The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-04-17
U. 5. llAD BULLETIN

WRA1UD oUlnGAHY AID FORECAST.
Ilxht rain IN Sunday and Monday. and
hsaxiee aAOw9s have occurred since Thur
Day megntng, With The Greatest pfecptte-
don neae NJ 1iada1ppi river. The week
has been conHderah1y colder thsA the nor
NAL. With Temperatures dec1dedly eel0w
freezing on he night Of the 18th and 18Th
settled weather. probably with showers. and
without much change in Temperature.
Genessl EJECT Of Weeks Weether Upss
All koo9s iA Area.
Ali Highways had improved eomewhss
during the week. but the rains Of the past
"a hours and the further precipitation
which il now indicated will render dirt
roads slippery and unft for travel until
after . day or two Of drying weather,
whom they viii probably be moro Or iea
rough. III II x
Dsvespsn-C Chicago VIZ baes. 1ste
sA1 AWo1A. - -
East Moline 70 Asruta fstf or GOOD 70
rough. with bad Sppts near Cofona snd
between Geneseo5 ard Annswnn. Three
miles west OF Nendots. t1Ae clay detouf
to the north and east y Ear1vlle From
Aurora TO Chicago .ue aaaan road through
NaperviIle. Downers Grove and, Hinsdale 70
Twelfth street. mtT
Dsyeupers-Chicsgs ~ steslins asA
4 -
Fair to good to Sterling. except . bad
SCOT east OF Hillsdale which IL passaofe.
and the stretch betyeen Hillsdalc and Enc
which was recently flooded. where rough
detour must be used. East OF STERLING.
fair 70 rough and poor. with bad places
near Efbsnn. Detours west OF Franklin
Grove and between Ashton and hocheiie.
BEYOND Rochelle number Of detours are
NECESSARY because of construction work.
! The road from Ashton through Stewart.
Shabbona and Hinkley 10 Aurora is saao
70 b ptefessble.
Dsyenport-Des Measss VII River to River
I Road.
| Occasional soft spots remain. through
which cars can pass but which In some
, cases might be troublesome Tor trucks.
The road In generally fair TO good. most
of the worst holes having been pianked.
A considerable amount of dragging has
been done between Homestead and Brook
Ign and Kellogg and Coifax. About miles
east of Victor. where the highway crosses
the railway, the road has been planked for
about 20 feet and is dangerous after dark.
lDsyeuport-Des Moines Win Crest White Way.
Rough in many places and but few gooo
stretches east of Oskaloosa. Impossible
between Muscatine and Columbus junction
because of food conditions. At Musca-
tine detour on old Burlington road. An,
other detour of about one mile beyond
generally good.
Davenport Dubuque. - 9
Fair to good. via De Witt. except occa-
sional bad spots. the worst OF which are
Just north of the Davenport city limits
and about a mile north OF Long Grove.
The Mississippi Scenic highway. via Gin
ton, is also fair to good. except through
the Wapsipinicon river bottoms. where II
was flooded.
DavenportCedsr Rapids and Waterloo.
Some bad spots remain along the Lincoln
highway between Dewitt and Cedar Rapids
Between Iowa City and Waterloo. via the
, Red Ball route, most of the road has
been dragged and is fairy good
Rock Island-Peoria.
Improved. but mostly poor to rough
via Galesburg and Pennington: bad about
8 miles east of Knoxville. in the Spoor
river bottoms. By way of Cambridge. the
conditions are good to rough and passa
, lble, with especially rough places near Galra
and Kewanee.
Rock Island Burlington via AledO and
Monmouth.
Rock Island to Aledo. fair and much i'm
/, proved; take NJ. A. NJ. trail via Taylor
D Ridge: avoid road between Taylor Rlds'
and Reynolds. From Monmouth to Bur
lington, muddy in places from melting o.
}, recent snow.
J. NJ. SHERIER.