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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-02-10
T arms and City Prop
eEfy For Sale and
Trade

100 acre farm, one of the best in Rock
Island county; fine buildings: worth
1925 per acre; to close quickly. SI1O.
SO acre farm five miles from Milan,
sos per acre.
80 acre farm six miles from Milan,
$50 per acre.
80 acre farm three miles from Fair
port, Iowa: $50 per acre.
100 acre farm near Davenport, Iowa;
fine buildings. fine land; 800 per acre.
1o4 acre farm near Davenport, Iowa;
fine buildings. fine land; 800 per acre.
$50 acre farm near Princeton Iowa;
fine land; $75 per acre. This farm is
bargain.
room house near new park; easy
terms: $4,000.
room house on Sixth avenue; fine
location; $4,000.
room modern house. South Heights;
3 room modern house, South Heights;
bargain; $4,000.
and room houses close to bust
ness center, Davenport, Iowa; $1,000
each.
room modern house close to bust
ness center Davenport, Iowa; $500.
Have list of 700 houses in tri-cities
to choose from.
Have list of 500 vacant lots in tri-
cities to choose from.
Best list of farms in the tri-cities.
We loan money on real estate and
write fire insurance.
We rent houses.
Give us a call. We guarantee salts
faction.
Blankenburg & Blankenburg,
soc Safety Building.
once Phone, West 241. Residence,
New 59SS. Open Saturday nights.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-02-10
GRAIN AND PROVISIONS.

H j. TOHER & CO.-Brokers. Daven-
port Stocks grains, provisions. cot
ton. Private wire to New York and
Chicago. ONCE, los Main street Tel
ephoRA 4oz
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-02-10
DRESSMAKING AND TAILORING
SCHOOL.

LEARN practical dressmaking and la
dies tailoring and be independent and
We teach you to cut.
Mt, design. and make your gown from
your own materials. Start right and
right now, for the spring season.
G. H. GRABBE,
Ladies' Tailor and Dressmaker.
So. Putnam building, Davenport. Both
Phones. Established 1902.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-02-10
MULTIPLE ELECTROLYsIs.


MULTIPLE ELECTROLYSIS-
Gus hairs on face and arms perma-
nently removed with one to six
needles; four to six hours work in
one with six; treatments given at
home unless otherwise desired Ad-
dress Miss A. NJ. Kittridge 1919 Per
ry street, Davenport Old phone 1886.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-02-10
FLORISTS.

HENRY GAETHJE - Proprietor Chip
piannock nursery. Cut flowers and
designs of all kinds. City store 1907
saaaad aYaDSaA xAlAphon6 111o.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-02-10

FOR RENT - Seven-room house, all
modern. Inquire at Beardsley &
Bailey Company. 217 Eighteenth
street.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-02-10

FOR RENT-Furnished rooms for light
housekeeping; entirely modern, with
gas in laundry. Apply at AIS Fifth
avenue.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-02-10
EDUCATIONAL.

VILLA DE CHANTAL-A home school
conducted for girls by the Sisters of
the Visitation. Rudimentary and high
er branches and all polite accomplish
ments taught. Twentieth street and
Fifteenth avenue, Rock Island.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-02-10

FOR RENT-Newly and nicely furnish
ed rooms for light housekeeping;
also sleeping rooms; location very
central. on car line; 1897 Second ave-
nue..
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-02-10

FOR RENT-A seven-room house, in
good condition, with bath, gas and
electric light. Inquire 643 Nineteenth
street.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-02-10

FOR RENT-Modern furnished room.
suitable for one or two gentlemen,
with use Of phone. Old phone 6SS-X;
1116 Second avenue.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-02-10

FOR RENT - Modern furnished room
also good board; at 2511 Fifth-and-a
half avenue.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-02-10
FOR RENT-HOUsES.

FOR RENT-A two-room house at SIT
Fourteenth avenue. Inquire 515 Four
teenth avenue.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-02-10

FOR RENT-Furnished room, with al
cove; entirely modern; board If de-
sired; at 1923 Fourteenth and-a-h half
street.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-02-10

FOR RENT--A modern furnished room.
Apply 2510 Eighth avenue.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-02-10

FOR RENT Nicely furnished room;
strictly modern; at 1890 Second ave-
nue..
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-02-10

FOR RENT-A six-room house, with
basement city water, corner Eighth
street and Eleventh avenue. Inquire
72S Eighth street.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-02-10

FOR RENT - Two modern furnished
rooms, with use of bath and phone,
at 1134 Second avenue.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-02-10

FOR RENT - Modern furnished rooms
at 1900 Third avenue
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-02-10

FOR RENT-A large furnished front
room, suitable for one OF two gentle
men: lila Second avenue.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-02-10
LODGE DIRECTORY.

Masonic.
TRIO LODGE, NO. 81. A F. & A M
n Meets in stated communication
Wy the first Thursday of each
w month Special for work Thurs
day, Feb. 10, 1910, at z o'clock p. M.
Masons are invited. NJ. T. stevens,
W. M; William B. Petit secretary.
Brotherhood OF American YeOmen.
ROCK ISLAND HOME
4&fM STEAD NO 1881. - Meets
E second and fourth Friday
evenings at I. o. o. F.
<SfEs<y hall.
WS51HSSW L. SHAW, Foreman.
P. S. Wilcher. Corsp.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-02-10

FOR RENT-A large furnished front
room. with heat. Inquire at 216 FIJI
teenth street.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-02-10

FOR REbET - Modern furnished room
Apply at 1901 Fourth avenue.
FOR RENT-Furnished rooms for ngh
housekeeping at 1912 Fifth avenue.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-02-10

FOR RENT-Modern furnished room at
1915 Seventh avenue.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-02-10

FOR SALE - One of the best paying
propositions in the three cities can
be secured on an investment of from
$1,000 to $1,50O. 1t is a nice bust
ness, which is fully established and
is now paying $1,000 a year. and can
be made to pay more. Requires no
soliciting, canvassing, advertising or
experience. If you haven't the mon
ey, don't answer. Address all COM
munications to IS. 473," care of Ar
gus.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-02-10
wANTED-MALE HELP

/
/ wANTED-Grinders; Rock Island Man
| ufacturing Company
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-02-10

FOR RENT-West half OF double house
at 1902 Fifth avenue; all modern con-
veniences. Inquire 100 Eighteenth
street or 1710 Fifth avenue.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-02-10
MONEY TO LOAN.

WE MAKE A SPECIALITY of loanine
money on household goods, horses,
wagons, etc, without removal and
in a quiet way. Call on US for quick
loans Fidelity Loan Company, room
403 Best buildins.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-02-10

WANTED-Young men to learn auto
mobile business by mail and prepare
for positions as chauffeurs and repair
men. We make you expert in 10
weeks: assist you to secure position.
Pay big; work pleasant: demand for
men great; reasonable; write for par
ticulars and sample lesson. Empire
Automobile Institute. Rochester. N. Y.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-02-10

FOR SALE - Household goods, side
board, table, dressers. beds. folding
bed, couches, rugs. davenport, chairs,
tables, settee, porch benches, book
case ice boxes, washing machine.
water motor, stoves. dishes, pictures;
at Mrs Eddy's, 1900 Fifth avenue; both
phones.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-02-10

MONEY LOANED 10 saIarIed people ana
others, without security; easy pay
ments; no publicity. Call and get our
terms and methods of doing business.
Office hours, A. m. to d. m. Tel
ephone north 2411. Victor Finance
Company. room &c, McManus build
ing, Second and Main Streets Daven-
port.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-02-10

FOR SALE-Cheap, nice level lots, Ask
1Z5, corner TWenty-seventh street and
Eighteenth avenue, facing Long View
street car track. Also for sale
trade, one acre lot, with new seven
room house. Terms to please pur
chaser. Inquire of u. Tnonn. go
Twenty eighth street.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-02-10
FOR sALE-cETY PROPERTY.

FOR SALE - Excellent hve-room cot
tage in A No. 1 condition. situated
three blocks northeast of ball park.
Inquire at 1908 Second avenue.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-02-10

WANTED - Machine hands for lathe
work. Rock Island Manufacturing
Company.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-02-10
EXPRESS, STORAGE, BUS AND CAB.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..

JAO son. HURST & STAFFORD-At.
tor eys-at-law. Office in Rock Island
Nat onaI bank building.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-02-10

FOR SALE-Or will take good income
city property as part payment; 300
acre farm, two thirds pIow land, good
seVen-room house, barn 55X6O, double
corn crib, wind mill and tank, tele-
phone, school house on farm; price
$50 per acre; $1,000 can be lett on
the farm at n per cent. Farm is
located in Rock Island county. Eek
hart & Buffum, rooms IA and 16, State
Bank building.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-02-10

HOPE THOMPSON - Attorney at-law
General law business; probate, com
mercial and corporation law; 304-3O5
Safety building.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-03-21
ANYWAY, BUILD THE
EXPENSIVE WARSHIPS

little yellow men Eat a point of van
tage on the Pacific coast" and from
thence the rich and prosperous west
is to be overrun.
Again we are told that the Ameri-
can navy is antiquated tea service;
that the navy personnel is too small,
and badly differed; that the Ameri-
can army is a 'tin soldier organiza-
ton" differed by moss backs
And-horror or horrors-it is now
discovered that the American finan-
ciers hold millions of dollars worth of
Japanese bonds, and that the gold
those bonds took from America-real
American go. dis to be used to finance
a war against America
But pause-the worst is yet to come
There-the secret is out. We need
few billion dollars worth of floating
iron and steel. The danger of inva-
sion is mediate-therefore let US
lay the keels of a couple of Dread
noughts along the Atlantic coast in
the shipyards, and scare the courage
Gus enemy away.
A few slow-going plodders ask them
selves-What is all the fuss about?
One answer is: congress is considering
a recommendation for two brand new
thoughts, and it is a matter of
history that every time congress faces
an appropriation for augumenting the
navy, there is the sale old war scare
with the same Cd horrors, and the
same old warnings bob up more or less
serenely. The president has asked
for two big battleships, but he is not
pressing the matter Secretary of the
Navy Meyer endorsed the recommen-
dation. But he is not begging congress
for the ships. Who is kicking up all
the fuss?
Shush! -whisper!-Maybe the ship
builders need the money
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-03-21
Apricot Trees
In Full Bloom

J. L. Dumas, who owns one of the
best orchards in the Walla Walla val
ley, and who is considered authority
on all kinds of fruit has just returned
from a trip to Milton and Free
water, the earliest fruit belt in the
Walla Walla, valley Mr.. Dumas sta
ted yesterday he was surprised to see
apricot trees in full bloom while other
fruit looked good to him.
Conditions in Milton and Freewater
are similar to large extent to those
existing in all parts of the county,
an abundance of everything that grows
on trees. Mr.. Dumas says from the
present outlook the fruit crop this
summer will be something heretofore
unheard of for this valley, but, he con-
tinued, You can never tell. Walla
Walla valley may not have thing by
this time next month He stated that
If frost just held off until the bios
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-03-21
CROW WORKS OVERTIME
FOR FARMER FRIENDS

mers whom they are striving so hard
to many varieties of trees. Were it
not for the woodpeckers there would
be no forests, for they go after and
keep down the enormous numbers of
worms that attack the trees.
"The only bird that I would really
be glad to see destroyed in this coun-
try is the English SPARROW He is ut
terly worthless to the farmer or the
orchard owner; he is dirty, quarrel
some, and drives away the song birds.
Just at present the survey is striv-
ing with all it's might and main to
keep him out Of southern California.
So far we have been successful in this
battle. If the people of the cities and
:.illages would only take up the cru
SADIE against this lite pest, they
might easily get rid of him, and the
beautiful song birds would come back.
The sparrow is easily trapped and cas-
lily poisoned; but every time an orga-
nized effort is made to rid a locality
of the nuisance the crusaders are met
with the mistaken sentimentality of
few who know nothing about the mer-
it's of the case, and are scared off by
the cry of Save the little birds that
is set up in the papers and from the
nulnit The English sparrow has no
more right to exist than rats, mice,
scorpions, tarantulas, or any other
novious creatures that are recognized
as enemies of our society"
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-03-21

sons were well enough developed they
would not be effected by anything
short of a freeze. 1t is possible that
there will be frost after the present
showers and if this frost should hap
pen to be a severe one the loss to this
valley will amount into the thousands.
The Freewater and Milton fruit belt
is earlier than even Walla Walla.
Though it seems, impossible Mr.. Dumas
stated there was five days difference
between fruit at Dayton and Waits
burg, a distance of ten miles.
Trees in Mr.. Dumas orchard will
not be in blossom for "a week after
those in the Waitsburg section are in
full bloom
In talking yesterday Mr. Dumas said:
ut seems peculiar to me that every
person you hear of now is putting in
winter apples. The pear industry in
this section would be a paying one
and has met with success where ever
tried. California has practically CIV
en- up the raising of pears while the
demand for this fruit increased year.
ly in proportion to that of apples and
other fruits. In certain localities of
this valley the pear trees do excep
tionally well and 1 think several good
pear orchards would prove a paying
investment and well worth the time"
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-03-21

WASHINGTON, D. c., March 21.-
."The crow is a much abused bird and
it is time that someone said a good
word for his old black coat" remarked
DR.. C. Hart Merriam, chief of the bio
logical survey.
Instead of being an enemy TO the
farmer, as is generally believed" con-
tinued DR.. Merriam, the crow is one
of his best friends and the protector
of his crops. True, during corn plant
ing time, the crows bill is turned
against the farmer-during one month
and that month only, he is his enemy
But during the other II months the
crow is really working overtime for
him. 1t eats thousands upon thous-
ands of destructive insects and bugs
every week and when it comes to
feeding it's young. gives them diet
composed almost entirely of worms
and insects that prey upon the crops.
Therefore, it makes me righteously
indignant every time I see anyone try
to kill a crow. These trials, however,
are not very often crowned with sue
cess, for the crow has become one OF
the WiSeSt of wild creatures as the
result of. hundreds of years of perse-
cution and misunderstanding
1.-THE value of many of our birds Is
the only bird that will eat the fuzzy
caterpillars which are SO destructive
to protect. The oriole, for instance, is
unfortunately unknown to the far
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-03-21
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Water in Plant Production

not take solid food; it must have liquid
form that it can take it up. The i'm
portance of soil fertility and soil mois-
ture can be seen, says Prof. Chas. F.
Shaw, of State College, Pa, when we
consider for a moment the amount of
money that our government is spend
ing in the reclamation service, in dig
ging canals and bitches for irrigation,
they have a regular paradise, instead
of the dry sage brush they had before.
uses. 1t u.s. first, a plant food, and the
following gives you the percentage of
water in the different plants, and the
amount of water that goes into them;
Timothy (green), 20 per cent water.
Timothy (dry hay), IA per cent
water.
Clover (green), so per cent water.
Glover (dry hay), "A per cent water.
Alfalfa (green), "A per cent water.
Alfalfa (dry hay), 16 per cent water.
Potatoes Gin tubers and roots), rs
per cent water.
Potatoes in leaves and stems, 80 per
cent water.
Apples and pears, SO per cent water.
Strawberries, 80 per cent water.
That shows you the amount of water
that is needed for food, that grows into
the plant just the same as the water
in our own bodies does, as a part of
our being Now that is the first use.
The second use is as a discover of
pant food AS I said before, the food
must be dissolved in order to get into
the pant.
The third use: We must have water
to carry that food up into the leaves
of the plant, where it can be used
The water is also needed there in the
little cells to keep the plant turgid and
stiff. When the plant begins to wilt,
the water is leaving the cell. In the
case of corn, the cells on the inside of
the leaf begin to evaporate more rap
idly; when the. leaves begin to curl
up they reduce the evaporation by one
half, so that when the corn leaf is
curled up it is trying to save moisture.
The same principle applies to other
plants. With water under proper con-
troll there is no excuse for growing
less than a four to six ton hay crop.
Get the ground in proper condition.
seed literally and get water over a
meadow after cutting and with warm
weather there is great plant produc-
ton.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-03-21
Economy Surely
Much PraCtiSed

WASHINGTON, D. c., March 21.-
A sarcastic comment upon the present
economical administration was re-
ceived by the secretary of the treas
ury today from a person signing him
self $500 clerk as follows:
During the past year, by emitting
to cross my 't's' or dotting rs I have
saved the government two cents in
ink. Will you please add this to my
salary? 1 am now using my lead
pencil down to one-half inch. / hope
in this way to save another cent. Long
live this economical administration.
Il am short of paper or 1 would
write a longer letter. We are one year
nearer the poor house."
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-03-21

far decided has resulted in the con-
demnation of the bishop.
With the campaign against the
teaching in the schools, electoral COM
mittees of Catholics were formed, in
some cases directly under the leader
ship of the bishops and clergy, in
others with the clergy only associated
with the societies. Electoral liter
allure is being published in true cam
paign fashion; the religious press is
active and the bishops and priests in
pastoral letters and from the pulpits
are exhorting their followers to vote
right
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-03-21

Seeing is believing, and I believe in
giving credit where credit is DUE" said
Mr.. E. P. Chellis, who is stopping in
Spokane with his friend, Mr.. Roy
Root, living at 1918 Malone avenue.
''Fer-Don's medical experts deserve
great credit for what they have done
for me and I think to show them my
appreciation it is my duty to the pub
lie to tell actual facts In my case.
have had rheumatism for several years,
and no person could imagine the suff-
ering and terrible excruciating pains
1 have experienced. Only those that
have suffered likewise. At times l
felt as if my limbs were put in wise
and screwed up tight. 1 was so bad
that 1 couldn't put on my own coat and
vest or even raise my hand to my head.
I tried all kinds of patent medicines
and doctors, but nothing seemed to
give me any relief. Wei, read in the
leading daily papers about Fer-Don
and his medical experts and bloodless
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-03-21
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Exchange
Russian BIOuSeS in Linen

face; and alas. it's back view, too, is
usually ours. The recent styles have
not escaped the eagle eye of the critic,
and many of them have been found
wanting in the final balance.
The Russian blouse dress cannot
slip apart, and judging by the persist
ence of belts in all past fashion pc
RODS, the girdled waist should bring
with it the approval of women at large
We have, in a sketch from Paris
models that may be developed in
heavy or light weight material for coat
suits or for costumes. and their lines
may be readily adapted to even more
sheer lingerie dresses.
Very characteristic of the blouse. 1t is
drawn from a garment made in Paris,
and the stripe of brown in the sheer
linen made a nice contrast with the
dull blue of the band trimming The
buttons were covered with a heavier
plain blue linen, and the blouse worn
beneath this coat model was sheer
white linen with a round neck, but
collarless.
The square sailor collar was a part
of another interesting garment
sketched from a heavy white linen
edged with bands of plain pink per-
Gale. A cap-shaped cut on the shoulder
and the circular cuff of a sectional
sleeve make the blouse unique Its skirt
is plain, which is the rule among gar
ments having an ornamental tunic.
The original of the garment on an
other figure was of white sheer linen
edged with a band of heavier linen en-
broidered with deep yellow This, too
Is a coat dress for street wear, the
skirt plain white, worn with a. white
tucked blouse of the same material.
In most Russian models the sleeves
are three quarters in length, and in
many of them the neck may be low
cred. They at once suggest the wear
ing of the garment, not as a coat suit
but as a dress, with a sheer linen or
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-03-21

WASHINGTON, D. g., March I'll
Once more the lowering yellow war
cloud glooms the country Once more
the threatening skeletons of our ma
tional helplessness are dragged forth
from their musty closets and furnish
ed up to be o aced before the trembling
public. Once more the tales of $780,
900 little yellow men dumped into our
western coast to ravage and destroy
are told in tones of apprehension and
dismay
War, bloody war, with the dissolu-
ton of the United States at the. end
of it, the entire country impoverished,
and the now free American citizen
ground beneath the heavy yellow heel
of the little men from the east, is
again foretold with the grave Wagging
of heads and much beWailing the dis
appearance of the good American
spirit"
absolutely defenseless,' "at the
mercy of the invad," "our unprotect-
ed coasts" "our merchant marine
the minus quantity" and all the old
stock phrases of the patriotic sproph-
ct of the dire disaster of the nation
are again in evidence. Up and down
the corridors in congress, in the ante
room at the White House, in hotel lob
bies, along the spacious streets of the
Capital, and most of all in the news
paperes are the words of warning to
be found.
Once more appears the Japanese
plans for invading the Pacific coast"
fond by the ubiquitous secret agent
of a foreign government" who pur-
sues his Machiavellion vocation from
capital to capital. Half of the Mika-
dos navy is to remain at home to
guard the Britain of the east" and
the other half conveying fleet of
transports is to dump half a million