Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-02-23
MOLINE MENTION,
Two candidates for state Honors.-

| Two Candidates for State Honors.-
Officers for the coming year will be
elected by the Swedish-American Re
publican club at the meeting to be held
this evening. Delegates to the state
convention will also be named Much
interest and enthusiasm prevails here
| relative to the coming state meeting as
there will be two Moline candidates
for the Office of president of the state
| league. Albert Ed, the present vice
president, is out for the honor, and
many friends are interesting them
selves in the campaign soon to be
opened for his advancement G. L.
Peterson is also talked of as a candi-
date.
Propose New Foundry. - This city
| is in fair way to secure another large
additional manufacturing plant if the
plans of some local capitalists mater
ialize as they expect. Although moth
| ing definite has been decided on, it is
understood that before the building
season opens up plans will be drawn
providing for the erection of one of
the largest foundries every erected in
| the city The plan is to erect foun-
dry to take care of all the jobbing
work, for which there is an unlimited
| field in this portion of the state and
Moline is as good a location as can be
found when railroad facilities are con-
sidered.
Buys Two-Acre Tract. = w. E. Toll
| les has purchased the Thomas Dunn
property at the corner of Seventh av-
enue and Twenty-second street, now
occupied by Mrs. Thomas Dunn and
son, Richard. The property includes
| two acres, and the purchase price was
| 50 900 George w. Walker conducted
the sale
May Have Club. - The question of
organizing a commercial club in East
Moline is, being agitated by number
of its business men who have the best
interest of the village in mind, believ-
| ing that by some united effort much
better results would follow than by the
present method of each one working
| on his own hook
| Play for championship.-The Daven-
port high school basketball team will
| contest for honors with the Moline
| high school team tomorrow at Armory
hall in Davenport. This will be Daven-
ports second game for the tri-city
championship, the first one having
been won from Rock Island by a score
of AZ to II. Moline and Rock Island
have played two games, each taking
L fret
Island the Moline team has made sew
eral changes which have strengthened
it, and this revised quintet will prove
to be strong rivals of Davenport. The
usual dance will be given after the
game.
Opening Crossipgs.-One by one the
corporations are yielding to the de-
mands of the village board of East
Moline for the betterment of Condi-
tons for the general public They
have for several months been CORE
spending with the various railroads for
| the opening of streets across the
tracks to make it more convenient for
teams as well as pedestrians to go
from one place to another, and at last
the matter has gone through the chain
of managers and the Rock Island com
pany has its force of workmen engaged
in making the crossing at Fifth street
There are several other crossings
which are just as necessary as this
one. notably that at Seventeenth street
where lot owners stand ready to erect
at least a dozen dwelling houses as
soon as the crossing is made. 1t is
expected this will all go in before the
lgang leaves town.