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'J* 2 f!f> ' •y'JkW *$..* * . . . . . . . • « . ' • • ' ' ' • " ' > '.v£- ; .£-' . •*$>; *VV C !/ ^:' i; - /r ... r . .-B^- • £<y. v'.v "" ?.>? :* .fir £, 1TOL,lJMK XL.VI WEEEY EXCHANGE ITEMS &S TAKEN FROM TIIE COLUMNS UP OUR EXCHANGES jit') IF: !?; --rt f i'H jMtsertiaiteous Assortment of New* i tjipmii lii imdem--d Ferm Far Busy People- * % ten per cent reduction in salaries of all appointive cfty employes will become effective a,t Woodstock on March ::H - Thei McHenry eounty basket ball tournament will be held at the Crystal Lake high school gymnasium on ||»rcb 3 7, 18 and 19. William Krueger, who resides on a ftirm near Lake Zurich, lost three fingers of his right-hand in a corn husker one day last week. The First State bank of Harvard started business in its new home on Monday morning of this week. The structure is 24 feet wide and 114 feet long. Harry Geary of Grayslake lost a" ' Ford coupe one day recently when the machine caught Are while it was being driven near that village. The machine is a total loss. Bids for the proposed community high school building at Harvard were opened last week. There were over fifty bidders and thjeir figures ran from $265,000 to $400,000. The Lake Geneva branch of the Bradley knitting mills can use fifty more girls and if this additional help is secured it will mean the enlargement of the factory in that city. A new Methodist church for Woodstock this year is the slogan adopted by its members sometime since and up to this time a fund between $6,000 and $7,000 has already been raised. The sheep shearing job at the sheep yards at Belvidere was handled by thirty men. Eleven thousand sheep were clipped, the men putting the alttep thru at the rate of 900 per day. -A Janesville* Wis., firm has secured the contract for the erection of a new bank building for the Genoa Junction State bank, located at Genoa Junction, Wis. The building will cost $25,000. Former County Judge D. T. Smiley and Mrs. Edna F. Hendricks were married at Harvard on Wednesday of last week. They will make their home at Harvard, where Mr. Smiley enjoys a big law practice. Mrs. James V. Aldrich, late of Lake Geneva, but for many years a resident of Richmond, passed away at her late home in the Wisconsin city on Wednesday morning of last week, aged sixty-eight years. P. J. McCauley of Woodstock will sue that city for damages sustained in an accident which occurred in that city early last December, when he was run into by the electric light departnpant truck 'owned by the city. Thru the efforts of the Woodstock post, American Legion, of which he is a member, Thomas Srill has been successful in securing the sum of $1,320, which amount represents back compensation due him for army service. H. P. Harnden has opened a home photography at Barrington. The home photographer is new in that section and instead of asking the public to come to him for work he goes into the homes of his customers to take the pictures. Reports from Waukegan are to the effect that work on the monster H. W. Johns-Manville plant on the north flats there will be resumed on a gigantic scale on or about April 1, at which time it is expected that upwards of 1,000 men will be put to work. The Hebron Tribune last week gave over two and one-half columns of front page space to home basket ball news. The village has at least a half dozen teams. A week ago last Friday evening four of the teams played and all of them lost to their opponents. Former McHenry county residents, " now "making their homes in California * as well as those now sojourning in that state, will enjoy the usual basket picnic sponsored by the McHenry County association next Saturday, March 5. T*he picnic will be held at Sycamore park, Los Angeles. A corset, to be worn by the first lady of the land at the inaugural ball at Washington on March 4, was made ^at the Gossard factory at Belvidere and forwarded to an eastern dealer thru whom it was ordered. The bill will read between $40 and $50 when the president-to-be receives it. White brocade satin, costing $7 per yard, was used in making the "unmentionable." Algonquin's new public library was formally opened to the public last Wednesday afternoon and thereafter same will be open the afternoons and evenings of Monday and Friday of each week. Very few small municipalities the size of Algonquin can boast of a public library and the citicens of that village are to be congratulated upon their enterprising spirit. Plenty of signatures have been secured for a petition circulated at Waukegan demanding the calling of an election at which the people shall have an opportunity to vote on the proposition of abandoning or retaining the commission form of government. Looks as if some of the citixens there have had their "fill" of the new wny jpf jp mn&Z JURY TO DECIDE McRenry's Water Extension Improvement March 14 A definite decision as to the proposed waterworks extension improvement in the village of McHenry is expected at a jury hearing which is to lake place at the court house at Woodstock on Monday, March 14. This was the decision of the court on Monday morning of this week, at which time objectors, thru their attorneys, filed their specific objections. The board of local improvements as well as those who are anxious to see the matter decided feel certain that the final decision^-will favor the improvement, while the objectors, who have engaged the services of several attorneys, are just as confident that the improvement will not come at this time, and thus there has been created a feeling of considerable excitement among our citizens in general. In consequence of this the court room at Woodstock is almost certain to be filled with interested spectators on the morning of March 14. ThofejB who stand for the improvement, an<* judging from last spring's vote there are many, want to see an end to this long drawn-out court action and unless the final decision is made on March 14 and that, too, favorable to the proposed improvement there will be great disappointment here. The general declaration of those who want the improvement is that now is the time to make it. They have grown weary with this game of waiting and, furthermore, they point" to the fact that sewerage without water will be useless and in order to receive any benefits from the sewerage the water must come first. If McHenry is to see the installation] of these two improvements this yearthere is little or no time to be lost* from now on. The local board of improvements as well as the "boosters" realize this fact and from now on they;: are going to do everything within their power to push the preliminary* work COMPLETES FIFTEENTH YEAR As Rural Lettejr Carrier From Nc4 Henry Post Ofice Total school tax....... Hantiey Consolidated school tax McHenry District tax Community high school tax. After Jos. N. Miller had deposited his day's collection of mail at the Mc4 !- Henry post office on Tuesday after noon of this week he completed hi» fifteenth consecutive year as rural letter carrier from the McHenry office, a distinction he is the first to receive* in McHenry and one which is probably held by few in McHenry county. It was fifteen years ago last Tuesday that Mr. Miller took charge of route three from the McHenry post office and he has covered the same route continuously since that time and thus is eligible to a pension provided he wishes to take advantage of same. In order, however, to be pensioned at this time he must retire from the service. On the other hand, should he at any time become disabled or sick which would render him unfit for further service as a carrier the pension would then become effective and he would share the benefit of same as long as he lived. As Mr. Miller's health isn't in the least impaired, the chances are that he will be. canning the mail from the McHenry office for many years to come. The carriers, according to a postal ruling, are kept in service until they have reached the age of sixty-five, when they are retired on a pension. This pension fund, we are told, is created among the carriers themselves, who contribute monthly pap* ments to same.' D. I. Granger, rural letter carrier ^ on route one from the same office, will j Qarc|ner also complete his first fifteen years of j cijnton service in that capacity some time i this year. iChampaign ... The two carriers named above are i not only the oldest in point of years! ^cncT> in service traveling out of McHenry, jjarvard but to them also goes the credit of be- ! Rochelle MR SCMOL TAX IS LOW UNUSUALLY SO WHEN COMPARED WITH OTHER PLACE& Tax Payers of McHenry Tawnaldp Pay Lowest School Tax of Any Place In McHenry County Tax time is here and it is interesting to note that the tax rate for school purposes in McHenry is unusually low when compared with that of other places, The rate for both the elementary school and the community high school for McHenry is $1.74. | When compared with the ten other •%r; - Vr? NO. 38 TOWN CAUCUS MARCH 1» mpR DAtt UIE80VS. *^|tENT MoHENRY• ILLINOIS. THURSDAY. MARCH 3.1921 CHARLES CRAWFORD GORST "The Bird Man" at Empire Next Monday Evening The committee representing a group of McHenry's enterprising business men, who are sponsoring a series of winter entertainments, ate congratulating themselves on their good fortune of having been able to book for their next number none other than Charles Crawford Gorst, "The Bird I Man." j Higher by two octaves than the j voice of Tetrazzini is the voice of Mr. Gorst, who reaches even an altitude greater than that of the humming county: towns and villages of McHenry coun- ..... ty, McHenry stands at the foot of the 'bl™ ,m "nations bird song, list. The following table gives both j ^.h,ch Wll! ^ an mteresting feature of the rate for the elementary schools i appeara"c<> at ^ EmPire &<*** and the community high schools in the ! „ n*xt evening, March 7. eleven high school districts of the | .T*' first. of a11' a ,over and i student of birds. At the age of eight j he began to imitate bird songs. At District tax ,..,|,^.'.ii.78 ele™n h« *ad evo,ved » method Community high school . .. 1.64 j "e,ther whistling or singing, but pro- [ ducing the notes in the mouth and Total school tax... ,17,.. .$8.42 i ""7^ V,em w*th HP8' ton*ue. thTO&t A Idea 1 - !a diaphram, by which he has de- District tax ..; ..,^.^72^ceived even mother birds into brin*- Coi^nnunity high school-';.. 1.58 rnmr-wmni tav . . u.iii • birds and bird life and illustrates his happy talk on man's feathered friends. "The insect eating birds," he says, "alone stand between mankind and $S00 I sta, vat'on " He illustrates with paintings of the birds and^reproduction of ing him worms in answer to the food very of their young. TotSt-sehtfoT tax.. . ...... .$8.80 ' IIe is a wel1 known authority on District tax ....$2.00 Community high Behoof**.... . t.00 Total school tarf.y*»».. District tax .. . .,p.,.v.$i.62 j Comipunity high school tax.... •. 1.80 Total school tax.... .|2.92 Harvard District tax .$1.21 Community high school t a x . . . . . 1.60 Total school tax... . .$2.81 Martngft District tax ..........$f.00 Community high school, tax..... .58 , . - Total school tax .$2.68 Algonquin District tax v^$L50 Community high school tax. .* .. ;92 , Total school tax. $2.42 Crystal Lake District tax >,.$,.93 Community high school tax. .v.. 1.30 Other musical artists have insured their hands. Mr. Gorst has had a j dental surgeon make an accurate plaster cast of his upper and lower | jaws so that in case of injury to his teeth they can be accurately reprojduced, that further bird singing will | be possible. I While he talks with the authority of iscience upon birds and their songs, ! Mr. Gorst's lecture is so packed with i human interest that it proves of interjest even to those city dwellers whose ) knowledge of birds is limited to the I English sparrow. He is an eloquent Jand ready talker and his lecture here | will prove of unusual interest. I Tickets for the next number are now ix>n sale and the prices thereof are as {follows: Adults, 50c; children, 35c. I No reserved seats. A DAMN/UTS VIEWPOINT GOES QYJiB PRESENT DAY MILK Vv St%i>i tuation-: >. 'A* Thos. A. Botger Gives Some Tinferesting Data Regarding the Preaent Manner of Milk Marketing Because of the fact that there seems to be considerable agitation over the milk question at the present time, this agitation taking the form of criticism of those who do not sell their milk thru the marketing company, it might be in order to give this important question a little consideration. No doubt the reason for the attitude of some of the dairymen towards the "slackers" is that they, feel that the marketing company is keeping up the price of milk and that the price would be much lower were it not for that organization. Naturally, they feel that those who are not supporting the marketing company are getting something for nothing. There is nothing definite on which to base the assertion that milk would be lower if it were not for the marketing company. About the only way to make any comparison is to judge from comparative prices paid in the Chicago district and in other districts thruout the United States. The following report of the U, S. bureau of markets is illuminating: "The following table presents a comparison of the net prices received by producers for fresh milk delivered at milk plants operated by fluid milk dealers. These prices apply to milk testing S.5 per cent:" Aver, for " Total school tax..........$U8 Richmond ' District tax ...»*$1.37 GtBnjnanity high school tax..... .53 .$1.90 .$1.10 . . . .64 Total school tax. $1.74 The average total school tax for "these eleven towns is $2.66. When compared with the forty or more representative cities of Illinois whose rate of taxation were investigated by Supt. Merrick of Kane county McHenry still foots the list. The following cities were investigated by Supt Merrtok: Tax rata for" School purposes *4-67 ... •«••• . . . City • • Joliet Centralia . . Hinsdale .... Cicero Coal City ... Spring ValNqr St. Charles . Taylorville .. Woodstock Streator . Ottawa ' * •' :• * • •'"»% • • • • i. . ' •••••• • • . . . ' * •*" T* »' • 4 •;#'» • • ing two of the most faithful traveling out <pf any post office in the country. Monmouth Galesburg Danville . Decatur . % T Hebron Won A number of our basket ball fans journeyed over to Harvard last evening, where they saw the Hebron Ras- j Rata via ... cals, of which Henry Miller and Frank Belvidere .. Justen of this village are members,'Jacksonville trim the Marengo team by a score of Kewanee ,f 24 to' 20. Each of the teams had won j Naperville a game earlier in the season, making j Wheaton .• last flight's contest the deciding one ; Bloomingtoj^ of tlSe three and therefore the staging ; Rock Island of same on a neutral floor. The Ma- i Rockferd . rengo team had the better of the argu-1 Alton ment up to the third period, when Morris Hebron displayed a burst of speed Sycamorfe .. very seldom seen before in McHenry j La Salle .... • • «*•• .> » • • • , yX. K..i. • . »i . • 4.66 4.20 4.07 S.92 8.68 9.66 S.64 3.42 8.37 S.30 8.26 8.24 8.16 8.00 8.00 2.97 2.81 2.80 2.75 2.67 2.66 Sections United States .. New England .<. Middle Atlantic E. North Central W. North Central South Atlantic ...».. i.,. E. South Central ........ W. South Central . . . . . . . Mountain Pacific The Chicago district is Jan.1921 $3.25 3.89 3.30 2.77 2.93 ..... 4.05 ...,. 3.34 ..... 3.59 ...>. 2.88 3.37 located in ... ' Ladies' Aid Elects The Ladies' Aid society of the M. E. church spent a very pleasant afternoon at the home of Mrs. George Kuhn on Maple avenue l&st Thursday. During the business meeting election of officers was held, as follows: President, Mrs. George Kuhn; vice president, Miss Alice Waite; secretary, Mrs. E. E. Bassett; treasurer, Mrs. J. J. Vasey. Plans and work for the year were discussed and the ladies hope to make the coming year a profitable as well as pleasant one. At the close of the meeting delicious refreshments were served by the hostess. The membership of the society is growing. The past year has been a very successful one and the present year has very bright prospects. The next meeting will be on Thursday afternoon, March 10, at the home of Miss Alice Waite All interested are invited to attend. First Universalis! Chureh "Changing Creeds" will be the subject of next Sunday morning's sermon and it will close the series on "The Critics' Attack Upon Religion." Why should creeds be permanent? Why should a son believe as his father? Can any faith be unchanging except a dead one? Is it an evidence of weakness to say "I don't believe it?" Is faith of God and doubt of the devil or are both devine? The sermon next Sunday will attempt to answer these questions. Everyone is most cordially invited to hear it. /, Entertained Thirteen Chfc The members of the Thirteen club were most delightfully entertained by Mrs. J. C. Holly at her home on Court street last Friday afternoon. Five ...»nr hundred was played, the guests occu- fo8t was $3.10, the price $2.35 pying three tables, and the high score | March, production cost is $2.80, the Five Ofkca, Inthiding Snpervioor, Become Vacant This Spring * Altho The Plaindealer has not as yet received official notice from the town clerk, the annual town caucus will, in all likelihood, be held here on Saturday, March 19. The date for the annual spring township election is set for tuesday, April 5, and since it is necessary to file nomination petitions not later than fifteen days prior to that date it is very likely that the caucus will be held on the date above mentioned. This spring five offices become vacant. They are supervisor, two justices and two constables. The present incumbents of this office are Stephen H. Freund, supervisor; Wm. J. Welch and E. C. Hawley, justices; Jack Walsh and Chas. H. Stephenson, constables. Altho we have heard but very little talk regarding the coming caucus, it is quite likely that all of the present occupants will again become candidates for renomination and election. Stephen H. Freund, who has served as the town's supervisor during the past few terms, will again be a candidate for renomination and election and, judging from his splendid record as a member of the honorable board of supervisors of McHenry county, it' isn't very likely that he will be opthe E. North Central section, comprised of the state* of Ohio, Indiana, Michigan, Wisconsin and Illinois. The above report shows that the average for the E. North Central section was 2.77. It is doubtful if there is another city thruout this section wfoere milk is %old thru a Co-operative Marketing company, yet the average for the district was 27 cents above the Chicago prices. x Very little is said at any of the milk meetings as to why the producer only receives five cents, while the dealer gets nine but of every quart of milk sold. There never was a time when the dealers received such a large margin for handling the milk as they do at the present time. In the last few months the farmer's price has been cut over 35 per cent, while the consumer has received a reduction of only 12% per cent. Is it any wonder that the dealers are well satisfied with present j the five men will be unopposed, there arrangements? There is a growing < is no telling what may develop within Those who are familiar with the workings of the McHenry county body and who make a practice of keeping watch of these men's doings inform us that Mr. Freund, during the years that he has served in the capacity, has proven himself one of the most valuable men on the board. Last year, it will be remembered, he was made chairman and also acted as head of the board of review of McHenry county. He is well posted on the requirements and needs of McHenry county, is broad minded and a man of exceptional judgment, and The Plaindealer takes great pleasure in once more recommending him to the voters and it is our hope that he will again be returned to this important office which he has filled so well during the past few terms. As to the jofrtices, Wm. I. Welch is now rounding out his first term in that office and the manner in which he has handled the business during this time has proven very satisfactory and we Mieve that the voters of the town want to see him succeed himself at the coming caucus and election. E. C. Hawley of Ringwood is not new to the duties connected with the office of justice of the peace as ho has now served the town in this capacity for a number of terms and has always proven an honorable and efficient public servant The same may also be said of the two men who are serving as constables. While at this writing it looks as if suspicion that the marketing company is only a dummy organization for the large dealers as far as the price making function is concerned. Of course the marketing company officials, by Means of a cleverly organized and powerful propaganda, have succeeded in making a great many farmers believe that the marketing company has an effective voice in the price making, hut any unprejudiced person, familiar with the resources and responsibilities of the marketing company, knows aiyd admits that the contrary is true. When the marketing company was being organized one of the promises made to the producers was that the oranization would get the cost of production for milk as indicated by the Modified Pearson formula. During 1920 the average price received by the marketing company was 35 cents below the cost of production. For January of this year the cost of production was $3.38, while the price was $2.50. For February the production For the course of the next two weeks. Politics change over night these days and therefore the voters are always looking forward to the unexpected to happen. Whether or not this will prove true here this spring remains to be. seen. Altar and Rosary Society About thirty members of the Altar and Rosary society of St. Patrick's church met with Mrs. John McEvoy at St. Patrick's rectory on Tuesday afternoon of this week, where a pleasant few hours were passed. A musical program was rendered and greatly enjoyed. A centre piece was raffled off and Won by'Mrs. R. I. Ovprton. was made by Mrs. E. E. Bassett. 2.66 Delicious refreshments daintily served «;»i county and before the winners got thru they not only tied their opponents but succeeded in passing them by four points. Several hundred flpns saw the game. Milk Prices Unchanged Milk prices remain unchanged for the month of March it was announced by thefMilk Producers' Co-operative Marketing company on Monday of this week. Last month's price, $2.85 per hundred pounds, was again agreed upon by big dealers. Advertise with Tfc/ Plaindeal^V* Pontiac Princeton Crystal Mazon Aurora .. Kankakee McHenry reW. . I • ' . . • • • • • . . « • • . »-* M » , , j ... 2.66 2.66 166 2.66 2.66 2.66 2.66 2.61 2.58 2.53 2JS2 2.62 2.44 2.40 2J39 2£3 by the hostess at the close of the games added greatly to the pleasures of the occasion. Spring opening, March If. Blake Sisters, West McHenry. figures not $2,729,957. The above that our is an abundance trict. To illustrate some of the possibilities, if McHenry's community high school tax had been as high as Crystal Lake's, that is $1.30 per hundred instead of $ .64, there, would have been a balance of over $17,000 in the treas- 2.23 j ury at the end of this year. And if 2.12 j the same rate were maintained for price is $2.35 prices paid for condensed milk indicate. Government reports show that the average price paid producers for milk to manufacture for the month at January was $2.13, while the average price paid producers supplying city markets was $3.25, indicating plainly that milk is worth more for the fluid markets than it is to manufacture. On account of the transportation probdetermining the value of milk for the city markets. Why didn't Borden's and Bowman's locate some of their on which great stress is laid is that of quarantine insurance. In the February issue of the Milk News the cost of the quarantine insurance is given as | plants in the outlying sections of this $700 for every million dollars worth district if the marketing facilities of business. According to these fig- j were as good as they are in the nearures the cost is only 1-14 of one per - by territory? If the marketing comonjy show]cent- The milk producers paying a^pany is to endure, it must cancel the tax rate is low, but that there I spread of ten per cent for the pur- j contracts of its members who do not jndance of wealth in the dis- j of obtaining quarantine insur-; normally supply the Chicago market. ance is paying 140 times the actual j There are a few exceptions, such as cost of his insurance. In addition to j Algonquin, Union, Chemung, St this he must own a $50 share of stock i Charles and possibly a few others, who in the company. j by reason of their nearness to Chi- One of the essentials in the organ-(cago are entitled to Chicago prices, ization of a co-operative marketing» I have tried in the foregoing paraconcern is that the marketing facil-1 graphs to present some of the reasons ities of its members be equal. The i why the marketing company is not 1.98 j the next ten years and our school ex or„ga nization should embrace in its j universally supported. I have refrained 1J95 j penses were to remain about the same I membership only those normally fur-; from personalities, satisfied that noth- 1.74 i this would amount to the sum of jnishing the same local or community j ing is gained by such tactics. The The school boards by law are per- j $170,000.00, a sum more than ample markets. In the present instance t}ie champions of the marketing company mitted to fix a tax rate of $4.00 per i to build a high school building modern hundred without a vote of the people, in every respect but by a favorable vote of the people the rate may be made "as high as $5.33 1-3 per hundred. The total assessed valuation of the cbmnuinity high sehool district is Since Crystal Lake is rather low in the list with repect to. her rate of taxation, the illustration shows that McHenry can have anything she, wishes in the way of good schools. marketing company has gone beyond | will advance their cause better by conthe territory normally supplying the fining themselves to a discussion of the Chicago market and taken into the, questibn at issue instead of applying fold a large district where milk is; epithets to those who may disagree nearly all used for condensing pur- with them and who have the courage poses. This district is a liability tojof their convictions. the marketing company as praaent' ^ Tfcos. A. PtaiW arxI Specification* Are Noir In Hands of Engineering Coramitte*-- Work to Start Very Soon Our readers will, no doubt, he plaased to learn that the a^d specifications for the work at the ^ in Fox river, a short distance sooth of McHenry, have been completed by the engineers and same are now in ft" hands of the engineer committee. The engineer committee, in turn, is now receiving and considering bids on this work and it is the hope of the directors of the Fox River Valley Deep Waterway association to be able to have the contract for this work plaettl within a week and the work at the dam completed at a very early thus providing a good, navigable stage of water in Fox river as well as the upper lakes for early spring, «i«jf of course, to maintain same the vear round. The plans of the engineering eiMBr mittee for immediate work do not only include repairing the dam, but »ly« diking some of the very low land as well as cleaning out and deepening a few of the most important channels. This work, it is hoped, will be accomplished within the course of the n»-rt few weeks and which work, of course, will be followed up by additional improvements as rapidly as the of the association will permit. At this time the engineering mittee is also com piling data with reference to the . cost and maintenance expense of weed cutters, channel markers and dredging equipment »»»d it is the hope of that committee to be able to advise the membership at large the complete cost of these various accomplishments in the near future, so that the people of the district, consisting of members and prospective members, will know the estimated approximate total cost of the improvements the association has planned. At the present time there is not quite enough money to cover the cost of the contract work at the dam and the officials have expressed a sincere hope that the people of the district will realise the importance of the work anticipated and thus come in tfith their memberships without being solicited, because- they are sure to appreciate the great benefits they will derive from the contemplated improvements. So far as the village of McHenry ii concerned, the river as well as the West Side committees have not thus far exhibited any activities, while tho Centerville committee is continually sending in memberships and showing good results as a reward for its endeavors, and it is the hope of the Pox River Valley Deep Waterway association officials as well as our people fas general that the other local commits tees will get busy at once. The committees for the upper lakes, such as the Fox Lake district, Marie, Channel and Grass lakes, which includes the towns of Fox Lake ami Antioch, are showing a deep interest in the move and more memberships are coming in from these districts than from the McHenry district McHenry, which is sure to derive big benefits from the contemplated improvements, is not going to stand by without doing her share and The Plaindealer feels certain that the various committees hare will get busy and show the association as well as our summer guests that we appreciate their coming to this community and are willing to lend our financial assistance towards the createment of improvements along our beautiful Fox river that will offer still greater inducements for further growth of our ummer resort colony. Lady Foresters Elect St Clara court W. C. O. F., of this village elected their new officers for the ensuing year at a meeting held at K. of C. hall last evening. Those elected were: Chief ranger, {Catherine Freund; vice chief ranger, Camline Schiessle; recording secretary, Katherine Schneider; financial secre* tary. Emma C. Miller; treasurer, Elisabeth Rothermel; first trustee. Elizabeth Laures; second trustee, Martha M. Rothermel; third trustee, Emma Barbian; senior conductor, Katherine Meyers; junior conductor, Elizabeth Schneider; delegate to convention, Katherine Freund; sdternate, Katherine Schneider. The state convention is to be held at Springfield, June Ml John P. Ekstrom John P. Ekstrom, tenant on the W. E. Whiting farm south of this village, passed away Tuesday night The de- •eased was a victim of the "flu" t e a t . year, the effects of which left his system in a very much weakened condr tion, and he had never been well since The funeral will take place from hi*, late home at one o'clock tomorrow (Friday) afternoon, with interment at Crystal Lake. Obituary next weekf|^ Notice to Liberty Bond Holders All fourth liberty loan bonds taining permanent coupons, which were left with us for conversion prior to Feb. 20, are mom randy to JattiHj. 1 s* i