Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-01-10
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MOLINE


ward B. Reynolds, conductor for the
Moline, East Moline & Watertown
Railway company, has been appointed
temporary superintendent of the line
to succeed w. H. Gulley. Mr.. Gulley
is suffering with a felon on his right
hand, and this affiiction makes it i'm
possible for him to attend to his du-
ties. He also expects to enjoy vaca-
ton before returning to work. He has
been with the company three years
and this is his first layoff. Reynolds
has been collecting fares for six years
on the interurban road.
Special Election Tomorrow.-There
is to be a special election tomorrow
when the proposition to annex tract
of about 240 acres to the city OF Moline
will be decided There will be seven
polling places-cne in each ward-and
the polls will be open from a. N. to
5 p. m.
Vikings Plan Fair.-Plans are under
way for fair to be held Jointly by the
Vikings of Thor lodge No and the
Olive Male chorus. Turner hall has
been secured for the affair, the open
ing night to be Wednesday, Feb. 3, and
closing night Wednesday, Feb. 10. Ar
rangements were completed at meet
ing of the committee having general
charge, held yesterday. There will be
the usual attractions. and opportunity
will be presented to secure useful and
I.1n ell IL riV,cyc arn GOV
to enjoy a lodge home that they may
call their own. and their share Of the
proceeds of the fair will be used as the
nucleus for building fund The first
step. following the accumulation of
any considerable sum of money, will
be the purchase of a lot for building
site.
Stephens on Argentine.-"TheA rgen-
tine will soon lead the world in food
production" says c. r. Stephens. sec
rotary of the Moline Pillow company,
who has returned from his South
American trip, after an absence from
this city of nearly three months. THE
United States leads now, but it will |
not be for long. There are 9S5,000 |
square miles of fertile land in Argen- |
tine. OF the 1900. 900 bags of coffee |
that the world uses 5000, 900 bags are
raised in Brazil. At Santa Paula, state |
of Brazil, 100000 bags of coffee have |
been purchased and stored that prices |
may be maintained. If crops are short, |
coffee to meet the demand will be TAX
en- from this reserve supply; if crops |
are large the number of bags in stor- !
age will be added to in order that |
prices may not decline. On the 18th |
day of December the port of Santa /
Paula closes. It is not opened till |
June 1. On all coffee taken out of the |
port between Dec Is and June 1 a |
duty of 81 gold per sack is required. /
Each sack contains 60 kilos, or $50 |
pounds of coffee. The best coffee |
grown would yield a good margin of |
profit at 20 cents pound. Don't think
you are going to get cheap coffee, |
though, because you aren't; the 40 and |
ascent prices will be held
Obituary Record.-Lars Gellerstedt |
of 1411 Thirteenth avenue passed away /.
at 9 o'clock Friday evening at the city /
hospital after an illness of two months
with drOpsy. He was born in Sweden
Oct. 9, 1929. He came to America in
1887 and settled here. He had been |
employed at the Union Malleable plant /
in East Moline. He is survived by his
widow and two children, Mrs. Anna
Becker, 1914 Thirteenth avenue, and
Victor Gellerstadt. He also leaves
eight grandchildren. The funeral was
held from Mrs. Becker's home at 2
o'clock this afternoon. Burial was in
Riverside cemetery.