The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-10-14
NUMBER HOMES TO
BE SEEN ON SECO ND
LAP BUREAU JAUNT

l
tour Of Mercer county, which be-
gan last Wednesday, will cover the
second lap Of the trip tomorrow.
The schedule which will be follow
ed covers the southeast section Of
the county. The intinerary, sub
ject to slight changes. is ~ follows:
h East Alcdo Unit
ga NV. H. Clarke home. I'VE
miles east Of Aledo: special fea-
lures, sleeping porch. tile floor on
porch, living room draperies; leave
$780,
$40 q. m.-Roy Lemon home;
modern poultry house; leave 9:55.
Ohio Grove Unit.
1910 a. m.-Kimil school kitch-
enet; leave 1925.
1925 q. m.-Fred Flake home;
laundry, French doors, poultry
equipment; leave 11:00.
11:0O a. ma. L. Hamilton
home; wall finishes, stairway, win
dow seat. Eat dinner in yard ;
leave 1890.
12:5O-William Heating home;
new modernly equipped home; leave
1:10.
1:25 p. m.-Frank Kile home
new home, bungalow type, special
feature, furnace with automatic ash
sprinkler; leave 1885.
Burgess Unit
1:45 p. m.-Will Hunter home;
attractive living and dining rooms
furniture Of good design; leave
1855.
1:55 p. m.-Burgess school house.
chemical toilet; leave 2.
2:05 p. m.-George Armstrong
home: we'll arranged kitchen
leave 2:2O.
2:25 p. NC. L. Pease home; ar.
rangement Of rooms, stairway, well
arranged kitchen, attractive bed
rooms: leave 2:40.
North Henderson Unit.
3-Ray Newcomer homeland.
scaping; leave 3:15.
3:20-Frank Mead homeland.
scaping; leave $3.50.
3:40-Gay Mead home-laundry
leave 4.
&C. F. Rooms HONEYWELL ar.
ranged kitchen, poultry house;
leave 4:20.
4:30-Maple Ridge school-wel
equipped rural school, excellent hot
lunch equipment.
5-HOmeward bound.
Forty people were in the crowt
making the first lap of the hom,
makers tour of the Mercer count,
home bureau, which started yes
terday. The start was made from
Seaton at 8 o'clock. Those WIZ
were in the crowd report a mos
interesting and instructive day.
One of the homes visited, which
was not included In the schedule
for the trip, was Keilman's,, ives
OF Seaton. Features Of interes,
here were the artistic decoration
and furnishings Of the home.
special feature Of interest in tn,
keilman home is the wash room
which is built of the back porch
and enables the men to enter tn,
wash room without passing through
the kitchen. A good example o
what can be done with an oil
house was found in the home O
Mrs. Rose Tieman Of New Boston
Mrs. Tieman had finished the insid,
walls Of the house, tinting them il
the most attractive manner and hat
done the work entirely herself
During the day three homes now il
course Of construction were visited
They were the homes of T. R
chambers Of Seaton, Bob Willitts o
Joy and the Arthur Robinson hom
at Joy. An interesting feature Il
the Robinson home is the elevator
running from the cellar to the sec
ond story. The elevator can be rul
either by electricity or by hand
Another item noted yesterday wa
the number Of iceless refrigerator
used in the country homes visited
Several modern garages were ais
inspected.
! A pleasant surprise awaited tn
tourists when they stopped at tn
+. J. Wycoff home in Keithsbure
where the stop was to be made TO
dinner. Plans had been to eat tn
lunches brought along in the Wy
coff yard, but upon their arriva
Il Mrs, WYcoff invited the entire mar
ty to eat their dinner on the screen
ed porch of the Wycof home. wher
she had provided hot coffee for tn
entire party. During the noon hou
Mr.. Wycoff delightfully."- entertainc
the guests with Edison music.
4 WONAN'S CONVENTION.
II Tomorrow is the date set for tn
Woman's Relief corps conventip
in Aledo. The first session Of tn
convention will be held at 9:3