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New-York tribune., 1919-05-11
Picturesquely rustic though
this garden entrance appears,
it is, nevertheless, built of the
ubiquitous concrete

that is, the surface against the forms
was given smooth finish, but the in
terror was left much as it came from
the gun.
"Tests of the completed car, both
empty and loaded, demonstrated its
practicability for rough service. In
the test without load it withstood ex-
tremely rough handling in switching
and came through without injury. Sub
sequently the car was loaded with
fifty-five tons Go per cent overload)
of sand and turned over to switching
crew for service handling. 1t with
stood this test also without injury.
"0ther merits are claimed for the
concrete car. 1t will not need painting
and will practically eliminate main
tenance charges. It's life will be much
longer than that of the wooden car. It
will have the important advantage.
also, of being unaffected by it's cargo,
and will consequently be adapted bet
ter than the steel car for hauling Stag
and ashes"
The following interesting ex-
amples of concrete things" are
taken from the pages of popular
Mechanics:
"A concrete track base is being sue
cessfully used without ballast, on a
short stretch Of open main line, by a
western railroad. A continuous con-
New-York tribune., 1919-05-11

h ard" may be surprised to
suow that he does not
relish the description. Burbank,
who has just reached his seventieth
wear. does not like the implication
that his success came to him "on
the wings of some mystic power. :"
II was hard work, nothing less, that
has made him the foremost expert
mental agriculturist in the country,
as a writer in "The American Mag
azine" undertakes to show He says :
"His career has been full of bitter
disappontments and heartbreaking set
backs. 1t has been empty Of lucky ac-
cidents. There has been nothing of
magic in his work. But there has been
a patience so invincible, concentra-
ton SO ardent and intense, that one
must marvel at the man himself more
than at any of his achievements, re-
markable as they are.
"You think he must have been lucky.
Well, whatever luck came to him had
the minus sign in front of it. What
he has accomplished was paid for in
hard work lasting for twelve and four
teen hours a day. He has kept at a
Task for ten, twenty, even thirty years
before the desired end was attained.
He so concentrated all his powers
On his work that his very senses have
Aeo developed far beyond their nor
mas quality. 1t is self-mastery, not
magic, that has made him able to
achieve miracles.
New-York tribune., 1919-05-11
The Soul of
the Cookie :
Burr
-

BULLETIN issued by the
American Chemical So
: ciety declares that a NEW
and yalnahla oilu is nour
New-York tribune., 1919-05-11
Plain, Hard
Work, Says
Burbank

~~ HOSE who think of Luther
Burbank as "the plant wiz
n ard" may be surprised to
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-12-31
BIRTHS AND DEATHS.

-Hirths-George and Angeiine Jacobs Jacobs.
|stia street, boy: Philip aad Natan s
|.,swa,t 3s65 street. boy; august at an,
|Esther Fertig, EOS South Twenty-s,tn.n
4 1eo North Seventeenth street boy; pie.
,.srd and ida skar. 4o22 Writ street, ooy,
ITohn and Katharine Eiic. s4os ev sa
ISciRhteenth street. boy; Francis and MAJ MAI
Ella Moran, 1857 Parker avenue, gi,i,
Fred Fred and Edna BlayfuSs, s ,nS cs nGssn
Isrhirty-fifth street girl: Lars ana Cs.ne ...
linz Jacobson, Sixty-fourth ana Lslayeti,e
venue. boy; Roy and Edna Mars ma T.
stsa North Fifty eighth street, boy; Den
Tf,b street. girl: Ellsworth and Marie
Woodcook, 1911 North Eighteenth s'r conc
s.ov. William and Judith Hoover 1Vus
Military avenue, boy; John aid Ellen
Enauisi. 1918 Canfornia street s giri so Ar,
thnr and Evangaline Markey. 4e24 south
Twenty fourth street, girl; Floyo any M
f Lille Tinker. 54i4 South reimbursement
pea peathsIpena Koopman. Is. ss1 South
Nineteenth avenue: John Tra.iewle1.
dsv 55o7 South Thirty-seven'b street
Arthur Newton, 10 days, 2ofs Cas.elI IA,
sfreet: Helen H. Houston. 81, sos North
1,hirty-sixth street; isabella L. Sichmono
~ 2s14 South Seventeenth street George
Kraft 40, hospital
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-12-31
bEATHs 4 FUNERAL NOTICES
tCash With Order.D

John, one Of Omaha's
plonoers passed away at her residence
ass North Twenty fifth street last eve
ming.
Mrs. Richard with her husband and
family came to Omaha In 1868, when
|. they embarked in The hotel ous,fess on
Farnam street. between Ninth ana
Tenth streets and later operated their
weli-known restaurant at 1917 Farnam
sheet Her husband preceded her IN
death in the year 1882, Mrs Richard
was the sterling type OF early settlers
and saw Omaha grow from large
was public spirited. statG ard con-
servative citizen and will be missed by
many friends, She was bori IN Flon-
helm. Germany. November "a. 1889,
to Omaha In 1868. She bore seven chill
dren two dying in infancy ard Henry
Richard who died in 1903. Mrs. Katy
Dillman. who died In 1885 Surviving
Johst. Peorta IN: Mrs. Horny Dill
y sman. Cheyenne, Wyo.; Mrs. Ne'tie Beck
man. Omaha; seven grand children and
four great grand children
Funeral from residence, gao Thurs
,day. Burial Forest Lawn cemetery.
Sophia, died December
90 1919. aged 81 years, Deceased is sur
| vivcd by daughters Mrs J. Jobst,
4 Peoria. III: Mrs, Henry Dilinan, Chey-
emo. Wye, and Mrs. Ncttie Reckman
of Omaha.
Funeral from residence. 94s North o5th
St.. Thursday, ESQ p IN.
A., Dec. 20, aged
IS yrs. Is days,
Funeral Jan. /, 1920. at p m from
FIRST English Lutheran church of Ben
son, lnterment in Mt. Hope cemetery
sEEN--wM.. H., died Dec. Is. aged 72
years Services Wednesday, Dec 81, 2
p.tAn, from 1854 LeavenworSh Inter
mont Forest lawn.
The Holly chieftain., 1919-03-20

The Washington conference was
called to discuss ways and means of
stimulating business and providing
buffer employment for labor dur
ing the period necessary for indus
trial readjustment. 1t WAS submit
ted that buildings and construction
work served these two purposes
more completely and directly than
any other industry. 1t WAS brought
out that the country is short be-
tween 500 and million homes
Therefore. while public officials are
going in for public improvements.
many communities are organizing
Own Your Home campaigns.
These served several important and
desirable ends. Home owning means
home building, home building
means labor and stimulated bust
ness In every locality where a dwell.
ing is built, the home owner is
better citizen because his very own
ership makes him responsible and
Immediately interested in the social
and political welfare of his com.
munity. Further, the home owner
does not take up quickly with radi-
cal movements such as are now
threatening the security of govern
ments in Europe
The department of labor, through
the division of public works and
The Holly chieftain., 1919-03-20
Business Man Who Waits
Is Stalline Progress
EXPERTS ARE AGREED
WAITING NOW UNWISE
General Building and Improve
ments Throughout Entire Coun-
try Is Considered by Wise Men as
Both Safe and Sane. Course for All

The governors and mayors in at
tendance on the recent Washington
conference appear to have been con-
vinced, pretty generally, OF two
things: There is to- be no immedi.
ate or marked reduction in the
price OF building materials and la
Dor wages, and an immediate re-
sumption of building and cOnstruc-
ti0n activities throughout the
country, more than any other one
thing, is essential if business is to
get back to the las usual basis
of peace, or the better than usuaIv
possibilities of the present and flu
ture.
Some went to the conference be-
lieving materially lower prices
might be had if the federal gov
ernment would Just do something.
Others were convinced, that the
situation would take care of itself
if the government would do moth
ing but keep its hands OH business
and let the law of supply and de
mand run it's course. These latter
were disposed to believe prices in
the building and construction in
dustries were too high.
For this reason statement by
Prof. Irving Fisher of Yale Unlver-
sity, an acknowledged authority on
price and market conditions, in
which he says the United States
has reached new price level and
it is doubtful if prices ever again
will go back to the pre-war level,
was read with interest. Prof. Fisher
says that one certain way to bring
about business stagnatiOn is for
everybody to wait for business to
get better. Prof Fisher states it
this way:
The fundamental practical ques
tiOn confronting business men is
whether the general level of prices
is going to fall. In my opinion, il
is not going to fall much, If at all
We are on a permanently higher
price level and the sooner the bus
mess men of the country take this
view and adjust themselves to it
the sooner will they save them
The Holly chieftain., 1919-03-20

selves and the nation from the mis-
fortune which will come, if we per
sist in our present false hope.
This international authority on
prices shows there have been times
in history when new price levels
were established He says:
The general level of prices de
pends upon the volume and rapid
ity of turnover of the circulating me-
dunn in relation to the business to
be transacted thereby. If the num-
Der of dollars circulated by cash and
by check doubles, while the number
of goods and services exchanged
thereby remain constant, prices
will double.
The great price changes in histo-
ry have come about in just this
manner. The Price revolution OF
the sixteenth century came upon
Europe as result of the great in
flux of gold and silver from the
mines of the New World. Europe
was flooded with new money. More
counters were used than before in
effecting exchanges, and prices be
came high. People talked then of
temporary initiation. just as they
talk of it now. But it was not
temporary: it was new price level
A similar increase in prices all over
the world occurred between 1896 and
1914 following the discovery of the
rich gold fields of South Africa,
Cripple Creek and Alaska. the in
ventiOn of the cyanide process in
mining, and the vast extension of
the use of bank credit
After analyzing our gold supply
and credits and pointing out that
prices in Europe are higher than in
America, Prof. Fisher arrives at this
conclusion.
Business men should face the
fact. To talk reverently of 1884
prices is to speak a dead language
today. The buyers of the country,
since the armistice, have made an
unexampled attack on prices
through their waiting attitude. and
yet price recessiOns have been In
significant. The reason is that we
are on a new high price level,
which will be found stubborn
reality. Business men are going to
find out that hte clever man is not
the man who waits, but the one
who finds out the new price facts,
and acts accordingly
At the same time Prof. Fishers
conclusions were made known there
came from the division of public
works and construction develop
ment of the U. S. department of Ia
Dor a resume of the work of ten
or twelve experts on price and mar
ket conditions. Here again it was
made plain there is no evidence JUS
tifying the expectation OF general,
material reduction in the price lev,
ell This report makes these state
ments:
The fact is that cost of construc
tion is not high today. 1t is low
compared with food, clothing and
commodities in general. Although
some readjustments in the wages oi
| individual trades and in the prices
of individual classes Of building
materials may take place, the cost
of construction will not come down
to such an extent as to endanger a
judieious investment made today
| in the erection of new building
The Holly chieftain., 1919-03-20

The Bargain Store has a dandy
line of Mems and Boys Work Shoes
at bargain figures. 39-tf.
The Holly chieftain., 1919-03-20

construction development, is coop
Grating with many communities in
the Own Your Home" movement.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-07-05

WOMAN'S BILL DEFEATED.
London, July 5.-Thc woman
emancipation bill was defeated in
the house of commons.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-07-05
MATHERVILLE

Jack Inch made a business trip to the
tri -cities Wednesday.
Emil Roquet has returned home from
overseas where he spent several months
in the United States army
Mr.. and Mrs. Eli Irwin and two children
were in Davenport Thursday.
There was no celebration here the
Fourth. A good many went away to spend
the day.
John Handley had his furniture removed
to Rock Island Tuesday.
Miss Elsie Link who has been employed
in AIedo has returned to Matheryille
George Peterson was a Rock Island pas
senger Wednesday.
Several from here attended the Masonic
lodge in Viola Tuesday evening. The can
didates were Dave Hagman and Ned Neave
of this place
The little son of Mr.. and Mrs. George
burroughs cut a bad cash in his foot
Wednesday. 1t was necessary for DR.
G. NJ. MuTreT to take several stitches to
close the wound.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Roduet OF Cardiff
spent the week end at the Emil ROquet
home.
Mrs. William Thompson burned her
hands and arms quite badly while oper-
sting a gasoline stove Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Mark Knoll and son Dale
spent the latter part of the week in Nal
corn. Iowa
Mrs Peter Connor was in AIedo Thurs
day.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-07-05

When you feel e e52s9gFsse Bsr-
Vous.- tired, worried or respondent it
is a sure sign you need MOTIFS
NERFERINE PILLS. They renew
the normal vigor and make life worth
living. Pc sure and ask for
Motifs KerVerfne Pills Price $500
by druggists.
WILLIAMS MFG. CO., Props,
Cleveland, Ohio.
Riess' drug store. new location. 1906
Second avenue
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-07-05
ORION

Mrs. Carrie Danielson has gone to Sand
fopd Mich. for an extended visit with
relatives.
Mrs. II. F. HoTbrook and little daughters
are visiting the formers mother in Ply
mouth. III.
Mrs. W. W. Kerr was hostess to the
Stitch and Chatter club at her home Tues
day afternoon.
Peter Frost has purchased the build
ing now used as lunch room OF A o.
Anderson and it VIII be occupied in Sep
TENDER by Frost Brothers cleaning and
pressing business.
The Misses Hazel and Lenona Westerlund
are visiting friends in Des Moines and
Gowrel, Iowa.
Mrs Krank and Mrs. Smith of Elk
hart Ind with Miss Media Smith and John
Smith of Rock Island, were guests at
the home of Rev. Mr. Anderson last Tues
day.
The Misses Sarah and Helford Palm
quist of Chicago are guests of their uncle
and aunt. Mr.. and Mrs. o. E. Paimquist.
Miss Ruth MeWhinney of Sunny HILL is
in Macomb attending the summer school.
Mrs. D. c. Keleher was hostess to the
Baptist choir Tuesday evening A most
delightful evening was spent and delicious
refreshments were served
Mrs FAY RisheI entertained the NJ l.
T. W. club at her home in Cambridge
Wednesday afternoon
Hugh Banebrick has arrived in Orion,
from overseas service.
Frank Gustafson and Miss Marion Sher-
rard were married at the home OF the bride
in Cambridge Thursday and left for a
northern wedding trip. Upon their return
they will reside in Orion. where the groom
is a member of the firm of Edmund & com
pany.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-07-05

only suitable charge by which he
could be convicted in police court.
What he was really convicted Of
was taking money under false pre-
lenses, when he failed in his boast
to climb the walls of the Harper
house hotel, as a fly. yesterday
noon, after having collected about
$S5 from spectators in advance. He
was styled the fearless, myster-
ious daredevil"
The fakir certainly had a remark
able career in Rock Island. He
came here early in the week with
the intentions Of making a haul"
He reached the pinnacle of his
aspirations when he had climbed
to the fourth floor of the Harper
hotel. But he didn't climb as a fly;
he merely went up by way of the
water spout and stopped before
reaching the top. He was hooted
and beckoned to continue, as a last
hope. But he wouldn't. He was
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-07-05

AID the news all the .ime-The
Argus.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-07-05
FLOOD FORMS
LIGHT DISPLAY
OF LIQUID FIRE
Display of PyrOtechnics Halted b.
Rain-Remaining May be
Shown Tonight.

Rain came near spelling the IRE
works at Long View park last
night.
Just as the speech of Captain O.
E. Carlstrom came to an end, i
shower of rain burst forth and sent
people scurrying in different direc-,
tions.
An effort was made to shoot off
the fireworks which were already
set for display.
A dimly seen frame was touched
with a torch and Immediately form
ed into 'AThe American Flag" fIam-
ing with brilliancy and efusion Of
red, white and blue. Comets were
also sent up and a few similar
rockets displayed.
A huge star fish, quivering with
yellow light, suddenly appeared in
the air. Many who saw the. spec
tacle from the shelter of trees. and
near sheds were amazed at the
sight.
Other displays were attempted
but the rain came down in such a
torrent that the light from the
liquid fire, dripping in flames.
Other Fireworks Tonight.
The rest of the fireworks will be
displayed tonight at O'Clock, If
weather conditions permit, accord
ing to w. L. Franks who was in
charge of the entire Fourth of July
activities.
Those remaining include a large
number of Examinations, aerial
guns, rockets. bombs and othe-
elaborate flame effects, a larger
quantity than last nights.
Mr.. Franks succeeded in doing
everything yesterday except stop
ping the rain. In speaking OF the
day, Mayor H. NJ Schriver SAID
tina; much honor was due to MIR.
Franks for the success of the oc-
casion. Other organizations helped
MI Franks in assuring success.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-07-05

beneath trees many historic acts
have taken place. Let u.s. know
more about trees. This newspaper
has arranged with the American
Forestry association, Washington.
d. C., for you to get free advice on
tree planting. All over the coun-
try memorial trees are being
planted and registered on a ma
tional honor roll by the associa-
ton. Plant a tree and help make
your city more beautiful. At tho
same time you will be leaving
something really worth while be-
hnid while coming closer to the
Great Tree Maker.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-07-05
GREAT TREE MAKER.

In call to the Christian En-
deavor societies of the World, Rev.
Francis E. Clark urges the mem
bers to plant memorial trees not
alone in honor of heroes of the war
but in honor of leading pastors
and for leaders in church work.
There is a fine idea for as DIR.
Clark says in his call thus come
closer to the Great Tree Maker 4"
Thas is a happy thought so let us
know more about trees. We are
celebrating Independence and in
connection with that independence
trees have helped make history for
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-07-05
''AMERICANISM"
is SUBJECT OF
LONG VIEW TALK
Speech by Oscar E. Carlstrom In
Park RxaIts Unity in Popular
Movements.

Oscar E. Carlstrom of AIedo adj
dressed an audience of several
thousand people in Long View park
yesterday evening, on American
ism" The main thread of his
speech, which was given in an adj
mirable manner, with clear die
ton and thought, was that one of
the greatest social forces in this
country today, and which was Civ
en- impetus by the world war is the
tendency of the people toward uni
fed action in all the big national
affairs.
This particular Fourth of July
is one of the most exceptional
since the first and greatest" he
said, "and it ought to mean more
TO America than any other, in view
of the events of the past For we
have in this year helped bring the
war to a close, VIGOROUSLY. and
peace has come out of chaos" He
gave a resume of the activities of
America in the past war, showing
the organized effort of the nation
in giving money for the wars pros
ecution, and men for its lighting
all being done with a will and in
immense volume, because the ma
ton acted together as single
unit This is one of the biggest
things we have gained from the
war" he said. eff the feeling of CO.
operation and absolute unity of
purpose were kept in this coun-
try it would be worth all the war
cost US. In solving the pressing
problems of reconstruction we
have to meet, and promoting the
interests of our people in general,
this sentiment is invaluable, and
necessary"
He reviewed the active partici-
patton of our American forces in
France, and called attention to the
fact that the war was costly to the
men who put the thing over. Not
to exceed 100000 of our men got
into the front line trenches during
the whole war, and there were $780,
900 casualties. This means one
man out of every three was hit.
Whatever we have accomplished
in this war is greatly due to the
fact that we have our history as an
inspiration to US. In wars of the
past-the Revolution, war of 1912,
Civil, Spanish-American, and the
rest-our men have at all times
been willing to sacrifice them
selves, and those who stayed at
home sacrificed in other ways as
well. Through all these wars "or-
gaHized effort" was the keynote,
and we should not forget its po-
tency now.
Credit to DOughbOys.
Another thought he advanced
was that great credit is deserved
by the private soldier. The dough-
boy. practically on his own hook
while fighting in the late war, be-
cause of the nature of the country,
had to possess extraordinary quail
tiles, as we'll as mighty determine
ton, backed by a knowledge of the
warm regard held for him at home.
'fThe heroes who made an event
OF the Fourth of July = the first
American soldiers-should be re-
membered on the Fourth of July.
We should stop and consider what
we owe to them, and make the day
a commemoration of their deeds in
thanksgiving, as well as making it
astimesof merriment and a holiday"
Was the gist of his. conclusion
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-07-05
Daredevil BUG
TOLD FAREWELL
Fearless Climber Leaves City Un-
der Orders, Saying, "May We
Never Meet Again."

William Martin, so-called dare
devil, ended his dramatic career in
Rock Island yesterday afternoon
when he was fined SIS and costs
by Police Magistrate D. ]. Cleland
and given instructions to lose
himself as fast as possible.
The daredevil paid his fine for
conduct, which was the
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-07-05

what the French term "called-for-
His promising career OF success
ended when Motorcycle Officer Earl
Shannon arrested him before hey
could escape and lodged him IN ~
pen.
After paying hts fine, which
amounted 10 $29 10, including cpsts,
the fearless wonder made a last
adieu and departed while the de-
parting was good.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-07-05

All the news all the time-The
Argus.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-07-05
SUBURBAN GIVEN
NAME OF CREDIT
ISLAND BY BODY
Exit Suburban Island park.
Enter Credit island.

EX1I SUBURBAN 4B4aHa paIk
Enter Credit island.
Once in a while the old things
supplant the new and this is the
case with the title to DaVenports
latest city park property.
The Davenport park board, at a
meeting Wednesday, decided the
original name of Suburban island
was by far more appropriate than
the new and voted to rechristen
the island Credit Island"
Credit island was the name given
to the island years ago when the
Indians used the site for a trading
post. Later it was known as Is
land No. 312, and after several
changes it acquired the name of
Suburban island.
With the conversion Of the is
land into park purposes the name
will revert back to the original
title of Credit Island"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-07-05
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A little Zemo, the penetrating, salts
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