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The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1919-08-11

for long use as is double thickness
of boards on both inside and outside
surfaces of the walls and ceiling.
The common storage house should
be built with false floor approx
mately 3 feet above the earth or con-
crete floor. Intake vents should De
placed on four sides of the house,
opening below the level of the false
floor. The intake vents should be at
leas. "a by 80 inches and should be
provided with tight-ftting insulated
doors, being placed about 10 fect
apart. Outlet fues should etend hom
TIC ceiling of the storage room E"r-
t.rally to the roof and should opeA
into the cupulo, the lower end OF the
outlet fue in each case being proVid-
cd with a door to be closed whenever
tho intake vents are closed. TT" put
Jet fues should be not less than ~
so.are feet in eros; section for evely
S coz square feet of flor space. thc
Ventilation is usually accomplished at
nlght, as the temperature at that
time usually is lower than during the
d. although even then it re ln'H2'
ca eful at+e7tion, ..
u. the S, oragc of apples about 5
cubic fec. Ct storage spH"e are ncrcS-
saly for the accommodation of each
barrel OF fruit. On this bai'a anT
rfowc1 ca1. quickly determine the
amount OF space he needs. 'hc
height c. the storage room ordl2nllly
shcul. be about II feet from il9or TO
ceiling.
;Iandling the Apples
The question is often asked, why
does one lot of apples keep well in
storage while another lot of the same
variety will show serious decay and
costly deterioration early in the sea-
SOM" Investigations of the Depart
ment of Agriculture show two pr-ncI-
pal causes of apple spoilage in stor-
age. One comes from not picking APP
pies at the proper stage of maturity
when the seeds have turned brown
or nearly black, when the apples part
readily from the fruit spurs in pick
ing, and when the underlying color oil
the skin, or ground color, has turned
from deep leaf green to a lighter yell
low-green hue, as these are the ear
marks of the prime storage apple.
Another reason for deterioration
comes from allowing the picked APP
piles to remain in the orchard or In
warm packing house exposed to daily
changes in the temperature, or ex-
posed directly to the suns heat. AS
a rule it is not possible to note the
serious effects of this exposure az
the time the apples are placed In
storage, although a heavy loss is sure
to occur later when the fruit is treat
cd in this manner.
Apples properly handled and placed
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1919-08-11

1t is just about as reasonable to
expose butter to the heat Of the mid
summer sun and expect it to retain its
firm, solid consistency as it is to try
to keep apples in an attractive, mar
ketable condition in the storage
houses available on many farms. An
efficient storage is the growers insur-
ance against loss; it permits of carry
ing the fruit in good condition after
it is removed from the orchard and
previous to the time when it is con-
signed to commercial storage. Com
mon storage consists of an ineXpen-
siVe, ventilated house for the storage
of apples for the season, utilizing ma
Itural vcntilators with cold night air
instead of refrigeration. Another use
of common storage is to furnish tenn
porary housing for the crop so that
the apples may be kept under favor
able conditions after picking and pre-
vious to shipment to market or per
manent cold storage. Time Was--anC
not so very remote at that-when
common storage for apples was a
prerequisite on every farm which
boosted much of an orchard, and this
applies equally to the Eastern as well
as to the Northern and Western
States.
A new interest is developed in COM
mon storage for apples, particularly
in the Eastern States, as well as IN
other sections of the country, such as
the Pacific northwest where about 81
per cent of the apples placed in stor-
age are held through the season in
common storage houses.
1t is not to be supposed that com
mon storage for apples can displace
the commercial cold storage ware
house which offers greatly improved
conditions for proper storage. How
ever, the insufiiciency of cold storage
space during the war period in many
of the old apple growing sections as
we'll as difficulties in handling or NOV
ing the crop promptly, emphasized the
importance of better facilities for the
handling of storage apples, and the
now districts planted during recent
wears are in some cases entirely with
out commercial storage warehouses.
The United States Department of Ag-
riculture is receiving many inquiries
from fruit growers and shippers IN
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1919-08-11
METHODS OF FLOWING WITH
TRACTORS ARE VARIED

The tractor will be used for plow-
ing wheat land this year by a larger
number of farmers than ever before
perhaps. The farmer who is us ng
a tractor for first time will have to
solve a great many problems. And
many farmers who have used tractors
for one or more years have not yet
found the best way of avoiding all
the difficulties of tractor blowing.
The two main things to be consid-
cred in tractor blowing, as in any
other kind of blowing are high quail
ity of work and economy of time.
They are somewhat harder to attain
with the tractor than with horse,
plows, or, to put it more accurately,
greater care in planning is necessary
to attain them.
The initial problem is to lay cut
the field in such way as to attain a
twofold result-a highclass job OF
blowing over the entire field with as
little use as possible or horse-drawh
plows in starting and finishing, and
to consume as little time as possible
in turning and in running with tho
plows out of the ground.
To lay out field exactly right for
tractor blowing is something of an
engineering feat, but the Uniten
States Department of Agriculture his
undertaken to simplify it as much as
possible Bulletin 1045, Laying Out
Fields for Tractor Flowing, contains
diagrams of 10 ways of laying out
fields. Nine of these are methods IN
/ which the plows are lifted at the
ends. The other four are methods in
which the plows are left in the
ground in going across the enks.
They are designed for both rectangu-
lar and Irregular fields, and one or
another of them will be found adapt
cd to practically any piece of ground
that is to be plowed. The bulletin is
free.
Few more Cub Fans left at $500
only. The Peck Co. adv.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1919-08-11
HELPFUL HINTS AND REAL NEWS
TO AID THE BIG AND
LITTLE FARMER /!

in storage promptly may keep in ex-
cellent condition from four to six
months, while fruit from the same
trees may deteriorate quickly in stor-
age due to delay in handling prompt
ly from the tree to the storage house.
From the storage standpoint one of
the most serious problems that the in
dividual grower and shipper has to
work out is to arrange his operations
so that his apples can be handled
promptly and expeditiously from the
trees to the storage.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1919-08-11
GRASSES OF THE
UNITED STATES

1t should be worth something to
the farmer to know about all the
species of grasses that are native,
have been introduced, or are Guilt
waited in the United States. The
States Department of Agriculture has
recently issued that information in
Bulletin 772. Under each genus are
given the species that are of econ
omic Importance, either as useful or
harmful grasses. The grains, of
course, are of greatest Importance.
Next come those that are cultivated
for meadow or pasture and other in
digenous species that furnish pasture
on native pastures AMI ranges.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1919-08-11

Carbola antiseptic whitewash mixes
with cold water. Will not peel A. g..
COUNSEL & Son.-adv
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1919-08-11

Binder Irvine is going fast. Buy
now. A. L. Counsel G. Son. adv
Use the American throat tablets,
adv.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1919-08-11

Use the American throat tablets
adv.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1919-08-11

Use the American liver tablets. adv
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1919-08-11

Use Nazol for colds and catarrh
adv.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1919-08-11
EFFICIENT APPLE STORAGE
5t DEMANDS GOOD VENTILATION
Well-built Houses Allow Growers to Hold Fruit in Goo
Condition-Department of Agriculture Preparing =
Plant that Will Be Sent free to Farmers

Especial information Service Department Agricuture)
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1919-08-11
GOOD SEED BED FOR WHEAT
REQUIRES TIME AND WORK
1t Must Be Firm and 1t Must Be Moist, and That Mean
Care-Plowing May Vary in Different Sec
! tions But Soil Must Be Right

Especial Information Service Department of Agricuure)
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-05-09
E. NJ. WILL HAVE
ATHLETIC FIELD
Davenport Engineer Lays Out Plan
for Site-Wnl Cost Board
Nearly $1,000.

Plans for an athletic field, the
initial cost of which will be be-
tween $4,000 and $4,000, have been
completed by n. H. Tunnicliff, Dav-
export landscape engineer, for the
united township high school dis
trict at East Moline.
Bids will be called for in short
time and several tri-city firms are
preparing to submit figures. The
work is to be started at once.
The athletic field will be at the
school site on top of the Thirteenth
street hill in East Moline. A kite
shaped running track a quarter of
a mile long will surround a space
in which baseball, football, tennis,
etc, will be played.
The arrangement of the baseball
diamond has been especially well
carried out, careful calculations
being made to determine its best
position for playing ball in the aft
ernoon. AS it has finally been ar
ranged, only two of the players
will get the late afternoon sun in
their eyes.
It is the intention of the high
school trustees to have the grad
ing and necessary improving of the
grounds started at once and the
buildings and grounds completed
and the field ready for use by the
beginning of the fall term of
school.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-05-09
GIVES HISTORY
OF BATTERY F
DOings of Rock Island and Moline
Unit Are Put in Book Form
by Sergeant.

Detailed history of Rock Island
and Moline's unit, Battery F. One
Hundred Twenty-third field artil-
lery, is given in a booklet written
by Sergeant Fred W. Hartung.
These pamphlets are exclusive OF
the booklet in which the entire his
tory of the Thirty-third division is
given
OF the 239 men in the battery,
more than one-half are from Mo-
line and Rock Island. When the
unit was transferred to Camp
Logan, Texas, from the Rock Island
arsenal and Springfield, it enlarged
its organization. Other facts given
in the history, which was written fI
Luxembourg in January, shows that
companies A and F, Sixth regiment,
Illinois national guard, reported
under call of the president on
March &c, 1917. The men arrived at
the Rock Island arsenal March %
and the initial muster was held
April 10, a day or two after Amer
lea entered the war.
This unit left the arsenal for
Springfield on August 10, 1917 They
left Springfield for Texas early IN
September and arrived at Camp
Logan, Sept. Is. Battery F was
formed of Companies A and F and
additional casuals on Sept. 10.
Captain w. w. Scott of Comapny A
of Rock Island was the first COM
mander of Battery F. He was taken
i'll in March and was disqualified
for further service. He is now Jus
tice of the peace in Davenport
Lieutenant Fromme was honora oily
discharged for physical disability
about the same time. Clarence e.
Preston was then made captain of
the battery.
The One Hundred Twenty-thfrd
field artillery of which Battery F
was then a part, left Camp Logan
for Camp Merritt, N. j., May Is,
1918 The ship Scotian with battery
F left America for England on the
morning of May 81. Several times
the battery was cited by high army
officials for bravery in action, es-
pecially for its heroic service in the
st. Mihiel salient in September and
in the Argonne early in October.
The battery is now at Brest, with
other units of the Trirty-third
waiting Tor the day of embarka-
ton. They may be expected, home
soon and Sergeant Hartung's his
tory is a welcome forerunner.
Arthur V. Swedburg, Augustana
college man, was promoted from
first lieutenant to captain on May
II and was placed in command of
the battery. He has been in COM
mand since that time. Herbert B.
McKahin was captain of Company
F at the time the Moline national
guard men were stationed on the
arsenal island. H w. Whittsitt was
first lieutenant and George H
FrOmme, second lieutenant. Captain
McKahin was transferred to Wash
ington just prior to the time the
company left Rock Island arsenal
and Mr.. Whitsitt was made captain.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-05-09
lews Of the Day in Moline and East Moline
SILVIS EMPLOYEES
WILL, GREET 18TH
ENGINEERS UNIT

The Thirteenth railway engi-
neers who are expected to arrive
in Chicago late Monday night. will
be greeted by some 1900 tn-1 400
employees of the Silvis railroad
shops and their families. 1t is esti-
mated that about that number will
leave on the special trains provid-
ed for that purpose which will
leave over the Rock Island Monday
at midnight for Chicago.
Many members of this division
were formerly employed in the Sill
Wis shops. They are expected TO
parade in Chicago Tuesday morn
ing and the affair will be one of the
biggest demonstrations yet put on
to welcome the returning engineer
ing units.
The Thirteenth engineers left the
United States for France the last
part of July, 1917. Their work was
to build the narrow gauge tracks TO
the front lines and to commander
the thousands of miles of railroad
lines in France so that supplies and
food could be conveyed to the front
lines
Twice the men have been official
ly cited for bravery. The headquar-
ters of the engineers for some time
since the signing of the armistice
have been in Gievres, France. They
have given instructions to the
French engineers in regard to the
American methods of operating
railroads. Laboring under great
difficulties because of the lack of
modern ways in which railroads
and engines are operated in
France, the American men man
aged to give efficient service at all
times. Their welcome after a year
and a half of overseas duty is sure
to be one of the biggest and most
patriotic demonstrations Chicago
has yet witnessed.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-05-09
MAKE JULY 4TH
| PLANS TUESDAY
Suggest Barbecue as Feature of
Day to Welcome Home Mo
lines Service Men.

Citizens inter ested in the forma-
ton of celebration plans for the
Fourth of July in Moline are call
ed to meet next Tuesday evening
in the Moline city hall. Because
plans for this years demonstration
will be the greatest in local his
tory. L. r. Blackman, president of
the. Moline Fourth of July celebra-
ton committee, has planned to
start work early.
At that meeting officers will be
named and there will be 4 general
discussion of the character of this
years observance of the day. Be
cause this years celebration takes
on a new aspect, with the close
of the world war, it has been sug-
gested that barbecue be the fea-
ture of the day to welcome nome
returned Moline soldiers, sailors
and marines.
1t is expected that by that time
Battery F, Moline's volunteer unit
of the famous Prairie division, will
be back in the city. Every man or
woman interested in the plans tic
be launched for independence dag
is asked to attend Tuesdays meet
ing. Anyone IS privileged to be-
come a member of the association.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-05-09
BURGLAR WALKS
in, HELPS SELF
Residence of Mrs. Elmer Carlson
Entered and Robbed Yester-
day Afternoon.

This burglar raped on the rear
door, but no one answered so he
politely walked in and walked out
again with two $40 bills, two 81
bills, lady's gold watch, a gold
chain, a cavalier set with diamonds,
a Iocket and several small trinkets.
Mrs. Elmer Carlson, 1414 Thir-
teenth street, Moline, left her home
at 3 o'clock in the afternoon, leaV-
ing the rear door open and locking
the front entrance. When she re-
turned at z o'clock in the evening
she found conditions reversed. The
front door was open, the rear door
was locked and the house was topsy
turvy At 4 o'clock in the after
noon a neighbor saw a man at
the rear door. He raped and then
entered.
The jewelry, valued at nearly
500, and the cash were taken from
a dresser drawer in a bed room.
Other rooms were searched, but
an inventory failed to reveal any
more losses.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-05-09
LARGE FORCE TO
CLEAN STREETS
Seventeen Teams To Collect Rub
bish in East Moline Health Pro-
motion Campaign.

Seventeen teams will be put TO
work by next Wednesday noon in
the effort TO clean East Moline, as
part Of the health promotion week
and in two days it is hoped to have
every bit of rubbish etc, removed
from the streets and alleys.
Complete plans for the gigantic
campaign Tor the promotion of
health and for cleaning up OF
homes, premises. streets and al
legs, were made at a meeting OF
committees at the East Moline~E.
NJ. c. A. last night. Fl. J. Banta,
secretary of the Y. NJ. c. A, was
named chairman for the week, to
replace Mayor G. F.. Johnson, who
cannot take part because OF i'll
ness.
Concensus of opinion OF the
meeting last night was that the
committees named should be form
ed into a permanent organization
TO keep the city clean. This mat
ter was left to be decided on at a
later date. The idea of closing fac
tories Monday afternoon has been
abandoned and industrial plants
will remain open as usual. All
committee chairmen named recent
ly gave favorable reports on their
work.
Each ward has been organized
with the alderman at the head. J.
l.. Simmon of the Union Malleable
Iron company, will organize n COM
mittee for the cleanup drive In the
factories. His campaign will be
along educational lines, distri9usE
ing of posters and the like to- en-
courage better conditions. Satur-
day afternoon, girls of East Mo
line will tie tags to door knobs OF
each home, asking householders TO
clean up yards and to promote
healthy conditions. The same aft
ernoon the Boy Scouts will place
tags on every machine.
The police force may be en-
larged to cope with the committee
in enforcing better conditions. A
general survey of the city will be
made Monday. Pastors have con-
scented to preach on health and
! cleanup problems from the pulpits
Sunday. Carl Mitchell was named
vice chairman for the week.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-05-09
In the Lodges

Moline review No. 119, Woman's
Benefit association of Maccabees,
has been invited to attend the dis
trict rally of the association to be
held May 20 at Galesjurg. A
school of instruction is scheduled
for the occasion and the women
of Moline review are asked to at
tend the special session which will
be held next Wednesday evening.
Officers should be present at this
meeting for practice on first de-
gree work will take place. A so
cial session will be enjoyed by the
members May %.
Manufacturers lodge No. 4S5. l.
o. o. F., announces that it will have
a social meeting for members and
their families Tuesday evening and
large attendance will be expect
ed. Initiatory. degree will be CON
ferred on a class of candidates in
two weeks.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-05-09
VANDERVOORT ON
WAY TO AMERICA

Word has been received that W.
H. Vandervoort, president of the
Root & Vandervoort Engineering
company, and the r. & V.-Wagner
Ordnance company, who has been
abroad for several months, sailed
from England Monday and will
probably arrive in New York the
afternoon of May Is. Mr.. Van Der
WORT has been in Europe as a
member of a commission of five
representing United States manu-
facturers and sent abroad to study
Industrial conditions.
1t is expected that Mr.. Van Der
WORT will remain in New York a
few days before coming to Moline
and he will be met there by mem
bers of the family.
Employees of the companies in
East Moline are making plans for
an elaborate welcome to the chief
executive of the industries.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-05-09
MOTORCYCLE COP
WILL BE ON JOB
IN CITY IN WEEK

Moline will put its motorcycle
cop to work again within a week
After a conference with Ben De-
Jaeger, chief of police; Alderman
Charles Elmer of the Third ward
and the chief concluded that the
city must get a new motorcycle and
start after the speeders.
Until now the city has been with
out a speed cop and motorists have
taken advantage of his absence.
Numerous complaints have been
received at the police station and
after a long ride and a race with
several speeders last night. Alder
man Elmer decided that that should
be the end. The council has not
yet selected an officer for motor
cycle duty, but one probably will
be appointed next week.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-05-09
HE NEARLY PAYS
LIFE FOR SHORT
CUT OF AUTOIST

A V. Johnson, aged So years,
1041 Thirty-first street, Moline.
nearly paid with his life for a short
turn made by a machine at Twenty
second street and Sixth avenue, Mo-
line, yesterday afternoon.
Johnson, who was riding a BIZ
cycle, was going north on Twenty
second street and Cauley Hill, col
Ored, 1641 Thirteenth avenue, Mo-
line, was driving an auto west on
Sixth avenue. cOlliding with the hi
cycle. johnson was thrown to the
pavement and was picked up I'M
conscious by witnesses. He was
taken to the Lutheran hospital,
where it was stated today that he
will be able to return home in a
few days. He is suffering from
shock and from slight head injur-
les.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-05-09
THREE ARRIVE HOME.

Louis Mayer, one of the first Mo
line boys to be indicted into ser
vice, has arrived home. He had
some great experiences overseas
which he wouldn't have missed for
anything, but Moline, he says, sure
looks good to him.
Edmund B. Green of the Sixth
regiment, United States marines,
has arrived in New York from
France, according to telegram
received yesterday by his mother,
Mrs. Anna Green, 760 Twenty-fifth
street, Moline. Private Green was
overseas for six months.
Two sons of Mrs. Green are still
overseas. They are Sergeant Harry
w. Green and Private Charles F.
Greene.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-05-09
LEGAL.


Notice of Special Meeting to Amend
Charter.
Notice is hereby given that a special
meeting of the stockholders of the Rock
Island Brewing Company. corporation
organized and existing under the laws of
the state of Illinois. will be held at the
81 IS Fifth avenue. In the city of Rock
Island and state of Illinois. on the 3Ist
day of May, 1919, at 10 O'Clock a. m for
the purpose of amending the articles of
Incorporation by adopting the following:
Resolved That the articles of incorpor-
alton of The Rock Island Brewing Com
pany be and the same are hereby amend.
ed by a0Ging to the second paragraph
thereof the following: ITO carry on and
engage in the business of distilling and re-
distilling alcohol solely for denaturation
and to sell and dispose of same in the
ordinary course OF trade. and generally
deal in grain. sugar. molasses. and to man
ufacture, buy, sell and deal in ice, candy.
confectionery. glucose, ices. chocolate and
chewing gum. and to operate maintain
and carry on cold storage plants and the
business incident thereto, and to manu-
facture, purchase and otherwise acquire
import. export and generally deal in such
goods wares and merchandise as are
ordinarily carried by manufacturers or
dealers in similar lines ofubsiness
ROBERT A WAGNER
LILLE HUBER,
EMILE HUBER
GUSTAV TEGELER
G. A. SCHUMACHER
Being a Majority of the Directors of The
Rock Island Brewing Company.
April %, 1919.