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COMERS AND GOERS OF A WEEK IN OUR BUSY LITTLE VILLAGE. AS SEEN BY PLAINDEALER REPORTERS AND HANDED INTO OUR OFFICE BY OUR FRIENDS. Ft. I. Overton and family spent Sun­ day at Solon. J. B. Buss was a Lake Geneva vis­ itor Sunday. . E. V. McAllister was an Elgin vis­ itor Sunday. Mrs. E. V. McAllister spent a day last week in Elgin. Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Bickler were Chi­ cago visitors Monday. John Martin boarded the Chicago train Sunday evening. Mrs. E. Crook boarded the Chicago train Monday morning. C. H. Parks was a North Crystal Lake visitor last Friday. C. S. Howard Was a Chicago passen­ ger last Friday morning. John W. Fay of Chicago spent Sun­ day with his family here. Miss Marie Engeln of Woodstock visited in McHenry Sunday. Martin Smith attended to business matters in Chicago Monday. Gus Schwerghofer of Chicago visited friends at Lily Lake Sunday. Z. Webster of North Crystal Lake was a visitor in town Monday. F. H. Wattles was a business visitor in the metropolitan city Tuesday. .J. J. Vycital attended to business matters in Chicago last Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. E. Hunter were among the Chicago passengers Monday morn­ ing- Dr. C. H. Fegers was among the Chicago passengers last Saturday morning. Louis Eisenmenger attended to busi­ ness matters in the metropolitan city last Friday. Mr. and Mrs. F. A. Bohlander were among the Chicago passengers last Friday aorning. Mrs. L. Eisenmenger, Jr., and chil­ dren visited relatives in Crystal Lake today (Thursday). Miss Lena Stoffel went to Chicago last Friday morning for a few days' visit with friends. H. S. Gardinier was a pleasant caller at the home of his sister, Mrs. Alice Simpson, Tuesday. George Steilen of Chicago spent Sun­ day as the guest of his brother, N. P. Steilen, apd family. Mrs. Fannie Overton of Solon spent last week at the home of her son, R. I. Overton, and family. Mr. and Mrs. F. E. Htitson and chil­ dren are spending the week as guests of Woodstock relatives. Mr. and Mrs. P. G. Pederson of Ring- wood visited the latter's mother, Mrs. Alice Simpson, last Sunday. Frank Sehumacher of Chicago spent Sunday at the homfe of his parents,' Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Schumacher. G. W. Besley spent Friday last as the guest of his son, Dr. W. C. Besley, and family at the county seat. Miss Amy and Harrison Smith of Elgin spsnt the latter part of last week as the guests of relatives here. Anton Engeln attended the funeral of his brother, Michael Engeln, in Chicago last week Wednesday. Mr. and Mrs. Ferdinand Frett and son of Chicago spent Sunday and Mon­ day at the home of C. G. Frett. Miss Kate F. Howe of River Forest spent Sunday in the home of her par­ ents, Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Howe. Mrs. Mayme Lamphere and son, George, spent the latter part of last week as the guest^ of Elgin relatives. Qilbert McOmber earned out from Chicago Saturday evening to spend- Sunday at the home of his parents here. Mrs. Mayme Overton and Miss Adah Carey returned Monday evening from a three days' visit with Elgin relatives and friends, Mrs. W. C. Besley and sons, Vernon and Walter, are spending this week with her sister, Mrs. W. A. Sayler, at Hillside farm. Miss Elfreida Berner came out from Chicago Saturday evening to be the guest of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. G. Berner, Sunday. Mrs. Mathias Engeln and daughter, Mi's. Elizabeth Weber, attended the funeral of the former's brother-in-law, Michael Engeln, in Chicago. Mrs. Barbara Engeln and daughter, Mrs. Elizabeth Weber, spent part of last week as the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Nick Steilen in Chicago. Thos. Graham of Ingleside, 111., who is seeking the Democratic honors in the state legislature, was calling on his friends and voters here Monday Mr. Graham has an unusually large following of friends and he believes his fchances of winning the nomination are exceedingly bright. Among the local teachers and schol­ ars that took in the teachers' meeting at the county seat this week are the following: .Misses Agnes Dodge, Anna Knox, Lillian Pouse, Eleanor Phalen, Lola Boyle, Margaret Buss, Margaret Knox, Anna Bolger, Florence Welch, Florence Howe, LaNette Whiting, Pearl Claxton, Mary Burke, Letah Page, Agnes A. Perry, Lucile Byrd, Clara Stoffel, Katie Knox, Ella Mollo- Mrs. Mayme Overton and Prof. A. E. Nye. Thos. McDonald was a county seat visitor today. Theo. Schiessle was a Chicago vis­ itor Wednesday. Wm. Stoffel was a business visitor in Chicago Tuesday. M. L. Worts was a business visitor in Chicago Tuesday. Mi's. Fred Nickels was a wi^dy city visitor Wednesday. Glenn Wells boarded the Chicago train Tuesday morning. F. Schnabel boarded the Chicago ti-ain Tuesday morning. Adolph Tietz and daughter were Chicago visitors Tuesday. MV. and Mrs. F. A. Bohlander were Chicago visitors Wednesday. George and Paul Meyers spent Tues­ day in the metropolitan city. R. G. Hook of Lake Villa was a business visitor in town Monday. Mrs. D. Payne was among the Chi­ cago passengers Tuesday morning. Mrs. Henry Kamholz boarded the Chicago train Wednesday morning. Mrs. Maggie Blake of Spring Grove is the guest of McHenry relatives this week. Geo. H. Hanly attended to matters of a business nature in Chicago Wed­ nesday. Mrs. N. H. Petesch and daughters are spending the VTVek with Chicago relatives. Attend the spring opening at the Lotus millinery parlors on Saturday, M a r c h 3 0 . « . 4 1 Mrs. Theo. Bickler passed last week in the home of her son, Arthur, at Rogers Park. Mrs. F. G. Spurling and brother, Walter Krause, passed the day in the metropolitan city. Thos. Knox of Chicago is spending a few days as the guest of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Knox. John Stoffel and"daughters, Martha and Frances, were among the Chicago passengers Tuesday morning. Mrs. J. J. Vasey of Oak Park is spending a few days at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. 11. Waite. Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Stenger saw "Louisiana Lou" at the La Salle opera house in Chicago on Tuesday evening of this week. Misses Annabelle Heimer and Kva Stoffel spent Sunday and Monday as the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Bickler at Rogers Park. Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Jensen drove over from the county seat last Sunday and passed th% day as the guests of the latter's parents, Mr. and Mi's. John Frisby. Mrs. Robert Patzke and son, Carl; Mrs. Charles B. Harmsen, Mr. and Mrs. F E. Covalt, Will Nickels and M. J. Walsh boarded the Chicago train this (Thursday) morning. Atty. Charles H. Francis of Wood­ stock, candidate for state's attorney, was in town Tuesday, distributing some of his advertising matter and making ne$r friends. Mr. Francis in­ forms us that his chances of winning out at the coming primaries are par­ ticularly bright. Jos. W. Freuud, who is seeking the Democratic nomination for representa­ tive of the general assembly of this, the eighth district, was at Buffalo Grove on Monday of this week. Mr. Freund is receiving the assurance of splendid support in all oi the three counties and if we are not entirely in the wrong he will make a grand show­ ing at the primary to be held the ninth of next month. BIG CROWD TURNS OUT TO HEJUt CONGRESSMAN. My new display of spring and Easter millinery will be ready for your in­ spection next Saturday, Mar. 30. Mrs. E. W. Howe, over L. F. Block's. 41 TURNS FROH CONN QElfEVA REPUBLICAN IS NOW WITH COP­ LEY, The Geneva Republioan, edited by that veteran scribe, Charles B. Mead, two years ago supported Geo. W. Conu in his tight to secure the Republican nomination for congressman from this district. That paper is now supporting Con­ gressman Copley for renomination and in speaking of Conn's recent visit to the city <Jf Geneva said: "George W. Conn, Jr., formerly of Woodstock, and more lately of Man­ hattan, Kansas, visited this city last Saturday afternoon to feel the pulse of our townfolks in reference to his can­ didacy for U. S. congressman in oppo­ sition to Ira C. Copley of Aurora. "From what we have learned the situation in Geneva Was not particular­ ly encouraging to Mr. Conn. Many who were enthusiastic supporters of the McHenry county man two years ago now frankly admit that they will support Mr. Copley for re-election. Their reason is* that the new congress­ man from this district has made good. "He has given his closest thought and attention to his work in Washing­ ton, at the same time seeking to serve the best interests of his constituents and with this record for his first term, the Republican voters of Geneva feel that dbother term is,due him. "No man can expect to accomplish a great amount of work during his first few months in Washington, but Mr. Copley has truly represented this dis­ trict in^ie general assembly." Easter chicks, ducks and rabbits, also candy eggs, at McAllister's. 7 4l IS HEARTILY CHEERED WHEN HE SAYS THAT HE WILL BUST POSTOFFICE TRUST --MAKES FRIENDS HERE. Hon. Ira C. Copley, who seeks the Republican nomination for congress­ man from this district, was in McHen­ ry for a couple of hours on Monday afternoon of this week. Mr. Copley, who is making a tour of the county, came here from Rich­ mond, where he addressed a large crowd. He arrived in McHenry about two o'clock. Mr. Copley was accompanied by City Attorney William E. Peree and Rev. Clark S. Thomas, both of Elgin. Considering the fact that it was an afternoon meeting and that many of the voters were at work at the time, the crowd which greeted Mr. Copley and the other two speakers was a very large one. James B. Perry, president of the Bank of McHenry, presided at tlia meeting and introduced the speakers. Atty. Perce was the first speaker of the evening. He spoke in part as fol­ lows: "During the last campaign you heard all about gas from the opponents of Colonel Copley. You sat as one large jury to decide whether or not you be­ lieve ('olonel Copley was qualified to serve you in congress. You decided that he was. "Now you are an appellate court to decide whether or not you approve of his record in congress. Congressman Copley has not had a great deal of time to make a record. What he has done, everyone must approve of. He has not had enough time to l>e judged by the most sanguine, however. The con­ servative voter is satisfied that Colonel Copley has been a capable, honest, fair minded and conscientious representa­ tive. "It is an unwritten law of the Re­ publican party to return a congress­ man for a second term. But the oppo­ sition, the bitter antagonism of the old Hopkins gang, was aroused against Copley when he dethroned Hopkins. "That crowd says, 'No, he shall not have a second term.' They made ev ery effort to get someone to run-- Alexander, Barr, Shepherd, Abbott and Schmidt--but to no avail. Finally, there came from Kansas, a Moses to lead the dilapidated old federal ma­ chine out of the political wilderness. "I wish to say nothing disparaging of Mr. Conn, but I do wish to criticize his judgment in running against Mr. Copley in the face of the splendid rec­ ord Mr. Copley has made in congress." Mr. Copley was the next speaker in­ troduced and from the manner in which his talk was received by the gathering indicated that the crowd was with him. Ilis speech in part was as follows: "I believe in public regulation and control by properly constituted author­ ities of all public service corj>orations. I believe that the public is entitled to know that it gets a/fair standard of service and at a fair price and that the corporation makes a fair business prof­ it. "I believe in a graduated income tax--one which exempts the modest income, and places the burden of tax­ ation upon the large incomes. "My enemies -and I have a fancy crowd of them -say that I am not a Republican. 1 am a Republican from the soles of m.v feet to the crown of my head. I am a protectionist believ­ ing in the tariff not only for revenue but for protection. "Mr. Conn at ( arpentersville made a statement that he ho{>ed there would be no mud slinging in this campaign- no personalities- and then he proceed­ ed to tan my jacket. He said I had built up three great monopolies--gas^ newspaper and postoftice. "When 1 took over the gas plant at Aurora in 1889 gas sold at $2.50 a thou­ sand feet." Without being asked once by the city officers or anyone else, I have voluntarily reduced the price from time to time until now they have gas at 95 cents a thousand feet. Where I can make a fair profit at reduced pric -e 1 always reduce the price. "There are thirty-seven newspapers in this district, and I own two of them is that a monopoly? "Six years ago I bought the Aurora Beacon from Albert J. Hopkins and his associates. Some one said to Hop­ kins, 'You are making a mistake in selling that paper to him as he will tan your jacket with it.' Hopkins re­ plied, 'Why, we're losing $10,000 a year, and the way that crazy fool will run it he will $25,000 a year.' "They were both right. I tanned his jacket and I lost $25,000 a year while I was putting the Beacon on its feet. "The people of Aurora are now get­ ting the best paper in the state. Three papers in McHenry county have re­ fused to print my advertising at their regular rates of advertising. My pa­ pers have printed announcements of Cdnn's meetings. Which is the trustY "As to my postottice trust. Nearly every postoftice of size in this district is filled with my enemies and I have been unable U) pry them out. "I am going to bust that politica trust if I go back to congress and I a n going to set them to doing the work the j>eople pay them for. They will be your servants, just as ! am your ser­ vant in congress. "The rumor factory of this political ring recently sent out a rumor that I intended to live in Washington or New- York or somewhere else. ! have lived in this district forty-four years and if I live 1 will live here forty-four more years. I have started to build a home in Aurora. "Where does George \V. Conn live? I don't know. He ought to know and probably does know. "On December 10, lt>ll. he registered at the Hotel Eaton, Wichita. Kan., as G. W. Conn of Manhattan, Kan. On December 13, 1911, he registered at the New Arlington hotel. Wellington. Kan., as G. W. Conn of Manhattan, Kan. On Decenil>er 19, 1911, tie regis­ tered at the Hotel Whitley, Kiujkji ia, Kan., as G. W. Conn of Manhattan, Kan., and on February 2t». 1912 just four weeks ago--he registered at Hotel Weaver, Lebanon, Kan., as G. \V. Conn of Manhattan, Kan. "He ought to know. "Attorney C. P. Barnes of Wood­ stock says that Conn could not serve this district in crngress even it he were nominated and elected. "It only takes 175 names to place your name on the primary ballot. A man from Woodstock can put his name on the ballot. A man from Manhattan. Kan., can put his name on the primary ballot. A Chinaman from Pi king can put his name on the ballot as a candi­ date for the Republican nomination for congress in the eleventh district. "The majority must rule. I am con­ tent to allow the people of this district to decide whether or not I am deserv­ ing of a second term. "If the people decide in favor of George W. Conn, I will be the last man to invoke a legal technicalrty to override the will of the people. "1 have studied every question w hich has been up before congress. I have always served the eleventh district bin at the same time I have not forgotten that I was also there to serve the coun­ try at large." Rev. Clark S. Thomas of the First Cniversalist church of Elgin was the third speaker of the afternoon, lie heartily indorsed the record of Colonel Copley in congress and named his qual­ ifications for office, lie said Colonel Copley was an educated gentleman, a business man, that he liwd. in this dis­ trict. and that he was consistent w ith his platform. AS TAKEN PROP! THE COLUMNS OF OUR MANY EXCHANGES. HR. EVERETT E. JOHNSON TO DO SONE MUCH NEEDED NISSIONARY WORK IN THE COUNTY. Harvard, 111., March 21, 1912. The McHenry County Sunday School association has secured the services of Mr. Everett 1'. .lohnson of Danville, 111., to do some much needed mission­ ary w ork in the count> in the w u> of organizing new schools, strengthening weaker ones and in everx way possible bring up the standard of efficiency. Mr. Johnson is a \oung man of pleas­ ing personality, thoroughly familiar with every phase of Sunday school work , be ing one o f the s t a t e H e l d workers, in which capacity lie has se rved for the pas t seven y e a r s . H e began his duties wifh the county com­ mittee on March 1* and will be en­ gaged for the next two months, plan­ ning and attending e\ery township convention, making a careful survey of the field, organizing new schools wherever possible, all of which will culminate in the county convention which wi l l be he ld th i s w a r May I T and 18 in Harvard. Sunday, March 31, has b e e n s e t apart, as Campaign day, when the work of the county committee will be present­ ed in every school in the county, and funds ra i sed to ca r ry o u t t h e p l a n - , a n d work tha t i s so m u c h m < i l < i i . W h a t ­ ever can be done by the lo\al workers in the county to help in tins forward movement will In* great l\ appreciated. C. H . G J K S S K U S K K i MT. I ' r e s i d e n t . W i n i f k k d K . C a s h . S e c . a n d T r e a s . MISCELLANEOUS ASSORTMENT OF NEWS ITEMS IN CONDENSED FORM FOR BUSY PEOPLE. i EASTER MONDAY DANCE. The Ladies' Sodality o f St. Mary's Catholic church will hold an Easier Monday dance at Buch's hall on Mon­ day evening, April 8. The ladies are planning to make this dance one of the biggest events of the kind ever pulled off in McHenry and nothing is being left undone that will assist in bringing the affair to a glorious success in ever\ way. Heimer's orchestra will furnish the music. The ladies will also serve light refreshments. Dance ticket*. 75 cents. A cordial invitation is extend­ ed to all- . REV. D. LEHANE TO REMAIN. A report has been circulated i>oth in this village and at Elgin of late to the effect that Rev. f). Lehaue, pastor of St. Patrick's Irish Catholic church in this village, was al>out to be trans­ ferred from McHenry to St. Mary's parish at Elgin. The report is a false one and how it ever was started is more than Ite\. Lehane and his friends can'understand. Rev. Lehane appears to be |>erfectly satisfied where he is and we believe he would consider it an injustice if he were reogoved from bis present charge. R. .T. Marshall of Lake Geneva has received 500 more trout for his fish hatchery near Glenwood Springs. Geo. i'rell of Jefferson, Wis., in an hour's time one day last week, speartd seventy carp thru a hole in the ice on the river. Approximately fifteen blocks of the residence section of Harvard will be paved the coming spring and summer at an estimated cost of $39,100. Dick McMahon, the horse trainer, has taken a lease on the Libertyville trotting track for the season and indi­ cations are that the track will see the biggest list of trotters there this year in its history. Three persons are dead, five severe­ ly Injured and more than a score of others cut and bruised as the result of the crash between a street car and a heavily loaded express wagon in Elgin one day last week. The Atlas Belting company of Har­ vard started operations on a small scale last Thursday morning. Many things alnnit the plant are not yet in readiness, but the large number of ordei-s to be filled made it necessary that the start be made. Announcement was made last week of the proposed consolidation of the Illinois Iron and Bolt company and the Star Manufacturing company at Car- pentersx ille. The amalgamation w ill take the name of the Illinois Iron and Bolt company and the capital stock will be * 1,850,(XX). G. B. Dake, Harvard, received from the National Dairy Show association the diploma which was awarded to him at the last dairy show in Chicago in recognition of superior merit dairy butter. Mr. Dake having received a score of 93 on his exhibit of butter at the show. Louis Kruse, a retired DuPage coun­ ty farmer, said to be worth $*U),(XK), is Jn jail at Wheaton. He is not under arrest. He is not charged with having committed any offense, let alone having been convicted and sentenced. Kruse, who is old and rich, unfriendly with relatives and weary of the vanities of the world, has retired to jail voluntar­ ily and is paying $1 a day for his keep. In addition to the typhoid epidemic, Waukegivn is also undergoing another epidemic of measles. Since the first of the month the disease has broken out in forty-eight homes, and in many cases there are two or three children down with the disease in each home, so it is safe to say one hundred cases have de­ veloped since the first of the month. The disease is steadily on the increase. Lake Geneva News: A free ride in a wheelbarrow was the novel exper­ ience that some of the young ladies had Tuesday, when the sidewalks were overflowed with water on Madison street and were quite impassable. Frank Schoeinaker took a wheelbar­ row and "got busy" giving all the ladies a ride that came that way and all were landed safely on "terra firma" with dry shoes. Many thanks, Frank. The Chicago Legal Aid society has exposed a case of usury in which a loan shark made a woman pay $500 on a loan of $25 in the course of fifteen years. The mother borrowed the mone\ to save her son from trouble. The loan shark exacted ten per cent a month and took advantage of her fear of having the transaction exposed to her husband, of whom she stood in dread. The hare recital of such vil­ lainy as this makes the blood boil. c. Wieland, the well known Spring Grove milk dealer, was severe­ ly injured Monday afternoon of last week by being struck in the leg with a pike pole. Mr. Wieland was assist­ ing in the work of loading a car of ice at his bottling plant in Spring Grove when a pike pole in the hands of one of his employes slipped from a cake of ice and struck him in the left leg, in­ dicting a dee11 gash. The wound is painful, tho not of a serious nature. D u n d e e Hawkeye: Racine has been claiming the largest egg in the world, but Dundee has come to the front with one that heats the Wisconsin hen fruit and has a comfortable margin to spare, lien are the dimensions: Racine, Jvjxiii inches; Dundee, 9x7 inches. Dan Dull has the local product at the gas ollice and, in addition to being a mon­ ster, it is also a "freak," having a per­ fectly formed egg inside the big one. Therefore Dundee claims the cham­ pionship of the world with the biggest egg and that a double header. Next! EASTER DANCE AT STOFFEL'S. An Easter Monday dance will be held at Stotlei's hail on Monday evening, April 8. The management having this dance in charge wishes to announce to the patrons of this hall that every arrangement is being made to make this event in full keeping with other Easter dances held at this hall. Smith's live-piece orchestra lias been engaged and will furnish music for the occasion. Dance tickets, $1.00. Supper, extra. All are invited. Before buying a buggy see our 1912 Ideal top. Something new--a full line to select from. Wm. Stoffel. 41-tf MORE ROOM NEEDED AND SCHOOL ELE< TION WILL SEE VOTE ON QUESTION. At a meeting of the {^oard of educa­ tion last Friday evening it was con­ cluded that the needs of an addition to the public school building were very u rgent agd that preparations should be made at once to provide for a building fund by voting for bonds at the coming school election. The board was unan­ imous ia their opinion that the pres­ ent congested condition of every room in the building was not conducive to effectual work in school administration and that the above mentioned improve­ ment is a necessity. Some educator has said that the teacher who has more than thirty-five scholars under her charge cannot do efficient work. At present no room in the grades has less than forty-three and one has forty-nine in enrollment. The total enrollment has increased more than thirty is the last two years, which alone is enough for an extra room. There is an assistant for these over-crowded rooms, but that does not improve matters much, while on the other hand if there were several more rooms added/ this teachercould relieve the others by dividing the attendance and thus not increase the running expense. Many people are probably not aware that the high school attendance has increased from forty-five to sixty in t he last year. There wete eight out of fourteen of those who took the exam­ ination recently for entrance into the high school from the country that passed, and these, together with those from McHenry, will make a freshman class of twenty-five or thirty for next year. Under present conditions it will be impossible to give them the con­ veniences of education that should be given to high school students. With this large class to enter, and only nine graduates, the enrollment in the high school will be increased to more than seventy for the ensuing year. There is no high school in the state with an attendance of sixty that has less than three teachers, while McHenry has only two, counting the superintendent. Here we see the necessity of another room. This improvement would give an opportunity of developing the phys­ ical education of the pupils and also of establishing a manual training de­ partment. All these things would tend towards the idealization of the public school system of McHenry, a system of which the citizens could be justly proud, and all this at a very small cost. This is an improvement that has been considered for several years past and anyone who is in any way con­ nected with the schools of our village know s that "more room is an absolute necessity. All true-minded citizens realize without any convincing argu­ ments how important it is to keep the educational work of a community up to the standard, and that this can not be done when there is an over-crowded condition. Every citizen reaps the fruits of an efficient educational sys­ tem in the community, if not directly it will be in an indirect way, and when he is called upon to perform his civic duty towards the youth of the district he will surely let no selfish motives stand in the way. %* We are glad to explain to you the superiority of our hats. Call and see them. Mrs. E. W. H owe, over L. F. Block's store, McHenry. 41 QUARTER OF A CENTURY. AS PIOCEP UP BY ffJPff AlER SORTERS DURING WEEK. ITEMS CLIPPED FROM PLAINDEALER OF TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO. A telephone line from this village to Fox Lake is being talked of. It would be a great convenience at both ends of the route. We understand that .T. J . V a s e y , pr incipal of our public school, has re­ s igned . Who i s t o b e s u c c e s s o r w e have not learned. Died--At the residence of herdaugh- ter, Mrs. John Simon, in this village, on Sunday morning. March 27. 1X*7. Mrs. Margaret Whalen, aged eighty years. H. V. Shepard has stock of hardware and si E . M . H o w e , i n t h i s \ i i hereafter run the same a opposite Bishop's mill. This s e c t i o n w a s x i s i t e night and S u n d a y w i l l : zard, snow falling n tin or eight inches an.1 the WHAT PEOPLE ARE DOING at THM TO.- LAGE AND THE IMMEDIATE VICHITTY-- OTHER SHORT PARAGRAPHS. Batter Butter was declared firm at 30 cents on the Elgin board of trade Monday. Early Ohio seed potatoes at Math. Laures'. 41 Anton Engeln is confined to hts home with la grippe. ..', McAllister & Co. are showing a One line of Easter post cards. 41 Easter post cards and booklets, 5, 10 and 25 cents, at Petesch's. 41 Candies, perfumes and toilet articles for Easter at McAllister & Co.'s. 41 Everybody is invited to attend the spring opening of the Lotus millinefy. A carload of new buggies with Ideal tops, the 1912 sensation, at Wm. Staf­ fers. 4lHf Ladies', girls' and children's hats at the spring opening at the Lotus milli­ nery. 41 Send your suit to McAllister & Go. and have it cleaned and pressed for Easter. 41 A little son arrived at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Whiting St Woodstock on March 12. For the latest, up-to-date ideas in buggy construction see our line with patent Ideal tops. Wm. Stoffel. 41-tf Our hats embrace a showing of sur­ passing style and beauty. Mrs. E. W. Howe, over L. F. Block's, McHenry.41 Next Tuesday is the annual town election. Go out and oast your vote for the man of your, choice. The spe­ cimen ballot appears elsewhere in issue. Jos. Blake, who recently m<//ed his family here from Texas, started work at Borden's the first of the week. Eddie Freund is also a new employe at that place. The ice has started to move in Fbx river and with a few more days of sunshine like we are now enjoying the river should be entirely open within a very short time. F. V. Cobb, the new bookkeeper at the Borden plant here, has moved h|s household goods to this village and with his family will occupy the flat over M. J. Walsh's store. mrchased the ire fixtures of iage. and will t h e old s t a n d , . ! o n Saturday genuine bli/.- ilepth of six thermometer dropping to zero. "Spring, spring, beautiful spring. The boys had a h i g h oui time at Turner's slaughter house the other day. Thev went en a rat hunt and the result was sixt>-ii\e rats. And it wasn't much of a day for rats either. The boys say that there were a few more left. The Dundee and McHenry town bas­ ket ball teams battled for supremacy at the village hall here last Saturday evening with the result that our boys were defeated. The final score was 14 to 11. Master Vernon Besley was surprised by his auntie, Mrs. W. A. Sayler, in­ viting in six little farmer hoy friends for a sugaring off party Wednesday afternoon in honor of his eighth birth­ day anniversary. The members of Riverview campt No. 0818, R. N. A., will hold a public card party at Eagle hall on Tuesday evening, April 9. Cards and dominoes will be played and six prizes be award­ ed the winners. More particulars next week. 41 The executive committee of the Mc­ Henry County Agricultural board will have a meeting at the court house in Woodstock on Saturday, Mar. 30, ap 1 o'clock p. m. for the purpose of ap- j»ointing superintendents and talking over fair matters for 1912. William J. Welch is suffering from two broken ribs received last Monday when the victim was thrown from a load of hay. Altho suffering more or less, Mr. Welch is getting along as well as could be expected when the seriousness of the injury is considered. The reports of Supervisor S. H. Freund and Township Treasurer Jacob K. Justen appear in this week's issue. Both reports are highly satisfactory. The former's report shows a balance of IWW8.93, while Justen's report looks mighty good with a balance of S2323.75 in the treasury. The West McHenry post office has undergone a much needed improve­ ment during the past week. New cab­ inets and shelving have been added, which gives the postmaster a more suitable place to care for his books, jiost cards, envelopes and other neces­ sities about the offioe. It is a good improvement. John D. Lodtz, who disposed of his house and property, situated in the north end of town, to Albert M. Frett of Chicago some time during the paa* w inter, has moved his household goodi' into the John Justen cottage on th# corner of Elm street and Maole »w> nue, where he, with his family, will make his future home. Good s e e d w h e a t f o r s a l e a t t h e at $1.1"). •John Spenn r, West Henrv. Order ,m F . H i l l e h r : teed. 1 am au'ei and w o u u i - of this bu^L McHenn .|> mill Mc- 40 Miss i - s p r i n g suit thru j Satisfaction guaran- 38-tf f o r the Staver buggies , to explain the merits jo vou. Math. Freuud, 37 » v > £ bas^. Tho We have a souvenir post E. M. Miller of Chicago, who summer home at Pistakee Bay. card, which is sent from the Ps canal zone, reads as follows: "Greets , ings from Cuba, Jamaica, Panama.** The writer further adds, "Hope thi dam at McHenry progresses as rapidly as the great dam down here at P&W|* #53 ,v