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The Redwood gazette., 1919-10-22

Advocates Of Joe Bragdon's release plead, as one
of the for his discharge, that his fortune
IS almost gone That's sad Of course, but mas
much as in that case Joe will be dependent upon
the state anyway, he may just as well remain
where he i and then the state win know he
i not in mischief Another thing his advocates
say is that he has served year and half, anil
that is enough. Do Minnesota men value the girl
hood Of the state 50 lightly? They also say hat
public sentiment demands his release Rot!
Twenty-Five thousand of the best women in the
state give that statement the lie, and are not
backward about it either. Let Joe stay where he
ishe i taking care Of the state prisons chick
ems and that's probably the only worthwhile
work he ever did in al his wasted life.
The Redwood gazette., 1919-10-22
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1919.
NY CREED
From "A Heap o. Eiyin :
By Edgar A. Guest

d. LkuE a e. NAA~S0
To live as gently as ] can;
To be, no matter where, q man;
To take what comes of good or Ill
And cling to faith and honor still;
To do my best, and let that stand
The record of my brain and hand;
And then, should failure come to me,
Still work and hope for victory;
To have no secret place wherein
stoop unseen to shame or sin;
To be the same when I'm alone
AS when my every deed is known;
To live undaunted, unafraid
Of any step that have made;
To be without pretense or sham
Exactly what men think am;
To leave some simple mark behind
To keep my having lived in mind;
If enmity to aught show,
To be an honest, generous foe,
To play my little part, nor whine
That greater honors are not mine.
This, believe, is all ! need
For my philosophy and creed.
The Redwood gazette., 1919-10-22
THE LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS.

T HE NEXT step in the political life OF the
women of this State after the ratification
= by the Minnesota Legislature of the Fed
eral Suffrage Amendment, will be taken October
% and 29 in Minneapolis. On that date repre-
sentatives of all women's organization from all
over the State will convene to form themselves
into League of Women Voters. The women of
Minnesota will vote at the next presidential cleo
tion surely and possibly--in the event of ratifl-
cation by q sufficient number of legislatures
for all elective offices.
While the machinery for the formation of the
League of Women Voters is being set in motion
by the leaders of the Suffrage movement it is
being enthusiastically welcomed by all forward
looking women who have hitherto worked along
different lines.
The League Idea is big one and its purpose
is to conserve and fuse the voting power of the
women of the State and Nation and to build up q
more intelligent electorate.
The League is to be non-sectarian, and non
partisan in the sense that it does not plan to OPP
pose or endorse political parties or candidates.
Tt does not believe that it will be forced into such
action
It's field will be the gathering up Of effort al
ready made in the various states and the putting
of the united shoulder of the woman-power Of
the Nation to the wheel to bring about legis-
laton which shall further the Leagues own plat
form as expressed by eight great National Com
mittees.
Mrs Carrie Chapman Gait, to whom above all
others the women of this nation their en-
franchisement, will be present at all the sessions
of the Conference in Minneapolis and will be the
chief speaker at the Mass Meeting to be held the
even of the 29th.
Several National Chairmen of League Of Wo-
men Voters Committees will be present to place
before the organization their plans for national
and state action.
There will be big Conference on Food Supply
and Demand led by Mrs. Edward F Costigan with
discussion by the food experts of the State. This
committee is not so much engaged with the idea
of forcing thrift upon the people with the idea
of square deal to the Consumer. The topic Of
Mrs. Costigan's speech will be Consuming the
Consumer"
dren's Bureau will conduct the Conference on
Child Welfare assisted by the most prominent
Child Welfare workers Of the State
An intensely interesting Conference will be
held on "The Unification of Laws Concerning The
Civil Status Of Women, conducted by the well
known lawyer, Mrs Catherine Waugh McCul-
loch Of Chicago The Conference on American
Citizenship will be under the leadership of Mrs.
Carrie Chapman Gait.
Never in the history of the State has there been
held a gathering Of such promise and such mo-
ment to its women. The leaders of the move
ment are determined that the women Of the coun-
try shall come into their full citizenship, not
lame and halt and blind, but ready to face the
great issues Of the day with clear vision and
+ra;,od iyfolliOonco.A vnalizirp the mower of the
ballot and ready to use it to the nth degree.
The Redwood gazette., 1919-10-22
The tractor on the farm arose,

The tractor on the farm arose,
Before the dawn at four;
It MIXED the cows and washed the clothes
And finished every chore.
Then forth it went into the field
Just at the break of day;
It reaped and threshed the golden yield,
And hauled it all away.
It plowed the field that afternoon,
And when the job was through,
It hummed pleasant little tune,
And churned the butter, too.
For while the farmer, peaceful eyed,
Read in the tuhgsten's glow;
The patient tractor stood outside,
And ran the dynamo.
Winnipeg, Telegram.
The Redwood gazette., 1919-10-22

5a'The gods gave'the World to wonan-why does
she seek mere vote, inquiries Lord Dunsany the
Irish Playwright If Lord Dunsany were think
ing gentleman instead Of an Irish lord with his
head filled full of fairies, coleens and blarney,
he'd know that the mere vote" has been sought
by woman in order to keep the men from taking
from her this little gift of the gods. We should
like Ito hear a suffrage conversation between this
same gentleman and own Minnesotan, Mary
McFadden From the view point of non-lr1sh
bystander the conversation would undoubtedly be
good
The Redwood gazette., 1919-10-22

At last. Minneapolis apartment house owners
are realizing that the children of today are the
rent-payers of tomorrow. With this in view they
are planning half-miIlion dollar structure, where
tenants with children will be permitted to house
themselves. It shows real progress in the Twin
Cities, that these august personages have come
to realize that children are a necessary evil and
must be provided for.
The Redwood gazette., 1919-10-22

Some saphead in congress has proposed mea-
sure whereby newspapers shall be deprived of the
right to publish market quotations on live stock
unless licensed to do so by some government
functionary designated for the purpose. law
making it criminal offense for newspapers to
assist in sending fools to congress would serve the
country better purpose.-Red Wing Eagle.
The Redwood gazette., 1919-10-22

Preparations are now being made for the an
nual Minneapolis automobile show We are here
to tell the managers of said show that we have
advertised them free Of charge for our last year
we admit to having been bit easy in this respect
other years. But we are through-we didn't
notice single paper carrying free advertising
for the Redwood County fair nor any other
county fair Whats sauce for the goose, is
sauce for the gander, B'gosh!
The Redwood gazette., 1919-10-22

"Teach us to drive through life without skid
ding into other peoples business; preserve our
break lining that we may stop before we are ditch
ed. Help US to find the knocks IN our own motors
and hearken not SO much to the clashing OF anoth-
er mans gears Keep the screws in our heads
as tight as we would like to have them IN our
automobiles and never let us forget the fact that
people who live in gasoline houses should not
throw matches around other peoples houses. -
Levang's Weekly.
The Redwood gazette., 1919-10-22

One Of the real tragedies Of life is when the
best members Of high school team have to step
down and out because they below grade IN their
class work We hope that doesn't happen to our
perfectly good team!
The Redwood gazette., 1919-10-22

No man has a second more of time than any
other man. This is the one and only point upon
which all men are absolutely equal. The differ
ence in the men and their inequality is shown by
the way in which they. use that times
The Redwood gazette., 1919-10-22

With Minneapolis property selling at $4,000
front foot we feel able just now to pur-
chase sufficient to inter knitting needle
Anoka Herald.
Vertically or horizontally?
The Redwood gazette., 1919-10-22

When . young man begins to inquire into the
price Of diamond rings he may be planning on the
purchase Of Christmas. gift for his mother or he
may be planning on something else.
The Redwood gazette., 1919-10-22

Did you ever notice that the fellow who has
the most fault to find with the fellows who do
things is the fellow who never does anything
himself?
The Redwood gazette., 1919-10-22

The Duluth Herald asks: 4Shall q wife obey"
We'd like 4 little information As to which sex
Is asking the question before we answer it.
The Redwood gazette., 1919-10-22

A Minneapolis store is advertising street dress
es ranging from $3.50 to $2150O. What do you
suppose that $22.5O frock looks like?
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-06-24
MOLINE
POSTMASTER ON
WILSON RETURN
Senate VIII Confirm and Send
Name of Man of Highest
Merits to President.

Eleven Moliners read with inter
est the statement concerning the
ship George Washington soon leav-
ing Brest for America. The most
interesting part about the an
nouncement is that President Will
son will be one of the passengers.
The readers were the men who
have taken their examinations for
postmaster to succeed Ed Coryn,
resign. Each candidate, however,
has received his grade on the test
but he must wait until President
Wilson arrives at his Office to send
to the senate for confirmation the
name of the man who has proved
most capable in the test.
Mr.. .Coryn is anXiously waiting
for the return of the president. 1t
will not only relieve him of his
duties as postmaster of Moline, but
it will confirm his appointment as
Belgium vice consul with jurisdic-
ton over Al counties in Illinois and
eastern Iowa. 1t was thought that
the credentials given to Mr.. Coryn
by the recognized Belgian consul
late would be sufficient to permit
Mr. Coryn to resume his immediate
duties but courtesy between ma
lions does not permit Coryn's name
to be used until the president has
endorsed the credentials. 1t is not
likely that Mr.. Coryn will be re-
lieved of his duties in Moline until
mid-July or August.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-06-24
OLD HOMESTEAD
OF VELIES NOW
RAZED TO EARTH

The Velie homestead, Eleventh
avenue between Tenth and Elev-
enth streets, is being RACED to the
ground today.
The old homestead was built
nearly fifty years ago. For many
years it was one of the finest homes
in the city. S. H Velie, father of
w. L. Velie, president of the Velie
Corporation and chairman of the
executive committee of Deere and
company, built the homestead in
1871 or 1872. 1t has not been occu-
pied since the death of Mrs. S. II.
Velie, a number of years ago.
The house will be completely
torn down and it is not probable
that there will be any future build
ing on the spot A large fire par
TALLY destroyed the structure five
or six years ago, when the entire
upper story was destroyed. Mrs. S.
H. Velie died shortly after the fire.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-06-24
SUMMER CAMP
is SCOUT PLAN
Change of Chief Executive VIII
Not Prevent Parties From En-
jOying Sport.

Change of scout executives will
not interrupt plans for the sum
mer season. Boy scouts of the
council will not be entirely cheat
ed of benefits of the 40-acre camp
site south of the end of the Silvis
car line. Recommendations that
equipment be secured 10 provide
for weekend trips for at least two
troops are under way and it is
probable that the provision will be
made. Under direction of their
own scout master, the boys will be
able to spend two days each week
at the camp site.
Improvements on the site are
under way to make the camp an
ideal spot for the boys. Continu-
Gus camping parties under the di-
rection of the scout executive have
been planned for the rest of the
summer. The camp will probably
be finished by the time the new
scout executive reaches Moline.
Moline council is now seeking
through Chicago headquarters for
an executive to assume charge of
the local scout activities. II. NJ.
Craig, who resigned last week, is
spending this week closing bust
ness affairs of his office so he can
leave Immediately for California.
He expects to follow the same line
of work at his new location.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-06-24
MOLINE BRIEFS

Superintendent of Moline schools
L. A. Mahoney is in Chicago today
searching for material for his
teaching staff. If they can be
available Mr.. Mahoney expects to
get about q dozen new teachers.
Positions in the high school,
manual arts and grade schools are
open He expects to bring back
next year a head for the English
department, a school nurse, an in
structor in the commercial depart
ment and an assistant physical di-
rector for the high school. The
latter will do some work in the
grades. He also wishes to get an
assistant in drawing for the
high school and the grades. Mr.
Mahoney will return to Moline
Thursday.
Complete returns for the Moline
school census which has just been
completed by six teachers will be
available the last of this week, ac-
cording to statement from the
broard of education this morning.
The ten school districts were as
signed and covered as follows:
Ericsson and IrVing-Miss Ru-
tan.
Garfield and Washington-Miss
Stoltenberg.
Grant and Logan-Miss Healy.
Lincoln and Carr-Miss Dona-
hey.
Willard-Miss Ford.
McKinley-Miss Zude.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-06-24
SUPPER WILL BE
GIVEN THURSDAY
AT MILLERSBURG

A community gathering will be
held in Millersburg Thursday
evening at the Presbyterian
church. Supper will be served from
$50 until 8 O'Clock. Those who
plan to attend are requested to
bring full lunch baskets for the
supper hour. Speakers for the
evening will be P. S. Richey, cOun-
ty agricultuTist of the Mercer
County Crop improvement associa-
ton, and Miss Elsie GildersIeeve,
advisor of the home bureau section
Committee on decorations is COM
posed of the following: Mrs. Olive
Lee, Ethel Scranton, Rylisfe Lunn,
Ruth Corner. Alice LEM. Ruth
Braucht, Grace Baker. Mrs. Lois
Haas. On the serving committee
will be the mesdames: Belle Boyd,
Salina Wakeland, Nettie O'Haver,
Mrs. Mitchell. Mrs. Garner, A. ].
Scranton, Fred Egbert, Cora Gill
more, Art Braucht, A. ]. Deborde,
J. NJ. Bay. Nose Downey, Lea Dali
rymple and Miss Dora Fowler.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-06-24
Chicago Livestock.

ChicagoN June 24.-Hogs Re
ceipts. 10000; lower; bulk, s20@
II; heavy weight, $20.4002o.y0;
medium weight, $20Q21; light
weight. $2025@2110; light light,
S1S506 2075; heavy packing sows,
smooth, $19.5O@20.15; packing
sows, rough, s19@19.5o; pigs s1T.2o
G1S50
Cattle-Receipts, $4,000; slow;
beef steers, medium and heavy
weight, choice and prime, S14.S5@
16; medium and good, $12.400
1885; common. $10.S5@12.65; light
weight, good and choice, S14.Ze@
1925; common and medium, 500
1925; butcher cattle. heifers, $7.75
@1S25; cows, $75O@1275; can
ners and cutters. $6.250750; veal
calves, light and heavy weight,
feed steers. $3.50
1875; stocker steers, sS@12.
Sheep Receipts, 1000; unset
tied; lambs, "a lbs. down. $50
1850; culls and common, $S@14.50;
yearling wethers, S10.25Q13.50;
ewes. medium, good and choice,
culls and common,
S25OO575.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-06-24
SIX ROCK ISLAND
MEN FINED TODAY

Six men were arrested Saturday
morning by Park superintendent
Fred Brandt for being drunk and
causing disturbance in Prospect
park. They were arrested on
charges of disorderly conduct.
They were booked before the po-
lice Immediately and were released
until court trial the same evening.
Three of the men appeared at court
Saturday night for the trial but the
other three could not be found.
The Rock Island police rounded
up the men and turned them over
to the Moline police. They gave
as their answer, I'VE read an ac-
count OF the arrest in one Of the
local papers and it was so bad that
We became Disguised and returned
home" Outside of being disguised
the men were surprised when the
judge fined all the six men $40 and
costs this morning.
The men were Nell O'Brien,
Frank Altors, James Collins,
George Reeves, NJ. 2. Tappendorf
and Carl Frost. The men were
charged with being drunk, just
coming from the gallon housea-
They were also swimming in the
park lake without bathing suits.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-06-24
COMPANY E VETS
ATTEND REUNION

Over a hundred guests assembled
at the annual reunion of old Com
pany E, 102 Illinois, at the home of
L. L. Likely. near Norwood last
Thursday, when an all day picnic
and general good time was enjoyed
by the Illinois heroes of the war Of
81. A goodly number of returned
soldiers of the world war were also
present.
In the afternoon an excellent
program of speeches and music was
enjoyed. Veterans of the war of the
rebellion present at the reunion,
their company and regiment and
their age at present is as follows.
Captain D. W. Sedgwick, company
E, 102 Ill. infantry, age IS; Lieu
tenant T. G.. Brown. company E,
102, aged IS; J. H. Lafferty, COM
pany E, 102, age rs; Edward Chill
son, company e, 102, aged IA; S. D.
Lethco. company E, 102, age rs; W.
B. Cullison, company E, 102, age
IS; A. P. Lane company H, 125 Pa,
infantry, 70; C. c. Walter, company
son, company H, II ILL.,, age 81; ].
B. FELTON,. company G. 1O2 ILL., in
fantry, age IS; F. W Richardson,
company H, Fourth Iowa infantry,
age 70; T. A. Clagett, company l,
II Ky. infantry, age IS; A. p. Mich
OILS, company c. 1872 Ill. infantry.
age 70; and E. l.. Emerson, COM
pany c, 102 H., age 20. The aver
age age of the veterans present was
IS years
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-06-24
VOTERS FAVOR
TAX INCREASE
East Moline Residents Mark Bal
lot Endorsing School PROPOSE.
ton Raising Levy.

East Moline city school board
held an election yesterday on the
school tax proposition. Twenty
votes were cast and all were favor
able to the raise of the tax from 3
per cent to 515 per cent. The ad-
ditional tax voted upon yesterday
will cover all expenses for teach
ers in the city. Years before the
school board has been short of
funds with which to pay teachers.
Next year the board hopes to be
able to provide the students with
better trained teachers. The three
per cent remaining for disposal
will be used for general repairing
and expenses. Nearly all building
is done through the bond system.
The judges for the election were
Austin Lundeen and w. S. Potter
Mrs. S. A Cartwright was the
clerk.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-06-24
CITY MAN
GETS CITATION
MoIiner is Awarded Recognition OF
Service by Pershing, While
Fighting in the A. Z. L.

While spending five months in
France rendering good service and
for observation in flying over the
German lines, won a citation from
General John J. Pershing for Lieu
tenant Gus LiGdstrom.
Lieutenant Lindstrom returned
to Moline early this spring. He
was one of the first Moliners to
leave this city for officers training
school. He was transferred to the
air service Immediately upon his
arrival on foreign soil.
He was recommended for the
distinguished service cross for his
gallant action in obtaining photo
graphs of the enemy lines on the
Meuse Argonne front, Red tape
interviewed and the cross was not
awarded to him.
The citation yesterday was sign
ed by General Pershing and is for
service on the st. Mihiel salient.
He flew under heavy fire practic-
ally the entire five months that he
was in France.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-06-24
Markets
SEE WEAKNESS
IN CORN PRICES
Backward Tendency Believed Re-
suit of Peace Having Been
Discounted in Advance.

Chicago, June 24.-Weakness
manifested itself in the corn mar
ket today largely as result of the
opinions that peace hah been well
discounted in advance. Besides, a
sharp setback which had taken
place in hog quotations tended to
diminish the feeding value of corn.
On the other hand, shorts who tried
to cover on the decline found Of
ferings light. Opening prices, which
ranged from &c to 2&c lower, with
July 1.S011 to I.811s and Septem-
Der 1.76A to 1.77A were followed
by moderate rallies.
Oats were off with corn. After
opening Csc down to 1sc advance,
including September at 709sc to
Tic, the market underwent a sag all
around.
Sympathy with the weakness of
hogs and corn led to fall in pro-
visions. Lard especially was with
out support
subsequently,, favorable weather
for the growing crop received no
tice as an additional bearish fac
tor. Liquidating sales by holders
increased and at one time Septem-
Der was down nearly &C under yes
terday's top. The market closed
nervous at &c to 4c net decline.
with July at 1.79A to 1.S0 and
September at 1.745s to LAS and
December at 1.5212 to 1.525s.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-06-24
CAR EXTENSION
HEARING LATER
Illinois Utility Commission Post
pOnes Hearing for Extension
On Receipt of Rate Increase.

The date for the hearing of Mo-
lines petition for extension of the
Twenty-seventh street car line
from Fifteenth to Twenty-third
avenue has been postponed until
July s.
The hearing was to have been
held tomorrow before the Illinois
utilities commission. James John
ston, city attorney, was to have left
for Chicago last evening.
The hearing was postponed when
the commission received a supple
ment petition from the Tri-City
Railway company on the latter's
request for increased rates. 1t is
thought that the extension of the
car line will have some effect on
the higher rates.
Moline petitioned the company a
year ago. The company presented
the petition to the commission last
October.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-06-24
NEW WINDSOR TO
DRAW ALEDOANS
ON JULY FOURTEy

Aledo's Fourth of July will be
given over to the small boy and
his smuggled firecrackeTs, and the
family picnic with the attendant
weil-filled basket-of for some
cool and shady nook.
Although independence day will
not be officially observed in Mer-
Ger county's capital by pre-
arranged program Of fireworks,
music and speeches, the day will
be a holiday here as far as bust
ness is concerned. AS in former
years. all business concerns are
expected to close their doors and
the day given over to rest and
pleasure.
Celebrations in nearby towns
will undoubtedly attract many
especially that at New
Windsor, one of the biggest things
of it's kind ever attempted in this
New Windsor will be in
gala attire to welcome the thous-
ands who are expected to flock
city-ward for the Fourth Captain
Oscar E. Carlstrom os Aledo is to
be the principal speaker of the
day.
An unusually quiet Fourth is en-
ticipated in this city, with but lit
tie fireworks display.