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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-05-11
OIL MEN READY
FOR HARD TILT.
VIII Play East End Booster.
Davenport AT BettendoTf :.
ond Game Of Leagus.

The second series Of game.
the Inter-City league will ba ~,
tomorrow afternoon, when the md
nois Oil company nine win -.
with the Davenport Boosters /.
Bettendorf. the Woodmen ~
World and the Davenport Loeo- ~
tive Works at Davenport. the T.,a',
Citys and the Davenport OyerIs.s--
at Stephens park, Moline ana -
Moline Federals and Muscafjns /.
Muscatine
Although several OF LAST On.
days contests were wild slnyfas,.
managers Of the various teams =
serted that this was due to IacL I.
practice and that as the saa.o-
progresses a real brand Of basebsT
will be furnished by all the team.
Of the league. Thus early, the mi
nois Oil company nine seems n.
most likely contender for leayrs
honors from Rock Island Dps =
poor fielding and hitting. the m
men lost last Sundays clash sf,s.
Tabor had whitfield something m
seventeen batsmen Manager PEI.
Johnson announced the followips
as batteries for the two teams
Oil company. Tobar and McGinuls.
East End Boosters, Benton and
Nelson The games will star
promptly at 3 o'clock.
BUY Thrift Stamps
Louisville, Ky, MAY 11.-Cles,
weather promised ideal racing con.
ditions for the 44th renewal OF he
historic Kentucky derby at Church.
i'll downs here this afternoon when
10 of the bluest blooded three-yesr-
olds in the land will contend 70,
supremacy in this, the premier
event of the American turf.
All of the entrants are conceded
to be of derby caliber and the rses
is expected to be one Of the mos,
open in the history OF the event
A. X. Maconber's War Cloud will 70
to the post as the public choice.
with X. d. Alexander's Escoba sec.
ond.
Aside from these, Zwell Combs.
Lucky B., American Eagle and viva
America are all well liked, while
the other entrants, James T CLARK,
Aurum. Jim Heffering and E1ter-
minator will not be neglected.
The race Is for three-year- olds al
a mile and a quarter. worth s2G.O
making it the richest event Of tbs
Iyear.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-05-11
LIES LITTLE JoKEs-NUMBER FIFTEEN-By Goldberg

utS GAS SrATG ALL
TOGh al 60 AAS S+iNGRGD
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Licking Valley courier., 1918-11-21
First Automobile Patent

The first application for a patent for
an automobile was filed In the United
States patent Office by George b. Sell
den, 80 years ago. Selden was a
patent lawyer In Rochester, N. Y
when he first began to experiment with
the idea Of a vehicle propelled by a
gasoline engine. Considering that his
'road engine" was not yet perfected
and that the times were not ripe for
it, he secured delay after delay. and
the patent was not definitely issued
until 1895. From the first, doubts
were cast on the validity of the Sell
den patent, but It earned a fortune
for the astute inventorattorney and
for long time dominated the motor
car industry Of the United States.
Licking Valley courier., 1918-11-21
DEPENDS ON ONES THOUGHTS
BY No Means Always the Part Of Real
Wisdom for Persons to Say
What They Think.

Whether we are to say what we
think. or not, depends entirely on what
our thoughts are and how they will
affect others. There are some thoughts
1t is a sin to hide. The people who
smother a good thought because they
are afraid Of being misunderstood or
laughed at, take upon themselves a
dangerous responsibility. To conceal
o kind thought Is something for which
there Ia no excuse.
There are other thoughts which It is
a pity to allow to get beyond your own
brain. It is unfortunate indeed to have
them, but'at least you can resolve that
they shall never get outside Of their
birthplace. II you think this world Is
Q dreary, dismal place. what is the
good Of saying sof II morbid. angry
thoughts hare taken possession of you
stamp them but as you would breed
of snakes.
Be brave enough to speak the
thought which should be spoken, no
matter whether II is likely to be pop
ular or not. And be strong enough to
hold in leash the thought which, II
1t should escape, would work harm to
others.-Selected.
Licking Valley courier., 1918-11-21
More Sugar.

Owing to the coming in of the
beet sugar crop and the increase
of available shipping the F 90
Administration has ruled that an
increased quantity of sugar may
be used.
Merchants may now sell three
pounds per month per person,
and families may, if they so de.
sire. purchase the whole monthly
supply at once.
Merchants will receive addi-
tional certificates for November.
l.. 7. HovERMALE,
Morgan County Food Administrator.
Licking Valley courier., 1918-11-21
WORK IN SHADOW OF DEATH
Lives Of Those Engaged In Manufac-
ture Of Explosives Are Of Neces-
elty In Constant Darger.

Explosives are, almost or quite with
out exception, composed of substances
which are endothermlc In character;
that Is, heat energy is absorbed when
they are formed, and this heat Is lib
Grated when they decompose. Heat,
moreover, accelerates all chemical
changes. Hence, writes Henry p. Tai
bot in Atlantic Monthly, If any (even
a very smalD part Of an explosive
mass begins to break down from any
cause the heat liberated promotes the
rapldity Of the change, and this, In
turn, is communicated to nelghboring
portions, until the entire mass may be
involved and destroyed.
SO far as It is humanity possible to
do so, all exciting causes must be fore
seen and forestalled, and the lack Of
stability during storage has necessl-
tated the dlscarding of many materials
otherwise Of great promise.
Al, an instance Of extreme instability
the behavior Of a substance known as
nitrogen iodlde may be cited. This
compoHn explodes with great violence
II touched with feather-a literal In.
stance pf being "tlckled to death"-
and OFTEN II is exploded by the mere
friction of the air when moved from
one 81 to another. Such sensitive
ness this obviously places a sub
STAN outside the bounds Of practical
usedP illness; but all explosives are. In
the very nature Of the case, unstable,
and their preservation involves the
study Of factors which dlfferfrom this
Ease in degree rather than in kind.
Licking Valley courier., 1918-11-21
GLORY OF TURKISH CAPITAL
Great Mosque Of Santa Sofia a marvel
In Beauty Of Architecture and
Rich Decoration.

The great mosque Of Santa Sofia
towers majestically over Constantine
pie, dominating Its surroundings by
sheer thick-set ponderousness. Its
bulky dome and tacked-on minarets
are, however, only the shell which
covers vast cathedral justly famed for
beauty of line and rich ornament.
From the outer court you pass
through a heavy bronze door and stand
within hall Of such cavernOus proper
tions that 1t seems impossible that
even the exterior, that seemed so mas
sive, could contain 1t. Above, the dome
rises in sweeping curve. Once mosaic
figures Of Christian saints adorned
these higher regions Of the hall, hut
the vandal Turks long ago covered the
saints with plaster through which in
certain places they still can be seen
smiling dimly but serenely.
The mosque has not always been a
Mohammedan temple. The orlgial
Santa Sofia, a Christian cathedral
erected by Constantine, was destroyed
by fire. 1t was Justinlan who rebuilt It
in the sixth century, deco .'ating 1t
with such lavish magnificence that he
was himself surprised at the result and
cried out: Solomon, have surpassed
thee!"
In Justinian's day the new temple
was a veritable Aladdin's cave. Its
walls and columns were of marble
brought from foreign quarries and
from other temples. Famous shrines Of
Diana, Apollo and even the Temple Of
the Sun at Baalbek contributed their
statues and jewels, willingly or not, to
the glory Of Justinian's cathedral.
Into this treasure vault In 1853 burst
the cOnquering Turks, wrecking, plum.
dering and claiming possession. From
that time on Santa Sofa, Church of the
Divine Wisdom, has been Turkish
mosque, with minarets added and the
crescent over all.-Chicago Daily
News.
Licking Valley courier., 1918-11-21
Way Of a Japanese Woman.

Lafcadio Hearn was very critical
man. For instance, when he was do
ing business with publishers in for
elgn countries, and because he was 80
far away, the publisher would take
the liberty of deciding the arrangement
Of such things as book covers and IL
lustrations without consulting Hearn,
who was very particular about all de-
tails. At such times Hearn was often
made furiously angry. When he re-
ceived letter from the publishing
house he would Immediately write back
a fierce (sic) answer In anger. and or
der It to be mailed at once; but I
would say, Yes and hold 1t over a
mail. Two or three days afterward.
when he had become calm. he would
regret that he had written too Sc
verely, and would say: "Mamma-san.
have you mailed that letter. I would
answer Yes and watch to see wheth-
er he really regretted 1t. II so, ! would
give him the letter. He would be Inn
mensely pleased. and say: Mamma
san. you are the only oneP and would
begin a new letter In a milder tone.--
Mrs. Hearn In Atlantic.
Licking Valley courier., 1918-11-21
Lieutenant Colonels.

Combinations of the word 'lleuteA'
ant" such as lieutenant colonel. mean
an officer subordinate. an assistant to
the rank to which lieutenant is pre-
fixed. In European armies the lieu
tenant colonel is often the real COM
mander OF a regiment, Its colonel be-
ing some royalty whose duties end with
having himself photographed in the
uniform.
Licking Valley courier., 1918-11-21

DR.. L. D. Carter states that he
is here a few weeks on business
and that he will gladly serve the
people when called upon to do so.
He has all the necessary medi-
cines for most cases. 428ft
Licking Valley courier., 1918-11-21

Maybe the report that the kai-
ser has not abdicated and is 60
ing back to Germany was started
to make Holland ''keerful."
Licking Valley courier., 1918-11-21
FACE the FACTS

EFT face the facts The situation is critical
~ Unless the Allies fight as they never yet have
fought, defeat threatens Hungry cannot fight
at their best; nor hungry nations France England,
and Italy are going hungry unless we feed them
Wheat Savings-They must have wheat 1t is the
best food toifghton. 1t is the easiest to ship. We
alone can spare it to them By saving just little
less than quarter of what we ate last year-we
support those who fighting our battles. And we
can do 1t without stinting ourselves We have only
to substitute another food just as good.
The Corn of Plenty-Corn is that food. There's
surplus of It. Providence has been generous in the
hour Of our need 1t has given in such bounty
never known before. Tons of corn. Train
loads Of corn Five hundred million bushels over and
above regular needs All we have to do is to
learn to appreciate it. Was ever patriotic duty made
so easy? And so clear?
Americas Own Food-Cornl 1t is the true American
food. The Indians, hardest of races lived on it.
Our forefathers adopted the diet and conquered
continent, For great section of our country 1t
has blong cen the staff of life. How well the South
fought 1t, history tells Now it can help America
win world war.
Learn Sou,ething-Com 1t isn't one food. It's
dozen. It's cereal. It's vegetable. It's bread.
It's dessert. It's nutritious; more food value in it,
dollar for dollar than meat or eggs or most other
vegetables. It's good to eat; how good you don't
know until you've had corn-bread properly cooked.
Best of all, it's plentiful and it's patriotic.
Corn's Infinite Variety-How much do you know about
corn2 About how good it is? About the many
delicious ways of cooking it? And what you miss
by not knowing more about it? Here are o few
of its uses:
There are at least fifty ways to meal to
make good dishes for dinner supper lunch break.
fast. Here are suggestions:
HOT BREADS DESSERTS
Boston brown bread Corn-meal molasses cake.
Hoecake. Apple corn bread.
Mullins. Dumplings
Biscuits. Gingerbread.
Cridde cakes Fruit gems.
Waffles.
HEARTY DISHES
Corn-meal croQuettes. Corn-meal fish balls
Meat and corn-mea dumplings
Italian poenta. Tamales.
The recipes are in Farmers Bulletin 565, Corn
Meal as Food and Ways Of Using It." free from the
Department Of Agriculture.
Licking Valley courier., 1918-11-21

lists will be the index of the New
Dawn. In the reorganization of
these countries will come a broad
er view and a more general ap-
plication Of democracy. There
will be no autocracy of wealth in
trenched in power by long con-
tinued sufferance, such as OBJ
tains in Britain and America. In
the new order in Europe labor
will be, for the first time in his
tory, supreme in government.
- -
The New Dawn is here by the
inexorable force Of economic ev-
olution. No human power can
stay the trend of the world to
the socialistic state. The very
powers that are combating that
idea are fastening the time when
it will be consumated. The mar
velous organizations of capitalist
ic greed will be ready-made for
the State when the taking-over
time comes. The early coming
of that time is inevitable. Not
through the visionary group
who are clamoring for power,
but from far-seeing statesmen
who are reading the signs of the
things with which the times are
pregnant. Opposition is futile.
There was opposition to the pass
ing of the feudal system, but it
passed when the time was ripe,
and competition took it's place.
Competition has held the stage
only to prepare the world for the
shifting of the scenes for COOP
GRAFTON. The time for the change
is Lere, and the change may
come in a twinkling. Patiently
the world watched the expert
ment of the democracy of the
western world for a century and
a half, and and approved, and
crowns are falling like autumn
ieaves. Nations, PROSTATE now,
will emerge freed from the dross
of selfshness and build anew on
the foundation of universal SER
vice. 1t requiges no gift of
fspheeytsfsfAe this. When
we review the history of the age.
long battle that labor has waged
for recognition, and then look at
PROSTATE Europe, wealth cring-
ing and labor in supreme COM
mand, can we doubt the birth of
the Cooperative Commonwealth?
- y
We may not, individually, like
the idea. We may rebel at the
thought of re-adjusting our lives
and thought to the change, but
it will not avail us. We are.wise
if we begin the re-adjustment
now.
One Of the lessons of the war
the people will not forget: That
the Government ii. e. the peo-
ple) is supreme. Before the war
it was a mooted question as to
which was the more powsrful,
the government or the railroads,
but Uncle Sam took the railroads.
Now, if the government can take
over a public utility in the de-
fense of an abstract principle
why not do so in case of a con-
crete need? The importance of
the lesson, however, is that the
government can do these things.
Moreover, the old Germany is
destroyed.
Licking Valley courier., 1918-11-21

Judge /. c. Ferguson and klon-
20 Pelfrey, of Elamton, were in
town Friday on business.
Licking Valley courier., 1918-11-21
Report of the condition OF
salyersviIle National Bank

doing businsss at the town Of
Salyersvillf, county of Magofan,
State of Kentucky, at the close
of business on the 1st day of
Licking Valley courier., 1918-11-21

aC OaLHel OlCy, III ILle OtAVc VI
Kentucky, at the close Of busi-
ness on November 1, 1918.
RESOURCES.
Loans and Discounts 1882 83
Overdrafts- 2,807. .48
Total U. S. Bonds (other than Lib
erty Bonds and certificates OF
indebtedness 10000
Liberty Loan Bonds, 81 per
ct4 and A per ct, unpledged 26,SO0.O0
Stock Of Federal Reserve Bank
$50 par cent of subscription)-- 10000
Lawful reserve with Federal
Reserve Bank 54,591.4l
Cash in vault and net amounts
due from national banks 25,535.1S
Net amounts cue from banks,
bankers and trust companies
other than those included in
items 13, IA or r15------------- 228 06
Checks on banks located outside.
OF city or town Of reporting
bank and other cash items--- 1912
Redemption fund with US. Treas
urer and due from US Treasurer 5000
War Savings Certificates and
Thrift Stamps actually owned $500
Total, sSi7,378 38
LIABILITIES.
Capital Stock paid in-------- e25.0O000
Surplus fund nd------- 100000
Undivided profits, - $6,522 % I
Less current expenses, =
interest, and taxes
paid 2,089 63 4,432 go
Circulating notes 10000
Demand deposits: -
Individual deposits
subject to check E2l4.629 "
Certificates of de-
posit due in less
than 80 days ys---------.A- 4l,316 Oh
Total, 4 e3l7,3783S
Stass ofKentucky, ..
County Of Morgan. !"
], Custer Jones, Cashier Of the above
usmed bank, do solmnH swear that he
above statement is true to the bot oi ny
knowledge and belief.
CusfER JOINS, Cashier.
Subscribed and swYm to before me this
10Th day Of Nov. 1913.
HucH MiSoR, Notary Public
My commission expires Feb. Is, 1922.
Correct Attest:
NJ. L. G. CIosLEr.
JOE C. $TAMpER,
ID. WHIrEAKER, Directors.
Licking Valley courier., 1918-11-21
Germany must be destroyed.


LAS 1T ever occurred to you
"A that economic evolution
that ceaseless change in the re-
quirements of humanity-is but
little affected by the purpose of
man? That when a change is
due it comes of inward conditions
that override all obstacles? In
this article / have not space to go
back and review the changing
conditions that have forced man
ever upward, for it has ever been
that conditions controlled mans
political status and not mans po-
litical status that controlled con-
ditions. In other words,
every improvement in the condi-
ton of humanity has forced it.
self on the race in the face of
determined opposition. Man.
kind is welded to conservatism
and clings to familiar conditions
until the conditions become in
tolerable. Then come changes
whether We will or not. Evolu-
tion is as inexorable and relent-
less as Fate. 1t is Fate.
Evolution is the parent of rev.
olution. Evolution prepares the
way for change and the change
is revolution. In most cases re-
corded in history revolution has
meat bloodshed, but revolution
mal be bloodless.
Wen - giODsnA began to
cont er the American wilderness
the had no dream of the revolu-
ton they were preparing. For
generation after generation they
clung to old traditions and con-
tinued to think along the old es-
tablished lines. The divine right
of kings was their fetch, and not
until they were in the midst of a
war, forced by evolution's cease
less change, did they think to
discard their idol. But evolution
had been at work since the days
Of the trogdolyte. and the Amer
lean revolution was but one of
, the milestones in its march. AL
ways in this | am speaking of
economic evolution condi-
tions changing in mans bread
winning.
In the last analysis mans life
is the fight to live. The intensi-
ty of that fight depends upon the
economic conditions. From the
4 beginning of mans existence
there has been this ceaseless
change, always upward except
during the cataclysmal periods,
and each change adding to the
requirements of the race. The
steady tendency has been to de.
velop the individual and cause
him to demand larger persona
opportunities. The economic
needs of man decide his govern
mental policies, which is politics
Economic conditions contro
governmental policies rather thar
the reverse, Notwithstanding the
almost universal belief to tn,
contrary.
The saturnalia of blood from
which the world is beginning t,
emerge was a part of the plan o.
evolution, and the crash of fall
ing crowns is but the beginning
of revolution. Economic unres
compelled autocracy to stake al
in the effort to overthrow dem
ocracy. This effort and its fail
ure was inetitaoie. twas mad,
so by economic conditions. w,
dpn see the overthrow of autoc
racy so far as the putting of tn,
emperors and kings in the dis
end is concerned, but has tn,
aAtocracy of wealth been un
crowned? The answer to thi,
question lies not with the con
querers but the conquered. Tn,
manner of the reorganization O
Germany, Russia, Austria an,
the other lands where chaos ex
Licking Valley courier., 1918-11-21

Evolution is the parent of. rev.
olution. Evolution prepares the
way for change and the change
is revolution. In most cases re-
corded in history revolution has
meat bloodshed, but revolution
maNbe bloodless.
Licking Valley courier., 1918-11-21
Report Of the condition Of the
MORGAN COUNTY
NATIONAL BANK

at Camel City, in the State Of
Kentucky, at the close Of busi-
ness on November 1, 1918.
Licking Valley courier., 1918-11-21
Look Here For 1t.
Things we all ought to know
but which none of US can
remember, and often
don't know where to :
look to find it,. ~

OFFICIAL D'REchv.
Town Of West Liberty-OR p
Police Judge, W. G. Short,
Town Attorney, H. e, ,Rke.
Marshal, L. H. Roberts.
Trustees; Evert Mat fhis, A. p. Gullett, W
b. B. cs'.:tj osa'1 JON" AeA'H"' R.
Clerk, Edgar Cocfkihan.
Treasurer, W, D. Archibald.
pollce Court First Wednesday in each
month for civil causes.
MORGAN COUNTY
Z County Judge, J. H. Sebastian.
County AKtorney, II. c. Rose.
County Court Clerk, Ren F. Nickel,
Sheriff, 'Chas. p Henry.
Tfeasater, w. M. Gardner,
Supt. Schools, Bernard Z. Whit.
.sailer, G, w. Stacy,
Assessor, D. H. Dawson
Coroner, vacant
Surveyor, vacant.
Rural School Supervisors: Miss Anna
Nickel, NJ. Hobrook.
County Court, Second Monday in each
month.
Quarterly Court, Tuesday after Second
Monday in each month.
Fiscal Court, On Wednesday after Fourt
|
Monday in April and October.
JUSTICES COURTS.
First District, Ed Day, West Liberty,
Ky, First Monday in each month.
Second District, Robt Motley, Ezef, Ky..
Evening star., 1918-07-04
PRISONER,
HOSPITAL SHIP SINKING
LEAVES HUNS UNMOVED

AMSTERDAM. July 4.-German
newspapers either justify the torpe-
doing of the hospital ship Llandovery
Castle or maintain that she was
mined.
The Koelnische ZeitunS says it learns
the ship was in the barred zone. and
remarks on the "audacity" Of the as
sertion that the German commander
tried to obliterate traces of the dead
The Koelnische Volks-Zeitung thinks
it is superfiuous to reproduce details
of the commanders conduct as pub
lished in England and regards it as
significant that the vessel carried
such a large crew as 1914"
Under the heading, "a Shameless
English Lie" the Koelnische Westfal-
ische Zeitung Of Essen contends that
the vessel probably struck a mine,
but "even If she was torpedoed, 1t was
most probably rightly done, as most
overseas hospital ships are armed"
Evening star., 1918-07-04

Berlin once was one Of the neatest
and cleanest cities in the world. 1t
now has a frowsy appearance.
Evening star., 1918-07-04

1t was quite small British village,
and the Inhabitants rarely saw any
soldiers s8 about. One day. as two OF i
the village gossips were exchanging
scandal in the street, a soldier passed
them.
That's one Of them Australians,
that is" announced the first in a
hoarse whisper.
How do you know?" asked the
other.
why. can't yer see the kangaroo
feathers in his hat?" was the scornful
reply.
Evening star., 1918-07-04

Though many amusements have
been closed in Germany, the govern
ment still permits horse racing. At
one time more than 250,000 people
were on the course at Gfunewald.
They were mostly women. old men
and boys.