Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-07-12
CITIES PULLING
WITH THE MOOSE
Three Councils to Extend Of
fetal Invitations to Hold
1911 Meet Here.
WILL BE 10000 DELEGATES
Local Representatives, With Proper
Backing Assured of Prize-Open
Fire Alarm Bids.

Delegates from the tri-cities to the
national convention of the Loyal Order
of Moose at Baltimore in August will
be supported by official invitations
from the councils of Rock Island, Mo
line ond Davenport to hold the 1911
meeting here. A resolution expressive
Of the wish of the city, and rendering
the delegates the hospitality of the
community, was offered at the meeting
of the Rock Island council last evening,
together with a motion that there be
an appropriation by the city OF $50 to
assist in the purchase of advertising
matter to boom the tri-Cities, and both
were referred for final action to an
adjourned meeting of the council
Thursday evening of this week. Ben
F. Schriver, a member of the local
lodge of Moose, addressed the council,
giving some data bearing on the i'm
pOrtance to the community of securing
the convention a year hence. Mr..
Schriver said the delegates from the
tri-city lodges would act as a unit in
their campaign to bring the convention
here. We are not asking donations
of funds to defray the expenses of the
delegates" Mr.. SChTiver said. Our
lodges have provided for all of our eX-
penses as representatives but we must
have ammunition in the way of adver-
Using. and we are expecting our city
councils ana business interests 10 get
behind us. This convention would be
the biggest ching of its kind ever
brought here. There would be not
less than 10000 delegates, and you can
readily estimate what that would mean
In dollars and cents, TO say nothing Of
advertising. to this cri-city community.
We have the pledges Of support from
he national officers and from the dele
gates from 4 number Of the cities. Our
chief Contcnders will be Denver and
Detroit Both are planning To send
large delegations Of business men to
assist The lodge representatives. We
have the best chance Of all of them
.i"ht now. and it is up TO US to get
busy in earnest" The council doubt
less viii give the assistance asked, and
the business men who Will be called
upon should do likewise.
Bids from the Gameweu Fire and Pc
lice Alarm company and the Signal
phone Fire Alarm company TO furnish
rsr proposed system in this city were
.rercd and referred to the Thursday
.ycuiug meeting. The Gameweu pro-
-5sal is a complete system for S10,360,
and : supplemental bid OF $112G5 in
lie event certain additional equipment
j. desired. and that of the SignalphOne
company is SI0.555. Both companies
offer 10 install their systems on rental
basis, apportioned in three payments.
the aggregate of which represents the
total cost given IN the bids, the sys-
;cm to become the property of the city
AT the end of three years if it be so de-
sired. Both companies have their
equipment on display at the city hall.
Representatives are on the ground to
give demonstrations.
c. H. ThornhiU offered a team of
horses for use in the street depart
meut for $3.50 The bid was referred
10 the street and alley and finance com
mIttees to report back to the council
Five companies submitted proposals
10 furnish 10 cars of coal 10 the water
works department. These were refer
red to the waterworks committee with
power to act. Bollman & Baugh bid
S135 and John Bertelsen S113.S7 on re
pairs thai are 10 be made in the cell
room of the city prison. These pro
rosals were referred to the police COM