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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-08-09

DAVID RANKIN OF TARKIO, RIO, WHO HAS
MADE MILLIONS BY FARMING.
Water Users association and was In
huential in getting congress 10 start
the Salt river irrigation project Gov
eminent irrigation insured permanent
prosperity for the salt river valley.
and today this pioneer farmer who
set out to make a fortune in the
great American desert is worth more
than 100000.
Success IN the irrigated districts Is
not necessarily measured IN extensive
farms and large bank accounts.
few years ago ii locomotive engineer.
sixty years old aud broken in health,
moved from Minneapolis 10 the state
of Washington, &c bought an acre
of irrigated land. paying Sl.4o0 for it
1t contained an apple orchard in poor
condition. horse and n few dilap-
idated outbuildings. The purchase of
the land took nearly all the old en-
gineer's savings. He pruned the old
apple trees ana set out thirty new
ones. He sold OF a few mongrel
chickens that ere on the place and
bought a pure bred rooster and three
hens. After ,be nrSt years expenses
we're paid be BAD enough money left
to put on many Improvements. The
next year he cat money In the bank.
and the year after. So we'll did the
acre %. Oduce that ut the Lewis and
CLARK exposition al Portland in 1908
it was awarded the prize for the sec
ond NEST productive and best man
aged farm in he west
1t is instances IKE this that really
show the posi- hilities of the farm for
the average man Few nen can be-
come great cattle kings. and not many
can repeat the success OF David Ran
kin or Colonel Smith. But the success
of the old engineer on his one acre of
irrigated farm iaud ought not 70 be so
hard to duplicate
There are men who say land is so
high that there is little chance for the
man with small capital to get start
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-08-09
NEWS OF THE NEIGHBORS

killed by Joseph Seng, a former detec-
tive who three days previous had been
discharged by Lloyd. On the evening
of the shooting Lloyd and his wife
were approaching Mr.. Lloyd's private
car when Seng approached them and
after a few words drew his gun and
fred three shots into the body OF
Lloyd. His only explanation of the
tragedy was 81 beat him to it" mean
ing that Lloyd had attempted to pull
his gun first. In this statement the
prisoner is contradicted by witnesses.
Seng is reported to have made very
damaging statement previous to the
she citing, and if this is proven, it Will
prove generalization on his part. Mrs.
Lioyd's screams were pathetic at the
sound Of the first shot, and she be-
came hysterical at the sight of her
wounded husband, as he lay at her feet.
The wounded man was carried to his
car, where he survived for 80 minutes
after being shot.
The funeral of the late Mrs. Mary
c. Warmer, whose death occurred
Wednesday, Aug. 3, at Coldwater,
Mich, at the home of her sister, Mrs.
~. II. NOOu, was uSlu EodIulh eiS oAtSA
neon from the Boies undertaking
rooms with interment at Oakdale
cemetery, where prayer was offered
by Very Rev. Marmaduke Hare, dean
Of Trinity cathedral The funeral
services were held at Coldwater. Mrs
Warmer was the widow of the late
William c. Warmer, the former well
known Brady street shoe merchant,
and she left Davenport to make her
home with her children shortly after
Mr.. WARMERS death some Is or
more years ago. She has been a help
less invalid for the past six years,
confined to her room from paralysis.
a son Charles died in st. Louis some
years since, and there are surviving,
with her sister, Mrs. Wood-who will
be remembered as Miss Maggie Wal
ton formerly of Davenport-a daugh-
ter, Mrs. Jennie Warriner-Morse of
Mt Vernon, n. Y, and William War
r.Ter of Chicago.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-08-09

Notwithstanding tins more young men
are buying farms every year. A
dozen years or so ago young German
who had been working by the day in
northern Iowa decided to get married.
After the ceremony his chief posses
sions, in addition to a capable wife,
were a horse and buggy and $50 in
cash. He rented a farm and bought
a grade PercherOu mare. The prices
he received for his first few colts open
ed his eyes TO the profits Of the horse
business. He bought some more
mares, pure breds this time. He made
money from the start and has nearly
enough money laid by to buy and pay
for the farm be has been working.
Another young farmer in northern
Iowa went into the dairy business
six or seven years ago. Dairying was
rather a new thing in his part of the
country then. Most farmers preferred
to raise corn. where they could do
most of the work by machinery. Much
of the land at that time was badly in
need of drainage and was better suited
to pasture than to corn growing.
few wet seasons reduced the profits
of the corn growers almost TO the van
ishing point. The young fellow who
had put his faith in dairy COWS jim
gled milk pals and put money in the
bank. After a few years of milking
he bought the farm he was working
and paid half cash. The mortgage
cannot last long in the face of pros
pering dairy business.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-08-09
BACK TO
THE FARM"
Willow Some Men Have
Succeeded on the Farm.
By c. v. GREGORY.

copyright 1910. by American Press Asso-
ciation.l
~ HERE are many millionaire
81 farmers, but most of them
have made their millions else
where and are spending them
on rural estates merely to crafty a
fancy. There are a number of men,
however, who have made millions on
the farm. 1t is not such an easy thing
to do, but the success of these men
shows some of the possibilities that
the farm holds for the man who de
sires TO make money in large amounts
Probably the most notable of the
men who have made fortunes on the
farm is David Rankin. When David
Rankin was married he handed the
preacher his last five dollar bill with
the remark that now be could start
square with the world. He bought
land on time and borrowed money to
buy cattle. His first purchases were
in Illinois. Later he removed to Mis-
souri,, attracted by the cheap prairie
land that needed only a little drainage
to make II yield abundantly. Today
David Rankin owns nearly 10000 acres
of this same Missouri land. and it
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-08-09

Davenport Turner hall. 1t was OBJ
served in the usual manner, compete
tive exercises and athletics taking
place during the afternoon while the
evening was spent socially. The Tur-
ner societies of the vicinity were rep
resented in the contests. Nine mem
bers of the Northwest Davenport so
ciety participated in the events. In adj
dition there were six from the Daven-
Fort Turngemeinde, two from Rock Is
leno, two from Moline and one from
Fast Davenport. Some of the members
Of the Eldridge society were also pres
ent at the celebration. The ladies'
class of the society, which was only
recently organized, appeared in a
creditable manner in Indian club eXer-
cises.
Red Men Hold Picnic.-The mem
bers Of Tecumseh tribe No. 80, of the
Red Men, enjoyed their annual picnic
and outing in the grove about a mile
north of Mercy hospital, there being a
large number Of the lodge men pres
ent More than a hundred participated
n the festivities or the day ana man
aged to eat the camp bare before night
fail.
Obituary Reeord.-The funeral of
William Lloyd, the Union Pacific detec-
tive who was shot and killed last Fri
day at Evansville, near ogden, Wyo.,
was held yesterday morning from the
parents home, Mr.. and Mrs D. G.
Lloyd, 2412 Arlington avenue. The re-
mains reached Davenport Sunday af
ternoon Rev. Mr.. Burvey conducted the
and interment took place in
Oskdale cemetery. The pail bearers
were Harold Brewbaker, Harold Cow
derry, Bert Johnson, Clarence Adams,
Joe Trestler and Walter Suman The
detective was shot and
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-08-09

fortune in the ranch business. Today
be is worth S20OOO.OO0. He once an
nounced that he hoped some day TO
own the whole state OF California. In
this he did not succeed. although his
holdings In California amount to Co.,
COO acres. He also has large tracts
of land in Nevada and Oregon.
The ranch business is On the decline
in the west. and what was once one
mans cattle ranch is now being cut
up to make farms for the hundreds
of thousands of land hungry settlers
who are pouring into what is still
1.-The land of opportunity" About
twenty years ago an Iowa farmer sold
a half section of land. paid his debts.
and. with seven or eight thousand
dollars in cash a wife and four chill
dren. started for Arizona. He located
in the Salt river valley. bought as
much of the cheap land as his money
would pay for and set out TO learn
irrigation farming. He learned ii well
and made money. The surplus went
TO buy more land. Ee Joined the
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-08-09
DAVENPORT

Jail, Possibly, for Wife Beaten
The case of William Burke, originally
, charged with assault and battery. will
come up Friday, and the charge which
he will have to face is assault with in
tent to commit great bodily injury, an
ofrense which if proved against him,
VIII land him in the penitentiary.
Burke lives in the alley running from
Tenth to Eleventh between Harrison
end Main streets. 1t is claimed that he
beat his wife badly, and the fact that
SIZE was beaten was evident when she
appeared at the city hall yesterday
with her head swathed in bandages
The more serious charge was preferred
ae sinst the man in order that he might
be sent over if the charges are proved
Want to Rent from CIty.-Following
the arrest of six of the inhabitants on
City island on a charge of vagrancy
Genes the announcement Of proposed
settlement between the residents of
this section and the city administra-
ton. At a special meeting of the city
council yesterday Attorney Steve P.
Bawden addressed the executive body
in behalf of the islanders and pro
posed that a settlement be effected
which will permit their continued ten
ancy OF the island and still give to the
city its supervision over the tract. The
project was considered favorably by
the council and was referred to the
grounds and building committee with
power to act.
Celebrate seth AnniVersary.-The
thirty-ninth anniversary of the North
west Davenport Turnverein was fit
tirgly celebrated Sunday at Northwest
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-08-09

The average farmer OF the middle
west doesn't like to think OF farming
anything less than a quarter section.
An eighty or a forty he considers
rather "small business" Nevertheless
there are many advantages in the
smaller farms. The hired help prob
lem is solved. for the owner can do
all the work himself. It is much
easier for man with limited capital
TO buy a small farm. and the cost OF
stocking and equipping is less.
Q. T.. Beadle of Nebraska is one OF
the corn bot farmers who Is making a
living on forty acres of land. His
average net income is $500 year. He
has very comfortable house. To rent
such a house in the city and live as
well there as he and his family do on
the farm would cost him $500
year. Considered IN that light. his lit
tie farm is really paying him a salary
OF $1,000 a year.
In the east the greatest opportunities
are in truck farming. Only a few
acres are required. and the returns are
large A certain truck farmer in the
vicinity of Boston is making a small
fortune on ten acres Of ground. He
has intensive cultivation down TO n
science. No sooner is one plant taken
from the soil than another is ready 70
take its place He has part Of his
truck farm under glass. so that no
can grow crops IN winter as well as in
summer Last year his net profits
we're $1,000 per acre.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-08-09

Celebrate 39th AnniVersary.-The
thiTty-ninth anniversary of the North
west Davenport Turnverein was fit
tirgly celebrated Sunday at Northwest
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-08-09

FOR A FARM.
would all sell for 500 an acre. Add
to this his cattle and horses and ma
chinery and a few incidentals, such as
bank stock and the like. and be has
Q fortune approximating 100000.
This has all been made in farming
Corn has been his speciality. and it has
always been marketed in the form of
cattle He has always used the most
modern machinery and the best equip
ment that money can buy. 1t has been
the same with help His foremen are
men who can get results. He furnishes
them with automobiles to take them
from farm to farm because be has
found that it pays in the time saved.
He attributes bis success to close per-
sonal attention and the application of
business methods TO farming.
Another man who has made millions
In farming is Colonel James NJ. Smith
OF Georgia. Colonel Smith started
raising corn and cotton on a rundown
quarter section in Ogletborpe county
soon after the war. The first year he
lost $500. Last year his net profits
were 100000. In the meantime his
farm has increased TO $1,000 acres
Colonel Smith was one of the FIRST men
to build cottonseed oil mills and make
profit from what formerly had been
a waste product. His farm was TWEEN.
ty-flve miles from the nearest railroad.
but he solved the problem by building
q railroad of his own. He has always
been a personal friend of all his men,
white and black alike. He has pro-
vided well equipped schools for both
the negro and the white children of his
employees. Unlike David Rankin, who
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-08-09

Donna: Massaging with a good
greaseless face cream is the best
preventative in the world against
wrinkles and the appearance of age.
1t keeps the skin taut and clean
and the flesh firm and free from fiau-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-08-09

z. w: Why don't you try goi:'g
without spectacIes for a while You
say there is no constitutional deiect
in your eyes, and that spectaclcs
make you look ten years cider than
you really are. Let fine print alone
and drop in each eye daily a few
drops of a simple eye tonic made by
dissolving an ounce Of crystos in a
pint of water. This tonic rests tired
eyes, relieves redness and infamma-
ton. and strengthens weak eycsight.
1t has proven so beneficial as an eye
remedy that many oculists now rec
ommend it exclusively. and | know
it will help your eyes greatly.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-08-09
Health and Beauty Answers
BY MRS. MAE MARTIN.

biness. Get from your druggist enc
ounce of almozoin, dissolve 1t in a
half-pint of cold water, add two tor
spoOnsful of glycerine, stir we'll and
let stand over night. This hmoe-
made cream cleanses the pores as
nothing else can, for it takes out
dirt and CRIME that soap and water
never reach. 1t removes blackheads
and prevents their return for it re-
duces the size of the pores and
makes the skin finer in texture. 1
have a friend who is a grandmoth-
er, whose complexion rivals that of
16-year-old girl and she never
used anything except almozoin
cream to preserve her youthful skin.
J. E. NJ: The electric needle for
the removal of superfuous hairs is
an expensive, painful and time-con-
Stunning operation. A much easier
and far less expensive method is the
application of delatone, although del
atone costs a dollar an ounce at re-
tail. One ounce is all you will need,
however, for even should the hairs
return after the first application,
they will be light colored, thin and
straggly-and the second or third
application will rid you of them per-
manently. Just mix a little delatone
with enough water to make a paste,
cover the hairs with this paste and
let it remain two or three minutes.
Then wipe off and wash the skin
with warm water.
Fl. D.: You are using too much
canthrox for one shampoo. My re-
cipe stated plainly lone teaspoonful
to a cup of hot water" not a table
spoonful. No, the quantity you
have been using will not injure your
hair in the least, for canthrox is
in no way harmful. 1t will not
cause the hair to become streaky,
dull or brittle, or split at the ends,
as some soaps do. But canthrox
fathers so freely and cleanses the
hair and scalp so thoroughly that
it is unnecessary to use more than
a teaspoonful for a shampoo. 1 was
pleased to read that you like it be-
cause it dries quickly and leaves
your hair SO bright, soft and fluffy.
A A: OF course. you cannot look
bright and bonny while you feel so
utterly Frustrated and miserable.
Pimples, blotches and puffy eyes are
usually an indication of inactive
liver, deranged digestion and impure
blood. Get your stomach and liver
in normal action, and they will elm
mate the impurities in your blood.
This old-fashioned homemade sys-
TEN tonic has helped others and may
help you:-it certainly is worth try
ing: Dissolve one ounce of kardene
and one-half cup of sugar in a half
pint of alcohol and add enough hot
water to make a full quart. Take a
tablespoonful before each meal
When your health is good you will
not be vexed with a spotted and din
gy complexion.
The Washington herald., 1910-10-02
WORLD MAY SOON
SEE CRATER PHOTOS
Expedition Hopes to Get Pie
lures of Mount ErebuS.

London. Oct 1.-The world may see
some very remarkable photographs and
bioscope films if the photographer 10
Capt SCOTS antarctic expedition. who
left London this week TO join the Terra
Nova party in New Zealand, has luck
The instruments he has taken out with
him are of a type never before produced,
and have been specially designed to deal
with long-distance photography and cine
photography.
In the hope Of getting a moving picture
OF a volcanic eruption of Mount Erebus,
the photographer has taken a number OF
reflex cameras which will make the crater
appear only about a mile away, whereas
the actual distance may be ten miles or
more. No cinematographs have ever been
made with lenses Of this pattern and the
operator is prepared TO deal II necessary.
on the cinematograph. with a lens of
thirty-inch focus instead of the usual
three-inch focus
The photographer is taking out e0,O10
feet of films and some 1000 plates. and he
is hopeful of getting some good photo
graphs of the aurora and color pictures
OF ice on autOchrome plates All cover
ings are made of leather and all knobs of
ivory. as metal knobs would burn the
fingers with the intense cold
The Washington herald., 1910-10-02
NEW RUSSIAN TAX.
Levies ConscriptiOn Dues for Those
Not Wanted.

st. Petersburg. oct. IA new tax,
which may have an important effect on
the composition of the Russian army. has
been prepared by the council of minis
| tiers. and will be presented to the Duma
next month.
1t levies fve Tubles annually for four
years from the age of twenty-one on per-
sons due for conscription whose military
service the government does not wish to
use.
Hitherto, apart from Finland, which
pays a money assessment toward the inn
perial defense fund. only such remote
peoples as the Central Asian and Mon
gOlian subjects of the Car have been ex-
empted from bearing arms by statute.
and that because they could not under
stand military instruction in the Russian
language. The new tax will be applied
at discretion in European Russia, and
evidently it is intended to substitute
money payment for military service by
Jews.
The question will be left TO the Duma
whose attitude may be judged by its de-
cision last session that Jews should not
be eligible as officers in the army medical
corps 1t is estimated that the tax will
at the start bring in from ten to twelve
million rubles.
The Washington herald., 1910-10-02
DEEP SEA DISCOVERIES.
Made by the Director of the Nor
wegian Fisheries.

London. Oct. Notable deep sea dis
coveries have been made this summer by
an expedition under the command of DR..
HORT. director Of Norwegian fisheries, on
the steamer Michael Sars, lent by the
Norwegian government.
The object was 10 ascertain the mode
of formation OF the deep layers Of the
North Atlantic; the composition of the
oceanic deposits; the rate of currents
over oceanic shoals and in deep water,
and the distribution of pelagic agae in
relation to the depth TO which sunlight
penetrates in different ATTITUDES.
The expedition started operations on
the west coast of Ireland and worked its
way south to the Atlantic coast of Mo-
rocco; thence to the Canary Islands, Ma
deira and the Azores. after which it
crossed the Atlantic to Newfoundland
and back again over the same route. At
seventy-four stations over COO tempera-
ture observations were made at various
depths.
II was found by exposing Photographic
plates at various depths in the Sargasso
Sea that the effect of light was clearly
visible at 300 fathoms Only the blue rays
could reach 10 such a depth. Al 500
fathoms the effect was somewhat less.
but at 900 fathoms no influence of ligh
at all could be traced.
Many new species of deep sea fishes
were brought to light. These seem 10
exist at almost all depths They were
caught by tow nets and travis were used
down TO 1900 fathoms. As many as $50
pelagie fish were caught in a single trawl
at 500 fathoms OF the west coast of Ire
land
The Washington herald., 1910-10-02
RICHARDCROKERT TO
VISIT PALM BEACH
Nay Give Up Ireland and
Remain in America.

Dublin. Oct. Richard Croker is pre-
pairing for his annual visit TO Palm
Beach, and will remain in New York for
some time before proceeding TO Florida.
His medical advisers see no Improvement
in the kidney trouble that compels him
TO winter in a warm climate. on the
contrary they are of opinion that il in
creaSes with the advance OF age.
II is rumored that Mr.. Croker is in
clined to retire to Palm Beach for good
and give up Ireland on account OF the
disappointments he has met in racing and
otherwise, but il is extremely unlikely
that he could md a purchaser for his
estate at Glencairn. few Irish residents
being sufficiently rich TO maintain such
a mansion.
The racing fraternity is disappointed
that Mr.. Croker has not come out strong
" with horses this year, having regard
TO the declarations he made last season.
To his friends he declares that no man
is safe in racing unless he trains, feeds.
exercises, and rides his own horses.
Stable managers and jockeys are his pet
diversions now.
The Washington herald., 1910-10-02
A QUEER MALADY.
SIeepIeSSnesS Again Worries Eu-
ropes Medical Profession.

Budapest. Oct. 1.-Another case of that
queer malsdy. sleeplessness. extending
over several years without direct injury
to health. is exciting the interest of the
medical profession Of Budapest. Frau
Bertha Hejemes. who is married and has
little girl of ten. has not slept for seven
years
She began her long vigil one night when
a gypsy woman attempted to kidnap the
child. Since then she has not been able
to go 10 sleep: neither has she had any
inclination to do so. She is in excellent
health. and has never had a DAYS Illness.
but as soon as she tries TO lie down she
is seized with a violent nervous agitation
which eompels her 10 sit up again.
The woman declares that she is quite
content in her sleepless state, as with the
whole twenty-four hours to herself she
is able to perform all her household
duties as well as TO do a good deal OF
reading. A curious fact is that since the
beginning of her insomnia she has de-
veioped great taste and ability for
study, and has learned three languages.
Frau Hejemes is thirty-eight, and IL
was because of late she had been subject
to irrepressble fits of yawning that she
consulted doctor about her sleepless
state.