Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-05-12
MOLINE
Two Boys Injured when seaffoId

5reaks.-Charles DeMier, aged Is
years and julius DeMier, aged IL
years, fell II feet when a scaffold on
which they were standing broke,
Each lad had one OF the bones OF his
right arm broken. The boys are
cousins, and they were at work
shingling barn which is being erect
ed at Ninth street and the bluff road
in East Moline for August DeMier,
father of Charles DeMier, when the
accident occurred.
Final Meeting Of Year.-Moline club
board of directors Tuesday night
held its final meeting Of the present
fiscal year. After all bills payable
up to May 10 had been allowed and
payment of the rent on the club
quarters had been made to date 1t
was found that the clubs new year
will begin with 500 in cash In the
treasury. This is considered q very
good showing when compared with
conditions at this time last year.
when payment of rent on the club
quarters was postponed. Reports Of
the club officers will be made at the
annual meeting which will be held
on the evening of May II. Officers
for the ensuing year will be chosen
between and 8 p. m. OF the same
day. There are two tickets in the
field, each headed by A. T. Foster,
the present president, Directors ap-
pointed c. F. Grantz, H. ]. Hull and
Calvin Ainsworth as judge and clerks
of election.
Directory Population Estimates.-An
estimate of the population of the two
cities just made by R. L. Polk &
Co., directory publishers, places the
present population of Moline $500
in excess of that of Rock Island. The
estimated figures are, Moline, 3d.
900; Rock Island, assoc. The Polk
people maintain that the accuracy of
the figures will be established when
announcement of the population of
the two cities is officially made from
the United States census Office in
Washington. The figures are given
out by William Hogg, tri-eity repre-
sentative of the Polk company. Mr.
Hogg says the figures were arrived
at in the same manner as the figures
on the estimated population of 9TH
er cities the nation over, where the
Polk people publish directories. Fig
ures of the Polk company are arrived
at by multiplying by 2 IA the num-
Der of names in the directory. In
making this estimate there is used
no firm name, church, school insti-
tuition, or anything which does not
stand for the name of an individual.
to the figures given out
by Mr.. Hogg the population of Rock
Island has decreased since last year.
Last year the directory people gave
the Island City 33,54S, which was
2,941 more people than were placed
in the Moline estimate. This year
the Rock Island figures are decreased
about 5000 and the Moline figures
are increased 400.
Obituary Record.-E. B. Beers. vet
eran molder and resident of Moline
for some 40 years. succumbed yes
terday at the city hospital, where he
had been a patient for a week. Liver
trouble and complications caused
death. Mr.. Beers is survived by a
sister in Lancaster, Pa, and by a
daughter in New York state Effort
to locate these relatives is being
made by friends of the deceased, and
the funeral arrangements will not be
made for a couple of days at least. |
Mr.. Beers wife died several years
ago. Mr.. Beers was born IS years |
ago in the east. and he came west |
when young man. He followed his |