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pf" h* ft';"* lie Mdleory mmm POLItno EVKSr THURSDAY bt F. a. SCHREINER. * j)Sosln Ink Building. TaltphoMi Mo. MS. TVNM« OF •UMOntPTIONl * •1* mm** TSato. Thns »ooth». Mote TtaVfdaj, August 15, 191a. FOX LAKE NOW NAVIGABLE RULES or FTWML GOWMENT TO BE CONNIED WITH, ALL POWER BOAT OWNEK8 AXE BEING NOTIFIED AND FURNISHED WITH RULES AND REGULATIONS. As a result of a ruling, coming from the department of commerce and labor at Washington, D. C., the waters of Fox lake are navigable therefore are government waters and the rules of the federal government regarding the equipment of boats govern. The inquiry was brought by the drowning at Pox Lake early in the summer when seven lost their lives. As a result of this ruling the Bissell Laundry company may have to answer for the drowning of the seven people. At the time the coroner's jury made an investigation and their findings were as follows: "We, the jury, find that the victims came to their death thru being drowned in Fox lake, May 8, caused by the sink­ ing of a motor boat controlled by the Bissell Laundry company of Chicago miH operated by Herman Huhn, eigh­ teen years of age. "We, the jury, find that this boat was loaded two or three times its ca­ pacity. "We, the jury, also find that Fox lake is government waters and the law regulating the weight to be car­ ried by boats of a certain size was grossly violated. "We also find that the law for car­ rying life preservers and lights was not enforced and we urge the proper authorities to enforce the regulations." What the result of this will be in Lake county and to the company cannot be stated at this time, as no definite action has been taken. Fox lake is navigable water, coming under the jurisdiction of the federal government, and the boat owners of Fox Lake must therefore comply with the federal laws--thus the gist of the important decision that was handed down by the head of the department of commerce and labor of Washing­ ton. The eight hundred boat owners will have to have life preservers on their craft, whether for hire or pleasure, and will have to conform with the laws of the nation in every particular. Another question, which is perhaps the most important to our people as a whole, is the fact that all dams must have locks. As the matter stands at present the only dam that has a lock is the one south of this village. The other places that will be affected and that will have to build locks, accord­ ing to the federal law, are: Dundee, North Elgin, Elgin, St. Charles, Geneva, North Aurora, Au­ rora, Montgomery, Cary, Yorkville and Carpentersville. Whether these towns will have to tear down their dams and construct locks is not known at present, but it is thought that they will have to do so. The recent decision, which is by far the most imporoant that has been made regarding lakes in this locality, will affect many here. The fact that the lake is not generally used for navi­ gation purposes does not matter: it can be so used and is therefore navigable water. The letter which was received by Mr. McArthur is as follows: Mr. Arch McArthur, Waukegan, 111. I have received a letter from the secretary of commerce and labor en­ closing a copy of a letter dated the 27th ultimo from t^ie acting secretary of war to the effect that Fox lake con­ stitutes navigable waters of the United States and consequently is under fed­ eral jurisdiction. The secretary of commerce and labor has instructed this office to take such necessary steps thru the deputy col­ lector at Waukegan or otherwise to bring to the attention of vessel owners the requirements of the navigation *AW8, JOHN C. ARMS, Collector of Customs. The communication was quite lengthy and the above is the section relating to the ruling made. The following rules will in the future be enforced on Fox lake: All motor boats carrying passengers for hire shall carry one life preserver of the sort prescribed by the regula­ tions of the board of supervising in­ spectors for every passenger carried and no such boat while so carrying passengers for hire shall be operated or navigated except in charge of person duly licensed for such service , by the local board of inspectors. Sec. 6. That every motor boat and also every vessel propelled by machin­ ery other than by steam, more than sixty-five feet in length, shall carry ready for immediate use the means of promptly and effectually extinguish ing burning gasoline. Sec. 7. That a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars may be imposed for any violation of this act. The mot­ or boat shall be liable for the said pen •Ity and may be seized and proceeded •gainst by way of libel, in the district court of the United States for any dis triet within which such vessel may be acugci-a iwr mre must nave are preserv­ ers or life belts or buoyant cushions or ring buoys or other device, to be pre scribed by the secretary of commerce and labor, sufficient to sustain afloat ©very person on board. This includes members of the crew, children and babies. Samples of devices as substl tutes for the articles mentioned mus first be submitted to the nearest boar of local inspectors for transmission t the supervising inspector genera j steamboat inspector service, for ei i aminatlon and approval. It is suggested that if buoyant cusfc j ions are used they have loops, handle | or other devices for taking hold. j Motor boats carrying passengers for ] hire shall carry one life preserver of j the sort prescribed by the board c j supervising inspectors for every pas | senger carried, and the person it j j charge must be duly licensed. Motor boats hired as launch liverie j are construed as carrying passenger for hire. Arch McArthur is notifying all the boat owners, as near fss pbssible, of the ruling of the secretary and has or wil place in the hands of motor boat own ers two copies of the pilot regulation: and one copy of the department circu lar No. 236. Boats plying on Fox lake, Channe lake. Lake Catherine, Lake Marie Grass lake, Bluff lake and Pistaker lake, and in fact, every body of water that forms a tributary of the Fox river is held to be navigable water ant therefore is under federal jurisdiction Mr. McArthur made a special trip to Fox Lake and this village last week and saw some of the excursion boat owners. He advised them of the rul­ ing of the secretary of war and hat alloted each boat owner a stipulated time to equip his boat in accordance with the law. That Fox river constitutes a high­ way over which commerce is or may be carried on with other states in the customary means in which such com­ merce is conducted by water is shown by the fact that lumber is being towed down the river from Wisconsin points to points in Lake county. Commerce may be carried on with Wisconsin. This does not mean, necessarily, that the waters are capable of being navi­ gated by large boats, but by even the smallest motor boats. When the government granted a permit for the construction of a dam in the Fox river below this village they were compelled to put in a lock of sufficient size to care for boats that were being used at the present time. The size of the lock is sixty-five feet and seven inches in length, fourteen feet and seven inches beam and at the present high stage of water there are several feet over the sills. This en­ ables motor boats drawing little water to run from Wilmot, Wis., to Algon­ quin, 111., a distance of forty-eight miles. Passengers are carried between these two places. Small motor boats can make a portage around the dam at Wilmot and at a low stage of water run within two miles of Burlington, Wis. Attend the Great HIT Fill! AID M® WOODSTOCK, III, AlHillSI 27, It, t% 30, 1*12 $10,000 in Premiums and Prizes The Greatest County Fair in Northern Illinois / Speedy Horse Races, Exerting Motor Cycle Races, First Class Ball Games, Elegant Music, Splendid Free Attractions and Fine Exhibits of Horses, Cattle, Sheep, Swine, Products of Farm and, Garden, Handiwork, Manufactures, Art, Textile Fabrics and School Work. Take a day off and bring your families. EXCELLENT LOAVES AND Delicious Pastries to (he <Heritable remit If yom mam. White Swan ...Flour... • i o n , SPECIAL TRAIN SERVICE For Premium Lists and Information Address at Woodstock, 111., BEN THROOP, President. THEO. HAMER, Secretary. DR. W. W. LICHTY, Supt. of Speed. FOR SAM: i-Y WILBUR LUMBER CO. WEST MCHJCNRY. N.f. STEILEN & SON, M'HENRY JOHN RICHARDSON, VOLO KICK'S, GROCERY, M'HENRY WILLIAM ALTHOFF JOHNSBURGH. j»li« *** It! $ Professional. Society f8 2 tfc.nd Business Cards j£ DAVID Q. WELLS, H. O. PHYSICIAN, SURGEON AND OCULIST. Of- lice *2®ureg^*ncfi cinw Elm and Gma treete, McH.nry, Illinois. Telephone Ne. 311. Hei i PbeMe, 243-J CIARIB H. FRANCIS LAWYER ESTATE WORK A SPECIALTY Kendall Bleck 112 1-2 CMS Street WOODSTOCK, ILL -2/ found. motor boat not carrying pas ADDITIONAL PERSONALS. Mrs. F. G. Spurling was a Chicago visitor Monday. Louis Eisenmenger visited in Crys­ tal Lake Saturday. M. D. Wilkins was a Chicago visitor the first of the week. F. J. Barbian transacted business in Chicago Wednesday. Miss C. E. McCann spent Tuesday in the metropolitan city. Mrs. L. A. Friedberg spent Saturday and Sunday in the city. N. P. Steilen boarded the Chicago train Tuesday morning. Kev. A. Royer was a Chicago vis­ itor the first of the week. Mrs. B. Buss is visiting with rela­ tives in Spring Lake, Mich. Mrs. Gertrude Sophy was a Chicago visitor the first of the week. Martin Schmitt spent Sunday as the guest of friends at Spring Grove. Atty. J. I. Lang of Richmond trans­ acted business in this village Tuesday. Mrs. Roy Colby of Woodstock spent Monday as the guests of relatives here. Mrs. Will C. Feltz and daughter, Esther, were Chicago visitors Monday Dr. and Mrs. A. C. Spurling of Grays- lake were McHenry visitors Monday. John Hunter of Elgin is spending the week as the guest of McHenry friends. Mrs. F. A. Boh lander was a business visitor in the metropolitan city Wed­ nesday. A, J. Raymond of Volo boarded the Chicago train at this station Wednes­ day morning Mrs. M. D. Wilkins spent a couple of days last week as the guest of Chi­ cago relatives. Miss Delilah Peterson of Ravens wood is spending a week with relatives and friends here. Miss Katie Meyers of Evanston, III., is a guest in the home of her mother, Mrs. Eva Meyers. Mr. and Mrs. John Aylward of Elgin spent Sunday as the guests of rela­ tives in this vicinity. Mrs. W. B. Nogle of Woodstock was a guest in the home of Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Gaylord Monday. Fred Sherburne of North Crystal Lake was a caller at the Sherburne home the first of the week. Malcom McCuaig of Chicago was a recent guest of his grandma and aunt, Mrs. S. Sherburne and Miss Anna. Louis Eisenmenger, Sr., of Crystal Lake visited with his son, Louis Eisen­ menger, Jr., and family last Thursday. Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Ruehrdanz of Evanston, 111., spent Saturday and Sun­ day as guests in the home of Mrs. Eva Meyers. Mr. and Mrs. Emery Herdklotz of Woodstock spent Saturday and Sunday as guests of the latter's mother, Mrs. Eva Meyers. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Antholz and child of Glen Ellyn, 111., are spending Economize with Chi-iNamel What is Chi-NaaMl? As everlaitiag •erniah rich m Cliarw Oil. Contain* no root of Wat. Easy to apply. Flows out perfectly. Show* no onxh mark* of laps. Require* little btwhing. What i* Chi-Numl For? To make old woodwork look new. To keep new wood from looking old. To praerve it* natural beauty. To make wood waterproof, wear­ proof. timeproof, Tobngh ten up old furniture, gnre new \ color and lustre and hide the white scratches, What will Chi-Namel Do? Stand more ahuw and hard knock* than any ordinary vainidi. Lwtre, color and durability are not injured by boiling water or *oap. A hammer blow that dents the wood will not cause Chi-Namel Varaith Id flake or powder* To change old color udV give a high gloH with out ' application, use colored Cni-Name! Varnish. To give brilliant lustre without changing; leaner color, use NatiirdLC&i* Namel Vamiib. Coats onto one-lull ceol pet square loot m Wm AOM It in off t-otors S. W. BROWN RINOWOOD. ILLINOIS the week as the guests of relatives and friends here. Miss Ethel Dickinson and Mrs. W R. Wheeler and daughter of Desplaines spent Friday and Saturday with Mrs. Wm. Spencer. Mrs. Mayme Lamphere and son, George, were guests in the home of Dr. and Mrs. W. C. Besley in Wood­ stock Tuesday. Mrs. F. Potratz and daughters, Elsie and Alice, of Chicago are spending a few weeks with Louis Eisenmenger, Jr., and family. Mrs. May Spiro returned to her home in Chicago last Saturday after a two weeks' visit at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Anton Schneider. Mrs. Lucy Edwards of Dixon, 111., and Mrs. Clara Harrison of Woodstock were guests of Mrs. H. C. Mead Thurs­ day and Friday of last week. Mrs. J. P. Deuster and daughter, Mayme, and Mrs. Lawrence Deuster Marion, of Milwaukee are guests of relatives in McHenry and vicinity. Mrs. H. J. Baumann and daughter, Lizetta, of Dundee and Mrs. William Rosher of Chicago spent a day j^ist week as the guests of McHenry friends. Dundee correspondent to Elgin Cour­ ier: Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Rogers of Chicago, a sister of Mrs. Rogers ac­ companied by Thomas Angel 1, and Postmaster Hawley and daughters, Darline and Blanche, left Friday even­ ing for a canoe trip up the river. Mr. Hawley and daughters went as far as McHenry, returning Sunday. The oth­ er canoes will be sent thru the lakes at the head of the Fox before the re­ turn trip. 'KISSING PRINCESS" DRAWS BIG HOUSE. "The Kissing Princess" company, which showed at the Central opera house last night, drew a big house, and what's more, gave the patrons a very creditable performance. The work of the principals was faultless, while the chorus could hardly be improved upon. The musical numbers were catchy and full of life. Owing to the limited stage room the company worked to dis­ advantage, altho everything passed off nicely and to the general satisfaction of those present. "Frete the Raw t® A© Ftaiskedi Product'"'- tj 121 page booklet,descrip­ tive of the "tticti* AA" process of manutisct- •re. Contain)' 66 half­ tone engravings from photos taken at the <^'ts of the company. FKtE U called for. 1>ortlan<l Cement has been subjected to the quality test, in that it has been on the mar- for fourteen years is still the choice the cement-user. ket and of -- "Chicago AA Cement '77b Scat Tkak Can Bm Made" WlLilil LUMBER CO. F. E. COVALT, MGI Bank of McHenry ESTABLISHED 1888 This Bank receives deposits, pays 3 per cent interest on time depos­ its, extends all courtesies consist­ ent with good business principles and does a ' GENERAL BANKING BUSINESS respectfully Holicting public pat­ ronage. Honey to Loan on real estate and other firnt clasp security. RBAL ESTATE Farm lands, residences and vil lage property for sale. If you want to bny or Hell, call on na Abstracts ordered. INSURANCE in First Class Companies, at the lowest rates Perry & Owen, Notary Public. - Bankers. POCKET BILLIARD HALL BOWLING ALLEYS QL«c«Ud in Ceatarville. Alee »eck*t blllUH hall ever E. F. Matthew*' meet market ia West McHenry. Geed pleeee te epend yetir idle hours. Bowling all%re open te the ••die* every Thursday alteraeea. :: EMIL GEIEH, i: PHOPfi FKTOR Telephone No »9t. SIMON STOFFEL Insurance agent for all classes of property in the best companies. West McHeary, lltiaol* Fine Steek Merchandise Farm Sales Real Estate G. I AJKTffP'Os Telsphene No. before our BIG REMOVAL SALE comes to a close. Better stock up NOW while the Bargain Prices still hold good. You will never be given another opportunity to buy at such remarkably low prices It's like putting your money in the bank. : : : : : M. J. WALSH, WEST flcHENRY. ILLINOIS mt You Know and so do we that baking during the hot summer months is anything but a pleasant undertaking and we are here to save the women of McHenry and vi­ cinity a lot of work. LET US DO YOUR BAKING FOR YOU. We can do it more quickly and just as good if not better than you, kind lady, could do it yourself. Let us do the worrying for you. :-j Phone 103-R A. TIETZ, Prop. BIDS WANTED for loading, hauling and unloading on to the streets of McHenry about 400 yards of gravel and about fifteen cars of crushed stone. Bids are to be per cubic yard. Village Board op McHenry. Per Jos. W. Frrund, M Chairman of Street and Alleys. The Hunter boat line makes regular rips to the lotus beds every day at 2 'clock. 0 DANCE AT BUCH'S HALL. The next dance at Buch's hall will take place next Saturday evening, August 17. This is the hall that is so popular among the young folks of Mc­ Henry and the resort districts and the announcement that a dance will be held at that place will bring joy to the hearts of those who have previously patronized the resort. The Imperial orchestra of this place will furnish the music and a fine time Is guaranteed all. Dftnce tickets, 50 cents. Don't you wish you had a photograph of your great-great - grand-fa­ ther? Of course you can't Ijave, because there wasn't any pho­ tography in thosedays But your great-great grandchildren can have photographs of you. And you owe something to poster­ ity. :: :: :: SClfflilM'S PflOtO Stfflfio THOME ms WIST ft'HENRf , ItL WEST H'HENKY, ILL. Q. SENG dmgnm *1 mx- Ienc» n llqusr* I ellin, iimi Tie*, MUM »M m4, SUM mrr- *S *XM»t th« 'NUMBER J/A Ia 106 N. 6th AT*. CHICAGO. t-AKCtus CHECKED FREE f Everybody's Doing It What? Why, buying their groceries and fruits of us, to be sure. Our line com­ prises the very choicest on the market and we are able to give you first-class service at all times. Call us up, give us your order and we will do the rest. We never fail to please. Give us your order for fruits for canning pur­ poses. M. H. NIESEN TELEPHONE NO. 86-W HcHenry, • Illinois. WHAT IS TIE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN SBEEF1 PASTURE &NB IN 001 SHOP' You Can Depend on It Those five words explain the merits of EARI<Y RISER FLOUR. What better endorsement would one ask for? That's all the housewife expects and we are here to say that we can back our words. If you have never used the McHenry product make it a point to give it a trial the very next ,time that you buy. Sold at the mill and by McHenry merchants WEST WHENRY FLOUR AND FEED HILLS JUSY IM. NAME. It's "sheep" on the range and on the hill tops, "sheep in the pasture, but here it's "mutton chops." If you'd call for "sheep chops" we'd be apt to smile. Ask for mutton chops, you'll find them nice for a change. E. F. Matthews WEST HcHENKY. ILL. 'PHONE 3 Speaking of Groceries Did you ever go into a gro­ cery store where a better line of Groceries and FruUs was to be found than at oure? We believe not, and we fur­ ther believe that you'll have to go a long ways before you find another grocery with a better delivery sys­ tem. We are not afraid of work. Just telephone your order and we will get it to you with promptness and despatch. We believe in keeping abreast of the times. Try us and find out. Math. Laures THE WEST SIDB QROCERYMAN Phone 8 West McHeary Bead The Plaindealer.