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VOLUME XIV
THE JOVRNAIi, Vol SS       No. 10.
FLORA. ILLINOIS. THURSDAY. APRIL 8. 1926 "^
NUMBER 30
THK MAN FOR THB PLACE
Oa Tuesday, April ISth, the Rep¬ ublican  men  and   women   voters  of > Clay county will say hy tbeir votes ' wbo ahall be tbe Republican nominee for county treasurer.
From the taxpayers' viewpoint, this position is the most Important In tbe county. The county treasurer is tbe financial custodian of the peo¬ ple's money. Realising bow great is the responsibility, the county treas¬ urer and collector is required to turn- Isb bonda many times greater than any other connty official. Since tba fitate law has made the county treaa¬ arer also supervisor ot the tax ss- sessment ot tbe county, there is ad¬ ded other duties which eall tor level¬ headed Judgment as to values of i personal and real property tor assess- aient purposes.
It   is   highly   important   that   the choice be made after due consider-' atlon ot the candidates.    The  ideal ^ candidate shonld be a  man  who  Is | courteous,    careful,   competent   and clean.    If  possible,  he  should  have bad previous experience In handling tba   Intricate   flnaneial   matters   en¬ trusted to his hands.    In short, he is the banker of the taxpayers' moneys and  should be reliable.  Industrious, cautious and practical.    At all times he ahould have his hands upon the throttle and have personal knowledge of tbe details ot the otfice.
Without any personal - reference 4lerogatory to tbe other candidates for this Important position, we be¬ lieve that James McOregor is the man for the place. He bas every qual¬ iflcation necessary to a successful con¬ duct of the office and it nominated and elected, the taxpayers will feel that they have reposed this great trust in the keeping ot one absolutely oate  and trustworthy.
Owing to bis duties as deputy col¬ lector it will be Impossibe for him to make a thorough canvass of the voters, but he asks your earnest con- eideration ot his name, and your vote j And active influence in his behalf -srlU be greatly appreciated.
MARKETI.NO AfWOTIATION I
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Farmers in Bfflngham. Clay, Wayne and Edwards counties have practic¬ ally completed preliminary arrange- mp"-*. for orranitInK a cooperative poultry and egg marketing association with headquarters at Plora.
The plan includes securing a sub¬ stantial membership around local trading centers and bringing the poultry and eggs in to the district center over definite truck routes es¬ tablished by ths Assaciation—each producer to be paid according to kind. grade and quality ot products deliver¬ ed.
Farm people in these counties to whom tbe plan has been ontllned in considerable detail, have exhibited much Interest tn such a proposition. Nearly everything else that they now sell Is disposed of on the basis of grade and quality, and yet every salable egg goes simply as an egg, re¬ gardless ot the fact that some eggs at certain seasons actually sell for near¬ iy twice the amount received for other grades of eggs on the same market.
There are twenty-two such assoc¬ iations already organized and oper¬ ating successfully in Minnesota— each doing approximately one half miiilon dolairs worth of business per year. One association has already heen at work for neariy a yeur lu Ohio. The Flora Poultry Producers' Cooperative Association is being back, ed by the Farm Bureaus of the coun¬ ties named, and by the Illinois Agri¬ cultural Association. It is being modeled after the Minnesota and Ohio Associations which are workine; under conditions very similar to our own W. E. HART, Farm Adviser
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