Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-01-22
MOLINE

Stop Sunday Work on City Hail.
Assurance was communicated to mem
bers of the Moline Ministerial union
by city authorities that no longer
would workmen be employed on Sun
days on work for the city. The mes
sage was delivered Monday afternoon
when the ministers met in the Y. NJ.
C. A. in regular session. The message
was in response TO the passage Of a
resolution by the ministers a fortnight
ago, when commissioners were scored
because men worked on the new city
hall building seven days a week.
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JUL Law Affects city.-Workings Of
the JUL law strike Moline this year
for the first time since the law was
adopted. Last year Rock Island was
the highest taxing district, but this
year the twin city escaped by one cent.
The rate which was computed proved
to be AIS for Moline, just overlapping
Rock Islands. This was by the JUL
law scaled to 8 per cent of certain
property valuations, a reduction of
27.7 per cent. Under the scaling. all
county taxes are scaled down from rs
cents to "a cents. Moline is vitality af-
fected by the scaling down of park
and library rates. The former is re-
duced from 20 to IA cents, difference
of six cents, and the library from II
to nine cents.
Aged Man Injured.-Eric Anderson,
IS years old was seriously injured
Monday afternoon when in a collision
of two wagons he was knocked to the
ground. Both legs were cut and sew
eral stitches were necessary. Ander-
son, whose home is at All Twelfth
street. was taken to the city hospital
| The outcome is doubtful. He is en-
ployed in the wood shop of Deere &
/ Co., and was pulling a load Of scrap
wood to the dumping place. AS he
turned a corner, heavy wagon col
lided with the rear end of the wood
wagon. Anderson was thrown to the
ground. He was not run over, but the
weight Of the wagons rested on him
in such a way that his legs were cut.
A cash more than six inches in length
barred the bone of Anderson's right
leg. The injury to the left leg, though
similar in nature, is not so serious as
that to the other limb.
Rapid Rise in Property Value
Horstkamp G Sherman, realty deal
ers, have secured an option from Mrs.
Hannah c. Hoffman on property own
ed by her at 1922 Fifth avenue. The
lot is 4Ox15O, and the pgice is $4,000
A few months ago when the lot was on
the market an option was taken by
other parties at $4,000. If the deal
goes through, and there is every in
dication that it will, new business
block will be erected.
Mrs. Beatty Follows Husband In
Death.-Mrs. John G. Beatty passed to
rest from the home, 1910 Twenty-sev-
enth avenue, at 2:30 yesterday after
noon. The news came as another
shock to the many friends of the fam
lily, who Monday afternoon attended
the funeral of MIR. Beatty. Not many
knew that Mrs. Beatty was Ill. Surviv-
ling her husband but little more than
three days, her death without doubt
was fastened by the shock Of his
passing. She had been i'll but a few
days of pneumonia and was unable to
see her husband laid to his rest. Ma
tilda George was married to John Beat
ty at Muscatine, April 10, 1871, and
leaves two stepsons, Frank and Sam
Uel Beatty of this city, to mourn the
passing of one who had been to them
as mother.