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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-04-10
Recapitulation.
Commissioner Rudgren offe

Commissioner Rudgren offered a
resolution that the following claims
be allowed, to-wit: Rock Island Ma
tional bank S11S19; Central Trust &
Savings bank. S12S.24: German Trust
& Savings bank. S1O7.53; Peoples Ma
tional bank. S167S6; Rock Island Saw
ings bank. s129.61: Rock Island Coun-
~ Abstract company, $1,000. Car
ried by unanimous vote.
Commissioner Hart read an ordi-
nance entitled An ordinance relating
to passing advertisement matter"
which on his motion was considered,
by unanimous vote.
Commissioner Reynolds offered the
following resolution:
Resolved that whereas on the 9th
day of June. 1918. a resolution was
passed by this council in words and
figures following That Otto Huber
be granted permission TO erect a wire
fence on concrete posts on south side
of Ninth avenue from REIMBURSEMENT
street to Thirtieth street, said fence
to be placed is inches back of the
curb line Provided, however. that
before erecting said fence the said
Otto Huber enter into contract with
the city, to be prepared by the city
attorney, said contract TO provide that
Otto Huber shall remove said fence
at any time hereafter upon 80 days
notice from the city and further that
said Huber shall acquire no right
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-04-10
were ordered received and placed on

were ordered received and placed on
file,
Commissioner Rudgren presented a
communication from the Central I'm
ion Telephone company relative to a
complaint against house movers,
which on his motion was ordered re-
ceived and placed on file.
Commissioner Rudgren presented
the following weekly pay roll for
weeks ending March IS, 1914, which on
motion was allowed by unanimous
vote:
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-04-10

King Alfonso of Spain has just an
nounced that he will not play on the
Spanish polo team which will come
to America to participate in the in
ternationaI polo tournament at San
Francisco in 1915. The reason given
is that his ministers fear that he will
be assassinated.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-04-10
MUNICIPAL MATTERS

Fourteenth avenue be transferred TO
Frank LaHousse, and that the license
issues TO Gustave Coddens at iSO
Eighth street be transferred to Peter
Lippens. and that the bonds be APP
proved. Carried by unanimous vote.
Commissioner Rudgren offered
resolution that the bid OF Breed, Ell
lott & Harrison in amount of S22,S6S
for the elevated tank bonds be ac-
cepted on condition that the money
be paid by the city not later than
April i. 1914. and that tho certified
check N amount of $500 be filed with
the city clerk. Carried by unanimous
vote.
Commissioner Rudercn submitted
the following weekly pay roll for
week ending March 81. 1914, which
on his motion was allowed by unani-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-04-10

Il
Commissioner Rudgren read an or
dinance entitled AN ordinance direct
ing the city collector to make re-
port to the county collector on special
assessments and special taxes" which
on his motion was considered by unan-
imous vote.
Commissioner Rudgren offered a
resolution that the ordinance Just
considered, entitled IAN ordinance di-
recting the city collector to make a
report 10 the county collector on
special assessments and special tax.
es,'' be adopted. Carried by unanim.
Gus vote.
Mayor Schriver read petition from
the property owners on Webb street
protesting against the laying of water
mains on Webb street until such time
as sewers are installed, which on mis-
motion was ordered received and
placed on file.
Mayor Schriver read a report of the
board of local improvements recon.
mending the adoption OF an ordinances
providing for the construction of n
Waterman on Twenty-fourth-an half
street from Fifteenth TO Sixteenth
avenues, together with the city en-
Continued on Page Seventeen.)
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-04-10

CONTINUED on Page Seventeen)
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-02-05

mothers father cried when he was
drunk enough over the low taste Of his
daughter who favored the son OF
common carpenter. He resented the
intrusion Of the son of mechanic into
the lawyers family. He got over that
all right and permitted Jim to pay his
house rent and buy his clothes later.
Jim's folks were disguised with him
when he married Mary. They figured
he could have done better and worried
over the pharaphrased adage like
father like daughter" They got over
1t somehow tho they always gave Mary
to understand that she and her family
were mighty fortunate to get Jim.
We knew both their folks. Knew the
nephew who went to the penitentiary
for stealing clover seed, knew about the
divorce trial in which one Of the fam
lilies closely connected was concerned.
Knew why Jims grandfather COM
mitted suicide. oh, when you start back
along the trail Of grandeur you come to
sign posts and camp fires that tell all
kinds of stories
But why should Mr. and Mrs. James
Blank forget what all the rest Of us re-
member? And why is it that all of us
suffer such lapses Of memory on mat
tiers in which forgetfulness is desir-
able?
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-02-05
IApsEs OF MEMORY.

Mr.. and Mrs. James Blank were IN
the depths Of dependency. Young Jim
was insisting on marrying a stenogra-
pher-a handsome girl, bright and with
a good reputation, but stenographer,
and whose parents live in common
mart of town and are not socially con-
adhered. Piled upon this the daughter,
Mary, who has had "all the advantages
that wealth and a good education could
give her. seems bound to throw her
self away on a young farmer whom she
met when she was taking domestic
science at state school. The tnlns
that worries Mr.. and Mrs. Blank is
that the children are interested in such
common people. They had intended
Young Mr.. James for a princess Of the
blood and hadn't as yet picked any par
ticular duke for Mary. SO to have
those common folks butt into the fam
lily thus hurts.
Funniest thing on earth is to go away
back and sit down with recollection
Tim Blank, father of young Mr.. James
and Mary, and lot Of us went to school
together back in Jayville many, many
years ago. Mary's mother went to the
same school. Jim's father was car
penter and a pretty good one, good
enough to get $3.50 a day in those
times, and that was top wages for
"tour." Mary's mothers father had
sign out as lawyer and had been
sometime admitted to the bar. He
practiced mostly over Dan Murphy s
place and before Dams bar. Nobody
knew how they lived at home. Marys
mother got a certificate as soon as the
Lord would let her and the county SUI
perintendent would grant it and took
20 tecahing country school. Young Jim
went away to Chicago. He got in right
somehow and came back and married
Nary's mother. Jim made money and
next thing we knew he was that rising
young capitalist Mr.. James Blank
Mays mother had high social aspira-
lions. There's nothing like a youth Of
country school teaching followed by fl
nancial success to inspire social ambi-
tion. And there you are down to the
present when young Jim and little
Mary propose to get married.
Il sets one remembering: Mary's
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-02-05
Lead Poisoning.

No one ever would accuse the London
Lancet of being a humorous publica-
ton, but here is a storiette which ap-
pcared in the Lancet and which is
worthy of reprinting as mile-getter:
A man who had been sitting on the
damp grass for some hours writing
with lead pencil and frequently SUCK
ing the point thereof while waiting for
inspiration, eventually felt sharp
pain. He limped to local quack.
After questioning him as to the onset
of the attack, the quack simply said
"plumbism." The man received some
yellow pills, paid the fee and went
away. He was studious person and
searched the encyclopedia for the
meaning of "plumbism" and what lead
pencils were made of. The next day
he returned to the quack and said:
"You told me had 'plumbism,' which
is lead poisoning, and l now find there
is no lead in lead pencils only graphite
or plumbago." oh" replied the quack
airily, did I say plumbism is the cause
of your lumbism? meant to have said
plumbago is the cause of your lum-
bago." 'Dh,' said the man. "but, any
how, your pills are only bread" "Of
course, of course" replied the quack;
don't you know that bread Is the oldest
and finest thing to remove pencil marks
with? You didn't want me to give you
India rubber pills. did you?"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-02-05

is to be purchased before that body
meets again; and why should not the
work be done adequately while the
state is doing it,"
"The federal law says the hunters
shall not, and the state game warden
says you may shoot migratory birds In
Iowa during the ordinary open spring
season. The well-balanced hunter
should have no trouble in determining
I his course Of action" oracularly states
the Waterloo Courier.
I'm the flying start for the congress
sional race Vollmer got away two days
ahead Of Hanley and nine days ahead
of Hull. How will they finish?" asks
the Davenport Times.
$50 many people want things done by
the state that a universal inquiry needs
to be made to ascertain who is the
state" says the Burlington Hawkeye.
Some reformers have vague idea
that it means the other fellow. whereas,
fundamentally it means themselves
and the rest of u.s."
Champ Clarke somehow can't get
over the notion that he would have been
nominated for president if there had
been presidential primary" observes
the Sioux City Journal. But it is
doubtful If any man handicapped with
such an abominable campaign song as
his boosters persisted in singing could
win in primary any better than in a
convention"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-02-05
A MATER OF COMPARISON.

1t has come to this: that a cold
snap in Iowa is eagerly awaited and
chronicled by the newspapers Of al
legedly Sunny California" in an effort
to establish the superiority of Cali
fornfa climate over that of this state.
Here Is daily newspaper published
at Whittier, CAL, talking like this:
Sudden changes like these are the
things that take the spring out of the
step, turn the hair gray, and make big
business for the undertaken. 1t is the
lightninglike change from mild
weather such as Iowa has today. when
trains are stalled on the tracks be-
cause of the cold that make the people
of Oskaloosa and other Iowa points
pack up their belongings and start for
che land of sunshine and flowers.
One must go away from home for
news. The Whittier paper has GER
tainly scooped the Iowa press on
weather reports. Just when were Iowa
trains frozen to the tracks because of
cold?" So far this winter we have had
Just one zero day in Iowa. No train
cause OF cold or snow When the
sorrowful citizens of the western slope
were digging thru snowbanks Iowa was
playing golf on the links and bemoan-
It has scarcely been necessary to shake
down the furnace in Iowa this entire
winter And today the sun is bright
and warm and the ground bare Of
ming of husking time.
Those sudden changes that are first
aid to the undertaken do not seem to
affect home keeping Iowans more than
those who wake up Shivering and
hurry to build smokes under orange
trees they wish they had never seen.
The fact is that the California under
taker does a most thriving business
In ex-Iowans who get caught in the
rain and who after breathing the pure,
bracing air of Iowa find that their old
age is unable to endure foggy weather
with constant rain. Here in Iowa the
row. We weep when We part with him
at the train on his way out because
we hate to lose him and we weep
again when we meet the casket at the
train on the way IN.
California need not worry over the
Sudden changes" of Iowa weather. 1t
has plenty weather worries Of it's own
to keep it busy. There are, it is to be
confessed. some sudden changes Of
weather in Iowa; but there are no such
swift and facilitating shifts of pocket
book temperature as seem to be most
common in California. Moreover we
are not averse to a little cold at the
proper season and welcome fine
snowfall; indeed would be happier had
we had part Of the snow California has
been staying indoors to avoid.
California, not Iowa, should worry.
When the weather Is too severe for
summer bathing and outdoor shows at
popular admission We feed cattle and
hogs and ship trainloads of them to
market and keep probably busy. When
the show business stops California
stops. Iowa, however, is not in the
show business; she's the audience that
NAYS the admissions and always has
the price.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-02-05
Topics of the Times

Analysis Of the Des Moines police
bacterial count"
What has become of Frank @. Stu
art, candidate for senator? Somehow
Frank isn't making his usual fuss.
Some newspapers over the state
seem to class Des Moines with Seldom
and Gomorrah. Let's not go so far as
that. With all her faults and foolish
persons Des Moines is Il pretty fair
town as towns of 10000 go.
The Federal league is the bull moose
of baseball.
Fifty Iowa towns are planning to in
stall water supply systems this year.
That doesn't sound like na-d times or
lack of confidence does it?
Another item in the Iowa winter
wea Their report-the hens keep right
on laying and Matching out eggs all
winter. And an egg in he winter time
is much more comforting to the soul
than blossoms and pansies.
Audubon is beginning today three
day community institute wherein mat
tiers of interest to the community will
be discussed by competent speakers
and which will DE attended by the en-
tire community. Audubon, if she is
a. little out of the way when it comes
to railroad connections, seems to be
considerable in advance of some rather
noted transpor tation cen.ers.
II the old Cumberland road built of
macadam at a cost of $13, 900 per mile
and neglected for seventy years or
more can now be restored at a cost of
$1,000 per mile as estimated bw the
government engineers, how much
would a $1,000 paved road be worth
thirty years from now?
In Denmark the school teacher is
almost always furnished with house
barn, and few acres of land, accord
ing to w. II. Smith, a recent observer
from the United States bureau Of ed
ucation. The tenure Of office of the
teacher is for life or good behavior
and rs per cent of the rural teachers
are men who settle down in their re-
spective communities, cultivate the
small farm, act as choristers in the
country church, and easily and nat
uralIy become leaders in affairs"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-02-05
THE RAISE IN TAXES.

Attention is called to the feature on
this page dealing with the tax advance.
1t is an effort to analyze the situation
as it exists, the reasons for it and to
trace the money raised by the increase
to the places and classes it will bene-
fit.
Please read it carefully. There will
be much discussion of the subject and
it is desirable that we should know
how the raise came about, whom it will
affect and where the money will so. AS
one township is much like another gen.
orally speaking over Iowa the Marion
township farm and it's taxes should
furnish an enlishtening example.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-02-05
A FIGHT AT ANAMOSA.
rrnd,r PapidS RenuhIican.1


The fight between Moore and Ho'
gan, of Anamosa. for the federal mar
shalship of the northern district, we
are assured is not yet over. the
brethren have something substantial
to quarrel over. So far the friends OF
Hogan believe he has had the worst
of it. but we are hardly in a position
to pass judgment on such delicate
issue within the ranks Of a political
organization. We shall have to let
them fight it out. Mr.. Moore was, to
begin with, a candidate for the post
mastership Of Anamosa. Hogan was
candidate for the marshalship.
Moore claims that when he saw that
Hogan's appointment was impossible.
largely so on account of Hogan's re-
ligion, so we are told, then Moore
made an attempt for the marshalship
because it has the bigger salary at
tached and the easier duties, too. The
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-02-05

ment than for its purposes and results,
and FOR many, times there was q wide
gulf between the two men. But each
kept his scourSe and as time went ON
gained In mutual respect for the other.
It Is q consolidation now that In all tho
battles fought in the 81 years of mutual
struggle, The Tribune never aspersed
the integrity Of Mr.. Perkins. involved
his family in controversy or underrated
his intellect He was 4 powerful man.
physically and mentally and made
deep impression upon his time. He had
great dignity and great force. He
knew what he was entitled to among
other men and he had the strength to
give battle in any arena in which they
met to decide leadership.
METER READERS AND MATCHES.
lCedar Rapids Republican,
There Is reason to believe that a
recent Cedar Rapids fire was caused
by meter reader dropping lighted
match in some inf1ammable materials.
The meter was located in basement
and the fire broke out shortly AFTER
the boy had been there to read the
meter and there was no possible reason
for the fire. Others have noted the
carelessness Of such readers. We our
selves have seen them strike matches
over piles of paper. They are supposed
to eXtinguish the match before drop
ping it, and they no doubt, intend TO
do so, but we know that they are some-
times careless, as Others are sometimes
careless. Many persons drop matches
unconsciously. 1t is thoughtless act.
Some men drop them In waste paper
baskets. after they have lighted their
cigars. There is hardly an Office IN
town that cannot show a charred waste
paper basket.
1t has been suggested that all meter
readers ought to be equipped with cleo
trio flash lights. The suggestion is a
good one. 1t would decrease fire risks
to a considerable extent.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-02-05

Tourist-You have an unusually
large acreage Of corn under cultiva-
ton; don't the crows annoy you a
great deal?
Farmer-Oh. not to any extent.
Tourist-That's peculiar, considering
you have no scarecrows.
Farmer-Oh. we'll, you see, I'm out
here a good part of the tim. myself
New York Mall
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-02-05
This I?

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for any
case OF Catarrh that cannot be cured by Halls
+. J. CHENEY & CO.. Toledo. O.
We. the undersigned have known F. J..
Cheney for the last 10 years, and believe him
perfectly honorable in all business transactions
and financially able to carry out any obligations
made By his firm.
NAT BANK OF COMMERCE.
Toledo, Ohio.
Halls Catsrrh Cure Is taken internally. acting
directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces Of
the system. Testimonials sent free. Price -
cents per bottle Sold by all Druggists.
Take HANS Fsnily Pills foe eopstipatioe-
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-02-05
KELLY AND PERKINS.
[Sioux City Tribune.]

Ten years after the daily Journal was
established the editor of The Tribune
came to Sioux City and found Mr..
Perkins already entrenched in bust
ness, in the very foundation Of bust
ness, the esteem Of great constituency.
In the competition of the long inter-
vening years there were some sharp
conflicts. Mr.. Perkins was naturally
a partisan. The editor of The Tribune
cared less for the machinery of govern
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-02-05
Iona Newspapers
ARGENTINE CORN.
Sheldon MALL

The Mail has at the office few
sample OF the corn from Argentine over
which so many seem to be worried. The
kernels are small, hard full Of oil and
not at all prepossessing in appearance.
1t is said horses can not crack the kerr
mel because of its hardness. The guam
ity of oil is so great that it is easily
discernible to the taste. We apprehend
the American farmer need have no fear
from competition along that line.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-02-05
IOWA OPINION AND NOTES.

The Cedar Rapids Republican says,
in his death Iowa has lost not only it's
foremost editor and publicist, but one
of it's most distinguished citizens. In
northwestern Iowa there is none who
can take the place of the vacated
leadership. Mr.. Perkins was a growth.
He was firmly rooted in the soil of
Iowa, but he had visions that were as
wide as the world and as high as
heaven. An oak in all the glory of ma
turity, and in all it's strength, has fallen
among us"
The Des Moines Capital says:
George D. Perkins gave the best there
was in him to Sioux City and the ter
ritory contiguous thereto. The people
Of that section will never be able to
compute In dollars and cents the value
of his work put forth in their behalf.
In their local history no name will be
entitled to a more conspicuous or
honored place."
"a good and pure man." says the
Waterloo Reporter. ITO know him was
and distant exterior there beat within
Ills VI Su6I q AScIh IL uC, iOy1A cIAO puO-
bling over with the best man pos
sesses."
The Burlington Gazette has remarked
that "about the most unsuccessful way
of preventing reporter from obtaining
news is to tell him he can not have it.
The Iowa City Citizen does not pose
as defender of the capitol extension
movement, II it needs defense, but we
see no reason why the state should not
have a proper setting for its beautiful
capitol building after discussing the
proposition these many years. The tax
was voted by the legislature, the ground
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-02-05
1EsREPUBIICAN MARsHAILT0wN. IowA FEBRUARY s. 1914

Hogan men now claim that Moore and
his friends created the issue them.
selves and that they practiced duplIc-
ity. deep and dire. to encompass their
ends. They almost put Hogan 70
sleep for q while, but the lighting lrien
blood flows In Hogans as we'll as In
Moores. tho one Is north Of Ireland, the
other south Of Ireland blood. They say
the noise Of the fighting is going to ne
heard all the way to Washington ana
It may yet make the man OF destiny
who is stepped in predestination
tremble upon his throne. The marshall
ship 10 worth 1t, boys, and so 60 to IT.,
and pardon US, for not taking sides. as
we have been asked to do. We are
merely observers, onlookers and disin-
terested commentators. But we can not
deny that we are somewhat interested
in all the fighting that Is going on.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-02-05

The Burlington Gazette has remarked
that "about the most unsuccessful way
of preventing reporter from obtaining
news is to tell him he can not have it."
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-02-05

Fifty Iowa towns are planning to in
stall water supply systems this year.
That doesn't sound like nacd times or
lack Of confidence, does 1t?
Daily Kennebec journal., 1914-01-14
COLONIAL THEATRE.
Mary Pickford in "caprice.D

The management of the Colonial
Theatre offers for this afternoon and
evening, Caprice" Mrs. Fisks great
success, with the famous motion-pic-
ture star, Mary Pickford, supported by
Ernest Truax and owen Moore. Ca
price is charming comedy drama of
society, love and the great outdoors
bright play illustrating the pleasant
truth that love levels allan 4 90 of
the hills mingled with the voice of the
city Little" Mary Pickford has many
admirers IN Augusta, as was shown
by the packed hoases which greeted
her seme time ago at the Colonial then
playing the leading role il IL the
Bishops Carriage" Miss Piei;ford is
now with the Famous Players Film
Company, under the personal direction
of Daniel Frohman. the renowned the
atrical director and manager.
The Colonial Peerless Orchestra will
render some excellent music, varying
from operate to ragtime selections. A
we'll balanced program of nine reels
will be shown, the remainder of which
is Where the Road Forks AT the
Cabaret, The Problem Love Solved, "
'Fate's Round Up" and THE Little
Church Around the Corner."-Advt