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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-03-27

ed June 20 a seat beside him. and, with
a word 10 the driver. they darted away
toward the channel y shot whizzed
over their heads as they started. and
shot after shot resounded from the up
per channel
The man with the white mustaohe
paid no attention TO Big Ben as he
steered his swift little cutter around
the island and struck into the lower
channel after the artist and the beauti-
fgl young girl who had escaped from
the attic. Nor did the man with the
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-03-27

1ImEE vas wLd el1neiar %
lrlt cn fE~ yacat ffEarifV ~
rH- Han grshet its scarlet rim
-g lr1a t.- edge 90 dawn. sc
f- flff 90 la~ ustlnF stairs aeauEirzl
Jaa- HFrurr. lrr Big t1sfr1ss eyes
e.rarI ll c-rrar. ltt ease @ tas
sv-s 4tEe mat1r t-ader. Hr4 so G1sf.
ar .s.rsr Face q tae Btsc3 VaEl1gE-,l
a.ar l~rrfag over tax Deck eat. wss
fsr.rf-.t SRA uFr u~ sssese,1 asa.a
hts .s.pHslrnE eaaGsafls 90 tze e1 -r
a1 rs- a4sfrTrfs-rt
eerlF sHHaes rrf- 7r G~eE n1w
fia5.leE wien Far tarifs ea ssea site
lraH one sergrr H iirst- eerer-,t rutl-e
aaf from rn= ete~r a long aerr9w
rs.rr Urfh~ ar~srs tl assasf tns
sf rs .1vrrief ere rserf
aH us t7et rs ere fss rEsa-t trs
sssrrt Hn a. a.F1 E.e rfEr GO ts-
fsFa stood rle w-u aaava as.f fEstir
riHaus rrfFsE- detective GsI Wsf ttt
short nf-F body sT win ere esll Or
rr 1rF aEsr HaI PSI Ha stood feel
4e--eerE srf Hr uU VOLTS rarat
fi.- saf Eae VISOR 7f ne eg were
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-03-27
AWDALUSIA

Arthur A. Burt of Rock Island gave
a lecture here at the town hall We'd
nesday evening IN the interest of the
Modern Woodmeu of America. Those
VINO had the pleasure OF hearing him
were quite pleased with the lecture
Mrs. Merit Myers returned to her
home az Dewitt. Iowa. Tuesday after
a short visit with her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. 5. a. Leeman.
Mrs. John Stropes Is visiting her
daughters in Rock Island this week
AIr. and Mrs. Peter a. Johnson's
children. who have been i'll with pneu-
monia, are convalescent.
Mrs. Mary Billings Of California Wis
tied the 6rst of the week at the home
OF Mrs. Rosa Erie.
Mrs Charles Burgoyue is at lie Roy
visiting her daughter. Mrs. Guy Wait
and family.
Floyd Wenks. who has been very
low with pneumonia the past three
weeks, is gaining nicely and is able
10 see his friends.
b c. r. Hienze. who has been visit
ing his brother, otto. at Suubury.
Iowa, the past Few days. returned
home Wednesday
Bernie Householder met with a pain
fui accident Tuesday evening while
playing he ran against a barbed wire
fence and cut his face and neck so
that il was necessary Tor the doctor TO
take five stitches to close the wound
Cyrus Kennedy OF Rock Island Wis
lied Sunday at the home OF his par
ents. Mr.. and Mrs. s. r. Kennedy.
one of the infant daughters of Mr.
and Mrs. Charles Bischoff. who was
born Thursday. died Saturday and was
laid TO rest in the AndaIusia cemetery
Sunday afternoon. The mother and
the other baby are doing nicely
William Bentley went to Rock Is
land on business wednesday.
All the news all the time-T The
Argus.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-03-27

black vandyke waste any time upon
the asuouished thieves rs his boat. too,
whizzed around the curve. Lean Jake
raised up from behind his bowlder as
the boat shot by, and the Unreliable.
Big Ben and Jake-iOoked at each
other in bewilderment. Another boat
came swishing down past the island.
IL was driven by a blazing eyed little
chauffeur with tiny mustache. and he
was shouting at the top of his voice.
Behind him sat stifiy woman with
high cheek bones and wilderness Of
gums. and she. too, was shouting;
VOLTA! VOLTA! voilag'
Another boati In 1t were two men
and woman, the driver plump faced
little man with deep concern upon his
brow. the woman hystericai ana the
other man with mis- teeth and fists
clInched.
For ten minutes Babe and Big Ben
and Lean Jake stood there in dumb
waiting for another boat
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-03-27
CHAPTER ~

@uE fhres rivss thieves "a ne ct
qutsffsiY furnished hSus~bosf
IL ~osssa via en- rlg.ei'y. i'
tive rs~r 90 discover hifia< risc~s: tn-
Lean lakes 20 diseririuste a. valves:
Ei= Een's. vtfh nippsrs aEd hammer
aaa scrwwdrfv~r. 60 rip OF bras<work.
o. cr~n drawers 90 rad arf tear srs
s7snt~- 70 necei BE- wsfhia sn tscrssi;-
~ sasrt space % tizs tHsy had ths
sEfr pied hiEa Win ths richest ADJ
sss beSr ~hach tks soaseh-oat had con
talresis thsa thsy spread the tarpsrlin
ever thefr piuEder ana disposed their
bsurhss OF celery - that the green
caves pr0tFuied In n frtns. from IN
der tks sf<s % The tarpaulin: then the
k~sgf,y iad~n skiT. with 10 four pas
s~a<rr. aad TIA loot woruset rs way
eiurrsify sro-s AMID the haExc~. look
fn< IKE en- tuneceaf farmer boat
The seq new . zcicen ball In the
eastern Eziss- locked down cpos .
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-03-27

There was no other room. not even
cupboard In the ceiling Iune's fran
tically rowing eyes found traPdoor.
one OF its boards loose on the wood
en- wall beneath 10 was series OF
cross sticks. and without hesitation
June ran up this rude ladder. showed
the trapdoor aside ana scrambled into
the attic.
There were voices below. The guar
rel. Whatever q had been about. bad
evidently been settled. FOR the woman
was laughing. and 50 was the big, raw
i-oned man. June peered down through
= crack iu the ceiling boards These
two and the lean fellow with the
hook nose were loaded with an they
could carry. The big man with che
scar on bis chin dropped his heavy
bags on tho floor with a chatter. and
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-03-27

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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-03-27

What she had was a gift from him
and. - June bad heard him put II him
self. be gave her what was good Tor
her.
The woman, She was coming mp the
ladderi The fugitive hidden in the at
tic was stunned by this unexpected &C
ton.
Nearer and nearer came the woman
head. and nearer and nearer 10 the
edge OF the trspdOor extended June's
strong young hands.
-BabeT Hub STIRRED aneasily.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-03-27

the brass Eforr1ek az wasubaslE
rolled out 20 one 90 them. THE woman
carried sTss and uue linens iu beg
bundle. ana the lrnu iItre fellow was
loaded with slIve-ware. As they de-
posted uleIr burdens on tac fa1r tae
other man came iu gul slt heavily na
q bench.
-NeH. Babe. v1u Sliced me. en- right Do
no srirHcsl. and. throwing or his coat.
Pee I1Ugcuci Lls shirt at the neck and
brrel Dos left shoulder There was au
ugly wound near DTS uswT.t. and ia was
bleeding F-oiuseiy-
June c.1preI her hand over her
mouth o. prevent LysJcricaI outcry.
UElI. her senses swain She was see
inc phases OF life that She iii;ir dream
cd existed
The woman made 4 laughing reply
ana after the people exhibited diuer-
H.t articles uf 1cwciry. clothing. etc..
they started cooking Cd meal
Tlr men were 90 thc cable mn in-
crriih,y short tiuc They EuiprI fEH.r
food and fh ru. TIrCd and sleepy ,r.y
av down on straw pallets Tor fev
minutes or honest rest. while tho ca'l
anI starved Hti'e runaway bride iu the
attic looked down with raycuous eyes
on what they had .eft. The cior of tls
t0t coffee made her feel faint Only
terror Kent her on the alert
Tire important thing 90 June On her
r--Liclmcut wcs Co devils. some mode
nf escape. brf che opportunity % DO
-1 was ferrifriuc,v remote
CHAPTER ili
~-1HE woman below was acting
strangely ~ she cleared away
the remains o. the breakfast
- aud wished the dishes From
time 60 time she passed near her nus
uaui. beading over slightly. and uug.ly
She stopped beside him and listened 20
uIs breathing. tUt she shook her head
and went away Biz Ben was quite
plainly fast asleep. srrawicd Co., com
U.rf- relaxation. while lean Jake was
snoring with great energy. The wo-
man stopped ard touched her hus
bands shoulder Ic moved slightly.
and she went hack 60 her dishes. The
next tiue she came be- did lot even
twifch "a the touch. and with d.ft ia
gers she reached into his vest pocket
rud extracted little clamois bag
So that was how one woman solved
hrr money problem. ard her turuir-
cyrs told with what bitterness she bad
resorted Co t1ls bold step or more
value than her husband. even in bis
low profession. she was stri his supire
iu the rights % possession
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-03-27
THE WUNDERTRUSS
NJ. H. BROWN, Nj. D.

Next visit TO Rock Island. Harper
House. Monday, March %. 5 a. N. 10
3. 30 2. IL
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-03-27

Candidate for Mayor Stands for Bet
ter and Greater Rock Isiand-ciean
and Economical Business Methods
Impartial enforcement Of Laws and
Ordinances.
To the People of Rock Island: In
view OF the fact that the statute au-
thorizing the establishment of the
commission form of government for
cities contemplates the abolition Of
political and partisan sponsorship Of
candidates it is proper that candidates
for places in the governing bodies of
the municipalities present to the peo-
pie platform clearly defining their
views on matters of public interest
This is necessary to enable the vot-
ers. with what information they may
have concerning the personality Of the
candidates. to vote tnteHigentIy with
a view to subscribing the best inter
ests. moral and material, of the COM
munity.
Pursuant to these considerations I
wish to affirm with all the emphasis
that ! can give these declarations. and
TO which I pledge my good faith, that
shall always be found in favor of
any measure calculated to promote
the material advancement OF Rock Is
land, and the establishment and main
tenance of wholesome conditions CON
ducive of the moral welfare of the
community
Economy and Business Methods.
II elected mayor l. shall do all In
my power 20 give the city a clean bus
mess administration and insure tie
taxpayers dollars worth Of service
for every dollar of their money ex-
pended by the municipality
Public improvements,
stand for free and open compeh-
ton in all public Improvement con
tracts. to the end that such work may
be done according to the most ap-
proved methods and specifications, and
at the lowest cost consistent with
SNCo WI n an Al AHFoi " SALShu-
ing public improvements as rapidly
and in so far as the same may be
approved by public opinion.
improvements for New Territory
am in favor Of extending to all
newly annexed territory the benefits
Of all city improvements and utilities
in the way of street lighting. fire and
police protection, water and sewerage.
as rapidly as the city's finances viii
permit
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-03-27
Law enforcement.

am not an extremist. bat believe
in the impartial enforcement Of the
laws and ordinances. ard q square deal
for every citizen The people of Rock
Island having voted in favor OF licens-
ing the sale OF liquor Saloonkeepers
have the right TO carry on their bust
ness in accordance with the state laws
and city ordinances relating thereto
am in favor OF the enforcement OF
those laws and ordinances with abso-
lutte impartiaiity 10 the end that the
saloon business may be carried on in
legitimate manner, and that condi-
tons contrary TO good order and the
moral welfare OF the community may
be abolished.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-03-27
No EntaneIlas Alliances.

am not a member of. nor am I con-
trolled by any gang clique or faction.
whose influence would hinder me in
the execution OF the declarations of
this platform
am also free from pledges and
promises OF every description. Ii elect
ed. J shall assume the office OF mayor
without obligations OF any kind or ma
ture other than to carry out the prin-
cipies and purposes herein enunciated.
My constant and unremittiug efforts
viii be at all times directed to make
Rock Island a better town in which
TO live and do business.
If my purpose to give the city
safe. sane and progressive municipal
administration appeals Is yos. 1 ssf
your active influence and support to
elect me mayor OF Rock Island
Yours for a Better and Greater Rock
Island.
STEPHEN ]. COLLINS
Candidate for Ma~o..
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-03-27

no be continued Next satardayl
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-03-27
Public improvements
improvements for New Territory.

! am in favor Of extending to all
newly annexed territory the benefits
Of all city Improvements and utilities
in the way of street lighting. fire and
police protection, water and sewerage.
as rapidly as the city's finances viii
permit
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-03-27
unity in the comn1IssIo1.

/ believe petty jealousies in the
commission should be eliminated, and
that the commission should work as
a unit for the permanent advance
ment and improvement Of the city.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-03-27

All The news an the time-The
Argus.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-03-27
CHAPTER iIL

-NHE woman below was acting
strangely ~ she cleared away
the remains o. the Breakfast
- aud wished the dishes From
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-03-27
E II E E

Ho" RuptureS Are Cured
II YOU must wear a truss for comfort
and safety. wear
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1915-01-02
Side Lights on The War.
BY Paul Leake

Forty thousand British troops are
guarding the Suez canal and Egypt.
Up to October 81 there were COL
005 organized workmen serving in the
German army.
The total German losses in killed,
wounded and missing are now placed
at 100000
An agent of Greece has placed with
a Toledo firm an order for S1,000,000
worth of tents.
Premier Viviani of France an
nounces that his country will carry
on the war TO a finish.
It is rumored that Germany has
recently bought 100000 pounds of
wool in the United States
The censorship department of the
British government is handling 25O,-
600 cablegrams a dav.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1915-01-02

Only pa per cent OF the 4S9, 1888
soldiers treated in French hospitals
have died
Orders for 100000 overcoats, POO
600 blouses and 100000 trousers have
been placed with New York firms by
European government.
Lloyd George says that before
spring opens there will be a hal1 a
million more British forces in I
field.
The war expenditures of the allies
up TO the first of next March are
estimated at $4,000, 100000 and those
OF Germany at $3,000,00O,0 900.
A Petrograd dispatch says the
union of the Scandinavian provinces
is proposed and that Germany has
r"om'@o1 the Russian provinces on
the Baltic which would raise the
population of the united countries to
25,000,000
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1915-01-02
FENCE BUILDING ADVICE.

Rev. Edgar Warren, a writer in
American Poultry Advocate, says:
" Although ! have been building poul-
try fences for years, have just found
out how to do it, Instead of using
the wire staples that are provided for
the purpose ! now use eight-penny
nails. | drive these nails into the
wood about two-thirds their length,
then bend them upward by strike
Of the hammer, then loop the head
into the wood. | use three nails to a
post. This method has three advant-
ages: /. 1t does not take so much
time. ,. 1t makes the fence more
secure. A strong wind will sometimes
loosen the little staples, but the nails
hold. 3. The greatest advantage,
however, lies i'm the fact that the nails
can be so easily removed. 1t is quite
a job to pull out staples, when they
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1915-01-02

skates over the wonderful concrete
roads of that locality. Horses never
slip or fall upon these roads and will
draw twice or three times their ac-
customed load. In Wayne county one
farmer has driven an unshod horse
over the concrete roads for a long
period of time without injury to the
animal. 1t is needless to say tor
rental rains cannot wash through
these roads. The water must go over
or under them. Another especially
good feature of the concrete road is
freedom from dust as we'll as mud.
Wherever farmers have used these
roads they are enthusiastic in their
commentator, not only because of
their great durability and low main
tenance cost, but because in every
sense they represent the ideal high
way and, therefore, the solution of
the road problem as it applies to rural
communities.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1915-01-02
EGG PRODUCING EXPERIMENT

At the New York state experiment
station an experiment was made to
find what effect a ration containing
more than an average amount of fat
would have on laying hens. The hens
in one pen received as much tallOw
as was readily eaten with moderate
grain ration. Another lot was fed
a similar ration with linseed meal
substituted for the tallow. The aver
age egg production was somewhat in
favor of the hens having the linseed
meal. The greater difference OBJ
served was that the hens having the
linseed meal molted nearly all at the
same time, earlier in the season and
more rapidly. Only a few of the
hens which had been fed tallow had
begun to mott at the close of this
feeding trial, October 4, by which
time several hens from the other pen
We're in new plumage.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1915-01-02

the road question.
But aside from moderate first cost
and practically negligible mainten-
ance costs, the popularity of the con-
crete road is rapidly growing in rural
communities due to the experience Of
those who have used it. For the
farmer it is the ideal highway. De-
scribed briefly, the building of con-
crete road consists Of putting wet
and mushy mass OF Portland cement,
sand and stone in the center of =
highway, where it hardens into i'm
pcrishable rock. The accompanying
illustrations give a very good idea
of the building Of a road and its
appearance when finished. The first
picture shows the construction Of a
concrete road near Mason City, Iowa.
The concrete has been placed between
rigidly staked side forms. The road
is then brought to proper contour
with the templet and subsequently,
troweled with wooden floats. The
view of the finished road in Maryland
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1915-01-02
SCALDING POULTRY.

Michael K. Boyer, a veteran poul-
aymau, in AN article on above sub
ject, says: ITO secure best results,
the scalding of poultry is something
that must be done with the greatest
care. Overscalding makes an unat-
tractivc carcass. The water should
he Just to boiling point, but not
actually boiling before the birds are
immersed. In doing this, it must not
be forgotten, the operator must hold
the bird by the legs and head and
then lift up and down in the water
three or four times, when all feathers
and pin-feathers should be removed
very clearly without breaking the
skin. All scalded poultry should be
pumped" after picking by dipping
for about two seconds in very hot
water-just under boiling point-and
then thrown into cool water of the
natural temperature, where it should
be allowed to remain for 10 to 20
minutes"
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1915-01-02

and hurled aside. The situation has
become acute, and thus it is impera-
tive for every community to decide
whether it will submit to bad roads,
pay excessive annual maintenance
charges or pay for a road so solid
that it will never get out Of repair.
In many localities farmers have dis
missed the first two propositions as
impossible and they are building dur
able roads. And some of them believe
it is better to do this by local taxation
rather than to have the state take
,,Cr and control the roads, thus de-
priving them Of the right to say what
type of road shall be built. 1t was
the farmers who defeated the recently
proposed 50-million dollar bond issue
III Pennsylvania. They wanted the
opportunity to build roads that would
not be utterly destroyed long before
state or county bonds should mature.
In Connecticut, Maryland, New Jer-
sey, New York and Pennsylvania,
both state and local communities are
turning to the concrete road as the
solution of their problem and with
excellent results.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1915-01-02
EGG EATING HABIT.

The egg eating habit is one of the
most pernicious habits of the poultry
yard. Fowls that have enough meat
food will not, as a rule, eat their eggs,
but when no meat food is fed they
are liable to acquire this habit
Sometimes it is on account Of lack
of lime for the shell Of the egg. The
thing to do is to give them what fresh
meat they will eat, place china eggs
around the floor of the coop, give
them oyster shells or lime in some
form, and then watch as carefully as
you can the hens that are doing this
sort of thing and remove them from
the pen.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1915-01-02

what would happen in the case Of
macadam as compared with concrete.
For example, let it be assumed that
500 miles are to be built during a
period Of five years at the rate of
100 miles per year, and that repairs
will not be required on either type
OF road for two years. Beginning,
then, at the third year, and estimat-
ing maintenance costs for concrete at
$25 per mile per year, the Bellefont-
aine figures, the total maintenance
costs on 500 miles of concrete road
would, at the expiration of seven
years, be only $37,500. In the case
of macadam, basin9 costs on New
York and New Jersey figures for
1912, repair costs would reach the
enormous total of $1,350,000. Where
concrete roads are very narrow, say
10 feet wide, and have a dirt road at
the sides, they could be built for
$500 per mile. Maryland has built
excellent concrete roads Of standard
16-foot width for a little less than
$4,000 per mile.
1t is upon the above economic basis
that farmers are beginning to look at
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1915-01-02

Taking 16-foot concrete road as
basis, highways Of this character
have cost on the average about
$4,000 per mile, while maintenance
costs have been practically nothing.
For example, in Bellefontaine, Ohio,
a concrete road put down twenty
years ago has cost less than S25 per
mile per year for maintenance, while
the average maintenance cost of mac
adam roads in five eastern states IN
1912 exceeded $500 per mile per year.
The farmer, in adopting concrete, has
figured the matter in this way: A
road is an investment The most con
servative estimate of maintenance
cost on macadam per mile per year
would be certain to reach $500 if the
road is subject to motor-driven traffic
and kept passible at all seasons. An
equally conservative estimate for con-
struction is $4,000 per mile. The $500
maintenance cost represents interest
on $4,000 at per cent, thus making
the real investment $4,000 per mile.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1915-01-02
Concrete Solving The Road
Problem In Rural Districts

hoped that the old macadam type
would continue to serve their needs,
if thoroughly well-built and
cared for, but they have been forced
to realize that in the case of every
macadam road subject TO automobile
traffic, destruction is inevitable. In
the old days of horse and wagon
traffic, iron-shod hoofs and steel tires
constantly created new binding ma
terial by wearing down the stone, but
under automobile traffic the rapidly
revolving tires disperse the rOck-dust
on binding material in clouds, and the
stones, upon exposure, are ripped out