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The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-02-24
ILLINOIS AVIATION.

Springfield, ILL.,. Feb. 24.-(United
Press Aviation is looking up
in Illinois. The secretary of states
Office today issued articles Of in
corporation to the Aviation Trans.
portation company, Belleville, au-
thorized to do general transpor-
tation business and the Du Jardin
Flyers, Inc, Geneseo. authorized tC
repair and deal in airplanes, hydro
planes. etc.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-02-24
URGES VETO.

Chicago, Feb. 24.--President B.
NJ. Jewell OF the railway employees
department of the American Fed
GRAFTON Of Labor, wired President
Wilson urging him to veto the
Winslow bill authorizing payments
to railroads Of the sums due them
under the terms Of the federal gov
ernment's control of railroads dur
ing the war.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-02-24
Y. M. c. A. Notes

The bible class will cancel its
regular Thursday evening meeting
because of the father and son ban
quet.
/, The glee club. under the direction
of E. P. Hanke of Augustana col
lege, met last evening and will
meet next Thursday evening from
1870 to $3.50 O'Clock, instead OF
| Wednesday.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-02-24

and other parts Of tho boat have
been done. The docks and ap-
proeches both on the Rock Island
and Davenport sides OF the river
have been rebuilt, new flooring has
been put in and other changes
made.
Captain and Mrs. Henderson de-
layed their usual winter trip to the
south this year, due to the large
amount Of work the captain had
in the boat yards.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-02-24
WAsHBURN WILL
BE SPEAKER AT
PLEASANT RIDGE
Especial to The Argus.)

Especial to The ArguS.J
Pleasant Ridge, Feb. 24.-Jnstin
Washburn, Rock Island county SUI
perintendent Of schools. Will be
the principal speaker at the regu-
lar meeting Of the Pleasant Ridge
community club at the Pleasant
Ridge church, Friday evening. Mr.
Washburn will speak on The
Needs of the Country School"
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-02-24
BURROUGHS IMPROVES.

Pasadena, Calf. Feb. 24.-John
Burroughs, naturalist, was further
improved today, it was stated at q
hospital where he went several
days ago for a rest and for treat
ment of an abscess on the chest.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-02-24
SUSPEND SENTENCE
ON CRIPPLE BEGGAR

Dwight Smith, cripple. was ar
rested by Patrolman James Green
Wednesday night, who found him
mooching on the sidewalk in front
of the Fort Armstrong theatre.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1921-09-02
HOW DO YOU SAY IT?
By c. N. LURE
Common Errors in English and
How to Avoid Them
1.-THE NEWS ARE"

THERE are certain words I'm Eng
i lish which are seemingly plural in
meaning because they are plural In
form, ending in IS" But they are
really singular In meaning, and there
fore they should take the singular
verb, not the plural, although the prop
er use may seem Incorrect. Among
such words are news" politics"
Economics" One should not say, for
example, THE news concerning the
war are good; politics, when prop
erly conducted, are good pursuit for
citizen" Economics have been
called the dismal science" In all Of
these cases, use the singular verb.
There are, however, certain words
ending In IS" concerning which there
Is doubt. Grammarians differ fire.
Quently concerning the proper verbs
to be employed with such nouns as
headquarters" and "alms." 1.-The
generals headquarters were Tor was)
at Richmond" we may say; "the aims
given to the poor family are Cor is)
not sufficient for Its maintenance"
Means" may be either singular or
plural, accordingly as the means Is or
are singular or plural.
(Copyright.)
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1921-09-02
Something to
Think Ab0uf
WASTED ENERGY.

XIHAT struck Madame Curie most
w in America was the electric,
nervous energy that she found In the
cities.
She made the suggestion: II all
this power were used to further one
great work, how tremendous the re-
suit would bel
There spoke the woman of science.
The true discoverer In the natural
world uses Imagination as well as
observation In finding out things.
Madame Curie and her husband
knew that radium existed before they
succeeded In releasing 1t from the
material In which it was hid.
Her attitude towards the busy life
around her Is naturally different from
that of the ordinary spectator who
only looks at the surface commotion.
The difference between the two Is
like that between a couple of visitors
to Niagara Falls.
To one the great rush of waters Is
nothing in the world but a physical
curiosity. He objects to any inter
ference by man with the appearance
OF the scenery.
To the other the important thing
is quite different.
He is thrilled at the thought that
through human ingenuity the water
has been harnessed and the energy
tapped and stored up. This is car
ried long distances and made to do
all sorts of useful work.
The triumph of mans mind over
nature is as great as the triumph of
the vast stream over the rocks through
which 1t forced It's way In the course
of countless years.
1t Is only necessary, for instance,
20 watch the crowds going TO work
in opposite directions In a great city
to get the idea.
To a Francis Bacon, Benjamin
Franklin, or Madame Curie-tak-
ing these as representative Of the
scientific spirit-the world must look
like a place that is largely organized
for inefficiency.
A large part Of the work done by
men and women In the course Of a
day has as little result as the beat
ing of the waves of the sea on the
shore.
Whether a machine is good or bad,
comparatively perfect or imperfect,
depends on the question of waste.
In the physical as In the industrial
world, progress depends on the sue
cess with which means are adopted
Ato ends.
! SO the old saying Is true: Success
depends Oh trifles and success is no
trifle.
(Copyright.)
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1921-09-02
THE ROMANCE OF WORDS
"HURRAH!"

THROUGH apparently Of Anglo
i Saxon origin because 1t Is
an exclamation used principally
by English-speaking people,
"Hurrah !" is of Teutonic an
cestry, being derived from the
word hurr, also the basis of the
English verb hurry" 1t Is, In
fact, only an application Of
this German word, which made
It's first appearance In English
in the form of "Hurray"-a pro-
nunciation which Is probably
more popular today than the use
of the broad "a" indicative of
the "ah" sound.
Examination Of the marching
songs and martial literature OF
Germany at the time of the
Napoleonic wars shows that
"Hurrah !" was frequently used
by the Prussian soldiery at that
time and even began to seep
into the French language In the
form of hourra. But the resi-
dents of the other side of the
Rhine preferred to cling to their
"Vive" an ejaculation which Is
interviewer with French history
for centuries past. The Ger
mans also soon abandoned the
exclamation In favor of "Hoch !"
but the English took II up and
English-speaking people have
found In 1t an extremely salts
factory means of expressing
their enthusiasm and approval.
(Copyrght.)
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1921-09-02
INV tI6 ztaIE |
1.-THE WHITE FEATHER"

THIS phrase, which is now general
l. ly used to express cowardice or
Observation-Disclosures" on the part Of
him to whom 1t is applied, originated
in the days when gamecock fighting
was fashionable sport and the cocks
were carefully bred. A gamecock Of
pure blood had universally dark plum
age; but the cross-strains, which were
not fighters, literally showed the white
feaher"-white feathers appearing In
their plumage.
(Copyright)
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1921-09-02
CUT RATES TO HELP BUILDERS
Freight Reduction on Materials May
Provide Work for Idle.

Richmond, Va.ERailroads In this
state have been ordered to reduce
and put into effect a reduction of rs
per cent in the rates for building ma
terials Of all sorts, including high.
ways, in order to increase business
and to provide employment for the
hundreds of laborers and others now
out of work. The railroads acted in
full cooperation with the project.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1921-09-02
Would Extend cooIidqe's Duties.

Washington.-The Vice-President
would take over all duties of the Pres
ident when the latter Is away from
Washington for more than IA hours
under bill introduced by Rep. Kissel
(Rep), New York. In event both the
President and Vice-President were out
of town the Speaker of the House
would assume powers of the Presi-
dent. The bill would make it unlaw-
full for the President at any time to
absent himself from the territorial
jurisdiction of the United States.
Realism.
Blake-That man Sphagetallo Is GER
tainly a naturalistic singer.
Blair-What do you mean by that
Blake-Why, last night he sang
Rolling Waves" with such realism
that twenty people in the audience had
to leave on account Of seasickness.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1921-09-02
Use for Ultraviolet Rays.

For some years ultraviolet rays
have been used for sterllizing water,
milk and other fluids. The idea has
now been applied to the disinfecting
Of barrels and casks.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1921-02-02

this would be a session with a small
output session specializing more
an quality than quantity. The SEN
ate has start of los bills on its
quota of $50 to 400. 1t has set no
time limit and may keep on intro
ducing till the last week. But with
the heralded caution of this session
concerning anything which savors of
railroading legislation through, bills
that go in during the last ten DAYS
VIII have to have exceptional merit
or some exceptional hackers if they
are to stand much show.
An outstanding feature of the
present session Las been the legaliz-
ing acts. In most sessions a bill
validating an election in city or
school district often went down be-
cause members assumed the attitude
that they didn't want to stand behind
any possible crooked work, and if it
was straight and bonds could not be
sold because of mistakes by officers,
that was the best way to teach
those officers a lesson and the leg
islature did not feel called upon to
make good on anybody's mistakes.
This time it has been different. The
revised code of 1919 made several
technical changes in the laws reg
ulating such elections, and in a good
many cases officers of towns or
school districts have been wrongly
advised or, in in one case, a mis-
spelled word in the code was re-
sponsible for the refusal of bonding
companies to take the. paper. So
there has been frequent individual
legaliZing acts, and two blanket le-
galizing bills, to straighten out diff
ficulties and start things running
anew with the sentiment current
among most of the members who
have the habit of coming back that
two Years grace is enough, and aft
er this they will not be so lenient.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1921-02-02
Investigate Modern
Voting Methods

Pierre, Feb. 2.-Hopes that MEM
bers of future South dakota legisla-
tive assemblies may vote by means
of electricity were revived Saturday,
when Representative Wickre of Day
county, moved that a. committee of
three be appointed by the speaker
to investigate the merits or demerits
of electrical voting apparatus, such
as is used in many state legislatures.
He explained that his motion
merely called for the investigation
of such apparatus and for report
on it to the legislature, and in no
way called for the installation OF
such equipment nor required an ap-
preparation.
The motion carried and the chair
named Wickle of Day; Swanson or
Brown, and Jorgenson of Grant, as
members of the committee.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1921-02-02
COST Of SCHOOLS
IN SOUTH DAKOTA
ANNUAL REPORT OF FRED Il.
SHAW, STATE SUPERINTEND-
ENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUC-
TION.

Pierre, Feb. 2.-There was a to-
tai of 6671 teachers employed In the
schools of South Dakota for the
school year ending June 80, 1920,
according to the annual report of
Fred L. Shaw, state superintendent
of public instruction These are di-
vided into 6173 women and 49S
men. The average annual salary of
the women teachers was $S49.94,
and of the men s99S.73, making a
net average of $854.13 for South
Dakota school teachers.
The school census showed 17S,794
pupils of whom 135,647 are between
six and 16 years of age. There were
132,291 enrolled below the high
school and 14,734 in high schools,
boys predominating In the former
with 67,715 to 64,576 girls and
girls in the high schools with 81
913 to 5,S21 boys.
The average length of school
term is 172 days in the independent
districts, 1873 days in the rural dis.
tricts and 168 days in the consoli-
dated schools of which there were
139 in the state in a total of 5,484
school houses. The total value OF
furniture and equipment in these
schools is $17,491,S29. The pupils
in the rural schools numbered 1867
903, in the Independent districts 6s,'
571 and in the consolidated schools
1890. There were 7777 scholars
graduated from the eighth grade and
2010 from the four year high school
course.
The average tax levy in mills
was 4.03 in the rural districts, 11.01
in the Independent districts and S.41
in the consolidated districts.
The per capita cost of public
schools per pupil according to the
school census was $64.94 and ac-
cording to the population s1S.27.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1921-02-02
To TIGHTEN Up
v0LSTEAD LAW
THE PROHIBITION l. a. A DE X :
PLAN NEW LEGISLATION TO
MAKE LAW INVINCIBLE.

Washington, Feb. prohibition
leaders in congress are hoping to
tighten up the Volstead law They
are planning new legislation to pro-
vide flat Jail sentence for the first
offense of selling liquor without CIV
ing the court the optional right of
imposing a fine.
Other changes being discussed re-
late to the search was seizure clause,
so as to reach the home brew and
to make more sweeping the law un-
der which a person buying liquor
may be punished equally with the
persons selling it.
Confiscation of all liquor held by
citizens is also being urged. This
would legalize the seizure of all pri-
vate, stocks. Objection to that,
however has been made by some dry
leaders on the ground that little
such liquor finds its way into chan
nels of bootleg trade and that it
won't be long before all such liquor
will be gone.
Unless a pending bill, which
would permit federal commissioners
to try minor liquor cases, is passed,
proposed amendment to the Vol
stead law would take care of this.
Federal court dockets are now con-
gested with volstead violations, and
government officials have reported
change of procedure necessary.
The big fight for amendment will
start with the opening of the new
session in April, according to dry
leaders
Meanwhile, Chairman Volstead of
the house Judiciary committee, is
awaiting word from prohibition en-
forcement officers as to suggestions
for making the law bullet proof. He
has expressed satisfaction with the
law, believing it was born with
teeth, but in talks with members he
has expressed the blief that others
might be added.
Reports showing heavy transpor-
tation of liquor and wholesale SNUG
Cling, prompted the movement to
put persons transporting and selling
1t In jail.
In the effort to stop home brew
ing and distilling, prohibition lead
ers admit that they will run into a
storm of opposition.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1921-02-02
DRIFT TO THE CITIES.
POOR RURAL SCHOOLS
CURE FOR EVIL" is THE FIRST
EFFECTIVE STEP IN THE
BACK TO LAND" MOVE
NENT.

Chicago, ILL.,, Feb. Poor rural
schools are responsible for a large
part of the huge national drift of
farm people to the cities, and the
first step in making effective a
Back to the land" movement is to
give country teachers extra pay ac-
cording to the Inconvenience and
hardships they undergo in their
work This is the gist of a report
made TO the American Federation of
Teachers by Field Secretary Joseph
inc Colby here today
One of the main reasons for the
desertion of farms by young and
forward looking married couples is
that country schools cannot compare
under existing conditions, with city
schools in giving children opportun-
ity for development" she said. "A
survey of the situation shows that
even now when unemployment and
wage cuts are more prevalent in the
cities there has been no correspond
ing slump in the shift of the rural
population to grow worse because
their trained teachers go to the
larger cities where higher pay pre-
walls and because the teachers they
secure are far more poorly prepared
than ever before.
"Since the teacher shortage be-
came so acute the large cities have
surpassed the rural districts in rails
ing salaries, with the result that
they have drawn practically all the
competent teachers away from the
little red schoolhouse.' The aver
age salary of teachers in one-room
rural schools is less than $500. per
year. Tennessee, for instance, has
an average of $258 per teacher
yearly and thirteen states rank be-
low that. Pennsylvania reports a
lack of 7S per cent in rural and ele-
mentary teachers. This means that
country children suffer in compari-
son with city children.
This wrong will not be righted
until country districts offer extra
compensation for the inconveniences
their teachers must undergo. What
teacher will remain in the rural dis
triets boarding around walking to
school in country mud, enduring rig
orous weather when she can get bet
ter pay, higher cultural environment
and greater comforts in city,
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1921-02-02
Afraid Of The
School l. a w

Pierre, Feb. Fear lest the
compulsory education bill now be-
fore the legislature would require
their attention at school because
they had never attained the eighth
grade, brought three residents OF
northern South Dakota to Pierre tor
day.
All were over 40 years of age, and
one white bearded patriarch was
past so.
They were reassured by the legis-
lators that the provision in the Law
required school attendance up tcs the
eighth grade or to the seventeenth
year.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1921-02-02
w O m an In
High Finance

ST. Paul, Feb. AFTER squander-
ing a fortune estimated at nearly
$4,000 Eva j. Foster has disap-
peared and her husband, Arthur
Foster, is back stoking a boiler in a
paper plant here. His wife never
told him how she got the money, he
said, but claimed she was writing
scenarios. They bought an automo-
bile, a home and a farm. All have
gone back since she left. Foster was
forced to go into bankruptcy court
to escape an avalanche of bills.
Scores of returned checks have been
settled by her uncles, Foster said
The woman was last seen at Hun.
tington, Penn. Her husband is car
ing for their three small children.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1921-02-02
sOUTHO DAKOTA
LEGISLATURE
HALFWAY MARK OF THE SES.
SION FINDS MUCH WORK UN-
DONE.

Pierre, Feb. Anonymous poll
tical propa ganda was under fire in
both houses yesterday. The house
passed the Bailey bill requiring all
political advertising to carry at its
head the name of the author and
sponsor, amount paid and by whom
paid. The senate passed the Amsden
lie office from using campaign
funds to secure defeat or adoption
of any constitutional amendments or
initiated and referred laws.
Teachers in public and private
schools in the state would be re-
eral alliance under senate bill
passed by the house. Backers of
the bill urged it was not a slam at
the teachers but was intended to
reach black sheep" Case of war
time head of Spearfish normal
brought up, when he refused to sal
ute the flag or permit singing of the
national anthem. The bill was
amended in the house to bar delin-
quents from further teaching in pri-
vate as well as public schools.
The house killed the bill putting
teeth in state supervision over plans
for proposed school building, by
making the school office personally
liable for cost of building. not up to
specifications. West of the river
members complained it would mean
no schools there as few reside in a
place permanently and temporary
schools are needed in many cases
Hagg, of Corson, told of widower
with eight children in his district
who married widow with four
teen. children. They moved several
times and the school had to be NOV.
cd after them.
With the 1921 session of the
South Dakota legislature two days
than half over, the greater part o1
it's work is yet to be done and much
of it to be begun. Today, is the 29
day, and with Lincoln's birthday
and Washington's birthday and the
four remaining Sunday before thu
close of the session taken out, there
are still 26 legislative days. Th'
house has introduced 125 bills with
in only IL days. one of them Sun
day, before the 40th day when i
has decided to stop individual intro
duction of bills. There are fiv'
more days allowed for committee
introduction, and precedent show
that this will not bring in more thai
20 to 25 extra measures. Ina
means that If the present session Il
to get up around the 400 mark OF
proposed new measures, where it
predecessors have been. the coming
dozen daya will have te receive :5s
cr more than 20 day-or else tn
prophets were right who said tina
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1921-02-02
7 0 CONTINUE
NAVY BUILDING
OVER THREE HUNDRED MIL.
LION NAMED IN Al aPRIA-
TiON BILL

Washington, Feb. 2-Appropria-
tions of ninety million dollars to
continue building of naval dread
naughts and other armament dur
ing the next fiscal year were recon-
mended in the naval appropriation
bill reported to the house today. The
total carried by the bill is three hun
dred ninety-five million five hundred
four thousand dollars Compared
with appropriations for current year
it is a decrease of thirty-seven mill
lion and is two hundred eighty-four
million less than requested.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1921-02-02
M i n n e sOt a
legislature e

st. Paul, Feb. 2.-Election frauds
and expensive registration of voters
in Minnesota cities of over fifty
thousand would be eliminated un-
der a senate bill offered today pro-
viding for registration with city
clerks and the establishment of a
card index system.P Pscssi scssi registration
would be abolished. The senate
passed resolution memorializing
congress not to abolish q duty on
importations Of Canadian lumber
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1921-02-02

armed clashes. Dispatches from Ber-
lin which were eagerly scanned at
the foreign office here said that de-
risive laughter swept the Reichstag
when foreign minister Simons ad-
dressed that body and made known
the nature of the allied demands.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1921-02-02
Daily Market Report

Minneapolis, Feb. 2.-Corn-Pri-
ces followed futures, No. As at unr
changed discounts; demand fair,
some from elevators, here and Du-
luth. No. yellow closed at SO and
sic; No. mixed at As and 49c.
Oats-Unchanged; No. 3 whites
at Y and 1c under May; demand
fair. No. whites closed at 35A
and 35%c; No. whites at 32A
and 34xc.
Rye.-Quiter demand: No. al
IA and 15c over May. No. 2 rye
closed at $1.37H and $1.38A.
Barley.--Eas at yesterdays low
prices; demand sluggish. Prices
closed sat AZ and Gle.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1921-02-02
Germany Gives
Allies jolly Ha Ha

Paris, Feb. 2.-Germany today
was laughing in the faces Of the al
lies. laughing in derision at the de-
mand for an indemnity of fifty-five
billion dollars. The allies were fac
ing a possibility of flat refusal to
nnay pay the sum. In that event seizure
of German ports and forcing collec-
tion Of customs was contemplated.
This was admitted might lead to
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1921-02-02

Washington, Feb. 2.-Resolutions
for investigation of the American
government activities in Siberia,
Haiti and Santo Domingo were Or
dered favorably reported today by
the senate foreign relations COM
mittee