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The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-05-09

Mems all pure linen
SOC handkerchiefs, 39c.
Ladies' embroidered
cornered Csc Swiss
handkerchief, 15c.
Good Quality Bleached
Toweling,
regularly 12l5c; Tuesday,
5 yards or less to each at
TIC yard.
Table Damask
Permanent linen finish,
should sell at $500; Tues
day S1.25 yard.
Big Extra Heavy Turk
lsh towels
23x45, double thread,
75c ones; 4 to each at 39c
apiece.
21-inch Extra Wide
Half Linen Crash
Tcweling
Should sell at Csc; Tues
day l7Kc yard.
35c "Aldine" Boxed
Stationery
A-i1eets and "a enve-
lopes, 23c.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-05-09
The store that
keeps the cost l0f
living dolU,1.
tuesday,, Second Day Of the Second Week
of the Fisk & Loosely Co.'s May Sales

This May Sale isn't the Hurry Quick" Soon
Over kind We're going to make this May Sale
such record for bargains that years from now,
people will say: Il bought this at the big May
Sale that Fisk & Loosely had way back in 1921
It is, indeed no ordinary sale. These bargains
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-05-09
IT it isn't right,
tell US. Well make
it right. !.

are brand new, fine, lasting goods that will stay
and stay and make you glad you could buy at this
Fisk & Loosely sale. Come on. You can pick and
choose to your hearts content. Clean, fresh,
choice merchandise. Keep your cost Of living
down. Buy here, and now. -zsssss.ssssEs. lgsesse.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-05-09
A May Sale of Wash Goods.

AMay Sale of Wash Goods.
Fine soft 36-inch long cloth, worth zoe; S
yards or less to each at 10c yard.
Fine dainty tissue sinshams, in pink, blue,
green or black checks; jobber's "close-out" of
SOC tissue singhams, Tuesday, while they last,
Csc yard.
Mr.. Nordgren found these Red Seal ging-
hams in one of the store rooms of big Chicago
wholesaler. The bands had been torn off in
showing and in few instances few yards
were missing from some of the pieces. We got
these at price so far below wholesale, that we
are able to put them out Tuesday, 1000 yards of
them; checked, plaid and plain every piece
perfect, Red Seal Bingham. at 15c yard.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-05-09
Some of the Reasons
Why They're Rushed
on Third Floor:

Why They're Rushed
on Third Floor:
Table oil cloth, about 4S
inches wide; white, dark or
light patterns, slight seconds
Of Soc quality; 2 yards to a
customer at 19c yard.
25x50 rag rugs, hit and miss
patterns, fringed ends; sold
recently at $1.75, Tuesday,
79c each.
Dark green water color
cloth shades, second. of the
CSC quality, SEC apiece
9xl2 seamless Brussels rugs
that sold at $500 a year ago,
60 now at $24.5O.
Among the Curtain Bargains:
One big basketful lover 100
yards) slightly imperfect cur
tain marquisettes, plain or
colored, worth to Soc; short
lengths, (none less than 3la
yards; Tuesday, while one
hundred yards last, 10c yard.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-05-09

May Sales in Hosiery and Underwear:
Ladies' Csc black cotton hose May Sale special" 1ora
Ladies' Csc flesh knit boomers, Csc.
Boys 75c nainsook Athletic union SUITS Soc.
Mems good silk Isle socks black and coor worth &c.
for Csc pair. -sz~-s, -. 81. a,seaer~t-.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-05-09

Just here for Baby
Week, fresh and new, chill
dren's e to s years., blue
chambray rompers, either
striped or plain blue; have
been selling within 80 days
at $L.39; while they last,
Soc each.
Infants teething bands,
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-05-09
Two DOmestics Bar
gains for Tuesday.

At 10 O'clock Tuesday Morn
ing 81 Bleached 'Home-spun"
Sheeting
Recently sold for CSC; 5 yards or
less to customer while it lasts at
29c yard.
1000 Yards of 27-inch 'Tiger
Cheviot" Ginghams
Made in the Everett mills; recent
ly sold for 48c, at I2Hc yard,
quantity limited.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-05-09
In the Dress Goods De-
partment, Tuesday:

New Natural Pongee Silks
Fresh from New York expressly
for this sale, have been $3.50 this
year, now for this sale 75c yard.
$1.75s Fifty-two Inch Shepherd
Checks Dress Goods
Tuesday, one day, CSC yard.
Beautiful $3.50 Coating Velours
So inches wide, May Sales price,
$3.50 yard. ,'
, 1921-12-17

McGuffey looked, and his face went
whittier than the foaming breakers be-
yond which he could see Maggie II. IN
der full sail. headed for the open sea.
The sTnall boat had been picked up.
and there was no doubt that at her
present rate Of speed the schooner
would be hull down on the horizon by
sunset
1.-THE murderin' hound" whispered
McGuffey, and sagged down on the
sands. "oh, the murderin' hound Of a
mater
"It's-its mutiny." gulped Captain
scrnggs In a hard. strained voice.
THAT bloody fend OF a mattel The sly
sneak-thief. with his pleasant smile
and his winnin' waysi Saw a chance
to steal the Maggie and her rich cargo.
and he is leavin' US here. mnrooned on
q desert island. with two c~annibals."
Captain ScrngEs fairly shrieked the
last two words and burst into tears.
, 1921-12-17

good old Sers Ha.vorsen with Captain
ScraggS head on his knees. A. Mr..
GIbney looked at this strange tableau
Captain seraggs opened his eyes.
glanced up at Neils H~alvoEsen, and
spoke:
why II n amt old ~squareheat
NsIlS." he muttered wonderinrly. II
II ain't Ne,ls. I'll 10 to hades or some
other seaport" He closed his eyes
again and subsidized into a sort Of leth-
argy. for he was content. He knew he
was saved.
MI. Gibney rolled over. and. strug.
Cling to his knees. leaned over Nc.
Gurey and peered into his drawn face.
Mac. old shipmatei Mac. speak to
me. Are you aEvef-
r. BfcGurey. Esquire. opened a pair
Of glazed eyes and stared at the com.
modore
did we lick 'emT- he whispered.
The last I remember the king was
putin II all over scraggsy. And that
Tnbu boy-was-no SLOUGH" McGuf.
fey paused, and glanced wariiy around
the boat, while n dawning horror ap~
peared in his sunken eyes. go back.
Neils-go back-for Gods sake.
There's W. niggers-still-on the
island. Bring-em some-water.
They're cannibals-Neils. but never
mind. Get them-aboard-the poor
deylls-if they're living. I-wouldn't
leave a-crocodile on that-heIl hole.
II I could-help H."
An hour later the Robinson Crusoe
syndicate. including the man Friday
and the Goat. were safe aboard the
Maggie II. and Neils Halvorsen. with
the tears streaming down his bronzed
cheeks, was sparingiy doing out to
them a mixture OF brandy and water.
And when the syndicate was strong
enough to he allowed ell the water It
wanted. Neils Halvorsen propped them
up on deck and told the story. When
he had finished. Captain Scrnggs
turned to Mr.. Glbney.
"GIb. my dear boy he said, snake
a notion"
II move.T snid the commodore. "thnt
we set Tabu-Tabu and the king down
on the first inhabited island we can
and. They've suffered enough. And I
further o that we readjust the
ownership OF the Maggie II syndicate
and cut the best Swede on earth In on
a quarter OF the prohts."
Second the notion" said McGufrey.
Carried" said Captain seragEs.
, 1921-12-17

Lord. Oh. old man. BE raved, -what.
ever VIII we DOR
Thus appealed to. the doughty CON-
nocore permitted his two unmatched
optics to rest noumfuily upon his
s~hlpustes.
he Ciped and thoughtfuny rubbed
b knucklrs OF his right hand where
b skin was barked OF. he thought
OF the silly joke be and MeGuney had
thought TO perpetrate on Captain
Sc-aggs by leading him up agains, a
beating at the hands Of a cannIbai
king, n with the thought came a
grim. hard chuckie. though there was
the look OF a thousand devils In his
eyes.
well. Mac. old sporty boy, I guess
there ain't much to do except to make
up u minds to die like gentlemen- II
l was ever fooled by almnn In my life.
! was fooled By that doggone mate. /
thought he'd tote square with the syn
dicate. / sure did--
For a long time McGurey CARED sea-
ward. BE was slower than his ship
mates In making up his mind that the
mate had really deserted them and
sailed away with the fortunes Of the
syndicate. OF the three. however. the
stoical engineer accepted the situation
with the best grace He spurued the
white sand with his foot and faced Mr..
Gibney and Captain Scragss with just
the suspicion Of 4 grin on bis homeIy
face.
Il make q notion he said, shat
inc syndicate pass a resolution con-
demnin' the acticc pt the mate"
1t was a forlorn hope. n the jest
went over the heads Of the deck de-
partment. Said Mr.. Gibney sadly:
There ain't no more Maggie II syn
dicntc."
, 1921-12-17
CHAPTER XIV.

The lookout on the power schooner
Maggie II had sighted Diamond head
before Commodore Adelhert p. Glbney.
Captain Phineas p. scrnggs. and En-
gineer bartholomew McGuffey were
enabled TO declare, in nil sincerity Tor
at least with as much sincerity as one
might reasonably expect from this hand
OF rowing rnscals). thnt they had en-
tirely " from their narrowing
experiences on the desert Island Of Tu-
vana-tholo. In the Friendly group.
At the shout Of Land. hor' Mr.. Nc
Guffey yawned. stretched himself, md
sat up in the wicker lounglng chair
where he Ind sprawlcd for days with
Mr.. Gibney and Captain Scraggs. I'M
der the awning on top or the house.
He fisxed his blceps r~efectively. while
his companions, stretched at full
length In their respective chairs,
watched him lazily.
AS n member o. the Maggie syndi-
cate an ownin' an votin' n quarter In
~terest," doomed the engineer. Il here
by call a meetln' o. the said syndicate
for the purpose o. t%ransactin' any an
all business that may properly come
before the meetin'."
. pass the word for Neils Halvor-
SEN" suggested Mr.. Gibncy. BLESS
his squarehead soul" he added.
"wo got a quorum without him, an
besides this business is just between
Us three"
"Meetinn come 10 order" The
commodore tapped the hot deck with
his bare heel twice. "Haul away,
Mac"
81 move you, gentlemen, that It be
the sense o. this meetin' hat b. Nc
Guffey. Esquire, be an he Is hereby
npp'inted a committee o. one to lam
the e%verlastin' dayllghts out o that
sinful former chief mate o. ourn for
a%bandonin' the syndicate to a horrible
death on that there desert island. DO
I henr q second to that motionT"
Second the notion" chirped Cap
tain Scraggs.
'The motions denied" announced
Mr.. Gibney firmly.
"Now. looky here. Glib. that amt
fnir. Didn't you fight Tabu-Tabu en-
didn't scraggsy fight the king o Kan.
davuT 1 amt had no hghtin' this en-
tire v'yage an 1 did cal'late to lick
that doggone mate"
Mac. IT can't be done nohow."
"oh. It can't. chr Wei. III Just bet
you two boys my interest In the syndl.
cato"
at amt that, Mac. It amt that. No
koA,ta Sa,btIns ra.r pas,ran akTitv
to mop him up. But It amt policy.
You wasn't sore agin 'em cannibal
savnges, was your You made Neils
go back an save 'em. an II took US
two days to beat up to the FIRST In.
habited island an drop 'em Off"
"But a cannibal's like a dumb beast.
Glib. He amt responsible. This mate
knows better"
"Ahi" Mr.. Gibney leveied n horny
forennger at the engineer. That's
where you hit the nail on the head.
He's too fly. and there's only two
ways to keep him from flyin' away
with us. The first is to feed him 10
the sharks and the second IS to treat
him like q long-iost brother. I know
he ought to be hove overheard, but I
amt got the heart to kill him In cold
blood. Consequently. we got to let
the villain live. an IL you go to oeatin'
him up, Mac. you'll make him sore an
he'll peach on US when we get to Homo
lulu. II US three could get back to San
francisco with clean hands. I'd say
lick the beggar an lick him for fair.
But we got to remember that this mate
, 1921-12-17

vas one o tie original hii5uster crew
o the old Maggie /. The day We
tackled tho Mexican navy an TOOK
this power schooner away from EN-,
we put ourselves forty fathom plumb
outside the law. an this mate was
present an knows It. We've changed
he vessels name an rig. an doctored
up the old Maggie's papers TO suit the
Maggie II, an we've give her a new
dress. But at that. It's hard TO dis
guise a ship In n live port. an the Sc
eret service agents O. the Mexican gov
eminent may be n-layin' for Us IN San
Frnnclsco; and with this here mate
agin Us an ready &c turn states evil
, 1921-12-17

There is no Christmas In japan.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1921-03-26

One of the best CT this seasons sep
arate skirts Is presented here and It
pleases every one who loves neat and
crisp tailored clothes. 1t is made OF a
material that has a stripe of shep-
herds check alternating with one OF
black with a white line through 1t.
Box plalts almost conceal the black
stripe.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1921-03-26
DIVORCE SOUTH
FROM Big PLANS
TO RECLAIM Land

The Smith-Fletcher bill ia being
revised by western senators and
representatives in conference with
representatives Of the Western
States Reclamation association, with
a view to having 1t reintroduced In
congress in April. A number OF
changes have been suggested, most
OF them relatively unimportant, but
one essential feature OF the origi-
nal bill has been eliminated. AS
first introduced, the Smith-Fletcher
bill provided thas interest on the
bonds issued under this bill should
be paid out OF the reclamation fund.
This proviso has been stricken out,
largely on the insistence of Repre-
sentative Mondell of Wyoming, who
objected to drawing interest money
out of the reclamation fund, and
under the amended bill interest
charges will be assessed directly
against settlers on irrigated lands.
The conference Monday, attended
by western senators and members
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1921-03-26
Medicine Makers Say Booze Booms
Business.

Prohibition has brought humid
reds of mushroom business establish
ments engaged in "the making Of
booze beverages" speakers declared
at conference Monday of pharma-
ceutical manufacturers and manu-
featuring chemists. The conference
was called to discuss the prohibition
law and regulations affecting the
manufacture of medicines contain
ing alcohol.
Speakers also charged that the ac-
tivities of manufacturers who ca
tered to the beverage medicine trade
had compelled prohibition enforce
ment officials to brand all pharma-
ceautical manufacturers as "poten-
tial criminals Several expressed
the belief that an injustice has been
done them and in order to talk 1t
over with Commissioner Kramer,
the conference invited him to at
tend Tuesdays session.
There was some criticism Of the
Volstead act but 1t did not go far.
The position of manufacturers, as
stated by their chairman, w. j..
Woodruff of Detroit, was that they
desired only to have an under
standing with the prohibition Of
ficers. They want to work I'M
hampered and they want the prohi-
bition officials to feel they can be
trusted to obey the law, Mr.. Wood
ruff said. He added that resent
ment exists because the good and
the bad had been classed together
under the same regulations
DR., Harvey w. Wiley, former
chief chemist, one of the speakers,
told the manufacturers that their
troubles all were founded on the
person with thirst" and that
their future service to their trade
should be governed by that know
ledge.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1921-03-26
RECORDS OF THE PIONEERS

Born, in Mountain Home, March
18th to the wife of Thomas Mellen,
daughter.
In charge OF deputy sheriffs Easley
and Rinehart, Mrs. Kenslar and
Freel were taken to Glenns Ferry
by last nights train for preliminary
examination on the charge Of murd-
ering John Kensler. District at
torney Rogers will appear for the
state.
Jim Hartwell and Jim Mundell
have a few tons of very rich ore at
the Wide West mine. Phil Ripper
Elmer Towne and several others are
also taking out fine gold ore from
their claims.
Recorder Reynolds this morning
issued license for the marriage OF
l.. A. Bickle and Miss Grace C.
Jackson, both of Rocky Bar, which
happy event, we are told will. take
pace on the 18th instant.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1921-03-26

This is the first formal intimatior
that consideration is being given t
the idea OF divorcing the west from
the south and making fight in the
new congress for a straight out ir-
rigation bill. and this change oil
front is due to the fact that several
influential western senators are
outspoken In opposition to Timing
up the west as a unit to work with
the south as unit"
There have been several attempts
in recent months to organize the
west and the south in congress with
view to dominating legislation and
getting everything that the west
ana the south want.
Reverting to the modified Smith
Fletcher bin, new section has bean
added to bring to It's support the
agriculturaly inclined ex-service
men. he bill as 1t now stands pro-
vides "that not less than SO per cent
of the rand in each irrigation dis
trict formed under this bill shall
be open for settlement by ex-sery-
ice men and women" There was
no such provision in the original
bill, which was never intended as a
soldier measure.
Some material opposition is devel-
oping to another clause in the
Smith-Fletcher bill which has been
carried into the modified measure.
That proviso reads; THAT the
provisions of the national reclama-
tion act are hereby EXTENDED to all
of the states and territories Of the
United States"
The bill on which the western
delegations are now comforting APP
propriates $3.50, 900 for all man
ner of reclamation-$20, 100000 the
first year; $30,OO0,OO0 the second
year; $40,000,000 the third year,
and thereafter not to exceed $780,
000,8O in any one year until the
limit Is reached.
The proviso above quoted, taken
In connection with the appropria-
ton section, means that after the
$3.50, 000,000 has been spent all rec
lamation, not only irrigation but
the drainage of swamp lands and
clearing of cut-over lands, will have
to be paid out of the reclamation
fund and that the monies of that
fund shall be available for expendi-
ture In every state and territory, IN
Guiding Alaska, but while this
money will be available for ex-
penditure throughout the United
States, only those states which are
named In the reclamation act would
hereafter be contributing to the
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Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1921-03-26

who are backing this bill, disclosed
for the first time a belief on the
part OF some that the west should
abandon it's original plan of Joining
interests with the south In order
to secure reclamation legislation.
The idea of Senator McNary, chair
man of the irrigation committee,
and the idea of number OF Others
has been that the reclamation bin
should be so drawn as to provide
not only for irrigating arid lands
of the west but swamp lands of the
south, and in that way bring to Its
support the solid representation Of
the west and tho south in congress.
The modification of the Smith-Flet-
cher bill which issnow under con-
sideration applies to all manner Of
retaining and preparing lands for
farm settlement and is broad enough
to take care of the swamp lands OF
the south, the cut-over lands Of all
sections. and the arid lands OF the
west. In submitting this new draft
to the western delegation in con-
gress, note was written which
says:
This Is composite bill on gen
eral reclamation. having features OF
several measures heretofore intro
duced In congress. BY some slight
changes on the first and last pages,
1t can be restricted to an irrigation
measure
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1921-03-26

reclamation fund and the moneys
arising in the original reclamation
states would be spread out and used
In every part Of the United States
and the older states. particularly
those of the east and the south,
would be contributing nothing while
getting the benefits of the contrl-
buttons from the west.
No agreement is likely to be
reached for seveaRl weeks on the
bill which the west finally viii pre-
sent to congress but 1t is not un-
likely that material changes will
be made before the bill is intro
duced at the beginning OF the spe-
cial session.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1921-03-26
Pioneer News from the Elmore Bull
letin, March "a, 1897.

Mrs. D, w. Fitzwater is confined
10 her home with erysiplas.
Pap Reynolds, one Of the enter
priang city dads" last week per-
sonally supervised the erection OF
ten lamps at the most necessary
street corners of the town, and now
our people can wend their way
homeward on dark nights without
fear of being held up. Five or six
other lamps have been ordered to be
placed at other points in the town.
Miss Lille Clark of Duck Valley
is a visitor in this place.
The Baptist peanut social was
well attended last evening.
George Rude, cattle man from
Duck Valley, was in this place Sat-
urday.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1921-03-26

Such a relief! At last Mr.. Will
son can take good comfortable
snooEe without having some critic
hint that he is not earning his sal
airy.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1921-03-26

A lot of people who have been
praising Mr.. Harding to the skies
will soon be cussing him as ener-
getically--when he appoints the
other fellow.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1921-03-26

With the stripe plus the. plat,
designers are endlessly Ingenious. One
of the new skirts for spring Is shown
above, made of material having a
plain stripe alternating wlthia checked
one. BY means of box plaits the
checks are almost lost sight Of.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1921-03-26

The styles In spring coats may be
summed up broadly in the words
soft fabrics" and "ample lines" Even
In utility coats there Is suggestion
Of the cape and mantle, and pile fab
RIGS, light in weight, but thick and
soft are used.