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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-07-24
UNION RAIL MACHikISTS
TO ASK NINE HOUR DAY
Gigantic Movement Launched Which
Affects Over 10000
Men.

Chicago, July PA gigantic move.
ment To establish a nine-hour WORK
day for union machinists employed oy
railroads throughout the northwest.
which is expected to include blacE-
smiths and boilarmakers and embrace
a total of 10000 men, has been laun2p-
ed
The plan is being preached princi-
pally by the northwest CONSOLIDATED
district of the machinsts' union, al
though the blacksmiths and boiler
makers who have powerful organ
cations. are looked to for active Oper-
alton on behalf of their respect %
crafts The northwest cOnsOlidat I'll
district embraces all railroads north
of the Union Pacific lines and west Fl
Chicago.
A demand will be made upon thea
10 make the ninehOur day etfectiq9
September l.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-07-24

bees on his wrists or ankles and make
them sting him. His bees were nice,
sCciable and good-natured, and it often
required more persuasion than the lay
man would suppose To be necessary to
make them sting. But they ended by
sitting down on their hot end so hard
that it was probably some time before
the patient could smile and say, THAT
feels good Under the treatment. how
ever, the rheumatism gradually disap-
peared, and Mr.. Cameron hasn't trace
of ii now. As a preventative he still
takes stings at about half rations He
took 10 stingS last year and 100 the
year before.
At present MIR. Cameron is furnish
ing bees for a member of a neighbor-
ing family who is suffering from
rheumatism. and who is taking the bee
sting treatment with the same regu-
larity that he did.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-07-24
Work and Worry.

81 am working too hard. My work
is killing me" The man is mistaken.
Work does not kill. Work is medicine
to the body and mind and spirit. Work
is the salvation of men. Work cures q
thousand ills Worry kills. Dissipation
kills. Worry is largely a matter of
nerves or Indigestion or liver, or It
may be quality of temperament or
it may spring from envy or some other
hateful habit of thought. In most
cases worry is concerning things pure
ly maginary-things that cannot be
helped. One of the best cures for the
worry habit is work, hard work OF
body and mind. Work requires concen-
tration of effort and mind. That makes
one forget his troubles. Work may be
made n joy, and in the JOY of work
ing there is no room for worry. Right
living, right thinking, work-these are
specifics for most of the Ills caused by
worry.
Dissipation kills.-Atlanta Journal.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-07-24
QUARANTINE CARDS ARE OUT
Seventy.Five Thousand of Them Have
Been Distributed.

Springfield, H., July 24-Seventy-
five thousand placards have been dis
tributed by the state board Of health i'll
the last few days. To non-observance
of quarantine regulation. which is the
natural consequence of the absence of
quarantine placards. is said to be due
much of the spread of scarlet fever and
diphtheria in the country districts. The
board has found is practically impossi-
BILE to get many of the supervisors
throughout the state to supply them
selves with proper cards with which to
placard houses in which cases of con
the board has undertaken to supply the
placards itself
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-07-24
RETIRING OFFICIAL IS HELD
Former County Clerk at Louisville Ac-
cused of BIG Shortage.

Louisville, Ky, July 24-William j.
SemGnin, retiring county clerk, was ar
rested yesterday afternoon on a charge
OF embezzlement, it being alleged that
he is short in his accounts as clerk of
Jefferson county in sum approximate
ing $4,000. The arrest was made at
the instance of Mayor Bingham and
caused a sensation. Mr.. SemOnin fur
nished bond in the sum of $4,000.
When interviewed SCmOnin stated
that a full examination of the books
would show that he did not owe the
state over $4,000. the amount of his
collections for June and July. which
he had the legal right to withhold and
which will he paid in full. There was
no shortage in the legal or moral sense
Of the word, he declared.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-07-24
WISCONSIN DAMAGE
By FLOOD GREATER
Craps of Three Counties Practically
Destroyed-loss is
l., Heavy.

La Crosse, Wis, July 24.-The re-
ceding OF the flood of Sunday and
Monday shows the damage done III
western Wisconsin to have been even
greater than first reported. The grain
and hay crops of three counties have
been practically destroyed. while in
the villages and cities the damage viii
amount To hundreds of thousands Of
dollars.
East of La Crosse the damage will
take a week to repair, some of the
largest bridges having gone out.
lropia, the county seat of Vernon
county, has been cut OFF from all COZ
municatiOn with the outside world *
cept by telephone since Sunday, All
will have no mail for a week
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-07-24
Mans Hats La Great Britain.

There is difference OF two sizes be-
tween the average hats worn in Biz
mingham and Glasgow, and it is gen
orally conceded that the average size
in Birmingham Is smaller than in any
other town in the kingdom. Taking
the whole of England, the average size
Of hat required by men is Z, or nearly
twenty-five inches In circumference;
in Wales 61s is the average, the Irish
man averages full, while the can
ME Scots average is 7B.-Tailor and
Cutter
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-07-24
CITY CHAT.

Insure with Beecher Bros.
Buy a home of Reidy Bros.
Tri-City Towel Supply company.
For bus, baggage, express, call Robb's
For bus or express, Spencer & Trefz
Free band concert tomorrow night
at Long View park.
Let Krell d SiemOn do your furnace
and tin work; 1916 Third avenue.
The Long View car will take you to
the big lawn sociablc and band concert.
Lewis Single Rnder-the famous
straight 3 cent cigar, always best
quality.
Expert manicuring. shampOOing and
thorough treatment of the hair AMI
scalp given by Mrs Sol Levi. 736 Sev-
enteenth street. Old phone west 30.
Refresh Yourself with music. ice
cream and cake at the big lawn so,
.ciablc and band concert tomorrow ev-
ening given by the Association Help
ers for the benefit of the Y. NJ. c. \.
The Ladies Sewing society of the
United Presbyterian church will mces
Friday afternoon with Mrs. Rose Bleu.
or, Twenty-ninth street and Eighteenth
avenue.
| do job printing that Will suit the
most particular and deliver it ut thu
time promised. c. J. Smith, proprietor
of Martins old stand. 1919 East Ser
enteenth street.
A great event The July cash dis
count sale at McCabe's marks n
epoch in 1907 merchandising records
which is not likely to be exceeded 70:
many years TO come.
The fire department. was called tC
the Myers residence. 500 Ninth street
shortly after o'clock Yesterday af
ternOOn. The gasoline stove exploded
but no damage resulted.
That great discount sale at McCahe';
continues with unbroken progress
Thursday the discount applies partiCu
larry to suits. coats skirts. wash suits
and womens and childrens knit su'G
iii'l uhuCi veal AIN'lS hdS 'Oii!S 9til
ing record is smashed
The ladies of the Altar society @
Sacred Heart church will give thei
annual lawn sOCiable this evening AL
, tomorrow evening on the lawn ar tht
church, Twenty-eighth street. Goo,
music and refreshments. Tickets ..
cents. All friends of the church ar
| invited to attend.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-07-24
TAKES 100 BEE STINGS A
YEAR FOR RHEUMATISM
John L. Cameron of Davenport Finds
Remedy Effective and is Treat
ing a Neighbor.

Davenport claims one of the original
bee sting rheumatic cure eXperimenters
in John l.. Cameron. Mr.. Cameron was
4 sufferer from rheumatism Il few
years ago, when he heard that bee
keepers never have rheumatism. Re-
solving to give the bees a test, Mr.
Cameron bought a stand and is now
cured.
Some people who haven't had the
rheumatism would consider the bee
sting cure pretty serious. for once or
twice a week Mr. Cameron would put
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-07-24

cries. all the curtains every pair of lace curtains swiss
and net curtains Brussels, Irish Point, Fet, Marie
Antionette, Soutache, Quincy, Arabian Tambour
ETC., etc, all the novelties in Lace Curtains by the
yard also the dotted swisses, cable and fish nets,
cuney nets with lace edgings without, silkolines
cretonnes, tafetas, all kinds of printed materials
Deni1ns, Hungarian Cloth, rods and brass goods for
upholstery purposes Everything in this great
tain stock pertaining to draperies window furnish
ings at just oneffth off, the entire day and evening
Figure ahead and buy what you will need little
later.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-07-24
Where Ignorance Was Not Bliss.

A story is told of man who, cross
ing disused coal field late at night.
fell into an apparently bottomless pit
and saved himself only by grasping a
projecting beam. There he chung with
great difficulty all night, only to find
when day dawned that his feet were
only four inches from the bottom.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-07-24
Take the Postmaster's Word for It.

F. NJ Hamilton, postmaster at Cher
ryvale. Ind, keeps also stock of gen.
eral merchandise and patent medicines.
He says: "Chamberlain's Collie. Chol-
era and DiarrhOea Remedy is standard
here in its line. 1t never fails 10 give
satisfaction and we could hardly afford
TO be without it, For sale by all
druggists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-07-24

three hours, which length of time III
the air has been attained only once by
the Lebaudy's i'll France. The balloon
was steered in every direction with the
greatest ease During the entire flight
it responded 10 the helm.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-07-24
The Habit of Nervousness.

"What an extremely nervous woman
Mrs. Tos1pkins is, isn't she?'
81 hadn't noticed it, my DEAR
''Then you haven't been paying atten-
ton. Her new silk skirt doesn't stop
rustling moment. Milwaukee Senti-
mel.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-07-24
S NAMED AS REFEREE
x. T. Anderson Takes Charge of Con-
crete Construction Company.

Referee in Bankruptcy Adair Pleas
ants at the suggestion of the creditors
of the Concrete Construction company
has appointed X T. Anderson trustee
10 take charge of the property The
business will be closed out as rapidly
as pOSSible
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-07-24

Temperature at IL. H.. -; at 3:3O
D. M. ~. Maximum temperature in Hast
- hours. 81; minimum. II. Precipita-
ton. Fl. Velocity of wind at u. M.
I. miles per hour. Stage of water. y
feet. "a rise of - foot.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-07-24
Saturday Its Mems Furnishings & Curtain Goods

a SIS, 900. 90 stock of mems furnishings and un-
derwear to choose from, take all you want and
deduct fifth from the prices all day and evening all
the neckwear suspenders belts, night shirts hosiery,
underwear, collars and cuffs, dress Shirts negligee
and work shirts, handkerchiefs gloves ETC., etc,
everything in this great department fifth off, except
trunks, bags and suit which the discount is
limited to 10 per cent, ALL all the balance at just 20
per cent off.
Also on Saturday we sell the Curtain
Goods at the discount 20 per cent all the drap
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-07-24

Berlin, July PA military dirigible
balloon made most successful flight
over Berlin yesterday. The trip lasted
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-07-24

phOns, bridges and the headgates, are
of concrete and steel construction and
very substantial. The turnouts, cul-
verts and fumes on the lateral system
are well built of wood.
The soils vary from Il fine sandy
loan TO heavy clay. There is pre-
pOnderance of clay and clay loan soil.
Some of these are strongly impregnat-
ed with alkali and most of them are
undertake with gravel. The waste
water bitches are laid out SO as to pre-
vent the rise of alkali on the lands.
Here is a table prepared by l. d.
O'Donnell of Billings, Mont, to show
what may be done on an irrigated farm
of forty acres:
Twenty acres alfalfa. 100 tons at So. 200
Five acres sugar bects. per acre. s75. 375
FIVE acres potatoes per acre 800. 600
Ten acres to buildings. garden. or
chard, chickens, bitches, etc.. 80
Total ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. sl,625
To encourage those who drew farms
the other day the government will
| make no charge for water to irrigate
| until the season of 1908. This will
give the pioneer farmers a chance to
get in their fall blowing at no expense
| except for labor and also give them
time to build their houses and fences
before real farming begins next spring
| Several Kansas City men We're
among 631 lucky persons who drew ir-
rigation farms. Among these was Jo-
seph G. Little, a negro Pullman porter,
at 1920 East Sixteenth street. Little
is out on his run and probably does not
know of his good fortune.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-07-24

Receiving new truth is adding a
new sense.-LiebiR
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-07-24
THE EATHER.

showers and cooler tonight; Thurs.
day, fair.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1907-10-25
County School Notes.

Miss Grace DumOnt cOmplet-
ed a six months term of school
in Mouse River district, Octo-
Der 18th
Miss Nellie 6. Nelson COM
pleted six months term in
Fidelity district October 18th.
Miss Lillian Power has
finished a four months term in
Thurfns district.
Herman +. Pape has suspen-
ded school for a short time in
Dewey district.
Miss Ina G. Walker conplet-
ed a term in Illinois district
October 18th.
Miss Rose Neal will continue
her school another month in
Jefferson district.
Miss Matilda Q. Boe COM
pleted a term of school in JEFF
fersOn district October 18th.
Miss Elizabeth Teevans is
teaching a term of school in
Dewey district.
Miss Maggie Orr is about to
complete a term in Peabody
district.
S. c.. Smith is the new teach
er at Russell.
Miss Evelyn Kirk connel, who
is now located at Saskatoon,
Sask., is expected to return
soon and will teach in the Bot
tineau county schools.
Miss Alva V. Thompson, of
near Landa, is in Bottineuu
preparatory to teaching term
of school near this place.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1907-10-25
A Small Blaze.

There was quite a little ex-
citement in town Wednesday
evening when it was discover
ed that Sheldon's Jewelry store
was on fire. In some way the
fire in the generator went out
and Mr.. Erickson noticing that
something was wrong with the
lights, went back to find out
the cause. He struck a match
and had no more than done so
when the gas which had escap-
ed exploded and set the wall on
fire. This was easily exiting
uished however but in some
manner the gasoline leaked
through and carried the fire be-
tween the walls. The fire de-
.partment was called and the
flames were soon put out.
Moral: Use electricity for
lighting purposes.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1907-10-25
MURDER AT FINLEY
Carl McRae Shot by Negro over a
Card Game.

AAANASs~N "
Card Game.
During a game of poker, Carl
MeRae was shot and killed by
Fred Hamlin. a negro, at Fin
ley Wednesday morning. It
appears that Hamlin was pretty
lucky and was winning regular
ly and about 2 o'clock in the
morning he decided to quit the
game. McRae, could not see
things that way and according
to Hamlin's 8 statement hit the
negro over the head with the
beer bottle when he reached for
his money on the table. Think
ing that McRae would kill him
he pulled a gun and fired in
tending only to inflict a flesh
wound.
After the shooting Hamlin
immediately got out of town
on freight train but was soon
captured in a box car at Tolna.
He will be tried at the term of
court which is in session at
Sherbrooke, county seat of
Steele county, on a charge of
murder.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1907-10-25

ministry. Some of the import
ant speakers were Bishop Good
sell, DR.. Henderson, DR.. Gillies,
DIR. Robertson, Judge Pollock
and Judge Goss.
The ministerial delegates ell
ected to the general conference
which meets at Baltimore were
Rev. J. G. Moore, Rev. G. A.
Mcnamara and DR.. Robertson.
The Lay delegates were DIR. p.
S. Johnson, of Rugby, Judge
G. A. Pollock. of Fargo, and
Mr.. Burkeson, of Kenmare.
There were many changes,
more than usual. Thos. E.
Greene transferred from James
town to Crookston, Mimi; the
Rev. NJ. p. Burns, who has
served nine years in the capa-
city of presiding elder on the
jamestown, Fargo and Grand
Forks districts, transfers to FOss
church of Minneapolis. The
Rev. J. G.. Moore has a merit
ed reward in being transferred
from the Minot to the Grand
Forks district as presiding eld-
er. DR.. l.. A. Daniord goes
back to the Fargo district. The
new presiding elder of the Mi
not district is the Rev. Chas.
E. Vermilya, of Park River.
The Rev. Chas. f. White goes
to fill his place at Park River.
it being the largest church out
side of Grand Forks. The Rev.
D. S. Scaedeng, of Mohall
comes to the pastorate of Botti-
neau.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1907-10-25
METHODIST CONFERENCE
Bishop GOOdsell Presides. Many
Changes. New Presiding Elder.

CnangeS. new FfeSldlng Eldef.
The Methodist Conference
convened at Minot, the city of
conventions, on Oct. 1921.
Bishop Goodsell was the pre-
siding officer. This was an ex-
ceptionally large gathering, as
the Lay Conference was in
joint session with the minister
ial. There were in all about
800 delegates. ~.
The reports of presiding eld-
ers of the three districts show
a healthy increase along-all
lines. There were about 80
new churches built, 1000 in
crease in membership, notwith-
standing the steady outflow to
the northwest. The mission
and church extension, and ed
ucational collections advanced
this year several thousands of
dollars. Th ere were large
classes for admission into the
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1907-10-25

Many thanks are due the citi-
zens of Willow for their Efforts
in making the association there
a most pleasant one and the
town will, indeed, long be re-
tnembered for having held the
most pleasant and profitable
teachers association in the
history of the organization.
! The next meeting of the as
sociation will be held at Botti-
neau on the last Thursday and
Friday of April next.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1907-10-25
A SAD ACCIDENT
Editor Neil, Of The Columbus Report
er, Instantly Killed

u, lHSUdHUjJ hlIICu
One of the saddest accidents
which Ward county has ever
known happened at Columbus
on the night of October 18th
when Editor N. z. Neal, of the
Columbus Reporter, was shot
and instantly killed by Mrs. G..
b. Rasmussen.
It appears that during the
day a crew of threshers had
struck town and loading up on
booze proceeded to get into a
fight with the blind piggers.
The threshers got worsted and
left town but threatened to
come back with reinforcements.
To avoid further trouble Mayor
Rasmussen ordered the piggers
to leave town, but they also
threatened to return and get
the mayor. Thinking they
might carry out their threat he
loaded a shot gun and told his
wife to use it should they attack
their home.
About midnight a fire alarm
was given and one of the first
ones to respond was Neal who
was sent to the Rasmussen
home for fire extinguisher.
In his excitement he made con-
siderable noise and Mrs. Ras-
mussen thinking the piggers
had returned, took the gun and
fired through the door, killing
Mr.. Neal instantly.
Mr.. Neal was warm friend
of the Rasmussen family.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1907-10-25
As Taken from the Files of the
BOttineau COurant.
ITEMS
Telling'Of the Happenings in BOtti-
neau during the Pioneer Days.
OF Interest to Our Old
Timers.

Married on the 18th inst by
the Rev. Alexander Burr,
Charles w. Boyer to Jane
Stewart. both of Bottineau.
May he stay by her as long as
she lives.
Several of our citizens have
been having a good time at the
Lake lately as witnesses in the
famous Tregant case, but the
hearts of the girls they left be-
hind them have been made
glad by their return from that
wicked city of Devilish nomen-
clature. The scene of opera
tions is now transferred to Bot
tineau and on the 10Th prox-
imo the witnesses to the num-
Der of a dozen will commence
to tell what they know about
that celebrated case before V.
B. Noble, Esq, who has been
appointed referee to take the
testimony. There is now a
prospect that the case will be
brought to an end sometime
within the next ten years.
The German saloon has taken
to itself the wings of the morn
ing and flown to Minot, Ward
county, the end of the track.
In the language of the immortal
bard of BOttineau-
No more you'll drink the rosy wine,
Fresh from Il suanny Southern cline,
No more you'll soothe the stomach S coat
Or take the cobwebs from your throat,
With Gorman's whiskey,
Nor ever smoke good cigar
At Thomas Germans palace bar
Their glory is gone from Bottineau,
Up to the new town called Minot.
Alas! Poor Yerick.
Village Blacksmith No. 2 has
picked up his shop and wheel
ed it down street. His voice is
still for war, though his voice
is very mild and Nero is his
name.
Jas. Haskett recently from
Manitoba, is one of those who
believe in Dakota in general
and Bottineau county in partic-
ular. He brought with him
an outfit consisting of stock,
agricultural implement an d
other personal effects valued at
So, 600. That's the right sort.
A long felt want has just
been supplied and Bottineau
may rejoice that we will have
at least some one who will pay
strict attention to our soles.
Bergland, the shoe maker, has
just erected cozy little shop on
Strathfeld avenue close to the
postoffice.
F. NJ. Woodward tried to get
into the mountains to the mill
site, eight miles north during
the fire which was raging and
narrowly escaped being burn
ed. The horses were badly
scorched and the drive was a
hot one. The forest was sheet
of flame.