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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-05-10
FOR sALE-CITY PROPERTY.

|
FOR SALE-See Schreiner & Hubbard's
ad on page 8. /
FOR SALE-Lot 40x15O feet, centrally
located, on paved street. For partic-
ulars address Box 267. city.
FOR SALE - Seven-room house. with
bath, all modern, at 1904 Fifteenth
street Inquire of c. G. Pinkerton, at
same number.
FOR SALE - Or trade a two-story
eight-room all modern house on paw
ed Street; large lot; viii take cottage
In part payment. Eckhart & Buffum.
repair on Ninth avenue, near Twelfth |
street; lot 5OX140; price. $1,000; 500 !
down, $40 per month. III. X. Walk |
er, agent |
FOR SALE-Three of the best lots on
Twenty.third street, near Tenth ave-
nue.; VIII sell on monthly payments if
SO desired. Inquire at 1045 Twenty
third street
FOR SALE-Very excellent house about
| two years old with furnace, and good
lot. located Eighth avenue and Forty
| first street; nice location; price, 81
| 900. Ii. *. Walker, agent.
FOR SALE - An eight-room modern
house on Seventh avenue near Tween
| ty-third street; lot 70x137; good barn;
VIII be sold at a bargain. Apply
Reidy Bros, room 4, NJ. & l.. building.
FOR SALE-Acre and town lots Just
| outside OF city limits on bluff near
street car line, cheap on monthly pay
ments. Inquire of John T, Campbell,
| 1923 Seventeenth street. Phone 1922
West.
FOR SALE - Two-story house of four
| large rooms and summer kitchen;
splendid corner lot: all in good re-
pair; located on Thirty-first street.
near car line: price 81, $50; eaSV
terms. II. X. Walker.
lFOR SALE-Ten-room modern house at
"a bargain; has bath, furnace, light
and laundry in the basement; excel
lent location, corner lot, east front;
one block from car line. Inquire at
600 Forty-second street
FOR SALE - six-room house with
water. sewer and bath, in very good
condition, on paved street and paving
paid; East front, with nice shade
Il trees; lot 54X150; for $4,000. on easy
terms. Beecher Bros, 1879 Second
avenue.
FOR SALE-Thirty of the finest level
lots south of Eighteenth avenue: good
water air, and drainage: two blocks
west of Seventeenth street. Also a
new cottage in same locality. Easy
terms. E. w. Robinson. Old phone
FOR SALE-At auction, a fine seven
room house So years old at 124I
Thirty ninth street; will be sold to
the highest bidder Saturday, May H.
at : p. m; > per cent off for cash or
Dankable note maturing in one year,
bearing per cent interest. w l..
| Tallman.
, FOR SALE-Cheap. nice level lots. 4Sx125.
corner Twenty-seventh street and Eigh-
s teenth avenue, facing Long View
street car track. Also for sale, one
half acre lot. Also for sale or trade
l one-haf acre lot with new seven
room house. Terms to please pur-
3 chaser. Inquire of Z. Thonn, 6lO
Twenty-eighth street.
FOR SALE-Lots in Beecher & Walsh's
addition on Twenty fifth and Twenty
sixth streets between Fifteenth and
Seventeenth avenues; will be sold
cheap and at your own terms; con-
Venient to street line and city
water; level, all above grade, with
some fine shade trees; will build
homes for desirable parties. For
:. particulars see Beecher Bros, 1879 "
Second
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-05-10

FOR RENT = Large furnished front
room at 2S0S Fifth and-a-half ave-
nue..
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-05-10

FOR RENT Nicely furnished room
use OF phone; at 526 Twenty-first
street
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-05-10

WANTED-An opportunity to join the
U. S. navy and learn a trade; board
lodging. medical attendance, and s45
outfit clothing free. Good pay with
opportunities to increase it. Electri-
clans. clerks, machinists. firemen, car
penters, cooks, and men without
trades, but of good character. accept
ed. Call or write L. S. Navy Recruit
ing Station, Whitaker building, Day-
export; also Cedar Rapids and Des
MOineS, Iowa.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-05-10
DRESSMAkING.

LADIES TAILOR AND DRESSMAK Err
High class tailor suits, riding hab-
its of all descriptions, exquisite gowns
and evening waists, dress pleatings
and buttons covered. High class
dressmaking and ladies' tailoring
thoroughly taught. q. II. Grabbe:
both phones; suite 20S to 212 South
Putnam building, Davenport, Iowa.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-05-10

WE DESIRE to thank neighbors and
friends for sympathy and kindness
shown us during our late bereaVe-
ment: also for the beautiful floral of
terlngs. Felix Wahlheim, Jr., and
brothers and sisters.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-05-10

FOR RENT-Two nicely furnished rooms
Tor light housekeeping at 1904 Fifth
and-a-half avenue
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-05-10
FOR RENT-ROOMs.

udE Al
FOR RENT-ROOMs.
FOR RENT-Nicely furnished rooms at
14O7 Second avenue.
FOR RENT Rooms for light house-
keeping at 307 Third street
FIR RENT - Nicely furnished front
room at 416 Eighteenth street.
FOR RENT :. Large furnished front |
room at 2SOS Fifth and-a-half ave
nue..
FOR RENT - Nicely furnished room
use of phone; at 526 Twenty-firsl |
WANTED - An experienced clothing
salesman. Apply at Gustafson l.
FOR RENT-Two nicely furnished rooms
for light housekeeping at 1904 Fifth
and-a-half avenue.
FOR RENT-A very desirable furnish
ed bedroom, adjoining bath; use of
phone; 1929 Second avenue.
FOR RENT-Furnished rooms, with all
modern conveniences, at PIT Fifteenth
street. opposite court house
FOR RENT - Two nicely furnished
rooms, with water. suitable for light
housekeeping, at 527 Twentieth street.
FOR Furnished room with mod
ern conveniences and use of phone,
at us Eighteenth street. Old phone
FOR lighthouses.
FOR RENT A five-room cottage; in
qulre at 536 Twelfth street
|
basement, at 723 Eleventh avenue;
| city water and well.
FOR RENT-A 1O-room brick modern
house at HOS First avenue Inouire
of Beardsley & Bailey.
FOR RENT - After june /. seven
| room house at 1872 Thirtieth street
Inquire at 7O1 Twenty-third street.
FOR RENT New house in South
Heights, west of Seventeenth street
Inquire of E. w. Robinson. Old phone
| 759k.
FOR RENT-SiX-room modern house at
sos Fifteenth street. Inquire w. G.
Maucker, Fourth avenue and Seven
tcenth street
FOR RENT-Six-room house. with wa
ter and sewer, in good reDair and
newly papercd. Inquire at 722 Tween.
| ty-fourth street.
Firth avenue between Twenty first
| and Twenty streets Inquire
at PHO Fifth avenue.
FOR RENT = Wright's new modern
flats at 1043 and 1045 Seventeenth
| street; five rooms and bath. Inquire
at 1928 Second avenue.
FOR RENT - Four-room fiat. corner
| Twenty-eighth street and Sixth ave-
nue.; $11. Inquire of George +.
Schmale 1906 Second avenue.
FOR RENT-Two six-room flats with
all modern cOnvenlences, on Sixth
avenue and Twentieth street. Inquire
or Sturgeon, Stelck & Sturgeon, NJ. &
Il L. building.
! FOR RENT-Eight-room modern house
almost new, on Twenty-third street
| between Fifth and Sixth avenues. In
| qulre of owner at 537 Twenty third
| street.
| FOR RENT-Furnished SiX-room house
with bath, gas stove, and electric
light; use of piano included; will rent
to desirable parties for four months
/ commencing about June -, at So
per month; elderly couple, without
children, preferred: references re.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-05-10

FOR SALE-Cheap. nice lev rel lots, 4Sx125
corner Twenty-seyenth street and Eigh
teenth avenue, facing Long View
street car track. Also for sale, one
half acre lot. Also for sale or trade
room house. Terms to please pur-
chaser. Inquire of Z. Thonn, 61O
Twenty eighth street
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-05-10

WE WILL BOND YOU-Executors, ad-
ministrators, guardians, trustees, or
any kinds of judicial bonds; lodge and
society officers; city, state or u. s..
government officials; contractors, po-
siticns of trust; in fact. any kind Of
bond you want Except bail bonds).
Terms reasonable. Hayes & Cleave-
land, resident managers Fidelity &
Deposit COMPANY. of Maryland.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1907-01-17
Hay for Poultry.

The suggestion hat hay makes a
good winter food for poultry would
have been ridiculed a few years ago,
but experiments have proved that
clover hay is now almost a necessary
portion of a hens cold weather diet.
Glover hay for fowls should be cut
very fine, not over half an inch in
length, steamed and scalded and fed
once a day. A small quantity of corn
meal and bran sprinkled owe the cut
hay will improve it. One reason clover
is such an excellent food for hens is
that II is rich in lime, a substance the
hens require in providing the shells
for eggs. 1t is about equal to corn
as a flesh producer and contains near
ly so times as much lime. 1t is plenti-
full on all farms and requires but little
time in preparation. After the green
food is gone it will keep the hens in
laying condition and increase the pro-
duction of eggs.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1907-01-17
SQUAD FARMING TRUTHS.
Facts Cleaned from Thirty Years Ex-
%perience.

SQUAD farming has developed in the
last ten years into an industry of con-
siderable importance, and so far there
is no trust" connected with it.
1t is important, before going into
the industry, that a fair statement be
made of what the financial returns
may be. For while the work among
the birds may to many people be the
most delightful and fascinating of all
rural occupations, still serious disap-
pointment will be met If only the
glowing promises of the boomers are
read.
Much of the squad farming litera-
ture disseminated by those having
breeding birds to sell would indicate
that to obtain one of their beautifully
illustrated booklets and to buy some
birds from them, is all that is re-
quired to assure complete success and
large profits. That is very far from
the truth.
If one is fond enough of the work
really to give the closest attention to
his birds until he knows they are
ODt lldltu Nduu lilb tluilto d
great deal of time and patience even
from the most eXperienced), and then
will daily continue to give them the
most careful attention and see that
all their requirements are met land
this is e%ssential), such a one will run
a good chance of raising an average OF
three to five pairs of marketable
squads per pair of breeders per annum
in the northern states. He will, how.
ever, raise three to four pairs very
much oftener than five.
Presenting that the flock consists
of Homers, the squads produced
should be mostly eight pounds TO the
dozen, says Howard Butcher, in Farm
Journal. There might be a few weigh
ing nine pounds to the dozen, and an
occasional one a little heavier; but
there will also be a few weighing as
low as six to seven pounds TO the
dozen, and once in a while a Gull. Any
body in the last ~ months who OBJ
tanned an average of three dollars per
dozen for squads from such a flock,
got about the highest wholesale mar
ket price. 1t must be borne in mind
that while squads command fancy
prices in winter, that season is the
time when comparatively few are pro-
duced; the greatest prod lotion is in
the summer when the prices are the
lowest. There is an opportunity some
times to sell young birds for breeding
purposes and thus get a better price
for them than by killing for squads,
but, as a rule, squad farmers have to
depend upon sending the birds to
market.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1907-01-17
Poultry and Bee Notes

Carelessness in handling poultry
will ruin the finest flock in a short
time.
Nitrogen may be the costliest or the
cheapest element of fertility, as you
like it.-C. Z. T.
Paint the poultry house and have it
an addition to the looks of the farm
rather than something that detracts
from the appearances.
Scratchivity is a virtue to be en-
c%ouraged in the hen because upon it
largely depends layity, and that is
what most of us want.
II a cellar stands too near the freez-
ing point for the bees, bring the tenn
perature up by making the cellar
closer; but there will be better venti-
lation and better air by bringing the
temperature up at such times by
can of as mall fire.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1907-01-17
AVOID NOSTRUMS,
Unwise to Go Doping Your Chickens
for Ailments.

A nostrum is, commonly speaking,
a quack medicine. Poultry raisers as
well as others have to face the prob
lens of using or not using such
things. A great many medicines are
put up for the use of poultry r~aisers,
and the manufacturers advocate them
for well birds and for sick ones. Usu-
ally they are worthless and some
times they are positively dangerous.
One correspondent writes the Farm
ers' Review that he fed his fowls a
patent worm remedy, to keep them in
condition. All the fowls that received
the remedy, with one exception, died
from its effects. Healthy hens do not
need medicine any more than do
healthy people. To keep them in good
condition it is only necessary to give
them good food, pure water, pure air.
sanitary surroundings and opportuni.
ties for exercise.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1907-01-17

is not a large house, but there is room
enough for a big dining-room without
encroaching on anything else.
The little square hall in the rear
Is usually a vestibule. 1t is the right
place for an ice box, away from the
heat of the kitchen, but not far
enough away to be in~convenient. |
like to see a refrigerator close to the
outside entrance. Ice comes in drip
ping wet in warm weather, and the
man who carries it usually has more
or less mud or dirt On his boots. 1t
is a great saving on a woman's tenn
per to have the dirt left outside, or
as near the outside of a house, as
possible. Then there is a saving of
ice by having the refrigerator in a
comparatively cool place. If we have
our own ice house the work of getting
the ice out, washing it and putting it
into the ice box is considerable, so
that economy even in this case is ad-
visable, but when ice is bought and
paid for at prevailing summer prices,
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1907-01-17

a porcelain dish for the benefit of the
birds. 1t kept a constant supply of
bath water in a shallow dish that the
birds enjoyed every day in warm
weather. 1t was amusing to see them
splash the water about.
This style of house just suits a two
story porch, and the porch seems to
fit the house as though it grew there.
1t is not always easy to orange a
porch on three sides of a house with
out making some Of the rooms dark,
but there is no objection on that
score to this plan. This style of porch
is a finish to the house, and it is a
great protection both to the front
door and the side door opening into
the dining room.
l like an outside entrance to the
dining room, especially where the
room is large and not overcrowded
with furniture. ! think most women
like it, too. A dining room is not fur
Dished unusually so extensively as
the front parlor. When there is a
side entrance the immediate friends
Va AAAN AtAAAAAg hohallN oAND llSul lulO
The inner circle without the formality
of ringing the front door bell. There
is an element of s~ociabil,ty in this
sort of thing that induces comfort. |
don't believe in furnishing up a parlor
in such a way that it is too nice to
use. | believe in comfort first and
show afterward, but at the same time
il is considerable work to keep the
front part of the house in first-class
condition and have every member of
the family running through il con.in-
ually. A woman don't like to order
the children out of the parlor TO stay
out unless they have some other
place TO go, and there must be a COM
Portable place for the children in
every home. In this house the dining
room offers a solution of the diff cul-
ty, With a good CRATE and a cheerful
fire in cold weather the youngsters
will be found in the dining room
every time, unless the old folks are
so grouchy that they are Obliged to
find recreation at n of the neigh.
bors.
The size of this house is 33 feet 6
inches wide by "a feet long, exclusive
of the porch, which is large enough 10
make six good rooms. besides the nu.
merous c~upboards, bathroom and an
alcoye which comes in very handy for
a sewing o A plan of this kind
has a great deal to recommend IL
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1907-01-17
Piano Box Poultry House.

down for a door and the houses should
be set the distance apart Of the width
of the door. In the other end place a
window, or the same may be put in
the front. To make the house warmer
with roofing paper. This makes
an ideal colony house for 10 hens, or
individual brooder house.
Another plan of construction is
shown at the left of the cut. This is
a smaller house, built of one box. The
front is removed and extended in
height. For brooder house for small
chicks the plan may be reversed, says
the Farm and Home, and the front
of the house made the height of the
back of the box. Two small sash and
a door complete the arrangement.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1907-01-17
OUT MITES.
How the Poultry Raiser Can Keep His
Hen House Clean.

The successful poultry raiser has
learned how to keep out mites. 1t
may well be doubted if any successful
poultry raiser can be found whose
houses are teeming with mites.
Among the ways of keeping off the
mites are the following:
Have a house that is light and
large enough for the flock, and see
to it that it is well ventilated.
Have the roosts, nests, dropping
boards and all fixtures removable, so
they a be cleaned perfectly, easily
and often.
Do not permit filth of any kind to
accumulate in this house, but make
sure that it is cleaned often.
The advice given by some is to
treat the house once in two weeks to
a busting with air-slaked lime and sui.
phur.
The boxes for the sitting hens
should be washed in kerosene OF
crude petroleum before being used
in the Matching operations The straw
in such boxes should be burned after
the hen is through sitting.
Lastly, watch the entire poultry es.
adjustment to make sure that mites
do not get a start.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1907-01-17

This house plan appeals to me as
being one of the neatest and most in
teresting low cost houses | ever built.
The plan lends itself to a splendid ar
rangement of rooms, both upstairs and
down. 1t is easy TO arrange the neces-
sary conveniences when the rear of
h house is wider than the front. and
this plan is easily covered with a
two section roof on the ~three.gable
plan, n of the most satisfactory
roofs ever built. This style of roof
dates back to the earliest American
architecture. 1t originated i'm the
efforts of builders TO add a pleasing
front to the old-fashioned long houses
built with the side to the road, but
this plan has been improved upon I'M
til the completed house shows very
little resemblance to the original eff.
forts in this direction.
While the front part of the house
is pleasing and the arrangement is
almost perfect, the rear section is
given up entirely to the dining-room,
kitchen and the accessories to these
rooms. While we all like to see a
pretty parlor and an attractive hall,
we should remember that a house is
built to live in next year, and for a
good many years. The work of get.
ting meals is about the same day
after day and year after year. Meals
are manufactured in the kitchen and
served in the dining-room three times
a day, and a little saving in work each
time amounts to a great deal in the
aggregate. A dining-room ~ feet
wide and 26 feet 6 inches long is I'M
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1907-01-17
Our Domestic Turkey.

While there are differences of opin-
ion regarding the origin of our domes-
tic turkey, it is currently believed that
it came directly from the wild turkey
of the United States and Canada. One
writer expresses the opinion that the
original variety imported into Eng
land in 1920 came from a variety that
formerly existed in the West Indies
and was afterwards exterminated by
the natives. This is guesswork. There
is apparently no good reason for go
ing out of the way TO hunt for any
other origin than that currently ac.
cepted. What is known as the domes.
tic turkey crosses freely with the wild
variety, thus establishing a close rela-
tonship as having existed in the past
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1907-01-17

wall and the drip carried to a bed OF
mint. We all know how to appreciate
roast lamb With mint sauce, and when
the mint is gathered fresh and clean
at the side of the house it is much
more of a d~elicacy than when bought
from the market and carted around
through the dust for "a hours before
being delivered. Mint will grow fair
ly well in the garden if lightly shaded,
but it is a water loving plant, and
does better when it gets a continual
supply of moisture. If the pipe from
the ice box is short, the water is
likely to be rather cold. 1t is better
to run the water along an open trough
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1907-01-17
Uses Water Glass.

Most Of my stock is sold for breed.
ing or exhibition purposes and my
eggs sold for Matching. Such Gull
stock and market eggs as | sell make
up so small a part of my business that
| have never made the effort to sell to
private customers. writes a cores
pendent of the Farmers Review. The
eggs furnished to ne by my flock out
side of the Matching season | preserve
in water glass, and sell to our c
here when the price suits me.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1907-01-17
THE ROAD.

Ho Tor the road, the winding road,
That stretches away DER the hills to
where?
A hickory STAFF and a crust my load.
With a song TO sing and a leave OF cara.
Ho for the road, the winding road,
That leads like a ribbon OF white unturled
From the grimy town n the walled abode
To the misty rim OF the far off world.
uo for the road that winds away
over the valley and hill and stream.
VINO will follow with me to-day
Its winding course-to rove and dresml
milwaukee, sentinel
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1907-01-17
First Floor Plan.

the necessity for being careful is
much greater,
Sometimes il is not convenient TO
drain the ice box into the sewer.
When placed next to the outside wall
II is easy to bore a hole through the
floor and put a piece Of inch gas pipe
with an elbow and run the pipe out
side. One house that was built like
this had the waste water from the
melting ice carried outside of the
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1907-01-17
Second Floo Plan.

for a distance of eight or ten feet
to raise the temperature of the drip
water. For this purpose an open
trough is better than a pipe for two
reasons. The water is exposed to the
atmosphere and warns up much bet
ter in summer, and if the ice box is
used in cold weather the pipe don't
burst when the water freezes. An
other drain for an ice box that came
under my observation was carried to
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1907-01-17
The Flirt.

Miss Chicago-What kind of a gown
are you going 10 yea at the college
bali?
Miss Detroit-I'm having one made so
that | can wear four different fraternity
pins and only one will show at a time!-
Detroit Free Press.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1907-01-17
eEE-BRUSHES OF BuRLAP.
Better Than the Brush Made of Brls.
ties Because Softer.

The inclosed drawing illustrates my
bee-brush which l have used several
years, which is the cheapest, simplest
and best brush that / ever used. 1t is
made of burlap, writes a correspond.
ent of Gleanings in Bee Culture. The
n | send you is a narrow one. the
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1907-01-17
eurlap Bee Brushes.

one l made first. / now use a wider
one. You can make them the whole
width of the frame IL you wish.
We believe that these brushes would
be very satisfactory, especially as the
burlap would not be as irritating to
the bees as the stiff BRUSHES In an
ordinary brush.