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not be taking our own part in the great business game, and we will lose out by doing business with better posted and better organized men. The Illinois Agricultural association offers a practicable method of meeting these modern problems. It is not a labor union, or a trust, nor is it designed to abuse a strong position by demanding special advantage for agriculture. It is based on the idea that men in big business must meet and talk things over, and calmly work out plans and settle difficulties. Quarrels between one class of people and another are not necessary if there can be intelligent discussion and mutual understanding. If such controversies do arise, however, we must through co-operation have strpng, accredited representatives prepared to take onr own part end see that we get full justice. This is our duty as good citizens, because if we permit any condition to weaken agriculture, the/' entire country is weakened, and wa ate not fulfilling our stewardship. \ Mr. Gafke supplements his appeal with the following joint membership pledge: I hereby respectfully make application for membership in the Mc- Henry County Soil Improvement association and the Illinois Agricultural association for a term of three years from date. I hereby promise to pay annually in advance into the treasury of the McHenry County Soil Improvement association the sum of ten ($10) dollar dues, it being understood that five ($5) dollars of said dues are for membership in the county association and five ($5) dollars are for membership in the st&te association to be transmitted by the cfjjinty association treasurer to the treasurer of the state association. Inasmuch as this pledge -will be .'epended upon by the county and state associations to meet obligations incurred in promoting the work of said associations, I hereby agree, in case of failure to pay the above amount after due, notice, to honor draft for said amount; provided that this agreement be annulled in case of my death or removal from the state of Illinois. Date ... Township ......I ~ Signed , Postoffice ... The above applications should be filled out and sent to the McHenry County Soil Improvement association, Woodstock, 111. CLASSIFIED DEPARTMEHT FOR SALE--Tomato plants. Inquire at the McHenry House. 46 FOR SALE--No. 1 timothy hay. Inquire of Lee Huson, Volo, 111. 50-2t FOR SALE--'Three loads extra good timothy hay. 'Phone 632-M-l, McHenry, 111. 50-lt FOR RENT--The John0 B. Brents residence on John street. Apply to C. W. Stenger, West McHenry State Bank. 47-tf FOR SALE--Four room cottage aiid six lots, located near Fox river. Inquire of or write Mrs. A. J. Pouliot, McHenry, 111. 50-it* LOST--A horse blanket between Mc- ' Henry and Lily Lake school house on Sunday evening last. Finder kindly leave at this office. 50 FOR SALE--A membership in the Bally-o-Gry club For information inquire of or write Mrs M. D. , Smalley, Woodstock, 111. 47-4t* WANTED--Small acreage of improved or unimproved land, improved preferred. Have cash purchasers. Ben Stilling, McHenry, 111. 49 WANTED--An all around blacksmith or a good blacksmith helper. Best of wages and steady work. Harry Peet, Woodstock, 111. 50-lt FOR SALE--The C. H. Parks house and property on the corner of John .nd Center streets in West McHenry. 3. W. Stenger, West McHenry. 39-tf FOR SALE OR RENT--The Kelter arm of 120 acres situated east of the 'illage of McHenry. Apply to or write- C. W. Stenger, West McHenry, 111. 39-tf FOR SALE--A quantity of White Cap Fellow Dent seed corn at $4.50 per bushel. Inquire of Peter M. Freund, McHenry, 111. Phone 680- M-2. 45-tf TO SETTLE ESTATE--Will sell at reasonable price, the Anton Engeln roperty, consisting of barber shop, hotel building, two vacant lots adjoining property, also one at Emerald Park. Address Helena Sn.alley, 336 Lake Ave., Woodstock, 111. 45-4t HELP WANTED--Owing to the steady growth of our business, we are constantly in need of capable girls and women for light assembling and machine work. No experience necessary. Steady employment at good wages with prospect for advancement. Apply personally or by letter. Woodstock Typewriter Co., Woodstock, 111. 49«4t URGES MEMBERSHIP Of State as Well as County Farm Organizations ; bounty Soil Agent A. J. Gafke of Woodstock is once more appealing to farmers of this county to not only join the County Soil Improvement association, but the Illinois Agricultural association as well. The Illinois Agricultural association is made up of member#, of the yarious Soil Improvement associations of ttfe state and is made necessary by modern conditions. It is a modern way to meet present day problems. Illinois is only a hundred years old. Within the lifetimes of your grandfathers the elk and the buffalo and the Indian have moved back, giving place to the hardy folks who settled this state. •; Many of those early people traveled laboriously into this unknown country by ox carts, fighting their way into a trackless wilderness, facing untold discouragements, but sticking to it until they won. You, of the generation of their grandchildren, can spin over the same road in an automobile, can talk by telephone from your home to anywhere in the land; you have seen flying machines go over at more than a hundred miles per hour, and you can receive at your mail box all the news from every continent on the globe, every day and every week. ,And where they read the good book by the flickering light of a candle or the fire place, you can switch glowing electric lights. Truly times have changed. Agriculture has had wonderful improvements. Farmers have achieved a bigger, broader place, and their families have far greater educational and social advantages than a generation or two ago. But at the same time farmers have achieved broader opportunities, they have taken on new problems and have encountered new dangers. He who stays in a corner by himself is fairly safe, but when he ventures out to play the game with the whole world, hf must be ready to take his bumps and bruises. So we find, for instance, that the whole world is the market for our grain. But at the same time, the ^rfcole world is our competitor, and OMMt be faced in the ebb and flow of fbe markets. _l*he whole world is our market for Mve stock, and we can know every day how many pounds of roast beef were eaten by the people in London, or how many lambs are shipped to market in Australia, and at what price. Yet this broader market brings world competition. Your carload of steers meets the direct competition of similar carloads in Argentina, in Australia, in England, shipped the same day. . At the same time you are meeting for the first time the problem of making your crops pay for the soil fertility they take away. Your fathers did not have to do this, and your grandfathers thought this* soil was inexhaustible. Some people in ^pther industries have not come to realize the necessity of maintaining that soil fertility, and are unwilling to pay for it. , .Business is organized on different ikies, and "big business," which talks of millions of dollars as storekeepers used to talk of pennies, is a reality. With every great interest with vhich we deal organized on such a great scale, doing business in larger units, it is imposible that we shall continue M individual farmers to do business :.«tt the country storekeeper plan. If ft.do continue on that basis, we shall TERRA COTTA M. Knox was a business visitor in Chicago Tuesday. * Henry McMillan and family were Elgin visitors Sunday. Miss Frances Knox spent Saturday with relatives in Elgin. Miss Florence Knox was a business visitor in Elgin last Thursday. Jay Hanrahan called on friends in this vicinity one evening last week. Mrs. Stella Peck of Elgin visited relatives and friends here Saturday. Mrs. M. Portman of Austin has been visiting relatives in this vicinity. Mr. and Mrs. John Riley called on friends near Burton's Bridge Sunday. Dr. and Mrs; A. I. Froehlich and daughter, Adele, called on relatives here Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Nelson and son, Melvin, called on Holcombville relatives Monday evening. Many from here attended the annaul alumni banquet and dance at McHenry Saturday evening. Mrs. Clara Miller of Washington spent Wednesday evening and Thursday at the homes of S. B. Leisner and Geo. P. Bay. Several from this vicinity sow 'Mickey" at the Gem theatre at Crystal Lake last Wednesday and Thursday evenings. Additional Exchange According to reports from Lake county, the new method of collecting taxes thru the treasurer's office saved that county $8,076.47 this year. At the closing exercises of St. Mary's school at Woodstock on the evening of June 16, it is expected that Rt. Rev. P. J. Muldoon will be present to present the diplomas to the pupils finishing the eighth grade and also to deliver an address. Work on the enlargement of the Grace Lutheran church at Woodstock was begun last week, when about twenty members of the church went to work digging the foundation for the basement. The volunteer work is done at night and farmer members are hauling gravel and stone. The volunteers may also construct the basement, thus saving the parish considerable money.