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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-01-02
cM0 RDs I'D
'DIscoRDs
ANY MORE.

Franklin Firber wrote a song,
And it started selling strong;
After while they didn't sing 1t any
more.
0, wasn't It q pity
To can his little ditty:
After while they didn't sing it any
more.
Old Petovsky grew quite thin
Raising whiskers on his chin;
Then he found they didn't wear them
any more.
0, mustn't it be funny
To be whiskered like q bunny
And then find they do not wear them
any more?
It took Charlie half a year
Just to WOO and win his dear,
Then he found he didn't love her any
more.
o, wasn't he real loony
To be SO very spoony?
After while he didn't love her any
William died a millionaire,
But he found that over there
He didn't need his money any more.
o, wouldn't 1t be funny
To have . lot Of money
And then find you didn't need It any
more?
Thirsty ones, deceased from here,
Asked the devil for a beer.
But he found they do not keep it any
more.
Said the devil, Shame, o fie!
Don't you know this place is dry?
Down here, We do not keep it any
more"
Do not sing them any more,
Do not wear them any more,
Do not love them any more. Oh dear!
Do not need 1t any more,
Do not keep it any more,
How styles will keep on changing, it
is queer!
&C. M. F.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-01-02
Farmers and Merchant
Marine.

To the farmer in tn Mississippi
valley. busy about his barns and out
buildings the question of merchant
marine seems very far away.
why" he occasionally asks him
self, should l be, interested in steam
ships, sailing from ports a thousand
miles away? ! have never been to
the Atlantic seaboard. Ships, whether
sailing under the United States flag
or the Union Jack, concern me not
at ALL"
There is, however, a reason, and a
good reason, why the farmer should
be interested in this governments eff
forts to put thousands of steel and
wooden ships afioat as quickly as
possible.
The American farmer today is
growing wheat, corn. oats and other
produce that must be transported
abroad to supply our own armies and
those OF Our allies in France. When
the war is over the wheat, corn and
oats will continue to flow toward war
stricken Europe. With thousands of
ships TO carry this produce, the freight
rates will be correspondence cheaper
than they would be with only hundred
Fof bottoms available instead of thou
sands.
=. The fact that freight rates are
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-01-02
Two Bits a Dav Club.

Out in Phoenix, Ariz., movement
has been inaugurated for the forma-
ton OF 1.-TWO Bits a Day" clubs, the
members of which are to buy quar-
ter's worth of thrift stamps every day.
Three men each took a hundred thrift
cards, pasted one stamp in each card,
and sold the entire lot before two
blocks had been covered.
Two bits is the old term, dating
back to the early days CT the country,
for a quarter of dollar, and is still
used in the south and west. Every
patriotic American now wants ito do
his Bit; the members of these clubs
are carrying out this idea finely in
doing their two bits every day. 1t
is hoped that 1.-TWO Bits a Day" clubs
will be formed all over the country
in the great war-savings campaign.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-01-02

cheaper will not, however. abate the
hunger Of the millions in Europe
clamoring for the wheat, corn and
oats The market there will remain
the same and the present lofty prices
will be little changed II it costv the
grain dealer less to ship abroad, he
will be able to pay higher prices to
the farmers.
The farmer is Just as much inter-
ested in cheap ocean freight rates as
he always has been interested in
cheaper freight rates on land. His
market lies, not in Chicago and Min
neapolis and Duluth, where box car
hauls his grain; it lies thousands of
miles across the ocean where ships
are carrying his produce. The farmer
must help build ships and cut his
/ freight rates to Europe,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-01-02
The Day in Davenport

Bricklayers Needed Fifteen haven
port bricklayers will be DRAFTED into
the military service and shipped over
seas to General Pershing's Gpedi-
tionary forces if Adjutant General
Guy Logan decides to accept the men
certified by the city exemption boards
today. A majority Of the men selected
are single while others were taken
from the deferred classes and certified
for immediate service. An appeal for
so bricklayers from Iowa was sent out
to exemption boards on Dec. "a Six
boards responded with the names of
six men. The adjutant general Mon
day again notified boards of the neces-
sity Of drafting experts and demanded
that the quota be filled Immediately.
The response was Is from Davenport.
The men are wanted Immediately for
service with the American forces and
will no doubt receive early trsnspor-
tatiOn to FRANCE.
Not to Push Delinquents--No at
tempt will be made in Scott county to
enforce payment through court ac-
ton of delinquent auto registration
tax, according to County Attorney
Henry H. Jebens. The bulk q the de-
linquent tax has been collected
through the county attorneys Office
during the last three months without
the necessity Of resorting to court &C.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-01-02

ton. Upward of $4,000 has been paid
in by auto owners for their 1916 and
1917 registration licenses and turned
over to the secretary of state. Very
little trouble was encountered in a
majority Of cases where collections
were made. In some cases where
owners of cars had disposed Of them
and removed to other states the bills
were not pressed, the cost of collect
ing exceeding the amount involved.
Peter Ottesen was in charge of the
collections.
Elks Donate ClOthes-Over a wagon
load Of clothes, given by Davenport
Elks, have been turned over to the
Christ Child society and will be dis
tributed among the needy poor Of the
city. For some time members of the
lodge have been sending old clothes to
the club. A committee thoroughly in
vestigated the needs of each family to
receive wearing apparel. 1t has been
the annual custom of the lodge to con-
tribute old clothes to the clothes
fund" The clothes will be distributed
without delay. The lodge has been
highly complimented for its patriotic
and timely endeavors.
New Years Eve Quiet-New Years
eve in Davenport was the quietest in
police circles for many years-in fact,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-01-02
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.
Good Gracious, Claribel!

Is it possible to catch cold from q
person with whom you are in constant
contact? l invariably seem to catch a
cold when any member of the family
has one, and people say 1t is not pos
sible to contract colds by personal
contact. Please sign my name as Clar-
libel.
Answer-Well, Claribel, to a modern
doctor 1t is just as impossible to think
of a common cold" without infection
as it is to think of diphtheria without
bacilli. AS long as people persist in
denying the contagiousness Of colds
you and a million other susceptible-or
non-immune victims will have to keep
your distance or take your chances on
the germs they spray you with when
they talk, laugh, cough, sneeze or
work with you.
Hang Your Clothes on Bramble
Bush.
Last July I went in swimming at the
wrong. time. .........> / underwent q
second operation, for appendicitis, in
September. But even after that, !
had pains Just the same as before l
was operated on. The first of Deem
Der I had my third operation. -. Do
you think going in the water caused
all that trouble?
Answer-No. We can assure you
that going In swimming had nothing
whatever to do with the subsequent
events. We might add that any girl in
fair health should not interrupt her
physical activities at the wrong time
or any other time: In other words, q
woman Isn't DELICATE invalid because
she IL woman. And this isn't just
our own idea II Ia the teaching oil
some Of the most experienced special.
lists in wOmen's diseases,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-01-02
Youths Letter From France

II think that you only see one side
of the war and that is the horrible
side of it," writes Roger A. Curtis,
Harvard, 10, to his mother, Mrs.
Charles w. Curtis of Marlboro. "Why
not look on the other side Of it as
well? What is going to be the result
of the war? There is to be no force
equal to it in broadening nations as
we'll as individuals. There will be a
friendship between France and Amer
lea and England such that nothing can
break it for long while. If We had
not entered, we could not have the
friendship of these two nations. The
French had been watching our every
move very closely and they thought
we were pro-German. For6's peace
talk was looked upon as German
move. German propaganda made
them believe that we were on the Ger
man side.
AMER every great war there has
been re-awakening in almost every
field, great inventions, etc, such as
no other thing can do. We came out
of the Civil war better and happier
country. OF course it is an enormous
tax to put upon the present genera
ton in life and money, but there are
benefits that partly Offset these. The
best there is in man is brought
forth The patriotism ehere Is won
derful. Everywhere we meet people
here who had comfortable occupa-
tions in America who gave these up
to fight for France and for the right;
Everywhere We go We hear from the
children 'good-day,' or les Ameri-
Gains and they treat us royalty. A
few nights ago three Of us were in
vited to dine with some officers and
men in the division. and it is won
derful to see the democracy that ex-
lists between the officers and men
One was a lieutenant wounded four
times and senior officer of the divis-
ion in service and temporary COM
mand. His men watched his every
move and actually idoliged him; and
told US to compare it with the Ger
man officers, who never even speak to
the men. That is why France is win
ming now, and why they can't help
but win. The French are fighting for
love Of country and right, while
the Germans are fighting for selfish
greed and ACKNOWLEDGMENT"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-01-02
Government Careless.

1t is suggested that the federal gov
eminent might obtain quicker results
in keeping liquor from soldiers if it
ceased the practice of issuing licenses
to irresponsibles, operators of blind
pigs, households located in obscure
neighbOrhoods along the river shores
and like resorts. 1t is not charged
that the government knows the char
acter of these places when the per-
mits are taken out, for it does not
conduct any investigation to deter
mine the fitness of the applicant, and
it naturally follows thai there are
numbers of persons who have a gov
eminent license hanging on the wall
that should not possess one.
These speak-easies have way OF
advertising themselves, and if one is
badly in need of liquor, no matter
whether he be soldier or civilian,
whether it be Wednesday or Sunday,
or what the hour, he knows where he
can obtain all that he has the money
to pay for, and he can claim the pro-
lection of his government in the pro-
cess, the same government that has
its agents on the ground suppressing
temptation in behalf Of the moral well
fare of the boys in khaki. 1t does
seem as if the federal government
ought to waken to the seriousness OF
its own responsibility incident to
much of the harm that is Detailing
the soldier in Rock Island and vicin-
ity these days.
The saloonkeeper has pledged his
cooperation and secret service agents
have found that he has been keeping
faith. Therefore it must be assumed
that when the soldier appears in a
state of intoxication he is getting his
liquor from persons who are operat-
ing in defiance of municipal regula-
lions, but under a license furnished
them by the United States govern
ment.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-01-02
TIRES AND JARS.

Albert Of Belgium is one king who
is also something of an ace.
Two women nearly caused tieup
of traffic on an interurban line the
other day when both tried to crowd
through the door of a car with their
knitting bags at the same time.
There is no marking time in the
march of events.
Sister Susie wears cameo breast
pin that makes fine windshield.
The kaiser will never fully realize
what a muss he has stirred up until
he hears some of the new American
war songs.
Our idea of nothing worth doing is
Offering the key Of the city to a burg
lars convention.
New wrinkle in lingerie" is an ad-
vertising line that makes us feel like
stretching ourselves to smooth it out.
Eat war menus and grow thin is
Mary Gardens tip. Which hardly ex-
plains what makes nearly all Of the
soldier boys pick up weight.
Even people who are otherwise per-
fectly desirable, often forget to return
borrowed books.
Every once in while We still see
an old-fashioned. bachelor who fastens
up his suspenders with wire nail.
All was silent in the house. Not a
sound could be heard but the heavy,
steady clanking of the swiftly moving
wheels in the gas meter.
With the beginning of every new
year, we presume, Hades gets a new
pavement.
It was great Christmas for Uncle
Sol. Aunt Amanda got an electric mo-
tor for her sewing machine, a new
washer. an electric cleaner and an
automatic furnace feeder.
Electric irons promote harmony in
some households because it is almost
impossible to throw them at anything
on account of the cord.
Sister Susie has given her beau the
mitten because he thought her Christ
mas fruit cake was a sample Of con-
crete.
A man has to travel a long ways
before he begins to lose his fear of a
Pullman conductor.
1t is really no trick at all for the
going away suit" to come back"
II lead pencils don't vanish in thin
air, what becomes of m?-Charles
Leedy in Youngstown Telegram.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-01-02
ILLINOIS HUNTING LAWS.

Springfield. Ill.-Boys who XIII rap
hits with a club or the aid OF doe
during the closed season: Feb. 20
Aug. 81, are violating the law, accord,
ing to a ruling Of Attorney General
Brundage in response to specinc
question, asked of the division OF nfn
and game, state department OF asri-
culture.
In another opinion. the ATTORNEY
general holds that 1t Is unlawful 70
trap fur hearing animals IN the open
season, Nov. to II. without Q hcsnss.
except THAI owners Of LANDS. tnc.I
children or tenants may trap Witn'"
the open season.
Fur bearing animals ,nclude rae
coops. mink. naskrat. skuuA, orpeS'
sum and otter,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-01-02

just to prove that in every case
prohibition does not live up to its
promises, reader calls attention of
The Argus to the fact that one-thiFd
Of the arrests last year in Des Moines,
capital of dry state, were for drunk
enness, while in Rock Island the per-
centage for the same offense was one
fifth. And, the writer adds, it is very
likely that the majority of the intoxi-
Gated persons arrested in Rock Is
land during the year were from prohi-
btion territory.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-01-02

names are n Ier pl ;nted. emily inquire
this column, out all letters will be ans
stamped, self-addressed envelope is en-
ment of individual cases cannot be con
care of The Argus.
Exposure.
A chronic dyspeptic's advice about
the choice of food is scarcely good adj
vice for normal individuals to follow.
Yet the majority of people in Amer
lea listen with respect to The advice
of victims of chronic nose, throat and
bronchial disorders and sufferers with
various other ailments which seem to
be more or less Influenced by atmos-
pheric conditions, in the matter of ex-
posture to weather dampness, drafts
and sudden changes Of temperature.
1t is a hard fact that healthy indi-
vidual suffers no apparent harm from
exposure In the everyday sense Of the
word. The reason why healthy indi-
vidual can stand exposure to drafts.
dampness, wet feet, inclement weather
and so forth. is because he has Vase
motor nervous system that works.
This system is the automatic control
Ter of the circulation; Il is the sys-
tenn which regulates and elualizes the
distribution OF blood under constantly
varying conditions of environment; it
is the system which enables one to
warm up in the reaction that follows
a cool bath-no matter whether the
bath be water bath or an air bath.
The reason why victim Of chronic
rhinitis inflammation Of the lining Of
the nasal cavity. or, as the Indifferent
doctor calls 1t, "catarrh," doesn't find
exposure so comfortable is because
his vasomotor nervous system doesn't
work. 1t hasn't been naturally train
ed. 1t has been unnaturally coddled
by lifetime Of erratic habits, Ny the
great mistake of trying to keep good
and warm by artificial means instead
of attaining this desirable end by nat
ural means. Nature gives us the means
of keeping good and warm, but too
many Of US, indeed, the vast majority
OF US in civilized communities. insist
upon substituting artificial means for
natures own-we actually acquire the
notion that the way to keep warm is
to keep the household temperature
six to ten degrees higher than is n.y.
CHEMICALLY or physiologically neces-
sary. And nature simply won't stand
for such mistakes. She retaliates by
leaving us In the lurch when we are
compelled to fare forth from our caves
and expose ourselves TO the open,
Medical m0llycOddles looked forward
confidently 10 vast amount of pneu.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-01-02

The wife Of the official of an east
ern coal company was held up by a
highwayman while returning to her
home from a country club the other
night. The highwayman may have
employed this method to secure return
Of the excess price that he has been
paving for his coal this winter.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-01-02

The national debt today is five times
greater than when the United States
entered the war nine months ago. Yet
the percentage of debt to the esti-
mated national wealth is only 2k per
cent. 1t is predicted that the national
debt will have grown to three times
its present proportions by the first of
next year.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-01-02

A wealthy German at Los Angeles
quarreled with his Amerscan-born wife
because she bought Liberty bond.
She shot him. He is row in hos
pital. The police made no arrest.
Here is one instance where Teuton
kultur didn't work successfully.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-01-02

Leaders Of the National Woman's
party predict that the suffrage amend
ment will pass the house Jan. 10.
Whether the administration will in
tervene has not been indicated, but it
is said that if opposition from that
source does not develop the measure
will 60 through by a large margin.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-01-02

The federal trade commission is to
Investigate the high price of foot
wear and other leather goods. 1t will
probably find that the shoe manufac-
turers, like those in other lines, are
simply taking advantage OF war con-
ditions to get excessive profits.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-01-02
DO YOU REMEMBER!

ruuge parties teD0ered by young
women to their men acquaintances
when a raid was made on the family
sugar barrel. A successor to the time
honored candy-pulling so enjoyed by
their parents.
Little boys and girls who attended
parties where London Bridge, Drop
the Handkerchief, Ring-around-the-
Rosy and kindred games were delight
full pastimes and none of them
dreamed Of moving picture matinees
or automobile parties for children.
When credit rating associations to
determine the ability or willingness
OF a customer to meet his obligations
was considered to be in the nature of
a Matchmaking device and an inya-
sion upon individual privacy.
Young men who considered yarie
gated waistcoats proper sartorial ad-
juncts to correct street dress, espe-
cially If accompanied by a massive
watch fob.
The newspaper reporter on the
weekly paper who. in addition to
gathering the news, helping out with
the Washington press and washing
rollers, wrote feature stories under
the pseudonym OF Ye Scribe.
Family men who took an interest in
their lawns to the extent of propelling
a stubborn lawnmower about over the
growing grass and assisting the wife
In training vines over the front porch.
George Constant in Louisville Cour-
ier-Journal.
INC.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-01-02
MEMBER OF THE ASSO.
GATED PRESS.

The Associated Press IL ex.
clusively entitled to the use for
republication Of all news dis
patches credited to it or not
otherwise credited to this pa.
per and also the local news
published herein.
All rights Of republication of
special dispatches herein are
also reserved.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-01-02
SOCIAL NOTE.

Harry Dunleavy and choicest lady
admirer went to Chicago today to at
tend a banquet at the Terrace Gar
den 1t was one of the social events
Of the week.-De Kalb (Ill.) Independ-
ent,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-01-02

The kaiser had happy new year
listening 10 the crashing OF the art
treasures OF Padua by his air raiders.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-01-02
TIP TO THE BRITISH NAVAL
R0SSES

John Joseph Ryan, charged at Cam
berey with deserving from the navy
and enlisting in the army, said that
he had served in the North sea for
three years and as the Germans did
not come to him he thought it was
time he went to them. He had waited
long enough.-LondoE (Eng.) Times.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-01-02

(monla, rheumatism and other alleged
results of exposure in the soldiers de-
Tending civilization in the trenches.
They were unable to understand the
actually diminishing prevalence of
such diseases among the troops. They
couldn't understand it for the same
reason that the everyday mollycoddle
can't understand how a healthy man
can escape illness if he gets his feet
wet or sits in a draft. The more we
learn about the causes and nature of
disease the less we libel the weather
The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1918-10-24
DAIRY COWS FOR SALE.

On account of the shortage OF help
nm compelled to dispose of number
OF nv A. | dairy cows. Will give
wears time on notes bearing 8 per
cont. Phone Farmers144.
GEO. III. BYERS,
to-tf Route 2, G.angeville, Idaho.
The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1918-10-24

FOR SALE-Within city limits, z
acres land, with four room house, Or
chard, good BAN for six horses, ana
hay barn. Thomas Jordan, Grange
vile, Idaho. 4o-I.
The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1918-10-24

Return dates for DR.. Il. A. Schill-
ing are the 4th and 9Th Of November.
The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1918-10-24
POTATOES FOR SALE.

win sell three or four tons at the
ranch. two miles south from sweet
In the Tolo section; $1.25 per hundred
weight
Aft j. 7. CASh'
The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1918-10-24
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS.


MI "Shall there convention to revise amend the
Constitution"
No g. "Sha Article 12 Section of the Constitution OF
the State be so amended as to permit counties and munpa
ties to become stockholders in and give financial aid to fair
associations not organized for pecuniary profit"
No. g. Shall Section l. Article 4, of the Constitution OF
the State of Idaho be amended to abolish the Office OF
Superintendent of Public Instruction."
No. f. sShal Section Article 8, of the Constitution of
the State Idaho be amended to limit the bonded IN
debteness of State exclusive of the debt OF the territory
at the date of admission State and exclusive OF debts
liabilities incurred subsequent to January 1911 for the
purpose of construction and furnishing of the State Capt.
to Boise Idaho not greater than one per centum
upon the assessed of the taxable property in the
No. s. ''Sha Section T. of Article H. of the Constitution
of the State of Idaho be amended provide that
operative associations shall not be by the
Of said section relating the of voting for directors
or managers of incorporated companesf"