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Valdez daily prospector., 1914-03-02

FOR RENT or lease, one pool ant one billiard table complete. Inquire al the Big Place. Also moving picture machine in first-class condition If
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-05-13

mayor may do it. The mayor ana
council may do II. A mass meeting for
the purpose may do II. Do IL now. Do
not select man for the job because he
has the time The man you want
is a man of executive ability who has
a knowledge of men and affairs.
Having chosen him, call upon your
people to cooperate with him in any
way he requests. He will at once call
to his aid a council of the best men In
the community, one to be chief OF each
of the following Offices; dispensation'
survey and information, commissary'
homes, treasury, sanitation, and medi-
cine.
Emergency relief drills for COM
munities would be of two kinds:
First, a drill in what we should do II
our community were stricken Under
this point talk and plan plainly so that
IL the unlookedfor should happen, the
organization will be ready in advance
second, what we should do If an
other community suffered. Using the
same organization, take up collec-
ton. Let every person give his mite.
A penny from each family in this ma
ton would make nearly a quarter OF
million dollars.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-05-13
TinnInn the Headsn1an.

Ancient usage in England has pc
culiarly consecrating effect in the mat
ter of tips and fees. Horace Walpole
records the establishment OF George i.
when told that he must give guineas TO
the servant of the ranger of his park
for bringing him brace of carp out or
his OWE pond. Apparently everybody
in England is at some time or other
justified in demanding a fee unless 1t
be the monarch. When TAFT became
archbishop OF Canterbury and met the
queen he breathed n sigh Of relief on
at last encountering a person to whom
he had not to pay something. Accord
ing to Bishop Burnet. a man used to
have to give a tip in order to be decapi-
tated. He tells the story OF Lord Rus
sell when under sentence of death for
high treason asking what he ought to
give the executioner. ''i told him 10
guineas. He said, with smile, it was
a pretty thing to give a fee to have
his head cut off,"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-05-13
IL Seemed Natural.

well, WELL" said the man who had
returned to the little old town. Il can
hardly realize that it is twenty years
since I left here"
81 dunno why you should feel that
way about IT, replied the old inhabi-
tant, there's been a lot OF changes.
The Baptist church has been tore
down and rebuilt since you vent
away; there's Lem Richardson's
garage where the post ONCE was when
you lived here; we've got three movin'
picture shows that we didn't have
when you left, and there's been lots OF
ether improvements. 1 should think
you'd notice EN-"
"Oh, yes, I've noticed the improve
ments, but l see that Bill Higgins Is
still running for constable, SO / can
hardly realize that there has been
any change"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-05-13

mo other country south OF the MO
Grande is so well supplied with ran
roads. Prior to the Madero reVoiu'
ton It had 10000 miles of up-to-date
American railroad, which carried L.
O00, 900 passengers annually anu
handled about 100000 tons oi
freight Their total revenues amount
ed to about $4O,OOO,000. The govern
ment owns a controlling interest In the
major portion of the mileage OF the
railroads.
Mexico produces oEe-third OF the
worlds silver. a considerable percent
age of it's gold. one-ninth of its lead,
lone-twentieth of its copper. The coun-
try's mineral production, exclusive or
iron, coal and petroleum, amounted TO
s15s ,O0O. 600 in 1910. The famous iron
mountain at Durango IS estimated TO
contain 600,000,000 tons OF iron ore
which is worth seven times the value
of all the gold and silver mined IN
Mexico in two centuries. me SANTA
Maria graphite mines are the largest
and most important in the western
world. The region around the Gull Oh
Mexico is very rich in petroleum. one
company at Poteri del Llano struck a
gusher which flowed 100000 barrels OF
oil a day.
"The drawn-work Of tho Mexican IN
dian is justly famed throughout the
world, and deserves to rank with the
finest of Spanish and Italian laces. Ihe
Indians make all sorts of small OBJ
jects TO attract the centavos OF the
tourist. The little dolls OF Cuernavaca,
a half-inch tall and dressed in finely
embroidered raiment, are the admira-
ton of every one who sees them. The
small clay animals. perfectly fashion
ed and ranging from the peaceful dog
to the charging bull and the bucking
mule, would do credit to the genius or
many a sculptor whose name figures in
the art publications of the world. But
perhaps the most wonderful of all are
the tiny dressed fieas, which may be
bought in Mexico City. Another won
derful work of the Indians is the max
ing of feather pictures from the plum
age of humming birds, now almost
lost art.
The Indians of Mexico eat many
curious foods One of the most re-
riarkable of these is made of the eggs
of a species of marsh fly. This ny de-
posits it's eggs in incredible quantities
upon flags and rushes. The eggs are
gathered and made into cakes which
are sold in the markets. The Indians
call the eggs water-wheat. They re-
semble fine fish roe, and when mixed
with corn meal and fowl eggs form a
staple article of diet. particularly dur
ing Lent. The insects themselves,
which are about the size of the house
fly, are captured, pounded into PASTE
boiled in corn husks in much the same
fashion as tamales, and in this form
are eaten"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-05-13
Mexico a Country of Contrasts

perhaps nowhere else in the world
Is there a country so full OF contrasts
as Mexico" writes William Joseph
Showalter to the National Geographic
society. at Washington. ID. c. WIN
a university established before John
Harvard, Elihu Yale, or William ana
Mary were born, the masses or It's peo-
pie are hopelessly ignorant. with
hospital founded before jamestown
was even dreamed of. it is enc OF the
most backward regions of the earth
in a medical way. With natural riches
greater than those OF thousand
Midas's, it's masses are just as poor
as the proverbial church mouse with
a constitution as perfect as any or
ganic law in the civilized world, 1t is
nation whose rulers always have been
law unto themselves.
Here you will see Mexican half
breed. barefooted, wearing a dollar
pair of trousers, a so cent shirt, and
$40 sombrero. There, at a single
glance and within the length of a sim
gle city block, you may see an Indian
cargador, a donkey, an ox-cart, car
rage, a railroad train. a street car,
and an acknowledgements every type
of Iocomotion since Adam. You may
tread the burning sands OF tropical
desert with the wet of the perpetual
snow OF towering mountains still upon
your shoes. You may take a single
railway journey of SO hours in which
the people you see at the railroad sta
ton will be dressed in four different
weights of clothing. Everywhere you
turn there is contrast, high lights and
deep shadows.
Mexico probably has a greater
range of remarkable vegetation than
any other country in the world. The
parrot fruit tree produces an odd
shaped fruit, bearing a close re-
semblance to green parakeets. When
the parakeet is frightened it makes
dash for the parrot tree, where ii as
sumes a position which makes it look
like the fruit itself. So close is the
resemblance that their enemies, the
hawks, occasionally fly by a'tree on
which a dozen or more of these birds
are sitting, apparently unaware of
their presence. Another remarkable
tree is the 'Arbol de Dinimite'-dyna-
mite tree-whose fruit, if kept in
warm place, bursts with considerable
force and a loud report. scattering Its
fiat seeds to a surprising distance, One
OF the most interesting fruits in Mex
leo is known as the melon zapote, or
papaya. 1t contains considerable pep
sin. which reacts against both acid
and alkaline conditions of the stomach,
and it is said that a diet which in
cludes papayst precludes dyspepsia.
Both the fruit and the leaves possess
the singular property OF rendering
tough meat tender. When the pup
OF the fruit is rubbed over a piece OF
tough meat the juice attacks the
fiber and softens 1t.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-05-13
EMERGENCY RELIEF DRILLS

We have fire drills in our schools
and factories. Why not emergency re-
lief drills for cities and towns? Why
not require every mayor. before enter
ing upon the duties Of his office, TO
think out hts course OF action in case
OF disaster?
A Mississippi river leyee breaks.
Railroads are overlooked. and trains
stopped. People move upstairs or into
the attic The waters will remain for
weeks and possibly months. Pesu-
lence and famine stare from out the
murky tides
How can relief be given TO these peo-
pie? The first element in the an
swer, says r. l.. Hines in the Survey,
s., do something. First appoint a re-
lief manager or executive officer. Who
shall appoint him? The community
upon which the work deYolYes. The
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-05-13
FLYING THE FLAG.

Memorial day and flag day are just
ahead. and rules for the proper dis
play Of flags have been issued. On
memorial day, from sunrise to noon.
ehe flag on a pole should float at half
mast and from noon until shutdown
~ full mast The half mast in the
morning is the flag Of sorrow for the
dead and the full mast afterwards Is
the rejoicing over the victory which
those who died for the flag won for
their country. No flag should ever be
raised before sunrise. nor permitted
20 float after shutdown. The govern
ment always observes these rules.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-05-13
HONOR ONLY IN FORBEAR
ANCE,

The socialists, in opposing war, are
not taking new or UNUSUAL ground.
President Wilson, Secretary Bryan
and nearly everybody else outside OF
those with personal interests 10 ao-
vance or a hankering for glory are
also opposed to war. Members or me
army and navy naturally favor war;
but they may be excused for desiring
to show what they can do in their reg
ular line of work. Others who would
like to see an active campaign in
Mexico include manufacturers who
deal in war munitions, those who han
die fat army or navy contracts, Few
civilians who like TO see trouble at
whatever cost, and such politicians
and politically controlled newspapers
as have mo desire to see anything the
present administration attempts sue
coed. The vast majority of the PEG
pie are peaceable enough.
Politicians who are clamoring for
war do so because President Wilson
and his advisers are trying TO settle
the trouble in Mexico without resort
ing to further loss of life and destruc-
ton OF property. "Avenge the insult
TO Americans is their cry. They would
have the United States teach the Mex
leans a lesson" though they very well
know that the only way TO make any
impression upon an unstable and IRE
sponsible people is with fire and sword
to exterminate them or reduce them TO
direst want. 1t is to avoid teaching
such a lesson" that the United States
government is now bending its best
efforts. We can make an example of
Mexico II We wish. We would be TAX
ing no chances as a nation, and there
would be no glory for us as people to
be won IN such a conquest. There is
honor, however. in forbearaIce.
Force of arms will no., win the love
OF the Mexican or the respect of the
balance of the world. Our work in
Mexico is constructive, not destruct-
i've.
And let those whose voice is all for
war be known for what they are.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-05-13
Bed Time aleS
, The Woman in the Moon
BY Clara Ingram Judson.

nF course you know the story of
the Moon who
~ came down too soon," but
have you ever noticed the old wom-
an in the moon!
II you have, you will want to
know the ancient Indian legend of
who she is and how she came to be
In the moon
Once upon a time, in the tribe of
Algonquins, there lived wise old
medicine woman.
She knew everything about every
herb that grew and people came
from all about to be cured OF their
sicknesses.
She knew all about every bird and
beast and the animals all came to
her for advice.
She knew everything about every
star in the heavens and people came
20 her 10 find what would happen
in the future and she could tell them
all.
In fact, she was so wise that she
knew everything there was to know.
on the whole earth. except one
thing-she didn't know when the
world would endl
But the one thing she didn't know
worried her more than all the things
she did know, and she was continu
ally asking the Great Spirit 10 tell
her when the world would end.
Now the Great Spirit grew tired
of her questions and sent Mani
tou to tell her to stop.
GO tell the Great Spirit" an
swered the old woman. that when
this headband / am working on, is
finished / will stop asking.
So the Manitou carried the reply
and the Great Spirit said, Tell the
old woman | will tell her when she
is thru weaving her headband. And
tell her she must leave the earth be-
fore ! tell her, for IT she stays
Tomorrow-FdiTiss
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-05-13
CLEANING UP PEORIA.

~ number of prominent citizens of
Peoria have undertaken a big job.
They are trying to clean UP the city,
Mayor Woodruff has issued an order
for the elimination OF the segregated
vice district, which is to go into effect
Aug. l. An organization known as the
Law Enforcement league is backing
him and is endeavoring to make the
reform a permanent one. At meet
ing Sunday night attended by 1000
people the question was publicly dis
cussed and the purposes of the league
were explained. One of the speakers.
Mrs. Julia Proctor White, in telling
what provision was to be made for the
women OF the district, said:
From one point OF view such wo-
men are simply law-breakers and are
entitled to no more consideration than
any other law-breaker. But deeper
and more Just consideration Of the case
shows the following facts: They have
obeyed a law within the law, or shall
we say outside the law? a law laid
down for them by our city officials. We
must admit that the attitude of our
city administration toward the prob
lem and that of other administrations
preceding IL, has been a reflection Of
a large part OF our citizens.
1--WE are preparing to offer with
absolute sincerity to each one of these
women a chance to enter a different
life. committee of two or three of
our women will visit each house in the
district affected by the mayors recent
% h.. ~,
portunity of speaking to all of the wo-
men living there. We shall also Sc
cure a room in close proximity to the
district where we may be found at
certain hours every day from the time
the room is opened until Aug. l, or
possibly longer.
we feel that we have no right to
force cur assistance even upon those
who we would gladly help. The num-
Der OF women who accept aid and the
nature OF the aid given will be fully
reported by our committee, but we
have no right to make capital OF their
misfortune. nor to make public a SEN
sational list OF their names and his
tory. We ask your cooperation and
that of the newspapers in carrying out
this idea.
We are dealing with our fellow
women and We wish 10 meet them sim
ply as one woman TO another. and TO
show them the same courtesy and con-
sideration that we believe that they
will give u.s.
Peoria's undertaking is not a new
one. The same question has been
wrestled with by nearly every city OF
any size in the country, too often, I'M
without satisfactory re-
suits. Peoria reformers have many
exceptionally difficult obstacles TO over
come In Rock Island. as elsewhere.
where the conditions there are known.
he result OF the present effort will be
with interest.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-05-13

In yon straight path a thousand
May we'll be stopped by three;
There I will stand and have command
Not now, but presently"
Then out spake Spurius Lartius.
A counterfeiter bold:
~Lo, I will stand at thy right hand.
with thee the bridge TIL hold"
And out spake young Herminius.
A strong-arm artist he:
1T will abide by thy left side
And keep the bridge with thee.
.'Horatius," quoth the consul.
Behold yon great array;
Why may 1 not begin to hew,
Why counsel this delay?
For Romans in Rome's quarrel
Spare neither land nor gold.
Nor son nor wife. nor limb nor hfs-s
At least, SO I've been told.
Fool answered brave Horauus,
Hold or till I say when;
We must await IN patience
The moving picture meni
AS soon as they get ready,
And not till then. cut loose
We want this scrap recorded
On films for future use"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-05-13

in oriental literature as in use fuily
200 years before the Christian era
From India chess spread into Persia
and thence into Arabia, and ultimately
the Arabs took it into Spain and the
rest of western Europe. The game
was in all probability invented for the
purpose of illustrating the art OF war
The Arab legend upon this pointi is that
it was devised for the instruction or
young despot by his father. learned
Rrahman. TO teach him that a king.
notwithstanding his power. was de-
pendent for safety upon his subjects.
The Greek historians credit the inven-
ton of the game to Palamedes, who.
they claim, devised it to beguile the
tedium of the siege of Troy during the
Trojan war.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-05-13

Olive Fremstad has not been re
engaged at the Metropolitan opera
house, and at the conclusion of her last
performance in "Lohengrin.' there
were 81 curtain calls. Madam Frem
stad made a brief speech: May we
meet again where there is eternal
peace and harmony. Goodbye" Mad
am Fremstad seems to imply that
there has been discord in New York S
great temple of music.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-05-13
HOPATIUS At
Mo BRIDGE

Then out sp q X Q
brave Horetius.
The captain of the
gate:
Halt Every moth
er's son of you.
Both friends and
foemen waiti
Let not q blow be
given
No matter what
the odds.
For the ashes or
your sires
Or the temples OF
your gods.
''H Q w not I h Q
bridge. sir con-
sui. .
Please put your AK
away;
I'll later call upon
you
To hew. but not
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-05-13
Several members o

Several members of the business
mems party while inspecting Rock Is
land arsenal yesterday afternoon sud
denly lost their desire to go to the
front IN the event OF active hostilities.
They were being shown the new auto
matte rife used by the United States
soldiers which pours a leaden rain eff
fective for three miles at the rate of
200 shots a minute. Guess we
wouldn't do much to the Mexicans with
those" observed one Yes" replied
the officer. who was guiding the party,
but the Mexicans have them, too"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-05-13
Discouragins.
whats the natter"

whats the natter!
"Oh, nothing"
mo, no, don't tell me that. Some
thing disagreeable or discouraging has
happened. Your look shows 1t.
We'll, If you insist on knowing, 1
started out this morning feeling as
gay and clipper as a boy OF twenty;
but a little while ago 1 met a former
sweetheart of mine and she told me
that her second daughter had just
graduated from high school. Say. are
the wrinkles around my eyes very
noticeable?"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-05-13
May Is in American
History.

lTT6-.'rhe Guard OF the COMMANDS
In Chief" George Washington
ganized in New York. Pursu@A,
to washingt on's dlctum. PUT nol.
but Americans on guard" the corr
was compos ed Of native born CIV
ZenS. +,
l7S3-Society Of the Cincinnati foru'ss
at Fishkill. y, Y. in Baron S'e.
ben's camp.
1S64-Two Fed eral corps constitutes
the Army OF the James. comma~
ed by General Il. +. Butler. car
tured Conf ,derate fortifications =
Drury's Bluff. near Richmond.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-05-13

The Ignite coal reserves of the
Bonnifieid region. Alaska, are esti-
mated by the United States geological
survey TO be nearly 10000, 1000, 10000
tons. which exceeds by nearly 3,000.-
900, 900 tons the estimate made few
years ago, on the information then
available, Of the total quantity OF
Ignite coal in the territory. The new
estimates. which are very moderate,
indicate that the quantity Of coal avail
able in the Bonnifeld region IS greater
than that OF all the other surveyed
fields OF the territory.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-05-13
SHE NEVER FoRGETS.

MY father was
the C h a N p i o n
shot-putter of his
class"
"I suppose he
often boasts about
it."
mo, he never
mentions ~ hut
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-05-13

A thousand barrels of vinegar are
tied up in a law suit in Davenport. the
manufacturer suing for its price from
the purchaser and the latter trying TO
recover four times that figure on the
ground that the consignment IS not
up 10 the pure food standard. Some
pickIe
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-05-13

It required but half an hour yester
day TO find two negroes guilty of a
Ienitentiary offense. This case. com
ing after others recently tried, tends
to confirm the conviction that the
S5peed with which the mills of justice
erinL. depends fagsss. upon the grist that's
in the hopper than upon tne$ae * t'9R'
defense fund.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-05-13

Rev. Washington Gladden's tribute
TO the newspaper profession paid at
Lawrence. Kan. yesterday indicates
one of two things: Either the rever-
end gentlemen knew what he was talk
ing about or else he had correct
bunch as to the best method of get
ting his own name into the headlines
throughout this broad lend.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-05-13
The Benefit of the Doubt.

Before / can ask you to be my
wife," said the walking delegate, II
must ask you one thing. Is your cor
set union nader"
Il don't know never looked"
she replied, but In cold weather / al
ways wear union suits
With this assurance he took her.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-05-13

The forcing out Of business or Her
man weber's Union restaurant in Chi
cago will be looked upon as confirming
the popular belief that the serving OF
food has become a minor considera-
ton from the viewpoint Of the modern
restauranteur
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-05-13

among people she Will be sure 20 tell
my mos: wonderful secret"
The old woman smiled wisely
when she heard the Great Spirits
answer, then she, called the four
winds 10 her.
BLOW me up to the moon," she
said, for soon l am TO be wise
above all people" 49,.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-05-13
The Old Habit.

She seems to have grown old rap
idly of late"
Yes. Since her grandchildren have
begun to arrive she has returned to
the old habit OF having birthdays.a
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-05-13

The fact that no auto fatalities took
place IN Iowa in the month of Febru-
airy IS being pointed to as one OF the
advantages of having roads which are
not generally suitable for motor vehi-
Gle travel at least part Of the year.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-05-13
A Comforting Thought.

Il suppose 1t is a great disappoint-
ment to you that your five children
are all girls"
We'll. yes. in a way; but / am al
ways cheered by the thought that they
will never have themselves photo
graphed in track suits"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-05-13

TERNS-Ten cents per week by car
rier. in Rock Island; IS pc year by mail
In advance.
Complaints OF delivery service should
be made TO the circulation department.
which should also be notified in every
Instance where II IS desired TO have
paper discontinued. as carriers have no
authority in the premises
All communications OF argumentstive
character. political or religious. must
have real name attached for pubiiea-
ton No such articles will be printed
over fictitious signatures.
Telephones IN all departments Cen
trzi Union. Rock Island las. 1145 and
2I4s.