Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-06-28
MOLINE

Gas for SiivIss-Within 90 days sill
Wis residents are to he supplied with
gas for light and cooking purposes
Arrangements for this step in munich
pal advance were made at a special
meeting of the Silvis board, at which
representatives of the Peoples Power
company were in attendance. Gas up
to this time has not been piped to Sill
Wis. though the village Is provided
with electric lights. Work on the
laying of mains will be started Thurs
day of this week and officials Of The
power company give assurance that
the work will be completed within
three months. All mains, according to
agreement made with the village
board. will be laid In alleys instead
of streets.
Threatens Woman With oun.-wil-
lard Waldron, farm hand employed
by Arthur Haemer on the Ninth
street road out of East Moline, was
fined S15.05 in court in East Moline
on q charge of .disorderly conduct
Haemer recently gave Waldron in
structions to keep trespassers of the
Haemer farm. Two women, Mrs
George Schultz and Mrs Herman
Bloom. both Of East rMoline, entered
Haemer's place a couple of days ago
and Waldron, it is charged, threatened
them with a shot gun. She swore
out the warrant
Baby Contest Prize Winners
Among the 200 babies, all under l.
year-old, brought in to be weighed at
the Fisk & Loosely baby show last
week, these are the prize winners:
First prizes, heaviest boy and girl
babies; Charlie Miller, 1168 Twenty
second street, Moline; Evelyn Libby.
1872 Eleventh street, Moline; Iightest
boy and girl babies; Baby Boy Nc
Comas, S39 Twentieth avenue, Moline;
Clara De Page, 2414 Nineteenth street,
Moline. Second prizes, next heaviest
boy and girl babies: Raymond SellIe,
1924 Fifteenth street, Rock Island;
Leona Muske, Hampton; next lightesu
boy and girl babies, Clyde Thomas,
1809k Twenty-third avenue, Moline;
jeanette White, 2747 Thirteenth ave
nue., Moline. Beside the above, 80
other babies weighing nearest to the
average weight of all the babies,
which was IS pounds. 1914 ounces
will be given prizes. The mothers ct
these babies will be notified through
the mail. The heaviest baby, Charlie
Miller, weighed 26 pounds OUNCES.
but Evelyn Libby was a close second,
at 26 pounds, ounces. The highest
baby, sBaby Boy" McComas-he had
MT been named yet-weighed pounds
ounces; with little Jeanette White
close indeed at s. pounds, ounces.
Six pairs of twins were weighed; and
the babies hailed from all over the
county, with one from Beloit, Wis.
Obituary Record.-Frank o. John
son of Galesburg died at 1890 Mcn-
day evening, at the home of his daugh-
ter, Mrs. Daniels. 2911% avenue from
tuberculosis, with which he had beaa
afflicted for three years. He was
born in Sweden 81 years ago. A widc "
and five children survive at Gales-
burg. The body was sent to that city
for burial.
George Doe, a former Moline resi-
dent, died Monday afternoon in CHI
cago, aged 43 years. Word of his pass
ing was received in this city this
morning. His widow survives with
four children, one of them, Mrs. Anna
Junghns, living at 903 Fifth avenue,
this city. He also leaves a brother,
Max of this city, and two sisters, Mrs.
Ida Carius Of Rock river bottoms AMI
Mrs. Herbert Benson of Tennessee.