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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-04-12
Farming and Prosperity.

Chicago News: Probably it would
be mistake to place too liberal con-
struction on Secretary Wilson's rose
ate declaration that there will be no
more crop failures, but evidently his
words are not without some solid basis
of fact. Extraordinary contingencies.
like floods. droughts or frosts in sum.
mer or the visitation of insect pests.
to the number and variety of which
there appears 10 be no limit, may work
havoc in any year. The fact remains
that the agencies for combating many
of these evils are better than ever and
that the improving agricultural meth
DDS are steadily making the output of
the soil richer'and more certain Farm
ing is becoming scientific. Lands are
no longer exhausted by being devoted
year after year to the same crop or TO
crops for which they are unsuitable
Study of the soil and of farming meth
DDS is bringing the husbandman's art
to the point where he can secure the
maximum possible yield from the land
at his disposal.
Assuming that Secretary Wilson s
statements are even partially true they
hold out great encouragement not only
to the farmers, but to the nation as a
whole. Large crops with favorable
market conditions mean general bus
mess activity, heavy railway shipments
and a general abundance of money.
Our present period of prosperity dates
from the banner crop years of the late
COS and since that time the chief fear
of the financiers has been that re.
versal of conditions in the agricultural
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-04-12

The Washington Times chronicles
Senator Allison's entry into the rate
fight as a champion of the administra-
tiOn's policy Senator Allison is to
put his 40 years of experience, his
prestige as dean of the senate, his pow
or as head of its most potent commit
tee, his skill as a manager OF legisla-
ton, his tact in handling men and
situations and the genuine affection of
his associates for him against the skill
and accomplishments of the senator
from Rhode Island. who is conceded to
be the anti-administration leader 1t
is going to be from this time forth a
test of Allison mettle against that of
Aldrich." There has been no feeling
of insecurity as to where the senior
senator from Iowa would be found on
the rate question since his announce
ment at the dinner given by the Du-
buque club in his honor that he was
with the president
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-04-12
REQUIRES New Legislation.

President Roosevelt has had an ex-
tended conference with Representative
Hepburn of Iowa, chairman of the
house committee on interstate COM
merce. The conference had to do with
the necessity for legislation 70 meet
the situation growing out of Judge
Humphreys immunity decision in Chi
cago recently on the beef trust case.
Mr. Hepburn and other members of
congress are in favor OF granting much
larger powers TO the bureau of corpo-
rations under the department OF com
merce and labor, but were prevented
from doing so by fight which threat
ened, if continued. to defeat the whole
measure.
Now the president contemplates
sending a message TO congress, in
which he will review the effects of
Judge Humphreys decision. and point
ing out that such construction of ex-
listing laws makes it necessary for an
entirely new statute. The president is
divided in his mind as to whether the
legislation should be coupled with leg
islation charging the power and scope
of the bureau of corporations or wheth-
er it shall be simply confined TO new
statute covering the question of i'm
munity exclusively 1t is understood
that he has been advised that the leg
islation will have better chance of
meeting favor in congress if not involv-
ed by association with any other col
lateral proposition.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-04-12

districts would take away these bene-
fits and bring on hard times.
Could we be certain every year of
an output sufficient to supply the ma
tons needs and provide comfortable
surplus for export. the assurance of
continued prosperity. barring abnormal
conditions, would be greatly increased.
Ii would be rash to jump at the con
clusion that nothing can shake our
commercial position or that this ma
ton is to enter a millennial epoch OF
perpetual prosperity The inference
is justified, however. that because OF
the progress steadily made toward sci
entific methods of farming the prob
abilities OF financial reverses or of a
return to such periods OF adversely as
the country experienced in 1893 and
the years Immediately succeeding are
materially reduced.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-04-12
NEST0R OF HOUSE STRICKEN
Charles A. Allen, Father of Allen Bill
III at SprinQfield.

Springfield, ILL.,, April 12.-Represent-
alive Charles A. Allen. father of the
ALLEN bill" was stricken with paraly-
sis in the rotunda OF the st. Nicholas
hotel yesterday just as he was rising
from chair to start to the statehouse
to attend the session of the legislature.
Mr.. Allen is 60 years old and is the
Oldest member of the legislature in
point of service. having served nine
terms. He served four consecutive
terms, then there was a lapse of one
year. Mr.. Allen fathered the Allen so
year franchise bill, which created such
strong opposition in Chicago and be-
came an issue in city politics as well
as state at the time.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-04-12
wife Sell. HousehoId Good
MOLINE CONTRACTOR MANNED
A. p. Lundquist Falls IS Feet and Frac-
lures Left Arm

A. T. Lundquist, the well known Mo-
line contractor whose home is at $50
Fourth avenue, fen from the roof of
the Sylvan steel mill this morning, 4
distance of So feet to the ground and
fractured his left arm at the elbow.
The member was broken in three plac-
es. the bones protruding through the
flesh. The victim will have stiff
arm the remainder of his life, his sur
geons say A number of bruises about
the back, none of which are serious,
were also sustained.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-04-12
CONTINUES THE BATTLE.
Continued from Page One.)

from now on, if the advice given him
by Attorney Emil C. Wetten is finally
adopted.
Dowies counsel still seeks to gain
for him some show of his old time au-
thority. Shadow rather than substance
is the thing that is sought.
Mr.. Wetten announced this outcome
of the spectacular fight on his depart
ure from Zion City, where he had held
a long conference with Voliva and his
cabinet.
Program for Settlement.
The program, as indicated by the at
torHey, and which he admits may yet
be upset by Dowie, follows:
Dowie to return south and not to at
tempt TO enter Zion City.
An income sufficient to keep him in
comfort in his retirement to be pro-
vided by Zion.
Control of all financial affairs to re-
main unchallenged in the hands of the
Voliva forces, who guarantee the full
payment of all creditors
Settlement OF ecclesiastical questions
not reached; Dowie seeking to have
some beard created of which he will
be the nominal, honorary, and long
range head.
David Murdoch Turns Judas.
Chicago. April 12.-Dowie was today
deserted by his personal attendant,
David Murdoch, who has been with him
for years.
Wife Sells Household Goods.
Montague, Mich, April 1.-THE
household effects. farming implements.
etc, of Mrs. Dowie's summer home at
Ben Mac Dhui We're sold at auction to-
day. for the purpose of raising needed
funds
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-04-12

Minneapolis Journal: The Boston dig
trict attorney has just rescued from
Jail little boy who was serving a 80
day sentence for throwing a SNOWFALL
at a wealthy Bostonian. The cold dig
nifty OF the great man was SO disturbed
that it is a wonder the little boy was
not executed.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-04-12
THE M1RKETS.
Chicago. April 12.-Following are the
market quotations today:

Chicago. April 12.-Following are the
market quotations today:
Wheat.
May, 70. SOA, 70. s01a
July, 1875, 1873, 1919, 1855.
September, 77s4, 20. 775s, 1871.
Corn.
May, 4G1a, AZ, 461a, 46k.
July, 46H, 461a, 461s, 461s.
September, 4G5s. AZ, 46k, 4G1s.
Oats.
May, 80, 3211s, 317s, 32k.
July. 3O3s, S1H, soy. 31A.
September, 293s, so, 291a, 297s.
Pork
May, 1925, 1925, 1000, 1907.
July, 1850, 1872, 16.17, 1920
Lard
May. $40, $40, S.G2. S.G5.
July, S.S5, S.S5, SIS, $50.
September. S.97. S.97, S.S7. $50.
Ribs.
May, S72, S.72, SGT. SGT.
July, S.S5, s.S5. SIT, $40.
September, S.S5, SS7, $50, $50.
Receipts today Wheat l.; corn
10; oats 80.
Hogs 10000; cattle 5000; sheep co.
900.
Hogs left over 1890.
Hog market opened strong to sc
higher-Light 6.3O@6.55; mixed and
butchers 6.4O@6-60; good heavy G.15D
6.57; rough heavy 6.15@6.30
Cattle market opened strong.
Sheep market opened steady.
Hogs at Omaha 6,000: cattle 5000;
hogs at Kansas City 5000; cattle,
$1,000
U. S. Yards $40 a. nl.-Hog market
slow-Light 6.30@655: mixed and
butchers 6.4O@G.GO; good heavy G.15@
6.60; rough heavy 6.15@6.25.
Cattle market strong@Beeves 1000
$50; cows and heifers 1.60@4.75;
stockers and feeders 2.S5@475. 81
Sheep market steady
Hog market closed steady-Light
6.30@6.55; mived and butchers 6.40@
GEO; good heavy 6.15@6.6O; rough
heavy 6.15@6.25.
Cattle market closed steady.
Sheep market closed weak
New York Stocks.
S New York, April 12-Gas 94A u. p.
1858. u. S. Steel preferred 1O7A, u.
S. Steel common 42A. Reading 1875.
Rock Island preferred 66H. Rock Is
land common 275s, O. &c W.521s, South
ern Pacific 6S1h, N. Y Central 143.
Missouri Pacific 957s. L. & N 14S1s,
Shelters 15S, c. F. L. 61%, Canadian
Pacific 1721a. Illinois Central 17&5s.,
Penna 141A, Erie 441s, T. C. /. 1917.
C. & o. 5S%, B. R. T.. S6s. Atchison
93, Locomotive 6SM, Sugar 139, st.
Paul 1864, Copper 110h, Republic
Steel common 30%, Southern Ry. 4O1s
LOCAL MARKET CONDITIONS.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-04-12

King Edward VII is the uncle of the
emperor of Germany, will soon be the
uncle of the queen of Spain, is already
the uncle of the crown prince of Rou-
mania, the czarina, the crown princess
OF Greece and the crown princess of
Sweden, and is the father of the queen
of Norway.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-04-12
DR.. Taylor Honored.

Springfield, ILL.,, April 12.-(SpeciaD
Governor Deneen today announced the
appointment of Superintendent w. E.
Taylor OF the WATERFOWL asylum as
delegate to the national conference OF
officers of charitable institutions.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-04-12

TERMS Daily. 10 cents per week.
Weekly, 81 per year in advance
All communications of argumentative
character. political religious, must
have real name attached for publica-
tion. No such articles Will be printed
over fictitious signatures.
Correspondence solicited from every
township in Rock Island county.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-04-12

Tomorrow will be Good Friday, the
most solemn and sacred day in the
Christian calendar. commemorative Of
the tragedy which proved to the world,
the divinity of the Son of Man.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-04-12

Hilarious news comes from Oklaho-
ma. Joe Sober, Henry Stud, Rev.
grippe, Grandma Root and Charlie
Loveless have organized a cooperative
domestic establishment at one of the
enterprising towns.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-04-12

TO Soc apiece; hens, per lb. 10c to lie;
ducks, per lb. lie; turkeys, per lib .13c
to 15c. Geese. per pound. lie.
getables-Potatoes 90 to zoe.
Eggs-Fresh, 13c to 15c.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-04-12

The workmen entrusted with the JOB
OF casting the next primary law should
be extremely careful that there are no
blow holes in it,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-04-12
Feed and Fuel.

Grain-Corn, AZ to soc; oats, 81 TO
33c.
Forage - Timothy hay, $120$13;
prairie, $9@S12; clover, mixed $50
$40; straw, $54$6.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-04-12

Senator Bailey of Texas did fine
days work if he converted Senator
Hale of Maine to his views on the
railroad rate bill
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-04-12

Some men are born to graft. some
learn to graft and some get into con-
gress. where they become grafters by
intuition
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-04-12

Iowa has adopted the anti-pass plan
for public officials Ii is now the turn
OF Illinois TO do the same.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-04-12
Thursday, April IL, 1906.

Dick Yates is still making speeches.
1t is good practice for him even if he
does not win.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-04-12
THE ARGUS.

Published Daily and Weekly at 1924
Second avenue, Rock Island, Ill I'm
tered at the postoffice as second-class
matter.l
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-04-12

BY THE J. w. POTTER co.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-04-12
LOCAL MARKET CONDITIONS.

Rock Island, April 12.-Following
The Newark journal., 1906-07-27
PECULIAR SUICIDE.

Paragould, Ark, July 20.- Saying that she had lived long enough, Mrs. Thompkins, 70 years of age, a resident of this county, carried out startling plan of self destruction today. With a ham, mer she drove two nails through her skull and into her brain. One was a ten penny and one a six-pen- ny nail. She lived several hours after that. It was found that the nails both passed through the brain.
 Once before the aged woman attempted to commit sui cid e !. Mrs. Thompkins was a white wo- man of family, and was in comfort able circumstances. She had no domestic troubles. She had been heard to say that she had lived long enough.
The Newark journal., 1906-07-27
THE MERCHANTS vS. THE NEWSPAPER

use the columns of the home news paper for the purpose of inviting trade te the town. Itis not to the interest of the printer alone that the merchant should advertise, but 1t is to the best interest of the merchants themselves and the town in general. If each and ev- cry merchant would do bis part in the way of advertising and indue- ing the trade to our town. their combined forces would bring such power and argument to bear upon the buying public that the business of our town would easily be in- creased 100 per cent within | very short time.
 The Journal has never lost an opportunity to say good word for Newark and her business men and has endeayored in every way possible to boost the town.
 The Journal would like for the business men to ask themselves the question: Would Newark be what it is today without a newspa- per? Would the outside world know as much of Newark and it's agricultural and commercial re- sources, its moral healthfui and educational adyantagesl
 Think over these questions and then ask yourself If the business men of the town as whole are giving The Journal the patronage and encouragement that 1t de- serves.
The Newark journal., 1906-07-27

The population of Newark IS steadily increasing g-more homes and better homes are constantly being built. The moral and social status of the town is growing bet ter all the time, and our education al advantages are as good as can be found in any town the size of Newark in the entire country.
 But how is it with the business part of the city Is our town growing as a trade center, or in 8 mercantile way After an inyes- t;gation Of the business section, any fair minded man will say no. h this respect, we are sorry to say, the town is retrograding. h. stead of trying to keep pace with the town our merchants, that is a majority of them. are tagging be- hiad-doing nothing whatever for the town or themselves. What our town needs and needs bad, IS the waking up on the part of the merchants. Or else we need more merchants. Not particularly
 more merchants, but better and more progressive class of mer- chants. Business men in fact men who will advertise literally ard use all their energies to reach out and bring more trade to the town. We need men who will not sit down and wait for trade to come to them voluntarially, but men who will get up and hustle patronize their home printer and
The Newark journal., 1906-07-27
INDICATIONS OF AN IMMENSE CROP
Present Indications Point to Larg- est Crop in the History of
 the United States

We had hardly quit talking about the wonderful bumper crops of last year, when a report Is ls- sued showing that the crops of this year in many respects far ex eel them.
 All the high sounding adjeetives and nearly all possible comparl- sons have been exhausted in try ing to make the country compre- bend the immensity of it's crops.
 Itis commonplace to say that the farmer could pay the national debt without making any very pereeptible hole in the proceeds from his crops for q single year.
 We know by heart that the az. ricultural exports-the surplus left over after all our own needs are supplied-have amounted in Is years to more than the value of all the railroads in the country, and that if the farmer keeps up the present rate of production two years longer he will have produc- ed in ten years an amount Of
 
 wealth equal to half the entire national wealth previously pro- duced in three centuries.
 But we are told now that the present crop will surpass any crop ever grown in the United States.
 Wheat, which is largely har- vested, may go beyond the record by 0,000,000 bushels and 1t is es- timated that the corn crop will be as large as was ever produced in this country. It is estimated that the four great crops of corn, hay wheat and oats will probably be worth about fourth as much as all the gold dug in all the world since Columbus discovered this continent.
The Newark journal., 1906-07-27
BRAIN LEAKS.
tFrom Bryan's Commoner:)

tFrom Bryan's Commoner:)
 The greatest luck is born of pluck.
 An honest vote is the best medi- cine for the ills of the body poli- tic.
 A life measured only by the length of years Is usually life wasted.
 If there is anything more ridicu- lous than an old maid who tries to act giddy 1t is an old man who tries to act coltish.
 Why Is it that the average man finds seat on the hard boards in the base ball grandstand softer and more comfortable than the pew in a church?
The Newark journal., 1906-07-27
NEW COTTON PICKING MACHINES
Pittsburg Company Will llanu- facture Machine For Gather
 ing the Fleecy Staple

It is annouced that plans have been completed for the re- organl- zation of the American Cotton Picker Company, which has head quarter at Pittsburg, Pa, and at recent meeting of the officers and directors of the company held iu Pittsburg plans were discussed for the erection in Pittsburg of a plant capsb ole of manufacturing 1000 cotton picking machines year. Ten machines are now nearing completion. They will be paced at work this fall near Shreveport, La, where the com pany has 1000 acres of cotton planted for the purpose of experi- ment.
 Each machine, 1t is claimed, dis places fifty negroes, and makes daily saving over hand labor of S54. It is estimated that one ma chine will pick ten acres day or Y bales of cotton at cost of but S12.50, while similar acreage with farm labor now costs S67. 50. In addition to the picker a cleaner has been perfected which will re- move leaves and twigs, now so troublesome with careless hand pickers, and it is estimated that the price of cotton will be increas- ed on every pound.
The Newark journal., 1906-07-27
NOTICE TO SCHOOL DIRECTORS

Notice is hereby given that there will be 8 meeting of the di- rectors of the various school dis tricts of the county at Batesyille, Ark, on Saturday, August II, 1906. Every school director in the county is urged to attend.
 SIDNEY PICkENs.
 County Examiner.
The Newark journal., 1906-07-27
ARKANSAS

Land of corn and cotton, Best you ever saw, Ne'er to be forgotten,
 Grand old Arkansas Land of mellow peaches, Land of golden wheat, Iris experience teaches, Mighty hard to beat. Land of reddest cherries, Apples, pears and pIums, Land of endless berries To the front she comes, Land of peace and plenty, Liberty and law; Ain one state in twenty Good as old Arsansas. Blessings rest upon Us,
 Love from all the girls, Hail the land or promise, Hail the land of pearls! Roam the wild world over, This conclusion draw: If to live in clover,
 Come to Arkansas.
 Sidney W. Mase
The Newark journal., 1906-07-27
4 Hard Lot

Of troubles to contend with spring from torpid liver and blockaded bowels, unless you awaken them 10 their proper ac- ton with pr. Kings New Life Pills, the pleasantest and most effective cure for constipation. They prevent appendicitis and tone up the system. 25c at I. |. Sturdiyant Drug Store.
The Newark journal., 1906-07-27

When the wife dies first, the husband, on an average, survives nine years; while if the husband dies first, the wife survives eleven years, according to insurance sta tisties.
The Newark journal., 1906-07-27

Bud King and Lee Wortham be- came involved in Il difficulty near Manila. King was shot in the breast, Wortham using Win chester. The wound is believed to be fatal. The shooting is the elimination of an old feud.
The Newark journal., 1906-07-27

4 pearl button factory with 5( machines will be put in at DeVall'! Bluff,
The Newark journal., 1906-07-27

Blank note and receipt books at The Journal office.
The Newark journal., 1906-07-27

Farmers Union official receipt books at The Journal office.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1906-01-26
In a French VILLAGE.

You don't see scattered farm houses
set IN the midst of their lands here, as
with us, but the farmers live together in
villages. This is real farm-village and
at dawn everything is astr. the clatter-
ing of sabots and the confused MUIR
muir of voices mingling with our early
morning dreams. For the rest of the
day 1t is quite as an American Sunday,
men, women and all but the crones and
babies having gone into the outlying
fields, a-harvesting. At intervals heavy
carts drawn by two, three, or even four
big horses, tandem, magnificent in their
heavy harness and gay with tassels,
come back to the barns with towering
loads of hay or wheat. 1t is the same
on Sunday, now in the height of the
harvest season, only they stop early
and on week days usually come strag-
Cling along the street at nightfall, their
sickes and scythes glstening in lhe
moonlight. What a Woodworking life
they do lead. We sat by the roadside
and sketched some harvesters one after
noon; the men We're grading the wheat,
the women following at their heels, tied
it into bundles and tossed them into
heaps, their motions as regular a. clock
work. Some We're cleaning. | never
saw a farm-machne but in one field.
Their fathers worked with their hands
and their grandfathers before them, and
so they go on IN their narrow way per-
fectly satisfied with themselves and what
they have. 1t is like the wide street
that grew up crooked because the first to
pass that way was a calf that was wobbly
and went from side to side, and the next
followed in the same path, and the next,
never thinking of improvement.
We saw woman and her daughter
sewing in a beautiful garden, one day,
so we just walked in and asked them
to pose. They were very pleased to do
so and were fiattered that we admired
the garden They took us all over it.
pointing out every pet feature with great
pride; the river ran at the end of it.
There were many Gird-cages against the
house-wall and shelves full of ported
flowers, great spreading fuchsias and
hanging plants; there were little dens
for rabbits and one for the dog built in
the foundations of the house. A delight. |
full place.-The February Metropolitan
Magazine. n