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For stewed meats, dried beans, peas, etc., prunes and other dried fruits, barley and other cereals,--there is nothing like the slow heat of your Simmerer to bring out flavor, and give that delicate tenderness that can never be secured by rapid boiling. Use your Simmerer-- For Slow Cooking. For Cooking in Your AiikiR. Western United Gas and Electric Company C. E. COLLINS. District Manager Wonderful values in bed blankets at Erickson's. For 100 per cent Insurance in "KM branches, call on or phqggS , ./ WM. G. SCHRE1KER ^ ) Phone 934t Auctioneering McHENRY & • •'«*•.. ILLINOIS COMERS AND GOERS OF A WOK IN OUR BUSY VILLAGE mm H R| RHHHH QBB My spectacles and eye glasses are cnown all over America. Thirty years experience testing eyes and grinding glasses to order only. We make all repairs. Absolutely guaranteed. Dr. C. KELLER, Optometrist and Optician Chicago Address McHenry, 111. 8407 N. Paulina St. Phone 157 Phone Graceland 9540. McHenry Township Motul Fire Insurance Co, FOR ALL KINDS OF INSURANCE "f. ~ " Good protection at very low cost. The fact that our" company has written more than $225,000 worth of : new business, without much canvassing, during the . year just ended, indicates that the people of this • ;'cominunity are beginning to realize that a Mutual" --insurance is the only insurance. (McHenry: Michael Freund, Phone 127-J Johnsburg, Ring wood: M.N. Schmitt, 623-R-l Spring Grove and Richmond: Fred Meyers AS SEEN BY PLAINDEALER REPORTERS AND HANDED IN BY OUR FRIENDS Glenn W. Wells was a Chicago visitor last Saturday. Joe Junger of Elgin spent Sunday with McHenry friends. George Buss visited his wife at the Oak Pai k hospital Sunday. Rev. M. J, McEvoy was a Chicago passenger Sunday evening. Theodore Schiessle spent laat Friday in the metropolitan city. Mrs. Martha Page spent the latter part of last week in Chicago. Mrs. George Meyers was a metropolitan city visitor last Friday. C. Unti attended to business matters in the metropolitan city Monday. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Weinschenker were Chicago visitors last Friday. Richard Cronin of Chicago is spending a few days with his wife here. Carl Schmidt of Woodstock spent Sunday in the Fred Kamholz home. Miss Helen Sauer of Chicago spent the welk end with Miss Florence ICamholz. Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Howell spent a few days last week with Chicago relatives. Mrs. Laura Kent and son, Roy, were Chicago visitors on Thursday of laet week. Miss Lillian Buss spent Saturday with her mother at the Oak Park hospital. Jos. N. Miller attended to business matters in the metropolitan city last Thursday. Mrs. Nellie Biggy of Chicago spent the week end with McHenry relatives and friends. Dr. Fred L. Minick passed Sunday as the guest of relatives in the metropolitan city. Miss Elsie Mertes of Pistakee Bay spent a few days last week with Mrs. John Engeln. Mrs. John Miller spent Saturday QUARTER OF A CENTURY ITEMS CLIPPED FROM PLAINDEALERS OF 2S YEARS AGO just sold to in his hall a ( Bert Stebbins is rejoicing' over the arrival of a baby boy at his home One day last week. Quite a number from Woodstock were over to attend the German fair Sunday evening. One hundred workmen in the plate room of the Elgin watch factory were laid off last week. Uncle Joe Glynch of Wauconda died on Thursday of last week, aged eighty-three years. Milo L. Howe has Simon Stoffel and put handsome $250 piano. Martin Bickler, son of Theo. Bickler of this village, was married at Elgiif on Tuesday to Miss Lightfoot of that city. The Citizens' Telephone company has secured thirteen new subscribers this week, making forty now in the village. The social party at StoffePs hall, given by the ladies" of St. Patrick's church, was attended by about 100 couples. Peter B. Freund lias purchased of the Bishop estate the lot between the Owen warehouse and Jacob Bonslett's residence. Consideration, $600. The social of the ladies of the Universalist church, which was held at tile residence of Simeon Covall on Thursday evening, was well attended. Frank Wattles, C. T. Eldredge and a farmer by the name of Pitzen from Lake county each shipped a car of hogs from this station on Monday. Dr. A. E. Auringer has purchased the building now occupied by the West McHenry post office and will occupy same as his office as soon as vacated. ^ An accident occurred at a crossing of the Wisconsin Central railroad near Grayslake in which two brothers, A. C. and Oscar Drury were instantly killed. The contest for the gold headed cane, which took place at the German fair last week, closed Saturday. The ORANGE JUDD FARMER THINKS WELL OF BEN JUSTEN DON'T BE AN INDIAN AND MOV& FROM PLAQE TO PLACE OWN YOUR OWN HOM& , SEE - ! IKENT 8c GREEN S ! REAL ESTATE ft INSURANCE fflONE 34 McHENRY. fiUL See Us About Our Easy Payment Plan; Jk with her daughter, Mrs. Geo. StolTel.: vote cast was 1279, of which C. in Woodstock. Mr. and Mrs. F. E. Boger spent a couple of days last week in the< metropolitan city. H. Granger received 676 and Jos. Heimer, 608. lite central office of the Citizens' Telephone company in this village has Mrs. John Stoffel passed Saturday 11,66,1 moved from the Huemann & and Sunday as the guest of her daugh- Schneider jewelry store to the build- HORSE SALE! -AT THE STOCK YARDS CRYSTAL LAKE , MARCH 1, '24 V A Carload of Horses will be Sold at ; * - Public Auction " , ' ' These horses are from four to seven years old weigl* tag from 1400 to 1600 pounds. Every horse Well brofee tO-work. • Every horse will be hitched and shown at work tit 4fcy of the sale, every horse will be sold to highest bidder* » If you want a good farm horse orjeam don't miss this sale. * ** • 1. y ••• • i r,,: TERMS 01 SALE, CASH ^ Ed. Borders, Auctioneer t^rnn Richards, Clerk O. K. Stock Farm i Grand Island, Ne| ters in Chicago. Francis and Edward Bonalett of Chicago passed the week end here with home folks. Mrs. Mary Carey of Elgin spent the week end in the home of her daughter, Mrs. R. I. Overton. Miss Barbara Wiedemann of Elgin attended the funeral of Mrs. John Neiss here Monday. Jacob Buss^of Belvidere spent Tuesday as a guest in the home of his sister, Mrs. Henry Dowe. Mrs. John W. Fay passed the latter part of last week with her children at Kenosha and Chicago. Edward Stewart of Chicago spent the latter part of last week as the guest of McHenry friends. Mrs. John Adams of Chicago spdnt a few days this week in th« home of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Thurlwell. Mr. and Mrs. Peter J. Freund of Woodstock were guests of McHenry relatives over the week ,ehd. . ^ Mrs. Elizabeth Berggren of Kenosha, Wis., spent the latter part of last week with relatives here. Miss Rosina Freund o^ Chicago spent the week end with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jos. W. Freund. Miss Mary Bonslett spent the * eek end as the guest of her sister, Mrs. Arthur Muckler, at Elmhurst. John Bolger and James Doherty attended the American Legion minstrel at Woodstock last Saturday evening. Mrs. Earl Thomas and little son of ing one door north of Owen it Chapell's store. On Monday of this week there were delivered at the McHenry depot for shipment one car of oats, one car of ear corn and three car3 of hogs, for all of which the farmers received the handsome sum of $2,600. The remains of Mrs. Daly, who formerly lived near Fox Lake, were brought here on Saturday from Chicago for burial and her funeral hold from St. Patrick's church. She was ninety-nine years of age. Since the Fox River railroad was built up to the present time, but two cars of corn had ever been shipped from this station and those over twenty- five years ago. To break this record Frank Wattles purchased fifty tons and is now shipping two cars a day to the stock yards, Chicago. ONB OF THE BEST KEPT PLACES TO BE FOUND ANYWHERE IN McHENRY COUNTY Ben Justen lives in one of the best iairy sections of Illinois (to say noth ing of the entire U. S.)--McHenry county. His farm has been built up thru two generations and by using special care in planning over a period of years, the farm has continued to pay even during adverse times. That is why I was interested, while driving thru northern Illinois for Orange Judd Farmer recently, to have a visit with Mr. Justen. As we were talking over conditions of farmers in the corn belt and looking over the barns and equipment, Mr. Justen outlined some of the methods his father and he have carried out. Diversified His Income "I haven't tried to put all my eggs in one basket," said Mr. Justen, "altho dairy cows and poultry have been the best paying lines on farms in this community the past few years. I work with my brother, who has the farm across the road, and by planning our work and using good equipment we have cut out a big item in the cost of production namely labor. Of course much of this equipment had been planned and arranged before the depression came and that has proven far sightedness on our part. But by watching the he*d and keeping an eye on market conditions we have tned to buy when the time was right and sell when the time was at hand." For instance, Mr. Justen told how he raised a number of calves three years ago. When the calves were born there was a big demand for young stock, so he sold the calves at what j seemed to be a good price. Not over ja year later he bought back calves j which were fully as good so far as | breeding was concerned for less money and had been saved a year's expense in raising them. In other words, he sold when ' men wanted and bought when they didn't want calves. Keeps the Buildings In Shape The equipment on the Justen farm is worth looking over. It is not new and not elaborate--but it is kept in good shape, the buildings are painted and clean and the whole farm is built '•on a definite plan so that the buildings and machinery are one unit. He has saved much labor, and no telling how much expense, by planning over a period of years in getting, the farm in shape. The barn formerly had a common gable roof, which did not give enough space for hay and s|raw, so at a cost of $1,200 the barn was reroofed with a hip or gambrel roof. The space was nearly double. There is space on th«- main floor for' ffls hefd of thirty cowt and a bull pen and calf pen, with grain bins besides. , i " . Hitched Onto a Highline The house and all buildings are electrically lighted. For many years Mr. Justen has used a small plant. But when he was ready to replace it, a company came along with an overhead power line and the cost was so near tile same that the Justens went in on it. This is rapidly coining into the better sections of Illinois, and brings power and light at reasonable rates to fanners as well as city folks I find. Mr. Justen pays a regular rate for the amount of electricity used and the company maintains his highline. For instance, his motor burned out some time ago, and the company replaced it without cost to Mr. Justen. He uses it in helping Mrs. Justen in the housework, lighting the barnyard and buildings and for milling, pumping water and other power. Clover and Hogs Helped, Too Mr. Justen raises some good pigs. We walked over to the fattening pen and found an even lot nearly ready for market. They showed plainly that an experienced man had bred and raised them. Altho he has never tried soy beans, Mr. Justen has found that legume feeds, such as clover, are a necessity in his cropping plans and he gets his pay for it in the milk check. The barn connects with the fields, directly, on one side and with the hog house and machine sheds close up on the other side. There is one long shed for machinery, granary, poultry, shop and garage along the north fence in the barn yard, tt isn't but a few steps from any one door to the other in the whole yard. A Clean Yard For the Cows The cows are let out into a concrete floored yard, which is diflTerent from any I have seen. When cement blocks were cheaply laid together, in pre-war days, Mr. Justen figured that a permanent wall would be better than any other fence for the cows. This wall runs around , three sides of the floor, which is cleaned by every rain, and keeps the cows clean with but little extra care. Abutting the barn on one end is a silo and on the other end, but separate, is the milkhouse aril cooling tank. This tank is also close to the road and saves much work in loading the milk. Mr. Justen and his brother own jointly a tractor and small threshing rig. This has saved them much in cost of hired help, he says, as they thresh whenever they are ready, and not when other work may be crowding them. He still keeps his horses on hand, however, and has a colt or two, as most Illinois farmers have found to be good business. Wednesday, Feb. 22, 1889 A northeast storm visited this s*c< tion on Wednesday. A new gasoline engine is to be ill' stalled at the Bishop mill. Wm. Stoffel has just received a patent for his pneumatic tire protec tor. C. T. Eldredge shipped a car of hogs on Monday and a mixed car of hogs and cattle on Friday last. G. H. Spaulding and Mrs. Elsie Aldrich of Elgin were married at Genoa Junction !ast Wednesday. _ _ __ A new boarder arrived at the home Elgij} passed the latter part of last and j °f Henry Block the first ofc the week first of this week with relatives here. Weight about nine and a half pounds. Frank Schumacher of Chicago | The church fair, conducted by the passed last Friday with his mother at j M. E. church at Ringv/ood, was a the home of Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Bohr. Rrand success and netted the church Mrs. Kenneth Wright of May wood spent the week end with her husband, who is a guest at the Northwestern hotel. Mrs. Harvey Baron left Sunday for Oak Harbor, Ohio, being called there by the serious illness of her mother. Mrs. Wm. Marum of Woodstock spent a few days last week in the home of her parents, Mr. arid Mrs. N. J. Justen. Miss Irene Conway of Elgin was a guest in the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. M. A. Conway, over the week end. Mrs. Fred Nickels and little daughter and Miss Mabel Conway spent the week end with tioe latter's sister at Richmond.. Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Moriarty of Chicago were Sunday guests in the! company. $60. A party from this village attended the dance given under the auspices of the M. W. A. of Nunda on Friday evening last- Hon. L. T. Hoy of Woodstock has been appointed secretary of the state board of pharmacy at a salary of $3,600 a year, We are now enjoying in this section some fine spring weather, which, after the severe cold wave lasting eighteen days, is highly appreciated. Geo. Overocker had the misfortune to fall from a wagon in West McHenry die latter part of the week, dislocating his hip. Dr. Wells was called. The Nunda Electric Light company has changed hands during the past week, having been sold to the Citizens' Electric Light and Manufacturing r, - - v ' •V ,/J +K, , home of the latter's parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Pint. Mrs. A. Wiswall and son, Austin, of Chicago passed the latter part of last week in the home her sister, M*-s. Henry Dowe. .diss Margaret Stenger of Chicago spent the latter part of last week In the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Stenger. 1 % One of the most horrible accidents that ever occurred in this section took place on the A. L. Austin farm, three miles southwest of this village, Tuesday morning, resulting in the death of the five-year-old daughter of H. A. Thomas, the tenant on the place. Amos and Wm. Smith, who4 live on the old Smith farm northeast of Ringwood, which contains 800 acree of fine East Side Service and Transfer Station Herman Schaafer it Co., Props. General Garage Moving Phone 49 :: McHENRY, ILL. Phone 162 The Best Service Always ..V^fTONBABD-POPP £41 Jfxpert Shoemaker Poultry Flock Paid, Aba The poultry house is lighted by eral south windows and is kept clean at leisure times. Poultry has paid Mr. Justen well the past few years and he finds it worth while to keep only good » hens just as it pays to keep only his best cows. The nests are separate and • covered with a burlap flap to keep them dark, which the hens like. And as we finished the rounds of this well-arranged and neat set of practical farm buildings I couldnt help but notice that Mr. Justen was making a good home for his wife and children, and I know he must take a lot of satisfaction in knowing that he ' is bringing up the youngsters in surroundings which will encourage them to Wwant to farm like daddy -P. A. P. " ; ; Frank Dalziel of Antioch was "slicked" out of fifty hard earned dollars at Kenosha, Wis., on Wednesday of last week. The Antioch man, while waiting for a train at the Union station in Chicago, met a fine looking, silvery-tongued, past middle aged man who was employing men for a large construction concern oat m Idaho. After a short * conversation Dalziel let it be known to his stranger friend that he was not adverse to making the trip out west and soon a bargain was struck between the two whereby the Lake county man was to make the trip. It was agreed between the two to meet at a hotel at Kenosha, Wis., where the stranger claimed to have business on that day. Living up to t^e agreement Mr. Dalziel was at the hotel at the appointed time, where he met his newly formed friend. After treating the victim to a good cigar and showering him with a lot of what is commonly known as hot air, the stranger left his victim after he ' had obtained Dalziel's fifty dollars ; with which to purchase his ticket to . the west. The stranger never wfcri turned. Mrs. Peter Steffens and daughter, " Elsie, of Chicago passed last Friday as guests in the home of the former's sisteriJMrs^Ca^ ^ 1 DR. A. I. FROEHLICH Physician and Surgeon Special attention given to X-ray* • - diagnosis, treatments and dental radiograph. Office hours: 9:80 to 10:30 a- m. - ? f 1:80 to 3:30 p. nu 7:00 to 8:00 p. Wu Telephones, Res., 128-W; Office, 128-K WEST McHENRY, ILL. W:\ Office Hoars 9-12 a. m. 2-6 p. m. . 7-8 p. m. ' Phone m vvJ 2% H' West McHenry, Illinois Chiropractor F L. MINICK, DX ? / j, "• • Palmer Graftal* : Bref eld^Building West McHenry, HL land, have decided to divide it into two farms, William to retain the old homestead and Amos to take the east part, on which he will erect a new house, barn and other outbuildings^ March 1, 1899 Frank Wattles shipped a car of rvj fine hogs on Monday. C. T. Eldredge shipped a car of fine fat sheep to Chicago Tuesday. Jacob Justen has successfully passed the examination before the state board of health and is now a licensed undertaker. L. A. Welsh has opened a barber shop in the rooms in Smith's block, West McHenry, formerly occupied by Jacob Hetzel. Died--At the Hotel Riverside on Saturday morning, Feb. 26, Clarence Edward, infant son of S. S. and Allie Chapel], aged 1 year and 8 months. The chicken pie supper, given at the city hall on Thursday evening by the Ladies' Aid society of the M. E. church, was a grand success. The ladies netted about $25. Statement of the McHenry Creamery company for February: Pounds of milk received, 3,907,113; pounds of Sutter made, 175,706; average yield, 4.49; average price, 18.47c; received for butter, $32,462.69. From the amount of lumber that if being hauled to Pistakee Bay it looks as tho there would be a large numbei of buildings erected there this season. There will also be a number of buildings erected on Fox river this spring. At a meeting of the Willing Work* ers' society of the Universalist church, held with Mrs. H. T. Brown on Thursr day afternoon the following officers were elected: President, Mrs. L. H, Owen; vice president, Mrs. John 1^ Story; secretary, Mrs. J. Van Slykej treasurer, Mrs.' W. A. Cristy. Died--At the home of his son, R. A| Howard in Elgin, on Friday, Feb. 24, 1899, Dr. O. J. Howard, aged "82 years, 4 months and 12 days. Dr. Howard practiced his profession in McHenry for a period of about thirty years. His funeral was held from the Universalist church hers on Monday. * 1 VOTE FOR Wm. M. Carroll V REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE FOR STATE'S ATTORNEY McHENRY, COUNTY " PRIMARIES TUESDAY. APRIL 8. I»14 H|r\ || p His experience qualifies him for the office and he solicits » J your support on the promise of honest and faithfyil jierfQf-| mance of the duties of prosecutor. , ^ * * , > ViL , ^ .. . - Z"* \K+ "£> ^ '1 . . * ImV iHiit*' lSh% I riiiiii' ;V "t*