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-.*. i/A1.*?. j 4 W* ̂ % 'r J J- " / J '< * S*P&' n uP lp i Tu:ri SJ' ̂ JliflL /r#-t r* it tr**? r^^fer 1 14 ir j^ •V&£ ^ • : , . , ; * • > r " - - - ; * n:$r§ ItrOkUM® xxx vi f 1.. '\»j£liV SflKjP'Sfo1 ..«'*' : ^ : * % 3 * i J « I * ' * ••' .4'- * ^ & *;*• i- ^lj fc -t.l "-ria mm»am '• /v • A V - IfoHENRY, ILLINOIS, THURSDAY, JUNK 12. 1913. NO. 52 IV iiUI&il fEKSORAL rrsis ^•Mk: ^-X'- SIW floats or A WEEK M OCR BUSY LITTLE VILLAGE ••••^ •- *8 SECIT *» iunuu> •EPO*TEO >v AND HANDED INTO OUR OOTCE BY OCT (rf.'-.i. *fi FRIENDS. Everett Hunter Chica^joed Tuesday. '•t^0, Dr. C. H. Fegerswas a Chicago vis- '. H»r Tuesday. Jahn Wollar van Burlington, Wis., -..**• $isi tor Sunday. V -t'i*- J. W. Smith transacted business In •^."^Chicago Monday. ." Mrs. F. L- McOmbee was a Chicago V,v^V>cS ••- .*•••" •' '--• Visitor Wednesday. Sl'ilSER VAUDEVILLE ••#& Mr. and Mrs. J. C* *&re Chi- ISimon Stoffel transacted business in »e windy city Tuesday. •j-~ Qpgo visitors Monday. ' -- ;r\- A. M. Whitten of €hi«^ a ;^v- ^kinday visitor in town. i : < s? v ^:R. I. Overton was a busUiess*' »ifi(|tor > .. -^|| Chicago Wednesday. * *- ^ Mathias Weber was a Chicago pas- i 'Sanger Friday morning. ,̂c' *" -- "- tfi#' > * (T. I>. Grot of Ottawa was a business visitor Jji town last week.: 7 :;:->'^j. I>. Lodtz was among-^ibe Chicago ^phssengers Tuesday morning. -Richard Wray of Richmond was a ^;,^TrfsiLor in town last Sunday evening. ' '•• Theo. Schiessle attended to business "Matters in Chicago last week Friday. f; ,Mrs..T. J. Walsh was among the '"' $|iicago passengers Tuesday morning. / > 'John Larsen of Chicago spent Sun ':>P*y aB the guest of McHenry friends/ •.' B. Walsh attended to matters of , r : #%usin#B nature in CSileagO: lf«t Sat- wday. " '. ;- . 'Miss Lacile Bylrd passed 8»ftlf3ay of ' ' ]h|ist week as the yuest of Woodstock ^ fiends. \ '-• ^George Johnson of North Crystal ijbke was the trueHt of McHenry friends ; ^ Sunday. ' ' 'Miss Clam Nye of Alvirfo, Otiio, is a fiiest in the hojieof her bi-other, Dr. . 'H; J. Nye. 7 ^'Mra. A. Tietz wis recently caHed to Theresa, Wis.,, thru the sudden death 'Ol her mother... . Mrs. G. S. I^audall and daughter, '_;^Bliattie, of Hebron called on McHenry ; v ft4end8 Monday. vjMrs. W. A. Cristy of Joplhi, Mo., ^v;|^8sed the first of the wefek as a guest • <q$ McHenry friends. • v: Chas. G. Buss of Chicago was enter- '; - tt&ned in the home of,ibis mother^ Mrs. .Elizabeth Buss, Sunday. fArthur Fitzpatrick of Chicago was a guest in the home of Mr. and M it. Ben Stilling the first of t.he week. Mrs. Margaret iiichels of Kenosha, wis., is a guest in the home of her s»s- '!tp»r, Mrs. Margaret Bonslett. " f Miss Kate F. Howe of ..River Forest 3pent Sunday in the home of her par- :Waits, Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Howe. £:J:y Mi^s Helen Althoff of Kenosha, Wis., )f spending a month as the guest of f y Initiatives in McHenry and vicinity. I t • jMrs. H. M. Jensen of Wobdstock parsed Friday last in the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Frisby. Miss Villa Sherman of Baraboo, W1f,, passed the latter part of last week as kV guest of Miss Mayme Ibsch here. f';.'1"Miss Blanche Loomis of North Crys- : ' : mi Lake was entertained in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Jfmies Perkins Sun- Mfes Maude Granger of Chicago apent Sunday as a guest in the home of - Iyer grandmother, Mrs. Alsena Smith, JMessra. and Meadamea Ed Martin find James Ogle of Woodstock werte callers at the & E. Bassett home last Saturday, "Willie Simpsqn and. l^ester Bacon fpeqt Tuesday at the home of the for­ mer's sister, Mrs, Lulu Pederson, at Ringwood- • Mi's. RoUin Write and daughter, Alice, passed Thursday of last week as guests in the hoipe of Mrs. O. M. Hale ' fit North Crystal Lake, v -iMrs. P. N«. Peterson, who has Men In a Chicago hospital the past week, returned to her home here last Satur? 4^y afternoon, much improved. ~Frank Schumacher came out from .Chicago* Saturday afternoon to spend Sunday as. the guest of his parents, Mr. itad Mrs. Win. J. Schumacher. Mi's. E. W. Howe, Miss Alice Waite, - If. A. Huemann, Mrs. F. A. Bohlander, H. J. Walsh and daughter, Mary, were <$iicago passengers this morning. Joe jSutton went to Elgin last Sun- ibiy morning, where he witnessed the exemplification of the first, second and fhird degrees to a class of Knights of Columbus. Mr. and Mrs* Plank Muffley and children of Woodstock passed Monday as guests in the home of M r. and M re. C. E. Gaylord. They also attended the funeral of Mr. Merriman. Mrs. E. V. McAllister was An Elfin visitor last week Friday. She was ac­ companied home the following day by Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Wilkins of that city. Mr. Wilkins returned home Monday morning while his wife re­ mained for a few days' longer stay. Mathias Weber and George Frisby of this place are at Ottawa, 111., this week, attending the Forester conven­ tion. They rwe representing the two McHenry courts. George Wirls of Johnsburgh aod^John Brown of Volo are klso at the convention as delegates from the two towns in which they re- m AT WE CENltAL, BECINftlNQ NEXT (t»N- ̂• rrtjv; MY EYERIIIG ̂ v " Entertainment seekers a rare treat next Sunday evening, when probably the biggest vaudeville show ever presented in McHenry will hold the boards at the opera house. The company is composed of fifteen people and will give a variety of amusement seldom shown in the small­ er cities. All of the acts appearing have just finished successful engage­ ments in the largest theatres thruout the country. Every act is selected with care and each turn given will Sw> entirely different from the others. There will be nothing said or done that will offend the most, fastidious, and those wishing to see a good, clean, up-to-date show, full of comedy and startling features, must not fail to at­ tend Sunday night. The following acts have contracted and will positively appear: . Sidney Jerome & Co. in wonderful card tricks, coin manipulations, hyp­ notic tnind reading combined with fast comedy makes this act the laugh suc­ cess of the season. Mr. Jerome was for seven years with the great Lafay­ ette and always was a pronounced hit. Among the prominent theatres in Chi­ cago played by Mr. Jerome might lie mentioned McVickerSj the Majestic, the Haymarket, Wflaoo A*e., Millard and; Virginia. [ * " . ^ Johnny Moran <fe Co. of four people share headline honors in the gripping, scenic, dramatic playlet, "A Romance of the Training Camp." This popular actor-pugilist acts smobthly, on the same style as his famous proto-type, James J. Corbet*, and the tenseness of the play keeps the audience keyed up at all times. The action of the play shows an attempt by the lighter's chief trainer to betray his man on the eve of the champ|onship match. Don't fail to see the exciting finish, when the lightweiglitstar learns of the treachery. "Crazy " Delmas does an escape act that borders on the sensational. He goes beyond the handcuff and lock stage that most artists limit themselves to, and escapes from U. S. army re­ straint straps, and the regulation straitjackets used in the leading asyl­ ums and penitentiaries thruout the world. Tn the seven years he has been before the public, he has escaped from hundreds of different restraints used by all the leading prison institutions. The newpapers of Chicago once devQt- ed considerable space to an escape he made from the old Harrison street po­ lice station to decide a large wager. King Cole does one of the best and also i^ost difficult ventriloquial acts now in vaudeville, using sometimes as inany as five dummies, where the aver­ age ventriloquiat finds his hands full frith one. Baldy Strang is one bf the best Scotch comedians and his playing of the bag-pipe is a revelation. He uses that weird and difficult instrument as easily as most pianists play a piano. During a considerable part of the last two years he has been principal ,come­ dian with several of the larger jnuaical comedy companies touring the coun­ try. Paul Wagner is one of the scream­ ingly funny comedy jugglers wiio have the audience with them all the time. fR& In addition to the vaudeville, the regular picture show will be put on, making it the biggest performance given of any kind in a long time. PLEASANT SURPRISE FOR FARKim* The farmer patrons of the Borden roilk factory at this place were given a most pleasaqt surprise on Monday rporning^f this week, when each and every patron of the factory received an extra check of six cents per hundred for milk delivered at the plant during the month of April. The Additional six cents brought the minimum price p^r hundred for April milk to $1.61, while those who were able to make the 3.8 butter test received the maxi­ mum price of $1.7L This brought the price paid by the Borden company 9 cents above those paid by any other milk company for the same mobth. The farmers who stuck to Borden are now happy that they did so, as the extra oheck looks mighty good to all. The raise in price came voluntarily and the Borden company is to be com­ mended for the action taken, which should be fully appreciated by every farmer patron of the factory as well as the people of the entire community. rot THE BASEBALL FANS It is our aim to give all classea the best service obtainable and it is for this reason that we have this week selected a story for baseball fans. The story was written expressly for The Plaindealer by Hugh S. Fullerton and is a most interesting one. It tells of the "fans" that may be found around the big league circuits, which you will find on the inside page of this week's issue of The Plaindealer. Every base­ ball fan in McHenry and surrounding country will take pleasure in reading this story, so do not miss it. This, to- WEEKLY EXCHANGE ITEMS AS TAKEN ntOH THE COLUMNS 4T r OCR MANY EXCHANGES, i MISCELLANEOUS ASSORTMENT OF NEWS ITEMS IN CONDENSED FORM FOR BUSY PEOPLE. A class of twenty-six.graduated from the high scKoo! ! at Woodstock faet week. • The Crystal Lake Herald issued a twenty-page paper last week, the larg­ est ever issued in McHenry county. While mentally deranged, Mrs, Har­ vey Baron of Hebron committed sui­ cide by taking a dose of carbolic acid. A mile stretch of the Wauconda road leading into the village of Harrington will be oiled. This will make a fine approach to that village. The village board of Barrington at its last meeting passed an ordinance providing for the building of more than 2,000 feet of cement sidewalk The Business Men's association of Woodstock will hold a Fourth of July picnic in Sando's grove near that city. Everyone is invited tt> take part in the day's celebration. Fire broke out in the dressing room at the plant of the Borden Milk com­ pany at Hebron one morning last week. The blaze was extinguished-" before much damage resulted, The streets of Richmond wfll be oiled this year. The village boai-d of that place also passed an ordinance last week prohibiting the sale or use of fireworks within the limits of that town. . T^lte city of Lake Geneva, Wis., is to have sewerage. An ordinance grant­ ing the city permission to construct such a system has been drawn and it is only a matter of a short time ere work on same will start. Sheldon Dickinson of Dundee, who graduates this year from the high school in that city, has been given a new automobile for completing the prescribed four year course in three years. He went thru thte studies with high marks. Township assessors report a big de­ crease in li ve stock in McHenry coun­ ty over what was found a few years back. Dairy cows, especially, show a marked falling off. Farmers declare that the high price of beef and low milk prices are responsible for .the de­ crease in cows. ^ A "Get-Rich Quick Wallingford" struck Woodstock about two weeks ago and at once made arrangements for the purchase of the Woodstock ho­ tel. it was his idea to get the Wood­ stock people to take stock in the hotel, but the enterprising people of that city did not bite and the stranger left town shortly after midnight one night last week. McHenry county mjiy well be proud of hei^standing in the state in the mat­ ter of permanent roads. This oouhty stands third in mileage, having 780 miles of hard roads, and second in per­ centage of improved roads, sixty-nine per cent of the roads of the county being improved. Kane county has 800 miles and Cook county has 918 miles of hard roads, and Kane ranks first with eighty-three per cent of' hep roads im­ proved. Richmond Gazette: The lid has been clamped on at McHenry and the numer­ ous thirst emporiums in that village, which for years have been allowed to run wide open every day in the week and all hours of the day and night without restriction, are now closed on Sundays. Saloon men do not look with favor on the new order and olaim that if the Sunday closing is enforced it will kill the town. Perhaps the citi­ zens who are behind the movement to keep the saloons closed on the Sab­ bath feel that if Mo Henry has fallen to the level that it oannot survive the closing of the saloons on Sunday, it is better off dead. It is hard to see where tho enforcement of the law in regard to regulating the saloons would work harm to the village, while the elimina­ tion df a few disgruntled saloon keep­ ers and the dosing of their places of business might give McHenry a better reputation to the outside world. sraimrs mm mm FORMER MKWQAN RESORT KEEPER COMES ... •-M WHSTTHIS VILLAGE HEEDS ML cm STtDEH MAKES VERY GOOD SUGGESTIONS ^4; Thompson of ChteS§i|%ti8 for eight years successfully conducted a summer resort :it Ludington, Mich., has obtained a ten-year lease on Ben Stilling's summer resort at Pistakee Bay and took possession of same the first of the week. The leasing of fcJief famous resort is not much of a surprise, as it has been common knowledge that Mr. Stilling TITTVT u\j was d«irou8 Ot out of the ^ea*eri gladly accept hW umtattoD harness foi- some VOHI* past. Nol fchnt I °!LUP ~er su^est!ons- for e nrst important thing for the MAYO* STOFFEL'S INVITATION FOR MM. GESTION8 M ACCSPTEO MY FAMOUS DOCTOR Editor McHenry Plaindealer, McHenry, 111. Dear Sir--I wish to express my ap­ proval of Mr. Simon Stoffel's timely notice in the last issue -of The Plain- BUYS RICHMOND CIGAR FACTORY John E. Freund, who since a boy hp been employed in the cigar factory of N. E. Barbian in this village, closed a deal for the purchase of the John C. Dahl cigar factory at Richmond and took possession of same last week Mon­ day. The Richmond factory is well established, having been in operation during the past ten years, and thru his acquisition of the property Mr. Freund, we believe, has made a good invest­ ment. Mr. Freund is not only a first- class cigar maker, but is a thoro busi­ ness man as well, and we can see noth­ ing but success for him in his venture into the business field. He expects to move his family to Richmond this week. ACCEPTS CALL AT MARKESA*. WIS. M. L. Aldridge, a student from the Ryder Divinity school, Chicago, who has filled the pulpiC of the Universalist the hotel was not paying him, but the reason that he and his family wished to lay' aside the heavy burden of work and to enjoy their beautiful new home on the bnnks of Fox river, near this village. Mr. Stilling, who thus retires from the hotel business after twenty-five years of signal success, has assisted greatly in making Pistakee Bay the ideal summer resort that it is today. At the same time, be has established a resort that is known far and wide as one of the most fatuous in this region of the summer resort territory. Still­ ing's summer .resort has long been famous among Chioagaans and others who come this way during the summer months and thru courteous treatment, the very best of service and the pleas­ ant surroundings the place has pros pered until it is now recognised as one of the leading resorts of the state. The new proprietor, like Mr. Still­ ing, is also a successful hotel and sum­ mer resort proprietor, and that the affairs of the place will be conducted along the same lines as In the past the public can rest assured. Arthur Fitzpatrick, of the William Loriiner, Jr., & Co. real estate firm, of Chicago, closed the deal for the leasing of the Pistakee Bay property and everyone concerned is pleased with the business transaction. Just what line of work Mr. Stilling will take up in the future is still un­ known to himself and in answer to questions put him by a Plaindealer re­ porter we would say that, in view of the fact that he is quite heavily inter­ ested in Dakota lands, it wouldn't sur­ prise us at all to see him put hi* en­ tire time in this direction. We welcome Mr. Thoinpson to this vicinity and heartily wish him suocess. church since last October, preached gether with the many other features j bis last sermon last Sunday, his school of this edition, make The Plaindealer | d di this week- Mr. A Idridge a n i n t e n s e l y U i t c - i v o t i n g o n e . I f y o u i r " . . . . . i have a neighbor or friend who is not a j accepted a call at Markesan, Wis., reader of this paper just hand him 1 and leaves in McHenry many friends your copy when you get thru with it' wfeQ wish him success in his work there. this week. That's what bringB new - ---- subscriptions to this office. | Sefe ESLER for everything electrical. ENJOY LAKE TRIP Accepting the invitation previously extended them by. Everett Hunter, president of the E. Hunter Boat com­ pany, between forty and fifty business and representative men of this village enjoyed a delightful boat ride on the passenger boats "Gladene" and "Gladys" last Sunday afternoon. The boats left the McHenry pier shortly after one o'clock and it was the inten­ tion to make a trip to Fox Lake. They were prevented from making the intended trip into the waters of beautiful Fox lake on account of the bridge-tender at the Nippersink bridge being off duty. All efforts to locate the man who swings the railroad bridge leaving failed, the boats were forced to return and after making a trip around Pistakee lake and bay the speedy craft came to a stop at Stilling's summer resort, where, thru the cour­ tesy of Ben Stilling, the parlors of the hotel were thrown open for the enter­ tainment of the joy-bfent body of men. It-so happened that it was Mr. Still­ ing's last day as proprietor of the pop­ ular hostelry and, to say the least, lie certainly entertained the crowd in good shape. The time at the hotel was passed in music and singing. After an hour or so at the hotel, the boats, loaded down .with their passengers, left for McHenry, arriving at the local pier at 6:15. The trip was highly en­ joyed by those who took it in and everyone feels grateful towards Messrs. Hunter and Stilling fop the pleasant afternoon's outing. HUNTER EMPLOYES ENTERTAIN The employes of the ,Evenett Hunter boat factory gave a supper to thirty- five invited guests at the boat factory on Thursday evening of last week. The factory was cleared and tables spread with all the seasonable goodies. The supper just suited those who had the pleasure of being present and the factory boys are surely to be commended on their manner of serving and enter- taiding. The supper was followed by music and singing. A resolution was passed during the evening suggesting the getting together of all the local talent, the building of a stage and giv ing a concert some, time early next fall, with a free invitation to ail of the townspeople. . NOTICE I desire to announce to my patrons thrift the public that sittings at the Mo- Henry studio will be made hereafter only on Monday, Tuesday and Wednes­ day of each week. For regular trans­ action of business the studio will be open every day. On other days not stated above I will be at my branch studio in North Crystal Lake, opposite the town hall. Make your appoint­ ment for sittings accordingly and do not be disappointed. . F. SOHNXBKL, Photographer. Phone 100-J, Go to Petesch patent medicines. for your drugs and Adv people of McHenry is to know a good thing when they see it. There is no reason Why McHenry should not be­ come the most beautiful, attractive and prosperous little town in the whole state of Illinois. But each and every one must help'to boost it and make it as attractive as possible to draw a bigger crowd every year, for it is the summer gueats on whom McHenry's prosperity depends, after all. We certainly have capable people enough in this town. Men like Messrs. Justen, Covalt, McOinber, Schiessle, Heimer, Stenger, Huemann, McAllis­ ter, Haur, Walsh, Bishop, Worts, Boley, Bohlander, Dr. Chamberlin, Schreiner, Bonslett, Stoffel, Dr. Fegers, Dr. Wells, Dr. Nye, Hanly, Karls, Gans, Bickler, Wattles, Barbian, Vy- cital, Meyers, Niesen, Aebischer, Pet­ esch, Freund, Engeln, Norager, Miller, Bacon, Rom anus, Iiarmsen, Esler, Mas- quelet, Tietz, Block, Fisher, Buhr, Matthews, Weber, Van Natta, Frett, Overton, Steffes, Bohr, Stilling, Feltz, Schaffery Laures, Smith, Schneider, Buch, Perkins, Schoel, Mead, Holly, vVaite, Perry, Owen, Schnabel, Hunter, Rothermel, Huck, Payne, Welch, Nord­ strom, Holtz, Ilerbes, Page, Pint, Landwer, all of them and many others are wide awake and competent busi­ ness men, trying their best, but work­ ing a limited field, which by an earn­ est and combined effort they could easily double and treble. We should not be satisfied with what we have, but always try to add a little bit to another little bit. We should not be content with having more than 500 automobile parties pass thru McHenry on a Satur­ day or Sunday and spend $300 to $500, but must try to hold them and have them spend $3000 to $5000 instead. There must be no jealousy in the gamd, and we must not Overlook the fact that even* if one prospers others will be bene­ fitted at the same time, directly or in­ directly. The more one earns, the more he will spend, 1. e., the more will find its way into the pockets of the grooer, the butcher, the furniture dealer, etc., and the less he earns the less others will be benefitted thru him. There is no individual prosperity with­ out general prosperity. Now for the main question: What can we do to make. McHenry more at­ tractive to visitors and induce them to come here and spend a part of the summer with us¥ For what reason do visitors come to McHenry at all? Not on account of the town itself, but almost exclusively on acoount of the river. Take away the river and few people would fiook to McHenry. The river, therefore, must he our first object If lire wish to make Mc­ Henry an attractive spot for visitors. Water is the eye of the landscape." The river could be made the greatest fascination for visitors if it were kept in a decent condition. But how does it look during the summerf Like a big swamp. And how easily this dis< gusting condition cOuld be remedied! For a small ^outlay the municipality could install a weed-cutter, which could be kept busy all summer long and the expense for which, if evenly divided, would amount to almost nothing for each of us. Disregard the condition of the river and all other improvements will do very little good. I should also like to call attention to a nuisance which, by a city ordinance or in any way possible, should be abol ished under all circumstances. Every­ one living along the river is aware of the fact that there are some selfish persons who are absolutely inconsider­ ate bf the comfort of those who come here to rest and do not expect to be disturbed by noisy boats passing up and down the river any time of the day or night. There ought to be an ordinance to fine anyone who does not provide his boat with a so-called muffler. If these selfish people will not omit the nuisance out of self-respect and consid­ eration of others, they should be made to do so by a floe, and a heavy one at that. If the suggestions I have made as regards the condition of the river and the abolition of the nuisance commit­ ted by boats not provided by mufflers will be followed, the most important step toward improving McHenry as a summer resort has been made. Yet I wish to call attention to some other necessary improvements. The first impression, as a rule j»arries a long ways. What is the first im­ pression received by a person arriving at or passing thru McHenry? He looks at a nice, modern railway station and at the same time at piles of cedar posts and bricks, and freiffkt eats switched to a side-track. How beautiful the surroundings of t nOtlwrAft Af AM /»/\a«li9 . * A. -si" "wunoj OIMVIUU WUIU UC 1UOUO WllU very little expense in time and money. To make a few flower-beds and plant a couple of trees would not cost the world. I do not doubt that the Wilbur Lum­ ber company would not obstruct any improvement in this regard by not re­ moving their piles of posts and bricks to the opposite side of the yards, for they would be the first to benefit thru a beautification of McHenry. More people would build and build on a more expensive style. ' The railway company neither would hardly put any obstacle in tho way, if not for any other reason but their own benefit. They would certainly not be antagonistic to any improvement that j would increase their traffic. road company should also be induced by the people of McHenry to install a train that leaves Chicago at about 5:30 or 6 p. m. This would enable Chicago business men to come out after busi­ ness hours. Quite a number of Chica­ go people would build and settle in McHenry If there were a train that would take them to and from Chicago at a suitable time, and that would make the trip in about an hour. While I am i at it, I might just as well call attention to another little nuisance existing In McHenry. There is a nice little park in the town, which could be made quite a pretty spot, and it would not require any great amount of labor and money, either. The way it looks, one may think that the whole population of McHenry had gone on a vacation and allowed the grass and weeds to grow three feet tall. Three men would put the park into condition in one day. The pavilion in the park suggests to me that it would not be a bad idea to arrange for concerts onoe or twice a week during the summer. This, no doubt, would attract quite a number of people from McHenry, the river and the lakes and swell the busi ness of the ice cream parlors and grape juice dealers. The improvements I have suggested are not a Bellamy dreamt and would not require a decade to materialize. If people would take off their coats and get busy the aspects of McHenry could be changed frithin a month or two But--"do it now!*' If the people of McHenry would carry out my suggestions and also fol­ low the advice ^of Mr. Stoffel and keep their premises in a tidy condition there would be no more beautiful spot than McHenry and its surroundings, and within a few years we would not be able to accommodate all the people that would flock here without building new additions, and every McHenryite would be proud of his town. The village itself Is as beautiful as one can wish and admirable for its many attractive homes and places of business. I only wish to mention Schiessle'a place, the Northwestern hotel, Mr. Stoffel's beautiful house, Mr. Stenger's cozy bungalow, the Hue­ mann block, Barbian's new cigar fac­ tory, Dr. Wells' and Dr. Nye's homes, the Riverside House, the MoHenry House, the surroundings of whioh ex­ press Mr. Bickler's love of natural beauty; the Orchard Beach hotel, which Mr. Norager has improved in a truly admirable way; the While Away re­ sort, into which Mr. Romanus puts his best efforts; splendid auto garages, Miller's greenhouses, Mr. Smith's jewelry store, which expresses its own­ er's original idea$; Ben Stilling's and Mr. Lasch's beautiful homes, Howell's Villas, the Pabst cottage, the Schur- man home, the new Kremer cottage, tho Wilkin bungalow, Hunter's im­ pressive boat factory, the Beller home, the new Koeppe house, the Jacobs cot­ tage, Dr. Julius Ott's cottage, the Del- ginio cottage, and many others too numerous to mention. The various beautiful churches, also, should be re­ membered. In conclusion, I again wish to urge the people of McHenry to do every­ thing within their power to make their town more beautiful, attractive and prosperous from year to year. To draw an immense crowd of visitors depends upon them and nothing else. In a couple of years Mr. Overton ought to have a long string of autos and buses lined up at the station. As every movement needs a leader, we should look to Mr. Simon Stoffel as the guiding spirit, for he is a man who possesses the neooamry grit, will and ambition. If, during his term as village presi­ dent, he will improve McHenry along the lines I have suggested, he will de­ serve the gratitude of every one inter­ ested in the growth and prosperity of McHenry, and he should receive the grandest serenade that has ever oc­ curred in this town. I, myself, would gladly procure the finest band with the biggest drum that can be found in McHenry county. Respectfully, DR. CART. ITERS OF L9CAL HTCEIES? AS hckedwit ruMKua K roKTOSNmevm WHAT PEOPLE ARE DOOK MI LACE AND THE IMMEDIATE OTHER SHORT PARAGRAPHS. < ^ Bitttr Market. Butter was declared firm at 2H cmffm ^ on the Elgin board of trade Monday. Dance at Stoffel's hall June 21. <;""i *f J Air dome opens Saturday night. A bey was born to Mr. and if ift»~ sel Turner on Sunday. , v t-} A girl was born to Mr. The rail- Bowers last evening. Are you doing your share In bfteutfr fying McHenry? If not, why not? See ESLER for everything electrical. Expert house wiring, reasonable prleeS. The very best buggy manufactured for the money is the Staver. Math. Freund, agent, McHenry. Watch for the Chi-Namel graining oontest by the ladies of McHenry vi the McAllister drug store. Derby Dashwood needs your ance in his marital troubles at the Central June 13 and 14, by Jove. y * r. " ...J An extra fine young man east* tjl| gladden the home of Mr. and Mrs. P. • G. Pederson of Ringwood on Monday, June 2. • The second carload of oil for our streets arrived on Tuesday of tfctis week and the east end of town is BOW hetenr sprinkled. Packages tor the Elgin Steam laun­ dry must be at our store by 6p.su Tuesday during summer $ V. McAllister. * t A number of McHehry Knl^HtbStSf Columbus went to Burlington, Wis., last Sunday, where they attended tho degree work of the order. "Sr A medal contest will be held in the M. E. church Friday evening, June SO. at 8 o'clock. Come and hear the bojpa and girls, as something good is in stem for you. Admission, 10 and 15 centa. Overcoats and winter wearilkg ap­ parel have been very much in evidence since Sunday. We are enjoytilg (?) the finest kind of winter weather. A light frost on Sunday night was also, reported by some. attl! Mrs. Alice Mocfre of put on the operetta, "Red Rid&jgfcoed,'* by home talent under the aiSipieia of the Fox River Valley Camp trflfeyai Neighbors at the Central opera Iwiiiafe on Saturday evening, June 28. If $w Hard coal advances in priegjate per ton on July 1. Last winiatfs afMrfcage may occur again fife year. Do not take any chances.' Fill up your Ida now while the price is low. have not already sent us your better do it today. Call up pho(tQ..& Wilbur Lumber Op» Manager Smith oi the McBeas|r baseball team has been wearing a bad­ ly discolored eye since last Sunday. A foul tip while at bat is respoesflH* for the "shanty." Came very near being a case of "There was I, waiting1. at the church." Late' reports indicate -that a postponement is unnecessary. The Canoe association from down the . river have made arrangements where­ by they will make Cedar island, Pis­ takee lake, the summer camp of tto association. On July 3 and 4 a large number of the members will be at the camp, while the balance of the sum­ mer will see the comp it'rmj spot. •' A. W. Orantham nnd George ^a»&- low of North Crystal Lake have rent- • ed the Bonslett building in Center' '#;• ville and will go into the heating aaft plumbing business, here. These two | gentlemen have put in considerable work here and in the surroundiait ^ oountry and we are told they are jursfe ^ class workmen. r^\f vii Mrs. Anna Zens of 'Wankegas M v&f • >r!|';ii announced the coming marriage of h«r daughter, Anna Elizabeth, to Robert J. Frisby, which is to take place at fife Joseph's church, Waukegan, at • o'clock a. m. next Tuesday, June It. Both of the young- people are former > McHenry residents and are favorably known to many of our readers. :,VJP OLD FASHIONED BALL Come, everybody, young and old, and enjoy yourself at an old fashioned ball at our new elevator building Monday evening, June 1913. Admission free. Wm. Bonslett. $100.00 reward for the physician who can correctly diagnose the case of OoJ. Lyon, at the Central June 1$ . Read The Plaindealar. Mrs. Mary Miller, one of Melleli»j% oldest residents, passed away at Uao • ^ home of her daughter, Mrs. Anna Top* > yan, who resides over the John Stoffel grocery store on the. West Side, usi Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock. Tho deceased was past eighty years of age.. The funeral took place from St. M&ry*a church Tuesday morning. Obituary next week. E. V. McAllister, the West Side druggist, who took in the lake t*ifi last Sunday afterhoon. is shoving excellent snap shots of the he procured during the afternoon, ttfe picture plainly shows N. H. PMMafe,' the only fellow in the bunoh tflto'tifift the nerve to wear a stra«r hatflji Wb trip, ami also Chas. G. fish which he caught {?}. may be seen at the d you want one of them w<* McAllister will make otie up &t a 008*.