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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-08-13
COOPERATIVE BUYING WILL SOLVE
r. G. L. PROBLEM, SAYS CONGRESSMAN

ParkYiew community center, Wash
ington, and is now being rapidly
extended There is no reason, or
ganiZation experts say. why the
plan could not be successfully OPP
Grated in any city adjacent TO food
producing areas.
Congressman Kelly. assisted by
z. ]. Ward. chief Of the community
organization bureau OF the interior
department, organized the Park
view community center less than
three years ago. Now hundreds Of
families in the neighborhood are
buying their food supplies at 80 10
so per cent less than the prevailing
retail prices. ...r
The Parkview community asso-
citation employ a manager, who does
all the buying. Families in the as
ISOLATION lump their orders for food
supplies and the manager buys in
large quantities direct from the pro-
ducers.
Butter, eggs, cheese. potatoes.
corn, vegetables and fruits OF all
kinds are bought under special con-
tracts with a cooperative marketing
organization of farmers near Get
tysburg. Pa They are brought reg
ularly direct from the farmers by
motor truck to the Parkview school
house. where they are distributed
by the community manager.
Fine fresh butter which retafls IN
Washington at IS cents a pound is
bought by the Parkview community
at IS cents. Fresh eggs are bought
al 40 cents a dozen when they are
selling elsewhere at 65 cents.
The Parkview community has an
other contract by which il takes
the entire output of a company
owning oyster beds in Chesapeake
bay along the eastern shore OF
Maryland. When oysters are in
season the Parkviewers buy them
fresh at 40 cents a quart when
they are retailing around 80
cents a quart in Washington stores.
The strange and benificent thing
about the system is that not only
do the consumers get the best food
at greatly reduced prices, but the
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-08-13
FARE INCREASE
PROTEST MADE
BY FEDERATION
Arsenal Body Passes Resolutions
Calling Action BetrayaItof Pub-
lie Confidence.

The Arsenal federation. repre-
senting practically every union en-
ploye of Rock Island arsenal, has
added its protest to others against
the 7-cent street car fare.
Resolutions passed by the feder-
atom at a recess meeting ehaFae-
terizes the action OF. the public util-
tiles commission as proving its
utter lack of public utility and
that the increase is uniustidable
and a betrayal of public conf
dence"
H w. Thoreson. secretary of the
federation, nas sent copy of the
resolution ID the utilities commits
sion. The resolution follows:
Whereas, the Illinois utilities
coEnission has reversed its de-
csSion of a month ago in granting
10 the Tri-City railway company a
7-cent fare, has proven its utter
lack of public utility and also its
indispensable advantage to- an ava
ricious corporation. and
Whereas. it was found by the
above mentioned commission that
the Trf-city company was earning
81 pen. cent net profit on it's we'll
watere4l stock and at this time to
grant f1lem an increase of 40 per
cent is unjHstifable and betrayal
of publieN confidence
Therefore, be it resolved. that
We. the Numbers of the Arsenal
federation send this as a nrOtest
to the utilitia5 commission and that
a copy Of. these resolutions be sent
to the press for publication.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-08-13

Washington, Aug. Is. - Direct
marketing and cooperative buying
will solve the high cost of food
problem and permanently eliminate
the profteer in the opinion Of Con-
gresham NJ Clyde Kelly OF Brad
dock, Pa. author of the amendment
to the house resolution under which
the war department. cooperating
with the postoffice department, is
about to sell millions OF dollars
worth of surplus army food sup
plies through the parcels post. This
opinion is likewise held by many
other members of congress.
AS developed in the testimony be-
fore the senate committee the CO.
operative community plan is al
ready in successful operation in the
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-08-13

farmers and producers get substan-
TALLY more for their products than
they otherwise could. Thus Il is a
demonstrated fact that cooperative
marketing at one end and commu-
nifty buying at the other. all middle
men being eliminated, Is mutually
profitable.
other Neighb0rbOOds Follow Suit
So conclusive has been the suc-
cess OF the Parkview experiment
that community centers are now be-
ing organized in fourteen other
neighborhoods. In each case des-
! ignated school house is to be the
organizing center. Arrangements
are being made with farmers by
Jumping orders whereby great
quantities OF food supplies will be
sold and distributed regularly and
efficiently.
Congressman Kelly today sum
married the situation thus:
eft is in the distribution OF living
necessities that the tolls are levied
The food prohteer puts the price
down 10 the producer and then
raises IL TO the consumer. He takes
DIS lDll iEDul pDtus We uAel ulnr'
straight the channel between the
producer and the consumer. We
must provide a better method OF
distribution. one which will insure
a fair price TO both those who pro
duce and those who cat It.
"ln the old days the buyer and
seller came face 10 face IN the mar
keL place. They dealt direct and
there were no toll-takers betwee
them, but now the cities have wild
ened and the producers are far
away Only a few nearby produr-
crs come to the markets to sell
direct " etsumieilumtes vbgkqwh
direct. We must eliminate the Gle
ment OF distance. II can be done
| by organization and cooperation.
Kelly believes that the distribu
tion Of army food supplies by parcel
posi- under his amendment will so
demonstrate the benefits OF cooper
alive buying that the movement will
be given an immense impetus
throughout the country.
The balance wheel OF an average
watch makes 900 vibrations every
minute. $4,000 each hour. $4,000
| in day, or 157,7Ss,0O0 per year.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-08-13
DON'T WAIT FOR
TAX COLLECTOR
Edgar Morse, Revenue Man, Finds
Proprietors Expect Him To Call
for Returns.
Especial Moline service.)

Especial Moline SerTice.)
Edgar Morse, deputy revenue col
lsctor temporarily assigned to the
Moline subdivision once opened in
the city hall yesterday, warns all
Moline business mea subject to
payment OF luxury tax to send or
mail returns and not wait for a
revenue collector to call for them.
In the hFst few hours Mr.. Morse
was in the Pillow city he found three
business men, propFietors of ice
cream and soft drink parlors, who
were expecting government collec-
tors 10 call for the tax which had
accumulated since May 1. A pen
atty of 20 per cent is levied upon
proprietors who do not make re-
turns within a month after the last
day of the month upon which the
return 10 made. The following
month an additional 5 per cent is
imposed with l per cent for every
month thereafter. July taxes are
due this month and if not paid aft
eF Sept. /, the rs per cent PEN
atty is applied.
Net Permanently Assigned.
Just how long Mr.. Morse will be
located At this subdivision ONCE is
not known. He will be here until
permanent man is stationed in
Moline. The headquarters may
also be changed at that time
There are rumors that the di-
vision once in Rock Island will
have an agent assigned Who will
supervise both ofnces and will give
personal attention to corporation
returns, excess profits and income
returns OF $1,000 or more.
The only animal that is really
dumb is the giraffe, which is un-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-08-13

Forest fires in Idaho. particular
Iy the western and central portion,
have done damage this summer es-
timated at millions Of dollars and
are still raging.
The above photograph was taken
from the streets of the town of Me
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-08-13

with policewomen Pittsburgh has
decided that they are now an in
dispensible adjunct to the police
department.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-08-13

The flames are eating out the tim
her on public lands at the rate OF
four miles an hour
To the south in the Payette Ma
tional forest another gigantic con-
f1agration is raging Hundreds OF
men are fighting the hres and grad
ually getting them under control.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-08-13

Call on the shores of the Payette
lakes and is the first to be taken OF
the smoke rising in a dense pail
hundreds of feet high from the
blazing timber. This FIRE is Is miles
from Mccall. 1t hangs over 4
range of mountains 5000 feet high
in the Thunder mountain section.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-08-13

Burmese women have absolute
personal freedom. which is not the
case in other Asiatic countries, and
they have sole control of their
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-08-13

property BY law. religion and
custom they are in all respects
equal to their husbands.
After five years of experience
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-08-13

The balance wheel OF an average
watch makes 600 vibrations every
minute. $4,000 each hour. 432, 900
in a day. or 1577Ss,000 per year.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-08-13
Fall Hats

When you're ready to discard that Straw you'll
find your Fall Hat here waiting fer you
Every right style and ceor represented in Stetson.
No-Name and NJ & K. Special Hats
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-08-13

The only animal that is really
dumb is the giraffe, which is I'M
able to make any sound whatever.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-01-31
Tells How Red Cross Aids
Desperately Wounded Yanks

A glowing tribute to the workers
of the Red Cross for their kindness
to the Yankees overseas is paid by
Paul P. Ross. of Summerdale, who
after serving with the Twenty eighth
division, has returned to his home.
He was a member of the pioneer
section, 112th Regiment, and was
gassed and wounded.
He declared the boys would have
often times been in hard straits if
the Red Cross had not been there
to help. Telling of what the Red
Cross did for him, he said:
when l was wounded and brought
to the hospital I was unconscious
for twenty-four hours from the gas
l received. and a machine gun
wound in my right leg. When I
came to my sense / was blind and
had also lost my voice. There / lay
no sleep or sight. when a soft, warm
hand pressed my brow and asked
me to have a smoke. Well, five
minutes after that / was pulling on
cigarette and listening to q story
which the unseen friends was read
ing for my comfort. When 1 .recov-
cred my sight knew she was a Red
Cross nurse.
$50 rememver when you donate
the Red Cross you are putting a
smile on some Yankees face.
through that wonderful and strug-
Cling organization, the Red Cross"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-01-31
'EPIGRAMS PLAYED
/. GREAT PART IN
WINNING THEWAR
They Shall Not Pass" Was
French Rallying Cry at
the Marne

The war has developed many dra-
matte phrases, slogans. terse cpl
grams. or laconic statements. Look
ing back over the perspective of
four years of fighting,it appears that
the majority of these grew out of
tense crises in battles, or marked
historic moments when the fate OF
nations hung in the balance.
Take, for example, the slogan,
They shall nolt pass" During the
tremendous fighting in front of Ver-
dun. when the Germans made their
great desperate drive to break
through the French battle lines in
1916, this saying passed from lip to
lip among the French soldiers gath
cred there in n long-drawn battle to
check the .terrifie onslaught of the
Germans. How it originated is not
clear. Some have attributed 1t TO
Marshal Joffre. others to Marshal
Petain. who was in command Of the
French, fighting forces at Nerdun.
Others believe the saying originat-
ed with men in the ranks. At any
rate they adopted 1t. and for months
while the Germans vainly threw
their battalions upon the stubborn
ly-defended forts around the French
city. the saying They shall not pass"
became the watchword at Nerdun.
And they did not pass.
Lafayette, We Are Here"
To Americans, the sententious ut
terance of General Pershing when
he placed a wreath on the tomb of
Lafayette in the Picpus Cemetery in
Paris. conveyed significance and
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-01-31
MANY WILL GET
CERTIFICATES
Results of State Medical Ex.
aminations Announced
by the Bureau

The State Bureau of Medical Edu-
seatiSn x4d Licensure to-day an
.honhesd that the following had pass
Sed the state examinations for certifi-
s'vktes held recently:
er Abraham Bernstein. sydney Geof-
,.frsyy. Biddle. Henry Blumzweig, OF
GoIld Make Only Half Time on
Ess Acc6nnt of Sickness. Since
!. TAXING Tonall, One Bottle,
ss,l Lost No Time.
sseeSsSi AsEEA
X since 1 took Tonall 1 can eat
sstRe woodchopper." says John
ssRudy. E41 North Ninth street, Leb-
SSnon. p. and employed at the
j. siBefhlebem Steel Company.
Y II Suffered from indigestion:
scbufd not eat without pain: had TO
Fsonstantiy use tablets to relieve
;Saifi. 4 tried all kinds of medicine.
! s5uts. Tonall is the only thing that
liked me up. 1 have lost no time
at sw-opk since taking one bottle.
ssThiie before 1 lost half my time.
= = do not have to take tablets for
Jain now. l am So years old and
san married.'
- This testimonial was given Oct.
49, 1918.
TpnsA is solds at 'Gorgas' Drug
store Harrisburg. and all leading
sfrdg steres in Eastern Pennsylvania.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-01-31

Philadelphia; Jane Raymond Boud-
art, Chester: Richard James Burke.
Wilkes Barre: Guy Gibson Campbell.
Petersburg; Donald Bruce Coover.
Philadelphia: Earle Rice Davis.
Haddons Heights: Howard BENJAMIN
F. Davis. West Chester; Fayette Clin-
ton Eshelman. Franklin: Agnes
Burns Ferguson. Pittsburgh; Albert
Wellington Fisher. Mt. Carmel:
Charles Leroy Fisher. Philadelphia; /;
Framroz Pestouji Ghadiali, Jeddo:
Anthony Angelo S. Giordano. Phila-
delphia; Harry Frantz Gockley. My
erstown: Henry Elias Guth, Allen
town: Cecilie Halberstadt. Philadel-
phia. T. Ruth Hartley, Philadelphia I:
Harry K>yle Hobbs. Shenandoah I;
Walter Raleigh Livingston, Lans-
downe; William Horace Means, Leb-
sanon: Joseph NJ. Mirman. Hartford;
Walter Muftiy, Mineola,s L. L., Camp
Millsl: Phillip Moffsesyan. Philadel-
phia: Aloysius Edward Murphy, Jer-
sey City. y. J.; Agha Buzurkkhan
Musa, Medina, y. Y; Abraham
Maurice Ornsteen. Philadelphia: Jay
Verne Rice. Pittsburgh. William
Erdman Seibert, Fannettsburg: AL
fred Roman Seraphin, Philadelphia: {:
Marion Shepard, Ashland: Salvatore
Carl +. SunSerl, HlttSOurgns miriam
Warner. New York City; Roland
Ferdinand Wear, Williamsport; Abe
Kipp Weaver. Tarentum; William
Weiss, Philadelphia
Bedside Examination
George Arthur Calhoun, Hopewell.
Va; Edward Mayer French. Gibbs
town, y. j.; Framroz Pestouji Chad
iali, Jeddo, Pa; Harry W.. Posey,
York, Pa.
Drugless Therapy Examination
Leonard Bowen Johnston, Phila-
delphia: John Arthur Seibert. Phila-
delphia: Susan Verlyn Seibert, Phila-
delphia.
Chiropody Examination
Margaret Esther Gross, Lewis
town.
Massage and Allied Branches
Examination
Victoria c. Antonson. Philadel-
phia: Lucy Dewar, Winnipeg. Can
ada; Katherine Is. Gage. Philadel-
phia; Marguerite Preston Wilson.
ST. Davids.
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1919-12-21

OF the Franklin Automobile company
at Syracuse enough 20 make them di-
rect canvass Of all the owners OF
the first Franklin put on the market
The Franklin first appeared late iu
1902 and "a cars were sold during
that year.
Ii was Impossible 10 reach all the
owners. hut OF those 10 cars four
were discovered Ia be stlll In use aud
able to take the roads AS they come,
II their owners cared TO take them
out OF thelt places OF hibernation.
TraceasNas found OF seven OF Tho
Hrst 3 cars.
one OF the first Franklins ever
made was sold TO = q Avcrcll OF
New York city Mr. Avcrcll made
several records In the ear ma a sort
OF amateur racer and became so
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1919-12-21

pleased with its principles that he
has owned several Frankllns since
that time. The early model SIN Is
IN good running order and cmbodivS
many of the ideas chat the Franklin
has always regarded as tundamou.
tai some of these features have
Come into genera popularity and
use only within the has Few sea
sons. Among tho distinctly Frank
lin ideas are multiple cylinders,
valve In head construction, wood
sills fan elliptic springs all around
air-cooling and scientific light
weight II is especially with regard
to valves In head. Light weight and
spring action that other makers are
Franklin idea.
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1919-12-21
GREAT TRUCK TRAFFIC
eomous Growth of Truck Trans-
portailon Ia shown in IAtnra
Figures.

a Fifty million ton-miles n day Is
ha almost inconceivable record
mace by thu motor trucks OF Amer
va says y. T. lIerbig. sales man
'se' OF the Service Motor Truck
eonfany, wabash, Ind.
Think Of the thousands OF tons
W "a" and finished materials. food
suus and various commodities
moved every 20 hours by the motor
uuek Consider tho hundreds OF
nousands of trucks travelling In
very section OF the country, and
Nv VIII even then fail to realize
we tremendous factor the truck. as
udhsportauon medium. has be
" Aaa
Not Passive Carriers,
nu' trucks are not mere passive
a. rNHeFs OF the worlds goods. as are
We railroads and the steamships.
v-loh merely carry that which Is de-
~red 10 them.
Inc truck is builder OF business
!. an aggressive. efficient m cans
Y. increasing the scope OF business
~ Is not content to passively carry
sS from one place TO another.
- commercial Dramn.
h,,,He story OF motor trucks a.
-.uers Of modern business forms
r,I ., me most fascinating CONNER
l,,, uramas modern business has
E, evolved.
,.or no'or transportation Is a vital.
N"s part OF the nations bust
s,s. EcoPomical. invaluable In
r,,,,,EeheleS. time saving, furnishing
Ter protection TO goods, adding
,o, ,o,S nrestige-a veritable crea-
VI business. is the motor truck"
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1919-12-21
FRA OF TRUCK IS
BH0WN IN PARADE
J rooklvn Sees 3,051 in a
parade Line Is Miles
in Length.
4STORICAL SPECTACLE
,,-ouCh President Calls the
demonstration an Answer
to Profiteers.

v,nalIzing the new possibilities
modorn transportation, exactly
AZ motor trucks took part In
,a by.tru,k parade In brooklyn
rroumbus day They made up
p5 miles long, which was
,as hours winding It's way through
,tr.ets II ~ estimated that
1o6 000 persons looked on.
,o,onrh President T. war d
Y ,srelmann, who is quoted as say
,he demonstration was as eio-
H., an answer to food profiteers
oonld ho given" was so well
H,sd with the parade that after
H'y1vlnR 1t, he sent tho following
I,yrsm 10 II. 8. Firestone at
- ohio. who Is sponsoring ship
KJyck demonstrations in all parts
IA nd country;
.r,yic and Industrial Rrooklyn
hs,k Won for your efforts in bring
,.S sbip-hy-truck TO her, II Is
.1,5crfuI revelation OF what can
| 4. done f. shipping by truck. It's
,s-nanenry a. a movement Tor
tisser and better Brooklyn Is as
sred"
uo horses rode In one OF the trucks
las exhibits OF Il bygone age, one
New York city newspaper In It's &C
count Of the parade says:
Beginning Of New Era
", trolley car changed defiance
4, he long line OF It's menacing
rivals forerunners OF "A new tran
a, age. And the horses pricked up
their ears and seemed to grin mock
|rrly at the clamorous thing on
ails A. II realizing IL was doomed,
A, they were. to be swept into oh
lslon hy new era. The history
Of trackless town was beginning.
1T was picturesque spectacle,
n. well as a historical one. A soap
A,mpany had soap cakes weighing
L.aO pounds each on one It's trucks. A
|sysar company exhibited huge
block OF sugar. A biscuit company
exhibited 40 trucks, everyone or
them laden heavily with crackers
and biscuits An ammunition factory
kh,wed huge shining torpedo. sur
rounded by Whitehead sailors"
Big ship-By Truck Parndes.
Ship-by.truck parades OF largo
proportions have been held recently
In Toledo St Louis, Los Angeles.
Albany, Seattle, Cincinnati. San
Francisco Buffalo. Tacoma. San
Antonio. Memphis and Denver.
They have also been a feature at tho
s,ate fairs OF Missouri. Minnesota,
WISCONSIN. Iowa. Washington. Texas
and Oklahoma, and at the Vermil-
Ion county fair and Peoria's annual
Implement show in Illinois: at the
A,btown fair in Pennsylva and
a, ne Kansas free fair In Topeka.
Everywhere the people are most
receptive to the ship by-truck idea,
according TO the Firestonc ship-by
tlck bureau. which Is fostering the
temonstra,ious AZ part OF its cam
pagn for the trucking industry
The bureau has branches in 63
elites In the United States. The
IIslns branch OF the bureau covers
his section IL conducts a return
'ads bureau to bring shippers ysnd
tuck operators together. No charge
Il made for the service OF the bu-
Tpau
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1919-12-21
NIGHT DRIVING SAFE
Cadillac Headlight Permits Complete
View of Road In Passing Other
Automobiles.

To illuminate the roadway thor
ouEhly. and yet divert tho Intense
light rays from the tycs ot passing
has long been tho effort
OF autOmotiye enginccra
nlmunition OF light Is known 20
rro.@R grave dangers because the
roadway IN not adequately 'iEhtcd.
aud the cycs Of the driver are tenn
poratily affected by tho sudden
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1919-12-21
PLUMBER USES TRUCK
Old Fashioned Methods OF Carrying
Tools Are Discarded by New
York Company.

Old time plumbers and their ways
have been featured In the moving
pictures OF the day and many a
laugh has been obtained from pic
turizing the plumber called on job
when that gentleman arrived
without his tools and was forced
TO send for them at the expense OF
the customer. The old fashioned
methods have given way to more
modern ideas, and the modern
plumber now carries with him every
necessary supply for job. lie
utilizes the motor truck.
Mr., Fink. OF Dimock & Fink, tho
New York plumbers. finds the Beth
lehem dependable delivery all that
thS name implies Today when "A
plnmher is called to a job without
knowing what he is going into.
Dimock & Fink send him skurrying
with ample supplies In tools and
materials for anything at all They
stand behind him with every sort
or supplies In making their seleC-
ton of trucks for this work the New
York plumbers took into Consiiera-
tion the electric lighting and start
ing OF the Bethlehem. low fuel costs
and the satisfaction OF their drivers
accruinR from the combination OF
the many features OF the truck.
bethlehem transportation in
creased the buSiness Of the COM
pany, enabled better service to old
customers and an increase brought
about by the addition Of new Gus
toners. The troubles Of the house
owners were lighten0d In fact. so
successful has the motor truck been
In this branch Of industry that
DimOck & Fink have Increased the
fleet with business increases, prom
ising still further additions in the
near future
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1919-12-21

change ,u the intensity Of the light.
To provide adequate illumination.
ana al thc ssmo time protect the
vision ot pu approaching driver from
glare, tIdHpo engineers have de-
N,sod a headlight in Nhich the rcflec-
tor can hv Tilted at Will
The Gliding is done 10y means OF a
lever ON iuc steoring column, and a
slmpln arrangement or rods Lending
10 tho lamps The light. which nor
mally is projected 800 foot may ho
Arflectcd 80 mat It shines. not more
man ~ feet ahead ot the car Tho
roadway ia thus intensely nIumiuat-
cd, and tho RAYS " light dcflected
from Ia" eyes ~ the passing motor
-, bcraugcm"nt ~ the vision be-
oauso of sudden iimming ot light Is
entirely removed