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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-12-03
BOARD OF TRADE TRANSACTIONS.

BOARD OF TRADE TRANSACTIONS
Wheat.
December, S37s, SASS, S324, SAG. .
May, S97s, 9O5s, S9%, 9O5s.
July, S75s, SS1s, S713, S778.
Corn.
December. 4SH, 4S24. 4S1s, 1884.
May, 4S14, 1875, 4SH, 4S34.
July, 49h, 4994, 1915, 1875.
Oats.
December, 31H, 31&, SIS, 315s.
May, 325s, 80. 1925, SO.
July, 327s, 3314, 327s, 331s.
Pork.
January, 1885, 1887, 1927, 1927.
May, 1852, 1870, 1850, 1850.
Lard.
January, 1866, 1865, 1857, 1857.
May, 1920, 1920, 1917, 1917.
Ribs.
January, 1925, 1927, 1922, 1922.
May, 9.92, 9.95, $50, $50.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-12-03

lower lakes to the east gulf coast and
another high is central over Nevada.
The eastward movement Of the north
western low will be attended by I'M
settled weather in this vicinity. with
probably rain tonight or Wednesday,
and warmer tonight.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-12-03
Wagner's Summary

Chicago, Dec. 3-Whatever theories
may be in circulation, the wheat mar
ket fails to show decisive rallies. The
real visible might be 6O,OO0,000 if all
the wheat in circulation showed up.
One OF the best known Canadian
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-12-03
Realty Changes

Amanda P. Hartzell, by trustee, to
Daniel HoesH, lot 16, block l, Palmer
& Hartzelrs first addition, East Mo-
line, $500.
Mary E. Robinson to Mary Comegys.
part lot l, ]. W. Spencer's subdivision,
outlot Z, ]. W. Spencer's third add
ton, Rock Island, $3.50.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-12-03
LIVE STOCK MARKET.
OPENING of Market,

Hogs $4,000; sc to 1Oc of; left over
2,755. Light 715GT55, mixed 7.25G
7.65, heavy 7.25G7.C5. rough 7.25n745.
Cattle $500 steady.
Sheep 10000: 10c OF.
Nine O'clock Market.
Hogs slow 10 &c lower Light 7.20G
7.65, bulk 7.50G7.G5. mixed 7.25n7.7g,
pigs 5.256725, heavy 72507.72Ia
good 7.45G7721a, rough 725m7.45
Workers 7.556765.
Cattle steady. Beeves 5.70N11 90
stockers 4.35q 7.65, Texans 4.40a5.75
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-12-03

COWS 2.SO6765, westerns 5.5Oq9.2O,
calves 6.500lO.50.
Sheep weaA. Natives 3.7594. 65,
lambs 5.75@L75, westerns 4.OOQ4.65,
lambs 5.75@775.
Close of Market.
Hogs active. Light 725@77O, bulk
755d no, mixed 7.3O@I75, heavy $50
@775, rough 100000.
Cattle weak; top 11.OO.
Sheep weak; top 4.65
Lambs weak; top 7.75.
Western Live Stock.
Hogs. Cattle. Sheep
Kansas City ..... $4,000 $4,000 10000
Omaha ....... 1880 5000 $4,000
Estimated Chicago Tomorrow.
Hogs. Cattle. Sheep
Chicago ......-.. 10000 $4,000 $4,000
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-12-03

Rockford, Ill.-Fred Wheeler was
placed on trial for the alleged murder
OF his wife, Mrs. Kate Wheeler, who
died of strychnine poison last spring.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-12-03

(By wire from E. w. Wagner & Co.
Grain. Provisions. Stocks and Cotton
Locel offices at Rock Island house, Rock
Island. III. Chicago office. 3S-99-100,
Board of Trade. Local telephones. No
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-12-03
THE GRAIN MARKET.
CHICAGO Cash Grain,

Wheat-No. > r $4,000, No. r seq
SO, No. S5@S7, No. h S3@S51a,
No. rs S66S64, No. ms SOGS3, No.
2 S314 QS4, No. 3 5 SOdS2, No. S "A
q79.
Corn-Old, No. 8 50, No. 3 y Sc. New,
No. 46A d47, No. W 464 al, No.
8 y 4612@47H, No. 44145H, No. 4
W 44H G45H, No. y 4414 a 45#.
Oats-No W 34H G35, No. W 30,
No. W 31G 321a, standard 1874 asa
Liverpool Cables.
Wheat openeda1-4 off; closed 1-8 tC
3-S off.
Corn opened Is off; closed 3-S to SIS
Off
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-12-03
LOCAL MARKET CONDITIONS.

LOCAL MARKET CONDITIONS.
Dec. FOLLOWING are the whole
sale quotations Oh the local market
today:
Butter, creamery, 35c.
Dairy Butter, 30c.
Lard, 121zc per pound.
Fresh eggs, 33c.
Storage eggs, Csc.
Potatoes, SOC.
Cabbage, 31ac head.
Onions, Csc per busheL
Feed and Fuel.
orage-Timothy hay, $50.
Wheat, 90c.
wild hay, S14 to SIS.
Oats, 33c TO 34c.
Straw, IS to 50.
Corn, new, Acc to 45c.
Old cows, 65c.
Coal-Lump. per ton, 2.75: slack
steady.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-12-03
RIVER FORECAST.

RIVER FORECAST.
Only slight changes in the Missis.
sippi will occur from below Dubuque to
Muscatine.
J. NJ. SHERIER, Local Forecaster.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-12-03
For Eczem a

Use a mild soothing wash that instantly
stops the itch.
We have sold many other remedies for
skin trouble but none that We could per
sonally guarantee as we do the D. d, D.
D. D. D. Prescription
Harper House Pharmacy.
Corner Nineteenth ST. and Second Ave.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-12-03


tempe freeing
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-12-03

EXPLANATORY NOTES
Observations taken at 8 q. m. seventy-ffth me-
rdian time. Air pressure reduced 70 sea level
lsoBA.8 continuous Ines pass through points
OF equal al pressure IsoTHERMs dotted lines
pass through points Of equal temperature: drawn
only for zero. freezing. eOo. and lOOo.
= clear; 9 partly cloudy: O cloudy;
@ rain: g snow: q report missing.
Arrows fy With the wind. First figures lowest
temperature past y hours; second precipitation
OF Ol inch OF more for past - hours: third. maxi
mum wind velocity
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-12-03

Warmer tonight with the
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1912-04-23
INDIANS MALTREAT A MAN
Colorado River Tribe lmprlsons a
Smithsonian institution Collector,
Who Finally Escapes.

San Bernardino, Cal.-Capt James
Bartlett, who for years has traversed
the desert collecting specimens for
the Smithsonian Institution, has ar
rived here with his face and body
cut and bruised and telling a story
of having been attacked by Colorado
River Indians who thought him an
evil spirit.
when 1 appeared in their village"
said Captain Bartlett, "the Indians
were terror-stricken. They seized me
and threw me into hut, about which
they placed a guard. Their warriors
worked themselves into a frenzy with
a religious dance.
81 learned that they thought I was
the ghost of another Captain Bart
lett, a rifle expert formerly connected
with a powder company, who died sew
eral months ago in Los Angeles. II
seemed that white men had read in
the papers of the rife experts death
and, thinking it was /, had told the
Indians that l was dead.
when night came the guards about
my hut relaxed their vigilance and |
made my escape"
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1912-04-23
ARE TO EXPLORE VENEZUELA
Americans Going With 7. =. Ryan
Expedition - May Find
Rubber.

New York.--An exploring expedition
Is to leave Jacksonville, Fla, in few
days to pass several months in the
tropical Businesses Of Venezuela.
Capt A. @. Juell Of this city will leave
New York to take command Of the ex-
petition, which is financed by Thomas
+. Ryan. The equipment of the party
will be elaborate and the personnel
includes four engineers and several
other experts. The trip is to be made
In the schooner yacht Wayfarer, now
at Jacksonville.
In consideration Of his financing
the expedition and furnishing to the
Venezuelan government charts Of the
waters the yacht and a small feet of
power launches may explore. 1t is
said that Mr.. Ryan will get from that
government concessions of all rubber
forests and mines that may be discov-
cred by the expedition.
The engineers will make charts OF
the tributaries Of the Orinoco ex-
plored and whatever other waters may
be traversed. The Wayfarer is equip
ped for general trade with native
tribes, and will tow four whaleboats
fitted with gasoline motors, by means
of which the Orinoco and its tributa-
ries will be traversed when the yacht
Is unable to proceed further.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1912-04-23
COUNTRY RICHEST IN DESERT
Greatest Per Capita Wealth Known in
United States Reported From
Kansas.

Topeka, Kan.-The richest county
in the United States per capita, &C
cording to figures compiled by Mark
Tully, state treasurer, is Clark county,
Kan. The per capita wealth of Clark
county, which is in what once was
called the Great American desert, is
$3,272. Figured on the same basis,
Kansas, the state treasurer says, is
one of the richest states in the Union,
IL not the richest.
II is the purely agricultural counties
in the center of the state that are
the richest. A dozen or so counties
in that part Of the state have per cap
tia valuations in excess of $4,000.
The eastern counties, while the
most populous, appear to have nearly
all Of the poor people Of the state, for
there the assessed valuation per cap
tia ranges from $745 up.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1912-04-23
DIES OF FORTUNE" TALE
LoveIorn Girl consuIts soothsayer,
Then Swallows PoIson-Attempted
to End Life Before.

Allentown, Pa.-After a visit to a
fortune teller, who could not give her
any encouragement that she could get
back her lover, William Sterner, with
whom she had fallen out four years
ago, Miss Mary A. Nagle aged twenty
eight years, a silk winder, committed
suicide by taking carbolic acid. She
was motherless and had for years
lived with Mr.. and Mrs. Victor Kra-
mer, who regarded her as a member
of the family. On returning home the
girl was greatly depressed, explaining
how the fortune teller's philters and
potions had failed and that the casting
of the horoscope had not given any
hopeful sign.
When she intimated that she might
drown herself Mrs. Kramer tried to
cheer her up. During the night, how
ever, there were sounds of distress
from Miss Nagle's room. The door
was broken open and she was taken
to the hospital, where all efforts to
save her proved futile.
Once before, soon after the tiff with
her lover, she tried suicide by swal-
lowing match heads and left a long
letter giving minute directions for her
funeral.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1912-04-23
TELL STORIES OF LEFEBvRE
Luck of an American Millionaire Who
Tried to Bargain with Noted
Painter.

Paris, France.-The death of Jules
Lefebre. the celebrated French por.
trait painter, has been followed by
many anecdotes of his interesting ca
reer. Despite his success Lefebvre re.
manned what he was from the start
a man Of simple and charming man.
ner. On one point alone was he firm
and intractable. He detested utterly
any form or attempt at bargaining.
One day, so the anecdote goes, an
American of wealth called to see him.
II would like" the American said
to the artist, ga full length portrait
of myself. How much, if you please,
will it be-"
Twenty thousand francs" (about
$4,000, replied Lefebvre.
very we'll. But If ask you to
make two portraits instead of one
that is, one of my wife and one of
myself, I suppose your price will be
different"
Certainly" responded the artist.
"And how much will it be-"
Lefebvre reflected a moment, then
said simply. "it will be 10000 francs"
The American paid.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1912-04-23
NIGHT RIDERS Gust MONEY.
Twelve Thousand Dollars Has
Been Paid Out to Prose-
cute Them.

Nashville, Tenn. Under the au-
thority of section $3.50, Shannon's
Cole, the special board composed of
the governor, attorney general and
secretary of state has drawn a wal
rant for the payment of special at
torneys' fees in the Obion county
night rider prosecution for $1,000.
the same being in full of account for
such services. One warrant for
1000 will be payable to Swiggart &
Cobb of Union City and another for
similar amount will be payable to
the estate of Hon. Spl. Hill.
The litigation for which special
counsel was employed in Obion coun.
ty for the purpose of assisting Dis
trict Attorney General Caldwell in
prosecuting the Reelfoot Lake night
riders, grew out of the murder in
November. 1908. of Capt. Quinten
Rankin, who, with Judge lack Tay.
Ior was taken by band Of night rid
ers. the latter escaping after a very
thrilling adventure, after which he
had been left for dead.
The payment of this last $4,000
makes $4,000 that the state has paid
out for special attorneys fees in this
litigation.
There has been previously paid out
81. 900 to Moore & Hudgings for spe.
cial services and $4,000 to Swiggart
& Cobb and also $4,000 to Hon Sp'.
Hill.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1912-04-23
CITY FREES DYED RODENTS
Trace the Drift Of cIty's
Rats.

Seattle, Wash.-If Seattle citizens
fail to see brilliantly colored rats
scampering about the streets 1t will
not be because the rats are not there.
Health department officials liberated
twenty-five dyed rodents for purposes
Of Identification. Each rat has price
Of 81 on its head. whether captured
dead or alive. The purpose is to trace
the drift Of the rodent population as
1t migrates from one section of the
city to another.
"At this time of the year rats leave
the water front, where they stay dur
ing the winter months. and make their
way to hills and residence sections Of
the CITY," said Health Commissioner
Crichton.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1912-04-23
GROUND HOG TIRED OF COLD
Bound South on 6rakebeam in Mod
ern Way-Journey Is Inter
rupted.

Salt Lake City, Utah.-The progress
sive movement has reached the
ground hog. as shown when one Of
the little animals was detected by a
car Inspector. beating its way on the
brakebeam of a Western Pacific pas
Ienger train. The tour of the marmot
ended under waste paper basket, In
which II was Gagged by baggage man.
Smart ground hog" commented the
railroad men. mo back to the hole
Tor It; It was going south for the rest
pf the winter"
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1912-04-23
DECIDE YOURSELF.
The Opportunity Is Here, Back
ed by HOpkinsviIIe Test
mOny.
Don't take our word for it.
Don't depend on a strangers state

Don't take our word for it.
Don't depend on a strangers state
ment.
Read Hopkinsville endorsement.
Read the statements Of Hopkins
vile citizens.
And decide for yourself.
Here is one case Of it:
Miss L. A. Hester. Fifteenth and
Clay Sts.. Hopkinsville, KY, says:
The pain in my back caused by dis
ordered kidneys was so severe some
days that often felt like lying down.
If would walk any distance or over
exert myself in any way, was troub-
led most and if caught cold itmade
me miserable In the morning | felt
stiff and sore and often found it
difficult to dress. A kidney weak
ness bothered me. doctored but
found little relief. Finally Doan's
Kidney Pills were recommended to
me and got a box. They removed
the pains in my back and corrected
the kidney difficulty"
For sale by all dealers. Price so
cents. Foster-Milburn Co.. Buffalo,
New York, sole agents for the Unit
ed States
Remember the name-Doan's-
and take no other.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1912-04-23
GOLD WEDDING COPY OF FIRST
Menu Of supper 10 Same ss That
Served After Couple Were First
United In 1862.

Indianapolis--W the same menu
that was spread before them fifty
years ago, and with several Of the
same persons as guests who were
present at their first wedding supper,
Mr.. and Mrs Levi G. Bowser observed
the fiftieth anniversary Of their mar
riage by serving a wedding suppef
to their children and a few friends.
When Miss Caroline Dawson be
came the bride Of Levi G. Bowser on
March 6, 1862, the event was followed
by a bounteous supper at the country
home of the brides father, John W.
Dawson, then one Of the prominent
farmers Of Marion county. Turkey
was the piece de resistance of the
happy feast, and turkey was served
to the wedding guests again.
The guests who witnessed the we'd
ding fifty years ago we're Capt. Byron
Dawson, retired army officer; Richie.
son Moore and Mrs. Nancy Graham
There we're about fifty persons at the
wedding, but these are the only ones
now living in Marion county.
Mr. and Mrs. Bowser have lived for
more than forty of the fifty years OF
their married life In their present
home. In many respects theirs has
been an ideal romance. Mr.. Bowser's
father also was a pioneer farmer Of
the county, and owned farm adjoin
ing the Dawson farm, about three
miles south of indianapolis. AS play
mates in their childhood, lovers in
their youth and husband and wife IN
later years, hardly day Of their lives
has passed but what they have seer
each other.
For many years Mr.. Bowser con
Quoted a grocery at South street and
Virginia avenue and later at Fletcher
avenue and Shelby street, but retired
from business several years ago.
Mr.. Bowser is "a years old and Mrs
Bowser is 6S. He is in excellent
health, but Mrs. Bowser has been con
| fined to her chair from rheumatism
for several years.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1912-04-23
Saves Leg of Boy.

1T seemed that my 14-year old
boy would have to lose his leg, on
account of an ugly ulcer. caused by
bad bruise," wrote D. F. Howard,
Aquone. N. c.. "All remedies and
doctors treatment failed till we tried
Bucklen's Arnica Salve, and cured
him with one box" Cures burns,
boils, skin eruptions. piles. 25 cents
at all druggists.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1912-04-23
ROMANCE WINS MAN A JOE
Mayor In Minneapolis Appoints Po-
IIceman After His Sweetheart
Pleads for Him.

Observation-Disclosures Mayor ]. c.
Haynes believes in romance, r. II.
Friedrich, who is feet inches in
height and weighs $50 pounds. today
is a member of the police force.
Some two weeks ago Friedrich call
ed on the mayor to see about a posi-
ton on the force. The next day Louise
Leubener visited the mayor
"She told me she knew Robert
Friedrich, and that he was the best
man in the world, said Mayor Haynes
81 guess we had better take him on,
he declared later. 81 tell you, chief, II
is romance that makes the world &c
round"
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1912-04-23
Child as Ancestor Of Dad.

Franklin, Pa.-Under the laws OF
Pennsylvania a child may become the
ancestor of it's parents. The words
ancestor" and "progenitor" are not
synonymous. and a child may become
the ancestor of its parents by dying
and leaving them property, These in
lteeesting facts are contained in an
opinion rendered here by Judge
George s. Criswell in suit over an
estate.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1912-04-23
Always Somewhere Near.
Misery never had to look far for the
company that 1t loves.

Suffered day and night the tor.
ment of itching piles. Nothing
Helped me until used Doan's ONT
ment. The result was lasting. p
Hon. John B. Garrett. Mayor, Cir
ard. Ala.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1912-04-23
Holly Four Centuries Old.
Germany has specimen Of holly
i10 years old.

A healthy man is a king in his own
right; an unhealthy man an unhappy
slave. For impure blood and slug
glish liver, use Burdock Blood Bit
tiers. On the market IS years. $lOO
a bottle.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1912-04-23

Accidents will happen, but the
best regulated families keep DR..
Thomas Eclectic Oil for such emer.
gencies. Two sizes Is and SOC at all
stores.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1912-04-23
c. 0. WRIGHT j. c. JOHNSON
Wright&JOhnsOn
REAL ESTATE ANDsLOANS.
Special Attention Given Farm
Properties.
Office. Corner Ninth & Main Streets.
HOPKINSvILLE. KY.

Below we give few of the many
choice bargains on our lists. Proper
ty cheerfulIy shown at any time.
There is no safer or better invest
ment at this time than to put money
in Christian county farm lands or
Hopkinsvile town lots.
Christian County Farm Lands
NO. 1.
261 acres farm II miles east of
Thompsonville, splendidly improved.
good house 10 rooms, plenty fruit,
well watered, 60 acres fine timber,
on good highway. Price $S5 per
acre. Great bargain.
NO. 2.
rs acres, nicely improved for small
place, near Tennessee state line,
west of Edgoten. 10 miles from
GAINESVILLE. / mile from pike, cot
tage house. good tobacco barn. good
cistern. plenty of fruit, good neigh
borhood. price $1,000.
NO. 8.
5Ola acres, GAINESVILLE pike, IL miles
from town, one of finest farms in
Christian county, splendid improve.
ments, water and timber. $85 per
acre.
NO. 5.
$50 acres in three adjoining farms
consolidated. Will sell separately or
as a whole for from $50 to $50 per
tacre. On Clsrksville pike. with ele
giant country home and all modern
improvements, including two cot
tage residences if divided.
NO. 6.
500 acres 2 miles from town on Can
ton pike. well improved and well
watered, will price SIS as whole. or
will divide into three tracts.
NO. z.
2l0 acres on Fairview and Pembroke
pike, 81 miles north of Pembroke
a I'd % miles east of Fairview, go
acres in timber. $50 an acre.
NO. 8.
"a acres. ! mile from GAINESVILLE
pike. ten miles from town, excellent
improvements of all kinds. great
chance for an ideal home. $4,000.
Toun otC
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1912-04-23

Cottage on East 18th street. rooms
and two porches. water in kitchen.
\ Concrete walks and good stable.
( Price $l700.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1912-04-23

Some say there is a sucker born
.overy minute" II don't know any
Nhing about that" responded the emf
nent trust magnate. Il cater to ulti-
mate consumers and the birth rate IL
very satisfactory az 70 them"
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1912-04-23

Cottage on Mcpherson Ave. IS rooms,
lot 57x175, front and back porches,
new house. Possession Dec. 1. Price
$3.50.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1912-04-23

Bungalow op Hopper Court, brand
new, 6 rooms, bath. electric lights.
Price $4,000.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1912-04-23
Marx of InsIncerltx.

"@iN W tuSinSC'"y'
Beware of him who meets you with
friendly mien, and in the midst OF
a cordial salutation seeks to avoid
your glance.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1912-04-23
Town Lots

House and lot East 18th St., Hop
kinsvile, house 6 rooms and two
verandas, concrete walk and steps,
lot 50x135. Price $500.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-10-23
PLANK ROAD NOW
. MINIATURE SWAMP
Merchants Will Again Appeal
to the Board of
Freeholders.

With the Plank road a miniature
swamp beyond the Hackensack
bridge, Newark merchants once nlofo
are going TO appeal to the Board of
Freeholders for relief They want
action just now as they have wanted
it for more months than they can re-
member. This time they say they are
going to get it or know the reason
why.
The road. which is the most lmpor-
tant route for wagon traffic between
this city and New York, was impass-
able today. Trucks had to be sent
around, and few that ventured too
far are up to the hubs in mire.
James j. HILL of the Hill Bread
Company, said today that he and
other users of the road are deter
mined to push the matter to an issue
why, my wagons could not get
through at all today" he continued.
"The road Is in a frightful state. In
the bad places. between the Haeken-
sack and Communipaw avenue, the
planks are actually floating.
"The horses of one truck were up
to their knees. How the driver will
ever get them out | don't know.
"A freeholder whom | met the
other day told me planks could not
be obtained. | have heard a good
many reasons for the extraordinary
badness of the Plank road, but that
Is the most remarkable. We are going
to appeal to the Board of F'reeholders
again. They ought to know how i'm
portant that road is, but if they
really did ] can't understand how
they can eountenanee such inter
minable delays in the repaving of It,"
August c. Voelker, president of the
Peoples Express Company. also had
his wagons stalled today. He too Is
anxious to appeal again to the free
folders.
1t is expected that fifty or sixty
business men will join in the petition.