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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-01-08
CHICAGO LIVE STOCK.
Opening Market


Hess Receipts 5000. left over
500. prospects Zoe lower Mixed
SOC 5zs. good 7.OOG 7.2s. rough SO
G6SF light G.7O0 7.2e.
Cattle - Receipts 5.e0os prospects
Heaev
sheep - Receipts 10000. prospects
steadv
Nin- o'eleeE Market
Hos Receipts $4,000 estimated
tcnerrcw $4,000. market Ice 20 i5c
lover Mixed C.40a us. good $3.50
us. rogzs f.s0UGS5. light soc 7-t5.
FiEs s5sUc.fs. bulk s9005-te
Cattle Receipts 5000. estimated
tacrruv goo. market strouE. Beevcs
et1a9f5. cows a500 $50. stoeksrs
t6o0 $50. Texans G9o9 5.15. calves
res
sasep OPP Receipts t0.C00. estimated
t.marrCw s04us market strong Sheep
31f6 $50 iau5s sT5Gs.s5.
cfssz % Market
SieE market weak. lee TO 15e lover.
M.xsd e16G us. good $3.50 rs.
rcGx@ ESQ SIS. light 6-7O6 10
CAttis market stroug
shsep market steady.
Southwest Rseeipts.
Hogs Cattle sheep.
Vlaa.1 ....- %. 90 900 cYH @-aHf
kfasss city .......7.s00 co. $500
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-01-08
FOR sALE-CITY PROPERTY.

FOR sALE-CITY PROPERTY.
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! FOR SALE-Modern six-room cottage.
Phone ROCK Island Z5S0 or IS1o.
! FOR SALE-EIegant curly birch chin
! ney mantel. double shelves and plate
! mirror; a bargain. Address 100 lob
inson building or call Rock Island IS
/ FOR SALE - New six-room house; lot
SSXI5. steam near; eteeJric tiSn[
| line ia city limits Phone Rock IS
land S41-h.
FOR SALE - Double house on Ninth
avenue. all modern and rents at $50
| per month; price $4,loo; paving paid
good invetment. H X Walker, Rob
lnson building, Rock Island
with furnace and IN nice part OF
twna; price $500 terms $500 down,
balance monthly. II. * Walker. Rob
iuSon building. Rock Island Ill
FOR sALE-smaII cottage on one OF
college: hve years old; easy terms
II desired; price $3.50. H. X Walk
er, Robinson building. Rock Island
FOR SALE-Lots in South Heights
south or Aiken street between Twelfth
and Seventeenth streets. on easy
terms SO down balance in I'VE years,
+. W. Robinson, 1854 Richmond
street Phone ROCK Island l1b5-h.
FOR SALE-Lots in John C. Sohucr-
Seventh street and Fourteenth avenue
TO Eighteenth avenue. payments, 50
down, 50 per month. Inquire 1IvO
Sixth street. Phone Rock Island 1886
FOR SALE - Good four-room house;I
two corner lots cellar. pantry, clos
cts; nicely furnished; upright piano;
water right shade trees, garden ard
health; leaving city; big bargain ST.
200. Address William T. Dewerse,
1883 Wyandot street, Denver, Col
FOR MISCELLANEOUS
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FOR SALE - Incubator, capacity no
eggs, NJ. Thompson 242S Eleventh
FOR sALE-simpIex piano player. very
cheap George F. Roth. 74S Twenty /
third street.
FOR sALE-Set OF sled runners. horse /
blanket nd plush lap robe; good con I
dition: at 500 Twentieth street
FOR SALE - Upright piano in good I
condition, owner leaving town; must .
TMen nj ofirs Street. or phone ROCK
Island 5l4.
FOR SALE-well broken spotted Shet-
land pony, harness and buggy nice B
outfit: ine present for the boy. Phone
Rock Island 405.
FOR sALE-Five passenger. 40 horse
order: price Si75. address "Autou-
bile" care of The Argus.
FOR SALE-For S175 cash, furniture
OF four-room fiat, all ready to move
into and start housekeeping. free
light and water: cheap rental; one
block from court house. Phone Rock
Island 81.
FOR SALE-Roadster Buick car equip
ped with race type body, motor in the
best of condition new valves, pls-
body newly painted. four new tires
on 80 days. electric lights; wish TO
sell at a bargain at once. Phone Rock
Island 1000.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-01-08

I.fsGP0sAfls ron I.EVEE WORK
Nftaalasfrrf River Comm issiom. 1911 IN
terras i1raf Life Building. -. Louis Mo.
Jan. :. 19f1.--sealrd proposals. fgf C"ia-
sarrh vrGrk in Efsb~rry Drainage Dis
rrirE No viii BE- received h~rc Until a a
or,@r-f Informs zion ON application
fsfrrk~ q smith. Mnf ErE -.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-01-08

FOR RENT--F'urnished room in mod
efn home 1900 Firth avenue.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-01-08

&. A. H.
st-FoRO POST. ga. G. A. r. meets
regularly on the second and fourth
saturday evenings OF saen month al
souse ". II Johnston. com Enander.
-. II. Buck. adJatans-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-01-08

FOR RENT--Modern light housekeep-
inG rooms; 2&s Sixteenth street
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-01-08
Cos. Of Markst.
LOCAL MaKgETS

J1E. s-FotiowlnE are the whole
ssis ssgsaf-ers OF ne f1Saf zHs-ses
te.s=-
Butter. Ecax ara Cheese
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-01-08

Fifty per cent % the female WORKERS
In the United States are under p
years ofvge.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-01-08
ABSTRACTS OF TITLE


ABSTRACTS OF title prepared or con-
sfnss~4 90 date covering any real e.
saf~ ia the county. Prompt and ac-
eesras~ service at Reasonable rates
EncE Island Title q Abstract com
pany. ,. ,. Ingram presidSnts w.
dogr- Peoples National bAnk build
inE. Rock Island
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-01-08
PAPER HANGING.


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The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1915-10-14
Sabbath Schools.

There was time when there
were no Sabbath Schools as we
now know them. In those days
religion was taught in the homes
as faithfully as any duty con-
nected with the bringing up of a
family. No Jealous parents were
satisfied to trust this instruction
entirely to others. To meet the
requirements of children whose
parents neglected this duty, and
to encourage those who did, Sab
bath Schools became popular. But
we fear that careless habits grew
out of the new ways and to-day,
few children would receive much
Scriptural teaching but for these
schools. Mr.. Patterson's report
of the Erie convention shows how
greatly the need is. "The Old
Time Religion, Good Enough for
Me" will not last under modern
conditions unless the Sabbath
Schools are kept up at top-notch
efficiency, and the effort to have
all teachers trained for the work
is a long step in that direction.
The twenty-six thousand dollars
pledged is a great sum, and it
indicates interest in the welfare
of our young people-and in old
er ones too.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1915-10-14
Cotton Shoe SOles.

Twenty years ago there were
1900, 900 more cattle in the Unit
ed States than there are to-day
AT that time there were just
about as many cattle as people.
To-day there are twice as many
people as cattle. This accounts
for the high price of leather, An
American has invented a cotton
shoe sole that is as good as leath-
er. Why not? Cotton is the
base of tires for autos, and a
good tire will stand 5000 miles
travel more than leather will do.
The cotton fabric is combined
with something that is cheaper
than leather and wears longer.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1915-10-14
Knocked off Sign Post.

Last week we mentioned an ac
cident to George Brant and son,
near Williamson, as they were
descending the Ridge west of
McConnellsburg with a load of
apples from their farm just west
of the Ridge. We have since
learned that when the lock broke
the horses were unable to hold
back the wagon and it struck one
of the cast-iron Lincoln Highway
signposts and broke it off. AS
told last week, the wagon upset
and the boy was badly hurt. At
ter he had been taken to the
Chambersburg hospital and the
X-ray used, it was found that
three bones were broken in the
boys ankles.
The tongue of the wagon was
snapped off and the horses legs
somewhat skinned. Mr.. Brant
escaped with several bruises and
a bad shake-up.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1915-10-14
BEDFORD MERCHANT KILLED.
Became Confused While Crossing The
Street and Was hit by an
Automobile.

j. Frank Bonner, a grocer,
whose place of business is on Rich
ard street, Bedford, nearly oppo-
site the Fisher House, died last
Saturday evening from injuries
resulting from being run over by
an automobile just after noon of
that day.
Mr.. Bonner was on his way to
the Hartley Bank and was cross
ing Pitt street from the Ridenour
corner. An automobile driven
by Miss Ruth Mannock, who re-
sides near Bedford, was approach
ing the crossing. When Miss
Mannock sounded the horn, Mr..
Bonner hesitated a moment,
which made it necessary for Miss
Mannock to stop her car. Mr..
Bonner then started to return to
the side from which he came,
and Miss Mannock proceeded on
with her car. Just at that mo-
ment Mr.. Bonner changed his
mind and turned, walking direct
ly in front of the car, which push
ed him down, ran over him, and
broke his jaw and several ribs.
He lived about seven hours after
the accident. Mr.. Bonner said
after the accident that it was no
fault of the driver of the car
that it was one of those unac-
countable accidents in which no
one seems to be to blame.
The young woman who is a
Of Rural Mail Carrier
James Mannock, was prostrated
with grief over the accident, but
those who witnessed it did not
place any blame upon her. Dur
ing the Fair last week the streets
Of Bedford were congested with
automobile travel almost to the
limit of impassibility, and there
was no mishap. Saturday after
noon, when this accident happen
ed, the rush was all over and the
practically clear.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1915-10-14
Letter From Kansas.

DEAR EDIToR:-Please find en-
closed my check for two dollars
for which please push my SUBJ
scription up the 1917 mark.
have spent over four years in
Kansas and in all that time |
have never seen a drunken ma
tive Kansan. This State has
prohibition and if any man-re-
gardless of who he may be-un-
dertakes to sell liquor, he is sent
to Jail and on the second offense
to the Pen, where he rightly be-
longs.
No school boy or school girl in
Kansas has ever seen a saloon
and q finer set or happier set of
school children you never saw,
because none ever comes in con-
tact with the evil in their homes
by having drunken fathers or
brothers or neighbors. This is
the reason why Kansas is moving
ahead and one out of every five
farmers owns his auto.
Yours very sincerely,
Rev. CHAS. w. SEVILLE.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1915-10-14
Hancock Happy.

Our neighbor Hancock is de-
lighted over the scores of tons of
dried apples the evaporating plant
is turning out this fall. They
had to add more power. Of
course that brings a lot of money
to the farmers of the lower end
of Fulton county. We do not go
to the expense of drying apples,
berries and corn in the upper
end. We just let the sun rot and
dry fruits on the ground. Who
cares for money anyhow? We
don't care if city people do want
dried fruit in the winter time.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1915-10-14
NUMBER 4
TRANSPORTATION AND HEALTH.
Little Talks on Health and Hygiene by
Samuel G. Dixon, NJ. D., IL. D.,
Commissioner of Health.

Upon the health of the genera
tions to come depends the pros
perity of the Nation. Nature
made US rich with coal, oil, lum-
Der and fertile lands. These ma
tural resources are fast becoming
exhausted. We have spent our
principal as if it was income and
the time is approaching when we
must live on those things which
we produce by labor.
AS the economic struggle be-
comes keener the strain upon the
individual grows greater. The
rapid development of our cities
and the concentration of popula-
ton in surroundings which are
in many ways detrimental to
health and which deviate so ma
terially from those natural condi-
tions for which man is accustom-
ed by Nature, have a weakening
tendency.
The closely built up portions of
our cities prevent the free move
ment of fresh air. The condi-
tions of employment are largely
affected and there is tendency
away from the natural methods
of life which make for good
health. To keep where we now
stand in the scale of industry and
morals, we must work for the
proper housing and amusement
of the workers.
AS transportation made cities
possible, so it must be and is be-
ing developed to carry the people
into the suburbs at small cost.
Here city workers families may
have individual homes with fresh
air and they can raise a few vege
tables and flowers. The germi-
mating seeds, the development of
plants, the eternal miracle of ma
ture's reproductive powers, Of
fers wholesome occupation of in
terest to most men and women.
AS an amusement it is as much
fun as playing golf and tennis
and at the same time brings an
income instead of being an ex-
pense. 1t may not be fashion
able, but it has a deep appeal to
the majority of mankind.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1915-10-14
Eggs and Eggs.

For every 100 hens on farms
the owner gets on an average g.
600 eggs a year or 500 dozen.
Each hen consumed about 100
pounds of feed during the year.
For each 100 hens on a real chick
en- rancho the owner gets an av-
erage Of $1,000 eggs. (Some get
20,00O.D Each hen consumed a.
bout 100 pounds of feed during
the year. AT 20 cents a dozen
the former earned $10O-just
their cost to keep. At 20 cents
a dozen the latter earned just
$3.50 clean profit of $3.50. The
foregoing are figures proven by
more than a hundred tests.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1915-10-14
Crop Prices.

The following is a table of
average prices received for crops
by producers in Pennsylvania
last year and this year at Octo-
Der 1st: Corn last year SO cents,
this year "a. Wheat last year
$1.04, this year $1.01. Oats last
year 81, this year 46. Potatoes
last year rs, this year 81, Ap-
Piles last year $1.50, this year
$1.74. This as we stated, was
the average. Locally, these crops
sold at prices varying greatly
from the foregoing. The report
serves as a guide to those who
buy or sell.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1915-10-14
Had Nice Party.

AS Joe Mellott of Ayr town
ship was toasting his toes at the
fire September 2Sth, and waiting
for his brother Sam to come and
share his comforts for the even
ing, the former became suddenly
alarmed for his eyesight, for
when the latter arrived Joe
thought he saw about thirty
Sans all at one time; but he did
MT. What he saw was about that
many neighbors with packages
of presents, who abruptly re-
minded Joe that it was his birth
day.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1915-10-14
The Cabinet at Prayer.

All our readers are aware that
President Woodrow Wilson and
his Cabinet have been-and are
confronted with a combination of
world conditions never expert
enced by any former set of men.
Temporarily at least, the United
States has automatically become
the clearing house for the whole
world financially and morally.
Added to this is a long list of
American issues that have been
permitted to grow up since the
kclose of the Civil War, and which
like an unpleasant task, have
been handed down to succeeding
presidents and Congresses for
settlement but never settled.
Some of them are; The Mexican
question of perpetual revolution;
The abuse of just and fair tar
iff system; The former National
Money System; 1.-THE Invisible
Government" growing out of
special interest legislation; Labor
Laws; National defense and a
multitude of associated questions
calling to Heaven for settlement.
These and the gigantic task of
keeping this country out of the
hellish whirlpool of war must be
considered every waking moment
of Mr.. Wilson's life at the White
house. Believing with all his
heart that God guides thoughts
and actions of men who ask Him,
President Wilson leads his Cabi-
net in prayer when they meet to
consider these questions that are
too deep for merely human rea-
son to fathom. That surely must
be a strange sight in Washing
ton. Newspaper comment runs
along the following line: THE
secret of Wilson's power must be
that the Lord is behind him."
"A statesman who has the NOR
al courage to get down on his
knees and lead his cabinet in
prayer is a political phenomenon.
Washington was not ashamed
to pray during great crises of the
Revolution" Cromwell had a
way of doing something of this
sort and he was a mighty bad
man to fool with"
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1915-10-14
FOrty.twO Cars in Taylor.

An automobile party consisting
ti Josiah Witter, Roy Witter,
lIrS. Alice Alloway, Mrs. Ida AL
bway and Jay Alloway-all of
Taylor township, were in town
Tuesday and took dinner at
the City Hotel. While Mr.. Wit
ter is not averse to travelling
by horse and buggy, he ad-
nltS that the motor car makes
McConnellsburg seem much near
E to them than it was a few
years ago. He says that there
are forty-two automobiles owned
In Taylor township, which means
f course, that the owners con-
tribute $4,000 to the State High
way Department, while Taylor
tOwnship receives in return, $3.50.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1915-10-14
new WILMINGTON LETTER.
Former TOwuSman James G. Patterson
on Chantauqua. Urges Farmers
and Alumni Organizations.

New Wilmington, Pa, is a town
of about 800-very nearly the
size Of McConnellsburg; but that
town spends annually 500 for
Chautauqua entertainments such
as we bad last month at a cost to
US Of less than $400. The local
association of more than 100 per-
sons has made Mr.. Patterson
their treasurer. His letter fol-
lows:
Editor. i see by the News you
are pushing a Chautauqua in Nc
Connellsburg, and | am glad to
see you encourage and support
such movements.
We have been putting on a
seven-day $4,000 Chautauqua for
three years past; but this year
we got a cut to 81, 500 for the
seven days with morning, after
noon, and night performances.
However, for several reasons |
think a fve-day Chautauqua more
advisable than a seven-day.
The reason | started this letter
was to get you to push two of
my hobbies. First. Organize at
least four oranges in Fulton
county, and every farmer who
joins will bless you for so doing.
If you get oranges you will get a
County Fair Association.
Second. "A High School Alum
nj Association with records of all
graduates, their vocations, loca-
tion, &c. Do so before it is too
late to get the records.
Another good thing is the Free
Correspondence Course that
State College offers. Every boy
and girl in Fulton county may
enroll by just dropping postal
to Superintendent Correspond
ence Courses, State College, Pa.
| am student, and all it costs is
the postage and my time in the
evening-it's great.
]. G. P.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1915-10-14
Fall PlOughing.

There seems to be a great d.
versity Of opinion concerning the
value of fall ploughing. Indeed,
there can be no hard-and-fast
rule laid down. Every man must
determine for himself. If he has
a good knowledge of principles
he will deduct from them the
plan best suited to his particular
field. Two things govern some
men in the selection of time for
ploughing, namely, the conserva-
tion of moisture and the supply
of humus-t the latter being also
a factor in the former. When it
matters not what time the growth
on field is turned under, Prof.
Alva Agee has this to say: Fall
ploughing for spring crop en-
ables land to withstand summer
drought if it gains in physical
condition by full exposure to win
ter frost. 1t is in condition to
take up more water from spring
rains than would be the case if it
Law compact. and il does not lose
moisture by the airing in the
spring that ploughing gives"
In another place he adds when
a heavy crop like clover is plough
ed down late in the spring, the
material in the bottom of the fur
row makes land less resistant to
drouth because the union of the
top soil and the subsoil is less
perfect, and capillary attraction
is retarded" !"
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1915-10-14
Back from California.

Mr.. and Mrs. George A. Har-
ris returned home this week from
California. They were gone about
six weeks, going by way of Salt
Lake City to Los Angeles, then
up along the Pacific Coast to
Oregon and Canada and return
ing by way of the Canadian Pa
cific railroad. We will not at
tempt to describe their nice trip,
but as Mr.. Harris is, as our read
ers all know, interested in lum-
bering, we will talk a little about
that. Up in Oregon and in West
ern Canada, mills saw $50, 900
feet of lumber in one day-just
about what one mill in Fulton
county cuts in a year. The trees
from which it is cut are any
where from s to 20 feet across
the stump. A flag pole at the
Oregon building at the Panama
Exposition was made of a single
stick Of timber $40 feet long. 1t
stood $50 feet above ground and
twenty feet in the ground. Mr..
and Mrs. Harris saw many huge
specimens of Pacific Coast woods
at the Exposition. Mr.. Harris
says the supply Of lumber on the
Pacific Coast reaching far into
Canada, is beyond the magma
ton of eastern lumbermen.
The travellers noticed while
passing through Canada that all
bridges are carefully guarded by
soldiers and that recruiting is in
progress everywhere in that coun-
try. AS Canada is an English
possession, she is actively engag-
ed at war with Germany and
Austria, and with the exception
of actual fighting, war scenes are
common. This war is costing
Canada about a million dollars
every day.
1t is needless to add that Mr..
and Mrs. Harris were greatly
pleased and benefited by the
trip. They saw more than they
will be able to describe during
all the long evenings of the COM
ing winter.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1915-10-14
THE GRIM REAPER.
Sort Sketches Of the Lives Of Per.
sons Who Have Recently
Passed Away.
GEORGE F. SMITH.

On Friday, October 8, 1915,
| George F. Smith, one of Belfast
tOwnship's Oldest citizens, passed
from this life into that eternal
sphere from which none ever re-
hrn, he having attained the age
| Of "a years, A months and 20
| days.
The funeral was conducted by
| Rev. A. G. B. Powers, of Need
more who preached from the
same text as was used at the fu-
neral of Mr.. Smiths mother
Psalms 17:15). Interment was
| made in the cemetery at the
Pleasant Grove church on Sun
day afternoon.
The deceased was a member of
# the Pleasant Grove Christian
church for about 27 years, and
| held the Office Of deacon in that
church for % years. He is sur
iyed by one brother Jacob, and
one sister Esther (widow of the
late John H. Winter of Kansas
I two sons, Luther and Allen; one
laughter, Mary (Mrs. Amos Bar
ber), nine grandchildren, and
| four great-grandchildren.
JOHN WEAVER.
John Weaver, aged SO years
| and "a days, died AZ his home in
| |TOd township, Saturday, October
!, 1915, Of Bright's disease. The
deceased was a son of the late
Adam Weaver. The funeral took
place Sunday, and interment was
made in the, cemetery at Knobs
/ vile.