Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-04-16
MOLINE

clean up Week.-The territory from
Fifteenth to Twenty-seventh street
has been given a thorough cleaning.
Last week was known as cleanup"
week in this section and the citizens
responded CALAMITY. A total of 1873
loads of rubbish was hauled the last
three days of the week.
Pave Fifth Avenue.-Plans were
launched yesterday forenoon by the
board of local improvements to re-
pave Fifth avenue from Thirteenth to
Seventeenth street in connection with
the widening project. Repaving of the
avenue Is contingent on the widening
improvement and creosote blocks will
be used. Estimated cost is slightly
more than SIT, 1000.
Few Votes Caste. H. Sohrbeck of
this city and r. L. Wilson Of Coal
Valley Saturday were elected trustees
OF school districts No. IS and No. IT
respectively. Fifteen votes were cast
at the art gallery, polling place for
district Is, while IL votes were cast
at the Garfield school, where voters
of district II cast their ballots. Of
the Is votes cast Mr.. Sohrbeck receiv-
ed d3, Charles Kneberg one and Hen
~ Hull one. Saturday evening trus-
tees of district No. IS, Mr.. Sohrbeck,
]. NJ. Farnham and Emil Lundahl, met
and organized. Mr.. Farnham was
elected president and G. L Peterson
was retained as secretary-treasurer,
Hold-over trustees Of district No. IT
are Charles E. Swanson of South Mo-
line township and William R. Thomp-
son of Coal Valley.
Streets Are Observation-Disclosures 8
business district promises to present
gala appearance Wednesday and
| Thursday, when the 1912 convention of
the Royal Arcanum will be held in
this city. Delegates from cities
throughout the state will begin arriv-
ing Tuesday evening for the sessions.
Business houses generally will be dec
GRATED in purple and white, colors OF
the order. Retail Merchants asso
citation has supplemented the request
of the officers of Moline lodge of the
Royal Arcanum that all proprietors
decorate their places of business.
Redmen Have Own Paper.-So fal
as is known King Philip tribe of Rec
Men is the only local branch of the
order in the whole union that publish
es an organ of it's own. The frs
number of the Moline Red Man." {
three column 12-page monthly was re
I ceived from the press late yesterday
afternoon and 1000 copies of the is
sue will be circulated among mem
bers of King Philip tribe, members o
the order in neighboring cities ant
towns and state and national officials
] King Philip tribesmen feel confiden
that a long felt need has been supplied
and that the publication will becom,
firmly established as a permanent ad
junct of the tribes activities.
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Obituary Record.-Mrs. Carolin
Moberg died suddenly at the home
1915 Third avenue, at $50 Sunday aft
ernoon. Carolina Berquist was born il
Sweden Dec. IS, 1910, and was mar
ried in that country in 1887 to MI
Moberg. They came to this country IL
that year, settling in Bishop Hill. Lat
er they lived in Keithsburg and il
Viola, coming to Moline in 1895. Fiv'
children, Fred, John, Oscar, Charles
and Mrs. j. E. Kern, all living in thi
city, survive the mother. Mrs. Nc
berg was a Lutheran, though she ha'
not been affiliated with any of the Mo
line churches. The funeral was hell
| today.
Martha, 1O-year-old daughter OF Nj
and Mrs. Avis Bouden Of Al
ighteenth-and-a-half avenue, die
at the home at Las Sunda
morning. She had been i'll only day
death being due to heart trouble
] Martha was born in Belgium Apr
IA, 1902, coming direct to Moline wit
her parents one year ago. She attend
ed Sacred Heart parochial school an
was unusually popular with all he
friends. Besides the parents, ther
are left bereaved three brothers an
two sisters. The funeral was held Il