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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-08-28


The antinoise congress now meeting
in Boston is taking up good work,
and there are many Of US who wish 1t
success. But one must be very optim-
istic indeed to believe that even an
enthusiastic movement against noise
will accomplish much, If anything at
all
The fact is that the majority Of peo-
pie like noise-lots Of 1t.
They'd rather hear a factory whistle
than have silence Ia its place They
like the clatter of horses hoofs on the
stone pavement, the honk of automo-
biles, the clang of bells the rush Of
an engine, the shutting Of feet and the
yelps Of voices.
The average person would rather
hear the blare of a brass band than
the sweetest harmonies from string
how, in the loudest-voiced orators. He
can't enjoy himself unless he's in a
| noise-making crowd. Part Of his fun
| in life consists of making loud noise
| Does anybody care for fireworks that
don't go off with bang? The small
boy looks with contempt on "sizzer,
which is a flrecracker that only sput
| tiers and makes no racket.
! No great public demonstration or eel
ebration is quite complete without 6
salute Of guns for somebody or some
| thing. We hold our ears and grin with
delight when the detonations are heard
! When We greet a hero. we yell our
selves hoarse in his honor, and we fire
off some more guns if we're allowed.
The noise of city is one reason why
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-08-28

left me facing the probability of hav-
ing to continue. to defend myself.
victims are not permitted to have
any choice as to their own fate, but In
this instance, if l have robbed the
priests conducting the sacrificiaI cere-
mony OF casting upon me all the in
dignities intended, it was my legirI-
mate right to do So"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-08-28
Aug. % in American
History.
History.

De La War;. or Delaware. whose
vessel was driven into the Della
ware from the ocean In storm.
1798-James Wilson. jurist and sign
err" died: born l742
1851 Rev. Eleazer Williams. long sup
posed to be the lost dauphin"
U1Ouis XVIII Of France. died: born
about 1857.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-08-28

Whether II cost the hackers OF
Roosevelt 100000 or a third or
tenth OF that sum in their attempt
TO capture the Chicago convention,
enough was certainly spent 70 make
IL worth investigating; and so Of the
cost TO hold the convention for Mr..
Taft. BY all means let this Penrose
lead be followed up.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-08-28
When a man loses hope he sometime
goes TO fghting.


81 can't for the life of me under
stand why anybody should wish to
play chess"
Its a great game. perhaps the
greatest inteIlectzSl game there is"
Yes. but il affords no opportunity
whatever for breaking speed records"
Chicago Record Herald.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-08-28

Congress has passed on 900 bills
and President Taft has vetoed 20 Of
them. II he had vetoed the worst
OF them II would have been a good
thing. but unfortunately he has let
some OF the worst slip through while
he has devoted his attention TO veto
ing the best measures which have
been passed.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-08-28
LAYS DEATHS TO BIG CROP
Traction Manager Says Tall Corn
Hides the GRACE CROSSINGS.

Columbus, Ind, Aug. 2S.-AIexander
Shane, general manager of The Indian.
apolis, Columbus & Southern Traction
company, blames the bumper corn
crop in Indiana for the loss of at least
II lives. He predicts that other lives
will be sacrificed to the corn before
1t is harvested. The corn, he says, has
grown so tall that grade crossings on
both steam and traction lines are hid
den.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-08-28
Wednesday. August 20, 1912

The rich man hasn't got much ad-
vantage over the poor man when the
rich man must drink champagne at
$500 per bottle, and the poor man
can get watermelons at 30 and 40
cents a piece, the latter being just
as cool and q good deal more healthy
than the champagne.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-08-28

Philip p. Campbell. congressman
from the Third Kansas district, is one
Of the bitterest enemies OF Roosevelt
in the Sunfower state. Campbell
made successful run for renomina-
ton in the recent republican primar-
les. in spite OF the opposition of the
Roosevelt forces. Some of T. RS
most jealous followers have threat
ened TO vote for Campben's demo
cratic opponent in the November
election
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-08-28
That Was Different.

"May | come Ing asked the brisk
young man who had just knocked.
We don't allow no book agents
about the place." replied the man of
the house
Il am no book agent ] am the
special representative of publishing
house"
"Oh. that's it. Come right in"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-08-28

improvement Suggested.
Oh. this world would be brighter
All round through thick and thin.
II breaking out OF tail we're but
A cinch. like brea king in!
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-08-28

TERMS-Ten cents per week. by car
rier. In Rock Island
Complaints Of delivery service should
be made to the circulation department.
which should also be notified IN every
instance where IT is desired to have
paper discontinued. as carriers have no
authority in the premises.
AL communications OF argumentative
character. political or religious. must
have real name attached for puSl-ca-
ton. No sucE articles Will be printed
over fictitious signatures
Telephones In ell departments: Cen
trail Union. Vest las. has and z146:
Union Electric. 5145.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-08-28
BY CLYDE II. TAVENNER.

Especial Correspondence of The Argus.)
Washington, Aug. ga number of
the democratic members of congress
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-08-28
Give and fake.

HoweIl-Does he Ike things phHo
soDhica!Iy: PnweIl = 4 es. but ne doesn't
part with them pHIosophically. -Wo-
mans Home COMPANION.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-08-28

His Only Friends.
"Vho are your best friends?"
My mere acquaintances."
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-08-28
TIL ARGUS.

Published Daily at 1924 Second ave-
nue. Rock Island. Ill entered at the
postofice as second -cless matter.)
Rock island Member of the Associated
Press
eY THE J. W. POTTER CO.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1912-05-03
Malcolm Correspondence

Mr.. and Mrs. Andrew Olson and fam
ily visited at Frank Peterson's on Sun
day.
Walter Wilkins, who made business
trip to Bismarck last week, returned
home on Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alfred johnson visited
with Runback's on Sunday afternoon.
Miss Yerda Hagberg returned home
last week, where she intends to stay
for some time as she is improving rap
idly.
Mr.. and Mrs. Olson and family, Mr..
and Mrs. Nick Reuter- and Rose john
stone visited at Edd Is last Sunday.
A crowd of young people from NAL
colin, visited with Hagbergs on Sunday.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1912-05-03
Roseglen Correspondence

Quite lot of seeding has been done
in this vicinity during the past week.
Hans Kjos, from Surrey, N. D., has
been visitor at the Peder Barsness
home all last week.
Krist Prange has been doing some
threshing the first part Of the week.
Mrs. Hans Lunden called to see her
parents last Sunday.
Paul HOLDEN and family were Rose
glen callers Sunday.
Krist Prange purchased some seed
wheat from Torger HOLDEN.
Torger HOLDEN returned from Bis
marck last Saturday.
Henry Snippen returned from Wash
burn on Wednesday.
Lunden & Kolden's tractor got stuck
in a mud hole, on Peder Lunden's farm
last Saturday afternoon.
The Standard Oil Co. have decided to
send carload of oil to Ryder to ac-
comodate all the Roseglen farmers who
have tractors.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1912-05-03
Sundays Sayings

81 pity the man who stands on q
street corner and is not able to say Of
some one; there goes my friend. A
reflex blessing makes me feel and rec
ognize the presence of God. Prayer
makes you realize your dependence on
God. i hate man who acts as though
what he receives from God is his by
right. Why shouldn't I we pray? Jesus
spent the most Of his time in prayer.
If the churches Of the country would
spend one night and day in prayer Q
revival would sweep over this country.
The church viii pray Thy kingdom
Come but won't lit = finger 70 assist
III any Way. Half the people who 60
Is church 4 and pray don't mean what
they say md \ might q well stay 6
home. No woman ican pray for the
l!conversion ~ Her husband and then cit
down and not help convert him. There
i no NE ii praying tp save people i
you 1T in pour seats and won't go
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1912-05-03
Clark's Dog Song

Champ Clark of Missouri will not be
able to get away with that "honn dog
song." After France an England laid
claim to it, Senator Nelson of Mime
sofa came forward with and assertion
the song had its origin in Sweden
about 700 years ago. He said the song
over there is something like the follow
ing:
Mar jag kom till staden's grin
Pojkar sparkar hunden min
Det gor det samma ON han ar blott
hun,
De moste sluta att. sparka honom
rundt.
North Dakotans will be considerably
interested in the view taken by the
Minnesotan. Somehow the Scandina-
vians have way of laying claim to
things that other countries thought
they owned. Take the discovery of
America the Vikings are positive they
antedated Columbus-and if Senator
Nelson gets away with this dog song
there is nothing that will be safe from
scandinavian clutches. Forum.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1912-05-03
Essay on King Solomon"

A little girl in a neighboring town
tells the world what she knows about
King Solomon in the following essay:
King Solomon was man who lived ev-
er so many years ago, and in the coun-
try which he governed he was the
whole push. He was an awful wise
man, one day two women came to him,
each one holding onto the leg of baby
and nearly pulling it in two. and both
claiming it. King Solomon wasn't feel
ing right good and he said: "Why
couldn't the brat have been twins and
stopped all this bother?" He then call
ed for his sword and was going to chop
the brat in two and give each one a
piece of it, when the one who was the
real mother said: "Stop Solomon stay
thy hand, let the old hog have it. If
l can't have whole baby don't want
any," Then Solomon told her to take
the child and go home and wash its face
for he knew it was hers and he told the
other woman to go chase herself. King
Solomon built Solomon's temple and
was the father of all the Masons. He
had 700 wives and 200 lady friends, and
that is why there are so many Masons
in the world. My papa says that King
Solomon was warm member and !
think he was hot stuff myself. That's
all know about King Solomon. .-Ex.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1912-05-03
down and help. God often tells people
to 60 and answer their own prayers

down and help. God often tells people
to go and answer their own prayers
Prayer impresses your mind with the
character of God and makes you want
to be more like Him. There is de-
sire in me to live always and l don't
get it from any college. 1t is from the
spirit of God. We grow by expression
and that is why God wants us to pray
to Him. Some people go to church
and don't pray, and they are actually
whitening up. The only kind of relig-
ion that l care anything about is the ex-
perimental kind. One-half of the
church member never had an expert
ence. The more l do for God the
stronger seems my faith. America
must have tidal wave of religion
sweep over her or this country will
meet with dissolution. Gods answer
to prayer stopped the grasshopper
plague in Minnesota. God can do to-
day, what he did 1000 years ago if we
only have faith"
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1912-05-03
Congress viii Aid
Good Roads Plan
The House Passed a Provision Grant
ing Subsidies in Post Office Ap
preparation Bill

Washington, April 30.-The house
today aided the national good roads
movement by passing provision in
the postoffice appropriation bill which
would grant a subsidy to all highways
used in rural free delivery mail service,
these roads to be divided into three
classes with subsidies of $25, $40 and
SIS a mile. This is estimated to furnish
the first year between SIG, ,00O, 600 and
18, ZOO, 600.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1912-05-03

fathomed.
No man is 100 per cent to the mus
tard ID. c. only claims 99.7 per cent?
but the we'll balanced man is the one
who has great many more good quail
tiles than weaknesses or vices.
It is good for man to have few
hobbies or play notions, but it is coun-
tenanced only in the man who has
enough weight on the other side to off
set it. The time for hobbies and ring
around-the-rosy stunts is before and
after business hours. During hours a
mans entire thought should be on his
work. Sitting down with an eff" table
and doping out who is going to win the
pennant may gain you the admiration
of your baseball friends, but does not
get you anything and you may not even
win the pennant for your favorite team;
telling about that big deal you pulled
off back in the '9O's is interesting when
first told, but by constant repetition it
dwindles and gets you nothing; dissect-
ing other peoples personalities and de-
Gliding what good fellow or what a
skunk he is takes up time and gets you
nothing, for the chances are that same
fellow is digging away some place try
ing to plan out something for your bet
terment; partaking of elongated lunch
cons with few highballs in between
is ruinous to your digestion, makes an
inroad on your purse and takes time;
street corner observations of passersby
is pleasant way of killing quarter
of an hour, and incidentally discloses ill
breeding; sitting around till the cigar
is down to where it tastes sweet is
another way of putting the clock to
shame.
All these and many more are the
means of dissipating time-the stuff
that life is made of.
There is only one thing that counts
and that is work-every minute-al
the time-or at least during business
hours. Thoughts are things, and idle
ones lead to the slough of despond
It's work that counts-work, work
work. ..#.
In other words, get onto your job.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1912-05-03
tinction between the millionaire and til,
furnace-feeder.

tlnctlOn between the millionaire and the
fumace-feeder.
The time drew on toward midnight.
Quiet was falling upon the life of the
great ship. Some had sought their
staterooms. Peaceful groups were
gathered in the smoking apartments.
Silent games were in progress. Not q
soul thought Of peril. There is max
i'm that passenger on an Atlantic lin
er is safer than man walking the
streets of New York, and the maxim
is for the most part true. Who can
ever believe that fate will make an ex-
ception of him and break her rules in
order to bring him to destruction? The
passengers staked their faith on exact
science. They knew that no safer ship
had ever been built than the Titanic,
none in fact so safe. Thousands of
frail craft had traversed that death
haunted ocean area without disaster.
Why should they dread danger to the
mighty Titanic? So assured were all
men of the safety Of the vessel that the
ancient precautions of the sea had been
omitted. The lifeboats would not car
ry half the passengers. The confident
owners declared that their enormous
vessel could not sink and the passengers
believed them, but no work of man can
withstand the shock of Natures forces.
When the Titanic collided with the
iceberg lurking in her course, human
power withered like scroll before the
might of insensate law. The air-tight
compartments were wrenched open by
the shearing strain. of the shock and
filled with water. The great engines
must have been drowned almost at
once, for the vessel made no headway
on her course after the fatal blow. The
wireless telegraph sent out. its piteous
cry for help over the surface of the
waters and during the hours of waiting
for rescue who shall tell the story of
the agony upon the sinking ship, of the
hands clasped in hands, the tears Of
of mortal woe, the prayers to the calm
God who sits on his throne and listens
without change or shadow of turning?
No rescue came and the waters were
rising without pause. By and by the
time was at hand when some must go
in the boats and some must stay and
sink with the ship. The menIstayed,
since it is seemly for the atrong to die
when there is no chance for all to live.
The children went first over the side
into the boats. Wives looked into their
husbands eyes and said goodbye, and
with sobs Of passionate farewell fol-
lowing the children. The men waited
on the deck for death. Millionaire and
deck hand waited side by side, gazing
with equal courage upon the terror as
it advanced, and side by side they went
down to their everlasting rest. Death
gave them all the same welcome to his
untroubled kingdom. y Portland Oregon
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1912-05-03
Turtle Lake Wave

A. F. Danielson last week traded his
two quarter sections of land west OF
Turtle Lake for farm in Minnesota.
John L. Brekken has decided to have
a little more of his homestead just out
of town northwest broke up and seeded
to flax this spring.
C. j. Moll of Minneapolis is here in
charge of the Winnor-T -Torgerson lumber
yard until the company can get an agent
to take the place of L. w. Davidson
resigned.
Winter wheat not covered with snow
winter killed as far south as central
Kansas this year. And here in North
Dakota Swan Hanson sowed it on fall
plowing where there never is any snow
and expected it to live. Winter rye
stood the test of very severe winter
without snow covering. There were
several hundred acres seeded here this
fall and all of it is coming fine.
Tuesday afternoon while out raking
thistles Leland the thirteen year old
SON of Mr.. and Mrs. c. F. johnson un-
fortunately got his foot into the rake
in such a way as to badly sprain his
ankle. His foot is in bad shape and it
will keep him idle for, several weeks.
n i
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1912-05-03
Blaming the Farmers

| Wisconsin State Journal: Taft's man.
ayers in Washington are now credited
with the puerile whine that insurgency
in the republican ranks has gained
strength through the farmers discon-
tent with the tariff. Well, perhaps so.
If so, can you blame them? And if so,
whose faultis it? The farmer has as
good a right to enjoy discomfort as any
we know, and, we think as good ground.
The fight of the farmer is not to OBJ
tain privileges for himself, but to keep
others from securing privileges at his
expense. All that the farmer asks is
an equal opportunity. That he has suf-
fered as much or more than any other
class, by reason of the granting of gov
ernmental favors to a favored few, no
one can deny. Everything the farmer
sells is sold in competition with all the
world; on everything he buys he is
forced to pay heavy tariff tax. TAX
ing the tariff out of politics sounds well
but what does such move mean other
than taking it out of the hands of the
people? If the people are incompetent
to pass upon the tariff question. by
what process of reasoning can it be as
sumed that they are competent to de-
termine other questions? If this ques-
tion should not be in politics, what
question is there that should be in poll
tics? The protected interests were con-
tent to have the tariff political quest
ion as long as the people decided in
favor Of the interests. Now that the
people have commenced to change their
minds, the beneficiaries of the privi-
lege would take control away from the
people. The Taft managers seem to
forget politics is the peoples game.
Not game delegated to privileged
few. The people realize this and they
are applying ethics to the game. They
know, as apparently the Taft managers
dom t know, that behind every political
question there is moral question.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1912-05-03
Sheridan County Cons. in Trouble

On tuesday summons ana company
was served on County Commissioners
w. F. Albrecht, VIM. N. Buckley and
John Bitz, and also Gunder Hill, citing
them to appear on or before 80 days
from that date and show cause why
they should not return to Sheridan
county the sum Of s., 6O9.5s, being the
alleged amount that Gunder Hill was
overpaid for grading.
Clause vi of the complaint reads as
follows: Y
.That as a matter Of fact said de-
fendant, Gunder A. Hill, moved only
Is, SOB cubic yards of dirt on said above
described line Of grading, which at Il
cents per cubic yard, amounts to the
sum of 81, 800. AZ, and that said Gunder
"A. Hill has been overpaid and wrong
fully received, warrants from Sher-
| idan county, in the sum of ss,609. So.
And that said defendants, Albrecht.
Bitz and Buckley, did wrongfully, un-
lawfully and with intention to defrand
said Sheridan county, conspire with the
defendant, Gunder A. Hill, to defraud
said Sheridan county in the sum of
| S, ,6O9. IS. That demand has been made
BY plaintiff on Gunder. "A. Hill, for the
return to plaintiff Of the sum Of s., ,6O9. :
IS, and that said Gunder "A. Hill, has
failed and refused to return said sum or
anv mart fhar,n0f :, ~ III Clnalev Gazette
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1912-05-03
Get On Your lob

The following is the advice given to
some commercial travellers by a mem
ber of the knights of the grip in a re-
cent convention:
.sTime is the stuff that life is made
out of, and every day can be put on
the debit or credit side just as you
wish it.
There is a printing press across the
way which is working as long as it is
fed, and the power is on, and there is
somebody to run it; it is grinding out
stuff and telling the same story thou
sands and thousands Of times over, as
long as some one is there TO direct it.
The difference between a man and q
machine is initiative mot having to be
directed every minute in the day.
Your company, at best, can outline q
policy, to you, but it cannot direct each
mans thoughts and movements.
It's initiative that counts, and that
is something that no man can instill,4
you cannot acquire tit comes from
within. ss,3 3. g, ~
In one Of the Philippine Islands there
are over 200 holidays in the year, and
that is just why they are savage islands
there's too much play. Civilization
has kept pace with man 8 capacity for
work. The man who tinloads q coal
wagon with leaving half Of II in the
wagon Or in the gutter, and with dis
patch, il fitting into his little cog just
. much q the engineer who designs
the ion O00 0-tons sbridg dge which will swing
on Z pivot. q 81 s Z;, ,s1 81
Is II takes i long time Tor j. man TO
hnd himself; solnstimes II few good
kicks viii get at the seat 81 the trou-
|ble; hetimeS there i ! crisis: = Y map
|ofe human chord Ind arouiSlses - him;
son,et times "a lfsctivs book or contact
With . strong personal lity viii nd denly
awaksn him; scrne times vel aome-
times he inst Wekes ~ hat 4 all for
psych holo3i ical 4 reasons that canl,ot Be
{1re.H.