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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-03-16
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nue. from Fifteenth to Twentieth
streets. and that they be required tn
operate their Blue line cars and Elm
street cars, going both east and west,
over said Third avenue from Fifteenth
to Twentieth streets. and further that
the Bridge line cars shall be COM
PEELED to pass over this Third avenue
route, at least going one way; said pc
ttitton containing about $50 signatures.
The clerk also read petition from
property owners and business men
protesting against the routing of cars
as urged by the petition last above
mentioned or disturbing the present
routing OF cars on Second avenue.
Alderman Prick moved that the petit
tons be referred to the aldermen of
the Third and Fourth wards, they to
confer with the business men of Sec
ond and Third avenues with view Of
reaching some amicable conclusion.
Alderman Utke moved as a substitute
that the street and alley committee
be also made members of said COM
mittee to SO confer, and the substi-
tute, properly seconded, was carried.
On motion Of Alderman LaVanway
business men from both Second and
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-03-16
How Good News Spread.

II am 20 years old and travel most
Of the time" writes B. r. Tolson,
Of Elizabethtown. Ky. "Everyw here
go recommend Electric Bitters
because owe my excellent health
and vitality to them. They effect
cure every time" They never fail
to tone the stomach, regulate the kid
neys and bowels, stimulate the liver,
invigorate the nerves and purify the
blood. They work wonders for weak.
run down men and women, restoring
strength, vigor and health that's a
daily joy. Try them. Only SO cents.
Satisfaction is positively guaranteed
by all druggists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-03-16

for its meeting held Feb. 81, 1910.
e. r. MALONEY,
Official Reporter.
Subscribed and sworn to before mo
this 23d day of February, A. d. 1910.
M. T. RUDGREN,
City Clerk.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-03-16
Tax NotIce.

To the Taxpayers OF the City OF
Rock Island: You are hereby notified
that your taxes are now due I have
the books at my office. 1712 Third ave
nue.. Once hours. from a. m. to s
p. m; Wednesday and Saturday even.
ings from to $3.50.
JOHN T. NOFTSKER,
Collector.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-03-16

Davenport Motor Company
Manufacturers of
GASOLINE ENGINES.
All kinds of Repairing done; Sta
tionary, Marine and Automobile.
Second hand Gasoline Engines and
Automobiles bought and sold.
A. G. PETERSON,
525-527 w. End St, Davenport Iowa
Old phone 1434-Y; Res. phone 1881.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-03-16

Contractors and Builders.
Plans and estimates for all kinds OF
building furnished on application
Screens, storm. SASH and general job e.
bling done on short notice.
Once and shop. First avenue and
Seventeenth street. Rock Island Ill.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-03-16
Rock Island Wood Works

Manufacturers of sash, doors,
stairs and mouldings. Dealers IN
glass, builders hardware and
makers of everything in mill
work. Cor. 11th st. and 9th av.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1910-07-09
minor Mention.

The depot at Limon burned Wednes-
day.
Avon is to have telephone connec-
ton.
Akron real estate men have organ
ized an exchange.
Two Buttes wants a meat shop.
Must be prosperous community.
Lamar reports an unusually good
prospect for big beet yield.
J. A. Caster Of Brandon has a well
1873 feet deep with ninety-two feet OF
water.
Granada ia reviving its promotion
club, and the last meeting was well
attended.
The new German Evangelical church
at Idalia will be dedicated on Sunday,
July Sd.
J, II. Bullard of Sheridan Lake was
fined s25.
The Peoples State Bank of Towner
has arranged for the erection of fine
new banking home.
Ohio-Colorado smelter at Salida have
received increases in their wages.
George l.. Shepherd, a member OF
the original Union Colony, died at
Greeley Sunday at the age OF eighty
two.
crop has never before had such a uni
formly heavy crop nor matured SO
early.
Mrs. G. S. Neer OF Kersey took car
bolic acid with fatal effect Sunday.
She was Respondent on account OF i'll
health.
Windsor man has invented a beet
topper which local men think enough
OF TO form a company for its manu-
facture.
Because he refused to drink with
him Lucas Trujillo Monday night shot
and killed John Clay in a saloon at
Jansen.
H. I. Hague. a miner Of the Green
Canon Coal Company at Aguilar. was
killed Monday morning by falling
rock.
Ell Paso county tax collections for
the first six months Of this year are
SIS 5.39l.46 more than for the same per-
iod last year.
Denver postal receipts for the fiscal
year ended June Goth were $1,131,-
054.72. an increase over 1909 OF over
II per cent.
Steamboat Springs expects to ship.
$4,000 crates OF strawberries this year
The price will be far more satisfactory
than last season.
The Arkansas Valley Fair Associa-
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1910-07-09

The Americans interested in the long
and bitter fight waged by rival inter
ests and German newspapers against
the Deutsche Vacuum OIL Comoany
one OF the branches Of the Standard
Oil Company. have Just scored big
victory. the public prosecutor. after a
thorough investigation. having decided
that no necessity exists for action by
his office against the concern. An i'm
portant part Of the investigation was
in connection with the work Of E. L.
Quarles, American manager Of the Ger
man company's sales department. and
the prosecutor declares no evidenc. OF
anything warranting prosecution was
found against Mr.. Quarles. The costs
of the entire inquiry will be bore by
the state and the result constitutes a
notable triumph for American inter-
ests in Germany.
The attempt Of the Canalejas govern
ment to curb the power Of the Catholic
church in Spain has apparently
brought the country face to face with
another of the great periodical crises
In It's history.
William J. Bryan. who arrived at
Quebec Thursday from Bristol. Eng
land. spent the day in Montreal. To
the question. Are you likely again to
be a candidate for the presidency" Mr..
Bryan replied: How do i know?
Much depends. I never discuss poll
tics outside Of my own country"
Chile has commissioned an English
firm OF boatbuilders to begin work on
I q war vessel OF $4,000 tons and a
speed equal to or exceeding the fastest
warship afloat. Her armament will
correspond The ship will cost $751;
| 100000.
Queen Elizabeth Of Roumania.
known the world over under her pen
name, Carmen Sylvia, 10 at the point
Of death at Bucharest. The queen
has been suffering from appendicitis.
Thursday a relapse occurred and her
physicians have little hope Of saving
her life.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1910-07-09
WASHINGTON.

Secretary Ballinger is arranging to
make personal visits ~ soon as prac-
ticable to the various government rec
lamation projects which may be COM
pleted from the $2O.000,000 fund to be
raised through the issuance Of certifi-
Gates OF indebtedness.
Decisions were handed down We'd
nesday BY the Interstate Commerce
Commission. countrywide in import
ance. They affect freight rates both
class and commodity on all transcon-
tinental lines operating between the
Atlantic and Pacific oceans. Extensive
lro1uctions wore ordered.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1910-07-09

Freight rates on lumber and forest
products from Omaha, Neb.. to points
in Colorado. Kansas and Nebraska
were reduced Thursday by the Inter
state Commerce Commission. The re-
ductions range from u cent 70 I cents
a hundred pounds. the average being
approximately ~ cents . hundred
pounds. The new rates are ordered
to become effective ON September
next.
The President has signed proclama-
tions eliminating from the Gunnison
National Forest Colorado. 11.196
acres; from the CochetopA forest 5.640
acres, and from the Uncompahgre for
are the result Of q very careful exam
ination made by the secretary of agri-
culture last summer. which showed
that the areas excluded are not needed
for forest or watershed protection.
President Taft has taken the first
step in his own conservation policy by
signing orders of withdrawels, cover
ing s.495,731 acres Of power site, phos-
phate and petroleum lands. Tho areas
involved in the power sites Withdrawn
are as follows: Arizona. 107,550 acres:
California. 47.s19 acres; Colorado, 2o1..
$40; Idaho. 23o.971: Montana. 122,516;
Nevada. 14.501; New Mexico. 1886;
Oregon, 176.721; Utah, 379.912: Wash.
ington. 55.439; Wyoming. 1o3,3s6. The
phosphate land acreage Withdrawals
are: Florida. 27,4c0: Idaho. 1.102,317;
Utah. 107.545h; Wyoming. 1881 S51,
Petroleum land acreage Withdrawals
covered the following: Arizona, 230..
400: California. 2.4s2.75o; Colorado. ST..
474; Louisiana. 314.720; New Mexico.
41s.9o1; Oregon. 74.s4s; Utah. 6S1,5s4:
Wyowing, 255,
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1910-07-09
5000 900 Cold Storage Eggs.

Chicaeo-Hens OF Illinois. Indiana
Michigan and Ohio have since April
laid $4,000 900 eggs for the cold stor.
age man. according to farmers who
~have sold thAi" ;.>..ccd.tlct to representa-.
Ayes OF Chicago cold storage houses.
The eggs will not be put on the market
until there Is a scarcity.
The purchases were made at an av-
rrage price OF 23h to "a cents dozen.
Two cents a dozen is added to cover
insurance, storage costs. etc, which
brings the total cost up to about 26
cents a dozen.
II eggs can be retailed in Chicago
next winter at As cents a dozen. at
which they were sold last winter, there
will be profit of 10 cents dozen. or
a total OF more than 100000.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1910-07-09
News Summary of the Past Week

Eleven dead from the heat was the
record in Chicago Sunday.
Five men were killed and three in
jured when a passenger train ran up
on a gang OF eleven carpenters repair
ing the Baltimore & Ohio railroad, in
Baltimore. Nd, Thursday.
The United States Circuit Court Of
Appeals in New York Thursday denied
the petition OF the Wright company.
asking for a modification Of the deci-
sions in regard to their patents.
Representative Lee O'Neil Browne
and Robert E. Wilson, indicted by the
sangamon county grand jury 1t
Springfield, ILL.,. for conspiracy to
bribe In the legislative Jackpot" in
vestigation. appeared in court Thurs
day morning and furnished bond in
the sum Of $4,000 each.
Chief Justice Melvihs W. Fuller of
the United States Supreme Court died
suddenly at his home in Sorrento, Me-,
Monday. Governor Hughes OF New
York is considered the certain choice
of President Taft to succeed Fuller.
The late chief justice ranked third in
point Of service. having been on the
bench twenty-five years.
| Rioting broke out Monday like prick
ly heat all over the country between
whites. angry because Jeffries had lost
the fight at Reno. and negroes jubilant
that Johnson had won. 4 white man
was shot in Arkansas and a negro was
fatally wounded at Roanoke. Va. AS
the night progressed the rioting grew
more serious. In New York Gisgrun-
Mounds, ILL.,. negro constable was
killed and another man was mortally
wounded; street rioting broke out in
Kansas City and Norfolk. two negroes
we're shot in New Orleans, two white
men were stabbed and thirty others
slightly hurt at negro picnic in Pue.
bio. Colo, and riot narrowly was
averted In La Junta, Colo. There were
disturbances also in New York. Pitts.
burg and Philadelphia, Atlanta. ST
Louis, Little Rock and Houston.
Nineteen persons were killed out
right, three probably fatally hurt and
half q dozen seriously injured in q
head-on collision between freight and
a passenger train on the Cincinnati
Hamilton & Dayton railroad at Middle
town, Ohio, Monday. OF the killed
eighteen were passengers. the othel
victims being members of the passen
ger train crew. The identified dead
were all residents Of Ohio.
With = six-foot hole in her side, the
White Star liner Baltic docked at New
York Monday. while her passenger
hurried ashore and congratulated
themselves on their escape from wha,
might have been . fearful mid~see
disaster.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1910-07-09
HUNDRED MILES
PER HOUR
TEXAS MAN CONSTRUCTS AIR
SHIP ON EXACT. SCIENTIFIC
PRINCIPLES.
CALLED A CYRoPLANE
GOVERNMENT EXPERTS SAY IT is
GREATEST INVENTION OF
THE KIND.

St. lOuis.-The Incorporation OF the
Universal Aerial Navigation Company
10 conduct business in Missouri. has
revealed plans for a commercial pas
sengsr airship that rivals the dreams
OF Jules Verne.
Officers of the company declare that
within a year they will have ships
sailing the skies that will carry up a
hundred passengers in forty-mile
wind at speed OF 100 miles an hour
II desired.
The machine is the invention of ].
A. Oman. formerly OF San Antonio,
Texas. but now st, Louisan. One is
in process OF construction now in the
shops of the inventor.
The inventor asserts that his ship
can start either from the land or wa
ter. He declares it Will ascend
straight into the air, or can be
launched in the manner of an aero
plane.
The new airship is called gyro-
plane, SO named from the fact that
1t is combination OF gyroscope. hell
copter and the aeroplane.
"a thirty or Sbrty-mile breeze would
be help rather than hindrance to
our machine, said the inventor. we
will maintain absolute equilibrium. An
ordinary airship will be nothing to
this machine of ours.
1t is planned to construct machines
that will maintain a regular passenger
service between cities and states and
even countries. The gasoline supply
may be unlimited.
The machine has been inspected by
government engineers and many ex'
perts in machinery and navigation
of the air. They all have pronounced
It the greatest invention OF the kind
ahat ever has been made
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1910-07-09

grandstand at Rocky Ford TO cost be-
tween 5000 and $4,000.
The Orchard Mesa project near
Grand Junction. which cost . million
and a half. 10 reported ~ completed.
1t will water $4,000 acres.
Routt county estimators figure that
the population OF the county VIII be
shown by the census to be ABOUT 1900,
more than twice what it was IN 1900
Louis Shatell, a deserter from the
battleship Kentucky. gave himself UP
to officers at Colorado Springs Sunday
and will be turned over to the naval
authorities on the coast.
While Mrs. J. Ashton. wife of the
owner OF Horseshoe inn At Estes
Park. was out driving Monday her
horse ran away. throwing her and her
ten-months-old baby out The baby
was killed.
J. H. Van Tuyl. a Western Union
.ipeman of Trinidad. when shocked by
ment, sustaining a fracture of the
skull and broken shoulder. He died
Wednesday night.
The Empson canneries about the
Greeley district will experiment on the
canning of Gull potatoes, and assur-
ances are given of the success of the
process, upon which Mr.. Empson has
labored many years.
The Colorado team chosen to take
part in the annual national rifle shoot
at Camp Perry. Ohio. will be captained
by Major C. C. Townsend OF Greeley.
The Colorado team last year won q
trophy in the same event.
Major w. A. Mensch. a millionaire
OF Kingman, Ariz.. and one OF the
founders of the mining camp of Frisco.
this state. Is visiting the scenes OF his
early career in Summit county after
an absence of twenty-seven years.
Roland Saunders jaw was broken
by a kick from the family horse while
at his fathers orchard in vineland.
Saunders was knocked unconscious.
He wandered for hours in q dazed
condition. The Jaw was broken in five
different places.
Clarence Ralston. 40 years old. said
to have been under the influence Of
liquor. was run down at noon Monday
in Denver by a horse driven by Assfs-
tant Chief John F. Healy Of the fire
department. while the latter was re-
spending to a fire alarm. The man
died at the county hospital at $50
o'clock that night.
The test we'll sunk by the city Of
Grand Junction to prove or disprove
the theory of an artesfan water aunplv
for the city has in a measure been dis
appointing. as the flow seems to be at
its capacity when producing sixty gal
Ions per minute. The sinking OF other
wells is being considered.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1910-07-09

and feel 90 well that my friends keep
much, and 1 gladly recommend your
Vegetable Compound. ."-MRs.W WILLIE
EDWARDS. Holly Springs, Miss
One Of the greatest triumphs Of
LYDIA E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound is the conquering Of woman's
dread enemy-tumor. II you have
mysterious pains, Inflammation, ulcera-
ton or displacement, don't wait for
time to confirm your fears and 60
through the horrors Of q hospital opera
ton, but try Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege-
table compound at once.
For thirty years Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound, made from roots
and herbs, has been the standardreme
for female ills, and such unquestion-
able testimony as the above proves the
value of this famous remedy, and
should give everyone confidence.
If you would like special advice
about your case write . c0nf1den-
tial letter to Mrs. Pinkham, at
Lynn, Mass. Her advice II free,
and always helpful.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1910-07-09
To Find Status Of Capitol Board

Denver.-At the request of Secre
tary OF State Pearce. Attorney General
Barnett will hand down q final opinion
in few days regarding the present
status of the State Board of Capitol
Managers. Under the bill creating thu
board it was to exist only until the
time when the capitol had been CON
pleted and furnished. following which
a proclamation was to be issued to the
effect that its duties had been ful
filled.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1910-07-09
WE ESTE RN.

Denver building permits for June to-
tailed $1.l50.o00 record breaking fig
ure for one month.
Three were killed in an explosion
at the Du Pont powder factory near
Tacoma, Wash. Thursday.
Prospects are reported good for the
location at Denver Of the 1913 con.
clave Of the Knights Templar.
1t was estimated that 10000 per
sons gathered at City park. Monday
night, to see the fireworks exhibition.
Ex-senator w. A. Clark Of Montana
returned from abroad Thursday and
denied that he aspired to the Senate
again.
Ambrose Donahue, a merchant po-
liceman OF Leavenworth, kans., was
shot and killed by a boxcar hobo
whom he was endeayoring to arrest
Six persons were killed. twenty or
more injured. and a number OF build
ings destroyed by powder explosion
in a store at Boulder. Jefferson coun-
ty, twenty-five miles south of Helena.
Thursday evening.
The First National Bank OF Bill
ings, Mont, was closed by direction oi
the comptroller Of the currency. Fri
day. Succeeding the closing of the
First, the First Trust and Savings, q
subsidiary concern, suspended also.
The meeting of the Trans-Missouri
bureau, to have been held in Denver
Wednesday has been abandoned. This
indicates that the western railroads
will make no attempt to adjust west
ern freight rates until final ruling
is had from the Supreme Court on the
Kindel case in October.
Porter ]. McCumber, stalwart, and
A. ]. Gronna. insurgent. have been
nominated In the North Dakota Re,
publican primaries for the United
States Senate. In the gubernatorial
contest c. A Johnson the stalwart
candidate, has defeated ]. A. Buchan'
an, the insurgent candidate. for the
nomination.
Manager H. H. Younger OF the Pal
isade (Colo.) Fruit Growers associa
tion has received notice from Traffic
Manager Bush OF the Colorado Mid
land OF reduction in freight rates on
peaches, pears and apples to $1.25 pei
100 pounds This is the rate in Cali
fornia, and the reduction may have
been a result Of the passage OF law
prohibiting higher charge for
."short" than for a long" haul. The
Rio Grande and the Eastern roads
will make the same rate.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1910-07-09
Colorado's Fourth.

Denver-1t was about as nearll
perfect an Independence Day as Den
yer ever saw, and this in spite OF tn
fact that it was not all noise. Foul
lads were injured by giant crackers
but the safe and sane" celebratior
under the auspices Of the PatriotIC
League was an unqualified success.
Idaho Springs.-More than 1900 peo
pie from the western end OF Cleal
Creek county, Central City and Den
yer witnessed the firemen's race
here Monday. The Star hook and lad
der team Of Georgetown won firsi
money, making the run in "a l5-lt
seconds. Second money was won BY
the Idaho Springs team, whose TIM
was 25 Ills seconds. The Rough anG
Ready team from Central City wa:
third.
La Junta-Fewer fireworks wert
discharged today than on any prev
Gus Fourth of July in the history O
the city. There were no casualties.
Manzanola.-Five thousand visitori
from surrounding towns came here to
day for the Independence celebration
There were no accidents.
Grand n.-Independence Day
was observed quietly mere and at 9th
er points in the county IN a safe and
sane manner. Owing to the genera
order prohibiting the use of dangerous
explosives and cannon crackers NO &C
cidents were recorded.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1910-07-09
as,ooo Engineers Demand Raise.

Chicago-Twenty-fiy thousand loco
motive engineers employed on 49 rail
road systems west of Chicago. are
formulating demands for increased
wages which will be presented to the
managers this month. The schedules,
20 far as they have been prepared, call
for a complete readjustment of wages
for all classes of engineers, the men
on the far western divisions asking for
a higher advance than is demanded by
the men running into Chicago.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1910-07-09
viii Entertain Hardware Men.

Boulder.-Delegates to the convsn'
ton Of the National Hardware Mems
Association which meets in Denver
July 10 to IA will be here July IL as
guests Of the Commercial association
The 400 visitors will be taken over the
Switzerland trail to Glacier lake, re
turning about 430 p. m. The Motor
club will tnen furnish machines for a
ride over the city. ending at the Chau'
tauqua. where supper will be served.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1910-07-09
SPORT.

In the circuit bicycle races ut New
Haven. Conn.,. Thursday night. the
three-quarter mile worlds record (pro-
fessionaD was broken by Frank L.
Kramer of East Orange. who covered
the distance in 1:21. The former rec
ord Of 1:21 rs was made In Salt Lake
City by Jackie Clarke.
A worlds record was broken for
twenty-foot speed boats by the Comet,
owned by Kelse and Hilsinger Of Belle
vue. Iowa, when that boat negotiated
ten miles at the rate Of 23.3t miles an
hour in the fourth race Of the Misaiss
ippi Valley Power Boat Association re
gatta which opened Il Psoria. M. Nonr
day.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1910-07-09
Insurgents Confer With Roosevelt.

Oyster Bay-Another important po-
litical conference was held at Saga
more Hill Thursday. Senator Bever-
idge OF Indiana, Representative Ham
flton Fish of New York and others who
are affiliated more or less directly
with the insurgent movement were
guests of Theodore Roosevelt. During
his stay in New York the colonel made
arrangements TO his first conference
with the state regulars
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1910-07-09
Laramie" Appoints Auditor.

Denver.-W. w. Shaw, for the past
three and a half years the travelling
auditor OF the Denver. Northwestern
& Pacific railroad. Thursday accepted
the same position with the Denver.
Laramie & Northwestern. and will be-
gin his new duties at once He will be
succeeded by Bert Washburn. who has
been assistant travelling auditor of the
Denver, Northwestern & Pacific
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1910-07-09
Railway Mems Convention.

Colorado Springs.-The discussion
ding passenger traffic was the prin
cipal business of the anuanl canven
tion of the Association of America
Railway Accounting Officers Thurs
day. The report, which recommend I'd
Il number of radical changes in the
handling OF interHne tickets. was re
turned to the committee for revision
No details of the discussion were civ
en- out.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1910-07-09
Riot At Pueblo.

Pueblo.-A riot IN the Bessemer City
park. resulting from a difference of
opinion between a white man and a ne
gro over the Jeffries-Johnson fight,
Monday night. resulted In two men be-
ing stabbed in the back by negroes and
a free-for-all fight in which twenty or
thirty people received slight injuries.
Almost every policeman in the city
was called to the scene and 1t was sew.
sral hours before quiet was restored.