Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-12-29
MOLINE

! Would Unite Tribes.-Joseph Fogel-
strOm, deputy great sachem of Fox
tribe of Red Men, has been instructed
to obtain a special dispensation from
Great Sachem Jones oil the state of
Illinois, to permit the consolidation
/ 70 Fox tribe and King Philip tribe No.
I94
Proposes Sanitary RoomIng House.
"A sanitary rooming house where
workingmen can obtain lodging at
prices that will not be prohibitive is
the plan of S. P. Graham of Aledo,
who came to Moline yesterday and
looked over the local situation. He
returned to Aledo convinced that
third-class rooming house would be a
paying proposition in Moline and said
he would come here in March TO live,
provided he can find a good permanent
location. Mr.. Graham thinks that his
proposition should interest especially
the manufacturers who are anxious
that their employees have suitable and
convenient quarters. Mr.. Graham
plan is to secure, vacant factory
building or lease a big hall in the down
town district, and partition it off into
sleeping apartments, the charge for
lodging 30 be % and so cents per night.
At present he and Mrs. Graham have
charge of the dormitory of William
and Vashti college. Aledo, but II a 10
cation is found they will both come
here and go into the hotel business.
Falls "a Feet; Unhurt.-Fred Meske,
a workman at the ArgillO works in
Carbon Cliff. fell "a feet down an ele-
vator shaft Tuesday evening and was
rendered unconscious He was severe
ly bruised but no bones broken. II is
almost a miracle that he escaped be
ing killed outright, as he fell on a pile
of pIanks and iron bars. At quitting
time the lights were turned out and
Meske, in starting toward the stair
way in the dark. stepped over the
edge of the elevator shaft.
Observatory EIects.-Moline Obser-
vatory, No. /, n. s. B. A, elected these
officers at its meeting Tuesday eve
ming in Swedish Olive hall: Astrono-
mer, c. Mauritz Johnson; Assistant
astronomer, Peter Olson; Recorder,
John A Swanson; Treasurer. George
e Landee: Director for three years,
George w. Johnson; Conductor, c. V.
Swanson.
Mckinley Goes south.-Steve (Buf
fe) mckinley, football player and box
er, left yesterday with his manager.
Fred Heron, for Memphis, Tenn,
where he has booked several fast
matches. He will be gone about two
months. Mckinley played with the
West Ends this season and thereby
became well known to the general
public. He has had IL fights and has
never lost one. He is being trained
by Kid Kelley of Chicago, who pro-
nounces him in excellent shape.
Killed the Ferret.-Friends of Vic
Palmgren, the contractor, are enjoying
little fun at his expense as result
of a rabbit hunting expedition a few
days before Christmas. Incidently c.
H. Elmer, the wall paper dealer, is get
ting his share of the jibes along with
Palmgren. Palmgren, Elmer and Os-
car Carlson planned a hunting trip
that carried them into Western town
ship OF Henry county, where Palmgren |
used to live and where he has scores |
of friends. It was agreed that Elmer |
and Palmgren should carry shotguns. !
while Carlson would devote his time /
to a ferret, only recently purchased |
and trained especially for hunting rab-
bits The day selected turned out to |
be a cold one, but undaunted the trio |