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The I to taken cart of by the padab you , .tw ttme. your I. following exactqr tha i given the aoog by the WUse How* Mods! *700 Country Seet Model 0Jfn/f SdbmAam Mads! . #499 • Model Jam McHENRY, ^pppjffipiysp AS A FARMIl|p^BlMiMti NOW ATTRACTS VACATIONISTS [August Issue Bell Telephone News] few rem« s the nucleus Sometimes we bonder out of sheer curiosity just why a town whnnlH have been located where it jp| mdb: we ask this question con Henry we will find an an fact that it was here that the Indians made a crude but substantial ford across the Fox river by placing some The mere fact that we have on this j large, flat sandstones in the bed of the occasion chosen McHenry for our mZhfll^ily tOWn topic and tHaifc the very s up visions i jnmmer resort should in no- wise Jitnet from the glory' of other and similar "inland resoHs" of which there are many m our atatfe Here at McHenry Is where the Fox river spreads itself in effort to bring motor boats, fish and vacationists all together for a good time for everybody except the fish. Whether it was all arranged by design, by accident or was a mere coincidence of nature matters not, McHenry is a delightful place In whjph to spend the summer. In 1836--or a year before Chicago streatn. Where the Indians got these stones has always been a kind of mild mys- |but it was that in the for f<§# trip t#'„ the charge wae«*d» to s railroad came, it found a owning a large tract of the "west side" and this was hk the XWMfeaBy known as Capetown and was so called for some time, it being later and now known as West McHenry or that part west of the old mill pood and creek. Here the, rAiteoag" company has lately built a i^oderh station. The old one might have lasted several tery, for no other stones of similar j years more, but one day a freight kind have been found anywhere near (train split on a switch and literally McHenry. The puzzle is, hew the j plowed right thru the old wooden Indians, who never were known to:station, so probably McHenry is a love hard work, ever gathered enough ; firm believer in the old adage that energy to do the job of bringing them "Ifs an Ul wind that blows nobody any great distance. This sand Btone ford remained until the first modern bridge was built, and after that the fanners came and took them away good." Anyhow, they g|t a pew depot out of the accident, v: McHenry used to be a tottg way FROM PLAINTEARS AGO 31a barn on t*S John WaQriagton BWllMf d was struck ky UtpMMNlF during file storm on Bight an* entirely destroyed, together with all the hay, grain, farming tools, etc. During the ceremony of laying the corner store at the new German church on Monday, Peter Winkels, a son of Mr. and Mrs. Nick Winkels, Tell from the top of the tool house, where he had climbed to bettes see the doings. Fortunately he was not injured. The festival, which was held by the congregation of the German Catholic church in this village at River park on Saturday, Sunday and Monday, was a decide^ success and netted a handsome sum for the church. Large from Chicago, but cement roads and j delegations were present from Chifor use as hearth stones in the fire gas wagons have reduced the fifty-; Cago, Elgin, Buffalo Grove and other two miles to a Couple of hours or less, And no doubt this fact has' contributed to its increased popularity with places of their homes, where some of them may be found to tins day. Prior to building the first bridge, an old fashioned ferry was operated, j the summer population. became a city, Dr. Wheeler a man of 1 but as. the town grew in importance,! Both sides of the river are lined versatile talents, opened a small trad- especially after the railway came, the]with cottages and bungalows crowded ing store to care for the needs of the j ferry failed to meet the demands of back into the heavy green foliage of farmers of the vicinity. In addition ' traffic. j the broods, which seems to make of to attending to the sordid duties of At this time the citizens held a' each one a regular "shady nook/' buying and inspecting hides and furs;'mass meeting and arranged to build jThruout the summer the canoes, the of weighing codfish and drawing thick j the first bridge by popular aubscrip-; motor apd speed boats are oa the go treacle from small faucets in cool, tion. In the course of events, the j continuously and seem to furnish no weather, the doctor also practiced fiifst bridge having outlived its useful- i end of enjoyment to their users, medicine, conducted funeral services ness and being weakened by ice jams j When you are near the river you may and occasionally held religious ser-'in spring freshets, it was replaced by hear the rhythmic popping ift a high vices in an improvised church, which a second-and more substantial struc- [speed gasoline motor and quite unconsisted^ of the back room of his ture. This second bridge was also I consciously look up for the aeroplane, store--rearranged on Sunday morning paid for by private contributions, for the purpose. ^ jThe present steel bridge was erected This may sound ndt a little strange j some years ago by the county and to the people of the present genera-: still Appears to be in fine'eondition. tion, but in those times the successful | McHenry was not slow in establishtrail blazers coul^J be depended upon ling schools for its children; the first to undertake and usually finish any j one having been erected on what Is job that came to harfd. The regular now called public square--long since pioneers were all around men, rather than limited specialists, and this same Dr? Wheeler, who is often official village organization and manipoken of as the founder of Mc- aged very well from 1836 to 1872 when Henry, was all of this if not more. it sought and was granted a village A year later, or in 183?rthe govern- charter. In the earlier days, Mcment established a post office at Mc- 'Henry was the county seat of Mcplaces. The Woodstock Gun club held an all day shoot in that city on Wednesday. L. H. Owen of this village made the highest record of the day, breaking twenty-five targets straight. The scores of his competitors are as follows: Shafter, 22; Diinnell and Graham, 20 each; Vance 19; Lumley, 18; Barnes, 17. Born--Saturday, Aug. 13, 188$, to Mr. and Mrs. Howard R. Perry, a son. Saturday will be a day long remembered in Lieut. Perry's family. It was the birthday of his first son, the birthday of his father, J. B. Perry of i * « a i *• + •*- i |?fta",e only to find later that it is, a liberty'f *his village and also the day on which nr'nt^ motor pushing ax spe«d boat at fifty or sixty miles an hour. Boating on the river is a universal sport and for the the protocol between the United States and Spain was signed. The ceremony of laying the corner having been replaced by others. The place ran along without any found to be equipped with a radio antenna and a powerful multistage wireless receiving apparatus calculated to furnish dance music for the patrons during the sending periods transient visitor I**01"5 of Catholic church drew there are several quite pretentious| the largest crowds ever excursion boats, mostly gas driven. |KatJiere<J in Vllla*e- lt was par- One of these was sighted in th» off- *,c,p®t#d v m h*ReJ- Fathers sent ing and on closer examination it was!^ere hJ ^ archbishop from Chicago, Rev. Father O'Neil of this village, Rev. Father Rhoda of Fremont and ^ :V; •aVi,' i s Big Auction Sale of lllUlllll • -IP _ ; •sy on Slocum Lake, Lake County, 111. - J * * -* $if ' 'M 1:30 D. S. Time IBS IS TOOK GOiKN OrrOKTUUTY TO NT LAKE UTS K YOOK OWN rUCE Have you ever watched your children playing in dusty places under scorching rays of the summer sun, and hoped that some day you could own a tree covered lot on the shore of a pretty lake, where the kiddies could play on a sandy beach, in clear water, or in the shade of giant oak. trees, and convenient to Chicago? If you're human, of course you have. But perhaps it seemed hopeless, because the price of such property %&s too high for even your consideration, afnd then, too, it is so hard to find all the things mentioned above in one place. But here is the place where your dreams may come true, for right here at Slocum Lake, only 35 miles from Chicago, in Williams Park Subdivision, you can find all the beauties and advantages for which you have longed, and the best of it is that you may buy these lots at your own price. Fdr on the date named above we will sell, absolutely without reserve, to the highest or best bidder, every lilt 4p ^iUiams Park Subdivision. Dojpu understand? You make the price. .i« WHY SHOULD » 1" • WHERE MAY IT W4 •m.;. You should put forth every effort to be at , this sale and buy one or more c^ Uiese lo^; because, """r" They are so dose to Chicago. They are high, dry and timbered, covered with beautiful oak trees. There is a half mile of fine, sandy beach /- in this tract, the best of bathing beach. ^3 The lake is good, for boating and fishing: These lots He away from traffic, noise, f*v' congestion and disagreeable conditions. , While the population is rapidly increasiijg, particularly in this Chicago district, lakeS^ thcte lots are rapidly becoming hard to % buy at soaring prices. And you may these at your own price, not the seller's Only at Williams Park Subdivision <Ml Slocum Lake, two miles west of. Wauconda. Take the Rand Road from Chicago ^ Wauconda. Take the Fox River Roa4 irop iBJgav. Watch for guide signs. . fM', MOW CAN ii i The terms of sale are easy. One third _ '"v ^ cash, one third in six months and one in a year. ^ But, if you pay all cash we will give you i discount of two per cent.on the two thirds offered as deferred. 1 ^ The Elks Band of Waukegan, one of the best in the state* Will be ^ the grounds all the afternoon to entertain you. Bring your family agf thoroughly enjoy the day. ~ t Dtuing the sale we will give away to those present Four,Hundr$t Dollars in cash prizes, including one grand prize of Fifty Dollars in gold and many Five Dollar gold prizes. Every meipb%r, pj ygur family has^a chance at these prizes. Come and get your share. V - "4- THRIFT HOME SITE CO., Agent* Wankegan 2240 or 913-Y-2 . ."-Xfr-'ir Cols. Auctioneers Grabbe and Dalzi^l of the evening. There are several places along the river where motor boats are made | and "judging from the work in prog- ; ress quite a brisk trade in speed boats lis carried on in McHenry. About the only thing in McHenry and its nearby lakes that has not improved is the fish. They are no better, not even better behaved, but they are just as good as ever. Tltere is the same old cautious, wary pickerel with several years' experience with hooks, as indicated by the notches in his gills. You know him-- the one who recognizee the expert j fisherman by his shadow on the water ' or the way he drops his hooks, and who hesitates and counts ten before nibbling at any kind of bait. However, it is more fun to lure a smart I pickerel with a fancy hook and teach him a new trick once for all than it is to,buy 'em on the market. Only : fishermen know this; to the rest of us •mortals it is merely hearsay. ( ! While wandering down tha east- | ern bank of the Fox in search of ! something particularly interesting for | our readers, our photographer stumbled into Sidney Smith's old "348* garage just a little way north of town. We are pleased to reproduce it in print if for no other reason than it is so different from the cartoon caricature as shown in the famous Andy' Gump comic strip. Sidney Smith lived here in the home, which we also 1 show, for some time and kept his ^ "348" Rolls Royce in the garage until | this spring, when he moved to a point ; a little farther out. Here it was that the famous cartoonist worked out i much of the Gump materia! that baa jmade millions laugh. McHenry started out with the best ! intentions of becoming a farming i community and it is yet to some decree, but it turned out to be much ; more interesting and profitable as a ; summer resort. This partially accounts for a much greater business j activity in the summer than during ithe winter. . From a telephone viewpoint, Mc- 1 Henry is an important station, not \ only on account'of the actual business jor telephone traffic, but it marks the • end of what is known as the McHenry toll cable. Leading northwest from j Chicago there is one continuous heavy duty toll cable, starting with 165 pairs, some dropping off for intermediate towns, while fifty pairs are working thru to McHenry, a distance of over fifty miles. The importance of this cable to toll and long distance Service is brought out most strikingly in case of sleet storms. This line having been erected and maintained with extraordinary care is seldom, if ever, put out of commission by the worst storms and hence it serves as an insurance factor to many of the north and waat lines leading out of Chicago. The local telephone business of McHenry had its small beginning in the store of Simon Stoffel, who was manager for many years, and it is one of his daughters who now holds the position of chief operator in the McHenry exchange. We have no real estate to sell, btitTf-you areyundecided about a sp^t; try Mcljra*/, it is a good, one ffom every angle. NEW PUNISHMENT Crystal Lake recently tried out a new way of punishing petty crimes. Two young men, Arthur Anderson and Robert Burns of Chicago, were found guilty of breaking into the rei freshment stand at the lake and as ! punishment they were put to work ; cleaning n ^ 1 the laie j j front others besides our resident pastor, Rev. Father Kirsch.V Severe thunder storms occurred in this section on Sunday and Monday nights and considerable damage was done by lightning. On Sunday night lightning struck a tree near the residence of W. A. Sayler, southwest of this village, passing down into a poultry house, killing a dozen or fifteen chickens. During the storms the rain came down in torrents and the thunder was terrific. * A son of Herman Krenz of Chicago, aged about five years, who, with his mother, was visiting on the east side of the river, was accidentally drowned on Tuesday evening. It appears the little fellow was playing around the house after supper and being missed search was made, when his body was found in the river opposite the M. Tislow landing. Dr. Wells was called into attendance. The following is tha statement at the McHenry Creamery company for the month of July, 1898: Amount of |bs.; amount at amount ef .20; average Wii» receivitf fdr tetter, 17.6c; averag* ,yield per IflO Iks. milk, 4.34; average oil test of factory, 8.77; average cost of manufacture, 1.8c; over For 100 per cent Insurance in all branches, call on or phfpQ, ^ WM. G. SCHREINER / Phww 9||L Auctioneering McHENRY ttfeiit ILLINOIS lite, 156; average price for mOk, 68 %c. A new band has just been oifgmized at- Harvard. The is made up of a number men and younger talent of Opp. Cocnmunity High 8dM0t f-'; . KENT & GREEN * * *: - Real Estate & lasaranee tfommer Resort, Town aad Fadi 1 Property Phones 34 A 85-M :: McHenry, IB. , [ i L rh 1 U ]H' ' AlkiS::. 1 l.o. i i . , N A S T . - : n c - t % a\ i; A I UKC TO Wftlire OF FOOOS SO Flint « SAY GET YOUR& vi wfcRt i Grfrr wine SPECIAL As a special favor to my old friends of McHenry and surrounding territory, I will make, for the next four weeks, a special double thick cable temple frame, with a pair of periscopic lensa for $6.00. These glasses will be only for reading and sewing. I have 6,000 of these frames on hand Mid offer them at one-half of the original price. No one needs to have trouble with their eyes when I guarantee a fit Dr. a Keller, McHenry, IU. Phone McHenry 167. CaH an Sanday or Monday only. WH KN Mr. Party advises you |o deal with us be is making a good natured effort to do you a favor. He says that the excellent foods that we sell have a lot to do with his geniality aad his enjoyment of life and as a: of fact this is the case. Wttcfc for Mb. H*»n Part* % FALL TERM OPENS SEPTEMBER 4th A good position is assured you after completing a course in our school. Expert teachers and reasonable rates, dividual instruction. Day amy Evening d*me« M Bookkeeping' _ Shorthand Accounting £ Typewriting ^ * j£ Higher Accounting Secretarial Courses B a n k i n g . S a l e s m a n s h i p , ^ . :©ivil Comptometer A' Call, write or phone tor information ELLIS BUSINESS COLLEGE Rippberger Bldg. Elgin, 111. Phone 33S9 sr. ,_-r U4 K:h - . f m *ft?#, T •km >lirrmoiuTYj 1924 M O D E L stavicB< WW! .i'fci ; i' 4 v. THE STUDBBAKER LIOHT-SIX FIVB-PASSBNOER TOURING CAR $99S 130,000 Owners Know the ;JWalue of this Studebakeros ^Every unit ia the new 1924 Studefaaker U^ht Six Touring Car has proved its depend. Ability In public use. There are refinements aad improvements^ course, but the underlying principles at and construction which have made enthusiasts of 130,000 purchaser# of this model in three years' time, are not radically In our opinion, the 1924 Light-Six stands put as the greatest value and closest approach to mechanical perfection in' moderate priced ears yet produced. It is practically free from vibration. Studehaker accomplishes this largely by machining **» crankshaft and connecting rods on all surfaces. This requires 61 precision operations. It is an exclusive Studebaker practice on cars at thia price--end is found only on a lew other cars--and they're priced above$2S00. /"^Absence of vibration prolongs car Hfe, ffiwwi slower depreciation, reduces the cost of operation and adds to the enjoyment of driving. The Light-Six motor embodies the moat < advanced design known to automobile con- . struction. It represents an achievement inr She manufacture of quality cars in big volume. Aside from it^ mechanical excellence, tha Light-Six is handsome in design, extremely comfortable, sturdy and economical to operate .. Just as it is in initial cost. It is powerful* tpeedy, has a pick up range that is seldastt . taxed and never exhausted, is easy to handle, . and convenient to park. Its enameled all-steel body, one-pitce, ram* proof windshield, ten-inch cushions uphol>: in genuine leather, and cowl lamps era* among many features heretofore to be bad Only in higher priced cars. . For 71 years the name Studebaker has stoo4 >j for unfailing integrity, quadi^ ,4jgg|v RlS? Hew all steel body of sttUoK beauty. One-piece, ram-prorf ainrtahwkt wsth attractive cowl light* set In baae. Quick-action cowl veaSBator. Door ; c«rtam«, bouial oa thin aide* by (tccl rod*, open with doora- MBonDb ; aahnlilrrr ia tsanaau. Door po&ct bpawith w**ht» hold them m *h^e. j XboUtmd k> genuine leather. Laice rectangular window m rear ciatam. Tbirfprrmf ti -- lock. Standard noo-^kidcord tire., front and tear. 1924 MODELS AND PRICES-f. o. b. factory UOHT-SIX S-rmm., ttr "W. B-,40 H, P. SPKCiAV-srx 5-Fin., tir W.B., SO H. P. mnnf P. Tearing - $ 99 S Raad£r(S-Faa*.) P75 Coaps-K.Md.(3-Paaa.) - 122$ 8edan._ .. 1550 Touring ----$1350 Roadrter (S-Paaa.) 132$ Coupe (S-Paaa.) 197S Sedan 105# " Tnwriaa..- $l?so apasdsHr (5-Paaa.) 1835 fiMltlr III ) 2550 - T e r m s t o Meet Your Coa* S t u d e b a k e - " ^McHENRY SALES & SERVICE CO. t « 1 8 MOMEAR & PHAUN. rnt*. S T U D B B A K B R T B A R ••if' ••• y.«!" 4,' m