Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-04-06

0uy no3fifor Local Work.--Moline,
capital Aak purchased the steamer c.
w Gowses one of the wen known
raftess Of the upper Mississippi and
will aliilize the boat to demonstrate
the ngactical value OF the new lock to
shipping and to disclaim the oft.re
peated cry sf the decadence of river
traffic. w. D. Wiman is at the head
of the company which has bought the
Cowles. The steamer will be over.
hauled and brought to Moline aud
will be devoted TO hauling freight ana
material for the local factohies tn
first trip viii be 10 southerfA waters
to bring back a load of pine itor man
ufacturing here. 1t is plaibped TO
build up substantial business in
towing. and barges will be b1Nt for
carrying all sorts of freight The
Ccwles is said 10 be an almost exact
pattern of the well known Steamer
Moline formerly owned by DimoAlS
Gould & Co., which is now in tia,
south The Cowles was damaged To-
the extent of $500, not $4,000. by a
stick of dynamite placed in Captain
at Saltwater recently.
Elite Theater Cioses.-With the per-
| Torrance last night the Elite theater
| closed its doors for the season. Lack
| of patronage caused by the shortness
of money is assigned by the manage
ment for this move. 1t is the inten-
ton of the owners TO reopen the house
| again next September when it will be
devoted strictly TO vaudeville. During
the remainder of the spring and sum
mer the house will be open for rental
purposes.
One Ticket at Silvis.-Only one
ticket, apparently, will be placed in
the field this year in the village of
Silvis. The townspeople are pleased
with the past administration of their
trustees. A union mass caucus was
held Friday night at the Silvis Land
| company's Office. and the three retir-
| ing trustees were honored with re-
nomination The following ticket was
named: Trustees. +. J. Ball, ]. w.
Pike, Herbert Love and S. ]. Korb;
village clerk, William Ireland Mr..
Ireland is chief clerk for Superinten-
dent Seidel at the Silvis shops.
| Girl Caught at Last.-Hazen Van
Long. the 11-year-old stepdaughter of
Peter Smith of Seventeenth street.
East Moline, was caught Saturday
! morning while.trying to work a game
10 secure package of meat at the
Joe Daebelliehn market on Fifteenth
street and TwenU7fifth avenue. Mo-
l line. She, visited the market and
bought S. worth of meat and a small
package of ham and a few dozen eggs.
| She told Mr.. Daebslliehn that she
would take the eggs and hapl with
her and he could send the other pack
lage 10 1921 Fifteenth street Mr..
Daebelliehn had heard of the deal
tbeing worked in Moline before and
he Immediately caught hold of the
lgirl and called the police She was
itaken to the station and admitted
Having worked other butchers in the
lefty in the same manner. She was
lsiven a severe lecture and then re-
leased.
More Work for Factory.-Saturday
it was announced al the Moline Plow
company that there would be more
work for the men employed at the
present time this week and also that
ii would he necessary 10 put on more
men The last few weeks orders have
been coming in quite steadily, conse
lquently there is more work There
has been report circulated that the
company would start on a 10.houl
basis as soon as new stock of stee
is received, perhaps in week or II
days. However, the management de
MES that there is any possibility of {
10-hour day for some weeks to come
unless there is an unusual increase il
the amount of orders.