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Hunter was among the Chicago ptesengers Tuesday morning. <3. A. Sattem was among the Chicago passengers last Friday morning. : Mrs. J. H. Spaulding of Woodstock c&led on Mends in town Monday. Mrs. J. C. Bickler was among the ^Chicago passengers Monday morning. Simon Stoffel attended to matters of ^ business nature in Chicago Tuesday. '•Pyke" Behlke of Chicago spent Sundays the guest of bis parents here. * Jos. Ehart of Peoria spent a lew days recently as the guest of Richard B. Walsh. _ Mrs. "Prank Schnabel and two daugh­ ters have returned from their trip to ^Dfflifortiia. /> ' Everett ;Hunter attended to business v matter in the metropolitan city Friday of. last week. Miss Rose Justen passed the latter part of last week as the guest of Chi­ cago relatives. ^ •Edward Walsh of Chicago passed Sunday as the guest of relatives in Mc­ Henry and vicinity. George Johnson of North Crystal bake passed Sunday as. the guest of i Me Henry friends. ^ Rich ai d B. Walsh; <•§•* Chicaflre was the guest of his parents, Mr. ana Mrs. T. J. Walsh, Sunday. , Miss Agnes Dodge and two younger sifters of King wood were guests of Mc­ Henry. friends Sunday. % .Roy Bohlander of Cary spent Sunday an the guest of his parents, Mr. and fttrs. F. A. Bohlander. Mrs. E. L. Hamel of Chicago passed last week as a guest in the home of Dr. and Mrs. D. G. Wells. Miss Maude Granger ^ Chicago spent Sunday as the guest of her sis­ ters and other relatives here. Chas. G. Buss of Chicago spent Sim- day as a guest in the home of his mother, Mrs. Elizabeth Buss. Mesdames George McGhye and Fred Day of Lake Geneva, Wis., were vis­ itors in to^n last week Thursday. Airs. Jesse Bennett of Elgin passed several days recently as the guest of her daughter, Mrs. W. A. Sayler. Giibert McOmber of Chicago- was entertained in the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. F. L. McOmber, Sunday. Dr. and Mrs. W. F. Stone of Chicago were guests in the hotne-of Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Lodtz the first of the week,. Mrs. Peter Gilles and son, Harold, of Woodstock spent the latter part of last week as the guests of McHoory rela- ti ves. ' . Mr. and Mrs. A. D. Loomis of WU- mot, Wis.> called on McHenry relatives and friends on Friday afternoon of last week. Mrs. Chas. Gaulke of Woodstock spent Sunday as a guest in the home of her parents, Mr. and Mi*. August Feltz. - • Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Nickels and chil­ dren of Woodstock passted a couple of days recently as the guests of McHenry relatives. Miss Kathryn Knox, Mrs. J. C. Holly and Miss Evangeline Johns spent Thursday of last week as guests of El­ gin friends. Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Simon and baby, of North Crystal Lake passed a recent P day as guests in the home of the forxftl mer's parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Simon. ' Alford Pouse returned borne Friday evening of last week from his trip to Montana. Mr. Pouse thinks well of the West and may take up. a c|alm there some day. Mrs. N. F. Steilen and little .child, who have been spending the summer at the heme of her mother, Mrs. Bar­ bara Engeln, returned to their home in Chicago last Saturday. Iff/ Steilen came out to get thein. Miss Evangeline Johns, who has been the guest of Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Holly during the past few weeks, left for her home at Hermon, N. Y., on : Tuesday morning of this week. She was accompanied as far aft Chicago hy Mrs. Holly. E. H. Feltz of Woodstock spent Sat- I urday and Sunday in the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. August Feltz. M r. Feltz returned home from Pitta- Iburg on Saturday morning, whence he had been called thru the serious 111- Iness of his brother, Herman, who has Imade his home'in Pennsylvania during [the past several years. Mr. and Mrs. fin an Feltz and children also ar- | rived in McHenry Saturday morning [and will remain here until Mr. Feltz is again able to take up his duties with the National Brewing company at Mc- iKoes Rooks, ^ CONWAY FAHB.Y REUNION WAS-1E&P AT THE CWHTT*Y^«WP| 4>r ' o'PATMCK «. COWW^jjFv Some thirty-nihe members of the Conway family, descendants of the late Martin and Margaret Conway, natives of Kilkenny, Ireland, and who came McHenry in 18tiS, gathei*ed at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Patrick H. Con­ way, who reside three miles south of this village, on Sunday, August 31. The gathering fcas made up of six sons and three daughters, together with their children. Of the six sons present, live were accompanied by their wives, the oldest son, Thomas, leho resides in Chicago, being wid­ owed. The participants in thd reunion all arrived early, some of them coming on Saturday evening previous. All were present to enjoy the sumptuous dinner which was serve^at noon on Sunday. The afternoon was given up to tile en­ joyment of the visit, games and music furnishing plenty of fun for all. A race between the Conway brothers was won by Martin, a married ladles' race, resulting in a tie between Mesdames Martin and James ConWay; a youug ladies' race won by Miss Alice Conway, daughter of Thomas; a girls' race, the winner of^which was Cecilia Conway, daughter of Martin; a boys' race, won by George Conway, son of Thomas; a small boys' race won by Leo Conway, son of Patrick, were among the sports enjoyed- There were also sack races and bobbing for apples, while an en­ tirely impromptu program developed that the Conways are experts in more ways than one. There were also enough players and dancers in the family to furnish a very interesting program of old Irish airs and jigs and popular songs. The speech-making that followed the din­ ner also demonstrated that different members of the family must have, kissed the Blarney stone. On Monday about one-half Of the participants at the reunion visited Pistakee Bay, where a picnic dinner was enjoyed: By Monday night prac­ tically all of the out-of-town visitors had returned to their homes, not, how­ ever, without first making plans for an annual reunion of the occasion. Next year's reunion will take place at the home of Michael Conway, whose farm is adjacent to the scene of the first re­ union. Present it the event were: Thomas Conway, daughter, Alice, and son, George, of Chicago; Mr. and Mrs. John Conway and daughter, Margaret, of Aurora; Mr. and Mrs. James L. Con­ way and daughter, Flossy, of Ring- wood; Mr. and Mrs. John Aylward, Misses Delia and Minnie Conway of Elgin; Mr. and Mrs. Michael Conway and children, Mr. and Mrs. Patrick H. Conway and children, Mr. and Mrev Martin Conway and children and Win. Conway, all of McHenry. HATCH RACE NEXT SATURDAY Next Saturday, Septemoer 13^. will be a big day for the quiet little burg of Solon, as this is the day that has been set aside for the match race be­ tween two pacers owned by Joseph Justen and John F. Freund of this vil­ lage. The two horses have been under training during the past two weeks and from all reports the race will be one of the closest and most exciting ever pulled off in these parts. Both of these horses were seen on the Fox river ice speedway two years ago, but neither one of the horse* was in shape at the time,' so it was bard to deter­ mine just what they could do. The owners of the pacers expect to have their animals in first-class condition for next Saturday's matinee and every follower of the sport of this village and surrounding country will surety be at Solon on that day. NEW BARBER SHOT "Sootty" Taylor, who during the ast few months has been employed in rthe Lewis Bishop tonsorial shop on Water street, on Saturday last opened up a shop of his own in the McHenry House. For the present he is using a second-hand outfit, but already has placed an order for a new one, which should arrive and be installed some time this week. "Scotty" is a first- class barber and no doubt will be ac­ corded a share of McHenry's patron­ age. The quarters in the McHenry Hous?, we are told, are only for the winter. J. C. Bickler, it is said, ex­ pects to fit Mr. Taylor up with new quarters next spring. •ILK PRODUCERS MEET A meeting of the members of4he local branch of the Milk Producers' association took place at Stoffel's hall yesterday morning. The meeting was somewhat of a disappoinment so far as thfe attendance was concerned, but the leaders expect to'get the farmers to­ gether again before September 15, milk contracting day. * \r THE SOCIAL WMEqj^\v> JThe usual social time was enjoyed by the members and invited guests at the pleasant country home of Mrs. C. L. Page last Saturday afternoon. The next meeting will take place at the home of Miss Alice Simes, corner of John street and Elgin road, next Thurs­ day, Sept. 18. All are cordially invit­ ed to be present at this meeting. MtHtErtfJUTOLESSfOWER IS WHAT NEW STKOT LIGHTING CON- TRACT CALLS fOK IWREMTR ELECTRICIAN GIVES OLD AND PROPOSED SYSTEM OP STREET LIGHTING McHenry, 111., Sept. 9,1913' Editor McHenry Plaindealer, Dealr Sir: I^would like to submit a few facts regarding the new street lighting system recently proposed by the Public Service company and which was defeated at the last meeting of the village board. The question is settled for the pres­ ent , but it i* bound to come up again and 1 think everyone interested would like this information. The present: street lighting contract between the village of McHenry and the Public Service company calls for six are lamps of 1300candle power each and seventy-five incandescent lamps oj 32 «andle (tower each. -This is a total of 10,200 candle power for the entire village. The total energy consumed by these lamps is approximately 12$ kilowatts, which equals%6| horsepower. The new proposition recently sub­ mitted by the Public Service company, I am informed by membejrs of the vil­ lage board, calls for 32 candle power tungsten lamps at a price of $11 per year each, in place of the 32 candle power carbon lamps now in use, and a cluster of three 32 candle power tung­ sten lamps at $47 per year each in place of each arc lamp. This would make a total for the vil­ lage of 2,976 candle power compared to 10,200 candle power under the present contract and the energy furnished would be 3J kilowatts instead of l2i kilowatts. The cost for the new sys­ tem would be about $200 a year MORE than the present one. The total hours of burning onder the new proposition for every night ser­ vice is 2190 for one year. The total amount of energy used in one year as measured by a meter would be 8212 kilowatt hours, for which the village was asked to pay $1557.00. Allowing 6% interest on an invest* ment of $3,000 for the new system, which is about tvyice what the actual cost would be, the rate comes to lGJc per kilowatt hour. • Comparing this to our commercial rates, which range from 13icto as low as 4c, we will have some idea of just what kind of a prop­ osition the Public Service company was handing us. No wonder they were so anxious to put it over and even pay for an extra meeting of the board to accomplish It. We can be thankful that the members of the board were right on the job and turned it down. I have no intention of defending' the present street lighting. Everyone knows it is a disgrace. The contract calls for sufficient light, and the village attorney states that the board has pow­ er to enforce it; but the Public Service company is giving us only a small part of the light called for. The present system can be made to furnish excellent service, altho the new series tungsten proposition is much more economical for the light­ ing company even when the same candle power is furnished. In fact, If they would use tungsten lamps In place of the carbon lamps now used and furnish full 32 candle power from each one, they would save one-third of their cur­ rent now used for street lighting, which would very soon - be enough to pay for new arc lamps. Good, reliable arc lamps of full 1300 candle power can be installed at Small expense in place of the old dilapidated ones now in use. but they must have intelligent care or they will soon get into the same condition as the present ones. We all realize that the streets should be better lighted, but the present con­ tract is entirely sufficient if carried out and it will not be difficult for the Pub­ lic Service company to give us a good light with their present system. If they are wise they will get busy and furnish the full 10,200 candle pow­ er which the present contract calls for before the board resorts to sterner methods. Yours very truly, SAMUEL M. ESLKB. f R SUfflGT RESORT NEW EXCITIM MK MAT (ACS AT BAY LABOR »A¥ •Mm RETURNS FROM MICHIGAN Miss Eva Miller returned home last Sunday morning from Adrian, Mich., where she has completed a summer course in music and art at St. Joseph's academy. She also • visited relatives and friends at St. Frances' convent, Lafeyette, Ind. Since she left her home, Miss Miller has covered about 1,000 miles and has spent considerable time along the shores of Lake Erie. She likes Michigan very much aud be­ lieves as a summer resort it cannot be surpassed. She will again take up her duties as' teacher of the Lily Lake school next Monday morning. ENTERTAINMENT COURSE FOR McHENRY McHenry will again have an enter­ tainment course the coming fal^and winter. The course will consist of five numbers, as follows: OldKentucky quartette, Oct. 9; Henry Clark, Nov. 3; Fisher Shipp company, Nov. 17; Osce­ ola Pooler, Dec. 20; Concert Favorites, Jan. 9. The season tickets for J.he coiyse will be distributed within the next few days. ? P. N. Musser sells accident Insurance. Mrs. S. Knox chaperoncid party to the lakes .Sunday. J. E. Jacobs of Elgin j>assed a few days recently at Rosedale, on Fox river. Quite a. number from around Piste* kee Bay took tn the -minstrel show at the Central opera house last Sunday evening. Mrs. Frank Hunn an£ sons, Clifford and Raymond, of Elgin spent a short outing at the Rosedale summer resort last week. M. Kelter and daughter,,JArs. Coon- ey, have returned to their home in Chi­ cago after., spending the summer <at Lake Defiance. ~ , Mr. and Mrs. Edward Kelter and Mr. and Miis. A. Wagner of Chicago are spending the week in their bungalow at Lake Defiance. Mr. and Mrs. August Olsen of Chica­ go passed Labor day and the week following as guests at Locust Lodge, near McCollum's lake. The biggest and best sail boat races of the season took place over the Pis­ takee Yacht club course at Pistakee Bay on Labor day. Eight craft were entered in the morning race, seven of the contesting boats giving the "Butt- in-sky 11" a handicap of nine and one- half minutes. The race was won by the "Sunny Jim," sailed by its owner, Jimmy Miraze. "Butt-in-sky" came in second, trailing the winning boat by fifty seconds. Si x boats entered the afternoon race. The "Butt-in-sky," with a teu minute handicap, finished first. The "Top-o'-Bfee" finished two minutes and fifty-six seconds .'after the winner. Both races were witnessed by an unusually large crowd of sail boat enthusiasts. WEEKLY EXCHANGE ITERS AS TAKEN FROM THE C0UM6 OF OUR NANY EXCHANGES. ' ON LONG WALKING JOURNEY Joseph Hoffman, whe is walking from Cincinnati, O., to Bismark, N. Dm stopped in McHenry last Friday morning and paid this office a call The walker leit the Cincinnati Post office on August 19, 1913, and expects to reach his destination, a distance of some 1,017 miles, some time next month. His journey to this village was by way of Indianapolis, Frankfort, Chicago and on thru Lake county His intentions are to make about thirty miles each day. The best that he has made up to the time of reaching this village was forty-two miles in one day. From this village he started for Lake Geneva, Wis., and his route from there, as outlined by him, is Madison, Wis., St. Paul, Minn., and thence west to Bismark, which is located in the central part of North Dakota. The hiker informed us that the walk was not for wager, but merely, as an en­ durance test and that he was being paid for the trip by the Cincinnati paper, from which office he started. He also expects to return the same way and has promised us a call on his return trip. BUSINESS MEN HOLD OUTMO - About twenty of McHenry's business and representative men enjoyed their second outing of the season last Thurs­ day. It was expected that the outing would take place down the river near the site of the dam, but the plans were changed* the day previous to the outing when Dr. C. H. Fegers very kindly ex­ tended the uboys" the use of his cot­ tage and grounds at Palm Beach, Pis­ takee Bay. It is needless to say that the popular doctor's offer was accepted. The pleasure seekers were carried to the Bay in one of the E. Hunter passen­ ger boats and the day was passed in fish­ ing, rowing, baseball and general jollifi­ cation, all present having enjoyed the event to the fullest extent. VOLO STORE OPENS . The- store building at Volo, owned by A. J. .Raymond, which has been vacant since E. V. Lusk, the last ten­ ant, moved his stock to this village, is again open and doing business. Martin Stoffel, who for a number of years has been in the employ of Uncle Sam as rural mail carrier out of the Round Lake office, has opened the place and is now taking care of the customers who are patronizing the store. Mr. -Stoffel has bought an entirely new stock of general merchandise and we don't see why he should not succeed in his new business venture. PISTAKEE PEOPLE GIVE MINSTREL A company of young people, who make their homes at i'istakee Bay during the summer months, put on a minstrel show at the Central opera house last Sunday evening. A large crowd turned out and, judging from the applause that was tendered the different members of the company, the entertainment gave excellent satisfac­ tion. • DOMT KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT IT A report has been circulated about town to the effect that a former Mc­ Henry boy had gotten himself in bad. We are unable to verify the report, which is to the effect that murder has been committed. STOP! LOOK! LISTEN! Another wedding dance will be' held at "Stubby" Smith's hall, Johnsburgh, on Wednesday evening, September 24. More particulars next week. Musser sells health insurance. SHOULD SPRAY TREES CHICAGO HAM HAKES A FEW VERY GOOD MCOIJUIGMIS ASSORTMENT OF MEWS ITEMS IN CONDENSED FORM FOR BOSY PEOPLE. About $8,000 were cleared as the re­ sult of the Elgin road races. The policemen of Waukegan have been granted a tUght increase in wages. The Lake (bounty Medical associa­ tion held a meeting at Wauconda yes­ terday. Only- twenty women turned out to vote at a special bond issue election held at Harvard two weeks ago. ^ R. C. Kent sold thirty lots in his sub­ division to Wauconda on Labor day. Thfe lots were sold at public auction. Lake Zurich may soon have a State banking institution. A movement is now on foot to launch- such an institu­ tion in that village. Over 800 pupils are now enrolled in the Woodstock public schools. This is the largest school attendance that the typewriter city has ever had. George Sturges made an overland trip in his auto from San Diego, Calif., to Lake Geneva, Wis., a distance of 2700 miles, in twelve days. He ar­ rived at Lake Geneva On Labor day. Not a nickle's worth of intoxicating liquor was disposed of atv the Lake county fair grounds this year. The "bars" have been done away with and their places taken up by soft drink stands. Lawrence Harris; a resident of Cary, while acting in his capacity of brake- man on Monday morning of last week, was thrown in front of a car and re ceived injuries that a few hours later proved fatal. The dental office of Dr. H. Macon at North Crystal Lake was relieved of $90 worth of gold during a recent night. This is the second robbery of this sort to take place at Crystal Lake during the past year. By a ruling of the McHenry county board of review, it Is expected that the estate of the late A. M. Barber of Crystal Lake must pay back taxes dur ing the next nine years. The back taxes amount to over $1,000,000. N- F. Chamberlin of Liberty ville has been granted a patent on a motor plow There are already a number of differ­ ent makes of motor plows on the mar­ ket, but the Lake county man's latest invention is said to have the others beat a mile. It is perfect. • A. C. Man ley and son of Harvard have just returned from a 3,000 mile automobile trip. They passed thru the states of Indiana, Ohio, Pennsyl­ vania, Vermont, New Hampshire, Maine, Rhode Island, Connecticut, Massachusetts and Delaware. They were gone twenty-four days. A 2000 foot cement dam across the south end of Lak«* Elizabeth for the purpose of preserving a uniform level of water in both of the Twin lakes will likely be built next year. Colonists »nrt property owners at these lakes have formed an association with the above end in view. The proposed dam, If built, will be wide enough so that same will also serve as a bridge. M. F. Walsh, who since 1896 has been the postmaster at Harvard, has handed in his resignation and just as his successor is named he will step out of the office he has so capably filled during the last sixteen years. Just who his successor will be is not known, altho Charley Hayes, who ran for the legislature on two different occasions and lost out each time, is looking for the plum. George Murdock of Lake Geneva, Wis., the veteran engineer, now re­ tired, has a record that has never been equaled by an engineer in the employ of the Chicago & Northwestern rail­ road. During the forty-eight years that he was in service he has never had a wreck, derailment or had any damage to his engine or cars. It's a record that Mr. Murdock has every reason to feel proud of and one which may never again be equalled. The Besley Waukegan Brewing com­ pany has increased its capital stock from $(i,000 to $15,000.. Simultaneously with the Increasing of the stock, the company has also changed the name, which in the future will be known as the Waukegan Brewing company. The business of this institution has more than doubled within the past two years, which prompted the officers to make the ohange. The capacity of the company's plant will be more than doubled in the near future. The Woodstock business men and others are planning to make an auto­ mobile trip to the Elkhorn fair next week Thursday. Thirty-five auto loads of Elkhorn business men and boosters visited the county fair at Woodstock this year and the county seaters hope to go the Badger city gents one better by sending a larger delegation to the Elkhorn fair. The Woodstock busi­ ness men are endeavoring to get every auto owner in Woodstock interested in the move and it now looks as if at least fifty machines will make the trip. CHAIR CAR TRAIN DISCONTINUED The Sunday evening chair car train, which this summer has been making stops at the McHenry station, has been discontinued. The following letter from a Chicago man, who frequently passes, thru our village, should be of. interest to our people and therefore we reproduce same: Chicago, Sep^ 5,1913. Editor Plaindealer. McHenry, 111. v Dear Sir--It is a sad sight to see so many beautiful trees in your town gradually being killed for the need of a spraying. One or two men with.a good spray could clean up every tree in the placa ih a few days. It is certainly no credit to the of­ ficials of McHenry to allow so many of your beautiful trees to be injured by the scale when a few dollars well spent could prevent it. It would be a good investment if the money procured from one saloon license was set aside as a fund to take care of your trees each year. I trust that something will he done in the matter before the. injury has gone too far. Yours truly, THOMAS H. BULLOCK. ITEMS OF LOCAL INTEREST AS nCKEB Br BY nJUNKAUX KB PORTERS WKNG at h< of t! ENTERTAINS LAKE GENEVA LADIES The members of the Thimble club of the Rlverview camp,- R. N. A., of this village very pleasantly entertained the members of the Needle club of Cisco camp, R. N. A., of Lake Geneva, Wis., at the home of Mrs. W. A. Fisher here on Thursday afternoon of last week. A buffet lunch was served oon, and after the regular business he club had been disposed of a guessing contest was indulged in by those present, Mrs. McGhye of Lake Geneva carrying off the first honors in this event, while the second prize was awarded to a member of the local club. Next in order the ladies enjoyed five rounds of progressive cinch, while at another table dominoes were enjoyed. The prises again went to the visitors. The next number on the day's program was a trip to our beautiful river, which was highly enjeyed, especially by the visitors. The home club then accom­ panied their guests to the depot. Just before boarding the train the Badger city ladies were treated to a shower of rice, to which they responded with their club yell just as the train was leaving the station. The regular meeting of the Thimble club will be held with Mrs. Catlin on Wednesday of next week, September 17.; v 'j EAGLES WILL STICK It will be gratifying news for those concerned to know that the McHenry Aerie of Eagles will stick together. Rumors have been afloat thruout the village for some time past that the society was about to disband,'but on interviewing a member of that society, who is in a position to know, the writer was informed, that the society had no intentions of disbanding. And vthat is more, we are told that the Eagles' treasury is the healthiest that any so­ ciety in the village can boast of. While it is true that the membership has fallen off considerably since the body was organized in McHenry, the bal­ ance ^n the treasury, which it is said is close to $1,000, is sufficient assurance that the McHenry Eagles will not dis­ band ,today or tomorrow. The mem­ bers of the society are now planning an automobile trip to tke Elkhorn f^ir. In former years the members held a picnic, but this year this novel outing has been decided upon. * MASONS ENJOY BALL . A Masonic ball took place at Stoffel's hall last night. The event was given under the direction of the local lodge. Invitations were extended to all mem­ bers of that body, as well as to the members of the Eastern Star chapter of this place. These, together with a number of friends, gathered last even­ ing and enjoyed one of the most pleas­ ant evenings ever spent at Stoffel's hall. The crowd was an especially select one and from all reports every one present was well repaid for turn­ ing out. Wynkoop's orchestra of Woodstock furnished the music for the occasion and gave excellent satisfac­ tion. Ice cream and lemon sherbett were served between dances. The event was attended by at least two hundred. • CROWDED The McHenry public school opened with the largest attendance ever last week, the first day's enrollment being 245. All of the rooms are crowded and so congested was the condition of the fourth room that it was found neces­ sary to build a partition in the high school room so as to take care of the overflow. Not only this, but it was also found necessary to add another teacher. Miss Birdie Small has been engaged by the board of education and will assist Miss Florence Howe in the seventh and eighth grades and will al­ so devote some of her timfe tohigh school work. • *" A BIG IMPROVEMENT The new fence in front of the Wood­ land cemetery in this village adds reatly to the bjeauty of the place and those responsible for the new addition are to be complimented for the good work brought about. The improve­ ment not only refieeta credit upon t^ cemetery association, but the entire village as well. WMAT PEOPLE ARB DOfllG HV Ttf| LACE AND THE IMMEDIATE VKJUKf ^ OTHER SHORT PARAGRAPHS. i ^ . 'M;. Better Market. • Butter was declared firm at 30 cent# on the Elgin board of trade Monday. * ;. l> i----• or'.-.-*' »*• ' School books at McAllister's. ' ;=J® v Try Lotus cold cream after 14 } ̂ exposures. At Petesch's. t # Wf! Wedding bells will soon be ringing ^ for four young people of this village, ; ^ Movies at the Air Dome every flight, ' ;^|§T Something new going on all the time. ' -' See ESLER for everything electrical. Expert house wiring, reasonable price*. . The rain of last Monday morning - * * i was welcomely received by all, especial- . ly the farmers. ; The old town appears unusually quiet this week after an exceptionally butgr « sutamer season. ' ' <• Lewis Stoffel has entered the employ of J. J. Vycital, the Centerville haMf»" ware merchant. * - " The. public is wondering whether or net the village will add more crashed stone to our streets this fall. "Buggs" Patzke has severed his nection with the American Terra C$^»- ta & Ceramic Co. at Terra Cotta- Hickory nuts are paid <• ^ i:"' plentiful this year, whicn •» nutting parties will soon bt id " Actual work on the new nome W be erected by Simon Michels on Water Z1 s street has been started. Nick Bohr It laying the cement blocks for the u-- ^ ture. 1 1 ' meeting of :**-• There will be an all day the Dorcas society at the hoihe of Mips. C. W. Goodell on Friday of this week. ~ Everyone invited to come good time. ' ana nave •' The flat over the N. H. Peteach 4ruy. store is undergoing extensive improve­ ments and soon will be ready for oc­ cupancy. Mr. and Mrs. MartinIstohmitt will occupy the flat. The highway running north front "Water street has been newly graded and graveled, to the disapproval of auto drivers. However, good roads cannot be established without some inconveniences. r:-m ' V-&Y ;> Musser sells health insuranoe. Joseph Sutton is now assisting Ceah-- ler C. W. Stenger at the West Mo- Henry State bank, Miss Julia Stoffel having been forced to give up the| position, temporarily, at least* ottipt** count of her health. Ed Nickels, who has had charge of the West Side market delivery wagon during the vacation months, has giviHD up his position to re-enter the McHeo- ̂ ' ry high school. His place is now being. filled by Walter Krause. \w" The Walworth county fair* takes place at Elkhorn, Wis., next week, beginning on Tuesday wad ending on Friday. McHenry always sends a good . delegation to the Elkhorn fair and this > year should be no exception. Be sure that you carry your hunting Uoense with you when you go shooting this fall. Tis said that the lakes, riv­ ers, fields and woods are full of game wardens. Several arrests have already'v; been made In the lake regions/ The village has not as yet accepted the Public Service company's new street lighting proposition. It ia a. serious one and the members of the beard are acting wisely in taking plenr ty of time before rendering a final 4ar." cision in the matter. \ 1 . • w The friends of Milo Loomis will bo pleased to learn that he now holds* good paying position with a large Gary, Ind., concern. He has been.employed in the Indiana city since the family left this village for Wilmot, Wis. Another meeting will be held at ijkB McHenry Pleasure olUb:a rooms this (Thursday) evening for the purpoce of talking over matters pertaining to the establishment of a nest of Owls in thia village. Those interested will kingly be at the meeting at eight o'elqok lap night. • ? - John Wollar, the West Side shoo merchant, now passes his spare mo­ ments driving the village streets In a neat little cart drawn by a handsome pony. John believes that this b^ats an automobile to a frassle. At least, he has not as yet been delayed on % trip thru a puncture or blowout. ; S. M. Esler, the local eleetrieili, ^ had a very attractive display at i&e McHenry county fair at Woodstock this year. Mr. Esler make£ a specialty of small electric plants. He has al­ ready installed a number of these plants in the vicinity of McHenry and ia every instance they are proving veej satisfactory. The MoHenry County Independent Telephone company hare included Huntley on their free list of conneB* tions. Subscribers can now call Henry, Spring Grove, Richmond; Rio^ wood, Greenwood and Huntley without paying anv long distance tolls. Tlfee rate to Chicago will be maintained |i'. twenty-five cents for five minutes. .*• t