Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-08-05

Lease Tanks Of Glucose Plant
The immense grain storage tanks Of
the Corn Products company located in
West Davenport and unused since the
plant was shut down over a year ago,
have been leased by the Merchants
Elevator company, successors to the
Rothschild elevator interests, and viii
be used for the storage of grain. The
tanks would now be filled with thou
sands OF bushels of small grain were
it not for the backwardness Of the sea
son. They viii be one of the big grain
storage plants in this part of Iowa as
soon as the crops commence to move.
Owing 10 the lateness of the harvest,
the local railroads are doing practic-
ally no grain business al the present
time. At this time IN former years the
grain shipping business was an i'm
portaut item. Part OF the wheat. bar
ley and oats in this vicinity has not
yet been cut and much that has been
cut is growing in the shock. Continued
wet weather VIII make this condition
considerably worse than it is at pres
ent, and viii mean that the farmers
viii have to feed their small grain.
+ The Purity Oats company, the largest
/ consumer Of oats here. is also feeling
( the shortage in the crop which pre-
walls not only in eastern Iowa, but in
other sections Of the middle west as
Well
/ Issue GO Hunting During
the month of July, So citizen hunting
licenses have been issued from the of
! fee of County Auditor Collins. This is
an increase Of u licenses over last
years issuance during July. when ST
/ buntsmen took out permits.
.
Pleasant Valley Onions Shipped
! Carload after carload of onions have
been shipped from the onion raising
center of Pleasant Valley during the
last ten days. Some Of the shipments
have been sent to South America. The
unfavorable weather. which has hurt
other crops. has not yet damaged the
onions TO any extent One Of the heayi-
est yields so far reported is that on the
Havill Bros farm of IA acres where
! the set onions are running over 1 600
bushels TO the acre. These onions
were sold at the top-notch market
price
Bailiffs Refused Raise-The petition
Of James Koran and John 0dgers,
court bailiffs, to have their salary in
creased from $3.50 per day to $500
daily, was turned down by the board of
supervisors, The increase asked by
the two baiIiqs was reasonable Prac-
tically every other officer Of the coun-
" received an increase by the board
even the stenographer OF the probation
officer. Two board members favored
the increase and two were against 1t.
The chairman's deciding vote prevent
ed the passage Of the resolution favor
ing the raise. The board allowed Coun-
ty Attorney Henry Jebens the sum Of
$50 per month for a stenographer.
o.
Professor Pierce TO Be Judge Pro
fessor Pierce, head OF the new depart
ment of landscape gardening at Ames,
has arrived here and will begin at
once the big task Of Judging the yards
entered in the Rotary club CRY beautiful
contest Owing to the fact that thou
sands Of Davenport householders have
entered their wards IN the contest. the
job ahead OF Mr.. Pierce is an excep-
tionalIy large one. and will necessitata
several days time. The head Of the
new Ames landscape gardening de-
partment viii be accompanied in aa-