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Amidst thundering timpani ^ and mrasaphones, shrill violins and piping piccolos and flutes, the McHenry high school orchestra, as well as many of its solo numbers, swept through to a victory over the champions of last year, which entitles them to enter the state contest at Springfield on Saturday, March 21.- The two selections played by the orchestra were "Mazurka" by Ghopin and "Sinforrietta," the former being the required numhjjr played by all orchestra contesting in this class. Those members of th* orchestra who won first place medals in the solp contests were: Charlotte Erickson, violin; Stanley Vycital, clarinet; Eugene • Sayler, cornet; Guy Duker, trombone; Olive Jepson, flute; George Vales, sousaphone; Lois Esh, xylophone. Those who won second place ribbons were Lowell Mye, violin, and Bob Peterson, clarinet. The entire list of solo numbers from McHenry «ntered in the contest were: Charlotte Erickson, Lowell Nye, Stanley Vycital, Bob Peterson, Eugene Sayler, Adele Froehlich, Guy Duker, Olive Jepson, George Vales and Lois Esh. Entering interscholastic competition for the first time on Friday the high school orchestra was one of eleven northern Illinois orchestras, with a combined membership of 483 students, *to contend for sectional championships in the contest at the Lincoln high school at Rockford on Friday. Drilled for weeks in the intricacies of Brahms and Beethoven, the youthful musicians represented the cream of student talent in this section of the iState and proved that age has little to do with the performers' ability to manage satisfactorily the business end of an oboe or a clarinet. ^ Thirty In Orchestra %The McHenry orchestra, composed ot thirty members, attired alike" "in suits of white with black ties, made an impressive showing in the contest as led by their director, W. N. Sears, they played through their selections, later to be announced as winners in Class C in which they wet* .entered for which they received a silver loving cup. Jndges of the orchestra contest were A. J. Converse "of Joliet, president of the state association and director of the orchestra which has won the state title for two successive years; Carl Kubitz of Freeport and O. Gates of Belvidere, director of the national champion band. Mr. - Converse judged the string instrument solo contest; Mr. Kubitz judged the •wood-wind instruments and Mr. Gates judged the brass instrument solo contest. Seventy-six students were entered in the solo contests. Orchestras were divided into classes on the following basis: Class A, schools with more than 750 enrollment; Class B, 250 to 750 enrollment; Class C, less than 250; Class D, orchestras organised less than one year; Class E, Junior high and grade schools. _ ' Although the McHenry orchestra has worked for weeks and months to prepare their selections for the con •test, not until they were declared the winners did their real worries begin for at once they commenced to plan on attending the state contest at Springfield on Saturday of this week, but how to surmount the one obstacle of expense which stood in their way was a question which has been hard to Fox River Valley Cavtp Enjoys Evening--Four Charter Men* berg Present The twenty-fifth birthday anniversary of Fox River Valley Camp, No. 3251, Royal Neighbors of America, was celebrated by its members on Monday evening, March 16.- A large attendance of members was present to enjoy the evening, which opened with a short meeting of the camp, followed by a program and games, after which a sopper was served. The program for the evening consisted of vocal solos by Bob Peterson and Mrs. James Marshall and violin solos by Marguerite Johnson and Curtis Newman. Four charter members at the camp, Mrs. James Perkins, Mrs. Martha Page, Mrs. F. H. Wattles and Mrs. Leah Brown, were present and introduced and welcomed by the oracfe Mrs. Cora Bassett, and members. Following the program and games a delicious two course supper was served at a long table attractively decorated in purple , and white, the colors of the order. A four-tier, pyramid birthday cake, decorated with purple and wliite candles, and made by Mrs. F. H. Wattles, formed a beautiful centerpiece and was later cut as a part of the refreshments. The camp which was organized twenty-five years ago this months by 3FINGERED WHITE -GIVEN 14 YEARS OAMOSTER CONVICTED IN CHICAGO William ("Three-fingered Jack") White, rotyber and gangster, was convicted Saturday of the murder of Policeman Edward Pflaume of Bell wood Park. The jury fixed the pen alty at fourteen years in prison. His attorneys have made a motion for a new trial. Much interest in the White case was aroused in McHenry county when* a number of McHenry county men were summoned to Chicago to testify in the trial. White is alleged to have taken part in the robbery of the West McHenry State Bank in 1925. White was identified by Hilding Hanson of McHenry as one of three .who robbed the bank. Hanson was acquainted with White, who stayed in a summer homo near Burton's Bridge for several weeks prior to the robbery. JimmyJ ohnatorte was another of the trio. He was shot to death in a gun battle the same night Pflaume was killed. McHenry Witnesses Besides Hanson a number of other McHenry county people testified at the trial including Sheriff Lester He's Gone D *= »\i - * ANNUAL ST. PATRICK'S PARTY WELL ATTENDED Mrs. V\r aniP> a4t.t± en hu adj the *fo lili owing Edinger, who was sheriff at the time of ' •'Vr Due to the very fine support and assistance given them by interested business men and citizens and the efforts of the high school students it la* been possible to raise enough •money to defray at least a part of the expenses and the trip has been made certainty. To Springfield Saturday « According to their present plant, the orchestra members will leave McHenry on Friday in private cars provided by parents and interested frisods of the orchestra members and win be in readiness to enter the contest on Saturday in Springfield. • On Sunday night a benefit card party was held in the store of Mrs. Charles Pich on Riverside Drive, the proceeds of which were given to Supt C. H. Duker to start a fund to meet the expenses of the trip. On this Thursday night the high school is giving a program in the auditorium for th& feenefit of ,the orchestra and doting the week business men and private citizens have subscribed gen erously and willingly to a fund for the benefit of the orchestra. That the -people of McHenry are proud of the •orchestra mid ready to assist them in entering the state contest has been •made very evident during the week •l»y the many generous donations and words of commendation to the orchestra members. The trip will be an expensive one, however, and it is thought probable that the parents will need to make up the^ deficit in the expenses not met by the fund. State Representative, Thomas A. Bolger, who is at Springfield every wcelg has offered to make reservaiCtatlaasd ** **Nfe) charter members: Eli and Polly Brink, Dr. H. F. Beebe, Anna Byrd Brooks, Alfred and Leah Brown, Bernice K. Sherman, Anna Mollohan, Dan and Laura Nellis, Martha Page, Lulu Simpson Pederson, Nina Sherman, Etta Wattles, Ada Matthews, Calla Perkins, Henry and Amy Mead, Ben Sherman and W. D. Wentworth. Besides being the twenty-fifth anniversary of the local camp, March is also the thirty-sixth anniversary of the Royal Neighbors as a fraternal beneficiary society. It* was on March 21, .1895, when the state 'of Illinois granted the Royal Neighbors of America a charter to write insurance. The Juvenile' department of the society was also'organized in March. The evening was a very pleasant one and will be remembered as one of the happy events of the histeqpgaaking years of the society. " - ^ TAX STATEMENTS BEING MAILED 1930 TAXES AMOUNT TO ^ - $1,651,137.17 - • - i ' 1 * Alter w'eeks of work iiH&e*office of County Clerk Raymond D. Woods, and in the office of County Treasurer Harry Peteit, some 30,000 tax notices, involving the payment of $1,651,137.17 in 1930 taxes are ready for distribution. The first installment of these notices were placed in the mails Monday. The annual routine of making up the tax books and compiling the records, so notices can be mailed to each taxpayer in the county, is not yet completed but the work has advanced to such a stage that many of the taxpayers will have their notices this week. The personal taxes are payable at once. A 1 per cent penalty will be placed against property on May 1, and 2 per cent on June 1. A penalty of 19 cents will be added to lots and 26 cents a tract, on May 1. This is the general rule carried oat in the county. Riley, $34,165.09. Marengo, $88,473.62. Dorr, $238,116.79. Dunham, $37,566.15. Chemung, $159,90422. Alden, $40,616.24. Hartland, $35,2814$. t**e vi* £r Seneca, $39,214.04, ^» <S* Coral, $50,944.43.: -- Grafton, $80,365. tfT W* Greenwood, $38,107.64. Hebron, $65,897.61. . ^ Richmond, $48,167.55, |l|| Burton, $14,258.65. ^ McHenry, $116,883.19. *%, Nunda, $135369.3fc ~ * . Algonquin, $215,727.95. The two railroads, the North'Western and the Milwaukee are assessed a total of $109,721.20 of which the North Western pays by far the greater portion. The North Western's main line to Minneapolis runs diagonally across the county from Fox River Grove to a point one mile northwest of Harvard; the Freeport division through Huntley, Marengo and other cities and villages, turning west at Marengo; whiie the Williams Bay- Elgin line, and the Kenosha-Harvard line add materially to the mileage and the tax of the road. The Milwaukee cuts one corner of the county. Taxes divided into departments are: State, $193,408.63; county, $188,- 443.23; town, $41,818.20; road and bridge, $145,690.55; corporation, $178,- 462.54; high schools, $427,999.11; nonhigh school districts, $5,637.45; park districts, $16,393.37; district schools, $440,613.40; dog, $966. The general rule is being carried out by Treasurer Peteit of being able to pay taxes to the county treasure^ direct, or to the nearest bank which filed a bond for that purpose. the bank rotibery; Harry Morris and Joseph Schaefer, employees of the McHenry golf club where White played golf; John Pearson, whose car was crowded off the road by the bandit car following the robbery; Theo. Schiessle and Matt Laures, who gave chase to the bandit car; Carl Stenger, president of the bartk, and several other bank employees. White and his compaiiion, James Johnstone, were sought for a series of robberies, jtne of them the bank robbery at West McHenry, when PflaOme and Sergt. James McBride accosted them in the Manheim Inn the night of December 15, 1925. The verdict robbed the Chicago underworld of another notorious criminal, but the . punishment was lighter thait that assessed at his first trial. Sentenced to death for. the murder five years ago, he ;won a rever sal in the supreme court which held it had not been proved that Officer Pflaume and his companions had the right to arrest White. The case then' lingered on the docket until White was listed by the Chicago crime commission as one of the twenty-eight "public enemies," and the old murder charge was revived in the campaign to cleanse Chicago of its criminals. While the new trial was In preparation several weeks ago gunmen drove abreast of a May wood street par on which Sergeant McBride, the state's star witness, was a passenger. They emptied shotgunB through the street car window and shattered the policeman's jaw, but after weeks in a hospital he recovered sufficiently to identify White as Um slajwt tf his companion. WEEKLY EXCHANGE!;M TICKETS FILED FOR SPRING ELECTIONS FOOD DEMONSTRATIONS The Home Economics department of the high school will sponsor two food demonstrations on Thursday, March 26. One demonstration will be given at 2:30 in the afternoon and the other at 8 o'clock in the evening. These demonstrations are being given by Mrs. Cora Kreasam in conjunction with General Foods Corporation. Her demonstrations will be preparations of an Easter dinner. Everyone, especially mothers, are cordially invited to attend. McHenry's city election on April 21 will be a contest between candidates on the Taxpayers ticket and those on the Independent ticket, who filed their petitions with the city clerk before Tuesday, March 17, which was the deadline for the filing of petitions. Provisions of the election law under which township and city elections are held stipulate that all petitions must be on file with the clerk at least thirty- five days before the day on which the election is held. Since April 21 is the date of the city election, Tuesday, March 17, offered the last day for filing petitions. Jm Mayor Knox and the present aldermen are seeking re-election on the Taxpayers ticket, with the name of Peter Neiss appearing for clerk, A! Barbian as alderman to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of A1 Krause and Gerald Carey as treasurer. ' - On the Independent ticket will appear the names of A. E. Nye for mayor, F. G. Schreiner, alderman for the First ward and John Stoffel, alderman, Second ward. . The following question will also be voted on at the election: "Shall the city of McHenry operate on daylight saving time during those months that the city of Chicago operates on daylight saving time?" For the first time in many years Stephen H. Freund will have an opposing candidate for the office of supervisor at the township election on April 7. Peter W. Frett, former mayor of McHenry, has filed his petition as a candidate for the office and his name will appear on the ticket for the approval or the voters. In an interview with Mr. Frett he stated that he feels that he is sufficiently posted on the duties of a supervisor to capably fill the office and to make a good supervisor. Wfell, it won't be long now until election days arrive when many doubts will be ended. SPRING GROVE ASKS CHANGE OF ROUTE GAS TAX MONEY AVAILABLE NOW MILK ASSOCIATION GALLS MASS MEETING LEGION AUXILIARY NOTICE The American Legion Auxiliary is extending an invitation to all of its members, to all members of the American Legion Post and all elegible members of the Auxiliary, to attend a meeting at the Legion hall at 8:15 o'clock Thursday jevening. Mis* Myrte Jane, county district director of the Auxiliary, will be the speaker of the evening. Mothers, sisters and 4 daughters of world war soldiers are elegible to become members «£ the Auxiliary. Iflr. and Mrs. John Larsen apd family of^Rcumseh, Mich., Mrs. August Larsen and Mrs. C. Miller of Park Ridge were callers in thp George Kra~ «« home Wednesday aftoMm, ^ LONG BOY SAYS THAT - It would take a Philadelphia lawyer to figure out where to vote in this town. Yah, th$re are three polling places--but you vote at one place for National election and at another for local ^lectioh. Now, all the candidates are after his vote and have been promised his support but--how come he don't kfiow where to vote. On election day he will T>e like "The King's Horses and the King's Men-- who marched down the street and marched back again." Wonder if the council would put in the papfp r she dividing lines of the wards. ^ Women Called F• or Jury i Service, County Court Sheriff Edinger last week summoned seven McHenry county women for jury service in the county court. They were: Lola Ueber of Woodstock, Mrs. Marcella Palmer of Harvard, Mrs. Louis Stoffel of McHenry, Mrs. Edna Oschman of Cary, Mrs. Robert Burr of Crystal Lake, Mrs. Robert Gibbs of Richmond, and Mrs. Elliott Sears of Marengo. Five men were drawn to fill out the panel. 19iey appeared in the county court on Tuesday. The first case listened to by a mixed jury was debated for over two boom bsforf.rctannag a • "• •" ' ' -v'" To further discuss the base and surplus plan for the marketing of milk, the Pure Milk Association has ^ent out a call for a mass meeting toi be held at the Auditorium hotel, Chicago, Mondy, March 2S, at which one representative from each of the 167 local organizations in the Chicago milk shed will be in attendance. During I the past week, each of these local groups throughout the shed have had meetings to discuss plans for working out this problem and to select a delegate to carry its plans to the Chicago conference. The dairy industry has been the most aggressive of all the agricultural industries in the movement to control production, by its adopting a "base" and "surplus" plan. This is in accordance with the Federal Farm Board's admonition to the American agriculturalist that he must control production, that he must conduct his industry like any other American industry, and that he must not flood his market with agricultural products that cannot be sold or for which there is no demand. c The "base" and "surplus" plan enables each dairy farmer to set his own goal 90 that he will then receive the top price on the milk he produces within the limits he has established. The Association then bargains for the milk, known as "basic" milk, which the farmer has agreed to supply daily throughout the year. In Baltimore, Maryland, this plan has been in successful operation for more than seventeen years and has been found very effective in bringing the largest fiancial returns to the dairy farmer. The "base" and "surpus" plan, in the form adopted by the Pure Milk Association, and progressive co-operatives in other cities, is new, although the plan itself is as old as the dairy industry. The difference is that under the old plan, the dealer advised the dairyman how frequently be must keep his production on the farm, whereas under the new pi an, the farmer limits himself daily with the result that he is better able to estimate his futuro- earnings and control his'expenditures accordingly. ^ A i5C6mfnittee of citizens from Spring Grove, headed by Edwin Keefe, precinct committeeman, visited the meeting of supervisors Tuesday, seeking the backing of the board in trying to get proposed Route 6p re-routed by the state highway department. John Foster acted as spokesman for the delegation. He presented a petition with nearly 400 signatures of ciHtens of Burton township, asking for a change irt the location of the route. Foster told tjbe board the citizens of Burton township would like to have the route changed so it would pass through Spring Grove and Selon Mills. In other words, it would start at Fox Lake and run west through the above named villages and further west to connect with Route 61 at a point about two miles south of Richmond. Grant Request The board granted the request of the Spring Grove delegation and Chairman Chas. M. Palmer appointed Supervisors Frank McConnell and S. H. Freund to journey to Springfield "with the Spring Grove party when the petition and resolution of the board are presented to the state highway department. Representative William M. Carroll and Supervisor Frank May of Burton will also be in the delegation. Citizens of Spring Grove are very much interested in the matter. They claim the present location of the route rather isolates Spring Grove and Solon Mills and it would be of much more benefit to the whole township if the route was changed. More Resolutions Numerous resolutions were read during the session. A resolution was presented asking that money received from the gasoline tax, which belongs to the counties, be turned over to the treasurers pf various "counties in the state each year instead of being held by the state. The resolution was adopted. A resolution from the Crystal Lake Community club asking for an early completion of a' highway connecting Crystal Lake with Route 61 was adopted New Rnles John ft Donovan, assistant «pw visor of Dorr township, presented a new set of rules defining the duties of the various committees of the board. The rules were adopted and the clerk instructed to have a number of copies made and distributed to the members. Shertrs Report Sheriff Lester Edinger made his report of the cost of feeding prisoners for the past month. This is a new system and keeps the members of the board posted on the cost of feeding prisoners. During the past month it cost 96 cents per day for each prisoner. It is the plan of the board to equip the room under the county clerk'3 office for use of the right of way committee. Equipment needed in connection with the survey of the various projects to be built from the gas tax money of the state will be placed in the room. It was voted to take out burglary insurance on the offices of the treasurer, county and circuit clerk. The treasurer will be covered by $5,000 and the two clerics by $1,000 each. It was voted to have the purchasing committee meet once a month prior to the regular meeting. This will give the members of the committee a chance to give proper attention to all bills presented to this committee. Gas Tax- Money County Clerk R. D. Woods read a communication stating that $70,725.59 is available to the county from the gas tax fund in 1930. This added to the money due from the two previous years makes a total of over $123,000 now due Che county under this law. St. Patrick reigned supreme at, the St. Patrick'^ party given by the Young Ladies' sodality of St. Patrick'* church at Stoffel's hall, Tuesday evening, where dancing, cards and music occupied the waning hours of this mid-Lenten holiday. The popularity of this annual event is increasing rapidly and a large and jolly crowd was present to enjoy the evening's amusement. Father OTlourke, popular pastor of St. Patrick's parish, presided as usual at the program and introduced each number in his own witty and original manner, his witticisms being greeted with many a laugh of keen enjoyment from his audience. The program, which opened the evening's entertainment, consisted of a violin solo by Lowell Nye, a vocal solo by Master Barry Taxman, a violin solo by Miss Goodfellow, a marimba solo by Lois Esh, a vocal solo by Mrs. Goodfellow of Chicago and concluded with several popular Irish tunes played by M. A. Conway on his violin, accompanied by Miss Dorothy Knox at the piano. The program was followed by dancing to the peppy music Tendered by Barney's Troubadors, attired in Spanish costumes, which added a touch of color to the already gay scene. Cards were 'also played during the evening and prizes in bridge were won by Mrs. N. F. Kuchenmeister of Almena, Wis., Miss Mildred Minnich, and Mrs. Nick Freund. In five hundred the prizes were won by Mrs. John Karls, Mr. Miller and Vivian TAKEN FROM COLUMMl- OF OUR EXCHANGES After several years of search, tfcft* Burlington Historical Society has sa*>? cured a copy of "The News," a tinynewspaper published in Burlington is 1873. Charles Edward Barnes and' Otto Bierschback were the publishers^ and the paper was printed on a small' hand press. Plans for a new building to> bo erected/on Waukegan read for Use DeerfWld State Bank, are now ii* the process of being drafted. The property has belonged to the bank for several' years. The building is to be st*f> story construction and is to be- co# <, pleted in 1931. Fifty new Ford coupes have been purchased by the state, for use of the Highway Cops. Where- bandits and booze runners are most plentiful; the need of more automobiles for patrol has been recognijedi One hna«. dred fifty sawed-off shotguns h>vs also been passed out. \,- Frank VanDuzer. who has been op- • erating planes in Waukegan for the past few years, has- made announce* ment of plans for an airport and f*v ing school in Antioch, the constrae-. tirin of which will begin soon. Passenger service for long and short trips will be carried on in conjunction the ground school. ^88 Fred Johnson of Bureau Township found two of his horses lying dead, Bolger and in euchre the prize was1 s*^e by side in the pasture recently, awarded to Edmund Knox. The door' uPon examining them, he discovered prize of doilArs wmt j ® bullet hole in the hesd ot each. 71m •'£2 w • r -v ,-cvv-^ Walsh* ^ MRS. LOUTS RTOFTFIL frc^ ^ HENRY'S FIRST WOMAN JUROR The honor of being the first woman from McHenry to serve on a jury in the McHenry county court, goes to Mrs. Louis! Stoffel of Court street, who went td Woodstock on Tuesday to report for jufy service, following a notification from Sheriff Edinger last week. Seven women have been summoned from various cities in the county, and with five men they will compose the jury in Judge Allen's court. . . v . * fm Labs, S. If. Frta» Harvard. t- /. ~ •; ' DAM QUESTION MREVIVED LYONS TO INTRODUCE NEW* BO* The Waukegan News-Sun features an article in its issue of Tuesday of this week with a scare head, "Revives Old Fox Lake Dam Bill," followed by the announcement that Rep. Richard J. Lyons would introduce a bill that day in the legislature for a state expenditure of $175,000 to build a dam and lock between the present dam and Pistakee lake. The story then goes on to say that Rep. Weiss brought up this matter several years ago and was backed by and association of persons owning cottages and summer homes on all of the theory is, that they were standing together, and a stray bullet from * high powered rifle had struck oaiv passed through its ,head, and hit tl» other. « i "'I: The W. H. Green Construction Oo. of Chicago was the low bidder for ^tbo job of installing and building the proposed Barrington swimming pool and bath house on the 19 acre plot of city ground' bordering on the Northwest highway. The Green bid for the job was $40,770. A contract for the work probably will be awarded to this c^at* . pany in the near future. Julian Martinez, 37, one of the scv^v eral railroad workmen injured west of Harvard late Tuesday of last week, died the following day at the Harvard Community hospital from a crushing injury to his head. Martinet and three others were injured when a handcar on which they were riding on . the C. ft N. W. railroad struck ^ ft, barricade and was derailed' The Barring!Ctt Review, for years owned by the MUes T. Lamey, was sold a few weeks ago to Leslie W. McClure of Hampton, Iowa. The new owner took possession on March 1st. In addition to the weekly newspaper, the sale included the job printing business and all machinery, stock and equipment. Leslie B. Paddock, for many years managing editor of the Barrington Review, has opewd > a job printing shop. Frank Slazes, an employee of the 4 Swanson garage at Lake Villa, recently received a patent from Washington, D. C., on a time-saving wrench for use on automobiles and tractors. Suit was started last week in the mm lakes above the present dam in the river. It also says that the Weiss bill Lake"cou;V ciVcuV court "by Fnmk was opposed by the owners of several river boat lines, most of them located in the Fox river at McHenry, who claimed that' a lock and dam would slow up the river traffic and delay the fast trips for sightseers up the river to such an extend that the boat lines would be unable to make a sufficient return on their investment in boats and dock properties. Lyons Prepared The news story also says that Rep. Lyons has gone into the matter very thoroughly and is prepared to show that the river level will be maintained at an average height so that the only opposition at present may be expected from the boat owners. and Clara Howard of Fox Lake to obtain adequate compensation foe, land which the village is condemning for a new thoroughfare, Sayton road. Damages of $5,000 is asked as so much of the land is being taken that j the value of the remaining property is impaired, according to the plain* tiffs. Rev. Fr. John J. Flanagan, pastor of St. Anthony's Catholic church at Rockford was found dead early Wednesday morning of last week in hi* room in a hotel at Amarillo, Tex., where he had paused for a short stop while motored to Hawthorne, Calif. He was about 46 years old. Death resulted from a heart attack. Father Well, if Rep. Lyons thinks he can | Flanagan had been pastor of St. Anshow all this, we'll say he has the big- j thony's church in the Italian district gest job on his hands that he ever for near]y two years and prior to that tackled in his career. Furthermore, I was pastor of St. James pro-cathedral, if he or the Fox Lake people think j Father Flanagan left during Febrnthat the only opposition will be from j ary on a motor trip with friends with •boat owners, all we say is just wait j Hawthorne as their objective, pl^n* until this piece of news^gets to the; ning t{) go there ^ ^ hop* of bene* ™ ' fiting his health. - J" '-F^i •* *. §5 DINNER AT M. E. CHURCH The public is invited to attend a dinner at the M. E. church, Wednesday, March 25, beginning at 5:30 p. m. 50c. Menu: roast beef, mashed potatoes, deviled eggs, baked beans, rolls, toffee, pickles, jit ' 42-fp property owners along Fox river. This matter of another dam in the river north of McHenry is an old story. Now Rep. Lyons has evidently been prevailed upon to bring it up again, which will certainly be good news to those around McHenry county who supported him at the last election. Right now the state officials are claiming that before many weeks the state will be out of funds. Why then •should the legislature go to work and appropriate $175,000 for an unnecessary dam in the Fox river? We don't believe it will be done. However, you readers who own property along the river should wake up to the fact that Mr. Lyons pro- One of the largest hauls made ii prohibition raids in Lake county in several years was made Friday night by State's Attorney Smith's sponge squad, headed by George Stried, near Half Day when 240 barrels of alleged home brew, 80 gallons of wine, '309 bottles of wine and 50 gallons of mash were seised in the place said to be owned by Michael Salvago. Armed with a search warrant the sponge squad swooped down on the place after dinner. The squad found the large stores of alleged intoxicants in different sections .of thft building, which is believed to be a distributing point for speakeaslqB poses to show U»at the dam should be iand ^ in ^ coonty ^ built and that the only opposition may be expected from boat companies. Is'i he right ? The Plaindealer will be glad to publish any communications sent to this newspaper regarding the project. vicinity. Salvago and a man grave the name of Frank Bal«*a ws*» arrested. EXTENSION OF TIME ON ASSESSMENTS 'e have been granted unti! Daughters of G. A. R. 25 to cl^ose our special asses^$i a<mt The Daughters of the G. A^havej samTby*that date~w7i , save you expense as well as trouM(f ^ . ;r JU of paying them at Woodstock. .V."' i MAYME BUSS. ? : 41-M* ; received an invitation to attend the reception for the department commander at Waukegan on Tuesday, MpiciUM. - ;'*V