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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-12-02

EXPRESS, STORAGE, BUS AND CAB.
ROBES TRANSFER COMPANY-Ieo
1887. new phone 515s. New storage
building. Express. baggage. bus and
cab calls answered day or night
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-12-02
LAUNDRIEs.
HEATING AND PLUMBING.

CHANNON. PERRY & CO.-Heating
and plumbing along scientific lines
Careful and skilled workmen- Prompt
attention ia West Seventeenth
street Phone 114A
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-12-02

IF YOU WANT to build or buy q house
ve can loan you the money At cur
rent interest rates. Goldsmith = No
Zee company.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-12-02
FUEL.

EMPIRE COAL & COKE COMPANY
Wholesale and retail dealers In BIZ
luminous and anthracite coal
prompt delivery service. once. Ills
First avenue Telephone west 1890.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-12-02

Rock Island & Peoria Divislon.
Trains leave Twentieth street sta
ton. Main line trains start from mair
depot on Fifth avenue minutes in ad
vance of time given.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-12-02

East. West.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-12-02
Notice of Final Settlement.

Sweeney & Walker, complainant
licitors.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-12-02

[" Daily expect Sunday.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-12-02

WE WILL BOND YOU-Executors', ad-
ministrators'. guardians. trustees. or
any kind of judicial bonds: lodge and
government officials: contractors. .po-
sitions of trust: In fact. any kind OF
Terms reasonable. Hayes & Cieave-
land resident managers Fidelity x
Deposit company. OF Maryland
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-12-02

HOTELS AND RESORTS.
LAS VEGAS HOT SPRINGS-Locatec
6767 feet above the sea All yeaI
round resort. A perfect place fol-
rest For particulars, address DR.
Daniel s. Perkins. medical director
Las Vegas. ~. NJ
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-12-02

PHOFESSIONAI@A
JACKSON. HURST & STAFFORD-At'
torneys-at-law. once in Rock Isl
and National bank building.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-12-02
INSURANCE.

PLEASANT +. COX-Real estate an,
Insurance Old fire companies repre-
sented- Your patronage s1liciteo
drug store.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-06-09
DONEGAL,

Mr.. and Mrs. u. McColler were
guests at Carolan's Sunday.
Mrs. P. Mcmahon entertained
her sister and family last week.
Mrs. VIM. Foley and daughter
Agnes spent Sunday at ]. II. Cliff
ford's.
The recent rains had bad effect
on the newly-worked roads in this
vicinity.
Mrs. Henry Mcmahon of Maiden
Rock is visiting her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. ]. P. Adams.
Tim Moynihan, a medical student
of Minneapolis, spent a few days
with relatives here recently.
The Town Board was here last
week discussing the moving of
the road at J. P. Adams.
Miss Anna Bowen went to Hud-
son Tuesday to attend the gradua-
ting exercises. also to take in the {.
K. of w. excursion to Taylor's Falls
Thursday.
A few from here attended the
Old Settlers reunion at Ellsworth
Thursday. The inclemency of the
weather prevented several others
from doing likewise, but a good re-
port comes from those who were in
attendance.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-06-09
TRIM BELLE.

Mrs. Delos Baker, formerly Mrs.
S. r. Bolton, of Waupaca visited
here last week.
The Modern Woodmen of Pierce
and St. Croix counties will hold
their annual picnic this year at Glen
wood on une 10th.
Our cemetery was never before
in as neat and clean a condition as at
present. Still further improvements
can be made if more funds are pro-
vided.
Richard Buckner, aged 20 years,
son of Mr.. and Mrs. John Buckner,
died last Saturday morning of
pleuro-pneumonia. He had been
feeling poorly for some time, but
his illness was only acute for one
week before his death. The funeral
services were observed at Diamond
Buff Sunday afternoon, Rev. Sand
erson of Ellsworth officiating.
Rupert Griffith's building, in
which he was running two incuba-
tors and several brooders, caught
fire last Friday night, probably by
lightning or perhaps from an incu-
bator lamp. 1t was not discovered
till $ o'clock in the morning. Build
ings and contents, including two in
cubators filled with eggs, and over
two hundred little chickens were
totally destroyed.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-06-09
Calumet
Baking
Powder
Perfect In qualify.
Moderate I'm prioe.
Perfect In quality.
Moderate I'm prIoe.
CLIFTON.

Our school will soon close.
The schools in 1 and 3 will close
with a joint picnic.
We understand that Lyle Cublt
has sold the A. Walter farm.
John Corcoran of the U. of M. is
home for the summer vacation.
Paul Nopp is here on visit. He
passed the winter in California.
Theo. Nopp moved his old house
by q volunteer "bee" last week.
Assessor Eastman is estimating
the weather. poverty of the town.
Mrs. ]. H. Crosby and son Ed.
of Minneapolis visited relatives in
town last week.
The Board met last Saturday and
let the rebuilding of the bridge near
the Walter farm to Glen Davis and
Ed. Miller.
Nick Frey of Traverse county,
Mimi, is visiting here. He and his
brother, P. H. Frey, have bought
land in Pine Co., MINI.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-06-09
ONO.

Will Jennings spent Saturday in
Maiden Rock.
Albert Johnson is hauling lumber
to Maiden Rock.
Ed. Fisher and Will Herbison
were in Plum City Sunday.
Henry Betterly and Peter Lun-
green were in Plum City Friday.
Miss Bessie Marsh is visiting
Mrs. Maude Harvey in Maiden
Rock.
Barrie Betterly and Vernon
Marsh are working in the saw mill
for Worden & Fox.
Bert Collett, w. Nelson and Aug.
Danielson were in Maiden Rock
with stock Thursday.
Misses Annabel Erdman and Lena
Marsh attended the teachers meet
ing at Ellsworth last week.
Miss Sylvia Worden ofRed Wing
visited relatives and friends here
from Wednesday to Monday.
Harry Worden of Red Wing is
visiting at A. D. Worden's. He is
accompanied by a schoolmate, Frank
Howe.
Rev. McKibben went to Rock
Elm Friday to preach Wallace
Hammond's funeral sermon. Mrs.
MeKibben accompanied him.
Miss Lydia Kopp returned home
Wednesday. from Red Wing where
she had been spending week with
her friend. Miss Sylvia Worden.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-06-09
PLEASANT CORNERS.

Miss Bessie Whip spent Sunday
at home.
Allie Carmichael is building a
large addition to his barn.
A. L. Fisher and VIM. Herbison
were at Plum City Sunday.
Sam McCleary and wife spent
Sunday with the latter's sister, Mrs.
7. Morrow.
Douglas Taylor and Casper Ever
wine made business trip to Els
worth Monday.
Douglas Taylor has bought the
farm from Casper Everwine which
the latter purchased from David
Suffer-
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-06-09
KORNA.

Adolph Kordosky expects to go
to Minneapolis soon to reside.
There was dance at J. Kuselik's
last night. A good time is reported
Vince johnson is having portion
of his timber lot east of this place
cleared off.
The school has four-day vaca-
ton this week. Miss Anna Bowen
is visiting her parents.
Peter Johnson is having a granary
built. Frank Johnson and Geo.
Fox are doing the work.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jos. Kordorsky and
Mr.. and Mrs. Vince Merta visited
relatives at River Falls Sunday.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-06-09
OAK GROVE.

Ernest Fielder, Jr., spent Sunday
with his parents.
Born, May 70, to Mr.. and Mrs.
Edw. Feidler, daughter.
Several of the young people at
tended the excursion last Wednes-
day.
District No. postponed their
school entertainment on account OF
the weather, and it will be held
June 9th.
DR.. J. P. Cofield, formerly of
Grand Rapids, Mich, but now with
the Bellows Brothers of Chicago,
came down from Minneapolis last
Wednesday for days outing with
7. H. Corcoran, the latter having
Just returned from the u. of MINI.
Mr.. Cofield is the state agent for
Bellows Bros. in the Dakotas and
Minnesota. He is greatly pleased
with Pierce county and Prescott.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-06-09
GERTRUDE.
KlNNlCKINNIC.

Jas. Jackman is much better.
Geo. Fortune is building large
hay barn on his farm.
Mrs. E. L. Deyarmond is serious
ly i'll with heart trouble.
Mr.. O'Keefe, the assessor, is find
ing out how poor the most of us are.
Miss Bylander closed her years
work in school district No. with a
picnic -
The telephone is fully completed
and it is said that stalk is cheap"
along the line.
Those interested in improving our
cemetery met there and put in a
days work Wednesday.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-06-09
OLlVET

The Methodists have ordered a
bell for the church.
Mrs. Frank Knapp has sister
from Montana visiting her.
Mr.. Yauch has gone to the hospital
at Lake Elmo to be treated.
Mr.. Melcher is entertaining a
sister-in-law from Rhinelander.
Mr.. Murray has improved his
property by painting his house.
Miss Grace Hinkley of Spring
Valley is visiting Miss Eva Morton.
Nels Timerson of Clark county
is here visiting his sister, Mrs. SAINT
Cole.
Mr.. and Mrs. Simon Groot of
Rock Elm visited at S. Crook S
Sunday.
Examinations for county school
diplomas were held here the first OF
the week.
w. L. Hodge spent Saturday and
Sunday in Ono with Mr.. and Mrs.
Isaac Gerrish.
Mrs. Maurice Thomas has been
spending some time with her moth
er, Mrs. Murray.
Jennie Clark has closed her school
near Ellsworth and is spending her
vacation at home.
Milton Hamilton left for Apple
ton Monday as delegate to the I. 0.
| O. F. convention.
There was a Chinese social in
Cookies hall Wednesday for the
benefit of the preacher.
Ed. Granseth of Red Wing is
spending a few days with his moth
er-in-law, Mrs. Mobiles.
Rev. L. w. McKibben will de-
liver the address here to the gradu-
ating class Friday evening.
George Smith has bought the
Ducklow house and will move his
family here from Anoka, MINI.
Quarterly meeting was held here
Saturday and Sunday. Presiding
Elder Trimm Of Chippewa Falls
preached.
GERTRUDE.
John Olstad is visiting his folks at
Menomonie.
Andrew Rockstad returned from
Browns Valley, Mimi, Tuesday.
Pete Arneson of Gilman visited
at Mrs. B. G.. Swenson's Saturday.
John 0. Grinde of Gilman visited
at Mrs. ]. c. Rockstad's Tuesday,
John Paulson is on the sick list.
Anthem Paulson has been taking
his place in the store.
G. B. Pace and wife and son
Charley and Mrs. E. Pace are visit
ing at Lake Pepin this week.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1904-01-27
COTTON FOR EUROPE
That Continent Proposes to Try to
Raise Its Own Supply.
Africa and Asia Offer Fields for Exc
perimenting-We Produce Three
FOurths of the Worlds Sup.
ply and Set the Price.

Practically all the European coun-
ries that have possessions with a cli-
mate at all adapted for the cultivation
Of the cotton plant are attempting TO
establish cotton-growing industries.
If they succeed, King Cotton some
time may lose his present rank in the
United States. But he has had a long
day. For many years he has been able
to boast that he has brought m6re
money into this country than any
other one product of field or mill.
England, France, Germany, Russia,
Belgium and Portugal, as well as other
nations of Europe, are zealously ex-
perimenting in their several available
territories with cotton culture; and, as
we suggested above, hope some day to
be at least partially independent of the
United States as regards this very i'm
portant staple. For long we have been
the cotton producers of the world.
often supplying three-fourths of the
worlds demands. and sometimes four
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1904-01-27
Recent Renewal of Eruptions of the
Volcano Has Destroyed This
Curious Phenomenon

A short time ago the fact was recorded
that a cone or spine built up of lava and
other ejecta from the volcanic vent Of
Mont Pelee had been pushed up into the
air until it stood TIA feet above the rim
of the crater
This curious outgrowth from the cal
dron of which the mountain is the vent
has now entirely disappeared. In
formation received by DR.. E. o. Hovey,
Of the American Museum of Natural
History. says that it was destroyed by
an eruption on September II.
The month of September and the Lat
ter part of August were marked by vol
canic activity so great as to cause Sc
rious fears of the recurrence of erup-
lions similar to those which DESTROYED
ST. Pierre. Several warnings were sent
out by the geographical commission to
the inhabitants of the northern and
northeastern parts of the island of Mar
Unique
The dust cloud from an eruption on
September II reached the limit of the
zone that was devastated by the erup-
lions of May, 1902. Three such clouds
of nearly the same extent followed one
another in quick succession during the
next week. An eruption cloud rose YER
tically on Septe mber 16 to the extraor-
binary altitude of 1000 meters.
In the latter part of September the
activity diminished again and the bull
letins from October to 10 indicate only
feeble activity of the vOlcano
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1904-01-27
WORLDS FUR-SEALS'
It Is Proposed to Stock Lake Supe-
rior with the Animals.
Where the Supply Ia Now Located
Most OF Them Found I'm Behring
Sea-Peculiarities Of the
Great Herds.

The recent formation OF q company
to stock Lake Superior with fur-bear-
ing seals sets one to inquire concerning
the regular haunts of these valuable
creatures, and concerning the outlook
for their preservation or extinction.
Some one has aptly said that the
question of the Behring sea fisheries
is q matter of natural history rather
than international law. Neither Eng
land nor America is so blind to indi-
vidual or general interests as to wish
to evade or prevent laws making for
the preservation of the seal; and
neither of the nations should count as
victory the grant of right to indulge
in undue slaughter of the "sea-bear."
At present but few fur seals dwell
in the south. There are some in the
South Shetlands, in various small is
lands in the vicinity of Cape Horn.
and near the mouth of the La Plata,
but the main supply of skins comes
from the Commander and Pribilof is
lands of the north.
AS it is thought these islands in the
Behring and Okhotsk seas had never
discovery of Behring and Medini is
lands by Vitus Behring in 1741, and of
st. George island in 1856, it is believed
the seals up to the latter part of the
eighteenth century had been unmolest-
ed by the man-hunter, that probably
few seals were captured prior to 1890.
In the northern Pacific there are
three distinct herds; the most import
ant is the American or Pribilof herd,
which lives on two islands of the Prib-
ilof group, st. George and st. Paul;
the Russian herd of the Komandorsk
or Commander islands; the third, also
belonging to the Russians, inhabiting
Robben island in the Okhotsk sea.
These seals do not spend the long cold
winter in the islands dominated their
homes, but all of them travel south
into warmer waters The American
herd leaves the Pribilofs in November
asd December, going into the open sea
as far south as the latitude of San
Francisco. but in the spring inevitably
returning to the retreats peculiar to
its members. The Russian herd in win
ter voyage to the waters along the
east coast of Japan, and the herd from
the Okhotsk sea passes down the west
ern coast Of the inland sea of Japan.
A marked feature of the life of the
seal, the herds do not intermingle, year
after year each adult seal returns as
nearly as possible not only to the is
land of the preceding season. but al
most to the exact spot. A wonderful
automaton."
The Pribilof islands of ST George
and st. Paul lie in the Behring sea
about 200 miles northwest of Unalaska
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1904-01-27
IT is TIME TO QUIT.

1t is time to quit the grumblng,
Time to take a hopeful view,
Time to drop the foolish notion
That the world is all askew;
There are lots of blessings yet
That the world is booked to get,
And the good Lord in His mercy's saving
some of them for you.
It Is time to quit the signing
Time to look up with a smile,
For the good old worlds revolving
In the same old steady style;
Wicked people day by day
Close their eyes and pass away,
And there won't be any left here but thu
righteous, after while
It is time to quit the fretting
Over trifles that go wrong;
Think Of all the joys you're getting,
All the blessings, right along;
Don't sit down disheartened, sad.
Over small rebuffs you've had
Fortune tries our spirits often. just to
make them good and strong.
1t is time to quit believing
That there's nothing left to do
For the onas who'd be achieving;
Every day brings something new.
Don't give up the hope to rise,
Fair ahead the future lies.
And tomorrow may be bringing just the
needed chance for you.
1t is time to quit the grieving
For the good old happy days;
It is time to quit believing
Men are sunk in sinful ways;
Still the morning may be bright,
Still sweet dreams may come at night.
Fate has favors for the cheerful, but our
grumbling never pays.
s. E Kiser, in Woman's Home Compan.
ion
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1904-01-27

him now when she saw the papers
the papers! With bound he was Out
Of bed, and partially dressed, rushed
down stairs and. seizing the morning
paper. just brought in, feverishfy
scanned its columns for an account of
the fire. Yes. there it was, in big
headlines
big blaze! The Bank block nearly
destroyed by f1re!"
Following this was an account of the
fire, but no mention of his part. Yes
there 1t was, farther down:
IAN incident of the fire was the ac-
ton Of young man well known in So
ciety who, in his excitement, rushed
into the building and. making his way
to the rooms of the Problem Medical
College, rescued two supposed victims
of suffOcation, which proved to be a
pair of cadavers recently delivered to
the dissecting room of the"
The papers fell from Pinkey's hand
and he fell into a chair
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1904-01-27
ALASKA FUR coMPANY's HEADQUARTERS.

ALASKA FUR coMPANY'S HEADQUARTERS.
and about as miles apart Here on
sloping hill or a broad rocky beach,
the seals establish their "rookeries,"
or breeding grounds, where the ami.
mails crowd together so close the pups
are often trampled to death by the
fighting males. The largest breeding
ground is on ST. Paul, and from tho
summit of Hutchinson hill, up the sea-
ward slope of which the grounds ex-
tend. one can see greater collection
Of seals than at any other place in the
world.
The Aleutian Indians tell that the
Pribilof herd reached is smallest size
some so years ago, when many thou
sand seals lost their lives during an
ice jam. There is no definite record Of
conditions during the Russian holding,
but when the islands passed into
Americas possession in 1868, the herd
was of fair size The greatest pros
perity was from 1872 to '82, the esti-
mate placing the number Of seals Of all
classes on the islands at 2,500,000 At
present there is not fifth that num-
Der, and the decrease is due largely to
pelagic sealing-the killing of fur seals
in the open sea with firearms, clubs
or spears. The Russian herds have
suffered from the same cause, and
even to greater extent; and down in
the south the Antartic rookeries have
also fallen a prey to the greed OF
man.
CHRISTOPHER WEBSTER
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1904-01-27
worlds Richest Church.

The orthodox church of Russia is
said to be enormously rich. 1t is esti.
mated that the national debt of Russia.
which amounts to $1,000,0OO,OOO, could
easily be paid by the church, and yet
leave it not altogether impoverished
One of its great sources Of income is the
sale of consecrated candles. Thus the
cathedral of Kasan, in ST. Petersburg
during the last Easter season, sold nc
fever than 1902 consecrated wax can
dies at prices ranging from three ko-
pecks to one rouble apiece.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1904-01-27
Investigating human voice.

Prof. Edward Wheeler Scripture, d.
rector of the psychological laboratory
of Yale university, has arrived at Mu-
Mich with the object of conducting ex-
periments in the dissection of the hu-
man voice by means Of the gramophone.
The Hanover Courier calls attention to
the frequent trips of American schol-
ars TO Germany for the purpose OF con.
Quoting investigations for which Amer
lea is unable to provide satisfactory ma,
terial
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1904-01-27

fifths-the remainder being mainly IN
British India, Egypt and Brazil. Sine
1900, the United States cotton export
has climbed up into the billions--$11,-
237 1926, 092-and it certainly would
mean something to us if presently Eu-
rore should cease to depend upon
American cotton. However, that looms
in very dim future.
When the civil war was raging in
America, and our commerce was
thereby disturbed, the problem of the
worlds cotton was very much to the
fore. During this period a student of
cotton culture worked out the follow
ing list of countries capable of pro-
ducing the valuable plant:
1st. The coast of British and Dutch
Guiana and French Cheyenne, the island
of Jamaica, and the Bahamas.
I'd. The coast of the Mediterranean along
the Gulf of Comachio.
Sd. Egypt.
4th Asia Minor, near Tersoos, and other
parts of the Ottoman empire.
9Th. The east coast of Ceylon.
9Th. India.
7th. Madras, and along the Bay of Ben
gal, and in other parts Of India.
New Zealand.
Englands colonial possessions in
India, East and West Africa, the West
insure her a large field The cotton
industry has been associated with In
dia from ancient times, and the chur-
ka, the Indian cotton-gin, is of un-
known antiquity. Until the invention
of machinery for use in the manufac-
ture of cotton, India led the world in
the manufacture and growth of cotton
When the modern cotton mill was in
troduced into India it was sent out
from England fully improved, and
there was no gradual change from old
to new methods; but the cotton cul-
ture has largely been left in the hands
of the poorest classes, not directed by
capitalists and able men, as in Egypt
and America; and as result the quail
ity of the Indian cotton has deterior-
ated. And one calls this neglect very
strange in a land that, in 1897, pro-
duced a crop of 100000 bales, averag-
ing 400 pounds in weight, crop that
to-day in quantity ranks next the
crop of the United States Experiment
tai farms are now being worked with
he idea of arriving at a knowledge of
conditions best suited to the growth of
cotton in India. In Egypt cotton is
grown under irrigation, and the Brown
Egyptian cotton is very highly priced
because of its silky luster and smooth
| inish.
Germany's possessions In Africa
! land perhaps her Pacific island depen-
| iencies should also be counted I'M
| furnish considerable lands suitable for
cotton growing. German colonists
nave begun cotton cultivation in the
| Quito district in German southwest
| Africa; and in German New Guiana
| here are in operation plantations OF
cotton. In Frances holdings in Asia
! especially in Tonking and Laos, cot
ION is valued product; and in NADIA
sascar, in French Africa, it is under
/ cultivation. Russia raises considera-
bic cotton in her southern territory;
| in Trans-Caucasia and Turkestan.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1904-01-27
only One writ.r. Are Sc

The magazine publishers announce
that there are more than 5000 new writ
ers of fiction in the field this year, says
the Washington Post. In ascertainine
the number of writer's of new fiction
drop the ciphers and divide by five.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1904-01-27
MONT PELEE LOSES IT'S SPINE.

Maud has not yet received the proof