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vtSmm > ADDITIONAL PERSONALS I, F. Claxton was a Chicago passen- WHIMtl EVEKY iwwrir j ger this morning. R G SGHREINER ' * C. Biekler was a business visitor *«*FC HUIMWI r«Mwn»«-W in Chicago Monday. - Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Unti were Chi- PERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION: ; visitors Monday. SrJ^h, TV Thr*. MootiU. *C I Lester Sherman passed a couple of -----~ ,, -- I days last week in Chicago. September 12, 1918 , J,?™ Dora Miss Dora Engeln was a Chicago OSTEND passenger Wednesday morning. Silo filling will commence as soon1 Miss Elsie Wolff passed last week as is threshing is done. - ' the guest of relatives in Chicago. Mrs. Lillian Sayler delivers our mail on route one and in good season. : Mrs. Cornwell's job of threshing is being' done the last in this neighbor­ hood. Chas. G. Frett of Aurora was a bus­ iness visitor, in town Wednesday. Mrs. J. W. Bonslett boarded the Chicago train Wednesday morning. Ed. Nordin was among the Chicago , Mr. and Mrs. F. R. Eppel are enter- passengers last Thursday morning, taining a little stranger at their home I Mr. and MKS. F. L. Carr of Wau- aince Sept. 3. jconda were visitors in town Sunday. People here were very loyal last! Mrs. F. Schnorr has returned from Sunday. We did not see a neighbor | a ten days' visit with friends in El- . lUQving with his auto. ;gin. Tv.'o air ships were seen passing i Patrick Carr of Casper, Wyo., is ;$ver Ostend. One last week Tuesday ; the guest of relatives in McHenry and ATTY. ELLIOTT WRITES SOUTHERN CAMP FROM ' vicinity. ! Edward Bonseltt was among those to board the Chicago train Monday morning. , Miss Emily Weber of Woodstock 'passed the week end'as the guest of and the other Wednesday evening. Bull Valley is without a teacher. The teacher they had last year was fc.red, but her health faired and she was obliged to resign. A letter • from Alfred Richardson .' wics received by home folks last Fri- home folks. (lay. He stated his wounds were do-! Dr. N. J. Nye left this morning rng well, he slept "good and had a good for a two weeks' visit witfi relatives ..appetite., at Alvada, O. fed. WAllis has his grain all threshed : Miss Cecelia Ludwig of Chicago is v it!i the machine he purchased last' spending the week as a guest of Miss year. He lost a great quantity of Clara Freund. grain for lack of a machine to thresh St in season. Frank Kaiser is offering his farm for rent. He will move to Woodstock' in the spring and give the children a thance for school here. They have to" ' <1o so much farm work that school j days are scarce. Boy Scout Notes . It is. also expected that the Boy . .Scouts will figure in the new liberty hilBi drive. j ' : At the last meeting held it was ;ias?ed that the Boy Scouts of Mc­ Henry offer their services to town officials to help make a better city. Preparations are now being made jind plans-drawn for a Boy Scout re- Mrs. J. E. Wheeler passed several days last week as the guest of rela­ tives at Belvidere. Mrs. Floyd Thompson is entertain­ ing her mother, Mrs. Dalton, of La- Grange this week. C- L. Page, A. J. Gafke and C. W. Gibbs motored from here to Ft. At­ kinson, Wis., today. Editor and Mrs. J. P Blanck of Wauconda were callers in town last Thursday afternoon. , Mrs. W. C. Besley of Woodstock was the guest of her sister, Mrs W. A. Sayler, here Wednesday. Leo Stilling, Clifford Buss, Paul Pohl and Earl Boyle took in the war exposition in Chicago Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. Mason of Libertyville j ruiting week, during which week , „ , , . _ . demonstrations and parades will take Mrs Meyers of Erie spent place. The object is to show the peo­ ple the inside of Boy Scout work and .well the total enrollment. At last meeting a summary was made of late Boy Scout activities of the past few weeks and benefits de­ rived in regard to the camp, which ! was held for five days, with an aver­ age attendance for the five days of s ixteen boys. All expenses were paid j out of the main fund. Daily program was as follows: 4:15. First call. ;*:S0. Setting up exercises. 7:30. Mess. 8:30. Tent and camp police. 8:45. Tent inspection. 9-11:30. Games, instructions first aid, signalling, etc. 12:30. Mess. 2-5. Games, hikes, nature obserra- • iion, swimming, etc. > 0:00. Supper. '• I 7-9. Camp fire, talks by leaders, stories, etc. ' 9:15. Lightsout j Benefits derived by boys in- attend­ ance: 1. Gain of from two to three pounds in weight. ; 2. Gain hi knowledge of Various j Scout activities. S. Taught discipline. a recent day with Mr. and Mrs. John Young. Mrs. George Steilen and sons of Chicago are spending two weeks as the guests of her mother, Mrs. Helena Heimer. Miss Trace'Barbian is spending her week's vacation from her duties at the local telephone exchange with rela­ tives in Chicago. ' Win. Bttttner and Jas. Maloney mo­ tored out from Chicago Saturday and | spent the week end with Mr. and Mrs. Walter J. Walsh. ] Mr. and Mrs. Steve Smith of Spring Grove -spent Sunday with the latter's ! parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Young, f- south of this village. | Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Wentworth went to Chicago Tuesday morning to attend the funeral of the former's cousin, Mrs. Jessie Perkins. Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Westfall of Chi­ cago passed a few days this week as guests in the home of the latter's par­ ents, Mr. and Mrs. Simon Stoffel. Mrs. L. J. Althoff and daughter, Martha, of Kenosha, Wis., spent Sat­ urday and Sunday as guests in the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Miller. Mr. and JMrs. C. W. Gibbs and Mr. and Mrs. Jack Walsh and daughter, ' Catherine, motored to Whiting, Ind., Saturday to. visit relatives, returning VOLO home Monday. .Mrs. Walton spent Friday ia ; Misses Anna Dwyer and Martha M Cf P<*a" ^ Smith of Elgin returned to their Mr. and Mrs. France will now oc- homes this morning after a short va- eupy the Dan Richardson cottage. s cation spent with Mr. and Mrs. Walter Misa Ruby Peterson is to teach the J. Walsh. Vasey school the coming year. Mrs. Geo Young and son, Stanley, Mr. and Mrs. H. Krueger and sons of Ringwood passed Friday and Sat- of Wauconda were here Thursday. . urday last as guests in the home of A njinistar from Chicago will speak her parents, ^Vlr. and Mrs. John R. at the M. E. church next Sunday,; Smith, at Emerald Park. Sept. 15. ! Mr. Cooper and family moved to i t n t' ®*^®^OOD Urbana this week/ having spent the ! - C* Udd 18 servin* as juror in summer here. Miss Ruby Brooks of Chicago. Wauconda Miss Sarah Dod£e was home from will be the instructress at the Volo Sunday school this year. j Krohn is now assisting S. W. Mr. and Mrs' Lloyd Benwell Wi8^ inTthe , corned a baby girl to their home on i. . 8 a Smith 18 attending the Friday, Sept. 6w business college in Elgin. Miss Ella Moore will entertain the! . M"'. Martha Bradley visited her Ladies' Auxiliary of Wauconda at'her i m®arrmgton part of this week- home here Sept. 12. . ohn Coates of Greenwood was call- Messrs. Jos. Turnbull, Geo. Black- °n *"8 brother, William, here last burn and Geo. Hanes of Wauconda „ attended church here Sunday. ! * Rllla Fo.ss and daughter, Dor- A business meeting of the officers WCre sliopping in Chicag° Thurs- ©f-the Volo Sunday school will be ISSTt' „ keld at the M. E. church Friday even--5 , Hopper and family visited ing, Sept. 13, I their son, Clarence, at Ridott over the _ _ _ ( > L^KE i Mrs- Esther Esh of Spring Grove . Tarrnow boarded the was brought here for burial Tuesday Chicago train Sunday evening. afternoon. Mrs. Mary F. Ferguson was a busi: Paul Stephenson and Miss Dorcas Bess* visitor in Chicago Tuesday. Foss were week end guests of Key- Chas. Kling has returned to his stone friends. /borne after an extended stay at his ! Mr. and Mrs. Miller and children of cottage here. j Rosedale were callers at H. M. Steph- fcarl Boyle spent Tuesday in Chi-, enson's Monday afternoon. cago, where he took in the war expo- ; Henry Wharton and H. W. Allen aslGrTriark; , u , • attended the liberty loan meeting at Jhe Swedish Choral club of Chicago j Woodstock Monday evening. enjoyed a two days' outing in the! Joseph Miller has moved his stock C^by grove recency. 'of goods from here to McHenry. We ^Miss Malvma Breyer of Chicago wish him success In his new place of ?®ent the week end with her parents • business. ; *ti?iv.rtrtp"8\her?' i Mrs". Libbie 'Ladd, Carrie Smith and m . C'raP.Af®8 Bigelow attended the funeral Sheridan, Montgomery, Ala., was of their shaking hands with friends in vi- etoity Wednesday. Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Peterson and Uieir daughter, Mrs. Guhr of Louis- vijle, Ky., were week end guests at m Dalstrom cottage. cousin at Burlingttto, Wis., Friday of last week Canning Club Meeting Members of the Good Luck Canning club met at,,the home of Mrs. W. D. Wentworth Saturday afternon. After the business was disposed of all joined ,*< i'i- Notice i : in a social time for the remainder of ;•* v No hunting or trapping allowed on - the afternoon. Refreshments were is. tW-m occupied by m«. served. Mrs. A. J. Gafke of Wood- ' • Thtmm.» stock was 'W: Private Joseph Scheid Still la Eng­ land--John Freundja Now at Camp Mills, N. Y. From Private Robert N. Brown Two interesting letters from one of our soldiers in France, written to his mother, Mrs. D. M. Brown, of Chica­ go, was handed us by his sister, Mrs. J E. Hanswirth, who resides on Cen­ ter street. A message from his maj­ esty, King George Vth, also follows: Somewhere in France, July 16, 1918. Dear Folks--At last I'm able to write from the land we've all read and dreamed about. I'm sitting in my tent now and if I cared to walk to the door I could look down over the harbor in the distance and could see a couple of quaint French villages on the distant hills. Our trip before ar­ riving at this camp was thru some of the prettiest country I've ever seen. The fields, instead of being separated by our American barbed wire, are marked off with hedges and the houses are all brick, two stories high and are built in exactly the same style, even iif the towns". We just left another rest camp be­ fore coming to this one. It was lo­ cated in one of the large cities and as we marched thru the kids all ran out and touched our hands and clothes and held up signs such as "We thank you brave boys for fighting for us, Attaboy." Some how that "Attaboy" sounded strangely" like United States slang. I surely ought to have strong tegs when I get back, because all I do is hike. When we landed'here it waffTaining to beat the dickens and we walked about five miles, but five miles means oothing to us now, even with a heavy pack on our back and heavy spiked hob nails on our feet. We all feel great. I played the uke all the way over, as I told you before, and the Y. M. C. A. men thanked me ior helping to make the trip enjoyable. It made a guy feel kind a good, kind a like he was helping already. I just got thru singing at the Y. M. C. A. here. I went over to write some letters and the first thing they did was to pull me up to the pianq and send somebody after my uke. We've seen several castles and all that and I only wish it were possible for me te go into details and tell you ?ome of our happenings and the places we have visited. We are leaving this camp either today or tomorrow, but don't know where we're going. Listen, Mom, have pop make copies of my letters and send to the folks. I'd like you to keep these at home for me, because while we are enroute we are restricted to two letters, so I can­ not write to everyone. After we are settled it will be all right. Write to me as directed, American Expedition­ ary Forces, via N. Y. Our mail is held up till we are settled so I haven't heard a word from anyone since I put my foot on the boat. Will close now and get this down to the censor. Love to everybody. Newt. July 20, 19181 Dear Folks--At last we are settled and believe me the guy who wrote Ireland Must Be Heaven" was think­ ing of France. We are at Doulon, just a short distance from Nantes, pn the western coast of France, so ydu can pull out the dear old map and look me up. Don't address my mail to either of the above towns, but ad­ dress me as- usual with the addition of the postoffice box I have written. Our camp is situated on the grounds of the Chateau du Botteau and they are wonderful. I am now writing this on a slate bench at the end of a beau­ tiful lane leading up to the Chateau. There is a bench every hundred feet so in the grounds. At the back of our barracks is a small pond, or la­ goon, over which runs a bridge of cement that resembles the limbs of trees so much that you cant' tell the difference until you actually touch it. We are allowed to take pictures and as soon as toe are paid I'll send you some. The Chateau itself is great. A building built over two hundred years ago. (Honest to Pete this is better than a four years' college course). Our camp is in the course of- construction now and for the past couple of days I have been working with the engineers in erecting a Y. M. C. A. right across from where we al­ ready have a tennis court in full swing and we' also have a beautiful diamond right at the back of the Chateau (I'm supposed to be at base­ ball practice now). The grounds here are filled with fig tree, (pardon me for interrupting, ^ut 600 bags of mail just arrived in camp and will be dis­ tributed shortly. Hurrah, it's the first we've received since crossing) peaches, pomegranate, palms, holly, mistletoe and a million others about which I know nothing, so you see it's sure" some place. We've spent our evening in wan­ dering around camp and exploring the Chateau, there are so many pret­ ty spots. Last night we had quite a time. One little French girl was try­ ing to teach fqur of us her language and altho she could only speak bits of English and we just bits of French we had a great time. Expect 111 be able to talk thru my nose, make ges­ tures and everything when I get back. (Interruption No. 2. The clock in ai old church up at Doulon, in which the Catholic* made peace with the Prot­ estants over 460 years ago, is just striking 'eight). v, ' And now, dear folks, I must close, because they have asked us not to write long letters, so will continue in my nopt. ,;W® are sleeping in real I p ' iY '.Car*'- •• vJKtt • NSVJ-.i- J.5I beds with real mattresses In a bar­ racks, have the best of food, plenty of exercises and I'm feeling just great. The climate here never grows cold even in winter and right now it's only about 80 so you see we have fairly cool weather in summer. No one could think of a more ideal spot and the fellows are so happy they pretty near yell. Will write you another nice, long letter in the n$xt couple of days and you folks write,, 'cause my mail will be coming thru regularly now. Lots and lots of love, y Private Robert N. BrWn, U. 8. A. Base Hospital No. 11, Amer. Expeditionary Forces, A. P. O. 767, via New York. We received this and a great wel­ come from the people of England. Am feeling fine. A band is now playing "They Go Wild, Simply Wild Over Me." Just finished playing "Dixie." Everywhere American flags are flying and the people throw flowers as we march thru the streets. Lots of love, • Newt. ,; ' Windsor Castle •,, Soldiers of the United States, the people of the British Isles welcome you on your way to take your stand beside the armies of many nations now fighting in the old world the great battle for human freedom. The allies will gain new heart and spirit in your company. I wish that I could shake the hand of each one of you and bid you God speed on your mission. George R. I. FVom pvt. John Freund Camp Mills, N. Y., Sept. 3, 1918. Dear Folks--Will Jet you know I am fine and hope everybody at home is the same. I received the papers to­ day at 3 p. m. and was 'glad to get them, as it was the first mail I have had since I left Caipp Grant. , Read about several accidents and also about the great patriotic sermon of Aug. 24. I took a trip to New York City yesterday and liked it very much. We left Camp Mills at noon, arriving in New York at 1:30 p. m. Eighteen of us, with Lieut. Robinson as chaperon, visited, the big park, which took all of the afternoon. I think Lincoln park in Chicago has this one beat. At 6 o'clock we had a good supper, then we went stepping. At eight we took in a vaudeville show called the "Wild Ten." After the show we gave up vfor the night. Today we saw the patriotic laborers' parade, each man carrying a flag. This was the longest parade I ever saw. It took about four hours to pass the reviewing stand and heard it was fourteen miles long. Lbbor day was well celebrated in New York. I also visited the Wool worth building. It is fifty-eight stories or 782 feet and said to be the highest in the world. It was a little foggy so I could not see very far. "The street cars from the top of this building looked like worms crawling over the ground, autos like flies, people like lice and the streets seemed as tho they were only one inch wide. It's wonderful to see a part of the "world. ^ We returned to camp at 2:40. My pass was good till 4:00, but it's bet­ ter to be one hour too early than kitchen punishment for the duration of our stay in this camp. Believe me I was tired. -1 didn't know I had feet when I got back. Commencing Sept. 4 we will have our duties just as we did at Camp Grant. All of the men of our com­ pany will be back from their passes on that date. One class, which is a little new to me, will be on prepar­ ing rations. But I guess it's good to know how to make flap jacks. May­ be you don't know what that it. It is one of our main daily chews. I bet it would make you laugh to see a bunch of men sit on the ground and eat. We have no chairs or tables here. It's fine camping^ but on a dus- ty; day it is a little unpleasant. Also' when a heavy rain falls and the water is ten inches deep under our bunks. The only light we have is the candle light which answers the pur-, pose. Each tent is furnished with two candles every night. The boys in my tent are all good dreamers, like myself. , One lad hol­ loed "fire" at the top of his voice, while dreaming, the second night, in this camp. All have to respond to such a call and had to get out, but there was no fire, so the company voted to give him "kitchen punish­ ment." Did you get all my. letters ? 1 wrote home daily since I left Camp Grant. I have not received any mail from home yet. I guess I have written you all the news. Hope all are well and, let's hear from you soon. Regards to all. Pvt. John FreoAd. Field Hospital Co. 342, 311 Sanitary Train, 86, Div., , Camp Mills, Long Island, N. Y., A. E. F. From Edgar J. Elliott , A welcome letter* from Edgar J. Elliott, now in U. S. service, and who is in camp at Augusta, Ga., to The Plaindealer will be of interest to McHenry friends. This young attor­ ney for a short time had l}is office in the Dermont building on the West Side and after leaving here he took up a practice at Richmond, from which place lie left for the colors several months ago. His letter fol­ lows: 1 Augusta, Ga., feept. 1, 1918. Editor McHenry Plaindealer: Dear Friend--Let me thank you for sending the paper every week. News from home is always*welcome and we can never get enough of it. Papers from home communities are always awaited with expectancy >nd many times are they read before letters opened. Of course there are certain letters which J^ecgdent^wer everything. "; " The period from May 24 last hai indeed been one of experience after experience for me. Camp Shelby, where I was stationed until about two weeks ago, was not an ideal spot for a northerner to learn the rudiments of warfare. I mean from the stand­ point of personal comfort. Hie sand caused too much dust and the hot sun brought fortfi an over abundance of prespiration. The two taken together resulting in too much washing of clothes. Have no doubt of my ability to properly operate a laundry at the cessation of hostilities. " After spending three weeks in a detention camp I was assigned to a machine gun company. From then until my departure I had the freedom of the camp as well as the opportunity to get to Hattiesburg at week ends. This city in many ways belies its name. The so called hospitality is vehy much wanting there. This, how­ ever, may be due more to the abuse of privileges by the soldiers than from the character of the inhabitants. Was so fortunate as to be one of twenty-eight detailed from that camp to attend the central machine gun of­ ficers' training school at Camp Han­ cock, Ga., where I now am. The trip was a pleasant one as everyone -was in high spirits. We had a special Pullman to ourselves and stopped five hours at both Birmingham, Ala., and Atlanta. At both places we were able to see the town in pretty good shape. Both are enterprising towns and the buildings for the~~moment made us a trifle homesick for Chicago. \ Augusta extends to the limits of camp and the business district is only four miles away. Electric line and taxis bring us to town in a very short time. The population is about 60,000 and the buildings are all modern. Business men are enterprising as well as accommodating. The real1 trouble with the south is that you have to buy everything instead of having someone sell it. * " i r Wbrk at the school is rattier* stren­ uous and every moment of our time from Monday morning until Saturday noon is occupied. Have eight hours of drill during the day'and two hours of school in the evening. Spare time not occupied in eating or sleeping is spent at washing clothes and cleaning rifles. Am certainly learning to occu­ py every moment and when I get back to practicing law I fear that I will have forgotten how to ask for a continuance. One advantage here over Camp Shelby is that reveille sounds at 6:00 a. m. instead of 5:00. This extra hour of sleep is invaluable. As only sixty per cent of the can­ didates are granted commissions am not at all, sure that I will be any higher than a buck private on Nov. 15, when sheep skins are handed out. Couldn't be with a finer bunch of fellows or receive better treatment. My hardest task in coming into the service was to take orders. However, that period- is passed and it is as easy to salute a superior as it used to be to raise my hat to a lady. Of course in the former we must dispense with the smile. Am sorry that on account of mili­ tary reasons am not allowed to go more into detail of the work here* Let me be content with saying that anyone who for a moment thinks that Uncle Sam is not prepared to meet the Huns had better become disillusioned, for in every manner Yankee genius has surpassed German kultur. Recent developments over there will bear out what I say and the future will make the same more apparent. The exercises have done wonders with me physically and when I get back may be able to fight in other ways than with my tongue. Hoping to be able to have The Plaiadeajer soon to read, I will close, Sincerely, „ Pvt. Edgar J. Elliott, Cov JiTc. M. G. O. T. S., r Camp Hancock, Gai From Lieut. A. H. Pouse Lieut. Pouse writes his mother, Mrs. L. F. Pouse, as follows: s Aug. 2, 1918. Dear Mother and All--Everything here is as usual except we have a couple of days' vacation before we start the last half of our course.. We will have a lot of studying now so you see we will be more than busy. Many of the officers are going back to their regiments as they can't stand the air, but so far it has agreed fine with me. Aug. 4, 1918. I went to T *%s usual and spent the week end with my French friends. We had some pictures taken, which I will send you later. Wait until I get back and I will tell you some wonderful things. * We have very nice weather here and I am enjoying life as much as I ever did. The only trouble is the mail is not getting here very fast, but expect it will come strolling in some day. As usual, we had dinner in town and this is what we had. Tomotoes, cu­ cumbers and potatoes, salad, fish, steak and green almonds and' it only cost $1.00 per. Also went to a French open. ;<!.>• v*:r ' * 4 Aug. 7% 1918. We hav^ ntw tflttimenced a course of four weeks that is a crackerjack, but we will have to digest it all. Last night I went to town for supper for a change. For one of the courses we had snails. I wanted to try them and once is plenty. They tasted some­ thing like sausage (bologna) and they* ook like black worms and are"cooked in the shell. . ' Remember me to everybody. Love. Al. From Joseph Scheid England, Aug. 9, 1918. Dear Mother and Father--As I have been busy the past fe|r weeks have not FOR SALE--A kitchen stove in good condition. B. Katz, McHenry, 111. 13 FOR SALE--Fine, dry onions. $1.25 per bushel. Anton Schneider, Md- Hery, 111. ' 13-tf FOR SALE--At a bargain, a house and corner lot. Inquire, of Ben . Still­ ing, McHenry, ill. ' 13-tf FOR SALE--The finest onions I have ever raised. Price, $1.50 per Jbushel. Wm. Dunn, West McHenry, 111. 13-tf FOR SALE--A self player piafto. Cost $700 new. A bargain if taken at once. Arthur Adams, McHenry, 111. 8-tf FOR SALE--Ford 1917 touring car in very best mechanical condition. Hass- ter shock absorbers, Frank Weber, Crystal Lake, 111. _ 13-lt* FOR SALE--A 5-room cottage with gas and electric lights on reasonable terms. Address Fred Karges, 118 Douglas St., Woodstock, 111. 12-tf LOST--Automobile crank on streets of McHenry or east of bridge on river road. Finder please leave at The Plaindealer ^Office or call phone 606- M-l. > ; 13-lt LOST--So&ewhere between McHenry and Elgin Monday, a new United States easing in leather cover. Finder kindly notify Peter W. Frett, Mc­ Henry, 111. 13-lt 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, 111. Phone Wau­ conda 40-J. 12-4t been doing much writihg. I will have to stay here tonight and write a few letters. * We have rbeen working day and night for a few weeks no^r, but there is riot much doing here now. The more I work here the better I like it. I think you know by this time what I am working at and it looks good to see so many go over there. They are all pretty tired when they come here so they rest for a few days. There are a lot of them that would like to stay here a little longer so they could see a little of England, but I would like to move on a little faster and see a little of France, but there is no chance. We are here for good so we have tb make the best of it. We will never be able to tell of the battles we were in, but can tell of the "good old times in England and of the big trip and how it is in the army. I think that is all we care about this time. Our boys are doing fine in France. I mean our old Co. C. and I am glad of that. , Well I think in a year we Will all be back 'again. Ma, I have not had a letter from home for a month, but I don't say you are not writing. I will get them all at once. I got three papers today and was very glad to get them. Well, good by and good uck to you all. As ever your son, Joseph LOCAL NEWS ' Fred Adams is nursing a sprained arm, received fchile assisting in threshing one day last week. Members of the Ladies' Aid society of the M. E. church will meet with Mrs. J. R. Smith at her farm home near Emerald Park Wednesday, Sept. 18. This will be an all day meeting. On aecount of a break-down of the car that carries them to and from work at Woodstock, a few McHenry employes failed to report for duty at the county seat on Wednesday morn­ ing of this week. Cleaning of the standpipe and water mains tomorrow (Friday) will neces­ sitate the shutting off of water from 9 o'clock a. m. till 3 p, m. Water con­ sumers take notice and draw off a supply before 9:00 o'clock. The children of St, Mary's school are collection nut shells, pits, stones and seeds from fruits to help save the lives of our soldier boys at the front. A collection of these much needed sub­ stances has been urged by the govern­ ment. Shells and fruit pits and stones arie used for the making of a certain kind of charcoal for gas-masks. Save all fruit stones for this important col­ lection. * M. A. Thelen is having quite ex­ tensive improvements made on the old R. A. Howard building on the West ci;j_ AU. Vie tjiuc, wiiiCu icvciiujf camc Imw possession. The first floor, which is now occupied by his harness shop, as well as the living rooms above have already undergone a big change, while work on the basement is now under way, and when all contemplated im­ provements have been made the place will be in.a better condition than it has been in in many years. . Village Clerk Wm. G. Schreiner has kindly asked us to give out the in­ formation that he has recently re­ signed as village collector and that all bills are now payable to Walter F. Vogt, the West Side druggist who has been named Mr. Schreiner's successor as collector for the village of McHenry. Water consumers are especially asked to bear this fact in mind and make their remittances to Mr. Vogt, who will be found at his West Side store at any and all times. Returns From Hospital The many friends of Mrs. M. J. Smith of Johnsburg will be pleased to know that she has, sufficiently recov­ ered from her operation to be able to return home this week. Mrs. Smith underwent an operation for goiter at the Woodstock hospital last week. She is a sister of Mrs. M- J> Freund of this villager '*r*~ ^ A. J. MULUFA' :-l|Attifaey at La*/* At West McHenry State •• Every Fttday , (*« »- " • •• % ftUHBDHi A1TO EATDIG -BY- Experienced Workmen DONAVIN & REIHANSPERGRR A : Vf. ^ OFFICIAL PUBLICATION. ; Report of the condition of the West 3 p ':' McHenry State Bank, located at West i- McHenry, State of Illinois, before the , commencement of business on the 3rd | daj of Septembep, 1918, as made to tlie Auditor ,of Public Accounts, for the State of Illinois pursuant to law: mmaoamam. Loan-i and discount ' * fpw m ^ Overdrafts 118.76 ; Inve>tments 139,088.75 . Banking house I3.2H8.C5 Furniture and fixtures--*.*2* 5,411.70 ' ' ̂ Cash and due from banks?...:. ,...., 49,207.(M ...1 9477,870.56 Total resources.. MABIMTICS. Capital stock paid In .'. ...i. Undivided profits (net). ....... Deposits: - -* Ail other deposit$J.„....,iV.^i^,;J^ Dividend?, unpaid. -- Contingent fund._.^:..^;jrvi^».i.. Bills payabls secured by Lib BOode ... 80.000.00 #,574.84- mt. 790.32 6.00 500.00 ao.ooo.oo .#477.870.56 Total liabilities. STATE OF ILLINOIS, I County of McHenry,) I, CARL W. STENGER, Cashier of West McHenry State Bank, do solemnly swear that the above statement is true, to the best of my knowledge and belief. GAEL W. STENGER. Cashier ( "i "i " • One Cent invested in Electricity from Our mains will buy--well just listen: It will operate a 10-candle power carbon lamp for two hours, or a 20-candle power Tungston lamp for four hours. It will ran a Sewing Machine Motor an hour, or a Vacuum Cleaner 45 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 in an Electric Per* colator. IT'S enough to 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 bread on an Electric Toaster. Where else can you buy so mucn for so little? . Wesfel! all the necessary Electric Appliances--Many, on monthly payments. Public Service Co. OF NORTHERN ILLINOIS ASK YOUR DEALER EARLY RISE! 100 per cent PUREFLOUR 5'!"" i; liiNIJFACTUREO BV WEST McHENRY Floor & Feed Mill M. E. Beebe AUCTIONEERING Am starting tb elate sales for f«| season. If you contemplate * : .' : • " *tle call 1614-M-l or write M. E. BEEBE Woodstock ̂ :: Woodstock, Ity,: ' " . v - ' 7 ' " JMI charges reversed ; t A > •/•iv M iiiy riSr* i f l\. ^ es sA