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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-11-16
SHERRARD

c s. Chappeiear returned to his
school duties Monday, having oeen Win
his mother who is seriously III al het
hOme~near ST. Louis.
Rev Joseph KIucker is ILL.,
Mrs G. A. Clark has returned nome
from Rock Island, where she visited
her aunt, Miss Henrietta Sherfdrd' VINO
is at St Anthony's hospital
County Superintendent Of Fuolic
Schools C. L. Gregory and the state IN
spector visited Sherrard schools Wet
Miss Adeline Quaintance was in Rock
Island Thursday,
SMr. ana Mrs. Joseph Stevens visited
in Coal valley with relatives and frlends
Sunday.
Miss Linda Mueller visited over sun
day in Silvis with her sister, Mrs. ROD
ert Ransom. ,
The Red Cross society gave q chicken
pie supper Friday evening and also solo
homemade candies and fancy articles.
/ Mrs o. F. Beais ana brother james
/ 0'Melia of Siivis, visited with their par
ents. Mr. and Mrs John Q'Melia..
/ Mrs p. A. Johnson and Fredolph Re
! tersor were in Aledo one day last week
! Mrs Arthur Johnson and daughtel
{ Tavern left Thursday for visit WIZ
/ the John Prout family ut JasonY'ile
| Ind.
A. F. sala Of Rock Island was Sher
! rard caller Thursday.
Ernest Rhode and James . MeHf
were in New windsor saturday
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-11-16

Sessue HayakaWa i'm "The Call Of
the East" viii be the attraction at the
Spencer Square theatre today and to-
morrow az the feature of q double bill
the other end of which viii be Fatty
Arbuckle in Fatty at Coney Island
The japanese star, Mr. Hayakawa, is
in one Of his best subjects In The
Call OF the East" as it deals with
topic with which he is particularly
familiar. The Arbuckle comedy re-
veals not only Fatty in the famous
resort. but IL shows him surrounded
by an star cast, including AL St ohm
and Buster Keeton and the group Of
beach beau les. II re are many
scenes in "Fatty at Coney Island
which evoke the heartiest laughter and
which delight not only the young but
the old. Beginning Sunday the Spen-
Ger Square will offer d. W. Griaith's
latest and biggest picture, "intoler-
ance. Nothing in the world COM
pares with It in size art or interest.
The Italians who up until now have
been able to produce the greatest
spectacles like "Cahiria' and Que
Vadis.' have made an admission that
Intolerance" fairly dwarfs their eff
forts. 1t was directed conceived and
financed by an American and it was
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-11-16

that. so realistically does he put over
his work. Ed Keyes & Co. have
novelty that is called "A Vaudeville
Luncheon" It is a sketch OF con-
trasts between the legitimate drama
and the movies and between Broad
way and Eighth avenue in New YORK
special scenic effects being employed
in the presentation There is much
comedy and a pretty strain OF senti-
ment running through the sketch.
Fred and Bess Lucin have singing
and dancing number suggestive OF
green fields and running brooks that
is liked by many folk who patronize
the varieties. Stagpole and Spier have
something unusual, You'll have to
see il to appreciate it. They indulge
/ in smart repartee and dance. and the
man member Of the duo does startlinG
| bodily movements. The bill opens
with a pleasing dog and cat act.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-11-16
At the Columbia.

Very classy is the feature act the
Smart Shop" which is showing at the
Columbia theatre. Davenport. There s
music and comedy-oh yes, and lots OF
shapely girls. It's rapid fire entertain
ment which they give in which tune
full songs and hilarious mirth abound.
The east is unusually capable. Re
markable acrobatic feats are accom-
plished by Page. Hack & Mack, the
climax coming In high jump which
one of The team makes, landing in the
hands OF another performer. Makes
YOU hold your breath for minute and
the audience breathes a sigh of relief
when it is all over Not what they do
but Ahe way they do it, makes the OF
fering of Fields & Wells acceptable
Their parodies on popular songs &c
over with a bang. Ever hear music
! from a common saw blade? Then
make it q point to let Fitch Cooper
show you how it can be done? He has
a fine lot Of jolly and knows how tt
get rid Of it. The juggling act @
Swan & Swan is clever and rounds GU
o bill that is par excellence all thu
day through.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-11-16

Experiences that are common 10 all
people, north or south, east or west
and amusing episodes that every man
or woman will recognize as his or her
own individual experiences are shown
in Marguerite Clsrlrs latest Para
mount picture. "Bab's Burglar" which
IS TO be seen again tonight at the
Majestic theatre. Tho youth with the
budding moustache who gets desper-
ately i'll Oh smoking his first cigar;
the boarding school girl who spends
her years allowance in a month; the
father who understand his girls fire.
quent outbursts and stands by through
chick and thin, all these and many
more are found IN Mary Robert Rine-
harts clever story of d youthful sub
deb" which appeared Ia the Saturday
Evening Post recently
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-11-16
1t the Illinois.

III you don't find the vaudeville bill
that Manager Uno Bradley has staged
at the Illinois for the last half OF
the week entertaining you are pretty
hard to please. It's one OF those pro-
grams of nice balance, not always oh
tainable through the booker. For in
stance, you will laugh, and not be
ashamed TO make it loud, at the MIN
icry and comedy OF Tom Nichols, who
is billed as mcnol0gjst. He was the
big comedy hit with the audience OF
last night He does number OF
ridiculous stunts, but the one that
went strongest was using an ordinary
broomstick as q bass violin, with q
/ three-f0ot measuring stick as a bow
! OF course the sounds emanated iron
4 Nichols face, but you would have tt
be pretty close to be real sure d
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-11-16

played by American actors and me
wonderful scenes built by American
mechanics. Thus it is an all-Amerl-
can attraction and the biggest In the
world besides. Intolerance Will re-
main at the Spencer Square Tor hVe
DAYS. There will be a symphony or
chestra playing a special synchronlzed
score
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-11-16
In The Movies.


Spencer Square-Sessue Hayakawa
in "The Call of the East; Fatty Ar
buckle ia "Coney Island"
Majestic Marguerite Clark IN
"Bab's Burglar; news pictures.
Fifth Avenue" Daughter of War
Black Hawk - Torn Feathers /;
also q comedy.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-11-16
The lnlnmhia.

Vaudeville Two shows daily at 80
and s:15. Three shows Saturday and
SUNDAY at 500. 1880 and 300 D. IN.
Change OF bill Sunday and Thursday
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-11-16
illinois Theatre.

Vaudeville Two shows daily at 2:A5
and S.l5. Three shows Saturday and
SUNDAY at 400. 7:30 and $500 p. m
Change Of bill Sunday aud Thursday.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-11-16

Spencer Square, essue Hayakawa
In "Tho Call OF the East; Fatty Ar
buckle in "Couey Island
Majestic George Walsh IN This is
the Life; war news pictures.
Fifth Avenue-George Fawcett and
Eessie Eyton in The Heart OF Texas
Ryan"
Black Hawk-'The Danger Trail,
Musty Suffer comedy
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1917-02-15
CHAPTER XIII.
In Real Life Too.

HERE was no longer any OBJ
lection raised by Miss Sarah,
and Barbara spent every
hour of her days with him.
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1917-02-15

Steve was listening to the shrill sa-
lutte of the whistle which lie knew was
McLean's pean of victory; he was smil-
! ing little wistfully over the memory
which. with Mclean. always required
TO him. when be turned and saw her
standing on the threshold. She had
come on diffident. mouselike feet. She
was watching him. And before he be-
lieved it really was she. Barbara fal.
tered his name.
"Stevew
1t was only a wEp of a sound-an
aching. throbbiag bit of tenderness
lighter even than the breath that
bore 1t.
Steve" she breathei again.
But thereupon. with headlong little
rush that scattered spools of bandages
and rolls of lint and set the bottles
upon his table jingling dangerously,
she flew to him and came, somehow,
into his arms.
They had not told him-at first he
could not speak. Dumbly he sat, his
face bowed upon that brown head pill
lowed in his arms. She had told her.
self that she was a woman now-yet
her first words were all girl.
Tell me Just once that I'm pretty"
she quavered. Say that / am still
half boy-to you!"
His tongue unsteadied with Joy, he
told her again, as he had told her on
that other day, and. watching the old.
old wonder of her grow in his eyes, she
listened as though she were taking the
words, one by one. from his lips. But
there was nothing boyish in the crook
ed little arch of her woodworking
boyish in the depths of her dark and
brimmfng eyes. She remembered his
wincing shoulder then. Her arms crept
higher about his neck. And now her
face was uplifted, and there was no
more need for words.
Afterward when they spoke of Big
Louie she loved him more for the sor-
row which he did not try to hide.
From Fat Joe he had already learned
of Big Louie's last dereliction. Out of
deeper silence Steve spoke gravely-
an epitaph for the man to whom he
had been unfailingly kind.
Most any kind of failure can live
he said. but it takes u man-to smile
and die
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CONTINUED FROM LAST WEEK.

Then he ANSWERED Sic ~ question
"She found you" he said .'She
brought you home.
A long time the sick man lay and
pondered. And finally lie found it pos
sibie TO smile
II have not cared whether lived or
died. he said in little more than a
whisper "All along ! have seemed
to know how near | waste going
across. and | have been near to quit
ting-at times. For was happier than
I'd ever dared let myself be. before
and then. with the first shot that
dropped Big Louie. knew He
shook his head still smiling vaguely
Il have not wanted to live. but | am
looking at things-more like a man
now You need not worry any longer
Toe I'll Steep little while. | think.
and then I'll put my mind hard On get
ing vel. when awake.
That marked the end of delirfum
md with sleep which came almost
While he was talking the fever began
. ahate lie ''pHt his mind on get
ing we'll when he awoke twelve
l3ufs later Strength was flowing In
/ steady tide back into his body long
iefore Barbaras knees would again
nar her weight For she had squan
cred her endurance without counting
e ,.est. and she paid the full penalty.
II lay three days and three nights
a.lsag al her weakness before she
ould get up ut all. and even then
'ecile her little maid. clueked dis
reetly ut the dark circles beneath her
yes
Joe was several days absent ON that
'rrand which had all but emptied the
,eething town of men He returned
he same day Barbara was about
gain. forced to admit that Harrigan
md Falon and Shayne had won clear
and there was nothing left to the dis
rur.led groups which struggled in be
ind him. save tall and heated con
,ecture. Some said that they must
ave managed to cross the border. 9th
ers maintained that they had found
ianctuary in the lumber camps of the
AXE country TO the west. but no mat
ter which guess was right the net re
suit stood unchanged. For II is upon
The one who runs away that the blame
$ always laid, and Archibald Wicker
ham knew fully as well as did Caleb
md Allison and Fat Joe that without
Harrigan. they could not hope to touch
him. Harrigan had disappeared from
the ken of men. and Wickersham de
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asay that | am still-half boy-te
you'll"
layed only until his departure could
no longer be construed as flight. Then
one evening modestly he boarded a
train.
After she had rested Barbara proved
almost humbly amenable to reason,
until IL was best for her to go to him
she would wait as patiently as she
was able.
Miss Sarah ordered a week Of un
broken quiet and rest for her patient
and Steve. and not Barbara. proved the
difficult one to manage during that pc
Rod. For with returning strength
there came TO him recollection of many
things which required his attention.
He fretted over his work; he swore
humorously at Fat Joe, who. coming to
make daily reports as soon as Miss
Sarah realized that the good in such
visits far exceeded the benefits of sleep
and solitude, assured his chief that
they had accomplished much, unham.
perei as they were by carping author
ity.
But he lay and brooded, no humor in
his eve. when be was left alone Fat
Joe had assured him that she had
brought him home. but Fat Joe. who
was ever averse to anti-climax, had
told him no more than that. His eff
forts at entertainment were only the
more spontaneous those days because
of the soberness of his friends face
And then the same day that Joe raised
him against the pillows so that he
might watch string OF fat cars. high
piled with logs. roll into the yards. they
let her 60 to him.
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sons inherent bigness

sons inherent bigness
Elliott resigned the presidency OF
the East Coast company last night.
The statement was brief to actual
crispness. Il merely tell you this SO
that you can begin to lay tentative
plans accordingly. because in view of
the immediate need of filling that va
cancy l feel sure that there will be too
many demands upon your time here at
the Morrison office for you to plan on
much field work for yourself in the fu
ture"
To Barbara at the beginning the
speech seemed merely another of her
fathers rather involved. entirely ia
bored attempts at the facetious. But
when she saw the blood steal up and
stain Stephen O'Mara's face she re
allied that it was the very sort of
suggestion from which on her lips be
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had turned roughly away. Coming
from the lips of her father. Steve ac.
ceptedsGravely, with a matching brief
ness that could not hide surge of tri
umph.
She rode with him that day until he
told her that it was time for her to
turn back. With Ragtime standing
quiet, she laid her face against his and
complained that he had promised her
she should never be allowed to go NOR.
than arms length away from him once
she was his.
This is the last time" he told he,
in a voice vibrant and low. This is
the last time-for you and me-
He held her closer for a moment.
You will be ready when come
back?"
She bobbed her head.
"Ready-and waiting" she said.
The next night, in the cabin up river,
after Miriam had left them alone to
what she termed their complacent ST
lence. Garry Devereau and Steve sat a
long while before the former raised
face alight with his rare mirth.
"Weli, here we are chucklcd Garry
IT, poor, but honest, already in the
tolls of matrimony. and you. a pluto
crat in sudden danger of government
investigation. I'm told. and lowering on
the brink
Here we are!v echoed Steve. J:
And that was as close as either of
them came to outspoken emotion. With
lightness somewhat self conscious
Garry had alluded to the property
which Caleb Hunter had turned over
to Steve. There was a trace of like
humor in the latter's reply.
81 certainly am oppressed with the
cares of sudden wealth." said he.
Only her father and Miss Sarah and
Caleb were present when they We're
married. And then. and not alone be
cause she knew he wished it, but be-
cause it was the dearest wish of her
own heart, they turned their faces to
ward the cabin on the balsam knoll
He dismounted and lifted her to the
ground, for suddenly she wanted to go
the rest of the way on foot
She let her weight lie against him,
the top of her head scarce higher than
his chin. and sighed little
'.TiredT' he asked with that gentle
ness he saved for her alone.
The bright head shook.
Happy he asked again as gently
She swung around and clung to him
then.
I'm so happy!' she whispered. do
you suppose that any one will ever be
as happy again."
There was ineffable content in her
question. Whimsically her own phrase
rose to his lips.
Maybe" he said, maybe some time
lin books-'
She lifted her face then. He had the
dusky glory of her eyes.
Maybe" she echoed. her voice trem.
ulous-"some time-but this time In
real life too"
THE TND
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ADVERTISED LETTERS.

Mail for the following named per
sons remains unclaimed in the post
Office at Lynden, Wash, February
Is, 1917. If not called for in two
weeks it will be sent to the Dead
Letter office:
w. c. Copeman, Mrs. w. Collins.
One cent due on each of the above
letters. When calling for any please
say Advertised.
d. L. BECKES, Postmaster.
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1917-02-15
CUTTING Herbs.

The active principle of all plants Is
strongest just when the Towering proc
ess is going on. but before seeds are
actually formed. and this is. therefore
the best time for cutting and dryius
herbs
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1917-02-15
IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF
THE STATE OF WASHING
TON, IN AND FOR
THE COUNTY OF

TON. IN AND FOR
THE COUNTY OF
WHATCOM
NO. 1863
PROBATE NOTICE TO CREDITORS
IN THE NATTER OF THE ESTATE
OF JOHN A. FROBERG, DE-
CEASED.
Notice is hereby given that the un-
dersigned. Margaret Froberg, Exec
utor of the last will of John A. Fro
berg, deceased, to the creditors Of,
and all persons having claims against
the said deceased to exhibit and file
the same, with the necessary vouch-
ers, within one year after the first
publication of this notice. with the
said Margaret Froberg, or her at
torneys, Bixby and Nightingale. at
the office of said attorneys at rooms
CTS Glover Block, Bellingham.
Whatcom County, Washington. which
said office the undersigned selects
as her place of business in all mat
ters connected with said estate.
Dated this 29th day of January,
1917.
Date of first publication, Febru-
airy l. 1917.
MARGARET FROBERG,
Executrix of the Last Will
of John A. Froberg. Deceased
BIXBY & NIGHTINGALE,
Attorneys for Executrix,
P. o. Address: Rooms CTS
Glover Block, Bellingham,
Whateom County. Wash
Date of Last Publication, March
l, 1917.
The Daily Missoulian., 1917-05-31
We Wonder

On any warm spring or summer aft
efnoon, around To 800 o'clock we
wonder how Hans Wagner feels about
u all. Whether he doesn't still i'm
lagine himself leaving the bench for the
plate with two on and two needed to
win--whether he doesn't still imagine
himself diving or floundering headlons
for q sharp smash toward left with the
fieing rnn shooting for home
The habit of 20 years isn't easily
broken, especially when that habit IL
fringed about with the lnsty cheers OF
admiring thousands. IF Hans had Il
million and hc could buy back the Old
days with half this amount we won der
whether or not he would consider the
bargain cheap at the price Baseball
meant more to Wagner than any man
we have ever known. TO know def
nitely that his time is over and that
his last base hit has been recorded
must have cut in deeply, deeper than
ever between :. and ) r. IN. on some
warm and Woolly afternoon.
The Daily Missoulian., 1917-05-31

what you eat, your food merely passes
through you without doing you any
good. You don't get the siren 9Th out
of it, and as a consequence you become
weak, pale and sickly looking, Just like
a plant trying to grow in a soil defi-
cient in iron. If you are not strong or
well, you owe it to yourself to make
the following test: See how long you
can work or how far you can walk
without becoming tired. Next take two
five grain tablets of ordinary nuXated
iron three times per day after meals
for two weeks. Then test your strength
again and see how much You have
gained. have seen dozens of nervous.
run down people who were ailing all
the while double their strength and
endurance and entirely rid themselves
of all symptoms of dyspepsia. liver and
other troubles in from ten to fourteen
days time simply by taking iron in the
proper form. And this, after they had
in some cases been doctoring for
months without obtaining any benefit"
DIR. schuyler C. Jaques, Visiting Sur
geon OF st. Elizabeth's Hospital, New
York City, said: IT have never before
given out any medical information or
advice for publication as l ordinarily
do not believe In it. But in the case of
Nuxated Iron I feel would be Hemiss
in my duty not to mention it. I have
taken it myself and given itaao my pa
tients with most surprising and satis-
factory results. And those who wfsn
to increase their strength, power and
endurance will find it most remark
able and wonderfully effective rem
edy."
DIR. Howard James. late of the Man.
haitian State Hospital of New York.
and formerly Assistant Physician,
BROOKLYN State Hospital, said: "Nux-
ated Iron is a most surprising remedy.
A patient of mine remarked to me
tafter having been on a six weeks
course of it } SAY DOCTOR. THAT
THERE STUFF S/LIKE MAGIC
Previous to using Nuxated Iron l had
The Daily Missoulian., 1917-05-31

been prescribing the various mineral
salts of iron for years, only to meet
complaints of discolored teeth, dis
turbed digestion, tied-up hardened Sc
cretions, etc, when | came across Nux-
ated Iron, an elegant ingenious prep
aration containing organic iron, which
has no destructive action on the teeth
no corrosive effect on the stomach,
and which is readily assimilated into
the blood and quickly makes its pres
ence felt in increased vigor, snap and
staying power. 1t enriches the blood.
brings roses to the cheeks of women
and is an unfailing source of renewed
vitality. endurance and power to men
who burn up too rapidly their nervous
energy in the strenuous strain OF the
great business competition of the day."
NOTE: Nuxated Iron, which is pre-
scribed and recommended above by
physicians in such great variety of
cases. is not a patent medicine nor se-
cret remedy. but one which is well
known to druggists and whose iren
constituents are widely prescribed by
eminent physicians both in Europe and
America. Unlike the older inorganic
iron products, it is easily assimilated,
does not iniure the teeth, make them
plack, nor upset the StOmaCns on ttFe
contrary, it Is most potent remedy in
nearly all forms OF indigestion as well
as for nervous. rundown conditions.
The manufacturers have such great
confidence in nuxated iron. that they
offer to forfeit $4,000 to any charitable
institution if they cannot take any
man or woman under so who lacks iron
and increase their strength 100 per cent
or over in four weeks time. provided
fhnVy hnVn M Snrin,1S nic frnlhlA.
They also offer to refund your money
if it does not at least double your
strength and endurance in ten days
time. 1t Is dispensed in this city by
the Missoula Drug Co., Geo. Freisheinn-
er and all good druggists.-Adv.