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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-02-15
lied to their fullest capacity, for there
is business enough for both.
PRIZES FOX SCHOOL INDUS
TRIAL WORK.

zone cake, loaf Of bread, fsncy pill
low, fancy apron. hemstitched hand
kerchief, three ears yellow corn, three
ears popcorn, quart of new wheat,
largest and best head of cabbage"
This signifies neither a church sale
ucr Q county fair, but = scr.7I exhlD-
II IN n county where industrial work
"a recognized by regular training in
The public schools AMI rewarded BY
prizes az the end OF the year. The
work is done at home under the direc-
ton OF parents as well as teachers, &C
cordinE 10 information received at the
United States bureau Of education.
The county Industrial educational
exhibit" recently held at Goshen. Ind,
where products such as these are
shown. represents a school and home
movement that is going on vigorously
in many parts Of the United States. 1t
.ypifies the awakened interest in in
dustrial training that has come to sup
plement, not supplanL the traditional
work OF the public schools. II means
! closer connection than ever before be-
tween school and life.
The business men Of this Indiana
county showed their interest in the
school industrial exhibit by furnishing
prizes for the best products in each
class. The first prize for the best loaf
/ Of bread baked by a school girl was
a god ring, and the second an Axmlns-
/ ter rug. The girl who served the most
delicious luncheon Of four dishes was
rewarded with a "savory rooster"
Boys from the high school who showed
the most business-like commercial pa.
/ per-checks. notes. etc-and wrote
the best composition on What a high.
school graduate should know and be
able 70 do" we're presented with sub
scriptions 10 local newspapers. The
winners Of the corn club exhibit were
given the privilege Of a two days trip
10 Purdue university; and there were
many other premiums awarded fol-
products actually made or grown by
the school children of the county dur
ing the year.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-02-15

Every year iu which there are bump
or crops a large part OF the food sup
Ply Of this country fs lost because Of
lack Of adequate transportation facil-
tiles. That railroad managers admit
that they have MOI tine equipments to
handle all the traffic they are asked
to handle although they have added
good many cars 90 the rolling stock
within the past T. months. Tie obyi-
Gus remedy is 20 improve the .a'and
waterways and transport by boat a
greater quantity Of our annual crops
10 the big markets. In every country
m Europe the Importance Of inland
waterways rs a means OF moving the
crops is recognized and millions OF
dollars are spent every year on them.
No country in the word is so we'll
supplied with streams that can be
made arteries OF traffic as the United
states, yet some Of the most important
~ the rivers in this country have been
neglected. The loss Of part OF the
crops annually because OF inadequate
transportation facilities adds mater
tally 20 the cost OF living. Judge
Knapp. head Of the commerce court
in a recent speech in Philadelphia,
said:
1T is a matter OF common knowl-
edge that the output OF traffic for the
fiscal year 1907 exceeded the carrying
capacity Of all our rail and water
lines. Now, with the rapid increase
OF population and an equally rapid in
crease in productive efficiency-thati is
10 say. with a greater army OF work
ers, better cultivation OF the soil and
finer industrial organiZation-the out
put OF that year ought to be doubled,
and will be doubled. in another de-
cade, II only we can provide for its
prompt and proper distribution"
This is one OF the most serious prob
lens confronting the American people
today. The railroads are many. but
s. Is very evident that they are unable
10 handle all the traffic.
they VIII not be injured in the
least IL the inland waterways are util-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-02-15
CAPITAL COMMENT

that he was sent to congress to serve
the best interests of all the people and
not for the purpose OF perpetuating
soft snaps for the wealthy of the
District of Columbia. Mr. Johnson,
after a hard fight, succeeded in strik-
ing more than three millions of dol
lars out of the last appropriation bill
for the District of Columbia
The people back in the states are
taxed TO carry on their local city, coun-
ty and state government; and, in ad-
dition, are taxed to pay one-half of
all the municipal expenses of the city
of Washington" declared Mr. Johnson.
Congress quarrels and nights within
itself over the question as to whether
enc or two battleships shall be built,
and without batting an eye or asking
a question votes the price of dread
naught to Washington each congress.
Widows of the old soldiers are COM
PEELED to fight and scramble for an
So or a So a month pension, but the
widow of a Washington policeman is
paid a pension of $50 a month and
no questions asked, while the So pen
stoned widow back in the states is
taxed to help pay it. The same may be
said CT the old soldier himself
TEACHER BEARS HER SHARE.
The county school teacher bears
/ her part of a tax burden in order TO
/ pay the school teacher $500 for teach
! ing $50 hours in the schools of Wash
/ ington. The school child back in the
states bears its proportion of tax at
home for school books, and then pays
/ tax to buy school books for the
| child of the millionaire who lives in
! Washington. The farmer On the rural
route in the states must carry a Ian,
/ tern on his road or travel in the dark
while he pays his proportion of the
/ cost 10 put electric lights on the rural
routes, which lead out of the city of
/ Washington to the limits Of the 7C
square miles which constitute the Dis,
/ trict of Columbia.
The school child back in the states
| is given desk room in its humble
school at a cost of a dollar or two
/ while that child bears its proportion OF
tax which is imposed upon the Amer
lean people to give desk room costing
! 81, 210 for each child which has enter
ed the school age during the last five
years in the city of Washington"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-02-15

DEPARTMENT
coNDOrrtD 81
Mrs Alice, 6itChcu Kirk

"a minutes from the time he lighted
the Overland milk biscuit, and then
he roasted piece of meat and finished
his feat with casserole. Everything
was as it should be and he was as
pleased as a boy with his first pen
knife.
An hour or so after he had left, mis-
father called the cooking expert on
the phone and asked if it was possible
She replied that the best way to prove
the matter would be for father and
mother to come and see for them
selves. So, at the fourth lesson there
was an audience Of three. And every
thing was done as we'll as the teacher
herself could have done.
well, that is wonderful" said the
mother. 81 never would have believ-
ed it, had l not seen" And she fell
to tasting her sons jelly roll, which
was delicious, and his biscuit, which
were equally good.
ORDERS FLOWED IN.
After one more lesson, for a few
finishing touches, the young man start
ed of to Europe.
At first he didn't get a warm vel
come from the dealers in southern
France and Italy, but when he had Civ
en- one or two exhibitions of what he
had learned from the cooking expert
he began to get orders.
Those people had never before seer
anything like what he showed them
They looked upon his results as al
most miraculous In a short time hi
was the talk of the trade, and dealer!
focked TO see him do his "wondair-ful'
cooking.
OF course, they wanted stoves tina
would do work of that sort! o
course, they wanted to know the wa!
to make such admirable "zhelle-roll.
OF course the young salesman showed
them how, and when he came back Il
his native land he brought SO man.
orders for gas ranges that, even if h,
hadn't been a member of the family
he would have been made member o
the firm.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-02-15

Backward turn backward, o, time, In
your flight!
Give me conceit again, Just for tonight;
Carry me back to the days when 1 wore
Loud clothes and, in fact, was a gay
sophomore;
Smooth from my forehead all traces of
care,
Cover my poll with a thatch Of dark hair;
Put all the doubts that assail me to sleep.
Give back the self-love I neglected to
keep.
Tired of the hollow. the base and untrue.
I long TO be somewhere around %,
With the boundless conceit that enlivened
me then,
When l faHcied I welded a masterful
pen;
When I thought that the things which I
wrote We're sublime,
And was sure that my fame must endure
through all time
When 1 proudly believed that my wisdom
was deep
And that genius was resting when I went
to sleep.
Turn backward. o. time, for tonight,
won't you please,
And let me be giaddened by youths
ecstacies?
Permit me TO have the cock-sureness OF
yore,
That I had when I strutted, a proud
sophomore,
Believing I knew all a mortal might
know,
And sure was chosen to lead here be-
low;
oh, put all the doubts that perplex me
to sleep,
Give back the conceit I've neglected to
keep.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-02-15
Friendly Advice.

81 have" he said, as he laid his
book on the reviewers desk, publish
ed this volume Of poems simply for
my own satisfaction and amusement"
Then" advised the critic after he
had hastily glanced at the opening
lines. in which claim" was made to
rhyme with grain" Il would urge you
to take the entire edition and keep it
carefully within the confines of your
own library"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-02-15

Especial Correspondence OF The Argus
San Francisco, Feb. 11-Although
Chinese burglars may employ peculiar
methods in the pursuit of their voca-
ton, the efficiency OF these artists is
not questioned by DR.. and Mrs. c. o.
Patten. who have just arrived here
from Hongkong
During the IS months the San
Francisco dentist and his beautiful
19-year-old wife remained IN the orient
they experienced two robberies which
left them without a single one OF the
valuable presents they received when
they we're married here just before
sailing for the far east.
The wedding Of Miss Lottie Porter,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-02-15

the government standing one-half of
the taxes for residents of the District
Of Columbia is an old one. 1t has
been going On for years. Custom is
a hard thing to break down. But there
IS really no more reason why the peO-
pie Of the states should bear half of
the. expense Of maintaining he Dis
trict Of Columbia than there is why
they should pay half of the taxes of
the residents Of the capitals of states.
The old policy of the government TO
stand one half of the taxes makes
Washington a fine place for tax dodg-
ing milliOnaircs to build their palaces.
II might only be expected that when
Mr.. Johnson began his fight pressure
would be brought TO bear on him TO
force him TO abandon It, It was. The
great newspaper Of Washington played
him and rldiculed him; the senate
set itself up against him, he was op-
posed on the floor Of the house, and
he had 70 fight, and fight hard for
every inch of Roadway ne made.
INTEREST OF THE PEOPLE.
But Mr.. Johnson took the attitude
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-02-15
Horrible!

Dear me-" said Mrs. Gidney as she
laid the book aside, what a terrible
situation. The hero has just spilled
the last drop of water from his can
teen, and he is out on the desert,
nearest oasis. What could be more
awful?"
Having his last match blown out
before he got his pipe lit and being
hundreds of miles from another" re,
piled Mr. Gidney after blowing out
a few more rings
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-02-15

Here's young man who succeeded
in business simply because he learned
to cook before he started out. He
isn't a chef, either. In fact, he's a
stove salesman.
His father owns one Of the largest
stove factories in the country. The
young man aspires to be a member of
the firm.
Certainly" said Dad, but you must
earn your way first" Then he sug-
Eested that the boy introduce their
gas ranges in southern Europe. where
stoves are poor and people are hard
to change.
Before you CO." suggested the faith
er, better take some cooking lessons.
Go to the best cooking expert in town
and get her 10 show you how TO use
our range"
So the young man called on the
cooking expert and she said she'd take
him for a pupil if he was really seri-
Gus about 1t.
The boy said he was serious.
A few days later he went for his
| first lesson. While he stood by, the
cooking expert made one of her fam.
Gus jelly rolls and some milk biscuit
and roasted a piece OF meat He
watched closely and the next time he
came the cooking expert did the stand
ing by, directing his every move, OF
course.
When come again III go it alone,
he said.
HE LEARNED QUICK.
And he did just that. With the
cooking expert for audience he made
Jelly roll-which was ready to cut il
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-02-15
Feb. IS IN american
History.

Is05-Tbe captive United States frig
ate Philadelphia totally destroyed
BY Lieutenant Stephen Decatur ana
body II Unhad Sgates- sszInen II
the harbor Of IripoH.
1sgS-The United States batCle%iiI
Maine wrecked by a gsTs.ariuus ~
pl0siou IN the hagnor Of havana
. officers and 2G4 OF the crew iosi
their lives
1S99-Original models and patterns OF
the United States battleship Maine
destroyed by fire at the brooklyn
navy yard.
I9O4-AIark A Hanna. United Stateg
senator from Ohio. died: born 1927,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-02-15
Our Provjbcial;sm,

"Deah me-" said Miss Spreadton
after she had lived in England for
three months, how provincial you
Americans are. When I began to
smoke my cigarette awfter dinner in
Chicago some of the women present
actually looked as If they thought I
was doing something unladylike."
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-02-15
The Cuckoo,

IN the middle ages the cuckoo was
thought to be a god who took the form
of a bird. and IT was a sacrilege to
kill him. The Romans were less super
stitious and more practical. They
caught him, killed him and ate him
and held no bird could be compared
with him for sweetness of flesh.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-02-15

The frs; and paramount duty of
every one of the 81 democrats in the
general assembly at Springfield is TO
vote for James Hamilton Lewis for
United States senator. He is the
choice OF the primary and the choice
Of the democrats in the general eiec-
ton and TO fail to stand by him would
be TO bctray the party
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-02-15
His Fear,

And don't forget when you go
downtown today said the wife Of
the millionaire who was being tried
for juggling with the books of the
great institution of which he was the
president. ito get Three Weeks"
I'D be mighty glad to do it, Maria"
he replied, but, between you and ne,
I'm afraid I'll gee about five years"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-02-15
Testind a Hat.

Put on your hat and all outdoor re-
gala. says the London Chronicle. and
then go where you can stand between
strong light and a bare wall Notice
your Silhouette and note the proper
lions and symmetry. If these are not
artistic or satisfactory. throw sway
the hat and buy another.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-02-15
To Star and 70 starLa.

Charles Mathews. the English actor.
once went to perform at Wakefield.
where. owing TO the depressed state
Of trade. the drama received no sup
port. He was sfterward asked how
much money he had made at Wake
field and replied. Not shilling" Not
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-02-15
BY The J. w. POTTER co.

TERMs-Ten cents per week. by car
rier in Rock Island.
Complaints u delivery service should
be made 70 the circulation department.
which should also be notified in every
instance where II IS desired TO have
paper discontinued as carriers have no
authority in the premises.
All communications OF srgumentative
character. political or religious, must
have real name ATTACKED for pubnca-
ton. 40 such articles viii be printed
yer fictitious signatures.
Telephones in all departments: Cen
tral Unicn. West I45. I145 and 214s.
Union Electric 5l45.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-02-15

The Rockford Star asks why J.
Pierpont Morgan does not buy Mexico
and end the trouble. Who knows that
he does not already possess most
OF Il? Maybe that is the cause Of
the rebellion.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-02-15
BY CLYDE Il. TAVENNER.

CONGRESSMAN-E ELECT FROM THE
FOURTEENTH DISTRICT.
Especial Correspondence to The Argus.)
Washington, Feb. 13.-Three million
dollars is to be the saving to the peo-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-02-15

"In three months from now" said
tie man cheerfully, II expect to own
my own home"
How long" inquired his cynical
friend, lis your wife expecting to be
AWAY ?"-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-02-15

Colonel Roosevelt shouts no com
promise or alliance with the republi-
can party. Yet in Maine the b. m. 5
allied with the <. o. p. land elected
standpatter senator and in Illinois
they are ready for any old deal.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-02-15
What ~ Was.

at is possible" said the speaker.
that some of you have heard she
story l am about to tell. but"
"Possible?" interrupted a little man
away down at one Of the tables in the
farthest corner; its a cinch."
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-02-15

dS Jut result VI the
fact that Congress
man Ben Johnson
of Kentucky is
chairman Of the
house committee
on the District of
Columbia. He dis
covered that the
people in the
states are paying
one-half of the
taxes for those
who reside in the
District Of Colum-
bia and, until he
began to make a
fight in congress
they did not know
II. Even some of
the members of
congress did not
know ii.
The practice of
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-02-15
Dads Discrace.

I'VE dined out last evening. Pa dis
Eraced Us as usual"
las to how?"
Got 10 the end Of the dinner with
three forks and two spoons still I'm,
used."-Pittsburg Post
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-02-15
Hardships of the Rich.

"They say old Gotalotte was pretty
hard hit during the recent panic"
yes, poor old chap; I'm mighty sor.
~ for him. too. He is so hard up that
he, can't afford to smoke anything bet
ter than three-for-ffty cigarsT
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-02-15

Governor Blease of South Carolina
declares he will not attend the in
augural ceremonies. Now everybody
should go.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-02-15

a shilling?" repeated his questfoner
why. l thought you went there to
star" $50 l did," replied Mathews
But they spell it with a We in Wake
field"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-02-15

A Missouri legislator has introduced
a bill making # a misdemeanor for
wife TO rife a husbands pockets. What
a horrid man
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-02-15

Still, il Wisconsin elected United
States senators by direct vote, Unc.e
IKE Stephenson would have to put out
more dough.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-02-15

In Japan men stone the premier.
In England he is stoned by women.
Can II be we are going back to the
stone age?
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-02-15

There is no greater mistake in the
world than being disconteated.-W. Z
1rris
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-02-15

Pa, when is a man. create"
when he really wants to keep out
Of the way Of people who take snap
shots"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-02-15
THE ARGUS.

Published daily at 1924 Second ave-
nue., Rock Island. III. Entered at the
pcstofics as second-class matter.)
Rock Island Member of the Associated
Press.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-02-15

Saturday February IS, 1918.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1913-06-28
WANT COOPERATION
 0F LOCAL MERCHANTS
RESIDENTS OF ARKANSAS COUNTY SEEK n MILE EXTENSION
 WALDSTElN TO DEWITT
Would Mean Much For Fine Bluff Merchants and Local Packing
 Plant.

A meeting of the Pine Bluff Cham Der of Commerce will be called with in the next few days for the purpose of hearing proposition to be sub mitted to it's members by delegation of business men from Dewitt, Ark, who are anxious to have the Pine Bluff and Arkansas River Railway eX- tended to Dewitt from Waldstein, a distance of eleven miles, to connect with the Cotton Belt branch from Stuttgart that now runs to Gillette.
 The business men of Dewitt ask no bonus from Pine Bluffs business men. All they want is cooperation and assistance in inducing the Cotton Belt officials to build the extension. They do not even ask the Cotton Belt to build it's rOadbed. The business men of Dewitt and the property own CTS along the proposed eleven-mlle route are willing to grade the road and declare that all the Cotton Belt
  and lay the steel
 Henry D. Rogers, former Pine Bluffian who is now in the cattle bus mess in Arkansas county, spent yes terday in the city conferring with To- cal business men relative to the project. He says the cattle dealers oi the Dewitt neighborhood and espec- ially those in the territory through which the line would pass are anx- ious to have the road extended from Waldstein, which would give them a fine service in shipping their live stock to this city when the new packing plant is completed, and the local stock yards opened
 Mir. Rogers says that the extension of the line from Waldstein to Dewitt would mean a resumption of the daily passenger service from Dewitt and Gillette to Pine Bluff. Formerly the people of that section of the state had a daily passenger servlce into Pine Bluff, but when the Cotton Belt line was completed from Stutt- gart to England the Pine Bluff ser vice was discontinued and a Gillette to Little Rock service inaugurated This service is still on and Mir. Ros- CTS says that Little Rock is drawing much of the retail trade from his sec tion as result of it, while Pine Bluff is losing it.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1913-06-28
WAS FORGED TO WED
 OR MEET HER DEATH
Such is Allegation of a st. Louis WO.
 man Who Married in Pine Bluff.

Dispatches from St. Louis yesterday were to the effect that Mrs. Grace Shores Henderson, aged 23 years, who married Edward Henderson, of Hay wood. Ark in this city, July 16, 1912, had filed suit for divorce, alleging that she married Henderson because he threatened to shoot both her and him. self if she refused to do so.
 The couple were married in the of- flee of Dr. l.. K. Land, on July 16, by Rev. J. L. Cannon, who was pastor of the Lakeside Methodist church N that time. Mrs. Henderson alleged in\ her complaint that while visiting Hender- sons sister in this city. the man, af- ter only two days of persistent woo- ing. threatened to kill himself and her also if she refused to marry him.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1913-06-28
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