Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-01-19
TO OIL HIGHWAYS
OUT FROM ALEDO
Retail Merchants Association Al.
points Committee to Have Charge
Of Work for Year.
CITY SOON TO GIVE SOME AID
F0rty.Seventh Annual Session of Svea
Mutual Protective Insurance COM
pany Friday.
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Aledo, ILL.,, Jan. 19.-At meeting of
the Aledo Merchants Retail associa-
ton the matter of oiling the streets
between ends of pavements and all six
highways leading into the city was
considered and President Detwiler ap-
pointed the following committee: s. R.
Amlong, L. c. Newton and Fred B.
Blazer, to take charge of the work for
1916. All the merchants agree that
oiling is the best suited to the needs
Of Aledo. 1t was announced that the
city of Aledo next spring would be in
financial position to lend some assist
ance toward the movement within the
city.
The board Of county supervisors is
practically a unit as to the efficiency
of oil and supervisors ]. A. Wells and
E. J. Clancy were appointed to go be-
fore the state highway commission at
Springfield to prevail on that body to
permit $90.S5 state aid to be spent in
oiling Mercer county roads. Supervis-
ors Wells and Clancy have not decid-
ed when they will go to Springfield.
They would like to organize a dele
cation from the adjoining counties to
meet the state commission believing
greater numbers would have greater
force toward the end sought.
Local College Team Wins.
20 I,
season for the William and vashti COL
lege was played Monday evening at
the gymnasium in this city with the
Iowa All Stars from Dodge City, Iowa,
who have been touring Indiana, ILL
nois and Wisconsin. The game result
ed in a victory for William and Vashti
with score of 81 to q.
Svea Mutual Convention.
The Svea Mutual Protective Insur-
ance company which is chartered to
transact business in Mercer, Henry
and Knox counties, will meet in 47th
annual session in Aledo next Friday.
The convention will be held in the
Aledo opera house and will be called
to order at 10 a. m. There will be
election of officers and discussions of
proposed amendments to the bylaws.
The meeting will take the form of a
big demonstration with view of eX-
tending the business of the company
in this territory. Two hundred policy
holders are expected to be present.
A. NJ. Runbom, the Mercer county
representative of the Svea Mutual, is
in charge Of the local arrangements to
receive the visitors. He has made ar
fragments for dinner for 200 at the
hotels and restaurants. A committee
representing the Aledo Retail Mer-
chants association will receive the
visitors at the train and at the opera
house the delegates will be welcomed
by Mayor Charles w. Detwiler A
special train bringing the visitors is
scheduled to leave Galesburg at 1870
a. H. and will arrive in Aledo at 10
O'Clock, making stops at various sta
lions on the way, and will leave on the
return trip at p. m.
Fair Committee to Meet.
A meeting of the executive commit
tee of the Mercer County Agricultural
society will be held at the court house
in Aledo at l o'clock p n. tonight for
the purpose Of revising the premium
list for the 1916 fair and transacting
such other business as may come be-
fore the meeting. All persons inter
ested in the 1916 fair are invited to
be present.
John Slarcvich, an Austrian, who
came to this country last year and Karl
| Gunner HARRISON of North Henderson
who came to this country from Swe-
den in 1910, have made application for
citizenship with Circuit Clerk Samuel
A Nelson. Both applications will be
heard at the April term of circuit
court.