Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-08-22

thousands of your ncighbors. Look At
your almost inexhaustible coal fields.
and your great agricultural POSSIBLE
ties. There is still another. Your city
is situated on the banks of the Missis-
slppi river. You may not fully realize
the benefits that will come To YOU
from this position. Water transpurta-
ton will soon have an inning. The
Panama canal will be built. the chan
mel of the Father of Waters will be
deepened, and the old river that flows
by your doors will become the creates;
artery of commerce in the world. II
Will be n great consorvator of rates.
and aid nightly i'm solving the trans
portatiOn problem of the future. It's
right of way belongs to the people and
they will improve it right of way 80
that when the canal is completed.
great steel steamers and bargeS will
carry the products of our farmers and
factories to the markets of the world.
If you will look at the map. you will
find all great cities are situated on i'm
pOrtant waterways. The city of the
future, IL include Moline as well a.
Rock Island; for while they may not
be one in name and government, they
will he one in purpose and for the gen
eral good. l predict will contain 100
600 people. If you doubt what | say
live and see if my predictions do not
come true.
Love for Country.
1T is right to be proud of your cities
and your county. but you should he
still prOuder of your county Who is
not? Every true American most Ger
tainIy is. | use the term American in
its broadcast sense. | do not apply it
to those alone. born. within our bord-
ers. but TO all. who come to our
shores, love the flag. obey the laws
and are loyal to the government
Our country was never richer or
more prosperous than now. The orator
in the past. may have been too boast
full, but our progress has been 50 rap
id. that the country has caught up
with and passed him. Let us cNamin"
and see If the statements made are
true and borne out by facts and fix
ures. We have per cent of the area
of the globe. 3 per cent of the worlds
population. yet we have % per cent of
its entire wealth. We have 10000 600
of people. more sovereigns than Alex
ander had subjects. when he wept that
there were no more worlds To con
qucr; more citizens than Rome had
under the reign of the Caesars when
that imperial city ruled the world
Our financial system stands on "A rock
bottom of gold. our treasury holdings
recently amounted to $G35 ,0O0. GOO. in
gold. the largest amount of that pre-
cious metal ever gathered together lay
any nation: being more than three
times the amount held by the bank of
England. or the Imperial Bank of Ger
many. But vast area and great wealth
alone do not constitute a state. nor
are these our greatest assets. Our
greatest asset is American manhood.
the very highest type of citizenship.
4 citizenship. representative Of Ameri-
can grit and push. that never knew de-
feat. II established this model rcpub-
lie and later saved it from destruction
To be an American now. Is more
distinguished honor. than 10 have been
a Roman in the olden days.
save Davenport Home.
The Old Settlers association will
take on itself the preservation oil the
old Davenport home. on Rock Island
arsenal This historic place is rapidly
going 10 ruin. and the old settlers will
see 10 it's preservation. on motion Of
!. G. Heck, a committee. composed o.
!. G. Heck. Phil Mitchell and Thomas
Campbell. was appointed to attend To
this work.
The prize chair was awarded 10 Mrs
Mary Wells Fitch. of Hampton. the
earliest settler In attendance. She Is
a sister of Mrs Nancy Bailey. who
won the chair two years ago. Har
residence in Rock Island county dates
from MAY "a. 1894. Four other Candi-
dates registered. two Of them having
also settled here in 1884.
}. II. Wilson. president Of the Pho
necr Old Settlers association of Scott
county. was present and extended the
greetings Of the Iowa association TO
the Rock Island organization this af-
ternoon. The Scott county association
meets Aug. 90.