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WEEKLYJWONALS C0M£RS AND GOERS OF A WEEK IN OUR BUSY CITY AS SEEN BY PLAINDEALER REPORTERS AND HANDED IN BY OUR FRIENDS Miss Ethel Gilfoy of Chicago called on relatives here Sunday evening. "X. Miss RosetrwugrNye spent the first of the week as the^guest of friends at Charles. Y Miss Mae Justen a^enjt several days last week as the guest of friends at Blue Island. ^ Mrs. Mary McCabe of Chicago was the guest of relatives and friends here the first of the week. Donald and John Givens and their sisters, Leone and Kathleen, spent Sunday at Starved Rock. Miss Gertrude Webber of Aurora •pent Sunday and Mortday as the .gu$st of Miss Anna Frisby. : Rev. M. J, McEvoy and his mother and Rev. John Hackett were Milwaukee, Wis., visitors Wednesday. Mr. and Mrs. Frank C. Meyer jarid #on, Donald, attended the Cook county fair at Palatine on Labor day.' .if, Miss Kathleen O'Reilly of Chicago .passed Sunday and Mondiay as the guest of Miss Blanche Meyers. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Warner and Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Comiskey And Leander Hughes of Chicago spent last week with friends in this vicinity. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Heuser and children of ChieagD spent the first of the week with her father, Mathias Weber. Mrs. Elizabeth Krause and" son, Clarence, of Woodstock were guests of McHenry relatives the first of- the week. Miss Margaret Aylward of Chicago and Miss Mayme Aylward of Elgin spent Sunday as the guest of McHenry relatives. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Howard and son of Woodstock were guests in the home of her father, Mathias Weber, the first of the week. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Fay of Elgin spent the first of the week in the home of the former's parents, Mr. and Mrs. John W. Fay. Mr. and Mrs. James Boyle and little daughter and Ed. Boyle of Chicago passed the first of the week with their father, John Boyle. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Sayler and daughters of Woodstock were Sunday guests in the home of the former's parents, Mr. attd Mrs. Wm. A. Sayler. Mr. and Mrs. George Mix, Mr. and Mrs. August Willey and son, George, of Chicago were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Baron the first of the week. : Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Reece and children of Huron, S. D., spent ft couple of days last week with the former's sister, Mrs. Walter J. Donavin, SEALED PROPOSALS Sealed proposals are desired from reputable makers of motor fire appa ratus, in accordance with these specifications and with the advertisement, a copy of which is attached. Said proposals are to be opened at the city hall, McHenry, 111., on Sept. 15. Each bid shall be accompanied by complete and detailed specifications of the apparatus and equipment which it is proposed to furnish and to which the apparatus furnished ' under the contract must conform, as well as with the following specifications and requirements: It is the intent of these specifications to cover the furnishings and delivering to the City of McHenry, an automobile combination pumping engine and host*5 wagon complete, ready for use and fully equipped as hereinafter specified. With a view to obtaining the best results and most acceptable apparatus, these specifications cover only the general requirements as to construction and tests to which the apparatus must conform, and details as to finish and equipment and appliances to be furnished. Minor details of construction and materials, where not otherwise specified, are left to the discretion of the contractor, who shall be solely responsible for the design and construction of all features. Each bidder shall make accurate statements in his specifications as to the weight, wheel base and principal dimensions, and of the make, kind and composition of material and type of construction of thd following parts: Cylinders, pistons, connecting rods, valves, crank case, frame, crank and cam shafts, transmission shafts, drive and jack shafts, gears, bearings, children of Elgin were guests of rela-' and family. tives here the first of the week. | Mr. and Mrs. James Zegar and fam- Mr. and Mrs. George Smith and, tfy( Mrs. Joseph Hermann and Miss son, George, of Woodstock passed thej Lena Krahl of Chicago spent last week end with McHenry relatives. 1 Thursday in the-home of Mr. and Mrs. Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Knox and children Henry Dowe. of Chicago spent the week end in the Mr. and Mrs. Wm. J. Welch and home of Mr. and Mrs. Edmund Knox., Dr. and Mrs. A. I. Froehlich and j axles, housing of transmission and of Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Newman and, daughter, Adele, returned home Sun- differential and jack shafts (or rear children of Chicago spent Sunday and ; day from a two weeks' visit with rela-| axles if direct drive), sprockets, Monday with L. F. Newman and fam-| tives in Minnesota ily. j Mr. and Mrs. Nay Lamb and Clar- Mr. and Mrs. George Meyers and ence Shepard of Gurnee; Mrs. Anna Mr. and Mrs. Phil Meyers and chil- J Lamb of California and r. Portius dren spent Sunday at Lake Geneva, Gage of VinelanfT, New Jersey, vis- Wis. i ited in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Robt. Misses Harriet Cobb and Martha Thompson Sunday Matson of Chicago spent Sunday and ADDITIONAL EXCHANGE Actual work on Crystal Lake's new paving project will start on Sept. 15. chains, torsion and radius rods, springs, wheels, ladders, chemical or soda tanks and other major equipment. He shall specify the safe maximum speed for which the motor is designed and the gear reduction between motor and driving wheels for each position of the gear shift. The contractor shall defend any and all suits and assume all liability for Lake county dry squads staged | any and all claims made against the several raids and made a number of j city of McHenry or any of its officials arrests at'Fox Lake and other Lake1 or agents for the use of any patented county summer resorts over the Labor day holidays. A few beer runners were also taken into custody. Altho official figures are not available, it is estimated that this year's process, device or article forming a part of the apparatus or any appliance furnished under the contract. In the event the apparatus fails to meet the test requirements on first Monday with Mr. and Mrs. L. F. Newman. , Dr. N. J. Nye and sons, William and Eugene, left Monday morning for a week's visit with relatives at Alvado, Ohio. • " Miss Mayme Donahue of Chicago passed the first of "the week as a guest in the home of Mr. and Mrs. John H. Miller. Miss Elizabeth K. Miller of Chicago passed Sunday and Monday with j her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John H. j Miller. j Mr. and Mrs. Al. Wagner and Mrs. ! Rossi of Chicago spent Sunday andf Monday as guests of Mr. and Mrs. E. j nity high schoo"j buijding at Huntley1 for rejection. Failure to make such F. Kelter. were opened by the school board fhere! changes as the board of McHenry may last Friday evening, but were found consider necessary to conform to any too high. The lowest bid, $85,000, was j clause of the specifications within j made by a contractor from St. Paul, j thirty (30) days after notice is given The amount voted for the new school! to the contractor to make such attendance at the Lake county fair, j trials, second trials may be made at which closed at Libertyville oh Mon- the option of• the contractor within day ijight, broke all previous records, thirty (30) da#s of the date of the Sunday proved the big day, when more first trials, such trials shall be final than 25,000 people were in attendance.! and conclusive and failure to comply Bids on the proposed new commu-j with these requirements shall be cause Mr. and Mrs. John Aylward of Elgin and Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Heaney'of Chi-. cago passed last Saturday with McHenry relatives. Mr. and Mrs. Jos. Hoffman of Chicago spent Sunday and Monday in the home of the latter's mother, Mrs. Helena Heimer. Mrs. Adah Smith and daughter, Villa, of Elgin passed the latter part of last week in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Thompson. Dr. and Mrs. Pilfoy and Mr. and Mrs. Walter Moulstrom of Chicago passed the week end in the,home of Mrs. Elizabeth Gruenfeld. Mr. and Mrs. John Bushaw and children of Rockford passed last week in the home of Mrs. Bushaw's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Thurlwell. was $75,000. New bids will probably be asked. The Quaker Oats company has purchased a thirty acre farm located two changes shall also be cause for the rejection of the apparatus. Permission to keep or store the apparatus in any building owned or occupied by the Ions per minute, ate* as above specified. The board reserves the right to refuse or accept any or all bids. ( P- W. Frett, Chief. Conway, City Clerk. V» Alford H. Pouse, State of Illinois,)'*" . McHenry County)' '} In the Circuit Court of McHenry County, State of Illinois, September Term, A. D. 1924. Henry Schaefer, Complainant, vs. Unknown heirs or devisefes of Thomas P. Whipple, deceased, unknown heirs or devisees of Herman N. Owen, deceased, Clara B. Owen, Olive Owen Wright, Nellie C. Owen Waite alias Mary Cornelia Waite, Raymond H. Owen, Paul D. Brown, Clarence H. Brown, Dorothy Brown Mills and the unknown owner or owners of the following described real estate: Lots number Seven (7) and Ten (10) in Block number Four (4) of the original plat of the Village (now city) of McHenry, on the west side of Fox river, according to the plat thereof recorded in the Recorder's Office of McHenry County, Illinois, in Book B, of Deeds on page 160, said block number Four (4) being located in and being a part of the Southeast quarter of Section Number Twenty-six (26) in Township Number Forty-five (46) North, of Range Number Eight (8), east of the Third Principal Meridian, and situated, lying and being in the City of McHenry, in the County of McHenry, in the State of Illinois, Defendants. ' » In Chancery, Bill to Clear Title. Notice is hereby given that the above is the title of the Court and the names of the parties to a suit which is now pending in said Court and that process for said defendants has been issued to the Sheriff of said County returnable to the said Court at its Court Room in the City of Woodstock, County of McHenry, and State of Illinois, on Monday, the Twenty-second day of September, A. D. 1924. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at my office in Woodstock this 19th day of August, A. D. 1924. ll-3t Chas. F. Hayes, Clerk. Alford H. PovSse, Solicitor State of Illinois,) McHenry County,)ss. In the Circuit Court of McHenry County, State of Illinois, September Term, A. D. 1924. Joseph W. Freund. vs. Unknown heirs or devisees of Charity Overocker, deceased, unknown heirs or devisees of William T. Van Kirk, deceased, unknown owner or owners of the note secured by the mortgage recorded in Book 97 of Mortgages on page 553, McHenry County Records, and the unknown owner or owners of the following described real estate, to-wit: Part of the west half of the Northeast quarter of Section Number twenty- nine (29), in Township Number Forty-five (45) North, of Range Number Eight (€), East of the Third Principal Meridian, bounded and described as follows, to-wit: Beginning at the Northeast corner of the said west half of the hfortheast quarter and running thence west along the section line seventy (70) rods to the Northeast corner of a piece of land conveyed by Charles E. Jecks to Wilbur Bassett by deed dated February 29, A. D. 1908, and recorded in the recorder's office of McHenry County, Illinois, in Book 127 of Deeds on page 123; thence south along the east line of the-piece of land so conveyed 91.43 rods; thence east parallel with said section line seventy (70) rods to the east line of said west half of the Northeast quarter; thence north 91.43 rods to the place of beginning, containing forty (40) acres of land, more or less, and situated, lying and being in the County of McHenry and State of Illinois. In Chancery, Bill to Clear Title. Notice is hereby given that the above is the title of the Court and the names of the parties to a suit which is now pending in said Court and that process for said defendants has been issued to the Sheriff of said County returnable to the said Court at its Court Room in the City of Woodstock, County of McHenry and State of Illinois, on Monday, the twenty-second day of September, A. D. 1924. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court, at my office in Wood- j s t o c k t h i s 1 9 t h d a y o f A u g u s t , A . D .J 1924. Chas. F. Hayes, Clerk. I ADDITIONAL PERSONAL Mr. and Mrs. Fred Zenk of Huntley : spent Sunday in the home of Wm. Zenk. N. C. Klein is spending several days in Chicago, visiting relatives and friends. Dr. M. J. Klein of Chicago spent the week end with his brother, N. C. Klein, and daughters. Mrs. Henry Dowe and son, Charles, spent several days of the past week with Chicago relatives. Work has started this (Thursday) morning on a new cement walk which is to be built on the west side of Court street between Washington and Pearl streets. The McHenr^ Artificial Stone and Construction company is doing the work. There are other sections of the city where new walks are badly needed and it is to be hoped that these streets will soon witness this very much desired improvement. cussif^ FOR SALE--Potatoes, gart, McHenry, 111. Miss Myrtle Cobb and M. J. Lonergan of Chicago spent Sunday and Monday with Mr. 'and Mrs. Lewis Donald and family. . ^ Mr. and Mrs. John Googrn and son, Thomas, of Chicago were gyests in thfe home of Mr. and Mrs. Henry J. Schaffer last Thursday. Mr. and Mrs. Emery Wheeler and son, Ellwood, of Rockford and J. & Wheeler of Freeport were 'calling ^ friends in this city Monday. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Foss, accompanied by the latter's parents, Mr. and ~ ~r~* FOR SALE--Three new milk cows. Phone 652-M-l, McHenry, 111/ 13-lt FOR RENT--Six room house in Mc- j Henry. Inquire of R. V. Powers, Mc- j Henry, 111. 13-tf I FOR SALE--Ten beautiful young! saddle horses. Thoroly broken. N. F. Colby, West McHenry, III. 12-2t* FARiyT FOR SALE OR RENT--Consating of 160 acres, near McHenry. Inquire at The Plaindealer office. 11-3* Peter Wein- „ 11-tf s" Claxfbn, spent Sunday §sd Monday at the Dells of Wisconsin. FOR SALE--Choice building lot in town in best location. Will be sold cheap to close estate. Kent & 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 We keep tab onHhe public taste, and you will always find at our store the groceries most in demand by discriminating: consumers.' We find it pays us to - keep just what our customers demand, so we never try to sell you "something just as good." Our years of experience are at your service and ready to cater to your wants. M. M. Niesen McHenry Phone 40 Is Your Gas Bill Correctly Addressed? Look at it carefully, please. Is the name spelled as it should be? Is the street number cor- • rect? If there is any error or omission please phone the Adjustment Bur< au and give us an opportunity to rectify the mistake. This is Important beeauseyour gas bill may be delayed in delivery if inoorreetly addressed. That would shorten the \ime before the disc uut expired and you wouldn*i have a fair period of time in which to make payment. . . - Some month' lb*'bill alight fail to reach you entirely, in which case our collection department would erroneously send yat "a second statement. In order to avoid these difficulties and misunderstandings, we courteously request that, you co-operate by examining the address on your next statement and reporting any error. Western United Gas and Electric Company C. E. Collins. District Mirr.. Elgin, III. • •'&' rt miles west of Libertyville. The tract j city of McHenry, or its use by the was purchased, it is stated, to be used i fire department during the above as an experimental poultry farm. The Quaker Oats company, it is asserted, is perfecting a new brand of chicken feed, but before they place it on the market they „intend making extensive experiments as to its merits. H. N. Maxham, eighty, of Libertyville awoke from a faint Monday afternoon to find himself in a morgue. The aged gentleman fell down in specified period with the permission of the contractor shall not constitute acceptance of the same. „ General Requirements Carrying capacity, at least one thousand feet of inch D. J. C. rubber lined hose, all equipment and eight men, without injury to the apparatus. Gasoline motor to be capable of Mr. and Mrs. Howard Simpson and of the post0ffice at Libertyville' propelling said apparatus at a speed of children of Chicago spent the Labor picked up for dead. He was! 30 miies per hour when carrying the carried to the Paul Ray undertaking | load specified above without showing establishment, where an attendant the loss of power or overheating. To noticed that the man was not dead., be capable of running pumps at the He was revived and taken to his home, rated capacity for the several pres- Atty. Charles T. Allen and Mayor R. B. Powers of Cary, who are operating a real estate business in that village. have just moved into new quarters in day holidays in the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Louis Oertel. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Rasmussen and daughter, Jean, of Chicago were guests in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Ward, Sunday and Monday. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Severin and little daughter, Marion, of Chicago spent the first of the week as guests of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Thompson Mr. and Mrs. J. Elliott and Mr. and Mrs. Robert Dalin of, Chicago were guests in the home of Mr. and Mrs.] Frank Thurlwell the first of the week. Mrs. Arthur • Massover, two daughters and two sons and Mr. Blower of Chicago were guests in | the home of Mr. and Mrs. Anton Schneider over the week end. Misses Carolyn' Steffes and Elsie and Helen Vycital, who have been taking a twelve weeks' course at the De- Kalb normal school, returned to their homes here last Saturday, sures specified by the National Board of Fire Underwriters without showing loss of overheating.. Fire pump may be of the displace the Allen estate building. The new' ment, impeller rotary type or centrifhome gives the firm better and larger j ugal and must be capable of deliverquarters and will place them in a po- j ing at least 350 gallons of water per sition to better handle the growing business which is coming to them. They have opened several subdivisions along Fox river near Cary during the past two years and are now in control of several choice tracts there. Stanley H. Jaroszenski, forty-two, of Chicago was drowned in Fox river near Rawson's bridge, north of Cary, at four o'clock last Sunday afternoon. He had just completed the building of a new cottage near the bridge, which Mrs. George Meyers and daughters,, his wife. ..a nd th.r ee .c .h.i ldren we, re,. to BlancW, Mrs. Wm. Marshall and MrsJ occupy thls week- After Completmg Ross Wheeler, spent the latter part of last week in the home of Mrs. John Montgomery at Oak Park. Mrs. Helena Heimer and son, Leo, Mrs. Geo. C. Steilen and sons, Charles and Jack, returned home last Friday his work the victim went into the water and clinging to a boat he soon drifted into deep water, where he released his hold and was drowned. Philip J. Meyer, forty-two, of 3327 ! North Albany street, Chicago, was from a two weeks' visit with Mr. and drow"ed in *he w c aterf of C*dar Mrs. George Heimer at Saginaw, Mich.! nef An J t,°ch' °"., "e and hi® Mr. and Mrs.. J. J. O'Brien and i daughters, Monica and Marie, and Miss Patricia Smith of Chicago mo-1 tored to McHenry last Thursday and] spent the day at the home of N. C. Klein and daughters. . Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Baron and their week end guests and Mr and Mrs.! John Millar, Mr. and Mrs. George Stoffel afad daughter drove to Crystal Lake on Labor day, where they etiwife and five children had driven out to the place for a Labor day outing and in spite of the fact that his body was recovered within ten minutes after he had dived into the water his life could not be saved. A large lump on the top of his head indicated that he had struck some object underneath the water that rendered him uncon- I scious. The inauguration of the Lake coun- ' ty highway patrol system by the emminute against a net pump pressure of 120 pounds per square inch, onehalf of this quantity at 200 pounds net pressure and one-third of the same at 250 pounds net pressure, when drafting water with a lift not exceeding ten feet or taking water under pressure from a hydrant. Pumps must be provided with the following connections, arranged as outlined: Two 3V£ or 4Vfe inch suction inlets with centers not more than four feet above the ground, removable strainer to be provided inside each inlet. Two 2 % inch gated outlets, provided with one inch hose line drain cock or valve. One churn or hand relief valve and automatic relief valves or pressure regulators controling pressure on lines from all outlets, necessary piping to be not less than two inches internal diameter. One or more pressure guages on the discharge side, registering up to 300 pounds, to be provided with onequarter inch- standard pipe connections. A compound guage on the suction side of the pump registering at least 100 pounds and up to 30 inches vacuum. Drain, air relief and priming cocks. Safety catches to be provided to prevent accidental shifting of pump clutch or transmissions levers when not in use. •_ j Metal finish to be aluminum thru- The Company No. 12 in a aerr'ea of statements about the Company's business. $ The Pink Ticket Plan EMPLOYES in the Company stores or to information sources, but the met< joyed a picnic dinner. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Alexander of ^T^ °f ^ ""^ycle cops h»s Hebron and Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Alex- ; gFeatly acc,df ^ hold" tnder and ganddaughter, Dorothy '"PS ™ ^ C°U^y a"d at u 8aT Fre.em. a.n, of W,o»o»d stock, w« ,e re „gu,e s ts I ^t r e a s hu rae8r,s boT f f i*c e q u •i t e a°,l a'r g e a m o u n tt : o u *t . ' , - in th_e home of Mr. and Mrs. Robert , I, T Thompson Lt a,b o_r d, ay. |I of money collected thru fines. Jus-, 1 . Complete standard tjce of ^ peace Emn • f ^ | ^ induding onfi Mr. and Mrs. Louis Larson of Chi- Zurich, who handles most of the vio - j guisher. cago, Mr. and Mrs. W. H. McCollum, iation cases on Rand road, recently J Pumping test: The pumping tes! JJf" a„ , Skhroeder and . turned into the road and bridge fund j shall be made in accordance with thf: Miss Ethel Teckler of Crystal Lake; of Ela township more than $1,100 method of the National Board of Fir# were guests m the home of Mr. and obtained in fines from violators of the Mrs. Richard Fleming Sunday. motor vehicle act. fire foamite equipextin- Underwriters, it shall consist of pumping at full capacity of 350 gal> offices have access meter reader, serviceman, salesman or other employe whose work is outside, is not prepared always to answer questions or to take care of requests unrelated to his immediate duties. So to make certain that you Or any other customer will 0 receive such authoritative information as may be desired about the Company's organization, operation or business, the PinfcK^ Ticket Plan was adopted. » v Employes of the Company carry Pink Tickets with them at all I times, in and out of regular working hours. This Pink Ticket is an especially designed question form printed on pink paper* If an employe of the Company calls at your home or store, or if you meet him on the street or elsewhere around town and you ask a question which he does not feel prepared to answer offhand, or if you make a request which he personally canntif take care of, the Pink Ticket comes into operation. " f ^ The employe writes your question or request on a Pink Ticket and despatches it direct to the proper department manager. This department manager takes an immediate personal interest in answering your question or acting upon your request. : This Pink Ticket Plan relieves you from the possible neces- - sity of writing a letter qr using the telephone* It iflSiyes prompt action and it was designed for your convenience* Any employe of the Company, in or out of regular working hours, will gladly receive requests for information, comments or service suggestions. ^ -V PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY -- OF NORTHERN ILLINOIS Serving m§marm miles--202 citie* and town*--with Gas or. C. E. McCOLLUM, District Manager 101 Williams St. Crystal Lake, III* Phone 25 Jm Thm miutounoemmnt that the Public Service Company of Northern Illinois has been awarded the Charlea A. Coffin Medal for 1933, ia a tribute to the territory in whioh thin Company operatem as •well aa to the aarrioe it renderm. Thia award was made to thia Company in competition with the eleetrio light and power com' paniea of the United States" for distinguished contribution to the de~ velopment of electrio light and power for tha convenience of tha publie and the benefit of tha industry." mstErsssssrw.