The following text may have been generated by Optical Character Recognition, with varying degrees of accuracy. Reader beware!

' V* *" *• -f -, • _^<*- « '-^"- ••* • ; s^,:'--••- ' x; -.v. "" ' _.. ' ••> k,^ •«"•.- ^• v- * *S*fSf i J. w «» ji*^ »>• v*^ * $«#• #%• •- * ^4' % »f i- § -'« '#<*/* *1^4. * *4 ^ * -V #*» * •*»•»** $V^ ,1^ < ! ' . * ' ' 'J%J +4^ ' f S^' *. '"' ** y?n *-*. ^ Jp* it vo: L.0MKXLIII McHBNRT. IUL.HSrOIS,THTJRSr>AY, MAY 30. 1018 IEEILY EXCHANGE REHS AS TAKEN FROM THE COLUMNS OF OUR EXCHANGES Miscellaneous Assortment of News . Items In Condensed Form For Busy People THEY LIKE CALIFORNIA William 1. O'Connor Says the Boys Are All | t̂ ree Lake county mm have al­ ready announced their candidacies for the office of county treasurer. Walter Gabe of Solon Mills recently shot a chicken hawk that measured fifty-two inches from wing to wing, " Seventy-five members of the United Order o^ Foresters of Chicago held a convention at Woodman hall, Crystal Lake, last Saturday. Editor A. D. Wiseman of the Hebron Tribune has just come into possession of the moving picture show in that village ami will conduct same in tin future. The Woodstock & Sycamore Trac­ tion Co. has ceased business and cars are no longer running on that line. The company's field of operations was between Marengo and Sycamore. Atty. Paul Donovan of Woodstock 1ms taken over the Richmond practice of Atty. E. J. Elliott, who joined the colors and left with a McHenry coun­ ty contingent last Saturday morning. A tern, in which F. P. Wilmington Of Crystal Lake keeps his car, was entered on a recent night and the left ' hind tire of the machine was stolen. H»e perpetrator made good his escape. Three automobile speeders have been picked up,at Crystal Lake thus far this season. All pleaded guilty to the charge of speeding and paid their fines, which varied from $3.00 to |10.00 and costs. The little village of Wauconda raised her quota of $1,000 in the Red Cross drive last week. An auction sale held in connection with the drive netted $300. Hats off to our neigh­ boring village and her good people. The hoodoo number has played quite - an important part in the close of the Grayslake school this year. Thirteen boys and girls wrote in the eighth grade examinations, while a like num­ ber constitutes the graduating class. Salesmen for Hunt, Helm, Ferris & Co., who operate a factory at Harvard, were summoned to that city for a two days' conference last week, at which time they were told that each of them would be providedf with an automobile in the near future. Sumner Hawver, former McHenry county farmer, now serving time at the state penitentiary at Joliet for the attempted murder of his wife, prefers prison to farm, having turned down a proposition whereby he would leave the prison walls to work on the farm of J, C. Olbrich, who resides near Ma *iigo. "" - Stockholders of the Wauconda-Pal- • a tine railroad ate fighting desperately to save the road. Officials of the new tile factory at Wauconda have inter­ ested themselves and with the co-op- eration< of the people of that village they hope to save the road and keep It in operation. A new steel railroad bridge cross­ ing Main street at Lake Geneva is new in commission. The structure was put in in less than a day, traffic continuing thruout without delay. The old bridge had served its purpose for a period of thirty years, having been installed in 1888. After gathering in a considerable amount of money, a band of gypsies was rounded up by Crystal Lake of­ ficials in that city one day recently and were forced to return the money taken and then ordered out of town. Good for Crystal Lake. No sympathy ^should be shown this class of people now-adays. Wonder if this class knows the meaning of "work or fight?" The ten year eld sen of EdwarU Ptndergast of Springfield, Wis., was v found dead in a large tank of gasoline ill that village oiie day recently. The lad had succeeded in removing the cover to the gigantic tank and leaned over the man-hole to look into same. Since there was no gasoline found in his lungs, the supposition is that he became unconscious from inhaling the . *§por and fell into the tank, i According to an order issued* by the Kenosha llatail Liquor Dealers' asso­ ciation, all liquors sold by them in the future must be consumed on the premises where purchased and no civ­ ilians will hereafter be served drinks when accompanied by soldiers, sailors or marines in uniform. This means that those who have been in the habit of taking a few bottles home with them will be obliged to make a trip to some buffet whenever the desire comes to them or purchase direct fr6m . 'the manufacturers. A railroad wreck, in which one'man lost las life, while another was quite seriously injured, occurred at the Nip- persink bridge, a short distance east of Solon'Mills, a week ago last Satur­ day afternoon. Eleven cars, most of whtehfc were loaded with milk, were de­ railed, while eight of them rolled down the embankment, and cars and con tents were demolished. One of the cars contained farming implements, while another contained tobacco, said to have been consigned to the govern* moot fee the boys in sarvwo. .v v - • : - , • v . f < WiftfilR J. O'Connor, whobefore en­ tering the service of Uncle Sam was employed in the tonsorial shop of Mar­ tin B. Smith on the West Side, writes us as follows: Camp Fremont, Calif. Friend Frank--I trust you will for­ give me for not writing you sooner, but there have been so many to write to. I don't have to explain that to you as you no doubt understand how the game is. I received your local paper here to­ day with open arms and can assure you it was just like a letter from home for all of us boys here. Allow me to thank you for the way in which you referred to us on our departure. In fact, all news in general was mighty interesting to all of us and. will al­ ways continue so. Well, Frank, in regard to our trip, I am sure it is not necessary to touch upon it again as I know that you have heard all about it thru our friend, Martin Smith. All of us like it here very much and hope we stay here un­ til we go across, which I am sure won't be so awfully long. Everything here is moving like clock work. Our train­ ing is becoming more interesting each day. We received our guns and over­ coats and are out every day learning the different sights and angles from which to shoot, also to handle our rifle in a military manner, You ought to see us when we are drilling. You told me at one time that you enjoyed comedy. Well, believe me, you would sure have it here. This is lots dif­ ferent from barbering. I believe X will be a prize fighter after I get back. Ha, ha! These are new U. S. rifles we boys received. They are calibre 30, weigh nine pounds and will shoot perfectly for a distance of three miles. Please omit flowers. I will have to save my shoes for a souvenir. We have become very proficient in washing our clothes. Wonderful what one can do when he has to. We sure had lots of fun on the trip. I like it very much here and I'm afraid some of the boys will not want to come home again. They seem to be stuck on it here. I am glad to see {hem aH so contented as that is half of the fight. I see by your paper that you are about to have another big Red Cross drive. I wish you every'success and I am sure you will have it. «Mc Henry's efforts in former drives are something to be proud of I am sure. Keep up the good work. It gives us boys here great satisfaction to know that McHenry is doing so much for this great cause. We have all got to make one big stand now to win. All of us boys are still together, but cannot say how long it will last. Am barbering here between drills We are not out of quarantine yet, but will be in about four days, then may be appointed company barber. We are anxious to get out and see Frisco, which is about thirty miles from her#. Give my regards to all of the McHenry people and tell them that the boys are in the best of spirits and expect to be with you again when we have completed our mission. It won't take us long. We have a com pany yell and many good singerl Have a song program every Monday on parade grounds. Our popular song is '-Over There." No chance to get homesick. Something doing all the time. With best wishes from (th| boys, I remain, Your friend, * William J. 0'Conngtf, "i Co. G, lltti Inf., Fremont, Calif. | GLASS OF IS TO GRADUATE EXERCISES AT SCHOOL ' TORIUM FRIDAY Splendid Program Should Attract Large Crowd--James Shaw of Btoomington the Orator Fifteen girls and boys, represent­ ing the class of '18, will graduate from the McHenry high school to­ morrow and the graduation exercises will take place at the school auditor­ ium at eight o'clock tomorrow night. The class is one of the best as well as largest that has ever completed the, course and a big crowd is ex­ pected to turn out to greet 'them. The personnel of the Class is as fol­ lows: Albert M. Barbian, Alfred J. Bonslett, Arthur D. Hunter, Bernice U. Bonslett, Dorcas I. Foss, Dorothy R. Carr, Elfrieda W. Block, Ellen M. Spencer, Lisle T. Brunswick, Lera M. Harrison, Margaret E. Miller, Mary B. Harrison, Thomas M. Phalin, Va- riiia Mae Wentworth and Verona Jean Niesen. Class flower: Purple violet; class motto: "One word--Success;" class colors: Purple and white. Class of­ ficers: Ellen Spencer, president; Thomas Phalin, vice president; Verona Niesen, secretary and treasurer. The program of the evening is as follows: "•. Patriots' March . . Zambelik Salutatory.*...... .Arthur D. Hunter Class poem>.......... Lisle Brunswick 'Just a Wearyin' for You":. Carrie Jacobs Bond High School Chorus DfcUry Time" . Girls' Glee Club (Class prophecy...,....Elfrieda Block Valedictory.Bernice Bonslett 'Twilight Hours" Zambelik Orchestra Address. .Jas. Shaw, Bloottiington, 111. Land of Mine" MacDermid High School Orchestra Presentation of diplomas PARISH PICNIC AT VOLO To Be Held Saturday and Sunday, June 8 and 9 • Borden's Complain ;v. Superintendent J. E. Pufahl of the Borden bottling plant here, informs us that he io experiencing difficulty in se­ curing help. A "number of the men left only recently and at the present time he is very short on help. We are told that the Borden people are mak­ ing provisions whereby women will supplement the men in many of their plants and it remains to be seen whether it will be necessary for the company to make such a changfe in the McHenry plant. • * •. Lose Village Attorney , Among the McHenry county con­ tingent which left Woc^istock last Sat­ urday was Atty. E. J. Elliottt of Richmond, who only a short time ago was made oar village attorney means that our village is ijiow an attorney. We have not 1 whether or not his Richmon cessor, Atty. Paul Donovan of stock, will aisp assume the yi torneyship here. # - f Wedding Dance I A wedding dance will be held at Smith's' hall, Johnsburg, on Wednes­ day evening next, June 5. Good- music will be provided for the occa­ sion and a good time is promised those who attend: The usual price of ad­ mission will be charged. AUjp.coj| dially invited. ^ , I Social Whid & .. C The Social Wheel will meet at the home of Mrs. Clara Starritt Thurs­ day afternoon, June 6. Mrs. J. C. Holly, Pres. , H*8, ̂̂ i®*®*.-/'! • 3 r • suc- Tfce parishioners of St. Peter's par­ ish, Volo, announce a parish picnic to be held at Volo on Saturday and Sun­ day of next week, June 8 and 9. The members of this little parish have held several very successful events of this nature during the past ew years and the various committees lave already set to work to bring the :oming event to a successful con- lusion. According to the posters there will >e attractions for both old and young, ncluding fine musicf dancing, double >owling alleys, refreshments of all dnds, chicken 'dinner, games and rises, raffle booths for articles that >ou will appreciate, and others. The Volo people never do things by ialves and they assure the people of this entire community that the picnic his year will be larger and better han ever. A special invitation is ex­ tended to McHenry and Johnsburg 'esidents to attend. Don't Forget to Register Every young man in McHenry town' hip who has reached the age of twen .y-one since June 5, 1917, must regis- «r on Wednesday of next week, June 6. The registration place. for the ownship is the village hall, where Postmaster E. E. Bassett will be in charge of the work. Every young man who belongs to 'this class should bear this fact in mind lest he be booked as a slacker and thus place himself in bad with the government. The local registrar will be at the vil­ lage hall from 7:00 o'clock a. m. un­ til 9:00 o'clock p. m., thus giving all an opportunity to have their names properly registered. Anyone living in this locality at the present, even tho his permanent place of residence is elsewhere, may register in Mc- CLASS PLAY WELL ATTENDED Perforntiuiee Given at School Auditor- t e r n N e t s . $ 8 4 * 9 ' h i t of the Image,** the school auditorium by the senior class of the McHenry high school on Friday evening last, brought out a full house and the play met with the expectations bf the large audience in attendance. Music by the school orchestra and singing by the members of the Glee club, both under the supervision of Miss Irene Harruff, n&rited the ap­ plause given. > * The class of fifteen senior students composed the cast of characters, each one taking the part assigned with ability and seemingly at ease. Four of tile cast performed double role in the play. Miss Margaret Miller first appeared as a gypsy, tak­ ing her part very creditablyj and later as an office boy, tho her ambitions were to be a "detectuff." The male garb and wig completely transformed her and she impersonated well. Misses Bernice Bonslett, Verona Niesen and Lisle Brunswick took lead­ ing parts a^d showed symptoms of contentment on the stage. Alfred Bonslett, as - host and lawyer, wag fine. Misses Mary Harrison, Dorcas foss and Elfrieda Block took the parts of those in mature years and did it admirably. Miss Dorothy Carr, as a close friend of Phyllis, showed equal ability. % Misses Varina Wentworth, Lora Harrison and Thomas Phalin did re­ markably well on the printing and editorial staff. Arthur D. Hunter was a great fa­ vorite as also were Miss Ellen Spen­ cer, who took the part of maid and also a romantic role, and Albert Bar­ bian as "Adventure" from "over there" was a winner. By request four senior girls sang a knitting song, given on one other occasion, that was well received. A reading by Lisle Brunswick be­ tween the first two acts won loud ap­ plause and he returned with an en­ core that eclipsed the former. Ho is a reader of much notability. A beautiful Irish ballad, entitled "When Irish Eyes Are Smiling," was sung with expression and dialect by Miss Berice Bonslett as Kitty Aid- Miss Bernice Bonslett as Kitty Aid- rich and Albert Barbian as Terrence Donovan, both winning great ap­ plause. The Success of this play as well as the junior class play is due to Miss Blanche Pryor, who so carefully trained the students in etary re­ hearsal and supervised eaeh act given on last Friday evening. LEAVE FOR TRAINING CAMP McHenry Township Boys lift faftflt Saturday--More Today Henry. TV "M* s Complalngi- ' ' A complaint came into this office the first of the week from the superin­ tendent of the Borden milk bottling plant here. Mr. Pufahl informs us that sojnebody has been tampering with the flash-boards at the mill pond dam and that covers which had been placed at the dam for banking had been stolen. While th« superintend- id not care to divulge names, he us that the company had the of some of the perforators and unless the praetiqfe Mas imme- diatdy stopped someone fffidd surely be brwight to justice. , PAents are urged to fk'nrn their against such practice, Has Palfed I'ta > Prairie school, %istric®No. 46, east of Crystal Lake, t&ghtifibMiss Lucile Byrd, a former Mcnvflt young lady and a graduate of ourlAi school, has passed its quota -in plXfes for war savings stamps and abotre'one-half of the pledges have been met by actual sales. The school has passed its quota in sales and is 100 per cent Red Cross. This is indeed a splendid showing for the children, the patrons and the teacher and The Piaindealer1 wishes to ('AngrntnlfttA V «.K -r-:* Hi- Five more boys from this township left Woodstock last Saturday morning to become soldiers in the United States army. Howard Wattles, John E. Nicholls and Thomas Doherty of this village and Lonnie Michels and John Smith of Johnsburg left Wood­ stock Saturday morning with the Mc­ Henry county contingent. The boys to leave Woodstock last Saturday morning were seventy-two in number. They left the county seat at 6:23 a. m. amid the cheers of a vast crowd that had gathered to bid theia God speed on their journey. In spite of the early hour, citizens from all over the county gathered at the depot platform. The blowing of Wood­ stock's factory whistles, the cheers of the mighty throng and the playing of the Woodstock band sent a thrill thru the assemblage. The boys left Chi­ cago shortly after ten o'clock that same morning for Camp Shelby, Hat- tiesburg, Miss. This (Thursday) afternoon thirty more McHenry county young men will leave Woodstock. Included among these are Frank Justen, Arthur Smith and Earl Whiting of this place. The manner in which these young men are being called at this time secerns to indicate that Uncle Sam has set out to win the war without further delay. A shipment of more than 200,000 men across the waters during the month of May gives further proof of this. It is expected that even a larger number will be transported during the coming months. : ( Concert Tonight A splendid concert and lecture un­ der tfi'e auspices of the Young Ladies sodality of St. Patrick's church. Rev. M. J. McEvoy, director. At the Central opera house this evening. General admission, 25 cents. Re­ served seats, 36 cents. German Women Must Register German women in the United States are required to register with chiefs of the police or postmasters between June 17 and 26, under regulations is­ sued by the department of justice at Washington, D. C. -- ^ Cemetery Aid Society The Ladies' Cemetery Aid society will meet with Mrs. T. J. Walsh on Tuesday afternoon. June 4. Mrs. J. B. Pe^ry, Pres. ,,, I. OF C. INITIATE OVER 70 DEGREES EXEMPLIFIED HERB SUNDAY AFTERNOON Chicago Degree Teams Pot an Im­ pressive Work--McHenry Council Now Largest In County Sunday was a big day for the Me* Henry council, Knights of Columbus. On that day the second and third de­ grees were conferred upon a 'class of seventy-two candidates. Of the large class initiated fifty- eight became members of the Mc­ Henry council, five of the Woodstock council and nine to the dbuncil at Har­ vard. The candidates assembled here about the noon hour and took dinner at the Busy; Bee cafe.,; The degree work was beautifully exemplified by Chicago teams and in spite of the heat the large class was put thru in about four hours. After the work the new members as well as those who had assembled were given a lunch at the Busy Bee, after which the out-of-town visitors and members of the degree teams left for their re­ spective homes. It was indeed an oc­ casion that will be long remembered by the members of the class as well as the brothers assembled. -With the addition of the new mem­ bers the McHenry council now boasts of the largest membership of any council in McHenry county, surpass­ ing both the Woodstock and Harvard councils by a big margin. Not oftly does the local council claim this dis­ tinction, but it also lays claim to be­ ing one of the strongest in northern Illinois outside of the city of Chicago. The membership now numbers about 225 and if the council continues to grow in the future as it has in the past we predict that it will not be many years before a Knights of Co­ lumbus building will grace our enter­ prising little village. FOR COUNTY TREASURE)! Wm. S. McConnell of • < Woodstock •t ^Candidate For Odea --1----• '• a William S. McConneli of Wood­ stock was in Richmond yesterday in the interest of his tandidacy for the office of county treasurer. Mr. McConneli is now serving as ood administrator for McHenry coun­ ty, a position of importance, but with- >ut compensation. In this and in >ther ways he is devoting much of his time to war activities. He is one of Woodstock's most pub­ ic spirited citizens and has a family >f children the size of which would make Roosevelt smile with approval. The office of treasurer will have mportant additional duties hereafter, by reason, of the abolishment of the ;ownship tax collectors and the trans­ fer of this work to the county treas­ urer, thus imposing greater responsi­ bility and increased duties on that official. Mr. McConneli has the requisite ability and business experience to dis­ charge the duties of the treasurer's office in an efficient and satisfactory manner. He has hold official positions of trust and responsibility .and has dis­ charged the duties with signal capa­ bility, nevei* forgetting while in public service that ho was the public's ser­ vant. , Mr. McConneli has a number of well known relatives and numerous friends in Richmond, who will be in­ terested in his candidacy and will aid him in every way within their power to secure the nomination he seeks in the Republican party primary to be held on September 11 of this year. --Richmond Gazette. Adv. Will Return to Moline John Feltz, who during the past few weeks has been acting as an employ- nent agent for a large manufacturing concern at Moline, 111., will return to that city next week to resume Kis duties in the factory. The outside work has benefitted Mr. Felti greatly and he feels that he is again strong enough to return to his old job. His wife, who has been spending the last few weeks in the home of her parents, Mr, Mid Mrs.. Math Bauer, in this vil- age, will accompany him to Moline. Keep Them at Home Now that spring has showed its ap­ pearance, it is a pretty good idea to keep your chickens at home. There is nothing more annoying than to have your garden picked to pieces after it has beeft planted, and from the num­ ber of chickens seen in different parts about the village it is very discourag­ ing to those who are giving serious thoughts toward a home garden this year. If your ehickens cannot be trained to stay at home, sell them off and give your neighbor a chance to help keep down the high cost of living. Will Effect Many Here That new order, which stipulates that all young men within the military age must find useful employment on and after July 1 of this year, will ef­ fect a number here in'McHenry. It will undoubtedly mean that a few MY BAPTISM OF FIRE Lieut Poose Tells of Experi- wiees In Trenches IfSIfl M* jpicHENRY PEOPLE RESPONSE MOST GENEROUSLY- I l&e following letter, written by Lieut. A. H. Pouse, was received by Peter -M. Justen recently and handed to «s fbr publication: France, May 3,1918. Dear Friend Pete: Your long let­ ter and picture were received today and I was mighty pleased to receive them. For the last two weeks I have been at he front and sort of cut off from the world, where I could not get any mail. But I've seen tMe war and have received my baptism of fife and enjoyed it very much. Living in a dugout twenty feet be­ low the ground, with the trenches as promenades, and with shells falling at some place near me almost all the time, made life very interesting. The first time our battery was shelled by the Germans made us experience a queer feeling of a mixture of surprise, wonder, fear and a "we don't care" spirit, but after the first few shells had passed it was as if we had seen thgm all our life. We would cotae to the mouth of the dugout till we heard the whistling whine of a shell coming, then we had five seconds to drop to safety, While the shell exploded, send­ ing steel fragments in all directions, meaning death or injury to those caught. I have seen other batteries heavily shelled and gassed, but the most our particular dugout got Was a shell a minute. It was a very quiet locality, altho we received many shells every day. I have seen many villages, large and small, totally ruined and have seen many signs of this war that I cannot tell you. One day I found a shoe that had die sock and benes of a human foot in it and one of the other boys found a German helmet with a skull in it. That is the condition of the country I was in, full of death and desolation. It makes us all wish to get into it witli all our might and for­ ever put an end to any power that would make possible a repetition of this war. I was within 100 yards of the Ger­ man lines and hope it will not be long before we will be many yards on the other aide of them. The conditions of the army over here are fine.* We have everything we want and plenty of hard wor|v, but you never saw a crowd work more willingly or with such progress. Today a lieutenant asked me to talk to some of his men and I gave them a talk for an hour and a half about the front and what I had seen. Later in the day he said the whole of the eighty men I talked to were crazy to go to the front, It's surely fine to be with a bunch of men who haive the spirit to go ahead and win like the Amer­ ican boys here and just wait until they get going. They'll never know what stop means. t - , The one thing I'm sorry about is that from now on I will have prac­ tically no time for myself and will be unable to write to my frifnds as I should want to; but when I get back I'll make up for that. I am very glad to hear the liberty loan has met with such success in my home town. Well, Pete, write again and soon and remember me to ' your father and famite*^##e rest of my friends. . S i n c e r e l y | t V " . Alford H. Pouse. St. Mary's Notes St. Mary's school had a sulphur feath last Friday evening in qrder to do away with the "little giants'V called germs. All are very much interested in the Junior Red Cross and the older pupils have cut and sewed a number of pina­ fores for the French and Belgian refugees. The children have for thjp past months been preparing for an exhibit of school work, which will take place the latter part of June. They are also rehearsing their parts for the commencement entertainment," all the children taking part. Last Sunday evening the Agnes sodality received into its ranks nine­ teen new members. The Rev. Father Berthold had an impressive little ser­ mon and urged all the members to receive holy* communion monthly, when they should also wep,r fheir badges.. . 1 Takes Over Bnsiaedfc On account of the fact that both members of the firm will soon^be en­ rolled in the service of their country, Hayes & Justen, the West Side real estate firm, wish to announce that they have turned their business affairs over to Jos. W. Freund, who will look after their interests during their ab­ sence. Those who haye had business dealings with the firm can rest as­ sured that the business will be well cared for by Mr. Freund. The West Side office of the firm will be closed and anyone wishing to see Mr. Freund will find him at his place of business on Main street. 1 Riverview Card Party RiVerview camp, No. (>818, R. N. A., will give a card party Wednesday evening, June 5, at the Riverside din I ing hall Five hundred, cinch and dominoes will be played. Everybody welcome. Admission, 25 cents. RED CROSS NETS $25! I . . Solicitors Gather In Over Quota, While Bazaar Receipts Exceed $5t0 Mass Meeting Sunday The Red Cross drive to make ^ i quota apportioned this branch, whicli was $1800.00, went with a big "push" over the top and scored a big triumph for the territory included in the Mc­ Henry branch of the American Re# / Cross. ; >: %' The big event of the weak was t!he, bazaar held at S toff els' hall Thursday " afternoon and evening of last weHfc, <j which netted $522.50. The coiMiutloo- in charge is to be congratulated upon; 4- the grand success of this undertaking, f which was due to the efforts of Mra% J. C. Bickler, her committee and the I many generous'donors. The captains of the drive and theif^ '* committees solicited twenty-five pet^r. cent over the quota. Their work on -5 : this drive is very commendable. '; All of the receipts are in the hands of the campaign treasurer, awaiting orders from the county campaign ! manage^, B. B. Bell of Harvard. The drive Closed .Sunday eveninp, with a big mass meeting at Stoffel'tf" • hall. Atty. David R. Joslpn of Wood- stock was speaker of the evening and ' inspired the assembly with his own; . Jp o p i n i o n o f t h e w a r s i t u a t i o n . H e c o i ^ f \ ; gratulated the people of McHenry Apr " J their generosity in contributing to- ; ward every war and relief fund and \ \ his Red Cross slogan was "Every miser helps the kaiser." Rev. M. J. McEvoy presided aft -f ̂ chairman during the evening. Music ^ by the McHenry Military band was . 4 ; 4 greatly enjoyed. «, * A reading, "Your Flag and My | Flag," by Miss Blanche Pryor was so » well received that she was compelled * i to give an encore. Miss Pryor been with us a year and has only ap- * ;<J pea red on one other occasion. She a very able reader. • V ^ .A quartet, composed of Miss Iren*; »ffi Harruff, Mr. and Mrs. J. C, Holly awl, ' Frank Schnabel, rendered "Manhoo<d of America," which was so beautifully^ given as to demand an encore. Misp v Kathryn Buch acted as accompanist.^? Miss Irene Harruff sang a solo£ • The Ransomed of the .Lord," in her own. sweet way and she also was»ll^ | liged to respond with an encore. ^ By request Rev. Fr. McEvoy aan# f a solo which he had in reserve for the occasion of his concert this evening, r and it will b6ar repeating. It was a ? beautiful number well given and en- - titled "In Flanders' Fields." Sixteen fourth grade pupils of th^yK^ McHenry public school gave a Red? _»• Cross drill, whieh was much, ap- plauded. The band concluded the evening •< program with the "Sar Spangled *% ner" and thus ended the drive for the *V '; benefit of the American Red Cross * * >1 for a relief fund over here and "over fr* there." ^ The following if • the :repwt^ _i»- ' § ceipts of the drive: * 5 Team Captains- Quota W. F. Vogt. ..<... f575.00 - R. G. Chamborim. .$275.00 D. G. Wells. $405.00 K. McAndrews... $185.00 C. W: Gibbs i. :•. V'. $205.00 M. A. Conway.... .$156.00 Bazaar ,CWlecta4'.,,'J|,{> , $444.8*^ $308.# i * 362.25 B " $201.25 f2ra.oo. •J1*$206.0fi*r " T o t a l . . $ 2 J 5 1 6 4 0 Chairman Floyd E. Covalt, in he>- half of the chapter, wishes to the members of the several tees and etams for their splendid CO- operation and assistance and also the * people of McHenry and vicinity fat tfteir generous contributions. ..-J* •. •-,m ' * L ' Coal Situation Alarming The coal situation is alarming In ^ that the mines are not running to fuB capacity, because of lack of .. ^ The representative of this goveHM|MK% ,* in control of the coal situation !«•#: -W. no prospect for us to get hard coal this locality next winter. Either deal­ ers or consumers can buy all the high^ ^ giade soft coal that they require H they buy it now. Failure to buy naaj| uic&Yts next "Wfjur activitiiS will have to be, stopped in order to keep our citizens from freezing t# death. The Piaindealer therefore .v l̂ urges consumers to buy their coal . right now and dealers are also urged toj»tore large quantities of soft co«Jk: Fine Improvements We wish to compliment board and the men who figeed vqp tlte street in the business sftctitai of the. West Side. The improvement is very noticeable and if the good work wffl now be continued throat the entire village there will be no cause for coai- pimnL Here's hoping. W:V ^ * -r % f Wear Arm Baads TV,,..,,. H a resolution adopted * by stlt» woman's committee of the Council el National Defense. American women are urged to wear a black arm band with a gold star for every member of their family lost in the service of thohf country instead of wearing mourning for their soldier dead. % Concert at opera house ....... ...