orchestra played all the very latest- pieces, and a more accommodating mue- ical organization never entered the ball. All present enjoyed the event im­ mensely. ' In spite of the very bad season for corn, tne local canning factory is an* joying a fine ran. Had the season been a more favorable ore the outpat wot®® probably have been double that of laai year as the contracts this spring were n great deal more encouraging than WM the case last year. The outpat this year will be about tbree-quarters that of last. Up to date about one hundred and twen­ ty-five thousand cans have been pat u| Eddie McDonough, the Elgin boy w!n> caught for the McHenry Blues daring the fore part of the season of 1907, aud who last year was with the Philadelphin National league team, bat was farmed out to the Scranton team of the New York state league this spring, has been recalled by the Philadelphia team and will Btart the season of 1911 with *%t team. The speedy little backstop han been burning ap the New York state leagae with his phenomenal work in both the catching department and wit)i the stick daring the present season. "The Plotters," one of the strongest dramatic pieces ever presented at ***• theatre, held the boards at the Central last Sunday evening. The cast w«p made ap of exceptionally good talaafc' aud those who turned out on this occa­ sion were treated to an exceptionally fine evening's entertainment. The com­ pany carries its own special soenery and used every piece of it here, which added greatly to the strength of the pieea. Such companies as that of Sandav even­ ing are few aud far between, especially among the popular priced attraction^ aud Manager Smith is to be cuu^ratn- hiiml upon being able to give the M* Heury people soch a high-class loraianee. ^ ii -m j , *