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|rs. W» a McHenryHPUr Tuesday. Helen, were Elgin*' visitors Wednesday. Thos. H. Murray, until last nty, for arv.rd, the comprising Telephone No. 108-R. SIMON STOFFEL '* •Cant for all classes of the best companies ALFORD Attereey-at-LaW property WEST McHENBY, ILLINOIS ^,7 Waal McHenry, OL Ballot COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL JIHslrict Mo. 156 i-JH' HficnoN. apmi 8. tm n, ; Mwfcor t«?8w*e Ikaa^^ Mat la Monday Eredbf •>'; Council Room, April 3, IMS. The village trustees met in regular sessiort with Pres. Stoffel presiding. Trustees present: Doherty, Eriek- 1 son, Knox, Kranae, Overton and Watties. The minutes of the last regular meeting were read and approved. The following bills were read and approved by the finance committee: Walter Donavin, lead 6.10 Standard Oil Co., gasoline.... 25.6S John Walsh, marshal service.. 126.00 W. G. Schreiner, telephone^ dray age and postage MM Public Service Co., supplies.. 1.14 H. C. Ramholz, supplies & lbr' 2.84 F. Ci. Schreiner, printing 4.50 A.' H. Pouse, attorney service 100.00 Geo. Meyers, lbr with team.. 8.00 M. J. Freund, lbr with team. . 12.60 J. W. Bonslett, Supt of ww... 100.00 M. A. Thelen, lbr with team.. 148.50 Public Service Co., Hght for \i* >v V ft, " /.%• T ,, •-> be «*U Ajprfl l aaden mitil die momif Is collected for taxes. Motion carried. Motion by Kaox, seconded by Erickson, that the clerk be instructed to write to different oil companies for prices on 10,000 gals, of road oil. Motion carried. Motion by Krause, seconded by Knox, that the dark be instructed to write to the Western United Gas company to extend the gas mains to«city limits on Waukegan road. Motion carried. Motion by Krause, seconded by Overton, that the resolution be passed as read by our village attorney. Motion carried. The village board appointed the following m$n to act as judges and clerks of the village election to be held April 18, 1922: Judges--A. M. Brown, John McEvoy, Chas. B. Harm sen. Clerks-- Richard Cronin, Earl Gorman and Ray P. Conway. Motion by Kaox, seconded by Doherty, that the annual election be held Mo- •n < f -it* ,fY, • i « 4 ^ " r v tJ JOSEPH W. FREUND * JOHN P. WEBER - S? wW A* f.A f 1 5 • * • W. V-,' u'W ? ' y y-f iM band stand 3.77, Motion by Krause, seconded by!*™"* evening, April 28, 1922 Knox, that the order for oil of thejt,on carned- • Standard Oil company be rejected, I Motion by Krause, seconded by Ayes--Doherty, Knox, Krause ar.d j Erickson, th%t the superintendeiKt of Overtpn. Nayes--Erickson and Wat-1 waterworks and the marshal be inties. Motion carried. ' . Motion by Overton, seconded by Doherty, that the minutes be accepted as read; Motion carried. rz&; /V-.f ' t hereby certify that the above is ft true specimen of the official ballot to be voted in Community High School District Number 156, McHenry County, tllincris, on the 8th day of April, 1922. -%V ff#%S *^i »*• ^ L1.-- I • 'v 1 t %^V" Motion by Knox, seconded by Overton, that the treasurer's, collector's and clerk's reports be accepted as read. Motion carried. Motion by Erickson, seconded by Doherty, that the bills be accepted as O. K.'d by the finance committee. Motion carried. strueted to take stock on fire department and report to the waterworks committee. Motion carried. Motion by, Erickson, seconded by Overton, to adjourn. Motion carried. Simon Stoffel, Prw. W. Ct- Schreiner, Clerk. Te the Vetera of McHenry Canty As my work has kept me too busy to have a personal interview with every voter, I take this means to ask fee your vote and support for the office of sheriff of MeHebry county at Ike primary to be held on Tuesday, April 11, 1922. During my last term as sheriff the following report was published in the Institution Quarterly, which is the official paper of the Public Charity Service of Illinois: "The insafle man who was in the jail on the day of inspection was being treated by the sheriff (Mr. Wandrack) as a sick man in need of care and not as a dangerous criminal. The jail was clean and in good order. The appearance and statements of the prisoners and the manner in which the insane man was being taken care of indicated an unusually kindly and humanitarian policy on the part of the sheriff toward his prisoners." If re-elected I promise to again conduct the office in the same kindly and efficient way, to give good service to all the peeple and to see that the many and varied duties of the sheriff's office, which requires an experienced person to conduct, are ably and carefully done. Charles Wandrack. Reasons For Voting For Graham In the Primaries aad Election Thomas E. Graham, Democratic candidate for state representative foe the general assembly, was born in Lake county, where he has continuously resided up to the present time. A product of the farm, he continues his occupation as a farmer and is also engaged in the , real estate business and a heavy tax payer. He served for fourteen yfean on the county board, of which body he was chairman for two years. For three years he served as a member of the board of review, serving as its chairman the last year. Mr. Graham was first elected to the state legislature in 1912 servinj: itaee times re-elected |pjj|>|jff|jp As a •yWtts m all. of the legislature ha stood for Democratic principles and was a power in the policy of his party in state affairs. His record was without a blemish and his friends state unhesitatingly that he voted at all times for the best interests of the electorate of Lake, Boone and McHenry counties. He now stands for legislation which will bring about reduced taxes, by avoiding reform legislation for fads and standing for laws which will work for the best interest of the people. As one of the champions of the good roads bill, he now favors at least two good roads through the heart of the counties in his district He wants the license derived from automobiles to l>e used for the maintenance of all roads and not to be diverted for useless fads. Mr. Graham, a farmer himself, is a typifcal representative of the farming interests, which will be well conserved #ith him as a representative in the state legislature. Mr. Graham's splendid record in the legislature, coupled with his sterling reputation for probity and honesty should iniure his nomination and election. Primary day, Tuesday, April 11. An (X) in front of the name of Thomas E. Graham means three votes for the candidate. Women now Tate for this office. » ADDITIONAL EXCHANGE Crystal Lake Herald: M. E. Gates, assistant general manager of the American Terra Cotta & Ceramic company, Terra Cotta, 111., intends severing his connection with the local plant in order to devote more time to his ^various inventions and ofoer en- Hf eott*. cart*!, M i requests and invention, the prtiMfcfijmeteti|| ing so useful and. ^ manufacture of that Mr. Gates will MM* to cover in desnanrtaiking ities of his maflHO. He occupy part of his Haw work and industrial Grayslake Times: George has plans drafted for extensive provements at his resort. The pavilion which he eraeted last i has proven to be toe email. Be 1 ing to build an addition twalfeC wide and ninety feet long on side. This will be used by people ting about during the daaew aad^l place where people will dance is completed. Lest faar lt i learned that it took too long to the floor for the next {?*nce. the new arrangement he will, 4»e^ to clear the floor in half The ceiling of the entire pan be changed so there will fee sky effect. The same wiB be ] in sky blu% and more thatf < and fifty electric fights will be At one side there will be an $ili(|jjiie>t of the moon, brightly nTej^it iflii many lights. George has tiolft l|ji 111 the ice house and will add imnljMivc feet to his kitchen, in which an ice making machine will be installed, with a capacity of five hundred paen)e jier day. This will supply his hetit' and cottages. There will also be iijiBligerator rooms in which the teenperature can be controlled for storage parposes of food and vegetables. Other improvements are also contemplated. Plaindealer ads bring results. m Secretary of Said District. iWiiiillYiltiii niijf . -V; ijt ""v the Men Who Have Borne Arms (or America '. •- a• V' *V ' vft^' x- V. v "r£>" Annual Election ' ' APRIL 8th, 18821 * '8dioel District N®. IS ^ V ^ MptKNBT COUNTY, ILLINOIS *• --*" For President to serve One Yei* (Vote fortQne) . ' i" w Last of a Series of Letters from Washington to People of the 11th Illinois Congressional District, on Issues of the Day, by Representative /. C. Copley • , :• <" • if' ./• ' P • if } "5": "* •"" •^1- 1L Pufahl F<>r Two Members to nerve t (Vote for Two) \. ^ Wm, J. Welch: Fred A. Cooler "' ,vt .n Charles B. Harmseo PI IVfe J. Freund • * " '* -•SiiS V • * *' -a- * w . * ^ * \ „ 1 *». "a J-:"-*' ^ * ?tr~ CH ;• "ft? ^T^-Ttro'r" • • , ' .. "-C'j, - ,f' - %-' S'•> . ' r n" "" i '• •<- 'f* " pii' f t herein certify that the above is a true specimen of the official ballot to be voted is School District Number 15, McHenry County, Illinois, in the Public School House in said District, polling place, on &e 8th day of April, 1922. *0-:- %" </ Sccictnry SiM District 'Q* ' V! '« i.: v la writing this series of letters I purposely- left this one near tfb the last, not because it was least important but gather because I' had reason to hope the adjusted compensation bill would pass < *1, . 0ie House of Representatives in time for me to tell you something about it and to express to you the great satisfaction that I feel that this work has been brought to such a successful conclusion. -It was confronted with more obstacles than any bill that has passed Uongress during my twelve years of service. We have surmounted livery one of these and have passed a bill which will stand the 4est of every objection brought forward by any man who believes that a moral obligation rests on the shoulders of the people of is country to adjust the compensation of the men who did oihmost important work during the war in order that their remunerfc* •. tion might be comparable to that of the other workers who stayed ;~it home. w' " . * ') j A discussion of this obligation ft very much like a debate oa Jpfe miracles of the Bible. If any man believes, no argument can Change his mind. If he does not believe, perhaps avguments and •evidence may be produced that may lead him to change his mind. J^eraonaily, I believe the adjusted compensation is a moral obliga- ^on on the part of the people of this country. I have several rea- •|ons for so thinking and I need not go outside of my own personal ^yjjjphere of activities for reasons which seem to me overwhelming. One hundred and thirty-two men who were in the employ of • the companies which I have had the honor to direct, went to the < fvorld war as soldiers. All of them who came back, even if they fvcre in good health, returned poorer in pocket than when they Those who remained at home were given an opportunity through increased wages to improve their conditions and a great *^kiany of them took advantage of these opportunities. This was ?' |he first war in the history of this Republic in which our armies ;*rere raised by the selective draft. These young men had no op- "A lion, they had to go. I believe that it is one of the functions of this l^overnment that it must have the power to select the men who tnust act as the defenders of our national integrity and national • ;v jionor, even if it involves offering their lives as a sacrifice, but 1 V;|ilo not believe it is one of the functions of government to take a entertain one hundred and thirty-two of my fellow workers and com- *f>el them to do this at a financial loss and at the same-time create ^Itonditiona aueh that the rest of us can profit because of their aacri- Yf<*. . ' " % I We were new in the war gatae and we made many mistakeit the most serious was that we failed to conscript all the man and 4 ivoman power and all the wealth in this country. While our men ^ ilfvere offering their lives as a sacrifice in a foreign land no Ameri- '5).jjan citizens should have been allowed to, enrich himself because the war. - - •--;--- , The average wealth of this country in 1910 was less than $1,900.00 per capita. ^ ^ V This bill is all predicated on the number of days' service. .$%i()ne fiollar a day is allowed for each day's service in this country ir^vith 25c added for every day overseas, counting such service from H'ne date of embarkation to the date of debarkation. The average ^ervice pay will amount to $374.00. We then offer, according to the Act just passed, any one of four different choices. fi? Jr-%ent. I Telephone : Service Must Go On T^e blizzards of winter and the cyclones aa<lthunderstorms of summer are the inveterate cneuuc| of the telephone service. Experience covering many years has enabled thffcj Beil company to develop the best forms of protec* tion and the best weapons of defense in this warfare. In spite of all efforts, however, the destroyingd^ nents sometimes have their way and the tek*» phone lines go out of service. In such emergencies the Bell organization It instantly on the job making repairs as quickly as possible and insuring the users tfre shortest po§gibje period if interruption of service.' 'V - \ • W ILLINOIS BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY f First, a paid up endowment insurance policy. As an indtlee* "r (nent to accept this we are adding another twenty-five per dent f auch that the average would be $467.50. This is compounded for v*>£vtwenty,years at 4annually, making on the average, a little • ^ #ver $1,125.00.^ If the veteran lives the entire twenty years he s^;4%ill be given that amount in cash; if he dies meanwhile that |tmount in insurance ipill be paid to his wife, children, mother, |ister, or such beneficiary as he selects. These policies are called adjusted pay certificates and the veteran can take his certificate " fco any bank within the first three years and borrow 50% of the ... ^djusted service pay on that, or on an average $187.00 At the / Ind of that time the government will take up all these loans an<T *V>ill then loan 85 % for the next three years, at which time a stili larger percentage can be borrowed. What it actually means t by jshat a capital of $467.50 on the average ha^ be|n set aside to com '^•ound for each one ot you World War veterans for twenty year* ,^J|nd this amount is almost exactly one-fourth of the wealth accu • ^ Inulated by each individual in this country in his entire lifetirtie, according to the Census of 1910, or in other words for just about ^pne year's work on the average you young men are paid just abwii ©r,e-#ourth of the amount which each individual has accumulated in :j |his country during his entire lifetime. I think you will regard it as ;%%.-most liberal settlement and yet it is just about what the average young man could have saved had he stayed in this eomitrjr and been." ^MiUnarily industrious and at the same time practiced thrift. } The Second option provides that 40% shall be added to ttyi average of $374.00 to be paid to such of you young men as want vd» cational training. The payments to be made at the rate of $1.75 p«^, 4 day during the time you are engaged in this training until th*; amount is entirely used up. The third option provides that twenty-five per cent shall b®;£ added to $374.00 on the average and that this may be applied iir * helping you young men purchase a home in town or in the country,, , > The fourth option provides for reclamation of lands that ar# waste at the present time, which by the addition of capital and la* j bor might become very valuable. These are to be worked solely for the benefit of the soldiers. They are to be engaged in the labof . of transformation and are to be given an opportunity to pay for v the land in twenty-five annual installments. T»ie first payments ar»^ . to be made out of this average of $374.00 such that you youngf fipien get an opportunity to work at fair wages to buy a valuablefarm and are to be given your adjusted compensation as a part ^ payment on such a project. Since I have been a Member of Congress I have done everyt . thing within my power to adequately recompense the veterans oi : the Civil War for their sacrifices during that struggle. The pensions which the .United States government has been giving them, * are a recognition of the obligation to care for the old age of th# men who in the prime of their lives gave of their strength that our XJqion might be preserved and that this country might be continued ' ikt..a place for offering equal opportunity for all men under,the law*' No more heroic set of men ever left their homes than thos<^ who defended our Country's honor in* the Spanish-American Waip and no case of a needy veteran, his widow or his children has ever been turned down without the best efforts that Is in |rte to get the jue>t ar.d lawful help. I sincerely hope that civilization has at last reached such * ftpint fhat we are forever through with war between enlightened peoples. If such is the fact, not only does the present generation owe all the more to you soldiers, but all posterity will share in the blessings. As a Member of the Ways and Means Committee, charge^ trlth the duty of bringing out this adjusted compensation bill, 1 have given my best time and thought. The insurance certificate^ which are practically the back bone of this bill, are solely the re*.- ault of my own work and suggestions. If there is any credit hi them I can modestly claim the share due to the author; if therpl ii any discredit in the mind of any man I shall not seek'to dodgp asy responsibility. It is my greatest contribution to the accont» jriKihmnnt of this adjusted service compensation. 4- As a Committee we have fought the prejudices of the Seer#* tary of the Treasury himself and of the Comptroller of the Cu*» rency. We have met every objection which they have made, with the single possible exception of belief in the moral obligation. W> guided this bill past every conceivable sort of obstacle and argtt* ment and threatened division of the Republican party until it» passage in the final form by an overwhelming majority of enthit» ^ elastic and satisfied Republican Members of Congrees, finally bringing to its* support almost the united membership of the'Demo. cratic Members of Congress as well. Notwithstanding there is some small division in thought i«£ ' ilcognizing the obligation to adjust the compensation, there is n# division in the question of caring for the sick and disabled soli (tiers. Already we have expended over a billion dollars for thii purpose and we are rapidly organizing the proper department*^ 'it this government in order that we may adequately care for the nebds and comforts of the most unfortunate of our citizens. * those who offered themselves as a necessary sacrifice. I think your rftfions Posts are well aware of the very great uumbgr whom we ,r 'l|gve helped through my office in Washington. 4 To those of you who have shared the glory of protecting this Union and its honor and the civilization of the world in tke Ju-ee wars I can only say that my every effort was constantly spurred-on by the consciousness that whatever I might accomplish - along this line was simply discharging a debt not only as the Representative of the citizens, of the Eleventh Congressional Dis*-tY trict of Illinois but also my own personal oUligatftm as a citise* of.the United States, ou* country blessed be wbrld and a'l made possible by your service. :*f IS fl§ .V» lifspectfuily avdMCIiitted. •l:% ••£ ' • -• !?.. cC.. Oco rny. mm* •mpm d ..i'« \P-, "v.,. - sMMm / v.yV /-'i *«• ~ Si"-'. rA< / , $A i" 'vsfMni/r ;'*•h> i *>:>*?' -- t r 3 ^ K vjfc-'*• .-fvifcv