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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1920-03-17

getting glasses. Eye troubles of many
descriptions may be wonderfully benefited
by the Use of this prescription. Go to any
active drug store and get a bottle of Bon
Optic tablets. Drop one Bon-Opto tablet
in . fourth of . glass of water and let
it dissolve. With this liquid battle the
eyes two or four times daily. You should
notice your eyes clear up perceptibly right
from the start and Inflammation and red
ness will quickly disappear. If your eyes
bother You even little it is your duty to
take steps to save them now before it
10 too late. Many hopelaasly blind might
hsvo saved their sight il they had cared
for their eyes in time.
NOTE: Another prominent Physician to
whom the above article was submitted
said: YEA the Bon-Opto prescription Is
truly . wonderful eye remedy. Its con-
stituent ingredients are we'll known to
sC1ibed by them. I have used It very
successfully in my own practice on patients
whose eyes were strained through overwork
or misft glasses. ! can highly recommend
it In case of weak, wattery. aching. smart
ing. itching. burning oyes. rod lids. blurred
vision or for eyes infi2med from exposure
to smoke. sun. dust or wind. 1t is one
of the very few preparations feel should
be kept on hand for regular use in almost
every family" Bon-Opto. referred to
above. is not . patent medicine of a Sc
cret remedy. 1t is an ethical preparation.
the formula being printed on the package.
strengthen eyeEght SO per cent in one
weeks time in many instances or refund
the money. 1t can be obtained from any
good druggist and ID sold in this city by
the leading druggists. including John Beng
ston.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1920-03-17

Com1uniey Service, tncogDuraxed.
= naeaonal organization, Who made
: stirring address Nj. RandalI
aas nad II yeafS' servico IN COM
nnntl1 service work and has been
n Moline tor the last month or
eanixing : bra1eh d the service In
that cicty.
4 Inn heartily in favor Of the
America day. celebration idea, =
Mr.. Randall said.
In the II years that / have
spent in community service wSrk
It has been impressed upon me
that there n . big work to be I'M
derfaken In educating and assim-
Hating tho foreigner who comes to
our shores. / have met with for
eignees In every state in the union
and ~ fiFst It is hard to under
stand them. A visitor In their
midst will invariably find them in
some celebration Of = custom that
they brought with them from the
old countries. However, after you
come to understand them and TO
understand why they came to the
United States . desire is born to
aid them to become good citizens
30 that they might better under
stand our ways, customs and laws.
You want to help them succeed
here BY instilling in them an un-
derstanding Of American institu-
tons. However, In this work OF
education there 10 . certain irony.
1t has been my experience that all
literature that is rendered to the
foreign born in an effort to educate
them Is couched in language that
only . high school graduate can
understand. 1t is impossible to aid
these people in such q way. It il
likewise impossible to simply tell
them to become good citizens. This
is as impossible as to tell a 10
year old boy to Immediately be-
come q full grown educated man.
However, it is not only the for
eign born who are in need CT edu-
cation of Americanism. We have
.. numbers of citizens, among whom
are n0uy "a AWCAICAAA VA III WIZ
need to be stirred up.
There are numbers of citizens
who rant at everything. They rant
over politics and over their employ
ers. However. these ranters, who
always rant at the politician are
always the ones who do not vote,
and the ones who rant at the en-
ployer are in almost every instance
the ones who do not work
Mr.. Randall gave other and num-
erous illustrations of the need to
stir up the spirit Of Americanism
among all citizens. and his re-
marks were punctuated with ap-
plause.
Mayor Skinner Speaks.
Mayor Schriver then called upon
Mayor C. p. Skinner Of Moline.
| Mayor Skinner congratulated
the committee on its enthusiasm and
the strong attendance at the meet.
ing. He said that Mr.. Randall and
he were going to attend like meet
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1920-03-17


plan. He sid that no deemed Z
ono OF the biggest things thaf coaid
b attempted ana saao tna1 Aus1
tana wouM ask LOT : iAIso '
ton N the paaIue. .. !,
rev. samuel van s 49, -.sr
the Elrst MetnooAst suu'. H. .,sr
calied upon s'a.eo .na. .;ens -
entirely met Win ms op 49,.
cfcatn3 . s.toeeI SPIN -.,a
icanism. ana saio qua. no -
give MS fullest Suppos
move.
Dean P. H. Durkin. pastor OF d.
Joseph's Catholic church, announc-
ed his approval OF the plan IN ev-
cry respect He said tnat ne ue
lieved that members OF the COM
mittee representing racial groups
should be asked to serve on the
various arrangement committees
in order to show them tnat lhey
really are taken into account III
the formation OF American lnstftu-
tons and ways. his statement
called Ioftn the approval OIL MayoI
Schriver.
Attorney Harry M. McCaskrin,
REPRESENTING the legal fraternity,
stated that the plan was the best
that he had ever heard of. He said
that such a move was imperative
to bring out the fullest demonstra-
ton of Americanism. Mr.. McCask-
rim asserted that the law is a cold
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1920-03-17
Doctors Stand Amazed at Power
Of Bon-Opto to Make Weak Eyes
notwithstanding to DR.. Lewis
Guarantee to Strengthen Eyesight 500
In One Weeks Time in Many Instances
4 rfss Prescription You Can Have Filled
and Use at Home.

4 m Prescription You Can Have Filled
and Use At Home.
Philadelphia. Pa.--Victims OF eye strain
Ind other eye weaknesses, and those who
wear glasses, Will be glad to know that
according to DR.. Lewis there is real hope
md help for them. Many whose eyes
were failing say they have had their eyes
restored by this remarkable prescription
They have thrown them away. One man
ssyR after using it: Il was almost blind.
Could not zee 10 read at all. Now I can
fesd everything without my glasses and
~ eyos do not hurt any moro. At night
they would pain dreadfully. Nov they
ieel fine all the time. II was like .
miracle 10 me- A lady who used 1t says:
no atmosphere seemed hazy with or
Without glasses. but after using this pre-
suaption for Is days everything seems
clear. can read even fine print with
out sissses'' Another who used il says:
y vas bothered with eye strain caused
" overworked, tired eyes which induced
aefe headaches. ! have worn glasses for
several years both for distance and work.
md without them I could not read my
oxn name on an envelope or the type
sn!mg on the machine before me. can
% both now and have discarded my long
Instance glasses altogether. I can count
ne nuttering leaves on the trees across
soe street now, which for several years
nave looked like a dim green blur to me.
cannot express my 10y at what it has
done for me-
IL 10 believed that thousands who wear
nasses can now discard them in q reason
ae.e time and multitudes more will be
aole 10 strengthen their eyes 80 a. TO be
Psfed the trouble and expense Of ever
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1920-03-17


M9 IN MoIln4 he expfained I'M :
Dsancn q tho COMMUNITY serslce
.OIk ~ ueln9 otea1lzeo q
1ne ana said tnat ne nopeo tne
wOfk Woaio De spread throughout
.n0 coantfy. ana Wouio prove Dis
oeneat % tho entire community.
Doe.Csmn1f16o ApQemte4
mayor Scnrver said tnat ne ns1
SIven conslderaole tnougnt on
swA5s OF MAKING the ceieDraiion :
success ana tnat ne nad decided
tnet suD-committees should De APP
DoilIe0 70 take cnAfee OF oe.4I
woIk. un the mayors CAL Ior
Wna1 ACTON the committee might
c.le % axe IN .ais mater : m0.lon
was maae by Joseph =. rrenoer-
ssse .nat q commitLee OF three DC
nameo 70 appoint the committees.
inc MoI,on carried ana tne mayor
npHoano M; enoes s1s, ,oaln
0yrlson ana rev. =. r ONeli.
Tue COMMITTEES Ietirsu tfoM Tue
Iuu auo IN : nai1 nouI letuI noi
WI INC ,ollowIns Iepo.t On com-
n''s'ces ~, MnlCn Was aoupteo.
1.@
"4.eI A. nosenueio' JONI " ru.-
'1s1pn IenuefESr o1u sAeoO-
Son, = - vernon' w, W.. " 1onaston'
~ =, O. a. nees' III m"cneh anu A.
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UI.slns Co nG -,
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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1920-03-17

difference OF opinion, and that ev-
cry mAn who works is more than
glad to enter into ! plan for Amer
icanizing the foreign-born. He Of
fered the support OF the federation
In the move.
George r. Stephenson. manager
Of the Watch Tower. told of how
- boy in New York city he had
played with foreign-born children
and had come to know their ways.
He told Of the vast need for educat-
ing these people. and as an illus
tration Of how advantage can be
taken of the foreign-born he told
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1920-03-17
;o||NII Tee
1BIlcHES WORK
i|EAINST RED


ahnns we're only Z lew OF the
niftae OF 1877 members on ar
.ssrnents for America day" "
ss;s Who were not present ut the
meeting. Of the committee,
.sseA was held last night at the
~ lodge rooms.
rsfhusiasm ran high and the
- and vim evidenced augurs
s1ii for success Of the celebration
~ ID planned.
nayor Harry M. Schriver pre-
.,1al Il the meeting and talked on
m rurposes Of the celebration. He
ssnisined that like celebrations
/ ~ q be held in every city Of the
IIsited States Of over 500 popu-
isliop under the auspices of the
Nattonal Security league.
Ths mayor pointed out the need
i ths rejuvenation Of the spirit OF
Inericsnism among the American
Nm as we'll as foreigners in order
: stamp out bolshev!sm and
asafchism.
A. told of an instance where q
wing man from a small village
~ Rock Island came into the
nv ind worked for six weeks and
IN went back to his home talking
holsheyism and making threats.
M mayor said that those who are
paaing on such education as that
must be brought to a stop. He
atfessed the point that a strong
Sdoft must be made to educate and
asbimilate the alien VINO comes to
live in the United States. The
mayor informed the members OF
Tie committee that each had been
chosen as a representative Of some
examination and that each was ex-
pected to take the message of the
committee before their organiza-
ions and find out what their or
rsnixations will do toward making
Tho celebration a success. He an
nounced that the Elks lodge had
already pledged to furnish band
md that the AmOO grottO would
also furnish band. He asked that
al pastors explain the purpose OF
the celebration from their pulpits
and urged that the members Of all
EXAMINATIONS find foreign born
citizens to march with them in the
big parade that is to be held.
r. 8. Randall Speaks.
Mayor Schriver then introduced
R. S. Randall, organizer for the
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1920-03-17

done BY foreigners. He said the
real leaders are not foreigners, but
american born citizens. He urged
tnat every move be made to over
come the action OF those radicals
ana offered his entire support
nen Jacobson. president Of the
ITCHY Federation Of Labor, said
that labor had always worked for
the Americantzation Of the foreign
oofn- He said that labor had Al
ways worked to educate the for
eigners to the labor way Of think
ing. OF course, but said that the
manner OF education was only q
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1920-03-17

4 humorous instance Of how boys
would steal fruit from vendors on
certain days that. as . result Of
some custom, the vender would not
make any complaint when made
the victim of q theft on that day.
He asserted that when a person
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1920-03-17

comes to thoroughly understand
the spirit OF AmerfcAnizati0u w.
are glad to be alive and bfe4d
the air OF freedom.
After the meeting adjourned tho
various committees got together TO-
launch their preliminary work.
Arizona republican., 1920-08-24
F|RELESS COOKER
 IMPROVES CANNING

Whether one owns a sixteen acre farm or one of the three sizes of com muter's garden, one is sure to have some surplus products and such prod ucts must be either dried or canned to prevent waste. The method of packing fruits and vegetables in containers and sterilizing the product after it is packed has superseded very largely, the old method of cooking the food in an open kettle, transferring it hot to the jar and sealing without further sterilization.
 The electric f1reless cooker is an ex- cellent aid to canning. The food prod uct is blanched. dipped and packed as usual, the jars are then placed inside the electric fireless in deep kettle con taining four inches of water. Current is turned on, thirty minutes being re- quired to bring the cooker up to boiling point, then current is switched to low heat and 40 watts serve to maintain the desired temperature. The results from the fireless cooker method are good and it's use'eliminates the struggle with the heavy, family wash boiler, ire quently used as the home made hot water bath.
Arizona republican., 1920-08-24
GREAT IMPROVEMENTS. MADE IN ME ETHODS IF. CONCENTRATING HEAT.

The sun and a flat rock were the only requisites for baking in the days of the cave man. In the relics of ancient Egypt, remains of cooking utensils are mute evidence of the cookery mentioned in the archives of that bygone age. The banquet hall of an old English art of baking. The open fireplace with Dutch oven was a familiar sight in our own country during the colonial days. An other stride forward came with the in troduction of coal as fuel. The gas oven is one of the more modern inventions that reduced soot and smoke caused by coal combustion. A stIfl later invention is the electrical oven with controlled heat.
 During the past century there has been great improvemeh in the methods Of applying heat to food Each improve ment has resulted in less of the heat energy being wasted and in more bein g absorbed by the food. Each step, from the open fireplace to the coal range to the gas stove and finally to the electric oven has been marked by greater heat efficiency and better control of the heat.
 Saturday baking was always a hot and tiresome task when done in old style ovens especially in the summer because old ovens all radiated heat into the surrounding atmosphere instead of concentrating it where it was most needed. In modern ovens the walls are insulated so that little of the heat es- capes to heat up the kitchen, so much baking may be done, without a corre spending increase in the temperature of the kitchen atmosphere.
Arizona republican., 1920-08-24

Way out in Le Raysyille. Pa, about mile and half from the village and IS miles from a railroad station, a farmer and his wife. MT. and Mrs. Will liam F. Shetrone have proved to them selves the true value of power and light on the farm.
 Shetrone farm is typical of the farms throug hout that country. The house sets back from the roads Stepping stones form path from the road to the house Big shade trees make the yard a pleasant spot in which to spend ones leasure moments. Stone steps lead from the back porch to a pictur- eque well. To the passerby, the farm Is very picturesque, but for those who live on it and do the work, it used to be. far different story. Work on Shetrone farm began at dawn and end cd only when 1t grew so dark that the insufficient light from a lantern or Kerosene lamp made 1t impossible to go on.
 Mir. Shetrone has 12 cows Figure the time it used to take to milk the cows Lack of equipment and conven- fences made it necessary to sell the cream rather than churn it into butter at home. Every trip to the creamery took two hours and that means a lot of wasted time in the busy life of a farmer.
 Watering the horses and other I've stock meant many trips to the well. Innumerable farm chores kept MT. sShetrone busy from morning until night and Mrs. Shetrone would be called away from some of her tasks to help her husband turn the grindstone. Darkness came all too soon. Flicker ing lanterns around farm not only give insufficient light but are dan Eerous.
 And the life of Mrs. Shetrone was just one hard task after another. She forgot all about how picturesque the well was when she had to draw by hand all the water that was needed on the farm. Every drop of water used for drinking, washing clothes or dishes had to be carried from the we'll to the house Wash day was the day of days to be dreaded, for farm clothes need d lot of washing, and pail after pail o, water had to be carried from the well to the washtub. Even with a hand driven washing machine it was hard work to turn the handle and the wringer.
 It was hard to keep the farm house clean. Every time any one came in from the barn it meant a little more dirt to be cleaned up. It is for this very reason that on so many farms the parlor is never used except for great occasions.
 But one day Mir. Shetrone decided that it was about time to make work easier on the farm for Mrs. Shetrone and himself. He had heard about an electric power and light plant and what he heard about the outfit sounded good to him, so he thought he'd give it
Arizona republican., 1920-08-24
SPONGE cAkE MlxruRE

The stock formula for sponge cake mixture is six eggs. cup sugar, i cup flour, lemon juice and rind to flavor, pinch of salt. In this no baking pow der was used but as the price of eggs went up and time ran short, the number of eggs was reduced and baking powder began to replace both eggs and beating. The original sponge cake needs a slow oven just exactly as would a baked omelet, of which it is only variation. If sponge cake is made with baking powder, it needs the same temperature for baking that butter cake does. The fewer eggs and the more baking powder used in a cake, the hotter oven does it require. Tn the electric oven the range of temperature for baking sponge cake lies between 33s degrees and 392 de- grees F.
Arizona republican., 1920-08-24
WORKED WONDERS IN
 LABOR SAVING AT HETRONE FARM

fair trial Before many days he had one installed in his barn. It didn't take up very much room, was very easy to get at, simple to operate al to take care of One of the first things he noticed was that it took less kerosene to run the outfit than was used to keep the old kerosene lamps burning.
 All kinds of conveniences and im- provements were made possible by the installation of this plant. With the feed room. hay loft, COW barns and wood shed brilliantly lighted chores could be done any time that was most convenient.
 Wires were run to the chicken house where the working days of the hens were made longer by electric light. Mir. Shetrone now has motor, that can be carried to any part of the farm. Ii takes the place of an extra farm hand for he uses it to turn all the farm ma chinery that was formerly turned by hand.
 The cows are milked by a machine that is operated by the power and light outfit and Mir Shetrone finds that it is no longer necessary or profitable to take the milk to the creamery. Elec- trically churned butter from mechan- rca1ly milked cows is bound to be pure and wholesome. MT. Shetrone sells his butter to the largest hotel in New York city.
 Mrs. Shetrone now has running water in the kitchen. The actual labor of cooking, washing and doing all the other household tasks is just cut in half. convenient drain does away with the burden Of carrying out the water to empty it in the yard. A pipe carries water to cement trough in the barn and watering the livestock is an easy task compared with what it used to be. Electricity has worked wonders in lessening the amount of labor on the Shetrone farm. And now whenthe darkness falls this farm is one of the cheeriest spots in all that countryside.
Arizona republican., 1920-08-24
Produce

The produce market was heavily supplied with fersh fruits and vege- tables yesterday morning, two full car loads having been disposed of readily. There is little produce now on the local market. The arrivals yesterday were three cars of potatoes, one car of pea nuts and one car of eggs.
 The local market is not supplying the Salt River valley now with fresh fruits, especially peaches, plums and grapes, and because of the rapid growth of the community it is sug- gested that farmers begin planting more tree fruit.
 The list of prices follows:
Arizona republican., 1920-08-24
WELD STEEL STRUCTURE

The first steel structure ever erected in the world without the aid of rivets or bolts has just been completed in the city of Brooklyn, N. Y. Instead of riveting the pieces of steel that form the structure, they were welded cleo trica1ly. It is a novel idea and be- cause it is the first of its kind. con- siderable interest has been shown dur ing the construction work, especially as the nerve racking noise of riveting was entirely eliminated.
 The interesting thing about electric arc welding is not so much the method employed, but the constantly widening application of it as an industrial pro- cess Since the discovery of the pro- cess, much progress has been made in developing various kinds of equipment to make it's use more easy and general. But the real science of electric arc welding lies in the human skill be- hind the equipment.
Arizona republican., 1920-08-24
PRODUCE

changed; creamery, 44@55c Eggs. higher: receipts, 6,536 cases; firsts, 4615 @4Sc; ordinary firsts, 4215 @431s: at mark, cases included, 43@45c; storage packed firsts, 4S1s @49c. Poul- try, alive unehang ed; fowls, 33c; springs 3415c.
 CHICAGO, Aug 2S-Potatoes, re- ceipts 37 cars: market firm Virginia cobblers, $475@5.0o per bbl.; Jersey sacked. s3.00@3.10 per cwt.; Minnesota early Ohios, $2.65 @2.T5.
 KANSAS CITY, Aug. 2S-Butter. creamery, 5sc; packing butter. 40c. Eggs, firsts, 1 cent higher. 4sc; sec onds 1c higher, 42c: selected ease lots, 52c. Poultry, hens. 26@2sc: broilers, 34c; springs, 31c; roosters, 17c.
Arizona republican., 1920-08-24
MODERN POULTRY YARDS
ELECTRIC OVEN BAKING

The requirements for an electric oven for baking at the higher temper atureS are. minimum heat capacity of the oven, large heating unit to heat up the oven from room temperature a device to cut out this heating unit as soon as the oven reaches the desired temperature, smaller heating coils to maintain the temperature at the de- sired value, a heating unit in the upper part of the oven a baffle above the lower coils to distribute the heat, as small an oven as is practical for the size of family using it. and from two to four inches of heat insulation
Arizona republican., 1920-08-24
EARM REPRESENTATION

Many perishable products on the farm are lost for the lack of cold stor- age facilities. It is entirely practi- cable for farmer to have an insulated chine driven by motor which can al- ways keep the room at nearly the same even temperature. one-ton plant driven by a three horsepower motor will use an average of GO kilowatt- hours per month. costing s3 50 at cents per kiiowatt hour. Farms itl southern Idaho have these coldstorage plants.
Arizona republican., 1920-08-24
KOREAN WOMEN NAMELEss

The Korean woman has not even q name. In childhood she receives nick name, by which she is known in the family and by her friends. but, when she arrives at maturity, it is employed only by her parents. To all others she is the sister of or ''the daughter of such a person.
 After her marriage her name is bu- ried she is absolutely nameless- If it happens that woman has to appear in a law court the judge gives her spe- cial name for use while the case lasts, i'll order to save time and to simplify matters.-Marion (Ol Star.
Arizona republican., 1920-08-24
Electricity Has Emancipated Women
TIE cI7sY LIFE

To lie in the long grass on sum n,er,s night with the open sky above; to sit about a fire while the evening meal smells gratefully to the heavens, to make close friends with the wind and laugh at the care of ordinary He which of us does not envy, at least little. the care-free gentry M nae if eoYoe of them do have their little weaknesses for robbing barnyaros and stables? They have the courage of their own lack of convictions, ana the only wonder is that they do not make converts of more of us--London Daily E,NnreSS