The following text may have been generated by Optical Character Recognition, with varying degrees of accuracy. Reader beware!

Wfr.- «ki^M> a<*4 } U* *' >*".< #,-* »4.V. \ -•iv' ?•' • •* { V i ^"~T ; f * * m$ '" t± ¥* i «•• ** .* ":' **- >., *" ** t _. ..^'^ i; • . m - v." • ; U; •• • %/' •&&, '-: ^f^" • •'• ' ' •'•• V ^ 'frf *** >*'•«»* >•*" *v:> i * 4 JfMjjy '#»*J.',-lfc1 :. -,y, * %*•" '"+ - 4 ' t " ' -..4 ' VOIAJMJD XCVIII , •y;.ia-y: 11 MOHENRY. ILIiEMOlS. THURSDAY. JULY 6. 1922 NO. 4 WHLY EXCiAHGE ITEMS KFW4S TAKEN FROM THE COLUMNS py{ OF OUR EXCHANGES 11 ' .Miscellaneous Assortment of News M ^ Candenaad Font Far Busy j People •\s> ^ Hebron's road oil arrived and «u .-;'>VipppHed to her streets last week, t ^ Harry Guetschow recently returned t» his home in Harvard after spending ' too and one-half years with the army . * flf occupation in Germany. : * Mancel Talbott has been named the postmaster at Waukegan, sucling D. A. Grady. If. is expected tha newly appointed postmaster ^il! take over the position on or about. Jlugust %. Jack O'Connor** "Blarney IsUuuT ' it Grass Lake hag been closed on a * Writ of injunction and may be opened Otily under a bond Of $5,000. Lake , dpunty sorely means to drive out the * tlind pigs. Two carloads of Canadian steers, jfiloaded at Woodstock last week, are now on the Murphy-Quinlan farm at Hake Geneva where they are being: , flattened. The animals are said to be ,f.:lke very best obtainable on the marv! |pt. ' | f Three sows from the L. S. Overton -Herd at Solon Mills have been chosen ' *rtd will form a part of the viewherd of Illinois Poland Chinas to be sent to ftio de Janeiro, Brazil, for the national Hve stock show to be held in that city jsjftliring the month of September. ffj: A.' B. See, who during the past two rjFtears has been manager of the Barker dumber company's yard at Richmond, .-"has tendered his resignation and with his father expects to leave soon for tlfie state of Washington, where they ,Jlope to establish a chain of yards. f?i Sam T. Atkinson, for many years treman of the blacksmith shop at e Oliver typewriter factory at *Wood stock, passed away very sud- Jtenly at his home in that city last Frif y morning. The deceased suffered stroke of paralysis several months fljgo, but in spite of thiB made regular fftuly trips up town.> , -pa^uai jo p(os ueeq i*wi 'gtftuout MS J *8Bd etfl Suunp 'S92vy\oo atp jo Auvut »iiqM )0dJ9 ueeq s«q asnoq qnp 93jr] y 1^&inoo j[o3 ajoq uaa^q&d u« jo s^ssoq F lpoq eqj, -^epan^eg }s«i pauado [psuuoj S«m '*8!M 'uot-^Dunf «ot»o •^swaifpou 8e{tai eaiift pe^Bn^is /Cuo [03 JJo3 MdU 'asporj l(UIU»ddl^ The Yerkes observatory is again \«jpen to visitors presenting cards on ,jiaturday afternoon of each week. The visiting hours are from 1:30 to V 4:30. Tickets may be obtained by -availing to the Yerkes Observatory, Villiams Bay, Wis., a stamped and >ielf addressed envelope with a request , . 'ior the number of admissions desired " Citizens of Woodstock are looking .Ijjprward to better times. The landteg of a gigantic valve order by the * ©liver typewriter factory, together . with an increase of business at the roodstock typewriter factory is the According to reports from county seat city real activity will resumed there within the course of le next few weeks. Pending, the supreme court ruling the condemnation proceedings Started by the Crystal Lake park 'koard to secure possession of a strip Jjpf land on the lake front, the board Has decided to take over the site for purposes. Payment of $19,250, Ixed in the McHenry county court as fair price for the land, has been |aade. A bond of $25,000 has also $een given to assure payment of tugher price if the case is reheard. S»v According to Sheriff Green it will tost Lake county approximately $500 for the loan and trancfer t>f the gal "lows which had been obtained from the city of Chicago and were to have been used in the hanging of Ignat7. |t*otz. In the fulfillment of a wish Jinade by his wife before her sudden fleath Governor, Small has commuted }iis sentence and instead of paying lor the crime with his life he has ^ -gheen sentenced to life imprisonment. <r» V X According to Circuit Clerk L. O. ockway of the Lake county court, .^he Small trial will cost Lake county 'Approximately $13,187.85. The var S \i$ous items bringing the above total S>I,' tore as follows: Pay of jurors, $4,632; y of bailiffs, $3,532; board of jurors bailiffs, $1,700; court reporter, ||t320; witnesses, $2,002.30; sheriff'fl costs, $619.55; clerk's per diem, $360, The records show that 444 veniremen yere called before a jury was ob- & iTVJ* I J - Dairymen in the vicinity of Capron ;who on May 1 took over the Libby ^McNeil & Libby plant at that place, ; jare satisfied with their first two ^months' business. The receipts of the ^fjplant during the opening week aver- .aged around 4,000 pounds of milk f lln less than two months neoeipts have •rept up to nearly 20,000 pounds equipmeat to be installed liately will give the plant a capacity jf approximately 30,000 poun1dd rfdafly. Jp until this time the milk has been £-^separated and only the cream shipped v^to Chicago, but it is the plan to pas ' --!r and ship the whole milk in in the very near future. The jbreduct is being sold to the Aap^rfeag * ooanpany ot ^ URGE CROWD ATTElfBT "/ ^ • • 1 .V Faim Bureau Decennial CeMliratiaB at DeKalb Last Friday A crowd of farm bureau folks conservative!^ estimated at from 25,000 tp 80,000 overwhelmed DeKalb last Friday at the Farm Bureau decennial celebration and made the occasion of the Farm Bureau's tenth birthday the greatest gathering of farmers ever held in the United States. In the shadows of the vine clad towers of the Northern Illinois State Teachers' college, on a velvety terrace of green, the immense crowd alternated between cheers and periods of tense silence as four thousand farmer actors from twenty-two Illinois counties acted out, in the pageant "Forward, Farm Bureau," the epic events which have transpired in the evolution of the farm bureau from a handful of DeKalb farmers to an organization now numbering 100,000 in ninety-five Illinois counties. DeKalb county proved the perfect host. Every business place and residence house was decorated. Most of the homes of the county were thrown open to receive the guests which overflowed the hotels more than a day before the event. The parade began at nine-thirty in the morning. For half an hour crowds lined the streets while past them filed floats representing sixtyfive county farm bureaus of Illinois, as well as ^floats of state federations and the American Farm Bureau federation. Soil testing, chinch bug eradication, soy beans, legislative, marketing, dairy products, fruits, these are only a few of the activities displayed in vivid colors and striking decoration. The morning program was opened with an address of welcome by Henry H. Parke of Genoa, who has been called the pioneer of the foundation of the Illinois farm bureau movement. It was on Mr. Parke's farm that the first meetings leading toward a farm bureau were held as early as 1902. Following Mr. Parke, Howard Leonard, I. A. A. president, James R. Howard, president of the American Farm Bureau federation, Eugene Davenport, ex-dean of the college of agriculture of the University of Illinois, and Gov. J. A. O. Preus of Minnesota gave addresses. Ex-Governor Frank O. Lowden of Illinois was to have spoken, but was prevented by showers which blew up at the noon hour. "New facts continually ^brought to light by scientific investigation are made available for common good thru the county farm bureau," said Mr. Howard. "We grow by giving as well as receiving. New contacts broaden sympathy and character. The challenging of serious thought makes men great. Responsibilities broaden men. Thus millions of farmers are bigger and better men today because of the farm bureau. They have become not only bigger and broader farmers, but also better citizens. "In the ten years since tf>e start of the farm bureau," said Governor Preus, "It has been a most potent agency, not only in promoting cooperative marketing, but also in spreading the gospel of better farming, better cattle, better seed and better cultivation. These things after all mean more to the prosperity of the farmer than anything that can be done by your legislative and administrative officials." The rain clouds of the noon hour cleared up before the start of the pageant. Promptly at two, before a crowd so immense that it overflowed every sort of seating arrangements. Forward, Farm Bureau" began amid the music of two bands and of a chorus of three hundred people. The pageant at the beginning want back to the pioneer days when there were no organizations. The quaint costumes of yester years, the stage coaches, the clan farm implements were shown. Then was displayed the start of the farmers' institute and of the extension service of the various colleges of agriculture. Step by step the farm bureau epic is unfolded by the four thousand farmer actors to the time of the formation of the first two Illinois farm bureaus in DeKalb and Kankakee counties. Many of the actors were only going over the scenes that they had once participated in in real life. After showing Illinois dotted with well established county farm bureaus, the pageant displayed the need of the farmer for a larger, a state wide organization. It traced the beginnings of the Illinois Agricultural association in 1916 up to the point of its present membership of 100,000 in ninety-five counties. It showed the growth ot the American Farm Bureau federation from its start in 1919 to its present membership of one million in fortyseven states. McHenry County Farm Bureau had an active part in this great pageant. The Harvard high school agricultural department, the Greenwood community, the Ringwood-Greenwood girls' group, the Tina mint Valley community, the Hebron-Greenwood children, the farm bureau as a whole was repre seated in the famous scenes in the PNCefat AGREE OR MILK HOUSE BURNED AT JOHNSBURG MILK PRODUCERS AND DEALERS 0 MEET IN CHICAGO 195 Pay la Their Daea la Mdfoary Unit of Milk Producers* jVssa.-- Send Two Delegates to Chicago After an eight hour session between the milk board of the Milk Producers' association and the milk dealers at Hotel LaSalle, Chicago, last Thursday the milk prices for three months were finally agmutu^Qp. «o4 are a& follows: July ............. ,$2.00 August .v. i »vW..$2.05 September $2.00 Altho the milk producers failed to get the $2.20 as they had held out for, the dairymen thruout the Chicago district feel that, they have, in a measure, succeeded in bettering their position. A meeting of the McHenry local was called and held at the Woodman hall here on Wednesday evening of last week, at which time the milk situation came in for considerable discussion. During the meeting F. H. Wattles and Nels Pierson were chosen as the two delegates to represent the McHenry local at the Chicago meeting. Previous to last Wednesday evening's meeting friends of the association took it upon themselves to make a canvass of the local field to ascertain as to whether or not former members could be brought back into the fold and much to the canvassers' gratification 105 dairymen returned by paying up their dues. It is pleasing to note the spirit of dairymen and the ready response they have given this matter. It indicates their confidence in the men who are now at the head of the organization and tile good 1 that to sure to follow. The strength of the local unit is now practically about the same as before the break in the milk situation and we earnestly believe that if the dairymen of the great Chicago district will work in unison and keep in office men who are qualified for such positions that a greet good is sure to develop from the organization in years to come.' Without organization the dairymen are helpless, while with a good organisation founded upon real business principles, and guided by broad as well as conservative brains, everything is sure to work out to the very best of satisfaction. At the price setting meeting it was also agreed by the dealers not to raise the price of milk to the Chicago consumers. Golf Club Benefit Dance <« The members of the McHenry Country club will sponsor a benefit dance to be held at the Fox dancing pavilion next Wednesday evening, July 12. A letter, along with ten tickets, has been mailed out to each of the members and it is the hope of the officials that all of them will,be sold. The committee on arrangements is doing everything within its power to make the event one of the most pleasant occasions of the kind ever held in this vicinity and a vast crowd is therefore looked for. McAndrews' orchestra of Woodstock has been engaged and will furnish the music. Dance tickets, $1.00; war tax, 10 cents; total, $1.10. A cordial invitation is extended to everyone. Nothing Doing on Road Matter McHenry good road boosters are still anxiously awaiting our promised road, extending from the Lake county line, thru, this village and thence on towards Woodstock, covering a distance of five miles. In spite of repeated efforts on the part of boosters as well as village officials, nothing definite can be learned as to how soon this improvement may be expected. There is one thing that is certain, McHenry fully expects a contract for this road to be let before the end of the summer and if this does not come to pass the governor is sure to lose many friends thruout this section. Annual Mission Festival Evangelical Lutheran congregation of West McHenry will hold their annual mission festival on next Sunday, July 9, 1922, in Hanly's grove, near the old creamery, on the McHenry-Crystal Lake road. Preaching in German at 11:00 o'clock a. m. and English at 2:00 o'clock p. m. They will serve hot coffee, sandwiches and pie at noon. Also plenty of refreshments of all kinds will be found on the grounds. Everybody incited and welcome. . Ladies' Cemetery Alt ' The Ladies' Cemetery Aid society will meet with Mrs. James B. Perry at 2:30 o'clock on Tuesday afternoon, July 11. Mrs. James P. Perry,, Pres. Mrs. Ella Wheeler, Vice Pres. v Mrs. T. J. Walsh, Sec. Mrs. Arminda Colby, Treas. Haaw of Lawrence Baer Destroyed By Fire on July 4 were parked in the space reserved for the McHenry County Farm Bureau. The celebration was declared by the officials of the American Farm Bureau and by the farmers attending to be the greatest event ever staged by fai wiaji anjiwtapfc «• • "? • „ 1 . . ' . ... 5.-; ., .* * V - . ? ^ The Frank Smith house at Johnsburg, which in recent years has been occupied by his son-in-law, Lawrence Baer, and family, was totally destroyed by fire on Tuesday noon of this week. The blazed of an unknown origin, started in the southeast end bf the second story and was first discovered by tourists who were driving past. This was shortly after eleven o'clock. Mr. Baer, who had just a few minutes before returned home from Ringwood, where he is employed at the Bowman milk bottling plant, was reading the paper at the time, while his wife was preparing the noon day meal. After having been told of the fire, Mr. Baer immediately rushed to the upper floor and by fast work was able to save most of the clothing ^nd household effects as contained in the upper part of the house. Volunteer workers responded to the alarm and, while heroic efforts were set forth to save the building from total destruction, their work was in vain. Water was hauled to the burning structure in milk cans from nearby wells. The family's belongings were hauled to the Mrs. Temey May house on the prairie road that same day, where the family has taken up its abode. The loss of household effects is fully covered by insurance, while a $1,000 insuranoe was also carried on the dwelling. Daily Vacation Church 8ch*«2 All children in McHenry between the ages of six and twelve years are invited to attend the daily sessions of the church school to be held at the First Methodist , church beginning Monday, July 10. The sessions start at 9:00 o'clock in the morning and will continue until 11:30. The school will remain in session for wo weeks. The last Friday, July 21, will be Demonstration day, at which time mothers and such others as are interested will have an opportunity to see what has been accomplished. Good songs, delightful stories, interesting expression work will form the bulk of the work. Two trained teachers have been secured for instruction purposes and Mrs. H. C. Bobb is acting as principal. A strong, interesting, helpful program is assured for this first daily vacation church school for McHenry. First Methodiat Church "Belief In Jesus" will be the subject of the sermon: at the eleven o'clock service on Sunday, continuing the series on fundamental Christian beiefs. Christ is at the center of all Christian religion; he is the great treasure of our faith._ We must ask, than, what is our faith concering him ? Did he really live? Does he answer ife's most serious questions? Is he Saviour? Is he peculiarly devine? How do we test our faith in him? With the increase in material wealth man is finding an abundance of life apart from religion. Is there, then, a need of Jesus in our modern life? These questions must all be faced with frankness and sincerity. The church school meets at 10:00. Attention is drawn to the daily session to start en July 10. A Cerrectioa In last week's article relating to the community school site we stated that an offer as made to Ben Herbes, one of the owners of the Herbes site, had not been accepted. Since that issue we are told that thru an oversight on the part of the school board secretary an offer had not been submitted to said owner and therefore he could not possibly have rejected or accepted. In fairness to Mr. Herbes we gladly make the correction. Since last week, however, Mr. Herbes has been made an offer on his holdings and dp to the time of penning these lines on Wednesday evening word of his acceptance had not been received by the school board. Three Masses at St. Mary's Starting last Sunday and continang until after the close of the summer resort season three masses will be read at St. Mary's Catholic church n this village., The first mass will be read at 7:06, the second or resorters' mass at 9:00 and the last at 10:15. At the nine o'clock mass seat collections will be taken up at the vestibule and everyone, regardless of whether or not be or she is a pew holder, is exg »ected to pay seat money at this mass. The additional mass has been arranged particularly for the accommodation of resorters and visitors, altho the parishioners may attend same if they so choose. Entertained Altar ft Rosary Society Mrs. John McEvoy on Thursday afternoon last entertained the Altar and Rosary society of St. Patrick's church. The meeting was well att^ hded and a general good time had. The next regular meeting of the society will take place at the home of Mrs. Ed. Knox. The refreshment committee for that occasion is as follows: Mrs. Wm. Welch, Mrs. Wm. Bonslett, Mrs. Mike Conway, Mrs. at* Mia. Mary CaN*; 300 SAW GOLF OPEUM SIDNEY SMITH MAKES 4 DRIVE FIRST i Twelve Foursomea Participate In Opening. Day Event--Beat Score by Geo. L. Murphy of Woodstock If the auspicious opening and the many complimentary expressions as coming from the out-of-town visitors may be taken as a criterion, the McHenry Country club is destined to achieve a high placc within the golfing woild of the central west. The opening of McHenry's new and ideal course took place as advertised last Sunday morning before a gathering of visitors and members which reached over the 300 mark. The day was a perfect one for just such an occasion and the spirit of the crowd in attendance was in perfect harmony with the importance of the day. All preparations for the gay event, so carefully planned by the officials of the local club, together with a lot of hard work as set forth by Carl W. Stenger, who may rightfully be termed the father of golf among local enthusiasts, were carried out without a hitch and, judging from the many very flattering comments thrust upon those who are mainly responsible for placing McHenry onsthe golfing map, so to speak, the visitors were more than agreeably surprised at what has already been accomplished here. From a number of - those who haven't any particular interest in the local organization outside of the fact that they are lovers of the sport we learn that the men responsible for McHenry's new club have accomplished more in one year's time than most organizations of the kind. It was the condition of the course that seemed to bring the greatest surprise to the visitors, some even going so far as to say that the local links are already in better playing condition than some that have been in existence for a number of years. It was exactly 10:10 when Mr. Sidney Smith, well known and popular cartoonist for the Chicago Tribune, drove the first ball which marked the opening of the new course. He was followed by County Judge C. P. Barnes of Woodstock, Otto F. Sohm and H. H. King, the latter two being from Chicago, but are owners of summer homes along our river and also members of the local club. These gentlemen comprised the first foursome. The opening was participated in by twelve foursomes or a total of forty-eight players, many of whom were visitors and had come to McHenry to assist in making the event one long to be remembered. Before the first drive C. W. Stenger appeared in a short address of wel come, during which he told of the "work that had been accomplished as well as the future aim of the club, He then announced a public dance to be held at the Fox pavilion for the benefit of the local organization and which primarily had been planned in order to raise funds with which to pay the cost of the new shelter, which, by the way, added very materially to the appearance of the grounds as well as serving its purpose. The speaker also announced the participants as they took their turn at the first drive-off. Among the visitors ware included members of golf clubs at Woodstock, Oak Park, Chicago, Edgewater and Evanston. The honor of setting the best record of the opening game goes to George L. Murphy, president of the American National bank of Woodstock, and an ardent member of the club at the county seat. He made the course in 40, just exactly one point below par.- This is indeed a remarkable record for a new course and especially so when it is considered that this was Mr. Murphy's first time around. The first foursome finished at about the noon hour, while it was nearly one o'clock before the last of the starters came in. Enthusiasts were on the course all day Sunday, Monday and Tuesday and, according to officials, the place will be well filled over each week end during the balance of the playing season. Among those who were present at the opening last Sunday none were more delighted than our friend, Mr. Stenger. This delight was well founded and great credit is due him for the part he has played in making such a big undertaking a possibility. The blind bogey tournament as staged on the Fourth of July was participated in by forty enthusiasts. As some of the entrants have not as yet turned in their cards the winner of the tournament will not be announced until next Sunday. The local course covers a distance of 3066 yards and the scores as tunfed in on the opening day ranged all the way from 40 to 142, the high scores naturally going to those who had never before played the game, but whose enthusiasm and love for the sport are sure to develop their abilities along this line quite rapidly. The local membership, which has now reached well over the century mark, consists mostly of our own residents, altho about forty per FOUR AUTO ACCIDENTS Bit Touring Turtle Car Taraa Four automobile mishaps occurred in this vicinity over the Fourth of July holidays. The first of the four accidents and which proved the more serious occurred on the Fox Lake road near the John A. Smith estate farm about three miles east of this vilhtge. The time of the accident was about seven o'clock last Saturday night. The car, or rather what remains of same, we are told, is owned by a Chieago man. The owner and three companions were its occupants wi»en the big machine turned a complete somersault, landing on its wheels. Judging from the appearance of the machine as it stands in Stilling's garage, one cannot but wonder that all of its passengers were not killed or more seriously injured. One of the men, we are told, escaped practically unhurt, while a second received but minor injuries. The other two were rushed to the Woodstock hospital, where one of the young men is still confined. Judging from its appearance the car must have been doing at least twenty v(?) at the time of the acci dent. The second accident occurred on the Woodstock road west of town on Sunday morning, when a big Haynes touring car struck a culvert and went into a ditch. No one was injured. The third accident, which caused painful injuries to a father and three children occurred in the vicinity of Volo last Sunday afternoon, when a Ford sedan in which the family was riding turned on its side in a ditch. Occupants of the car at the time of the accident were a man and woman and three small children. The woman escaped injury, while the husband and three children were more or less braised And cut up. They ware attended at the office of Dr. N. J. Nye in this village. The family were on their way from their home at Indianapolis, Ind., to a point in Wisconsin and were able to proceed on their way with a smashed-in top. The fourth accident occurred near the Chas. L. Page home on the Crystal Lake road, south of this village, on Tuesday afternoon of this week, wh#n a big Moon touring car went into the ditch, smashing the left front wheel and also breaking several spokes in the rear wheel. Two women, two children and a man who occupied the machine escaped injury. All of the above cars were hauled to Stilling's garage in this village by the aid of their complete wrecking machine. Asking For Railroad Gate Mayor Simon Stoffel has, for some time past, been using his office in an endeavor to induce the C. A N. W. Railroad company to install gates over the railroad crossings in this village. Only last week he made a special trip to that city to take up the matter personally with officials of the railroal company and, while nothing definite has been promised, he is hopeful of some action along this line. Both crossings in this village are considered dangerous. This is especially true of the Main street crossing and if gates may not be secured for both places the mayor hopes that at least the Main street crossing will ha thusly guarded. Back From Burop»^;^: 0. B. Oberstadt returned Ta^cSaturday from a few months' sojourn in Europe and expects to again take up his residence here in the near future. While business interests make it imparative that he spend considerable of his time in Chicago, he expects to again take up his abode here. Mrs. Oberstadt and daughter are making a more extended stay across the water, but expect to return to MC]|$WK, this faiL . Hunter Beat Ltit# The Hunter boat line is once more n operation and the regular daily sthedule will be continued thruout the summer season. Boats leave docks daily at 9:00 a. m. and 1:30 #p. m. Large and small boats may be chartered by the hour, day or week. The Hunter Boat Line, McHeaory, 111. PhoQ£ No. 7. * Thanks I take this manner of publicly thanking the Knights of Columbus for the prompt manner in. which my policy held by my late husband has been paid. Mrs. Bridget Relihan. (TENS OF LOCAL BROSST v. ^Mi.lt : ir. is made up of resorters who have their summer homes either along our river or at Pistakee Bay. The officers of the organization fully expect that before the close of the present playing season the membership will be increased very materially and1 before the opening of another season same should compare very favorably with any to ha found outside of the larger cities. Inquiries regarding the course are now coming 'n almost daily. As there are now only about thirty mora available memberships it behooves those wishing to get in to get §' ••$*%• - rfiv.,-*- . . t , il... AS PICKED UP BY PLAQiDVALBR^ REPORTERS DURING VBK What Peaple Are Doiag la Thfti Vfllage and the Immediate --Other Short Paragraph# The Plaindealei? for news. Daintily boxed gifts, suitable for card parties or birthday ranembrances, at the Agatha shop. Bake sale under the auspices of the Altar & Rosary society of St. Patrick's church at the village toll all day next Saturday July 8. Mr. atvi Mrs. Lewis McDonald, who reside .southwest of town, are entertaining a fine young man at their home since last Wednesday. J Another gasoline filling station has been added to McHenry's list, the litest pump having been erected in front of Larry's tire shop on Elm street. While ye scribe has not interviewed all, but those with whom we have talked tell us that their holiday business this year exceeded that of last year by far. Every line of business in town benefitted either directly or' indirectly by the influx of visitor*. Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Hack have taken up their abode in the Lawless flat over the Huck grocery store on the corner of Elm street and Riverside Drive. The rooms have been newly repainted and repapered since the fire and now make a very e«K» fortable flat. While the village and especially the river district entertained a large number of visitors over the Fourth of July, many of the home people went away to pass the nation's birthday. Some chose the county seat, ethers the State Line park and still O^MMn Libertyville. The rest remained at home for a day's rest. The river passenger boat Irnrhmn appears a little slow in getting started this season, according to one of the owners of boats along this waterway. The June bttalmta* fj%>, cording to our informant, come up to that of last f|pHr« wlllo that of the Fourth ot Jolr )»Iidays did not come up 'to expectatioML Fire, evidently started cracker, was discovered a» tha of the Riverside daily building ahaiifc three o'clock Wednesday morning of this week. Prompt assistance seem-»f i n g l y h a d * q u e n c h e d t h e b l a j f ' " ^ about an hour later the alarm took many from their beds. jaapniK: the blaze was extinguished with very^$ littie damage done. , £ j The soldiers arrived ia from Diamond Lake on tfes of the Fourth. After spending it# day in camp in Conway's pvk 0*at «f the river, they again pulled* up stafcoe early Wednesday morning, when they departed for Lake Geneva, Wis. The outfit is headed lor Camp Douglas, Wis., and are scheduled to reach their destination one week from today. Some of the business men about town are again agitating the foornights- a-week closing as was in vogue here during the fall aad months. If night closing is a thing in the winter, why shouldn't be all right for the summer moajfcf;. is the argument as set forth by thooa who favor the closing on all nights except Wednesdays and Saturdays. The bakery and fancy work sale, as conducted by the Ladies' Aid society of the M. E. church at the village hall last Saturday, proved a successful event, the gross amounting to something like All of the bakery goods were of, while a number of other fancy work also £ The ladies are very much pleased with the success attained. The traffic over the Fourth of holidays once more set forth the necessity of widening Green fttfwfc: The street is far too narrow and the^ time has arrived when the village must provide some ways and means for the widening of the thorofare. < The traffic thru McHenry is on the increase and it will be greater than ever, in another year. The time to take action on this matter is NOW. The next regular band concert will take place at Borden park next Wednesday evening, July 12. An exceptionally fine program is being prepared and will be presented on this occasion. While speaking of the band It may interest many to learn that there is a possibility of our organization playing at this year's McHenry county fair. At least the band has ' been asked to ^m* la a bid for the work. Walter Fay, who dwfrig the pee* two weeks has been playing with the Rockford team of the Three I league, returned home on W ednesday flC fMjj§ week. AItho«*Walter made good the team, it appears that ha wihted by Rockford to fill an emergency. four of that team's players having been crippled up. the McHenry young mm Mdn * favorable impreaslon wttfc agemeot as well as the fans of Sptpfe* ford and ha may yet land a berth, if not with Rockford, with some other minor His many friends here dnehM^^ail with a seasem's experience will make goad in a ny minor •Sri^ 0