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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-01-14
cd Aunt Abiatha after the callers de.

ed Aunt Abiatha after the callers de.
parture.
mot very welly said Gwendolyn,
shaking her head obviously. He's 80
bold and conceited."
But, 10Y DEAR" hastily interposed
Aunt Abiatha you mustn't judge
! him from first appearances. Jack was
"a little queer today don't know what
Stas the matter with him. But we'll
hage him in often, and you must be
posfe to him; Gwendolyn."
AsN that was how a most audacious
cour$Ship came to be carried on right
under q unit Alba 5 eycG.
&c weAdolyn," asked Jack dreamily
one sunAy morning as they sat to-
gether inS the fragrant rose garden.
''how did you ever happen to come
down to th& quiet little spot anyhow?
1 should imagine you'd love all the gay
things Of lifs dances, theaters, din
ners and all set, you know. Don't
you"
mo, you're an wrong" answered
Gwendolyn slowly, hiding her face in
the flowers she had kathered. II love
something quite diffes%nt."
For few minutes Ne birds in the
garden had it all to fkemselves, so
suddenly still We're the twA people who
sat there
"Gwerdolyn," Jack finaSg found
himself asking in husky VOICE quite
unlike his own, "do you reallfAlove #
down here-the quiet. lazy He we
lead?''
Gwendolyn nodded, but did not'lift
her face.
Love it enough to stay with nae
dearest?"
Gwendolyn nodded again.
Look up at me, you fraud" Jack
commanded, taking her joyfully into
his arms
81 can't" Gwendolyn protested
blinking. There's something in my
| eye"
"Oh, let me get 1t out, sweetheart
implored Jack sympathetically. "What
it 1t, darling?"
"a tear, think" confessed the mis-
chievous Gwendolyn.
H2dI an hoQr later JACK sat talking
| with Aunt Abiatha on the porch. Gwen
| dolyn was scribbling her daily line t.
| her mother.
Read that. Aunt Abiatha," the cir
| called suddenly, holding out sheet OF
| note paper. 1T has something abou
| you In it."
And this is what the astonished Aun
Abiatha read:
Dearest Mother and Dad-I want yo,
| to come down here just as quickly as yol
| can. l am to be married at Aunt Abba
| tha's two weeks from today. The wed
| ding will be very quiet Aunt Abiati;:
| fully approves of my engagement-in fact
| She has done everything in her power t.
| bring it about Please bring my trous
| seau along with You. Your loving
GWENDOLYN.
7. S.-His name is Jack Montgomer,
] Hayward, and he's Just as nice as hi
name. 1 can cook and sew and dust G.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-01-14
The Pure Food Law.

Secretary Wilson says: zone of the
objects of the law is to inform the con-
sumner of the presence of certain
harmful drugs in medicines" The
law requires that the amount of chlor-
oform, opium, morphine, and other
habit forming drugs be stated on the
label of each bottle. The manufacture
ers of Chamberlain Cough Remedy
have always claimed that their remedy
did not contain any of these drugs,
and the truth of this claim is now fully
proven, as no mention of them is made
on the label. This remedy is not only
one of the safest, but one of the best
in use for coughs and colds. Its value
has been proven beyond question dur
ing the many years it has been in
general use. For sale by all druggists
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-01-14
"a Prospect.

10 prospect.
Good gracious Z hope that the year just
VIII be an Improvement on those that
have fed
Less labor more play,
Additional pay,
With steady persistence things coming
my way,
A measure Of health.
Consignments Of wealth
And blessed surprises that come on by
"
Small aid it may bring totmy fortunes
to kick
Or flaws in the scheme of creation to
pick.
No good 1t would do
A napkin to chew
Or with my complaints make thu atmos
phere blue.
! know that for me
The worst cannot be,
For things would be better with any
change. See?
I'll just peg along, let whatever may
come
For, be 1t a fortune or be II crumb.
Full well / will know
/ cannot oerthrow
The causes that make things go faster-cr
slow.
So all l can do
Is calmly pursue
Ny way. let the favors be many or few:
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-01-14
Aerial Navigation.

Lewis Nixon, one of the greatest en-.
gineers of the United States, the man
who designed the great battleships
Oregon and Massachusetts. and who
has been chief Of the Cramp ship yards
for many years, now says that he viii
build an airship 700 feet long that W T.
carry 100 passengers with food ana
fuel from New York to Liverpool. The
machine when completed will weigt
lao tons and will embody many new
inventions. Nixon has been giving his
attention to gasoline power production
and announces that he has solved the
problem. His statement will attrac;
widespread attention, for Nixon is a
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-01-14

Eve often been asked why the fleet
went Ito San Francisco). | don't
know. I'm glad l did not know, for
if had and had told anybody l nigh.
have been elected a member of a justly
famous club which l have no desire
to join at my age.-Admiral Evans.
Fighting Bob" displays quality of
caution which is valuable concomitan
of military genius
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-01-14
Business Proposition

Another lie nailed" remarked the
observant small boy.
Don't jump at the conclusion that
there was q heated controversy follow
ed by roughhouse and such distressing
things. Nothing of the sort The gro
Gerry man had simply tackled up sign
announcing that his eggs were strictly
fresh.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-01-14

There will probably be more eiope-
ments in the future. for when the air.
ship is perfected the young lover will
have a good chance 20 get away when
he asks his girl to fly with him.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-01-14

A Kansas City girl has been put il
jail on a charge of being responsible
for shortage of $4,270 in the ac-
counts of packing firm. She must
have an inferior lawyer.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-01-14

A woman defendant in suit in New
Jersey was asked how handsome she
thought a rejected sutton was. mot
one-half so handsome as any man on
the jury" she cooed. Did she win a
verdict?
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-01-14

An astronomer admits that comets
are still mystery to science. 1t takes
an earthquake every once in so often
to remind us We don't know every
thing
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-01-14

The government has secured statis-
tics which show that almost 40 pei
cent of the people who get divorced
have children. How the other 60
per cent must despise them.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-01-14

A Washington correspondent says
Mr., Roosevelt grows more youthful
looking as the day of his retirement
approaches. The Houston Post thinks
some of his latest stunts are quite
suggestive of intense adolescence.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-01-14

practical man and not given 20 embcl-
lishnent
He has been Tammany leader long
enough to know the lifting quality Ct
ali the brapds of hot air in I'll: market.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-01-14

Should John w. Kern with all his
prestige fail now of the Indiana SEN
atorship democrats will after a while
believe to take stock in the Jonah talk
about him.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-01-14

If President Roosevelt imagines that
going in a saddle SO miles day is an
evidence of fitness for the presidency.
and a vindication of all his antics
since being in the office, he is well
come to the thought.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-01-14

Down in Washington the courts arc
engaged trying to decide what is
whisky. Out here whisky in what's in
the bottle the barkeeper hands out.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-01-14

Peach trees have begun to blossom
in Georgia. All, but wait. Georgia will
be jealous when the sap begins to
drip out of the naples up this way.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-01-14

Senator Hopkins is about to descend
on Springfield. While someone else
was in jeopardy the senator did not
care a fig.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-01-14
Aiohcr Authority.

81 suppose your wife is boss at your
house."
mot any more"
''Then you have asserted your an-
thority?"
"No; we have got hired girl"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-01-14

Senator Hopkins thinks he knows
how d city feels that is sitting on al
earthquake.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-01-14

II Biscuit prices are soaring so high
that you Uneeda fat pocketbook to buy
any,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-01-14
Humor ane Philosophy
By DUNCAN N. SMITH
PERT PARAGRAPHS.

Probably the most that ais the
world is that there are so many peo-
pie in it that just can't help it.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-01-14
Abbreviated.

Nobody seems to be able to do any.
thing with Susan"
''She is wild as an Indian"
'AThat is why they call her Sioux psgs
haps." II
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-01-14

Meantime what has become of the
gentleman who married Alice Roose
welt?
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-01-14
Way to Get Solid.

81 am going to heap Goals Of IRE On
his head"
II know a better way"
"How is thatw
dump a ton Of coal in bis bass-
ment"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-01-14
THE ARGUS.

Published Daily and Weekly at 1924
second avenue, Rock Island. Ill lEn-
ysred at the postofice as seeond-class
marter1
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-01-14

Some men take themselves so seri-
ously that one would think that they
are serving as prime minister to the
Lord.
Opportunity knocks cnce, but your
tried and true friends knock all the
time.
Sometimes it is hard to distinguish
by results between a careless friend
aud careful enemy.
Hyou are determined to do others,
do Hem so kindly and genially that
they Will be bound to thank you for
your courtesy.
A resolQte man is often found to be
remarkablyShy on resolutions.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-01-14

1t does not
follow that a
girl is able to
accomplish any
thing just be-
cause she IS an
accomplished
lady.
A really clever
woman doesn't
let the careless
public find out
that an unfeel-
ing critic might
call her homely.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-01-14
Draft of S4,lOO
Handed Mrs. Selene Thomas
By c. A. Reid, General Agent
of the
Bankers Life Association

The Bankers Life association of Des
Moines, Iowa, as an estate builder has
no equal as exemplified by draft for
$4,100 handed today to Mrs. Selene
Thomas by c. A. Reid, general agent
on policy of $4,000 carried by the late
Mr.. Thomas with his company. Mr.
Thomas carried insurance with the
Bankers for s years, becoming policy
holder at the age of so and never paid
to exceed $3.50 year per thousand
The Bankers furnish sound, safe in
surance at cost that is so low that nc
business man can afford to be without
it. For further information fill out
the blank below and mail to C. A
Reid, 112S Fifteenth street, Rock Is
land:
Dear Sir-Kindly give me cost o.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-01-14
Know Better,

We eye him with suspicion.
Accept 1t with a string.
The man who shovels snow and saVa
He likes that sort of thing.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-01-14

BY THE }. W. POTTER co.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-01-14

"Wednesday, January IA, 1909.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1909-06-01

years age. In 1896 he married Emelle
Augusta Randel, daughter Of the head
Of the diamond firm Of Randel. Bare
more & Billings. She had been Mrs.
Lucius r. Hart, but had divorced her
husband and obtained permission to
use her maiden name.
Mr.. Rogers had spent, 1t Is estimated,
100000 In making Fairhaven. his
boyhood home, q model town His first
gift, as already told, was the school
house. After that came a town hall.
The Mfllicent library, a memorial to
his daughter, cost 100000. To the
Unitarian church he gave a group Of
buildings, the total outlay having been
about $1,000, 900. This gift was In
memory of his first wife. Mr.. Rogers
built q beautiful home In Fairhaven,
and many Of his happiest hours were
spent there. Mr.. Rogers interest In
his old town became SO deep that q
few years ago he accepted the Office
of superintendent of streets, a post
which paid him So a day. 1t is esti-
mated hat Mr.. Rogers spent fully
100000 Of his own money on the
streets and roads of Fairhaven. The
sewers and waterworks also were built
largely with his money. Last year he
carried his patronage to the extent of
giving the teachers In the public
schools $1,000 each for their vacation.
He built a beautiful three story Ma
sonic hall in the town and requested
that the lodge should be named after
Captain George H. Taber. for Cap
tain Taber." said Mr.. Rogers. lis the
finest man 1 ever knew. with q heart
as big as an Ok and love enough for
the whole world" Among Mr.. Rogers
other ph~ilanthropies was he purchase
OF the old Lewis G. Morris homestead.
IN Morris heights, for an orphans
home under the management OF b
Church Of the Messiah.
Mr.. Rogers had come In for his share
of the trouble b a has 9risen Tor b
Standard Oh men out OF the federal
and state agitation against the COM
pany. Mr.. Rogers testified in thef pro-
ceedings tina were brought against the
company by the state of Missouri and
he had said that he was ready ID APP
pear as a witness in other actions
whenever his testimony was need$d-
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1909-06-01
Of HENRY L rogers
Princely Benefactor to His Homo
Town, Fairhaven-His Advice
to Young Men, Don't Be
a PesSimist"-O Once a
B~agqagemaster.

years. Bartholomew Taber, q paint
shop proprietor in Fairhaven, heard
from Charles Pratt Of the Pratt oil
works in Brooklyn that his company
was looking for a bright young New
Englander. Rogers was summoned
from M~cClintock's, ON on creek, where
he had mastered in a surprisingly
short time all Of the details Of the pro-
ducing business. Mr.. Rogers before he
left Pennsylvania had become connect
ed with the Pennsylvania Salt COM
pany Of Natrona, which operated one
of the largest ~re1neries on the Ale
gheny river in connection with its
chemical works. During the civil war
he had contributed to the Union cause
and aided soldiers.
1t wasn't long before Mr.. Rogers
was an important factor in the firm
of Charles Pratt & Co., having been
taken in as a partner. This part
nership continued until the formation
of the Standard Oil company In 1874,
Of New York, Philadelphia, Cleveland
and Pittsburg was effected. Mr.. Rog-
ers became the chairman Of the man
ufacturing committee Of the combina-
ton and also one Of the trustees. From
that day until his death he was one
OF the controlling forces In the affairs
of that company. 1t has been said of
him that he had more actual expert
ace In the petroleum Industry than
any other of the men who have be
come rich in the Standard Oil group.
Mr.. Rogers first wife died fourteen
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1909-06-01

The Roswell Elks defeated q pick
up team OF Roswell players in a one
sided game OF base ball at Amusement
Park yesterday afternoon, repeating
their performance Of two weeks ago.
The score yesterday was Is 10 5.
The first and third innings e the
only blemishes On the record OF h
Elks' game. Williams went into the
box and was given ragged support.
One clean hit was made off of him.
Two scratch hits that should have
been fielded were made. Two errors,
a passed ball and a base on balls did
the rest, and the pickups had four
runs. The second inning was one, two
three, upon and out. The third shining
brought two errors, two bases on
balls and a wild pitch and the pick
ups had scored n more. After that
Caldwell went int the o and twirl-
ed a perfect game, striking out six
in six innings and allowing but two
hits He was given perfect support
the Elks having no errors after the
third innings. The pick-ups were
shut out after the third.
Meanwhile the Elks were batting
like fiends and the pick-ups were play
ing poorly. Amonett and Hall, the
High School battery, officiated thru-
out the game. The Elks scored in six
different innings, including the first
and last, and all through the middle.
They made thirteen hits and the pick
ups made seventeen errors (l was a
shame to count them) and the only
wonder is that more than fifteen
scores were not made.
The four errors of the Elks were at
third and short. The feature was the
fine work OF the Elk outield, con-
sisting of Bedell. Nisbet. Smith and
later Malone. all taking in many nice
flies without error.
The game yesterday again proved
that fact that a bunch OF players lac
customed to each other on the field,
cannot play well together. The High
school has asked for a game with the
Elks a week from next Friday and
Hal and Joe Ware are getting up a
crack team at Hagerman and Lake
Arthur to meet the EIks at Roswell
on the Fourth of July.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1909-06-01
d[AARKAB[E CAREER
Master Mind of the Standard
Oil Trust Who Rose From the
Work of a NeWsboy to
Be a Power In World
of Finance.

ENRY n. ROGERS, the million
aire Standard Oil mar, who
died Of apoplexy on May 10 In
New York, had not been In
rugged health for some time.
Mr.. Rogers was one Of the best
known men in financial affairs In
America, but his name was less often
in print than the names ofssome other
very wealthy men. He was an enthuSi-
astic yachtsman and very often. took
parties of friends on cruises. Since
Mark Twain's return from his long
residence abroad Mr.. Rogers on more
than one occasion made the humorist
one of his yachting guests, and 1t was
something of a toss-up N those trips
whether Mr.. Rogers got the more fun
out of Mr.. Clemens or Mr.. Clemens
had the more sport with his host. The
yacht Of these recent voyages vas the
Kanawha. Some years ago Mr.. Rog-
ers' yacht was the Lotowana.
Mr.. Rogers business interests were
diversified. He was an officer or di-
rector of at least twenty-five corpora
tons. He was president of the Anal
gamated Copper company, vice presi-
dent of the Anaconda Mining COM
pany, vice president of the Atlantic
Coast Electric Railway company, vice
president Of the Brooklyn Union Gas
company. president of the National
Transit company, president Of the Rich
mond Light and Railroad company,
vice president of the Standard Oh com
pany and vice president of the United
Metals Selling company. He was a d.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1909-06-01

Crusher & Pulverizer Co.. a suit for a
commission.
Court took up the trial of the cas-
of Eugene Lattion against Andrew
Johnson ct al. this afternoon.
Although formerly of East Las We
gas, MI. Ungles, the new court re
porter, came here from A1amogordo,
having recently been reporter in the
court of Judge E.. A. Mann for three
months. He is accompanied here by
his wife and child and they have
rooms with Mrs. Pierce at the corner
of Lea and Alameda street.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1909-06-01

rector Of the United States Steel cor
poration, the Union Pacific railroad,
the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe.
the Tennessee Copper company, the
Guaranty Trust company, the Atlas
Tack company, the New Jersey and
Staten Island Ferry company. the Chi
cago, Milwaukee and St. Paul rail-
road and several other corporations.
Mr.. Rogers was born in 1910 at Mat
tapoisett, Mass, where his ancestors
had lived from colonial days. He at
tended the Fairhaven high school and
was graduated in the first class that
ever left the school. He told his
friends Of later years how the seats In
that schoolhouse used to cramp his
long legs n how, in complaining to
b teacher n day, he had vowed
that If yer he got rich he would build
a schoolhouse in which boys could be
comfortable. His very first gift to the
town of Fairharen after he had be-
come a man of wealth was a school
house which cost $4,000.
Fairhaven in the days when Rogers
left high school wasn't teeming with
opportunities for an ambitious youth.
The high school graduate tried his
~ Aok
want Of better employment, but he
had to run over to New Bedford to
find enough people to make the thing
pay.
A little experience in that line salts
fed him that there was q better open
ing in q store. He held his place as
clerk for five years at s. a week and
board. hen he tried his hand as bag
gagemaster on he branch railroad
which RAJ through Fairhaven- That
job paid $1.16 a day. The payroll OF
the road showing his receipts for
wages and also numerous grocery bills
that he signed are kept as Interesting
relics In the town now.
Mr.. Rogers. like many an ambitious
young New Englander. started for
Pennsylvania In the early sixties to
seek his fortune in b petroleum bust
ness. He n nothing about 1t ex-
eep What he had read In the newspa-
pers. He had married Miss Abbie T.
Clifford OF Fairhaven, n together
they set out for the new land Their
stny m Pennsylvania was for only six
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1909-06-01
COMMERCIAL CLUB TO
TAKE UP MUSICAL PROGRAM

That the Commercial Club has TAX
en- an interest in the series of con-
certs secured by the Apollo Club for
Roswell for next winter, is shown by
the following call for a meeting on
the SUBJECT, in which every citizen,
whether a lover of music or not,
should TAX an interest:
Roswell, N. M, May 81, 1909.
To the members of the Roswell
Commercial Club n every citizen IN
terested in making our city a still
more attractive place of residence.
We are informed that the Apollo
Club, which was organized to pro-
mote and cater to the musical develop
ment of Dur citizens has now under
consideration a plan to provide for
the people of Roswell a series of enter
tainments which will equal in merit
those enjoyed by the citizens of any
of the larger cities in the United
States,
They propose to bring to Roswell
during the coming year the following
representatives of the worlds great
est musical talent:
David Bispham; the foremost bari
tone of the country.
Mischa Elman or Fritz Kreisler the
greatest living violinist.
George Hamlin, our best tenor.
Madame Sembrich and her assisting
artists Francis Rogers and Frank La
Forge.
Moritz Rosenthal one of the great
est pianists.
The Flonzaley string quartet.
This course can be given in Roswell
for less money than is paid to hear
h same artists in n of the cities
where they appear. The season tick
ct will include all six of these great
concerts and will sell for from 81 to
IS. "A price much lower than is charg-
ed in the larger cities where the The
atrical syndicate controls the houses
where they appear.
The Apollo Club also proposes to is
sue a prospectus showing the list OF
artists, and this will be sent through
out the country Tor advertising pur-
poses. Which will undoubtedly result
in bringing to our city a much larger
per cent of visitors THAI we can get
in any other way.
Roswell is gaining a reputation as a
place where cultured people can live
and enjoy the best advantages, and
this reputation should be strengthen
ed by every means in our power. The
success of the Nordica concert re-
moves all doubt as to the musical
taste of the Roswell public and we be-
lieve the Apollo Club should receive
the unqualified support of the citizens
in the enterprise upon which they
have started.
You are therefore requested to at
tend a meeting at the rooms of the
Roswell Commercial Club on Thurs
day the 3rd day of June at 8 p. m.
to consider and give your approval to
the plans of the Apollo Club which
will be explained in detail by a repre-
sentative of the Club
Respectfully,
ROBERT KELLAHIN, Pres.