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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-11-01
HAMPTON.

J. F. Gilman and Henry Light have
purchased the stock of general mer-
chandise owned by the firm of L. T.
Baker & Son, have rented the building
and will take charge of the bushes
when the work of invoicing is com.
pleted. The elder Mr. Baker has con-
Quoted business where he now is IN
Gated more than a quarter of a century
and in all has engaged in merchandise
ing in this village Sc years.
j. c. Hawkins who has been on a
visit with Neosho, Mo-, relatives has
returned home.
Mrs. ]. e. Maxwell. accompanied b.
her son, Richard, called on Moline
friends Friday. Her daughter, Char
milan, returned home with them to re
main Sunday.
Carpenters have been at work re
modelling the tenement dwelling occ,t-
pied by Mr.. and Mrs Martin Johnson
and family and owned by August
Light by Pleasant Valley, Iowa
Harry Lees dwelling is undergoing
extensive repairs.
Mr.. and Mrs. Emil Henline have
been entertaining Mrs Henry Henline
of Seattle, Wash, the last month
She went to Muscatine Tuesday and
will visit friends there before proceed
ing to her home
| Emil Mellisch and family have
moved from the Wilscher tenement
dwelling to Moline.
| S. F. Odell and. Miss Gertrude Mohi
were united in marriage Tuesday at IL
a. NJ, in Rock Island, County Judg5
R. w. Olmsted officiating. Mr.. OdelI
has recently made extensive repairs
on his dwelling. north of the Nj. L
parsonage, and they will reside there
Their numerous friends wish them
long, happy and prosperous weddel
life.
Mrs. George McNeal has been enter
tanning Mrs. Mary Fairman of Chicago
Rev. w. S. Read will conduct regl
lar preaching services at the NJ. Il
church next Sunday at II a. m. In tho
evening at the same place Sunday
school rally will be held under the su
peryision of James Maxwell, superin
ltendent.
| Mr.. and Mrs. Jason Willis ATTENDED
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-11-01
HILLSDAlE.

Mr.. and Mrs. w. D. Hall of Port
Byron spent Saturday in Hillsdale.
Mrs. Orphia Wagner of Orangevil'e
died at her home Saturday morning
Word was sent to her brother, Homer
Farmer, who had taken the train 1T
this place for Princeton, H., to atten
the funeral of David Yearings father,
who had died Thursday from the eff
fects of a stroke of paralysis. Mr..
Farmer was reached at Erie and left
the train, hiring livery rig to TAX a
him back to Maplewood farm, accom-
panied by another sister. who has
been visiting with him. They took ,
train Saturday afternoon from Gen.
SEQ for Orangeville.
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Norville Of
Galesburg are visiting for a few days
at the home of Mr. and Mrs. John
Cooley. Mr.. Norville has his vacation
from telegraph duties.
David Wood will spend the winter
in Portland, Ore, with one of his sons.
DR.. Donohoo is rebuilding his barn
this week which was destroyed by fire
last Tuesday.
Rosco Wreath is home for a few
days from Champaign, III.
Preaching services will be held next
Sunday afternoon at o'clock at the
Methodist church. Sunday school will
be held at and the league will meet
! in the evening at $50.
Mrs. Ben Osborne and son from Os
:.
day.
Mrs. Frank Walker visited with he'
mother, Mrs Nickerson, at her hons
/ in Osborn Sunday.
Roy Whiteside of Joslin was Hills
| dale visitor Friday afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dayton Camp ant
! children visited few days last weei
with Rock Island relatives.
Mr. and Mrs. John Kuehl are the
proud parents of 4 fine baby girl borl
! Sunday. Oct 81. rab
The Enterprise Aid society me
Thursday afternoon with Mrs. Hanna
| Johnson.
Last Thursday number of the Beth
ell people spent the day with Rev. NJ
and Mrs Parker. In the evening thu
young people spent a pleasant timC
with them. A purse of $40 was pre-
scented to Mr. and Mrs. Parker.
The schools in town and surround
ing country were closed Friday, tht
teachers attending the institute in Mo
line
James Donohoo of Moline was a bus
mess caller in Hillsdale Monday after
moon.
Jerry Pearsall returned to his hom
Friday. He has been attending tn
Farmers congress at Oklahoma City
Okla
| William Dillon spent Thursday il
iSterling.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Schingler of Chicd
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-11-01
Sold Newspapers on Trains.

Tom johnson was born on prosper
Gus Kentucky plantation in 1854. The
civil war upset his fathers prosperity.
Colonel Albert Johnson, the father,
went to the war in the Confederate
service and returned at the close of
that conflict poor man. Toward the
end of the war Tom, being ten years
old, sought to help his strugglin fami-
ly along by. selling newspapers on
trains. With his savings from this
work he helped to move the family to
Louisville. where he became IN GRAND
boy at 81 week. Later, when he was
fourteen. he was picked up as Il good
proposition by a Louisville horse car
line at 81 week. In three years be
had become superintendent of the line
At the age of twenty he found Ken
lucky girl with whom he proposed a
life partnership. Seeking his prospec-
tive father,in-law, he confided that the
girl was willing.
We'll, you have your nerve with you,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-11-01
By RoBERTUS LOVE.
rom LOFTIN JOHNSON. political
paradox, popular personality
and presidential possibility.


paradox, popular personality
II and presidential possibility.
Literally and alliteratively.
that describes the man. He is Il po-
litical paradox because, though made
a multimillionaire through the opera
ton of the high tariff and through the
enjoyment of special privileges from
legislatures and municipalities. he is
an outright free trader and an invet-
crate enemy of the practice of grant
ing franchises to individuals or cor
porations at nominal figure and then
assessing the property built upon such
franchises far below its taxable value;
because, though a very large owner O.:
real estate. he is perhaps the most
conspicuous and earnest disciple of
the single tax theory promulgated by
the late Henry George, and because,
though in his money making days he
waXed rich by the building up Of
monopolies, at the same time on the
floor of congress and elsewhere he was
preaching against his own practices.
lie is Il popular personality because
for years he has championed the cause
of the populace as against the plutoc-
racy. and he is presidential possibil-
ity-well. because he is a political par
adoX and popular personality.
Tom JOhusOn-he was chriStened
Tom. not ThOmas-aftcr serving three
terms as mayor of Cleveland received
his fourth nomination for that Office
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-11-01

such things and adding that he could
refute every argument in the book.
Johnson said to him:
You're my attorney. Read this book,
answer its arguments, write out your
report and send me your bill for serv-
ices"
the book, having read it through, with
the statement:
Il can't answer these arguments.
This is a great book
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-11-01

the funeral of the formers brother at
Siivis Tuesday. Mrs. Martha Odell,
Mr.. and Mrs. James Maxwell of this
place also attended. The burial was
in Hampton cemetery.
MI and Mrs. A. H. Watts have mov-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-11-01
Ardent SinQle TaXer.

From that time forth Tom Johnson
has been Henry George Single TaXer.
He sought the acquaintance Of Mr..
George and bought a summer home
opposite the George residence in the
Fort Hamilton district of Brooklyn.
He told MIR. George that he proposed
to devote the rest of his life to the
furtherance of the single tax theory,
but remarked that he could not make
speeches. He would make money, he
said, and would use his money In the
cause. Henry George insisted that
Johnson could learn to make speeches,
and Johnson began to practice. In
1888, a few years after he became a
Georgite, he ran for congress on n
simon pure single tax platform and
came so near election that it made the
hair stand up on the head of his op-
ponent like quilts upon the fretful por-
| cupine. Two years later he was elect
ed to congress on practically the same
platform, and in 1892 he was reelected.
In congress Tom Johnson played one
of the neatest tricks ever pulled off
| by a politician. He was determined
to get Progress and Poverty" to the
people. Several other congressman
were favorable to single tax. Johnson
induced them to incorporate whole
chapters from the Henry George mas
terpiece in their so called speeches,
with leave to print" in the Congress
sional Record. Then, using a congress
mans prerogative, he had these unde-
livered speeches, consisting chiefly of
Henry George, bound in q separate
pamphlet by Uncle Sam and mailed
about q million copies of Progress
and Poverty" to the people by virtue
of congressmen's postal franks.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-11-01
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Blood Poison such falling hair spots
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treating the
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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-11-01
Inventor of Useful Devices.

Johnson's horse car job in Louisville
was not fortune maker for him. but
it gave him larger salary than any
other young man in the city was earn
ing. He saved money and learned
things about the street car business.
When he did not find what he wanted
he invented it. This made him more
money. Tom Johnson invented the
nickel-in-the-slot box which still serves
in lieu of Il street car conductor in
many towns. He invented the girder
rail which is in use generally as a
street car rail. He invented the auto
matte switch for street cars.
When he was twenty-five years old
this executive and inventive prodigy
proceeded to Indianapolis. With money
borrowed from Il wealthy relative and
with his own savings. together with
capital supplied by partner, he
bought the old mule car line which
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-11-01
ed from the George McNabny property
south of Paul Guckert's, to Moline.

Chapped hands are quickly cured by
applying Chamberlain Salve Price p
cents. For sale by all druggists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-11-01
Bank
Money Orders

We have been selected by the
American Bankers Association to
guarantee their new Bank Money
Orders, and are the only Company
authorizedto furnish such guaranty.
These orders are the newest con.
venience ir sending money. Instead
of going to the Post or Express
Office, apply for money orders to
bank that is member of the
Association.
Our selection for this responsible
duty is further evidence of the
preference accorded our suretyship
by the leading fnanciers of the
country.
Whatever form of guarantee or
surety you desire, apply to the
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-11-01

boy" said the parent. "What means
have you for supporting n wife?"
81 know l have my nerve with me-
replied Tom, "but l have also these
two hands and this head"
The prospective father-in-law capitu-
lated. and the pair We're welded. The
Johnson head, of course, was worth
much more as a family asset than
were the Johnson hands. The head
which is big and rotund and jolly
proved to be what backwoods Ken.
tuckians still call "a good provider."
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-03-23
A Cool Lion II unter.

I'D. s. Mare, magistrate Of Zoutpans-
berg, was out lion shooting with the
late Barend Vorster, mighty hunter I,
says Carl Jeppe IN his 'sKaleido scopic
Transvaal.' s lioness had been
wounded, driven out Of cover and
stood at bay. The landdrost jumped
of his horse, fired and missed. It was
now Vorster's turn. since there was not
time for his friend to reload. In dis
mounting be dropped his watch and
stopped to pick It up The lioness
seemed about to charge, and Mare
urged his friend to shoot. Yorster re
piled grumblingly that the glass Of the
watch had been broken.
!" Never mind that now. The lioness
Is ready to spring, Mare replied. DO
you know. 4 Yorster said, Il shall have
to send the watch to Pretoria and that
It will cost me shillings to get 1t re-
paired n God heaven the magistrate
answered. Don't you see you have not
q moment to loser It's all very well
for you to talk, yorster replied. 1T Is
not your watch that is broken! AT
last, however. he slid 1t into his pocket
and, with unerring aim. gave the lion
ess the coup de grace. = 81.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-03-23
Balzac and the Hsadsman.


& Calling one day by appointment on
q friend, Balzac found himself lii the
presence Of q stranger, a very pale
man with q serious air and noble face.
The manners, language, evident cul-
ture and intelligence Of the stranger
led the author to take him for some
learned man, moved by the same inter
est and curiosity dis himself The
stranger was Samson. Warned by M.
#Appert, Balzac carefully repressed all
Sign OF surprise or repulsion, and, skill
fully turning the conversation to sub
iects Of personal interest, the novelist
was ultimately successful IN gaining
the headsman's confidence. In vivid
|colors Samson gave him a narrowing
description Of the sufferings and mis-
cries Of his wretched life. Himself a
royaiist the death Of Louis XVI. and
bis unfortunate consort had left the
executioner with all the terrors and re.
morse Of q criminal Since those hid
eous days he had known no peace,
despite the expiatory mass which he
had caused to be said for the king the
morning after the execution and which
was probably the only one celebrated
b Paris on that day.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-03-23
Il Meal 81 , ocusts.

In the West Indies the negroes eat
freely Of the big grub found in palm
trees. The fat, white morsel, which
they call "grugru,' Is not cooked or
sailed The aborigines Of Australia
live almost entirely on a butterfly
known as the bugong. The flies ap.
pear III patches on the rocks, and The
natives smother them with smoke from
fres built below. It Is said that q Hot
tentot, with an appetite made sharp
By the simple life, can devour 300 fat
iocusts at IA sitting and feel better sat.
isfied than IL he had paid 50 for ten
course dinner. The Arabs dry the 10.
Gusts and pulverize them Into flour
for breadmaking purposes. The Moors
make stew Of them, and after boiling
IN water for few minutes they are
eaten with salt, pepper and vinegar.
The locusts found In Central Africa
are enormous, and the native negroes
cut them In two and fry them In fat
and ind them not only appetizing. but
nourishing. a. flight Of these big 10.
Gusts is d matter OF tribal thanksglv.
ing y
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-03-23
Plassar 81 Paris Bananas.

Plaster Of Paris Bananas.
4 Bunches of bananas that are abso-
lutely unfit for food hang out in front
Of the wholesale produce commission
houses. Some Of them have remained
there until they have grown rusty with
age.
Couldn't get a finer looking bunch
than that. said one OF the dealers
the other day, "even il It is plaster Of
paris. We used to put out the real
article for a sign, but the peddlers who
came down here had way OF pulling
one or two out of the bunch that hap
pened to be hanging there on the
hook. The small boys, too, had d way
Of making grab for a banana or two.
By the time the bunch was on duty
under the awning for an hour 1t was
no longer presentable to the aesthetic
sense. So we began to cultivate the
make believe article, which is not
quite 30 palatable, but just as good for
advertising. And even at that some
youngster In his haste win grab plas-
ter Of paris fruit and get away with
It before he realizes that he has made
of with something bad for his diges-
ton. New York Herald. M
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-03-23
SHORT OF MONEY.
Banks In Fall River, Mass, Find Their
Vaults Empty.

Associated Press to Bismarck Tribune
Fall River, Mass. March %. The
banks that finance the accounts Of the
mills in this city are experiencing en-
barrassing conditions growing out Of
the tightness Of the money market.
It. is fortunate for the banks that the
mills are in an exceedingly fourishing
condition, for If the reverse were true
it would be serious handicap for
these Institutions. The mills have
paid hundreds of thousands Of dollars
on loans taken out during the past
few months. the revenue coming from
the sales Of goods, which have been
enormous With the vast proceeds
pouring into the banks they have
shown marked shortage Of ready
cash, and the rates Of interest are very
high.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-03-23
CITY BEAUTIFUL
"A Spirit Of Civic Pride Taking Hold 81
Communities Far and Wide

sA spirit OF Civic Pride Taking Hold Of
Communities Far and Wide
Rochester, N. T., March 22.
milford Robinson in a paper read
milford Robinson in a paper read
at a meeting some little while ago
in the Chamber of Commerce Hall,
are bearing fruit. Mr.. Robinson
took strong ground for the improve
ment and identifying of the city.
He described in his speech the
methods adopted in cities in Europe.
He also spoke Of the work that had
been done in Detroit, Buffalo, Col
sorado Springs, Columbus, Syracuse,
Denver, Oakland and Honolulu.
Measures are being taken to arouse
public sentiment, and form plans
that will increase the park system,
which is good as far as 1t goes.
Other decorations Of the city are be-
ing devised, and 1t is certain that
in consequence Of Mr. Robinson's
address this city will blossom out
as one OF the attractive municipal
tiles where people OF taste are glad
to live and strangers are glad to
come. II Mr.. Robinson's sugges-
tons are fully adopted the city as q
whole will adopt a plan to be car
ried out as a general scheme to
beautify and adorn until the city
becomes a grand picture Of whaS
can be done to make a city an at-
traction and a Joy forever.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-03-23
BOOzEVILLE
OTHERWISE KNOWN AS EAST
GRAND FORKS, HAS INTER
EsTING FIRE

Associated Press to Bismarck Tribune
St Paul March % a special to the
Pioneer Press from East Grand Forks,
Mimi, says An incendiary fire early
this morning destroyed the city hall,
fire station and city electric light
plant causing a less of $4,000. The
fire spread 50 rapidly that the firemen
sleeping IN the upper portion of the
structure had barely time to escape.
Owing to the destruction Of the
municipal lighting plant the city is to-
night in darkness. The police have a
clue to the alleged incendiary and his
arrest is expected shortly.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-03-23
SAVING the HAN Cone.

"A woman shopper wanted two and a
half yards Of white goods. The clerk
Bhowed her two pieces, one for is
rents yard. the other is cents. The
cheaper piece was plenty good enough,
ret the woman bought the more ex-
pensive piece.
tT'Il take this. Z she said to the clerk
sDitefully, $50 your old store won't get
more than IS coming to them. When
buying a fraction of yard Of any
thing, make 1t a point never to select
4 material that sells at an odd figure
say, is cents yard The store simply
shall not make that extra half cent Oh
me,
"Oh, no. explained the clerk when
the transaction was finally completed,
4hers Is not an unusai case by any
means. Lots of women object to the
store profting BY. the extra half pen
nfes and always buy SO that an odd
fglre shall not pc split New York
Globe. 81
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-03-23
BEAKs OF BIRDS.
Marvellous Way Each Is Adapted 20 Ito
Specia! Use.

Marvellous Way Each Is Adapted 20 rs
Specia! Use.
Did it3ever strike you in what an abb
solutely marvellous way the beaks OF
birds are adapted each to Its special
user The most casual glance at a
sparrow or bullfnch shows you
4 that its beak is blunt, short thick and
strong, perfectly adapted for cracking
4 the seeds or grain which form the
larger part Of the food of all fnches II
Then look at the thrush,s long and
rather slender bill. curved slightly
along Its whole length. What could be
more useful for dipping into the soft
!, wet earth and pulling out big, fat lug
worms or polsing among dead leaves.
for grubs, beetles and larvae2 Thrushes
and blackbirds and all their tribe live
almost entirely on animal food, with a.
little fruit, such as strawberries. now
and then for dessert, so they are per-
haps the most really useful Of all our
tribes Of common birds.
The slender, delicate bills of warblers
show that they feed principally on
smaller insects, which they search for
amid the foliage OF trees and shrubs
or, more rarely, in the grass and herb
age along the ground. Plant lice;
and spiders they clear off in tens Of
thousands. f44: H
Few beaks could be more useful to;
their owner than that of the fairly
common vet little known bird. the
fern owl or nightjar. 1t is very short
and weak. yet its wide cape is a per-
feet trap for the night flying moths
that form Master Nightjar's evening
meal Similar, too, are the swallow
and martin tribe, all Of which hawk
through the upper air for flying in.
sects s8si
The bill Of the great black wood
pecker will serve as a very good ex-
ample of all his tribe. You see how
chisel-lik is the shape OF his powerful
instrument how exquisitely adapted
for driving into the recess Of rough
banks and extracting therefrom grubs
and other wood boring insects. His
tongue, too, Is most curiously formed.
Out iudt AudKuly Hills WAtHlH LIE 5SCopS
Of this little article.
The beak Of the wild sea eagle is
the beak Of the typical bird Of prey.
It's tremendous power. backed by
the steellike muscles Of the neck,
show the flesh eating habits Of all the
birds Of prey tribe. The kestrel is the
commonest example that we have In
this country, and next the sparrow
hawk. The owls, too. show, by the
particular shape Of their bills, SINH
lar carnivorous habit Cincinnati Com
merciai Tribune.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-03-23
section 7as1eo Code.

Section 733 1905 Code.
Such register shall each contain
a list Of the qualified electors Of
such precinct alphebet ically ar
ranged according to their respec-
tive s,lrnames. SO as to show In
one column the name at full
length, and in another column
the residence by the number OF
the dwelling, If there is q number,
/ and the name Of the street or
other location Of the dwelling
( place Of each elector.
It shall be the duty OF such
board to enter in such lists the
names Of all persons residing
in Its election precinct whose.
names appear on the poll list
! made In such precinct at the last.
( preceding election, the number
! Of the dwelling and name Of the
street or other location If the
same is known to or can be.
ascertained by such board; and
for this purpose the board is
authorized to take from the Office
in which It Is filed the poll list
made and fled by the judges or.
inspector Of such precinct at the
election held next prior to the
making Of such register.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-03-23
Il MONTHS CONTINUOUS RESIDENCE.
Hereafter Claimants Wishing to Commute will Not Be Al
lowed Six Months Continuous Residence.

Washington, d G., March PA
ruling has just been made In the in.
terror department which is Of q great
concern to people demonstrating lands,
especially to those living in the east.
For many years it has been customary
to permit six months Of " construc-
tive" residence on homestead lands,
that is. to credit the homesteader with
six months. though he did not actually