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Evening star., 1915-03-14

<<r OWING and Hating" was the
- title Of a farce given by
the Eastern High School
IL Dramatic Association at
the school W n a y
evening. Those taking the principal
parts were Dorothy McCauIey. Leora
Wells, Jack McAuliffe. Tony McAu-
life and John Brockman. The associa-
ton has given several plays during the
current school year.
Articles on vocational education and
opportunities for high school grad
yates in Washington are features OF
the latest issue of the Review, official
publication of Central High School.
which made its most recent appearance
Monday last. It is planned to have sew
eral articles of this nature appear in
each issue.
Text books for the primary grades.
known as the Howe readers. of which
Miss Elizabeth V. Brown, director of
primary instruction. is co-author,
have been adopted by the state OF Vir-
ginia.
Marks for the current six weeks are
to go in for Western High School
pupils this week.
Tech Life, official publication of Nc
Kinley Manual Training School. was
Evening star., 1915-03-14
ASK FOR ACTIVE DUTY.
Retired Naval Officers Taking Ad
vantage Of Recent Enactment.

Considerable interest is being mani
tested in the provision of the army ap-
preparation act, which authorizes the
restoration of retired officers to the
active list. Under 1t the retired officers
who are candidates for the active list
must stand satisfactory medical and
professional examination for promo
tion to the grade which they would
have attained il they had not been re-
tired.
Numerous applications for restora-
tion to active service already have
been received by the adjutant general
from retired officers. whose applica-
tions must be approved before they re-
turn to the active list.
Evening star., 1915-03-14
News From the Troops.

Communications have been received
from tho troop. scribes as follows:
Troop At.
Two more life and star scouts for
the troop was the record this week.
This makes the third life and star
within fortnight Lawrence Prentice,
In addition to becoming an eagle scout
last month. has added these two addi-
tional merits to his credit. B. B. VIII
son, jr., was the second to land the
coveted life and star badges and is in
line for the eagle badge later on.
Our drum and bugle corps was out
with the division last Friday afternoon
at the eerenade to Mrs. Larz Anderson
Evening star., 1915-03-14
Admiral Winslow May Get Post.

The recent visit of Rear Admiral Cameron
MGR Winslow at the Navy Department
has created the impression in Washington
that he is being considered as the new
chief Of operations for the navy. It is
stated that Admiral Winslow was sum-
moned from Newport by the Secretary to
discuss plans for a reorganization Of the
navy under the chief Of operations scheme.
The other officers that are being most
frequently mentioned for the place are
Rear Admiral Fiske and Capt Winter
halter, on duty at the Navy Department
Evening star., 1915-03-14

Realising this. the bureau makes up a
rainfall picture for each observation
station. This Is accomplished by means
Of diagram like checkerboard, the
lines of which in one direction indi-
cate the months OF the year. and in the
other direction the inches OF rainfall
The number Of squares filled in give
the rainfall picture for the given
month, and as these months are side by
side. comparison Is easy and the wet
and dry seasons are readily seen. There
is such a picture available for every
community in the nation.
Evening star., 1915-03-14

value in such semi-arid regions as some
of those in the west where efforts are
being made to develop what are known
as dry-farning communities. The facts
imum amount of rainfall that may be
depended upon to produce a crop of
wheat on these lands. Unless the rec
ords for a given region show that this
amount Of rain has been falling during
the decade of observation just past,
it would be an unwise venture to take
up a farm in specified section and
launch into the venture of dry-farm-
ing.
Where the farmer is usually looking
for rainfall to expedite his business.
the tourist is
Valuable Information as Industrious
ly seeking to
for the Tourist. avoid 1t. This
tourist. for instance, might have in
mind the relative merits of a season
spent in Florida or California. He gets
the charts of these two communities
and studies them, having in mind the
avoidance Of wet weather. He finds
that in Florida the rains come chiefly
in the summer season and that the
winters are dry. In California just the
reverse is true. the season of heaviest
rainfall there is the winter. while al
most no rain occurs during the summer
season. The tourist visits California
in the summer and Florida in the win
ter.
An individual who suffers from lung
trouble is advised by his doctor to go
to a very dry climate. 1t is suggested
that he should live at an altitude that
was not too great, yet some distance
above the sea. The temperature should
be warm He sends for weather charts
for all the communities he has in mini
and eventually selects that which
seems to fit his peculiar needs. He
finds that Phoenix, AriZ., has an alti-
tude of LOO feet, that in twelve years
the thermometer has never gone lower
than 16 degrees above zero. that rain
falls on an average not more than
thirty-seven days in the year. that 1t
softly. This community exactly fits
his purpose. He has been able to Sc
Iect intelligently and from reliable in
formation.
This man who goes to Arizona may
have been a great traveller. He has
seen much OF the date groves OF Arabia
and is impressed with the possibility
of this industry in Arizona He knows
that even in a community where dates
yield Ideally there must be an abso-
lutely dry season at which they come
to maturity. He finds that the monthe
Of juno and July are sufficiently dry al
Phoenix for the harvesting Of a date
crop. Therefore he must cultivate
dates that mature at this season. He
Evening star., 1915-03-14
Troop "a rendered Reception.

Members OF Troop No. "a Of Randle
Highlands were rendered a reception
and supper at the residence of Mr.. and
Mrs. Larz Anderson, 211s Massachu-
setts avenue northwest, Friday even
ing. Mr.. Anderson, who formerly was
United States minister to Belgium. told
of the Boy Scouts abroad and of the
services the Boy Scouts Of Europe are
giving to their respective countries
during the great war now in progress.
Mr.. Anderson introduced to the Ran
die Highland scouts two members of
the Belgian Boy Scout organization.
They are the sons of Count de Buis-
sert, former minister to the United
States from Belgium. Their mother,
who died recently in Belgium, was the
daughter of Gen. and Mrs. John =.
Story of this city.
Mrs Anderson presented to several OF
the scouts merit badges which they re-
Gently won by passing various tests.
Evening star., 1915-03-14
U. S. Attorney for Porto Rico.

President Wilson has igned the ap.
pointment Of Miles M. Martin of Vir.
ginia to be United States attorney TO,
the district of Porto Rico. Mr.. Martin
is a resident of Richmond and has
practiced law there for thirty years
He was graduated from the law de-
|partment Of Washington and Lee Uni
|versity.
Evening star., 1915-03-14
TIE WEATHER BUREAU
and The SETTLER.
By Frederic J. Haskin.

II one visits a relative in a commu-
nifty with which he is unfamiliar and 1t
rains during the whole week of his
presence there, he Is always assured
that 1t is the worst spell of weather
In the history Of the town. II the wind
blows a hurricane while he is sojourn-
ing at resort he is told that It Is an
unprecedented occurrence. If he wants
to buy q farm where 1t never frosts
that he may grow oranges. the land
agent swears that his holdings offer
that advantage. II he wants to live
where the dry air will reviytfy his
bronchial tubes, he is directed to a
score of communities and knows not
what dependence to put in the informa-
ton he receives.
Yet this Is one matter on which he
can get the facts. There Is an official
and absolutely reliable source OF In
formation as to the weather history OF
one may find out from the federal
weather bureau Just how cold 1t gets,
how hot 1t gets, how dry it gets. how
often the wind blows-all the weather
facts are not for single season. which
might be exceptional but extend over
a period of ten or twenty or more
years.
cumulat tied, but they have been publish
ed in such way that when any indi
vidual asks for information about any
community under the flag. the weather
bureau man has but to reach into a
pigeonhole. produce a pamphlet. and
there 1t all is, handily classified.
The average American Is an instinc-
tive pioneer. and there constantly kicks
| about in the back Of his mind the idea
that he would like to move to some
other community than that In which he
resides and try his luck under new con-
ditions. 1t is not practicable for this
man to travel to many communities
and personally Investigate them. He
has much difficulty in finding reliable
information about various localities,
but there is one element with relation
| to any community of which he may alb
| so1utely make sure. The weather con-
dtions may be definitely known and
these have much to do with other ele-
| ments.
Evening star., 1915-03-14
Country Divided
Into 1O6 Sections

somewhat uni
Country Divided form climatic
conditions For
Into 106 Sections. each 81 these
sections tables are published showing
temperature, rain and wind. This is
supplemented by a general statement
as to climate, typographical and agri-
cultural conditions. In each section
there are many observation points, it
being possible to find one Of these
within twenty or so miles of any indi-
vidual farm in the nation. The weather
iacts are set forth for each of these
observation stations, and therefore get
very near to any point about which in
formation may be wanted.
II man residing in Pennsylvania
should be offered land in Florida which
was recommended for the production
sure himself that the climate was suf-
fciently warm for this industry He
would write to the weather bureau at
Washington. asking for the weather
be sent him free Of charge. He would
turn to the tables for the observation
point nearest the land he had under
consideration. There he would find the
tions of the times during the past
generation, when tha- temperature had
fallen below freezing. He would find
the minimum temperatures reached
during all those years. He would be
able to check the weather information
given him by the land agent and,
therefore, to get good indication Of
the reliability of that gentleman's
statements. II he knew anything about
the grapefruit industry he would be
able TO tell absolutely whether, from
the standpoint of climate, 1t would be
safe to go into the business on the
land under consideration.
Or. possibly. the man in question was
corn grower and contemplated NOV
ing from Alabama to Nebraska. He
| knew the amount of rain that was re-
quired. to make corn crop, and he
| knew that this rain must fall in the
summer months. He asked for the
weather chart for Nebraska and found
| what was the rainfall in the section
| under consideration. when it came, and
whether or not It would be sufficient
to make his venture safe. He found
out what were the years of bountiful
| rainfall and how often there came sea :
| sons that would endanger his success
| He was sure of at least these facts in
/ the community under consideration.
Records Of this sort are of particular
Evening star., 1915-03-14
knows that it is possible to get date
Varieties that get ripe at almost 2uY

knows that 1t is possible to get date
varieties that get ripe at almost any
season of the year. SO he plants the
kind that exactly fits into the climatic
conditions. Reliable information as to
the dry season makes it possible for
him to intelligently launch a new in
dustry.
Because of the unreliability of land
information in general, the statements
which accompany the charts and tables
are important. In these statements
the government sets forth the nature
of the country covered by each publi-
cation, its peculiarities and the pur-
poses to which 1t lends itself. This in
formation is neither very detailed nor
specific, but 1t is unbiased and impor-
tant in the absence Of anything else as
good. 1t gives the prospective settler
a good general picture of the commu-
nifty which he Is considering and an
idea Of it's possibilities that may help
him to determine whether he wants to
Investigate further.
geographically the region will be
described. Its hills, mountains,
streams, va l.
Topography Maps leys, will II, be
Important Feature. nature of its
soil will be set forth and the various
crops to which it lends itself. The ag-
riculture peculiaritfes Of the section
will be elaborated upon and the crops
of special Importance will be named.
Whatever large enterprises there may
be in the community will be mentioned
and the effect of these developments
will be indicated. The sheet for Flor
ida, for instance, tells Of the drainage
Of great areas in the neighborhood of
Lake Okeechobee and the probabilities
of their reclamation. That for the
state Of Washington enumerates the
reclamation projects under way and
the conversion of the arid lands OF the
deserts into most productive orchards.
The special peculiarities OF climate
that are important are duly set forth.
For instance, If cyclones are frequent.
the prospective settler 10 duly warned.
If hot winds are likely to blight crops
and spoil complexions, this also fs set
forth. II blue northers come down
from the direction Of Hudson bay and
cause drops in temperature of SO de-
grees in fifteen minutes, as they do in
some localities, these also are nen-
toned.
The weather bureau takes the pains.
also, to make tho information 1t seeks
to convey to the man who needs It
easy of assimilation. The annual rain
fall, for instance, Is the item Of most
Importance in this consideration.
Evening star., 1915-03-14

at her home on Massachusetts, avenue
The troop contributed five drums and
eight buglers to the corps. After the
drill We marched up from Dupont Circle
TO visit the newly formed Troop No. g
at the Emmanuel Baptist Church, cor
ner of 18th street and Columbia road.
pleasant time was spent with the
new troop and its scoutmaster, Mr..
ornerod of Troop AZ. He has been with
US on several of the troop hikes Mr..
kidwell had command of the bugle and
drum corps with Deputy Executor E.
f.. Fisher to assist him.
After a meeting with the new troop
|, the boys went to our headquarters,
where an enjoyable hour was spent.
Fred H. Livermore was the first to
land the life and star badges a week
ago. We will have at least six more
by the first of July.
Two new members were admitted
into the troop and three more are fln-
ishing their four-week probation pc
riod.'
Troop 81.
we had good attendance at the
meeting held Friday evening. Three
of our second-class scouts were
excused from the meeting to obtain re-
cruits for their first-class examina-
tions. Merit badges were awarded to
three of our scouts as follows: r. N.
Young. cooking; Nelson Marshall,
cooking and craftsmanship. and Ar
mand DonneI, pioneering. Edward
Joice was voted a member of the
the troop base ball team. were elected
at this meeting
Troop 81.
AT our last meeting, after the busi-
ness was over, Capt. Adna A. Clarke
gave US a very interesting talk on his
experiences in the Philippines. Mon
day night the troop committee met
with the Citizens Association and
Mems Club committees at the public
| library. and after considerable discus
| sion, two from each organization, with
J. W. Plyre as chairman, were author
lied to plan the campaign for funds to
get building.
Saturday we expect to take q hike
and put all the boys through for their
first-class tests.
Our cup Is now on exhibition at
Mattingly's drug store. with a sign
asking the citizens to give US home
to keep 1t in"
Troop II.
leader; Roy Perry and James Prather.
troop scribe. passed their second class
examinations Friday night We have
quite a few boys working for second
class now, and expect to have a good
many go up next month.
| I'VE have not held q meeting lately
! because we have had no place to meet
| Our scoutmaster has written to our
troop committee about a meeting place,
| but has received no answer.
| He plans to form the troop of Girl
Scouts, to be composed principally OF
| small girls, as soon as we have OBJ
tanned a clubhouse for them to meet
| in
Evening star., 1915-03-14

The United States is divided into los
sections that represent regions Of
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TO THE PUBLIC:

TO THE PUBLIC:
This letter published explain the repnng of the Rose
Bush advertisement Fridays We that
to change when word received
Office from Kanns.
MANAGER, The Evening Star
Evening star., 1915-03-14

geographically the region will be
described. It's hills. mountains,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-03-23
Legal.
Tax Purchasers Motto

Tax Purchasers Notice.
State Of Illinois. County of Rock Is
land, SIS:
To East Moline Improvement com.
pany and all unknown owners and all
persons interested:
Take Notice:-At a sale OF real es-
tate made in pursuance TO law by the
county collector at the court house in
Rock Island in the county of Rock Is
land and state OF Illinois on the oath
day OF June, =. D. 1913, Effie ThieIe
purchased the following described real
estate situated in the said county for
delinquent taxes, interest and costs
due thereon for the year 1912, to-wit:
Sub lot s in section 8. assessors plat
OF LeClaire's Reserve in the city of Mo-
line. Illinois. and that said real estate
was taxed or specially assessed in the
name of the East Moline Improvement
company. and that the time allowed by
law for the redemption Of said real es-
tate will expire on the gath day OF
June. a D 1915 Up TO that date re-
demption can be made at the Office of
the county clerk.
(Ady.) EFFIE THiELE.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-03-23
ARGUS BRANCH OFFICES

FoF he accommodation of its pa
irons in various parts or the city, The
Argus has established q system OF
branch Offices where subscriptions
and want advertising may be received
and any information left that may per-
tain TO any department OF this paper.
news or business. II is also planned
10 have at each OF these branch Offices
every evening supply OF copies OF
The Argus OF the day. so that any
subscriber who may have failed under
any circumstances 10 receive the pa
per. viii be supplied free of charge.
The Argus chain of branch Offices
includes the following:
] J. Kpp's grocery store 45o5 Fifth
avenue
II. f. Rowe's pharmacy, ais Four
teenth avenue.
Schneider's drug store. Twenty-sev-
enth street, Seventh avenue
Heimbeck's pharmacy, 922 Third
avenue.
wagner's grocery. 614 Fourth street.
j. Walton's notion store. Seventh
street, Fourteenth avenue.
Ullemeyer's drug store. Eleventh
avenue and Fifteenth street
{. Roys, grocery, 925 Eleventh
street.
Elm Street Drug store, Thirtieth
street and Fifth avenue.
College pharmacy, Seventh avenue
and Thirty-eighth street.
Olson grocery. Thirteenth avenue
and Thirtieth street.
Steiner drug store. corner Fifth ave-
nue. and Twenty-third street
Tasting & Pewe grocery, 1928
Twenty-sixth street
T E. Kelly & Son, grocery. 1928
Ninth street.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-03-23
Legal


STATE % friz0i-. CSsaiy % Rock Is
Lad. as BY vir.us % . Geerctsi order
o. tss rr1aats court % said county a.
tie Iaa1sry tern % said court. n D.
1918. o1 avpiieaSicz % Charles J.
s-sssh. eoas1rvAfo= os ThoraAs Sellers.
facouSStszs. % ell the foiiowia< de-
sergsss real estate. bsi0aEiaE 20 sad
rks-.s Sellers. trsos1sS;sai. situated
A tss county % &nitesses. state %
llfnots. toVits
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a. n btsek aznseF stxfy-six. (esl. -
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Terms % sale r'cr cash
CHARLES = SMITH
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JAMES ". MArcxER As:sr=.y.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-03-23
CLASSIFIED RATES

Oaa eeat Ssr Soss for arst lnasr.
tiost- z1esr regular efsssiaeGfioas-
OEs azd ozs-hzif esats Per voTG Coz
two iussrsioas
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so al gzbiisAsd f1T less tAan IS
ceats
AEs1ta. saiesmen. caavassers. soiici.
tors. etc. wanted. ous ecut per uoFd
each tnssTtioa. No al lsas thar g
cersa
Cards % thaaks sz4 special notices.
90 ce1ts each Insertion
Classified pass closes a. - q q
each Gag.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-03-23
Notice of Final Settlement.

Estate of Mary Wilkins, deceased
Public notice is hereby given that
the undersigned, Kinney LENS. execu-
tor of the estate of Mary Wilkins. de-
ceased, has this day filed his final re-
port and settlement as such In the
probate court of Rock Island county,
and hearing on said report has been
set for March 81, 1915, at 10 o'clock
a NJ, az which time persons inter
ested may appear and make objec-
tons thereto, and if no objections are
filed, said report viii be approved at
that time. and the undersigned will
ask for an order of distribution. and
will also ask to be discharged.
Rock Island. H.. March 6. 1915.
KINNEY LEINS,
Executor of Estate Of Mary wilkins
deceased
James w Maucker, attorney.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-03-23

FOR SALE-Six room house iagalT
2f21 Eleventh stFret Sundays.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-03-23
Legal.
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Notice of Publication.

Notice of Publication.
State of Illinois, Rock Island Coun-
ty-ss:
In the Circuit Court, May term.
1915.
Jennie Gibson VS.. VIII Gibson. In
Chancery.
Affidavit of unknown residence of
the defendant, VIII Gibson. having
been filed in the clerks Office OF the
circuit court OF said county. notice is
therefore hereby given TO the said de-
PENDANT that the complainant filed her
bill of complaint in said court, on the
chancery side thereof. on the 18th day
of March, 1915. and that thereupon a
summons issued out of said court.
wherein said suit is now pending. re-
turnable on the first Monday in the
month of May next, as Is by law re-
CURED.
Now. unless you. the said defend.
ant above named. VIII Gibson, shall
personally be and appear before said
circuit court. on the first day of the
next term thereof, to be holden at
Rock Island, in and for the said coun-
ty, on the first Monday in May next.
and plead. answer or demur to the
said compliments bill OF complaint,
the same and matters and things there
in charged and stated will be taken
as confessed. and decree entered
against you according to the prayer
Of said bill.
GEORGE W. GAMBLE, Clerk.
Rock Island, Ill, March 1s, 1915.
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Legal
Wssies 81 Sssiieasisr.

NesIc- - osstiestisn-
state % uuasB. Rosa Island Co-a-
ty-ss
IN the c.reui, Coas;-To tss 2iay
Tersn. a. %. 1918
Edith Lziz ys. carl L1tz o. Chaa.
esTy.
Andavit % aou-rcstacacc o. Carl
t.atz. tEc above defendant. husiuE been
aIr4 90 the clerks once OF the circuit
court % said county. notice u there
fore hereby Eivcu 20 the said uon-rcsi.
deaf defendant that tho complainant
aIed her bill % complaint In said court.
on the chaucery side .hcrcof. on the
tgh day % March. 1915. and hat there
upon a summons issued out % said
court. vhcTcia said suit ig nov pend
Ina. rcturnabic on the nrst Monday -
the month % May next. a. e. By Law
required.
SoW. unless you. the said non.resi-
deaf defendant above named. Carl
Lutz. shall personally be and appear
before said circuit court. on the mrs;
day % the next term thereof. 10 DO
holden AZ Rock Island. 10 and for said
county. on the hrst Monday IN May
next. and plead. answer or demuF 20
the said compiaiuauts bill % com
pialnt. the same and the matters and
things therein charged and stated viii
be taken az confessed. and decree
entered against you according 10 the
prayer % said bill
GEORGE W GAMBLE. Clerk.
Moline. Rock Island county. Illinois.
March 8. 1918.
p Mesrsaan. conpialnants soiie-
tor.