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The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-09-16

AnY clerk READ communicates
from the s. e. Sims Audit compss.
in regard to the coming Mer..., I
audit OF books and Account =
county ofacers, which upon mca,,.
was referred to the finance CO.
mittee with power to act.
The committee ON public en-, \
lures presented the following :.
port, which upon motion was
ceived and adopted:
Mr.. Chairman and Member. !. !
the Board Of Supervisors;
Your committee On public -,
penditures respectfully report ~
according to instructions given \,
this board we have taken ont a..
insurance on the court house ~
contents to the amount of s7I ~ /
The policies are all dated AM
1920. and run for five years, rhs
premiums on these policies amoust
to $825.09.
Respectfully submitted,
LOUIS C. FIRST.
w. M. MITCHELL.
GEORGE STROEHLE
Committee on Public Expenditur..
The committee on public expends
itures presented the following n.
port, which upon motion was =.
ceived and the committees actin.
concurred in:
Mr.. Chairman and Membera -
the Board Of Supervisors: .t,i
Your committee on public o..
penditures would submit the iol.
lowing:
On July IL, 1920. we opened Ia,
for coal for the court house ~
Jail. previously advertised for, q
We let the contract to the Iowa
bidder, Finkelstein Bros. Coal com,
pany. for Springfield lump, ana
whose bid is hereto attached ana
made a part of this report.
Respectfully submitted.
LOUIS C. FIRST,
WILLIAM NJ. MITCHELL
GEORGE STROEHLE,
Committee on Public Expenditures
Rock Island, ILL.,, July Z, 1890.
Finkelstein Bros. Coal company
agree to deliver to the Rock Island
court house, 600 tons. more or less,
at the following prices:
Springfield lump coal at $7.os
per ton.
Southern lump coal at $500 per
ton.
The above price quoted is based on
the present wage scale and freight
rates now affecting the price Of
sellers supply and its delivery, and
should wage scales or freight rates
, be changed or should laws be en-
acted that affect sellers cost Of
supply or delivery, the above price
shall be increased or decreased
proportionately.
Said coal to be delivered between
the present date and May l, 1921.
(Signed)
FINKELSTEIN BROS. COAL co.
BY Henry Finkelstein.
The clerk read communication
from the Soldiers and Sailors As
ISOLATION OF Rock Island county.
i which upon motion was referred to
the appropriations committee.
The clerk read the applications
of c. G. Whitaker and G. W. Smith
for the position of court house en-
gineer, which were upon motion
referred to the committee On public
expenditures. :.
On motion, the board adjourned
until Tuesday, Sept. q. at 2 O'Clock
p, m.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-09-16
Proceedings of the Board
of Supervisors

FL
First day, September term. A. D.
1920. Board Of Supervisors, Sept.
IA, 1890.
Pursuant to law, the board Of
supervisors, in and for the county
Of Rock Island and state OF llli-
nois, convened in annual session
in the supervisors room in the
court house in Rock Island, in the
county and state aforesaid, on the
second Tuesday (being the 18th
day. Of September. A. D. 1920, ut
3 O'Clock p. m.
Upon . call Of the roll by the
clerk the following members were
shown to be present: Ackerlind.
Anderson, Butxer. Berzelius. Buck.
Beranek, Bradley, Burgess, Benson.
Blaser, Caughey. Einfeldt, Ebeling.
First, Groh. Hofer, Johnson, KEEL
ley, Upton, McNabney. Mitchell,
Nichols, Noah, Opdycke. Schaye,
Schaible. Styvaert, Schillinger.
Stroehle. Titterington, Washburn,
Weaver, F. Wilkey. Watson and
Yolton; H. B. Hubbard. clerk. and
John G. Miller, sheriff.
Absent: Hendren and H. G.
Willke.
Supervisor Upton. chairman.
presiding.
Minutes Of last days meeting OF
previous session read and ap-
proved.
Clerk read q petition signed by
lit legal voters, asking that the
board submit to the voters of the
county at the coming election the
proposition Of establishing coun-
ty tuberculosis sanitarium. which
upon motion was referred to the
judiciary committee to investigate
and report at this session.
The clerk read communication
from the Illinois State Home asso-
citation, which upon motion was re-
ceived and placed on file.
The clerk read communication
from the Rock Island board of ed
ucation, in regard to refund OF
part Of commission on school tax
collected in South Rock Island
township. last year. which upon
motion was referred to the judi
ciary committee tUinvestigate and
report at this session.
The clerk read the following re-
port, which upon motion was re-
ceived and approved:
Mr.. Chairman and Members Of
the Board of Supervisors:
In pursuance of law, I report
that / have issued orders for boun-
ty on wolves since Sept. l, 1919
as follows:
Hall, Robt.. Dec. 20, 1919. IS SOC
Hall. Robt., Jan. 6. 1920. -. SOC
DeLoosere, Chas. NJ, Feb. 3,
| lSzU ............ .......... 5.Vl
Rommell, Ben F., April g.,
1920 .................. 80. 1906
Smith, ]. E., April 26, 1920. =. 12.0(
Freyermuth, W. G., May II.
1SlU ................. 1U.U(
Miller, Millapd, June 1, 1920. 1906
Roberts, Isaac, June 10. 1920 Isl
$71.5(
Respectfully submitted,
Sept. l, 1920. H. B. HUBBARD,
| County Clerk.
The clerk read the official report
of the boiler inspector, which upon
motion was received and placed or
file.
The clerk read communication
from the Better Community confer.
ence, which upon motion was re-
ceived and placed on file.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-09-16
CHARGE AGAINST CARRANZA.

Mexico City, Sept 16.-Charges
that there were enormous misap-
preparations OF money during the
administration Of former President
Carranza are made in . report to
the Mexican congress which has
just been completed by Luis Mesa y
Gutierrez. chief accountant Of the
treasury department
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-09-16
Potatoes,

Chicago. Sept. 16.-Potatoes
weak; receipts. 81 cars; Jersey
cobblers, 2.70@2.S0; Jersey Giants,
sacked, 2.35@2.45; Minnesota and
Wisconsin, sacked round whites,
2.30@2.40; Minnesota. sacked early
Ohios, 2.25@2.35 per hundred
weight.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-09-16
St. Louis Futures.

st. Louis, Mo-, Sept. 16.-Wheat;
Dec. 2.38h.
Corn: Sept. $1.26as.
Oats: Sept, 61hc.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-09-16
Kansas CITY Livestock.

Kansas City, Mo-, Sept. 16.-Ca:.
tie: receipts $500; steady.
Hogs: receipts 1000; higher;
bulk light and medium, $4,000
1850; heavy, 16.75@17.10.
Sheep: receipts 1000; steady.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-09-16
Chicago Cash Grain.

Chicago, Sept. 16.-Wheat: No. 2
red, $2.49@2.49'; No. hard, $249
D2.50A.
Corn: No. 2 mixed, $1.30@1.31;
No. 3 mixed, $1.2Sh@1.30.
Oats: No. 2 white, 62@62%c.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-09-16
Chicago Livestock.

Chicago. Sept. 16.-Cattle: re-
ceipts $4,000: steady to strong.
Hogs: receipts 10000; higher.
Bulk light and butchers, $16.750
17.45. sst s-'.
Sheep: receipts 10000; lower.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-09-16
SULPHUR S00THES
UGLY, ITCHING SKIN
The First Application Makes Skin
Cool and Comfortable.

VVVH onV VV"VH
II you are suffering from eczema
or some other torturing, embarrass-
ing skin trouble you may quickly De
rid of it by using Mentso-Sulphuf'
declares q noted skin specialist.
This sulphur preparation. because
Of its germ destroying properties
seldom fails to quickly subdue itcn-
ing, even of fiery eczema. The frst
application makes the skin cool ana
comfortable. Rash and blotches are
healed right up. Mentho-Sulphur IS
applied like any pleasant cola
cream and is perfectly harmless
You can obtain a small jar fron
any good druggist.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-09-16
ACTIVE BUYIlNe;
WESTERN RAILS
INCREASE GAIN


New York, Sept IT, Shippings,
steels, equipments, tobaccos and
sugars, were included in an active
buying movement on the exchange
this morning. Mercantile Marine.
common; United Fruit and Atlantic
Gulf rose 2 to 1 points. Bethlehem.
Crucible, vanadium. Republic and
Replogla steels. to 4; Stromberg
Carburesor. 8: American Sugar, q:
Baldwin Locomotive, IL; .Sumatp
Tobacco, 8; Tobacco Products, az,
and American Wooden. ~. West
ern rails, for the most part, in
creased their early gains and Read
ing and other coalers showed mark
ed strength. Call money opened at
z per cent and foreign remittances,
excepting rates to Germany. con-
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-09-16
st, Louis Cash Grain.

, St. Louis, Mo-. Sept 16.-Corn
No. 2 white. $1.32.
Oats: No. 2 white, 63@63kc.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-09-16
New York Sugar.

New York. Sept. 16.-Raw sugar,
steady; centrifugal, $10.7S; refined,
unsettled. Fine graduated, $14.50
@15.00.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-09-16
PERSONAL NOTICE.

l will not be responsible for any
bills of the Novelty Printing Co., or
A. ]. Lukens, made after Aug. 26
1920. Parties owing or having bills
against the above named. please
settle same with G. l.. Lukens, 356
Kane ST., Aurora, Ill.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-09-16
Horses and Mules.

East st. Louis, ILL.,, Sept. 16.-
Horses and mules, unchanged.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-09-16

One Of the first events Of the ath-
letic season will be . bowling tour
nameut between the J. 81. Anderson
company league and the Harvester
plant. Both leagues have selected
teams for the contest and have be-
gun practice. Much interest Is be-
ing shoTn in bowling this season.
according to Roy T. Crosby. athlet-
ic director, and 1t Is expected sew
eral other bowling teams will be
formed.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-09-16

All the news all the time-Ths
Argus.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-09-16
Chicago Futures.
Chicago Produce.

September is, 1920.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-09-16

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-16

vinced that Maeterlinck is fully as as his works would in dicate.
 It will be recalled that Maeterlinck tried to lecture in English on his first appearance in New York, using the phonetic pronunciation The attempt merely. created laughter and a plan was devised to let him speak in French, which would be translated for his audience by an interpreter, in it. self an awkward arrangement, capa- ble of destroying all the beauty and imagery of the poets discourse.
 Neither Maeterlinck nor Major Pond has derived much enjoyment from the lecture tour, thus far, but the poets beautiful young wife, in whose favor his former wife obliging- ly stepped aside, is accompanying him, and doubtless by her smiles helps him to forget
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-16

Beach. We have Verne's word for that continents will become in thsI turn uninhabitable; heat will die ava as does the heat from the body wh the soul has left it; and life will disal pear from the globe. if not forevt then at least for period. Pernal then, our spheroid will rest-wir left to death-to revive some day und superior conditions" Why not a prl face, some pages longer than the boo to explain what Verne meant by tho Superior conditions?" His soul mig even vibrate the answer.
 Also, we ought to do something abo. Shakespeare. The one volume cones tion of his plays lies neglected for wa of a reading glass; while Sothern al Manteli, in opposition to the spiritual Ii tice war drama on Broadway. declai his majestic lines to the faithful fe8 But wasn't Shakespeare a spirituali also? Didn't Banquo, like great Caess have ghost? And did not the shost' Hamlet, sire, walk on the battlemen of KronberE, mixing in affairs at Ell. nore? What Shakespeare needs is publisher who can sec the modernity our classics; who can point up t science of what the vulgar call supe stition and teach us truly to read the glaring light of 1920.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-16

disagree with him on certain question:
 Probably Underwood will whip ts opposition. We hope he will. And VI nope so because we believe that Unde wood would prefer losing to sacrifici, one iota of his independence. But tj situation is an interesting illustrati.I of 8 phase of political life in Ameri which is unfortunate for the represe tatiVe system and for the efficiency government in the United States.
 our voters too often forget the par mount value of conscientious, fcarleI service. That character is the ba of credit" should be as true in politil as the late J. Pierpont Morgan thoug 1t was in finance. If one group of vo CTS antagonizes a good senator becau he has not done everything it desire and group after group with no comnne cause except opposition line up to be that senator, he may lose his toSa
 keep his self-respect. But his succe. sor is sure to be a time server likely to be demagogic weakling.
 A senator's term is six years. IT issues of the next six years are und fined and undefinable at present Al. pama IS safe with man like Unde wood, whatever those issues may | She is taking grave chance il. she sul stitutes man whose chief claim is vocacy of this or that specified bit proposed legislation Yet precisely sul chances have been taken in othl states, removing from service in wasl ington senators and representativ3 whose places could not be filled a whose enforced retirement was a sc| ouS loss to the Whole nation
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-16
NEW LIFE FOR OLD BOOKS

From the Mobile Register.
 N OMEONE says (and the witticism N should be acknowledged that whereas in the early Victorian age novels commenced with the advent of the hero into this world, they now begin with the declarations: "He had been dead an hour" and proceed to fol- low him throughout his wanderings among the other bodies of the solar system. A glance at the current list of book publisher will show the wit not far afield. Indeed, Colonel Roosevelt seems to be the only rival of spiritual ism in the literary world, and 1t is only question of time until the two popu- lar themes will be combined in "the book of the year."
 Since at least one of the spiritualistic sects concerns itself largely with it's own conception of the earth as related to the universe, it is surprising that some publisher has not discovered spfr- itualism, say, in Jules Verne. Take for example. The Mysterious Island" In it we find the theory of the lost conti- nent of Atlantis and the rise of the fu- ture continent at the equator which will be habitable long after the cooling interior of the earth will have made frigid our temperate zones and brought even the Eskimos as far south as Palm
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-16
A SAVANNAH D0NIFACE m the Hartford Courant.

Fr0m tho AAfd0fo CourAnt.
 Perhaps some of the readers of the Courant have visited Savannah. Ga, and in their walks about that charm ingly beautiful southern city have noticed a small. inconspicuous hotel facing Pulaski square where the ashes of Gen. Nathaniel Green of Rhode Island lie buried. This hotel was known far and wide as place where .traveling men, were taken care of in a very satisfactory manner. Bob evidently made hay while the sun was shining in Savannah. for. according to q recent issue of the Savannah News he sold his hotel last week for sI COG. .oco. The story also says that Bob started business there 10 years ago with the modest sum of s1o15, and with this he started . restaurant. He has done fairly we'll since then, but he never was too busy to neglect be- ing equal to whoever drifted to his place He used to occupy . big arm chair on the sidewalk in front of his .hoter' and. in true southern style, cordially greeted everybody who passed by, whether he knew them or not. Bob Hicks smile was one of the landmarks of Savannah. and 1t goes t0 show that Sidney Smith. the British author. was about correct when, | century or moro ago. he wrote that .a smile Is worth thousand groans in any market"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-16
THE LONG. WHITE SEAM

By Jean Ingelow.
 As I came around the harbor buoy, E The lights began to Eleam, No wave the land-locked wats The crsxs were white as cream; And I marked my love by candl5
 light Sewing her long. white seam. It's aye sewing ashore. my dsar, T
 Watch and steer 1t sea, It's reef and furl and haul tl
 line.
 Set sail and think of thee. climbed to reach the cottaee doc o sweetly my love sings! Like . shaft of light her voice breal,
 forth. My soul to meet it springs. AS the shining wHter leaped of old, When stirred by angel winga Aye, longing to list anev.
 Awake and in my, dreaQ.
 But never . song ihe eAnt 1il| l. Sewing her long. thit. s.ask Fair fall the lights. the hasbor light. That brought me In to fhAA. And peace drop down on that ioN frof For the si&ht that ses. And the voice. my dears that rA9g S All for the love Of me.
 For o. for O. with brovs pant 10,
 By the candle's flickeri16 giear Her wedding gown t wae sf.
 Wrought 3
 Sewing the lsns. ~Hsts stE
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-16
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
 AND ELSEWHERE
~some Pumpkins-


 Peter, the famous pumpkin eater of nursery days. would have, had his little hands. as well as his tummy, full If he had tried out his famous talent on the crop raised on the state prison farm at No. 4 camp. near Montgomery, last season." says A.. J. Mybrick.
 T was told that the crop. when har- vested. weighed 400 tons. which, to my mind, is. some pumpkins. But the gentle pumpkin was not destined to become either pie or chips, for the flood waters on the Alabama river arose and surrounded them, floated them. bore them away on it's bosom to that ocean wild and wide.
 As they passed Montgomery during the flood days they made the surface of the waters look like it was blis- tered, and for days. as the water crept ever higher. the Cinderella coaches kept bobbing by
 But not all of the yellow bellied horde came from the convict farm. The farmers of the vicinity along the water course had planted them, and heaven only knows how many of them journeyed toward Mobile It is said that folk living along the course of the liver actually seined them in, hum dreds of them"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-16
UNDERWOOD'S FIGHT AT HOMI
From the Brooklyn Eagle.

From the Brooklyn Eagle
 G7T1HE reported fight on Oscar W.
 Underwood in his home state is
 striking tribute to Under- woods courage and consistency. In Alabama the democratic primaries de- termine who shall be senator, for there is no opposition worthy of the name These primaries take place on May. II, more than a month before the party's national convention. 4 millionaire Walker county. packer of the Anti-sa- loon league, L. B. Musgroce, Is out to win the senatorship for himself. And the labor unions are lined up against Underwood.
 Now, the Eagle has not always agreed with the Alabama senator but it has invariably given him credit for consistency, conservatism, conscience He has not held and does not hold Rich mond Pearson Hobsons notions about prohibition. He is brave enough to stand up against the labor trust, to favor protecting the community against railroad strikes, to lift his voice for what he believes to be just and wise without any calculation whether the majority is with him or against him.
 Here is man who compels attention in Washington, a man who lends pres tige to his state, a man who is strongly backed for party leader in the Senate, a man who has often been mentioned for a presidential nomination, and has commonly been regarded as presiden- tial timber so far as ability, acquire ments and character could make such timber. Yet his hold on his own com monw wealth is threatened by those who
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-16
Large Profit Is Made
 On Birmingham Corner

"A N interesting study in the values GN of Birmingham real estate is afforded by the sale of the northeast corner of Fourth avenue and Nine teenth street for three hundred thou sand dollars.
 w. J. Dangaix bought this corner lin 1903 for seventy-five thousand odl- lars. At that time, as MT. Dangaix says, his friends advised him that he was making bad investment, but he correctly surmised that the business interests of Birmingham would extend in the direction of his property and finally incorporate it, an opinion that has been more than vindicated. In only sixteen years the value of this prop Ierty increased from seventy-five thou sand dollars to three hundred thou sand dollars. Could there be any more striking proof of Birmingham's growth and the solid basis on which its prosperity rests? This is not the only large sale of busniess property recorded within the past few months, and every deal showed great in- crease over the prices previously paid. The older residents of Birmingham can easily remember when Third ave- Inue was given over to low saloons, negro barber shops, shoe shops and the like. Now it is one of the city's main business arteries, lined on either lside by some of the largest and hand |somest stores in Birmingham. Simi- llarly, Fourth avenue until recent years was in the twilight zone." It
 was neither Husiness nor a resi-
 dential street, but a little of both
 It has become an important thorough flare.
 l 1t is rumored that big hotel will be erected on the "Dangaix corner as it is known. Such venture could not but prove profitable. The pres ent hotel accommodations of Birming-
 ham are entirely inadequate. With a
 skyscraper hotel, or office building
 costing million dollars or more, on
 this corner and the new postoffice
 completed on Fifth avenue, just a
 block away, great impetus will be
 given to the steady northward anc
 northeastward expansion of the Bir-
 mingham business district.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-16
Luke McLuke Saxa

Aukc McLukG S0y0 VI - .t.
 What has become of the old-fashioned maiden who thought that she was being robbed of her girlhood if she married before she was 25?
 Many man who thinks he is carry ing a great responsibility on his shoul- ders is carrying nothing but a swelled head.
 Another strange thing is how a wffe who can whip a six-foot husband will run away from a two-inch mouse.
 Another thing we like about a wife is that she will spend an entire month making up her mind about something diff ferent.
 A girl would rather have 10 corns on her foot than one pimple on her face. But it is different with man.
 Another nice thing about small boy is that he never kicks about the taDle- cloth being soiied when you call him in to square meal.
 When young man is being married he does not stop to realize that when there are two halves, and one is better half, the other half is bound to get the worst of It.
 We do not think we will make a garden this spring. We nave inside infor- nation to the effect that nearly all of the canned vegetables used last sum- mer were purchased by folks who made gardens and were going to raise their own vegetables.
 We do not suppose that we would ever make a very good dude. We can do 3 fair days work in spite of the fact tha$ our socks do not match our neckte
 A lot of the reformers keep on point ing up to heaven so you won't look down and see that they are dealing from the bottom of the deck.
 Some athletes grow stale from lack of exercise. But the bull thrower is al- ways in good shape.
 And when a thin girl gets married she quits buying bust developers and that kind of stuff.