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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-07-08
PROFIT BY FARM.
State Experimental Station at
Aledo Being Worked With
Good Results.
EXPERIMENT is WATCHED
Different Crops Planted-Attempt
VIII Be Made to Get Stand
of Alfalfa.

Aledo, H., July -s.-(Special.) Last
spring the supervisors of Mercer coun-
ty voted to purchase the 20 acres nee
essary to secure an agricultural eXper-
iment farm in this county. The state
bears all expense of such farm, but
the county must furnish the tract for
it. A number of tests of the soil were
made, and DR.. Hopkins of Urbana, ILL.,,
was strongly in favor of the tract be-
longing TO A. G. Bridgford. near AledO.
Although Mr.. Bridgford did not wish to
part with his land, he finally consented
to do SO, setting no price on it,N but
leaving the price entirely to a commit
tee. This committee offered him Sc 800
for the land, which was accepted. AL
though it was late in the spring, yet
work was done at once, to get the soil
in condition for crops this year.
Recently surveying was done for the
purpose of laying a drain through the
plot, and part of the land will be sown
with alfalfa, after the soil is gotten in
readiness for it, which will be in Aug
ust Soy beans have been planted in
one portion, and all the work is being
done under the supervision of the state
experts, so that the farmers are hav-
ing demonstrated to them lesson on
the proper cultivation of soils, planting
of crops, and care of them.
One of Best I'm state.
This farm is thought to be one of the
best in the state, in quality of soil and
location. This opportunity was much
sought after by other counties in the
state. and only the untiring efforts of
President T. J. Davis of William and
Vashti college, who has charge of the
work of agriculture in the college and
the cooperation of the business men of
Aledo, secured this station for Mercer
county.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-07-08

terday to spend two months under the
care of European medical specialists.
The former lieutenant governor suffer
from an affection of the kidneys that
has caused concern because of failure
to respond to treatment. While abroad
he will stay chiefly at Dresden and
Vienna, where arrangements have been
made for treatment at noted sanitar-
iums. Mrs. Northcott and Miss Amy
Northcott, a daughter, accompanied
the district attorney.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-07-08

ing them Maxfield is unable to state
and the police are. at loss to know.
The robbery is being investigated.
In Joint Installation. - knights of
Pythias of st. George lodge of this
city, st. Paul lodge of Rock Island
and Campbell lodge of WATERFOWL
will hold a joint installation of of
ficers Monday night in K. P. hall
here. A. E. Danielson will serve
as deputy grand chancellor, Owen
Owens as grand prelate and Frank
Young as grand master-at-arms.
Obituary Record.-NIrs. A L. Bar
clay of this city died Monday at the
home of her husbands parents, Mr..
and Mrs. George Barclay, at Fort
Madison, Iowa. Her death followed
an illness of two years. She left
here a week ago. Olive Anderson
was born in Rock Island % years
ago. She was a member of the
Swedish Lutheran church in this
city. She is survived by her hus-
band and mother. Mrs. Sophia An
derson of Woodstock. Mimi, three
brothers, David of Woodstock and
Oscar and Hugh of this city. The
funeral services were held Tuesday
in Fort Madison. Her mother was
unable to attend because of illness.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-07-08

matter lightly, laughing and saying
that the robbery was only joke.
He claims he came here from Cali
fornia.
Fire Bugs in County. - The resi-
dence of Fred Flindt at Green Tree,
this county. was burned to the
ground early yesterday morning. The
family were awakened by the crack
ling of the flames and barely es-
capped with their lives, losing most
of their clothing and personal be-
longings, as we'll as furniture and
household goods. Mr.. Flindt believes
the fire was of incendiary origin and
offers a reward of $50 for any in
formation which will lead to the ar
rest and conviction of the guilty par
ties. 1t was eight weeks ago yes
terday that Mr.. Flindts saloon,
dance hall, barn, ice houses, etc,
only the adjoining residence was
saved and this was the one which
burned to the ground this morning.
Alleged Thieves HeId.-Earl Hun
ter and Alfred Rutledge, the two men
whose propensities for confscating
horses without the consent of the
owners got the better of them, were
arraigned in police court yesterday
afternoon and each was bound over
to the grand jury in the sum of $500.
Obituary Record.-Mrs. NJ. L. Down
ing died at Mercy hospital Wednes-
day after a short illness. Mrs.
Downing was born in Monroe, Mich,
and at the time of death was sc
years of age. Three children, Yuba
Downing of Toledo, Ohio, Mrs. H. C.
King of Colorado and Winner Down
ing of North Dakota, live to mourn
her death. The funeral services
were held this morning at 10 o'clock
from the home, 1907 Rock Island
street. Burial was in Oakdale GEM
etery. i
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-07-08
DAVENPORT

Factory Employe Hurt.-As result
OF an injury which he sustained in
the Wood Creamery factory on Har-
rison street, below Fifth street, yes
terday, c. E. Fuller, one of the en-
ployes, is at st. Luke's hospital suf-
fering with badly cut knee, which
may result in permanent injury. He
was struck on the knee by a heavy
crank on one of the churning ma
chimes and the member was cut to
the bone. A physician was summon
ed and had the injured man removed
to the hospital in the ambulance,
where he submitted to an operation
to dress the wound. The extent of
his injuries cannot be ascertained az
present, but his chances are good
unless complications set in.
o
Bold Day HoIdup.-In the middle of
day with scores of pedestrians pass
ing up and down the street, Emil
T. Matzen, who owns a meat market
at 902 West Second street, was made
the victim of bold attempt at bur
glary yesterday and the robber, who
gave his name as Jack Harper, would
have made good his job had not q
man seen him holding two large
guns up before MIR. Matzen's face and
telephoned to the police. A hurry
up call was sent to the patrol sta
ton and officers Flannery and Hen
zen were on the scene in a few min
utes. Harper had not yet left the
store and was taking his time, de-
spite the fact that any one was Liable
to 9nter the store at any minute.
He was arrested before he could es-
cape and is now confined in a cell
at the police station to await trial |
Harper secured nothing at the store |
owing to the quick arrival OF the |
police. He had entered the build |
ing at time when Matzen was alone |
and showing two large guns into the |
prOprietor's face, before he suspected |
what was occurring, he attempted to |
ransack the till. When Harper was
Nrought to the station he took the |
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-07-08
Taylor Ridge

A large number from Taylor Il. sge
went. to Rock Island and the Watch
Tower to spend the Fourth.
George Ross, wife and daughter of
Iowa were visiting with friends in
Taylor Ridge last week.
Mrs. Charles Kramer and son C5ll
of Rock Island visited with her sister
in-law, Mrs. T. E. Garnett, Thursday
Mrs. Kitty Hofer gave miscellane-
Gus shower in honor of Miss Eta
Roberts, who was married to Roy
Carothers last Wednesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Miller took an
auto trip into Iowa on the Fourth.
Hayes brothers on Monday went to
Illinois City to spend the day.
Mrs. Fox and daughter of Califoini',
were visiting at the homes of James
and Cyrus Miller last week.
Herman Hofer has bought a fine
farm in Iowa.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-07-08
Did you ever wear homespun7 Prob

Did you ever wear homespun7 Prob
ably not, but your parents did. Old,time
clothes were coarse and tough, able to
stand the boiling and rubbing and pound
ing of the old-fashioned way of washing.
The delicate fabrics of to-day won't
stand it. Perhaps your clothes are boiled
and rubbed hard, and that is why they get
frayed, edges, tear easily, and wear out
before their time.
Fels- Naptha soap is the modern way
of washing. 1t cleanses clothes thorough
ly IN cold or lukewarm water-no boiling,
no hard-rubbing, little time
Follow directions on the red and green
wrapper.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-07-08
Best & Russell Company, Distributors, Chicago III.

Saturday. Mr. Cloidt came home Mon.
day. Mildred will remain there for a
more extended visit
Z. w. Wilcher was out from the
county seat Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Bishop, Jr.,
and child were here visiting relatives
Sunday.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-07-08
Quick, Quiet, Polite Service
wrapper.

On loans at reasonable rates is the prop
osition we offer. We're an old solid-rock
company with modern methods and can
give you advantages not to be had else
where. You'll make no mistake by open
ing an account with US. Loans of SIS
more if you want it. Call or write. MU-
TUAL LOAN COMPANY, Suite 411-4I2
Peoples National bank building. open
West 1872.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-07-08

me a well WOUla1,
and / would like to
tell thewhole world
of it. 1 suffered
fromfemale trouble
and fearful painsin
my back. Ihad the
best doctors and
they all decided
that I had a tumor
in addition to my
female trouble, and
advised an opera
ton. Lydia Z.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-07-08
Anty Drudge on Mending.

Mrs. Housewife seem to do nothing but mend and
darn all the time. Half the clothes full of holes
after few washings.'
A1ty Dawdge-Its the boiling of your clothes in the
wash that causes you all this work, Dearie Boiling
weaker them and makes them soft just as it does
meat or vegetables. Use Fels-Naptha soap in cold
or lukeWarm water and the clothes will much
longer
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-07-08
Q o o CURES
N1o 0Do o. SKIN DISEASES

Lying
of
to
normal strength and thickness nupes its rich nutritious
ad by sour impurities is nOun sOothed
SPECIFIC ATLANTA GA
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-07-08
AFTER
SUFFERING
ONE YEAR
Cured by Lydia E. Pink
sYegetable Compound

Milwaukee, Wis. -" Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound has made
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-07-08

If you have sore feet tired feet,
sweaty feet, lame feet, tender feet,
smelly feet, corns. callouses or bunions.
read what happened to Mrs. Crockett of
Jeffersonville: TIZ DID 1T. Mr.. Crock
EFT says: "Aftcr the second treatment
she walked down stairs one foot mt
time. She has not been able TO walk
down stairs before In past five years,
except by stepping down on each step
with one foot mt time. This r. re-
markabic. Send five more boxes"
No matter what ails your feet
what under heaven you have used with
out getting relief, just use TIz. It's
different. 1t acts right off. 1t cures
sore feet to stay cured. It's the only
foot remedy ever made which acts on
the principle of drawing out all the
poisonous eXudations which cause sore
feet. Powders and other remedies merely
clog up the pores. TIZ cleans them out
and keeps them clean. You will feel
better the first time it's used Use II a
week and you can forget you ever had
sore feet There is nothing on earth
that can compare with IL. TIZ is for
sale at all druggists, % cents per box,
or direct If you wish from Walter Luz
Their Dodge & Co. Dodge building, Chi
cago, Ill
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-07-08
Northcott Goes to Europe.

Springfield, ILL.,. July S.-Hoping to
regain health, United States District
Attorney w. A. Northcott left here yes
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-07-08

Do good to thy friend to keep him.
to thy enemy to gain him.-Franklin.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-07-08

Robbed in Daylight.-While waiting
for car to town Wednesday even
ing about o'clock on the corner
of Fifteenth street and Fifteenth ave-
nue., L. e. MaXfeld reports to the
police that he was robbed of his
purse containing SIS. How the pick
pockets succeeded in nabbing his roll
and disappearing without him MOTTO
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-07-08
Small Town scorched

small own ScorchSo.
Mipot, N. D., July s. = Nineteen
stores in the business portion of Des
The National tribune., 1910-04-28
TIE SOUTHERN STORM.

April rs fresh storm ragged over the
South, with unprecedentedly severe
weather as far south as southern Geor-
gia and Mobile. Atlanta awoke to find
the roofs covered with snow and the
thermometer down to 81. Snow fell as
far south as Selma, Ala, Columbus,
Miss, and Columbus. Ca, with a depth
of from one to four inches in the north
ern regions. Millions of acres of young
cotton were destroyed, beside immense
damage to fruit and vegetation of all
kinds. Florida was the only part of the
country which escaped the visitation.
1t is said by some that this is the Sc
verest blow which has fallen on the
South for many years, but probably
these reports are exaggerated. The cot
ton will all be promptly replanted, and
possibly the loss will be confined to the
labor. The cotton-oil mills took ad-
vantage of this to advance the price of
seed, and at New Orleans the price
went as high as $3.50 a ton for long
staple, with from $50 to $75 for ordi-
nary seed. Last Monday the thermome-
ter at Atlanta went down as far as 81
while on the same day at Jacksonville
the maximum was So and the minimum
"a, with the mercury standing at 54 at
8 p. m. 1t was much warmer at st.
Cloud.
The National tribune., 1910-04-28
A soCIaLIsTIc EXPERIMENT.

All eyes are now turned upon the
Socialist Mayor of Milwaukee, and his
administration will be watched with
by many, as to how far he is going to
be able to make good. Socialism in
this country is mainly infiammatory
| talk, many of the advocates preaching
| irreconcilable vagaries. This is the first
time that one of them has been in po-
sition to practically apply Socialistic
principles, whatever they may be. 1t
must be admitted that Mayor Seidel has
made some promising beginnings. First,
the electric railway system has been
| compelled 10 use the tracks of another
road across a downtown viaduct to
shorten the time of service. corps
of city plumbers has been established
to bring the plumbing ring down to
reason. Hereafter when leaks and
breaks are reported, the city plumbers
Will do the work and charge the same
to the property at cost price. 1t is pro-
posed to abolish the Board of Public
Works. which costs the city in salaries
for the three Commissioners $500.
each. and replace it by an expert muni-
$4,000. The Mayor is looking for an
outside man of expert knowledge for
Health Commissioner. A free law de-
partment is being instituted to give ad-
vice gratis TO the poor. Mayor SeideI
has. refused to go out for the Chautau-
qua course, altho offered $3.50 night,
the price paid La Toilette and Bryan
The City Hall employees have been noti-
fed that they are expected to put in
eight hours work a day, where hitherto
they have only done six hours work
A strong repression is being put upon
the saloons. The Mayor says that he
is not u Prohibitionist. and takes
glass of beer occasionally, but he is de-
termined to reduce the vice in the sa-
looms, and has started a war upon the
slums. Concert saloons and places
where gambling is allowed will have
to go. This work will be prosecuted
under the direction of the new Health
Commissioner. One of the Mayors rad
ical ideas is holding Saturday night
dances in the school buildings and other
suitable places He realizes that the |
boys and girls want to get together once
a week for social relaxation, and he |
proposed to have these dances in clean, |
healthful surroundings. under the
charge of competent chaperons. This !
will take the boys and girls away from |
places where beer is sold, and put their !
amusements where they can be Kept |
innocent
The National tribune., 1910-04-28
THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE PENSION
nUrJ.

The National Tribune pension bill is
bound to pass at some time. Its sub
stantial justice is recognized on all sides
and its practically in the extension of
the present pension system is univer-
sally admitted. 1t points the direction
in which future pension legislation
should go and will go. 1t is simple.
direct, absolutely fair to all, and meets,
as no other measure can, the disabili-
ties inevitable to advancing age. We
have the strongest hope that when the
present tariff bill shall do its work,
when it shall prove the revenue pro-
ducer that it has already demonstrated
itself to be, and the Treasury shall be
in a more comfortable shape than 1t is
at present, that the generous, just
American people will insist upon the
passage of The National Tribune pen
sion bill as merely justice to the sur
vivors of the great war which made the
wonderful prosperity that the country
now enjoys. Every year it becomes
more clear to the people the greatness
of the calamity from which the Union
SoiulcTS IeSCueu lHe NATION anu lne
colossal sacrifice that they made in or
der to save the country. Every story
of the war published in any paper in
creases the peoples knowledge of this,
and inclineS them to Il livelier sense of
duty toward those veterans and their
widows who still remain with them.
With the Treasury spending millions on
every side. the people are becoming
more solicitous that the veterans of the
war shall be taken care of properly and
that they receive the aid in their old
age to which they are richly entitled.
Let all the comrades stand firmly un-
der the banner of The National Tribune
pension bill, and all will be well in the
future
The National tribune., 1910-04-28
AFTER MIR. BROWNS HIDE.
Iowa Not i'm Favor of Lees Statue in
the Hall of Fame

The loyal veterans, as well as the pa
triotic citizens of Iowa. bitterly resent
the statement of Mr. Brown, President
of the New York Central Railroad, made
at dinner of the Iowa Society of New
York at the Hotel Astor on March 10.
The National Tribune editorially re-
pudiated the statements of Mr.. Brown
at the time they were made, and by re-
quest prints the open letter of Comrade
Robert Kissick, Patriotic Instructor of
Phil kearny Post, 40, Oskaloosa. Iowa.
who writes much as he shot, straight
for the heart of his antagonist.
Comrade Kissick says:
Mr.. Robert Brown, President of the
n. Y. Central r. R., New York
City.
MY Dear Sir: My attention has just
been called by a distinguished comrade
of Chicago to an article in the March
10 issue of The National Tribune, WASH
ington. ID. c.. wherein you are reported
to have said at q dinner of the Iowa So
ciety of New York at the Hotel Astor,
that you spoke for the $4,000 Iowans
who answered Lincolns call during the
war in welcoming the statue of Gen. r.
f. Lee to Statuary Hall in the Capitol.
In the maine of all these veterans 1 wish
to say that not one of them would ever
raise his voice to prevent the placing of
the Lee statue in Statuary Hail.
IF this be true, 1 beg to ask who
authorized you to make such an un-
truthful statement? Where did you
get the information to base your state
ment on? Were you an Iowa soldier2
IL so, please give me your company and
regiment? l have been a citizen and
resident of Iowa for over half a CEN
tury, was a three-years Iowa soldier in
the civil war. have been closely identi-
fed with the Grand Army of the Re-
public of Iowa for nearly 80 years, and
believe that / can truthfully say that
substantially all the veterans of the
State are opposed 70 statue of Lee
being in the Hall of Fame at Washing
ton. / do not know of one favoring it
being there. My Post No. 40, the sec
ond largest in the State, is making an
effort to have the Congress condemn
and remove the statue from the Ma
tional Capitol. Last January 1 sent a
circular letter, dated the 18th, unani-.
mously approved by the Post to each
member of the Iowa delegation in Con-
gress, asking the Introduction of joint
resolution in Congress accepting the
statue of Washington, but rejecting
Lees, and requesting the State of Vir-
ginia to remove it from Statuary Hall
and away from the Capitol
Il am sending you some literature
showing in what estimation Gen. Lee is
held by the Grand Army of the Repub-
lie in Iowa. 1 can assure you that his
reputation Is that of "a traitor to free
dom and his country wholly unworthy
of having his statue placed in the Ma
tfonal Hall of Fame alongside of gen.
uine American patriots.
Il shall be pleased to hear from you
at your very earliest convenience
Robert Ktssick, Post Patriotic Instruc-
Iowa"
The National tribune., 1910-04-28

Gov. Patterson's pardon of Col Coop
er for Staying Carmack gets an uglier
hue every day in the minds of the peo-
wholesale pardoner, and has turned
loose on the community about 900 crim-
inals who had been sentenced by due
process of law, and among these were
.159 murderers. Col Cooper belonged
to the Patterson faction of the party,
the bitterest opponent 1t is now said
that Carmack was not killed for what
he had said, but for fear of what he
was going to say, which has very re-
pulsive look
The National tribune., 1910-04-28
NearIx a Half Century.

Capt. Alexander Smith. of Jackson
Vile, ILL.,. celebrated, April II. the 49th
anniversary of his enlistment In the
army. He entered Co. e, lth Ill. ana
claims to have been the first man to
enlist in the first company OF the hrst
regiment in the State. He was eiecteo
First Lieutenant, and in II months was
promoted to Captain for gallantry at
Fort Denelson, and was mustered out at
Louisville in 1865, after having served
continuously over four years and seven
months. His biggest day was at ALA
Ioona Pass, where he took into the bat
tie 81 men, of whom Al were lost, and
the regimental battle flag was perforat-
ed by 81 7bullets. He thinks that
Stephen A. Douglas has not had suffi-
cient credit for his great work in up
holding the Union.
The National tribune., 1910-04-28
Vice President Sherman condensed

Vice President Sherman condensed a
great deal of solid sense into a small
space in his st. Louis speech when he
SAID:
Because I believe that we should
make at home nearly everything we
can. instead of buying it abroad. again
emphasize the fact that while 1 do not
tariff, and do not advocate necessarily
when that revision is made that it shall
again be upward in every essential, yet
| do wish to put myself on record here
as insisting that it is the duty of the
business men, of this, country to scan
closely the increasing imports and see,
if they continue, whether it would not
be- wise to protect a little better our
own labor and industries, instead of
sending abroad our gold to pay cheap
labor in foreign countries"
The National tribune., 1910-04-28

Thomas Taggart says most earnestly
that there is no bluff in his candidacy
for the United States Senate from In
diana, and that he is working hard to
secure the nomination. He hopes that
the convention will not indorse any cam
didate, but if it does he will be one of
the contestants. If the convention does
not indorse. then he will be before the
Democratic caucus. William ]. Bryan
has entered into the contest by urging
Gov. Marshalls plan to have the Demo-
cratic State Convention indorse can
didate The Taggart men are actively
at work gathering up proxies and max
ing votes wherever there is an oppor-
tunity
The National tribune., 1910-04-28
A Varied War Experience.

VIM. Spaugh says that he was very
anxious to be a soldier, but was too
young He went along with the 1st
Wis Cav, however. as an officers SER
want, and was at Helena. where some
of them were captured. He happened
to be with the horses, and helped 10 get
them away and back to Cape Girardeau.
He was kicked in the mouth by horse
and sent to the hospital, where he re-
manned for some time. after which he
went to driving a supply wagon. The
bushwhackers captured the train and
killed several teamsters and some of
the guards. so Comrade Spaugh decid-
ed to quit, and enlisted in the 29th No.
He went with Sherman to the sea and
thru the Carolinas, being Gen. Oster-
haus's Orderly from Atlanta to Savan-
nah. He has lived in rebel State ever
since the war, and belongs to Col. Mapip
Post.