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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-02-17

Joliet are visiting her parents. Mr..
and Mrs John Dawson.
The Masons gave an invitation dance
at Modern Woodmen hall Thursday
evening
Mr. and Mrs. William briggs, Sr,
entertained at o'clock dinner
Thursday evening a company of
friends.
Ralph Hilberg celebrated his 14th
birthday anniversary by inviting to
his home a number of his boy friends.
The r. \. of A. held a regular meet
ing at the hall Tuesday afternoon and
after meeting were served with a
| dainty luncheon by the oracle, Mrs. r.
! G. Young.
! Little Nellie Keen has chicllenpOX.
Edward Nelson of Rock Island was
called here by serious illness of his
mother Mrs. John Nelson.
Mrs. Herbert entertained Tuesday
Mr.. and Mrs. w. C. Bradford and
brother of Livingston. Mont
All the news all the time-The Argus.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-02-17

L III lMMlE JONES mas got
boil!" proudly announced
a. Ed, as he burst into the
room wherein happened to
be seated Uncle Joe, The Story Teller.
Il know. saw it," chimed in Bob,
who followed close upon his brothers
heels. And I know what its from,
too. The teacher said it was from too
much iron in his blood"
cav! what are you talking about?"
returned Ed. How can anybody have
iron in their blood? Iron is hard. 1t
isn't like blood. Of course, fellow
could stick a nail in his foot and
make the blood come, but that would
mt be iron in the blood. That would
only be iron in the foot. I'll leave it
to Uncle joe"
Everybody has some iron in the
blood answered Uncle Joe, "al-
though there are a great many mis-
taken notions in regard to the
amount. The old saying that every
man has enough iron in him to make
a plowshare.' probably arose from
misconstruction of the fact that iron
is constantly entering and leaving the
body, and in the course of long life
time enough iron to make a plow-
share might have been used in the
system. But at no time is there any
considerable amount. The amount of
iron in the blood of the average man
Is about 3S grains, which If made
into a nail would make a mighty
small one. When too much iron gets
into the blood boils frequently ap-
pear. Jimmie Jones probably has too
much iron in his blood"
well, what is iron, them" asked
Ed, with a shade of perplexity in his
voice. "And how does it get into the
blood? Please, tell all about iron,
Uncle Joe.'
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-02-17
MOLINE
City Not Representation the first

City Not Represented-FOr the first
time in a number of years a national
bowling tournament is being pulled off
and Moline is not represented by
team At Chicago, at Louisville and
at ST. Louis the city was represented, |
and each year the locals finished with |
in the money, securing just about
enough to meet the expenses Of the
trip. The tenpin knight of Moline is
difficult to find. The game was popu-
lar for several years and there were
seasons when it was first come, first
served, wait for an alley till somebody
gets through The Brunswick alleys
are still in operation, but there is
neither tri-city nor city league.
o.
Favor Stopping Trains.-A petition
signed by officers of Is manufacturing
companies of the city and by seven
East Moline companies. whose officers
are citizens of Moline, will be pre-
scented to the city council Monday ev-
ening The petition is relative to the
proposed ordinance which requires that
Ian westbound trains stop and whistle
for the Twenty-third street crossing.
1t recommends the ordinance as IAN
excellent step in the right direction
md prays that the council pass it,.
Undoubtedly the railway companies,
the petition says in part, may bring
influence to prevent The passage of
This ordinance and its being carried
into effect after it is passed, but the
lives of so many citizens of this com,
nunity are at stake that the city
| should demand at least the remedy
| proposed in the interests of safety and
/ | public welfare"
Ross in Texas.-John ]. Ross, who
| ecently resigned his position with
he Moline Plow company, is now gen
raj manager for the Kingman TeXa!
Implement company at Dallas, Texas.
Red Men to Banquet.-The banquo
| celebrate the third anniversary o
recumseh tribe of Red Men is to b,
cid Saturday, Feb. %. This affai
| will afford double opportunity of cele
: rating the third anniversary of tn
ribe as well as George Washington
' irthday. The banquet is TO be hel
/ | t the Red Men wigw2m and the con
littee in charge is sparing no effort
make it a success. A four or five
curse supper will be served in tn
lining hall. A few invitations hav
cen sent to members of the order
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-02-17

started east ana finally struck Peoria.
Eating wherever he could, and sleeping
in box cars he soon found that he was
up against it, and hungry and tired he
succeeded in teaching Davenport. The
youth was sent t. Cedar Rapids by the
overseer of the poor, and he will try to
get back home tc his parents, who he
fears will not receive him.
o
Mengel Gets njunction.-The game
of see-saw between George Mengel and
his wife. Blanche Meier-Reuter Mengel,
IN which Mrs. Memgel demands ali
mony and Mr.. Mengel refuses 10 pay it,
which has been occupying the attention
of the public eye for SO long, was
given another turn when the supreme
court at Des Moines issued a tempo
raTy restraining order preventing Mrs.
Mengel, her attorneys and the sheriff of
Scott county. from collecting any ali
mony or procee ding with any legal pro-
cess in this direction. This temporary
injunction again blocks for the present
at least, the efforts of Mrs. Mengel to
collect alimony and once agein places
Mr.. Mengel on top in the bitter legal
| fight between himself and wife. 1t al
so prevents the sale of Mr.. -Mengers
household goods al his Brady street
home on the wit of attachment Sc
cured by Mrs. Mengers attorneys.
Temple Is Deleeate.-John 7. TEN
pie of Davenport, the veteran florist
has been selected delegate from the
| Tri-City Florists society to the nation
al rose society convention in Chicago
March % and &c.
Obituary Record.-John Malone died
Friday evening. He was born anC
raised in Davenport, and lived at 143t
West Sixth street. He was SO years
cid. Since 1898 he has been in charge
Of the elevator al the carpenter shop a
the Rock Island arsenal
Mr.. and Mrs. Herman Reith, 81
West Fifth street. are mourning tn,
death of their infant daughter. Yer;
Elizabeth, who expired at II o'clocl
Saturday night The fatal ailment wa
pneumonia, from which the little one
who was but enc month and nine day
Of age, had suffered three days.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-02-17

will now have active charge, both in
a business way and editorially.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-02-17
ENJOYING CALIFORNIA WINTEF
james A. Gauley Writes of Beauties
and Attractions OF San Diego.

aIIU FNNtI @OIIOIIS OI OaII DIUSN.
San Diego. Cal, Feb. lei Correspond
ence Of The Argus. Since October OF
1907 | have been sightseeing along
the Pacific coast, have visited all the
principle cities along the coast, and
am now at San Diego. This is a quaint
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-02-17
HE TELLS OF IRON
Where 1t Found and How Converted to Mans Uses=Te
Greatest Aid in the World to Manufacturing Interests

X IMMIE. JONES has got a
boil!" proudly announced
a. Ed, as he burst into the
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-02-17

All the news all the time-The Argus.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-02-17

Ross in Texas.-JOhn ]. Ross, who
ecently resigned his position with
he Moline Pillow company, is now gen
raj manager for the Kingman Texas
Implement company at Dallas, Texas.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-02-28
Easy Money In Sheep.

There is no other class Of stock
that willa produce a greater dividend
for the amount invested, if properly
cared for. They require no specia!
care except through winter and
spring. We breed our ewes to bring
lambs in February and March. They
should be kept away from other stock
at this time until lambs are old enough
to avoid being I'll over and trampled
on. It's very necessary to have shell
ter during winter and especially dur
the the Landing period. when they
should be inclosed every night. Our
sheep barn is situated at the intersec-
ton of three fields and is divided into
three parts, which makes it much cas-
Ter to care for and save the young
lambs.
Last fall I invested SITS in 33 ewes
and a buck. We have sold from this
flock 1923 and have the original flock
left, which are worth over 81 pei
head more than they were a year ago.
We saved 45 out of 46 lambs and
started them nicely on rye pasture
before they were turned on grass. On
date of delivery, July 5, they weighed
almost 100 pounds each and brought
$6.75 per 100 pounds. This, with the
wool, makes it quite easy. w.
Helm, Marion County, KY, in Farm
and Home.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-02-28
THIRTY-SEVENTH DAY

The feature of the day in the legisla.
tive halls was the discussion of the Nc
Dowell child labor bill in the Senate,
a bill that has been pending in committee
for some time past and whose author
has awaited a favorable opportunity to
call the measure up. Like the uni
versity appropriation bill yesterday and
the constitutional convention bill of
Tuesday, it required an entire afternoon
to enable the Senators to state their
views on the question. And, after all,
the measure is still undisposed of, hav-
ing been recommitted, with instructions
TO bring in a compromise measure.
In the House another round was had
with the constitution when Chairman
G.. l.. Jones of the Constitution Commit
tee called up his concurrent resolution
to change the method of disposing of
the common school fund and providing
for a triangular series of funds, to be
so dispensed as to give the black coun-
ties and the poorer counties as well as
those of the higher class, as to manu-
features, assessed valuation and popu-
~lation, the proportion of money to which
they are entitled, for the purpose of Sc
curing a uniform four months term dur
ing the scholastic year.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-02-28

either for or against the bill, and n
passed with only five dissenting votes.
The Committee on Finance reported
back the bill to increase the salary OF
the secretary of the Railroad Commits.
sion, with an amendment fixing it at
$500, which was favorably reported,
The salary at present is $1,000 a year,
and totally inadequate to the amount OF
work and responsibility that devolve on
that official, and the bill proposed to
make it $4,000.
Mr.. Hebron asked chat the resolution
authorizing an investigation of the sec
retary-treasurer of the Yazoo Mississippi
Delta Levee Board be sent to the Com.
mittee on Levees for ar early report.
A bill was introduced by Mr.. McMil
Ian, and referred to the Committee on
Agriculture, to promote horticulture by
providing adequate means for externin
ating crop pests.
Mr.. Mcdowell introduced a bill for the
regulating, punishment and control Of
delinquent, neglected and criminal chill
dren, to provide for the maintenance Of
a State reformatory and industrial
school,
The Tupelo journal., 1908-02-28
THIRTY-SIXTH DAY.

In the Senate the main question OF
the day was the bill for the support and
maintenance of the University of Missis.
sippi.
All the amendments suggested by the
Finance Committee were agreed to
eventually, Notwithstanding a weak at.
tempt to flibuster.
This is a very important matter, in
view of the conditions now prevalent in
this state. The bill forbids any trust
or combine making any contribution to
the campaign fund of any candidate. 1t
also makes it unlawful for any candi-
date to begin canvass before August 1
of the year preceding the election; for
a candidate to promise any office to any
person in exchange. for votes or as a re-
ward for work in his favor, etc.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-02-28
son 0FJ0HNBROWN
CELEBRATES s5TH BIRTHDAY
NEAR AKRON, o.
Only Surviving Child Of Famous
AboIitionist Still in Vigorous
Health-Fought with Father
at Battle of O~sawatomie.

Akron, O.-Jason Brown celebrated
his eighty-ffth birthday at his home
four miles west of this city, the other
day. He is the only surviving son OF
the famous John Brown who started
the civil war in Kansas nearly a de.
cnde before Fort Sumter was fired
upon, who led free soldiers" at
Osawatomie, and who was hanged for
his raid on Harper's Ferry a few
years later.
Jason Brown was with his father in
the Kansas warfare, and he carried
arms at Osawatomie. He believed in
his father and had faith in the cause
of freedom. The hanging of his ia
Their and the slaughter Of his brothers
and other relatives made him some.
thing of a recluse and a wanderer
until a few years Ago., when advanc-
Ing age caused him to settle down.
He took up his residence here on the
farm conducted by his son.
The birthplace of Jason Brown was
in Hudson village, this county, not
more than Is miles distant from the
place on which he now makes his
home. He was the eldest of 20 chill
dren. His father, John Brown, de-
scended from Puritan stock, was a
stern man, and succeeded in instilling
into the members of his family faith
in himself and enthusiasm in behalf
of the cause to which he felt bound
by divine appointment.
After a varied experience in the II
cinity of Akron and later in New
York, where John Brown undertook
the supervision of a colony of lib
Grated slaves. the Browns were at
tracted to Kansas. There a vast ter
ritory had just been opened up to set
Element, and there was fierce rivalry
among the settlers as to whether it
should be considered as a slave-hold-
ing territory or free country. In part
it was the controversy that drew them,
and then, in addition, there was the
hope that they might prosper In the
new country. So John Brown, with
The Tupelo journal., 1908-02-28

By Mr.. Holiness: Creating a state
pathological and chemical laboratory in
the state capitol. Public Health and
Quarantine.
By Mr.. Quin: To require all common
carriers to settle promptly all claims
for damaged property, or to refund
~overcharges. Railroads.
By Mr.. Byrd: Making all contracts
for the lending or use of money con-
struable with reference to the general
laws of the state. Judiciary.
By Mr.. Foster: Appropriating the sum
of $3,168.90 for the payment of pre-
miums on the bonds of state officers.
lamentations.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-02-28
ON FEEDING THE LANE
You Must Feed Your Land or Il VIII
Wear Out.

On the rich prairies of Illinois.
where they used to say that the soil
had no bottom, they once claimed that
the soil would never wear out: but.
growing the same crops on the same
land year after year cut down the
yield till a change in methods was abb
solutely necessary. The rice growers
Of Louisiana and Texas. working on
their fiat land. where washing was
hardly to be thought of. at one time
claimed that their soil was rich
enough, from a rice growers stand
point, to go on raising rice forever:
but experience showed they were
wrong. Today the progressive rice
grower is seeking methods to use his
land for something else a part of the
time, just as the corn growers of the
rich Illinois prairies aim to do Sore
things else now than raise corn. Tho
Mississippi Delta has been said to
have soil that Is so fertile that it
would never wear out. but like the
Northern corn growers and the Cult
coast rice growers. the Delta planters
have found that under the onecrop
system their yields will decrease.
The rich prairies of the North and
the wonderfully rich prairies of Lou.
isiana and Texas and the ~marvelously
rich Mississippi Delta had soil that
was so constituted that it was reason
able to hope it would stand abuse:
but in every instance abuse has meant
diminishing profits. Abuse-and the
one-crop system is always abuse OF
quicker in less favored regions.
When humus has been destroyed,
soil cannot support plant life as it did
when humus %abounded. For practical
farming, humus may be described as
decayed vegetable matter. 1t may con-
tain decayed animal matter; but to
such a small degree that humus and
decayed vegetable matter generally
mean the same thing. Vegetable mat
ter is got into the soil by blowing un-
plants. of whatever kind, or by apply
ing barn manure. Manure has the ad-
vantage Of having gone to build up
some animal body to supply meat, to
perform work. to produce milk, wool
or eggs; and after it has performed
this service, the manure, when well
cared for. should have at least three
fourths of its original fertilizing value.
1t is for this reason that it is so often
said that god farming mus. include
stock farming.-Southern Farm Ga
Zette.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-02-28

his numerous sons ana sons-in-laws
and their families. removed to Kan
sas in the early sos and settled near
Osawatomie.
Ardent abolitionists and making no
~concealment of their principles, they
were soon singled out by proslavery
%neighbors for abuse and persecution.
Their crops were destroyed. Their
building were burned. A son, Freder-
ick, was murdered on the public high
way, and another member If the fami.
ly was driven hopelessly insane by
cruel treatment while a prisoner in
the hands of their enemies.
Finally, one night in May, 1856, John
Brown led a little band of free soldiers
against the settlement of Osawatomie.
In his band were several of his chill
dren and other relatives.
This night attack became known as
the massacre of Osawatomie.
Jason Brown was not in the first
fight, but he bore arms under his ia
Their at the battle of Osawatomie,
which came as a sequel, in August of
the same year.. And he remembers
that he killed his man.
After Osawatomie, John Brown and
his family returned east. The father
was determined to prepare for his
later raid On Harper's Ferry, which he
was convinced would mean an upris-
ing that would set all the slaves free.
Jason did not join him, however. He
had had enough of war.
The fact that his life was saved by
a K%entuckian, when he had been cap
tured and was about to be hanged, had
a softening effect on the heart of ia
son Brown. He no longer hated the
south.
Jason Brown is still vigorous. A
short time ago he made a trip to Put
in-Bay to visit the aged widow of his
he busies himself about the farm.
hoes in the garden or takes long walks
down the winding country roads, His
dog, Wolf, was his companion for
years, but Wolf died recently and the
old man now has to walk alone.
At Jason Browns home are many
relics of the early days in Kansas and
at Harper's Ferry. Among them all
the thing he prizes most highly is an
old iron wash basin made by his father
many years ago at Meadville, Pa. Not
only did his father make it with his
own hands, but the old basin made
the trip to Kansas and was in the bat
tie of ~Osawatomie, where water car
ried in it was used to battle the
wounds Of the injured. 1t has been
through three fires, and is badly
cracked and disfgured, but that
makes it only the more valuable in the
eyes of it's owner.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-02-28
THIRTY-FOURTH DAY.
House.

The most complete surprise of the day
in the Legislature was the passage by
the House, by a vote of 63 to 26, of the
Quin elective judiciary bill. The surprise
lay not so much in the passage of the
bill as for the fact that it was directly
IN opposition to the recommendations OF
the Governor in a special message sent
to the two houses. The debate on the
bill was interrupted by the reading of
the message, yet the advocates were
able to keep their forces well in hand,
and contrived to win out on the first
round. The feature of the bill that en-
gendered the most opposition was that
which seemed to invade the constitution
ally provided p~rerogative of the Gov
ernor, as it provides that whosoever may
be nominated as judge or chancellor must
be recommended to the Governor as the
peoples choice, and he would forthwith
be expected to appoint that individual.
A resolution was presented by Mr..
Stanton and referred to the Committee
on Agriculture, in which he tartly criti-
ciseA the recent report of the forestry
experts on conditions of the pine lands
of the State, and especially the ~cut-over
lands, and demanded a close investiga-
ton, asserting that the conclusions of
the experts were erroneous and based on
their Ignorance OF Interior design.
Senate.
The Senate passed the State normal
bill by a vote of "a to 10. This wa just
one more vote than was necessary to give
the measure a clear majority of all the
Senators, but it was sufficient. There is
no telling what the House will do to it,
as that body is said to be the low pres
suIs stronghold. The bill provides for
an appropriation of $100,000.
1t was an all-day session of the Sen
ate, the bill having come up early, and it
was only at lunch time that a vote on
recommittal was held in order, that the
suggested amendment might be better
studied by those in charge of the meas
ure.
Just before adjournment the Senate
passed the Alcorn College agricultural
appropriation bill, reported favorably by
Chairman Sample, of the Finance Com
mittee. There was no sign of a lobby,
The Tupelo journal., 1908-02-28
JOINT OWNERSHIP OF MILLS.
Why Not Build and Operate Them at
Homer

HOHtC.
In every cotton growing county in
the South there should be developed a
strong sentiment in favor Of building
and operating local cotton mills.
There should be encouraged a joint
ownership of the stock in these mills
by the local people in each county,
including farmers, merchants, bankers
and other avocations. Farmers should
subscribe to the stock of these mills
on the basis Of $40 per pillow operated
on the farm. These mills should be
built to spin cotton into yarns and a
minimum amount of capital first en-
ployed necessary to their safe and
practical operation. AS the business
developed the capacity could be grad
ually extended to the maximum capt.
ment were started and made general,
within the next ten years the question
of manufacturing the cotton crop in
the South and by the people of the
South would be solved. Under such
conditions the cotton growers would
occupy the enviable position Of both
producers and spinners. If thay did
not make full profits out of the raw
product they would receive the differ
ence in their dividends annually com.
ing in from the factory in which they
held stock. Why should not these
things come 10 pass? Why have they
not already been put into practical
operation more extensively? We know
that hundreds of farmers in Georgia
do own stock in numerous cotton mills
in the State and are receiving SPLEEN
did dividends on the investment of
their money in stock.
1t was a few years ago, thought to
be absurd for a farmer to own stock
or be identified with a bank, yet
thousands of our farmers today own
stock in their local banks and hun
dreds of them hold high positions In
banks as directors or Presidents Of
such institutions. We are simply
sleeping on rights while the wide
awake foreigner is getting the richest
part of our treasure. We hold the key
in our hands which will unlock the
doors of wealth greater than was ever
imagined to be stored up in Aladdin's
mines, and we do not seem to realize
it..
Let us continue to produce our mo-
nopoly of one of the worlds two great
necessities, but let us also devote our
brains and money TO the rapid devel.
opment of cotton mills in the South. to
the end that as u great staple prod
uct goes abroad to meet the world
wide demand of the human race, it
will go in the form of the finished
fabric rather than that of the raw
ibre.-Cotton Journal.
The Tupelo journal., 1908-02-28
New Bills.

The following bills were read twice,
under suspension of the rules, and re-
ferred to committees:
By Mr.. Sanders: Senate bill No. 274,
an act to amend section 1915 of the an
notated code of 1906, so as to provide
for immediate execution of death pen.
atty when convicted of rape.
BY Mr.. Whitman: Senate bill No. $50
an act to a.aend section 1925 and sec.
ton 4440 of the code of 1906, so far
as the same relate to the time for the
appointment of road overseers, and the
making of reports by road overseers in
aanaEa1 ASrina two districts