Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-02-17
The Day I'm Davenport

Battery b to Have Wireless.-Battery
B will have the latest adjunct to its
signal corps in the near future, COM
plete radio station. Private Miller. who
enlisted yesterday, has offered the use
of his private apparatus to the local
organization and it will be soon in
stalled at battery headquarters. Mem
bers of the signal corps are enthusiast
tic over this newest acquisition. They
already have the semaphore, flags field
telephone and telegraph service and
the new outfit will leave nothing to be
desired. Major Lucas of the Iowa ma
tional guard was in the city yesterday
morning and was informed of the ad-
dition of the wireless outfit. He eX-
pressed himself as much pleased with
the idea. He stated that the only other
organization in the state which pos
sessed the radio apparatus was that
in Fairfield. Major Lucas said he wish
ed every guard organization in the
country could have such an outfit. The
apparatus will be installed in a sep
arate room in the armory and a steel
mast will be erected on the roof. to
raise the aerial to the desired height.
Closes Big Real Estate Deal.-An &C
tivity in farm business and a showing
: afraid
of European war effects on farm land
in this country, is a statement made
Yesterday by r. L. Miller, on his clos
ing contracts for two nice farms in this
vicinity. Arnold Krebschmar buys a
fine, well improved stock farm Of l47
acres in Muscatine county, known as
the old Agar farm, and 0. A. Bohnsack
buys the John Burmeister place, one
of the best 100 acre farms in Cedar
county. The amount invested in the
two farms is $4,000, possession given
March l, 1917.
Licensed to Wed.-John Moody, Au-
burn, Neb, and Mile E. Drumm
Montpelier, Iowa.
| Isaac Kennicutt, Shabbona, ILL.,, and
Hattie Smith, Shabbona, Ill.
Adam Kleppe, Bennett, Iowa. and
Edna Raabe, Davenport.
James Phillips and Minnie Moeller
both of Davenport.
Ben Giebelstein and Hilda Reggin-
hitter. both of Bennett, Iowa.
Glenn A. Olinger and Eva l.. Slo-
cum, bot hof Erie, Ill.
George Umphress of Montpelier
! Iowa. and Edna Kahl of Stockton.
Arnold Glismann and Leona Hill
both of Davenport.
! Allen Smith of Attalissa and Bessie
Musselmann of Logan, Iowa.
Harrison to Be Repayed !.-The ghost
of the old Harrison street paving prop
osition has arisen. The street, from
Fifth to Twelfth, is in poor condition
and the paving is shot full of holes in
a number of places. A move was made
| last year in the council to have the
paving renewed in the above mentioned
district. A number Of the aldermen
favored the motion. but not enough
There was.nothing done about it again
until Yesterday afternoon, when Alder
man Lindholm, at the meeting OF the
committee of the whole, introduced g
motion to refer to the paving commit
tee that portion of Harrison street that
lies between Sixth and Twelfth. Sever
aldermen voted for this measure and
the matter was referred to the paving
committee The motion, which was il
the nature of test, made no mention
of the paving between Fifth and Sixth
which was introduced in the origina
motion.
| Socialists Have Complete Ticket
complete ticket of the socialists hal
been placed in the field for the coming
city election. The ticket is as follows
Mayor, H. A. Wise; city clerk, Harr,
Hilson; treasurer, Nat Clark; assessor
Frank E. Brown; magistrate, ]. d. Sci
man; park commissioner. Charles Phil
ebar; aldermen-at-large, John II
Reeves and Tony Petersen.
Ward alderman-First, George Peck
Second, August Unkel; Third, A. ]
krejci; Fourth, j. W. Fuller: Fifth
Gustav Magnus; Sixth. Oscar Brodine
German-Americans Here In March,
The annual convention of the German
American alliance OF Iowa will be he'll,
in Davenport March II and IS. TIL