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SEVERE STORM DOES DAMAGE TVTO LARGE BARNS DESTROYED BY FIRE -ffliis locality was onceSjnore visited toy* severe electric storm, which have been quite common this season, last Sunday night and, while some damage was effected in and adjacent to this city, other sections of the county suf- 'fered greater losses than ,did this community. The storm, accompanied by considerable wind and hail, broke about nine o'clock in the evening and was followed by another and probably just as severe at about, the midnight hour. Here in McHenry Mrs. Jacob Stock probably suffered the heaviest damage when the heavy fall of rain crushed in the west wall of a newly con- COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS^! CITY OFFICIALS MET IN REGULAR SESSION MONDAY Council Room, Aug. 4, 1924. The city aldermen met in regular session with Mayor \yells presiding. Aldermen present: Doherty, Frisby, Good ell, Justen and Overton. Absent: Perkins. The minutes of the last regular meeting were read and approved. The following bills were read and approved by the finance committee: C. J. Reihansperger, lanterns.$ 8.00 Frank Zuelsdorf, special police 37.60 QUARTER OF A CENTURY TENS CUPPED FROM PLAINDEALERS OF 25 TEARS AGO i Dr. W. C. Besley left yesterday for a trip to Buffalo, New York, and other points of interest in the East Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Lamphere rejoice over the arrival of a little son, born to them Monday evening. Chris Stegmann of McHenry sold to the R. W. Stafford pickling works the first cucumbers this season. Miss Clara Thompson entertained a company of friends Wednesday evening in honor of Miss Alice Merritt. While G. A. Stevens of Ringwood was cutting grain on Wednesday his horses became frightened and ran away. The new electric -road between Harvard and Geneva Lake is now open and trains are running on regular schedule. Messrs. Murray, Upton & Whitney have purchased from DeKay Bros, the was a test of the contracts the marketing company entered into with a number of dairymen and will stand as a precedent for further litigations that may arise regarding the binding power, of the contracts. F. R. & LTIMPROVEMFNT ASSN. service » H. C. KamhoU, setting 2 meters 2.00 John Walsh, marshal service.. 115.00 Star Garage, painting signs.. 2.00 structed basement on her lot on Pearl! Jerome Schneider, lbr on park 100.00 street, where she is , to erect a new' L. F. Newman, special police. 15.75 home. The entire wall crumbled in j McHenry Fire Dept., rent of and will have to be rebuilt. Consid-j truck June and July..,.. ^. 50.00 erable damage was also done to our McHenry Fire Dept., storage » streets, especially at points where ^ of truck, June and July.V.,;/ 30.0(V Waukegan Daily and Weekly Gazetterecent sew er connections have been Nap Lazotte, lbr on ww... • ^ 16.00 Register. made. One particular bad mess was M. J. Freund, hauling gravel. 73.00; Misses Kate Howe, Agnes P6rry, near the intersection of Green and Public Service Co., street lights 143.73 j. Rosjna Reynolds and Elsie Howe are Public Service Co., power for j spending the week camping at Mc- .'.electric pump .1 "..«.••• J40.50 Collum's lake. , - Chas. S. Ensign, lbr on sts».. 119.25 j a Waukegan man is engaged in the R. F. Conway, postage & su|f. f 1.50 ( ferret business. He "now has about 21.06 j fifty ferrets of all sizes and finds a 6.251 ready sale for them. Pearl streets, where a very bad washout resulted: '/• ;. Electric serVidfe w&s also cut off for more than* an honi* while the storm Vas at its height.. Over at the Fox: Valvoline.Oil Co., gas and oil.% dancing pavilion, where quite a large! McHenry Plaindealer, printing <rowd was gathered, the place was 111. Bell Tele. Co., calls put into total dftfrtcness and with the! A. H. Pouse, services on bond severity of the lightning, wind andj issue and drawing up ordinhail the dancers are said to have put atlces ...... in a very unpleasant half hour or] S. J. Frazer, lbr at park more. Manager Niesen got in touch Standard Oil Co., gasoline with W. L. Howell & Co., who hooked up one of their Kohler Light- * ing systems, which provided the energy during the balance of the -Evening. The heavy rain put out of commis- j McHenry Lumber Co., coal and sion practically every car on the prem- tile ises, but all except one of the machines St. Mary's Church, 1770 ft. of were able to get out after they had j sidewalk 3.20 H. J. Schaffer, band sei-vices.. Jos. May & Co., lbr on sts... H. E. Buch, tapping and lbr on waterworks ....... .... M. Engeln & Son, lbr and bat out. On account of the; Valvolirie Oil Co., oil. . . 3.75; W. M. Mead has moved his family to Nunda, where he holds the position as foreman the Nunda Electric Lighting company's plant. Michael Crpnin while drawing hay on the James Hughes farm across the river,-fell from the load and received several painful wounds in the face. I Mrs. H. E. Wightman and daughter, 102.20j dara, give a reception Wednesday 12.20; from three until five' o'clock.. There I were sixty-five invitations issued and 231.21 fifty were present. | The public picnic, given by the 88*5® i members of St. Patrick's Catholic 30.00; 13.24 j 1.20 50.00 33.40 i been dried church Saturday afternoon, was softness of was necessary to tow a number of the j Nick Verito, expenses ....... 3.25 foc,t Up in the neighborhood of $200. 'the ground, however, it j Alexander Lum. Co., material 82.99 iarjrely attended. The proceeds will cars to the road, after which they Geo. Meyers, teaming ........ were able to proceed under their own' L. N. Baer, 18 ft. of sewer.... power. | Geo. Wirfs, 50 ft. of sewer.... A number of the basements about Geo. Wirfs, 400 ft. of sidewalk town were also flooded on account of tiie down pour, while the Fox river, which had only recently gone back to practically its normal stage of water, again arose to a new high level on | C. W. Goodell, alderman serv. Monday morning and sinc/e that time p. M. Justen, alderman serv.. J. J. Leonard, lbr on ww D. G. Wells, mayor service P. J. Doherty, alderman serv.. R. J. Frisby, alderman service has overflowed its banks in all of the low spots. The greatest damage thruout this section was suffered by the farmers, whose small grain, especially oats,: Overton, that the reports of treasurer was leveled to the ground. Over east and collector -fee -accepted--«s~ read, ©f this city, in the vicinity of Lily! Motion carried; . Lake and Volo, where the oat cropj Motion by DohSrty, seconded by 63.501 a « yj a. banquet held at 14.401 Ringwood on Wednesday twt> new 40.00 members were taken in, which makes 20.00 a membership of 100.' There were 16.00 HO Woodmen present at the banquet. 18.00 j j0bn Evanson departed from here 18.00 jast week for New York City and on 18.00 Monday last sailed for Stockholm, Norway, the land where-he was born. 15.00 ^his js jjjs first. vjsjt Europe since 18.00 comjng here a small boy. 18.00 : Henry L. Hertz's boat, "Pistakee," 30-00 sailed by himself, won the silver cup Motion by Doherty, seconded by aj. pQX Lakg last week. This was the regatta week at Fox Lake. The cup was given by Philip Knppp, county clerk of Cook county. The Pistakee Ladies' club was en- R. I. Overton, alderman serv,. J. T. Perkins, alderman serv... R. F. Conway, clerk services.. was the finest that has been raised in i Overton, that inasmuch as the minutes; Pertained at the* club house Wednesthis locality in years, the grain lie3.0f March 4,1924, do not state the flat on the ground. The wheat, how- nayes, ayes and I vote on the passage ever, did not suffer so greatly, while of the ordinance,\ providing for the the corn also escaped more luckily. I issuing of flffe $10,000 street-bond, and The corn has been quite backward inasmuch as the nay, aye and I vote anyway this season and for this reason the damage to this crop is not so bad. , Cottagers along the rver also put in a most unpleasant night and in some cases considerable difficulty was experienced in getting their cars out so as to enable the owners to drive to town for their Monday morning gro- ,45«ries. ,-r Dr. F. J. Aicher, who drgve out from Chicago on Monday morning, reports having seen a number of wrecked cars along the Rand road. Apparently owned by Chicagoans who had spent the day in-the country and had tried to reach homfe during the storm. . The mill pond in this city also rose to its season's'high level during Sunday night and on Monday morning saw Boone creek overflowing its banks. -7/*- Many of the roads leading into the city were badly wafehed out during the night and the rain of Monday, was taken, but thru sdme error in recording the same, the minutes of the meeting held on March 4, 1924, be changed, corrected and amended to read as follows: "Motion by Stoffel, seconded by IS ASSURED OF PERMANENT OPt SWING OF ROAD SOON Chicago, July 31, 1924. McHenry Plaindealer, McHenry, 111. ' Gentlemen: The Fox River and Lakes Improvement association, which has been so active in promoting the extension of better roads, has recently received a number of requests asking it -to see what could be done toward opening route 20 between Volo and McHenry at four o'clock in "the afternoon instead of six o'clock in order to accommodate the many people living around McHenry who travel this road daily at this time. Therefore the association's committee on roads communicated with Mr. Lamb of Elgin, the local state engineer, last Saturday and Mr. Lamb advised that he would issue orders for the road to be open to traffic at four o'clock in the afternoon instead of six. The committee, however, on investigating this situation, by calling on Messrs. Richardson and Pitfie, who represent the contractor on this road, found that this could not be done without a big loss to the contractor, due to the fact that the contractor's men would have to remain idle two hours of the day, during which time of course no work woud be done, and the contractor would have to pay his men, and also this would delay the completion of the work of shouldering the road. There is not a great amount of shouldering^to be done and it is therefor the recommendation of the association's committee that the users of the road be patient and regulate the time of their travel over the road so as to pass thru this section before seven a. m. and after six p. m. The contractor's representatives on this piece of road are very considerate and desirous of doing everything possible to accommodate the travaling public and are making as rapid progress as possible, which indicates that the road should be permanently open to the public all hours of the day within a very short time. Yours very truly, C. E. Carson. A. V. Hannifin. CHANGE IN TEXT BOOKS TO BE COMPLETED IN COUNTY THIS YEAR To the Book Sellers and Book Purchasers: The change of . four text books last year is now considered by all to have been a wise move. This year we will complete the change of texts by putting in the best obtainable in arithmetic, reading and physiology. I have spent much time in choosing these texts and have obtained advice from leading educators so feel that none of the series of books introduced will need to be changed for many years. Feeling assured that these changes will meet with your approval* I remain, Very truly yours, . Hattie C. Dake, County Superintendent of Schools. First year--The new Beacon primer, Ginn & Co., tablet, pencil. Second year--Beacon first reiader, A Child's Book of Numbers by Stone from Benj. H. Sanborn & Co., economy method of writing book one. Third year--Beacon second reader, new Wentworth-Smith school arithmetic, book one, from Ginn & Co., Jones' spelling book, Potter Jeschke & Gillet oral and written English, book one, economy method of writing, book two; Fourth year--Beacon third reader for first half of year, Bobbs-Merrill third reader, from Bobbs-Merrill & Co., for second half of year, Potter Jeschke & tJillet oral and written Ertfelish, book one; Jones' spelling book, new Wentworth-Smith school arithmetic, book one; geography for beginners from Rand, McNally & Co., economy method of writing, book three. «. Fifth year--Bobbs-Merrill fifth reader, Potter Jeschke & Gillet oral and written English, book' two; new Wentworth-Smith school arithemtic, book two; Jones' spelling'book, Mc- Murray and Parkins elementary geography, economy method of writing, book four, healthy living, book one, by Winslow from Charles' E. Merrill company. Sixth year--Bobbs-Merrill fifth reader, Potter Jeschke & Gillet oral and written English, book two; Jones' spelling book, new Wentworth-Smith school arithmetic, book two; McMurry and Parkins elementary geography, healthy living, book one, old world background to American history, economy method of writing, book five. Seventh year--Bobbs-Merrill seventh reader, Potter Jeschke & Gillet oral and written English, book two; Jones' spelling book, new Wentworth- Smith school arithmetic, book three; McMurry and Parkins advanced OLD RIVERSIDE QUARTET HAS OUTING ON FOX RIVEB Bernard Giertz of Elgin celebrated his birthday anniversary at the C. M. Buel cottage on Fox river, near this geography, healthy living, book two;! city, on Wednesday of last week, the making of our country by Burn- The occasion was sort of a reunion of ham, the elements of civics by Lapp j a number of old time Riverside club from Bobbs-Merrill company, econ-1 members of ths Watch city, including omy method of writing, book six. ; the famous Riverside quartet. A Eighth year--Bobbs-Merrill sev- fried chicken dinner was one of the enth reader, Potter Jeschke & Gillet features of the very pleasant occasion, oral and written English, book two; i while the quartet, which has scored Jones' spelling book, new Wentworth-! many a hit in the days gone by, was Smith school arithmetic, book three; { able to render a number of songs McMurry and Parkins advanced geog- j thru the presence of Herman Vierke, raphy, healthy living, book two; the David Burzell, John Kohn and Joe making of our Country by Burnham, the elements of civics by Lapp, economy method of writing, book seven. Each pupil above the first grade should be provided with pencil, pen/ and tablet; also a dictionary in all grades above the fourth. The Winston simplified dictionary is recommended. Pupils of first, second and third grades will also use supplementary readers now in school library, primer, first, second and third readers, Elson-Winston. An addition has been mad4 to the books to be used in the rural schools of McHenry county for--the coming year, in that practical drawing will be introduced. The name of course and publisher follows: Practical Drawing, Modern Artp Course, revised. Published by Practical "Drawing company, 1512 S. Wabash Ave., Chicago. Book two will be used in the third and fourth years. Book four will be used in the fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth years. The book aiid paper in envelope retail at 20c each. The dealers should also have on hand some packages; "Special individual packages of 30 sheets," retailing at 15c each. Hattie C. Dake, County Superintendent of Schools. COUNTRY LAWN SOCIAL NETS $37.50 FOR CHURCH A lawn social, the net proceeds of which were turned over to St. Patrick's church treasury, was held at the country home of Mr. and Mrs. M. A. Sutton on the afternoon of July 30. Five hundred and bunco were played with honors going to the following: Five hundred--Mrs. Greenfield, first; Mrs. Ed. Sutton, second; Miss Kate McLaughlin, third. Bunco--Mrs. P. J. Cleary, first; Mrs. Ed. Knox, second; Mrs. Margaret McCarthy, third. Refreshments were served at the close of the games. As a result of the social $37.50 was cleared. Reeh. DR. C. H. FEGERS IS DEAD Dr. C. H. Fegers, for many years one of, McHenry county's leading physicians, passed away very suddenly at his late home in this city shortly after nine o'clock this (Thursday) morning. FOR SALE--Fresh 1^24 honey. Brefeld Bros., phone 632-R-2, McHenry, 8-4t FOR RENT--Eight room flat, modern. $30 per month. Ben Stilling & Son, McHenry, 111. Phone 614 or 75-J 62 FOR SALE--A membership in the McHenry Country club. For further information apply at The Plaindealer offiee. 47 WANTED--Someone to give figures and contract to grade and raise road. Apply to R. E. Jphnson, Bald Knob hotel, Pistakee Lake, McHenry, 111. 8 FOR^8ALE--Choice building lot in town in best location. Will be sold cheap to close estate. Kept & Green, McHenry. phones 34 or 147-M. 9-tf % MONEY--To loan on good farms; first mortgages only. Write or telephone A. A. Crissey, room 203 Community Bldg., Marengo, 111. Phones 23-M and 993. 9-tf FOR SALE--Seven camping tents; also camping equipment, such as cots, djshes, etc. Must be sold at once. Inquire of Wm. J. Welch, Main St., West McHenry, 111. 9-lt FOR SALE--International threshing machine, 10-20 Titon tractor, Milwaukee Rosenthal corn husker, Ford roadster, all in good working order. Mrs. Jos. H. Justen, McHenry, B1-, Route No. 3. 8-tf Read The Plaindealer for news. day afternoon by Mrs. Garland, Mrs. Eliot, Mrs. Hedge, Mrs. Pike and Mrs. Bygren. Progressive eu'^re was played and Miss Julia StOTy was one of the prize winners. The tests regarding the free rurat delivery of mail are becoming so general that it is hard to see forward to the time when it will be an extensive system in the populous districts. Teat routes are now being carried in eigh- Wattles, that the reports of the or-1 teen states. In Illinois there are Tuesday and Wednesday did not help , li&atters any. From present indications it is doubtful if the river and streams will get back to their normal «tagc before the close of the summer season. , Two Barns Burned Two large barns were burned to the ground during Sunday night as the result ^of having been struck by lightning. One on the Brown farm IB Bull Valley and the other south- :cast of Crystal Lake were totally de- ' -stroyed. The Brown farm is located in Dorr township west of Snyder's "hill, on the south McHenry-Woodstock road. The loss here, besides the structure itself, was a quantity of grain which had been left over from last year, a quantity of hay, one " ~ horse, three calves and considerable farm machinery. The second fire on the H?. H. Simpaon farm, located one and one-half fililes from Crystal Lake, started j|bout 11:30 that evening and resulted in the loss of the structure, machinery, fifty-four loads of hay and tools. The Simpson farm is tenanted by Mr. and ^ Mrs. Henry Grabbe and Charles Grabbe. The barn at this place was K located near the house and the volunteer fire fighters who were attracted ' to the scene of the conflagration had a hard fight to save the home. , In both cases the cattle had been turned out into the pasture after the Sunday night milking and consequently were saved. The bridge on the road leading to the Irish prairie was put out of commission during Sunday night's storm and as a result the road was closed to travel most of Monday while a temporary structure was being put in. The incident caused more or less inconvenience to farmers and employes of the Terra Cotta factory who use , tLis road daily. „ % „ • V' .. ' - dinance committee and the finance committee, said ordinance being entitled for the borrowing of money and issuing of street bonds of the city of McHenry, McHenry county, Illinois, to the amount of $10,000 and providing for the collection of a direct annual tax for the payment of the principal and interest of said bonds' be concurred in and that said ordinance as read to the city council be passed." Upon roll call the aldermen voted as follows: Doherty, aye; Knox, aye; Overton, aye; Stoffel, aye; Wattles, aye; absent, Krause. Motion by Frisby, seconded by Justen, that signs to read "No Parking,"' be placed at St. Mary's church and j the different schools of the city. Mo-1 tion carried. Motion by Goodell, seconded by Doherty, that the city purchase stars for the ladies in charge of the public park. Motion carried. Motion by Overton, seconded by Frisby, that t^he following committee be appointed to confer with Mrs. Delia Matthews in regard to damages done to her house by water from the standpipe: Goodell, Justen and Overton. Motion carried. Motion by Doherty, seconded by Justen, that an ordinance governing nineteen carriers. __:.- August 3, 1899 Charlie, the little eight year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Justen, has been seriously ill. A stranger was showing stereoptican views of the Civil war on our streets Wednesday. : Miss Bernice Kimball, who.has been assistant to the postmaster at West McHenry (or the past four years, has resigned und is succeeded by John | Stoffel. Chas. Hooker, who resided with his parents oi) a farm near Huntley, received a fatal kick from a vicious horse one day last week, from the e£r fects of which he died on Sunday. A crazy man, who has been haunting the woods near Crystal Lake, was captured last Tuesday by Village Marshal Henderson. He was almost 8tarved?and was gaunt as a skeleton. . Tickets for Chicago, North Shore & Milwaukee railroad motor bus on sale at the Northwestern hotel. ADDITIONAL EXCHANGE A team from the Glen Crest Country club at r Woodstock is this week participating in the annual Illinois- Wisconsin golf tournament being down spouts, etc., in sewer system be! played over the Bel Mar course near accepted as read. Motion carried. Motion by Frisby, seconded by Overton, that an ordinance requiring connections to sewer system be accepted as read. Motion carried. Motion by Overton, seconded by Goodel, that an ordinance requiring connections to the sewer system in certain specified streets be accepted as read. Motion carried. Motion by Justen, seconded by Overton, that an ordinance requiring the use of sanitary system only be accepted as read.' Motion carried. Motion by Doherty, seconded by Overton, that the city purchase the Child's LaTrabee fire apparatus according to specifications for $5,350. Nayes, Goodell, Justen; ayes, Doherty, Overton. Not voting, Frisby. Motion by Frisby, seconded by Justen, that the city's metal watering troughs be moved to the public park. Motion carried. It was decided by the, city council to draw up new specifications and advertise for new bids on the fire apparatus? Motion by (jbodell, seconded by Dohertyj to adjourn. Motion carried. D. G. Wells, Mayor. R. F. Conway, Clerk. * t_ The Plaindealer for newa. •"fry;; Marengo. The tournament opened yesterday and will be completed this afternoon. The work of spreading the cement on route 19, between the cities of Woodstock and Crystal Lake, has reached a, point about two miles north of the Lippold farm. Had rain not have hampered the progress of the work, the cement ribbon would probably have reached Crystal Lake by this time. However, in spite of the delays caused by the rain, the contractors are hopeful of reaching Crystal Lake t>y early fall. A ball game as staged between two Barrington teams on a recent day went twelve innings, the final score being 7 to 6. The two pitchers had a combined strike-out record of fifty-one men, Bartholomew, pitching for the Nationals, getting twenty-eight and Eggebrecht, for the regular Barrington team, twenty-three. This achievement shoulBl go down in baseball history as a feat never before performed by two amateur teams. The appellate court of Illinois has upheld a ruling Q.f the McHenry county circuit court restraining Arthur Bell of Spring Grove from selling milk to customers other than the Milk Products Marketing company, with which he had a contract. The case Serving a Rapidly Growing Industrial Territory % Mo. 8 in a series or statements about this Company's business 'arm The announcement that the Public Service Company of Northern Illinois hns been awarded the Charl&s A. Coffin Medal for 1923, in a tribute to the territory in which this Company operates as well as the service it renders. This award was mr.de to this •-Company in competition with the electric light: and power compar.ies vi the United States "for distinguished contribution to ths. developme nt vf electric light and power for the ro-re •>/- Jence of the public an j the benefit of the industry.'* EIGHTY -ONE per cent of the electricity sold by Public Service Company of Northern Illinois is power. Power is ,essential to production and the industries on the lines of this Company have available for their requirements the greatest pool of electricity of any sirrnkur area in the world. In addition to supplying electric light to 160,000 homes, stores, offices and factories, furnishing electric street lighting in 137 cities and towns and power to pump water in 69 communities, this Company serves a continually increasing list of industries with electric power. Some of the large users of electric power on the timet of this Compamy am Hurley Machine Co. American Manganese Steel Cd General Refractories Co. Aluminum Products Co. Buda Company Goulds Milling C<X A. M. Legs Shoe Ca Inland Glass Co. Continental Can C|k Paramount Knittlfi^ Cbb Colonial Fireplace Co. Creamery Package Co. Harvey Motor Truck Co. • Illinois ClayJProducts Co. Federal Match Corp* American Sanitary Mfg. Gft Crown Stove Co. Arlington Seating Co. Armour Fertilizer Works Gilbert & Bennett Mfg. Co. American Tar Products Co. American Bottle Co. Abbott Laboratories Biflex Products Co. Borg & Beck Co. Phoenix Horse Shoe Cot Cyclone Fence Co. Libby, McNeill & Libby Zion Industries Pontiac Shoe Mfg. Co. American Can Company Inland Steel Co. Joliet Milling Co. Chicago Hardware FoundryGQb Sandow Motor Cof Calumet Chemical Co. Advance Terra Cotta Qp», Chicago Steel Car Ca Lacon Woolen Mills Toy Tinkers Coonley Mfg. Co. Whiting Corporation Mather Stock Car Co. Bliss & Laughlin Inc. Interstate Foundry Co. Brownell Improvement .Qx National Envelope Co. American Stove Co. Russell Grader Co. While the above list of companies represents but a fraction of the number of businesses in the territory, it shows the diversity of efforts and the important part electric power supplied by this Company plays in production. " t In addition to its electric service this Company supplies gas service to 90,254 residential and industrial customers. J ' • & --" ' PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY OF NORTHERN ILLINOIS . S m n s q u a r e m i l m » -- 2 0 2 c i t i m t a n d t o w n * -- w i t h G a s or Flm ti fc <(|i r G. E. McCOLLUM, District Manager Phone 25 101 Williams gfe Crystal Lake, Q!.