Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-05-12
MOLINE MENTION.

Club Still Grows.-The Woman S
club executive board meeting held yes
terday with Mrs. F. G. Allen, demon'
strated that this, the close of the third
club year, shows no diminution In the
popularity of the club, for IA new
names were presented. The names
acted on are: Mrs. Dan Hartwell, Mrs.
| j. M. Schofer, Mrs. George Edgar Hun
toon, Mrs. A. r. Ebi, Miss Clara An
thony, Mrs. Henry Hoffman, Mrs. w.
K. Sloan; Mrs. John O'Neal, Rock Is
land; Mrs. Maria M. Long, Rock Is
land; Miss Evlyn B. Long, Mrs. A. Til
tus, Miss Anna OLSON, Rock Island /;
Mrs. o. c. Tennis, Davenport; Mrs. J.
J. Dorgan, Davenport. The woman's
fund for San Francisco women has
been started, $401.2O being in hand to-
ward the $1,000 which Moline women
are trying to raise and send
May Reduce Fare.-It is given out
from good authority that the new man
agement of the public utilities in the
three cities will make some changes in
management of some of it's plants,
places of anusements, etc. Among
other changes contemplated it is said
that the new property holders will cut
the fare in half on the interurban line
to WATERFOWL. Since the line has been
established fare of 10 cents has been
charged to Campbell's island and Wa
tertown, but to encourage the people
to visit the island this summer the fare
will be made cents each way.
Decides on mprovements.-At a
meeting of the board of local improve
ment, street improvements to cost al
most $50, 900 were passed on, while the
paving and a water main for Fifteenth
street south of Twenty-fifth avenue to
the city limits was laid on the table
because the majority of the property
owners were not in favor of the i'm
prOvement. 1t is understood that two
more petitions for paving will soon be
presented to the board for action
These are for the paving of Twelfth
street from Third to Twelfth avenues
with brick, and Sixteenth street from
asphalt. The petition for Sixteenth
street already has majority of prop
erty Signers.
Features of Monument The shaft |
on Campbell's island, for the erection |
of which Welsh e Mitchell of Chicago
have the contract, will be built of Mt |
Airy granite brought from Mt. Airy, |
y. c. The granite is light gray in col |
Or, Streaked with black The monu- /
ment will be 371a feet high and 16% |
feet square at the base. The die will |
be II feet square The bronze tablet |
Tor the front side will be 61a by feet /
The lettering on this will cost 500, /
and upon it will be representation of |
he famous battle scene that took place /
IN Campbell's island. Three similar L
ablets of polished Pike river red gran
tie will grace the other sides. When
he first bids were received it was [
ound that they were far above the ap-f
Nine bids were offered,
md they ranged from $4,000 to $4,000,
which were entirely out of the ques-
ion. The committee in charge saw
hat something must be done, so the
anne plans were shrunk somewhat and
hen offered for bids. Six bids were re-
eived on the last proposal and theyt
anged from $4,000 to $500, and the
Felsh-Mitchell bid was accepted
Wed Secretly.-Julius Volkman, son
f Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Volkman, 242S
Observation-Disclosures street, and Miss
bertha Rhody of Davenport were mar
led Oct. &c, 1905, at Clinton, by Rev.
1r. Brown, and kept the matter a Sc
ret till Thursday They go to house
eeping on Fourteenth street, between
ourteenth and Sixteenth avenues. 1t
'as surprise to many of their friends,
,r the contemplated marriage was
ept secret until the day of the GER
mony.