Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-04-15
MOLINE

Superintendent at Auto Factory
John T. Miller of Peoria has taken up |
the duties of superintendent for the |
DeereClark Automobile company. Mr.. |
Miller comes as an addition to the |
executive force of the factory, the |
great increase in business which has |
lately been experienced demanding a |
additional officer. w. E. Clark has
heretofore acted in the capacity Of
both designer and shop superintende 1T
and he is now relieved of this double
duty, and will in the future devote his
entire time TO designing.
Block System Nearly Complete
| The block signal system which the
Rock Island road is installing in the
three cities is nearly complete in Sill
Wis. East Moline and Moline. The last
, few touches are being put on the poles
and in a short time il is hoped TO have
the lights in working order. This, t
! is anticipated, will greatly facilitate
matters through the congested district
| between Moline and Silvis. which IS
one of the busiest stretches on the en-
tire system The signals which are
being put up are unusually substan-
tial. consisting entirely of iron and
steel. They are said TO be the best
block signals made and are the results
of long years of experimenting.
Case Up at Peoria.-The injunction
suit filed by the International Text
Book company versus the city of Mo
line will come uD in the United States
circuit court in Peoria today before
Judge Humphreys. The suit grew oat
of the arrest of Bert Danberg and
Robert T. Williams, who were distrib-
uting pamphlets in Moline without a
license The men were taken into
custody March II and Immediately
communicated with the house they
We're representing. Word came back
from headquarters that the case would
be carried into higher courts and the
validity of the bill distributing orli-
nance of Moline tested. The Text
Book company holds that ii is not vio-
lating the ordinance upon the grounds
ii is engaged in interstate commerce.
Farnham Again Chosen.-J NJ Farm
ham was Saturday elected township
school trustee 10 succeed himself. re
ceiving sc votes. the total number
cast. Mr. Farnham has served on the
board since last spring when he was
chosen at a special election to com.
plete the uneXpired term of G. l.
Peterson. resigned
Former Resident Dead-Mrs. Rob
ert Munro has letter from her sis
, ter. Mrs. Jerome Weir of Colorado
Springs. who is now in Lincoln, Neb.
conveying word of the death at Lin
coin of Austin Weir. Austin Weir WIS
an old time Moliner. brother of Mrs
Weir'S husband. and a resident of Lin
coin since leaving Moline more thar
! twenty years ago. In Lincoln he be
came successful lumber merchan
and had served as mayor of the city
Mr. Weir died suddenly while at hi.
[ office Monday of last week The fun
= eral was held at Lincoln.
: Let's Contract for Bulding.-Henr!
+ Daebelliehn, the bluff butcher, ha:
= planned to erect a brick block upOl
n the northwest corner of Twenty-fiftl
: avenue and Fifteenth street. The coz
Y tract for the new Improvement ha
r been let to Contractor H. c. Quad,
a and when completed will cost $500
II o
Y No Relatives Here.-Francis ,
n Buyrne died Saturday at the city hos
pital after short illness with typhoi
fever. He was born in Belgium an
was 20 years of age. He lived at Il
, Fifth avenue. He has no relatives il
e. this city.
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