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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-10-26

teenth streets by c. G. Tangman be
Investigated by the council, and that
the matter be referred to the city
attorney, sewer committee and city
engineer for that purpose and on his
motion, properly seconded, the reso-
luton was adopted.
Alderman Naab presented a resolu-
ton that immediate action be taken
with reference to opening Fourteenth
avenue from Eleventh TO Twelfth
streets, and that the matter ue re.
ferred to the street and alley commit
tee, city engineer and city attorney,
and on his motion, properly seconded,
the resolution was adopted.
Alderman Naab reported for the
committee 70 which was referred the
petition Of Z. T. Dolly to install shoe
shining stand at Second avenue and
Nineteenth street, recommending the
granting of said petition. and on his
motion, properly seconded. the re-
port was accepted, and the recommen-
dation therein contained being con-
CURED in.
Alderman Frick reported for the
committee TO which was referred the
building of a large barn back Of 1897
Second avenue, recommending that
permit he granted. providing said con-
struCtiOn shall he under fire ordinance
of city, and on his motion, properly
seconded, the report was accepted.
Alderman Prick presented a resolu-
ton that the city clerk be instructed
to advertise for bids for 1000 feet
OF fire hose, and that the city attorney
draft an emergency ordinance to gov
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-10-26
$40 X.RAY EXAMINATION FREE

Special home treatment
arranged for those who
live in the country. Our
Office has been located in
Davenport for 10 years.
You run no risk when you
come to DR.. Walsh because
he stays right here to back
I'M his advertisements.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-10-26
q Plague Of Rats
Everybody Should Join I'm Fight
fnq the Pests.

Rats have grown very numerous OF late In
every section OF the country. and this has
resulted in attacks on children and in some In
stances on grown persons.
Everybody should Join in destroying these
dangerous pests. The best way 20 get rio OF
them Is with Stearns Electric Rat and Roach
Paste. which drives them out OF the house "a
die and is absolutely reliable.
Stearns' Electric Paste is sold By druggists OF
sent cypress prepaid on receipt OF price. or Dol
25c, 10 OF. box SLIGO
Stearns' Electric Paste Co.. Chicago. Ill
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-10-26

CONTINUED on Page Eighty
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-10-26
MOLINE

For Abandoning Family. - Joseph
Deserano of East Moline was the cen
trail figure In a case in Police Magis-
trate Gustafson's court yesterday.
Deserano was arrested on a warrant
sworn out by his wife, who charged
that he had abandoned her and their
5-months-old child. Deserano denied
the allegation and insisted that his
wife had left him. After an argument
that continued an hour, Deserano
agreed to pay his wife SO week for
support of the child, and the charge
was withdrawn. He at once set out
TO raise the first installment.
At Work on New HIehway.-Work
on the new highway which is to be
opened from the Moline bridge across
Rock river south to Rural town hall
as result of the raising of $4,000 by
committee of Moline citizens, live town
boosters - was started today. The
work of Improvement will be tnaugura-
ted with due ceremony. Members of
the committee met at o'clock at Fred
Youngs garage, where automobiles
were waiting to take them to the scene
Of operation. Contractor Kettlewell Of
Iowa City, who was lowest bidder TO
carry this improvement project to con-
summation. arrived in Moline yester-
day. He will employ a large force of
men. and quick results are promised.
With completion of the new road there
will be a highway leading into Moline
that will result in bringing to the city
a big farmer trade, of this there is
every assurance.
Visitor Bitten by BuIldog-C. ]. OIL
son of New Windsor was bitten by a
Boston bull terrier while walking along
Third avenue between Fifteenth and
Sixteenth streets. He says that a wo-
man was leading the dog and that the
animal snapped his left thumb. He has
reported the matter to the police.
Reports Loss of Watch.-Peter Weier
of 1911 Fifth avenue reported to the
police that his watch was stolen from
his room during the day. He has no
idea who took the timepiece.
Woman's Hip Fractured.-Mrs. Mar
tin SEVERN of SIC Fifteenth street slip
ped and fell at O'Clock Monday even
ing. fracturing her right hip. The &C
cident occurred at the home of A. p.
Dunderberg. S14 Sixteenth-and-a-hal
street, where she had been calling.
She was preparing to return at the
time. The ambulance was summoned
and she was removed TO her home
Obituary Record.-Albert Poenitz, ?
months-old son Of Mr.. and Mrs c. NJ.
Poenitz of 1884 Fourth street, died of
dropsy OF the brain. The child was
buried yesterday afternoon.
w. II. Saunders dropped dead at
Richmond, Maine, yesterday afternoon,
aged IS years. He is survived by a
widow and four children: Mrs. Ernest
Rice, Richmond. Maine; Mrs. A J.
Pike of North Wayne, Maine; Charles
H. Saunders of Moline. and F. S. SaUn-
ders of Richmond, Maine. The son
who resides here is an electrician en-
ployed by the Electrical Construction
company, and he lives at 2411 Fourth
street. His father was superintendent
of a lead manufacturing concern in
Boston for a number of years, retiring
in 1908.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-10-26

PIatea, Pa.-"When / wrote to yOJ
troubled with backache and was
that 1 would cry at the least nOis
startle me 50. / began to take Lyd
crying spells I sleep sound and m
better, thanks to your advice. Twill
your medicines to all sufferers" p
HaIstead, Platea, Pa.s Box 90.
Walcott, N. Dakota -"I had in
which caused pains I'm my sides, an
ached all the time. i was SO blue
like CRYING if any one even said How
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-10-26

The clerk presented estimate OF
city engineer for work done at filter
plant bearing o. X. of Inspector o.
S. Holt, and on motion Of Alderman
LaVanway, properly seconded, the
same was referred to the waterworks
committee.
The clerk presented request from
proprietor of pool room, formerly To-
Gated at 2511 Sixth avenue, asking
for license rebate on two pool tables.
On motion of Alderman McNealy,
properly seconded, the matter was
referred to the markets and license
committee to report back.
The clerk presented estimate of
city engineer for work done by Peo-
pies Construction company on Sixth
ward sewer system in amount of
$4,000, said amount to go against
the citys proportion of such assess
ment On motion of Alderman Nc
Nealy, properly seconded, the matter
was referred to the sewer commit
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-10-26

The cIeTk read semI-mOnIHIy pay
roll for first half of October, 1910,
way. properly seconded, an ordinance
providing for the payment of said
pay roll was Immediately considered,
and on his further motion, properly
seconded. said ordinance was on roll
call unanimously adopted.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-10-26

icine free from alcohol or dangerous
drugs. Thousands of mothers give
it to their children whenever they
become weakened or run down.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-10-26
THINGS A MOTHER
OUGHT TO KNOW

Mothers whose
children ar @
weak and run
down, who do
not gain flesh
a n d strength
who lack the
rosy cheeks and
bright eyes of
healthy child
hood, should
remember that
the safest tonic
and body build
er to give them
is Father John
Mo6inino ha-
cause 1t is a
pure and whole
some food med-
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1910-05-06
Low RATES TO eaEENv1LLE.

The Southern and Yszoo & Mississip-
pi Valley railroads have announced
that tickets win go on sale from all
points to Greenville, May Is, one fare
for the round trip plus 25 cents, and
5his will be an addition to the special
low rates that are to be given the stu
dent body on their trains from Jack
son, Clinton, Starkville and Oxford.
These rates guarantee an immense
crowd. Assistant General Passenger
Agent, John A. Scott of the I. c., has
been requested by Secretary Runnels
TO operate special trains north from
Vicksburg and south from OarksdaIe
on May 18th. in addition to the regu.
Lar train service, trains arriving about
10 a. m, and returning at some hour
in the evening to be determined by the
railroad company.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1910-05-06
MARY SHARP REUNION.

We have been able to locate over
$50 of the former students of this
famous school of other DAYS. The re.
union Is planned TO take place MAY 49,
81, at Tennessee College for Women
Murfreesboro, Tenn. There are many
local hearts that beat faster at the
mentisn of this college which once
flourfshed SO grandly.
We are anxious to get in touch with
every student now living, whether a
graduate or not. Any reader of thil
item who knows of anyone who ever
attended Mary Sharp will confer a
favor on the friend and on US by send
ing us the name and address.
There is much interest in this event
and letters have come from all part.
of the country expressing JOY. AZ
rangements are being perfected for thu
meeting, and the enthusiasm and de
votioa expressed in the letters receiv
ed is beautiful
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1910-05-06

sissippi. Note the splendid 1FsiI-
age, see the possibilities Of waAss1znns-
pertstion, tAink what an in~alnaA2e
supply We should hHve were It evak
foxAd nsssesary or feasible - fzx<nnte
portions of our lands fazmsd 1nsuali~s-
~.
B0z tAe crown of any country - It's
people. One could not I'VE N Eden
If the only eompAnsonShip ware Ais-
tasteful and uncengenial people. WAeEe
else does the flower Of CIVILIZATION -
beautifully lift itself as Ia the south
Nowhere else is the population 20 hono-
geneous, so uncsn taminsted by farsiE
ideals and practices and modes Of
Thought. The west is great land st
has much Of beauty and more of akrifs
bat It is a hodgepodge of the corners
of the earth. Here are Japanese,
Chinese and Hi nous and Mexicans and
Heaven only knows what all, TO sag
nothing of the somswhat clsshing no
tions of easterner, Yankee and all the
zenry. One longs for the solidarity
OF the south, where traditions, notions
and aspirations are 80 nearly one.
A Methodist Exhodtasson.
TIE bring to a close an article already
too long, suffer a Methodist exAorta-
ton. Stay where you are, realize that
your opportunities lie around you.
Work half as hard at home as you
would have to work in any of the new.
er countries be half as attentive to
detail, use the same thrift and econ
eny that is made necessary by the
higher cost OF living in these places
ana see your condition rapidly being
bothered.
The spirit of pnophesy seems TO be
irresistibiy apon ME, So will venture
ens more predieti"a and then close
The tide of emigration has been al
most steadily westward for genera
ton. Few who live in the south
know how tremendous it is. Literal
~ train loads of people move into the
Pacific coast region every week. Tht
city of Seattle alone is said by it's en-
thusiastic boosters to gain four thous
and people month. This is accom-
pIished by the fact that every man il
the west is an optimist who believes IL
his country and eloquently ventilatee
its resources and conceals with oppres
sive silence its faults. Now, marx
you, people cannot always BE fooled
Some day not distant, thetide will turr
southwark, and the restless mul tpsudes
wall invade our own land If we will
quit disparaging our country, ant
cease our eternal reservations that i
is going to the dogs, and begin t.
preach the gospel of prosperity, our
southland will enjoy an era of growti
| and development as it has never befor.
seen. 1t viii then become indeed tn,
garden spot of our nation, the flares
| on the globe.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1910-05-06


considered Thsre are sections IN The
west, though they are rase, where one
can find land advertised at price 40
low as usually obtains IN our state.
But almost iavariably the prospective
purchaser or inquirer finds 1t to be
forty miles from transportation faeih-
ties, or In an arid desert, where no wa
ter IS TO be had, er in a region afor1-
ing no educational or social facilities
II risk my reputation fer veraeity,
which I trust IL at least respects
when I affirm that land is cheaper in
Mississippi, all things considered, than
anywhere else in America.
Delightful Climate.
Again, where else is found more
delightful cfimatea We have some
winter, to be sure, as those who have
lust shaken the Snow off of themsel-
yes will admit. but cold has its decided
advantages. And cheap fuel enables
one to defy it and bask in comfort be
Frost does peer in at the windows.
On tie contrary to the so-called winter
less climates. there rs a penetrating
chill that makes one IS marrow shiver
an escape from which Is blocked by
the fuel dealers $500 for a cord of
wood or $13 90 for a ton of coal. Oar
sunny winter days are as nearly ideal
as this land affords, and even our rains
are honest and bark in warning before
/ they begin to fall We hear a good
| deal about the unbeatable heat of our
summers. It is true that we do have
perhaps half dozen pretty nearly N
toierahIe days. and about the same
number of insuferabie nights, but IT
is because we aave not armed oursel-
YES against them. We might easily
| obviate their discomfort. God s Out
of doors is cool enough, the prair,es
| wave with n grateful breeze and the
forests afford a delicious shade. But
where. Oh where is the spot in Unele
! Sam s domain which knows no heat ed
/ term9 When found, if it is existent
at all. you viii fnd either a sand dune
ar rugged and rocky mountain, or a
! place adapted solely to summer resi-
Hence and besstIy beyond bearing for
nine months in the year. Mi4sissi ppi
! das as good an all-the-y year, round eli
mate as can be found, certainly consid-
/ ering It's many other advantages
Another fact that we do not realize
is that we have as versatile a sod as
can be found We can raise cotton
for the world The granary of the
confejeraev was in Mississippi, and We
could still feed the country if we would
restore our soils as once they were
As fine alfalfa fields lis can be found
in the much boosted west are on Mis-
sissippi prairies, and yet, in spite OF
this fact, land which VIII grow alfalfa
| successfully there is rated at $3.50 pc
acre, when the same land could b,
bought in our state for onesixth O.
that sum with no exorbitant waite
right and annual water tax added, a,
IS the case there. Very nearly th'
largest hog the world ever saw wa.
raised IN Noxubee county, Mississippi
before the war, by Simeon Orr. w,
can raise them yet, and blooded cow
and horses and sheep, and everythin:
else the world demands.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1910-05-06
Cures Itching Eczema.

wstery hSsters. spe.. isrAing sesss of al ki.ds.
thee troubles are caused 81 Blood Poison. while
B. b B. kills the poison, makes the blood p1xe
md rich and hen1s the soEes and stops the itching
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1910-05-06
Low Fares via Southern Railway Co.,
In Mississippi

To Mobile, Ala. and return, for Uni
ted Confederate Veterans reunion, Apl
46th-28th, 1910. Tickets On sale Apl.
gath to 9th, inclusive, also on April
2sth for trains scheduled to arrive at
Mobile before p m. that date.
For further information, apply to
nearest Agent, Southern Railway Co..
in Mississippi, or write, H. E. JONES
,Jr., A. G.. p. A., Columbus, Miss, Of
JND. NJ. REAxL, G. r. A. St. Louis
No.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1910-05-06

Dear brother, when your wife asks.
you for little spending money, don 4
draw a wry face as if she hal trod up
on your corn. Just shell out with a
smile, remembering all the while that
the half you have is hers by right.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1910-05-06

Had dyspepsia or indigestion for
years. No appetite, and what I did
eat distressed me terribly. Burdoek
Blood Bitters cured me. ~. H. Walk.
er, Sunbury, Ohio.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1910-05-06

Don't let the baby suffer from ecz-
ema, sores or any itching Of the skin.
Doan's Ointment gives instant relief,
cures quickly. Perfectly safe for chill
dren. All druggists sell it.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1910-05-06
dV anita es.
a Favorably Situated.

We are most favorably situated. No
matter what developments this and the
next century may bring, and they are
going to be many and radical wherever
the great markets of the world are go
ing to be situated, and this no man can
taon. We have great north and south
trunk lines, which with their ramifiea-
tions, gridiron the state. while on our
western border rolls the great inland
sea, capable of bearing upon its bosom
the commerce Of nation Our ports,
which viii be developed, are near to
and in direct dine with the Panama
canal. When the great ditch Is COM
pleted we shall have ready access to
the ports of the Pacific 1t is the
consensus of the world 5 opinion that
the Pacific viii be the arena upon
which the battleof the world S com
merce viii be fought IN the coming
years. Teeming millions imhabit the
countries upon its banks, with their
multitudinous demands awaiting our
supply. Those who compare the fer
tile loan and prairie soils of cur sec
ton with the rugged and rock bound
wastes of the Pacific region will smile
when they are assured that the Missis
sippi valley viii eventually be sup
planted as a supply base by the eoun
try bordering upon the western ocean
TIE cotton, the grain, the lumber, the
feodstuffs, the necessities, are destined
10 pass through the slit in the cont
neut.
But to spea'l definitely OF some OF
our advantages We DO not always
heed prophecies, but we have to sit W
ana take notice when facts are intro
dused
Now, fact number one is this:
Search where you viii, not within the
confines of the American Union will
you fnl land SO cheap. all advantages
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1910-05-06

1t is easy to break a COCOA hammer
handle IN drawing a long nail After
starting the mil out an inch or So
just place q bit of wood under the head
of the hammer, raising it up say an
inch, and you can pull your nail cas-
ily.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1910-05-06
Pontotoc's Fruit Soil


No better fruit soil exists than is
found on the ed hills of the Pontotoe
ridge section. The statement that we
cannot raise fruit is Frequently made
with the added complaint that the trees
blight or die, or meet some other fate.
OF course they Go. And they do ev-
erywhere. In California it is per
petual warfare against scale AMI pest
in which their widely famed fruit is
produced. A fruit farmer in the fam
Gus Yakima valley of Washington
where the finest apples in the world
are produced, told me that state law
made spraying mandatory, and if an
orehardist did not spray his trees and
keep them pest free the state did it
and charged him with it. The same
is done in the citrus groves OF south
ern California. No kind of fruit
growing is quite so precarious as that
of raising oranges, and yet good mon
ey Is made in it by vigilant attention
to details When we DO the same
thing we shall make even more money
with fruits
Recurring 10 the matter OF raising
stock. I was enrapture.I with the
blue grass region of Kentucky when I
bad the fortune 30 visit 1t. To my
mind it is the fairest land my eyes
have ever seen. But was profound
" impressed with lis similarity TO the
prairie region Of Mississippi, l am al
most minded to turn prophet and pre-
diet that some day rye should have in
that corner Of our state another wide
" ceiebrs led blue blooded stock farm
ing country We cannot raise blue
grass on account of our summers, but
We can devise some winter pastures
equally good, while our bermuda, John
son grass, and alfalfa will supply US
with the finest and most nutritious of
hay at cheap cost
Blessing of Water.
One must live in an arid country
where rainfall is estimated in hun
dredfhs of an inch, and where much
ADJ is made over a common shower, t.
appreciate the blessing of water. Ths
city of Los Angeles is building at al
enormous expense an aqueiuet waief
is TO bring its water supply over barn
/ ing deserts from source one hundred
and forty miles distant. One ear
readily imagine how carefully waite
| supply Of this character must be con
served. and how frugally used. Tn,
Los Angeles river appears upon tn
map is water course, but min
months Of rhe year il is practically
dry bed Look at the map of Ms
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1910-05-06
Mississippi a Favored Land

The following article was written
for the Memphis Commercial APP
peal By former Mississippian, now
located In the fas west, who is thor
eughly acquainted with the agricultu-
raj resources of Mississippi. In re-
ferring to the great variety of staple
fazn products that are successfully
!rown In Mississippi, one writer has
aid: God opened his cornucopia
Jver the Magnolia State" Every
and &fter reading it apply to the I'M
dersigned at Manchester, Iowa, for
further information concerning Mis-
sissippi. J. r. MERRY,
General Immi grafton Agent.
Eater Commercial Appeal
There are not a few restless souls
among your readers who turn their
eyes eagerly westward, fancying that
30 the star of empire stil takes its
way Let one whose heart tenderly
slirns back to the homeland and whose
Judgment believes it to be the only
true land of opportunity of America
5oday speak a word which may quiet
such uneasy spirits and contribute
somewhat toward making such salts
fed in the nearest approach to Canaan
to be found this country.
1 speak boldly, perhaps, but not witt
out investigation. OF my travels /
mall not boast, but / have seen little
IF these United States, north, east and
west. | have kept my ears and eyes
open, and at frequent intervals have
opened my mouth regarding its paste
al resources, and destined it to be a
gast garden. out of which should come
he food, the clothing and the Injuries
which should supply the toilers in ad-
iacent states 1t viii be happy day
5er our people, and as to my mind it
5 sure to come, when the vast area Of
ne state Is eut mp into small farms and
ranches, upon which honorable ans
.hivalr5us men and cultured and beau
.iful women shall live aud work annie
surroundings calculated to develop :
ace the like of which the world has
-arelv seen.
! am often written TO IN Amusement
but more frequently IN inquiry While
my observations have been somewhat
,ursory and SUI CRITICAL. vet / think they
q-arran mo ia dpcEariuer which T Il,