Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-03-18
DAVENPORT

Pepper Pays Vlslt-Congressma I. /
8. Pepper was visitor in the city .
yesterday. his mission being TO look .
over the local postoffce situation and /,
other federal appointments which may |
fall 70 the lot OF Davenporters. News /
Of the congressman's arrival In the |
city spread like fire over a Kansas
prairie and al day long he was be-
Bieged by once seekers. These came
from all over the district. Mr.. Pepper
stated that he was merely looking over
the local situation and ascertaining
90 far as possible the existing sent-
ment IN regards 20 the various candl-
dates. He had no definite information
10 give out. for the reason as he ex-
pressed u, that he himself did not
know 70 whom the appointments would
20.
Thirty Teams AppIy.-The eight
teams that will enter the state bas-
ketball tournament March 2s and 20
viii be selected from the list OF en-
tries by the state board Of control
on the coming Saturday The teams
win be chosen from their records Of
the past season. II team has q per
feet slate Il viii not admit them into
the tournament as they may have
been playing with a lot OF small teams.
At present there are over 80 teams
entered Principal Marshall Of the
local high school is chairman OF the
committee that will select the teams.
but he will give no positive informa-
ton as TO who viii be selected. Day-
export IS sure 10 be entered while
OttumwR and Sioux city are also Ger
tain. Clinton Will probably be chosen.
but Musestine IL IN doub. because OF
their defeat, BY Clinton Saturday
evening
FirSt eo7. ls Up-The steamer
Francis a Is the first boat 20 come
up from the yards for the present
year The boat arrived here a. noon
yesterday and took out p party Of hunt
ers to Turkey island. These included
Sheriff Louis Eckhardt, Walter Haas
Ed Brehmer, John Grupe, "Soapy"
Mathews, Hammond Deem and others
Others will join the party in a few
days.
Lecture on Poultry.-Five prominent
Davenport poultrymeu have been Sc
cured 20 give lectures before the c.ass
IN poultryraising at the Y. ~. c. a.,
which is TO be begun the first OF April.
&c. Boniger, l.. H. Nuttlng. Profes-
sor G. r. Bliss OF the County Crop
Improvement league DR.. Bryant Smith
in charge Of the poultry department
at Iowana farms and Ralph W Cram
will each address the class az one of
the FIVE regular weekly meetings.
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Obituary Record. Mrs. Emma Hoff.
bauer aged 81 years. died Sunday
evening at the family home in Buffalo
after brief illness o: IL days dura
ton Deceased was born Aug IS
lS45. in Switzerland and came TO this
country I'm 1s4g, direct TO Buffalo
where she has resided ever since. She
was married March o. 1858. In Buff
fac. The survivors are the husband
Hugo Honbauer one daughter, Mrs
A. G. Bullock OF Basin. Mont. thre,
sisters Mrs Elizabeth Ostrcm o.
Groenville. H.; Mrs. Mary Tufli o.
Quincy, III. and Mrs Charles Stroh
meier. ST.. OF Sac City, Iowa
Thomas Bu-ris. veteran Of the civil
war and a resident Of Davenport fo
the past 81 years. died Sunday after
neon at his home. 1912 Washington
street after an illness Of a years dura
ton. He was over 70 years old Mr.
Burr.s was born 10 Maryland. Jan 9
1884. and came west 10 iowa IN 1856