Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-12-16
MOLINE

BIG improvements NADIA han MIL
lion dollars has been spent for build
ing enterprises of various kinds in East
Moline during the year 1912. OF this
amount s350.000 has been expended for
factory buildings and $4,000 for bus
mess blocks and residences. The big
gest contract completed this year was
the new Deere Harvester plant, involv-
ing an outlay Of approximately $780,
900. Next is the Moline Scale COM
pany factory with its $4,000 extension.
The Root & Wander WORT Engineer
ing company and the Union Malleable
have also made extensions to their
plants.
Rock islander jailed. George Van
Beck Of Burlington and Ray Connolly
Of Rock Island, both of whom have
been doing odd jobs around restaur-
ants in Moline, assaulted Joe Stephe-
enson, dishwasher at Vic's lunch room,
Friday afternoon The boys walked
into the lunch room and approached
Stephenson, asking him TO step out in
the back yard, and when they got him
there they reprimanded him for state
ments attributed to Stephenson The
pair of DIRECTORS finally convinced
themselves by their oratory that they
had a grievance and they began to
whack Stephenson on the head. After
they had finished pommeling him, Ste
phenson sought warrant for their ar
rest. When arraigned, they pleaded
guilty TO charges of assault and bat
terry. Fines of SIS and costs each were
imposed, and in lieu of payment the
scrappers were sent to the county jail.
Vocational CLASSES FulI.-With so
continuation school recently establish
ed in this city as part of the Moline
educational system, and the promise OF
at least eight more, vocational training
is already on a substantial basis in
Moline. What is more, The promised
recruits will complete the 10 sections
which will give Instructor T. n. Jones
all that he can handle. With every in
dication that other apprentices yet tc
enroll, another teacher will in all prob
ability have to be secured. Every hall
day in the week is now occupied eX
cept Friday afternoon.
learned what action the British govern
To Get Light and Phone.-Adequatt
! telephone and electric light service fol
residents in che city's east end is nov
being agitated by the East End I'm
provement association, and with re
suits. Organization Of property own
ers and residents who have improve
ments on a real city scale at heart fol
that growing section was effected only
a few weeks ago, but effective work IL
lettering conditions through coopera
committee, consisting of Charles Brun
strom, George N. Gould and George o
Morris, reported relative to the eleC
trio light and telephone proposition a
Friday nights regular meeting. Tn
committee held a conference with A. J
Beverlin, manager in the twin-cities 70
the Central Union Telephone company
and F. w. Reimers, general superb
: tendent of the Peoples Power con
: pany, and came to an agreement tina
has met with approval of the entir
association. Owners of property, t
the number of about 20, between Rive
road and the D., r. I. & n. w. RICH
of way, and east to the city limits froI
Thirty-eighth street, have agreed t
the use of a private right of way fo
e, necessary poles.
Obituary Record.-A cablegram ha
been received by Leslie Rowland of tn
insurance department of Deere & CO
announcing the death Of his father, j,
seph Rowland, at the family home &
Burton-on-Trent, England. The sa
|, message did not stare any particular
John Swanson, resident of this cit
for rs years, was called to his rest Sa
urday. Death occurred at the home {
! his daughter, Mrs. c. NJ. Wahlberg, 81
Fifth avenue. Mr.. Swanson was in hi
> S5th year, his birth occurring in SIN,
land, Sweden, Dec. %, 1927. He wa
married there to Miss Christina DAME
son. Coming to the United States
, 1854, he first settled in Davenport. H
lived there and at Alton, this state, fC
a few years, and then farmed in tn
Rock river bottoms until 1884, when /
retired TO this city, his home since. H
wife preceded him in death II yea
+ ago Beside the daughter named, /
? leaves two daughters, Mrs Sand,
S Stromberg Of this city, Mrs. G. F. Cur
! of Toronto, Canada, and a son Abe
), of Dawson, Alaska. He also leavt
o eight grandchildren and three grea
= grand children.