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Mrs. Victor Bftpsrt and daughter, Elaine, of Casper, Wyo., spent Sunday and Monday as guests in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Phil Meyers. Mrs. Meyers and her daughter are spending several weeks in Chicago, where the latter is attending dancing school. Mr. And Mrs children of Wood- Edward Mullen Christmas guests in Mrs. N. E. Bar- •V"' *4 .1 - ?!•- .1 who Invented the conferred boon J& AS PICKED UP BY PLAINDEALER REPORTERS DURING WEEK 09 mankind 'E made it possible for everybody-- even 'those with the most limited incomes--to %ive as only the rich used to do. , He made it possible for us to provide fubds indulge in generous giving without missing: U^the money. .... , Z* He made it possible for us to save <or dozen# of other things other than the purchase of > ^ g i f t s i ^ - ; W r : ' • . \ rHe a h a p p i e r C h r i s t m a s f o r t h o u s a n d # i£f of people every year. »£' Have you ever shared any of the advantage# c:. of a Christmas Club? If so, nothing can prevent you from joining one for 1925. If not* ^ join ours today and you will be a life member. Join To-Day v DR. D. G. WELLS, PRES. \ JACOB JUSTEN McHENRY, ILLS^- m?* |p:, m ites.- • ' • ' We take this opportunity of extending to all our friends an patrons the season's greetings; expressing ^>ur thanks for th^ liberal patronage we have r% ceived during the past year, anH hoping for a continuance of the pleasant relations^ us: WHAT PEt^LE ARE DOING IN THIS CITY AND IMMEDIATE VICINITY Ice skates sharpened. B. Popp, West McHenry. v All kinds of winter apples. 1. Levison. Phone 119-R. 26-tf Start the new year right bjr subscribing for The Plaindealer. There will be no delivery of mail on the rural routes today (New Year's day). ' The Ladies' Aid society of the M. E. church will meet at the home of Mrs. F. E. Cobb on Thursday afternoon of next week, Jan. 8. The McHenry Gun club will hold a shoot at their grounds west of the railroad tracks and the Borden milk bottling plant this (New Year's day) afternoon. All of the McHenry schools will reopen next Monday morning, Jan. and it is hoped that parents will see to it that all children are on hand on the opening day. This week has been exceedingly quiet among the business .houses in this city. The slump is also being felt in The Plaindealer office, where news matters has been quite scarce. The Christmas services and exercises at the various churches in this city were carried out as printed in these columns two weeks ago. AH of the services and programs brought out good attendance. •QUARTER OF A CENTURf ITEMS CLIPPED FROM PLAINDEALERS OF 25 YEARS AGO OFftt BOUNTY ON ROBBERS COUNTY BANKS MAY $500 REWARD OFFER Mr. and Mrs. I. Wentworth observed Christmas by entertaining a number of relatives from Sunday until Tilesday. Arnold, the little son of Mr. and Mrs. Martin Kelley, died at his home in this village on Wednesday morning, aged four years. M. L. Joslyn, president of the Citi zens' Telephone company of this village, has perfected plans for the building of a line between Harvard and Capron. " Dr. C. H. Fegers of this village sub mitted three samples of water taken from Fox river to J. H. Long of the Illinois state board of health for analysis. The water was taken from different places in the river. After the analysis had been made Mr. Long reports the water in very good condi tion. Mr. and Mrs. Lewis H. Owen entertained a large party of relatives at their home Christmas eve. Those present were Mr. and Mrs. H. C, Smith, Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Chapell Mr. and Mrs. S. S. Chapell, Mrs. E. M, Owen, Mrs. Naomi Thomas, O. N, Owen and children, C. H. Granger and children and Guy and Nellie Clemens. (Crystal Lake Herald] VV.l ^ Following the recommendation of the Illinois Bankers' association the protective committee of the McHenry County Bankers' Federation at a meeting held recently passed a resolution recommending the adoption of the Illinois Bankers' association plan of protection for the member banks against4laylight holdup and burglary. The recommendation asks the county federation to appropriate a lump sum of $10,000 for defense against bank robbers. This fund is merely an appropriation to be raised by the banks only when needed and to be assessed on a pro rata basis, according to capital, surplus and undivided profits. $500 For Killing Robbers The sum of $500 of this amount is to be place in the hands ?f the secre tary at once in the form of a demand certificate of deposit from each bank, for its proportionate ^hare. In case of robbery, burglary, or attempted holdup of any member, the federation will pay this reward of $500 to any person who, while* resisting robbery, burglary or attempt thereof, lawfully kills any person connected with such crime. To Appoint Deputies In conjunction with this plan of Reward, the committee is also working on the plan of the state- association to deputise a number of Tocal citizens as special deputy sheriffs, who will be appointed on the recommendation of the local bankers. The committee recommends that the plan be adopted as soon as possible. The plan is in keeping with the recommendations of the state association and has been adopted in a number of counties over the state. Some counties have raised the reward to that amount. Lake county is adopting the plan and a number of special deputies have been appointed. In former days banks were troubled largely with safe blowing and that sort of night work. Thru the efforts of the bankers' associations vault protection has been brought to such a point that' safe blowing is on the wane. Daylight robberies and holdups are on the increase and the state associations thru the cotfnty organizations are working on plans for better protection along this line, the $600 re ward being a part of the program. McHENRY'S BftPtr OF AMDSflTOT **WE CANT PLAY THEM ALL ; SO WE PLAY THE BEST" UAH WAlflQto--Te take charge fMight ofice in McHenry a* once, most be able to drive truck, and route men and manage drivers. This is an unusual opportunity, requires ability, honesty and real work. $1500 re- JAN. 1*2 * ,/ , .V* ' TfljUR. & FRI. Broadway • ' After Dark A mighty drain* of light* *nd shadow* of the world'* playground with a great ca*t. It** a tpfiraer Bros. Attract!©^ - WITH-- ' . Adolflhe Bfenjou ^ Anna Q. Nilsaon Carme! Myre* AND PATHE COMEDV • v- 'SATURDAY, JAN. Buck Jones • --IN-- AND PATHE REVIEW AND VAUDEVILLE '• . , *AT. & SUN., JAN. 3 44 - BIG TIME VAUDEVILLE SPECIAL ,J|VNDAY MATINEE 2x30 Prices llc-Mc :7'. :$U N DAY, JANUARY 4 P Catherine Calvert --IN--- T "There's Millions ID It" 4uired. Guarantee $126 weekly. Possible to make $800 to $1000 monthly. One year contract with option of reiieVvni auiiually. Apply at uiii IIIttUl office at once. 3752 So. Ashland Ave., the old-time sleighing parties. ch&aga, m. . Read Hie Plaindealer for news. Sleighing in this community been very good during the past tVO weeks or more and as a natural eon* sequence bobs are quite numerous and the sport of "hitching on" is affording our younger people no small aauKHft of enjoyment. Wc hive not '^1 .V GAME AND FISH LAWS By C. F. Mansfield, Sec., Federated Sportsmen of Illinois William J. Stratton, chief fame and fish warden, is receiving prices on quail for distribution in Illinois at the opening of the mating season next spring. Sportsmen will be much pleased to learn that Mr. Stratton is profiting by the experience of other states and is not risking the useless expenditures of large amounts of the hunters' money in experimenting with .foreign game birds which have not proven their adaptability to Ilfinois conditions. The quail, which Mr. Stratton expects to buy, are trapped in Mexico near the Texas border. They are held in quarantine long enough to be sure that they carry no contagious disease and are then crated and shipped by express directly to the point from which local distribution is to be made. The Hungarian partridges that were purchased by the division of game and fish last winter were imported from Hungary to New York and then shipped to Springfield, Illinois. From Springfield they were reshipped to various points in the state, where they were released by sportsmen's organizations and deputy game wardens. While this method of distribution was fairly successful, there was some loss due to the repeated handling of the bird and Mr.' Stratton has very wisely decided to have all shipments in the future made directly from quarantine to the point of local distribution. Pennsylvania is one of the states which has made a notable success in the importation and distribution of game birds. After years of experimentation, the game commissioner of that state has decided that quail, of various varieties, are the best game birds for restocking the covers and shooting grounds. The purchase by the state of Pennsylvania last year of about twenty thousand quail proved so successful that an even larger number will probably be distributed this yearl With a large ^portion ef the appropriation made by the fifty-third- general assembly for the purchase of game birds still unexpended, there is no reason why the state of Illinois should not buy and distribute as many quail as can be used. Sportsmen's organizations, individual sportsmen and farmers should write to the secretary of the federated sportsman or the chief game and fish warden at Springfield at once if they want any of these birds, as distribution will be made only to those makffequest. The supply may be oove» every one inaction ta A Thrilling Dramais AND COMEDY * , "EASTER BONNETS* MATINEE AT 2:30 THURSDAY1AND FRIDAY Constance Talmadge --IN "The Goldfish" tM. ' '--'is*:;,* VOLO [Last week's delayed letter] The L. A. Huson family spent Sun-' day in Ringwood. Mrs. L. A. Huson was a Waukegan shopper last Friday. Wm. Duesing and family epent Sunday at Ringwood. L. M. Russell and family visited in Round Lake Sunday. Mrs. Fred Converse spent a part of last week in Waukegan. Rev. Carl Lordahl is spending his vacation in Holland, Mich. Joe Vogt was a business caller at Wauconda ohe day recently. Rev. Carl Lordahl spent the week end with Wm. Dillon and family. Dorothy Dillon is staying with her aunt, Mrs. H. Krueger, at Wauconda. Miss Mary Stanford attended her brother-in-law's funeral it Evanston recently. Elsther Russell, who is teaching at Spring Lake, spent the week end at her home here. Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Benwell and Mrs. Jay Vasey were in Waukegbn Wednesday. Norma Raether, teacher at the Brick school, is spending her vacation at her home in Wisconsin. Leslie Molzahn, tester for the Volo Testing association, is spending Christmas in Wisconsin. Vasey school closed Dec. 28 for the Christmas vacation. Miss Ruby Peterson of Marengo is the teacher. The annual chicken dinner of the Volo M. E. church will be held at the L. V. Lusk home on New Year's day. Mr. and Mrs. A. Paddock attended the funeral of the latter's niece, Hazel Sells, at Waukegan one day recently. Among the Waukegan shoppers recently were Mr. and Mrs. Frank Wilson and Mrs. Frank Henkel and daughter, Catherine. Miss Magdaline Henkel and Martin Deck were married in Chicago on Dec. 20. Misses Catherine and Angeline Henkel accompanied them. E. A. Turner and Marelle and Helen Turner of Waukegan and Adelbert Converse were among the Sunday visitors at* the Joe Vogt home recently. CLASSIFIED DEPARTMENT FOR SALE--A never-tip bob sleigh Never used. M. L. Worts, McHenry, 111. 29-tf MEAD BUNGALOW FOR RENT Inquire of C. W. Stenger, West McHenry State Bank, West McHenry, 111. 30-tf .V;. ik.*'"' Tv •*«.•* /<!• v -* u.«i k; v $ • • ^ -iit • - 'v."" ^ V.*-"1 .-r vi" > • We appreciate the confidence whicfe has been placed in us, and now, oa the threshold of the New Year, we dedicate ourselves anew to the continuance of the service rendered during the past year, which we triuft and helpful. - •paoNE nuN. H. PETESCH2MH0I .m fi.' LOST--On Christmas eve, a black leather hand bag between Nye's and Erickson's stores. Finder returned to | this office and receive reward. 30-lt* 5 PER CENT MONEY--To loan on good farms; first mortgages only. Write or telephone A. -A. Crissey, roofh 203, Community Bldg., phones 23-M and 993, Marengo, HI. 25-tf NOW IS THE TIME TO BUY GOOD REAL ESTATE as all prices are at their lowest point. We will be glad to furnish further information and explain our time payment plan. Kent 6 Green, McHenry, 111. 25-tf FOR SALE--Seven room house, one room suitable for small business. All modern improvements and a good, full basement. House is furnished and has furnace heat. Property has a 42 ft. frontage and extends back 133 feet. Fruit on premises. Mrs. D. C. Smith, street, McHenry, 111. 28-tf TO JOIN . West McHenry State Bank . Christmas ^ - SAVINGS CLUB I ' If you're not already a member, JOIN AT J PNCE. Fult particulars can be obtained at ">• *4be bank. Costs nothing to join. Means :<: |noney for Christmas or any special purpose w ^Iby the simplest and easiest system of saving ^ ( and getting interest at the same time. Save part of your earning, save fjor the family or friends, combine with other® for some special fund. West McHenry Sti Bank WEST McHENRY, ILL. ^ York, lg .... „...Q 1 2 3 Freeman, r...» • 0 1 12 8 16 SPLIT WITH HEBRON (Continued from front page) *McHenry Green, rf Page, If E. Conway, c Thomas, rg*.. Newman, lg . S. Whiting, lg .. .1 J. Barbian, If HebfR«ft Mason, rf ; . Lathan, If ., Spobner, e ...... .0 Shultz, rg .0 Schroeder, lg ... .0 Pellet, If 1 Freeman,^'.. .0 •TO OUR- 01 ITH DEEP APPRECIATION i OF OUR MUTUAL CORDIAL RELATIONSHIP, WE ASK VOU TO ACCEPT OUR GREETINGS j OF THE PRESENT AND OUR HEARTY GOOD WISHES FOR A PROSPEROUS SECOND TEAMS NEW YEAR. FG JT,FTB| WEST McHENRY, JI^L. Signa Omrnbta* BiU slilngton.--President Cootld^e has innnibiis i)<>ns|«>n bill prantnumber of imllvlded Hunt% and s«-v«L were mated los Were drlv !tjf+fk'*