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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-11-27

DR.. Alfred Stocker. now one of the
successful practitioners of this city,
once was a railroad clerk. In his
younger years he craved scenery and
travel. 1t carried him into the south
west and finally he brought up in Den
yer. He obtained employment there,
and remained for upwards of a year
He liked the city and the climate. He
had no intimates there. One day he
met a dapper appearing man OF about
his own age. The new friend was of
the companionable sort. They passed
an evening together occasionally.
Stocker had an Invitation from his
friend one Sunday afternoon to go to
the beach on the outskirts of the city
1t was a lively place. There were sa-
looms and gambling rooms and the
like. Stocker wanted to know what
was going on in the city of his adop-
ton, and considered himself safe IN
the hands of his friend. The latter
apparently was wise to everything
not sport, but just lifelong resident
who kept in touch with affairs. He
was interesting to Stocker.
out recently when discussing expert
ences with one of his cronies here.
Il have rarely told of this" he said.
Few would believe that such a game
could be pulled off in a reputed civil
liked community. Well, we arrived
at the beach. l am not a frequenter
of the saloon. but my friend insisted
on me visiting a place where an old
pal of his was proprietor. That is
what he told me. When we reached
the bar I noticed a pair of cow boys
sizing me up rather closely They
were engaged in conversation with the
man behind the bar. The bartender,
the two cowboys and my friend and
1 were the only persons in the place
Suddenly, one Of the cowboys, feign-
ing. as learned afterwards. whipped
out a 48 and began firing blanks at
the floor. Turning to my friend and
I he ordered US to dance. l appealed
to my guide. He seemId more fright
ened than 1. He appealed to the cow
boys and to the bartender Then the |
second cowboy chimed in and played |
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-11-27

How Buhr and Rosenfeld Were Bagged.
Few of the members of the Rock
Island Club who attended the monthly
dinner and social session last Wednes-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-11-27

business list. The letter fell into the
hands of Mr.. Pfaff, Mr. Buhr's bust
ness associate. He called his young
partner before him and read him the
contents Of the Trimble ultimatum.
Buhr turned pale-he said he did the
best he could to make the scene theat-
ric. Mr. Pfaff turned to the tri-city &C
counts. He found they were all good,
and the trade was increasing steadily.
Buhr would have to go.
Well, he was here.
Abe Rosenfield last Monday received
a telegram from President w. A. Ro-
senfield of the club tipping off a ST.
600 order in this city. It should be
explained that Abe now is one of the
merchant princes of State street, Chit
cago. He is the owner of a large
factory engaged in the manufacture
of coats, etc, used in hotels and res
taurants. He Is making a big success,
it might be added. At any rate, whey
Abe received the telegram, he hurried
home. kissed his wife and baby good
bye, after calling his wife aside and
showing her the massage He ar
rived mere tuesday morning. Imme-
diately he got into telephone CON-
munication with President Rosenfield.
The latter said the order was gilt
edged and that he had landed it for
him. Abe, on being treasured, felt
that he ought to show his appreciation
of the interest his friend and relative
had displayed in his business welfare.
So Abe proposed a dinner for that
evening. w. A. was agreeable and
suggested it be given at the Rock ISL
and Club. Abe was on. His bill was
an even $25. After the dinner Abe
called W. A. aside and inquired about
the order.
You will get 1t tomorrow (Wednes-
day. evening at IL o'clock"
Then it began to dawn upon Abe
that there was an African in the rat
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-11-27
A woMANs BACK.
The Aches and Pains VIII Disappear
If the Advice Of This Rock Is
land (Vffzar1 Tc

The Aches and Pains VIII Disappear
If the Advice Of This Rock Is
land Citizen Is Followed.
A woman's back has many aches
and pains.
Most times It's the kidneys fault.
Backache is really kidney ache;
That's why Doan's Kidney Pills
cure 1t.
Many Rock Island women know
this.
Read what one has to say obut it.
Miss Hilda w. Olson, 40 Ninth
street, Rock Island. ILL.,, says. 81 was
caused much misery by pains across
my kidneys and my back was very
weak. After being on my feet for
any length of time or doing any
walking, felt all tired out and was
obliged to sit down and rest. Doan's
Kidney Pills were so highly recon-
mended, that 1 procured a box at
the Harper House pharmacy. The
first few doses gave me relief and
when 1 had used three boxes of the
remedy, my condition was better in
every way. / consider Doan's Kid
ney Pills an excellent preparation
for troubles caused by weak kid
neys."
For sale by all dealers. Price so
cents. Foster-Milburn company, Buff
falo, N. Y. sole agents for the United
States.
Remember the name-Doan's-
and take no other.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-11-27

would carry on as he did with Amelia.
Positively, ! was stunned at the things
she told me. And think Of their lovely
children!"
''It don't surprise me in the least"
replied Mrs. Smith. my husband I'M
consciously has dropped little things
about Jones. / can read between the
lines"
while she did not say so in so many
words" whispered Mrs. Brown, you
have noticed that Amelia has been
wearing some pretty expensive clothes
1t would never do to breathe this on
the outside, but-well, It is better left
unsaid. or course, you understand.
And Mrs. Jones, such a dear, and so
trusting and confding in her hus-
band"
Don't understand me as sticking up
for Jones, for regard him as a vii
LAIN" said Mrs. Smith, but there are
two sides to a story. That wife of his
is foolishly jealous of him, have
heard. And 1 have observed things,
too. For instance, Jones and have
known each other since our youth.
Naturally. when we meet our greeting
always is friendly. 1 happened to meet
him while was coming home Tuesday
and he accompanied me
home. We stopped before his house
and talked a few minutes. Do you
know, his wife marched right out Of
the front door and interrupted US?
She almost cut me. She said the din
ner was waiting. She did not even
have the common courtesy to ask me
to call. l kind Of sympathize with
Jones'"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-11-27
FILTER PLANT
ORDERED BY CITY
Claimed That It Will Be Sec
ond to None In the Unit
ed States.
USE THE PRESENT BASINS
Fine Ornamental Building for Res
ervoir Park in Which to House
the Machinery.

The filter plant for which contract
mas been awarded for supplying the
city OF Rock Island with pure water IS
OF the well known mechanical or
American type of filtration. The gen
eral principles on which 1t operates
are similar to the plants which are
supplying the neighboring cities Of
Davenport and Moline, but whereas
the Davenport plant represents the
earliest type of mechanical filtration,
the plant to be built for the city of
Rock Island will represent the latest
and highest type of development n
the art of water publication.
VIII Use Present Basins.
The three basins comprising the
present filters in Reservoir park are
to be cleaned of their contained sand
and gravel and to be utilized in the
operation of the new plant. The two
nearest the street will be used for the
storage of an increased amount OF
purified water in addition to the pres
emit clear water basin. The new filter
plant will be located in the third basin
and will be entirely of reinforced con-
crete construction surmounted by
brick building of buff brick corr
spending in general appearance to the
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-11-27
Neirhhorhood scandals.

Amelia was known as one Of the
most capable and trustworthy servants
In Sthe neighborhood She had been
employed in the Jones household since
young girl. Jones regarded her al
most as a daughter. She was extreme
ly good looking and wore fine clothes.
This caused comment. She attended
the theaters regularly. This caused
talk also.
Amelia lost her job. Mrs. Brown
heard of it. She had heard of Amelia's
work. She had been trying out servs
ants for six months and drew nothing
but gold bricks. She looked up Anne
las home address and went to see
her. Amelia was offered first place in
the Brown home and she accepted.
The Joneses have more money than
the Browns, but the latter are not i'm
poverished by any means, although
there were times when they were IN
able to cut as deep a swath socially as
they would have liked, for financial
reasons. They were envious of the
Joneses. Yet Mrs. Jones and Mrs.
Brown were sweetly intimate to all ex-
the tea table or on any semi-public
occasions, both moving in the same
set
Amelia was a smart girl. Mrs. Brown
naturally was interested in her. and
referred to her long employment in
the Jones household. The sudden ter
mination of her service there must
have been a surprise to her.
''Mr. Jones was awfuIly nice to
me-" Amelia said "He is a good man.
He knows how to treat girl Wasn't
a month that he didn't give me $40,
and then he would buy me tickets to
the theater. l guess he never told his
wife. She's an old tightwad. But she
was never mean to me, I'll say that
much for her. But one night l heard
her scolding the old man about being
so liberal with me; that I was getting
too officious, and so on. And she men,
toned the theater tickets. Jones
laughed at her. He said he could af-
ford it. He said that l was a prize as
a house servant, and that he believed
in treating me little differently than
an ordinary servant. / had been with
them since was a girl, and deserved
some consideration on that account.
Well, / just could not stand for Mrs.
Jones roasting me that way, and
told her about it next day, and she up
and fired me-"
Mrs. Brown and Mrs. Smith are close
neighbors. The Smiths are playing on
the side lines of the 400 circuit. They
also have servant troubles.
Amelia is with us, as you know"
said Mrs. Brown. Wouldn't have you
say a word about it for the world, but
do you know that Jones is an old hyp-
ocrite? And to think man of his age
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-11-27

water basins. which 1t is proposed 10
use for additional clear water storage.
From these basins it Is distributed
either to the mains or to the old clear
water storage reservoir. In this plant,
its builders claim, the manual labor
will be reduced to a minimum by the
use Of automatic devices for controll-
ing almost all of the operation. The
valves will all be operated by n.y.
draulic pressure so that the turning
of a small lever will handle the largest
and heaviest valve. These levers will
be placed on marble tables in front
of each filter.
Machinery Run by Electricity.
The plant will be equipped with all
the necessary machinery for its en-
tire operation. This machinery will be
electrically driven, so that the throw
ing on Of a switch will start in opera
ton the pumps, motors, blowers, or
other apparatus. The plant will be
heated with low pressure steam heat
ing plant and lighted with electricity.
The building is ample, so that future
equipment may be added without diff
ficulty One half Of the building will
have a basement, located beneath 1t, of
ample size for all Of the operating ma
chinery, filters, etc, and the storage
of chemicals and installation of heat
ing plant. Above this will be the main
entrance room in which will be located
the office of the superintendent, toilet
room, laboratory and coagulant solu-
ton tanks. There will be used in the
operation OF the plant automatic re-
cording gauges which will keep an ac-
curate record OF the work Of the filter
beds, the amount of coagulant solution
used, etc.
One of the Best.
The city of Rock Island is now as
sured, it is claimed. of an ample supply
of clear, pure water and the installa-
ton Of plant that will be second to
none in the United States and one that
will be a pride and a credit to the city
and an ornament to the park where it
will be located.
The city has signed the contract with
the Pittsburg Filter Manufacturing
company for the installation of the
plant, and the contract is now in the
hands Of that company It is expected
to begin the building OF the new plant
in the spring.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-11-27

day evening knew the circumstances
under which the entertainment COM
mittee of the club secured the services
of George Buhr of Cincinnati and Abe
Rosenfield for that occasion. Buhr is
candy manufacturer. He calls on
his tri-city trade about four times a
year. He has numerous friends here
about. as he has in every other local
ity to which his business carries him.
Nature has blessed him with, first.
good business head, and then further
endowed him with a winsome person
ality, a beautiful singing voice and
talents of piano manipulation. In this
connection it might be explained Buhr
is still-or single still, might sound
better. He is handsome, city broke,
knows how to wear his buds SO they
will modestly noise, has money-he
had a frugal father. Then. he is a
hard worker. and is doing well. The
factory is working day and night TO
keep up with the orders. When Buhr
received a letter from J. II. Trimble,
chairman of the entertainment COM
mittee. inviting him to come, ne
promptly WiTeu II WOu'u DC lHpOSSl-
Chords and Discords ONE and half
BILE. 1t was simply out of the question
Business was crowding him, and, be-
sides, he had promised his folks he
would carve the Thanksgiving bird for
them. Mr.. Trimble, resourceful and
determined, set about to frame up a
conspiracy He dictated long type
written letter to the Buhr-Praff Candy
Cincinnati, In which he ex-
planned that their Mr. Buhr" had dis
appointed the local club. Mr. Trimble
said in his letter be had interviewed
the local firms with which the Gin
cinnati factory has accounts and they
were unanimous in the demand thet |
Mr.. Buhr should recall his decision. |
If he did not do so, he might just IS
well cut the tricities off his visiting
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-11-27

gate house of the old filter plant
which will be left intact, so that there
will be a general harmony in the ap-
pearance of the plant on completion.
The new filter building, however, Will
be covered with red Spanish tile,
which will add greatly to its appear
ance. The new building will be about
So feet long and will be ''TO' shaped,
80 feet inside width both ways. The
cut gives a general idea of the APP
pearance and design of the filter
building.
Six Filter Units.
This building will contain six filter
units, built of reinforced concrete,
each having capacity to furnish l.
00O,0OO gallons of purified water for
"a hours. These units will be so ar
ranged that they can be operated en-
tirely Independent of each other, so
that one may be cleaned or washed
without in anyway interfering with the
balance of them. The present sedi-
mentation basins will be continued rs
sedimentation basins, but will have
in them a series of rein
forced concrete battle walls, so ar
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-11-27

ranged that various periods of sedi-
mentation may be secured. In this
way the operator will be enabled 20
take advantage of every condition Of
the raw water for economical and eff
cient operation of the plant. The
water will be pumped to the present
basins, as at present, and on its en-
trance to them will be supplied with
the required amount of coagulant solu-
ton, which is prepared in a set Of
concrete tanks contained in the filter
building and supplied to the water
through a very fine adjustable feed
ing device.
Prepare Water for Filters.
The object of this coagulent is 90
prepare the water for application 10
the filters. The action of it is some
what similar TO the wh1ue of an egg
when used IN coffee. The coagulant
is a jelly-like matter, which floats
around in the water and, coming into
contact with the bacteria and mud,
gathers it into larger particles. In
this manner large proportion of them
will settle in the basins and the bal
dICG VI the COdS uldICu ll1pOA AllCS IASA
pass to the filter house through an
iron and concrete conduit and are dis
tributed to the various filters through
a series of valves, passing through the
sand beds Of the filters. The wafer
is gathered together in a manifold
system located below the sand bed.
This manifold system consists Of a
large number of lateral pipes into
which are fastened brass screen
valves. These cover the entire bottom
of each filter unit.
Into Operating Gallery.
The gathered water then passes
through a large center manifold and
is carried out into the operating gal
lery through a controller The object
of this controller is to maintain a uni
form flow of water through the filter
beds at all times. 1t is automatic in
its operation, irrespective OF whether
the sand beds are clean or soiled,
only allowing a certain quantity of
water to pass through, them. They
are so designed, however, that II It is
desired, this quantity may be varied.
making great fiexibility in the capa-
city of the plant. After the water
leaves the controllers it will pass into
the clear water conduits. From there
it will be carried to the two clear
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-11-27
An Economical Vacation.

Round trip tickets at figures but
slightly in excess of one way fares to
a hundred or more resorts in Canada
and New England, also to New York
city and Jersey coast resorts will be
placed on sale on various dates after
June ], 1909.
Full particulars of dates of sale,
limits, stopovers and descriptive lit
erature can be obtained by writing
w. S. Cookson, A. G. P. A, Grand
Trunk Railway system, 1875 Adams
street, Chicago, IL.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-11-27
Chords and DiscOrds

encores to the shots peppered at the
! floor in close proximity to my feet
by his companion. The bartender
asked them to desist, and they right
off the reel told him where to get Off
Both seemed to be getting drunken
every minute. l moved towards the
door and was ordered to halt. l did
so. The bartender, ostensibly for the
purpose of calling police assistance,
| slipped out the rear door. Then l was
ordered to deliver over what l had
on me. 1 happened to have just $3.50.
l gave it up, and was glad to do it. l
ran out the front door, supposing my
friend would follow. But was disap
pointed. l continued on to the city
as rapidly as 1 could When reached
my room I thought the matter over.
1 came to the conclusion 1 had been
made the victim of wild west conf
dence game. l was beginning to dis
like Denver. Quietly laid my troubles
before the detective bureau. One IF
the detectives was assigned to my case.
narrated all of the circumstances.
He just laughed. We visited the Sa-
loon where l had been held up. l de-
scribed the cowboys and my frien1.
He laughed again. He said the COW
boys were 'phonies' and that my friend
and the bartender were their allies. l
began to see the light. l went around
with the detective three nights. On
the third night we located by friend.
He was in one of the resorts of the
city spending money freely. He was
Immediately dressed, and was wear
ing an opera hat. The detective APP
preached him and asked him if he
knew me. He answered that he did
not I doubted myself momentarily,
so insistently did he maintain his po-
sition that it was a simple case of
identity. Finally the detec-
tive led him into another room. My
friend admitted that he was corneTed. |
He wanted to know how much l had
stolen from me. The detective IN /
formed him. The detective then asked |
me If 500 would be sufficient to salts |
fy me. l said it would. l considered !
myself lucky at that, and l was. The !
800 was passed to me and the affair |
ended there When 1 got back home !
wondered how much the detective
got But that is neither here nor there.
never saw my friend afterward l
lid not finger long in Denver. And
hat was not SO many years ago either.
learned that there was an organized
gang of confidence and holdup men
operating in the city. The members,
assume, were known to the police.
When there was squeal the money
was returned. was told that they
made a rich harvest off the tender
'eet, of whom 1 was one"
How Buhr and FtOsenfield Were Begged.
Few of the members of the Rock
sland Club who attended the monthly
Inner and social session last Wednes-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-11-27
No Wonder She's Cross,

The woman who has a thousand petty
cares and annoyances while she suffers
with headache or sideache must not be
blamed II she cannot always be angel
ically amiable. What she needs Is
thoughtfulness from her family and such
a simple and natural remedy as Lanes
Family Medicine, the herb tea that makes
weak women strong and we'll Sold by
druggists and dealers, 25c.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-09-14
IN NEW YORK
Rev. G. w. Hensel, Former.
ly of Marion, Now Resides

The Cleveland Plain Dealer of this
morning contains fire likeness OF
Rev, c. w Hensel, formerly pastor
of the Calvary Evangelical church in
this city, Concerning the former Ma
rion pastor the paper says:
Mr. Hensel, formerly OF Cleveland
but now located at 1 Madison-av.,
New York, has been ingaged to take
charge of the layman's missionary
convention TO be held in this scity
Oct. ~ TO "a. He is one of the Sec
retaries of this world wide move
ment. A meeting of the executive
committee, which has been appointed
to direct the work of the convention
will be held at Central Y. M. c. A.
tomorrow evening at 1880 o'clock. The
pastors's sco-operatlve committee will
be associated with the first named
body in the meeting"
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-09-14

The old, old rumor about the Erie
shops at Gallon being moved to this
city, is once more going the rounds
with added vim and although little
can be learned concerning the found
alton for the rumor, 1t Is believed that
the officials of the Erie have this In
mind as they nave never before. The
rumor has been current here and at
Gallon for some time and 1t appears
to hold much truth in 1t and at
least there is much speculation In
railroad circles concerning 1t.
II is said by officials of the Erie
that little is to be told until some
thing definite Is to- be done and, as
result little, can be defihltely de-
pended upon. However, as Dame
Rumor has 1t the shops of the Erie
at Gallon will come to this city and
occupy the old rooms OF the Marion
Steam Shovel company. On the north
side of West Center Sstreet Athere is
q good plat occupied by the build
ings of the Steam Shovel company.
This company is now purchasing
land about Dayid aud Columbia
streets and very many rooms are be-
ing erected. AS rumor has it it is the
wish of the company's higher officials
to centralize their shops south OF
Center street In order that the street
may not be crossed and in order that
this whole section to Columbia street
may be one busy ciosely-connected
business spot. With the steam shovel
shops moved. the shop OF the Erie
may easily be located in the rooms
all OF the shop work OF the Erie may
be done here instead of going to Gal
ion. Railroad men say that there Is
not sufficient room at Gallon for, the
development of the shops in the rail-
road section, and that the officials of
the Erie have been seeking the rooms
Of the steam shovel company many
years.
Just what will be done may not
be known before the completion of
the new buildings of the Steam Show
Ell company. G.. w. King. president of
the company, was recently appointed
a committee OF one to look after the
of the new buildings
and it is probable that he alone
knows just what is to be done upon
their completion as he probably
knows the idea in view an the con-
struction OF the new buildings. Mr..
King Is now upon an extended trip