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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-11-29

advantageous location for their west
ern branch. The gentlemen spent Mon
day at Cedar Rapids. which city is
also offering strong inducements for
the company to locate there. When
interviewed. the gentlemen stated they
were still considering Davenport along
with a number of other locations. but
as yet had arrived at no definite con
c.usion and in all probability would
not do so for a week or 10 days hence.
Two Suspects Held.-Two men are
being held at Bennett. Iowa. on the
supposition that they know something
of the postoffice robbery which occur
red at Blue Grass early Monday morn
ing. II seems that these men were try
ing TO pass Canadian money, and as
there was a quantity of this sort of
currency taken. circumstances seem to
be against them.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-11-29

SQUEEZIN' INTO A TWO FOOT SPACE TO
KILL A wOODCHUCk.
right eye and forehead was done up.
The rest of his face was held down By
court pIasters.
OF course | didn't send for Helen.
l thought I'd miss bein' Il bigger fool
than | knew l was, but l didn't. 1t
seemed Id left undOne just what I'd
ought to do. and it didn't take me long
to find ii out either | had started for
the well. when she come racin' and
: boohooin' across the back yard from
the henhouSe. she seemed out OF
breath, but she want. She had enough
left TO stop and tackle me with on the
spot. ! learned more in two minutes
about my general disposition and tend
encies than I'd learned before in forty
five years.
Why had | LEFT her darlin' in rough
mems hands when there was she ALLOW
in him to distraction only Il few feet
away? Why was | so insensible to
her feelin's as not even to send her
news of his condition? And didn't
realize l was guilty OF murder in the
first degree Ia have Il celler door next
my hall door:
This want all, but it's u fair sized
specimen. She disappeared inside the
door like n small monsoon, leavin' ne
staggered After I'd recovered some
| went in and found her on her knees
in front of the couch kissin every spot
she could find vacant on that chaps
face And after she got through with
IL each spot looked better than Il Whole
face taken together does ordinary. But
il was her language that | couldn't
stand. 1t wasn't exactly OH the order
that she'd been usin' to me, and |
judged il want exactly what he'd
been used to hearin' from hs either,
but / gathered from her remarks that
she was ready to give up hen raisin'
and devote herself to fragments
About that time l bOlted. There Is
things that a sensible man like me
can't stand up against. l went out on
the back stoop. and there | found l
want the only critter that was maxim
a break for liberty. Helen had left the
hen yard gate open, and every bird
was maxim a bee line for parts IN
known. Then and there / see my fin
ish. l see I'd be called Oh to hunt
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-11-29

come over and borrowed a few pounds
of red pepper She explained ina
there was microbes workin' ut the roots
of the feathers and that pepper blowed
inside would Kill 'em. She didn't make
II plain which would be killed. but time
did. About half of the hens died, and
that old rooster got so much of the
hot stuff inside him that lie thought
he'd been overlook by the day of judG
ment He thinks SO yet He Amt
crOwed since"
That finished Billings. He saw the
sufferin's of them hens and remonstrat-
ed. He couldn't have done n worse
thing for The hens or bimSclf-or me
as il turned out.
He begun ThankSgivin' afternoon.
suppose he thought he'd got along far
enough to give advice. 1t was as warm
as September that day, and they was
settin' out on an upheaved rock i'll their
back yard while 1 wrestled with their
henhouse door. which had dropped on
its trolley arrangement. He begun by
mildly suggestin' that they'd get eggs
if they'd just drop the hens awhile
from their calm list and let 'em
ScTdtcn lot themselves.
Helen stiffened, as could see out of
the tail of my eye. and asked where
he'd made a study Of hens. He said
he hadn't studied 'em. He'd made 1t
point of avoidin' 'em back on his ia
Tiers farm, and the process had agreed
with both him and the hens
She got sitter and SITTER Said she
had made "a special classroom study of
them under one of the most scientific
farmer professors in America and had
the birds was made perfectly familiar
with the human voice.
He sort of indicated in Il general and
inoffensive way that hens father hear
themselves squawk than any one else.
That's all heard. but | want bit
surprised at the result. He generally
come in nights pretty late with his
homely face lOokin' as If st. Peter had
opened the gate n crack. That night he
come in early lOOkin' like he'd Glimpscd
another spot He set down and told
me all about il, blubberin' like six
year-old. While the quarrel had begun
on hens. it hadn't stayed there As
near as l could make out the difference
had ended by includin' everything In
heaven above or earth below. Them
hens had played the mischief with his
Thanksgivin', that was sure,
Then l did something Pm ashamed
10 own. l offered to mix in. I said that
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-11-29

z was sure her
dear Uncle Mort
would have
some influence
with her. SO /
mixed in and
found out that
her dear Uncle
Mort could have
minded his own
business with
advantag e. 1
went over to See
hAr fThAra WAS
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-11-29
What Turkcys Emf.

Turkeys are the greatest grassbopper
exterminators in the world. When
very young they must he fed bran, but
after that they pick up their own food
For the starchy elements they eat
waste wheat from stBbbie fields: for
the vegetable part OF their diet they de-
YOUR several varieties Of wee-i and
grass seeds. and for meat substance
they consume grasshoppers and bugs.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-11-29
MOLINE MENTION.

Horse Hit BY Car.-What might
have proved a serious accident occur
red on Third avenue ard Fifteenth
street yesterday noon. AS a result
William Burk. a driver employed by
Schick's Express company. and his
team barely escaped serious injury He
drove his team off the scales at the
Moline Plow company and in turning
one of the horses crossed the Burling-
ton switch track. a switch crew with
engine 1881. it is said. made flying
switch, showing six loaded cars
through the area-way of the Moline
Plow company's foundry building
across the avenue. The driver saw the
danger and after attempting TO save
his horses jumped. The horses could
not move the wagon as ii was loaded
with steel and while one horse was not
struck the other unfortunate beast was
struck and dragged 80 feet, but in
some unaccountable manner was not
run over by the wheels.
Capt. Lyons ReeIected.-M H. Ly-
ons was reelected captain of Company
F at a meeting held Monday night al
the headquarters. Col Kittiisen presid.
ed and as this was the only vacancy
no other officers were elected This
makes Mr.. Lyons third term as cap.
tain and he has been in the service II
years.
Daugherty to Speak.-Hon. NJ. J.
Daugherty of Galesburg, H.. will adj
dress the Moline Elks on Elks Memo
rial day next Sunday afternoon. The
Svea Male choir will also sing The
program and the church in which the
services will be held will be announced
lGter.
Mrs. Glenn DecIines.-At the special
meeting of the members of commit
tees of the civic department of the Mo
line Womans club, Mrs. Susan Glenn
was elected president to succeed Mrs.
Robert Enegren. resigned. However.
she has now announced that she could
not accept the honor and so Mrs. Emil
Heimbeck, second vice president has
the department in charge The com
mittee appointed to revise the bylaws
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-11-29

kIssIN II Ek1 VACANT
tie country sror
place with all
the improvements, includin' delightful
neighbors so near by. In less'n "a week
that ad. had done the business.
Just passin' my troubles along to
some man: Not 10y long shot, /
wouldn't be so undetermined. / rented
my premises 10 a widow and two small
children-lively little chaps, hear.
that charge cents a run per hen,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-11-29

stray hens till
Chris TIM as,
and / decided
on this here
b g a I b T u ]
change OF eli
mate.
/ set on
the spot and
wrote an ad-
vertisement. |
nadeit strong.
| showed up
all the adyan-
tages Of rent
In a neat lit
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-11-29
By ALICE LOUISE LEE
Copyright. 1905. Bp Alice Louise Lee.

len i man STANDS
on the verge Of
nervous prostra
ton. ready 10
slide over any
minute. it's time
FOR him 10 change
climates. | real
lied Thanks
Sivin' time that |
was fXin to take
the slide. so Trent
ed my place AMI
am searchiu' out
Il spot destitute
of hens and wo-
men. That com
biuatiOn cost me
forty-iivc pounds
OF good flesh and
more language
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-11-29

sene down EN-
that the critters
had sense enough
to keep out OF the
sun for days for
fear they'd ex-
ploie!"
Says Billings
solemly. DO YOU
ear to that
statement: :"
Yes" says |.
''w b en- / amt
swcarin' at it,
says l. Now look
at that rooster. He
is the peakeIiest
..,-tfea- - .
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-11-29

the pieces together us near as we
could judge where they belonged and
stretched the result on the parlor
couch. There's no gettin' around the
fact that Billings is homely when he
Is whole. but. viewed as n lot of fraG
ments. he was enough to give d man
the nightmare. His left arm was
bandaged His lip was sewed His
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-11-29

ever shone on-looks for all the world
like a henpecked husband His eyes
are almost turned WRONG end about
from lookin' behind him SO much
TO see what new kink is comm He
amt crowed once since the red pepper
campaign In September IL was
moultin' season. only the girls didn't
sense IL. They'd never heard Of hens
moulin. and when they see so many
feathers BLOWN around loose Here"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-11-29

Leases New Quarters.-RepS. Jungk
& Co have closed the negotiations for
the lease of the klug building on Sec
ond street, and it is hoped 10 have the
building ready for the company's occu-
pancy by Jan. l. when its present lease
expires. The company takes the en-
tire building, and its four floors Will
give it several times aS much room as
it has had heretofore and a 10-year
lease indicates the evident satisfac-
ton of Reps, Junsk & Co. with the
manner in which heir business in
Davenport has been growing and their
faith in the future The Klug building
will have a new pressed brick front
and Will be extensively altered and re
built. making it practically a new
building.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-11-29
DAVENPORT BOTS,

Bitten by Dog-Mark McGrath. flag
man for the Rock Island road at Fifth
and Warren streets. was bitten by a
big Newfoundland dog Monday as he
walked along Fifth street Ii is said
that, fortunately, the injuries were
slight and the animal is not believed
to be mad. The dog belongs to John
Behrens. who resides on Fifth and
Vine streets. II is believed that. be-
cause il had been leased by the boys
who would throw rocks for il to snap
at. il had been attracted by the swing
ing hand of Mr.. McGrath and snapped
at ii.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-11-29

anu NOhSAiAutiOl lOpOl tCh 1T tiit
iEs; and recommended the following
additional committees; Membership.
baths. home. gardening, legislative.
publicity and program. The commit
tee also recommended that the election
of officers be held in September So
that the elected officers could carry
out the work in the spring as it was
planned during the winter
Death of Mrs. CarIson.-Mrs Emil
Carlson. wife of +. Carlson, the well
known iceman. and daughter of ex-
Aid. and Mrs. Swan Tropp. died at her
home. 759 Twenty-fifth street Monday
evening For the past three years
she has been a sufferer with the white
plague. She was born in this city May
20. 1871. and was married to her now
bereaved husband u years ago To
their union two children We're born.
who survive with the father. Her
parents and four sisters also survive.
The sisters are: Mrs John Smith. Mrs.
L. Johnson Alma and Elsie. all in this
city.
Frank Hall Missing.-Frank Hall.
patentee of the nutshell furnace. has
been missing since Saturday. and
friends are concerned over his disap-
pearance. Mr.. Hall was engaged in
installing furnaces last week. and c.
NJ. Wake was assisting him I'm the
work The last seen of Hall was at
Blackwell's livery stable, where he
put up his horses Saturday night.
Then he and Mr.. Wake parted after
banning TO work this week together.
He resided alone in Whites addition
and has not been seen about his place
this week. He has disappeared simil
arly on previous occasions. The police
have been appealed to. to aid in To-
eating him.
Another FIat.-Another building
project of some magnitude and of gen
eral interest mas come 10 light-the
erection of a double fiat building on
Sixth avenue between Sixteenth and
Seventeenth streets. The building will
be erected by II. J. Hull, who recently
sold his dry goods store upon his res
idence property at 1910 Sixth avenue
ON the south side of the avenue, near
the corner. The building. which is to
be of the most substantial construc-
ton and up-to-date finish. will cost be-
tween $4,000 and $4,000, 1t is under
stood.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-11-29
Terrific Race With Death.

Death was fast approaching" writes
Ralph +. Fernandez, of Tampa, Fla,
describing his fearful race with death,
''as a result of liver trouble and heart
disease, which had robbed me OF sleep
and of all interest in life. | had tried
many different doctors and several
medicines, but got no benefit, until I
began to use Electric Bitters. So won
derful was the effect, that in three
days | felt like new man. and today
am cured of all my troubles" Guar
anteed at Hartz & Ullemeyer's drug
store; price so cents.
Ten thousand demons gnawing away
at ones vitals couldn't be much worse
than the tortures of itching piles. Yet
there's cure. Doan's Ointment never
fails.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-11-29

Gases Setted.-Dismissals have been
filed i'll the district court in the cases
of Della FLYNN VS. the c.. r. |. K p.
Railway company and the case of T. r.
LaVelIe vs. Della Flynn and the c.. r.
|. & p Railway company. Both suits
have been settled out of court. The
action of Della Flynn against the Rock
Islam road was originally brought for
$500 for the death of Edward Flynn
Flynn was a brakeman working for the
ROck Island road. and while at his
work in Walcott several years ago. he
was killed. The exact nature of the
accident which caused mis- death is
not known and there were few wit
nesses of the accident The road final
ly secured a settlement for $500.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-11-29

Badly Beaten.-P. J. Kaufman, the
steward at the ST. James hotel, lies in
bed at that hostelry suffering with ser
ious wounds inflicted upon him by Err
nest Williams. a eolored employee OF
that hotel, Monday evening. The as;
sailant lies in Jail awaiting preliminary
hearing as soon as Kaufman will have
recovered sufficiently to appear against
him Angered by the fact that kauf
mann had reported his actions TO the
proprietors. Williams attacked the
steward about Sis o'clock while the
latter was attending TO his books in d
little Office situated in the rear of the
building above the alley and with a
door leading out into that alley. The
colored man sprang upon the unsus-
pecting steward from the rear and
beat him upon the head. Then, when
Kaufman had fallen TO the floor, VIII
liams kicked him, breaking several
ribs.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-11-29

No Action On Arsenal.-The United
Brotherhood of Leather Workers on
Horse Goods held their regular meet
| ing Monday evening in G.. A. r. hall.
At this meeting the membership was
not as large as before the decrease in
men on the arsenal, for many are leav-
ing the city because of the large num-
Der of their craft thrown out of en-
ployment at the island shops. At the
session Monday evening the members
spoke strongly on the American Fed
Grafton of Labor resolution declaring
the arsenal a Sweat shop" No action
has been taken for or against it, and
there will be none until the entire re-
port is laid before the members.
Davenport Still in Race.-Edward T.
Ellsworth president of the Force Ger
cal company of Buffalo, n. Y, and
Charles T. Neale, general manager of
the same company, are again in the
city. They are the same gentlemen
who were here last week, when it was
announced they had plans on foot for
the erection of a mammoth elevator
and cereal plant in the west and were
considering Davenport as affording an
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-11-29

KIssIN EVERY VACANT
STOT.
The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1905-07-12
FRUSTRATED BY HEAT.
One of Hottest Days on Record at Cor
va11is-Last Saturday.

The hottest day of the season,
so far at least, was last Saturday.
1t was a successor to two or three
other days in which the tempera-
ture was elevated far above the
usual. The day broke with a
slight breeze from the north, a
quarter from which old timers aver
the hot days come. They also say
that when the wind blows from the
north, the afternoon sea breeze new
er rises. Whether it be the rule or
not, such were the conditions Sat-
urday, and they made day that
perhaps broke all records in Cor
wallis. The college thermometer
rose to 1o2. Several down town
stood at the same notch. Nine
ty nine to 100, according to en-
vironments, was the notch at which
various other instruments stood. It
was day of whiting, blighting cal
oric that caused thoughts of the
seaside, the mountains, icebergs,
snowstorms and refrigerators. 1t
made red lemonade and ices in de-
mand and confection shops were
much frequented during the after
noon and evening,
Mrs. A. ]. Johnson was. prostrat-
ed by the heat. Her throat swell
ed and it became difficult for her to
breathe. Her face became purple
almost with the throat affection,
and her case was at one time critic
al. Medica! aid was speedily sum-
moned however, and by vigorous
use of ices, water and medicines.
she was gradually restored, Her
husband, Mayor johnson was at
McMinnville at the time. He was
summoned by wire, and after going
to Dallas on the evening train, and
thence via motor to Independence,
he drove home, arriving at one
O clock Sunday morning. Mrs.
Johnson is now restored and in her
usual health.
The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1905-07-12

vides that the interest on the bonds
shall not exceed five per cent.
Most five per cent bonds now SELL
ing bring pretty fair premium.
1t is specially hoped by all friends
of mountain water that large
part of the bonds may be taken at
home. There is no safer invest
ment for those who have idle mon
ey. 1t is security that can al
ways be TUNED into cash. or be
used at any bank as collateral if
there is desire to temporarily bor-
row. The lending of money. es-
pecially by the inexperienced, is
always attended with certain per
cent of loss by reason of bad loans.
Money invested in municipal water
bonds never meets with loss, and
on that account is particularly fa-
vorab1e for those not skilled ir the
science of lending money. 1t is
very certain that the bonds will be
made in small denominations, per-
haps from a $1oo up, so that all
classes of investors will have op-
portunity to secure them. The
interest on every bond bought at
home will be paid to home people
and be spent at home. If all the
bonds could be widely owned
throughout the county, it would be
most fortunate in every respect.
The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1905-07-12
Corvallis Times
Official Paper Of Benton County.
CORVALLIS, OR, JULY u, 1905.
IT WILL COME.

The late visit of Eastern Good
Roads experts to Corvallis is mat
ter over which progressive citizens
rejoice. These experts expect to
come again in August for further
discussion of best highways. Next
spring they are to come and build
a mile of model road for an object
lesson to Our people in the art of
perfect road building. All this is
Inauguration of a movement of in
estimable Importance to Benton and
to Benton people. We, who lead
the world in so many things, are
according to all accounts. half a
century or a century behind the
times in the matter of road build
ing. 1t all seems strange that we
should be 1aggards in the latter par
ticu1ar, when so very much Of hap
piness, prosperity and well being is
contingent upon the character of
the public road.
The TIMES believes that in the
visits of the Eastern Good Road
experts, Benton stands on a thresh-
hold of an era of road development
such as the county has never dream
ed of, and in which Our people will
be stirred to action as never before.
Out of it ought to come conditions
to place amid Our people environ
ments that will delight and bless
them. The TIMES expects to be
abreast of this movement, and to
lend all possible aid to its fruition.
The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1905-07-12
NOT SO GULLLBLE.

The attempt to gull Corvallisites
on the subject of water did not end
withthe bondelectjon and its decisive
verdict. The new thing is an an
alysis that purports to show that
Willamette water is better than
Rock Creek water.
Unfortunately for the proposition
ordinary common sense dictates
that with the Corvallis mills sewer
enptying its load of filth but a few
hundred yards above the intake of
the present water works, VILLAIN
cite water is scarcely purer than
Rock Creek into which no sewers
discharge. Unfortunately, too,
for the contention, no graveyard
discharges its seepage and cairn in
to Rock Creek, while for aught we
know underground passage may
carry Crystal Lakes corruption
unobstructed into the Willamette.
In further contravention of the
claim, Rock Creek is the sewer for
nothing, the Willamette carries
away all the sewage of the whole
Willamette valley; which should be
the purer? In view of the facts,
it might, if people were all fools, be
possible to convince them that Will
1amette water is the better, but as
one person is ordinarily about as
smart as another the effort will not
be fruitful. It will be about as
effective as the late efforts of the
Investigator to fool the people of
Jobs addition on the subject of
sewers. The effort fell so fiat that
every voter in the addition but one
voted for bonds.
With reference to the new and
spectacular analysis it would be in
teresting to know who got this
sample of water from Rock Greek !?
From what part of Rock Greek was
it taken? Was the sample when
taken, put in sterilized, or con-
taninated vessel?
However, there have been other
analyses. On file in the Office Of
the police Judge is a succession of
them, made from water taken ev-
cry week for several months, show
ing Rock Creek water to be purity
itself. The highest number of
germs found in cubic centineter
of the water, according to this re-
port was about 125. The ordinary
run was 20 to 40. The number of
germs ran as low as nine. No sus-
picion attaches to water
until the germ content approaches
500. It may be of interest to the
public to know that there are rec
ords of meteorological analysis Of
Willamette water that show the
presence of as high as 1000
germs.
The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1905-07-12
Real Estate Transfers.

The following real estate trans
fers have been filed for record:
John Rickard to George Brown,
12o a. north of Corvallis, $4,000.
c. w, Pugsley and wi. to c. H.
Newth and W.T., lot in Philomath.
$1,000.
S. P. Hunt and WI. to Evan Nc
Lehman, 1-2 lots in bl. "a Co. ad.
Corvallis, $500.
The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1905-07-12
Attention..

You who have carpenter work, house
painting or papering to let by contract
should get my figures on the same before
placing contracts. My estimates will
cost you nothing and might save you dol
lars. Headquarters at H, NJ. Stones
Office. independent phone. Dixie line
Charles Holt,