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Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1908-09-02

Take the time to register now.
Then you will be certain OF your vote
In November.
Rock Island Argus., 1908-03-30
The Family.

(Second Avenue, East of Nineteenth
Street.)
Vaudeville at 5, 8 and 9,15 D. m. Two
matinees Sundays and holidays.
Rock Island Argus., 1908-03-30
IN SECOND PLACE
Rock Island Loses to Peoria in
Final of Basketball Tourna-
ment at Oak Park.
PLAYED BRILLIANT GAMES
Boys Defeated Oak Park in Semi
Finals, and Evanston and LaSalIe
in the Preliminaries.

Rock Island high school lost the
basketball championship of the Illinois
High School Athletic association to
Feoria in well played game for, the
final title in the tournament at Oak
Park Saturday evening. The score
was As to 80. Rock Islands showing
was most agreeable surprise here,
for the team had as its opponents
some of the best high school basket
ball fives in the state, defeating Oak
Park, Evanston and LaSalle, and
finally losing to Peoria. Even in the
final game the showing of the boys
from Rock Island was unexpectedly
good from the local point of view, as
in the two contests played earlier in
the season with the Peoria boys, the
local team was defeated by an over
whelming score, the Distillers on one
occasion piling up some 20 points. In
all the record made by the boys at
Oak Park is the source of great salts
faction to the students here.
Defeat Oak Park.
In the semi-final match Rock Island
put Oak Park out of the race by a
score of sc to 2S. A Chicago sporting
Rock Island Argus., 1908-03-30
READY TO START
ON 1860 MILE TRIP
Steamer Helen Blair Leaves Wednes
day on Its Long Excursion to
the South Land.

The steamer Helen Blair is all ready
for the trip it is to make to the south
and will leave here Wednesday even
ing at O'Clock. The number of pas
sengers is limited to so and that num-
ber has long since been completed
and almost as many more are on the
waiting list in the hope that a number
of vacancies wifi occur. The excur-
sion will have course of 1850 miles
to cover, the farthest point being
Riverton, Ala. Ten days will be spent
Aon the trip, seven states will be
touched, and the boat will float ON the
surfaces of three rivers.
Captain Blair is planning to run an
excursion to New Orleans next spring.
The Silver Crescent was brought up
from the. boat yards yesterday by
the Keokuk. 1t has not been definite
ly settled yet just what use it will be
put to this year when the Keokuk
takes its place in the trade between
keokuk and Quincy.
|, The Henry Bosse will spend the
lnext five weeks with the dredge boats
at Muscatine.
Il
Rock Island Argus., 1908-03-30

land guards. He threw II field bas-
ke,s, and at that was handicapped by
a sprained ankle in the afternoon.
Rock Island had played one more
game than Peoria, and naturally the
boys were more exhausted.
The winning team was awarded a
trophy and each OF the individual
members of the Peoria five was
given gold button with the initials
of the association, and FIRST place.
engraved on it. Each of the Rock
Island players received a silver but
ton as the second place award, and
OaM Park, winner of third place, was
given bronze button for each of the
players.
This is the first tournament ever
held by the association, of which Prin-
cipal II. E. Brown of this city is the
secretary. 1t proved decided sue
cess in every way.
Rock Island Argus., 1908-03-30

writer says of this game: "a surprise
was sprung when the Oak Park high
squad was put out of the running,
Rock Island being the medium of the
removal of the last Chicago team to
remain in line for the first honor.
Rock Island showed a little better
team work than Oak Park and was
luckier in shooting for baskets"
The teams lined up as follows:
Rock Island (36)-Voss and Lift,
forwards; Brennan, center; Streckfus
and Young, guards.
= Oak Park (2S)-Swirles and. Mitch
| ell, forwards; Heron and Rouzer,
center; Wheeler and Sturtevant,
guards.
Baskets from field-Voss 4, Lift 8,
Brennan 4, Streckfus 2, Swirles 2,
Mitchell 4, Heron. Wheeler. Free
lthrows-Liitt 9, Mitchell 8. Points
awarded-Rock Island 3, Oak Park 2.
The lineup and summary of the
final match was as follows:
Rock Island ,(29)-Voss and Lift,
forwards; Brennan, center; Streckfus
and Young, guards.
Peoria (4S)-Preszner and Conway,
forwards; Forest, center; Worley and
Grysdale, guards.
Baskets from field-Brennan 4,
Young G, Preszner, Conway II, Forest
IL. Worley. Free throws-Liitt z,
Preszner s. Points awarded-Rock Is
land 2. Referee-Horton. Umpire
Barlow.
Get n Trophy.
The final match was brilliantly con-
tested during the first half, when
Peoria scored 20 to Is by the boys
from the arsenal town. In the second
period the players from the distillery
worked with machine-like precision,
and placed the result beyond doubt
before half of the period had expired
| As in the previous games, Conway,
/ the colored left forward, was a host
!, in himself, his quick lodging and ae
curate throwing battling the Rock Is
Rock Island Argus., 1908-03-30
Keeps Up standard.-The producil

Keeps Up Standard.-The producing
manager who makes a strike with
scme production whether of the
straight or musical kind, success
which means the presentation Of the
piece for several successive seasons,
ought in a spirit of gratitude at his
good fortune to maintain the original
high standard, of his Offering during
the life time of the play. More often
however. unmindful of his good luck,
ard thinking only of false economy,
he is apt to cheaper the production,
engaging less expensive players for
the various parts and staging the piece
in inferior fashion. The reverse is
true of Klaw & Erlanger who present
George M. Cohan's very successful and
unique "Forty-FfEe' Minutes From
Broadway" at the Illinois Thursday,
April 2, with Scott Welch appearing
as kid Burns" and Frances Gordon
in the role of MARY" the maid who
lived at New Rochelle, just three
quarters of an hour distant by train
from New York city. Not only does
Mr.. Welch and Miss Gordon measure
artistically and vocally up to their
predecessors, but the entire support
Rock Island Argus., 1908-03-30
PERSONAL POINTS,

Ed Nance has returned from a two
weeks trip in Iowa.
Miss Belle Reche of Dubuque is Wis
iting her sister, Mrs. B. F. Hall.
Manager Louis Cook of the Islanders
arrived here yesterday morning from
Champaign.
Frank p. Murphy has returned from
New York, where he attended the flu.
neral of his brother, Rev. E. p. Muir
ply.
Clayton Shinstrom and Zetta and
Helvig Anderson, Grinnell students, re-
turned today to resume their studies
after weeks vacation spent at home.
Colonel H. B. Burgh and daughter,
Miss Burgh, whose temporary resi-
dence has been in Baltimore, are in
the city, having been called here by
the death Of the late l. D. Burgh.
Edward Jensen of 251S Eighth
avenue returned home Saturday even
ing from California, where he has
spent the past five months for the
benefit of his health at the home of
his sister, Mrs. A. B. Hansen.
Mr.. and Mrs. s. w. Childs, who have
been residents of Rock Island during
the time that Mr.. Childs has been en-
gagged in directing the work of j. G..
White & Co. in reconstructfng the
plants of the railway and light COM
ranes, left today for Chicago. From
that city they go to San Francisco,
from which city they sail for Australia,
where Mr.. Childs will direct impor.
tant work for ]. G. White G Co. Mr..
and Mrs. Childs have made many
friends in Rock Island who regret
their departure from the city.
Rock Island Argus., 1908-03-30
BASEBALL GOSSIP

The Chicago Nationals will hoist
their second consecutive pennant
April %.
Bad weather prevented the opening
scheduled game at Springfield with
Washington yesterday.
Manager Donnelly will round up his
bunch Wednesday of this week for
the first practice. All the Peoria
players have orders to be on hand at
that time.
New York baseball writer's say that
Roy Beecher, last year with Spring
field, will stick with the Giants this
season, though it is doubtful if he
will be given much to do.
Apparently President Lotus has his
Rock Island Argus., 1908-03-30

own ideas of the men whom he desires
as umpires. 1t is said he is not ia
vorably impressed with either Bill
Setley, Link Stickney, John F. Walsh
OF Gene McGreevy, who have been
picked out by retiring President Hol-
land.
Bloomington, Decatur and Spring
field newspapers who are crying "vio-
lated confidence" in the publication
OF the preliminary draft of the Three
Eye league schedule had better look
nearer home for the author of the Of
fense. The Argus violated no conf
dence that it was aware of and the
local baseball officials were not in
volved in any manner.
Rock Island Argus., 1908-03-30

Frisco Fight Called OF.
San Francisco. March 30.-The
Rock Island Argus., 1908-03-30
LOCALS WIN AT BaoomBALL
Picked Team Defeats the Independents
of Moline IS to 20.

A game of broomball was played Sat
urday night at the roller rink between
the Moline Independents and picked
team from Rock Island, and the latter
won by the close margin of 25 to 90.
The teams lined up as follows: Rock
Island = Grogan, Schwecke, Kinner,
Hudson, and Roche. Independents
Garrison. Woodyatt, Young, Evans,
and Tondrow.
The Independents are scheduled to
play the regular team of the rink next
Thursday. and a warm game is pre-
dicted.
Rock Island Argus., 1908-03-30

sixteenth Street and Second Avenue.) }
Rock Island Argus., 1908-03-30
The Theaters
The Illinois.

(Sixteenth Street and Second Avenue.) }
COMING ATTRACTIONS.
April 2-"FOrty-fivc Minutes from
broadway"
April IA knight for Day" mat
inee"
April 5-1O-Sterling Dramatic COM
pany.
April GA Texas Hanger"
April 19-25-Winninger Brothers.
April 28-Richard d PrIngle's Min
strels.
April 27-"The DEVILS Auction.
Rock Island Argus., 1908-03-30
Prices 10 and 20 Cents

ketchell-Mantell fight has been de
clared off. Ketchell will be matched
probably this week with Jack (Twin)
Sullivan.
Rock Island Argus., 1908-03-30
The Elite.

eighteenth Street, North of Second
Avenue.)
Vaudeville at ,, 8 and 9:15 p. mn. Two
matlnees Sundays and holidays.
Rock Island Argus., 1908-03-30

Strong Play, Strong Company
"kruetzer Sonata" seen at the Illinois
last night with Blanche Walsh in the
star role, is one of the most powerful
dramas that has been seen here this
season. The company is well bal
anced and the many tragic passages
are brought out with tear-producing
realism. The climax comes just be-
fore the final curtain when Miss
Walsh, as unhappy Hattie Fiddler.
after bearing seemingly every trial
that flesh and soul can endure, shoots
down the sister who has wronged her
and her own faithless husband. To
enhance the realism of this enactment
Miss Walsh does not follow the stage
custom of firing the weapon in the air,
but aims direct at her targets and the
burning wads can be seen falling
from their clothing. The possibilities
os real tragedy keep the audience
rooted TO their seats till the curtain
is down for good.
At the FamiIy.-One of the events
in Rock Islands theatrical annals is
the Inauguration today of big musi-
cal production at the Family theater
The play is "The Passing Show"
There are scores of girls, pretty, frisky
and laughing Indian maids, charming
southern beauties and the real "Osh-
kosh girls" who keep eyes and ears
busy with pretty gyrations and music.
George X. Wilson is the author of the
book and music. Miss Pauline Field
ing, an actress of unusual merit, has
the leading part. Among the other
principals are Roland Fischer, Dave
Lewis and others.
Get Another PIayhouse.-The Cham
berlin-Harrington circuit of theaters
will include the Theater Beautiful at
Waterloo, Iowa, structure built a
year ago at a cost of $4,000, and one
of the finest houses in the control of
the syndicate. A change has been
made in the booking arrangements,
also. by which George B. Peck, who
looks after the bookings, will change
his office from Burlington to Chicago.
All bookings in future will be made at
Chicago and New York.
At the EIite.-The change of bill at
the Elite this afternoon brought back
, the favorites, Harry Barnard and COM
pany, presenting "The DEVILS Com
pact" The scenery is new and beau
tiful and the electrical effects are bril-
liant. The company, which includes
% people, is one of recognized ability.
Rock Island Argus., 1908-03-30

ing company is of the very best quail
ity. In this play the offering loses
nothing at all through its age, but
through the infusion of new blood
gains materially thereby. Added to
which is the fact that it is piece
which has been tried and found to be
OF unusual merit, its third year being
conclusive proof of this.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1908-08-01
Send for Murphy. He Knows.

A few years ago when the bicycle
was coming into great popularity, there
sat in the front office of favorite make,
the officers of the company discussing
the best way to improve their wheel
and at the same time make it lighter.
Wheels were then being made to weigh
thirty pounds and this company propos-
ed to put wheel on the market weigh
ing twenty-five pounds that would
stand as much wear and tear, and with
less exertion to the rider, as the heavier
wheel. The officers had the theory
all right, but they had failed to agree
on a mode of procedure. Finally the
knows"
Who was Murphy? The man with the
practical experience, the capable fore
man.
The voters are looking for the man
who knows The primary election gives
every voter his choice. If in the opin-
ion of the voter the man for the place
is not on the ticket, the ticket is pro-
vided with blank lines to write in the
names and place the cross marks in the
squares to the right Every voter is
vested with the right to nominate the
person, in his opinion, most capable to
fill the position from one end of the
ticket to the othert and it is hardly to
be expected that a majority of the
voters will nominate men who are not
capable. When farmers are looking
for harvest hands they do not choose
men unused to the sun and outdoor
work, and in choosing men for the
places on the ticket the same degree
of care must be exercised as that used
in filling responsible positions in the
everyday walks of life. Everybody
is looking to ''the man who knows" in
the world to-day and it is the only safe
rule to guide our deliberations at the
polls don't forget that. The bicycle
manufacturers called for the man who
knew-every term of office completes a
part of our community history and the
finished product will be on exhibition
for the rest of time and is worthy of
our best effort. Marion Record.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1908-08-01
Austin's Plan a Good One.

"You can say that l am for w. c..
Austin for state printer" said County
Clerk John E. Martin today.
The platform upon which Mr.. Austin
is seeking the job is for the enlargement
of the state printing plant so that it
will be able to print blank books for the
different counties in Kansas. Mr.. Aus
tin thinks this will be a big saving to
the state and counties.
John Martin, who has purchased all
of the blank books used by Lyon county
in the past year, says that Mr.. Austin
is right. He said further that the work
done for this county last year could be
done for considerably less money and
at profit, too. When asked the a.
mount expended by Lyon county last
year for blank books and other print
ing which cannot be done at home.
Mr.. Martin said it totaled 1858. If
each of the hundred counties in the
state gets that amount of work done
annually, it is a big thing. -Emporia
Gazette.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1908-08-01

H0ys Band Moy be Re-organized.

There IS Some talk of recognizing
the old Hays City Military Band.
Many of the former players are anxious
to have the band started again and the
Hays people are enthusiastically in favor
of it. The band-stand is still in good
condition and will need but little repair
ing. Il would be great treat to the
people of Hays to have a free band
concert one evening in each week.
The question of a competent leader has
been the stumbling block ever since DIR.
Patterson left, but this question has
been solved if Carl w. Hawkinson, who
is here with the Salina Music Co., can
he induced to remain. Mr.. Hawkinson
has been playing first cornet in the IA
nous Bethany Band at LindsDorg, Kan
sas, and he is an expert musician and
will make a good band leader. The ed
itor of The FREE PRESS was intimate
ly associated with Mr.. Hawkinson while
in Lindsborg last summer and we can
heartily recommend him to the people
of Hays.
Mr.. Hawkinson is in the employ of
the Salina Music Co. but he probably
could be induced to remain here the
rest of the summer and the fall if the
necessary amount can be raised among
the music lovers of Hays. The band
boys should take hold of this at once
and get out and organize. With few
weeks practice the boys could again
L AL1s IL
doubt the business men will contribute
literally to the maintainence of local
band.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1908-08-01
Lee Mercantile Co. to the Front.

The newspapers over the country
have many times said kind things about
the II. D. Lee Mercantile Co, of Sa-
lima They are firm believers in adver-
tising and spend annually thousands of
dollars with the country newspapers
advertising their goods. The Lee
Brand is becoming q household word
But what we intend to mention Just
now is the fact that while the whole
sale houses of Kansas City were abso-
lutely powerless to cope with the ele-
ments and the freight service from the
Missouri metropolis was demoralized,
the people of Northwestern, South
western and Central Kansas were being
looked after by the Lee people. The
fact of the matter is that Kansas mer-
chants are now largely buying of the
big Sahna wholesale house By per-
sistent advertising and treating their
customers fairly, by selling ''pure food
products, being in a position, owing
to geographical location, to ship their
orders on short notice and from the
fact that Kansas people like to patro-
njze Kansas institutions, the H. D. Lee
Mercantile Co. have come to the front
and the eastern houses have found
them competition worthy of their best
efforts. s.-Beloit Times.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1908-08-01
Everyday Definitions

The poet Tennyson could take a
worthless piece of paper, and by writ
ing poem on it make it worth $65, 600
that's genius.
Vanderbilt can write few words on
a sheet of paper and make it worth s5,
900, ,000-that's capital.
The United States can take an ounce
and quarter of gold and stamp upon
it an "eagle bird" and make it worth
$20-that's money.
The mechanic can take material
worth SIS and make it into a watch
worth 800 that's skill
The merchant can take an article
worth rs cents and sell it for one dollar
that's business.
A lady can purchase very comfort
able bonnet for $3. Is, but she prefers
one that cost S27-that's foolishness
The ditch digger works ten hours a
day and shoVels three or four tons eff
earth for $2-that's labor
The editor of this paper can write g
check for $50, 900, 600, but it wouldn t
be worth dime-that's rough
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1908-08-01
The Socialist, Buxoboo.

The Socialist Bugaboo is abroad in
the land and seeking whom it may de-
YOUR. The surest and quickest way to
achieve press notoriety is to attack So
cialism, whether he who attacks be pol
itician, clergyman, labor leader, or
what not.
Bugaboos have always played an inn
portant role in history, although their
own history has never been written.
Since the time when the aboriginal ere
ated an image of dread and horror
which embodied his own fears of the
unknown, mankind has been haunted
by bugaboos The human mind has al
ways fashioned from it's surroundings a
bugaboo, hewn out of it's own conception
of future dangers. Progress has al
ways had to battle with the dread of
the unseen. The bugaboo has been the
ally of reaction of all ages.
Socrates drank the hemlock, Christ
was crucifed, Bruno was burned at the
stake, Columbus was ridIculed and per
secuted. James Hargreaves had his rev.
olutionary spinning jenny smashed by
his neighbors in 1857, Lovejoy was mob
bed and killed at Alton All of these
were sacrifcial offerings to the bugaboo
of their respective times.
The Socialist Bugaboo is thing of
many shapes. It's creators have endow-
ed it with every attributed of every
spook that ever frightened mankind in
to blind antagonism to the truth. And
no spook ever terrorized shivering
small boy into burying his head under
the blankets more effectively than the
socialist .spook terrorizes the ordinary
citizen into retiring under the blanket
of age-long conservatism, there to in
vite race suffocation and retrogression.
Success Magazine.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1908-08-01
knockers Got Theirs.

Do you know what we think is the
best story in the bible, asks the Lamar,
Mo-, Democrat. 1t may surprise you,
but it's about Noah and the flood We
say this even il the face of educated
folks. who turn up their noses and de-
clare this story a fake. You remem-
Der, Noah had TO work long time on
that ark. It was uphill business too,
at best, to go on toiling and sweating
day after day in the hot sun, building
boat away out on dry land while the
local anvil and hammer club sat around
splitting tobacco juice on his lumber,
whiting up his pine boards with their
jackknives and telling him what fool
ne was TO expect n big rain in country
that was too dry to grow alfalfa. But
he kept at it. Finally the flood came,
and every mothers son of the croakers
was drowned This is the only instance
we know of. either in sacred or profane
history, where a bunch of knockers got
exactly what was coming to them.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1908-08-01
Not Ashamed of Agriculture.

Anent the discussion which has been
occassioned by the students of the
State Agricultural College in asking
that the word "AgriculturaP' be omit
ted from the name, the following letter
of explanation from student at the
college has been received by the Kansas
City Star. It explains thoroughly the
reasons of the students and justifes
their position in wishing to change the
name:
In the Star of July % is an article,
''Why Against Agricultural, p" which is
easily answered. In it the assumption
is made that the students of the Kan
sas State Agricultural College desire
to eliminate the agricultural from
the title because they are ashamed of
! it.
This assumption is misleading for, in
the first place, the students do not de-
sire to leave out the word 'tagricultur-
al They simply desire kansas State
| College of Agriculture and Mechanic
Arts" substituted for the present name
/ The reasons for this change are self
7 evident We are not ashamed of the
word agricultural - The majority of
us were born and reared on farms and
are proud of the fact. But this we do
not believe that a great college with
its splendid courses in engineering and
kindred sciences should be designated
by title which suggests only one of
the scientific courses.
The science of agriculture is and al
ways will be the principal study here,
but there is no reason for not mention
ing the other courses.
The state college will always be the
farmers college because it is the only
institution in the state where a farm
boy with only a common school educa-
tion can enter for the study Of some
technical course.
Since the proposed change of name
concerns the students only, their opin-
ion should be of more weight than that
of the maty doctors, lawyers, merch-
ants and chiefs. who are protesting
against the change, Even those who
are taking the engineerin courses should
be given diplomas which suggest that
they received their technical education
at school where only agriculture is
taught.
Manhattan, Kas. FRANKWEBER.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1908-08-01
Death of Mrs. Haddock.

Mrs. Margaret A. Lyons, formerly
Mrs. W J. Haddock, died at the home
of her son T. j Haddock in Buckeye
township Tuesday, July q, age sixty
six years. She was native of Ireland
and came to Kansas with her husband
and the Brooklyn colony in 1879. All
settled in north Buckeye and lived here
ever since, having ten children, all but
two of whom still living, most of them
residents of our county. The funeral
was held Wednesday afternoon, burial
in our cemetery. Many old friends
were present to sympathize with the
children.