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^ '* M'HENRT PLAiNDEALER, MHENKY, ILL. "' ' %*r OH W^X ,t""if '.-' ,;|? Experience of Amos Roach iiiii^ii;r<^itiji:u:ii>irjitlij. ilt«0i(*T KOACH^OHEpIT .mM ,._HSi - *jk •Hbitt '•»>«> •' -V •:• l^'Andy^ Hettinger 4 -7:. ag? f. %•> <?_'*• Iij\ ^ ^ "(' ( . sfe^ ^ r ' ~ 4 ^ < s&J.r". Is •?**«& Stfl#? £.». %$, tplf fe ~ f^'-M HI.; fens $«fev * C, = HOW'S 'Mv vl -s^Jb YOU SEE, ROACH. FIRST YOO WfN(r ROACH? WITH] ̂ ONE HWIX SAY, YOU BOOB!! HOW DOYA EXPECT M6 TA PUNCH TH* BAG WHEN YA OOWT FCNE A OV ELBOW ROOMWl THEN YOU WINFR ONE ON TH1 OTHERS AND-ANO-- r SLAM- - SLAH • ' '• . :• »li: ONE OWR LIKE 1MB) LOOK-OUT!! AW SHAW!!! NOW YA SPOILT IT. 2 + • f. 0 i £ :>;; -•&' jj4?$ 'tJ - •': fcV^V^-s* ffi S^CN.WCTTIHIr^ lie Meury Piiindeiler PUBLISHER EVERY THURSDAY BY F. O. SCHREINER. OSes la Bunk Building. Telephone. No.*7*- THIRTY-FIVE MEETINGS ARE HELD IN Wc- KENRY COUNTY TERMS OP SUBSCRIPTION! «J« Three month*- 40ota. « aeyear.. Six months', 75 cW l^V Tharsdsjr, July 24, 1913. m . MIHTIMAL PERSONALS R. 1. Overton was a Chicago passen­ ger this morning. ' Mrs. P. L. McOmber spent Friday of last week in Elgin. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Brown of Dun­ dee passed a recent day here. Walter Fay of Dundee spent a few days recently in McHenry. Charles and Norma Whiting are vis­ iting at Lamoille this week. Win. F. Holtz attended to business matters in Chicago Wednesday. Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Heimer board- | ed the Chicago train this morning. < Mrs. Gus Herdklotz and children are visiting among Woodstock relatives. Postmaster J. C. Holly was a Chica­ go-passenger last Saturdiy morning. , W. Quambusch and family of Chica­ go spent several days with C. J. Hoeft. T>r. C. H. Fegers was among the Chi­ cago passengers Wednesday morning. Mr. and Mrs. L. H. Howard of Elgin were recent guests of McHenry rela­ tives. Miss Mabel Granger passed Friday of last week as the guest of Elgin rela­ tives. E. F. Matthews attended to matters - t of a business nature in Chicago Wed­ nesday. John* Hille of Irving Park Is spend­ ing the week as the guest of McHenry friends. " Walter Gorman passed a recent day . SB the guest of North Crystal Lake friends. "Mrs. Almira Brown passed last week -s as the guest of Mrs. Frank Torrance Mt Hebron. Frank Martin and family and Mr. and Mrs. W. EL Whiting spent Sunday at Rockforti. Mr. and Mrs. Frank McMillan and Ray McMillan were Elgin visitors one day last week. Miss Kathryn Schreiner returned Monday evening from a short visit with Elgin relatives. Houston Gallaher of Chicago was a goest in the home of Mrs. E. S. Wheel­ er the first of the week. Mrs. Asa Hitchcox and daughter of Belvidere spent Sunday in the home of J. B. Frisby and family. Miss Clara Wagner of Volo spent a few days last week in the home of Mr sod Mrs. T. W. Winkels. Mr. and Mrs. Thoe. Ward of Chicago were guests in the home of Mr. and Jfrs. Frank Ward last week. Miss Josephine Burgess of Dundee passed the latter part of last week as the guest of McHenry friends. Mrs. John Walsh and sons, Raymond »nd Howard, of Fox Lake called on t '• relatives in town last Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Newell of Bur * ' iington, la., are spending a few weeks with Mrs. Merriman, Mr. Newell mother. s Miss Elida Rydquist of North Crystal • Lake is spending the week as a guest . - in the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. W Schaffer. " Mrs. Mary Schreiner and daughter^ Margaret, went to Chicago this morn irig for a couple of days' visit among relatives. Mrs. Hattie Jacobs of Chicago has . been the guest of Mrs. Merriman the P»st, week, returning home Tuesday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs C. B. Webster of Chi qago spent Saturday and Sunday as ,, guests in the home of Mr. and Mrs • w. Winkels. ' h. , t Earl Mead of Oak Park, 111., has • >rtr%een the guest of his parents, Post- V "' faster and Mrs. H. C. Mead, during -Ilhe past week. |;£t/' Mrs. Dwelly and Mr. and Mrs. Gus || Walters of Woodstock and Mrs. Button . jtj* were Sunday guests in the home of |>r"r' •'"Mrs. Merriman. Mrs. L. F. Newman spent Tuesday &1;; «nd Wednesday as a guest in the home Of her daughter, Mrs. Lewis McDon '1 1 Bid, at Woodstock. ' Mesdames Jos. Schreiner and Mayme ' Bernard of Chicago passed a couple of ti ys the latter part of last week as the uestB of McHenry i'elatives. John Peterson of Chicago passed ; Saturday and Sunday in the home of ' Sir. and Mrs. T. W. Winkels. He was •5; accompanied home by his wife, who Vr.-liaB been spending the past two weeks 'tuiritfevalsklvss buem: • s.fr.*--: ALFMIA MEETINGS ARE HELD CLASSIFIED DEPARTMENT All advertisements Inserted under this JieJtcl tttlie Sallowing ratei: Five lines or lens, 26 cents for flr*t Insertion; 16 cente (or e&cb s"b»equent Insertion. Bore than Ore lines, 6 cents t. line (or tint tnaartion, •nd 3 cent* * line for «ddltlonl insertions. The series of thirty-five meetings to grow alfalfa more successfully in Mc­ Henry county, which began at Hebron last Monday and closed Friday nignt at Marengo, was an innovation that we trust will be the forerunner of many other similar campaigns. From two to te^i automobiles, as determined by the interest of the people in the local community, made up the "Alfalfa Train," which covered the county. All the day meetings were h,eld .out in the fields of growing alfalfa. From seven hundred to a thousand farmers were directly or indirectly reached and be n\ efitted by the suggestions outlined in these discussions. Aside from the speakers scheduled, many farmers who now grow alfalfa gave freely of their experience, which added materially to the interest of these meetings, bring­ ing in the practical conditions and the economic relations of alfalfa to their own farm work. One of the most interesting features of these meetings"*"consisted in the ex­ hibition of several stalks of alfalfa which had been dug up in the local field. After a discussion of the plant foliage, the speaker pointed out the nodules on the root, which could be plainly seen by those present. It was explained that these nodules were the homes of a.nitrogen-gathering bacteria, which have the power to transfer the free nitrogen of the' air into the soil, thereby increasing the available plant food of the soil. Many farmers re­ marked that one of these daytime meetings held right in the field, where­ by direct demonstrations were possible, was worth a dozen ineetings held in the winter. As the Missourian says, You got to show me." For instance, when at . the <fctfwn hall meeting it is said tfiat the land must not be acid or sour, it does not carry with it the force does the exhibition of pieces of litmus paper turned from blue to red when taken from mud-balls made out of the soil where the alfalfa is grow­ ing. The speaker then is able to say that had the soil been alkali instead of acid the growth would have been much greater and the color of the alfalfa far different. In a similar manner, out on these, fields they were able to show by referring to the/ growing plants the time to cut alfalf^--when the new plants start from the crown. Many similar interesting points were brought out. Of all the fields visited in this county ninety per cent are below what their producing capacity would be un­ der proper treatment. /This means a loss of millions of dollars to our farm ers right here in McHenry county, and clearly demonstrates the purpose and work of the McHenry County Soil Im­ provement association in its relation to the farm interests of our county. It may be well said at this point that the association is interested in every farm problem, and Mr. James, who as the agent of this association has visited hundreds of farms without charge, will continue to do so for the entire three years for which he has been employed. Every farmer would find it most inter­ esting to hear Mr. James^ discuss the many problems that he has found ex isting in different parts of our county, such as fields of corn badly infested by the corn root louse, alfalfa fields from one to two years old dying for the lack of frequently both limestone and inocu­ lation, and the practical problems con­ nected with dairy feeding and general management. At these meetings Mr. James spoke of the position of alfalfa in the perma­ nent system of agriculture, that is, its value as a supplementary feed to the other feeds raised on the farm, and its still greater "benefit--the enrichment of the soil in plant food thru the addi­ tion of nitrogen. W. L. Gaines spoke of its economic importance to the dairy­ man. He pointed out that ,about 800 pounds of protein aire produced by one acre of alfalfa, while a similar aniount of timothy hay contains only 80 pounds of nitrogen, and that of clover 350 pounds. This being true, alfalfa hay is a dry, concentrated food, more like bran than a roughage. It supplements absolutely our silage and balances our corn ration that we grow on the farm. A. G. Smith, who has »charge of the field work in Illinois for Uncle Sam, carefully outlined directions for fall and spring planting of alfalfa, a brief of which is here presented. DlrecUeo* Per Pall Planting of A Haifa " Select a field of*wel\ drained land. Plow the land and apply at least two torn J* jpouad WANTED--Someone to cut slough hay on shares. Inquire at this office. 4-8t* TpOR SALB»-The W. F. Tilton property con- A sisting of a house and 3H lots In village of Mchenry. Inquire at this office. 40-tf FOR RENT--Six rooms upstairs in the Schnorr building. Olty and soft water. FRBD SCHNOBR, West McHenry, 111. 5-tf TjM)R SALE--Fox river lots on both east iind A west sides of river, north of McHenry brldse. Inquire of C. W. STKNGKB, West Mc­ Henry. 32-tf LOST--Between Orchard Beach and Rose-dale, a parkapr containing Monogram cigars. Finder will be rewarded by returning same to BARBIAN BROS., McHenry, 111. LOTS FOR SALE on the East and West Sides, also on river front, and eight or ten acres for rent or saje on the mill pond. Also cottages on the river and at I'istakee Bay. O. N. OWBN, Bank of McHenry. 43 tf tpOR SALE--1913 model motor cycles and " m motor boats at bargain prices, all makes, brand new machines, on easy monthly pay­ ment plans. Get our proposition before buy­ ing or you will regret It, also bargains in used motor cycles. Write us todav. Enclose stamp for reply. Address Lock Box 11, Tren­ ton, Mich. 2-10t working the limestone into the soil as the land is put into condition. If the land has plenty of limestone no appli­ cation is necessary. . If the land is low in fertility make an application of well rotted manure, to which has been added 1,000 pounds of raw rock phosphate per acre, disk­ ing in soon after applying. InoculsX" the seed with dirt from an old alfalfa field where alfalfa is growing well, or from a place where sWeet clover is thriving luxuriantly. Moisten the seed with a weak solution of glue water and sprinkle the inoculated dirt over the moistened seed, thoroly mixing the two until the seed is dry. Do not ex­ pose the dirt or the inoculated seed to the sunlight. Put the land in perfect condition. This point cannot be too strongly em­ phasized. Alfalfa should be planted not later than August 15. Sow 15 pounds of good seed to the acre. This is best done with a grass seed attachment to a grain drill. Cover lightly with a harrow or better with a weeder, ^hen roll with a corrugated roller i^f possible. OlNet)n« Per Spring Planting of Alfalfa The preparation of the land, liming, manuring, fertilizing and inoculating is the same for spring as for fall sow­ ing of alfalfa. Three pecks of barley per acre should be sown with 15 pounds of alfalfa seed. Alfalfa should be sown in the spring as soon as a good seed bed can be pre­ pared. This is usually by the early part of May. If the barley grows rank and shades the alfalfa too much, or the season is a dry one, the barley should be cut for hay. On the whole, spring sown alfalfa is not so successful as fall sowing. Fred L. Hatch of Spring Grove, who for the past forty years has been grow­ ing alfalfa in*our county, conducted a round table discussion, pointing out the many practical lessons that he had learned in this time. One thing worthy^ of note that he mentioned was the fact that alfalfa does not freeze out as read­ ily as red clover. He said that many fields of alfalfa that lasted only from one to two years were those fields that had not been properly inoculated or a sufficient amount of limestone had not been added to their soil. Plants thus weakened readily heave during the winter, while land properly treated grows plants that will stand many severe winters. He pointed out a nuin ber of fields that haa been in existence for eight, ten, twenty and even thirty years without having been winter killed. It is impossible for The Plaindealer to give a complete description of these meetings or enter into the many tech­ nical details that should receive fuller treatment. Only those who attended realize the great importance of this movement and the great good vthat it has already accomplished. UOLCONBVILLE. Thomas O'Neill of Chicago spent Tuesday at Will Dotierty's. Mrs. M. Mason of Richmond visited at T. L. Flanders' last week. Miss Irene Davoll is the guest of friends in Chicago this week. ' Thomas Kane of Ringwood is spend-: ing a few days at Will Gilbert's. Miss Agnes Bigelo^1 of Ringwood spent last week at Chas. Harrison's Misses Anna and Etta Powers of Mc­ Henry visited relatives here Sunday. Miss Frauoes Welch and Ray Powers were Sunday visitors at Jas. Powers'- Miss Nell Chantler of Chicago is spending this week at Geo. LaSage's. M. H. Conley and sons of Chicago were Sunday visitors at Will Gilbert's. Misses Grace and Vera Doherty spent Thursday with Miss Irebe Da­ voll, Harold Knox of Terra Cotta spent Tuesday and Wednesday with cousins here. Miss Nellie Doherty spent Thursday and Friday at M. Knox's in Terra Cotta. Mr. and Mrs. Jay Doherty and daugh­ ters were Sunday callers at Chas. Gibbs'. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Harrison and Miss Luella Holmes of Crystal Lake visited at Chas. Harrison's Friday. Fred Powers and son and*Mr. and Mrs. David Powers and children went to Hartland in the former's auto Svm- tfsjr. • Central - Opera House Suri&fy Evening, July a) Drugs Cigars Candy ~ + - Stationery PostCards v The Best Ice Cream Sodas J. B. ROTNOUR OFFERS Miss Flora DeVoss IN HER OWN PLAY "The Queen of Queer Street" MISS FLORA DEVOSS AT HER VERY BEST TUB PLAY FOR EVERYONE EXTRA VAUDEVILLE Prices: SEATS ON SALE AT PETESCH'S 25c, 35c, 50c PARISH HALL, JOHNSBURGH Sunday Evening, July 27 at eight o'clock, sharp Given by the i'a SeclatT. Proceeds te ke need la fraying i . lag Stater Hhm ft Jefcufcartli ̂ MR. AND MRS. FRANK MATHIEU IN JUGGLING AND MAGIC Dr. A. Mueller, the Popular Lecturer rtusical Numbers by Local Talent Ir, r:" Mr m y. .V, -I'll' y+i ,.r - y/1' 'r\ ; ; ' " • •:< ' '* * -v* • |Sh General Admission, RESERVED SEATS. 38 CENTS E.V. McAllister West McHenry :: Phone 59-W J! AMERKM An Addition to your Home can be easily provided for by add­ ing an extra room if you have a frame house, and when the new and old are given a coat of paint it all looks like new. This is only one of the advantages in building of wood. There are a lot- more, some of which have a vital bear­ ing on the health of your family. Our stock comprises everything from dimension to llnisb. , WILBUR LUMBER CO. WEST H'HENRY :: PHONE S L. Q. SENG Same degree el ex­ cellence 11 ll«uere and clears, same service, earn* eld stand, aamaavery- thing except the ^NUMBER Is 106 N. 8th Ave. CHICAGO. PAKCbLS CiSi-CKED FREB Movies UNTIL FURTHER f^OTICE Whet is the difference between • d*de nd e meet m>7 The dude dreeaaa te kill, M the Met mmm kills te dreee. Once there was a little calf, "Twould make you laugh To hear it bawl--that's half. Now we sell the best Of veal, well dressed. It makes a dainty meal--that's all. Except a suggestion--buy your veal here. E. F. Matthews WEST NcNENRY. ILL. 'PHONE 3 EXECUTOR'S NOTICE Est.ato of Ellen Phalin. Defeased., The undersigned having been uppolntod Rxer.utnrnf the last WILL and Testament, of Ellen I'lialin. deceased, late of the County of Ale Henry and Stute of Illinois, hereby irlves notit'o that he will appear before the Couuty Court of McHenry County, at the Court House in Woodstock, at, the September Term l>n the first .Monday 111 Si ptemher i;ext,, at v^hich time all persons haying claims against said Estate are notttied and rtxiuanted to at­ tend for the purpose of having the same ad­ justed. All persons indebted to said Estate are mi nested to make lnymedlate payment to the undersigned. ; Dated this 7th dayof J(ily. A. I). 1U13. 4-8T ' JOHN M. PHALIN. Execntor. VOLO. Jos. Gainer* and family are moving back to Wauconda. George Kuebler of Palatine was In town Saturday on business. lienry Raymond of Elgin visited with relatives here the past week. Mrs. J. Raymond and Henry Ray­ mond were Wauconda callers Friday. Mrs. Wm, Dunnill visited her daugh­ ter in Elgin Wednesday and Thurs­ day. Mrs. Walter Converse and Miss Ella Moore were Wauconda oallers Sun- Mr. and Mrs. John Richardson trans­ acted business in Waukegan Wednes­ day. Miss Zella Huson of FoH Hill spent the latter part of last week with Mrs. R. 1'addocK. Several Chicago reporters were out Wednesday getting the latest items for the papejrs. Mrs. Chat Thompson of Fort Hill and Mrs. Herbert Cowdea of Elgin ir«rs in town Wednesday. "TALK ON FLOUR" is highly interesting to all housewfves and we are continually talking about the merits of our special brand of house­ hold flour, which gives complete satis­ faction in every home where it is used. It gives the best results in bread, cuit, rolls and pastry, and yields great­ er quantity than can be gotten from any other flour on the market at the price. 3- Math. Lau res Phone 8 West Mctleery TekylWM Ne an- SIMON STOFFEL ' Insurance agent for all classes of property in the best companies, West Mdleary. HUaeU -- - '• : ' ' ' ' "--:--" " - : L. W- VIALIf^s^ DENTIST • r ; & I'CKYflrAlUB l&