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>• • • " :wm :cW: 'r'SM lik TOM^MHEO evntv F. G. SCHREINER Hank Huiidinc rfiRMS OF SUBSCRIPTION: •i Omc Y«ar 'i »•» Six »V ' . Thr-- Month*. 4$c Thursday, September 5, 1918 LvV^" ^ FOR SHERIFF 1,1 I hereby announce myself as a can­ didate for the office of sheriff of Mc­ Henry county, subject to the decision V of the voters at the Republican pri­ maries, Sept. 11, 1918, and respect- 4. idly soHcityour support and vote. . • • • 3 A. H. Henderson, Sr. , ^ For Sheriff Jl hereby announce that I am a can- dtilate for the office of sheriff, subject ; to the decision of the voters at the Republican primary, Sept. 11, 1918. Roy J. ADDITIONAL PERSONALS , Mrs. Will Mead visaed relatives;»t Crystal Lake Wednesday. j Miss Verena Brefeld boarded the ! Chicago train Tuesday morning. ' j Mrs. D. G. Wells was among the • Chicago passengers Tuesday morning. C. G. Frett of Aurora spent Sunday as the guest of McHenry relatives. Miss Lenore Freund was among the Chicago passengers Tuesday morning. Mrs. John Phalin and son, Thomas, are visiting relatives at Cleveland, O. Walter Krause was a Chicago vis­ itor' Monday and Tuesday. ] Miss Julia May of Chicago spent Labor day with the Misses Helen and : Catherine Freund. Mrs. Harry Landwer of Barrington has been spending a few days at the J. F. Claxton home. Ferdinand Frett of Chicago passed;" .Sunday and Monday as the guest of his wife and family here. | E. H. Winfield was among ttyose | who witnessed the big Labor day pa-;/V: > SOLON MILLS <* * , John Bohart of Genoa..Junction .in Chicago Monday. aller here Monday. ' ! Miss Pearl Claxton returned home fhas. Vogel 'was' a business visitor last Thursday evenings froth a wek's fitwCamp Lake Tuesday. V^sit with Chicago friends. V <ieo. Vogel is a business visitor at j Miss Anna Freund of Ringwood >.r&#disont Wis., this week. spent Sunday with her parents, Mr, Jack Pester was in Chicago Labor and Mrs. Martin S. Freund. ' Yay to witness the big parad# j Mr. and Mrs. E. C Mullen of Oak Bart Young of Woodstock was a *e- Park passed several days this week cent caller here with relatives. as the guests of relatives here Fred Converse of Round Lake was! Mr. and Mrs. W. O. Schieber and ' a Thursday caller at Geo. Vogel's. ' • friends of Chicago were callers at the . Mr;<. Geo. Vogel spent one day last Peter M. Freund home Monday. wgek with friends at Twin Lakes. William Kimball was among the School opened up here Sept. 2 with McHenryites who witnessed the great Alta Wentworth of McHenry as Labor day parade in Chicago Monday. Richer. Miss Mayme Going of Chicago is - Mrs. Jessie Buffee of Chicago vis- spending the week as a guest in the her friend, Miss Mae Aylward, home of Mr. and Mrs. F. E. Martin. Sunday. Miss Nelle Griswold of Chicago is Miss Leona Croppy left Stinday spending the week as a guest in the %,"«ninjr to resume her school studies- home of her cousin, Mrs. Clara Star- In McHenry. - I - Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Yanke were Glenn Wells returned homer the lat- Cihday visitors in the Victor Aim ter part of last week from anextend- ;«ine here. i ed visit with relatives at Montreal, Mi%* Emily Pester returned home Can. f s^mday from a week's visit with Chi- Ed. Adams of Chicago spejpt Sun- ago friends. . , day and Monday as a guest in the Si Mrs. Geo. Vogel and Mrs. Chas. , V'ogel attended the fair at Woodstock home of his sister, Mrs. Frank Thurl- welL Miss Aileen O'Reilly passed the lat-, *st Thursday. I Lieut. Roy Turner -of $outh Caro- ter part of last and the first of this lina called 4n his many relatives here week as the guest of Chicago rela- \ r the past week. , tives. * Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Bennett of Chi- Mrs. N. H. Petesch passed the lat- |T eago were week end guests at the ter part of last and the first of this lack Pester home. < week as the guest of Chicago rela- Pvt. Geo. Yanke returned to Rock tives. , f„ 4)", - fStand Wednesday after spending, the : ^4iSs Anna WredeofChicago Was a month here. ~ guest in the home of her parents, Mr. §r" > Mrs. Wm. Fredericks of % Spring and Mrs. Louis Wrede, Sunday and ) *v a . G*ove spent Sunday with her parents, Monday. fW Mir. and Mrs. E. Strutz. j Mr. and Mrs. James B. Perry spent 1 Miss Linda LaPlant of Antioch is a few days last week as the guests ' cpending several weeks with her eons" of M?. and Jdrs. J- IE. Waite at Lake ^ * in, Mrs. Duane Overton. Geneva, Wis. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Philips And John' and Edward Brefeld of Ken- 1 daughter of Chicago were guests over isha, Wis., spent Sunday and Monday ; Labor day at Will Cornish's. here with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Sjf*' Mr. and Mrs. Henry Buchanan en- Ben Brefeld. V f _'^rtained company from Milwaukee' Mr. and Mrs., Geo. Miller and i"*' k and Chicago over Labor day. daughter of Beloit, Wis., were visitors ^ f , Mrs. Sylvia Cornish and sister, Misa of the former's sister, Mrs. Jr M. Stella McCloon, are spending the Schoewer recently. ^ *' w#ek in Chicago with frierids. ! Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Pauley and chil­ is, '* " Miss Ruby McCloon of Minneapolis dren of Elgin spent Sunday and Mon- . J > ia here to spend +vo weeks as the day as guests in the hoihe of Mr. and t: iftle t of her sister and mother. ' * Mrs. N. E. Barbian. ~ Mrs. E. E. Brigham and mother,. Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Waite of Lake $r>. •; • airs- E- Tuttle, spent one day recently Geneva passed the latter part of last McHenry with Mrs. J. J. McCarthy, week as the guests of the former's / ^ , *• * Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Brigham are mother and sister here. - entertaining the letter's sister, Mis. Mr. and Mrs. John Reed and chil- * Jennie Boll, of Chicago for a few days, dren of Burlington, Wis., spent the |;|s Mr. and Mrs. Walter Reading and week end at the home of Mr. and Mrs. &V daughters, Gladys and Eifie, were Sat- John Pufahl on; Main street. * arday vi itorf' at Richard Aylward's. Mrs. F. V. Cobb and daughter, ^ ,5^ Mr?. Geo. Noble and son of Ring- Gladys, ofA Hebron spent the latter f t: wood :ncnt the past few days -with part of last and the first of this week *' feer pr.:cnts, Mj. and Mrs. R. L. Tur- as the guests of relatives, here, o, t iter. Mr. and Mrs. Dewitt Dixon of' Sil- • f Mr. and Mrs. Walter Reading and verlake, Wis., were entertained in the H - -wo daughters of Brooklyn, Mich., are home of the latter's parents, Mr. and ^siting their many friends and rela- Mrs. Wm. Tesch, Sunday and Monday, g 4ves here. ~ Mr. and Mrs. A. O. pack, Sherman .--v'-yLee Aylward is spending several Arps, Harry Swartz, Misses Grace . • ; 1 days in Chicago the guest df rela- England and Winifred Weaver of 'ives before he joins the ranks of Cary were visitors in town last Thurs- 4 JJncla Sam. day afternoon. Nearly all of the youmr men of this ( Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Warneke and Mrs. 1 : village will soon be wearing their daughter, Marie, and Mr. and £4lits of khaki, a number expecting to O'Day of Chicag j this WPAk into the U. S.„ service. with Mi-, and Mrs. Bohlander ^ Miss Lois Dilley of Harvard is here on Waukegan street. >1*". ||« visiting her grandmother, Mrs. E. S. Mr. and Mrs. L. F. Block and chil- i^honnott, before taking up her dren and Mr. and Mrs. Theo Bethke • tudie, at Northwestern University, and children of Elgin passed theTatter ^ Lieut. Chas. Haldeman of Wood- part of last week at the Bending cot- stock, who has just returned from the tage at Emerald Park. French trenches, paid his uncle, Chas.' ' 01.,^., c v \ , m, Haldeman, a short visit Friday .v.--1 - ̂ 'I" , fd Master a» sent ,YS.bf "f" the P"' °f last week in the metropolitan i%. Chas. was sent home to instruct «$en in bombing and left for an east- camp Sunday to commence his duties. city. While there they took in several base­ ball games at the Cub park. T • g. ra„ „ T. • Wm. Graves of the Great Lakes /' ^tV^ K d iNaval Training station and Miss XhTp I boys of the Rovers j Laura Ifcrtman of Minneapolis, Minn., ciub at Pistakee Bay took one of their passed the week end as guests in the ^ests, Fred Welch, of 1708 S. Nash- ;home of Mr. and Mrs. N E Barbian ^enaw Ave., Chicago, out on a "dill! Maior F „ r ... T. • :<T expedition in S.yer', ^ V W last Sunday evening. Welch after Parkhurst of Camp Custer were Mining to the numerous ' " ^ ̂ of Mm Clara Starritt and dill stories as told him by the member! N®"e here Monday. the club, was sure that he would ^ enJ°y1edri 8 motor trlP to f UrA TintVl iniy iL.. , 6 WOU a i Lake Geneva and Powers Lake. John Cooley and Ifke nothing better than to enjoy a M night at the sport. He went and,' an(^ Mrs. ouim ^ooiey ana needless to say, held the lantern and ; daughter' Mrs- Marvel, of Tam- ®e bag. Just how long he waited for l piC° motored here last Tuesday and Ipe "dill doves" to fly into the bag is (s^en^ week at the Fred Cooley » matter that Mr. Welch is keepk» Ihome- Oil their return trip they were I,' ] to himself and thus we are unabletP1 accQmPanie<i as far 'ai Chicago by |^y how long it took h^ to discover 1M"* F* A* Cool«y- ^ W y it the joke was on him. - J,./Mrs. Wm. Hiltenbrand and daugh­ ter, Clara, of Naperville and soii, Geo., of the Great Lakes motored here Saturday and visited with* the for­ mer s Sister, Mrs. F. A. Cooley, and family until Monday. ' Miss Varina Wentwprth, a graduate from the class of '18 of the McHenry high school, went to Carpentersville i Monday to make her home with her No hunting or trapping allowed on jaunt, Mrs. Chas. Lamphere, while at- AS TAKEN FROM THB OOLUMNS OF OUR Great Farm Land Bargai Remember we are offering you the best of grain farms at p very low Price and easy terms. Don't miss this opportunity. Call and see us. Ben Stilling, Great Northern emigration McHenry, 111. Notice occupied by me. 3§":. ftiilip 'y-:. S'/' • 1 tending the Metropolitan j college at Elgin titia yeuti 'j? Business 'y. •' - Miscellaneous ^UuMMrtiient of Newa Items In Condensed Form For Buy - People • ' ^ > The last Iwwid conefert '1$:'sum­ mer season took place at the city park in Woodstock last evening. R. E. Haeger's herd of Holstein cattle carried away practically every prize at the state fair at Springfield. A. H. Anderson, Alden farmer, has just marketed 580 bushels of wheat, for which he received a check for $1,219.85. The stores at "Woodstock closed at noon last Friday to give the propri­ etors and employes an opportunity to attend the fair. W. F. Cook of Wauconda, using kerosene for power, threshed 100 bushels of grain with one and one- half gallons of oil one day last week. John R. Kellogg, one. of the county seat's leading citizens, ahd who "for a number of years wfcas superintendent of schools in that city, passed away on Tuesday of last week, aged sixty-three years. A detailed plan lias been worked but by the Palatine, Lake Zurich & Wau­ conda railroad whereby each stock­ holder will b^asked a certain quota, which is founa1 necessary to finance the road. The employes of the Oliver type­ writer factory at Woodstock have organized war savings clubs. Eleven of these elubs have been organized, while 650 pledges have been made. The total pledges amount to $7500. William Quentin, aged sixty,nine, ended his life by shooting himself thru the head on Wednesday of last week. The deed was committed in the barn on his farm near Lake Zu­ rich. A brother, George, it will be re­ membered, committeed suicide in Chi-- cago about three years ago. Another mysterious farm fire oc­ curred in Dunham township, McHenry county, last week when the barn on the Jos. Stimes place was consumed. The barn was valued at $3,000, upon which $800 insurance was carried. With the exception of two or three pieces of machinery, the barn was not occupied. One of the Bowman Dairy company employes itt Harvard, who conducted a ten-acre farm near that city as a side issue, with the assistance of fel­ low employes, threshed 15? bushels of oats and 82 bushels of wheat there by moonlight one evening last <week. The work was' started at nine o'clock and finjshed two hours later. The cit^ of Crystal Lake hxs'an op­ portunity of securing a factory for that city and the.proposition has met with general favor there. At a meet­ ing held for the purpose last week a very good offer was made by the citi­ zens of that city to the concern wish­ ing to locate there and it looks, as if Crystal Lake has a good chance of landing the institution, if not now, after the war is over. Lieut. Charles Haldeman of Wood­ stock, who left that city last year with Company G, arrived at the coun­ ty seat from France last Thursday. The lieutenant reports all of the Mc­ Henry. county boys,, who left with Company G, in high spirits and the best of health. Lieut. Haldeman has* been selected as one of the mien to act as instructors in this country and left Sunday for the east, where he will teach bombing of troops. Elgin Courier, Thursday, Aug. 29: Putting pleasure before business and health is believed to be the cause of the low water in the Fox river. Man­ ufacturers using water power have be%i unable to use tlieir water-driven machinery for some time and resi­ dents near the fiver have complained that the abnormal lowness of the water leaves stagnant pools which are a menace to health. Inasmuch as this has not been an unusually dry season, the reason for the present condition has been a mystery. Nom comes the story that the situation is caused by a dam in the river at a summer resort in McHenry county and that the water is held back to keep the lakes of that region filled for the benefit of re- sorters. Health officials of some of the down-river cities are investigating to ascertain whether this is true and if their supposition is found to be cor­ rect they will file a protest with the state board, of health. Health Of­ ficer Volstorff stated that no unhealth- ful condition exist here as a result of the low water and that he knows jiothing about a proposed protest. Our Boys In Khaki George Heimer, John Unti and Arthur Patzke are still ,at Camp Grant. Most of the other boys from McHenry have been shipped to other parts. *A recent letter from Stephen Adams, who is now in overseas ser­ vice, is to the effect that he is still awaiting his turn to the front. He also adds that, he is with the Johns- burg boys and that they are all well and happy. Gottlieb Meyers, stfn of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Meyers of this village, who has been in the army during the past three years or more, is now an instructor. Gottlieb's advance, since entering the army life, has been rapid and before the war is over we expect to see him climb still higher. The very latest word from Harry Stephenson of Ringwood, who was in­ jured in a flying machine accident over in England a short time ago, is to the effect that he is again able to be up and around, altho it will be some time before he will be able to work. He speaks very highly of the aare ^ >1IH€IL PROCEEDINGS Village Trustees Meet In Regular Monthly Session Council Room, Sept. 8, 1918. The village trustees met in regular session with Pres. Chamberlin presid­ ing. Trustees present: JSeimer, Kam- holz, Knox, Krause and Stoffel. Ab­ sent: Doherty. The minutes of the last regular meeting were read and ^approved. The following bills were approved by the finance committee: Publ.ic Service Co., street Jights and traffic lights.... v I... .$102.80 Standard Oil Co., gasoline.... 23.00 Valvoline Oil Co., gasoline ̂ ... 24.30 Prime & Cook Petroleum, oil.. 15.05 Adolph Ibsh, gravel ........ 1.40 W. F. Bas/ett, lbr with team 12.00 Joe Heimer, lbr -on streets. .* 3.90 John Walsh, marshal service. 78,00 • James Revory police service/ - car fare and express...... 76.84 W. F. Vogt. supplies 1.50 Motion by Krause, seconded by KamhoJz, that the minutes be accept­ ed as read. Motion carried. Motion by Stoffel, seconded by Knox, that the treasurer's, collectbr's and village clerk's reports be accept­ ed as O. K.'d by the finance commit­ tee. Motion carried. Motion" by Heimer, seconded by Krause, that the bills be accepted as K.'d by the finance committee. Motion carried. Motion by Stoffel, seconded by Heimer, that the clerk be instructed to write to O. J. Hplbrook in regard"" to the telephone for, fire /purposes. Motion carried. Motion by Knox, Seconded by Stof­ fel, that-the village procure a suitable service flag. Motion carried." Motion by Kamholz, seconded by Heimer, that the Supt. of water works remove all meters that ar^ shut off. Motion carried. Motion by Krause, seconded by Stoffel, that the public property com­ mittee consult the village attorney on the legality of purchasing a new fire apparatus. Motion\arried. > Motion by Krause,Jseconded by Hei7 given thjt hg| befp jiow beinjc I lfl|n. ' V"f" •• I 1 , . aft.', i#*, * mer, to adjourn. Motien carried. ' . R. G. Chamberlin, Pres. Schreiner, Cleric. ' McCOLLUM'S LAKE , -- Jack Walsh is assisting John Boyle with his threshing.' ' • • , All the farmers in this vicinity are threshing this week. * Mr. Straud and family spent Labor day at their cottage here. The Brandt family is enjoying an outing at its north side cottage. John Boyle daughter, Elola, and son, Earl, took in the Woodstock fair Friday. • Miss Elola Boyle spent a recent day as the guest of Mrs. Glenn Robi- son at McHenry. s Miss Mary Burke began her school duties at Sherman Hill school Mon­ day of this week. Chas. Dalstrom and family have closed .their summer home here and returned to tfye city. Miss Eleanor Whiting entertained F. L. Cizels from the Great Lakes Naval Training station Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Henstedt and family have been guests at one of the cot­ tages here over Labor day. Fred Breyer had as his gueits fiver Labor day his daughter, Melvma, his brother.and Wife from Chicago. Two young men friends of Mr. a^ct Mrs. Theo. Schiessle have been occu­ pying their cottage for the past week. Mrs. D. A. Whiting and daughter, Marian, attended a Red Cross party, at Crystal Lake last Saturday even­ ing. The Froelich family had as their guests their daughter and Son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Peters, over the week end. Mrs. Ray Conway of McHenry as­ sisted her sister, Mrs. Clarence Whin­ ing, with threshers a couple of days last week. Mr. and,Mrs. Raymond Whiting and daughter, Loraine, returned to their home in Lake Geneva Sunday after speding two weeks here. Mr. and Mrs. Will Tarrnow enter­ tained their daughter, Mrs. Charnaski, at their cottage in the Flanders sub­ division over Labor day. Saturday Mrs. Charnaski left for Washington, D. C., ty join her husband, who holds a goVernment position there. j Red Cross Notes. Another donation of $2.00 was sent from a gentleman whose name we did ilot learn and who will .accept many thanks. ... Twelve members' of the Altar and Rosary society of St.'Patrick's church assisted with the relief work on Tutes- day afternoon. Ten dollars from the Clemens fam­ ily, who reside on Crystal Lake road, was announced at the' meeting on Fri­ day afternoon. v Members of tHe Needle Work Guild hand in your two new garments with­ out delay to tlfe promoter who . se­ cured your name. " >. Under the new ruling all o£# our work is sent from division headquar­ ters. Giving t of knitted articles of clothing is positively forbidden. , AH work out must be reported, fin­ ished or unfinished, on Friday of this week. A final report must be made and the vice chairman is instructed to obey orders. ' ^ Those who cannot Attend the card party given to purchase a service flag may hand their donation to Mrs. P. H. Weber or Miss Eleanor McGee. Dedication of the flag and a -recep­ tion for the war mothers*will be planned by members of the Red Cross on some future date. Ine village and tcommu||î :;:̂ ? be exiendjKl.** wel- invested in Electricity from our mains wilt buy--well just listen: IT will operate a l$-candle power carbon lamp for two hours, or tf- 20-candle power Tung*ton lamp for four hours. It will; run a Sewing Machine Motor an hoitr, or a Vacyum Cleaner 48 minutes. IT will operate a Washing Ma­ chine 30 minutes, or an Auto­ mobile tire pump 30 minutes. It will keep a 6 pound Electric Iron hot ,20 minutes, or make four cups of Coffee is an Electrie colator. ' IT'S enough tp boil a quart of. water or heat baby's milk twice, or to keep a Heating Pad hot for two hours, or cook a welsh rare­ bit in an Electric Chafing Dish, or heat an Electric Curling Iron 15 minutes a day for two weeks, or toast 20 slices of br^ad oil «tt Electric Toaster. v Where else can you buy so moon * . for so little? We aeJJ all the Necessary Eleetrtc Appliances--Many on monthly payments. Public Service Co. OF NORTHERN ILLINOIS ASK YOUR DEALER ...FOR... i ff U EARLY RISER ^ FLOUR 'j •« * ' per PUREFLOUR > s .'V'V ^ v • k ' ' ^ M A N U F A C T U R E D I f l f WEST McHENRY ̂ Flour & Feed Mill Vote forJ, F. Cas^y for county judge. vHe is an able and honest awyer and well qualified to fill that office in every respect. Republican primary September 11, 1918. come. CLASSIFIED DEPARTMENT FOR SALE--One horse, top buggy, and wagon. • Inquire at The Plain- dealer office. \ . 11 FOR RENT--Six room house pn John street. Address E. A. Hogan, 641 Hawkins PI.; Elgin, III. 11 FOR SALE--A self player piano. Cost $700 new. A bargain if taken at once. Arthur Adams, McHenry, m. ' • 8-tf FOR SALE--A p -room cottage with gas and electric lights on reasonable terms. Address Fred Karges, 118 Douglas St., Woodstock, ̂ 111. 12-tf FOR SALE--Having decided to move west, I hereby offer for sale all of my property , consisting of 22 acres of land and two sett of buildings, nine room house with modern conveniences. Ad­ dress Al. Pepping or see Ban Stilling, McHenry, HI. < FOR RENT ON SHARES ONLY-- The highly improved 360 acre Farns- worth farm, about two miles from Wauconda^ 111. All new and modern buildings. Two silos., Good terms to good party. Mrs. J* W. Farns- worth, Wauconda, III. Phone Wau­ conda 40-J. 12-4t A donation of seventy-five cents was given the vice chairman of the Red Cross, proceeds of song and dance- sketch^iven by1 a party of chil­ dren who are summering with their parents at Emerald Park., The audi­ ence consisted of their parents and i fA M . Harvard, Illinois, Sept. 1918. TO TJIE VOTERS OF MCHENRY COUNTY : - r i I am again prosecuting a campaign for the office of County Judge of this cdunty, and in presenting my candidacy to you de­ sire to call your attention to the following facts: -v 1st: I made the campaign for County Judge four years ago against Judge D. T. Smiley and was defeated by 200 votes only. I carried my home town of Chemung by a majority of 106 votes, Mr. C. J. Hendricks, one of my present opponents, a brother-in- law of Judge Smiley, exerted his every effort to defeat* me in my home tqwn at that, time; In the town of Don- (Woodstock) I car- ̂ ried two precincts, Judge Smiley carried one and we tied in one. ̂ 2nd: In seeking this office, I make the following pledges: .!v (a) That if nominated and elected I will keep the probate * court open at all times as the law requires. (b) That if, for any cause, I shall be unable to hold court and an outside judge is'called in to perform the duties of the office I shall pay such judge out of my own salary and not require the tax payers .of the county to pay him, as has been the rule in the past. ?,v • -\\ ' (c) That I *HS1 at all times protect the int^est of the wid­ ows ana orphahs and ail persons who may be the beneficiaries of estates that may come into the probate court. (d) That I will obey and endorse the law at all times. f (c) That I will exert my every effort to be the servant of and not the master of the people. 3rd: QUALIFICATIONS.--I was born in the town of^Alden, McHenry cdunty, Illinois; am 49 years of age; I am a graduate of C? the Hebron, Illinois* high school, of the Western Normal Business and Commercial College and of the Law Department of. the Chi- ^ i cago and Northwestern'Vniversity (one of the best law schools in the United States) . I have had eighteen years practice, sixteen S? years of which have been in McHenry county.. My work has been - H largely probate work, 'which especially qualifies me for the office > which I seek. _ > , 4th: Mr. C. J. Hendricks, one of my opponents, resides in this city; he is a brother-in-law of Judge Smiley. Judge Smiley has held the office of County Judge for twelve years; Mr. Hen­ dricks has held the office of Master-in-Chancery for twelve years. It is now the desire of Judge Smiley, upon his relinquishment of j\JJ the office of County Judge, that his brother-in-iaw shall succeed him. « Mr; Casey of Woodstock is also seekkig the office. The only argument that I have heard of Mr. Casey advancing is that the M judge should live in Woodstock. In reply to that argument, state that I have made the; pledge that, if nominated and elected, V- • the probate court will be open at all times for the transaction of V, court business, as the law requires. In the commencement of the ^ 't campaign I was the only one of. the three, candidates to make J that pledge. Mr. Hendricks about the middle pf August changed C K his announcement and embodied that statement therein. B|r. ? Casey has never made such a pledge. I have no paid political writer to write articles of the type % that were published in the Woodstock American arid the Crystal V-.-: Lake Herald and republished as advertisements in the other '-v papers of tl)e county^ I have made my own campaign, and if I shall be so fortunate as to be nominated and elected, I shall bes Under obligation to no one but the voters of McHenry county and ^ t hall have nd one to serve hut them. It will be my highest ambi- -i 1 tion to serve them faithfully, conscientiously and honestly. f, With'these statements for your consideration, I hereb/ so- licitT« îpp^ |̂#"Wte primaries on September 11. ' / " VI Respectfully yours, / '<• - ;• B. F. MANLEY. TO THE . VOTERS OF McHENRY COUNTY , ¥ I wish to state that i| I am nomi­ nated and elected to the office of treas­ urer I will endeavor to so conduct the affairs of' the office so as to merit the approval of the people, including even my opponents. Under the new law ,the office of' township collector has been abolished and the county treasurer is made the direct collector of taxes. If the voter? select me for the office I shall endeavor to have the taxes collected thru the banks of the county so that the taxpayers will be caused as little inconvenience as pos­ sible. Again, 1 feci that tgie tax money collected in each community should remain in the local banks* until needed for county purposes instead of placing all, of it in one or two banks at Wood­ stock as has been the practice here­ tofore and if I am successful in get­ ting the office I shall adopt this new policy. My opponents are pointing out to the voters, as an objection to my can­ didacy, that I was raised on a farm and am still- interested in farming. I am proud of the fact that I was raised on a farm and a m interested in farming and feel that that fact alone should not disqualify me pro­ viding I am otherwise qualified, and had I felt that I could not conduct the affairs, of the office in a competent manner I would not hafe become a candidate. I refer anyone who has any doubts as to my qualifications for the office to the ban^s of Marengo, with whom I have done business for years. Assuring you that I will appreciate your Y$te and support, I am, V . • Very Respectfully, ^ 4 ' .*** JOSEPH SUULIVAfc Republican Candidate For Cfcunty Tr:r ". Ellis Business College AND GREGG SHORTHAND INSTITUTE I | Beautiful New Building, Ideal Location, Electric X Fans and Modern Equipment • iSf* ' C ' Noted for the earning power of its grftduates. Nearly pupils enrolled during past eleven months, including nine­ teen public school teachers. STENOTYPE, the only suc-> cessful "machine way of Shorthand." It is the method that got Esther Ross, Sidney Greve and Kathleen Bonnell positions at $1500.00 a year. Endorsed by all Elgin Banks and Business men. Nineteenth* Annual Opening Sept 3, 1918. Address ELLIS BUSINESS COLLEGE, New Ballf ing, north of Post Office, Elgin, 111. •c-: 'J!" M • it I-.;. /% * •if: i-' '1^ '* 3$ . credit is hereby given Mia# Helen M. Seaney and 'Miss Jean Armstrong cor the donation and the remembrance of the; Red CroBs in this novel and patriotic way. Join tli* Red *•« • * •1 'J iv|t "-rj7 Good Corn Crop The corn crop thruout this section will be larger than anticipated a few months ago' Many excellent fields can be * seen in all directions from this village and it has matured sufficiently that fronts cannot dk>*: i •? • i' •