Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-11-09
MOVIE TAKEN HERE
WILL SHOW TONIGHT

H} special arrangement with the
head Office oi the Modern Woodmen
o1 America the Fifth Avenue theatre
hos hooked three reels Of motion pic
lures, presenting Who Is My Neigh
bor2 story Of goth century coopera
ton. for tonight.
The picture Is OF special interest TO
fhe members Of the organization in
Rock island as well as the general
public. because several thousand feet
% the films were taken in this city in
july In addition TO the actual scenes
Of am average working day in the var
ioas departments OF the bead Office
and publication buildings, several
local and we'll known people were i'm
pressed into service as movie stars,
notably Deputy Sheriff John Murray,
Mrs Nora BruneT and Miss Marie
Koch. while a number of hystanders
aud automobilists at Second avenue
and Seventeenth street were shot
BY the cameraman, in a staged auto
mobile accident scene at that corner
The story covered in these three reels
p0rtrays the eyer-present need for
protection of the home and dependents
and demonstrates how the Modern
W00lUen Of America meets this prob
lem interviewer throughout the story
are scenes Of the head camp in Chi
Cag0 last June, the encampment of
uniformed degree teams on the lake
front and the rainbow parade" on
Michigan avenue. District Deputy
George Hatzenbuhler of Bloomington
lll takes the leading part in the story
as the representative Of the society,
and James Mcnamara. Jr., son of for
mer Head Clerk James Mcnamara, is
the character to whom the story Of
Woodcraft is told
Two additional reels Of the Modern
Wooimpu sanatoriuIn story, entitled
THE Value Of Life featuring
George Gray, who won the fight
against the great white plague" win
be ruH in connection with the even
ings program. Gray is one of the mil
lion members of the Modern WOodmen
OF America. Discovering that he is az
tiCted with the disease. he becomes q
patient in the sanatorium owned and
operated by the society free of charge
10 its members For several years
thar -raternal institution has thus &C
lively and effectively eooperated IN
the worldwide movement advocated
by the Red Cross and medical authori-
ties to stamp out the Swhite plague,%
end Gray is the beneficiary of this
Noodmen lite-saviug station. It is an
Intensely interesting and heart-grip-
ping story Of the leave-taking of wife
and children. Weak in body and
hopeless TO mind, he Journeys 10 the
beautiful Rocky mountain region neal
Colorado Springs, Colo, where. in the
farite1 climate and constant sun
shine. at an altitude Of 1000 feet, he
a destined TO spend nine months al
ihe loot of Mount Cedar, in the care
OF The most modern sanatorium in Tho
world. His experience in chasing the
c're Ais absolute rest from all cares
a11 labor, his gradual return to health
0nt strength, his hikes" among the
fragrant pines and over the rock trails
or the United States forest reserve
leased by and adjoining the sanator
Hm. result in his final return TO fam
LF and friends, victorious over hi:
Toe. "Ile Value OF Life is q thrill
lhg and dramatic stOry--and abso
Niely true as we'll This film is pro
nolncel by competent authorities Il
he one of The very best in this age o