Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-11-02
MOLINE

Honored at Convention. C A.
stephens was honored with election
10 the office of chairman of the execu- |
i've committee of the National Asso
| cation OF Agricultural implement and
| NchlcI" ManIfarl Ir"rs - It's Conye
ton at Ola Point lCmDr-. Va. winch
has just ;oni2 10 C'cse. William
ButterwOrth was ,Eade =, member of
the same c,:i:i"iitIea d:.d I"l:r w. Good
was elected vice president.
Big Plant at PortIand.-The John
Deere Plow company. Portland. Ore.
IS n''"@ pldtls lruYr:t,' Tor ne:
building TO occupy the site of its pres
ent quarters on East Yamhin street in
portland. 1t will be about six or
seven stories in height and cover half
a block. The building will be of brick
ana stone and cost about 100000.
| O.
Fell and Broke Leg. NJ. Farnham
of the Model Printing company met
with serious accident Thursday even
ing While attending a Halloween sup
per at the Union Congregational
church. He was going down the stairs
OF the basement and when aHcut thY-,.
feet from the bottom slipped and fell
breaking his right leg just above the
ankle.
) Shorten Hours,-Announcem i,
made by the Union Malleable Iron
company TO the effect that the plan.
VIII be operated on an S-hour basis
beginning Monday morning of next
week. The decision to reduce the
Norkday at the plant is the result of
the dropping off of orders.
Providers Raid Camps - Prowlers
have been despoiling summer cottages
along the north bank of Rock rivor
west of the Moline bridge The cot
tages of Henry Werlich and Carl Carl
: son have suffered to a considerable
extent. and there is to be deter-
mined effort TO apprehend the ma.
; rauders. There is a standing rewa~l
of $50 for information leading to the
conviction of the vandals
|. Head of bravo Company Here
Il Frank bravo of Pittsburg. head of the
. bravo Construction company. which is
building the Moline lock. will shorty
; be here to inspect the work. Mr..
u bravo found the lock in its final
Il stages of construction. The upper
II gates are hung and ready for use The
> derricks and other paraphernalia 10:
" swinging the lower gates have been
Il placed in position and everything Is
ready for this final piece of wor!l
i Dec. l will probably see the contract
completed. and the construction com
pany's paint moved from the site OF
d the lock
Deere G Co. to Resume-Deere &
Co will resume operations in all de
partments Monday after "A shutdown OF
three days caused by the death of the
TX head of the company, c. H. Deere.
O. Obituary Record.-Samuel Edwar,
S Newquist, a we'll known carpenter o
H. Moline, died at his home. 1907 FIJI
TO teenth-and-a-half street, yesterday. NJ
Ill Newquist had been i'll for a year O
w more, but had been kept belfast on,
at during the last eight days. He wa
- born in Sweden Sept 4. 1852, an.
a came to this country Is years az
ed when - years of age. He was a car
ty penter by trade. and an active men
I'll Der Of the local carpenters union. l.
1899 Mr.. Newquist was married il
Ell Moline to Miss Matilda SjoblOom. r
ST. them were born six children. all O
Sc whom with their mother survive The
are Edith. Arthur. Si2rid Harold. Mi
Ell dred and Reuben. all living at HON.
is Miss Nellie Cecilia Ellison passe
Id away thursday evening at the HON
if of her parents. Mr. and Mrs. Charlie
i'll Ellison. Seventh avenue aud Twent,
seventh street. Miss Ellison was Dor
ir- in Moline q years ago and had passe
NO all her life here. She attended til
ar. public schools. passing through tn
. grades and spending three years in tn
10 high school. She entered Augustan
~ college whence she was graduated
"a few years ago After graduation sh
~ did stenographic work until year az
"a illness forced her to give up all activ
occupation She was taken with
- phoid. and, having passed through
~ long siege with that, fell a victim
tuberculosis She had been sinkin
steadily until her sad and untimel
:. death
1t
~ The Black Sea.