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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-11-08
shorter Ballot in Oregon.

The Peoples Power league, which
carried through the initiative and
referendum and the recall in the
state of Oregon, is now at work upon
still more drastic plan for securing
true democratic government.
Mr.. U'Ren, who is leading the
movement, contends that a form of
government in which a great number
of officials are elected at one time,
is too complex to be operated directly
at one time by the big, clumsy cleo
torate, which is accordingly forced to
depend upon political machines. In
the pamphlet, which has been widely
circulated, the plan is explained
thus:
'tAt some general elections in Ore
gon the voters must choose from 20
to 80 officers. The number varies in
different counties and districts, and
at different elections. The offices
range in Importance from county sur
veyor to governor and United States
senator. The usual number of candi-
dates vary from about 80 to ITO. In
such q crowd is it any wonder that
many grafters and incompetents are
elected? The average citizen is COM
PEELED to vote according to his party
brand because he cannot possibly
have knowledge Of the unfit among so
many Offices.
THE plan herein proposed contem-
plates the election of only the most
important officers After the general
election in 1914 the lowest number to
be voted for by any elector at a gen.
eral election would be five. including
United States senators and represen-
tatives in congress, and the highest
number at any general election would
be eight; the subordinates, clerks and
other employees would be appointed
by the chief officers so elected by the
people,"
Previous successes of the Peoples
Power league in Oregon make it prob
and Oregon will be the first state in
the union to resort to the simple
democratic forms which obtain in
Canada and England.
Illinois needs a peoples power
league and some similar organization
to conduct a campaign of education
in behalf of non-partisan local cleo
tions, which will include the commits
sion form of municipal government
with the initiative, referendum and
recall attachments.
This plan would secure shorter bal
lot, and other democratic reforms
such as are contemplated by the ore
9op league.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-11-08
a New RniIwax KING.

A new great railroad group has
appeared on the map, in alignment
with the Hartman. the Morgan, the
Hill and the Gould systems. By the
purchase last month Of a controlling
interest in the Missouri, Kansas and
Texas railroad Edwin HawIey has
completed the ground work of a sys-
tenn reaching from Newport News, on
the Chesapeake, to LIE Beau, South
Dakota, and to Kansas City, and run
ming south to Galveston on the gulf.
The most important item in this con-
geries of relatively small roads is the
Chesapeake and Ohio, reaching from
Newport News to Cincinnati, an excel
lent road physically and financially,
through many years prepared by the
conservative control of the Pennsyl-
vania to operate with admirable eff
cheney and economy. Since Mr.. Haw-
Ohio last winter the price of its stock
has advanced to SO, as against % in
1907. After the Chesapeake and
Ohio, the Chicago and Alton is the
most important component part of
the new Hawley system. Besides the
three mentioned, the new group con-
tains the Minneapolis and st. Louis,
the Iowa Central and three smaller
roads, the entire collection aggregat-
ing 8,400 miles, and tapping nearly
half the best agricultural and indus
trial area of the United States.
Further. traffic arrangement has
been made between the Hawley
group and the Kansas City, Mexico
and Orient, now building across Tex
as and Mexico to the Pacific, which
viii give the new system the shortest
route from the Pacific to the Atlantic
seaboard by about 500 miles. The
total capitalization of the new sys-
tenn is s61S.000, 900. Much more
must be done and great sums of
money spent to bring the eight lines,
as whole, to the necessary efficiency
as a trans-continental trunk line, but
Mr.. Hawley is regarded as a man
equal to this task.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-11-08
Dilettante AIo;n;sts.

The real Alps are not civilized New
er can they be civilized. True. high
ways have been built so that horse
and motor can go where once only the
guide led the way. The modern hotel
is beside the clear blue lake under the
shadow Of the snow clad mountain,
sometimes high upon a spur 1t has
thrown out. You can linger over your
table d'hote listening to the orchestra.
dance all the evening, take baths,
stroll on the promenades at the fash
ionable hour and say you have done"
the Alps. Yet you may only have seen
them miles above you and have had
not even a taste OF the exhilaration,
the joy OF living, that comes only to
the mountaineer. Then there is an
other way Of saying you have been an
Alpinist-a day or so walking amid
the foothills on the lower slopes along
the paths that have been trodden for
centuries, worn smooth by peasant
feet Looking from some viewpoint
upon the valley a thousand feet below,
the visitor imagines that this is in
deed mountaineering. But he does not
know he is merely going over the
pathways where the home people have
gone, as their fathers and forefathers
went from chalet to hamlet. to sell
their cheese or eggs, or in their Sun
day dress TO hear the good man of the
chnrch-and forget it all in the neigh
borly gossip after service.-Putnams
Magazine
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-11-08

the course of the army maneuvers. and
she proved a success. She got into ac-
tive service in the last days Of the ma
neuvers She met with an accident on
her way to the field of operations. but
even this circumstance figures in her
favor in the final casting up of results,
for the crew attached to her. with some
help from the engineer corps. succeed
ed in making radical repairs without
sending her back to the factory. Thus
it was established that she was capable
Of encountering the ordinary hazards of
the field and was not likely to be put
out of service by minor mishaps. The
success of the crew of La Republique
in observing the movements of the cen
envy had met with great praise.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-11-08
DISAPPOINTMENT FOR FRANCE
Ghasrined by Loss of Military Balloon
After It's Value Had Been Proved.

Ghasrined by Loss of Military Balloon
After It's Value Had Been Proved.
The destruction recently Of the French
military balloon La Republique, which
fell from great height and was
smashed into fragments, while the four
members of her crew were killed, has
brought great grief and vexation to the
minds Of the French army leaders. The
loss is not, however, irreparable. A day
or two after the accident Messrs. Paul
and Pierre Lebaudy wrote TO the min
lister of war offering to the army a new
dirigible to replace La Republique. The
offer was accepted, and the constfuc-
ton Is being hurried along. France,
besides, has several other military dir
igibles.
But the loss OF La Republique is still
viewed as a most irritating check, il
not as a military disaster. 1t hap
pened at a most untoward time. Never
before had army men attached so much
Importance TO the possession of an eff
fcient aerostat, and never before had
they been SO convinced that La Repub-
lique was fairly up to the work re-
CURED of her. She was a good aerial
scout. If France had been engaged in
war La Republique would have been
of enormous service in campaigning.
The airshin had~S~ It been tried out In
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-11-08

Amanda Butler cautiously opened
the door of the turkey shed and flashed
the rays of her lantern until they fell
broadcast on the clumsy form of a
large turkey in the corner. He reused
as she approached and stretched him.
ST for action.
1t was the work of an instant for
Amanda's nimble fingers to fash up
to his legs, and when she darted back
there dangled from one foot a strip of
bright red flannel. When Amanda
locked the door and turned away the
victim of her craftiness was protesting
loudly against the absurdity of wear.
ing red flannel in August.
Jeremiah sat on the doorstep in his
shirt sleeves, smoking a peaceful pipe.
''Ther' painted Amanda as she put
out the lantern and sat down beside
him and famed herself with her sun
bonnet; 1--WE got one job DONE"
What's that?" queried jeremiah
laziiy.
Marked the Thanksgiving turkey"
Which one?"
1.-THE big bronze one. I've had him
roosts in the shed. so 1 caught him
asleep just now and tied a red rag on
his leg. I'll shut him up come the
list of November
The big bronze turkey always roosts
in the walnut tree. That's why !
Selected him for Thanksgiving dinner"
remarked Mr.. Butler deliberately. Him
a-roosting out of doors shows he has
wild tastes. and what tastes better than
wild turkey, | wanter know?"
Amanda received this unconscious
witticism on her husbands part in
stony silence.
'Of course 1 mean the biggest of
them two bronze fellers," added Jere-
miah after awhile.
Il marked the biggest" said Amanda
acidly.
jeremiah whistled one stnnza OF
1.-The Star Spangled Banner" knocked
his pipe against the step and went into
the house. A moment later Amanda
heard him winding the kitchen clock
preparatory to retiring for the night.
"A woman that's married might as
we'll give up trying to have her way
about anything" murmured Amanda
dlscontentedly Just as if / didn't
know that there turkey in the shed was
the biggest of the two: If don't eat
that turkey I'll not eat any-so there!
I'll show Jeremiah Butler I've got
some gumption If am poor. miser-
able married woman
Having delivered herself of these SEN
timents. Amanda felt more cheerfully
disposed and in her turn retired to bed.
where her husband was already breath
ing loudly and tremendously.
The next morning when she went out
to feed the poultry two big bronze COB
hlers were stalking about the yard.
each with rag about one leg. The
red fianneled turkey ruffied Indignantly
every time his beady eye caught sight
of the Objectionable color on his foot
The other one gazed. n1ourDfully at a
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-11-08

Cbristiana,. Tenn suffered from
the worst form of female trouble SO
that at times 1 thought l could not
live, and my nerves were in a dreadful
condition. Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound cured me, and made
me feel like a different woman. Lydia
K. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound is
worth its weight in gold to suffering
women."--MRS. MARY WOOD, R.F- D. 3.
If you belong to that countless army
OF women who suffer from some form
of female Ills, don't hesitate to try
Lydia L. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound, made from roots and herbs.
For thirty years this famous remedy
has been the standard for all forms OF
female ills, and has cured thousands of
women who have been troubled with
such ailments as displacements, hbrn1d
tumors, liberation, Inflammation, IT.
Irregularities, bacEache, and nervous
prostration.
IF you want special advice write
TO Hirs. Pinkham. Lynn, E1s1Sss
IL Is free 9ud always helpful
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-11-08
Value of the Muck Rake.

The November magazines are evil
dences that the muck-rake writer is
as busy today as in the f1ourishing
days when his efforts first became
profitable fields of investment for the
periodicals. For digging deep into
the sins of humanity, tearing open
the closets and finding the skeletons
that Turk therein, the current maya
zines are able to hold their own with
any that have ever been published.
We are told with terse and striking
Language that Mexico is barbarous,
that Ben Lindsey has discovered
'thousand-fanged serpent Of graft in
Colorado, and that New York politi-
clans are engaged in patronizing the
most Infamous form of vice which
has ever reared it's head in this coun-
try.
A slight protest is hoing voiced
throughout the country against the
activities of the muck-raker. The
stencil displeases the nostrils OF the
sensitive. After all, we hear, what if
the sin exists in its bideousness as
the writer's tell us? Why parade the
crime before the public? Why be-
smirch the regulations of communi-
ties, and why emphasize the exist
ence of that which is low and even
vulgar?
Perhaps the American people are
beginning to tire Of the smell which
the muck-rake has stirred up. New
ertheless let us not forget that we
are not apt to fill UP the swamp until
its stencil gives US notice of it's IN
pleasantness. So have hundreds of
evils which have been cured within
the past ten years come to the pub
lies attention in all their infamy
only through some writer whom we
are pleased to style the muck-raker.
For finding the sin in hidden places,
for awakening the public conscience,
for attacking vice in places where it
was formerly condoned. a debt of
gratitude for his service belongs to
the magazine writer.
Let's not condemn the muck-raker
too severely. Wls-u he anal allishes-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-11-08

Admitting that agents of a rubber
company in the Congo had tortured
and killed many natives and commit
ted other atrocities, the Belgian min
lister of the colonies protests that "the
charges appear somewhat exaggera-
ted" If native was disemboweled,
presumably the exaggeration is in say
ing that he was also hanged; if his
arms were cut of, the exaggeration
was in saying that before the manning
operation the thumbscrews were ap-
piled.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-11-08
HAVE YOUR CHILD TESTED.
Clark University VIII Tell You if Any
thing Is Wrong With 1t.

6taFk university WIN eli EOu ~ my
thing Is Wrong With 1t.
Secretary Henry S. Curtis, of the
Child Conference For Research and
Welfare instituted at Clark univer-
sity at Worcester. Mass. as the first
department of it's kind in this country,
is being flooded with inquiries from
parents In all parts of the country who
desire to have their children examined
by the new methods.
The purpose of the department is to
gather statistics as to the best methods
Of promoting the health. happiness and
welfare of children and form child
welfare organizations. The endeavor
also will be to determine in what
points children are weakest morally or
physically.
The head of the department. directly
under DR.. G.. Stanley Hall, president
of Clark university, is DIR. Curtis. for
merly of Washington. who has been
engaged all his life in child welfare
work.
The department has not been long
enough organized to show results, and
it is not definitely known how it is to
be received by the child welfare organ
izations of the country. but from the
number of letters received lately con-
corning it DR.. Curtis thinks it will leap
into popularity at once.
Parents who have children with phys
ical or moral defects may have them
examined. The chief purpose of the
organization" said Dr. Curtis. lis to
correlate the work of child welfare in
situations and especially to provide all
workers in these various fields who de-
sire 1t with the latest results of scien-
tifc child study that bear upon their
work. One of the most valuable fea-
lures of the work will be to provide
parents. teachers and others who have
the res.~dsi6ility of the care of chill
dren with the results of the scientific
study of children"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-11-08

THE TURKEY"
ing turkeys gorge I cannot say. tits
sufficient to note that they fought fair
~ and that the red dannel gentleman
put the other to open flight. When it
was all over Amanda went ont and
smiiingly picked up several handouts
OF bronze feathers
Jeremiah. who had witnessed the bat
tic through crack in the hnrn door.
grinned openly and went back to bis
neglected garden.
At night remarkable thing hap
Pened. The victorious wearer of red
sought rocst in the walnut tree. while
the mourning turkey ignominously
found refuge in the shed. and. strange
to relate. be chose the very spot va
Gated by his rival
All that summer and early fall Aman-
ia aud Jeremiah avoided the subject
of turkeys. After awhile others no
ticed that the topic was a 6isagreeable
one. and so it was tacitly avoided by
every one.
The first of November two bronze
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-11-08
The Argus Daily Short Story
Selecting the Bronze Turkey-By Porte Jefferson
Copyrighted. Associated Literary Press.

piece OF black tape that adorned his
extremity.
jeremiah crossed the yard with foam
fng pals of milk.
whats that there black rag?" de-
manded Amanda angrily.
Her husband looked quizzically at
her and then went on. THAT there
turkey is in mourning because he's go
ing to be killed for Thanksgiving din
ner." he said dryly.
Amanda said no more. but her plump
face grew very pink. and her smooth
forehead was creased in an anxious
frown.
That morning the rival turkeys
fought bitterly. Whether it was the
red flannel which aroused the mourn
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-11-08

If Gompers, Mitchell and Morrison
are to suffer Imprisonment for a
minor -offense against a questionable
order Of judge, the people are not
to blame for considering it gross par
TALLY that the criminal trust magnates
are permitted to go ''scot free" when
by violating plain statute laws they
commit gross crimes to the injury of
all the citizens of the United States.
Is judge-made law more sacred than
congress-made law?
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-11-08

his story with style which makes
his efforts yellow and when he en-
ters the work merely for commercial
sensationalism, then let's call strict
halt. But let's. not be afraid to have
sins uncovered, The expose may not
be pleasant, but 1t is healthful.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-11-08

Seventy-cent eggs are predicted for
Christmas. Just as though man didn't
have enough to worry him at about
that time of the year. What with coal
bills to pay, Christmas gifts TO buy
and Easter hats in the near distance,
it would seem as though it was rather
rubbing it in to raise the price of eggs
just at that time.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-11-08
Left Her Mark.

81 have designs on your son." said
the frank and rather attractive young
woman.
WELL" gasped the startled parent.
isn't this rather sudden? How about
it? Are you a new woman coming to
ask my consents?
mot exactly. am a tattoo artist.
and be hasn't paid me for the elabo-
rate designs i worked on his arm"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-11-08

Rock Island extends its best greet
ings and a most hearty welcome to the
members Of the rivers and harbors
committees of the senate and house.
May their all too brief stay here oe
pleasant and may they realize in
fullest measure what a navigable
waterway through the great valley OF
the continent means to the commerce
of the nation.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-11-08

England is stirred over poem,
THE Woman With the Serpent's
Tongue" a short time ago it was
Eleanor Gyms Three Weeks" that
aroused the English, and longer ago it
was Kiplirg's The Vampire" The
proof is cumulative that there are
some things which can stir England.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-11-08

q long time. DOC
tors had failed to
help me. Lydia 4.
Pinkham's Vegeta-
BILE Compound was
recommended, and
/ decided 20 try it.
It cured my trouble
and made me well
and strong, so that
1 can do al myown
work. Mrs. JOS
EPH HALL, Bards-
&c.,. ~
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-11-08
This Queer World.

This Queer World.
'T wonder why that couple look so
happyT
'"rhey were just married"
''Oh. see. And this other pair COM
ing so blIthely along here-they were
just married. too, presume|
"Oh, no; not at ALP
weren't theyT
''No; they were just unmarried"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-11-08

According to Aldrich.. the people who
oppose the Aldrich-Cannon combina-
ton are ''cranks and demagogues'
but what a lot of them there are
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-11-08
Younn eIrls Are vlctIma

of headache, as well as older women.
but all get quick relief and prompt
cure from DR.. Kings New Life Pills,
the worlds best remedy for sick and
nervous headaches. They make pure
blood. and strong nerves and build IN
your health. Try them. Csc at ral.
druggists
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-11-08

Lame back comes on suddenly and
is extremely painful. 1t is caused by
rheumatism of the muscles. Quick re-
lief is afforded by applying Chamber
lain's Liniment. Sold by all drug
gists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-11-08

"Can you pick the winner;r
''S1re."
"Why don't you?"
"He wouldn't win then"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-11-08
F7S~S-~-S3-o~O~SSS~s>O,
) Huzz7Or and
} Philosophy
} o> DvfcA~ r. rNsITH !
PERT PARAGRAPHS.

A n easy maAz is one who is so sorry
for the oil fr fellow that he takes
long chances . getting in the boat
with him.
1t is hard to keep on good terms with
an exacti 2 perfon and never pays for
the outla. Of diplomacy.
Expect gratitude from one you
have fav ed unless you have still
greater ia RS to bestow.
There is nothing like a good solid
dose of ha ID work, with no visible
means of es aping. to stimulate philos-
ophy.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-11-08

Maryland has refused to disfran
chise the negro. The Rockford Star
says, naturally the vote was light.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-11-08

81 hate making n nuisance of my
self"
Glow wretehed your life must ber'
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-11-08

Senator Aldrich:s campaign for the
winning of the west will be watched
with unabated interest of course.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-11-08

Keep the belt line moving. Upon It's
success depends largely the future de-
!velopment of Rock Island
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-11-08
Explained

He couldn't read a single line.
He couldn't spell a word,
And yet he was the snartest chap
OF whom the world had heard.
How could he be so wonderful?
You'll know when you've been told.
We got It from his mother straight
He was just three days old.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-11-08
OF Course.

MOLLY. will you marry r1e?"
Plaint!vely he pleaded.
Harry. how you harry mel"
Sighed the girl. but she did
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-11-08
zeoIoaieaI Note.

Geological Note.
"You have travelled in China"
ayes"
"See anything of the yellow perilT'
''No. There were some animals in
cage at one place. but 1 didn't go
round"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-11-08
Right to Order.

Right to Order.
"What is your defense:" esked the
lawyer.
what would you suggestT demand
ed the accused.
"Have you an allbiT
mo. but 1 can get one. My wife is
mighty handy about making those
things"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-11-08

WELL AND
STRONG
By Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound

Bardstown, Ky.-"I suffered from
liberation and otherfemale troublesfor
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-11-08
Saving Trouble

Saving Trouble.
Jimmie, you ought 70 learn to spell
now when you are young"
Huh. What's the useT'
80 you will know how when you
grow up"
Say. I'm engaged to a stenogra-
pher."
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-11-08
Muat Be.

''Tha. man is a hypnotist."
els heT'
YES: have absolute proof OF il"
WHATS your proofT'
His wife believes everything h'
says"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-11-08
Bill Was Boss

Bill Was Boss.
"You own this automobile, be
lieve?"
II pay taxes on it."
''rhat constitutes ownership. doesn't
it,"
You couldn't make my hired man
see it that way" -
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-11-08
Sometimes we

Sometimes we
are courageous
because we are
too busy to stop
to think how
afraid we are.
| Being careful Is
pot all. The av-
bragg burglar is
careful man.
BE good and
you Will be hap
BY Make good
aud sou will be
happier still.