Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-06-19

Cops May Wear Straws.-Want-
ed, straw hat that won't get flop
py in the rain. If enough of them
can be found, Chief of Police P. J.
Phelan is perfectly willing that the
traffic squad members should use
them in place Of the regulation
police cap. We tried the straw
hat stunt once before" the chief
said yesterday, in commenting on
the agitation which has arisen.
They looked fine at first. 1t rain
ed the third day, and that was the
end Of EN-" The members of the
squad, the chief said, seem to be
satisfied with the uniform caps.
Some of them contend that they
will have to use their hands for
keeping the straw hats on when
the wind blows, and won't be able
to signal traffic. IF a straw hat
can be found which will stand the
wear the mel will give them, am
perfectly Wiling for the traffic
squad to adopt thew as regula-
ton for the hos weather" the chief
declared.
Ad Men to Convention. - Fifteen
members of the Davenport Ad
Mems club as delegates to the ma
tional convention OF the Associated
Advertising Clubs of the World at
New Orleans in September was
foreca sted at the weekly meeting
of the Ad club yesterday noon at
the Commercial club. The Daven-
port ~ men plan to take along a
-
ture I'D TO advertise their home
city strong at the convention At
the meeting yesterday Major James
z. Ward told the AID men of the
army's campaign for overseas re-
cruits and said that he expected
to secure d considerable number
from this district New firms taken
into membership yesterday were
Scott County Savings bank; Sni-
der. Walsh & Hynes, Crescent Mac
arori 6 Cracker company, Hickey
Bros cigar stores, and Bawden
Bros. photographers.
Does Work While Sick.-To liz
sick a-bed on a hospital cot and
run your department in d big store
by telephone is the rather unusual
experience of c. c. Cessna, adver-
Using manager of Harmed & Won
Maur. Mrs Cessna was operated
on for appendicitis>a few days ago.
DR.. A. L. Hageboeck performed
the operation. 1t was not long
after the operation before Mr..
Cessna had a telephone put in at
the head of his bed. He began to
take up the threads of his depart
ment where he had left them when
he went to the hospital. Now he
is doing business every day. In
fact, he's about the busiest patient
Mercy hospital has ever had. The
business cure" seems to have had
an excellent effect on the patient.
He is reported now as recovering
health rapidly.
Campaign Results GO0d.-Excel-
lent results. That's the answer to
the question: How is the Lend-a-
Hand campaign going today
There were several hundred cam
paigners making the rounds of the
business and residential section
and all report much
success. Yesterday evening the
Lend-a-Hand boosters were active
in the residential part of Daven-
port They did not get a subscrip-
ton at every call. but the percent
age of returns was large. There
is little tendency on the part of
public spirited Davenporters TO
turn a deaf ear to such a worthy
enterprise as the building of a
$250,000 home for the girls of Dav-
export. In nearly every case where
a man stated he could contribute
only a small amount he expressed
the wish his contribution could
have been larger.
Must Employ 20 Men.-A fire de-
partment of 20 men must be en-
ployed by the city of Davenport to
maintain it's present rating by the