Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-01-24
RAISING OF FUNDS
TO OPPOSE UNION
Antl-Annexationists in South
Rock Island Busy With the
Money Proposition.

About 500 for the proposed prose.
cution of the fight against annexation
was pledged at a meeting of the OBJ
Jectors last evening. The session was
held in the town hall at Center Sta
ton and about 60 attended. The
meeting was scheduled to be held at
the Woodmen hall, but owing to ad.
verse weather conditions affecting the
attendance the large hall was not
needed
Andrew Johnson acted as chairman
and Charles Guldenzopf was se..e-
tary. The finance committee made its
report and it developed that very lit.
Tie mad been raised since the last
meeting. Conrad Kirch was the first
speaker of the evening Arguments
about the disadvantages of annexai:aa
were advocated during his talk aud he
told his hearers that they must hang
together to accomplish anything and
suggested that those present subscribe
to the fund according to their re-
sources and that a man who owned a
two by four lot with a shack on il,
could not in all fairness be asked to
contribute the same amount as a man
who owned several acres or more.
Ernest Hussey held that taxes would
be doubled in case of annexation and
stated that he had figures to prove it. |
He urged the DIRECTORS to get more |
spirit into the fight and said that dur
ing movement on the bluff against |
annexation four years ago they had |
raised over $500 inside of an hour. He
understood that there were about 90
property owners among the directors
and should they show the right spirit
the $500 would be raised in short Or
der. He said reports that the wells
m that vicinity were going dry was I'M
rue, and said that those that had
gone dry were nothing more than sand
holes in the ground. In case of an
lexation he was sure that the first
hing the city would do would be to
ave the streets. as it had a paving .
;raze" at the present time and would
larry through these improvements /
whether the voters wanted them or
lot.
Short talks were made by August
'chmtd, Charles Guldenzopf and An
rev Johnson. Harry NJ. McCaskrin,
Who is acting as legal adviser for the
bjectors. stated that ne could say
othing further than had already been
one over, but that the fund ought to
e raised by Feb. Is. Gus ShaGfer
ouched upon the question of fire pro-
ection and stated that under the pres
mt plan no serious fire had resulted
4 many years. Mr.. Shaffer citei one
ase where barn was burning down
nd near ii stood a summer kitchen.
nd that with the aid of buckets the
eighbors saved the kitchen. Had
ley waited for the city apparatus to
rrive The kitchen. even the house:
ould have gone up in smoke.
de declared that he knew of several
ases where the wives signed the an
exation petition for their husbands
nd one case where the daughter sign
for her parents. He then suggest
that the people oppose annexation,
et down to business on the proposed
md, and that il those present would,
On for good amount the rest could
easily secured as the majority was
aiting for someone to take the lead.
r. Shaffer was the first one to step
and sign the pledge fund. Others
ION followed and on checking over
was found that nearly 500 had been
edged. The finance committee re-
lived instructions to secure the rest,
the fund as soon as possible.
The meeting then adjourned and
ere viii be no other meeting held I'M
SIS 1t is absolutely necessary as the
esent essential Is TO raise the fund
r legal proceedings.