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The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-10-17
Feudal Vengeance.

Suppose an Illinois farmer killed a neigh
boris cow that was eating his crops, and that
the male members of the cows owner killed
many Of the sayer's family and relatives
in retaliation and that the feud thus engendered
extended over a long period Of years Cases
mountainous country of the east coast of the
Adriatic. The course of justice among a tribal
people is more rigid and severe and more elab-
crate than the common law of advanced ma
tons. An instance is related where a failure
to make good a promise of triaing nature
cost dozen lives in day.
We have feuds in America Kentucky and
Tennessee have furnished a suffciency of sam
pies. But none reaching the climax and per-
petuity of the Albanian stock 1t is the land
of blood and vengeance with a code by which
% per cent of the men in some tribes are
killed off in their prime. In America such
conditions would be regarded as lawlessness
calling for the severest penalties in the courts
or by martial law if necessary, as in the West
Virginia mountains. Not so in Albania 1t is
a substitute for recognized legal system, in
the absence OF any central power to enforce
justice. The recent atrocities of the Ku Klux
Khan are an approach, to the lawlessness of the
Albanian tribesmen. That disloyal organiza-
ton is laying the foundation forfeiture feuds
in a land that has been foremost in the ures-
erVation of law and order
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-10-17
Public Schools Are Upheld.

BY vote substantially of three to one, the
people of Rock Island Saturday sustained the
proposition, not only to provide a modern high
school, which enthusiastically and from the
standpoint of equipment and accommodations
will speak the ideas of the community in this
respect but to insure such other essentials in
school building and Developments will meet
the requirements the coming years in grow
ing city.
1t is WELL indeed that the special election
resulted as it did 1t is gratifying in the ex-
treme- 1t would have been unfortunate other
wise. 1t would have been calamity. 1t would
have been particularly discouraging at the
present time, when Rock Island is stirred to
bigger things.
The school system represents the higher
aspirations of the people. Had they failed to
grasp the opportunity presented to them Sat
urday; had they turned their backs their
schools, there would have been little incentive
to go ahead with the other projects now under
consideration, among them new hotel, coli
scum and fair and exposition. They would
have lost their pep so to speak, and without
this essential, little be accomplished With
It there is nothing impossible.
An up to date school system in all essen
tial respects is permanently assured. Now
let us get to work with the other undertakings
that will fulfill Rock Islands proudest
ambitions.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-10-17
Is Babe" Bigger Than the Law?

We are about to find out who is the bigger
man in baseball-Judge K. NJ. Lands or George
Babe" Ruth The national baseball commits
sion not long since promulgated a rule forbid
ding members OF the world series teams from
playing in transforming exhibitions at the
close of the regular season. Judge Lands as
the highest court in baseball upheld the edict
but nevertheless. and in defiance OF it, Ruth
q member of the American league pennant
winning team, in company with two team
mates, went to Buffalo yesterday and played
with an independent team. For this he faces
Punishment from professional baseball at the
hands of Judge lands,
There really was no excuse for Ruth dis
regarding the rule OF the sport which has
made him famous and wealthy. He has been
handsomely paid for all his services and has
been made all too much of by the newspapers
His head has been turned until he sets himself
up as greater thSn the law, and he says ne
thinks the public will uphold him in that
attitude.
He will discover differently end also. maybe
that no man was ever SO brilliant that he could
not be obscured by the laws governing his
attitude
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-10-17
Tubereplosis Can Be Arrested.


tuberculosis is consumption and
consumption is phthisis and phthis-
| Is is the disease which some of our
ancestors and maybe some OF their
doctors tried to conceal by saying
| going into decline" Pulmonary
n berculosos means tuberculosis Of
the OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
"going into decline"-but for heav-
ems sake I hope not cold settled
on the lungs" or weak lungs" or
"a little catarrhal trouble in one
lung" any more.
Pulmonary tuberculosis is a
chronic disease. That means dis
ease that runs prolonged course.
There are various more or less ar
bitrary stages. First, the begin
ming stage, or as doctors say, in
cipient tuberculosis; months later
the second stage in which the af-
fected part Of the lung or lungs
becomes more or less solid or in
iltrated, like the hardened place
around boil; and third, the break
ing down or liberation of this
hardened place to form cavity.
Now in the benighted age OF our
grandfathers few doctors were suf-
ficiently educated or equipped with
the necessary instruments of pre-
cision to detect tuberculosis until
the third or cavity stage had ar
rived, and naturally the chances
for recovery after the disease had
progressed SO far were very small,
considering the fear of fresh air
which obsessed people in those
days Consequently consumption"
came to have a bad reputation
and even today few senile individ-
uals realize that the great majority
of victims of pulmonary tubercu-
losis recover.
Here is rather interesting SEN
tence l take from personal letter
from a tuberculosis patient mot
my patienD who has recovered at
home:
II wish there were some way
that the general public could be
informed about the real meaning
of rest. and what can be accom-
plished in ones own home or To-
cality"
Incidentally the home of the
writer of the letter is in a large
city in Michigan, not a fancy eli
mate. He begins his letter thus:
In 1917 l wrote you some of my
experiences with T. B. You advis-
ed me to submit an article embOdy-
ing my experiences to some maya
zine. In October, 1917, l wrote a
short article which was published
in the Journal of the Outdoor
Life"
The article is the leading article
Of the issue Of June, 1921. How
Won the Battle With Tuberculo-
sis in Ny Own Home" and a read
ing of it will repay every tuber-
culosis fighter who can get hold of
the magazine.
tuberculosis is arrested - with
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-10-17
In Case of a Strike.

In case the railroad men carry out their
threat of a general strike Oct. 80 the airplane
and the automobile will play important roles
in keeping essential business moving through
out the nation. Already at several points in
the country officials have begun marshaling
trucks for the purpose OF hauling food prod
nets from distant points to the larger centers
for the maintenance of the people The
United States government has announced that
the mails will be kept moving. even though
every piece OF railroad equipment in the ma
non Is tied up. The malls will be carried by
afrplanes. OF course these arrangements Will
not be adequate to give the service that is AZ
forded by the railroads when operated up to
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-10-17
The Daily Short Story

Marjorie Walden was an intelli-
gent young woman. Consequently
she understood human nature as
expressed in the person of Allan
SANDY. Also she had a deep sense
Of humor and love of adventure
I'm trusting everything to you,
was the sentence with which Allan
had closed his letter to Marjori.,
Upon the day following its receipt
Marjorie went to Belcherton, and
on the day following that Allan
SANDY received this telegram:
Married. Meet Mr.. Frale and
me at the 5:15 train. (S.gnedl
Cousin Anne"
SANDY acted much like a fisher
mans catch, gasping and Topping
AT the depot he had himself enough
in hand TO be surprised at the ap-
pearance of distinguished elder
ly gentleman, who took entire
charge of Cousin Anne.
'My husband. 1 believe he has a
nephew who was college chum of
yours"
Later it was made even clearer
to Allan Sandy that his place as
fetcheT and carrier had been quite
usurped, and in contradiction to his
attitude of a few days previously,
the knowledge made him feel i'll.
'Ben's played me a lOw-down
trick, sending his uncle to meet
Cousin Anne. Got to overlook ev-
erything though; he's the only fell
low l know who'll let me have a
cool thousand or two. Marjorie's
old man isn't too badly off. I'll
dow over to her burg. The sweet
flower She always fell for me-"
Late that evening Allan SANDY
despatched this telegram to Benia-
min Frale:
All joking aside, meet me at
$3.50 tomorrow sure"
AT midnight he received this tele-
graphic reply:
impossible. Marjorie and I start
honeymoon tomorrow. all Joking
aside. 'NiHe
(Signed) "B. Frale."
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-10-17

Q. What is the difference be-
tween a major general and a gov
ernor general? c. III.
A. The rank of major general is
a military rank. The only superior
ranks in the army are lieutenant
general and general. Governor gen
eral is a title bestowed on a civil
ian connected with the state de-
partment who is governor of some
possession of a country, e. g., the
governor general of the Philip
pines. This is, not a military rank
and is therefore not comparable
with the rank of major general.
@. What does the Indian name
"Nepeste," given to the Arkansas
river in Colorado, mean?
A. J. W.
A. Nepeste, means stormy or
tempestuous.
@. What is the difference in
unite weight or mass attraction
between the poles of the earth and
the equator? r. r. ].
4. The naval observatory says
the loss OF weight in going from
the poles of the earth to the equat
or is 1-1S9. This result is based
upon thousands of pendulum OBJ
servations made in many different
parts of the world.
O. How old is Sinclair Lewis?
M. F. W.
A. Sinclair Lewis is 35 years
old, having been born Feb. z, 1885,
in Sank Center, MINI.
@. What stimulant and how
much of it is contained in coffee?
G. w. P.
4. Caffein (CS H1o Ma O2) is
the substance which contributes to
coffee it's chief physiological &C
tivity. 1t acts on the brain as
stimulant Hutchinson determined
that cupful Of good coffee. made
from two ounces of freshly roast
ed and ground coffee to a pint of
water, contained nearly two grains
of caffein and three and a quarter
grains of tannin.
O. Please tell where the ex-
preston, THE wreck of the Hes
perus" came from? NJ. S.
A. The expression 1.-THE Wreck
OF the Hesperus" is derived from
the title of poem by Henry w.
Longfellow.
Q. Is it true that longevity runs
in families? l.. Fl A
A Scientists seem generally
agreed that longevity is Inherited
mat is. the son OF a man who lived
20 a great age is more apt to live to
great age than the son of a man
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-10-17


why" demands an editor out il
the corn belt, does the retailer
charge from 80 to 40 cents pound
for pork chops when hogs cost hin
only or z cents"
He is one of chorus singing diff
ferent words to the same tune. A
man down in Oklahoma wants &c
know why he cannot tote enough
hides across the street on his back
| to buy par of shoes. A man in
/ Georgia wants to know why cotton
! enough to make tent won't buy an
undershirt. And a farmer in Mary
land asks why apples, such as be
| fed to his hogs because it would
not pay to haul them to market, sell
| for cents each on the fruit stands
| All of these questions have been
asked many times. They have also
been loudly answered with the as
sertion that retail prices are too
high, which is of course merely
begging the question. Sometimes
it is added that the retailer is a
profiteer, which is generally not
true and certainly sheds no light
on the situation.
before certain marketing experts in
the governments service, it was
learned that the question is a good
deal more complicated than those
who blame the retailer and let it
go at that. ever imagined. The de-
partment of Agriculture is making
study of the retail prices of farm
products in all of the principal
American cities. 1t is going to find
out just why these prices are SO
Unfortunately high and why the
farmer gets such a small share of
the large price that the consumer
pays. The government men do not
care to be quoted, nor to make any
extensive comment, until this in
vestigation has been completed. But
in the meantime they throw out a
few hints.
In the first place, they say, don't
be too quick to blame the retailer.
Retail prices probably are too high,
but they are not as much too high
as you think. The retailer has been
facing dull market for long
time now. His great need is to
turn over his stock. 1t is extreme
ly probable that he would reduce
prices if he could afford to do so,
in order to stimulate trade. In
many cases, of course, he has done
so. The papers are full of bar
gain sale advertisements. Yet the
average of retail prices remains
high.
Cost of Retailing High.
This, say the experts, is partly
8
a business operation, is high. Out
of the 35 cents that you pay for
pork chops, the retailer must pay,
not only the price of the pork at
wholesale, but also the rent of the
store, the cost of the ice on which
he kept the pork, the wages of the
man who cut it and sold it to you,
the paper in which it was wrap
ped, and the upkeep of the vehicle
IN which it was delivered.
The experts do not seem to know
exactly what percentage of the
cost of those pork chops is repre-
sented by each of these elements in
its transfer. That is probably one
of the things their investigation
will reveal. But they think that
the price paid for the pork is less
than half of the total cost of get
ting it from wholesaler to con-
sumner. And all OF these factors in
the operation have risen in cost.
Rent, wages, ice, paper, gasoline
no one needs TO be told that all of
these things are from 10 TO 100
per cent higher than they were in
1913.
Remember, too, that with many
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-10-17
ALL JOKING ASIDE.
Ry Hiss Ethel |. StetsOn.

| Copyright, 121, by Wheeler Syndi-
| cate, Incl
Dear Ben
Here is a piece of corking luck
for you. On Wednesday a rare and
fair little cousin of mine is travel
ling to the big city. There's a long
wait due her at BeIcherton. Circum-
stances prevent my trotting along
at her side. If you'll make the
stop-over one-half as enjoyable for
her as she will make it for you, !
won't have to thank you for the
| courtesy. The gratitude will be
all on your side.
A. SANDY.
Benjamin Frale read this letter,
considered and despatched a brief
reply
Have cousin wear rose. Will be
properly entertained. Don't wor-
~. (Signed) "B. F."
On Wednesday morning at the
Campford depot, Allan Sandy as
sisted a dainty, white-haired little
woman with her bag and wraps.
Nov, don't be fiustered. Cousin
Anne Just get off at Belcherton,
wave your rose and the best look
er in the city will rush to your
side. That's Ben Frale"
AS the train pulled out, leaving
Sandy on the platform, he reflected:
That's good one on Ben, be-
sides saving me from a darn tedi-
Gus trip. / don't know-this fetch
ing and carrying for an old woman
is getting my goat. If it wasn't for
Marjorie l believe I'd quit, money
or no money. Marjoriet She's some
bIossoming flower! If l had Cousin
Anne's money I'd marry her right
off the reel I'm not so keen on
having the old dame croak, but it's
a blasted shame she can't loosen up
and give a fellow start. I'll say.
Gee! Ben will be sore, spending
half a day with old Cousin Anne
and losing a couple of clients, prob
ably. Just as well~though; he's too
keen on work, anyway"
Extract from letter written to
Allan SANDY by his Cousin Anne,
June u, /:
81 found your Benjamin FraIe
most enjoyable. l did feel nervous,
not having travelled alone for so
long. But Immediately I got on at
Belcherton, Mr.. Frale took me in
hand. He is really delightful. l
shall not return as soon as plan
ned, because Mr. F. is coming on
to New York for a few days and he
has kindly offered to take me about
some"
by GOSH Ben's sure put one
over on me. His little motto used
to be, The harder you dig. the
brighter you'll find the gold That
chaps buckled up against hard luck
and he thinks he sees some gold
bright enough to suit him without
too hard digging. Well, he can go
me one better. l can't marry my
Cousin Anne, but he can. I'll cook
him some way"
Extracts from letter written to
Miss Marjorie Walden by Allan
Sandy, June Is, 10:
There's a young chap, a lawyer,
BENJAMIN Frale by name, lives over
IN Belcherton. He's trying TO do me
out of the old lady's fortune. He's
some smart guy. too. Marjorie, as
an old friendA of mine. won't you
go over and persuade him, as only
you can, to do the right thing by
NET"
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-10-17

who died early of natural causes.
Alexander Graham Bell established
this fact by study OF the famous
Hyde genealogy. Another author
ity estimates that so TO rs per
cent of the death rate is due 10
heredity-that is, that percentage Of
deaths are due TO inherited Consi-
tutional conditions, and could not
have been postponed any consider
able length of time by change u
enyironmental conditions.
@. Has anything been done in
California and other sections that
have suffered from earthquakes 10
prevent damage from that source?
c. A L.
A. Recently an effort to survey
the fault lines in the earth, along
which earthquakes occur, from an
airplane, was made in California
and was partly successful Exact
knowledge of these fault lines
makes it possible to avoid placing
structures where they are in dan
ger. Building houses Of wood rain
er than brick is considered the
best protection against earth-
quakes. Earthquakes themselves
have done little damage in Call
fornia 1t has usually been q hFe
or some other catastrophe follow
ing the earthquake that did mOsI
of the damage.
@. What is the size Of the worlds
wheat crop this year? c. K. ,.
A. The wheat crop of the 20 Chiel
wheat producing countries for Is-t
is estimated by the department Oh
agriculture at 2,461, 100000 bushels
Q. When will there be an eclipse
of the moon? F. Z
A. A partial eclipse of the moon
will take place October l6, but u
will not visible from the greater
part of North America.
@. What were the eight eie
ments of religion propOunded Os
the founder of Buddhism? +. u.
A. The eight elements OF tne
Aryan Path set forth by Gautani'
were: Right views; right asplfa-
tons; rigM speech; right condacs.
right livelihood; right effort; rlgn'
Inindfulness, and right rapture.
@. Who discovered TasmaAi"
and for whom was it named?
G. R. E.
A Tasmania was discovered Al
1912 by Abel Janszoon TasIH-I9'
who named it Van Dieman's Lam.
in honor of the governor OF US
Dutch East Indies. Its name W.
NOT changed to Tasmania ul'l
1858.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-10-17
HEALTH TALKS
By William Brady, NJ. D.
Noted Physician and Author.

the accent on the REST. Rest is
the important remedy-rest in oed'
in the open air under the superVls-
ion of a physician whose judgment
and skill are indispensable Tor sue
cess, This particular victor Ieiis
US in his magazine article now MS
doctor approved, advised or coun-
seled at every step from the De
ginning of the fight to recovery.
A great many victims OF tuoer-
culosis get the idea that they can
do without expert, helpful care.
That idea is fatal one for hun
dreds of victims of this most cur
able of all chronic diseases.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.
The Cocoa Butter Myth.
have a thin neck. Will cocoa
butter massage help to correct this
C. C. P.
Answer-No. Cocoa butter is an
inferior food. No food can be util-
lied to produce flesh or fat unless
eaten and digested in the ordinary
way. Massage does not alter the
amount of local fat deposit as a
rule. Fats or other nutritive sub
stances are not absorbed through
the skin, so it is absurd to think
of anything of that sort serving as
a flesh food" or skin food"
Snoring.
Is there any way l can break
myself of the habit of snoring?
G. c. G.
Answers Snoring generally de-
ponds on a relaxed or fiabby con-
dition of the Schneiderian mem
brane, which is a way OF saying
the lining of the nasal passages.
Aside from correction of the faulty
general hygiene and habits which
predispose to this condition of the
upper breathing tract. a series of
local treatments by a physician
who treats nose and throat dis
eases will usually overcome the
snoring by restoring the membrane
to something like a normal state.
Dandruff.
Will cocoanut oil remove the dan
druff from my scalp?
MRS. S. E. B.
Answer-No. 1t requires washing
to remove the dandruff, and daily
of the scalp for a
period of a mo tn about twice q
year. since the condition is more or
less infectious and so nearly uni
versal that reinfection is almost
to avoid Send a stamp
ed. self-addressed envelope and re-
quest special advice about dandruff
and the care of the hair.
Heart Trouble.
Kindly answer through your col,
umn and give a relief for heart
trouble. Do you know of a stimu-
landt | can use? MRS. A. X.
AnSwer-In most cases of heart
disease the use of a stimulant is
and sometimes dangerous
Your own physician alone should
answer your query.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-10-17

Evidently Princess Xenia expects to hold
young Leeds TO the end. At least ner folks in
sisted on three ceremonies for the marriage.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-10-17

jewellers say that now is the time to buy
diamonds and pearls, but it happens that this
is also the time to buy coal.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-10-17

Arguing over the armament question would
be a holiday for Lloyd George compared Win
those Irish discussions.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-10-17

The aviator who made the Washington-New
York fight In 70 minutes lacked little of
three miles a minute, which means that his
record is not to stand long
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-10-17

Senator watson's charge that the minority
in the senate is playing politics is undoubt-
eddy well founded. But it doesn't play 1t any
better than the majority
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Argus Information Bureau

by Arg nformS
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No attention \
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The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-10-17

A CHICAGO woman asked for a divorce
because every time her husband got intoxicated
he turned her over his knee and spanked her
She might have settled the matter out of court
by taking tip from Peck's Bad Boy.
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Copyright, 121, by Wheeler Syndi-
cate, Incl
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CIR Tntttt1Htnttf
-EPITAPH:-
HIRE LIES MANS ANCIENT KNKMY.
DILL CARE
WHO DIsINrERs THE UNLovED cUsS
hkWARBI
THE WISE MAN.

THE WISE MAN.
Henry Hopkins
Furnishes vast amusement
For the small boys
OF our town.
Henry is the village half-wit-
Cat least, everybody calls him half-wit)
Henry is familiar figure
On our streets
A blighting fever did its cruel work
When he was just baby:
He has grown
Only in stature
But one time
was talking to Henry,
He leered at me in his simple way,
And said,
I'm an IDIOT"
He emphasized that word pitifu1ly,
Although a faint twinkle illumined
His dead-fish eyes
1t started me thinking =.
Henry,
You're not so hopeless an idiot,
After all!
If everybody knew to the full
Their weaknesses and shortcomings,
AS you do:
If all realized our limitations,
AS you realize yours,
And beheld our true smallness and incon
petence,
'Twould be a mighty different world,
Wouldn't it?
Henry
YOU are the wise man! -.
Because you, though being an idiot,