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MLK.J; . Phynista* X4Nr mm <** tsei *»*#'•. ii: 16* to *00 ». at. 7^1 lo 9^6 p. m. S2-K :: :: McHenry. KL si« • * E p-p r lii The^SW ' -I; ,.V'. Electric~i "WA Iron^ '• f-It» fleadiae* & Uave You need occasionally of pressing a garment or a piece pf goods right away? Occasionally? Every day probably. You c*n do it in any room with the ELECTRIC IRON. As to ironing the family washing it will take drudgery out of the operation and shorten th£ time. • > H-t p .! -M&itkly Pay a e a t t ; ' ; • • * Public Service Co. OF NOW I HKRN ILLINOIS HAPPV .AHP BeiNCr MEU ARC PMEANO THE SAW COUNCIL PtGCfcEDlNGS bk 'fltorular I I Rwvt &aoct«\es ftwe A HAH PCP - EAT PURE FOOD AND VlATCH YOUR. STEP 'T,HE good health plan of -1 getting along in this line is the proper one. No one is disposed to dispute the fact that pure foods are conductive to good health and everybody in this community are disposed to agree with Mr. Happy Party that this grocery store is a very proper sort of a food establishment. Watch for Mr Happy Party "FRETTS Council Room, July The village trustees met in regular session with Pres. Staff ei presiding. Trustees present: Doherty, Erkkson, Knojc, Krause, Overton and Wattles. The minutes of the last regular meeting were read am} approved. Th6 following bills were approved by the finance committee: Indian Refining Co., road oil..$362.51 Standard Oil Co., gasoline.... 27.00 I**al Adviser Pub. Co., bonds .60 Arthur Pa tike, special police.. -* 6.00 Public Service Co., lighting sta and„ traffic lights 140.60 McHenry Plaindealer, printing 11.70 John Walsh, marshal services. 125.00 W. G. Schreiner, telephone, pos- MS Howard Wattlai, vntvei.....i mto A. M. Brown, Ibr on streets... 77450 Geo. Meyers, lbr on streets^. 117.10 AND IN EVERY v^SfTAGE •••; flf. new development ^our flour is guarded from any influeooe that ooald possible U reduce the quality of its purity and wholesomeness, or the flavor of the wheat that it is manufactured, from. Try oar flow whU Mb H McHENRT lour Mills West McHenrv. III. & Khaki Pants The Janesvillif overall, noted far its long wear, made of the best b 1 u« Denim and guaraii* teed not to rip, makes it a very desirable overall for hard service. Overalls and khaki pants are carried in all sizes Jot -children and /^"own-tips. 1 Geo. Meyers, lbr in park... .. . 7.20 P. J. Schoewer, planks tor walk .35 P. J. Schoewer, sup for ww.... 2.60 John Pufahl, cinders 4.50 Alfred Patzke, sprinkling sta.. 1.00 Bern. Thurlwell, sprinkling sts 1.00 Leo Thurlwell, spritiking sts., 1.00 Alfred Patzke, sprinkling sts. 2.50 Bern. Thurlwell, sprinkling sts 2.50 Alfred Patzke, sprinkling sts. . 2.50 Simon Stoffel, pres. service... 12.00 Peter Doherty, trustee service 12.00 Louis Erickson, trustee service 9.00 John R. Knox, trustee service. 12.00 Albert Krause, trustee service 12.00 R. I. Overton, trustee service.. 12.00 Frank Wattles, trustee service 12.00 W. G. Schreiner, clerk service. 80.00 Motion by Overton, seconded by Wattles, that the minutes be accepted as read. Motion carried. Motioti by Erickson, seconded by Overton, that the superintendent of waterworks instruct the delinquent water users to pay their bills or water will be shut off. Motion carried. Motion by Krause, seconded by Knox, that the collector's and clerk's reports be accepted as rend. Motion carried. » Motion by Overton, seconded by Doherty, that the bills be accepted'as O. K.'d by the finance committee. Motion carried. Motion by Krause, seconded by Erickson, that the collector's, marshal's, president's and superintendent of waterworks' bonds be accepted as read. Motion carried. Motion by Doherty, seconded by Overton, that the board of health be instructed to give people ten days' notice to clean up their clay holes and dumping places. Motion carried. Motion by Doherty, seconded by Erickson, that the village board furnish a suitable light for the band stand to be erected in Borden's park. Yeas--Doherty, Erickson and Wattles. Nays--Knox, KrSuse and Overton. Motion carried. Motion by Overton, seconded by Knox, to adjourn. Motion carried. Simon StJoffel, Pres. W. G. Schreiner, Clerk. Mr. and Mrs. Geo. F. Lindsay were Elgin visitors last Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Ross Wheeler are spending the week with relatives in Chicago. ZVERSHARP 77if ntai W M Rversharp Is absolutely unique, the pencil that is always sharp yet never sharpened, \ always ready for . smooth, easy writing.and beautifully made for lifelong service. Eversharp prices, with 18 inches of EversharpLeads, | are $1 up. Sold by N. H. PETESCH Druggist Phone 118- J SMITH BROS. McHenry, III. -i r HIM ef MeHen& Couitty FanTBureaa -Lower Limestone Freight Rates • The McHenry Comity Soil Improvement association, togetfer with other counties in the state, has recently taken up the freight rates 011 agricultural limestone with five of the p< ominent Illinois railroad Companies. ^^^ty. It IS n rid-wide ThS -ftwt is rs now have practknUy oly in grain marketing and are willing to spend unlimited sums to nip competition in the bud and maintain this monopoly. The charge that farmers are seeking'class legislation at Washington is unjust and unfounded. Farmers Ihese railroad companies have ap- are not a "class;" they are n majority pointed a special committee to con-; in American voting power. And, sider facts represented and have j withal, their requests" for national agreed to report their decision at^an • legislation have been modest. The early date. j legislation to which the big interests St. Loo is Milk Marketing Co. [object is the bill in congress to render Farmers in the St. Louis district, farmers' national co-operative corncomprising part of Illinois anA Mis- panics immune from the Sherman souri, realize the importance of a Milk ariti-trust act. And why, indeed, Marketing company and have recently should a co-operative, non-profit Corcompleted tfre organization which will poration be. put in a class 'with the handle the milk in that district. This steel trusf or the sugar trust? • organization is known as the Southern j No individual farmer with his Illinois and Missouri Co-operative Milk 5,000 or 10,000 bushels of grain can Producers' association. A survey of hope for justice from grain dealers the district is now being made in order who have had a marketing monopoly that the marketing association may be'for sixty years.' That this monopoly in a position to determine the best lo- has been abused at the expense of the cation f^r the building of surplus opUc producer has been shown by the conplants. • ,• fessions last week of the board of Quincy Milk Marketing Co. j trade of tainted market news, manipu- A special committee was appointed. lation, gambling and other evils, in Adams county to investigate the Frightened, the board is eluitwing a milk marketing problems of the coun-1 "reform," but a glance into history ty. The committee made a thoro sur-.win 8how that the board has "revey of the dairy district around Quincy | formed" a number of times in the and, compared the conditions existing ' past. The farmer's only hope for in that section to the conditions where economic "Justice is ,,in claiming his milk marketing companies are in op- 1 right of co-operation. eration. The committee reported the Grain Dealers Fear Farmer Cempeand Mason City, I^ pissed^iafrf the week as guests of Mr.' and Mrs. D. a Kelley. Mrs. Chas. Hoffman, son, William, and daughters, Ruth and Dorothy, and Miss Grace McKanne of Chicago spent the first of the week as guests of Mr. and Mrs. F. E. Cobb. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Rowitsnnei, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Marsh of Chicago and Mr. and Mrs. Math. Rothermel of Kenosha passed the first of the week as the guests of relatives here. Mr. and Mrs. S. J. Kelley, Misses Nettie Deedie and Maty Kelley, Ray McArthur and Wm. Heaney of Chicago passed the first of the week tin the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Knox south of town. ' William Aebischer of Chicago spent the first of the week in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Stoffel. He was accompanied home Monday evening by his wife and two sons, who had spent the past several weeks in thS home of her parents here. Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Schoewer and daughter, Ruth; Mr. and Mrs. B. M. Mr. and Mrs. and Mrs. Pqter King and sons, William and Morgan, all of Chicago, were guests in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Peter J. Schoewer over the week end. conditions found and recommended that the milk producers form a Milk Marketing association. Following the j indust; Agriculture titkm is America's greatest ry and is entitled to the same filing of the report of the committee a J rights of co-operation and marketing general meeting of the producers was ^ own pro(jucts that are enjoyed by held at Clinton and the report adopted j manufactures and laborers. The big by unanimous vote. Farmers with- grajn interests are opposing tyese out marketing organizations realize rights for the farmer because it means the need and are now preparing to do that their monopoly on the control of their own business. *'. I grain prices will come to an end and Farm l^ureau Monthly Bulletin (that they will have to compete on # The McHenry County Soil Improve- business basis with farmers' co-operament association is making plans for tjye companies. They would then the publication of a monthly Farm 6n|y receive a just profit; and not such Bureau Bulletin, which will be sent a "rafceoff" as now enables them to free to all farm bureau members in pU^. Up $250,000 for propaganda, the county. k j There are two significant facts to be One of the features of the bulletin' remembered in the proposed $250,000 will be the exchange column. Mem- propaganda campaign. ' bers may list the stock, crops, etc., j efficient, honest grain firm needswhich they may have for sale or which ^ to fear farmer competition. they may want to buy. The column J,J0 body of men with facts on their will be of mutual benefit to both buy- g^e neetis to spend a quarter of a ers and sellers. The bulletin will also serve as a medium thru which the form bureau members may be informed as to the work of the individual members of the county, state and national associations. Raiae $250,000 to Fight U. 8. Grain daughter, Growers, Inc.* last week. From Cincinnati come the news-1 Miss Marie million dollars for propaganda. ADDITIONAL PERSONAL Miss Adeline Perkins is spending the week as the guest of relatives at Yorkville. , Mrs. Mary Simon entertained her Mrs. Garriety, of Chicago Pich of Chicago is paper echoes of the first preparations spending the ^summer as the guest of of big interests of the country for Miss Emma Thelen. Mr. and Mrs. Jos. Buch and children of Chicago were guests of relatives, here over the Fourth. Miss Helen Pich of Chicago was a guest of Misses Elizabeth and Kathryn war against farmers' national co-operative marketing movements. The announcement of the raising of $250,000 to "conduct propaganda work against the grain growers" and of the appointment of a committee to handle Blake the first of the week. funds to fight the grain growers was \ Peter Meyers of, Chicago wna a made at the conclusion on June 28 of guest in the home of Mr. and Mrs. the convention of the Grain Dealers', Geo. Meyers aver the Fourth. National association in the Ohio city. Mr. and Mrs. Stephen H. Heimer The announcement follows: of Kenosha is spending the week as A $250,000 "war chest" t^ combat guests of McHenry relatives, the activities of the U. S. Grain; Gus Goettsche of Chicago passed Growers, Inc., the farmers' co-opera- the week end as a guest in the home tive grain marketing organization was of his sister, Mrs. David Johnson, pledged here today by representatives | Mr. and Mrs. Justus Ketchum of from every important grain exchange Orlando, Fla., are guests in the in the United States and from most of home of Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Holly, the leading national wholesale grain | Mrs. L. J. Althoff of Kenosha is associations. The action was announced by Charles Quinn of Toledo, Airrf litis 4he life!!* d • wr • I LIKE m y ' 5 ; ; SUT DAYS do coma. WHEN• 8 •K I•E 8• are Mae. ABOVE THE city iaoU AND BREEZES stir. • • • THE PAPERS on my desk.* • • • AND THEN I think.. • • O WHAT I would da • • • IP I were boss.; ? • • ' y I'D OPEN shop, AT TWELVE o'clock. • • • !(.; jjk ' AND CLO• SE» a• t ona-'T.r WITH ON« E• ho• ur or, " won LUNCH, and L WOULD GET old TO RUN me oat. IN HIS blg'slx. • • • • AND DROP me off. • • • UNDER A greenwood tra*. BESIDE pA •b a•b bling brook AND THERE I'd He. * • • "f6 AND EV•E R•Y •o nesi IN A while. ROLL OVER. • • • OR MAYBE «it*aad thttfe BUT MOST likely. • • • JUST SIT. • • • AND EVERY one* • • • IN A while I'd Hgfcfc, • • • ONE OP my Che«tarfl«ldn> • # • W*: AND OH Boy • • • I GUESS• th•a t• w ouldn't SATISFYI /^OJrPANiONSHIP ? Say. t here never was such a c{p arette as Chesterfield for stea company! Just as mild a..„ smooth as tobaccos can be but with a mellow "body" that satisfies fven cigar smokers. On lazy days or busy ones--all the tiiM --you want thia "satiaffsniokf!." * f you M«a th» as ' AIR-TIGHT tim,* tof P 0 LIGGETT 5C MYERS TOBA mm j spending the week as a guest in the home of her father, Henry Miller, secretary of the Grain -Dealers' Mrs. Hubert Weber and Mrs. Nick National association. Pitzen passed several days this week An executive committee of five with relatives at Ottawa and Chicago, members was named with powers to j E. S. Young of Chicago was a handle funds and conduct propaganda gues^in the home of his daughter, work against the grain growers. The Mrs. F. E. Cobb, the first of the week, committee comprises R. E. Mansfield, J Mrs. Sarah Sherburne and daughter, Chicago, chairman; L. W. Forbell, Anna, passed last week Wednesday New York; Joseph Lawther, Dallas; as the guests of relatives at Crystal John F. McHugh, Minneapolis; Ben- Lake. jamin F. Hargis, Kansas City. The j Mrs. William Schenning of Silverchairman was empowered to appoint a lake, Wis., passed the first of the week general committee not limited in num- as the guest of her sister, Mrs. Wm. Wr. iTesch. Twenty graiit exchanges of impor- j Alfred Bonslett of Waukegan was tance were represented at the con- a guest in the home of his parents, vention, together with the following Mr. and Mrs. J, W. Bonslett, over the trade associations: County Grain Fourth. ^ Dealers' Assn.; Wholesale Coal Deal- j Mike Grebel and Fred Schiel of Assn.; Wholesale Lumbermen's Chicago were guests in the home of Assn.* Wholesale Implement Vehicle Misses Kathryn and Gertrude Weber Assn.; Wholesale .Grocers' Assn.; Nat- Sunday. " ional Hay Assn.; Millers' National | Mr. and Mrs. John Worts of Chi- Federation; National Feed Dealers' cago were guests in the home of Mr. Assn.; National Seed Men's Assn. and and Mrs. Hubert Weber the first of the United States chamber of com- the week. merce. I Mr. an<^ Mrs. J. C. Holly and chil- Several tiifr1- of the forthcoming dren and their guests, Mr. and Mrs. $250,000 propaganda Were inserted in Justus Ketchum, are spending the day the article. It was declared that in Chicago. " farmers were planning a "monopoly j William, Fred and George Peterson In products of the farm, especially in of Chicago are spending a couple of grain, and that any organization' weeks in the home of their aunt, Mrs. which gets a moriopoly extends the F. E. Cobb. price as far as possible." It was de-) W. J. Kittle left Crystal Like last .clared that farmers were seeking f Thursday for Little Valley, N. Y., '"class legislation" at Washington that , where he a£tended a meeting of milk would give them privileges denied any other* body of American citizens, ler.i latkm against the consumer and favoring the producer ataae." About the best answer possible to such propaganda was framed by Ab- Ibraham Lincoln, long before the days men Friday. rN. C. Klein and daughter, Mildred and Eleanor, of Chicago were week end guests in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Fred C. Schoewer. Mrs.,George L. Chamberlain and children of Milwaukee, Wis., are When big interests could afford to put j spending a couple of weeks as the up $250,000 for propaganda against guests of relatives here. tillers of the soil. "You can fool some Miss Helen Pint and Percy Buzby •of the people all of the time and all ^ of Chicago were guests of the forof the people some of the time, but you mar's parents, Mr. and Mrs. John can't fool all of the people all of the pjnt, the first of the week. time," said the great emancipator. | Mr and Mr(| ^ Dowe and Any student of economics knows niece, Florence Zens, of Waukegan ;not only that farmers are not plan- are spending a few days m the home ning a monopoly, but also that a mo-jof Mr. and Mrs. Robert Frisby. jopoly in agricultural products for Mr. and Mfs. E. J. Mahony of Chiany great length of time is an impos- cago have takexl one of the cottages Schoewer and children^,. Geo. F. Garrity and Mr. West VMfl'frtr , our itpppR-s celebrated Awmh at eittir Woodstock or Green- #ood. We ware biassed with i bountiful • shower of rain the evening of thfp Fourth. Water stood in puddles. A$>. Woodstock not a drop. Miss Clara Lincoln returned to hef^; home at' Harvard Saturday even after spending four weeks with her^i,--. '.j* aunt, Mrs. Delia Hobart. * r- Simon B Kelley returned to hfv-!t home in Michigan Saturday, ha' been called here en account of death of his mother, Mrs. Hutson. Roy Hobart and Alvin Weiss mqwT tored to Woodstock after the show^"> July 4 to hear who was the winner the auto. They were informed it waya Marengo party. i*. Mrs. Delia Hobart is recovering slowly from her fall. She can waif;"1' around the house a little»withoii^ aid of crutches. She is very gratefi for this much improvement. ? : „V Mrs. Oscar Pfcahl's brother is witfe.; her again. He recently came froiph:; Sweden and after visiting his sist#***t and brother here made a trip to No*"?' braska. He seems to think that 11% ^ nois suits him better than the west , :v>v-"'y > Phonograph records for all of machines at the Everett store, McHenry. "M 'M JI .3 'M A'*'; ERVICE is'-' • / - FIR8T .WW ' * 'i: % % YOur Voice Your Messenger , n person to a distant pkcftrotf costs, in time and money, more than the profits of the projected business deal. The universal long-distance telephone Service of the Bell System makes it possible for the business mart to remain at his desk and send his voice on important missions to distant points. Call "Long Distanoe" own telephone. Get acquainted with the money and time saving "station to station" service. ILLINOIS BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY * "Wr TRACTOR |.7=7V. $625 r.ftiOMi 44 Ivenune "jmefor aKfysdf Since IGot •%r II* PwdwB Tractor is taking much of the drudgery out of farm life; it is solving the labor problem; it is reducing the cost of preparing land by almost one half of what it was with horses; and it is saving one third to one half of the farmer's time; and moving form life more attractive. The Fordson will ran your threshing; machine • --and at the most opportune time for you. It will operate the milking machines, saw your wood, fill your silo, pump the water, and take care of every kind of belt work-- And don't forget--it will plow six to eight acres in a ten hour day, handling two plows with ease. Thus the Fordson is the ideal year-round tractor. It will pay lor its fall and winter keep in many ways. # " There's a big story to tell you about the Fordson-- and a true one come in and get the facts. Or, if you prefer, telephone or drop us a we will bring them to you. j STAR JOHN R. l^NOX, Proa. PHONE H; fa V; w. V..;. -Wlft. vy: ' V; ^ ^ J ll