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Rock Island Argus., 1910-10-27
LARGE DELEGATION
TO TEACHERS MEET
School to be Closed Tomorrow to
Permit Attendance at the La
Sale Gathering.

The Rock Island public schools will
be represented by the following dele
cation at the meeting of the western
section of the Northern Illinois Teach
ers' association tomorrow and Satur
day at La Sale: County SuDerintend-
ent s. J. Ferguson. City Superintend-
ent II. B. Hayden. \. J. Burton. F. r.
Burch, NJ. E. Harmon. T. P. Sinnett,
\ q. Hull, Mrs. Emily G. McCurdy,
Miss Abigail Dean. Elwood l..
Philbrook, Frank Walsh, l.. c.
Dougherty. Mary Entrikin, Lou Har-
ris. Margaret Wilson. Sarah B. Hill
lier, Maude Robertson, Mary Lannen,
Emma Battles, Anna !. Canty, Angus
ia Dart. Elsie Johnston, Winnifred
Huntoon. Mary a. Brennan, Marian
Blanding, Margaret Repine, Emily
Freeman Ethel Young, Amanda Hen
dersOn, Dora Hartz. Ida w. Lundy,
Edna Anderson. Mary :. Dewey, Daisy
Williams. Minnie Frederick, Viola Cur
tis. Ethel Carter. Clara RedeCker, Sue
c. Lee, Jane L. Wilcox. Mary L. Car
ter. Marie Koch. Madeline Mirfeld,
Mary Quayle. Nettie Dodge, Esther Z.
Olson. Mabel +. Levey. Julie ECkhaTt,
Julia Melcho!r. Dora Newton, Anna Z.
Rock Island Argus., 1910-10-27

1t is little more than twelve years
since the reservoir plant. which is be-
ing displaced by the new mechanical
filter. was installed on the hill. For
some time past il has been thought by
many residents of Rock Island that the
filter basins were bOttomless, had
been broken to bits and would no
longer hold water. Any one has but
to 20 to the site of the filter plant any
day and see for ones self that this is
not the case. In fact, the basins are
in a remarkable state of preservation,
and but for a few cracks above the
frost line are in perfect condition.
O. 8. Holt, who is employed by the
city as superintendent Of construction,
was one of the men who had to do with
the construction of the original plant.
A few days ago he cmptied the basin
at the northwest corner and found that
very few creviCes were in it and
that all were above the frost line and
Rock Island Argus., 1910-10-27

Bromley, Clara NJ Grandin, Nellie Kel-
lerstrass, B. Margaret Ferry, Louisa
Koch, Jennie Murphy. Ada Ellen Muse,
Jennie Frick, Mabel Freistat, Idessa
Wakefield, Frances Oswald, Ellen
Freed. Martha Huesing. Elsa Koehler,
Gertrude Yohn, Meta c. Wittig, Anna
Johnson, Julia Anderson, Minnie Mar
tin, Bessie Beeler, Hettie n. Pope, Leo
nora WitherspOon, Grace Noftsker,
Bertha Jonassen. Florence Morrison,
Elizabeth Stelk, Lola Smut, Gail Pos
telwaite, Lille Roth. Charlotte Ken
worthy, Helen Pryce. The schools
will be closed tomorrow to permit the
teachers to attend the meeting. A
special train will leave here over the
Rock Island at 1870 for La Sale.
Rock Island Argus., 1910-10-27

as they are costly, and the public,
which is ready TO applaud the efforts
of the politicians to embarrass these
corporations. finds only in their politi-
cal alliances Corroboration of its pre-
viously formed views concerning cor
porate iniquity.
But, while many of the defensive
methods which have been resOrted to
in the past by public utilities are un-
justidable from an ethical standpoint,
they have been adopted for the most
part, not TO secure special privileges,
out to protect vested rights, threaten
ed either by unreasoning public Clamor
or political highwaymen.
The sooner the present attitude Of
the public is understood by the men
whose duty it is to preserve the ire
mendous investment in these proper
ties. the sooner shall we arrive at the
age of economic reason.
OLD Order is Passing.
"Whatever else has been demonstra-
ted by the agitation of the last few
years, it is patent to all observers that
the old order of things is passing. and
that in the future the corporation must
take their cases directly to the people
instead of 10 the politicians. In other
words. public sentiment which in the
past has been used as d means of eX-
acting tribute from utility companies
must in the future be utilized by these
very corporations to secure legislative
justice.
We have every reason to cOngrat-
ulate ourselves on this changed COndi-
ton. for there is not a single commun-
ity so lacking in a sense of fair play
or reasoning power that il cannot be
made to see the public utility prob
lens in their true light if given an
to do so. This oppOrtuni-
ty must be supplied by the individual
companies themselves, for there are
no two companies whose problems are
identical or for that matter, whose
take the same viewpoint.
Evidence is constantly acCumu-
lating that the leaders of these kin
dred industries have begun to recog-
Rock Island Argus., 1910-10-27

uize the Importance of general edu-
cational effort being made, not only
for the purpose of checking the spread
Of false economic theories, but to Wig
orously uphold by the force of truth
and logic the rights of the public
utility.
Educating People Through Press.
'In Maysville. Ky, only two weeks
ago, the city council rescinded an ord
nance for the construction of muni-
cipal gas and electric plant as the dt
rect result of a campaign OF education
conducted through a series of daily
talks in the advertising columns Of
the local newspapers In Your presi-
dents home city of KeWanee, a few
months ago, the Kewanee Light &
Power company secured 60 per cent
of the front footage consents, inClud-
ing 80 per cent of the gas and electric
consumers, for a new 30-year franchise
rs a result OF a similar campaign, al
though several years previous. without
the aid of publicity, it was able to Sc
cure but Is per cent. The fact that
the local council has not vet granted
value of the illustration. but shows
rather that the members of that par
ticular council were actuated by mo-
tives entirely apart from a desire to
serve the public. The consents, by
the way. can be presented 10 the new
council. which may be more represen-
tatiye of the local public. At Louis
Vile Ky. a merger OF all the electric
and gas properties is AT present under
way. and the companies have seen fit.
through the medium of the advertising
columns of the daily newspapers, TO
carefully -analyze every section of the
proposed new merger franchise. 1t is
simply another straw showing the
trend Of the times.
How ITS Done I'm a1erhiII
'In HavcrhilI. Mass. the establish
ment of municipal electric plant will
be submitted to a referendum vote in
December. and the local company. ig-
noring the politician, is about to begin
a thorough exposition of the munich
pal ownership problem in the newspa-
pors of that city These are but few
of the recent cases where concrete re
suits have been achieved by means of
publicity. Indeed, almost invariably,
when there is direct issue the public
utility can secure victory by placing
its case fairly and squarely before the
public; provided. Of course, that its
case is Il just one. 1t matters not
whether the issue involve a question
Of franchise rights, municipal owner
ship, ruinous competition, rates or any
Of the kindred issues with which you
are familiar. If the company's case is
presented in a skillful and convincing
manner, after analytical study of local
conditions and sentiment has been
made, then there need be no fear as
TO the outcome of the campaign"
Two other papers heard were on
Hunting of SynChronous Apparatus"
by Or. Emil J. Berg, professor of cleo
trical engineering at the University of
Illinois. and on The Des Moines Plan
of Meter Reading" by Paul S. Sawyer,
general manager of the Des Moines
Electric company.
Rock Island Argus., 1910-10-27
TELLING PUBLIC
THE truth PAYS
Electrical Convention Hears
Attack on Alliance of Poll -
tician and Corporations
HlGHWAYMEM IN CITIES
Latter Ignores Rights of People for
Personal Profit-EduCation
Through Newspapers.

Publicity and the Public Policy"
was the title of a forceful paper pre-
sented at this mornings session of the
Illinois Electric association in the
Safety building by c. w. Lee of New
York city
1T was less than decade ago that
the average public service company
arrived at realization of the exact
relationship it bore 20 the community"
Mr.. Lee said. NO matter what crit
icism may be made OF the former pub
lie policy of these corporations. since
then the majority have been earnestly
striving to effect a better understand
ing with their communities.
1T must he acknowledged. however,
that these efforts have not always been
we'll directed, nor have they been gen
orally successful. for there are today
few communities in the United States
that can be said TO have a due regard
for the rights of the public utility or
q proper conception Of its problems.
Used rs Political Expedient.
"Not only has the public been in
clined to view every act of these con
Germs with suspicion. but so hostile is
the sentiment in many places that
campaigns of aggression have been
undertaken by public officials and local
bosses merely as a political eXpedient.
And the companies themselves,
knowing not where to turn for prOtec-
ton, have sought to curry favor both
with the public and the politicians.
4 n
which are as harmful in the long run
Rock Island Argus., 1910-10-27
FILTER BASINS ARE AS SOUND AS
WHEN BUILT TWELVE YEARS AGO

were caused by the earth movements
in the winter and in the spring The
crevices were all repaired and now the
basin is as good as it was 10 years
ago. The second basin was recently
emptied. and at present force of men
is at work upon il. It's condition is
much the same as that of the other.
The three filter basins. the walls Of
which are built of brick, are also in
good condition except above the frost
line. The bottoms are without a flaw,
despite the hard usage to which they
have been put in the past - years.
The duty upon all three basins will be
less after the new plant has been
placed in use than formerly, as they
will be used only to hold the clear and
the wash water.
The work on the new filter plant is
progressing rapidly. but has been
somewhat delayed through the inabil-
ity to secure sufficient labor At pres
ent the force is running short and ad-
ditional men would be welcomed
However. the work will be finished
dents of Rock Island will have the
purest-o water for use.
Mr.. Holt said yesterday afternoon:
81 have unlimited faith in the new
plant and am certain that the new
filters will not only take from tho
water. the mud and the sediment, but
also all bacteria, and thereby give TO
the city the best that can be had
The new filter building is now en-
tirely enclosed and some machinery
has been placed. Other machinery is
at hand and will be installed as soon
as the concrete basins have settled. In
the pump room of the building the con-
trOllers and valves have been connect
ed The chemical tanks. which are on
the first floor, are completed with the
exception of the agitatinG devices.
Some of the filter tanks have been
completed, while others are ready for
the heads or the last step in the com
pletion.
Those who are in charge of the work
would welcome citizens who wish to
inspect the old plant and to inquire
into the workings of the new plant as
far as it has gone.
Rock Island Argus., 1910-10-27
Makes a Pint of Fin
est Cough Syrup.
Cheap and Effective, Too.

The most effective and eco
nOmiCal cough syrup can De
made at home by any one, and
in this day of high prices for
fOodstuff and clothing any fam
lily can appreciate a saving even
on a necessity like cough syrup.
First obtain of any we'll
stocked druggist 2R ounces of
essence Mentho-laXene. Empty
it into a pint bottle. Then take
a pint of granulated sugar. add
a half pint of boiling water, put
on fire and let come to a bo1i.
Cool and pour in bottle. Shake
the mixture we'll and take a tea
spoonful every hour or two un-
til cough is broken up; then
take whenever necessary. Give
children less according to age.
This mixture will break up a
cold and cure cough mucn
more rapidly than any ordinary
mixture, because it is not con-
stipating, but laxative in action
when S to 10 doses are taken
daily. If your druggist does not
have mentho-laxene, he can OBJ
tain il for you from the whole
sale firms. Try this splendid
recipe and you will never want
anything better.
Rock Island Argus., 1910-10-27
ONLY SO CENTS
That's All It Costs 10 Get Rid of
Indigestion.

That's All It Costs 10 Get Rid of
Indigestion.
All stomach misery will go in FIVE
minutes if you will put your faith
in MI-O-NA stomach tablets, which
the Harper House pharmacy thinks
so we'll OF that they guarantee them
to cure any stomach ailment or
II oney back.
After using NI-O-NA for one short
day you Will rejoice and be sincerely
thankful that II last you have found
a prescription that acts quickly and
benefcially on the stomach.
Just as soon as you start to take
NI-O-NA stomach tablets fermenta-
tion of food viii be thing of the
past. Waterbrash, pain in the stom-
ach, belching of gas and heartburn
will disappear, and in a few days
danger of dizziness. biliousness, ner-
voUsness and sick headache Will
vanish
For sea or car sickness, vomiting
during pregnancy. or after Il night
Of sCciability. NI-O-NA IS better than
the best remedy you can find. Large
box for so cents at the Harper
House pharmacy and druggists ev-
eTywhere.
Rock Island Argus., 1910-10-27

For sale by Allen, Myers & Co. L g
hcCabe & Co, Rock Island Hardware
Company. III & Ehleb
Rock Island Argus., 1910-10-27

and ,he president and secretary. ex
Rock Island Argus., 1910-10-27

The pleasant purgatIve effect e1-
perienced by all who use Chambel-
lain's Stomach and Liver Tablets.
and the healthy condition of .le
body and mind which they create.
makes one feel joyful. Sold by all
druggists.
Rock Island Argus., 1910-10-27
Licensed to Wed.

Greater Rock Island-West End Lots
For Sale.
On new Red Line extension; heart
Of factory district. High, dry and
level: prices and terms right: only
a few II. \. Weld. 421 Safety build
ing. phone West $40.
The Whitefish pilot. [volume] (Whitefish, Mont.) 1904-current, 1910-12-22
English Etchings.

London eats 10000 tons of fish a
year.
England loses 10000 persons every
year by emigration.
The newest visiting card fad is to
have a little plan showing the resi-,
dence and the adjacent streets printed
on the back
The latest wonder is the installation
at the London Hippodrome of series
OF tiny machines that silently generate
sea air in the auditorium.
The Society For the Protection OF
Ancient Buildings has been making
strenuous protests Of late against the
manner in which Exeter cathedral is
being restored. more especially with
reference to the sculpture, which, 1t is
declared, has been obliterated without
reason.
The Whitefish pilot. [volume] (Whitefish, Mont.) 1904-current, 1910-12-22
Plays and Players.

Doris Mitchell will be Norman Hack
ett's leading lady in CLASSMATES"
George Broadhurst has written a
new play, called IAN international
Marriage"
A dramatization of David Copper.
field" may be produced in Paris the
coming season.
Dallas Wexford Is to appear in n
new piece under the Shubert manage
ment called "Her Highness Radish."
Andrew Mack. will star the coming
season again under the management
Of William Harris in the repertory
including "Arrah- na-Pogue" and 4
new comedy.
The Whitefish pilot. [volume] (Whitefish, Mont.) 1904-current, 1910-12-22
Pith and Point.

A man hates faint praise worse that
he hates abuse.
The little things get together ard
cause big troubles.
to the poor as his means will allow.
A genius is man who knows ho..
to do only one thing and knows how
to do that we'll.
A man is never so humble that his
opinion is not worth quoting when
favorable to you.
BOOSTERS are a good deal like men,
A rooster never gives notice.'of having
found a worm until after he has swal
lowed it.-Atchison Globe
The Whitefish pilot. [volume] (Whitefish, Mont.) 1904-current, 1910-12-22
Laundry Lines.

Drive hook or staple In small end
of ironing board and hang in closet or
inside of door.
In ironing handkerchiefs 1T is we'll to
begin at the center. II one irons the
hem first the middle will have a tend
ency to bulge or full"
If you unexpectedly find your wire
clothesline hopelessly rusted, lay strips
Of newspaper on it and pin clothes
over them. Then the first bright day
give your line two good coats of gray
The Whitefish pilot. [volume] (Whitefish, Mont.) 1904-current, 1910-12-22
Quite Sufficient.

Mrs. Jones inspecting nillirey-~
vindow)-I don't see what it is TIA,
keeps those womens heads turning
around all the time. Mr.. JOnes-Wby
my dear, just bonnet itself is sutf
cient to turn any woman's head.-Llp
pincott's Magazine.
The Whitefish pilot. [volume] (Whitefish, Mont.) 1904-current, 1910-12-22
Our indians.

The Indians Of the United States
own about $50. 100000.
The Usage Indians as tribe are said
to be the richest people or earth.
OF the 2S4,OOO Indians left in the
United States only 10000 are full
blOoded -
The Whitefish pilot. [volume] (Whitefish, Mont.) 1904-current, 1910-12-22
paint.

paint -
Flannel will not harden or shrink if
when new it is put into clean cold
water and left for a week, changing
the water frequently. Wash well in
warm water, using a little soap to re-
move the oil. Flannel thus washed
never hardens.
The Whitefish pilot. [volume] (Whitefish, Mont.) 1904-current, 1910-12-22
Carborundum.

Carborundum. wonderful product
Of the electric furnace. goes In as sand,
coke. sawdust and salt and comes out
Ground into powder, these will polish
and sharpen every kind Of steel tool
and even polish diamonds.
The Whitefish pilot. [volume] (Whitefish, Mont.) 1904-current, 1910-12-22
DIRECT LINE FROM
FALLS TO POISON

Dirt will be flying on an electric
railway that will run down the"east
side" taking in Bigfork and the
east shore of the lake by the time
The present congress has closed it's
career, if nothing goes wrong with
the apparently we'll laid plans of Jas
4. Talbot, a, number of Flathead
people from Bigfork and Butte bus
ness men, according to information
obtained today The plans were
laid at Columbia Falls last Thurs
lay and Friday, when a number of
men gathered to talk over the FEAST
5ility of tapping the east side and
quitting trolley trunk line north
nd south through the county. Prac-
icaily 100000 is said to have been
entatively pledged to the pushing
ii the enterprise at the meeting in
question, and Mr.. Talbot is quoted
IS guaranteeing the raising of the
est of the money, in face of the
5ood faith shown.
Columbia Falls would be the nor
.Lcrn terminal of the road and Pol
Jon the southern A power plant to
De located on the east side is to
,urnish power for operating the cars
he promoters believing that they
;an more cheaply develop their own
power. than they can purchase it.
Amid a host Of similar enterpri-
ses, including steam as we'll as cleo
.ric roads-and running over a
variety of routes-which have agi-
ated the public mind for the past
wo years, this one is looked upon
oy some as being ina fair way to
Enjoy first actual work Those who
| Know about the plans decline to
ak about them to any great extent
it being the desire to keep the mat
| .er secret until it is we'll under
way. No articles of incorporation
have been filed, and it is probable
that none will be until farther de-
.ails have been attended to.
| ING main polHJ SHpHdSlZeu IL
hat the money for the enterprise is
at hand, that no long campaign to
interest the public will be necessary
and that the financial capacity OF
he local and Butte people who have
launched it, is sufficient to indicate
that the matter is receiving Their
serious attention -KaliSDell Int,
Lake
| nice rocking chair will nleasf
The Whitefish pilot. [volume] (Whitefish, Mont.) 1904-current, 1910-12-22
Brevities
THE HALL OF FAME.

Admiral and Mrs. Dewey are spend
ing the summer at Buena Vista, Pa.
Major Weed of New Haven, Conn.
aged sixty-seven, has ridden 1875
miles on a bicycle in the last eight
years.
Il. L. Prentiss of Alstead, N. H..
rfter living in one house for fifty
teven years has decided that it is time
to move.
w. Cole of Groombridge. Sussex.
England has succeeded in planting
5000 cabbages in three hours and ten
minutes. In the first hour he planted
2.OO3
Colonel william c. Greene, the ''cop-
per king" OF Cananea, Mexico, accom-
panied by his daughter and a party
Of friends, is making tour of the
world
Edward Rogers, Norridgewock
lMe.) man. with other men was cut.
ting down a tree when young crow
flew down from the nest, and Rogers
making flying leap, caught the bird
George Getty of Franklin, Pa. has
been the father of twenty-eight chill
.dlen by two wives, and twenty OF
them survive; also forty-eight grand
children and twenty-five great-grand
children.
Prince Cen. son Of Prince Ching
president of the board Of foreign af
fairs. and LANG Tun Yen, assistant
secretary to the board of foreign af
fairs. have been selected to receive
the American feet OF battleships
when 1t arrives at Annoy.
Vernon Stiles, the American tenor
has been engaged for period of sil
years to sing leading tenor roles a
the Royal Opera in Vienna. Afte
three years. under the terms of thu
contract. Mr.. Stiles is free to return II
America for five months each year II
sing at the Metropolitan Opera House
New York.
The Whitefish pilot. [volume] (Whitefish, Mont.) 1904-current, 1910-12-22
The hydraulic Jack.

at Rome four centuries ago 1t took
forty capstans. worked by seventy-five
horses and 96O men. to raise an ODE
lisk. With hydraulic jacks four men
raised Cleopatra's Needle.
The Whitefish pilot. [volume] (Whitefish, Mont.) 1904-current, 1910-12-22
IIIiterate Roumania.

Out Of Roumania's 100000 inhab-
itants only one in three can read and
write
The Whitefish pilot. [volume] (Whitefish, Mont.) 1904-current, 1910-12-22

The Dumdum Bullet.
The dumdum bullet Is named after
the place. near Calcutta, where it was
first made.
The Whitefish pilot. [volume] (Whitefish, Mont.) 1904-current, 1910-12-22
Saccharin

One pound CT pure saccharin has the
sweetness of quarter Of ton Of sugar.
The Whitefish pilot. [volume] (Whitefish, Mont.) 1904-current, 1910-12-22

Look over the new line of photo
mounts at the Kinney Studio.
The Whitefish pilot. [volume] (Whitefish, Mont.) 1904-current, 1910-12-22
Watch Springs

Watch Springs.
A watch spring burns with the great
est brilliancy in oxygen gas.
The Whitefish pilot. [volume] (Whitefish, Mont.) 1904-current, 1910-12-22

A nice rocking chair will please
mother for Christmas.
Nc CURE Hardware co.
The Whitefish pilot. [volume] (Whitefish, Mont.) 1904-current, 1910-12-22
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

Too much patience is awfully har
on a certain portion of a man s
trousers.
The Whitefish pilot. [volume] (Whitefish, Mont.) 1904-current, 1910-12-22

Get MCGUIRE Hardware Cos prices
before buying.
The Whitefish pilot. [volume] (Whitefish, Mont.) 1904-current, 1910-12-22

The man who uses all the know.
ledge he has, has all the knowledge
he can use.
The Whitefish pilot. [volume] (Whitefish, Mont.) 1904-current, 1910-12-22

About the only way you can cul-
irrigation
The Whitefish pilot. [volume] (Whitefish, Mont.) 1904-current, 1910-12-22

When the bills come in the frs
Of the month a man resolves tt
practice economy
The Whitefish pilot. [volume] (Whitefish, Mont.) 1904-current, 1910-12-22

IOO muCH patience is aWIully mar
on certain portion of mans
trousers.
The man who uses all the know
ledge he has, has all the knowledge
he can use.
When the bills come in the first
of the month man resolves to
practice economy
-.S.-
The pen may be mightier than the
sword, but both are capable of put
ing up pointed argument.
Sow co1n1s down in winter, so
io-5 the price Of ice.
-
The theory that the coed die
1ot.G seldom worries a man.
-
The man who lives twice as fast
% - oHb'iI ~ 10 apt W sec uouote'
s.
Some people imagine they are
good because they are harmless.
| --S1S--
About the only way you can cul-
tiate some mems acquaintance is by
irrigation.
! ~
Get MCGUIRE Hardware Co.'S price!
before buying
49,
Look over the new line of photo