Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-10-07
MOLINE

Will Keep Market Open. - Moline's
municipal market continues to be a
live proposition and its permanency is
assured. There were many clrzens
who believed that with the passing OF
summer and the exhausting Of green
vegetables and fruit, the city market
would pass out of existence for lack OF
patronage on the part of the consumer
and lack of interest from the stand
point of the producer. But such is not
the case More than 300 Moliners
passed through the market Saturday
with baskets on their arms, and they
were able to make some choice selec-
tons. While the number OF growers
on hand with goods from the farm is
not SO numerous as during the sum-
mer. such a circumstance Is not to be
wondered at. Perhaps the most faith
full devotee of the enterprise is Charles
Zahn, who has been bringing load of
produce and vegetables from his Rock
river farm nearly every market day
since the place was opened in June.
Most of the offerings at this time are
of the bulkier late season vegetable,
such as potatoes, onions annd cab
bages. Mr. Zahn reports that he has
5000 heads of cabbage that he intends
to bring into the Moline market during
the fall season. THE market-master is
receiving many advance orders for
these goods. 1t is the intention of the
commissioners, who are more than sat
isfied with the experiment as it has
been worked out in Moline, to continue
operation of the market all year round
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Payroll Grows.-Silvis shop payroll
for the month of September has just
been compiled and it shows that $72,-
600 Will go to Rock Island employees
within a short time for services rem
dered in the month just ended The
railroad plant has been operating full
force of late and every available man
has been placed at work in order that
the plant may come near to meeting
demands for rolling stock. The pay
/ roll is in the neighborhood of $4,000
increase over those Of months immedi-
ately preceding. That the October
payroll will exceed the mark set by
September. is the statement of shop
officials. Men are being kept at work
on Saturday afternoons, a thing which
has been unthought of for months I'M
/ til last Saturday The additional in
/ crease for the force of men who work
the extra half days will bring the labor
expenditures for the month much high
er than during September.
Charged With Theft.-August Schleu.
/ ter, who conducts a boarding house at
Thirteenth and State streets, East Mo.
! line. has secured a warrant in the court
| of Magistrate Cartwright for the ar.
rest of Thomas Smith, former boarder
in his place, who is charged with the
appropriation Of $25 in cash a revoL
yer and watch, the property of 9th,
er boarders. Smith has not been To-
/ Gated.
Go to Salt Lake clty.-A half dozen
men connected with the executive de-
/ partments of the Deere corporation
are on their way to Salt Lake City,
! Utah, in response to an invitation from
the Consolidated Wagon company of
that city to take part in a program of
addresses and demonstrations that are
an annual event with the Salt Lake
City firm, distributor in Utah and ad-
joining states for Deere products.
Moline men who left for the west in
clude G. n. Peek, vice president Deere
& Co; DIR. w. E. Talyor. soil culture
expert; E. f. Parsonage, general man
ager OF the Moline Wagon company;
w. Fl. Marsh of the advertising de-
partment; Floyd Todd. vice president
OF the Marseilles company, and Rich
ard Hosfsrd.