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®;;f :.v " •.:"••.»•. '. .^VstflF ?$S£ * "*:""ii #"i': •,VS*».'-5iv."i| :>' ... ._ _ ..JHHMB •-SSI ^IPPF8 'i /*. -.1 c. - -'t*»&^'4,f:-" v/^ S r\ - }•" Mr EM SE ACH ESS PUBUSHBD IN. |HE INTEREST OP THE McHENRY COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL Vol. * McHenry, Illinois, !t STAFF Editor in chief Angela Petesch Assistant editor ...William Nye iSewing .... »»....... JBiaabeth Vogt Athletic* William Green -Science William Beth • Commercial Augustine Freund Alumni ... • • • • .Harold Bacon Ei; iSenior ............... .Helen Powers Junior .j,.,1;, .Mildred Zuelsdorf Sophomore ./*».. Adele Pufahl Freshman ............... ?Music *.... *•*'.... .Floribel Bassett Girls' Athletics. .... Lillian Buss Humor .V--.-• .~i •. .Ella Harrison Literary .^.Jessie Whiting We hope the same committee marks the papers for geometry. Some grades. Ha, Jesse, to think you got the mumps. Well, Vhat do you think of that? Benny says all things that dissolve in water are soluble. Talk about reasoning. Someone must have had anespecially good time with the' golashes. We wonder. My, but doesnt Bob's sweater fit little Willie to perfection? JttSt a little bit too soon, that's all. " ATHLETICS -^TfceMcfienry basket* ball Mors traveled to Wauconda last Friday night and broke even with the honors. The second team played their last pame of the season and succeeded in winning in a five minute over period by a score of 9 to 7. This was the most exciting game that the seconds have played this year. Two free throws were made in the five minute over period, one by Newman and one by Page. Our boys were greatly handicapped by the gymnasium, which has such a low ceiling. . McHenry 2nd FG. FT. PF. FTM. Green, rf ..... 1 0 Newman, If 2 Hopper, c ...... y .0 Thomas, rgj^i*,.-. .0 ; Whiting* lg > * • • • • -0 Page .v.*.. ... .0 0 1 0 ~ 1 1 « 0 0 • makes a little more work for the janitor and he won't mind a little thing like that. Wouldn't a school room look nice if the janitor took the same attitude as the others do ? Why can't each one help himself and make the school room a second home? Pick up the scraps as you go along and do your share. JOKES " B e t S h e , ' - ™ "Do angels have wings, momT*. "Yes, darling." ^ "Can they flyt" ' "Yes dear." • "Then when is nursie going to fly because daddy called l»er an angel last night." "Tomorrow darling." Pa Gets An Ear Full The telephone in a well known. «M> geon's office rang. When- the doctor answered the voice at the end of the line inquired, "Who is this?" The doctor, recognizing the voice of The glee club surely makes a foo^ia geven year old 90n( replied, "The showing for the barbers. All of the members have their hair " 'jbbed. Test in geometery. As Mr. Burbanks says, "The nuvival of the fittest," How many made the grade? wisest man in the world." "I beg your pardon," said the boy( "I have the wrong number." Inevitable ' , i > "Boys wiir be boys," mused 4he so- Another ,h.. Ife. father when"w« "" """ *" ranks of «thl,ea KbonkbKbieMdl haired giriirrllsl. . V ( >01 WOOUSVOlll. Oh well, they all f.cp sooner or later. "The loud laugh speaks the vacant mind," says Goldsmith. And to think ridge, only the lone rider was traveling a good deal faster than, when Buck first saw him that moonlight night about a month before. Eart F*te»w». : ^ * OSTEND ' . ' C. B. uurkee is still at the old homi, but will give possession March 1. Joe Harrer will move to the Durkee farm, which he purchased, and Don Hall will work the farm'vacated by Joe.. Mr. and Mrs. P. W. Freund attended the Forester dance at McHenry Monday night, their first indulgence in over ten years. Last reports from Mr. Hoppe he was a iPifie easier. His greatest trouble now is leakage of the heart. Arthu* came home last Saturday. Frank Kaiser had the misfortune to lose one of his cows Monday. She was taken very suddenly and violently ill and they were obliged to kill her. Mrs. Florence Dana returned to her home near Chicago last Friday. She has been with her adopted father, C. B. Durkee, most of the time since Mrs. Durkee's death. Ernest Brott is moving his household goods from the P. W. Freund REXALLS CLINCH LF.AD >• ii.• J y < ,iii DEFENDERS, BUICKS AND FORDS FIGHTING FOR 2ND PLACE Rex»U* ..,....^..^27 Defenders'-^ C\ 22 Buicks . . r « * . * 21 Fords , .. «... 21 Oh Henry* ^ , . Leghorns h 15 20 21 21 28 26 Pet .625 .510 .600 .500 .400 Henrys, was The scores: Defenders Thompson . Knox . . . . . Whiting ... Richardson A. Meyers second high with 506. fa* 2nd 3rd Total Av. ....173 142 159 474 158 ,...1& 136 119 384 128 .... 140 140 140 420 140 «... 140 140 140 420 140 , .187 162 224 528 175 Oh Henry* Wattles .... Hankerftteyer .370 R. Page By taking two out of three, from Sc^mitt consecutive son was born. Where Is Florence? / An Old colored woman came ufl ^ j treaT Feb. 22 ' . , jt^hliee 1t1icCKkCeVt wWiIInIUdUoWw a»vt «a bv.igg, rail• way he died before he knew some of the station and addressed the agent. Total..... Wauconda 2nds Risen ......... Frank?"!;*,*.. • •. Rozin& Murray .. ..vf; Gainor ^.. .> *** M. Stone Prior ... Blanck ........ . . . 3 FG. r» • : .iii- ,..o i:..a ...o . ..0 .. .0 3 3 1 FT. PF. FTM. freshmen Clyde would make a wonderful janitor. He looks too sweet for words with a broom and dus't pan. - Here's a real catch. Miss Afchburner tells us that once in a while we ean slip something over. Now, would we take advantage like that? Oh, my no! The chemistry students have surely given the lab. a mean rush this week. How will we ever get all the experiment* written up? "I wants a ticket for" Florence,' she said. \ ' The agenl&pent some minutes turning over railway guides apparently without success and then ask^d: "Where is Florence?" ^ "Settin' over dar on de bench," replied the colored woman. 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 Q.\ 0 • 9 i i i 9 o Total 2 3 3 0 Thfe first team boys did not fare so well as the others. They were defeated by a score of 14 to 8. Bacon made one basket, which was the only field goal scored by the McHenry boys. The rest of the points were made on free throws. The first team boys were also handicapped by the gymnasium, which was the cause of them not scoring more points. McHenry 1st ^ FG. FT. PF Overton, ri!fe^v%r.*t , *f Thelen, If .%* *, t.., .0 Freund, c *.v....,.0 Bacon, rg .1 Barbian, Nye ••6 -I:. 1 (k 0 1 ii 2 0 0 FTM. 2 2 2 0 3 0 Totaiv......U 6 4 9 Wauconda lets ' FG. FT. PF. FTM. Whetiman, rf ... .. .2 2 4 2 Hapke, If 4 0 ,1 2 Moody, c. ..0 2 2 S. Stone, rg ,, ..... .*0 2. 0 M. Stone, lg .......0 0 2 0 Prior .............0 p 0 0 SOPHOMORE^NOtES He has. worked for j Mr. Hoppe since last fall. The school children enjoyed a grand Their teacher, Miss Florence Eppel, invited them to the home of her uncle, Fred Eppel, and there sc fine lunch was served and each pupil received a little basket of candy and a little hatchet with their name on it. Andrew Eddy helped on the Hoppe farm several days last week, but Monday he commenced work at Terra I Cotta and that leaves Ernst Brott and Arthur Hoppe alone and Ernest's time is out March 1. It is hoped they can find some good help in this, their severe trial. Mr. Hoppe is not at the now. He is at the home of THE LONE RIDER The man went to the -house and soon reappeared with a smile on his face. he wrilked toward Ben and asked him| hospital where he would put his clothes that he Mrg Hopp"e'>'a siater, where the attended strapped to the back of his saddle Don't you think some of the second j Ben directed him and soon he appeared team boys .are a trifle conceited ? : in a rider's uniform, ready to ride any- We wonder where Dick Overton j where is what he said. He was 6 good gets his wise answers for Com. Geo. j rider and proved to the ranchmen that We want to congratulate the second j he knew what he was doing when he* team on winning the game at Wau-|was on the back of a horse. conda. I Things went on smoothly for a Lenore Cobb was absent from school' week and then one morning John j deputy of Woodstock took a bob ride Monday. It was reported she had the! Buckley wanted a team and a wagon, to Spring Grove Saturday morning, He said that he was going to town to i where they made a raid on the soft .ngl physician can see him often. The doctor gives them very little encouragement --' 1 ••• •.'••• 1 "• ',« • ; I RAID SPRING GROVE : U; SOFT DRINK PARtOR .} Sheriff Lester Edinger and his chief the Leghorns last Thursday night the Rexalls clinched the first place honors of the local bowlyig league and jure therefore entitled to first money regardless of the outcome of the remaining games of the sesason's schedule. The race will come to a close on Friday evening of this week. Three teams are fighting for the second plaoe honors, the Defenders, Buicks and Fords all having a chance to get second money, while the Oh Henrys and Leghorns will probably have to be satisfied- with the fifth and sixth positions in the race. On Tuesday evening of this week the Rexalls and Defenders locked •horhs. Tonight (Thursday) the Fords and Leghorns will come together, while the Buicks and Oh Henrys will close the season's schedule on Friday night. Fords vs. Buicks ; The Fords took two out of three from the Buicks on Tuesday evening of last week, thus demonstrating that a flivver can pass a Buick. A. Patzke, of the Buicks, was high man of the evening with a total score of 564, while Bacon, of the flivver quintet, was second high with 533. The scored: > 1st 2nd 3rd Total Av. &*?<£14B 156 146 448 149 <,1^177 169 187 533 178 ..;.:i40 140 140 420 140 ,fc,..161 145 182 488 163 ^TK*152 139 169 460 153 P. Meyer* 719 720 782 2221 741 1st 2nd 3rd Total Av. .158 140 147 445 148 .177 120 193 490 163 .169 155 199 523 175 .140 140 140 420 140 .178 178 150 506 169 822 733 £29 2384 795 DrnUe* Will Start Next Week Next week will witness the start of the doubles. The regular league schedule coming to a close tomorrow evening the members of the various teams have each contributed one dollar, making a fund of $80.00, to be distributed among the winners of the double events. Fords C. Buss Bacon .. Nickels E. Buss • take place next Tuesday evening, March 4, when A. Meyers ~ and W. Patzke are matched to meet W. F. Vogt and Ed. Buss. On March 6 P. Meyers and Tucek will meet Conway and Heimer. Cfti March 7 Bacon and Boley Will be pitted ag&inst Justen and Rcssman. On March 11 A. Patzke and Knox will meet Spurling and Thompson: On March 13 Laurel and Stenger will hook up with Richardson andP Wattles. Marchr 14 will see Steiltfn «nd StofTel take on Bickler and Bolger. On March 16 C. Buss and Kreutzer will tackle R. Page and Hankermeyer, while Whiting and L. Page will settle their own dispute on the same -afternoon." The teams were matched up accord ing to their averages as taken from the first thirty-nine games played in the regular season'# bowling schedule follows: '• !., ••'V,, Total;.. 6 2 11 6 In the county basket ball tournament this year the McHenr^ team will play Woodstock and in the district tournament they will play West Chicago. The second team has ended their 1923-24 basket ball schedule and are all happy to announce a very successful season. Wm. M. Green. f :,/ ' '-\/t SENIOR SCHOOL NOTES ijr"^ v Harriett Bobb /vUiteff the high school last week. Radio is the latest fad in physics and general science classes. Mr. Tallmadge is still very fond of keeping seniors after school. Misses Mayme Keg and> Margaret Stenger visi^4 school Friday afternoon. The English IV class are now involved in debating. Mercy, what next? v Carl Thorsell informed Miss Ptyor that Kenneth Granger had aome mumps. ^ Miss Pry or told us this "itoon that all our books have come--no more excuse for poor lessons. : Some of the typewriting students are real experts. Lyle claims he can typewrite with his toes. % ^ The thermostat, which will probably be installed in the new school, was demonstrated to the physics class' ... Monday. Lyle thinks they had better finish the"1 school before installing a thermostat. - Senior's id£a of an ideal exam: 1. What two countries took part in the Spanish-American war ? 2. If one side of a square is eight inches, what is the length of the other side? 3. How long did the 100 years' war last? 4. If a equals b„ what does b equal? 5. What nationality was the Ger- • mad statesman, Bismark? JR. Who wrote Lincoln's Gettysburg ,-pddress? ' Who was the originator of Boyle's law? . 8. When did the war e# 1812 take place? 9. How old was Washington on his fiftieth birthday! 10. What was Abraham Lincoln's first name? mumps. If you watch closely you might see that some of the stars of the operetta are sophomores. . Wonder if the operetta cast will be glad when its over. They found out it was hard work. We wonder if a certain little boy in the operetta will have his hair marcelled for the occasion. The hygiene of sleep is being studied in physiology class. We think it ought to be put in practise more. The changing of periods has caused some confusion in the classes. There's the stall "I didn't have this class today." , \ Clyde, reading Julius Caesar's part in Eng. II: "Let me have men around me that are fat." (It doesn't look, as tho Clyde is starved.) Mr. Stringer, in Eng. II: "Ethel, throw your gum in the basket." Essie: "Tain't no gum." Mr. Stringer: "I don't care- what it is throw it in the basket." Essie : "I will but it aint fto gum." (That's Eng. II ^11 right.) Miss Stockebrand gave the commercial geography class a test Monday morning. At .'rut she promised a question for eaoh student, but then couldn't And sufficient questions. Results: The students had mora of a chance to get a good grade. get the new lariats for the roundup that was to take place in about a couple of weeks. Buck had been watching the stranger who had been mending a saddle at the door of the ranch house. At the mention of new lariats the. stranger quickly looked up and began to be interested. All these actions again fell under tlje searching gaze of Buck, who began to think that it was time for him to keep his eyes open and watch out for trouble. That day the stranger acted rather queer and hardly ever during the same day did he have much to say.( At supper he was thru eating before any of the rest of them and left the house, saying that he was going to ride to town. He saddled^ his horse and started off toward town and in about an hour and a half two pair of eyes saw the lone rider again cross the ridge and disappear in the darkness of the evening. These two pairs of eyes were Ben and Buck, who knew Clt^. drink parlor as conducted by Joe Brown. According to information from the county seat the officials found soml) wet ^oods which they believed to contain a real kick. Besides the wet goods, a couple of slot machines were also loaded into the bob and hauled back to Woodstock. Mr. Brown was placed under $1,000 bond in circuit court at Woodstock that same day when he appeared before Judge Edward D. Shartleff. The warrant to search the place wa3 issued by Judge ShurtleiT and the complaint signed by Lucy Hall, a W. C. T. U. worker. ADDITION At. PERSONAL Latest Edison, Columbia and Cameo records at Nye's. Miss Adele Heimer passed the first of the week with friends at Ashton, 111. Joseph May spent Sunday as the, guest of relatives in the metropolitan as" soon as the rider rode away that Misses Louise and Eva WilliamB -of •omething w«. going to happen. The ,vi;ted ®unday in the hoaie rider had done just as Ben said he would, ride toward town and then circle around and go to the north, where rustlers probably were wating for him to bring news of the plans at the ranch. FRESHMAN NOTES * Agnes Weingart was absent from school on Monday. The general science class aT* making radios. • --- The Latin I students have just finished the fifth conjugation., In English I class each student. noise and dust, ,||as to give an oral book report. The seniors have big bead chains which thdy play with in school time. Jacob Bylsma suprised us all for being on time one morning out of two weeks. Elmer IZuelsdorf is back in school after an absence of two week* with mumps. < Kenneth Granger I* absent from school on account of having the mumps. The Engilsh I class has begun the Sohrab and Rustum book, written by Matthew Arnold. We are very sorry that the 'first team lost at Wauconda, but we wish to compliment the second team. The operetta students think they don't have to get their lessons because they are ifl die operetta. (Getting fooled). of Michael Freund Miss Lillian Freund returned home Friday from a week's visit with friends and relatives in Chicago. Mrs. Clara Harrison and Mrs. Emma Matthews of Woodstock at- ! ... tended the funeral of Mrs. Emma Full- In about four weeks all the cattle lington hel,e Monday. Mrs. M. C. Wilson of Libertyville is. spending the week as a guest of her mother and sister, Mrs. Sarah burne and Miss Anna. that belonged to the Buckley ranch were gathered in a valley that was a good protection for them. There they could get food and water without going a long distance. Ben and Buck were looking over the many hundreds that were moving about and this of course created a great amount of which the two men JP>ICURIAN CLUB SPEN VERY PLEASANT EVENING Twelve members of the Epicurian In ancient history we thought we the two bunches met nobody were going to have hard luck, but they; said a word on ejther side. Then the had skipped the fifth period on account of the operetta practice. We were to have an exam, but it did not come off. (Freshmen lucl JUNIOR CLASS NOTES We are sorry to hear that Arthur Hoppe has left us for good. Oral book reports are quite stylish this quarter. AW ttoee^punute i length. --H-t. in didn't like because they wanted to j club passed a most delightful few ke< p an eye on the hills beyond. In a hours as guests of Mr. and Mrs. A. E. few moments a rider appeared on the Nye at their home on.Main street last highest hill in the valley, looked at the j Sunday evening. . The time was cattle and then dashed out of sight., passed at the playing of five hundred, The two men knew that the rustlers j after which a fine luncheon was were getting ready to work q bunch, served. High honors of the evening of cattle away so they summoned all the men and told them of the danger and the evidenec that there was going to be some fighting before morning. That night the men were won by Mrs. M. J. Walsh and H. J. Schaffer. FIRST METHODIST CHURCH The order of services at the Mefewe^ e divided odist. Episcopal church into"grou*jM" and "stationed at different: Mar<* 2- are »8 follows: ^ Sunday points around the cattle. One group i school at 10:0<j| a was placed in the direction that the 776 749 824 2349 783 Buicks " . LL. :2nd 3rd Total Av. A. Patzke '^ . 162 192 210- 564 188 L. Page ,£..,.140 140 140 Kreutzer U#v*« 5126 113 148 W. Patzke V.. 156 201 138 Laures .......170 134 120 420 387 495 424 140 129 165 141 754 780 756 2290 768 Rexalla vs. Leghorns The Rexalls took two out of three from Steilen's Leghorns last Thursday evening, thus giving the druggists an undisputed claim on first place honors in the race. . Vogt, of the winning team, was high man of the evening with a total of 554 pins, while Stoffel, of the Leghorns, followed him a close second with 553. The scores Rexalls ' 1st 2nd 3rd Total Av. Spurling .....168 162 193 523 174 Rossman .....118 174 137 429 143 Boley 144 160 175 Bickler ....»f.152 166 161 Vogt .191 179 184 479 479 554 160 160 185 Le^iomb 773 841 850 2464 822 ls'1f 2nd 3rd Total Av. Stoffel .......169 223 161 558 184 Bolger iWs.^.145 129 168 442 14' Heimer ......113 171 184 468 156 Steilen .......143 172 164 479 160 CatgHpy .. ... .154 189 125 468 156 ^ > 724 884 802 2410 803 Defenders vs. Oh Henrys The Oh Henrys took three straight from the Defenders last Friday evening. A Meyers, of the Defenders, and R. Page, of the Oh Henrys, were tied for high honors, each getting a.total of 523 pins. P. Meyers, of the Oh Motion by Krause, seconded by Dqhcrty, that the mayor be empowered to appoint a committee of three to secure the dedication and adjust tine' right-of-way on route 20 in section 1(1 of the city of McHenry. Ayes, Doherty, Krause, Overton, Stoffel and, Wattles. Nay,- Knox. Motion' «j|^ ried.. " V".. Mayor Wells appointed on this committee Doherty, Wattles and Stoffel^ Motion by Krause, seconded fey Doherty, that the mayor be empowered with one member of the board Of local improvements to go in and see B. F. Langworthy on the matter pertaining to the new sewer and the £pjunction case. Motion carried. ? Motion by Overton, seconded Wattles to adjourn. Motion carried. D. G. Wells, Mayor. Wm. G. Schreiner, Clerk. CARD OF THANKS v . We take this public mannitr if '«*£ pressing our gratitude to the kind neighbors and friends who so" willingly The ftnt match in the double. wm **t™Ied their aid daring the msi ill. ness and after the death of our be- V i" *'-"%• loved mother, Mrs. Christina Neiss. Also do we wish to express our thaa$& to the donors of flowers. I: THE CHILDREN: ^ CLASSIFIED DEPA1THEMT FOR SALE--Alfalfa hay. Inquire M Henry Tonyan,. McHenry. Phone 660- J-i. i 37-2t* FOR SALE--Property in the city of McHenry. Inquire of Wm. J. Welch, West McHenry, HI. . 35-tf FOR SALE--Car of good young work* horses at Ben Brown's barn, Woodstock. George Fryer. 37.-2t* 'WK ' * •• •i;wV ~ .;f •F. (.-•*"t\ '.h* '• **.• A. Meyers Vogt .... P. Meyers Conway. ... .«*»•,» •... v . Bacon .» ». »»«» J u s t e n . . . . . . « . . » < , . • . . ' . . . A. Patzke . Spurling .. L a u r e s . . . ( 0 , . . y. Richardson >. .3. ?<*. < •. iW* •«y<*. S t e i l e n . . .^ . i « •# * * • » * »i> Bicklef . C. Bu«J. R. Page . Whiting . L. Page ., Hankermeyer Kreutaer ... *. '• • Bolger '.. «,•. • Stoffel . Wattle* Stenger ..... % ^»• Thompson A,"+pi.M*,» Knox ..... Rossmair . Boley Heime* .. Tucek E. Bua* .. W. Patzke • '!•> iftf. s? . . •* . ir. •' • ,.184 .175 .170 .170 .169 .168 ....167 .164 .163 .162 .159 .158 .158 .155 .154 .152 .152 .152 .152 .160 .150 .150 .149 .149 .149 .149 .142 FOR SALE--My 140 acre farm three miles east of McHenry. Inquire of Michael Fi*eund, McHenry. 36-3t* FOR SALE--1000 bushels of ear corn; also 500 bushels* good barley. B. J. Wegener, Volo, 111. Phone 62841- 2. ' j : • 38-tf FOR SALE--^A number of seven foot fence posts. Also wood, in stove lengths. Mrs. Jos." H. Justen, McHenry, 111. 871st* FOR SALE--360,egg electric hatch incubator in good working condition. Also fine hard coal base burner. A. S. Parks, West McHenry. $7-2t« FOR RENT--The Hanly farms, one of 350 acres and two of 120 acreg each. Also house and lot. Inquire of C. W. Harrison; Ringwood, 111. 36-tf FOR SALE--About 20 tons of timothy hay; also quantity of Swedish select seed oats and regular oats. Phone 613-R-2. WiHiatn Buchart, West McHenry, HI. 37-2t - r ' Y 1*«<r« • • • • v • • • • 140 » * "•* -- . . • . • . 139 ..188 COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS crnr aldermen met in spe- ^CIAL SESSION MONDA^t - Council Room, Feb. 26, 1924. city aldermen met in special session for the purpose of securing the dedication of route 20 in section 14 between the east and west sides of the city uf McHenry, with Mayor Wells presiding. Aldermen present: Doherty, Knox, Krause, Overton, Stoffel and Wattles. FOR SALE--Eight high-grade Holstein cows, milkers and springers; also 75 Barred Rock qnd White Leghorn pullets. Henry Wegener, McHenry,_ IU. ifoute I. 37-2t FOR SALE--Two gas steam radiators, original cost, $150; will be ^old. for $75. Can be seen at my summer home on Sundays or Mondays. Dr. C. Keller, McHenry. Phone 157. 88-2t BABY CHICKS--In 100 lots, assorted,- $11; Leghorns, $12; Barred Rocks, S. C. Red Anconas, $14; Wyandottes, Buff Orpingtons, Minorcas, $17. Postpaid. Catalog free. D. T. Farrow Chickeries, Peoria, 111. . 32-24t FOR SALE--A six room house with bath, sun parlor, heading plant fend all modern conveniences. Has a two car garage* All new. Lot 99x180. Located in Crystal {take, 2 -blocks north of depot. Price, $12,000. .Inquire of Ben Stilling & Son, McHenry, 111. 38-2t »m- • V '*2 ^ ave you oraered TV--. rider was seen. In this group Ben and Buck were side by. side on swift horses. At about midnight a large bunch to rustlers came down the hill toward the group that was waiting anxiously for the action to take place BDITORIAL Waste Paper What is there that mains a *oom rook more untidy than waste paper? Scattered paper makes any room look j numbered the rustlers, but five Of the untidy, but more so in a school room, ranchers were hurt and they began to leader of the rustlers ordered his men to tie all those men together and leave them there while they got the cattle. The men started to obey the orders, but that's as far as they got. From all sides of them yelling arose and in a minute there was a .pitched battle in the valley between men who fought for their lives. TShe ranchers out- When a piece of paper drops to the floor it is left because one piece won't look so bad. The next person who comes along will not pick it up because he didn't put. it there. No one talk and yell as the rustlers fled, but as all this was taking place there came from below the noise of a good fight and they all hurried toward it. There was Buck and his scar-faced is going around the room and pick upfriend fighting with knives. When Buck's opponent turned blood was funning from his face, where he had been slashed by Buck's knife, and then he had a scar on each side of his face the scraps so if you don't do it for yourself who will? Another may drop some scraps on the floor as he walked up the aisle, but as he didn't put them in his pocket j At the sight of the ranchmen coming it wasn't his fault that they fell he the stranger fled, jumped on the back won't pick them up. What is the use 0f a horse near and for the last time j^pf picking a few ^ pieces only /Buck a*w him disappear over the m. Mrs. H. C. Bobb superintendent. Preaching at 11:00 o'clock by the pastor. Subject, "The Healing Harmony ?or Life's Discords." At 7:00 p. m. will be given the second ilfilstrated lecture. All are cordially invited to attend these airvices. Rolahd C. Elzey, Pastor. ATTENTION, TAX PAYERS To McHenry county tax payer*, please be informed that we have been designated as a depository for the payment of your taxes. We have been authorized to give proper receipts. Pay your taxes here. West McHenry State Bank. ' The Powers, Thompson* company of Joliet, who have the contract for grading route 19 from Barrington to Cary, hope to be able to start operations on the stretch early next month. Fred K. Bennett, a farmer residing near' Richmond, was adjudicated bankrupt by Federal Judge Adam C. Cliffe in the federal court in Chicago last Saturday. Bennett has assets of $2,000'and liabilities of $4,000. His debtors include the State Bank of Richmond, Ready and Hardy of Woodstock, Green and Beatty of Woodstock, the Citizens' State bank of Genoa City, Wis., Fred C. Mackenberg of Wilmot, Wis., Will Mensem of Richmqpd^ Fred Katxenburg and W4-J. Mill* ; ~ , p*5vji' , ff > * *10'-' r*.- Last year 350,000 waited lor delivery, ^ this spring by placing your order for a Ford Car now. See the Nearest Authorized Ford Deakv Detroit, Michigan