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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-04-18

FOR SALE-SQuare pianos. $25; kim
ball upright, 500; extra loud talking
machine Ior outside use, a bargain
Jencke Music House.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-04-18

WE WILL BOND YOU-Executors', ad-
ministrators'. guardians. trusLees' or
any kind OF judicial bonds; lodges and
society officers; city, state or u. s
government officials; contractors, DO
sitions Of trust; in fact. any kind Of
bond you went Except bail bonds)
Terms reasonable. Hayes & Cleaye-
land. resident managers. Fidelity &
Deposit company or Maryland
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-04-18

RUGS. carpets. ETC. cleaned with sue
ton sweeper at your residence; prices
very reasonable Phone MIR. Stafford,
west 23J, any morning.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-04-18

CASH paid for old clothing, carpets
rugs. etc. a. Deutsch, 1922 East Thirc
street, Davenport. Phone north lO2S-H
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-04-18
FOR sALE-CITY PROPERTY.

FOR SAL-Houses from $500 to 81
500, on easy terms. Phone 1I65-K.
E W. Robinson.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-04-18

FOR SALE-Rock Island brand mus
tard. at all groceries and meat mar
kets; it's great; only 10 cents.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-04-18

FOR RENT-Furnished room, with gas
and bath; rent reasonable; 927 Twen-
ty-hrst street.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-04-18

Insurance Agency Fire
life, accident. health and plate glass
real estate and loans. Second moor
Safety building. once phone, west
1856. Residence phone. TICK. Open
wednesday and Saturday evenings.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-04-18

FOR RENT-Furnished apartment: ref
erences required; at 1917 Third ave-
nue.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-04-18
FOR RENT.

BEFORE going house hunting come
and sec our list OF vacant houSes. We
have [ he complete list of the trl-
cities, and Will assist you to get 20
Gated without one cent of expense
euTnmerneld's. 1I3-l15 East Second
street Davenport
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-04-18

WANTED - To buy. new and second
hand goods. stoves. furniture, CARPETS
etc. also cast-on clothing. hats
shoes, etc: I pay highest prices: viii
buy, sell or trade anything Of value.
8 Flyers Second Hand store, 1905
Second avenue Phone west 2a7
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-04-18
FOR RENT-ROOMs.

FOR RENT-Furnishe ed rooms for light
housekeeping at 307 Third street.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-04-18
INSURANCE.

r COX-Ksal estate and
insurance. Loans a speciality. Best
FIRE companies represented Your pat
rouage solicited Phones west y. and
new 5I72. Once at court house
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-04-18
FOR RENT-HOUsEs.

FOR RENT-Four- house; inquire
OF !. V. Eckhart, Jr.. Sl1 Eleventh
street
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-04-18

FOR sALE-Sl25 buys a 23-foot launch,
complete, equipped with a five-hOrse
power Perfection engine; outfit al
most new; original cost 1850; owner
bought d larger boat. Cali at 1918
1920 First avenue. city. or phone west
100.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-04-18

If YOU WANT to buy. sell. trade O:
rent anything, engage help or secure
situation, the Mail ana Journal IL
the only paper IL Moline that can dc
IL for you. Mail and Journal wants
are popular. and Mall ana JoCrna!
wants bring results One-haIf cen,
per word is the price to all alike
cash ia advance; two-cent stamps y al
do. Evening and Saturday Mall and
Journal. Moline. Ill
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-04-18

FOR SALE-Eggs for Matching, from
the famous laying strain Of Buff Or
pingtons and Buzz Rock; 81 and 81
per 10, baby chicks $3.50 and $3.50
per dozen. Twenty-fourth street and
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-04-18

FOR SALE-One 4-cylinder, 10 horse
power Lockwood-Ash motor, in per-
Iefct condition, $125; can be seen at
b. +. Peek garage, Moline, 1872 EleV-
enth avenue, Moline. For appointment
phone east 1V0I-A-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-04-18

FOR RENT - Nicely furnished front
rooms; all modern; 1611-1613 Second
avenue.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-04-18

FOR SALE-Pieno. cheap II taken at
once, at 1919 Fifth avenue.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-04-18
MISCELLANEOUS.

LET Fross do your paperhanging; IL
cents a roll; wall paper at cents d
roll and up; 1921 Sixth avenue.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-04-18
wANTED-MALE HELP.

WANTED - Boy over 16 years old to
work in pressroom. Apply to Thomas
Journy. Argus pressroom.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-04-18

FOR RENT - Modern furnished rooms
for light housekeeping at PTS Fifth
avenue.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-04-18

FOR SALE - Gas range, in first class
condition Inquire 7S4 Fourteenth
street
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-04-18

FOR SALE-Cheap, If taken at once, six
horses. at 4S1 Twelfth street.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-04-18

FOR RENT-Modern seven room house
At bS6 Fifteenth street Inquire l427
Sixth avenue.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1912-01-13

p RESENT indications are that the
! fire losses In the United States
and Canada for 1911 will exceed $780,
100000. The figures for the first
seven months of the year show to-
tai Of $154,992,900, as compared with
$126,O67, 800 during the same period
last year. The losses for 1910 were
1924, 400. $50. and If the present ratio
Of increase continues throughout the
year. the 1911 losses may approach
$300,000,000. This will exceed any
year in the history of the country ex-
cept those of the San Francisco and
Baltimore CONGREGATIONS.
Government officials, underwriters
and firemen agree that the majority
of these fires are due to carelessness
and are easily preventable. All Of the
recent fires, which have attracted pub
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1912-01-13
REDUCE ACREAGE IN COTTON
vance-Pay More Attention to
General Farm Crops.

In planning the rotation for 1912
do not forget that the price of cotton
is low and that the price is not likely
to go up much within the next year.
Since food crops. pork, lard. mules.
horses. beef, poultry. butter and so on
are high and likely to be higher. why
not reduce the acreage in cotton and
grow the high-priced products that
we are now buying with our cotton
money? Leguminous crops such as
peas. soy beans, peanuts, velvet beans.
lespedeza and so forth and good live
stock means rich land and prosperous
farmers
Let US to some extent pattern after
the farmers in states where cotton
cannot be grown. The man who has
plenty of everything that can be sue
cessfully grown in his section for use
on his table can laugh at the boil
weevil and the low price of cotton.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1912-01-13

erently called "Hitching Posts" by the
army has long since expired, but
few have been abandoned. Around
these garrisons. during the long years
Of their existence, settlements and
towns have grown up which are prin-
cipally dependent upon the pay of the
soldiers.
Every effort BY the army to have
these useless and expensive establish
ments abandoned have been bitterly
contested, and in. most instances suffi-
cient pressure has been brought to
bear to defeat every effort to with
draw the troops. Apart from the treas
urs waste incident to the erection and
up-keep of these properties, they are
the chief source Of ineniciency in the
army.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1912-01-13
Each Ship May Carry Own Aeroplane

A MOTHER year will see the hydro
n aeroplane developed to such an
extent that each battleship of the
American navy may have its own fly
ing machine, In the opinion Of Capt.
Washington l. Chambers, who has
charge of the aeronautical work of the
navy department.
Captain Chambers believes that as
soon as a solution Is found for the
motor problem, on which practically
all aviation experts now are working,
the installation of hydro-aeroplanes as
q part of the equipment of battleships
win be begun.
It Is not considered probable that
the navy aeronauts will follow the
plans of the army and move their
equipment south for practice during
the winter. When the weather at An
napolis, where the navy hydro-aero-
plane experiments are carried on, be-
comes too disagreeable for flying pur-
poses, the aeronauts will give atten-
ton exclusively to motor problems.
They believe that by the time the
flying season opens again In the
spring they will have perfected mo-
tor peculiarly adapted to their pur-
poses.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1912-01-13
Army's Many Useless Hitching Posts

IN the United States proper. we have
] approximately 10000 mobile troops,
half of whom have been In the army
long enough to have become trained
soldiers. Unfortunately the system UNI
der which the government manages
the army permits of no such efficiency.
This system divides the army into q
number of minute parts ard imposes
on each part enough non-milikary duty
to prevent the military training which
alone can make an army efficient. This
dissection is accomplished by putting
small garrisons In the forts" or posts,
which are scattered throughout the
length and breadth of the land, chiefly
at points were absolutely no excuse
for the presence Of military force
exists.
Some of these posts were erected to
meet military exigencies incident to
the war of the revolution: some were
established as temporary cantonments
for troops during the war Of 1872;
some are relics of the Mexican war;
others were built along the frontier to
rive protection to the western settlers
against Indian depredatia ms. The mil
itary necessity for these pests (irres-
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1912-01-13

The following, taken from an ex-
change. signed by Mrs. Anna Hoffarth.
contains some good advice:
In speaking of the value of cream.
do not mean its value computed in
dollars. but rather its value as food
and as time saver to the busy house
wife. Cream Is the very choicest OF
fats. both as to palatability and ease
OF assimilation. People with weak d.
gestions can usually digest cream.
and it is very rarely that we find any
one who cannot use cream In some
form. A more perfect combination of
fat and flesh food could hardly be
imagined than exists in cream. Per-
sons who cannot take cod liver Oil at
all can revel In good. pure, wholesome
cream. One noted physician has said
that II children were allowed all the
cream they desired at all times their
parents would not have to buy SO
many bottles of cod liver oil for them
later in life.
have seen busy, tired. overworked
farm women carefully save and hoard
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1912-01-13
Nations Great Annual Loss by Fire

lie attention because of the heavy loss
Of life with which they were accom-
panied, were due to the carelessness
and indifference of the owners. occu
pants, or municipal authorities.
New York has been spending SO.
100000 year for fire extinguishment
and only $4,000 for fire. prevention
The recent shirt waist factory fire
aroused the public and the authori
ties, and fire prevention is to be made
much more prominent hereafter.
The most important consideration IL
the development of a sense of person
al responsibility on the part Of prop
erty, owners for the excessive fire
waste, which Is draining the resources
of the country and weakening its In
suranca capital. A score Of fire In
surance companies have retired from
the field already this year, because OF
the heavy losses last year and the
unfavorable outlook.
Disasters like the recent factory fire
at Newark. N. J., In which 20 girls
were killed and so seriously injured,
are chiefly due to carelessness. In
this case both municipality and own
er are responsible.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1912-01-13
Your Uncle Sam Is Watching Mexico

of another revolution on American
soil, indicate the attitude of Washing
ton. The steps were dictated as much
by domestic economic considerations
as by regard for the stability of the
Madero regime in Mexico.
The United States does not want
another war in Mexico. The last revo
luton, which lasted about nine months,
cost the United States about $4,000
900, not including the damage done to
American property in Mexico. Amer.
lean capitalists who have invested In
the neighboring republic do not want
to see another series of disorders.
Federal authorities have seized
great quantities of arms and ammunf
ton at Laredo. Tex. and other points
along the border. The officers were
led to the cache by Juan Meriga,
shortly after his arrest on the same
Indictment as that found against Gen
eral Reyes. He confessed the arms
were collected in Texas and were ia
have been used In q revolt against
Madero. He stated the revolution was
to be in hehalf of General Reyes and
that the general was the leader of the
plot. Three other alleged Reyeists
were arrested at Laredo and all con
fessed they were implicated In revolu
tionary plots.
The Mexican authorities are still
sceptical about the threatened revolu
ton. but President Madero and hia
cabinet are taking every precaution
against letting it get start In the
border states.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1912-01-13

WASHINGTON-So menacing have
W conditions on the Texas border
become that a patrol of United States
troops has been established ON the
Rio Grande to cooperate with the
civil authorities In the enforcement
Of the neutrality laws Secretary of
War Stimson has authorized General
Duncan, commanding the department
Of Texas, to enforce the laws with
vigor and to move the troops under
his command within divisional lim-
its without waiting orders from
the department. The United States
has 5000 troops on the border
and It IL not probable more win be
sent south. Orders to mobilize rs. 900
men in the zone paralleling the north
ern boundary Of Mexico have been Is
sued by the war department of Mexico
to capture any bands. of revolutionists
who may be successful in crossing the
border from Texas and to suppress
any trouble that may arise.
The arrest Of Gen. Bernardo Reyes
at San Antonio, Tex, on charge of vio-
lating our neutrality laws. and other
steps taken by the United States au-
thorities to prevent the organization
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1912-01-13

Free entry into this country for ex'
perimental purposes Is being sought
by the navy department for an instru
ment designed to indicate the direc
ton from which wireless telegraph
messages are coming. Although the
navy would be willing to pay for set
of these instruments, it has baked al
the heavy duty and is looking to the
treasury department for relief.
In time Of war, naval officers say
this instrument would be invaluable
Although messages being sent by an
enemy would be in code, it is said that
1t would be possible to ascertain
whether the waves gong through the
air were from the enemy's vessels
and with the indicator pointing the
direction. 1t would be comparatively
easy to locate a hostile feet.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1912-01-13
DESTROYING WEEvIL IN SEED
Proper Precautions Can Be Taken to
Eradicate All of Insects by
Fumigation.
CBy w. D. HUNTER.)

For several years the boil weevil
has caused loss of about 100000
bales of cotton annually. Although
farmers in some regions, in many
cases, are increasing their production,
there is loss in newly infested re-
gions which almost, If not quite. on
sets that gain.
A conservative estimate shows that
since the weevil has invaded this
country it has caused a loss of $780,
900 bales of cotton at a value of about
$125,000,O0O.
1t has been abundantly shown that
cotton seed is of Importance as a
medium through which the weevil
may be carried. Many. individuals that
happen to be carried 20 the gin on the
cotton pass uninjured through the gins
to the seed houses. Consequently
every seed house connected with a
gin in the infested territory harbors
more or less weevils, depending upon
the amount of cleaning the staple is
given. OF course such seed is ex-
oeedingly dangerous when taken into
uninfested regions. Undoubtedly the
present absolute embargos against
cotton seed from the infested region
are WISE In general, they should be
strictly construed In some special
cases, hcwever, when. for instance, 1t
is desired to obtain special improved
seed, proper precautions can be taken
to destroy all weevils by means of
fumigation with carbon bisulphid.
The following plan for this work is
proposed: A tight matched-board
box should be provided having sides
four feet high, open on top. and of
other dimensions to accommodate IL
or more 100-pound sacks of cotton
seed placed upright upon the bottom.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1912-01-13

cause serious trouble from scours,
and in feeding such milk care should
be exercised to give limited amounts
at the proper temperature. The feed
ing of whole milk should be con-
tinued for about three or four weeks,
when the number of meals may be
reduced to two per day. From one
half to pint Of skim-milk may now
be substituted for an equal quantity
of whole milk. The amount of skim
milk may be gradually increased. and
the amount of whole milk CORE
spondingly decreased until, at the end
of a week or ten days, the calf is get
ting all skim-milk
Skim-milk is cheap feed for calves
but should be fed carefully in limited
quantities and only while it is warm
and sweet. Skim-milk may form the
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1912-01-13
(By D. II. orrs, Wisconsin,


Young calves need whole milk for
the first few days. The calf should
always have the first or colostrum
milk Of the COW and be allowed to
nurse the cow until the eighth or
ninth milking, when the milk is
suitable for human food. Feed often
with small amounts to avoid over
feeding. Teach the calf to drink and
feed whole milk for at least three
weeks, changing to a skim milk diet
gradually.
The amount of milk fed should be
carefully regulated. A good plan
with the normal calf is to give four
pounds 1.-TWO quarts) OF whole milk
three times per day, fed sweet and at
blood temperature. In the state of
nature the calf gets milk containing
about three per cerft fat. Our domes-
ticated cows have been bred in some
instances to give nearly twice this
amount. Milk that is too rich may
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1912-01-13

every ounce OF cream as mfser would
his gold, In order to increase the num-
Der Of pounds of butter for sale. With
the money received for the butter.
canned salmons, sardines and other
eatabies are purchased for the table.
How much better for the health OF
the family to have served the cream
at every meal, and In as many ways
as possible; this would have made
less work for the housekeeper. by re-
ducing the churning, and less cooking.
too. Good bread. butter. fruit and
cream In abundance will furnish as
dainty. wholesome and palatabie a
meal as the finest pastry, and this
leaves the cook enough leisure to
rest. read and keep cool. Hence the
value of cream is not to be computed
in dollars and cents. =,
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1912-01-13
Zoos and Exercise.

The hens to lay well in cold weather
must have plenty of exercise. If they
are to be confined, give them deep
litter of straw to scratch in, and place
the grain feed in this straw so they
will scratch. Inactive hens will not
lay. 1t is a good plan on the farm to
allow the chickens the run Of all the
barns and stables during the day. They
will do no damage at this time and
will secure a lot of feed that would
otherwise go to waste. In securing it
they will be compelled to exercise,
which will promote laying. Also, the
barn is dry, warm place for fowls
in winter, and dryness and warmth
are great factors in their health and
roductiveness. They can easily be
hut out of the barn at night.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1912-01-13
LARGE DEMAND
FOR FAT GEESE
Corn Meal and MIR, With Some
Beef Scraps, Makes Almost
Ideal Ration-Maeh
Also Good.

Dressed geese are largely in demand
in the cities during the fall months,
but choice birds will bring good
prices the entire year, writes w. F..
Purdue, in an exchange. Do not Of
fer old stock, however, as they are not
desired by the purchasers, Snd are
more suitable to their owners as
breeders. There is no advantage of
selling of the old stock of geese, as
they live many years, and the older
birds are generally besk for breeding
purposes, and the young ones bring
better prices in the market
Do not proceed to fatten the geese
suddenly, but confine gradually. Al
low several in a small yard, which
should be kept clean and somewhat
darkened.
Corn meal and milk. with some beef
scraps, wheat and brewers grains
fatten well.
A mash composed of four parts
cornmeal, one part wheat bran, one
part middlings and one part of beef
scraps is a very good ration. Wet
this just enough to have it in dry.
crumbly, state, and feed all they win
eat up clean three times q day.
Do not give them green food while
fattening. They should be kept away
from bathing water during this pc.
Rod, but a plenty Of water for drink.
ing purposes should be kept In their
pen. Also keep good supply Of grit
before them. Fast for twenty-four
hours before killing.
Goslings may be put up to fatten
when from to 10 weeks old. After
they are IL weeks old they will begin
to shed. and viii fatten readily them
until the end Of the season. Previ-
Gus to being confined they should
have a good range where grass is
plentiful, and it will then require but
few days to get them ready.