Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-04-23

lime, and the estimated revenue, with
the expectation that levy of II mills
would make possible the expenditure
Of the amounts appropriated, without
leaving q deficit for the year. 1t is
low apparent that the receipts of the
city from the mulct tax and the rev.
enues of the police court will not be
as large as formerly. Recent action
makes it possible that there will be a
decline of about $4,000 in revenue
from the police court, which has been
going into the general fund; there is
indicated also a loss of mulct tax rev.
enue of perhaps $25, 900 or 100000. The
legislature has also made it manda-
tory on the board of supervisors to
levy 1-mill tax on all property in the
city, for road purposes, one-half of the
proceeds from such tax to be expended
n the Improvement of thorOughfares
leading into the city, and the other
half to be used inside the city limits,
to improve roads connecting with such
Improvement. All this means much
to the city this year. 1t means that
there will not be enough money in the
general fund to meet the expenses for
which you appropriated. Something
therefore must be done to meet the
lexigency."
Dixon Now to Misrepresentation is
lieves in Incorporation. At the special
election held Wednesday by the citi-
Zens of the territory proposed to be
incorporated the project carried with
but little opposition. The vote was So
for and 10 against incorporation.
| Plans for East Side.-Business men
are discussing the new future of the
East Second and Front, street neighbor-
hoods which were reclaimed from inn
morality by Mayor SCOTS order last
week. The general impression seems
to be that improvement of the quarter
is brought nearer by the mayors or
der, and that the time is not far dis
tant when the retail and jobbing inter
ests of the city shall have made the
district a busy place again.
II To Remodel Notwithstanding
Hansen & Harfst are drawing up plans
II Claussen building at the corner of
Front and Ripley streets. The work
is being done for John Schick. The
building will be two stories in height
and the dimensions are to be S0XSO
|Ifeet. The structure will be used as a
warehouse and manufacturing plant 1t
will be occupied by new candy firm
Doellinger & Nelson.
Officers Aeappointed.-The city coun
|lcil reelected City Attorney Maurice
Donegan Wednesday evening for an
other year. Mayor Scott reappointed
| Thomas Atkinson as chief of police
He also appointed and the council con
firmed John Stoltenberg as chief OF
the fire department, w. H. Sass as
Lefty sexton and Alex Roberts as city
scavenger.
Member of Gang Fined.-George Bur
shooting ARRAY in which George Car
penter was wounded, was fined $40
the charge being changed to assault
Mary Lee, the woman who did the
shooting, will have a hearing Monday
All the participants are colored.
Obituary Record.-Mrs. Dorothe;
Wulff, one of Scott countys oldest resi-
dents, passed away Wednesday even
ling at the home of her son, Carl Wulff
in Walcott Mrs Wulff was 80 year
of age. Deceased was born July &c
1916, i'll Holstein, Germany. She wa
married there, and lived large par
of her life in the Fatherland. He
husband was killed in 1864, when h
was serving as a Prussian soldier il
the war against Denmark. In 1877
Mrs. Wulff came to America and mad
her home with her children in Daven
port. Since that time her presence
has been a source of much happines
to her friends of the county. Five chi
dren survive. They are Mrs. Louis
Thomson, Mrs. Christine Stofen, Mrs
Dorothea Hass and Carl and Joh
Wulff. There are also many grand
children and number of great grant
children.