en *ks Henry Mertens Goes East.Id Henry Mertens departed Monday th i morning tor a trip back East. He will t vo be gone three weeks or more and willI tre visit St. Louis, Chicago and other , j points, including Homewood, 111., a | er suburb of Chicago, where his aged ^ ne | parents live and where he spent his ( boyhood and grew to young manhood. | er Henry has been looking forward to [ n_ this trip with a great deal of pleasure 0 and The Booster hopes for him all llt the joy from it that he has so well earned. During his absence his business here will be looked after by his efficient clerks, Thomas A. Beck and * Dave E. Dever.nst,111