Rock Island Argus., 1914-08-17

speeding TO the scene of the Johann
sen murder on West Seventh street.
and in rounding the corner were con-
fronted by a rig, which was on the
wrong side Of the street. In order TO
avoid a collision. Blickhan, who was
steering, turned SHARPLY TO the right
and the motorcycle crashed into the
curbing. Detective Schiuetter, who
was ON the rear seat, was thrown
distance o, several feet through the
air. His left knee was so badly lacer-
atei as to warrant the services OF a
physician Blickhan was badly shak-
en- up but escaped serious injury.
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Dixie Floods Acres; Suit.-Claim-
ing that a dixie constructed by his
neiglbor, l.. II. Henning, has caused
the inundati1g of his land. II. H. Hoist,
a farmer in Butler township, has filed
suit for $4,000 damages. The petition
on file also asks the removal of the
dixie and the issuance of permanent
Injunction restraining Henning from
reconstructing. Hoist owns the south
east quarter of section Is, township
80 north, range 4, while Hennfng is
owner of the adjoining property to the
north. The plaintiff declares that the
slope of the land is to the northwest,
and that a swale there carries of the
water of his land and Henning's emp
tying into a county ditch. In order
to improve his land he has drained II
into the large ditch, which flows
through his and his neighbor's prop
erty.
kindergarten to Open August al
The West Side Settlement kindergar-
ten nursery will open its doors to all
little folks under school kindergarten
age Aug 81. Miss Christi Jappe will
this year have Miss Florence Brandt's
position as directress of the nursery.
A light hot luncheon will be served
to the children at noon and those un-
able to come alone will be called for
Miss Jappe has already had one year
as assistant kindergarten at the Get
tlement, and comes with recommends
tion from Chicago, whefe she has been
studying the past year. All donations
for the children's room luncheon will
be kindly received at the kindergarten
rooms.
Farm League to Meet on Sept. s.
The annual meeting and election of
officers Of the Scott County Farm I'M
provement league will be held Sept.
5, the date being set at meeting of
the executive committee of the league.
Two weeks later the annual Scott
County Farmers picnic will be held
at the Orphans Home grounds. The
exhibits which are to be shown at the
state fair at Des Moines will be
brought back from the fair grounds
by this time and will be set up at the
home. Arrangements will be made to
accommodate at least 1000 people at
the picnic. Owing to new cases of
hog cholera continually outcropping,
G. r. Bliss today put in an order for
10000 cubic centimeters Of serum.
The vaccine is purchased of the Sioux
City Serum company. New cases of
cholera are reported on the farms of
Henry Wuestenberg and Frank Dit
mer, near Donahue and w. E. Paul of
LeClaire.
Local Lodges to Hold Memorial
knights of Pythias of Davenport, to-
Uniform Rank. chapters are to hold
memorial services some time in the
near future for. John H. Merkens,
grand keeper of records and seals for
the Iowa lodge. who died of cancer at
his home in Fairfield, Iowa, Friday
midnight. News of his death was re-
ceived by Emil Silberstein, grand pre-
late, of the Iowa Knoghts of Pythias.
Secretary Merkens had held the office
for the past nine years and was one
of the leaders in the lodge throughout
the country. He had been i'll since
March 1. He was Sc years old.
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War Doesn't Affect Local Mill
The present European embarglio has
had anything but a deleterious effect
upon the Western Gold Rim" flour
mills of Davenport, according to Off
cials who state that owing to the
heavy demand for its output, the mill
has been obliged to run on Sunday
The Western mills are now so days
behind in their orders, despite the fact
that $50 men are toiling "a hours
day. The output is 1,S00 barrels
day.
$3,cco Damage In Barn Fire-Over
$4,000 loss was sustained Saturday
night in fire which broke out in the
storage barn at Fourth and Brown
streets. The origin of the blaze is
unknown. Firemen at the Central
station, seeing the flames before the
alarm came in, were well on the way
toward the burning building when the
bells rang. The storage barn in the
rear of 406-40S Brown street was a
complete loss, two buildings to the
south of it were partially wrecked, and
tinshop to the north was burned to
the extent of over $1,000 damage A
dwelling at 424 Brown street was also