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Capt. Larsen Has His Name tered on Our List following latter from Capt. Larsen will interest his many friends here: , , Fort Casual, Frank Sehreiner, McHenry, 111. • ; r My Dear Mr. Sehreiner--Since Al- Pouse is no longer my news of McHenry and not desiring to lose all track of my old friends, I am writing you to have you enter my name on the list of subscribers of your paper. I ask you to mail me the ptper for the next six months and send the bill to me at this place. I regretted that I was unable to Visit McHenry last fall before I was Sfnt to this place for duty. I had hoped to spend a day or so in my old ; town and have a good talk with my old friends. I have had but few let­ ters from Alford Pouse and he seems to have fallen in love with "la belle .^prance." ^ At present I am on duty at Fort Casual, N. C., of the coast defenses 0 of Cape Fear, commanding the sixth company of these .defenses. We are < located in a place where frost and snow are curios and most of our win- tar days are like a June day in Mc- ; Henry. Wilmington, N. C., is the only town of any size near here and is about forty miles away, to which place we are allowed to go about once a month. . We are very comfortably situated in quarters and our mess is of a very high order. The post is growing in ffumbers every day and we look to­ wards greater things for it in the near future. Most of the men are national guards of this state with a sprinkling ct regular army men and practically no national army men. They are ex­ pected any day to fill the vacancies left by organized units. As far as I know I am the only officer at this post poming from Illinois. A "sucker" is : fc stranger in this land of the "tar \h#els." - With best wishes to yourself and my McHenry friends, I am, Very sincerely yours, John Larsen, Capt. C. A. R. C. ANNUAL MEETING afford to miss this We urge you to be present for both morning and afternoon ses­ sions and help solve the problems which are confronting this country. We want the entire family to be pres­ ent, for matters will come up that are of vital interest to the men, the and the boys and girls. ' 4- for a successful meeting, A. I. Gafke, County Agent. Seed Corn Orders for seed corn should be sent in at once, arf corn unsold will not be held for members after March A LETTER FROM HOMES"; So Writes Mrs. M. i>. Ott Harlowton, Mont ̂ iFrom ¥?aindealer has received tttafly a complimentary letter from former residents, but the following from Mrs. M. D. Ott is so good that cannot help but print same: <£ Mr. F. G. Sehreiner, ^: McHenry, 111. - Friend Frank--I mifHMRi afletter from home, that is I didn't receive The Plaindealer of Feb. 21 issue. I suppose it got lost somewhere between there and here. I wonder if I'm ask­ ing too much to have you send a copy of that issue with my next paper or whenever you can. I hate to miss a copy. There are always births, wed­ dings, deaths and all kinds of other news one hates to miss. You surely have had some winter back there. Better come out here where we have good winter weather. We have had several storms here, but only last a day. Then the thermome­ ter will change from 20 to 30 below to 30 to 40 above and a chenook wind comes up and the snow all vanishes, then it remains nice for several days. Mike has been barbering at Har­ lowton on Saturdays all winter. Our health has been good out here, some­ thing for which to be thankful. Isn't the war fierce? I see several of our McHenry county boys are "over there." I am knitting sweaters at the fate of six a month. Yours respectfully, Mrs. Flora' J. Ott. FARM LABOR ADMINISTRATOR Of McHenry County Soil Improvement Association March. 1ft The annual meeting of the McHenry County Soil Improvement, association will be held at Woodstock on Monday, March 18, 1918. The meeting will be called to order •--pfc 10:00 o'clock in the circuit court room at the court house to hear the reports of the president, secretary, treasurer and the county advisor, and to elect officers and directors for the ensuing year. fl. H. Parke, assistant director of the department of agriculture, Spring-, field, 111., and one of the foremost farmers in the state, and D. S. Brown, Genoa, 111., one of the leaders of better farming conditions for DeKalb county and the state of Illinois, will be with us at this time. DeKalb county has for a number of years purchased the best clover and alfalfa seeds as well as other farm seeds to be had, and have distributed s same thru a seed association. Mr. Parke and Mr. Brown have been closely connected with this phase of the work, both from the organizing and the buying and selling end of the business and will have some very val­ uable information to give to the peo- pU of this county. A. J. Gafke Appointed Labor Admin­ istrator of McHenry County " The State Council of Defense Farm Labor Administration has appointed A. J. Gafke of Woodstock farm labor administrator of this county. This step has been taken in order that the county farm labor problem may be handled in the most satisfactory way during the remainder of the war. The county farm labor administra­ tor is now prepared to take applica­ tions for farm hand positions and of farmers for farm help. In this way the county farm labor administration will act as a farm labor clearing house for farm labor. Applications should be telephoned, or sent in, to the county farm labor administrator at once. All demands for farm positions, which cannot be filled by the county farm administrator, wiil be forwarded to the state office, where they will be cared for promptly. Should demand for help be in excess of applications for positions there demands will also be cared for by the state office, which will act as a state farm labor clear­ ing house. The state farm labor administration is in charge of Roy C. Bishop, for five years farm achrispr for Livingston county, 111. His knowledge of farm conditions in Illinois should make this administration of great value to the farmers of the state. • Local hunters will be disappointed to leam that theref will be no upring hunting and the following article, taken from the Lake County Inde pendent, should be carefully read by every owner of a shot gun: "There's to be no spring hunting this year at all and any man who, even tho armed .with a state license, goes out hunting ducks, geese, etc., is taking a risk for himself which may bring him up against federal prose­ cution rather than state. "Game Warden Hutton received a letter from the state department call­ ing his attention to the existence of a treaty between Great Britain and the United State on migratory birds and the chief game warden of the state, Ralph Bradford, tells him to adhere to the different clauses of instruction' in detail. He cites the existence of the treaty between the federal govern­ ment and Britain on August 21, 1916. vhich calls for a closed season be- ween December 16 and August 31. "The state law, Mr. Bradford, ex­ plains, says that shooting may begin September 1 and end December 15. The attorney general, Mr. Bradford states, says the state license gives permission 'so far as the state is con­ cerned' in that it merely 'allows hunters to kill game lawfully' which means that if he kills game contrary to the federal treaty with Britain, that the state "law doesn't protect him in the least and the state will make reparation for any such violation. " 'Please make it plain that anybody who shoots ducks, geese, etc., this spring violates the federal law and treaty,"' says the concluding para­ graph of the letter to the local game warden. "It is stated ttapt a federal game warden wiil come into Lake county soon to work with the state Wardens in seeing that state and federal laws are not violated." • Executor's Notice * P. B. Bennett, Atty. •• Estate of Thomas Thompson, De­ ceased. The undersigned having been ap­ pointed Executor of the last Will and Testament of Thomas Thompson, de­ ceased, late of the County of Mc­ Henry and State of Illinois, hereby gives notice that he will appear before the County Court of McHenry County, at the Court House in Woodstock, at the May Term, on the first Monday in May next, at which time all persons having claims against said Estate are notified and requested to attend for the purpose of having the same ad­ justed. All persons indebted to said Estate are requested to make imme­ diate payment to the undersigned. Dated this 28th day of Februajcy, A. D. 1918* 38-3t F. B. Bennett, Executors ADDITIONAL EXCHANGES A plea to feed the quail has COHM to farmers in McHenry county and thruout the state from Ralph Brad­ ford, state game warden. There is no state appropriation by which the farmers can be reimbursed for the grain given to Bob White, but the farmers should perform this service because this little bird is one of the most valuable friends the farmer has among the feathered tribe. When conditions permit he feeds on "the seeds of noxious weeds, and in the spring and summer devours insects which are detrimental to growing grain. All persons are urged to feed the quail and reap the reward by larger crops, which is made when Bob White is la the '*r