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V -. r - •„ > - "*' ' ' ' . ' , ' -' / WC^j;< w •. *r* ^ > * •r . :• :% ' ^ v • THE M'HENRY PLAINDEALER, THURSpAY, MARCH 25, 1926 THE M'HENRY PLAINDEALER Published every Thursday at McHenry, 111., by Charles F. Renich. Entered as second-class matter at the postofflee at McHenry, 111., un- «p tke act of May 8. 1879. Subscription Rates . O m Y e a r . . . • • | « • • • • > • • • • • • . $ 2 . 0 0 Bix Months *#»'«••••••••• $1.00 A. H. MOSHER, Editor and Manager THE LATEST NEWS IN DAYS 0T YORE Plainde&ler Items Twenty-five Years Ago Messrs. Perry & Owen will commence the erection of a new brick building1 on the lot just south of the Plaindealer office within a few days. The building will be 24x46 ft. two stories and basement and contain all modern improvements. The first floor will be the home of the Bank of McHenry, and the second floor will be fitted up as a lodg# hall. Euilding operations have already commenced at the Bay. Messrs. Brant and Cleveland of Chicago have commenced the erection of cottages on the east side and we are informed other contracts will be let in the near future. On Monday evening, April 8, an Easter dance will be held in S toff el's Hall. Baemsteins Orchestra of Chicago will furnish the music and a good time is promised. Last Friday night Mr. and Mrs. Simeon Covell entertained a number of friends at their home, about one mile east of this village. Cinque was the game that was chosen to interest the players and Mr. and Mrs. S. S. Chapell captured the prizes, being a handsome silver tooth pick holder for the gentleman and a silver paper knife for the lady. Dainty refreshments were served. "Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Howe, at home Wednesday, March 20, 8 p. m." was the way the invitations read and a large number responded. To say they had a good time is putting it mild. Mr. and Mrs. Howe threw open their handsome residence and made all feel at home. After playing a number of games, refreshments were served and at about midnight the guests departed. Last Saturday evening a number of our young people were delightfully entertained at the residence of Mrs. G. F. Boley, it being the eighteenth anniversary of the birth of her son, Gottlieb. Various games were played and a general good time enjoyed by alL Last week Ed Sutton Bold a fine team of black horses to the Wolf Manufacturing Company, of Chicago, for $375. . . Master Lyle Hazel entertained a number of his young friends last Thursday afternoon, it being his ninth birthday. Mrs. A. L. Howe will give a goodbf party on Friday evening at her residence in honor of her son, George, and William and Carl Mead, who leave Saturday morning for Dixon where they will continue their studies. Quite a number of wild geese have been shot during the past week. • B. J. Brefeld reports bagging a pair which weighed 17 pounds. Word was received this morning from Racine, Wisconsin, stating that our former townsman, F. G. Mayes, was very low and grave fears were entertained for his recovery. Died at the residence of her brother, ILLINOIS COOLIDGE'S FATHER IS LAID TO REST Mrs. Sarah Crose. ninety-nine, Saybrook's oldest resident, died at the home of her granddaughter, Mrs. Charles Daniel. , lieorge \V. iWtlett, oddest living person in Montgomery county, celebrated his one hundred first anniversary at Fillmore the other day. The Champaign charter of the Isaak Walton league is seeking a suitable location for a twenty-acre artificial lake and game fish preserve. Mary Vickery Mc<'all, one hundred years old. died at her home In Princeton. Had she lived until June 20 she would have been one hundred one. Clyde Trlsch, president of a large dry goods store, committed suicide by shooting 4n his cabin in Decatur. No cause for his act has been assigned. William Gerrlcks, aged eccentric, was found near Vandal la after he had passed the night wandering about in a winter storm. His recovery is doubtful. Annual federal Inspection of the Illinois National Ouard personnel will be made during the month of AprO. Adj. Gen. Carlos Black announced at Springfield. James H. Ferris, seventy-seven, onetime leader of the Populist party, for many years a newspaper editor and one of the leading botanical experts of the country, Is dead at Joliet. Lars Freeman, who came to this country eighty-nine years ago and is said to be the oldest Norwegian Immigrant In America, observed his ninety-fifth birth dly at his farm home near Newark, 111. Roy Ward, twenty-nine, farmer of Iroquois county, was found dead In his barn near Danville with a bullet through his head and a revolver by his side. Verdict of suicide returned by a coroner's Jury. George Raber, twenty, died in a hospital at East St. Louis of injuries received in an automobile collision near Troy, in whtch William Ramshaw, thirty, was killed and four persons severely Injured. Using building methods in vogue a century ago, when log cabins dotted the plains of Illinois, three employees of the Alton state hospital have constructed a replica of one of Lincoln's early log cabin homes. Twenty boxers have been .entered In the annual fistic tournament to be staged on March 24, 25 and 26, under the auspices of the Jollet Steel Works Athletic club. Only amateurs, residing In Will county, are eligible. In recognition of his distinguished achievements in chemical science, Samuel W. Parr, professor of applied •clence in the University of Illinois, called "America's greatest expert In the chemistry of coal," is winner of the Chandler gold medal for 1926. James Teegarden and Harry Malott of Rock Island are under arrest following an accident In which ten per- Beeolntiena of Respect Whereas, Our all wise Father in his Infinite wisdom and goodness has seen fit to call from our midst Sister Gertude C. Thennes, a member of St. Clara Court, No. 659, W. C. O. F., one of the most beloved of our court, md Whereas, In the perfprmance of a part of our duty to her, we meekly submit to the will of the inevitable and while bowing to His infininte wisdom we extend our sympathy and consolation to her family and relatives, therefore be it Resolved, That in the death of Sister Thennes, this court has lost an efficient member, her family a kind and indulgent mother, and the community <a kind, lovable, and generous citizen Resolved, That these resolutions be tpread upon the records of the court and a copy of same be sent to the family of the deceased and also be published in the McHenry ^-Pteqjdealer. ELIZABETH LAURES 1 BARBARA KING Committee. Simple Rites for President's Parent i Interred in Family Cemetery. Plymouth, Vt--The funeral of Col. John Oalvln Coolidge, sturdy Vermont pioneer, was held from the home In which he had lived for so many years and In which, three years ago, he had sworn his distinguished son as Preeldent of the United States. In keeping with the wishes of the colonel, so often expressed, and also in keeping with the wishes of President Coolidge, the services were simple. Immediately after the funeral the President returned to Washington. Rev. John White, the Episcopal minister who conducts services at the church across the road from the colonel's house, officiated. Everything except the precise time for the rites had been dictated by the colonel Jdmseff several weeks bfore he died. ; There were-no hymns at the funeral. The President Insisted upon this. There were no hymns for his mother when she was burled, he recalled, and he wanted none for his father. There were no church services. The simple rites were inside the old home, after which the body of Colonel Coolidge was taken up to the little cemetery on the hill a quarter of a mile away. The colonel died while his son Calvin was speeding by special train to his bedside from the White House In the vain hope of clasping his father's hand In farewell. The President was accompanied by Mrs. Coolidge, their son John, and party. At the deathbed were Doctor Cram, Mrs. May Johnson, the nurse; the colonel's housekeeper, Miss Pierce, and Deputy Sheriff Angus Macaulay. All these had been his faithful attendants during his Illness. Both houses of congress, government officials and foreign diplomats paid tribute to the memory of the President's father. From all parts of the country came thousands of messages of sympathy to President and Mrs. Coolidge. The senate adopted a resolution of condolence on the motion of Senator Dale (Rep., Vt.), and adjourned without transacting any business. The house adopted a resolution offered by Representative Garret (Dem., Tenn,)., the minority leader. Three weeks before his death Colonel Coolidge transferred to his son, Calvin, the farm on which members of the Coolidge family have lived for generations. The farm consists of 225 acres with the white farmhouse which was the President's boyhood home. The colonel died ostensibly penniless, although a man of substance. Neighbors say that all property other than the land was made over to -the President during his lifetime. Plymouth never knew the value of the Calvin G. Coolidge estate, and the same secrecy was maintained in the case of the colonel's property. In addition to the homestead, the President owns the lime kiln lot which Is the Coolidge sugar orchard. This tract he Inherited from his grandfather. Carcinoma, a form of cancer, was given as the cause of Colonel Coolidge's death. of the bladder, his physician said, with myocarditis, an Inflammation of the heart muscles, a contributing factor. Take my word for it, folks, the man pushing the wheelbarrow is just as happy as the man in the Rolls Royce. He has just as good a digestion, sleeps as well, and will live as long. God equalizes all things, and if you get off a way so as to get the perspective, you will see every thing ^is of one size. , . _ I consider myself rather g^/looking, especially when I'm "ajPsiicked up." , I consider that I am just a little bit shvarter than the other fellow. I understand the other fellow thoroughly, but I hardly think he is capable of reading character himself. I consider myself capable of giving sound advice to others, but I hardly feel that others are capable of giving it to me. I am a great hero--to myself. } am Mr. Everyman. A friend of mine bought a gramaphone for a dollar down and a dollar a week. This is the easiest grafc I've known, this dollar down and a dollar a week; so he bought a chair and a fountain pen, a runabout car and a stove, and, then, a set of "Lives of Our Famous Men" for a dollar down and a dollar a week. Then he bought two bran' new radio sets for a dollar down and a dollar a week and a dozen cartons of cigarettes for a dollar down and a dollar a week. Then he bought a ring that was fair to see for the lily white hand of his bride-to-be, and after the wedding the minister's fee was a dollar down and a dollar a week. Then he bought a house for his familee at a dollar down and a dollar a week, and when they got sick the doctor's fee was a dollar down and a dollar a week. Then said his wife, "I must be free, these weekly payments are ruining me!" So she got a divorce--and the alimonee--was a dollar down and a dollar a week. Darwinian disciples call a man an ape. I am content with having him a fish4 In the first place, as the famous Greek tragedian, Euripides, said, "Man is a poor fish for having been born. He becomes still poorer if he has to live." If you must live in New York and patronize the subways, you're nothing but a sardine. Try to acquire some land and you're a land shark. Dance and you wiggh like an eel. Be a good sport and you're a whale of a fine fellow. Kick a lot and you're a crab. Stick around and you become a lobster, until she shuts you up like a clam and tells yotr what a cheap skate you are. W>Tine Fiddler's Contest On Wednesday evening, April 7, an Old-Time Fiddlfer's Contest under the auspices of Progressive Camp, No. 229, Modern Woodmen of America, will be given at the city hall in Woodstock, beginning at 8 o'clock. An old-time dance will follow the contest. General admission for both contest and dance, 50c. But it costs you nothing if you enter the contest. Send your name to Fiddler's Contest Committee, 529 Smith St., Woodstock, Illinois. Electrical Meter Demonstration Mr. Lee Schuler, meter foreman for the Public Service Company at Crystal Lake, gave an Electrical Meter Demonstration to 24 students of the Physics •nd Science classes of the McHenry High School. He explained the workings of the pieter and how it measured the customers service. Jaines J Hughes, on Friday, March •<>•» were Injured when their autoiSlMiss Bessie Hughes, aged 33 years. m<*le aruok a street car. Teegarden ' Is held for reckless driving and Malott Ib charged with taking an automobile Without the owner's consent. Determination of the amount of money the Supreme court has ordei*H Governor Small to account for in the civil suits will he made May 12 at a hearing before Master in Chancery Charles Brlggle. Former Attorney General Brundage, who filed the suit, claims that the amount In question will approximate $1,000,000. H. R. Cox, jeweler, was awarded a verdict of $22,153.45 In his suit against the Aetna Casualty company for loss sustained In the "Santa Claus" robbery In December, 1923, at his jewelry store In Mollne, when a robber disguised as St. Nick entered the store and, It was alleged, got away with $29,000 worth of diamonds and jewelry. Col. William C. Wetmore, a bond salesman and Investment broker, formerly of Chicago, St. Louis and Cincinnati, who has maintained apartments In a prominent hotel at Danv^ jle for years was arrested on an lndi^ ment charging him with conducting4^ fraudulent business. A score of stockholders in a company he was supposed to be organizing are the complainants. ' After three years of litigation over the location of the routing of Route 2 through Clinton a decision has been reached which culminated In the purchase of right of way by individual subscription from the business men of Clinton and Wapella of the routing which permits the road to toucll the village of Wapella and to pass through Clinton on Grant avenue. One thousand telephones silenced and street car service partly crippled in Rockford as a result of heavy rains were conspicuous developments of last month's weather, according to the monthly weather summary made public by Clarence J. Root, state meteorologist. The features of the month were the mild temperature, the lack of sunshine and the light snowfall over a large area. Benjamin Franklin I'hlpps, sixtyseven, a teaming contractor, Is dead at his home at Decatur following a period of a year spent In bed as a result of paralysis. Phipps, in his early days, was a prominent contractor. Our Privileged Class. They always It affected the region j have plenty of money. They pay no income tax. They don't have to work. They park wherever they please. They can go south in the winter and North in the summer. They are never approached by bill collectors. They are not required to serve on juries. They are never pestered by subscription solicitors. They can get their names on the first page any time without the expense of a press agent. They can take anything or leave it. No wonder the country is overrun with bandits. Indict 112 in Liquor Plot in Twelve Cities Cleveland, Ohio.--Conspiracy to violate the national prohibition law is charged against 112 persons In 12 large cities of the country In an Indictment returned by the federal grand jury here. Fifteen minutes after the indictment was returned Harry Volpe, Providence, R. I., one of those Indicted and who was largely responsible for the Investigation, entered a plea of guilty before Federal Judge Paul Jones. He was released on personal bond of $10,000. Sentence was deferred. There will be additional Indict ments, United States Attorney A, E. Bernsteen declared. He estimated that the total number of defendants ultimately would exceed 200. The case already has cost the government between $110,000 and $125,- 000, It was estimated. Three hundred and fifty witnesses were examined before the grand jury was recessed until April 1. Populist Leader Dead Jollet, HI.--James H. Forrlss, seventy- seven, one-time leader of the Populist party and for many years a newspaper editor, died suddenly here. To Be World's Largest Hotel Chicago.--The corner stone of the Stevens hotel, to be the largest hotel In the world, was laid here. hotel will have 3,000 rooms. I am the best pal I ever had, I like to be with me; I like to sit, and tell myself, things confidentially. I often sit and ask me, if I shouldn't, or I should; and I find the advice that I give me, is always pretty good. Why I walk with me and talk with me, and I tell me right from wrong; I never knew how well myself, and me could get along. I've made a study of myself, compared it with a lot; and finally, I've concluded, I'm the best pal that I've got. The young man who starts "out to be a good fellow usually winds up good for nothing. By establishing a good line of credit, one avoids the necessity of living within his income. Matches Were invented one hundred years ago but, it probably will be another one hundred years before some fellows will have any of their It takes the same letters to spell "melon" as it does "lemon." But The | stockholders much prefer to cut , the melon. Good Roads In Illinois Illinois leads the nation in concrete highways, with 1,500 miles more fhan California, its nearest competitor, and a total of more than 5,000 t^iles in all, says a recent bulletin of fhe Illinois Chamber of Commerce. Illinois is completing a bond expenditure of $60,000,000 devoted to con- Crete roads and will soon start on another bond issue of $100,000,000. Steal Gold and Silver | Falling in love, is like skidding Nassau, Bahama Islands.--Bank rob-! your car into a ditch; easy to get in, bers blew open the vaults of the treas- j but hard to get out. -- --: ury which Is only 40 yards from a po-! • lie station, and escaped with three-1 A Beloit college fW writes" to * fourths of a ton of gold and silver|friend in McHenry: "A psychology coin. Delaney Stops McTigue !New York.--Jack Delaney stopped /Mike McTigue, veteran light heavyweight, In the fourth round of a tacheduled 12-round bout at Madison ^Square garden. What Miss Dee Dee Condo, sixteen years old of Pana, declares she thought was a "trick" cigarette case proved to be a derringerlike pistol and, as a result, William K. Parker, seventeen years old, of Shelbyvllle, 111., her admirer, la dead, shot through heftrt. Artist's Genius Broad Blr Joshua Reynolds, the painter, was very widely known for his child portraits, which he did exquisitely, but the wide range of his art was first noticed when, after having produced his conception, of Dante's tragedy, he also exhibited "The Strawberry Girl," one of his prize works. He Is generally es* timated to have had a rare understanding of children but his picture of Dante's tragedy shown alongside it gave proof of his great genius. teacher asked one of the girls in my class today what she did with her thoughts when she was not thinking, and quick as a flash, the girl replied: The same thing I do with my lap when I stand up." Hurt by Fashion's Change Every time fnshion changes someone. suffers. Mohhle skirts appeared In Htlo. with the result that In the following year tlie export of silk from Lyons, in "Vniiice, fell off by nearly The'simple fact was that women required less material for their gowns. Comparative Perils An Atchison man: "I was in a real tornado once, r.ut the thing that scares me to death ta alimony."-- Atchison Globe. """" .POT BEGINS TO BOIL With only three weeks remaining before the primaries on Tuesday, April 13, politics in McHenry county is developing to the boiling point and a whole flock of candidates for various offices is trying to attract the favorable attention of the voters. As heretofore the office of county judge continues to hold first attention in the minds of many of the voters and all four candidates are driving hard for support. This year's contest is a most unusual one in several respects. This especially applies to the question of political alignments, which in every contest in past years have played an important part. This year the various alignments cross and criss-cross throughout the whole field of candidates, so that the voters are all at sea as to just wh.o the political leaders of their choice are supporting. Judge Barnes in his campaign for ri-election seems to have the opposition of each of the three major political divisions in the county, and it is claimed he is laying his plans to develop a party faction of his own. ' His three newspapers, one at Woodstock, one at Hebron and one at Richmond continue to publish articles which it is charged are written by Judge Barnes himself. These articles appear first in one newspaper, then in the other and extracts are printed in all of the newspapers of the county as advertisements. >. Notwitstanding the large amount of newspaper space the judge is using to extoll his virtues and accomplishments as county judge for the past eight years, his opponents have thus far refused to enter into any newspaper controversy with him. On the contrary they seem to be satisfied with going to the voters personally, and in the manner presenting their claims for office. They refuse to ge excited over anything which Barnes may print. The fact is Judge Barnes has used his newspaper pen so proljfically during the past two or three years and in fact all through his political career that his opponents pay but little attention to what he says and merely remind the pubic that his newspapers are bought and paid for during the campaign and print whatever he wants them to. That the judge, having been deserted by each of the three major political lineups in the county, is endeavoring to build up a faction of his own is evidenced, it is claimed, by the fact that he is endeavoring tp start a group of candidates for county committeemen in various precincts in all parts of the county. Recognizing all of the political activities which appear to be eminating from Judge Barnes' office, it cannot be said that the other three candidates are not active and many voters believe that the Barnes candidacy is slipping badly under the heavy onclaught which is being brought against it from all sides. Smiley and Casey Busy Former Judge D. T. Smiley has been campaigning steadily for several weeks past and reports are that he is receiving much encouragement from large groups of voters who have always been loyal to him throughout his career. While Judge Smiley is undoubtedly making progress, Attorney James F. Casey continues to claim pledges of support from friends in all parts of the county and is hard at it with his handshaking campaign in Woodstock, making an occasional trip to neighboring towns to spur "ton and encourage his supporters. Attorney Charles T. Allen of Cary is not least in this race for county judge and many experienced politicians in the county claim he will be the winner in the primary. Regarding his version of the out- 'ook Mr. Allen expresses himself much pleased with the outlook. Mr. Allen believes should he be the successful candidate at the primaries, his election would do much toward wiping out and putting an end to the bitterness which has existed between representative people in McHenry county during recent years because of political differences and it would be his endeavor to work this out. Bad Roads a Handicap The bad roads at present axe a handicap to the campaigners, bilt as the difficulties of travel apply to all alike there is no unfair advantages. All the candidates for office, which includes those for sheriff, county treasurer and state representative, are finding it difficult to travel from tow n to town to visit the voters, which misfortune is a real loss to the county as the people are glad to meet and visit with the candidates who are seeking their support. Referring again to the matter of a lack of alignment between the candidates, this is an unusual campaign in this: respect. There are four candidates for sheriff and while it is stated that at least one or tvtfo of these candidates were encouraged to enter the race by a candidate for another office and not most directly interested in the sheriff's race still the alignment is vague and the candidacies and their support criss-cross in and out between those for judge and treasurer, so that it is impossible to arrange them in one alignment. Don Hibbard's candidacy for sheriff is finding favor throughout the county. The record of the sheriff's office during the past four years has given lustre to both Sheriff Edinger and Deputy Hibbard. At the same time Cyrus Sanford is a popular and pleasant young pian and has a host of well wishing friends, who are going to vote for him on election day. Likewise George Ehlert and Joseph Feffor, both of Crystal Lake, have many friends and supporters. The race between Edinger and Hendricks for treasurer is not arousing any considerable amount of noise. - It is a clean campaign between two men who stand in a favorable light before the public. Edinger's friends believe he has the edge in the contest,, because of the splendid record he has made as sheriff. Voting for him for treasurer ia the only way they can reward him, as the law do6s not permit him to be reelected as sheriff at this time.-- Wpodstock Sentinel.. P O L I T I C A L A D V E R T I S I N G VOTE FOR Lester Edinger Republican Candidate For Treasurer of McHenry County I have served one term as sheriff. On my' record I respectfully solicit your vote and support for treasurer and if elected I pledge myself to serve you to the? best of my ability. cMore . this faster-more style, too .00 Our margins are lower. Hart Scnaffner & Marx have effecteconomies. It all means more for you-more style, more fine tailoring, more value, better fabrics See the new line of Hats, Oxfords, Ties and Shirts we have just received for Easter McGEE'S McHenry, Illinois