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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-12-15

Nose. Port Byron, first prize, $500
H. K. Peterson, second prize, $500;
Frank Reynolds. third prize, $l.00.
Best single ear--James Spargo,
first prize: Luther Anderson, second;
BoIlman brothers, third.
Winter wheat-Herb Morgan, first
prize, $500. Walter Black, second
prize, $500; J. W. Bailey, third prize,
so cents,
White oats-Herb Morgan, first
prize, $2.00; J. W Beak, second prize,
S1.00; A. L. Blazer, third prize, so
cents.
Timothy seed. ]. Bailey, first
prize, $200 A. L. Blazer, second prize,
$100.
Poultry Exhibit.
The poultry exhibit is an especially
fine one and is in charge of G. B.
Knapp. This show is staged at hall
short distance from the opera house
and is largely patronized by chicken
fanciers. The awards already given
are.
First pen. Charles schluter; sec
ond pen, G. B. Knapp.
| The list of other prize winners
comes later, and the entries are as
| follows:
| Small comb Rhode Island reds
Louis Mercer, birds; W. B. Speers,
birds; G. B. Knapp, 6 birds; Earl
! Bollman. Is birds; John Lindquist,
birds; Airline Hart, 5 birds.
Barred Rocks--Charles F. Schluter
10 birds: r. L. Wilson, birds; G. B.
Knapp, II birds; Clyde Lees, 5 birds;
William Sharp, birds.
White Rocks-Victor Olson, 5 birds
Axel Johnson, birds.
| White Wyandottes-Clyde Bollmau
| 6 birds; Emil'Klebe, birds; Steve Ca
naan. 5 birds; Ernest Beck, 7 birds.
Buff 0rphingtons-H. r. Martin,
birds: Fred Welihouse, birds.
White Leghorns-M o. Mcdaniel,
| birds
| White Pekin dueks-Emil Beck, 8.
Toulouse geese-Emil Beck, 8.
| Turkeys-Robert Cooper, 2.
! The institute will close this evening
with a popular lecture by DIR. E. Rogers
noted chautauqua speaker, and mnsi-
cal program by the Monmouth College
quartet
Features OF Tuesdays Program.
Features of the program OF yester-
day were the talk on Good Roads" b.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-12-15
Oh! My Feet
My Feet Hurt
They Ache and Burn and Pain Ne So
I Can't Stand 1t.
Get ToNGo-Instant Relief.

For tired aching,
burning, swollen
feet there's not h
tns Ike TONGo-
You may think
you We tried them
all, but II your
feet b urt you
ven It used
ToNGO. For the
policeman. the
barber. the tired
shop girl, the
woman with the
tight shoes, the
-y4f. A.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-12-15

In buying now, you not only get
them at a Special Price, but you
also get a machine with all the
Latest improvements and fea-
lures not found on many other
Washing Machines being used by
your neighbors. These types of
machines are the development of
years of experimenting to pro-
duce a washer to yield the great
est possible service and efficiency,
and to be able to sell it at a low
price within reach of every purse.
Absolutely no more will be sold at
this price on these easy terms
after this club is full.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-12-15

Everybody is going to the iitney
lunch tomorrow noon at the United
Presbyterian church, Served from
1880 a. III. to / p. m.--(Adv.)
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-12-15

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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-12-15
Just 43 more people can Join this O. < Washing Machine

A noted Physician once said:
"The average housewife can add
many years to her life if she will
only rid herself of the drudgery
of Wash Day."
Arrange now to have this most
important, modern appliance for
the home installed-let it work
for you for the rest of your life
let it do the hard part-stop the
endless worry, and place a ban on
the washboards. Get your name
in now, as a club member you not
only get your machine sooner,
but get it cheaper.
The Raymer enterprise., 1915-07-22
FLIES ARE SOURCE
OF MUCH TROUBLE
Insects Introduce Some Of Most
Undesirable Forms Of Bac-
terra in the Milk.

(By J. y. PRICE. Washington Expert
ment Stationl
Flies are source Of great deal of
trouble in the dairy business. They in
troduce some OF the most undesirable
forms OF bacteria, including disease
germs, in the milk. Their habit Of
feeding on decaying material and the
feces OF all animals makes them a
very dangerous source of contamina-
ton They will fly directly from the
manure gutter to the milk pail, thus
introducing into the milk the germs
OF any contagious disease with which
any Of the COWS may be affected. They
also carry the germs OF the sick room
or the p-ivy vault to the dairy build.
ing, In many cases serving to spread
disease broadcast by introducing the
germs into the milk supply Of many
families.
The barn. milkroom and all other
places where milk is handled should
be kept as free from flies as possible.
II the manure Is hauled out frequent.
y and the premises are kept free from
refuse. the number OF flies will be
greatly reduced The manure should
be removed before warm weather
comes and the flies begin to hatch.
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OF milk, yet considerations OF health
forbid forcing and require that the COW
be given moderate exercise in the
open air.
Most OF the criticisms that come
from feeding ensilage come from ig
norance In handling II from the tins
II is planted until 1t is fed out.
A thin skin shows q weak, nervous
system and a dry skin indicates poor
digestive qualities.
Water has great influence upon
the composition of milk. Cows should
have as much water as they will drink
and not less frequently than twice q
day.
The milk glands are under direct
control of the nervous system and any
conditions which affect the nervous
system are sure to react upon the
milk-producing glands.
Loss, expense and risk hasten in the
wake OF withered pastures unless sup
Elemental feeds are promptly sup
piled.
A milk-fow once allowed to 60 down
by default cannot be fully regained un
Ill the COW freshens again.
Don't abuse a nervous COW any
more than you would abuse nervous
horse.
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attention NEEDED
IN EVERY ORCHARD
Gather Up All Rubbish and Burn
II to Kill Insects-Pruning
Peach Trees.

After pruning. gather up all the rub.
bish and burn. Fire is sure cure
for bugs.
or course. II is easier to shake
fruit from the trees, but the bruises
are bound to show quickly and may
spoil the market prices
A good time to cut back peach
trees Is in season when the buds
have been winter killed. Prune Wig.
orously and there will soon grow q
new head on the old tree
II you think Of putting out a new
peach orchard don't make the mis-.
take of setting your trees Is feet
apart each way. Make 1t twenty.
The old orchard may be sod bound.
Turn 1t over with plow and SOW to
clover; but be careful not to pillow
deep enough to injure the roots.
Many farmers take excellent care OF
everything on the place except the
orchard. They seem to think that
can take care of itself. but 1t cannot.
II Is rather too late to prune apple
trees now. This should have been at
tended to about the middle of June.
Remember this next year.
Grass and weeds in the orchard
make fine nesting place for mice
In the winter.
Grape vines will do their best to
live without help. but little cultiva'
tion and a little pruning every year
will make 1t easier for them.
II your grape vines are being dam.
aged by the climbing cut worm, feed
them little arsenic mixed with bran
and water and little sugar mixed
with 1t to give It pleasant taste Put
a little Of it around the base OF each
vine and Mr.. Cutworm will turn up
his toes.
To kill sweet clover In the orchard
NOV 1t frequently during the summer
and allow 1t to rot on the ground.
Clean cultivation next year will dis
pose of It.
A little glue mixed with whitewash
will make 1t stick to the trees better
but We do not always believe that
such preparation Is good for them
Sort your apples when packing for
market. Put all No. fruit into boxes
by itself and the remainder into bar.
rels. You will get better price this
way for the whole lot than II all
mixed together.
While it is good plan to put nice
smooth fruit on the top layer you may
be sure that the housewife before
buying has the grocer show her the
bottom layer also.
The Raymer enterprise., 1915-07-22
WAS DOUBLING UP ON LIFE
Small Girls Unfortunate Remem-
brance Of Mothers Remark
Caused Embarrassment.

Col. George Harvey said at ban.
quet In his honor in New York:
I'VE editors like criticism, espe-
cially when 1t is Of the very favorable
kind that I've received this evening.
But not all criticism is favorable
even for the most successful editors
A good many editors. In fact, often
find themselves In the position of the
rich old broker whose little grand
niece said:
Uncle. how long do people live?
"'The natural span Of mans life,
the uncle answered, Is as the Good
Book tells US, three score years and
ten
: oh. then you'll live to be one hun.
dred and forty, won't you. uncle?'
THE old man looked around the
room crowded with relatives and
laughed heartily.
Why, no. he said. Why. no. How
do you make that QUIT?
Isn't it true, then,' said the little
girl-'isn't 1t true what mamma says
about your living q double life? -
Washington Star.
The Raymer enterprise., 1915-07-22

Large mouths and wide bodies indi
cate good feeding qualities and great
digestive capacities.
No man can produce clean milk
from cows that are permitted to live
In unclean stables.
A COW underfed Is not doing her
best work, and COW overfed is losing
something in her production.
A good feeder will soon learn the in
dividuallty of each COW. and feed her
so that she will return profit II she
is capable OF doing so.
A wise dairy farmer prepares for
summer droughts BY having some en-
silage left over for summer feeding,
Give the COW all the cheap. bulky
food she will eat. but feed the grain
according to her milk flow. II she is in
good condition.
Many dairy farmer hangs on to a
poor bull because he is cheap and be-
cause he is not worth much to the
butcher.
An upto-date dairy COW must be
handled with understanding. Her
needs must be studied and met This
cannot be done by an unthinking man.
While 1t is doubtless true that COW
kept at perfect ease will, other things
being equal, give the greatest quantity
The Raymer enterprise., 1915-07-22
SUITABLE SHELTER
Is OF IMPORTANCE
Worn Out Piece Of Machinery Sci.
dom Seen, But More Often
Found "Weathered Out"

II you have much stock, poultry,
farming tools, grain and hay, and at
tempt to house II all you will have
quite task. but 1t will pay In the
end.
Some have tried to make estimates
OF tools and machinery ruined each
year by weathering, and the figures
are simply enormous, Facts are. We
seldom see a piece OF farm machinery
worn out, but often see 1t "weathered
out" That is the reason the junk
man does "a land Office business
Stock, too, which are not properly
sheltered soon get long-haired and
show signs of needing weatherAard.
ing When you shelter stock poorly,
you must pay for II either In the ex-
ira feed, or In the condition OF the
stock.
What about the hay CROP On
many farms there Is enough hay
spoiled from stacking each year to
pay the interest and some Of the prin.
cipal, or more than enough money to
build good barn. 1t is quite task
indeed TO attempt to shelter every
thing but improvised sheds and other
small buildings will help a lot and are
inexpensive and later permanent struc.
lures may be provided.
The Raymer enterprise., 1915-07-22
BUILT A MONUMENT
The Best Sort In the World.

"A monument built by and from
Postum" is the way an Illinois man
describes himself He says:
For years l was a coffee drinker
until at last became a terrible suf.
ferer from dyspepsia, constipation,
headaches and Indigestion.
THE different kinds of medicine
tried did not cure me, and finally some
one told me to leave of coffee and
take up Postum. / was fortunate in
having the Postum made strictly &C.
cording to directions on the pkg, SO
that from the start l liked 1t.
Gradually my condition changed.
The old troubles disappeared and
began to feel well again. My appetite
became good and could digest food.
Now l am restored to strength and
health. can sleep sound all night and
awake with . fresh and rested body.
Il am really monument built by
Postum, for l was a physical wreck.
distressed in body and mind. and am
now strong, healthy man. know
exactly what made the change; it was
leaving on coffee and using Postum.
Name given by Postum Co., Battle
Creek, Mich. Read THE Road to Well.
yille," in pkgs.
Postum comes In two forms:
Postum cereaf-the original form
must be well boiled. 15c and 25c pack.
ages.
instant Postum-a soluble powder
dissolves quickly in cup of hot wa.
ter. and with cream and sugar, makes
delicious beverage Instantly. 30c and
Soc tins.
Both kinds are equally delicious and
cost about the same per cup.
There's Reason" for Postum.
sold by Grocers.
The Raymer enterprise., 1915-07-22
to give more character to the struc.

to give more character to the struc.
ture.
The front of this bungalow is rath.
er more ornamental than usual on &C.
count Of the pergola extension and
general character Of the porch design.
Over the front door Is q wide entrance
way Of rather heavy construction.
The floor OF the porch. including the
pergola end, is OF concrete with wa.
terproof finish. 1t is made level across
the front of the house, but is given a
slope outward for drainage. This is
especially necessary because Of the
unprotecting character OF the pergola.
1t will be noticed that the approach
to this little bungalow Is made extra
wide. The fashion OF building wide
front steps and cofrespondingly wide
concrete walk reaching to the street
has been noticeable during recent
years. One man after surveying his
new bungalow porch remarked that
the steps must have been stolen from
some schoolhouse. At the same time,
after thinking the matter over, he de-
cided that sehoolhouse steps are neces-
sary to carry out the bungalow-expan-
sive idea Wide front steps seem to
require rampant step borders. which
are useful as seats, besides giving the
necessary finish to the house porch.
In using this bungalow plan the con-
tour OF the lot was taken into con-
sideration. The most attractive bum
galows have rather a low appearance
| In front. A winter bungalow requires
a cellar to be deep and well lighted.
1t is better to have lot slope away
to the back, because II permits the
owner to bury his house in front and
to have considerable exposure at the
| back.
Bungalow cella0 are used a good
deal for storage purposes. Access
sories must be taken care Of For
this reason cellar basement becomes
more important than the cellar under
two-story house When the lot
slopes away to the back il is easy to
make an excellent storeroom under
the front part OF the house and to
finish the rear OF the basement In such
a way as to partition off splendid
laundry and furnace room that is en-
tirely separate from the storeroom de-
partment.
Every house built in the North
should have heating apparatus in
the basement. Furnaces spoil a Gel.
lar for cold storage unless 1t is par.
titioned into rooms. 1t is customary
to put larger and deeper windows in
the back wall. for these reasons. A
laundry room at the back makes a
comfortable work room both In winter
and In summer II is never hot and II
is never cold. 1t is easy of access by
The Raymer enterprise., 1915-07-22

way of the stairway that goes down
from the back hall
The plan of this bungalow shows
that the living room and dining room
are so closely connected that the two
rooms really make one large room. 10
feet In width by 81 feet In depth. 1t
Is a grand room with plenty OF light
from the front as well as the side.
Such combination living room and
dining room requires uniform de-
sign in woodwork In both rooms The
floor is Of hardwood and the wood
work from the Dashboard to the crown
molding at the ceiling is rather
heavy, but severely plain; the only
difference in the general woodwork de-
sign of the two rooms is in the plate
rail and built-in buffet.
Where the living room and dining
room are used as one room the plate
rail sometimes is left out. The din
ing table is placed in one end of the
room next to the kitchen. All the
furniture as well as the woodwork cor
responds, so that an elegant room,
comfortably furnished, results. II Is
much easier TO furnish large room
than a small one. a fact that must
be appreciated because there are so
many large living rooms In the newer
houses.
Especial attention Is given to the
woodwork and general finish of the
kitchen The work OF lathing and
plastering Is carefully done, and the
woodwork is hard and smooth, and
the whole surface OF the walls and
ceilings Is given smooth, glossy fin
ish OF pure white enameled paint.
The kitchen is made light by two
large windows and a glass door that
opens on the back porch.
On the opposite side OF the house,
which usually is the north or east side,
we have two comfortable bedrooms,
with the necessary clothes closets, lin.
en- closet and bathroom.
All the rooms in the house are con.
nected by short hall that takes up
very little space; an arrangement that
is well liked In house of this de.
sign.
In addition TO the splendid base
ment. considerable storage is provided
in the attic. A stairway is built lead
ing up from the pantry, so that odd
things may be put out OF the way un-
I'll needed. The attic has considers-
Bile size and is lighted from two large
gables.
The Raymer enterprise., 1915-07-22

Don't be misled. Ask for Red Crou
Bag Blue. Makes beautiful white clothes
At all good srocers. Adv.
The Raymer enterprise., 1915-07-22
Type Of Building in Greater De-
mand Than Ever, and With
Good Reason.
PLANS FOR IDEAL RESIDENCE
Arrangement Of Building and Grounds
Makes Use Of Every Foot Avail.
able-ExcelIent Cellar Base
ment Provided For-splen-
did Light In Kitchen.
BY WILLIAM A. RADFORD.

Mr. William A. Radford will answer
questions and give advice FREE OF
COST on all subjects pertaining TO the
subject OF building, for the readers Of this
paper On account Of his wide experience
as Editor. Author and Manufacturer. he
Is, without doubt. the highest authority
on all these subjects Address all inquiries
to William A. Radford. No. 1877 Prairie
avenue. Chicago. H., and only enclose
two-eent stamp for reply.
Neat. attractive, five-room bunga
lows are in great demand In towns
villages, and In the outskirts OF large
cities.
American ingenuity has met all diff
fculties and adjusted this type oi
building to the satisfaction OF build
ers and owners and the public in gen
eral. with the exception only of covet
GUS neighbors who are not fortunate
enough to own bungalows.
The perspective and floor plan here
with illustrated shows bungalow
type OF residence intended for com
paratiyely narrow lot that has consid
cradle depth.
The general arrangement is to place
the house about twvlty feet back from
the street to look well on the lot
The depth OF the house is IL feet
inches. which brings the rear Of this
building about sixty feet from the
street line.
A bungalow setting requires consid
cradle garden at the back and neat
ly-kept grass plot In front to carry oui
the idea of eozy home comfort. A
pretty house needs beautiful flowers
and handsome shrubbery to complete
the picture.
The construction of this bungalow
Is concrete up to few inches above
The Raymer enterprise., 1915-07-22
To Test Mix.

A simple but absolute test as tc
whether milk is watered, is to dip q
steel needle in a vessel OF milk and
Immediately withdraw II In an upright
position. II the milk is pure. some Of
1.-THE fluid will adhere to the needle; II
there is water In the milk, It will moi
cling to the needle ct all
The Raymer enterprise., 1915-07-22
Tough Luck.

you remember that chap Jones
who made a bet OF ten thousand dol
lars that he would walk from San
Francisco to New York without cent
in his pocket?"
"Yes. Did he win the bet?"
Not quite. He got as far as Phila
delphia, and there he was arrested
as vagrant and forced against hii
will to ride three blocks in a patrol
wagon. That disqualified him."
The Raymer enterprise., 1915-07-22
Her Own Business.

A woman mounted the steps Of the
elevated station carrying an umbrella
like a reversed saber. An attendant
touched her lightly, saying:
Excuse me, madam, but you are
likely to put out the eye Of the man
behind you"
Hes my husband" she snapped
calmly.
The Raymer enterprise., 1915-07-22

for studding and rafters, boarded
over with common boarding and Gov
cred with building paper and shingles
The sides and roof are built alike.
except that the shingles on the sides
of he house are laid differently to get
q more pleasing effect. The spacing
Is made narrow and wide alternately
as tha layers so on.
There is a little variation in the out.
side suish in the pediments of the
gables, which are covered with metal
lath, paneled with wooden strips and
plastered with stucco between. This
is done 10 vary the outside finish and
The Raymer enterprise., 1915-07-22

grade. Here the framework starts
with a plank sill doubled, spiked and
locked at the corners in the usual
plank frame construction manner.
The studding are tae.nailed into the
sill In the usual way, and the main
floor joists are supported by 2-inch
girders gained into the studding at a
height sufficient to give ~ feet of
head room in the cellar. This height
OF head room is necessary for the
proper setting Of a warm-air furnace
From the iolsts up, the framework
Is built in the usual way, using by
The Raymer enterprise., 1915-07-22

But In after years II man re-
fuses to let his wife buy his neckties
she imagines that he has ceased te
love her.
The Raymer enterprise., 1915-07-22
Broke.

Come on, Bill Join us In a little
game OF poker
Sorry, boys, but can't"
why not? Your wife is In the
country"
Yes, and so is my salary"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-02-25
CORONERS FIGHT
TO RETAIN OFFICE
Both Friends and Foes OF Bill
TO Abolish Present System
Heard In Albany.
rFrom , stan Corrt,pondent Of The THbun'

From a stan Correspondent OF lhe ilip"i''I
Albany. Feb. 24.-The New York
City administration bill abolishing the
coroners and establishing the office OF
chief medical examiner had a hearing
before the Senate Cities Committee
this afternoon. Among those who ap-
reared in its favor were DR.. George
Burgess Magrath, Chief Medical TX.
aminer Of Boston and professor, OF
pathology in Harvard; Daniel ': NC
isaacs, First Assistant District Attor-
new of Boston, and Robert 5. Binkerd,
of the City Club; l.. NJ. Wallenstein'
Commissioner OF Accounts, who re-,
Gently investigated the coroners, ana
Deputy Health Commissioner Emerson
Of New York. a.
Almost all the coroners in greater New
York opposed the bill. They broughss
10 their aid Coroner Arthur Sellers, Oh
Philadelphia. Coroner Frank ). Senior,
of New York, declared physicians were
for the bill, so as to be able 70 per
form as many autopsies as they liked
Or. Magrath said the on y autopsles IN n
Boston were made at the request OF
the District Attorney. Mr.. Mclsaacs
said that if the plan TO restore the old
coroner system in Boston were sug
gested Il would not have the backing
of a corporals guard.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-02-25
PENN LETTER BRINGS S235
Fetches Top Price at Final
Session OF Joiino Library Sale.

An apparently unpublished ntter
written By William Penn to Sir Heary
Ckickeley, nephew of Admiral Sir John
Chickeley, brought the top price last
night at the third and final session OF
the sale. at the Anderson Galleries, OF
Part Ill of the Joline library. George
d. Smith paid 1895 for it..
For collection of eighty-one auto
praph letters and letters and docu-
ments signed by the forty-two Secre-
taries of State from 1889 to 1911 Mr.;
Smith gave S162 so, and he also PAID
$50 for a series of forty-six auto
graph letters written by John Ran
dolph of Roanoke TO Harmanus
BIeecker of Albany, covering the pc
Rod of 1912, when he opposed the war
to 1923. Mr.. Smiths bid of Sl35 was
the highest for the manuscript diary
OF Franklin Pierce during the Mexican
War.
A two-page letter written by Martha
Washington 10 Mrs. Frances Washing
ton on December 3, 1882, was sold to
J +. Drake for $3.50 One of the last
documents signed by Peter Stuyvessnt
dated May 10, 1864, granting to Jan
Laurens John Lawrence) piece OF
land living in the Wallabout, Long Isl
and. was the subject of some keen bid
ding. II was finally knocked down to
George d. Smith for $40.
The total of the session was
s2.O04l0; of the three sessions
SA8S7 O5, and the grand total for the
three parts Of the library, S21,82l 40