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The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-01-08
The End of the String.

IN In the course Of a discussion Of the Scent
EfAtfare awarded the Tri-City Railway company
~ the public utilities commission and the fact
That the company still appears dissatisfied. and
furthermore. from all appearances. is deter
mined to force the one-man car on its patrons,
The Argus Of yesterday ventured the assertion
that With the people O: Rock Island patience
Has well nigh lost its power OF endurance, so
Tar as the Tri-City Railway company is
concerned"
II Is so.
The people Of Rock Island have tried to be
tolerant with the Tri-City Railway company
IN it, ceaseless exactions and demands upon
them. and though resenting as would be the
the fact that the company could 90 beyond
them. set aside the contract that they had given
TO the company. defy Its provisions. and through
court Of surprising Jurisdiction win what it
has gone after, they have nevertheless been
pakient.
They have aimed to consider all the circum-
stances, to remember that the company has
proven the friend Of the community in times
past, has aided in popular, permanent improve
the city's expansion and development They
have been willing to concede, in view of ex-
oessive burdens that have been laid upon the
company in recent times, in mounting costs
a labor and fuel and machinery, and the
general advance in the expense OF operation,
that the company was entitled to better re-
turn than the old time scent fare
And 90, when. through the grace Of the
public utilities commission. q cent or so more
WAS added there was no serious objection
especially when it was represented to the city
that It was this alternative resort to inferior
service. But when still further increases were
pstitioned .for-and allowed-the people began
TO demur. and when 1t reached cents, with
the company now finally in the role Of Oliver
Twist and still holding its bobtail bugaboo over
the heads Of the people they have reached the
point, ~ said. where patience has we'll nigh
lpst ito power of endurance" The virtue has
been dimmed BY the continuance consuming
fact and Is no more.
With the company. In the face Of what It
has attained. not yet content, but resorting to
~ persistent threat OF the conductor-less car.
wound has been made that will be aggn-
vatsd rather than healed BY further impo-
gitions.
The company Is not Strengthening Its posi-
tios in the minds Of the people by parading
extravagant devices Of its own creation to show
. that the oEe.man car may be made safe. II is
not ellaying popular wrath by attempting to
ahotsthat Il, willing to spend money to make
ilpkMSs safe, for the people know that what
etsr Il spent in this way win eventually be
cA4rged back against the people - q subter-
see for further advances In the price OF a
A9Iae FOR ths people have suspicion that
n the modern system Of accounting that
ishsd Tie transcripts from which the util-
rpnisssoa fcsnd Justification for com
- peopas 70 tan Themselves higher for
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-01-08
Frederic Haskiin's Letter
Especial cossssposdsna N Arssy
Hikers,A.

Washington, d. c., Jan. IA
Man and his wife recently crossed
the continent on foot, thus adding
their names to the long list of
those who have done the feat, and
showing that the healthy art OF
travelling under your own power is
still alive. despite the jitneys and
street cars and all the other things
that carry US.
Long-distance walking really
constitutes mans chief claim to
physical eminence in the world. AL
though the fact il not generally
known and very seldom demon
strated, q man can out-trayel on his
own feet almost any other mammal.
George Wilson, an English profess
sional walker, did $50 miles in Is
days, and Weston, the famous
American pedestrian, in his last
trip across the continent when he
was 70 years old. averaged about
Is miles day and did ~ miles on
one day toward the end, just to
show, as he said, that there was no
ill-feeling.
Now there are few horses that
can carry you 40 miles a day and
keep it up for many days, and a
loose horse living on grass as he
goes along cannot do as much as
a granted horse under a saddle.
Indeed, the ability Of a good man
demonstration in the west q quarter
OF a century ago. when men used
to out-travel good horse was often
to catch mustangs by walking them
down. They simply kept the
horses moving. day after day, not
allowing them enough time to eat
or sleep, and finally were able to
walk up and rope the horses with
out difficulty.
Man is by nature a rowing animal,
and it is by long slow process of
change that he has become a Great
ure who lives in one spot most of
the time, and is hauled from place
to place in vehicles. He was de-
signed for long and continuous
roaming on his own feet, and no
doubt the disuse of this function is
the source of many of his ills. At
least, the mixers claim that walk
ing is a cure for most ailments.
Weston claims that it is a sure
cure for rheumatism. He was bad
ly crippled by rheumatism at one
time and unable to walk more than
a block. Then he went into train
ing for his transcontinental hike,
and left his rheumatism somewhere
in the road.
Walking an Aid to Health.
No doubt if we were not too lazy
to. walk, all of US who are still
fairly sound organically and have
the use Of both legs could walk
ourselves into health and keep
ourselves there. 1t is a prime cure
for constipation, which is the
source of about half the troubles
of civilized man, and it insures
large doses of fresh air, the lack of
which is the source of most of his
other ills.
But walking is a habit. II you
have it, you will walk in spite of
everything. and if you haven't it, it
takes good deal of effort to get
started.
Most of US, too, think that il we
walk a mile or two a day we are
doing we'll; but as a matter of fact
that is not enough to do any good.
Ten miles is only a fair days walk,
and five is the least that will do
/ much for your health. And if you
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-01-08

@. When will the new Pilgrim
Anniversary Stamps be on sale
and where? F. w. L.
A. The postoffice department says
that the new Pilgrim Anniversary
Stamps can be secured from all the
principal postoffices in the United
States. They were put on sale
about Dec. Is.
@. What were the casualties of
the A. e. F. in Siberia; killed,
wounded and deaths from disease:
r. F.
A. The secretary OF wars report
for 1919 gives casualty statistics as:
Killed, %; died Of wounds, eight;
died Of disease, Al; died Of accident,
q; suicide, five.
/. @. Are ellis native to fresh water
or salt water? ]. E.
A. The life history Of the ell is
very remarkable and in some re-
spects unique. During the spring
and early summer, thousands Of
young cells several inches long mi
CRATE up rivers from the sea and
distribute themselves throughout
every accessible body Of water,
whatever its size or character fire.
quently travelling overland to reach
these. Here they remain concealed
in the mud or beneath stones and
feed on all kinds of animal mat
ter, living and dead. Many ellis ap-
pear never to leave the fresh
waters in which they have devel-
oped, but most of them after several
years, return to the sea and enter
comparatively deep water, where
sexual maturity and spawning takes
place.
Q. IL there q prophecy anywhere
in the bible that the Jews will yet
inhabit Palestine? J.C.I.
A. The old testament contains
many prophecies which Jews con-
strue to mean the hnal gathering of
the race in Palestine, such as
jeremiah IL; jeremiah 3:16-18;
HaggA 2:6-10: Malachai, 81.
@. What constitutes a first class
postofiice and how many are there
in the United States? D. D. A.
A. The postofiice department
scays q first class poetodice is one
where the gross receipts total
$4,000 or over. There are 700 first
class postofiices in the United
States.
Q. Why is brown rice higher in
price than polished rice? E. B.
A. The department Of agriculture
says that there are several reasons
why brown rice Is not sold cheaply
In the first place the millers have
expensive machinery installed for
removing the bran and polishing the
grain and they claim It is not saw
ing to them not to have to use this
machinery. The bran-the cuticle
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-01-08

aspire to be considered q van.
you should step OF your iye r;.s
In an hour and q half At the mc.s
A hve mile walk two or three TIM
q week to keep in form, and : =
or Is mile walk on the veet-
is about right for q modest NJ
ming, according to the best autSs,.
ties.
Tips for Hikers.
Should you be inspired By mi.
homily to hike, either for ,nn. NJ. !,
health or your pleasure, some M.
from the experts will not be ami..
In the first place, wear Iiss.
WOODEN socks and light comfortsSs
shoes. and a sweater is better th.s
a coat. In the second place. v,,I
on country roads, paths and cros.
country. not on pavements. In ths
tnlrd place, let your walk end a.
home where you can get a hath
and a rest at once. The best nl,n
is to take a trolley into the conn
try and walk back to the city limit,
or across to another trolley IIns
For your weekend trip pick On,
some section Of the country thai i.
interesting, and that you have pe,.,
seen. Locate two railroads or trol
ley lines about the distance apa,,
that you think you are equal IA
and then walk from one to ~.
other. You will be surprised hon
much there is Of interest in Won,
own neighborhood that you bs
never noticed. Get maps Of N.
country you are going to explore
The best ones are the topographi.
cal sheets published by the seo.
logical survey. They show everv
road, by-path and farm house and
they cost but 10 cents apiece.
Hiking as y Sport.
II you are tired of being told
that you ought to take more exsr.
else, and are resolved to devots
your life to satisfaction rather
than self-improvement, even thoush
you die of 1t, you might still con.
slider hiking as a sport. 1t really il
a sport if you once get into it. Tbs
rhythm Of it when you are going
good over a good country road OF
turf is as exhilarating as any
game. 1t is highly provocative OF
thought, and of lively, aggressive
thought at that. When walking Is
the very time to think. Sitting in
a stuffy room with a pipe in your
face, your thinking is very apt to
degenerate into either Aimless
rumination or pessimistic worry,
but the thinking that you do to the
tune Of a four-mile-an-hour gait
with a breeze in your face ia almost
bound to be the best thinking your
head is capable of.
You should not, however, think
all of the time. There should be
surprise and diversion, and there
will be if you only keep your eyes
peeled for it. Whatever you are in
terested in, you will be sure to en-
counter it in your travels if you
keep travelling. Perhaps you don't
care for birds or flowers, such as
are found along country roads. But
other things are found along coun-
try roads, such as pretty girls, real
estate, farm houses where you can
buy buttermilk, creeks where you
can go swimming-all sorts Of
things. 1t is almost impossible to
walk a hundred miles without en-.
countering a few adventures, al
though you can easily motor thou
sand without striking anything
more interesting than a nail in the
road.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-01-08
The Daily Short Story

disgrace upon the rules of this hos
pital. What was the trouble?"
She gulped hard, for the words
tried to stick In her throat unspok-
en-.
your Cousin Nora told me, that
day you went to Chicago, that it
was outrageous for my father to
saddle you with the care Of me, At
my age, and everybody knew it was
just scheme to get you for my
husband instead Of guardian. And
she said that your mother, though
she was good to me. had long ago
set her heart on having Nora as
her daughter-in-law and l would
make her very unhappy if was
the cause Of trouble between you.
So just because loved your moth
Grand you-so much, and because
I was ashamed. I ran away"
"Oh, woman, woman" groaned
the man. Il always knew she hid
sharp claws under that soft fur,
but I didn't think she would stoop
to catty lies. And you believed
them! Have you been happy away
from US, foolish little girlr'
"Not single minute" she con-
fessed, land sometimes / have al
most given up and asked You to
take me back again. I've washed
floors and helped at terrible opera
tons and the only thing that C ar
RED me through was the thought
Of doing it for your good"
kit" said the man, in my coat
pocket was q ring which l have
carried ever since l came from Chi
cago. thinking to PIT It on your
finger that night. Will you find it
for me, please, and let me put it
there now? And as soon as I am
mended. will you marry me, and
take me home? Mother is longing
for you. The first week you came
there, she told me that nothing
could make her happier than to
have you for a daughter"
But Nora" said Kit. perplexed-
ly. The patient laughed.
"It was only q case Of the dog
in the manger, dear. Besides, she
married rich old Ezra Lakeman a
month ago. Are you bringing me
the ring? Must get up temper
ature before I am obeyed? And list
en-. A normal man, being engaged,
is entitled to a kiss, but q man
who is down with only one leg, one
arm and no eyes, gets two, without
being charged with profiteering."
When DR.. O'Conner entered the
room, the nurse was industriously
studying chart, but in her eyes
were q thousand dancing lights,
and in her cheeks the tints of the
trailing arbutus, while happiness
seemed to radiate from the patient
splints. bandages and all.
Feels like the spirit Of Christ
mas continued" he, remarked tent
atively.
Right you are" said the patient
II se4fched for my Christmas gift
for weeks without success. and
found her the day after, ~ soon as
was blindfolded. This Is a great
old world. isn't IT." And the doc
tor echoed understandingly, Fright
you are!"
Copyright, 1920. by Wheeler Synd.
icate. Incl
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-01-08
A BELATED CHRISTNAS GIFT,
BY Mrs. Jennie Little, Is High St,
vnRWfnh


The sun enveloped the great hos.
pital that 18th day Of December as
il determined to transform its glum
walls and quiet corridors, with
their suggestions Of dread and
pain, into chambers of hope and
victory. The youngest doctor on
the stat, teasingly dubbed the In
FAINT by his older colleagues, round
ed a corner and bumped squarely
into q pile OF fresh linen, carried
by the youngest nurse.
"A thousand pardons," he cried
jovially. christmas has gone to
my head. as usual. The top O. the
morning after to you, Miss Rut-
ledge. Gee! love the whole
world today, even the cranky old
dowager in Room 3.
because why? The only girl
said Yes last night, and in three
months more, NO lonesome bachelor
quarters, but a little Home. Sweet
Home for mine. Gee! Isn't it a
grand and glorious feeling? Did
you get both your stockings full,
as you deserve?"
He stopped suddenly. for the
little nurse was winking with all
her might to keep back the tears.
AL We nurses" she said sober
~, agreed to give all we could
spare to the Red Cross and Saliva
ton Army instead of buying pres
ents for each other, so my stock
ings hung all limp and lank, for I
have no other friends in the city.
l am truly glad for you. DR.. O'Con-
nor and she hurried away.
THE dickens!" muttered the doc
tor, staring after her. what a
rank shame! 1t must be that she
doesn't want to make friends, for
anybody would 60 nine-tenths of
the way to meet her. II hadn't
always known that Elinor was
made for me and / for her,
shouldn't then I did know it,
you see. HIM. Too bad" And
| then he was summoned to the acct
dent ward and speedily forgot all
about her.
Later, detailed for special duty
in Room 5, Nurse Rutledge walked
softly to the bedside and laid a
plying hand above the bandaged
eyes, for she couldn't seem to hard
en- her heart against suffering, as
they told her she should to make
. success. Medicine time" she
announced cheerily; then caught
her breath as II ICY water had
struck her. and went all trembly
like q little poplar leaf in q storm.
Exit" cried the patient, half i'm
ploring, half increduious. Little
Kit! Answer! Is it your" and with
his free hand he tried to tear the
bsndage OF.
"Mr. Rand. don't risk your
sight" she begged in horror. "Oh,
why did I ever come here? How
did you get hurt like this!"
The one good hand had found
hers now and held 1t = hopeless
prisoner.
Exit, Why did yop run away
Every day since I have bee1
searching. but couldn't uncover the
ghost Of trail. This morning q
little kid was out trying his Christ
mas sled and shot right in front Of
q loaded truck. He wasn't hurt but
| I got Z broken arm and leg. and
something happened to my eyes.
The only thing minded was
to be delayed In finding you, and
after all 1t let me straight vhere
! vnu were. Wonderful! Now tell
me something or I shall raise a
riot and bring down EVERLASTING
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-01-08
WILD WEST FAVORED.

Karls Ruhe, Germany.-Wild
west films are prime favorites in
the German provincial moving pic
ture theatres. An Arizona picture
with An army Of covpunchers, COW
girls and Indians. IL one Of the
films advertised all along the
Rhine and IN the cities Of Bavaria
and Baden.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-01-08

There's lots Of talk about wireless teleph-
cosy, but listening in on four. party line con-
\ tinues to. be the thrilling occupation.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-01-08

~ A New York woman Of 40 has given birth
to. her 18th child. Here. evidently. IL one
saQther who doesn't seem to care much about
m. Sanger's birth control propaganda.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-01-08

MA pullman rates are higher. but il the uppers
.Rars higher there wouldn't be SO many bumped
heads In the lowers
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-01-08

,.. The Uniontown. Pa. man who carried dyna-
mite on the hip would have been all right IT
the mule hadn't supplied tho kick.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-01-08

!. Downtrodden gold miners ask SO more an
-Aulce Tor the stun. but they'll get little SYM
pG&hy from movie fans who have observed
them cutting up in a western aim.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-01-08

Deborah means bee in Hebrew and maybe
Borah In Marion means something that stings.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-01-08

Before the holiday bills are surmounted
fn1oogs comes the income tax blank.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-01-08
CONSOLATION.

CONSOLATION.
Today my heart 10 very far from light;
u fact, b'gosh. I'm feeling rather solemn
There's lots OF things I'd rather do than write
This goiduru column!
For instance. there's . place have in mind
I'd like to 20; think twould be delightful
Instead must sit ct this desk and grind
Out something frightfui.
I'd like to have thousand bucks or SO
And be turned loose so might 60 and blow
EN-.
Gee whiz! I'd never write believe me. DO.
Another poem!
I'd like to rosm the jungles like an ape
And like old Tafzan, travel through the
trees, sir,
wish ne'er again would have to shape
Another vheeze, sir!
fear I'll grow pair of Turpin eyes;
This colyumistic job has made me dizzy
And-still, unlike some birds who criticise.
I'm KEEPING BUSY!
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-01-08
Argus Information Bureau


individual No will
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The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-01-08

vsa n Asyns Of Massh ~. 1e2e-
go sFhs Asrus hsnssessth win b senAsstsd ~ -
ln1eoea1sas nevSpspse. unbeased ~ Daseeae 49,
NM free ~ rsay 70 state heneG eoavtte9ns II
~ inIsssol q ~ esmnsn welfare"
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-01-08


know for much less than that
ENCLOSING IN Argus mailing sticker cd
dressed to him "Box u, Florida" e. ". l.
writes: zone question puzzles me. and pass
1t up to you or the editor Of tho cemetery"
How did l get that paper. Perhaps there 10
. mind reader along the lins."
Well, the postal system personnel ID made
up Of the quick and the dead" One Of the
quick" undoubtedly handled 2. W. LIS Argus.
It's Pleasant to Nest Soueons
Who Knews You.
(Ffom the Monmouth Atlas).
Mr.. and Mrs Frank Hill are the par
ents Of . fns daughter. which arrived
New Years night 1t the hospital. The
young lady weighed in at nine pounds.
She viii b known BY Mary Alics.
THE West sherrard correspondent Of the
derweut an operation tor = puss case Of
appendicitis.'
The surgeon stood watchfully by while the
nurses called kitty, kitty. kitty"
THE lady is also said to be 'fn farely good
health At this writing"
That's the sort Of health tri-city street cal
patrons enjoy.
A LONDON correspondent, writing abou,
the London headquarters Of the Sim Feiners
says "the men In the Office differ little from
the boys on the job In the city hall Of any
fair sized American city. ALL" he odds with
unconscious subtlety, have been arrested al
one time or another and doubtless will be &c
again"
SIGN on Third avenue music shop lamped
by G. s.: Let The Rest Of the World Go By
for rs Cents"
THE old ball can 90 BY for nothing 3 IA,
3 we're concerned. r. e. MIG.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-01-08

IN the Port Byron Globe Of this week ap-
pears a poem under the caption, THE Tele-
phone Girl" with the appended line Author
Unknown" Odd how one meets old friends in
unexpected places. We will not endeavor to
settle the question Of authorship but No can
tell the Globe editor where it first appeared.
Seven or eight, or nine (we're weak ON dates)
years ago THE Telephone Girl" blossomed out
at the top Of J. RS colyum in the Davenport
Times over the signature Of young lady who
later vehemently denied authorship. We re-
call penning a reply to tho verses which was
printed day or two later. 1t would be inter-
ssting Ito ]. r. and 10, at leas0 to know
through what devious journalistic channels
these classic lines found their way into the
Globe this week Az for our own lines, doubt
less they have slept peacefully in the Times
hles all these years.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-01-08

(From the Galesburg ep4blican-Register).
X N. Hunter and son Eldon have put
in several days trimming brush. mailing
up wires and putting on new brackets
and other needed things On the Rapatee
and Maquon Farmers Telephone lines
and they are in better shape than for
I'VE years.
The Democrat-herald., 1921-04-15
Baptist Notes

The Sunday school lesson was.
as usual, interesting, and all
were really sorry when the sup.
erintendent said that it was
time for the classes to close.
Even to the large number of
children who were present en-.
joyed the morning sermon. The
lesson. How Chri.t would have
US spend the Sabbath" was rem
dered very nicely by Miss Vir.
.Rinia Newland at the Junior
B. Y. P. U. Sunday afternoon.
The Senior B. Y. p. u. is be-
ing very successfully carried on
now in the church. The pro-
gram was nicely conducted by
the leader, Miss Blanche VIM
yard.
You are missing something
good If you do not attend the
regular services of Sunday even.
inRs as the sermons are of evan
gelistic character. If you miss.
ed out on last Sunday evening,
don't miss heading them in the
suture.
Sunday school at 10 o'clock.
preaching at II In the morning.
Junior 3. Y. P. u. at $3.50 in
the afternoon. Senior B. Y. p.
~. at 100. and preaching At
, 7:30 In tile evening. Everybody
invited.