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'? . • - •;/ * A;* V ,^ 4 ' *t>.< 1 iyJ^ \ £ t§*4 > - /r""r i \ ' < ^/V*f " .̂ : :v/! Vi^v »"\ -^-v? •j| v**V * r , w » ? f ^ MoHENRY, ILLINOIS. THURSDAY. JANUARY 4.1911. * • ^ I , , . i Al«» LOCATE ANOTHER FACTORY OK TWO OI THE VBXAAEt 3Y OOK i visited Uast [Chi- l-ystal ek. [unday iticago i Ohicar fning of Wis., the first siness iy last *h were lsh at Ind- spent si of Mc- *sed Sun- t »f Mc- passed sev- guest of spent New ,is brother, worth fueste ti^i I ¥§e s< i"St SOQt pide i the Steilen Chica rlake, Wis., the guest of r. iturned from employed e. H'o was the nd Mrs. N. : guest W. A Belle i-k relkr jay. |w days Id Mrs. Lake. Ihicago ]of her iue- Itetoek guest lugust Nlter- tllii" |US c.s lUur. II,\ m 1m ami unsl Idkiil Ison •31110 IFri Li n lthe WHY NOT C£T BUSY WEEKLY EXCHANGE ITEMS ™0 ̂ «RESTEDB MVE id How alien do we hear the remark made by some one or other, "McHenry needs a factory." Many times this very same remark has come from a citizen who really has the interest of the village at heart and again it has come from one who doesn't care a snap of the finger' whether we ever secure a factory or n*t. By the latter we refer to the man who says "he wants to see a factory lo­ cate in McHenry and when it comes to securing a new industry he will not lift a l\and to encourage such. Now if the citizens of McHenry are earnest about wanting a factory (and we are certain there are at least a few who are) there isn't a reason in the world why we should not let our wants be known. If we are not badly in the wrong the city of Chicago is bound to become the one real big city of the world some day and that day isn't over a thousand years away, at that. Not only is Chi­ cago bound to grow, but the surround­ ing country as well. The way that we have the thing doped out is something like this: The day is coming and coming at a rapid pace when this part of the grand old globe will be the manufacturing center of the world. Eastern manu­ facturing plants are directing their at­ tention towards Chicago right alopg. Many of them are locating in Chicaigo, while a large per cent are locating in smaller cities and villages near Chica­ go, where they will not be pestered by labor trouble. From the Harvard Herald we note that a large eastern shoe factory is negotiating with business men of that city with the intention of locating their factory in Harvard. The institu­ tion will employ about 1500 hands. Now the chances are ten to one that Harvard will land the factory. McHenry has everything to offer ip the way of factory sites. Nature has granted us everything that would en­ courage the gilding of factories in this village and our location from Chi­ cago could nqt be hetter. There is an old saying and we believe every word of it is true and that is, "You cannot expect to receive without the asking." Nqw we do not know of any time that the citizens of McHenry have asked fqr a factqry, but we be­ lieve that if they let their wants be known that they, tqq, shall receive. Right here is where the questiqn of advertising is again thrown into play. We must let qur wants be l^nown thru advertising. W® cannot do tQO much of it. The more, the better. We are all well ^ware qf the fact that it costs money tq advertise and sq it dqes, but it pays you every time. In some cities and villages that we know qf t^e Commercial club?, or what­ ever they may style themselves, run ads in the Urge city dailies, offering free sites to manufacturing plants. Some even go so far as to offer factory buildings at a free rental for a certain length of time and then, by agreement, sell the building to the manufacturing company. Other cities that have v& cant factory buildings are offering the use of such buildings free of charge for a certain length of time just to in» duce manufacturers to locate in their city. Now McHenry has no such offers to make, but we believe that if some of these peop^a who are seeking factory sites were wised up to the fact that McHenry is also on the map and that her natural facilities and looation could not be surpassed these men could be induced to consider us with the rest of the factory seeking towns. We positively know that we have as enterprising a set of business men in McHenry as any town of her size in the United States and that manufac­ turers who are looking for a location would be given every encouragement by these men. Like all other places there are a few here who never did en courage such propositions and never will, but we feel highly elated in the fact that we have a number of others who are just the reverse and will do their level best to land something good for our village. That we are far from dead was manifested last fall when a subscription was taken up for the build­ ing of a new dam across Fox river south of this village and which dam will be built this spring. This goes to show that we are alive and no matter who comes to us and if his proposition looks good and he shows ! us that he can deliver the goes we are I with him. ! \ow why would it not tie well to re e the McHenry pusinesp Men'* ,,u iation, place to' advertisement in one or more of the Chicago papers and et them know that we are open for tories and are willjng to go ouf lure to iV*4 Qr I^et's begin the new ye#r with thi* ,irtt wd we know that the year of 19 will be a banner one for good old v?Benry town. AS TAKEN FROM m CQUMB OF 001 MANY EXCHANGE! MISCELLANEOUS ASSORTMENT OF NEWS ITEMS IN CONDENSED FORM FOR BUSY PEOPLE. TW» MERE ROYS ARB ARRE8KR AT FOX LAKE. No The earthquake of Tuesday morning ma felt by many of our citizens, image was done here. Bead The Plaindsaler. Sheriff Henderson has had a total of over 100 different prisoners in the county jail at Woodstock during the past year. The new school building at Hebron is now completed and was opened for public inspection on New Year's day. Appropriate dedication exercises were planned for the occasion. School will start in the new structure after the holiday vacation. The state of Illinois retains its place at the head of the corn producing states, according to a bulletin just issued by the census bureau. It is first in acreage and also in production, as it was ten years ago. Iowa is second, Kansas third and Nebraska ranks fourth in acreage. Unable to find anyone in South Elgin willing to serve as postmaster, Henry Dement, a postoffice inspector, decided to recommend that the postoffice there be discontinued. The office pays $11 a month. The last postmaster, William Burgess, quit after a robbery in which 1160 was stolen, of which he had to make good <110. South Elgin resi­ dents are planning to offer a salary bonus to anyotae who will accept the job and thus enable them to retain th£ office. Chas. Richards, indicted for the mur­ der of his wife near Poplar Grove a few weeks ago, was sentenced to life imprisonment by Judge Chas. Whitney in the circuit court at Belvidere. Rich­ ards made no concealment of his guilt and in the court room created a dra­ matic scene when a life sentepce.vpas imposed by the court. He implored Judge Whitney to infiict on him the death penalty instead, insisting that ]je might better, go on the scaffold than tq serve a life tirm at Joliet- There is a complete outfit of baby clothing, go-cart, rattle, bottles, high chair and other infant necessities on display in a window of the store of Ci E. Norris & Co., awaiting the first St. Charles child born after'the stroke of midnight Sunday evening, when the VAar> gomgc in. Th0 pi'lSE© for th? first New Year's babe maffe by the East Main street firm is attracting more than local note and is a valuable Cine, goods included in the prize being worth more than |50 at regulation prices. Richmond Qazette< The Haegle lee pomp&ny is the first of the big com­ panies having ioe houses on Twin Lakes tq start harvesting this season's crop. The Haegle company commenced cut­ ting ice Friday morning and loading it in cars for shipment to Chicago, The ice is about seven inches thiek and of fine quality, The present cold snap is the only ioe making weather we have had so far this winter and if present conditions continue next week will see the annual ifle harvest at Twin Lakes on in full swing. McHenry county has more head of oattle than any other county in the entire state of Illinois. There are many counties muoh larger, but none equal it when it comes to oattle. Sta­ tistics taken from the United States census bureau show MoHenry county to have a total of 77,877, of which num­ ber 50,746 are dairy cows. Kane coun­ ty stands second with a total of 57,030, the number of cows in the latter coun­ ty being 38,524. Cook county oomes third in the state with a total number of 31,035 dairy cows. Carl Lundgren of Marengo~ who a few years ago was one of the stars of the Chicago Cubs pitching staff, has made a statement that he has pitched his last game in organized base ball. Lundgren was recently sold to Toronto In the International league, and says he will not report to the Canadian city. Friends think he will stick to what he says. The passing of Lundgren from the national game, if he really quite, will mark the end of the base ball career of one of the best players de­ veloped at the Illinois university. His rise was rapid and he entered the big league, practically, from college. There is a project on foot at North Crystal Lake to install new lamps thruout the Jousineas section of that village. The promoters of the move­ ment propose to erect a new system of lights, consisting of an ornamental iron supporting post with a cluster?of 0ve lamps on the These posts are to be placed at intervals qf about fifty feet along both sides of the business streets and are to cost, with wiring complete, about $35 each. T^e Public Service company a^proes $q fnrnist^ electricity at a r*t? of *3 per month per poet-. promoters & ^he idea are now calling on the various business men of North Crystal Lake asking them to provide for the installation of the lamps. Woodstock and Harvard are two of the cities of MoHenry ooun- ty which are enjoying this system of lighting in their business streets and Crystal Lake doesn't want to be known as one of the backward cities of the county «b» chances are that they will h»*o tke Hffaw installed. A series of robberies, Which have been troubling the officials of Foxr Lake for the past 2 weeks, have been traced to two mere boys, whose homes »re in Chicago, and who have made written confessions in which they admit the oharges. The string of burglaries are of the most daring which have been pulled off in Lake county in many months. On December 16 the. home of John C. Corbett of Fox Lake was entered and a number of articles were taken. The youthful thieves, however, were un­ able to take all the booty with them and they left it in the house and re­ turned the next night and completed the job. 4 They gave their names as Mike Roth, seventeen years of age, and Clyde Macn, sixteen years of age, both boys residing in Chicago. They gained entrance to the Corbett home both times by opening a rear window with a jimmy. Three days later the same youths entered the country club home of the Oneonta club on the Nippersink shores of Fox Lake and pursued identically the same tactics' there. They took all they could carry the first night and returned the next night and completed the work, almost completely stripping the club house of all furnishings. Both nights the club house entered at 930 and in the same manner, by pry­ ing open a window. On the same night they had planhed to enter the Miueola hotel but were deterred when oBicers of the law closed in upon them, tightening the drag net which had been spread. Finally, De­ cember 28, the two youths were oap- tured ia their hiding place on the lake Shore, where they had constructed a regulation *4rgbber cave." They were taken before justice Fred Sohultz and signed written confessions before Mayor J. S. Brown in open eourt. They ad­ mitted stealing goods valued upwards of $500, claiming that they had shipped the goods from Round Lake to Chica­ go and gave the address • where they had sent the booty. Justice Sohultz immediately dis­ patched two officers to C hicago, who recovered practically all the stolen goods, and the thieves identified each piece and then signed the confession. They were bound over to the grand jury in bonds of $1,500 each, and Tues­ day were-taken to the Lake oounty jail in Waukegan hy Sheriff Green. TO THEIR FINAL IEWARD JOIM FKEUND PASSES AWAY IN CHI CAC0 INSTITUTION. WONEN ON HOUSE COMMITTEE ECTS WOMEN P1STAKEE YACHT TO IMPORTApt; The Pist&kee YitejfU ^ub seems to favor "Woman's Suffrage." Hereto­ fore the Pistakee Yacht club has had none but men on the important com- mitt«fes, but hereafter the men must share with the women th4* duties of maintaining the club house in ship­ shape. ? Last year there wfa some complaint about the management of the club house and club rooms, and the directors felt that if they put, women on the house committees the buildings and grounds would be kept in better con­ dition. With this in mind, the new commo­ dore, Chas. E. Carson, appointed the following women on the house commit­ tee: Mrs. F. H. Miller, vice chair­ man; Mrs. Minnie Mac Robert 8, Mrs. John Reebie, Mrs. Chas. Reed. NOTICE TO SENIOR STUDENTS. Senior students in the high schools thruout McHenry county and all other persons expecting to begin teaching for the first time in the schools of this county are expected to present them­ selves for a written examination at the office of the county superintendent of schools July 12 and 13. In order to pass this examination it will be neces­ sary for each candidate to attend a series of meetings that meet once a month at the court house in Woodr atock. At these meetings a list of questions will be given out, topics dis­ cussed the plan of the examination outlined. Local superintendents of schools will present subjects of inter­ est, experienced teachers will conduct classes before these, meetings and a§ much as possible 'will be dope for th$ beginning teacher. The first meeting will be next Saturday, Jan. 6, from 1Q a. m. to 2 p. m- Every caudate is expected to be present. HISTORY OF OLD YEAR-. In this issue qf The PlaMealer you will find a summary of the important events of lftll condensed for the busy This feature is of interest to every ^ne of Qur readers and we know yqu wiM find it refreshing to review the hat tunings of the past year. In line wih our usual policy to give the best dftper possible we have arranged for Jsoy excellent features and arti­ cles I appear in The Plaindealer dur­ ing lll2. These features, written by the flLst famous authors and corre- spondaLt s, are • secured at added ex- oi tier to give you an excellent addition to the local news, the paper all the time. Your Calendar is waitiftg fop yod at B. H, PSftesBb's^ JOHN HOWE PASSES AWAY AT OSHTEMO NKR, AND HIS FUNERAL IS HELD AT RINCWOOD. John Hmn it UlNWMl, John Howe, second son of E. G. Howe, passed away at his late home at Oshtemo, Mich., on Sunday morning of this week. The body was shipped to Ringwood and the funeral took place from the M. E. church at that place at 1:30 p. m. yesterday, the Rev. Col­ lins officiating. Mr. Howe was a nephew of F,. W. Howe of this village and was of twenty-six years of age. Mm fVwurf. John 'Freund, who with his wife was committed to one of the homes of the Little Sisters of the Poor in Chicago only a short time ago, passed away in that institution on Sunday of this week. The body was shipped to McHenry on Monday evening and the funeral took place from St. Mary's Catholic church on Tuesday morning. Interment was made in St. Mary's cemetery. Rev. A. Royer conducted the funeral services. Mrs. Bwltmh SilWrt Martha Ellen Rogers, daughter of Hiram and Elizabeth Rogers, was born at Hartford, Conn., on Jan. 17, 1843, and passed from this life on Christmas morning, 1911. When a child of twelve die came West with her parents, the family be­ ing among the early settlers in this village. She grew to womanhood, married and resided here ever since that time. She was united in marriage to Ben­ jamin Gilbert in 1864. Four children blessed this union, all of whom are liv­ ing and are left with the aged husband and father to share the sorrows that death has brought into the family. The children are: J. N., of Gary, Ind.; George R. and Mrs. F. L. Mc- Omber of this village and O. B. Gil­ bert of Chicago. The deceased was a regular attend­ ant of the Universalist church until within the past two years. She was also a devoted member of the Willing Workers' society, of which she was a charter member. Always of a bright and cheerful dis­ position she was never happier than when doing something for some other than herself. She was living at the home of her daughter, Mrs. F, L. McOmber, at the time of her last illness, which covered a period of about ten days, which ill­ ness was not considered serious until the day before her departure into the larger and better world. The funeral took place from the home of her daughter on Wednesday forenoon of last week. Rev. A. Cross conducted the short funeral service. Interment took place in Woodland cemetery. LECTURE COURSE NUMBER. The fourth and last number of the McHenry Lyceum course takes place at the Central opera house on Friday evening, Jan. 5. This entertainment will be a popular lecture by Hon. Thos. H. Kuhn, noted attorney of Indianapo­ lis, Ind., and unconsciously an orator and humorist. Dr. Kuhn bears the endorsement from the governor, ex- governor, lieutenant governor and su­ perintendent of public instruction of his own state and has testimonials of noted men from all the states. Gov. Frank J. Hall has given his personal opinion that DF. Kuhu is one of our greatest and most eloquent orators on the lecture platform. His lectures are of a highly popular character, bristling with wit and eloquence. If the Mc­ Henry public is desirous of hearing something educational and uplifting don't fall to hear Hon. Thos. Kuhn. Wood Mr. F. G. Editor 1 McEear Dear Sir- oalled to an articl last week's paper Turn *t)ver a Ne you state that certain have been arrested for po that is, that they have out for prosecution because not vote in a certain way your village elections, while ofc izens equally guilty of the same have not been arrested. F rom reading the article ia que* people might think that the state's a torcey, who is charged with the dt of prosecuting persons who violate t > law, had taken some part in this m«.ti­ ter. This, however, is not the case, and I write this for the purpose of cor­ recting any such impression that may exist among your readers. No one has ever complained to me thata^'slot machine" was run or had been run in the village of McHenry since I have held the office of state's attorney, nor did I know until the re­ cent raid that there was one there. Had the parties who caused these arrests come to me I should have made a thoro investigation and all persons guilty would have beten prosecuted and would have received the same treatment, regardless of the way they voted, or their political or personal friendships. The raid in question was made with­ out my knowledge and without com­ plaints having been made to me. I know not for what reason this was done and can think of no reason why the people complaining did not come to me, because since holding the office of state'8 attorney I have never in a single instance declined to prosecute any violation of the criminal law that has been brought to my attention. I am informed that the parties en­ gineering this deal excused themselves for not coming to me' 'ry say hi g1 thalHE would not prosecute if they did. I will promptly sue for slander any one who said that I ever refused to prose­ cute any case that it is my duty to prosecute in this county since I held the office of state's attorney. I will not, however, allow the crim­ inal law to be used, thru me, for the purpose of paying off political grudges, but will try to do my duty fairly and impartially in every instance where the law is violated Mid complaint is made to me. 1 may add that the report that a special state's attorney had been ap­ pointed to prosecute these cases is false and absolutely without any foun­ dation in fact. Thanking you for the courtesy your paper has shown me in the past, I am, Yours very truly, DAVID R. JOSLYN. pense ill MRS. EMIL FEFFER ENTERTAINS. Mrs. Emil Feffer entertained the members of the Odd Ladies' club at her country home on Tuesday evening of this week. The ladies arrived at the home just in time to enjoy onp fine spread which i^ad bpen prepared by the poetess. After aiftPJ® justice bad been don,e tq th,e goodies served the party of merry-makers spent a few social hours at progressive «wh» the prize going tq Mr%- Frank Ward, Those present w-ere:. Mesdames Henry Meyers, Jacob Just$9i Nioklous Bohr, Frank Ward. Jos. Schneider, W. D. Wentworth4 Mathias Freund, Ben Her- bes, J. J. Bishop and J- J* Bueh. A most pleasant time was had by all. A HEW YEAR'S EVE PARTY. On the last of December The olub held a meet, The young married couples, At a home on Main street.- Where Mrs. C. Bending As hostess did act, And of fun and good cheer No one there felt a lack. So pleasant the evening, ' Such fun and good cheer, Kept the young couples tb^r% Until the next year. NOTICE OF SETILIIWP, Those knowing l^ewstilves to he in­ debted tam^ will kindly call at the \Yest State bank and have tfceir ^©counts adjusted. I have autl&r- iaed C. W. Stenger to collect and give receiDts for all outstanding accounts. BASKET BALL GAMES. The Richmond town basket ball team won an easy victory over the Hunter boat factory team at Schumacher's hall here on Friday evening last. The visitors had the home boys outclassed in every department of the game and had little trouble in running up 33 points while our boys chalked up 10. The home boys are a willing bunch and with a season's experience should develop into a faat team. Last even­ ing the boat builders met the McHenry town team and again they were de­ feated. On this occasion the town team won by the score of 24 to 19. Not much team work was in evidence on either side last night and the game was more of the rokigh and tumble than the real article. The boys do not mean to be rough and we are sure that they are plajfcug, the game to the very best of th«eir and knowledge. I,t is like everything else---experience teaches, and vye belkve that in a short time the will master the fine pqiots of the game and show their met­ tle with the best of 'em BANCE AT J0HNSBURG8. A New Year dance- be held at Stephen H. Smith's hall, Johnsburgh, on Monday evening, January 8. The proprietor of the hall is very anxious that this affair terminate into the big­ gest success ever and with a view et opening the new year right he is put­ ting forth extra efforts to make this the event of all events. Nothing will be left undone to make the danoe an enjoyable one for all who turn out. Nett's Johnsburgh orchestra will fur- ish the music. Dance tickets, SO ceuts ̂ All are invited. HON. THOS. H. KUHN. "Dr. Thomas H. Kuhn delivered a commencement address at Browns town and UniontowOj on 'The Forces of Des­ tiny.' Ineaehcasehe woo the audi­ ence from the very start and held them spellbound for over an hour. He is a forcible and logical speaker, his deliv­ ery excellent. The general expression of the audience in each case was that it was the best they had heard."---J. E. Payne, county superintendent schools, Brownstown, Ind. At Cet ra house Friday eveninj barg before FOR on the West! and othcr or write to FV<~ Henry, 111. Nick F. Freund this village, he havi ily to this place last occupying his beaofciful Park avenue. A target shoot took pis kee Bay on Wednesday A few of the faithful follow ©J sport from this place took pa afternoon's events. LOST--Sunday morniin Universalist church and dt from belt buckle; Japanes gold and red. Finder le^ Byrd, this office. Reward. From reports that have 1 during the past week or led to believe that sever changes during ttfe co during t(J,e coming spring 1 ***¥he store building of Fred Sehaorr on the West Side is being rfftinted and otherwise improved for twcumiK' ers who have rented the place tgdwili conduct a first-class shoe store ttereia- Fifty joiiy, good-natured '«oa|tv »•" tended the New Year dance at Sioiel'4 hall last Saturday evening and from all report* all had a fine time. Hei* mer's orchestra furnished the nasi and received a warm hand from &os assembled. .* A bus load of McHenryites drove < to the home of Mr. and Mrs. dii Jeoks last Friday evening and tend! that couple a miscellaneous shofN||^1 The trip io the country home, as as the reception given the guests whedfl they reached the Jecks home, was highly enjoyed by all. New Year was ushered in hero with much hilarity. In spite of the bitter cold night more than a few of our citi­ zens remained up to see -Father Time make his departure. The ringing of church bells and shooting of revolver* and guns at midnight was suffioieo evidence that all were not asleep. Miss Kathryn Heimer, who has been a familiar figure in the general store of Block & Bethke during the past seven years, has resigned her position with that firm jud said guod bye to the place with the elose of the store last Saturday night. Dame feta it that Cupid directed fette resignation^ The third butcher to arrive in th* family came to the home of Mr. an4 Mrs. Chas. G. Frett on Friday morn* ing of last week. Hie youngster will answer to the name of Francis Joseplt just as soon as he gets to understand the American language. The writer " was among those who has enjoyed a - Monogram on the new arrival. s In the week ended Dec. 34, tha C9dr cago& Northwestern Railway oompanf handled thru its new passenger tec*, minal in Chicago 318,000 persons, 24^ ; 190 pieoes of baggage and 12*310 per* sons were served in the luneh and dior ing raoms. This was sua inerease of * per cent in passengers and over the same week last old terminal. « have heard Dr. ture an regard one of tures I have ever found wit and path the ridiculous of oratory magic. At on Convulsed tears lire Johnson sity, Hoi house ^ ̂ , 7 ? ' * " > 5 time ermg