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The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1914-12-01
Railway Time tables.
CHICAGO u NORTHWESTERN
SOTJTH

*Chicago Passenger. 5:35 a. M.
*Chicago Passenger. ..... II :05 a. M.
*ChlcagO. ..,...... IL: 80 p. m.
GAINESVILLE Passenger 7:15 p. m
5:35 p. m. train makes close connec-
tiOns for the west at jefferson Junction,
also for Milwaukee.
Both Hos a. m. and Ills p. m. trains
make close connections at Jefferson
junction for Madison and all points
west.
NORTH.
*Green Bay passenger. ........ 1855 a. m.
Green Bay. $40 a. m.
Screen Bay Passenger. 2:43 D. M.
*Northern Michigan. 1926 p. m.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-03-14
COUNTY FARM AGENT.

Efforts to organize Rock Island
county to secure the services OF q crop
expert evidently are doomed TO fali
unless some strong central organiz-
alton takes hold of Il or some group
~ sadiyiduaIs with time and means
10 carry the work through to a flnisn
becomes actively Interested. IL -
main that. rhe movement begun early
in the winter will come TO naught IN
less new life is injected from some
source.
business men OF the cities, espec-
tally those having large country hoiu-
ings are as much interested in secur-
ing a farm agent as anyone but they
have taken the position that the coun-
try people themselves should make
the start. fearing that their own &C
tivities might be misconstrued- In
this they may have been unnecessarily
cautious. Anyhow. the undertaking, at
least for the present, seems likely TO
fail because OF lack of leadership.
There is no question whatever that
farmers and owners OF country real
estate are standing in their own light
in falling TO Jump in and activefy
further this cause. Counties all about
US have the work we'll under way and
they are beginning to reap the benefits.
n we do not start soon we never
shall be able to catch them. While
this county is going over the ground
that others have been or are going
over the latter will be farther along.
Not only are our neighbors learning
TO raise larger crops and better live
stock but they are increasing the
value OF their land and making life
generally more enjoyable. These are
facts which have been demonstrated
over and over.
There is yet time to organize the
townships not already lined up before
farm work begins in earnest, but it
must be done promptly.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-03-14

piled. Certainly II is the most COM
plete study of government ownership
OF electrical communication in the
English language. 1t is monument
to the ability of First Assistant Post
master General Daniel c. Roper, who
was chairman OF the Investigating
committee. and to the enthusiastic
spirit which now pervades the post
Office department.
While the report was submitted TO
congress some time ago, and the
newspapers published the fact that the
report favors the purchase Of the tele-
phone lines of the country, the text OF
the report was not made public until
II came from the printers. The docu-
ment affords any investigator a COM
plete field in which to study the ques-
ton of government telephones and
telegraphs.
Par 1 of hte report is the history OF
the agitation for government tele-
graph from the day of Morse's inven-
ton until the present time. This part
of the report ends with the following
comment:
Government ownership of the cleo
trical means of transmitting intelli-
gence is brought to the attention OF
the American people with the endorse
ment of nearly every postmaster gen.
eral since the Civil war. and by the
example of practically every other ma
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-03-14
TEARING DOWN. NOT BUILD
ING lip

Whatever may be the ultimate di-
rect result the present local option
campaign certainly is not helping in
promoting peace and good feeling and
cooperation in Rock Island II is en-
rendering bitterness and rancor and
animosities which more than likely
will last till it is possible under the
law to fight the same issue over
again.
Old wounds have been torn open
and new ones created and the de-
vastation continues. Intelligent dis
cussion too often has given way to
the mere exchange OF personalities.
Instead OF a dignifed debate 1t is a
rough and tumble scrap.
II there Is one thing more than an
other that Rock Island needs 1t is
spirit of cooperation among its bust
ness and commercial interests, and
tween merchant and patron, employer
and employee. Industrially, CONNER
cially, politically, socially and other
wise the city needs intelligent, con-
structive effort instead of free reign
for the forces which tear down and
destroy. Grudges and Jealousies have
been too long nursed and magnified.
They must be discarded and forgot
ten.
But the present campaign. instead
of helping to a solution of difficulties.
seems to be rapidly bearing us In the
other direction and the question at
issue will not be permanently settled.
No matter which way It is decided il
can and almost inevitably will be
fought out again at the end OF two
years. Under the circumstances Rock
Island seems doomed to be kept in a
constant state OF unrest and uncer-
tainty. fits business values fluctuating
and its people arrayed against each
other.
The fault lies primarily at the feet
Of those who have permitted them
selves to be carried away by their
passions and prejudices and in the
discussion of the question have over
stepped the bounds OF propriety and
given personal offense. They have
not kept in mind the fact that the
issue is not a personal one, but one
involving a broad principle in which
individuals should be treated in the
aggregate instead OF separately.
The Argus has endeavored for the
good OF Rock Island and the city's
reputation abroad to restrain discus
siOns in its columns TO reasonable
limits. but IL confesses the task has
been difficult one II has been ask
ed to print matter which was plainly
libelous and unfit to place before fits
readers and has been roundly con-
demned because II declined to do SO.
Nevertheless Il has set up certain
standards which II has endeavored to
maintain and which it viii try to OBJ
serve TIL the end of the contest
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-03-14
Capita1 Comment
BY CLYDE n. TAvENNER
Congressman from the Fourteenth o istrict.

ton of the civilized world. More than
10 bills have been introduced In con-
gress to accomplish it. Meanwhue
the private operation ofithe telegraph
&c and telephone facilities has result
ed in a virtual monopoly by which
the people are annually taxed vast
sums for which they receive no ADO
quate returns"
Part deals with the efforts OF sew
eraI states to control private owner
ship of telegraphs and telephones.
The report says: "The problem dealt
with in this legislation Gin the states)
would be finally solved by government
ownership"
Then follow various parts containing
groups of statistics. 1t is shown that
the United States has more letters
received and more telephone calls tnan
any other country. In number or tele-
grams it stands ninth. The American
postage charge is nearly the lowest
and American telephone and telegraph
charges are nearly the highest in the
world. In postal efficiency United
States is second only to Belgium, but
1e1cpnOue
the Bell companies onIy-it stands
tenth.
The Bell company's long distance
rates are given as being much the
highest charged by any telephone sys-
tenn, public or private. in the world,
and as vastly exceeding the average
rates in continental Europe.
In Part there is a table of figures
showing that in every country in
which the government operates tele-
phone and telegraph lines as an adj
iunct to the postal service, the postal
service shows financial surplus.
The three final appendices of the
report present what is undoubtedly
the most complete statistical survey
of the telegraph, telephone and postal
services of the world ever published
in the English language These are
the figures on which the report Is
based.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-03-14

Just 80 years ago yesterday the
United States congress first Of
ficially recognized the present sys-
tenn of standard time by adopting
# for the District of Columbia.
The first to propose that time
should be governed by meridians
one hour apart is said to have
been Charles F. Dowd, principal
of a young women's school at
Saratoga, y. Y, who sketched
numerous schemes prior to
1882. The plan taken up by
the railroads the following year,
however, was drawn by William
+. Allen. secretary of the general
time convention. Previously
there had been SO many different
standards of dime in the United
States that a travellers watch had
TO be reset some fifty times in a
trip across the continent If he de-
sired to be correct. For years
it had been said the problem was
past solution.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-03-14
TRY ROCK ISLAND FIRST

Rock Islanders have reason to be
pleased that local concern is able to
submit a more favorable bid than
competitors for the erection OF the
elevated water tank on the bluff. The
Rock Island Bridge & Iron works.
though a new company. IS establishing
name for itself. u Is COINS out fcr
the business and getting u. tCO. by
making prices which are right and by
doing work which II can stand bao k
Of
In building the elevated tank we
are glad TO be able TO again try Rock
Island first"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-03-14
Thirty Years of Standard Time

Today clocks all over the
United States are ticking off the
seconds almost in perfect unison.
Some thirty nations have followed
the lead taken by the United
States, by computing standard
time by meridians one hour
apart In this country a score Of
time balls are dipped precisely
at noon in the principal Atlantic,
Pacific, gulf and lake ports by
electric signal from the United
States naval observatory at Wash
ington, where three standard
clocks are regularly set by star
sights and meridian transit instru-
ments. The difference in Of
fetal clocks over 5000 miles apart
is seldom more than two-tenths of
a second. Astronomers the world
over are striving TO be still more
precise as to time signals and
and hope soon to be able to flash
instantaneous signals around the
world by wireless.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-03-14
Literary and Musical Pinss..

Bernard Shaw's defense OF literary
"pillage- was anticipated by his fellow
countrymsn. Balfe. the composer or
'sThe Bohemian Giri,- who used 10
borrow generously from other peoples
scores On one occasion. the London
Express recalls, he was rehearsing a
new Opera at Drury Lane and the first
eddie. an Italian. was horrihed to come
upon page after page of familiar
music "Mr. Balfe. Mr. Bnffe," he
said in horror. dat Is Mozart And
a capital man. too" was the frishman's
reply. get on with the rehearsaL"-
Indianapolis News.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-03-14
BOOSTING THE 1000 BLOCK.

Business men and property owners
IN the 1000 block are starting out in
their campaign TO bring their part OF
Second avenue back 10 its own as a
leading business section with the
proper degree Of pep" All they need
90 Is TO keep on as they have started.
Everything points 10 an early ex-
rsnsion OF Rock Islands retail dis
trict. and the 1900 block means 70 be
in position to take advantage OF It.
Some OF the prettiesL stores in the
city are already located in the block
and further changes are 10 be made
there. Street improvements are up to
standard. Sidewalk trafiic Is heavy
and every street car line but one
passes through the block. the single
exception running through Market
square at the end.
Outwardly the 1900 block has but
one thing 70 apologize for and that is
; the swinging sign in which 81 must be
confessed 81 81 the worst offender In
the city. The south side OF the ave-
nue. resembles South Halsted street
IN Chicago. Ono OF the first i'm
provements the boosters should take
in hand s. the sign evil. Abolition Of
the swing sign would not only
help the appearance OF the block. but
II would set an example which other
parts OF the city would feel obliged
TO follow.
And reform IN eigrs Is not the only
one IN which the 1900 block business
men have an opportunity 20 show the
gay. A concrete example OF effective |
boosting would do a world OF good I'm
Rock Island right now. Other local
ties are watching the 1900 block and
{ the latter succeeds in what IL has
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-03-14
A UaefuI-Oune

During the war between the states
General Sedgwick had on his stan q
very dull Lieutenant, who seemed new.
er 10 be able 10 do anything without
making mistakes. One day a friend
asked the general:
why do you keep Jones on your
stan? He seems a perfect Ounce"
do you know" replied General
Sedgwick. Jones Is one of the most
useful members OF my star? Before I
issue an order always have Jones
read IT, II he can tell what IL means
am sure there can be no chance that
my one. Northumberland It"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-03-14

Senate DOCumeut
3ee, which has
Just come from
the presses of the
government print
ing office. This
document is the
report of the spe
cial committee OF
the postomce de-
partment which
investigated the
government tele-
graph and tele-
phone systems OF
the world.
The report is
proba bly, the most
most comprehen-
sive collection of
statistics on the
subject ever COM
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-03-14
March IA in Americsn
History.

ISe+Federal troops led py ~ Rus
A. ]. Smith captured ros. ,'sars,ss
sy. La. defeating Conlpr Prs
under General j. @. Walke'' oooool
ident Lincoln called TOT
more meu. ..oturej
1S9i-A mob in New orieas' s,leeS
the city prison and killed ,,,,. ssss
members of the Malta ns
led to diplomatic complieaIivsSssss i
1Se4-John II. Ford. well known y ID
rical manager and owner EFT ID
opera honse where LOB,
coin was assassinated 600
Wilkes Booth. died; born -
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-03-14

chance off getting 1T back;
II Is useless tosWarr or advise them,
For the Wise man by whom they are
checked
Is hated as one VINO, denies them
The trfurnphs rtheysv ainly expect.
They'll regard you with cunning suspi-
cion
If your plants affeashble one;
II you offer a fair proposition
They will clingsto their purses and run;
But II you'd geterfch in hurry
Propose some ridiculous scheme:
The crowd will be! easer-doD't worry =
No matter how punk" It may SEEM =
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-03-14
ProXoklnq.

"Confound i'll" exclaimed the fnsur
gent general.
1t was evident that he was provoked.
Whats the matter, old man." asked
one of the war correspondents.
Wen have to fight yesterdays bat
tie all over again, and, just as likely
as not we win get licked next time.
The moving picture people say their
films were ruined By being accident
ally dropped in the mud"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-03-14
Primitive PRINTING.

In many OF the monasteries OF Tibet
and Siberia the Buddhist monks still
print in the manner which has been
handed down from generation to gen.
Grafton. Movable type Is not used. but
each page is carved upon a solid wood
block.-London Mail
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-03-14

John d. Rockefeller now is growing
afraid he may die rich, and, according
10 report, will give s5O.0OOOOO for the
moral and intellectual betterment OF
Cleveland. Ohio. where he got his
start. John ID. is "A regular church
goer. but still his conscience seems to
be worrying him bit.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-03-14

CIeveland-Fred Kohler. former
head of the Cleveland police depart
ment and nationally known as the
Golden Rule chief, in announcing
his candidacy for sheriff declared he
had paid in fulT' for his dismissal
from office a year ago after he had
been found guilty of misconduct, said
he wished to rehabilitate himself in
the opinion of his fellow citizens.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-03-14
CANDID OPINION.

o. fff}f -
There are many people who are so
constituted physically that they could
not use food for thought If they were
supplied with It.
It is always hard for an invalid TO
stick to his diet when he is dining at
the expense Of somebody else.
Every woman who has son hopes
he will remain a bachelor, so little
faith has she in4the rest of the mem
bers of her sex.
To some women life is nothing but
going from one style to another.
Some women fade quickly, being at
their best no longer than a warship.
The man who would not trust any
body else gives himself a poor recon-
mendation.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-03-14

Shades of your old Kentucky col
oneI whose fsvorite libation was the
mint julepi The Kentucky house OF
representatives has passed bill pro
yiding for the submission of consti-
tutional amendment for statewide pro-
hfbition.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-03-14
Trials of Life In a Small Town.

"I suppose you find it little diff
cult to become accustomed to life in
a small town, after having lived SO
long in large city"
"Oh, dear, yes, it is very hard.
fear I never shall be able to feel at
home here. When my little boy caught
the whooping cough every woman liv-
Ing in our block knew about it and
recommended something"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-03-14
ALWAYS pEADY
nbe CHEATED :.

II you Wish, to get
ricilsin a hurry
Invent some ridi-
cuious lscherne
e or l1opdwfnking
people-:do n t
worry.
No matter how
poor II m q y
seem;
Promise aeomethine
for nothing; the
plainer'
It is that your
plan Is a fake
sThe surer that
you'll be the
gamer.
The surer I n Q
thing is to take
1T would be most
deliciously fun
ny,
.aIf Il weren't so
tragic. aiacki
ITO watch people
handing in mon
ey
"1,era there's no
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-03-14

When you hear a friend criticizing
the national administration for not
intervening in Mexico ask him If he
has a couple OF sons to sacrifice in a
war against an army OF greasers.
ThatH shut him up.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-03-14

A Chicago millionaire. because. 1t is
explained. OF an error by an assess
rnent clerk. paid 1885 as his personal
property tax. The carelessness of
some of those clerks at times becomes
deucedIy embarrassing.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-03-14
Wh.re He Had to Ston.

"she's beautiful little girl, old man.
and you have a right to be very proud
OF her; but why in the world did you
call her Susan?"
Because my mothers name is Jane.
That's as far as my wife would permit
me to CO."
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-03-14
NOT WHOLLY PRAIsEWoRTHY.

My h u 8 b a n d
never drinks, nor
swears, nor uses
tobacco in any
form"
But I saw him
picking his teeth
In a street car the
other day."
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-03-14
Friendly Candor.
, a friend of yol1rs p

It's he friend Of yours?"
well. he seems to think he Is. He
never meets me without feeling that
II is his duty to tell me something that
will leave me unhappy for the rest of
the day"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-03-14
Patience.

"Pa5was Job the most patient man
In the world?"
mo. We haven't any evidence that
he ever trained q dog to walk up a
ladder on his hind feet or that he ever
succeeded in balancing a feather on
his noge."
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-03-14
Going Too Far.

entirely too far"
wouldn't kiss her under the mistle-
toe. chr"
Worse than that. Swiped their
mistletoe and took It next door. where
there IL q prettier girl"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-03-14
Certalnlv TrvIno-

Don't you sometimes find IL awfulIy
trying to have a poet in the family?"
yes. He simply ruins the curtains
with the smoke from his strong pipe
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-03-14
Having

Having demanded food and shelter
from the people OF Sacramento, the
next move on the part Of Kelley's
army will be TO insist that the city
or the state Of California. furnish the
patriots with automobiles in which to
make the trip across the continent.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-03-14

= Let's take back some OF the unkind
things we have said about March
anyhow, some of us were born in
the month
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-03-14

TERMS-Ten cents per week By car
der. IN Rock Island: So per year by mail
Ia advance
z Complaints OF delivery service should
be made to the circulation department.
which should also be notified in every
Fnstance where # IS desired TO have
paper discontinued. ss carriers have no
authority in the premises.
Z All communications OF argumentative
character. political or religious. must
have real name attached for publica-
don No such articles VIII be printed
over fictitious signatures.
{ Telephones IN all departments. Cen
TtraI Union. Rock Island 145. 1145 and
7sI4s.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-03-14

BeIleville. Ill. cOnfesses to 100 sum-
mers and is doing a little celebrating.
Visitors TO the city say they would
never suspect il was that old.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-03-14

Especial Correspondence Of The Arsus.)
washington. March Zone or the
most amazing government puoifcar
tons issued within recent years Is
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-03-14

. A misdirected telephone call is given
as a cause for a Chicago divorce &C
ton. Similar bulls have almost made
men shoot.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-03-14

That nickel drink that caused Chi
cagoan to knock down FIVE men in a
street fight the other night surely must
have had the kick in IL.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-03-14

set out to do It will furnish an inspir-
alton which wifi mean much for the
city's commercial future.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-03-14

The Rock Island Bridge & Iron
company seems 20 be forging ahead.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-03-14
THE ARGUS.

Published daily at 1874 Second ave.
nue.. Rock Island. III. entered at the
postoffice a. second-class mattsr.)
rock IsIand Member OF the Assoctated
Press
BY THE J. w. POTTER CO.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-03-14

To some women life is nothing -bu
going from one style to another.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-03-14

Some women fade quickly, being at
their best no longer than a warship.