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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-04-18
Beer That Is Beer.

II you want to drink good beer. order
the Davenport Mating company's pale
export Delivered anywhere in Rock
Island Both nhones north 1G9
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-04-18
Either Will Do II.

II have some eorking laugh prcduc.
ers here
"Which:"
"What do you meanY'
"Real jokes or real money!
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-04-18
Humor ars Philosophy
PERT PARAGRAPHS.
BY DUNCAN N. SMITH

There are SO many of our frienI:;s
who are firmly convinced that one good
turn deserves dozen.
The men who love their enemies are
those who never recognize enemies.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-04-18

Rock Island democracy is in line for
Bryan and Bryan's interests.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-04-18
THE ARGUS.

Published Daily and Weekly at 1924
Second avenue. Rock Island, Ill. tEn-:
I tered at the postofice as second-class
matter.l
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-04-18

Tomorrow will he Easter. the hap
piest festival in the church.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-04-18
SAVES TIME

Just think what il
means to the house
keeper to be able to
mix and knead her
bread in three short
minutes, more thor
oughly than il can be
done by hand in 20 TO
30 minutes. When
you see the demon
cstration and try one of
the little loaves
tkneaded in three
minutes) you will GER
tainly be convinced of
the extraordinary good
ness of the "Univer-
sal"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-04-18

When man loses his way to heaven,
he should offer reward for its return,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-04-18

1t is extre.iely necessary To practice
the power of having before you can
riot very deeply in the joy of giving
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-04-18
SAVES FLOUR


Not a spoonful of -four
need be added to your
mixture after you have
used the "Universal' Il
time or two. AS a
breadboard will be Il
thing CT the past. there
will be no flour waste
on that. And as the
kneading rod removes
all the dough from the
sides of the pail, it may
well be said that there
is absolutely no waste
when a Universal is
used.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-04-18

If you throw enough brickbats at u
man. he can build mederrr fiat bulfu-
ing.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-04-18

The handwriting upon the wall just
at this juncttire looks much IKE an
order for the calcimfner.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-04-18

When there is no choice. it certainly
is up to an inventive genius to make
ole.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-04-18
How He Hnem

How He Knew.
do you believe in phrenology?"
"Phere is nothing in It,"
How do you know? The professor
must have been feeling of your head"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-04-18

sY THE j. W. POTTER CO.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-04-18

INEXPENSIVE.
Remember ,the regular
family size Universal"
which mixes four large
loaves at a time, only
costs $500 and this cost
will actually be saved
in flour alone in a COM
paratively short tipne.
even though you do
not count the saving
of time and labor worth
a great deal. Ii is just
. the thing for an ideal
present TO a housekCap-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-04-18
Warming.

! In stepping at strange hotel.
When you retire to rest at night
Before you tumble into bed
Don't blow out the electric light
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-04-18

People who stick TO their purpose are
probably naturally adhesive.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-04-18
ountry Districts

w. G. MAuCKER, Chairman.
g. w. Henry, Secretary.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-04-18
STRONG AND
DURABLE s

y NUM- tiND
DURABLE
The Universal" Bread
Maker is made of such
good material that il
will last a life time.
Every part is covered
with a heavy coating
of pure tin. so that rust
need not be feared.
And the whole con-
struction is so simple
that there is not a thing
to get out of order or
cause trouble.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1908-12-11
NO WAR WITH THE JAPS

Japan and the United States have
just made pacific agreement to re-
spect each others territory and
henceforth act together in China.
The text Of the agreement has not
yet been published, but it is said to
be drawn up in the form of de-
claration, and will, therefore, not
have to be ratified by our Senate,
which has Heretofore been the
stumbling block to so many pro-
gressive peace measures.
The agreement taken in coniunc-
ton with the arbitration treaty
signed last May between Japan and
the United States marks the farthest
step yet taker by any two of the
great world powers toward univers-
al peace For the arbitration treaty
sends to the Hague Court all dis
putes except vital interests" and
those questions that affect third
parties, while the present agreement
makes each nation respect the
others territories, which are the
only interests vital to a nation,
and agree to work together in China
which is the third" power most
affected by their mutual foreign
policies. Hence to all interests and
purposes there can be no war be.
tween the United States and Japan
as long as the treaty and the agree.
ment last.
| Thus it is seen that Japan re.
nouncee all claim to the PHILIPPINES
and our Pacific Islands, and agrees
with us to keep the open door" il
China which has always been thu
demand of American diplomacy
Japan and America, together will
England, Japan's ally and our kins
folk, from now on should contro
the destines of the Pacific, working
together as partners in progress ant
peace.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1908-12-11
FOREST CONSERVATION AND THE
TATIFF

At banquet given in Seattle by
the Seattle Commercial Club former
United States Senator John l.. Vii
son, who was down for a toast on
Publicity" said among other
things:
We are destroying our forests
three times as fast as they can lie
replaced. | have taken the liberty
of asking our governor, and | hope
the club will join with me in urg-
ing this request, that a small sum
be set aside for the demonstration OF
logged-off lands owned by the state.
One acre of forest land in this state
is worth the yield of an acre of Da-
kota wheat land for nine years.
I know there has been criticism
Of the governments policy in max
ing forest reserves. In my opinion
it is one of the wisest plans the
government could put into opera
ton. Every year a thousand mil
lion tons of good fertile earth are
washed to the sea because Of the
denunding of the country of its
standing timber.
So it is all the way through.
The forests are the key to the entire
situation. Don't underestimate the
forests, gentlemen. The time is
coming when we must come to the
proposition of conservation.
In the meantime lets reduce the
tariff on lumber and use some Can
adian logs and lumber for the
myriad of buildings made necessary
by the rapid development of the
Northwest.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1908-12-11
WORLDS NEWS IN BRIEF .
The United States Atlantic battle
lin fleet passed through SINGAPORE

The United States Atlantic battle
ship fleet passed through Singapore
harbor Sunday, but did not stop.
More than so seamen have lost
their lives off the Upper North At
lantic Coast during the last few days
as the result of storm of unprece-
denied severity.
The new magazine rifle just placed
in the hands of the army Of the
United States and the militia of the
various states has proved to be more
powerful, more accurate and rapid
than the rifle of the Krag-J orgensen
type which it replaced.
The colonial budget of Germany
includes an original appropriation of
$150,000, to be followed by $4,000
annually, for the erection and main
territory of Kiao Chau, China, OF
schools for the Chinese natives,
where instruction in technical mat
tiers will be given.
Christian Rudowith, Russian
refugee, must go back to Russia to
stand trial on a charge of having
murdered three persons, unless he is
saved by the Intervention of the De-
partment of State Or of the. Presi-
dent. This decision was clearly in
dicated by United States Commits
sioner Foote, at Chicago, after a
hearing lasting more than month.
Professor Milton Whitney. chief
~, Of 1c- h
the farming lands of the United
States aggregate S38,591774 acres
and that the yield per acre of all
cereal crops has increased. The Blu
reau of Soils intends to make an in
vestigation of the soil of the semi
arid belt of the Northwest with a
view to ascertaining the nature OF
the soil, what it is adapted to and
how 1t can be best improved
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1908-12-11
MAY CLOSE SHELTERS
Roosevelt Will Investigate Subject to
Save Montana Forests.

Washington, Dec. AFTER a
hearing at the White House at which
representatives of the Anaconda
Copper Company had presented their
version Of the controversy over the
destruction of the forests and vege-
tatiOn at Anaconda, Mont, against
which the farmers had complained to
him, President Roosevelt declared
that the only influence he would eX-
ercise in restraining the Department
of Justice from proceeding with an
injunction suit against the copper
company would be- to make an in
vestigatiOn to ascertain whether a
practical method is possible for the
extraction from the fumes of the
shelters of the poisonous substances
which are doing great damage.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1908-12-11
OWES MANY MILLIONS TO
CATHOLICS; no ASSETS

New York, Dec s. That the af-
fairs of the Fidelity ,-unding Com
ps.ny, organized in 1899 to finance
Catholic building operations and
which went into the hands of re-
ceiver a lew weeks ago. are exceed
ingly tangled, was asserted by Re-
ceiver Thomas F. Gilroy, Jr., in a
statement here.
According to Mr.. Gilroy. the COM
pany's liabilities will aggregate not
less than s4,50C,000, with practical
ly no assets. Its creditors include
SO churches, seminaries, colleges and
many priests and nuns. These are
located from the New England states
to Oregon. Chief among the COM
pany's creditors is st. Mary's Acade-
my of Nauvoo, Ills, which is in
volved for at least 100000.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1908-12-11
Nov. 5. 1908,
County Life Commissioners,
Washington d. c.


Gentlemen:
The farmers of School District Is,
of Benton County Wash met us
per request of the President. After
full discussion of several topics de-
cided TO submit the following as
being OF the most benefit to the farm
ers in general and this location in
particular,
What the General Government
ought to do. ID Give us aid for good
roads, (2) the Parcels Post, GO
Government Savings Bank, a. All
aid possible for Irrigation, (a) re-
duce the tariff on all trust made
articles.
What the farmer ought to do for
himself:
Organize for economic, intellectual
and social advancement.
VIM. Campbell, Secretary.
Emory Owens, Chairman.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1908-12-11
EVERGREEN STATE ::
Interesting Items Gathered I
From All Parts of the State.
Father Steals His Child.

Vancouver-A peculiar case has
arisen in this city In which a father
fOrcibly took his own child from its
crib in the family of another and
returned it to it's mothers arms,
against the wishes and orders of the
county coroner and sheriff.
Napoleon Bonaparte and wife,
with five children, of this city are in
destitute circumstances, and the
Board of Charity made complaint
stating that the baby, only months
old, was being starved by the moth
err, who was nursing it on a bottle.
The deputy sheriff and coroner
made an investigation and found the
little one was nothing but skin and
bone. They placed the child in the
home of a family, the expenses to
be borne by the county. Saturday
night the father stole the child from
it's crib and took it to its mother.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1908-12-11
Indian Potlatch at Reilingllam.

Bellingham-An Indian pot,atch,
or gift feast, given by Jim Yellow
kanim, the old chief Of the Nooksack
tribe and the wealthiest Indian in
the northwestern part of the state,
has just closed at his ranch at Lyn-
den 1t was attended by 400 ST.
washes of every tribe in the section
from Skagit county to the Fraser
river in British Columbia, and was
marked by the wild, peculiar cere-
monies of the aborigines.
The Indians disinterred and re-
buried all the dead of the Nooksack
tribe, the weird rite being performed
in the cemetery owned by the chief
Yellowkanim distributed gifts to
the value of hundreds of dollars, and
his lavish entertainment of the tribe
cost him thousands.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1908-12-11
In Whang Changes Trial Begins.

San Francisco, Dec. THE trial
of In Whan Chang, the Corean,
charged with the murder of Durham
White Stevens, American adviser to
the government of Corea, in this
city, on March %, last, as Mr.. Stew
ems was taking his departure for
Washington, was begun today in
Judge Cooks department Of the SUI
perior court The case has been post
poned a number of times, but the at
torneys on both sides now express
their desire for speedy conclusion
OF the trial.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1908-12-11

A picture of the children is one of
the best Christmas presents for the
doting grandparents or other rela
tives. The keunewick studio is pre-
pared to do the best work, but you
should place your order early SO that
there may be ample time to complete
it. There is sure to be rush Just be-
fore Christmas. Make arrangements
for your sitting at once.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1908-12-11
Ingersoll's Widow Wins Suit.

Washington, Dec. 1.-THE supreme
court of the United States today de-
cided in favor of Mrs. Ingersoll,
widow of the late Robert g. Inger-
soil, against Joseph Coram and
others, involving a claim of 100000
by Mrs. Ingersoll on account of SER
vices rendered by her husband in
the breaking of the will of the late
Andrew j. Davis, a Montana Million
aire
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1908-12-11
Leaves Husband for Bellboy.

Spokane-Infatuate with a bell
boy, Mrs. Jessie Coneff, of Seattle,
21-year-old wife of H. l.. Coneff, a
well-to-do mining man, deserted her
spouse three weeks ago and followed
her bellboy lover to Spokane, where
they have been living as man and
wife. A wire was sent Saturday to
the Seattle police and the accused
pair were taken back to that city to
stand trial. Conley, the bellboy. is
20 years DID, Both confessed their
guilt.
Coneff brought fruit and dainties
to his wife after she was locked up
and tried to effect reconciliation
but the young woman told him plain
ly that she would not return to him.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1908-12-11
PAT GROVE, THE KIDNAPER,
BECOMES AN EVANGELIST

Chicago, Dec. S.-Pat Grove, once
charged with kidnapping Eddie" Gu
daily and one of the most pictur-
esque characters with whom the po-
lice have had to deal in the last / 5
years, has forsaken his old life and
accepted Christianity. AS soon as
he can complete his plans he will go
forth as an evangelist, preaching the
gospel and the philosophy of life in
an effort to lead young men from the
primrose path that he has travelled.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1908-12-11
Cigarette EXplodes Gas.

San BernardinO, Cal, Dec. g.
William Gray, a prospector, died this
morning at Needles, after several
hours of terrible agony from burns
received in the explosion of can of
gasoline. Gray took up the can,
thinking it contained water, and as
he was about to drink. from it,
cigarette which he was smoking, ig
nited the gasoline and he was COM
pletely enveloped by the burning
fluid
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1908-12-11

You may easily say "cut and
come again" wien abiding to our
Meats, for they are the most deli
cious in taste that you have ever
purchased anywhere. There is
sweet, appetising, tempting flavor
about them which makes them
favorite Immediately in every fam
lily. Beef, Veal, Mutton, Lamb,
Pork, Chops, Outlets, Steaks, Poul-
try of all kinds, and our carefully
cured Hams and Bacons make this
the model butcher shop for particu-
lar people.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1908-12-11
We want to buy 5000 good. second
hand sacks. Chas. H. Collins Co. IA

Aphotograph of some member OF
the family or a group picture OF IL
makes a nice Christmas present You
should make your sitting early ar
the Kennewick studio SO that the
mixtures will be ready in plenty OF
time for mailing.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1908-12-11

. For Sale-GOOd coal heater, COOK
stove, desk and other articles at the
0. K. Soda Bottling Works.
For Sale-FOur thoroughbred
: Berkshire boar pigs. L. E. Danes,
Coolidge, Wash
For Sale-HOuse and lot cheap and
on very easv terms. Very little
money will handle this. Apply at
this Office.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1908-04-02

Mr.. W. T. Mosher, in taking an in
ventory, found that he had So, 1870 in
goods, fountain, fixtures and materials.
He had only $1,225 insurance. His loss
is 81 $3.50. We deeply sympathize
with Mr.. and Mrs. Mosher in the loss
they have sustained. It represented
industry, self-denial and close attention
to business.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1908-04-02

Mems summer underwear at bar-
gain. H. A. Ward & Bro.
For RENT OR SALE-One new four
room house, large barn, about acres
good land, near Gober's new marble
shop and the Canning Factory. See
me soon. r. E. BUTLER.
Alaska sentinel., 1908-02-20

dangerous gases are found, ali the explosives are in charge of shot firer, who works only when the miners have left for the day. The expert opinion, and it was written before the latest calamitous warn- ings, is that explosives in this country are not handled with suf- ficient care in the presence of gas or dust, or their combination. The most deadly risks are taken in these particulars and in the proper support of coal roofs, the fall of which causes many fatalities. Dy- namite and electricity are used freely in American mines in the presence of gas and explosive dust. The hundreds of lives just sacri- feed are a weighty admonition to legislatures, as we'll as to all en- gagged in mining.
Alaska sentinel., 1908-02-20
-..- MINE CALAMITIES

At a time when the subject is of peculiar importance the U. s. Geo.
 logical Survey has issued bulle- tin, long in prebaration, on. "Coal Mine Accidents; Their Cause and
 Prevention" It is shown by the facts furnished that the ratio of mining fatalities is much larger in
 the United States than in other countries, In seventeen years the number of miners killed in the United. States, has been 22,S40. The list of killed was 1O57 inrths year 1891 and 2061 in 1906. The total for 1907 will be much larger, three coal mining catastrophes having occurred during December of that year. In the. United States the mining fatalities for 1906 were $40 per 1 ,000 employed; in Great Brit an, I.Z9; Russla, l.SU; Belgium, .94 and France, .s4. This is. an alarming disparity, and moreover the ratio, which increases. with us, has declined abroad during the last ten years. - a ,.s
 , The experts of the geological sur Fey say that the natural conditions in the United States for extracting coal are the best found anywhere, but the regulations are far less stringent. Many miners in this country speak only foreign lan- guage and are inclined to be reck. less in trying to increase produc. ion. In British mines, where the
Alaska sentinel., 1908-02-20
NEW YORK HAS IT

Ex.-One of the chief novelties of 1908 in New York is a mild, but interesting, agitation for female suffrage. Under yellow and black banners bearing the words "Votes for Women" various impassioned auratresses, grieving at the position to which woman is relegated in this country, are featuring from soap boxes on crowded corners. Just what specific ends this suffragette invasion with demand for votes for women hopes to accomplish, mere man has So far had considerable difficulty in determining. One of the most fiery oratresses has an- nounced that the country is in need of a moral revolution-what- ever that may be. Another has taken for her theme the statement that as Rofnan is the boss of the home, which is the greatest factor in the advancement of the country, she ought logically to be boss of everything else. Still others advo- cate the abolishment of rents. It is noticeable that about 99 pei cent of the street corner audiences are composed of men who grin cheer fully, the remaining one per cent being made up of woheh who are extremely disdaining.
 One man, appatehtly of English extraction, found himself in con- siderable danger of a serious fight for shouting No petticoat govern ment for Hamerica." Various re- quests were male that he Five the women chance to talk, and mat ters looked stormy until he ex- plained that he had left England on just that account. No local Countess of Warwick has yet ap- peared to champion the cause, and altogetheI the movement, while it attracts interest by its novelty, is not Een,setinnslg--~
Alaska sentinel., 1908-02-20
BE A BOOSTER

Do you know there's lots O people, Settin' round in every town, Growlin' like broody chicken, Knockin' every good thing down? Don't you be that kind O cattle; Cause they ain't no good on earth, , You jist be booster rooster; Crow an boost for all you're wuth. If your town need. boostin', boost
 Ter,
 Don't stand back ah' wait to see If some other feller's willin'; Sail right in, this country's free; No ones got mortgage on it, It's just yours as much as his; Ii your town is shy on boosters, You git in the boostin' biz If things don't jist seem to suit you An the world seems kinder wrong, Whats the matter with a boostin', List to help the thing along? Cause if things should stop a goin' We'd be in sorry plight, You iist keep that horn blowin', Boost Ter up with all your might. If you see some feller tryin' For to make some tfolect go, You can boost it up a trihe, That's your cue to let him know That you're not a goin' to knock it, Jis because it ain't your "shout," But you're goin' to boost little, Cause he's got "the best thing out" Ii you know some feller's failin's, Just forgit lem, cause tou know That same ieller's got some good points,
 Them's the ones you want to show; Cast your loaves out on the waters, They'll come back $ a sayin' true, Mebbe they will come back but. buttered, When some feller boosts for you.
 -Ex.
Alaska sentinel., 1908-02-20

Nobody ought to be surprised that one of ths most influential newspapers in Cuba, the Discussion of Havana, protests promptly and vigorously in long editorial against the American administra. tion program which contemplates the withdrawal of United States troops on February l, says the Historian of Jan. 24, and the leav- ing of the island to work out its own destiny from that date on. The republic ought to be reestab- lished, it is admitted, but the time fixed for it is too early. It is a mere exigency, of American poli- tics, irrespective of Cuban interests. It is very deplorable that the U. s. is to loose Cuba on a fixed date, with no reference to the condition it will be in on that date. The program will greatly damage the country, bringing a sudden. accum- ulatiqn ,et happenings just at the height of the sugar season, a most inauspicious time. And it is fur ther stated that predictions as,to the length of the new experimental republics life are very pessimistic. Some think there will be a revolu- tion as soon as the American army yanishes beyond Morro Castle, while others think it will not stand as long as it takes to build it. If one of. the earliest acts of the next American administration is to send United States troops to Cuba and take her over again, it will shock none. who know the character of that people,,