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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-11-19
LOCAL FLOUR FOR
BELGIAN HUNGRY
Two Mills in Davenport Invite
Public to Assist in Plan
to Send Shipment.

The Belgian relief work has been
presented to the people of the tri
cities and vicinity in a way that they
can be afforded the means of assisting
without much trouble and effectively.
The two Davenport flour milling COM
panies, the Western Flour Mills com
| pany and the Phoenix Flour Mills CON-
pany have both made donations to the
work and have agreed to take orders
for flour, which will be shipped to
Belgium without any cost to the
donor.
The work was started by William
E. Edgar, publisher of the Northwest
ern Miller of Minneapolis. Mr.. Edgar
first secured the backing of the mil
lers in an effort to secure 10000 bar
rels of flour. Then he went out and
in one day in Minneapolis, raised $46,-
900 to pay the ocean freight on the
| consignment. Then he secured prom
! ises of the railroad companies to trans
port the shipments free of charge from
the mill doors to Philadelphia, from
/ where the flour will be shipped.
Millers all over the country took up
the work. They all promised to do
nate large quantities of flour.
| Then they agreed to receive orders
from the public for shipment to the
Belgians.
| Anyone in this vicinity who wishes
to make a donation may send check
or the cash for $3.50 for a quarter
barrel sack. If he is able to send
more, more will be gladly received.
Il rr1l. IL -I.,- -Ir in
December. If the price goes down
before the time of shipment, enough
more will be put in the consignment
to make up the difference. If the
price goes up the mills will make up
the difference.
The movement has the endorsement
of both representatives of the allies
and the German ambassador in Wash
| ington. Shipments of this kind for
the relief of the starving Belgians are
sent to the American ambassador and
distributed under his supervision.
| They pass the German lines unmolest-
ed, as has been shown by the German
ambassador, who has given his hearty
approval of the work.
The food will be for the relief of
the young children and the aged peo-
pie. 1t will not go to anyone engaged
in any way in the war.
Correspondents of newspapers re-
port that thousands of old men, old
women and children are starving in
Belgium because their fields have
been devastated and their homes
burned down. II is these people.
whom this movement to send flour is
intended to help.
All the news all the time-The
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-11-19
FIREMEN MAKE TWO
RUNS IN COLD SPELL

The firemen were forced to make a
run in the biting air at 10 o'clock this
morning to extinguish a blaze in a
shed at the rear of Henry l.. Bakers
pool room and cigar store at 26O2 Fifth
avenue. A small shed in the rear was
set on fire by chimney sparks. The
blaze was put out with chemicals,
small damage resulting.
Yesterday afternoon at 2:30 the fire
laddies from Station No. 2 responded
to a call at the foot of Seventh street.
Some dry weeds near the railroad
track caught fire from engine sparks.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-11-19
CHICAGO POLICE
AFTER PRISONER
Frank Fifield in Jail on Larceny
Charge Wanted for Wife
Abandonment.

Frank F'ifeld, who is being held at
the county jail on the charge of lar
ceny. is wanted in Chicago for wife
abandonment, according to letter re-
ceiyed this morning by Chief Brinn,
from William =. O'Brien, chief Of de-
tectives in the Windy City.
Fifield was arrested here last Thurs
day. while in the act of disposing of a
valuable fur lap robe to a second hand
dealer. He could not give a satisfac-
tory explanation of how the robe came
to be in his possession and his case
was continued until Nov. 81 by Magis-
trate Smith.
The missive stated that should the
local authorities be unable to convict
him here, he should be held and an
officer would be sent from Chicago to
get him. According to the letter FL
field is IS years old.
1t is probable that the local AR
tiles will turn Fifield over to the Chi
cago police on that date The owner
of the lap robe has not been found as
yet.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-11-19
BRUNER GETTING
RESULTS IN WORK
Total of 66,222 Laboring Men
Attend Forty Week Cam
paign Just Ended.

That a. NJ. Bruner. industrial spe-
cialist. is getting excellent results
from his evangelistic efforts, is evil
dent from a report which he recently
made. During a period of 40 weeks in
which as many cities in "a states
were visited, the total attendance at
gospel shop meetings was 66,222.
Other interesting facts concerning
the religious campaign which he re-
Gently closed are: Systems establish
ed, 40; shops organized, 2S7; shop
leaders secured 2S7; shop committee
men elected, $40; central extension
committeeman, 266; participated in
campaigns, 1916; attendance at in
stitutes, 4.2ll.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-11-19
FIRST STATE AID
HIGHWAY IN This
COUNTY FINISHED
Last Hundred Feet of Concrete
Installed and Shoulder Work
Being Completed.
REQUIRED SEVEN WEEKS
Other Roads to Be Constructed Under
Tiee Bill Will Be Started Next
Spring According to Plan.

The last one hundred feet of con-
crete was today Installed for the state
aid road being constructed for a dis
lance one mile west of Taylor Ridge.
This completes the work on the high
way.
Wallace Treichler. county superin-
tendent of highways. this morning
made the announcement, stating that
by evening the road would be finished.
Fourteen teams were employed on the
shoulder work on each side of the
state road.
a supervising engineer of the state
highway commission will inspect the
road shortly and after he passes upon
it, providing he finds it to be accord
ing to the specifications, he will re-
port TO the county board of supervis-
ors.
Seven Weeks Work.
The Mccarthy Construction COM
pany has the contract for the road,
having bid $500. The concern start
ed work seven weeks ago and made
rapid progress since. The state fur
nished all the cement and other mater
falls used in the construction. Half
of the expense in building the road is
met by the state.
This is the first state aid road COM
pleted in this county and is the only
one started this year, it being too
late in the season to begin on the
other two highways selected. Next
spring, the Yuma and Sears roads are
TO be improved.
May Be II Feet Wide.
It is reported on good authority that
the state highway commission has
practically admitted that the original
specifications did not adequately pro-
vide for the highway to be left in
good condition for travel and il is
understood that in addition to the
necessary grading. the state has
caused to be laid a crushed rock APP
proach of two feet in width on each
side of the pavement This addition
will make practically a hard road of
IA feet in width, instead of the original
width of ten feet. which included only
the concrete and a six inch shoulder
of the same material.
Even the state authorities are said
TO have recognized that road of only
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-11-19

eral services will be held from the
Methodist Episcopal church Friday af
ternoon at 1880.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-11-19

eating, pressure of gas around the
heart or constipation, get bottle to-
day. Do not delay longer 1t has
brought health and happiness to thou
sands. Mayr's Wonderful Stomach
Remedy is now sold here by all drug
gists.-(Adv.)
All the news all the time-TheA Argus
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-11-19
PAVING PROJECT
PASSED BY BOARD
Installation of Improvement on
Eighth Avenue Unanimous
ly Agreed Upon.

There was not an objector at the
hearing of the paving project on
Eighth avenue, when the board of To-
cal improvements convened in the Of
fee OF Mayor II. NJ. Schriver this
morning.
The Improvement is for the installa-
ton of brick paving between Thirty
eighth and Forty-first streets and the
engineers estimate is S9,05770.
There being no DIRECTORS the project
was unanimously passed by the board.
The grade was established and the
property owners and members of the
board had no trouble in getting to-
gether on the matter.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-11-19

All the news all the time-The
Argus.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-11-19
WAR VETERANS PRESENT
AT MONUMENT EXERCISES

A monument to the Spanish-Ameri-
can war soldiers and sailors was dedi-
Gated yesterday afternoon at Geneseo.
About IL members of the Siboney Bay
camp of this city attended the cere-
monies. Following the dedication a
program was held at the Congregation
al church, the feature being an address
by Frank S. Dickson, adjutant general
of Illinois
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-11-19
Notice to Property Owners.

Notice is hereby given to all per-
sons interested that the board of local
improvements of the city of Rock Is
land, Illinois, having let a contract for
the construction of sidewalks on
Eighth street from Fourth to Thir-
teenth avenues and the same having
been completed and accepted by said
board on the 10Th day of November.
a. D. 1914, and the said board having
filed in the county court of Rock Is
land county, Illinois, on the 18th day
of November, A d. 1914, certificate
showing that the said improvement
conforms substantially to the require
ments of the original ordinance for
the construction of the same, the cost
thereof, the amount estimated by them
to be required to pay the accruing in
terest on bonds and vouchers, issued
to anticipate collection of the assess
ment for said Improvement. A hear
ing 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 third day of
December, A. d. 1914, at the hour OF
900 o'clock a. m or as soon there
after as the business of the court Will
permit. All persons desiring may file
objections on the hearing and may ap-
pear on the hearing and make their
defense. Dated at Rock Island, Hi
nois. this 10th day of November, A.
d. 1914.
H NJ. SCHRIVER,
WALLACE TREICHLER,
r. R. REYNOLDS,
Board of Local Improvements.
-(Adv)
1t has been estimated that4, 7OS, OOO.-
600 wood screws are used in the Unit
Cd Statnc zach
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-11-19

1t has been estimated that4, 70S,OOO.-
600 wood screws are used in the Unit
ed States each year.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-11-19

ten foot face would have been made
quate for highway purposes. the limit
ed surface not being wide enough for
teams TO pass, no matter how care
full drivers might be. With the plan
to be followed under the new order.
the road will have an actual surface
of IA feet. allowing, it is believed.
ample room for vehicles of any descrip-
ton to pass with ordinary care.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-11-19
Relief From Stomach Ills.

Why suffer from constipation and
stomach trouble when Mayr's Won
prescription of French oils, will give
relief and free the body of all poison
Gus matter? If you have fainting
spells, sick headache, distress after
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-11-19
WILLIAM A. ATWATER DIES
AT HOME IN CAMBRIDGE
Especial to The Argus.)

Cambridge, Ill, Nov. ia second
liam a. Atwater at his home here
Wednesday evening. He was one of
the pioneers of Henry county, having
been born here 60 years ago. The sur
vivors are son and daughter. Fun
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1914-05-15
NOTED BANDIT SHOT
Chap who Held Up Rocky Ford Mar
siial Captured aud Again in Pen

Jack Copeland, the desperate who
some six years ago achieved consider
able notoriety when he single-handed
and alone captured Marshal Croop and
Deputy Sheriff Johns who were trail
ing him for the theft of some harness
and saddles s-handcuffed the officers to-
gether, drove them twenty miles out on
the prairie and left them to walk back,
was the hero of another sensation last
Sunday, when he had his arm shattered
by rifle bullet, when he refused to
surrender and return to the penitentiary
from which he had escaped about a
month ago.
Copeland, it will be remembered, was
captured near Lamar by Sheriff Potter
and posse shortly after his escapade
with the Rocky Ford officers, and he
was sentenced to the penitentiary where
he had but little over n year to serve
when he made his getaway.
The escaped convict was trailed by a
trapper who had been deputized to the
search, to his lair in a cave in the Grip
pie Creek district, and was shot as he
reached for his gun to repel the in
truder. The bullet tore his arm to
shreds and he had no further desire to
resist arrest. A search of Copeland s
cave showed that he was fully armed
and provisioned by raids through the
district, and he could have witnstood a
months siege had not his captor crept
up and got the drop" on him before
Copeland was aware of his presence.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1914-05-15
CITY IMPROVEMENTS
Cement Cutters, Grade Streets and
Cluster Lights Advocated by
Mayor and Council

Although the civic Improvements
Such as new city hall and the paving
of main street-so stremously advocat-
ed by Ex-Mayor Coffman are apparent
ly as far from fruition as when first
advanced The Enterprise is pleased to
note that some practical steps are being
taken by Mayor Roberts and his cabinet
for the betterment of our city streets,
according to reports of tho council meet
ing last Friday evening, when the
mayor instructed the city engineer to
investigate the matter of guttering
Main street and installing cluster lights
along the same thoroughfare, and to be
ready to report upon the probable cost
through the street and alley committee
at the next regular meeting.
AS the cement guttering could be
made to include the conduit system for
underground wiring that would De re-
quired for the cluster lights the two
improvements naturally run together
and with the street grading that would
be necessary to meet the cutters the
needed improvements to our main thor
oughfare can be installed at a compare
lively small cost it is believed.
The mayors proposition is meeting
with hearty appreciation wherever
mentioned, and as every member of the
council so far as heard from is in hearty
accord with the movement, we are led
to hope that the proposed improvements
may be decided upon SO that the un-
slightly condition of Main street may
before long be but ancient history and
we will have a smooth and well lighted
street over which will be pleasure to
ride.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1914-05-15
- OF INTEREST TO STOcKMEN
Results of Improved Methods Of
Dairying in the South.

The owners of farm in Virginia
which was managed in the o1d-fa sh-
ioned way. kept 10 cows and sold
their butter in the local markets for
81 TO 80 cents pound. The herd
consisted of ordinary cows OF mixed
breeding which were allowed to run
most OF the year. but were tied up
in the ..overshoot' at milking time.
In n9ll. becoming dissatisfied with re-
suits. the owners decided to ship
cream to Washington, ID. c. This
was found TO be more profitable, as
they received 45 to so cents a pound
for butterfat; but on the first visit
of the district inspector the build
ings were pronounced unsanitary.
The cellar OF the dwelling house was
used as dairy house; the barn was
an old-time general-purpose barn:
there was no silo on the place. The
water supply. which was pumped by
a windmill from the neighboring
creek was considered unfit for wash
ing dairy utensils.
The owner built new barn, dairy
house. and a silo at cost OF Sl,IS9.
according to plans furnished by the
department. The department fur
nishes such plans to persons con-
templating the erection of a new dairy
barn. milk house, or silo, or for the
remodeling OF an old building. il re-
quests are accompanied by statements
of character and size of building de-
sired. The new barn is one-story
building large enough for 80 cows.
but so constructed that the cows can
be kept clean with the least amount
of labor. The old barn was retained
for storage purposes.
n i .l..a4 -. Ii
ing milk were obtained and daily
weighings OF milk were made. A
representative from the department
assisted in making tests of the milk
with the Babcock tester. and gave ad-
vice about feeding and general man
agement.
At the present time the herd has
been increased to 80 head of as good.
cows OF mixed breeds as could be pur-
chased. but it is doubtful if they are
as good as those in the original herd.
A pure bred Hofstein bull has been
placed at the head OF the herd. -Four
pure-bred animals of the same breed
have recently been added. Following
the advice of the dairy expert, bet
ter methods of feeding increased the
yield of milk. The herd records show
that during the year ending Septem..
Der so. 1913. the average yield OF
milk per COW was 502 pounds more
than during the previous year. Be
cause OF the improved condition OF
the buildings better price is re-
ceived for the milk. so with the in
creased yield, combined with the
higher value OF the product, the av-
erage profit from each cow was in
creased TO the extent OF S2479 per
annum.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1914-05-15
BOYS CONGRESS
Hears Instructive Address on 1.-THE
Boy and the Cigarette" Last
Sunday afternoon

At the Boys Congress meeting in
First Baptist church last Sunday after
noon an address was delivered by Mr..
Foster on "The Boy and the Cigarette, "
in which he told how first he will start
in on white piece of paper or pill as
it is called by men or fools that use
them-as there is always light at one
end and fool at the other-and then
there is sensation for something
stronger, so he goes into saloon and
gets drink of beer or whiskey which
ever the case might be (mine was beer)
and so the drink habit is caused from
the little innocent looking cigarette that
is mighty in its effects upon the human
system.
"About three years ago there was a
ed Copeland and Van Phul and wounded
another man whose name ! cannot re-
call, but this evil was caused by the
cigarette or pill. Now boys take my
advice and leave the weed and the little
innocent looking cigarette alone, as it
is only bothersome to you in your work
and any man who thinks anything of
himself and the boy will not hire him
who smokes vile cigarette.
"There is but one way to clear out
the cigarette and that is to get up a
petition and pass it around so every
voter can sign it and vote it out and
will do all in my power to help you, and
wish that every man and every woman
who is eligible to vote would kindly
sign the petition which the Boys Con
gress is getting up and help get the
deadly weed out of the Nation as well
as the State and City,"
Mr.. Fosters subject for next Sunday
before the Boys Congress will be Gig
agrettes and Manhood. We urge
every boy who is IL years of age and
over to be present.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1914-05-15
Mr.. Editor:

mT. EultOr.
Permit an observation. The follow
ing impression on my mind may be ac-
counted for by experience in teaching
and acquaintance with childhood from
the teachers standpoint, but whatever
its inspiration or character of influences
which awakened it, it vividly claimed
attention and became the handspring
of subsequent reflections.
Passing the Washington school build
ings recently ! noticed that around the
school grounds were beautiful strips of
green grass bordering the cement side
walks and curbstone, also that within
the grounds no grass could be seen.
These beautiful strips of grass seemed
to have no visible protection, no fence,
no sign "Keep off the Grass" As
looked l involuntary wondered how
could that tender grass grow there so
beautifully, unprotected, with such a
multitude of feet running hither and
thither?
Immediately in response to my mem
tai query my fancy seemed to see in
large capital letters along those strips
of grass the word DISCIPLINE. 1t
meant on the part of those scholars,
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1914-05-15
SCIENTIFIC HORSE BREEDING
VIII Be Important Topic at Farmers
Club Meeting Tomorrow

Prof. V. o. Cudd of the Graham
Scientific Horse Breeding School of
Kansas City, is scheduled to deliver
Scientific Breeding" at the meeting of
the Otero County Agricultural associ-
alton tomorrow Saturday afternoon,
and every member who is interested in
farm eugenics should make it his busi-
ness to hear this lecture. During the
forenoon Prof. Cudd will visit the Shau-
lis Stock Farm and give practical
demonstration of his science that should
be witnessed by every stockman.
Another important matter to come
before the meeting tomorrow will be
the receipt of report from the COM
mittee appointed several weeks ago to
take up with the officials of the Santa
Fe the question of rebuilding or sur
rendering the abandoned portion of the
Arkansas Valley railroad between this
city and the Swink spur. This is a
proposition in which the people of Rocky
Ford and of the Holbrook country to
and beyond Cheraw are vitally interest
ed and it is expected that the Holbrook
people will be out in numbers to this
meeting.
The committee appointed at the last
meeting to investigate the proposition
of establishing a county telephone sys-
TEN will also make its report on Satur
day, so that this is expected to be one
of the most important meetings ever
held by the association
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1914-05-15
KEEP OFF THE GRASS
Observer Voices His Appreciation of Green
sward Simply Guarded by Discipline

respect for authority, self-restraint.
Along with the printed page and the
teachers instructions it seemed to be a
part of the means of an education. 1t
represented very important element
in the development of character. If
those tender blades of grass could grow
in beauty in such environment did it
not mean that the tender, delicate ele-
ments equally essential with the rug
ged, vigorous elements in producing
strong, well-rounded character in those
scholars were having like opportunity
of development? Unconscious influ-
ences? Yes, but all the more effective
because unconscious.
Immediately was aware of an in
creasing pride for our public school
system. Who can doubt the power of
such an institution as a helpful factor
in producing useful, loyal, American
citizens not only out of our own child
ren but also out of those of the incom-
ing foreigners? Plant such an insttu-
tion in country like the Philippines
and who can doubt its power to trans
form them producing from the rising
generation a self-governing people?
But enough. keep off the grass. "
OBSERVER.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1914-05-15
CLEAN UP ROCKY FORD

The Council has, by resolution, set aside Tuesday, We'd
nesday and Thursday May 49, 20 and 81 for cleanup days
We give Monday to get ready for the
We appeal you citizens of Rocky Ford to make these days
such cleanup days have before been known this city
We accomplish but little without your cooperation, also
your work lost without cooperation Therefore, let
work together accomplish the greatest possible good Let
rake yards front and back streets and alleys with
fine tooth comb if necessary however do it, let get
them clean and tidy Pile the trash in piles in the street
alley and the city will haul it away The will
start the south side of at the west end and clean to
the east When through the south side of the tracks they
will begin the north side at the west end and work east
until through We hope of vacant lots will give them
the attention they do their homes In the past this
has not always been done. The city will haul everything
piled up except ashes and stable manure
Yours for a clean Rocky Ford.
z, L. ROBERTS, Mayor,
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1914-05-15

Rocky Ford baseball boys bump
ed up against jinx and lost the
league championship after hotly-
contested and most exciting game.
In the morning our boys had
trimmed the Las Animas team by
a score of IL to l, and as La Jun
ia had only beaten Lamar by a
score of to y the Melontown
team felt confident of capturing
the pen nant in the afternoon, but
though they tried their prettiest
and piled up ten runs the La
Junta team found the ball just
once to often and won by a score
of II to 10.