Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-05-03

we'll sell them for So. so just the same.
II they don't wear we're to blame, and
we back every pair sold in our name.
Dolly Bros, the shoe filters.
p F. Hampton, aged 81. uncle of
f. r. Maloney, of the Woodmen office,
died at his home in Aurora Saturday
from injuries received in fall from
the second story of building.
A meeting of the tri-city woodwork
ers will be held Thursday evening,
May 4, at the Industrial Home build
ing to perfect an organization. All
interested should be in attendance at
s p. m.
One of the handsomest styles ever
turned out by the Rock Island Shoe
company is that new line of 81 black
kid shoes. All widths from AA to
at Hurst's, he cuts the price, oppo-
site Harper house.
Why is it that the wall paper store
at Second avenue and Fifteenth street
is doing the business this spring?
Simply because he has the stock to
select from and his prices are so that
the people can reach him.-Sutcliffe' s..
Every one knows that now is the
time to renoyate their houses, and
they also know that SutclifTe is the
man who can perform that work
cheaper and better than any other
man in town. Call and see his wall
papers and get his prices and you will
be satisfied.
Saloon revenues for the ensuing six
months are beginning to roll into the
municipal exchequer- The first to
secure licenses are j. F. Martin,
Scheuerman Bros, Tom Greedy, Ed
Thierman, Ii. ii. Doerring, c. s. Par
ker, Hayes & Healey, G.. ii. Franck,
Il. c. Siemon.
Tonight at the Modern Woodmen
building occurs the meeting of the
joint committee representing the
Woodmen camps of the three cities
to arrange for a special train and
rates to Kansas City to convey the
Woodmen and their friends from this
locality during the session of the head
camp.
The Woodmen's Picnic association
of the Tenth congressional district
is to hold a meeting at the Woodmen
building next Wednesday when COM
mittees of the city council and the
Rock Island Club will confer with the
association with reference to the ar
engagements for the picnic to be held
in Rock Island later in the season.
Thomas Campbell, crop CORES
pondent for Rock Island county, in
his report to the secretary of
agriculture under date of May l, es-
Inmates the comparative condition of
the meadow moving lands at rs per
cent, and spring pastures 90 per cent.
Mr.. Campbell states that % per cent
of spring blowing has been done.
The Moline council has reached an
agreement with the st. L., p. n. rail-
TO nd that the latter shall be granted
the right of way through the city, in
of which the railroad
will pay the city's share of
The cost of the tailrace sewer. The
council has also adopted the Shour
lay for city street work at $3.50 for
Iaborers and So for teams-the latter
the union scale.
The mosaic tile workers to the num-
Der of 10 employed in the Harper
house improvement struck today on
The strength of adviees from Chicago
n the interests of general demands.
The wires have been kept busy with
Chicago today by Supt. of Construc-
ion Collins, in the hopes of compro
missing the difficulty as far as the
work in progress in Rock Island is
ut least. the proposition
made the contractors being that the
demand of the men be acceded on the
work here, the additional expense to
be borne here. If this proposition
s accepted, the improvement at the
hotel will not be interrupted.
In response to an inquiry. Adj.
Gen. Reese has outlined the method
that will be followed in distributing
the extra pay for volunteers that the
state legislature allowed at the last
session. He says that as soon as the
certified copy of the bill is received at
his Office, Payrolls will be sent to the
various company commanders. These
will be made out and certified to and
returned to the adjutant generals de-
partment, where they will be exam
med and audited. The extra pay for
the reserves will come from the sec
rotary OF the navy upon the filing of
the request and copy of the dis