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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-11-24
LIEUT.. COL. HOBBS IN LINE
Promotion for Arsenal Commandant
in Event of Vacancy.

mise of an officer in the ordnance
department, United States army,
placed Lieutenant Colonel Frank e.
Hobbs, commandant at the local ar
senal, next in line for promotion to
the rank of a colonel in the depart
ment. The current vacancy was fill
ed by promotion OF Lieutenant Colo
mel Clark, who is stationad at San
Antonio, Tex, which leaves the way
clear for Lieutenant Colonel Hobbs
promotion in case OF another va
cancy.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-11-24

There is more catarrh in this sec
ton of the countr.- than all other dis
eases put together, and until the last
few years was supposed to be incur
able. For a great many years doctors
pronounced 1t local disease and pre-
scribed local remedies, and by con-
stantly failing to cure with local treat
ment, pronounced it incurable. Science
has proven catarrh to be a constitu-
tional disease and therefore requires
constitutional treatment Halls Ca
tarrh cure, manufactured by F. ]. Che
ney & Co., Toledo, Ohio, is the only
constitutional cure on the market. 1t
is taken internally in doses from 10
drops to teaspoonful. 1t acts direct
Iy on the blood and mucous surfaces
of the system. They offer 800 for any
case 1t fails to cure. Send for circu-
lars and testimonials.
Address F. ]. Cheney & Co., Toledo,
Ohio
Sold by druggists. rs cents.
Take Halls Family Pills for consti-
patton.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-11-24
297 FOWLS EATEN
AT HOSPITAL FEAST
Inmates of Watertown Institution
Are Treated to Fine Thanks
giving Dinner.

Inmates OF watertown hospital
had cause for Thanksgiving, along
with the more fortunate people Of
this community. A monster dinner
was served at 100.
Fifty geese. 80 ducks and 1877
chickens were prepared for the din
ner, making 1000 pounds of roast
meat. Twenty gallons of oysters
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-11-24
Eadles, Gard Party.

The Ladies' Auxiliary OF the
Eagles will have a card party to-
morrow afternoon at 2 o'clock at the
Eagles home at Twenty-first street
and Fourth avenue.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-11-24

Lame back comes on suddenly ana
is extremely painful 1t is caused BY
rheumatism Of the muscles. Quick re-
lief is afforded by applying Chamber
lain's Eminent. Sold by all druggists
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-11-24
shall Women Voter

II they did. millions would vote DR..
Kings New Life Pills the true remedy
for women. For banishing dull, flag.
ged feelings. backache or headache,
constipation. dispelling colds, impart.
ing appetite and toning up the system.
they're unequaled. Easy, safe. sure.
CSC at ell druggists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-11-24

in a very creditable manner. Leo
LaVelle, also of this city, played in
the orchestra which gave a musical
program.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-11-24

injury received in a football game sew
en- days ago, Charles NJ. Seydel, 10
years old, died yesterday Of heart trou-
BILE
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-11-24
Free FreeI Free!

8 a. m. until p. m. Oyster stew
Thanksgiving day at Ed Concerts, First
avenue and Twentieth street.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-11-24
LOCAL BANKERS
MAY AID COUNTY
Believed Home Institutions Will
Join in Advancing a Loan
of $4,000.
is NEEDED FOR EXPENSES
Committee of Board of Supervisors
to Hold a Final Conference
With Financiers.

The finance committee of the Rock
Island county board of supervisors ap-
preached the bankers of this city yes
terday for the purpose of securing a
.oan with which to carry on the coun-
tvs business until such time as the
taxes are payable. While he commit
tee was not assured that the funds
would be forthcoming, it is believed
nevertheless that the request will be
granted. The committee will meet
again with the bankers tomorrow and
at that time it is hoped to reach an
agreement
The Moline bankers who were ap-
preached earlier by the finance com
mittee, demanded interest on any loan
they might make at the rate of per
cent and this was more than the law
allows.
Calling for Bills.
The committee desires 10 borrow
$4,000. County Clerk H. B. Hubbard
announces that all bills against the
county should be in his hands witniS
day or two if those who have them
desire payment at the coming meeting
OF the hoard
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-11-24
Alcohol In Medicine.

Alcohol is the best known preser-
vative of medical compounds and
the average proprietary medicine
contains from 1 per cent to % per
cent, which is the smallest possible
amount to preserve the ingredients,
while the average doctors prescrip-
ton contains from 25 per cent to
80 per cent
Such standard preparations as
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound contain but 1S per cent and
they even put the compound up in
tablet form, which the over-scrupu-
lous woman who objects to alcohol
in any degree, may use.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-11-24

Dies After Football injury.
Iowa City, Iowa, Nov. 24-Followins
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-12-11
FACTS AND FIGURES OF INTEREST
ABOUT THE CITY OF WASHINGTON

BUILDINGS
buildings city Of
which 54245 are of brick and 247OS
The number buildings ended June 30 1910
The estimated cost of buildings exclusive Of gov
preceding years
fat
and LIZA naphha lamps The DESIGNATION lamps
installed during the 1890 $50 discontinued
o The
alarms sent during the Las of which 81 were
POLICE
The patrol n
ELECTRIC POLES
trolley
The in n city
ORNAMENTAL TREES
s7s were
miles of streets planted wi
It cost$ 416746s these
SEWERS
miles Columbia which
2s miles werela
The
The suburban year
a atsse ever o attemptd in any one year '-7
dwellings
SEWAGE
gallons
posite
hydrant and drinking
permitted
amount of 15s4eoOO gallons
The bridges initial cost of which about
100000
is thirty
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-12-11
SUBURBAN HOMES
INVITE BUYERS
Sewerage improvements in
SauFs Addition Helpful.

That interest in real estate is not
wholly confined TO urban property, but Is
extending into the suburbs, is we'll shown
by the reports that come from Saurs
Addition, particularly. Home-buying is
INDUCED in to an unusual extent. as
shown by the following report from the
Office Of N. L. Sansbury Company, real
estate brokers.
The extert 20 improvements in the
drainage wn ca. the new sewer system
there has bro, ght about are attracting
buyers OF l,onss.
The new 4 I-story residence located at
2olf Wisconsin avenue northwest. to
George b. Fuchs. This is one of the
houses recently. bull. on this block by
Lewis Il. Breuninger. all but two of
which have been sold. The price paid is
said TO have been $3.50.
Lot =, in square 2S21. Saul's Addition
TO l. A. Sadler for $500 This lot is on
Decatur street, between Georgia avenue
and Thirteenth street. and contains 835f
square feet of ground II is understood
the purchaser acquired the property with
a view of building a detached residence
for his own use.
To H. o. Cutting, premises 3I49 Seven
teenth street northwest This is a mod
ern three-story structure just completed
by l.. Il. RTeuninger. II contains nine
rooms and two bathrooms, and is trim
med in oak. heated by hot water and
lighted by both electricity and gas. The
consideration is not stated, but is under
stood 10 have been about $3.50.
TO James Mooney, all of parcel S5-s0
in Saul's Addition, with frontage of
30 feet on Thirteenth street, between
Iowa avenue and Decatur street, for
50, Geo
To William NJ, Monroe, the two-story
residence situated at Il D street south
east. The property was bought as an
investment, and the price is not stated.
For John r. Haislip. the new detached
house at 1906 Decatur street. Saurs adj
dition This is two story, cellar. and
attic house containing nine rooms and
bath, 1t is trimmed in hardwood. lighted
by electricity and gas, and heated by hot
water. The price was $500
To L. Z. Breuninger. part of lots 4 and
5. in square 2670. for 5000. These lots
face Harvard Street between Fourteenth
and Fifteenth streets.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-12-11
REALTY INVESTORS
MAKE LIVE MARKET
Urban Transfers a Feature
of the Weeks Business.
ALL SECTIONS GET A SHARE
Winettt & Reinecke Report Many
Sales TO Home buyers and In
VesfOrA-CoIOniaI Homes Built by
Thomas Maccubbln in Northeast
Neutrality-suspicious. of the Proofs.

Proof of the life that is displayed by
the realty market comes from the busy
Offices OF the dealers. The business is IN
full swing. Brokers have closed many
deals, and the great number that are
now IN course of negotiation ensure not
only continuance of the activity, but,
what is better, an increase in the num-
Der OF sales
The heaviest transactions are naturally
the large investments that have been
made. Every section of the city, sub
urban as well as urban, shares IN the
business. There is every indication that
1910 will close with a remarkably large
number of sales closed and under nego-
tiation.
some OF the Proofs.
Willett & Reinecke Company, In
eornorated. report that Notwithstanding
this is the time OF year when the ma
jority of people are comfortably settled
through the winter months. they have
been unusually busy at this season. es-
peciaIly in the selling of small houses.
which l. clearly. evidenced by tho fol-
lowing sales which they have recently
closed:
Fob Miss Annie c. Cunningham 70
Miss Mary e. Bishop. 1ql2 street
northeast. This is one OF the new row
OF houses recently completed by Miss
Cunningham. and contains seven rooms
ard bath; heated by hot water cabinet
mantels; lighted by gas and electricity.
REarrrthbfr Ia Ionic
Garner, premises 10 Columbia road.
The improvements consist of a two
story. and cellar pressed brick. being Of
the colonial design and having a large
porch across entire front of property.
II has six rooms and bath. heated by
furnace.
For Edward T. Crismond. trustee. TO
Edward l. Shankle, premises No. 307
I street northeast. The house. which is
of the colonial design, contains six large
rooms and bath: cabinet mantels and all
conveniences. Nineteen feet front by
ninety feet deep.
For Jennie Abbott TO Ernest c. and
Maude l. Moriarity 1851 Thirteenth
street northwest. The house contains
seven rooms and bath. hot water heat.
and is embellished with cabinet mantels.
handsome gas fixtures, and all up-to-
date cOnyeniences. Lot about eighteen
b. eighty feet
For Thomas W. Maceubbin 10 Maude
Baker. the residence at 400 c
street northeast. This house. which is
one in the row of twenty-three new
houses recently completed by Mr.. Mac
cubbin. is. of the colonial type. II is a
tWo-stOry and cellar brick. containing
seven large rooms, reception hall and
bath, hot water heat. large porch across
the front Of house. Lot 20 by about 20
feet in depth.
For A. r. II. Johnson, trustee. to
Robert Wilson. premises 9l9 French
street northwest, being two stories and
cellar bay-window pressed brick. seven
rooms and bath, heated by latrobes.
For Thomas E Brown to Henry o.
Eckert. premises GIL Columbia road
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-12-11
new HOUSES SOLD
FROM PLANS ALONE
Seven Homes Begun by
Ii. A. Kite in Northwest.

Harry A. Kite has begun the erection
OF seven houses on the corner of Eight
zenith and Monroe streets, northwest.
These dwellings Will be twenty feet wide
and three stories in height The first
floor plan includes an entrance hall. par
Tor. reception hall. dining room, kitchen
and pantry.
The second floor will consist of d large
library, the entire width OF the house.
large sleeping room 10 the rear. a fine
tiled bath. including shower. and COW
cred back porch.
The third floor viii have three sleep
ing rooms and a tiled bath There viii
be a large air space over the third floor.
A number OF large closets are pro-
Vided and window seats will grace
number OF the rooms. There Will be
hardwood-strip floor on the first story
and in the library on the second floor.
The houses will have electric light and
gas and viii be heated by hot water.
They viii be finished throughout In
white and mahogany, with especially
manufactured nantels. china closets and
holdings
The houses viii be OF colonial style.
with large covered front porches. The
fronts will be of silver gray roman-size
brick.
The location is one OF the most slightly
In Mount Pleasant. giving from the new
dwellings a fine view Of the surround
ing country and of the city 10 the south.
They are in the neighhOrhood Of some of
the finest detached homes In Washington
and convenient to the Mount Pleasant car
line.
The houses VIII be sold for $3.50 each.
One of them has already been sold from
the plans at the office of Moore & Hill,
Inc, which will be the exclusive agent
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-12-11
MIDDLEMEN DO NOT
ADD TO LIVING COST
Bulky Country Produce Ex'
penSiye to Transport.

The MISUNDERSTANDING question receives
a peculiar contribution from a table of
figures contained in the report of the Sec
rotary of Agriculture. by which It Is made
to appear that the consumers price is in
some cases of country produce often
double the price that the farmer who
raised the goods received for them The
natural inference from such presenta-
ton is that the middleman, who has come
in for endless abuse in the discussion, is
responsible for this great increase in cost,
and that the difference. in some cases lVO
DER cent, represents the middleman'
profit.
Cost OF transportation.
Nothing could be further from the
truth as a little reflection will show.
The articles that are most conspicuous
in these cases are bulky articles, such
as cabbage. potatoes, and apples. when
are relatively cheap in proportion to their
weight and bulk In these cases 1t Is not
taken into consideration that the cost OF
getting the products to the consumer al
TT the yhave been bought from the farm
er is in a great many cases greater thah
The original prices paid for them. Inc
cost of transportation and OF dlsuloueioh
of such as these forms very eonsiu-
cradle item in the cost account OF tlie
expense account of the middlemen VINO
undertake TO get them TO the consumer
PerishabIe Products Add.
This fact is equally troe of perisnaoie
articles. A merchant who buys large
quantities of such products looks Tor
ward TO certain percentage of loss
which his. experience tells him is natural
and unavoidable. An accurate and care
fully gathered statement of the loss that
comes Ia the distributor at the several
periods In variable climate Iur
nishes convincing proof that hhls Is an
item of very serious concern to the ais
tribitter. This does not apply to goods
that arr to be kept for some time and
which can be protected by cold storage
facilities. But it is the long list OF per-
ishables that lose a surprising amount OF
their value in the ordinary handling.
distributing, and picking over to which
they are subjected In the processes or
trade. The difference in the actual num-
Der of pieces of such goods that the dis
tributer buys from the grower and the
number that he is able 10 dispose OF TO
his customers is often so great as TO be
incredible. In these two classes OF bulky
and perishable goods there is a loss that
10 the inexperienced or minimizing per-
son viii come as a revelation. and which
will throw an entirely new light upon
the part that the middlemen play in
the trade OF the country.
Middleman's Profit Small.
A point that has been mentioned by
prominent dealer in the city, and one
that is we'll worth attention. is the fact
that the difference between the price
that the farmer gets for his produce
and the price that the retailer gets for
IL is 10 true measure Of the contributions
of either one TO the high cost Of living.
The real test to be applied is as to how
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-12-11

northwest. The improvements consist OF
fine two-story and cellar pressed brick
residence of the colonial design. contain
ing six rooms and bath, and having
double front porches Lot 20 foot front
by depth of about 100 feet to a twenty
foot alley.
For Edward T. Crismond 10 William
S. Tancre and Hattie w. Tancre, prem
ises COS Columbia road northwest
The improvements consist of a two-story
and cellar pressed brick Of the Colonial
design, having six large rooms, reception
hall and bath. Lot twenty foot front by
depth of about 100 feet.
For George w. Barkman to Newton M.
Noblitt. residence 1912 ID street north
east This is one OF the row OF new
houses recently completed by Mr.. Bark
man, each being of two-story and CELLAR
pressed brick, seven rooms and bath.
hot water heated, cabinet mantels, large
colonial porches. Lot twenty feet by
about 80 feet in depth.
For Edward T. Crismond to John L..
Garrison. residence GO Columbia
road northwest being OF two stories and
cellar. pressed brick. six rooms and bath.
large colonial porches in front. Lot
20 feet front by about 100 feet deep
to a twenty foot alley.
II is understood that an appropriation
was made by the last Congress that Co.
lumbia road, east OF Sixth street, is to
be extended so that Il will connect with
the driveways of Soldiers Home Park
and that Of. the Reservoir roads. When
this is done il viii no doubt greatly
enhance values of all property in the
immediate neighborhood, as the bonle-
ward will afford direct communication
with all that section lying east OF Sol
diers' Home grounds and on the west.
Columbia Heights. and 10 the ZooIogi-
cal Park. making these sections in closer
communication.
The above sales aggregate about
S3,5o0.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-12-11
WINTER BUILDING
FAVORS REALTY
Washington Business Actiy-
tiles Then Highest.

Realty business houses report an IN
usually active week despite the bad
weather. Home buying and investment
both by local interests and by outside
sources. continues surprisingly regular.
The old traditions that buying ana
building should be suspended in the win
ter, so far as real estate is concerned.
are being rapidly superseded by the new
policy that is founded on the knowledge
that money is being made in real estate
all the year round
Winter the Social season.
Washington, as the National Capital. is
essentially a winter city. The sessions
Of Congress attract an unusually large
number of people who remain here all
winter. and the social and business life
of the city is then at its zenith. Some
Of the largest realty transactions Of the
year have been closed at the time when
the city is at its best. Investors from
outside places are here in force, and
the greater chances Of interesting men
of means whose interests center ia the
city for a large part of every year
and that the best part OF the year
have led many realty houses to concen-
-trate upon this end Of The business with
most satisfactory results.
oId-time Methods.
The day when the real estate dealers
went into winter quarters and rested
dormant during this busy season has
passed. The practice that now prevails
among the most successful houses Is 10
redouble all their efforts and 10 follow
the same methods as are indicated in
the increased business activities in other
lines. There was a time when real es-
tate offices were practically closed in
winter. Advertising was either wholly
suspended or was reduced in amount and
in frequency.
Very few beside the real estate man
knew that he had any properties 70 offer.
Holders of properties were discouraged
from offering them for sale except at GER
tain seasons and the business had but
little advanced IN enterprise and steadi-
ness beyond the fairs that are held only
on fixed days.
Modern Real Estate Business.
The methoes have changed and the
greatest force in bringing it about Is the
man who is willing to turn his holdings
overnight If an opportunity comes up
1t is the making or finding of this op-
portunity every day in the year that has
given the entirely new aspect 10 the realty
business. With the influx OF moneyed
men to the city, advertising Of desirable
properties has increased and the dealer
who now has a list is active in making
that fact known to a class Of people who
have proven to be the best investors
Every year investment in Washington
real estate by those who have homes
away from this city is increasing. Shrewd
local investors who can read the signs
are following their example, and the en-
terprising realty house is finding out that
Washington real estate is coed selling
commodity every month of the year.
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much profit the farmer gets on the rails
ing and marketing of the goods and how
much profit the middleman gets at the
price for which he sells them.
Dealing Direct with Farmers.
There is also contained a suggestion in
the report that the consumer may save
if he deals directly with the farmer. and
in support of this statement the case Of
the EngliSh people is cited as showing
the possibility of so doing in the United
States. There seems in this TO be a
glaring overlooking of the fact that the
produce that comes TO city like Wash
ington. for instance often comes hum
dreds or even thousands of miles to the
consumers, and the cases in which it
would be possible TO buy personally must
be very limited
Services of MiddIemen.
The middleman is a prime necessity in
a country as large as this, and the serv-
ice that he renders is very valuable
one. He is so well equipped for the
efficient service of the consumer that il
is both impossible and undesirable TO
seek to displace him. A careful examina-
ton of all the conditions with which the
great work OF distribution is surrounded
Will show that when it is all summed up
the remuneration that this class receives
is but a small item in the extra cost TO
the consumer, and. in the very great
majority of cases is conducted at much
less cost Of time money, and patience
than the consumer, were he never so
experienced. could possibly accomplish
for himself. Even though the farmers
were to take this work of distribution
into their own hands. as a few OF them
do, they often find the attendant bss of
time and money in the work but poorly
cOmpensates them. In country the
size of the United States il would appear
that the distributor of food is not only
fixture. but a useful adjunct TO the
great work OF supplying food
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-12-11

It is claimed that woody house plants
that grow bark can be strengthened and
made TO flourish like the proverbial bay
tree IL given iron water, soaked from
rusted iron and poured into the soil
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-12-11

much profit the farmer gets on the rails
ing and marketing of the goods and how
much profit the middleman gets at the
price for which he sells them
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-12-11
FOURTEENTH STREET SALE.
Building Occupied by barnard Au-
tOmObiIe Company sold.

tomoDiie Oompany SOLD.
Fourteenth street continues to attract
buyers, and the record of sales is steadily
keeping up all through the week.
Gardiner & Dent Inc. report the sale
OF two properties on that street, one Of
which was 1872, which is a two-story
building, occupying a lot 25 feet front by
a depth of 80 feet 10 a SO-foot paved alley.
The property has recently been remodeIed
and is occupied by the Barnard Automo-
bile Company. The consideration in this
case was $4,000
TIE same firm also sold az a considera-
ton said TO be $500. premises 925 North
Carolina avenue southeast, which is a
two-story structure, containing six rooms.
bath and cellar. The lot has a frontage
OF about 80 feet by a depth of nearly leo
feet Mr. Arbuekle. the purchaser. will
hold IL as an investment.