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i- , i. S&. • ' k m. . » * . •*t -- IftV ,v * ife-\ if" £ I*V s, ?.*t: .£•,*:. 1 # '• •*• iuse ftr, ?•-'V* fc: <* «,, it to be attractive. You * • • '. V ',¥.'s>r-;i..-iy j -M". * v - ¥'#v |yr|̂ 4 ,f$' ' fViv •* (It -* 1+ ff- "»' S^1' i 5 if**®*,••' should furnish your bod}' for the same! reason--comfort and attractiveness. Your hj ̂ v room is only your living place, but your^Bf * body is YOU and you can't get away from «» * ̂ It Our new winter line of clothing and || gents' furnishin îs extra attractive to the || man that wants to put on a "good front" ̂ There are suits for men of all tastes and ̂ ..f.. of any means. Br good to your .body and % it will be good to you. Give it the best covering you can find and come to usif , you want to find the best V K:t, 5V ' • JOS. w. WEST McHKNRY, ILL. rf-#' m - : \- ^ fii- ' V II g iff, '4. "Kv*' ' i}\ • Be ">v yi c * " * •» , §e '- *n-il T * * 5&<\! I V t* |\ s 1 -»« v-:? t % X > Among ydur New Year's resolut­ ions include one that will give friend wife that piece of Furniture she has ^ been wishing for. Our line com- i ;r«s -V.' - -v Wt£;, V- *•&•••• prises everything that goes with the <f ff ^ Furniture business and the fact that ^ *1 our goods have found their way in- t to a great many homes thruotit this | locality during the past year is a guarantee that our quality, prices 9m ^V: J and service are :\v'.'^rA <vM:i McHENRY, ILLINOIS r • v« T \ . 's g* *>f> -V' f Jt > : < ' * ~ n C- • •M'i* . •: J * " K The Ford Model T one-ton truck is prov- | ;»j ing a splendid time and money saver on • It is v6ry flexible in control, ^ * strong and dependable in service. It has **?""$ •' .fbally become one ilf the farmers' ne- , '?1 cessities. One Ford truck is equal to a v< 'j half dozen team sand '•> It won't "eat its ,*t1 ' |̂ liead off" when not C ,/fj Working. The very low price makes it - popular with shrewd farnfers who analyze ;# * * conditions on the farm. Let's talk it oyer ;; Mr. Farmer. Price, Without body, $5!K) f. o. b. Detroit. Think it over Mr. ^•:^;;STAR -GARAGES U}yp-1 ' iPihooe 3$ John R. Knox, Prop. McHenry, III. <;•, 1 - T, another-^- ' & we X ' S " V * j , - 1 * 4 } > A - • » ' , * s ̂ 3 re usnerc erect into 1914. We will put f ,v*. , every effort forward to serve the public wilb r the best merchandise procurable at reasonable ̂ J l ®nd 1)°Pe wfr*1 courteous treatment, the j'•' Kl °|Tght kind of goods and correct prices to merit / ̂ > pour patronage. Our stock is quite cbmplete •, with seasonable goods of every kind. Our stock plfv of Rubber Goods and warm Footwear is aî \j*? : quite complete. Duck Coats, Mackinaws, Ovet- / coats, Sweaters and Underwear. • ̂ " ^re®h Pure Gropericp Telephonift Vi* ,>*] iry M. J. WALSH LOSE MANY MEMBKRS ., ^ Lead to Grdte Hew Oi*«tiMrtion---Milk Mailct^lg Cotn- pftny Iti Blamed for th« SpKt A split in the ranks of the onee *11- powerful ot^anization of dairy far­ mers, known as the Milk Producers* association, is claimed to exist. Bel- videre dairy farmers are "the first to take initial steps toward the forma­ tion of a new organization, promotion* tS®P®to publish it w th^ir n 72 Vp ̂ Attniijit tat'Sflp' fHarvard Hmlal Morris Fleming, sevattty-two year t>ld farmer, confined to the county Jail at Woodstock awaiting trial for at­ tempt to kill Homer Pierson, a htfater who appeared on the Fleming* » ' * ; ""v v« wic rivuiiu^ of the milk marketing company being farm on Dec. 1 in company with Sam given as the cause of the split that is said to be imminent in all parts of the great dairy district. 'Hie Belvidere Republican of last Thursday contained an account of the action of the milk producers of that locality at a meeting held in that city on Dec. 19. The article as it appeared in the Belvidere paper follows: "The purpose of the meeting was to discuss dnd take action upon the ques­ tion Of abandoning the connection of the local with the Chicago district as- ociation and join with other locals to form a new central body. "Vice President Ralph Metcalf of the Marengo local addressed the meet­ ing and urged that the step proposed be taken. President Shaw, Secretary Frey and others. also v spoke in. advo­ cacy of the plan. On a vote being taken the expres­ sion was unanimously in favor of the proposed Change. The movement has, it was stated, gained much headway among locals of the district. Further action will be taken by the Belvidere local at its meeting in January. Action taken by the Belvidere. lo­ cal is the firfct move in a reorganiza­ tion which means a big split in the ranks of the producers. The main reason for cutting loose from the central body as now organ­ ized is a determination on the part of many milk producers to repudiate ac­ tion of the promoters of the milk sell­ ing corporation in using the producers' organization and its funds for the or­ ganization of the co-operative con­ cern. The Belvidere local refused to re­ mit its funds to the central body when it was learned that money had been voted out of the milk producers' treas­ ury to pay for the charter fee of the co-operative concern. "It was also charged that the pro­ moters of the co-operative meant to leave the producers' organization a virtual shell after the successful ileat- ing of the co-operative stock. The work of reorganization is to be taken up in all parts of the Chi­ cago district to form a new indepen­ dent producers' organization." The Milk News, published by offi­ cials of the Milk Producers' associa­ tion and its official organ, in its issue of this month makes the flat state­ ment that a loss of 5,119 members has taken place during the year. Touch­ ing this subject and copying from a report submitted to the big dairy meeting at Elgin a short time ago, the Milk News says: "A full report on the paid-up mem­ bership of each local in the district was read. The books of the associa-1 tion show a membership for 1917 of 16,426 and for the year of 1918, up to December 1, 11,307, a falling off from 1917 of 5,119 and that in the face of the fact that seventeen new locals have been organized during the year, and in the face of another fact, that twenty-six locals have gone 'over the top' above 1917. "When we take all this into account it shows that the old locals that are behind are doing very much toward holding down membership for 1918. "We find by going over our record# that 55 locals are 40, and more, even up to 248, behind the membership they had last year. To us, this looks bad. Many of these locals were present at the Elgin meeting and offered various excuses for conditions prevailng in their individual locals and pledged that they would enter into a 'drive' within the next twenty days to make their local 100 per cent. It was voted unanimously to go home and arrange to put on a regular 'liberty drive' to get in all the mem­ bers in every local, and right here we wish to call the attention of any local which was nonrepresented, to this ac­ tion by the convention and ask that Torgenson, was found in a talkative mood by a Herald reporter on Mon­ day afternoon of this week. Seated in a chair in his eell in the county jail, Fleming talked unreser­ vedly of the "unfortunate affair," as he termed it, saying liquor was at the bottom of it, tho he divorced John Barleycorn years ago, he said, not having tasted liquor since 1912. "Hunters have bothered me for years; my farm being rough and cov- ered with much underbrush, seems to be a stamping place for rabbits, but I have warned hunters, thru signs posted conspicuously on my farm and in advertisements published in news­ papers, to keep off my premises," he said, as he related how his fences have been broken down, gates left open and on a few occasions he has had livestock shot by careless hunters. "Some men who • hunt are consid­ erate of your property, but others are lawless and entirely indifferent," Fleming said, as he narrated the worry of mind he has suffered for years because of the constant appear­ ance of hunters' on his farm. With some of-them he has had verbal com­ bats, he admitted, but with those whor are careful he has had no trouble, he told the reporter. From his pocket he pulled news­ paper clippings relating to the rights of property owners, as well as the lib­ erties of hunters. The opinion of a former attorney general of Illinois re­ specting hunting was pointed to as applying to his case, while the pub­ licity he has resorted to in warning hunters to keep off his premises wa^ another matter he called attention to. Tho seventy-two years old and a farmer who has not taken the best of care of himself, Fleming does not show in his personal appearance such an age. Erect of frame, quick in action, an easy talker and one who gives first-hand impression that his habits and tastes are of the frontier type, Fleming is not the heart-of*steei man many would conclude by reading of him, or of hearing of him from those who picture hkn a s6rt of Red River Bill. , Careless of dress and indifferent as to what most people think of him, many ox those who have known him longest say he has a tender heart; that he is a steadfast friend, but that he has long had a sort of mania on the subject of hunters appearing on his farm without his permission. Confinement in the county jail is distasteful to Fleming, who is accus­ tomed to outdoor life,, but he puts in his time in reading and visiting with other jail inmates. Just now there are four in the county jail, Fleming being the dean of the quartet. Harry Twell, former Harvard young man, is committed for wife abandonment; John Klesch of McHenry is awaiting grand jury action to answer the charge of stealing, while a similar offense is charged against Will Reese, a mere boy, who is valuable in many ways to Sheriff Stewart. Reese and Harry Twell have painted the interior of the jail and are regarded as real "trus­ ties." Fleming has lived thirty-eight years on the farm a few miles east of Wood­ stock, where the near tragedy took place on Sunday afternoon, Dec. 1, when he shot Homer Pierson, county seat drayman, who was on a hunting expedition with Sam Torgenson near the Fleming farm. The shooting took pace on the highway, according to Pierson and Torgenson, but Fleming says Pierson was on his farm earlier in the day and that unpleasant words were exchanged between them respect­ ing the hunting matter.' Pierson has been discharged from a county seat hospital, to which he was taken following the shooting. He has entirely recovered, it is said, and • ****** »OA wtoi iv lo saiU; uiu they enter into this drive with just as will soon be able to resume his busi much zeal as tho they had been there ness as a drayman. 1 voted for it. The case of Fleming will come be­ lt was found in this report that a fore the grand jury when that body few locals are making a very bad showing, owing either to inability of the officers to carry out what is ex­ pected of them, or for other various reasons. We found a few locals where noth­ ing whatever has been done this year, Antioch, 111., Libertyville, 111., Honey Creek, Wis., and Pleasant Prairie Wis., while some others are doing very little, and in some instances dues have been paid and the money is still being held by the local officers. Marengo, 111., is one of these. We are informed that nearly all of last year's members have paid their dues at this point and that there is some $500 in their treas­ ury. Out of a membership of 228 for 1917 at this point, only 23 members' dues have been turned in to the head office for 1918. Our informant may net have been correct, but our books show the 23 as against the 228 for 1917. dere is another point which made a fine showing for 1917, .%f|§g 281 members, and have turne<I^K^or the year 1918 membership 20. Just what is wrong at JQppa tWft' poirfts we do not know, bttt**inifinng must surely be the matter. "Returning again to the 55 locals convenes next month. •i "t' f * •A « J' ' »V 1* ^ K i ' t y - • L ** Jr. Z. .. $L. if.. i-» k f I f "dfcf&tyw*! State of Ohio, City of Toledg, ̂ Lucas County, u. . .. Frank J. Cheney makes oatK that he Is senior partner of the Arm of F. J. Cheney & Co, doing business in the City of Toledo. County and State afore­ said, and that said firm will pay the sum of ONBHUNDRED DOLLARS for each and every case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by the use of HAIX'8 CATARRH CUfUB. FRANK J. CHENEY Sworn to before me and subscribed in my presence, this 6th day of Decem­ ber. A. D. 1886. A. W. OIiBASON, (Seal) Notary Public. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken Intern­ ally and acts throuch the Blood on the Mucoaa 8urfaces of the System. Send fir testimonials, free. F. J. CHBNBY * CO., Toledo, a ^Srarfl&yVr"SH-up-I... Lost to Rkhmmoai 1 The McHenry high school basket ball team journeyed to Richmond last Friday evening, where they lost to the Richmond highs by a score of 32 to 18. Both teams played fairly good ball and as a result the spectators Belvi- !tit|Fe nothing to kick about. The Mc- Hegry five, altho showing a slight improvement over their work of two ago, have yet to learn the finer are hard workers and #tre putting of the game, but taking into forth the very best there is in th^jn, «ation that most of the play- so what more can any one expect. era tO» first year men the boys need The members of the team feel con- not ftel'ashamed of their work thus fident that their playing will improve far fttfa ««•«<« ah of the members as the season grows and the boys ... ;.r_ **"•¥«& ... *- ur.v i "MShf** : ;y-.~ • v # - ill l.v? r" is easy to guess, but it's much safer-to know, Also, for the business man it's more profitable. Perhaps a merchant guesses that he can sell a certain, quantity of goods. But he may guess wrong and'tie up a lot of his capital in "dqad" stock. ^ He guesses he can afford to expand. But he may find that Sie increased overhead is eating up his profits.. He guesses he Jf is making motley. Perhaps he is. But as long as he is contented S with guess work he can never know. Guess work has no place in this bank and it should have none in any retail store. Ilist as important that the merchant's accounts be correct jienny as it is for the bank's. * . _ New methods in store accoimtiftg ftaw eliminated all nSees- T guess work in business management and at the same ^ time have done away with many Of the red tape forms of old- fashioned bookkeeping systems. We will be glad to give prac- 4U>Q1 cIIrriYAofiAno nnvr K<«A«MAOA AM «YT«AUAA i - •-<%> It IS * •• - *« / ~4ii: fh'-i ' .*• •» iiiii te>; ami • |gV; .-ii- p-'-t V . -i.-; SALE! srf T si' •* i 1 % '* rx*4 fZ'Sfsi" H", Stock taking time Is here. We must make a record of every tiling we have in our store. We will offer most of our: reduction for one week. Below ^ ; ' W of the many items we offer: ,#?v m "MMi $5.00 '#53.00 SI.00 5© 5e now-.- Large Range, No. 8-20, formerly $61.00, now! Second-hand Range, No. 8-18, formerly $20,00, now. -$15.00 18-inch Eliet Oak, formely $28.00, now--^-.^--- No. 1 Tubular Lantern, formerly $1.00, now ... No. 2 Gold Blast Lantern, formerly $1*50, now---- fM . T*l A # • 4 4 /V ^ ' fcV *• *"* " ^ V * 5*'" Pie Plates, formerly 10c, Tin Milk Pans, formerly 10c, Tin Cups, formerly 10c, Curtain Rods, formerly 8c, now--r.a^ Chair Seats, formerly 15c, now:L«„ Pudding Pans, tomerly 15c, c ^ Bread Pans, formerly 15c, now„.-^^.T^-:;r^ Shoe Soles, formerly 25c, now--^Ju;-^.al. Dust Pans, formerly 15c, now__^-J.-- Granite WashJDish, formerly 25c, F Granite Dipper, formerly 25c, now...f 19^- Hammer, formerly 25c, now---< 150 S h o e P o l i s h , f o r m e r l y 1 5 c , n o w _ ^ , 9 & c 12-inch Carpenter Squares, formerly 25c, IS#, 5# 9c 9e 9e • o 19# formerly 15c, now ^^JJ^amp Chimney, 4 and many other items too numerous to mentioft ' ' " "p- -- The tboyc prices are ' McHENRY, ILLINOIS -S * > " ' Junk Wanted! REIHANSPERGER DONAVIN Will pay the highest price for ijron, rags and rubber. Extra pdices for all telephone caflif."- DAVID SEGEL" Pkom 90-R :: :: McHesrj, 111. feel that within a month or so they will be going at top notch speed. and Read The Pl aindealer. posted on local ha&ptnings. WE BUY OLD FALSE TEETH! We pay from $2.00 to $35.00 per set broken or hot). We also pay actual value for diamonds, old gold, silver and bridge work. Send at once by arcel post and receive cash by return mail. Will return your good* ff mi* price is unsatisfactory. MAZER'S TOOTH SPECIALTY Dept. X, 2007 So. 5th St Philadelphia, "••v •k*te.;v,£ '•U I?: *•% iff. -.iy* Mtm.