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, / fy iwm-- VOLUME 3 I I I . McI IKNRV. ILJ^IXOIN. TI IURSDAV. JANUARY 2 , 19 i r$ . NO. 29 COMERS AND GOERS OR A WEEK IN OUR BUSY LITTLE VILLAGE. AS SEEN BY PLAINDEALER REPORTERS AND HANDED INTO OUR OFFICE BY OUR FRIENDS. Muthias Weber was a Chicago v i s i t ­ o r Tuesday . N. A. Huemann was a bus iness v i s i t ­ o r in Chicago Monday . Hen S t i l l ing ' boarded the Chicago t ra in Tuesday morn ing . Mr . and Mrs . F . A. Hol lander were < ' h i cago v i s i to r s Monday . Miss F lo rence Howe was a Chicago v i s i to r l a s t week Thursday . l i en S t i l l ing and son , George , were Chicago v i s i to r s l a s t Sa tu rday . Kenne th Hums of Chicago spen t Sunday wi th McHenry f r i ends . Har ry Alexander of Hebron was a v i s i to r in town Sa turday even ing . R ichard Wrav of R ichmond was a v i s i to r in town las t Sunday even ing . Miss Maude Granger of Chicago was the gues t o f he r s i s t e r s he re Sunday . M. D. Smal ley of Woods tock passed Sunday wi th h i s wi fe and fami ly he re . Ross Robinson ca l l ed on Pfc j r th Crys ­ ta l Lake f r i ends j l a s t Sa tu rday a f te r ­ noon . Henry and Rennie Kennebeck were Woods tock v i s i to r s a few days l as t w eek . Miss Ger t rude Marquard of Chicago spen t Sunday as the gues t of Miss Rose .1 u s ten . George Johnson of Nor th Crys ta l Lake was the gues t o f McHenry f r i ends Sunday . R . K. Su t ton of Chicago was a gues t in the home of h i s b ro ther , Kdvvard , Sunday . Har ry Gal laher of Mi lwaukee . Wis . , i s a gues t in the home of Mrs . K. S . Whee le r . WiH. S tof fe l t r ansac ted mat te r s of bus iness in the met ro i>o l i t an c i ty l a s t Sa tu rday . Wal te r Warner of Klg in was en te r ­ ta ined by McHenry f r i ends the f i r s t o f the week . Miss F lo rence Granger took in a dance a t Hebron on Fr iday even ing of l as t . week . Miss Marguer i t e Granger of Chicago was the gues t of home fo lks Sa turday and Sunday . Miss Margare t Ward of Nor th Chica­ go spen t l a s t week as the gues t o f he r paren t s he re . Miss Ger t rude Weber spen t the la t ­ t e r pa r t o f l a s t week as the gues t o f ( I i i cago^re la t ives . c . S . Howard and sons , Gi lber t and Raymond, were bus iness v i s i to r s in the windy c i ty Monday . Miss Ce l ia Geary of Wauconda was a gues t in the home of he r s i s t e r , Mrs . Henry Schaf fe r , Sunday . Misses Adah and Mej le Carey of Kl ­ g in spen t Sunday in the home of the i r s i s t e r , Mrs . R . 1 . Over ton . Mrs . Dora Jecks spen t Sa turday a t t in - home of he r aun t , Mrs . F red Col ­ in , a t Nor th Crys ta l Lake . John Neiss and daughte r , L i l l i an , passed pa r t o f h i s t week as the gues t s of Mi lwaukee , Wis . , r e la t ives . Mr . and Mrs . T . L . Kimbal l o f Pa la ­ t ine spen t a few days l as t week as the gues t s o f McHenry re la t ives . Al ford Fouse of Chicago was en te r ­ ta ined in the home of h i s pa ren t s , Mr . and Mrs . L . P . l ' ouse , Sunday , Mr . and Mrs . B . A . Clampet of Ch i ­ cago were gues t s in the home wf Mr . and Mrs . T . J . Walsh Sunday . Mrs . Alsena Smi th i s spend ing the week a t the home of he r daughte r , Mrs . S . S . Chape l 1 , i n Chicago . Miss Mamie lbsch of Klg in was a gues t in the home of he r paren t s , Mr . and Mrs . Adam lbsch* Sunday . Raymond Whi t ing of Lake Geneva , Wis . , spen t Sunday as the gues t o f McHenry re la t ives and f r i ends . Joe Hof fmann and Haro ld Vie t / , o f Chicago passed a few days th i s week as the gues t s of McHenry f r i ends . Mrs . H . H . Fay and daughte r of So lon a re gues t s in the home of he r paren t s , Mr . and Mrs . B . W. Howe. Granger Smi th of Klg in was a gues t in the home of h i s g randmu^je r , Mrs . Alsena Smi th , the f i r s t o f the week . Miss F lo rence and Har ry Vasey of Oak Park were Sunday gues t s in the home of Mr . and Mrs . Rol l in Wai te . Mr . and Mrs . Nick S te i l en and l i t t l e ch i ld of Ch icago were gues t s of Mc­ Henry re la t ives a few days th i s week . Mr . and Mrs . Theo . He tbke and ch i l ­ d ren of Dundee wei -e gues t s in the home of Mr . and -Mrs . L . F . Rloqk Sunday . Mr , and Mrs . F rank / .ue l sdor f and ch i ld rdn passed a few days l as t week as gues t s of the fo rmer ' s b ro ther and fami ly a t Pa la t ine . Mrs . Jacob Mi l le r and ch i ld ren of Zenda , Wis . , passed severa l days l as t week as gues t s of the Misses Ka thryn and Ger t rude Weber . Dr . Rober t Fegers and Miss Mae Fegers of Keokuk , l a . , s ju n t severa l days l as t week as gues t s in the home of Dr . C . H . Fegers he>-e . yMiss Varena Wentwor th w en t toCar - pentersvi l le last Saturday morn ing fo r a few days ' v i s i t in the home of Mr . and Mrs . O. E . Lamphere . Mrs . S . S . Chape l l and daughte rs , Har r ie t and Mar ian , o f Chicago spen t Friday of last week as guests in the ^ome of Mrs. Alsena Smith. M'HENRY OUTCLASSES CARY LOCAL FIVE HAVE EASY TINE DEFEATING CARY BASKET BALL TEAM. The McHenry town baske t ba l l t eam met and eas i ly de fea ted the town team f rom Cary a t the loca l gym (V) l a s t F r i d a y e v e n i n g , t h e l i n a l s c o r e b e i n g 4 f » t o 9 . The game, r igh t was never in doubt . ma t te r of how many would ro l l up . The wi th McHenry l ead ing by IS to 9 , a n d , s t range to t f rom the of f se t . I t was mere ly a po in t s the loca l s f i r s t ha l f f in i shed a score of l a te , th i s was the l imi t to t in" score ge t t ing fo r the v i s i to r s , a s in the second ha l f the i r e f fo r t s to th row baske t s were a l l in va in , no t a so l i t a ry po in t be ing reg i s ­ t e red dur ing the las t ha l f of t he eon- tes t by the down r ive r boys no . men . Robison , McHenry ' s cen te r , was t h e sh in ing l igh t o f t h e even ing . He suc­ ceeded in m a k i n g e igh teen baske t s and o n e f r e e t h r o w f o r a t o t a l o f . s e v e n t e e n poin t s , ( . . a t i i l i e o v e r o n e - t l i i r d o f the t o t a l n u m b e r o f p o i n t s m a d e b y o u r a th le tes . The loca l s p layed a n excep t iona l ly s t rong game and every member of the t eam d id good work i n his respec t ive p o s i t i o n . T h e t e a m h a s s h o w n c o n ­ s i d e r a b l e i m p r o v e m e n t s i n c e i t s l a s ! contes t . The t eam work i s ge t t ing be t t e r r igh t a long and wi th a t r i f l e more exper ience and prac t i ce they s h o u l d b e a b l e t o m e e t t e a m s o f t i n - b e t t e r c l a s s . The boys have the i r season schedule a l l a r ranged and wi th the exce l len t AT COUNTY COURT HOUSE TO DIS­ CUSS ROADS. s ta r t they have ob ta ined they to go th ru the season wi th few. de fea t s cha lked up aga ins t then The l ine -up and score of l a s t n igh t ' s con tes t fo l low : Bu l lock R ( i Mar t in LG Robs ion C Hunter R F Page L F Fie ld th rows R o b i s o i Page , 5 : Mar t in , l i : I I u wa ld . 1 . F ree th row: e x p e e l i f a n \ , Fr ida v K aba 1 11 a r r i so - i H l lbe l ' t . 1 a n t l i a i n ( l i n e i i w a l d i I m i t e r . < > : G i n e n - K o b i s o n , 1 : n r y . ' 2 : ( a r y , D o c M a n - • r t . • i t a 1 1 J o s l y n a i u l c a l l e d t i n t i i e I l l i n o i s s e n a t o r e \ 1 1 l y t h e f e a t u Huber t , 1 . Fou ls Me I I 1 . Refe ree . Mi l le r ock . ANOTHER BIG CROWD. The four th l eap year d a n c e g i v e n by t h e m e m b e r s o f t h e " J u s t I s " c l u b w a s h e l d a t S t o f f e l ' s h a l l l a s t S a t u r d a y even ing and the even t a l so p r o v e d the f o u r t h b i g s u c c e s s o f t h e s e a s o n . T h e h a l l w a s ' m u s t a t t r a c t i v e l y d e c o r a t e d fo r the occas ion , whi le in a t l y one hundred couples en joyed a p rogram of : a t Spr ing i i e i g h t e e n n u m b e r s t o t h e s w e e t s t r a i n s | T h i s d o e of Walsh ' s Chicago orches t ra . "Tha t the g i r l s l e f t no th ing ' undone tha t w o u l d l e n d t o t h e s u c c e s s o f t h e d a n c e wil l be t es t i f i ed t o b y e v e r y o n e who h a d t h e p l e a s u r e o f b e i n g i n a t t e n d ­ a n c e . P i n e a p p l e a n d l e m o n i c e w a s s e r v e d i n e i t h e r e n d o f t h e h a l l b y young lady a t t endan ts , a f e a t u r e tha t w a s a p p r e c i a t e d a s w e l l a s e n j o y e d b y t h e g a y c r o w d . T h e b i g ' s o c i a l e v e n t W a s o p e n e d w i t h a g r a n d m a r c h , d u r ­ i n g w h i c h n i f t y p r o g r a m s w e r e b a n d ­ e d t h e d a n c e r s . T o t h e f i l l s ' p r o ­ g r a m s w e r e a t t a c h e d r e d a n d g r e e n p e n c i l s , w h i l e t h e b o y s ' w e r e t i e d w i t h r e d a n d g r e e n r i b b o n s , a l l o f w h i c h h a r m o n i z e d m o s t p e r f e c t l y w i t h t h e h a l l d e c o r a t i o n s . A s o n p r e v i o u s o c c a ­ s ions the even t , b rought ou t many beau­ t i fu l pa r ty d resses , a l l o f which ass i s t ­ ed in making the occas ion the pre t ty o n e t h a t i t p r o v e d t o b e . W a l s h ' s orches t ra a g a i n d e l i g ' h t e d t h e i l ancers a n d e v e r y t h i n g p a s s e d o f f i n a h a p p y a n d p l e a s i n g - m a n n e r . T h e g i r l s a r e to he congra tu la ted u p o n the i r en te r ­ t a i n i n g q u a l i f i c a t i o n s a n d t h e r e a r e m o r e t h a n a f e w w h o h a v e a t t e n d e d t h e i r - d a n c e s d u r i n g t h e p a s t y e a r w h o w o u l d n o t c a r e i f l e a p y e a r c a m e e v e i y y e a r i f t h i s s a m e c l u b w o u l d t a k e t h i n g ' s i n h a n d a s t h e y d i d t h e y e a r t h a t h a s j u s t c o m e t o a c l o s e . FRED JUSTEN TAKES CHARGE. A t s i x o ' c lock o n T u e s d a y e v e n i n g o f t h i s w e e k F r e d J u s t e n , w h o f o r t h e p a s t f e w y e a r s h a s h " e n e m p l o y e d a t t h e H e n S t i l l i n g s u m m e r r e s o r t a t P i -- t akee Hay , took ac t ive charge o f t h e John J . B u c h summer resor t In r e . As w a s a n n o u n c e d i n t h e s e c o i n . m i s s o m e t i r u e a g o . t h e S c h o e n h o e f e n l ' . : - e v \ n i g c o m p a n y o f C h i c a g o h a s s e c u r e d a l i - a . « e o n t h e p l a c e f o r a t e r m o f h a s p l a c e d M r . J u s t e n i n a s a g e r . J f t r . J u s t e n i s a p o p m a n a n d h i s y e a r s o f e x p e n t B a y h a s q u a l i f i e d h i m w e p o s i t i o n h e h a s n o w s t e | . \mong the changes a 1 r ead i s the re furn i sh ing of the bar room. Other improvements wi l l a l so he made . NEW YEA* IS USHERED IN. The new year was ushered Henry c i t i zens in a f i t t ing- At the midn igh t hour on Tuesday the o ld town, f rom r ive r to the s ta t ion , ap |>eared to be pre t ty wel l a l ive . The shoot ing of cannon , guns , r evo lvers , toge ther wi th the b l o w i n g o f the I Jor - REPRESENTATIVE MEN PRESENT FROM ENTIRE COUNTY SHURTLEFF WAS AB­ SENT. Woods tock Sen t ine l : Tha t McHenry c o u n t y c i t i z e n s , e s p e c i a l l y t h e f a r m e r s and persons in te res ted loca l ly in the m a i n t e n a n c e o f t h e r o a d s , a r e n o t i n favor of s t a te con t ro l o f t he townsh ip h ighways , bu t p re fe r a con t inuance of loca l se l f -government , e i the r - under townsh ip con t ro l o r under the county un i t p lan , s e e m e d to be the sen t iment of a l a rge m a j o r i t y o f the persons g a t h e r e d i n m a s s m e e t i n g a t t h e c o u r t h o u s e t o d i s c u s s p r o p o s a l r o a d l e g i s l a ­ t ion las t M o n d a y a f t e i ' r uxm. A I KHII 1 I K I r e p r e s e n t a t i v e c i t i z e n s , m o s t l y f a r m e r s a n d t o w n s h i p o f f i c i a l s . wer» g a 1 i n - r e d a t the mee t ing ' and a fu l l a m i f r e e d i s c u s s i o n of the ques t ion a t i s s u e w a s h e l d , b r i n g i n g o u t a n u m ­ b e r o f c o r , I ! i c t i n g v i e w s a s t o t h e b e s t m e t h o d o f h a n d l i n g ' t h e m a t l e i - o f r o i t d m a i n t e n a n c e , whi le in t h e main agree­ i n g t h a t t h e objec t to be sought i s the b e t t e r m e n t o f a l l o f our count ry roads a t t h e m o s t n u m e r a t e a d e q u a t e e x p e n s e to t i n t a xpay e r . l ! y r e q u e s t of a n u m b e r of pe rsons w h o h a d b e e n l ' e | H ) l l s i b l e fo r t h e meet ­ i n g lv> p t cse i . t a t ive F . I ) . S i iu r t l e t l had p r e v i o u s l y consen ted to be p resen t to d i s c u s . , t h i s ques t ion wi th h i s cons t i tu ­ e n t s . I l l n e s s i n h i s f a m i l y m a d e i t a n i m p o s s i b i l i t y fo r h im to l eave home, l i o w t v t i , a m i a t the l a s t moment he t e l e p h o n e d t o Sta te ' s At to rney l i . R . J o s l y n . r e q u e s t i n g him to express to t h o s e p r e s e n t I l l s r egre t s fo r h i s ab­ s e n c e a n d t o s t a t e i n a br ie f way some o f h i s i d e a s t i n the sub jec t . M r . S h u i t ' u i T has in the pas t l eg i s ­ l a t u r e oppose i l ce r ta in proposed i eg i s m a t i o n w uich in e f fec t would remove t h e c o n t r o l of the road ques t ion f rom t h e l o c a l t o w n s h i p * t o t h e o t l i c e o f t i n 1 ; s t a t e g o v i r n o r a n d ' h i s a p p o i n t e < s , t h e _ • 1 1 v \ a y c o m m i s s i o n a t S p r i n g - and va luab le to a l l presen t . Many good po in t s wen- broug 'h t ou t l>o th p ro and con to the presen t sys tem. One of the th ings d i scussed was wha t 1 ( 1 i s p o - i t i o n s i i o u U l b e i n a d e o f t h e t h o u - I s a n d s o f d o l l a r s w h i c h a r e n o w c o l l e c t - : • d a n n u a l l y b y t h e s t a t e f r o m a u t o m o - \ I > i i e 1 i c e n s e s . j J u d g t ( ' . 1 1 . D o n n e l l y , w h o a s a n i n - i s t e n t r h a d - n t i h r u o u t t h e a s k e d p e l n • i s s i , m t o s p e a k . • r e a d i i y g r a n t e d . T h e j u d g e h i s i q u t i h m t h e s u g g e s t i o n w h i c h \ o ' l e red t h a t t i e • s . - n t t y " w . t i s 1 ; u n i t fo r road m a i n t e n a n c e s h o u l d b e c h a n g e d t o a c o u n t \ • . : t : < . t h : r a i l t o w r t s h i p t a x e s f o r i o a d - a n d b r i d g i s ̂ f « • • i : 1 < 1 b e d i s c o n - t i n u e d a : e l t i e e a r . t h e r o a d s t h r u - out «• :»<• ! ; c o . m a d e a c o u n t y mat­ te r , m a i l - . co i t ro , o f a c o u n t y road commiss i , , : , , i . nam. d i t ; , t he county h o a r d o f - , j . , i \ ' s o i v . w i t h O l ^ t o w n ­ s h i p r o a d c o m m i s s i o n e r i n e a c h t o v v n - y e d w i t n t e a m a n d i r o a d w o r k . T h e < h , 1 i ev e s shou ld Im i t y t a x e s , s t ) t h a t a l l Us sea l ' , r ece i ve the s h i p , t o h e e m p w a g o n s t e a d i , y C t 1 s t o f t i l l s I C H i n a i u t a i . i t o b y c o ­ o l t t i e c o ' i n ' r y I . i i M M l C t i t s o l t h e t a l i k e , w h e r e t h e a h f e p r o p , r t y i s J l i d g e | l n i i l | r l , i e d t h a t : he s i a [ , s y s t e m o l s t a t e i i n o b i l i c e r . s e l i , , and sugges t in - I ' a deep w a t I ' i w scheme, w h i c h I a d v o c a t t ( I b y < , o \ s 11 p p t > i • i f i s . i ! i a t i s s u e n o w a t t h e l e g i s l a t u r e i > e t - \ i n g o l p e i n a m i , t a l l s e c t I o n s o ! t h e s l a t e . . 1 u d g . ' I t u n n e l l y ' s p u t t h a t t h e s t a t e b u i l d t I r o a d s , s u c h a s a r e n o w in. H . n isi s ev ery w IN t \ u n d e r t h e u n i t o m t h e c i t i e s i f t a x - WEEKLY EXCHANGE ITEMS AS TAKEN FROM THE COLUMNS OR OUR MANY EXCHANGES. MISCELLANEOUS ASSORTMENT OF NEWS ITEMS IN CONDENSED FORM FOR BUSY PEOPLE. T h e KnKghts o f ( ' o l u m b u s o f K l g i n h a v e s e t o u t t o b o o s t t h e i r m e m b e r ­ s h i p t t i t h e -00 mark . A ch icken d inner was se rved t h e p r i s o n e r s a t t h e L a k e c o u n t y j a i l a t Waukegan on Chr i s tmas day . F r e d A i l i e s o f ( I r a y s l a k e i s t h e o w n . r p i a t a i l l e s s c a l f . T h e c a l f w a s b o r n t w o w e e k s a g o a n d i s q u i t e a c u r i ­ o s i t y . The Waukegan counc i l h a s recen t ' y passed a "Whee l Tax Law" and the c i t i z e n s o f t h a t c i t y h a v e a l r e a d y r a i s e d a l o u d c r y o f p r o t e s t a g a i n s t i t . K n i p l o y e s o f t h e A m e r i c a n S t e e l A W i n - c o m p a n y o f W a u k e g a n a r e r e ­ j o i c i n g o v e r - t h e g o o d n e w s t h a t t l u - y a r e t o l i e g i v e n a n inc rease in wages . K m e r s o n T l i a v e r o f A n t i o c h . 25TH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY ITEMS OF LOCAL INTEREST h : M r . S h i n t l . - ! ! be l ieves in loca l se l f - g o v e r n m e n t His a t t i tude has been t h a t a s f a r a s p o s s i b l e t h e p e o p l e w h o p a y the t a x e s should have the r igh t to expend t h e m a s they see l i t . Hold ing these v iews l i e has opposed the t ak ing away of t in con t ro l o f the roads f rom t re town o i l i c ia l s , where i t t row r t s t« a id p lac ing i t w i t h the s ta te of l i c ia l s I d . n o t mean tha t Mr . Shur t - le f f i s oppose i l to a l l mad leg i s la t ion , o r does no t r ecognize tha t the p resen t sys tem o f r o a d main tenance can be im­ proved o n . a n d fo r tha t reason those presen t a t t i n - meet ing regre t U-d ve ry much h i s a h s . - i i ce , because , they had hoped l o r a chance to exchange v iews wi th h im a n d he lp h im in h i s des i re to suppor t o n l y such leg i s la t ion as would m e a n a l e a l benef i t to the people o l M c H e n r y c o u n t v . S e n a t o r A . . 1 . O l son fo l lowed M i ' . t h p o k e in favor o l wha t i s . andee b i l l , which passed s . i i a t e l a s t w i n t e r . T h e l i n e d s o m e w h a t e x t e n s i v e - r s o f th i s b i l l , which he c l a i m e d w o u l d n o t des t roy* loca l se l f - g o v e r n m e n t . because i t r e ta ins the tow nsh ip commiss ioners , ah ho i t d i ­ v ides the i r power wi th a county road I ' U 1 1 ) 1 1 1 I s b i u l H I ' . T h e s e n a t o r f i r s t rec i t ed how las t \ . • a r i n h u d devoted more than a week t o t i n p r e p a r a t i o n of a b i l l , work ing i n c o n j u n c t i o n with the represen ta t ives o f t h e C h i c a g o Auto inobi lec lub . When h e c a m e t o Spr ingf ie ld he found tha t a n o t h e r b i l l had been in t roduced which w a s c a l l e d the Landee b i l l , a f t e r the s e n a t o r w h o i n t roduced i t , which^b i l l I n c o n f e s s e d w a s b e t t e r than h i s own. T h e r e f o r e h i s b i l l w a s n o t in t roduced . A s s t a t e d b e f o r e , th i s b i l l passed in t h e s e n a t e , b u t w a s defea ted in the h o u s e , w h e r e i t was op |>osed by I t epre - s e n t a t i v e Shur t l e fT fo r reasons a l ready e x p l a i n e d . The sena tor was very per ­ s i s t e n t i n c l a i m i n g tha t the Landee b i l l d o e s n o t d e s t r o y the power o l loca l c o n t r o l , a l t h t > h e d i d admi t , wi th some r e l u c t a n c e , t h a t in t ime i t would re ­ s u l t i n t r i e e n t i r e e l imina t ion of the t o w 1 1 s 1 1 i p highw a y commiss ioners . F o l l o w i n g ' S e n a t o r Olson . S u p e r v i s o r I» . M. W r i g h t o f Marengo S |>oke in f a v o r o f a c o n t i n u a n c e o f the presen t s v s t e m o f r o a d commiss ioners . His o p i n i o n w a s o p p o s e d by Mer t Thomas o f < i t e e n w o o d . who made some te l l ing p o i n t s a g a i n s t t h e p r e s e n t r o a d condi ­ t ions . O t h e r s p e a k e r s w h o fo l lowed inc lude ed C . W. < o l i o n o f Seneca , M. Long of in by Mc- t i r eenwood , , 1 . D. Hur ley uf Har t l and manner . Superv i sor ' I J ro tzman of Ki ley . Wi l l i am (J ruenwald of Cary , Ph i l ip Ki l t z of Dor r and J . H. Cracy of Nunda . Mr . racy s t a ted tha t whi le he be­ l i e v e d tha t improvements can be made In t h e sys tem of road main tenance , in - i r e c o m m e n d - r i i i u - n t b u i l d a u s i n g t h e a u t o u t h a t p u r p o s e , t h a t i n s t e a d o f A . i t e r p o w e i - i i c o l l i b i l i o u s l y i i . 1 1 1 - - • 1 1 a n d h i s ' O I H I : 1 , 1 W I I I b o n d • • . e o l 1 h e s t a t e , 1 I h e b u i l d i i t a i i s t b i a I o u I a n i n b r i t l w a s a u 1 1 i e i o h i 1 1 l e i i i a n d e d b y • e . W 1 1 I I e t h e C O l l l l - v s t e i i i c o i l t r o l t h e c o u n t r y r o a d s n o t p r o v i d e d f o r i n t h e g e n e r a l s t a i e s c h e m e . A t t h e c l o s e o ! h i s r e m a r k s h e m a d e a m o t i o n t h a t 1 h e c h a i r m a n o f t h e m e e t i i I - j . w h o w a s C o u n t y S c h o o l S u ­ p e r i n t e n d e n t S h c l i o n , a p p o i n t a c o m ­ m i t ! t i v e t o s t u d y a n i l c o n s i d e r t h e road q u e s t i o n a n d fo rmula te some s i i g g e s t i o n s w h i c h m i g h t l a t e r b e a g u i d e t o t h e r e p r e s e n t a t i v e s i n t h e l e g i s l a ­ t u r e 1 1 t i i n t h i s d i s t r i c t . a s s h o w i n g 1 l i e s e n t i i l l e l l t s o f t h e p e o p l e o f M c l l e l l t y county . A s a p a r t o f t h e m o t i o n i t w a s p r o ­ v i d e d t h a t t h e r e s h o u l d b e a n o t h e r p u b l i c m e e t i n g l a t e r t o r e c e i v e a n d a c t o i r t h e c o m m i t t e e ' s r e p o r t . T h e m o t i o n w a s a d o p t e d a n d C h a i r ­ m a n S h e l t o n a p p o i n t e d o n t h i s c o m ­ m i t t e e S u p e r v i s o r s I I . K . W h i p p l e o f D u n h a m , N . M r o t / u i a u o f K i h y . . l a m e s 1 1 . T u r n e r o l 1 1 t i n o n . . 1 1 . ( i r a c y o f N u n d a a m i H e r t T h o m a s o f C r e e n - w o o d . F o l l o w i n g t i n a d o p t i o n o f t h e a b o v e m o t i o n a s e c o n d m o t i o n w a s u n a u i - i n o u s l v a d o p t , l i I t ' t h e e t l e C t t h a t l o c a l s e l f - g o v e r n m e n t i n t o a d m a t l v i ' s s h o u l d b e c o n t i n u e d . I ' o l u h l l i ( o . o l S w I s s b e l l l i n g e r s , i n t r o d u c i n g ' s l e i g h b e l l s , m u s i c a l g l a s s ­ e s a n d m u s i c a l c h i m e s , . I a n . - i a n d n . S u n d a y : l l K ' M o n d a y . I ' r i c e s , a n d . { • > ; s c h o o l c h i l d r e n . I m A d v METHODIST CHURCH NOTES. S u n d a v s c h o o l a s UMKII , l O ' . n u a . M. I ' r e a c h i n g a t 1 1 A spec ia l s e r i e s o f m e e t i n g s w i l l l i t - g in nex t Sunday t t i nue every eve 7 : 4 o . T h e n - w i l l t r a c t i o n s , s p e c i a l g o o d c h e e r . N e w u s e d . S e r v i c e s v M i - o n e o g r e a ' i s d e a • a g e . F r o p o r t s p l a n t ; t h e f e w - w o m e n w h o c o u l d a i l i x . ' T e a ' - g r a u i b n > ' h e r t o h e r n a m e , i . S h e w a s i ; n , t y - o n e y e a r s n f 1 1 a I i o v i i - t > , , c o u n t y c o m e r e ' h a ! I l o r d e n ' s m i l k h o t 1 1 i n I , a t i s b e i n g ' u l a t < a r p e n - , O ' e d t o i s s u e i s . o o i i t o r t h e w a t e r v \ o r k s e g r a p i i C t u n - 1 m i l l t h e d e - o i ; i c t s o f t h e I - a n \ i l l t l i e A t a s p e c i a l e l e e . t e l ' s V l I I e 1 a s t V V e e k \ ) I > t m i l s t o t h e a m e - . c o n s t r u c t i o n o ' . - • - - i n t h a t v i i i a g e . T h e W t s t i • i 1 1 I ' m , p a n v h a s n i o v e d i • p o ' a t W o o d s t o c k t . ( h i c a g ' o T e l e p T y p e w r i l e r c i t y . M r . a n d M i s i ; , I I e b r o t l o b s e r v e d l m a n n i v e r s a r y o n I l e t h a v e s p e n t p r a c t i c a ! e d 1 i f e i n I I e b r o n ' . ' ( J e o r g ' e M e y e r s , s A u g u s l 1 1 . e v e r s \ \ o n n . S r . , of - l i i \ e d d i n g T h e c o u p l e I t I n i r w t a l ­ i s h i p . t i f M i . a n d M i s w ho r e s i d e on a _ ' l . a l l fa rm near Wauconda . w a s found dead in a ba th tub in a board ing ' house a t Waukegan one day las t week . The young man was employed as bookkeep­ e r a t Kes ley ' s Waukegan Ihewing company . He was twenty- th ree years of age . Hear t t roub le i s g iven as the d i rec t cause of h i s dea th . The Waukegan Urrbers a t a r ecen t mee t ing dec ided to ra i se the i r ra tes and the fo l lowing pr ices became ef fec ­ t ive in tha t c i ty yes te rday : Ha i r cu t . ,V>c; ch i ld ' s ha i r cu t , 2 .V; ch i ld ' s ha i r cu t on Sa tu ix lay . e lec t r i c massage , . ' { .V; hand in i i s . sage , 2K - ; s inge ing , 2 ." ic : shav ing . l -~>c . The t o c l o s e t h e i r s h o h o i i d a y s . Fred X. Turner . ( o le ' s f a rm sou th t t he head of t In ' ̂ da i ry men . In 11 i t - I l l i n o i s s t a t e m i < >c t . I . I ' .HO. and . M r . T u r n e r ' s l i n i ­ n g a n d w i l l c o n - u i \ t w e e k a t m a n y s p e c i a l a t - o t s l >1 l i f e and vs wi l l be t . 1 1 . ( I . l ingers , a y o u n g a n d u p - t o - d a t e worker i n t h e c i t y o f C h i c a g o , w i l l h e h e r e t o play var ious m u s i c a l i n s t r u m e n t s , s ing and speak . T h e r e w i l l b e spec ia l a n n o u n c e d a n d a g o o d y m e e t i n g . A warm w i l l b e a n d m a u - i l a r y o n n g ' n e e a t t l i e 1 f o r t h e • p t e i i n t o , k p l anned den whis t l e and r ing ing of church be l l s I v j t . v v of h i s pe rsona l know ledg-e o f the a t the midn igh t hour , was suf f ic ien t j W O nder fu l be t t e rment tha t had been ev idence tha t McHenry d id he r p .u - t ; n i : M j e in r o a d condi t ions s ince the ea r ly in g ree t ing the new year . Many | j a s s u f fo r ty \ enrs ag 'o , which he i l lumina ted homes th ruou t the v i l l age : t , ] u e l l r emember , l i e was loa th to a l so s ign i f i ed tha t wa tch n igh t pa r t i es were be ing he ld . UNIVERSALIST CHURCH. Regula r se rv ices nex t Sunday Sun­ day school a t 10 o ' c lock , se rmon a t 11 . A cord ia l inv i ta t ion i s g iven everyone ' to attend these services. condemn the presen t sys tem. He favored s o m e plan which wi l l r e ta in the presen t sys tem of road commiss ion­ e r s . whi le a t the same t ime add ing some powers o r changes which wi l l be t t e r mee t the p resen t condi t ions . The entire discussion was interesting meet i n g r s fo r t h e c i i i I d n - i l a te r . I f you en .n 'y fun t i t t l e y o u w i l l a t I e u d e v e r C o m f o r t a b l e s e a t s f o r a l l . church . K l e c t r i c l i g h t s . v e r y w e l c o m e . j K h ' v . K . A . K " i w i : r - . C a s t o r . i < o r d w o o d f o r s a l e : < > • ' » p e r c o r d d e l i v e r e d i n t o w n . I m p u r e o f W i n . H o n s h u . W e s t M c H e n r y . - • » - » j BASKET BALL SATURDAY. J On Sa turday- even ing o l t ins week , i J anuary 4 , the M c H e n r y t o w n baske t I b a l l t eam wi l l mee t a n am represen t - ! i n g t h e v i l l a g e o f ( I r a y s l a k e . 1 l u - M c ­ Henry team, b y s o d e c i s i v t l y d e f e a t i n g j t h e C a r d i t e s o n l a s t F r i d a y e v e n i n g , j d e m o n s t r a t e d b e y o n d t i l e l e a s t p o s s i b l e j doubt tha t l h e y a r e a fa^ t b u n c h and a re ab le to g i v e t i n - h < - M o l ' c m a good | hard game. T h e C r a y .s lake t e a m i s s a i d t o b e a s t r o n g o n e a n d i s c o m i n g to McHenry t o give t h e l o c a l s the i r f i r s t de fea t o f the season . T u r n out a m i s e e w h e t h e r o r n o t t i n v i s i t o r s wil l be ab le to accompl i sh th i s fea t . ( J a t n e w i l l b e c a l l e d a t v : l - ~ > p . m . C e i i - e r a l a d m i s s i o n , l u c e n t s . THE SOCIAL WHEEL. The-Soc ia l Whee l met f o r t i n - sec­ o n d t i m e S a t u r d a y a f t e r n o o n , D e c . L ' s . a t t i r e h o m e o f M r s . L y d i a O w e n . A de l igh t fu l t ime was en joy ed by a l l pres ­ e n t - . M r s . O w e n s u r e l y p r o v e d h e r s e l f a v e r y c a p a b l e h o s t e s s a n d t h e r e f r e s h ­ ments were ce r ta in ly de l i c ious . Th is l i t t l e c l u b i s i i t a very p romis ing con­ d i t ion . a s th ree new members were t aken in and the re a re severa l more wl io wi l l , no doubt , jo in a t the nex t mee t ing , which wi l l l i e Jan . I I . a t the home of Mrs. Petesch , L ' . i c : p l a i n s h a m p o o , i e a r d t h u r t l i n g . L V > c : b a r b e r s a I s o d e c i d e d p s o n S u n d a y s a n d h o o c c u p i e s A . . 1 . > t i I , b r o i l . s t a n d s a t c l a s s 1 o l s i i i ' i - e s s f u 1 c t . s v t e - t l i e I d a l t he i v e i s i i > . beg inn ing n d i < > c t . ' 1 1 . I t ' l l ' , 1 1 - i n ' - O W . "Duchess De Kol Kose , " made t h e highes t ac tua l fa t pmdTlc l ion o l a n y c o w i n t h e t e s t . O n e h u n d r e d a n d n i n e t y - s e v e n c o w s w e r e t e s t e d u n d e r t h e r u l e s o f t h e compet i t ion and twenty-one d i f fe ren t owners had cows en te red fo r longer o r shor te r per iods . Mr . Turner ' s cow w o n m o r e p r i z e s t h a n s h e c a n c a r r y o n h e r b a c k a n d t h e l ' r a i r i e F a r m e r o f ( h icag 'o , which assumed the expense of the t es t , in i t s l as t two i s sues had a fu l l page pho to of the "Duchess" on i t s f / ' on t page . Woods tock S e n t i m - I : , 1 . I I . W i e r , t e l e g r a p h o p e r a t o r a t A l g o n q u i n , a n d M a r t h a H o e f t . a f o i u ; t e H n v v a r o l d g i r l l iv ing- in tha t v i l l age , a re und*^- a r res t a t Je lTersonvi l lp ' . Ind . The couple , who were fo i l ed b y the au thor i t i e s in a s e n s a t i o n a l a t t e m p t t o e l o p e , h a v e b e e n m i s s i n g s i n c e S u n d a y . W i e r h a d a p a s s to Louisv i l l e , lxy . . a n d i t was t h i s knowledge which a ided S ta te ' s A t t o r n e y . los lyn and Sher i f f Henderson i n l o c a t i n g t h e r u n a w a y s . S h e r i t f H e n d e r s o n g a v e u p t h e p l e a s u r e s o f e n i o y i n g Chr i s tmas d a y with h i s fam­ i l y a t h o m e and le f t o n Monday even- j i n g f o r J e l T e r s o n v i l l e , I n d . , w h i c h i s n e a r L o u i s v i l l e , K y . . t h e d e s t i n a t i o n named in the pas» h e l d b y W i e r . The e l o p e r s W e r e a p p r e h e i u l e - d a t J e t l e l ' s o l l - v i l l ' - . a n d w e r e h ' - l d b y t h e a u t h o r i t i e s th re in i t i l t he a r r iva l o f the sher i tT . A c c o m p a n y i n g S h e r i l V H e n d e r s o n , D e p - u; \ < ou r r ty C le rk ( i rove Chi t t enden l e f t f o r S p r i n g l i e l d t o r e q u e s t r t - q u i s - i i i o u p a p e r s o f C o v e r n o r D e n t - e n . WRE S TL ING ENTERTAINMENT. A n a l l - s ta r wres t l ing en te r ta inment wi l l t ake p lace a t the Rivers ide House h e r e next Sa t u i i l ay even ing , January 4 . Some of the top no tchers in t in w r e s t l i n g ' g a m e h a v e b e e n b o o k e d f o r t h i s o c c a s i o n a n d f o l l o w e i - s o f t h e s p o r t in McHenry and v ic in i ty w i l l b e given an oppor tun i ty of see ing someth ing^ rea l good on tha t n igh t . A l eg c rowd i- , l o o k e d lo r f rom ou t of t o w n . WED D I N G DANCE AT JOHNSBURG. A wedding d a n c e wil l t a k e place a t S m i t h ' s ha l l , Johnsburg , on Wednes- dav even ing of nex t w e e k , January !v A cord ia l inv i ta t ion i s ex tended to a l l a n d a f i n e t i m e i s p r o m i s e d . T i c k e t s . o O c e n t s . 1 ' o luhn i and h i s be l l r ingers wi l l l»e he re Sunday and Monday . Jan . and G. P r ices , lu , ~' j and Jo . Adv MR. AND MR S. A . M. BR OWN HAVK Bt ; i ;N MARRIED TWENTY-FIVE YEARS L a s t S a t u r d a y m a r k e d t h e i w e i r y - t i f t h w e d d i n g ' a n n i v e r s a r y o f t w o o l o u : r e s p e c t e d t o w n s p e o p l e . M r . a n d M r s . A . M . I l r o w n A n u m b e r o f t h e i r r e l a t i v e s a n d f r i e n d s k m - w i b i s a n d a s a c o n s e q u e n c e a l i t I h g a l h e r l n g " w a » p l a n n e d a n d e x e c u t e d a t t i n - W o o d m a n h a l l o n t h a t e v m i : n g ' i n h o n o r o f t l i e even t . T h e e v e n t w a s t n o \ c d b y f o r t y - t w o i n v l i t d g u e s t s , w h o g a t l i e r e d t o a s s i s t t n e h o s t a : u l h o s ' . i s s i n m a a ' t i g t h e i r t w i - n t y - l i f t h a n n i v e i ' s . i i y a : m m o r a b m on. e. ; I k a n c i n g ' a n d a g e n e r a l g o o d t n n e - p r e v a i l e d u n t i l a b o u t t h e m - . h n g ' h t • h o u r , w h e n a d e l i c i o u s s . , p p m - w a s ' s e r v e d b y t h e l a d i e s w h o w e r e I h o u g h ! • l u i e n o u g h t o b r i n g ' t i e - g o o d i i s w i t h t h e l l l . S c h a l l e i ' s o r c h e s t r a l u i n i s h e d n i u s ' i c , l o r t h e e v e n t a n d 1 1 > t i e - d e l i g h t o l t h o s e a s s t - i n b l e i l a l l o f t h e o l d t i i . , e , d a n c e s w e r e p l a y e d a i u l p a r t i c i p a t e d i n b y a i l . T h e o c c a s i o n o r o v e , ! o n - o f p r o f o u n d m e r r y 1 1 1 a k i ; i g a i u l M r . : , n d M i s , l i i - o w n a s w t 1 1 a s t l i e g u e s t s p r e s - n t w i l l i o n g r e i l l e l l i l i e r t h e H e l l : o l l » e c e i n ! i t I ' J ' - . l lM'J . T h e c o n p i e w a s p r e s e n t e d w i t 1 1 a s e t , o f s o l i d s i I v e r t e a s | l o o n s . I M r . I t r o w n i s i - i n ploy i - d a t the I l in ­ den p lan t here and i s o n e o i t i n - i r e V a l l i ed em ploy e s o l I l i e l o ca l p lans T i l e co up: , - has pa s s ed in a I l y a I I < t h e n n i a r r i i ' d l i b - i n t h i s v i l l a g e . MRS. LOUISA HA W L KY . M a r y L o u i s a f l a w l e y . w i l e o f I - . . < I I a w l e y , o f K i n g w o o d . I I I . d l e d T u t • • d a y , D e c . L ' I . l t M J . S e r v i c e s w e r e h e l d a l t h e h o m e i n t ' K i n g w o o d T h u r s d a y a f t e r n o o n a t t w o o ' c l o c k . I n t e r m e n t i n K l u t l ' C i t y c e m ­ e t e r y , l - ' . lg - in . F r iday morn ing M a r y Louisa l l avv l ev w a s t h e d a u g h ­ t e r o f t h e l a t e M r . a n d M r s . A n d r e w W a l l e r o f K l g i n a n d w a s b o r n i n t h a i ' c i t y D e c . 1 1 ' . I s i i ' . ' . S h e a t t e n d e d t h e p u b l i c s c h o o l s a n d K l g i n a c a d e m y and ; w a s m a r r i e d t o K . c . I l a w l e y o l S o u t h F. lg in Apr i l 14 , I s s " ; she h a d l i v e d in H i n g w n o d f o r t h e l a s t t w e l v e y i - a i s . S h e l e a v e s . I n s i d e s h e r h u s b a n d , a d a u g h t e r , K h a n o r . o l K i n g w o o d , a n d f o u r s o n s . F r a n k , o l C h i c a g o . K o i p i s . Fdwin a n d A n d r e w o f Kingvv ood^ in i i t h r e e b r o t h e r s , A n d r e w M . W a l t e r o l , K l g i n . J o h n I K . o f H o w l i n g ' ( I r e c t i . 1 M o . , a n d l - ' r a n c i s W . , o l N e w K o n d o n . : l a . A l s o t w o s i s t e r s , M r s W . K . S a d l e t - o f F l g - i i l a n d M i s s C o r a V W a l t e r , o f K a t t I e ( ' r e e k , M i c h . ( ' X 1 f I » t > 1 ' ' I l l .VNKS. K . ( ' . H a w l e v a n d f a m i l y o f K i n g - ; w o o d w i s h t - o e x p r e s s i n t h i s w a y t l n - i r 1 t h a n k s a n d a p p r e c i a t i o n t o f r i e n d s a m ! n e i g h b o i - s l o r t h e i r k i n d n e s s d u t i n I he i r l a te be reavement . HIS SEVENTY- FI FTH BIRTHDAY. O n e o f t h e v e r y p i e a s a n t e v e n i s o f t h e s e a s o n w a s a f a m i l y g a t h e r i n g I n l i t a t t h e h o m e o l M r . a n d M r s . M a t h . S h ' l - e u n i l . o l d a n d h i g h l y r e s p e c t e d c i i i - y . e n s o l t h i s v i l l a g e , t i n - o c c a s i o n I n - 1 n g t h e s t v c u t \ - l i f t h b i r t h d a y a n n i v e r s a r y o f ( 1 1 1 a t - C r a n t l p a l - ' i e m i d . T h e g a t l i e r i n g t o o l , p l a c e S u n d a y a n d w a s a t ­ t e n d e d b y n e a r l y f i f t y . M r . F r e u n d ; has r e s i d e d i n and a round McHenry lo r m a n y y e a r s and has a wide c i rc le of r e l a t i v e s a n d f r i ends , who jo in The I M a i n d e a I t r i n e x t e n d i n g c o n g e a l u l a - j l i o n s a n d a l s o e x p r e s s t I n i r w i s h e s t h a i h e n a y l i v e t o s e e a n d c e l e b r a t e t h e c e n t u r y m a r k . H e a l i e a i K c a r r i e s t h e d i s t i n c t i o n o l b e i n g o n e o f t h e v e r y f e w g r e a t - g r a i i d I a t h e i s i n t l n - s e p a r t s T h e r e w e n - i n a t t e n d a n c e a t l a s t S u n i l a v ' s g a t h e i i n ; : n i n e c h i l d r e n , t h i r t y - l o u r g i a u t i c 1 1 1 I d i e 1 1 a m i o n e g r e a i g r a n d c h i l d . l i t w a s p r e s e n t e d w i t h a w r i t i n g d i s k t o s e r v e a s a i m - i i n n t o o l t h e o c c a s i o n . RUSSIAN IN Mc H EN R Y . A y o u n g g e n t h - i n a n , w l - . o h a i l s I r o n O d e s s a . K u s s i a . a r i i v e d i n t o w n i a s i T u e s d a y m o r n i n g a n i l d u r i n g t l i e i n x t l e u W e e k s h e w i l l b e a I req l l e l l t V I s ­ i i o r i n M c H e n r y . T h e \ o u u g m a n i s e m p l o y e d b y t i n - I i i i e r n a : m n a I I I a t v . - s t e r c o m p a n y a n d h i s n i i - s i e i i t o t h i s C o u n t r y I s t o a c q u a i n t hi 1 1 1 s t 1 1 w i t h the m e t h o d s o f t h i s c o u n t r y a n d e d u c a t e h i m s e l f a l o n g ' m i n e n e - u t d e a l i n g ' l i n e s M r . S t o f f t I . w h o h a s a c t e d a s a g e n t l o r t h e I i i t e r n a t i > n a l p e o p l e | , e - a n u m b t i o f y e a r s p i t - n o n - t o g o u - . . ' n ' o b u s , - l i e s s l i t ' i i , i s a t p i a i l a d m a n i n a ' < b r a n c h e s o f ' I e - l u i p l e i n e t i t b u s m e - s a n d t h r u h t m t i n - f o i , i _ n v i s i o n h o p . - t o g a i n c o n s i d e i a l i i e k r e v , l e i f e . I ' m v i s i t o r i s a m a i i n i l m a n a i d w i t h h i s w i f e i s m a k i n g b i s hea , iq . . a t : • i s a t , I l o c k f > n l . l i e i s a n ' t i u c a I m l I . - l o w a n i l s p e a k s t i n \ 1 1 1 • t l e a n l a ' * * - u : e : • , v i r y g o o d a d v a n t a g e . FIRST PARCEL POST PACKAGE. i M i s s K a t e F . H o w e l i m i t s t h e l i l s | t m e t i o n o f b e i n g t h e n I s t p e r s o n ' • > r e c e i v e a p a r c e l p o s t p a c k a g e a t t i n M c H e n r y p o s t o l f i e e . S i n v v a s a l s o t i n t i i s t s e n d e r o l a p a i e - K p o s t p a c k a g e ; f r o m t i u - r e . I h . A . K . M a n o c k w a s t i e l i r s t t o r e c e i v e m a i . i n t h i s m a n n e r I 1 n i l I h e W e s t S i d e o l f i c e . GRINDING AND SH ARP ENING . I a m n o w p r e p a r e d t o d o a l ' i n o s o f g r i n d i n g a n d s h a r p e n i n g ' . K . i i i g s o u r k n i v e s . s c i s s o r ^ a n d s a w s t o m e a m i h a v e t h e m p u t i n a N o . 1 s h a p e . F i r s t c l a s s w o r k g u a r a n t e e d . , A d v U . w i u W i H . > D U i ; i ; . N . AS PICKED UP BY PLAINDEALER RE­ PORTERS DURING WEEK. WH A T PEOPLE ARE DOING IN THIS VIL­ LAGE AND THE IMMEDIATE VICINITY- OTHER SHORT PARAGRAPHS. Bu t t er Mar ke t . I ' m : 1 , r w a s d e c l a r e d f i r m a t 3 4 c ° n t s o n t h e K l g ' . n b o a r d o f t r a d e M o n d a y . L > > h ' k m e c t e a m a t I ' e t e s c h ' s n e x t S u n d a y . A d v M i - A 1 1 i s t e i s c a n d y l a x a t i v e s w i l l • o n e u p t h e b o w e l s . A d v M c A l l i s t e r ' s V e l v e t . i r e s r o u g h h a n d s . < r e a m Lotion Adv A now w e l l i s I t e ing- d r i l l ed a t the H o r d e n p l a n t i n th i s v i l l age . W o r k o n t h e h o m e of VV. F . Masse t t i s p r o c e e d i n g v e r y favorab ly . - - . M o v i e s " a t the t en t ra l on Wednes­ day and Sa turdav of th i s week . Adv u i s i n e s s m e n of McHenry repor t a v s a t i s f a c t o r v hol iday t rade . I ' h I ' ­ l l u s k y music ians en te r ta ined f t l a s t Tuesday a f te rnoon and < ' o r d w o o d f o r s a l e ; |>e r cord d e l i v e i - t d i n town. In i j i t i r c o f Wm. Honsh u, West McHenry. 29-21 I n v e n t o r y t ime i s he re and the s to re keepers as well as other business men will be mighty glad when it is over. T h e d i s a p p e a r i n g - l ady , P rof . Her ­ man's great illusion, will be intro­ duced al the t entral on Sunday and Monday. Adv I ' o l u h n i . the mys t ic , mind reader a m i magic ian , a t the Cent ra l on Sun­ d a v and Monday . . I an . o and t i . P r i ces lo. Adv T h e M c H e n r y high school t eam trav­ eled to Cenoa Junction, Wis., on a recent evening and there defeated the local highs to the tune of 21 to 15. H u n t e r s r e p o r t tha t rabb i t s a re < 1 11111• s ca rce th i s year . Loca l n imrods a r e pray ing fo r a fa l l o f snow so tha t t l u - y may have t a i l s . a dav wi th the l i t t l e A n y o n e w i s h i n g ' t h e u s e o f a p iano f r e e o f c h a r g e u n t i l June can have s a m e b y a p p l y i n g - t o . 1 . W. Smi th . The p i a n o i s n o w s t o r e d . A g o o d chance l o t s o m e y o u n g p e r s o n l ea rn ing ' to p l a y . Adv K a r l A s h y j o r n s e n , w h o ki l l ed Shor ty A n d e r s o n dur ing- a drunken brawl a t F o x L a k e l a s t summer , has been t aken t o t h e J u l i e t peni ten t ia ry and g iven a j o b i n o n e o f t h e voca t iona l depar t ­ m e n t s . I l e t t e r make reso lu t ions to subscr ibe f o r T h e IMaindea le r the coming- year i n s t e a d o f bor rowing [mm your ne igh­ b o r . W e w i l l apprec ia te th i s and your n e i g h b o r w i l l f e e l re l i eved . On!v $1 .50 T h i s i s the ca lendar season and a h e r o l o u r c i t i zens a re hand ing o u t s o m e v e r y a t t rac t ive ones . In a n u m b e r o f ins tances the bus iness men h a v e dispensed wi th the j f iv in^ ' away o f ca lendars , whi le o thers a re g- iv in i f m o r e expens ive ones than las t year . The program of the "movies" a t the ( en t ra l fo r Sa tu rday oven in j f i s a s fo l lows : "On the Cac tus Tra i l , " an Kssanay d rama: "Mockery , " a Pa the ihama; "Mus te r ' s Dream," a La ib ia comedy , and "An Uninv i ted Gues t , " ano ther Lubin comedy , making a pro­ gram to p lease a l l . Adv . 1 C . Mickle r , the popula r p ropr i ­ e t o r of the McHenry House , had a C h r i s t m a s bag for every l i t t l e boy and g i i l i n McHenry . Many of the young- s t e i s o f t h e vi l l age ca l l ed a t the ho te l t l i i r i n g the d a y . where J . C . d id the S a n t a C l a n s s tun t to per fec t ion and to t h e de l igh t of the l i t t l e fo lks . i j u i t e a number of the owners of the s m a l l t o w n dance ha l l s a re ins ta l l ing o r c h e s t r i a n s i n the i r ha l l s . A dance h a l l a t L a k e Zur ich has jus t been e q u i p p e d w i th one of these ins t ruments , the value of which is said to be $1,500. T h i s w , 1 1 do away wi th the h i r ing of o r c h e s t r a s fo r the ha l l in the fu tu re . t h Het to F i scher , son of Hea l th Off ice r i i d Mrs Adolph F i scher of F . lg in , and \ r thur The len . b ro ther of M. A. The- e u of th i s v i l l age , have c la ims in Can- t i a . w i n r e t h e b o y s are win te r ing , f i n - b o v - w r i t e t o f r i ends ' t ha t one of m p h u s a n t d i v e r s i o n s recen t ly was a • a , • I v t • - d a y m o o s e hunt . Mr . The len ias p i t ch ing in Canada dur ing pas t severa l seasons . About . i -n ty couples a t t ended the \,w V ear dance at the Cent nil opera house on Tuesday even ing-of th i s week . The c rowd was an excep t iona l ly jo l ly me. and its being New Year's eve venule se i mid ben t on hav ing a go oil time, which, from all appearanc­ es i hey till had. The Air Dome or- ,-lit si ra fur nished the music and gave i h e verv Iw^Pof sa t i s fac t ion . The loca l i ce mt 'u a re beg inn ing to wear a won led look. Tile big crop of i ce which t fas cu t and s to red l as t win­ te r i s now pre t ty wel l so ld ou t and the re i s us ye t no ice of su f f i c ien t th ick­ n e s s to rep leu i sh the dep le ted s tock . Many of the meu who usually look lo , the work of har vesting ice as a source of r evenue lo t ide them over the wi t t - ! t i i a r t ' a l so very anx ious fo r the o j ieu- | uf i l i e i ce ha rves t ing season .