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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-06-15
The Richest New State,

The new commonwealth Of Dklah0-
ma. taking i'll Indian Territory. until
now i'll the possession Of the Five Civil
liZed Tribes, embraces $1,000 square
miles and has population of 1.200.sJ0.
1t is the richest state ever taken into
the Union. as Charles NJ. Harger points
out in Moody'S Magazine, and has pos
siblities that are an earnest of out
stripping the older states of the mid
die west i'll wealth and influence in less
than a decade
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-06-15
FAITH or BOYS IN PRAYER.
Drowning Kansas Lads Companions
kncit on the Bank.

knct on the Bank.
A touching incident occurred recent
~ when little Byron Clark and Ralph
Chaplain of Marysviile. Kan. kneit ON
the bank of the river ana prayed God
to keep Il companion of their own age
who had fallen into the water from
drowning. says The Kansas City Star.
Rea Sewer. Il boy eight years old. with
his brother Job. two years older: the
Clark ana Chaplain boys and several
others. We're playing along the river
bank when the Younger Sewer boy fell
from log into the water.
He could not swim. Two of the older
boys went out on the log and tried to
reach him. hut could not. and lie was
going down the third time when his
brother saw him and jumped into the
river after him. Job could swim and
succeeded in getting Rea to shore.
In the meantime the little Clark boy,
who is son of Stewart Clark. road
master of the st. Joseph and Grand
Island railroad. and the Chaplain boy
neither of whom could swim and were
too small to lie of any help. knelt on
the banl, and prayed God to save Rea's
life
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-06-15
Sl.OO Round trip between
Clinton and Davenport.

ing IL ne So desires 1t is stipulated
that Black can skip one day and tGen
take two off. hut that not NOR" than
two shall lie taken together. Further
it is agreed that all the fishing shall
he done within the state unless 10y con-
sent of the wife. Since lie was II hoy
fly. and it is declared that he played
hockey mere than once t" Indulge iii
| his fayoritc sport. The fever stayed
with him when he grew to manhood,
and il is no secret that the woods and
streams more than once lured him
when he should have been filling the
Poll. In fact. his fences got little care
when the trout hit we'll.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-06-15
ENDEAVORERS' RAID ON YALE.
No Limit TO Hospitality Showered Up
on Them by Students.

on Them by Students.
8 More than 1000 Christian Endeavor-
erS swarmed upon Yale the other day.
elusive of the undergraduates dormi-
tories. kept the campus in an uprOar
during the two hours they stayed there
and took their steamboat back To New
York loaded down with Yale souvenirs
and college trophies. says Il New Ha-
ven special dispatch IL the New York
Times.
Jim Donnelly, the sole patrolnlan on
guard weighs 300 pounds. but he was
not lively enough 10 cover all the
points of attack at which the Endeay-
orerS Surged upon the college grounds,
and he was subdued finally 10y a few
dozen who insisted on feeding him
with chocolates
\ senior named Brown, who rooms
in Vanderbilt hail. told the girls that
the proper thing to DO was To 60
through WEIGH hall. He shouted:
Young ladies. the hospitality of the
dormitory is at your disposal. Make
yourselves ut home. If You See any
thing You want in any of the rooms
take if home will. YOU"
In tiocked the EndeaVOrerS by the
score Most of the rooms were unlock
! ed. and in some Of them the under
| graduate occupants sat They caught
| the spirit of the raid and handed over
| cheerfully Yale flags and other colleg,
| trophies 10y the dozen. In some cases
| students from other d0rmitOrieS pre-
| tended to he the occupants Of Welcl
| hall rooms and with open hearted hos
| pitality pressed the souvenirs from th'
rooms upon the girls. The electri,
! truck in which Pop" Warner. the off
ciai college eXpreSsman. narigated TIN
campus. stood in front of the dormito
| ries while Pop" was conveying f.;
package upstairs.
This is the official Yale touring car
| entitled Seeing Yale" called on
| Brown "All aboard"
Twenty-Five girls tumhlcd into tn
! truck. and Brown shot them aroun,
the campus at racing car speed, tn
cccunantS shricking ana ciinging (" tn
sides of the truck. The Yale faCult!
| is discussing the framing of new cam
pus rules broad enough Ia cover Chris
tian EndcavOr excursions.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-06-15
PETE A GOOD FIGHTER.
But Very Poor Judge of Dogs, Rooss
welt Tells Jusscrand.

"Your bull terrier Pete is Il very poor
fighter" said NJ. .IuSscrand, the French
ambassador, who once on Il time was
freed by the dog to President Roose-
welt the other day.
You are mistaken. Mr.. Ambassa-
dor" replied the president. He is a
splendid fighter, but he is very poor
judge of dogs
Pete, who has been in the hospital
as the result of fight, limped into the
White House grounds recently, says a
Washington special to the New York
World. He had up to a short time ago
not met his rival, the brindle bull ter.
rier, sent to the president from &C.
lima, o.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-06-15

4 new industry has been started in
Australia i'll connection with rabbits.
says the New York Tribune Near
ly half Il gallon of oil possessing
valuable lubricatin" qualities has been
obtained 10y rabbit hunter ii Gilgan-
dra. New South Wales. from seventy
three pounds of skins without lessen
ing the commercial value of the pelts
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-06-15

The other day. according to the
Korea Daily News. 4 Korean gen
darlne went To the office where sub
scriptions toward the public debt are
being received and. having paid in
his money. cut his finger and with the
blood wrote an oath to support thu
movement to the best of his ability.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-06-15
NIGHT Construction.

The Chicago ami Milwaukee Electric
railroad. which * extending its line
from keuOSha north to Milwaukee.
Wis. is employing both day and night
gangs on the construction. arc lamps
furnishing the light, says Engineer.
More than 600 men are now employed.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-06-15
NEWS OF THE NEIGHBORS

Fay Millett and brother, Coda Ellis,
and Florence AXelson from Watertown,
and Mr.. and Mrs. Will Rank and chill
dren, Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Wilson, Miss
Anna Kipp, and Mrs. Springer from
the twin-cities. Arno received many
useful and valuable presents.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-06-15
T onight.

IF you would enjoy tomorrow. take
Chamberlains' Stomach and Liver Tab
let's tonight They produce an agree
able laxative effect. clear the head and
cleanse the stomach. Price. % cents.
Samples free at all druggists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-06-15

For scratches, burns. cuts. insecl
bites and the many little hurts com
mon to every family. use DeWitt's Car
bOlized Witch Hazel Salve. Sold by
all druggists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-06-15
Antifshins Clause In Wedding Bond.

An odd marriage contract has recent
ly been entered into at Goshen, Vt.
between viii J. Black and Mildred
Prentiss, says n Goshen special dis
patch to the New York World BY its
terms Black agrees ''to attend strictly
to farming except one day each week.
when he shall spend twelve hnnrs f-.'
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-06-15

Club Picnic June 29.-Directors of
the Moline club have made arrange
ments for grand club picnic al
CampbellS island Saturday afternoon
and evening. June % As a special
feature of the day there will be base
ball game in the afternoon between the
single men and the benedicts and the
evening will be devoted TO dancing.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-06-15

Bowling Alleys sold.-C. \. William
son has purchased the bowling alleys
Of A. c. Stoutier on Third avenue near
Seventeenth street and will move his
secondhand store there from Market
square. taking possession at once. He
will offer the alleys for sale and un;il
sold is to cover them with temporary
flooring and move his stock in. TAe
site of his store on the square is to ne
used for the erection of a printery io'
Desaulniers & Co.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-06-15

Open After II; Fined.-KeepiHg
open after hours proved somewhat dl,-
aslrous to Ivo DeKeyser. proprietor of
saloon at 327 Thirteenth street. and
he was mulcted yesterday afternoon
upon two charges by Police Magistrate
Gustafson being fined $50.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-06-15
Asked About Children; Assaulted,

Asked About Children; Assaulted
Because Knowles Entrikin wanted 10
take the school census Lawrence KEEL
hOltz struck him a vicious blow on thu
head. Yesterday afternoon KielhOi'Z
was taken for q hearing before Mag
istrate GustafsOn but the case was cor
tinued To Monday afternoon at ,
O'clock. Knowles Enrriliin is the son
of r. W. Entrikin, secretary of the
board of education and is assisting his
father in taking the school census. I
legal requirement. Knowles called
the Keiholtz home at Hay Twenty
third street Thursday morning Entrl-
kin asserts that Mrs KeilhultZ answer
ed his knock a. the door and when il.
formed of his mission, she refused ~
tell how many children she had on
their ages. Knowles insisted that he
must have them but nothing availe
and she shut the door in his face. II
then turned to start down the star
way. when. he alleges, the son OF the
woman rushed out of the door and af
ter him. striking him on the head. En-
trilin swore out a warrant for his a.
rest
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-06-15
DAVENPORT

Blame Company.-The coroner's jury
which held an inquest over the body OF
John Hips, the laborer whose death
last Tuesday was caused by cave-in
of the sides of a ditch in which he was
working for the Peoples Gas e Flee
trio company, near Fifteenth and Mar
quette streets. returned verdict to the
effect that his death occurred in the
manner described The second clause
of the verdict is as follows: I'VE fur
Their believe from the evidence. that in
sufficient precautions were taken to pre-
vent the ditch from caving in"
Married to Reform; Divorced.-Rev.
George A. Hodgman. aged 80 years. the
street evangelist, was yesterday grant
ed a divorce by Judge BOllinger from
his girl wife. formerly Maggie Nicola
rem, aged 20 years. Mr.. Hodgman states
he married Maggie to reform her. but
that she wouldn't reform. She was as
stubborn in this particular as a Mis-
souri, mule. Not only this. but NJ!
Hodgman charges his wife with BENZ
very cruel 10 him. She is said 10 have
deserted him when he was sick abed
and helpless and 10 have otherwise
abused him. After a time she also re-
fused 10 further live with him. When
Hodgman married the girl. she had bur
recently been released from the House
of the Good Shepherd al Peoria. Il am
IA Christian, my wife is not" declared
the street evangelist 20 Judge Boiling
or, and after hearing all the details Of
his sad tale Of woe. Judge BoIliuger
granted the divorce.
Woman's Case Sad One.-One of the
saddest cases ever brought before the
Scott county board OF insanity COM
missioners was that OF Miss Irma
Roege, who was given hearing Thurs,
day afternoon. Miss Rocge is 81 years
of age, and for years WAS bookkeeper
for the Old Nicholas Kuhnen company.
She was an exceptionally bright young
lady. being seif-Cducated and possessed
OF a city full of friends. Between sobs
and with a broken heart, her mother
gave the testimony which induced the
commissioner TO NbIittllt MISS lNbC-t
TO the Mt. Pleasant hospital. Until
some two years ago Miss ROege was
regarded as a most exemplary youn2
lady. Her downfall is attributed 10 the
attentions paid her by certain mar
ried man in this city. She finally con.
tracted an appetite for whisky and be
came a slave 10 its use. It was moro
to break her away from this habit and
10 get her ont Of the clutches of the
man who has won her affections to
such an extent that she refuses to yield
10 the entreaties of friends and hel
mother, that the commissioners deCid
ed 10 send her to Mt Pleasant Hen
mental arrangement is attributed in
part to overwork. but mainly to tht
dissipation she has undergone since SHE
became a slave to drink.
Tank 100 Feet in Air.-A water tow
er is being built at the plant of the
American Can company on Rocking
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-06-15
MOLINE

Hurst Leaves City.-Frank Hurst
manager of The Moline since its open.
ing Dec. IS. 1905. will sever connec.
tions with the Chamberlin-Harrin
syndicate, of which The Moline is a
part, effective July /, at which time ii
will take charge of a new theater
which has been built at Waterloo
Iowa.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-06-15

Obituary Record. - Otto Kotz, aged
Scott county hospital. He was born i'll
Germany Jan. Il. 1910, and his former
residence was Buffalo, Iowa. He has
no relatives in this country.
Mrs. Mary Jane Wrigley, wife of ]
Z. Wrigley, died yesterday at St
Luke's hospital, where she had been
for nine days. She lived at S2S Har
rison street. Her birthplace was Brook
lyn, Iowa. She is survived by her hus
band, her mother, Mrs. Harriet Phil
lips. and her brother, John Henry OF
Moline
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-06-15
Knox Again Elected.-E. B. Knox

Knox Again Elected.-E B. Knox
was unanimously chosen treasurer Of
the Illinois State Undertakcrs' assoc'a-
ton at the annual meeting held IN
Peoria. This makes the 10Th consecu-
tive time that this honor has been
given TO Mr.. Knox his first election
occurring in Peoria in 1898. shortly al.
ter he had completed two terms as
president of the association.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-06-15

ham road. TO furnish water pressure for
the new automatic sprinkling system
of fire protection. The tower is to be
of steel and the tank of wood, and it
will rise 100 feet into the air, and hold
thousands of gallons of water in readi-
fire.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-06-15

Tank 100 Feet in Air-A water tow
er is being built at the plant of the
American Can company on Rocking
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-12
ASKED. AND ANSWERED.

Teacher-Can a leopard change his
spots, Freddie?
Freddie-Yes, sir!
Teacher : Wrong. OF course he
can'Ei
Freddie--If he's tired of sitting in
one spot, he can change to. another.
can't he?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-12

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Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1907-07-17
RICH SILVER AND LEAD STRIKE
IS MADE.
(vss@ Wednesdays Daly.)

-Four miles north Of Crown King. in
"A shaft Immediately south Of the
bradshaw Mountain railroad track.
what appears 10 Doe ono Of the most
promising strikes recently i1ade in the
bradshaw mountains, was uncovered
few days ago on the properties Of the
Dc Kalb Mining company.
At n depth Of 30 feet ia ia, shaft
Paystrehk was struck sampling LOG
ounces in silver and IS per cent in
lead. The find was mads in n ledge
running in nor,hcastcrly AMI south.
westerly direction through schist
belt about 200 feet in width, which
cuts through the granite formation.
A considerable amount Of ore was
taken from the vein many years ago,
and shipped 20 Colorado smcltcrs. The
work done is principally shallow shafts
on tho surface, which were abandoned
by the discovercrs when the rich pay.
streak pinchcd out.
In l50-foot tunnel on the ground
there is very promising ore showing.
but the ore is not Of ms high grade NJ
the recent strike. There are three
parallel lodges travcrsing tho schist, all
dipping to the west. The management
Of the company is making preparations
to incrcaso the force of men Mt work
in the shaft where the rich silver and
lead ore is now being mined. II is
the intention to push the shaft down
ms rapidly as possible and open tht
vein by drifts and crosscuts.
The holdings Of the company con
sis,s of six claims and n mill si's and
Tatcr right. The shaft is within loo
feet of the railroad track adjacent 10
one of tho switchbacks near the sum.
nit Of the range.
Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1907-07-17

beers % the police force. discovered the
rear door Of Laskcy's Toggery, On cor.
tcz street, standing open, and the safe
in the building. which contained som"
highly priced diamonds, unlocked.
4 few minute. before inc time mon
toned, Officer Lane noticed q suspicious
character walk tbruen thc alloy pas.
ing in the rear Of Poo establishments
He followed in the dark with % Wow
If approaching tho man In 'l." h'
attempted burglary H. noticed him
leave the alley near the roar ~ the
Toggcry, and on arriving at the back
door found it open. lie entered the
building and found the safe wide open,
with n large amount Of silver in sight,
in cigar box, besides over $1,000 IN
currency and gold, aud the diamonds.
Lane found the door key in the safe
and after taking it out locked the safe
and then the door and kept q sharp
lookout around the place during the
remainder Of the night.
Officer Lane informed Mr.. Laskcy
~ the incident last evening, and was
thanked for his strict attention to duty
and his honesty in taking care 81 the
coin that had been left unprotected.
Officer Lane is Of the opinion That
the man he was shadowing opened The
back door Of the Toggcry but made his
escape in the darkness before his ar
rival at the place, probably in search
of a pal.
Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1907-07-17
TO OPEN LAND FOB SETTLERS IN
ARIZONA.


IIomescckcrs in Arizona and New
Mexico are soon to profit by the de.
termination Of the Frisco TO open for
settlement in these two Territories
over 100000 acres ~ land, according
To- a recent New York dispatch, which
says:
The management Of the Frisco IL
making preliminary arrangements TO
open up for settlement about l,2J0,0O0
acres If undcvclopcd land in Arizona
and New Mexico. II is estimated that
the property is worth 10 the railroad at
least ss,OOO,000.
Plans for converting the property to
useful purposes are being worked out
10y the executive officials Mt New York
and st. Louis, and IT is expected that
they will bc in definite shape within
n month. Is. r. Yoakum, chairman of
the executive committee, has had an
inspector travel through every town.
ship Of the property. Tho land is sit
uatcd in the eastern part ~ New Mex
leo and the eastern and western parts
Of Arizona.
The Santa Fc owns considerable
property Of the same kind in Arizona
and New Mexico, and the action Of the
Frisco may induce this company to
open up its land TO settlers.
The 'Frisco's land was acquired
through the old Atlantic d Pacific rail
road grant. Title TO the property il
held by the Frisco, but patents have
not been taken out yet. The first step
will be to get the patents.
The Frisco has already sold 1906
9s7 acres Of patented land under the
Southern Pacific railroad grant Of 1852
and 503,o7I acres Of patented land I'M
der the Atlantic & Pacific railroad
grant Of 1866. II still has for sale y
total Of 57,2Oi acres patented, valued
at sll4,4O2.
The 'Frisco's Atlantic & Pacific un.
patented land to be sold will, il il be.
lieved, be good for pasturing and dairy
farming.
Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1907-07-17

Arizona Central Copper companv
prominent ?, capitalist, capitalists of kan'a, Cit.
Mo, and Pittsburg, Pa, but IN. %
fccrs and directors are all resido,
the Territory. j. T. Wilson, OK Do,,n.'
20 Congress, is president; J. Il. o.
land, vice president and supe,ir.,.,
cnt; j. W. Norton, Treasurer. y
Elder, secretary. J. \. Carmichael a.,
cral manager Of the Black Rock
pany, Ltd, operating in the Blaek D.,
district, is associated M n dirce,o, ?,
development Of the mine is in cba,,, :,
NJ. j. Enright foreman, mine, =,
many years. experience, and formed.
superintendent Of the Gladstone nil.
at McCabc.
Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1907-07-17
ALL HAVE PRAISE FOR PREscorr
TOWN.
(Fson Wsiassday's Daily,

fr'nces among entertainers, is the
verdict Of the returning Tucson people
who attended the exercises OF the nm.
yelling Of the statue to the late c,n.
tain Buckley" O'Neill, says the The.
Son Star. Among those who came h,oL
today were Judge y. W. Purcell. Cbios
'eo. j.. schole6eld Of the fire denar,.
menf, John ]. Reilly, Frank GAM. Greg
martinez and X. Comacho. All are
members OF the fire department. and
they were royalty wined and dined nv
'ne Prescott frcmen. In addition 10
'heir cordial reception, the Tucson dele.
CATION won for this city the next Ter.
r'torial Firemen's convention, and Ne.
cured the election unanimously Of George
\. Srholefeld AS the new president.
Prescott was certainly in her
glory remarked Judge s. w. Purcell
yesterday. "The public square there
and the court house was ablaze with
'' '"N DuslntHH section
M well as the residence section was
gaily decorated.
without doubt, Prescott IL thu
most beautiful city in the Territory. II
mas every natural surrounding TO give il
this distinction. Magnificent hills sur.
round the city. The resi- lencc and tho
business buildings are attractive and
substantially constructed and there are
fine pine trees throughout tho city,"
Discussing tho lamcntcd ball game
with the Humboldt team, tho return.
ing fremen stated that the Prescott and
Phoenix citizens were pulling for Tue.
son from the start, and that a splendid
section Of the grandstand had been
allotted to them. However, the root.
ing amounted to naught for the Cor.
belts appeared to be afflicted with dc.
mentia basballia, which completely un.
Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1907-07-17
WEATHER BULLETIN.

High temperature continued du,..
the entire week. At several sta,o,.
in the central and southern couD,,,
the average daily excess in tem,.,,
turo for Tuesday, "Wednesday ,,,|
Thursday ranged from 3 TO IL dec,..,
The average daily excess in tenn,
allure for the Territory during II,
week was degrees. Light frost n,
Cured over few localities in Il.
northern section on Tuesday morni,,
For the northern counties, the week.,
mean temperature was &C deg,e.,
being an excess Of 2 degrees; for Il.
central counties, ~ degrees. being a,
excess of O degrees, and for the south
crn counties, % degrees, being an o.,
cess Of 4 degrees. Over the nor,het,
section, the night temperatures ranged
from ~ degrees to 50 degrees; over
the central section, from - degrees /,
81 degrees; over the southern sce,io,
from 90 degrees TO SO degrees. Ia.
extreme ranges in Temperature ver
as follows: At Flagstaff, the man.
mum temperature was ~ degrees, ',
the I'd, the minimum Temperature wal
~ degrees, on the 2d. At Phoenix, u.
maximum temperature was III degrees,
on the 81; the minimum Temperature
was 20 degrees, on the 2d. At YUM,
the maximum temepraturc was ia
degrees, on the LIST; the minimum ten.
pcraturc was 73 degrees, on the %.
The dry weather Of the past few
weeks has caused rapid cvapora,o,
within all Of the river beds. Taere h,
in consequence, greatly diminished
strcamnow. The volumes Of water
within the upper Salt, the upper Gih
and the Verde rivers are Of sufiicies,
depth to assure an adequate supply
Of irrigation water during the no.
few weeks, or until the seasonal sun.
mcr rains set in. But very little water
remains in the San Pedro, the Agui
Fria, Little Colorado, Hassayampa ADD
Bin Williams Fork river beds. TIE
shortage Of water is 80 great In some
sections Of the central and southsr
counties that cattle are being driyn
many miles for the need Of stock va
ter. the Colorado river confines
recede slowly. Water is plentiful At
the intakes on the Colorado, the uppf
Salt, the upper ella and Verde rivers
within the other river beds there is
large shortage. There Is still eonsd'
cradle snow on the higher peaks Of tA'
San Francisco, the Mogollon and The
Mount Graham mountains. The fers
and raging forest fires in the HH'
cnuca mountains have become veT
destructive.