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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1920-03-22
4 ISLANDS POPULATION IS
k.177,, AN INCREASE OF AS
] PER CENT SINCE LAST CENSUS

stores. three taverns. three grocer
les, two saddle and harness shops,
two cabinet shops. one cooper shop.
one tin shop. one matchmaker. one
pottery. three physicians and four
lawyers, and a court house.
A remarkable increase from 1910
to 1S45 was noted. The population
for 1S45 was 1,134. This rate con-
tinued to 1850. when LII persons
lived in Rock Island.
Rock Island Road Genes.
But q still more remarkable
boom in population occurred in the
next decade. In 1860 the enumera-
ton showed $3.50 people in Rock
Island. 1t was in 1854 that the
Rock Island railroad reached the
Mississippi river and brought with
1t the consequent boom. Real
estate in all parts Of Rock Island
increased from Is to 100 per cent
in valuation. The company was
forced to buy its way into the town
at q high rate. paying four prices
for the privilege Of coming into a
place that it was to be the means Of
making large city.
The advent OF the road changed
Rock Island from a quiet river
village into an energetic. busting
city. The sound of the steam
whistle aroused dormant energies
and set on foot many enterprises
In 1870 the population had jump
ed to 1880 and in the following de-
cade another large increase was
recorded, 1880 found 1859 person:
residing in Rock Island.
I In 1890 the population was 13.
634: in 1900, 1898; and in 1910 i
was 24,335. In 1916 the school cen
sus was the basis for an estimate
Of 2S,054. In 1919 the school cen
sus showed $4,000.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1920-03-22
remove AWNING
and PAY FINE
Patrolman McCullom Finds Re-
volver on One Of Two Men Per.
forming Job.

Sam Mauritz drew a. fine of $25
from Magistrate D. ]. Cleland in
police court this morning on a
charge of carrying concealed wea-
pons. Joseph Mauritz, his brother,
was dismissed.
The two men were arrested at 1
o'clock Sunday morning by Patrol
man Fred McCullom, at GIG Ninth
street, where the two men were
said to have been engaged in TAX
ing down an awning.
They are said to have occupied
the building at one till, and claim
ed that the awning was their prop
-erty.
Patrolman McCullom noticed the
activities of the two men and de-
manded an explanation. In search
ing them he found that Sam car
ried a revolver and upon the
strength of this evidence he placed
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1920-03-22
TEAM WORKERS
FOR CAMP IGN
MEET TUESDAY
Cennencement Program Now Be.
ing Arranged BY Aagustana
Alumni Association.

Team captains for the Augustana
college campaign for $50, 900 to be-
gin Wednesday. and their associate
workers, over one hundred in num-
Der, will hold their first gathering
at noon luncheon tomorrow.
Each captain has chosen his own
team members. There are Il cap
tains. A team will be composed Of
five or six workers.
Captains Of teams met this noon
at the Rock Island club to perfect
their organization. Arrangements
for the opening event Of the drive,
the banquet at Augustana gymnas-
ium Wednesday evening. are going
forward. Plans to accommodate
about three hundred men are being
made.
Augustana alumni association is
already planning for the annual
banquet to be held in connection
with the college commencement
May rs. Following the custom set
last year the alumni will be guests
Of the institution at the annual
dinner at noon. Last year about
four hundred alumni and friends
were seated at the tables covering
large portion of the new gymnas-
ium. A still larger attendance is
expected this year.
Speaker Prominent Psychologist.
DIR. ]. E. Wallin of the class of
1897, has been asked to give the
annual address. DR.. Wallin is in
charge Of the psycho-educational
clinic conducted by the board Of
education OF st. Louis, Mo, the
only one of its kind. it is believed,
in the United States. He is a
prominent psychologist and has
been doing practical work for ST.
/ Louis. especially along the line Of
defective and abnormal children
During the summer months he
conducts clinics at various places
in the United States and contributes
articles on his specially to the lead
ing magazines published in this
country.
DR.. Wallin has many books to
his credit. Among them are the
following: Measurements Of Metal
Traits in Normal and Epileptic chill
dren Q91S); Problems of Subnor-
mality in School Children Q916 !;
Mental Health of the School Child
| 1914; Experimental Studies in
Mental Detectives Q91O.
| G.. Bernard Anderson, '8S. an at
torney of Chicago, has been asked
to be the POSTMASTER for the occa-
sion. Attorney Anderson is presi-
dent of the Augustana league in
Chicago and took prominent part
in recent drive for funds for Au-
gustana in Chicago.
Eight Reunions.
The additional feature of the
/, banquet to be held this year will
be the reunions OF the class OF
1880, 1890, 1895. 1900. 1910. 1915
1917 and 1919. 1t is becoming an
established practice to have re-
unions every list, 3rd. 5th and 10th
years after graduation and every
10th anniversary thereafter. DR..
Louis Ostrom of the class Of 1895
is making preliminary arrange
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1920-03-22
CENSUS REPORT
GRATIFYING TO
R. |. CHAMBER
Ofacials State There 10 Continual
Demand for Residence md
Business Property.

Oficials OF the Chamber Of Com
merce express themselves ~ highly
gratified 1t the census showing OF
Rock Island. as bearing out what
has been the contention Of the
chamber. that the city is q growing
and progressive one.
While the last few years have
not been marked by the erection of
sky scrapers in the business district
the demand for homes coming to
the attention OF the chamber has
been a constant one. Many new
corners have purchased their homes
and made their residence here per-
manent.
At the present time there are
enough calls for residences regis
tered with the Chamber of Com
merce to fill $50 houses if these
could be had. One prominent real
tor recently stated that if ne had
SO homes or bungalows that could
be sold at prices ranging $1,000 to
$4,000 he could sell them in less
than a week, basing his estimate on
the number of houses he had re-
Gently Sold.
At the present time the Cham
Der of Commerce has four inquiries
from large interests looking fol
| acreage suit.5le for lot and build
ing purposes. One company wishes
100 acres or more if it is possible tG
secure it.
ANY land owner with a tract suit
able for subdivision purposes is re-
quested by officials Of the chamber
to file his name with the acting
secretary, Otto Hildebrandt, who
will transmit the Information to the
proper parties.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1920-03-22

backs the movement for the ingath-
ering of additional funds for the
local institution and they will be in
terested in watching the success OF
the drive to be conducted this week
and next In the cities. Members OF
the association express their need
for inspiration in taking up In
earnest the plans for further addi-
ton to the endowment funds
through the knowledge that the
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1920-03-22

aaRAL CENSUS RETURNS
FOR ROCK ISLAND
SINCE 1916

poek Islands population is 3d.
u a. increase of 1882, or AS
- cent in 10 years.
nrures for 1920 were made pub
v n the census bureau at Wash
,.don at 9 o'clock Saturday even
= and were first given out here
: bulletin posted by The Argus.
a. announcement promptly drew
novd, for the returns had been
ss,ted with unusual interest.
n the rate of growth the city
seeeded the average for several
i.eades. 1t stood far above the
~ places statistics for which
~ given out at the same time.
ihne we're:
81 Paul, Mimi, 234,595, an in
esase Of 1851, or SO per cent
ms 1910.
Albany. N. Y, 1894. an in
asse Of 1901, or 1871 per cent.
Watervliet, N. Y, 1903, in
cease $50, or 6.6 per cent.
Rensselaer,. N. Y. 1928, in
rsase liz, or 10 per cent.
Maintenance of the same rate OF
rcvth for another decade will
cve Rock Island population OF
wproximately $4,000.
Had Dozen in 1885.
The first record of Rock Islands
ppulation dates back to 1885, wher
What was then known as Stephen.
(son boasted an even dozen people
| no county of Rock Island had
ben organized previous to this and
ID point almost opposite the lower
ed Of the government island where
stood the log house Of John Barrel
which had been erected a few year,
earler by Russell Farnam au
George Davenport, was agreed al
he logical location of the count!
vat The place was called Far
nimsburg and this continued to b.
ihe name until 1885. when the coun
N commissioners who had been ap
pointed by the legislature met AM
elected a point q little turtle
lcwn as the county seat and name'
4 Stephenson.
In 1910 the population Of Steph
ason Rock Island) had grown t
$50. In March, 1841, the genera
assembly Of the state passed an &C
Incorporating and changing tn
name Of the town to Rock Island
Four years before there was bu
one house in the place, but by 1874
\ contained 175 houses, had seve
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1920-03-22
REFUSES TRIAL
BY MAGISTRATE
AND IS JAILED
Alleged Prowler at Five and Ten
Cent Store Denies Being Va
grant-Case Continued.

c. J. Betz, said to have come to
Rock Island Feb. 90 after having
obtained a discharge from the army,
was remanded to the county Jail in
continuance Of 10 days on charge
OF vagrancy after Betz refused to
sign a jury waiver before Magis-
trate D. J. Cleland in police court
this morning.
Betz was arrested at O'Clock
yesterday afternoon by Station Of
ficer Gus kirsch after complaint
had been filed at the police station
by G. E. Mccormick, manager of
the S. S. kresge company five and
ten cent store, 1713 Second avenue,
that he had found Betz in the boil
er room of the store heating plant.
Betz was placed in a cell and ar
raigned for hearing at O'Clock
this morning. He is said to have
told the police that he went into
the boiler room at the Kresge store
to see the fireman.
He refused to sign the jury waiv-
er for trial before Magistrate Gle.
land and asked that he be told what
charge he was being held on. He
was informed that he was charged
with vagrancy.
Denies Charge.
Betz, who is about % years old
declared that he was not a vagrant
| saying that he has obtained job
has his room rent paid in advance
and otherwise sets forth his denial
Magistrate Cleland was obduratt
and demanded that the jury waiver
be signed or Betz have his cas-.
continued for 10 days.
The defendant reiterated his re
fusal to sign the waiver and de
manded jury trial. He was sen
to the county Jail under a contin
uance.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1920-03-22

ments to celebrate the 25th ami
versary OF his class.
Last year the treasurer reported
the completion OF the 81 900 alumni
scholarship fund and at the COM
ing meeting the disposition Of the
scholarship will be determined BY
the association. The income from
this fund will be awarded this year
by the college faculty.
The Alumni association eolidiy
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1920-03-22
HEAVY DEMAND
Is STILL SHOWN
FOR LABORERS

The Illinois free employment Of
fee reports for the last week that
it has been nearly swamped with
orders for all kinds OF help. The
greatest demand has been for shop
workers, mostly skilled. The de-
mand for laborers for outside con-
struction work has been greater
than the supply.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1920-03-22
SUIT FOR DIVORCE
FILED BY HUSBAND

Suit for divorce was filed with
Circuit Clerk George w. Gamble
today by Louis Zapf from Mildred
Zapf. He charges desertion. The
bill sets forth that the couple was
married Sept. %, 1911, in Sioux
City, Iowa, and that the wife de-
serted Zapf NoN IA, 1915.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1920-03-22
lust 9 DAYS MORE

in which 70 subscribe for the Pictorial
Review magazine years for q. After
April LIST the subscription price win be
5 year. The Pictorial Review = the
head-lmer IN fashions. up-to date ideas
for the home and well-writtan interest
Ing stories. Ladies' Home Journal year
lila Pattern Dept
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1920-03-22
INSTANT BRIGHT"

m Z new silverware cleaner that works
aae magic Put the little plate in hot
s er with little Sal soda, and dip your
er In the solution-it goes In tar
S.aed and comes out bright - new. no
sooine. no polishing, no labor and no
arm to the ware. CSC.
fermentation on Main Floor
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1920-03-22

In 1870, during the Franco Prus-
sian war, the value of diamonds
was largely deprecated by the
quantity offered for sale in Lon
don by French refugees.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1920-03-22
A FAILURE

To try Abraham's Pecan Roll
means a regret after you discover
its goodness.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-09-07
A BENNINGTON
MANS EXPERIENCE

Can you doubt the evidence of this
Bennington citizen?
You can verify Bennington endorse
ment.
Read this, ttl h., h
Wilson Darrcw. 314 s. Branch ST.,
Bennington, says Some years ago
= suffered with severe backache. My
back gave me considerable trouble and
when | would bend over sharp twinges
of pain would shoot through my back.
Through the newspaper | read of
Doan's Kidney Pills and started to use
them. ] used one box of Doan's and
have had no return Of my trouble
since. | can recommend Doans Kid
lney pills very highly"
/ Statement given August "a, 1850
! On April 2, 1920, Mr.. barrow said
81 think just as highly of Doans
Kidney Pills now as when endorsed
them four years ago still use
Doans occasionally to keep my kid
neys in good shape"
60c, at all dealers. Foster.Milburn
Co., Mfrs, Buffalo, n. Y.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-09-07
Candles on Toastl

An adult Eskimo Is capable Of con-
cunning twenty pounds of flesh and oil
daily, A Yakut will wash down this
quantity of flesh with quart or two
Of train-oil, and take as dessert e
dozen tallOw candles.
famous naturalist who cooked
part b. d bnaconstrictor, declared that
Il tasted very much Ike veal. On ana
other occasion he tested crocodile and
pronounced the flesh excellent.
Frobisher and Settle both comment.
ed on the way the inhabitants around
Hudsons Bay used 10 eat grass.
"Such grass" says Settle, ""as the
country produceth they pluck up and
eat, not dalntily or saad-wise, but like
Srute beasts"
Humboldt tells of men living on the
banks of the Orlnoco who eat earth
They knead the earth into balls Of
from four TO six inches in dianeter.
aud bake them before a slow fire.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-09-07

"Pazzas" / have written through
out, and | insist upon the name as |
Insist upon the thing, II is not very
clear from what suggestions our fore
fathers, In post-colonial days, devel.
oped the thing, and II is not clear al
all how they came to adopt for II an
Italian name changing the Significance
as well as the sound.
In thesSouth they have always said
gallery and here mt Ethe North
"porchariow appears TO besalsplactng
piazza" But these are rightly the
names of other things, and while
there can, Of course be 20 objection
to the orthodox English ''veranda," it
seems a pity to abandon a distinc-
lively American name for dlstnc-
lively American kind Of verahla. -
Mrs. Schuyler Van Rensselaer, In
Scrihner's Magazine.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-09-07

three years later baby boy came and
was troubled again. | could scarcely
do any work at all and suffered for four
wears. A neighbor told me about Lydia
r. pinkhams Vegetable Compound and
took it for year or more. Now |
awe baby girl and do not have any
iemale trouble You can do anything
you like with my letter to help Others"
Mrs. j. NJ BRUCE, X. +. d. 8, Brooks
burg, Ind.
The makers Of Lydia f. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound have thousands Of
such letters as that above--they tell the
truth, else they could not have been OBJ
tanned for love or money. This medicine
is no stranger--it has stood the test for
more than forty years,
II there are any complications you do
not understand write to Lydia f. Pink
ham Medicine Co. (con6dential), Lynn
Mass.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-09-07

The rest of the state will watch with
a good deal Of interest the suit IN Rut-
land county court Of the state of Yer
mont against the listers of the town of
west Rutland. As The Banner UNDER
stands the case the listers are charged
with putting into the list much valu-
able property at a nominal valuation.
VI this charge is found to be correct
the effect would be to lessen the in
come of the state from the town Of
West Rutland 1t is an open secret
that practically every lister in the
state for many years has dsobeyed
his oath and violated the law which
says he must list property at its true
value. There is a wide diyergenes o.
opinion as to what true value means
but it could hardly mean less than
what the property would bring at
forced sale. In probably three-Quart-
ers Of the towns property is listed at
much less than its forced sale value.
The taxpayers of the various towns
have generally approved this course
on the theory that It lessons the state
tax and therefore slightly decreases
the total amount of taxes paid by the
town but the custom has become so
widespread that about all It does is to
increase the tax rate in practically
I every town in the state. The Banner
has long held the opinion that II
would be better and fairer to assess
!. property, not at its true value, but at
somewhere around two-thrds or three
quarters of that figure and thereby re
dnce the rate on the dollar. If that
system were followed in Bennington
it would make the tax rate in this
village around two dollars which is
less than half what it now is II
would reduce the poll tax to about
four dollars and would be a better ad
yertisement for the town. This could
however, hardly be done unless the
same system we're followed in The
other towns, The outcome of The
West Rutland suit may be to bring a
more just and equitable valuation O
property than the system now in use
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-09-07
Tells weak, NevouS People
What To Eat TO Crow Vigorous

md one that every druggist dispenses
IS known as Bitro- Phosphate and comes
in tablet form all ready for use
a. few grains taken with meals sup
uiy just the organic phosphate that
most foods lack, and il taken regu-
larry say ten grains with each meal,
ought to have a wonderfully upbuud-
ing effect in few weeks OF. people who
ard weak. become easily fatigued, or
are growing old and discouraged be-
fore their time.
cneakng Of people who are easily
fatigued. who lack ambition, nerve
force and are ofttimes thin, weak ana
aaqIV lacking in firm, healthy nesh,
Joseph D. Harrington, formerly Visiting
Snecialist Northeastern Dispensary'
New York says: Patients who were
apparently physical wrecks VINO 1907 ,
ishlv thought they. needed only blooa
tonic to enrich tire blood, have come
or treatment trembling and shaking
heir nerve force almost eNhausteu'
and I'm many such cases the admins
tcring Of Biiro-PhosDhate has pro-
duced seemingly magical results
Physicians and hospitals have Tor
some time recognized its value, espe-
ciaIIv in nervous conditions So much
so that DR. Frederick Kolle, author OF
riedical text books and editor-i CHIEF
Of n, Y. Physicians who's Who, IS
| led 10 make this statement:
"Bitro-Phosphate. should be pre-
| scribed by every doctor and used by
! every hospital TO increase strength and
I nerve force and to enrich the blood.
| Any man or woman who desires &c
| become more vigorous and energetic
20 build up nerve force and endurance
to an out undeveloped hollows ant
renew old-time ambition can procure
MS simple remedy at Gokay's, or any
| drug store.
| n keeu, alert mind and sturdy body
4 are using phosphate all Owe
lAiaerica today with splendid results
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-09-07
Doctors Agree That Present
Day Foods Do Not Supply
Enough PhOsphate----A Vital
ly Necessary Element.
Bitro Phosphate a Common
Organic Phosphate Is What
Nerve Sick, Tired Out, Thin
People Need. I''a ~ '.

II nervous people would eat more
old-fashioned oatmeal graham bread
dried beans and peas, The yolks Of
many eggs and even the despised circus
peanut, they would be helped wonder
fully
Rye bread is fine, also and so are
lentils and unpublished rice.
This is because these particular
foods are rich in phosphorus, and, as
most people Know, this is a vital ele-
ment of not only the nerve cells, but
Of every other cell in the body.
There isn't enough organic phosphate
in modern prepared foods to do over
40 per cent of the men and women OF
America very much good.
That is why SO many people Of to-
day are nerve sick. weak, rundown
have no ambition and in many cases
are simply skin and bone"
In order ITO supply this deficiency OF
phosphorus, physicians in New YORK
arc prescrihing organic phosphate
which feeds, the starving nerves just
what they need.
,The most popular organic phosphate
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-09-07
state Of ohIo, cIly q .lieeor

State Of Ohlo, City OF Jielor
Lucas County. So.
Crank ]. Cheney makes oath that h.
Is senior partner of the firm Of i. J
Cheney & CO.. doing business in the CIT.
Of Toledo, County and State aforesaid
and that said arm will pay tko sum
ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for eaci
and every case II Catarrh that cannot b.
cured by the use of HALLS CATARRH
MEDICINE. FRANK ]. CHENEY.
Sworn to before me and subscribed II
my presence, this 9Th day of December
A. d. 1856. A. w. GLEASON,
(SeaD Notary Public.
Halls Catarrh Medicine is taken in
ternally and acts through the Blood Of
the Mucous Surfaces Of the System. SEM
for testimonials free.
F. ]. CHENEY e. CO. Toledo. o.
Sold by all druggists, 75c.
Halls Famil Pills for constipation.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-09-07
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1920

Vermont counties are not the only
ones that have lost in population. The
neighboring county Of Rensselaer,,
New York lost 9,147 in the ten years
from 1910 to 1920. OF this less 1890
is in the city of Troy where the shirt
and collar industry was hard hit dur
ing the war.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-09-07

Only one more week to the state pri.
mary and the final arguments will go
before the voters this week. AS a
general thing it is wise to beware of
election propaganda put out in the
closing hours OF campaign. False
hoods are more likely to be sprung
then when there is little opportunity
for investigation and reply. ls
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-09-07
KIDNEY
TROUBLE.

KINNEY Is a deceptive disease
thousands have it and
rpOIIpI don't know it, II you
A1NOCbhG want good results you
can make no mistake by using DIT.
Kilmer's Swamp-Root, the great Kid
ney medicine. Az druggists in large
and medium size bottles, Sample size
by Parcel Post, also Pamphlet telling
YOU about It. Address DR.. Kilmer &,
Co.. Binghamton, N. Y. and enclose ten
cents also mention the Bennington
Banner. -t
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-09-07
ROXY ALLEN JONES
wor-ty 5eli-7a.

believe in working, not weeping;
in boosting not knocking, and In the
pleasure of my job, | believe that
man gets what he goes after, that
one deed done today IS worth two
deeds tomorrow. and that no man is
down aud out until he has lost faith
In himself, Ebert Hubbard.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-09-07
NOTICE!
To the Taxpayers OF the village OF
Remington

A rate bill has peen nlaced in my
lands for collection, as follows
S1.10 on the dollar for the Village
rax, 20 cents on the dollar forithe High
way Tax on the Grand list OF 1920
hereby demand payment of said
taxes, and notify you that l will at
tend a. the Bennington County Savings
Bank from Q o'clock a. m. until o'clock
y. m.
There will be a discount OF per
per cent on Village Tax II paid within
30 days.
c. II. DEWEY. Treasurer.
Bennington, VT. July Is. 1920.