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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-28
FIELD OF LITERATURE

Turning the Leaves of the January
National. - A passing glance at the
January cover of the National Maya
zine shows the New Years impress.
The avuncular genius of America
obeys the injunction regarding the cor
rect treatment of coming and depart
ing guests, and with one hand Uncle
Sam welcomes the cherubic young
New Year, while with the other he
gently ushers out the Old Year. with
a Godspeed. The frontispiece of the
January issue is a rare picture, never
before published showing the roadbed
for the first railway construction in
the United States. This roadbed IS
still in use and runs to Quincy. Mass,
the only town in the United States
where two presidents of the nation
have resided. In this issue Affairs
at Washington" fairly tingles with
news of acute Situations" foreign
and domestic. Secretary Knox is
shown handling the Nicaraguan situa-
ton, while the president appoints a
new minister to China Interspersed
with news of the departments are per-
sonal interviews or recollections of
various legislators. The editor has
met Senator Hale in Maine, and there
is a story damned full of crisp infor-
nation and incidents of the good old
days" The gaieties Of fashionable
Washington are not forgotten and
men especially will be glad
to read of an old friend, "Marse"
Henry Watterson, who discourses in
sage-like sentences. Personal remin-
iscences. by those who knew Lincoln
In the flesh, have been told to the edi-
tor and are reproduced Amid these
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-28

The bill introduced at the special
session of the Illinois legislature pro-
vfding for the commission form of gov
eminent in the cities of Illinois having
less than 100000 inhabitants carries
the backing of the Peoria conference
and is what is distinctively known as
the Des Moines plan; that is to say,
while securing efficiency by placing the
municipal government in the hands of
five elective commissioners. it secures
democracy by means of the initiative,
the referendum and the recall. The
method proposed for its adoption by
any municipality Of less than 20O,O
inhabitants is a petition to the county
court by one-tenth of the legal voters
at the preceding election, whereupon
the question shall be submitted, and if
a majority of the votes are favorable
the city adopts the law and it becomes
effective upon the third Tuesday in
April, 1911, and biennially thereafter.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-28
500 Reward. 500

The readers of this paper will be
pleased to learn that there is at least
one dreaded disease that science has
been able to cure in all it's stages, and
that is catarrh. Halls Catarrh Cure Is
the only positive cure now known to
the medical fraternity. Catarrh being
constitutional disease, requires a
constitutional treatment. Halls Ca
tarrh Cure is taken internally, acting
directly upon the blood and mucous
surfaces of the system. thereby de-
stroying the foundation of the disease,
and giving the patient strength by
building up the constitution and assist
ing nature in doing it's work. The pro-
prietors have so much faith in it's cur
alive powers that they offer one hun
bred dollars for any case that it fails
to cure. Send for list of testimonials.
Address F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo,
Ohio.
Sold by all druggists, rs cents.
Take Halls Family Pills for consti-
patton.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-28

Deputy Consul J. S. Armstrang, Jr,
reviews the workings of the farmers
mutual banking associations in Ire
land in a recent report to the depart
ment Of commerce and labor. Through
these loan associations farmers in Ire
land receive timely aid in their agri-
cultural work. The deputy consul
writes from Cork as follows:
In 1895 there was only one coopera-
tive agricultural bank in ireland; by
1900 the number had increased TO 76 !:
in 1905 there were 231, and according
to latest figures 19O8) there are 273
of these banks in existence in Ireland.
These cooperative banks are modelled
after the Raiffeisen societies of Ger
many, which have been of such vast
economic value to that country. They
are merely associations of the small
farmers of community, organized By
the Irish Agricultural Organization So
ciety, who Jointly assume the respon-
sibility of the capital intrusted to them
as a body, and borrow money at a
low rate of interest, the loans being
made through a committee elected
from among their number. Moreover,
IL 10 CldlLiSu tudC not Il memDRr Ct
one of these societies has ever lost a
penny through them.
''The total membership in 1906 was
1881. The transactions are not large.
but considering that they are made
among farmers Of very limited means
to whom a loan of $50 or $40 would
be a large amount, they are of some
Importance locally. In 1906 the loan
capital and deposits amounted to $751;
800; and the number of loans was s.
447, all of which amounted to only
about $3.50, 600. The total working ex-
penses amounted to only $1,375, and
the net profit was approximately 81
$50. The total reserve fund was SILL
600.
Besides organizing these banks, the
Irish Agricultural Organization society
has charge of the work of instructing
the committees, auditing the accounts
and, moreover, supplies the various
journal books and blanks free of ex-
pense."
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-28

single American soldier. But the scale
Is wrong, and every life is equal to
every other life in the right of the in
dividual to live it.
The New York Evening Post notes
that the number of fanatical "robber
bands" to be wiped out in Mindanao
Shows no sign of diminishing. This"
it considers. Should call fresh atten-
ton to the proposed separation of the
Moro provinces from the rest of the
Philippines, advocated by Colonel
Ralph w. Hoyt of the 25th infantry.
who has just completed a couple IF
years service as governor of the Moro
provinces. Colonel Hoyt points out
that the Moros and Filipinos have
little in common, since the latter ara
Christians and 80 per cent of the
Moros are 'pagans or non-Christians
living in barbarism,' 'savages in their
instincts, fighting for gain or revenge
with apparently little regard for death
They are also without knowledge of
Spanish or English and have been an
tagonistic to the Filipinos for centur-
les. With so much of Colonel Hoyt's
plan as relates to separate admins
trations for Filipinos and Moros, We
are favorably impressed. But he goes
further than that, and suggests for the
Moros the fate of our Indians-that
they be assigned to reservations under
military control, the balance of the
territory to be divided into plantations
and forest reserves open to occupa-
ton and development as seems best
This is a program to delight magnates
who are ever ready to exploit the ter
ritories. of the inferior races 1t is
not a policy, in this aspect. to COM
mend itself TO thoughtful Americans.
Whatever the Moros may be, it is their
land which IS in question, and no
body else's"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-28
InfIammatory Rheumatism Cured in
Three Days.

Morton L. Hill. Of Lebanon, Ind,
says: my wife had inflammatory
rheumatism in every muscle and joint {;
her suffering was terrible and her body
and face were swollen almost beyond
recognition; had been in bed for six
weeks and had eight physicians, but
received no benefit until she tried DR..
Detchon's Relief for Rheumatism. It
gave immediate relief and she was
able to walk about in three days. ! am
sure it saved her life" Sold by Otto
Grotjan, 1901 Second avenue, Rock
Island; Gust Schlegel & Son. 220 West
Second street, Davenport
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-28
HunOr ar
PhilOs
VANITY.
B/ DUNCAN ~.

THE valued things for VIII
l. And think we will enjoy
Are often qui as worthless
The gaudy Christmas toy.
We treasure them a little VIII
Then they are cast away,
Their mission filled II they hs
Amused us for a day.
The castle OF the millionaire.
The costly summer cot,
The orange grove in Florida.
The handsome private yacht.
II they are not the means by ~
The daily bread is won.
May glitter as a Christmas toy,
But soon their day IS done.
The difference is not so great
Between the man and boy.
The childish toy costs less perhep
And may bring greater Joy.
The pIaything for the ray adult
Calls for a greater check,
But Just as soon Il may DO turned
Into the general wreck.
Nor does the auto or the horse.
The boat or aeroplane.
The pleasure to It's owner bring
That's I'm the choo-choo train.
But, whether II be age or youth,
In Just a week or two
Each casts the pretty thing aside
And calls for something new.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-28

and darkness Phil had been struck on
the head with an ak, thereby killing
him.
The defense began the cross exam
ination.
You were with Mr.. Hastings at the
time he met his death?'
Yes"
did he cry out?'
"He simply fell to the ground
Did you see the murderer do the
deed?"
mo"
did you see the accused anywhere
near?"
No"
did you suspect him then of the
murder?"
Yes"
"Why?"
"Because"-she hesitated-"of their
quarrel in the afternoon"
And you left the body and went to
hunt for him?'
''Not for him-simply for help. lost
my way and happened TO meet him.
lhen returned with him to the corpse"
"You are excused"
The prosecuting attorney then began
bis argument.
Judge Hughes followed for Jack.
But his eloquence was futile. Only
two of his points made anything of an
impression-the fact that no footprints
had been discovered under the tree
other than those of Miss Fleming and
the dead man and the further fact that
the AK was u very old one of German
manufacture. the duplicate of which
could not be found for miles around.
Certainly 10 one had ever seen the al
in Jacks possession.
The prosecuting attorney quietly
called attention to the relative insig
nificance of the defense's two points
Then the court gave the charge to the
jury. The twelve good men and true
retired. They had been gone Just
half an hour when they filed in and
the foreman handed in the verdict,
Guilty of murder in the first degree"
1t was the shortest murder trial ever
held in the state.
The defenSe's motion for a new trial
was not granted. Accordingly Jack
was taken to the state penitentiary.
The governor. A rather rigid man. saw
case, and the first week in October was
set as the time for the execution. So
Jacks fate was sealed. Two months,
and be would suffer an ignominious
death on the gallows.
A cloud of gloom settled over the
village. where Jack had always been
a general favorite. Judge Hughes aud
his niece went to a watering place to
spend the rest of the autumn. Clare
wrote one letter to Jack-a long, long
one. What was in it nobody but them
selves ever knew.
Time few. On the twenty-eighth day
of September Clare received the fol-
lowing telegram:
Come at once. Big news. BILL.
Bright and early the next morning
she galloped up Black mountain. As
usual Bill was chopping wood.
"You mus scuse me. miss" he aDol-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-28

varied chronicles is a quaint story nf
Mark Hanna, an anecdote of John
Hay, and here and there is infused in
formation regarding the consular divi-
sions of territory-the far east, the
near east, the Pacific and insuIar pos
sessions.
Interest in Afr1ca is intensified by
the succeeding chapters of Frank Hat
fields experience in the story. Hum"
every page of which contains stirring
incident, adventure, or psychic sugges-
ton, which are so much in vogue today
among imaginative minds Notable
among the "reminiscences of famous
men recently published in the sketch,
Memories of General Grant" written
by his son, General Frederick D. Grant.
L. S. A. which will be read with uni
yersal interest. The first meeting be-
tween his distinguished father anu
President Lincoln is graphically de-
scribed. His impressions as a boy Of
10, when he was closely associated
with his father during the Vicksburg
campaign. give a new view of the gen.
eral and his veterans, on the field, and
when the lad accompanied his father
to Washington. In THE Man with
Two Countries" the immigration of
American farmers into Canada is
treated in an able and attractive way
by Arthur Hawkes.. He presents an en-
tirely new view of the situation and
proves that the difference between an
American-Canadian and a Canadian
American is very slight Flynn
Wayne, in jolly, rollicking way, tells
the story Of AN Adopted Farm" of
which Miss Kate Sanborn is the charm
ing hostess. Familiar, everyday phil
osOphy permeates the article by c. E.
Hatch on rhe "One-Price System" At
tention is called to the growth of fair
dealing in establishing one price IN
mercantile transactions of today, com
pared with the ancient and varying
price which began with barter and has
continued down to hard CASH times.
Choice bits of verse illuminate the
pages of the January National, and |
have a sparkling, refreshing original |
ity, which is seldom surpassed in cur !
rent magazine pages. Present day life |
is reflected in the National Magazine |
short stories, and one takes up the |
magazine with the feeling that pleas |
ant hour is assured, judging by the |
mere look of the tale to be told.
The review of the musical records |
of the month is an innovation origin
ated by the National, and the readers
now look for these criticisms on talk
ing machine records as they do for |
book reviews. The colloquial chat |
and interchange of ideas among the
women readers. in the Home Depart
ment, is refreshing. The opening skit.
ASK Papa is a reminder of that crit
ical moment in counting days when ne
gotiations were concluded in an impor-
tant life transaction. THE Cozy Cor
ner," where all the readers snuggle I'D
together to exchange condolences. is
proving a popular feature, and from
all over the country contributions are
being received which narrated by act
ual participants have all the thrill
of story telling around the home fire
side. The good Captain" strolls in
this month and from the standpoint IF
his ripe wisdom and serene outlook on
life discusses the philosophy of an of
fee boy. The contributions vary from
regarding the north pole
TO an Eastertide experience.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-28
Not Taking aidea.

'There are two sides TO every queS
ton"
"Oh, / don't know. 1 don't care
about the Sides"
'You don't"
mo"
Then what are You making all this
powWow aboutY'
at want to go TO the bottom and
come out on top"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-28

Kalamazoo Gazette: After the ship
subsidy law there ought to be a statute
agents, pickpockets, green goods men
and sneak thieves shall carry deadly
weapons. Our infant industries must
be protected!
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-28
Looking Ones Best.

It's a woman's delight to look her
best, but pimples. skin eruptions. sores
and boils robs life OF Joy. Listen!
Bucklen's Arnica Salve cures them;
makes the skin soft and velvety. 1t
glorifies the face. Cures pimples, sore
eyes, cold sores, cracked lips, chapped
hands. Try it. Infallible for piles. %
cents, at all druggists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-28

Social life in London is demoralized
by the political campaign. When the
Briton neglects his tea for politics the
situation is indeed acute.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-28
War Eternal.

The Moros have assumed the ag-
gressive in Mindauao and are wag:ns
.>Ss5loody campaign against the Amer
3 - fo0rs and the Philippine con-
stabulary sent against them.
In our scale of values the life of a
DOZEN Moros is not worth the life of a
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-28
Good Advice

Good Advice
sT have a suspicion"
''You haveT'
ayes; p
"Say"
"WhatP'
take it out and push It In the
river"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-28

Senator Lorimer found that Taft was
not disposed to be his Santa Claus. He
didn't get a piece of pie in his stock
ings for any Of his gang.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-28
Father Had Experience.

And so you want to marry Billy
Maudie?"
Eyes, father"
"Can he support your
Eyes, he told me So"
'Well. you may tell him to chase
himself. He talks too much like a pro-
moter to suit me-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-28

A sprained ankle will usually disa-
BILE the injured person for three OF
four weeks. This is due TO lack OF
proper treatment. When Chamberlain's
Liniment is applied a cure may be ef-
fected in three or four days. This lini-
ment is one of the best and most re-
markable preparations in use. Sold by
all druggists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-28
Refused TO Worry.

"Do you believe everything your
husband says?"
"No. Do you"
Eyes"
"Why, how can your"
cit is so comfortable"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-28

Meanwhile. 1910 is coming on apace
Will old 1909 be given a lively funera
wake?
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-28
Her Beau stoIa Il.

Her Beau Stole It.
''You seem much elated."
ct Just had my photograph taken"
did you? Do you think It will b
goodP
'It is the best ever"
"How nice! Who took itT'
"Charlie."
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-28

Naturally enough. the Chicagoan
who let the suspicious coal contracts
is named Coleman.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-28
Useful.

whats the good Of making resolu.
IionsT
"They are very excellent mental e1.
ercisers."
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-28
More Oanqerous.

"The town is split wide open over
some gossip"
"I'n bet Mrs. Cab had a hand in It."
'No, she didn't"
''That is strange"
"She only had a tongue in It."
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-28

Are you polishing up your New Year
lresolver?
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-28

When Second avenue is repaved, the
little barnyard on the Spencer square
side should be fenced off.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-28
Making II Profitable.

Eyes, he is a smooth proposition"
"He doesn't look the part"
"He is there with the goods, all right
He never lets a bill collector come 10
see him without borrowing $40 before
the dazed collector gets away"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-28

The evidence indicates that Dr. Cook
! doctored the returns
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-28

1t was the merchant who advertised
lmost who did the most business.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-28
PERT PARAGRAPHS.

The fellow who succeeds in feather
ing his own nest generally plumes him
self upon bis perspicacity and crows
over his plucked comrades.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-28

Senator Depew has attacked Sena-
tor LaFollette. The Wisconsin senator
should accept it as an honor.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-28

Get the belt line buzzing for a new
year start
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-28
THE ARGUS.

Published Daily and weekly at 1924
Second avenue. Rock Island, Ill IEn-
tered at the postoface as second-class
matter.l
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-28

TERMS-Daily, 10 cents per week
Weekly. 81 per year IN advance
All communications OF argumentative
character. political or religious, must
have real name attached for publica-
ton. No such articles will be printed
over fictitious signatures.
Correspondence solicited from every
township in Rock Island county.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-28

Any inexperienced person can plunge
into the swim. but II takes n swimmer
TO stay there and do fancy stunts.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-28

Acquiring a reputation often is fol-
lowed by the exhaustive labor OF en-
deavoring to lose IL and Is often at
tended with small success.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-28

The people who don't seem to have
any opinion at all sometimes are in
possession of the most strenuous kind
of opinion. and the Withholding Of IL
is the biggest slap imaginable to the
noisy crowd about them.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-28

And the worst OF it is that the man
who can't explain his bad behavior
and general misconduct usually does.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-28

BY THE J. w. POTTER CO.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-28

Putting up a bluff isn't so hard. but
It is keeping It in vertical attitude
that calls for the greater supply Of
ability.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-28

Tuesday, December %, 1909.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1909-06-04
CUBS HOIST NATIONAL
LEAGUE REMNANT

Chicago June 3.-For the third con-
sccutive season the pennant emblema-
tic of the National League baseball
championship was raised in the west
side grounds of the Chicago nine to-
day. Previous TO the actual ceremony
Of hosting the flag the Cubs and
the Philadelphia teams paraded across
the grounds. lead by a brass band and
followed BY a small procession loaded
with great bouquets of flowers.
The worlds championship emblem
viii be the medium of a second eere-
mony later in the season.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1909-06-04

Chicago, June S.-Chicago National
raised their third successive pennant
today and afterward defeated Phila-
dclphia by the score of 4 to 3 in a IL
inning game. After the flag was
raised President Charles w. J%ursphy
presented Manager Frank Chance with
"a check for $4,000 to be divided only
among the members now with he
team. Twenty-onc men will receive
Si55 each. Frazer. Lungrcn, Siagle.
Killing and others who were with the
team when il won the championship
last year received no part OF the
bonus.
Score i. II. =.
Chicago ..0iO O2O 600 001-4 u !
Phila, 900 600 O03 o00-S 9 a
Batteries overall and Moran; Nor
en- and Doom.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1909-06-04
SHOT AND
KILLED IN THE
MEADOW CITY


Especial Dispatch to the Morning Journai.I
LAS Vegas. n. NJ. June AZ an
going 10 shoot you" was the playful
rcmark of tWelve-ycar-old Leopoldo
Montoyo as he pointed a SS-caliber
revolver at his playmate. lose Tafoya.
scyen-ycar-old son OF Juan u. Tafoya.
4 report rung out and he Tafoya boy
fen writhing in mortal agony with q
bullet through his abdomen. piercing
the liver. The shooting. which was
entirely accidental. occurred on the
west sid as the BOYS We're starting
with some other small companions OF
"a fishing trip. Everything vas done
10 save the wounded boys life. but in
vain. The boy who did the shooting.
and who is the son of FlorentinO Mon
toya. is oxonerated from blame, as it
IS believed TO be the old story Of the
boy with the gun that he for OF was
loaded.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1909-06-04

laid out win prove the hardest Of
tests for the cars.
They brought letters to Pres-d ent
Diaz frfom Governor Shaffroth of COL
orado and Governor Curry of New
Mexico. and also a letter from Cover
nor Shaffroth to Governor Landa Yes
candon, together with letters to the
American ambassador.
George Wahlgreen of Denver, donor
of the nag to flag trophy, Will reach
this city tomorrow to conclude arr
rangements for the event. The start
viii be made some time in october
and the route laid out by the Path
finders, except between El Paso and
chihuahua. VIII be followed.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1909-06-04
HORSEMAN PASSES
AWAY AT SALT LAKE

Salt Lake. June S,-Harry slower,
one OF the leading horsemen Of the
United states and Canada, died to-
night at his residence near the fair
grounds race track. some of his
horses were entered for the day $
races. but were scratched on the death
of the owner In racing circles the
dead man was known as Coy slower.
He hold an interest in the track at
Butte. Montana, owned a large stock
farm in California, and was very sue
ccssful aus a breeder Of fast horses. His
death is attributed to general debility.