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- i W ' ^ T * . v « r r r • !4Ai Mm <k; \ SCHOOL NOTB8 af Interest From Oar Institution of Learning 1%M 1980 Illinois ranked fiftem in position among the states of the union in respect to her system of schools; in 1900 she had climbed to thirteenth place and in 1910 to eleventh, but in 1918 fell to twenty-fourth, according to Dr. Ayres of the Russell Sage Foundation. The elementary school have been making good use of the stereopticon. In additioh to the regular class use of tha "600 set" of slides, three sets of colored slides have been secured from the company. These sets were: Pictures of the Great War, the Grandeur of the Rockies and Beautiful Switzerland. We are in receipt of a copy of the Coal City Courant, iij which we are pleased to note that the proposition of voting on a $25,000 bond issue for the j making purpose of building a community hall and gymnasium and a few other rooms as an addition to the 'school building is to be placed before the voters there. It is proposed to build this addition as a memorial to the exservice men. From the write-ups in the paper it looks as tho the proposition would be carried by a large majority. It will be remembered that former Supt. Nye of McHenry is in charge of the Coal City schools. Superintendent's Letter To our Patrons: The scarlet fever scare which broke out anew last week is gradually subsiding. No new cases have been reported this week up to Wednesday evening. The building was refumigated Sunday and the boa&ls have engaged Miss Matilda Roth, a graduate nurse, to inspect the children daily. Plans are to be made for dental inspection in the school. It is probable that within a week or so the work will begin and reports will be made to the parents on the condition of the children's teeth. Registration cards will be sent home with the children next week. These cards should have been used at the beginning of the school year, but at that time we had no printed cards. The information asked for on these cards is needed for our records and in out the various state and FEDERAL ELECTRIC WASHING MACHINES Ever see one work? Its middle name is simplicity. All that is necessary is to put in 9ome soap, run in * tome water, put in ihe clothes and then jiist look on. The : giachine does the T test. $5.09 down puts a Federal in your home ftknce in Monthly Payments icMMwifl pay for tbe electricity wt4 HI 4o<a| a week'* wiihiat Public Service Co. OF NORTHERN ILLINOIS county reports. It is hoped that the parents will fill them ^qut as accurately as possible. , •«. . „ "Yours very truly, , r"--;{Oswell G. Treadway. Freshman Notes ' Girl, do no talk in the hall! - O, where was Anthony Monday morning? - The school house was fumigated on Saturday of last week. Big sale on muldies at Smith Bros. All the sophomore girls are wearing them. Sophomore Notes Frances Peterson has returned to school after entertaining the scarlet fever. Greeta Chamberlin entertained a few friends at her. home on Friday evening. The school has secured the services of a nurse for the remainder of the scarlet fever epidemic. The physiology class thought that they wouldn't have to be examined on Tuesday, but no such luck. j Alice Anderson is absent from I school because her sister started a | new fad. She has the measles. Miss Kenney confessed that she I threw some geometry papers away as la mistake. Those who didn't receive their papers weren't very excited. ! The Girls' Glee club, which was : organized last week, met on Tuesday after school. Forty-seven are enrolled. Mr. Treadway will act as director.* The delicibus sdor of peppermint aroused some suspicion in tlhe sophomore modern history class on Friday. But alas! We discovered it was nothing but medicine for Miss Pryor's tooth-ache. Favorite expressions: Ethel: After awhile. Harriett: Sure. Greeta: Oh, heck! Doris: I'll say so. Alice M.: And-a. , „ Frances: YouVe Floyd F.; Aw shucks! • Bertha: Ya, two times o*|i& Junior Class Does anyone know how Harriet Bobb sprained her wrist? The bookkeeping I class will finish the first part of the course this week Dr. Wells would like to know why all the girls, shut their eyes when they open their mouths. The English III class seem to be fond of their Twelve Centuries of •English Poetry and Prose. The French class have decided that they had better learn their irregular verbs or they are liable to be learning them after school After being present in Wednesday's English III class we can understand why Mr. Treadway advised us to buy dictionaries Christmas It is reported that the nurse even examines the ears of the grade chilli ren. We wonder why she doesn't examine* the ears of,the high school girls. Do junior girls like apples? They surely do, And we think Mr. Treadway . Knows it too. Executor's Notice Alford H. Pouse, Attorney Estate of John Stilling, Deceased. The undersigned having been ap pointed Executor of the last Will and Testament of John Stilling, deceased, late of the County of McHenry and State of Illinois, hereby gives notice that he will appear before the County Court of McHenry County, at the Court House in Woodstock, at the May Term, on the first Monday in May next, at which time all persons having claims against said Estate are notified and requested to attend for the purpose of having the same adjusted, All persons indebted to said estate are requested to make immediate payment to the undersigned. Dated this 1st day of March, A. D. 1921. Joseph Stilling, Executor. Foresters Will Have Team At a meeting of St. Mary's court, C. O. F.. of this village,- held in their hall in the Telephone Exchange building, a baseball team was organized for the coming season with William Schaefer as manager. The Foresters have some good baseball material and considerable enthusiasm was displayed at the meeting by the fellows who expect to become candidates for the team. DEVELOPMENTS ARE STARTLING la Railroad Case Involving Fred Shar* borne at Crystal Lake ! HOME ADVISOR .WRITES fat Interest to Members Home llfireau - DEPARTMENT'FOR 8ALE--The H-J • [Crystal Lake Herald] ] In connection with th$ SherbuMfe. case, upon which v railroad special agents have been working for several days, Sheriff Stewart of Woodstock came to Crystal Lake this (Thursday) Woodstock, 111., F«fc»! Dear Friends of the Home Bureau: This is the first of the letters that we plan to get out from time to time on the new mimeograph that the memmorning and, in company with a rail- v°t*d to put in the office by a roa.i investigator, w^nt to the Silver *ax on themselves. Some units are Lake farm and arrested G. W. Haas shortly before noon on warrants issued under the direction of State's Attorney Lumley. Haas was taken under two warrants, on meeting their share of the expense with a straight tax of forty cents on each member; others are planning socials, bake sales or entertainments. Which unit' will collect this and send one charging him with breaking into il to the home bureau office here? a freight car belonging to the C. A The advisory council met Feb. 7. N. W. railway and the other charging Mrs- P- G McGuire of Hartland townhim with carrying away a quantity of wa? e'ec^e<^ county clothing chairwhisky, the property of the C. A N. man t*ke P'ace Mrs. Bert W. railway. Bottum, who could no longer act. It is said that Haas stoutly pro-' president urged the Home tested his innocence of any connection ®ureau members who could to act as whatsoever with the pilfering of 'oca' 'ea^ers 'n ^e boys' and girls' freight and express cars here and c'ub wor^ since it does so n}uch to inlahns to have had nothing to do with terest our future eitizens in staying any of the thefts. i°n ^arm* Haas, it is understood, was impli-^ Advisor Attends Canning Conference cated in confessions made to railway ^ ^anuary a very instructive meetdetectives by Fred Sherburne, who js 'ng was ^y Home Canners of CLASSIFIED " itage on Mam street. All modern con- FOR SALE--A large comforter, veniences. H. J. SchafTer, West Mc- Ladies' Aid society, McHenry, 111. 38 Henry, HI. ~ ^ FOR SALE--Two good pianos, Shultz FOR SALE--A ten room modern and Aurora. N» F. Colby, West Mc-1 house, together with two lots, barn, Henry, 111. 37 well, fruit trees, shrubbery and flowers. Finest location in McHenry. Possession given anytime after March 1. N. -J. Jus ten, West ' McHenry, 111. 37-Bt FOR SALE--Three good farms well FOR SALE--A quantity of secondhand lumber in good condition. O. B. Oberstadt, West McHenry, 111. 37-2t* FOR SALE~OR RENT--Eighty-two acre farm located on Lake Defiance. Stephen H. Freund, McHenry 111. 35-tf improved, two in Lake county and the cat iT a V T , iother in McHenry county, 300, 320 FOR SALE--A f^ White Leghorn and 120 acres respectively. Inquire 5*^' *2Z ^ of C- W- Stenger *t the West Mc- Westphal, McHenry, 111. Phone 616- Henry State Bank of West McHenry. ^l2- . 38-lt* | Illinois. i7 America in Chicago. Many new discoveries were brought out, which will be of interest to women who can. A list of "the best varieties of vegetables to can" will be given those who want to plant right. Send into the officeTi being held by State's Attorney Lumley pending further developments. Haas was takeh to Woodstock by Sheriff Stewart and, it is understood, was making arrangements to be released on bail. Developments In Sherburne Case office~Tor a copy or arrange for a can That the pilfering of freight and nin* and gardening meeting. express cars, in which Fred E. Sher- 1 Clothing Specialist Coming burne is involved, as published in the Another series of group meetings Herald last week, was on a much more March 29, 30 and 31 at extensive scale than at first realized Huntley, McHenry and Harvard. At each meeting a school will oe given in the morning on testing textiles or a now seems to be practically established., Thursday, Feb. 10, Sherburne plead guilty before Justice Buehler to taking a piece of pork loin valued at $3 from a refrigerator'car here and was fined $3 and costs. In conhection with comparison of the commercial patterns on the market. At noon there will be a picnic lunch followed by a lecture on some clothing subject. Those who attended the clothing the case Sherburne made a confession school in 1919 will need no urging to in which he admitted taking meat come to these meetings. More definfrom time to time, the estimated value announcement will come later, of which was placed at $235, which I Community Short Course amount he paid to the Chicago ft ! Try to attend the short course that North Wpstern Railv^y company. i is to be given in the Woodstock opera Miss Emily Weber of Elgin spent the week end in the home of her father, Mathias Weber. George Heimer of Chicago was a week end guest in the home of his Unother, Mrs. Helena Heimer. OUR SPRING LINE is just about complete. For the young man here's a most remarkable opportunity. These beautiful suits are tailored superbly--the models the very newest and smartest. At the new low priced level they are extreme values. $3500 OTHERS AT- $37.50--$40.00--$42.50 Our greatest pride and satisfaction lies in our ability to provide the right clothes for our patrons. Right from every stand point upon which clothes are judged, are they in the matter of quality, price-fairness, style and needs. ee & Cdnwsy McHenry, Illinois For thy past several days five or six -^peciaj ^agents from the railway company afra the American Express company have been in Crystal Lake working on the case, and, while railway officials are most reticent about giving house March 4 and 5. It will be moving pictures, lectures and demonstrations on farm and home subjects. . Mary B. Dalbey, Advisor. Mrs. E. E. Cropley, who has been nursing at the C. Unti home here, has out any information as yet, it has be- returned to her home at Solon Mills, come known that the pilfering of j Mrs c c Westfan of Chicago is freight and express cars as well as , spading a few days in the home of meat cars has been going on for some y,er parents, ' Mr. and Mrs. Simon time and that goods valued at many g^ff^l. times the amount paid over to the ( Mrs Fred Holmes of Lake Hamilcompany by Sherburne have been Fla., passed a day last week as a stolen during the past few months. , gUest in the ho^e of Mr. and Mrs. E. It is said that Sherburne made fur- g Bassett. ther confessions the latter part of the . antj Mrs. Clarence Baron of week to having taken merchandise valued at many hundreds of dollars Inquire at Sayer's stock farm No. 1. j,EXCHANGED Roy Vogel, Lake For- Phone 609-M-2. 88-3t* , ,ne 617' Reverse charges. Today s bargain, Franklin 6 cylinder each. Henry Ahrens^ West McHenry, j job costs $3850. 111. Phone 53-J. 38-2t! WANTED--Five hundred rabbits,; air cooled, 4 door sedan in perfect confour and ten weeks old. Will pay 25cjdition. Like new. Only $850. New 29-10t pnn caii? u 7 • • 1 FOR SALE--160-acre farm situated FOR SALE House and two acres jat Cecil, Wis., new buildings, barn 30 or more of ground. All kinds of|x80, 6 room house, garage and all fruit. Reasonable price and terms. .other improvements. Also 173 acres L. F. Pouse, West McHenry, 111. 34 ^ without buildings. Would consider FOR SALE--Dean flying shuttle car- trade for good property near McHenpet or rug loom. Is as good as new. !,-y- N. F. Colby, West McHenry, 111. Has «]] attachments. N B. Kimball. BABY CHICKS--White or brown Lag. ,treet' l-bertyv,He, III. S^tJ hor„8 per I00. FOR SALE--Ten or twenty acre plat | $18.00 per 100; White Rocks, Reds, W. of land one-half mile from McHenry.! Wyandottes, B. Orphingtons, $20.00 Best ground in state for truck farm- per 100. Parcel post paid from the ing. N. F. Colby, West McHenry, 111. J big hatchery of 600,000 chicks for FOR »RTE?NxrrT -240 acre ft arm w.i.t.h go~ od, !, 1 921. Catalog free. Farrow-Hirsh C() f Peori ni. 33 buildings, black soil; over 200 acres of ' • ---- farm land; 40 acres fall broke. For J . „ . , particulars address Geary ft Jtfelberg, p.,. owi ' "TY"18* . , „ Grayslake, III. ' ^ | Pmnds and neiEhbors tendered Mr. and Mrs. Math. Jung a surprise at AGENTS WANTED--"Tire Corker" 1their home near Solon Mills on Thursmakes tires puncture proof. Seals in- day of last week, Feb. 24, the occasion stantly. Demonstrate by driving nails ' being the former's name's day. in tires. Fortune for live wire. Chi-1 Games, music and refreshments furcago Motors, 336 W. 47th St., Chica- J "ished a most pleasant evening for go.' ', 38-lt* I 'hose in attendance. Those who made 1 up the happy gathering were Messrs, FOR S A LE--BarTed Ply mouth Rock cockerels. E. B." Thompson strain, heavy boned and good barring. Price, $3.00 each. Peter M, Freund, McHenry, 111. Route 2. Phone 630- M-2. 38 and Mesdames Nick Justen, Math. Schaid, Jos. Stilling^ Will Staines, Steve Engels, Jos. P. Miller, Ed. Justen and Miss Helen May. Plaindealer ads bring resttltt ALFORD H. POUSE A tterney-at- Law fWjjft :: -West MeHenry^ lit. Telephone No. 10&-K v / SIMON STOKFEK ' IHiuurance agent fur all classes of property in the b«tt companies WEST MCHENKY. ILLINOIS* Hebron passed Sunday as guests in ! the home of the former's parents, Mr. and that he implicated several others and Mrs Harvey Baron. in the pilfering of freight and express, j Misses Zenith Ellis, Frances Boland A list pf the articles taken, it is in- antj Kathryn Dignan of Chicago were timated, would resemble a gtail order catalogue and includes groceries, shoes, . dress goods, canned goods, ladies' waists, butter,* umbrella, rugs, sacks of sugar, bolts of gingham--in fact almost anything one could think of being shipped by freight or express. Five cases of whisky, consigned to a McHenry druggist, were also among the missing articles. A part of the booze has been recovered. A number of articles were recovered Tuesday by special agents working on the case from the home of Sherburne's father-in-law, F. Hertel, with whom Mr. and Mrs. Sherburne made their home until a few weeks ago. Among the lot were a traveling bag, an Oliver typewriter, a carton of butter, an ice box, a man's, fur-lined coat and other articles. It is said that Mr. Herte} is in no way implicated, as Sherburne told him a plausible story of how he had secured the various articles. Aside from the merchandise which had been taken from the freight and express cars, it now appears that a clever scheme of misappropriating express collections was also worked out and that a considerable shortage was located in this department. In addition to freight and express shortage, numerous packages of merchandise shipped by parcel post aresaid to have been taken. It is said that the total value of merchandise stolen will run into many hundreds of dollars and tliat the $235 Sherburne paid/ the C. & N. W. railroad to cover shortages brought to light in his first confession is but a drop in the bucket. It is also said that when the investigation is corrtpleted the public will be astounded at the scope of the operations and that several others may be involved. Many of our citizens have wondercti why no arrests have been made as yet in connection with the case. This can be accounted for by the fact that/tft^ investigation has not yet been' completed and that railw^y^officials are' still at work checkirfg up shipments over a period of many months. New developments and angles to the case are being brought ,to light daily. No explanation has been given out as yet as to how Sherburne so ^successfully covered up his acts. But it is understood that he was employed for some years in the Chicago offices of the C. ft N. W. in the auditing department and, aided by the experience thus gained, evolved clever plans for marking up shortages on waybills and destroying records, of shipments. Crystal Lake being a junction point made it easier to appropriate parts of freight and express shipments transferred here and mark up shortages on the freight bills. Ladies, don't forget the spring opening next week Saturday, March 12. 1921. Blake SisMl*. week end guests in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Doherty south of town. Mr. and Mrs. Edward Dunn of Lake Geneva, Wis., passed Sunday a#guests in the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. D. A. Whiting, northwest of this village. v PHILIP JAEGER QENERAL COHMISSIUN MERCHANT SPECIAL. ATTENTION GIVEN TO THE 8Al*E OF Dressed Beef, nu$on, hogs, VmI, Poultry, Hides, Etc., Butter and Bffs This is the oldest Muttse on the street Tags and price lists furnished too application. COLD STOKAUK FREE Stall 1 A i, Pvllu St CHICAGO. ILLINOIS. Wbol««ala Market L_Z CDUICK capacity lor hard work is strikingly combined wkk fraceful body lines and fine appointments in^the new Buick Nineteen Twenty One cars. Because of its roomy capacity the new Buick Seven Passenger Open Car is the choice of business men and their families 0 Authorized Buick Service everywheie reinforces Buick reliability FOR SALE BY ^ %tr OVERTON & COWEN WEST McHENRY, ILL. •im** BETTER.AUTOMOBILES ARE BUILT, BUICK WILL BUILD TIIEM