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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-10-23
1900 MERCHANTS
PLAN FOR EXHIBIT
Manufacturers Week" to Be
an Enterprise on an
Unusual Scale.
81 MANUFACTURERS HERE
From $500 to $1,000 Worth of Articles
To Be Given Away Free by the
Merchants in the Block.

Detailed plans for the big manu-
facturers' week to be held in the
1000 block. Oct. &c 10 81, were COM
pleted at a session of the 1000 Block
Business Mems association held this
noon at the Rock Island house with
a luncheon.
The block will be decorated in a
novel manner for the event. Large
pennants in the form of triangles will
be suspended from the trolley sup
ports to the pole, with the words
manufacturers week" painted on
them The lighting posts will be dec
GRATED with flags and small pennants
Every manufacturer in the city has
consented TO make an attractive dis
play OF their various lines of goods
Also, each manufacturer has donated
some article to be given free by the
merchants in the 1000 block. The
goods to be given away are valued
from $500 to $1,000. To each custom
er purchasing % cents worth or more
will be given a free ticket for these
goods. If a 81 purchase is made. eight
tickets will be given to the purchaser,
and so on. Each of the articles to be
given away will be numbered and only
the secretary of the association will
know how they are numbered.
Hold Carnival.
As an added attraction for The week.
all of the merchants will hold a bar
gain carnival at their various stores,
and it is rumored that the prices cut
will surpass anything ever attempted
in h. 90 In, ,f-
Representatives of all the manufac-
turers in the city will be on the job
Monday morning to arrange the var
ious displays. Many of the local res
idents will no doubt be surprised to
find how many articles are really
manufactured in Rock Island.
The manufacturers VINO are going
to place displays in the 1000 block
are as follows, anyone left out being
urged to notify William NJ. Beal. sec
rotary of the association, Immediately:
Rock Island Pillow company.
Rock Island Stove company.
Rock Island Sash & Door works.
Rock Island Manufacturing company.
Blake Specially company.
Rock Island Woodworks.
Rock Island Bridge & Iron works.
Franks Manufacturing company.
Standard Table Oilcloth company.
Rock Island Register company.
Rock Island Brewing company.
Gansert Candy company.
American Regalia company.
A ID. Huesing.
Sanbo Starter company
Griswold Manufacturing company.
Wondsrine Manufacturing company.
Turner Manufacturing company.
Trio Manufacturing company.
Rock Island Pennant company.
Illinois Oil company.
Island City Fixture company.
Augustana Book Concern.
Carse & Ohlweiler.
Joseph Geiger Cigar company.
Ed Bleuer Cigar company.
SCHNEIDER Bros. Cigar company.
Warnock & Ralston.
Kramer Printing company
White Buggy company.
Arsenal Paint company.
Artificial Stone company.
PauIsen Brick company.
Kerler Bros. Manufacturing COM
pany.
Smith System Heating company.
Bennett Organ company.
NJ. r. Iglehart.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-10-23
LOUIS SMITH Is SENT TO
COUNTY JAIL FOR Theft

Louis Smith. recently indlcted Dy
the grand jury, plead guilty to petty
larceny in circuit court this morning
and was given a fine of 81 and costs
and one day in the county jail by
Judge r. w. Olmsted. c. S. Roberts
was his attorney.
smith was charged with stealing
riding boots and other race track
equipment belonging TO the Keller
Livery company, Davenport, at Elk
position park on June J. The goods
were valued at $40.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-10-23

will not amount to much. Mr.. Steiner
stated that he would not be able to
estimate his loss until he had gone
through the stock to ascertain just
what part of it was damaged by the
dense smoke. Both stores were re-
Gently reprinted and papered. All the
books and records of postal station
No. in Steiner's pharmacy escaped
damage as the records are kept in a
safe.
The building Is owned by James
CE
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-10-23
AUTO GANG CAUSE
HAVOC AT PARTY
Moline Young Men Ride to Rock
Island and Burglarize
Hickman Home.
GUEST LOSES A DIAMOND
TussIe With Young Ladies and Loss is
ResuIt-FoIlow Theft by Throw
ing Dishes at House.

Real auto bandits have seldom ere
ated more havoc than a gang of seven
young "roughnecks" from Moline
caused at a party held at the home of
Miss Velma Hickman, 1921 Seventh
avenue, this city, last evening, when
they rushed the young lady guests in
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-10-23
WIFE OBJECTS TO HUBBY
TAKING A KNIFE TO BED

Mrs Stephonie De Meyer. East Mo
- wants 70 get a divorce from her
ssoand CAMEL De Meyer, because he
1ssts on sleeping in bed with a knife
lis hand In her suit filed this
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-10-23
inc Prussian ministry cd agriculture

The Prussian ministry of agriculture
Is devising preparatory measures
looking to next years crops Es-
peciaI attention is being paid TO
ieguminous foodstuffs. which form so
large a staple of the German dietary.
Peas. beans and lentils command ex-
.raordinaIiIy high prices at present.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-10-23
AUDUBON AND AIKEN IN
NEAR TIE AS TO SAVINGS

The collections made by the State
bank Of Rock Island today Of the
school savings deposits was unusually
large. Hawthorne was first with $11
more than Eugene Field, which stood
second. The Audubon beat Aiken
street by 80 cents. The figures fol-
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1914-08-06
FURNISHED BOND or AMlTY
Discounted GOOD Samaritan" the uN
willing Means Of Bringing Rival
Humorlsts Together.

Once upon a time two humorists
dwelt in the same small town and both
contributed to the Sunday Star. As
was but natural. they became wildly
Jealous OF each other, and when n
would win n little more prominence
than his fellow the other would have
seven kinds OF fits. Your Pleasant
Valley Items give me a paint" quoth
one. Your prose rhymes make me
Ill" retorted the other. As they were
about to come to blows there APP
peared on the scene a Good Samaritan
and to him they appealed. (which OF
us Is the f%unnier?" they asked. Meth
err" was the prompt reply. You are
both as unfunny as wart hogs. and as
tlresome as n trip across the Sahara!"
Thereat they both set upon the gen.
tleman from Samaria and beat him
full sore. and dwelt together in amity
forever after.
Moral: From this we should learn
that while humorists delight In quar-.
reling among themselves, they fire.
quently resent criticism from outsid'
ers.-Kansas City Star.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1914-08-06

and confident that he was on the fright track"
ueterinihed to 20 ahead. n determination that
was thwarfed by his untimely death In 1906.
inc history or invention has no record more
palmetto than that OF Samuel p. Langley. At the
very moment when success was In his grasp.
when the dreams OF n lifetime were about TO
come true and the labors OF years OF toll to be
rewarded. the cup was dashed from his lips
through the failure, not OF the invention itself.
but OF a purely mechanical contrivance OF minor
Importance. Derided In congress and held up by
the newspaper wits OF the world as a target for
their tests. Langley must have died a thoroughly
discouraged man.
The experiments OF 1909 were the elimination
OF years OF patient effort. As far back as 1891
Professor Langley announced that az the result
of experiments carried on by him during previous
years II was possible to construct machines
which would give such a velocity to inclined sur.
faces that bodies indefinitely heavier than the
air could be sustained upon II, and moved through
II with great velocity"
President McKinley had become impressed with
the possibilities OF the alrsh!p as an engine Of
war. and In 1898, at the request OF the board Of
ordnance and fertilization OF the war department.
Professor Langley undertook the construction OF
n mar. carrying flying machine, and an allotment
Of $4,000 was made for the purpose. The serv.
Ices OF Charles NJ. Manly were secured as an
assistant.
ley had employed a small houseboat. from the
roof OF which he had launched them. He de-
termined to follow the same procedure with the
larger man-carrying alrship. and, although adj
vlsed not TO do so, he persisted until the end In
this determination. And II was the launching
apparatus which caused tho final failure'
An enormous houseboat. therefore, was built,
Atop the house was the superstructure carrying a
turntable, weighing about fifteen tons. supported
on n circular track, an arrangement which was
designed to make II possible for the a%eroplane to
be launched from the roof" headed into the
wind. without the necessity OF turning the entire
houseboat.
Finally on August s a quarter.size steam.d-iven
model was launched from the top OF the house
boat. II was In the air 81 seconds and covered
about one thousand feet. The experiment was
regarded as a success and gave the inventors
great hopes for the success OF the man'carrying
machine. Numerous delays occurred to prevent
the launching Of this. and 1t was not until DC.
tober Z that the real Langley a%eroplane was sent
forth into the air. the frst heavier-than-ai ma
chine carrying a man ever to attempt a flight.
A few days before this date the reporters at
Whitewater received from their home offices que
ries reading about as follows:
"Two brothers named Wright AZ" said TO be
experimenting with an airship at Kitty Hawk,
N. c.. Ask Langley what he knows about IT,"
II was the first time any man In the reporters
lamp had ever heard OF those famous brothers
from Dayton. orville and Wilbur Wright. Not a
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1914-08-06
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man among them realized that they had received
kilograms that were epoch. making.
Everybody In the United States was quite pre-
pared to learn that the Langley airship, when tho
attempt to fly her on October 7 was made. was
wrecked and the bold navigator OF the air almost
killed In his f~oolhardy attempt to emulate a real
bird.
As n spectacle it was dramatic. impressive.
The aeroplane was taken from the houseboat
early In the morning. weather conditions being
ideal for the first time In weeks. and under the
direction OF Mr.. Manly was assembled with tho
greatest care.
The aeroplane was poised on the turntable atop
the superstructure, fifty or sixty feet above the
Potomac, with open water on all sides. and a
vast stretch Of unobstructed sailing area In three
directions. 80 that In the event OF success the
aerodrome might have flown for miles, Had the
a~eroplane been tested on a level stretch OF
ground. which would have been possible had II
been equipped with light bicycle wheels. that day
might very we'll have Witnessed mans triumph
over gravity.
The aeroplane was n beautiful thing, like some
great white bird poised there on the houseboat'
and waiting only the signal to spring into the
air. Its long, white Penaud tail added to Its bird
like appearance,
II. was about sixty feet in length, exclusive OF
the tail, with n main body %elliptical In shape. TO
which were attached the four spreading white
silken wings.
Mr.. Manly weighed but $50 pounds, He was
the lightest man In the party. Moreover, he was
coinventor. and for these reasons he claimed the
privilege and the honor OF making the first flight
MS pilot.
As Mr.. Manly climbed into his dizzy perch
and took his seat he looked down at the handful
OF newspaper reporters who were gathered
around the houseboat and who. In addition to the
members OF the Smithsonian stan and represen-
tatives OF the army and navy, were the only wit
nesses. and smiled at them. The reporters gave
him n cheer.
Manly started the motor and braced himself
for the start.
The aeroplane. ready for It's voyage. was held
In leash on the turntable by a powerful spring.
which, when released. would give II an Initial
velocity OF about thirty.hve feet per second, and
enable II to clear the superstructure. AZ Mr.,
Manly put his hand to the lever and set his Jaws
the spring was released.
There was a whirring noise increasing to a
roar. as II n thousand eagles were passing over
head. II was ~: 20 o'clock p. IN. when she start
ed. The great birdlike thing few swiftly over the
60.foot track OF the launching apparatus, passed
over the edge OF the houseboat, and then some
thing happened.
Instead OF soaring OF into the air like the thing
OF life she looked her beak dipped, and she shot
downward, plunging head first into the river only
so yards from the houseboat. The propellers
worked perfectly until the very last. and one OF
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1914-08-06
A Eish Story.

THE inns of dear old England are
picturesque" said Richard lie CAL
lienne, on his return from abroad. but
the food they serve is something ter
rible.
After a visit To Blenheim palace I
entered an Inn in the quaint village OF
Woodstock. AS | lunched-or tried to
iunch-my landlord said to me:
THE great dock OF Marlborough
once sat in hat chair you're a settin'
In, SIR
"Is that so?' said +.
"'And the dock once drunk is beer
out o. that same mug you're a-drinkin'
out Of
land ! bet said !, I bet he refused
20 eat this fish. toe Well, take II away.
my man. I don't want It. either"
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1914-08-06
DaIrvIno Conserve, Fertility.

BY marketing the products OF tho
farm IN the form OF butter or cream.
only Ave per cent OF the fertility con'
tanned In the farm crops Is sold in the
product. by marketing corn, wheat
hay, etc, practically all the fertility
required 10 grow the crop is sold from
the farm. BY feeding raw materials
20 the dairy cows, the farmer Is not
only manufacturing high-priced prod.
ucts. but retaining upon the farm all
the fertilizing material taken from
the soil by the growing crop.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1914-08-06
WRONG BREAKFAST.
Change Gave Rugged Health.

Many persons think that for
strength. they must begin the day
with o breakfast of meat and other
heavy foods. This Is a mistake as
anyone can easily discover for him
self.
A w. Va. carpenters experience
may benefit others. He writes:
II used TO be a very heavy break
fast eater but finally Indigestion
afraid to eat anything.
my wife suggested q trial OF Grape
Nuts and as | had TO eat something
or starve, / concluded to take her
advice. She fixed me up a dish and
/ remarked at the time that the quail
ity was all right. but the quantity was
too SMALL wanted a s~aucerful.
But she said q small amount or
Grape-Nuts went a long way and that
/ must eat II according TO directions.
So / started In with Grape-Nuts and
cream, two soft boiled eggs and some
crisp toast for breakfast.
Il cut out meats and n lot OF other
stun I had been used to eating all
my life and was gratified TO see that
I wal getting better right along. I
concluded I had struck the right thing
and stuck to Il. l had not only been
eating improper food, but too much.
Il was working ut the carpenters
trade at that time and thought that
unless I had a hearty breakfast with
plenty OF meat. I would play out be-
fore dinner. But after n few days OF
my new breakfast" I found I could
do more work. felt better In every
way. and now I am not bothered with
indigestion"
Name given by Postum Co.. Battle
Greek. Mich. Read "The Road to Well
ville." In pkgs. There's n Reason"
Ever resa sAe above lettest A sew
one appears fromz time 90 ttme. Thef
are genuine. tFue, saa fuu % hasnss
Interest
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1914-08-06
sunkerlna Tomato Plants.

After the tomato plants start to
grow they should be gone through
very carefully and all OF the suckers
removed. so that the strength will go
10 the main stalk This will cause the
fruit 10 ripen much better.
Tomatoes will grow on almost any
kind OF soil, but II must be made very
rich by the use OF good. ~well.rotted
stable manure.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1914-08-06
An Apostle Choice.

Bishop Evans Tyree at a dinner in
Nashville was asked II he had any
idea OF preaching on the new fashions
the backless evening gown, slashed
skirt and so forth.
NO." said the bishop; such an idea
has not occurred TO me. II. however, I
Sal dld preach on the new fashions 1
would assuredly choose my text from
Revelation"
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1914-08-06

for the purpose OF making tests. He made no
changes whatever in the machine, merely restor-
ing such parts as were broken. He made q
short flight. demonstrating that L~angley's princi.
pies we're right and that the sole fault lay In the
method OF launching the machine.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1914-08-06
Carr Of Manure spreader.

After manure has passed through
the manure spreader. the particles and
dampness left or II will cause the
most deteriorating effect II the ma.
chine is left exposed TO the sun and
wind. Good shedding Is a cheap pre-.
ventive OF such deterioration.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1914-08-06
Care Of Stable Floor.

II Toes not matter 80 much what
sort Of a floor is put In as the care
taken OF It. Plenty OF bedding must
be used at all times. II cement is
used. rough.hnish II to prevent slip
ping and Gripping.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1914-08-06
plowIna Deep for Root Plants.

When blowing the land for pars.
nips and other deep-growing root
plants. pillow deep and keep the
manure down deep: otherwise you
will have a lot OF surface roots instead
OF the long, straight roots desired.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1914-08-06
GOOD ALFALFA POINTS
PROPER PREPARATION OF SEED
BED MEANS SUCCESS.
Plant 10 Deep-Rooted Perennial and
Exceedingly Delicate the First
Month OF its Life-Deep
Flowing 10 Necessary.

Frequently the question 10 asked me
what ] consider the basis Of my uc-
cess with alfalfa. While there 10 no
one thing which insures success yet
the proper preparation OF the . bed
u the very foundation upon which
the whole matter rests.
Let US inquire what constitutes .
proper seed bed. and by what means
II In hest obtained. The natural char.
acteristics Of the alfalfa plant are now
90 we'll known hat we need only g
ton them. II IL q deep rooted peren-
nial. possibly the deepest rooted plant
with which the farmer has TO deal. IL
is an exceedingly delicate plant the
first month OF It's life. Therefore the
proper seed bed would be such q n
as will foster the deep root growth
and 1t the same time protect the
tender plant. Let US take up the for
mer.
II you will dig up an alfalfa plant
two weeks old. m that has but four
or six leaflets. you will And q root six.
eve or eight inches long, as slender
as n thread and as delicate as a nerve,
writes Boyd Byron Bobb In the Da-
kota Farmer. Mere common n
will tell you that sn:h a slender. ten
der rootlet Is not capable Of penetrat-
ing a hard, dry subsoil. much less
the glazed plow-sole which so nabitu-
ally exists under a FIVE or six.inch
blowing persisted In by the farmer for
y number OF years.
Deep Flowing the Thing.
Plainly then, We must pillow deeper.
How deep? Twelve inches Is the min.
imum-twenty Is much better. How
a we pillow 20 inches deep? There
are several makes OF deep going
plows and subscribers on the market,
all OF merit, but OF them all | consider
the deep filling machine far and away
the best. Not only will II pillow 20 in
ches deep or anywhere from IL 10 90,
but Il will do II with less traction
power than any other implement. and
Il will do II better for II thoroughly
pulverizes all OF the ground turned.
This Is a very important process not
only in preparing an alfalfa seed bed,
but also for any seed bed whatso-
ever.
And what should be the condition
OF the 20 inches OF plowed ground
II should be finely pulverized. packed
only slightly. and contain as much
moisture as is ordinarily required for
any crop. This deep titled soil is also
In the very best possible condition
to receive the heavy showers which
SO frequently occur In this semi-arit
climate. and is especially fitted TO ad
nit the moisture into the subsoil. The
subsoil should contain a fair quantity
OF moisture before the alfalfa II
PLANTED, or at the time OF planting
Now when the fine alfalfa rootlet be
gins to penetrate the finely pulverizec
top soil II goes straight down, passes
readily into the moist subsoil anC
goes on it's way rejoicing-how deeI
dare not guess but | have seer
alfalfa roots 2s feet long and | didn'
see the end OF them then, II Is seen
therefore, that deep tllling is quite
essential to promote the natura
growth and development OF the alfalfa
plant
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1914-08-06

Scientists long ago
accorded to Professor
Langley the full meas
ure OF credit due to
him. The Wright broth.
ers, who made a prac.
teal success where he
had seemed to fail.
have acknowledged the
debt they owe to this,
unassumins man who
drew his inspiration
from the clouds and
gave to man the eagles
secret. lie had worked
out for them the prob
lens In aerodynamics.
and left for them In al.
gebraic formulate the
data upon which all
mechanical fight Ia
based.
But I'm the mind OF
the public Langley was
a failure, and Langley's
aeroplane. tried and
wrecked ut h historic
Whitewater. Va, on DC.
tober 7. 1908. Is Lang.
ley's folly" now, as IL
was then, when the sec.
rotary OF the Smithson.
Ian institution returned
North. stung by unjust
and unthinking critl.
cisms. but undaunted.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1914-08-06

Domestic discord is the apple. Tho
man In the case gets the core.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1914-08-06
WeanIno M Gotta.

WEAVING the colts o % 10 worse
than any treatment they may get. Let
them run with the mare as long an
they can II she is not working.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1914-08-06

ROF. SAMUEL p. LANGLEY'S mem
DRY has been indicated. Glenn II.
Curtiss has proved that the man
who died of q broken heart because
OF the failure Of his aeroplane was
the first to construct a really prac.
teal heavierthan.air machine. MIR.
Curtiss secured permission to take
tho Langley machine from the
Cuttbon,tao tnaittuta In waahinpton
The Washington herald., 1914-03-15

ly absorbed II Is vivid with interest
end imagination Is leading IL through
some such mazes as those trod by Alad-
din In the days Of "Once-Upcn-a-T Time. ="
The child has a fairy kingdom before
IL. and Is peoplipg II with creatures. real
and imaginary. but all actual to its in
telligence. The rich green moss is q for
est for tiny fairy folk: the flowers are
blosoming trees and the weeds giant
growth In the Liliputian groves Those
little red specks upon the tips of many
moss tendrils are the caps OF little peo-
pie wandering among the groves. The
hollows In the earth are caves-and. ah,
the wonderful wealth of things down In
those caves. The stones are mountains
which the enemies OF the little folk in this
tiny kingdom may not surmount Open
but one leaf of the book of nature to a
child and he will turn the rest of the
leaves for himself Every child is an eS-
plorer by nature. Give IL something to
explore il you would have II grow with
active mind. broad. sweet outlook upon
life and the tender imaginings which
tinge all the days of one whose child
hood has been close to nature.
Charitable people send out carloads of
children TO country places In the sum-
mer. and thers they riot in sunshine
and daisies. the happiest little ones in