Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-04-27
MOLINE

ed that w. E. Tolles of the Moline
Heating & Construction company has
offered 20 put, four shower baths free
OF charge into the old hose house at
Twelfth street and Third avenue for
use in the public bath service. This
donation is very heartily appreciated
by those who are at the head of the
work and they feel greatly encour-
aged.
Sixty-Two Pay Saloon Llcense.-AIl
but one Of the Moline saloon proprie-
tors have paid their saloon license for
the coming six months. City Clerk
Ol6efest reports that there have been
no new saloons opened. He expects
the 63rd license fee to be paid within
the present week.
Chauncey e. Foster May Return to
East Moline.-Mr. and Mrs. Chauncey
e. Foster, former residents Of Moline,
passed through the city Sunday on
their way to Minneapolis. During their
few hours stay in Moline they were
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. H. NJ. Reynolds
anu SIACA II 1CAdS. OuI4l OClOOCA looN
Mr.. Foster was manager of the North
western Consolidated Milling company
plant in East Moline, and since leaving
here he and his wife have been travel
ing through the east. Mr.. Foster will
report at headquarters of his company
in Minneapolis, and he says that IL
crop prospects are promising he may
be transferred back to East Moline.
The many local friends of Mr. and Mrs
Foster will be glad if this is the case.
Bank Takes Over BIock.-Frank G.
Allen has transferred to the State
Savings Bank & Trust company the
former Louis Rosenstein block, north
west corner of Fifteenth street and
Fifth avenue, recently purchased by
him for $4,000. The transfer to the
bank is made for the same considera-
ton. 1t was announced at the time
Mr.. Allen purchased the building that
the bank would eventually occupy the
first floor, but announcement as to
whether the bank would buy or rent
was not made.
PauIsen Buys at $1,000. - August
Paulsen has exercised an option which
he secured several months ago, pur-
chasing the property at the southwest
corner of Fourth avenue and Thir-
teenth street from l. P. Nelson. The
lot has a frontage on the avenue OF so
feet and the price paid is $4,000. Mr..
Paulsen is not ready to announce
plans for improvement Of the realty.
Alex Morton Burled.-The funeral
Of Alex Morton, former Moline resi-
dent. who died in Denver, was held
Monday afternoon at o'clock from
the home of J. J. Cox, 1908 Twelfth
avenue, this city. Interment was in
Riverside cemetery. Rev. w. NJ.
Story of the United Presbyterian
church of1ciated There were a num-
Der of floral tributes and friends of
the deceased attended the services.
Pallbearers were Frank Plym. w. c.
Cowley, W. J. Peterson, Chap Church,
William Carstens and Warren Slime.
The body arrived in Moline at noon
Sunday and was accompanied here by
the widow and Mabel Morton of Den
yer anu NTS. u. " HinHey OF ludnO,
daughters. Mrs. Pinney returned west
today, but Mrs. Morton and daughter
will remain here for a week or more.
The deceased was born in Scotland in
1S49 and came to America with his
parents in 1856. They came to Rock
Island county in 1857 and resided here
until 1882, going to Montana and the
Dalzotas in that year. Mr.. Morton re-
turned here in 1897 and remained I'M
til 1904, when he went to Chicago
and later again to the west.