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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-12-01

family of lowly means IN the city.
Tho city IL divided Into districts
with chairman In each district
and shortly before Christmas each
chairman and her assistants 60
over the territory for which they
are responsible. making q house to
house canvass, seeking out the
homes in which there are children
who face a Christmasless morning.
These workers secure the names
Of the children. their ages, their
general condition, their special
needs, the things that they most
want, their street number and any
other special information that may
present itself to the investigator.
These names are then collected and
listed according to streets and ave-
nues and districts and the Christ
mas buying is governed accord
ingly.
A committee from the general
committee then proceeds to pur-
chase great quantities Of gifts
These include stockings, gloves
handkerchiefs. books. games, boxes
Of stationery. balls, dolls, rattles
tops, hair ribbons, blocks, puzzlss
dishes. ETC.. and to every child Il
given bag containing apples Of
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-12-01

receive donations In any sums.
They should be sent to The Argus
Santa Claus Fund Committee. Ia
care Of The Argus, which sponsors
the collection Of funds. Win you
do your part?
The committee will also be in a
position to provide names of chill
dren to people who wish to act as
good fellows and who will pledge
themselves to purchase and deliv-
er gifts for the children assigned
to them. This if taken is an obli-
cation for which the committee
will hold each one responsible and
when names, are once given ont
they are stricken from the general
list. II that family Of children goes
Christmasless the responsibility
rests on the Good Fellow who had
promised to provide for It.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-12-01

the packages q worth al the truu-
bic and work that has preceded.
There u nothing on the pack
ages to indicate from whore they
have come 20 The Argus gets no
credit from the recipients IN any
way and a. Tar ~ the little folks
are concerned the gifts may have
come from Greenland
The money with which the arti-
Giles are bought IL the contribution
of the people Of the city. It Is q
free will Offering and many hun
dreds Of people give according to
their means, sums varying from q
few cents to larger sums, though
the latter are not many, the bulk
of the fund being made up Of con-
tributions from those who want to
help those less fortunate than
themselves. though they in turn
are not richly endowed with this
worlds material goods, though big
and generous Of heart.
The committee has systematized
things to such q degree Of perfec.
ton that not one cent Of the fund
contributed is spent in overhead
expense. OF the latter there Il
none, for this Is one institution
that gets along each year without
the expenditure Of q cent for Other
than that for which It was sub
scribed, Joy for little children.
Need Apparent.
Could the public accompany the
Investigators In their trips over thu
city there would be no need to beg
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-12-01

why the children should have the
sympathy Of others and be shown
some of the brighter things in life.
1t is but once year. and this is
the season Of Joy for children.
Although there are not many
people without work this year, the
fact remains that prices are dou-
BILE and triple those Of other years
and the head of any family knows
what it means to keep children in
stockings and shoes alone, not
counting the other things that are
absolute necessities. This leaves
little of the family income to pro-
vide any luxuries, or that thing so
cherished by every child, some ar
ticle that 10 other than a necessity
or commodity. The point is appar-
ent.
Ready to Accept Funds.
The committee is now ready to
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-12-01

for funds, the money would roll In
In quantities enough to bring glad
ness into every poor home. The
children who suffer most are those
not generally known to public ben
efactors. They are the ones that
are discovered and ferreted out
where the parents are making a
terrible struggle to keep their fam
lilies together in spite of great OBJ
stacles. These are the ones that
The Argus Santa Claus fund COM
mittee is especially anxious to as
sist. Though it makes no differ
ence to the committee the condi-
ton Of the parents il the commit
tee sees that the children are not
to have any Christmas through the
neglect or inability Of the parents
to provide this Joy. No matter II
the parents are worthless and
shiftless, 30 much the more reason
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-12-01

lected according to the age Of the
child and what his or her prefer
ence may be. Into each package
also goes a Christmas card for
each child In the family and q
comb. This latter article has al
ways been added at the suggestion
and request Of the visiting nurse,
who states that more often than
not when she enters q poor home
she is unable to ind q comb with
which to dress her patients hair.
No second hand article Is accepted
or given out through the fund. Ev-
must be spick and span
new. Packages for families are
then wrapped securely together,
tied and labeled with the name and
house number and on the outside
OF each package Is placed the num-
Der Of children in the family. The
bags Of candy, nuts, apples and
cookies are made up separately
and when the packages are distrib-
uted q bag Of goodies is taken into
every home according to the mum.
Der indicated on the outside Of the
big package.
Joy In Giving.
The day before Christmas these
packages and bags are loaded int
automobiles, use of which is do.
mated for the day, and with thu
driver, the chairman Of each dis
trict, and a couple Of boys to de-
liver the packages, the gifts arr
taken to the homes. And the JOY
that comes with the delivery o.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-12-01
oranges, . variety Of candies, nuts
and cookies.
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and cookies.
Give go Pairs Of Hose.
Some idea Of the number Of gifts
that were distributed last year
may be gained in the statement
that 240 pairs Of stockings; u
pairs Of gloves, 210 handkerchiefs,
189 games, 66 dolls, six bolts Of
ribbon, 113 books, and lesser num-
bers Of puzzles, dishes. cups. rat
ties: u pounds of cookies: Is
pounds of nuts and 100 pounds Of
candy and q barrel of apples were
part Of the articles given out.
These upon being purchased,
(and by the way, every article is
bought from Rock Island mer-
chants.) are collected in head
quarters donated for the occasion.
For a number Of years the State
bank has donated the use Of rooms
in its building.
The lists of children are then
brought out and from them the
packages are made up for each
family. No child over IL years Il
given q gift, but up to that age ev-
cry one IL provided several useful
articles. always including stock.
ings and some article to please. sc.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-12-01
ARGUS SANTA
IS READY TO
ACCEPT HELP
Committee VIII Begin Christmas
Work for Little Children When
Funds Ars Available.

Christmas again! And after all,
there il no swester story Of the
festal season last approaching than
the first Christmas story ever told.
The world today in its hnrrying
and striving. it, ambitions and
griefs and triumphs and disap-
pointments 10 largely losing sight
OF tho true meaning Of Christmas
and it, message Of brotherly love
and peace on earth. good will to
men.
More especially Of later years has
tho stress Of material things tend
ed to oblitarats the higher import
~ the season: but the Star Of Hope,
Whose brilliant light guided the
three wise men to the humble
manager where the Christ Child
lay. u still radiant with hope to
the multitudss who are now seek
Ing the same Light that was born
to the world on Christmas day,
nineteen centuries ago. Christ
mas u in reality . time Tor revivi-
flying the hope and faith, and Joy
Of living IN the better days made
possible to mankind because Of
that Light. Il II . time when
thought II turned away from self
with the wish to help. to bring
cheer and good will to those who
may be cast down or who know 60
little Of the good things Of the
! world.
It is really the children's sea-
son and they should be denied no
JOY that It Is possible to give them.
1t was this very spirit that in
spired The Argus to establish a
fund 10 years ago. with which to
provide Christmas cheer that
rightly belongs to every child by
procuring for every poor tot In
Rock Island some material remin-
der Of the coming Of the Christ
Child. The wise men brought
presents to the Child and 80 the
custom has continued through the
centuries and It would indeed be
a sorry commentary should Christ
mas morning find a single little
one among the thousands in the
city, who had been overlooked in
the parceling out Of Christmas
gifts.
Overlook None.
The Argus Santa Claus fund was
then established and every year
since its Organization 10 years ago
the committee in charge has seen
to it that no child not otherwise
provided for Is overlooked insofar
as 1t is possible to do SO. and the
committee believes that its work
has always been SO thoroughly and
conscientiously done that not one
home has been Christmasless in
these years. This has been made
possible through the generosity Of
the big hearted people Of the com.
munity who have given unselflshly
and unsolicited Of their means al
they are able, to the fund.
The plan Is this. For there MAJ
be some who are not cognizant O
the manner in which the fund I!
=. distributed.
+ The Argus Santa Claus fund II
taken care Of by q committee o
women who have for many year
been identified with philanthropy,
work in Rock Island, who are ia
miliar with the condition of ever.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1919-06-18

himself with honor to his country would De 20
selfishly localize an achievement that belongs to
the world, a character that belongs to mankind
And so we expect to continue to have our little
saw in our own little way, commencing what to US
looks good and condemning when we feel ike It.
This we are to do regardless of party consldera-
ton.
In doing this we may go wrong-we may COM
mend that which is wrong and we may condemn
that which is right-but that is a matter merely
incidental, for we have noticed that it is an exper-
fence not uncommon among those who even harbor
the best intentions.
We know that this country is on the eve OF
one of the most bitter political fights that it has
ever known and it is not to be wondered a. that
in circles of political authority premium IS to
be placed on party loyalty.
We shall be satisfied if our efforts pass at
par-we are not working for premium"
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1919-06-18
JUST FOR A SQUARE DEAL.

-HEs UNITED STATES Senate has passed
the suffrage resolution and the proposed
constitutional amendment now goes to the
states for ratification.
This is long step forward toward giving the
women a square deal. This paper has long be-
lieved in and advocated woman suffrage we De-
lieve that it is no more than square deal that
the women should be granted the privilege OF the
ballot.
We rather object to having our female relations
placed in the same class as minors, criminals,
aliens and the insane. We believe that instead
of The women being contaminated by corrupt IN
fluences in politics they will raise politics to
purer level. Most assuredly, we are for votes
for women-Fred Hadley
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1919-06-18
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 10, 1919.
GIVE JIM A CHANCE

Don't be in hurry with little Jim.
God knew 'twould take years for man to grow
He knew the job would be very slow,
So don't you be in a hurry with Jim.
Perhaps Jim is wasteful perhaps he is slow,
Perhaps doesn't think that his elders know,
Well, that's the way God grows man.
If it could be done better (you know God CAM
He would have made other plan.
Yes, but He didn't; so don't fret
jim stumbles today, but he'll come right yet.
God knew 'twould take years to grow man,
He knew the job would be slow and long,
To grow man with will that is tsrong,
"A will that will break every stone in his way.
"A will that will climb to Gods mountain heigh.
"A will that will bend every force to the right,
"A will that will bring new, glorious day;
If God can wait for little JIM
Then don't you be in hurry with him.
Eleanor Scott Sharples.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1919-06-18
WE AGREE TO THIS, TOO!

Redwood County has fight on for the re-
moval of The county buildings from Redwood
Falls to Wabasso, the latter small village
somewhere near the center of the county. The
only ones that will benefit by this campaign
are the newspapers as both sides are using
printers ink freely to tell the public why the
buildings should be removed and visa versa.
However, in the end, they will remain at Red
wood Falls. This is an up-to-date little city
and has advantages which Wabasso can never
hope to have.-Jeffers Review.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1919-06-18

Do you know, if we were a farmer and came
along the road just in time to see some stuck-in-
the-mud notorist chuckng perfectly god,
thirty -dollara Ton hay under the wheels we would
be apt to get mighty sore and say let Of things
that self-respecting farmers say only infrequent-
lly Nobody wants said motorist to stay said stuck
but he might hunt for some straw or something
little mite cheaper and more plentiful than hay
is at the present writing We have learned of one
Montana mail carrier who used up whole Ford
full of Sears Roebuck catalogues to get out - and
the court let him go scot Free That's the best use
for those things that we have heard of yet 1t
it just possible that if the motorist were to call
at the nearest farm house he would find a goodly
supply of these large fat books which the farmer
would rather have used than to have his hay dis
appear.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1919-06-18
appear.

Harvey Harris has got an awful crouch on! We
think he probably hasn't had the right things to
eat lately. Just as soon as the roads get good
we are going to ask Harvey over to our house TO
dinner and persuade our house keeper to make one
of her prize-winning strawberry shortcakes for
him. After dinner, when Harvey is feeling fine
and fat and complacent we'll take him 70 the
courthouse show him that it is in good repair and
that all it needs to be good for another generation
is the few minor repairs suggested by the Grand
Jury. Then well ask him to sit with US On the
lawn under those splendid old trees on the court
house square and then, in our best manner we will
deliver him short and pointed lecture on our fay-
orite subject The Utter Futility of Trying to Get
Even for Old Scores. After that we will let Har-
vey 90 home in peace and the mex. week his pa
per will come out meaner'n sin just to show Us
that Harvey amt to be persuaded by no mere wc-
man! We won't have accomplished anything, bit
we shall have had heap of fun with Harvey.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1919-06-18

Failure of Religion" in Russia is the headline
over an article in the current Literary Digest. We
haven't read the article except very sketchily and
it may be true but certainly it's title is not The
application of religion may fail, the teachers of
religion may fail, the churches founded in the
name of religion may fail and the followers may
fail again and again. But religion, whether in
Russia, or the Sandwich Islands or in Redwood
Falls is just as unfailing as God himself. It's
seeming failure is only the human failure to grasp
ttthe sorry scheme of things entire"
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1919-06-18
Wen Say 1t Is!

Redwood county has county seat fight on its
hands, the village of Wabasso aspiring to the
honor held by the city of Redwood Falls ever since
the organization of the county. A lot of good
money will be spent in the fight, everybody will
be stirred up, things generally in the county will
be disarranged for weeks, and in the long run
Redwood Falls will remain the county seat. How
foolish to agitate the question of removal.-Worth-
ington Globe.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1919-06-18
The Point Of View.

Children are not afraid of their Ell
ders,
These days because there do not
seem to bo
Any elders.
The old view that children are
something
To be sternly depressed
Because they are naturally evil
Because they'd be sure to grow up
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1919-06-18

"Neglect the school houses and you sup
ply fertile fields for spreading the doctrines
of the disconnected, who, without proper
understanding of the benefits and blessings
of our free country cry out from the street
corners of our important cities for the down
fall of our state and the dissolution OF our
union". Governor Smith of New York.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1919-06-18

Drunkards, gamblers, thieves and
murderers
If not punished frequently in youth
Is no longer considered good form.
A modern child has it all over
The old-time children in about every
way.
You can think of,
And not only has it all over
The old-timers,
But puts it all over them.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1919-06-18

Did anybody notice how very Immediately af-
ter the arrival in Washington of two of Redwood
Falls citizens the Senate got busy and passed the
suffrage amendment. Guess that was good work.
And they can hardly be classed as militant" On
the rights of women either.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1919-06-18
ANOTHER PROPHECY.

Over in Redwood county the village of Wabasso
has started a county seat removal fight Quar-
rels and chickering's will ensue, lot of money will
be spent uselessly, and when the dust settles,
Redwood Falls will still be the county seat, as it
properly should be.-St. Peter Herald
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1919-06-18

Aren't farmers foolish to pay three hundred
dollars an acre for land in Iowa when much bet
ter land can be obtained in Minnesota for two
hundred and ninety dollars and nnety-nine cents ?
Scores of them are coming to realize this and are
crowding into Minnesota to purchase.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1919-06-18

The fellow we envy these days is the small lad,
barefooted dirty-faced, lightly clad, with fish
ing pole over his shoulder, some wiggly angle
worms in an old tin can, and whistle his lips.
That is an unbeatable combination and one that
the gods may well envy.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1919-06-18

c. W. Bellville, of the Sunny Crest Farm near
Tracy writes the Gazette the "Chicken frys will
soon be ripe" and reminds us that he and Mrs.
Bellyille have extended us cordial invitation to
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1919-06-18

Editor West of the Morgan Messenger has
neat little article headed Celebration Postponed"
which he keeps standing and runs each week But
is Morgan downhearted? Not on your life.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1919-06-18

visit them. We are on way, c. Wand
coming on high. please don't confuse that with
going on high.)
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1919-06-18

A lot of men apparently think it is better to
apologize for their business instead of advertising
for it-and it keeps some of the mighty busy.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1919-06-18

Montana Needs Rain.-Headline.
Lets send her ours! What's the use in being
selfish about this thing.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1919-06-18

Bess Wilson declared that the policeman
in Redwood Falls is on duty at two o'clock in
the morning. Say, Bess, what are you doing
up a. that unseemly hour? Joe Reynolds.
Keeping an eye on the policeman, of course,
Joe.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1919-06-18

1.-THE Germans are being fed at COST" say the
newspapers. So are we, but it is at high cost.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1919-06-18

The land man has again come into his own
and how he is enjoying it!
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1919-06-18
SMALL TOWN TALK

Some of the busy farmers of this community are
wondering what in thunder has become of all the
daylight they have saved by setting the clocks
forward.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-01
Handkerchiefs for
Men, Women and
Children, Specially
Priced

Our handkerchief section
is we'll stocked for Christmas
buying. Large variety.
Mems Hemstitched Ini-
tailed Handkerchiefs, at 85c
and 81 a box of six.
Mems hemstitched Hand
kerchiefs, with colored
striped border and initial, 3
in box, for S5c.
WOm ems Hemstitched
Handkerchiefs, colored bor-
der and white with embroid-
cred corner, at 15c and 18c.
WOmen's White Hem
stitched Handkerchiefs, ini-
tial, 6 in box, at 60c a box.
--Gimbels, subway Store.
4.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1919-07-24
OIL FIELDS
MAKING new
MILLI0NAIRES

Fort Worth, Texas.-Fortunes are
being made in the new Texas oil fields.
Small investments of 500 have in
some instances earned as much as
$15,000.00. Eighty companies in the
Burkburnett field alone paid $3O,OOO,-
10000 in the last four months.
The Burk-Texas Oil & Refining Co.,
with twenty-six separate leases on g.
800 acres, including the Burkburnett
wonder pool" covers some of the
raost promising fields near drilling
wells in Texas. This company is Of
fering treasury stock at par, $40 per
share, and will drill its first well In
the Burkburnett field Us soon as pos
s;ble.
At the rate that the good oil COM
panies are selling their stock, the
Burk- Texas Oil & Refining Corlpapy's
treasury stock should all be sold quick
ly. If you want to make money in
Texas oil write name and address
plainly and enclose money order pay
able to the company for as many
shares as you want. One share costs
$40, 5 shares $50, 10 shares 500, and
SO on.
Burk-Texas Oil & Refining Co., w. A.
Sampsel, Trustee, AZ Petroleum Build
ing, Fort Worth, Texas. Capital stock
$4,000 shares. 10000 shares treasury
stock to be sold for development.
Send for further information. Adv.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1919-07-24

ed to stay there, to be ready for
emergency duty in the outfield.
The rest is an old story. Shorten
injured his leg near the end of the
training trip, got in the opening game
against Cleveland and then was forced
out Of the lineup when his leg again
gave him more trouble.
Flagstead got three hits In that Sec
ond game against the Indians, has
played excellent ball in all depart
ments ever since and now Is the clubs
regular right fielder. He has been
hitting more than 300 most of the
time, much of it in pinches. Shorten's
misfortune was his good fortune.
Many other ball players with bat
ting marks almost as big as Flag
stead's have come from the minors
and failed in the majors where they
found the pitching too good. Ira may
also fail for the same reason,
but there seems little chance. He
has faced the best pitching in the
league and hit far above the average;
In fact that is why he is sticking in
right, after starting there as a sub
stitute. Many minor league phenoms
have been curve-balled out of the
majors, but Flagstead has shown no
weakness against this kind of pitch
ing.
He is fast on his feet, covers a
lot Of ground and has strong arm.
&c has faced several trying situations
and his judgment at those times has
been good.