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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-08-07

For all points between st. Louis, Mo-,
and st. Paul, Mimi, steamers St. Paul
and Quincy will run on the following
timetable:
For st. Paul and way points steamers
will leave Rock Island, Ill, at 1880 a. m.
on June 4. 10, %. July /. S, 10, IA, 10,
%, %, Aug. 1, s. 10. 10, 10, "a, %. Sept
2, 6, IL.
On above dates a special rate of 81
will be made to Clinton, Iowa, and re-
turn, going on the steamer and return
ing on the /. e. l. railway.
For st. Louis and way points steamers
will leave Rock Island Ill, at 9:15 a. m.
on June s, II, &c, July 5, 8, IA, IS, %,
q, Aug. 1, 5, 10, IA, 10. 23, Is, Sept L.
q, 10, Is.
For St Louis and Rock Island, packet
steamer Dubuque will leave Rock Island
every Thursday at S:15 p. m, for St
Louis and way points.
For further information apply to
GEORGE LAMONT. Agent.
Rock Island. Ill.
Office. .15 Seventeenth street Both
phnuas
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-08-07

FOR SALE-Lots in Robinson's addi-
tion in South Heights, from $500 to
$375; terms, $25 down balance In five
years; home on easy terms. Old
phonee759-K. E. w. Robinson.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-08-07

BENEFITS Insurance Agency - Fire,
real estate and loans; second floor,
Safety building. Office phone west
1876. Residence phone 736-k. open
Wednesday and Saturday nights.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-08-07

FOR SALE-My Groom residence, with
bath, furnace, gas and electric light;
laundry in the basement; cypress fin
ish; everything in good repair; built
1903; excellent location; corner lot,
east front; granitoid walks; one block
to car line and paved street; only a
few blocks from the new city park
and Augustana college. / will sell at
a bargain as / want to go west; half
cash. balance to suit. E. Anderson.
600 Forty-second street.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-08-07

WANTED - You to sell our playball
picture funniest ever; sells to every
fan, cigar store, saloon, etc; samples,
prepaid. 10 cents. or dollar dozen !;
YOU get 25 cents each; be first in your
field; coin SO to S12 daily. Flavrol
Company, St. Louis Mo.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-08-07

PLEASANT f. cox Real estate and
insurance. Loans a speciality. Best
fire companies represented Your pat
ronage solicited. Phones west 70, and
new SIP. Office at court house.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-08-07

WE MAKE A SPECIALITY of loaning
money on household goods, horses,
wagons. etc, without removal and
in a quiet way. Cali on us for quick
: loans. Fidelity Loan Company, room
400 Best building.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-08-07

We NIED-Man for soliciting and col.
iecting. Address L." care Argus.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-08-07
INSURANCE.

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INSURANCE on dwellings and house
hold furniture a speciality. Chamber
lin & Anderson.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-08-07
roR sALE-CIrY pRoPEnTY.

lFOR SALE+A modern double dwelling,
/ seven rooms each side; a bargain If
| taken soon Reidy Bros.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-08-07

FOR SALE Large eight-rOom brick
house. in ono of the finest locations in
the city; ste am heat; lot 60x140; good
reasons for selling. viii make good
price to any one interested. Harry
H. Hubbard.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-08-07
FOR RENT-HOUSES.

FOR RENT - A six-room cottage al
1924 Eighth street.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-08-07

FOR SALE Or trade, new house on
Forty-fourth street and Sixteenth ay-
ence; will trade my interest for va
cant lots or horses. Address g. care
Argus.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-08-07

FOR RENT-A five-room modern fiat at
1885 Seventeenth street. Apply at
532 Twentieth street.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-08-07

FOR SALE-Cheap. nice level lots Ask
1875. corner Twenty-seventh street and
Eighteenth avenue, facing Long View
street car track. Also for sale or
trade. one acre lot. with new seven.
room house. Terms to please pur-
chaser. Inquire of e. Thonn, 610
Twenty-eighth street.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-08-07

FOR RENT-A nine-room house, all
modern. incest location in city. at
HOS First avenue.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-08-07

FOR SALE = A house of seven nice
rooms. with sewer and water. on
paved street; so feet front; $1,000.
See Beecher Bros, 1879 Second av-
enue.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-08-07

FOR RENT-Furnished room; inquire
at 929 Seventeenth street.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-08-07

FOR SALE-A house of five rooms, in
good condition, with good cellar city
water, and gas; convenient to bust
ness center; for $1,250; this is good
value. Beecher Bros, 1513k Second
avenue.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-08-07

LOANS ON FURNITURE. pianos. horses,
wagons. ETC.; quickly, privately, at
the lowest rates. Mutual Loan Com
pany (uninc.), room All. Peoples Ma
tional bank building; new phone 5109.
Phone old west 122
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-08-07

WAITED an Experienced car repairers
81 al a, Iravers hotel Davenport
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-08-07

MONEY TO LOAN on real estate secur-
ity at lowest rates. Marion L. Swee-
ney, attorney. rooms 80 and SIS, Mitch
ell & Lynde building, Rock Island.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-08-07
FoR RENT ROOMS.

FOR RENT = Modern furnished roo
at 1900 Third avenue
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-08-07

FOR SALE - At bargain, a corner
lot. Thirty-eighth street and Eff
teenth avenue, 5Ox105 feet. east front.
Address "P M" care Argus or call
old phone west 951-X.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-08-07

FOR RENT-Furnished rooms for light
housekeeping. Apply at 1905 Second
avenue.
The San Francisco call., 1909-10-19
POPTOLA's OPENING DAY PROGRAM


a. m.-Don Gaspar de Portola embarks
from Presidio wharf by stealth and directs
his frigate to convey him to Mission street
wharf No. 2, where he will take possession
of the city he has discovered.
$3.50 a. m.-Don Gaspar enters the Golden
gate latter having just steamed out of it
while his trusting subjects backs were
turned) and gasps at the view of the great
bay that spreads before him.
$3.50 to 1915 a. m.-Don Gaspar passes
in review before the warships of six nations,
receives his governors salute and heads for
Mission street wharf
$50 a. m.-Solemn high mass at st.
Mary's cathedral, Van Ness avenue and
o'Farrell street. is celebrated by Most Rev.
Patrick w. Riordan, archbishop.
1915 a. m.-Portola lands at Mission
street wharf. He is received by Mayor
Taylor, the reception committee and some
thousands of joyous subjects. The great
military parade is drawn up awaiting him
and he takes his place at its head and
begins his triumphant progress to Union
square, where Queen vergilia has been wait
ing impatiently for him to discover the bay.
l2 m.-The kingly discoverer arrives at
Union square park and finds that no one
doubts his title or claim to fame. Mayor
TAYLOR proposes President Taft's toast and
the key of the city is presented to the king
The mayor bids Don Gaspar be King Gaspaf
for five mad days.
The San Francisco call., 1909-10-19
SAN FRANCECANS
ExILED JOIN TOAST
New York and Chicago Clubs Of
Former CaIifornians Hold
Banquets
Messages OF Good Cheer to Alb.
sent Patriots Are Sent
From Fhis City

New York and Chicago California So
cieties will drink toasts tonight in
celebration of the Portols festival and
San Francisco's upbuilding at elabo-
rate banquets testifying to the sau
Francisco spirit and to the prosperity
of the greater San Francisco.
In Chicago jubilee dinner. at which
the "old boys" of California and San
Francisco and prominent Chfcagoans
will be present; the good cheer Of song
and speech blend in Chicago's tribute
to San Francisco by her native sons
former residents And friends alike.
Almost the entire menu at this ban
quet will consist of California viands,
wines and fruits. which will add to the
spirit of the occasion and help publish
the fair fame of California to the
Windy City.
Enthusiastic messages have been sent
TO the chairmen of both functions by
the Union League club and the Press
club of San Francisco, and will be read
at the banquets. The following was
sent last night by the Union League
club:
Union League club sends hearty
greetings to our California exiles at
banquet. appreciating your remem-
brance of the old home. With lots OF
love, and regrets for your absence.
The San Francisco call., 1909-10-19
of.Mayor
Received in Berlin

BERLIN. Oct 1s.--Mayor Taylor of
San Francisco has cabled for trans
mission informally to the foreign Of
flee an expression of the warm appre
citation felt by the people of San Fran
cisco for the presence of the German
cruiser Arcona at the coming festival
in celebration of the discovery of San
Francisco bay and the rebuilding of
the city.
A formal expression of thanks to the
German government will be conveyed
later through official channels.
The mayor also cables his thanks for
the kind utterances of the German
press.
The San Francisco call., 1909-10-19

ings along the principal streets shine forth
garlanded incandescents.
1880 to 10:30 p. m.-The great band un-
der the leadership of Paul Steindorf, plays
during the evening to the throngs promenad-
ing around the square
8 p. m.-Ten boxing matches, among the
amateur champions of the Pacific coast, are
begun n iDreamland pavilion in the Portola
championship series. These contests will be
yearly events, and the Portola championship
title will be one to be striven for annually.
$3.50 p. m.--Mayor Taylor and the Por-
Francis hotel to the officers of the visiting
warships, both the foreign fighting craft and
those of the United States, and to hun
dreds of notable guests.
8 to IL p. m.-All the warships in the bay
illuminated by incandescent and search
lights, and lie for three hours outlined in
brilliancy. The searchlights are played over
the city.
8 to 10 p. ma fireworks display, show
ing ingenious devices never given before,
costly effects in colored pyrotechnic shows. is
held in Union square, ending in ''The Por-
tola banquet" great burst of hundreds
of bombs.
: IL p. ma tightrope walker crosses
above Third and Market streets at a great
height, passing over the great bell swung
at the intersection. Fireworks displays at
tend the arealist in his spectacular journey.
The San Francisco call., 1909-10-19
Keep Open House
For Visiting Elks

The San Francisco lodge of EIks will
keep open house during Portola week,
beginning October is. and will receive
all visiting members of the order at
the clubrooms. SIS Hayes street, where
special attention will be given to Elks
and their families
On Thursday evening, October 21, a
theater party will be given at the
Princess at which the White Squadron
Of Los Angeles and the drill team of
Oakland will be present as guests of
No. 3. During the performance several 1
special numbers will be rendered by
talent from the local lodge. After the
show an informal reception Will be held
at the clubrooms.
The San Francisco Elks have taken
considerable interest in the arrange
ments for the Portola festival, and
their float, which will be seen in the
parade on Thursday. promises to be
something new and original
The San Francisco call., 1909-10-19
AFFAIRS OF INTEREST
NOT ON THE PROGRAM
Visitors Will Be UnofficialIy
Entertained in Various Ways

Visiting club men and women and
members of fraternal and other or
ganizations will do well to sean the
list of attractions that are not a part
of the official Portola entertainments,
but which may prove of interest. Auto
lists, especially, will find a happy hour
in store for them at the automobile
show. Following are the things that
are to be seen and the places to see
them:
Association of Pioneer Women will
hold a reception in honor of visiting
members at headquarters in the Argo
naut hotel from l TO 5.
Auto show in progress in basement
of Emporium October 16 to 23.
Reception by Fraternal Brotherhood
321 Pacific bnilding.
Civic day at California club, 1850 Clay
street. Address upon Industries of San
Francisco" by Supervisor George A.
Connolly.
Native Sons and Daughters hold re-
ception in headquarters, arcade floor,
Phelan building.
The San Francisco call., 1909-10-19

p. m.-Queen yergilia arrives at the
square and is formally presented to King
Gaspar by P. T. Clay, chairman of the Por-
tola festival committee.
lao p. m.-Don Gaspar conducts Queen
vergilia to the st. Francis hotel, where
luncheon is spread, and the rulers and their
ministry, the Portola committee, dine in
state.
to p. MAS the royal pair are intro
duced a band of so pieces, led by Paul
Steindorf, breaks out into melody. The con-
cert is continued until p. M. while King
Gaspars new found subjects aequaint them
selves with the decorations around the
square.
/ to 4p. m.-The warships in the harbor,
German, British italian, japanese, Dutch
and American, keep open house to whom
soever desires to visit them. Lauohes will
conduct the citizens to and from the hoating
fortresses
$3.50 p. m Athletes from the Alameda
and Berkeley high schools, long foes for
pre-eminence in the interscholastic field, clash
in football game at the Stadium, Golden
Gate park
Z to 12 m Lights fash on throughout
entire city The grea tbell at Market and
Third streets breaks into brilliancy, the ferry
tower is outlined in light, and the festooned
white light on the pavements Great build
The San Francisco call., 1909-10-19
Committee Orders
Orandstdnd Built

At Union square, Post and POWER
streets. a grandstand has been erecteu
by the Portola festival committee ina
will enable thousands of people to
view at close range, without the fatigue
of standing or the danger of crowdlng,
all the events of the fete week that
are to take place in the square
There today the troops will be drawn
I'D while Don Gaspar receives the keys
of the city, acknowledges the Portola
toast. and meets Queen Vergilia. Fri
day morning the judges of the automo-
bile parade will occupy a position in
front of this big stand.
Every afternoon and night crowds
can watch from this vantage point the
pyrotechnic displays, the illuminations,
and listen to. the concert given by the
so piece band under Paul Steindorf' s
direction.
The San Francisco call., 1909-10-19
Rome Sends Greetings

ROME Oct. 1S.-The government and
naval authorities and the press of Italy
are gratified over the receipt of tele-
gram of thanks and expression of
gratitude from Mayor Taylor of San
Francisco for the presence of the Ital-
ian cruiser Calabria at the Golden gate
to participate in the celebration COM
memorating the reconstruction of San
Francisco. The newspapers published
articles congratulating San Francisco
on her prosperity, and on behalf of the
The San Francisco call., 1909-10-19
Preside Oreets
Foreign Visitors

The PresidiO army headquarters were
ablaze yesterday with the brilliant uni
forms of the officers of foreign war
ships. who are now visiting this port
The first to arrive was the English
contingent. 1t was headed by Captain
E. S. Fitzherbert of the cruiser Bed
ford. who was accompanied by Captain
c. G. Crawford of the Shearwater and
Captain Z. H. Edwards of the Algerine
They were received by Colonel E. B.
Pratt. in command of this department,
and Colonel W. L. Finley, chief of staff.
The visit was OF short duration.
The English officers had barely left
to return TO their ships when Captain
Schrader of the German cruiser Ar
coma arrived to pay his respects. He
was accompanied By two aids Later in
the day Colonel Pratt and Colonel Fin
ley returned the calls of the diStin-
guished visitors
The transport Logan, which sailed
from Manila on October Is for this port
has on board the Eighteenth infantry,
in command OF Colonel Thomas f.
Davis.
The transport sheridan. which is
scheduled TO sail to the Philippines on
November 5, will carry nine companies
of the Fourteenth cavalry.
Troops 1 and M of the Fourteenth
cavalry, in command of Captain Rush
S. Wells, arrived at the PresidiO yes
terday. after a quick march of sever
days from Yosemite valley. They have
been guarding the reservation since
April 1.
The marching troops from the Pre-
sidiO, who are to take part in the biz
parade today, will be brought from tn.
Preside dock on steamers provided by
the committee up to ferry building. The
cavalry and coast artillery which are
to take part will marcn from the post
along the. water front TO the foot OF
Market street. where they will join in
the big procession.
Lieutenant A. B. Van WOrmer, Eighth
infantry. who is assisting in making
the progressive military map OF the
United States, has been ordered to make
his headquarters at Cambria, this state
The San Francisco call., 1909-10-19
Official Portold 4
Programs Issued

The official program for the Portola
festival issued by the Portola festival
committee, came off the press yester-
day and was placed on sale. During
the late afternoon and evening thou
sands of copies of the 129 page book
let were purchased by eager people
anxious to learn the complete order
of the weeks activities, and lay their
plans accordingly.
The edition is limited to 10000 cop
The San Francisco call., 1909-10-19

CHARGED WITH NOT PRovIDING-oa
Oct. 1s.-Henry c. Meinert. whose wife. Mrs.
lone c. Menert of 10 Lynde street out
warrant October charging him with failure
to provide for his family, arrested in San
francisco this evening and brought here by
Sergeant Brown. He will he arraigned in po-
lice court tomorrow morning.
The San Francisco call., 1909-10-19
MACKAY COMING ON
TOUR OF INSPECTION
Leaves New York on Trip That
VIII Cover Coast

NEW YORK, Oct. IS.-clarence'
Maekay. president of the Postal tele-
graph and cable campany, left for Chi
"a go this evening on tour of fnspec-
fion. He was accompanied by Vice
President Adams and other officials of
the company. The territory to be COW
cred will include the Pacific coast, and
IL is expected that 10000 miles of lines
viii be Inspected before the party re-
turns TO New York.
The San Francisco call., 1909-10-19

Blueiackets and marines Italy.
OTHER ORGANIZATIONS
National guard comprising signal corps coast
artillery naval militia.
League of Cross Cadets
California grays. So, p:44.r
Don Gaspar and guard
Committee in carriages
The San Francisco call., 1909-10-19

les and the proceeds of the sale will
go to swell the Portola festival fund.
The public is requested to purchase
only the official program.
The San Francisco call., 1909-10-19

ENDS LIFE WITH DYNAMITE -Tonopab. New.
Oct. 1s.-It is believed that NJ. G.. Gleason.
whose deeapitated body was found here today
committed suicide by exploding a stick OF
dynamite he held it beside his head No
cause Is assigned for the suicide OF Gleason.
who came here from Point Richmond. Cal.
The San Francisco call., 1909-10-19

Most sections of the west have too
much town row and not enough rain.
The San Francisco call., 1909-10-19

Italian people, who sent their warmest
greetings to the city.
The San Francisco call., 1909-10-19

If you are honest, you must admit
occasionally that il isn't your con-
science you are afraid of.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1909-06-03
EnIiusned His Snrmnn-

a minister Of Crosmichael. in Fife,
frequently talked from the pulpit to
his hearers with amusing and indeed
irreverent familiarity. Expounding a
passage from Exodus one day. he pro-
ceedcd thus: "'And the Lord said unto
Moses'-sneck that door! I'm thinking
If ye had to sit beside the door yersel'
ye wadna be sac ready leaving 1t open.
1t was Just beside that door that Ye-
dam Tamson, the bellman, got his
death o cauld, and I'm sure. honest
man, he didna let it stay muckle OPEN
And the Lord said unto Moses'-I see
n man a.eath the laft wi his hat on.
I'm sure, man, ye're clear O. the soogh
o that door there. Keep aft your ban
net. Ihamas and If your bare pow be
cauld ye maun just get gray worsted
wig like myself. They're no sac dear
plenty o them at Bob Gillespie's for
10 pence apiece" The reverend gen.
tleman then proceeded with his dis
course
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1909-06-03
Odd Names In China.

Chinese children are endowed with
strange Christian names Their girls.
for instance, are not called Mabel,
Jenny or Matilda, but Cloudy Moon,
Celestial Happiness, Spring Peach or
Casket of Perfumes. Their boys get
less attractive names, being made for
work and wisdom rather than pleas
ure and dancing. Thus we find little
two-year-old Practical Industry; three
year-old. Ancestral knowledge; four
year-old. Complete Virtue; five-year-
old, Discreet Valor. To their slaves
they give still another set of names.
Not For Me, Joy to Serve, Your Hap
piness and Humble Devotion may be
taken as typical examples.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1909-06-03
Getting the
Best of Ii.
BY FREDERICK SHADER.

Until the coming of Chiswick the
camp had taken it for granted that
some day Lefty Chester would marry
Henry Bruce. The two had grown up
together in the east, and Bruce had
come west with Letty's father In
search of health and fortune.
Gordon Chester had found some
small wealth, while Bruce had found
the health he sought. Then Chester
mad died, leaving his little fortune in
the hands of Bruce as executor.
The camp looked to see a marriage
follow quickly after Letty's year of
mourning, but no such announcement
was made. Then the arrival of CHS
wick on the scene put Il new complex
ion on affairs.
Down at the Spread Eagle dance
hall the women called him cute. .'
Men applied other and less complimen-
tary adjecti'es, but Lefty looked on
him with favor
He was the sort Of man who attracts
imprcssiOnablc women only about
five feet six in height but he was
natty and trim Of person and carried
himself with a little swagger that al
ways impresses the unthinking.
He was neatly groomed and in every
way the antithesis Of six foot Henry
Bruce, whose clothes tapped about his
lanlz form and who walked with Il
slight stoop, rs most tall men do.
Chlswick had come to camp as the
agent for a supply firm. The camp
had grown in the last few years, and
though no bonanza strike had adver-
tised the place to the rest of the
world, there was gold in plenty in the
mountains and every prospect that the
place would continue to grow.
Chiswick had a shack built for his