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The Alaska sourdough., 1911-12-19
CUT GLASS

We have the largest and best as- sortment of cut glass on the Gastineau channel and we are selling it at 25 per cent discount Alaska Drug Company.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-03-10
HOW MANY STYLES
IN WOMEN'S SHOES?
One Factory Made Over 700 for the
Spring Season to Meet All
FanCieS.

But few realize 10 what extent
shoe manufacturers go in preparing
styles to meet the feminfne fancy in
footwear. A recent interview with
the shoe buyer of one of the large
stores revealed some interesting
facts and figures.
A large manufacturer will make
in women's shoes alone, at least 700
different and distinct styles of
shoes for a single spring seasons
trade, and will then have made only
what has been asked for in one part
of the country or another.
Then styles will be made to suit
different localities and the travel
ing statesmen make up their lines for
all sections of the country. Each
salesman starting out in the fall with
his spring line carries one shoe OF
each style, one will have all "lefts"
and another ali rights" of those
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-03-10

vance this amount in anticipation of
ed. Mayor Schaffer drew on this
shortage to the extent of S45.3O6. %.
leaving an asset of s1,52161 for the
McCaskrin administration when the
taxes we're finally collected, instead of
a deficit Of s45 ,306.02 as the mayor s
statement implies.
FIGURES MIXED.
The place where the mayors figures
seem to be mixed as well as incom-
plete is in his final claim as to receipts
and expenditures. He includes in the
receipts nearly the entire amount of
the shortage on which Former Mayor
Schaffer drew his overdraft, but does
not include the payment of these ov-
erdrafts in his expenditures. Just as
truly as the shortage is an asset, the
overdraft is a liability and both must
be included in the computation The
result is that the expenditures for the
past year were $1s1,1 1882 and instead
of there being a saving" in the
treasury Of s20,509.S5, as intimated III
the claim. there is actually an over
draft of about $4,000. In addition to
the overdraft, the city clerk states
that there are numerous bills out
standing which are yet to come in and
which If paid this year would bring
the overdraft up TO the usual amount
OTHER SUBJECTS REVIEWED.
The Argus of yesterday took up the
other portions of Mayor McCaskrin's
communication, showing briefly that on
the strength Of his claim for credit for
the immense volume of building i'm
provements in Rock Island last year.
based on The Argus annual review,
there has been nothing 10 show that
the fact that he was mayor was ma
terial to the result of the years work.
And while. according to The Argus
view, the mayor lays claim to accom-.
plishments that were for the most part
not traceable to the fact that he was
mayor. and the conclusions to be
drawn from his statement and compari-
sons as to city finances are not wholly
sustained by the facts, he modestly over
looks the one achievement of both his
administrations which was really
plying of crying need for
20 years, or at least since the
Inauguration of the paid fire depart.
ment. Reference is made to the auto
matte fire alarm system, an essential
to reliable fire protection service for
which The Argus has contended for
years. 1t was due TO Mayor McCask-
rim that it was provided This paper
praised him when he carried it through
the council, and it gives him full credit
now
Hence, while The Argus for its own
reasons favors Mr.. Schriver for the
first mayor under the commission form
Of municipal government, it is still will
ing to give the present mayor the credit
that in its judgment he is entitled to-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-03-10
Obituary Record
MISS ELLA NEIL.

Miss Ella Mehl died this morning at
8 O'Clock at the home of her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs Pred Mehl, 701 Seven
teenth street, after an illness of three
weeks. Nervous prostration and com
plications caused her death. Miss
Mehl was born in Davenport, Jan. 16,
1885. She attended the public schools OF
that city. Four years ago she removed to
Moline with her parents. For the past
two years she had lived in Rock Is
land and was employed in the Young
& McCombs department store. She
leaves her parents and a sister, Erie
da, and a brother, Chris. The fun
eral will be held Sunday morning at
10 o'clock in the home and burial viii
be in Chippiannock cemetery.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-03-10
OLIVER BROWN.

Oliver Brown, who came to this city
four weeks ago from his home at Fon
du Lac. Wis. and entered the en-
ploy of the Kramer Printing company
died this morning at ESQ at st. An
thongs hospital after an illness of
three weeks of typhoid fever He was
born May &c, 1889 in Adams county,
Wis. Mr.. Brown was a printer. He
leaves his mother. Mrs. Mary F.
Brown, who arrived here shortly after
he was taken i'll. He also leaves a
sister, Mrs. Ira Nelson, of Wausau,
Wis
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-03-10
NORTHERN CITIES
WILL STAND PAT
If Three-Eye League Is to Play
Ball It Is Up to South
erners to Move.
WATERLOO STILL MEMBER
Attorney Quin O'Brien of Chicago
Attends Meeting Here and Re
assures Magnates.

Representatives Of the northern
cities Of the Three-Eye league as
semblsd this afternoon at the New
Harper in this city and talked over
the baseball situation with regards
to the factional strife between the
north and south ends of the league
Attorney Quin O'Brien Of Chicago,
who represented Waterloo in its
fight to retain its franchise. was pres
ent. He cited law TO prove his con-
tentions that the decision rendered by
Judge Gridley in the superior court
OF Cook county is in full force and
effect regardless of any action to-
wards appeal that might be taken by
Dick Kinsella and President Al Tear
ney. These two latter have sought
to spread the impression that if they
appeal the case the order Of the
judge may he disregarded until such
time as a verdict is rendered on the
appeal.
NORTH TO STAND PAT.
Having assured themselves of this
point the assent led magnates decid-
ed TO stand pat and wait for the
southerners to awake 20 the fact
that they have been beaten at every
turn of the road and that it is time
for them to play ball" Their talk
of Withdrawing from the league and
OF forming a new circuit Of ten clubs
was branded as rot and entirely out
OF range of the possibilities. The
constitution and the national agree
ment on which the league constitu-
ton is based prevents the southern
clubs from making good their
threats. In order to change the cir
cult. or even for them to withdraw,
r. would be necessary for them 10
have a majority vote of the clubs in
the league The proposition TO es~
tablish a new ten-club league would
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-03-10

also have to come up before the ma
tional association and in all proba-
bility il would be sat upon. If they
Quit cold they lose the rights to their
franchises and players.
MUST GET TO BUSINESS.
In the opinion Of President NJ. H.
Sexton of the national association,
who was present at the meeting, ev-
cry day that Al Tearney and Dick
Kinsella keep up their fight, is just
that much nearer the day that tl1S
national association will have TO step
in and unravel the tangle into which
the south end OF the circuit is plung-
ing the league. Something must be
done and done soon by the league If
il wants to remain under the protec-
ton Of the national association. If
a player now under contract to any
one of the different teams in the
league should write to Secretary J.
ton and ask whether or not he is to
have a job in the Three-Eye this
year in face of the trouble in which
the league is in, it would be up to
the national association to find out
whether or not there is TO be
Three-Eye league, as il is the bust
ness of the association to protect the
player as well as the club owners.
Unless the southerners prefer to
wait for the Intervention of the ma
tional association it seems up to
them to come down off their high
horse and play ball"
THOSE AT MEETING.
At the meeting today were the fol-
lowing baseball magnates and Off
Gals.
Dubuque - President Theodore
Scharle and William P. Andersen,
secretary and treasurer.
Waterloo-Presiden P. ]. Mar
tens, Vice President William Ewald
and Manager Frank Boyle.
Davenport - President Dick R.
Lane and Secretary James T. Hayes.
Rock Island - President James
Mcnamara, Treasurer L. NJ. Casteel,
Director F. o. Van Calder, H. E. Cas-
teel.
President NJ. H. Sexton of the ma
tionaI association and Attorney Quin
O'Brien of Chicago.
TURN DOWN PROPOSAL.
This afternoon a message was re-
ceived from Bloomington, acting for
the southern cities. proposing a 10
club league as a solution Of the pres
ent difficulty. The northern represen-
tatives in attendance at the Rock Island
meeting joined in reply turning down
the proposal and stating also that there
would be no Two-Eye league.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-03-10

best suited for the trade in his own
particular territory, thus distributing
the 700 different styles in all direc-
tons.
After the fall trips are made every
sample shoe is returned to the fac
tory where they are mated again and
sold to the retailer at greatly re-
duced price, as they have served
their purpose.
The shrewd buyer is always on the
alert for these samples sales as il en-
ables him TO secure the best OF
styles. material and workmanship at
less than the manufacturers cost or
production and he in turn can give
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-03-10
FEWER LEvIEs TO MEET.

Because of having fewer special lev
les TO meet, the citizens of Rock Is
land do not have as high total tax
rate. They pay taxes on the following
levies:
For library .................SI ,0l45S
Far parks ................. ll,69O.9S
For Indebtedness ........ 21,050.0 90
For general purposes $500. 7O,145.00
Rock Island does not have TO assess
itself to pay levy of ST. 900 for hos
pital. and the leVies for the library
and the park are considerably smaller
than those in Moline, while the levy
to cover the interest on outstanding
Indebtedness is seen TO be larger than
in Moline The rate on which the levy
for general purposes is based is s1.2O
per 500. In other words, il is the linn
il allowed under the law and the same
rate identically as is paid in Moline.
The total amount collected in Rock
Island on this levy is less than the
corresponding amount in Moline, how
ever. as the assessed valuation in Mo-
line is the larger as shown in the may
or's own figures in valuation making
up the S2,055.00 difference in taxes
collected. Expressed briefly, Moline
pays a higher tax than Rock Island
although the municipal rate is exact
ly the same the difference being this:
Moline is paying for a hospital and
laying out larger sums for park pur-
poses and library purposes than is
Rock Island.
"OYERDRAF'T- MISLEADING.
The mayors next statement 'Schaf-
fer's overdraft in his last year was
$4,000" is true but is very mis-
leading. An oYerdraft is nothing
more nor less than the difference be
tween the tax levy and the amount OF
this levy which is collected and which
is secured as a temporary loan. The
actual shortage in taxes collected
and on which the city had 10 be run in
1905, was s46,S27.63 levy upon the
property in the city was made on
which TO run the city but the amount
collected on this levy fell short by
$46,s27.63 That, of course left the
Schaffer administration in its last
year with Just that amount TO
make up in some way in order TO
equal the appropriations which had
been made. As was the custom, the
banks Of the city stood ready 10 ad-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-03-10
Held for Larceny.

Samuel Camp and Louis Fredenberg,
young men, were bound over to the
grand jury under $500 bonds each this
afternoon by Police Magistrate c. ].
Smith on charges of larceny. Two
pairs of shoes and a small sum of mon
ey, il is claimed, were stolen by them
from the shoe repair shop of Albert
Nyolitch. Seventeenth street ami
Fourth avenue, yesterday
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-03-10
Attention. Democrats

The democrats of South Rock Is
land township are requested to meet
Friday. March 10, at p. m. at the
town hall for the purpose of nominal
ing township officers and transacting
such other business as may properly
come before the meeting
c. E. SIEMON,
Committeeman
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-03-10

Because of having fewer special lev
les 10 meet, the citizens of Rock Is
land do not have as high a total tax
rate. They pay taxes on the following
levies:
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-03-10
BiIIs Aaalnst County.

County Clerk H. b. Hubbard adris.
Is those having bills against the conu
ty and expecting TO have them allow
co al the meeting of March - should
have them filed at his Office not later
than the lNth.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-03-10
PORTIONS OF IT
ARE MISLEADING
Mayor McCaskrin's Compare
tive Statement as to Mu-
nicipal Finances.
FUNDS IN TWO CITIES
Figures Cleaned From Records in
Response to Request for
Consideration.

In connection with his communica-
ton to The Argus yesterday after
noon, Mayor McCaskrin submitted the
following figures for The Argus con-
sideration:
Moline taxes amounted to $131 .235;
Rock Island taxes amounted to s91,-
DOL
Moline property is assessed at S.
O94.7s5.
Rock Island property is assessed at
s5934,915.
Moline population is (1910 census)
2+,199; Rock Island population is
G91O census) 24,335.
Moline municipal tax rate is s2.14
per hundred: Rock Island municipal
tax rate is s1.56 per hundred
With a larger population the tax
payers of Rock Island pay S40,233.50
less in taxes than Moline. With $3.50
SIS less property assessed Rock Is
land tax rate is So cents less per hun
dred than Moline.
Schaffer's overdraft in his last year
was 45,3O6.02.
The receipts for the year ending Ap-
ril, 1910, 56,35S.75: the expenditures
for the year ending April l, 1910. $685.
S49.40: saved for the city this year
s2O,50935.
WHAT THE FACTS SHOW.
The Argus last evening refrained
from making any comments upon
these figures until such time as a care
full investigation could be made This
was undertaken today and The Argus
finds itself in a position to explain and
enlarge upon the mayors statements
and figures. AS a whole, the figures
contained in the mayors statement
were found TO be correct, but in some
cases so incomplete as to be mislead-
ing. The first claim, to the effect
that Moline taxes for last year
amounted to s131,235. and Rock Is
lands to s91.001, is apparently based
upon the figures in the county clerks
office where the taxes for the county
are extended The statements as to
assessed valuation of property in each
of the two cities and as to their popu-
lation are also correct. but the next
claim is misleading. The total NUM-
cipal tax rate in Moline is S2.1i per
800, compared with $1.56 i'll Rock Is
land, il is true, but the reason for
this is that Moline is paying a number
of special assessments which the cit
liens of Rock Island do not have to
meet The rate of taxation includes
the total rates on different assess
ments. The total assessment in Mo
line based on the following levies:
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-03-10

The street railway employees will give
their annual benefit entertainment thI-
evening at The Majestic theatre. Tho
program includes 10 Of the best act
that arc ubtainabic.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-03-10
BASIS OF COMPARISON

This latter figure is the only one on
which the two cities can be fairly COM
pared, inasmuch as it is the fund
which runs the city itself. Incidental
ly this amount is as large as it can
be made because under the law the
rate of taxation for general purposes
in a municipality cannot exceed $1.2O
per hundred and that is what Moline's
n
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-03-10

his customers some rare values and
still make his legitimate profit.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-05-12
Russian Patties.

One pint of oysters; parboil, strala
and reserve liquor; there should b
about one cupful. Make a sauce Of
three tablespoonful of butter, four
and one-half tablespoonful Of Hour
one-half cupful of chicken stock, the
half cupful of oyster liquor and one
half cupful Of cream, all the yolks q
two eggs, one tablespoonful OF gra'ea
horseradish, two tablespoonfuls Oh
capers, three-quarters of Tablespoon
full Of lemon juice and from onenan
to one level te' poonful OF SALT ~
cording to stiffness of oysters. o'n
In one tablespoonful each OF wnlte p'l
per and paprika, then add the drslnss
oysters. AS soon as the oysters plump
and their edges curl fill into paw
shells and serve very hot.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-05-12

Z - -. =
TOTO thief $3.50. what would b
the end of 1t all?
What did it matter? Surely he
who knew the world wherein he lived
and moved and had his being, knew
bitter well the worth Of its verdicts
The world might go hang. for all he
cared. At least his life was his own
whether to make or to mar, and he
had not to answer for it to any power
this side Of the gates of darkness
And IL by any act of his the world
should be given man and a woman in
excha lge for thief and an idler, per
haps in the final reckoning his life
might not be accounted altogether
He set back his shoulders and in
spired deeply, eyes. tightening; an6
stepped into the study. resolved.
Miss" he called huskily; an6
stopped. reminded that not yet did he
even know her name.
1T is safe now" he amended. more
clearly and steadily, ito come out, !,
you will"
He heard no response. The Ions
cleaning folds of the portieres huns
motionless. Still. sharp and staccate
clatter of hoofs that had risen in the
street, might have drowned her voice
IF you please he said again
loudly.
The silence sang sibilaht in his
ears; and he grew conscious OF 9
sense of anxiety and fear sitting In
it's intensity.
At length, striding forward, with .
swift gesture he flung the hangings
aside.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-05-12

Matching chickens h. The natural,
old-fashioned way ought to BE- the
easiest way. yet al do not make :
success Of it. Many beginnes make :
better success with incubators and
breeders than with the mother hen.
A whole lot Of common sense must
be used ID raising chickens. The
same 10 true Of handling cows ana
other domestic animals.
When hen II selected to incubate
the eggs and brood the chicks, one
must be chosen with care. First she
must be clean and healthy. Il she =
infested with lice, she Will give them
to the new born chicks or. pernaps'
die Of horrible torment on the nest
allowing the eggs to spoil. i = LITTLE
less than i crime to set hen ano
allow her to die on the nest, from the
rayages Of lice. No one who does II
is on the real road to success with
poultry. and probably not on the royal
road to anything.
The hen that IL to be set must not
be treated for lice as hens that are
not to be set. No grease or oil must
be used, as any oil on the feathers
will touch the eggs, and cause the
chicks to die In the she'll The kes0-
sene and lard mixture for scaly legs
must not be used at this time, as 1t
will produce the same results. All
scaly legs should be cured before set
ting time. It Is not wise to use oil
on any OF the laying hens during the
breeding season. as the oil from their
feathers is likely to touch the newly
laid eggs and destroy their power OF
Matching. Use dust and insect powder
for treating the hens at this time and
there will be no danger Of injur1ng
the eggs.
If the mother hen Is expected to
hatch out large and vigorous brood
of chicks she must be given setting
Of good and fertile eggs. BY good eggs
we mean eggs Of fair shape. Do not
set an ill-shaped egg or one that Is
only small or very large. Use eggs
that are the true egg shape too
long and slim or too spherical.
Upon the fertility Of the egg de-
ponds it's power under incubation OF
producing living chick. The germ
of life must be implanted in It. and
this function rests with the male. OF
the flock. Vigorous and attentive
males are essential.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-05-12
Handling Refractory Lambs.

We can scarcely ever talk to prac-
teal farmer but what we gain useful
Information for ourselves, and we
think that some Of the things we pick
up in this way may be useful to 9th
.ers. says the editor Of q farm ex-
change. A few days ago a farmer told
US that he was trying to deliver q
dock Of lambs for shipment and was
trying to drive them to town.
Several times he succeeded in get
ling them from one-Quarter to one-half
mile from the farm when IN spite Of
all that he and his help could do they
would break back to their feeding
place. Finally he took an old eve,
attached q rope to her neck. and led
her along to town with all the lambs
following in good order. He had no
more trouble In delivering his flock.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-05-12
Spiced Beef.

A ten-pound roast beef. huO ~.
this half a teacup Of salt, one .S -.
spoon Of black pepper, two 's' -,
spoons each Of ground allsplce 49, :.
cloves. Then put the beef INTO ~ =.
sci that will At it. Pour two qua.s y,
Of vinegar on it. and let II ls =
In the vinegar one week, turning !, !.
every day. Cover tight to kes !. -. m
flavor In the meat. Then taAe prt
and tie up tight in a clean clotn .1 -
1t to cook with all the juice, auu -
one quart Of water and let II Do' .ou
hours and . quarter. Let J. " c1,e.
when taken out Of the clotn. ' md
thin. It IL excellent for luncneO
parties.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-05-12
SYNOPSIS.

mad" Dan Maitland. on reaching his
New York bachelor club, met an attrac-
tive young woman at the door. Janitor
O.Hagan assured him no one nad been
ans finger prints In dust on his desk
along with letter from his attorney
Maitland dined with Bannerman, his at
torney. Dan set out for Greenfields. to
get his family jewels. During his walk
to the country seat he met the young
woman in gray. whom he had seen leav,
broken down. He fixed it. BY ruse she
-'lost" him. Maitland, on reaching home.
surprised lady in gray, cracking the sa1e
containing his gems She, apparently;
took him for a well-knOwn crook, Dan1el
Anisty. -hypnotized, Maitland opened
his safe, took therefrom the jewels, and
gave them to her, first forming q part
nership in crime. The real Dan Anisty,
sought by police of the world. appeared
on the same mission Maitland overcame
him. He met the girl outside the house
TO. He had the jewels and she promised
TO meet him that day. Maitland received
a Mr. Snaith," introducing himself as
detective. To shield the girl in gray,
els, supposedly lost, was felled by blow
from ''Snaith's" cane. The latter proved
to be Anisty himself and he secured the
gems. Anisty who was Maitland's dou-
BILE. masqueraded as the latter. The
criminal kept Maitland's engagement with
the girl in gray. He gave her the gems.
after railing IN love at nrSt S1gnt. Iney
were to meet and divide the loot. Matt
land revived and regretted missing his,
engagement. Anisty. masquerading as
Maitland, narrowly avoided capture
through mysterious tip. The girl in gray
visited Maitlands apartments during his
absence and returned gems. being dis
covered on return Maitland. without
cash, called up his home and heard a
woman's voice expostulating. Anisty
disguised as Maitland, told her his real
Identity and realizing himself tricked
tried to wiring from her the location of
the gems. Then he proposed marriage. A
crash was heard at the front door. Matt
land started for home. He found Anisty
and the girl in his rooms. Again he over
whelmed the crook, allowing him to es-
cape to shield the young woman.