Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-04-21
MOLINE

Optical Goods Taken.-Burglars
made a rich haul Monday evening in
Moline when they stole between $500
and $500 worth of solid gold and gold
filled rims for eyeglasses at the store
OF the Raben Optical company at 1922
Fifth avenue. Entrance was gained in
the rear of the building and as there
was no light in the store it was an
easy matter to take the boxes contain
ing the rims into the rear rooms where
the articles valued the highest were
sorted out.
Odd Fellows Plan Big Affar.-At the
meeting of Swedish Olive lodge, $50,
L. o. o. F., held Monday evening the
committee in charge reported that all
arrangements were completed for the
celebration of the Goth anniversary of
the order on Monday evening, April
81, at the Swedish Olive hall. Invita-
lions have been sent out to all Odd
Fellows in this vicinity.
City is Notwithstanding to es
Inmates made by Clark g. Anderson
the city civil engineer, the population
of Moline will be $4,000 when the 1916
census is taken. The law or rule for
estimating Increases in population oil
average American cities of less than
| $4,000 inhabitants has been stated as
| a gain of 100 per cent in from 10 &c
20 years. An examination of the
| United States census returns for Mo
| line indicates that Moline. doubles it.
population in less than 20 years ant
that 10 years would seem to be tn,
proper time interval to use. Upon thi!
basis and with population of IA so
in 1895, interpolated in the Unite,
States census, the 1910 census shoul'
develop a population of about 29,00
inhabitants for this city. Up to tn
present fiscal year land annexed I,
Moline contains an area of 1873 acre
which means approximately 200 ad
ditionai inhabitants. Today the tota
area of Moline is 1896 acres.
City Clerk Out After 20 Years
Charles G. Carlson yesterday turne
! over to Henry NJ. Oldefest the key
to the clerks Office in the city hal
: as public official retires to priva+
: life Il have no immediate plans fo
the FUTURE said Mr. Carlson Il e!
pect to take a six months vacation
: | am ready to aid Mr. Oldefest at all
time that he may need me, and hav
: Informed him that he may call on N
, from time to time as he picks up tn
duties of the Office. There are thing
: that he will desire information on an
5 the easiest way is to absorb the detail
i as they present themselves. If l trie
to explain these details all at one tin
he nor any other man would remembt
half of them Mr.. Oldefest resiene
his position as billing clerk with II
Deere & Mansur company and is su
ceeded there by T. H. Poster.
l. Quick Leaves City.-It is announce
n that the B. H. Quick Wholesale Flu
mace Supply house, located at 1925:
n Third avenue, will hereafter have i
headquarters at DeS Moines, Iowa,
e 1873 West Second street. The chans
will take place May /. The compaf
q has the exclusive agency for the Akri
q line of furnaces. Mr.. Quick stated h
reason for moving to the Iowa capt.
h was on account of its convenient loo
6 ton in respect to handling the tra'
of the company At the present tin
o tit has charge of all the territory we
of the Mississippi river Mr.. Qui
+, will maintain a retail business at t
= present location of the company in M
line and will secure a competent ma
lager.