Rock Island Argus., 1908-03-11
MOLINE

Burglars Get Little.-Burglars enter- |
cd the grocery store of Charles G.
Hogberg at 1911 Sixteenth avenue
yesterday morning, but were frighten-
ed away before they had chance to
attack the safe. They carried off three
boxes of cigars and about 81 in pen
nies. This is all that a careful search
reveals is missing from the store.
Falls Down Stairs.-Mrs. o. c.
Wells, nearly 20 years of age, fell
down a flight of stairs at her home,
f39 Fifth. avenue. yesterday and sus-
| tanned a severe scalp wound, frac-
ture of the left collarbone and a frac
lure of the left forearm. Mrs. Wells
advanced age and the seriousness of
the injuries combine to make her
present condition grave.
| Put Back at Work.-Motorman
Trone and Conductor Seton are back
at work again, after having been sus-
pended for 10 days for violating the
regulations of the interurban railway.
They were laid off Feb. % for running
over a railroad crossing without stop
ping to look up and down the track.
Sees Best Field Here.-'1 predict
that more than one-half Of the auto
mobiles which are sold during the
Iseason of 1908 will be sold in the Mis-
sissippi valley, said w. II. VanDer-
yoort in speaking of the automobile
outlook. Beside the knowledge of
conditions which his position as an
officer of the Moline Automobile COM
lpany gives him, Mr.. VanDervoort is
q member of the executive committee
, of the American Motor Car Manufac-
turers' association, and as such enjoys
popular intimacy with actual trade
{ conditions. Mr.. VanDervoort bases
his predictions for large sales in the
middle west on conditions resulting
from the financial disturbance of last
fall. The far east, New York. Boston
End that region, was particularly hard
hit by the panic. and Mr.. VanDervoort
/ says that the automobile business is
dead there at present. The situation
is much the same on the Pacific coast.
The middle west-that is, the territory
: tributary to Minneapolis, st. Paul
, Chicago. st. Louis, Kansas City. Oma.
ha, etc.-has efelt comparatively little
| of this depression.
I Milk Is Good Now.-Thirtynint
samples of milk which were collected
4 Sunday have been tested and every
sample showed nigh percentage OF
a Ioream properties. 1t is difficult to OBJ
tain cream from the dairymen a
/. present, as many housewives know
: lend the tests just made suggest tha
tie dairymen are taking very little. i
O any, cream from their milk supply
The tests proclaim that an excellen
V quality of milk is being distributed
Of the entire number of samples
taken, but six were found to contain
e total solids below u, which is tn
!, minimum under the ordinance Eacl
os these six samples, however showed
r tetter than 3 per cent butter fat
ir Club in Good shape.-At the regula
d Injecting of the Crescent Athletic clu1
of this city officers for the next tern
1t CT six months were elected Othe
g. business of Importance pertaining t
II the club was transacted and the meet
ing was marked by a large attend
ance. 1t seems that report Las be
come current that the club is finar
cially embarrassed and in danger c
Icing disrupted This report, how
" ever. is .emphatically denied by tn
Le officers of the club, who say that tn
III Organization is in a healthy condition
c. "