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just completed a tabulation of me-- chanical equipment on Iliinots tarms. This brings out basic data taken from official sources and arranged in con-- venient form for the business nian in-- terested in the farm market of Illi-- Eighty--five per cent of all farms in Illinois have automobiles; 133 two or more automobiles; 119 per cent have trucks. Putting it an~the way, on 193936 farms you will find cone motor car, on 30,017 you will find more than one and on 26.879 yon will find motor trucks. ; These figures are anncunced oy the be theirs an. hold for then prospeirty. way' So guess we'll have to resort to the old "MERRY CHRISTMAS AND JOY A THOUSAND FOLD". Its hard to think just what to say. To express an old thought in a novel ¥eg Walter Madsen Christmas Greetings Horace Kick \Y WE express a wish that the Christmas season may bring to all our friends the happiness that shoul rs and that the coming year may r them a full measure of health and FARMS Libertyville the farm homes, or vo,144 nave and pumps in the ki mep tems on Illinois farms are classified as follows: electric, '2,846, or 5.1 ger cent; gas engine, 27528 or 122 per cent and windmilis, 36357 or 161 ser own electric plants which is 10.1 per cent and 14314 or 6.3 per cent get their current from powoer'lines. Ace-- tylene lighting systems are operated on 12,479 or 5.5 per cen: of the farms and 25,876 farms of 115 per cent of them have plumbing systems classi-- fied as "complete."" A total or 20,921 or 9.3 per cent of the farms in 1!M-- Water for lilinois, will be the speaker. Dr. Nolan is a very inspiring speaker and is leaving a lot of work at his desk to be with us, so we should not miss his message. He is deeply interested mmmnmmmam boys competed in a similar contest, we feel quite proud of their achieve-- ment, especially since this is their first year of agriculture. Ernsting Wins Individual Honors Elmer Ernsting, a freshman, placed fourth in a field of & contestants for individual honors in placing the birds on the basis of egg production. our grain and corn judging teams placed seventh and eighth, respec-- Iunly.whlehhwcnmthmfim-i ing considering their experience. murmcl'andmmnmtymeet- ings will start after the nolidays. On January 9 at 7:30 p. m. Dr. A. W. Ing of Eimer Ernsting, James Brcak, from the vocational agriculture de-- partment won the second place last PFriday at Antioch. This contest is an annual affair and high schools offer-- ing vocational agriculture in section two are eligible to compete. Section two consists of the follnwinge amim. ELA TOWNSHIP SCHOOL NOTES ing b venpatetsintiPanti .c h ns cetve dith ... Aih wA M ... 5 _A drawn, 62.4 per cent; tractor drawn, 13.3 per cent of all farms Power shredders and huskers are used on 9.« per cent of the farms Other interesting facts gleaned are: Pifty and nine--tenths per cent of all the farm homes in Lilinois are now equipped with radio and 40.3 per cent have incubsators. cent have some sort of plow _ _ Bixty--six and six tenths o. all farms have cream separators but only 3.1 per cent have power milking ma-- chines. Power used to operate grain and that 48.1 sent of all farms mmu&ymn:u cent house part of the machinery. Pifty--nine and six tenths of -- al farms have sulky plow or gang plow t juipment of some kind and 25.0 per cent have tractor plows. A total of 61398 {farms or 27.2 per cent are pos-- sessed of tractors while 26.4 per cent fo the tractor owners are more or less equipped to do their own tractor re-- per cent; hot w cent and steam, 3,303 or 1.5 per cent The farmer for r=~=~ ars has been criticized for the treatment 'he gives his machinery. The investiga-- tion shows that €3.4 per cent of ab Illinois farms have inachinery sheds and that 48.1 per cent of all farms Heating systems classified as mod-- ern are in 57,8008 6r 25.6 pe«r cont ot poultry judging team consist-- warm air, 44,779 or 1918 a 'Go wm&mfimsm'did-";'mmfl ow | gress at Sydney, N. 8. W. _ ~,.f'£ nb per|_ All of the cardinais who are in lr'"'"'m i. fheclant son Richard spe ess n-l-hhnns'--nnl ..u........'fl'l Rev. and "'l'& Ularence and Evaline Hironimus dam Waukegan shoppers Satur-- ir and Mrs. Frank Hironimus and daughter Ellen visited with Mr. lnd'&n. 8. J. Warner Sundav ;mmm,mmmy.m.lm the card party and dance public one the following Thursday, &at the Polly Prin at--McHenry Sat-- 'Mnnoa:dmhveretobem'my evening. ate.J this year, the pope will omit the! Mr. and Mrs. Henry Stadfield public sessions and moved the secret\ &nd son Donald of Wauconda spent consistory up to Monday. | Sunday visiting with Volo rela-- "The Sydney Congress," the pope| tives. ' said, "was a magnificent triumph for| Mr. and Mrs. William Hironi-- the Divine King. 'mus of Round Lake were calelrs at "From all that has been mrrabedim Frfatnk Hironimus home Thurs-- and writ s alternoon. ney mmlcmc'w'sud;sng ;;'e[i';ge: Mr. and Mrs. F. E. Wilson and attending, we do not know whetherlwn Junior and Mrs. H. Passfield to express whether we were more pro-,'"d son John. attended the Pogltry foundly or more joyously Persuaded";""' at Antioch Saturday. Some that this congress. even considering | of the boys in the 4--H. Club ent-- that it was held after the "m_mus'ergd chickens and were winners of seri? of other congresses and in the: prizes. s most remote part of the world. was not inferior to any of them 'rmz' FREMONT CENTER :nesge:any so when one thinks of | -------- wonders and the best mir--| ______ FREMONT CENTER ____ acles of faith and of--the renewal of| Mrs. Ravymond Mever and -- Mra the Christian faith of the apostoiate which these congresses have increas-- ingly gained " gave the signal for all except the members of the sacred college to re-- day, _ _ i}}, C 106 CAnstmas Holi--|spent Tuesday evening wit The Pope, sccompanied by his| gays with relatives at Ollh:d, and Mrs. Will Hironimus of Swiss guard and members of the no--| Ne)p,. Rev. Hoover of Greenwood | Lake,. ble guard entered the hall. is to fill the pulpit in his place The pupils of 'g AmMm-ubyuhvhflothoygnsny. f flu'i"'fimm Holiness and Monsignor Caccidomin-- Mr. and Mrs. Lioyd Fisher and at St. Mary's Hall o1 on.-a:cott.h: u'nwmbo&;;n and ln.Bues.leberwere m, evening, December ve signal for except aukegan shoppers turday. beginni so'clock. It 1 &mammmwu--_cmg Hironimus _ and _ Miss | P°EDMDK at 8 :0'cl 1 Sems T Holiness and Monsignor Caccidomin-- ants entered the consistoriag hall im-- mediately after arrival at the vatican. The Pope, accompanied by his Swiss guard and members of the no-- ble guard entered the hall. ROME, Dec. 18. --Pope Pius held a secret consistory at the vatican yes-- In his allocution to the cardinais, he expressed pleasure with the suc-- css of the recent Eucharistic Con-- gress at Sydney, N. 8. W. . ~_ All of the cardinals who are in Rome were present. The pope then read hnis aliocution. line -- Hironimus visiting -- relatives YOLO spent at t _ last Munde-- ' FLOOR SURFACING $ F. A. Hutchinson Old or New Work 601 West Park Avenue SATISFACTION GIVEN Phone 236--J ' ----.... FREMONT CENTER _ Mrs. Raymond Meyer and Mrs. Ullrich were Waukegan |shoppers on Tuesday. ® Miss Chrihtiana Tekampe is em-- &oned at the Ernie Ritta home at undelein. Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Obenauf and son Ed and Edward Wirtz and sis-- ter, Miss Margaret, were dinner Tlutfl at the home of Mr. and Mrs. ohn Wirtz of Ivanhoe on Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. F. E. Wilson and son Junior and Mrs. H. Passfield and son John attended the Poultry show at Antioch Saturday. Some tended the card party and dance at the Polly Prin at --McHenry Sat-- urday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Stadfield and son Donald of Wauconda spent Sunday visiting with Volo rela-- tives. | Mr. and Mrs. William Hironi-- mus of Round Lake were calelrs at the Frank Hironimus home Thurs-- day afternoon. Emma Bratz of Waukegan spent Sunday with relatives in Volo. _. A number of the local people at-- Kev. and Mrs. Wintham Bonham are to spend the Christmas Holi-- days -- with relatives at Om:d, Nebr. Rev. Hoover of Greenw is to fill the pulpit in his place while they are away. f were Chicago shoppers Friday. Mrs. Mary Dowe and son Her-- man are moving to McHenry. Mr. and Mrs. Lioyd Fisher and son Richard spent Sunday in Lib-- 'AY, DECEMBER 22, 1928 at an -- Ingleside of s Gatl 2900 2 y 7°" mie a nue COnfwaemas pro-- mat St. Mary's Hall on next day evening, December 23rd, beginning at 8:o'clock. It will be an entire evening's entertainment of the finest speaking and singing were entertained at the Willow Farm on Sunday. The many friends of Mrs. Geo. Fincutter will be grieved to hear of her serious iliness of pneu-- monia. Her sister, a trained nurse, is in attendance. > Ed Obenauf and George Hiron-- ihus and the Misses Irene Hertel, Kathryn and | Bertha Hironimus spent Tuesday evening with Mr. and Mrs. Will Hironimus of Round Toin fof i onunh "Tony o offman an ughter tt of Kenosha, Mr. and -- Mrs. Wtfi Hironimus of Round Lake, Hjekla Engstrom of Glen View, Chester wtoniuu and Miss Ann Britz of aukegan and Miss Irene Hertel Watgonda, My. and "Mrs. Bd, Coon al a rs. n. of Highland Park, Esthet Hironi-- IN THIS YULETIDE SEASON THE OLD MESSAGE IS STILL THE BEST WITH THE SPIRIT OF CHRIST AS EVER GROWING STRONGER, WE SEND OUR GREET-- ING, THANKFUL FOR THE STRENGTHENED FRIENDSHIP AND FINER GOOD--WILL --THE YEAR HAS BROUGHT Spinney Run Dairy LIBERTYVILLE CHRISTMAS GREETINGS 's school with a number of dialogues. Ev--jlaugh with some of the finest act-- erybody is most cordially invited ling done by children, do not miss to '"'M, and if you. want a good |this event. We trust that in our business relations the measure of YOUR satisfaction has been as large as ours and that the future of our relationship may be limited only by the lapse of time. We wish you and all in whom you are interested, the merrieat of Christmas Days and a Happy and Bountiful New Year. To Our Loyal Customers and Friends As we draw toward the close of the year we wish to again express our gratitude to you for the many courtesies you have shown us. Wheeling State Bapk PAGE SEVEN \6