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The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-12-03
Enforcing Prohibition.

Rock Island witnesses the spectacle of a
number of good citizens banding together to
assist the legal authorities in obtaining a
~stricter enforcement of the prohibition law. The
intent OF these citizens is not to be questioned.
They know that the prohibition law is being
violated in Rock Island. So does everyone else
know it.
The local vigilantes will have their hands
full, and it is TO be doubted that they will have
the success that they hope to have in their
labors. This is not said in Encouragement of
the undertaking, but rather to impress the
futility of getting results under the latitude
permitted by the federal government.
You are told by your government that if you
wish to make a purchase of whisky you must
first obtain a prescription from a physician.
Then you are expected to go to the drug store
to get the prescription filled. This makes the
hquor rather expensive.
The whisky drinker knows that liquor is to
be had. in other places than drug stores. By
waving the formally Of a doctors prescription
he can~save a few dollars and with a few dollars
he can make a start on another bottle of red
eye.
There are places where you can buy outfits
for the manufacture of whisky. There are hun
dreds of these outfits in Rock Island homes.
They are employed in turning out what is
known as hooCh. You can buy this stuff At
almost any price. The competition between
the h9och maker and the fellow who is boot
logging the regular article has become so keen
that it is now possible to get a drink of bonded
whisky over local bars for so cents. whereas the
price formerly was rs cents.
1t is a state of affairs that the people might
as well understand and face. There are mil
lions of gallons Of whisky in the nation. It is
true that the ~legalized manufacture Of the stuff
has been stopped, but there was a tremendous
supply on hand when the making of it ceased.
Except for the amount that has been consumed
in the interim this supply is still on hand.
The Argus has always taken the position that
prohibition is possible, but that it is nothing
short OF q farce as now operated by the United
States government The United. States govern
ment LIS not sincere in the application of the
prohibition law. If it were it would mined
lately confscate every gallon Of liquor in the
country and destroy it It would then be n
simple matter to stop the sale Of the home made
article. ~
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-12-03
Stroke at Reckless Motorist.

A Toronto judge has sentenced two men to
long prison terms for reckless motor car driv-
ing that resulted in death. The men were not
bad fellows, as their records showed. They
had not been in court before, and one of them
was an ex-soldier with testimony of heroic
conduct in his favor. But the evidence showed
that the man had been guilty of reckless driv-
ing, and it was upon this that the Judge had to
make his d5c4sion-a decision that included
not only the prison sentence, but a prohibition
against either man driving a car for ten years.
Murder by automobile is the same as muir
der in any other way" said the Judge. And as
yet the law does not provide any means Of
preventing such as you from operating auto
mobiles and thus becoming a menace to the
public. Punishment is the only deterrent"
A just judge, one must conclude. The reck-
less motorist is found in every city and on the
country highways. Pedestrians and motorists
IN general have rights to safety that must be
protected Perhaps there are not enough laws
on this subject at present; certainly there
ought to be more restrictions on those who
are permitted to drive cars. But a big trouble
is a failure to punish adequately reckless and
irresponsible motorists. Dangerous driving
isn't going to be popular in Toronto with those
two drivers In prison.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-12-03
Hands OF China.

Suggestions have been made at the arms
conference that China be given the right to
rule China simple proposal, but one of great
Importance. China has been the victim of
European and Asiatic greed for many years
Germany gained important concessions which
almost approached ownership of several dis
tricts. Japan gained possession of other parts
of what used to be China. With the war started
Japan seized the German concessions in China
and retained them against the objections of
China. Various other nations have a strangle
hold on territorial districts and on economic
privileges, and China hasn't succeeded in doing
anything but object
China is now discovering herself and there
are indications that the rest of the world Will
show some respect for her, now that she prom
ises to respect herself. China is a republic,
whereas her stronger neighbor is a monarchy.
China has a good record for observing treaty
obligations. She has made progress in educa-
ton and culture. Her pepole have the reputa-
ton Of being the most honest people in the
world in financial matters. And now she is
asking that she be ermitted to run her Gown
government and that she be protected by other
powers when she demands the right to get back
the territories and concessions which have been
taken from her.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-12-03
School Dividends.

Everyone is suggesting the kind of exam
nations that boys and girls. and especially
young men and young women. ought to pass.
Presently colleges and universities will be
holding examinations to find out how much of
what they have been studying the young men
and women have mastered. Why not include
a question on What do you think this course
has to do with life?"
In high school a lot OF young folks would
answer that they never expected. to use ge-
ometry, or, it might be, Latin. But if college
students are old enough to select what they
shall study they ought to be able in some fash
ion or other to tell their instructors whether
they are really getting something out of the
course. A man who is going into selling bonds
may not get a great deal out of botany. A
man who is going to be a lawyer ought to
study something besides history and govern
mental science and economies. But any man
or woman who is taking a course ought to
find it getting hold OF him in some real fash
ion
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-12-03
French Justice

The French have peculiar ideas of justice.
When a man commits murder they believe in
putting him to death. For some strange rea-
son they do not coddle him, send him flowers
in Jail and do everything possible to save him,
so that he can go forth and commits more muir
ders. They are really behind enlightened
America in this respect. Here is the case of
Monsieur >Landru. He killed 10 women and a
boy. Probably they weren't worth much, and
anyway there were only IL of them and yet a
heartless French jury, after brief deIiberation,
found Landru guilty and ordered his head cut
Of. And this shameful thing is to be permitted
to go on without a protest. from the people of
the United States.
It is too bad that Landru could not have
been tried in the state of Lilnois-say Chicago.
Would any such i~ndignity have been permitted?
Not much. The dear gentleman would have
reposed in a cell flied with orchids and fruits.
Perfumed notes from hundreds of beautiful,
sympathetic American would have 1ightened
his hours of confinement. High-priced lawyers
would have procured his release on bail and
everything possible done to delay the orderly
have disagreed, or at the best have given him
a few years in prison, and everything would
have been serene. Is it not too bad that the be-
nighted French and English and Germans and
Italians still cling SO persistentiy to the idea
that murderers ought to be hanged or beheaded!
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-12-03
Education Week.

In accordance with a proclamation by
President Harding, next week is to be observed
as a national American education week. 1t is
pointed out that most of the defects revealed
in the young men for service in the
recent war were the result of lack OF education.
Their physical ills in most cases were the re-
suit of some violation of natures laws. If they
had been impressed with the dangers that might
follow their disobedience it is probable that the
majority of them would have escaped the suf-
ferings that resulted Illiteracy among
the young men was due to their failure to take
advantage Of the school facilities offered in the
nation.
As President Harding declares in his proc
famation. the future strength and security of
the American nation depend upon the training
OF the boys and girls OF today. The home and
the school and the charch are the pillars unon
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-12-03
The Rsealent Rnisin.

HI HCSdECut IektIStAa
In these days of popular ridicule
Of constitutional law and approval
of crime, The raisin has come to
hold a place rivaling that Of the
mother-in-law in newspaper wit.
Yet raisins deserve a place in the
substantial rations of the healthy
family, not alone as a valuable and
wholesome nutriment, but as a del
icacy or tidbft TO MUNICH on, in
place of other less desirable sweets
Ordinary raisins contain an
abundance OF assimilable iron.
Raisins have three times the food
value of green peas and exactly
the same food value as dried beans
A pound of raisins will give a hik-
eI or worker twice as much energy
as a pound of eggs would give him,
and sustain him as well and as
long as two pounds of beefsteak
would.
The wholesomeness and food
value of grapes we're described in
this department Oct s, when l
emphasized the harmlessness and
for most persons the benefits OF
eating grapes, and for some indi-
viduals ever the skins of the care
fully washed grapes. Raisins are
rasins are obtainable, but for the
ordinary Individual it is prefer
able to eat raisins with the seeds,
whatever objections there may be
against this practice for certain
feeble invalids. Raisins are al
most as valuable as grapes as 4
~Gelicacy, Gdbit or bedtime lunch to
MUNICH on, for persons who desire
to put on weight, but not for those
who already eat too much and car
ry Stacker flesh. In many instances
& few raisins or grapes eaten every
night will cure constipation.
Authorities on nutrition have
held that raisins conserve the nj
trogepeous tissues of the body,
which is probably another way of
saying that a few raisins will furn-
ish Immediately available muscu-
lar energy-for voluntary %exertion
or for the support of the heart
thanks to the fruit sugar present
in grapes and Taisins las well Is in
several other tTuits). There is a
diminished output of urea and uric
acid through the kidneys when =
considerable amount of grapes or
raisins r used in the diet, which
indicates that the heterogeneous It's
sues (protein) of the body are spar
ed. Raisins or grapes increase the
~excretion of urine and induce 4
fresr flow of bile-the latter eff
feet, by the way, being one which
no known medicine administered
by the mouth can produce.
Probably no mor sustaining or
edible food than raisins can be
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-12-03
By William Brady, NJ. |
, Noted Physician and Author.

carried by people taking long WALKS
or climbing mountains or engag-
ing in any prolonged effort In the
course of which a concentrated ra-
tor may be desired
The variety of raisins called
Muscatels produced by cutting
partJy through the stalk and leaT-
ing the grapes to dry on the vines
in the sun is perhaps the choicest
to eat.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.
Literary Fourteen.
How much may d girl aged IA
years read? / am very fond of read
ing. but mother thinks l read too
much and that il may injure my
heaIth.-(B. NJ H.
Answer-A girl aged IA years
may read every day for about the
same length of time she devotes to
outdoor physical activity.
Advice Repeated by Request.
Please give me the same sugges-
tons which you gave the writer OF
the item enclosed. | have tried sew
eraI treatments for piles, but l
feel sure the trouble must be pin
worms. In fact, l have taken worm
medicine. though without effect as
far as 1 know.-(C. H. HI
Answer-The item you inclose is
entitled "So-Called Itching Piles"
and runs as follows: Following
your suggestion l learned that
What l thought was itching piles
was in reality pinworm infestation.
1 had suffered for q long time, and
I dare not now say how many pile
remedies l have foolishly en-
pIoyed." Now, then, the sugges-
ton which the correspondent fol-
lowed, ard which 1 now repeat for
your benefit is this: The only way
to learn whether a condition pur-
porting to be piles really is or is
not piles, is by being examined by
a physician. The chances are al
most even that the true nature OF
such trouble will prove to be other
than piles, the pfnwCsm infestation
is only one of several conditions
commonly responsible for the mis-
taken belief that one has piles.
Fishbone.
Two months ago l swallowed a
fishbone which lodged in mysthroat
and made the throat feel sore for
several days. But until three days
ago 1 had forgotten it, and then I
began to feel a ~disagreeable stick
in my throat every time 1 swallow.
The stabbing or sticking sensation
seems to go to my ears. What
should 1 do?-(Mrs. C. E)
Answer-The bone may possibly
be lodged in the tissues of the
throat, and Won should be examined
by a physician who does nose and
throat work.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-12-03
The Daily Short Story.

Beth. That's what they are"
"Where-where do you suppose
they went?" asked Annette, when
they were in the street.
Beth grasped her arm firmly and
looked straight ahead with tightly
compressed lips.
4 know" she replied tersely.
The river"
Straight to the waters edge and
along a well beaten path to an old
boathouse went the two outraged
wives.
Behind a cIump of bushes they
stopped at the sound of voices and
grippeI each other with a warning
clasp.
Two g~listening motor boats were
drawn up to the bank. Bending
ver the engine of one was Fred.
while Howard was ~fussing with the
tiIler ropes of the other.
"They 're-theyTe alone" whis-
pered Annette.
Observation-Disclosures come
yet" hazarded Beth.
Just then Howard stood up
straight and addressed his fellow
culprit.
Gracious, Fred-aren't they
two beauties?" he enthused.
You bet they are" agreed Fred.
Wont the girls be surprised?'
Both gasped and clutched An
nette's arm in a vise-like grip.
"Oh-the hypocrites!"' she Kissed.
A puzzled look crept into An
nette'S ewes.
WHY believe-they're talking
about us-and the boats" she whis-
pered.
Beth gasped again-this time
with amaEement.
Look There on the side Of
Fred's boat! Isn't that a name?"
"Why-it's-Hesteri"
And the other one"-both cram
ing their necks-'it's MoIlie!"
Two crestfallen, foolish looking.
but happy young ladies picked their
way back along the river path to-
ward home.
Il think We owe them one for
that" Annette said, after a time.
All right-let's pay it," agreed
Beth.
When Howard and Fred parted
that evening in front of the latter's
bungalow it was all arranged for the
surprise to be staged the follow
ing evening-two brand new motor
boats for the girls"
Howard ran whistling into his
coy porch, stepping into the hall
n switched on the light. 1t
struck him that the house was
strangely dark and silent.
He called loudly for Annette. No
answer.
A letter placed conspicuously on
the newell post caught his eye and
he picked it up.
With a sense of foreboding. be
tore it open and read:
Your cruel faithIessness is
breaking my heart. 1 have gone
home to mother. 1t is useless to
me-my lawyer will arrange
Immediately for a divorce.
ANNETTE"
Stunned, he leaned against the
staircase for support, unable to
grasp the meaning of it.
Just then Fred burst into the
hall with a like missive, waving it
in the front Of him.
Howard looked at his friends
face and passed a hand YEARLY
across a troubled brow.
MY heavens, yours too? he
groaned.
1t was five minutes before they
could talk coherently, then Fred sat
heavily On the bottom stair.
"I-rather guess-we're behind
In this surprise game, old man." he
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-12-03
WHO'S AHEAD?
Mrs. Marion L. Leighton.

Copyright, 1921, by Wheeler Syn
dictate, Inc.)
|. RadiatiRg the perfect joy of a
happily married young woman, An
nette stepped noiselessly through
the open doorway and into the
dark hall with the ecstacy of a sue
cessfu1 shopping tour still Animal
ing her immaculate little person.
Then she stopped short, as her
heart descended toward her feet
and brought UP somewhere miles
below with a sickening thud.
Howard, her adoring husband,
was talking ~unguardedly into the
telephone, blissfully unconscious
of her presence. 1t wasn't the fact
that Howard was talking into the
telephone that made Annette's heart
sink-it was what he was saying.
ALL right-you take Hester
and I'll take MoIlie. Same place of
course-where We left EN- Tuesday
night But it's absolutely the last
time. Fred-I don't want Ann to
get wise-think she's suspicious
now. That paint 1 got off OF Mol
lies ose nearly gave me away"
Annette reeled at this anu man
aged somehow to get outside with
out being discovered.
She was stunned for a moment,
then Observation-Disclosures stiffened
her spine and drew her pretty
mouth into a straight, hard line.
The brute. The abominable hyp-
ocrite! And with a women like
this Mollie person who PAINTED
HER NOSE!
1t took Annette fully Is minutes
in a secluded corner of the vine
covered porch to regain control of
her feelings enough to face her
husband with the desired equan-
unity, but it was with a popular
song coming lightly from her
trembling lips that she tripped
gaily into the house.
Howard greeted her with his US
ual big hug and kiss which nearly
broke the rigid iron of her resolve
to catch him in the act.
After the dishes were washed he
advanced a lame excuse-it sound
ed very lame, indeed, to Annette
and departed to keep his appoint
ment with Fred.
She watched the tickle Fred
join her equally tickle Howard in
front of the bungalow just down
the street, and two minutes later
burst into Mrs. Fred's kitchen with
her tragic tale of broken faith.
"'Oh, Beth, what do you think?
oward-Fred-o-o-o-h!"-
Her voice broke-ended in a wall
Of misery.
Beth turned to Annette a white
face from which the glow OF hap
piness had all departed.
II know" she said with icy COM
posure. What are we going to
do about it,"
You know" quavered Annette
in spite Of her personal
worries. How did you find it out?"
Beth related it with the same
cold calm.
~ stepped into Fred's office this
afternoon-he was talking with
Howard over the phone about-her
voice trembled and she fought a
moment to regain control of her
girls-to-I
night. I heard Fred mention Hes !
ter-and 1 fled"
Annette seized Beth's arm in a
frantic grip.
Come on, get your coat and hat
and we'll follow them and have it
out. tonight" she gasped hysteri-
cally. Il won't play second fiddle
any Mollies Dr. Hesters, Catsi"
she finished vennmously.
"Cats2 She d6gdlsl" amended
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-12-03

IF you're asking us, Jay, veil be hanged
If we know. But perhaps some of the fnan-
ciers Of Europe can answer the question. The
bitter exchange has been bother1ng them for
quite a. spell.
Well, of Course q Man Disiikes Tripping
on One of the Blamed Things
hamped by Min in Tn Bowling Green Mo
Times.l
B.. S. Foster purchased a new Ford
touring car Wednesday,. MIR. Foster was N
in ST. Louis last week having his eyes
tested.
FIRST Rory and then Min called attention
to The Argus headline stating that A. P. Con-
nor had paid 800 fine for "wreckless driving.
How Gomez" they cry with one voice.
It does seem a bit rough to punish a man
for that, bat they must remember that there
amt no justice in this world nohow'.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-12-03

return nostsgg. BE brief. All inq1r.ss
Ia zach individual. % Afternoon
They should not be made to waHos
in dirty holes. Germs Of hog GU
era NAV ramain alive and ac''I
for six months in such places.
the pigs are to have a WailoF
should be constructed Of cO4cLe
and should be drained anu c'e
frequently.
@ Take a tub Of water and Po-
If on the scales. Put q live hsl
it. Will the fish add 10 its Wel5ls
A. If a live fish OF q 60
weight be placed in q tub O. 80 bs
the weight Of the whole RIa
increased by the amount Of WEB
of the fish.
O. Can mild steel be used as
contaiuer for mercury WIhou' -.
steel affecting the mercury OF
versa? sss
A. Mild steel may be USED -
coutainer Of mercury
either affecting the other.
@. What constitutes ! ag
and what a giant?
A Couventionally speaklhg,
dwarf is an individual Eao 1T
not attain the height OF fouI n.
when fun grown. Giants are
dIviduais whose stature
seven feet. -
@. Has the picric acid furn-z.
to farmers by the goVe
proved eficacious for Gee 2
farmers land? rul.
A, The department Of ar,
ture says that it has received srs
favorable reports from Ia M
who have used the picrlc aeu
clearing land. There sun u
a considerable amount OF ln neh
pIosive which is available .
uSa
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-12-03

O How many transcontinental
railroads has South America?
A. At present South America
has but one transcontinental rail-
road. It extends from Valparaiso,
Chile. to Buenos Aires, Argentina.
There is a line being construct
ed that will connect the Argentine
system with northern Chile and
Peru. This will give surer com
m~uEication at a time that the
southern traffic is often suspend
ed by severe snow storms.
@. Is Edna Lyall living?
A. Ada Ellen Bayly, who wrote
under the name Edna Lyall, died IN
1903.
@. Was it found possible during
the war to stop the bTaying OF
mules? Z. L. "
A. A military veterinarian says
that operations were made on the
army mules during the war and
proved successful in the silenclng
of the mules bray"
q. Are pigs naturally dirty ami
mails? NJ. M. o..
4. Pigs are the cleanest of all
farm animals if they are allowed
to be so. Pigs will not sleep in q
filthy bed unless compelled to.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-12-03

said hoarsely.
Came an audible smoker from
the living room and Howard sprang
across the threshold and turned on
the light.
Seated on the couch with their
arms about each other and two
radiant faces turned to the light
were the two feminine imps.
Who's ahead noW?' gurgled An
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-12-03

Don't forget the poor kiddies at Christmas.
Send your cash donation to The Argus Santa
Claus, and then you will know that every poor
little youngster in the city will have a happy
Christmas.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-12-03
Chr Unmhatnnr
HERE rxrs MANS ANCIENT ESEHY.
Dull CARE
WHO DrsrNrEK THE UsLovED cUss
EwARE |
A.FUR COAT.

A.FUR COAT.
Sparkling ayes
Follow her a y
How quickly she notes
Your glance of admiration!
How her shallow heart thrills to It'll
Along the Red River
An Indian half-breed :
Finally dispatches a wrfthIns muskrae
Which has struggled for hours
In agony
In a steel trap:
He leaves the bloody carcass
On a sand bar -.
But
Eyes must sparkle:
Vanity must be appeased
VANITY is such a hungry godi)
Daughters of Eve
Must be coddIed
In soft luxury:
But this bitter exchange -.
Why? -. Why9
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Argus Information Bureau

IN rssder car get the answer % NJ question by writing TIE aPs M T
un bureau. Frederic J. Haskhn. DIRECTOR. Washington, u 4 Give .aIuT4h
address nc enclose two<snt stamp Tor return postage. lie o"L - ~ a
onhdendal. the replies being sent direct Ia each individual . @"-
aid to auonT mouS ltREsl
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-12-03

DR.. Patton sa.fs that women ruled in 25Oo
B. C. This makes 4421 years they have held
office.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-12-03

But this bitter exchange 80
Why? -. Why?
JAY G. SIGMUND.