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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-03-17

Worlds Best Ear of Corn for 1910.
has given careful study to corn cul-
ture. and who has achieved his sue
cess as a grand champion winner on
" by years of hard work and pains
taking seed selection and careful
breeding from season 10 season.
Illinois growers are especially elat-
ed over the result for the reason that
this is the first time in four years that
the honors have been wrested from
the state of Indiana. Last years
champion ear, the first winner OF the
Kellogg trophy, was grown by Fred c.
Palm. of Newton, Ind. 1t was also of
Reid's Yellow Dent variety, crossed
with Alexander Gold Standard. Last
years prize winner is the most per
fectly formed ear Of the two, though
it requires a careful judge 10 disJin-
Suish the points of superiority.
The trophy awarded to MIR. James
vas made by Tiffany. OF New York.
for ". X Kellogg, at a cost OF 81 900.
IL is made of Sterling silver, bronze
and ensmels, and is e truly artistic
creation. II stands 30 inches in
height. Mr. kelloggs interest in corn
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-03-17
XIII a Murderer.

a merciless murderer is append
citiB with many victims. but Or.
Kings New f. Pills XIII il - pre-
ycution. They gently stimulate ftom-
ach, liver and bowels, preventing
that uogging that invites append
citis, curing constipation, headache.
biliousuess, chills. Twenty-Five cents
at all druggists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-03-17
SherraPQ

Mrs. William Ash and Mrs. Cur
ney Farrow were in the tri-Cities
shopping Saturday.
c. a. Samuelson returned home
Saturday from Bloomington, where
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-03-17

care of her sister-in-law, Mrs Webster,
who is sick.
Mrs. John Stropes went TO Rock Is
land last Thursday and visited till Fri
day with her daughter.
William Pickard of Lena ILL.,. is visit
ing at the home of his daughter, Mrs.
j R SDiller.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-03-17

R. A James, of Charleston, Ill, has
the proud distinction of having grown
the best ear OF corn in all the 3,125,-
rs, 500 bushels of last years bumper
crop. At the national corn show just
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-03-17
DAVENPORT

Sues for OiVorce.-Suit through an
original notice for a decree OF di-
vorce has been fled in the district
court by Ray Johnson against Bessie
Johnson. Statutory grounds are aIleg-
ed.
Auto for Fire Oepartment-The
city council has ordered that the fire
department shall have a new auto
mobile FIRE wagon which will be at the
same time chiefs auto and an emer-
geDcy wagon. The official sanction of
the council was placed upon the mat
ter when a resolution was introduced
which calls for the purchase Of the
automobile at cost not to exceed ST.
900.
Fire Loss is $1o,oOo-Ffre which
mad its origin on the second floor of
the stock rooms of the FolweIl Crock
cry company at 223 West Third street.
for a time threatened the entire de-
struction of the L,orenzen block at
Third and Harrison streets, and but
for the prompt work of the fire de
partment, the loss would have been
eEllT0af60
damage to both the stock. owned by
the Folweu company, and to the build
ing, owned by n. D. Petersen, is ap-
proximately $40 900. The second floor,
on which the fire originated, suffer
ed the most from the ravages of the
fire. Here the walls were charred
and the floors burned through. The
stock here also suffered heavily be-
cause Of the intense heat and the
quantity OF water which was used in
combating the flames. large air
and light shaft a few feet from where
the fire originated and a winding stair
way afforded easy access for the
flames and the third floor was nearly
as badly damaged as the second. On
the second floor was stored the Havf- .
land china stock. the value of which
runs into the thousands Of dollars. On .
the third floor is the CroCkerv and .
granite ware. which Is valued at an
proximately $1,000. Practically all the
Haviland stock was saved by the eff
cient work Of the fire department.
The granite stock, as well as the other
wares kept on the third floor. was
damaged the most. The loss on the
fourth floor is confined principally to /
the building.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-03-17

Obituary Rccord.-Word has been
received in this city of the death of
Or. S. VI. Anderson at Bradentown.
Fla, on Monday of this week. Rev
Or. Anderson was pastor of the First
Presbyterian church in Davenport for
10 years from 1860 TO 1870. He was
married to Miss Julia Burrows,
daughter OF j NJ. D. Burrows. p. T.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-03-17
ILLINOIS CORN GROWER WINS w.
K KELLOGG NATIONAL TROPHY

A.
in %
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-03-17
For CONSUMPTION

Father
Johns Med
iCine con-
tainS the
exact kind
of nouriSh-
n1ent need
ed by those
who have
lung trOu-
bleS and are
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-03-17

Corn Flake company. Of Bat
tie Greek. Mich
Thousands Of ears Of corn from all
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-03-17

Do not use Soap, Naphtha,
Borax, Soda, Ammonia, or
Kerosene with Gold Eusf.
Gold Dust has all desirable
cleansing qualities in a pes
fectly harmless and lasting
form. The Gold Dust
Twins need no outside help.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1911-12-27

The hat was crushed affair
osprey, while the muf and purse
orat1ons.
MURDER MYSTERY" WAS
STUDENTS PRANK
Olathe, Kan, Dec. 27.-The
mystery of the missing. body"
has been solved, and Sheriff Car
roll is the most peevish man in
seven counties.
Three days ago, there were dis
covered in an old mill near here,
bloody marks, little punches of
human hair, hairpins, and all the
other indications of first class
murder mystery.
Sheriff Carroll was called in.
He s1euthed around for Il few
hours, and solemnly announced
that murder had been done in the
old mill. The only thing, he said,
was the corpse, and he, Sheriff
Carroll, was going to find that.
Olathe became vastly excited.
A poll of the inhabitants was
taken. No one was missing. Sher-
iff Carroll wore a dark and
gloomy frown and said that I'm
doubtedly the woman who was
killed in the old mill had been
lured there from some outside
town.
Meantime, the sheriff was very
busy. He dragged a pond near the
mill-and drew a fine collection
of tin cans, but no human body.
Then he discovered buggy
1
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1911-12-27

in advancing
particularly charming recently constructed for girl
of twenty.
The urs this seal and erine The dark col
ored pet used for the sca purse each
being edged with the white
The hat crushed affair." having side large white
osprey while the mu and had heads dec
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1911-12-27

and Sherlock Holmesey, and hint
ed that he was working on clues
that involved certain people"
Olathe became more excited,
neighbors became suspicious of
each other, and Sheriff Carroll be-
came the center of interest. 4
And then the story leaked out,
having proved too good to keep.
A number of blithe college stu
dents, who are unfriends of Sher-
tiff Carroll, had killed a rooster,
spattered its blood over the floor
and walls of the old mill, decor
ated the walls with bloody fin
ger marks, and scattered the hair
pins, and near human. hair over
the floor.
When this reached the ears of
Sheriff Carroll, his face became a
deep Tyrian purple, and he ex-
planned just what his opinion OF
college students was.
Olathe admits the prank was
in extremely bad taste, but can
not help laughing, and the more
Olathe laughs, the more furious
becomes late Sherlock Holmes.
Today, Sheriff Carroll an
nounced that he was going to
prosecute the college students.
Just what charge he is going to
prosecute them on, the sheriff did
not disclose, but it probably will
be lese majestic.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-01-02
Current Comment
Conservation That Paid.

The little band of sportsmen in Rut-
land county, who at an expense of sew
eral hundred dollars liberated "a herd
Of II deer in 1882, have witnessed re-
suits from their experiment far beyond
their most sanguine dreams. AT that
time deer were absolutely extinct in this
state with the exception of the north
eastern corner, bordering on New Ilamp,
shire and Canada, and even in that sec
tion they We're seen but rarely. The
present stock Of deer in Vermont orig
mated from two sources, those set free
in Rutland county and the few that re-
n aimed in Essex county. For 10 years
following the attempt to stock the state
deer could not be hunted legally, the
legislature in 1895 first voting in favor
Of an open season Of one week for the
killing of bucks only. In 1897 the mum
Der killed, as reported TO the state
fish and game commissioner, was 1903,
in 1898. 1872; in 1899, 49, in 1900, 1923;
and not until 1901 did the number killed
exceed 200. Last year there were killed
in Vermont according to the official
reports 4,736 deer and this year the re-
turns are not fully complete, but the
number exceeded 1000 Does were killed
the last two years for the first time,
When the Rutland county men turned
loose II animals, deer had been entirely
exterminated for years in southern New
Hampshire and Massachusetts,, and the
supply in those states to-day undoubt-
eddy came from deer which crossed the
border from Vermont In many Of the
nearby New Hampshire towns from 30
TO so deer have been shot in each OF
the last two seasons. Massachusetts
had an open season last week for its
four western counties for the first time
in many years About 900 bucks were
slain. The sport was limited to residents
of the state, who paid fee Of $40 each
for the privilege OF hunting. The state
treasury netted $4,000 from these IL
censes, and it is plain to be seen that
each deer shot averaged to bring the
state $50 and that fourffths OF the
would-be killers, in return for their Ii
cense fees and their efforts, obtained
some healthful exercise, but no deer.
The deer hunting season in southern
New Hampshire opened yesterday TO
continue two weeks 1t would be a
very pretty problem in economies as
well as conservation to figure out what
the total return in three states has
been on the investment Of several hum
dred dollars in 1882 for the liberation
OF herd of II deer. New Hampshire
and Massachusetts, certainly have profit
ed handsomely from the successful ex-
pertinent of the Vermonters, Brattle-
boro Phoenix.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-01-02
Pricks Favorite Argument of the Pro.
hibitionists.

In Drinking in Dry Places in the
January American Magazine, the author
describes how he has never failed, while
travelling through prohibition commune
ties, to obtain drink without difficulty
He claims that the laws are never strict
~ enforced and that such legislation
backed by soft drink" concerns--is in
variably evaded It succeeds, however
In creating the sale Of inferior qualities
of liquor, which in the South are re-
sponsible for most of the negro crimes
in concluding he says:-
Zone Of the favorite arguments OF
Prohibitionists is that even if they can
not prevent drinking men from getting
drinks the next generation will not be
tempted and therefore will not know
the curse of liquor, | Rugged this idea
to my breast and hoped that it was
true. Observation in dry places does not
bear out the theory In almost every
hidden den and blind pig | visited
found that a great proportion of those
drinking were minors | found that the
boys were drinking whiskey, and not
beer. | found in many cases that the
prohibitory laws aroused the antag-
onism and the curiosity OF youth and
brought boys TO the places.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-01-02
Cutting Down chioasO's Death Rate.

A writer contributes an interesting ac-
count Of the work that is being done in
Chicago BY DR.. William A. Evans, com
missioner OF health, to the January
American Magazine from which the fol
lowing paragraphs are taken:
DIR. Evans found that the lives of
10000 persons were being snuffed out
each year in his own city BY prevent
able disease; he found that though he
saw clearly what ought to be done to
save these lives, he could accomplish lit-
tie until the people themselves saw it.
With popular education as the key
note. the plans for health campaign
We're carefully worked out The entire
preach health Aides and inspectors
who had never in their widest dreams
pictured themselves as public speakers
found themselves giving health talks be-
fore schools and clubs and social set
Elements DR.. Evans himself led the
van For three years he has averaged
lecture a day He always speaks eS-
temporaneously, using notes only when
he wishes to quote figures or data The
Bulletin, issued weekly BY the depart
meBt teemed with popular information
about the seasonabe ills and how TO
ward them off A press service was
established. Two hundred dailies and
weeklies in and about Chicago received
each Thursday from DR.. Evans depart
ment good live health material for pub.
lication This material appeared in a
dozen or more different languages, and
reached all classes. The value Of the
moving picture show rs medium
through which large numbers Of people
might be reached was not overlooked.
The audiences at these shows were often
surprised by some interesting informa-
ton or advice from the city health de-
partment, staring them in the face.
Public buildings and public conveyances
were plastered with health posters.
Health dodgers and health sermons were
distributed in schools, in churches. fac
tories. settlements, department stores.
Such headings as Swat that fly save
the Baby If War Is He'll. What Is
Consumption were used to attract the
eye; but inspection showed these bold
typed sentiments to be fascinators. in
Producing, over the signature Of DR.. Will
liam A. Evans, commissioner Of health
valuable and appropriate warning and
advice on the particular subjects mdicat-
cd.
III you want to reach the people Of
to-day, says Dr. Evans, even with adj
vice that's for their own good and costs
them nothing, you've got to advertise
DR.. Evans is born advertiser, and this
gift has played no small part in the sue
cess OF his administration. Chicago's
death rate is now one Of the lowest in
the world, and her people were never
thinking health. taking health, and be-
ing so persistently instructed how to
keep their health as they are to-day"
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-01-02
Child stealers Sentenced.

No sentence imposed in court Of
justice in this city in many years can
have caused quite such satisfaction as
That in the case of the debased man and
woman, believed TO be the heads Of the
kidnapping gang, who got their just de-
serts at the hand OF Judge Fawcett in
Brooklyn yesterday, after trial marked
bv the utmost fairness to both the out
ragged community and the accused
Public opinion win support the judges
suggestion that the death chair would
not be too severe punishment for such
crime as that of which the pair were
found guilty. Certainly the maximum
punishment Of mot fewer than twenty
five nor more than forty.nine years and
ten months" cannot be considered win
dictive 1t was but the fair decision
Of fair representative Of the people
and intended as means to protect a
section of the population from their
worst enemies Of their own national
itv
Nothing more loathsome could be
imagined than to take the natural af-
lection of father and mother for their
EilluINHs duu turn ~ INV q NuulptlAlAl1
instrument Of blaekmail and extortion
The death Of child might well cause
much less pain to the heads of a house
hold than the horrible suspense endured
while the lost member Of the family
was hidden away exposed to possible
outrages and indignities Of the sort that
cannot be thought of without shud-
der
In every such case though the object
Of the kidnapers is TO sell back the
immediate victim to the victimzed fam
lily. there is the threat OF death. 1t il
felt that in the long run, if the police
fail to run down the abductors, and il
the money cannot be procured, the kid
napers will take the preeaution TO get
rid OF their prisoner by murder.
We are sure that there are few pris-
oners at Sing Sing and Auburn, no mat
ter what crimes brought them to those
institutions, who will not feel their SUI
pcriority, and justly 50, to the unspeak.
able creatures who, it is to be hoped, will
stay behind the bars for the rest OF
their natural lives.-New York Evening
Sun.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-01-02
The Worlds Most Crooked Railroad

American engineers started TO work on
the plans and soon saw what probably
had escaped the attention of the French.
men. that the falls OF NecaXa hsd once
been much larger. Earthquakes and the
action OF volcanoes long since extinct,
eontrived to crumble the earth's sur
face here and separate the original bed
Of the river into a dozen minor water
sheds and as many small streams Of
water, an rushing in steep descent to-
ward the sea
Here it became the task Of the Amer
lean engineers to undo the work OF ma
ture. to demoish scenery. to remodel a
set OF mountains to dry up old rivers
and replace them with concrete canals
and tunnels.
in the accomplishment Of this work
it is TO be doubted if the famed en-
gineers of Panama have been called upon
to solve any more perplexing problems.
The project would not he an easv one
with level piece Of ground on which
to construct power house and with
railway lines and machine shops located
conveniently Here they had none Of
these advantages and the impossible has
been accomplished so often IN the course
of the work that YOU cease to marvel
at it before YOU have spent an hour
at the plant.
In the first place it was necessary to
construct q railway line from Carmen,
the terminus of the Hidalgo road This
narrow gauge road, By pursuing a dew
ious course through valleys marked bv
this frowuing Sierra Madre mountains,
managed to reach Carmen. but ut that
point it was thought further construc.
ton was impossible and the problem
Of transportation was turned over to
the burros. Obviously it was impos-
sible To transport huge dynamos, lathes
and mile after mile Of seven-foot wa
ter pipe over the mountains on the backs
OF the buros, despite the skill with
which these animals are packed and the
remarkable weights their sagging backs
endure.
The construction of the NeeaXa rail-
way was begun and completed over
twenty-eight kilometers Of roadbed so
crooked that coupling bars eight feet
long are necessary to allow the cars to
turn the sharp corners. On this line
they will tell you of the careless fire.
man who while shoveling coal into the
engine one day was startled at the sound
Of falling glass and looked to see that
he had thrown a shovel full OF coal into
the headlight Of the engine | do not
/ know that the story is true, but after
trip on the cowcatcher of the engine
and we really caught calf that day
can testify to the fact that the average
summer park scenic railway looks like
Harlem streetcar line in comparison
People from all over the world who want
to build a crooked railroad come to look
at this one, and then 60 home salts
/ fled that their own job is an easy one.
The road wanders along the edges Of
cliffs and over the spinal columns Of
razor back mountains % lean that a
cigarette tossed to the right or the left
would fall in a stream hundred feet
below From "Niagara's Rival in Har
ness" in january Technical World
MAGAZINE.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-01-02
The Automobile Farmer.

in view Of the hulIabaloo which has
been made over the folks, particularly
the farmers, who are reported to be
mortgaging themselves for the sake of
owning automobiles, the following ex-
tract from farm paper is rather apro-
pos:
If the invention of the motor car does
not bring greater benefits to the farmer
than any one else il will be case Of
an invention gone wrong, OF all men
the farmer needs the automobile most.
He needs to be able to slip into town
and back while the men rest at noon.
He needs a means of having a chat with
the man in the next county, after the
chores are done at night He needs a
method Of getting into touch with every
other farm within a radius Of a hum
bred miles. Above ALL he needs it for
his tired and lonely wife, OF all men
he has most needs to annihilate dis
lance. for he has most OF it between him
and the intercourse and contacts he
needs, and which will pay him in pleas
ure and profit.
Here Is a novel and very supportable
point of view. The farmer. instead OF
being the man i'm least need of a motor
car, is the one having the most urgent
use for it. Because of his isolation,
the relatively enormous distances he has
TO cover in the pursuit Of a livelihood,
and the lack OF cheap and rapid means
Of getting about possessed by the city
man. the motor car is a real boon on
the farm To say nothing of its value
as farm produce carrier las yet hard
I " appreciated either by the farmer or
the automobile manufacturer the motor
ear as a mere means Of human transport
/ i'm a farming country Is a necessity for
every farmer who can afford It.
/ On the farm it has all the advantages
over the horse which it possesses for
town use, and many others besides. IT,
/ therefore. the farmer Is ever excusable
in mortgaging his place Tor any rea-
son short Of dire necessity. he should be
so when the money is used 20 purchase
so eminontly useful thing as a mo-
tor car Il Is becoming clearer and
clearer that this latest Of the machine
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-01-02
Rough On Georgel

There was a sound Of reyelry by night.
for gathered in the village hall were
Dullmeres beauty and chiyalry, hidden
to fancy dress ball tickets, including
refreshments, four and sixpencel.
Chbbins, the green grocer, as a knight
ip armour, was hardly a success in the
may waltz. nor did he show to great
advantage iQ the set dances, but when
il came TO supper time he started to
do himself right proudly
Try some more OF this triAe, most
worthy knight urged Queen Elizabeth,
who presided over that delicacy.
Chibbins shook his head sadly Now
see what you've been and done, he
Missed at Mrs. Chibbins, somewhat
full blown Dresden shepherdess.
What's amiss now. George' inquired
the lady.
"Everything's amiss," -norted the
irate knight You must needs pick me
out gt-up what nobody couldn't dance
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-01-02
GAME WON BY A WASP.
Stings Pitcher, Forcing Him to Make
Balk.

cone of the queerest balks ! ever
saw was made by the home pitcher in Il
game at Waco, TeX.,2 says Jimmy
Gilman, the old second baseman and for
mer manager of the Dallas team. I'VE
were having rough and tumble battle
that day. and mp TO the ninth inning
neither team had scored a run, Then
we filled the bases. with no one out,
stay high, however, for the Waco twill
stay high, however, for the Waco tirwl-
er struck out the next two men, and
1t was up to me to win the game cer-
tainly not a very promising proposition.
/ swung at and missed the first two
balls pitched, and the home fans were
In great glee. The Waco pitcher sure
ly had me going, and, in all probability,
] should have struck out but for an ex-
traordinary happening.
AS the pitcher swung back his arm
for the next pitch, he suddenly gave a
cry of pain, flung the ball away from
him, and, sitting down in the box, began
nursing his right hand between the
knees. OF course the umpire called a
balk. and the man on third scored. Then
we started down into the middle of the
diamond to find out what was the mat
ter. Wasp stung me- the pitcher
howled holding up a red and inAamed
hand. Sure enough, just as the pitcher
started to wind up, a wasp alighted on
the back Of his hand and jabbed him as
only Texos wasp can jab one, That
balk won the game. | hunted for the
wasp afterward, but didn't find it. II
l had | should have given it a home
for life. I wonder if ever before or since,
a wasp has won game Of ball"