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• . .<;? * - u.' . 11,1 " '* 1 " t • * * . : • ' £ Y«F ' ? • • % * • ' >ft\.•* « SV3 • • r "• • VOT.TTMK XT.1TI MoHENRY. IL.MSFOIS. THURSDAY. MARCH 7. 1918 WEEKLY PERSONAL ITEMS 3*MEltS AND GOERS OF A WEEK IN OUR BUSY VILLAGE IP %' Seen By Plaindealer Reporters and Itanded Into Our OBice By Oar Friends Prank Justen spent Monday in Chi­ cago. , „ Geo. J. Schrelner spent Saturday at ' Woodstock.- / . j|w / John Unti was over at wl county seat Monday. Arthur Patzk* ^ visitor last Saturday. "-;v , ^ ' » "Miss Irene Harruff was aGhicigo visitor last Saturday.\ , V Arthur Smith was a Woodsitockvls- itor one day last week. , N. A; Huemann was a business vis­ itor in Chicago Monday Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Spencer were Chicago visitors Monday. Ben StiHing transacted business in the windy city Monday. F. A. Beller was among the Chicago passengers Monday morning. Jos. W. Rothermel of Woodstock spent Sunday at his home here. John W. Bonslett boarded the Chi­ cago train here Monday morning. Miss Marion Conway of Elgin was the guest of home folks over the week end. Mrs. John F. Miller was the guest of Chicago friends over the week end. J. 3. Vycital attended to matters of a business nature in Chicago last Sat­ urday. Mrs. Chas. Givens and sons, Donald, and John, were Elgin visitors last Sat­ urday. Miss Clara Schiessle spent Saturday last as the guest of friends at Bar- rington. , * • Editor J. P. Blanck of Wauconda called on friends fn town last Sunday afternoon. Henry Dowe of Finley, 111,, passed several days this week with his wife and son here. William O'Connor passed the first of the week as the guest of friends in the metropolitan city. Miss Eleanor Flannery of Chicago passed Friday and Saturday as the guests of friends here. William Bickler of Evanston was the guest of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Bickler, Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Heuser-of Woodstock spent Sunday as the guests of McHenry relatives. F. J. Barbian attended to business matters at Woodstock and Elgin a couple of days last week, Jos. Stenger of Cary was enter­ tained in the home of his brother, C. W., and family last Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Landwer and son, Keith, were.guests of Barrington relatives over the week end. Thomas Knox of Chicago was a guest in the home of his parents,! Mr. and Mrs. John Knox, last week. Mr. and Mrs. J. Weiss of Chicago were Sunday guests in the home of Mr. and Mrs. F. A. Bohlander. Mrs. Wm. Heaney of Chicago was a guest in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Conway Friday and Saturday. C. G. Burkhartsmeier of Chicago 'was entertained in the home of Mr. and Mrs, A, G. Barbian over the week «*lld. Miss .Arline Westerman of Wood- stock was a week end guest in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Walter War ner. Dr. F. J. Aicher passed the latter part of last and fore part of this week as the guest of relatives and friends Chicago, ./;v|!i3s Apt)* If; Ki»ox of Elgin passed ttojc latter part of last week as a guest in the home of her parents, Mr. and John Knox. Mrs. Chas. Lamphere and children 4|;- Carpentersville passed Sunday as guests in the home of Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Wentworth. Mr. and Mrs. Roy Bohlander of Chicago were week end guests in the home of the former's parents, Mr. and Mrs. F. A. Bohlander. Mrs. N. H. Petesch and daughter, Angela, passed the latter part of last and the first of this week the guests of Chicago relatives. Mrs. Simon Stoffel and daughter, Cfeu-a, were guests in the home of Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Westfall in Chicago the latter part of last and fore part of > this week. » Walter K. Conway, wjio is attending «^|p| at tyotre Pame, Jnd., is passing § few days this week as a guest in the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. M. Conway. " ^ "-Martin B. Schmitt was in Chicago the purpose of his visit to the big town at this time, but his West Side friends declare that he passed the day studying the animals out at Lincoln ' ]»rk. ̂ . Mr. and Mrs. S, H. Preund, Mrs. :^N. J. Justen, Mrs. Mundorf and Peter M. Justen attended the funeral of Jos. Freund in Chicagd Monday. The de- aliased at one time resided in this Ullage and will be remembered by fftany of our readers. His death was eftused by heart trouble and came anite suddenly MANY SIGN PLEDGE CARDS Large List of Signers Sent In Since " f c a a t W e g | ' • - f ; ' -• -y • .• • $A'v McHenry people are "responding very nicely to the signing of loyalty pledge cards and since last week's publication quite a number have signed the cards. In explanation to questions that have recently been asked regarding the signing of the cards, we wish to say that the act binds one in one way only and that is that the signers agree to loyalty to the United States. It does not mean that you are being drafted for any particular line of work, as seems to be the opinion of some, but on the other hand merely asks you to be loyal to your country, which every­ one should be without asking. Those who have signed since last week are as follows: ., Mrs. Rose Smith, McHenry 111. Miss Katherine Stoffel, McHenry. Miss Mary H. Stoffel, McHenry, 111. William Stoffel, McHenry, 111. Mrs. F. A. Bohlander, West Mc­ Henry, 111. F. A. Bohlander, West McHenry, 111. Miss Leonore Freund, West Mc­ Henry, 111. Anton Schneider, McHenry, 111. William Doherty, West McHenry. Miss Anna M. Weber, McHenry, 111. Mrs; Florence Wray, McHenry, 111. Mrs. Tryphena Howe, McHenry, 111. Mrs. E. R. Sutton, McHenry, 111. Miss Mabelle Wheeler, McHenry, 111. Mrs. Ella M. Wheeler, McHenry, 111. Dr. C. H. Pegers, McHenry, 111. Mrs. Jennie Eddy, West McHenry. Andrew Eddy, West McHenry, 111. Wm. F. Doherty, West McHenry. John D. Lodtz, McHenry, 111. Miss Lillian Heimer, McHenry, 111. E. E. Bassett, West McHenry, 111. Miss Fannie Granger, West Mc­ Henry, 111. Miss E. Irene Harruff, West Mc­ Henry, 111. Miss Vera C. Knox, West McHenry. Miss Theresa E. Knox, West Mc­ Henry, 111. « Mrs. F. M. jpoodman, West Mc­ Henry, 111. ? Simon Stoffel, West McHenry,- 111. C. M. Goodman, West McHenry, 111. Wm. Spencer, West McHenry, 111. W. D. Wentworth, West McHenry. Paul J. Doherty, West McHenry, 111. Mrs. J. J. Doherty, West McHenry. J. J. Doherty, West McHenry, 111. Miss Vera Doherty, West McHenry. Neill Doherty, West McHenry, 111. Miss Eva M. Stenger, West Mc­ Henry, 111. Miss Elisabeth Freund, West Mc­ Henry, 111. R. I. Overton, West McHenry, 111. G. L. Clemens, West McHenry, 111. H. E. Clemens, West McHenry, 111. Miss Annabelle Heimer, McHenry. Edward R. Sutton, McHenry, 111. Louis Smith, McHenry, 111. Mrs. Sadie Stenger, West McHenry. Miss Eleanor McGee, McHenry, 111. Arthur Smith, McHenry, 111. Mrs. Helena Heimer, McHenry, 111. Wm. Simes, McHenry, 111. Toppled Over From the pulpit at St. Mary's Catholic church last Sunday morning Rev. Berthold denied the report that the holy water fountain at the church had been tampered with. He stated that the fountain had fallen down of its own aecord and that this wasn't the first occurrence of the sort at the church. The story of "tampering came to us so straight that we had no reason to doubt it and therefore published same as the truth in last week's issue of The Plaindealer. Honorable Discharge Ray Corr of Woodstock, who while an employe of. the Western United Gas & Electric Co. passed consider­ able time in this vijlage, has recently been given an honorable discharge from Camp Grant, where he has been m training since last summer. Mr. Corr's heart has been giving him more or less trouble ever since he joined Uncle Sam's boys and on this account was given his release. They Took the Fourth Rev. M. J. McEvoy and 0. W. Stenger were initiated into the fourth degree mysteries of the Knights of Columbus at a meeting of that organ­ ization in Chicago last Sunday. A banquet followed the degree work in the gold room of the Hotel LaSalle. It was an event of elegance, thoroly enjoyed by the fourth degree mem­ bers, : Has Been Made Corporal Liloyd Eddy, who has served as a private in the United States army since December and now located at Camp Wadsworth, Spartanburg, S. C., has received his commission as cor­ poral- His parents, Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Eddy, farmers in this local­ ity, as weir as his many friends here, rejoice with him in his promotion. Social Wheel The Social Wheel will tained at the home of Petesch on Maple av afternoon, March 14. Mrs. J. t Mrs. T. WEEKLY EXCHANGE ITEMS AS TAKEN FROM THE COLUMNS OF OUR EXCHANGES' * be enter- Mrs. N. H. sday Miscellaneous Assortment of News Items In Condensed Form For Bray People Elgin's last horse livery is soon to go out of business. The autotnobile is to blame. " The Harvard Black Cat Textiles company still continues to advertise for female help. Lake county is now seventy-nine years old, having joined constella­ tion of Illinois counties oft March 1, 1839. _ The Cook county circuit court has ruled that the Wauconda-Palatine rail­ road be sold. No date has been set for the sale. The mill at Wauconda- is again op­ erating night and day according to the Wauconda correspondent to the Grayslake Times. One of the Waukegan papers esti­ mates that 1000 cows have been sold in Lake county since the beginning of the recent milk war. The Crystal Lake high school team now claims the county championship, having met and defeated all the lead­ ing teams of the county. The Western Thread company of El­ gin is in need of ninety women work­ ers. The factory is now running a day and night shift to keep up with orders. Paul Bertram, until recently mar­ shal at Crystal Lake, has been made a deputy state fire marshal under State Fire Marshal John Gamber. He entered upon his new duties March 1. It now looks as if Harvard will land that sorghum plant, as 107 farmers have signed up to grow sorghum cane. Most of these have agreed to grow one-half acre, while a number have signed up for one acre. , The Commercial club at Crystal Lake recently met and elected new officers. L. C. Stephens is the new president. The newly rempdeled club rooms, which are said to be the finest of the kind in McHenry county, are now in use. Machinery is now being installed with the hope of opening Wauconda's new tile factory some time in the near future. 'Tis said that the factory is one of the best of its kind in the coun­ try and the future prospects of the company look especially promising. Military police at Rockford picked up three Belvidere girls one night last week. The girls were charged with violation of the military moral code surrounding Camp Grant. Two of the girls were fined $50 and costs, while the third denied the charge against her. A Waukegan balcer, who has been stamped as a "hoarder," had his place raided by government inspectors .one day recently, with the result that he was forced to given up 172 barrels of flour. The "raiding party" found 237 barrels of flour in the man's posses­ sion. "Bud" Carey ef Crystal Lake spake on "My Impressions and Experiences in Europe" before a large audience at Richmond on Tuesday evening of this week. The home and educational de­ partment of the Woman's club of that village is responsible for his appear­ ance. The Spunner family at Lake Zurich received a cold ducking one day last week, when they attempted to drive over the ice in the lake there in their Ford. The ice wasn't heavy enough to support the tin Liz and its occu­ pants. All were rescued, including Lizzie, The Hillcrest Country club at Lake Geneva, Wis., is looking forward to one of the best seasons ever enjoyed there. Many improvements, includ­ ing the enlargement of the grounds, are being planned. The membership fee is $25 for men and $15 for ladies and junior members. George Winkelmann, the Marengo barber who came ( very near being severely dealt witlKby an enraged mob for making pro-German remarks, is now down at Camp Grant, wearing of Uncle Sam's uniforms. Re­ ports from Woodstock are to the ef­ fect that he took kindly to the penalty that wgs handed him. Fifteen business houses at Lake Geneva will, on and after next Mon­ day, March 11, make an additional charge.of 5 cents for each order de­ livered. This is done to encourage the cash and carry system, a spe­ cial enducement to encourage the Cash and carry system they will give 8 discount of five per cent on all orders excepting flour and sugar. A movement is on foot at Wood­ stock to adopt the patriotic plan as already used in many of the cities. The plan is to have all patriotic workers pledge themselves to regu­ larly pay into a general fund an amount equivalent to one-half hour's share of their weekly salary oy wages. A meeting for Hie purpose was held in that city on Friday evening of last week and a committee appointed at that time is to report at a meeting of the Woodstock Business Men's asso­ ciation ̂be held next Tuesday even­ ing. SOLDIER BOYS GRATEFUL Toward Members of McHenry Craw Chapter Ked the Red Cros The following letter to an enthus­ iastic Red Cross worker of the Mc­ Henry branch will be of much itner- est to his many McHenry friends. He Wfs pleased to be remembered by the home folks: Somewhere in France, Feb. 1, 1918. To Miss Eleanor McGee, McHenry, 111. Dear Friend--I received a package yesterday containing your card and a pair of wristlets and a sweater, for which I thank you most heartily. It is not for the physical comfort de­ rived from them, which is consider­ able in this, to us» uncongenial cli­ mate, that I feel most grateful, but for the spirit of friendliness, sympa­ thy and cooperation shown by the folks back home. You will, of course, realize that I cannot say much about the war. In fact, you probably know more about that than I. # will simply say that as far as circumstances will permit we are enjoying ourselves hugely. Thanking you again, I remain, Your friend, David W. Ensign, 1st Co, M. P. 1st Div., A. E. F. France. Camp Pike, Ark., March 1, 1918. To the Red Cross: I want to thank the McHenry chap­ ter for the warm sweater sent me by Mrs. Sayler. Many think that a soldier doesn't need one here so far south, but' I felt the cold here this winter more than I did further north. It is a cold, damp climate and the sweater certainly was a comfort. The work in the signal corps is very interesting and will always help in future times. We have to learn both the theory and the practice of tele­ phony, electricity and wireless. Three of us from the company have to attend a gas engine school, as they have taken away our horses and given us trucks and motorcycles. We have one ton Ford trucks for the light wireless sets, but for the heavy sets we use the Jeffery truck, which is a four wheel drive. Messengers have motorcycles for swift work. We learn all kinds of signaling, in­ cluding wignag, sdnaphore, heliograph and blinker, which is done by a strong light flashing at night The Red Cross has furnished us a complete set of baseball goods, gloves, 1 dozen balls, bats, bases, etc., so we have plenty of amusements in our spare time, which is very scarce. .1 remain, ^ Sincerely yours, Harry F. Gallaher, Co. A, 212 111. Sig. Bat., Camp Pike, Ark. Injured His Arm Henry Miller, basket ball coach at the McHenry high school and one of the very best all-round athletes ever turned out in McHenry, is nursing a very sore arm since last Friday. Mr. Miller injured his arm in a foot ball game last fall, but since that time the member has given him little trouble until last Friday while at Rockford with the high school team the arm pained him so that it was necessary to consult a physician. He returned home Saturday evening car­ rying the arm in a sling and since that time has been suffering great pain. His many friends hope that the injury is nothing serious and that under the treatment of Dr. N. J, Nye the trouble will soon leave him. Gets Patent on Wire Stretcher William Justen, son of Mrs. Jos. U. Justen, has received Che patent rights on a combination wire stretcher and reel, which he perfected some time last summer. The young man is a student of the McHenry public school and is worthy of praise for the ability he has shown in perfecting this de­ vise. The young mSn informs us that he has already received a good offer on his patent, but is holding out for more money. One firm, he tells us, has offered him $2,000 for the inven­ tion! which is used on barbed wire fences, ' Altar and Rosary Society < Members of the Altar and Rosary society met at the K. of C. hall Tues­ day afternoon. Thirty-four members were present.' Treasurer Rev. M. J. McEvoy was presented with a fourth degree emblem of the Knights of Columbus, Mrs, Mary Green will succeed Mrs, Jack Walsh as president and Miss Etta Powers, Mrs. Peter Doherty as secretary. 'Both retiring officers were presented with cut glass. Regular meetings will be held on Tuesday following the society's com­ munion Sunday. Receives Appointment C. W. Gihbs received bis certificate of appointment &s $ member of the fo«d production and conservation com- rnitteQ State Ctouncil of De: fense, co-operating with the college of agriculture at the state university. This appointment places him in a war organization in the work of pro­ ducing and conserving food for the nation and as a true American will take up the w«lfc assigned 'aim by tho council. DAY TEACHERS' INSTITUTE TO BE HELD AT CRYSTAL LAKE MARCH IS To Be Made a Patriotic Day For Teachers of McHenry County--A Full Attendance Is Desired A one day institute for the benefit of the teachers of McHenry county will be held in the gymnasium at the Crystal Lake, high school Friday, March 15. This meeting <will in a large measure partake of patriotism. In the present world crisis, the pedagogical subjects at teachers' meetings may well await a more op­ portune time. We feel that just at the present there is an urgent need for the educational forces to assist in crystalizing public sentiment to the aggressive and determined support at President Wilson. It is essential, at this time, that we do all within our power to unify a systematic school action to aid in winning the war so decisively that nothing of this kind can ever occuF again. For this rea­ son the general theme of our meeting is "The Public School and Patriotic Service." We need to realize that "Making the world safe , for Democracy" is more than & piece of fine phrasing. It is a world-wide call to service for hu­ manity. It is a clear-noted challenge to the "Divine Right of Kings" and "Might Makes Right." It bespeaks America's determination to align the world for the future advancement of civilization. It is your opportunity and mine to serve our country in a just and worthy cause. There is a real need of our being keenly alive to the call of the hour. There never was a time when our people needed to be more united than now Never a time when they needed a clearer vision or a greater determi­ nation than at the present Never a time when they should be readier to make eVery sacrifice necessary to in­ sure the safety of America and the perpetuation of her ideals. The schools have their part to play in this struggle just as truly as the men in the^renches, and it is essential that the teaching force should confer at this time that we may have efficiency together. The first qualification of an excellent teacher, in war times, is patriotism, and while this quality has been ebbing exceptionally low in the schoolhouse of America, today it must be 100 per cent. The efficiency of any nation, in war times, is team work, organization, self sacrifice and zeal, and like the old illustration of the chain, it is no stronger than the weakest link. The eyes of the world are riveted upon the school teacher of today. Every teacher has a moral obliga­ tion to her country to attend this in­ stitute. A one hundred per cent at­ tendance is expected. Under the authority granted to, county superin­ tendents, A. M. Shelton has declared Friday, March 15, a legal holiday for all the public schools of McHenry county that their teachers may at­ tend. Noon day lunch will be served at the schoolhouse at 40 cents a plate. All school officers and the public in general are cordially invited to attend this meeting. Basket Ball Saturday On Saturday evening of this week the McHenry town team will meet the Polish American A. C. quintet of Chicago. The Chicago team comes to McHenry backed with an excellent record, having lost but two games out of twenty played thus far this season. Among the teams that have fallen before them are the following: Stew­ art Park, Armour Square, Lake Shore Park, Eighth Regiment and T. A. C of Chicago. The McHenry team is anticipating the toughest battle of the season and will play its hardest that its perfect season's record may not be marred. The fans are assured of a good game. Turn out. The game will be staged at the local high school gym and the usual admission prices will prevail. Has Reached EngUuid Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Stephenson of Ringwood received a cablegram from their son, Harry, of the 153d aero squadron, stating that he has reached England. Harry enlisted last October and has many friends here, who will be surprised to know that he is now "over sea" and glad to hear of his safe arrival. Riverview Camp Riverview camp, No. 6818, R. N. of A., will hold its regular meetings every second and fourth Tuesday evening of each month at 8:00 o clock and no more afternoon meetings. All members are requested to be present at the next meeting, March 12. A good time is promised to all who at­ tend. K. C. Schneider, Recorder. Presented With Rocker Before leaving for their new home in Lake county, Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Martin were presented with a beauti­ ful wicker tapestry upholstered rocker from the Five Hundred club, com­ posed of young peoplp of St Patrick* parish. WOMEN'S COMMITTEE Township Chairman Has Been Ap< pointed--Will Meet to Organise The women's committee of the Council of National Defense* with Mrs. Jack Walsh as chairman and Miss Clara Stoffel, vice chairman, since the work of registration, has been busy with the various lines of work assigned. All of the township chairmen have now been appointed and every depart­ ment of the work assigned at stated times will be carefully looked after. Miss Ethel Owen has distributed cards, requested to be read by the heads of clubs and societies in the vil­ lage and township. The following is a child's pledge, which the pupils in the. grades will be expected to mem­ orize: I will avoid all waste--to this I • truly swear; I will be careful of my clothes and everything I wear; No foolish pennies will I spend, but save that I may give To those less forunate than K, who find it hard to live; And what I take upon my. plate, I'll eat up every bit, Nor make complaint, because I'm not fond of it; And dishes new I'll eat, as far as I am able, But one thing I'll never be--that's finicky at table. This pledge I take because I am A soldier true of Uncle Sam. The list of township officers follow: Dept social welfare and women and children in industry--Miss B. Mae Small. Home charities--Mrs. D. G. Wells, Fatherless children of France--Mrs. Clara Starritt. Motor car loan--Miss E. Thelen and Miss Aileen O'Reilly. Health and recreation--Mrs. J. C. Holly. Conservation--Miss Ethel Owen. Food production--Mrs. C. W. Gibbs. Every woman in the township will be expected to co-operate in each particular work mapped out by the council. Chairmen of the various committees will please consider it a patriotic duty to assist with the work of the several committees and accept their appointments. An afternoon meeting is being planned by the ladies of the village ju£t as soon as a date is open, when some good speaker will be present. Farewell Reception Mrs. John Phalin was hostess at a farewell receptionH^iven at her home south of this village last Saturday evening in honor of Mr_ and Mrs. B. F. Martin, who moved to Taylor's Lake Tuesday of this week. The Four Hundred club, of which they were members, planned the surprise and presented Mrs. Martin with a beautiful satin bed spread. The fol­ lowing lines, signed "The Four Hun­ dred," give assurance of their esteem: Oh, many days and many nights We've spent Ivithin your home; With many smiles and many laughs, It was indeed a happy home. Though you are leaving us today, Tis not far 'tis true; < Forget us not we hope and prayt And we'll remember you. We give to you this littfe gift, A token of esteem, Hoping wherever you may drift A gift of love 'twill seem. And now so long for a little while, We'll soon find where you dwell, And we'll visit you o'er many a mile, Goodbye, we wish you well. Birthdays Occur on March 3 Both birthday anniversaries occur­ ring on the same date, the event was celebrated at the home of Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Wentworth Sunday in honor of Mr. Wentworth and his sis­ ter, Mrs. C. E. Lamphere of Carpen­ tersville. Besides the guests of honor plates were laid for Mrs. Hettie Fuller and son, Harry, of Chicago; Miss Amy and Edwin Lamphere of Carpentersville and members of the Wentworth family. Happy returns of the day were the greetings on this occasion so pleasantly spent. The guests returned to their homes on the evening train. . Will Celebrate St. Patrick** Under the auspices of the mem­ bers of St. Patrick's parish a recep­ tion will be held "in honor of St. Pat­ rick's day at Stoffel's hall on Mon­ day evening, March 18. A committ- tee, composed of members of the Altar and Rosary society, has been appointed by the pastor Rev. M. J. McEvoy, to arrange a program for the occasion. More details will be an­ nounced later. . Birthday Party Robert Knox was given a surprise at his home south of this village Mon­ day evening. The occasion was his twenty-sixth birthday. Thirty young friends were present to enjoy the evening and extend congratulations. Ice cream and cake were served. Ladies are invited to the spring millinery opening at the West Side millinery store Saturday, March 1®. .. m. •i ,v -A ?} ' ̂ ' 0 . i NO. 3* % J ITERS OF LOCAL WHEKSSt AS PICKED UP BY PLAINDEALER REPORTERS DURING i at -frk T~ . .... 'y*'\ » > > . * ' i M What People Are Doing In This Vil- lage ami the Immediate Vicinity-- Other Short Paragraphs A large crowd was present at the' /t i- F. A. Cooley sale south of town last Thursday. Everything sold at high V" prices. A beautiful display of hats aft the • West Side millinery store. ° Spring opening Saturday, March lB, f at Miss E. Thelen's West Side milliit* i ery store. The regular March meeting of tha ,. " * McHenry county board of svijMOTiMnr took place at the county seat on Tuear ~T#'* day of this week. Mr. and Mrs. John E. Preund have moved from the flat over the Schneid^^ * er building on Water street to the ; ; Fred Karges cottage on the same street. . ' a,|;^ John J. Buch is having some im- ?t; provements made on his house on Water street. John P. Weber, the , J local contractor and builder, is doing 4 i the work. , The meeting of the W. C. T. which was to be held this week, has been unavoidably postponed. Dua notice Will be given of the next ular meeting. . " t J. J. Vasey went to Chicago Tuesi > day. He had charge of a carload of cattle, shipped in by himself and othe* ,, farmers in the vicinity of his hom# V on Crystal Lake road. In this week's issue John W. Kim*f ball publicly announces his candidacy for township assessor, an office whicl|. > * : . he has faithfully as well as satisfac* > torily filled during the past several years. ' Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Holtz have va- ? cated the M. M. Niesen house on Water street and taken up quarter® in the Mrs. F. V. Cobb flat over on the \».y West Side, formerly the SpauldingJ§ building. ^ ' Easter Monday, April 1, a dance will be given in Stoffel's hall by the Mo- £ Henry Baseball club. This anonunce# ' , ment will be gladly received by the - ^ dancing public. More details will be - ^ given later. \ Mr. and Mrs. Henry Degen, wh<> 'U have disposed of their farm, just out* side of Che north village limits, havf „ moved to the M. M. Niesen house onT^ Wa&Sr street, where they expect t<| make their future home. Five car loads of cattle twt, shipped out of this village last week* ̂ 1 This is an unusually large shipment and seems to verify the report tha£! • ^ dairymen thruout this section ̂ reducing their cattle herds. . • .4* | The garages about town have agaii|.' " ] assumed a busy atmosphere. Manjr ^ of the owners are getting their mag ; ̂ chines tuned up for the season, whilf N a number of prospective, buyers hav* • ̂ also put in their appearances of lata,. , Wm. Stoffel has resigned his posi* * >, * -| tion at the Oliver typewriter factorjp- . , ^ at Woodstock, where he has been eni^4 . ; ployed the past winter, and is now ~ ^ filling the position recently vacate® by his son, Martin J., at the F Cooley implement and feed house o on the West Side. Thomas McCabe, who has been ployed at the Borden plant here, hap resigned his position and is now em* - . ployed on the W. J. Walsh farm ,, ,-| south of this village. Mr. and Mrsk McCabe are moving from the John Gibbs residence to the tenant housa _ on the Walsh farm. / . * The Green street sidewalk dowifc ^ * past the village hall came up for disl : cussion at the regular monthly meet*- ing of the village council on Monday, - | evening of this week and judging, „v>in what was aaiu tSifct something is to be done to relievo the present sad situation. Chas. B. Harmsen this nounces his candidacy for the oWe#;j of town clerk. It is taken for grant?. ' ed that he will be the only candidate^ ! as he has had no opposition for th# - , past several years in which he haa j ̂ held the office, discharging the duties^ of said office to the satisfaction of all» The portable photo gallery, ownet|. t- by Frank Schnabel and which durinif "fj the past two years has occupied at 1 site on the Anton Engeln property ^ Water street, was removed the firs* the week. We have not learned whether or not our expert picturf maker expects to use the gallery thi| ^ summer. : :i| The ice haa loll Fo* rtvor and dor* | ing the past few days the water haa 1 ,| gone down cons iderab ly . Unless w»*^ t* experience some heavy rain storropj | there will be no serious' floods her#-:.' ^ fjjj this spring. While all of the low ^ ^ land along the river is now undef * *1 ^ water, no other damage has thus fa* y been reported. Henry Reith, who during tho 4 year has acted as the local agent fotr the Ottawa Brewing company of Ot­ tawa, 111., resigned his position an# left the first of the month to entef the employ of a brother of F. ^ Cooley, who operates a farm nea* Sterling, III. The vacancy is ten*. porarily being fiilM ̂ ̂ draying ̂ '• 'V >. - v v *>cv*v, ' • V 3 • ' . • . . . • , V i * i •• • ...v.:' "• J--.;, . ,5i) • ; w . . .