*5# M V - •*# i .w i <<*i THE ; . -n^ VOLUME XXXVIII. McHENRY, ILLINOIS, THURSDAY. JUNE 20. 1912. NUMBER 1. WEEKLY PERSONAL ITEMS COMERS AND GOERS OF A WEEK IN OUR BUSY LITTLE VILLAGE. AS SEEN BY PLAINDEALER REPORTERS AND HANDED INTO OVI OFFICE BY OUR FRIENDS. G. A. Sattem was a Chicago visitor Sunday. John J. Barbian was a Chicago vis itor Sunday. Peter B. Freund was a wind; city visitor Monday. E. M. Feltz of Cary was the guest of home folks Sunday. G. W. Besley was a Chicago visitor last week Saturday. F. J. Barbian boarded the-Chicago train Monday morning. Peter J. Freund attended to business matters in Chicago Monday. S. M. Esler was a business visitor at North Crystal Lake Monday. Walter Warner of Elgin spent Sun day as the guest of friends here. J. C. Bickler was a business visitor in the metropolitan city Monday. Frank Schnabel was a business vis itor in Chicago last week Friday. Simon Stoffel was a business.visitor, in the metropolitan city Tuesday. John W. Fay of Chicago spent Sun day with his wife and family here. Peter Neiss spent Sunday as the guest of Elgin relatives and friends. Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Page were among the Chicago passengers Monday morn ing. J. W. Aebischer attended to business matters in the metropolitan city Mon day. J. W. Aebischer - entertained his mother from Chicago several days last week. Miss Florence Howe w%s a metro politan city visitor on Friday of last week.' J. W. Smith was a business visitor in the windy city on Friday of last week. A. J. Kamholz of Cary spent Sunday as the guest of McHenry relatives-and friends. Miss Maude Granger of Chicago sffent Sunday as the guest of her sis ters here. Mr. and Mrs. T. Kimball of Palatine, 111., spent Sunday as the guests of rela tives here. Mrs. J. B. Buss and son, Edward, were Chicago passengers last Satur day morning. Charles G. Buss of Chicago was a guest in the home of his mother, Mrs. Elizabeth Buss. Mr. and Mrs. Niok Steilen of Chica go spent Sunday as the guests of Mc Henry relatives. Mesdames Henry Sehaffer and ,W. D. Went worth were Wauconda visitors one day recently. J. C. Debreeht of Johnsburgh board ed the Chicago train at this station Tuesday morning. J. J. Flusky and granddaughter, Kathleen, are spending the week with friends in Chicago. B. J. Frisby of Chicago spent Sun day at the home of his parents, Mr.' and Mrs. J. B. Frisby. Mrs. Charles Currie and children of Chicago are guests in the home of Mr, and Mrs. F. L. McOmber. Robert Frisby of Waukegan spent Sunday as the guest of his parents, Mr and Mr®: John Frisb*. Frank Schumacher of Chicago was the guest of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Schumacher, Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Holtz were among the Chicago passengers on Sat urday morning of last week. Fred R. Goodman of Chicago was the guest of his parents, Prof, and Mrs. F. M. Goodman, Sunday. Miss Christina Pint of Chicago spent Sunday as a guest in the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Pint. Miss Dora- Stoffel passed the latter part of last and the fore part of this week as the guest of Chicago friends. Alford Pouse, Gilbert McOmber, Leonard Phillips and Richard Walsh of Chicago spent Sunday at their homes here. Miss Elizabeth. Zens of Waukegan was a guest in the home of her sister, Mrs. J. W. Bonslett, the first of the week. Mr. and Mrs. William Monear and daughter, Helen, of Solon spent. Sun day at the home of Mr. and Mrs. John Kimball. Mr. and Mrs. O. C. Colby of North Crystal Lake were guests of the for mer's sister, Mrs. S. Sherburne, last Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Peter Smith and chil dren of Chicago spent Sunday as guests in the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Aebischer. Mr. and Mrs. William Spencer and daughter, Berteel, left last Saturday for a week's visit with relatives at Louisville, Ky. Mr. and Mrs. James N. Sayler of Silverlake, Wis., are spending a week among relatives and friends in McHen ry and vicinity. Amy and Donald Lamphere of Car- pen tersville are spending the week at the home of their uncle, W. D. Went- worth, and family. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Gaulke of Woodstock were entertained in the home of the latter's parents, Mr. and Mrs. August Felts, Sunday. NEW nm SHIPMENT FOR -POX WOU RECETVED~T®AT SUPPLY WflbL-BE Fox river is to be stocked again this year with * choice variety of hundreds of game fish, according to word re ceived by Deputy Game Warden Orr, who has charge of eleven northern counties in the state,- including Mc Henry. Thousands of black bass, pike and rainbow trout will be sent to him soon for the rivers in his district, aqfl Fox river will share generously in the con tribution. State law wakes it illegal to take any of these fish out of the river until they become a certain size, the aim being to conserve fish life. May and June are closed months for seining and net frhtog to Illinois, ex cept for the purpose of securing min nows for bait. For the guidance of fishermen, Mr. Orr has issued pertinent extracts of the fish law, which he declares will be enforced strictly. WEEKLY EXCHANGE ITEMS AS TAKOf mm rm; fwpms.ir •OR HANY EXCBflSGK. MISCELLANEOUS A44QltVWPT 0F fPRNV ITEMS IN CONDENSED FORM FOK BUSY PEOPLE. Dr. W. H. Doolittle, a prominent physician of Woodstock, died on Mon day of last week. Work was beguu last week on the job of paving the streets around the park at Woodstock. It is hoped to have the work completed in Septem ber. Rev. Ambrose Goulet, pastor of the St. Joseph church at Harvard for the past sixteen years, has resigned on account of ill health and gone to Santa Barbara. Cal. Mi^liael Greeley, the oldest citizen in Richmond township, died at his homo south of Richmond Thursday evening. He was ninety-seven years old last January. Miss Ethel Hicks of Waukegan prob- A COLONIAL BELLE The charming, vivacious heroine of Randall Parrish's latest romance will grip your interest from the moment ihe meets her dashing soldier lover fresh from the rigors of Valley Forge, on a perilous mission for General Washington. MY I A rw r.n J L ? J L JL JL^l JLJL> JL J ^DOUBT= In this fine romance of the American Revolution, Which we have made arrangements to print, Parrish is at his best The plot is original, the action exciting, the end dramatic. Don't miss rile thrilling scenes in the underground vault! Story Begins Soon and You Will Enjoy Every Installment of It Section 3 of the tish law provides that "Fish of legal size or weight as hereinafter prescribed may be caught, taken or killed with»hook and line at any time, black bass, 11 inches; white and striped bass, 8 inches; rock bass, 6 inches; croppie, 8 inches; pike, perch or wall-eyed pike, 13 inches; pickerel, 18 inches; buffalo, 15 inches; German carp, 15 inches; sunfish, 6 inches; blue or channel cat, 13 inches; bullhead cat, 1 inches." As to the said of fish the law says: 'It shall be unlawful, at any time, to sell Or offer or expose for sale or have in possession for the purpose of selling any black bass, pike, pickerel or pike- perch, commonly known as wall-eyed pike, or jack or yellow salmon." Regulations of shipment for fish for sale is regulated as follows by section 13 of the law: "It shall be unlawful to sell or ship, offer for sale or ship ment between the first day of May and the last day of July of each year any fish or frog caught in any of the waters under the jurisdiction of this state, ex cepting that whitefish, trout, longjaws; chubs, black fins and herring may be sold or shipped, offered for sale or ship ment, or received for shipment between the first day of December of any year and the first day of November of the succeeding year," ably holds the world's record in school attendance, as during thirteen and one- half years she has not misse<d one day nor one recitation. Mrs. Frank Peck, wife of a farmer near Beloit, was burned to death last week. Her clothing caught fire from a gasoline stove. Eight years ago a former wife of Mr. Peck met a similar fate. Indiscriminate drinking among women in Kenosha saloons is to be stopped in the future and orders have been issued that women may not drink in Kenosha saloons unless accompanied by their husbands. Somebody else's husband will not do. The Cornell Bros, creamery at Lake Geneva has been purchased by Clark Stewart, who secured the establish ment for $3,200. He plans to secure as large a supply of milk as possible to furnish his lake shore patrons and will also manufacture ice cream and butter. Reports from Brown and adjoining counties in eastern Illinois are to the effect that seventeen-year locusts have put in their appearance this spring. Farmers say there are millions of them in that vicinity and it is feared the locusts will cause thousands of dollars damages to the crops. Hazel Olmstead, twelve years old, an inmate of the Chicago Industrial Home at Woodstock, met accidental death on Saturday last. The little girl was en joying a swing on the playgrounds of the home, when the swing collapsed and she was thrown to the ground. Her skull was crushed by the force of the fall and death ensued within a short time. Wm. Duchane, who was arrested a few weeks ago in Woodstock on a charge of taking a gold watch and money from a home where he was do ing repair work, was sentenced to an indeterminate sentence in the peni tentiary at Joliet. Joseph Kelly, charged with breaking into a car at Hebron and taking a quantity of gin and whisky, was also sent down on an indeterminate sentence. A petition is being circulated in Lake county for the adoption of a different method of caring for charity patients. For the past two years a county physi cian has been engaged at a salary of $2,000 per year. It is now proposed to turn the $2,000 over to the Jane Mc Allister hospital association each year and have it apply toward the expense of maintaining the charity patients who are sent to the hospital. Every physician in the county has agreed to donate his services. On Tuesday of last week a deal was consummated whereby the Chicago Telephone company took possession of all the equipment and exchanges of the Lake County Telephone company, with the exception of the vicinity of Fox Lake and Antioeh. Immediate possession w^s.given. The exchanges affected are Grayslake, Lake Zurich, Liberty til le, Round Lake and Wati- conda. Gurnee, Mill burn, Russell and Antioeh will still have the service of an independent company. An investigation into the sale of milk in-the city of Chicago has brought out the fact that the farmer who sup plies the milk gets 2$ cents a quart and the consumer pays 8 cents a quart. The balance is taken by a powerful company which purchases from the farmer and distributes to the consumer. There are 4,000 retail milk dealers in Chicago, but it is claimed that prac tically all of these must buy their sup ply from one large company which controls the milk brought into the city. Michael Volukas, aged twenty-eight years, was blown to death in a peculiar accident in Kenosha. While using a tube connected with a powerful com pressed air tank, the tube came in con tact with . his body and the flesh was torn away and the air pressure of 100 pounds to the inch was forced into one of his intestines. The force tore the intestine in many places, tearing the muscles .and severing the flesh from his bones, causing death. The police are making an investigation,declaring that Volukasdied as the result of some fellow workman attempting to play a joke on him. H. E. CHURCH SERVICES. Order of services at the McHenry M. E. church next Sunday, June 23, is Sunday school at ten a. m. A tem perance lesson. Lesson text, Ephesians 5:11-21. Golden text, Wine Is a Mocker, Strong Drink Is Raging. Sunday be ing temperance Sunday M r. E. L. Col lier of Chicago, a leading representa tive of the anti-saloon league of Illi nois, will speak at 11 a. m. The anti- saloon league is the leading temper- t - t * V- J _ ... T. a,nee ui ujio uuuuii). it is undenominational and unpartisan and all interested are earnestly invit ed to attend this service regardless of sect or party. DANCE AT CENTRAL. The second of the summer series of dances will take place at the Central opera house next Saturday evening. Heimer's ragtime orchestra will fur nish the music and a gay time is in store for all who turn out. The Cen tral opera house floor is in the very best of condition and those who attend the dance on Saturday evening or any other evening during the summer months are assured the very best of everything. Make up your mind to attepd. Tickets, 50 cents. DANCE AT STOFIJEL'S HALL. Still in the ring. What?. Why Stof- fel's hall, of course. On next Satur day night, June 22, Walsh of Chicago will be on the job and everybody knows what that means. You all know Walsh and with him at Stoffel's hall next Sat urday night the daqcers Jtnow just what to expect. Everybody invited. Dance tickets only 50 cents. DANCE AT NELL'S PAVILION. The opening dance of the summer season at Nell's dancing pavilion a(i Columbia Park on Fox river, just east of Johnsburgh, will take place next Wednesday evening, June 26. Nett's five-piece orchestra will furnish the music and a fine time is promised to all who attend. Everybody is invited. DANCE AT HSTAKEE. Jos. J. Mertes, proprietor of the Oak Park hotel, announces that the sum mer dance season will be formally opened at his new dance hall at Pista- kee Bay next Saturday evening, June 22. Brodie's orchestra of Chicago will furnish the music and a good time is promised to all who attend. Dance tickets, 50 cents. Paris green, slug shot, arsenate of lead for bugs, for sale at McAllister's drug store. 1 AUTO TRIP THRU W1SC0NSHI HRS. J. H. PRESTON WMTES OF TRIP AND TOWNS VISITED SHE WITH HER HUSBAND AND FRIENDS VISIT MANY CITIES AND TOWNS IN BAD GER STATE. June 1, 1912. I left Chicago this morning. June 1, to meet Mr. Preston in Fond du Lac. Sunday morning were on our way to Stevens Point, where we were to be the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Ned Free man. His little family consists of his wife and three little boys, the second one--a corker--but four years old, a youngster whom everyone likes, and protects his older brother from insult or injury. In fact, every member of the family is under his tender care. "Bill's" large ears and sporty ways, reminds us of Nick Altrack who was once a White Sox player. Mr. Freeman's home is one where the "latch-string is always out." His thickly. Blueberries, wild strawber ries, violets and daisies were near neighbors and buttercups and lilies in abundance everywhere. Upon our road we encountered a porcupine, who was lazily trudging along and reluc tant to get away from our wheels; when he did so he bristled up as big as a basket, almost, and fairly rolled down the embankment. Part of our trip was made in a cold, drizzling rain. Many of the towns where the saw mills have been closed down are very dull, business seems very poor and no one wants to buy any thing. A business man has to offer all kinds of inducements to his trade to get an order of any kind. There seems to be more lumber piled up around here in every town and everywhere than I had any idea was ever milled. Mills are idle and still. Lumber is high, almost out of reach of the con sumer. Anyone who anticipates build ing now will not consider lumber as the cheap material, but "out of sight" in price. We rode as far north as Glidden, ....FINAL NOTICE.... We hereby give final notice that all subscriptions u> The Plaindealer must be paid in advance between now and July 1, when the new CASH-IN-AD VANCE system becomes effective. We are sincere in our statement and hereby give warning to our subscribers that their subscriptions MUST BE PAID IN ADVANCE OR THEIR NAMES WILL BE TAKEN FROM OUR LIST. After receiving our notification from the postal department on May 1 to the effect that papers must be stopped at the expiration of one year unless ex pressly renewed, we have lived up to the ruling to the letter and as a result have net only lost a number of subscribers, but made enemies as well. Most of the subscribers are apparently laboring under the impression that it is the editor's own ruling and not the postal department and for this reason some of them declare that they will never pay their Plaindealer in advance. Since May 1 we have taken over one hundred names from our list. Some of these came in and paid up and also subscribed for another year, while others are seemingly defying us to collect the $1.50.; One dollar and fifty cents looks quite small to a subscriber,'but to us it looks as big as a house when we consider that we must receive no less than one thou sand of these yearly subscriptions in order to exist. As previously stated the subscribers who have been taken off our list since May 1, that is, the larger per cent of 'em, have not paid us and one can imagine at a glance what we are up against if we keep right on taking names off our list without the subscrip tion being paid. Sooner than carry a subscriber along one year and then drop him as the pos tal rulings demand of all publishers we will drop the subscriber right from the start and thus save the paper and postage and the trouble of collecting the subscription price when we have taken his or her name from our list. On July 1 the new system goes into effect and from that time on all subscrip tions to The Plaindealer are strictly cash in advance. Nearly one-half of the subscribers to The Plaindealer are already paid in advance and this warning is given to those who have not as yet attended to the matter. Only one week remains in which to do this and we urge that all our readers who know themselves to be in arrears send or hand in their remittance. Next week we are going to mail a statement to all of our subscribers who are not paid in advance and sincerely trust that all will look at this matter i~ a business-like manner and act accordingly. Do l't forget that if you fail to receive The Plaindealer after July 1 it is for the above mentioned reason. friends arc legion and his little wife knows just, how to retain them and is always ready to do her part and to accompany him whenever the weather permits. With her two boys, Mr. Preston and I, we started out on Tues day morning, the 4th, to make a four days' trip in t!.e Iv M. F. car, it al ready having m.ide inside of twelve thousand miles before this year. We were never at all worried about "get ting on," as Ned h:is be:'n an engineer and drives the ear fearlessly when the roads are passable. She goes like a bird, but when we reached the swamp corduroys we were obliged to stand up or run the risk of not being able to sit down for some time to come. W Marshfield, Wis ; last week Sat urday we drove the car to meet the Milwaukee merchants and commercial men who were on their annualjexcursion. Went as far north ap Ashland and Mr. Freeman left them at Marshfield and rode home with us. On Tuesday we left Stevens Point for the north. Weather was perfect, but cold. We found we were not prepared for this and wished we had taken our winter clothing, but with curtains up and robes we were very comfortable. We rode as far north as Phillips and stopped there for the night. The genial land lord, Judge Murray, had a fine fire in his office. Every travelling man re ceives a hearty hand shake and his guests are his friends always. His table is everyone's friend, furnished with the "O. V. B." of everything from his farm, the sweetest of cream, the best bread, etc. His dining room floor is scrubbed every morning and is as white as snow. Over one of the tables--as if guarding the judge's prin ciples--is a great American eagle, perched on an old tree limb with wings outstretched, seemingly ready to drop down odU) an_ enemy. The bird was shot in the dense wood which surrounds every little town thru Wisconsin. We traveled thru miles and miles of swamp, where the corduroy roads made us stand on our feet every foot or suffer the empty stojpachs which always fol low these trips. I'm sure we did justice to all the tables on our entire trip. They seemed to be loaded when we arrived and almost bare when we left. From Phillips we rode north thru the wildest woods I have ever seen, where there was but one track on each side and grass a foot high thru the center of the road, thru woods where log houses were all that were tenant- able and these looked very well built and chinked strongly together, and where stumps seemed to be all there was to harvest, where miles and miles of pines were charred and the under brush had grown up around them stopping upon our return trip in all the towns between there and Phillips: came into Phillips Wednesday even ing at 8, a tired bunch. Left there Thusrday morning early in a cold rain, came south to Medford and stopped everywhere; - rode in the mud to the hubs several times, but Mr. Freeman, having been on an engine several years, was fearless and met every emergency with a smile, just chewed a little bit harder and emitted his surprise into the mud. I can ad vise any of his friends who are anxious to know about his disposition to follow him in one trip, anyone can do this once. We rode up to "The Inn" in Med ford about 8 o'clock Thursday evening. Here we were met by auuther genial landlord, Mr. Bellinger, who had a warm fire in his cozy living-room, around which were gathered several "knights of the grip," reading and resting just as comfortably as if it was really "the roundup" of their day's business. I could see an expression of real enjoyment in their faces as they wrote up their "expense accounts" to their wives and sweethearts, then picked up the papers to discuss all the situations that interest men now adajs. Really one cannot say too much in favor of this home-like little "Inn," except to wish Mr. and Mrs. Belling er more room. This afternoon, Friday, the 14th, we leave for Stevens Point, Marshfield, etc. Next Monday we will be in Eau Claire. From there we goto Green Bay, Marinette, Menominee and return to Milwaukee on Tuesday and back to Chicago the same evening. MRS. J. M. PRESTON. ITEMS OF LOCAL INTEREST AS PICKED DP IY PLAINDEALER *£- P0RTERS DURING WEEK. WHAT PEOPLE ARE DOING IN THIS VIL LAGE AND THE IMMEDIATE VICINITY-- OTHER SHORT PARAGRAPHS. Batter Market. ' Butter was declared firm at 25 cents on the Elgin board of trade Monday. Banana splits at H. E. Buch's. 1 Johnny's ice cream splits at H. E. Buch's. 1 •i! y?S$I Gibbs' ice cream and pare fresh fruits at McAllister's. 1 'Mack's Lotus Buds" and other good cigars at McAllister's drug store. 1 St. Mary's parochial school closes for the summer vacation tomorrow, Friday, afternoon. Rev. E. L. Conklin of Elgin will preach at the Universalist church at the usual hour next Sunday morning. All are invited. A large crowd again took in the ex cursion to Fox Lake on the Glade&e last Sunday afternoon, while the Pis- takee Bay boat also carried a good load. FOR SALE: One full blood Scotch collie and two puppies. Call on Wil lie Simpson at his home in Center- ville, McHenry, 111. Cheap if taken at once. Quite a number of our citizens at tended the funeral of the late John Evanson, which took place at North Crystal Lake on Friday afternoon of last week. Work on the foundation for the new home to be erected by John Heimer was started this week. John P. Web er, the carpenter and contractor, has the contract. GEORGE THOMPSON DEAD AT GRAYSLAKE George Thompson, for many years one of the most prominent business men of Lake county and well known here, passed away at his home in Grayslake last Sunday afternoon of Bright's disease. The funeral took place at Grayslake yesterday. He leaves a wife and one son. T. P. WALSH LAID UP. Grayslake Times: Tom Walsh has been laid up for the past week or so on account of a bad foot. Mr. Walsh has had more or less trouble with the member for the last few years. Here is hoping he will soon be on the job again. ALUMNI MEETING. The McHenry High School Alumni association will hold a meeting at the home of Miss Florence Howe on Fri day evening, June 21. Every member is urgently requested to be present. The best place to spend the Fourth will be at Nell's Columbia park on Fox river. 1 McHenry was visited by one of the hardest rain storms that bas visited this section this year on Saturday aft ernoon of last week. The rain was accompanied by hail and wind. Seventeen couples attended the dance at Stoffel's hall last Saturday evening, while the Central opera house enter tained thirty-five. Both affairs were highly enjoyed by those present. • Starting Saturday night each lady patron of the airdome will receive a ticket entitling her to a chanoe on the elegant prize to be given away on the following Saturday, June 29. 1 At the airdome good spacious apart ments are set aside for the accommo dation for people who wish to smoke, thus giving patrons "all the oomforts of home" while witnessing a good show. 1-lfc Prof. O. G. Tread way of the Rich mond high school made an auto trip to this village with the members of the graduating class one day last week. They came here to have their pictures taken at F. Schnabel's photo studio. From Waukegan comes the report that the Waukegan, Woodstock & Chi cago railroad company is soon to open an office in that city and that actual work on the new road will begin at once. Well, here's hoping that it's go this time. In spite of the heavy rain that fell1 during the afternoon and just before the hour of opening the show, Stowe's Uncle Tom's cabin exhibited here be fore a big audience on Thursday even ing of last week. The show was fairly f good, but nothing to boast of. For the .benefit of those , tbq^hm noticed that unusual smile on the coun tenance of Peter Wirfs, one of the Wilbur Lumber company's drivers, and do not know the reason , we will say : that a young lady came to the home of , Mr. and Mrs. Peter Wirfs last Sunday. . I>r. J. E. Wheeler went to Chicago j Wednesday morning to undergo an operation for appendicitis. The doe- tor expects to be gone a week or ten days. His friends hope that the oper ation may be successful and that it will not be long ere the doctor will again' be able to practice his profession. Two shows a night are becoming popular at the airdome. People at tending the dance have ample time to see the show before tjae dance starts, tn case of rain, rain checks artjsgiven out, which are good for any night. Thus people purchasing tickets are al ways sure of seeing a full performance. Miss Ellen Hall of Ringwood wishes in this manner to express her sincere thanks to the members of the Ring- wood Mystic Workers as well as all others who assisted her in a financial way and made it possible for her to go to Chicago to receive hospital treat ment for an ailment from which she has been a great sufferer for some time. 1 In a. letter from Frank Bennett of St. Paul, Minn., he informs us that he and his brother, Herbert, are now em ployed with Jameson, Hevener ft Griggs, manufacturers and jobbers of flour, feed, grain, hay, seeds, etc. B* was formerly with the Ceresota flour people, but left that company last October to accept the position which, according to his letter, is a better pay ing one as well as holding better p*\*̂ pects. He reports his pects. tie reports bus hi father in their usual health. It " V m m ? y .O