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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-12-10
PRINTERS EIGHT-HOUR COMMITTEE
IN CONTROVERSY OVER COUNTY WORK

Rock Island, Dec. 1O-Editor Argus
In Saturday evenings issue of The Ar
gus there appeared an article in which
was embodied a petition to the board
of supervisors signed by Kramer &
Co., Desaulnier & Co., Edward w.
Nance, J. +. Dindinger, and A. ID. Mar
tin, asking that body to rescind its
action taken at a former meeting re-
curing the Allied Printing Trades
label on all county printing.
In this petition, as published, these
gentlemen make the modest claim that
they employ large number OF men,
pay them high wages. and do better
printing than is done by any other
printing firms If these claims be true,
why do not these gentlemen. instead of
asking the board to reverse itself, put
the label on their printing? 1t Will
not cost them anything if their conten-
ton is true.
In the cities of Moline and Rock
Island there are 10 printing offices en-
titled to use the Allied Printing Trades
label employing more than 10 printers
and % apprentices.
Three of the five petitioning firms
employ seven journeymen printers
of which number four are imported
strike breakers. In addition to the
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-12-10
The English Lop-bo,v.

The range and power of the English
longbow in its pa!mieSt days were eX-
traordinary. notes writer in Cham
bers' Journal We have seen and ham
died one Of these bows, said to have
been used at Flodden. 1t measured
six feet unstrung and the arrow three
feet The pull must have-been quite
100 pounds. To draw the cloth yard
shaft on such a bow would probably
defy the powers of even an exception
ally strong man nowadays. But good
Bishop Latimer in his we'll known eu-
logy of English archery has shown us
how from their boyhood Englishmen
were scientifically trained in the use
of the bow till. like Justice Shadows
hero, old Double. they could clap in
the clout at twelvescOre yards" Up
to what distance the old longbow was
really effective is n question not easy
to answer. but from the data we pos
sess it may safely be assumed that
against anything but armor of proof
the cloth yard shaft was deadly up to
300 yards. while for combined rapidity
and efficiency in shooting no weapon
could compare with the lOngbow till
the Introduction of the breechloader.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-12-10
LOCAL MARKET CONDITIONS.

Today's Quotations on Provisions, Live
Stock, Feed, and Fuel.
Rock Island, Dec. 10.-Following are
the wholesale quotations in today
market:
Provisions and Produce.
Live Poultry-Spring chickens SA to
SC pound; hens. per pound. Sc /:
ducks, per pound, 10c; turkeys, pc.
pound 14c to 15c; geese, per pound,
10c.
Butter-Dairy. 2214c to csc.
Lard-10 to 12c.
egetables-Potatoes, new, 35c.
Eggs-Fresh, Csc
Live Stock.
Sheep-Yearlings or over, $500 to
$500; lambs. $500 to $3.50.
CattIe-Steers, $3.50 to 5000; COWS
and heifers, $500 to $500; calves $3.50
to $500.
Hogs-Mixed, $3.50 to 5000.
Feed and Fuel.
Grain-Corn, new, 42c to ACC; oats,
35c to 36c.
Woodland. per load, $500 to $3.50
Forage - Timothy hay, $13 to $13;
prairie, $40 to $13; clover. mixed, $12
to $13; straw, 5000 to $500.
Coal-Lump, bushel, 15c; slack, pei
bushel, Sc to &c.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-12-10
IN iI new I QUARTERS l1 Ei1IiI
Sweeney Ell Walker TO Remove
From Bengston Block to Suite
in Bank Building.
HAvELONG OCCUPIED OFFICES
{. D. Sweeney, Senior Member, Has
Been Tenant at Same Site Since
1860 Almost Continuously.

Sweeney & Walker are to remove
their offices within the next two weeks
to a corner suite of four rooms on the
second floor of the remodeled Peoples
National bank building, from their
present location in the BengSton block,
where Mr.. Sweeney, the senior mem
Der of the firm, has had his office since
1860. Mr.. Sweeney's occupancy of the
Office began before the present build
ing was erected. In 1864 he formed a
partnership with Hon. William Jack
son, and this firm continued to occupy
the offices. until 1875. when Mr.. Beings
ton purchased the site, and erected the
present building. During the time the
building was being erected, the firm
had offices on the opposite side of Sec
ond avenue, but returned again to the
new Bengston building, and have re-
manned there since that time.
Firm Members Change.
The firm in the meantime has twice
changed. Colonel c. ID. Walker. after
studying in the Office of Sweeney &
Jackson. was admitted to the bar in
1873. and in 1884 he became member
of the firm of Sweeney, Jackson &
Walker. Later Mr.. Jackson retired
from the firm. and it became Sweeney
& Walker as at present. The new Of
fees will be occupied before Jan. 1.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-12-10

seven journoymen printers the three
firms employ nine girls and appren-
tices. Two of the petitioning firms do
not employ single journeyman print
or. the proprietors themselves doing all
their own work.
As TO high wages: March / last, the
job printers of the tri-cities, who were
then working nine hours per day. at
SIS per week or more asked for and
received from their employers reduc-
ton of hours to eight per day, said
wages to remain as they were. The
petitioners TO the board who employ
anybody, refused this request, stating
that to grant the eight hour day would
ruin their business. However. their
competitors who did give the eight
hour day have not been ruined, and
they are not whining to the board of
supervisors or asking the board to
stultify itself and Tescind an act which
has not cost the county one cent, but
has protected it from the imposition of
cheap apprentice labor.
These firms can all get the label by
getting into line with their nine pro-
gressive competitors. granting the
eight hour day. and employing satsfac-
tory journeymen.
EIGHT HOUR COMMITTEE.
Tri-City Typographical Union, No 107
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-12-10
A Bird That sbnxes.

Man is not the only living creature
that shaves. The bonmot, a South
American bird. takes a dry shave reg
ularly. The bonmot has leng blue tail
feathers. Each quill is adorned from
base to tip with soft blue down This
arrangement the bird dislikes. There
fore with its sharp beak it nips the
quilts bare from the base out to about
an inch from the tip, where it main
tains a neat oval of soft blue whlsker.
Such action seems silly on the bon
mot's part TO certain philosophers,
though it seems no sillier than mans
action in regularly scraping bare his
cheeks and chin, while he maintains
on his upper lip an oval of soft hair
not unlike the bormot's tail oval.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-12-10

Copper 1875, 114%, 113h. 11434.
C. f. l., 57H, 573s, 561A, 57ls.
L. S. Steel preferred, iO47s, 1O47s
1912, 1O41a.
L. S. Steel common, 4SA, 4SA, As
1885.
a. c. & F., 441A. 44aI, A, 44M.
National Lead, 751s, 751a, 10, 7515.
Locomotive. Az, 7i7s, 741a. 743l.
A. n. c.. 2SS, 2S9, 2S5A, 2S9.
Pressed Steel. 81. So, 81, So.
Great Western. 177s, is, 1875, 1875.
Republic Steel common, Az, 415s,
40A. II.
Wisconsin Central, %, %, 245s,
PASS.
o. & w, 4Szs. 4S7k, As, rs.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-12-10
CITY CHA Il.

BeaI & Schmitt,
High class tailors,
Illinois theatre building.
Insure with Beecher Bros.
Buy a home of Reidy Bros.
Beecher Bros. for real estate.
Fine umbrellas at J. Ramser's.
Tri-City Towel Supply company.
For bus, baggage, express, call Robb's
For bus or express. Spencer & Trefz
White Lily washers at $3.50 at David
DOn's.
Grand masquerade on rollers at the
big rink, Tuesday, Dec. IS. Register
and have your skates reserved. Gen
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-12-10
ASTRONOMY FOR LANOSMEN
How IA watch or Clock May BE Regu-
lated by Observing star.

lated by Observing star.
When some investigator makes the
discovery" that the points of the com
pass can be approximately determined
by looking at the sun and using Il
watch to show the divisions of the
plane it is apt TO go the rounds of the
press as something very peculiar. If
this discoverer were sufficiently con-
versant with the principles of naviga
ton to note for the public benefit that
the running of watch or clock may
be regulated by observing a star he
might confer some practical benefit
This is a very simple thing to do and
might be of great use in country
place where accurate time is not al
ways obtainable, but all that is neces-
sary is a fixed location on the earth's
surface and any old thing in the way
of timepiece.
Choose q south window from which
any other fixed point comparatively
near and high, such as Il chimney, side
of building, ETC., may be seen. To
the side of a window fasten a piece of
card having Il small hole in it, so that
by looking through the hole with one
eye toward the edge of the elevated OBJ
ject some fixed star may be seen.
Watch the progress of the star. and the
instant it vanishes behind the fixed
point the observer must note the exact
time it disappears. Watch the same
star the following night, and it will
vanish behind the same object just
three minutes and fifty-six seconds
sooner. If the. timepiece marks 8
O'Clock when the star disappears one
night it should indicate three minutes
and fifty-six seconds less than the
following night. If several cloudy
nights occur together, follow the first
observation and deduct the product
from clock time to find the time the
star will pass.
OF course the same star can only be
observed during a few weeks, for, as
it gains nearly an hour in fortnight,
it will in a short time come to the
meridian in broad daylight and be-
come invisible. To make sure the oh
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-12-10
EeIInH SfrupgIcrs.

There We're some things which the
woman who had lived for twenty
years in n beautiful but lonely spot
within sight of the White mountains
had borne just as long as she could,
and she did not care who knew it.
what n rest it must be to you at
the end of the days work to look ut
those great calm hills standing there
in the waning light" said an enthusi-
astic traveller who had stopped for a
glass of water.
The inhabitant of Ridge Hill farm
looked at her visitor with a hint of
scorn in her face. although her tone
was good natured enough. I've look
ed at them hills just as many times as
I'm ever going to when I'm tired" she
said slowly. 81 save 'em now for Sun
days when I'm some rested up. When
I'm mad and tired and ache all over
go out back and look at my tomato
vines and potatoes. They've both got
things to contend with here, same as
have. That's what soothes me more'n
any hills"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-12-10
BURLINGTON Train DeraiIed.

Train No. a Of the Burlington road.
was dcrailed last evening about quar-
ter of a mile from North Henderson.
The tender of the engine and the front
trucks of the mail car left the track,
but no one was injured and no damage
done. The train was delayed over two
hours, arriving in this city about 10
o'clock.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-12-10

Receipts Today-Wheat 81, corn 249
oats 209.
Northwest Receipts - Wheat, TO-DAY
S14, last week 79S. last year 81.
Liverpool Opening Gables - Wheat
unchanged to a lower, corn Is higher
1870 p. m.-Wheat unchanged Is low
er. corn l higher.
Wheat Closed Il lower, corn un
changed to Is higher.
Chicago-Hogs, $4,000; cattle, 81,
900: sheep, 10000.
Hogs opened cents lower
Cattle opened 10 cents higher.
Sheep 10 10 10 cents lower.
Mixed hogs. 600M6.30; heavy, 5.S06
$50; rough, 5.SO@6.00; light, 5000
G.2O.
Kansas City-Hogs, 5000; cattle, IS,
900; sheep, 5000.
Omaha-Hogs, 1000; cattle, 5000
sheep. 200.
Hogs closed to 10c higher-MiXed
6.05@6.40; heavy. G.1O@G45; rough
5.S5@G.05: light, 60506.35; bulk, 6.20
G6.35; pigs, 5.7506.25.
Hogs estimated tomorrow. $4,000.
(dttle GStlHldleu lOInOTTON. O,UUU.
Cattle closed 10c higher-Beeves
4.00@7.40; COWS and heifers, 1900
so; stockers and feeders, 3.30@5.7O
Sheep closed 10c lower.
New York Stocks.
New York, Dec. 1O.-FolIowing are
Rock Island preferred, ca, ca, 66&
66A
Rock Island common, S15s, 31Fs,
3O1a, 81.
ST Paul. 1927, 1875. 1878. 1897.
Missouri Pacific, 94H, 94H, 9S1k,
94H.
Atchison preferred, 1929. 1929,
1929. 1929.
Atchison common, 1OaA, 1925,
1929, 1888
Canadian Pacific, 1925, 1913, 1875.
1929
Illinois Central, IT'S. IT'S, 175, 175.
Union Pacific, 1S5, 1858, 1855
1855.
Southern Pacific, $685.. 9S7s. SO, 93.
Southern Ry.. 1875, 81, 332l, 81.
Texas Pacific 371A, 375s, S7as, 375s.
Pennsylvania, 1881, 1888, 1874,
1855.
n. Y. Central, 1879, 1899, 1925,
1881.
Wabash preferred. AZ, AZ, AZ, -.
Wabash common. 20, 20. 20, 20.
B. & o., 11SSs, 1885. 1873, 11Sk.
Reading, 1477s, 150ss, 147A. 1909.
Erie, 44%, 45H, Has, 45H.
L. & N, las. 145. 144%, 144%.
N. &c W., 911a, 80. 9115, 30.
C. & o.. 57ss, 579s, 567s, 81.
NJ X T. common, 40ss. Al, 4O1s, A..
Sugar. 1876. 136, 134H. 1876
. B. r. r.. 1914. 791k, 1913, 79k.
Gas. 92. 92a. 90. 921k.
Shelters, 152, 1885, 1918, 1885.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-12-10

light precipitation from the Missouri
and mississippi valleys tn the Atlantic
coast. il attending an area of low pres
sure which extends from Texas tn the
lower lake region. and like conditions
prevail west of the Rockies a result
of a storm which il of the coast of Or
cSon- Snow Gurries Indicated for
this vicinity tonight, and cold wave
tonight and fair and cold weather
Tuesday will attend the advance OF an
area Of high pressure and very low
temperature which Is now central over
the Red river valley.
}. NJ. SHERIER, Local FOrecaster.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-12-10

For chapped and cracked hands moth
ing is quite as good as an application
of DeWitts Witch Hazel Salve. Put il
on before going to bed, use an old pair
of gloves, and see what difference the
morning will bring. Sold by all drug
gists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-12-10
THE Wealth Il II g..

snow nurrics and decidedly colder
tonight, with cold WAVE; Tuesday.
fair and cold The lowest temperature
zero.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-12-10

1t is noticeable cold seldom comes
on when the bowels are freely open.
Kennedy's Laxative Cough Syrup tastes
as pleasant as maple sugar. Free from
all opiates. Contains honey and tar.
Conforms to the national pure food and
drug law. Sold by all druggists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-12-10
Rest for Home Use.

Order a case of Cross Country. the
best family beer Rock Island Brew
ing company. Old phone west SO, new
60S9.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-12-10

Temperature at e. "a. 81; at $3.50
p. 30. Minimum temperature i'm -
hours, 30; maximum, SO. Velocity of
wind mt = a. M, miles.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-12-10
The sting.

'I hear your firm discharged YOU"
Eyes, but I wouldn't mind that 20
much if they hadn't added insult to
injury"
"How?"
"They advertised for boy to ali
my place."
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-12-10

Open the bowels and get the cold out
of your system. Kennedy's Laxative
Cough Syrup opens the bowels and at
the same time allays the inflammation
of the mucous membranes. Contains
honey and tar. Drives out the cold and
stops the cough Absolutely free from
any opiates. Conforms to the national
pure food and drug law. Pleasant to
take. Sold by all druggists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-12-10

All the news all the time-THE
ARGUS.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-12-10
THE M1RKETS.
Chicago, Dec. 10.-Following are the
market quotations today

Chicago, Dec. 10.-FolIowing are tho
uarket quotations toGay.
Wheat.
December, 74al, 742l, 7l5s, 74M.
May, 10, 1919, 1874, 1855.
July, rs, 7S1a, 1874, 1885.
Corn.
December, IS. As, 1873. IS.
May, 44H, 44Il, IA. Az.
July, liz, 4f3s, I43s, 44%.
Oats.
December. 332s. 1885. 1874, 349s.
May, sc, 3GH, 80, 36H.
july, 1855, 337s, 1884, 337s.
Pork.
January. 1896. 1912. 1866. 1910.
May, 1906, 1857, 1906, 1852.
Lard.
January, SIT. S.77. S.72, S.75.
May, $50, S.S5, SIT, S.S5.
Ribs.
January. $50. $50, $50. S.55.
May. $50, S.62, S.55, $50.
The San Francisco call., 1906-11-25

doorway between. l had ALREADY plan
ned portiere made of gunny sacking
and ropes, and it did not take us long
to move our things out there and
camp while we We're completing the
furnishings.
We had a box couch that we had
bought some time before and this,
with a dressing table one OF my cou-
sins had given me. and a few chairs,
completed our set.
Invention to the Fore
had few ideas saved from my
college days and these | brought to
bear on the finishing of our living
room. With Jack help covered the
walls with lathing and covering of
cheap cheesecloth. or house lining
muslin which was five cents a yard.
On this we pasted red paper. 1t re-
quired twenty-one yards of the lining
and two and half rolls of paper
(double) at 40Mcents the single roll.
to extend three feet from the ceiling.
For the ceiling nine strips of redwood,
one inch wide and fourteen feet long,
at two cents a foot, We're required, and
forty-five yards of silesia one yard
wide, at 10 cents the yard.
Jacks and my patience was rather
severely tried in doing the. ceiling, for
we were not experts at this sort Of
work, but the result was so artistic
that we did not grumble at scratched
fingers.
The San Francisco call., 1906-11-25

as once they did They are clean lot
of young men who enjoy the improved
conditions which obtain in many places.
This is due in no small part TO such
influences as the Naval Branch OF the
Young Mems Christian Association, to
the splendid building of which. in
Brooklyn. Miss Helen NJ Gould gave
so much time and money And now
John D. Rockefeller has given 100000
for a Young Mems Christian Associa-
tion building at Norfolk, where IS To-
Gated one of the great naval training
stations. The work OF the Naval
Young Mems Christian Association at
half q dozen other points has done
much for the men,
At this point I handed to Admiral
Dewey a newspaper clipping quoting a
letter written to a New York news
paper finding fault with Rear Admiral
Evans of the Atlantic feet for resent
ing i'll treatment Of his men at Port
land. This letter contained the state
ment that naval officers looked upon
enlisted men as so many inferior
beings. and that tho impossible abyss
created between tho enlisted and com
missiOncd personnel Delied tho solicit
tude of officers for their men, The
question was ingeniously raised. What
would Admiral Evans do IL bluejackets
attempted to dine in the same room
with MIN at a hotel?" Admiral Dewey
gave q fa1r ana square answer 10 THIS.
When I was at Hongkong coaIing
the Olympia" he said. Il stayed at the
best hotel, and frequently dining in the
same room where i dined were blue
Jackets from my ship. They sat at
tables near me and I was proud OF
them"
Has the athletic spirit developed in
the service improved the tone Of the
men?''
TT assuredly has. The suggestion
that the officers regard the enlisted
men as inferior beings Is aptly dis
proved by the fact that many OF the
younger officers who are proficient In
sports play baseball and other games
with the men. side by side with them.
against teams from other ships.
nAIi patriotic citizens can hope for
but one outcome Of the test case at
Newport But should local laws prove
Inadequate 20 eompcl respect for the
uniform n1tional legislation should be
enacted
..Be11bovs. porters. street car con~
sluctors. messenger bows and no eng
of other persons employed in usefus
but not rnllit3ry cailin s.. affect. or are
Obliged BY their employers to adopt
a uniform which usually IS modelled
somewhat on the uniform OF a naval
officer and which frequently closely
resembles a petty officers uniform. 7
believe that the European practice Of
forbfdding. under heavy penalty. the
wearing by a civilian OF any dress. even
approximating the naval or army uni
form. Is a good one. Servants should
wear livery and not uniform"
The San Francisco call., 1906-11-25

On one side or the wall, where we
tended to place the buffet. we ham
nlered brass nails at intervals. on which
to hang our steins-when we should
have some TO hang. The box couch
was placed as a window seat. and an
old watchman's lamp, which Jack had
picked up for two-bits, hung above.
We bought large, old-fashioned table
from a man who did not appreciate
its picturesqueness so well as we did.
and Jack invested $5 on the first in
stallment of piano. We felt that our
musical natures would be starved if we
did not have that With my mandolin.
which we had saved with our suitcase
and Gladstone bag, and some photo
graphs culied from our relatives col
lections on the walls, we felt that we
had at least the nucleus of an artistic
living room. Later on we added a
hammock and some old chairs which
we enameled anew to match our red
wood ceilings and wall paper.
We had a small stove, for Jack did
not feel equal to attempting an open
fireplace. but some day we mean to
have that. Through our unny-saeking
portiere we pass to the other room,
which is as yet very simply furnished.
We have a table there, which Jack
made himself, an. imitation of wealth
cred oak. Around the walls. which
are of the natural wood, he built
shelves and before the window a seat
which we covered with a brown army
The San Francisco call., 1906-11-25

fair hands.
But you don't know thing about
carpeRtering," | objected.
How do you know?' he returned.
wait till you see
/ was willing to wait.
My lukeWarm faith in Jacks powers
was strengthened the next Sunday.
however, when l accompanied him and
a load of planks to the Richmond lot.
He displayed quite lot of unexpected
ability in saving and measuring and
hammering nails. The shack began to
loom up as a possibility before it be-
came too dark for him to see the
hammer. Next Saturday he got off
early and went at the house again.
and the next day he had nearly fin
ished the exterior. 1t took FIVE or six
days before the place attained really
habitable air. but it was then decidedly
homelike. At least we thought so,
though it was not in the least like
our little apartment. Jack had divided
the interior into two rooms. without
The San Francisco call., 1906-11-25

form, he said that such discrimination
was a sign of snobbishness
1T was different years ago, when the
American navy was composed OF all
nationalities and all types. But today
the navy is truly American. No Amer
ican need be ashamed to come into con-
tact with its men. More than "a per cent
OF the enlisted personnel are American
citizens, and nearly as large a pro-
portion are native born. The young
fellows who wear the bluejackets uni
form today are members of respectable
families. In their home towns they are
accustomed to mingle with the best
class of citizens which our country af-
fords. Many Of them are farmer boys
from the Middle West. Few of the re-
The San Francisco call., 1906-11-25
By Sarah Williamson

q OBoDY Will care to hear the long
nj story OF our earthquake expo
rtences, for more than thou
sand similar tales have been re
lated by word Of mouth and in the
magazines. We Jared like many oth-
ers, finding ourselves safe and sound
on the fateful 18th Of April, with our
sole possessions a suitcase and Glad
stone bag with a change Of clothing
within, and our jewels and silver
spoons and forks. We were glad enough
to have saved so much from the wreck
Of the apartment-house at the corner
OF Mason and Pine streets, where we
had established our Lares and Penates.
Jack found himself burned out OF his
job, as well as out of his home, but
We had each other, and we were both
young and strong. SO there seemed no
imminent danger of having to seek the