Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-02-17

serve as officers of the club for the
ensuing year: President, q! l..
Peterson; vice presidents, first ward,
Albert Ed; second ward. John Shall
lene; third ward. Peter Ross; fourth
ward, Oscar Anderson; fifth ward
Fred Fish; sixth ward; +. y. John
son; seventh ward, Charles Hedin;
secretary, Reynold Johnson; treas
urer, c. V. Swanson; executive com
mittee, G.. W. Johnson, \. p. Lund-
quist, F. \. Landee. c. 6. Carlson.
J. b. Oakleaf; finance committee,
Swan Tropp, j. A. Godehn, y. V. Es-
terdahl.
Three boys. John Lancashire, a son
of u. Ii. Peterson and another whose
name could not be obtained, were in
ured i'm coasting accident yesterday
afternoon. their bobsleds colliding
with car - on the Blue line at Fourth
avenue and Third street. Lancashire
had bursted blood vessel and was
operated on today. Peterson's nose
was broken in two places, and the
other boy sustained IL cash in the
left leg that required % stitches to
close.
NJ. j. Murphy. of Rock Island, pur-
chased at auction Saturday after
noon. the Hotel Sommers property
at Sixteenth street and Third avenue
for $4,000. Mr.. Murphy says he
bought the building merely as
speculation and he made no plans
as to what use he will make of his
4,
frontage of 100 feet on Third ave
nue. AND $50 feet on Sixteenth street.
1t has averaged a yearly revenue of
$1,000. Bidding began lively with Il
$4,000 call by {. Il. Stephens for
starter. George NJ. Babcock, of
Rock Island, raised Mr.. Stephens
$1,000 at one clip. l.. Simon, also of
Rock Island, bid $4,000 and NJ. j.
Murphy. of Rock Island, 100000. Mr.
Babcock came back with bid to
$4,000 Murphy raised this 500 and
Mr.. Babcock called $4,000. Bids of
500 each were made by MeSsrs. Muir
ply and Simon and then Mr.. Murphy
sent the figure up from $4,000 to
S24. 900. from which it was raised by
800 bids from Murphy and Simon
and a $500 bid by Babcock TO $4,000
at which il was knocked down to Mr..
Murphy. The building was erected
i'm 1877 by j. $. Keator. The Wheel
ock estate secured possession of the
property May 81. 1895, when it was
decided. through foreclosure pro-
ceedings to +. +. Morgan, as trustee.
The sale of the property is subject
to the decision of the court. and if
the sale is confirmed il will represent
the final disposition of the estate of
the late s. w. Wheelock. The price
bid is considered remarkably low and
it is doubtful if the court will con-
firm the sale.
1t has been decided to hold the
Chautauqua assembly at Prospect
park July 1921.
{. +. White and daughter. Florence,
Saturday attended the funeral of the
latter's grandfather. Orson Pickens,
at Washington Heights, suburb of
Chicago.
At the end of this month Moline
will he confronted by the possibility
of another strike in the implement
factories and machine shop found
ries. every place where molders are
employed. Whether or not the in
dustries will be halted in the busiest
part of the wear. when working over
time and all night. depends upon
what success * met in negotiating
by arbitration the demand of the
holders for increased wages. Last
Thursday evening Second Vice >Presi-
dent NJ. j. Keough, of the l. NJ. L of
y. ~. was i'm the city and special
meeting was held by the local union.
At this meeting matters were tn lled
over thoroughly by the official and
the men and definite action was tax
en- to the effect that the demand has
gone forth asking that the minimum
wage scale for day workers he made
80 i'm place of $3.50. The manufac
turers have been notified and asked
to answer within two weeks time
they will grant the demand.
The Turner fair closed Saturday.
The association will clear $500.