Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-08-28
DAY IN DAVENPORT

Pioneer Picnle.-Attorney George E.
Hubbell, veteran member OF the Scott
County bar, and Attorney J. A. Han.
ley will deliver the addresses, at the
annual picnic of the Scott County
Pioneer Settlers association Wednes-
day of next week. at the Outing club.
The picnic vii begin at 10 o'cock IN
the morning and last until evening,
when the annual banquet will be he'd.
Scio numbers will he given by Mrs.
Hilda Matthey, Mrs. Alfred Mueller
and Miss Ruth Benkert. A piano duet
will be given by Earl and Bessie Ar
NIL. A chair will be given to the oldest
setter present rs sign Of esteem by
the society according TO annual Gus
tom. The committee in charge OF the
annual event Is composed Of c. ".
Pinneo. c. B. Snyder, ]. F. Kelly,
James Wilson. Hugh Briceland, Henry
Karwath. c Curtis and Bowman FL
bridge.
VIII Supervise Levee.-The Daven-
port Levee Improvement commission
has secured the services of Commits
sioner Of Public Works Arthur NJ.
Compton. who will resign his position
with the city as soon as a successor is
selected, and accept the important po-
sltion of supervising engineer in full
charge OF the big Davenport levee and
harbor improvement. The decision
was made some time ago and was Of
ficially confirmed yesterday morning
by a person In authority who request
cd that his name be withheld.
Firemen on Way.-William F. Clio
ley and Daniel H. Shire, Davenport's
representative to the National Fire
mems association convention which
convsnes at Chicago. left .oday to a..
tend the annual gathering, after which
they will journey TO New York 10 at.
tend the annual convention OF fire en-
giDeers from all parts OF the gobe.
Telephone Business Increases. -
Fifty-Six telephone and telegraph com
panies are doing business in Scott
county. according to statistics com
piled by County Auditor Edward Col
Inns. There are 9S1.91 miles of tele
phone and telegraph wires In the coun
~. The various companies are as
sessed for taxes On $4,000 worth 0.
property in Scott county and on s17,
723 worth OF property IN the city o.
Davenport
To Save Shack.-Ernest c. Arp
owner. and Frank z. wettstein, occu
pant OF the barn at 1921 Fulton avenue
condemned by the city council as "un
III for habitation Of man and beast,
esk for a temporary injunction agains
Chief OF Police Schramm, Health OF
ficer Mullen and the city restraining
the authorities from carrying out tht
councils orders.
chiropraotic Parade. The chiro
prnctic parade yesterday Afternoon
was quite a brilliant pageantry. Head
ed by C;tO's band. no less than ] ,O0t
chtropractors and students were il
the line OF march. These representa-,
10 Ollti thN tJuAlAeS anu most OF INO
states of the union. Flags OF all nG
lions. carried by the marchers, made
conspicuous showing. At the business
session yesterday morning there was
spirited contest between Davenport
and Denver for next years conventio,
and Davenport. the fountain head q
the science. won.
Peck to lndisnapolis.-The man
friends in Davenport OF Edward {
Peck, father OF DR.. Raymond l.. Peel
formerly n well known citizen OF thi
city and one Of our leading vocalist!
will be pleased 10 learn that he ha
accepted the position OF auditor a; tn
fine new 4OO-room Hotel SEVERN :
indianapolis.
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Licensed 70 Wed.-The followin
marriage licenses were issued yeste
day by Clerk OF District Court Harr
J. Mcfarland: Herman J. Giese an
Meta Sindt, Wilton Junction; Johanne
Boil and Emma S. Bshr. Dixon; Dol
aid Mcdonald, York, Neb., and Ein
Lencre Douglas, Alliance; Frank !