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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-03-27
LODGH DIRECTORY.
Masonic.

Masonic.
TRIO LODGE. NO. 81. A. F. & A. M
"A Meets in stated communication
wv on the first Thursday of each
N month; Special for work Thurs
Master MaSOnS are cordially invited.
Sam II. Davis, W. NJ; William H.
Petit, secretary.
ROCK ISLAND COUNCIL, NO. 20, r.
S. M.-Meets in stated communica-
ton on the third Wednesday of each
month. II. M. Briggs, 7. M; l.. e
Daugherty, secretary.
ROCK ISLAND COMMANDERY No. Is,
X. T-Meets in stated conclaVe on
the second Monday of each month.
Ii. A. J. Mcdonald, L. c.; X. c. Willer-
ton. recorder.
MASONIC BOARD OF CONTROL-H
ID. Mack, president; F. L. Myers, sec
rotary.
Knights OF Columbus.
ALLOUEZ COUNCIL, NO. 65S.-Regular
meeting first and Third Friday OF
each month. J. T. Marion, q. h; L
J. O'Brien, r. 5.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-03-27

MASONIC BOARD OF CONTROL-H
ID. Mack, president; F. L. Myers, sec
retary.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-03-27
CONTRACTORS AND BUILDERS.

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John VOLK & CO.-Contractors and
builders. Also manufacturers of sash,
doors blinds and mouldings. Dealers
in plate window an dart glass. Of
fees and factory 21l to 329 Eigh-
teenth street
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-02
BESSEMER DEPARTMENT

to get living out of the world without the aid of the sweat of his brow, and the judge was heard to humble some thing that sounded mighty like. "I guess that will hold you for awhile.'
 J. S. Wood who is charged with an assault with a weapon, was bound over to the grand jury in the amount of s200.
 fred Johnson, white man, was ex- tended an invitation to pay S2 50 and costs for an acute attack of thirst quenching.
 Nelse Jones' coored, charged with pet ty larceny, was eontinuel until Monday.
 John Hardy, a eolored youth. slightly uncer the required number of years, was found guilty of lettering around pool room, and his ten days service on the streets will no doubt dampen his ardor for another try at the "Celluloid.'
 Dolphus Shockley, colored, was given s5 and costs for trying to bore hole in the quiet of Nineteenth street.
 J. M. Hudgens, a white man, charged with being drunk and disorderly, was asked by the mayor whether he was guilty or not guilty and replied that he was as guilty as he looked. Without an other word he was fined $10 and cost.
 Will Glenn, white. will either help to rrell the city's bank balances or else do fifteen days time for being disorderly.
 J. S. Davis and Bert Gilland, both white were fined $7 50 and costs for dis posing of some scrap iron that belonged to the Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad comDanV
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-02
THE FARMERS NOW DEFY THE WEATHER Irrigation Project in Medicine
 Hat ARID LANDS RECLAIMED Large Crops Are Produced Regard less of Drought-Tract Includes About Three Million Acres.
 Great Water Supply.
ARID LANDS RECLAIMED

Medicine Hat, Alberta, June 1.-(Spec- ial.)-May, the first month of the first ir- rigation season in the great Calgary block" of S.o0O,OOO acres, has drawn sharp and important contrasts between crops grown under irrigation and those grown elsewhere without.
 During May, here, the lands now under ditch were drenched with water, enough and not too much, and at the right time; now they are green with lusty crops. Both spring wheat and winter wheat promise bonanza yields.
 Down in the Mississippi valley states during May the fields were continuously flooded by a cold downpour; further east and west they were either parched or flooded. On the unfavorable prospects wheat is now soaring above a dollar.
 As it is a time-worn mistake in the states to say that bad weather from the north "comes from Medicine Hat" the facts are rather astonishing to the Alberta settlers from the states" who are 95 per cent of the great army now pouring in If this is liar of blizzards' all the blizzards surely are sent away, for sunshine and mild days are the rule, winter and summer. Frost does not nip grain. The trouble here, as in so many other regions, has been uncertainty as to rainfall in crop seasons, although the annual average Is over 20 inches Now, however, the $6000,0O0 irrigation project of the Canadian Pacific Railway com pany has changed all that, throughout a district bigger than that in Egypt which has been overf1owed by the Nile since (and before) Cheops was built.
 Moisture Is Necessary.
 Moisture necessary for crops is now bought and sold in Alberta. It is prop erty, with absolute title to the purchaser When a man buys an Irrigated" quar- ter section he gets a patent from the crown to all the water he will need to irrigate ft-one cubic foot per second for each 150 acres (the other 10 acres of a quarter section will be needed for build lngs) Under the Canadian law, which is held up as a pattern for the needed re,Ision of irrigation laws In the states, the capacity of each stream is ascer- tained and recorded with the government and no water rights may be or can be is- sued after the limit has been reached No one buys possible law suit, as has proved the case under most irrigation laws in the states. In ten years there has been no law suit over water rights the rights are clear and protected by the Canadian government without cost to a purchaser.
 In this, the biggest irrigation project in the world or of all time, the source of supply of the new commodity of sale, water, is in the Rocky mountains at the west where glaciers and mighty snows form unlimited natural storage.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-02
FASHION HINTS.

From the BOnelllan.
 A suggestion for a graceful hgure:--s.
 The "new shape is made of the same material as the old. Although knickerbockers are not the thing, in swell circles the breath is often found in short pants.
 The "butterny tie" is still the mode, all though for brunettes, in southern lati- tudes, hemp is sometimes used at impor- tant functions.
 The vogue of the Jumper as a gar. ment for that part of the human ana tony which does not jump, would seem to logically call for the use of gaiters as corset-covers.
 The hose-supporter has so universally superseded the elastic band, that there is nothing left of the old-fashionod garter but the 'IIoni soit' maxim. The turnover collar will hold its own this season-if securely fastened
 In determining the quantum of sleeve regard should be had to the proportion of arm available the less arm you have the more sleeve you will require, ct vice versa
 Bathing costumes this year still follow, in a general way, as heretofore, the styles set by the rnermaids and the fishes.
 In automobile costumes none but fast oolors are employed. and, as usual many are dying.
 Hosiery is still worn rather full, espe- cially by those inclined to be plump, and sometimes 1t is also worn thread-pare.
 In modish gloves there is no departure from the standard weight, and the period of ten seconds IS still allowed for the count
 A variety of pleasing tastes dictate the wearing of milady's coiffure, but the prac- tice of wearing 1t on her escorts should CT is frowned upon by danes de conf1anee.
 In footwear the cardinal rule still pre- vails: If the shoe fit, put it on.'
 For evening wear at smart functions a favorite appanage among some of the ultra-fashionable Is a good deal of nerve.
 The proper place for pads is on the walls of the cell.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-02
BESSEMER HOLDS ELECTION MONDAY Will Vote on Proposition to Ex-
 tend Limits LABORER GETS BAD FALL Anderson Bell sustaIns Fractured Skull By Falling From TrestIe. Interesting Mayors Court
 In Bessemer.
LABORER GETS BAD FALL

Bessemer, June 1.-(Special.) )-The elec- ton ordered some time ago for the pur- pose of voting on the advisability of ex- tending the city limits of Bessemer will be held on Monday, and as there has been quite a good deal of interest manifested, no doubt there will be some spirited vot- ing.
 The prime object in wanting the cleo ton held is for the fire and police pro- lection that the extended limits would af- ford.
 The proposed increase. if affected. will mean an addition to Bessemer's popula- ton of several thousand and besides the city proposes to make some very eXten- sive Improvements on the streets and a sufficient number of arc lights will be added
 The polls will open at o'clock in the morning and will remain open until 6 o'clock The following locations have been selected as voting precincts: John Rockets store, at Lipscomb; H. B. Bless ing's store at Twenty-fourth street, and LSwery's store in Thompsontown.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-02

The Bow river pours down from those mountains and their lakes. During the irrigation season, May 1 to october | it's capacity is coco cubic feet per second. If 1t were necessary, other immense bodies of water could be stored in the mountains, but Devils lake, now supply basin, alone is twelve miles long and forty feet deep. Not only the demonstra- tion farms and others which this year are receiving the water, but all the ir- rigable area of 1,500,000 acres can be ann ply supplied, regardless of drouths. With a water patent in his pocket farmer is independent of the weather be it of traditional Medicine Hat make or not, and the cost to him for the certain mois- ture is but 50 cents per acre. It is a pit tance for many farmers in this valley have paid for land and buildings from one years crop. Wheat 50 bushels to the acre and oats 90 bushels to the acre have been no uncommon crops in wet years, without irrigation
 Much Land Unsoid.
 Only part of the 1.50O.JsJ acres which are to receive water from the network of canals and laterals are yet under ditch, in fact great areas still remain unsold although the tide of settlers pass ing through this town runs into tens of thousands annually The original block, owned by the Canadian Pacinc railroad, is the largest block of land under pri- vate ownership in the world. Most of the settlers stop at Calgary, which is now a city of 15,OOO people, a modern, push ing and orderly city near the intake of the biggest canal.
 For seventeen miles the water from Bow river flows Q0 feet deep through the mammouth main canal, 120 feet wide at water line and 60 feet wide at the bot 4l.a hoo J...,if 1rrlanr Ia into two secondary canals, with laterals. Altogether there are 29O0 miles of canals and ditches included in the complete pro- ject The excavation of these means the moving of 24750,OOO cubic yards of ma terial.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-02
Laborer Gets Serious Fall.

Anderson Bell, a white laborer, em- ployed on the treste work of the Atlanta, Birmingham and Atlantic railroad, this side of Feeders gap, sustained a severe fall this morning, and while his injuries are not necessarily serious, they are very painful, and 1t will be some time before he will be able to return to work.
 Bell was at the time of the accident working on the top of the trestle, and in some manner missed his footing, and fell about twenty feet to the ground. When picked up it was found that in falling his head had come in contact with rock lying at the bottom of the trestle, and the result was a fractured skull.
 Kennedy Bros, undertakers, were noti- fled of the accident as soon as it oc- cured, and the injured man was taken to the hospital where his wounds were dressed.
 Instead of the car that left Bessemer this afternon on the North Bessemer line at o'clock reading North Bessemer. it should have read Jonah Just after the car crossed the viaduct the trailer had a brainstorm and jumped the track. The car was filled at the time with dusky folks, bent on various missions. They were packed inside and on the platform, and one damsel whose color would make a bottle of Carter's ink ashamed of itself, got cold feet as soon as the shock was felt, and made an effort to eclipse any high jump that had ever been recorded The result was bunch of very much wrought up Africans and the woman that took the fall was too frightened to even jaw at the conductor After that there were no further mishaps, with the ex- ception of burning out two or three fuse plugs and the tearing down of one of the overhead wires
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-02

The most beautiful resort in Wisconsin. S5 miles from Chicago, on Wisconsin Gen. tral; 20 acres forests. Bathing, boating. fishing, bowling. billiards, tennis. dancing, club house. mineral springs. Accommo- dates 300. Livery and garage. s2 per day. 80 up per week. June rates. Booklet. C.. E. BONNER, Mukwonago Waukesha Co.,. Wis. 6-2-su-tf
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-02
One-Sided Twins.

From Everybody S.
 TWO Mormon boys went to school for the first time out in Utah. helates Con gressman J. Adam Bede. and the teach CT asked them their names.
 John and William smith, the boys replied
 '''Ah, then you are brothers, How old are your
 "'Each ten years old. ma'am.'
 ..Indeed, Then you are twins"
 ".PIease, ma'am.' replied one of tAe hoys. only on our fathers side"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-02
Court " eWs.

The Bessemer city court yesterday fin- ished the civil docket for the week and adjourned to convene again on the 7th of June. The Mayor, after having walked up to the witness stand yesterday morn ing, and admitting to Acting Mayor Lewis that the hot flow of his Celtic blood got the peter of him on Thursday, causing him to engage in an affray of catch-as- catch-can, was fined one simoleo and costs, and cautioned to hold his peace forever after. The fine was paid. His honor presided at the police court this morning and the exercises were long and varied
 Sam Brown, colored was called up on two cases, namely, being disorderly and a confirmed vagrant. Sam received as his portion 8 and cost for being bad character and $15 and costs for trying
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-02
The Trouble in England.

From the London Schoolmaster
 The child worker is tired, and always looks tired His oducation ends because the drudgery of his toilsome days pre- vents the making of mental effort. We are using up the life of the nation at the wrong end
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-02
Hotel Oak nd

Home of the famous Salutaris Mineral Water. An exclusive family resort with the finest mineral baths in the country. All popular amusements. Write for book let telling of many superior advantages. Open until October 1. Hotel Oakland, St.
 Clair. Mich. S-26-12t-su
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-02
Greenbrier Whito Sulphur Springs
 txtI.Stn xrIn nIaIA

(The Old White Sulphur) Open June 15. Famous for it's Sulphur baths. Mod ern improvements, with private baths. Permanent orchestra. Terms, $15 to S20 week; $50 to s90 per month. Write for illustrated boklet Address
 GEO. A. MILLS Jr, Manager,
 White Sulphur Springs, W. V.
 5-26-39t-su- u-thu
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-02
NEW YORK CITY
HOTEL GALLATIN

46th St, near 9th Ave New, modern. fireprcof building. Single rooms, S1.5O up; suites, $3 up. First-class restau- rant, la carte and table d'hote.
 T. V. BARTON, Prop. Ar -26t-wed-su.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1907-04-17
MARRIED IN SEATTLE.
elimination of Yakima Romance
Now a "Chinese Honeymoon"

Without being garbled the follow.
ing article appeared in the Seattle
Times Friday:
Wo Prong Kong, Chinese mer-
chant of North Yakima, and littls
Chin Sue, the daughter of wealthy
parents, showed their love for the
true American ways by clipping from
North Yakima to Seattle yesterday,
where they procured license and
were married
Wo is 40 years old and Chin Sue
is much younger. Wo gave three
reasons for the elopment, first that
he would be chided by his country
men for waiting so long before TAX
ing a wife, second that Chin Sue wal
so much younger and third that she
was very wealthy. They returned to
North Yakima today. l want sure
no mistake" said Kong, as he In.
sisted that their photos be pasted on
the license book and the marriage
license.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1907-04-17
MAKES SPEECH
ON GOOD ROADS
SAMUEL LANCASTER OF DE.
PARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE.
GOVERNOR MEAD ALSO TALKS
Large Attendance at Meeting Satur.
day Night-Praises Laws
of the State.

A very interesting lecture on the
construction of public roads was
given at the commercial club rooms
Saturday evening by Sam c. Lancas.
! ter, consulting engineer of the de-
partment of agriculture. The lecture
was we'll attended by citizens of the
city and large number of farmers
Before Mr.. Lancaster's lecture
Governor Mead gave an interesting
talk relative to road building, and
| the Yakima valley. He said that
since the state highway commission
has been devised, and has got SUPER
vision of the building of all roads
throughout the state the people in
Yakima valley should do their best
to have the roads improved.
He said if the officials of the
county or city would make arrange.
ments for the roads which they de-
sire, and place the data before the
highway commission there would be
very little trouble in securing ap-
preparations. He said he was much
pleased with the Yakima valley, and
thought it to he one of the garden
spots of the state He said that the
had increased to such a great extent,
and was now prosperous, as to start
TO have good roads built. He
stated that the state of Washington
has the best road laws of any state
in the union.
Mr.. Lancaster was introduced to
the audience by Governor Mead. He
said, There are % states in the
union that have laws governing the
construction of roads in different
counties of the state, and l believe
as your Honorable Governor has al
ready stated that Washington has
the best road laws in the union.
There is no reason now why you
should not commence at once build
| ing roads. The state agrees to pay
into the county treasury certain
portion of the highway tax, but if
the county does not begin to con-
struct these roads the money goes
tc some other county. Every county
in the state is going to get some
road"
Mr.. Lancaster spoke of the con-
struction and material of different
kinds of roads, and spoke in particu-
ar of the roads in California.
His lecture was illustrated with
beautiful views of roads throughout
different portions of the world.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1907-04-17
TO Be AT WORK THIS SUMMER
Walla Give Grounds
Thorough Cleaning.

Probably during the coming sum-
city and placed at work on the state
fair grounds. Governor Mead made
the suggestion to the board of con-
troll Saturday morning that it would
be an excellent idea to have num-
Der of them brought here and start
ed to work cleaning up the fair
grounds, crushing rock and placing
it in an isolated spot near the fair
grounds.
The governor said to Herald rep
resentative: This will not only be
matter of economy. but also mat
ter of humanity, as large number
of the convicts at Walla Walla are
locked up in their cells during the
day, and If they were placed to work
out of doors it would not only be a
great help to them, but also to the
county in which they work"
"The fair commissioners could Sc
cure an experienced landscape gard
ner and under his supervision the
convicts could easily do the work,
as what would be required Of them
they could easily do under the
charge Of an experienced man.
"The camp of convicts could be
established at the fair grounds, and
after their work is completed they
could be moved to some other camp,
or be returned to the penitentiary.
you would be surprised what a
great difference would be made in
the fair grounds IL the convicts were
placed at work, to give the grounds
a thorough cleaning. The board of
control will have charge Of the i'm
provements to be made at the fair
grounds, but after the work Is COM
pletei it rests entirely with the fair
commissioners to keep them in good
condition.
II think in few years the state
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1907-04-17
BOUND OVER TO HIGHER COURT
Bail Is Held at $1,000, But Failing
to Secure This He Goes
to Jail.

Robert King was given a prelim-
mary hearing before Justice Taggard
Saturday and bound over to the SUI
perior court under $1,000 bond. He
was unable to secure bail and was
lodged in the county Jail. King was
brought before the court on a charge
of arson. He was an inmate Of the
St. Paul house during the time Of
quarantine, and 1t is alleged at
tempted to fire the place.
He was taken from the house By
Deputy Sheriff Grant before the
quarantine was raised and the charge
of arson preferred against him. Sew
eral of the other inmates appeared In
court as witnesses for the state to
testify that King had attempted to
fire the house. King pleaded guilty
to the charge.
Shortly after the St. Paul house
was quarantined King escaped, but
was captured by the police and re-
turned to the house. After he was
returned, the men say, he threatened
TO fire the house and again make his
escape, but his Attempts proved
fruitless. 1t is stated by several OF
the inmates of the house that he took
magazines and set fire to the leaves
and then threw them about the yard
and house.
When, as is alleged, he set fire to
the house on the last occasion he tore
the plaster from the wall, is is said
and stuffed rags and paper between
the wall and the lathing and set fire
to it.
The fires were promptly extinguish-
ed by the fire department.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1907-04-17
new TOWNSHIP
IN THE SELAH
TO BE LOCATED AT THE SITE OF
WENAS STATION.
WILL Be CALLED HENSON
After George Henson, Who Planted
First Apple Trees There
In 1865.

A new townsite, to be named Hen
son, will be opened at the present site
OF Wenas station as soon as the pre-
llminary work can be completed. The
engineers have been working in that
vicinity for some time. F. L. Char
boneau, the hustling business man
and merchant of Wenas station is
backing the project.
Mr.. Charboneau has 40 acres of
beautiful land. He will use 10 acres
OF this for a townsite. This 10 acres
will be divided into two and one
half acre blocks, which in turn will
be divided into lots.
The blocks, it is estimated, will be
valued at about $3.50 each, which
shows that the townsite property is
placed in a valuable location.
The place now known as Wenas
station will be changed to Henson in
honor of George Henson, the first set
tier in the Wenas. In 1865 George
Henson planted the first apple trees
in that vicinity.
Mr.. Charboneau at the present
time conducts a general merchandise
store. as we'll as a lumber concern.
He will probably dispose of his store
and conduct lumber and real estate
business exclusively.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1907-04-17


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