The following text may have been generated by Optical Character Recognition, with varying degrees of accuracy. Reader beware!

irW'4 'C T -V.:/ 5.'^ , 'V" %W *' mt •-'/-ir'-V V • *,*"' , • H' • IUARTER OF • Otppci Fim The PtahlMkr «f Twntj-ln Ton Ag» nnual town meeting on Tuesday, his section was treated to a toe n rain Saturday. J. Knox, who has been nick for a time, is around again. iss Alice Knox .began teaching •ol at Algonquin Monday. Dr. Jacobs Mdlenry •fs .J8K>' -ft > , i -» - Jack Nicholls nrmnvp. ivn Tii.twi ffl-™ ™ wsSP " ..'*• *• h,'v About 160 cans of milk are shipped ANNUAL REPORT daily from the Terra Cotta station. ! " *" --- The American Terta Cotta works *"** the Township Treasurer, are now ninning with a full force «f; Stephen ft Freawt men. - j v -- A two hundred pound ftsh was «®^*e ?/ ) Town of caught in Pistakee bay om lay last tk ?f n McHenry')8s- McHenry 1 * ^ ™* The iollowmg is a statement by WCb _ , t v Stephen H. Freund of the Town of Mc- PeteT Doherty, wha has been con- Henry in the County and State aforefined to his home for Vfro months, is s®id> of the .amount of public funds slowly improving. • I k 0®1 * ' >and e xPe n d e <? b> him during ** w . 01 l « . «>e hscal year just closed, endine on Mrs. M. A. Searles has returned to the 29th day of March, 1921. showing her home in McHenry and will open the amount of public funds on hand her shop on Friday. the commencement of said fiscal Jas. Erwin and Ray Conway, who ye.ar- .the amount of public funds re j.... 1 . - .. ... •„ .1, CceftilVvePdfl falftnll d TfrrAoWmI IwVhnoaft sources raeAcneAiivweitdJ have been sick with diphtheria, will the amount of public funds expendec soon be around again. and for^ what purpose expended, durne 112-M. *• hl Attention" Why not have ytnrf eyes examined by a registered Optician? All work guaranteed. I will make a house canvas this week so if in need of glasses don't forget I will call on you. Office--Justen't Hotel. Phone 15 or 16. C. E. Lamphere will next week open ing said fiscal year, ending as afore the store now occupied by Lee, the **1™ baker, in what is known as the Kel- , , e Stephen H. Freund, being tteerr bblloocckk , wwiitthh aa ffuullll lliinnee ooxf Ggrroocceerriieess . itthye,s JJ'on?- doth deP<>se *-nd say, that fo]lowin^ ^itement by him suh- C. Horn, who resides e*st of Fox scribed is a correct statement of the Lake, died Saturday, aged eighty amount of public funds on hand at the years. His funeral was held from St- ('ommencement of the fiscal year Patrick's ctaroh to «ta vfll*. T™, r^(, day. j which received, and the amount ek- At the Village caucus held on Mon- pended, and purchases for which exday the following ticket was nomi- pended, as set forth in said statement. nated: President, John Fvanson; H. Freund. t u ti v . n . „ . Subscribed and sworn t . before me, trustees. John H. Miller, John Hefmer this 29th day of March, 1921. and Rollin Waite. Owen McGe» of harvard died quite suddenly at his home in that city on Monday morning last. He was a William J. Welch, •Justice of the Peace. FuMb Received and From What Sources Received brother of Mrs. C. H. Pet-era of this of public funds n», hand at the commencem,e,i5.^ of the fiscal year comment injr the 30th day of March, ~ 1920 • $ 8680.54 Rec'd from Co. Collector 9197.06 Rec'd from Co. Collector. . . . 1710.35 village and was about thirty-eight years of age. Theo. Buss, son of Jos. Buss of Terra Cotta, died on Sunday night last of diphtheria, aged eleven years. Five other childrep in the family are sick f 14 ^ gg with the same disease. " • - -- ~ - - here Monday evening. / Chris. Reeh of Elgin, who was with ^ a hunting and fishing party at Pista- P J.J . - Wk ' kee Bay, dropped dead in his boat "*** about eight o'clock Wednesday morn- 1 April 24, 1920 » ing. Death was * caused ' by heart Wilbur Lumber Co., lumber*'^ trouble^ His remains were taken to w S!*eunj' ffraveJ. t>, mu j M. J. Freund, graveling . . . i; Elgin on Thursday. Math Glossen gravelihg . . . . He was buried Rec'd from County Collector March, 1921 1600.00 ALFORD H. POU$$ %«t McHeary. BL Telepheae Na. 1«S-R SIMON STOFFEL Insurance agent for all clw of property in the heat companies WB8T McRRNUY. - ILUNO10 .i : A. Laath ft C*. Stores EHloffcikn.f 7otr-7d4, OGprpoovaeit eA vCeo.u rt Doaw ADuurbourqau, e31. -S3734 I-SsMla nMda Ainv Set.. WKrawteprolorto. .I BSU-1-W31 4G Ea.l e4ntha SStt., JBoelliocitt,, i4lt1-72-147JI l4eifhf cSrat.o n St. JEamae Csvlialilree. .M M2aJsWon. icM Tilewmapulkee.e St. COhshickaonoob. , 11-1N3 MMaiinc.h igan Ave. Free Auto Delivery Young \ Men f Who are going; to be married lake a day and bring her to Leath's--pee the finest Furniture made at same price of ordinary kind. INjraMMrs «f Beautiful sr^-v' . .i-.ITHE HOOVER! From the deep folds and softly cushioned surfaces of even the finest upholstery, all lint and dust may speedily be suctioned away by the air attachment$ of the HOOVER. But for the vastly more difficult task of cleaning rugs so as to prolong their life, the HOOVER brings into play all three of its forces.^ Gently it beats (Hit all nap cutting, embedded grit. Briskly it sweeps up all clinging litter, erects matted nap and freshens colors. Vigorously it cleans by air. Only the HOOVER discharges all these duties and it it the largest , selling electric in the worMt , We will gladly demonstrate . f; § §.\j JLV*X v J • • i i» IT BEATS . t i ' «• it Sweeps as it Cleans N. J. JUSTEN & SON pfco«es-43-W M-W 80LE AGENTS . West ftfcHenry, III. ^ " A chaflenge to Milker manufacturers Milker dealers who can prove that any other Milker than the Sharpies applies "any" squeeze or massage action *to the cqfw'& teats.^|: ;X|'.. . Don't ^^*<fecerv«d--if » claims a "squeeze" for his Milker, insist that he write a guarantee of such a "squeeze" in the order. Sharpies make no false claims --ours is a history of actual and successful performance--agfc: our satisfied users around McHeni§v -FOR SALE BY MATH FREUND ' Terms ran be arranged Repairs in Stock Jai ob Thiel, tiling: N. Weber, gravel L. Schroeder. graveling Central Garage, tractor rental John M. Schmitt, grading. , . , , Fred Smith, grading . . . . . •>«. • ' L. Schroeder, grading1 Peter Smith, grading John Huff, grading . John Smith, grading ' . , . . . . . . May 39 Adam Jackson, graveling . . . L. Schroeder, graveling . . . . . L. Schroeder. grading . . . . . ; M. J. .Freund, graveling. . . . . Jos. H. Adams, cutting bmait Peter Smith, grading • Central Garage, grading . . . . > Ben Kennebeek, graveling,, , John Smith, grading John M. Schmitt, grading John Freund, graveling .•. June 26 Wilbur Lumber Co., culverts. Chas. B. Harmsen, express. . . •< Henry Tonyan, graveling . . . . Math. N. Schmitt, cement and gravel Geo. Brefeld, cutting brush.. Peter Smith, graveling Jacob Adams, road work . . . . Joe King, graveling . . . . . . . . Jos. H. Adams, labor • Central Garage, graveling. . . . John Smith, graveling John Huff, graveling E. G. Peterson, gravel John A. Smith e s t., gravel*.4 John M. Schmitt, graveling. v M. J. Fseund, graveling... %»*" Nick Weber, gravel ^ R. Guyser, road work . . . . *». Ben Tonyan. road work . . , V. L. Schroeder. graveling John J. Stilling, gravel . . . . . 111. Corrugated Metal Co., culv Martin Hallstrom, gravel . . . . July 31 Continental Bridge Co., gradtr repairs : Austin Western R. M. Ob^ grader repairs Galion Iron Works, grader repairs . . . . . Wilbur Lumbar Of., cement and labor Mat. Adams, grading W. F. Bassett, drayin^ John Smith, graveling alld grading Central Garage, grading . . . . .M. J. Freur.d, graveling . . . . « John Huff, graveling L. Schroeder, graveling Fred Smith, graveling . . . . . . Peter Smith, graveling . . . . v. 1 A. S. Jackson, graveling Alfred Tonyan, draying .. ** August 2§ Jacob Weingart, graveling .. 60.50 A. Wallir, graveling 10.00 Joe Smith, graveling 172.80 Peter Freund, scraping 16.00 Peter Freund, J r ., graveling.. 207.20 Central Garage, use of tractor, £7.50 J. H. Adams, graveling 19.40 M. J. Freund, graveling $0.00 Nick Weber, gravel 4.85 Jacob Freund, gravel and graveling 86.65 A. S. Jackson, graveling ... <• >7.50 John Stilling, gravel $4.00 ; Ben Kennebeek, scraping . . . . $0.00 1 L. Schroeder, graveling 845.00 Barr Sales Co., culverts 200.00 111. Corrugated Metal Co., scraper 87.50 McH. Art. Stone Co., gravel.. 29.80 A. L. Watson, cutting brush.. 2.00 September 7 Theo. Schiessle, office irent .. 60.00 M. J. Freund, gravel 9-4f> W. E. Bradley, nails . . . . . . . . 2.99 Alexander Lbr. Co., lumber*.', i .*^9.60 September 25 « , J Chas B. Harmsen, f r e i g h t . . . . -10.17 Headley Good Roads Co., _ 196 Gal. H. R. G. No. 1.... {4.88 Joe H. Adams, road work . . 12.50 L. Schroeder, grading and graveling • • 200-W' Peter Smith, grading . . . . . . . 19-75 John Huff, grading • 16.60 October 16 Good Roads Machinery Co., stone crusher JMi®*®0 October 30 . t 1 Wm. A. Sayler, culverts •••»* f5*?§ Chat*. B. Harmsen, freight... .2.26 Austin Western Co., repairs.. 10.15 John Pint, smithing 7.50 111. Printing Co., stationery .. .4.00 John Smith, grading . 9 John Huff, grading 142.50 M. J. Freund, graveling . . . . 18.80 Peter Freund, graveling Jos. May & Co., smithing .... <1.85 Chas. Olson, graveling 200.00 L. C. Olson, graveling 234.75 J. H. Adams, work on crusher 56.45 J. H. Adams, work on crusher 10.00 Joe Smith, work on crusher,. 78.50 J. J. Freund, work on crusher 64.00 J. M. Schmitt, wk on crusher 76.50 Central Gtfrage, repairs .... 66.15 B. H. Stilling, work on crusher 75.00 Peter F. Miller, .graveling ... 85.00 Peter Smith, gravel inr ..... 108.00 Paul 8.70 3.00 84.50 • 30.35 84.00 5.40 218.00 119.65 45.38 -62.00 4175.00 1)9.50 59.00 35.50 146.92 ~«R6.00 •78.00 5.00 25.00 40.50 i|60.55 > (15,00 45.00 122.50 407.90 121.22 , 1. 68.90 7.50 ,11.00 90.00 16.00 46.00 . 45. 878.80 128.50 137.50 3.00 3.90 167.00 70.50 *11.35 V 4.00 60.25 207.00 11.50 169.82 75.00 24.50 10.00 4J6 98.40 9.00 4.00 87.20 60.30 $1.50 82.00 1.00 30.00 39.00 Bl-25 ii.oo crasher Ben Kennebeek, wk on crash C. J. Jepson, work on crusher A. Jackson, work 6:1 crusher. L. Schroeder, work on crusher Math. Smith, grubbing Alfred Tonyan, wk on crusher Henry Sompel, grading . W. E. Smith, power crusher Henry Stephenson, gravel".iiw •John Freund, gravel . . . . j: A. Wallis, graveling Hemy Tonyan, belt . . . . M. Bauer, graveling . . . . November 27y*:v Wilbur Lumber Co., sewer*'i.- J. J. Vycital, hardware1 .. . McHenry Lbr. Co., culverts.. Wm. Oeffling, gravel Frank Wattles, gravel J. C. Holly, gravel »v> A. W. Smith, lbr on crustvlr.. Hen Kennebeek, road wor)t ., R. Guyser, *graveling . . . Peter Freund, graveling Jacob L. Freuml, graveling.. II. J. Thelen, gravel & graveling John Smith, gravel and graveling Jos. J. Freund, gravel and graveling John Huff, graveling ,;V December 24. Schaefer Bros., draying . . . Art. Stone Co., repair bridge III. Corrugated Metal Co., culverts Alexander Lbr. Co., lumber.. McHenry Lbr. Co., sewer pipe M. J. Freund, graveling Hubert Freund, gravel . Ben Tonyan, tractor . . . Henry Sompel, gravel ,Av.. John Freund, gravel and graveling .'. L. Schroeder, grading jsnd graveling G. Hall, gravel . . . . H. J. Thelen, labor .. Harry Gilbert, graveling . . . . January 29, 1981 Legal Advisor Publishing Co., stationery Jos. Smith, graveling . . . . P. F. Miller, graveling .. Alfred Tonyan, draying . N. F. Freund, gravel . . , Frank Blake, gravel . . . . M. J. Freund. graveling . February 26 "S 18.00 72.00 287.00 12.00 15.00 27.00 195 JH) « 3S.20 % 83.60 - 28.50 45.00 3.00 18.10 5.75 49.30 71.50 18.45 15.15 2.00 28.00 180.68 -153.45 151.80 44^0. 29.00 51.00 27.00 3.00 41.00 99.44 32.84 7.40 93.90 14.45 16.00 3.80 EIGHTH ANNUAL MEETING Of McHenry County Soil Improvement ASM. Held Last Thursday The eighth annual meeting of the ing tuberculin tested under the direction of the federal department. McHenry county breeders are now getting their herds tested so as to compete with other breeding districts. ^ 1 A co-operative association was or- McHenry County SoU Improvement gahized in the county for the purpose association was held at the court house of handling pure seed, feed, coal, main Woodstock on Thursday of last chinery, etc. This association now week, March 24. owns a piant at McHenry and one at The meeting was called to onjpr by Crystal Lake. The value of this or- Vice President John R. Wells of Don- | ganization to the farmer cannot be "am- reckoned The minutes of the last annual The county association is associated meeting were read and there being with eighty-three (83) other counties no corrections or additions they were in the organization of the Illinois approved as read. The report of the Agricultural association and with thir- Executive committee--L. R. Uppold, Crystal Lake, Nunda township; J. Ray Beard, Hebron, Greenwood township; ^ R. M. Brickley, Harvard, Dunham township; P. W. Andrews, Marengo, Seneca township; Henry Stading, Huntley, Grafton township. Directors--C. L. Miller, Algonquin township; J. P. O'Holleran, Alden township; Earl Swenson, Burton township; H. C. LaBrec, Chemung township; C. H. Ocock, Coral township; Fred Baier, Dorr township; Frank Merrill, Dunham township; R. D. Hadley, Grafton township; F. M. Barber, Greenwood township; John Callahan, mi:... 5 *7 * ? : Harry Gilbert, graveling ' Mike Bowers, graveling March 26 Peter Freund, Jr., road work Wilbur Lbr. Co., culverts John M. Schmitt, gradin||» ;«*, Fred Smith, grading . . . . » i. John Huff, grading . . . . . • * • . ' Peter Smith, grading .. •**•*.*•?} L. Schroeder. grading . John Smith, grading ..4%*#.; James Bell, grading 0. & N. W. Ry. Co., freight .. Standard Oil Co., grease A oil Jos. J. Freund. grading ..v.. Steve May, draying March 29 Theo. Schiessle, office rent .. S. H. Freund, work on Hopper S. H. Freund. commission on paid out 117.75 45.00 2.20 1.00 60.75 3.87 27.90 22.50 9.00 3.00 10.00 16.00 40.50 25.95 12.00 48.00 13.25 38.00 20.00 50.00 106.00 27.00 14.50 2.78 7.00 16.00 12.00 50.00 10.00 162.45 . . u ail • i_ • Hartland township; Robt. W. Stewart, * f treasurer, Jacob Olbnch, was given, ty-five (35) states in the American! Hebron township; John Olbrich, Ma- ^ as follows: jFarm Bureau Federation, the strongfinancial statement of the McHen-jest farm organization in America, ry County Soil Improvement associa- John Olbrich of Marengo introtion from March 1, 1920, March lJduced the following resolution and 1921: Receipts moved its adoption Resolved, That the work of the Mc- Bal. on hand March 1, 1920.$ 4,159.71 .Henry County Soil Improvement asso $14,407.98 Recapitulation Amt. on hand at beginning of flfccal year $ 8580.54 Amt. of funds received dur- Ing fiscal year 12407.41 Total amount .... .$15987.95 Amt. expended during fiscal year $14246.58 Commissions 162.45 Total Amt paid wit. .$14407.98 Balance on hand .$1579.97 SUPERVISOR'S STATEMENT Ol tiW jFUMkncial Affairs of MkHewry ' . y . / Township . A full statement of the financial affairs of the Town of McHenry, County of McHenry and State of Illinois, as existing on the 29th day of March, A. D. 1921: Amount received from county collector, being balance of tax for 1919, less his com.. .$ 975.51 Amount of tax of 1920, received from county collector 1250.00 Total amount received from all sources .$2225.51 Centra. March SO, 1920, deficit from last year $ 76.20 Total amount paid out, and the account on which the same was paid are as follows: Paid judges and clerks, 1st district, spring election $ 86.00 Paid hall rent and returning ballots, 1st district, spring election 8.00 Paid judges and clerks, 2nd district, spring election........ 36.00 Paid judges and clerks, 3rd district, spring election 36.00 Paid hall rent, 3rd district, spring election 5.00 Paid canvassing board, spring - election 9.00 Paid McHenry Plaindealer publishing spring election, printing ballots and publishing supervisor's report, etc..... 40.10 Paid McHenry Plaindealer for publishing Sept. meeting 1.30 Paid Wm. B. Tonyan srlary as highway commissioner 810.00 Paid Wm. B. Tonyan, fees for 18 town meetings 108.00 Paid Wm. Simes, salary as thistle commissioner 130.00 Paid John W. Kimball, salary' for assessment 540.00 Paid board of auditors, September meeting .... 12.00 Paid Dr. H. Windmueller, for fumigating 10.00 Paid W. F. Vogt, for fumigating material 15.50 Paid N. H. Petesch, for fumigating material 72.66 Paid Chas. B. Harmsen, for town clerk fees 144.54 Paid S. H. Freund, as poor mas 100.00 Paid McHen. Plaindealer, publishing election notices ..... 2.80 Paid board of auditors, .March meeting 12.00 Toal amount paid out for all purposes a . . . . . a. $2205.09 Being a balance in the hands of the supervisor of $ 20.42 Dated at McHenry. 111., this 29th day of March, 1921. -:.x ->•'.v Stephen H. Freund, Supervjpar. Opening Dance at Nell's .' Nell's dance hall, near Johnsburg bridge, will see its formal opening of the season with a wedding dance to be held on Wednesday evening, April 6. Mack's four piece orchestra of Woodtock has been engaged for the occasion. Tickets, $1.00; war tax, 10c; total, $1.10. A cordial invitation is extended to everyone to be present. Wm. Justen, son of Mrs. Jos. HJ usten, wishes to announce that he is again ready, to do tractor plowing. him route 8, IfeHoury, HL 40 Membership dues County appropriation" State funds Smith- Lever funds ; . . . . Material for members Miscellaneous . . . ; , . , . . . I . Property . .Ytvy.>'. w. Sale of car . . . . . ., * i i , " * , . , . Money borrowed , »*.... Total. Expense Property purchased County advisor, salary- - . . . Office secretary, salary. 1.. Stenographer, salary Meetings Illinois Agricultural Asia, Auto Expense, advisor *»• Postage Printing Telephone Office supplies Equipment Railroad T. Material for members Miscellaneous . . . . . . . . . . . . Assistant adviser, salary . Assistant advisor, expense. Assistant advisor, autjp . . . Collections Loar) and interest tiaid. . . . rengo township; Anton M. Schmitt, McHenry township; J. D. Fleming, Nunda township; E. G. Turner, Richmond township; Grant Anthony, Riley township; Wm. Dittoian, Seneca township. t It was moved and seconded that the 9,214.10 ciation, as it has been carried on under , l-eport be accepted and members in 2.216.70 the direction of the officers, executive said report be declared elected on the 1,132.08 committee and directors, be indorsed executive committee and boaid of di- 975.00 and rec tors. Motion carried. I 2 ' 2 ' B* U F u r t h e r Reived, That the Prof. 0. Larson, director of DM i IS^ZO new officers, executive committee and dairy marketing department of Hie 1.312.71 directors be instructed to carry on the J Illinois Agricultural association, gave 200.00 same lines of work in the same one of the most forceful addresses 200.00 efficient manner, and ever given in the county. He empha- Be It Further Resolved, That we j sized the necessity of the county asso- .$19,697.11 commend A. J. Gafke, county advisor, j ciation and the state and national as- : . is for the efficient manner in which he j sociation. All other lines of business V .$ 5,558.75 has carried out the plans and policies are organized and it is absolutely 6 3,758.27 of the association." Chas. L. Page, essential that the farmers have Just * . < 1,250.00 McHenry, seconded the adoption of the jas strong an organization. ! Motion carried unan»-! Prof. Larson explained the work <rf ' ^ v tiie state association and the work of his department. He stated that the dairy marketing department was now assisting the St. Louis milk district 418.93 resolution 301.70 mously. 2.640.00 j Election of Officers ' 459.53 | John Olbrich nominated John Wells 245.16 for president for the ensuing year. |Th®re being no further nomination, it jn organization of a marketing as- 169.19 t was moved and seconded that John R.j sociation V 42114 carried^ """H W. J. Kittle, AHMCer CUn. 74.38 j H. C. Gilkerson of Marengo .nd!«° Mi,li 144.59 'Jacob Olbrich of Harvard were nomi- 411.02 nated for vice president The result 2,358.38 of the vote gave H. C. Gilkerson the 118.60 majority of votes cast. He was 654.80 therefore declared elected vice presi- 206.20 dent 201.17 j C. W. Gibbs of Nunda was nomi- --s . nated for secretary for the ensuing Bal. Total..........„ .$19,692.26 | year. There being no further nomisome very important facts regarding the organization work in our own county and the great necessity for ' working together for the good of agric u l t u r e. He states that without or-^^ ganization the farmers of McHenry - county would without doubt be getting^ from twenty to twenty-five per less for their chief product than they are today receiving. No further business coming before' on hand Mar. 1, 1921..$ 4.86! nations, it was moved and seconded Respectfully submitted, (that C. W. Gibbs be elected secretary Signed, Jacob Olbrich, Treas. (Motion carried. {meeting, it was moved and Mr. Olbrich of Chemung moved the. Jacob Olbrich of Chemung and Beni®n<^ that^the meeting adjourn, acceptance of the report. Motion j Winn of Richmond were nominated • was seconded by E. 0. Joslyn of Ma-1 for treasurer for the ensuing year. tion carried. John R. Wells, President. rengo. Carried. Mr. Wells reviewed the history of the membership suit pending against The result of the vote gave Mr. 01- C. W. Gibbs, Secretary.u brich the majority of all votes cast.1 are now showing a splendid as- He was therefore declared elected! sortnient of ladies' and girls' oxfords. S. J. Palmer of Harvard, stating that j treasurer. The nominating commit-j Brown, black and white at Erickson's < at the annual meeting the executive I tee submitted the following report: | store. . ^ > committee was instructed to take necessary steps for the collection of dues. The executive committee called in the board of directors, who indorsed the action at the annual meeting. At the semi-annual meeting held in 1920, the action was again indorsed. Mr. Thompson, secretary of the Illi nois Agricultural association, stated that the state association would do all possible to assist the county in the pending suit and advised carrying on of the case. Mr. Billsborrow, assis tant state leader at the University of Illinois, likewise advised the carrying on of the case. The matter was discussed from the floor by members from every part of the county. Mr. Billsborrow stated that the association must carry on the case. John Olbrich of Marengo moved that the action of the executive committee and the semi-annual meeting be indorsed and the executive committee be instructed to continue with the case now pending. Motion seconded by Robt Stewart of Hebron. Motion carried unanimously. *J. H. Turner of Hebron moved Hiat the officers be nominated from the floor and a nominating committee of five be appointed to nominate the executive committee and directory for the ensuing year. Motion duly seconded and carried. _ The chairman appointed Clyde Wingate, Nunda; Chas. Schutt, Chemung; R. E. Corlett, Chemung; Herbert Kiltz, Dorr, and George Colver, Marengo, on the committee. Motion made and seconded that meeting adjourn until 1:16 p. m. Carried. Pursuant to adjournment, the meeting was called to order by Chairman Wells at 1:15 p. m.» T. H. Murray, Boys' and Girls' club leader, gave a complete report of the work which had been done in that department during the year. McHenry county club work ranks among the foremost in the state. It was moved and seconded that the report be accepted. Motion carried. A. J. Gafke, county advitar, re* ported on the work of the association. 921 farm visits were made upon 737 farms. 2046 farmers called at the offlee during the year for information. 5970 personal letters were written. 30 articles were written for the papers. 27,887 circulars were mailed. 58 meetings were held in the county with an attendance of 3047. The association secured 500 tons of limestone. 400 tons of rock phosphate for members. 5237 pounds of wool were shipped by members to the Illinois waol pool. During the year six (6) Livestock Shipping associations were organized and the associations shipped 232 carloads of stock at a great saving to th# farmers. * - A Farm Loan association exists ia*, the county. $160,000 was loaned to! the farmers thru this association up to March 1, 1920, when the farm loan act) l>ecame tied up in court proceedings. The association is now In a position to take on loans. ' fliwHsn herds «f cattle are nev h»- ICE CREAM FfcAVOR VANILLA*,: EVERYDAY i SPECIAL SATURDAY AND SUNDAY APRIL 2 AND 3 STRAWBERRY' ICE CREAM IN BRICKS ipENRY ICE CREAM FACTORY UNn, prop. > H? • What needs Paintin AKE a fist of mings which realty ought to be repainted about your home front porch steps, roof, screens, inside floors and stairs, furniture and walls. Then let us show you how little it will really cost and how easy it is to nuke the home attractive. Th» Mj. ligan faints will prove for you to use. They are thoroughly dependable and have been since 1851. We recommend them for thtt, reason. Look for the sign of dependability (show* above) when you do boy. It is your safe guide to a complete group of the highest quality paint products mad* CoaMteMdert copraf o«r bosk **Mn» tm Nhf" tot SSse to •" Cheapest in the End HENRY C. KAMHOL2 . ..*1 ># 4. A