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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-07-18
MILAN.

Charles a. Hull has been enjoying
visit with the family of Rev. Mr..
Miles of Macomb. Ill. Mrs. Miles is a
sister of Mr.. Hull.
Mrs. Mary TOenges of Rock Island
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-07-18

The proceeds of the ice cream and
cake sociable conducted by the ladies
at the town hall Wednesday evening
were about SIP.
Mrs Francis Black has been enter
tanning her sister, Miss A. Luce of
Prairie City, H.
George C. Wenger of Rock Island
republican candidate for the nOmina.
ton of states attorney. and Dr. Chap
man of White Hall were here We'd
nesday.
Nathaniel Grifiins of Tazewell coun.
ty has been spending few days in
Hampton the guest of A. NJ Hayward
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-07-18
SOCIAL AFFAIRS

[Society news. written or telephoned
to the society editor of The Argus, will
be gladly received and published. But
in either case the identity of the sender
must be made known, to insure relia-
bility. Written notices must bear sig
nature and address,
Pupils in RecitaI.-Five of the
pupils of Miss Mary Lindsay Oliver
will give a piano and vocal recital at
her studio in the Kneberg building,
corner of Fifth avenue and Sixteenth
street, Moline. Monday evening at
g: 10. The ladies who will give the
program are Miss Marjorie Head OF
this city. Mrs e. 7. Anderson OF
Orion and the Misses Leola Grantham
Rose Stofft and Ida Williams of Mo
line. An interesting program has
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-07-18
RETURN LIMIT IL DAYS
VERY CHEAP SIDE TRIPS

In connection with Niagara Falls ex-
cursion tickets. Tickets honored on
C. & B. line steamers between Buffalo
and Cleveland and all regular trains
returning, including Knickerbocker
special.
Ffrst-class coaches. Standard and
tourist s,eepers leave Peoria 1890
monitor Pamphlets or further infor.
nation address
H Bertermann, D. p. A., Peoria III.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-07-18
NEWS OF THE NEIGHBOKS

been arranged for the evenings en-
tertGinment
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-07-18

May Have Outing CIub.-The first
steps have been taken in the organi-
cation of an outing club fer Camp
bells island. Options have been Sc
cured on 200 feet of river front on
the rocky point between the Meesc
bungalow and the timber of the up-
per end of the island Tentative plans
for central clubhouse and for adjoin-
ing uormitories have been drawn and
bids received on them. Among those
who are back of the project are:
Schiller Hosford, Nelson II. Greene
f. Il. Leavens, John Hoss, d. r. Day
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-07-18
MOLINE

Stephens in III Health. - G. a.
Stephens of the Moline Pillow company
has resigned as chairman of the eX-
ecutive committee of the National AS
ISOLATION of Agricultural Implement
and Vehicle Manufacturers. He gives
as his reasons for resignation his i'll
health, which demands considerable
recuperation by travelling. He expects
to be abroad until next winter.
Wed in Rain.-While standing under
umbrellas, Miss Edna Wager, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Peter Wager of 1908
Twentieth avenue, and Charles f.
Munger of Phoenix, ATiZ., were mar
ried Thursday evening on the Wager
lawn. Rev. r. S. Haney of the Second
Congregational church performing the
ceremony. Twenty guests witnessed
the event, the ceremony being solemn
| lied at O'Clock. The couple was
attended by Miss Elsie Munger of
Phoenix, sister of the groom. and Wal
ter wager brother of the bride Ar
engagements had been made TO have
the ceremony performed on the lawn
east of the house, and in spite of the
rain the plans were carried out, the
couple standing under umbrellas. Al
11:35 O'Clock the couple departed foI
Chicago. They expect to stop at Kan
sas City, Denver and other western
POINTS before reaching their home a
Phoenix, Ariz.
The Farmington times., 1908-12-11
Why the West Rebels.

Taxation from oarics history has
been the fayoritc weapon Of Special
Privilege The old fcudal barons taxed
their vassals direct but modern spc.
cial privilege benchciaries prefer the
indirect method
Taxation. through a customs tariff
Is as oncrous In the United States to,
day as in the colonial policies Of the
bygone King Georges 4 misused tar
IN Is a tax on Industry else
The only difference between King
Georges tax, that led to the American
revolution. and the modern high tariff
tax is that the latter is concealed II
he magical wand Protection with
which Special Privilege attempts tt
lull its abject scrfs to sleep
The Farmington times., 1908-12-11
Protection Versus Extortion.

A tariff that imposes duties TO the
extent of the difference in cost of pro.
duction In this country and In foreign
countries is a tariff for the protection
OF American labor.
a tariff that goes beyond this is a
tariff for extortion from the American
consumer.
How many congressman from this
neck of the woods were elected on an
extortion platform?-Chicago Record
Herald (Rep).
The Farmington times., 1908-12-11

That is n heroic passage In the
presidents letter to Senator Knox in
which he says: Il will do everything
in my power for the wage workers Of
the country except to do what is
wrong; | will do wrong for no man"
Here is incorruptibility itself, tried
and true, self.conhdcnt and self.appre.
ciatiyc. Having in mind the memora,
BILE occasion on which one Edward II.
Hartman a pretty smart man himself,
was handed gold brick in Washing
ton. how are we to explain Mr.. Roose.
velt's conduct on that occasion? Under
the Oyster BAY code of morals is 1t
right to wrong a man like Hartman?
The Farmington times., 1908-12-11
TARIFF REVISION MADE EASY.
According TO Chairman Payne, Only
Simple Question is Involved.

Tariff revision has only a path Of
roses before it, If We may believe
Chairman Payne and some OF the other
Republicans who are telling Mr Taft
how easily the thing may be done All
that Is necessary is merely to follow
that infaIliblo rule of faith and prac.
tIce-thc Republican platform. II
makes the way plain To the wayfarng
man when It lays down the two prin.
ciples that protective duties should be
based first. upon the difference in cost
Of production at home and abroad, and,
second, upon the need Of assuring to
the American manufacturer a reason.
able profit" How simple! Squarng
the circle would be childs play com.
pared with determining what is the
reasonable prof, which the govern.
mcnt ought to guarantee, and 10 de-
eide what is the exact difference in
cost Of production would require
studies and expert investigation and
exhaustive comparisons which would
break the back and far the brain of
the most stalwarr member OF the
ways and means committee. Mean.
while the untulcrcd farmer Of the
west would recall such admissions as
that of Mr. Schwah before the indus
trial commission, that American steel
makers can defy the world and do not
need penny OF protection
The Farmington times., 1908-12-11
Wabash Sheds Are Fired.

St LOuis-Two hundred freight
cars, more than half % which were
loaded, were threatened by fire that
Euttorcd the middle section of the
Fourth street freight sheds of the
Wabash railroad. Several cars were
partially destroyed The fires started
in the office from small heating
stove. Chief Swingley sent in
second alarm when the yards were
threatened. The loss is less than $1,000
The Farmington times., 1908-12-11
KILLS SELF SEEKING BURGLAR.
Springfield, Mo-, Physician Drops Re-
VoIver in Searching House.

Springfield Mo. In searching
for a burglar DR.. Charles f.
Brown. Jr., a prominent physician. ac.
cidcntally shot and killed himself
Sunday He was aroused by noise
which he thought had been made by
a burglar in the basement Of his home.
with revolver in his hand he went
to search. He became frightened and
the weapon dropped from his hand
charged and the bullet struck DR..
Brown In the lower part of the body.
The Farmington times., 1908-12-11
MISSOURI NEWS
GOV. FOLK NAMES MANY.
Appoints Number Of Persons TO
Various State Offices.

Jefferson City-Thc governor is
busy with appointments these days,
the latest batch handed out being coal
oil inspectors as follows:
A. +. Scilor Of Galla,in for Davioss
county, for term Of two years from
December 70, 1905
Fred Gohring for Stanbcrry, for a
term Of two years from July s, 1905
John Nap,onstal for Eldorado
Springs. for a term Of two years from
May -, 1905. to Gll vacancy occa.
stoned by Tn" resignation Of David
Rogers
Charles +. Swart2 of Albany for
Gentry county for term of two years
from July -, 1908,
r. Il. Collins for Warrcnsburg, for
a term of two years from December
lG. 1905.
J. y. Halter Cor NcoshC, for torn
Of two years from December 7, 1905.
J. ". Miller for Roonyillc, for a
term Of TWO years from May. II. 1908
George V. Vandyor. for Hieginsyillc
for term of two years from June %,
1905.
". l.. Summers for Vest Point, for
Il term Of two years from November
a. 1905.
The governor also appointed Geo
T. Ryan of Jericho Springs to b"
school commissioner Of Cedar county
The Farmington times., 1908-12-11
New Mine Company incorporated.

jefferson City-Three Kansas City.
ans, Irwin Jordan, Clinton d. French
and George +. McFall, have made ap.
plication to Secretary of State
Swanger for articles of incorporation
for the Jordan Mines company of that
city. 1t is capitalized at sl,000,000,
one.half paid, and the fee the state
receives. when the charter is issued.
is s527.50. The company is formed for
the purpose Of dealing in mineral
lands and minerals and the building
of mills and the treatment Of ores.
The Farmington times., 1908-12-11
BUDGET NEARS
FULL BILLION
ESTIMATES OF APPROPRIATIONS
ASKED TO RUN GOVERNMENT
REACH 1924, ,4o8,948.
THE WAR OFFICE ASKS MOST
Executive Department, Requesting
Only Si15,5io, Is Lowest in Its
Ocmands-Rivers and
Harbors $4l,943,t93.

Washington, D appropriations
aggrugatur $NgiiuN.9is o. will be-
necessary for various branches Of the
government s"ryIc" uuiug the coming
fiscal year according TO departmental
estimates sent to congress Monday by
the secretary Of the treasury. The fol.
lowing is the apporrionm"ut.
legislative. Sl317SI7155: cxecu.
tive. Sil5.5lO, state department. s4,.
&2o&9l.72 treasury department. $3.50.
S9G,Gi5.lI5 war department.. 2&4,O93.
l3oIO. navy department. l&15lO,3S7.
%, interior department. $2OO.532.15l.
o., postonir" department $l7ll.OiO,
department Of agriculture. $lASl7,G2G,
department Of commerce aud labor,
Sl3"i@sia; dopar'mou, Of Justice, So.
S9O,O2o Total &>@iio> >.9lNuI.
Tn" amount estimated for the cur
rent fiscal year was SIGG.5O>. .272.gG and
the amount appropriated for this year
az ID" last session Of congress was
}A32 G29,&9&li,
Among the important individual
items in tn" estimates for the coming
fiscal year are. Increase Of the navy,
S23,hlO79O. navy ordnance. $7O2O,4OJ.
-. coal and transportation for the
navy $5.uoOOoO. navy Yards and sta
tions. $a>ll13D. pensions, $lGLOlS..
GOO. ia'hmiW canal $3JhNG,1gO.5S;
Qualifications and other works Of de.
The Farmington times., 1908-12-11

The beautiful and eXhilarating farce,
entitled The Tariff Revised by Its
Frineds," is playing a long engage.
mcnt at the Capitol theater, Washing.
ton. Competent critics say that the
leading man. Serene Payne, never
played more effectively in all his long
career. There is an unctuous quality
OF his broadly humorous delineatiOn OF
the True Patriot, who believes that
consumers have no rights that tariff
tinker should respect. which makes
every owlish utterance of his delight
TO hear.
The Farmington times., 1908-12-11
HERO" SENTENCED TO PRISON
Removed Rail. But Did Not Flag
Train in Time.

Boonvillo.-Walter Cox. young
wood-chuppcr from Franklin Junction
who removed rail from the tracks
Of the main line Of the Missouri
Pacific near Oucryile the night Of
February . last, and caused serious
freight wreck, pleaded guilty in
circuit court here and got sentence
OF ton years In the pcnitentiary
Cox was chuppiug wood near the
scene Of the wreck, and conceived the
idea, according to his confession, to
remove a rail from the track and ap.
pear to discover its absence just In
time to flag train. aud thereby BE-
substantially rewarded by the railroad
COMPANY He failed to flag the train
In time 10 prevent the wreck
The Farmington times., 1908-12-11

London, Eng.-Another draft on
England's home regiments for service
in India was ordered by the war office
Monday. The troops will be made
ready to embark for India as soon as
possible, as the threatened Indian up
rising is believed to be imminent
Mondays draft. with the heavy rein
forcements that started for India last
Wednesday. reduces many home bat.
taiions to mere skeletons. and an ad.
ditional call for recruits will soon be
made.
The Farmington times., 1908-12-11
Tho ChanuInu Times.

Times have changed since $50 years
ago, when Halley's comet, for whose
temperance astronomers are now
looking, was in the heavens Then the
Christian world prayed 10 be deliv-
cred from the devil, the Turk and the
comet" Now It says the devil is not
as black as he has been painted, the
Turk is negligible quantity and the
comet would be rather welcome than
otherwise boston Transcript
The Farmington times., 1908-12-11
CHICAGO UNEMPLOYED ORGANIZE
James Eads How Helps Hobo King to
Launch Brotherhood.

Chicago. Hin large loft on
the top floor of $50 South Clark street
Sunday tn" Chicago brotherhood Of
the Unemployed was formally organ.
izcd The actual work of the orgau!za.
tion will be laid out in Huh House
Tuesday evening, when the next meet.
ing will be held
Robert NJ. Wilson, called by his
friends the uncrownod king of the no.
bocs," presided at the meeting and
assisting him was James Eads How of
st. Louis.
The Farmington times., 1908-12-11
Two Amendments Now Effective.

jefferson City.--The two amend.
ments TO the constitution adopted at
the recent election, the one providing
for the 2J-cent road tax and the other
for the initiative and referendum, are
now laws and part Of the state con.
stitution.
The Farmington times., 1908-12-11
Billik Obtains Fifth Reprleve.

Springfield III. -- After brief
hearing of the Herman Billik
murder case Monday morning, Acting
Gov l.. y Sherman granted the CON
demnrd man a new lease of life by
giving him further rcpricvc until Jan.
%, 1903. the sixth date that has been
set for his execution. Billik has been
in Jail over two years.
The Farmington times., 1908-12-11
Husband Kills MIfe,s eoarder.

St lOuis-Thc domestic situation
everywhere under stood when dcscrib.
ed in the two words star boarder''--
common subject of mirth-set the
scene for tragedy in front of 1920
Belle avenue St Louis, when James
Clark mercilessly killed Jack Flood,
kneeliug and praying for his life while
Mortified children looked on.
The Farmington times., 1908-12-11
Prepare to PIunder the West.

The east boasts again of It's triumph
over the west, The parasites o, manu-
factures and commerce make ready
for a renewed feast. Their high
priests OF the ways and mean. com.
mittee are again swinging protection"
incense to soothe the rufiled feelings
of the west.
How long will the west stand It?
The Farmington times., 1908-12-11
Killed BY Explosion,

Calcutta. -- Native anarchists at
Dundum. military station six
miles from here, are believed to be re.
sponsibIe for the blowing up of a
magazine OF ammunition at that place
in which eleven native soldiers were
killed and twcnty-six injured. Every
available detective has beer put on
the case during the day.
The Farmington times., 1908-12-11
sedaIia Publisher TO Wed.

ScdalIa The announcement of the
engagement of J. S. Rrcnncman, owner
Of the Scdalia Daily Capital and Miss
Gertrude c. Smith. oldest daughter of
d. H. Smith. a pioneer resident, is an
nOunced here. The wedding will take
place Christmas Day.
The Farmington times., 1908-12-11
None.

We are again assured that the
Roosevelt policies are to be carried
out. Is It too much to hope that they
also will be left there?-New York
World.
The Farmington times., 1908-12-11
WHAT WOULD HE HAVE SAID,

Get up, Jack. You mustn't cry
like n baby You're quite q man now.
You know II | fell down l shouldn't
cry. should merely say"
Yes. know, pa; but then-I go to
Sunday school-and you don't"
The Farmington times., 1908-12-11

Later on some OF our street con
tractors may get chance to repair
some Of those paycments made OF
good intentions
The Farmington times., 1908-12-11
NEWS or THE WEEK
THE LATEST NEWS OF THE
WORLD BRIEFLY TOLD.
NORTH. EAST, SOUTH, WEST
Foreign Lands, Throughout the Ma.
ton, and Particularly from the
Great Southwest.

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The Farmington times., 1908-12-11


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The Farmington times., 1908-12-11
important 10 Mothers.
A Solemn Responsibility.

ITS easy TO be gay and make peo-
pie about you forget their troubles"
That's all you know about IT," an
swcrcd the professional comedian.
"iou never had lot Of people out 80
front wondering whether they we're
going 10 get their moneys worth"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-01-05
GREAT WEEK OF GOLF AHEAD
JOURNEYS TO BE HELD AT
PINEHURsT BEGINNING JAN. 10.


Special Dispatch to The Star.
PINEHURST. n. c., January 1.-The
fifth annual midwinter and advertising
mems golf tournaments, booked for jan
uary 13 to IS, inclusive, promises Won
derful week of golf a condition of affairs
which has been the outgrowth, pure and
simple, of the immense popularity of the
ancient Scottish game among the moderns
who annually assemble here TO enjoy it.
The entry list is already large, and will
doubtless exceed past records, fully 1JO
players participating, among them large
number of cracks, representing wide
range of territory.
The midwinter event will be conducted
upon the Pinehurst system. put into ef-
feet last year, the best sixteen players In
each division qualifying. this being ac-
complshed by making the entrants up
into divisions previous to play by aid OF
association and club handicapS. In aGdi-
ton, there will be three-diviston consoia-
ton event for those who fail to quality.
Numerous attractive trophies are offered
in the advertising mems tourney. and
there will be divisions in proportion to the
entry list, not less than five siXteens and
possibly more, with four prizes In eacP
division Qualification will be thlrty-siA
holes, eighteen on the old course and
eighteen on the new with a handicap In
connection, two prizes for the best gross
scores and two for the best net.
A handicap will also be arranged for
those who are dropped in the regular
tournament. and a match play event for
those who fail to qualify, together with
putting approaching and other COMPETE
lions for both men and women, for many
women, as in the past, will be in the
party.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-01-05
NEW STAND BEING BUILT.
Increasing Accommodations at the
Empire City Track

NEW YORK, January 4.-The manage
ment of the Empire City track promises
patrons of the field better accommoda-
tons next season than they had last year.
Last season the field stand at Yonkers
seated but 1000 persons. On week days
it met the demand made upon its capac-
ty, but on Saturdays. which were big
days for James Butler and Matt VIM.
not only the field stand, but the field in
closure overlooked. and 1t was necessary
to tnrong into the infield, where a verti-
cal sun made life almost uncomfortable.
A new field stand is being built at
Yonkers this winter. and when IT is fin
ished it will seat comfortably 5000 per-
sons. The cost of the construction Of this
addition to the field stand will be con-
siderable Yonkers track was built on a
hillside, and the ground slopes abruptly
from the lower end of the old field stand
into deep ravine. To provide founda-
ton for the addition vast amount of
costly filling has been necessary. La
borers are now busy with the work. The
field stand addition is to be of steel.
equipped with modern appliances, calcu-
lated to contribute to the comfort Of pa
irons of the Empire City track. The
friends of the Empire track management
are jubilant over the action of the Jockey
Club in giving the track good dates in
August.