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i-ir it•» A t Blake pf Misses Kathryn and Elisabeth ^ is a guest in WeTtytoMakeTlitf SAYS COMPANY HEAD goes eonsiderably*farther here than it did a ' few months ago and when pla fining that Sunday dinner or any other meal we wish to remind you that our choice lino-of groceries and meats are sure to give the best of satisfaction. Come in and satisfy yourself that prices are really com ingdown. WATER STREET MARKET & GROCERY P. J . Hi inwr, Prop. It's the inner man whom we serve and so well are we acquainted with the every day needs of life that we have just what you want in the line of Staple and Fancy Groceries, Vegetables, Canned Goods and Bakery. Our prompt delivery system is ever at your service. M. M. Niesen McHcnry M t£~TA&E YOUR Electrical Problems To Harry can solve them jo a jiffy and, •-lay* when he does a job you can bet > ' It's right, for every thing he does is U guaranteed to be right. Just call 83-M on the phone and have him come and see you. Harry's Electric Shop McHenry, Illinois "v.. mm "1 .V We have to be careful in the selection of riib- #fc*<Fffoods and you should be as careful as we are. Between- the highest grade and the wholly bad there is not very much difference in external .. appearance, but the difference is soon found out if you happen to get hold of an unworthy kind. We carry different grades of which the cheapest , are good and the best are the finest to be had. Each kind is sold for just what it is and at just the right price. ^ Hot Water Bottles, Syringes, Sick-Room Supplies and Nursery Supplies 'hone iisj N. H. PETESCH dkocgisi Bell Little Suggestions to . Telephone Users W^en you signal the telephone oper- > ator and ask for a number she repeats i it. She is trained to follow this practice in order to be sum she has heard you correctly. flit is* a good plan to .answer "Yet," "Right" or something similar if the operator's reply shows that she has. rightly understood you. Then she is v||| sure and can make the proper con- || nection without loss of time. * n^ JWhcn a conversation is finished, ft Is Ji well for both parties to say "Good- - ^ V bye." This often avoids an extta call p made in the belief that the users v have been "cut off" in the midst of # their conversation. r 9 ILLINOIS BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY? < Z w GROVE Show at greatly reduced prices at Krick son's. Unicorn dairy ration--a feed. Wilbur Lumber Co. The stock of merchandise of John Karls is to bte sold at his place of business beginning next Monday. It is expected that the ice harvesting season here will begin soon. All of the workman art^iudou for mch employment. " Henry Heinly has rented the Anton May farm north of ths village and will move onto same some time in the very near future. Ford Jackson has moved his family from the flat in the Leonard Franzen building to the home recently vacated by Mr. and Mrs. John Schmitt. Mr. and Mrs. John Schmitt, who for some time past have occupied the Math. Nimsgern house in this village, have moved to the Wm. Kattner farm where they will reside in the future. The auction sale, held on the farm of Nick May last Tuesday, brought out a large crowd and as a result there was some lively bidding. Everything sold and brought very satisfactory prices. Frank Schumacher, one of our former business men, but who now eonducts a farm near Marshfiekl, Wis., attended to business matters here the first of the week. His many friends were pleased to see him. A forged check, parsed by one of our young lads recently, came very near getting him into a serious predicament and had it not been for his prompt settlement the incident was quite sure to lead him behind prison bars. ^ Our people were deeply grieved to learn of the death of George B. Hardy, a former resident of our community, who passed awfcy in a Chicago hospital following a recent operation! The deceased had been in declining health for many months past. Our citizens extend to those bereaved theifs. . , 1 he requirements of good service are heartfelt sympathy. Anton Freund celebrated the anniversary of his birth at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Freund, who reside about a mile and a half west of Spring Grove, by inviting a few friends to pass last Thursday evening as his guests! Games and refreshments made up an enjoyable evening. Those present were Eddie and Arthur Kattner, Charles and Geo. I May, Ford Hanson, Pope Huff, Anton I Freund, Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Vogel. ! Nick May entertained a company of | friends at his home situated about two miles south of Spring Grove last Wednesday evening. Cards and other foVms of amusement made up a most delightful few hours, after which refreshments were served. Those who made up the merry gathering were: August and George Huff, Peter M., Stephen and Ben Freund, Edward, Arthur and Joe KAttner, John and Joseph Schmitt, George King, Jos. P. and Anton Miller, Fred Meyers, Al. Pepping, George Schaefer, Frank and Nick Nett and Nick Young. SOLON MILLS Edwin Vogel was a McHejlfrjr Visitor Monday. ' . Finest quality of winter underwear at Erickson's. Mrs. Wm. Brentinn was a recent Chicago shopper. Red Comb scratch feed for your chickens. Get it at Wilbur's. Ed. Aubert was out from Chicago to spend Sunday with relatives. Math. Freund was a MondAy caller at Sam Beatty's near Ringwood. Dr. N. J. Nye of McHenry was a caller at E. T. Monear's Saturday. F. H. McAssey of Richmond was a Saturday caller at the Davis home. Bert Sutton spent Sunday with Chas. Foley and family south of Richmond. Come in and let us quote you prices on electrical fixtures. Harry's Electric Shop, McHenry. Miss Bertha Katsenberger of Powers Lake was a recent gueet here with Miss Mae Aylward. Clay Hardy was called to Chicago Tuesday on account of the death of his father. Burial will be in the cemetery here south of town. Our store has changed hands once more. A. F. Wellman disposed of his business this week to a Chicago man, who expects to take over the establishment next week. TERRA COTTA Mrs. E. Hunt was a business visitor at Crystal Lake Tuesday. Teas and coffee to suit the most astidious taste at Erickson's. Herman Wille of Ridgefield was a business caller here Saturday. Mrs. Marion McMillan spent Sunday with her son, Earl, and family. Mrs. M. Schoenknecht was a business caller in Crystal Lake Tuesday. Armour's Ful-O'-Pep egg mash makes the hens lay. Wilburs have it Messrs. Vogel and Brennan of Solon were business callers here Saturday. Miss Agnes Bertram of Crystal Lake spent Saturday with friends here. Mr. and Mrs. Will Powers and son, Hugh, spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Robert Knox. Thomas Phalin want to UTbana Monday, where he will take a course At the university. » Mrs. John Relihan aid brother-inlaw, Mr. Relihan of Superior, Wis., called at J. M. Phalin's ikst Thursday. Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Phalin daughter, Marjorie, and son, Harold, visited at the W. J. Welch home in McHenry Sunday. Harold Knox, Francis Frisky and Howard Phalin were guests of relatives and friends at Notre Dame, Ind., Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Torringtan vacuum , eleaners at Harry's Electric shop, Justed block. PresMtat Sonny Gives Facts to Skow PhoM " v "Cine Bach" Trlnihoiw mm ice in Chic«foht»*Venit back." "From now en, any bad service need not be ascribed to 'war conditions' and not reported. \V e should be promptly advised when things go wrong.* B. E. Sunny, president of the Chicago Telephone Company, now the Illinois Bell Telephone Company, gave the details of the company's struggle to improve service conditions at his annual luncheon to the company's supervising forces. Mr. Sunny said: "We started 1920 with a shortage'of 1431 operators. We should have had 8436 • on the payroll and we had 7005. Heavy traffic and the "Flu" made matters worse in the spring months, so that the compaign to secure additional help was pushed vigorously. During May and June intensive recruiting brought a large number of new people, so that the capacity of the Operators' Training Department was overtaxed. 797 new people were employed in one week alone, and it became necessary to train many of them at the Central Offices. Conditions were bad all through the summer, nor did they improve greatly until September and October, since when the change has been marked and most favorable. . \ "In a metropolitan exchange like Chicago, for the purpose of comparison, an arbitrary figure known as a "Traffic rating" is compiled from the various important service items. The ideal rating is 70. This figure is technical and should not be confused with percentages. With regard to this traffic rating in June, Chicago was 27; in July 29; August and September 31; October 40; November 47, while in the early part of December, for the first time in thirty-six months, we that 94 per cent of the calls be answered in less than ten seconds. As a matter of fact, at the time this report was written, 95.2 of al' of the calls were within ten seconds. "Another requirement is that 95.4 per cent of the calls be free from operating errors, while we reached a percentage of 95.6 per cent. In the two days before Christmas we slipped back somewhat below 70 in traffic rating, and it may be that between now and New Years we shall not be able to keep up to this figure on account of the holiday rush of traffic, but we should go into January with 70 or better and hold it indefinitely. "Some idea of the struggle thft the Traffic Department has been through, is contained in the following figures: "As I explained, we started out with a shortage of 1431 operators on January 1st. From that time to December 15th, the resignations, dismissals, etc., amounted to 6520, or the equivalent of more than 90 per cent of the available operators on the payroll January 1st. During the year 3502 ex-operators were re-emploved, and 4095 new operators were trained and put on the switchboards, making a total of 7597. "On December 15, we required 7804 operators and we had available 8082--• 278 more than was necessary. The average number of operators in the school each week was 378 and the average time spent in school three weeks. "Good equipment and plenty of operators does not mean good service. i"he combination, if you have it, is merely a good start in the right directiqr. Good service is a matter of eternal vigilance and everlastingly keeping at it. The training is never over. "It is a matter of congratulation that we have at last come back, and that we can announce to the subscribers that we have overcome the conditions that for so many months prevented us from giving the kind of service that Chicago for years had been accustomed to. "The Traffic Department is entitled to great credit for the persevering, courageous and persistent effort that it has made against odds for so many months. The subscribers are entitled to our sincere thanks for their patience while being served so unsatisfactorily at times. "The number of complaints about the service were not greatly more in the past two or three years than they were before the war, indicating that the subscribers understood and appreciated the plight of the Telephone Company and were satisfied that all was being done that could be done." _ RINGWOOD Staple and fancy groceries at LTA. Erickson's. Lewis Hawley spent Sunday with friends in Chicago. Save coal. Put on storm sash. Wilbur Lumber Co. Mrs. W. E. Bradley was a Chicago shopper last Monday. Electrical fixtures of all kinds at Harry's Electric Shop, McHenry. Mrs. Leon Dodge spent the week end with relatives at Woodstock. B^iss Elaine Bradley is quite ill with pneumonia at present writing. Tom Kane -and Miss Ingram spent Sunday with the former's sister in Elgin. The John F. Claxton family of McHenry spent Sunday fn the George Shepard home. Ben Walkington and family of McHenry were Sunday guests in the C. J. Jepson home. Mrs. C. D. Bacon spent Saturday with her daughter, Mrs. John Gould, at Crystal Lake. N Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Allot of Woodstock attended the Ladies' Aid dinner here last Thursday. Miss Martha Dailey went to Richmond Tuesday night to attend a shower given in honor of Mrfss Helen Kruse. ^ f Wm. Merwin of Kenosha came to Ringwood Monday night and began work Tuesday on the well on the Kennebeck farm. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. McCannon and Mr. and Mrs. I. Merchant went to Greenwood Monday to visit their mother, Mrs. Lewis McCannon, who hag. the misfortune to break her arm last Sunday. Mrs. McCannon has many friends here, who hope she will soon recover. The next dance to be held at Smith's hall, Johnsburg, will take place on Wednesday evening of next week, Feb. 2. Good music and good '4 OSTEND Kiss Knox 1ms discontinued driving from her home to school for the present., the weather being too cold. Oscar Prahl sold and delivered his drove of sixteen porkers last week to F. H. Wattles A Son. Mrs. Jennie Sherman is still very ill and confined to her bed. Dr. Nye is doing all that can be done, but no change from day to day for better. Henry Hobart and Warren Fran- -,^cisco went to Ringwood Monday and ipurchased several hundred pounds of middlings for cow feed at $33 per ton. From present appearances farmers will not have such trying times for help the coming season. Thefe are men coming along occasionally now asking for employment. » There were twenty-four turned out to h^lp get wood for Charles Willis last week and a nice, large pile is at his door. He will not need to worry about fuel for many months. Bull Valley school board has recently purchased a new heater for the school house. The old one became unsafe. A number 20 Round Oak was purchased at the cost of $85 and is now in use. Bordens have asked the farmers to each one buy a ten gallon can of skim milk daily at three cents per gallon. Some do it good naturedly while others complain. It may be a lesson not to overload the company during the winter months and scrimp theip in Summer. A Pleasant Surprise Nick M. Justen wlo resides on a farm near Ringwood, was pleasantly surprised by a company of relatives and friends in celebration of his twenty- eighth birthday anniversary on Thursday of last week. Several hours were passed at cards and music, after •which a luncheon was served. Those present were Messrs. and Mesdames Henry Stilling, Michael Justen, Wm. Justen, Bernard Justen, Peter Miller; Misses Frances, Helen and Catherine Freund; Messrs. Joseph and Bernard Bauer, Edward Cronin, John Keller, Edward Justen and Mr. and Mrs. Nick Justen. George Schaid is spending : Jtow days as a guest in the home of his sister, Mrs. Fred Lang, in the metro politan city. To corset you correctly is my profession. Your comfort and health are promoted by wearing SAT. JAN. 22 ONLY American Family Soap, 100 bars $7.25 25c He Toilet Soap, 6 bars Catsup, 25c value. . New Moon B. Powder, 1 lb. can Calumet B. Powder, 4oz. can Full qt. jar 32 oz. Olives, 60c value 9 oz. can Ripe Olives-- No. \\2 can California Apricots... _ 3 No. 2 cans Tomatoes No. 2 Red Kidney Beans Cranberries, per qt. ^_ All Apron Gingham... 23c 8c 18c 19c 24c 37c 12c 12c 15c PRODUCERS ATTENTION , Watch our Offer for ERI Saturday JOS. J. MILLER McHENRY. ILL. for Service Bdore sending yoar money out of town get our prices; you will be surprised how well you can do at home. We are selling Richelieu Telephone Peas None Such Co».u.. Good Grade Peas Good Grade Corn Large pkg. Rolled Oats SZc W STORE OF QUALITY AND SATISFACTION SMITH BROS McHenry, III. WHAT THE GOVERNMENT IS DOING FOR YOU II ORSETS (NOT MLO IN »TO*t») My personal services are free. An appointment, arranged to suit your convenience, places you under no obligation. A postcard or telephone call will bring me to your home. We have cause in every way to feel prou<§ f of our country, but we are as a nation to<§ little informed as to the activities and actual benefits of oar Government. To remedy this sitoatioft; v locally, we have secured tha esciushre right to tribute a aeries of attractivaly illustrated raiders an# booklets in which art given new and Interesting facts about Our Goveramsot and how we all share its beneficent influence. We will gladly send one of this eet each month t# those who will request ft, and as a permanent con* tainer for this valuable information, we will present 'a substantial brown and gold portfolio upon persons! call at this Institution. No obligation. K VALLEY STA MCHENRY. ILLINOIS PUSS MABEUE Wl .McHenry, 111. Phone 5t-J m taikmfSjijkm Lbti.. 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