Rock Island Argus., 1914-11-13
DAVENPORT


proximately 500 citizens of Davenport
! have failed to pay their taxes and have
been warned by City Treasurer Robe
son that failure to settle their indebt-
/ edness to the city within a period of
! 20 days will bring about levy on their
property Mr. Robeson and his
deputies were busily engaged in mail
ing notices to delinquents Every one
affected is notified as to the amount
of unpaid personal property tax for
the year, for which interest is charged
by the city from the date.
Jebens to Give Up Camp Clerk
It is announced in Woodman circles
that Henry Jebens, for some years
past clerk of Cedar camp No. 81, NJ.
w. A, and elected county attorney at
the recent election, will not be a can
didate for reelection as camp clerk,
and after Jan. l will devote his entire
time to the duties of the county attor-
ney's office. Mr.. Jebens will succeed
Fred Vollmer as county attorney on
Jan. l. He has named Realff Ottesen
as his assistant. Fred McNair, a |
prominent member of Cedar Camp
and employed at the Rock Island ar
senal. is being prominently mentioned
as the probable successor to Mr.. Jeb- |
ems in Cedar Camp. The Office pays
$50 a month. Cedar Camp IS the larg- |
est Woodman camp in Iowa, having /
over 200 members.
"Y" Basket Team Hit Amidships-]
Sickness and studies are playing havoc |
tl..a NJ 4 bot hall
and if the present epidemic keeps on
Coach Orrie Johnson will be lucky if /
he has a team at all when the time
comes to play the first game sched-
uled. John Block. captain and veteran
guard. dislocated his shoulder last
summer and has been put out of scrim-
mage work for this reason, although
he is still attending team practices.
Hooks" Friedholdt has left the squad
as practice interferes with his work.
Red" Aylward, counted on as likely
candidate for forward, is now in the
hospital sick with appendicitis. Picker
ing and Newton, both out for guard
positions at the beginning of the year,
are going to night school and are
therefore unable to take part either in
pratcice or regular scheduled games.
This leaves Krabbenhoeft the only
regular on the squad. New men are
Allen, center; Richardson, forward;
guard.
Christmas Tree in Public Park
For some time the Lend-a-Hand club
has been planning to launch a munic-
pal Christmas tree to be erected
Christmas week in one of the city
parks or some other public place, and
have reached the stage
hat the project is assured. The plan
S to ask the cooperation of all socie-
les, clubs. churches, organizations of
Ill kinds in carrying out this move
nent whose worthy object is 10 bring
Christmas cheer to the whole COM
nunity. Many other cities, New York.
Buffalo, Evansville, have had
Christmas trees with sue
ess and Davenport with true civic
ride can do as well. The tree will
,e lighted possibly for week before
christmas and Christmas eve carols
viii be sung beneath the tree by the
arious organizations cooperating.
me musical part of the entertainment
5 under the management of Mrs Hilda
T. Matthey.
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Plan to Inspect New Call System
.Iderman William Brehmer announc-
d that he expected to call special
ieeting OF the police and license com
iittee in "A day or two for the pur- r.
ose OF making final inspection of the i
ew Gamewell system. The apparatus /.
as never been accepted by the city. ii
ity Electrician Al Goidschmidt and vi