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

i
ing, an t,mploye of the Tri-City Rail-
way company, was in danger of los
ing his life about 11:15 Monday night,
when ht stepped off car at the
Fourth street switch on the Blue line
and walked directly in front of car
passing in the opposite direction. He
4 was roughly rolled, his right collar
bone was broken and his shoulder was
dislocated. The skin was rubbed off
his right leg from the hip down, and
he was badly bruised. Whether inter
nal injuries will develop cannot be
told, but if they do not he will re-
cover. The man was placed on the
. eastbound car and taken to his board
ing house, 1921 Fourth avenue. Later.
when it was learned he was so seri-
! ously injured, he was placed in the
ambulance and sent to the city hos
pital
| Need Fewer Teachers.-A year ago
Superintendent B. b. Jackson OF the
public schools suggested tbat cen
trail eighth grade be established
1 claiming several advantages fer such
an arrangement One of the advan-
ltages claimed was a less number of
teachers, and that has been realized
Last year 126 teachers were needed
for all the schools, and next year but
123 will be needed. This figure in
cludes two extra teachers in the man.
n ri hot in fhn doc,
and kindergarten there are needed
100 teachers and % in the high school.
This, however, does not include the
four teachers in the new Ridgeview
district, recently annexed to Moline.
Superintendent Jackson has completed
, the table of attendance, and one graf
flying feature is brought out. The
], past year there was total of 100 boys
enrolled in the high school. as against
172 the previous year, which is a gain
of IS. This would indicate that the
boys are taking more interest in high
school work on account of the manual
arts department. The percentage of
boys attendance was better the past
year than it has ever been, and it is
thought that the standard will be
kept up.
u Signs as Umpire.-Clyde Byers of
this city. who has played considerable
ball as first baseman for the Odd Eel
lows team, and who has held the in
, dicator in many Moline amateur
> games, has been signed by President
, Justice to umpire in the Central asso
, citation. He was ordered to report for
D work in the holiday games at Ke
D vance. but missed the morning train
D He learned by telephoning to the Tube
D city that all games had been post
D poned on account of rain, so he re
manned here till yesterday, going tC
' J Kewanee in time to officiate in the
y afternoon. Friends of Byers believe
n that he is we'll enough posted on tn,
D fine points of the game to make goot
0 las a league umpire. and they will
0 await word as to how he is received
0 with interest.
D Obituary Record. - August Hanson
y residing in Hampton township a mil
y and a half back of Eleventh street
n Silvis, died Monday afternoon at
o o'clock after an illness of four months
0 He had been belfast almost six weeks
z and death came as a relief to his SUI
o ferings. Deceased was born in Swe
y den, Dec. 23, 1913. In 1868 he cam
y to this country direct to Moline wher
n he lived until 1877, when he moved t
n the farm where he had since LIVED
Ol He had been retired for about tire
o years. He leaves besides his wifi,
o three children, who are Mrs. Angus
10 Johnson of Carbon Cliff, Charles a
~ home, and Mrs. Louis Korb of Silvi:
" four brothers, three of whom live i
~ Aurora. Neb., and one in Sweden, an
N fou- grandchildren.