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JL _JT1 IT OLD rURTLE HOmfTAIH AS DESCRIBED BY FORMER M«- HENRY RESIDENT Mm. S. J. Harrison, Wife of Former * Pastor, Writes Very Interestingly «f Far Away China Nanking, China, March 28, 1921. . Mr. Frank Schreiner, McHenry, 111. . * Dear Mr. Schreiner--Your interesting publication, the McHenry Plain- ' dealer, serves many purposes. Not the least of these is to carry the news of McHenry people ten thousand miles to friends who are interested in Mc- Henry's welfare. We always look forward to the arrival of boats carrying mail from America with the confidence that we shall hear from McHenry fiiends thru the Plaindealer and we are never disappointed. middle of March I mean it been having regular United us jn our long climb. We left the house at eight a. m. with a few misgivings. Part of the time it looked very much like rain, then again like a nice day. The sun played hide and seek behind the clouds. But thank goodness it wasn't hot. When I say hot weather in the We have States June or July weather thru part of February and March. We looked up at "old Purple," the weather bureau, and decided it looked a trifle doubtful. You see if there is a heavy mist hanging over her peak we expect rain; if the peak is clear and bright, then we expect fine weather. But at eight o'clock Monday morning she was neither clear nor misty. But we jumped into our "rickshaws," man drawn vehicles, in which we were to ride to the foot of Purple, and started off. king. Nanking is quite a city, but one has tb get away from it to appreciate the fact. It is very long, but not so very wide. She has many beautiful spots and also some ugly ones. Our next climb was the long, hard one. In passing from the second to the third peak, we walked thru a sort of valley between them and from there could look down on three of the prettiest little tea houses nestling among the hills. We were sorry to have missed them on the way up. We had decided by this time that the day was ideal for the climb. The sun was not hot, as there wks a refreshing breeze, and much of the time clouds separated us from the sun. But nevertheless we thought that we noticed something wrong with our eating apparatus. We couldn't blame it on the hot day, because it wasn't hot. Decided that we had better make the next peak in a hurry. So we walked McHENRY COUNTY (CHAMPIONS, THE FAMOUS HEBRON RASCALS BASKET BALL TEAM Thru the courtesy of the Hebron, which came to a close with the Wood- tional work assisted greatly in bring- Tribune we are this week able to pre- J stock series, will, no doubt, be pleased ing about the championship. Reading sent to our readers the above half-tone! at the opportunity of looking over from left to right the young men in cut of the famous Hebron Rascals' their favorites. McHenry's interest the picture are Richter, Ackmann, basket ball team, winners of the cham* in the team is occasioned by the fact Miller. Center, Rotnour, manager, pionship of McHenry county. Scores that two of our young men, Henry J. Lower, Adams and Justen. of local basket ball fans, who have fol- : Miller and Frank Justen, are members j lowed the team thru the season, of the quintet and thru their excep-: We shall be glad to write you from had the opportunity of seeing China at time to time and tell you of our whereabouts. There are, no doubt, many interesting things that your readers would be glad to hear about this ancient and interesting land. Mrs. Harrison has just written an article home, reporting a trip which we have made, and it occurred to us that you might be interested in having a copy. Please express our good wishes to the many friends at McHenry and tell them that we shall be glad to hear from them as often as they care to \jrrite. Our. address all this year will feeas above. Cordially yours, Rev. and Mrs. S. J. Harrison. I A Trip Up Old Purple Mountain 1 Friday, March 18, our Easter or spring vacation began and right then we began to plan when we would climb old "Purple." By way of explanation, breakfast. That is, "Coolie" China. They were standing out in front of their houses, on the street, with & couple of bowls in their hands literally shoveliag in the food with their chop sticks and gazing at the "queer foreigner s" passing by. Of course they think we are queer. We dress queer, we talk queer, we do queer things and our country has only a little over 100 years behind it, while China has 4000 years behind her, to prove that they are ri^ht. When we got quite near the city gate we came upon a bunch of soldiers marching. The largest Chinese company I have yet seen. Upon approaching the gate and just outside of it, we met streams of people carrying bundles of stalks used as fire wood and hordes of donkeys carrying stalks and leaves, with some here We found a sheltered nook in behind some rocks, where neither sun nor wind could come upon us, and then proceeded to a very important business, that of eating. Chicken sandviches, egg sandwiches, potato salad, olives, cookies by the scores, oranges, hot coffee and last, but not least, our pumaloe, which had tried the second i time to take a slide down the mountain side. Did you ever go on a trip that took up a great deal of your energy? Then you know how we went after that lunch. After eating up the eats, we took our little "rook" deck and the three of us sat on the top of Purple mountain and played three games of rook. We played with "dummy" as fourth 'man and he played Sam false. The place in which we ate our lunch looked down upon the most beautiful view. Hills undulated before us like a foreign one than I have seen here. Some of the graves were surrounded by a h^ick wall and a large tofnb stone decorated the interior. - The old temple was very amusing with its gods ai> fire, hate, love, hell and heaven. And here lived the old priest who keeps up the temple. There was p tea house in connection with the tempi e, where we stopped and had tea ar..i ate the remainder of our lunch. Tho priest came and talked with us. Ho was a well educated man and we could understand much of what he said and were able to carry on a conversation with him in Chinese after two months of language study. We felt quite proud that we could understand and be understood. But it is much easier to talk to one who speaks pure Mandarin than to the poorer class. k Having talked with ttfe j>riest we turned our weary feet toward Spirit valley, one of the prettiest, if not the prettiest, places around Nanking. We went down the last slope and found at its foot Spirit valley. There are three or four temples there, both Confucius and Budhist. The valley itself is wonderful. Trees in profusion, flowers, little spring streams from the:' moutains, flowering fruit trees, brick walks, pretty little •»ridges, a regular flower garden with vhe old temple making it picturesque mil ancient. Drifc^of. the temples had twenty-nine Hois in it. This is one of rhe best kept up temples in and around Nanking. Many of the temples and :dols here are failing in ruins, but this Lemple at Spirit valley is well pree » ved and t!ie idols were getting a fresh coat of paint when we were here. Even the gods paint. Upon leaving Spirit valley we had .uiout three miles to walk before arriving at the city gate. (Not the iime gate t'-om which we started). !t was nu'.v after five o'clock and we .vere rather tired. The last lap of the lourney was tho hardest, altho we had tone paved roads to' walk on. We iiassed several small villages, complete in themselves with theirMittle hops. Pas ed many ' small farms *vith their little patches. Also passed a few shrines and temples, but lid not stop to investigate. The three rhiles were passed at last and we came -.vithin sight of the city wall. What is that we see coming out from the city? Three rickshaws. They saw us coming and ran to meet us and I, for one, dropped into the rick without any comments. But Abbie was determined to walk £hru the city gate, so her rickshaw man idly followed her, speculating on how funny foreigners were. . 1 We arrived home in tim® for seven o'clock jdinner and did we eat! There was nothing left, not even crumbs to throw to the dogs. A hot bath and bed and sleep, sleep, sleep. QUARTER OF CENTURY Items Clipped From The Plaindealer of Twenty-five Years Ago Annual Statement of Village Clerk The annual statement of village funds received by the village clerk of the village of McHenry, McHenry county, Illinois, for the year beginning May 1, 1920, and ending April 30, 1921: Received for water taps..... .$270.00 Received for licenses issued...' 106.00 Received for miscellaneous 136.00 S Total .....$611.00 Paid over to the village treaa. .$611.00 I hereby certify that the foregoing report to be correct according to the best of my knowledge and belief. Wm. G. Schreiner, Village Clerk. Subscribed and worn to before me this second day of May, 1921. Gerald J. Carey, Notary Public. A series of four public concerts by the Marengo band has been arranged for by the mayor and business men of that city. The concerts will take place semi-monthly during May and June. s BeeeeUrV Notice of Fittac Fhvt Settlement Alford H. Pouse, Attorney State of Illinois,) "r . McHenry County,)sa» i Estate of Ellen To All Whom It May Concern: You are hereby notified that on Monday, the 6th day of June, 1921, Ir as the Executor of the last Will and Testament of said deceased, will present to the County Court of McHenry County, at the Court House in Woodstock, Illinois, my final report of my acts and doings as such Executor, and ask,the Court to be discharged from any and all further duties and responsibilities connected with said Estate and my administration thereof, at which time and place you may be present and resist such application, if you choose so to do. 47-2t Wm. J. Welch, Executor. Eat more butter--use the "Producer's Brand" if you want the best. Get it at Erickson's store. EASY WORK BIG PAY!« CHASE GUARANTEED TREKB are being planted by everyone desiring satisfactory results. Over it million dollars' worth of Fruit Tree% Small Shrubs and Ornamental Stotifc. were sold by our agents for thj* spring's delivery and present indications point to a heavier demand f0r our products all thru this year. Wo need at once the services of a man to represent us in your county. Liberal commissions paid and com* plete outfit furnished. An excellent opportunity is offered to a hustler for unlimited possibilities in earning money. Write for full particulars of the work and why Chase agents at* successful. Ask yon banker about our responsibility/ CHASE BROTHERS COMPANY The Rochester Nurseries Rochester, :: New York and there carrying wood. Many of J rain waving in the breeze. Little vil- 4t-hUeA pnenonpnllen nwtneMr/%e c/ ian rrying iinn bknadslk/eaftsc oAf# tnsvSkci MAuflft / l VkAVA t lVAfoptflfl Purple mountain is one of the highest; garden truck to sell on the streets of nountains around Nanking and is just! Nanking, for you see we were getabout five miles out of town. I should say five miles from where we live. It is really only three miles out of town. It is a very beautiful mountain, getting its name from the fact that it is usually purple. But there are times when it is grey or green or golden or rose hued, but most of the time a ting out in the country when we passed thru the city gate. The people and donkeys were no numerous that we had to wait until many of them passed before we could go on. Crowded thorofare of China. We left our rickshaw men near the foot of the mountain and began our vivid purple. From whatever angW! climb. We walked only about 100 the sun strikes it, the colors are given [yards before we began on the upgrade, off. Of coilrse we wanted a fine day, but not too hot. So squinting our eyes up at old "Sol" and glancing at his feathery clouds swimming about his head in billowy mists we decided this weather cannot last always so had better plan our trip soon. We did. Saturday is a busy day, so it was exempt. Sunday is Sunday, so it was exempt, but Monday, "blue Monday," as it has been rightfully termed, was the day for the trip. Who should make up our crowd? There were to There are about seven peaks to Pur pie mountain. On the first peak there is a mammoth tomb stone, about 10 feet square at its base, and about 25 feet high. Not being able to read all of the Chinese characters on the stone, we were unable to learn who had climbed up there to be buried So far we have learned to write but twenty characters and as there were about three thousand on the tomb stone, it was impossible. We had a little breath left when we arrived at be five of us, but two dropped out, so j the first peak, but so far had come the three of us, Miss Probasco, who j acrogs no rocks. The mountain side shall in this description be known as j was carp«ted with violets and wild "Abbie,' since that is her name, Mr. i jjjac bush, which were very pretty. Harrison, who is known to you aB jjaif vvay up we shed our sweaters Sam, and I, who bears the "evergreen" J an(j fastgned them in our straps on name of Myrtle, were the ones left to; our backs. While doing this the pum make the climb. 'aloe jumped out of my hand and sped TOie eats, a vei y necessary thing on J or ieas^ began to speed, down the sveh a trip, were prepared by the \ the mountain. Abbie was cook, with a few hints droppe# by us 1 few feet below me and made a frantic as to what we desired: We stopped j grasp at it as it sped by. She was at the "Compradores," a foreign food j luckyi she caught it> but nearly lost atore, on our way and bought a bottle i her baiance. But all was well, we had of honest to goodness American olives I our pumaloe and proceeded upwards and a "pumaloe, a Chinese fruit that . qj course we rested a number resembles our foreign grape fruits, bat which tastes very much better. 1 mention this pumaloe because it was so unhandy to carry and because of its lUUrrow escape later. of times, but at last reached the top and sat at the foot of the tomb stone and rested our weary bones. The next peak was covered with rock, but very littlej^higher than the If you could have only seen us as first pe^k. We climbed up to it and Wf left the house. Sam carried his discovered that at one time it had been portfolio strapped on his back filled used as a barricade. Much of the rock with lunch. Also a thermos bottle of 1 was in its natural formation but also hot coffee was likewise strapped on. j much of it had been loosened and built^ Abbie carried a can strapped to her back and I also had a thermos bottle Wed with cold water strapped across my shoulders. We girl wore bloomers Mid middies, with no skirts to bother Passing thru the narrow streets we 4N up in a little wall with cannon holes dotting it here and there. From this peak we had the best view of Nanand climbed and rested in between times, until we came to a little valley between the third and fourth pe4ks. lages nestled here and there, protected by their big brothers, the hills. Green patches, donating the energetic farmers' busy hand, dotted the landscape. And way off thru the trees and small ivulets wound a railroad, the same one on which we go to Shanghai. A freight train was pulling up the ;rade, puffing and snorting as she ame to the small hills over which she must run. The larger hills have tunnels cut thru for the trains, but the mall hills stand there and defy each train to ride over them. The track winds here and there, trying to avoid the hill tops, winding thru the valleys whenever possible, and making a beautiful view from the top of Purple mountain. Then we visited a cave. We thought perhaps there might be inhabitants, so proceeded carefully But if there we^e any animals making that their home, they were visiting on the day we called. It was about ten feet wide and very high. The mountain had split at the bottom, appar-! cntly, and had made this big space, The two parts came together at the top, making a peaked roof. It was the first cave I was ever in, so felt quite elated over the fact. Over the rocks we wound round and round, higher and higher, until we came to the very highest peak. It was fun climbing over the cliffs and feeling that you were up out of civilization, up there very high, very near our Maker, for so it seemed. Here we met some Japanese off of one of their gun boats laying in harbor at Nanking. They wanted to take our pictures. If you ever see the belated pictures of three Americans climbing Purple mountain and the said Americans look tough and somewhat wind blown, you will know that it is us. We climbted the seven different peaks and then decided that it was time to go home, as the clouds were getting darker and looked as tho we might get caught in a rain storm. From the seventh peak we went down the slope towards the south. About half way down, perched on a level .place, was an old temple and grave yard. H»o grave yard was more like May 13, 1896 The board of education has engaged John R. Brents as janitor for another year. C. E. Lamphere has fitted up neat and tasty ice cream parlors in the Kelter block. Murphy & Phillips have opened an ice cream parlor and lunch room in the Howe block. Died--At her home near Long Lake, Lake county, on Friday last, Mrs. Gra ham, aged sixty-eight years. J. C. Parks and family of Chicago have taken possession of the R. Waite house, where they will reside for the next year. Janitor Brents, of the public school, gave the scholars in the primary department a picnic in Owens' grove on Saturday last. Died--On Thursday, May 7, 1896, Lola Alice, daughter of Charles L. and Mabel Dates. Funeral was held Saturday from the Universalist church. Among the bequests left by the late Mrs. Mary H. Colyer was one of $500 to the Woodland cemetery association and one of $100 to the public school library in this village. Cal Curtis has accepted a position in a paint shop at Woodstock and commenced his duties on Monday, fie ha.Sr also taken a position in the new band being organized there. The mail train, which passes this station at 7:14 a. m., was delayed two hours here on Saturday morning by a break down. They were obliged to send to Turner Junction for another engine and did not get away from here until 9:20. Cobbling Pricea Reduced I wish to introduce a reduction in my prices for cobbling shoes, as follows: Men's half soles, $1.65; women's half soles, $1.25. Am making these reductions first because of the drop in leather and secondly be cause of my location from the business section of the village. Wirth Woodburn, Wejst MdHenry, 111. Two doors west of Zion l^utberan church on John street. Help boost that' building fund by boosting the coming carnival sponsored by the do^gh boys of the McHenry post of the American Legion. ALFORD H. POU§E Attaraey-at-Law Pbow 26 West McHenry. Ill, Telephone No. 1M-R SIMON STOFFEI Insurance agent for all classea of property in the boat companion W«8T MeHKNBT, • ILLINOIS McHENRY ON Monday, May 16th We will start doing business as cash buyers of Poultry and Eggs. We will be located in the OLD BAKERY BUILDING ON El.M STREET Bring in your produce and receive catfh for same. Come in and get acquainted N. F. Steilen, Prop Telephone 111-R TO OUR CUSTOMERS 0 You perhaps do not realize how much we appreciate the business you have given us. It is the business we have had from you and from other customers that has made our store a success and we want to take this opportunity to thank you. And right at this time we want to make an announcement of which we are sura you will approve. ' We are going to put our store on a cash basis, selling goods for cash only and treating everyone alike in the matter. There will be no favor shown, no chance for some people to get credit because they have more money in the bank. It is going to be a case of everybody treated alike at our store, and no ooe compelled to help pay for the goods sold to someone else who fails to pay the bill. This will enable us to buy to a better advantage. We shall be able to give you some attractive prices we could not give before. A As to accounts now outstanding, we are going to make a call on everyone as soon ai, possible and arrange a settlement. Somehow or other, everybody we owe seems to expect us to settle right up promptly. We have come to the conclusion that what other folks can do with us, we ought to do with everybody. Buying for cash always means more economical buying and the nearer a community gets to a cash basis, the better times it sees. We are counting on you to help us put our plans through Successfully. We kqpw that you for one will favor our modern way. / Yours very truly, ,,»• r I# \ Roy Hankermeyet* ROY'S CASH GROCERY We were well pleased with the response of last week's ad and we know the pedple we served were pleased with the goods. Don't fail to take advantage of the following items this week: Sawyer's Fresh Soda Crackers, 2 lbs.2Sc Santa Clara Plums, per lb-- 15c Good Luck Oleomargarine, per lb...24c Fancy Corn, Pea* and Wax Beans, 3 cans for 5#c Quaker Puffed Wheat, per pkg..... .lie Sugar with order, 5 lbs. fOt.'.T. Navy Beans, per lb . Bulk Cocoanut, per lb... ^ Fresh Salted Peanuts, per lb.--. Corn Flakes, large size pkg. -- Fancy Head Rice, per lb., i-- Baker's Chocolate, Vi lb. pkg..p. J5c le 30c 21c 20c . 8c 2Cc Each and every child making a purchase at "this store Friday will receive a gift. -GOULD'S UNION MARKET SPECIALS FOR FRIDAY & SATURDAY All meats guaranteed fresh and No. 1 Government inspected Fresh Hamburger, per lb.. Bologna Sausage, per lb. Frankfurters, per lb, Lean Bacon, per lb .. 21c Kerber's Lard, per lb. __lie Plate Boiling Beef, per il*.-,-. lie - Pot Roast, per lb.._ 18c Corned Beef, per lb. _.15c California Hams, per lb. lie A token of appreciation wi|l be given to every customer on Saturday. Be sure and get one. Phone 39 far your Groceries, Meats, Fresh Fruits and Vegetafiles at the lowest Cash Prices Pork Loin Roast Pork Shoulder Roast, per lb- Navel Oranges, per doz. ... ... 15c -- 15c 1.18c ..22c ...18c --18c £A- •' ' •