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Through the courtesy of the two nation- wide broadcasting companies, unusual facilities are to be available during "Scout Week." On Saturday evening, Feb. 8, two programs will be broadcasted. Over the network of the National Broadcasting company the Scout Oath and Law will be presented by a national speaker, who it is hoped will be President Walter W. Head, from Chicago. Over the chain of the Columbia Broadcasting company, between 8:30 and 9 o'clock, there will be a Scout program of half an hour's duration, in- prizes were won by H. C. eluding, Dr. John H. Finley, associate Mrs. H. M. Stephenson and Mrs. F editor of the New York Times andjA. Bohlander; in flvfc hundred they day and enjoyed an excellent dinner.- Durintr the afternoon the happy crowd occupied themselves with cards and singing. Mr. and Mrs. Schoewer were married at St. John's church in Johnsburg. They spent the first year of thehr married life ro Ringwood and have since made their home in McHenry, occupying the same house here for forty three years. Those present to help celebrate the event were: Mr. and *Mrs, Joseph Schoewer and daughter, Mrs. Gilbert Lang, Mr. and Mrs. Ben M, Schoewer and daughter, Adelaide^ Mr. and Mrs. George F. Garrity, all of Chicago; Mr. and Mrs. George F. Meine, Hubert Schoewer, Mr. and Mrs. Fred P. Schoewer and Fred Weinschenker, of McHenry. Eastern Star Card Party A very successful card party was sponsored by the Eastern Star Friday evening. Sixteen tables of bridge, five hundred and bunco were in play and lunch was served. In bridge the Hughes, JUNIOR PLAY WINS LARGE AUDIENCE *' _____ fTODENTS SHOW EXCELLENT TALENT WM. CARROLL FILES *OR PRIMARY RACE James E. West, chief Scout executive. This program includes selections by Seymour's Boy Scout Band, of Brooklyn, N. Y. , These nation-wide hook-ups will make it possible for Scouts and Scout officials to plan to tune-In every part of the United States. In addition to this, more than 135 local radio stations will participate, either on Anniversary night, or at other tines during the week in programs. President Hoover To Help Flans have been completed for* a wry unusual celebration of the twentieth anniversary of the Boy Scouts of America in the city of Washington on March 10. It is a dinner conference to be held at the New Willard Hotel at 7 o'clock. The President of the United States, who is Honorary President of the Boy Scouts of America, has consented to attend and •peak. His address will be broadcast by both national broadcasting companies, at 9 o'clock Eastern Standard time. Every Scout and Scoot official will want to listen in. Part of the proposed conference will be given over to a discussion of the expansion program of the Boy Scouts of (America. The Area Council form of organization, of which the Beloit Ale a is a fair example, has been evolved during the process of this expansion program. One of the aims of program has been to place every community in the United States under the supervision of trained Scout executives. The conference may prove that the whole territory is now covered. The United States Marine Band will also play on this occasion, and it is expected that the music will be broadcast. were awarded to Dr. C. W. Klontx, Mrs. Bienaphl and James Perkins, while in bunco the prizes went to Lloyd Lockwood and Darline Lockwood. The basket of fruit which was given away went to Mrs. George H. Johnson. v , later-State Bridge Club . „ . The Inter-State Bridge club met at the home of Miss Julia Feffer on last Thursday evening. This club is composed of young ladies from various cities in this locality who enjoy spending an occasional evening together. Two tables of bridge were played and the first prize was won by Rose Feffer, the second was awarded to Elsie Vycital and the third prize went to Miss Mabel Bence. Refreshments were served. The next meeting will be at the hone of Miss Bene* at lake Geneva. jfttaLE BUREAU WOMEN HEAR FANNIE BROOKS The regular meeting of the County ' Home Bureau Executive Board was . held Saturday afternoon, February 1, in the Circuit Court room, Court •house, Woodstock, Illinois. s The year's program in Health as suggested by Miss Fannie Brooks, Health Education Specialist ol the --Extension Department of the University was adopted for the county program for a year's study beginning In M«rch. The following subjects will be studied during this year's work in Health: , -"The Sick Room and Its Equipment" .The use of Sick Room Appliance*" "Causes and Prevention of Com- "•Jtpnicable Diseases" /^'Symptoms and Care of Commani- ; liable Diseases" V -^'The Daily Care of the Patient" "Structure, Growth ftftd Care of the ^Bleth" ' < •, "Emergencies" .."Special Treatments and How to Jnjplve Them" W- "Occupations and Entertainment for -fete Corivalscent Adult" * "Occupation and Entertainment for Convalscent Child" "V"1',-""Bandages and Bandaging "'The Invalid's Tray" : v!Miss Brooks will be in «» county , fliyur times during this program, at • which times she will train local lead- Ms for half the above lessons, the other half will be carried by the Home Adviser. The entire program will be given in each community where there !• an organized Home Bureau Unit. ,Mrs. Grant Hill of Crystal Lake was appointed by the president to act , a* publicity chairman for the coming Entertain At Bunco Kn. Frank Rosing entertained a party of friends at her home Thursday afternoon. Two tables of bunco were in play and the first prize was won by Mrs. Henry Quinn, the second was awarded to Mrs. John Engeln and the third prize went to Mrs. R. J. Frisby. Refreshments were served at the close of a peasant afternoon. The guests were: Mrs. Henry Quinn, Mrs. Peter Engeln, Mrs. John Keg, Mrs. John Engeln, Mrs. R. J. Frisby, Mrs. GUi» Schultz and Mrs. William Freund. Five Hundred Party M*r. and Mrs. Thomas Kane irtl*' tained the members of their card party at their home Sunday evening, at which time five hundred furnished the entertainment for the guests and the prizes for high scores were won by Mr. and Mrs. Ford Jackson, the second prizes were awarded to Mr. and Mrs. Peter Weingart and the third prizes went to Mr. and . Mrs. George Young. Delicious refreshments were Birthday Anniversary A party of friends surprised Mrs. F. M. Ensign Sunday evening, the event being planned in honor of her birthday anniversary. She was presented with a radio lamp as a remembrance from the guests, lunch was served and a pleasant evening was enjoyed. The guests were Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Marshall and their guest, Mrs. Cannon, and little daughter of Bloomington, M!r. and Mrs. Fred Nickel^ a^d Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Herrold. / "Who Wouldn't Be Crazy?** Proves To Be Real Comedy--Orchestra and Vocal Selections Before an audience that completely filled the Community high school auditorium, the Junior class presented their play, "Who Wouldn't Be Crazy?" last Thursday evening at 8 o'clock, to hundreds ol Interested patrons. A trip to Chicago would not be a necessity to McHenry theater goers, were it possible to have as good a production as this performance of the Junior class play brought to our city more often for each and every one of the actors filled their role in a very creditable manner and the play progressed smoothly without the embarrassing pauses which give evidence of a part not thoroughly memorized. A very happy selection was made when those in charge of this year's Junior class play made their decision in favor of "Who Wouldn't Be Crazy?" for although the name is rather mystifying, exciting the curiosity, the play was a clean, wholesome one without a very deep plot, but contained many a laugh and might rightly be termed a comedy for light-hearted people. It was the sort of a performance meant to provoke laughter and therefore provide relaxation for the adult and at the same time satisfy the never-ceasing demand of the more youthful for something novel. That the play was a success and was appreciated by the audience was denoted by the applause expressing the approval of the large assembly and the laughter occasioned by the witticisms of the actors. The majority of the tickets were sold a week in advance of the play and the underclass students worked hard to sell their quota so that they might claim their reward offered by the Juniors which was a bid to the Junior Prom for each student selling ten tickets to the play. Hard To Choose a Star To choose any one star would be a rather difficult task, inasiAuch as all took their parts splendidly and some real, natural talent was displayed. Perhaps the feature of the play was the presence of two very black people, Pluribus, general utility at the sanitarium, enacted by Lowell Nye, and Pendie, a maid enacted by Christine Wegener, who carried out their parts -to perfection. Pluribus grew sentimental when he told Pendie she was as sweet as molasses and just as easy to get stuck on and again uttered words of wisdom when he said, "White man, your mouth is full of words but you don't say nothing." The play was splendid throughout, picturing a cleverly planned plot, with a surprise ending and many laughable situations before the final curtain. The play was composed of three acts, the scene of which was laid in the reception room of the Good Samaritan Sanitarium in the month of June. Jack Purvey who took the part of Jack, alias "Speedy," found himself an inmate of the sanitarium by mistake and made every endeavor to escape until he saw several pretty girls, among them the girl of his choice, after which he decided to remain at the sanitarium, telling his father who was one of the directors, that he was the Prince of Wales and pretended not to recognize him. Every part was played with a genuine naturalness, which was not affected at any time, and the various incidents of the play gave opportunity for real acting. Splendid Mask, Too The program was opened with music by the High school orchestra under the direction of Mr. W. N. Sears and several selections were beautifully rendered by them in their delightfully pleasing and professional manner. The boys' quartet and girl*' Woodstock Attorney Becomes Candidate To Represent McHenry Conn* ty In Lower House William M. Carroll, Woodstock attorney and assistant state's attorney, filed his petition Saturday at Springfield as a candidate for the office of representative of this district. Noyes L. Jackson of Belvidere; Richard J. Lyons of Mundelein and Lee Mc- Donough of Waukegan also filed. The petitfon of Charles Palmer, Dunham township supervisor, was not received up until Monday at Springfield, but it is expected he will file before Feb. 17, the last day of tiling. Just what position Carroll will receive on the ballot is not known. All three other candidates mentioned above are seeking re-election. The rnmes of John Fair of Belvidere and Mary Braistow of Waukegan have been mentioned as candidates, but their petitions wero not filed at Springfield. W.H.ALTHOEE BUYS IZAAK WALTONS TO MM* MEET FRIDAY NIGHT BUSINESS BUILDING f - LOCATED CORNER MAIN ST. AND ROUTE 61 FARM OUTLOOK CONFERENCE HELD West Side Hardware Man Will Renodel Building, Work Having Already Started An important business transaction took place last week when William H. Althoff purchased the brick building at the corner of Main street and Route 61 in West McHenry from Peter Williams. Work wa^ commenced on the building Saturday and will continue until the store has been completely remodeled and ready for occupancy, when Mr. Althoff will move his stock of hardware into the new location. Much work will be done on the place, including the excavating of a basement under the entire building and the ..remodeling of the second •lory iijto comfortable living rooms. The store will have the latest type of front with a 10-foot lobby, double entrance and a large center display window. There will also be two large windows on each side measuring four by ten feet and the corner window will be glass on three sides to display on Route 61 as well as Main street. They will be of the new type enclosed window and will afford much room for display. Good Location A better location could not be found for a business of this kind, for the corner of Main street and Route 61 is a busy place at any season of tinyear and this imposing modern structure will command the attention of thousands of motorists as well as local people. Mr. Althoff has had such an increasing amount of business during the last few years that he feels the necessity for more room in which to expand his stock and accommodate his customers. This will be found in the large store room which will be 24 feet by 90 feet in dimension and will be equipped with all modern fixtures, where the owner feels that he will be better prepared to serve his custgpiers. State Leaders Are Speakers at Meet* *g Held In Woodstock Tuesday Delegates from Lake, Boone and McHenry Counties met at Woodstock, February 4, for an Outlook Conference under the leadership of specailists from the University. Those present from Urbana were J. D. Bilsborrow, State Leader of Farm Advisers, C. A. Brown, Dairy Marketing specialist, C. M. Linsley, specialist in Agronomy, and Mrs. C. C. Burns Home Economics specialist. The meeting was called to order at 10:30 a. m. by E. M. Phillips of the ocal Farm Bureau. The opening discussion was led by Mr. Bilborrow. Mr. Linsley discussed the outlook for prices on farm crops with the matter of supplies on hand as indicated by government reports. Mrs. Burns dicussed the farm home makers outlook, dwelling on some pertinent problems relating to the farm income. Mr. Brown very ably discussed the outlook for the dairy farmer. He ex- - mlu.v» room hibited charts to show the trend ofl^« thew will ^o__be muchjoom production in whole milk, butter, at 7:30 O'clock McHenry chapter of the Iza&k Walton League will be host to chapters >>f Boone and McHenry county, as v% ell as those interested in the development of our natural resources in our own community, at a meeting to be held in the K. C. hall at McHenry on Friday evening, Feb. 7, at 7: SO p. ip. Good speakers have been promised and it is exported that about 600 will be present. We realize that our natural resources arc our largest asset that we have in this district. Compare the real reason for better business in the summer time than in the winter among all the business men In this whole district and we will find the cause for this is that our natural re sources are the foundation of the prosperity we have in the summer. Therefore, if we all give a little lift we can develop this source until it reaches unheard of heights of prosperity for the community, which means more work and money for everybody. If you are interested in your comciunityfeathe Izaak Walton League Invites you to come and hear a good program, good speakers, good music and see a moving picture of the development of some of nature's resources in your own district. Good lunch. There will be no admission charge. At the K. C. hall in McHenry, Friday evening, Feb. 7, at 7:30 o'clock. FEBRUARY MELTING OF CITY COUNCIL STRONG ARGUMENTS ARK FEATURED *-* $75,000 ESTATE PROBATED One .of the largest estates in several years was probated in county court Wednesday. Over $75,000 in government bonds was left by Mrs. Jossie Curtiss. Mrs. Curtiss died at Marengo on January 29, 1930. The estate is left to more than fifty legatees. Prior to the death of Jossie Curtiss, she deeded the city of Marengo a tract of land to be used by the city as a memorial park and to be known es the Ira Curtiss Memorial Grove M. W. and C. B. Whittemore are named as executors of the estate, "here was no real estate mentioned in the will all of the amount being in [government bonds and household The tl"'.hoi> will b. 1. th. 1 WlP™" MW AU A good attendance of members and friends was present at the meeting of the Ladies' Aid society at the home of Mrs. James Sayler on Thursday afternoon. Plans for the summer bazaar and bakery sale were discussed and work on articles to be sold at that gjee ciub rendered several very time wiil be commenced at once. Re freshnttnta were served. ^ Happy Ten Mr. and Mrs. Earl McAndrews entertained the members of the Happy Ten card club at their home on Main street, Saturday evening. Bridge was played during the evening and prizes were awarded to Walter Walsh, Edward Sutton and Dorothy Knox. Refreshments were served and a pleastat evening enjoyed. JOINS FRATERNITY . Friends of John Fay, son of Mr. and .. Mrs. J. W. Fay of West McHenry, and who is attending the University Of Wyoming at Laramie, Wyo., will be 4 Interested to learn of his initiation Into the Delta Mu Alpha fraternity iz JJiat school. He is a student in the commerce division. Fay is an out- Standing player on his fraternity basketball team, which is leading its divi- "gion. He is a former member of the McHenry High team. • BIRTHS - fjhr fend Mrs. Albert Schaefer of - Waukegan announce the birth of a pleasing songs between acts and Julia McLaughlin announced the thanks for the Junior class for the fine attendance and presented the director of the play, Miss Helen Stevens, with a gift from the cast in appreciation of her work with them in making the play a success. The student producing staff consisted of Julia McLaughlin and Theodore Anderson as business managers and Helen Weber and Harold Patake as stage managers. ' The cast of characters in order of their appearance was as follows: Inmate No. 1--Melvln Whitin*. Inmate No. 2--Agnes Steffea. cheese and condensed goods. It appears that there has been a very large production in dairy supplies during the past year and large quantities of butter still in storage. Statistics also show that there has been somo curtailment in the consumption of milk and butter due to lack of employment in some of our industrial centers. Dairy supplies have been augmented by undue expansion of the industry on account of low prices prevailing in other types of terming. Regarding consumption of dairy products it was shown that butter substitutes were being purchased in large quantities, even by dairymen themselves. This has had a very depressing effect on the butter market. It was further pointed out that if half the farmers that now buy Oleo would buy butter instead that the surplusses would disappear, and in consequence the-price of hutter and surplus milk would advance to a point where the farmer would receive far more foi* his product than he now receives. Edward Foley o£ the Boone County Farm Bureau discussed the local agricultural outlook as it relates to the three counties represented. A general discussion followed. Summing up the Outlook Meeting several conclusions were deducted. These in brief are as follows: 1.--Campaign against Oleo. 2.--Cull out low producing cows. < 3--Soil improvement. A.--Lower production cost. B.--Improved quality of crops. 4.--use more home-grown seeds. 5.--Adopt good farm accounting system. ' 6.--Extend Dairy Herd Improvement Ass'n work. Bon Ton Bridge Clmb "The Bon Ton Bridge club met at the home of Mrs. John Stilling Thursday afternoon. Earthquake bridge was i p]uribus--Lowell Nye. played which caused many shocks to pen(jie--Christine Wegener, the players. Prizes went to Mrs. Lillian Cox, first; Mrs. Ed. Sutton, second; Mrs. Albert Vales, tMrd. Lunch was served. Entertain Card Club Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Schneider entertained the members of their card club at their home Thursday evening. Three tables of bridge were played and high honors were awarded to Mrs. Robert Thompson and H. C. Hughes. Delicious refreshments were served. Neighborhood Card Cluh Miss Mary Kinney was hostess to the Neighborhood Card club on Wed- Httle daughter, Darline Pauline, 28. Mr. and Mrs. Sphaefer ter residents,of this 'vicinity. on|nesday evening of last week. Bridge was played.7|ja4 lyftffihiqents were •erwjLv •. ?*.,*• ,/! ^ < mm. Miss Levelle--Dorothy Fish«f. , Mr. Higgins--Rolland Ensig®, , Mr. Marshall--Richard Wegener. Jack--Jack Furvey. Lois Meredith--Catherine LandL Reggie Mortimer--Jack Seglfti Beatrice--Margaret Herrold, -,. Marjorie--Carqlyn Regener. -- .• • .v.- .. Janet--Louise Kilday. _ Evelyn Winslow--Alvera Weingart, Hardboiled McCafferty--Kenneth Boley. Edward Gordon--Vaughn Heller. Watch for the big date, Sunday, March 2, when the Christian Mothers will give a reception, supper and card party for the benefit of St. Mary's church. Further announcements latqg^: -f v SS-2-fp X ATHLETIC CLUB TO MEET The next monthly meeting of the Amateur Athletic Club is to take place next Tuesday evening at the city hall. President R. I. Overton announces that there are several important decisions to be made at this gathering and in desirous of a good attendance. All members will please try and get there early as the team wishes to practice immediately afterwards. Meeting will come to onler at 7:00, sharp. CARS COLLIDE Floyd Hopper had an extremely narrow escape Sunday night when he collided with a car while on his way from Ringwood to McHenry. He was travelling ale .g the pavement not far from this city when another car which had turned out to pass a third car struck the Buick which he was driving in almost a headon collision. Fortunately neither of the drivers were injured, although the cars were badly wrecked. .. AMONG THE SUM -- Earl Walsh, son of Mr. and Mr*. Jack Walsh, of this city, is recovering from an operation which he underwent at the West Side hospital Chicago on Thursday. Math Brown returned home from St. Theresa's hospital, Waukegan, last Friday and is recovering nicely from his recent operation. Mrs. Peter Freund returned to her home in this city Friday from St. Theresa's ho<pital4 Waukegan. for a workshop. There will be a special room for the display of stoves, of which Mr. Althoff always has a large stock on hand. The building will be as nearly fireproof as possible and a new steel ceiling will be put In, as well as a new chimney built. The store will be furnished with open top display tables for the display of small articles and will also have the panel door display cases and other modern fixtures. Mr. and Mrs. Althoff and family will occupy the flat above the store, which will consist of six rooms and a bath and laundry room. There will be a large porch with an entrance on the west side of the building and also a rear entranc® on the east side from Route 61. , Mr. Althoff plans to carry a larger and better stock than ever before and will have a full line of hardware and will do tin work and outside furnace work as ho has always done in the P He has the entire county for the sale of the Quaker Oil burners which have given wonderful success and are becoming more popular as they become better known. He also has all of McHenry and Kane counties and part of Lake county for the sale of Protane gas, which is used at farms and other places where there is no city gas. Mr. Althoff plans to have a salesman to sell these specialties through territory assigned to him. in addition he carries a full hne oj builder's hardware, barn tools, wire nails and kitchen utensils and his prompt attention and accommodation mnd readiness to serve has won for him many satisfied customers. He is one of McHenry's progressive and up-to-date business men and his new place of business will be a most attractive one and a marked improvement to the business section of Mam StMr! Althoff has been in business in McHenry for the past five years and located at His present place of business when he bought out C. J. Reihansperger five years ago. When he had been in business only about one year he lost everything in the fire which wiped out the building owned by N. J. Justen and Son, which was soon rebuilt and the business re-established. ~ . The building which has just changed hands has been vacant sometime, but was formerly used as a bowling alley and pool room. It is one of the landmarks of Main street and years ago was occupied by general merchandise and grocery stores. WELL-KNOWN SPRING GROVE RESIDENT PASSES AWAY Math J. May passed away at his home at Spring Grove Tuesday morning. Funeral services will be held at St. Peter's church at 10 o'clock Friday morning, with interment In the Spring Grove cemetery. MODERN WOODMEN, ATTENTION TW next regular meeting of Valley Camp, No. 97, will be held Wednesday evening, Feb. 12. We expect a delegation from Silver Leaf Camp, Elgin. Good speakers. A large attendance is desired. Glenn F. Peterson, Consul. E. E. Bassett, Clerk. JUDGE SHU RTLEFF GRANTS NEW TRIAL TO DODSON A new trial has been granted Ira Dodson by Judge E. D. Shurtleff ac cording to an announcement made Wednesday by Charles P. Barnes, attorney for Dodson. Judge Shurtleff has had the matter under consideration for several weeks. Dodson was convicted, here last fall during the September term of court on a charge of robbing the Henry Grabbe farm home of,1400. A motion for a new trial \yas made. Following the argument on' the motion the court took the motion under advisement. Dodson spent several months in jail. Since his arrest he was confined in the county jail. He secured bonds last week and was released. During the trial at which time he was convicted he was represented by Attorney F. E. Eckert. Later former Judge C. P. Barnes, was secured as attorney for Dodson. Dodson denies he had anything to do with the robbery and claims he to Innocent of the charge. Attorney Barnes says his client is not guilty and is sure he will get a nacquittal at the next trial. FATHER LONERGAN APPOINTED STATE CHAPLAIN OF ELKS yford was received Wednesday that Father Joseph Lonergan has been named state chaplain of the Elks in Illinois. Although Father "Joe" said he would rather not accept the office due to being overloaded with work in St. Mary's parish at Woodstock at present, he did accept. Being past state and national chaplain of the American Legion and at present chaplain of the Illinois National guard, the position will not be new to him. Father Lonergan is a member of the Rockford Elks lodge but will transfer to the Woodstock lodge at the start of the fiscal year in April. SCOUT HAPPENINGS Rolk) Chamberlin, Reporter We opened the meeting with the customary^'Oath and law. Our scput master then told us that there was going to be a Court of Honor for the benefit of those having merit badges coming to them. - Sonny Johnson's patrol, up to this time, is leading the contest. As we Reporter Complains of Being Haa^|j|» 7 capped In Giving Detaib h! ^ of Session The February meeting of the lis- - Henry city council was held at the efty hall Monday evenir., Feb. 3, with Mayor Knox and all the aldermen present. The minutes of the last meeting were read and approved, as well as the reports of the treasurer and collector. So far this was a very nice quiet meeting, the same as the last two meetings of the board. But from there on the reporter was greatly handicapped in trying to report the' proceedings for several reasons. First, there were too many on the floor at once. Second, the law will not permit the printing of such languange and if it were printed this paper would likslf burn before it could be read, and, third, the past ages have never produced a writer of great enough ability to convey to the public with a pen the tense explosive feeling of the board through a great deal of the evening. There were not many spectators at this meeting, but there will probably be a full house at the next session. Officials Are Working Hard The city council to a man is as loyal and patriotic a bunch of men as any city anywhere could have and each and every one of them is trying to do his best for the good of McHenry and they are giving much time and thought for the welfare of the community and much praise is due them. It is a fine thing that McHenry has a council composed of men who are trying their best as each individual sees tfie right to get results. If they were all of one opinion there would be no need of having more than one alderman. / - A great deal has been accomplished m the way of straightening one tangles that have come up in the past through not fully understanding assessment rolls, etc., in connection with the many sewer and paving projects which call for much more expensive bookkeeping than was before meg* sary. The clerk's report was read and the old question of who gets the fifty cents started the rumpus and as we cannot print the conversation that followed on the subject, will just say that the matter is turned over to Attorney Cowlin for his opinion to be brought in at the next meeting. The clerk's salary and vehicle license debate ran right over along and into the debate of past assessment rolis and it is thought that more feeling was developed than has ever been stirred up before among the members. Committee Appointed But at the windup, a committee, composed of Aid. Bonslett, Krause, StofFel and Clerk Conway was appointed to check the records way back before the auditor's report and try and get bills charged to proper accounts in the hope that it will be found that assessment roll bills have been charged to the general account, which keeps the f city broke and cannot pay its share of public benefits. If this is found to be the true condition then the assessment funds will reimburse the general fund to pay the city's share of public benefits. Then the city will be right back where it started only it will be saving interest of about $1,000 per year. The bills were read and ordered paid as OK'd by the finance commlt- It waa reported that the seew pumps are not working properly.- Several complaints were made to the council abount the dog nuisance. It is said the dogs are going in bunches of eight to ten and creating a public nuisance. Marshal Walsh was instructed to do away with all dogs without tags at once. It was decided to notify all schools that at the start of the nexl quarter that water meters will be installed and schools will then pay for their water. The meeting rather tamely adjourned at 10:30 p. m., after the tnrbolent evening. M).. £0 BANKS CLOSED The banks of McHenry will be closed Wednesday, Feb. 12, Lincoln's birthday. FISHING LICENSES tne contest, as wr The 1930 fishing ~ licens.e js fare - mill said before on February 3 the patrol and same can be & ^ lleeaaddiinngg *gooeess ttoo EEllgeiinn ttoo ggoo swim- city clerk, Ray F. Con*av. ao-s ip ming. They are going Thursday evening, Feb. 6. ^ Next Mr. Schoenholts read some J»ERSONALS ifedmd Mrs. Joseph Adams Paul Bunyan stories. After this we, Mr ud Mrs. W. F. Peters of Antioch Money to Loan on Farms. B. M. Fritx, Harvard, m. S6-fp-tf sang songs and played some games Everyone come to the basketball srame Friday night, Feb. 7, and see the Scouts make fire by friction. HAMER FOR COUNTY CLERK To the Voters of McHenry County: Ladies and Gentlemen:--Having bad a broad experience as Chief Deputy County Clerk and as Circuit Clerk, j ^ the home of her mother. Mrs. B. I am now a candidate for County j prisby, who observed her eighty-third Clerk to succeed Guy E. Still. birthday on that day. The aid of my friends throughout Mrs Carl Schmitt and children of McHenry County on and before Pri- j Q,icag0 were visitors in the home of mary Day, April 8th, is respectfully j|r> ^ Mrs. Fred Karnholz Thursday. spent one day last week with Mr. and Mrs. Walter Grube in Chicago. Mrs. Henrv Heimer. Sr., of this city and Mr. and" Mrs. Andrew Butler and daughter, Dorothy Ann, of Chicago spent Monday as guests of Mrs. John Mertes at Johnsburg. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Warner ana children of Elgin were Sunday visitors solicited. 36-tf THEODORE HAMER. DEMOCRATIC MEETING Miss Leon Givens spent the week- Mid with Chicago friends. Misses Verona Niesen, Lillian Freund, Lillian Stilling and Mr*. John A meeting of Democrats will be held i R. Knox motored to Chcago Thursat Forester Hall, McHenry, Monday day and attended a luncheon at the 4lwsss si rjTjj Si*: evening* Fab. 1% at o'ciock. V •C j'.- > ^