Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-10-15
MOLINE

Fail to Appear.-W. l.. Brecken-
ridge, chief engineer, E. A Howard,
real estate agent, and H. w. Craw-
ford, division freight agent at Rock
Island, all officials of the Burlington
road, were in the city yesterday 70
meet the committee on track removal.
Officials of the Rock Island, the ST.
Paul and the D., r. |. & N. W. did not
appear according to their appointment
The fact that but one road was repre-
scented did not allow of any formal dis
cussion of the track removal plan The
matter was explained to the Burlington
officials in general way at an in
formal meeting between them and the
committee at the Moline club, but
there was no expression from the rail-
road men as to their opinion of its
feasibility. The committee will imme-
diately set about arranging another
date.
Buys Canadian Factory.-It is re-
ported from Winnipeg, Man, that the
John Deere Pillow company has pur-
chased the business of the Fairchild
company, Limited, of Winnipeg. The
Fairchild company is one of the oldest
wholesale implement concerns in west
ern Canada, with headquarters at Win
lnipeg and branches at Calgary, Re-
| gina and Edmonton. Negotiations
have been under way for some time;
| in fact, they were said to have been
begun four years ago. The transfer is
to take place Dec. 81.
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Caught in Henhouse.-When Henry
Krone, $50 Nineteenth avenue, return
ed home from the country SUNDAY
evening he heard commotion in his
chicken yard. He sent his small son
TO investigate, thinking at the time
that a rat might be disturbing his
fowls. The boy went to the yard and
from distance saw two men at the
chicken house. He notified his father
who armed himself with an AK and en-
listed the aid of his brother-in-law
| Henry Beckman, who secured a shot
gum The two men hurried to the
chicken yard and found Rene Stein
| NAAN A1N SoSSCi lObbiIS luC lOOSI. lie
marauders, who had killed four fowls
when interrupted in their work, were
held at bay till the police could be
summoned. At the police station they
were arraigned before Magistrate
Frank Gustafson, who held them both
in $500 bonds to the grand jury on a
charge of burglary. Stein gave bail
land CaCCpI fA OF :,
nonunion man and Stein a union
man who has been in several scrapes
since the last labor troubles. Krone
is inclined to believe that Stein had 4
use for the chickens. but was killing
them as an annoyance Not long aec
krone's garden was ruined by ma
RAIDERS, but who did the work was
lneVer learned.
Many Clubs Represented.-Saturd
afternoon the Woman's club held it,
Iopening meeting at the First Congre
Igational church with an attendance o.
labout 125. Greetings were given by
representatives of more than 90 club!
lof the three cities, each speaker beins
limited to two minutes, and these CAV.
the audience vivid impression of tn,
great work done along club lines il
this vicinity.
To Open Thirteenth Street.-A com
lplete survey, with estimates of cost
etc, for the proposed extension o
Thirteenth street, East Moline, soutl
to Colona road will be immediatel,
prepared by the Kimball Engineerin:
company. This means that this mucl
desired Improvement is in all probabil
ity assured for this fall.
Obituary Record.-Mrs. Ingrid Sc
lander, aged so, died yesterday at tn
home of her daughter, Mrs. Frank Fail
, S34 Eighteenth avenue. Mrs. Selande
was born in Sweden March IA. 1897
and passed the greater part of her lif
there. Her husband, Swan Selande
died in Sweden in 1881, and nine year
later she came to America and Molin
to be with her children. During the 1
years of her residence here she was
devout member of the Free Swedis
Evangelical church, and through lif
was an earnest Christian. Her deaf
is mourned by two daughters and on
son: Gotfred Selander and Mrs Fa
Of Moline and Mrs. G. Sandstrom c
Alberta, Can. Fifteen grandchildre