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The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-09-13
1t Pays to Cooperate.

California fruit growers cooperate. They
get third of the consumers dollar.
Washington bean growers get a sixth;
Colorado sugar beet raisers get a sixth. or
less Florida grapefruit growers don't do as
we'll Nor do Texas truck farmers; nor Michi-
gan fruit producers. Reason! They don't
cooperate
In Denmark, where cooperation among pro-
ducers has reached its highest level, farmers
get 80 per cent Of the money paid by
consumers
Surely American farmers can do as we'll.
Denmark has eliminated the expensive mid
dleman. America has more toll-taking hands
between producer and consumer than any other
country. Time to call halt on that
California fruit growers are on the right
track.
There is of course, another side to this CO
operate movement 1t is cooperative buying.
Those twins, cooperative selling and buy
ing, can solve the living cost for consumers
and the profit problem for producers. They
can work wonders with H. c. L. by removing
all unnecessary hands between them, and they
too. can reduce transportation costs by their
cooperation.
Will they? That's the question.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-09-13
We Have Faith in Illinois.

Wednesdays primary brings before the
Republican voters oe the state the greatest is
sue which has arisen In Illinois state politics
in the last half century.
Ths tiger at Chicago's Tammany has
resched out It. claws toward the capitol at
Springfield and seeks to spread its reign Of
ruin, which In six years has driven the city
Of Chicago into BANKRUPTCY, over the state Of
Illinois.
Tbs Thompson Tammany OF Chicago has
nothing to offer the people Of Illinois except
political bunco. 1ts ticket u running upon q
socialistic and demasogic platform. repudiated
alike by the state and national Republican
conventions. to which every candidate on the
slate has subscribed.
Illinois faces a crisis Wednesday greater
than any since the days when Lieutenant Gov
ernor Oglesbys father routed the Copperheads
in the reconstruction period following the
Civil war.
But The Argus does not believe that the
majority Of the intelligent and Patriotic Re-
publican voters Of Illinois are ready to turn
their party over to the Thompson Tammany.
We do not believe they want the state ruled
by a man who gave comfort to the enemy when
the nation was at war with q ruthless militar
istic monarchy power.
We do not believe that they want the greedy
hands OF the loot-laden OVERWHELMINGLY
to seize the $16,000.0o0 surplus in the state
treasury and to have access to the $S0000,000
bopGs voted for hard roads and deep water
ways
We do not believe the Republican party Of
Lincoln and Grant is going to fail in its duty
today any more than 1t did 50 years ago.
We have faith in Illinois and are confident
that that faith will be fully justified Wednes-
day by the real Republican party Of the state.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-09-13

Dear Mrs. Thompson: I am q
girl II years old. have several
fellows. They consider me rather
pretty and call me q dirt. l do not
admire the name Of course. l want
a regular beau. can't choose any
OF my friends because admire
them all.
Daddy doesn't want me to 90
with any boys. I work and give
him my wages. He is a good daddy
though.
NV sister is married and they
treat her better than me. 1t seems
though 1 don't want her to stay at
home but she does. She tries to
boss our family and makes me
dreadfully angry. l want to leave
home but know I couldn't stay.
l am corresponding with a boy
and he has called to see me several
! times. He Is 20 years old. l al
most think l love him. He wants
me to marry. Would you advise
; me to marry or leave home!
BUM PUZZLED BROWN EYE.
II you are considered . fiirt you
will live to regret the reputation.
You will attract more desirable
class Of young men il you do not
/, dirt. At your age you are foolish
OF even consider choosing one
friend and giving mp the rest.
Rely upon your fathers tudg-
mint. He has your interest al
heart II you have q caller or 90
somewhere occasionally I can see
NO harm In it. But to 60 80 much
that you think Of boys all the time
and do not have proper rest II
wrong.
! can understand how the advice
Of IN older sistsr 10 not always vel
coined. Try to realize that she toe
has JOUR interest at heart and
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!A;EfP&F ! !; BR q! Or, Z;
by MRc Fl.1ZARETH THOMPSON

when she suggests she thinks u =
for your good. 1t would be w.
foolish to leave home. II W.
roomed somewhere you would ~
life very dreary and would 10y
many times for the closeness o. ~
home circle. -.
Do not marry the boy who y
asked you. If you wait you Will =
more able to choose wisely. vay
few young men Of 20 are earnin!
enough these days to support
wife.
Dear Mrs. Thompson: l am :
girl of IA and should like to Kno'
how to play tennis. ~.
Also, how can l prevent my ~
from falling out? ELEANoh
Go to q tennis court and
! someone to explain the game y
you. y,
Ask your druggist to recommss.
a mango cure for the hair. So
time ago mango cure was USED e
clusively for animals, but nov =
is recognized as one OF the -
means Of improving the condiu y.
OF the scalp and restoring the ns"'
Dear Mrs. Thompson: an, =
years cid. Please tell me hos !.
might enjoy my evenings. W.
1 don't go to the shows. o.
have anything else to do at hom:
| Do you think three times 10
often to 60 to a show in a week:
WAITING
Spend your evenings reae
studying and sewing. / thinA '
you asked your mother she e.
ind several things for you to g
Yea, three times . week y
often to attend . picture ~
Once . week would be ample =
girl q Jour aga
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Whats I'm A Name?
Copyright 1919. By III" Wheeler Syndicate. Incl
Katrina.

Katrina,
Few of US are aware that IA
trina, one OF our most common
names, is really Slovak. Though
it appears as Katrine in England
and Bavaria, the Slovak is the only
language in which Katrina is Of
ficially recorded. 1t means pure"
and comes originally from the
Latin Catharina, the virgin mar
tyr Of Alexandria whose life story
is supplied by half-allegorical leg
end.
The sweet saint Of history, whose
name has been immortalized in all
countries, we also called katha-
rina. Her wisdom, her heavenly
espousals, her rejection Of the suit
of Maximus, the destruction OF the
wheels that would have torn her
to pieces, and her final martyrdom
by the sword have been recorded
in the literature of every land.
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have a thing. she has got to have
it,
Il understand"
And had lost my sample, and
that gown you're wearing was my
salvation"
I'm afraid l didn't seem oblig-
ing, but I'm staying in Meridian
with my aunt"
Just like me-" Harry interposed.
I'm staying there with Aunt DIV
ia"
And when I come in to Boston
for q little shopping Aunt Penelope
always warns me not to talk with
strangers"
That's just right Of hsr-I mean
in general. But is your aunt Miss
Penelope Winter"
"She certainly is"
Then she wouldn't consider me
q stranger. l used. the ministers
boys and l, to steal melons out OF
her garden. I am Harry Belden,
and / am employed by the Amar-
anth Insurance company. You
haven't any advantage of me
though. You are Miss Jessie Gal
braith. I saw your name in the
Meridon Free Press. Here's the
waiter. Only tea and cakes fol
you? I'm famished with all this
shopping. I'm going to have beef.
steak with mushrooms. Mayn't j
order for two?"
She hesitated.
Il know Miss Penelope couldn't
object I'm such an old friend"
Miss Jessie laughed brightly
Perhaps. il you ate her melons, /,
would be Z return Of hospitality"
Presently Harry glanced from hi,
beefsteak to the cherished parce
beside him.
Aunt Olivia is going to wear tha1
1t the Wylie-Wallaee wedding. Yog
know about that?"
II should think 30. I'm ono o.
Anita Wylie's bridesmaids"
That's great I'm to be heaf
usher. Rather nice We should NEE
before the rehearsal. Just in an in
formal way"
1T was rather informal" Mis-
Galbraith admitted. Her eyes rest
ed ON q little tear in the wrappin1
paper. But that silk isn't tAupe
it's wistaria.
| sWistaxia! what's tha4F
- - - nlee r. TT nd
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Expesurs Verses Rxpesufs.

ExR o0uk0 v0k008 8Xp080kos
Measles, meningitis, scarlet fever
and diphtheria are Just - surely
influenced BY season and BY wealth
er and By climate - are pneu-
monia, bronchitis and common
coryza Tor head cold" as the be-
nighted prefer to call IT, Each and
all of these diseases are respiratory
infections, spread in the same man
ner. and prevalent inversely as the
amount Of time the people spend
out Of doors. The fellow sitting
behind you at the movies or across
the aisle In . street car may hand
you the makings Of any one OF
these diseases or many more of the
same class by perpetrating an open
face sneeze or cough, or even by
spraying you with the fine spray Of
moisture which is given of in talk
ing and carries nearly five feet.
The time when any Of the diseases
included under the group of res
piratory infections is most catching
is In the stage Of invasion or on
set, probably before the victim
feels ill enough to 60 to bed. There
fore. it behooves you to figurative-
ly or actually close the face OF
anyone SO inconsiderate as 10
cough or sneeze at you with his
face wide open. Who knows what
he may be coming down with?
Pneumonia (also called lung fe-
yer, lobar pneumonia, pleuro-
pneumonia and pneumonitis) does
not develop after exposure to coli
or wet, except by coincidence;
does not prevail more widely
among people exposed to severe
cold by reason Of occupation OF
climate; is quite as ffeQuent among
southern negroes, or somewhat
more frequent among them than
among the poor in northern cities
and, in face, has but one possible
connection with cold and that is
the chill of onset, which as every
doctor knows today, is a symptom
Of the illness and not cause.
AS certainly as diphtheria and
tonsilitis and quinsy and coryza
are infections to which persons toe
much confined indoors are mse,
susceptible. pneumonia is an in.
, door disease. Hunters, explorers
T. and woodsmen know from theil
own experience how true this is
Out in the open, away from per.
sonal contact with the human
carrier, the distributor of sam
! Piles of infection, no amount of ex.
posture to cold or wet proves more
than physically painful. Soldiers il
the front line trenches know how
true this is. 1t was in the camps
at home and in the crowded billeti
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you've bought. I'm afraid you made
mistake"
Mistake? Not me. That tagged
out-looking girl gave me the wrong
parcel. Great Caesar!"
I'm sure they will EXCHANGE II
for you" -
He sprang up. They'll have tn.
It's for Aunt Olivia. I'm sorry tn
leave you like this. but you've saved
me again. And we'll be SIRE IN
meet Friday at the rehearsal"
BY torrent of eloquence Harry
convinced an apathetic salesgirl and
a skeptical floor walker Of the mis-
take and carried his purchase home
in triumph.
Its two shades darker than the
sample and satin instead of fable. {"
Aunt Olivia announced with a ..iust-
as-l-expected" expression on her
resolute face.
But it's tope," Harry insisted
Yes, you did remember SO much
On, you needn't explain. l know
you lost the sample. Perhaps Ma.
dame Cyr can make a combination ,
I'm sure she can," said Harry
cheerfully.
Much you know about it: but I,
doesn't matter SO much, I've tust
had word that Anita has sprained
her ankle and the wedding is in.
definitely postponed"
Postponed? And won't there be
rehearsal Friday"
Certainly not. Anita is laid up.'
Excuse me, Aunt Olivia. l have
an important letter to write"
Miss Olivia looked after him a.
he rushed to his den. with all hi,
faults. that boy is devoted to bust
ness"
Harry was writing: 1T want t.
make amends to Miss Penelope fo]
my boyish follies. Wouldn't sh,
enjoy going to some Of he sym
phony concerts? To think / SHOULD
grumble over doing little shoppin,
for dear Aunt Olivia! With the re
hearsal off. If it hadn't been 10,
that tope stuff we might never hav,
met Now I have q presentimen
We shall be meeting right along"
And Harry was not deceived
They were.
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Santa Caterina of Sienna, whose
influence was one Of the most pow
b.
MILDRED
MARSHALL


Santa Caterina of Sienna, whose
influence was one Of the most pow
erful in the middle ages, caused
her name to be given a prominent
place in history since. she imagin-
ed that she was the prototype Of
the original sanity martyr. From
Caterina to Katerina was an easy
step, though many Of the Euro
pean countries reached it by way
of the more involved Katherine.
which still persists in modern
times. Katrina, however. is pref
cradle and much more popular in
this country.
The turquoise is Katrina's tails
manic gem. 1t il belielieved to
bring her true happiness in love
and to protect her from deceitful
friends or admirers. Tuesday is
her luck day and l her lucky num-
Der.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-09-13
1PlH[lE DAILY SHORT STORY

"My eyesight Is fairly good. Yes,
l can see her." she answered ston-
lily.
Good! l want four yards Of silk
just like that gown she is wearing. u
We are out of that shade this
morning."
oh" he gasped. Are you sure
You see. it's for my aunt She's
making over something, and have
to get it."
"You don't have to get it here"
Here! Harry saw a ray of hope.
lis there somewhere else? It's
a very important commission"
His distress was evident The
middle-ased girl relaxed q little
from her severity.
They might have it at Ballard &
Bars.
"Oh. thank you. Thank you q
hundred times" He turned back
to whip out notebook. What col.
or shall l ask for?"
"Taupe."
That's it. remember now
Harry slapped his thigh in recogni.
ton. He printed in large capitals
that covered a page of his note.
book: T-O-P-E and vanished.
silk or satin?" asked tho tired.
looking salesgirl who was meas.
uring endless length in Ballard &
Bars.
which is the more expensive-
"Oh. satin"
Then I'll take that"
Fatigued with his efforts. Harry
rushed to the nearest lunch room
and dropped into a vacant chair
CHANGING at the demure face oppo'
site. he recognized . pair Of blut
eyes. His vis-a-vis was the weare,
Of the identical taupe gown. He,
gown was relieved by = few touches
Of rose color and. her dark hair va.
crowned with . rose-coiored crea.
ton that accentuated the lovely
color in her Eirlish cheeks.
'Oh!" he gasped. Il beg youl
pardon-that Il to say-I hope
don't intrude."
Certainly not" she answered
serenely. This ID a public table.
''Oh. yes. but I thought VA
afraid You might b. offended BY mi
abruptnsss in Congrsvs q Cutters
YDa - Was dn69pinS for Aun'
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Y question By writing The ArguD 1nfoGmas
Washington. D. c. Give full name and
to each individual. No attsnlou viii b
@. Kindly let me know who is
the author Of the words There is
a time to fight and time to pray"
and the circumstances in which the
expression was used? W. D.. M.
A. The quotation is attributed to
John Peter Gabriel Muhlenberg,
who was preacher at . church in
Woodstock, Va, when the Revolu-
tionary war broke out. In February,
1777, he was made brigadier general
under Washington. 1t was while he
was minister. that the famous in
cident occurred which you wish to
know about We quote g follows
regarding this incident from tho
Harper's Encyclopedia OF United
States History: "One Sunday he
told his hearers that there was a
time for ell things time to
preach and 4 time to fight-and that
then was the time To fight Casting
on his gown, he appeared in the
regimentals OF a Virginia colonel,
read his commission a. such, and
ordered drummers to beat up re-
cruits. Nearly all OF the able bod
led men Of his parish responded and
became soldiers Of the Sth Virginia
Germany regiment"
@. Who originated the political
campaign phrase Swinging around
the circle?" E. s. C:
A. The expression was first
used by Andrew johnson on the
I: presidential reconstruction tour in
August, 1866, when he said, I'VE
are swinging around the circle"
@. What portion Of the Atlantic
coast has q climate similar to that
OF southern England! T. e. C.
A The weather bureau saya
that southern portions of New
England. Long Island and parts OF
New Jersey have climates 1T GER
tain seasons Of the year similar "a
that OF southern England.
Q. What are the qualification
Tor voting In Liberia? A. G.
A. Men must be Of negro blood
and own real estate in order to
vote in Liberia.
q. Was the San Francisco earth.
quake as severe ~ that of Charles.
ton. s. c.: r. e. W.
A. The San Francisco earth.
quake was not considered q severe
one. The damage was lar9ely
caused BY Ars. California ~
never had N earthquake approach.
ing in severity that oe Charleston
{. c. N 1856.
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Safeguarding the Old Home Place

Safeguarding the Old Home Place.
ID these days Of scrambling after quick
pro4ts, there is something refreshing about
the refusal of Senator John Sharp Williams,
whatever the motive, to let an oil develop
mctt company begin drilling operations on his
country estate in Mississippi His reply to
the :cpmpany's agent is said to have been: II
don't want oil. don't need oil. l wouldn't
have oil / don't want to see this old home
al elhttered up with derricks and made smelly
WITH crude petroleum. 1t is haven Of rest
ior;me, and II knew positively that there was
Q whole ocean Of oil beneath the surface,
woEldn't let anybody drill for it"
Some people might call that foolish senti-
nsAG They would argue that John could buy
witA:the money he would receive for the oil a
much finer home in which to spend his declin-
ins years. and have fortune left to crafty
bis every desire
I But Senator Williams is right, and his crit
icsS are wrong. The pleasant memories that
ciuetsr around the "old home place" are worth
more to the old statesman than all the gold
Of the klondike. His childhood hours were
spshf there and mothers smiling face and
tender hands and devoted, unselfsh love, are
reeected in every memory looking-glass with
vivid reality in every familiar nook and cor
net OF the "old home place" Perhaps the
early married life OF the old statesman was
spent at the "old home place" and all the glad
memories of those days Of sweet communion
clqessr there; the prattle OF children, theil
Ues3y laughter. their loving greetings reecht
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tAny reader can get the answer 70
tioo Bureau, Frederic J. Haskin. Director.
sddress and enclose two-cent stomp Tor 70
ronfdeutial, tho replies being sent oFecS
paid to anonymous ettesS).
@. What is the method OF dream
Interpretation discovered by Pro-
lessor Sigmud Freud of Vienna?
H. F.
A. Professor Freud's discovery,
which is an essential part OF the
new science of psychoanalysis and
Of far reaching importance. is that
dreams are not meaningless, but
that most Of them express wishes or
needs Of the dreamer, which have
been suppressed into his subcon-
scious mind. The dream expresses
this wish in the form Of fable or
fantasy, using q variety OF sym
bols, which are repeated again and
again with the same meaning. I'm
der expert Interpretation the dream
yields q valuable insight, into the
psychic life OF the individual and
is Of great value in curing nervous
and mental troubles.
@. Will you tell me where Cocos
island Is, about which there is %
80 much talk of buried treasure?
H. r. L.
A. The Keeling or Cocos islands
are a group of % small coral is
lands belonging to Great Britain
and situated in the Indian ocean
in latitude IL degrees 4 minutes tc
IL degrees Ii minutes S., and Ion
gitude Sc degrees SO minutes E.
500 miles southwest of Java Il
was of these islands that the Ger
man cruiser Emden was destroyed
by the Australian cruiser Sydney
in 1914.
O. What the first American di
vision to hold q sector alone II
France? Ex-So!dier.
A. The war department says tn,
list division was the first American
division that held . sector alone
q. What rights are given tn,
American Indian pertaining Il
hunting? L. 8.
A. The American Indian is givel
hunting, fishing and trapping right
under the treaty rights with tn,
United States and under state laws
@. What is tree bid in auction
bridge? c. s. N.
A. A free bid is any bid that on
is not compelled to make in orde
! to overcall q previous bid. tn
dealers first bid is always free.
q. When should green hardwoo,
timber for posts b cut to last II,
lloagest? r. ]. g.
4 Green hardwood should be Gu
n tho tall Tor postA
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QPPING FOR AUNT OLIVIA
ssE BY Florence Mellish.

downright. 1920. by Wheeler Syn
ssS;s dicate.)
~0Fsat Caesar! have l lost that
sampler"
Harry Beldon stood blocking the
way Of impatient shoppers while he
searched his available pockets.
Il have. and Aunt Olivia has got
70 have that silk this afternoon. It's
her only chance to be fitted by Nine.
Cn. or words to that effect. What
VA that stuff? 1t wasn't dope; ii
wAg something. Are the plying
AA4o13 looking down on me now?"
Apparently NO angelic pity
DoegAed Harry's perturbed spirit.
Hte distracted gaze rested on a
yooh9 and graceful figure at the
AoQl(gy counter. Two rapid strides
at 3he courage Of desperation
hruo1ht Harry to her side.
beg your pardon, madame" he
betAh.
ohe turned with = surprised ex-
pfegsaon In her lovely eyes.
II don't like to trouble you." he
woaf on with an embarrassed
bluah. but would you mind telling
me the color Of that gown you
haxe ON"
The surprise in her face deep
saed. The fluffy blonde who pre-
stded over the hosiery was listen
1nG With undisguised interest.
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+ "a 80 ~ e1le 1oDln11 = - vsteenn
- n n1 Weuld ~ - = yosr1,
~Ehe o. Hnns Placas + y : 49, q
~, ysacs = ~ vsasy hsnst - . cussoler
- = ~ sosI s1skias - srnst1ips far z.ofs
xoEsty q AesifS thar n0aSy.
How deae Is or hsafts ass the scsass u our
cAillhood.
vjeN.
Thanks are due Senator John Sharp VIII
liams for reminding mankind that there are
many things moro valuable in human life than
striking oil. or silver and gold