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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-12-08
ROADS SCHOOL AT
CHICAGO DEC. IA
Expected to Be the Biggest
Meeting of the Kind Ever
Held in Country.

Chicago is to have a good roads
school. 1t will be the biggest good
roads school since the days of Caesar.
Twenty-Five hundred mayors of the
middle west will attend. Three or fGr-
thousand state, county and township
road commissioners will be there. Au-
tomObilists, farmers and business men
from all over the United States will
swell the enrolment to 10000.
The school is to be conducted at the
international amphitheatre at the
union stock yards. The name Of the
institute will be the fifth annual
American good roads congress and
the sixth annual good roads show and
it Will be conducted by the American
Read Builders association and about
one hundred other organizations inter
ested in good roads. The congress
and show begin Dec. II and last four
days. Temporary headquarters have
been established at Hotel La Sale.
Tuition fee there will be none. The
American public has already paid.
Every year it costs every man, wo-
man and child IN the United States
So as his share in the cost Of bad
roads. Every year it costs S5OO,0OO,-
900 to move the American crop OF
2G5 100000 bushels to market. OF
this sum, one-half is waste due to bad
roads. Everybody pays-the consum-
er in higher costs, the producer i'll
lower profits The waste OF a single
year would build 100000 miles of i'm
proved highway. The waste of 10
years would remake the entire road
system of the country at $1,000 a mile
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-12-08
Notice To Property owners

! Notice is hereby given to all per
sons interested that the Board of 10
| cal improvements of the City of Rock
Island. Illinois having let a contract
! for the paving of Sixth avenue from
D Thirty-fourth to Thirty-first and on
I Thirty-first from Fifth to Sixth aven-
ue. and the same having been com
pleted and accepted by said Board on
the 9TH day of December a ID. 1914.
and the said Board having filed in the
County Court OF Rock Island. County.
Illinois. on the 18th day of December
\. ID. 1914, a certificate showing that
the said improvement conforms sub
stantially to the requirements of the
original ordinance for the construc-
ton OF the same. the cost thereof. the
amount estimated by them to be re-
quired TO pay the accruing interest on
bonds and vouchers, issued TO antici-
pate collection of the assessment for
said improvement. a hearing will be
had on said certificate, as to the
truth OF the facts therein stated, at
the County House in the City of Rock
Island. on the 23rd day OF December
A ID. 1924, at the hour of 900 O'Clock
A NJ. or as soon thereafter as the
business OF the court viii permit. All
persons desiring may file objections
on the hearing and may appear on
the hearing and make their defense.
Dated at Rock Island. Illinois. this
9Th day OF December. 4. ID. 1914.
n. NJ. SCHRIVER
r r. REYNOLDS
WALLACE TREICHLER
Board Of Local improvements
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-12-08
DR.. MUELLER Is
new CITY DOCTOR
Council Names Him Successor
to G.. G.. Craig, Who Re-
signed Last Week.
CAPABLE TO DO THE WORK
Formerly Held the Position and at
Present Is Acting In Same
Position for County.

DR.. A y. Mueller was unanimously
chosen city health physician by the
city council at its regular weekly meet
ing held in the commissioners room
yesterday afternoon.
There was not a word Of discussion
over the matter. Commissioner Ar
chic Hart introduced the resolution, it
was Immediately seconded and each
commissioner voted in favor of it.
Nothing was said about the salary, so
it is presumed that that will remain as
heretofore.
DR.. Mueller is capable and IS not
new to the duties OF the Office. since
he has previously held It. During the
administration previous TO the installa-
ton OF the commission form OF gov
eminent he was city physician.
At present he IS county physician
and # is more than likely that his APP
pointment will meet with the favor OF
the public as it has with the commits
sion.
Makes Last Report.
DR.. C. G.. Craig, who resigned as
health physician Of the city week
ago. same taking effect yesterday, was
not present in the council session, but
sent in his last report, being for the
month OF November.
II shows that there were 20 cases OF
contagious diseases in the city during
the month. six OF measles, five whoop-
ing cough and also the same number
of tuberculosis, two OF chickenpOx,
and one each of diphtheria and scar
let fever.
Seven guarantees were removed, 10
houses fumigated and 81 tnvestiga-
tions OF contagious diseases were
made. Twenty-four complaints of nui-
sances were made to him, three on
account Of garbage. seven Of rubbish,
eight of vaults. and six miscellaneous
DR.. Craig during his last month as
city physician inspected five grocery
stores. five restaurants, seven meat
markets and four other places. Fiji
teen loads of garbage were hauled.
Twenty-eight births were recorded
with the city physician during the
month, II being male and II female.
Deaths numbered 80, 20 being male
and female.
All the news all the time-The Argus
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-12-08

sued to anticipate collection of the
assessment for said improvement. A
hearing will be had on said certificate,
as to the truth of the facts therein
stated, at the county court house in
the city of Rock Island, on the 2Sd
day of December. 4. d. 1914. at the
hour of 8 o'clock a. m, or as soon
thereafter as the business of the court
will permit. All persons desiring may
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-12-08

and vouchers issued to anticipate col
lection of the assessment for said i'm
provement. a hearing will be held on
said certificate, as TO the truth of the
facts therein stated, at the county
court house in the city of Rock Island
on the 23d day of December, a D.
1914. at the hour of o'clock a. m, or
as soon thereafter as the business of
the court will permit All persons de
string may file objections on the hear
ing and may appear on the hearing
and make their defense. dated al
Rock Island, Illinois. this 7th day of
December, 4. ID. 1914.
II. NJ. SCHRiVER,
II. r. REYNOLDS.
WALLACE TREICHLER,
Board of Local improvements.
(AdY.)
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-06-02
WHAT DO you. MEAN BY PORTER

Even on sizzling hot day hotel
or warehouse porter may prefer a
drink by any name other than his
own. Yet there was a time, in the
early eighteenth century, when port
ers, draymen and other workers
drank porter almost exclusively.
And it is because porters of that
far-back day did like their "arf-and-
arr" that innkeepers named the dark
brown beverage porter. The mixture
of brews was neither beer nor ale. 1t
had to have a name. So the keeper
of the famous old Blue Fish Inn, in
London, named it porter
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-06-02
WOULD GUST PERKINS
BY Gibson Gardner.

BY ellison Gardner.
Washington, June THAT George
W. Perkins should be eliminated from
the councils of the Progressive party
and from the Craftsmanship of the
Progressive National Committee is
the demand made by certain mem
bers of the Progressive party. 1t is
understood that the demand has
finally been formulated in the shape
of a letter which has gone to mem
bers of the national committee of the
party.
This, it is said, sets out the charge
that Perkins is really working for the
protection of the trusts, notably his
own pet Harvester and Steel trusts,
and that he has been trying to COM
NIT the Progressive party to the doc
trine that trusts are beneficent enter
prises and should be fostered and
protected.
Perkins is charged with ignoring or
disappearing the attitude of the
Steel and Harvester trusts toward
organized labor, notably the activity
of the steel trust in crushing union
ism in its plants. 1t is felt that the
Progressive party is not properly rep
resented by Perkins as mouthpiece,
and the rank and file of the party is
growing FESTIVE. 1t is demanded en-
that Perkins be removed
and some more fitting man be made
chairman of the executive commit
tee.
= 1900
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-06-02

Mrs. Charles S. Whitman, wife of
the district attorney of New York, has
had the courage to fly over the Hud-
son river in a Thomas flying boat.
And that isn't all. She is declared
by Ralph M. Brown, the aeroist who
accompanied her, to be the most
composed woman passenger who has
ever flown with him.
Mrs. Whitman thinks it was won
derful experience and says she hopes
she may go many times again.
Students in Paris have formed an
anti-collar league, declaring that col
lars are unhealthy and inartistic. The
members pledge themselves not to
wear any kind of .neckwear,
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1914-05-15

ing the rather solemn gloom with an
air Of warmth and creature-comfort.
Leaning against the newel-post, Va
liant gazed about him. How different
1t all looked from the night of his
coming!
He began to walk up and down the
floor, teasing pricks of restlessness
urging him. He opened the door and
passed into the unlighted dining-room.
On the sideboard set q silver loving
cup that had arrived the day before
in q huge box with his books and
knick-knacks. He had won 1t at polo
He lifted 1t, lingering its carved han
dies. He remembered that when that
particular score had been made, Kath.
arine Fargo had sat in one of the
drags at the side-line.
But the memory evoked no thrill.
Instead, the thought of her palely-co
passionless beauty called up another
mobile thoroughbred face instinct with
quick Hastings of mirth and hauteur.
Again he felt the fierce clutch of small
fingers, as they fought with his in that
struggle for his life. Each line Of
that face stood before him-the arch
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1914-05-15

Keep the hen house dry.
Make the stallion earn his feed.
The clumsy horse suffers from cold.
Use the best breeding stock that
you can afford.
Color in butter is important but
favor counts for more.
1t will pay for owners to keep indi-
vidual records of cows even in small
herds.
The young mare has fretted and
fumed, always half a length ahead Of
the old horse.
Leguminous plants do not thrive In
soils where the accompanying bac-
terra are absent.
Hens that are put out into the cold
and snow are soon chilled out Of the
egg-laying notion.
The most frequent fault OF old
peach trees is the absence Of fruiting
wood In its lower branches.
Kerosene Is a great remedy in the
poultry pen. 1t may be used as q
medicine, also as a disinfectant.
Alfalfa is the forage crop that
means much for the development of
diversified farming and more stock.
A horses usefulness Is measured by
its strength and rapidity of move
ment rather than by size and weight.
The man who will grow strictly
fancy asparagus need never want long
for any of the comforts this world af-
fords.
Butter that Is washed until 1t Is dry
and hard usually lacks that quick,
fresh taste that is in butter not so dry
and hard.
One of the greatest mistakes with
beginners is the tendency to crowd SO
fowls into place where there is room
for only 20.
.
Inheritance has something to do
with persistency in milking, though
care and feed will encourage and es-
tablish the habit,
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1914-05-15

sheer edge OF the turf She swayed
toward him and he caught her, feel.
ing for sharp instant the adorable
nearness of her body. 1t ridged all his
skin with creeping delight. She re,
covered her footing with an exclama'
ton, and turned back somewhat alb
ruptly to the porch where she seated
herself on the step, drawing her filmy
skirt aside to make place for him.
There was a moment Of silence which
he broke
That exquisite serenade you were
playing! You know the words, OF
course" e
They are more lovely, II possible,
than the score. Do you care for
poetry"
i've always loved It," he said. 1--WE
been reading some lately-a little old
fashioned book l found at Damory
Court It's Lucille Do you know it?''
"Yes It's my mothers favorite.'
He drew it from his pocket. See,
I've got it here. It's marked, too
He opened 1t, to close 1t instantly
not, however, before she had put out
her hand and laid it, palm down, on
the page. THAT rose! Oh, let me
have it,"
"Never!" he protested. Look here.
When l put it between the leaves, l
did 30 at random. didn't see till
now that l had opened 1t at marked
passage"
Let us read It," she said.
He leaned and held the leaf to the
light from the doorway and the two
heads bent together over the text.
A sound fell behind them and both
turned A slight figure, in soft gray
gown with old lace at the throat, stood
in the doorway behind them. John
Valiant sprang to his feet.
"Ah, Shirley, thought l heard
voices. Is that you, Chilly?"
ITS not Mr.. Lusk, mother" said
Shirley. TITS our new neighbor, Mr.
Valiant"
u Az he bent over the frail hand, muir.
muring the conventional words that
presentations are believed to require,
Mrs. cambridge sank into a deep
cushioned chair. Wont you sit
DOWN." she said. He noticed that she
did not look directly at him, and that
her face was as pallid as her hair.
Thank you," said John Valiant, and
resumed his place on the lower step.
4 Shirley, who had again seated her
self, suddenly laughed, and pointed to
the book which lay between them.
Imagine what we are doing, dearest!
We were reading Lucille together"
She saw the other vince, and the
deep dark eyes lifted, as II under com.
pulsion, from the book-cover to Vail
ants face. He was startled by Shir.
ley's cry and the sudden limp uncon,
scious settling-back into the cushions
of the fragile form.
To be continued
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1914-05-15
CHAPTER XVII.
John Valiant Asks a Question.


Valiant went with them to the
outer door. A painful thought was
flooding his mind. 1t hampered his
speech and it was only by violent
effort that he found voice:
Zone moment! There is question
/ would like to ask"
Both gentlemen had turned upon the
steps and as they faced him he
thought swift glance passed between
them. They waited courteously, the
doctor with his habitual frown, the
majors hand fumbling for the black
ribbon on his waistcoat.
Since came here. I have heard"
his tone was uneven-"of duel in
which my father was principal.
There was such meeting%
There was" said the doctor after
the slightest pause of surprise. Had
you known nothing Of it?"
Absolutely nothing"
The major cleared his throat. 1T
was something he might naturally not
have made record Of" he said. "The
two had been friends, and tit was
a fatal encounter for the other. The
doctor and l were your fathers sec
onds."
There was a moments silence be-
fore Valiant spoke again. When he
did his voice was steady, though drops
had sprung to his forehead. WAS
there any circumstance in that meet
ing that might be construed as re-
fiecting on his-honor"
Good God, moi" said the major ex-
plosively.
ION his bearing as a gentleman"
There was a hiatus this time in
which he could hear his heart beat.
In that single exclamation the major
seemed to have exhausted his vocabu-
larry. He was looking at the ground.
II was the doctor who spoke at last,
in a silence that to the man In the
doorway weighed like a hundred at
nnospheres.
MOI he said bluntly. Certainly
not. What put that into your headr"
When he was alone in the library
Valiant opened the glass door and
took from the shelf the morocco case.
The old SILVER Of repugnance ran over
him at the very touch Of the leather.
IN the farthest corner was low COM
mode. He set the case on this and
moved the big tapestry screen across
the angle, hiding 1t from view.
o -
In the great hail at Damory Court
the candles in their brass wallsconces
blinked back from the polished par
quetry and the shining fredogA all.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1914-05-15
Copyright, 1919, By Bobbs-Merrill Go.
SYNOPSIS.

CHAPTER I-John Valiant, a rich So
ciety favorite, suddenly discovers that the
valiant corporation, which his father
BOUNDED and which was the principal
source Of his wealth. has failed.
CHAPTER lille voluntarily turns
over his private fortune to the receiver
2or the corporation. .a.
CHAPTER Hills entire remaining
possessions consist of an old motor car,
white bull dog and DamMy court,
neglected estate In Virginia.
CHAPTER Iv--He learns that this e.
tate came into the family by royal grant
md has been in the possession Of the
VaHants ever since. $1,000,
CHAPTER Won the way to Damory
SSrt ne meets Shirley pandTidss an an a T.
NJ going 70 Ike Virginia immensely.
CHAPTER Wan old negro tells shir-
ney's fortune and predicts great trouble
Tor her on account Of man. VA ,s
CHAPTER vII-unc,e Jefferson, an cd
negro. takes Valiant to Damory court.
CHAPTER VIII hirley's mother. Mrs.
lDandridge. and Major Bristow exchange
"Reminiscences during which Il is revealed
That the major. valiant's father ana o
man named Sassoon, were rivals for the
hand Of Mrs cambridge In her youth.
DAbBOOn ana NaIlanL IOuSnt Ouel On ner
account in which the former was killed.
CHAPTER Ix-valiant finds Damory
court overgrown with weeds and creep
ers and the buildings In very much
neglected condition. Uncle Jefferson ana
his wife. Aunt Daphne, are engaged a.
servants.
CHAPTER X-valiant explores his an
Fcestral home. He is surprised by q fox
bunting party which invades his estate.
He recognizes Shirley at the head Of the
party
CHAPTER XI-He gives sanctuary to
| the cornered fox. Gossips discuss the ad-
| vent of the new owner and recall the
! tragedy In which the elder Valiant took
| part.
CHAPTER XII-Valiant decides to re-
! nabilitate Damory court and make the
land produce a living for him.
CHAPTER XIII-He meets Shirley. who
has been gathering flowers on the Valiant
estate. and reveals his identity to her.
: CHAPTER XIv-valiant saves Shirley
from the bite of a snake, whichsbites him.
Knowing the deadliness of the bite, Shir-
Icy sucks the poison from the wound and
saves his life.
CHAPTER XV-Shirley tells her mother
of the incident and the latter Is strangely
moved at hearing that Valiant Ia again
living at Dan.ory court
CHAPTER XVI-valiant learns some
I0f the history Of his family from Doctor
6oUthall and Major Bristow.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1914-05-15
SECOND EDITION OF MAPS.

Our second shipment of the re-
vised maps of Idaho is now on sale.
and they can be had at fifty cents,
each, post paid. Special prices to
dealers. The Idaho Republican. II
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1914-05-15

the Rusted Dueling-PlstoI!
ing brows, the cameo-delicacy Of pro-
file, the magnolia skin and hair like a
brown-gold cloud across the sun.
He stepped down to the graveled
drive and followed it to the gate, then,
bareheaded, took the Red Road.
Along this highway he had ratified in
Uncle Jefferson's crazy hack-with
her red rose in his hand. The musky
scent of the pressed leaves in the book
in his pocket seemed to be all about
him.
The odor Of living roses, in fact, was
in the air. 1t came on the scarce
felt breeze, heavy calling perfume.
He walked on, keeping the road by the
misty infiltrating simmer of the
stars, with sensation rather of Gid
ing than of walking. 1t occurred to
him that If, as scientists say, colors
emit sound-tones, scents also should
possess music of their own: the
honeysuckle fragrance, maybe-soft
mellow fiuting as of diminutive wind
instruments; the far-faint sickly oder
of lilies-the upper register Of faery
violins; this spicy breath Of roses
blending. throbbing chords like elfn
echoes of an Italian harp. The fancy
pleased him; he could imagine the
perfume now in the air carried with
1t an under-music, like ghostly harp
ing.
1t came to him at the same instant
that this was no mere fancy. Some
where in the languorous night harp
was being played. He paused and lis
tened intently, then went on toward
the sound. The rose scent had grown
stronger; 1t was almost in that heavy
air, as If he were breasting an ETHEREAL
sea of altar. He felt as II he were
treading on a path of rose-leaves,
down which the increasing melody
flowed crimsonly to him. calling, call
ing.
He stopped stock-still. He had been
skirting a close-cropped hedge Of box.
This had ended abruptly and he was
looking straight up bar of green
yellow radiance from a double door.
way. The latter opened on porch
and the light, flung across this,
drenched an arbor of climbing roses,
making it stand out a mass Of woven
rubies set in emerald.
He drew long sigh of more than
delight, for framed in the doorway he
saw figure in misty white, leaning to
the gilded upright Of a harp. He
knew at once that 1t was Shirley.
Holding his breath, he came closer, his
feet muffled in the thick grass. He
stood in the dense obscurity, one
hand gripping the gnarled limb Of
a catalpa,. his eyes following the
shapely arms from wrist to shoulder,
the fingers straying across the strings,
the bending cheek caressing the
carved wood. She was playing the
melody of Shelley's Indian Serenade"
touching the chords softly and ten.
derly-and his lips moved, molding
themselves soundlessly to the words.
The serenade died in a single long
note. AS II in answer to it there rose
flood Of bird-music from beyond the
arbor-jets of song that swelled and
rippled to a soaring melody. She
heard it, too, for the gracile fingers
fell from the strings. She listened a
moment, with head held to one side,
then sprang up and came through the
door and down the steps.
He hesitated moment, then sim
gle stride took him from the shadow.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1914-05-15
CHAPTER XVIII.
Beyond the Box.IIedue,

Beyond the boN-F1eugo.
AS he greeted her, his gaze plunged
deep into hers. She had recoiled a
step. startled, to recognize him al
most instantly. He noted the shrink
ing and thought it due to q stabbing
memory Of that forest-horror. His first
words were prosaic enough:
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1914-05-15

CHAPTER I-John Valiant, a rich So
ciety favorite, suddenly discovers that the
Valiant corporation, which his father
founded and which was the principal
source Of his wealth. has failed.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1914-05-15

CHAPTER IX-Valiant finds Damory
court overgrown with weeds and creep
ers and the buildings in very much
neglected condition Uncle Jefferson and
, his wife. Aunt Daphne. are engaged a.
The daily Alaskan., 1914-11-13
OHIO VALLEY MEETING
 IS WELL ATTENDED

Cincinatti, O., Nov. 13-Goyernors congressman and senators of all the states bordering on the Ohio river met here wednesday to at tend the twentieth annual coEyen- tion of the Ohio valley Improve ment association. The meeting was the largest ever held by the or ganization. Representatives from commercial organizations between Pittsburgh and Cairo and city offi- cials of cities along the Ohio were in attendance.
 It was announced that the asso- citation will make Q demand for fur ther appropriations for Ohio river improvements at the short session Of congress in December.
The daily Alaskan., 1914-11-13
SWEDISH PAVILION
 AT FAIR COMPLETED

San Francisco, Nov. 1S-Ihe Swedish pavilion at the Panama-Pa- cific International Exposition grounds has just been completed at cost of $60,OOO and the installa- ton of exhibits will begin immedi- ately, regardless of the European war. Word has been received from Sweden that agents of the exposition are busy throughout the country as- sembling the best display which Sweden ever has sent to any 9xposi- tioR, ; ! faih S-'
The daily Alaskan., 1914-11-13
JUDGE ROYAL A. GUNNISON
 RETURNS FROM THE EAST

Judge Royal A. Gunnison of Ju- neau. returned to the capital city Saturday last, from Wash'nston' D. C., where he has bee in attend ance on the annual session Of the American Bar association, and was present during the conference he'd by the society for the promotion of uniform laws, as Alaska's repreSeh- tative. He was accompanied by Mrs. Gunnison and Royal Gunnison' jr.
 Judge Gunnison visited New York, Washington and chicago. UT- gent legal business called him home sooner than he had planned to re- turn.