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The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1914-02-11
Indians Gift to Civilization

Originally "Indian corn" was a trOp
ical or %subtropical plant, but the In
dams, who made it one of their sta.
pie foods, succeeded in producing var
ieties which would ripen as far north
as Canada. Since the discovery OF
America, this staple food of these alb.
origines has been generally raised all
over the world. 1t now ranks with
wheat, rye, barley, oats and rice as
one of the most important TO nod
grains, and may be called the Amer
lean Indians greatest gift to modern
civilization.
Indian corn, therefore, has special
historical interest for Americans from
the fact that it is generally recogniz-
ed as being native to American soil.
It's cultivation and use even in the
early colonial days was the incentive
which most frequently led the Indians
to abandon nomadic life and to form
settlements. Because of the quick
ness and ease with which it can be
raised, it was undoubtedly the means
of saving from starvation many O
the pioneers who came from othel
lands. So important was this food il
the days when the country was bein,
settled that both natives and colon
lists in their troubles with one anothe
found it was a greater blow to des
troy corn crops of adversaries tina
to make war upon them.
The department of agriculture's e,
perts in nutrition have been studyin
the possible uses of corn meal, whic
they have figured out makes up owe
s per cent of the total food consume
by the people of the United States. l
a farmers bulletin (No. 565) entitle
Corn Meal as a Food and Ways {
Using it" several dozen receipts ar
given that may call to mind old t,
vorites and suggest to the housewif
untried dishes both appetizing an
nutritious. Some of these receipt
date back to the aborigines Of til
soil,
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1914-02-11
THE FARMERS GOOD TIMES

James ]. Hill, in an address deliv-
cred at Minneapolis, discussed in
characteristic fashion the various
movements looking toward the up
lift" of the farmer. Mr.. Hill is pref
ty we'll posted on agricultural condi-
lions. for a good part of his life work
has been locating husbandmen on the
fertile lands of the Northwest. He is
inclined to think there's a lot of drivel
about the propositions for applied
philanthropy in aid of the farmer. He
cont see where the latter is in any
crying need of sympathy.
The agriculturist, he declared. will
look out for the social side of life on
the farm himself, whenever he makes
enough out of his land to put money
in the bank, and that is already one
of the principal ways in which he
stores the returns from his land. The
system Of scientific culture hasn't yet
reached perfection; it's a long way
short, for the veteran head of the
Great Northern says the time is com.
ing when there will be good profit on
land at 5000 an acre-the present in.
come of the average farmer can be
doubled or tripled. But even though
short of this ideal, the land worker is
not to be pitied.
In the matter of sympathy his
should be an active rather than a
passive role. He has about the sur.
est business in the world. Even in
the matter of credits Mr.. Hill isn't in
sympathy with current agitation. He
says a good farm is right now the
best security in the world for loans
and the rates are as low in proper.
ton as anything else; conditions in
this country are different from those
of European localities, where there
are schemes for making loans to
farmers for various objects.
Naturally there a be no objection
to any system that will afford still
more facilities for financing agricul-
tural improvement, and as the basic
industry on which all others are built
its prosperity will be shared by every
thing else; but there's no occasion for
maudlin grief over the lot of the farm
er. Some traditions have come down
from the time when almost every
productive acre was plastered with
mortgages, but these documents stood
for the capital that permitted devel-
opment of resources. Some city
jewellers may feel sorry for him be.
cause he can't keep up with the latest
offerings in the field of amusement,
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1914-02-11
Washington News Notes

Washington, Feb. 5.-Senator Myers
has introduced a bill authorizing the
appropriation of 500, 900 to build an
addition to the federal building at
Great Falls. The building was in
tended to accommodate the postof-
fee, land office, federal courts and
collector of customs, but is not large
enough, and the supervising architect
recommends an appropriation to erect
an addition.
Secretary Franklin K. Lane said
conference at Salt Lake City with
the governors of Utah, Idaho, Mon
tana and other Carey act states, will
the view to working out a general
policy under which the federal gov
eminent can cooperate with these
states in rehabilitating meritorious
Carey act projects, now threatened
with failure.
In order to increase stock raising
by making use of idle lands, the in
terror department favors a new form
of homestead law which would en-.
courage settlers to take up arid or
semi-arid land, useless for farming
purposes. Assistant Secretary Jones
of the department has prepared a bill
which Chairman Feriss of the house
public lands committee will introduce
whereby $40 acres of such land could
be given each settler with mineral
rights reserved and the right of pros
pectors to explore stipulated.
Parcel post in the mountainous
country of the west has become so
great that mail carriers are abandon.
ing their contracts. Senator Brady of
Idaho today urged the postofice com.
mittee to take steps to give them re-
lief.
Representative Smith of Idaho in
troduced a bill today authorizing min.
Ors is years of age to make home
stead and desert land entries, provid.
ed they do not prove up until they
reach the & of p.
Another radium bill to
exploration for the precious healing
ore, was introduced today; this one
by Senator Walsh. The government
would have the first right to buy ores
found on private lands as we'll as the
public domain. Private lands. un-
worked for their deposits might be
taken over by the government. Some
OF the house bill provisions for a re-
ducing plant in the west were includ.
ed in the new measure.
Opposition by Senator Hitchcock to.
day blocked consideration of Senator
Myers bill to authorize the sale of
three sections of public coal lands in
Montana to the Republic Coal COM
pany for the use of the Chicago, Mil
waukee 4 st. Paul railway, which, it
Is said, had been unable to get coal
for operation from its competitor the
Northern Pacific. Mr.. Hitchcock said
he was prejudiced against selling pub
lie lands for such a specific purpose
and the bill went over to next week.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1914-02-11
Mail Carriers Are Worried

A press dispatch from Washington
says complaints from star route car
riers of the western states over the
hardships worked on them by reason
Of parcel post continue to pour into
the department.
These mail carriers are in many
cases confronted with bankruptcy as
a result of being forced to add largely
to their equipment and to carry or
binary freight as mail, for which they
receive very little, and in some in
stances nc extra pay whatever. Rep
resentative Mondell recently told Of
a carrier in the northern part Of
Wyoming who, having driven up to
the p%ostofiice with a two wheel cart,
his usual vehicle for carrying the mail
to a Montana postofice 100 miles
north, being confronted with a parcel
post mail made up of 2,40O pounds of
flour, 1000 pounds of sugar and sew.
eral kegs of ~horseshoes.
Another star route carrier, who
part of the time, when the weather is
bad, carries the mail on horseback,
was overjoyed the other day, in the
midst of a winter squall, to find await
ing him the first half-ton installment
of a five-ton shipment of beans! An
other who had heretofore been able
to carry the mail in his saddlebag s
over a rough mountain trail ever ~
day in the week but one, when a pack
mule was used, threw up his hands
n morning when the postmaster
pointed out his parcel post mall
lunches of shingles, 6 boxes of crack
ers and cookies, Z fifty-pound sacks of
dried fruit, 3 boxes of soap and two
large sacks of miscellaneous parcels!
From practically all of the western
states came similar reports from star
routes, where the parcel post rate for
the first and second zone is from 20
to IS cents per 100 lower than any
freighter a haul-and the result is
that Uncle Sam will get the business.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1914-02-11
OFFICIAL PAPER OF cHOUrEAU COUNTY
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY II, 1911
REDUCED EXPRESS RATES

Announcement is made that, in con-
formity with an order of the inter
state commerce commission, the e
press companies have made a big cut
in their rates-the reduced charges
taking effect February l. The revision
applies to the express business in all
parts of the country, but it is under
stood that the biggest cut is made in
rates that were paid by residents of
Montana and other western states
from whom the express companies
have been exacting enormous profits.
From a tabulated statement of the
new charges for transportation be-
tween points it appears that the great
est percentage of reduction is made
in the rates for small packages, weigh
ing less than five pounds, upon which
in some cases there has been a cut
of more than so per cent. Between
Butte and Spokane, for instance, the
express charge of 70 cents for a five
pound package has been reduced to
81 cents. On a ten.pound shipment
between the same points the old rate
of $1.00 has been cut down to AZ
cents. For heavier packages the re-
duction is not SO great, a twenty
pound shipment between Butte and
Spokane, for which $1.25 was former
ly charged, being now transported for
IS cents.
The reduction in express rates is
not uniform in its application to the
charges formerly in effect, this fea-
ture of the exhibit demonstrating that
certain localities we're favored under
the old schedule, or are given better
terms under the new scale than are
offered to residents of other places. I'm
der the system heretofore in effect,
the express rate on a five-pOund pack
age from either Butte or Spokane to
New York was 80 cents, and for a
similar package shipped from either
Of these western points to Chicago
the rate was the same as to New
York-S0 cents. This discrepancy,
which is illustrative of many similar
Inconsistencies, has been remedied to
some extent in the new schedules.
The reduced rates, it is presumed,
are calculated to yield a profit on the
business; if they are below the cost
of service, the express companies
would not solicit public patronage on
the terms now offered. In making
these reduced charges they practical
ly admit that the former rates we're
unreasonable and extortionate, and
that the criticism against which they
have protested from time to time was
fully deserved.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1914-02-11
Would Abolish 1ushel

Kansas City, Feb. 7.-Abolition OF
the bushel and the use of the GENITAL
or 100 pounds measure, in its place,
was advocated at today's session OF
the convention of the Western Fruit
Jobbers' association here. Oppon'
ents of the bushel said it was de.
ceptive because it varied in volume
In different states. In measuring
onions it was pointed out, that the In.
diana law says 4S pounds of onions
constitute a bushel. while a legal
bushel of onions in Illinois is 81
pounds. A federal law providing the
general use of the GENITAL was pro.
posed.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1914-02-11

but after the days work is done lie
can get considerable entertainment
out of the study of automobile and
pianola and photograph catalogues,
and there's something more than
Spanish architecture in the interest
which he displays in such matter. =
Anaconda Standard.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1914-02-11
Army Aviator Killed

San Diego, CAL. Feb. 9.-Lieut. H.
B. Post, first a]ero-corps U. S. Army,
was instantly killed this morning
when he fell nearly 500 feet in a n.y.
droplane. About $50 feet from the
surface of the bay. Lieut.. Post was
seen to shoot clear of the machine. It
was stated by observers that the en-
CINE exploded while in the air.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1914-02-11

Blank forms for making annua Il re-
ports Of corporations on sale at the
River Press ONCE,
Rock Island Argus., 1914-06-18
Argus Branch Offices

For the accommodation q its patrons
81 various parts OF the city. The Arsus
has esta Dlished system Or branch Ut
nceE. where subscriptions and want ad-
vertssiug may be received and any in
formation LETT that may pertain ~ any
department % Lhe paper. news or busl-
ness. l. Is also planned 10 have al each
supply OF copies or EIs Argus OF the
day, 50 that any subscriber who may
have failed under any circumstances 10
receive the paper. VIII be supplied f-ee
Tne Argus chain OE branch Offices
Includes the following
J. !. hiPps notion store. 4515 Fifth
avenue.
II. (. ROwe's pharmacy. AIS Four
teenth avenue.
schneIder's drug store. Twenty-sey-
enth street seventh avenue.
Heimbecks pAaTrnaUcy, JZ2 Third ave
n1e, Fifteenth street
Eagner's grocery. Ga Fourth street.
Mrs LOnuJus notion store. 5cgeutA
street, Fourteenth avenue.
HeimDeck's pharmacy. yZ2 TEIE dave
nue.
Ernest Eberts' grocery. s25 Eleventh
avenue.
Elm Street drug store. Thirtleth street
anu ElItl avenue
College pharmacy. Seventh avenue
and Thirty gnth street
Olson grocery. thirteenth avenue and
Ihlrteth street.
steiner drug store. corner FIfta ave
nue. ana IW Wenty y-tLlTd street.
Tasting 4 Pewe grocery. 1875 Twen-
ty-s4NLu street.
7. Z kelly * son. grocery. 1928
NiDLh street
Rock Island Argus., 1914-06-18
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One and one-half cents per word for
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Three cents per word for six inser-
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Monthly rate, 10 cents per word for
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tors, etc. wanted, one cent per word
each insertion No ad less than 20
cents.
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so cents each insertion. =
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Rock Island Argus., 1914-06-18
Publication Notice.

| Whereas. william NJ Reck, Warren
II Reck and Wesley L. zimmerman did
i on the 11th day OF December 1912, exc
cute and deliver TO samuel F'Ioersheim-
er OF the City or New York. their prom
(325OO.OO) Dollars. payable one (l) year
after date. with interest at the rate Of
six 90 per cent perannum after date;
Whereas. said william N Reck de-
note. certifieate No. es. representinS
fve (5) shares. and certificate No. So
representing five (5l shares. a total OF
Cd certificates OF the capital stock of
l. s. McCabe & Go. a corporation or
ganized under the laws OF the state OF
Illinois and having Its principal office
In the city OF Rock Island I'm the coun-
~ OF Rock Island. and state OF Illinois;
Whereas. said promIssory note and
the collateral agreement accompanying
same provides that the said Indebted
ness being past due and unpaid, togeth-
er with interest thereon from the date
stock may be sold by said Samuel FIoer-
sheimer, or his attorney. at public auc-
% ton, after giving notice OF ,l,,,. the time.
notice thereof in some newspaper pub
lished in the city and county or Rock
successive issues OF said paper prior to
the day OF such sale, and that at such
sale samuel Floershelmer might be-
come the purchaser OF such shares OF
whereas. the undersigned. Samuel
Floersheimer. Is the holder of said note,
and default has been made in the pay
ment OF said note. and there remains
due and unpaid upon the principal OF
said note the sum of Twenty-Five Hun
dred t25OO.OO) Dollars. together with |
interest thereon from the nth day OF |
December. 1919.
Now. therefore. public notice is here |
by given that the undersigned. Samuel /
will sell at public auc- |
tion. TO the highest bidder for cash |
said ten 1O) shares OF the capital stock 4
Of said l.. s McCabe a. Co. aforesaid, a = 1
evidenced by said certificates Numbers |
IS and 90. aforesaid. and said public I
auction will he held at the east door Of |
he court house In the city OF Rock Is
and. county Of Rock Island and state
u Illinois. at the hour OF ten (1OD
u June \. ID. 1914.
Dated this 18th day Of June A. ID.
.sI4 SAMUEL FLOERSHETMER. /.
BY Jackson. Hurst & Stafford. his at
NkkAys. 4
Rock Island Argus., 1914-06-18
LEGAL.
Notice OF Publication.


State OF Illinois. Rock Island Coun-
ty-ss:
In the Circuit Court September
term. "A. ID. 1914
Ida Scott We. Johr Scott. In Chan
cery:
Affidavit of residence OF John
Scott. the above defendant huy-
ing been filed in the clerks Office of the
circuit court OF said county, notice is
therefore hereby given to the said nom
resident defendant that the complainant
hied her bill of complaint in said court.
on the ehancery side thereof, on the
26th day OF May. 1914, and that there
upon summons issued out of said
court, wherein said suit Is now pending
returnable on the third Monday in the
month OF September next. Is by law
required.
Now, unless you. the said ncn-resi-
dent defendant above named. John Scott.
shall personally be and appear before
said circuit court, on the first day OF the
next term thereof, 10 be holden at Rock
Island In and fer said county, on the
third Monday in September next. and
plead, answer or demur 20 the SAID COM
ana the matters Ind things therein
charged and stated VIII be taken as
rnnfessed. and decree entered against
you according to the prayer OF said bill.
GEORGE w. GAMBLE. Clerk.
Rock Isiand. I'LL, May &c. 1914
Schriver s. Schriver. complainant's So
licitors.
Rock Island Argus., 1914-06-18
LEGAL.
LEGAL.
Masters Sale.
State OF Illinois. Rock Island Soun-
.y-SA
Masters Sale.

State OF Illinois. Rock Island Soun-
In the Circuit Court In Chuncery
Foreclosure General No 7077.
HJaimaT Ro.:=:. cOmpiainant. We.
sen. Elmer Edwin Olsen. the Peoples
Savings Bank & Trust company. ad-
mlnIstratOr. Cum Testnmenta Annexo,
OF the Estate OF Mary Olsen. deceased,
and the Peoples Savings Bank * Trust
company. guardian OF Harold w Olsen
sen, minor heirs OF John - Olsen and
Mary Olsen. both deceased. defendants
Notice is hereby given that by virtue
OF a decree Of said court. entered In the
above entitled cauBe, on TIE tenth (lOth)
day OF April A u. 1914. 1 shall. on
May, A D. 1914. at the hour OF IO:i5
O'clock in the forenoon. at the east door
of the court house In the city OF Rock
Island in said county or Rock Island
to satisfy said decree. sell at public
Yendue to the highest bidder FOR cash
uate in the county OF Rock Isalnd and
state OF Illinois. known and described
as Follows, to-wit: Lot number one Cl1
in block number one %. In Howard.
addition to the city OF Rock Island or
SO much thereof as may be sufficient to
before adludged To be due to the co,rr-
DlsinanL with legal interest thereon
and the costs In this case. and which
may be sold separately without material
in Jury to the parties Interested.
Dated at Rock Islano. ILL.,. this 18th
day OF April. A. ID, 1914.
JOSEPH l.. HAAS
Master In chancery. Rock Island Coun-
A1ei Kohier. eompIainant's solicitor.
Rock Island Argus., 1914-06-18
I.EGAL,.
Guardian's sale of Real n~tate.

Guardians Snle of Real Estate.
state OF Illinois. County of Rock Is
land-ss.
BY virtue OF a decretaI order OF the
probate court of said county, entered
at the May term OF said court A. d
1914, on the~application OF ]. f. witter
conservator OF Nels Swanson, insane 10
sell the following described real estate
belonging to said ward. situate in 'the
county of Rock Island. state OF Illinois,
to-wit; Lots number six (6), seven q },
eight 90 and nine 90. block two (2),
Beecher and Walshs addition to tbe
city of Rock Island; and also lot two
Cd. In block three CD. Mosenfelder's
the county OF Rock Island and state OF
illinois, shall, on the 10th day or July,
A. ID. 1914. at the east door OF the coun-
~ court house in the city OF Rock Is
land. in the county and state afore-
said. at the hour of 10 a. m, sell ali the
interest OF said ward In and to the said
real estate at public vendue. Terms OF
sale. cash in hand.
conservator for Nsls Swanson Insane.
Rock Island Argus., 1914-06-18
INSURANCE.

WE WILL BOND YoU-Executors, ad-
ministrators'. guardians, trustees or
any kind of judicial bonds. lodges and
government officials; contractors, po-
sitions OF trust: in fact. any kind OF
bond you want Except bail bonds)
land. resident managers, Fidelity &
Deposit Company OF Maryland
Rock Island Argus., 1914-06-18

In the Malay peninsula an English
naturalist has discovered a species OF
ant that makes it's nest in the fieshy
stems of ferns that grow on the limbs
of trees high in the air.
Rock Island Argus., 1914-06-18
AUTOMOBILES.

ALTO TIRES. cut prices: save money
On FlrestOne. Fisk. Goodyear. Dia-
mond and other standard make.
fresh stock. guaranteed state size
and brand Lafayette Sales company.
Lafayette building. Chicago. Ill
Rock Island Argus., 1914-06-18
E1CLusIvE coRsEr PARLoRs.

AaAiE. MARIETTE CoRsETs. all sizes.
latest models and materials: from
1850 UP. Nine. Gcodwfn Corsets. all
sizes latest models and materials. IS
up. Brassleres and bust eNtenders
from soc up. All carefully fitted at
q. II Grabbe. ladies tailor and dress-
maker Two private fitting rooms
R0uth Putnam. building. Davenport
Established 1902. Send for bookIetA
Rock Island Argus., 1914-06-18
DRAFTING AND DESIGNING.

WANTED - Drafting, designing, gen
eral traclngS ana oiue prints OF all
prices reasonable. Fuhs Blueprint
company. Davenport, Iowa. Phone
Davenport 3046.
Rock Island Argus., 1914-06-18
MASSAGE

SWEDISH MOyEMENT-Mlss n. Elm
arson. graduate Swedish masseuse,
gives treatment in private homes and
at Office by appointment Phone Rock
Island zl5s. once. el5 Seventeenth
street
Rock Island Argus., 1914-06-18
sUPEHFLUoUs HAIR.

stFERFLUOUS hair. moIes, warts. on
- Ahd arms permanently removed
Aen electr4c needles. Address Miss
A. AlttrecHe- ] Argyle fiats. Brady
-IeeI bayenDOrt Phone s1SA
Rock Island Argus., 1914-06-18
HOUSES WANTED.
Copyright, 1914. by r. l.. Goldberg.

BEND us a postal or telephone as soon
as your house is vacant; we have
hundreds or applicants for vacant
houses and Will send them to you. We
90 not charge anything for this SER
vice. Summerield's 113-ll5 East Sec
ond street Davenport
Rock Island Argus., 1914-06-18
INNEsTNIENTS.

SIX PER CENT nrst mortgage real es-
s@te gold bonds. denominations 800.
500 anc $1,000. security Increasing
ss~IAys Issued and backed by the old
Dahk IN Chicago. &. X. Chamber
~ local representative. State Bank
guiding. Rock Island. III.
Rock Island Argus., 1914-06-18

a powerful automobile recently was
bieng piloted through the picturesque
old town of Bayonne in the south of
France by young man with a large
nose and protuberant underlip. !; A
jealous policeman pulled up the ma
chine, got out his note book and pro.
ceeded to take particulars with a view
to the usual citation before the police
judge for exceeding the speed limit.
Name please" demanded Policeman
Pelourgeat, pointing a threatening pen
Gil at the smiling automobilist.
Alfonso"
That's not name. Answer prop
erly. Alfonso who? Alfonso what$i
"Alfonso-King, If you like"
so your name is Alfonso King?"
Meanwhile a large and delighted
crowd had collected and began 70
cheer. Someone enlightened the
worthy policeman, ,swho turned crimson
with modification.
No one enjoyed the joke more than
Alfonso. With a broad grin he held
out his hand and shook the policeman
warmly. -
"Adios, Alguazil." he said. as he
pressed his foot on his electric starter
In few minutes the automobile was
a speck on the San Sebastian road.
Since then Police Pelourgeat is cei
ebrated in Bayone as "the man who ar.
rested the King" "a
The new nickel coinage to replace
the cumbersome copper sou will make
it's appearance probably the latter part
OF this month. The authorities have
been delayed in the minting as the ex-
listing plant had to be furnished with
new machinery to handle the less
malleabie nickel.
All the news all the time-The Arsp,~