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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-07-20
WAR FOR BETTER
CITY CONDITIONS
DR.. c. T. Foster Announces That All
0uthOuses in the Loop WIN Be
Removed In Short Time.
MUST HAVE MODERN PLUMBING
Declares That Death Rate in Business
District Is Much Greater Than
i'm Residence Section.

Pointing to the death rate in the
loop as being much larger than in the
residence section, DR.. c. 7. Foster,
city health physician, today announced
plans of a campaign TO build up the
sanitary condition of Rock Island, with
the start of the work to be conferred
in the business district.
Strict attention to the city ordinance
dealing with cess pools and vaults will
be given by the health department, DR..
Foster states. The department in
tends to cause the removal of all out
houses in the business section of the
city at first, later on those in the resi-
dence section to be eliminated where
there is proper sewer connections for
the construction of modern plumbing
equipment. Appended is the announce
ment:
Rock Island, Ill, July 10, 1916
IN compliance with the rule Ga of the
plumbing ordinance of the city of Rock
Island on cess pools, clubhouse toilets
will have to be cleaned, filled and
abandoned and sanitary plumbing in
stituted.
1T is a purpose of the administra-
ton, particularly of the health depart
ment, to enforce this rule in the fire
limits, which extend from the Mississ-
ippi river on the north to Fifth avenue
on the south and from Fifteenth street
on the west to Twenty-seventh street
on the east.
Some will claim that their old
buildings will not justify the installa-
ton of sanitary plumbing. These
buildings must be demolished 1t is
the intention to take up other districts
cit,
has been thoroughly cleaned
1T is a notorious fact that there is
a greater death rate in the down town
district according to its population
Than in other sections of the city and
being the business section also it is
deemed best to start in the so-called
fire district, but other sections of the
city will be looked after continuously
just the same.
Quotes Ordinance.
Rule "a, plumbing ordinance, says:
! Cess pools and privy vaults-NO priyy
vaults or cess pool for sewage shall
hereafter be constructed in any part
| of the city where a sewer is at all ac-
! cessible, which shall be determined by
the health department; nor shall it be
lawful to continue a privy vault or
/ cess pool on any lot. piece or parcel of
ground abutting on or contiguous to
any public sewer, within the city linn
its, when in the opinion OF the health
department same is a nuisance. The
health department shall have the
power to issue notice, giving at least
so days time to discontinue the use
of any cess pool or pTivy vault, and
have it cleaned and filled up. No
connections for any cess pool or privy
vault shall be made with any sewer;
nor shall any water closet or house
drain empty into a cess pool or privy
vault
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-07-20

drinkers, and % years for hard drink
ers. Of the average life-eXpectancy. An
insurance expert has estimated that
Russia. sober, Will make good in 10
years her loss of life in the terrible
war now raging.
prohibition should be the first ar
ticIe in any adequate plan for prepar-
edness for peace or war. The liquor
traffic puts more men on the scrap
heap than all other Institutions com
bined. A wave of passionate indigna-
ton and horror swept over our cOun-
try when the news OF the Lusitania
massacre arrived; but we receive
without a protest the fact that every
week in the year the legalized liquor
traffic sends as many men and women
Keeling out OF life into a drunkard 5
hall, leaving behind them a trail of
poverty, insanity and crime.
Unequaled as Crime Producer.
"As a producer Of crime, poverty,
and mental and moral degeneracy, the
saloon has no equal \ Massachus-
etts legislative committee reported
that 96 per cent of all the prisoners i'll
Massachusetts in 1912 were intern
perate by habit, and that the cost of
drunkenness to the state in homes
broken through divorce, through de-
sertion, the cost in neglected child
hood and degraded manhood and wOm-
anhoOd, is beyond measure They
also reported that under sO-called
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-07-20
SpeciaI Taxation Notice.
GEN. NO. 397.


Notice is hereby given to all per
sons interested, that the city council
of Rock Island, Ill, having ordered
that Twenty-sixth street be paved
with asphalt from Seventeenth TO
Eighteenth avenue and the ordinance
for the same being on file in the office
of the city clerk of said city, and said
city having applied to the county
court of Rock Island county, Illinois,
for an assessment of the cost of said
improvement according to benefits,
said assessment being payable in nine
installments, each bearing interest at
the rate of five per cent per annum,
and an assessment therefor having
been made and returned to said court,
the final hearing thereon will be had
on the 31st day of July A. ID. 1916, at
the hour of o'clock a. M, or as sOon
thereafter as the business of the court
will permit.
All persons desiring, may file OBJ
and may appear on the hearing and
jections in said court, before said day,
make their defense.
Dated Rock Island, Ill, July Is. 1916.
WILLIAM A. NORRIS,
Commissioner appointed to make said
assessment.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-07-20
pROHIB SPEAKER
SCORES SALOONS
william Shaw Of Boston Attacks
Liquor Traffic in General in
Address at St Paul.
VOTE TO BLAME HE DECLARES
Does Not Lay Responsibility to Man
ufaeturcrS or Sellers But TO
People Who Sanction II.

s.. Paul Mimi, July 2O.-William
Shaw Of Boston, prohibition candidate
Tor governor in Massachusetts last
YEAR. addressed the prohibition nation
a convention today Branding the
saloon as a "virulent cancer in the
ho5v polite today" he declared. III
must be cut out il democracy is to sur
vive"
He said
For the first time the dominant
narties were this year challenged to
Put the prohibition OF the traffic in al
cohoIic liquor in their platforms. and
they refused. In doing so. they adj
ritted that il was the paramount issue
in the minds OF the people, and if in
Guided would subordinate all other
isSues to itself
The prohibition party stands not
onlv for the prohibition of the liquor
traffic in state and nation, but we chal-
lenge comparison of our platform with
the platform OF any other political
marty Il deals not with past history
and achievement, but with the great
progressive reform that our nation
must adopt if she is to hold her place
Of prominence in the great industrial
contest that viii follow the present
var in Europe, and meet the social de-
mands Of our people in time of peace.
It is the genuine progressive party. We
we're pioneers in the reform and
stand pledged to equal suffrage, for
equal suffrage is a necessity of our
present day civilization. The ballot.
the citizens only legitimate weapon
for offense and defense, must be
nlaced in the hand of woman that she
NAV protect her own.
Arch Enemy of Industry.
The liquor traffic is the arch enemy
of all legitimate industry and honest
labor Tariff reform will be empha-
sized 10 divert the attention OF many
voters from the issue of prohibition;
but l insist that no question OF tariff
reform is so vital in the commercial
and industrial welfare of our country
as is the destruction of the liquor
traffic Prohibition has ceased TO be
simply a moral question, but in the
Judgment of the leaders of thought iu
every land it has become the greatest
economic question Of the day. In fif-
teen months the money spent for
liquor in the United States. which is
worse than wasted, equals the total
value Of our three greatest agricul-
tural crops. cotton. corn and wheat.
in IS months il amounts to more than
the entire capital and surplus of our
nationwide banking system: and ev-
cry year it consumes one-fourth of all
the wealth created by our $500 00G0
workers in manufacturing establish
ments.
las a vital problem, the liquor traf-
fc becomes still more important. The
waste Of life caused by alcohol is al
most Incredible Life insurance sta
titles show an average loss. after the
age of 20, of IS years for moderate
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-07-20
ADD CHAPTER TO
HOLDUP EPISODE
Rock Island Police Now Seek Dayen-
port Barber, who Alleged He
Was Victim OF Robbery.
MAN DETAINED GIVEN RELEASE
John King, Accused Of Stealing Watch
From John Fox, Liberated and
Latter is Being Hunted.

Chapter two of the hOldup which is
alleged to have been staged on TweH-
ty-fourth street, between Third and
Fourth avenues, Monday afternoon,
occurred today.
Police are now looking for the man
who ran to them and told them he
was robbed. They released John King,
who was held on charge of robbery
under bond Of $1,000, because John
Fox, a Davenport barber, who claim
ed to be the victim, failed TO present
his appearance.
Fox rushed into the police station
Monday afternoon saying that he was
robbed by King. He told police he
had slipped into a vacant lot to sleep
and that he awakened to find that
King had extracted a gold watch from
his pocket He also told the police
that when King saw he had awakened
he kicked him in the chin, stunning
him. He told authorities that he did
not regain his senses for some time
after
Police credited Foxs story. They
arrested King and found a gold watch
on him. 1t was identical as Fox had
described as the one stolen from him.
King told police that the watch was
his and that it never belonged to Fox.
The authorities placed little weight in
the tale. Fox was notified to appear
today, but failed to show up to pros
ecute the case.
Warrant For Fox.
Chapter three of the holdup story
may be added any time. 1t will be an
account of the arrest of Fox on a
charge of disorderly conduct, as police
today believe that Fox thought he
would be able to have King arrested
and the watch would be turned over
to him They think that Fox is ig-
norant of the law and had an idea
that by causing Kings arrest he could
secure possession of the watch with
no further trouble.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-07-20
Red Cross Denied Free Passage.

Neutrality-suspicious. of The AS
sociated Press THE French author
tiles have refused TO allow free pas
sage into Germany of American Red
Cross sanitary equipment and supplies
Notwithstanding the society's claim
that such passage is justified
by article 20 of the declaration
of London and article Is of the Geneva
conference of 1906.
The French authorities held that ar
ticle % OF the declaration confines it
self to asserting that material ex-
clusiveIy for the use Of sick and
wounded is not to be classed as con-
traband of war" but these words do
not prevent such material from being
captured and condscated for violation
of blockade nor from being held up on
the way. Moreover. they add, the dec
Iaration of London was never ratified
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-07-20

cannot make any exception in favor OF
the American Red Cross society. more
especially as the supplies lend bySre-
provisioning Germany with raw ma
terial that is often easy TO recover al
ter usage and OF which the German
government has pressing need TO-
military operations"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-07-20

and therefore has no obligatory force.
As to article 16 OF the Geneva con-
yention the French authorities now in
innate that, considering German meth.
DDS OF conducting war, they see no
reason for departing from their pro
hibition of May. 1916. against sending
any goods whatever into Germany, so
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-07-20
Thousands of yards of fresh. crisp wash fabric
ready for tomorrow's big sale
Imported Lorraine
Tissue Ginghams
YARD

Fresh and crisp in an
entirely new range Of
designs and colorings-
beautiful plaid effects,
neat stripes and check
ed styles, light and me-
dunn grounds-all col
ors.
The Holly chieftain., 1916-07-07
PREVENT SQUIRTING OF CREAM
Acid Developed Through Process %
Injurious to infants-keep Dirt
and Bacteria Out.

EXtra precautions should now he
taken. on account Of the w,,rin wealth.
or. to keep milk and cream sweet The
acid developed through souring In
very injurious to infants. and while
II may not he M to older persons. Il
liz very distnstefui to them. Bacteria
will not sour milk unless permitted to
grow In 1t. therefore every precnufiOn
nry measure should he taken to pre-
vent them from doing NO. by cooling
the milk az soon as 1t IL prNlucetl ami
keeping II cool from then until 1t "
delivered. Housewives and dairymen
should remember that cleanliness and
low temperature GO degrees Fly will
prevent loss from this source.
Az dirt Ia filed with bacteria. hoth
'iIrt and hncteria should he kept out Of
the milk by using sinnIl-top nlilk-Imils
and ny thoroughly washing and airing
nil dniry utensils. Another Important
factor IL to keep the bnrnynrtl Glenn
use plenty Of bedding. and brush the
cows daily. thus preventing them from
becoming dirty.
The Holly chieftain., 1916-07-07
oltehlnu plosy.

Another method Of securing the serv-
ice~ IT 4 power machine IL for several
landowners TO combine In purchasing
and using It.
Three things nre required OF good
trenching machine. namely: ~ II
must operate efficiently through yari.
ous kinds Of soii: ~ Il must he cup
nhle Of cutting true to Crude; CD II
must work for long periMis without
breaking or otherwise getting ont nf
order. Probably none 1t the Dlowx or.
scoops cuts accurately to Crude. and
some hand work n npcesairy to make
the trench smooth for laying the tile
properly. However. their low cost
makes II profitable to employ them
on work that would not Justify the
use Of more expensive machinery.
The cosi Of trenrl,ing by machinery
must include. besi,les the expense for
operation and relnirs. interest on the
The Holly chieftain., 1916-07-07
Endless Chain Machine.

letin 6.,S. u new publication Of the
department. Into four clnxst,S: III
Flows and scoops. (2) wheel exravn-
tors. (3) en,lless-chnln exts,vntOrs. t4l
scrnINer extnvatOrx. The pi0ws nnd
sssn,Tps rnnge In price from SIS fM Al
simple tlIicliing pillow to lMDsell the 'liri
and make hnihl shOveling custer. 4"
piows costing $3OD and fitted with de
vtt-ex for lifting Out the 'liri and trim
ming the trenches. The other three
clnxsts are usually elaborate machines
costing $I.:.sk To <fi.tNkl. wliirl, may not
be profitable investments for the NV
ernge farmer who hns only II sii'lli
amount Of draining 10 do. However.
where there IN much drainage 10 he
done II will he well for the landowner
to investigate the ntlvisalIiIity Ut ptr.
chstslnR M,l,,e trpncber which ius II sie,
tnchnhle trs,ctor. When not netrlt.d
for trenchinE the trs,ctor nily In. t,,siiy
separated from the digging apparatus
and used In nll the ways In which a.
farm trnct0r IL ordinarily employed
The Holly chieftain., 1916-07-07

II d - D.
Good pastures. good milk checks.
good prospects for good prices-save
all you can this year.
80
Safety frst-a COW and some pigs
and chickens when getting q home
established on farm.
Sweet clover. when grown on rum
down soils. is very beneficial In. pre-.
venting erosion and washing.
Give the dairy cows the usual feed
ing Of hny and grain night and morn
Ing until the pastures are luxuriant.
The mil.ets mike good cntch crops.
but the seed should not be allowed to
get too ripe II the hay Is to be fed
to horses or colts.
The production of milk-producIng
feed on the farm at the least cost is
I'm important factor In years of great
est profit from dairying.
Concrete foundations extending
two and half feet below the ground
and two feet above, will make build
tngs rat proof
The Holly chieftain., 1916-07-07

Investment and proper charges for de.
pretiation OF the machine. The inter
EST ana depreciation charges are CON-
t'nuous: whether the machine liz work.
ing or idle The reni difference In cost
OF trencliing by machinery and By
hand IL not sO greit AK Il ix often
supposed to he. hut many times there
nre advantages in hnvins the work
done quickly or In employing only q
Few men instead Of large number.
The more expensive machines will he
profitable II the owners can keep them
busy a large part Of the time.
The Holly chieftain., 1916-07-07
7gyo6EA1 ERAL
E4Rff,7V0TBS-
Sow good seed and reap good crops

Sow good seed and reap good crops
The seed drill soon pays for itself.
Regularity OF feeding and work
make long.lIved horses.
In swine breeding we must consider
the shape Of hog the nearest market
demands.
Prevent waste and make every
pound OF feed bring the best results
possible.
The COW is living machine KINDLY
treatment entails less labor and In
sures more milk.
Protect the birds. Give them houses
and shrubbery and they will work for
you and give you entertainment. Plnce
pun of water where they Gun drink
and bnthe.
The Holly chieftain., 1916-07-07
PROMISES TO TAKE INSANE.
Governor Declares Pueblo 10 Prepar
ina TO Cars Ter All Patients.

Governor 0eeuatSe Vuepio " Prepar
ina to Cars Ter All Patients.
Denver = Governor Carlson an
nounced in statement to the public
that all the insane In the state now
being cared for BY tie city and county
of Denver and other counties will be
moved to the State Insane Asylum at
Pueblo in september. when the new
buildings under construction at ths
institution there VIII be ready for &C.
cupancy.
II this is done. 70 the governor says
It will be. almost eyery county Of the
state will be relieved Of the mainte-
nance OF one or more insane persons
whom the authorities of the asylum
have refused to receive. 1t will re-
lieve Denver Of . burden of approx.
n ately $4,000 year. there now be.
ing 1872 insane patients at the county
hospital in quarterS built to accommo
date sixty.
In his statement tho governor de-
cries the circulation of petition to
amend the state Insanity laws, and
advises citizens not to sign it. This
petition is being circulated by the
Denver city administration, which
also is supporting petition to initi'
ate law to aboid4h the State Tax
Commission.
The Holly chieftain., 1916-07-07
FEEDING ALFALFA TO HORSES
Trouble 10 Not So Much With Hay -
Win Method-Too Much Makes
the Animals Soft.

The trouble OF feeding alfalfa hay 70
horses Is not 90 much with the hay ~
with the method OF feeding. Filling the
managers morning. noon. and night and
allowing the horses to eat all they will
makes them soft and windy and causes
excessive urination. It is 20 palatable
that they overeat. II fed In connection
with Eng1fsh hay and not over u
pounds weight. the horsee will thrive
amazingly.
The Holly chieftain., 1916-07-07
Widow and Son Ask Is, 900.

The State Industrial Commission was
called upon to solve . problem when
the widow and son Of William Cabler.
Waterman at the Union stockyards.
who was killed several months ago
by Fred Jones, applied TO the State
for compensation Of $4,000. The
London Guaranty and Accident Com
pany. which is handling the case for
the stockyards, holds that the rela-
tives are not entitled to compensa-
ton for two reasons: First. because
Mr.. Cabler was murdered while try
Ing to arrest man on . Burlington
train. which is not in the course OF his
employment; second. because his In
Jury was intentionally inflicted by an
other. when the law specifies that
compensation is not granted when the
injury il Intentional.
The Holly chieftain., 1916-07-07
Fire Situation on Forests Critical.

Fire Situation on Forests Critical.
The fire situation on the national
forests Of Colorado and Wyoming is
assuming an alarming aspect, is the
announcement made by the Denver
forest office. Unless rains occur gen.
orally throughout the mountains with
in the next few days it is expected
that the situation will become one Of
the most serious since the establish
ment of the forest service admins.
tration.
The Holly chieftain., 1916-07-07
large ApproprI.tIons for ceIorado.

large APPROPRIATENESS Tor CoIoraoo.
The sundry civil appropriation bill,
reported by the Senate committee at
Washington, included the following
items Of interest to Colorado: Rocky
Mountain National Park, $4,000:
Mesa Verde National Park, 10000;
for completion Of Lincoln Memorial
Colorado marble). 100000; Grand
Valley Reclamation project. $309. 900:
Uncompahgre reclamation project,
$2sS. 200; continuation Durango post
office, $4,000; continuation Glen.
wood Springs postoffice, 5000; and
continuation Of Fort Morgan postof-
flee, 10000.
The Holly chieftain., 1916-07-07

New Secretary Asks Cooperation.
AS first step in the purpose of the
State Board of Immigration to bring
population and increased business to
Colorado ]. H. Jenkins, commissioner
of the board, has sent a letter to COM
mercial clubs. county commissioners
and county agents throughout the
state. urging cooperation in the plan.
The Holly chieftain., 1916-07-07
New Civil Service Petition Filed.

New Civil Service Petition Filed.
The Civil Service Reform Associa-
ton filed petition in the secretary
Of states office. which will put to a
vote OF the people IN the fall election
a new state civil service law similar
to the law of 1913. the law pro-
posed by the association will be writ
ten in the constitution, according TO
the provisions of the petition. AMI
will not be subject to repeal. The
petition has been in circulation for
more than a year and contains $4,000
signatures.
The Holly chieftain., 1916-07-07
state Agent seIzes Liquor shIpme ont.

State Agent seIzes Liquor Shipments
Consignments Of liquor valued at
$4,000, seized at the Union Station
by Dean r. Giles. special state agent,
are stored in vault at the State Cap
itol Building awaiting confiscation.
The majority Of the shipments were
consigned to known bootleggers of
the city, according to Special Agent
Giles. and will be Destroyed unless
consignors receive court order re-
straining him. Giles says he intends
to prosecute the Union Pacific rail-
road for illegally importing the wet
goods.
The Holly chieftain., 1916-07-07
NECESSARY FOR DUCK
Youna Fowls chouid Not Be Allowed
to swim-Arranoe Dishes for
Drinking Only.

Little ducks should not be allowed
water to swim in. but must have plenty
Of water to drink and must have Il
in dishes deep enough 80 that they
can get their heads into 1t up to their
nyes. They must not. however. be al.
lowed to get their feet or bodies into It.
The Holly chieftain., 1916-07-07
Complain Against Gard system.

A committee of miners from the
Cripple Creek district appeared be-
fore the State Industrial Commission
with complaint against the card
register system OF employing men In
use IN that district.
The Holly chieftain., 1916-07-07
COLORADO GOLD AND SILVER PRODUCTION
According Report Output 0tsa Sats Last Year Was
$2a3eo.6oo Surprising California, tt Nearest Com
petitor, by $27S13o0

Of
of California
The Holly chieftain., 1916-07-07
Folding Crate.

zion or storage. The hinges are 40
arranged thii the ends fold down ON
the bottom. ind the top und sides fold
under the bottonl-W Wisconsin Agricul-
turixt.
The Holly chieftain., 1916-07-07
RUDE pratt Is TaIIest euardsman.

HUbe Prdtt u d'TSSS SdUdVusHaW.
The tallest man who has offered to
Join the army anywhere In the Unit
ed States is now at the mobilization
camp Of the Colorado National Guard
on the rifle range near Golden. He
has passed the medical examination
conducted by the state, and If he is
equally successful with the federal
medical tests, he will become a SOL
der. This man is six feet nine inches
tall, He weighs considerably more
than 200 pounds. He is young and ap-
pears in perfect health.
The Holly chieftain., 1916-07-07
Propose Change. il state Laws.

Propose Changes in State Laws.
Enthusiastic welcome was extended
to the two petitions, suggested and
backed by Mayor Speer, the first initi-
ating law to compel the state to
care properly for all Of its insane. and
the second providing for the abolition
Of the State Tax Commission. Num-
erous volunteers, including many
prominent business men, applied at
the city assessors office for copies
Of the petitions, SO they might assist
in the work of circulation. In two
hours, on twelve petitions, 1902 names
were returned.