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and was sold to EnOchS Farm Of Mississippi, who also bought the 4th animal offered, paying 5000 therefor.
 The sale kept up and the prices as well until AZ head of the Fonroe county hogs had been sold at auction for sums agregating $15,270 and IA of the Galloway & Cow hogs had brought $1320. In addition to this Dr. Bruce sold at private sale immediately after the auc- ton, a fine boar at 5000 and another bred gilt at $5O0.00, making the total aggregate of the sale, $18,090.00.
 Some swine sale! We'll, yes and it would have done you good to have watched the as- tonished faces of scores of men present who were not prepar- ed to see hogs sell that way.
 It is claimed that this sale sets a new worlds record in as much as the average price for bred quilts to Cherry Bob gave Ia net average in excess of $7O0.00 each.
 This sale is worth thousands of dollars to Monroe County for it has proven beyond all shadow of doubt that Monroe county can produce as fine hogs as are grown in America and a greater lesson than all at the sale, was the difference in the blood of hogs. Dr. Bruce who had nerve to buy breed ing lines from the great na- tional champions and pay many hundreds of dollars therefor saw his hogs eagerly snapped up by bidders from the great est breeding strains in Ameri- ca who were willing to pay many hundreds of dollars while the Cow & Galloway hogs went begging at nearly any price. It was appearant to anyone that it was the prize winning blood line that the buyers were after and not just hogs"
 One of the buyers at the sale was the celebrated Ira Jackson of Tippecanoe City Ohio, who has sold more. hogs at $5,000 and $10,000 than any other man in the world.
 This sale was in every way a splendid success and most satisfactory to Dr. Bruce and MT. Evan.
 Dr. w. M. Bruce who is the pioneer blooded hog raiser in this section of Eastern Ark
 Continued on page Five)
The Brinkley argus., 1919-01-17
l. GAS AT |MVALlS BLUFF
l,,o in Prospective Gas
 Bluff Judge |dtes About it.

years there are
 Bdnkley who have 1 the belief that nat
 yet be found in
 ley territory, because
 rsigns of oil" if wells l in the right place. |gsne Lankford writes
 ttp this week in ! their editorial Could l Found Near Little ter is as follows: l answer your question ] that gas has been
 
 |DeValls Bluff.
 ] years ago a govern blogist made a chart he considered the pos and gas fields of the |ates. Oil and gas have 'n found in several arted by him as possi- nitory. DeValls Bluff center of a territory y this geologist as a )il and gas field.
 upon the informa- in this report, some ittsburg, Pa., came W years ago and or company with limited nd put down a we'll % feet deep. They strong flow of natural BOO feet with a pres ger than it is in Lit sometimes.
 wet gas" or mixed water, and therefore be used. The gas and flowed out of the a strong pressure,
 ignited, made a hot 5 and salt water was in an "oil sand" ard rock, and the ex- len say such indica- fine for oil and gas quantities.
 ter is found in all oil ne scientists don't now why but they are lnd together in deep Ut water is encount- e driller in an oil or ne either shuts the
The Brinkley argus., 1919-01-17

salt water off and drills on down further, or moves his rig a few hundred yards and tries to hit the oil and gas and miss the salt water, and frequently succeeds.
 A lack of money, and the beginning of the war prevent ed our company from drilling other tests here, but good oil men believe that a big oil and gas field will be developed here some day.
 The money that Little Rock spent for stoves and wood re- gently would test this field.
 Why go to louisiana for fuel when such great possibili- ties are developing at your door?N
 Yours truly,
 Eugene Lankford. January 15, 1919.
 I've heard some of our citi- zens say they'd go in on an oil and gas prospecting company. In as much as the various re- ports have been telling of signs of oil along Piney and then in the Bayou region the same, and in as much as the findings in the deep wells found around here have, by all indications, the contention that there is oil, Pm hoping that there will yet be a try out.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-01-30
ALEDO AT A GLANCE
Daily Doings in Mercer Countys Busy Capital

are welcome as It has been several
weeks since any word had been re-
cetved here.
John Mcdonald arrived home last
week, having been released from
the service. Shortly after he ar
rived overseas he suffered an &C
cident and was invaded home, hav-
ing been in a base hospital near
New York from where he was given
his honorable discharge.
Swan Berglund received a let
ter today from both of his sons,
Sergeant Spencer Berglund and
Ewald Berglund. both of whom are
in the service overseas.
Monroe Almquist, son of Mr. and
Mrs. A. W. Almquist of this city,
writes of their trip to Stenay. They
passed through several large cities,
among them Verdun, which he
says is a total wreck.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-01-30
ISLANDERS SEE
TRI-CITY TITLE
Game With Moline High School
Basket Players Tomorrow to
Decide Holder Of HOnOrs.

By @FRY."
With two hard games, one OF
which will practically solve the tri-
city championship, ahead Of them
this week, the Rock Island high
school basketball squad Is practlc-
ing every spare moment On FIJI
day night the Islanders will play
Moline on the "Swedes home
floor and on Saturday evening Cen
eseo will be the opponent in the To-
cal Y NJ. c. A
Dope, that rather unreliable
source of information, gives Rock
Island an easy win over Moline In
the early part Of the season the 10
Gals defeated Davenport by the
score of SO to 16, while two weeks
ago Davenport walloped Moline, 20
to Is. Another phase of the dope
victory for Rock Island is that, In
the earlier part of the year In a
preseason game, the locals de-
feated Galesburg by the score OF 81
to IS, while last Saturday Gales
burg humbled Moline, q to 13.
From such facts Rock Islands vic
tory is almost certain, Rock Island
having already defeated Davenport
and in winning from Moline tOmor-
row night the tri-city basketball
championship will be claimed.
The game with Geneseo in all
probability will be won by the To-
Gals, although Geneseo always has
had a strong basketball team.
The same lineup probably will
start both these games that have
started most of the other games.
Paul Anderson will hold down the
center. Anderson is one of the best
centers in this vicinity and in addi-
ton makes most of the Islanders
points. Dick Dopp will start as
guard. Dopp is one of the clever
est floor men in this section of the
state and most of the goals are di-
rectly responsible to him. Ray
monds Parks, no doubt will start as
forward He is a good floor man
and makes a good many points for
the locals. Werner Greve, guard,
and Wilson Duffin, forward, will
handle the guarding for the Island
ers. Both of these men. although
there is nothing spectacular about
it, play a strong, consistent game
and the small scores that their OPP
ponents have gotten is the result of
their playing.
After their games with Kewanee
and Abingdon the Islanders are in
the best of form and will play a
whirlwind game both nights.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-01-30
THRIFT PLACED IN
CURRICULUM OF
ILLINOIS SCHOOLS

Beginning next week thrift will
be in the curriculum of all Illinois
| schools.
With the endorsement of Francis
C. Blair, state superintendent OF
public instruction, and the CO
operation of city and county sup
erintendents of schools, Little
Lessons in Thrift" will be put into
the class rooms of every public
school in the state by the war saw
ings organization for Illinois.
BY special arrangements with
bishops of the five Roman Cath
Ole dioceses the lessons will be
sent also to the parochiaI schools.
Plans are being made to include
also all private, Lutheran and nor
NAL schools and the colleges. The
lessons will be sent out semi
monthly and through them nearly
l 100000 school children wilI> be
reached with war savings prop
uganda.
While the primary object is edu-
cation in the principles of thrift
the fact that the government still
needs the support Of The small
saver will not be lost sight of. It
will be emphasized that saving is
just as patriotic in peace-time as
in wartime; that supplies for an
army of occupation and during the
period of rehabilitation are just
as essential as during the period
of warfare. and that boys and girls
who lend their savings to the gov
eminent should feel just as keen a
sense of responsibility in the af-
fairs of the nation as the holder Of
large denomination government
bonds.
The following plan is outlined
for the teachers:
l. Make the Little Lessons in
Thrift issued by the war savings
organization a regular part Of your
class room work.
2. Make it a point to know the
opportunities for spare-time en-
ployment open to boys and girls
in your locality; if they can earn
money it naturally follows that
they will have money for saving
anu investing.
5. Arrange meetings for the
children and parents at which the
Importance of saving is discussed.
+ Plan separate talks for the
children emphasizing the value of
thrift, not only to the Individual,
but to the nation.
). Have the children write es-
says On ''Why We Save How l
Saved to Buy My First War Saw
ings Stamps why Economy
Pays" etc
6. Plan arithmetic problems on
the growth of savings and small
investments.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-01-30
TAX COLLECTION
TO BEGIN FEB. 10
County Treasurer W. I'll. Whiteside
Arranges for Extra Force
to Handle New Job.
NAMES PLACES FOR PAYMENT
Convenient Sites Selected in Var
iOus ToWnships-B0Oks are
Several Weeks Late,

To send cards to 10000 persons
subject to personal tax and to
give notification of the amount will
be the first duty of County Treas
urer ". II Whfteside when the tax
books are turned over 70 him as
county collector. This Is the first
year that the treasurer has had to
act in this capacity.
A large force of assistants will
be necessary to write receipts and
to make collections when the work
is on in full swing, according TO
Mr.. WhiteSide. The treasurer is
prepared to have u persons at the
service of the public, including
himself and deputy.
= The books will be turned over
TO the county treasurer several
weeks late, due to delay by the
state board of equalization in fur
nishinE to County Clerk II. B
Hubbard the assessments of rail-
road. telephone and telegraph
companies. Expectations are that
they will he delivered by Feb. 10.
Collection Places.
Convenient places for collection
Of taxes in addition to the county
treasureT's office in the court
house have been arranged by Mr..
Whiteside They are:
Moline. South Moline ard Hamp-
Ton townships IA Moline city hall.
Port Byron a-3 Coe townships
at TWO Port IT.. banks.
CordOva Up at COrdova
bank
Canoe Creek and Yuma town
ships at HiIlsdaIe banks.
Drury township at American
Trust & Savings bank. Muscatine
Buffalo Prairie township at Buff
falo Prairie bank.
- EdgingtOn township at State
Bank OF Reynolds.
Bowling township at Taylor
Ridge bank.
Coal Valley township store Of
Knapp & Ileas, Coal Valley.
Black Hawk. South Rock Island
and Rock Island township books
Will be in the Office of the county
treasurer in the courthouse.
The law provides that the coun-
ty treasurer as collector shall visit
each township. Mr.. Whiteside will
conform to this provision. but his
visit viii be merely a Formally
without the performance of actual
service in view of the arrange
ments made
Must Pay By April 10.
Taxpayers must settle with the
county by April Is or suffer pen
atty in the form of a publication
fee. Upon taxes unpaid by MAY
l per cent fine will be levied
and after June 1 another L per
cent will be added.
Property, including real estate,
will be fully assessed this year and
if plans go smoothly the work of
tax collecting should be out of the
way just in time to catch the re-
turns Of the assessors. This Will
give the treasurer his extraor-
binary quadTenniaI task as super
visor Of assessments. AS a whole,
real estate is assessed once in four
years. It is probable that a large
part of the unusually large force
EMPLOYED to make tax collections
viii of necessity be retained to do
the work imposed upon the super
visor of assessments.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-01-30

One-third of all mems. women
all this week Mt NcCabe's-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-01-30

Edward II Guyer and wife to
Gilmore H. Stafford, lot 80, Peter
Hays addition, Rock Island, to be
known as GlenwOOd addition, 81.
CORTLAND y. Fisk to Carl E. Nit
chelI, lot 10. block ?, Mrs. L. n.
Warmers subdivision of outlot u
Mrs. L. y. Warmers first addition,
East Moline. ST.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-01-30
| On County Records
Warranty Deeds.


Hugo J. Bloom, ct al, to John
NJ Ryan Foundry company, lots l,
. and >, block =. Columbia Park
addition. Rock Island, ST.
Robert F. RalstOn and wife to
Louisa Stevens, part lot Z, ]. D.
TaylOr's first addition, Rock Is
land, 81
Hugh r. Martin and wife to Will
liam Baraks, lot Il, block 4, old
town. Coal Valley, $500.
Carl +. Mitchell and wife to Ju-
Illus and Marie Lena, lot 10, block
?, 81; It 10. bIck ,, Mrs. l. N. War
ner's subdivision of outlot 4, Mrs.
/. y. Warmers first addition, East
~loline, $3.50.
Gust +. Lindquist and wife to
Hugh R Martin. lot =, block 4, old
town, Coal Valley, 81.
Bisbee daily review., 1919-09-14
MINE OWNERS
 WILL CONVF NJ:

CHICAGO, Sept 13.-Mine owners and mining engineers from every sec tion Of the country will present opin- ions to government representatives on the taxation of mines at the meeing of the meeting of the American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers which will be in session here during the week of September 22.
 Mine taxation at present danks with the subjects of most pressing impor- tance to the mining world. At their meeting the mining engineers and gov rnmen officials will discuss methods of determining mine valuations with a view to establishing tax laws for the mines, which will take into ac- count the wasting assets of the mining industry.
 The meeting is being held at the request of the commissioner of inter- nal revenue, who will be represented by Dr. l.. c. Graton of the valuation section of the bureau. In addition the mining engineers will hold important discussions on coal supply.
 WI f!vuhwtifssrdwl rdlrdl rdlu rdIuu
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MEXICO CLAIMS
 TITLE II ALL OF
 MINE PROPERTY

MEXICO CITY, Sept. 13. Gore ] spandence of the Associated Press)'- Legal precedent for the republic of Mexico to nationalize it's lands which are now devoted to the production of petroleum is claimed in a statement recently furnished to the Associated Press by Leon Salinas, sub-secretary of the department of commerce indus try which has this question in charge.
 Laws and statutes governing the de- velopment of coal and oil deposits date back to the days of the viceroys in Mexico, the statements says, and since that time there ha been a series of decrees and laws that firmly estab- Iished the rights of the republic in this regard.
 The question is now in the hands of the Mexican congress for revision with view to .adjudicating claims made by foreign companies with vast interests in Mexico.
 As early as 1793 the Sanish govern ment by laws known as mining sta tutes of New Spain" established the absolute dominion of the crown over mines and their products in Mexico, says the statement.
 BeDito Juarez, president of Mexico, decreed in 1863 that the nation has di- rect dominion over coal beds.
 In 1881 tn esupreme court of justice decided that the coal mines were sub ject to be denounced and that the mining statutes of New Spain" were still in force. Two years later the congress of the Union amended the federal constitution. establishing the right of that congress to issue mining and commercial codes. which should be binding throughout the republic.
Bisbee daily review., 1919-09-14
0.Houer RathO e.Z3eX

With the exception of two private cars, "Killarney" and "Cromarty," which are loaned by Lord Shaugn-
 messy, chairman of the Canadian Pa cifc Railway, and Commander J. K. L. Ross, respectively, to the Prince of Wales, there is nothing out of the
 ordinary about the equipment of the that it ,is brand new from engine
 pilot to observation platform, and is manned by the most efficient train
 crews on the railway. When these ears have served their purpose of housing the Prince for two months on his trip across Canada, they will be put into the regular service the
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NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION Department of the Interior
$. Land Office at PhOeniv Arizor

U. $. Land Office at Phoenix, Arizona.
 August g, 1919. Notice is hereDy given that Zena Aston, of Garces. Arizona, who, on April 20. 1914, made Homestead En- try, No. 024947. for NE 4 Section 2, Township 23-S.. Range 21-E.. G. & $. k. B. G Meridian, has filed notice of Intention to make three year proof to establish claim to the land above described, before Jared D. Taylor. U. S. Commissioner, at Bisbee, Ari- zona, on the 3d day of October, 1919. Claimant names as witnesses:
 Lee Aston, John Kelly, William Kelly and Henry Clay Aston, all of Garces, Arizona.
 J. L. IRWIN. Register.
Bisbee daily review., 1919-09-14
BEAN BOYS LOSE
DETROIT LOSES AGAIN

WASHINGTON, Sept. 13.-Washing- ton took the second game of the se- ries from Detroit. Courtney, recruit from the New Haven team, pitching his first big league game, though a bit unsteady, was credited with a vic tory. Score: R. H. E.. Detroit --.--.--.--..-OOO OO1 O25-7 10 2 Washington 201 100 05x-9 15 1
 Batteries - Leonard, Ayers, Gun ningham and Stanage; Courtney, Shaw and Charity.
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AMERICAN LEAGUE
STANDING OF THE TEAMS
NEW YORK TAKES TWO

NEW YORK, Sept. I3.-New York defeated St. Louis in double header New York won the first game in the opening inning, scoring three runs on two hit batsmen and three singles. New York came from behind in the
 second game, St. Louis enjoying a
Bisbee daily review., 1919-09-14
WITT LOSES GAME

PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 13.-Phila- delphia was ahead until Witt muffed Lowdermilk's fly in the fourth, after which Chicago's sluggers opened up an attack which wo1 them an easy victory. Score: R. H. E. Chicago ------...---..-003 1O2 2O0-S g l Philadelphia ------110 900 OOO-2 2 5
 Batteries-Lowdermilgk and SchaIk, Finn, Naylor, Kinney and Perkins.
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CARDINALS oU1 vF LUCK

ST. LOUIS, Sept. 13-Nehf allowed only three scratch hits and blanked St. Louis, New York winning. Not a local player got beyond first base. Score: R. H. E. New York ----..---..000 002 000-2 l St Louis --,,-OO0 900 OOO-O 3 l
 Batteries-Nehf and Gonzales; Ja- cobs, Sherdel, Tuero ana Clemons. e
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HRH Me Prince
 ofW[eS

same as any other equipment made at Angus Shops, the big Montreal car factory of the Canadian Pacific.
 Besides the two private cars, the train is made psof compartment car Empire; dining car, O"Canada" two sleeping cars, "Carnarvon" and Chester; car Chinook" and two
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steel baggage cars that house cold storage plants, shower baths, sleep ing quarters and a photographers dark room, drawn by one of sixteen new 480,000 pound giant locomotives.
 The private car Killarney" is the royal car It has been decorated with the Prince of Wales Featho.s
Bisbee daily review., 1919-09-14
FIRE BARGAINS.
LONG TRAIL GARAGE
 ONualI

Heavy winter laying strain white leghorn bullets about ready to lay. $2.OO each. No c. O. D. Kemps Ranch. Wilcox, Ariz. 535-S14-Adv
Bisbee daily review., 1919-09-14
CHICAGO WINS

CHICAGO, Sept. 13-Chicago de- feated Brooklyn in the final game of the series. Chicago punched Bar bour's double with a sacrifice and a single for the first run and scored the and two singles. Score: R. H. E. Brooklyn ---.-----..000 900 010-1 s l Chicago -..------..O11 900 O0x-2 8 l
 Batteries Mamaux and Krueger; Alexander and Killefer.
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WANTED, TEXAS LANDS

Acreage owners of Texas that wish
 to lease for Oil Development Mail Legal Description of Land We will list for inspection and de velop if indications are found. with no obligation or expense whatever to owner.
 COLUMBIA LEASING & DEVEL-
 OPMENT co. eoa Commerce St, Houston, Texas. s
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Angels. 7; Oakland, 5

AMERICAN ASSOCIATION Indianapolis, 2; Milwaukee, 4. Toledo, 1-4; Kansas City, 2-3. Louisville, 4; St. Paul, z. Columbus, 2; Minneapolis, 4.
 WESTERN LEAGUE Joplin, 2; Omaha, 0.
 Wichita, 2; St. Joseph, 10.
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Business locals

Public typing and stenography. neatly and accurately done. For terms address M. E., care Bisbee Daily Review 51O-9.25
Bisbee daily review., 1919-09-14
CINcY ANp BOSTON sPLIr

CINCINNATI, Sept. 1S.-The Bos- ton club held the league leaders to an even break in their double header. Cincinnati won the first game. Scores:
 First game R. H. E. Boston ........-.....O10 900 10O-2 ' Cincinnati --..-.......OO2 900 OO1-3 0
 Batteries Scott and O'Neill; Ruether and Rariden.
 Second game t. H. E. Boston ..................010 O01 2O0-4 10 2 Cincinnati -....---002 coo 001J3 6 0 BaIteries-Causey and ONeill; Ring, Luque and Rariden.
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and embraces a small observation platform, observation compartment, secretary's bedroom, shower bath, dining room seating six and fitted with writing desk and library. kitchenette and chefs bedroom. The train is equipped with all modern devices for efficiency and comfort.
Bisbee daily review., 1919-09-14
PIRATES TAKE DOUBLE HEADER;
 TIGERS WALLOPED BY NEW YORK
NATIONAL LEAGUE
STANDING OF THE TEAMS
PITTseUR oTAKEs TWO

PITTSBURG, Sept. 13.-Pittsburg won both games of a double header from Philadelphia. Scores:
 First game R. H. E. Philadelphia -.------10O 900 O00-1 O Pittsburg .-.-.....-.-0O0 031 00X-4 s l
 Batteries Smith and Clark; Carl son and Schmidt.
 Second game K. H. E. Philadelphia ----.----O00 900 00-0 1 Pittsburg .-------.-.-010 900 10x-2 2
 Batteries-Hogg and Tragessor, J. Adams; c. Adams and Schmidt.
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COLUMBIA LEASING & DEVEL

9os Commerce St, Houston, Texas. Q
Gilpin observer., 1919-06-12
CANNOT BE TAKEN ALIVE
aoriIIas viii Fight to the Death. and
Are to Be Feared, Even When
Mortally Wounded.

The most perilous job that any one
can undertake In the jungle is the cap
ture Of full-grOwn gorilla. 1t is said
that no gorilla has ever been captured
alive after he was full grown. He
would be a hold man who would at
tempt such a feat. Gorillas fear moth
Ing. Even when mortally wounded
they show al. agility, strength and fe-
rocity which Is astonishing. A famous
traveller once stated that it would take
$50 men to hold down gorilla with
any degree of safety.
On the other hand, all other apes
are said to be pathetically easy to CAP
ture. The usual method is for trats-
per to seat himself where he is certain
to be observed by these creatures and
pretend to drink from q bottle OF
crude spirits. When he Is sure that
he has been observed, he leaves the
bottle and goes away.
The moment his back is turned the
monkeys rush to appease their curios-
lty concerning the contents Of the bot
tie. They like the taste Of the spirits,
and quarrel among themselves for 1t
till the bottle has been emptied. They
are soon overcome by the intoxicant,
and the trapper returns and gathers
hem in.