Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-12-23


the gold camps.
Court Aztec, No. 1880, Independent
Order of Foresters, has elected the fol
| lowing list of officers:
! Past Chief Ranger-Chas. Adams.
Lhief Ranger-George Strosahl.
Vice Chief Ranger-Peter Rueth.
Orator-Peter Peterson.
Recording Secretary-W. H. Ruhser.
Financial Secretary. a. Ullmark.
Treasurer. l.. Mcbride.
Senior Bcadle-Gust Carlson.
Junior Beadle-Chas. Rueth.
Senior Wood Ward-J. V. Johnson.
Junior Wood Ward-Oscar Brown.
Court Deputy-D. Chillstrom.
Court Physician-A. II. Arp.
Banner Observatory, No 90, n. S. B.
A., at its annual meeting at McKinnie
hall, elected the following officers for the
ensuing term:
Astronomer-John Shallene.
Assistant tronomer-Sanford Briss-
man.
Recorder-AIiss Ellen A. Olson.
Treasurer-G. L. Peterson.
Conduetor-AIiss Mildred Shallberg.
Sergeant-at- Arms-Carl r. Nelson.
Directors flor three years John
Swanson; flor two years. Oscar Bjork-
lund.
Medical EXaminers-Drs. o. S. Daley
and w. 0. Beam.
Representatives to the District Obser-
vatory-Swan w. Peterson, j. H. Skin
ner, P. j. Sundberg, Mrs. Josephine Pet
erson.
R Il. Whiteside and Clarence L. Carl
son are home from the Chicago Medical
college to spend the holidays with their
friends.
The kindergartens under the Moline
kindergarten association closed for the
holiday vacation with appropriate Christ
mas exercises. In each kindergarten
was n tree on which hung the little gifts
MADE by the children for their parents,
Each child was given a sprig of holly
with little bell attached to a bag of
candy. The attendance for the term
has been most gratifying. The enroll
ment has exceeded 200, with an average
daily attendance of 40.
{. L. Grimes, the shop superintendent
at Williams. White & Co.'s who is so
soon to retire to go into business for
himself at Wichita, Kas., was surprised
by the shopmen, maehinists and pattern
makers, at o'clock Saturday afternoon.
Foreman Henry Anthony, of the pattern
makers. called him over to the pattern
department, which gave the men oppor-
tunitv to assemble in the machine shop.
When Mr.. Grimes returned to the ma
chine department he was addressed by
Foreman Matt German, who on behalf
of the assembled men presented him with
n fine testimonial of esteem in the shape
of a SIS gold watch appropriately in
scribed.
The Moline Tool company of which
Wilson Hunt is the manager, has opt
grown its present quarters with the Mo-
line Engraving company and before Jan.
1 will be located in the building recently
occupied by the King Machine company
at Fourth avenue and Eighteenth street.
Rollie, the 3-day-old son of Mr.. and
Mrs Charles King, died Saturday. The
funeral was held from the home at 1902
Eighth avenue this afternoon with inter
ment at Chippianock, Rock Island.
Last Friday evening Peter Leveen of
1880 Third avenue was in some way
thrown out of his wagon so that he was
for over two hours. He Is
employed by the Channel Ice company
and was unloading rubbish at Fifteenth |
street and Nineteenth avenue about |
o'clock Friday evening. In some way he
lost his balance, striking his head on a
rock and sustaining gashes on either side |
Of the head He was taken in the ambu- !
lance to DIR. Swensson's office and then
taken home He is getting along well
but cannot remember how the accident
". w. Wells, one of Moline's most
citizens. died last night
from complication of diseases. He
vas secretary and treasurer of the ID.
N. Sechler carriage works. vice pres
dent of the Moline National bank
md treasurer of the Mutual Wheel
company. Deceased was 50 years of
Ige and had lived in Moline since
$40.
Frank Anderson, who was convict
d in 1898 of the murder of Charles
'ondo, has returned to his home in
foline, after having served the great
r part of a five-year sentence.
Clear thinking, decisive action, vim,
igor of body and mind, the sparkle