The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-12-09
SANTA DROPS
| INTO CITY FOR
KIDDIES' VISIT
,.ronlane Lands at Levee and Pa
iron Saint Of Christmas Time
Distributes Candy.

parachute dives are not daily
.vonts in Rock Island and the one
!. he given by Santa Claus at 1
o'clock tomorrow morning on the
,avso between Seventeenth and
EIGHTEENTH streets. is expected to
attract hundreds Of people to the
river front
Yesterday was 'grownups" day
!, tho business district. Merchants
~ the city surprised many people
, with useful gifts, but many chill
sren took advantage of the event.
Tornorrow is children's day, and
s0on bags of candy will be given
,wav. but grownups may also take
advantage to witness the parachute
leap. q,
hundreds of people are expected
N see Santa climb out of the NAL
cbjne and into an automobile, in
which he will be taken to Eight
zenith street between Second and
Third avenues.
The 5000 bags of candy will be
distributed to the little children at
,h;s LACE. and each will have the
snnorfunitv to see and shake hands
liz saint Nicholas The para
rsgta drop. followed by the per
sonal visit of Santa, will take place
promptly at 10 o'clock in the morn
mig. ca -.
fractions which have been given
by the business men of Rock Island
s.s IN connection with the great
bnlidav sale which the merchants
aro nufting on earlier this year than
ger before. Saturday is the last
dsy OF the two week sale, and
snecial bargains and discounts
viii be shown in each store.
The envelopes which were thrown
from an aeroplane yesterday after
roon over the city created an eX-
element on Second and Third ave
mes which Rock Island has not
had in several years. The trade
certificates were redeemed immed-
lately after they were found, and
valuable prizes were awarded the
lucky holders.
Gets Big Prize.
Oryille C. Wood, 18141s Thir-
teenth street, was the finder of the
envelope which contained the GER
tifcate for the $25 cash prize Of
fered by the Rock Island Clearing
House association. The find came
after a sensational race by four
men TO the roof of the Hartz &
Bahnsen building, Third avenue and
Nineteenth street.
The envelope was thrown at eX-
actly 2 o'clock, and dropped to the
roof OF the drug cOmpany's build
ing. -Four men of the company
noticed it. A race ensued. Three
men started up the fire escape. But
Wood, who is a shipping clerk for
the company, took the elevator He
made his way to the top of the
building two minutes earlier than
his opponents.
At the Chamber Of Commerce
offices where his certificate was re-
deemed, Wood said that So of the
The Argus Santa Claus fund, and
s. would go to the Salvation Army.
The rest. he said, he would give to
his wife as a Christmas present.
Other interesting stories of how
envelopes were caught were told
the merchants today. One young
ster climbed 10 the top Of "a tree in
Spencer square and grabbed the
paper as it was ready to fall to the
. ground.
Another man underwent the en-
barraSsment of climbing 10 the top
st pole TO get an envelope which
was on top Of the building, only to
IND that it was gone. AS he was
Climbing, woman residing on the
top floor of the building, reached
out of her window and took the
envelope Not knowing this, the
seeker made his way to the roof
and after search of 10 minutes,
While people below were laughing,
returned to find another envelope
lall INTO his hands after he had
reached the ground.