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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-04-02

held here the past two years. They
made a noise about the exposition
that was heard for hundreds of miles
beyond the city, and resulted in bring
ing here many of their friends, some
Of whom had never before visited the
city. The little affair arranged for
this evening Is for the purpose of get
ting all the boys together for a few
hours of sOciability, and incidentally
to advance interest in their fraternity.
While practically all of the seating
accommodations for the banquet have
been spoken for in advance, the com
mtttee in charge wishes to impress on
those members who have not yet been
heard from that they will be taken
care of, no matter at what hour they
arrive.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-04-02
A MIDNIGHT TUMBLE.

You may not believe that there is
such an affection as sleep walking, but
you can have your doubts removed by
consulting a certain Rock Island pro-
fessional man who suffered a most
extraordinary experience during the
past month. He had put in a busy
day, and was obliged to return to his
office in the evening. 1t was a mild
night. and he raised a window open
ing onto a roof, which is, perhaps, ~
feet below. He worked over his desk
for possibly three hours. He was
pretty tired, as he tells 1t, and he
thought he would steal a little rest
before setting out on his journey
home. He was compelled to walk, as
the cars do not go closer than a half
dozen blocks of his home. Lighting
cigar, and removing his coat, he
stretched out on the office sofa to
enjoy a quiet smoke of half an hour
Near to midnight a pedestrian on
the avenue heard the screams of a
man. He paused, but he could not
distinguish the exact direction from
which they emanated. He walked on
until he met policeman, and related
the circumstance to him. They both
returned to the block, and they lis
tened. There were more cries. They
went around in an alley and listened.
They located the voice A ladder was
secured, and the professional man was
found sitting ON the roof smoking the
cigar He had fallen face foremost,
aIighting on his shoulder
az was not Immediately awakened
by the shock he said ''It seemed
a struggle for me to arouse myself,
and during the time unconsciousIy
was making an outcry. The last ! re-
member until / Weakened on the roof
was when l fell asleep on the lounge.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-04-02
PArRIARcAs MILITANT.

! The general program for the cOnVen
ton of the Patriarchs Militant branch
of Odd Fellows in Champaign on June
| %, % and "a has been arranged. 1t
is expected that $500 to 5000 Odd Eel
lows from all parts of the state win
he in Champaign to attend the ses-
sions While the Patriarchs Militant
are more interested in the program.
all the grand officers of the lodge, of
the encampment and the Rebekah or
CARNATIONS of Illinois will also be pres
emit
The opening feature of the meeting
will be the special session of the Re
bekahs, there being assemblies IN both
the morning and afternoon of June %
for the purpose of comforting degrees.
The department council will meet on
Wednesday, and at 5 p. M. the grand
encampment will have a session. We'd
nesday evening there will be a grand
reception for the visiting officers,
chevaliers, Odd Fellows and ladies by
Triumph Rebekah lodge of Champaign.
The Patriarchs Militant degree will
be conferred at Odd Fellows hall for
prizes on Thursday morning and the
department council will also continue
to be in session.
The grand pageant will take place
at 2 o'clock Thursday afternoon. The
Odd Fellows Orphan band of Lincoln
will head the procession and members
of all branches Of the order will be in
line. After the parade there will be a
review on Illinois field Major General
James Henry Harris of Chicago, de-
partment commander, will officiate.
Then there will be a general recep-
tion in which either DR.. E. J. James or
DR.. T. j. Burrill of the university will
deliver an address of welcome, to be
responded to by Major Harris. At 4 :I5
there will be competitive drills for
prizes.
That evening at $50 o'clock the
comforting of decorations and grand
decorations of chivalry will take place
at a public meeting at the armory.
Teen will come the grand march and
the first dance, after which Major Har
ris will announce the winners of the
prizes. Then the grand ball of the
Patriarchs will take place.
On Friday, June "a, the visitors will
be escorted through the university
grounds and buildings by university
guide, concluding the program.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-04-02
ANOTHER HAPPY FAMILY.

This relates to events that have
transpired in one household in Rock
Island during the past year: The
couple have an only child, a son. In
his early youth, In order that he might
have companion, an orphan girl was
adopted into the home. She became
attached to the husband and wife, and
vice versa, this applying to the son
also. AS the son grew to manhood
he fell in love with a girl, which was
perfectly proper In the meantime
his mother died This made the adopt
ed orphan girl, now a fine young
woman, the housekeeper. The son
married. AS there was abundant room
in the paternal home. he took his
bride to his fathers house 1t was
not long until the question of priority
as between the two women arose The
orphan girl lost. She was ordered to
leave The father interviewed in her
behalf, but the combination of the son
and daughter-in-law was too much for
him, and he saw the girl whom he had
lovingly reared, driven from the only
place she had ever known as home.
The daughter-in-law was mistress of
the household. The father, it was
noted, was remaining away evenings,
a habit of sudden requirement. One
day he marched into the house with
a woman whom he presented to his
son and daughter-in-law as his wife.
The question of priority again arose,
but it was settled differently this time
The son and his wife were given NOV
ing orders. They protested, but father
said he was the ruler of the home, and
his wife was next in command. Fur
thermore, he needed the room. They
departed. In the meantime, the dis
carded orphan is chuckling over the
turn things have taken in her old home,
and it would not be surprising were
she to receive an invitation to rein
state herself as the daughter of the
household, position she so long occu-
pied
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-04-02

circuit for an explanation. They have
been cometing-taking a long, linSer-
ing cape at the heavens.
I've been trying to get line on all
this fuss that they are making over
sky flash that an old mound builder
named HALEY saw one night back in
the fig leaf period. OF course he has
checked in, but his dope has been
passed to others, and they are putting
it over in two-column doses, serving
what purports to be facts and figures
that would require the patience and
persistence OF a Philadelphia ambu-
1ance-chaser to digest.
: I don't claim to be a scientist, but
as near as l have been able to learn,
this old scout Halley-I don't recall
his first name-was roofer, and did
most of his work at night in order to
escape the hot rays of the sun during
the day. You understand, in those
days the umbrella had not yet arrived.
During his tired spells he would pick
a soft place on the roof and lie over
on his back and count the sinners in
the blue On one of these occasions
he fell asleep and he dreamed His
"a game of checkers, and they had not
noticed it was growing late until the
hour of midnight was reached. They
missed the boy, and, remembering that
he had mentioned he was to do some
work on the roof of neighbours house,
father started out on a search for him.
The neighbours house was visited, the
family there was aroused, but calls
directed towards the roof failed to
bring an answer from young Haley.
Father, though infirm, determined to
squirrel the ladder. AS he neared the
top he saw the form of his son sud-
denly rise. and, with uplifted hands,
the boy shouted Eureka"
Of course, that he located the golden
bead in the sky. Father did not have
his glasses with him, and he doubted
the boys claims. Then they both
stretched out on the roof, and they
were there for half an hour when there
was another flash, and the old man
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-04-02
TRAVELLERS 10 eANouET.

This evening at the New Harper
100 of the Rock Island members of
the United Commercial Travellers and
their ladies viii enjoy a banquet and
dance The banquet will be served
az a O'Clock, and will be interspersed
by program of toasts. The dancing
will follow, the large dining room on
the second floor to be used for this
diversion. The Commercial Travellers
who reside here are among the most
effective boosters that the city has.
Most of the boys cover territory away
from the city, and they never overlook
an opening to say a good word for
Rock island, 1t will be recalled that
they went to the front for the Rock
Island Exposition company in connec-
ton with the shows that have been
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-04-02
Chords and DiscOrds

got it In the meantime mother was
at home alone with the cat She grew
nervous over the absence of her hus-
| band and the boy, and she set out to
see what had become of them. She
tried to ascend the ladder, her foot
missed one of the rungs and she was
pitched headlong to the rocky ground.
She said afterward that she saw some
thing also-but declared it could not
have been what her husband and the
boy saw, for, in her case, there were
a whole lot of them
At any rate, young HALEY pegged
the comet, and he backed up his dis
| covery with the aforementioned dizzy
data, which has been carried on down
the line for generations until now
when we are again being RECALLED with
It, II reminds me somewhat of cough
ing a pair of meg for parquet seat
at a grand opera performance. You're
seat is about the middle between the
aisles, and you are surrounded by a
flock of society that is up-or at least
they carry on as though they knew
more what the singers are pushing
over the footlights than the geniuses
who burned coal oil in assembling the
throat-testing notes. You're locked in,
and you got to say you like it whether
you do or not You've got to smile,
and marvel, and sigh, or your neigh
bors will class you with the hoi poll.
You must admit that It's the thing
and rave about the chaps who cooked
IL I'D for the edificaion of humanity
for all future time. I don't mind tell
ing you that fell for it once. 1t was
a great success for disturbance, but
that was about all so far as l could
see or hear. 1t reminded me of a
Fourth of July celebration in tank
fireworks.
So If we're wise we'll believe HALEY
was a wonder, and that the million
mile rocket that is supposed to be
playing hide and seek with Old Sol
Is a reality. OF course there is no
argument over Old Sol or the moon.
They've made good, and have been
slipped the pass word to all of our
homes and orders. But Haliey's
stranger is still on probation, as far
as 1 am concerned.
There is no doubling that there is
something to it. But what has ap-
peared to me as a twister is these
other sky pilots that have been re-
ported as looking us over the past
few months. On the way home one
night I came across a stranger hang
ing close to a telegraph pole. You
can imagine what my first inference
was. I could hear the Growing of a
fresh rooster that breaks loose when
1 remain out past the midnight hour.
That bird, I'll wager, is a mental
telapathist. I have followed different
routes. but I have not been able yet
to deceive him. It's got so now that
when his crow is heard the home folks,
and the neighbors are getting in on
it, too, can tell me the next morning
the exact hour at which l hove into
my own fireplace. Well, the chap at
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-04-02

the post, I found, was comet bug.
He stopped me and asked me IL l
wouldn't join him. At first l did not
gather intelligently, and was expect
ing him to draw a piece of lemon pie
out of his pocket You know bug,
if you listen to him long enough, IN
variably will get your mamie. He uli-
folded the whole tale to me, and then
directed my peppers toward the skies
focused f1xedly on spot that he
directed me to. He talked and raved,
and, on the square. was beginning
to see it, 1 took no chances looking
at my watch, for | had no assurance
that he wasn't a noodle Taper, and
asked him to inform me. He begged
me not to break the picture, and L
let him dream. He came out or 1t
temporarily when a bunch of clouds
obscured the picture he was revealing
in. His chronomoter showed that
had burned up an hour In the dope
He may be there yet for all l know.
| asked him which one 1t was. Hal
ley's or some other He said that
Halley's was not due-that this was
a newcomer, etc. I inquired If it had
been christened, and I thought he
would take a handful of my face. That
was a secret. He 1t was who first
saw it, and he was to name the child.
Then his fame and fortune would be
fixed. as was Halley's. That convinced
me he was a wheeler, and l ducked
for the feathers. Just as I opened the
front door the rooster footed a res
onant farewell. Ny only hope is that
this old busybody will have some mis-
fortune soon that will result in the
loss of his voice.
Dick tells me he went to a comet
party the other night. He says that
you are not supposed to talk at these
affairs-just look and think. That is
what the young lady told him. He
said he would not be sure, but he was
afraid that he asked her to marry him
not that he doesn't love the girl, but
he doesn't know what she will think of
him. He describes the effect as fas-
cinating He disavows ever having
hit the pipe, but he declares If
it's anything like glueing your lamps
on the skies, with pretty girl at your
side doing the same thing. and neither
saying a word, it's not half as bad as
it has been touted. BILLY.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-04-02
NOT UNLIKELY.

On the stage of the Family theatre
in this city there is tackled the follow
ing notice addressed to the vaudeville
performers who play there: Don't be
so sure that it Is going over their
heads. They may be ducking it,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-04-02
Notice.

The regular annual meeting of the
stockholders of the Rock Island Saw
ings bank for the election of nine d.
rectors for one year will be held at
the office of said bank in Rock Island
Monday. April II, 1910 Polls will be
open at 10 a. m. and closed at IL noon
of said day.
p. GREENAWALT, Cashier.
Rock Island, April 2, 1910.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-04-02

but a lew OF
my frie n d S
have and they
say it's a bug
that produces
mental wob-
bles quicker
than TenneS-
see mountain
g a s o l i n e.
They call 1t
connecting. It's
gotten so in
these parts
u o W a d. a Y S
when a pair of
cooers are cut
of sight for
any length of
time they hit
the scientific
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-04-02
BILLY,s PRIVATE MAIL.

Dear Tom-Let nue. hip you to a new
curve. 1 haven't gone fully to bat yet,
The Nome daily nugget. (Nome, Alaska) 1906-1918, 1910-11-14
As oTHGRs WRITE.

The following clipping taken from
the Long Beach Telegram OF Septem-
Der IL. should prove of interest to the
readers here in Nome, for people out
la the states are led to believe we have
many large gambling houses running
fan blast here in the city, and that the
largest one was held up in bold day
light
The following is the account of the
held up as II was given to the public
outside:
BOLD DAY LIGHT HOLDUP.
United Press to the Telegram.
NOME, Alaska, Sept. l4.-While one
~ the largest gambling houses in
Nome was crowded with players today.
two masked bandits covered the in
mates with automatic pump guns
Scores were lined against the wall and
relieved of their yaluables, the rob-
bers escaping with thousands of dol
lars
The Nome daily nugget. (Nome, Alaska) 1906-1918, 1910-11-14
SUMMONS-NO. 2224.

la thc Di~t,irt Court r"r Do" District
%. Alaska, Second Division
Miners 4 Merchants Bank of Alaska.
q c"rp"rati"n rIaintim. ys. Walter II.
S"d"rbcrg. Eda Quirr Sod"rbcrg and
4 : Moore" defendants
tn" president Of tn" United STATE
Ella Quirc Sodcrhcrg aud II :. Moore.
the ab"ve named defendants, greeting
You are hereby summoned and re-
pHir"d To appear and answer the CON.
plant Of the plaintiff on file in the
Office of the clerk of said court. at the
city of Nome in said District, within
thirty days from the service Of this
summons upon YOU, to-wit.: from the
18th day of December. 1910, or judg
ment for want thereof will bc taken
against YOU; and YOU are hereby noti-
fled that if YOU fail to answer the said
complaint the plaintiff will take judg-
ment against YOU and each of you for
the sem of $1.9l7.Ts with interest there =
on from the 10th day Of October, 1907.
at the rate Of twelve per cent per an
mum. and an attorneys fee OF $3.50. ac-
c"rding to your promIssory note Of said
date, being the relief demanded in said
complaint. The order for service by
publication OF this summons is dated
November s, 1910. Date of first pub
ication November I. 1910 Date Of last
publication. December 10, 1910.
Witness. the Honorable Cornelius Il
MGfane. judge of the said District
Court. and the seal of the said court
hereto affixed this 5th day of Noycm-
ber, 1910.
JOHN SUNDBACH
Clerk Of the District Court. District ~
Alaska. Second Division.
BY T NJ REED.
Deputy Clerk
The Nome daily nugget. (Nome, Alaska) 1906-1918, 1910-11-14
FREE TURKEY,
CHICKENS AND OYSTERS

Now is your opportunity to win a
free Thanksgiving dinner. We have
in our market fresh beef, dressed Nov.
II. 1910, and the FIVE customers guess.
ing nearest to it's weight we will give
the following prizes:
1st-A ten pound turkey.
2nd-A six pound turkey.
3rd-A roasting chicken.
4th-A can Of fresh oysters.
5th-A can Of fresh oysters.
The beef has never been weighed
and will not be until tho contest 10
over. That is November tho 2ist.
The only condition in this guessing
contest is as follows:
Each person must deposit their own
guess in the box.
For every purchase whether cash or
credit you are entitled to one guess on
the beef.
Persons ordering their meat by phone
may deposit their suesses at any time
when they are passing the market.
PACIFIC COLD STORAGE CO.
The Nome daily nugget. (Nome, Alaska) 1906-1918, 1910-11-14
FORFEITURE NOTICE.

To Ed Il. Ferguson. his heirs. success
sors and assigns:
You are hereby notified that the un-
dersigned has expended in labor and
Improvements the sum of one hun
dred slO0) dollars on the following
named placer mining ground. for each
ana every year e i9o3 1905. 1909 and
"a 3lG to-wit
The Violet placer mining claim. see
enc tier OF benches Snake river. west
"f Nome. in the Cape Nome ReRcord-
iEg District. District OF Alaska.
And you are further notified that II
you do not. within ninety days from
the date Of the final publication hereof
cause TO be paid TO the undersigned
your proportionate share OF said ex-
penditures, as co-owner. your interest
in said claim win become the property
or the undersigned. under section 2S2i
OF the Revised Statutes OF the United
States.
A y. WEINBERG,
Co-owner.
Date first publication Nov. 8. 1910
Date last publication. Feb. 4. 1911.
The Nome daily nugget. (Nome, Alaska) 1906-1918, 1910-11-14
MATTERS
RECORDED
OCTOBER %, 1910,
Conveyances.

NonNcyanccS.
Ole .. kyakland to = u Cox. oct
y. 1910: lot -. block 10
J George II Williams to Nome. Mon.
tana New Mexico Mining 90. consoI.
dated; oct. 20 1910: all his right It'll,
and interest in 81. Louis bench claim
on shovel creek
Locations.
Discovery claim on Cold creek: oc-
IL 1910: oscar Carlson ct al
No. 1912 below on Shovel creek:
oct. IL. 1910: Adolph Carlson ct Al!
No. ~ below on Shovel creek: OCT
IL 1910: J. T. Stone.
-. Louis bench on Shovel creek: oct
la. SO; Geo. r. williams.
N"tor right location. left limit 4
'"id creek. tributary of Grouse creek
tributary IT Colo Bottom. tributary q,
~ AXE River. oct. II. 1910. oscar CT,
son 1T al
Proofs Of Labor.
No. II below on DRY creek: T.e" Low
enherz
Golden Annie bench. right limit CEN
ter creek: O. J. HALEY ct al
Alice first tier bench. right limit If
solomon river: J. L. Beau
OCTOBER 2s, 1910.
Power Of Attorney.
VIM l. Springstein to II II. Spring
steen. Sept. %. 1908. general power.
Ernest Hester to II. II. Sprinesteen,
Sept. %. 1908, general power
OCTOBER 81, 1910.
Marriage Certificate
John Bagge and Mary Olson. oct.
81. 1910
James C. Burke and Miss Alta HIN.
oct. 81. 1910.
conveyances.
ole Kvakland to Peder F. Satire.
Oct 81. 1910: undivided ore half in
fraction between and Saunders.
p. II. Derrick to Daniels Seward
and Development Co. oct. 81.
1910: all his right. title and interest In
discovery claim on Emily gulch tribu-
tary TO Daniels creek
Locations.
Faith placer claim. one.half mile
west Of Bluff. located Aug %. ny Frank
Fellows ct AL
Proofs Of Labor.
Dublin association. left limit Cum
bingham opposite 6 and I. James Bryne
ct al.
Plato bench claims. right limit Nc
Donald creek: Thomas Bergman.
Arena fraction bench. right limit Nc
Donald creek; Chas. +. Swanson.
Hercules association, Penny river:
Ed Johnston ct al.
No. l association claim on Willow
creek tributary Osborn creek; Ed
Johnston ct al
Diamond l., between Dry and Bour-
bon: Nome Mining & Trust CO
Halla tract. between Dry and Bopr-
bon: Nome NJ. & T.
Newton fraction. right limit Newton
gulch No. !. II. Donnelley
The Nome daily nugget. (Nome, Alaska) 1906-1918, 1910-11-14
NOTICE OF FORFEITURE

To Thomas = Connolly. Your heirs and
assigns successors and personal r.l,
resentatives:
You and each of YOU are hereby MOI
flied that We have exprndad il, l,b..,
and improvements during the year
1903 the sum of one hundred dollars on
each Of the Quartz mining claim.
Known and recorded as the "Kaflir &"
"Bowery Bill" Bay State" Sahara q"
'Bostonian,' "Mogul." "Etnpir. +"
Morning star" and "Moharib" Quartz
Mining claims ALI situated ON Last
Chance Creek tributary 10 Snake Riy.
err in the cape Nome Recording Dis
trict, in the Second Division Of tn.
District OF Alaska
The above amount has boon rxpnnd-
ed in order to hold said claims and
each of them under the provisions Of
the law of the United States concern
ing annual labor upon mining claims.
being the amount required to Lold each
of said claims.
And YOU ar" further notified that if
within ninety days after the last pub
lication Of this notice. YOU fail 10 con
tribute your proportion Of said cxpcn
ditures your intedest in said claims
will become the property Of the nm
dersiGned your co-owners. under see
ton 23eI. Revised Statutes Of the Uni
ted States
JAMES BREMEN.
ALTON + JACKSON
| Co-owncrs
Date first publication Nov. II. 1910
| d.. L.. .-..II.-...- q. -,
The Nome daily nugget. (Nome, Alaska) 1906-1918, 1910-11-14
NOvEM Ger 9, 1910.

Temperature-Maxi ~ above:
minimum, % above
Baromete-30.O2 inches
weather-Cloudy.
Wind-S. F., breeze
Precipitation-Rain and snow equal
10 0l inch water
The Nome daily nugget. (Nome, Alaska) 1906-1918, 1910-11-14
NOVEMBER II, 1910.

Temperature. maximum 81 above:
minimum 20 above.
Barometer-2s6s tnche.
weather--Cloudy.
W'ind-N. F.. breeze.
Precipitation-3 inches snow equal to
% inch water.
The Nome daily nugget. (Nome, Alaska) 1906-1918, 1910-11-14
NOTICE.

b. come due TO Carstens Bros. & Dash
lev may be paid TO Chss. w. Thornton.
shc IS their duly authorized collecto~.
CARSTENS BROS. 6 DASHLEY.
By J. A. CARSTENS.
The Nome daily nugget. (Nome, Alaska) 1906-1918, 1910-11-14

The Eagle don't ask your patron
age on account Of the popularity or
prestige Of any one connected with the
house. We ask It because we sell the
best goods produced at a reasonable
price. Try a gallon Of our Whisky
either Bourbon or Rye. Free delivery.
The Nome daily nugget. (Nome, Alaska) 1906-1918, 1910-11-14

NovEm Der 6, 1910.

Temperature, maximum ~ above;
minimum 10 above.
Barometer-301 inches.
Weather-Clear.
Wind-N. f., light breeze.
The Nome daily nugget. (Nome, Alaska) 1906-1918, 1910-11-14
NOVEMBER 8, 1910.

Tnperature, maximum. % above;
minimum. 90 above
Barometer-3O04 inches.
Weather-Cloudy.
Winds. F., breeze
Precipitatlon-Rain and snow equal
u 90 inch water.
The Nome daily nugget. (Nome, Alaska) 1906-1918, 1910-11-14
NovEMB Err i2, 1910.

Temperature. maximum 90 above:
minimum. 4 above.
Barometer 2s6s inches.
weather-Cloudy.
wind-N. F.. light breeze.