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^.t'!^4% *V?pi.;_..y .--^ .tffr-' v- - V'^-: i-"';^:/ .f " -" ' "*' 7 "'•; i( - ^ % ; l' * ' .^VJBSK^ ^ ^v 1 » ,;&«?, .- s, v. • , --T '•:• '":' :,V',-S ."•}:', ;:wa4 *& I 4*. ',tf.' VOLUME XT.T II/LTNOIS. THURSDAY. MARCH 23. 1910 Mcl I ENRY, NO. 40. WEEKLY PERSONAL ITEMS COMERS^ A NO GOERS OF A WfeKK IN OUR BUSY VILLAGE A» Seen By Plaindealer Reporters and Handed Into Oar Qfflre By. Our Friends Wm. F. Holtz was a Chicago visitor Tuesday. Frank Masquelet was a Chicago vis­ itor Monday. MrB. Sarah Dermont was a Chicago visitor Monday. Everett Hunter was a windy city visitor Tuesday. P. J. Dorr spent Saturday in the metropolitan city. John Pint was a business Visitor in Chicago Tuesday. Miss Lola Boyle was a Chicago vis*- itor last Saturday. Miss Clara Freund was a Chicago visitor last Saturday. R. W. Gracy of Crystal Lake was a visitor in town Tuesday. Ben Stilling attended to business matters in Chicgao Tuesday. Ilenry Miller was a business visitor at Crystal Lake last Saturday. Ed. L. Hayes was a business Vis­ itor at the county seat Monday. J. H. Conrath of Woodstock was here on telephone business Monday. Mrs. C. E. Gaylord attended to busi­ ness matters at Elgin last Saturday. Atty. A. H. Pouse attended to legal matters at the county seat Monday. G. C. Berner attended to matters of a business nature in Chicago Tuesday. F. Schnabel attended to business matters in the metropolitan city Tues­ day. Mrs. S. J. Deinlein attended to bus­ iness matters in the metropolitan city Monday. Miss Elizabeth Thelen was a busi­ ness visitor in the metropolitan city Monday. Jos. May attended to matters of a business nature in the windy city Tuesday. Miss Dorlesca Granger attended the • funeral of a relative at Wauconda one day last week. Miss Maude Granger of Chicago passed the week end as the guest of her sisters here. Mr. and Mrs. Theo. Wagner were among the Chicago passengers last Sutyrday morning. Martin B. Schmitt transacted mat­ ters of a business nature in the metro­ politan city Monday. Mrs. Clara Harrison of/Woodstock whs a guest in the home of Mrs. C. E. Gaylord Sunday. Miss Floribelle Bassett was the guest of Woodstock relatives over Sat­ urday and Sunday. Miss Kathryn Thurlwell is spending the week as the guest of relative? in the metropolitan city. Chas. Lasch of Chicago passed Mon­ day as the guest of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Emil Lasch. Miss Mary Burke spent Saturday and Suntlay as the guest of relatives in the metropolitan city. Miss Mildwed Gaylord spent Satur­ day and Sunday the guest of rela­ tives at the county seat. Vernon Lockwood of Woodstock was a Sunday guest in the home of Mr. find Mrs. James T. Perkins. MV. and Mrs. Geo. H. Johnson spent Friday and Saturday of last week as the guests of relatives at Elgin. Mrs. Vernon Lockwood artd son, Floyd, passed Friday and Saturday as the guests of Woodstock 'friends. Mrs. F. J. Mershon passed Monday as the guest of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. D. Osborn, at Woodstock. Thomas Knox of Chicago was a week end guest in the home of hwr parents, Mr. and Mis. John Kno^. Eb. Gaylord of Milwaukee, Wis., . passed the first of the week as the guest of his mother, Mrs- C. E. Gay­ lord, Gladys Cobb of Hebron passed sev­ eral days last week as the guest of her grandmothe^'Mrs. Sarah Der­ mont. Miss Esther Matson of Chicago was a guest in the home of her mother, Mrs. Peter Wirfs, the latter part of last week. H. J. Mattern is here from Los Angeles, Calif., for an extended visit in the home of his daughter, Mrs. Wm. Spencer. Miss Irene Issefcet of Chicago spent several days the latter part of last week as the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Peter Wirfs. Carl Greiner and daughter, Vir­ ginia, of Chicago spent last week as guests" in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Peter Wirfs. Henry Gaylord left Friday evening for his home at Emmettsburg, la., after a several weeks' visit in the home oi Mrs. C. E. Gaylord. Mr. and Mrs. Ed. L. Martin and daughter, Claribel, of Woodstock were Sunday guests in the home of Post­ master and Mrs. p. E. Bassett. Mrs. A. A. Landwer passed Satur­ day 'and Sunday as the guest of her Sinter Rt Woodstock, Mr. kandwer was over at the county seat Sunday. Mrs. Howard Garner and son and . Mrs. Louis Uecker of Chicago passed 'several days last week as the guests *of their Jiarents, Mr. and Mrs. John Stoffel, here. HIGHS WIN TWO MORE "Bump* Crystal Lake Twice Within A Week The" McHenry highs handed the Crystal Lake lads two defeats within a week and they, too, must nowgulmit that thfe local team is made of cham­ pionship "stuff." The first of the two games was played in the McHenry gym last Sat­ urday evening, when the local five played rings around their opponents, the final score being 36 to 19. The game was more or less on the rough order, fouls being called on players of both teams with marked regularity. Altho the locals were sat­ isfied with the showing made, they feel that they did not show the class displayed in other games of the season. McHenry started the contest in her usual way, by running up twenty points during the first half, while their opponents gathered in four field throws for a total of eight points. The second half was more even, the locals making sixteen points to Crys­ tal Lake's eleven, which made the score 36 to 19. The line-ups and scores follow: Crystal Lake (19) RECORD-BREAKING CAUCUS 941 VOTES CAST HERE LAST SAT- URDAY Mathias Miller Defeats John Niesen For Oollector, While Wm. B. Ton- yan Wins Over C. W. Harrison The annual town caucus for the town of McHenry, held at the village hall here last Saturday afternoon, proved the largest in point of ballots cast and so far as surprises go ever held here. The polls had no more than opened at one o'clock before there was a steady stream of humanity elbowing their way to the.booths. Strange as it may seem, voters residing in the Ringwood and Johnsburg districts were mingling among the early ar­ rivals. Automobiles, which had been pre­ viously engaged by the various can­ didate running for office, were placed into commission even T>efore the time had come for the opening of the polls and when Borden's whistle "sounded the hour of one the first auto load of j birthday by treating her schoolmates SCHOOL NOT3SS Item's Pertaining to Our Educational Institution Beware of the giggles. It's catch­ ing. They are now making portfolios in the grades. Only the Eskimos attended school Wednesday. Another victim falls to the mighty enemy, la grippe. Mrs. Holly was a visitor in room one last Thursday. The zoology class is now experi­ menting on the crayfish. Vinfon used to come at ten o'clock,' but now he comes at noon. Only five sturdjPseniors braved the storm Wednesday morning. Freshie: "The cattle were tossing their white horns over the wall." Five pupils were absent from the seventh grade Wednesday morning. Costumes of 1775 are again becom­ ing some of the students of high school. March 7 Alice Miller celebrated her WEEKLY EXCHANGE ITERS AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY* AS TAKEN FROM THE COLUMNS - OF OUR EXCHANGES voters had arrived at the polling place. That the different candidates, espe- McHenry (36) i cially those having competition, were Lundgren R. F. Bonslett | well organized was evident from the Peterson L. F. Bacon ^ manner in which the workers were Rezek C. Miller. hustling about. As the workers in Swanson L. G. Richardson charge of the automobiles arrh ed at Carey R. G. Justenjthe polls he or she would check up Subs: Crystal Lake--Gruenwald,;and by the timefthe voters were ready Adamek, Anderson; McHenry--Boyle, j to return the worker had his next load .Hunter, Feltz. | all figured out. In this way no time Field throws: Lundgren, 2; Peter- was lost and very few were left at son, 1; Rezek, 4; Adamek, 2; Bonslett, home. 3; Bacon, 5; Miller, 2; Richardson, 4. j in this systematic manner, coupled Free throws: Anderson, 1; Bonslett, | with the large turnout of rural resi- 8. McHenry went to Crystal Lake last night prepared to fight the battle of their lives, as they knew that Crystal Lake was out to win. First of all Crystal Lake had secured Coach Gar- dents, a grand total of *J41 votes were cast, the largest ever in the history of • the town. ! After an exceedingly busy after­ noon, during which our business men I did not suffer for want of something to candy. , The attendance at school Wednes­ day morning was very small because of the storm. Those guiding wurds the sophs col­ lected Monday did not guide them to school Wednesday. The eighth grade pupils have dis­ covered that the "Lady of the Lake" was not a mere maid. Current events were discussed this week by Verena Brefeld, Alfred Rich­ ardson, Anna Wrede and Mary Con- way. Mr. N'ye: "What is the distin­ guishing feature of a leaf-eating beetle?" Paul: "They chew." What happened to Sarah and Ve­ rena? They rose early enough Fri­ day morning to walk to Rosedale and back before school time. rity of the Woodstock hi^h school to,to do, the polls came to a close at the' COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION referee the game and, in. view of the fact that McHenry had .slipped it over on the county seaters twice this sea­ son, it would be quite natural for Gar- rity to favor Crystal Lake. In spite of all this, McHenry again came out of the fray with flying colors and. thus we have succeeded in trouncing every team in the county except Harvard and Huntley. That pill of last evening surely was a bitter one for Crystal Lakg to swal- loVv, for they surely felt confident that they could defeat McHenry in their own lair, but, alas, their fond hopes have thus faded away and they must now be willing to admit that they are not mad^e of the "stuff" that makes regular basket ball teams. appoint^ hour, five o'clock. About two hours after the judges and clerks F#r A^pointment to Annapolis Naval of the caucus, consisting of the fol >- lowing gentlemen, S. H. Freund, Chas. B. Harmsen and Chas. P. Wright, gave out the information that Math'as- Miller had defated his opponent, John Niesen, for the office of collector by jtwelve votes; Wm. B. Tonyan won the j nomination for highway commissioner (over his opponent, C. W. Harrison, by 115 votes, while the race for constable between Louis Schroder and Wm. H. Kelley, both of Ringwood, stood at a tie, each having 357 votes to his credit. Since the caucus the tie*vote for constable was decided by the flipping ! of a coin -by Town Clerk Chas. B. School to be Held at Geneva April 1 During the past few games played j Harmsen, W, H. Kelley winning the by our boys they have shown a ten-itoss an(j was therefore declared the dency to slow up in the second half,, regUiar nominee. The two defeated this being the case again last night. ] candldates for office, Charles W. Har- At the end of the first half the home!,.^,, anct John Niesen, have filed, pe- i_j_ i_j u-- - oo a ol.l ... t., . i i lads led by a score of 22 to 8, but al­ lowed the Crystal Lake boys to out­ play them in the second, making the final score 30 to 23. The lffte-ups and scores of last night's contest follow: Crystal Lake (23) Lundgren Peterson Rezek Gruenwald Carey R. F. L. F. C. L, G, R. G, Subs: Crystal Lake- druss, Anderson; McHenry--Boyle, MeOmber, Field throws: Lundfcren, 2; Peter­ son, 1; Rezek, 7; Carey, 1; Bonslet^ 3; Bacon, 1; Miller, 3; Richardson. 6. titions with the town clerk, which means that the fight will be waged all over again on election day, April 4. The vote of last Tuesday was as follpws: Total vote cast 941 Total men vote cast 615 , Total women vote cast. . . ; 326 Bacon ,T0tatf number of invalid ballots. • 1 Miller j j>'pr Town Clerk Richardson j Q^ftr]es p. Harmsen *>45 Jus ten j Kqj- Assessor Adamek, An- John w Kimbull 016 McHenry (30) Bonslett For Collector John Niesen Mathias Miller For Highway Commissioner Chas, W. Harrison .450 .462 .389 A few weeks ago a bill was passed by congress providing for an addi­ tional appointment to the United States Naval academy at Annapolis for each member of congress. A num­ ber of young men from the various counties have made applcation for the appointment from the eleventh con­ gressional district, but in order to give everyone the same opportunity Representative Ira C. Copley has de­ cided to hold a competitive examina­ tion of all applicants. The examination board will consist of the county superintendents of schools of the various counties in our district and they will meet at the of­ fice of Professor Edward A. Ellis, county superintendent of schools of Kane county, Geneva, Illinois, on Sat­ urday, April 1, 1916, at 9 a. m., for the purpose of examining all appli­ cants who present themselves. Ex­ aminations will be given in the follow­ ing subjects: Grammar, including punctuation, etc.; arithmetic, geog­ raphy, U. S. history, spelling, algebra and geometry. The examination will begin at 9 a. m. and close at 4 p. m., allowing an hour for the noon period. Each applicant is requested to bring a physician's statement to the effect that he is physically qualified to re­ ceive the appointment, should his mental examination entitle him to it. Any boy is eligible who is an actual resident of the eleventh congressional Free 4. throws: Anderson, 1; Bonslett, J 'g Tonyan 504 district of Illinois, who has reached Referee, Garrity. St. Patrick's Day Event i For Constable j Louis Schroder ......... The McHenry council, K. of C., to- j Wm. H. Kelley ......... gether with the members• of their families and invited friends, enjoyed their annual St. Patrick's day celebra- .357 .357 Politicians In Town ' State Senator Richard J. Barr of Joliet, who is a candidate for attor- tion at Stoff&l's hall on Friday evening | ney general, and U. S. G. Blakely, ed- of last week. The event proved one of j itor of the piainfield, 111., Enterprise, the most pleasing ever held in-^Mc- ^ candidate for delegate to the na- Henry and the large crowd present i ^0nal Republican convention, were in more than enjoyed the evening's pro-1 jown a short time last Friday. the age of sixteen years and has not passed his twentieth birthday, who is sound physically and mentally, and who can meet the requirements, as to height, weight, etc. The young men of the district should avail themselves of this oppor­ tunity, gram, which consisted of vocal and instrumental music, readings and an address by Hon. James Donahue of ing their stay here they called on as many people as their time allowed. They were on their <vay to Waukegan, Chicago. A couple of hours were also i coming to McHenry from Woodstock: passed at dancing with Walsh's orches- [ senator as well as Editor Blakely tra of Chicago furnishing the music. I ma(je very favorable impressions Social Wheel Members and guests of the Social Dur-' Wheel were very pleasantly enter­ tained last* Saturday afternoon in the home of Mrs. Anna Byrd and daugh­ ter, Luclle. The afternoon's program was in keeping with St. Patrick's day. The origin and history of the honored saint was read, also many Irish stories with those thev met here and we feel ®nd J°kes were told by those Present- certain that their stop in McHenry A-novel guessing game was also a was not made for naught. fe*ture of the afternoon M.ss Agnes -- •-- , Dodge winning the honors. iMrs. Mrs. Mary A. Heaney ; Rjchard Wray" sang sweetly1 an Irish The following death notice appeared b a l l a d , after which all joined in sing- in the Chicago Daily News on Tues- inff Q,d folk songs At the close of day evening of this week with instruc- program de'icious refreshments has disappeared from their new | tions to have McHenry paper copy: ;were served> at which time each lady Steins and Glassware Taken It is reported that all of the beauti­ ful and valuable steins that have been donated to Messrs. Peter J. Feipel and William Lawton of Chicago, with the very complete equipment of glassware that has also been kindly donated to them. house boat, "Pousse-Cafe," which u_p j Heaney--Mary A., (nee Erwin), 5141 to' the present '^tinie has been stored on the banks of the Fox river in the Everett Hunter Boat company yards. It is suspected that well meaning friends may have made these depre­ dations, but it is not definitely known. The Sewing Cfrcle The Royal Neighbor Sewing Circle met at the home of Mrs: Kr3us^ on Wednesday afternoon of last week* where a couple of hours were passed at sewing, after which refreshments were served. The meeting was well attended. Read Plaindealer ads. W. Washington Bd., fond wife James J., fond mother of John Eleanor M. and Josephine B. and the late James E. Funeral Thursday, March 23, 1916, at 9:3Q a. m., from her late residence, 5141 W Wpshingtofl Bd., to St. Thomas Acquinas' church; interment at Calvary. Hecent Auto Sales Overton & Cowen, the West Side garage men, report recent autbmobile sales as follows: Chalmers Six-For- ty to John M. Phalin, Chalmers Six to John F. Claxton and Willys-Knight touring car to Chas. G. Frett. I was presented with a small potted j shamrock as a favor. The «fiext mee^" ! ing will be held at the home of Mrs. N. H. Petesch oi^ Friday, April 7, Mrs. Margaret McGOl The remains of Mj-s, Margaret Mc- (3i|j, who passed gway in Chicago, w$re brought here for burial on Mon­ day afternoon of this week, interment being made in St. Patrick's cemetery. The deceased was ^out fifty-five years of age and was born and raised at Fox Lake. Forty or more relatives and friends from Chicago and other points accompanied the remains to this village. Miscellaneous Assortment of News Items In Condensed Form For Busy People Box car bandits have again made their appearance at Rondout. This time they got away with considerable merchandise. Dundee Percheron Horse company's first annual sale held in that city one day recently drew out one of the largest crowds that ever assembled there. Antioch's new high school building will be dedicated with appropriate ceremonies tomorrow (Friday). Hon. F. G. Blair, state superintendent of public instruction, will give the ad­ dress. B. F. Eidamiller, a well knoSvn trav­ eling salesman for the National Bis­ cuit company, has disposed of his in­ terest in the C. P. Bradley & Co. wholesale bakery at Harvard, of which concern he became a member a few months ago. Ed. Bradley of Rock- ford purchased his interest. George Moriarity of Woodstock, who became a member of the Chicago White Sox during the past winter, is now in training with the balance of the team at Mineral Springs, Texas. One of Woodstock's papers has sug­ gested a "Moriarity Day" at the Sox park some time during the coming playing season. Twenty-five young men of Harvard have signified their willingness to fight for Uncle Sam by joining Co. M, 1. N. G., of Belvidere. t A platoon is to be organized in that city and from the interest that is being taken by the young men that city will be in a position to boast of a whole company before many years have passed. Fully two hundred residents and property owners attended the public pavement hearing at Harvard one day last week. Most of those gathered were in favor of the contemplated im­ provement and it now looks as if Har­ vard will have more paved streets by the end of this year,than any other city or village in McHenry county. Matthew Kelly of Lake Geneva is under bond of $ 1,000 and faces the charge of having written a letter de­ manding that a certain sum of money be deposited at a given point on the Elkhorn road, otherwise a large ice house belonging to Kelly & Russell would be burned to the ground. Post­ master Brown of Lake Geneva swore out the warrant and Uncle Sam will see the case thru. M. F. Walsh of the Harvard Herald is at St. Petersburg, Fla.. having gone there on the advice of his phy­ sician. Mr. Walsh is one of the most able newspaper men in the northern part of Illinois and his brother pub­ lishers learn of his illness with the deepest regret, but all hope that the balmy breezes of the south will soon give him back his former good health and that he will be back in the harness at an early date. A suit for $38,328.18 against the Woodstock & Sycamore and Chicago, Waukegan & Fox Lake traction lines has been filed in the circuit ceurt of DeKalb county at Sycamore by John Seymour, a railroad contractor, thru his attorneys, Peffers & Wing of Aurora and Cliff & Cliff of Sycamore. Seymour did a large part of the grad- ng in the preparation of the right of way during the building of the road. During the. course of the building it is said that financial difficulties beset the road and to secure his pay he has filed the bill on a contractor's lien. The case is set for a hearing before the master in chancery of DeKalb county next week. The Sycamore & Woodstock line was built to connect these cities with the Fox Lake sum­ mer resorts. Holds Special Meeting and Elects P. J. Green as President Merry-Go-Round The ninth annual progressive,dinner party, given by the members of the Merry-Go-Round club, was celebrated on Friday evening last, March 17, an<| proved, as usual, to be the most fashionable event of the season. The members met at 6:30 at the Chamber- lin home, where the oyster course was served; then to the Bohlander home to partake of soup; from there to the F. E. Covalt home, where a de­ licious meat course was served; then to the MeOmber home, where a dainty and tempting salad awaited them, and from there, via the six-cylinder mode of transportation, to the country home of C. L. Page, where th^dessert course brought this delightful dinner to a close. A few games of cards were then played, the prizes being awarded to Mrs. F. L. MeOmber and E. Co- alt. The guests departed during the wee small hours, all looking eagerly forward to a repetition of this same glorious time on next St. Patrick's day. M. E. Church Services as follows next Sunday: Sunday school, 10:00 a. m.; preach­ ing services, 11:00 a. m.; evening services, 7:45 p. m. , W. C. Evers, Pa tor. Imported pure olive oil at C, A special meeting of the McHenry County Agricultural society was held at the office of the secretary on Mon­ day evening, March 13, 1916. The meeting was held as an adjourned meeting of the one which had been called for Thursday, Feb. 17, 1916, at which no quorum was present. The meeting was called to order by Vice President Frank J. Green. The first business transacted was the elec­ tion of two members of the boa<rd of directors, making that board to con­ sist of seven members, as provided by the by-laws. Treasurer John M. Hoy placed in nomination the names of Chas. F. Renich and Theo. Hamer for mem­ bers of the board of directors. The nominations were seconded by Secre­ tary William C. Bartelt and both per­ sons elected unanimously. The matter of the removal from McHenry county of Delos L. James and his consequent ineligibility to hold ofiice as president or member of the board of directors of the society was called to the attention of the board. Mr. James' verbal resignation as president, given to Secretary Bar­ telt, was also stated to the meeting, following which a motion was made by Director Renich. seconded by Di­ rector Hamer, "that in view of the re­ moval from McHenry county of De­ los L. James and his cpnsequent in­ ability to serve in the office of presi­ dent to which he was elected, and fn view of his resignation from said of­ fice, as transmitted verbally to the so­ ciety thru the secretary, the office of president of the McHenry Cqunty Agriculture society be and hereby is declared vacant." Said motion was passed by unanimous vote of those present. After some discussion of the im­ portance of properly filling the va­ cancy, General Superintendent Geo. Eckert placed in nomination Frank Green for president. The nomina­ tion \vas seconded by Theo. Hamer ancKMr. <Eckert asked for a vote, which was unanimous for Mr. Green, who was declared elected. The office of vice president having become vacant by the election of Mr. Green as president, nominations for vice president were asked for. Mr. Eckert nominated Charles W. Harri­ son of Ringwood for vice president. The nomination was seconded by Mr. Hamer and Mr. Harrison was elected unanimously. Upon motion of John M. Hoy, sec onded by W. C. Bartelt, G. H. Dike, Theo. Hamer and Chas. F. Renich were elected as delegates to the state fair meeting at Springfield next Sep tember. Theo., Hamer, George Eckert and John M. Hoy were appointed as a committee to draft suitable resolu­ tions of respect to the memory of Charles F. Dike, for many years an active and loyal worker in the affairs of this society, who passed from this life into eternity at his home in Crys­ tal Lake on Monday, March 6, 1916. President Green announced that he would take under consideration the appointment of several committees, to have entire charge of the fair for this year. The entire board of di­ rectors are constituted as a commit­ tee to work out a budget for the handling of the expenses of this year's fair, to IK* based on the experiences of past years, with a view of strengthen­ ing the finances of the society. The question of holding regular monthly or semi-monthly meetings of the board of directors was discussed, but not finally determined. It was decided to hold a meeting of the board of directors on Tuesday evening, March 21, for the appoint­ ment of committees and to continue consideration of matters pertaining to the 1916 fair. Upon motion the meeting was then adjourned. W. C. Bartelt. Secretary. Resolutions Whereas, It has been brought to the attention of the board of directors of the "McHenry County Agricultural board that Honorable Charles F. Dike, late a member of the board and for many years one of its leading spirits, has responded to the last call which all must sooner or later answer, and Whereas. In the death of Mr. Dike, the McHenry County Agricultural board has lost a support which will be keenly felt by all its members, the county of McHenry a public spirited citizen and official, and his family a kind and indulgent husband and fath­ er; therefore He it Resolved, Hiat the McHenry Coun­ ty Agricultural board thru its' board of directors, hereby expresses its sin­ cere sorrow at the loss of Hon. Chas. F. Dike as one of its valued members. We tender to his family our sincere and heartfelt sympathy in their hour of affliction in their loss. Be it Further Resolved,. That these resolutions be spread upon the rec­ ords of otfr board and that a copy of the s?me be transmitted to the fam­ ily. Done at Woodstock, Illinois, this 13th day of March, A. D. 1916. ITEMS OF LOCAL INTEREST AS PICKED UP BY PLAINDEALER REPORTERS DURING WEEK This Til- Vicinity-- What People are Doing in lage and the Immediate Other Short Paragraphs Butter Market Butter on the Elgin board of trade was sold at 36 cents per pound last • Saturday. Expert welding at Stilling's garage. " Early seed potatoes at M. M. ; Niesen's. • Get formaldehyde at McAllister's drug store. E. V. McAllister's formaldehyde for treating smut in grain. Thelen's galvanized steel fence Wm. Simes, agent, McHenry, Spring opening of Miss millinery, Saturday, April 1. T. and T posts. 111. Better place that order now for early seed potatoes with M. M. Nie- 4 sen. H. C. Mead is confined to his hoipe in the south end of town with la grippe. Souvenirs will be given away at the spring opening of Miss Thelen's mil­ linery, April 1. Have your old wall paper made to • look like new. Jesse Wormley can do it. Phone 81-M. The milk war is still unsettled, al­ tho several farmers have signed Bor­ den contracts during the past week. Rugs and linoleums of quality, the kind that look good and wear better. Come and see them. N. J. Justea & Son. Save one-half the cost of new paper by having your old paper cleaned. Jesse Wormley, McHenry, 111. Phone 81-M. Tuesday was the first day of spring, but we haven't heard of anyone in McHenry putting in a garden-on that day. Painting and paper hanging. Let me give you an estimate. First-class work guaranteed. R. I. Turner, .West McHenry, 111. 39-2t „ Mr. and Mrs. A. Noonan are now occupying the Hogan house aa* John street, having moved there from the Whiting farm. Lightning during a snow storm was a rare sight witnessed by a number of our early risers on Wednesday morning of this week. Expert welding done at Stilling's garage. Bring in your broken ma­ chine parts and have them welded. All work guaranteed. There isn't anything that the busi­ ness men like any better than to see a good, hot fight on on caucus or elec­ tion day. Saturday's crowd surely • was a record breaker. . ' On account of improvements being made in Chicago part of the Borden milk delivered to the Wauconda plant s now being brought to McHenry for bottling, which means employment to few extra hands at the local plant. One of the heaviest falls of snow- of the season visited this section early Wednesday morning of this week. The storm arrived in the form of sleet on Tuesday night and before morning the ground was covered with a deep mantle of the "beautiful." Don't forget that you are invited to the basket social to be held at the Uni- , versalist church parlors* Saturday night ofc this week, for the benefit of the Co-operative library. A good time for both old and young has b$gp planned by those having the event m - charge. The Lonesome Eight The Lonesome Eight entertained their husbands at a St. Patrick's party held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Spencer on Friday evening of last week. Cards furnished very pleasant amusement for a few hours, after - which a three course luncheon was J served. Favors were in the form of green haJts for the men and green bon­ bon boxes for the ladies. Souvenirs, in the form of white and green hats fastened to shamrocks, were also given each guest. The winners at cards were as follows :> First, Miss- Clara Schiessle; second, Mrs. P. H- Weber; consoltaion. Mrs. J. C. Holly. The men's prizes were awarded a& . follows: First, H. J. Mattern; sec­ ond, Geo. Young; consolation, Geo. Bohr. Those who made up the gath­ ering were: Messrs.. and MesdameK Geo. Bohr. James T. Perkins. J. C. Holly, Geo. B. Young, Peter Weber, W. D. Wentworth a»d Wm. Spencer; Mrs. E. F. Matthews and Mifcs Clara Schiessle. The gathering proved the most enjoyable held by the "dub this. season. The club met again at the - home of Mrs. Peter H. Weber yesterv . £ day afternoon, at which time tfcfr • .prizes were awarded to the following: First, Mrs. Geo. B. Young; secoad> Mrs. J. C. Holly; consolation, Mrs. Geo. Bohr. The usual refreshmeatr - were served. '4,