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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1920-03-24
FARM BUREAU
HAS STOCK OF.
CLOVER SEED
Members Of the Organization VIM
Be Supplied at . Minimum Price
Per Bushel.

Anticipating that a strong de-
mand for clover seed will be made
with the approach OF sowing time,
the Rock Island county farm bu-
reau has arranged for a supply Of
high grade state inspected seed
that can be furnished 4. o. b. Rock
Island at $3.50 per bushel. County
Agent P. r. Edgerton announced
today.
The supply will include 200 bush
els Of the seed. Those who come
after the seed can bring sacks. but
lacking the latter the bureau will
furnish sacks for so cents each.
The seed will be shipped to those
who send in checks to cover the
price.
A slight sentiment against the
wool pool of last year has been
heard by the farm bureau. and
County Agent Edgerton asks that
the plan be not condemned until
It has been given a thorough try
out. He contends that II every
wool grower belittled the pool, the
county would soon be back where
it was before the days OF cooper
alive marketing.
Wool Pool Again.
There is to be another pool this
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1920-03-24

Fnsies Vance debated IN the
local high school IN 1917.
St. Olaf college gives Z far more
important place to forensics, and
70 enjoytng : reputation for win
ming teams. These very teams
which the Augustana teams are to
meet have debated already this
year on the same uestion against
Gustavus Adolphus and Hamlin
colleges, winning from bath
schools By Z unanimous vote Of the
judges.
The local boys, however, are de-
termined TO bring home the bacon,
and have been working hard since
before Christmas.
AuEustana's Affirmative team
will meet Monmouth's negative
here on April Is, and Angles mega
tive will travel to Jacksonville the
same night to debate Illinois COL
lege. The question in tho second
debate is q little different, reading,
Resolved: That all labor disputes
in public service corporations
should be settled BY means Of COM
pulsory arbitration. Constitution
atty waived"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1920-03-24
[LEeE TEAM
St. OLAF
NDEBA1E MEET


o. tomorrow evening the first Of
- series Of debates to Be staged
3 Augustana college will be held
I ths college chapel.
ne question for debate is RE
..iyed: That all labor disputes in
,tystsly owned public service
ssepofshons should be settled BY
sssns Of compulsory arbitration.
fnegtitutionality conceded"
Ausustans's negative team COM
,sa1d Of Roy H. johnson, Edwin
4 Nunson and Einar Kron with
Talyin Lundeen Is alternate will
reet St. Olars Affirmative team
eonposed OF Lester Pierson, Nels
yoIdal and Joseph B. Shefreland.
simultaneously with this debate,
iusustana's Affirmative team COM
posed Of Lester Palmer, Karl e.
svanberg and rFazier Vance. with
carl Fryxell as alternate, will meet
st. Olafs negative team At North
fed, MINI.
Augustana has been fortunate
this year in securing men OF exper-
iepce in her teams. Roy H. John
non is q former Rock Island high
rbool debater Of two years exper-
ispce, and also represented Angus
una last year against Coe college
md Monmouth.
Edwin c. Munson OF Omaha has
lad high school experience in his
home town, and was one Of the
winners in the Nebraska state
oratorical contest
Lester Palmer Of Omaha il also
N experienced debater and cap.
min OF the Affirmative team. Mum
con Is captain OF the, other delega.
linn
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1920-03-24
WEDNESDAY, THE ROCK ISLAND ARGus-MARcH a 1870

year, superintended BY the Illinois
Agricultural association and the
bureau urges that every wool
grower in Rock Island county con-
sign his wool to the market In this
manner.
The bureau issues warning
against the activities OF men who
have been pruning orchards in the
south part Of the county, repre-
senting themselves as being from
the ONCE of the farm bureau. This
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1920-03-24

Is = misrepresentation and the
farm bureau declines to assume
any responsibility for the actions
Of the primers.
The bureau has been doing Z con-
siderable amount Of cooperative
buying and until such . time - It
can complete the organization of
farmers cooperative elevators u
the county, it will continue to give
farm bureau members this oppcf-
tunity, Mr.. Edgerton states.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1920-03-24

STATE hank a Liberty. NJ. ~ miles
est Il hers vas shot and probably
fatally injured b. William Elliott,
r mentally unbalanced farmer.
There had been no trouble between
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1920-03-24

Japan is becoming q large man
ufacturer Of toilet soaps, in spite
Of the fact that it is necessary for
her to import most Of the raw ma
terials used in the industry.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1920-03-24

TINE TO BUY A WATCH.
Visit Cox's Jewel Shop next week
Save money and time. Take ad.
vantage Of our special plan of ad.
,vertising.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1920-03-24
Licensed to Wed

Tho poems Of Mexico and the pro-
fessional porters Of Turkey are
reckoned the strongest of man
kind. One Of the former has been
known to carry a piece Of machin-
cry weighing 600 pounds over a
mountain pass. while three Of the
Turkish porters have carried a
grand piano in its case for dis
lance Of three miles on end.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1920-03-24
LIBERTY BANKER
SHOT BY 4 CRANK

Quincy, NJ. March A.-etepAso
G. LAwless. cashier q the Liberty
The Washington herald., 1920-08-08
$1,000, 900 Auto Fees Paid.

In the FIRST four months of this
year. New York gathered In ST.
100000 as fees for registration from
the mnforiHtA In that State. ss.sf
The Washington herald., 1920-08-08
Methods to Foil Automobile Thieues '
By Simple and inexpensive Expedients
Explained in Liberty Motor Co. Book

Car thieves are laughing at locks
on automobiles these days, but there
are many simple little tricks which
auto owners can do, when leaving
their cars, which will reduce the
theft hazard almost to nothing.
Dealers who handle the Liberty
Six have recently been provided by
the service department OF their COM
pany with a number of valuable
suggestions on preventing the theft
of cars. These suggestions apply
to practically all makes OF automo-
biIes.
The first suggestion is to remove
the distributor rotor. II is the
easiest thing in the car to get at
certainly easier than some of the
cumberance wheel locks now in use.
The removal OF this rotor absolutely
prevents the spark, without which
run. There are several different
kinds of motors, making IL
much harder for a thief to be
order to have the right one on hand
Even supposing that half of all the
auto thieves were equipped with a
COulplclc set VI TOlOIS' inc inert
hazard would still be reduced so
per cent.
Another stunt is the rather pic
turesque use of a noise resembling
a Western town being shot up in the
widest days. BY crossing spark
plug wires Nos 1 and 5. or wires S
and 6 on the Liberty Six, or on most
any Six, for that matter, no one can
drive away without making such =
racket that IL ought to be enough to
The Washington herald., 1920-08-08
Popularity Grows
For Fabric Tires
On Small Cars

While the popularity of the cord
tire is sweeping rapidly forward
among motorists. fully 10 per cent
of the cars of the country. consti-
tuting the small car" class, still
ride on fabric tires. The manufac-
ture of cords has been confined
largely thus far to the larger sizes.
The light weight of these cars
makes it possible for the fabric
tires to give mileage quite as i'm
pressive in their way as the records
rolled up by their more celebrated
competitors. the cord tires
At the big Detroit factory of the
United States Tire Company small
size fabric tires are manufactured
in q factory unit which is really
an enormous plant in itself. Here
hundreds of skilled tire-workers
have attained a skill that repre-
sents the accumulated intensive
training of thirty years of fabric
tire building. There's close rivalry
between the workmen In the fabric
and cord tire divisions. Fabrc tire
builders will not concede for a mo-
ment that a fabric tire is in any
degree inferior to . cord tire.
The Washington herald., 1920-08-08

alarm the town and scare the thief
away at the first alley he comes to.
This crossing of the wires is easily
done, and 1t causes a back-fire, re-
sulting in heavy artillery which is
as good as most any burglar alarm
Most any car can be protected by
disconnecting the wire at the coil in
connection with the generator. This
method cuts of the power neces.
sary for running the machine.
Perhaps the most unique and ef-
fective scheme is the use of a blind
switch. Almost any service station
man can fix for a car owner a knife
switch, or almost any kind of q
switch in some part of the main
ignition system. By breaking the
current through the use of this
switch, practically all thieves would
be bafled, because they would least
expect a device of that kind. They
might look for the commoner meth
DDS used for disabling cars. but
there would be no standard way of
locating the trouble caused by the
blind switch. In giving the above
data, 1t was pointed out that MANY
car thieves are amateurish and are
usually scared away when thew hnd
that the car is disabled in any way,
as is the case when one of the above
suggested devices is used.
Record your tire and motor num-
oers In a book" is a further recon-
mendation. At the Liberty Com
pany's office is the record of a car
stolen In Boston and identified four
months later, because one OF the
original tires was left on one Of the
wheels
The Washington herald., 1920-08-08
MEXICAN OIL
MEETS NEEDS
Inventor Believes Tampico
And Other Fields Can
Fill Demands.

New York, Aug. 7.-Gasoline for
every motor car owner in the United
States all year round, and then
some, is foreseen by William Albert
White, inventor OF the low pressure
oil-feeding system which has been
installed in 700 ships, In the Mexi-
can oil fields.
The present daily potential out
put Of Mexico" says White, 'is
around 762,08O, or 27S, 100000 barrels
a year, and this out OF a very small
percentage of the petroliferous
area"
Recalling that the annual con-
sumption of gasoline is about 1O0,-
ooO, 900 barrels, this estimate sounds
reassuring to the motoring public.
Besides, White does not believe
that the increase of oil-burning
ships will exhaust the supply of pc
troleum, from which gasoline is OBJ
tanned, but sees a great future pro-
ducer in Mexico.
The Washington herald., 1920-08-08
PIERCE-ARR0W
NAMES GRAHAM
General Sales Manager Sus-
ceeds Foss as Vice
President.

The Pierce-Arrow Motor Car Com
pany announces the election OF
George M. Graham as vice presi-
dent. succeeding w. J. Foss, who
resigned on July l.
Mr.. Foss desired to be relieved
from active business.
Mr.. Graham went to the Pierce
Arrow Motor Car Company from
the Willys-overIand Company, and
during his four years at Buffalo
has SUCCESSFULLY held the place of
assistant commercial manager. gen.
eral sales manager and now vice
president
During the war Mr.. Graham was
chairman OF the National Motor
Truck. Committee at washington,
representing the entire motor truck
industry in all Of its activities that
centered there.
The Washington herald., 1920-08-08

forests in Yellowstone Park in Wy
oming.
Unsurpassed alpine climbing in
Glacier Park in Montana.
Mount Rainier Park in Washing
ton with its snow-capped peak
buried in the clouds.
The rock phantom ship" riding
the lake waters held in the COL
lapsed top of an extinct volcano in
Crater Park in Oregon.
Yosemite Falls. in Yosemite Park
in California. with a drop equal to
that of nine Niagaras.
Grand Canyon in Arizona, with
its panorama of pyramids and cas-
ties and temples-nature's master
stroke OF erosion.
Mesa Verde cliff dwellers' ruins
in Colorado OF a prehistoric peo-
pie who started the apartment
house idea.
Requires Sixty Days.
This master-auto scenic highway,
traversing nine Statesand connect
ing a score Of national parks and
forests, will be dedicated to the
people by Stephen T Mather. Di-
rector of National Parks.
The official tour. with Denver as
the start and finish. will require
sixty days to complete.
The Washington herald., 1920-08-08

complaint against the insurance
companies. They try 10 beat
him down" their damaged cars
take up valuable space while legal
difficulties, are being untangled; and
he must wait months for settle
ment.
The car owner. as the main rea-
son against this plan Of the in
surance companies. prefers TO nave
hk machine repaired by his own
garsge man. And here springs the
fear of the insurance companies
that collusion may dupes them OF
more damages than should be paid
The Washington herald., 1920-08-08
Stolen Motors
Increase OUer
|918Figures
St. Louis Only City Show
ing Fewer 1919 Thefts
Of Cars.

There were $3.50 automobiles
stolen in nineteen index" citie. OF
the United States in 1919 compared
70 1858 in the same cities in 1918,
according to hgures compiled by the
National Automobile Dealers Asso-
clatlon' headquarters in st. Louis
rms Is an Increase of 224 per cent.
The figures were obtained from the
ofhcial reports OF the chiefs Of DO
lice.
OF the $3.50 stolen in the last year
2S'S32 were recovered, or 74.4 per
cent. OF the 25,613 stolen in 1918.
total of 20,2O3 were recovered. or
7s.S per cent.
High Valuation.
Cars stolen which were not re-
covered were valued at approxi-
mately $4,000 in 1918 and at S.
65S,360 in 1919.
New York again led the cities
in cars stolen. St. Louis was the
only large city where the number
was less than in 1918. This is ac-
counted for by a vigorous law en-
forcement campaign against auto
mobile thieves by the circuit at
torney's office. Sentences up to
twenty years have been assessed
In st. Louis for the theft of an
automobile.
Expect Reduction.
General reduction in the number
of automobiles stolen is expected
during 1920 because of the fact
that interstate transportation of
stolen automobiles is made a Fed
eral offense under the Dyer law.
The national motor vehicle theft
law, however, did not become ef-
fective until November, 1919. Num-
erous convictions have been made
throughout the United States under
this act this year.
The Washington herald., 1920-08-08
NO TROUBLE AT ALL
TO STOP SPEEDERS

Athens. Greece. has found a way
to stop 'em all. It's a plank stud
ded with nails!
When a car appears 70 be speed
ing, an officer throws the plank In
the road. II the machine is not
going fast and the brakes work. IL
ought to stop before reaching the
trap: otherwise, the motorist goes
20 the Judge while the tires 30 to
The repair shop.
The Washington herald., 1920-08-08
NATIONAL PARK
ROUTE LAID OUT
rs-..
Auto Parties Can Pass En-
tire Summer on Sight
seeing Tours.
DEDICATION PLANNED
Greatest Natural Wonders
In Entire World Along
Road.
DEDICATION PLANNED

Denver, Colo, Aug. 7.-Americans
marvel at the facilities for travel
n continental Europe, where ten
lays OF continuous sightseeing for
hem is long time. The National
Park Service, in promoting a great
n travel campaign in the United
States, including the dedication Au-
gust 25 OF a 4,5O9-mile psrk-to-
,ark scenic highway, has made It
possible for the tourist to travel
or an entire summer in the Fed
raj Fairgrounds OF the West.
Here are some OF the enchanting
leffghts that will! be experienced
" the automobile tourist:
- High Spots Touched.
An unequslled sssemblage OF gey-
ses and hot springs and petriied
The Washington herald., 1920-08-08
lille Park Park Scenic Hghuay Be Dedicated ednesda Aug IS
Test Valve Springs.

valve springs should be tested oc-
TO see IL they are Of full
strength. II they are weak, they
permit the pistons to draw burnt
gases into the cylinders, thus Great
ing an improper mixture. The aver
age strength of a valve spring Is
thirty pound<
The Washington herald., 1920-08-08
England Seeks Substitute.

England is seeking a substitute
for gasoline in earnest. The newly
formed Empire Motor Fuels com
mittee Is releasing several thou
sand gallons OF power alcohol week
Iy as a preliminary experiment to-
ward an increased use Of this fuel
The Washington herald., 1920-08-08
Hide Spotlights
Entering Canada
Or Pay Penalty

Since many more tourists are
going to Canada than ever be-
fore, IL would be well to warn
them of the Dominion's anti
spotlight law. Not only are
spotlights forbidden there. but if
they are seen on cars crossing
the border. they are confiscated.
The Washington herald., 1920-08-08
MAY
DO REPAIRING
Insurance Firms Consider
Establishment Of Shops
To Handle Work.

Many of the larger insurance
companies have been considering
the plan of operating their own
repair shops in large cities, to take
care ofRutomobile insurance work.
out This by rsssreR sss tPfO5mf'9n G RdsD %s
ing in the Motor World. who points
TO the prime cause for this con-
'templated action as being a general
Misunderstanding between the re-
pair men and the insurance COM
panies.
Griev"nce Justihed.
Repair men in general are not
spoken oy highly" says Russell,
always waiting for the opportu-
nifty to do the insurance company"
But the repair man has a valid
New-York tribune., 1920-03-31
DOVER Is Willing to Run on Republican Ticket;
Advocates League of Nations as Issue in Campaign
HO0Uer Outlines Platform That
He VIII Consent TO Stand On

SAN FRANCISCO March S0-The Of Herbert Hoovers
elegram to the Hoover Republican Club of California folos
II had not wished to could hitherto real
public service by entering partisan political discussion
especially the cafcation of dvergng the
different the parties the The recent
developments the treaty. sagnaon adjustments of
great economic problems, and particularly the
esenatons that have received to the situation
state convince that it confirm the action that
Republican friends there have already taken without consulting
II understand that there wish the Repub
cans of California have opportunity themselves
favor of the league of nations with reservations
guarding American tradition opposed
eme view advocated against league at ALL differ just
strongly with this differ with position
by the President participation purely European affairs
"Ths WHETHER with protecting
on should join the moral forces of the world reduce the
dangers whether WILL by pretense
Of nularity that possess by the
ing armies naves saona antagonisms reaction
the spread of Bolshevsm through of the world
Ths would be the defeat of the hopes for which
sacrificed.
Entirely league and the
danger to ultimate the solution of
problems such the size of reduction
and the prevention of agricultural depression
consequent unemployment dependent stability
the worlds
our veto under the treaty believe the
which the Republican party settle
league efficiently designed these projections
mo should be able dictate policies great parties
yet and has right and
he will If the Republican party
pendent element of which naturally affiliated
wardookng LIBERAL constructive platform treaty and on
economic issues the sound
business administration Of the country reaconary
radical it's approach and is
backed by who undoubtedly the these
policies and will give my support While
the issues necesstate and it demanded refuse
service
New-York tribune., 1920-03-31
Aldermen Order
Ice Raise Inquiry
Direct Mayor and Aids to
Investigate Increase i7,
Price Due Tomorrow

The Board of Aldermen adopted
unanimously yesterday a resolution
calling on the Mayor and the Commits
sioners Of Accounts and of Public Mar
kets to investigate the increase in the
price of ice announced for tomorrow.
Alderman McManus, sponsor of the
resolution, declared there was at hand
on the Hudson River and nearby lakes.
Alderman Vladeck, Socialist, voted for
the resolution, but declared the prob
lem would never be solved until the
city took over control of the harvest
ing and storage of ice
Ice for household use will be in
creased 10 cents hundredweight to-
morrow by the Knickerbocker Ice Com
pany. The price in Manhattan and
Brooklyn will be raised from SO to 80
cents a hundred. In announcing the
advance the company said:
"This is really not an increase in
the price of ice, but an increase for the
cost of service. Our service in making
deliveries is really superservice.
Other deliveries that are made to fam
lilies are left at the door, but the ice
man must carry his ice into the house
on apartment. remove the bottles and
other things in the ice box and put the
ice in the box. All this takes time, and
at the present price of labor we. are
unable to give the service at the, price
which we formerly did. Our price at
our stations and platforms will remain
the same, and any one going there
can get ice for what was paid last year.
There will be no further increase in
the price during the season."
New-York tribune., 1920-03-31
u. S. Wants Martens Exiled
To Germany as Communist

WASHINGTON, March So Ludwig
C. A. X. Martens Russian Soviet agent
in the United States, is a German sub
ject and should be deported to Ger
many, according to contentious of the
Department of Justice in a brief to be
submitted to the immigration authori-
ties tomorrow.
The governments case against Mar
tens, made public by Assistant At
torney General Garvan tonight, claims
to establish "conclusively" his connec-
tion with the Russian Communists and
his activity in the promotion of an or
ganization shown to seek the overthrow
of the United States government by
force.
While it remains for the Bureau of
Immigration to dispose Of the case,
officials declared tonight that despite
Martcns's Credentials" they would at
tempt to have him sent back to Ger