Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-02-14
BROWN IN TOWN
But He Was Disguised as a Hunt
er and His Object Was
Not Suspected,
ALTHOUGH OBJECTIONS WERE MADE
Clever Ruse Used in Inspecting Site
of Proposed Rock Island
Shops.

Last september somewhat rusty
looking individual was seen about
Warmers Crossing, east of Moline,
attired in a hunting jacket, gum
| boots, etc. He meandered about the
fields, through the meadows and up
and down the ravines time and again.
/ With Il gun slung over his shoulder
| he was almost a daily visitor, and
had little to say to anyone. To the
signs along the farms mo Hunting,''
he paid no attention, and when inter
lcepted by some irrate farmer who had
run across a two-mile meadow to head
| him off, he would blandly say:
l"Wa-all, | guess l can hunt in your
pasture, if L don't shoot" This usu-
/ tally settled the question, and the far
mer would leave him. muttering some
thing about the gol darned hunters,
as he retreated to the barn-Yard to
continue his chores.
| Last Tuesday the same hunter was
Iup at SINNERS store, but he no
longer wore the garb of the hunter
nor did he carry a shotgun. He
appeared a genteel, old gentleman,
with gray hair, merry, clean shaver
face, and upon close scrutinF Wa
| found to be no other than col. bruWn,
the man who engineered the deal for
the purchase of the land upon which
| it is expected the Rock Island shops
will be built.
Col. Brown admitted the ruse he
| reSorted to in going over the land
for the purpose of inspection. eff /
had come on here" he said, ''all dress
ed up and gone about l would have
attracted attention, and there would
have been considerable prying into
my mission. AS it was. / was simply
regarded as a hunter, though | must
admit that many times | had narrow
escapes of serious trouble with farm
ers who wanted to eject me from
their land, believing that was after
some other kind of game"
Want Train Restored.
The sentiment in favor of the con-
tinuance of the train known as the
Galesburg passenger that was taken
off by the Burlington week ago on
account of the alleged shortage of
coal has crystalized into a petition
that has obtained n wide circulation
among Rock Island business men and
shippers asking that the roads man.
|
put back sbefore at the earliest pos
fsible date.
This petition has been presented to
General Passenger Agent p. S. Eustis
and the company's officials now have
it under consideration. From the
company's standpoint the trouble APP
lpears to be that the train. while very
well patronized on this end by peo-
tple coming to and returning from the
tri-cities, has been doing very little
toward the other end. Therefore nm
less the patrons of the road act in
unison in the matter it may be that
the service will never be revived no
matter how much coal there is. The
loss of this train means more to Rock
Island than it does to either Moline
or Davenport, for experience has
shown that this city has been the OBJ
iective point of the majority of the
people who have been patronizing it
Notes of NatIck.
Fireman ii. +. Ribble. who is on a
passenger run on the Monroe branch
is laying Off and Fireman 0. Ii. Bin
gason is taking his place.
Fireman l.. II. Snyder of engine 572
Fireman c. NJ. Smith is on local en-
CINE 572.
Engineer f. Duncan, of engine 1913
is reported sick.
Fireman b. f. Lumpkins, of the eX-
ira board has been assigned to en-
CINE 2063.
Engineer H. Pratt, of engine 1415
is reported sick.
Fireman Tansley, of Blue Island, is
reported sick at Natick.
Fireman c. +. Larkin. of engine
1922, is reported sick, and Fireman
l.. Kiefer is taking his place.
Engineer Kline and Fireman II
Casey have been sent from Chicago tC
Natick to take charge of engine 81
on the work train and piledriver a
this part of the Illinois division.
Charles Fisher, who has been EN-
ployed blacksmith helper and NJ
Arcularius, who has been employed
as hostler at the Natick roundhouse
have gone to Chicago to be examined
for promotions of firemen.
w. b. Mousley, who has been nigh
roundhouse foreman at Natick, has
gone on the road, and c. II. Bryan
has taken his place. 81
Rock Island Small Talk
Engine 473 has been sent to thu
Davenport shops for light repairs.
The 2003 and the 912 are receiving ;
general overhauling in Davenport.
Engineer Corning has reported fo'
duty after an illness of couple o.
weeks.
Joe Carnes, who has been filing thu
position of clerk for the local round
house foreman, has been promoted t.
fireman. He is on the No. 25 in thu
Davenport yards. ID. Fitzgerald is hi
successor and F. Murrin has been ap
pointed day caller.
A woman should be as young a
possible. The fewer wears sh