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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-07-20
CARNIVAL TRYING
TO GET DAMAGES
Great American Shows File $4,000
Action Against 4. ". salzmanh
and 4. +. Schwab.
AFTERMATH or CITY TURNDoWS
Refusal 81 Commission to Permit At
traction ut Douglas Park Brings
Court Action.

An amusing aftermath Of the failure
Of the city commission 10 allow the
carnival to show IL Douglas park this
week. came today when suit for $40
geo damages was filed fn circuit court
by the Great American Shows against
Arthur w. Salzmaun. president, and
= H Schwab. chairman of the earu--
val committee of the Rock Island
Baseball association. for breach ol
contract Schriver d 5ChriTer are
counsel for the plaintiff.
a week ago last Monday commit
tee from the TrI-City Federation Of
Labor visited the city commission In
an effort 10 secure q permit for Che
Great American shows To appear ON
the streets iu the vicinity of the In
dustrial hall on Tweuty-frst street
and Third avenue. The commission
refused 70 grant a license
Last Sunday the same aggregation
arrived ia the city and unloaded a
Douglas park. At the meeting Of the
city commission Monday afternoon the
question Of who had given permission
for the carnival 10 show in Rock Is
land was raised
Had No Permit
It was found that the company was
appearing here under the auspices OF
the Rock Island Baseball association
No permit 10 show had even been
asked for and under the conditions
the council instructed Chief Phil Mil
Ter to order the attraction closed This
was done and although several efforts
have been made % get the council t-
reBcind it's action the commission has
stood pat The company is still in the
city. According to counsel for the
plaintiff. the contract which the com
pauy had with the baseball assocja-
tion expressly provided that the latter
would furnish all permits and licenses
needed.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-07-20
PREPARE FOR FIRST
PICNIC ON TOMORROW

The employees OF the city hall. police
department fire department and all
officials are making preparations TO all
tend the first annual municipal pic
mic 10 he held at Woodward's grove
near Port Byron tomorrow afternoon
Twenty automobiles have been SEE
cured to convey the picuickers to and
from the city and viii start from the
city hall a 80 I'm the afternoon
After the arrival at the park those
attending viii participate la various
games and swimming. The picnic
dinner VIII be served from 5 to go
O'Clock
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-07-20
GOOD ROADS MEN
DRIVE To FULTON
Twelve Representatives From Rock
island i'm Attendance at Confer
ence on Savanna Project
URGE A PERMANENT HIGHWAY
Propose Improvement on Thorough
fare From Arsenal to Government
Gun Proving Grounds

Good roads boosters Of Rock Island
motored this morning to Fulton, where
this afternoon at o'clock confer
ence is being held TO discuss the plan
of building an improved highway from
the Rock Island arsenal TO the gun
proving grounds near Savanna
The delegation started from the
Rock Island club shortly after 10
o'clock. The men were in five auto
mobiles. those in the party being E.
Fl. Guver, I. s. White, w. A. Rosen-
field, Charles r. N0urse, NJ S. Heagy,
Arthur Burial. J. II Buffum. c. f.
HalIgran. F. ". Young. J. L. Vernon,
M. O GriswoId and F. w Bender.
Moline and East Moline also fur
nfshad some enthusiasts and Rock Is
land county was we'll represented at
the Fulton meeting. which was held
nj the Lincoln Tire works.
Important Move.
Efforts are being made TO construct
a hard road from Rock Island arsenal
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-07-20
WATCH POSLAM
SUBDUE AND HEAL
WORST ECZEMA

Every eczema sufferer should know
just how greatly Poslam is able to
benefit this persistently stubborn trou-
BILE, how quickly it brings relief. stops
itching, coois, s00tbes and comforts
To spread P0slam over an angry. af-
feCted surface is to feel that here, iu
reality, lis the precise healing influence
the skin demands. Treatment IS usual
" surprisingly short and Improvement
may be noticed every day. Poslam is
harmless. use it, for pimples. rashes
and all erupti0ual disorders.
Sold everywhere. For free sample
write to Emergency Laboratories. 24S
West 41th street, New York City
Urge your skin to become fresher.
clearer. better by the daily use Of Pos
lam Soap. medicated with Postam
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-07-20

to Savanna Every community on the
line was invited to send a delegation
TO the conference. ar which time il is
expected some tangible plan will be
advanced looking toward a permanent
Improvement Of this highway, as I'm
der the present plan of Uncle Sam ar
tillery guns manufactured at the ar
senal here viii be transported over
this road 10 the proving grounds OF
$4,000 acres north of Savanna for
which tract options have already been
obtained
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-07-20

FALLING sight or blindness caused from
granulated lids sore eyes. scums.
Erowths, Cataractz. floating spots.
Elaucorua, wild hairs. weak wate~y
eyes, weak nerves OF the asas. pain
over the eyes or deafness. loss OF
hearing from any cause. head noises.
ulcers OF the ears, 70 come and get
his opinion and try his new Abscr7-
Massage Treatment one time free
and see II it viii help them. He es-
peCiaIly wants those cases where one
eye IS failing considerably. or one ear
Is growing quite deaf. and the other
is just started to see him without de-
lay. one treatment frequently gives
rapid and quick relief He wants
every case OF Catarrh TO come and try
this treatment once free. It gives i'm
mediate relief. He Gays caEarrh IS a
constitutional disease as wen as local
and you must treat the blood and sys-
tenn as we'll as the nose. Every case
should be durable He straiEhtens
crcss-eyes in three minutes without
giving chlorcform. He removes adj
enoid Erowrhs in two minutes with
out chloroforms and the patient goes
home without pain or danger. He
wants every child suffering with al
GERS Of the ears, or partial deafness
brought TO him. He has successfully
treated over 500 children suffering
with deafness in some form. He has
treated eye, ear, nose and throat dis
eases fer over thtrty-tvo years He
originated this -Absorpeio Massage
Treatment. and IS making regular
trips here to prove that operations
and harsh remedies ara not necessary
in most cases. He has treated many
Of the most chronic. severe cases, He
takes no case that he thinks is incur
able. II you suffer he invites you to
get his opinion based on the treat
nent Of thousands OF cases. For far
ther Information, address DR.. -, ..
CoGee, Des Aoines, Iowa
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-07-20
More new
bathing suits

It ERE are the real live coIors IN
/ / bathing suits; bold blazer stripes
on chest and legs as well as plain
shades Fine all wool worsted and
s s8iss .. oas-P's's 69c to SIS
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-07-20

E7RON the way tnrasI2o
some time ocome
ing present UhoEs
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-07-20


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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-07-20

All the news all the time The
Argus.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-07-20
You can't afford to miss this
sale of fine suits at S1785

choice stocks Of
fall Sizes for tall men, short men stout men
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-07-20
Imnnrtanf Move.

Efforts are being made 10 construct
! hard road from Rock Island arsenal
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-07-20
Dixie weave hot weather suits;
they're cool and serViCeable


splendid
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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-07-20

Ever good fabric is represented in suit
1I0hBirs. Sizes to 1T all $3.50 828.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-08-31
SOME HARDY BULBS.

The lover of beautiful garden must
spare a corner, or strip of ground, for
the hardy bulbs which come up from
year to year with very little care, ex-
cepting the general care every flower
lover gives her plants, such as keep
ing the weeds down, fertilizing the
ground in the fall and loosening the
earth in the springtime.
I find the Roman hyacinth will in
crease from year to year, if left in the
ground.
My crocuses are planted in the lawn
and are done blooming before the
moving machine is run over that part
of the grass.
have some hard, old-fashioned
white tulips, the double kind, and
these, with a few of the cottage gar
den tulips of brilliant colorings make
a gay showing all through May.
Scilla Siberica is very satisfactory,
being one of the first bright-blue flow
ers to greet us, for it comes in crocus
time. Then there is the Scilla cam
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-08-31
WHAT TO SELL TO CHINAMAN
ceEestials Will Not Buy Some Things
Regarded as Necessities, Says
Commercial Attache.

An American commercial attache in
home that the Asiatic demand for
Western articles is still somewhat
primitive.
For example, the Chinaman is a
liberal purchaser of American barb
wire. He likes the locks we make.
Files from the United States sell well
and one American firm holds mOnop-
oily on scoop shovels. But the fazors
made here have no attraction, for the
Chinaman is contented with the clumsy
mers out of file. Trying to sell him
doorknobs and electrical bells is to
waste time and breath. Chinese ag-
riculture gets along with the farm i'm
plements devised centuries ago and
cannot even understand the mechan-
ism of American farm machinery,
Nails, bolts and nuts have a ready
market, being simple, yet when ii
comes to knives, the product of high
skill and workmanship, China is per-
fectly satisfied with the cheap stuff
sent out from Europe.
The commercial invasion of the fa1
East can be successful only if the
character of the people of the East is
given careful consideration, says the
Toledo Blade. The American mer
chant does not try to sell section hands
fountain pens. The American manu-
facturers will lose money who seek ar
outlet in China for articles that a sim
pie people look upon. as luxuries o.
toys.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-08-31
GIVES FOUR SONS TO WAR
His Name Is Nolan, and No Further
Explanation Seems to Be Nee
essary.

Chicago-There's a "wearin' of the
olive drab" in the family of John P.
Nolan, former police captain.
Here's the honor role in his family
of four sons and a daughter: Thomas
Nolan, thirty-nine years old, captain in
Company G., Seventh regiment, I. N.
c.; Joseph Nolan. thirty-five, sergeant
in the machine gun squad, Seventh reg
iment; John Nolan, thirty-three, first
lieutenant in the machine gun squad,
Seventh regiment; Edwin Nolan, twen-
ty-seven, winner" of one of the draft
numbers first to be called; Mary G.
Nolan, graduate Northwestern univer-
sity, Red Cross nurse, leaves in a few
months for France.
Eyes, mother and 1 will have to
manage our drug store alone, with all
the family gone," says the old father
patiently, "but 1 wish 1 had five more.
I'd give them all to the government"
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-08-31

panulata, or Spanish bluebell. These
bulbs, grown in masses with snow
drops, grape and feathered hyacinths,
are charming in effect.
The Sternbergia lutia is bulb which
gives up it's blossoms in September,
often extending into the latter part
of November. A clump of them is
very striking, the flowers being a pure
golden-yellow in color.
The most satisfactory bulb of all is
the fleur de lys, iris or. flags, the mar
cissi and the daffodils. The ground in
which they are planted should not be
fertilized, as this causes the bulbs to
run to leaf and give but scanty bios
SONS.
Once in three years, in the fall, the
daffodils, the narcissi, the f1eur de lys
need separating, and if grown in long
rows of each flower the effect is beau
tiful and gratifying.
A great show can be made of groups
of iris. There are several species of
this gorgeous flower, and each species
has many varieties-there is the Span
ish, Japan and German iris, and sever
! al new varieties and novelties.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-08-31
United states. A, $4,000 4O,O9O,Oo


Most of the states for which only
small percentage increases, are sug-
gested recently increased largely their
wheat acreages and are already grow
ing about as much as is consistent with
a well-balanced agriculture.
Rye to Be Increased Heavily.
1t is recommended that there be
sown in the United States this fall
5,131, 900 acres of rye which, on the
basis of ten-year averages, will yield
SO, ,635, 900 bushels. This is an increase
of 917,OO0 acres, or % per cent over
that sown last year, when the largest
acreage in the history of the country
was put in. 1t is an increase of As per
cent over the 1915 acreage and of 81
per cent over the five-year (1912-1916)
average sown acreage.
In any consideration of the expan-
sion of the acreage of bread grains in
certain parts of the country, it is
necessary to consider wheat and rye
together This is because rye can be
planted safely on many fields with less
risk than wheat. Further, rye can be
used as a substitute for wheat as a
bread grain by those who are accus-
toned to it. Rye succeeds on poorer
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-08-31
BILLION BUSHELS OF WHEAT ASKED
BY The GOVERNMENT FOR next YEAR
High Mark for Production Set by Federal and State Officials
Winter Wheat Acreage to Be Increased 18 Per Cent
Over Last Year-Large Increase in Produc-
ton of Rye Also Is Urged

with slightly better than ten-year av-
erage conditions. With extremely IA
vorable conditions, such as were ex-
perienced by the winter wheat crop in
1914 and the spring wheat crop in
1915, the total yield would amount to
one and one-quarter billion bushels.
A 10 per cent Increase in spring wheat
acreage with favorable growing condi-
tions would add another 100000
bushels. The figures quoted above
are based upon a winter killing of 8
per cent and yields per acre of 1876
bushels for winter wheat and 1872
bushels for spring wheat, the averages
for the last ten years, and yield per
acre in 1914 of 10 bushels of winter
wheat, and 1874 bushels of spring
wheat in 1915.
Increases in Wheat Production.
The principal increases in acreage
of winter wheat are recommended in
the areas where the acreage devoted
to that cereal is already large and
farmers are accustomed to growing
wheat and are equipped with machin-
cry for producing the crop. A mater
ial increase also is recommended in
most of the areas where the produc-
ton OF oats and corn is heavy, since
much wheat can be sown to advantage
on oat stubble and in the standing
corn or on ground from which the
corn crop has been removed for the
IL e. T.. L..
tricts the increase in the acreage
could be made larger, but this has
seemed inadvlsable for fear of disor-
ganizing crop rotations with injury to
crops in succeeding years. The de-
tailed recommendations resulting from
the joint consideration given to the
subject by the federal department of
agriculture and by state officials are
shown In the accompanying table:
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-08-31
WAR WORK

In the call of the government for the
people of the United States to do their
bit for their country by planting food
to be used to reduce the high cost of
living and to help feed our allies, one
of the first to respond to the call was
Mrs. Frank Vanderlip, wife of the
president of the City National bank,
New York city. Mrs. Vanderlip is the
leader of the Woman Suffrage party in
Westchester, where the beautiful home
of the Vanderlips is situated. Early in
the spring the grounds around the vast
estate were planted to potatoes. Neigh
boring suffragists helped in the work,
Mrs. Vanderlip spending certain por-
ton of each day in the work of the
garden. The picture taken shows
Mrs. Vanderlip at work with the culti-
vator in one of the potato patches.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-08-31
CHANCES Ion Great.

Benjamin Birdie, the famous jockey,
was taken suddenly i'll and the trainer
advised him to visit a doctor in the
town.
Hell put you right in jiffy," he
said.
The same evening he found Ben
iamin lying curled up in the stables,
kicking his legs about in agony.
Hello, Benny! Haven't you been
to the doctor?"
Eyes"
"Well, didn't he do you any good?'
81 didn't go in. When 1 got to his
house there was brass plate on his
door-'Dr. Kurem. Ten to one'-and
1 wasn't going to monkey with a long
shot like that"
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-08-31
CLEARING THE FIELDS

Old fields which have been allowed
to grow up in briers and brush are
often very hard to reclean. When the
filth is taken off, such weeds as sassa-
fras, greenbriers and wire briers keep
sprouting, but If all such brush and
briers are hacked down in August and
September and burned as soon as they
get dry and the land pastured with the
sheep and cattle they will soon die out
and the roots rot.
# sassafras and green briers are
grubbed out they will sprout as long as
the ground is stirred, but neither of
them can stand pasturing without
breaking the ground after they have
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-08-31
He Mas Scotch Sure

The Tommies were strolling idly
along the street when they CHANGED to
gaze into an attractive shop window.
Being soldiers, they both had an eye
for pretty girl, and there within the
shop was a real winner.
SANDY" whispered Mike, "shure,
she's just the fairest colleen my eyes
hiv iver rested on. It's mysilf that'll
go in and buy something, an perhaps
she will have a smile for me-"
His companion came from "ayont
the Tweed" as his answer proved
'Fll gang wi ye," he said. "But,
boots, mon, We neednae spend a baw-
change O. a shillin'!"
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-08-31
Paris PoStWomen,

Paris, France, is putting its entire
mail distribution system into the
hands of women carriers. Experiments
in two districts proved highly success
full, so the plan is to be made general.
Women made the rounds faster and
delivered more mail in less time than
men. Women carriers are to have a
severely plain special uniform and are
to be paid $1.19 day more than men
received before the war.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-08-31
ExcrutiatinoIy Suggestive,

In a mining district where a great
many soldiers are now quartered they
are very kind to the Tommies and get
up all sorts of entertainments, for
their benefit. The other weekend the
following notice was posted upon the
door of the hall:
'On Saturday evening a potato pie
upper will be given to the soldiers in
he district. Subject for Sunday eve
ming, "A Night of Agony"
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-08-31
Czechs Branch of SIavs.

The Czechs are the westernmost
branch of the Slays, their name being
derived, according to tradition, from
that Of noted ancestral chief. The
term Bohemia was applied to the coun-
try probably during the Roman times
and WAS derived. like that of Bavaria,
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-08-31
Meat Die, and Bad Temper.

Do you know that meat eating is
said to be responsible for bad temper?
The philosophy of this is that meat is
Stimulant, and that after the briet
happy effect of this stimulant has
worn off there comes a long effect of
ill-humor and irritabillty. All heavy
meat eaters are said to have bad dis
positions because they are always suf-
fering from their foods aftermath.
That is what the vegetarians affirm.
Meat eaters consider the charge purely
fanciful.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-08-31
MEN WITH DRAFT
NO. 258 TO ORGANIZE

Milwaukee, Wis.-"The Loyal
Legion of 25S'' is to become O
permanent fixture. Fifty years
from now 1t will be of no less
importance than the Spanish
war veterans and the G. A. r.
and similar kindred organiza-
tions.
This is the declaration of
Eugepe ]. Parent of Menomi-
nee, Mich, who launched the
organization.
Every man holding the draft
number 258 is eligible for char
ter membership in the organiza-
ton if he does not claim exemp-
ton.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-08-31
Had to BE Accumulated.

Louise had some of her little friends
in for luncheon the other day and
among other things she had olives,
She offered them to one little miss.
who said she did not like them, where,
upon Louise replied In a superior fash.
ion: "Oh, l didn't like 'em at first
but you must accumulate a taste fo,
them"
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-08-31
Living WeII-spendlnu Little.

The high value of beans as a food
was never fully realized until the cost
Of food became such a serious prob
lem.
Alice Pork and Beans are of greater
value than ordinary Navy Beans be-
cause they are blend of Navy and
the rich, nutritious SOFA Bean. Most
good grocers sell Alice Beans.-Adv.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-08-31
Old Man Turns "FIip-FIop.U

Providence, R. 1.-The agility of ].
P. Roles of Fisher, ILL.,, deserves wider
publicity than it has received. Mr..
Roles celebrated his seventy7eighth
birthday the other day by turning a
"flip-flOp." We read that this has
been his customary observance of his
natal day for the last thirty yearGS
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-08-31
steal Church Bells.

Fargo, N. D.-Metal obtained from
two bells stolen from the Catholic
church at FinEnl, Barnes county, one
night recently and from the church at
Saunders, four iniles south of Fargo,
the following evening, will net the
thieves about $1,tO0. according to
State Architect Sam Crabbe. Bell met
al is made Of copper. brass, bronze
and aluminium and sOspe tin, which
have scared In price Since the war.
Bell metal should now bring between
GO and Z? cents q pound, Mr.. Crabbe
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-08-31

the Atlanta pen the biggest in the
world. The present population Of the
prison is 1,239.
All the work on the annex was per-
formed by prison labor. The con-
structlon was slow and tedious be-
cause of the pOnderous task of trans
porting the huge granite blocks of
which it is being built, from Stone
mountain.
The annex is The most up-to-date
prison in the country, cOmmodious,
hygienic airy and well-ventilated with
all modern equipment.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-08-31
BIGGEST PRISON IN WORLD
Capacity Of Federal Institution at A.
Ianta Is Increased by 1000
Inmates.

Atlantn, Ga.-The capacity Of the
federal prison was increased by 1000
inmates when the doors were thrown
open to the new left wing of the an
mex, which has been in process of
erection for the past four years.
The second wing is now being COM
pleted, and, when opened, Will make
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-08-31
Wind look Postal Card.

Ann Arbor, Mlch.-Michael Schiller
of Freedom is in receipt of a postal
card, mailed to him for the second
time, from Inlay City. Schiller first
received the card before the cyclone
struck his farm recently. The wind
carried the card northward, till it
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-08-31
No Chance to Shine.

"Githers must find it rather depress-
ing to wear khaki"
'Why so?"
'He holds Office in several lodges
and has a collection of uniforms
whose magnifcence would shame an
oriental potentate."
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-08-31
Annropriation Wanted.

"Gladys Twobble has agreed to cor
respond with three soldiers"
"She's patriotic girl"
81 don't know about that. She
seems to think Uncle Sam ought to
supply her with her favorite style of
stationery"
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-08-31

been hacked down and burned over.
Many patches of greenbiers viii burn
when dry without going to the trouble
of cutting them, and in such cases it
saves labor by setting them on fire
to kill them and burn the old briers out
Of the way.