Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-07-30
MOLINE MENTION

Action on the proposition TO estab-
lish a city court in Moline was de-
ferred by the city council in com
mittee of the whole Monday evening
TO discuss the matter till a more
thorough investigation of the value
of the innovation could be made. The
plan of the court was discussed from
its every phase by the aldermen and
by the members of the Business
Mems association, which introduced
petition for the opening of a court
here, but Mayor Vessels argument
that the expenditure of the taXpay-
ers' money should be for what would
do the greatest good to the greatest
number-and the most urgent demand
today, said he, is for a pure watef
system-had weight with the alder
men and the ground will be gone
over carefully before any action is
taken.
Peter Christopher, youngest son of
Mrs. Anna Christopher, died at the
home of his sister, Mrs. Annie Lud-
dington, 1917 Twenty-third avenue.
Monday evening after a lingering ill
ness with consumption. lie was born
in Winona, Mimi, Feb. -, 1850,
and had lived in Moline p
years. He enlisted in the Spanish
American war with the naval re
serves but was taken sick at Key
West, taken to the hospital at Brook
lyn, y. y, and as soon as he was well
enough was brought home. He was
painter by trade and worked for
the Moline Wagon company. He
leaves beside his mother, a brother,
Charles, at Spokane, and three sis
tiers, Mesdames Ed. Luddington. Os-
ear Thornton and Arthur Brum-
baugh.
~ nine-hour workday is to be IA fea-
ture of the new agreements to be
made next year between the molders
and their employers in Moline. This
is the first move toward crusade
having an eight-hour workday as its
ultimate end, and was inaugurated
ut the convention of the international
Molders' union at Toronto, Canada,
which came to close Saturday.
This decision affects the Moline
foundries, where the men are EN-
ployed ten hours Il day during the
busy season.
Deere & Co, stockholders have held
ing good reports and talking over the
favorable outlook. elected the follow
ing: President. c. ii. Deere; vice
president. c. c. Webber; treasurer,
William Butterworth; secretary, S.
Hosford; assistant treasurer, c. IL.
Pope; assistant secretary, f. j. Saw
age; directors, w. ID. Wman, c. II.
Deere, c. {. Webber, William Butter
worth.
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Stockholders of the Union Mallea-
BILE Iron company at their annual
meeting elected the following officers:
President, F. w. Gould; secretary
and treasurer. o. NJ. Stowe; direc
tors. W. ID. Wiman. j. W. Good. +.
w. Gould. William Butterworth and
o. NJ. Stowe.
G.. \. Stephens succeeds his father,
the late George Stephens. as presi-
dent of the Moline Pillow company,
as a result of meeting of the Mo
line Plow company stockholders and
directors recently. Other changes
are made, but the duties and respon-
siBlities of the officials are unchang-
ed.
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Clendenin's drug store will be NOV
ed tins week to the building on Fiji
teenth street occupied by Lundeen
d Nelson's grocery store. For the
past few days the store has been
doing business under great difficulties
and it has seemed best to move.
When it returns to Third avenue it
will be in the corner store room and
will have one of the finest stores
in the three cities. 1t is expected to
return about the first of November.
E4
Michillinda will receive quite an in
huX of Moline guests this week, when
the following people arrive there
leaving Moline today: q. II. Hun
toon and family, +. &. Allen, wife and
daughter, the Misses Jennie and
Mary Hull who viii be guests of Mr..
and Mrs. j. w. Good, and Miss Helen
Wilson, guest of Miss Marjorie Al
len.
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The laying of the brick work on
Second avenue was started today and
will be completed it is thought by
the end of the week. The Tri-City
Construction company thinks that it
will be possible to finish the paving
to Market Squrre-the end of the
job-by that time.
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DIR. j. q. Swensson and his brother,
Fred Swensson, depart this week for
a long tour of the Pacific coast, their