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Gilpin observer., 1916-06-08

the social instinct OF the species has
its highest expression In the winter
roosts. which are sometimes frequent
ed by hundreds OF thousands OF crows.
From these roosts daily flights OF
many miles are made in search OF
food. Injury to sprodting corn is the
most frequent complaint against this
species, but by coating the seed grain
with coal tar most of this damage may
be prevented. Losses Of poultry and
eggs may be averted by proper housing
and the judicious use OF wire netting.
The insect food OF the crow includes
wireworms. cutworms. white grubs,
and grasshoppers, and during out.
breaks of these insects the crow rem
ders good service. The bird is also
an efficient scavenger. But chiefly
because of its destruction of beneficial
wild birds and their eggs the crow
must be classed as a criminal. and a
reduction in its numbers in localities
where It is seriously destructive y
justjfiable.
Gilpin observer., 1916-06-08
Demands safe Crossings.

For the protection Of life and as :.
result OF the startling number Of per-
sons recently killed in and near Deu-
yer, a permanent order forcing every
electric and steam railway in tho
state to maintain uniform and safe
grade crossings, has been issued.
William Shellebarger and his wife,
Mrs. Katherine Broemmel and Miss
Mary Broemmel were killed at West
Mexico and Cherokee streets Nov
last year when a freight train hit
their auto. Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. F.. Bran
nan, Elmer c. Elrod and B. l.. Fussel.
man were killed at the Denver and
tnterurban crossing of Federal boule.
ward April IL this year. The State
Utilities Commission took up the
cases, investigated them, traced
down the causes and the order In the
result. This order affects the fifty
railways and street car companies op-
Grating in Colorado. 1t forces them
to alter their crossings so that the
ordinary driver will know beforehand
exactly what sort OF grade to expect
when he approaches tracks,
wherever they may be located. The
order applies to 1876 grade crossings,
only 254 of which are protected at
present by gates. flagmen, "wigwag'
signals, bells. or other safety devices
in addition to the customary crossing
signs.
Gilpin observer., 1916-06-08
|INNNI1TTIIllllIINN'

recommend it to any woman suffering
from female weakness. You may pub
lish my letter if you wish. Mrs. JAMES
CoNLEY, Bic ST. Clair St, Frankfort, Ky.
No woman suffering from any form Of
female troubles should lose hope until
she has given Lydia E. Pinkham's Veg
etable Compound fair trial.
This famous remedy, the medicinal
ingredients of which are derived from
native roots and herbs, has for forty
years proved to be a most valuable tonic
and invigorator of the female organism.
All women are invited to write
to the Lydia e. Pinkham Medi.
cine Co., Lynn, Mass, for special
advice,-it will be confidential.
Gilpin observer., 1916-06-08
Common Crow
(corvus brachyrhynchosl

Length, nineteen inches.
Range: Breeds throughout the
United States and most of Canada; /;
winters generally in the United States.
Habits and economic status: The
general habits Of the crow are uni
versally known. Its ability to COM
init such misdeeds as pulling corn
and stealing eggs and fruit and to get
away unscathed is little short Of mar
velous. Much Of the crows success
in life 10 due to cooperation, and
Gilpin observer., 1916-06-08
White-Crowned Sparrow
(zonotrlchla leucophrys)

N' VS"~ 'VuSV"JT
Length. seven inches. The only
similar sparrow. the white-throat. has
a yellow spot in front of eye.
Range: Breeds in Canada. the
mountains of New Mexico, Colorado.
Wyoming, and Montana, and thence to
the Pacific coast; winters in the south
ern half Of the United States and in
northern Mexico.
Habits and economic status: This
beautiful sparrow is much more
numerous in the western than in the
eastern states, where, indeed, 1t ia
rather rare. In the East 1t is shy and
Gilpin observer., 1916-06-08

the injurious army worm) are eaten
at all seasons and aggregate per
cent. Ants, wasps, bugs, flies, dragon
flies. and spiders also are eaten. The
vegetable food consists of seeds, in
Guiding grain, of which oats is the
favorite. and some small fruits. When
in large fiocks this bird is capable Of
doing great harm to grain.
Gilpin observer., 1916-06-08

LADIES CAN WEAR SHOES
One size smaller after using Aliens FooG
Ease. the antiseptic powder for TIE feet.
Shaken into shoes and used In foot-bath,
Aliens Foot-Ease makes tight shoes feel
easy, and gives instant relief to corns and
bunions. Try IL today. Sold everywhere.
2c. For FREE trial package. Address.
Allen 8. Olmsted. lie Roy, N. Y. Adv
Gilpin observer., 1916-06-08
HELP FOR
WORKING WOMEN
Some Have to Keep on Until
They Almost Drop. How
Mrs. Conley Got Help.

Here Is a letter from a woman whs
had to work, but was too weak and sufk
fered too much to continue. How she
regained health =
Frankfort, Ky.-"I suffered So much
with female weakness that could not
Gilpin observer., 1916-06-08
What Interested Her.

Now. about this life insurance |
contemplate taking out. premiums
vary" "Premiums?" chirped his wife.
Il want . plush-covered postcard n
bum, john
Gilpin observer., 1916-06-08

6S4 stomachs examined and 9S stom-
achs contained no other food. One
stomach contained over 5000 and two
others held over 5000 each. While
bugs are not largely eaten by the
flicker. one stomach contained II
chinch bugs. Wild fruits are next to
ants in Importance In the fiicker's
dietary. OF these sour gum and wild
black cherry stand at the head. The
food habits Of this bird are such as to
recommend It to complete protection
Gilpin observer., 1916-06-08
Red Winged BIackbird
(Anelaius phoenIeeus)

Length. about nine and one-half
inches.
Range: Breeds In Mexico and North
America south Of the barren grounds,
winters in southern half Of United
States and south to Costa Rica.
Gilpin observer., 1916-06-08
Talk That Isn't Cheap.

Talk 7 nat ISN'T Cheap.
Client-You have an item In your
bill, advice, March s. S." That wae
the day before ] retained you.
lawyer know. But don't you re-
member on the sth l told you you'd
better let me take the case for youf
Client-Yes.
Lawyer-Well, that's the advice.
Gilpin observer., 1916-06-08

David may have been right when he
said in haste that all men were liars,
but 1t isn't always an easy matter to
catch them with the goods.
Gilpin observer., 1916-06-08

Ten smiles for nickel. Always buy Red
Cross Bag Blue. have beautiful, cless
white clothes. Adv.
Gilpin observer., 1916-06-08

do my own work,
had to hire it done.
! h e ard so much
about Lydia E. Pink.
hams We getabls
Compound that I
triedit- l took three
bottles and l found
it to be all you
claim. Now l feel a.
well as everI did anf
am able to do all my
nxxyv, xxyn~Ix a~oso n
Gilpin observer., 1916-06-08

It's as hard for young woman to
lose a millionaire as it is for a strong
man to lose an heiress.
Gilpin observer., 1916-06-08

An office holder should remember
that one bad term doesn't deserve an
other
Gilpin observer., 1916-06-08
Snores.

Il sleep like log"
with the saw going through It."
Gilpin observer., 1916-06-08
Battery 3. Elects Three Officers.

At the election Of officers of Bat.
terry B, w. H. II. Cranmer was made
junior first lieutenant. c. w. Com.
stock was elected senior first lieu.
tenant, and Richard 8. .Fillius. Junior
second lieutenant. Adjutant General
Gamble received notification from
Washington that Lieut.. ]. A. Rogers
of the United States Army had been
granted permission to accept COM
mission in Battery A at the State
Agricultural College as captain. The
lieutenant has been instructor for the
battery recently installed at Fort Col
Inns. o..
Gilpin observer., 1916-06-08
Three state Guard officers Quit.

Three State Guard Officers Quit.
The resignationssof the three Off.
GERS OF the national guard who com
posed the military court of inquiry
held last winter have been accepted
by Adjutant General Gamble The
three officers. Lieut.. Col. Edward J.
Boughton, Maj. Henry ]. Hersey and
Capt. Hildreth Frost, turned in their
designations. in February when they
made their report, recommending
that the adjutant general ask for the
resignation of all officers on his staff.
income Tax Notices Sent Out.
Mark Skinner. collector of internal
revenue, has sent out notices calling
attention to the fact that the income
tax is due in June. Unless the tax is
paid during the month a penalty of s
per cent will be attached. Notices
will be sent out In few days to all
physicians, dentists, wholesale drug.
gists, retail druggists, manufacturers
and veterinarians in the district re-
quiring them to make an inventory
of all narcotics in their possession
when they register with the internal
revenue office.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-04-10
JOINED TO THEIR IDOLS

The rank and file Of the republican
party in the west, especially, must be
blind to the subserviency of their
leaders to the predatory interests of
the east in the matter of the confirma-
ton of Mr.. Brandeis, or they would
repudiate them. 1t Is understood that
nearly every republican senator is
going to vote against Mr.. Brandeis'
confirmation. 1t may be that this Oppo-
sitiOn rests upon a strong prejudice
against Mr.. Brandeis' race and faith
but a stronger reason is to be found
in the fact that the leaders in the re-
publican party are in entire sympathy
with the predatory influences which
are so strenuously fighting Mr. Bran
deis' confirmation. The objections to
Mr. Brandeis' elevation to the supreme
bench have been made by interests
which depend upon special favors
from legislation for which they are
willing to subscribe literally to the
success in politics of those who help
them. So far as is known not a word
has been said publicly against his race
or his religion. What has filled re-
publican leaders in the senate with
"dismay" is the charges boldly pre-
sented by representatives Of specula-
tive and predatory wealth that in his
political and legal views he is too lad
vanced" to be safe and dependable as
Judge. The theory that the rich and
well-favored have a prescriptive right
to enact laws and interpret laws in
their own interests has become a fun
damental Of the men who control the
republican party. principally residing
In the east and their representatives in
the west.
Privilege and plumber are idols to
which they are joined and which they
worship and obey. To safeguard mon
opolies of long standing they are
fighting the establishment OF armor-
plate and nitrate plants by the gov
eminent. In behalf OF exploiters pos
sessing lands and concessions In Mex
leo they are shrieking for war and
conquest. With this spirit every
where visible in congressional circles,
the leaders At Washington are max
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-04-10
THE RACES FUTURE.

At recent meeting Of the Royal Sta
tistica1 society in London Major Leon
ard Darwin, son Of the great English
naturalist, called attention to the Sc
rious losses to this generation caused
by the war and the probable affect up
on our western civilization, unless
great care Is exercised to neutralize
these. English casualties up to the
present time, he said, must number as
high as 6.5 per cent, while the Ger
mans have probably lost more than 20
per cent Of their available fighting men.
This means that great many Of the
best elements in the populations Of
both countries have been cut off and
will not play the role originally in
tended for them Of carrying on the
race. Undoubtedly war has q very
definite tendency to kill off the higher
types, or at least the drawer men, and
there Is no doubt that bravery is one
OF mankind's finest qualities, associat-
ed usually with what is best in man.
Darwin's conclusion was that the one
hope for the survival Of our western
civilization in its pristine qualities lay
in the increase Of the birth rate among
the better classes This now becomes
for European countries as much Of a
patriotic duty as the sending of their
sons to war has been for the last 20
months. The conclusion is very inter
esting in the light Of current discus
sions in America of birth control.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-04-10
WRITE TO YOUR SENATOR'S AT
WASHINGTON.

Whether or not the truth about in
dustrial conditions in America is to be
suppressed depends now on the United
States senate.
The fate Of the resolution ordering
the printing Of 100000 copies Of the
final report of the commissionn on in
dustrial relations and 10000 copies Of
the testimony now hangs in the bal
ance.
Unless an aggressive fight is made,
It will be defeated by handful Of re-
dictionary senators. They will accom-
plish this by taking advantage Of SEN
atorial red tape, and particularly Of the
vicious system known as senatorial
courtesy" by which one senator can
often block action.
Whether or not the interests that
want the report suppressed succeed
will depend largely on the pressure
brought to bear on the senate by those
who want the facts about American in
dustrial conditions known.
An aggressive demand for action will
cut through all the red tape and win
speedy favorable action on the resolu-
ton to print the report.
Write to your two senator's, James
Hamilton Lewis and L. Y. Sherman
at Washington, today!
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-04-10
Rock Island-From River to
River.
Home Corners

y "TENTI0N of Subscribers
- Ii you know OF any former
resident of this city or county now
living elsewhere, outside of a ra-
dius OF so miles OF Rock Island,
and will send the name and adj
dress Of each former resident to
The Argus, a copy of this paper
will be sent gratis TO the name and
address given, daily from May Is
to July l.
This proposition is made in or.
der to afford the most extended
opportunity for the widest and full
est cooperation In making the Fort
Armstrong Celebration and Tri-
City Home Coming to be held in
the tri-cities June 18th to oath in
elusive, happy as we'll as a won.
derful historical event, and II you
will send in the names of yonr
friends you will not only secure for
them a copy of daily paper from
the home town for the period men,
toned, but will be likewise con.
tributing to the making of the cele-
bratiOn the most successful event
ever held in the Mississippi valley.
Address Home Coming Commit
tee, Fort Armstrong Centennial
Celebration, care of The Rock Is
land Argus.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-04-10
SINGING POLICEMEN

One hundred members of the police
force of New York city have been Or
ganized into choir and are making
commendable progress. The men
meet for rehearsal in the memorial
building Of st. Georges Episcopal
church and under an experienced
trainer are learning to sing and play
the piano with much skill. With the
superior physique required Of the po-
lice force there should be some fine
voices and natural musical taste worth
cultivating. 1t is a good sign when
these conservators Of the peace turn
their spare time in this direction.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-04-10

Of a Red Cross nurse but the woman
who had passed me on her way TO ST.
IBERIA and at the opera in London.
Again she was changed At my first
meeting with her she was a beginner
In a life of sacrifice; at the second
she had seemed out of place in the gay
world. Now she appeared to have be-
come accustomed to her work for 9TH
ers. Though now and again a bullet
sang in her ears, it made no more i'm
preston upon her than If a snowflake
had dropped on her shoulder. She was
taking the last words Of a dying SOL
der, spoken through her to loved ones
far away who were doubtless praying
that he might be returned to them.
She remained beside him while be
drew a few long breaths, and when
tary sadness on her face, to devote her
self to another butchered by her Eel
low men. followed her with my eyes
as she moved from one to another
making one more comfortable in his
position, giving another water and
speaking words Of sympathy to third.
After this came the driving back Of
the Russians, the fall OF Warsaw and
the establishment Of defense line
farther eastward. But the fighting
continued. I remained with the Rus
sian army. from time to time writing
descriptions of scenes which l witness
ed and sending them as best I could
TO America. One of the most impress
sive I give here In substance:
One morning, hearing that the car
would decorate a Red Cross nurse who
had been conspicuous for her attention
to the wounded In battle | went TO
witness the ceremony. Troops were
drawn up in two lines, waiting. Pres
emily the nurse to be decorated, at
tended by several officers. marched 10
a position between the lines, where
they, too, stood waiting. Then the
car. surrounded by his staff. appeared.
went TO the point where the last COM
ers stood and pinned a medal on the
woman's breast. Then the band play
ed the national hymn.
When the newly decorated girl left
| the ground she passed very near me.
She was the girl / had first met on her
way to Siberia and again at the opera
in London.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-04-10
lard PRESSED.

II IS significant that those news
papers which one time would have
blazoned their front pages with Mr..
Roosevelt's vile attack upon the pres
ident did not deem 1t worth more no.
tice than it would attract on an inside
page, while a majority of the news
papers of the country did not even dig
Nifty it with passing mention. The
newspapers, which made Mr.. Roose-
welt what he was. have tired of his
blatancy He Is no longer news, he Is
nuisance; no longer something to be
adored, but something to be endured.
OF an Irishman who is overly gar
rulous they say Sure, he must have
kissed the Barney stone" Mr.. Roose-
welt is not Irish, so the race will be
spared the blame. But certainly some
thing happened to Mr.. Roosevelt
when he was young which his afflicted
him with a gush of words and a
drouth Of ideas. If there ever lived a
man, or a woman either, who in a
single lifetime used more words and
furnished fewer ideas than Mr.. Roose-
welt, history has concealed it from pa
tent search And the worst Of it is
Mr. Roosevelt is still alive and the
well-spring of his vocal food untapped
of words, its babbling brooks appar-
emily prepared to go on babbling for
ever.
The pretext which Mr. Roosevelt
chose around which to wrap his Ian
guage is indicative Of how pressed he
is to find matter for criticism. Hav-
ing expressed himself upon this sub
! ject to what length his interviewer
could maintain consciousness the SUBJ
iect is now removed from the avail
/ able list Whereupon he will drape
/ the rags and tatters of his next TRADE
will puzzle everyone but Mr.. Roose-
welt Convention or conviction do not
plague him, but, given topic, he will
talk for you until the tinkle of bells
return of kline. His next exposition
of Mr.. Wilson's weakness may be upon
| the submarine policy, or 1t may point
out the absolutely indefensible man
ner In which the president uses his
handkerchief. Or, like Mr.. Dooley S
'Muggins" it may be Il don't like ye-
er face"
Whatever topic Mr. Roosevelt
chooses the nation is certain to be
bored almost to extinction The read
ing public is charmed to read of new
things, but when the same vocabulary
is dished up to it each day, rehashed
and warmed over, ad infnitum ad
nauseum, until the speaker is forced
to unearth such unusual phrases as
byzantine logothete" to attract atten.
ton, the reading public is very like tc
do as that cabinet member who was
asked If he had read Mr.. Roosevelt
latest effusion. II read part Of it." he
replied ~ never read advertisement:
all the way through"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-04-10
OUR FOREIGN TRADE

the value of exports was S3,720,424,-
1913 and that of imports s1,909,6 ,221,
an excess of $1,S10,S02
In other words, within the last Is
months foreign nations have pur-
chased goods in the United States
around two billion dollars in excess
of the value of articles they have sold
this country. A very large proportion
of this liability falls upon the ma
tons at war The statistics do not
show how this liability has been met,
but it is known that it was largely by
loans, money borrowed and secur-
tiles sold in the United States. Some
American securities have been re-
turned to this country, but there is
no way of determining the exact
amount.
February showed more gold ex-
ported than imported, but in the eight
months ending with February $685.
054,392 in gold was imported and
$47,741,575 exported, making a net
gold accumulation of $2S0,312, 917
from abroad. The excess import OF
gold for II months was almost $780,
100000. In addition, the gold produc-
ton of the United States does not fall
short of $1OO,OOO,0O0 a year.
These figures are favorable enough
in fact almost too favorable-to the
United States. They indicate an alb
normal condition of foreign trade and
may well suggest the query: What is
to happen when the European war
comes to an end?
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-04-10

find ready support, The proposition
is akin to that Of a government owned
armor factory and government owned
munition factories,
Secretary Daniels has explained
briefly that such refinery would ef-
feet a saving, In the production Of by
products, nearly equal to the cost OF
the crude oil. In other words, We
would refine enough gasoline for the
submarine service and enough kero-
sene for the lighthouse service and
would have left enough fuel oil for
the navy. all for the present cost of
the gasoline and kerosene used by the
submarines and the lighthouses, max
ing the navy fuel oil practically free
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-04-10
TO DO OWN REFINING.

Secretary Daniels, under whose ten
ure Of office the navy has seen more
real improvement than under any
other secretary, has sprung a new
proposition on congress, one calcu
lated, as have been all his other
moves, to better the service and re-
duce costs. He has asked the house
committee on naval affairs for an ap-
preparation Of $500 for Investigating
the feasibility Of the manufacture Of
product of the process of refining
crude oils TO make them suitable for
use on the oil-burning ships Of the
navy.
Explaining to the committee that he
regarded this as a matter Of very great
Importance to the navy, Secretary
Daniels said:
"a well known and reputable firm
of oil engineers, which has erected re-
fning plants and is thoroughly famil-
lar with the subject, has given me, In
confidence, detailed figures which
seem to indicate that it is possible for
the navy to buy crude oils and to re-
fine them for use in our oil-burning
ships at a cost that would practically
pay for oil so refined at the present
time and in addition, entirely as a
by-product, to obtain more than
enough gasoline to meet the entire
needs of the navy.
I'VE would have something like
3,000,0 900 barrels Of kerosene as an
other by-product, which is, Of course,
largely in excess Of our needs, but
could be furnished to the lighthouse
service
The desire Of the general board OF
the navy is to eventually place the
navy entirely on an oil burning basis.
OIL fuel can be loaded much more
quickly than coal, it slows in smaller
space and affords more heat units per
cable content than coal, and therefore
permits a greater cruising radius, a
most important feature in war ma
neuYers.
With such intention in view It may
readily be seen that IL is Of largo I'M
portance TO reduce Oil costs as far as
possible, and Secretary Daniels plan
of government owned refinery should