The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-10-15
WALKER SELLS
ROCK ISLAND TO
STATE REALTORS

ROCk ISLAND III
STATE REALTORS
Realtors from all over Illinois, in
convention in Peoria last night, en-
gagged in a fve-minute contest ex-
tolling virtues OF their home
towns" Raymond G.. Walker OF
the II. K Walker q Co. agency was
chosen to represent Rock Island
He unrolled q sign on which the
letters comprising Rock Island ap-
pczred IS he lowered the curtain.
and this IN his talk as each letter
showed:
I'm from Rock Island. ROCK
ISLAND, Rock Island, home of
the Rock Island Arsenal. the Rock
Island Lines and the Rock Island
Pfow company Somebody says,
swhad-da-ya mean Rock Island ?
SO we VIII snatyze Rock Island.
take IT apart and tell you letter by
letter Just what we mean.
THE r. of course stands for
Reaitor, and in Rock Island we
spell reaitor with capital letters
We have an organization OF real
B.
in deeds Formed less than two
years ago, we now have $3.50 in
vested in a local building and loan
association, besides a goodly bank
account.
",The tO' means onward-on the
go. Rock Island is always moving
forward, as you'll find when you
come to visit us or to make Rock
Island your future home
''The &C. stands for churches, and
linked hand in hand with the
churches comradeship. We have,
all told. rs churches in Rock Is
land, the largest with a member
ship Of over $50. Whether we are
Protestant, Catholic. Jew. or of the
Christian Science faith, we are
proud of our churches. We are
also proud of the Rock Island
brand of comradeship. We've got
the real kind, the kind that grips
you by the hand and helps you if
you need help.
THE X represents kabyle. We
are proud of our kabyle. You say
you don't know what kabyle means.
Neither did l until l looked it up
in the dictionary 1t means blondes
and brunets. We are proud of our
blondes and brunets. Rock Island
being a superior town in other
ways, has, of course, an unusually
large number of beautiful women.
We, of course, are glad OF that, but
it is not because of their beauty
that / wish to speak to you OF Rock
Island women, but because of their
home-making activities. The wom-
en- of Rock Island are so much in
terested in their homes that Rock
Island has come to be known as
town that owns its own homes.
Rock Island has learned that you
can't borrow a dollar on a bunch
of rent receipts that have cost you
$4,000.
You see with the eye, so the +
in Rock Island stands for what you
see. First, we go to the parks and
see their spacious acres of hill and
vale, of~lakes, flowers, trees and
grass. You can wander for hours
through natures beauty and never
see a keep off the grass sign. Rock
Island can well boast of her parks,
| for few surpass them in beauty and
naturalness. Then we look at Rock
/ Island homes. They are not, except
in a few cases, the homes of the
very rich, but the home of the man
| in moderate circumstances. Rock
Island il a town Of happy families
in medium circumstances, not ricn,
! net poor.
50 means schools. We believe
in educating young Rock Island.
We are continually putting up new
buildings to meet the demand and
only recently purchased several
acres of land for a new high school,
where we will have beautiful nat
ural stadium also. Then, too, we
have a fine college, Augustana. so
that the Rock Island youths edu-
cation can be completed without
leaving the old home town.
when we look at the letter L
| we Immediately think OF land. To
the south of Rock Island lie hun
dreds of acres of some of the finest
farming land in the United States
The Mississippi valley is every
where noted for rich soil, but we
believe that some of the land near
Rock Island is little better, than
that in any other part of the val
ley.
What else could the "A in Rock
| Island stand for except arsenal.
| You all know what a wonderful
place the Rock Island arsenal is.
1t covers LOO acres and is one Of
lOur many beauty spots.
On the ninth letter in Rock Is
land. means we are now in the
ninth inning. but as this is close
contest we will have to play the
10th inning
ID means done Our story is
| told. Rock Island is sold. Wen
be at the depot to meet you when
| you come to Rock Island, to visit
| rs or to make Rock Island your
| future hOmp''