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The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-09-03
MAN COMING TO
PROTECT TREES
Horticulturist to Open Office In
Rock Island for Work in
County Next Year.

An Office is to be opened in
Rock Island next year under the
MANAGEMENT Of G. L. Smith, exper-
fenced horticulturist, who intends
to commemorative in the care of
shade trees, fruit trees, bushes and
shrubbery in Rock Island county.
Mr.. Smiths home is in Geneseo,
and he informed Mayor Harry M
Schriver yesterday of the business
he intends to open up in this city
next year.
The mayor received the an
nouncement that he was convinced
that Rock Island and the entire
county was in need of a commercial
Office through which care of trees
would be taken.
Mr.. Smith was assistant superin-
tendent of the horticulture display
at the state fair this year. He not
only intends to attempt a business
here of caring for trees, but states
that he will lease 20 acres of orch
ards in the tri-city community. He
has Is acres of orchard leased near
Geneseo this year and the apple
crop amounted to 5000 bushels. His
cALlUlLS at Tic StdtC Adil tOOh L
first prizes and six second prizes.
Mr.. Smith says that the trees in
Rock Island county are in jeop-
ardy. He claims to have made in
vestigations throughout the county,
and predicts that unless insects are
not controlled along with fungi
growths, scab and other tree dis
eases, there VIII not be a fruit tree
bearing in this county in five years.
Some of the dangers that ne says
are most apparent at this time are:
vas: increase of the tussock moth
pests, San Jose scale, oyster shell
scale and scuryy scale. He now has
two power sprays and intends to
purchase a huge power spraying
outfit all of which are to be placed
in use in this county next year.
Can Kill DandeliOns.
Mr.. Smith also claims to have the
rights for a spray that will kill
on lawns without doing
any damage to the grass. He says
that this spray is a discovery of the
last two months, and that all tests
have shown it to be perfect in its
work.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-09-03
EASTERN STAR
GRAND CHAPTER
MEET IN PEORIA

Mrs. E. B. Kreis. secretary of
Rock Island chapter No. 269. East
ern Star, has received official notice
that the grand chapter of tie
state will meet at Peoria Oct. {,
and 6. Ordinarily the business Of
the grand chapter is concluded N
the afternoon of the last day Of the
session, but this year the volume OF
business is SO great that the last
business session will extend into
the evening OF Oct. S.
Thus far at least members Of
Rock Island chapter have ez-
pressed their intention Of attending,
and this number will doubtless be
enlarged. Last year a special car
was required to convey the Rock
Island and Moline delegates to the
grand chapter meeting at Spring
field.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-09-03
WANT MATTHBY JAILED.

Spirit Lake, Iowa, Sept IA
resolution was adopted at yes
terday's session of the American
Legion asking that Walter Mat
they of Davenport, accused of
reasonable utterances during
the war, be not pardoned. The
federal court recently affirmed
the trial judges sentence i'm
posed upon Matthews conviction.
Congressman Sweet was COM
mended in another resolution
for his efforts in obtaining the
passage of the Sweet bill for
disabled veterans. A third res
olution urged the continuation
of the publication of the slack
er list.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-09-03
PROMISES TO
REJ0IN Navy
Robert COINS, Age 81, Released
Under Probation by the
County Court.

Robert COINS. age 81, 4016 Sew
enth avenue, was placed on proba-
ton by Judge F. J. Landee in coun-
ty court this morning on a charge
of contributing to the delinquency
of a 14year-old girl. Conditions
of the probation are such that
COINS must rejoin the United
States navy, from which he was
recently discharged. The girl was
declared delinquent and will be
sent to Geneva school.
COINS was arrested yesterday by
the police on complaint of Police
Matren Anna Kirkman. A number
of other girls and boys figuring in
the complaint were dismissed.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-09-03
NTSPAY FOR
Love MESSAGES
AmOrOus Attorney Sends Pauline
Frederick Bill for Services
Rendered"

Los Angeles, Calf, Sept. g.
United Press. )-Charges that At
torney George Edward Joseph oil
New York City sent her endearing
note and kilograms and followed ur
with an itemized bill for them, were
made by Pauline Frederick, stage
and motion picture star, here today
She made the charges in an an
swer to Joseph's suit against her
for $4,000 for services rendered
which she said she would file i'm
mediately.
The draft of the answer includes
filing of a counter claim for $4,000
by Miss Frederick against Joseph.
Miss Frederick included in the
draft of her answer, which was
made public, kilograms and notes
she alleged Joseph sent her from
New York, Los Angeles and other
cities.
One of them read:
Pauline-ThOu loved and lovely
queen of all the land that might
have been, thy gracious, radiant
smile illumines every weary mile. !"
Another walled:
Wretched because no wire this
A third said:
Talked with Mack today. Will
be ready to proceed when you
arrive. Surprised he wired you
and your response"
At the time that message was
to have been sent Miss
Frederick was divorcing Willard
Mack, her actor-husband.
Still another said:
Good morning, wonder girl, am
praying that quest of the new free
ION begins tomorrow.
Did you note the Othello touch
creeping into legal verbiage in the
last wire.
Another message queried:
Forgive it. Am smiling now but
saw red for minute, won't you say
in your next wire? This
goldfish privacy of communication
IS maddening. Always, George"
Joseph is said to be aged about
80 and married.
Miss Frederick declared she at
tached little significance to thu
messages at the time but protested
when she received an
alleged demand for payment fo-
these services"
None of the messages were an
swered by Miss Frederick, she said
except when business made II
necessary"
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-09-03
RESTAURANT RUN
BY NEGROES HAS
ORDER TO CLOSE

L. Green, Anna Green and Mary
Farrell, negroes, who have been
conducting a restaurant at the old
hole in the wall'', 2202 Third ave-
nue., were arrested Friday night by
Detective Herman Sehnert- They
were suspected of using the res
taurant business as a scheme TO
lure persons into back rooms OF
the place for the purpose OF
robbery.
They were arraigned before Mag
istrate D. J. Cleland in police court
this morning. Fines of 500 each
were suspended on their promise
to get out of Rock Island. All said
that they had recently come from
the south.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-09-03
JUCULAR VEIN
CUT,MAN

Waukegan, ILL.,, Sept. 3.-(United
Press TO live after his jugular
vein had been severed was the IN
usual experience of Jack Moore Of
Waukegan today.
Moore was driving an automobile
when the machine crashed into
telephone pole. He was hurled
through the windshield, and his
throat was cut by broken glass. An
e1-service man who had done hos
pital service overseas saved Moore's
life by packing the wound inmed-
lately.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-09-03
ANNAWAN
Especial Correspondence

Annawan, I'LL, Sept. 3.-CharIes
DeSpiinter left Friday for a two
weeks visit with friends and reIa.
tives in Geneseo. ~
Miss Odetta King visited In At
kinson yesterday.
John DeSplinter had the misto--
tune to lose a valuab le horse wor+h
from $3.50 to $500 from IocknaH
The malady was very severe fron,
the onset. the horse only living .
short time after the first symptoms
were noticed.
W. A. Lamont and family of Or
den. Iowa, are visiting at the
home of Leonard Brittin. Gettins
back TO Annawan seems like bon,e
to the Lannon'S, as it has been thres
years since they left here.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-09-03
RIVER VICTIM
Unidentified
NOW IN MORCuE
Fisherman Receivers Body flf,
Twenty-first Avenue-NO CIus
to Identity.

]. B. Estes, 1929 East Fif.
teenth street, Davenport, ssid
he believed the unidentified
man taken from the MsSissipni
this morning is his brOther-In.
law, j. Z. Quinn, who disap.
peared two months ago. Mem.
hers of the Estes family win ha
i'm the city this afternoon in
further endeaVOr to identify the
river victim.
The body OF an unidentified man
was taken from the Mississipni
river Opposite Twenty-first avenpa
at o'clock this morning by Charles
Sundquist, a fisherman. Coroner
John F. Maberry had the body re-
moved to the 0Malley undertaking
establishment where it is now pend.
ing Identification.
Search of the dead mans pockets
failed to reveal anything that
would lead to his identity. The
only things found in the clothing
were a handkerchief, a SNUFF hoy
and a Liberty loan button. It was
announced that the remains will
be held for Gay or two. Coroner
Maberry announced he would con-
duct an inquest this afternoon.
Man About 60 Years.
The mans age was estimated at
about 60 years. The body was
clothed in a dark suit of clothes,
overall jumper, blue shirt and blue
necktie. The man had a red mus
tache.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-09-03
KensingfOn fnr Ylsifor.

kenSingtOn for visitor.
Miss Edna Whitaker entertainer
at a very delightful Kens!ngLon tea
yesterday afternoon at her home
1916 East Tenth street. Davenport
her guests being some th!rty-hve
or more friends.
The ladies had their fancy Work
and sewing and the social hours
were spent in visiting, tea being
served at O'Clock.
Decorations were in garden flow
ers of different kinds and colors.
Among the guests were Miss Ma
rion Rhodes of Albuquerque y NJ.
and Mrs Harry Hadsel, formerly
of Mich, who is the guest Of Mrs
Harry Ballard for d few days
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-09-03
FRIES BUILDING
TO BE REMODELED

William Ransom of Davenport,
who recently purchased the Peter
Fries property. $40 Eighteenth
street, Rock Island, is having plans
drawn for the remodeIing of the
present building for apartment and
garage purposes. The plan con-
templates four apartments, with as
many private garages.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-09-03
SCHOOL CHANCE
FOR NAVY RECRUITS

Gunner's Mate Elmer A. McNeilly,
in charge of the naval recruiting
station, 305h Twentieth street, an
nounces that men who reenlist at
this time are subject to assignment
TO government schools for copper
smiths, musicians, pattern makers,
radio operators, torpedo men or
yeomen, depending upon their
qualifications.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-09-03
FUNERAL
AT FAMILY HOME

Arthur G. McMann. Davenport
aviator, who fell to his death Mt
Monmouth Thursday evening. will
be buried Sunday afternoon Ser
vices will be held at . O'Clock AT
the family home, lilo River drive
Davenport, with burial in OakdaIe
cemetery, ''-'
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-09-03
Obituary
Mrs. Brown Reinforced

MIS-. bTUWH htlnterred.
The remains of Mrs. Gertrude
Brown, daughter of Mrs. Cynthia
Mosher of this city, were removed
today from the cemetery in Anda-
lusia, and reinterred in Chippian-
mock cemetery. Mrs. Brown died
several months ago.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-09-03
LIVESTOCK MEN WFFT

Chicago, Sept Representa-
tives from 1000 cooperative live
stock marketing ASSOCIATIONS mo,
TO further local and county plans
for cooperative buying and selling.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-09-03
DIES MONIES CARS STOP

Des Moines, Iowa. Sept. 3.-Street
cars stopped operating in accord
ance with e federal court order
AFTER running during the period of
the state fair. Vi
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-09-03
BOMBING PLANE WRFCEEn

Falrmont, W. Va, Sept. "a
large bombing plane carrying two
army officers and pilot and bound
for the trouble zone in southern
W est virginia, was wrecked, but no
one was hurt. Ao
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-09-03
HARDNGS ATTEND MEMORIAL

Washington. Sept. 3.-The presi-
dent and Mrs. Harding attended
memorial services for the late King
Peter of Serbia in the little chapel
of Washington cathedral.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1921-04-22
TENANT FINDS BURIED MONEY
And Now Court Must Pick the Owner
of Treasure Discovered Hid
den In Jars.

Rumors of the finding of a great
treasure in the old Holland house here
have been confirmed by the filing of
suit in the Fayette county circuit
court by the administrators of the Hol-
land estate against a dozen defend
ants alleged to have shared in the d.
vision of the treasure, which amount
ed to sd 900, says a dispatch from
Nuttallburg, W. Va, to the Pittsburgh
Dispatch. Attachments We're served
on 50 banks in the surrounding sec
ton, where the money is believed to
have been deposited.
The story of the treasure reads like
romance. In the sixties William Hol-
land. veteran of the Crimean war, came
to this country from England and set
tied In the Pennsylvania coal fields In
1872 he came to Kenney's creek and
BEGIN the development Of O kiln He
built home here in 1885, where he
resided until his death in 1918.
He was an eccentric character. and
none Of his family knew of his habit
Of hiding money. He died suddenly
of heart failure. After Hollands
death the home passed into the hands
of William Nelson, superintendent OF
the coal company, who began repairs
and reconstruction. The gold was
found in different jars at different
times
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1921-04-22
FACTS ABOUT MILK AS FOOD
As an Article of Diet There Are Many
Things That Are Not Properly
Understood.

The use of milk as a food has been
80 extensively exploited by the milk
interests that there exists a somewhat
erroneous idea about it which q re
cent speaker, before the American Ped
iatric society, is endeavoring to cor
rect
These errors principally concern the
group of children between the ages of
l and years. These errors might be
classified under the headings: ~
Prolonged use Of milk as an exclusive
article of diet. CD Increased guam
titles Of milk given along with other
foods.
Milk might not only be used too
long as an exclusive article of diet and
in excessive quantities with other
foods. but its uutritional value might
lie injured by boiling.
Tie Iaity We're taught, and rightly
so. that milk was an ideal breeding
place Tor germs. and that the growth
# these germs might be inhibited by
kpe-tlg the is.Il5 on ice. or the milk
might he brought 10 a boil. The use
of laHed milk was becoming more
prevalent and many injuries to nutri-
ton occurred.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1921-04-22
Shuts Out Sound.

Persons who wish to concentrate
their attention upon studies. business
matters or what not, often find them
selves most annoyingly distracted by
noises Of one kind or another. Street
traffic may be disturbing; the crying
of a baby may irritate, or perhaps the
yowltng Of cats on q back fence or
the persistent footing of q cornet in
the neighborhood may induce exasper-
alton.
To obviate this sort Of trouble, ca
bino Janregui of Bridgeport, Conn.
has devised what he calls the ear 81
lencer"
1t Is a frame of light construction
which may be fixed upon the head in
such a way that TWO screws carrying
soft rubber plugs Oh their ends are i'll
serted into the ears.
When this adjustment has been
made exactly right the TWO screws that
carry the rubber plugs enter the wear
er's ears horizontally and have only
to be frightened sufficiently III order to
I'll snugly and exclude all troublesome
sounds.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1921-04-22
:. 49, ~--- sS.a-4s7@ ~-.sss-~-~s-~
HAVE SOME PROTECTION
her Nature Abandons None of Her
Progeny, In a Helpless State,
to Their Enemies.

Nature has provided for everything,
down to frogs and little sticklebacks.
All the little animals that seem SO
helpless have their own ways Of pro
tecting themselves, says London An
swers.
If he suspects that some larger and
stronger animal is out to eat him, the
toad is able to swell himself out until
he looks very ferocious and is far too
large to be swallowed.
The frog has longer legs than the
toad and therefore can jump better.
His eyes are at the top Of his head
to enable him to see all round, for
having no neck, he cannot turn his
head. He can change the color Of his
coat If it should prove necessary. 1t
takes him about a quarter of an hour
to do this thoroughly and after it is
accomplished it is extremely difficult
to distinguish him from his surround
ings
People sometimes Try to catch the
lizard, but meet with no success, for
the only part of its body one can get
at is its tail, and it can drop this at
a moments notice. The little Sickle
back, beloved Of all small boys, has
little spiky spines sticking out to pro-
tecr it from the other inhabitants
of ponds and streams. But these lit
tie spines are of no avail when the
Stick1ehack ends IFS DAYS in the lam
jar Of some little fisherman.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1921-04-22

By far the most interesting remains
Of the lost people of Arizona are their
network Of canals which prevail
through all the valleys. The longest
is the one tapping the ella river, and
which supplied with water the ancient
city, now marked with the one stand
ing building This is the Casa Grande
about vhicl. 50 much has been written
ana which has excited much interest
among acLaeologists in the last ten
years.
The volume OF water taken out by
this canal must have been immense,
for it supported millions of acres. In
most places the canal has been filled
with drifting sand, but its course is
easily traced. Engineers who located
The Mericopa canal made use of the
old Aztec ditch. and today water runs
over its pebbly bottom Just as it did
two thousand or three thousand years
ago.
For miles and miles around mounds
tell the tale of houses destroyed by
the rayages of time Phoenix was
built on the ruins Of this ancient city,
and the relics frequently are found of
this ancient civilization. - Detroit
News.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1921-04-22
d60D CHEER At WHITE HOUSE
President hardine's Reported Bill Of
Fare Certainly smacks Of Demo-
cratic Simplicity.

It Is said that the Harding White
House bill Of fare will include
chicken pie, as the first lady of the
land knows how to make it-and waf-
f1es, Drowned to a turn, by the eff
Client old-fashioned colored cook Of the
Harding household
This smacks Of democratic simplicity
and honey" housekeeping of the good
old days.
The state breakfast and the diplo-
matte dinner are necessarily more pre-
tentious, and "old-tme eating" served
in the old-time way, if not altogether
discountenanced, is so disguised as to
make the satisfying plenty of the home
table seem like a far-off dream.
But, allowing for the proprieties Of
state banquets and the like, there Is
never distinguished guest Of them all
but that has come up from plain
"home raising" and still remembers
the dishes Of old days as more to thank
God for than all the French refine
ments Of later repasts.
The "homeliness" and heartiness Of
the former linger with them forever
in much the same way as they did
with our old friend of the Uncle Re
mus" stories when, after certain
notable banquet, and he seldom at
tended such, he remarked: Now I'm
going home to eat !"-Atlanta Consti-
tuition.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1921-04-22

The art Of glass decorating is not
q modern Bohemian accomplishments
The Roman Cathedral Of Prague CON
tanned, in 1916, two windows which
We're decorated with Old and New
Testament scenes. Decorative viii
dovs soon became a favorite form Of
church characterization. Asnaes Sylvi-
u. VINO subsequently became Pope
Plus the Second and incidentally was
q very close student of contemporary
affairs of Bohemia. records that the
cLarcles of the Czechs possessed
many high and wide windows which
We're hrightl% and artistically decor
atrd, and such style of decorating was
not coftied TO the churches in the
large cites ard towns, but even the
distant iamlerS prided themselves on
churches containing windows orna-
mented in Il similar fashion" The
curriculum of the division Of techni-
cal arts of the University Of Prague
included courses in painting. wood
carving ana glass ornamentation. No
degree was ever conferred on a student
unless he could exhibit sufficient apti
tude as a GLASS man" or qualify in
"ela~Sery." a practical demonstration
Of the Ligh esteem in which this
branch Of the arts was held.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1921-04-22
TALKED WITH MONKEY "klNG1
Buddhist Disciple Was Pos,ltive That
the Animal Understood Speech
He Addressed to Him.

third degree disciple Of Buddha
who halls from the famous Yellow
mountains Huang Sham says they
are the home Of tigers. wildcats. wild
horses, goats. bears and an animal re-
Semhling a panther, with bristly hair
and impervious skia-and monkeys.
The monkeys he divided into two
classes, one the ordinary brown
monkey With a tail. the other white.
breasted and white faced, with a gray
BACK and but little smaller than d.
man, He animated that this type,
manifested a degree of Intelligence
when spoken to, very much resembled
man, and was tailIess.
To this second class belongs what
he called 1.-THE Great White Monkey
King ruler Of all the beasts of the
mountains, and described as being
more than twenty feet tall. with arms
ten feet long, four tusks each at least
foot long, face and eyes proper
t1onately large, and voice that made
the earth trenble whenever it spoke
He said he had seen this great mon
key King twice-once at. a distance of
half H. and once when he dropped
down from high cliff and stood with
In fifteen feet of it. On this occa-
sion the monkey king was attended by
five smaller monkeys.
He attempted to address them,
they all sat down and gave
respectful hearing, punctmting his re-
marks with asserting grunts which in
dtcated that the message was being
understood. When he had finished his
speech the monkey king arose mutter.
|ng something and started 4uak
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1921-04-22

SOME LOGIC; LITTLE REASON
Examination Papers Turned In by
Youngsters Proved They Gave
Thought to Questions.

"Tell me all you know about Gen.
taurs'
The response Of one boy to this
demand in a recent examination was
as follows:
"a centaur was ancient cavalry and
archery all In one piece. He could not
be knocked out of his saddle because
he didn't have any, being the same
person as his horse. If he needed a
stable he did not need a tent, I do
not know which, and If he needed for
age he did not need rations, or If he
needed rations he did not need for
age"
Evidently the youngster who gave
that reply was of military inclination,
and had thought out for himself the
advantages of centaurs on the fighting
line, It was funny, but not unin-
telligent. Less original, with only one
little slip indeed to mar its accuracy.
is tie version of the schoolboy Of the
story of the GorgonS.
1.-The Gorgeous" he began confident
~, were three sisters that lived in
the islands of the Hesperides, some
where in the Indian ocean. They had
long snakes for hair, tusks for teeth
and claws for nails. and they looked
/ like women, only more horrible"
1t was a little Boston girl whose
definition of the minotaur has long
been remembered by the elder pupils
in the school that she attended:
The minotaur was a large bull
which lived on tributes in a LADY
rinth. He was mythical, carnivoRous
and fond of young people"