£ •r*. J^ENDELL WILLKIE PRACTICAL FARMER Republican Nominee for President Raises Hogs and Feeder Steers in Indiana. By WHEELER McMILLEN Editor-in-Chief, Farm Journal Farmer's Wife During the past two months, national interest has focused on five farms lying in a three-mile semi-circle just south of Rushville, Indiana, typical of thousands of cornbelt farms. Living on and working them are five shrewd Indiana farmers, German and Scotch-Irish extraction. They were purchased, individually, by Wendell Willkie, but only after careful inspection by Mr. Willkie and analysis of the soils by agricultural scientists. The farms were purchased by Mr. Willkie with his savings long before he had any notion of entering national politics. They are operated on a self-maintenance pattern with hogs and feeder steers as the prinicpal sources of revenue. Mr. Willkie and the five tenantmanagers share profits on a 50-50 basis. Each farm has made a profit since Mr. Willkie took it over. The names of the tenants who share partnership with Mr. Willkie are Joseph Kramer, Jesse Bfell, Louis Berkemeier Charles Brown and Harold Moore. K of the farms are signed up with AAA. Miss Mary Sleeth, of Rushville, an old friend of Mrs. Willkie, acts as a sort of local overseer for the farms. She also looks after one of her own. MM® ! Mrs. George Shepard entertained ,the "Easy Aces" Bridge club at her home Tuesday afternoon. Prises were awarded to Mrs. Jay Cristy and Mrs. Libbie.Ladd. , j Merritt Cruikshank, Morton Grove, spent Sunday afternoon in the Wm. McCannon home. His wife, who has been visiting here, returned home with him. | Mrs. Thomas Doherty entertained the bunco club at.her home Thursday 'afternoon. Prizes were awarded to Mrs. George Shepard and Mrs. Viola Low. Mrs. Paul Walkington was operated lupon at the Woodstock hospital Wednesday evening for appendicitis. . I The Home Circle met at, the home of Mrs. Fred Wiedrich, Jr., Wednesday. A one o'clock luncheon was i served. Election of officers was held for the coming year as follows: Mrs. Roy Neal, president; Mrs. Weldon Andreas, vice-president; Mrs. Viola Low, secretary and .Mrs. H, M. Stephenson, treasurer. Mrs. Louis Hawley spent Thursday in Chicago. Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Simpson and son, Dennis, of Crystal Lake were supper guests in the Ragner Remer home Thursday. Mrs. George Shepard and son, Howard, Mr. and Mrs. Alan Ainger and John Dreymiller called on friends in' Hampshire Sunday. Mrs. S. W. Brown spent Thursday with her sister, Mrs. Arthur Merrell, at Solon Mills. Mrs. Minnie Coates is spending the winter with her son, Fred Gibbs and Wife. Mrs. Rilla Foss is on the sick list. Mr. and Mrs. Rea and son. James, and Mrs. Roy Neal and sons, LeRoy and John, spent Sunday evening with friends at Woodstock. Lyons, Wis afternoon. Miss Rita Mae Merchant of Chicago spent Thursday night and Friday with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ray Merchant. Mr. and Mrs. Roland McCannon and family of Algonquin spent the weekend in the C. J. Jepson home. Mr. and Mrs. Longmore rf>f Delavan, Wis., were callers in the Wm. McCannon home Sunday afternoon. The Ladies' Aid Society will serve a baked ham dinner at noon on Wednesday, September 25. Ring wood School Notes Carol Harrison and Jean Hay were absent Friday from the upper grade room because of illness. There are twenty-nine children in the upper grade room this year. The lower grade room has twenty-eight children in their room. Weldon Andreas, teacher of the upper grade room, attended a dinner at Woodstock, Thursday evening. All county chairmen were guests of Mrs. Coe, county superintendent of schools. A discussion about arithmetic text books followed the dinner. Doctor Storm, head of the mathematics department of Northern Illinois State Teachers' College, lead the discussion. Mr. Andreas is the chairman of the McHenry rural teachers this year. • W&- id <- ' f-f • Rolaine Grill and Tap Room WONDER LAKE Chicken and Steak Dinners . . Fine Liquors . direct from keg . ^ Chicken and Steak dinners will be served on Saturday and Sunday only, and fish frys will be served on Friy J t . l y ' • ' • * 5. - r s, • i ' •• The Rolaine Grill can be used during the week for private parties. Call the Rolaine Grill, Wonder Lake, for reservations. , • ~ Cr- ULYLAKX The "Lily Lake Ladies' League held a bunco party at Bernie's Casino Wednesday afternoon and prizes were won by Mrs. Claude McDermott, Mrs. T. Klabough, and a special prize was woA by Mrs. Wilbert Swanson. Mr. and Mrs. Fraiik Tulin and Mr. and Mrs. Brandenberg of Chicago visited at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Dosch Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Hyatt, Mr. and Mrs. George Esser, Mr. and Mrs. Galitz, Mr. and Mrs. Mackey, Mr and Mrs. Blum and many others of Chicago weekend at their summer Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Martin of West Allis spent Sunday afternoon and speht the evening in the H. M. Stephenson home.; homes. Mr. and Mrs. George Young spent I Mr. and Mrs. William Buettner of Saturday evening in the Joe Hueman Chicago and Mr. and Mrs. Bert Minch home at Johnsburg. Miss Clara Raemaker of Pistakee Bay and Alvin Miller spent Sunday in the Roy Neal home. Mrs. Ford Jackson of Johnsburg of Racine, Wis., visited at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Seyfferth all last week. Mr. and Mrs. Carl Gustafson, Rockford, visited at the home of Mr. and No Show Places Here None of the farms is a show place or "fancy" in any respect. Soon after purchasing each place, Mr. Willkie directed that the houses be put in good repair and well painted. Kitchens were modernized and electricity brought in from the local REA lines. The barns and other business buildings were put in order. Each farm has its own vegetable garden, chicken yard and fruit orchard. f Typical of the 'Willkie system of farming is the Louis Berkemeier place, 398 acres of woodlot and pasture running along Mud Creek, and purchased by the candidate in 1934. This summer it grew 10 acres of barley, 85 acres of corn and 60 acres of wheat to support its 80 Herefords and 200 hogs. Farmers' Welfare First The Kramer place, a mile and a half up the road from the Berkemeier's, has a flock of 50 sheep. They are not only a source of cash income. They free Joe Kramer from the task of keeping fence lines cleaned, and furnish Christine Kramer with a source of material for the blankets and carpets she has woven during the past three years. Wendell Willkie's idea seems to be that the farmer who makes the best living as well as the surest profit is the farmer with a low overhead. By this, he does not believe that wages should be peeled to 1890 levels nor that farmers should starve their families and themselves in order to build up a bank account. To the contrary, he insists that the operator's own bodily welfare come before other considerations. The trim homes, vegetable gardens, fruit trees and chicken yards on each Willkie farm are proof to that end. a He does vigorously oppose .the farm practice of selling on a wholesale market and buying extensively on a retail market, especially when it comes to the matter of materials that can be grown at home. That belief shakes down to the rule that lies behind the success of the five farms:--a balanced ratio of lives stock and home-grown feed. The whole plan for operation of the farms seems to be characteristic of their owner. Generous consideration for the fact that his associates in their management are entitled to live well was one of his first thoughts. He laid down the basic principles of operation -- selecting those that successful farmers had found to be profitable--and then trusted the men he had selected to carry the program out day by day. Encourages 4-H, Clubs ' Not the least of Mr. Willkie's interests as he goes around the farms on his frequent visits are the children of his farm partners. He encourages them to have animals of their own and is a hearty supporter of 4-H club activities. "Faith in farm land as a sound business investment," according to Miss Sleeth, is apparently the real reason Wendell Willkie invested his savings in Indiana farms; that, and a desire to keep his roots in the soil. Mr. Willkie also wanted his son, Philip, a Princeton student, to have the experience of actual farm work. spent Tuesday in the George Young [Mrs. James Klabough over the weekhome. Mr. and Mrs. George Shepard and son, Howard, spent Saturday morning at Elgin. Quite a few from here attended the centennial celebration at Greenwood over the weekend. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Collins of Wilmette spent the weekend with the former's parents, Rev. and Mrs. Collins, and attended the Centennial at Greenwood. Mr. and Mrs. Clayton Harrison reend. Misses Viola Brady and Mary Hubtell spent two weeks at their home at Lily Lake. Visitors at their home on Sunday were Mrs. Helen Robinson am| son, Billie, and Grace Hubbell of Chi cago. The P.-T. A. bunco was held at Mrs. Schiavoni's home Tuesday, Septembetf 10. Prjzes were won by Mrs. Einspari Mrs. Seyfferth, Mrs. Buettner and Mrs. Freund. Our next bunco will be held at the home of Mrs. H. Glick next" • / " 5 SPECIAL! WEEKLY SPECIAL ' 5i" UTILITY CRYSTAL BOwl Sc Valw Early American design--flowers and leaf witn pin head; embossed crystal glass. 5%-in. diameter. Handy for utility . purposes, preserves, fruits, etc. Get it today! LIMIT 6 TO A CUSTOMER PAINTIN' AND CLEANIN' TIME turned home Saturday evening from i Tuesday afternoon at 1:30 ,September a visit with their daughter and hus-j24. Please come! * band at Lake Chetek, Wis. I Mr. and Mrs. Fred Dosch and Missed The Sewing Circle will meet with Viola Brady and Mary Hubbell visited Mrs. Fred Wiedrich, Jr., Friday. Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Collins and two sons of Beloit and Mr. and Mrs. Paul Collins and three daughters of "Mr. Willkie," explains Louis 'Arlington Heights spent Sunday in the Berkemeier, "says we can have just |home of their parents, Rev. and Mrs. as many steers and hogs as we , Harry Collins and also attended the please so long as we grow enough Centennial at Greenwood. stuff right here on the place to feed and Mrs. Lonnie them the year 'round. He says that's the way to make money in farming . . . grow as much stuff as the land will stand without running away and then sell what you can't use yourself. Well, sir, you know that was right down our road. That's the way I was brought up and it's never been known to fail as long as a man takes proper care of his land. That's why we've made • profit out here for the last six years." WENDELL WILLKIE £Mft, "I believe that the Federal government has a responsibility to equalise the lot of the farmer with Heiiiy Come Out Agin Regimentation „ Mrs. S. W. Smith Smith returned home from th^ir trip through the East Friday evening. Miss Mildred Jepson and Miss Evelyn Franklin of Evanston and Mrs. C. J. Jepson took Virginia Jepson to Mt. Vernon, Iowa, Saturday, where she will enter Cornel college again this year. They returned home Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Howard of Kenosha spent Sunday in the Ray Merchant home. Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Harrison and daughter, Edith Pearl, were callers at at the Mississipppi Palisades last Wednesday. While there, they visiteif the home of Gen. Grant and also vis*' ited other places of interest. Mrs. Thomas Klabough and daifgh* ter, Kathleen, were Waukegan visitors last Wednesday. Mrs. Claude McDermott and son and the Klabouehs were Woodstock visitors Friday. Members please note that the first P.-T. A. business meeting shall be held* the last Friday of the month, Sept tember 28, at the Lily Lake school at 2:30 p. m. All mothers, please attendt Mr. and Mrs. Robert Krinn, Cicero, spent Sunday at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. George J. Wegener, Mr. and Mrs. Ben Diets were ChK cago callers Mondtiy. Mrs. Paul Gerasch and Mrs. Cath* erine Freund spent Saturday at the Lawrence Baer home in Chicago. SPECIAL! SPECIAL! & m Varnish True Value Cpt. Sweeper Soilax _ $2.95 (it SI.98 t>. 25c pki. Sand-Up Floor Var- New atreamUne top. Double stxeagdt tteel 8or washing , ni»l»r High quality case with maroon finish. Good quality etc. Harmless to <Mqukk drying. 1 gaL bristle brush. This (efficient work saver is icate surfaces. 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It would not be sufficient by $2,600,000,000 to pay the federal expenditures of 1939. Did Not Work That New Deal reciprocal trade agreements did not attract buyers is shown by the purchase, by countries v ith which these agreements were made, of meat products to the value of 17,644,000 pounds in 1935, before the agreements were made, and only 15,175,000 pounds in 1939, when all agreements were in effect. ; ; %sr Miss Susan Nimsgerh returned to Evanston Monday morning after spending the weekend with her mother, Mis. Catherine Nimsgern. Mrs. May Poile of Chicago called the Linus NeWman home Monday _ tvr,f>C!rL M'sr.dcy ^or Florida whese she will spend the fi * ,fv'ntei xvith her sister. Clara Wight- ^§r-fe#aan. ;• « Mr. and Mrs. John D, Norman of Iphicagt) were weekend guests la the ^faarold Owen horned? 7^,^ 'ife-tr'-/' ' . Ymc(j r CofltM SOUS and W6MS f --By Yardley In 1 Sun. Mr. and Mrs. George Freund, Mrs. j Helen Weber, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Ger- |asch. 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