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"fo. • V " " :1' S5^. r» m MUENRYF !?'<*? • n* .1* »»'" I1 WB#1!| IW.UPflU^L'l" »*y3 M'HENRY PLAINDEALER Published every Thursday at McHenry, I1L, by Charles F. Renich. Entered as second-class Butter at the postoffiee |er the act of May 8, 1879. McHenry, HL, m» sj»ses»»fc»s«--»e--mi A. H. MOSHER, Editor and Manager < . ' -k:> Street in ifV f *»"??* 'V^V u * v " » y f .>•• ®j < ' v <V/« tfoMsHi j V <f^v P g? > • CLASSIFIED AtVERTlSEMENTS •• ir'V^v.-t5\ . U ^ I USE THE CLASSIFIED COLUMNS FOR QUICKRESULTS Sahara Oaele Town. i.i I W ^ *l° ^negared by the National 0«0(rr*phtc ' Society. Washington, D. C.> tSKRA. In Algeria, nearly 200 'iiile? hack from the e<ljie of the Mediterranean, is a typical oasis ^ town of the near Sahara. '••" ground It are clustered other oast*, f the grfltap making up Zlban. There, only _a short distance from the European iwd coast, the traveler may - |»reathe the life of the great desert jghat stretches on south and east for 4 #»any hundreds of miles. Th? Agcic of Biskra i?4, long, possesses 170,'000 date palms, beside tamarind, fig. and orange trees, •nd likewise ^wssesses what is * tlaimed to be the most perfect climate v In the world from November till May. • Its genial temperature, clear sky ; nd l%^uxuriant vegetation are imlispqta'jle^ v fharms, and Its «liy fttthosphere makes fl-'-V ;;|t particularly curative for pulmonary (diseases. Sometimes seventeen or :hteen months pass without a hower, and yet there is a never-failing supply of delicious cold water ||S;', from natural wells throughout the Sp-'1""Whole oasis. ',f. There are five villages In this Island the sand-sea, ami the outlying oases §jT pf Filiah and Geddecha also belong S , to Biskra. The Arab villages and W" Ibe villages des negres are builtv of •£ _. jETO-dried mud. with doors nnd flit • tools of putipwantl. Among the ruins p>?f old Biskra, where before the new ^i'%. #®rt was consy-jKjcd t^pFfenrli forti- ^ jned the old Kasbah existing'at their jjvy' jarrival, are a heap of Roman blocks litv. (nlumni>, which are all that re- Mains of the Horaan outpost of Ad Plsclnam. The French village is clus- . tered around Fort Saint Germain, mamed for a gallant officer killed durthe Zaatcha insurrection of 1811). which Is capable of sheltering '1th® whole civil population. There is a pretty public garden, '" where feathery pepper trees make a • pleasant shade, a church, a mosque, streets of shops, a handsome casino and officers' club, and three good hotels, of which the principal one. f;the Royal hotel, Is said to be the L ; best ia Algeria. It is certainly a delightful surprise to And in the Sahara a hotel with every appointment of elegance and comfort. Market Place I. Fascinating. A visit to the market place during the morning is one of the sights of the town and oriental in every tone. Squatting groups of bronze-legged Bedouins, in brown and white camel'shair burnouses, are selling cous-cous, , dried peppers and, of course, dates. " Bunches of fresh grass and green Imrlay and thistles are heaped In one corner of the inclosure. Moorish slippers here and a pile of red fezzes there, and souvenirs for the tourist not lackv tag. For a few francs one may purchase a set of graceful gazelle horns, - and curious knives and Arabian guns tempt the collector. An ebon negress is selling oranges, an Arab boy In a red fez, and not much else, carries a basket of purple fruit in green leaves, while cloaks, burnouses, turbans, and yakmah*. purple, blue, deep red, and spotless white all crushed together, make kaleidoscopic color In the whitewashed square. Bags of heuna leaves, for staining the nails in Arab ,fashion, send forth their pungent odor. and the aroma of coffee and cigarettes fills the air. A Kabyle girl in red '< gown, tattooed bluely as to her forehead and cheeks, stained yellow as to her finger tips, passes, cigarette in mouth, her bangles and anklets clanklag as she goes. Outride a Moorish cafe a row of „ Moors, clean ia their white burnouses, are solemnly crouched, two of them ^ Playing a grave game of chess but the rest do nothing to perfection, without ® a trace of boredom or a gesture of * Impatience, a state of dreamy delight > achieved apparently by habit of mind, a realization of Arabian Kevf. Two merry cantlnleres go briskly along, ' and behind them glide two Sisters of Charity. Occasionally a tall figure in white burnouse and dark-blue or palegray enpe. with crimson fez and goldembroidered Jacket, passes, and the dark eyes and white teeth flash down In friendly glance. Occasionally, too, rV'- • v.;. ' " • ; of-rose whiffed on the air,, as one of these oriental gilded youths walks by, and one is reminded of what an Arabian courier once said: "In my country, if a man have perfume on his clothes, it makes scandal!" Street of the Ouled-Nails.. There is a mysterious charm In the quiet night as one goes "slumming" in the street of the Ouled-Nails. The stars are Intensely bright overhead, and the briskness, purity, and sweetness of the a!, beggar description."- Passing into the street of the Onled- Xails is a sudden transition to much life, color and noise, the street itself full of Arabs, young and old, while on matting outside nearly every door sit the Ouled-Nail girls, drinking coffee, smoking cigarettes, and chattering what Is presumably Biskran slang at any halting passers-by. The Ouled-Nails, sometimes called Almees, are girls from an oasis at some distance from Biskra, and of mixed Arabian and negro blood. They are more remarkable for their singularity of costume and grace of dancing than for the rigidity of their morals. Their faces are daubed with tar ar^ saffron to accentuate the color of fhe Afric sun; tattooing in blue is quite la mode, and their hair, mixed with wool and stiffened with grease and tr.r, lianas in ebon • loops about the face. They wear loose gowns of bright cotton, and gold and silver coin, coral, and filagree in barbaric abundance', sometimes ^twenty pounds of silver being carried in the shape of bangles, anklets, chains, and massive girdles. One sits in a brightly lighted, lew, white building and sips Arabian coffee while some of the girls dance their peculiar desert dances. If Biskra Is the political and social center of the Zlban, and the Zlhan is the group of prosperous oases, villages extending from the foot of the Aures mountains to the Chott-Melghlr, the religions capital is Sidi- Okba. Sldl-Okba Is an oasis distant twenty kilometers from Biskra, and Is named for that old warrior who, at the head of a small body of Anlb cavaTry, went forth to conquer Africa in the sixtieth year *f the Hedjira. AVIien he had extended his conquest from Egypt to Tangier, he spurred his horse into the Atlantic, declaring that only such a barrier could prevent him from forcing every nation beyond it who knew not 05od to worship Him only or die. In a revolt of the Berbers he was killed, A. D. 641, and when the Arabs had reconquered the Ziban their leaders was buried In the oasis which bears his name. Going to 8idl-0kba. The track across the desert to Sidi- Okba is practical for carriages. Most of the turbaned drivers gallop their three horses harnessed abreast over the hummocks of sand and tufts of sage-brush till the passengers beg for slower pace. Soon after leaving Biskra the road crosses a stony tract a quarter of a mile broad, with a deep stream In the center, the Oued-Biskra, and emerges on the desert. The tiny oasis of Bellah Is passed on the right, the dome of a marahout's tomb shining among Its trees. The long, lowlying line of the palms of Sldl-Okba U in the distance; the Aures mountains rise In golden and rose glory, the deep clefts In their side blue and mysterious. Groups of Bedonln tents are passed at intervals, and the scarlet nig, the copper pan, the fire, and its group are dashes of bright color In the yellow-, browns of earth and camp, canopied always with the dazzling blue of the sky. Herds of Miss Florence Caiif ^ ap«nt the week-end In Chicago. Floyd Hopper visited the aotO dhow in Chicago Wednesday, f R. I. Overton attended the auto show in Chicago Tuesday. Richard Overton and Floyd FoSs atj tended the auto show in Chicago Wednesday. Mr. and Mrs. J(. Cavanaugh of Chicago were week-end guests of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Heiiper. Miss Elizabeth Woodburn of Rockford is visiting in the home of her uncle, W. P. Woodburn. Mr. and Mxs. Joe Kabeney of Chicago spent the week-end in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Jake Freund. Mr. and Mrs. A. J .Butler and P0ESALE . ™ sal^-W^ £ » FOR SALE--Two sets bob sleighs, factory and" is^'ike a new machine in HefonCT6"^ MrV and ?enry one light and one heavy. Reasonable, every respect. Will sell for $40 cash Mx and Mrs. John R. Knox left George Meyers, McHenry. Phone if taken at once. Here is an «PP«r-, Swiday for a ttotor trip through the 82R- 35 tumty f^r n 80™rne ref ! South. Among other interesting FOR SALE OR RENT--Mbdern house p52ndealer office** " ^ tf! pointB they wil1 a^tend the Mardi Gras j on Waukegan street Phone 102-J. ; • * . . • ' * , at New Orleans and visit the former's! 34_tf FOR RENT ! nephew, Rev. Walter Conway, at New ....... -- .. ..I • -- _ •• iOrleans. Lisle Bassett ia in charge of FOR SALE--Modem 7-room house. FOR RENT--Farm, 160 or 120'the filling station (faring the absence two blocks from Fox River, paved acres: shares or for cash. John of Mr. Knox. street, electric light, gas, city water, Freuad, Route 3, McHenry. 8W« sewer, etc.; two-car garage. Price 1 ^ n k/ for quick sale, $4,S50; $500 down, bal- LOST a nee monthly. KentA Cot, McHenry, -- ; -- HI. Phone 8. . 26-tf Tire chairs nearly new; size | Card club at the htmie of the former on Thursday afternoon of last week. Bridge was played during the afternoon and the first prize was won by Mrs. Fred Justen, the second by Mrs. J. H. Freund and the third prize by Mrs. John Kilday. Delicious refreshments were served at the close the games. MERRY EIGHT CLUB Mrs. Fred Justen and Mrs. Joe Miller were hostesses to the Merry Eight mm 8. 0. &, larg# Reindeer Toilet Paper Super Suds Coffee Hag ^ SagtoMilk vffy-. •i ' ,aw»4w«s roR 25^ , J3 'OB 25# f t . ' ~ < i ' ' " 1 1 l l I Large Poetum Cereal --65^ 'v -21# SWEKTHBAET BKAHD OOODS i *'M-. • • V > leitaed Salt, box ; JOxed Veg-etables, H». S %44 Peaches, Halves, No. 3 can Kiduev Beans, No. 2 can -32# y , ... &$$?$&%•••• V TOtf WAMT TBUB. B|ffr SAY ' *dy:'h ; V;'J -,'jr ' \ 5.* * ,/ BARGAIN FOR YOUNG COUPLE-- Cost $3,000 four months ago. Will take SfiRO for all or will separate. Beautiful furniture of 4 room apartment. 3-pc. silk mohair parlor suite, hand carved frame; 8-pc. walnut din 31x5.25. Phone 167, Ray Conway. 35 j MISCELLANEOUS^ "A, Home Owned Store" McHenry, Illinois *'»• . y-. ?r ffe ^; •; v'" W'h, >.•> * l5. S.WXi PLACE YOUR ORDER NOW for early chicks. $1.00 a hundred books your order, balance on delivery. Prices sLaa-sr £.s-'s with spring and mattress; occasional PIANO SYNCOPAftON-- Beginners table; 5-pc. breakfast set; lamps; a,nd advanced pupils. For informachest of silverware. Must be seen to tion call Madelyn Dimmell, pupil of be appreciated. Will arrange for de- Lee Sims, Chicago. B&Henry 52-J. Kvery. 7729 Yates Ave., near 79th ' ^ 83-8 St, Chicago, 111. Phone South Shore -•-- 3774. *24-12 TYPEWRPTBRS Sales and Service. Repaired and Rentals. Prompt attention to phone calls. L. KILTZ, Woodstock 49-tf FOR SALE--Small chicken farm, between 4 and 5 acres, x4 mile from McHenry on Lake Geneva cement Phone 549. road. Mrs. Joe H. Justen, Rte 3. Phone 611-J-l. 6-t£ NEIGHBORHOOD CARD CLTTB The Neighborhood Card club met at the home of Mrs. George W. Hess on Main street Thursday evening of 1 last week. A delightful evening was spent at bridge with the first prize being won by Mrs. Simon Stoffel, while the second prize went to Mrs. Brown of Woodstock. Delicious refreshments were served. -k ' READ THESE PRICES! 1924 Buick Sedan.. 1922 Buick Touring. 1924 Haynes Sedan --....... 1927 Buick Sedan All in perfect mechanical and good tires. TUNE--and keep your piano tunea. Tuning makes yoor piano a musical t1„_ instrument. Phone 874-J or write 0. ** 50 Woodstock, 111. 27-tf 125 S. W. MERRICK W. B. MERRICK 650 AND ASSOCIATES on MIDWEST RENDERING CO. _ t We Pay For 1928 Oldsmobile Sedan, 6 wire wheels. HORSES, CATTLE, HOGS, SHEEP 1928 Pontiac Coach, fully equipped, with heater, spare tire, etc. - «e McHenry Auto Sales Phone 255 McHenry Call flO-J-1--Dundee--815-R-4 \yPrompt Sanitary Service REVERSE* CHARGES 31-tf EMMERSON HAS GAS TAX PLANNED SPRINGFIELD, 111., Jan. 29--Details of Governor Louis L. Emmerson's plan for a 3-cent gas tax are expected to become ^public property tomorrow or next day when it is anticipated that his proposed bill will have been completed and submitted to the assembly. It ia known that the governor plans to submit with the ga^ jtax plan an appropriation bill whi«v will specifically designate the purposes to which the money raised will be put by the state. That it will include the? widening of state highways, especially in the vicinity of Chicago, is taken for granted by those who followed the campaign pledgee made by Mr. Emmerson. Support for the measure is expected from many sources which two .years ago opposed Governor Small's' gas tax, because of the fact that the road funds have been exhausted, the last of the money hav ing been pledged in the making of contracts that will keep the road builders Ibusy until next September. Announces Appointees In tills connection, Springfield was interested in the Governor's an nouncement that H. H. Cleveland of Rock Island, head of the biggest insurance concern in western Illinois, a"nd president of the Central Trust & Savings Bank of Rock Island, had accepted the post as director of pub- i lie works and buildings, succeeding! Col. C. R. Miller of Kankakee under whose direction the $160,000,000 road bond issues were spent during the eight years of the Small administration. At the same time, it was announced by Mr. Cleveland that Frank T. Sheets, chief engineer of the division of highways, would be retained by the new director as the immediate supervisor . of highway construction. Another major appointment by Governor Emmerson was that of Charles FL Hammond of Chicago as state supervising architect, to succeed William J. Lindstrom. Mr. H a m m o n d I s p r e s i d e n t o f t h e A m e r -j ican Institute of Architects, and is' a member of the firm of Perkins,! Chattem St Hammond, at 140 N. La' Salle street. | Mr. Perkins, senior member of the firm, is credited with much of the work that brought about the creation of the Cook County forest prer* Loose leaf work is a specialty of the Plaindealer job department. Plaindealers at Boiger's. HERMAN J. SGHAEFIR Moving and Long Distance Hauling PHONE 10M* McHenry, Illinois Hark.! Cuts forepenj line ot buMnpsT-jSumsMfm Keeps Chickens Healths GEKh..:, ivvice a wtek in tl. • drink destroy* disease germs take in with the food or water-- Keeps th' crop pure and sweet--Corrects and pr< vents diarrhoeas and bowel trouHes. It's the best remedy alto for Rouf Colds, Canker, Swelled Head and sucl disorders. The favorite for more thirty year*. \ ; 5 We can guarantee Gtrmotcllf tk * plea*? you or your back. • Germoione in liquid Sm is twici, at efficient as tablets giwn in the drink I2-oi. bottle, 75c: -^.'bottle $1.5^ $str gallon, $2.50; gf.l!on,'$4.50^-1>, ; •; Stop your Poultry I.ctise* wMl ' Gernt<i$igjy ' ^'*1'-- - Com* la and Gei « Jfrtt ToAs> « ttoma§!F, MERRYMAKEaUl The Merrymakers met at the home | of Mrs. Ben Justen Wednesday after- j n o o n w i t h a l l t h e m e m b e r s p e r s e n t i n . camels feed on the I spite of the snow and bad roads. A1 dry sage-brush of the plain, and the baby camels trot by their mothers In coltish fashion. Five other oases ai£ passed, Cbetnah, Droh, Sldl-Khabll, Seriana, and Gsrta, and at length one approaches the mud wall which surtbunds the sacred oasis. Four thousAd Arabs live In this village, and the mad houses are thickly packed, the streets narrow and indescribably dirty, with rivulets of muddy water running dowa the center. The tiny shops are open to the street, in eastern fashion, and behind their wares the cross legged merchants sit delightful afternoon was spent at cards with the first prise going to Mrs. Fred Beinaphfl, second to Mrs. Anton Schneider and the third prize to Mrs. Peter Heimer. Delicious refreshments were served and derful afternoon enjoyed. LUTHERAN CHURCH ' 1 There will be English services here Sunday, Feb. 2, at two o'clock, with Holy Communion. Yearly meeting of voting members after services. Ken-L-Ration--The Dog Food„ 8» HfcVfrrfr Put - : 1 Don't Wear Your Work Glasses "Ottt" It isn't "don«," After a day i» the office, store ot shop, the smartly dressed lMtHtess girl tucks her work glasses into their case. She dons another pair* more appropriate for going "out," just as she lays aside the., rest of her work-a-day garb for other clothes. , ; Usage Demands More Than One Pair 7 p. m. to 9 p. m., except Satordi «„v Wed. 9 a m, to 9 p. m. DR. HENRY FREUND Evening Shows at T and 9 Matinees-- On Wednesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays and Sundays, S p. m. ^SATURDAY RANGER la "BOG LAJWf" THRILLS OF THE NOBllB WOODS ALSO COMBDY " "" - On the Stage Saturday t and Sunday f 'r:.;::;|Breen & Wert y*t«ERE'S A REASOli^^ .' Cossack Trio i •THE RHYTHMIC TRIO FROM THE NORTHSUNDAY - MONDAY v:vi#ew Cody ajid ^' sjBileen Pringle in Path* News and Goautfr / TUESDAY and" ^^ffEDNESDAY;;';; John Gilbert ^ in "THE MASK OF THt _with Alma Rubens ALSO NEWS AND COMEDY IMs is Ladies' Crystal, NHfcs. Every lady will recefv* A beautiful crystal free. Thursday Nite en the. "Stage ; B. ROTNOUi: / PLAYERS ^ in a new play.^,.. THURSDAY - FRIDAY " ON THE SC REEN S&IRLEY MASON in "The Runaway Girls" YOU'LL TIND f s ! I A new line of stamped pieces to be einbroid££S^i^ a x : -?•*, '•'Mi ^ ' A lovely selection of gifts and prises, A large selection of cards fa$, <all And oodles of Valentines, ^ // .«p* ¥: • m I at T3he AGATHA SHOP COAL FOR5SALE! DELIVERED TO M'lENRY Beat Franklin County Goal, size 6x3 or 3x2, per ton Best Pocahontas Coal, per ton Best Hard Coal, range or ^ y / . chestnut per ton 1..... ! We Guarantee This Coal --$8.00 #11.50 T. M. PALASKE Solon Mills, 111. Telephone Richmond 936 Woodstock's BeautifulPlayHouse BARGAINS? •' /• ' ' We have the following Balm y Radi^a % posed of at bargain prices: ' - ONE GREBE ' m WE ATWATER KENT Af ^ ^ ? :w*VWO FRESHMAN3 ... •ife's1 ONE KENNEDY *-»^ „ ^ ^ ONE MOHAWK The above are all in good working condition. See the New Spartan Radio at $189.50 • S **v v*- -> Dynamic Speaker, Niiie *Tubes Jewelry, #md Radio Shop Phone 123-J West McHenry K* ••• O ••• *t* ••• »^» »$» «$»«%»»^» ••• ^ •$> «$» ^ ir; $i ir-"" !" |Mll \ i f • . m.. • f t- 4,:-^ you should Begin to ccmsider V- *' *' •' What furniture you will ue«d for; spring. This store is stocked with numberless articles which are. «uittable and will please. Come iq and i 4et j* obli||aUoa -to *77. OPTOMETRlJIf * Phone in '" ^ rathe News and Fifcles I ; Jacob Justen : i.v v t - ' A FURNITURE AND UNDERTAKING^ Green 8t^ Phone 103-R , :«• ^^>J6NM«Hewjr ^ianaiii j • r ' y < f • ^ ^ .. • ^ - 4*. „ >• ' .• , -