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iSPPPIW •v v n i ' ' ' *•> ^ O , I ,A ^ ' ' M *, V* •*» t ITETENBY PLAINDEALEB, 1THENKY, tl "," , T ^Vt* \ \iSV' "V«* * " *: V.* %? .. - £S??^SW>i v.' : FA !$* «"• ; ' "' ' iP'v^S#-: -s\*l SEASON? We can save you money in this line "Sincerity Clothing" is equal to any made-to-order clothing in fit and workmanship and is 25 per cent cheaper. Call and see the new fall line Jos. W. Freund We^t McHenry, 111* p3 New Fall Goods We are showing a complete line of Dress Goods in the popular shades, in all wool and mixtures, up to $1.75 per vard. Silk and wool poplins at $1.25 per yard. Mescaline and taffeta silks, fancy silks, maxines, etc., from 25c to $1.50 per yard. Our line of Sweater Coats very complete, in fine, medium and heavv weight, in Oxford, Maroon, Tan, Dead Grass, Kelly Green, Navy and combination col­ ors, all sizes and grades, from 75c to $5.00 each. Mackinaw Coats, Rain Coats, Slip Ons and Cravenette Overcoats, from age 6 to the largest size, -at popular prices. School Shoes for the boys and girls in fine and medium weights, at prices to fit the lean as well as the fat purse. Ladies' Shoes in all the new and comfortable lasts, from $1.50 to $3.50 per pair. Men's Shoes in all grades, fine and heavy weights, $2.50 to $4.50 per pair. We have a few broken lines of shoes, in good sizes and widths, in children's, ladies' and men's, to close out at extremely low prices. Groceries fresh and pure. Try our 50c tea--the best ever sold in town. Coffee, good cup quality, at 25c, 30c sad iVL 1^. Phone 63- Goods Delivered i'u- Is f< 1 HurrahForXmas We wish to draw the attention of the ladies and gentlemen of McHenry and vicinity to the fact that we have received the largest assortment of Neckwear, Gents* Furnishings and Combination Sets ever shown in any town outside of Chicago. Our stock consists of a full line of Bants, Khaki Pants, Mackinaw Coats, Sweater Coats, full dress Sweaters, Balmaccan water-proof Coats, Rubberized Coats, Gaberdine Slipon Coats and also the largest selection of Hats, Macki­ naw Caps, Balmaccan Caps, Hockey Caps and Slouch Hats, absolutely the latest to be had. Bear in mind that every article is guaranteed to the fullest extent. We also have Suits at $17.50 which we guarantee cannot be purchased in McHenry or any other town at the price. Give us a call and look over our Xmas Presents. v # - " V John D. Lodtz, McHenry, Illinois & "Home never comfortably heated before" During the last few weeks we have received many words of praise regarding our m if Many people gay they did not know what it was to V (*have their home thoroly and comfortably heated until they .4* ^urned Vulcan Coke in their furnace, boiler or stove. ' */* i The reason for these statements is very plain, for Vulcan Coke contains more heat units than hard coal, it responds more quickly to regulation than hard coal and it has less Mb than hard coal. Vulcan Coke costs ijbut 97.00 per ton. #5? ^fjfVWestero'Untted Gas VttV " s«3l<ai)d Electr-ic Company <0 D. M. WORKMAJV, District Manager NOW UNDEg CONTROL IN M'HRHtY COUNTY commons m THIS cramr VEKY EN­ COURAGING- ALL INFECTED HERDS HAVE BEEN SLAUGHTERED The present condition in this county in respect to the foot and mouth dis­ ease is very encouraging. All infected herds have been slaughtered and the buildings and premises well disinfect­ ed. The extreme cold of the last ten days should prove effective in killing any germs of the disease that might be lurking around outside and the only possible source of infection or out­ break would be in tfre warm stables or where the germs have been protected from the cold. The heat in most stables in which stock is kept is suf­ ficient to keep the germ alive and active and if brought in contact with the stock will cause an outbreak of the disease. To prevent this thoro disin­ fection of the barns and sheds should be practised as it will kill any of the germs that may have been brought to the barns and will serve as a protection to the stock. The best disinfectants to use are liquor cresol is (3% solution) or Cooper's dip. Strong solutions of chloride of lime are also very effective. It is an established fact that the germ must be carried by stock, dogs, cats, rats, pigeons, sparrows or persons from infected sources in order to cause an outbreak of the disease. Conse­ quently the precautions' that should be taken in order to prevent the spread of the disease are to tie up or shoot dogs that are inclined to stray about, also cats that do the same. Pigeons should be shut up or shot. People should remain as closely at home as possible for fear of picking up the germ and carrying it to their herds. All skimmed milk should be thoroly pas­ teurized before being fed to calves or pigs. Every possible precaution should be taken for a period of about twenty days and if there are no further out­ breaks it would be reasonably safe to consider the county free from the dis­ ease. It is understood that the proper authorities will remove the quarantine from the county just as soon as they can feel reasonably certain that there will be no more outbreaks, but for a period of at least twenty or thirty days I would suggest that every farmer be as careful as he possibly can and by so doing protect his own stock and that of his neighbors. Farmers should not offer cattle for sale and should insist on stock buyers, calf buyers, inspectors, agents or any strangers remaining off their premises. They may be coming from an infected source and bring the disease to you. Most of them have realized the danger there is and are not going from farm to farm as they do not'want to be re­ sponsible for carrying the disease. Too much precaution cannot be taken at the present time and because there are no outbreaks in the county at the pres­ ent time should not be taken as an in­ dication that it is all over and that it is not necessary to be careful. Consid­ erable has been said and written about th'e present methods of handling the disease, some considering it unjust and unnecessary and others that it is the most satisfactory and safest way to prevent its spread. Some of the for­ eign countries where the quarantine methods were used have within the last few years realized that it was im­ possible to prevent the spread of the disease by quarantine and are now us­ ing the slaughter methods same as is used in this country. This appears to be a very expensive way of handling the disease, but recent investigation^ indicate that the loss is not nearly as great as is caused by the quarantine method. One attack of the disease does not render the animal immune from future attacks and it has been the experience of some to have more than one attack within the same year, and under such conditions the farmer may be deprived of his income for a part or all of the year and his stock is usually less valuable after having had the dis­ ease. Under the very best quarantine regulations there is the possibility of the disease being carried to other herds in the vicinity and causing an outbreak there, so that all things con­ sidered the slaughter method has prov­ en the most satisfactory. Many so-called cases of foot and mouth disease that we hear of and that fully recovered have not been the gen uine foot and mouth disease that has been causing the present trouble. There is a disease known as mycotic stomatitis, the symptoms of which are very similar to those of the foot and mouth disease, altho it is of a milder nature and the effect on the animal is not nearly so severe. It does not spread to any great extent; an attack usually being confined to only a few cattle in the herd, altho id some the whole herd may be affected. The wide spread of the present outbreak and the severity of the attacks leave no doubt as to what it is and any sus­ picious cases should be Immediately reported to the proper authorities Our present laws are very strict in this respect and it is a crime punishable by fine and imprisonment if attacks of contagious diseases are not reported. At the same time it would seem that laws should have been made to protect the farmer or provide for the neces­ sary compensation for losses caused by the slaughter of stock in order to erad­ icate contagiousjdiseases. The present method of handling the disease would not be criticiscd so severely if the farmer were certain that he would be reimbursed for the loss caused by the slaughter of his stock and it is the opinion of all that if one farmer slaugh ters his stock to protect that of his iMtighbon he ahoald be paidAvi so doing/ The farmer whose stock is protected by such an act on the part of his neighbor is perfectly willing to bear his part of the expense for than protection, and it would seem perfectly reasonable to expect that those who have the funds of the state to distri­ bute to reimburse every farmer for the loss he has suffered, thereby causing every inhabitant of the state to bear his proportionate share of the expense. An appropriation from our next legis­ lature to cover the loeses caused by the present outbreak of the foot and mouth disease is expected by every-, body and will be the only just way of compensating those who have lost their stock for the good of th<t live­ stock industry of the state Mid those who are dependent upon it for a part of their subsistence. The result of experiments being com ducted in Chicago with the prize cattle' at the dairy show by Dr. Flexner and other capable investigators will deter­ mine to a large extent the methods to J>e followed in the future in handling* outbreaks of the foot and mouth dis­ ease. It may take several months be­ fore any definit^ information can be given out and until then we should be satisfied with the present methods. The farmers of the county ars well organized and are taking evety possi­ ble means to stamp out the disease. Each township has a Protective Asso­ ciation with a committee of five farm­ ers in different parts of the township to enforce the voluntary quarantine regulations which have been suggested on the warning posters that each farm­ er should fasten up at the entrance to his farm. Over three thousand of these posters have been given out, which shows that the farmers are united in their effort to stamp out the disease. We are planning to hold a joint meeting of all of the township committees for the purpose of discuss­ ing farm sanitation that will prevent the spread of contagious diseases and also legislation for the farmer, fclow is the time to have protective measures passed that will deal with future emer­ gencies and not wait until the calamity is upon us and then think of what should be done. DELOS L. JAMBS, County Agriculturist and Agent U. S. Dept. Agri. ..CENTRAL. ..JOPERA HOUSE --The-- ' • lljj.'W'" WEDNESDAY ::h SUNDAY The latent and beA PICTURES There's complexion protection in our cold cream. It preserves good com­ plexions and improves poor ones. 25c at Peteseh's. FARMS BRING $287,000 Every Thursday Night ALWAYS A GOOD PROGRAM Admission :: 10c P. P. QU1NLAN FIGURES IN RECORD BREAK­ ING SALE DURING DULL SEASON -- ( [Harvard Heraldl A deal involving $287,000 for two farms of 240 and 440 acres respectively of McHenry county farm lands was closed last Thursday when the D. F. Quinlan Land company at Woodstock sold what are known as the Wm. Allen farm in Hartland and the DeClerque farm, in Greenwood to Thos. B. Stew­ art, banker at Aurora and state sen­ ator from Kane county. Title to the farms was taken by John Stewart, Jr., a son of the Aurora banker and state senator. In the transaction four sections, or 2560 acres, of Texas land was included. Compliance with the new war stamp law necessiated the use of a consider­ able sum in revenue stamps, as the new act requires revenue stamps af­ fixed to the amount of $1 for every $1000 of the consideration, and it may be regarded as a hardship on many to pay the burden of this tax where transactions of a big amount take place. Waite & Donovan, Woodstook at­ torneys, represented Mr. Quinlan as his legal representatives in passing upon the titles and drawing needed papers in the big deal, while State Senator Stewart was represented by Harry O. Hempstead, an attorney of St. Charles. The DeClerque farm has been owned on two different occasions by Mr. Quinlan, his last ownership dating about two months, but he has been the selling agent where it has been transferred for fourteen times during the years he has been in the real es­ tate business. He acquired it in Octo­ ber of this year of Mr. Stoltz. The Allen farm has been owned by Mr. Quinlan for two years. In one of the deals in whioh the DeClerque farm was transferred by Mr. Quinlan about four years ago, the sum of $789,000 in real estate changed hands, and the sale of last Thursday is the second large negotiated by Mr. Quinlan with Aurora parties. In a former sale to Aurora people a total of $330,000 was involved, most of the property figuring in the transfer being located in the town of Hebron. The ones here mentioned are only the largest and they indicate the vol­ ume of business in the real estate line carried on by the D. F. Quinlan Land company, which has been very success­ ful in its operations during the years engaged in business at Woodstock. 1 The largest display of Christmas goods ever brought to McHenry may be found at F. A. Bohlander's. ANY CHILD CAN MAKE GOOD BREAD with EARLY RISER Flour. Good mixing, kneading and baking will not overcome the effect of poor flour* With EARLY RISER Flour you will alwa}'s have white, appe­ tizing, fine tasting bread, light- cakes and paltry. Ask your grocer for EARLY RISER Flour. :: :: :: :: WEST M'BENRY FLOUR AND FEED MILLS Steak Satisfaction When a nice, juicy, tender &eak &ares you in the face you forget you are tired. You dig in and slaughter it. - We sell that kind.' Our Steaks make the ordinary, cheap, tough, little article that mas­ querades as a sirloin or por­ terhouse look like a piker. Our &eaks are the real thing. Order one and see. In our grocery department you will find many articles that can­ not be exc$led in quality and price. G. C. BOSMA Werft McHenry :: Phone 3 CLASSIFIED DEPARTMENT All advertlaemontu luncrunl under tills IHJUIX til Hie following r&tea: Fire linea or lem, tb cente for flret Insertion; 16 cents for each suosequKnt innertlon. •ore than Ave lintH, 6 uenta a Hue (or llrat Insertion, and S eenta a line for addition! inaertlon. »AKMS FOR SALE--Inquire of O. W.STMP- KR, West McHenry State Bank. 19 T^OR RENT--The Merrlmap house on Court street. Inquire of J. V. DOLLY, McHen­ ry, 111. 27-tf FOR SALE--A Ford touring cur, second hand, but In splendid condition. Inquire of JOHN SPBNCKR, West McHenry. 111. ltl.tf TjH)R SALE--An Edison phonograph) Ma- " chine cost $40.00. Will be sold with ftfty records for $90.00. inquire of J. 1). LODTZ. MO- Betiry, 111. LOST--Double barrel shot tween McHenry and ' fiirm lust Friday, Dec. 18. Finder kindly leavy at this office and receive reward. tKuu, 12 gu&ge. b« | Philip Schaefer's HAS LEG BROKEN BY FALLING TREE While in the act oMelling a tree on the former Joe N. Miller farm, situ­ ated about four miles east of this vil­ lage, the tree fell across the left limb of B. C. Bottum, the present occupant of the farm, and broke the bone of that member, the fracture being just below the knee. The blow naturally threw the unfortunate man to the ground and fn falling his head Btruck a saw which was standing near by and as a result of this he also received an ugly as well as painful cut on his forehead. Dr. D. G. Wells was called into attendance. Santa Claus has made this store his headquarters for 1914. Come and see. P. A. Bohlander. BwyiM iatgjiil PllMth'a T^OIi SALE--A flve-year-old bay ware. Broke single and double. A good family horse.. Inquire of or write JACOB K. JITSTKN, McHenry. K. 1). No. 1. or call phone ttltf-W-1. FOR SALE--Village property, beautiful lo-i-iiriiin. iuiiiftt- liiiii oii cation, houst; ami liarn with five acres of near the Fox rl' $4,000. Address UEO. BECKWITH land near the Fox river. A good property, 1. Mellenry. III. LOTS FOR SALE In tne village, on the river front and at Pistakee Bay; also farms tor sale and rent; also lots, some including buildings, in this Tillage. O.N. OWEN Mc­ Henry, III. 16 tjVJU SALE--The west H of lots t anU 3. in E block 13, In the village of McHenry, and east H back street lyiug west, of lois 55 and 3. In block 18, in the village of McHenry. IK- quireof O. W. ST&NGEK. West McHenry State Bank. if FIRST ACCIDENT ON ICE The ..first accident of the season to occur on the local ice fields happened on Tuesday afternoon of this week, when Math. Karls was caught in the ice run and had the muscl£s of his left leg jammed to such an extent that he will be laid up for a week or ten days. Dr. Wells attended him. A new line of fancy meerschaum pipes. Just the thing for a Christmas giltT C. Unti. % 1 ii.iiia^wpijpW j, <. -V: : \ ?.. • J •*' • •' .. •--? v Accept our best wishes . . . a very mas. We hope the New bring you abundance of good health, ' hapjitfEi and jj^osperity F *A. Bohlander a.-.-' £<$.iSX' &• fr U. S. Depository for Pcwftal Savingi S CAPITALJ STOCK, $25,000. Ask Santa Claus for «•! bank book showing your ? first deposit at Ihe West McHenry State bank.;; It is one of the finest pr&M sents you could receive. It means the safety of; ypur money, the better" standing among your business associates, the easier, -safer and cheaper, and the prevention of dis-way of transmitting money putes which checks insure. .•..SAFETY DEPOSIT BOXES, $3.00 PER YEAR.. T EDWIN H. WACNEFT. PFH. ----OFFICERS:-- • DR. C. H. FE&BRB. Vice Pre«. BTENGER, Cwhter. SIMON STOiTEL. ViwPNf. / % fp Give furniture A more appropriate gift cannot be given than a piece or two or even a set of Furniture. It's something that is appreciated in any house­ hold and, what is more, never fails to please the recipient. , Our line of furniture is very complete, but in case there Is something you want which we do not carry in stock we can send for it and have it here in plenty of time fpr Christmas. Do not delay, but make your FURNITURE SELECTIONS NOW. JACOBJUSTEN \ 4^*1r. Old Father Time performs his duty hastening Christmas and Santa Claus along at a lively pace, while the New Year watches in the distance, awaiting his cue to entoff ,y_; upon the scene. * CHRISTMAS IS BUT ONE DAY OFF . , Belated shoppers should hurry. The auctioneer / w o u l d s a y : " G o i n g ! G o i n g ! A r e y o u a l l t h r u ] Ever, at this late hour you will find many a choice gift here, but you must hurry i :: :: :: :: SMITH BROS. ^PhoneTW • McHENRY, ILL. 1 *3 ... ' * . e-:* . •'* I IT. .V