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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-12-04

ordinances of the city of Rock Is
land relating to the placing of poles
i'll the streets and other public places
in said city of Rock Island 1t is
further provided, that where practi-
cable for that purpose, the alleys of
said city shall be utilized for the plac-
ing of poles in preference to using
the streets and other places; and that
poles shall be so located as not to
materially interfere with the access to
or from any property; that all poles
erected and the use of the same dis
continued by said company for a per
iod of thirty 900 days shall be re-
moved within ten QO) days after no
tice so to do has been served upon
said company by the commissioner of
streets and public improvements of
the city of Rock Island, ILL.,
Section 3. That before opening any
streets, alleys or other public places
in said city for the placing of conduits
or manholes, the said Tri-City Auto
matte Home Telephone company, its
successors, lessees or assigns, shall
and pubic Improvements of said city,
a list showing the streets and other
public places to be so occupied; and
the same to be approved by said com.
missioner of streets and public i'm
pTovements. Accompanying said list
filed with said commissioner Of streets
and public improvements shall be filed
yN1a ~, =, -
location in said streets and other pub.
lie places of all conduits, manholes
and openings which it is proposed to
have or place therein.
Section f. When an opening is made
in any street, alley or other pubic
place for the placing of conduits, man
holes or poles, such openings shall be
continued as short a time as reason
ably necessary, and precautions shall
be taken by said Tri-City Automatic
Home Telephone company, its sue
| cessors, lessees or assigns, TO protect
! against accident or danger as are rea-
sonable or practicable, by the use of
lanterns and signs, or fixtures or other
I safeguards.
Section 5. That portions of the
streets disturbed by the openings
made therein, in the building or main
/ tanning of said plant, shall, with rea-
sonable promptness be restored by
! said company 10 the former condition
and in a manner satisfactory to the
commissioner of streets and public i'm
/ provements of said city of Rock Is
/ land, Ill. Provided, that where the
change of grade or curb lines in any
street, alley or public place by said
city makes it necessary that poles be-
/ longing TO said Tri-City Automatic
Home Telephone company, its sue
, cessOrs, lessees or assigns, shall be
reset or relocated, such changes shall
be made by said company when SO
ordered by the commissioner OF
streets and public improvements OF
said city Of Rock Island, III.
Section g. The said company, with
in the district known as the fire lin.
its Of said city Of Rock Island, shall
construct and use underground con
duits for its cables and wires, and
no poles shall be placed in any street
in said fire limits, having such con
duits laid, except distributing poles
for wires and cables.
Section Z The said company shall
furnish to the city Of Rock Island fol
the use of its fire alarm and police
patrol system wires, one duct in each
street or alley where il builds under
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-12-04

Grafton Of an exchange or plant for
telephone and telegraph purposes sub
ject to the provisions hereinafter set
forth.
Section 2. That poles placed or used
under the rights herein granted shall
be so located and erected as not to
materially Obstruct or impede the
sidewalks, streets, alleys and passage
ways; that such poles so erected shall
and shall be neatly shaved and paint
ed; that said poles shall be placed
in conformity to the provisions of the
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-12-04

to scratch. For eighteen
or twenty years | could not
tell what l passed through
with that awful itching.
l would scratch until the
blood would soak through
my underwear. and 1 could
mt talk to my friends on the
street but l would be dig
gilg and uIluching that
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-12-04

A sprained ankle will usually dis
able the injured person for three or
four weeks. This is due to lack OF
proper treatment. When Chamber
lain's Liniment is applied cure may
be effected in three or four days This
IMMINENT is one of the best and most
remarkable preparations in use. Sold
by all druggists (AdYertisement)
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-12-04

All the news all the time.-The
Argus.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-12-04
SUFFERED TORMENT
WITH ECZEMA
For Many Years. On Thigh. Also
on Scalp. Awful Itching Skin.
Could Not Sleep. CutiCura Soap
and Ointment Completely Cured.

Lebanon. O.-"My eczema started on
my thigh with a small pimple. It also came
on my scalp. II began to itch and began
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1912-10-07
Lived Centuries i'm Rock.

Los Angeles engaged
in clearing and blasting rock on the
l.. d. Loomis property in Santa Mon
lea canyon recently found frog i'm
bedded in solid limestone, fully three
feet beneath the surface. 1t had been
incased in rock for probably several
hundred years.
Apparently petrified, the amphib-
ian was taken by the astonished
workmen and laid in the sun. In a
few seconds it suddenly showed signs
of life and after several minutes it
blinked confusedly, drew long
breath, and in long leaps travelled a
hundred feet before the workmen
could recapture it.
The lump of limestone from which
it was taken was carefully packed
and taken to Santa Monica. 1t shows
clearly the exact shape of its occu-
pant even to the minutest detail.
Professor G. w. Atland of the Uni
versity of California, to whom the
rock was shown, and the circum-
stances of its finding related, stated
that undoubtedly the frog is hun
dreds of years old Professor Atland
is recognized as an authority.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1912-10-07
FISH THAT CATCH TURTLES.
They Are Used to Advantage by Fish
ermen In Cuban Waters.

ernen In Cuban Waters.
In the neighborhood of Havana a
most peculiar method of securing tur-
ties is pursued. They train or at least
take advantage of the instincts of a
certain species of fish called by the
Spanish reve (meaning reversed), be-
cause its back is usually taken for its
stomach.
1t has an oval plate attached to its
head, the surface of which is traversed
by parallel ridges. By this plate it can
firmly adhere to any solid body it may
choose. The boats which go in quest
Of turtles each carry tub containing
a number of these reves.
When the sleeping turtles are seen
they are approached. and as soon as
they are judged near enough a reve is
thrown into the sea- Upon perceiving
the turtle its instinct teaches it to
swim right toward it and fit itself
firmly upon the creature by means of
its disk Sooner would the reve allow
itself to be pulled to pieces than give
up its grip.
A ring. which is attached to the tail
of the fish. in which a string is fas-
tened, allows the fisherman to pull In
his prize. By a peculiar manipulation
the reve is pulled off and returned to
the tub. to be ready for use the next
time turtle is sighted.-St. Louis
Globe-Democrat.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1912-10-07
Fighting for a Lost
Cause.

Anti-Suffragists Fighting for a Lost
Cause.
"If evidence is needed that the
anti-suffragists are fighting for a
lost cause, it can be found in the
arguments which they themselves
present in the official pamphlet re-
Gently issued by the secretary of
state against the constitutional
amendment extending the suffrage
to women Among other things their
argument contains the statement
that there is always an active and
Jealous minority in favor of woman
suffrage and this minority can be
trusted to get out and vote
IF such be the case, let us all turn
suffragists. The curse of this coun-
try is not the big corporations, nor
the political bosses, but the apa-
thetic voters. The abuses of the in
itiative and other forms of popular
government are due to the fact that
the interested minorities are active
and Jealous and can be trusted to
get out and vote, while the majority,
who really are interested, but do not
realize it, fail to vote at all or vote
no because of insufficient under
standing of the measures. If We
would only all get out and vote there
would be no need for the initiative,
referendum or recall. The anti-suf-
fragists say: The man at his labor
in the street, in the meeting places
of men, learns unconsciously, as a
rule, the code, the meaning, the need
of public affairs
IF he learns the code, meaning
and needs of public affairs at all, the
average man certainly learns them
unconsciously. The man who works
at manual labor does not have very
much leisure time to spend in study
ing political institutions and meas
ures. If he interests himself in
those things he is notable exception
to the rule. The average farmer.
| laborer, mechanic or artisan is inter
ested in things which concern him
more nearly than the policies of a
great commonwealth 1t is wrong
that it should be so, but we do not
for that reason deprive him of his
right to vote. Again they aver:
We protest against the proposal
for the following reasons: (4) Be-
cause the need of America is not an
increased quantity but an improved
quality of the vote, and there is no
adequate reason for believing that
woman suffrage, by doubling the
vote, will improve the quality
Anything can be proved by asser-
ton. Woman suffrage may or may
not double the vote | think not.
But it will certainly alter it in
manner different from that which is
inferred in this so-called reason. In
the first place, not all women in the
United States or of the state of Ore
gon are married. In the second
place, not all who have the privilege
will vote, any more than all the men
who have the privilege vote. But the
aerage business woman, the average
spinster, the average school teacher
is about as intelligent as the average
man, and it should be her right and
duty, to cast ballot which will off
set the vote of the bum, the fanatic
and the illiterate foreigner. To with
hold from her that privilege is to
subject her to government in which
she has no voice or representation
a government wherein those who are
mentally and morally her interiors
are politically her superiors. .
Ralph w. Eckhardt, of Ontario. in
the Oregonian.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1912-10-07
SCHOOL SOCIAL CENTER
Board of Education of Spokane
Opens Buildings to Meet
ings.

Spokane public schools will be
available for public meetings of all
kinds, advocates of the social cen
ter" idea having won their long cam
paign before the board of education.
The board adopted a recommends
tion of a special committee of its
membership providing for the use OF
any room suitable for a public meet
ing in any of the Sc Spokane ward
school buildings. Meetings of an ed
ucationsl, social, religious or politi-
cal character are specified by the
board as permissible.
One restriction placed is that
meetings must be under the auspices
of a regularly organized body, with
duly constituted officers, who must
assume responsibility for the proper
care of the rooms used. The rules
of the board prohibit conduct that
might be out of place in a building
used for educational purposes.
Organizations using the buildings
for meetings will be requested not to
permit the use of tobacco or liquors
on the school premises. A fee of 50
for janitor service at each meeting
will be charged.
The subject of using school build
ings for public meetings has been a
live issue in Spokane for more than
two years, the Social Science Club
leading the social center" move
ment. Many committees have ap-
peared before the board of education
during that time, and the question
has provided material for many de-
bates.
The first request for use of a
school building since the new ruling
became effective came from the So
cialists, who asked permission to
hold a meeting in the Adams school.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1912-10-07
Newton's Perseverance.

Many interesting stories are related
of Newtons great perseverance. Not
infrequently upon ARISING in the morn
ing he would sit down on his bedside
and remain there for hours without
dressing himself. occupied with some
interesting investigation which had
fixed his attention.
On a tablet in the room in which
Newton was born at Woolsthorpe
manor house is inscribed the celebrated
epitaph written by Pope:
Nature and natures laws lay hid in night
God said, Let Newton be-" and all was
light.
Sir Isaac told Bishop Pearce that ht
had spent thirty years at intervals IL
reading over all the authors or parts Of
authors which could furnish him will
materials for his Chronology Of An
cient Kingdoms" and that he had writ
ten that work sixteen times with hi'
own hand.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1912-10-07
Why They Go Mad.

Harry Macdona once made whim'
sical remark after his return from
one of his many polar expeditions"
IT didn't mind the cold so much" q"
he said. "and the hardships were to
be looked for as part Of the game.
But what proved to be almost lnsup-
portable was the constant association
day and night, with the same men,
They were all good fellows, too. and |
liked them, but | got to know them
too we'll. A man is like music box.
He can only play just so many tunes,
and after you have heard them all
over again and again you get deadly
tired Of them. l think that is why SC
many go mad on such trips"
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1912-10-07
Fell Four Thousand Feet.

A tragic balloon experience was that
Of Brownlow. Accompanied by anoth-
er balloonist. he made an ascension
from St Louis in 1902. The balloon
rose rapidly TO a height of about 1000
feet. At this point Brownlow leaned
over the side of the car to adjust some
rigging. A sudden change in the wind
lurch of the car. and Brownlow fell
over the edge of the basket and, with
cry that his aerial comrade said
would haunt him to his death. shot
downward toward the earth. The bal
loon, thus lightened, sprang upward
with great leap, and Brownlow's com
panion lost consciousness. When he
recovered the balloon was In full de
scent, and he managed to find the valve
cord and so debate it as to make 8
safe landing. OF Brownlow no further
trace was ever found.-New York Trib
une,
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1912-10-07
Wanted to Be Prepared.

A congressman tells of a little shoot
ing party which he attended.
more than one of the party" said
the congressman. "felt trifle nervous
about a certain young Englishman as
he and his gun seemed strangers.
Nothing occurred. however. until l felt
something poking me in the side as we
crept along. Turning quickly, l found
the novice prodding me with the muz-
zle and fumbling with the hammers of
his gun.
"'Hi, GUS he whispered, before we
get on to the birds you might just
show me 'ow you let these ere trig'
gers down! "-Boston Traveller.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1912-10-07
Onion Soup and Fame.

Membership in the French academy.
the hoped for reward of Gallo writers,
was once closely associated with onion
soup. During the restoration in France
a club was formed under the title of
"Diner de la Soup pOnion." This or
ganization contained twenty members.
1t met every three months. when the
dinner was opened with an onion soup
The club was to endure until every as
sociate was elected to the academy
This was accomplished in 1S45. when
the last banquet was held.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1912-10-07
The Word "Studio."

"Studio" is one Of the many foreign
words that have acclimatized them
selves in the English language. 1t is
a recent import from Italy, unknown
to Johnson's dictionary and apparently
not occurring before the nineteenth
century, but it has supplied a want
Study" which is the real English for
studio" suggests room for reading
and writing. and "workroom" lacks
distinctiveness. The French get along
with "atelier," which literally means
place in which small planks are pre-
pared-in other words, carpenters
workshop.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1912-10-07
Called Home TO Fight.

New York, Oct. Send all Bull
garians and Macedonians to Bull
garia."
This is the message posted in front
of the Macedonian Bulgarian organ
ization here today. 1t was sent by
the president of the central commit
tee in Sofia.
While there are only about 1000
Bulgarians and Macedonians in New
York, it is said large colonies OF
these nationalities live in East st.
Louis, South Chicago, Pittsburg and
other industrial centers.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1912-10-07
ENGLISH INN NAMES.
Some of Them Are as Quaint as Their
Origins Are Queer.


Origins Are Queer.
Many explanations have been given
of curious signboards for inns. The
Goat and Compasses is supposed to be
a corruption of a motto set over inns
during the Puritan period. Good en-.
compasses u.s." Bag of Nails of "Bac.
chanals." Why Not and Dewdrop inn
are described as invitations to the
wayfarer; Bird in Hand and Last
House, or Final. suggestions that he
should not waste his opportunities to
imbibe.
The Bull and Mouth is said to be a
corruption of Boulogne Mouth, captur.
ed by Henry VIII Bull and Gate. it
is suggested. may possible be a similar
vulgarism for Boulogne Gate.
Great battles fought and fortresses
taken are cnlnnemoruted by Gibraltar
Waterloo. Battle nf the Nile, and Ira
falgar. AdmiralS range from Blake to
Napier, generals Marlborough to
Wellesley, Wellington, Nelson and Kep
pei being the most common.
1t is surprising how many of the Mel
son inns are buildings three or four
centuries old, showing that the inn
keeper was prepared to sacrifice the
sign under which he had hitherto done
business and trusted to make new
reputation under the aegis of the popu-
lar ro."-Westminster Gazette.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1912-10-07
BASEBALL STRATEGY.
Brain Work of More Importance Than
Mere Athletic Ability.


Mere Athletic Ability.
There are things in a ball game not
mentioned in the rules. A team made
up of players who had never seen nor
read Of the game and had never had
any instruction outside of the rules
would have no hit and run plays. no
squeeze plays. probably no men caught
flat footed" Off base. no double steals,
no delayed steals. no shifting of the in
field according to the runners on. the
score and the ''outs;" no signaling, no
signal stealing. no hidden ball tricks.
no 'stalling'' tricks. by which a player
is led to think a ball is fielded in one
place when it is really fielded elsewhere
in fact. the very heart and soul of
baseball would be missing. The batter
would hit or walk and patiently wait
for his successor to hit or walk to ad-
vance him. Runs would be in exact
proportion to hits. and outs would be
made only in the stereotyped ways, and
nobody would care either to play or to
see the game!
So it might be said. without much
fear of contradiction. that the strategy
of the game, the part played by brains
and wits. is more to baseball than ath-
letic ability to run. hit. field or throw.
spectacular and exciting as plays made
only by strength, muscle and skill must
always bee. II. Claudy in st. Nicho-
las
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1912-10-07
ASHLAND'S EQUAL SUFFRAGE
SONG.
(By Howell Isaac.)

(By Howell Isaac.)
Men have tried, for years, to run the
ship of state,
And to steer it clear of all unhappy
fate,
But we find that help is needed, now
so great,
The women must have votes.
Chorus:
On to vict'ry, on to vict'ry,
We shall never suffer loss,
We shall fight, fight, fight, till death
with all our might,
For the women's suffrage cause.
We have tried, for years, to work out
great reforms,
And to fight the evil mid the wind
and storms,
But no progress yet; it grows in all
it's forms,
Cause the women cannot vote.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1912-10-07
PEASANTS OF RUSSIA.
They Can't Read and Have to Be Aided
by Signs and Symbols.

by Signs and Symbols.
All Russian shops have signs indicat-
ing the business carried on within
them. Most of them have paintings
describing the articles sold. For ex.
ample. outside the fishmonger's is a
large picture of fish; outside the butch
er's, of meat; outside the poulterer's.
Of chicken and game; outside the tea
shop. of teapots. glasses and saucers.
Houses are painted red. green, yell
low, blue, so that the peasants may
easily differentiate them or explain
the way. Trains are sent off by bells
at the station because the peasants
cannot read the time tables. The first
bell, one chime. is a quarter of an hour
before the train starts; the second, Two
chimes. is five minutes before, and the
third. three chimes. means the train is
starting.
At postoffices men are employed to
write letters for peasants or read them
at fixed tariff: For addressing an en-.
velope. one farthing; for writing a post
card or short letter, penny farthing:
for writing a long letter. twopence
halfpenny. and for reading a letter
aloud. one penny. Every pillar box has
a picture of letter on it, so that the
peasant may know it is the place in
which to drop his postcard or his en-
velope. Russia is. as a rule. free from
billboards, because the peasant cannot
read.-London Family Herald.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1912-10-07
Journalism as a Study.

Seattle Post-Intelligencer: No
field of activity in these modern
times offers broader opportunities
for useful and helpful service than
the field of journalism offers. Jour
nalism is big factor in modern life;
sometimes it seems that we do not
fully appreciate the power welded
by the press of the country. 1t is a
power not always wisely used; it is
not always used for the good it can
do; but in the main the newspapers
of America are clean in most respects
and do more good than harm, and If
that could be said of the average
citizen it probably would satisfy the
requirements of our imperfect civil
iZation.
The establishment of a department
of journalism in the University oil
Oregon, following a similar and reas-
onably successful experiment in the
University of Washington, and the
assignment of Eric w, Allen, who
for a number of years, has been con-
nected with this paper, to the new
chair in the Oregon university, shows
that the people in this section OF the
country fully appreciate the power OF
the press and that they are anxious
to realize the maximum of its power
for good in modern society.
Mr.. Allen is a young gentleman
of fine capacity He has had prac-
tical experience in newspaper max
ing; his ideals are clean; he is keen
to the opportunities of his new posi-
fiOn and il is certain that OREGON s
leading educational institution viii
reap a fair profit as result of his
services.