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- * } ' y ? » v' *>, ^ * - ̂ -y T k. > Jv - *• - * 1 ' -v " S ^ * - Vv '!, \ ' >\V;r ;--vf; 1 '"-^ ; *^i ?' *" " P&ST % VOLUME XLI Mo HENRY. ILLINOIS. THURSDAY. MARCH 30. 1910 NO. 41. WEEKLY PERSONAL (TENS COMERS AND GOERS 3F A WEEK IN OUR BUSY VILLAGE At Seen By Plaindealer Reporters and Handed Into Oar Office By Our Friends G. E. Schoel was. a Chicago visitor last Friday. Miss Lola Boyle was an Elgin vis­ itor Saturday. Frank Schnabel transacted business in Chicago Monday. F. J. Barbian was a business/ vis­ itor in Chicago Friday. Will Schneider was a business vis­ itor in Chicago Monday. Carl Bickler boarded the train for Woodstock Friday morning. Ben Stilling was a business visitor at Barrington last Saturday. F. Weinschenker boarded the Chi­ cago train Friday morning. C. S. Dumbleton passed the' fore part of the week in Chicago. Mrs. C. G. Frett and son, Leonard, Were Chicago visitors Saturday. Walter Simon was a business vis­ itor at Crystal Lake last Friday. Everett Hunter was among the Chi­ cago passengers Saturday morning. Math. Thelen was a business visi­ tor in the metropolitan city Monday. Edward Boyle was among the pas­ sengers for Elgin last Saturday morn­ ing. Mrs. C. E. Gaylord and daughter, Mildred, were Elgin visitors Satur­ day. M. L. Worts attended to matters of a business nature in Chicago last Fri­ day. . W. D. Went worth attended to busi­ ness matters at the 'county seat Mon­ day. Mrs. Anna Byrd passed Saturday and Sunday as the guest of friends in Elgin. Miss Florence Granger passed the week end as the guest of friends at Hebron. Herbert Landwer of Barrington was a Sunday guest in the home of J. F. Claxton. Percy. L$ftijaf Chicago passed Sun­ day in the hotne of 4iis father, John D. Lodtz, here. Gene Larson of Woodstock passed Sunday as a guest in the home of Mrs. C. E. Gaylord. • Jay Comiskey of Woodstock was the guest of friends in McHenry over the week end. Miss Mildred Gaylord is spending the week as the guest of relatives at Delavan, Wis. Harry Ayling of Chicago Was a guest in the home of Mr. and Mrs. F. L. McOmber Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Matthews of Lake Geneva, Wis., were guests of friends here Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. A1 Krause and chil­ dren were among the Chicago passen­ gers Friday morning. Mrs. N. H. Petesch and daughter, Angela, are passing the week as guests of relatives in Chicago. Miss Edna Homuth of Barrington was a guest of her sister, Mrs. A. A. Landwer, Saturday and Sunday. James Colby of Plainville, Kan., jvas a guest in the home of Mrs. E. W. Howe last Saturday and Sunday. Miss Emma Pint of Chicago passed Sunday as a guest in the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Pint. Gilbert McOmber of Chicago was a Sunday guest in the home .of his par­ ents, Mr. and Mrs. F. L. McOmber. Ralph Van Natta of Chicago was a week end guest in the home of his par­ ents, Mr. and Mrs. M. L. Van Natta. Earl Whiting of Elgin passed Sat­ urday and Sunday as a guest in the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. D. A. Whiting. Clinton Martin passed the latter part of last and the fore part of this was the guest of his brother, Loren, at Madison, Wis. . Mrs. F. K. Granger passed the lat­ ter part of last week and the fore part of this in the home of her daughter, Mrs. A. K. Burns, at Austin. Geo. J. Schreiner, John W. Fay, Walter Warner, Guy Bacon, Albert Freund and Vernon Lockwood were over from the county seat Sunday. Misses Harriet and Marian Chapell of Chicago were guests of their grand­ mother, Mrs. Alsena Smith, the latter part of last and the fore part of this week, Mesdames N. H. Petesch, R. T. Wray, Clara Starritt, C. L. Page, Anna Byrd and Miss Alice Waite were guests of Bethel chapter, O. E. S., at Elgin last Friday evening, in honor of a visit from grand officers. Misses Birdie Small, Fannie Grang­ er, Pearl Claxton, Frances Welch, Ag­ nes Dodge, Lucile Byrd, Mary Burke, Lola Boyle, Norma Whiting, Eleanor Whiting, Julia arid Lenore Freund, Agnes and Flossie Carey and Prof. A. E. Nye are attending teachers' insti­ tute at Crystal Lake this week. r Messrs. Walter Walsh, Thos. Bol- ger, W. J. Welch, C. L. Page, W. E. Whiting, J. M. Phalin, Job Vasey, E. R. Sutton, C. W. Gibbs, John Claxton, Hubert Freund, Edmund Knox, ;John S. Freund, Charles Johnston, Charles » Schmekzer and Hubert Swank attend­ ed the Milk Producers' convention in Chicago Monday. McHENRY IS WINNER Takes Game From Woodstock at Crystal Lake Last Night Last night Coach Dorr took his men to Crystal Lake to play the semi­ finals of the county tournament, and succeeded in eliminating Woodstock as 4 final contender for the county championship by the scoffe of 16 to 15. It is needless to say that it was a hard fought battle, as all McHenry fans know the bitter rivalry that has always existed between these two teams. From the very start Mc­ Henry had the jump on their op­ ponents, and played their usual strong game to the final whistle. The game had hardly progressed three minutes when our boys took the lead with a basket. Shortly after a personal was called on our heroes and Woodstock scored a point on a foul throw. From this on both teams played rather evenly, the first half ending in a 9 to 9 tie. In the last half McHenry started in determined to cop the game and they did, altho they had hard luck on many shots. In spite of the fact that the roads were in poor condition, McHenry was represented by a few fans. It is hof>ed that McHenry will be able to send quite a delegation Friday for the finals, when they will meet Crys­ tal Lake. * This game will decide the winners of the tournament and Mc­ Henry feels confident that they can succeed in bringing home the banner. The line-ups and scores follow: McHenry (16) Woodstock (15) Bonslett R. If, Sherburne Bacon L. F. Bolger Miller C. G. Nolan Justen L. G. Bergthal Richardson R. G. J. Nolan Field goals: Bonslett, 3; Bacon, 2; Miller, 1; Bolger, 3; Sherburne, 2. Free throws: Bolger, 5; Bonslett, 4. BREEN AND O'BRIEN VICTORS Popular Elgin Wrestler Wins From Chieago Man Ifere Chas. Breen, popular Elgin wrest­ ler, took two straight falls from the much-touted "Bull" Anderson in a match which took place at the Cen­ tral opera house in this village on Saturday evening last, the first in thirteen minutes and thev second in sixteen minutes. In the preliminary, "Red" O'Brien of Woodstock threw Bill Worts of this village and Roderick Gregor of Elgin, four times each within an hour and won the handicap match. The two victories have stirred up great interest in the matches sched­ uled for Elgin Saturday night, when Breen will face "Kid" Martin of Chi­ cago, who recently defeated him at Elgin, and "Red" O'Brien will be pit­ ted against Billy Lynn of Chicago. Fans of the game here hope to see a bigger crowd out in the event that a good match is pulled off here again. A Woman's View During my life of nearly four score years I have had many reasons for gratitude, but I am most grateful for my right to cast my vote against the liquor dealers of my home town at our coming spring election. I have lived here nearly fifty years and have seen degradation and death come to their patrons and poverty, sorrow and shame to their families. I have seen no good come to anyone from this aC- ctirsed business. Even the dealers themselves have beaten tdown -their better instincts, if they ever had any, until they are heedless of the cries of the weak and innocent sufferers, and regardless of the better provisions of the license laws that have given them a right to exist. If they are wiped off the face of the earth by indignant womanhood they will have only them­ selves to blame for it. Adv. Harriette P. Buckland. Big Crowd at Baby Show Something novel was offered at the Central opera house oft last Thursday evening and judging by the crowded house and lively applause it is safe to call it a distinct hit. The feature of the evening's entertainment consisted of the projection upon the screen of the images of the babies of McHenry. Well nigh all the parents of the town had the pleasure of viewing their own "presidential timbers" displayed. A splendid drama of the west, full of gripping episodes, and a comdey closed the entertainment. New Operator at Central Arne Bergh, the new operator at the Central opera house, comes highly rec­ ommended from the Olympic theatre in Chicago and, having a long exper­ ience in moving picture operation, is sure to give our movie fans the very beRt of projection, which is the ele­ mentary feature of the silent drama. By the way, he hails from Norway, the liome of the "Viking," and he's over six feet fall. Look at him! Imported pure olive oil at C. Unti's. Vote NO Tuesday, April 4. Adv. THE MILK SITUATION HERE LOCAL ASSOCIATION FIRM FOR PRICES Pres. Walsh of Local Branch Encour­ ages Producers In Belief Big Com­ panies Will Come to Them The greatest Milk Producers' meeting ever held in Chicago was the verdict of all the producers who attended the meeting last Monday, when twelve to thirteen hundred de­ termined men, representing 10,000 producers, overflowed the Hotel Mor­ rison anil adjourned to the First M. E. church. Never before was such* enthusi­ asm and such determination shown as the following resolution, which was unanimously adopted;1 will show: Resolution Resolved, That we, the members and delegates of the various locals of the Milk "Producers' association here as­ sembled, feel as never before the justice of our demands for the prices of our milk that have been set by our association, namely: $1.30 per can and $1.55 per hundred pounds, and we instruct the milk boaTd to hold to the price and agree to withhold our milk from all buyers who will not pay the price, and further that no milk be sold to dealers who offer the association price unless said dealers agree to take all milk from their patrons who are members of this association at all their plants. A census of the 150 points repre­ sented showed us in control of not less than two-thirds of the milk, maqy points showing as high as 100 per cent holding solid for the price. This is a phase of the fight that has been much discussed by everyone concerned and while the big com­ panies have made the statement that they have all the milk they want and that no shdftage will- exist aftftr April 1, we can say positively that unless they pay the price the city of Chicago will see the greatest milk famine that has existed there since Mrs. O'Leary's cow went on a strike. The big companies have but one string to pull and that is to hold out as long as possible with the hope that most of the weak-kneed fellows will sign up and.weaken the differ­ ent locals to such an extent that all will have to sign. However, they have almost decided that it is im­ possible for them to win that way, for the reason that they have tried every possible way to scare us in to selling, such as tryiVig to convince us that the books were to be closed, that our leaders were not on the square, etc., etc., but without suc­ cess as this great meeting in Chi­ cago has shown. 9 About twenty of our local farmers attended that meeting an4 came home determined that not a drop of milk should be delivered to the Bor­ den company until they paid the price. A meeting was held the fol­ lowing day and every one of those fifty, men, representing 18,000 pounds of milk, voted to hold their milk and to so dispose of it that not an ounce would be delivered,, to the Borden company. With that idea in view, a factory has been secured to take care of this milk for the present time and until other accommodations can be se­ cured. A market has been secured for all the creani we may care to sell at 39 cents a pound for butter fat. At that price it will be readily seen that the 3.5 pnilk will bring us more money for the butter fat alone than the Borden company has agreed to pay. Therefore we feel that there is no cause for worry and that we can get on without the Borden com­ pany as long as they can get on witheut t»s, The following_smaller buyers are paying the price: Mt. Prospect •creamery, Victor May, Wleland Dairy company, Oatman's, Wilmette Dairy company buys the Shermerville milk, National Dairy company buys the milk at Wheeling and Patton buys the milk at Schaumberg. r Attention, Voters Next Sunday afternoon, April 2, the voters of McHenry township will be given an opportunity of hearing noted speakers present their arguments in behalf of the "wet" side of the con­ troversy which is to be decided at the coming election. Mrs. Minona S. Jones and Prof. Frank Midney of Youngstown, Ohio, who have toured and spoken in cities of note, will be at Parish hall, Johnsburg, at 3:00 o'clock p. m. and at the Central opera house, McHenry, at 8:00 p. m., thus conven­ iently reaching all the voters of the township. As these speakers are prominent in their work all those in­ terested in the question should turn out and hear what they have to say. Everybody is cordially invited to at­ tend whichever hall is most conven­ ient Adv. Notice to Taxpayers As I hold all amonuts of taxes de­ linquent, to accommodate taxes due and returned 1 will send same to Woodstock free of any charge, if paid before the first day of May. John Niesen, Collector. DITCH QUESTION SETTLED Couaty Judge Rules Petition Valid And In Due Form [Harvard Herald] The first bout in the Chemung drainage district case, which has been in the county court for three or four weeks, vwas won by the petitioners, represented by Hendricks & Marshall, last Monday, when Judge Smiley ruled that the petition for the organization of the district was in due form of law, that notices required had been given and that the district should be organized. Wednesday and Thursday of last week were consumed in hearing ob­ jections as to the jurisdiction of the court and the matter was continued until Monday, at which time the de­ cision was rendered. At the time of the first hearing on the petition a number ol signers filed petitions to have their names removed from the original petition on the ground that the cost of the project would be great­ er than represented, but Judge Smiley denied the petition, holding that suf ficient showing had not been made whereby the court could determine the cost per acre of land yivolved. F. C. Wells of this city, Elmer D. Walter of Chemung and Wm. Des­ mond of Woodstock were appointed by the court as commissioners of the district. Their duties will be to go over the district proposed to make such changes in the plans as they may deem just and proper and make re­ port to the court as to their findings. The hearing in the matter has been continued to April 17, at which time it is expected the commissioners will present their report and also the property owners will have another op­ portunity to be heard if they so de­ sire. It the court approves of the commissioners' report, the commis­ sioners will then proceed to organize the district and spread the assess­ ment. It is rumored that objectors to the organization of the district plan, thru their attorneys, B. I". Manley, D. R. Joslyn and Waite & Donovan, will test the validity of the organiza­ tion of the district by quo warranto proceedings in the circuit court. The proposed Chemung drainage district includes 8,670f acres, to be drained by one main and three branch open ditches and numerous tile open­ ings. The open ditches will vary in size from 30 to 16 feet at the top and from 11 to 4 feet at the bottom, with a depth of 6 to 8 feet. The boundaries of the district can be roughly outlined as follows: Starting at the state line and including on the north the farms ol Ben Chilson, Albert Klaman and H. D. Crumb; thence south - and in­ cluding all but the northeast forty of the Farman farm; thence east and including the Albert Tooker farm; thence south and including the Sample farm; thence southwest thru the village ol Lawrence and Chemung to the Beck property in Dunham; thence north and northwest thru the W. J. Barth farm; thence north to and including the August -Hahn farm; thence northeast in a zigzag line to the place of beginning at the Chilson farm. The petition is signed by six­ ty-two owners, representing almost 5,000 acres within the boundaries of the district and there are 131 differ­ ent parties who own interests within the proposed district. DOUBTLESS TRUE WEEKLY ITEMS N. M. Freund of St. Louis Answers Letter Published Last Week St. Louis, Mo., March 27, 1910. Editor Plaipdealer, McHenry, 111. Dear Sir--Saw in your last issue of The Plaindealer where a soldier boy from Jefferson barracks, Mo., visited St. Louis on a thirty-six hour pass and lound it "the toughest town he pver saw." I have passed twenty-five years of my life in St. Louis and ten years in Chicago; visited a number of the principal cities in the United States and some in Europe, but fail to see that St. Louis is any worse than any one of them. ^ In large cities you can find the bad as wefl as the good. If one has an in­ clination to look for churches he can find as many of them in St. Louis of all denominations as in any city in the jyorld. People who are lovers of art can spend thirty^six hours at Art Building, Forest Park, and at Jeffer­ son Memorial and many other places of interest and forget about the tough part of our city. Respectfully yours, N. M. Freund. Are You Going to Do Inside Dec­ orating We have just unpacked twenty bar­ rels of Bradley & Vrooman's paints. In this shipment we have 50 per cent more velvet flat finish for interior decoration than ever before. What does this mean? It means that this flat coat paint is being used almost exclusively for interior painting and decorating. We carry a complete stock of paints. ' Donavin & Reihansperger. AS TAKEN FROM THE COLUMNS OF OUR EXCHANGES Miscellaneous Assortment of News Items In Condensed Form For Busy People St. John's Lutheran church at Al­ gonquin was dedicated last Sunday. There are over 2,500,000 acres of wet land still unreclaimed in Illinois. A farm of 100 acres near EHchorn, W is., has just been sold for $250 per acre. Six years ago the seller paid $90 per acre for it. The city of Woodstock has organ­ ized a golf club and its 100 members have just leased fifty-six acres of land and will build a club house. More than one hundred Crystal Lake people are employed in Wood­ stock. Several of these have taken up a permanent residence there. The two years' fight against the foot and mouth disease in Illinois has cost the state $1,649,956, all of which has been paid out of the J;ax income. The ice on Geneva lake has become so honeycombed that the cisco fishers have come ashore and the colony is now out of business until next winter. The Des Plaines Camp Meeting as- Myron L. St. John, police chief of Marengo for the last eight years, has tendered his resignation, effective May 1. Ten applications for the posi tion are in. Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Stoxen of Heb ron have a family of seventeen chil­ dren, nine boys and eight girls. The eldest is twenty-six, while the young est is one year. Dehmlow, Haeger and Bratzler of Algonquin shipped three carloads of pedigreed stock to Madison Square Garden, N. Y., for a sale which took place March 28 and 29. Definite steps have been- taken by the Milk Producers' association at He­ bron to reopen two factories near there by April 1. Members there are firm in their stand for the association prices. Warden Zimmer of the Illinois pen­ itentiary says that the reason why there are more men behind the bars than women is because there are more men standing in front of bars than women. At a recent auction sale held on the farm of Geo. Vogel at Solon Mills the sales footed over $10,000. Dairy cows brought top notch prices and all stock sold high. L. H. Freeman of Hebron was the auctioneer. A pony contest recently closed in Harvard totaled 2,708,000 votes. It took eight men from early morning until 6:30 in the evening to count the votes. Miss Louise Nieman won the pony, bridle and saddle with 000,050 votes. During the freak snowstorm of last Wednesday morning the steeple of the Zion Evangelical church at Barring­ ton was struck by lightning. No real damage was done, as the fire soon died out of its own accord, and the burned section was not large. Richard H. Frayer of Crystal Lake, a patient at the Elgin state hospital, was killed one night recently when he fell fifteen feet from a summer hguse in the hospital grounds. His head struck on an iron pipe, the skull being fractured and death being instantan­ eous. The Oliver company at Woodstock is employing 1,500 men and working day and night shifts. Their payroll is about $56,000 every two weeks. The Woodstock Typewriter company em­ ploys 250 men. The pay checks at the Oliver plant are said to run as high as $95 for two weeks. Kociation has begun a canvas for $25,000 with which to improve the camp grounds and to improve rec­ reational and social features in con­ nection with camp meetings. It is expected that the fund will be secured by camp meeting time next July. County Judge D. T. Smiley recently received word that his nephew, S. T. Smiley, a naval lieutenant in the European war, had been lost. The young man was a brother of Nelson Smiley, who was formerly employed in the Farmers' Exchange bank of Woodstock.^In addition to the nephew who was lost, Judge Smiley has two other nephews in the war, as well as two brothers. Carp, buffalo and other rough fish, having increased in such great num- befs in the waters of Rock river and its tributaries, which comprise a fish preserve, the state fish and game com­ mission has declared an open season for the seining of such fish from Sept. 1 to Dec. 1, 1916. The seining, how­ ever, must be done under the direction of a deputy game, warden or other of­ ficial of the department. The bond issue and Hubbard's site for a township high school won in the election at Wauconda, a full, or very heavy vote being polled. This means that a new high school will be erected before fall, and those who fathered the plan expect that the attendance will be quite double the present daily at­ tendance. About ten acres of land will be purchased and an agricultural course added to the list of high school studies. LEONARD PHILLIPS MARRIED Weds Miss Violet Besly of Hinsdale at Her Home March 11 Altho not wholly unprepared for the news, the word that Leonard Phillips was married came to most McHenry friends as a surprise. His engage­ ment to Miss Violet Besly of Hins­ dale, 111., was announced last winter. The marriage was a very quiet one, taking place at the bride's home on Saturday, March 11, at six o'clock. Only a few near, relatives were pres­ ent. After Jt^<sreek spent at the Black- stone hotel, Chicago, the young couple left for a month's trip thru the Ber­ muda islands, after which they will be at home at Roanoke, Va., where Mr. Phillips has had his headquarters for some two years. The groom, a son of Mrs. Emma Phillips, is practically a McHenry bov. He graduated from the McHen­ ry high school with the class of '09, and altho different positions have taken him away for a time, McHenry was his home until about two years ago. when he left to take a position with the Southern Gypsum company. In this field he advanced rapidly and he now holds the title of Eastern dis­ trict sales manager. The bride is a daughter of Mrs. Kathleen M. H. Besly of Hinsdale, 111., and altho not known to many of our people is pronounced by those who have met her to be a very charming young woman. Congratulations and best wishes for a happy journey thru life are ex­ tended from friends here. Mrs. Mary Harris Mrs. Mary Harris, wife of the late Wm. Harris, passed away at" her home west of town about 11:00 o'clock Monday evening, March 27, 1916. Al­ tho not in good health for some time past, no anxiety had been felt for her and her death comes as a great shock to her family and friends, heart dis­ ease calling her suddenly. Mrs. Har­ ris was sixty-nine years of age. Her husband preceded her to the other world only last October and their only daughter, Mrs. Charles Pearson, died about one year ago. She leaves three sons, William, John and Gilbert, and three grandchildren--the children of her daughter. Funeral services will be conducted this (Thursday) after­ noon at 2:00 o'clock at the M. E. church, Rev. W. C. Evers officiating. Interment at Woodland cemetery. ITEMS OF LOCAL INTEREST AS PICKED UP BY PLAINDEALER REPORTERS DURING WEEK What People are Doing in This Vil­ lage and the Immediate Vicinity- Other Short Paragraphs Butter Market Butter on the Elgin board of trade sold at 36 cents per pound last Sat­ urday. Vote NO Tuesday, April 4. Get formaldehyde at McAllister's drug store. New hats received every week at Mrs. E. W. Howe's. E. V. McAllister's formaldehyde for treating smut in grain. If you want your pulverizer sharp­ ened see P. J. Schoewer & Son, West Side shop. Spring and summer millinery in great variety at Miss Thelen's milli­ nery store. The cream of spring styles in hats will be found at Mrs. E. W. Howe's^ millinery parlors. Mrs. John Huemann was on the sick list the first of the week, but i$ now on the road to recovery. Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Smith expect to move into their new home across the river in the very near future. A very novel sight to McHenryites' was the appearance on our mill pond yesterday morning of several swans. Peter J. Doherty has been confined to his home for the past two weeks thru sickness, but is now on the1 gain. Among recent sales reported by the Overton & Cowen automobile agency . is a Chalmers six-30 to Mrs. Clara M. " Starritt. • " 'M • 'H ' '1 Gayiord-Gaylord A wedding that will come as a complete surprise to most of our readers was' quietly solemnized at Woodstock on Monday afternoon of this week, when at three o'clock Mrs. Martha Gaylord of this place and Mr. William Henry Gaylord of Em- mettsburg, la., were united in mar­ riage at the home of the latter's sis­ ter, Mrs. William B. Nogle. Rev. Herbert H. Smith, pastor of the Bap­ tist church of Woodstock, was the of­ ficiating clergyman. Mr. and Mrs. Gaylord left immediately for a week's visit among relatives in Chicago and Wisconsin and will make their future home in McHenry. Basket Social a Success -The basket social, given for the ben­ efit of the the McHenry Co-operative library at the Universalist church last Saturday evening, proved^ one of the most enjoyable affairs of the season. A novel feature of the evening's en­ tertainment consisted of the publish­ ing of a newspaper, called "The Bub­ bly Bug," which was highly enjoyed by all, as were the games and stunts which followed. The boxes were auctioneered by Mr. Ratcliif, who, we are inclined to think, has missed his calling. A neat sum was realized, which will be used to purchase new books for the library. Voters, Attention Did You notice the results of 'spending your money at home" and the travesty on the "beautiful word, Temperance" on caucus day ? The stream of young, middle aged and old men going into the doors of your sa­ loons and later of the stream of gib­ bering idiots spewed into our homes an endless chain, poisoning the very centers of our being. What of the bitter, bitter tears shed there, of the heartache and the heartbreak of it all? Is this our share of "personal liberty" or shall we, too, join the ad­ vocates of it before the bars and be happy ? Adv. Home Protective Assn. Many Dead Fish It is reported that there are large quantities of dead fish in the waters of Fox lake and many more are dying daily. The cause is .«aid to be lack of air and the dirty condition of the water, due to excessive rains. The stringent fishing laws have "caused most of the fishermen to abandon the practice of fishing thru the ice and consequently there have been but few holes in the lake this season, this shutting off the air. Whether the fish will die in large enough quantities to affect sjimmer fishing is hard to tell. Vote NO Tuesday, April 4. Adv. John W. Fay has purchased the Fred Matthews house on John street. We understand he will occupy same, the first of May. Mike Freund is now occupying his home, formerly the Wightman house, in this village, having moved from Ingleside last week. Mrs. E. W. Howe has a beautiful line of spring hats for young and old. Be sure to call on her before you de­ cide on your Easter hat. The Huemann home on the corner of Elm and Court streets is now in the hands of the finishers and will soon be ready for occupancy. Members of the Socj^ Wheel are reminded there is no meeting this week, and that Mrs. N. H. Petesch will be hostess Friday, April 7. Owing to the fact that Rev. Mc- Evoy is called away, there w>ill be no meeting of the Choral society until Monday evening, April 10. 4 Having decided to move to the city, will offer for sale a part of my house­ hold furnishings. Inquire of Mrs. Jof^ f ephine Heimer, McHenry, 111. 1 The senior and junior classes of high school, the high school orchestra and girls' basket ball team were pho­ tographed for the new year book last F riday. Souvenir cards have been received from Mr. and Mrs. M. H. Fitzsim- mons, who are enjoying Gulf coast resorts. They expect to return home about April 10. Pupils of McHenry and country schools are enjoying a vacation from school duties this week, while the teachers are ^njoying a very good in­ stitute program at Crystal Lake. Work was begun yesterday on the old Searles place, recently purchased by Jacob Schneider, whereby the building will be converted into a two family house. John Mertes of Johns­ burg has the contract. One of the most disagreeable stormft of the season visited this part of the country the first of the week. Heavy rains, followed by sleet, ice and light snow, have put the roads in very bad condition and made walking anything' but a pleasure. A Studebaker six cylinder roadster * ; was delivered to C. Percy Barnes at Woodstock on March 17. C. P. Barnes is also a Studebaker owner. His car . was delivered on March 2. Both cars were purchased thru the local agent, George A. Stilling. The old Michael Welch placc, a short distance west of town on the Woodstock road, has been sold to George Steinsdoerfer of West Mc­ Henry. The deal was made thru Atty. A. H. Pouse. Mr. Welch will now make his home with his daufh- ter, Mrs. Peter J. Doherty. The many friends of H. E. Wight- man of Glencoe, formerly a resident of this village, will be sorry to know that he is confined to his betl, the victim of ' a stroke of paralysis, which befell him about a week ago, his left side being affected. Latest word is that he re­ mains about the same, but all who know him hope he may again enjoy - life as of old. . . > > ; , " .Ai nM .' v. ^ -IkJ