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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-08-15
GREAT SHOWING .
OF LOCAL HORSES

Five horses from local stables placed
Wednesday and Thursday at the VII
ton fair races, and tro1ght tidy sum
in purses to their owners. HERMAN
Bankers Tonic B. was the sensation
of yesterdays racing from a local
standpoint. Tonao won the 2:2S trot
$3.50 purseJ, in straight heats, the
time In the first being 2:26H, second
2:24l4, and third in 2:26 fiat
On the preceding day local horses
took everything in the 2:2S pace for
which a purse Of $3.50 HAD been hung
up. Henry Mier's Wild Rose grabbed
first, DR.. E. !. Soule's La. Nyrlitta
took second and p ,. McCullom'
Major DOvell took thtDd
The Suiver candy Brady took sec
ond money in the 2:19 pace, the purse
being $3.50. Considering the fact thai
there were 70 entries OF high 4ade
calibre, the showing made by loca
horses was decidedly hattering.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-08-15

Grafton Of which he was to pay all ex-
penses connected with the store.
Mr.. Bailey declared that while Mr..
ingalls, had agreed TO turn all moneys
over and above EXPENSES over to them
that he had so far failed to do and
that he himself was rstung."
When asked what Mr.. ingalls, had
done with the money, Bailey declared
that he supposed that he had been
paying it to lawyers and that he could
see some OF it in front of him now"
Don't you insinuate that have any
OF IT," declared McCaskrin angrily and
another verbal contest followed.
. Other immaterial evidence was adj
vanced after which the beard decided
to taks the matter under Amusement
pending the arrival Of more evidence
which Mr.. McCaskrin stated that he
would procure.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-08-15
fell 40 feet into a crevasse. breaking

fell 40 feet into a crevasse, breaking
his right leg.
April 90 this year the four men
broke camp and with five sleighs
drawn by ponies started on their 100
mile march to the west coast.
Billiards ragged the first 40 days.
The ponies became snow-blind and so
exhausted three had to be killed.
The suns rays tormented the trav-
elers and burned the skin off their
faces.
July II and IL it was found neces-
sary to kill the last of the ponies. July
10 the provisions were exhausted.
July Is the men tried to push on to
the coast, which was visible, but were
so exhausted they were hardly able to
move Then the pet dog, which had
tramped nearly $50 miles, was killed
and eaten.
The meal was barely finished when
the explorers sighted a sailing boat
in a ford east of Proven. BY means
Of shots and signals the explorers at
tracted attention and Pastor Chemnitzr
who was on the ship, soon conveyed
the WORKOUT explorers to safety.
Buanos Aires, Aug. 15.-The whaleT
Fran, commanded BY Captain Doxrud
sailed yesterday for Colon to take or
Rear Admiral Robert E. Peary and
| Captain ROAD Amundsen, who will be
| the first to pass through the Panama
| canal
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-08-15
BOARD TAKES NO
ACTION ON BOOK
Matter Will Be Threshed Out
by School Directors at Tues
day Nights Meeting.

Whether the public schools Of the
city will continue TO use the New Era
history, said TO have been rejected by
vote Of the teachers. or whether
Montgomeys history, which they ara
reported as faroring, will be substi-
tuted. is a matter which the board Of
education will thresh out at it's next
meeting Tuesday.
According to report the teachers Of
the city were asked 10 give their opin-
ion as to which is the better history
1t is claimed that they are greatly dis
satisfied with the present history and
by big majority voted TO substitute
the Montsomery history.
The text hook committee has thus
far failed to act On the recommends
ton of the teachers.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-08-15
SLEUTHS COMING
To INVESTIGATE
William j. Burns Consents to
Attempt to Unravel Tangled
skein of Mystery.

Pinkerton and Burns men are ex-
pected In the city any moment. They
have been called TO unravel tangled
skefn Of mystery. involving Frank
Bertelson, night clerk at the Hotel
Harms. Last night some low brow
stealthily advanced upon Bertelson's
back yard, removed half grown pig
that was gazing there, and made HIS
escape. The police have also been
notified, but up until press time there
was no: q clev in sight. There is
bit Of history connected with the pig,
and the facts are as follows:
Wednesday morning, shortly before
o'clock, loungers VI front Of the
hotel Harms heard wierd wheezings
and groaning, which became louder
and louder. Finally pig trotted into
view, headed due east on First avenue
Berte.sop decided to capture the
straggler. and procuring fish net
gave chase. The pig was finally cor
] nered and ensnarei in the dip net
Not wishing 20 carry the pig. home
for fear of unvelcome notoriety, Der
telson placed the porker in a gum!
sack and sent it home in taxicab
He reported at the police station thai
the animal could be had, in case tn
owner was located.
Last night the pig was stolen
Where it came from is mystery, a!
though the superstition is that tn
squeeler broke loose from a car in tn,
| Milwaukee yards.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-08-15
STEAMER STOPS HERE
ON LONG TRIP NORTH

The government lighthouse tender
Golden Rod made Is sec&d appear
snce of the season in Rock Islapd this
morning after q trip OF. over 1900
miles up the river.
The steamer has charge of the dis
tributior OF oil for the lights % the
piers along the big stream twice
during the summer the boat makes
the round trip from New Orleans tc
81. Paul. It continued its wy north
this afternoon.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-08-15
II MEN INDICTED
FOR VOTE FRAUDS
Special Chicago Jury Returns
True Bills Holding Officers
of Election.

Chicago, H., Aug. 15.-Seventeen
mentwere indicted and five true bills
returned today by the special jury in-
vestigating alleged election frauds be.
fore Judge Cooper All the indicted
are precinct election officers in the
Twelfth and Nineteenth wards and in,
clode both democratic and republican
judges and clerks. IN the Sixth pre-
c1nct of the Twelfth ward Special
States Attorney Northrup asserts bal
lots were double marked" for States
Attorney Hoyne and tally sheets falsi
fed so he was credited with "a votes
more than he received legally.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-08-15
MINER is KILLED
IN A STRIKE RIOT
Guard Increased About Mich
gan Copper Shafts to Pre-
vent Further Trouble.

Calumet, Mich, Aug. 15.-Steve Put
rich, shot in a battle with strikers
and deputies at Champion last night,
died today. AS a result of last nights
clash between strikers and deputies
the Champion mine, in which one
striker was killed, three others ser.
iously wounded and one deputy hurt,
guard lines about all copper mining
properties have been drawn tighter.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-08-15
SALOON KEEPER GETS
FINE IN COURT TODAY

Jack Hollebosch. proprietor Of the
saloon located at the corner of Ninth
street and Fifth avenue, was arraigned
in police court this morning charged
with a violation of the Sunday closing
law. He entered a plea OF guilty and
paid a fine of s1Oo and costs. Hole
bosch's place was doing a land Office
business last Sunday and the informa-
ton leaked TO the authorities.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-08-15
MILLIONAIRE is
SHOOTING VICTIM
Duluth Lumberman Said to
Have Accidentally Killed Self
Hunting Burglar.

Duluth, Mimi, Aug. 15.--The body Of
John McAlphine, a pioneer Duluth
millionaire lumberman, was found to-
day in the basement Of his home with
a bullet hole through his head. The
family advance the theory the shoot
ing was accidental while he was seek
ing a burglar thought breaking
through a basement window.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-08-15
BEGIN THE COUNT OF
REFERENDUM VOTE

The counting Of tue ballots in the
referendum vote on the rate question
IN the Modern Woodnen society start
ed THIS morning. W. ]. King ID Itch
field, Ill, noted insurgent, is in the city
TO be present at the counting Of the
votes.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-08-15
Excursion Saturday.

United Commercial Travellers ST
America excursion on the W. ". to
Muscatine and return Saturday. Aug.
Ie. Boat leaves Rock Island at 1880,
Davenport at p. N. Tickets 80 cents
-(Adv)
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-08-15

this. city, will be associated together
in the management of ranch. Der
nard c. Niggemeier is the purchaser
of the Hazard home and will resids
there.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-08-15
You Need Eyetonc

A remedy for eye troubles. For
sale and guaranteed by AL fist class
druggists or sent direct from labora-
tory on receipt of so gents. ]. F.
Whelihan, Phm. B., Cedar Rapids,
Iowa.-(Adv.)
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-08-15
srInqs Suit.

The Rock Island Lumber & Manu-
featuring company has brought action
against Frank = Frederick to recover
on a note. The amoynt Involved is
$500. Albert Huber is attorney for
the counsel.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-08-15
TWO LADIES TIE
. FOR GOLF HONORS
Miss Helen Vincent and Mrs. 81.
4. Torrey Lead Field
Tennis Results.

The eight handicap in the contest
for the cup offered by the Woman's
Western Golf association was staged
at the arsenal golf links yesterday
afternoon, as a result of which Miss
Helen Vincent and Mrs. II. A. Tor.
rey are both tied for first honors
They will settle the supremacy In
the very near future, although the ex.
act date has not been decided upon,
The results follow:
Miss Helen Vincent ..101 7 down
Mrs. H. A. ToErey lib Is down
Miss Elizabeth Allen >. 80 down
Miss Claire Schlegel ..12S 81 10 down
Miss Margaret Pierce 40 % 10 down
Mrs. B. T. Peek go. .134 16 down
In the tennis tournament Alice
Ffcke and Helen Waterman defeated,
Clementine Lewis and Frances Muel.
Ter in the ladies' doubles, OIL and 81.
Lura Schiegel and Clara Hass won
from Dorothy Wagner and Dorothy
Follmer by default In the mixed dou.
bles Lura Schlegel and Harold Lusk
defeated Helen Vincent and Earl Hol.
brook, while Clara and Leon Hass de-
feated Mrs. Ardo Mitchell and C. Spell
etich.
| Dysentery is dangerous disease but
can be cured. Chamberlain's Collie,
Cholera apd Diarrhoea Remedy has
been successfully used in nine cpl
denies Of dysentery. 1t has never
been known to Fail. It is equally val.
liable for children and adults, and
when reduced with water and sweet.
ened, It is pleasant to take. Sold b.
all druggists.-(Ady)
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-08-15

It is charged that Mrs. Wright desert
ed him.
Harry Ohlveiler has sued his wife,
Mrs. Edith Ohlvensr, for divorce,
charging desertion. Clarence Schroe-
der is the attorney. Mrs. Rose NJ.
Hill has brought atjon against Prank
Hill, charging cruelty. B. S. Bell Is
the attorney for the complainant
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-08-15

alley, VINO II was brought
nth Mr.. Rhoads interested
Yock contained in the store
gals. the jeweler. caused nc
ement for the attorneys and
when he was placed on the
brought out the
Mr.. Bailey and Mr.. Rhoads
ced the larger part Of the
300 when Mr.. Ingalls, was IN
This property
,krin claimed had not been
Mr.. Rhoads for taxation.
II declared, however. that Il
lily understood that Mr.. In
10 pay all taxes and tina;
nd Mr.. Bailey were under
the owners Of the property,
retained the privilege Of
Jack at any time in consid-
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-09-10
Roundup Shows the Old
Western Spirit Still Lives in
the Hearts Of Virulent PEOPLE

boys rope settles around its horns,
the pony braces itself for the shock
and down goes the steer with crash
There is a gasp of delight and as
tonishment as the spectacular parade
OF Umatilla Indians. in their war
paint, comes down the track. A hun
dred Indian braves mounted on their
gaily-caparisoned ponies are vending
their way from their teepees in the In
dian village past the grandstand. Their
faces look as though painted by an
impressionist, with their yellow cheeks
and broad bands of ochre and black.
On their heads rest the treasured was
bonnet of eagle feathers with its long
leather streamers falling down the
back. Their bodies are Enthusiastically
painted. A gee-string and necklace
of bear claws or beads and handsome
ly beaded moccasins is about the ex-
tent of the costume of most of them.
The squaws are more elaborately
dressed. Their cheeks also. are bril-
hantly crimsoned and their buckskin
shirts are decorated with elk teeth or
beads. Their leggings are of green
or red flannel and they also wear
buekskin mossaeins. In single file. by
twos. by fours. they gallop past the
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-09-10
CONTINUED from Page Nine).

ed. IT looks easy. All you have to
do is put your brub. your cooking
utensils. your war bag" your pick
and shower and the rest of your plum
der on the pack horse, then put the
'tarp" over the pack and throw the
diamond hitch" properly, which in
itself Is a work of art. You may, as
I did once, get the hind cinch too
tight and see the pack-horse buck all
over a quarter section and finally go
straight up in the air and fan over
backwards, flattening the shee-iron
stove Ike pancake and making the
tin coffee pot look like a double
barreled pie-pan. The next event was
the Indian race. The feathered and
painted Umatilla Indian riders flashed
under the wire plying their ouirts
furiously. "Hi-yi, Hi-yi," sound their
sharp, shrill cries of announcement
10 their horses. First Young Sumkin
is ahead now Red Hawk leads but
when the line is crossed. Jim White
has passed Red Hawk and is at the
flank of Young Sumkin who crosses
first
There is something in our nature
that responds to the spectacular and
dangerous. No matter how much we
may proclaim the superiority of the
intellectual, nevertheless, feats that
are hazardous and thrilling. appeal to
a something deep and ineradicable
within our nature When the re-
straints of civilization and the artici-
csalties of society are removed, il does
not take US long to lapse back to the
savage, and our long-buried and or.
lginai instincts assert themselves. So
II is now. strange that as one thrill
ing feat followed another. the spec
tators' hearts beat faster and their
faces flushed with excitement.
maverick is turned into the field
With snort of mingled rage and fear
he gailops toward the center of the
enclosure The signal is given. There
is a yell and fifteen cowboys launch
themselves toward the running steer
with their lariats swinging over their
heads. "Swish!" and a rope settles
around the steers neck to be followed
almost instantly by half a dozen 9TH
ers. With a thud and a grunt the
steer goes down and Narcissus Me-
Kay. an Indian, is declared the WIN
ner of the Maverick Roping contest
Another steer is released and comes
charging down the track, his eyes roll
ing wickedly as though he did not
approve Of being a candidate for the
steer roping contest. The timekeeper
gives the signal to the waiting cow
boy. Like flash he is after the steer
but this steer wasn't born yesterday.
He dodges the encircling rope and
with powerful leap. clears the high
board fence and is among the spec
tators on the bleachers. There is a
wild scramble to get away. the cow
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-09-10

will see some famous OUTLAWS, -
horses that. no matter how often rid
den, their indomitable spirit can never
be broken. When Lightfoot and Blue
Blazes and Long Tom get into action
you will see buciing that is bucking,
The express race and the ladies' re-
lay race, as well as the squaws' race,
furnished lots of excitement and fun
for the spectators. Mrs. Short land
Dirty Is mounted on a wall-eyed cali
co pany, while Mrs. Cow-that-C Comes
Over the -Mountain-to-ge get -her-Calf in
the-Gully is pinning her faith to a
rawboned black mare. Grey Eagle
Sitting-on-a-R Rock with-his Tailfeath-
-Hanging-O is giving a last
careful inspection to his squaw's
mount. The flag drops and away they
go and the bleachers rock with laugh
ter and applause.
Successful as was the first Round
up, this years exhibition was even
more so. Many new features were
added, among which were stage
coach and pony-express races Prob
ably the most spectacular event OF the
whole Roundup was the steer bull
dogging contest for the worlds cham
pionship. After throwing the steer
bare-handed, the contestant catcnes
the animal by the lip with his teeth
and holds him down, raising both
hands to show that the steer Is Delns
properly bull-dogged, The Spanish
bullfighter has his sword to oppose
the rush of the maddened bull. The
bulldogger has only his bare hands to
conquer the steer. The steer Is
turned loose on the track and mount
ing his horse, the bulldogger starts in
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-09-10

pursuit. When he has gained the side
of the steer he leans over, grasps its
horns md leaps from his horse. The
frightened steer plunges forward with
the man hanging to his horns. Then
comes a battle of skill and science
against brute strength. Back and forth
go the steer and the man.
One of the contestants this year
lost his hold and the steer tore the
mans face with its horn. Another
after ten minute battle, finally threw
the steer but the animal gave a lunge
and fell on the bulldogger's leg
wrenching the ligaments of his knee
One of the contestants was showed
into ana through fence and bruised
up badly. Buffalo" Vernon had
better success. He is not only a wiz.
ard with the rope but he is also the
champion bulldogger of the world.
Catching the steer by the horn he
stopped it, succeeded in getting twist
on its head that forced the animal to
its knees ana moment later the steer
was on its side and helpless. Catching
the steers lip with his teeth he kept
its horns to the ground and its head
upright while he held both arms high
in the air to show that he had con-
quered the animal.
In the East Oregonian. paper pub.
lished at Pendleton, w. C. Pruitt
gives the following vivid and realis-
tic impression that the broncho bust.
ing contest made upon tenderfoot:
buzz and atmosphere of expectancy
tha comes from crowd. Every eye
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-09-10

grandstand, finally gathering in cir
Gle to hold war dance.
The Indian parade is followed by
the parade of mounted cowboys and
cowgirls led by the cowboy band.
Thrilling as is the broncho busting
contest. the wild horse race is even
more so. There were more than a
score of contestants in the wild-horse
race. Each rider was allowed a help
er. The horses were, as the name in
dicates, unbroken bunchgrassers. The
man crossing the line first was the
winner but what happened between
the saddling and the crossing of the
line would take good many pages
to describe. Twenty unbrokef. never
before saddled horses, are biting and
plunging and rearing and kicking as
the rider and the helper attempt TO
get the saddle on. The horse is blind
folded and saddled and the rider leaps
on. the helper snatches the blindfold
away and Instantly, with n squeal OF
rage, the horse goes up in the air,
sun-fishing cork-screwing and side
winding. A strap breaks. Saddle and
rider go over the horses head. one
horse has gone over backwards with
the rider underneath. Here a rider
has pulled leather" There one is
riding loosely, giving to every pitch
and toss that the horse makes, and
s'apping the frantic animal over the
head with his grey Stetson. There is
plenty of motion up and down but
very little forward. suddenly one of
the horses gives up the idea of un-
seating its rider and makes a wild
dash up the track and carries its rider
over the line. the winner. Here you
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-09-10

Continued on Page Thirteen)
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1913-09-06

crate ceremony. Mile. Ferdinande de
Lesseps struck the first blow of a pick
ak at the point where the canal was to
enter the Pacific, each of the party fol-
lowed with a blow, and there was a
vast quantity of applause and cham
payne.
From the very first the French COM
pany was beset with troubles. AS the
canal was not a government under
taking the work had to be let out to
contractors, and many of these prov
ed to be dishonest. They would take
out the soft dirt, collect the stipulat-
ed price per cubic yard, and then go
into bankruptcy. At Bogota the poll
ticians not only exacted the usual
blackmail, but annoyed the company
with all manner of litigation, the ma
tive courts invariably ruling against
the French. Worst of all, perhaps,
were the yellow fever and malaria,
which killed off the engineers and
laborers by the thousand. In the last
three months of 1884 the death rate
per thousand was nearly 100, and in
September, 1885, it reached 1857.
Sanitary science had not yet learned
how to cope with these diseases, and
there is every reason to believe that
their ravages alone would have been
enough to insure the failure of de
Lesseps' enterprise, without the gross
extravaganza and the dishonesty that
characterized the work
THE crash came in 1885," says Mr..
Edwards. after eight years of as
brave a, fight as man had ever made
against nature, the bubble burst. 1t Is
estimated that stock had been issued
to the value of two hundred and fifty
million dollars 1t is doubtful if half
this sum ever got near enough to
Panama to be expended on actual
work. Most of this paper was held by
French peasants and people of mod
crate means. They had been led into
1t by the great name of de Lesseps.
You may be sure that none of the orig
ina1 promoters were caught with stock
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1913-09-06
a New Department at K. S. A. c.

view department. at X. >. "A. e.
Il isn't necessary now for a Kansas
boy or girl to be a graduate of four
year high school to be eligible to
take a course in agriculture, mechanic
arts or domestic science at the Kan
sas Agricultural College. Any boy or
girl, IA years old who has reached
the eighth grade in public school
work may enter the new school of ag-
riculture which is to be opened at the
agricultural college September Is. If
a boy or girl of that age has not at
tanned to the eighth grade but can
pass satisfactory examination in
reading, writing, arithmetic, spelling,
English grammar, United States his
tory, geography and physiology, adj
mittance will be granted.
The new school of agriculture was
founded at the agricultural college
to enable young men and young wom-
en- of the state who have not had the
advantages of high school courses to
fit themselves to become efficient
workers and producers-to make up
to-date housekeepers, scientific farm
ers and skilled mechanics of them.
Three-year courses in each of the
three lines mentioned are offered If
a student desires he may, at the COM
pletion of his three-year course in
the school OF agriculture, take year
of preparatory work and then enter
one of the regular four-year courses
at the college, all of which will still
be maintained.
In the three-year course in home
economies the girls will study, among
other things, color and design, sewing
(four terms), home sanitation, physi-
cal training, home management. home
decoration, cooking (six terms),
dressmaking, household physics, ele-
mentary chemistry, household bacteri-
ology. millinery, gardening and a
number of cultural courses.
Young men in the course in agri-
culture will study stock judging, farm
carpentry, poultry raising, farm black
smithing, grain crops, farm ma
chinery, gardening, rural economics,
breeds and breeding, physical train
ing, farm insects, horse and sheep
production, forage crops, diseases of
farm animals, gas engines, farm man.
agement, dairying, irrigation, drain
age and other agricultural subjects
in addition to the cultural studies
prescribed.
In the course in mechanic arts
these are some of the subjects taught:
woodwork, foundry, blacksmithing,
shop drawing, physical training, ply
sizes, mathematics, trade calculations,
history, English, algebra and from six
to twenty-eight hours week of &C
tual practice work in the shops at the
college.