Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-07-25


CW X. Maxwell in Peoria JOurnaD.
The transfer of the morning Tran
script to the Journal publisher yester
day rolled a burden off the shoulders
of our old colleague, Fred Stowe, which
has been threatening him with a per-
manent charley horse for the last two
years With one of the best newspaper
dispositions in the United States, IL
cylinder vocabulary under perfect
control and journalistic notions equal
to a New York or Philadelphia, Fred
has been harrassed by the most per-
sistent and venomous of all news
paper jinxes-newspaper poverty. The
Transcript for a number of years has
shown signs of being constitutionally
inclined to debt; ii has run to deficits
as the sparks fly upward. Fred found
it with a large, obtruSiVe red-ink bal
anCe, and in spite of &c hours a day
of energy, enterprise and deep-sea
strategy, was unable to obliterate the
crimson stain. Doubling in brass as
business manager and editor, he accu-
INFLATED a four months illness, a vain
regret and curvature Of the shoulder
blades. Between creditors he got out
one of the best editorial pages in Hi
nois and kept his scintillancy under
circumstances which would have driv-
rail whisky and oblivion. Fred stood
on the burning deck up to the hour the
referee counted ten. He steps off with
the admiration of the whole newspaper
fraternity in these parts, the respect
of the business men of the city and
the affection of that large public which
has come to know him through his
daily writings. There are hopes that
Stowe will stay in Peoria. If he
doesn't, a lot of good wishes will load
how down wherever he goes, and none
of them more ardent than those felt
by the writer of this column.
Singing.
Mr. Gnaggs-Oh. there are worse
fellows in the world than l am
Mrs. Gnaggs be such a pessi-
mist!
1T is claimed there are 5000 Eng.
lish actors in America. They are
called bad actors by the home folks
who say most of them hurried over
the Atlantic to avoid military service.
j. FRANK HanIy is to be formally
notified Aug. of his nomination for
president by the prohibitionists It
would be just like the weather depart
ment to stage a rain on that date.
LEMONS are said to have doubled
in price Another squeeze at the ulti-
mate consumers pocketbook
THE allies will try to catch the
Deutschland with nets. Why not use
the Hook OF Holland!
IT has been suggested that a regi-
ment of Jersey mosquitoes be trained
to chase the sharks that are infest-
ing the eastern waters. Well lay
our money on the mosquitoes.
THE city would gain the everlasting
gratitude of the sons of rest if it
equipped the benches in Spencer
square with electric fans. 1t is too
warm to loaf in the bar rooms, so the
boys must keep in the open to get any
degree of comfort. The outlay in
money to add to their comfort while
sojourning in our midst would be in
tinitesimal compared to the adyertis-
ing they would give Rock Island in
their peregrinations. The good word
that they would pass along the line
doubtless would bring others of their
fraternity TO the city, and a goodly in
crease in our population figures would
result. 1t is enough To move heart
Of stone to see the sufferings of our
idling brethren as they Toll around in
the square benches these warm davs.
They barely have strength suf1i cient to
carry them TO the nearest saloon when
they get the signal that live one has
just been discovered
REV. j. III. Williamson, pastor of
Parkside Methodist church, Chicago.
approves spOOning in the city parks
by the young people. He says ID is "A
privilege OF youth that should not be
discouraged. Evidently the good broth
or is one Of those who remember that
they, too, once were soung.
J. 81. Z.