Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-05-27
MOLINE

Starts River Works-The govern
ment river forces today started laying
the concrete core with which it is
planned to reinforce the wingdam
from the Rock Island arsenal island
to its eastern extremity. For some
days force has been engaged in
dredging out the stone which has tum-
bled from the top of the dam to the
river bed, and in building the forms in
which the concrete will be laid. The
| core will be in the form of a concrete
wall placed along the inner side of the
DAM On the channel side stone will
be piled against this wall, maintain
ing the same riprap wall which has
done service in the past. To the OBJ
server from the Illinois shore, how
ever, the concrete wall will be visible
projecting above the water line.
| Another Teacher Quits. - Miss
Elizabeth Klein, grade teacher at the
Willard school. has rendered her res
ignation to George W. Wood, chair
man of the teachers committee of the
board of education Miss Klein has
accepted a position with the Minneap-
oils schools at an increase of $40 a
month in salary over what was paid
her here. She will receive $S5 a
month at Minneapolis as against SOS
here
, Will Partially Suspend Business
/ Business will be suspended Saturday
, in Moline to a certain extent and the
day will be devoted to exercises in
honor of the nations departed heroes
The grocers and meat market men
have agreed to open their places OF
| business in the morning until moor
and then open again at o'clock in
the afternoon and remain open dur
ing the evening. The dry goods, shoe
and furniture merchants will opeT
Friday evening i'll place of Saturda!
) evening and remain closed Memorial
: day.
| School Deposits Fall Off-Final de
= posts by the schools of the city wer'
made yesterday and only four wer
i recorded. Last Saturday amount
), were received from all of the school
and the total amount deposited at tn
f present time is $6,435. This is less
I, however, than the total amount dc
d posted at the end of the preceding
year which was $7,525. When schoo
G opened in the fall some healthy dc
s. posits were made but during thi
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5. Oldest EmpIoye Retires.-Peter Z
r Lind, the oldest employee in the shop
G. of Deere &c Co., has retired froI
/. active service for the company. AZ
d cording to the provisions recent
r. made by the company, he will b
l. given a pension every month, afte
Is nearly so years of active service fo
e his company which he has serve
n faithfully. He retires, at the age {
e Ga years. Mr. Lind was born
N Sweden, April 5, 1914, and came
4. America and directly to Moline
S. 1856, crossing the ocean in tw
st masted schooner, the trip occupyin
is eight weeks. Entering the emplc
10 of Deere & Co. in 1859, he has r
N manned continuously with this co
lg' Germ ever since, with the exception
> term of service in the civil wa
)" Mr.. Lind operated the first hand dri
N in the shop, the only one at the tim
!" in fact.
Program for Memorial Day.-Atto
ne ney l.. M. Magill will speak to Il
tn veterans of the civil war on Decor
NJ ton day morning at Riverside Gem
terry and the Swedish male quart
ce will sing. The parade that will marc
81 to the cemetery, prior to the decorf
ing of the graves of the deceas,
ed veterans, will form on Sixth avenu
n between Fifteenth and Sixteen
at streets, at $3.50 o'clock. The mar
20 will take place at 9 O'Clock and Il
re parade will be headed by a plato,
W. of police. Next in line will be q
be