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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-03-04
PAVING ROLL
Is CONFIRMED
Judge 0Imsted in County Court Ap.
: proves Assessment for Ninth
Street Project.
BEEN PENDING LONG TIME
Proceedings When First Begun Were
Knocked Out, But Started Again
Estimate is 44,o8O.78.

The paving of Ninth street is now
an assured thing. Judge r. W. Olm-
sted in the county court today APP
proved the assessment roll for the
Improvement, after having had the
matter under consideration since Oct.
6, when arguments on the objections
TO the roll were begun. The roll car
ries $36,004,01 against the property
owners and SS,076.77 against the city.
The cost of the paving, per running
foot, is to be $3.50, according to the
estimates.
Up for Long Time.
The paving case has been pending
for several years. 1t was first taken up
under the McCaskrin administration.
but the proceedings were knocked out
in court, and were soon afterwards
started again. There were numerous
objections to the assessment roll the
DIRECTORS being represented by NJ. e.
Sweeney, A. H. Kohler. Connolly a.
Connolly, n. A. Weld, H. E. Curtis and
Ludolph & Reynolds. City Attorney
a. T. NitCi dPpSdIcu IOI TIE Cliy
throughout the arguments and the
hearing of the different objections.
These hearings We're first talle,i up III
October, and have been heard at diff
ferent times since then.
IL Fine Improvement.
The Ninth street paving promises -
be one of the most important improve
ments in several years. 1t will extend
from Third avenue to the city limits,
Eighteenth avenue, and will afford an
other improved highway into the city
from the south. The street is to be
paved with brick, and is to be 80 feet
wide.
No Car Tracks.
Until recently it has been generally
understood that Ninth street would
be the line used for any interurb al
that entered the city from the south
over the Milan bridges. 1t now ap-
pears. however, that the promoters
of the proposed Rock Island Galesburg
line who will soon ask for franchise
from this city, do not contemplate us
ing Ninth street, but intend instead %
enter ON Second street, following
along the Rock Islands railway tracks.
The promoters were expected to pre-
sent their petition for franchise this
month
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-03-04
HAD TO RELAY THE WALK
Big Crack Appears in Cement Walk
Around the Best BuiIdinq

AROUND tne BEST bu1IOinQ.
From some unexplained reason a
crack appeared in the cement sidewalk
in front of the Best building soon af-
ter it was put down. and cement ex
perts have spent considerable time in
trying to determine the cause, but
without success. Work was commenc-
ed today in tearing out the sections
through which the cracks extended, for
the purpose of relaying the cement and
getting rid of the crack. The split
ran along the sidewalk near the curb
for distance of about 40 feet from
the corner, and six or seven sections
[of cement walk had to be removed
partly. The top was torn off, leaving
the bed exposed, and as soon as the
|edges are trimmed up. new cement will
be put in. The work will require sew
|eral days.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-03-04
CHURCH TO HOLD A
MEMORIAL SERVICE
Rev. A. D. Grief Will Be in Charge of
Exercises Sunday Morning by
German Lutherans.

The congregation of the German
Lutheran church, which this week was
bereaved by the death of its veneer
able pastor, Rev. c. A. Mennicke, will
hold special services at the church
Sunday morning as a memorial for
the man who for nearly half century
guided the affairs of the church. The
services will be conducted by Rev. A.
d. Grief of Davenport.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-03-04
WERE DIsoRDERLY HOUSES
Police Arrest Two Women Ia the East
End of Moline.

The Moline police last night made a
raid on two houses on Thirty-fourth
street, opposite the abandoned Natick
Y. M. c. A., and arrested two women
for keeping disorderly houses, and a
man for disorderly conduct. About 9
o'clock Nina Martin and Louis Morey,
lie Claire river man, were arrested,
and later Marguerite Theobold was
picked up. The women were fined
$3.50 and Morey paid $500. The wo.
men were ordered to leave town. The
places were complained of as long ago
as before the annexation of that sec.
ton to the city, but the police then
had no jurisdiction.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-03-04
Maroney.

Relatives in this city have received
word of the death of Francis j., the g.
year-old son of Mr.. and Mrs. Mathew
Maroney of Peoria, formerly of this
few day ago and death came very sud.
denly. Mrs. Maroney was formerly
Miss Ella Collins and she has many
friends here. The funeral of the child
will be held tomorrow morning from
the Peoria cathedral.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-03-04
HIGH SCHOOL NOTES

The high school basketball team
leaves tomorrow afternoon for Gales
burg, where the boys will play to-
morrow evening. From Galesburg they
go to Peoria, where they will play Sat
urday evening. When these teams
played before on the local floor the
Rock Island team administered 70
each severe drubbing. Both of the
teams are thirsting for revenge and
may hustle the locals to some extent.
However the local followers of, the
team do not fear this trip but rather
The one to be taken the next Friday
land Saturday, when the team will go
to Bloomington to play for the cham
pionship of the state.
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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-03-04
ASK FOR ANOTHER TRIAL
Motion for New Hearing of Condecl-
nation Suit is Filed.

Judge Olmsted in the county court
has taken under advisement a motion
by the commissioners of the Hampton
drainage district for new trial of
the condemnation suit against Reidy
Bros. and M. L. Morris, heard recently
The defendants were awarded 1889 for
the right of way for the ditch, and
were given damages to the extent OF
81 more than the benefits for the tract
not taken for the right of way. The
commissioners maintain that the YER
diet is not in keeping with the evi.
.dence.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-03-04

The Philakean debating society held
its regular weekly meeting yesterday
afternoon after the dismissal If
school. The program was as follows:
Extemporaneous Address = Philip
Olson.
Debate, Resolved that the Japanese
should be excluded from the United
States.
Affirmative. Hyman Sosna and Ralph
Andrews; negative, Leo Stevens and
Raymond thinner.
Violin Solo-Arthur Lundeen.
The program was followed by par.
liamentary drill and the remainder OF
the session was devoted to busine IS
matters.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-03-04
REV. J. |. VANCE TO PREACH
At Revival Services at First Metho-
dist Church Tonight.

Rev. ]. l.. Vance of the United Pres
byterian church will preach this even
ing at the revival services at the
First Methodist church. Special music
will be a feature of the services. Rev.
r. S. Haney of the Second Congrega-
tional church, Moline, preached an ex-
cellent sermon last evening on the
theme Perfection" Mrs. III. e. Van
Duzer and A. E. Hulse played cornst
duet and Miss Bertha Jonassen and
Arthur Jonassen sang a duet. A very
interesting testimony meeting fol-
lowed the sermon.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-03-04
Notice to Coal Dealers

Bids will be received at the city
clerks office for carload lots of 1k-
inch screenings. for the waterworks,
until March 8, 1909, at o'clock D. m,
The city reserves the right to reject
any or all bids.
NJ. T. RUDGREN, City Clerk.
Rock Island, H., March 2, 1909.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-03-04

with the members of the senior class
for few minutes yesterday noon and
the importance of the ap-
pointment of committees for the pre-
paration for graduation. He, also tod
the class that as TO the matter Of
what the class present to the school
should be, that in behalf of the rest
of the school he wished the class
would extend the frieze around the
assembly room which has been begun
by other classes. When this frieze
is completed the assembly room viii
be one of the most attractive in the
United States. 1t is probable that
the class will follow this suggestion.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-03-04
The Lucky Quarter

is the one you pay out for box of DR..
Kings New Life Pills. They bring
you the health that's more precious
than jewels. Try them for headache,
biliousness, constipation and malaria.
If they disappoint you, the price will
be cheerfully refunded at all drug
gists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-03-04
OBITUARY.
Funeral of MIR. Mcconnell.

The funeral of Philip Mcdonnell,
SIT Thirteenth avenue, was held yes
terday afternoon at O'Clock from the
home. The services were conducted
by Rev. w. B. Clemmer of the Memoir
ial Christian church. Burial took
place at Chippiannock cemetery.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-03-04
HAD a. proof

! II wonder If Jones Is married.
mo"
) "Did you ask himr'
II didn't have to. / heard him tell
ing what he would do II any wife Of
his came out ID q directoire gown"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-03-04

left last evening for trip through the
northwest and after April / will be ct
home to their friends at 1924 Twelfth
street.
Society Has Interesting Meeting.-
The Endowment Fund society uf
Augustana sollege had an interesting
meeting yesterday afternoon at the
home of Mrs S. G. Youngert, 903
Forty-fourth street. Miss Anna OLSON
was in charge of the afternoon pro-
gram and gave a short account of al
ocean trip. Other members of the
society told of their experiences il
crossing the sea and many interesting
stories were told. DR.. Gustav An
dreen was present and addressed the
members. The hostess served a nice
lunch during the afternoon.
| era-Anderson.-At4 o'clock yes
Iterday afternoon at the parsonage OF
Grace Lutheran church in this city
Carl E. Carlberg and Miss Isabella II,
Anderson, both of Moline, were united
lin marriage by Rev. l. 0.
lNothstein. The couple was accom-
lpanied by Mr. and Mrs. John Peter
Isen. The groom is an employe of the
Moline Pillow company, while the bride
is the daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Goth
lard Anderson of 1225A Fifth avenue
Moline Mr.. and Mrs. Carlberg will
make their home in Moline.
Phiiathea Club Sociable.-The Phi!
lathea club of the Memorial Christian
church will hold sociable in ths
church parlors tomorrow evening
There will be no charge for admission
The following program will be rem
dered:
+ Piano Solo-Miss Notavena Steck.
Reading-Miss Olive Berger
| Vocal Solo-Miss Cora Tanner.
Piano Duet-Misses Katherine anC
lTelka Heimbeck.
Reading-Miss Jessie Mauzy.
Vocal Solo-Miss Bertha Pollock.
/ Piano Solo-Mrs. F. W. Reimers.
Surprised on Birthday.-A compan.
of 80 friends surprised Arthur Remle.
at his home, 1925 Twenty-fourtl
street, last evening on the occasion
lof his birthday anniversary. Games
helped pass pleasant evening and :
delicious four course lunch was served
Later instrumental and vocal music
was enjoyed Mr.. Remley was pre-
scented with a handsome signet rim:
as a memento of the occasion.
Orchestra Concert Tonight. - TIL
Augustana college orchestra. under thu
direction of Miss Gertrude Housed, will
give a concert this evening in the col
Ilege auditorium. Mrs. Edith Housed
Leroy of Chicago will assist on the
program with cornet solos. The or
Ichestra has been training for the con
Icert for a long time and good per
IfoEmance is assured. ., ---
Entertainment by w. r. C.-The la
dies of the w. r. C. will give socia
BILE and entertainment at Memorial
hall tomorrow evening. at which flag
Idrill will be one of the features. Re
lfreshments will be served, the affair
being open to the public.
4 Will Entertain at Coffee-Mrs
Maude Tubbs of 2S45 Seventh avenue
will entertain the ladies of the G. 4
R. Friday evening at a coffee and pro
gram.
REV IL. VANCE To PREACH
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-03-04
Notice.

Having purchased the fixtures of A.
M. Green, broker, will continue the
business, and solicit your patronage.
WILLIAM JENNINGS.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-03-04
SOCIAL AFFAIRS

[Society. news, written or telephoned
to the society editor of The Argus. will
be gladly received and published. But
in either case the identity OF the sender
bility. Written notices must bear sig
nature and address.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-03-04

Miller Schroeder-Mi ISIS Olga A..
Schroeder, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
F. w. Schroeder. 1924 Twelfth street,
and Allen F. Miller were married last
evening at o'clock at the parsonage
of the German Evangelical church.
Rev. F. ]. Roth officiating. They were
attended by Miss Gussie Schroeder,
sister of the bride. and c. p. Clark of
Chicago The bride wore lion col
ored tailored suit with hat to match
and carried violets. A dinner and -
ception, following the ceremony was
held at the home of the brides par
ents and was attended by the imme-
diate families. Mr.. Miller is employed
in the United States engineers Office.
His bride until recently has been en-
ployed in the certificate department of
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-03-04

the Modern Woodmen and has large
circle of friends. Mr.. and Mrs. Miller
left last evening for a trip through the
northwest and after April will be ct
home to their friends at 1924 Twelfth
street.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-03-04
Sisters of Holy Cross

1--WE have been using Father Johns
Medicine during the past winter and
spring and gladly testify to its super
Tor merit as body builder and gen.
eral tonic" (Signed) Sisters of Holy
Cross, st. GATHERINGS Normal Insti-
tute, Baltimore, Md.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-03-04

TO be critically compared to a score OF
others. but to the other it brought
back his youth and all those long gone
days on his native hills.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-03-04

Will Entertain at Coffee.-Mrs.
Maude Tubbs of 2S45 Seventh avenue
will entertain the ladies of the G. A.
R. Friday evening at coffee and pro-
gram
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-03-04

Principal II. E. Brown conferred
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-03-04

Entertainment by w. r. C.-The la
dies of the w. r. C. will give a socia-
BILE and entertainment at Memorial
hall tomorrow evening. at which flag
drill will be one of the features. Re-
freshments will be served, the affair
being open to the public.
Amador ledger., 1909-02-26
THE HONEYMOON PARADE.
Wedding Custom In One Town When
the Train Is Late.

the Train Is Late.
A small city, which need not be To-
Gated more particularly than that 1t Is
somewhere east Of Boston, has its own
peculiar way Of speeding the newly
married on their honeymoon.
For one thing, every one goes to the
station to see the couple depart. This
is done in many small places. The
showering Of rice or confetti and the
throwing Of the old shoe take place,
not at the home Of the bride, but at the
station. To that extent the city re-
ferred to Is not unusual.
But in this city train schedules fire.
quently go awry, and when they do
Che unusual happens. The wedding, OF
course, has been celebrated on time,
and the reception has taken as much
time as such things usually take. The
departure from the brides home Is
made in due season to catch the train
If 1t is on time.
The wedding guests rush to the sta
ton. where all other inhabitants hav-
ing nothing better to do have assem-
bled already. 1t is n free show which
no one would miss.
The carriage bearing the newly mar
rled pair is drawn by white horses and
decorated with white ribbons Custom
demands this, and no one has yet had
the temerity to do otherwise.
The carriage arrives at the station,
and 1t is learned that the train Is so
many minutes or so many hours late.
Usually the measure is in hours.
The carriage doesn't wait. 1t goes
parading. 1t drives around and around
n prescribed route, from every point of
which the driver can get due notice OF
the approach of the train.
The crowd remains patiently at the
station. Other curious persons station
themselves at points along the route
just to see the wedding coach pass.
Sometimes two or three carriages,
drawn by white horses and decorated
in white, swing steadily around this
hymeneal circuit. 1t seems like an
endless procession. 1T is not unsual
for a wedding pair to spend the first
five hours of their honeymoon just rid
ing round and round waiting for the
train.
When the screech of the locomotive
finally is heard the driver continues to
swing up to the platform just as the
train comes to a stop. Then the bride
and bridegroom make mad rush for
their car amid q shower Of rice and
confetti and old shoes. The honeymoon
parade is over.-Exchange.
Amador ledger., 1909-02-26
THE REAL BOWERY.
Swiftly Passing, 1t Has Never Been
Wholly Revealed.

Swiftly Passing, It Has Never Been
Wholly Revealed.
The real Bowery has never been
written up, and probably 1t never will
be, because 1t is swiftly passing. Hun
dreds of attempts have been made by
those who have not even penetrated
the surface Of it's reserve. It's heart
and soul-for the Bowery has both, as
we'll as reserve-are q sealed book to
the writer's. 1t is q Sargasso sea lit
tered with derelicts of all worlds, drift
ing back and forth with the endless
ebb and flow Of the tide, while all
about them Is the ceaseless activity of
commerce, of development, moving
onward and upward despite the cease
less cross current, which no literary
mariner, cruising in these uncharted
waters, can understand.
Those who know it best and have
some skill in writing as well as some
understanding are so overwhelmed by
it's endless complications, its infinity
Of contradictions, its astonishing good
ness and its frightful depravity, the
battling mystery Of its wonderful hui
manness and its fantastic mystery,
that they do not dare attempt to write
even what they know. Only one man
in all literature could have Interpreted
the Bowery-and Balzac is dead.
Most of us know the Bowery through
fugitive newspaper sketches and fear
some lurid melodramas. The sketches
present certain phases more or less in
telligently, but the melodramas are
weird burlesques, unworthy even Of
being scoffed at, so far as any consid-
Grafton Of truth is concerned. But
these cheap melodramas, endlessly re-
peated, have built up fiction that has
come to be accepted as the reality
Everybody's Magazine.
Amador ledger., 1909-02-26
FooIIns tho Dons.

In a certain part of Scotland, ac-
cordlng TO Dean Ramsey, the shep-
herds used to take their cOllies with
them to church. The dogs behaved
we'll during the sermon, but began to
be restless during the last psalm and
saluted the final blessing with joyful
bar1s. In one church the congrega-
t1on resolved to stop this unseemly
detail, so when a strange minister was
about to pronounce the blessing all re-
mained seated instead Of rising, as he
expected. He hesitated and paused
till an old shepherd cried: "Say ava
sir! We're a sitttn' to cheat the
dowgsT'
Amador ledger., 1909-02-26
Rrsskfastira With WhIs.Isr.

The was a foreign painter who used
to breakfast at Chelsea, and when
Mr.. Carr asked him If he had been
there lately he replied: "Oh, no; not
now SO much. He ask me a leetle
while ago to breakfast, and go. My
cab fare, two shilling, 'arf a crown l
arrive, very nice. Goldfish In bowl,
very pretty. But breakfast-one egg,
one toast-no more! Oh, no. My cab
fare, two shilling, 'arf a crown. For
me no morew-London Telegraph.
Amador ledger., 1909-02-26
Editorial Column,
AMADOR DEEP MINING.

The fact that demonstrated in the experience of the
Kennedy minehe most famous gold producer along the
mother lodethe body is found to hold its in both
size and richness vast DEPTH is bound later to
have stimulating effect upon the mining industry along
this godbearng belt At the $3.50 level the body shows
up as strong and as pentifuliy mpregnaed with the
precious metato say the easas at any previous level
opened This noteworthy fact cannot fail to impress the
mining world with the possibilities ahead for this region in
way future mining The Kennedy the only property
that has been developed such depth Instead of show
ing signs of exhaustion the goldbearng material is more
literally charged with wealth. and holds the hope of
nou dividends for indefinite period There is reason
to believe that will be otherwise with other mines various
points along the ledge The idea that while the ledge matter
might continue great Depths the would probably wax
poorer and finally reach the remuneratve stage, has
been dispeled by the logic of practical We do
know of any place in this country where gold mines
have been to such great depths In Australia and
South Africa where assures similar that Of the mother
lode have made in natures laboratory bodies have
been followed greater depths than here and their
value has been poven hold The Deeps of the Rand
celebrated the world account of their aurerous
yield depths before attained in gold mining ANA
dor county be the focal point of deep mining along
the gold belt of California The prospects indicate
that the Deeps of this region will be notorious in o
come as the South African field perhaps
liberal scale of production but sample of the posi-
b1ites of remunerative mining at depths heretofore un
thought of.
And yet with this bright outlook scarcely any stir beyond
the normal is made in mining and capitalist circles such
condition faced district in the deserts of Nevada any
other undeveloped region, there would be influx of
thousands of advenuers and prospectors few hours The
booster spirit would have full swing without tthe of the
real merit that attaches the fields of Amador People often
wonder why such is the case? Why do fields and in
volving more difficulties in operating have the call to the
neglect mineral riches home and pleasantly locat
ed boosting has not been made special study
here as of the much vaunted regions 1t has always
been regarded rule that really merorous mineral dis
trcts do need the services of the professional booster
advertise their merits Experience however, shows that
is not we'll be modest in this respect Amador county
has suffered from modesty boosting club would dol
us no harm because have plenty of back up
the boosting.
Amador ledger., 1909-02-26
WITH = strIna.

"Do you trust your husband I'M
plicitlyT
"What a question! Why, of course I
do-to a certain extent,"-Cleveland
Leader.
Amador ledger., 1909-02-26
Worn Out

That's the way you feel about the
lungs when you have hacking cough.
It's foolishness to let it go on and
trust to luck to get over it, when
BalIard's HOrehound Sryup will stop
the cough and heal the lungs. Price
25c, SOC and sl.00 per bottle. Sold by
Ruhser's City Pharmacy.
PIONEER FLOUR always has been
and still Is the best.
Amador ledger., 1909-02-26

1t is best to profit by the madness Of
Others.-Pliny.
Amador ledger., 1909-02-26

decision of the appellate conrt of the third district de-
caruq invalid an ordinance of the board OF supervisors Of
Iassen county imposing license of five per head
on migratory sheep grazed during the the
mountain ranges of that county, will be read with much in
erest by stockmen throughout the state. vitality i'm
portant sheep and cattle in this county, who for years
have been subject heavy charges by neghbong counties
for migratory stock The of Alpine county will be
seriously crippled if this decision stands No doubt
the matter shape, will find its way into the highest
tribunal of the state for final determination.
Amador ledger., 1909-02-26

We are informed change in the salary schedule of this
county will be made raising the salary of the superin-
tenden of schools from $I2oo to $500 per No
reasonable objection be urged against this The
truth is and has been for years. that the school supernen
dent less pay for the amount of work done than
other county official 1t has been increased since 1885,
while all other salaries have been boosted in way
or other. Not only official salaries but the wages i'll all
lines of industry have moved up Why then should the
school superintendent remain stationary The raise if enact
ed into law will effect the present term Of Office.