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Clarence Whiting of Woodstock was the guest of relatives here Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Meyers and son, Gottlieb, spent Friday last in Chicago. Mrs. Adam Ib6ch and daughter, Mamie, spent last Saturday in Chica­ go- John Isberg of Chicago passed Sun­ day at his du mirier home on Fox river here. Capt. Wm. Koeppe of Chicago spent Sunday at his summer home on Fox river. Emory Herdklotz of Woodstock spent Sunday as the guest of McHenry friends. Mr. and Mrs. T. Walsh and son of Grayslake spent Sunday with Mc­ Henry relatives. „F: A* Bohlander attended to business Matters in the metropolitan city last week Friday. Mrs. M.- A. Thelen and son, Leo, of Elgin spent Sunday as the guests of M. A. Thelen here. Thomas Good and Thomas Favero of Chicago spent Sunday as the guests of McHenry friends. ~ Miss Agnes Tesch spent a recent day in the home of Charles Wendt at North Crystal Lake. Miss Hazel Bertram spent Saturday, Sunday and Monday as the guests of relatives in Marengo. Miss Bessie Miller of Genoa Junc­ tion, Wis., was the guest of Miss Flor­ ence Granger Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Nickels and children of Woodstock were guests of relatives here Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Louis D. Reichert of St. Louis, Mo., were Sunday guests in the home of R« Waite. Mr. and Mrs. F. fit. Schau of Chica­ go spent Sunday at their summer home at Rosedale on Fox river. Richard B. Walsh of Chicago spent Sunday at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Walsh. Miss Arlene Stevenson of Ridgelield was a guest in the home of Mr. and Mrs. F. E. Hutson Sunday. Miss Dora Hutsonof Woodstock spent Sunday in the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. F. E. Hutson. Miss Laux-etff Feffer of Woodstock spent Sunday at the home of Jier par­ ent®, Mr. and Mrs. Emil Feffer. Ed. Simon of North Crystal Lake spent Sunday in the home of his par­ ents, Mr. and Mrs. John Simon. Frank Schumacher of Chicago spent Sunday in the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Schumacher; Isadore Feffer of Woodstock was entertained in the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Emil Feffer, Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Warthen Kimball of Ingleside passed Sunday in the home of Mr. and Mrs. John W. Kimball. Miss Susie Schreiner of Woodstock spent Sunday as the guest of her par­ ents, Mr. and Mrs. Peter Sphreiner. Mrs. Charles Gaulke of Woodstock has been a guest in the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. August Feltz. Gilbert McOmber, Leonard Phillips and Alford Pouse of Chicago spent Sunday at their respective homes here. Capt. and Mrs. S. MJ Walker were out from Chicago Sunday spending the day among familiar scenes on the Fox. Mrs. C. E. Whiting and son of Woodstock are guests in the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Edmund Knox. Mrs. W. R- Marshall and daughter of Morton Grove, 111., have been guests in the home of Mr. and Mrs. George Meyers. Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Gaylord and daughier, Mildredf spent Saturday and Sunday as the guests of ^Woodstock relatives. • W. C. Bowers, state #ank examine^ made his regutif visit to the Side st ate batik last Saturday add found everything to his liking. Mr. and Mrs. George J. Sayer re­ turned to their home in Chicago Sun­ day evening1 after a short stay at their yiimmer home at Pistakee Bay. Mrs. Citacles P. Wright and daugh­ ter have returned from a few days' Visit at the home of her parents, Mr. and MES. John, Adams, in Austin. Mr. and Mrs. G. A, Barker and daughter, Gladys, of Woodstock spent Sunday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Peter J. Freund. Mr. parker returned Sunday evening, while his wife and daughter remained for another day. " The dead body of Charles Reents was found in his room in the home of Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Ward at 6:30o'clock on Friday morning of last Week. The sad discovery was made by John Eioos, also a boarder in the home and who is employed at the Terra Cotta factory. Mr. Reents, who of late has been em­ ployed as a driver on one of the Stand­ ard Oil company's wagons by the local agent, E. S. Brink, returned from a trip to Greenwood quite J ate on Thurs­ day evening. He had supper about nine o'clock and was apparently in the best of health when he retired at about ten o'clock that night. This was the last seen of him alive. Mr. Eioos, who discovered the dead body, was passing the door of the room (occupied by Mr. Reents when he no­ ticed that the? occupant had not yet gotten up, alttao Mr. Rents' alarm clock performed its customary duties at 6:15 o'clock that morning. Mr. Eioos, thinking that Mr. Reents had overslept himself, knocked on the door to arouse the supposedly sleeping roomer. Receiving no response to his knocks he walked in and, to his horror, found Mr. Reents dead. He notified Mr. Ward of the find and within a short time the officials were also notified. • When the body was found Mr. Reents was lying with hiss head on the floor and body and lower limbs in bed., Deputy Coroner Dr. C. H. Fegers of this place arrived on the scene at about nine o'clock and an inquest was imme­ diately conducted. The coroner's jury was made up of Messers. C. H. Fegers, M. D., Jdhn Walsh, John Theie^J.'B. Buss, Fred Nickels and H. C. Mead, the latter acting as foreman. After ji thoro investigation had been made the jury returned a verdict that the de­ ceased had come to his death thru con­ gestion of the brain. \ The body was then removed to the N. J. J us ten morgue, where it was pre­ pared for shipment to Chicago for burial. During the day word was sent to Mr. Reents' sister and brother who reside in Chicago and to his mother, who makesher home at Grand Haven, Mich. The sister ana brother arrived on Fri­ day afternoon and took charge of the body. The remains were shipped to Chicago Saturday morning, where the funeral and burial took place. Mr. Reents, who was about twenty- five years of age, came to McHenry a few years ago and since that time has made this village and vicinity his home. HeXwas quite a popular young man and lefti many friends here who sin­ cerely regret his untimely death. He was quite an athlete and won many ad­ mirers in McHenry thru hiscapabilities on the baseball diamonds in McHenry and the surrounding towns The McHenjry people extend their sincere sympathy to the members of his family. Freund, 37 MM,. GE AS TAKETTKW THE FMUWOR . OUR WN? EXRASWFS. XncOUUBOOS ASSORTMENT OF NEWS ITEMS IN CONDENSED FORM FOR BUSY PEOPLE. Let me sell you one of the very lat­ est Staver buggies. I believe I can save you money and sell you a buggy that calif't be beat. Math. near river bridge, McHenry. __J3wPOOl. ROOM. Erful Geier, who now conducts a billiard and pool hall and bowling alley in the G. E. Schoel building in Center- ville, will open up a second pool hall here next Saturday night. Mr. Geier has rented the second tloor of the E. F. Matthews building on the West Side and is now very busily engaged in placing the tables in the new hall. Since coming to McHenry a few years ago Mr. Geier has made good in the business he is now engaged in and by doing the right thing with his patrons he has made many friends here. He reflted the new place on the West Side on the advice of West Side patrons who assured him support if he would consent to open up a parlor in that end of town. It looks like the move taken by the proprietor is a good one. He will conduct both places and have a reliable man in 'charge of the West Side Establishment. Don't forget the opening night, next Saturday, and pay the pf*£e a visit. DANCE AT PISTAKEE. Jos. J. Mertes, proprietor of the Oak Park hotel at Pistakee Bay, has just completed a dandy little dance hall and announces that the opening $ance therein will take place on Ty^Sday evening, April 30. BrodieV-Chicago orchestra has been engaged (pr tftie occasion, which gives the dancers ^jateW assurance? that that end of the evenibg's program will be well looked after. The floor committee selected fpr this special occasion is as follows: Pistakee Bay, John Pitmen; Johnsburgh, Will Smith; McHenry, Will Heimer. pance tickets, 50 cents. A cordial in­ vitation is extended to all. PISHING AT F1STAKEE. Jos. J. Mertes, proprietor of the Oak Park hotel, Pistakee Bay, announces that he is ready to take care of fishing parties. He can furnish y,6u poles, tackle, boats4gcji bait, kn&if you so desire you can alsostak^your meals at the hotel. Take,a &ay<jiff and enjoy a fishing trip before the suui'mer season opens up. 44-tf Merry War lye at Petesch's. 44 Solid ice, two feet thick, was cut on Delavan lake April 4. The mumps are quite prevalent in Crystal °>ake, some cases being very serious. Some of the young men of Algonquin are planning the organization of a base ball club. New York is preparing to build a 20-story skyscraper on a 20-foot lot. It is to be called the Bean Pole. The ice cleared from Geneva lake this year on Saturday, April 13, just three weeks later than last year. The citizens of North Crystal Lake voted "wet" by a vote of 150 to 68, much to the surprise of a few optimis­ tic enthusiasts. The New Zealand government has purchased four southern Wisconsin cows, paying for the same, $4,000. They will go by express, the charges being $2,000. There will be nothing doing in base ball circles in Richmond this spring, and the season of 1912 will mark the first in several years that that village has not had a ball team in the field. At the M. W. A. convention held in Elgin last week resolutions condemn­ ing the revised insurance rates and de­ manding the help of legislators in de­ feating the action of the head camp were adopted. In clearing away *e wreckage from a recent fire it was found that cement blocks make ' poor fire protection. Where they were subjected to intense Jheat the blocks are said to ha've crum­ bled like sand. The Mitchell automobile company in Racine is so rushed with business that 4 temporary tent has been erected at their plant where the assembling can be done and help hasten the completion of the machines ordered. Four companies ofga^iized for the refining of beet sugar "S^e now seeking locations in Lake county, each com­ pany opening negotiations whereby they may gain control of tracts of land, upon which to construct factories. From Elgin comes the announcement that an official of the Knickerbocker ice company states that notwithstand­ ing the fact that the ice crop this year far exceeds that of previous; years, the price of ice will remain the same during 1912. The storm of Wednesday and Wed­ nesday night of last week adds to the belief of weather prophets that the coming summer is going to be one 'of the hottest in years. According to the figures kept by weather bureaus we are now over 600. degrees behind the normal temperature for the year and this will have to be made up, conse­ quently we are advised to prepare for extreme warm weather shortly. Farmers are mourning over the loss of their alfalfa and red clover. Not a field in this section but what is dead. Ifc was all killed out by freezing so hard and having no snow tyr covering There have been many thousands of acres devoted to the producing of clov­ er and alfalfa hay and the loss is enor­ mous to the farmers. With alfalfa seed at $12 a bushel and red clover $15, farmers are discussing the advisability of replanting, especially as the alfalfa cannot be cut the first year. With the Rock ford saloons ready to close on May 2 and Pecatonica ready to open them on the same day, with Pecatonica as the only wet spot in Winnebago county, there is certain to be a scramble for the privilege of opening wet goods places at Pecaton­ ica. The clerk there has received more than twenty applications for li­ censes. It is said, however, that it is likely that Pecatonica will refuse to grant more than two licenses, and that the license fee will be placed at $2,500. A recent supreme court decision plainly outlines the responsibilities of owners of vicious dogs. The decision was in a case where action had been brought to recover damages from the owner of a dog that barked and fright­ ened the plaintiff's horse. The plaint­ iff was thrown and injured and brought suit for $1,500 damages. The jury gave him a verdict for that amount and the owner of the, dog appealed to the supreme court. The supreme court confirmed the verdict and says in strong words that the owners of barking and vicious dogs are responsible for all damages caused by such dogs and the owners keep them at their own peril. Enactment of an increase tax law in Wisconsin is having the effect of driving many institutions an£ business interests from that state ito other states. The latest to decide jon a mov­ ing proposition Rint^lingf brothers, h^ad the greatest combined shows on earth, who are now moving their headquarters from Baral»oo tTTUNdpe- port, Conn. Besides taking from Barr o a boo its largest one enterprise afld with4 which gave employment to a large nuiiiV ber of peopl%and-4£ft thousands of dol­ lars in that fcity every month, it wiU mean that the Ringlings will sell their homes and holdings there and that yrorfc on a large opera house, for the erection of which one of the brothers was to subscribe the funds, will be sus­ pended. THE BOY SCOUTS MoHENRY DIVISION WILL BE ONE YEAR OLD NEXT WEDNESDAY. The Boy Scouts of America have been fgtttfcled in McHenry since the first of May, 1911, and from that time on have been improving rapidly both in number and actions. Spme explanation should be given the public of McHenry as to the reasons for forming the organization. Boy Scouts were first formed in Eng­ land by General Baden Powell and the work has progressed so well that it is k recognized order in almost every Country in the world. The rules laid down by the founder have been fol­ lowed by all these countries with only minor changes. Space is too small to go into detail of these rules now, but the object of them, which can be plain­ ly traced thruout, is to help bring up a boy to be a man that is truly a man. Smoking and all such habits are firmly put down until the boy reaches the age of eighteen, when it is believed that he is best able to judge for him­ self. Whereas, on the other hand, all sports are greatly encouraged. The idea of the Scouts is to help boys, any kind, weak and strong, good and bad, into a manhood that will make them good citizens to their country and to follow thru in after life the training that they received as Boy Scouts. That will undoubtedly insure them at least more than the average amount of happiness, and what is life without it? Many of the parents think that if their sons attend Scout meetings they will be kept out late at night and sub­ jected to unpleasant treatment. Bui that is wrong. One objectof the Scouts is to be a gentleman in every sense of the word, and as to being out late, meetings are only once a week and after the regular meeting, which in­ volves a short talk and a little drilling by the Scout master and never ends later than 9 p. m., all the boyA are at liberty to go home. Some of them stay later and ittidulge in some sport or other, but that is entirely' up to the boy or the parent. The Boy Scouts wish to make a pub­ lic statement of thanks to Mr. Everett Hunter for the beautiful row boat that he has so kindly donated to them. It is not only the gift they are thankful for, but also the knowledge that a man like Mr. Hunter is taking so much in­ terest in them. The appeal of the Scouts is "Have members with the right Scout spirit and; the willing help of every grown person in McHenry." S. M. Spray your fruit trees and berry bushes and save your crops with S. & W. insecticides. Paris green, arse­ nate lead, Bordeaux mixture, lime and sulphur at Petesch's. 44 WEDDED AT ST. MARY'S \M HERBER T OF TION OFEDUCA MIS8 ROSE ADAMS BECOMES THE WIFE OF MATHIAS SCHAEFER. A simple but quite impressive church wedding was solemnized at St. Mary's Catholic church here at nine o'clock on Wednesday morning of last week, when Rev. Royer united the hearts and hands of Miss Rosa Anna Adams and Mr. Mathias M. Schaefer. The couple was attended by Miss Christine Adams, sister of the bride, and John Schaefer, brother of the groom. The bride was gowned in a dress of white messaline silk and car­ ried a white pearl prayer book. The bridesmaid wore a pink silk dress and carried a bouquet of pink carnations. High mass followed the wedding cer­ emony, after which the happy pair, with the members of the immediate families, gathered at the home of the bride's mother on John street where a wedding reception was tendered them, the home being very tastefully decor­ ated in pink and white for the occa­ sion. The bride is the oldest daughter of Mrs. Mary K. Adams. She wasborn in the town of Burton, but during the past eight years has made her home in this village. She is a highly respected young woman and is popular among her friends and acquaintances. The groom is the oldest son of Mr. and Mrs- Mike Schaefer of Johnsburgh. He was born in Johnsburgh and has spent his entire life in that vicinity, where he has been engaged in farming during the past five years. The couple will be at home to their friends in the Buch house on John street after May 1, where they will be pleased to meet their friends. Mr. Schaefer expects to go to work in the Terra Cotta factory. Congratulations are extended. DANCE AT RIVERSIDE. The next of the popular series of Spring and sumUfcer dances at the Riv­ erside House will take place on next Saturday evening, April 27. The gen­ ial landlord, F. O. Gans, is certainly to be congratulated on the fine dances that he is giving and from the manner k^hich the young folks are turning tty-v sure are appreciating his hos- For next Saturday evening Heiiinv's orchestra has been engaged and this rpeans something good in the, way of jriusic. Dance tickets 50 cents. A cordial invitation is extended to all. S. & W. paint Petesch's. sad floor varnish at 44 RECORD-BREAKING VOTE IS CAST AT LAST SATURDAY'S SCHOOL ELECTION- 640 VOTES ARE CAST. The school caucus apd election for this, the fifteenth district, were held in this village on Friday and Saturday afternoons of last week and to say the very least both events were hummers so far as the point of the total vote is concerned. The school elections, up until a few years ago, were considered very tame affairs, and so they were. A few years ago from twenty to thirty votes at an election was considered a big turnout, but it is different now. It seems that since the village elec­ tions have become so hot that fever heat has been struck the school elec­ tions have also taken on a touch of the heat and the caucus of Friday and elec­ tion of Saturday proved beyond a doubt that the school district was pretty well stirred up. Both the caucus and elec­ tion turned out to be record-t»reakers in point of number of votes cast and we dare say interest as well. At the caucus on Friday afternoon a total of 248 votes were registered. Of this total James B. Perry, who was again up for president of the board of education without opposition, received the unanimous support of all who vot­ ed. Three candidates aspired for the three year term as members of the board. The candidates and the votes each received at the caucus follow: P. J. Clearv 130 Dr. D. G. Wells 182 Wm. Bonslett . 126 As will be seen from th€ above P. Jv Cleary won out by the close margin of four votes. L. F. Block was the only candidate for the one year term and received a total of 192 votes. It was evident from the result of the caucus that the real fight was between Messrs. Clear^ and Bonslet^ and with both- confident that they could carry away the honors at the election the hostilities wete resumed at sunrise on Saturday morning. That few voters in the district were missed in the two candidates' canvass for votes on Saturday is shown by the record-breaking votescast. Theclerk's record, at the time of closing the polls at five o'clock on Saturday evening, showed tlj^t 548 voters had expressed their choice at the polls during the afternoon, fhis number was cut down to 545 When it was found tit&t three incorrectly marked ballots had been found by the judges. The vote of Saturday,again gave vie tory to Mr. Cleary, who won out over Bonslett with a majority of thirty votes to his credit. The result of Saturday's election is as follows: FOR PRESIDENT. James B. Perry 545 MEMBERS FOR THREE YEAR TERM P. J. Cleary 292 Dr. D. G. Wells 347 Wm. Bonslett ' .262 MEMBER FOR ONE YEAR TERM. L. F. Block 1 351 The fight between Messrs. Cleary and Bonslett was a clean and gentle­ manly affair. It was entirely void of mud slinging of any kind and was fought out foirly and squarely. That both gentlemen were capable in every way to fulfill the office to which they aspired no one will doubt and that they both have the interest of our school at heart is a well known fact, as both men have, while members of that body, proven this. Mr. Bonslett's fight was waged on the strength that he has five children now attending the" McHenry public school and Mr. Cleary has none. He was firm in his belief that he possessed a trifle more interest in school affairs than his opponent. Mr. Cleary ran on his own record achieved during1 his term in.o<9ce and that the majority of the voters were satisfied with his services was expressed thru the vote. The loser of the battle has lost none of his interest in school affairs thru his defeat and will now work harder than ever in assisting the school board when­ ever and wherever he can. Mr. Bons­ lett has shown himself a good loser and is willing to abide by the decision of the majority. It was thought by many that the question of the school addition would also be voted upon at Saturday's elec­ tion, but this was wrong. A special election to settle this question will be called at a future date, when it will be lefti£ the male voters tb decide. A greater >onor could not have been granted, than was bestowed James B. Perry at the caucus and election when he was given the unanimous support of our people, who again placed him at the head of our board of education, where he has been a familiar figure for so many years. « * Mr. Perry, while growing in years, has not lost an ounce in mind, and that h« will guide well the board in the efforts to give us a better ^nd greater sehdo&we can, assure each and every­ one. Let us jftll show a little more interest in our schools. Let's keep, right on displaying our support. Don It wait ' « f i until another election day,, hut prac­ tice the interest you took last Friday and Saturday every day of the year. In this way y«^u will be doing the duty that rests ujiGnp'ou as well as assisting materially in making our educational institution bigger and better. ^ The* Biggest vote ever cast here in a like election before was in 1907, at which time James B. Perry defeated Dr. H. F. Bee be for the presidency and John CI ax ton won over W. F. Gal- laher for school trustee. There were three men running for the trustee jobs with two to be elected. The three candidates and the vote each received that year are herewith given: E. S. Wheeler 306 John F. Claxton , 259 W. F. Gallaher 222 The presidency vote was as follows: James B. Perry 300 Dr. H. F. Beebe 116 Four hundred and twenty votes were cast at that election. WILL BE SUCCEEDED BY SON AND SON- IN-LAW. JOHN HEINER TO RETIRE A business change will go into effect in Centerville on May 1 that will take one of the oldest business men on the street away from active life and place him ftrthe ranks of the retired. On this day John Heimer, the vet­ eran saloon keeper on Green street, will pass the business over to his oldest son, William, and son-in-law, Arthur Bickler. Mr. Heiqier first entered in the sa­ loon business in the building that he now occupies thirty years ago this spring and has been actively engaged therein ey,fir since, a reconl thatf j is seldom equallecT~*1t^j any business man. During all these^luxJ^ long years ^ r^^h^E?^ak;cdnducted the place it hits beeh'known anZhcarried on as a first-class buffet. Not at any time during all these years was Mr. Heimer involved in any trouble of any kind, which speaks volumes for him. He is a man of wide acquaintance and we dare say that he hasn't an en­ emy in the world. Mr. Heimer will move his family into the cottage now occupied by Anton Barbian and family ahd will soon begin work on a hand­ some new homty* The new home will occupy the site* now taken up by the cottage that houses the family of S. Harbst. This cottage is also owned by Mr. Heimer and will be moved. Mr. Heimer's successors are two young men of honor and trust and we feel safe in stating that the business will be carried on in the same careful manner as it was during "the thirty years that Mr. Heimer was at the helm. William Heimer has been with his father for a number of years and is thoroly acquainted with every detail pf the business and is capable in every way of conducting same on the lines that a business of this kind should be conducted. Mr. Bickler, altho lacking a trifle in experience, is a young man jjossessed of that thrifty disposition, that makes the modern business man. Both are |»opular young men and have a large following of friends who wish them success. The name of the busi-. ness lirm will be Heimer it Bickler. CLARENCE NATHANIEL WATTLES. Clarence Nathaniel Wattles wasborn in Nunda township April 20, 1859. At twenty years of age he went West and, with the exception of a few years spent in McHenry, it has always been his home. He was a member of the Wm. Gar­ ret lodge. No. tKW, I. O. O. F. of Schal- ler, la. Four years ago he drew No. 27 in the Rosebud reservation. Be­ cause of drawing one of the first num­ bers he obtained a choicc quarter sec­ tion one-half mile from Witten, S. I). He was found dead in his own home. The funeral was held April 14, 1M12, at Witten, S. I). He is survived by a father, Homer Wattles, and a brother, F. H. Wattles, both of this village. Mr. Wattles was highly respected by our own citizens and L»y his many friends in the West. As one of Wit- ten's citizens said, "lie was liked by all who knew him." **» TITANIC DISASTER STORY. In this issue of The l'laindealer you will find a complete story of the sink­ ing of the Titanic. In order to give our readers the authentic facts told by survivors of this great maratime dis­ aster we run the details received from New York on arrival of the I arpathia, the vessel that brought to land the only people rescued. Following usual policy to alw;*> the authentic fact* events we are pi <•/. 0 NUMBER 45. OF LOCAL AS PICKH> f!F BY ru W^AT PEOPLE ARE DOING IN THIS VIL­ LAGE AND THE IMMEDIATE VICINTTY-1- OTHER SHORT PARAGRAPHS. Butter Hariittv. Butter was declared firm at 31 cents on the Elgin board of trade Monday. Chicken feed at M. M. Niesen's. 40tf Early Ohio seed Laures'. potatoes Everybody is eating them- caramels from McAllister's. at Math. 41 -the'Dixie 45 A carload of new buggies with Ideal tops, the 1912 sensation, at Wm. Stoff fel's. 41-tf Good seed wheat for sale at the mill at $1.15. John Spencer, West Mfr- Henry. 40 ---- 1 ,ejr An elegant new line of Staver bug­ gies and Northwestern truck wagons at Math. Freund's. "«iK. Wall paper cleaner and other house cleaning h^fys at the Chi-Namel drug store, West McHenry. 46 Now that all the primaries and elec­ tions are over, let's all settle down to the natural life once more. For the latest, up-to-date ideas in buggy construction see our line with patent Ideal tops. Wm. Stoffel. 41-tf Motor boat owners are beginning to direct their attention to their crafl and are getting them in shape for the sum­ mer season. The ice cream soda season is op^full blast at the McAllister drug store. The new table and chairs just suit the "little tots." 45 The roads have been very dusty of late. What is McHenry going to do regarding the sprinkling of her streets this summer? A number of our citizens are stffl waiting for their water pipes to thaw open. It certainly is tough to havo your water pipes frozen at this time of the year. F. H. Colby & Son of North Crystal Lake demonstrated a 25 horse power kerosene I. H. C. engine pulling fivs plows 9n the farm of H. W. Allen at Ringwood today. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Bickler will move their household goods out from Rogers Park the first of the week and will occupy the living apartments in the rear of the-John Heimer block. our ;ive our readers i-oiK-erning news d to be able at additional expense to give the true story of tins appalling tragedy of the sea. CONING, Dr. J . J . Schaefer. eve sight special­ ist of Klgin, will be in Mo lien ry on Friday, April 2G, all day and evening, at E|r.jCham- berlii ital otytee. Spectacles and glasses accurately titled. All work guaranteed. UNI VERS AX-XST CHURCH. Kev. K. I- Conklin of Elgin^will occupt the pnlpit in the Universalist chillcii next Sunday. Services at the usual hour. 10:4o a. m. The right place Qo get the right drugi--rî ht here st Petesch's. 44 The first of the summer reaortera to arrive this season will be the family ol H. C. Hettinger, who have a cottago , on Fox river, near this village. The family will open their summer thorns next Saturday. The members of the Just Us dab are making extensive preparations for their second leap year dance of the season, which is to be held atStoffers hall on Saturday evening, May 4. Watch for posters. 45 The Easter dance held at Smith's hall, Johnsburgh, on Monday evening was attended by a large crowd. Quite a large number went up from here and all report that "Stubby" has lost none of his entertaining qualifications. John R. Knox, the Ford agent, de­ livered four more cars this week. At the rate he is going he ought to set a nevf county record before the season closes. Mr. Knox is now driving one of the new Ford run-abouts, having sold his old machine to Ben Sehoewer. Simon Stoffel, district agent for the Fidelity-Pheonix Insurance company, was called to spend several days at Manteno and Grant Park, 111., to as- ' sist in adjusting losses and writing* new business. That section was vis­ ited by a destructive tornado a few days ago with heavy losses to the OQBFR* panies. ___________ Work on the two new garages being built by Fred Karges and John W. Schaffer is progressing favorably and ' will add life to ^he lower end of town. J. C. Bickler, the wide awake propri­ etor of the McHenry Souse, also ex+-*?-- pects to have his new garage com*" ; '* pleted within a short time. Let tht» ood work go on. Nearly one hundred eouples attended the electrical ball given for the benefit of St. Mary's church at Stoffel's hall last Saturday evening. The ball waa the first of Its kind ever given in Mc­ Henry and proved a big hit. The eleo trical effects were something swell. Fisk's North Crystal Lake orchestra furnished the music and were repeat­ edly applauded for their work. The event was a success In every way. A slight accident occurred on the West Side about 2 o'clock Tues&sy afternoon of this week when Dr. A. C. Spurting, who was driving his new run-about, cam into a rig driven 1 t>y Orville IfeSisoBv The aoeideat oc­ curred while, the doctor momentarily lost control of th/ ear while making A- turn on Main street near F. A. Boh lander's store. The doctor waS not used to the new car and waa a little confused about the working of the levers, which resulted in the tnixup* Not much damage was done UlsiStiP buggy or machine. 1 .afciiW*. dm Titl&ji KsftiS