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•' v - i' >V • >'!•! V' */•' ' V' ' , < * * ' f ^ t • ^ \V; • . *" 4 , ; '£5f-' ••**:"."if-"5 »*>'••' >-? - •$ *91 sS"" •"« ^ W;s ^Vwfr". r, v;' v *' 'V' -* ] VOLUME 55 M'HENRY, ILLINOIS, THURSDAY, MARCH 27, 1930 '*• "iJ *1 »L m V*. -. ^ °V* # •v\ u.., . <* *..." DURIN CONTESTS »<- 'tsAuO.',-'-'; 'i**-. ------ Election, April 1-- School, April *i> • s.^; 12--CSty, April 15 S Primary, April 8 ::^> {V«s Again the twelve months hare rollaround and April, the election ^onth, is at hand with- its questions .^ politics and better government in township, city and schools, as the a principal topic of conversation and . interest. " JL'^*he e^®ct'ons this year will all probf#> ly be very quiet affairs with no opposition for any of the candidates. Bven the city election, which usually burnishes a little excitement for the -fioters, promises to be a quidt one this 2fear, with no opposition offered to ' the candidates for office. The only fkception to this is, of course, the •primaries on April 8. That the people of a community fhould take an active interest in its tections is very evident for it is at tis time that they have the best op- , portunity to select men who stand for j the idea and principles which they ~ ssire to see carried out in municipal Tairs. V With the advent of spring and the Vaster season, April is the month of -Showers and spring housecleaning, to -gay nothing of All Fools' Day. But more numerous and important ||ian all of these are the many elec- H3on days which assail us during this ttonth of promise with scarcely a week passing by without some questlon of interest to the voters of this community being decided at a public •Section. * The month starts out well with - "Tuesday, April 1, as the date for the ifcr.ual town election, at which town •^erk, tax assessor and justice of the •peace are to be elected. < To all indications this will be a Jflery quiet election with all of- the rsent incumbents being re-elected their respective offices without opposition. The time for the filing of petitions, which expired forty days before the 4lite set for election this year instead Of the customary fifteen days of former years, has been up for some time *0 it is an assured fact that, the first flection will be a quiet one. Charles B. Harmsen, town clerk, is liie of the veterans in the township, waving served in the capacity of clerk <fttnce 1896. During the thirty-four years of service which he has given 'the people he has become well acquainted with the duties of his office «nd has kept informed of the various changes which arise from time to time. He has seen many changes and . improvements take place during the - more than a quarter of a century of ftervice. His service has been very Satisfactory to the people of this community and Mr. Harmsen has put in many years of faithful efforts in his work, the appreciation of the voters :"1*eing ^hown in their unanimous sup- ' port,, of the clerk on election day. •*r* William J. Welch has also had an OSctensive experience in the duties of jbstce of the peace, having held that Office for the past twelve years, to • "the satisfaction of all concerned. Dur- «&g dozen years, of service Mr. Welch Ites met many varied situations in his WBilal jovial manner and has con- *jjucted lawsuits and marriages alike. Prior to his election as justice of the %peace Mr. Welch served on the school board for eight years and has a wido experience in the administration of "business affairs. Jos. Schmitt, assessor, has not been ft the township work so long but has Oiade good during the time he has teen in office. The election will be held next Tuesday at the following places: . "Precinct No. 1--Woodman Hall, Ring- (. wood. Srecinct .No. 2--City Hall, McHenry. 'C • • creeinct No. 3--Colby Bldg., McHen- F. s " ry. hf", ';.v Primary on April 8 The next time the voters will go to Ae polls this spring will be on the iiecond Tuesday, April *8, when the primaries for county and state of- •fices will be held. This is an extra election which was not held last year, Cid no doubt, Will bring out a much rger vote than any of the other 1 flections. There will be plenty of opposition for these offices with the V *ames of some McHenry me^ ap- • pearing on the list, and to vote at 4his time will require more delibera- ,tton than at any other time during the month. It is at this primary that V*' " tiie voter is required to declare his jjj->£'-#urty which he will uphold at thf, Section in November. •", »<- School Election, April IS • 1 The next election to take place w*!T v r • "tpe the school election on Saturday, J^pril 12. At this time the election " Will be held for the members of both the grade school and Community high ichool. • w The time of filing for the grade < gchool election has been changed by "-^he recent law and the usual ten days •for filing preceding the election date lias been changed to twenty days, .•Baking the time for the filing of candidates up on Saturday, March 22, this year. This election promises to be a quiet Okie also with no opposition being fur- •pished to the candidates who axe all •fjp for re-election. ; The terms of George H. Johnson Kktd H. E. Buch as members and R. 1. <&*e*to* - m president,. - this SHURTLEFF ORDERS CITY TO PAY BAKES Hearing en Cue Held Satorday-- Warrants, With Interest, Total About $15,006 , Judgments to the amount of nearly ^15,000 agkinst the city of McHenry were ordered paid by Judge E. D. Shurtleff in the circuit court at Woodstock, Saturday. The judgments were in favor of the West McHenry State Bank for $7,600 and the Cit;zens State Bank for $7,525.94 which, including interest, will total about $15,000. This is in payment of anticipation warrants taken by the banks during the fiscal year, including parts of 1926 and 1927, during the administration of Mayor Wattles and the first part of Mayor Frett's term. The money was used to cover city indebtedness and has never been paid. Anticipation warrants are supposed to be paid out of the next year's taxes and as this was not done it became a question of legality whether the amount could be paid from the taxes of following years. The members of the present city council felt that they could not rightfully pay the anticipation warrants without a court order, sanctioning the legality of the act, and consequently a suit was necessary. It will now be un to the city to pay the debt, according to the ruling of the judge on Saturday. Mayor John R. Knox,. Aid. William Bonslett and Aid. Herman Kreutzer were present at the court house Sat* urday. CANTATA AT METHODIST The choir of the Methodist church will give a cantata, "The Lord At Eastertime" on Easter Sunday which will take the place of the regular sermon. The members of the choir, under the direction of Mrs. Lillian Cox, have already commenced practice for the cantata and are working hard to perfect the program which will be appropriate to the day. The beautiful story of Easter will be told in song with solo, duet and chorus numbers rendered by the choir of trained voices. The prelude "Calvary" will be rendered by the orchestra under the direction of Miss Elsie Vycital. The orchestra is composed of young people who attend the church and Sunday school who have already commenced practice on the selections for Easter Sfunday. The church is very proud of the fine orchestra whose members are most interested in the work. Everyone interested is Invited to attend these services and it is hoped that a large congregation will be present and in this way express their appreciation and enjoyment of the efforts of the members of the choir and orchestra. Early Birds ScCPNESS MB.' I o*N"TWfcey)AN[> VUttV tbo WERE W Afwoys. i«kVt 1ME WW wth its nke wacm L Gjutc FKWCKS TP Mfr COrtt H0RTH SO EARIV SHCM.9 * WWW HMHfc a #unARV> Htre.'1" W6lRTie. ITWIUYjARMOP W AWOR £>M HtF>t QUICK MOTHfe Art? iK ! WD IS HERE I BV SNOWSTORM BLIZZARD HITS HERE MONDAY NIGHT «- * spring and' all have filed far re-election without opposition. The time of filing for candidates for the Community high school board of education was not affected by the various changes in the law so that these board members have until April 2 for the filing of petitions. The members whose terms expire on the high school board this year are E. E. Basset and 4. E. Nye, and after April 2 we will know whether they intend to run for another term or not. The grade School polls are located in the grade school and are open from one until five o'clock. The time that the polls for the high school election are open has been changed from the usual time to longer hours from 12 to 7 o'clock. They are located in the city hall. The members of the high school board of education at the present time are: A. E. Nye, J. W. Freund, E. R. Sutton, E. E. Bassett and John A. Miller, while the grade board is composed of the following members: R. I. Overton, George H. Johnson, F. E. Boger, H. E. Buch, S. H. Freund, Charles B. Harmsen and Math Steffes, CSty Election. April 15 The election which usually affords the most excitement for this vicinity is that of the city offices, but even this will be a tame affair this year and tfie voters won't have any fun *rt all and if they vote they will probably have to walk to the polls. It surely is a changing world. The date for the election, which takes place on the third Tuesday of the month, will be April 15 and with the deadline for filing of petitions set on March 10 the issues have been known for sometime. Although not unknown on the city board it is evident that two new faces will be seen at the council table this year with Frank Wattles and R. I. Overton having filed as candidates for their respective wards. These two men are old-timers in the work of the city administration, having served several terms in the past with the former having served as mayor of the city at different times. Mr. Overton is a candidate from the first ward and Mr. Wattles from the second ward. Albert Krause, of the third ward, has filed for re-election. John Stoffel of the second ward and William Bonslett of the first ward Tetiring from office. George Bohr is a candidate for the office of police magistrate to succeed John McEvoy who has gone to Chicago to make his home. The following proposition will also be voted on at the city election: "Shall an act permitting cities and villages containing less than $500,000 inhabitants to levy a tax not to exceed two mills on the dollar for fira purposes be adopted?" The polling place for the first ward, city hall; second ward, Stoffel buildon during Delayed and Highway Traffic Is Paralysed--March Records Broken A blizzard from the northeast struck McHenry and its surrounding territory on Tuesday, the fourth official day of spring, with traffic practically blocked and the snow piling high in drifts along the streets and highways, after nearly forty-eigfit hours of its sustained fury, in what was termed by many as the worst blizzard in fifty years, while in Chicago it wss called the worst storm in local • history. The blinding sife)*?, driven by a northeast wind of gale proportions, began shortly after midnight, Monday night, and continued until Wednesday night without abating, piling up more than 12.6 inches of snow and breaking the previous all-time record for snowfall in March. Although the storm assumed serious aspects in this vicinity it Was even more severe south of McHenry and did its greatest damage in Chicago and vicinity, where traffic of all kinds was paralyzed, roads bloeked and poles and wires broken. Trains Behind ScheMe On Tuesday the trains arrived in McHenry all nearly two hours late and on Wednesday no mail was received until nearly noon. The milk truck, which hauls the milk to Chicago, did not get through at all on Wednesday and the farmers sent their supply of milk to Chicago on the freight which went through the afternoon. State highways and country roads alike were blocked by the heavy snow, which was packed solid by the high wind and parts of the rural districts were practically stranded. Two hundred crews of workmen were busy all night clearing the highways leading to Chicago and patrolmen with pnowplows did their best in their efforts to keep the roads open in this vicinity, but it was an impossibility, owing to the rapidity with which they drifted full. Rural mail carriers were unable to cover their routes with many of the roads in an impassable condition. The one redeeming feature of the freakish storm was the fact that the temperature did not drop to any great degree with the mercury only a few decrees under the freezing mark. The suddenness with which the storm descended and the poor vision caused by the driving snow all added to make motoring more hazardous than at any time this year. A notice was sent out by the automobile club of Illinois, warning motorists against driving over highways within a radius of fifty miles of Chicago. Its touring bureau reported practically all of these highways closed by drifts and that automobiles had been abandoned. many times in the center of the highway. Broadcasting Crippled For the first time in the history of radio many broadcasting stations were forced to discontinue broadcasts when all communication with Chicago studios was halted by broken wires into the city. Many in McHenry who tuned on their radios on Tuesday wee surprised to find that only one or two stations could be heard, owing to the fact that many power lines were cown. Telephone service in McHenry escaped with only a small amount of trouble and no extra crews were needed to take care of the damage, although regular repairmen were kept busy with more than the usual number of calls. H. C. Hughes of the Illinois Bell Telephone company was called out of his district to assist in the work near Wheaton, where extra help was needed. Frank Hughes, who is with the American Telephone St Telegraph company, was called out at 12 o'clock Monday night on extra work. A freakish lqjr pressure area, which hung over Indiana, instead of making its usual progress eastward, accounted for the protracted violence of the wind and the heavy snow, according to the Chicago weather bureau. C. A. Donnel, forecaster, said that as long as the low pressure area remained stationary the storm would continue and if it continued for fortyhorns it would he unprecedented, INCREASE IN TAXES MAKES PAYERS GAS$ Notices Sent Out Last Week Ug County Collector, Frank • J. Hendricks* payers in McHenry recptv?»d their tax statements the last of the week and to say that they are higher than they have been for many years is putting it mildly. In fact, one could almost hear the gasps of the astonished citizens as the envelopes were opened and contents noted. The old saying goes that death and taxes are two thing* of which we are certain, so all ^iat remains to do now is to scurry around and raise the money to pay them within the allotted time. McHenry township's tax bill is $125,182 this year and the total valuation of the county as fixed by the board of reviews is placed at $53,360, 636. The taxes include state, county, town, road and bridge, corporation, high school and grade school. Tax payers have until May 1 to pay their taxes, before any penalty is charged. CENTENARIAN COMMITTED TO ELGIN STATE HOSPITAL Mrt. Carrie Buss, 103 years old, of Fox Lake, has recently been sent to the Elgin State hospital. She was committed to the institution following testimony of her son, Henry Buss, 47 years old, declared at a sanity hearing that his mother had retained her faculties up until four years ago Mrs. Buss, the oldest patient evere received at Elgin, was born in Germany in 1826 and has lived at Foi Lake for 20 years. EMPIRE THEATER TO RE-OPEN ON APRIL 3 John W. Smith, owner of the Empire Theater, McHenry, announces in this week's issue that his theater will re-open for business on Thursday, April 3, after being closed for the winter months. Mr. Smith has arranged a splendid program for the first week, with plenty of talkies and comedies, ne\Vs" reels, etc. Read his program on the last page of this issue. ATTENDS MYSTIC WORKERS * SCHOOL OF INSTRUCTION Margaretha Spurling, representing the local lodge of Mystic Workers, returned home from Freeport last week, having been in attendance at a school for field workers of that society. She reports the school conductel by the Supreme Lodge officers was very interesting and instructive, with about 100 in attendance at the day sessions and over. 400 at the union model lodge meeting held in the Moose Temple on Wednesday evening, March 19. One hundred fifty new members were initiated at the evening meeting with the assistance of expert drill teams from Monroe, Wis., and Dixon, 111. Arthur A. Bentley of Fulton, president of the Mystic Workers, also delivered an interesting address, his subject being "Fratemalism--Today snd Yesterday." Mrs. Spurling stated the beneficiaries of the local lolge of Mystic Workers in this city have received in cash benefits the sum of $9,222.14. FIRE A1 HUNTER BOAT FACTORY CAUSES^ $25,000 LOSS ? Fire of Unknown Origin Destroyed Workshop and Several New Beats Fire of unknown origin destroyed the construction shop of the Everett Hunter boat factory, east of the river, shortly after midnight Friday night, causing more than a $25,000 loss. Thirteen boats, five of them under construction, and eight crafts in storage as well as all of the machinery, tools and lumber were destroyed in the big blaze which could been spen for miles in every direction. The fire started in the construction shop which was a large building about 250 feet long and more than 40 feet wide, extending to the east of the main factory and show room. Another long storage house filled with 157 boats of all sizes and construction, which were being stored for the winter for Chicago customers, was only $ few feet from the burning building but was miraculously saved and its contents 4»ndamfiired. The main building or showroom was filled with beautiful mahogany boats of all sizes and styles, valued close to $50,000, some of them being stock and some orders awaiting de- GOLD STAR MOTHERS MAY VISIT GRAVES Mrs. Tonyan and Mrs. JSloise W. Vaaey Eligible For THp , To France Mrs. Mary Tonyan and Mrs. Eloise W. Vasey are the two gold star mothers in McHenry who may visit the graves of their loved ones this soring at the expense of the United atates government. Mrs. Tonyan lost her son, Ed. Tonyan, m the world war, his body being interred in Meuse-Argonne cemetery. Mrs. Eloise Vasey is the mother of Harry W. Vasey, interred in St. Miniel cemetery. At the last session of. Congress a law was passed providing that the mothers and unmarried widows of sons and husbands who fell in the world war, and who now sleep in Europe, may visit the graves of their kin at the expense of the government. The pilgrimages of the gold star mrfthers and widows may be made any time between May 1, 1930, and Oct. 31, 1933, as the war department may designate. They insure every provision for their maintenance, com fort and welfare while aboard. Where the soldier is survived by both mother <*nd widow, both are included and both will be iriven the trip. There are 33 gold star mothers and widows in the eleventh district who are elegible to make this trip as cuests of the government, several of them having already indicated their livery. This building adjoined the intention of doing so during the sum as he had no record of a stationa ~y storm of forty-eight hours' duration. The snowfall record for March, that of 12.6 inches, was established during the famous Easter time storm jf 1926 on March 30 and 31. In March 1928 the snow rose to a height of seven inches on the 29th and 30th. The blizzard of Monday and Tuesday, M*rch 25 and 26, recalls to many the blizzard of March 19, forty-nine years ago, which was probably the biggest snowstorm, that ever visited this part of Illinois, so far as record history shows. It had been a season resembling our present one to a great extent, in which there had been a long hard winter with plenty of snow and ice, but during the first half of March the weather moderated, and a general thaw caused much of the snow and ice to disappear so that folks were talking of an early spring and looking forward to a continuation of bright, mild weather. You remember, we did hear something like this not longer ago than last week when many in this vicinity were beginning to feel convinced that spring had arrived. Well, the sorry awakening has come, as it did forty-nine years ago^ when conditions changed, when a raging snowstorm began, which covered the ground high witk amm* burning building but was saved from the flames by the efforts of the McHenry fire department who worked valiantly in their efforts to check the flames. A fire wall between the two buildings aided greatly in keeping the fire from spreading and it would probably have been impossible to save the main building had it not been for the heavy wall with its fireproof doors which locked automatically as the intense heat from the burning building ignited the fuse and sprung the lock. The roof of the building was scorched and the fire department arrived just in time to check the flames. So hopeless did it look that the volunteer workers set to work to get as many boats as possible out of the showroom and they succeeded in getting the majority of the boats out into the yard. The local fire department was unable to pump water from the river and so connected with the hydrant west of the bridge at Buch's corner and strung more than a thousand, feet of hose to the boat factory. Blaze Starts In Workshop The fire seemed to start in the middle part of the workshop, according to those who sh# It first, and had gained great headway before it wa3 discovered about one o clock. The flames spread rapidly and when the fire department reached the scene it was evident that nothing could De done to save the burning building And that all effort should be put into keeping, the flames from spreading to the adjoining buildings. This looked like a pretty big task for one fire department and thinking that they would not be able to handle the three buildings a call was sent to the Woodstock and Crystal Lake fire departments who responded promptly. After some trouble the Woodstock fire truck succeeded in pumping from the river and protected the large storage house to the north, while the local department poured water onto ths main building. The Crystal Lake fire department did not work as the fire was well under control when they arrived. . The part of the factory which was destroyed was used as workshop and construction and contained all of the machinery, tools, and lumber. Machinery valued at several thousands of dollars was lost including electric drills* planes, jointer, rip-saw, crosscut saw, sand paper machine, sticker, two band saws, besides much other electrical machinery. About 150 batteries were destroyed and the tools belonging to the employes, each man's loss probably being close to $200 or more. Five boats were under construction and were destroyed in the fire as well as eight boats belonging to Chicago people which were in storage. One of the boats was especially beautiful and expensive, being a 23- foot mahogany craft with only about a day's work to be done it before it would have been moved from the building. This boat was to be delivered to Lauderdale and was valued at several thousand dollars. In addition to the boats about 2000 feet of lumber and 1000 feet of mahogany worth more thaij $1,000 was destroyed by the fire. The office of the boat factory was also located in the construction shop for the winter having been moved there from the main building last fall. The office equipment, files, valuable papers and patterns were lost in the fire, also, as no one was able to enter the burning building. Hunters In Florida ; Everett Hunter, Sr., and hfs "Wffe have been at Bradenton, Florida, for nearly two years where the owner of the factory went because of ill health. During his absence the factory has been managed by his son, Everett Hunter, Jr., who has taken a peat interest in the work and is making a success of the business. The fire comes as a blow to the young man who said that this would have been a banner year for the boat factory with more business being done than ever before. He has taken a most active interest in the work and because of the responsibility entrusted to him he mer of 1930. BEEKEEPERS' ASSOCIATION MEETS AT WOODSTOCK Ray Page of McHenry was re-elected secretary and treasurer of the McHenry county Beekeepers' association at a meeting of the organization, held Thursday evening, at the court house in Woodstock. Other officers elected were: John McDonald of Richmond, president; and Ray Bartholf of Richmond, vice-president. A. L. Kildow, chief inspector of apiaries of the state department of agriculture, spoke on "American Foul Broods." Mr. Kildow brought out the point that in 1911 about forty per cent of the bees in the state were infected while today only three or four per cent are diseased. V. G. Milum of the University of Illinois, secretary of the State Beekeepers' association, was also present and gave a talk. The meeting at Woodstock was the first of a series, others of which were held at DeKalb Friday and at Oregon, Saturday. According to Mr. Page, who is very interested in the raising of bees and production of fine honey, the bees<are subject to two types of disease, the American and 'European foul brood which in time, will destroy a whole swarm or whole apiary if allowed to spread uncheclgML The disease acts on the young bees, killing them before they are hatched and as the old bees die after a certain length of usefullness, and if no young ones are hatched the swarm is naturally destroyed itf time. It was one of the objects of the meeting at Woodstock to have k bee inspector appointed for the county and although this has not been done as yet it is hoped by the members, that there will soon be an inspector appointed to assist in caring for the health of the swarms. The study of bees in most extensive and interesting, and Mr. Page, who has been interested in the work for several years is enlarging and improving his apiary constantly. He now has twenty-six swarms and during last year his bees produced more than 3000 pounds or one and one half tons of honey. This is a great deal of honey and calls Tor a great amount of work especially when part of it is strained and it is all put up ready for sale. To raise bees successfully requires just as much study and work as any other enterprise and because Mr. Page really enjoys the work his apiary is a most successful one. (gox#a^fi4 oa l^at Page) RESIDENCE CHANGES Mr. and Mrs. Martin J. Weber will move this week from the Steve Adams house, east of the river, to the Hubert Weber farm. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Frisby and family will occupy the Steve Adams house, moving from the cottage of Mrs. Agness Wentworth. Mr. and Mrs. Fred KunjN have* moved from the Hubert Weber farm near Griswold Lake to the Sloey place east x»f |the river. August Kuntz and daughter, Katie, who have also been living on the Weber place, have moved to the Steilen house m the north end of town. MOVE TO START * FACTOR! FUND WW NEEDS INDUSTRIAL* i PLANT of Employment Causes Many > . People To Go To Other .^1 Fields A movement is on foot for the J tabhshmg of a fund in McHswr be used, when the opportunity arises, for %,ft*", \ $ the bringing of some kind of a factory to this city, which will provide .V' employment for our peaple. -t-a Before- the Kiwanis club suspended" N 11 '* operations the matter was discussed and a committee was appointed at ' 4^", ^ that time to investigate the feasibil- "v *1 "Cj ity of the plan, consisting of J. C." Thies, F. E Covalt and A. E. Nye.. -(J This committee has visited many of > ; the local organizations and asked each ^ ^ one to select two of their members to act on a committee. These organiza- 4 tions included the American Legion, ' Knights of Columbus, Woodmen, Ma-. ' sons, Fire Department, Foresters City Council <*tc. . ^\,;r *| A dinner meeting was held at ' t Bickler's hotel Monday evening, at. iM which these representatives were %*Jj present, to discuss the proposition. ^ . ^ All were agreed that the idea was splendid one and at the close it was : voted to hold another meeting in two' , weeks to select a chairman and afrt point sub-committees. McHenry Needs Factories Everyone will admit that McHenry "1 needs some kind of an industrial enterprise to give employment to our citizens, but the problem has always been as to how • to go about it to interest one or more good companiesto locate their plants here. Generally it is necessary to offer some kind of an inducement, either in the way of I land or money, although this is nnt| always the case. The idea that the^ committee has in mind is to start aj ( fund and keep adding to it until it ifii has reached such proportions that it will look very attractive to manufacturer and cause nim to locatcfv-" in McHenry. It is not the plan to do this by &ny(; v„t;: popular subscription but rather by tha ' raising of funds through some activq " work, such as the staging of earni-i% vals. along the lines as has been don«f > •,*' in the past by other local organiza*'** - ^ tions. This money will be placed in ^ a trust fund and cannot be used fof. any other purpose. It is a fact thai it will take a few years before this fund will reach any proportions, but the committee believes that now te the time to make a start. Such a cause as the one proposed. ought to appeal to the people of our city. Nature has endowed us with nearly everything else, the only exception being a lack of employment^, We have the river and lakes, whicht , are a wonderful asset, making busi- - ness good during the summer months,; £ < but when the winter season comes on there are a large number of people;* who make their homes in McHenry who find it hard to get any kind of ^ employment and in many cases they - cjjk.* - are compelled to go to other fields,. J $' £" just on that account. The high school * / "V J here turns out each year several grad- ' 'y uates who are ready to take up some . , § kind of work and these, too, are forced „ to go away to other places for em- 1 ployment. - ^ f •> McHenry is located just a nice distance from Chicago for the location of a factory. There is plenty of f ^ land suitable for a site and the racreation facilities for the employees 1 cannot be outdone anyplace in the f I,, ;^ country. This, alone, is now a big' * ^ »- • item which employers are taking iala «' Y* consideration. S ATTENTION, DAIRYMEN! To the Members of McHenry Local, Pure Milk Association: Those who have not already signei the amendment to the members'. agreement may do so by going to the office of the Farmers' Mill, where they will be taken care of by John Bolger. It will be greatly appreciated by your local officers if you will at PASSED BAD CHECKS Several places of business in Elgin and vicinity have been the victims of Tuesday of last week, a bad check artist, according to reports from that vicinity, who left a trail of worthless checks from that city to McHenry. At least eight of the checks were made out on the Peoples State Bank of this city and some of them were signed "Elmer Fisher" and some "Elmer Davis."" The checks, of course, were returned, marked "no account" by the local bank. tend to th's as soon as possiwe, *0 that all will be signed uo by April ^ - ^ the last day the amendment can be signed. E. A. THOMAS Pres. 48-fp LESTER T. SHERMAN, Safe ' AMONG THE SICK The Louis Althoff family is qtwnm* tined with scarlet fever. %Ir - Charles Michels underwent an ope*- r%> ation at the Woodstock hospital: Thursday. Mrs. Joe Paull of near Woodstock returned to her home Saturday fw# the Woodstock hospital. Elmer Schm^lfeldt underwent an Operation for appendicitis at the Memorial hospital, Burlington, Jg| 7rS'- CAFETERIA SUPPER The Eastern Star will hold their annual cafeteria supper in their hall, Thursday, April 10. Cards tn the evening. 4S-fp LENTEN SUPPER Remember the Lenten supper at the Mr. and Mrs. Michael Justen and ||| •ana, Ralph and George, visited in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Charles :.;>V Jahnke and family at Chicago Sunday. BE LOYAL To Your Town a* well as to your Country PATRONIZE YOUR LOCAL MERCHANTS MM