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Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-09-06
SANTA F CENTRAL
TEMPORARILY
SHUT DOWN
WASH0OTS AND BREAKS
WORK HAVOC ON LINE
Engines Out of Commission
and Damage to Track Force
Road to Suspend Operation
of Trains Until Damage Can
Be Repaired.

While the Santa Fe is husily en-
gagged I'm lighting washouts and con-
tend ing with it's daily wreck over its
thousands of miles Of rails, the Santa
Fe Central. not half so long as many
a Santa Fe division, appears 10 lo
having trouble enough for a full
grown railroad system.
As a result of a series Of break
downs on its engines, coupled with bad
washouts in the Estancid valley south
of Stanley. h Central has had to
suspend operations uutil the damage
can be repaired. Just how long the
shut down will continue is a question
but according to the prediction of sew
eral ot the twenty or thirty Albuquer-
que business men who returned to AL
buquerque last night after an attempt
to get into the Estancia valley, It Is
likely 90 be several days before trains
"A run again. Ar unusually large
number Of Albuquerque travelling
statesmen and business men went to
Kennedy yesterday morning expecting
to take the Santa Fe Genital INFO the
Estancia valley, but on reaching Ken
nedy they were advised that there
was nothing doing, as no trains were
running east of Kennedy. one after
another of the Central's locomotives
las come to grief until now the motive
power Is need of general repairs while
several hundred feet Of track has gone
cut between Estancia and Torrance,
the result of overflow ing arroyos. The
temporary abandonment of train SER
vice on the Santa Fc Central will
cause serious embarrassment to the
people in the Estancia valley, since the
road is the only means of supply.
Most of the albuquerque men who
started for the country across the
mountains yesterday, returned to the
city at noon on the California lin
tied.
Arrangements have been made with
the local Santa Fe shops for the over
hauling of several of the Santa Fe
central engines, which are now on the
to Albuquerque.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-09-06
Comfort Goods

Now II the time tu make up your bed comforts
for the winter. We will place on sale this week
a good calico that viii make good outside covering
for comforts. red ground with black figures and
stripes. This goods cannot he duplicated for tho
price that We sell " for this week. 10 you expect
To- make any comforts this fall, now is your
chance To buy tho material FOR less than the regu-
lar prices. this week only, the yard ...........b &c
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-09-06

Tombstone, Yuma. Bisbee. Douglas,
Cananea. Mexico; Globe, Clifton, Mo
renci. El Paso, Tex; Las Cruces. n.
NJ: Albuquerque. Socorro, Silver city,
and other towns in the sister territory,
are included i'm the itinerary. which
also embraces the Tucson tournament.
which the Grays viii enter on their re-
turn trip.
The boys cXpec- to make Prescott
the most talked of town, druing the
trip. at least, in either territory, ny
winning fame ana fortune un the hase
ball diamond Cor the city a mile high,
and ii is this form Of advertising that
Is expected to rscompensc the local
men who contribute to the
GraVS' fund.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-09-06
Cotton Bats

Comfort size cotton Rats, , pounds IN roll, ane
clear fun bleached Cotton. roll opens TO size ~
comfort, the roll .......,.-. .....-.. zee
Good clear Cotton Bats. In one pound rolls. full
bleached cotton. an extra good cotton, Tor the
Same cotton Bats as above in half pound rolls.
the roll .......... ......... Toe
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-09-06

SILK Windsor Ties FOR boys wear. In surah and
Trneta silks Blue aud White checks. white
ground with large blue. red and black polka dots,
black and white shepherds plaid. Plain white.
brown. blue. pink and yellow; all fun width and
length each .+........ ........... 25c
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-09-06
PAJAR|T0 BOY HAS
NARROW ESCAPE
FROM DEATH
Jose BaldanO Struck by Light
ming Which Killed Horse He
Was Feeding and Destroyed
a Tree.

while standing under a tree lea
his home in Paiarito yesterday after
noon. feeding a horse, Jose Baldanado
was struck by lightning. knocked
senseiess nv the bol and painfully
burned. while the horse he vas feed
inc was instantly killed and the tree
practically destroyed by n streak Of
flame which passed down its trunk.
That Baldanado was not killed with
the horse seems little less thar a mir
acle as III had his hand on the animal
al the time the bolt fell.
HI hoy was carried into the house
and Dr. yesterday Of "Albuquerque,
was called t. attend him Dr. Easter
DAY returned 20 the city late last
night. stating that while the boy was
painfully hurt he would soon recover
one q the worst features u kidney uou-
hle is fhai ~ Is an insiaieus disease and De-
f"re ihe tlsfifn realizes hts danger hc may
hove a fetal maiady Take Foieys kidney
if.rs q the drsf syn = trouble 30 Do GER
ri~ ArrcenfsfIiies sna preV~uts RrEhts
disease sud diabetes = H. OEieiiy Co
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-06-01

1t is confidently believed that the
end of another week will see the real;.
cation of Rock Islands plan to raise a
fund of 100000 for the encouragement
of new factories and by this means to
accomplish Greater Rock Island.
The coming week will be the week
of final rally. Words have at times
escaped the lips of pessimistic ndi-
viduaIs to the effect that when it came
to the round up, Rock Island would fall
down on it's great undertaking, and in
nearby cities the boast has been openly
made that r ock Island would never
in the world round up fund of $780,
600 in subscriptions for new industrial
enterprises.
But the undertaking is going through
to success just the same. The unwav.
ering spirit of the people assures thi2.
The determination of the people ire
spectiVe of their worldly opportunities
to give. has not halted second since
the canvass began, and it is not goirc
to fail in the end.
The fund is as good as raised if the
committees and the citizens general,
maintain the patriotic determination
during the remaining days of the car
vass that has been so eratifying>
manifest in the time that has been oc
cupied with the work so far.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-06-01

tne lronmastcr himsc.T. or. rather. the
lawyers who We're slyly working to
get hold of the widows land Its &C
tual value was about $1,000. she had
been offered $1,000 to quietly sell out.
She had partly consented when she
suddenly changed her mind. \ Scrawl-
ing letter reached the lawyers to the
effect that I'VE" don't care to sell at
the price. and the men of law hustled
around to find that the widow was a
widow no longer.
At about the same time William
Brice resigned his position amid
boots and jecrs. Three days later he
was being offered $4,000 for his prop
erty. He replied that he was a dough
head and afraid of being cheated. and
it was not until they bid up to 500 900
that he and his aged wife passed the
deeds and retired to the country to go
into chicken raising on a wholesale
scale
Just as l told YOU observed. the
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-06-01
Advertising.

Newspaper advertising is the most
effective advertising Among those vino
have discovered this is the United
States government, and it has resolved
that the billboard must go. The gov
eminent seems TO have discovered the
superiority of newspaper advertising
by experience. Some one connected
with the navy department conceived
the idea of posters printed in colors
and stuck up about a city as the best
advertising medium through which %
secure much needed recruits for the
navy. Thousands of dollars were spent
upon Autographs. Men were hired 20
plaster every city in the country with
these flashy posters, and the navy de.
partment got ready to receive the
floods of recruits that would follow;
But they didn't come. Then the gov
eminent announced through advertise
ments in the newspapers that it want
ed men for the navy. and the response
came, and the navy is being filled witt
men who read the newspapers ans
who profit thereby.
| Moral: If you want results, adver
tise in the newspapers. That is tn.
only legitimate advertising All thu
rest is mere fiub-dubb and excuse.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-06-01
tected monopolists, should certainly be
held to account.
Notice to Contractors.

Notice is hereby given to contractors
that bids will be received at the may
or's office up to the hour of 8 a. m.
June 10, 1907, for paving of Thirty
eighth (3S) street from Fifth 9th 10
Seventh (7th) avenue and Seventh
9th avenue from Thirty-eighth (3Stal
street east to the city limits, at which
time such bids will be opened.
Specification for Improvement are on
file at the office of the city clerk and
the city engineers Office, No 43, NJ X
l.. building, Rock Island, III. COntrac-
tors will be paid in bonds which bonds
shall draw five 90 per cent interest.
All proposals or bids offered shall &c
accompanied by cash or by check
payable to the order of the president
of the board of local Improvements,
certified by a responsible bank. for an
amount which shall not be less than
ten Q0) per cent of the aggregate OF
the proposal. Said proposals or bids
shall be delivered to the board of local
improvements at the time and place
fixed, which board will then examine
and publicly declare the same.
The board reserves the right to ~
ject any or all bids.
II. c. SCHAFFER,
President Board of Local Improve
mentS.
w. Treichler,
City Engineer.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-06-01

two weeks. 1t was the general opin-
ion among the heads of departments
that he held it two weeks too long, but
subsequent events proved to the con
trary. 1t took Brice two weeks to make
a score of blunders and to learn that
new and larger works We're to be erect
ed farther down the river All the
land except an acre belonging to an
aged widow had been secured. and he
heard it whispered that she had re-
fused to sell at any price.
.'Oh, well, don't let's be discouraged
over him." said the ironmaster when
told that Brice ought TO be sent TO an
idiot asylum. He is simply hunting
for his niche He Is the son of an old
friend of mine. and we must bear with
him until he finds it. ! will never go
back on my contention that every man
has his niche. Outside of it he is al
most worthless; in that particular spot
, he may do great things. Shift the man
along"
There were three more shifts, and
then William Brice found his niche
| No one but himself had the least sus
picion of it. When they saw him smil
| ing and grinning and heard his chuc
king they simply thought he was one
week nearer the idiot asylum.
| On a certain Sunday William Brice
| had gone down to see the aged widow
He was twenty-five years old and she
almost seventy. He was sturdy anC
in the best of health; she was ali knot
ted up with rheumatism and full OF
complaints. The young man nigh
have been a dough head in the shops
but outside of them he knew a rabbi
track when he saw one. He fell il
love with the widow. She was neces
sary TO his future happiness. She wa.
old, but he didn't believe in flight,
young girls. She was all twisted up
but marriage at the best was full o
twists. He loved her gray hairs, he
cracked voice and her wrinkled face
and in a month they were married
and he assumed the head Of the house
When he had been shifted for TIL
twelfth time in the shops he had foun,
his niche. No foreman or head of lie
partment discovered this fact. II wa
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-06-01
DAILY STORY
A DOUGH HEAD OF A MAN.

copyright, 1907, by c. II. Sutcliffe.l
William Brice applied to rich IRON
master for work on the ground that
MS father had been the ironmastcrs
friend He was given a job, but it
was reported to the chief that he was
no good.
"Shft him." said the ironmaster.
every man has his niche" SO Brice
was shifted again and again, but after
he had been the cause of one or two
accidents the men complained to the
foreman and the foreman to the head
of the department, and the second com.
plant was carried to the ironmaster.
"Still dough head, eh?" he queried.
"Wcll, we must try another niche. l
knew n man once who entered into
thirteen different occupations before
he finally made Il success as horse
trader Shift him along"
Brice was shifted, and at the end of
n week one of his fellow workmen tried
TO brain him with a crowbar because
he let go when he should have held on
Then he was shifted again. He was
on his fifth or sixth shift and had be
come butt of ridicule among 800 meI
when the great man said:
'The man is finding it difficult roaC
to hit his own particular niche. Ii
may be that it's clerical instead o.
physical labor he should be put to
Try him in one of the departments a:
timekeeper."
The man was tried. He had a smile o
! self confidence on his face as he as
sumed his duties. but inside of three
days he had the time business so mix
ed up that the men did not know
o'clock in the morning from in til,
| afternoon. lie was then tried as /:
messenger, and he held that place 70
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-06-01

That $5,000.OO0 conspirators' fund is
evidently getting in its work, for the
reactionaries appear to have captured
Illinois with Cannon; have so shaken
up New York that the delegation will
be split and have Ohio in such a tur-
moil of doubt that the president u
hold his own has been compelled to
appoint pOstmasters favorable to Taft.
The dough bag has always been Il
powerful lever in republican politics.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-06-01
Time for Reform.

The cost of living is still advancing
with rapid strides, and those who have
fixed incomes are the chief sufferers
1t would seem that anyone not indiviG
ually benefited by tariff protection must
arrive at the conclusion that high trust
prices have been plundering them fol
the benefit of infant industries lon1
enough and be willing to welcome com
petition that can be obtained by tariff
reduction.
The trusts are anxious to get as muct
profit as conditions and the law vii
allow, and the republican party, tina
has been standing pat for so many
years and has received compensation
for so doing by being supplied witt
campaign funds from those tariff-pro
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-06-01

The coal roads, known as the anthra.
cite coal trust, seem determined IL
Gefy the law which goes into effect
May l, 1908, which prohibits railroa Is
from carrying in interstate commerce
any commodity, other than timber
mined or produced by them. The Del
aware & Hudson has just purchased
coal lands costing S9,O00OOO. when i;
would seem it should be arranging T.
dispose of what it now owns.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-06-01
Remarkable Rescue.

That truth is stranger than fiction.
has once more been demonstrated in
the little town of Fedora, Tenn, the
residence of C. V. Pepper. He writes
Il was in bed. entirely disabled with
hemorrhages of the lungs and throat,
Doctors failed to help me, and all hope
had fed when l began taking Dr.
Kings New Discovery. Then instant
relief came The coughing soon ccas
ed; the bleeding diminished rapidls
and in three weeks l was able to go Il
work" Guaranteed for coughs ana
colds. soc and $t.0O, at W. T. Hart2 :
drug store, 301 Twentieth street. Trial
bottle free.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-06-01

Our canned beef is being refused
more and more in Europe i'll conse-
.quence of the exposure of beef trust
methods During the 10 months end
ing with April. 1907, there were only
13,0&2.703 pounds exported, against So
730,S73 pounds during the same period
in 1906. In former years we exported
60 to 20 million pounds year and in
1891 the total reached 100 million
hounds
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-06-01

Prince Edward, the eldest son of the
prince of Wales, has developed quite
an amount of ability as singer. 1t j.
said he has singing voice far above
the average and has been selected IS
member of the choir of the Royal
Naval college, where he is attending
school
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-06-01

Louis Brennan, the man who invent
ed the gyroscope railroad in England,
is to have a chance to demonstrate his
project in India, the government hay-
ing granted him subsidy of $4,000.
Moody Boynton, the first mOnorailer,
is not so fortunate.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-06-01

DR.. Dana w. Hartshorn, so years old,
of Cincinnati former dean of the Pulte
Homeopathic Medical college. who was
major surgeon on General Sherman )
staff during the civil war, has just
died. 1t is said that he was the last
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-06-01
Notice to Contractors.

Sealed proposals will be received at
the city clerks office. Rock Island.
H., until Monday, June 3rd. 1907 at )
O'Clock p. M for the construction Of
a concrete areaway at the waterworks
plans and specifications on file at city
clerks Office Certified check in
amount of $500 to accompany each bid
The city reserves the right to reject
any or all bids.
NJ. T. RUDGREN, City Clerk.
Rock Island, H., May 23, 1907.
All the news all the time-THE
! ARGUS.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-06-01

Those who like 'schnaps' or good
old Holland gin will be glad to know
that the administration has agreed to
reduce the duty % per cent and in re-
turn our products are to be admitted to
Holland as from most favored ma
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-06-01
ROCK ISLAND is IL city of earnest


~MES liza and II
IL in by nature, geographically, conn
mercialiy, and industriaIIy, the gateway
of the west, northwest and southwest.
Ii is favored by situation on the Mis-
sissippi ut the mouth of the Hcnncpin
canal, connecting river and lake.
Ii has the main line of the Rock Is
land railroad, three branches springing
from the stem at this point 10 the north
west and far southwest, while the main
line goes ON to the Pacific.
IL has the MiIwaukcc's Kansas City
line, and the BuriinEtOn's st. Louis and
~. Paul line, with direct communication
with Milwaukee and Racine, and with
Peorin and Springfield.
Ii has three interurbans under way.
1t has miles of paved streets.
II has beautiful parks, including the
historic BIack Hawks Watch Tower.
Ii has handsome churches, of all de-
nominations.
1t has IL Y. VI. &. \. building.
1t has modern school buildings.
Ii has II college and a seminary.
Ii has hourishinE factories, and free
sites for more.
II has three first class hotels and nu-
merous smaller ones.
II has three thcatcrs.
II has n Turner hall.
II has n model system of rnpid transit.
IL has six substantial banks.
1t has up-tO-date business blocks, and
three more i'm course of erection.
II has immense department stores and
hundreds of other branches of mcrcan-
tile pursuits.
1t Is the location of the Rock Island
arsenal, the greatest in the world.
II has the head Offices of the Modern
woodmcn of America, the largest fra
ternaI society In the world, housed in II
quarter of million dollar GreproOf
building.
II has the head Office of the FraternaI
Tribuncs.
II has local lodges of all the great
fraternal societies.
1t has n quarter of a million dollar
court house.
II has "a city hall, owned by the city.
IL has u public library building.
II has II pOstOfiicc building, i'm which
are the Offices of the government cnEin-
corps in charge of upper Mississippi
improvements.
II has 25,OOO population.
1t has an Industrial commission thu,
In boosting the town along Legitimate
and substantial lines.
And everybody in helping.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-06-01

Now that Wall street has gone into
the wheat specializing business, it be-
hooves others that are buying wheat on
margin to look out that they don't get
their fingers burnt.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-06-01

ir6nmaster as he handed over his check.
Every man has his niche in life. and
when once found lie can hold the fort
Our dough head was Il little slow in
finding his. but he got there at last,
and I'm $4,000 out of pocket for up
holding my opinion" NJ. QUAD.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-06-01

Let your light shine among men, that
they may see your good works in what
you do for the cause of Greater Rock
Island
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-06-01

We will all be wearing booster but
tons and a pleasant smile at the end of
another week
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-06-01

a Prompt, pleasant, good remedy
for coughs and colds is Kennedy's Lax
alive Cough Syrup. 1t contains lie
Opiates and does not cOnstipate. Chi.
dren like it. Sold by all druggists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-06-01
THE ARGUS.

Published Daily and Weekly at 1924
second avenue, Rock Island, Ill tEn-
tered at the postofice as second-cAass
matter.l
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-06-01

Save up your loose change for q
booster button.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-06-01

Work together for the upbuilding Of
Rock Island, and make it a greater city.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-06-01
All for Rock Island.
All for Rock Island.

Uphold Rock Island. 1t is your duty
as citizen.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-06-01

Boost for Rock Island. Contribute t.
the 100000 new factory fund.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-06-01

surviving member of General Sher-
mans staff
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-06-01

All for Rock Island.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-06-01
by THE J. w. POTTER CO.

TERMS Daily. 10 cents per week.
Weekly, 81 per year in advance.
All communications of argumentative
character. political or religious, must
have real name attached for publica-
ton. No such articles will be printed
over fictitious signatures.
Correspondence solicited from every
township in Rock Island county.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-06-01

This year we have particularly
strong and attractive line of Lawn and
this class of goods is here, and it is add
visabIe to buy now in order to get full
benefit of the seasons use. We par
ticularly recommend nice Reed Furni-
ture for porch and lawn use.
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1907-06-21

w. Trueheart Bedford, son Of Dr.
and Mrs. ]. s. Bodiford Of this city,
and a young man wen known here,
has accepted a travelling position with
Solomon & Co, wholesale druggists,
Savannah. and after months stay
in the store Of that firm for the pnr.
pose OF learning the stock and receiy-
ing instructions. win be assigned to
the territory Of South Georgia and
Florida.
MIR. Bedford recently graduated
witt nigh honors, and is regarded as
most competent man in his profess
sion. His friends feel confident that
he win make good" and predict for
him successful future.