flNHKffitMMR'SBiiBSH rf:^T 1 *r^ f\ T'P*f MeHBKBT PLAIXDliLlB, VOLO over to Wauiren of Joe Hironitaus are Sick list a grain. F. Henkle end daughter were fremorri callers Suiiduy. Miss Ella Moore spent Wednesday and Thursday in Wauconda. Mr*. Jas. Kirwan was under the care of Dr. I). G. Wells of McHenry 'Friday. Mrs. Maty Sabel and Mrs. Ves Wagner and son spent Friday in Wauconda. Lee Huson spent Saturday in Chicago at Hie Presbyterian hospital with V. Croaker. Misses Esther and Orpha Russell and friend attended the play at Wauconda Wednesday evening. At the M. E. church on Sunday, March 9, Sunday School will be reorganized for the coming year. Everyone try and be there at 1:45 |p. m. ^ EXCEPTION AT VALUE IN 9 4-inch wide Pepperell Bleached Sheeting, per yd 5#c 36-inch Bever fine brown Sheeting LL heavy, yd---18c 36-inch Logwood B Sheeting heavy, yd..--- ^18c 36-inch Nainsook Lonsdale, heavy, per 36-inch Fruit of Loom Cambric, per yd PRINTS, PERCALE AND GINGHAM 27-irtch American Prints, light and dark, per yd _ll€ 36-inch light ground Percale, stripe and checks, yd.-,18c Good patterns Apron and Dress Ginghanypej, ydr «\* Wonderful Bargains ii| Crochet Bed Spreads, Sheets Large 3 & 312-lb. Crochet Spreads, plain, scalloped $2.25 81-in. x 90 inch Seamless Sheet!.. * _-.-ll.19 36x45-inch Cases, match -2Sc JANESVILLE OVERALLS Men's heavy stifel blue stripe--. Youths' heavy stifel blue stripe.....1. Boys' heavy stifel blue strips m Jl.25 90c WEBER & LAY, SPRING GROVE, ILL. BANNER HERD OF HOLSTEINS GEORGE VOGEL, AUCTIONEER mramrrunDEJua PUBLISHED EVERY TROMMY W F. G. SCHREINER Otlic* lit Bank Building Tetophon* Thursday, March 6, 1919 .SCHOOL NOTES Hcp V Interest From Our tional Institution Latin I class has day on Tuesday two and recita- Thurs- %re working very hard program. They'll get Having decided to quit the dairy business, will sell my herd at public auction on what was formerly the Richard Harbison place, now known as the Howe Bros, place, which is located 9 miles northeast of Woodstock, 3% mlies west of Ringwood, 2V& miles east of Cireemvood and % mile west of Barnard's mill, on' . THURSDAY, MARCH 13 Commencing at 11 a. m., sharp, --Consisting of-- * & 69 HEAD OF LIVE STOCK 59 HIGH GRADE HOLSTEINS pmr milkers^ind close springers; 15 with calves by sicjg; 1 registered Holstein bull, 3 years old. This is one of the best milk producing herds and known as the banner herd of the state, ranking first in the official test in 1915. In 1914 the Carlson herd . was entered as one of 23 herds in McHenry county in a Cost Accounting and Cow Testing, association, the tests being conducted over a period ttf ia^e year under the supervision of the Illinois State University,,.?This herd averaged 9670 lbs. of milk and 348 lbs. of fat. During the tests among the 23 herds, 34 cows produced over 10,000 lbs. of milk. Seventeen of these cows were from the Fred Carlson herd, 5 of them heading the list. This is the same herd, with the usual changes and replacements over the past four years, which is now offered at this public sale. HORSES 1 Registered Shire Stallion, weighing 1900; 1 Span Blacks, 4 yrs. old, weighing 2800; 1 Span Bays, 3 yrs. old, weighing 2100; 1 Chestnut, 16 yrs. old, weighing 1200; 1 Span Bay Morgans, 10 and 11 yrs. old, weighing 2200;*1 Shetland Pony. FREE LUNCH AND DRINK AT 11 O'CLOCK TERMS OF SALE T- tf All sums of $10 and under, cash. All sums over that amount a credit 6 months' time on good bankable notes bearing 7 per cent Interest* ' % property to be removed until settled for with clerk. ' < ... "HENRY VOGEL, Recording Clerk. CLARENCE HOY, Settling Clerk. I RED C ARLSON. ANNUAL MEETING Of the McHenry County Soil Improvement Association Mar. 31 Horse Sale! CHARLES LEONARD, AUCTIONEER BROWN & SON will hold a sale of 30 HEAD OF HORSES , • • - • V. • at their barns, one block west of Fair Grounds, Woodstock, Saturday, March 8th BEGINNING AT ONE O'CLOCK P. M., SHARP 30 Head of Horses A partial list of which is as follows: " gray mares, 8 yearsold weight 3200 Span black horses, 5 and 6 years old, weight 2700 Span brown geldings, 5 yrs. old, weight 2700 Span bay geldings, 5 and 6 y€ars old, wt. 2600 Span bay geldings, 6 and 7 years old, weight 2700 Bay mare, 7 years old, wt. 1300 Brown mare, 7 years old, weight 1400 Gray mare, 5 years old, wt. 1200 Black gelding, 5 years old, weight 1300 Bay gelding, 5 years old, wefght 1400 Gray mare, 5 years old, wt. 1350 Black mare, 6 years old, wt. 1400 Bay mare, 5 years old, wt 1400 Team mules TMaia a good bunch of sound, young horses. These horses must be as represented or no sale. Horses may be seen hitched day before sale TERMS: EIGHT MONTHS AT SEVEN PER CENT7 The tioife a day. The sophs over their there yet! The high school students had the recent pleasure of washing, their desks after school. v We certainly should like to know how -Clarence Niesen gets that beautiful wave in his hair. Margaret and Irene Payne left today for their new home in Chicago. We will certainly miss them in school. The sophomores have a full fledged poet in their' midstT"EuF he doesn't wish his name to be made public, owing to his modesty. The members of the civics class have been writing veiy interesting papers on community needs and the duty of the individual citizen to the government. One of these papers, by Ellen Walsh, we will have published in our school notes. ^Thomas Frisby and Charles Whiting also wrote excellent papers. Eight members of our basket ball team, accompanied by Prof. A. E. Nye, attended the basket ball tournament at Rockford Friday. Our team played Paw Paw high school team, winning in the first half, but losing in the last, the score being 26 to 15. tThe tournament was won by Rockford. Our • team goes to Dundee next Friday night: As Dundee was the winner in the Elgin tournament, the game will undoubtedly be very interesting. Parent-Teacher Meeting parents and all persons interested in the pupils of the public school are most cordially invited to attend a meeting which will be held Saturday evening, March 8, at eight o'clock in the school auditorium. The purpose. of tjie meeting is to discuss the organization of a Parent-Teacher association. A short program has been prepared and refreshments will be served. Show your interest in the children and ^your willingness to cooperate toith the teacher by being there. * f Honor Roll First grade--Marguerite Kinsala, Kathleen iMordykef Julia Williams, Neil Thurlwell.« Second grade--Lois Bacon, Lucile Helm, Lillian Stoffd, Robert Edinger, Kelvin Walsh. Third grade--Ruth Schoewer, Rosalind Nye, Elwood Winfield, Paul Kamholz. Fourth grade--Jean Matthews, Bernard Kinsala, Adeline Perkins, Letah Patzke, James Fay. ~ Fifth grade--Frank Page, Kenneth Peterson, Genevieve Bohr< How We May Beautify 0$r School Ground The first and most important step in obtaining beautiful school grounds fs to secure the* co-operation of the teachers, mothers and children. There must be no criticism, but help. One cannot teach children civic righteousness without co-operation. Now that the health crusade is going on, let it spread to the interior of the school and fh>m there to the school yard. Teach the children to swat the fly, to clean up alleys, vacant lots and especially the school grounds. Have a dandelion yrar! iiet the children pick up scattered papers and be 'taught to public property. Some of us had better not say much about civic righteousness on account of the way Pa-^keeps the back lot. But if we try to teach children about civic . righteousness and if we attempt to improve the school grounds, it fill make the children better. Whfen the high school at Cairo, 111., was nine years old it had no marks in the basement, shed, domestic science room nor on any desk or wall, nor on any door or any window sill. You cah teach - children civic righteousness. Our school grounds in McHenry are the prettiest and largest in the county. But women's nands are needed to plan and help beautify them. A Social Serviee club or Mothers' club is one of the best means of bringing this about. We should have new walks, flower beds which. dignify soil cultivation, and, if need he; posts -and .chains put around the ground to keep the public from making that terrible path across it, It spoils the looks of the grounds. Fruit and nut trees could be planted on the grounds. Then a special space could be set aside for athletics. It will mean perseverance, but we have demonstrated during the war that nothing is impossible. Lot's have some past-war activities along this line! "A little hard work and some fresh pamt, Would make the devil look like a saint." • Consider the sehoolhouse *nd grounds as a community center. Teach the children to take pride in the grounds. Remember it is theirs and they must beautify it. No man's land iB no more, but every "man's land is eternal. --Ellen Walsh. The annual meeting of the McHenry County Soil Improvement association will be held at the city hall, Woodstock, 111., on Thursday of next week, March 13. The Soil Improvement association stands for better seeds, better crops, better stock, better soil and better agriculture in general. With ithis aim in view, the association has cooperated with the progressive farmers in the securing of the best seed, i. .e., free from foul seeds, the best fertilfgter for the particular type of soil -upon which such fertilizer was to. be applied and in the increasing of the. fertility of the farm as well as the increasing iof proflta #f the farm. v The association ' has co-operated with the Holstein breeders, who are working for better cattle and better agriculture in McHenry county; with the Federal Farm Loan association and with ^ery organization which has been working for the agricultural interests of the county. ;This is your organization. Come to the meeting and learn what has been accomplished during the past year and the general plans for the future. Program ^ Morning Session, 10:00 O'clock- Report of officers of the Sl&il Improvement association, county advisor and county club leader. Address, W. G. Eckhardt, county advisor of Dekalb county. Topic, "The Illinois/ Agricultural Association and Its Relation to Illinois Agriculture." Appointment of committees. -* Annual Banquet,' Odd Fellows hall, 12:00 to 1:30 p. m. Afternoon Session, 1:30 o'c Report of committees; Election of officers., Address, Carl Hopkins, vice' president of the Federal Farm Loan bank of St. Louis. Topic, "The Federal Farm Loan and Its Relation to Aj?ri culture."' \ ' A d d r e s s , O . E. Dyson, former state veterinarian for the state of Illinois. You cannot afford to miss this meeting, at which *time you will ljave the opportunity of hearing W. G. Eckhardt, who has been one of .the most successful county advisors the United States and who has been the direct cause of putting DeKalb county on the map. Farmers, generally, are interested in the borrowing of money and this will be an excellent opportunity of learning how you ca^ borrow thru the Federal Farm association. Come to hear Carl E. Hopkins, who has been manager of the farm owned jointly with his brother, Dr. tC. Hopkins of, the University of Illinois. The yields upon this farm have been increased from 6 to 44' bushels of wheat per acre. Every farmer knows Dr. O. E. Dyson, former chief veterinarian for the state of Illinois. Dr. Dyson will have a message for every man, who is interested in better cattl£ and better agriculture. Remember the date, Mar. 13, 1919. , A. J. Gafke, County Agent. IMPLEMENT, FEED AND COAL BUSINESS AND BUILDING AT Audtion Sale! Iksses feed, oil meal, cotton oil meal, Herrick special dairy feed, bat fped, calf meal,< alfalfa hay, flour, rye aid* dlings, scratch feed and chick feed, wheat for chicken feed, salt in barrels and sacks, hard and soft coal, farmers' yearly account books, 3 cases of antismut, case smuticide, quantity of oils and grease, automobile tires, roofing papers, nails and staples, barb wire, set of wheat grading sieves and testing scales, quantity of medium red clover seed, timothy seed, alsike and timothy mixed, field peas, cow peas, seed corn, seed wheat, oats and barley, baskets and shovels, binder twine, -stock tonics and foods and other articles usually kept in a mill. Also \<roan mare, 7 years old, wt. 1200 lbs. as h§ expected to be sent home, but as yet he has not arrived. The parents, brother and' sisters are getting very anxious to see or hear from <hinj. Marie Hutson and family had a very unpleasant time to move last Friday. The rain commenced coming down before they had traveled two miles and their goods in. open wagons. The family was in a covrespect Bartelt, E. C. Jewett, Clerks . BROWN & SON FREE LUNCH AT NOON T«sm: Six months' time at 7 per cent. - F. E. H«we. Cooley, Clerk. . v :. OSTEND "~v. Mrs. Hazel Sherman is enjoying a visit from her mother, Mrs. Carrie Francisco, of Wauconda. Frank Kaiser and family are now getting settled in their new home in {he south part of Woodstock. Ed. Wallis is hauling brick from McHenry that was shipped there some time ago tor a silo. It is claimed the silo will be 18x50. Mr. Marks' son-in-law and family, Mr. and Mrs. Merryfield, have moved from Wisconsin to the Marks farm, vacated by the Cornwell family. Alfred Richardson wrotfe his family the last of January not to write him again until they heard from him, ered rig, «but went to a house wiihuaiv fire arid it was some time before th^j could get a stove set ub. No nfcw from them since. Tlvey'.j»j)Y«4.aril>wit«: near Wauconda toft* a farmiriBull Valley. Let- me show you one of the raoet beautiful ,lines of Sample wall paper you have ever seen. J. P. Read The Plaindealer. ' •, - We have placed in stock a line of goods to supply your Lenten needs and we feel reasonably sure that we can please your taste when it comes to the buying of Fish: Our line of Staple and Fancy Groceries is always complete. Just phone us your order aod we will do the rest. M. M. Niesen McHenry Phone H». \\ Charles Leonard, Auctioneer Use Lenox oil. Sold and delivered by C. M. Bickler or any ef ing dealers in McHenry.. Having fully decided to quit business, I will sell at Public Auction at Ridgefield, located between Woodstock and Crystal Lake, on FRIDAY, MARCH 14, 1919 commencing at nine o'clock, sharp, my entire stock of MACHINERY, FEED ANJ) COAL Building and Grist Mill will also be sold at auction on above date. ( > $6,000.00 Worth of New and Second Hand Machinery New Machinery as Follows: Tfhis new machinery will be sold under an absolute guarantee, same as given by any implement dealer. Renfew cream separator, Meadows single tub washer, Meadows double tub washer, 3 May Day washers, 2 h. p. Stover engine, 2 h. p. Alamo engine, 2 Smith trucks, 36-42; Badger truck, 30-36; Wood Chuck, 30-36; 2 double wagon boxes, 18 disc La- Crosse harrows, 14 disc LaCrosse harrows, 16 disc Moline harrows, all with tongue trucks; 4-section LaCrosse harrow, 3-section Moline harrow, 2 Corn King Gale cultivators, LaCrosse sulky plow, LaCrosse 12- inch gang, Moline 12-inch gang, Moline sulky plow, Moline 4-wheel corn planter, Moline 2-wheel corn planter, 2 8 ft. clod'crushers, 10 ft. clod crusher, Bloom manure spreader, Moline manure spreader, Moline straw spreader, 16 disc LaCrosse ^rain drill, 14 inch walking plow, double gear pump jack. Second Hand Machinery as Follows: McCormick corn binder, Deere hay loader, Moline corn planter, LaCrosse double row cultivator, LaCrosse single row cultivator, Deere single row cultivator, 2 h. p. Fairbanks-Morse engine, 12 h. p. Rockford engine, 9 h. p. Witt engine, Appleton buzz saw, 2 spring tooth cultivators, Tiger cultivator, wagon box, set double work harness, grind stone, power grind stone, Moline mower, 5-tooth cultivator, 3 2-section harrows, 6Q ft. gandy belt, Emerson wild oat separator, Studebaker 7 pass, automobile, surface cultivator, 3-section harrow. Quantity of bran, middlings, Tip Top sugar feed, Quaker dairy mo- It's Out of the question to try and find better prices or values than we-offer. Qur eight stores enable us to buy at striking reductions. We offer these striking reductions to YOU. I Leath Stores . 7S-74 Grove Ave. Rockford, Opposite Court Hom Dubuque, 576-584 Main St. Aurora, 31-33 Island Ave. Freeport, 103-105 Galena St. Waterloo, 312-314 E. 4th St. Beloit, 617-421 4th St. We Make Free t>elivery T HOT That really means < Hot Water Is your Hot Wafer faucet a fraud and a delusion? Or does it really mean what* it says -Hot Water when you turn the valve? Automatic Gas Water Heater Equip your iaome with an Automatic GAS WATER HEAXER and your Hot Water faucets vyill never disappoint you. You will never find the water cold when you want it hot for bath, shampoo or shave. Westers United Gas k Electric Co. '-*W: PICKLES i V CONTRACT NOW WHILE PRICES ARE Vat run, $2.00 per 100 lbs. Large $1.00 for 100 lbs. Nubbins, 60c per 100 lbs. t Contracts can be had of A. Kruinpen - l U s o J o h n S t o f f e l ' s i S t o r e ( ( . \ ,4 C. F. Claussen A *3: lo Benefits By You feel that retail meat prices are too high. Your retailer says, he lias to pay higher prices to the packers. Swift-&Company prove that out of every dollar the retailer pays to the_,- packers for meat, 2 cents is for packers' profit, 13 cents is for operating expenses, and 85 cents goes to the stock raiser; and that the prices of live stock and meat move up and down together. • \ j The live-stock raiser points to rising costs of raising live stock. Labor reminds us that higher wages must go hand in hand With the new cost of living. ? N o o n e , a p p a r e n t l y , ia responsible. No one, apparently, is benefited by tygher pripes and higher income. We are all living on a highpriced scale. One trouble is, that the number of dollars has multiplied faster than the quantity of goods, so that each dollar buys less than formerly. Swift _& Company, U. S. A. Icnl i? 'mt. Overland Model 90 Tovnnf ( u J5985.0Q t,- F. o. TOLEDO, OHIO There are 115,000 of this model Overland Cars now in use. Have you one of them? If jiot, you had better see Overton & Covven and order yours today, Call No. 6 and there will fee one of them at your door for demonstration. „ \ OVERTON & CO WEN Distributors ' n % - West McHenry, III