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p 4 a it* t ' x * ' * * • " v - * * » " * . . * ' - - - ? " v » - .. " •• • wmm • d r •M'-- *l £«**• r* -4*?fC Wg:<$'*fs? jj*. f> m * Ki •: - *\- v~ i ; - ,-ViI r' * w ADDITIONAL PERSONAL §,1 1 For curtain goods, jfo to Smith's. pC * Mrs. W. E. Whiting visited at Genoa ' i exjunction Tuesday. J. B. Kelter of Chicago passed San- 4ay with McHenry relatives. v"y'" ' Opening of the Fox pavilion, Mcl Henry, Tuesday evening, May 29. jf Robert Taylor spent the first of the <fv'eek with relatives in the metropoli- '^-"Ijan city. k Mrs. Lewis McDonald spent Tuesday with Mrs. Gus Ehrke at Genoa ^function. * , Mrs. Carl Nelson of Elgin passed a ; ' ; jjfew days last week with her mother, : * v.lMrs. A. Wolff. Mr. and Mrs. Wrft. Pries left Mon- SERVICES CRYSTAL LAKE Episcopal service is being held on Sunday eV<enings at 7:30 o'clock at the American Lesion hall, Crystal Lake, 111. 46"tf day evening on a business trip to North Dakota. Miss Nettie Hewitt of Fox Lake5 passed Sunday as the guest of McHenry friends. Miss Julia Wittine of Chicago spent the week end in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Dowe. A. L. Noonan of Chicago spent the week end in the home of his mother, northwest of town. Charges Buss of Chicago was a Sunday guest in the home of his sister, Mrs. Henry Dowe. - Miss Mae Noonan spent Sunday with her sister, who is confined at Sherman hospital in Elgin. Telephone 93-R. WM. G. SCHREINER Agent for County Fire Insurance Co., Illinois Bankers' Hog Insurance Co., Reliance Life Insurance Co. Auctioneering McHENRY ILLINOIS Home Outfits--A SpecialFeature of Leath Service A. Leath & Col Stores Elgin, 7t-74 Grove Ave. Rockford. Opposite Court Houte Dubuque. 576-584 Main St. Aurora. 31-33 Island Ave. Frceport, 5-7 \V. Main St. Waterloo. 312-314 E. 4th St. Beloit. 617-621 4th St. Joliet, 215-217 Jefferson St. """ Janesville. 202-204, Milwaukee Si. Eau Claire. Masonic Tempi*. Oshkosh, 11-13 Main St. Peoria. 32S South Adams St. Decatur. 432-450 N. Water St Says Leath When you 4 are ready to completely furnish jour Home--one of our Complete Outfits will help make it, a home to be proud of--and we'll surprise you how little one of this type will cost. EXAMINATIONS HELD FRIDAY FIFTY STUDENTS PASS EIGHTH GRADE EXAMINATIONS The annual final eighth grade examinations for rural pupils was held at the school building here last Friday. Fifty-three students from the rural schools and from St. Mary's parochial school in McHenry took part in the examinations. • In spite of the fact that other schools report the questions comparatively difficult, the pupils here ranked very high. Out of the fifty-three students taking the examinations, fifty passed. The other three failed by only a comparatively small degree. The student having the highest average was Agnes E. Weingart of Johnsburg school with an average, of 96. Lorrana Jepson ranked second with an average of 94 and Cora Beth ranked third with an average of 93. The last two are from the Ringwood school. Four perfect grades were inade in the examination. Agnes Weingart received 100 in arithmetic and history, Mildred Miller of the Johnsburg school and Cora Beth each received 100 in spelling.-, ; A, ' The community should be very proud of the above record and should use its, ayery influence to see that thfese pupils attend high school next year. - With the splendid chance for education which our community now offers, no parents can afford to allow their child to niifes a high school education. Any parent who does not allow their child to continue in high school after completing the eighth grade is causing that child to be handicapped thru life. WEEKLY PERSONALS COMERS AND GOERS OF A WEEK IN OUR BUSY VILLAGE COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS VILLAGE TRUSTEES MET IN SPEX SESSION MAT I ' Birchmont Farms Ingleside, Illinois John L. Nicholson & Sons, Props. • • O AS SEEN BY PLAINDEALER REPORTERS AND HANDED IN BY OUR FRIENDS Miss Gladys Rietcsel was a Chicago visitor last Saturday. Miss Blanche Pryor spent last Saturday in the metropolitan city. Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Baer were Chicago visitors last Thursday. F. A. Beller was among the Chicago passenger's last Saturday morning. Jos. N. Miller attended to business matters in the metropolitan city Monday. Mrs. C. W. Goodell and Miss Ethel Jones were Chicago visitors last Saturday. ' Mrs. George B. Frisby and daughter, Mary, were Chicago visitors last Friday. Mrs. Simon Stoffel and daughter, Esther, are spending a* few days in Chicagp. a Misses Mary and Bernice Bonslett were metropolitan city visitors last Saturday. Mrs. Rose McGee of Chicago spent the week end in the home of Dr. C. H. Fegers. Mrs. Theo. Schiessle and daughter, Bertha, passed last7 Friday in the metropolitan city. Phil Meyers of Chicago passed the week end with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Meyers. Mr. and Mrs. Jos. Williams and little son, Richard, spent Sunday with friends at Fremont. ' Council Room, May S, 1928. Hie village trustees met in special session for the purpose of transacting matter that came up since the last regular meeting, with Pres. Wells presiding. Trustees present: Doherty, Knox, Krause, Overton, Stoffel and Wattles. Motion by Stoffel, seconded by Krause, that the ordinance designating D. G. Wells, Richard I. Overton and John R. Knox on tlie board of local improvements be passed as read. Motion carried. Motion by Krause, seconded by Stoffel, that the purchasing commit tee purchase two car loads of coar: crushed stoift, one car load of fine crushed stone and 10,000 gallons of road oil. Motion carried. Motion by Knox, seconded by Doherty,, to adjourn. .Motion carried. , D. G. Wells, Prea. Wm. G.. Schreiner, Clerk. ENTERTAINED RIVERSIDE DRIVE CARD CLUB Mrs. Jos. W. Rothermel very delightfully entertained the members of the Riverside Drive Card club at her pleasant home on Riverside Drive last Saturday evening. The time was | ®£ainst appendicitis passed at the playing of five hundred, °ruEfnst* after which delicious refreshments were served. The high honors of the occasion were won by Mesdames Simon Michels and Anton Schneider. Spells Doe to Undigested Food Dizziness and faintness after eating show that your food is not digested and is turning into poison and gas. Simple buckthorn bark, glycerine, etc,, as mixed in Adlerika, expels all poison and gas from BOTH upper and lower bowel. Removes foul, decaying food-matter you never thought was in your system which poisoned stomach and made you dizzy and faint. Adlerika is EXCELLENT to guard N. H. Petesch, m, Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Guffey of Chicago were Sunday guests in the home of the latter's parents, ||r. and Mm. Martin May. The home* of BELL FARM POSH PRIDE whose sire took fourth prize at the National Dairy Show A cordial invitation is extended to all interested in Registered Holstein (Seattle to visit our farm at any time. An attendant will be ready to show you around. ENTIRE HERD UNDER FEDERAL SUPERVISION make it the best educated community For this reason every person should devote every effort to see that the pupils of ouf community remain in school until they have finished their high school course. -(•VILLAGE-TREASURER'S REPORT Report of Carl W. Stenger, Village treasurer, of special sewerage assessment collections as deposited by Miss Mame Buss, Village Collector, May 2, 1923: Receipts May 2, 1923 • First assessment .$4748.96 Second assessment 266.92 Third assessment 266.92 Fourth assessment 266.92 Fifth assessment 266.92 Sixth assessment 257.78 Seventh assessment 257.78 Eighth assessment ,,257.78 Ninth assessment .\. 257.78 Tenth assessment •« . • 257.78 Bal. cash on hand May 3, *23.$7105.54 I, Carl W. Stenger, Treasurer of the Village of McHenry, 111., do hereby certify that the foregoing statement is true and correct according to my best knowledge and belief. Carl W. Stenger, Treas. State of Illinois, ) County of McHenry,)ss. Subscribed and sworn to before me this 3rd day of May,^. D. 1923. Verona J. Niesen, Notary Public. Atty. Chas. T. Allen of Cary was a McHenry visitor Monday evening. Gum-Dipped Cords Gaining New Fame for Service 194% Sales Increase In Last Six Monttiui Shows Trend Toward Firestone The public has emphat ically spoken. The popular preference in all territories la unmistakably Ilia Mratone Gum-Dipped Cord. A standard of service haa-been set by these famous tires without parallel in the past. It has brought a sales increase of 194% for the past tlx months over the same period of a year ago--the greatest gain in all Firestone history. The Firestone Gum-Dipped Cord to the mighty aghievement which has enabled Firestone to break tremendous record of past Firestone success. The tire Vaylng public law heen aroused to the tesults in. economi> sitnvafie of the process of double gum-dipping. The buytng-awiog toward Firestone shows how it has advanced the public's standard of tire value. Ask owners about Firestone performance rm their cars. Note the big taxicab fleets Firestone-equipped. Watch the new cars you see--just from the tories; Firestone Gum-Dipped Cords are i where in fast increasing numbers. Get the maximum extra mileage that only i Firestone name assures you. Only by insisting this name can you be sure of getting the gum-dipped constructtafe £ i.v- GUM-DIPPED CORDS flM • M* oftheee Gmm-Dlpped Cords from one of the following dealeret JOHN R. KNOX McHENRY ILLINOIS mm , . . | Mrs. E. E. Bassett and sop, Lisle, To make our community the best com-|and Migs ArHne Harrison were Elgin munity in northern ^ must ^ last Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Erickson and daughters passed Sunday as guests of relatives at Rockford. Mrs. John Miller prf&sed last Saturday in the home of her daughter, Mrs. Goorge Stoffel, at Woodstock. Mrs. Frances Sanger and son, Rev. Raymond Sanger, were the guests of Crystal Lake friends Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Baron and Mrs. John Miller called on Hebron relatives and friends Monday. ^ Anton jlmmekus of Chicago spent the week end in the home of his daughter, Mrs. Allen Noonan. John R. Hunter of Terre Haute, Ind., passed the first of the week looking after business interests here. Leo Rothermel of Chicago is spending the week in the home of his mother, Mrs. Elizabeth Rothermel. Miss Blanche Meyers of Chicago is spending the week in the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Meyers. Edw. J. Brefeld of Chicago spent Sunday as a guestHn the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs\^)J. Brefeld. Mr. and Mrs. Chas. McArthur and daughter, Ruth, of Elgin were Sunday guests in the home of Mrs. A. Wolff. Mrs. John B. Young and daughter, Mathilda, and Mrs. Steven Schmitt were Chicago visitors the first of the week. Misses Marion and Irene Conway of Elghi passed the week end in the home of their parents, Mr. and Mrs. M. A. Conway. Mr. and Mrs. Val Zillien and Raymond and Erma Zillien of Chicago spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Lewis McDonald. Mrs. M. J. Freund and daughter, Mrs. Geo. Weber, passed Thursday of last week with friends in the metropolitan city. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Oder of Chicago were week end guests in the home of the latter's parents, Mr. and Mrs. John W. Fay. Mrs. Helena Heimer and Mr. and Mrs. Jos Hoffman spent several day si this week as the guests of relatives at Kenosha, Wis. Mr. and Mrs. Ben Herbea and children of Grayslake passed Sunday in the home of Mrs. Herbes' parents, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Meyers. Mr. and Mrs. F. T. Kartheiser, daughter, Kathryn, and son, Ralph, of Chicago passed the week end at their cottage at Emerald Park. Miss Elizabeth K. Miller of Milwaukee, Wis., spent Saturday and Sunday in the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John H. Miller. ! Mr. and Mrs. Howard Christensen and two sons, Mervin and Eugene, of Richmond spent, Sunday in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Weingart. Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Doherty and daughter, Nellie, spent the week end at Notre Dame, Ind., with the formers' ; on, Frank, who is attending school there. Mrs. B. Probst of Chicago is spending a month as a guest in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Jos. Diedrich and thereafter will leave for Los Angeles, Calif., to spend the summer. Misses Carolyn Miller and Carolyn Steffes passed Saturday in the metropolitan city and in the afternoon took in the matinee of the "Cat and ! Canary" at the LaSalle theatre. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Warner and children of Elgin, B. J. Frisby of Chi cago and Mr. and Mrs. John Walsh, daughter, Irene, and son, Ray, of Fox Lake passed Sunday as guests in the home of Mrs. Frisby. Mr. and Mrs. Granger Smith and son, Gage, of Elgin; Mrs. Alsena Chapell and Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Chapell of Chicago were Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. Robt. Thomp son and Mrs. Alsena Smith. Mr. and Mrs. C. Wolff and family of Melrose Park, Mr. and Mrs. H. Thiele and family, Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Thiele, A. and W. J. Jeskey of Bellewood, Mr. and Mrs. H. Morris and Miss Kathryn Hagemann of Chicago passed Sunday aa flMti of Mr. and Mrs. H. Kasch. Made in the latest models, blue serge stripes and checks. Oothes that will appeal to you fdr their neatness and durability, all with two pair of knickers, priced from .00 to $17.50 Others with one pair oi knickers, priced as low as - • $7.85 FREE For a limited time We will give free, with each »iit of boys' knickers, a "Buster Brown" Watch, > * . : McHenry, Illinois Chicago & North Western System C. & N. W. Ry. > *£, St P., M. & O. Ry. Freight Rates and Valuation *Wide publicity has been given to the statement that the value of all the railroads of the United States does not exceed $12,000,000,000, and that if such valuation had been used during the past three years in making rates all freight rates, including those on farm products, would have been materially reduced. That statement disregards the railroads' right under the Federal and State Constitutions to earn a fair return on the value of their property, and denies the validity of the valuation made by the Interstate Commerce Commission. It also disregards the fact that the railroads during the 34 months prior to January U1923, did not earn 4 per cent on $12,000,000,000, although authorized to earn 6 per cent on $18,900,000,000. If, however, a valuation of $12,000,000,000 had been made the basis for rates 1*- stead of the valuation found by the Commerce Commission and the reduction had only applied to freight rates, that reduction could not have exceeded 2.1 per cent of ||tfates collected in 1922. This conclusion is emphasized by the following facts: GROSS FREIGHT REVENUES OF ALL CARRIERS FOR YEAR 1922 *--- $4,H7 #14,455 NET INCOME FOR ALL CARRIERS FOR YEAR 1922 776.W5.94# 5i% RETURN ON ASSUMED VALUATION OF $12,000,MMM. 69MM.SM EXCESS OF NET INCOME OVER THE RETURN ON THE ASSUMED VALUATION. 86,W5,HS A dduction of this excess of $86,665,960 from the total gross freight revenues®* $4,007,014,655 would have reduced the gross freight revenues only 2.1 per cent. If this reduction of 2.1 per cent had been applied to freight rates, with no reduction in passenger fares or other charges, it would not, in fact, have increased tin • amouBt received by the farmer for his products. i GRAIN ^ reduction of 2.1 per cent in freight * rates means nothing to the individual shipper unless expressed in units with which he is familiar and be large enough to be recognized in commercial dealings. During the year 1922 the Chicago & North Western Ry. Co.'s average hall and rates on grain were as follows: Averatft' Httttl Avuragt' KuU-s per l>u. Reduction p«»r bu. Wheat 197 miles 7.14 cents 1.5 mills Corn 256 miles 7.25 cents 1.5 mills Oats 210 miles 3.29 cents t.7 mills A reduction of 2.1 per cent in this company's freight rates would, therefore, have reduced its wheat rates \ Vi mills, its corn rates 1V2 mills and its oats rate 7-10 of one mill per bushel. - Experience shows that grain does not vary in price at country stations by less than one-half cent per bushel. As a result, the assumed reduction in rates oq ccarn and wheat of less than one sixth of a cent per bushel would not have resulted in tne increase of a single cent to the producer of grain. r •* LIVE STOCK --' "TV deduction per Ablmnl. CMrt* 4.9 l.t •.5 . liuteft per Owt. Redwetlon of &9fK Cattle 240 miles 23 cents 4.9. mills ^ Hoga 210 miles 24 cents 5.0 mills Sheep 352 miles 26 cents 5.4 mills A reduction of 2.1 per cent would have reduced the rates on cattle less than five cents, on hogs, one cent, and on sheep one-half a cent per animal, assuming cattle weigh 1,000, hogs 200 and sheep 90 pounds. ' Such reductions mean little or nothing to the average producer of farm product!, but a kiM to the faiteaads of over /