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Rocky Ford enterprise., 1916-09-22
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SOCIAL WORLD

Mrs. ID. V. Burrell and Mrs. |. ID.
Hale assisted by Mesdames Boney and
Piper gave an attractively planned
miscellaneous shower for Miss Vena
Coughren at the home of Mrs. Burrel
on Tuesday afternoon. The honor
guest expects to be married to Roy
Haines, an employe at Wright's Gar
| age, in the near future and her friends
took this gracious way of giving her
fitting send-of. There were about
thirty of the Miss Coughren' S most inti-
mate friends present and many beauti-
full and useful presents were presented.
Light refreshments were served.
Master Kenneth Kelsay entertained
his class in the NJ. E. Sunday School
and their teacher. o. G. Dukate, at his
home in the Eureka district last even
ing. Mr.. Reifel took the boys out in
his auto and the first thing was an in
vitation to visit the watermelon patch.
Afterwards they played games until
Mrs. Kelsay served bountiful supper,
then more games until time to go
home. They all report one big time.
On Wednesday evening the Rebekah
lodge celebrated another anniversary
of their order. The Oddfellows were
the guests on this occasion and the
evening was one of great pleasure.
An oyster supper was served at the
close which was an added enjoyment.
On Tuesday evening the young ladies'
of Mrs. |. d. Hale's class in the Bap-
tist Sunday school met at her home and
after pleasant hour presented Miss
Vena Coughren, one of their number,
with handsome set of silver teaspoons
in honor of her approaching marriage.
Forty members of W. d. Neale's
Bible class in the M. E. Sunday school
met at his home last Friday evening
and held one of the most enjoyable
social affairs in the history of the class.
Light refreshments were served.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. Y. Hauck entertain
/ ed at dinner last Friday in honor of
Miss Ruth Davenport. Besides the
hosts and honor guest covers were laid
for Mesdames Gerbing and Mayo.
Mrs. Ed Barrow entertained at din
ner on Sunday in honor of her house
guest Miss Lois Stevens of Kansas
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1916-09-22

Mrs. Ed Barrow entertained at din
ner on Sunday in honor of her house
guest Miss Lois Stevens of Kansas
City. Covers were laid for twelve
guests.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1916-09-22
APPLES FOR SALE
:sO ~euts box mt the Rocky Ford
lJnnninG Co. Phone Ford lOD.

For Sale-Mission bed stead and hair
mattress in fine condition. Telephone
West 2l2
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1916-09-22

The True Blue class of the Baptist
Sunday School will have a homemade
cake sale at Sherman's confectionery
Saturday afternoon. Sept. %.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1916-09-22

Mr.. and Mrs. F. Y. Hauck entertain
ed at dinner last Friday in honor of
Miss Ruth Davenport. Besides the
hosts and honor guest covers were laid
for Mesdames Gerbing and Mayo.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1916-09-22

For Rent-One nicely furnished room.
modern. two blocks from Main street.
Phone West 28l. Left
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1916-09-22

Lost-Ladies handbag containing watch
two pairs of glasses. letters and cards.
Suitable reward at this Office.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1916-09-22

Forty members of W. ID. Neale's
Bible class in the NJ. E. Sunday school
met at his home last Friday evening
and held one of the most enjoyable
social affairs in the history of the class.
Light refreshments were served.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-08-08
Little Latezfor This Year.
DenOuncing Medicines.

Wholesale denunciation of propri-
etaryi medicines is no more justifiable
than wholesale denunciation Of the
medical profession. It is no more
true that there are reputable physi-
clans whos unselfshly devote their
lives to ansunending struggle with dis
ease than4 that there are standard rem
edies which do as good a work; often
where the work of the good physician
cannot reach. A good example is
Lydia Z. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound, (which has for 40 years been al
leviatiug the sufferings of women and
curing4the ills peculiar to their SEX
slAdy)
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-08-08
Special Taxation Notice.


Notice4is hereby given to all persons
Interested that the city council Of Rock
Island, Ill, having ordered that Rail
road avenue, from Forty-sixrh street
TO Fortq- ffth street, FOrty-hfth street
from Railroad avenue to Tenth ave
nue. and Tenth avenue from Forty-ffth
to Forty-fourth street, be paved with
brick blocks, and the ordinance for the
same being on file in the office Of the
city clerk of said city, and said city
having iappIied TO the county court Of
Rock island county, Illinois, for an
assessor entOf the cost Of said improve
ment, according to the frontage Of the
property assessed along the line of i'm
provement, said assessment being pay
able in eight istallments, each bearing
interests at the rate of per cent per
annum, and an assessment therefor
having been made and returned to said
court, thezfnal hearing thereon will be
had on the 21st day of August, A ID.
1915, at the hour of o'clock a. m, or
as soon thereafter as the business Of
the court will permit
All persons desiring may file obteC-
tionsin said court before said day, and
may appear on the hearing and make
their defense.
Dated Rock Island, Ill, Aug. 2, 1916.
WILLIAM L. GAULEY,
| Officer Appointed to Make the Assess
ment.
John X. Scott, City Attorney.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-08-08
BATHING BEACHIS
ROCKISLANDlIEED
Hot Weather OF This SUMMER Has.
Brought An Unprecedented De-
mand for Place to Swim.
OTHER CITIES ARE PROVIDED
Facilities at Foot of Seventh. Street
Wholly Inadequate But ImIernEe- &
mentS Could Be Made.

When is Rock Island to have azreai
municipal bathing beach2 Moline has
its municipal beach at Prospect park
There is also beach at Campbe Ms is
land, and the Pillow City cOun is now
talking of establishing another; NUM-
cipai beach at the foot of Forty--eighth
street Davenport has its beach at Su-
burban island. What has Rock4Isiand
got?
Two years ago Commissioner~Jon
Bear had a small bath house built at
the foot of Seventh street and lad4seT-
eral loads of sand dumped off the
shore at this point. This is all that,has
been done
The bath house is much too ssmaI1
and many of the lockers have been
broken There is no way Of locking
them and no one is there to watch the
clothes. The river bottom at this point
is full OF rocks and bricks. Yet 200
people, confronted with these diff
culties. swim nightly during this
hot weather at the foot Of Seventh
street.
The majority of these bathers live
in close proximity TO the beach and
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-08-08
ILLINOIS Low IN
Per CAPITA COST
While State Is Third From Top in
Total Appropriations 1t Spends
But 1921 Per Individual.
THRICE THAT MUCH IN NEW YORK
Second In Amount Spent for AgricuI-
ture and Education, But Away
Down in Funds for Roads.

Figures showing the cost of govern
states has been compiled by the I'LL
nois legislative reference bureau, I'M
der the direction of its secretary, Fin
ley F. Bell
According to this compilation, only
two states in the union spend more
for state government than Illinois.
These are New York and Pennsylva-
MIA.
New Yorks appropriation last year
for the biennium amounted to $89,019,-
ll3- Pennsylvania's were $65, AGA $50.
Illinois appropriated $4,000, $50
Ohio, with an appropriation of $685.,
4OS,599, comes next after Illinois, and
Wisconsin, with an appropriation of
$50 ,466,216, is next.
Many state governments, however,
have larger per capita cost than Illi-
nois, where the per capita was only
1921. In Nevada the per capita cost
was $10.48, in California, $798, in
Idaho $7.81, in Massachusetts $702, in
Minnesota and Montana $3.50, in New
York $6-93, in Rhode Island $632, in
Utah $500, in Vermont $6.51, and in
many other states almost as much.
Only six other states spend as little
per capita as Illinois, according to Mr..
Bells figures, and the bureau of tax
alton is about as heavy in these states,
or heavier, because they do not enjoy
the income from state departments
that Illinois does. These six states
are Arkansas, Georgia, North Caro-
lima, Oklahoma. South Carolina, and
Tennessee.
Second in Agriculture.
Illinois also ranks second in the
amount appropriated for agricultural
departments, having appropriated ST.
O04 ,495 for the biennium, as compar-
ed with S3.6SS.607 appropriated by
New York In the amount appropria-
ted for charities It is again exceeded
only by New York. For this purpose
Illinois appropriated $Il,956,9S1
against New York's S13 ,906,62S.
In the amount spent for educational
purposes this state ranks second with
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-08-08

and the ordinance for the same being
on file in the office of the city clerk
of said city, and said city having ap-
piled to the county court of Rock Is
land county, Illinois, for an assess
ment of the cost of said improvement,
according to the frontage of the prop
erty assessed along the line Of the
proposed improvement, said assess
ment being payable in nine INSTALL
ments, each bearing interest at the
rate OF per cent per annum, and an
assessment therefor having been made
and returned to said court, the final
hearing thereon will be had on the
22nd day of August, A. ID. 1916, at the
hour of o'clock a. m, or as soon
thereafter as the business of the court
will permit.
All persons desiring may file obiec-
tons in said court, before said day.
and may appear on the hearing and
make their defense.
Dated Rock Island, H., Aug. 7. 1916.
WILLIAM A. NORRIS,
Commissioner Appointed TO Make
Said Assessment.
John X. Scott, City Attorney.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-08-08

property line of Seventeenth avenue
TO the north property line Of Eigh-
teenth avenue, be eXcavated, graded,
curbed, and paved with asphalt, and
the ordinance for the same being on
file in the office of the city clerk OF
said city, and said city having applied
to the county court of Rock Island
county, Illinois, for an assessment OF
the cost of said improvement, accord
ing to the frontage of the property as
sessed along the line OF the proposed
Improvement, said assessment being
payable in nine iustallments, each
bearing interest at the rate OF per
cent per annum, and an assessment
therefor having been made and re-
turned to said court, the final hearing
thereon will be had on the 22nd day
OF August, a. ID. 1916, at the hour
Of 9 o'clock a. m, or as soon there
after as the business Of the court VIII
permit.
All persons desiring may file objee-
lions in said court. before said day,
and may appear on the hearing ana
make their defense.
Dated Rock Island. III. Aug 7, 1915.
WILLIAM a. NORRIS,
Commissioner Appointed to Make
Said Assessment
John X. Scott, City Attorney.
All the news all the time - The
Argus
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-08-08
Study Problems.
BOOSTS AUTO TOUR
AS REAL JOY TRIP

There is but one way to get the
most out of nature in scenic beauty
and grandeur and that is by the auto
route" declared Ed C. Mueller of the
Mueller Lumber company, who has
Just returned to Davenport with his
family from d four weeks tour of the
east.
Mr. Mueller and family journeyed
to Chicago in their auto and then pro-
ceeded by rail to Buffalo, n. Y. Again
picking up their car at this point they
continued their trip by auto through
the AdirOndacks, stopped at Placid
lake, then scaled the Green and Berk-
shire mountains, passed down the
POughkeepsie and up the Hudson,
then through the CatskiIIs and back
by way of BinghamptOn and Ithaca to
Rochester and thence to Buffalo. In
their car they travelled $500 miles.
At Buffalo Mr.. Mueller, wife and
daughter Eleanor took the steamer
Northland and came by way of De-
troit and the MackinaC islands to Chi
cago. Mr.. Mueller's son Walter and
the chauffeur brought the auto to
Chicago. Here the party were reun =
tied again and together came home in
the auto.
From Buffalo east we encountered
the best roads imaginable. They were
all hard surfaced, and so well bal
anced that riding was a pleasure. 1t
was no hardship to make 200 miles a
day and we enjoyed every minute of
our travel. The roads were not only
in excellent condition but were also
so well marked that we often drove
as late as o'clock in the evenings"
said Mr.. Mueller.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-08-08
DITTO CAMPAIGNING
FOR MINORITY PLACE

Charles r. Ditto of Keithsburg, can
didate before the democrats of the
Thirty-third district at the coming
primaries for the nomination for min
GRITTY representative, is campaigning
in Rock Island county. Mr. Ditto is a
prominent sportsman and a crack
shot, having had a good deal TO do
in putting Keithsburg on the map as
the home of trap shooting experts
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-08-08

total appropriation of $15,031 1863
for the biennium. Pennsylvania alone
exceeds this with an appropriation of
$19, 500, 769.
In its good roads appropriation
however, the state falls short. Only
$3,017,790 was appropriated for the
biennium, as compared with $23 ,492, >
SOS appropriated by New York, 80 ,293,-
600 by Pennsylvania, $7,195,S by
Maryland, $6,379.927 by Washington,
$6,175,000 by Ohio, and $3,111 900 by
Wisconsin.
The total appropriations for the hi
ennium period of 1915-16 is $46,349,-
326.17.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-08-08
ON COUNTY RECORDS
arranty Deeds.

c. e. White and wife to A IT. Bethel
lot s. block 8, Forrest Hill second ad-
dition, Moline $100.
Charles A. Palmer Ct al, to Grover
and Minnie Hot., lot IS, pIuci- ,, Get
tage Grove addition, Last -dolire, $4e0
A r. ana A. b. ard Cyrilla Ieers-
man to Maurice Z. AMI Olga Pos,on,
lot -. Maple Row addition. Moline,
$I.00.
c. E. White tc August Rvl.atk. lots
AMI 8, block ,, Forrest Hilj addition.
Moline. 81 500
Alfred t. and Louise Foster to Nelly
c. Desaulnier. part lot 20, w. A.
Nourse addition, Moline, $IO0
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-08-08
mo, ThanksI No More Bread for Me While
There's O-EAT-TT Here

O-EAT-IT is a fully cooked, ready
to-eat, pure. delicious, nourishing
bran food It's crisp, tasty, toasted
slices are made from rich, golden
wheat-bran and other cereals. O.
EAT-IT takes the place of all old
style bread and breakfast foods,
morning, noon and night, and insures
freedom from constipation and indi-
gestion without the aid of medicine
or any added expense of living Ply
sicians heartily recommend it For
sale at all grOcers. For free trial
package address Ideal Food Co.. 40
Studebaker Bldg, Chicago, III.
If your grocer does not have it, you
: will find it on sale and recommended
b. the following grocers:
Mccarthy Bros, s. J. Apple.
J. Silverman. 4. i. HartZ,
Peterson Bros A. w. Diedrich,
ID. Brady, j. II. Shields,
Mill Store, III. Lange,
I. j. Hodges. Ill. HOrblit.
HI. II. BATTLES COMPANY
Trade supplied by all Rock Island
and Davenport jObbers
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-08-08
RAIN HALTS WORK
or MILITIA BOYS
Shortly After Drill Starts ut Camp
Dunno in Springfield J. Piuyius
Drives Men on Field.
WORKING WITH SAND TABLES
Captain Patterson of Regular Army
Conducts Glass in RecOnnOis-
sance-COncert Last Night
Especial to The August .


Springfield. ILL.,, Aug. S.-Heavy
showers ended the drill of members
of the Fifth and Sixth regiments, l. n.
G. at Camp Dunno yesterday. 1t was
the first real drill the guardsmen have
had since entering camp Saturday
morning.
While they were divided into squads
in extended drill the cooling rain
broke suddenly. Everyone in the field
was well soaked before he could be
martia1led to shelter. Although some
OF the companies carried their pouches
none took time to put them on.
Inspector Instructor w H. Patterson
was in charge of the work and urged
the men into the field shortly after
o'clock The first 10 minutes was
spent in setting up field equipment
The order said vigorously" and it was
carried out
Study Problems.
Yesterday afternoon a problem in
reconnaissance occupied the time of all
officers. 1t was a sand table problem
conducted by Captain Patterson. Last
night q lecture on messages, reports,
field orders and other like details was
given.
The usual parade was staged at 6
O'Clock last night. Tonight there will
be a band concert The band is a new
one and needs practice. 1t is in charge
of Bandmaster Jack Snepp of Danvi1le
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-08-08

don their suits at home, wearing a
bath robe or raincoat in walking to the
beach. Those living at any consider
able distance cannot do this. The peo-
pie Of Rock Island surely need NUM-
cipaI bathing beach as badly as those
living anywhere.
A certain party went downtown sat
urday evening to purchase a bathlng
SUIT and found that stocks had been
sold out There has been an unprece-
denied demand this year for men s,
zSomen's and children's bathing suits.
Where> do Rock Island people go to
enjoy a swim2 To Prospect park,
CampbeII's island or Suburban island.
or possibly out to Rock river as Rock
Island offers them small opportunity
for such sport.
At the municipal beaches in Moline
the city has provided caretakers. A
loclxerzand towel can be secured for a
nickel The beaches of late have been
taxed to capacity every day.
Chicago has laid great stress on the
bathing question. with the result that
additional beaches were provided. On
eaSunday alone 225 900 Chicago peo-
pie enjoyed a swim at the bea ches.
There are hundreds that would be
glad to take the opportunity here was
it afforded them. Questions are asked
on every side, why does not Rock Is
Hand provide a beach for its swelter-
ling citizens?
Little LatezfOr This Year.
OF course it i snow too late to do
smuch this season. However, the bot
aom in the beach at the foot of Sew
enth street could be greatly improved
at little cost. THE sand should be
cleared of it's bricks and rocks and
glass and perhaps several barges of
sand dumped there would help. Some
local company might donate this sand
asa has been done in Moline or might
be- secured at small cost. There will
be three or four weeks more of bath
ing weather this year.
Next year "A movement should be
started early to make the Seventh
street beachI one of the finest in the
tri-cities.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-08-08
Special Taxation Notices.
General NO. 399

Notice is hereby given to all per
sons interested that the council of
Rock Island, H., having ordered that
Sixth avenue, from the east property
line OF Forty-fifth street TO the west
property line of Forty-sixth street. be
improved by eXcavating. grading,
curbing, and paving with brick blocks.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-08-08
Probably Married

What has become of F'lubdub? He
used to boast that he would never
wear any mans collar"
I've noticed him lately with some
lady leading him around. '-Pittsburg
Dispatch.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-08-08
Special Taxation Notice.

General No 400.
Notice is hereby given to all per
sons interested that the coancil of
Rock sland, Ill, having ordered that
Twenty street, from the south
Norwich bulletin., 1916-10-09

of the gun was accidental the state ment that Mrs. Blanchard was hold ing his blind brother by the arm at the time, a fact that would expose him to great risk had he fired inten- tio4ally.
 Owens Bound Over.
 After a hearing before Judge John son, in Foster, Saturday morning Owens was bound over for trial and was taken to Cranston for holding. Blanchard. husband of the dead woman, was also arrested after the crime, but he was discharged from custody right after the hearing and body lay. Up to noon Saturday no arrangements had been made to send an undertaken down into the desolate country to care for the body, the mis- sion of getting one being entrusted to local newspaper correspondent, visiting the location of the shooting.
 Woman Husbands Senior.
 The dead woman was about 40 years of" "age. Her husband is 31. They had been married about 12 years, according to Miss O'Rourke, who said that her mothers sisters and other relatives live in Providence, where Mrs. Blanchard was cook in hotel, and a good one, at one time.
 The property where the woman was shot is known as the old Captain Page place, and was the site of a suicide about 50 years ago.
 Owens Brother Committed Two Mur-
 ders.
 Owens who is held in connection with Mrs. Blanchard's death is a brother of Samuel Owens, who killed woman in the town of Foster, aft erwards setting her clothing afire, a few years ago. He was punished with life sentence and died in Cranston state prison, confessing before his death another murder committed here in Danielson. The blind brother Henry, lost his sight many years ago in an affair of which old residents here still have recollection.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-10-09
DANIEtSoN AND PUTNAM NEWS
PUTNAM

Two Returns of September Marriages Received-FuneraI of Mrs. Frances kempf-Iniury to Bassagemaster John O'Connor-Junior chautauqua to Hear Miss Dorothy PoweII-cIose of Woodstock Fair.
 Rev. Frank Sheldon, D. D., preached at the services at the Congregational church Sunday morning.
 Case Continued.
 Ovide Boulay, IT,, presented in the city court on a minor charge, had his case continued for four weeks.
 Returns from the first of the Worlds s Series games were followed with the closest interest in this city Saturday. There was story in circulation here Saturday to the effect that the acci- dent to Alfred Bennett Friday was due to his team being struck by an auto mobile.
 Golfers Improve Fine Weather.
 Many members of the Putnam Coun- try club were at the links Saturday afternoon, one of the most beautiful of the October season.
 A number from this city attended
Norwich bulletin., 1916-10-09

places of business in town were closed and services were held in the syna- gogue on Lebanon avenue.
 Joseph Kraft, Anthony DrapeaN, Henry Bailey and F. E. Baker mo- tored to Newgate prison ruins, in Granby. Sunday.
 William H. Button was calling on friends, in Marlboro. Saturday.
 Selectman George Mills of Lebanon was in town Saturday.
 William E. Adams of WestcheSter was weekend visitor in town.
 New Haven-The cost tt. the city of New Haven for the work done by physicians, nurses and for treatment of city patients at the hospital during the period in which infartile paraly- sis was prevalent, in that city, was disclosed the other day when it was made known that the board of finance had transferred s1,926.s5 from the special sundries account to the de- partment of health to pay these spec ial bills.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-10-09

 Boston.
 George Brown and Lloyd Brown are visiting in Boston. M. J. Chester will attend the ball game in Brooklyn, Tuesday.
 NewIyweds Return.
 Mir. and Mrs. Robert Howard have returned from their wedding trip They will live in the Davis house in High street, which will be ready for their occupancy 1T. about a month. Leon Sistare has secured employ ment in the roundhouse at Midway.
 Chosen Chairman.
 Miss Esther M. Carroll was chosen chairman of the good of the order committee for this month in Liberty council, Daughters Of America.
 w A. Fraser has returned from a business trip in New York.
 Mrs. Frank Hoffman has returned to her home in New Jersey. Mrs. Nettie Fordhaln has gone back