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Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1909-12-18
MASONS HOLD
ANNUAL ELECTION
Of OFFICERS
NEW OFFICIALS WILL BE IN
STALLED FRIDAY, JAN
UARY 9TH

Tonopah lodge No. 20, f. & A..
NJ, at it's regular meeting last even
ing at Butler hall, held its annual
election of officers, and the follow
ing were chosen to serve for the
following year: p. S. Booth, wor-
shipful master; A. A. Dewar, SEN
ior warden; w. r. Cochran, junior
warden; NJ. o. Corey, treasurer; H..
II. Atkinson, secretary.
The Masons and Order of Eastern
Star will hold joint installation on
January Z. Thomas S. Lindsay will
install for the Masons, while Mrs.
Elnert w. O'Connell will officiate in
like capacity for the Eastern Star.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1909-12-18

Another chapter ended a in
Wednesday when
Iangan Lockhart $780,
Probably the judge felt that the attorneys
Hall had been paid there
the receiver handle The point is
a couple suits like the the
well be eliminated for there will be
nothing for him handle except notes.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1909-12-18

Never lei Il he said n
60 mighty published editorial roast
breath. unprincped tactics
nauseaug nOstri the public
ioined peanut
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1909-12-18

As the Of yesterday,
figure that SIS
il Jimmy Grimes 10 part his hair IN the middle
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-07-15

Aline looked up from her book as
her husband rose from his chair.
Il am going TO work again tonight"
he remarked casually.
A faint flush stole to her cheeks.
For the first time in her three months
of married life her thoughts We're cen
tered on her husband. Stephen Alden.
When her father committed suicide
because he had lost his fortune In
speculation stephen had asked her to
marry him. Her wealth had hitherto
prevented his paying her any special
attention. One other refuge was avail
able. A distant cousin whom Aline'a
father had once befriended and who
lived on a farm offered her home.
She accepted Stephen. and three
months after her fathers death they
were married The home stephen was
able to provide was Il very simple one.
and 1t had not been Il very happy one.
Aline was in the listless state that sue
ceeds violent grief and alphabetically
allowed the house to he run at the will
Of succession of slatternly servants.
Three nights before break in their
mOnotonOus life had resulted from
Stephens leaving the house at I
O'clock and not returning until late.
His excuse of having to work would
have passed unnoticed tonight except
for the fact that she had been unable
to get him by telephone at the office
the night before even after repeated
calls
At 10 o'clock she had gone to bed
An hour later she heard him come In
behavior engrossed her thoughts en-
tirely throughout the following day.
The fact of his spending his evenings
out did not disturb her but she was at
loss to fathom his motive in deceiv-
ing her. 1t assailed her conscience and
opened her eyes to the truth that she.
his wife. did not know him well
enough to resent the deception nor to
speak to him about the matter.
A newly awakened sense of duty
and feeling that she ought at least
TO assume the duty of taking some
interest I'm his movements impelled her
TO attempt TO discover where he was
spending his evenings. Therefore, as
he was again leaving after dinner, she
slipped out a side entrance and fol-
lowed him at discreet distance. After
a walk of nearly two miles she saw
him pause in front of theater.
Poor Stephen she thought. Ellis
evenings must have been dull! No
wonder he seeks recreation"
But he turned and went down the
side street. entering the theater by
the WAY of the stage door. AS a solu-
ton of his conduct occurred to her
she felt great heart wrench the
only thing she had felt sure of WAS
taken from her. Without knowing
that she valued it. she had had per-
feet confidence in his love for her.
Instantly she felt wild-almost an
insane-desire to know what manner
Of woman had attracted him. 1t was
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-07-15
The Argus Daily Short Story
What, Aline Found Out-By Belle Maniates.
Copyrighted. 1909. by Associated Literary Press.

Il vaudeville theater. and she bougIir
ticket. choosing Il seat in an obscure
part of the house
vt the end of an hour she learned
what she had come to find out ana
quietly stepped from the theater and
returned home. She spent an hour al
Stephens desk and then went to bed.
She did not pass the night in sleep. but
laid out Il course of action which she
began 80 follow at breakfast
stephen" she said quietly, Il am
not-very well. Iou know | am not
used to staying in the city in the
summer"
He looked up quickly. flush on his
face.
Il know YOU are not" he replied.
cousin Lois has been anxious for
me to pay her a visit ever since father
died. | think | will go to her today"
The country air would do You
good" he said slowly
'"phe cocks going to leave today
You can stay here and get your meals
in the city. can't you?"
Yes; l can manage all right
A month later, at the end of long
summer day, Stephen approached home
weary and discouraged He dreaded
to unlock the door and go into the
stale, shutup atmosphere of the dust
coated, empty rooms. But when he
had entered the living room he stood
still in amaZement. The windows
were open and freshly curtained in
soft muslin. The room was in perfect
order \ bunch of fragrant old fash
toned flowers filed Il big howl on the
table. Wondering he went on into
the dining room. The table was laid
with clean linen. shining glass. speek-
less dishes and decorated by another
bunch OF country flowers.
He heard u light step IN the kitchen.
The door opened. and Aline. dressed
not In mourning, but in becoming
color. came in.
"Oh, Stephen she cried. running
into his arms.
He held her close and quiet for a
moment. When she lifted her face
for his kiss she put her hand ca
ressingly across his tired eyes.
You haven't dined? ] was sure you
zane home from the Office firsts 1t is
too hot for a regular dinner. but.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-07-15


a
o
physically mentally
Implications leakage
all
full
millions
library marvellous collections
they ALL decision
When
he Judgment appeal the verdict
student instructive judge of
their his directing
his and euenns perform specific phases Of the great
all The details
their activities his hands and combine into the mosaic OF
accomplished his it all the beginning
His charities done silently and unobtrse Though one of the
stamped
chseed Morgan the arched doorway of
of of this quiet sefpod
publicity and nooety His wealth building great
wreckng
the sterling qualities of his
cgyH= ad " VIM h.I2c
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-07-15
The End of the Poor.

a great city, like merciless ma
chine. grinds its inhabitants to death
with as little conjunction as a pair ii
mill stones reduce golden grain %
-four. Chicago. with its wealth and
magnifcence, its opportunity and its
power. its vast enterprise and its man
iiold industries, is but an upper and
lower mill stone for the grinding II
the refuse aside To be buried in the
notter's field. A large part OF Chicago's
poor suffer from tuberculosis. Those
who become county charges are sent
10 Dunning, whert the county aims
house is located. They came during
the year closed June l at the rate Of
II day, or 4.735 for the - months
Those figures mean but little 10 the
leverage mind, being an abstract propo-
lsition.
Step over in the potters field where
they are buried and You will get 4
better idea of the number There il
an open trench six feet wide dug
lacrOss a stretch of several acres. Oae
end is filled with freshly turned earth
Z his is the end of the trench in use
as newly made grave. Every weel;
there are lG pine boxes placed in this
trench. two abreast Ii takes 30 feet
each week TO hold the collins
They come from Dunning hospital.
from Chicago slums. and from wher-
ever the destitute die in that great
It2eming city. Men, women and child
rem all look alike to the great white
plague Tuberculosis is on the in
crease. you say. and pass on, but you
feel it in your bones when you walk
through the pOtter's field on the
grounds of Dunning hospital whe e
Chicago filings the remains of the des-
titute who die from tuberculosis. 1t
is high time Illinois give its money and
it, study to the stamping out of this
preventable disease.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-07-15
AN ORDINANCE

An ordinance for the protection of
the public health, and to prevent frand
anG deception in the manufacture. sale,
Offering for sale, exposing for sale, and
having in possession with intent TO
sell, of adulterated or deleteriouS ice
cream; fixing standard of butterfat for
ice cream; providing penalties for the
violation thereof, and providing for the
enforcement thereof.
Be il ordained by the city council of
the city of Rock Island, Illinois:
Section THAT no ice cream shall
be sold. offered for sale. exchanged,
delivered or be transported or carried
for the purpose of sale. exchange ur
delivery that is adulterated and that
contains less than fourteen G4) per
cent of butterfat for natural favors
ana twelve (12) per cent for fruit and
nut ice cream.
Sec. 2-Ice cream shall be deemed to
be adulterated, within the meaning of
This act
First-lf it shall contain any eggs,
contour, starch, gelatine. mucilag;n
| Gus bodies, glucose, or thickening of any
kind. If it shall contain boric acid.
formaldehyde, saccarin, salts of copper.
iron oxide ochres or any coloring sub
stance or any compound or adulterant;
Providing. that this paragraph shall
not be construed to prohibit the use Of
harmless coloring matter or any flavor
| ing matter not deleterious to health.
Second-If it be an imitation of, ,'r
offered for sale under the name of an
Iother article.
Sec. st shall not be lawful for anv
pe"son, firm or corporation to sell. Of
| fer for sale, expose for sale or have IN
possession with intent to sell, any ice
cream in any container which is
falsely labeled or branded as to the
name CT the manufacturer thereof: or
to misrepresent, in any way. the
place of manufacture of ice cream or
the manufacturer thereof.
Sec. THE requirements for the
testing, inspecting and application for
the vending of ice cream shall be the
same as for testing, inspecting and
vending of milk or cream and the same
provisions.
Sec. Every person. firm or cor
poration selling or disposing of ice
cream shall annually, on the first day
OF May. pay a license fee of fifteen
| tSl5) dollars for each and every
wagon, carriage or other vehicle from
which ice cream is sold or offered for
sale. All licenses granted pursuant 70
this ordinance may at any time be re.
voked by the mayor for fragrant vic.
lations of the provisions hereof and
for any other good and sufficient
cause.
Sec. G-Every person. firm or cor.
loration violating this ordinance or
any of its provisions shall be deemed
guilty of misdemeanor and on con.
viction thereof be fined not less Than
twenty-five (s25) dollars nor more
than one hundred ($100) do'iars for
each and every offense.
| GEORGE W. McCASKRIN
Passed July IL. 1909. Mayor
Approved July 10. 1909.
Attest: NJ. T. RUDGREN. CITY C,arr
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-07-15
Bad Connections.

3 telephone is Il great convenience.
a man can call up his wife II he Is
to be detained at the Office. so she
won't keep supper waiting, and wO-
man can call up her husband il she
happens 10 think of some little thing
she would like TO have him bring
home.
Mrs. Trusting called up her Joan the
other night for that purpose and was
much disappointed to learn that he
had just left for home. having finished
early. A few minutes later the bell
rang.
''Yes. this is john" said the voice.
II just called up to tell you that i'm
portant business will keep me at the
Office. so don't keep supper waiting"
John Trusting, you just let that inn
portant business Slide and come right
home or you will hear something to
your disadvantage when you do get
here" 4se =
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-07-15

have prepared a cool little meal for
u.s."
But. Aline, when did you come?
Why didn't you let me know"
ITS SURPRISE" she laughed. Sit
down at the table while / bring the
things in."
He followed her into the kitchen.
How did You get cook so soon
II am the cook! Kiss the COOK,
Stephen!"
Again she was in his arms. Then
he held her at arms length. She was
no longer pale and llstless. Her race
was full of life.
AS soon rs lie had begun to ear the
palatable little meal lie looked at her
In amaZement.
How did you learn to do all this,
Aimee
That's another surprise. And there
are great many more surprises
awaiting you, Stephen"
81 am afraid" he said. "that the
biggest surprise Of all will be that this
is all dream"
stephen! But eat your dinner.
Then you shall hear them all. You VIII
not go out tonight, Stephen"
He flushed guiltily.
mo, but will have to telephone"
81 did that for you"
"You! You-knew, Aline"
She laughed, but would say no more,
"Now tell me. When did you knOw?'
he demanded
"The third night you went out fol-
lowed you"
"Alinew
IL knew you were not spending your
| evenings at the Office. 1t wasn't jeal-
ouSy or curiosity, Stephen. But it
came to me that I was of no help to
you. For a moment when l saw you
going into the greenroom l doubted
YOU. Forgive me. Stephen. But in
that moment 1 learned that / loved
you. / went into the theater. When
knew you in spite of your makeup, and
had heard of that wonderful athletic
stunt of yours. 1 OWNED why you
were doing It'll had been extrava-
| CANT, and in order to indulge me you
| were Shaving night and day, and i was
giving you-nothing.
II came home and looked over your
| accounts and saw we We're in debt. /
went to Cousin Lois and told her all.
She taught me to cook and keep house
and keep accounts. l am more fitted
| now to be the wife of a.
"Poor man."
mo, an honest man. But there's
more. Long ago father paid off a
mortgage on Cousin Lois farm. They
are very prosperous now, and she gave
| me a check for the $1,000. l would
| not take any interest. of course. You
have your vacation next week, and,
stephen. dear. we are going to take
| some of that 81 600 and have our real
honeymoon"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-07-15
DIR. OSler Is Now go.

\ Baltimore dispatch says that Dr.
William Osler was Go years old Tues
day.
He didn't celebrate the annive:-
sary of his birth by being consistent
and ending his life by the chlo:o-
form route.
II was the good, kind doctor who
is author of the much-advertise1
theory that after becoming 60 years
OLD people shoulL be disposed q by
tho chlorof)r;a ron:c.
rhis huml. inconsistency fn- cad
of staying home and practieing wnat
he breaches sailed off TO England on
pleasure trip and reports are thar
he never looked better or younger
in his life.
In fact, doctors, frequently pre-
scribe things for others they wnuldn' t
care to take themselves.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-07-15

great as TO overcome tariff barriers.
We have been able to catch fish in
the same waters without serious clash
ing.
There is no severer test of neigh
horly temper. BY all means let us
celebrate. The Canadians can come
south in the winter season, and We
can go north in the summer heats, and
jointly pledge ourselves for another
hundred years of mutual forbearance
and friendship.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-07-15
Humor and 80
Philosophy
VACATION PROSPECTS.
D. DUNCAN n. .s14lTH

YNHE penny We have laid aside.
L The dime and exc the nickel,
The quarter. half and dollar bill
Securely placed in pickle.
We take them out and size them uD
With fear and paipitation
To see If they will see us through
Our brief two weeks vacation.
We long to cut giddy swaths
And keep the gay bells Ginning.
To shoot off several noisy loads
With money for the printing.
We long to stroll along the strand
In garments truly killing.
The breasts OF all the other swells
With greenest envy filling.
We want to ride the Joy machine
And Ger the hills go footing
And as We move, a streak of red.
To see the chickens scooting.
We want to paralyZe the clerk
Whose eye is cold and CLASSY
And pass him back in his hotel
A look as bold and sassy.
in those two weeks We want to crowd
About two months of pleasure
And have our days one round of joy.
With nights for extra measure,
With walters in the swell cafe
We want 10 get real funny
And order everything in sight
But have we got the money!
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-07-15
AN ORDINANCE.

Relating to the free and promiscuous
distribution of drugs
Be it ordained by the city lcouncil:
Section lit shall be unlawful for
any person. firm or corporation to dis
tribute or cause to be distributed from
house to house in the city of Rock Is
land any free samples of drugs.
Sec. EVERY violation of section
one hereof shall subject the offender
10 fine of not less than ten ($10l
dollars and not more than one hundred
($l00) dollars.
GEORGE w. McCASKRIN,
Mayor.
Passed July u. 1909
Approved July Is. 1909.
Attest: NJ. r. RUDGREN. City Clerk
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-07-15
Let Us CeIehcata

Three thousand miles of border land
between the, United States and Canada
offers unusual facilities for scrapping
but there has been very little of It.
There has been no serious outbreak
since 1914, and it is now proposed q
have a joint celebration in 1914 of .
century of amity. The advantages ac-
cruing. to both the Canadians and our
selves from profitable intertrading and
occasional smuggling. have been so
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-07-15
FILING ON LAND BEGINS
100000 Applications Expected for
Three Indian Reservations.


Spokane, July i5.-Twenty-five
thousand men and women are expect
ed to file applications today for lands
in the Occur d'Alene. Spokane and
Flathead Indian reservations. Not
aries began receiving applications at
midnight last night.
In Spokane alone 1000 applica
tons are expected while the list at
Occur d'Alene, Idaho, may exceed
that number 1t is estimated that
100000 men and women will file for
lands, many applying for all three
reservations, making a grand total
of 100000 applications by Aug. 5.
From $1,000 to 10000 applications
from veteran soldiers and sailors are
expected.
1t is believed that one applicant ir
Is will be able to secure home
stead worth taking up.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-07-15

The question whether canned
eggs, fortified with an injection of
boric acid. are to be treated and sold
as eggs of commerce is to be submit
ted to the courts by an egg handling
company in st. Louis When an egg
ceases to be an egg is a problem
iiAeiy TO cause as lively a contro-
80, as that which ragged over the
unsettled mystery, when is
whisky whisky?"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-07-15

CONTINUED from Page One)
What can the people expect at their
hands but legislation designed to aid
the special privileged class?
ut is a shame and disgrace, Mr..
Speaker, that under our system of tax
alton the poor laboring man who has
a wife and four or five children TO sup
port, contributes more toward the eX
penses of the government than does
the millionaire who is too proud TO
raise a family and has no one TO
clothe and feed except wife and n
poodle dog.
wealthy Pay Little.
1.-The state of New York has q tax
commission, consisting of Is members
and that commission has made re-
port showing that the wealthy class of
that state only pay tax on 81 out of
$50, while the poor man, who does not
cover up his properly, pays tax on ev-
cry dollar he is worth. There are no
more loyal and patriotic people on
earth than those who work for wages,
and they are willing to pay their just
share of the government expenses, but
they do object to wholesale discrimin-
alton against them in favor of the rich.
Mr. Speaker, believe the future of
this country depends on the enactment
of legislation that will give equal rights
TO all men and special privileges to
none. Under our present system of
tariff taxation, and in the absence of
effective antitrust legislation, stupen-
dous trusts and combinations have
sprung. which have transferred ma
jority of the wealth of the country into
the hands of few people
wealthy Own 81 Per Cent.
There surely is much alarm in the
fact 1900 men now own over 50 per
cent of all the wealth of the country.
and each one of the balance of the
9O,O00,0 900 people own less than $500 in
property. The records show, sir. that
81 men. who have been the beneficial
ries of special legislation. now own
''ooo'ooo,oo0 of this country's wealth
Is iamentable fact that one thirty
ni'h o1 the entire wealth of the United
| suites Is therefore concentrated 4, a..
hands OF 81 men, and these NOV -
To-Day debating the legislation Of ~
!, special session of congress.
THE power TO rule men by intel.
lectual and moral force, the test of
craftsmanship of former day, is fast
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-07-15

Don't go into newspaper office
and ask the editor to roast somebody
You don't know how it looks or you
wouldn't do it. Here's parallel
case: You step to a friend and say
"Bill, wish you'd go over there and
give that fellow good cussing fol-
me- I'm little afraid to do it my
Golf
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-07-15
ceiver.

One hundred and tifty-nine new
laws went into effect in Illinois last
week, but at the same time 220 new
lawyers were admitted to the bar. 80
it's perfectly safe to go ahean and
break the laws if they happen to
conflict with your vested interests.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-07-15
Safe There.

"He hasn't single bad bit."ssaid
the cid married crouch, speaking Of a
young friend.
"Then he ought to make an ideal
husband" said his wife.
NO danger of that"
"Why not:"
"When l said he hadn't a single bad
habit l meant the marrying habit in
Guided"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-07-15

Even though petroleum butter be-
comes an established fact this world
will not be deprived of the pleasure
of teaching cunning little calves to
drink out of a pail.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-07-15

1t is very reassuring to learn on
the authority of the American Chem
ical society that the cheaper cuts of
meat are just as good as the others
the only trouble being that there
aren't any cheaper cuts.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-07-15

Kansas City. Kan, has voted in
favor of the adoption of the COM
mission plan of government. So the
movement grows.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-07-15

The papers tell of a telephone COM
pany out west which went into the
hands of a receiver, and the stock
holders not liking the way he was
closing UP the affairs of the company
secured a rope and hung up the re-
cpiyaF
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-07-15

The lockjaw returns are still COM
ing in. The number of deaths is in
creasing daily. Now is the time to
begin the effective campaign for a
sane Fourth in 1910.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-07-15

Joe Brown has just succeeded
Hoke Smith as governor of Georgia
and a man named Robinson is train
ing for the race two years trHm
now. What's the matter with the
IonpSoc2