Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-11-03
MOLINE
Much Work at shops.-Fifiy-three

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Much Work at Shops.-Fifiy-three |
engines were ovelhauled and repaired
in the Silvis shops of the Rock Island
road during the month of October, es-
tablishing the highest record in point
of work turned out since the big re-
pair plant was started i'll 1904 and
demonstrating the efficiency of Super
intendent Geo:ge w. Seidel in organ
izing his force toward the greatest
the payroll in the motive power de-
partnent will draw $4,000 IN wages
for October, when the pay checks ar
rive Nov. Is. There are about 100
employees in the stores department and
their wages will increase the pay day
figures by $4,000. There arc 55 en-
gines now in the machine Shop, and
it is the ambition of the shops to COM
plete the work on all of these before
Dec. L. In the graveyard" there are
So more disabled engines awaiting
their turn in the shops. OF the en-
/ gines last month II were the property
of the Frisco system.
Increasing =orce.-Since the Moline
Plow company took charge of the re-
Gently purchased plant of the Monitor
Drill company at Minneapolis the
force has been increased to about Ace.
No extensions to the plant are planned
for the present. but some changes are
being made which will permit Of still
further increasing the force mex!
month.
To Revive Wrestling Game. The
wrestling game is to be revived IN
Moline Saturday evening. when Car
Busch, the German champion, meets
Gus Herman, the Chicago Gree
wrestler. The match is to be put OIL
by outside promoters. 1t will take
place at the Moline theater at So
O'Clock. Herman is a new wrestie
who has sprung INTO the game within
a year. Busca has been making hi
headquarters at Galesburg and ha
tipped over every man he has met 81
far. He recently threw Tom Cannon
of Peru in two straight falls. but it re
lquired 80 minutes to land the first one
The match Saturday night Will b
1 catch-as-catcl-can, best two in tire
} falls, two points down counting as
D fall. n. C. Christ of Galesburg Wi
= lrefcree. Herman is in Rock Islam
8 training for Ihe bout and Busch wi
1 oil no hs
n fore the tilt Several preliminarie
n will be pulled off before the main 81
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al Saloons Renew Licenses. SiXt
, Tout If the 81 saloons of this city nav
, ipaid their second installment of til
n Isl 900 license fee which was voted j
. last year. This is the first high ,icens
n that has been in effect in this City an
I it marks q period of test for Molin
:, Ut was though. that many of the S.
: lloons would be put out of business b
Q the high license, but such mas III
y been the case.
Il Complain CT Ooes.-Dairymen ca:
. lof the city are being considerably al
y lnoyed by dogs that chase their, COW
. George Sherer Saturday armed hin
. self with a shotgun and attempted
- wipe out one pack of CANNES. II
y didn't succeed in killing even on
- much to his sorrow, but he still h;
20 hopes. Mr.. Sherer occupies the Gao
~ farm. A pack of dogs split his herd
~ mich cows Saturday and chased the
20 about the pasture. They separated
~ 3-day-old calf from its mother and ii
," animal hasn't been located yet. As
~ result of wild stampeding about Il
~ pastures the amount of milk which NJ
~ Sherer is able to obtain from the he
~ is materially decreased, hence the d
20 20 cision for strenuous campaign again
the mongrels.
~ Peterson Bound Over.-Abe Pete
~ son, convicted of the robbery of Il
w Gundberg bakery of the west end
!, his own confession, was given a hes
- ing before Police Magistrate Gust;
~ son and was bound over to the graz
~ jury under $500 bonds. This amou
~ was not furnished and he was sent
81 the county Jail
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