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WEEKLY PERSONAL ITEMS COMERS AND GOERS OF A WEEK /• IN OUR BUST VILLAGE FAMILY REUNION Eightieth Birthday Amiremqr if Mra. H. C. Smith Celebrated MoHENRV ILLINOIS. THURSDAY. OCTOBER ». 1919 ,Y EXGUNGE ITEMS WEetn by Plaiadealer Reporters mmS Handed Into Oar Office by Oar Friends fiiss Blanche Pryor was a Chicago visitor last Saturday. Miss Mary Bonslett spent Saturday in the metropolitan city. C. Unti attended to business mat tew in (Chicago last Friday. Miss Dora Kenney passed Saturday in the metropolitan city. Albert and Ernst Barbian were Chicago visitors last Friday. J. J. Vycital transacted business in tike metropolitan city Monday. Mr. and Mrs. R. I. Overton were Chicago visitors last Saturday. Everett Hunter, Sr., transacted business in the windy city Tuesday. Jos. Galvm of Hebron passed Sunday as the guest of McHenry friends Miss Lillian Pouse was among the Chicago passengers Monday morning John E. Freund was among the Chicago passengers Tuesday morning Geo. B. Frisby and daughter, Agnefc, were Chicago visitors Saturday Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Bonslett . were Chicago visitors the first fli the week. Miss Marjorie Guraett passed the week end as the guest ef Chicago friends. Mrs. F. A. - Cooley and daughter, Jennie Mae, were Chicago visitors Monday. Crlenn Wells of Galesburg, 111., passed Saturday and Sunday at his home here. W. J. Donavin and C. J. Reihansperger transacted business in Chicago Tuesday. L. F. Newman of Woodstock passed the first of the week with -his wife and family here. ' Mrs. Ben Stilling and daughters, Eva and Lillian, were Chicago vis itors last Thursday. J. H. Miller attended to business matters at Montello, Wis., several days this and last week. Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Phalin passed the week end as guests of their son, George, at Urbana, 111. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Block passed the latter part of last week as the guests of Chicago relatives. Mrs. John Engeln and daughter, Virginia, were county seat visitors the latter part of last week! Mr. and Mrs. Chas. L. Page and Mr. and Mrs. F. A. Bohlander were Elgin visitors last Thursday. Mrs. E. L. Dal ton of Hampshire, 111., spent the latter part of last week as the guest of McHenry friends Miss Emma Pint of Chicago spent last week as a guest in the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Pint. Mrs. F. E. Boger, son, Arthur, and daughter, Elizabeth, were among the Chicago passengers Monday morning. Mrs.. John Karls and daughter of Woodstock passed the first of the week as the guests of McHenry relatives. Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Howard of Elgin passed Friday of last week as guests in the home of Mrs. Mary A. Waite. John Spencer of Chicago passed Thursday of last week as a guest in the home of his son, William, and family. Mrs. W. A. Martin of Woodstock is spending the week as a guest in the home of her daughter, Mrs. E. E. Bassett Mrs. Eugene Clermont returned to her home in Chicago last Thursday after a four weeks' visit in the home of Mrs. B. Frisby. Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Westfall of Chicago were week end guests in the home of the latter's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Simon StoffeL. Mr. and Mrs. P. N. Musser of Elgin passed the week end as guest in the honle of the latter's parents, Mr. and Mrs. D. A. Whiting. Mrs. Ben Johnson of Crystal Lake passed the latter part of last week as a guest in the home of her son, George H., and family here. Mrs. John Reihansperger of West Chicago passed a couple of days this week as a guest in the home of her son, Chas. J. Reihansperger. ^ Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Martin and children $nd Mrs. Clara Harrison of Woodstock were guests in the home of Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Page last Saturday. F. H. Schau and daughter, Mabel, who have been spending the summer at their summer home at Rosedale, have returned to Chicago for the winter. Mrs. Raymond Whiting^ and little daughter, Lorraine, of Lake Geneva passed the latter part of last week with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. N. E. Barbian- Mr. and Mrs. Smith Lovejoy of Genoa Junction, Wis., and Mrs. Sadie Buckingham of Racine, Wis., were guests of Miss Dorlesca Granger one day last week. Mr. and Mrs. Jos. N. Miller left the first of the week for Turtle Lake, Wis., where they will be the guests of the latter's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Nick Pitxen, for a week or more. The trip was made by machine. Sunday, October 5, was the so of a happy family reunion at the Granger home on Main street, the occasion being the eightieth birthday of Mrs. H. C. Smith, the sixty-first anniversary of her marriage, also the twenty-seventh anniversary of the marriage pf Mr. and Mrs. L. H. Owen and the 7th of October being the twenty-third anniversary of the marriage of Mr. and Mrs. S. S. Chapell it was also celebrated at this time. Mrs. Owen and Mrs. Chapell being the only two remaining daughters of Mrs. Smith. The home was beautifully decorated with Vines and autumn leaves and also a profusion of carnations and roses. A delicious dinner was served at one o'clock, which had been planned by Mrs. Smith. The table was arranged in the dining room, decorated with vines and an immense bowl containing eighty carnations. All the guests, numbering eighteen, were seated at one long table. Miss Martha Hatfield of Osborne, Kan., a relative of the family, who has been on the chautauqua platform for several years, furnished some excellent music during the day. Everyone was happy and it was indeed a day long to be remembered. Mrs. Smith received several beautiful gifts and a great many letters and cards from absent friends and relatives. The following were present: Mrs. H. C. Smith, Mrs. H. E. Clemens, Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Smith, George Smith, Jr., Amy Smith and Harrison Smith of Elgin; Mr. and Mrs. Granger Smith and Mr. and Mrs. S. S. Chapell of Chicago; Mr. and Mrs. L. H. Owen of Cushing, Okla.; Mr. and Mrs. Harry Alexander of Hebron; Miss Martha < Hatfield of Osborne, Kan.; Misses Maude and Fanny Granger of this village. AS TABfiN FROM THE COLUMNS OF OUR EXCHANGES Gives Up Oil Route A* A. Landwer, who for nearly nine years 1ias acted as the local agent for the Standard Oil company, tendered his resignation to the company, which took effect the first of the month. During this long period of time that Mr. Landwer has acted in this capacity he has served his employers most faithfully, while the public has received the best of service, and the patrons are no* doubt sorry to learn of his resignation. He will move his family to Woodstock, where, we are told, he has secured other employment. Elmer Francisco, also employed by the Standard people, has temporarily taken charge of the McHenry business and will remain here until -Mr. Landwer's successor has been named. Just who his successor will be is still a matter of conjecture. We understand that there are several Mc- Henryites who are willing to take over the agency, so it looks as if the successor will be named shortly, Tendered a Farewell About forty of their friends tendered Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Landwer farewell party at Woodman hall on Thursday evening of last week. Cards, bunco and dancing afforded the guests a very pleasant time, after which refreshments were served. Music for the occasion was furnished by Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Hauswirth. Mr. and Mrs. Landwer, who have made this village their home for several years past, are packing up preparatory to moving to Woodstock, where they will make their future home. While their many friends in this village are sorry to see them leaving, their best wishes will accompany them to their new place of abode. Three new men were added to the McHenry working force now employed at the Terra Cotta factory on Monday morning of this week and from reports heard about town there are still more to follow. There are more McHenryites employed down there now than at any one time during the location of the factory in our neighboring hamlet. Among those to begin work on Monday morning was Wm. Bishop, who quit the Borden factory here to accept the new position. He has been employed down there before and thus the work is not new to him. Are Excavating at Seawa' The work of driving in the piles and steel sheeting at the big seawall on Fox river, south of this village, has been completed and the gang is now bending its efforts in excavating between the wall and the shore, which is to be made into a waterway. The digging is now being done with common scraper with steam for power. Not much progress has been made in this manner and, wft are told, that larger excavating machinery has been ordered and will be placed into commission soon. <. Banks Close Monday On account of Columbus day both banks will be closed all day Monday. Patrons of the two places will kindly bear this fact in mind and gown themselves accordingly. Miscellaneous Assort meat of News Items In Condensed Form For Busy People D. W. Churchill took over the position of postmaster at- Grayslake on Oct. 1. E. A. Carncross of Green Bay, Wis.,' last week entered his new position *as assistant county farm advisor. A dozen business houses at Lake Geneva, Wis., have agreed to close at six o'clock each evening during the fall and winter months. M. H. Detrick has installed a large feed grinder on his farm west of Wauconda and, according to rumor, will do grinding for the trade. Whether or not to incorporate will be decided by the voters of Williams Bay, Wis., at a special election to be held there for the purpose on Oct. 16. Woodstock wants a community high school and petitions asking for a special election to vote on the question are now being circulated in that city. A number of Lake Geneva, Wis., residents have made sugar purchases at Hebron stores of late. Tis said that sugar in the Wisconsin summer resort city as been quite scarce of late. Jesse Cadwell, who during the past nine years has acted as janitor at the court house in Woodstock, has resigned his position to accept a job at the Hunt, Helm, Ferris A Co. fac tory at Harvard That the steel strike is not serious ly affecting the two typewriter fac tories at Woodstock is the declara tion made at the county seat. The Oliver is at this lime increasing its output and there are now positions open for 200 new men. Crystal Lake's new express body factory is now giving employment to twenty-five men, eighteen of whom are home people. The factory expects soon to be running in full force when between 1200 and 1500 bodies will be turned out monthly. A chapter of the American Legion has been formed at Woodstock with twenty-nine charter members. The chapter is to be known at the Peter Umathum post,, in honor of a county seat young man who lost his life in France during the late war. E. M. Cannon of Barrington, who for fifty-five years has been employed by the C. A N. W. railway company, retired from activity the first of the month. He started to work for the company as water boy at the age of 16 at Green Bay, Wis. John Wesley Wode of Richmond was adjudicated a bankrupt on voluntary petition, filed by Attorney George D. Carbary in the United States district court. The petition lists his liabilities at $1,100 and his assets at $400. Business men from Richmond and Hebron are the principal creditors. Pfeffer Bros, of Crystal Lake will soon start the erection of a two-room ice house in that city. The house will be 100 feet long by 50 feet wide with a capactty of 2,000 tons. They have secured the ice cutting privileges of P. H. Leonard and will cut from the portion of the lake bounding the Leonard property. Pulos St Duros, the Crystal Lake ice cream manufacturers and retailers, have just leased the building they now occupy for a term of fifteen years. The lease covers the two store rooms as well as the room above. In fact, it takes in the entire Gracy building on the corner of Williams and S. Railroad streets. W. H. Ackerman of Kenosha, Wis., has been made head of the Black Cat Textiles company factory at Harvard, succeeding Howard Schulien, who has acted in this capacity ever since the company located at Harvard two years ago. Mr. Schulien has returned to the company's plant at Kenosha, Wis., where he has been given a position as foreman. The Harvard factory new gives employment to sixty hands and can use double that number. Turn tables for the Palatine & Wauconda railroad have been constructed on each end of the road. A new twenty-five passenger gasoline car, which was recently purchased, is expected to arrive shortly, when same will be placed into commission over this road. Stockholders feel that the new car will be the means of cutting down the overhead expenses of the road to such an extent that the road will, in time, be made a paying proposition. The store of Butts & Wakeley at Harvard was entered between the hours of 12:00 and 3:00 p. m. a week ago last Sunday, when the intruders got away with $40 in cash, taken from the cash register; two $50 suits of clothes, two $40 suits of clothes, two $12 sweaters, shirts, underwear and neckties. The' entrance to the place was obtained thru a basement door in the rear of the store. The supposition is that the burglars made CHANGES BEING MADE Hunter Factory Getting Ready For Big Phonograph Production The work of re-arranging the Interior of the Hunter factory building here was started on Monday morning of this week and before the eiid of another week the manufacture of phonographs in large numbers should have been started. The main room of the factory, up until a few weeks ago used exclusively for a show room for boats, is this week being transformed into a workshop for the manufacture of phonographs. A partition is being constructed thru the center of this room, from north to south, and the east half of the room is being divided into three compartments, as follows: Trimming room, finishing room and drying room. Just what disposition will be made of the west half of the main factory is still a matter of conjecture, but a definite conclusion will be reached within the course of the next few days. The three new boilers have also arrived and wilY be installed immediately. One will be located in the construction room in the southeast wing of the plant, the second in the engine room and the third in the main building, thus giving the plant a perfect heating system so essential in the work to be carried on. As stated in last week's issue, Mr. Hunter is anxious to get started in the manufacture of phonographs on a large scale and with this end in view every effort is being exerted by him and his present working force to bring this about. His aim is to turn out 200 machines a week, which will mean a very noted enlargement of his present working force and will mean a great deal to the entire village. That he will find a market for all the machines that he will be able to turn out has already been assured the McHenry manufacturer and all that is now needed is to get the factory in shape for the handling of this large volume of business and also to get the necessary help. Since last Thursday's issue of The Plaindealer a number of * carpenters have already applied for work in the plant, but positions will open for many more, so if there are any men in or near McHenry who wish to get steady positions for the winter it will be well to make their wants known to Mr. Hunter without further delay. The working conditions will be found ideal and we are certain that the pay will be satisfactory. Just as soon as the re-arrangement work has been completed there will also be positions open for several unexperienced men and applications from these are also in order, Four applications from the latter class have already been received and these, we are told, will be put to work shortly. Once more we wish to impress the importance of this institution to McHenry and what it will mean to the community and it is up to every.citizen who has the interest of McHenry at heart to plug for the local factory and its product. Let's all help by tendering Mr. Hunter our moral support and thus assist in starting a real boom for one of the best little towns in the state of Illinois. SEWERAGEflEARDIG OCT. 14 IS MeHENRY READY FOR SUCH IMPROVEMENT Electrical Worker Breaks Leg Emil Swartz, employed by the Public Service company, met with a very severe accident last Saturday morning. While he and another workman were working on an electric light pole near the Wright home, west of the railroad tracks, the pole suddenly snapped, with the result that Mr Swartz was precipitated to the ground with such force that he suffered a fracture of the left leg just below the hip and also received painful injuries to his ribs. Dr. D. G. Wells was called and hurried to the scene of the accident, giving the patient temporary relief, and under his care was taken to Crystal Lake, from which city he was placed on board a train for the West Side hospital in Chicago. His fellow worker escaped unhurt. Irish Freedom Notes At a meeting of the Roger Casement branch of the F. 0. I. F., held last Thursday evening at the school house, resolutions were drawn up endorsing the position of the majority report of the foreign relations committee of the senate in making strong reservations to the League of Nations Covenant and thereby safeguarding the sovereignty of the United States. A copy of the resolutions was sent to Senator Lodge, chairman of the foreign relations committee, and to Senators Sherman and McCormick as representative^ of our own state. Dance at Stefel's Halt A social dance will take place at S toff el's hall next Saturday evening, Oct. 11. Goodwin's orchestra of Crystal Lake has been engaged and' will furnish the music for the occasion. Dance tickets, $1.00, including war tax. A cordial invitation is extheir get-away's* the 12:46 Chicago to everyone be present, passenger. 1 I rent farms. D. F. Quinlan. Many Property Owners Tax Payers Are Up In Anas--Slty High Prices Cause Fight One of the biggest and most important questions ever brought before the property owners of the village will, it is expected, be threshed out and settled at the Empire theatre in this village next Tuesday afternoon, the date set aside for the public consideration of a sewer system for the village. This very same question has popped up from time to time during the past several years, the last effort in this direction having been extended about four years ago. At that time it was found that a big majority of the property owners, who must carry this heavy burden, were against such an improvement. At that time the estimated cost of such an improvement was many thousand dollars below the esimated cost of the same improvement today and the question naturally arises, "Are the property owners of McHenry ready and willing to take over this burden at this time," a time when the cost of materials and labor have reached a zenith. We doubt if there is another town the size of McHenry in the United States which would even dare mention such an undertaking at a time when conditions are so unsettled as they are today. The Plaindealer writer, after interviewing quite a number of property owners, firmly believes that the greater majority of these are against such an improvement at this time, even more sp than they were four years ago, when the system could have been installed at a cost several thousand dollars lower than the estimate given at this time. Haven't these property owners and tax payees a right to be heard or is the improvement going in without the consent of the majority? From the manner in which the writer has heard some express themselves it looks to us as if the attitude of one of our GREAT CONGRESSMEN is being assumed: "Put in the sewerage and d the expense." This attitude, we are told, is strongly resented by many of our property owners. In interviewing tax payers on the question of sewerage, the writer has gone to rich and poor alike and to our surprise found that some who could well afford the improvement were against same for the simple reason that it would be too much of a load for his neighbor to carry. Every tax payer in McHenry should be interested in this question and it is his or her duty to be present at the public hearing next Tuesday. Buffalo House SoM The "Buffalo House" at Lily Lake, which during the past eight years has been owned and successfully con ducted by H. L. Ritter, has been sold to H. N. Nelson of Gurnee, Lake county, who will take possession of the place in about two weeks. Mr. Ritter's reason for selling the place is that there is too much work for him and his wife, especially during the summer season. During the years that he has conducted the place Mr. Ritter has built up a very nice business, the past summer having been the very best ever enjoyed. This condition has been brought about thru hard work, coupled with the genial disposition of the popular proprietor and his estimable wife. Mr. Nelson comes very highly recommended and steps into a well established hostelry, which should bring him good returns in years to come. Mr. and Mrs. Ritter have rented the John Regner house on Broad street and will move to this village, where they expect to reside f o r t h e w i n t e r a t l e a s t . ~r~ Nftlt TWO BIG HOLSTKIN DATS McHenry County Breeders* Guarantee Sale Oct. 24-25 ^ V Buys Gsrage Building John A. Stilling, who during the past few years has conducted a vulcanizing shop in the McHenry House garage building, has purchased the building and ground from J. C. Bickler, the deal having been consummated last week. Mr. Stilling has enjoyed a fine patronage during the past summer and the purchase of the building and grounds was made to insure him of the location, which is a most desirable one for a business of this nature. Mr. Bickler is now erecting a cement block garage for himself in the rear of the vulcanizing shop. ^ Window Trimmer Hubert Schoewer, youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. Peter J. Schoewer, is now employed in a large South Side store in Chicago, where he is learning the art of window trimming. Hubert, we are told, is very much interested in his new line of work and is determined to make good. Installation at Johnabtsfl^ v+-^ The Johnsburg court, C. O. F., will hold installation of their newly elected officers at their hall on Saturday evening of this week. All members are asked to be present McHenry county's first big sale of Holstein cattle will take place at Woodstock on Friday and Saturday, October 24 and 26, and if all signs do not fail this will be the biggest event of the kind ever undertaken in northern Illinois. H. M. Harper of Hebron, who has been placed in management of the big sale, has been busily engaged on the project for some weeks past, with the result that he has gathered together a collection of Holsteins that it will be hard to beat In all 140 head will be placed on sale, the consigners of same being as follows: Chas. W. Gibbs, Bluebell farm, West McHenry; C. L. Page, West McHenry; C. V. Wingate, Mike Karpis, C. A. Wingate, Crystal Lake; Donald Wetei, Edward M. Aylward, Arthur D. Cornue, Frank Reyhorst, Hebron; Clark & Rhode, Dixon, 111.; Meyer & Weaver, Cary; Countryman & Cox, Volo; Frank Barber, Woodstock; Riverside Stock farm, Algonquin; Hawthorne farm, Barrington. McHenry county has more dairy cattle per acre and per person than has any other like area in the world. Over eighty-five per cent of its dairy cattle are either grade or pure bred Holsteins. It is the heart of the whole-milk district and its animals are developed to the maximum state of efficiency to satisfy the demands. ' The following important, features will govern this great sale: Health--Every animal in the sale over six months of age is believed to be absolutely free from contagious disease and is sold subject to a 90- day retest for tuberculosis. Individuality--Every animal ipill be carefully selected and not a single individual with a blemish of any character will be admitted into the sale ring. Each and every one will be a creditable representative of the greatest breed of cattle in the world.. Production--McHenry county Holsteins are famous for their extremely high milk production. This is the result of developing them to the highest state of efficiency to satisfy the demand for their production in this, the greatest whole-milk district in the world. Blood lines--The very best sires have always been selected for use in the herds consigning to this sale. Opportunity--The consigners are offering the very pick of their herds. Two 40-pound heifers have been *consigned as well as several daughters, of King Segis Pontiac Chicago. There is also consigned .the second highest record junior three-year-old in the state with a record of 60$ pounds of milk. It will also be your last opportunity to secure the get of King Segis Pontiac and jPHde of the Jewels. , Protection--Each consigner and the McHenry County association as a body stand back of every individual animal consigned. They must be right. There is no safer guarantee in the world. ' ITEMS OF LOCAL MISER AS PICKED UP BY PLAINDKA1JDI REPORTERS DURING Mary Pickford Draws iWeflf?' The largest ciWd that has-' yet attended a single performance at the new Empire was present on Tuesday evening, when Mary Pickford appeared in "Daddy Long Legs." ' The house was packed to its utmost capacity during the first show, whileit was also very comfortably filled, during the second run. Owing to thefact that the lobby and sidewalk in. front of the theatre was jammed, with humanity, some confusion resulted before the house could be cleared after the first show. Confusion can easily be, .avoided in the: future if the patrons of the place will use the two side exits in leaving" the building instead of going out thru the main entrance. By using the spacious exits on either side of the house, down near the stage, th& house may be cleared in a very few seconds and will give those who come for the second show an opportunity" to enter the place immediately at the> close of the first performance. Patrons of the house will kindly bear* this fact in mind and thus assist the-' management in maintaining perfect^ « order. Confirmation Wednesday Just before going to press thi£ (Thursday) morning we received a telephone call from Rev. M. J. M( :- Evoy informing us that a class wild be confirmed at St Patrick's Catho - lie church next Wednesday morning* Oct 15. The Rt Rev. Bishop P. J.. Muldoon will be present and conferthe sacrament and it is expected thata large number of visiting clergy" will also be here. The Plaindealeir i would have been pleased to ,giv<», more details of this important event9l but, sorry to say, time would not per- - mit this. Another Business House • According to quite authmt'je rumors, Water street is soon to another business establishment T> Plaindealer hopes to be able to jgive its readers a complete news starj- on this transaction in next week's if sue.jjthis direction are being appreciated^ What People Are Doing In TUB fl- Iage and the Immediate Vlcfcrity-- Other Short Paragraphs Latest styles in fall and whiter millinery at Blake Sisters, West Mb. Henry. Special sale of georgette crepe at Erickson's- Saturday, Monday and Tuesday. Social dance at StoffePs haB •*** Saturday evening, Oct 11. win's orchestra of Crystal Lake. Miss Genevieve Bonsi^tt is the latest from this village to enrol] her services with Father Time at Elgin. A baby boy was born to Mr. and Mrs. Louis Wolff at their home on the Pistakee Bay road on Tuesday of last week, Sept. 30. Goodwin's orchestra of Crystal Lake will fun<ish the music at a social dance to be held at S toff el's next Saturday evening, Oct 11. The members of the Social Wheel: will be entertained by Megdames C. S. Howard and Oscar Arnold at the latter's home on Waukegan street en Thursday afternoon of next wrnlr, Oct 16. The Mystic Workers will hold their installation at Woodman gg Wednesday evening, Oct. 15. District Deputy Percy Schofield of West Chicago will install. Every Mystic is urged to be present The rural letter carriers from the two postoffices in this village have had added duties thrust upon them during the past -two weeks, during which time they have taken up the census on their respective routes. « The Stilling ft Stock carp seining gang is already for the season's carp seining at Pistakee and Fox lakes. When once started the work will he continued until the freexe-up of theep bodies of water. Some good hauls are anticipated. No objections were filed against the Nunda-McHenry drainage case brought up before circuit court rt Woodstock on Monday morning of last week and as a result the commissioners are now in a position te advertise for bids. Louis Adams is now employed at Frett's sanitary market on the Well Side, having started work there last week. He took the place made vacant thru the resignation of nand Frett, who has returned to Chicago for the winter. J. P. Weber and his gang of carpenters are erecting a modern bungalow for Math. Laures, proprietor of the Busy Bee cafe, on a lot near the old driving park on Center street. The contractor hopes to have the place ready for occupancy before real cold weather begins. The McHenry county teachers' institute is in session at Crystal Lalbs this week and all of the teachers In McHenry county are in attendance. St Mary's parochial school is also closed this week to give the sistcem an opportunity to attend the institute, which is the best etar held in the county, o Painters and decorators are this week at work in the Heimer building in Centerville, which is to be occupied by the McGee & Conway clothing store. A pipeless furnace is also being installed in the basement ef the building and the new firm should be open for business within the course of the next few days. Reconstruction of McHenry*s street lighting system was started by thft Public Service company here last week. The new supports for the lights are being placed this week and when the new system is in McHenry will be able to boast of just as good a lighting system as may he found in any of their smaller cities sad towns. The new shoe repair shop in Cefcterville was opened up by J. E. Hauswirth the first of the week sal if the opening can be taken as a cri-* terion his success is assured. This place is fitted up with the wry late# improved machinery aad is known S* the McHenry Shoe Repair Shop. Read the display advertisement to . to evince, him that his efforts in' issue of Hie Plaindealer. The * subscription getting coatee^ conducted by the Woodstock Amefw iean during the past seven weelofc came to a close last Saturday evening. Geo. Graves won the initial prize, the six cylinder Okismobfle touring car, while Rev. H. A. LaufCr of Woodstock, pastor of the Zion Lutheran church of that village and McHenry, came in for Hi second pri$e, a trip to Colorado. A pipeless heating system has been installed in the Empire theatre la this village, thus assuring the patrons genuine comfort during the fall and winter months. J. W. Smith, the owner and manager of McHenry** new show house, is doing everything within his power to make the house one of the very best to be found outside of the larger cities and the patronage that is being extend**! seems to convince him that his efforts la 8 «4l M :rW$ w? w -- -*-• - :|S Li'