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WEEKLY PERSONAL ITEMS COMERS AND GOERS OT A WEEK M NST UTTLE VB1AGE J>".' AS SEEN BY PLAINDEALER REPORTER8 1^7 J AND HANDED INTO OUR OFFICE BY OUR , FRIENDS. S'S'J, '• .. . ^ O. H. Hanly wasa Chicago visitor : ^ last week Friday. .. . John Stoffel was a business visitor in Chicago Tuesday. Dr. P. J. Aicher spent Sunday in th® metropolitan city. C. S. Howard spent a lew days last week at Wilmot, Wis. ~ . P«gd Jus ten" boairdedthe Ct^ieago f ? tr p,iu Tuesday morning.' Mr. and Mrs. J . W. Aebisdher were A# Sunday. M. L. Worts attended to battaees matters in Chicago Monday. Miss Florence Howe spent Saturday last in the metropolitan city. Win. Bonslett was a business visitor in the metropolitan city Monday. 6. A. Sattem was.among the Chica­ go passengers Tuesday morning. J. H. McNamara of Woodstock was ' a recent business visitor in town. C. Unti was among those to board the Chicago train Monday morning. Wm, Fisher attended to matters of a business nature in Chicago Monday. Miss Maude Granger of Chicago was the guest of her sisters here Sunday. William Aebischer and "Fyke" Be.lilkeof Chicago were home Sunday. John Schreiner of Elgin spent Sun­ day as the guest of McHenry relatives Tlios. Thompson wept to Chicago last Saturday morning to spend a few days. J. D. Lodtz attended to business mat­ ters in the meu-opolitan city Tuesday. F. Q. Gans attended to matters of a business nature in Chicago Wednes­ day. C. G. Frett attended to matters of a business nature in Chicago last week Friday. Mr. and Un^ F. A. tiohlander passed Wednesday and today in the metropol itan city. , , Peter Rothermel was among those to board the Chicago train Wednesday morning. Miss Blanche Loomis of North Crys­ tal Lake' was a caller in town one day last week. George Schreiner is passing the week at the home of Albert M. Frett in Chicago. George Johnson of North Crystal • Lake spent Sunday ai the guest of Mc­ Henry friends. / Mi's. Charles Gibbs spent a few days last week as the guest of Mrs. P. Cos- tello in Elgin. Mr. and Mrs. James B. Perry and * daughter, Agnes, were Chicago vis­ itors Saturday. Mrs. Margaret Bonslett passed the first of the week as the guest of Chi­ cago relatives. Miss Emma Thelen of Elgiiv passed Sunday as the guest of her sister, Miss Elizabeth Thelen. Mr. and Mrs. Adolph Fischer of Elgin spent Sunday as the guests of McHenry relatives. Mr. and Mrs. Erie Geer of North Crystal Lake spent Sunday as guests of Miss Mabel Granger. Mr. and Mrs. Anton K rum pen spent a few days recently as the guests of relatives in Richmond. ' Chas. G. Buss of Chicago was enter­ tained in the home of his mother, Mrs. Elizabeth Buss, Sunday. Mrs. Helen B. Thompson of Chicago was entertained in the home of Mr. and Mrs. S. M. Esler Sunday. Richard B. Walsh of Chicago was a guest in the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Walsh, Sunday. Dr. C. H. Fegers and Miss Eleanor McGee attended the bankers' conven­ tion held in Chicago last week. Miss Christina Pint of Chicago spent Sunday as a guest in the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Pint. Mrs. John Heimer and daughters, Lillian and Annabelle, were guests of Chicago relatives the first of the week. Frank Rothermel of Chicago was entertained in the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. George Rothermel, Sun­ day. Mrs. Will Rlggs of Salem, Wis., spent a few days recently as the guest of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Tesch. , Frank Schumacher of Chicago spent Sunday as a jfyest in the home of his parents, Mr. and Mm. Wm. J. Schu­ macher. ' Miss Margaret Ward of North Chi­ cago passed Saturday and Sunday as . $he guest of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. -iV . ^rank Ward. , "J • Mr. and Mrs. O. A. Barker and daughter, Glenys, of North' Crystal ^^t-ake spent Sunday as the guests of r^IcHenry relatives. Mrs. Wm. Toynton and daughter of ' Wauconda passed a recent day as guests ̂ Jn the home of Mr. and Mrs. Dar •• ranger east of town. v. .... \ Paul Barbian has given up his posi- in t^e Barbian Bros, cigar factory "as gone to Chicago, where he has ted a position with an automobile rn. Lydia Tiets left last Saturday Lake, Wis., and from there to Theresa, Wis. She is the 1 relatives and friends and ex- be away tor a few woeji*.^ * i TBS IS ROVING TfflC A NUMBER CHANGS - RESIDENCE PLACE* OF (?- * Mr. and Mrs. F. E. Covalfcare mov­ ing into the Frank Schnabel house, which they recently purchased. Carl Mead has moved* his family from the flat over the John Wollar shoe store to the Edmund Knox house on Waukegan street. F. Schnabel moved his furniture to North Crystal Lake Tuesday and the family will make their home in that village in the future. • A. W Grantham, who is employed at the implement ware house of F. L. Colby & Son here, has moved his family to North Crystal Lake. L. F. Block will move his family to Elgin in the very near future, where they will make their home, for the winter, at least, at 376 Jefferson AVe. Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Landwer have moved from the flat over the F. L. Mc- Omber hardware store to the Price house, just vacated by F. V. Cobb and family. Mr. and Mrs. George Freund and children, who have been occupying the Schnabel house during the past sum­ mer, have moved to the former's fath­ er's tenant house. F. V. Cobb and family are now occu­ pying the upper flat of the Mrs. J. H. Spaulding building on the West Side. This is the building which recently came into the possession of Mrs. Sarah Dermont. Frank Hughes, who moved to this village last week and took up his home in the John Heimer cottage next to the McHenry marble works, has again moved and is now making his home in the Phalin house on North Green street. Mr. and. Mrs. Roy Hobart have moved here from Ringwood and are now occupying the flat over the J1. L. McOmber hardware store. We are told that Mr. Hobert will re-enter the employ of the Borden Condensed Milk company at this place. TO THE PUBLIC IN GENERAL Having sold my business to Smith Bros., I take this way of thanking all the kind friends in McHenry and its surrounding community for the liberal patronage given me during my time of business in McHenry. It is with a deep feeling of regret that myself and family must bid you goodby, the rea­ son of our leaving being known to most of you, and I wish to impress upon the public that my one desire while here was to do to others as 1 would like others to do to me. I have always had the interest of McHenry at heart and will never forget the kind people of this place. Both Mrs. Block and my­ self wish all of you health, success and happiness, and always bear in mind that there is one family leaving Mc­ Henry not with a glad heart, but with the feeling .of deepest regret. As a conclusion, I wish to say that my suc­ cessors, Smith Bros., are both young men wQrthy of your patronage and will deal honestly with you, and I bespeak success for them here, and hope that all the old customers as well as others will pay them a visit and get acquaint­ ed. Very truly yours, L. F. BLOCK. THANK YOU As I have been chosen to succeed L. F. Block as secretary of the Woodland Cemetery association, I wish in this inanner to express my thanks for the honor bestowed upon me. At the same time I wish to congratulate the pres­ ent members of the association for the excellent work accomplished during the past year. Mr. Block, my prede­ cessor in office, is worthy a vote of thanks for his untiring efforts in this direction and all others who have as­ sisted the association iq any way should «lso share our thanks. While the du­ ties of the above named office are still new to me, I sincerely hope that all will be lenient with me until I be­ come better acquainted With the work. The present members of the associa­ tion are Ella M.- Wheeler, president: Josephs C. Holly, secretary; Lola D. Walsh, treasurer; Arlette Perry, F. L. McOmber and John F. C'laxton. Anyone wishing to buy a lot apply to the secretary. Respectfully, JOSEPH C. HOLLY. WEEKLY EXCHANGE ITEMS ANNOUNCEMENT We wish to announce that we have purchased the merchandise stock of L. F. Block and are now open for business. It is our intention to carry a complete line of general merchandise and gro­ ceries and assure all who see fit to make this their trading quarters, hon­ est goods at right prices and courteous treatment at all times. We will con­ tinue the delivery system about the village and respectfully ask for your patronage. Very truly, SMITH BROS. APPLES! APPLES! APPLES! Good hand picked winter apples, as­ sorted varieties, $1.00 per bushel; good, sound cider apples, 20c per bushel; pears, $1.00 per bushel. Ready to load on wafoo. J- V- BUCKLANQ* 16-tf' Ringwood, IU. SUPPER AND BALE The WilHng Workers will give a supper and hold a sale of fancy goods at the Universalist church parlors here on the evening of Thursday, Oct. 16. £ • Ik- & *. vW' ^iSi .0̂ AS TAKEN HtOR THE COLllfflS 0T fill nm EXCHANGES. » "• yi . MISCELLANEOUS ASSORTMENT OF NEWS ITEMS IN CONDENSED FORM FOR BUSY 1»EOP5,E. * There are 797 ptipils enroUedln Lake Geneva's schools. The farm festival recently held at Spring Grove proved a big success. The receipts of the Elkhorn, Wis., fair held recently amounted to $16,000. Eight bushels of apples were picked from one tree on th^tl. G. Street fruit farm at Hebron. Two new bridges spanning th«s Nip- perslnk creek near Greenwood have just been completed. The McHenry county W. C. T. U. convention took piaoe„ at the Presby­ terian church at Harvard last Sat.ur day. Over in Lake county the theft of farm produce has become so general that the farmers are about to organize a Farmers' Protective association. Harold Wright and Irving Eppel two Woodstock boys, will represent McHenry county at the Boys' State Fair school at Springfield this year. The Harvard ledge of Mystic Work ers is on the boom. The members of the lodge are laboring hard to bring the membership up to the 400 mark. W. H. Gardner, prominent Solon dairy farmer, has just added four regis­ tered Holstein cows to his already ex. cellentherd. The cows were purchased at Burnett, Wis. On Saturday, Oct. 25, an examina­ tion will be held at Wauconda for a postmaster at that place. The com pensation of the office during the past year was. $693.00. Miss Elizabeth Briggs, a nine year old gir\, of Ijplkhorn, Wis., drove the racehorse, "Narhone," a mile in 2:19 The feat was accomplished ^during the recent fair held in that city. E. D. Shurtleff of Marengo has be come a member of a Chicago law firm Altho he has become identified with the city firm, the popular McHenry county lawyer will maintain iiis home at Marengo. * Mike Peal, a laborer who has been employed in Lake county for some time past, passed away in the jail at Round Lake one night last week. Too much fire water brought about his death, it is said. More than 10,000 Union veterans of the Civil war died last year, which shows that the, ranks of the "boys in blue" are rapidly thinning. There re main over 180,000 veterans who are still on the pay rolls of theGrand Army of the Republic. Ten saloon keepers of Waukegan have* been sued by two women who allege that liquor was sold their hus bands after the . women had warned them not to do so. The cases will probably be tried at the Ootober term of the circuit court. Official notification has been received from the postal authorities at Wash­ ington that the name of the office at Rockefeller has been changed to Area, together with the confirmation of the appointment of Joseph C. Dorfler as postmaster to succeed Will Knigge. A story is going the rounds among the papers about the funeral of the editor of a country paper about like this: The editor had worked hard to build up his community and better the conditions of his home town. He died a poor man, but bis funeral was at­ tended by a large crowd. In the pro­ cession were 672 delinquent subscribers and each of them pityingly remarked: "He was a good man, but never could make any money.*' Miss Marguerite Driesbock, the young lady who has been doing a sen­ sational wild animal act witli the Goll- mar Bros, circus during the past sea­ son, was killed while going thru her act at Wausau, Wis., on Friday even­ ing j»f last week. The young lady had charge of a troup of performing lions and was just closing her act when she was attacked by the beasts. Before show attaches could render assistance the savage lions had rendered her limb from limb. An accident which nearly resulted fatally occurred at a railroad crossing three miles the other side of Woodstock on Monday evening of this week. Mr. and Mrs. George Mathewson and chil­ dren and Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Stewart of Hebron were returning home from Woodstock. The Crossing is on a high embankment with corn fields on each side and when in the center of the track Mr. Mathewson killed his engine. Occupants of the auto saw the ap­ proaching train and managed to get out of the car just before it was struck. They were extremely fortunate in their escape, as the auto was demol­ ished. The crossing has been regard­ ed as dangerous and many accidents and near fatalities have occurred there. FIKE ntEVENTNN MY GOV. DUNNE APPOINTS OCT. 9 AS DAY W PRECAUTION THRUOUT STATE problems For skin abrasions, bruises, burns-- Lotus skin food. At Petesch's. McHENRY GROWING Mr. and Mrs. Frank Hovat are enter­ taining a dandy little girlie at their home sinee Monday. A boy came to gladden the home of Mr. and Mrs. John Olsen oa Tuesday of this week. ]ii6U-iwnp. V,/ * * a/4 D. g^Qalnli*, Among the many vital which call upon our people for solution the situation with regard to tlje waste of energy and resources in all parts of the country by fire is one of the most commanding. The subject of the con­ servation of our resources is at last deservedly receiving the most careful attention. Our forests are being pre­ served, our waterpower and water­ ways developed and utilized, and the hidden forces of nature conserved and made subservient to the well-being of man. Statistics show that the fire waste is increasing annually aqd the fire loss in fcjie state of Illinois in 1912 averaged $1,000,000 per month. Besides this,, in that year alone nearly four hundred people in this' state lost their lives thru the agency of fire. The losses occasioned thus constitute an absolute waste and a drain upon our resources sqch as no nation or state can long endure, and the fact that they are largely preventable is a reproach to our people and calls for an immediate remedy. For the reasons herein set forth and in ocder to arouse our people to a vivid sense of lire dangers and induce them to take more active interest in the sub­ ject, I hereby proclaim that Thursday, the ninth day of October, 1913, be known as state fire prevention day and I earnestly recommend that our people observe it by a general cleaning up and removal of all rubbish, trash and waste from their premises*! Let all heating apparatus and chhn? neys be carefully gone over and placed in proper condition for winter use. » Letall public and private institutions, hotels, asylums, factories and theaters be carefully gone over on that day and, when necessary, any changes made that will further protect the safety of the occupants. Let local authority s give attention to the matter of better building regu­ lations, fire protection and prevention, as well as added apparatus for fire fighting. Lastly, let fire drills.be held on that day in institutions, factories and in public, private and parochial schools, and I earnestly recommend that teach­ ers instruct their pupils, thru short talks and proper programs, on the dan­ gers of fire and the simpler means of fire prevention. ̂ Given under my hand and the seal of the state of Illinois, at the capitol, in the city of Springfield, this first day of September, A. D. 1913. E. F. DUNNE, Governor. TELEPHONE CO. HIT HARD BY TERRIFIC SUET STORMS 0T LAST FEBRUARY AND HABCI A r . * ENTERTAIN THEIR HUSBANDS The members of the Dorcas society of the M. E. church edtertained their husbands at the home of Mr. and Mrs. E. V. McAllister last evening. The event proved a highly enjoyable one for all present and those who turned out will never regret it. One of the especially enjoyable features of the event was the relating of the stories as to "how I earned my dollar." At a recent meeting of the society it was decided that each member earn a dol­ lar and at a later meeting tell just how the dollar came, into their possession. The stories of the different members proved interesting as well as humorous. The event was also marked with a little surprise 'for one of its members, Mrs. C. W. Goodell, whose birthday happened to come on that day. She was presented with a handsome cut glass sugar bowl and creamer. Three new members weje also taken in at this meeting. Dainty refreshments W££e served. WILL CONTINUE STUDTO DU Altho F. Schnabel, the photographer, has moved his household furniture to North Crystal Lake, where the family will make their future home, the ex­ pert picture man will continue his studio here in McHenry, where he will be found on Sunday* Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday of each week. Many of our people were of the opinion that Mr. Schnabel would discontinue his business here, but we are happy to say that this is not the case, and those wishing work in his line will find him ready to look after their wants on the days above mentioned. Our people are sorry to lose this estimable family and the best wishes of all will accotppany them to their new home. PANAMA CANAL ARTICLE In this issue of The Plaindealer our readers will find a very concise story of the Panama canal as it is today, and we feel sure that if you read this arti­ cle your knowledge of the "big ditch" will be increased wonderfully, as the story is written by a correspondent right on the ground. The article in question will be found on an inside page of The Plaindealer and we call your attention to it. Every week you will find good, clean articles of value on the different pages of The Plaindealer and in order to get the full value of your paper each week you should rej^d every one of them. "»*j „ SOMETHING NEW Entertainment and cafeteria lunch on Tuesday evening, Oct, 7. Harrison district. H*All welcome. "AGNES E. DODGE, Teacher. P.N. LOSS is PLACED AT A HALF MILLION DOL- LARS--27,000 TELEPHONES PUT OUT OF COMMISSION How hi^d the Chicago Telephone company was hit by the terrific sleet storms, which extended within a rad­ ius of one hundred miles around Chi­ cago last February and March, is re­ vealed by figures just compiled. The telephone company suffered a loss of half a million dollars. Before all the damage done by the February storm could be repaired, there came another severe storm in* March, which necessitated doing all over again the repair work that had previously been done, in addition to repairing the new damage. The double blow to the telephone company was the hardest it ever has experienced. To repair the damage caused by the stprm, which put 27,000 telephones out of commission temporarily, required more than 7,000 poles, and over three thousand miles of wire, not to mention the great amount of lesser material, such as cross arms, etc. In the district embracing the north­ east section of Cook county, three- fourths of McHenry and all of Lake county, the loss to the telephone com­ pany amounted to $80,000. Evanston suffered most in the north shore dis­ trict; one thousand telephones were put out of business. Wilmette and Libertyvllle each had four hundred out, while Highland Park had two hundred and fifty out. Twenty more towns and villages suffered in a lesser degree. H 'the telephone company meets a situation such as that of last February and March, how it battles against the almost overwhelming odds of sleet and snow, with the one great object of re­ storing telephone service to the publio in the quickest possible time, regard­ less of expense, makes an interesting story. First reports of trouble come to the test desk in Chicago from test men, whose sole' duty is to locate toll line trouble. During a storm the test force is increased in size to a small army, and as fast as the trouble reports come in, repair men are sent out to the var­ ious points where their services are needed. In the last big storm, when it was seen the regular repair force would be inadequate to cope with the situation, men were obtained from other com­ panies to assist in the repair work. Experienced linemen were brough into the storm zone from all parts o the country. It was particularly hard to get experienced men at that time. Owing to the floods in Ohio, Indiana and elsewhere, the general demand for experienced linemen was so great that their services were at a premium The company succeeded in getting about one thousand men into the field, and in some places service #was re-es­ tablished within twenty-four hours. The first work of a gang going into the storm ridden section was the re­ moval of blown-over poles from the roads. Next the linemen laid insulated emergency cables, or twisted pairs of wires along the ground, connecting the severed sections of lines, thus opening up communication with headquarters for the purpose of obtaining supplies and more men when needed. They then built what is known as a "jury line" (meaning emergency line), using short tops of poles propped up, cross arms nailed on fence posts or trees, and any other means that offered for stringing a line. All this work, done at enormous expense to restore service to the public in the shortest possible time, was a total loss to the telephone company, as the work has to be done all over again when the new perma­ nent lines are strung. The enormous quantity of wire used for the temporary lines was good only for junk. Material for emergency repair work was secured from the Western Electric company and shipped to the points where needed by express. There was a shortage of wagons to carry material from the railroad stations into the country and farmers' teams had to be enlisted to aid in the work. In some places the snow drifts were so high the main roads had to be abandoned, roads being cut thru fields. Frequent­ ly four horses were required to pull a small wagon. A number of heroes developed dur­ ing the repair work. There were men who labored night and day, risking health and life working hip-deep in mud and slush or hanging to wet, ice- coated poles in order that service might be restored. Often the wires at one point would scarcely be repaired until they would break again, and re­ pair men were called upon to do some of their work over and over, which they did with infinite patience. The heavy coating of ice on the wires made it very difficult to handle them. This ooating varied from one to two inches in thickness. What ia generally re­ garded as remarkable is the fact that there were no accidents or fires from crossed and tangled telephone and elec­ tric wires, and the credit for this be­ longs to the telephone company's good fHfofcecfcioft uid propor which is everywhere prevalent thru- out the Bell system. The cost of these emergency repairs is four times the cost of the same amount of work under normal condi­ tions. While the half million dollar expenditure is a heavy loss to the tele­ phone company, there has boen no deviation from its unvarying policy of keeping the lines open at ^1 costg The rarest perfume--the essence of the lotus. At Petesch's. ITEMS OF LOCAL IHTEKST AS PICKED DP BY PUmwm K- > If MPTTDC iumnu* giiiiii rVniuuji vuium irlift WINS (SOLD MEDAL Miss Dorothy Spencer, the talented daughter of Alderman and Mrs. Wm. Spencer of this village, again covered herself with honors at Harvard on Fri­ day evening of last week when her exceptional ability as a speaker wori for her the prize in a gold medal con­ test given under the auspices of the McHenry County W. C. T. U. This is the second medal that Miss Spencer has won, she having been awarded a silver medal here some time ago. The Plaindealer joins her many friends in congratulating her. BORDEN FACTORY NOW BUSY PLACE The Borden milk factory here is now one of the busiest places in town. Be­ sides taking care of the winter supply of milk contracted among the patrons of the factory, the plant is also taking care of the Wauconda milk, which was contracted this fall. We understand that the plant will handle about forty thousand pounds of milk daily this fall and winter. Additional help was put on Wednesday morning. IS DOING FINE IN TEXAS In sending us a remittance for The Plaindealer, W. H. Mead of Raymonds- ville, Texas, writes that he is doing fine down in the southern state. From his letter head, on which his communi­ cation was written, we note that the former McHenry resident, and son of Postmaster H. C. Mead, is holding the office of justice of the peace of precinct No. 5, Cameron county, Texas. LILLIAN NEISS TO TEACH Miss Lillian Neiss of this village has been engaged to teach the parochial school at Fremont Center the coming year. She entered upon her new duties the first of the week. Miss NeiBS is the youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Neiss, and until a short time ago was employed in the five and ten cent department in the store of J. J. Vycital. FCAGLES ENJOY BOAT RIDE AND PEED The members of the McHenry Aerie of Eagles enjoyed a boat ride to Wil mot, Wis., on Wednesday morning of this week. The party left this place about nine o'clock in the morning and stopped at Mertes' hotel on the return trip in the afternoon, where a sumptu­ ous game dinner was partaken of. . A fine time was had by all who made the trip. LOSES CHICKENS A Chicagoan who owns a summer home on Fox river north of this vil­ lage, reports the loss of a large num­ ber of chickens during the past few weeks. We are of the opinion that chicken thieves reside in or near Mc­ Henry. They are just bound to get caught some of these days--or nights, we mean. WHAT PEOPLE ARE DOING IN THLFT VIL­ LAGE AND THE IMMEDIATE VICDOTY-- OTHER SHORT PARAGRAPHS., - Baxter Butter was declared firm at £t Hills on the Elgin board of trade Monday. I sell farms. D. F. Quiiilan. P. N. Musser sells health inmnaCS. servtos, rigfeft Right goods, right prices at Petesch's. Bonslett's new feed mill is now gstafc ing feed every day. A number of changes are beiilf 9Mids at the Borden factory. Bonslett will grind yottr istd' t»-m hurry and do a good job. Let Vycital put in that new heating plant when you get ready. Our shelves are all bulging fall a£ new goods. F. A. Boh lander. We grind feed and exchange for your wheat. Wm. Bonslett. Most artistically put up toilet pnfp ^rations--the Lotus line. At Petesch's. See ESLER for everything electrical. Expert house wiring, reasonable prices. If your neighbor V bogs are sick get the U. S. Gov. hog remedy at McAllis­ ter's. FOR RENT- modern home, office. -Furnished rooms in a Inquire at either posft- 16-2 w, Always a good show at tihe Qntrtl Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday. All • N ^ seats 10c. ^ Deliciously refreshing-̂ dssltv Lotus toilet water after the toath. 1 At' /73V; Petesch's. " ' • : •' Men's and boys' sweater coats re* duced from $1.50 and $2.00 to $1.00. F. A. Bohlander. Clean, moral and instructive pictures at the Central opera house Wednesday ̂ Saturday and Sunday. Again there is talk of a special work­ men's train between thlw village sad the Terra Cotta works. WILL MOVE TO GREGORY, S. D, Martin Johnson, whose auctioh sale advertisement will be found eleswhere in this issue, expects to move to Greg­ ory, S. D., immediately after the sale. Mr. Johnson owns an excellent farm at that point and believes that the West­ ern lands will prove money makers for him. SPECIALS FOR FRIDAY-AND SATURDAY At the E. F. Matthews meat market, West McHenry: Regular and Calif, hams, per pound, 12} cents; pork loin roast, per pound, 19c.; pot shoulder roast, per pound, 17c.; pot roast, per pound, If*.; bacon, per pound, 19c and 20c. • PAY TWICE A MONTH The Chicago & Northwestern Rail­ road company now pays its employes twice a month. The new system went into effect on July 1 and we dare say it is being appreciated by ' the lpcal as well as all other employes. SPECIAL SALE ON PANTS While they last .ye are offering our entire stock of pants afr the following reduced price: $3.50 to $5.00 pants at $2.00. The stock is limited,' so first come, first served. J. D. LODTZ,. Mo- Henry, in. VOLO PEOPLE POISONED Ten Volo people were poisoned one day last week. The poisoning was caused from eating wood mushrooms. Prompt medical attention undoubtedly prevented fatalities. Dr. Wells of this place attended the victims. THEY WORK AT TERRA COTTA About twenty-five of our people are now employed at the Terra Cotta fac­ tory. Most of these are married men. At the present time the factory is run­ ning over-time. FAIR EARLY IN NOVEMBER St. Mary's church will hold its annual fair some time the early part of No­ vember. Arrangements are already under way fOr the holding of the big event. DEVOTIONAL SERVICES WELL ATTENDED The forty-hour devotional services came to a close at St. Mary's Catholic church on Tuesday evening. The ser­ vices were well attended and should bear fruit. Cole's Hot Blast Heaters make a big reduction in your coal bill--see their advertisement and guarantee. J. J. Vycital is now prepared to do your plumbing. Get his prices what you get ready to have that plumbing installed. Mrs. James Button entertained Mrs. Sarah McOmber, Mrs. Lou Soott sad Mrs. Merrlman at a five o'clock dinner last Friday. Movies at the Central Wednesday* Saturday and Sunday. Always a pleas­ ing program of western, dramatie aad comedy photo plays. 8, Musser sella health insiumw. Last week's frost has been the cause of farmers putting in much o«6f6ime in getting their com cut. The irasfc did considerable damage to the oom crop. ' ' Bruce Fellows has resigned his posi­ tion as engineer at the Borden plant. here and has gone to Iowa, where he has secured a position as fireman vith some railway company. Lewis Wolff has moved hia taalta. here from Chicago and they are now making their home with Mrs. Wolff's father, Nicholas Weber. ̂ Mr. Wolff ia now working at the Teira Ostta ftb* tory. ____________ Peter Wirfs, who for some time past has been one of the teamsters for the Wilbur Lumber company here, has severed his connection with that cofe* pany aqd is now employed at the Term Cotta factory. August Wachtel reoently lostssvsval hogs by cholera. This man Is et^ tainly having more than his share of tough luck. It was but laat that the barb on the term he oooupies was destroyed by fire. ' Charles Pope, who at one time made this place his home, and who was a member of McHenry's famous football team of 1899, passed awsy at his late home on a farm near Hebron on Wed* nesday of last weak. He leavea ft wife and three children. The program 6f the movies at the Central for Saturday evening is aa fpA« lows: "A Child's Precaution," a Essanay drama; uBreed of the Wes^" a Lubin drama; "The Black Hand,M a Kalem comedy, "The Egyptjhtt Mummy," also a Kalem comedy. A small blaze in the home that is tQ be oocupied by Mr. and Mrs. John X. Freund at Richmond caused quite a stir in that village last evening. The blaze was extinguished before mash damage was done. Mr. and Mrs. Freuad expect to move their household goods to Richmond in the very near futurO, THE SOCIAL WHEEL The next meeting of the Social Wheel will take place with Miss Alias Waite on Saturday afternoon si tb|! week at the usual hour. "p OPEN TMJER STORE ' ' Smith Bros., to L. F. Block, opened their store to the pnbBt on Tuesdey of this week. Misses Eva StotTel and Elizabeth Miller have been ••mm vv - ,-v V - v .4i' 4+W-r:. oV'i^yiri sj;-.-- - IV." * Vtfi