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- '-i J, a/ Protects and Beautifies Good Paint answers a double purpose. It protects your house and also beautifies it. It itiukes o» the "bouse" a "home.** The same pleasant transfor­ mation is made in porch furniture, floors, walls anH other places where paints, varnishes, etc.,. are used. We have an excellent line of ' +• -v ,*» Sftl Household Paints, Varnishes, Enamels, Finishes, Mixed Paints, Patco Wall Pai You can get at our store just what is needed for any paint job, and prices will always be as low as poss- • ible consistent with quality. "THE STORE THAT H^S A PAINT FOR EVERY PURPOSE." B. P. S--BEST PAINT SOLD* \ DRESS GOODS! The next time you come to our &ore ask to be shown the nice selection of silks we carry in &ock. We get these silks from the Nono- tuck silk mills, known all over the United States as leading manufacturers of silk and 2||rochet cotton. iflTub silk, white with black and blue stripes, 36 inch, per yard 1 $1.35 Striped taffeta, 36 inch, per yard $2.00 crepe de chine, mo& of the good colors, 40 inches wide, per yard .$1.75 Silk and wool poplin, 40 in., per yard $1.4() Georgette crepe, per yard $2.00 SMITH BROS. 'Phone 79rJ McHenry, 111. Visit The Fountain „--AT_ -- The âxaJUL storm Mr T • v* ***•••.+ E HAVE installed a new, san­ itary, iceless Soda Fountain which is now in operation. The feature of this Fountain is its cleanliness and perfect cooling sys­ tem. Everything served will be of the best and will be served In the most sanitary way possible. We will continue to serve Gibb's Ice Cream. VOGTS DRUG STORE . WEST McHENRY, ILL. Groceries! Fancy Seeded Raisins, per lb. package. lSe Olives, large Queens, qt. jar _.35c Vanilla Extract, pure,' 4-oz. bottle __18c Peas, Fancy sifted early June, can * 17c Cora, Fancy Maine, can 18c Preserves, Strawberi^r: Raspberry l&Eg® - --'__25e' Ifrr. Prices Cream of All package _i ,__-I5c Baking Powder, Hatch­ ed brand,- lb. can-- .lie Fancy Head Rice, three lbs _-.25c Lima or Kidney Beans, can 15c Sockeye Salmon, fancy red, tall can A_28f Hawaiian Sliced Pine­ apple, canl 29c Breakfast Cocoa, 13-oz. Jar ... 25c Sweet Naval Oranges, dozen _ .1. _-Jic and lie Select Santos Coffee, per pound. ___20c Fancy Santos Coffee, per pound ,. __25c JOHN STOFEEL .tim WEST McHENRY TBONE wN. H. PETESCH DRUGGIST SOLON MILLS H. H. Fay was a business caller in Chicago on Friday last. ( ' Mrs. A. N. Palmer „ was a T<M»nt caller at Chas. Osborn's. Wm. Dilley of Harvard was a Sun­ day guest of Mrs. Johonnott. Mrs. Thps. Hodge and Miss Edith Were Monday callers in town. ' R. H. Aldrich of Richmond wis a , business caller in town Friday. • Mrs. John Pester and daughter, Anna, are Chicago visitors this week. Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Vogel are mov- j ing into the Wm. Overton residence, j Geo. Westlake and son, Charles, .were Monday visitors at Darien, Wis. j Mr. and Mrs. Jas. Jackson are now j living on the former £. T. Monear jfarm. j Mr. and Mrs. D. W. Overton were McHenry caller* Thursday of last | week. j Mrs. Da vies' of St. Louis, Mo., is spending a few days in the P. B. Pinney hpme.^r » j Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Parker and ! children returned to their home in ! Chicago Monday. I Mr. and Mrs. C. Denker of Chicago [were week end guests. in the E. E. Cropley home. Mrs. H. Buchanan and Miss Mar- jorie Brigham spent Monday after­ noon in McHenry. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Merrell ar­ rived home Thursday after spending the winter at Miami, Fla. Philip Freeliiig and family of Michigan liave moved to the tenant house on the L. S. Overton farm. Dan Shimmell of Beloit, Wis. spent a .few days during the past week as a guest of old friends in this vil lage. Twenty of her friends pleasantly surprised Mrs. Grace Jackson on last Thursday evening in honor of her birthday. All reported a very pleas­ ant evening. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Nobles, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Merchant and Mrs. John Merchant spent Friday at Ridgefield The latter remained for a visit in the home of her son, S. Merchant. PISTAKEE BAY Fifteen men are now employed by Geo. J. Sayer at Pistakee Bay. Mrs. Jacob R. Justen has been on the sick list during the past week. Chas. Glasier and family passed the week end at their summer home here. ' % Mrs. Minnie Murphy and family have arrived at the Bay for the sum­ mer. Mrs. Chas. Buehler of Chicago passed Sunday at her summer home here. Chris Blake, who has been on the sick list of late, is on the road to re­ covery. Mike, and Joe Schaefer are painting and decorating the Chas. Bttehler place here. George J. Sayer is having a new garage constructed at one of his cot­ tages here. # J. Jensen drove down from Pleas­ ant Prairie, Wis., last week to look after his summer home here. Fred Wilk, Jr., and Dr. Robert Schmitt drove out from Chicago last Saturday and remained at the Wilk cottage over Sunday. Reports from Chicago are to the effect that the illness of Geo. J. Sayer was not as serious as first thought He has almost entirely re­ covered. Jacob R. Justen, having rented his farm to the Pistakee Golf club, is now prepared to do* all sorts of teaming. If you are in need of gravel, sand, black soil or want teaming of any kind done you can depend upon Jake to do it. Mr. Justen will take care of the ice and milk business as hereto­ fore.. 1 Hotel proprietors here are hoping for warmer weather. Thus far the weather has-been anything but favor­ able to their business. While a few guests have been entertained over Saturday and Sunday during the past few weeks, the turnouts thus far have been considerably smaller than at this time last year. An expert has been out from Chi­ cago laying out the links for Pista- kee's new golf grounds. The club is to be known as the "Thad." All of the members are anxiously awaiting the completion of the links and it is a safe bet that this will be one of the busiest spots around Pistakee the coming season. OSTEND S. H. Lincoln, wife and son, Leon, of Harvard were in this neighborhood last week Wednesday. Ostend school has two new pupils. They come from the farm known as the Sam E. Clark place. Russell Thompson is at Woodstock with his Grandma Thompson, nursing a strong case of McHenry measles. The four months old son of Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Sherman is recovering nicely from an attack of pneumonia. Carl Herdrick, wife and children of West McHenry and Joe Harrer, wife and two children ate Sunday dinner at the Kaiser home here. The Charles E. Sherman forty- seven acre farfh in Bull Valley is rented to a Woodstock man, who in the past was an Oliverite. Ernest Brott hauls sixty cans of milk from this neighborhood to Ring- wood for Bowman and Madson hauls five dairies to the same place. The remains of Mrs. Maria Brott were brought here from Woodstock and buried beside her husband in the Ostend cemetery last Wednesday. Warren Francisco is learning to drive an automobile. He learned sev­ eral years ago to drive a tin Lizzie. He is sure he can master an Over­ land automobile after that experience. Anyone ftt McHenry or vicinity wishing to go to Woodstock better go the south roa,d thru Bull Valley. The others, after they strike the town of Greenwood^ are almost impassable. One needs their life insured if they go over the hog's back and the other is very little better. ^ TERRA COTTA - Arthur Klein visited relatives here "Sunday. J. H. Gracy was a Chicago visitor Saturday. ' Wm. Wingate of Crystal Lake was a caller in this vicinity Saturday. Miss Alice Knox of McHenry spent Thursday and Friday at M. Knox's. Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Beal spent Saturday evening at Fred Johnson's. Miss Florence Gray of Elgin visited at John Riley's Saturday and Sunday. S. B. Leisner returned last Thurs­ day from a two week's visit with his daughters in Chicago. Mrs. J. M. Phalin, daughter, El­ eanor, and son, Thomas, were Wood­ stock visitors Sunday. Mrs. Geo. E. Adams and son, Don-' aid, of McCollum's Lake spent Friday last with relatives here. A number of young people from' McHenry and vicinity surprised Mr. and Mrs. John Conway on Friday evening of last week. Mr. and Mrs. John Conway pf De­ troit, Mich., spent the latter par£ of last week with the former's parents,' Mr. and Mrs. P. H. Conway. RING WOOD Frank Hatch of Spring Grove was in town Monday. Nelson Smith has returned from his southern trip. Ed. Bell went to Woodstock Mon­ day with IJred Bell and wife. Kenneth Rainey and Lester Martin went Saturday to join the army. Mrs. Richard McLaughlin spent Monday with relatives in McHenry. Next Sunday evening meeting will be with Mrs.- Emma Brown. A W. C. T. U. institute witt be held in Ringwood May 9 and 10. jyirs. Eleanor Bacon of West Chi­ cago spent Tuesday with her parents. Charles Krohn and brother have each purchased a Saxon auto the past week. Arthur Bell of Spring Grove was a caller at the home of his uncle, Ed. Bell, Tuesday. Mat Welter received word of the serious illness of his mother and left for Boston, Mass., Monday evening. COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS Council Room, April 27, 1917. The village trustees met in a con­ tinued meeting for the purpose of approving different bonds that might be presented to the board with Pres. Chamberlin presiding. Trustees present: Doherty, Hei- mer, Justen, Kennebeck, Kamholz and Stoffel. Motion by Stoffel, seconded by Doherty, that the bond of L. I. Ed- inger as principal, with United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co. as surety, be approved, Motion carried. Motion by Doherty, seconded by Kennebeck, that the bond of Theo. Schiessle as principal, with C. J. Sheridan and H. A. Henchling as sureties, be approved as read. Mo­ tion carried. Motion by Kennebeck, seconded by Justen, that the bond of Fred Justen as principal, with C. J. Sheridan and H. A. Henchling as sureties, be ap­ proved as read. Motion carried. Motion by Heimer, seconded by Kamholz, that the bond of Wm. Sher­ man as principal, with the National Surety company of New York as surety, be approved as read. Mo­ tion carried. Motion by Kamholz, seconded by Doherty, that the bond of Peter J. Heimer as principal, with C. J. Sher­ idan and H. A. Henchling as sureties, be approved as read. Motion carried. Motion by Justen, seconded by Stoflfel, that the bond of J. C. Bickler as principal, with the National Surety company of New York as surety, be approved as read. Motion carried. Motion by Doherty, seconded by Kennebeck, that the bond of Gustave Behrens as principal, with the Nation­ al Surety company of New York as surety, be approved as read. Motion carried. Motion by Kennebeck, seconded by Justen, that the bond of W. M. Hei­ mer as principal, with John J. Bar- bian and Michael L. Worts as sure­ ties, be approved as read. Motion carried. Motion by Kamholz, seconded by Stoffel, that the bond of Henry Hei­ mer as principal, with John J. Bar- bian and Michael L. Worts as sureties, be approved as read. Motion car­ ried. Motion by Stoffel, seconded by Doherty, that the bond of Albert Zenk as principal, with the United States Fidelity and Guaranty Co. as surety, be approved as read. Mo­ tion carried. Motion by Doherty, seconded by Stoffel, that the bond of W. F. Vogt as principal, with Joseph W. Freund as surety, be approved as read. Mo­ tion carried* Motion by Justen, seconded by Kennebeck, to adjourn. Motion car­ ried. •' R. G. Chamberlin, Pres. W. G. Schreiner, Clerk. ' How's This? We offer One Hundred Dollars Re­ ward for any case of Catarrh that can- nor be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Hall's Catarrh Cure has been taken by catarrh sufferers for the past thirty-flve years, and has become known as the most reliable remedy for Catarrh. Hall's Catarrh Cure acts thru the Blood on the Mucous surfaces, ex­ pelling: the Poison from the Blood and healing the diseased portions. After you have taken Hall's Catarrh Cure for a short time -you will see a. great improvement in your general health. Start taking Hall's Catarrh. Cure at once arid set rid of catarrlu Send for testimonials, free. b\ J. CHKMSY & CO., Toledo, Qhlft. Sold bjr *U Druffgtsta, 78o. MANY THOUSANDS of them are in adive use in, the territory served by this company--a quite suf­ ficient testimonial of the advantages of ' The Irons are made in various weights and styles of finish and sell from $4.50 upward Public Service Co. OF NORTHERN ILLINOIS SHOES! We have just put in an ex­ cellent stock of Men's Dress and Work Shoes and we will vbe pleased to have the men of McHenry and vi­ cinity call and inspect them. Harness Department Our Harness and Horse Goods department is also very complete while repair work receives our prompt and careful attention. Trading Stamps We give Trading Stamps with every 25c cash pur­ chase. Let us explain our Silverware Premium Lists. M. A. Thelen West McHenry Any Child Can Make Good Bread with Early Riser Flour. Good mixing, kneading and baking will not overcome the effect of poor flour. With Early Riser Flour you will always have white, appetizing, fine ta&ing bread, lighted cakes andpa&ry. Ask your grocer for Early Riser Flour. WEST H'HENRY FLOUR AND FEED MILLS THE BONE OF BETTER Groceries In these days when ALL grocer­ ies are hi#h in price--the-poor as well as the good--the real choice is in QUALITY. Good groceries cost very little nlore than infer­ ior ones, but they go & long ways further. Quality is our trade mark You will find it in every package or bag or pail or basket of goods that leaves our store. You will conserve your health and your pleasure by buying groceries of us. We give you the SATIS­ FACTORY kind of eats. M. M. Niesen McHenry Phone M-W Chi-Namel products agency at Vogt's drug store. J HOUSEMOl-D C FOR OAVIM6S ACCOUNT There is but One Sure Way lo get money--earn it; but one sure wayto have money--sav# it; but one sure way to ; Save Money --by systematic setting aside each week Or month a portion of your income and putting It to work in A Reliable Banking institution. We offer you our services HOY BANKING COMPANY Bank of McHenry • Bank of Rindwood ' A $ ? ! 4 / . " A 783 ,f,.R II in iiiii IHI• When In Doubt, Drive To Tie Garage! When you sense something wrong about the mechan­ ism of your car, without being able to locate the cause or source, it would be the part of wisdom to drive here at once for inspection. That would be good motoring, just as our illustration depicts good railroading. LWAYS AT YOUR SERVICE FO EXPERT REPAIRING ACETYLENE WELDING-BATTERY CHARGING - TIRES-GASOLINE- OILS ---- SUPPLIES-ACCESSORIES ford SERVICE STATION AUTO LIVERY-QUICI\ SERVICE STAR GARAGE JOHN R.KNOX, PROPR. HMNI 30 ------------- MCHENRY - -'hf* iifigg ; Jit A Telephones: Office 17 Residence 51-W Office Hopra 9;M to 12:09 a. m. I:M to 4:30 p. m. 7-M lo 8:00 p. m. A. I. FROEHUCH . Physician and Surgeon OverUVoK®LDG WEST McHENRY Telephone N* 108-B • SIMON STOFFEL , /j Insurance agent for all classes ci property In the best companies WEST McHENRY. ILLINOIS a- v - Well Give You die Shade You Select in Strictly Fresh Paint r T • It's annoying to select a shade of paint' -jf ,, you want to use from the Color Card and then, have the dealer state he is "just out." . ' Youll never have that experience here, y-j We show thirty-six shades of Bradley & Vroomart * ;J CuatanteeJ Paint on oilr Color Card and carry every sin^l# v * ^ * . one of them in stock--ready for immediate delivery. And every gallon of B & V Paint we sell iaf f r Strictly Freshly Mixed--ready to fcive you a maximum o|| ,, service and satisfaction--protected by a written, *> Geld Bond Ouarantee. : *• ' 'v s T Is -X1. Bradley & Vrooman Guaranteed House Paint Donavin & Reihansperger WEST McHENRY, ILL Subscribe for the Plaindealer v ̂ • j • and keep posted on local happenings •:*