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keting of our milk and establishing the standards for the same. As a sug­ gestion, 'My plan would be that every dairyman be asked to sign a resold tion that he Would stand undisturbed with 70 per cent of his brother dairy­ men in the district in all matters per­ taining to marketing Qf his produce, and until said conference cpuld be se­ cured between their 1 representatives and those of the bottling plants, and when everything1 isf accomplished that is possible in $ reasonable way, to es­ tablish prices and standards; then each" party signing will become a member of the Milk Producers' asso­ ciation and be liable for the member­ ship fee of $2.50, with due respect to every milk producer of the Chicago district, they deserve all they can get, and God knows they, will never get it until they ask for it, and co­ operate to carry out suggestions sim­ ilar to this, and I believe it will be the best time and money you ever spent. I wish McHenry county could set the pace for the district and get into the spirit of the movement that would mean so much to the resources of this county. Do not forget that any strug­ gle; that the Milk Producers' associa­ tion sfiall develop will come from within rather than from without. If the Milk Producers' association has made any mistakes, they should be helps to" progress if discovered by us and avoided afterwards, also that in the solution of any co-operative mar­ keting product where the product is perishable, such as fruits,'etc., it will be up to the producer to control the production end, and'that" I think is one of the most important matters for the organization to gr&pple with. The milk producers should be compelled to produce within reasonable propor­ tions the same amount of milk each month; the consumption-varies but little and the production should not. I have mentioned some things the producers should not forget, and in closing I would not have the distrib­ utors of milk forget that when with a ton of feed we use in making milk it will only buy as much as" a ton of milk sold to them. There is and must be something wrong, and now - we should get together and get a fair, equitable share of the consumers' dol­ lars. M. J. Wright. QUARTEF OF A CENTURY Items Clipped From The Plaindealer Of Twenty-Five Years Ago Perry & Owen are painting the in­ terior of their store, which makes it look clean and cheerful. Harry Holmes is the artist. . - t Fred Wells had his leg qyjte badly bruised with a cake of ice at the Knickerbocker ice house one day last week and was laid up a few days in consequence. Washington's birthday will be ob­ served by appropriate exercises at the public school Friday afternoon, exer­ cises beginning at 1:30. Married--In Chicago on Thursday, Feb. 5, 1891, by the Rev. Dr. F. A. Noble, of the Union Park Congrega­ tional church, N. T. Phillips and Miss Emma Gregory. A Washington birthday party will be held at the Riverside House on Fri­ day evening of this week. Leone Brothers' orchestra of Chicago will furnish the music. H. C. Smith has been fixing up his place of business in fine style. The interior has been repainted and a new hard wood floor laid, which much im­ proves its appearance. The ladies of the Willing Workers' socifijf, connected with the Univer- saflst cKurch, will give, a sociable and Conundrum supper at the Riverside House on Tuesday evening next, Feb. 24. The cheese factoid of Buchanan A Evanston at Greenwood was destroyed by fire on Thursday last. Loss $5,000. Insured for $2,000. The fire caught in the roof and it is supposed from the smoke stack. The Knickerbocker Ice company is putting up two more sections to their mammoth ice house here, 50x100 feet. This makes four new sections they havtf put up here this season find they are filling them all with first-class ice. Quite a number of the workmen on the pond took involuntary baths the past week. Among the number were Linus Newman, Thos. Halpin and S. Kennedy. A little too cold, boys. Better wait until the weather warms up. The Hotel de Woodstock, on the east side of the public square, is fast be­ coming one of the most popular houses in that city. W. H. Rotnour, formerly of the Waverly House, has charge and is sparing no pains to please all who may give him a call. Fred Smith, an old and highly re­ spected German citizen, died at his home between McHenry and Johns- burg on Wednesday last. He has been sick for th# past year, altho able to be around most of the time until within the past few weeks. Washington birthday exercises will be held in the M. E. church in this village on Sunday evening next, com­ mencing at eight o'clock.^ Foljpwing is the program: ^ "Christianity and Patriotism" .J$i)ss Lucy Hall. '"Die Thrqe R'sr or Washington's , - JRtotto^-Rules, - Regulations, Re­ strictions",. .. .JHiss Grace Stevens "Washington as a Christian" .Mrs. C. F. .Johnson "In Washington^ Days--Then. and Now" v<»..... Guy Hall General Remarks Auction Sale! Chas. Leonard - R. E. Haeger Auctioneers Having rented for a term of years, I will sell at public auction on CRYS­ TAL SPRINGS FARM, formerly the J. R. Sadler place, situated two miles west and bne and one-half miles south of West McHenry, five miles south of Ringwood, seven miles east of Wood­ stock and seven miles north of Crys­ tal Lake, on MONDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1916 commencing at 11:00 o'clock, sharp, the following described property, to- wit: 37 HEAD OF CATTLE 37 A heavy producing, high testing dairy of 36 cows, all in milk and every one of them sound in mouth, teat and bag; 1 high-grade Holstein bull, two years old, a sure breeder. 14 Head of Horses Pair of black geldings, 6 years old, weight 3000 pounds; bay, mare, 14 years old, weight 1540 pounds; black mare, 11 years old, weight 1450 lbs.; brown mare, 9 years old, weight 1600 pounds; black mare, 8 years old, wt. 1720 pounds; gray gelding, 8 years old, weight 1760 pounds; bay gelding, 7 years old, weight 1400 pounds; bay mare, 7 years old, weight 1200 pounds; black driving mare, 10 years old, weight 1000 pounds; team heavy mules, six years old; black yearling mare, sorrel yearling mare. I believe this is as good a lot of horses, taken all together, as there is on any farm in McHenry county. Corn and Straw Will also sell some shock corn and about ten tons of clean, bright straw under cover. Machinery, Etc. McCormick corn harvester, 2 John Deere 2-row cultivators, John Deere single row cultivator, John Deere 16- disk pulverizer, four-section steel har­ row, John Deere gang plow,4 lays; John fteere sulky plow, 2 lairs;. 14- inch^alking plow, 2 lays; McCormick grain harvester, Champion grain har­ vester, old; Deering 6 f«6t mower, Thompson hay rake, Deering... hay tedder, side delivery rake, hay loader, 5-f hovel plow, road slush grader,\ 2 hay .racks, 3 low wheel wide tire ^ax­ ons, high wheel road wagon, Bane" milk wagon, 4-section. iron land roller, broadcast se^d^r, 2 pairs of bobs, 2 feed tables^ breaking cart, 4 sets of heaivy -kreeching harness/ 2 sets back pad harness, "hip breeching; set chain tug harness, single harness, swill cart, 20 milk cans, 4 pails, strainer, hand churn, and many other articles. Most of these tools are nearly new, having been bought during the past two years and all are in first-class condition, ready to go into the field. Usual Refreshments at Noon Terms of Sale: All sums of $10.00 and under, cash; over that amount a credit of six months' time will be giv­ en on good bankable notes bearing in­ terest at the rate of 7 per cent per annum. No property to be removed or possession of same given to pur­ chaser until settled for with clerk.- Conveyances will meet the .10:17 a. m. train at McHenry. and return in time for thevfcOO p. m. , E; J. Fellows,. i*jop.. Simon Stoffel,* Recording Cleric. C. W. Stenger, Settling Clerk.- Audtion Sale! Geo. Vogel, ... Auctioneer Having divided her farm in two and rented them for cash, the undersigned will sell at public auction on the Mrs. Jos. H. Justen farm, known as the old Nick Schaefer estate, situated 3 miles southeast of Ringwood, 3 miles west of Johnsburg and 3 miles north of Mc­ Henry (from all towns 2 miles by pub­ lic road and 1 mile in field), on the Mc­ Henry and Lake Geneva road, lying between McHenry and Ringwood, on FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1916 commencing at 1:00 o'clock, sharp, the following described property, to-wit: 20 MILK COWS 20 13 brood sows, 327 bushels of oats, 21 tons of timothy hay, 17 tons of up­ land hay- Cigars Will Be Passed Instead of Lunch Terms of Sale: All sums ol $10.00 and under, cach; over that amount a credit of one year's time will be given on good bankable notes bearing inter­ est at the rate of 7 per cent per an­ num. No property to be removed or possession of same given to purchaser until settled for with the clerk. Mrs. Jos. H. Justen. Geo. Rossing. Stephen H. Freund, Clerk. Taxes, Taxes I may be found at the following places on the days mentioned for the collection off tuxes for the town of Mc­ Henry: Monday, J. C. Debrecht, Johnsburg; Tuesday, Bradley & Foss, Ringwood; Thursday, M. J; Walsh, West McHenry; Saturday, N. H. Pet- esch, McHenry. Those wishing to do so may also call at my home on any evening or on the days not mentioned above. John Niesen, Collector. Nunda Taxes Notice is hereby given that I will be at the following places for the pur­ pose of collecting taxes for Nunda township: Wednesday, Wilbur Lum­ ber company's office, West McHenry; Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays, at the L. and P. Frederick's news stand, Crystal Lake. Fred Bozee, 34-tf Collector Nunda Township.