Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-08-15


high, with very high basement. 1t will
give the company 100000 square feet of
| floor space. doubling the present ca
pacity for storing implements for ship
ment Elevators and trolley apparatus
will be installed similar to those in the
warehouse erected two years ago to IA
cilitate the work of handling goods i'll
store.
Road Will Cost SIS, Ooo.-Moline can
open up its most important gateway to
the country south of the city by the eX-
penditure Of $4,000 for the purchase
and construction of a road south from
the Rock river bridge to the Rural
town hall This will tap rich farm
ing country. Instead of Is miles to get
to Moline from this road and from Ru-
raj it will be only six miles. Under
the joint auspices of the Retail Mer-
chants association. the Moline Business
Mems association and the Moline club
the task of raising this fund of $l5,-
600 will be undertaken.
Pull Off Fight.-Jack PurteIl of
this city and the original Kid Farmer
of Chicago fought 10 fast rounds to Il
draw i'll Turner hall Tuesday evening.
the bout being pulled off before the
members of Moline aerie, No. 1112. f.
10. Eagles. The hall was packed with
members of the order and all were
pleased with the match, which was an
even one, fast and furious all the way.
Farmer trained hard for the match
hoping that a victory would win him 4
match with Jimmie Gardner, but he
had none the best of Purtell. The To-
: cal boy fought better than ever before
hCreabOut, the stalling tactics which
characterized his former matches not
being rcsorted to. He was in fine con
dition and repeatedly carried the battle
to his man.
Body Recovered.-The body of Frank
Walton, the lad who was drowned il
the Mississippi river off Thirty-secon,
street at noon Tuesday. was recovered
from the water at 4:25 in the after
noon. After drags had been used fol
some hours without success. two cas-
end boys, Ray and Jesse Hall. aged i
, and 10 years, began diving for the body
and they finally succeeded in lOCatin,
r it. They were unable to raise it 10 til,
surface, but it was accomplished b!
= Officers Fromme and LGbbert, who wen
over the spot with a drag. The bod,
Twas recovered in 10 feet of water som,
Yards west of where it sank and abou
r 80 feet from shore. Young Walton wa
= about 100 feet out when he was drown
"a ed. p. \. Ross, patrol driver, and tn
boys father, Willard Walton of 115
Il lThirty-second street. conveyed the bod
+ to the police station, where an inQues
e was held by Coroner l.. V. Eckhart.
I verdict of accidental drowning was tn
finding of the jury.
Il Was Old Empoye.-Peter T. Pete,
son, one of the oldest employees of tn
t Moline PlOw company, responded t
: deaths call yesterday at his home, 152
e Thirteenth avenue During the pas
four months Mr.. Peterson had been
y sufferer from Bright's disease Mr.. p,
e terson was a native of Sweden, wher
S he was born Oct. -, 1914. He left hi
$ fatherland in 1868 and landed i'll Anne
u lea June ,. He came west and direc
ri ly to Moline, securing employment {
the pillow company Immediately. II
:" remained with the company for
1t years, and during the last IS years hel
y the position of foreman of the plO
fitting department Mr.. Peterson leave
= his widow, two sons Nels and Anton,
x, Moline, and two daughters, Mrs Charlie
g SiDley of this city and Mrs. o. f. y
< derberg of Chicago. He was a mer
8 Der of the Scandinavian Life InsuranC
6 company.
6 Mail Weighed 44,S3t Pounds tt
K amount of mail matter sent out fro
9 the Moline pOstofiice for the month