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$t> • t <> F, G, SCHREINER UtthM ftB Bok WWtM Tikphom n-W TERMS Of SUBSCRIPTION i Oh Year flJI <IUt Month*. 7Sc Thro* Month*. #c » Thursday, October 18, 191T i ' J / QUARTER OP A CENTURY Clipped From The PlaintMler V" '*; Of Twenty-Fire Yeats A|* 4 > St#'-: Pi' & 'J, v Hie Lake county fair opens on Toes- ^day of next week at Libertyville and should the weather prove good a large delegation will be in attendance from this county. Lake county gets up one of the best fairs in northern Illinois. Miss Mary Bickler, daughter of Theodore Bickler, suddenly dropped dead at the home of her parents on Sunday evening. She had been out of health for some, time, but had been around to work as usual. Sunday evening while walking across the floor with a lamp in her hand she suddenly dropped to the floor and immediately expired. She was about eighteen years of age. Funeral was held at Johnsburg on Wednesday. The Elgin Brick and Tile company's yards in this village are this season showing some of the handsomest brick made in this section. Superin­ tendent Wentworth informs us that they have turned out so far this year a little over a million and a half, this being about half a million short of ^the same time last year. This was fer1*.w' owing to the extreme wet weather i early in the spring. The yard is now * running to its full capacity. t ̂ . Monthly Report k v ^ollowing is a report of the school ^for the month beginning Sept. 10, and ending Oct. 5, 1917: Enrollment: Boys, 118; girls, 136; total, 254. , . No. of days attendance: Boys, 2214; girls, 2636; total, 4850. No. of days absence: Boys, 105; girls, 63; total, 168. Cases of tardiness: Boys, 12; girls, 8; total, 20. ^Average daily attendance for school, 242.5. No. of pupils above 90 in industry, 16L No. of pupils neither absent nor tardy, 159. No. of cases of corporal punish­ ment, 1. No. of cases of truancy for school, 0. ^ A. Edgar Nye, Supt. •mm Having deckled to quit fHarming, the undersigned will sell at public auction on the Dr. H. H. Vaupell farm, for­ merly known at the old Walmsley place, situated three and one-half miles southeast of Mcllenry, on the river road, on TUESDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1911 commencing at 10:00 a. m., sharp, the following described property, to-wit: «6 HEAD OF LIVE STOCK £ --consisting of-- ^ 25 Holstein Milk Cow^ l-ia' 14 of these cows will come in fresh early, 6 three-year-olds, coming fresh; 4 one-year-olds, 1 bull. \ jiii Horses . 3 colts, coming three and fottr^years old, 1 horse coming five years old, 1 mare nine years old. HogS • _ 2 sows and 13 shoats. Chickens and Geese ^ 100 chickens and 5 geeseu"';-: iv- .. *• .• Hay and Grain 60 tons of clover, timothy and al­ falfa hay, 700 bushels of oats. Machinery Manure spreader, Mogul tractor, set gang plows, silo filler, shredder^ Lutz grinder, oat binder, corn binder, corn planter, 3-section drag, 3-horse disc, tractor disc, seeder, 2 cultivators, 4 wagons, bob sled, 26 feet of silo, some household goods and other small articles too numerous to mention. | INDIOLA COCOA l fMMind can Sweetened... S pound can Breakfast.. CRACKERS Lily Sodas can.... ..fc.....75« Graham Dainties, can ,75c TOILET SOAP Oatmeal, Buttermilk, Glycerine and Witch Hazel, 4 bars toJa box 30c Another large shipment of blan­ kets received this week. Order one now and let-your coupons pay for it. Roy Hankermeyer AGENT McHENRY, ILL. CLASSIFIED DEPARTMENT Plenty of Free Lunch at Noon A-'i, Jh*' I'r,- ?. - fe- 1 |T" - Terms of Sale: All sums of $10.00 and under, cash; over that amount a credit of six months' time will be given on good bankable notes bearing interest at the rate of 7 per cent per annum. No pefperty to be removed or possession of same given to purchaser until set­ tled for with the clerk. Dr. H. H. Vaupell & Frank Zeimet, Proprietors. C. W. Stegger & Simon Stoffel, Clerks. * ,-fT sr.* , ti Sfi' Cf $! - K • M,# • \ / $ « ' V* f SlPl^ Steal Morphine A couple of strangers appeared at the Graham drug store at Wauconda one evening ^recently and asked the proprietor for permission to step be­ hind his perscription case to adjust a truss. The proprietor allowed the privilege and a short time after the two had departed he found that the strangers had helped themselves to considerable morphine. A search about town proving to no avail, Mr. Graham, with the village authorities, got busy with the telephone, with the result that the men were captured at Rond- out and. brought back to Wauconda and thence to Waukegan, where they are now confined in the county jail. OREGON * CALIFORNIA RAIL­ ROAD CO. GRANT LANDS. Legal fight over land at last ended. Title revested in United States. Land, by net of congress, ordered to be opened under homestead laws for settlement and sale. Two million three hundred thousand acres. Containing some of the best timber and agricultural lands left in the United States. Large copy­ righted maps showing land by town­ ships ar.d section, laws covering same and description of soil, climate, rain­ fall, elevations, temperaturef etc.; post­ paid one dollar. Grant Lands Locat­ ing Co., Portland Oregon. 6-3m f" Engagement Announced Mrs. Mary Carey of Elgin has an­ nounced the engagement aAd ap­ proaching marriage of her daughter, Adah Anna, to Edward Martin Hoel scher. The nuptial will take place early next month. The family for­ merly resided in this village and since moving to Elgin the bride-to-be has been employed at the watch factory in that city. Mr. Hoeischer is em ployed in the office of the Elgin Daily News, where he has been during the past nine years. Miss Carey attend- ; ed school here and is favorably known V: to many of our people. i] ' • s'.v Halloween Coming L,, • . Halloween will soon be here and the ^ ^youngsters should bear in mind that this is no time to destroy property. Our country is at war and we must : r / save, not destroy. Parents should kindly remind the children of the seri­ ousness of war time and warn them to save and not destroy and by doing „ this we feel certain that Halloween will pass by this year ih a quiet and If' latterly manner. Who Is Grover Cleveland? The following clipping is taken from K the Waukegan Daily Gazette: "Grov- f*" Cleveland is coming to Waukegan, However, Mr. Cleveland is unlike the .former president because he is only about half as heavy and instead of politics his ambition is to run a gro eery business. Mr. Cleveland is from McHenry and he is figuring on open­ ing a grocery store in this city Card of Thanks ^ I wish in this public manner to ||hank the friends who assisted in {getting the fire under control which threatened to burn my house to the Saturday night last. Geo. Colby. Give FOR SALE--Shetland pony, buggy and harness. Inquire at this office. 5 FOR SALE--Cook stove. In good condition. Inquire of B. Katz, Mc- Henry, 111. '/ \ •• . r / 17 FOR SALE--Parlor coal stove in good condition. Jos. y/. Freund, West Mc­ Henry, 111. > 18-tf FOR SALE--A quantity of cabbage. Inquire of Henry Buchert, West Mc- Henry, 111. Phone 613-R-2. 19-4t* FOR SALE--A quantity of squash. Inquire of H. E. Clemens & Son, West McHenry, 111. Phone 613-W-l. 17 ifiiTrffiiyiiiiffii ffiliBt; iiSf/njli Iliinoi Buck to the Days When YoO Drove the Team of Bats did you attempt to be your Own veterinary. Your car rep­ resents a greater investment than did the team, and its in tenor is even more complicated, calling for expert attention when anything goes wrong. Frequent inspection by ex keeps the car in the best possible condition! wh REMEMBER WE ARE v - '**>• © LWAYS AT YOUR SERVICE FO EXPERT REPAIRING ACETYLENE WELDING - BATTERY CHAR61N6 TIRE S-GASOUNE-OILS SUPPLIES-ACCESSORIES FORD SERVICE STATION AUTO LIVERY-QUICK STAR GARAGE JOHN R.KNOX, PROPR. •HONE 30 ' MCHENRY IN. FOR RENT--The Rollin Waite house. Lease given until April 1, 1918. West McHenry State Bank, West McHenry, 111. 18-tf FOR RENT--10 room house on Wau­ kegan street, known as Wirfs resi­ dence. Inquire of B. J. Brefeld, Mc­ Henry, 111. Phone 88-M. 18-lt Administrator's Sale! FOR SALE--No. 413 Noble-Penin­ sular base burner. First-class condi­ tion. Call 71-R or at residence. C. B. Harmsen, West McHenry, 111. 17 Geo. Vogel, Auctioneer The undersigned will sell at public auction on the John A. Smith farm, situated 2 miles east of McHenry, on the McHenry-Fox Lake road, on FRIDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1917 beginning at 1 b'clock, sharp, the fol-. lowing described property, to-wit: 24 HEAD OF CATTLE 2 milch cows, 9 heifers coming in soon, 8 two-year-old heifers, 5 calves, coming one year old. 5 Horses One span well matched black mares, four and five years old, weight 2600 pounds; brown mare, six years old, weight 1000 pounds; black horse, eight years old, weight 1100 pounds, black mare, fifteen years old, weight 1300 pounds. 35 spring shoats and 180 chickens. Hay and Grain 4 tons alfalfa hay, 20 tons clover hay, 20 tons timothy hay, all in barn; 600 bushels oats, 300 bushels barley, 30 acres hill corn, all in shocks; 2 acres fodder corn, a quantity of seed corn, 50 btishels choice potatoes. Machinery ^ Deering grain binder, nearly new; Deering corn binder, nearly new; Deering mower, hay rake, corn planter, sulky cultivator^, platform scale, new; 2 walking plows, fanning mill, 3- eection drag, cutter, 2 wagons and boxes, set bob sleighs, 2 sets double harness, 1 single harness, hoes, spades, shovels, whiffle trees, etc., 20 cords of stove wood. ; Household Goods • House organ, sewing machi«e;-heat- ing stove and other articles too num erous to mention. Terms of Sale: All sums of $10.00 and under, cash; over that amount a credit of six months will be given on good bankable notes at seven per cent interest. No property removed until settled for. S. H. Freund, Administrator of the John A. Smith Estate. Jos. W. Freund, Recording Clerk. FOR SALE--Good black mare, wt. about 1100 lbs. Good driver or fam- ly horse. Also surrey and harness. Call on M. J. Walsh, West McHenry. FOR CASH RENT--450, 240, 175, 210, 160 and 80- acres, among which are some of the best farms in McHenry county. D. F. Quinlan, Woodstock, 111. 18-lt* FOR SALE--On account of going south I offer my 7-passenger Stude- baker touring car for sale. Is in firsts class condition and has been run less than 6,000 miles. J. E. Jacobsfiook box 56, McHenry, 111. 18-lt* FOR SALE--The Schnorr homestead and store property in McHenry. Reasonable prices and on terms to suit If interested in any of them write F. J. Schnorr, Savings Bank Bldg., Council Bluffs, la. 10-tf LOST--On streets of McHenry or be­ tween McHenry and the Charley Col­ by farm, a black leather gauntlet. Finder will please leave at Plaindealer office or with P. N. Peterson, West McHenry, 111. Phone 638-W-l. 18 FOR SALE--On very easy terms, the 99 acre highly improved R. H. Richardson farm at $175 per acre. Small payment down, long time, 5 per cent interest. New $3000 modern barn. Three miles from McHenry on main road to Woodstock. Other farms for sale. Simon Stoffel, West McHen­ ry, IlL 10-tf Auction Sale! Geo. Vogel, Auctioneer 1,1 M_tnn j . 'v., ,*TOttn" vs your next order for en­ tailing cards and see what a we can put out for yon. Having decided to quit farming, the undersigned will sell at public auction on the Elija Coates farm, located miles west of Ringwood, 2 miles east of Greenwood and % miles south of the Greenwood road, on SATURDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1917 commencing at 1:00 o'clock, sharp, the following described property, to-wit: 12 HEAD OF CHOICE COWS Three coming in fresh inside of month, 1 heifer, 1 bull. 5 Horses One gray horse 4 years old, 1 road horse and 2 work horses. Wagons, Etc. Good farm wagon, 2 spring wagons road cart, top buggy and.^jgtylft'g! farm implements. ; Hay and Grain f About 20 tons of wild hay, 4 tons of timothy hay, 8 acres of early corn in ghock, about 150 bushel# a quantity of silo feed. Terms of Sale:?" All sums of $10.00 and under, cash over that amount a credit of six months' time will be given on good bankable notes bearing interest at the rate of 7 per cent per annum. No property to be removed or possession of same given to purchaser until set­ tled for with the clerk. , P. llr Tdlbjp; Stnuwi Htnffol. f!l«A ADDITIONAL PERSONALS PMpb Wk. CoMe .Dd C Itartac .• Week - ||il|ijSecurity of Life and Investment! > MS Young men are lending their lives; older men and women their labors. All can lend their money. You have thrived because of liberty. You have lived a thousand joys because of her. Render her your gratitude out of the wealth her freedom and equality of effort have helped you make. BuyJJ. S. Government Liberty Bonds. ^ ' Go totyour post office, your bank, the nearest Of­ fice or store selling Liberty Bonds, and buy. You can buy them as small as $50, and pay lor them by installments. Two per cent with order; 18 per cent November 15, 1917; 40 per cent Decem­ ber 15,1917; 40 per cent January 15, 1918. If you have bought, buy more, and sell two bonds to two other good Americans. Remember a U. S. Bond is money that bears interest It is the safest security for your savingis, combined with the best returns. Moreover, you are lending to Liberty, and help­ ing your country make the World safe for Democ- racy and your home 1 v".pi:§ 8UY U. 3 GOVERNMENT BONDS TODi&Y. SECOND LIBERTY LOAN Theo. Schiessle was a Chicago vis­ itor Tuesday. Mrs. John F. Miller passed Monday in the windy city. / Ed. L. Hayes was a business visitor in Chicago Tuesday. Mrs. R. C. Chamberlfn was <a Chi­ cago visitor Tuesday. Mrs. L. H. Eisenmenger passed Wednesday in Chicago Miss Avis Carey of Elgin is visit­ ing McHenry relatives. John R. Knox transacted business in the windy city Tuesday. Miss Laura Krause was a North Crystal Lake visitor Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. E. Hunter passed Tuesday in the metropolitan city. John M. Freund and Anthony Blake were Waukegan visitors Tuesday. Miss Sue Harrison of Ringwood was a week end visitor at the Will Spencer home. Raymond Howard ond Worth Wood- burn visited the hoys at Camp Grant last Sunday. Stephen R. Smith and daughter, Anna, of Adams, Minn., are visiting relatives here. Richard Hedberg of Chicago was a Sunday guest in the home of Mr. and Mrs. L. F. Pouse. F. O. Gans, Ben Stilling, C. Unti and Louis Smith were among the Chicago passengers Wednesday morning. John Brefeld of Kenosha, Wis., vis­ ited in the home of his parents, Mr and Mrs. B. J. Brefeld, Sunday. Dr. D. G. Wells, N. H. Petesch, John E. Pufahl and F. G. Schreiner were Camp Grant visitors last Sunday. Chas. Johnston and family left Monday evening for Benson, Minn., where they will make their future home. Mr. and Mrs. R. I. Overton and family, Miss Lola Boyle and Misses Adah and Avis Carey motored to An- tioch Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. John Reihansperger of West Chicago were week end guests Ur. md Afar*. Chm J. <? l e s h o u l d a l l bif , thankful that scien#. t if ic evaporat ing makeji r ' it possible for us to* h a v e " d r i e d " f r u i t s * which retain the excels lent, matured flavors^HiF In f a c t m a n y d r i e fruits are better than * ; the fresh fruits, be* ̂ oause they are picked RIPE from the tree ani/4 shipped to us dried in*^ir •tead of being picked • GREEN. Drying fruits reduce* 1 *4 the weight and freight I, and enables us to seli-^V-t them reasonably. Com#. *»e the aany kinds we. have. N Schneider Bros., - Weil McHenry DURING OCTOBER ONLY Electric Washing Mac $100 Machines,. „-$78 i ^^Write Your Own 5 Year Guarantee >>, -j i . Phone or drop a postal for demonstration Qfa. L Forre$t, Contracting Electrical y * : I CRYSTAL LAKE, ILLINOIS. •••west MAKE MONEYTRAPPINO "THE ART OF TRAPPING" Tlw Bert Mi Meat CwwplrtaTrajpera'Gaiie Ever PnblfaheJ Will teach you how--hundreds of useful and valuable ideas--itgivM an accurate description of the different Fur-bearers of North Amer* lea; it tells liow and where to trap; the best methods of making seta; the right kind of baits and scents; the size of traps to use; the cor­ rect way of skinning and handling; the trapping laws of every state ;; *itoautifaUy illustrated--just the book you have been looking for* ' Thm vrfee i» 15c atampe or pels. Smmd for your cem> (otfaqr. A. B. SHUBERT, Inc. Dept. 439 25*27 West ANRTFTI Atwi, Chicago, II. & A. ger on Main street. Mrs. Carl Gruener and daughter, Virginia, of Chicago have been guests of the former's mother, Mrs. Peter Wirfs, the past week. Dr. C. H. Fegers and Miss Eleanor McGee motored to Chicago Monday morning, where they will spend the week as the guests of Pistakee Bay friends. Mary Josephine, of Chicago spent the first of the week with the former's sister, Mrs. Peter Wirfs. Her mother, Mrs. J. M. Hoyt, will return today. • - ' Buys Hutao* Farm August Ressman has purchased the Geo. Hutson farm of eighty acres, situated four miles southwest of Mc­ Henry on the Woodstock road. The Stop Scandalous Waste! Coal is half gas--half your fuel money flies up the chimney with other ranges --save this valuable gas half of the iuel and turn it into heat for baking and cooking with Cole's Fuel-Saving Hot Blast Drafts Jkn Exclusive Feature Study the picture--note the fuel saving in action--they pay big cash dividends in fuel saved over other ranges. If real fuel economy looks good to you, own • i WMM«i wmmmMmmm WM No. 662 r-->3fer*1 The Ellis-* Business College Graduates Get the Best Positions One young man is employed in Elgin by "Uncle Sam" at $1200.00 a year. A&other be­ gins today in the office of "Uncle Sam" at Washington, D. C., at $1200.00 a year. Bank­ ing concerns and businessmen of Elgin recommend the Ellis Business College. Eight school teachers are enrolled in our school. 'Nuff sed. Enroll with us todfl^ New Building Opposite Elgin PoA Office Do you realize that hun­ dreds of thousands of Amer­ ican boys are going across the sea to fight that you may continue to enjoy your present liberties?^ » . , • v : * Do you appreciate the im­ mensity of the obligation that devolves on you to help sustain and encourage them? If you do you will help. You can be& do that by buying A •'1 H "1 - By the acft you lead your money to your Government to be expended in keeping your soldiers in the war-- in winning the war. r ^ • • \ . ' " # • - • bank' -can glfSFTT" *ou particulars aa iprms of paymant̂ .-: I I; h iW»i k«- . Saving money on the iann "Y %:fki you have a dozen or more cows «f|to milk, you can save money and ftinake money with a Calf-Way Milker. :%3t saves every year more than it costs labor saved; one man does the îvork of two or three, when the CaU- ^Way Milker helps. ^1-/ 'it means larger milk checks; increased f fjf • production means more money; and ! , tnpney on the farm counts# Get acquainted with this new ] Come and J v' '*h*w%ee howjx work^*' 1 i~ Hayes & Justen WEST McHENRY, ILL. IEAL ESTATE & MSUKAKCE