The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-04-22
BURGESS

A number of this locality are in
Aledo today attending the sheep
meeting which was called by the
county advisor. ...f
S. Q. Morrow recently purchased
q new Samson tractor for use on
him farm. He is also driving
new Buick six.
Galloway and Brown Of Aledo
were in this locality last week
shearing sheep.
Miss Vera Morgan was shopper
in Aledo Saturday afternoon.
L. L. Frost and family motored
to Aledo for a short drive Satur-
day evening.
Clair Close is passing around the
cigars, owing to the arrival of a
fine baby boy at the Close home
last Wednesday.
Roy Taylor and daughters were
shoppers in Aledo Saturday.
Mrs. Anna Whan and son Law
renee Of Aledo we're callers in
Burgess Saturday.
W. n Hunter returned home the
last of the week from a visit In
Chicago.
Another case of scarlet fever is
reported in this vicinity. John Nc
Keague. who makes his home at the
home of his sister, Mrs. Frank
Pease, is reported quite sick with
the disease.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edgar Pearson and
daughter, Maxine, were shoppers
in Aledo Thursday.
The regular monthly meeting of
the ladies' aid was held Thursday
at the home of Mrs. Albert Moberg.
About twenty-five ladies were pres
ent
Mrs. ]. S. Bower of Aledo visited
last week at the home Of MIR. and
Mrs. ]. B. Morford.
Rev. Agnes and Mrs. W. A. Nc
Laughlin returned home Wednes-
day evening from Rock Island,
where they had been for two days
attending the annual Presbytery
gathering.
With the coming of spring
the Burgess community recently
woke up to the need of oiled roads,
and through the strenuous efforts
and the calling of several meetings,
more than enough money has been
raised to oil many miles Of roads
| in this locality. There will be oil
from Burgess, west, connecting
with. the NJ. A. NJ. trail west Of
Sunbeam; also a cross country oil
ed road to Aledo. Oil will also be
connected with the Viola and Alexis
roads. so there will hardly be 4
place one cannot get to on the oil
which will be- put on the roads
! this summer some time.
R. D. Smile, our new road
commissioner, has already gotten
the big tractor out, and will prob
ably soon commence getting these
roads ready for the oil, as there is
certainly a lot Of work to do on
them before Oil can be applied.
/ Little Martha Peterson of Aledo
visited the week end at the Roy
Taylor home.
]. B. Murford and wife. L. +.
Brown and Mrs Orissa Walters
were business callers In Aledo Sal.
urday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Mclaughlin
were shoppers in Aledo Saturday.
The wire for the telephone COM
pany has arrived and the company
is planning on moving the ex.
change this week to their residence
which was recently bought Mrs.
Fred Bilderbeck will then have
charge OF the board, having recent
ly contracted with the management
for the work. Mrs. Bilderbeck has
had much experience as an opera
tor and will have the same good
service as Mrs. Gladson has rem
dered during the last five or six
years.
Mrs. ". A. Mclaughlin attend
ed a Red Cross meeting in Aledo
Saturday.
Mrs. George w, Pease was on the
sick list last week.
| Harvey Bennett, who lives in the
W. ]. Sharer tenent house has lost
about seventy-fiye fine chickens
during the last week or ten days.
They were all A-No. l layers and
Mr.. Bennett thinks they were
poisoned in some way, owing to the