Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-06-11
MOLINE

NJ ~AANA III
Want Express car.-In order to Sc
cure earlier delivery of their orders
; from the Davenport wholesale houses,
r East Moline merchants will urge on
the Tri-city Railway company, through
Y their Business Mems association that
: it put on an express car to be run
: every morning from Davenport to
East Moline over the Tri-City and In
terurban tracks. The matter has been
: preached informally to railway Off
b Gals, and did not receive hearty
a response.
i Plan New Hotel-A modern hotel
r may be erected on Fifteenth street
}. this summer Steps toward the Or
n ganization OF a stock company have
s already been taken by men who be-
: lieye there is room in Moline for more
n than one first-class hostelry, and the
a project has already advanced beyond
J. the stage of incipient discussion.
l. More Than One SaIoon.-Water-
town can have as many saloons now
as the village president might see fit
h to grant. At a recent meeting a sa-
r loon ordinance was passed which pro-
it Vided that license should be granted
d tc but one saloon and that saloon
It should be located where the property
1t owners 100 feet on either side had
e slgniied their willingness by signing
n a petition. This ordinance was passed
is by a vote of to 2, but President Ais
rs brow absolutely refused to sign the
Id same and thereby vetoed it. In place,
ct at "a special meeting called Tuesday
II evening, President Allsbrow presented
rs brother saloon ordinance which was
Is passed by the same vote, 4 TO 2, and
Is as it is understood that he practically
n framed the ordinance with the assist
ance of an East Moline attorney, it is
natural to assume that he will sign
the same
L. Burying Ground for EagIes.-Moline
p aerie of Eagles, No 1112, has appoint.
ed a committee to select a site OF
of ground at Riverside cemetery to be
he used for an Eagles burial ground
Id The committee will pick out a suita
Bile place and will report to the lodge
an when action will be taken upon the
matter.
mi Takes Body Home.-Mr. Watson, an
ng uncle of Dennis Watson, the young
man who was killed Tuesday while
dc attempting to board a Rock Island
fit freight train. arrived in the city yes
at terday from North Branch. Mich. He
,p will return with the remains of his
nephew to North Branch, where in
ed terment will take place.
Boat Club Out for Members
:, special meeting of the Moline Boat
49, club was held Tuesday night at tbs
club rooms for the purpose of trans
acting business of the club and to find
means of increasing the membership
and formulate plans for the erection
Of boathouse. To increase the mem
va bership, the club decided to admit al
who are interested in such sport a:
"a hunting and fishing The member.
Oh will not have to be owners of boats OF
launches, but in view of their interes
dh of outdoor life will become interested
4
ne By the change the club hopes to real
er- ize large membership. 1t is ever
suggested that a regatta ought to b'
10 held in the near future. To this enc
many are already working and such {
EN- thing will no doubt soon be realized
III in Moline.
III Getting Money for Park. = AT thu
10. meeting of the Moline Business Men;
ns association Tuesday evening, c. F
Grant, reported that the subscription:
~, for the athletic park at the presen
~ time amounted to $465. 1t was de
cided to secure the tract of land or
Third avenue and Twenty-eighth stree
-. for the park as soon as M. J. McEniry
~ had ascertained what amount the Tri
- city Railway & Light company would
1;c subscribe towards the movement.
- %
al Honor Roll Prepared.-Superinte
os tdent Jackson has completed the lis
M of pupils who have been neither alb
no. sent nor tardy for year or more
to There are 377 pupils in the Moline
err schools who have been put on tn:
"a honor roll. Arthur Long, who has at
an tended the high school for the pas
ak half year holds the record. He ha'
at attended the public schools for sever
di- consecutive years, during which TIM
ale he has not been absent nor tardy. Their
cry are two pupils, Carl Hansen of thu
tie high school and Mamie Carlson of tn,
it's Garfield school, who have ATTENDED
inc the schools for six years with tn
of same honor Three have a record o
sti- five years. They are Lizzie Maust ant
Chester Swanson of the Ericsson
school and Lillian Oppenheimer o
the Garfield school. Five have attend
red led school for four years without be
It ing absent nor tardy They are Josepl
uld Faust, Esther. Herngren, Sigred Oah