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The Washington times., 1919-09-27
COMMUNITY TRUCK
FARM INNOVATION

American farmers in many sections
OF the country are cutting transporta-
tion cost through the cooperative or
community use Of motor trucks. That
the motor truck can be efficiently ana
economically used 20 transport per-
lahahle produce for distances from nVe
90 hfty miles has been proven, par
ticulRrly during the war period when
ran tranFportation was difficult to OBJ
tain and the truck was depended upon
largely to transport the perishable
food products Of the East to markets
The farmer with the limited income
cannot always afford a motor truck,
for unless q truck can be kept fairly
busy, the Investment cannot be
profitable one. Fortunately, however
in most cases there are others in a
neighborhood who are similarly sltu-
ated, and by joining together IN
farmers cooperative society, solu-
ton to the marketing problem Is oIteh
arrived at.
BelhiF-BaltlmoTe Read.
One OF the typical examples Of this
arrangement Is the motor truck route
operated between Belaii and balti'
more, Nd, a distance Of thirty miles
one way two motor trucks making
has been financed through club
formed by Hartford county residents
along the route, 200 shares having
been sold at S25 a share. The rates
charged are sufficient 70 pay all eE-
Benses, including the salaries or two
drivers and a secretary with an othea
at BelaiF, and also provides = surplus
to be used as working capital The
secretary handles all sales and sees
20 the purchasing Of all supplies, ma
chiuerY etc, needed BY the members
Of the club.
transportation Guaranteed,
Machinery and supplies are hauled
10 the farmers on the return trip az
~ 10 Is cents per hundredWeight,
Milk and cream are hauled daily 70
Baltimore and delivered TO six dairieF,
while poultry and other farm produce
are marketed with commission dealers
and ether Wholesale firms.
The club guarantees safe transpor-
tation to its members, compensation
being made for all losses. The rates
are reasonable, and the farmer is re-
lIeVsd Of all loss Of produce through
his inability to get it 20 market and
all loss In time in getting 1t there.
Besides these advantages the sec
retaFy Of the club is sort OF general
utility purchasing aBShL AOL Its AlloAAA
beFs. IL a farmer breaks part Of
his binder, for instance. it is only
necessary to call the secretary who
secures a duplicate part in the city
and sends Il out on the next truck.
Such q cooperative arrangement %
not only a compliment 20 the iHtelllv
rsnoe and ingenuity Of the American
farmer, but n logically followed, wiz |
nid materially in the HationsWide /
hFht 10 reduce food prices, for Il
brings the farmer into closer contact /
vita the ultimate consumer Of foods /
ln tha cities.
The Washington times., 1919-09-27
- sNOWs - IL

THE sNON1n AND suTuHN.a
used 70 hate the BunFent smell
OF gasoline and such.
/ deprecated every sound
OF "eut-out," gear" and clutch. /"
used to have the nightmare when
dreamed Of days j spent
In dodging motor thiuFaboba-
But now I'm different.
The scent OF gasoline IS sweet
Aroma most divine;
The cut-out, scar. and clutch are dear,
FoT nov these things are mine.
Ny dreams are happy FhapHadies;
sleep On calm content.
For noW own a hivVeF-yes,
I'm very different.
used to call cut Get q hor8sg
] loved 70 gFin in glee
WheBe'eF, beneath . ear q nan
would sweat IN agony.
But now my heart goes cut % him;
! feel FOR that poor geHt
Who has 70 tihkaF with his car
On, yeaf I'm different.
The mersl OF this Jlnglette
About the ''Aow" and Then"
La certainly quite evident
10 charitable men.
10 isn't wise 70 criticize
Chtil the gods have sent
little hivvep TO your home,
FeF theH-ita dlGaFeRt.
The Washington times., 1919-09-27

20 not use gasoline for washing 81
CLEANING: use kerosene. DO not allow
your automobile engine 20 run when
caF % standing, Have your cartu-
rotor adjusted % use least mixture.
see that heaFiuga run freely and ere
wen lubricated, Keep tires fully -
dated. Protect the radiator CD ceif
weather. Change gears ratheF than
climb hills with throttle vide open.
20 not use your car Heedleaaly 81
aimlesslv Dc not Do atultg.
The Washington times., 1919-09-27

It may be difficult to believe that
the adjustment Of an automahle
clutch pedal has everything 10 ds
with the life o. the tFansmission
gears and the clutch parts. M the
pedal Il set 50 that it moves through
gFeateF part Of its arc before ii
commences 70 release the clutch. tken
II Is more than likely it will not
wholly separate the clutch msubers.
IN that ease, the gears viii clash in
changing and they viii be pre-
matuFely worn cut,
BeHiees, Changing will be a noisv
operation. IL the pedal Is set So that
when II ig back" Il strikes tha eo6F-
board, IL is almost certain that the
clutch members are not eHFaTnd ~
tlghtlF ag they should Be and hat
they are slipBing-though So allrhtIT
as not TO be Retiead-With q conas.
aueRt wearing OF the surfaces. Wor1o
than this, the clutch q being ned
"aut' all the time against 9 powerful
spring. and the part that takes the
thrust Of this spring az such a time
IS an e1bsHHiVo ball bearing, which
The Washington times., 1919-09-27

service.
a leaky valve is the cause of many
e nat tire. but the valve itself ia
act always az fault very ofton,
even after q new ainsert' (ths inside
part or valve proper) is bought and
put in. the slow leak is as bad a.
ever. The trouble ia IN the rubber
gaaket inside the cap. .This becomes
displaced and swung around - hat
it presses on the stem anf cauror
the air % pass out sloWlG me
motorist naturally screws the can
down tighter On an attempt toAetoo
the leak, which only aggravates Nhe
trouble. STRENGTHENING the cap VIA
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-05-30
Jews of the Day in Moline and East Moline

mains to rake the system clmp. ete,
Follow Lg is a copy Of the petit
ton which will be presented To the
city council:
I'VE, the undersigned citizens of
East Moline, being unable to secure
electric light in that part Of the
city of East Moline lying between
Fawnee avenue and First avenue
hereby petition your honorable
body for a franchise to establish an
electric plant and to establish an
electric lighting system and set
po es and string wires upon the
streets and avenues of said city in
the territory above described.
1.-THE undersigned will act with
the city council and city attorney in
drawing a permit or franchise satr
isfactory to the city council.
THE purpose of this undertaking
is to enable the citizens living
north of Pawnee avenue to secure
electricity for lighting, heating and
motive power, having formally pc
titioned the Peoples Power Co. to
furnish us the light, and for various
reasons they state that they can
not do SO. We feel that the citizens
of this territory are entitled to
these public necessities and petit
ton your honorable body to grant
franchise to take care Of the needs
of said territory"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-05-30
EAST MOLINERS
ASKING TO HAVE
ELECTRIC PLANT
Peoples Power Company Refuses
10 Help Cltizens-WOuld Es-
tablish Own House.

In answer to the Peoples Power
company's refusal to give lights to
citizens residing along the river
front near Seventh street, East Mo
line, as asked in their petition, q
group of citizens have drawn an
other petition to be presented to the
Fast NfUiine city council next Mon
day evening, asking for a franchise
to estabL sh an electric plant of
their oWG.
Although there are but twenty
two who are asking for the fran
chise on the grounds that il is a
public necessity, promoters of the
enterprise are confident that twice
that number will be interested
when the property near there is
sold end building activities start
anew. When the citizens presented
tue petition to the power company
for a few lights they received a re-
ply that Il would be impossible to
grant the demands at present
VIII be Favored.
That the undertaking Will be
favored by all property owlers af-
fected is assured. Already there are
light poles covering the district ard
stringiPs Of wires and inst Ill'nC o.:
lights is the only work which re-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-05-30
DIPLOMAS GIVEN 81 IN MOLINE AND
EAST MOLINE GRADUATES So PUPILS

The following So students of the
grade schools of East Moline, about
half of which will enter the East
Moline township high school, were
presented with certificates show
ing passing grades in work yester-
day:
Jacob Beghm, Perez Johnson,
Wilbur Hunter. Maurice Parr, Cor
nelius Nelson, Roy Alderman, Evert
Carlmark, Marie Niles, Pauline
Stable, George Swartz, Annie
Heyde, Viola Bronson, Florence
Enderton, Mildred Haub, Anna Nc
Carly, Nina Rasmussen, Clare Lun-
deem, Esther Holloway, Nola
Griffith, James Sexton, Guy Quick,
Drucilla Breecher, Druscilla Cook
sey, Aleta Schildmiller, Pauline
Zimmerman, Walter Kettman,
Thelma Black, Mary Cady, Cecil
Allen, Glen Wildermuth, Gladys L..
Dietrich, Dorcas Cox, Bernadine
Cox, Florence Hall, Leonard
O'Connell, Myrtle Pinkerton, Ocie
Clark, Jennie Whitehead, Mildred
Miller, Evelyn Chapple. Constance
DeMimbrun, Forrest Millett, Fran
els Mumma, Edward Fallberg,
Laura Victor, Evelyn Cox, Ralph
Jones, Theo Aldrich, Herbert Pet
erson, George Haddad, Mildred
Garnes, Raymond Carlson, Joseph
Banks.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-05-30

wens, Evelyn Genevieve Glover,
Helen NJ. Gould, Herbert Walter
Green, Esther Hanewacker, Ruth
E. Hill Lillian E. Holm, Leroy
Hoyt, Mary E. Huette, Charles M.
Hulsen, Ethel S. jacobson, Helen
Imogene Johnson, May Irene
Johnson, Helen Dorothy Karstens,
Ethel Anna Kohlhase, Marvin E.
Kohlhase, Alice Marguerite
Kroeger, Grace Ida Belle Kuehl,
Rosaline Elizabeth Lamb, Mildred
Pauline Larson, Ruth E. Larson,
Willard o. Larson, Gerald Herman
Linde, Pierre Jordon Long, X. d.
Crawford Mahlstrom, Marguerite
Dorothy 1. Mahlstrom, Margaret
Helen Myers, Arthur Stowell Mus
son, Lille M. Nelson. A. Edmond
Nordahl. Maurice Olchoff, Jack w.
Patterson. Ruby w. Olson, Clar-
ence T. Paul. Esther l.. Parson,
Lillian A. Pearson, Helen Margaret
Peterson, Helen Marie Peterson,
Geneva Edith Peterson, Gilbert
PETERSON. William PilIith, Jr., Fran
ces NJ. Quick, Helen M. Reynolds,
George G. Rehwer, Melvin A.
Samuelson, Myrtle e. Samuelson,
Elsie J. Schaible. Henry SchlotfelL
Lois 1. Shumate, Walter STANCE,
Fred Albert Stanley, Reva Oneita
Stoehr, Capitola Blanche Stone,
Agnes Strandlund, Edwin Titus,
Raymond X. Trefz, Clifford E.
Wagner, John r. Walker, Versa
Eloise Williams, Howard Clayton
whitman, Carl H. Wilson, Mamie
Wittisw, Dorothy May Wood. Grace
E. WOODBURY., Orrel Orth Zahn.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-05-30
Decorate Graves
of War Veterans
Insane Hospital

Graves of the seven Civil wal
veterans in the cemetery at -she
Watertown state hospital for in
sane were decorated with Amer
lean flags this morning and flowers
were placed on the mounds of the
the several hundred who passed
as inmates of the institution.
Rev. J. V. Kennedy OF the East
Moline Methodist church, delivered
the Memorial day address at the
hospital. A fife and drum corps,
composed of members of the at
tendants' band, led the parade from
the main building to the burying
grounds. Attendants who were in
the army donned the khaki for the
occasion and marched with those
few Civil war veterans who still
remain.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-05-30
The Day In Davenport

Knocked From Wheel.-Knocked
from her bicycle by an automobile
Edna Reichert, aged IL, 2319 Boise
avenue, was badly scratched and
bruised about the limbs and body
Wednesday afternoon. Mrs. Her
man Warnken, wife of a mail car
rier residing at 1905 Bowditch
street, was driving north on How
ell street. At the Rockingham road
| intersection the little girl was rid
ing her bicycle. Both the auto drtv-
er and the cyclist lodged in the
same direction.
Dragged Beneath Buggy-Drag-
ged for 80 feet under an overturn-
ed buggy drawn by a team OF
frightened horses, Miss Marguer-
lite Otto, daughter OF Mr.. and Mrs.
Adolph Otto of the Dempsey hotel,
suffered several broken ribs and
| severe bruises and scratches,
! while Willis Price, her companion,
escaped with slight injuries We'd
nesday evening. The runaway
took place on Harrison street The
team, hitched to a. light top buggy,
was being driveA south by Mr..
Price. At the Eighth street inter
section the horses became fright
ened and started to run.
Safe Is Cracked.-Presumably
the same strong-arm squad which
cracked a safe in the Thomson &
Ahrensdorf tobacco factory last
weekend, used the same tactics in
breaking open the strongboX in the
office of Pearlstein e. Rosenthal,
junk dealers at 1924 West Second
street, Wednesday night. The am
ateur yeggs pried open a sliding
window used in connection with an
outside scale. Through this they
entered. With an iron weight they
knocked the knob off the safe,
punched in the combination, and
swung open the door. Thrift
stamps to the value Of $50 were
missing when the office was
opened yesterday.
Aimed to Kill.-That Arthur
knight, negro holdup artist await
ing trial on a charge of shooting
John B. Neufeld, proprietor of a
drug store at 1430 West Third
street, deliberately planned to muir
der him and then rob the store at
his leisure was the charge made
yesterday by Neufeld, following his
release from the hospital. knight
did not become nervous and dis
charge the revolver accidentally"
said Mr.. Neufeld yesterday, in dis
cussing the attempted holcup and
shooting ARRAY of last Friday
night. He made a deliberate at
tempt to kill me and had arranged
his plans carefully"
Glasses Returned.-A pair Of field
glasses, somewhat the worse for
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-05-30
LITTLE CHANCE OF
ARSENAL CARS TO
BE ON SALE HERE

There is very little chance OF
tri-city residents who have been
hoping to buy government ma
chimes, to get them around here
according to an announcement
made today by C. w. Hare, direc-
tor of sales for the war depart
ment.
To those who expected to OBJ
tain the government trucks or
cars from the Rock Island arsenal
when the war department author
lied salvadge of this equipment,
Mr.. Hare says:
Comparatively a small number
of miscellaneous cars, not adapt
ed for government use, will be sold
at public auction at various posts
and camps beginning June 1. But
as yet we have not been author
lied to hold a sale"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-05-30
employees TOLD
need OF 7-CENT
HuntOOn Says Ii Don't Get Money
1t Will Be Crepe Affair
for Everybody.

I'VE have absolutely got to have
more money to run the railway
system in the quad cities or else
it will be a crepe affair and you
and l will be the chief mourners.'
This was the sentiment expressed
by officials of the Tri-City Railway
company last evening to depart
fncnt heads and employees who
gathered at a dinner in the Service
building in Moline. The dinner
was given under the auspices OF
the Employees association of the
utilities companies of the tri-cities.
Among the speakers were F. K.
George of Grand Rapids, assistant
to the president of the United
Light & Railways; J. z. Weeks and
J. G. Huntoon, vice president and
general manager, respectively of
the Tri-City Railway company; C.
Cornell of the gas company and
Robert Mcdonald, manager of this
power company.
These men urged that the en-
ployes cooperate with their en-
ployers by telling the public what
the reasons were for the petition
ing of a 7-cent street car fare.
HuntOOn Speaks.
Mr.. Huntoon declared that the
nickel is worth only 3 cents today.
Expenses have gone up on every
thing" he said The company's
profit in Illinois last month was
only S157. In Davenport we went
$4,000 in the hole. We will soon
find ourselves a generous people
and find capital and labor getting
closer together. 1t will mean that
labor will soon be sitting on the
boards Of directors of corpora
tons"
Mr.. George of the United Light &
Railways, the holding company of
the local corporation, said if the
railway company cannot be made
to pay revenue it will be cast aside.
Wee President Weeks said that the
railway company is not making
enough money so that anyone will
invest a cent in it as lelg as he
can go to the bank and get 4 per
cent. Even with a 7-cent fare, he
said. the company could not give an
attractive return to investors.
"In cooperating with the com
pany you are only benefiting your
selves" said Thomas Kennedy.
You don't want the company to
go bankrupt because you don't
want to lose your job"
Several employees who spoke said
that they realized the company's
financial condition. and that it is
essential for the men to go out and
sell the 7-cent fare to the public
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-05-30

wear and encrusted with fiecks Of
mud from the fields of France, was
turned over to Colonel P. M Good
rich, army recruiting officer in
charge of the Davenport district,
yesterday by the war department
The glasses were loaned to Colonel
Goodrich early in the war by a
party unknown to the officer.
Sad Story UnraYeleds-A little,
baby in Davenport, a young motherI
sleeping beneath the sod and al
father, clad in khaki fighting in
France, not knowing that the baby
was born or that his wife had died,
form the threads of pathetic littlei
story unraveled here y yesterday
over a year ago Herbert B. Kahl
of Burr, Neb., then in the United
States army, was married to Miss
Helen CroWl of South Dakota.
Shortly aftarward he sailed for
overseas with the medical corps.
The months passed and his mail
no longer reached him. He mag
ined that all was the same as when
he had left. But this spring a little
daughter, Helen Margaret, arriv-
ed. This was March 4. Two weeks
later the young mother, who had
never recovered from the ordeal,
vas stricken and died He has now
returned The baby is in Daven-
port
Major Cooper HOme.-Major John
Wallace Cooper, after II months
of distinguished service with the
American expeditionary force in.
France, is home again. He wears
the Legion of Honor conferred on
him April 10, 1918, by General PEI
tain on behalf of the French gov
eminent. He also returns with the
rank of major, which commission 4
was bestowed on him Aug. 81, 1913.
Property SOld.-An important
business property transaction is an
nounced yesterday in the purchase
by M. Raphael Sons, cigar manu-
facturers, of the former telephone
company building al the northwest
corner of Sixth and Harrison
streets, together with the improve,
ment of the property adjoining on
the north by the erection Of a to-
bacco warehouse.
Obituary RecOrd.-Jeannette Ed
ma, the 8 days old infant daughtert
of Mr.. and Mrs. Raymond Hebbeln,
died Wednesday afternoon at the
home Of her parents, Isl Rolls
street.
Marriage Licenses.-Joseph A.
Zoltowski and Vida Wicks, both of
Davenport; Albert Angular and Ell
mis- Parlos, both of Bettendorf;
Charles C. Duncan and Hazel ia
cobs, both of Davenport.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-05-30
SEVENTY-FIVE ARE
CONFIRMED TODAY
BY BISHOP DUNNE

This morning confirmation exer-
cises at the St Mary's Catholic
Ebdrch were held with Bishop E.
M. Dunno of Peoria diocese in
charge. A class of approximately
BeveutJ--five were administered the
Sacrament.
High mass was held at o'clock
and several of the tri-city priests
and tkose from neighboring towns
Essistea in the work Bishop Dunno
is the guest of Father ]. S. Kelley
turing his visit in Moline.
All the news all the lime-The
Argus.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-05-30
BOYS HURT AS
CAR OVERTURNS
Max and Curtis LindstrOm of
Woodruff Probably Fatally
Injured While Riding.
(Special to The Argus


Cambridge, May 30.-Max and
Curtis Lindstrom, sons of Mr.. and
Mrs. VERNE Lindstrom CT Wood
hull, were probably fatally injur-
ed yesterday when the automobile
in which they were riding toward
Cambridge turned turtle.
There were five boys in the car
dhd they were on their way to the
Henry county track meet held yes
te-Gay at Cambridge. Max Lind
strom was driving.
Wait minute, Max" said one
Of the boys. my cap blew off,"
Max turned around, lost control
of the car, and few minutes later
he and his brother lay beside the
road, unconscious. The other boys
%ere not injured.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-05-30
Police News

Three bicycle thefts were report
ed to Moline police last evening.
Forrest Deane, 1888 Twenty-hfth
street, left his standing in front OF
Moline high school. F. C. Swanson.
Z134 Thirty-fourth street, says his
was near the Williams, White & 20.
plant the last time he saw it. Rus
sell Duncan, 1903 Twelfth avenue,
parked his wheel in front Of a
movie theatre.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-05-30
'N.A.LARSON Will.
ADDRESS ALUMNI
Judge of County Court Is Main
Speaker at Association Meeting
at Club on June 90.

n. A. Larson, judge Of the coun-
ty court, will be speaker of the
evening at the annual reunion of
the Moline high school alumni as
sociation which will be held June
20 in the Moline Commercial club.
Judge Larson is a graduate of
the Moline school with the class
of 1898. Following the banquet
which will be served at z o'clock,
Judge Larson will welcome the
class of 1919 into the association.
The business meeting and election
of officers will follow the dinner.
Dancing will be held in the even
ing to strains of Whites orches-
ira.
Final arrangements for the din
ner-dance will be made by the ex-
ecutive committee at a meeting
next Tuesday evening.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-05-30

Eunice Wells, Elsie Kallman, Eliza
beth Wright, Grace Keas, Mildred
Y,ng.ing.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-05-30

The so-caIled cork legs do not
owe their name TO their compost
ton, but to the fact that their in
ventor was a Dr. Cork.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-05-30

ALI the news all the time-The
Argus.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-05-30

Marriage Licenses.-Joseph A.
Zoltowski and Vida Wicks, both of
Davenport; Albert Augilar and FL
mis- Parlos, both of Bettendorf;
Charles C. Duncan and Hazel ia
cobs, both of Davenport.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-05-30

Obituary RecOrd.-Jeannette Ed
ma, the days old infant daughter,
of Mr.. and Mrs. Raymond Hebbeln,
died Wednesday afternoon at the
home Of her parents, Isl Rolls
street.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1919-08-01
Says That President Wilson
Violates His Own Treaty

Great Britain exempts all of her Do
minions from any obligation unless il
is approved by the Parliament Of the
Dominion concerned and makes it
condition of her agreement that
similar obligation is entered into BIZ
the United States of America where
as the Franco-American Treaty con
tains no such proviso as TO the partici
patton of Great Britain.
We take pleasure in anording the
Senate of the United States an oppor
runity to inspect this transcript OF the
Franco-American Treaty, pending the
arrival OF the original, and we cannot
deny 70 it the additional privilege Of
meditating upon its amazingly quick
violation by the President of the
United States who negotiated and ex
ecuted it,
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1919-08-01
RECKLESS MOTORISTS

Gary records many automobile accidents
As Gary is the largest city in the region size
the heavy traffic Broadway and the speeding done
responsible for many them the prime reason
for the accidents is the careless reckless driving
Last week our-year-old child died Of injuries in
ficted when it in front of and yesterday
fve-yearold child was manned for life by speed
maniac These only recent Those acquainted
with the police blotter the that
cry week reports show numerous collisions due
mainly to carelessness
That the busy streets place for little chill
dren play and about should real.
lied by every parent Accidents are not always the
fault of the autoists
The police doing all in their power carry out
provisions of the traffic ordinance recently passed
by the city council. Persons guilty Of speeding and
crminaly reckless driving should be treated Grimm.
ais and punished severely The law be rigdly
enforced and if a brought into for
the offense. should given something he will
remember long he lives
Parents punish your children for playing in the
streets