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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-08-05
Bad Compilations Are
NOW Easily Discarded

Every woman has It in her own hands
10 possess a beautiful and youthful
complexion. No matter how soiled.
faded or coarse the Cuticle. ordinary
mercolized wax will actually remove il,
and nature will substitute a skin as
soft, clear and lovely as a child's. The
action OF the wax is not drastic. but
gentle and agreeable. Minute parti-
Giles OF scarf skin come OFF day by day.
yet no evidence Of the treatment is
discernible. other than the gradual
compleXional improvement. One ounce
Of mercolized wax. procurable at any
drug store. suffices for most cases. 1t
is put on al bedtime like cold cream
and taken OF In the morning with
warm water. II is a certain method OF
discarding tan, freckles. sun spots.
liver spots. moth patches, bIackheads
and pimples
Wrinkles can be treated with benefit
by bathing the face in a lotion prepar-
ed by dissolving ounce powdered
saxolite in n pint witch hazel. Instan.
tanecus results are secured.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-08-05

equal. One thousand people are or
dering from US daily. Follow the
crowd.
A fireproof safe in the house or store
is a necessity. We have them from
$12 up. Fiebig. locksmitih. 1919
Third avenue.
Call for the Fifth avenue union
made cigarette at Ralph Stanton's
Club Smoker, Nineteenth street and
Second avenue.
Lerch & Greve, wall paper and
paint store, will help you select any
OF the 1912 designs in wall paper for
your home. 20O2 Fourth avenue.
Dunsmore and O'Connen smoke
house and billiard parlors, corner of
Twentieth street and Fourth ave.
nue.. Every brand of good cigars and
all kinds of smokers supplies.
Souders Laundering company al
601-503 Twelfth street. This laundry
is equipped with the very latest mod,
ern machinery, turning out work thai
is not surpassed by any laundry il
, The state.
Mueller Lumber company will en-
able you to build a fine house or BARI
out of the choicest select lumber anC
you will be surprised and yet pleas
ed to learn the low prices they art
making.
The Boston Snoe company sho,
store will please and satisfy you
wants in reliable up-tO-date foot
wear, giving you solid comfort ant
long wear. You will tell you
friends.
Kain and Reinhardt cigar store still
takes the lead. Most literally patron
lied. Everything in tobaccos, cigari
and smokers supplies. Man is neVe
better satisfied than when smoking
their choice brands.
T. S. O'Hara, hour and feed store
is having a big TRACE on stock an
poultry food. DR.. Hess stock foo
for horses, cattle, hogs, sheep an
all kinds of poultry. 1t makes tn
hens lay every day.
The Rock Island Lomper and Man
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-08-05

ufacturing company, lumber and
building material TOR all purposes,
houses, barns. granaries. We will
give you an opportunity to save big
per cent. Let us be of service to
you.
Phil. S. Wilcher, the leading tin
and sheet metal worker. 1t will pay
you to learn about the Weir furnace.
l. has the reputation of giving you
the greatest heat and consumes
about one-half less coal.
Z. E. Lamp, plumbing, steam and
hot water heating, gas fitting. His
efficient knowledge of the bushes
justly entities him to your patronage.
His shop has all modern equipments.
Everything in plumbing supplies.
Maths bakery aud confectionery
store. the finest in the tri-cities
Bread. cakes, pies, cookies and hot
rolls, They can't be beat. Most
people say they are superior to any
home baking. Let them serve you.
We are the leaders for up to date
/ laundry work. Each shirt finished
| by hand and put up in a carton in
! surfing work. Delivered to you il
good condition. We guarantee nc
cracked collars or cuffs. City Steam
! laundry. Reid & Bollman, All Sew
enteenth street.
/ W. L. Gansert's candy factory
Rock Islands most important indus
try. Chocolates, creams and cara
nels are sold By all first class con
PETITIONERS and grocers. Call TO
Gansert's and get the purest and best
NJ. r. IgIehart marble and grant,
works save you the middlemanf
profits. From o to 25 per cent saveC
on every monument and all kinds o
monumental work. Call at our shol
on Second avenue and see for your
self.
Improving sight. That's what GU
glasses are doing. If you have reasoI
to believe that there is anythin
wrong with your eyes at all 20
should have thence examined at once
Small charge for proper glasses. Cor
sultation free at Fred Bleuer's, tn
eye specialist.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-08-05
City Chat

Buy a home of Reidy Bros.
For express, call William Trefz.
Tri-City Towel Supply company,
Kerler Rug company for vacuum
cleaning and rug-making
Lawn mowers sharpened and re-
paired at Ffebig's. 1919 Third ave-
nue..
Our B. B. serge at $Ss is the best
value ever offered. J. B. Zimmer's
Sons.
Genuine PhiladeIphian Iawnmowers
for sale at Charles F1ebig. 1919 Third
avenue.
Six per cent farm mortgages. Lit
ten & Roberts. Peoples National bank
building.
Milan artesian water, approved by
city and state. delivered daily.
Phone West 1870.
c. A. Speidel's drug store, the
store of quality. Qality in drugs
counts for everything.
Coal, coal. coal. The Rock Island
Fuel company will deliver to you ali
the best grades of hard and soft coal
Good black dirt given away at the
site Of the proposed Odd Fellows
building William McConochie 4 Sons
Strecker & Lewis, wholesale and re,
tail agents for Ssnitas the washable
wall covering for kitchens and hath
rooms.
Sewing machines repaired ana war
ranted for one year Supplies for al
machines. Fiebig, loCksmith, 161s
Third avenue.
! Ward & Mcmahon will give you
estimates on your plum bing. steam
and hot water heating that will save
you money.
Bartlett Bros teas, coffee. spices
extracts ana baking powders have Z.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-08-05

ranges. all slow fire Campbell, d.
Strickland, P. Strickland, Baker and
Baumgartner. all new men, and Golf.
an old man, finished their second d.
vision work.
GO TO GENEsEo.
Next Sunday Captain Ed Dunavin ex-
poets to take a squad of men, who
have completed their marksman' S
course. to Geneseo, to try out on the
longer ranges, 500 and 1000 yards.
The local range does not permit of
the long distance shooting necessary
for the sharpshooter's course.
Captain Dunavin has written to Ad-
jutant General F. S. Dickson asking
for permission to have the Company
mems uniforms Numbered, as they
are more or less the worse from wear,
as a result of the Wisconsin trip A
favorable reply is expected within a
few days.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-08-05
MAGNIFICENT "MUSKIE"
ON EXHIBIT AT HARMS

A magnificent 14-pound "Muskie,"
caught by DR.. Ralph Dart on his re-
been placed on exhibition at the Hotel
Harms, so that anyone doubling the
doctors veracity as to his fishing ex-
PLOTS, may find confederation. DR..
Dart captured the fish at Sand LAX.
Wis, just a few miles from Lac du
Flambeau, where he was camping
with AL Bear and Arthur Harms. The
big fish will be cut up into steaks
and served at the Hotel Harms at
the noon luncheon tomorrow.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-08-05
BIG DELEGATION EAGLES
OFF FOR CLEVELAND MEET

About so Eagles, members Of local
aerie No. $50 departed Saturday and
Sunday for the national convention,
which opens at Cleveland, Ohio. to-
day. II was planned at first to char
ter a special, but this scheme was lat
er abandoned However. Rock Island
will be well represented at the gather
ing. and the local men will undoubted-
y be heard from. Frank Witch fc--
mally represents the Rock Island
lodge. Other officials who made the
trip were Secretary John F. Dindin-
ger and Past President c. P. Nc
uaid.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-08-05
TO SHOW FAMED ODYSSEY
100000 Film Is Secured for the Ma
jestc Theatre in This City.

100000 Film Is Secured for the Ma
jestic Theatre in This City.
That wonderful masterpiece of NOV
ing pictures, known as Homer's cd
yssey' or the Advantage of Ulysses"
will be presented to the patrons Of the
Majestic theatre today and tomorrow.
The greatest of all sensations in the
picture world is this hand colored film
made by Malana, who also made Dan
ties Inferno"
Scenes and events which history has
made immortal and which literature
has for centuries cherished have been
brought 10 amazing likeness in mo-
ton pictures. This great production
compelled originally one of the most
extensive OUTLAWS known in motion
picture history. and the results have
been pronounced stupendous. The
films are marked by the most sue
cessful illusions ever attempted and
one could scarcely imagine this pic
ture costing $780, 900. but the fact is
that 1000 men and women were en-
gagged in producing this film and that
it required over two years to com
plete this play which is over 5000
years old.
One of the features is the mythical
20 foot giant, the secret of the
production of whom has not been fully
disclosed. The picture next shows the
Trojan war in a most realistic man
ner as well as the burning Of the city
Of Troy. The beautiful mermaids, the
arrow piercing the mans heart, the
slaughter Of the sacred cattle, the de-
structiOn of the ships at sea, the trans
formation of the Grecian king to a
beggar and 10000 more pictures.
The production of this film is said
TO entail a destruction OF property
worth thousands Of dollars. Scarcely
a detail is shown that does not require
more than the ordinary care and
equipment that motion pictures in
volve.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-08-05

salt traffic between Chicago and Rock
Island was inaugurated. The Norton
boats draw four feet eight inches of
water. and although the trip was made
without accident, it was found to be
a rather ticklish proposition in spots,
with only four inches to spare in the
five-foot channel Whether the state
will order an appropriation for the
continuance Of the work already be.
gun. or whether the canal will be
turned over TO the government, re,
mains to be seen.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-08-05
CO. A men SPEND
DAYON The RANCE
Six Qualify as Marksmen Under
New System of Record
ing Scores.

Six Company A men yesterday quail
fed as marksmen at the Watch Tower
rife range in a strenuous days work
out lasting from o'clock in the morn
ing until o'clock in the afternoon.
The rifemen shot steadily, not even
taking time to eat
All of these men are now qualified
under the class B division. and al
though they will not he permitted to
try for the A division this year, they
will have the benefit of the practice on
the more difficult ranges, thus enabling
them to make the sharpshooterS' di
vision easily next year.
NEW SYSTEM TRIED.
Yesterday the new rife system was
given it's initial tryout, and the results
have commended it. In former years
all men shot the same ranges, but un
der a new ruling, this year the com
pany is divided into classes A and B.
Glass A division includes all meI
who have completed their marksman's
course, who are now eligible to try foI
the regular army ranges, which include
the 200 and 800 yard, slow and rapiC
/ fire, the 500 and 600 yard ranges, anC
two skirmish runs.
All men who have not made the
marksman division, both new and old
/ this year fall under class b, which in
/ cludes the 200. 300, 500 and 600 yarC
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-08-05
G0VERNMEN
ORDERS CANAL
TO BE- REPAIRED
Illinois and Michigan Waterway
Must Be Put in Shape
for Use.
CONTROLLED BY THE STATE
Federal Authorities May Require Com
mission to Turn Back Money
From Land Grants.

Charging failure to live up to their
contract in the matter of the main
tenance Of the 7. & NJ. state canal, ex-
tending from Chicago 10 LaSalle, Ill.
on the Illinois river, the United States
government has served notice on the
canal commissioners that money re-
ceived from the sale Of various land
grants must be turned over TO the gov
eminent unless immediate steps are
taken towards repairing and improv-
ing same. AS a result. work Of dredg-
ing the channel has already begun and
in all probability the locks will be re-
paired and enlarged Canal commits
sioners last week made a tour of in
spection Of the Hennepin canal, be-
tween Milan and Bureau, for the pur-
pose Of gathering ideas to be incor-
porated in the improvement work to be
inaugurated.
TO DEEPEN CHANNEL.
The channel Of this canal was orig.
inally five feet in depth. but owing to
floods and rains it has become more or
less filled. It is now proposed to
dredge the channel 10 a depth Of at
least seven feet. to enlarge the canal
locks between Joliet and LaSalle and
20 make It conform in every way with
the Hennepin canal. Some years ago
the state made a proposition to turn
the /. d NJ. canal over 20 the govern
ment. but this offer was refused al
the time In the event of a failure 10
secure a sufficient state appropriation
20 carry out the improvement opera
ton snow completed. il is possible
that a similar proposition will again
be made. and in the event of the gov.
eminent accepting It, the work would
be completed in the most efficient man.
ner possible.
No EARNINGS FOR YEARS.
At the time the canal was built. the
government gave to the commission.
ers various land grants, consisting Of
alternate sections along the course OF
the channel. on the condition that the
commissioners maintain and improve
the canal. The channel has been par
TALLY filled since that time. and OWNS
10 a lack Of funds. the improvement
work has not been carried on. A vas
sum of money was realized from tn,
sale OF the various land grants. bu
has gradually dwindled. until now +
is alleged that the treasury is almos
depleted The money derived iron
tolls was originally intended for tn,
purpose OF channel maintenance, bu
II is the claim OF the commissioner
that owing to lack of traffic It ha
been necessary to utilize the toll re
ceipts for paying the salaries of IN
commissioners and lock tenders. Wi
liam Meese of Moline, attorney 70
the commission. of which w. A. Re-
senfield of this city is president. ha
burt recently returned from a trip t
Washington, d. c., where he took u
the matter with the department Of jul
tice.
CANAL IN USE NOW.
The need for a deeper channel wa
recently accumulated when the Morto
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-08-05
$500 IS RAISED
BY BUTTON SALE
Fund for Memorial Monument
for Old Soldiers Is Consid-
erably Augmented.

With $500 already assured from the
sale OF souvenir buttons Saturday and
several of the workers yet to be heard
from, members of the Soldiers Monu-
mental association should feel happy
when they meet tonight at the sher-
IFS Office in the court house TO receive
reports from Saturdays endeavors
The workers spent all Of Saturday
morning, afternoon and evening on
the streets and thousands of persons
wore the buttons which showed that
they had given towards the funds for
the memorial block 10 TIE coUC5rys
veterans who are buried at Chippian-
mock.
CITIZENS TO HEAR FROM.
The association still needs about
$1,000 to complete the purchase price
of the adopted monument design, but
the citizens committee which has
been at work securing pledges for
some months past has as yet failed
to report and when it does, the asso
citation hopes TO bs much nearer the
desired mark
Among Saturdays workers were
Mrs. Cora Casey and Mrs. Clara Gar
rison. neither of whom were included
in the published lists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-08-05

Colonel John Jacob Astor's postum
nous heir, who will inherit $4,000 900,
is expected 10 arrive very soon at the
Aston residence in New York. Mrs.
Madeleine Force Aston, the happy ex-
pectant mother, yearns for a son TO
perpetuate the name of John Jacob
Aston.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-08-05
Bill for Divorce.

Mrs Mary Brown of this city has
filed a bill Tor divorce alleging ex-
IRENE and brutal treatment on the
part Of the defendant, Paul Brown.
The couple were married in June 1911.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-08-05
The Food Glides''

Yet Uncle Sam Food has
not the slightest taste or favor
of oil. 1t cannot have because
there is no oil in it until de-
veloped by the heat of digest
ion. Eat Uacle Sam Food and
you can laugh at constipation
and appendicitisl
NOTE-The new process Of
sterilizing and toasting al tenn
perature of 200 degrees still fur
Their improves the taste and keep
ing qualities OF this food.
Extra Large Packages at Your
GroCer's-20c
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-08-05
This Food
Oils the
Bowels!
Constipation Averted

People who eat Uncle Sam
Food laugh at constipation and
possible appendicitis.
Because the FLAX in Uncle
Sam Food turns to oil way
down in the intestines, ana
thoroughly lubricates the
digestive organs so that
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-08-05
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Rock island, Illinois.
Rock lsland- III

ou you know want you to know that this has been
August Furniture and Carpet Sae-Th reductions
impossible etothe deof
the plainly
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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-08-05
CANAL IN USE NOW

The need for a deeper channel was
recently accumulated when the Morton
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1912-10-10
TARIFF AND COST OF LIVING.

The increased cost of living is the
biggest and most serious problem
now confronting every American
home.
The tariff is one of the chief
causes of the Increased cost Of liv-
ing.
The cost of living has increased
everywhere, to be sure. But it has
increased most rapidly in the United
States, where the tariff has given
trusts a chance to grind the con-
sumer.
The cost of living is measured by
the retail prices of commodities.
From July l, 1896, to Jan. l.,
1910, the prices of commodities In
England increased 20 per cent.
During the same period the prices
of commodities in the United States
increased 61.9 per cent.
In other words, the cost of living
increased more than twice as fast
in America as in England. We can
thank the tariff for this difference.
The tariff shuts out foreign COM
petition. 1t creates trusts. 1t offers
a prize for exploitation of the home
consumer and brings forth agencies
which do the exploiting.
For a revision of the tariff that
will lower the cost of living, the
country must look to the democratic
party and Gov. Wilson alone.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1912-10-10
THE SENATORIAL SITUATION.
Commenting on an editorial in TIL

Commenting on an editorial in The
American on the state senatorship
the Register and Leader says:
1t is true, as the American sug-
gests, that state senators elected
this year will have a hand in the
election Of Senator kenyon's sue
cessor and also of Senator Cummins.
1t is true, also, which the American
does not suggest, that the present
democratic membership of the state
senate comes from naturally demo-
cratic territory, Whine at this cleo
ton the large gains are expected
from republican territory. In other
words, the hold-over democratic
senators in two years will be from
continuing democratic control if
democratic control can be secured
now.
Arguing in favor of the re-elec-
ton of Kenyon and Cummins the
Register and Leader says:
TO defeat these men werely to en-
phasize democratic victory is not
worth the While of the democrats
themselves. The democrats will
have all the superabundance of in
fluence in congress they will want
to be responsible for as it is. They
can we'll afford to wish for an active
and able body of men, not possibly
hostile to their programme, but
frankly critical to it.
The American recognizes the fact
that both Kenyon and Cummins
have voted for and advocated some
good measures that originated with
and were supported by the demo-
Gratis in congress. In other words,
the more closely they became iden-
titled with democratic measures the
more nearly they represented the
people.
If a republican who is near
democrat" is better than a regular
republican of the Taft order, why
not elect democrat and have the
best? Why take a republican with
have a thoroughbred?
Senator Kenyon is for Taft, and
Taft vetoed practically every bill
along progressive lines, and the SEN
ate was not strong enough to pass
the bills over Taft's veto.
Dan Hamilton will represent the
real spirit of progress. He will
make the people of Iowa a United
States senator that will earnestly
and honestly be in favor of progress
sive principles.
By electing democratic state SEN
ators and representatives, the people
of Iowa will secure United States
senator who has been progressive
for twenty-five years and whose rec
ord is clean and honorable one and
can always be counted on in every
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. American
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1912-10-10
Original Notice.

In the District Court Of the State
of Iowa, in and for Decatur County.
October Term, 1912.
w. C. Hines, Plaintiff,
VS..
Dollie Hines, Defendant.
To Said Defendant:
You are hereby notified that there
is now on file the petition of plaintiff
in the above entitled cause, in the
office OF the Clerk of the District
Court of the State of Iowa, in and
for Decatur County, praying that he
be divorced from the defendant,
Dollie Hines; that the bonds OF
matrimony heretofore existing be-
tween plaintiff and defendant be dis
solved, and alleges as grounds there
for that the plaintiff and defendant
were legally married at Leon, Deca-
tur County, Iowa, on December "a.
1904, and lived together as husband
and wife until on or about the -'
day of February, 1906; that the de-
PENDANT herein in violation OF her
marriage vows has, since her mar
riage with the plaintiff, been guilty
of adultery. And for such other and
further relief as may be Just and
equitable in the premises and for
costs.
For full and complete statement
of plaintiffs cause of action sec Pc
titiOn.
And that unless you appear there
to ana defend before noon OF the
second day of the October Term, A.
d., 1912, of said court, which will
cnmmence at Leon on the 2Sth day
of October, A. D., 1912, default Will
be entered against you and judgment
rendered thereon.
v, R. McGINNIS,
Sat Attorney for Plaintiff.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1912-10-10

Dress goods Of wool, cheapest.
1861 per cont, dearest, s4.1s per
soat.
Vslvets, cheapest. l06.21 per cent:
dearest, 1856 per cent.
Silk handkerchiefs, cheapest, TIA
Per cent; dearest, IS per cent.
Scissors, worth 80 cents 4 dozen.
63.21 per cent; worth $1.76 dozen,
Is per cent
Table knives, fancy grades, 67.4e
per cent; bone handled 69.43 per
cent.
Butcher knives, best grades, 52.1o
per cent; cheapest grades. 1855 per
cont.
Files. smallest, s1.1e per cent;
longest, 1851 per cent.
Shot guns, worth from IS to SO,
47.e7 per cent; worth over SO, 45.4e
per cent.
These are only part Of the dis
ordinations cleaned from swift
coming of some Of the schedules. Re-
duced to simplest terms, they mean
that the poor man is taxed higher than
the rich man.