Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-08-22
MUSINGS AROUND MILAN
A Gold Mine That Failed to MateriaIIze-
Notes and Personals.

| A Gold Mine That Failed to MaterIaIIze-
Notes and Personals.
Milan, Aug. % "A gang of men is
engaged laying heavy steel rails on
the branch between Milan and Taylor
Ridge.
Agents for the different makes of
corn harvesters are very busy selling
aud setting up their machines. The
demand this year for feed has caused
rush for these implements.
The road and bridge committee of
the board of supervisors has been in
sPecting a number of bridges in the
lower end of the county for which
county aid has been asked.
Miss Rose Avery, of Kewanee, was
calling on friends here Tuesday.
Miss Zoe Swayne, of Rock Island, is
visiting friends here this week.
Rev. and Mrs. j. b. Rutter and
daughters, of Rock Island. have b EN-
spending several days with friends
here.
James Miller, of Taylor Ridge, and
Miss Nc Burney, of Peoria, visited in
Milan Tuesday.
The Bledso family has moved into
the Baker house. where Mrs. Alice
Baker met such tragic death few
months ago.
The canning factory at Sears ex-
poets to start this W EEK. 1t seems
there will be some sv Get corn, after
all.
John f. Crouch, O. Sears, loaded a
car of fine horses to- hip to Halleck,
Mimi. Mr.. Crouch has been shipping
horses and vehicles To northern Min
nesota for Il number of years, and
spends n good share of his time in
that country.
Charles Orvill, Of Fairfield, Ia,
bought through j c. Miller. our liv-
cry man here, 10 head of horses of
finest quality. for some of which
fancy prices were paid. They were
loaded here a1i sent to Ashland, .
Thirty tramps drifted into town
Tuesday and after the usual inspec-
ton of the railroad yards di stributed
themselves around on mother earth
for the night and quietly departed
next morning.
Mrs. John Solomon, of Rock Island.
visited her parents here Wednesday.
Miss Margaret Dibbern has extend
ed invitations to a number of her lit
tie friends to party in honor of her
9Th birthday at the home of her pa
rents, MIR. and Mrs. ii S. Dibbern.
Mr. and Mrs. S. w. Heath returned
home Monday after spending a few
days at Taylor Ridge and vicinity.
| Mrs. Hollingsworth. of Prophets
town. is here visiting her grand
daughter. She drove down with her
handsome team of ponies.
MIR. and Mrs. Charles Ringgold and
family and Miss Margaret Carnsghsn
will leave Sunday for St. Paul aud
other points of interest up the river.
They will travel by steamboat.
The showers Saturday and Sunday
should they be repeated occasionally
the bottom will fall out of the pres
ent price of Murphys.
That gold mine that some Milan
correspondents have been writing
about don't materialize worth a cent.
We have lots of things in Milan, and
we have expected many things we
didn't get, and got things we didn't
expect to get. and ought to have many
things we never will get, but when it
comes to giving us gold mine with
out asking for 1.-THE thought is too
narrowing for mortals to endure.
| The size of the corn crop in this
vicinity is the paramount question
whenever farmer and a merchant
happen to meet. The farmer con-
tends that half a crop is the size of it,
while the other fellow strenuously
argues for full crop or better. Then
the farmer soliloquizes thusly: "How
can a man who never saw q live corn
field know more about corn crop
than me, for instance. who has raised
corn for 40 yoars-huhl"