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fttHTOIY F. G. SCHRE Ift Baak Building Tharaday, Msy 17. !*23 WwfWw^W ,, ;v3! 4wi ffiSPPBD CARLOAD <* CATTLE C. I. PAGE DEALS THRU CHICAGO PRODUCERS' COM. ASSN. >*£ GREAT RECORD ESTABLISHED <J ti, jFORD SALES PASS THE HALF MILLION MARK IN 12# DATS | More than half a million Ford cars 'and tracks were sold in 120 days. That r}$s the astonishing record just established by the Ford Motor company, ^eclipsing all previous sales figures ' and emphasising more strongly than *«ver the right of the Ford to the ijtitle "The Universal Car." From January 1 to May 1 sales of , Ford cars and trucks in the Uhited ' States reached the enormous total of - 061,544, nearly twice the number sold <at retail during the same period a year ago, when the total was 283,782. Even with its huge production facilutiev, now operating on a schedule in ^excess of 6,500 cars and trucks a day, ' the company is unable to keep up with , the unprecedented demand. April set a new sales record for the -month, just as has every other month .this year, and was the thirteenth consecutive month in which sales have run over the 100,000 mark. Sales during April totaled 166,682 Ford cars and trucks, 50,000 more than were delivered in the same month last year, when 115,282 retail deliveries were mtfcie. New production records were established by the Ford Motor company for week ending Tuesday, May 8, during ahich a total of 39,053 cars and trucks were turned out for domestic use, ac- . cording to announcement by the Ford . N&vs. This exceeds by 192 the previous high record set the week before. Daily production records went to a new high mark Friday, May 4, when 6,590 qars and trucks were assembled, beating the record 6,578 established on Tuesday, April 17. Fordson tractor production for the week ending Tuesday was 2,678. During the same week the Lincoln division of the Ford Motor company produced 176 Lincoln cars. ADDITIONAL EXCHANGE The Harvard Baseball -club, under the management of Wallie Breen, will open the 1923 season en Sunday, May 20. Thayer, Clark and Kuppe, three Woodstock Tigers, have been signed up by the Harvard manager. According to last Friday night's Elgin Courier, the wife of a Dundee school teacher was arrested in the store of Marshall Field last Thursday for shoplifting. She paid a foe of $10 and costs. Clarence G. Baron of Hebron, thru his attorney, has filed a suit in the McHenry county circuit court for the May term against William M. Hanley of Chicago, alleging alienation of affections and damages for $25,000. Hunt, Helm, Ferris A Co., who have a large plant at Harvard, expect soon to establish an office and warehouse at Minneapolis, Minn. Hie company already has three branch houses, ••nS located at Albany, N. Y., one at San Francisco and one at Los Angeles. The big Johns-ltaBviUe plant at Waukegsn may tflbe its working force within the course of the next thirty days. Several. hundred additional men are to be gften employment fbert. Untfl the housing of these aew-comers has been taken care of the otmpany plans to operate a special train betweeu that city and Milwaukee daily for the benefit at the hundreds of Milwaukee people who are expected be employed in tbe big plant. C. L. Page of West McHenry was on the Chicago market on Wednesday of last week with a carload of cattle consigned to the Chicago Producers' Commission association. Cattle market was strong for the best grades. The Chicago Producers' Commission association, thru which this local shipment was sold, is a branch of the National Live Stock Producers* association, which has other terminals at East St. Louis, Buffalo, Indianapolis, Kansas City, Peoria, Fvrt Worth and Sioux Falls. Each sells live stock at cost for its members and each is a leader on its market. The total sales of live stock last month were $5,863,683.08 on 266,203 head. Each of these agencies is owned and controlled by the fanners who produce the live stock. A Stocker and Feeder company is operated as a department of its business by each producers' agency. At a recent meeting of the directors of the Chicago Producers' Commission association it was decided to pay a substantial patronage dividend to the farmer members on June 30, at the close of the first year's business. Thru the Chicago Producers' Commission association producers of cattle, hogs or sheep can market to the same advantage whether they have only one or a few head or by truck or carload. TRIAS. SAVINGS CERTIFICATES tUfciltRff A CERTURf .•-W: ITEMS CLIPPED FROM PLAIKDEALERS OF 25 TEARS AGO Nick Winkel is now at work at tha , j> Woodland cemetery. „ ' Gollmar Brcfc.' two ring drew wM , 'X of Itiil • „ ! V A HALF OF 1923 QUOTA OF US*- 00M00 ALREADY SOLD That the sale of treasury Wing* certificates has become a permanent part of the financing program of the United States government was divulged at a meeting just held in Washington, which was attended by the savings directors from the twelve federal reserve districts of the United States. The seventh federa- reserve district, comprising Iowa, northern Illinois and Indiana and southern Michigan and Wisconsin, was represented by Wm. B. Bosworth of Chicago. Mr. Bosworth showed treasury department of-» ficials that the people of the seventh district bought more treasury savings certificates in 1922 than any other district in the country *nd attributed the "championship" of this district to the active co-operation of local postmasters. A billion dollars of the public debt will be carried in the form of treasury savings certificates, which will be sold to the public during the next four years. Half of the 1928 quota of $250,000,000 has already been sold. Treasury savings certificates are issued in denominations <$f $25, $100 and $l,000i They mature In five years, bat the U. S. treasury will cash th*m at any time upon demand. These securities may be purchased at the local postoflice or direct from the Federal Reserve bank of Chicago. Hie beautiful home and grounds on Bangs lake at Wauconda, which last year were owned by Mr. and Mrs. Charles Burton, but sold to a Jewish organization, are now being transformed into a kindergarten for Jewish children. H. M. Foas of Woodstdbk is dptag a big egg business this spring. He has a big truck in which he hath tfcras loads of eggs to Chicago * eekl j It is estimated that at least 290 houses ha** been erected in Wankegan since last fall and that another 200 home* wil] dorinjg the earning miatlsr. % 7 ^ •*V{ • \ <*> ai exhibit here on May 18. Frank Wattles shipped a car cattle and hogs on Tuesday. «• Quite a few of the summer residents at Ptstakee Bay have been out lately. v Miss Dora Stoffel is the prood possessor of a fine new Ajax wheel, purchased of F. L. McOmber. Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Harrison of Ring wood are the proud parents ef a fine baby girl, born on Sunday. O. N. Owen and wife are rejoicing over the arrival of an eight pound baby girl at their home on Friday. Wm. Stoffel is receiving orders by every mail for his patent for protection of pneumatic tires of bicycles. The entertainment at the Riverside hall on Tuesday evening was well attended and a very enjoyable affair. Misses Mabel and Mamie Granger were each the recipient of a fine new bicycle sent from Janesville last week. Mrs. E. Lamphere is treating the outside of her residence to a coat of paint. Geo. S. Curtis is doing the work. Peter B. Freund is making quits extensive improvements hi the interior of his place of business in the Pekovsky block. Lon Howard, Ray Lamphere, Ed. Wirfs, Orton Gilbert, Geo. Slhnpin and Roy Colby attended tike ball gam* at Lake Zurich Sunday. The delinquent tax list for Lake county, published in the Antioch 4; News last week, occupied forty-six 1 columns of that paper. | J. W. Bonslett is doing the plumb-^ tag at Stilling's hotel, Pistakee 6ay,^ f which house is undergoing quite extensive repairs and alterations. » . I Math. Schaefer, an old resident of v £ Johnsburg prairie, died at his home on r; " Friday morning. The funeral was -% ^ held from the Johnsburg church * Sunday. < Painters are at work putting on the finishing touches to the outside of Stoffel's new block. It certainly is the handsomest business building hi the village. Mrs. George Schrelner has moved into the second story of her building on Main street, West McHenry, and W. F. Gallaher will occupy the boose vacated by her on John street. A most horrible accident occurred. Wednesday morning between nine and and nine thirty about two miles and a' li»lf from Crystal Lake on the farm of C. L. Teckler. Miss Came Kroeger of Harrington, aged seventeen, who has been for the past few' years working for Mr. and Mrs. Teckler, Went into the barn and asked the ' hired man to put the windmill in gear for grinding and the mill failed to start up immediately it is supposed that she went to the opening in the side of the barn, thru which the shaft passes, to look out, when the mil'.' started up, catching the fascinator and hair of the unfortunate girl, pulling off her scalp to the eyes and entangling her clothing; and whan the head bf- . came extricated dashed it against a * « J timber and crushed the skull abe«* the left ear. With this obetructiM the arill stopped. About 9:20 Mr. r ^ Teckler went tat* tha ban aad die* - . ^ the aeddeot ~ " "M •f .V ' S i- Mia. 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