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Free press., 1904-12-10
AN INvlrINe PRosPEcr.

VIII Canada in the next quarter OF
a century take the place of the United
States as the great wheat exporting
section of the western hemisphere?
Everything points that way. In the
opinion of experts the United States
has reached high water mark as a
wheat exporting country. The In
creasing population over there has
reached the point when home con
sumption is becoming annually great
er In proportion than the increase in
wheat production. AS a matter &c
fact wheat production is decreasing
over there as the land becomes more
valuable and by reason of the demand
for other forms of produce for home
consumption. Il is said that the
wheat crop this year is not more than
20 per cent. of the crop of 1901 and
much below the crops OF 1902 and
1903. 1t is estimated that this year
the United States surplus for export
will not be over 100, 100000, which is
less than any year since 1878 with
two exceptions. Not only is this the
case, but a considerable quantity of
the best Canadian wheat is being i'm
ported into Minnesota and also Chi
cago.
All this tends to keep the price of
wheat near the dollar mark, and dol
lar wheat" is the loadstone that viii
attract farmers to the Canadian
Northwest, where land is cheap and
can be farmed on a wholesale basis,
particulars of which may be had from
any Canadian Government Agent.
The reduction of American fsxncrfz
win have the double influence of In
creasing Canadian production and
Keeping up the price 1t constitutes
a roseate prospect for this country.
and needs no exercise of optimistic
enthusiasm to foresee the near expan-
sion Of the Dominion into the actual
oositiUn Of the "granary OF the em.
pire''
Free press., 1904-12-10
GUARANTEED MINING INVEST
MENTS.

We are the largest mine operators
to write for prospectus and full partic-
ulars about OUR NINE ASSOCIATED
COMPANIES, which have joined in
forming our INVESTORS GUARAN-
TEE ASSOCIATION. with s5,O0O,00O
capital, TO GUARANTEE ALL OF
OUR INVESTORS AGAINST LOSS.
Write for free information and be con-
vinced.
ARBUCKLE-GOODE COMMISSION
COMPANY.
Free press., 1904-12-10
STATE OF ONO, CITY OF TOLEDO. ga

LUCAS COUNTY. -
FRANK j. CHENEY makes oatn that he Is senior
partner of the firm of F. j. CHENEY & Co.. doing
business In the City of Toledo, County and state
aforesaid. and that said firm win pay the sum OF
ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for each and every
case Of CATARRH that be cured by the use OF
FRANK j. CHENEY.
Sworn to before me and subscribed IN my pres
ence this 9th day of December, A. D: 1886.
-, A. w. GLEASON,
ss1LS notary PUBLIC.
Hairs Catarrh Cure is taken internally and acts
directly on the blood and mucous surfaces OF the
system. Send for testimonials. free.
F. j. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, y.
Sold by all Druggists. 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills for constlpatto"
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says: "A Sc
we're cold set
tied in my
kidneys and
developed so
quickly that
I was obliged
to lay OF
work on &C
count of the
dcul1S II NY
back a n d
sides. For a
time / was
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unable TO walk at all, and every make
shift tried and all the medicine took
had not the slightest effect. Ny back
continued to grow weaker until 1 be
gan taking DOan's Kidney Pills. and
must say l was more than surprised
and gratified to notice the back ache
disappearing gradually until it finally
stopped"
Doan's Kidney. Pills sold by all
dealers or mailed on receipt of price.
so cents per box. Foster Milburn Co.,
Buffalo, n. Y.
Free press., 1904-12-10
M6ra EIex1hIe and Ias+ino.

won't shake out or blow out; by using
Defiance Starch you obtain better re-
suits than possible with any other
brand and one-third more for same
money.
Free press., 1904-12-10

that has no difficulty in making itself
solid it is ice.
Free press., 1904-12-10
IMMENSE TOBACCO PURCHASE.
Forty-Eight Thousand Dollars Paid
for a Fancy Lot of Tobacco.

= FOTCy-EI9nE nOuSdnO OOiIdFS TdIO
for a Fancy Lot of Tobacco.
The biggest purchase Of high grade
tobacco ever made in the West by
a cigar manufacturer was made last
Wednesday by Frank P. Lewis, Peo-
ria, H., for his celebrated Single lind
er cigar. A written guarantee was
given that the entire amount was to
be fancy selected tobacco. This, no
doubt, makes the Lewis factory the
largest holder in the United States
of tobacco of so high grading
Herald Transcript, Peoria.
A man bets on reason and loses, a
woman doesn't bet on instinct but
she wins with it.
Free press., 1904-12-10
managed IN more satisfactory manner
than is noW the case
Postal Service.

managed IN more satisfactory manner
than is noW the case
Postal Service.
In the Postoffice Department the serv-
i've has increased in efficiency. and con-
ditions as to revenue and expenditure
revenue during the year was s., 1858. .1S1. 10,
or 6.9 per cent. the total receipts amount
ing to S143, ,SS2. .624.34. The expenditures
were $152, 1862. 1870, an increase of about
per cent over the previous year, being
thus sS979, 1926 in excess of the cur
lures was a total appropriation of s12,-
$50, ,637.35 for the continuation and extern
sion Of the rural free delivery service
which was an increase of 81 .902, ,237. 30
over the amount expended for this pur-
pose in the preceding fiscal year. Large
as this expenditure has been the benef-
cent results attained in extending the
free distribution of mails to the residents
of rural districts have justified the wis
dom of the outlay. Statistics brought
down TO the 1st Of October, 1904. show
that on that date there were 27,138 rural
routes established serving approximately
II. .00N000 Of people IN rural districts re-
mote from postofhces, and that there
were pending at that time 1859 petitions
for the establishment of new rural routes.
Unquestionably some part of the general
increase in receipts is due to the in
creased postal facilities which the rural
i service has afforded. The revenues have
also been aided greatly by amendments
in the classification of mail matter and
the curtailment of abuses Of the second
class mailing privilege The average in
crease in the volume OF mail matter for
the period beginning with 1902 and end
ing June. 1905 (that portion for 1905 be-
ing estimated). is 40.47 per cent. as com
pared with 25.46 per cent for the period
Immediately preceding. and 1892 for the
four-year period Immediately preceding
that.
The message here points out the
need for improvement in our consular
system, advises the creation of ma
tional art gallery and suggests the
enactment OF a national quarantine
law
Free press., 1904-12-10

1t is impossible to patch up a repu
tations so the patches won't show.
Free press., 1904-12-10

Superior quality and extra quantity
must win. This is why Defiance Starch
is taking the place of all others.
Free press., 1904-12-10

A woman's idea of being stingy is
to know a secret and not tell it.
Free press., 1904-12-10

TO CURE A COLD II OrIE DAY
Take Laxative BromO Quinine Tablets. All drug
gfstS refund the money If it tails t. cure. Z. w.
Groves signature is on each box. sc.
Free press., 1904-12-10
Insist on Getting IL.

Some grocers say they don't keep
Defiance Starch because they have a
stock in hand of II OF. brands, which
they know cannot be sold to a custo-
mer who has once used the 16 OF.
pkg. Defiance Starch for same money
Free press., 1904-12-10
Lav.s Concernlnu cItIzenshIp.

Not only are the laws relating to nat
uralization now defective, but those re-
lating to citizenship of the United States
ought also to be made the subject of
scientific inquiry with view to prob
able further legislation. By what acts
expatriation may be assumed to have
been accomplished, how long an Amer
lean citizen may reside abroad and re-
ceive the protection of our passport
whether any degree OF protection should
be extended to one who has made the
declaration OF intention to become a citi-
zen OF the United States but has not Sc
cured naturalization, are questions of
serious import. involving personal rights
and often producing friction between this
government and foreign governments.
Yet upon these questions our laws are
silent. I recommend that an examination
be made into the subjects Of citizenship,
expatriation, and protection of Ameri-
cans abroad. with a view to appropriate
legislation.
Free press., 1904-12-10

The man who's always late to his
breakfast is early to his troubles.
Free press., 1904-12-10

Trying to keep up appearances
pulls some men down.
Free press., 1904-12-10

Modesty wears no mask to hide its
bushes.
Free press., 1904-12-10

ETC permanently cured No Nervousness a5e6r
I'll = rst days of Kne's Nerve Resrors
er Send FIR EE 81 90 trial bottle and treatise
DE- r. q. KLINE Ltd 9 Arch Street. lniladelphia Pc
Free press., 1904-12-10

The Manayunk Philosopher rises
to remark that spoiled children are
usually very fresh
Free press., 1904-12-10

Enough is as good as a feast, but
few of us know when we have
enough.
Free press., 1904-12-10

The world will forgive a man a
most anything except failure.
Free press., 1904-12-10
MY wax iN lie

A. A Boyce, a farmer. living three
and half miles from Trenton. No..
Free press., 1904-12-10

S25 Olive Street. St. Louis. Mo.
Free press., 1904-12-10
Currency.

The attention OF the Congress should
be especially given to the currency ques-
tion. and that the standing committees
on the matter in the two houses charged
with the duty, take up the matter of our
currency and see whether it is not pos
sible to secure an agreement in the busi-
ness world for bettering the system; the
committees should consider the question
OF the retirement of the greenbacks and
the problem OF securing in our currency
such elasticity as is consistent with safe
ty. Every silver dollar should be made
by law redeemable in gold at the option
OF the holder.
Free press., 1904-12-10
ProtectIon Of EIectIons.


The power OF the government to pro-
tect the integrity of the elections of fits
own officials Is Inherent and has been
recognized and affirmed by repeated dec
larations of the Supreme court. There
Is no enemy OF free government more
dangerous and none so insidious as the
corruption OF the electorate No one de-
fends or excuses corruption. and ii would
seem to follow that none would oppose
vigorous measures to eradicate it,
recommend the enactment OF a law di-
rected against bribery and corruption in
Federal elections. The details of such q
law may be safely left to the wise discre-
tion OF the Congress. but IT should go
as far as under the Constitution it is
possible TO go. and should Include severe
penalties against him who gives or re-
ceives a bribe intended to influence his
act or opinion as an elector; and provi-
sions for the publication not only Of the
expenditures for nominations and cleo
tions Of all candidates but also OF all
contributions received and expenditures
made by political committees.
Free press., 1904-12-10

No subject is better worthy the atten-
tion Of the Congress than that portion OF
the report OF the Attorney-Ge General deal
ing with the long delays and the great
obstruction to justice experienced in the
cases OF Beavers, Green and GRynor. and
Benson Were these isolated and special
cases. should not call your attention to
them: but the difficulties encountered as
regards these men who have been indict-
ed for criminal practices are not excep-
tional: they are precisely similar in kind
to what occurs again and again in the
case OF criminals who have sufficient
means to enable them to take advantage
OF system OF procedure which has
grown up in the Federal courts and
which amounts in efrect to making the
law easy OF enforcement against the man
who has no money. and din1cult Of en-
forcement. even to the point Of some
Free press., 1904-12-10

that OF the massacre of the Jews IA
Kishenef. or when it witnesses such sys-
tematfc and long-exfcnded cruelty and
oppression as the cruelty and oppression
of which the Armenians have been the
victims and which have won for them
the indignant pity OF the civilized world
Rights Of American Citizens Abroad.
Even where il is not possible 10 Sc
cure in other nations the observance OF
the principles which we accept as ak
iomatic. it is necessary for Us firmly to
insist upon the rights of our own citi-
zens without regard 10 their creed or
race: witnou- regard to whether they
were born here or born abroad.
Free press., 1904-12-10


back is a mere absurdity. Good Ameri-
canism is a matter of heart, of consci-
ence, OF lofty aspiration. Of sound COM
mon sense. but not OF birthplace or of
creed.
There is no danger of having too many
immigrants of the right kind But the
citizenship of this country should not be
debased 1t is vital that we should keep
high the standard Of we'll being among
our wage-workers, and therefore we
should not admit masses Of men whose
standards of living and whose personal
customs and habits are such that they
tend to lower the level of the American
wage worker; and above all we should
not admit any man Of an unworthy type
any man concerning whom we can say
that he will himself be bad citizen, or
that his children and grandchildren will
detract from instead of adding to the
sum or the good citizenship OF the coun-
try. Similarly we should take the great
est care about naturalization.
Under the Constitution it is in the
power or the Congress ito establish a
uniform rule OF naturalization, and
numerous laws have from time to time
been enacted for that purpose. which
have been supplemented in a few states
by state laws having special application.
There should be comprehensive revision
of the naturalization laws. The courts
having power to naturaliEe should. be
definitely named by national authority;
the testimony upon which naturalization
may be conferred should be definitely pre-
scrtbed publication OF impending natural
ization applica ticns should be required in
advance OF their hearing in court: the
form and wording OF all certificates issued
should be uniform throughout the coun-
try. and the courts should be required. to
make returns to the Secretary of State
at stated periods Of ali naturaiizatiOns
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-07-04
LEGAL.
Publication Notice.

Publication Notice.
State of Illinois. Rock Island Coun-
In the County Court of said Rock
Island county-In Probate.
William Mosher, administrator de bonis
non of the estate of Samuel NJ. BOney,
deceased. petitioner, vs.. Mary a.
Good, Clara Burgoyne. Milton NJ Bo-
ney, Matthew Boney, Cornelia +.
Stewart, Charles w. Boney; Kittie a.
Boney, Maud Boney, board of trus-
tees of township seventeen 90
north, range three 90 west, in the
county of Rock Island and state of
Quinn and Amelia y. Burgess, de
PENDANTS. Petition to sell real estate
To James quinn and Charles w. Bo-
ney. defendants in the above entitled
Due affidavit that you reside out of
the state of Illinois having been filed,
in theEabove entitled proceeding. was
filed on the first day of July, y. d.
1904; and that said proceeding is now
pending IN said court; that summons
has been issued against you therein,
and that the premises described in said
petition are follows, namely:
Certain lands and premises situate in
That certain tract or parcel of land
bounded and described as follows. to-
wit: Commencing at the southwest
corner of the northeast quarter of sec
seventeen Si 517S north Of range three
60 west of the fourth principal merid-
IAN, thence running east twenty NZOD
chains, more or less, along the south
line of said quarter section to a point
therein distant twenty t20) chains west
from the southeast corner of said quar-
ter section; thence running north along
the west line of that oart of said quar-
ter section conveyed by Samuel NJ. BO-
ney to l.. II. Bowman by deed bearing
date Nov. 25, a. ID. 1865, and said line
prolonged northerly ten DO) chains,
more or less. to the center of the pub
lie road; thence running west along the
center of the public road twenty coo
chains, more or less. to the west line of
said quarter section; thence running
south along the west line of said quar-
less. to the place of beginning. Also
the east half of the southeast quarter
of section twenty-eight (2S), in said
township seventeen 90, north of
principal meridian; lot two CD and the
west half of the south half of lot three
60 of the subdivision of the north half
of the southwest quarter of said sec
vided half of lot five 60, in block
thirty-siX $3.50, in the town of Andalu-
STA.
Now. unless you shall personally be
the first day of the term thereof, to be
holden at the court house in the city Of
Rock Island, in the county of Rock
Island and state of Illinois, on the first
time and place the said summons is
made returnable. and plead. answer or
1emur to the petition in said proceed |
ing filed that the same viii he taken |
for confessed against you and decree |
entered accordingly.
Dated at Rock Island. Illinois, this |
first day of July: A. ID; 1904
HENRY Il. HUBBARD.
Clerk of Said Court.
HENRY CURTIS. Solicitor for Petit
TONER.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-07-04
Going to the Worlds Fair.

Your best route is over the Chicago
& Alton railway. All lines of railway
will sell you tickets over this line
whether you decide to go via Peoria
or via Chicago. The rates are as low
as by any line, and your home ticket
agent will be pleased to sell you a
ticket over the Chicago & Alton Short
Line if you ask for it. Direct connec-
tons with all railroads at Peoria and
Chicago. Superb day coaches and
Pullman parlOr cars. Pullman sleeping
cars and both cafe and dining cars.
Ask your home ticket agent for
ticket via the Chicago & Alton Short
Line.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-07-04

rooms about ten blocks from post
Office, at bargain. Give price and To-
cation. Address .'BuNer." care Argus.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-07-04
Adminfstrntor,s Notice.

Estate of Hazel Norris, deceased.
The undersigned. having been ap-
pointed administrator of the estate of
Hazel Norris, late of the county of Rock
Island. state of Illinois, deceased, here
by gives notice that it will appear be-
fore the county court of Rock Island
county at the county court room, in
the city of Rock Island, at the Scptem-
Der term. the first Monday in Sep
TENDER next, at which time all persons
having claims against said estate are
purpose of having the same adjusted.
All persons indebted to said estate are
requested to make immediate payment
to the undersigned.
Dated this 23rd day of June, a. u.
! 9O4.
CENTRAL TRUST & SAVINGS BANK,
Administrator.
BY ~. r. CASTEE;T. it's President,
ATF\IRY * AI'ENIRY Solicitors
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-07-04
Administrators Notice.

Estate of Peter Carstens, deceased.
The undersigned. having been ap-
pointed administrator of the estate Of
Peter Carstens, late of the county of
Rock Island. state of Illinois, deceased,
pear before the county court Of Roc K
Island county at the county court room,
in the city OF Rock Island, at the Sep
TENDER term. on the first Monday in
September next. at which time all per-
sons having claims against said estate
are notified and requested to attend for
the purpose of having the same adjust
ed. All persons indebted TO said es-
tate are requested to make immediate
payment to the underSi gned-
Dated this Z3rd day OF June. A. D.
1904. GEORGE CARSTE EMS,
Administrator.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-07-04
Notice Of Final settlement.

Estate Of Margaret Burns. deceased.
Public notice is hereby given that
the undersigned. James Burns. has this
day filed his final report and settlement
as such in the county court OF Rock
Island county. and hearing on said re-
port has been set FOR the Goth day Of
June 1904. at o'clock a. m. at which
time persons interested may appear
and make objections thereto, and II
no objections are filed, said report will
ne approved at that time, and the un-
dersigned VIII ask for order OF dis
tributiou, and viii also ask 70 be dis
charged.
Rock Island. Ill. June s. 1904
JAMES BURNS. Administrator.
GEORGE W. MCASKRIS, Attorney.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-07-04
JAMES HUTCHINGS. Exec
Notice of Publication.

State of Illinois, Rock Island Coun-
In the Circuit Court, September term,
l904-In Chancery.
The Rock Island Mutual Building, Loan
* Savings association VS.. Frank t.
Gemeinhardt. Philip Warren Gemein-
hardt, Frieda Laura Gemeinhardt.
Clarence Raymond Gemeinhardt,
Affidavit of non-residence of Frank
T. Gemeinhardt, Philip Warren &C.
meinhardt, Frieda Laura Gemeinhardt,
Clarence Raymond Gemeinhardt and
with the above defendants. having
been filed in the clerk : office of the cir
cult court of said county, notice is
therefore hereby given to the said non
ant filed its bill of complaint in said
court. on the chancery side thereof, on
the 14th day of June, 1904, and that
thereupon a summons issued out of
pending, returnable on the circuit court
in the month of September next, as is
by law required.
Now, unless you. the said nOn-resi-
Gemeinhardt, Philip Warren Gemein-
hardt. Frieda Laura Gemeinhardt Clar-
ence Raymond Gemeinhardt and Fran
kie T. Gemeinhardt, shall personally be
the first day of the next term thereof, to
be holden al Rock Island, in and for said
county, on the third Monday in Sep
TENDER next, and plead, answer or de-
muir to said complainants bill of COM
plant, the same and the matters and
things therein charged and stated viii
be taken as confessed and a decree en-
tered against you according to the
- O. . GEoRGE w. GAMBLE.
Rock Island. Ill. June Is. 1904.
L. II. Guyer, Complainants Solicitor.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-07-04
Executors Notice.
Estate of George HITLER, d

Estate of George Hillier, deceased.
The undersigned. having been ap-
pointed executor of the last Will and
testament of George Hitler. late OF the
county Of Rock Island. deceased, here
by gives notice that ne viii appear be
fore the county court OF Rock Island
county at the county court room. in
the city of Rock Island. at the Septem-
her term on the FIRST Monday in Sep
TENDER next, at which time all persons
having claims against said estate are
notified and requested to attend for the
purpose OF having the same adjusted.
All persons Indebted TO said estate
are requested To make Immediate pay
ment 70 the Undersigned
Dated this 10th day Of June. a. d.
1904 HENRY HITLER, Executor.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-07-04
sale of Real Estate.

By virtue of an order and decree of
the county court of Rock Island coun-
ty, Illinois, made on the petition of the
undersi gned. Louise Ludwig. eXecutriX
of the estate of Frank Lud wig, deccaS-
ed. for leave to sell the real estate of
said deceased at the June term, y. u.
1904. of said court. tO-wit: On the 18th
day of June, 1904. l shall on the 10th
day of July. \. -. 1904, next, at the
hour of II o'clock in the forenoon of
said day, sell at public sale at the east
door of the court house in the city of
Rock Island. in said county, the real
estate described as follows. to-wit:
Lot 40. i've 60 in block No. five 90,
ia V. y. Bianding's first addition to the
CITY OF Rock Island and state of Illi
nois, including the estate of dover of
the undersigned, widow of said de-
ceased therein. on the following terms,
to-wit: Cash in hand.
Dated this 18th day of June, A. d.
1904. - -
LOUISE LUDWIG,
Executrix of the Estate of Frank Lud
wig. deceased.
Jackson. Hurst & Stafford, Attorneys
for petitioner.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-07-04

FRANK SIMMONS - Building and re-
pairing. Residence and shop. 531
Twelfth street. Old phone west $40
.; new phone SOS.