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WEEKLY PERSONAL ITEMS I-- - * -COMERS AND GOERS QF A WEEK IN OUR BUSY VILLAGE 'M' Seen By PUinAealer Reporters and Handed Into Our Office By Our "pi,, Friends : | John F. Claxtonwas a county seat it ^visitor Monday. ̂ * Peter Doherty was a county seat •7a, ^Visitor Tuesday. :7:,7 * | Wm. Cowen was a county seat vis- i; itor last Friday. | v, John Fv Freurtd spent Monday in - - i j t h e m e t r o p o l i t a n c i t y . v . - y \ ;V Theo. SChiessle, Jr., was a Chicago ^•^visitor" last' Saturday. • ' ^ y -'Howard Wattles was a Waukeg'an U ^ ^ T V I s i t o r ' l a s t F r i d a y . 7 ^ 7 ; ' v W ,f Miss Norma WhitingA fcMca- V-^ fjo visitor Tuesday.' ' -•••'- Arthur Hunter spent Tuesday in ? the metropolitan city. , % :J . , MiSs Irene Harruff was a Chicago ."Visitor Saturday last. Mrs. Everett Hunter spent Monday ' i ^ In the metropolitan city. • v Miss Gladys Mason was a metro- ^ Vtf - "^olitan city visitor Monday. • Ben Stilling transacted business 4n the windy city last Friday. £ \ H. E. Buch was a business visitor fr^-'ln Chicago Friday of last weiek. -7%# * F. O. Gans was a business visitor f|n the metropolitan city Monday. L-. . Mrs. A. G. Barbian passed Satur- rflvjiay last in the metropolitan city. **- 5' Dr. C. H. Fegers spent Friday of , y» Week in the metropolitan city. £ F. H. Wattles attended to business s- ^ifnatters in Chicago last,,Saturday. H. E. Buch attended to business < jjjnatters at the county steat Tuesday. ; v-;; Atty. A. H. Pouse was a business Jriaitor in the metropolitan city Mon- Hay. R. S. Howard attended to business ;tnattera-'in the windy city last Fri- Miss Maude Granger of Chicago if SSftassed the week end with her sisters Jiere. 7 ; Miss Etta Powers spent 'Monday afe the guest of relatives at Crystal l^ake. . * F. H. Wattles attended to matters of a business nature at Elgin last Friday! Miss Mary Bonslett was among the riphicago phssengers last Saturday iy' ^morning. K* pred Weinschenker attended to f - business matters in the windy city 7, ' *}|ruesday. ' Peter Petersen and daughter, Frances, wefe Chicago visitors last Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Welch were Crystal Lake visitors Wednesday of vlast week. * L. F. Newman of Woodstock spent ,\T« 7 the week end as the guest of his family here. Miss Helen Fay left Sunday for •: * JChicago, whei^e she will make her future home. Miss "May Noonan of Ringwood rded the Chicago train here Wed- &7** nesday morning. ;C . F. E. Covalt attended to matters Sg? of a business nature in the metropol­ is * Itan city Tuesday. P f - J M i s s K a t h r y n McLaughlin went to l! Chicago Tuesday momtttg for a short j|7, .'Visit with friends. J , Peter Doherty, Wm. Cowen and jSu^e^^vtty. A. H. Pouse were county seat visitors Wednesday. v ^ Edward Simon of Crystal Lake , spept Sunday as a guest in the home of his father, John Simon. "3/s, Mrs. S. W. Brown of Ringwood , ppent Friday of last week as the uest of McHenry relatives. ! ' * Everett Hunter and son, Arthur, were among those to board the Chi- •7""", cago train Tuesday morning. Dr. Carl Strueh was out from Chi- .\f 4«ago the first of the week looking v * after his interest up the river. Mrs. Joe Wagner and daughter, -./jMarion, *were among the Chicago ^passengers last Friday evening. ' / j Mrs. ' Jos. Rothermel and niece, .^Marion- Krause, were guests of Elgin ^ ' ̂ relatives several days last weelc. r v" Mrs. Roy Hankermeyer and son, {JMarshaJl, were guests of relatives in .Chicago several days last week. ' Miss Edna Homuth of Barrington ' was a guest in the, home of Mr. and - Mrs. A. A. Landwer over Sunday. ?f vf Mrs. Robt. Sutton of Richmond ^' ' passed a day last week as a guest in 'v. the home of her father, Wm. Simes. ^4!? Charles Griswold of Libertyville ^ ^ passed several days last week as a Cf \guest in the Thos. Thompson home. I?V» Carlos Parker of Galesburg, 111., spent the week end as a guest in the home of his aurit, Mrs. Sarah Der^ mont. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Warner of WoodstocTTspent Sunday as guests in the home of the latter's mother, Mrs. J. B. Frisby. Ki- Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Robison of Crystal Lake spent Sunday as' guests in the home of the latter s parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Welch. Henry J. Wagner arrived in Mc- | "7' Henry last Friday from Juanita, N. where he is ^iptoyed on the farm ~ Sof Stephen Ju^fti Mr. Wagner ex pects to spend a few weeks here be ffre returning to tiw West. J7 FIRE INSURANCE AGlif Receives Honor Frwn Plienix Compattj Fidelity Simon >Sioffel of this village, agent for the Fidelity Plienix Fire Insurance company of New York for the past thirty-one years, during the holidays received a solid gold watch fob, engraved with the insignia of the company, decided upon by the officials as a fitting decoration for the •'Old Guards" who have been in their employ for twenty-five years or more. . ' • . Mr. Stoffel, for his loyalty and suc­ cess with the company, has been vested with full authority to repre­ sent this company over the entire territory, as being absolutely reliable and capable of handling, all work connected with the business. His success as an insurance agent in this locality for a period of thirty- one years and %iore has been marked with progress and success and we bespeak for him greater honors in the future, and congratulate him Up­ on receiving the entire confidence of all concerned. A LETTER FROM THE BORDER Thanks West Side Druggiat F«r Da- nation of a Box of Cigars WEEKLY EXCHANGE nnfct AS TAKEN FROM THE COLUMNS OF OUR EXCHANGES San Antonio,, Tex., Jan. 7, 1917. E. V. McAllister. Dear Friend--Received your box of cigars and the squad and - myself certainly enjoyed, them and wish to thank you very much for your kind remembrance. We w$re called out sveen months ago and expected to fight when we got here, but have done nothing but drill and hike since we struck the border. , • We are in wonderful condition and can stand a thirty mile hike with packs for ten hours. We won the cup for being the best drilled regi­ ment in the southwest division. A fifty mile,hike with nothing but hard tack and sow belly will work out the problem for next week. The orders are to ta^e my squad and use them for information scouts. The patrolijjg has been left in my handst Everything is-. fine, only all the boys are anxious to get home. The weather is like June down here. Thank you and drop us a line as we are always glad to get mail from home. Best wishes to you and Mrs. McAllister. Here's health and pros­ perity for the New Year. Corp. Wm. Stewart, Co. G, 3rd Illinois. Will Undergo Operation Chas. J. faeimer, former McHenry young man, but now of Chicago, who has many friends in this village, ex­ pects to undergo a very serious oper­ ation in Chicago tomorrow. Mr. Heimer, for a-number of years, has suffered with tonsil trouble. The trouble has'grown more serious with each attack and now it has come to a stage that necessitates'the operation. Mr. Heimer, who is a railroad mail clerk, has been laid up' at his home during the past few weeks and his numerous friends both in and around McHenry sincerely hope that the op­ eration will , prove entirely successful and that he may soon be able to re­ turn to his work. Veteran Mail Carrier Resigns Henry Wegener, the veteran mail carrier, who during the past nine years has carried the mail between the depot and the McHenry office, has forwarded his resignation to Wash­ ington, D. C., same to take effect just as soon as his successor is ap­ pointed. During the* years that Mr. Wegener has been thus employed he has served Uncle Sam most faith­ fully and well and his daily appear­ ance on our streets will be missed, as no jollier old soul ever lived than the veteran carrier of the United States mail. We are unable state who hia successor will be. Improvements at Pool Room A new floor has just been laid in the Centerville billiard and pool hall, owned and conducted by E. M. Geier. The hall has been closed flujing the past few days to give the proprietor a chance to make the improvements The interior of the place is also be­ ing painted and decoiated and the proprietor hopes to have same ready for bosiness next Saturday night. ~Will Meet to Organize A meeting to discuss the possibil­ ity of organising a CoW Testing asso­ ciation will be held in connection with the poultry show; at U30 o'clock Sat­ urday # afternoon. G. L. Gafke, coun­ ty advisor, will open the discussion. AH who are interested are invited to attend. C- W Gifobs. Met With Accident While attending to his duties as janitor at the public school, John Mc­ Carthy slipped and fell down a flight of stairs, injuring-two ribs and re­ ceiving other painful bruises. His many friends hope that he will soon recover from the effects of the accl- Misretlaneoua Assortment of Newa Items la Ceodeiwed Forai Forf|HM£ People The. p&MIc heairfhirthe pro­ posed sewerage system will be held at Crystal Lake next Monday. The capital stock of-the McHenry County State bank at Woodstock is to be raised from $25,000 to $50,000. Waukepran is planning on an ex­ penditure of $60,000 for paving this year. No paving was done there last year. Two hundred and nineteen milk­ ing machines have been disposed of during the past nineteen months by F. E. RaWson of Greenwood. ^ Dancing parties are now being held at the new Catlow theatre at Barrington on Friday evening of each week with a dancing instructor pres­ ent to teach those who have not mas­ tered the art of dancing. Samuel Insull, the Chicago million­ aire, has just purchased an immense tract of land near Diamond Lake, Lake county. For what purpose the land has been bought has not Been made known. A fire, which it is thought started from an overheated furnace in 'Jt* basement, totally destroyed the St. Lawrence Episcopal church at Lib­ ertyville one night last week, en­ tailing a loss of $9,000. Both engines doing service on tile Wauconda-Palatine railroad were re­ cently condemned by a United States R. R. boiler inspector. One of the engines was sent to Joliet, III., for ovehauling and is again in service, while the other is now undergoing repairs. ** Five freight cars were derailed and thrown over an embankment near the depot at Genoa Junction one day last week. The cars were damaged, beyond repair, but fortunately no one was hurt. A hobo, who happened to be riding in one of the cars, escaped uninjured. ^ Mrs. Richard A. Cavattaugh, for­ merly Miss Ida Frame of Woodstock, was instantly killed in an automobile accident at San Antonio, Texas, where she and her husband were spending the winter. The accident occurred while on their way home from a County club ball. Jesse Cunningham^ a plumber em­ ployed at Lake Geneva, Wis., disap­ peared from his place of employment one afternoon last week and thus far no trace of the man has been found. Cunningham is a young man of good habits at)d his su4den disappearance remains a' deep mys­ tery. The Nunda Mutual Fire Insurance company now has 109 policies in force, thirty of these having been written during the past year. The policies represent a total assessed aluation, of $322,555 or a gatn of $9,370 during 1916. Only two smaH losses, totaling $95, occurred during the year. " An unusually sad insane case was heard in the County court at Wood­ stock last week, when Mrs. Marcia Forzly of Crystal Lake was adjudged insane. The woman, who is but twenty-five years of age, is the mother of five small Children. She has been committed to the Elgin state hospital. Leather has. gone up -.20 cents a pound, it takes 40 to* 45 pounds to make a set of heavy harness. You can easily figure the advance. But considering the value of other farm products, harnesses are the cheapest they have ever been. It only takes two-thirds as many bushels of corn now to pay for a harness as it did ten years ago. Two little daughters of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Lehmann, whor reside on a farm near Crystal Lake, were given a hen apiece last spring with the un­ derstanding that they were to take care of them and for a reward would be given the money they could make off the hens and as a result of their efforts the two little girls now have a bank account of $10.00 each. The two girls plan to take care of two hens next spring. Miss Bertha Heiden, a seventeen- year-old Barrington girl, had Her right leg amputated just above the knee at a Waukegan hospital one day last week as the result of a coasting accident, which occurred at Barrington on Dec. 31.^ She was one >f a party of five girls who coasting down a hill.at Barrington. At the foot of the hill the sled leaped from the icy track and started to­ wards a deep ravine nearby. All of the girls made desperate efforts to check the course of the sled with their feet, with the result that Miss Heiden's ankle turned and her leg caught beneath the runner of the sled. She was dragged nearly thirty feet before the sled* came to a stop. Her leg was cut to the bone. The young woman was taken to the Waukegan hospital, where she is still confined. 743CHOOL NOTES to Oar Institution The science class is studying elec­ tricity. Oh no, the geometry class is not going too fast. Mame Barbian Was absent from school Monday. Kathleen O'Rielly is back after an extended absence. Where, oh, where are all the last year basket ball fans? . The high school was treated to "a musical comedy this week. Come and see Hebron get beat Friday at the school gym. ' - Current events were discussed by Florence Kamholz and George Voeltz. Frank Justen returned to school Wednesday after a few days' ab­ sence. * Twenty dollar bills and dimes seemed quite plentiful in high school Monday. * Current events were discussed Monday by Ellen Walsh and Florence Kamholz. Several pupils were frightened by the cold weather and did not attend school the last few days. The history class recited Thurs­ day to the accompaniment of stentor­ ian snores proceeding from--Well, ask Frank. Mr. Dorr: "What does a wo<}d- cutter do to a tree?" Soph: "First he cuts it down Aid then he cuts it up." Teacher, in science: "What is the conductor between the earth and lightning?" Student: "Glass." TWO SHOWS OPENED TODAY POUTLRY AND AUTO SHOWS ̂ ARE NOW ON What's the meaning ground hog talk? of all this WINS HIGH HONORS Parke N. Muaser, Former McHenry Man Receives Recognition # P. N. Musser, agency director of the Illinois Life Insurance company of Chicago, was installed as president of the Green Signal club at their eighth annual convention held at Hotel La Salle Saturday, Jan< 6. The presidency of this club is the highest honors to be given any repre­ sentative of the company ^nd is giv­ en to the man producing the largest amount of paid for business from Jan. 1, 1916, to Jan. 1, 1917. This is the third promotion given to Mr. Musser in two years. In referring back to our records we find Mr. Musser won the first vice presidency of this club in 1916, and in the past year he outdistanced all the agency force of over 460 representa­ tives. In a statement received from his company, we are informed they predict that Mr. Musser will this year win the presidency of the Hun­ dred Thousand Dollar club.. The record made by Mr. Musser is con­ sidered most wonderful among in­ surance men, owing to the fact that he has been in the. life insurance business only since 1914. Eye Sight Specialist Coarini Dr. J. J. Scheafer, the noted eye sight specialist of Woodstock, will be at the jewelry store of N. A. Hue- mann in West McHenry tomorrow and every Friday thereafter. Dr. Schaefer has had fifteen years "exper­ ience in the fitting of glasses, is thoroughly reliable and- all in ,need of his services should avail them­ selves of this opportunity. No charge for examination. Twenty inch • Ice The ice that is now being harvest­ ed on the Borden fields here is twen­ ty inches in thickness. Up to date over 250 car loads of the frozen water have been shipped out of this place, the ice going to the various Borden plants in this territory. According to present plans it will take at least another week before the ice harvest­ ing season comes to an end in Mc­ Henry and it is the intention to ship out about 150 car loads more. Annual Meeting The annual meeting of the Milk Producers' association, * McHenry lo­ cal, will take place Monday, Jan. 22, at 10:00 o'clock at Woodman hall. This meeting is held for the purpose of electing officers, selecting dele- were | gates to the county and annual con­ ventions and to transact any .other business that may come befote the meeting. Every member is request- ^ to attend - - -*• -- Thos. A. Bolger, Sec. *rv •h?' aw,-£. Have you heard about the grodnd tha^r . " " Entertains 500 Club ' Miss Kathryn Weber acted as host­ ess to the members of the Five Hun­ dred club at her home on Washing­ ton street last evening. The hostess was successful in winning the even­ ing's first honors, while Mrs. Jos­ ephine Heimer, guest of honor, won second, and Miss Eleanor Mctiee, third. The usual refreshments w«re served. All present enjoyed the event to the fullest extent Millionaire Wrlgley's $3,000 Features Poutlry Show--Over 500 Birds Are Entered McHenry's two shows, poultry and automobile, opened to the public to­ day under most favorable auspices and from present indications both events will be more successful than those held a year ago. Stoffel's hall, where the poultry and grain exhibit is now on, is well filled with poultry, water fowl, pet stock and grains of all kinds. The poultry , this year numbers about five hundred birds, while over one hundred water fowl are also entered. The show opened this noon and, while the exhibits at that time were not quite complete, birds arrived all afternoon and probably will continue until tomorrow. This condition could not be avoided on account of the Chi­ cago show, which has just come to a close, and where many of the birds were entered that will be shown here. At "the time of writing this article, the editor is not in a position to state just how the show will line up with that of last year, but we feel safe in stating that no one who visits Stof- f*Ps hall during the next four days will have no cause to go away dis­ appointed, as there is plenty there to interest all. Judging started this noon and will continue until the close of the show, or until the work is finished by the competent judges who have been en­ gaged for the purpose. One of the feature attractions this year is the $3,000 exhibit of poultry owned by Wm. Wrigley, the million­ aire gum manufacturer. His exhibit consists of thirty birds. For some of these he paid as high as $250 each. The Automobile Show Simultaneously with the opening of the poultry show, Overton & Cowen, the progressive West Side garage men, threw open their (doors for the second automobile exhibit at their spacious show room. This firm now has on , display a most beautiful line of all the new models of cars for which they are agents and automobile enthusiasts, no matter whether or not they are in the market, will find this a most interesting place during the next few days. 'The exhibit has been nicely arranged and all visitors will be shown every courtesy and considera­ tion at the command of the gentle­ men in charge. Overton & Cowen feel highly pleased with the cars that they have on exhibition and both men will be found at the garage at any time, day or veening, ready to explain the or evening, ready' to explain the so give other information that will be qf value to any automobile driven We advise the public to take in both shows. Are you willing to be a ground llog for one evening? "THE CODE OF MARCIA GRAY" McHENRY HIGHS DEFEATED Lake Geneva Highs Proved Too Much For Our Lads Friday Night At the Central Thursday Evening, January 18 "The Code of Marcia Gray," the latest Morosco photoplay released on the Paramount program, explains a rather unusual code of conduct for these non-critictft tiipes. Deserted by all her fashionable friedns when her husband was in­ dicted for the wrecking of the trust company, Marcia had only the sup­ port and council of her lawyer- friend, Castle. Castle had remained single because of Marcia. Their necessary intimacy during the fight for her husband's liberty was distorted by Gray's prison- stained mind. Her reward for un­ swerving faithfulness and constant and sometimes humiliating work for his release was rewarded by a snarl­ ing accusation. The scene of the accusation, with its intensely dramatic action, ren­ dered by the star, Constance Collier, supported by Forrest Stanley and Henry DeVere, form a strong link in this excellent story of modern, fash­ ionable life and frenzied finance. In time of great trouble, when all the friends of prosperity have de­ serted and no one stands by with an offer of help, is when the sand in a man or the lack of it will show. So it was with Harry Gray, the man who betrayed his trust and wrecked the Hercules Trust company, in the Morosco photoplay of the pres­ ent day city life of a supposedly mil­ lionaire financier. This film story, The Code of Marcia Gray," reveals what many a wife has only found out when the crash came. Behind prison bars the man that s fashionable friends knew vanished a oil left a person that was a stranger hifc- wife. hour the wife rose to her anhood and gained thai t sustained her in the grqfet impressively depicted in diis •ee* drwpy.. > The Lake Geneva high sehool five proved too much for the home team at the local gymnasium last Friday night, when the home crew was oounted down by the visitors by the close score of 26 to 23. These same two teams met at Lake Geneva a few weeks ago, when the McHenry highs came out victoriously, winning the contest by one point. Lake Geneva didn't like the idea, a tall, and seeking revenge, they came back last Friday with a vim and determination that finally won back for them the lost laurels. The game proved fast and furious from start to finish and it was v anybody's game up to the time that the whistle sounded the close of the evening's sport. Lake Geneva played a pretty game as did the home guards, but it just seemed that it was Lake Geneva's turn to win and in spite of every ex­ ertion put forth by the local highs the visitors walked away with the bacon. * While the spectators always like to see the home lads win, they were perfectly satisfied with the exhibi­ tion and are giving our boys all the credit that is due them for the fast game they put up. Fast playing on the part of both teams featured the game. The line-ups and scores fol­ low: Lake Geneva (26) McHenry <23) Bacon, Jones Page Frett F. Justen A. Justen Field goals: Jones, 2; F. , L. Fi R. S. Ci • ' R. G. L. G. Bacon, Justen, 4; i; Lee ffyrshall . "Willitz Schrinke Muegde Frett, 3; Boyle, 1; Willitz, 5; Lee, 3; Parshall, 3. Free throws: Willitz, 4; Page, 1. I n . H o n o r o f B i r t h d a y iMr. and Mrs. Jos. A. Schaefer en­ tertained for the former's brother, Peter Schaefer of Chicago, at their home here on "Sunday evening, Jan. 14, the occasion bang his twenty-first birthday aniversar.y The evening was spent in various amusements. Those present were: Messrs. and Mesdames John G. Jerak, Ben J. Schaefer, P. Schaefer, Sr.; Messrs. Bennie Justen, Willie Justen, John Justen, Willie H. Justen; Stephen King, Nick Miller, Frank Freund, Ed. Tonyan, Louis Michels, Bennie Smith, Arthur Thelen, John Huemann, Al­ bert Schaefer, Jos. Schaefer, Peter Schaefer, Jr., Fred Schaefer, Fred Glaumb, Brinton Baugher, Harold Watts, Geo. Lay, Henry Nell, John King and Miss Evelyn Freund. ' floats Manufactured Here The Polish committee, on booth representing this nation at the allied bazaar in progress at the Coliseum building in Chicago, came out last week and purchased one of the finest boats manufactured by the Everett Hunter Boat company in this village. It is an eighteen foot boat of the automobile type of construction and a beauty in every design. On Tues­ day another shipment was made of the same make purchased by the committee on the British Isles booth for exhibition. The company has just closed another contract with Sears Roebuch & Co. for 1000 row boats. „ Game Next Friday The Hebron high school five will be here tomorrow night to do battle with the McHenry team. Altho de­ feated last Friday evening, McHenry is not . disheartened and will go into the contest tomorrow night with more "pep" than ever. The teams that have represented Hebron in past years have all » been county cham­ pionship contenders and from all re­ ports this is true of the team that appears here tomorrow. A good, clean, fast game i& assured. Gen­ eral admission, 25 cents; ladies and children, 15 cents. Let's all turn out and cheer the boys on to victory. M. W. W. Install The Mystic Workers held installa­ tion of officers last evening at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Young on Court street. Wm. Spencer was the installing officer, proving himself very capable. After ceremonies, the evening was spent in card playing. Refreshments were served and the general good times always prevalent among the Mystics prevailed. The next meeting wilb^be held at the home of Mrs and Mrs. M- M. Niesen Wednesday evening, Feb. 21. • „ At Dealers' Convention Geo. A. Stilling, local agent for the Studebaker automobile, left Tues­ day evening for Detroit, Mich., where he is in attendance at the dealers' -convention, which opened up in that city* on Wednesday of this week. Universalist Church Services at the Universalist church will be as follows for Sunday, Jan- 21: Sunday school at 10:00 a. m.; sermon at 11:00 by Charles Cullen. Subject, "Test of Service." Watch this paper next for ITERS OF LOCAL 1NTOEST AS PICKED UP BY PLAMDBAUEP REPORTERS DURING WKEE What People are Doing in Tfcfci til­ lage and the Immediate VkfaHy-- Other'Short Paragraphs Batter Market Ratter on the Elgin board o< t&ida sold at 38% cents per pound ipst Saturday. Watch for the ground hog. 7 Some hog, that ground hegv ^ The Social Wheel meets with Sfrfi1! D. G. Nellis on Saturday, Jan, 27. To get more eggs use a package of Hess' Panacea from McAllister's, FOR SALE--A single cylinder Thor motorcycle. $15.00. Pfcnm* 109-J. 3i Don't forget the R. N. A. masgoe- rade at the Central opera- house next Wednesday evening, Jan. 24. Lake Zurich's State bank, which was organized only a short time ago, now has $35,500 in deposits. A number of our people are plan­ ning on taking in the ski tournament at the Cary slide next Sunday. Wm. Farnum in the great JHn play, "The Sign of the Cross," will be the attraction at the Central on Saturday, Jan. 20. The regular services will be held at the M. E. cuhrch Sunday, as follows: Sunday school at 2:00 o'clock; preoejfc* ing at 3:00 o'clock. Miss Lillian Niess is absent from her duties at the M. J. Walsh store this week on account of illness. Miss Elsie Wolff is assisting. Chas. \W. Gibbs purchased a apr five passenger Ford touring car last week. The purchase was' made from the local agent, John R. Knox. Nick Franzen has returned from Chicago after a few weeks' stay in that city and is again a familiar fig­ ure in the Centerville tonsorial shop. Robert Knox is attending school of instruction at the State University at Urbana for the two weeks' short course. v \ . v:"® Eighteen tdk tarenty below M£«» $1* the sort of weather that has Men dished out to us during the past week and outside of the coal bin no one is suffering in McHenry. John C. Small, who until a short time ago was a member of the im­ plement firm of Sparawk & Small at Crystal Lake, has purchased the Wm. B. Gilbert farm south of this village and will occupy same on or about March 1. * Geo. Jones has returned from ctaly as bookkeeper for the Wilbur Lum­ ber company at Crystal Lake, which place he filled while K. A. McCall was on his, vacation. Mr. Jones loft for Lanark this morning to take up his new duties as*manager at the yards there. A few of the McHenryites em­ ployed at the Oliver factory at Wood­ stock are still making daily trips to and from work. Even the extremely cold weather of tile past week has not stopped them and it looks as if the boys are going to stick it out just as long as the roads are pass­ able. Chas. G. Frett has caused the *•»-' ing of the old ice house which for a number of years has stood on his* property in Centerville. The install­ ation of ice manufacturing ma­ chine in his place of business a few years ago ,has made the house prac­ tically useless, thus his decision of having same torn down. Walter J. Walsh started for Ur­ bana Monday morning to attend the two weeks' short course of instruc­ tion there, but upon reaching Chi­ cago he received a message to re­ turn on account of the serious illness of his wife's sister, who resides at Hancock, Mich. Mrs. Walsh left for that place Monday evening. We are pleased to inform our ad­ vertisers that our subscription list is steadily on the increase. While we lose a subscriber occasienally, we are always sure to take on two new ones to every one lost. Thus it may be seen that our subscription list covers our territory more thoroly than all other papers combined. We do not exempt the Chicago papers. Over sixty papers within a radius of 100 miles of Chicago have been forced out of. business on account of the high cost of paper and other print­ ing material. There are still quite a number of our readers who are owing us and we surely will .consider it a double favor if those knowing themselves indebted will call or send in their subscriptioil money at earliest convenience. „ Again it has been demonstrated that it pays to advertise in The Plaindealer. Last, week there ap­ pear in the "Classified Column" an advertisement for a small farm The paper had no more than reached the postoffice before the replies to the ad­ vertisement started to in. The returns of the advertisement have been coming in ever since and we dare say that the man seeking the farm will have plenty to select from. Again we reiterate, IT PAYS TO ADVERTISE HI THE PLAXN- DEALER. -A : M " ' 2 7fSS 7:v \ L . . 4