Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-06-04

bat great effort will be made to get |
as ii is the hope OF the committee to |
prepare 4 program for the Fourth that |
will surpass that of last year and give I
Moli,.e celebration that will not only |
be safe and sane, but so attractive |
that it will be remembered for years |
to Come. This cannot be done, how
ever. without cooperation of the citi- |
Gems. and the committee urges that
everyone who can possibly do so at
tend the meeting Thursday evening.
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Death Cell for Killing Dogs.-Deter-
mined to be in the front rank of prog
ress in all things, Moline Monday
adopted the latest, most approved, and
up-to-date method of infiicting capital
! punishment on dogs. Heretofore q
i large revolver In the hands OF .one
/ of the patrolmen has put an end to
/ the yagrant lives of the stray CANNES
/ picked up by the police, but Monday
/ the patroiman executioner decided that
shooting was altogether too crude and
unsatisfactory a method of inflicting
the death penalty. In fact, this deci-
/ sion was reached some time ago when
one animal, after receiving a bullet
through the ear instead of in the head
as was intended, fed along Sixteenth
street, causing great CONSERVATION
among morning shoppers. So Monday
connection was made in the barn in
the rear of the police station with a
ttx-i nf oil
Straps with metal conductors were
made and the dog, little yellow one
of on particular breed, was conducted
to the death CELL" fastened with
straps, and the current turned on.
Death was instantaneous.
Paving Ordinances Passed.-Two
ipending improvement ordinances were
given final hearing and passed by the
city commission in session Monday
afternoon. Two more were introduced
and in accordance with law were laid
over for week before final action is
taken. Ordinances passed were those
providing for paving with brick OF
Eleventh-and-a-half street from Elev,
enth avenue to the alley and in the
alley from Eleventh-and-a-half to
Twelfth street, and on Sixth street
from Third to Tenth avenue. Ordi
nances given first reading have to dc
with the big east end paving project
with Twenty-seventh street as the
main artery, and on Eleventh-and-a
quarter avenue, between Nineteenth
and Twenty fifth street and intersect
ing streets.
Obituary Record.-The funeral o
Hans P. Roseburg will be held from
the late home, 2S07 Seventeenth street
at 2:3O Thursday afternoon. Inter
ment will be in Riverside cemetery
Decedent was a native of Sweden, hi
birth occurring Oct. IL, 1850. In 1877
he came to this country and direct t
this city, which had been his hom
since. On his arrival he began worl
at his trade-that of polisher-wit
Dimock, Gould & Co. and after fiv
years he entered the employ of Deer
& Mansur Co., where he remained 70
25 years. Then he was taken i'll. A
the time of his death he was servin
as tax collector of this township, hay
ing been elected on the peoples tickle
April 2, 1912, for the term of tw
:. years. He had, through the agency {
Deputies Bergstrom and Schrader, fu
IL filled the duties of his Office in a
- efficient and satisfactory manner TIL
n vacancy caused by his death will b
y filled by appointment by the tow
board, according to law, before til
=. first of next year. The widow an
IL seven children are left in bereavemer
in because of his passing. The childre
n, are Emil Charles, Harry. Guy, Mr.
n. Sifford Bergstrom and Mrs. Arthl
lg Erickson, all of this city, and Mr.
IL John Vance of Franklin, Ohio.
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