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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1920-01-26

sa<s ~ se4s1ily getxing Worss. b soms CASA.
Whea the toWnuhip was nAde IL highway
INIT tra@c wn oil horse drawn aad the avef-
ags haai was only lev miles. Tho mattsr q
continuity was relatively uniupcftsnt Now
nearly everybody has IN automobile and people
think soothing II driving 10. 20 or 80 miles for
the transaction o. ordinary business The
demand u for good main roads connecting the
larger csntsrs, but township authorities are
mot doing much to meet It.
Counties are much better fitted in every
way to handle road work than are townships.
They can buy the necessary implements ana
keep them in use practically all the time. get
ting maximum service out Of them. They can
better serve the interests Of all the people and
provide for more efficient engineering and gen
eral supervision. The poor townships VIII
get the advantage Of revenue from those which
are better able to pay the expenses and bond
ing can be resorted to with much more salts
factory results.
Rock Island county residents have had an
exceptionally good chance to contrast the reia-
tive efficiency of the two systems by comparing
their own roads with those just across the
unit. That the Iowa roads are much peter
than those on this side every automobile driver
will testify Much Of the difference without
doubt is the result Of better supervision,
more modern implements and more consist
emit improvement policy which county control
affords.
Two other points in connection with high
ways ought to be kept in mind by the constitu-
tional convention. No obstacle should be put
in the way Of levying an adequate tax and the
way should be left open for legislative enact
ment which will make it possible to organize
highway improvement districts after the gen.
eral plan of drainage districts. so that those
interested in particular road can organize
for its permanent improvement and raise money
for the purpose by assessment of benefits.
State and federal aid may help build and
keep in repair some Of the main roads but the
| bulk Of the work will have to be done and
| paid for directly by the smaller units. 1t is
going to take lot of money and ways must
be provided to raise funds where the people
are ready to invest them.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1920-01-26
brad's O. Verse
OETWAKD Round.

Merrily the whistles blow, out
ward bound the steamers go; and
they carry bolsheviki. propaganda
lists lean and cheeky, frothers with
a message freeky,> chaps who pillow
not, neither hoe. Watt, We winds,
Ye boilers, roar! Speed them to a
distant shore; they don't love our
institutions, they love Trotsky's
brand Of Russians; they're as bad
as Wilhelm's Prussians-we don't
want them any more. Outward
bound go danes and gents who
can't prove a lick of sense: crazy.
loony, cracked. demented, Shrek
ing, bowling. discontinued, soyietic,
onion-scented let them all 20
quickly hence. Send them far
across the main, where they have
no use for brain; they toll not, nor
spin, nor reason, they are always
plotting treason. raise no useful
YARDS in season-only busy raising
cain. Home to Lenine 60 the reds.
with their bombs and threats and
breads. Each glad day We see a
rounding. hear the merry whistle
sounding. and bunch 20 outward
bounding to their brother cabbage
heads. GLEN BRADSHAW,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1920-01-26
For Larger Road Units.

One proposal, at least, has been placed be-
fore the state constitutional convention which
ought to have the unanimous approval of the
people OF the state. 1t is for charging the
unit for levying revenues for roads and bridges,
township to the county.
The township Is altogether too small for
best results. especially under the present low
limits of taxation. Modern road building and
maintenance, even where there are no hard
surfaces. call for expensive implements Trac-
tors. large graders, drags and rollers are some
Of the things that the road unit ought to have
and must have IL it is to do the work in the
most satisfactory manner and at the lowest
cost. Few townships can raise revenue to
buy such an equipment Even where they do
70 there Is neither work enough nor funds
Z very small part Of the time, so the overhead
10 too great.
Some townships have great deal more
work to do to Keep their dirt roads in even
passable shape than others. Those which are
rough and Astounding in hills and streams
have many bridges to build and keep in re-
pair and much erosion to contend with As a
rule the land is poorer in such districts and
q lower value for taxation so it is no: surpris-
ing that there is such a wide variation Of the
condition Of roads in the different townships.
Those where the land is broken, as a rule are
no more than holding their own in road main.
tenance and 1t Is question if the highways
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1920-01-26

Autobiography Of . Plain Baby-IV'
The Water Is Fine.
The day I arrived, SO they tell
me. the nurse rubbed me all over
with fresh lard. Sweet oil is the
next best thing, father thinks. This
removes the protective coating
which is on a baby's skin when he
is delivered and does it better than
any soap. Even the finest soap is
rather irritating to the skin of a
newborn baby and therefore it is
better to omit the soap and water
bath for II to "a hours.
= l took my first swim the morning
after l arrived. The water was
fine. But you'd never guess it the
way bawled. they say. That. how
ever, is the only way little tike
has of expressing his emotions, and
dad considers it essential for
baby's lung development and gen.
eral physical well-being that the
baby should have at least one
grand bawl every day. If the baby
doesn't start this entertainment
spontaneously, when being bathed,
for instance. then the nurse should
help the celebration by giving the
youngster a little spanking. enough
to make him whoop it up vigor-
ously.
The nurse sat before the fire and
undresSed me on a warm flannel
apron that covered her lap. She
had everything ready, big wash
bowl full Of lukewarm water, plain
toilet soap, some soft dry towels,
some freshly made boric acid solu-
ton and little balls Of cotton in
saucer for my eyes, a complete as
sortment of safety pins, clean dia-
pers, and my swaddling clothes all
within reach from her low chair.
She put me right in the wash
bowl and supported my neck and
head with her left hand, while she
bathed me with a soft wash cloth
in her. right hand. She used the
boric acid solution Tablespoonful
of boric acid dissolved in a pint of
boiled water) to battle my eyes, al
lowing it to run over my eyes and
wiping the edges of the lids very
gently with moistened cotton; she
had the solution nice and warm.
After my bath the nurse removed
me from the bowl-the bath took
four minutes-and laid me on her
lap, while she dried me with soft
warm towel powdered me with
plain talcum, applied fresh navel
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1920-01-26
A Notable Anniversary.

Three hundred years ago the Pilgrim IA
theirs came to America and set up for them
selves on the bleak Massachusetts, coast The
anniversary OF the first permanent English
settlement in this country bids fair to receive
appropriate attention. 1t will be celebrated
here and also in England and Holland.
A 4-day program in Leyden, Amsterdam
and Rotterdam, whence the Pilgrims sailed
three centuries ago to the American wilderness
where they might find freedom to worship
Cod" will start on Aug 80, when committees
from the United States and England will be
received at the University Of Leyden. Ad-
dresses commemorative Of the occasion will be
delivered by scholars from the three countries,
del Harris of Manchester. Eng; Viscount
yet been designated.
The next day, Aug. 81, the birthday Of the
queen Of the Netherlands, will include beside
q congress in the town hall, religious memo
rial service in the Pieterskirk in which the
Rev. John Robinson, who led the separationists
from the Church of England (the Pilgrims) to
Holland in 1909, was buried.
One Of the features of the holiday at Am
sterdam on Sept. 1. will be a meeting in the
Rijksmuseum, the unwilling OF a memorial
window in the Bagijnekerk and reception.
The next day there will be an adequate pag-
cant in Rotterdam, the visitors travelling in the
morning from Leyden to Delftshaven, if pos
sible, by boat along the way the Pilgrims went
Then there will be trips to the religious havens
of Rotterdam. a memorial service in the church
at Delftshaven and at p m. the English and
American contingents will depart for South
ampton.
The celebration in England will start in
May, 1890, with meetings in Scrooby the home
OF Robinson, Austerfeld. Boston and Sheffield.
From Aug. 4 to Sept. 20 there will be cere-
monies in Cambridge, London, Southampton
and other places, eliminating in the sailing of
the new Mayfower, which will carry the re-
turning American committee and British and
Dutch delegations who are to participate in
the program on this side Of the Atlantic.
Main events of the American celebration
will be in Plymouth, Mass. and Boston, where
historical pageants will be held, followed by
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1920-01-26
Today's Events

Fifty years ago today the hrst
woman suffrage convention on the
Pacific coast met at San Francesca
Many visitors are expected ID
Wichita today for the opening oi
the Kansas National Livestock ex-
position.
A special session Of the Wyoming
legislature met today to act on tne
federal woman suffrage amend-
ment:
Governor Brough. has called inc
Arkansas legislature to meet TO-DAY
for its third special session wi'hh
Il months.
TIL international labor BODY
formed under the provisions OF 'he
peace treaty began meeting III
Paris today.
The Chicago Opera company Is 10
open its annual New York season ~
the Lexington theatre tonight WIN
a revival of Bellini's Norma"
The annual convention Of the a
tional Beet Growers associa .oa'
opening at Denver today, Will h''
cuss the hardshlps imposed up2i
the sugar beet growers by lA'
sugar trust"
The case of Mrs. Gertrude " =
son. charged with the murder a.
Charles Brown, at a ranch o"
by Mrs. Wilson's husband. s'h
Francisco news writer, is sch.d-
uled for trial today at Marysvi!le
Cal.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1920-01-26

@. How many times a day does
the weather bureau make observa-
tons? ID. G. Y.
A. The weather bureau at all its
stations makes observation three
times each day, that it may make a
record of conditions and obtain the
facts upon which to forecast the
weather.
@. At what price must silver
sell for the American silver dollar
to be intrinsically worth its face
value? L. G. B.
A. That the silver in q dollar
may be worth its face value, the
market price Of silver must be up
to $1.29 an ounce. When 1t goes
above that point, the silver in a
dollar is worth more than the coin.
and spectators may be expected to
melt dollars and sell the silver as
such.
@. Will have to remove a
whisky sign pointed on the side of
my barn. G. E. K.
A. Under the law all such signs
ard bill-boards advertising intoxi-
eating liquors must be torn down.
anybody allowing such sixns to re-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1920-01-26

main on his premises will be sub
)ect to a heavy penalty.
z. Name the seven wonders of
the middle ages. n. MI.
A. They we're: Coliseum Of
Rome; the Catacombs of Alley
andria; the Great Wall of China.
Sonehenge; the Leaning Tower Of
Pisa; the Porcelain Tower of Nan
kin. and the Mosque of st. Sophia
in Constantinople.
Q. What do the colors of the f,ap
signify? E. D. V.
A. The colors red, white and
blue of the American flag denote
valor. purity and truth, respect
lively.
Q. Why has the rate of exchange
on American money decreased in
China? C. P. G.
A. This decrease in exchange ia
attributed to the advance in the
price OF silver. and the fact that
the Chinese monetary system in on
a silver basis, while the United
States monetary system is on a gold
basis. Tho value OF gold has moi
increased at the same rate that
silver has stncs the war.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1920-01-26

United States marines are in charge OF
the penitentiary at Port Au Prince, Haiti One
OF their heaviest responsibilities lies in keep
Ing the natives from sneaking into prison TO
get three meals day and place to sleep. 1t
Is necessary to search the premises now and
then to eliminate interlopers who are too lazy
10 commit some overt act enabling them to
.lawfully" qualify for the privileges Of the in
stitution. Advocates of prison reform in this
country really ought to look into the situation
IN Haiti.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1920-01-26
Today's Anniversaries

lSS7-Michigan was admitted into
the union. with Detroit a the
state capital.
1940-General Stephen Van Rens.
salaer. whose vote gave the
presidency to John Quincy
Adams, died at Albany. n Y
Born there. Nov. /, 1865.
lS5S-Bettina Won Arnim, the younp
friend of the poet Goethe
died at Berlin. Born at
Frankfort about 1871.
1S62@Increased political privileges
were granted to the Jews in
Russia.
1S70-Act feadmitting Virginia IN
the union approved by the
president.
1S7@A statue OF John Stuart Hill
was unveiled on the Thames
embankment. London.
1S1e-British labor voted to sun
port the governments var
policy.
lsl7-President Gonzales of Costa
Rica was. deposed by the mil
itary forces.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1920-01-26

Senator Reeds stamp OF disapproval should
70 Z long way in furthering the presidential
prospects of Herbert Hoover. In getting on
the wrong side Of public questions the member
from Missouri lately has been manifesting
discernment which Is almost uncanny.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1920-01-26

Lawrence's brother-in-law. PERCY
Haskell. She had married a
wealthy man after all, and life
looked rosy, but she could even now
imagine her mother and sister.
when they heard Of her marriage
saying: We'll, she might at least
have had q wedding"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1920-01-26
H !,EPFo ) ] 49,
Il MRC. ELIZABETH THOMPSON

believe she will understand better
than you think she will. This long
ing is at least teaching you les
son because it will make you more
sympathetic with your own chill
dren when you have them.
Dear Mrs. Thompson: | am &c
years old and have a nice family Of
children, two going to school. My
husband is IA years older than |
am. All our married life he has
acted the tyrant and | hoped he
would get better, but he doesn't.
He uses vulgar language in front
of the children and is seldom pleas
ant at home. He always scolds
when / go to my mothers and now
he has begun to talk vulgarly about
me to strane men and insult me in
the presence of other men.
We never have nice clothes, but
We do get plenty to eat. | never
have one cent to call my own. II
any one says good about me he
hates him. He is always saying he
will kill himself if / sing. He has
ordered my neighbors out Of the
house, but if a bad girl comes along
he kisses her.
Do you think I should stand for
such treatment any more?
A CONSTANT READER.
Your husband is not worthy Of
a good wife and children. His in
fluence in the home is certainly bad,
and if possible the children should
be protected against him. If !
were you l would consult a law
yer. There is a law which pro-
yides that the man shall pay The
court costs of a divorce suit wheth-
er he wins or loses. If you DO not
want to consult, a lawyer the pro-
bate court will advise you.
Dear Mrs. Thompson: Is it proper
for a boy at the age of is TO KISS
girl at the age of Is? Y. K. h.
Young people of that age shoaIa
not kiss. They are too young 10
know real love and to begin KISS
ing starts them well on the way %
becoming promiscous.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1920-01-26

pad-she kept a bundle OF tbss.
made Of folded gauze and sterili,sS
by baking until the cloth wrapns,
was slightly scorched. Ny Mali,
band was made Of stockinet, vhicH
remains in place and fits we'll
Next she put on my shirt. Th,.
was light wool in the colda,
months and light cotton in the hot
months. Then she put on my sof,
muslin robe - l never wore ,
wooden robe until cold weaths,
came-and tucked me in nv Grin
l always took snooze after nv
morning swim. ! never silent IN
bed with mother. because dad raw,
that is not good for mother or bahv
The only time l got in bed with
mother was at my dinner time
that is, every 21s hours from Ga
m. to 9 p. m. and twice in the night
until i was three months old, only
one night meal after that and no
light lunches after l was sir
months old. The tuccess Of our
ration system hinged on strict
clockwork regularity. Irregular
meals play havoc with many a poor
kid, l know, because daddy has to
attend them so much. OF COURSE
as l grew older the intervals be.
tween meals was increased first 10
three hours then to ga hours.
Questions and Answers.
Strengthening Cross Eyes-Ts Il
possible for an adult to have cross
eyes Strengthened? MRS. l.. D.
Answer Yes Consult an ocu-
list whose surgical skill your physi-
clan can vouch for. A simple ten
don adjusting operation is usually
required, though in children cross
eyes may be corrected by means Of
suitable prisms in many cases.
Pure Fresh Milk-I was much
/ impressed with the appeal YOU
made in one Of your talks in be-
half OF every one taking at least Z
pint of pure fresh milk every day.
Would you consider Grade B milk
pure fresh milk. or must one buy
sterilized milk or certified milk or
only that which is brought from
the country. MRS. B. L. B.
! Answer-Doesn't all milk coma
from the country? Grade B milk
is pure fresh milk as rule. do
not advise sterilized. but certified
milk is the purest, freshest and
best milk any one can obtain.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1920-01-26
The Ginoine Af.tickle.


James Whitcomb~ Riley.
Talkin' O. poetry,-there's few men yit
ATS got the stuff billed down SOS it'll pour
Out sorghum-like, and keeps a year or more
Jes sweeter-ever' time you tackle it!
wy all the jinglin' truck at hes been writ
Fer twenty year and better is so pore
You can't find no sap in it any more
N you'd find juice in puff -balls!-And I'd quit!
What people wants is facts. I apprehend;
And naked nature is the thing to give
Your writin basis, Ell? And / contend
AT honest work is allus bound to live.
Now thems my views! cause you can
recommend
Sich poetry as that from end to end.
Hubby: will you forgive me, dearest?"
Wife: Suppose l ought to- The bible says,
Forgive your enemies"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1920-01-26
MONDAY, JANUARY - 1870.

Federal Food Administrator Arthur Will
liams predicts that living costs will come down
during the next few months. Let's see-where
have We heard that noise before?
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1920-01-26

When door key is hung UP out
side a house in Sweden it is sign
that the family is not at homo.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1920-01-26

The Secret.
IAN author wrote little book
Which started quite quarrel.
The folk who read it frowned on 1t,
And said it was immoral.
They babe him write proper screed.
He said that he would try it. He did.
They found no fault with it,
But neither would they buy it."
ANON.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1920-01-26
4 Great Commitment.


Il met man on the street yesterday, and
he took me for General Pershing.
That's nothing, man took me for some
one higher up than that last week"
did he take you for the president. himself?"
"Nope. He tapped me on the shoulder and
said: Mine Colt. is it your"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1920-01-26
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Inform,
non Haskin D.
confidential the replies
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1920-01-26
The Little Path.


(By Charlotte Becker.
Once strolling slowly down sunset way.
l spied half-hidden meath an alder tree.
A little woodsy path that beckoned me;
thought should come back another day
And through its lure of leaf, and blossoms
stray;
And so l sauntered merriy along,
Humming stave OF some old lifting song ;
That ran, seize joy and beauty while you may"
But when fate gave me leisure to return
searched the hedgerows hour by hour in
vain
Where summers growth yelled all with vines
and fern;
And. though life's gifts have brought me
treasured gain,
Each June / mourn when dreams drift
down the mind,
The little path that could never ind.
"Men dying make their wills, but wives
Escape a work so sad
Why should they make, what all their lives
The gentle danes have hadr'
Worried wife: Doctor. let me know the
worst"
Doctor: "Your husband will recover, madam. "
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1920-01-26

BY THE SAGE OF TIE SIDEWALK

CeIIooling.
Some minds like many houses seem to me,
Devoid OF beauty or Of individual taste,
Museums filled with souvenirs Of time.
The odds and ends Of civilizations waste:
These do not make home, and less can b
The elements Of personality.
All those who scatter wide their interests her'
And never knowing where their bark will steer
viii wake to find their minds q stunted vine.
Bearing IN odor that is called the sign
OF poison growth, whose myriad tendfils eltml
On anything that happens on its way
The stunted vine is fond Of vain display.
The tree Is wiser far than mortal man.
1t only feeds upon the food it can
Assimilate; it knows
The elements that bring
Supreme repose. E. 1. ..
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1920-01-26

Worried wife: Doctor, let me know the
worst"
Doctor: "Your husband will recover madam.
New-York tribune., 1920-01-05
Farm Board Limits
Loan Value of Land
500 Maximum Adopted to
Check Speculation and
Protect Banks

WASHINGTON, Jan. a.. equations
designed to check the creation of
speculative land values and land specu-
lation generally have been placed in
effect by the Federal farm loan board
in all farm loan banks, the boards
annual report made public tonight,
reveals. Farm loan banks have been
instructed "to lose without regret"
applications for loans which do not
protect amply the banks and their
bond buyers.
In furtherance Of the policy to keep
down "unwarranted" land values, the
banks have been ordered not to enter
into competition with private loaning
agencies where the latter have offered
larger loans than the boards apprais-
crs believe to be justified.
The boards regulations provide
with few negligible exceptions-that
not more than 500 per acre will be
loaned, even in cases where actual
sales were taking place at $3.50 to
$400 per acre.
The farm loan system since it's
creation has supplied a total of $685.
10000 to the farmers of the nation.
In its report year ago, the board
gave the total loans at $154 ,742, 900,
or a growth in the year ending No
yember 80 of more than 100 per cent.
New-York tribune., 1920-01-05

sssssassssssssassse..ea.
New-York tribune., 1920-01-05

During the war it was the fashion
to scoff at the quantitative theory Of
money; to ridicule the statement
that as our currency and credit
were inflated so would prices be. II
was repeatedly pointed out, by Tho
Tribune, among others, that once
artificial restrictions--such as price
fxing--were removed, a ballooning
of prices must inevitably ensue.
For the enlightenment Of any who
may doubt the working of this eco
nomic law 1t may be worth while to
state that the latest statistics show
that In this country, Japan, the
New-York tribune., 1920-01-05
Eight Ministers of Finance
To Attend Conference in u. S,

WASHINGTON, Jan. 4.--Eight min
listers Of finance of American republics.
in addition to the Secretary Of the
Treasury of the United States, will at
tend the second pan-American finan-
cial conference here January 10 to "a,
Secretary Glass announced to-day. 1t
will be the largest assembly Of finance
World, Mr.. Glass said. and one rarely
equalcd in the Old World.
New-York tribune., 1920-01-05

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