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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-05-07
ALEDO AT A GLANCE
Daily Doipgs in Mercer Countys Busy Capital

and Mrs Blazer visited with his
parents. Mr.. and Mrs. D. y. Blazer.
Pig Feeding to Close,
The pig feeding contest of the
Mercer County Agricultural society
closes May Is. All entries should
be made with Secretary G. Chow
ers on or before that date. A large
entry list has already been made
and it is expected that many more
applicants viii come in this week.
The calf feeding contest has al
ready closed. There is a large en-
entry list in this event and it AZ
expected that the competition will
run close next fail
Personal Mention,
]. P. Berg was a business visitor
yesterday in Rock Island and Dav-
export.
Mrs. f. B. Smith returned to her
home in Rock Island Monday. after
a visit here at the home of VIII
Smith.
Attorney Paul J. Graham went
to Rock Island Monday on bust
ness.
Mrs. J. W. Blake and daughter
Miss Virginia, returned to their
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-05-07
bowers Calls in Wheat.

bUNtTs NdAhs W HNaA~
County Food Administrator q. c.
Bowers issued an~order Saturday
for all stored wheat ands -four to
be brought in and sold. The gov
eminent ruling order that the
movement begin May 4, and ir>ail
must be handled in 80 days.
1t is the plan in this county to
turn over as much of the -four as
possible to the local grocers from
whom it was purchased. Present
owners may, however. use their
own discretion about turning 1t
over to the stores or to the food
administration. Receipts will be
given them for the wheat and -four
when it is brought in.
Grocers, who get an excess sup
ply of -four in this manner, will
turn it into the food administra-
ton. and it will be forwarded to
headquarters. Dealers will be
charged with -four which is return
ed to them and their allotment will
be partially filled in this manner.
AS there are no flour mills in the
county, it is not expected that any
ground wheat will be brought in.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-05-07
king.KeIInh Wedding.

Miss Ella Anna King, daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. Frank King OF
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and Ben ].
Kellum, son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred
Kellum Of Cedar Rapids. Iowa,
were married yesterday at high
noon by Justice W. D. Emerson,
-Jr. They were attended by Mr.
and Mrs. Harry Speck, also of Ce-
dar Rapids, Iowa.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-05-07
Ellis in Signal Corps

Robert Lee Ellis left this morn
ing for Camp Macarthur, Tex,
where he Will join the signal corps.
Ellis registered in Arkansas and
his entertainment papers were fol =
warded here, as he has been en-
ployed here for some time. He
was called in a regular contingent
in Arkansas and was sent to the
signal corps.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-05-07
Have Motor Party.

Mr.. and Mrs J. Eric Stafford
and Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Blazer, AL
of Chicago, motored here Satur-
day afternoon for the week end.
They left Monday morning for
their homes. The trip was made in
the Stafford machine.
Mr.. and Mrs. Stafford visited
with her mother, Mrs. Mary Chown-
ing and other relatives, and Mr.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-05-07

Voluntary induction by the local
exemption board can only he made
by an induction order signed BIZ
heads of departments. Registered
men cannot enlist in branches of
the service promiscuously, but only
in places where calls are ordered.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-05-07

Wheat. which has been stored. will
be sent direct TO the food admins
traitor in Chicago by MIR. Bow
ers.
Another ruling was received by
Mr.. Bowers. May sugar allotment
cards will he forwarded at once
and should arrive about May 10. II
the allotment is inadequate to meet
tie demand, gTocers should pre-
sent 1916 and f917 sugar purchase
figures to the local food admins
tration. He will make his recon-
mendation for larger allotments on
this basis.
Another supply OF wheat substi--
tute recipes has been received
and will be mailed out on request
by Mr.. Bowers. The supply is not
large, so requests should come in
early
Jesse Watson Has Short Stay.
Private Jesse J. Watson, Battery
B, 1880 heavy field artillery, ar
rived home Saturday morning and
left for Camp Logan, Tex. whore
the battery is encamped, that same
evening. He had a ten day fur
Tough, but was ordered back when
he arrived home. He is the son
of Mr.. and Mrs. J. E. Watson, east
of this city.
Rumors have been afioat tina.
Battery B would be moved to an
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-05-07

will be given a complete course in
machine construction and repair.
He viii, have a rating as expert
mechanic upon completion OF the
course
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-05-07
Church RULES in Pattison Case.

Judge william T. Church denie.
the motion for a new trial OF AT
torneys ]. NJ. Wilson and J. a
Allen for the plaintiff in Ia
O'Hearne V. Pattlson automohit
damage case. a motion was Spad
for appeal TO the supreme corr
This motion was allowed, with tn
proviso that a bond be filed With
so days aud bill of exception q
80 days.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-05-07

Harry Mcfarland enlisted sat
urday in the 326th field artilieri
band He left yesterday for Cam
Zachary Taylor. Kentucky Me-
Farland will go as a corouet play
err. He has had several years ex
perience with the Aledo band an'
has played in several orchestras.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-05-07

eastern camp and seen sent acros|
to France. Other men from tha
organization were ordered bnca
enroute home. Watson did not 3
his telegram until he arrived heraI
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1918-06-19
EXPOSE EVERY ONE
BY HARRY v. MARTIN
Of the Vioilantes,

While we are at it, reporting Ger.
man spies to the federal government,
why not 60 little further and give
your local food administrator the
names Of those grocers and butchers
who are charging more for their goods
than they should? BY helping to
force up the cost Of living, already
deucedly high, these petit larceny
profteers, although waving the Amer
lean flag at every opportunity, are
really helping the kaiser. Their safe
ty lies In the fact that they are too
insignificant to come under the notice
of investigators employed by Uncle
Sam.
Here is your opportunity, Mr.. or
Mrs. or Miss Citizen. A chance to air
that detective instinct that is within
US all. A very good way Of "doing
your Bit" and one that is bound to be
appreciated. It stands to reason that
the food administrator in your town
and county has his hands fult- taking
care Of the big things. Give him a
lift by appointing yourself. this very
instant, as one of his assistants to fer.
ret out the meanest men and women
in all the world, the criminals who
see In the war chance to get rich
quick at the expense OF their own
c0untrymen.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1918-06-19

He Is no more. Gradually there has
appeared in his place stern young
American, trained and alert, musket
In hand. There is no hyphen to his
name. His forefathers were Africans.
but he is loyal United States.
When the colored troops marched
down Fifth avenue for the last time
before going to France, the newspa-
pers reported that they were given
"tumultuous ovation" AS matter of
fact, there was little cheering. The
dense masses that lined the sidewalks
and filed the windows and overhang-
Ing balconies looked on in growing
wonder. Here and there a patter Of
glOved hands or "bravo" was
drowned in the beat Of drums and the
tramp of many feet. The sight of the
long, long line of khaki-clad figures
marching like clock-work; the strange
grim faces that might have been cast
In bronze-eyes straight ahead, with
not side glance or CLEAN Of white
teeth; company after company led by
smart. soldierly colored officers, al
on their way to the battlefront, was
too awe-inspiring for noise. The
crowds gave them the deeper homage
Of GREATNESS surprised silence. They
came to applaud Mistah Johnston and
beheld in his place a. bold warrior who
commanded their respect and admira-
ton.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1918-06-19
The FASHION OF 1918
BY ISOBEL FIELD.
Of the ViuiIantes.

Her hat was plainly old fashioned,
and the ribbon that adorned it had evil
IDENTIFY been cleaned and pressed with
hot iron her tailor-made suit, though
well fitting, was faded in color and cut
in the mode Of year before last; but
she walked down Fifth avenue among
the best-dressed women in the world
with swing Of the skirts and noble
condescension of glance that attracted
my attention. I watched her with In
terest, sauntering little ahead and
stopping at shop windows to study her
as she passed.
Was she great painter, authoress
or poet pulled up with her well-deserv-
ed fame? No, her face was not famil-
lar, as, in these days of newspaper
photography it would be were she Of
the elect. She was neither young nor
strikingly beautiful, yet why the grand
manner as Of one above the common
herd?
Suddenly she paused beside me to
cast an Indifferent glance at dazzling
array Of diamonds in a shop window
and then discovered the secret Of her
proud bearing. What need had she of
fine clothes or feathers in her hat?
She was dressed in the height Of the
fashion Of 1918. On the breast Of her
shabby jacket she wore little service
bar and on that bar were three blue
stars!
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1918-06-19
MINNESOTA'S PECULIAR
= CONSTITUTION

The people of Minnesota have to
thank brewery trickery for the ex-
IRENE difficulty of putting a prohi-
bition amendment into the constitu-
ton.
Back in 1897, w. w. Dunn then as
now the attorney for the Hamm Brew
Ing Company, was member of the
Legislature, and he manipulated a
change in the method of amending the
Constitution of the State by which
every person who votes at an election,
but fails to vote on an amendment is
counted as having voted against the
amendment.
This phase of the subject is fully
discussed in the article by Senator
Jones In another column Read it
carefully. and pass the information on.
The Minnesota Dry Federation will
conduct such campaign to reach
the uninterested voters as has never
before been attempted In any state.
None the less, there will be q large,
body of voters who will fail to know
that the election is on unless you talk.
1t will reach the laboring men, the
professional men, the reading public,
the women, the clubs, the farmers, the
young people everybody. everywhere,
yet there will be thousands who will
fail to know the facts in the case IN
less you talk.
In spite of all opposition, the drys
in this state propose to put the pro-
hibition amendment across in Novem:
Der, and make new record for Mime
sofa, and joke of the sly trickery of
w. w. Dunn and the brewing inter
ests.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1918-06-19

20 machines and preferably 100 will
be secured in advance and suitable
music and speakers provided. The
cavalcade will travel in three sections.
The first section will be a musical
section. In addition to the machines
that will carry the musicians there
will be group of autos as an escort
which will add to the interest and
arouse the enthusiasm of the people.
They will give 20 minutes program
to be followed by a second group of
about the same size with music, pre-
ferably a male quartet. and a speak
er. This group will add 20 minutes
to the program. The third group will
carry a speaker only and he will close
the program with a 20 minute ad-
dress.
The campaign in every county will
be complete within itself and wholly
in the charge of the local committees
and it is expected that there will be
held a total of upwards of 900 meet
ings on each day. In some of the
larger counties two cavalcades will
necessarily be called into reQuisition.
The chairman of the automobile meet
ings will so arrange that If it storms
the same program can be carried out
successfully on the succeeding Sun
day.
Reach New Groups.
These Sunday meetings will reach
new groups that were not reached in
the week day rallies, whereas. tho
week day rallies will reach people
who could not be reached on Sunday.
Moreover, the succession Of meetings
will add immeasureably to the cumu-
lative interest, will keep the voters
alert and will cover every phase Of
thought.
The Final Rally.
The total number Of automobile
meetings held under this plan will
aggregate little over 5000. The
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1918-06-19
The new LIFE
BY ZOE ADKINS
Of the Vioilantes.

This is an Intermission: Time stands
still,
And we-as lost as children in q haze
To take from some heritage Of other
days
Forgotten faith and unsupported will:
We have gone back. like children, to our
knees,
And we have learned the sad and splen-
did pride
OF those whose dearest gloriously died.
Knowing our own face Death across the
seas.
Oh, after this-when joy-bells ring out
peace,
And home our war-tired heroes come
again,
Shall we not vow ourselves, when war
shall cease.
To new life. and prove that not in
vain
We saw the Prussian sword drawn from
its sheath
And neutral lands-and children-fall be-
meath?
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1918-06-19
THICK, GLOSSY HAIR
FREE FROM DANDRUFF
Girls! Try It! Hair gets soft, fluffy and
beautifuI-Get a small bottle
Of Danderine.

If you care for heavy hair that glis.
tens with beauty and is radiant with
life; has an Incompatible softness and
is fluffy and lustrous, try Danderine.
Just one application doubles the
beauty of your hair, besides it imme-
diately dissolves every particle of
dandruff. You can not have nice heavy,
healthy hair if you have dandrutf. This
destructive scurf robs the hair of its
lustre, it's strength and its very life,
and if not overcome it produces a fever
ishness and itching of the scalp; the
hair roots famish, loosen and die; then
the hair falls out fast. Surely pet
small bottle of Knowlton's Danderine
from any drug store and just try it.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1918-06-19
PASSING OF Mr.. JOHNSTON
BY lSoBEC FIELD
Of the Viuijantes,

The traditional Englishman, he Of
the eyeglass and the haw-haw man.
ner, has been thrown into the discard.
The last four years have changed our
views on many things and today when
we think of a Britisher it is not as
we used to see him, in caricature, but
as he is, simple, likable, friendly
chap, and "a f1rst-class fighting man."
Another figure has gone, never to
return: the dancing, bowling, frog eat
ing Alphonse, the very opposite in
every particular to the real Frenchman
we have come to know, whose very
name is the personffcation of valor.
Giuseppe, he of the organ and mon
key, with stiletto in his belt and q
plate Of macaroni in the near dis.
lance, is displaced by bold Alpini
fighting in the clouds, or dashing,
gallant Bersegliere defending his coun-
try to the last drop Of his blood.
There is q parsonage nearer home
that we must be prepared to lose,
4istah Johnston, the Darktown coon,
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1918-06-19

otal number of picnics held will be
about 320, making total of about
1920 outdoor meetings, covering every
nook and corner of the state and
reaching all classes of voters, apartic-
ularly appealing to those who would
not ordinarily attend indoor gather
ings.
Other Campaign Enterprises.
While the Dry Federation has q
thorough and complete plan of cam
paign covering every activity and
every character of effort, including q
comprehensive and effective campaign
for reaching the laboring people, lit
erature campaign, thorough organi-
zation of the church forces, and of the
women Of the state, young peoples
department that will reach every
branch of effort of the young people
both in the church and out of 1t, a
campaign for reaching all lodges and
business and commercial organiza-
lions, yet We dare to say that there
is no effort that will reach a larger
number of that group of voters that
are ordinarily neglected than the cam
paign that has been assigned to the
Prohibition Committee.
Moreover, the expense of this cam
paign will be stupendous and at the
same time there will oe small opror-
tunity for the raising of funds in the
prosecution of it. Therefore, If this
work is to be carried out with effi-
cheney and effectiveness, If these here
tofore unreached masses are to be en-
listed as allies in our cause, the he
roes who have fought so long for the
winning of this fight must provide
the necessary sinews of war for the
ACCOMPLISHMENT of that nurnnse
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1918-06-19
lll-Ttmed Comment.

Dean 1ngo's suggestion at Oxford
that st. Paul instructed women to
cover their heads in church out of con-
sideration for the feelings of the an
gels" recalls Sir Henry Brackenbury's
story of that apostles limited knowl.
edge Of the sex, rs expounded by a
famous Brighton clergyman. After de-
failing the sufferings of st. Paul by
shipwreck, Imprisonment, ETC., the
preacher added, while his own wife
sat Immediately below the pulpit !:
but st. Paul never had the greatest
trial to which man can be submitted,
Tor, he was never married.. b.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1918-06-19
What We Earn.

Few things are impossible to those
who are ready to pay the price of
labor. No person has right to an
ability which has not been secured by
training, and 1t Is certain that such
ability will be imperfect and conducive
to disappointment in its failure If 1t
has not been acquired by hard work
and preparation. There is no royal
road to anything. The things we CO.
vet in others can be ours if we do what
Is necessary to get 'them-whut those
we envy have done, through their In
Dor was not advertised.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1918-06-19

to nine time a day, the average run.
ming about six times daily. Each will
carry special music for interesting
and attracting the crowd. The sche.
dule for the entire campaign has
been thoroughly worked out, the dis,
lance and the character of the roads
taken into consideration, and while
storms and accidents to the machines
may make it impossible for the sche.
dule to be kept in all cases, the ma.
chimes will usually arrive on the day
and at the hour named in the sche.
dule.
The Drive to Open July 22nd.
The outdoor automobile drive will
begin on Monday, July 22nd. The
state will be divided into four dis.
tricts and each machine will cover
its district in six weeks time. The
speakers will then shift and six more
weeks will be- given to covering the
same district the second time. timer.
aries will be so arranged that on the
second trip the towns will be, visited
at different time of the day, and of
course, different speaker will be
heard on the second occasion.
These machines will rest on Sun
day, and will, therefore, reach the
farmers, business men and others who
can be reached on the street on
week days.
The County cavalcade.
On Sunday, September 22nd, and
on Sunday, October 18th, the automo-
bile chairman of each county will ar
range for cavalcade or procession of
machines that will cover every point
of Importance in the county with a
program consisting of prohibition
songs. and speeches. Not less than
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1918-06-19

and Indifference based upon the feel
ing that the fight Is already over will
be our undoing. In every county the
first picnic scheduled is for the latter
part of May and the last will be held
early in September. The committee
has prepared separate maps of each
county in colors, and is booking the
strongest speakers for these big
events. Requests for picnics are COM
Ing from all parts of the state. AID
warning is given that delays may
mean disappointment.
The Automobile Campaign.
(See Black Circles)
In the most vigorous campaign that
the Prohibition Committee ever con-
1ucted on the streets 1913 towns were
reached in one year. This year they
plan to reach a total of 904 towns,
the major portion of which will be
reached with four meetings on the
street. Street meetings, like picnics,
reach a group of voters who rarely
attend indoor gatherings. This is
particularly true of the street, where
the careless and Indifferent are
caught in the crowd, their interest is
aroused and their friendship and co.
operation is secured, whereas, other.
wise they would be hostile or indif.
ferent.
Two of these four meetings will be
addressed by outstanding speakers
who will be giving their entire time
to this campaign. These street ad.
dresses will be particularly adapted
to the audiences for which they are
intended and will be short, snappy,
enthusiastic and appeal to the highest
ideals of citizenship that are newly
awakened to the necessity Of bending
all to the one task of winning this
war for democracy and humanity.
Five to Nine Meetings a Day.
Each speaker will speak from i've
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1918-06-19
New One on Him.

"Have you any worthwhile books
In here?" asked the superior person.
eve have thousands of volumes, sir"
replied the clerk. I'm sure there is
something in our stock to suit the most
exacting taste. What do you require?'
II want book Of synonyms" "Just
moment, sir, until speak to the
boss. don't believe we have any Of
er-Synonym's rks."-Birmingham
Age-Herald.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1918-06-19
MINNESOTA DRY Federation =.
PLANS BIG 0PEN-AIR CAMPAIGN
NEARLY 1000 MEETINGS SChEOul EO--BG PROHIBITION Ar
TIlAERY TO BOMB ENEMY STRONGHoDS.
Prohibition State Committee In Charge Of the Greatest Out
Door Drive Ever Staged.

The biggest open.air smash in the
present unprecedented drive on
Booze's Beelzebub line is big factor
in the battle plans of the Minnesota
Dry Federation. The Prohibition State
Committee, veterans of intensive out
door fighting, has been assigned to
the big artillery operation by the War
Council of the Dry Federation Of
Minnesota. The drive will begin
July 22nd, and close October 18th,
and be followed by an intensive man
to man campaign. Rural picnics are
also to feature the offensive dem
onstration and add to its effective
ness.
To the Prohibition State Committee.
veterans in outdoor campaigning, has
been assigned the picnic and street
sector Of the allied lines in the 1918
offensive against the Booze lines in
what Is believed to be the final fight
for the humiliation of the brewery
autocracy in Minnesota. Last year
the Committee held over eighty pic.
nice, and there are now more than 12O
scheduled for this year with plans un-
der way for a total of 800. The pur-
pose of these gatherings is primarily
to reach and arouse the farmers, who
are for the most part dry, to the
necessity of taking a vigorous, active
and aggressive part in the campaign.
The need of taking up this work is
especially apparent in the counties
that have gone dry. In many of these
instances 1.-The farmers and others feel
as though the fight is won and nothing
more needs to be done. The great
danger of the campaign for the consti-
tutional amendment is that apathy
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1918-06-19
SAYS Lemon JUICE
WILL remove FRECKLES
Girls! Make this cheap beauty lotion
to clear and whiten your skin.

Squeeze the juice of two lemons into
bottle containing three ounces Of
orchard white, shake we'll, and you have
q quarter pint of the best freckle and
tan lotion, and complexion beautiier, at
very, very small cost.
Your grocer has the lemons and any
drug store or toilet counter will supply
three ounces of orchard white for q few
cents. Massage this sweetly fragrant
lotion into the face, neck, arms and
hands each day and see how freckles and
blemishes disappear and how clear, soft
and white the skin becomes. Yes! It
is harmless.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1918-06-19
Useful Electric Lantern.

Among the numerous electric Ian
terms is a mechanical one, standing
about foot high, that provides its
own current. A spring motor, wound
up like Il clock, drives small genera
tor, and this supplies current for q
lamp bulb Of 12-candle power. The
motor, generator and governor are con-
tnined in base six by eight inches in
size. Such q lantern is useful for the
camp, the farm. or other place, and can
be carried about in all kinds Of
weather.