Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-02-25
MOLINE MENTION

| MOLINE MENTION Il
Erick c. Lind of 1915 Thirteenth
street died yesterday at 6:4j n. IN.
after being i'll for one week with
pneumonia. His chances for recov-
cry were very good if it had not been
for his weak constitution, which
would not withstand the attacks of
the disease. which originated from a
cold he caught in attending Il funeral
several weeks ago. He was born in
Sweden Oct. 81, 1896. and came direct
To Moline with four brothers in Oc- |
tober. 1856. On Nov. 5. 1867, he was |
married to Miss Hannah Norberg of |
Andover. Ill. He has lived in this |
| city ever since he came here with the |
exception of several years, when he
was living on Il farm near Pleasant
| Valley. He was recently employed in
the cultivatoT department of Deere &
Co.'S. He leaves besides his wife four
daughters, Esther johnson of Emo
gen, Mimi; Elsie, Christine and Anna,
at home. He also leaves one sister,
Mrs. Andrew Wisterlund of this city.
and three brothers. Olof, Andrew and
Peter Lind, all of this city.
! Veteran volunteer firemen to the
number of thirty-fivc met at Central
station Sunday and elected the fol-
lowing officers for the Veteran assoc
citation they are To launch: First
vice president, John Q. Hawk; sec
ond vice president. y. Il. Williams;
third vice president, Il. Y. Clancy;
fourth vice president. Nels Peterson:
secretary. Albin Noungren; treasurer,
| Il. Il. Crowder. The election of preSi-
dent was left open. because ii is
hoped that one of the members of
the Metamora or the Mississippi, the
first companies here. will. serve. The
! initiation fee was fixed at p cents
and already there are 81 names on
the roll. \ committee consisting of
Messrs. Hawk. Crowder, Williams.
CLANCY ana Youngren was named to
report Il constitution at the next
meeting to be held March Q at the
Central station at p. IN. 1t was dc
cided that al, members of the old
regular and independent companies
shall he eligible. William Butter
worth sent to the meeting an old
banner which belonged to the Meta
mora, the first engine company in the
city.
Deere 4 Co. have purchased the site
of the old gas works on Third avenue
at the foot of Sixth street and adj
Joining the Moline Scale company.
The ground is 20 feet front and cN-
tends back $50 feet to the river and
* at present occupied by the gas
furnace erected by {. w. Smith. 1t is
understood that Deere Il Co. will erect
a metal wheel factory To make wheels
for both that company and Deere Il
Mansur company.
j. \. Swensson has sold out his in |
terest in the Swensson Chemical COM |
pauy at Wiuona. Mimi. and with his !
wife arrived in Moline yesterday. Mr.. |
Swensson expects 10 organize a com |
pany for the manufacture of medi- |
cines and will doubtless locate his |
plant in Moline.
Three hundred tons of steel rails |
weighing 50 pounds to the yard. the !
same as railroad steel, are being I'M |
loaded and distributed alon" the Fiji |
tecnth street line of the City Central |
Railway company. The track Will he /
reconstructed from Fourth avenue |
up the hill and aS far south az Pros |
pcct Park this summer. y double |
track will he laid up the hill as far
south as the Y at Sixteenth avenue.
These rails are the heaviest ever used /
in the tri-citieS for street car tracks
and will make Il roadbed as firm as
the roadbed of Il steam railroad.
The condition of George w. Walker
has improved slightly and there are
plenty of hopes that he will pull
through unless he receives another
setback. 1t has been suggested that
it might he possible to cure Il case of
hiccuughs by securing control of the
patient by hypnotism.
In presenting the demand for Il
raise in wages of moIdcrs to the To-
cal factories. a member Of the union
explains that a strike will not he
as result, because there
is an agreement binding the internal
tional moldcrs' union and the Foun-
drymcn's association in which it *
SupuIalSu lHdt 'li' lh''N''N "'"N' ~
main at work pending some decision
bv arbitration at conference between
of the two associa-
tons.
\. +. McElvain. of the Scchlcr Car
riagc company, returned yesterday
from Red Oak. Iowa. where he was
called upon the sad mission of at
tending the funeral of his father. l.
NJ. McEIvain. who passed away Friday I
of apoplcXy. Deceased was - years
old. His wife died about eight
months ago.