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Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-05-08
GRADE SCHO1 lis
&C MING GAMES.
Baseball and Basketball Contests FOR
Coming UNDERSTANDING OF Teams
Rules Adopted by Committee.

AT a meeting of the board OF athle-
tic control OF the grade schools held
during the week, rules We're adopted
governing eligibility and the manner of
play both in baseball and basketball.
Following ara the rules:
4 Alta meeting of the board OF athletic
control of the grade school arhletica
Held Wednesday the following rules
were adopted:
i-That no former graduate from the
eighth grade shuoll i@ permitted to
play on any school tenn IN the Ele-
mentary School leagues
2--That seven innings constitute the
5lengtl,8of me baseball games
S-.That 153minutes be the length OF
each half in the basketball games. tNo
time to be taken out)
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-05-08
WALSH AFTER WESTON.

Chicago, May Sergeant John
Walsh. q former Chicagoan and veteran
Of the Civil war 81 years old. has ar
rived in Chicago, declaring his intcn-
ton TIC OF overhauling Edward Payson
5,Msstoll on ROOT. Walsh said he had
walked TO Chicago from Boston en-
route to San Francisco and already had
gained 500 miles on Weston Weston
rs near Kansas City. Walsh spent
some time yesterday a the home of his
sister in Austin. He said he expected
to catch Weston somewhere in. Colora-
do $3.50, : - y
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-05-08

Ferris. Brown, Sheets, Fl. Brown. PIXIE,
Adams, Mccarthy, A. Weston. p
Weston; Baptist, Young, Rer-
ger 1eamans. Schaffer, A. Flandro,
Tate. j.. Flandro, West, Meyers. Bloom.
field, Collier; Burlington, Nelson. Deck
er, Garrison. Erickson. Perry, Herrick,
T Roucle, Gnyer. Mccormick, Garrison.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-05-08

| made a national name for himself upon
the turf. as the field WIS Nus c9mposed Ii Of
aftahwads beat all records from one
| mile to four; King Alfonzo. who was
the apple of Dan Swigert's eye. and
that grand race boss. FOXall, who clean
ed the boards of France and England of
all their important stakes. He was the
property pr ger Of James =. Keene and was
Fordham. Then there was Aristides and
Gheasapeake. representing II p Nc
Grath Volcano, representing Tennes-.
see contingent and trained by that old
veteran George Fl. Rice; Verdigris. rep
resenting southern line as he hailed
from Mississippi and was trained by
recall to the od-timers fond memories
of the long ago,
by Ar'sti de w Ms PVT H1.e. i, IN the Dab,
win the race with CHESAPEAKE, and
his star jockey. Bobby Swim, had the
| of no reputation. was on Aristldes
At heStap of the drum the little red
boss fAristides) took the track and
the first Kaintucky Dahby. in the time
Of 2:3Is4, Volcano second. Verdigris,
third.
ANOTHER GREAT RACE.
In this connection I would like to re-
late to you the facts of a race the Yeah
INiioW'lS scAIlSlDtl, N.Y.. the OLDEST
course In the Gnited States. having been
organized in 1906.
In those days the greatest rivalry ex-
listed between the Blue Grass counties
as to the speed of respective champions,
and the old Lexington course was the
battle ground for the Woodford Scott
Bourbon and tayette county people to
meet and decide who had bred and
raised the fastest colt.
j On this occasion Ten Brock and Aris-
tides met to do battle ovah mile and
half course OF course. Woodford
county came prepared TO stand a tap on
Ten Brock. Fayette county was loyal to
Aristides. There Were no bookmakers In
those days as II was either auction pools
or betting out OF hand. Tho crowd was
50 large they could not be accomn odated
through the auction poolbox and 1T was
my good fortune to be at the side of H.
p. McGrath. who remarked to the Wood
ford county delegation and those around
him thar he would take all the Ten
Brock end. Well. sab, they simply show
cred money into his hands and he did
not refuse n single bet
AS the HOSES weah going to the most +
remarked to Mr.. McGrath:
In the name of - how are Won go
ing to know who to pay those bets TO-,
| Ellis quick Irish reionder was: NV
memory will not be taxed AS the little
red boss tAristides) will run that sucker
In the ground. =
| And he did,
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-05-08
ATHLETE HAS MuAIPs.

Ithaca n Y. May s.-,riaset,st rama
baseball team are d, the anxious scat
because c.. ii. Rutherford. one Of tile
crack men of the5squad Went to the In-83
farmy yesterday Suffering from the
exposed to Infection for several days.
1T is thought Rutherford caught tile
disease from II. U. Young, the distance
runner, who Is just recovering from q
two weeks attack. Tic doctors. how
ever, are unable to say when and where
lie contracted the disease. Meanwhile3
the baseball men are fearful, and 3rc.
anxiousiy awaiting developments. L
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-05-08
EAisTsIDE GROUP
wEsTs1DE GROUP
Z NEXT WEEKS SCHEDULE.

Tuesday, May l.
Hamilton vs.. Lafayette, Liberty park.
Lowell vs. Webster, Eighteenth ward
& square.
Wasatch vs. sumner, Wasatch
grounds.
Washington vs. Grant. Capitol Hill
4 grounds.
Lincoln VS.. jackson, cudahay's field.
BASKETBALL.
Games TO be played Friday, May IL,
Boys
Jackson VS.. Wasatch Wasatcn
grounds
Franklin vs.. Grant, Grant grounds.
Girls
oauirrh vs.. Lafayette, Lafayette
gruonds.
Franklin vs.. Grant, Grant grounds.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-05-08

pears. Cram viii be the official fan ar

list.
Dave Peterson Will be the captain of
the team and j. II. Deming, Jr., Will be
of 10 or more players are some that
promise to do some good worl, this sea-
son. A game will be played next week
between the team representing the Nc
iCornicit bank and the Brokers clerks.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-05-08

Occasionally one has the fortune TO
meet women who are ideal in looks
and figure. Ninety-nine times out of
a hundred You will find she takes Hol-
listers Rocky Mountain Tea. Tea or
Tablets. IS cents.-Godbe-Pi Pitts Druo
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-05-08
RELAX RACES TO-DAY.
Two Clnsscs of Boys Teams Repre-
sentins Various Sunday Schools.


the Y. NJ. G.. A., are entered for the
relay races this afternoon There are
two classes, class A and Z. The class,
A team started shortly after l o'clock
and the 3 class started ut 2. Follow.
ing are the entries:
z Glass A-First Presbyterian Stout,
Williams. Wilkinson, G. Nymnn, Fran.
els Il. Nyman, Mccain, Scranton, We
Der, Dye; Tiff. Moral, Wallace, Billings,
Gurnsey, McCarty, Ray, Dix, Goss. Nc
Intyre, Groeschner; Phillips, Simpson,
w. Abbott, Parker. S. Abbott, Lewis
Chandler, Coray Yundt Walker, Yea
zie
4 Glass B-First Presbyterian. Wallace.
EGobde, Brown, Caffey. Snyder, Nc
Loud. lin NIcLoud, Mcmillan. New
berry, White, Johnson; Phillips, Simp-
kin, Wixcey, Chambers, Walker
Stewart, Gealy, Bickerton, Rudine,
Coray Simpkin; st. Marks, Richie,
d. r. y b :. (. FL : + ia 81 ~ ~ + =
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-05-08

4-That the principals be asked To re-
port the result of the games to Chair
man j. FL Cpombs MS soon as possible
in order that he might make the Of
.ticial report TO the newspapers. This.
report should be made not later than
o'clock on the same day that the cons
test is, held
Following is the standing or the base
bali teams in the league and also tile
schedule for the coming week, in base
bal! and basketball:
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-05-08

It's too had to see people who go
from day to day suffering with phys
ical weakness. when Rocky Mountain
Tea would strengthen them. Tea or
Tablets 80 cents.-G odbe-Pitt Drug
Co.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-05-08

The seniors defeated the commercials
of the High school in a match ball game
yesterday afternoon by score of . to s.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-05-08
DENVER TEAM WINS.
Colorado Bowlcrs Beat Salt Lallers
One Hundred Points,

Denver, May THE Denver bowling
team tonight rolled a score Of 3,1o7. in a
telegraphic match against Salt Lake
City The scores Of the three games
were: i,o22, LOSE and 996. The indi-
vidual scores follow: Wolfe, 624: Nc
Graw, Coz; Probert, 800; Payne, GAL;
Wall. 562h.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-05-08
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION.

Minneapolis, s; Toledo. .
Milwaukee,, G: indianapolis, ..
st. Paul, Q; Columbus. ).
!, Kansas City, 5; Louisville. 2.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-05-08
/. D. S. u. BALL TEAM
TAKES FIRST LOGAN GAME
HOW THEY STAND,
INTERCOLLEGIATE LEAGUE.
Won. Lost. PC.

The b. Y. C. ball team met defeat at
the hands OF the l.. D, S. Y. ball toss
ers at Logan yesterday afternoon being
shut ont while the locals raced UP a
total of @ runs. The. game was fast.
and interesting throughout. both PITCH
ers doing splendid work. The lineup;
- n I. g IL u {,
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-05-08
FAIRGROUNDS PICK Urs.

Fred Foster who once won the Brook
Ign Handicap with DR.. Rice is here with
present time.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-05-08

Barney" ScIrieber is reported to be
hard pressed by his creditors. The old
horsenan and breeder has found his
Woodlands Farm proposition a losing
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-05-08
,s''.ss'tss":s|
Proto by shipler.
RESULTS OF GAMES IN
THE BIG LEAGUES
NATIONAL LEAGUE.

Won. Lost.I g.
Plttsburg ...... ...... ..........1a VS. vs.
Philadelphia -. ...........,..a tM e,s
Boston ......-..'.-....S .29o
f,;nf,inna II 10 10 ass
Brooklyn ......t. ............t. li. 100 iSo
ST. eW Louis Il $50
Al Plttsburg =
Pittsburg .......s ..........5 10
Batteries-Wiliis and Gibson; Rhodes,
Salles and Bresnahan.
b umpires-K Kane and Klein,
At Chicago
Score + II. u y:
C S,il /;
Battcries-Haserman and Moran;
Fromme and Mclean
Umpires-ODay and Emsiie.
AT Brooklyn =
Brooklyn 1880. -. ...............1
Batteries-Foxen and Doom; Rucllcr,
Wilhelm and Bergen.
Umpires-Trnby and Risler.
At Boston "a
Score: g r. II. 70.
New y DIRK .......... .............,,.l
Boston .......... .......2 q
Batteries-Ma rquad and Myers; Dor
ner, Mattern and Bokerman
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. and Cusack.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-05-08

r. Jack Tolley and Harry Osborn, the
Imperiales booster, played an eighteen
hole game OF golf yesterday for 500 u
side. Tolley won. Both are well known
on the turf.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-05-08

S. II. Harrison, the Wyoming million
aire. is anxious to secure a good race
horse. He offered j. r. Keene of New
Y ork $4,000 for the 3-year-old colt, Hi
slarlous yesterday but the proposition
has been declined. He has his eye now
on Glorio.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-05-08
SCHOOL CLASS GAMES.

UmpIre-Bob Morton.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1909-09-21

In n downtown cafe two old college
friends met by chance. They had not
met before In several years and were
properly delighted. In the course OF
conversation one. who had been long
absent from town. bethought him OF a
mutual friend.
Tell me-" said he. how I can reach
Jim. I'D like 10 look him up tonight"
MY boy" said the other. III you
want 10 reach Jim you'll! have 20 tele.
phone TO -. an undertaken on sixth
avenue"
what, You shock me. Jim dead. I
Il am sorry indeed TO hear H."
dead: who said he was dead. He's
a friend II the undertaken and has
rooms near by. He has no telephone.
but has an arrangement for using the
undertaker's. as the place Is open at all
hours Just telephone the undertaken.
and the message will he carried around
TO Jlm."-New York Globe.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1909-09-21

The Way They Crash upoa ths Nee.
mal Quiet Of shs City.
with al ~ water trnfnc and With
not Z horse or Z cab OF wagon 70
wake the echoes, the utter silence Of
Venice b the thing that flrut impresses
the traveller. Yet because there Il no
undertone OF city noises in which occs-
sionaI noises may merge The Grand
canal at Venice seems to the sleeper It
night the nolsIest place IN the world.
Tor every little noise crashes into
ones sleep. and the most wakefui
hours Of our nix weeks In Italy were
spent on the Grand canal IN Venice.
The bells Of the churches probably do
not ring louder nor more frequently
than they ring In other cities. yet be-
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1909-09-21

An old woman recently entered a.
opticians shop ard asked 10 look ri
some spcctacles. Choosing . pair. sh'
asked the price.
Five shIlIings." was the answer.
And how much are they without
the caseY'
Il could not sell them for less than
II. i0d.." said the tradesman. who was
determined TO get all he could
do you only take on twopence foi
the cascy" qucricd the woman.
THAT is all. The case II worth nc
more than twopcncc." was the reply.
That Is good newsw calculated the
old lady. with sigh OF relief. tits
the case for mine which have lost"
So saying. she laid down the two
pence and marched or with the covet.
ed case before the astonisbed shopkeep-
er had time TO nterfere.-I.ondon Mall.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1909-09-21

4 curious exnmpIc Of senesous -
etinacy wns Z stout English country
man who inquired for . nice book q
read -"one with Z story In" On sev-
eraI being placed before him. b exam
lined them attentivcly ana picked out
the middle volume Of three decker
with tina remark ''ThIs 'ero's my sort.
What's the pricer'
"Oh." was the reply. this h only The
second volume. The story goes through
three. The set h half q crown"
"Hauvc a crown! Well. I'll gie -
that for that one book. It's q pretty
one enough"
"But won't you have the other two
a. we'll? You'd better"
'Naw. I don't like tn beRinnin' OF
a story. can't get forrud WI II. An
! don't like tn endin'. don't know
as 'ow It's coined about. Hut IN III
middle un I'm Into tn thick of II right
on. No. ri TAX IN middle nm. I'm
set me up for a month" And. cram
ming the hook Into bis pocket. he put
down his half crown and disappeared
with "Good night" before the other
volumes could be given to him. Cham
berz' Journal.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1909-09-21


A. substance the diamond Is one
OF the mysteries OF nature. one Of the
dcspairs Of science. Nobody knows
whence II came or how. whether II h
a spark from comets tall or crys
tallIsed drop squeezed In some horrl
BILE intensity Of fiery CONFUSION froul
the white hot insurgcnt heart OF ths
earth. Nobody knows much about 4
At all. except that II doesn't belong
to this world. Some known black dia-
monds literally were from the skies,
They came imbedded In meteoritcs
cast upon Arizona and Chile by an
unidentified star. One does not pros
pect for chips Of stars. Az well search
for the end OF the rainbow. Neither
IL It practical to hammer all sorts Of
cruptive rock and conglomernte where.
ever conc upon. Earthquake or vol
cnnic upheaval districts are not neces-
sarily the most promising. for often
diamonds that seem 70 have bad vol
canic origin occur,t thousands II miles
from the probable place Of extrusIon.
carried thence. II Is assumed. by
glacial drift In some fnr back geolog
ical time Franklin Clarkin In Every.
body's Magazine.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1909-09-21
EAT coRNED BEEF, CABBAGE
PORK AND ONIONS ron
DINNER.

DO you crave for a good old fashion
ed New England boiled dinner?
Corned beef and cabbage. and porh
and beets and onions and turnipsY
There may be few readers OF the
Eagle who will turn up their noses
and sniff contemptuously. but II they
do it's because they never faced the
good old kind like mother used 10
make.
But there are thousands OF people
in this world who wont eat a New
England boiled dinner because they
can't digest It.
And these people ought to know at
once that Mona tablets. the quick
acting and guaranteed cure for indi-
gesiion. win put the stomach In such
a clean and perfectly healthy condi-
ton In few days that they win be
able to eat and digest a New England
boiled dinner or any other kind OF a
dinner.
+. J. Jenkins sells Mi-o-na for so
cents a large box and he guarantees
Il to cure Indigestion. catarrh of the
stomach or any chronic or acute stom-
ach trouble.
Mi-o-ner / wonder worker. II In
stantiy stops distress after eating:
turns a sour stomach into sweet one;
stops belching and heartburn. Mona
is sold by leading druggists every
where.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1909-09-21
Maternal Instinct.

We talk about "maternaI instinct"
There is no such thing. To be sure.
there are things that have to do with
young which females possess and males
lack. The wasp lays its egg on the
body OF the caterpillar for the larva II
win never see. The hen sits twenty
one days ON any roundish. whitish oh
ject OF the proper size. have seen at
chIldren's party every little giri
leave the supper table on the advent Of
baby and every little boy go stolidly
on with HIS supper. But each kind OF
mother has its own bundle OF instlnc-
tive reactions. There Is no maternal
instinct" in the abstract.-McClure'
Magazine.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1909-09-21

The custom OF sounding taps over n
soldiers grave originated with the
late Captain John c. Tldball. u. s. A.
On the retirement from the peninsula
In August. 1862. Horse Battery A. Sec
ond artillery. was serving with the
rear guard. and on reaching Yorktown
one OF the cannoneers died and was
buried there. Not wishing to stir up
the enemy by firing three rounds from
the battery guns. rs was customary.
Captain TIdball substituted the sound.
Ing OF taps. lights out. which impress
I've ceremony has since been observed
at all military funerals at the close OF
the services. -Argonaut
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1909-09-21

S"9 Foot '" W. 0Feves
you see that strapping. robust mani
When ! saw him last night he had one
foot IN the grave"
Extraordinary, Who Is her
He Il playing the gravedigger in
Hamlet at the local theatcF."
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1909-09-21
QUEER BURIALs.


uneeuth Methods Of the Nemsds q
Queensland. ,
| or oil the modes OF burial ever prac.
ticcd by creatures 10 the shape OF hu.
man beings the method Of the Queens.
land nomads Is certainly the most un.
couth. After drying the corpse In the
sun and knocking out its teeth for
keepsakes they deposit II on n frame
work Of rough poles and bury II under
few armfuls Of rushes and old kan.
CARGO skins. leaving the bush wolves
to sing its requiem.
No member Of the dead mans tribe
will settle within q mile OF his grave
for fear Of being haunted by the spooks
making the burial place their midnight
rendezvous. The metaphysical opln-
Ions OF the Australian aborieines prove
indeed that savages can be afflicted
with an abundance OF supernaturalism
without betraying trace Of anything
deserving the name Of religious senti-
menf.
They believe In evil spirits whIstlIng
In the blasts Of the storm wind and try
to exercise them by splitting in the d.
rection Of the sky. but for the ccncep-
tons Of the Deity. Of future existence.
Of repentance. nfonement and con-
science their language has not even a
definite word. From somewhere In the
land OF their orcfafhcrs-eastern Asia
perhaps-thev have imported notion
family resembling the Buddhist doc
trine OF metempsychosls and believe
that animals may he reborn as men
and men ms human beings Of a supe-
rior rank. London Answers.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1909-09-21
!. W. Salts
REAL ESTATE AGENT

once In TalIaferro Building. Opposite
Court House. Phone 81
Have In once the only set Of Abstract
Books Of Brazos County Land titles
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1909-09-21
Taking After Father.
1T has its fathers nosc."
"a nd r. soofharss otcovs

"And Its mothers eyes,
"And Aunt Alice's mouth"
And Uncle Ebenezer's earsr'
Such. multiplied by about a hun
drcd. wer the criticisms levelcd by
kind friends against the FitzbccdIe
baby.
Then tho unconcerned baby began TO
calmly chew his big toe.
'Ahf" rnurmured Mr.. Fitzboodle.
Baby Is certainly endowed with some
Of my wife's chief characteristicsr'
mot to mention you. Fritz Fitzboo-
dle-' snapped his wife. "Baby never
opens his mouth without putting his
foot In itr'
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1909-09-21
aImos. Too Cruel.

A New York lawyer said ut dinner.
apropos OF a certain legal decision:
III was n cruel blow. as cruel ms that
which Bayside cook served ON q
tramp. This flthy tramp. knocking at
the kitchen door. whined:
"Tm turriblc hungry. lady. Could
70 gimme a small wedge O. fresh pie
"We're just out Of pIe.' said the
cook. but here's a cake for you
"And she handed the tramp a cake
Of eoap."
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1909-09-21
HYOMEI
fA1z5uXSp zsSs.<l.Aeel


Cues ca;arrh or money back JUS
breathe itin Complete outfi Including
'ni.elersL I.xtra bottles co. Druggists
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1909-09-21

"0f coures you win get fiat when
you are married and keep houseY'
George isn't such nat as some
people who are envious think he Is.
and us none Of your business II we
keep house or observation-disclosures.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1909-09-21

! 25s acres In the Burleson County
Levee District all fenced; es5 acres In
cultivation; 8 houses. At half price
and on reasonable terms.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1909-09-21

Worrying About His Gas BiIi.
Madam. your husband has gas
tritis." n'
well. do my best. doctor. to keep
him away from the meter. but he will
spend a lot OF time In that damp Gel
lar studying it."-New York Press.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-04-16

become convinced that the people fav-
or the measure, it is the general be-
lief that there will then be no diff
Guilty whatever in securing its passage
Among the cities of Illinois which
have been active in getting this ques-
zion before the legislature are Spring
field, Peoria, Rockford, Joliet, Gales
burg, Rock Island Moline, Blooming
ton and others, in all Of which the
need for better system of city gov
eminent is seriously felt.
In Galesburg recently resolutions
were adopted by the Galesburg Work
ing Mems club of the UniversalisJ
church favoring the commission form
and instructing the Legislators from
that district to do all they could for
the passage of a law making the
adoption of the commission plan pos
Sible.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-04-16

was chairman of the worlds temper
ance congress that met in 1ndepend-
ence hall. Philadelphia, in 1876. AS
early as 1899 he was interested in
church and temperance work. In the
sos he hauled from Walkers Grove
the lumber that was used to build the
first Methodist church in Chicago
While he wasn't fighting the
demon rum. Mr.. Clark was fighting
Indians. HeSServed in Captain Sisson's
company, Illinois volunteers, in the
Black Hawkswar and today is the only
survivor of that organization, which
contained more than hundred men,
Seventy four years after the close IF
that war he applied for pension. 1t
was granted in May, 1906.
There's no more Indians left TO
fight said Mr. Clark. but I'm stlii
fighting whisky At 92 you might
thing there isn't a good fight in me,
but | want to tell you. young fellow,
that I'm still as active as yearlins.
Why, when I'm out on my farm in
Drytown | work every minute Leav-
ing alcohol alone has made me spry
and healthy, at an age when most of
these fellows who depend on preser-
vatives to keep them going have pop
ped into the hereafter like worked
jar of JAM