Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-07-03

aliZe II in such a way as to have II
properly safeguarded. II the senti-
ment expressed by the Scott county
delegation will carry any weight, one
/ of the pIanks in the state republican
| platform this fall will be for the re-
peal of the primary laws. Those
speaking on the subject expressed
opinions as believing that the law
should be entirely repealed, pointing
out instances where they felt it had
been a failure in the recent tests. Res
olutions were passed by which Scott
county gives the most hearty approval
to the platform adopted at the ma
tional republican convention in Chi
cagO. They also expressed satisfac-
ton over the nomination of Charles T..
Hughes for president, endorsed W l..
Harding's nomination for governor and
the work of Harry E. Hull as con-
gresham.
Hunters Get Busy~EIevon hunters,
headed by the names of six of the old
guard Of Davenport nimr0ds, grabbed
hunting licenses Saturday morning, s
the season opened. Sam I. White,
Louis Eckhardt, Ben F. Luetje. Louis
Martens and Lou" ROddewig are the
Davenport men whose names headed
the county auditors ledger, and the
next six names were those of DR.. j. G.
Teufel of Buffalo, William A. Teufel
Of Blue Grass, George a. Morton of
Toronto, G.. W. Whitney, Floyd Blair
and William O'Connor. State Fish
and Game Warden +. c. HinshaW has
sent to Scott county 2,400 resident Ii
censes and 90 nonresident license
blanks, and it is predicted that by far
the larger part of them will be used
by residents of Davenport. Twenty
one hundred and nine resident licenses
and three nonresident licenses were
issued during the year ending June 30,
and the county auditor returned ST.
1873 to the state treasurer for the
county's permits. Nonresident licenses
cost $40, while residents of the cOun-
ty can secure the permits for 81 each.
Walters to Organize. - The walters
and other restaurant help of Daven-
port>Are being organized into union.
IL is expected TO have every eating
house in Davenport unioniZed within
short time. Joseph H. Bell, financial
secretary and business agent, has
been in the city for several days in
the interest of the union.
Vaccination Not Required.-Children
may enter the Davenport city schools
in the future without being yaccindted.
The rule, making vaccination abso-
lutely necessary for child to enter
in the schools of this city was re
Scinded by unanimous vote of the
board of education Saturday. Strong
in some directions and also
an understanding that the rule could
not be legally imposed caused the
action. This vaccination rule has
been the cause of more or less fighting
ever since ii was put into effect here. |
In the first place, the ChlrOs object |
ed strenuously, as it was in opposition /
to their faith. Other groups are also .
to it and the trouble became /
so serious at times that younger chill /
dren were kept out OF school rather /
than submit TO vaccination.
Teachers SeIected.-Nearly all va |
cancies in the teaching staff of the /
Davenport city and high schools have /
been filled. Five new teachers were /
elected at the board meeting Satur-
day. One resignation was accepted. /
J. ID. McCollister. the present secre-
tary of the board of education, was
reelected by unanimous vote. Miss
Rachael Baumgartner OF Halsted.
Kan, was elected teacher of biology
IN the high school. She is a graduate
)f the Kansas State university and
received her masters degree from the +.
University of Illinois She has also
been doing some teaching at the Illi-
lois institution. Newton Van Dalsem
II Menominee, Mich, is to succeed
Frank Ham as superintendent of the
manual training school. Mr.. Van
)alsem is a graduate of Stout insti-
ute and has also attended the UNI