Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-12-06
MOLINE MENTION

MISS Helen Bodman, who has been
visiting Mrs. f. w. Mcintosh, has left
for her home in Muscatine.
j. b. Oakleaf left yesterday morn
ing for Galesburg on business. He
Will return today or tomorrow.
j. j. Creedon, superintendent of the
II. w. Cooper Saddlery Hardware fac
tory, has been grdr:e'l Il patent or
improvements in harness saddles.
| Mr.. and Mrs. j. G.. Sholes have ar
rived from the west to spend the Win
ter at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. T. II.
Paul. They are the parents of Mrs.
| Paul.
b. y. Segur, of Billings. Mont, was
| in Moline yesterday making n visit to
his brother, G.. \. \. Segur. Mr.. Segur
is general agent for the C., Il. IL t.
railway at Billings.
Doric lodge of MasonS held it's an
nual meeting Thursday evening with
about ninety members present. The
election of officers for the year 1903
resulted as below, the worshipful
master and secretary being reelected:
w. NJ. w. j. NJ. Cox: s. W.. q. +. Carl
son; j. W., w. B. Sammel; treasurer,
j. S. Gilmore; secretary, II. w. Entri-
kin. The installation of these officers
will be held the evening of New Years
day.
Moline lodge of Elks will hold me
mortal services at the rooms in the
postoffice building Sunday after
noon at 2:3O o'clock. in honor of the
deceased members of the order. y
program in keeping with the nature
| of the occasion has been arranged, in
Guiding addresses and music. w. \.
MeeSe and Andrew Olson will speak.
| This is the first time that this GUS
tom has been observed here by the
local Ells' lodge. though it is an an
nual event among many of the lodges.
Moline Court of Honor. No. 100, held
its annual meeting and election of Of
| ficerS Thursday evening at PIERS
| hall. At the conclusion of the bust
ness session Il season of general soci-
ability was enjoyed. Following is the
result of the election: Chancellor,
Benton Davis: vice chancellor, And
rev Gibson; recorder, Mrs. Margaret
| Cox; treasurer, ii. NJ. Anderson:
chaplain, Mrs. Jennie McKelvie; con
ductor, William Butter; guard. Mrs.
Silvia Hall: sentinel. Mrs. Maggie
Wood; musician. Miss Mary Long:
| directresS. Mrs. Anna Long.
1t is now the intention of the Re
public Iron & Steel company to make
the output of the Pinch mill in the
! Sylvan plant, of this city. exceed the
output of any other mill in the United
| States of the 12-inch size. This is the
mill which has been in operation for
some time. but as soon as the new
S-inch mill is completed the 12-inch
will be partly rebuilt. The 5000 tons
of steel billets which were purchased
in Germany have arrived at New Or
leans from Antwerp. Belgium, from
which port they were shipped, and
the transportation to this country
will cost $4,000 with the duties. This
is not all the cost either, for to ship
the steel from New Orleans to Moline
will cost an additional $4,000. This
| week Il large shipment was received
here from New Orleans of the steel
bilIets weighing between 100 and 800
pounds apiece, and the whole ship
ment made 5000 tons of the 5000 or
dered. The other shipment will be
made as soon as possible. 1t will re-
quire 300 cars to carry the entire con-
| signment. These 5000 tons of steel
will be turned into long bars and will
keep the plant busy on a double turn
| for at least three months. while if it
runs-as it has been doing on single
turn il will last six months.
The minstrel show given Thursday
evening by the members of the Spald-
ing club of St. Mary's church in st.
Mary's hall was Il great success and
was well attended, the hall being fill
ed with people who were we'll pleased
with the songs and specialties rem
dered. The catchy songs. interspers-
ed with specialties, among which may
be named the farce drill by the mem
beers of the club, bum" speciality by
Robert Rank, rattle-bones by George
Brace, of Clinton, and the clogging
by Hugh Wilcox and Tom Mckinnie,
were all encored several times. The
interlocutor was Ed McKinnie and