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•ip- fit- i.i* A warning; to the buyer of clothing: Be very careful in making your pur­ chase this spring--the colors may fade The woolens colored with cheaper dyes are beitf# placed on the market for sale and if you buy them your suit may turn from a brown to a dirty" looking green, or from blue to a rusty looking color. We guarantee all our suits made of fast colored woolen goods and the price not more than last year, as we bought our stock early, before the 40 per cent advance took effect. :: :: :: JOS. W. FREUND WEST McHENRY, ILL. vf fa" In I'- i- i"- ! i^v 1 We have a complete line of Shoes in heavy, medium and fine dress qualities. Popular priced lines in men's, boys' and children's, from 50c to $4.50 per pair. Rubbers to fit all sizes in light dress and heavy - serviceable. Our White Oak brand is the best heavy rubber made. Try them. Underwear, Caps and heavy Winter Goods at reduced prices. M. J. WALSH Phone 63-R Goods Delivered J) vM s **'•'. Br;'w IB.|| i' C£S "Foot Re t̂" THE HOSIERY FOR ALL THE FAMILY FOR WOMEN, FOR GIRLS, TOR BOYS, FOR MEN "Foot Re&" Hose adds to the family happiness, because it promotes the comfort and appearance of the fam­ ily's feet and saves the family's mon­ ey. When we tell you "Foot Rest" hose is THE BEST IN THE COUN­ TRY for the money, we are only telling you what the rigid tests have shown. "Foot Rest" is the best Unless you use this line, you won't get full value for the money you spend for hose. See the line at our store. JOS. J. MILLER RINGWOOD, ILLINOIS I; W' w-y -- g f. A. MUM West McHenry, :: III. , Promift Delivery Phone 5§-J i" N, " " Up-to-date Merchandise at all times at bottom prices t % • 1 / DRY GOODS GROCERIES BOOTS AND SHOES CROCKERY GLASSWARE " - / t >,• \ - --J To the Dairymen of McHenry county: You "have surely pulled off one of the most efficient and far reaching contests in the Chicago district for the better marketing of your milk that was ever known in the history of the agriculture of this or any other county. Every loyal citizen of the commonwealth will think more kindly of the farmer who stood in this demonstration for a living wage. The contest was spectacular in many instances, but there was also at all times a loyalty of teamwork in a just cause that was remarkable--an or­ ganization and military discipline that appealed to the veterans of for­ mer struggles and will go down in the history of the industrial world. There was no bitterness shown by either the bottling plants in any place nor was there by the dairy­ men. The majority of the producers of milk were glad to have a jolt upon the highway and those who persisted in the delivery of their milk were soon educate^ to forget the morning trip to the bottling plants until this most importnat debate was settled. Much could be printed of the local activities at the various points, which would at some places have more the appearance of a holiday and at others would approach almost a riot and the peace officers of the different counties and cities would be called to protect them. There were some features that we would like to forget, but in the main we will always overlook the technical and get a grasp upon the underlying causes that lead up to the almost superhuman effects of the average dairyman that co-operated so cour­ ageously and without whom the vic­ tory could never have been solved. It would require an awfully long lead pencil to figure out the increased revenue that will return to the 12,000 dairymen of the Chicago district by the advance of twenty-five cents per hundred which was secured for them and side tracked from the corpora­ tions that would have had it as sure as God made the apples. Too much cannot be said of the collosal efforts of the executive of­ ficers of the association. The presi­ dent, secretary, milk board and all along the line have involuntarily stopped the clock on their business for ten days without any hope of emolument that this might be spelled superhuman efforts of the average space to the dairymen's cause, and to­ gether with the business men's asso­ ciation thruout the district, have vied together for the common cause until the bottling plants were com­ pelled to square themselves or put out the fire in their fire boxes. Now, fellow dairymen, let us riot be puffed up on account of this victory, but rather do more rational dairying; take advantage of every economic phase of the situation. First, this Chicago market will always be ours if we do not abuse it. The location itself will always bring it to us. Di­ versify your farming activities. Do not specialize ohf> milk production alone. What milk you make, make it steady the year round; do not let your milk run down in the summer time when the bottling plants want it the worst and flush it up in the winter time when they have to churn. Supply and demand at the last anal­ ysis will govern the pricef Sneak those boarder cows out of the herd and let us do better farming. Raise better livestock, better culture, better grains. Get those worthless acres to a maximum production. Then the most interesting struggle will not have been in vain. If this evolution and contest of teamwork has made every farmer a friend to every other farmer and made them feel that they have a common interest in the strug­ gle for better things it has done much for their uplift. Now in regard to the relation of the average dairyman to the county agriculture work of McHenry coun­ ty. Demand any aid you wish at this most interesting time of the year from the office, either in regard to your seed or your crop rotations, especially your alfalfa plans, your soils, etc., and other problems that may suggest themselves to you, and we will get you just as close to their solution as possible. M. J. Wright Henry B&feld Indisposed Henry Brefeld, who has conducted a tonsorial parlor on the West Side during the past several- years, is in­ disposed and the shop is now in charge of Nick Franzen, a brother to the Franzen brothers who operate the Centerville shop. Mr. Brefeld became afflicted with an arm ail ment last weefc>and since /that time he has been unable to attend to the duties of the shop. *HiS many friends here hope that he may soon recover. Notice to dairymen It is very important that every dairyman marketing his milk, either as a member of the association or not, pay into his local the $2.50 membership Tee th%t will be needed to pay the obligations of this cam paign and do it at your earliest con venience and pay it at your local bank. Notice We want two applications for the Boys' State Fair school. A great op­ portunity for a course in agriculture. Please notify Soil Improvement as^>- ciation at once. Don't forget that The Plaindealer will print your legal notices just as c&eapl? II any pap«r In McHenry The annual school election eer this, the 15th school district, will take place at the village hall here next Saturday afternoon. Three offices become vacant , this spring, as follows: President of the board of education and two trustees. James B. Perry, the present incum­ bent of the president's chair, and who has had that honor bestowed upon him for many years past, has again filed his petition with the clerk of the school board and we feel safe in stating that he will be re­ elected to the office next Saturday without any opposition. A better or more efficient man could not be se­ lected for the place and we feel cer­ tain that the people of the district are perfectly satisfied to see Mr> Perry re-elected. The two trustees whose terms ex­ pire are N. J. Jus ten and Wm. Welch, both of whom have again filed their petitions with the clerk for re-election. As these are Ihe only two candidates to file petitions, it looks at this time as if they, too, will be re-elected for a term of three years. At any rate, the time limit of filing petitions has expired and the only way one can vote for any other candidate, aside from the three mentioned, would be to write in the name or names of the candi­ dates of their choice, blank spaces be­ ing left on the ballots for this pur­ pose. Up to the time of 'going to press we have not heard of any other can­ didates and indication are that the school election this year will be a very tame affair compared with those held here in former years. As previously stated, the voting place will be the village hall and the polls will be open from 1:00 p. m. until 5:00 p. m. The ladies as well as the men are privileged to vote at this election. A LETTER FROM SOLDIER Chas. Newman Is Now at Browns­ ville, Texas Brownsville, Texas, Mar. 31, 1916. Fort Brown. Dear Father and Mother--Arrived here yesterday. We were two and one-half days and two nights travel­ ing by train. This is on the Rio Grande river, a regular Spanish and Mexican town, with date, palm and cocoanut trees and all ktnds of dif­ ferent tropical trees, most jof them having been transplanted. There are about 4000 soldiers here, the infantry, cavalry and field artil­ lery, to which I belong. The others niarched thru the desert from Prog­ ress and had to cut their way some of the time thru mesquite, and sage brush. This battery is all mule. We have to lead them and pack our mess kit, machete, revolver, ammunition, blankets and extra underwear and puppet tents on them. We expect to go to Panama April 16. Later, April 8. Received your last letter and also one from Gerald, Walter Fay and Dick Walsh, after I arrived here. I would like to have been in St. Louis the Thursday after I left to meet Dick and hear all about every­ one. We are not going to Panama yet, as Gen. Funston gave orders not to let any of the troops leave the bor­ der. We are divided in gun squads. It takes eight men to take a gun apart and put it on four mules and only ahopt three-fourths of a minute to do We have"the range on a Mexican town called Matamoras, across the river, and are prepared to shell it day or night, as we have a large light here. They drill us new ones six hours a day, so we will be able to, stand action in case of trouble. The night patrol and pickets have orders to halt all mounted persons and fire on dismounted ones coming out of the brush, for our camp is surrounded by sage brush. There are twenty Mexicans to one white man, but speaking English good. This is a pretty town and quite large. We have 125 mules and fifteen officers' horses. By the talk here we have a good chance for a little action soon. Regards to^all. Chas. L. Newman, Brownsville, Texas. Battery D, 4th F. A. Elected Collector C. D. Schoonmaker, who a few years ago was the editor of The Plaindealer, and who is favorably known to many of our readers, was elected collector of the town of Genoa at the annual town election held there last week. There were six candidates for the office and the former Mc­ Henry man won out over his nearest competitor by twenty-eight votes. Mr. Schoonmaker is also the editor and publisher of the Genoa Republi­ can-Journal, a paper which has re­ cently made rapid'strides to the front ranks of country journals of the state. The progressive publisher has just installed a fiew linotype machine, which pow enables him to give his readers an all-hopie print sheet. We wish to congratulate Mr. Schoonmak­ er upon the neat and newsy appear­ ance of his paper and we are also glad to know that he,has succeeded in winning the cpllectorship. Save one-half the cost of new paper by having your old paper cleaned. Jesse Wormlay, McHenry, 111. Phone 81-M. P&.y Yo\ir Bills By Check i One of our customers came into the bank not long ago and asked to see a certain check which he had issued and which he described. It was one that he had paid in the settlement, of a business account. Through unintentional error he had not been givten proper credit for the amount. He was given the check and with it proved that the bill had been paid. He wa§ given credit for the amount because the check with the proper endorsement was accepted as a receipt. A check­ ing account is the surest safeguard against paying an obli­ gation a second time. We invite you to call and let us explain more fully the advantages of a checking account West McHenry St&te Bank M . / C e n t r a l OPERA HOUSE MOVIES TUESDAY THURSDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY (r Mutual Programs Admission :: 10c (KIHANEl Grains Stains Varnishes V- Old floors or woodwork finished with the Chi- namel graining outfit will look like new wood. Call and see the samples at E. V. McAllister Expects Busy Summer Jacob R. J us ten of Pistakee Bay, who supplies the resorters there with milk and i?e during the summer sea­ son, informs us that the prospects point to an exceptionally ^usy season at the Bay and along the river^dur- ing the summer months. Mr. Justen has made quite frequent trips to Chi­ cago during the past several weeks and, while there was told that all of the cottage owners will be back this year, while a number of the cottages that are rented by the season havfe already been spoken for. This will be good news for people, especially the business men. Miss Mary Knox III' Miss Mary Knox, teacher of the Ostend school, is confined to her hom^ thru illnesd. Her sister ^.nna, has taken charge of the school and will continue as the instructress there until her sister is again able to take up her duties. Her many friends in and around McHenry trust that tljis will be soon. Notice . Anyone needing alfalfa culture from the department of agriculture will receive it direct thru postal ser­ vice by advising this office. McHenry C4. Soil Iqp. Anp. RUGS OF QUALITY IN selecting our rugs we have given our first and most care­ ful attention to picking qualities that will give the best satisfaction for the money. Each one of our rugs was selected for its individual beauty of design and harmoni­ ous colorings. An in­ spection of our offerings will prove that our-rugs combine 9tyle with quality. ! E LIABLE N. J. JUSTEN & SON FURNITURE AND UNDERTAKING AUTOMOBILES OR HORSE DRAWN VEHICLES Phones: Office, 63-W; Res. 89-M. WEST McHENRY, ILL. OUR SPRING stock of eave trough and conductor has ju& arrived and we are now ready to put your gutters in first- class condition in advance of the spring rains, which are due in a few weeks now. Estimates4 cheerfully given on all work in our line. Weft McHenry Phone 65-J sif Officf in Spaulding Bldg. Phone No. 7i-R ALFORD H. POUSE Attorney-at-Law WeA McHenryt 111. Telephones Office 17 Residence 51.W Office Hours: lWtol):Nt.«. 1:M to 4:3* p. mD MtolMp. B. A. I. FROEHUCH Physician and Surgeon FREUND BLDG. Over McAllister's WEST MrHKNRY DJl. F. J. AICHER DENTIST Office la Telephone Exchange Rldg Centerville McHenry, Illinois Telephone No. 79-W Universalist Church Sunday school, 10:00 a. m.; morning worship, 11:00 a. m. Topic of aer- John M. JUtcliff, Minister. Early Seed Potatoes V * I wish to announce that I have again arranged for a ship1 ment of early seed ' potatoes. Those Who have used these potatoes in the past year or two have had vesy good suc­ cess with them. Give us your order now. TOR. M. Niesetr McHenry s: Phone St-W i' % ;4- : I- •ti£. V , 7? X?