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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-01-30
Systematic Timber Steal Still Going On

and during the days OF feverish timber
speculation on public lands, many
thousands of locations were made in
the feverish timber speculation on
public lands, many thousands of loca-
tons were made in the best stands OF
| public timber lands. These were for
the most part made by professional
+ locations or spectators with an eye
TO the future. The practice was to
build a cabin of logs with the pre-
tense that IT was a homestead"
These cabins remained for the most
part unoccupied and the land unde-
veloped as long as no government sur
yeys were undertaken. Whenever the
public land survey is undertaken, how
ever. a rush is made 10 assert rights
TO these old locations, and the claim
ant undertakes TO prove that these
cabins have constituted the actual
bona fide residences" and homes" of
these imaginary homesteaders ever
since the locations of the claims The
claimants sometimes move in and re-
main during the summer months. A
few trees are cut down (but not valu-
able timber) to make 4 clearing" and
one or two acres is planted to timothy.
a fence or two possibly. is built and
this is called 'sOmesteading, or de
veloping the claim"
Many hundreds of such claims are
located in national forests on lands
whose cultivation is a physical impos-
sibility. Many OF them, however, do
contain from two to twenty million
feet of merchantable timber and are
worth between I'VE and twenty thou
sand dollars. The chief forester re
ports that in the heavily timbered ma
tlonaI forests of the northwest alone,
such fraudulent "somestead" claims
are timbered to the extent of approx
mately 4O0.O0O.O0O feet OF timber,
which Is worth at least 500. 900. These
claims comprise some 1880 acres.
OF this area. exactly ~ acres had been
cultivated up to the time the forest
service protested TO the general land
office against patents being issued.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-01-30
The Daily Story


the heir returned expected a happy
meeting. To play the part OF her lover
was more than Cunningham could &C.
compiish, and she at once pronounced
him an impostor.
But notwithst nding this assertion.
which was not very largely accepted
Cunningham established himself as the
Earl of Brokefield. He had played the
part of a peer some four months. when
who should appear but the real earl
Proven h; d been left for dead BY
those who had attacked him and those
who had joined in his defense Before
they had returned to bury the dead he
had crawled away. When he had re.
covered he looked for his chum. but
did not find him. Later he had heard
of his fathers and brothers death and
al once started for England.
When one day Howard Proven walk
ed into his home and met his Old
friend face to face the latter turned
pale. There was one Of two courses
which he might choose-step down and
out or claim that the newcomer was
an impostor. lie chose the latter
course. He ignored his visitor. saying
that he had come to personate the real
Howard Proven, but that he would be
unable TO substantiate his claim.
Proven, aghast at such treatment
withdrew and entered suit against the
man who had usurped his title and his
property. His aunt unfortunately ad
here to tho opinion that Cunningham
was her nephew This left Lady
Gladys PembI 1l1e the only witness IN
Prower's favor, and her evidence was
not counted so valuable as that Of
member of the claimants family New
ertheIess, Lady Gladys warmly es-
poised Towards cause. and the reia-
tons Of lovers that Lad existed before
he left for America were resumed.
one witness was found in an old
woman who had nursed Howard when
he was a baby But she had never.
seen him since that time, and her evil
dence was not considered of mnch val
ne, especially since in her old age She
hal lost nor eyesight. However. at
the trial she was called 20 the witness
stand and testified as follows:
Il have not seen Howard Proven
since he was a baby, when I used
to give him his bath and wheel him In
his perambulator, but if ! could see
plainly now as then / would know him
for I noticed on him a defect ] have
never seen in any one else. His eyes
we're Of a different shade Of blue
Tx two claimants were at once ex-
lmined carefully Nearly all the ex-
iminers pronounced that the blue OF
Iodard's right eve was slightly light
ar than that of his left.
This settled the case definitely and
re was adjudged TO be the Earl Of
He married Lady Gladly
cunningham was sent 20 prison for q
ERIN Of years for making false preten-
ions.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-01-30
LIVE STOCK INCREASING.

For the first time IN many years, IN
formation collected by the United
States department OF agriculture
shows that all classes OF live stock In
the United States are increasing in
numbers Thus the real facts contra
dict. absolutely. sensational reports
that prices for meat and shoes would
rise 70 unprecedented figures in the i'm
mediate future. II has even been said
that a government statlstician predict
ed meat st 50 cents a pound and shoes
az SO a pair within the next two
years Such a prediction. the real
government statisticians says. IS quite
unwarranted.
Jan /. for example. the number OF
beef cattle showed an increase OF 81
per cent over the number a year ago.
and an actual increase OF 1.212.OOO
head Hitherto the number OF beef cat
tie Ia the United States has declined
steadily since 1910. There are also
more milch cows IN the country than
last year the increase being 20 per
cent. or IN numbers 525.0OO. Swine.
however. showed the greatest increase
OF all classes-96 per cent Jan /,
1914. there we're only IS .s32. 900 swine
in the country. on Jan I. 1915. 6i.6ls.-
600. This g. accounted for by the
fact that the production OF swine can
be increased more rapidly than that
OF other classes of.iive stock and con-
sequeutiy an enlarged demand can
be met more readily.
The prediction Of 5C-ceut meat and
Sie-shoes vas accompanied by the de-
ciaration that France alone has taken
from America nearly 100000 horses
within the last months and that the
other countries AZ var have drawn up
on our resources IN the same proper
ton Tho facts are that more horses
we're on the farms OF the United
States on Jan 1. 1915. than there were
a yerr ago. the increase being $4,000
head or II per cent So far from
France alone having taken 300 900
horses from Us. the total exports since
the war began have certainly been
much less than 100000 and very likely
not over 5000. Since there are ap-
proximately $4,000 900 horses altoeeth- I
or Ia the United States. the drain on I
account OF the war is not alarming 1
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-01-30
ON OLSON GARDNER.

Especial Correspondence OF The August
Washington. ID. C. Jan 2s.-System
attic stealing OF public timber IS pro
ceeding al the present moment just as
regularly as It ever did-though some
what less openly. A degree OF refine
ment has been injected into the pro
cess so that the coarse methods OF
former days shall not CRATE upon the
public consc!ence-fhus making the
stealing more easy and efficient
Chief Forester Henry s. Graves has
recently pointed out some results OF
those operations, but his warnings
have apparently gone unheeded. The
present point OF attack on the part of
the timber barons Is within the ma
tionai forests themselves. The old
method OF timber stealing consisted in
getting dummy" entrymen TO take
up locations on public lands whenever
valuable timber was TO be found,
proving up" and then turning the
holdings over TO the lumber interests.
The present most favorite expedient.
according TO the chief forester. is to
utilize old "squatter" locations
AAF AAtHn a. ptotA AAE Nu1t u HtLt
townships In Idaho adjacent to the St
Joe National forest. where he shows
that OF 264 homesteads patented. 20S
passed 20 lumber companies within
from one TO three years after patent
was issued. Another instance illus
trating how timber finds its way TO
the lumber trust. is in the Occur
d'Alene and St Joe national forests.
where OF 100 recently patented home
steads selected at random. 20 per cent
have already passed TO lumber com
panies. Another township in the
Olympic peninsular In Washington
state shows record OF 50 per cent of
the homestead claims patented already
IN the hands OF lumber operators or
lumber spectators.
The "squatter claim method Of
stealing public timber j. this: Prior
10 the creation OF the national forests.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-01-30
EFFICIENCY IN NUMBERS

There IS plenty OF room for differ
ences OF opinion as 10 whether tbs
country ought 70 expend much more
money than IN the past for the con
structiou OF new war vessels. but al
must unite in condemning conditions
In the navy as il stands IL they are as
represented by Rear Admiral Austin
81. Knight. president OF the naval war
college Admiral Knight told a New
York audience the other evening that
the naval organization would unques.
tionably break down under the strain
OF war. He said.
1t Is singular fact that the or
ganizatioa OF the navy department
takes no account OF this relation Of
the navy 10 war. War is one thing
for which no arrangement is made.
There are seven bureaus in the
department. each with clearly de-
fined duties. but in all the elabo-
rate legislation creating these bu-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-01-30

Howard Proven and Ralph Cunning
ham, two young Englishmen, met in
/ the gold country of Colorado and be
came fast friends
These young men. having compared
notes, learned that they came from
eminent British families. Proven was
a younger son of nobleman, and Gun
bingham claimed to be a graduate OF
Oxford Besides the ct CT their be-
ing fellow countrymen, there was a
strong resemblance between them.
They were nearly the same height and
build and both light compleXioned.
There was one difference between
them, though it was scarcely noticea-
Bile. Prower's right eye was of a
slightly different shade of blue from
his LETT eye.
But thee was a great difference in
the character of the two men. How
ard Proven was a kind hearted, noble
man: Cunningham was a devil. They
prospected together for a time, agree
ing that if one struck paying dirt he
would share it with the other. Finally
Cunningham dug hole in the ground
for which he was offered a hundred
thousand dollars. He had no inten-
tion of sharing it with Proven and was
celebrating how he could beat him
out of his portion when letter came
addressed TO Howard Proven, earl of
Brokefield.
Proven was away on a prospecting
tour when the letter came Both men
had been away from England for ten
Dyo-t-o7. vt-ara o,tt al fha VVaV
Cunningham might return, pass him
self off for the new earl and thus ap-
propriate the title and estates. While
he was celebrating on this plan word
was received that Proven had been at
tackled by claim jumpers and muir
dered.
Cunningham went to the place
where the fight had occurred and tried
TO find his friends body. He was told
that number of persons had been
killed in the fight and they had all
been buried side by side. He was
shown the graves. but saw no reason
why he should exhume his friends
body Returning to his cabin he OPP
ened the letter that had been received
and learned that Prower's father and
two older brothers had been taken i'll
and all had died within a period of a
few weeks.
4 month from that time Cunning
ham appeared in England and claimed
to be Howard Proven, now Earl Of
Brokefield. There was no one of the
family 10 receive him except sister /
Of the late earl, who did not doubt /
that he was her nephew
No one disputed the indeBtity of the /
claimant except Lady Gladys Penn /
broke, the daughter of a neighboring |
lobleman who would have been How /
ard Prower's wife except for his power
y. She had not married and when
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-01-30

The Ford Auto company supplied
European belligerents with 10000
autos IN two weeks Every day some
thing OF this sort becomes public 20
Increase the peoples confidence in
President Wilson's assertion OF na-
sforai preparedness. II Ford can DO
this FOR Europe IN two weeks there Is
no reason to suppose. says the Dr-
buqus Telegraph-Herald that he could
not do the same for the American
government In the same length OF
time. Mr.. Ford + not the only pa
trfotic American manufacture or auto
owner and. given the time II would
take Japan or any other enemy TO
mobilize and cross the ocean. ~ IS
likely our auto manufacturers. gun
makers and cartridge manufacturers
could supply the pressing needs OF de-
Tense
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-01-30
THE SCHOOL LUNCH

I The school lunch. recently intro
duccd In Rock Island through the CO
I operation OF the T. VI. e.. A. which 6
aiding in SERVING the pupils OF The
I high school. Is not a new institution
among the cities OF the country. The
maintenance OF such a service is no
longer defended solely on the basis OF
the needs OF the poorer classes. but is
encouraged In ways TO avert the crit
cism that the echoOl lunch leads %
pauperizing and 10 the neglect OF ma
teruai responsibility In the home. Tho
unquestiOned benefits OF a well-chosel
warn lunch. usually supplied az the
co., OF the materials and service. have
impressed both teachers and parents
so that even the well-to-do commend
and approve this latest innovation in
the routine OF the school day. AS a
rule. the school lunch room provides
better food than the street vender. In
most places the foods are chosen by
persons trained n the field OF dietet-
les. and the variety OF dietary articles
offered al one cent q portion is fire.
quently quite impressive II includes
soups. salads. sandwiches. fruits. pud-
dings and other dishes. The New
York School lunch committee. in CO.
operation with the bureau OF welfare
OF school children OF the Association
for Improving the Condition OF the
Poor. for example. has maintained a
service available 10 over $4,000 chill
dren in Il public schools stu
ated in districts in which the need of
such service Is pressing. The regis
tratiou has run as high as 1858. In
addition to this noon warm lunch ser
vice. the committee has operated a
special scent warm lunch OF milk and
crackers at 10 a. m for anemic. IN
graded apd crippled children II be-
gins 70 appear that the school lunch
movement has enEendered certain fea-
lures which promise TO contribute 20
the general welfare In a direction al
most as important as that Of the prop
er uourishment OF the body. Educa-
tionai and social possibilities. at first
are being brought 10 no
tice- The children OF the well-to-do
parents and the children OF the poor
have learned Ito sit quietly as one
family. to talk pleasantly with each
other to eat their food properly: and
many acts Of courtesy and generosity !
have been encouraged" The appeal /
which the school lunches have made /
has not infrequently been manifested I
by mothers who have had their inter /
sst in respect to special foods and die 1
AIRY procedures aroused Thus. says /
The Journal OF the American Medical 4
Association. the school lunch scheme 1
las fostered educational and social as
yell as economic purposes.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-01-30
CHORDS AND
DISCORDS

1T is likely that President Wilson
spent all last night biting his finger
nails and not getting a wink's sleep
after reading wtere Senator Sherman
of Illionis in a speech referred to him
az another Rip Van Wrinkle.
If one did not know his position on
the liquor question one would suspect
that Congressman Hobson was con
stantly piped His latest discovery is
that as the price for peace the United
States has entered deal with Japan
to withdraw from the Philippines.
CROWN Prince Wilhelm does not
expect Uncle Sam to take sides with
Germany. He told the Associated
Press all his country wanted of Amer
lea was fair play. That it is entitled
TO and has been getting.
NOTWITHSTANDING the nudity
of many of the guests, there was no
suggestion of vulgarity, the whole at
mosphere being most artistic says
the Baltimore News.
ONE paper in discussing Illinois
politics called him NEEDLE McCor-
mick.
THE St. Louis Globe-Democrat says
a neutral nation is as little loved as a
fat man.
ROCK Island citizen who sleeps out
of doors the year around woke with
red probocsis one morning this week.
lie has now purchased nose guards.
SINCE Villa has grown to be null
it has been suggested
that he retire from the firing line long
enough TO take a bath and buy new
hat.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-01-30

upon China which. ~ granted viii
place that country completely under
the sphere OF japanese influence.
Japan. II Is reported. has demanded
all OF Ger1nany's concessions and that
China pledge herself to make no con
cessions I'm fzture 20 any other county.
Nothing more has been said by the
Sipponess government about return
ing 20 China the province OF Kiau
ChAu Of which the Germans were dis
possessed
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-01-30
Jan. SO in American
History.

ed Fed,lli general Ia the civil war
born IN Boston. died 1869
1898 Oscroia. famous Seminole chiei'
died: born 1904
sSt-}~st 'onfrfcratcs led by Genera
Ho=er =. Pryor were repniS'-d ny
tederals under General Michae'
Corcoran. near Suffolk. va
f914EID "A collision or the Nrglbla
capes the passenger stenmer no"
roe. of the Old Dominion line was
sunk. WITH . loss ct forty one i''r
sengers and member OF the crew
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-01-30

reaus and defining their duties
there is not a word about the duty
OF keeping the navy in readiness
for war or preparing plans for
war or conducting war after it be
gins"
II this IS an accurate statement OF
condiions-and the admiral hardly
would have made it Otherwise little
attention given to making such ships
as we have ready for instant service
viii be vastly more important TO our
national defenses than millions upon
millions spent for new vessels to add
TO an already unwieidy and unservice-
able fleet
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-01-30
Brady,M.D

/ Cirrhosis of the liver is one of the
/ several prospects the moderate
drinker must bear in mind Wits
key, gin and brandy are the most
potent drinks wherewith 10 pickle a
liver. but the purest brewed beer viii
do It too.
IN the development OF a case of
cirrhosis. or hardening. OF the liver
there are four distinct stages. First.
the stage OF hearty. almost tigerish
appetite Under the irritation OF al
cohol the appetite calls for all sorts
OF burdensome and indigestibIe
things. and II they are not supplied
on the free lunch counter the drinker
viii get them somewhere else. He
eats like a horse at all hours of day
and night and feels proud of his
capacity. also of his fine flushed
manly complexion, yes. and in
little while he finds base pride IN
the little corporation which begins
10 grow out
In the second stage the now sea
sOned. jolly. good natured fellow
takes his social glass rather more
frequently than he likes to admit;
has big circle Of jovial. fun-locing
acquaintance. and goes 10 lodge
with unfaiiing regularity. having now
married and settled down to quiet
home life He notices lots of gas
comes of the stomach. and his
clothes seem tighter and tighter. He
Is also likely TO have trouble from
hemorrhoids. and he gets the habit
OF taking somebody's cleansing salts
once or twice a week. He feels
little relief after taking a few drinks;
but a little worse after the tempo
rary narcotic effect wears away
The Period Of Distress.
InsidiOusly. gradually. the victim I
begins TO realize that he has got a /
stomach. He realizes il both in the !
vernacular and the anatomical sense:
Il sticks out and jiggles and grum- 1
bles when he moves about with any
hing resembling activity. and it re-
minds him OF his sins on many
restless night
Third stage. The doctor finds the
liver enlarged. Presoribes teetotal-
sm Patient declares he'd just as
soon never take another drink
doesn't really care for il that way.
But nevertheless he continues drink
ng. purely in social way The
elbows might make fun OF him If he
mould really swear of for good and
IL He doesn't care for beer, but
le takes a glass or two occasionally
With the fellows.
Doctor advises him TO cut out
breakfast, cut out meat. become a
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-01-30
BY MAURICE ELLIOTT.
MARRIAGE Licenses.


Wladyslaw Bonckowslli, 1888 Sal
mon street, and Maryau-l Moderac-
ka, same address.
Joseph Ramoska, 1916 s. Hancock
street, and Caroline Kutaviciuto, same
address.
Nautilus SEzurski, 3210 St James
street. and Stanlislawa Sipolska, same
address.
Kazimiers Lukaszicwicz, 1921 Bran
DIVINE street. and Stanislawa Nficllo-
wicz 1117 Brandywine street.-Phila-
delphia Evening Telegraph.
Going, Going, Sold.
Wanted-Carpet layer, experienced.
SI2 per week first three months; $13
second three months; S14 third three
months. SI5 thereafter. Steady work
for good man. References required.
Apply KY. care of this Officially
Times.
Poor Alma.
Emmetsburg Robert Laughlin,
manager. On Sept we played al
ma, Where Do You Live" to SIG so;
the weather conditions were unset
tied and we had very bad roads in this
vicinity Judging from the perform
ance given here, Alma has no right
to exist let alone to live. Any man
ager having this booked for a 81 at
traction is going TO be stung.-Opera
House Reporter.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-01-30

The area Of Topographic surveys
completed By the United States geo
logical survey In the year ending June
20. 1915. wac % LOSS square miles The
total area geographically surveyed in
the Unlted States TO that date vas
1.tS7.7s2 square miles. or 1915 per
cent OF the entire country.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-01-30

When vale university finishes trans
Iating those stone slabs buried for
1000 years and containing the FIRST
known laN code the courts viii feel
called upon 90 decide whether the
work they have done since $500 r. c.
viii staud or not
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-01-30

Perhaps Il vas the little six dollars
which John D.. Jr. drew a. a witness
Ia the Industrial relations invcst.sa
ton which finally brought him % a
realizing sense % his place In the
a1rfd
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-01-30

The American commission for the
relief OF Belgium has protested against
purchasing foods In New York on tire
ground that the buyers can set more
for their money most anywhere else
IN the United States There "a 10
startling revelation n this for those
Americans who have been in New
York
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-01-30

Ministers OF New York want Billy
Sunday 70 hurry up his job Of saving
the Qgakers so that he can take a con-
tract to labor with Father Knicker-
booker. by the time he also gets
through with Daddy Dearborn the
evangelist may consider his time too
valuable 70 waste on the tri-cities.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-01-30

Since the police reserves were
called out 10 dispense a crowd in Mad
isou square garden. New York. which
had gathered To set free samples OF
soap there will be more people ready
TO believe that there are two whole
city blocks In Gotham without bath
tub
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-01-30

Mother Jones says she opposes woni-
an suffrage Look at Colorado she
exsiairns. they have had woman SUI
frage there for years and yet Il Is the
most corrupt state In the union.
There Is no evidence vet that Illinois
has been made much wOrse-or bet
ter
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-01-30
JAPAN's OPPORTUNITY.

II Is significant that japan has
chosen this time. when Europe has its
hands full with its own affairs and
America is fairly busy watching
EuroS,e u make q series OF demands
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-01-30

The theory o. the European press
censorship IS that the enemy must
not b. given any information by print
ing any news. 10 Is the traditional
policy % American police departments.
which hold that 20 newspapers print
reports Of crimes the criminals viii
knOw that they have committed them