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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-08-20
LAUNDRIES.

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ROCK ISLAND STEAM LAUNDRY
Bakersfield q Sexton, pruprietOrS.
Fine finish and quick service. 1914
Third avenue. Phone west 1928.
HOME LAUNDRY - Family washings
only; work called for and delivered.
Miss A. Couch, proprietor, 1913
Twelfth street; old phone west 652-II
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-08-20
HAIRDRESSING.

SCIENTIFIC FACIAL AND SCALP
Massage ShampoOing, Manicuring,
and all kinds of hair work done to
order. Ready-made hair goods for
sale. Chiropody a speciality for la
dies and gents. 1S27h Second ave-
nue., Rock Island Mrs. d. p. Scholl
and daughter. New phone $500.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-08-20
LOST AND FOUND.


LOST-White Eskimo dog; return to 2l2
Thirteenth street and receive reward
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-08-20
ELECTROLYSIS.

HAIR AND MOLES
permanently removed with the cleo
trio needle without pain; treatment
given at the home, unless otherwise
desired. Address Miss A. M. Kit
tredge, 1877 East Sixth street Daven-
port. Old phone n. 243I. Out of city
until Oct. l.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-08-20
HOTELS AND RESORTS.

LAS VEGAS HOT SPRINGS = Located
o,t6I feet above the sea. All year
round resort. A perfect Mace for
rest, For particulars, address DIR.
Daniel S. Perkins, medical director,
Las Vegas, ". NJ.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-08-20
CONTRACTORS AND BUILDERS.

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JOHN VOLK &c CO.-Contractors and
builders Also manufacturers of sash,
in plate window and art glass. Of
fees and factory. 81 to 329 Eigh-
teenth street.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-08-20
FLORISTS.

HENRY GAETHJF - Proprietor Chip
piannock nursery. Cut flowers and
designs of all kinds. City store, 1907
Second avenue. Telephone ITO.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-08-20
Homes on
Easy Terms.

y fine Groom house on 18th street, near
10Th avenue; every convenience; east
front; $1,000 cash and bal
ancc monthly payments. $3.50
y 4-room house on 10th street near
l3th avenue; water, good lot; small
payment down and balance
monthly payments $50
A I-room house on 25th street near 9Th
avenue; city water. laundry; $500
down and balance to suit
Nice 5-roOm cottage will he built at
Ter your own plans and in nice location
All you need is 5000 cash. Pay the rest
by the month. See me about it,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-08-20
ART DECORATION.

PARDON & SON - Artistic interior
decoration. Finest line of late papers
carried and skilled workmen employ
ed. Moderate prices. AIT Seven
teenth street.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-08-20
LEGAL.
100000
Notice of Final Settlement.

Estate of Augusta Gotthardt. de-
ceased
Public notice is hereby given that the
Arthur Gotthardt. cXecu-
tor OF the estate of Augusta GottharGt.
has this day filed his final report and
settlement as such in the county court
OF Rock Island county. and hearing on
sand report has been set for Sept 20.
1901, at o'clock a. m, ut which time
persons Interested may appear and make
objections thereto. and if no objections
are filed, said report Will he approved
at that time, ana the undersigned will
ask for an order of distribution and
Will also ask to be discharged.
Rock Island, Ill. Aug. ~, 1907.
ARTHUR GOTTHARDT.
Executor of the Estate of Augusta Colt
hardt,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-08-20
LODGE DIRECTORY,
Masonic.

TRIO LODGE, NO. 81. A. T. & A. M
a Meets in stated communication
wv on the first Thursday of each
M month. Sam L. Davis, w. NJ. !;
William Il. Petit, secretary.
ROCK ISLAND COUNCIL, NO. 90, r. &,
S. M Meets in stated communica-
ton on the third Wednesday of each
month. II. NJ. Briggs, T. 1. M; L. c.
Daugherty, secretary.
ROCK ISLAND COMMANDERY NO. Is,
X. T.-Meets in stated conclave on
the second Monday of each month.
ii. A. j. Mcdonald, +. c.; r. c. Willer-
ton, recorder.
MASONIC BOARD OF CONTROL-H
ID. Mack, president; +. T. Myers. sec
rotary.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-08-20
LININGER & MEYER.
Both Phones. 225 Eighteenth Street.
Charles {. Hodgson,
FIRE INSURANCE
AGENCY.
ESTABLISHED 1874.

American Insurance company, Newark
American Ins. Co. Newark, n. j.
Continental ms. Co.. New YORK
Agricultural ms. Co. New York
Farmers Ins. Co. York, Pa.
Williamsburg ms. Co. New York
New Hampshire ms. Co. N Hampshire
Northern Ins. Co. New York
Security ms. Co. New Haven, Conn.
ms. Co. State of Illinois. Rockford, Ill.
Connecticut Fire ms. Co. of Connecticut
Office, room 3, Buford block. Rates
as low as consistent with security.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-08-20
FOR SAH.E-FARM LANDS.

FOR SALE-One of the finest 16O-acre
farms in Rock Island county; will
take some good city property in trade.
Reidy Bros, room 4, Mitchell q Lynde
building
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-08-20
Observation-Disclosures.

JACKSON. HURST & STAFFORD-At-
torneys- at-law. Office in Rock Island
National bank building.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-08-20
CLAIRVOYANT.

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MRS. MARY YATES-Business medium,
hours, l to 10 p. m. Residences. 7O5
Fourth avenue. Take the Blue line
wes,. Phone west TAX.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-08-20
HEATING AND PLUMBING.

CIiANNON, DUFVA & co. Heating
and plumbing along scientific lines;
careful and skillful wOrkmen. Prompt
attention. ia West Seventeenth ST
Phone I1k2.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-08-20

WANTED-Two first class plumbers at
Allen, Myers & Co, 1921 Second ave
nue..
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-08-20

FOR SALE = Two-story house in the
best condition; seven large rooms.
with city water, sewer, furnace. cc-
mcnt walk, nice shade and lawn, on
Sixth avenue near Twenty-eighth
street; $500, easy terms. Becchcr
Bros, 15l3l2 Second avenue.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-08-20

FOR SALE-Lot 4Ox15O feet, centrally
located, on paved street. For partic-
ularS address Box 267, city.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-08-20

FOR SALE-Thirty of the finest level
lots south of Eighteenth avenue: good
from car lines, south of Aiken and
west OF Seventeenth street Also a
new cottage in same locality. Easy
terms. E. W. Robinson. Old phone
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-08-20

III. j. TOHER q CO. Brokers' Daven-
port Stocks, grains, provisions cot
ton. Private wire to New York and
Chicago. Offices, 100 Main street Tel
ephone 407.
GEORGE II. SIDWELL & CO. Com
mission merchants. Grain, hay and
provisions. Members of the Chicago
board of trade and Chicago stock eX-
change. Established % years. No
542 and SAB Rialto building. Long dis
lance phone, Harrison 2666.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-08-20

WE WILL BOND YOU-Executors'. adj
Illustrators, guardians. trustees. or
society officers; city, state or r. s
government officials; contractors. no
sitlons of trust; in fact, any kind of
Dond you want Except bail bonds).
land, resident managers Fidelity G.
Deposit company of Maryland.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-08-20

VILLA DE CHANTAL-A home school
conducted for girls by the Sisters of
the Visitation. Rudimentary and high
er branches and all polite accomplish
ments taught Twentieth street and
Fifteenth avenue. Rock Island.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-08-20
FUEL.

EMPIRE COAL & COKE COMPANY
Wholesale and reail dealers in BIZ
luminous and anthracite coal. Prompt
delivery service. Office l71S First
avenue.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-08-20

FOR RENT-Furnished rooms suitable
for light housekeeping at 301 Third
street.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-08-20

WANTED-At once. competent busbeI-
man. Apply at 2121 Fourth avenue,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-08-20
EDUCATIONAL.

Observation-Disclosures de-
partment. A thorough business train
ing given for entry into commercial
life. Terms reasonable. Apply to Au-
guStana college
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-08-20
lNVESTM ENTS.


A double house of IS rooms, rented at
$29 per month; splcndidlY located on
paved street; lot 6OXl2O; paving paid;
excellent repair; positively Il
SH"p ..'...... $4,000. ....... $751; 900
y double house of IA rooms. rented at
$2l per month; well located for rent
ing; well and cistern;
lot 5OX1S1 ...... ......S2 ono
a new Groom house i'm Silvis; sewing
room, reception hall front stairs, fur
mace: lot 40Xl40; rents $22
per month .....-... ........S2 $50
a business property on paved street;
rents S23 per month, and can be made
to pay $50 with an additional
expense of $500 ........S2.5 500
\ neat little 5-room cottage on Webb
street in South Rock Island:
lot 4OX24O; good well .......S1,25O
y nice 5-room cottage near fair grounds;
wei: barn. chicken house, fruit;
l"l boNl11 ..--.... 81 $50
An S-room house on First avenue; gas,
city water, sewer, furnace;
newly papered ......... .......S2, 100
n pleasant home on 10Th street. near
Long View cars; rooms down stairs
three rooms up stairs; best of
repair; fine shade; lot 47x132. $4,000
y coy Groom house on goth street; an
acre of ground; well, cistcrn;
all kinds of fruit; years old ...S3,6OO
An S-room house on 18th street, in best
location; every convenience;
east front; paving paid ........S4 600
y Groom house on 14th street: thor
oughly modern; cement walks; walls
newly decorated; lot
fONlSD So 700
y brand new Groom 2-story house i'm
South Heights; reception hall, fur
mace, ccmentcd cellar; well;
lot fIhN2l4 $500. .........S2.50 500
FARMS.
A chicken farm near Moline; an acre
of ground and 6-room house, only three
years old; will sell for cash or trade for
lefty property.
y fruit farm near Rock Island: acres;
good house, barn, ice house well, chick
en- house, 500 grape vines. 80 apple
trees, 80 cherry trees, so peach trees so
plum trees; other fruits in proportion.
An S0-acre farm west of Reynolds:
good. fair improvements; all tillable;
convenient to market; per
acre $50. .....-... ........ $3.50
a farm. near Andalusia; x, acres:
good Improvements; 100 bearing peach
trees, and lots of other fruit; good
running water; per
acre ......... $3.50. ........ $4,000
farm in Edgington township, 296
acres; fine improvements; new
house, windmill, etc; per acre .S65, 100
Fire Insurance.
Money to loan on real estate.
| Open saturday evenings until $500.
II. II. Hubbard,
REAL ESTATE AND INSURANCE,
Ground Floor Office.
1905 Second Ave. Phones, old west 40
1 New S24O.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-08-20
FOR Observation-Disclosures.

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FOR SAI.E-Dry oak and pine wood for
stoves and furnaces by Kahlke Bros
Phone 5S4i.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-08-20

FOR RENT - Two furnished front
rooms. strictly modern, at 413 Twelfth
street.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-08-20
PATENTS.

PATENT AND TRADEMARK Office.
room II, Mitchell & Lynde building,
Rock Island. James T.. Murphy. as
soctate, branch of Moore d Co, pat
emit attorneys, Washington, d. c., and
Chicago. III.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-08-20
EXPRESS. STORAGE. BUS AND CAR.

ROBES TRANSFER COMPANY - 100
West Seventeenth street. Old phone
1887: new phone 515S. New storage
building. Express, baggage, bus and
cab calls answered day or night.
RELIABLE STORAGE ON first floor;
also manufacturer of awnings, tents
wagon covers, etc. Tents for rent
q. Roessler & Co, 209 Fifteenth
street, opposite the court house, Rock
Island.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-08-20

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FOR RENT-Large furnished rooms at
2SOS Fifth and-a-half avenue.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-08-20

FOR SALE-Cheap. nice levellots. 4Sxl25.
corner Twenty seventh street and Eigh-
teenth avenue, facing Long View
street car track. Also for sale or trade.
one acre lot, with new seven
room house. Terms to please pur.
chaser. Inquire of E. Thonn,i go
Twenty eighth street.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-08-20

FOR RENT - Furnished front room,
ground floor, at 2516 Fifth-and "A half
avenue.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-08-20

FOR SALE-A good. big work horse.
cheap II taken at once. Apply at 2132
Eighth avenue.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-08-20

FOR SALE-In new addition to Sears.
Ill; $500 cash. balance easy payments.
buys new nVc-room modern cottage:
me large basement and cellar: best
OF well water in basement and kitch-
en- from water system; lot G0X14O: fine
legation. c. II. Dibbern * Son, Milan.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-08-20
wANTED-MALE HELD

WANTED - At once, a tailor at 1911
Second avenue.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-08-20
MASSAGE.

}. a. MAUZY has returned and is pre-
pared to give massage and vibrating
treatments at home or at your resi-
dence. 902 Twentieth street Old
phone west 72O-X; new phone 537S.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-08-20
FOR SALE-CITY PROPERTY.

20, 1907.
FOR SALE-CITY PROPERTY.
FOR SALE-Lot 40x150 feet, centrally |
located, on paved street For partic- |
ulars address Box 267, city. |
FOR SALE-Two nice cottages, near |
Elm street line; great bargain; will |
net 10 per cent on investment. c. B. |
Ward, 1921 u Second avenue.
FOR SALE-Modern five-room cottage; |
all modern improvements, in Long
View, at snap; half cash if taken n {
once. Address "B. W." care Argus.
FOR SALE - Strictly modern seven
room house, on Twenry-third street;
can be had very reasonable if taken
soon. c. b. Ward, 1921 Y Second ave-
nue..
FOR SALE-If you want to buy a fine
seven or eight room modern home:
new; worth $1,000; at a bar-Nin, see
me, at once. Z. Il. Ward, IL V Sec
ond avenue.
FOR SALE - New house of four nice
rooms, good cellar, large attic: corner
lot; $1,000; small amount down. bal
ance in monthly payments if desired.
Beecher Bros.
FOR SALE-A house of six rooms i'm
good condition, located in eastern part
10 Of city. one block from car line:
$l.lOO; easy terms; rents for $I2.
Becchcr Bros.
FOR SALE-Seven-roo cottage in Col
!ege Heights; water, sewer, and gas:
large lot with fruit trees; convenient
TO street car; cheap, if taken at once.
Address seller" care Argus.
FOR SALE-Eight-room house on Nine
tcenth street near Eleventh avenue;
very nice east front lot with good
shade; house is well built and in good
repair; price. $3.S00. II. X. Walker.
FOR SALE - Acre and town lots lust
outside of city limits on bluff near
street car line, cheap on monthly paw
ments. Inquire of John r. Campbell
1929 Seventeenth street. Phone 322
west.
FOR SALE - Two-story house of six
rooms IN good condition: city water.
sewer, and bath; east front: nice
shade trees; paving paid; lot 4fxI50:
$500. Beechcr Bros, lj13% Second
avenue.
FOR SALE-At less than it cost Is
months ago, nice southwest corner
lot, Thirty-eighth street and Fifteenth
avenue, one block from Elm street
M. s." care Argus. US
FOR SAl-E-Fivc-room house on Nine
te"nth street, all in good repair: has
furnace, bath. sewer, and water: lot
3oX4o; Wen located, near Tenth ave
nue., on Nineteenth street: price. So
100. ii. X. Walker.
FOR SALE-Five-room cottage on large
lot on Forty-socond street. near Four
teenth avenue; newly papercd and
painted; well built and in splendid re-
Sonable terms H. X. Walker
FOR SALE-Thirty of the finest level
| lots south OF Eighteenth avenue; good
al Ina
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-08-20
MONEY TO LOAN.

MONEY TO LOAN.
LOANS ON REAL ESTATE SECURITY
at lowest rates. Ludolph e. Reynolds,
lawyers. Buford block, corner Seven
teenth street and Second avenue.
MONEY TO LOAN-On real estate Sc
curity at lowest rates. Marion f.
Sweeney, attorney, rooms 80 and 80,
Mitchell & Lynde building, Rock Is
land.
LOANS ON FURNITURE, pianos horses.
wagons, salaries, etc; quickly, pri-
vately at the lowest rates. Mutual
Loan company (uninc), room All,
Peoples National bank building, Rock
Island. Phone old west 122.
WE MAKE A SPECIALITY of loaninC
money on household goods. horses
wagons, etc, without removal anG in
quiet way. Call on us for quick
loans. Fidelity Loan company, room
80, Mitchell & Lynde block.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-08-20
CARNIVAL CITY PACKET COMPANY.
LL.I.i.. c..ll...s 7

CARNIVAL CITY PACKET COMPANY.
White Collar Line.-Steamers Cos
lumbia and Helen Blair for Muscatine,
Burlington. and all intermediate points.
at p. IN. During April and May, tri-
weekly service, leaving Rock Island ev.
cry Monday, Wednesday and Friday
AFTER May 30, daily service to Musca-
tine and Burlington, except Sundays
and every Sunday for Muscatine only.
Meals and berth on steamers.
c. ]. MANGAN. Agent
Rock Island, Ill.
w. A. Blair, manager, Davenport Ia.
Telephone, old west 1SS, new 5l52.
Dock at foot Of Nineteenth street, 4
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-08-20

HAVE $4,000 to invest in city prop
erty which will pay good interest
Residence property preferred. Ad
dress m. y. TO- care Argus.
IF YOU WANT to buy, sell, trade or
rent anything, engage help or secure
a situation. the Mail and Journal is
the one paper in Moline that can do
it for you. Mail and Journal wants
are popular, and Mail and Journal
wants bring results. One-half cent
per word is the price to all alike. cash
in advance; two-Cent stamps will do.
Evening and Saturday Mail and Jour-
nal, Moline, Ill.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-08-20

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. to know that
am going to move to 1909 Second
avenue. Sept. l. 1907. l want to
buy five hundred stoves of all
kinds, also all the second hand goods
you have to sell or trade. Household
goods sold on payments to suit the
buyer. New steel ranges exchanged
for your old cook stoves. Would like
to buy all tools, bicycles, harness, or
anything of value. VIII surprise YOU
in the price of three upright pianos [
have for sale. Terms to suit VIII
loan you money on diamonds at 3 per
cent. Money loaned on household
goods; small amounts on houses and
lots from $25 to $500. VIII buy mort
cages and notes. The most reliable
the most private, the cheapest the
ness place in the country. Listen
100 watches, 20-year cases, EIgin and
Waltham movement, written guaran-
tee. for $3.50 to $40. Don't forget
Jones pays the freight. 1923 Second
avenue
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-08-20

WANTED - Two good carpenters; call
old phone west $751;.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-08-20

COR SALE - Launch. cheap; % feet
long; 5-foot beam: canopy top: good
condition. Kahlkc Bros, foot of Sixth
avenue
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-08-20
STEAMERS.

FOR ST. PAUL and points between the
boats will leave at n. m. June 81, 80.
July 5, 9, IA, IS. %, 81, Aug. l. 3, 10. IA.
10. 23 2S. On the above dates a rate of
$l.O0 is made to Clinton and return. up
by boat and return on the /. & l. Inter-
urban.
FOR ST. LOUIS and points between the
boats will leave at 9:15 a. IN. June rs,
July 4, ., 10. IS, %, 81, 81. Aug. s, 3. IA,
IS. %. %. For 81. Louis and all points
south, steamer Dubuque will leave ey-
cry Thursday at 3:15 p. m.
GEORGE LAMONT. Agent.
Office lis Seventeenth street Tele-
phone 105 old; CLOS new.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-08-20

LOST-On Fourth avenue car or on
Seventeenth street between First and
Second avenues, brown leather
purse containing 4 ten dollar bill and
40 cents in change. Finder return to
Argus office or 2S61 Firth-and-a-half
avenue and be rewarded.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-08-20
MISCELLANEOUS.

NOURlSH away wrinkles, lines. and
blemshes with Satin Skin Cream ana
Powder.
The daily sentinel., 1907-12-11
THE RAILROADS MADE
BIG INCREASE IN EARNINGS.

Increase in earnings of the Cole
rado & Southern for November.
S2O3,376.
Increase in earnings of the Dem
yer and Rio Grande for November,
$1,000.
Earnings for November of the Col
orado & Southern and the Denver &c
Rio Grande, two distinctly Colorado
railroads, shows that prosperity is
III all sections of the state, and that
no matter what complaints other
states may have regarding business
there is none in Colorado.
The Colorado and Southern for
the last week iii November earned
s344,S95, compared with s297. 7.17S
for the last week last year. The
earnings for the month were $780,
229, compared with 1.152, ,S53, and
from July 1 to November 80 the
earnings were $6.3S6.960 compared
with S5,557.905 for the same per-
led of time for last year.
The Denver & Rio Grande for the
last week in November earned $516.-
600, compared with 800 for
the corresponding week in 1906.
The earnings for the month We're
$1.S12,S00 compared with s1,704.-
700, and from July l to November
80 the earning amounted to So
80, 800, compared with $S.S72,000
for the same period of the last fiscal
year.
These showings demonstrate that
both roads will end the first six
moths of the fiscal year on Dec
ember 81 with very satisfactory
increase in earnings.
The vast bulk of the business of
both roads is confined to Colorado,
and therefore their financial reports
are taken among business men as an
index of the prosperity of the state.
These reports coming on top of the
splendid reports of the Denver clear
ing house and the banks, not only
in Denver, but throughout the state,
show the strong business conditions
in Colorado.
Denver merchants also reported
that business last week was fully
up to that of the week preceding, one
of the largest in the history of Dem
yer. and another indication of the
stability of business in the city and
state.
The daily sentinel., 1907-12-11
REIGN OF THE
NIGHT RIDERS
Some Interesting History Concerning the Fearful Struggle
on in the Tobacco Belt Of the Blue Grass StateLe-
climate Fight Of Farmers Who are Being Crushed by
Tobacco Trust Used as Cloak by Criminals Who
Burn, PiIlage and Murder

The burning of 100000 worth of
property i'll and the terrorizing OF
the citizens of Hopkinsville, KY, by
a heavily armed band of night riders
early Saturday morning is the Gull
mination of long series of outrag-
es in the tobacco belt. One man
was shot. perhaps fatally. The mob
got away safely at the time.
The actions of this mob indicates
to what lengths of lawlessness it Is
possible to carry a fight that had its
origin in a perfectly legitimate des-
ire on the part of the tobacco rails
ers of the district to secure better
prices for their product. Three or
four years ago. after the Tobacco
trust began Tightening its grip on the
throats of the growers, after inie-
pendent buyers had been forced out
of business, after it had become per-
fectly apparent that the farmers
must sell to the trust at the trusts
price or not at all, an organization
known as the American Society of
Equity was formed.
The plan of the society was to
bring about the pooling of the to-
bacco grown by its members. The
tobacco was to be held in ware
houses owned by the society until
such time as the trust was willing
to pay living prices for 1t. There
wasn't much trouble about secur-
ing memberships. The plan appeal
ed to the victims of the trust and
they readily agreed to pool their to-
bacco. But here and there farm
er held out against the society. 1t
is believed that some of them were
in the pay of the trusts, but be that
as it may they held out, and the feel
ing against them was bitter.
The raising of tobacco is difficu-
II and arduous task. Early in the
spring the farmer prepares his plant
beds He uses new ground for this
purpose, carefully clearing the grow
tn of bushes and young timber off
it and then burning the brush on the
ground. Next he plows the soil and
harrows and pulverizes it until it is
fine and light. The seed is then
planted and the bed, usually about