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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-07-26

will lose no tiEne IN taxing the steps
necessary to secure these things.
The course Of Rock Island men IN
stalking thousands upon the increase in
value Of land which has been annexed
or is soon to be added to the city is
the best assurance that the people liv-
ing In those districts can possibly have
as 70 the benefits they viii reap. Il is
proof positive to those who may be in
doubt that they will be gamers and not
losers. even though II 10 so exceeding
- ard maHlfestiy distressing 70 the
organ Of obstruction.
Rock Island has laid many miles OF
pavement and yet II Is doubtful Il there
has been a single instance IN which
! loss has resulted and a property owner
has been sorry the improvement was
made. Usually as quickly as the work
/ is done the property abutting takes on
added value much more than enough to
pay the cost. With good street car
facilities convenient property abutting
Ninth and Twelfth streets viii be en-
/ HANGED In value for residence purposes
/ by the street improvement which is
proposed to pay, two or three times
over, the cost of pavement. And yet
the abutting property is not being
asked 10 pay the whole bill. To deny
/ this is to deny all experience with paw
I ing in Rock Island during the last rs
{ years.
I With its usual Inconsistency the or
gan Of obstruction. which has fought,
ridiculed and denounced every phase
Of annexation, just as It has done I'm
/ the case Of nearly every public Inn
provement since the beginning in Rock
/ Island, is just now engaged in labor
iiously palaveriug the Rock Island Ro-
tary club for what It is doing IN mark
ing the roads leading to the city from
the south. The Rotary club, as The
Argus has said. is showing praise
worthy enterprise in this undertaking,
hut nobody knows better than the
members Of that organization the folly
of marking the way to Milan if there
are to be no roads from that village ia
Rock Island for an indefinite period.
+ Someone ought to take the organ Of
obstruction out in an automobile and
bounce il over Ninth and Twelfth
/ streets till something resembling com
! mon sense is shaken into tiff such q
thing is possible.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-07-26

common, and that interesting animal.
the beaver. is exceedingly common. In
addition to this, hope that you viii
remember that there are blooming in
this section each year not less than
1000 varieties OF wild flowers. You
can not find in all the Alps in an
equal area as many kinds OF wild
plants. IN reference to this area be
ing scenic, gentlemen. I want to call
your attention to the fact that there
is no place in the world, off the rail-
road, that has. during the past years,
been visited by as many people as this
region proposed for the Rocky Noun
tain National park. Nature has made
it a splendid natural park"
r. B. Marshall, chief geographer.
who was commissioned by the govern
ment to report on this region, began
in these words:
THE region as a whole is as beau
tiful as can be found in the United
States, or, indeed. in the world. There
is spread before the eye a gorgeous
assemblage of wonderful mountain
sculpture surrounded by fantastic and
ever-changing clouds suspended in an
apparently atomless space, At first
view, as one beholds the scene in awe
and amazement, the effect is of an
enormous painting. vast panorama
stretching away TO illimitabIe dis
tances; gradually this idea of distance
| disappears, the magnificent work Of
nature seems to draw nearer and
nearer, reduced apparently by an IN
seen microscope to the refinement of a
delicate cameo. Each view becomes a
| refined miniature framed by another
more fascinating, the whole present
ing an impressive picture never to be
forgotten
This national park is no undiscover-
ed paradise OF supreme beauty, like
the Sequoia National park In Califor-
MIA, which, in the oath year of it's ex-
| istence, had, last season, only 4,667
visitors. More than $4,000 persons
visited the region now covered by the
Rocky Mountain National park last
year, and a considerable proportion
OF THESE stayed rnere IOr q month or
more. Most Of them patronized hotels
at Estes park at the base of Longs
peak. Estes park has not been incIud-
ed in the National park only because
OF its high state of development, be-
cause of its considerable areas Of
patented or privately owned land
In effect, Estes park is a part Of the
| National park, nevertheless. In fact,
the National park boundary has been
indented at that point expressly to
leave these private holdings outside
| the national Jurisdiction.
One reason why this region is so
much visited is that it is readily reach
ed from large centers of eastern and
/ central population It is only 80 hours
from Chicago.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-07-26
The Daily Story
Inoognito-By Ruth Graham.

! Tomorrow III have the needed part
put it in. and IN the afternoon viii de-
! liver the machine at your home"
Gould you have it there by 4? I
usually go for a drive at that hour
q have no doubt Of It,"
/ Jack enjoyed the part he was play
1 ing and, expecting that Miss Ashmore
would recognize him If he put on good
clothes, drove her home as he was.
When he left her at the door she said:
| IF you viii tell nae how much the
/ bill viii be I will pay it now"
Il think the price OF the rod to re-
/ 7 shall have to charge by the rules OF
/ the union, 70 cent an hour. My time
on the Job will be about three hours.
Call it all S."
The young lady put her gloyed FIN
/ gers into her purse, took out
five dollar gold coin and dropped it into
Jacks begrimed hand. Then, turn
I ing, she went into the house, without
/ looking back,
/ The next afternoon at precisely 4
/ o'clock an automobile drew up at Miss
| Ashmore's door. She heard it and. as
Stunning that it was her machine she
went out dressed for drive. She was
/ somewhat puzzled at the changed APP
+ pearance of the mechanic. Instead of
I overalis he wore a suit built by fash
ionable tailor "a double breasted. fancy
faistcoat, a voluminous azure polka
/ dot necktie, while on his hands we're
pair Of new tan gloves. Nor was there
/ the slightest sign OF black on his ina,
macuIate complexion Alighting. he
/ stood uncovered
/ Good afternoon, Miss Ashmore."
WHY, Mr.. MeriweatherI
Fortunate, wasn't it, that 7 came
upon you yesterday when you broke
down ?"
you don't mean
Yes; am the mechanic who res
cued your machine and brought you
4. home"
Heavens" exclaimed the lady. Bit
ing her lip and coioring, "and / paid
you for
Jack tipped with his thumb the coin
she had given him which he had con
verted into q fob, saying:
Here it is. I have earned #, and I
mean to keep it in memory Of the sery-
ice it was my happiness to do you"
Miss Ashmore blushed and as soon
/ as she recovered her composure said.
"a good automobile mechanic should
also be a good driver. Perhaps may
hire you for my chauffeur this after
noon"
Not for hire this time. One memen-
to viii suffice, bat I shall be happy to
serve you all the same"
The two got into the car and sped
away.
A lady who heard the story remark
ed: Those two should make match g"
And they did.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-07-26

That the climate of eastern China is
similar to that Of eastern North Amer
lea seems TO be the reason for the sue
cess which has attended the introduce
ton OF many Chinese plants into this
country; at least this Is the opinion Of
the specialists in the agricultural de-
partment's office of foreign seed and
plant introduction. In a publication of
this Office which lists seeds and plants
imported during the fall of 1912 def
mite report is given on the growth of
70 different importations from China,
most OF which may be termed success
full Plant introductions from foreign
countries are distributed by the office
until sufic Client time has elapsed to give
Eome indication Of their possibilities
in this country.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-07-26
QUESTIONS.

I sometimes sit and wonder why
1t is we know the thing called life
Why. some, from time to time must die,
and some remain to face the strife,
Why was I sent to labor here?
Why did nay neighbor come to earth
Was there a place upon this sphere
To which / was assigned at birth?
Why should the mother, fair and sweet
And needed by her children so,
Be summoned home, while on the
street
But wasting mortaIs come and so?
What is the purpose and the plan
Behind the joy and toll Of years2
And was it here that We began
Or have we dwelt in other spheres?
I cannot answer. On I so
Sustained by an unfaltering trust
Drawing d fate do not know
But doubling not it will be just.
I find in every circumstance
Some thread Of hope to which I Gins
That life is not assigned by chance,
And death is not a hopeless thing.
Edgar A. Guest.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-07-26
IN THE HOUR OF AGONY

yond excuse. That blunder must not
be repeated. NO explanation can ex-
cuse the sinking of a passenger ship
in quiet harbor waters. Laxity such
as must have existed is beyond extern
uation.
There must be a rigid inquiry
Those responsible, whether govern
.ment officials or shipowners, must be
brought to justice, The full penalty
for this neglect, so enormously muir
derous, must be exacted.
For the women who have been made
widows, for the children who have
been made orphans. there must be
restitution Those legally responsible
must be made to pay to the uttermost
farthtng. Beyond that, if there be
need, the Herald calls with confidence
on the generous spirits of Chicago
And the lesson must never be forgot
ten.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-07-26
ADDING VALUE TO PROP
ERTY.

Purchase OF the 6o-acre Maak farm
at Thirtieth street and Eighteenth ave
nue. by Louis Mosenfslder for the pur-
pose OF plating and selling it out in
small tracts for residence purposes Is
one Of the significant events in the
development OF the new South side.
The Maak tract is not vet in the city
but the municipal limits touch Il on
two sides That it viii De annexed in
a year or two is a feregone conclu-
sion. The fact that the way 70 annexa-
ton is easy and certain is what is de-
pended upon to give the land the added
value that VIII yield profit on the
investment The new owners will
want sewer water. light, etc, and they
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-07-26
N0MES TIE TENLE.n

Now's the time to start the sIaugbre
Swat the fly.
DO your duty as y0u oughter,
Swat the fig.
For he carries the bacillj,
And he bites little Willie,
It may turn him stark and chilly
Swat the fly.
Oh the summer IS not pleasant,
Swat the fly.
With his menace ever present
Swat the fly.
Oh. he isn't very dainty.
And his food is rather tainty;
He is full of microbes. amt he2
Swat the fly.
You can swat en- with a single,
Swat the fly.
Both married ones and single,
Swat the fly.
You can use a patent swatters
Or a broOmstick or a blotter,
But swat 'em you have to got ter,
Swat the fly.
Roy K Moult0n.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-07-26
THE UNFORTUNATE BEL
CLANS.


In a personal letter, Just received
by an Evansville, Indiana. man from
a friend in Belgium. the present sit
uation OF the Belgians is fairly out
lined. for the people Of other prov
fnces are certainly no better off than
are those OF Brabant, in which the Bel
GUM capital is located The letter
says in part,
II hear that great many articles
of food will soon be lacking. In the
near future we will not have any
kind OF meat. Chickens practically ex-
ist no more and eggs are very scarce,
Each province has to provide its
own food. Our canteen today served
more than 800 families. We had
among those who came 10 people from
Charieroi, who had walked u miles
to come to the capital, where they hop
ed to get something TO eat.
What misery this war brings to
US! No more industry; no more
trade: everything has stopped. There
are scarcely any horses left In the
country; all have been requisiti0ued.
all of our beautiful Belgian horses.
which are so well known and appre-
ciated by America. OF these nearly
none remain.
Farmers are thus unable to work
their lands What are we going to do
for food this coming winter?"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-07-26
Chicago Herald)

t1LlCG&D E1El a4l J.
a disaster appalling in magnitude
has befaIlen Chicago. To the bereft
families Of the great throng whose
lives were taken the heartfelt sympa-
thy OF all the city's millions goes out.
No poor words can soften the
anguish of the desolated. A calamity
unspeakabIe has come 10 them. Over
wheImed by the immensely Of the ca
tasuophe, the city stands bowed in
spirit Nothing can recall to life the
happy children, the festive men and
women who were the victims.
But Chicago can highly resolve that
they have not died in vain. The people
Of this community may vigorously de-
termine that no more shall the lives OF
the innocent be sacrificed. The bitter
lesson has been sufficient.
1t is not now the time for accusa-
uon. But some one has Numbered be-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-07-26

Colonel Roosevelt's statement made
to a reporter Just before leaving New
York for California that he will sup
port any decent republican who runs
against President Wilson" accords
with the opinion Of observers of po-
litical events that he Is eager to die
tate its nominee to the republican ma
ional convention. OF course the col
onel would be the sole Judge of who is
decent and who is otherwise.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-07-26
THE EAsTLAND PICTURES.

Through the courtesy of the Chicago
Tribune The Argus is able to present
to its readers today the most compre-
hensive illustrations % the Eastland
disaster which have been given outside
of the metropolitan press The Trib-
une has shown its usual enterprise in
covering the story of the tragedy and
the pictures it has secured have been
lie best appearing in any newspaper.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-07-26
CHORDS AND
DISCORDS

REV. Klucker is TO become new lead
er OF a flock at sherrard
GENERAL Miles and john l.. SulA-
van have fresh competition. Harry
Thaw says he has climbed the acgua
cart.
UNAVOIDABLE weather conditions
sent Palm Beach down about 20 points
yesterday.
COLONEL Roosevelt sIys Hiram
Johnson is to be the next president Of
the United States. OF course some al
lowance should be made for she fact
that the colonel is just now doing Cali
fornia and is spending some Of his
time as d guest Of Hiram.
IT may not strike You as strange
that litigants should complain of re-
ceiving a cold deal in the court Of
Judge Frost at Rockford.
YOUNG Chicagoan stated on tire wit
ness stand that his earnings in six
months as a clairvoyant were &70.ag9.
Still we wonder why the boys refuse
To stay On the farm.
NEW foot disease has appeared in
New York. Not surprising to those
who have observed the dancing gyra-
tons in the Broadway cafes during the
past year.
ACTRESS. displaying herself in a
/ bathing costume built with almost
startling economy. deyotes TWO col
umus to telling how she became a
champion in matrimony. The detailed
story was a waste Of valuable space
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-07-26

A number Of Iowa newspapers are
worried because Senator Cummins has
not yet announced HIS candidacy for
the republican nomination for presi-
dent. They should have learned by this
time that the Hawkeye statesman takes
this as a matter Of course,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-07-26

Necessities imposed by war have
taught the Germans TO make soap out
OF sugar. This should hll long felt
want. one Of the crying needs Of mod
ern times has been a soap that tastes
al good as # smells
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-07-26

The national convention of Gideons
having decided to print and circulate
cards bearing IL reasons for not using
profanity, the Burlington Gazette rises
to inquire what substitute is recon-
mended when a travelling man finds
the hotel clerk has neglected to cali
aim at s 80 and he has missed his train.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-07-26
July 20 in American
History.

Hiking Roderick, "the last OF the
Goths." defeated and slain By she
Moors in Spain.
17S8-New York ratified the United
States constitution, being the elev-
enth state to sanction its adoption
Hostilities between Austria aad
Servia opened neaE Belgrade.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-07-26

A number Of New Workers have be-
come affected lately with disease Of
the pedal extremihee and they are
Boosting that IL is something new. Tut,
tut. Old stuff. II has been prevalent
in Illinois for some time. but out this
way only cattle were susceptible to it.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-07-26

One OF those who are fighting an
nexation, paving and everything else
proposed for the Sears district says
he cannot afford the improvements,
but he is willing to spend every cent
he has TO beat the project. When a
gentleman enjoys a shindy as keenly
as this one seems to it would be cruel
To deny him
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-07-26

Having worked up booster day at
tendance Of a thousand or so On satur-
day the Davenport ball team will stay
with the Thres-Eye awhile longer
If the league stays with it.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-07-26

General Villas course in refraining
from executing so railroad employees
who refused TO work for him is COM
mendable, but even so, it Is suspected
that his fOrbearance was actuated by
the conviction that the men would be
of more use TO him living than dead.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-07-26
Sidelights on the European War

fighting abroad or in training at home,
and who therefore cannot safeguard
their interests are protected Bog a spe-
cial wartime act of parliament which
provides that no man may lose his
civic privileges through serving his
country as a volunteer. Any other
person may appeal in hts behalf for
the correction of errors in the lists, and
no soldier may be disqualified during
his absence, on the ground that his
wife or family has received assistance
from the local poor-reltef fund.
Petrograd.--Th leading manufac-
turers Of Moscow have Joined ia fur
nishing the capital for a national
munitions factory there. The plant
which Will start at once. is TO cost
$5,000,000 all Of which viii be raised
within a fortnight. Most of the manu-
facturers have agreed to subscribe
sum not less than one per cent Of
their capital.
Copenhagen. - Correspondence Of
the Associated Press THE Danish
government continues to be annoyed
with the condition OF affairs ia its col
onies. In Iceland there is q large
faction advocating separation from
Denmark, and in the Danish West In
dies there is an almost hopeless con-
dition of finances, and some trouble
among the negroes which has not as
yet been fully understood. AS recent
" reported, a commission appointed
70 investigate affairs has issued a very
pessimistic report, and the govern
ment is now holding a number Of con-
ferences with the governor Of the IS
lands who has been called to COpen-
hagen for this purpose. These con
ferences may go on for months.
At the same time Hamilton Jackson,
a negro who was formerly a teacher
in the islands, is here, posing as
representative OF the negro popula-
ton of the islands He has submit
ted to the government a series OF com
plants so numerous that they Wouia
easily fill a score Of newspaper coli
umns. The complaints are directed
mainly against the island aGmlnistra-
ton.
Jackson has held several meetings
at open places In Copenhagen. address
ing the working population In behalf
OF the negroes. While he has enlisted
some supporters, he has been hisse1
! by some Of his hearers and his meet
ings closed because Of his assaults
upon the character Of certain officials
and planters in the West Indies,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-07-26

II the weather can behave during
the week Of the Great Western races
in Davenport there win be 10 excuse
for any more OF this monkey bust
1auz
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-07-26

II is just possible that the rainy
summer may have had something TO
do. also. with the bountiful crop OF re-
publican presidential aspirants.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-07-26

London-(C Correspondence of The
Associated Press.)-Dispatches re
celved from British Consul Gretg at
lNonastir. Macedonia, indicate that the
situation Of the refugee population in
that district is very serious. so many
/ people have succumbed to the effects
/ Of exposure and starvation says Mr..
Grieg, "and the crop prospects are so
bad, that despair has quenched all in
/ itiative. Everywhere the distress is
increased by the enormous prices of
/ foodstuHs, by the lack Of medical as
sistance, by the need of clothing and
/ housing The situation is equally pre-
Icarious for Christian and AIosIem pop
Iulation.
Acute distress of a peculiarly hor-
/ ribIe character prevails among the
tciviHan population Of the districts OF
/ Ochrida, Dibra, Kirchevo and Perlepe.
/ The chief sufferers are refugees from
Villages destroyed in 1912 when cattle,
grain. agricultural implements and all
household effects of hundreds Of famt-
lilies were looted or destroyed The
survivors Of this ruin took refuge in
/ the towns-especiall MOnastir-desti-
/ tute of the necessaries of life. Since
then it has been impossible for them to
lido anything towards retrieving their
/ fortunes or to earn a farthing. Their
|only resources had been agriculture
which they could have resumed only if
their homes and barns could have been
/ gratuitously rebuilt. and if oxen, seed,
/ and agricultural implements, could
/ have been provided. That was impos-
tsible, because the events of 1912 We're
| followed by other wars and urgent ap-
| peaIs to charity on every side No
other means of earning a living has
/ been opened TO them, as there has been
/ no demand for labor owing to economi-
cal conditions.
''In Monastir alone there are some
/ 5000 persns, including refugees from
more than 80 villages. Many Of them
are suffering from illness caused by
two and a half years of semi-starva-
ton, whilst large numbers are in a
/ state OF extreme debility, which, fail
/ ing relief, can only end in a lingering
death. There are whole streets OF
! families in this condition. They have
parted with everything saleable. Won.
/ en-, reduced to skin and bone, are feed.
ing their infants on dIy bread got by
/ begging. Hundreds of these families
have recently been visited, and scarce.
4 ~ house has been found in which
there is an atom Of food beyond scraps
of dry bread and. here and there. few
handfuls Of -four. No family possessed
meat. eggs, butter, cheese, oil, salt, tea
/ coffee and rice"
Registration Of voters fol
the next general election in Great Brit.
lain-wheuever that may occur-cIoses
/ this month. Britons who are at home
may consult the registry lists which
are posted on doors of chapels
churches and public buildings through.
out the country, and may petition their
town clerk for the correction of any
Iomission or mistake.
4 P41t tho taosYc ~ rnav% vv,hn "a &c
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-07-26

Millions for obstruction not q cent
for Improvements
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-07-26
A Mere Mans Opinions.

Many girls mind seems to be
bonded
When a mans temper is ruffled his
brows are knit.
A man who is born rich is more or
less lucky from the start.
Some musicians are able to borrow
real money on their notes.
There's reason in ali things, but it's
different with some men.
It is easier to coax some girls to
sing than it is to induce them to stop,
Too many moderately honest people
make the mistake of trying to beat a
dishonest man at his own game-Chi-
cage News.