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

Illinois in 1920 had 23T,1S1 farms
valued at s6,666, 1877 235 as compar-
ed with s3.so5, 321. o75 valuation of
farm land in 1910, according to the
bureau OF the census OF the depart
meut of commerce. The number of
farms decreased from 1910 to 1920,
SIS per cent but SCI per cent of the
land area of the state is in farms
and S5.4 per cent of the farm land
Is classified improved.
Value of land and buildings in
1890 was s5,997, 9s3, 500, an increase
of 70.3 per cent since 1910. Aver
age value OF land and buildings for
each farm was s25. 2S9 in 1920 as
against 1886 in 1910. The yer
age of the land alone was s164 20 an
acre in 1920 as against $500 in
1910.
White farmers in 1920 numbered
236 ESQ of whom 214,177 were ma
tive and 22,111 foreign born. OF the
native white farmers 1929 were
tenants and Of the foreign-born
white farmers 1857 were tenants
of the S9Z coiored farmers, $50 were
tenants. There were 6,6S6 female
farmers of which 779 were tenants
IN 1926, 42.6 per cent of tn, farms
operated by owners were mort
gagged Only 392 per cent were
nocts'ased II i$i5. The va,ue Of
the 1868 farms for which complete
mortgage reports were secured was
S775, 394,5 $50 III 1890. and the amount
Of the mortgage debt was Sl97 PHI
S41 or IS; per cent of the value
The average rate of interest paid
was SIS per cent.
Corn Acreage Decreased.
Acreage Of corn in 1919 was
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-08-01
BY DAN BEARD.
National ROy ScOut Commissioner,

NsssAVAAA hVs CCVub tVmMlSsIVflGEs
Girls, you have no idea what
stunning dress decorations can be
made quickly and very effectively of
such simple outdoor material as iris
foliage and common white daisies.
Gig. -.
There's the striking novel head
dress Gig. p most becoming to any
girl; the MILDLY vertical green
bands Gig. 81, enhancing the ap-
pearance of the MILDLY, one-piece
costume, or whatever style of dress
you may be wearing, and the now
fashionable decorative bands fast
ened at the waist line and hanging
freely down over the dress skirt
Gig. A..
Get your group of girls together
and gather the green and white ma
terial for making these ornamental
additions to your costume Gig. II.
Take cameras along, for each of
you will want snapshots OF yourself
arrayed in these new and attrac-
tive outdoor decorations.
The long green blades of the iris
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-08-01
ILLINOIS FARMS HAVE INCREASED
$2,76I ,446, I6O IN VALUATION IN
TEN YEARS, SAYS CENSUS REPORT

7.9OS. 1855. a decrease of 21.S per
cent. from 1O.O45. S39 acres in 1903.
Wheat acreage was increased S7.S
per cent, from 2,185.OS1 In 19oS TO
4.1e3.o35 in 1919. The acreage of
oats was 1921 ,066 acres in 1919 and
4,176,4S5 in 1909; barley 1859
acres in 1919 and 63,325 acres in
1909; rye 1885 acres in 1919 and
58,973 acres in 1909.
The average yield of corn an acre
in 1919 was 361 bushels in 1909,
ass bushels; wheat in 1919 yielded
173 bushels, unchanged from 1909:
oats in 1919 showed 30.1 bushels
and in 1909 was SO bushels.
Crop Valuation Doubles.
Total values of all crops harvest
ed in Illinois in 1919 was 1864 49,
S33 an increase of 1874 per cent of
the valuation of 1909 Corn was
valued at S413.751,746, wheat at
1885,, $50, 014; oats at $103, 2S3, 1871:
barley at s5494.990, and rye at
s6,0O2 .566. The value of apples was
$9,346,2 34; peaches, $1,191,442, and
potatoes S1i ,277.926
In 1919, 4,013,476 acres were in
hay and forage. including 1,021,511
acres in timothy, S37.8SS acres in
timothy and clover mixed, 507, 443
acres in clover, 321,06S acres in
Siiage crops. and 671,265 acres in
corn cut for forage. The total pro-
duction of hay and forage was
7,063, 254 tons, of which 2,325,010
tons were silage.
The average yield of potatoes in
1909 was 8S.1 bushels but has de-
creased to asa bushels in 1919. The
acreage of potatoes decreased 37.4
per cent from 13S,052 acres. in 1909
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-08-01

made for II, 80 that the stem comes
out on the right side of the green
blade, a short distance below the
last daisy.
Bend one f1ower-gemmed blade
into a circular band to fit your
head, pin the ends together, and
fasten two blades as streamers at
the back Gig. y. Pin two blades
to the neck of your MILDLY Gig. 81
and use four or five as pendant
decorations over your dress skirt
Gig. -.
Tomorrow Dan Beard viii tell
you how TO find real interest in
common stOneS).
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-08-01
ROB SALESMAN;
CARTER HELD
To GRAND JURY
Ulysses Hill of Kansas City, Intoxi-
Gated, Robbed on Downtown
Street.

Thomas Carter, who says that he
came to Rock Island three days
ago from Sioux City. Iowa. was
held to the grand jury under 81 Zoo
bond on a charge of larceny. He
was bound over by Magistrate d. j
Cleland in police court this morn
ing.
Carter was charged with having
robbed Ulysses s. Hill. Kansas City.
Mo-. salesman. Saturday after
noon. Hill was intoxicated and
Carter staged the alleged robbery
on the street. Hill said in police
court that he had never seen Car
ter before Saturday and that he
did not know how they came to be
together.
Carter was sober but was evil
IDENTIFY trying to help Hill have a
good time, according to Traffic Of
ficer Harry Fitzsimmons. The Of
ficer stated that at about o'clock
Saturday afternoon the two men
were walking along Second ave
nue. and Carter was singing In
the Good Old Summer Time" Hill
was trying to sing the song. They
were ordered off the avenue.
A few minutes later the officer
saw them on Seventeenth street be-
tween First and Second avenues,
scuff1ing and he thought a fight
was on. Detective Dennis Bennett
came along and the two officers
started toward the fight AS they
neared the men they found there
was no fight. Carter was playfully
scuffling with Hill and had both |
his hands in Hills pockets. When !
lie withdrew his hands two of !
Hills pockets were turned wrong |
side out and Carter had the sales I
mans money.
Recover $50. /
Carter was arrested and Hill was
also taken in the patrol to the po-
lice station. The best that Hill |
could remainder was that he had
about $50 with him. A little over
$50 was found on Carter. Hill
said that he had had two $40 bills !
and two SIS bills. Bills of that de-
nomination were found on Carter,
but the man denied the charge OF |
having stolen the money He said !
that he knew Hill was intoxicated !
and he was only taking care of
fim.'' /
Carter said he is a cook and ,
following the races" The police |
say that he has been known around |
Rock Island before and that he |
had dubbed himself as Kid Carter,
the bare knuckled fighter
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-08-01

to 1854 in 1919 The production
was 4,699,134 bushels e 1919 as
against 12,1e6,091 bushels in 1909.
The production of apples in 1919
was 1878 1T bushels; of peaches,
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-08-01
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS.

Bids will be received, a. m.
Aug. 6. 1921, for constructing a sew
er on Seventh street from Fiji
teenth avenue to Nineteenth ave
nue.. Certified check for $500 Il
accompany bids.
II. NJ. SCHRIVER, Mayor.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-08-01

44e 6o1 bushels and of cranes "a
339.01S pounds. s0 "
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-08-01

All the news all the time-Tb.
Argus. ne
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-11-05

are the most notable examples since the
days Of Intolerance.
GONE Of you, who get bit tired Of
~ swiring mobs and Horid palaces
and nubians and dancing girls and all
the other paraphernalia of the Far
East, will probably like to slip quietly
over to Chestnut street and pay your
money OF the ArCadia's ticket window
There you'll see "Bunty Pulls the
Strings" " adapted from a delicious little
Scotch comedy that was breaking run
and attendance records on the stage
back around 1911 and 1912
The company that was playing It
then came direct from Scotland, and
they certainly put the heather and the
hagglS into the performance Molly
Pearson was the winsOme "Bunty" and
those Of you who remember her work
will very likely want 10 compare young
Leatrice JOY. who does tho role in tho
picture. They've assembled great
cast for the film. including Cullen
Lands and CaSson Ferguson, Fdvth
Chapman and Russell Simpson bur.
above all, thore Is Raymond TIatton.
character man par excellence, as
"Tammas.
There has ALWAYS been room for the
Scotch tale IN the pictures. Clnro
kimhall and her then husband James
Young. did Tho Li''lo Minister"
back in two rceler days Billie Burke
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-11-05

ored copies Of the Western paintings Of
Frederic Remington which you clipped
from magazines. Remember them
- buffaloes STAN
Old West peded. bad men"
Scenes in riding down the
Nep Film streets, OF mining
towns. Indian at :
tacks, campfrcs under the stars and
the like? Well, they've made u pic
ture based on some of Remington 3
pictures and they've called it "Out of
the Dust (which has n peculiar like
ness to former Mary Pickford fea =
ture's title.) This picture, which will
show at the Victoria, has definite plot,
around which all the incidents OF
frontier days are grouped. Russell
Simpson and that oily villain, Robert
Mckim, have parts; Dorcas Matthews
is the heroine, and tttle Pat Moore
has part.
AND stiN they come--io see "OVer
"a the HiH!" Another peek has been
added to this popular sob picture" at
the Stanton Theatre. Yhc Regent has
one of those made. in En1land pic
lures, Dangerous LtreS." by Il. Phil
lips Oppenhetm. They evidertiy set
something BY it as is booked for the
entire tceek. The Capitol has Eugene
O'Brien IN 'Ts life Worth Lirtng'"
A NEW picture house opens Monday
IAnt Fifth and Jackson streets. This
latest addition to the South Philadel-
phia picture colony will be named the
Jackson, and promises up to date pic
lures Its fnishings are In glazed
terra Gotta and soft yellow gray rough
texture brick paneled in fancy bands
The house, which seats 100. has the
very latest kinds of ventilatiug and
heating systems
The Sixty ninth Street Theatre Is
to open in the very near future, and
il is whispered. there will be a big
side attraction for the opening nigh,
in the person Of celebrated artist.
The Aldine. which they are rushing
through TO completion. is also on the
verge OF opening. They announce three
noted organists. Rolo Maitland. Fir
min swimmer and X. A. Hnllett. Judg-
ing by the fact that they have an organ
which really consists of four complete
ordinary organs, with thirty tons Of
pipes. they will need all three players.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-11-05
ADD BARTON TO BILL

James Barton. musical comedy favor d.
lite, has been added at the last moment
as a headliner on the Shubert vaude :
VILE bill at the Chestnut Street Opera
House. Barton, who last played here
with one of the Winter Garden shows,
was one Of the hits Of THE Last
Waltz" the Straus operetta. when II
opened in New York last spring. In
that show Barton had II regular Fred
Stone part. which included many &c.
centric dances, a castinet duet and all
kinds of comedy gags. He left the show
to accept vaudeville contract, and
Philadelphia is one of his first stops
outside Of New York.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-11-05

first appeared on the screen in
Peggy with the scene laid in the
Highlands, and in these days they arc
doing or have done Sentimental
Tommy" and THE Little Minister, y
the latter all over again.
The Palace has picture with a
story behind It. Back around 1918
Elsie Ferguson, who was then doing a
picture month,
Elsie Ferguson or something like
Film at that, was an
Palace nounced in The
Song Of Songs"
adapted from the stage play of Edward
Sheldon, which in turn was translated
from the German of Sudermann.
Camden saw it, and Atlantic City saw
IL, and Kansas saw Il. and most of the
United States. but the picture failed to
get by the Board of Censors here in
this State, although it played on the
stage.
Now, three years later, "Thp Song
of Songs Is coming through and you'll
have chance TO see il. There is
nothing terrible about it; just a prob
lem play with the psychological tinge
common TO Sudcrmann. In theme it
Is much ike 'OutcaSt, in which Miss
Ferguson made her first big stage hit.
1t followed in the wake Of that won
derful series Of pictures she did, begin
ming with the unforgetable "Barbary
Sheep" and Rose of the World. 4"
Frank Losee. who first came to the
notice Of picture fans when he went TO
Rome with Director Hugh Ford to play
in Pauline Frederick's first picture,
The Eternal City" appears in The
Song of Songs"
THERE Is nothing outstanding
dboat the Kdrlton feature. but il
ought 10 he mighfv entertaining pic.
turc. "SuowbHnd" is the name, and
u'S jv Katherine Nerlin Burt, ,rho
SprGnG into "be8t seller" society by
her "Ihc Rronding Iron" norci
Cullen Lands is in Il, so that means
he is pi1Uing opposition TO himself at
trCo Chestnut 'trcet houscs.
WHEN you we're boy perhaps
w even now YOU had on the walls
OF your room "A number Of richly col.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-11-05
PAvLoWA IS COMING

Anna Pavlowa, with her Ballet Russo
and Symphony Orchestra, will play
an engagement at the Academy OF
Music, for two nights and a matinee,
November Is and 10. She will present
four new ballets. They are THE
Fauns," Fairy Tales ''Dionysius'
and new Polish ballet. The Fauns'
is arranged to music by Satz. Fairy
Tales" much in the vein of past Paw
Iowa dances, brings in such characters
as Jack the Giant Killer" "Puss In
Boots" ami Little Red Riding Hood. "
"Dionysius" is spectacular novelty
with Greek atmosphere. NJ, Drabik,
the Polish painter, arranged costume
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-11-05
SUDDEN shlrr IN PLAYS

A last minute decision brings Leo
Ditrichstein to the Lyric Theatre Mon
day night, November Ia, succeeding
Enter Madame" Ditrichstein's We
hicle this year is Toto" an adaptn =
tion by Achmed Abdullah from the
French of Maurice Hennequin and
Felix Duuucsnal In this plny, Dit
richstein has n part similar to those
he played in The Great Lover" and
The Marquis de Priola.' Frances
Underwood, late Of Civilian Clothes,
is his leading lady, and others In the
cast are Nellie Burt. Clara Machin
Orlando DAILY, lee Millar, Hugh
O'Donnell and Arthur Bowyer.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-11-05
REVIVE OLD CHARACTERS

Many historical characters pass
through the scenes of Little Old New
York" the Rida Johnson Young play,
which opens at the Garrick Theatre
Monday night for limited engage
ment. Among those who appear in
this story of old Manhattan are John
Jacob Astor. Cornelius Vanderbilt,
Henry Brevoort, Washington Irving
Fitz- Green Halleck and Peter Delmon-
leo. The time of which the play tells
is one when Astor was ridiculed for
buying lands in the swamp way up
where Grammercy Park is now, and
Vanderbilt was laughed at for suggest
ing a line Of steamboats, from New
York to New Brunswick, n. j. The
action Of the play takes place in 1910.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-11-05

sT,HE Stanley picture is Zone Arab
4 ian Night" about which much mas
been said in advance, Ihe colorrll
Pof0 Negri the riches Of YER
as Desert sailles, and the
Dancer" u rings OF
Spain to become a
"dancer Of the desert in this new
special. An Interesting feature Is the
presence Of the director, the great
Ernest Bubitsch himself. maker of
Passion" and "Deception,' in a big
part. that of hunchback clown.
The natural thought Is to run over
In ones mind. the names Of directors
who have doubled in brass as actors
in their own pictures. Ra Iph lnce'
noted impersonator of Lincoln, iS one
American director who tries II. Mar,
shall Neilan occasionally drops in
to play bit in his own films. Raw
direct himself. The late :. Rankin
Drew, killed in the great war, was on"
Of the most successful in this double
role attempt back on the old Win
graph lot. Most Of the big directors
begin by acting. but generally they do
as (for example John Robertson d.d
drop the grease paint tor the mega
phone. .
The scenes IN "One Arabian Night
in which old Bagdad is rrcrcatcd. were
not made in the Orient, but on the eX-
Kaiser's reviewing grounds near Ber'
lin. Thus far. the screen has IN n
manner escaped the inundation OF
Oriental spcctacies that has over
whelmed the stage "klsmet, with
Skinner. and THE Queen of Sheba
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-11-05
"cHRIsTIAN" IN STOCK

The Orpheum Players, for a few
weeks the only stock organization in
the city. will stage Hall Gaines famous
story, THE Christian" next week in
their Germantown theatre. The scenes
of The Christian" are laid on the Isle
Of Man and in London, and the central
character is John Storm, a young min =
lister. who is forced to face the revilings
of mob. Dwight Meade plays this
role and Ruth Robinson is Glory
Quayle. Viola Aliens famous part.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-11-05
EVENING PUBLIC OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES SATURDAY, NOV

Mr.. Maitland is well known here, while
Mr.. Swimmer, a native ,of Belgium,
has been playing ut New York houses,
and Mr.. Hallett comes from Boston.
CPEAKTNG Of music, the Am bdsso-
~ dor IN West Philadelphia piU have
Nine. Bdrseoian. colordtUrd soprano,
for the first three days Of the 1ccek.
Madame tcus formerly Uith the Boston
Opera Company. "A Dangerous Pas
time" In chtch Cleo Rid9ley makes
her return to the screen, is the fed-
fUrs
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-11-05
SkITS AT OUMoNT,S

cover the Hills TO Manayunk" vii
be continued as the principal satire a
Dumont's next week. This amusing
burlesque enlists the services Of all tn,
favorites of the Emmett WEIGH organi
zation, with Charles Boyden as tn,
blackshcCp son. Other features of tn,
show are the amusing skits, "The Side
walks of Market Street" and "Tcle
phone Tangles.'
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-11-05

WHEN yon we're boy perhaps
w even now you had on the walls
Of your room number Of richly col.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-11-05
4 AlNOVIEGRAMS or THE WEEK
One arabian Night" Oriental Spectacle Arrires-Buny
Pulls the Strings Is Now the Screen-Dlany
Noreliies in the City'S Film Houses

EXCEPTIONALLY
"A month One big smashing fea-
of the indefinite
meri
rattng
of released
paintings Of
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Horses Killed 4 !! BY
!. Lightning It / Jan, l., g !
YEAR. $50 INSURANCE
/ PAID FOR ANIMALS 4 :.

q John Klein, 81 Underwood, tells .
story for which he vouches, as he was
q Witness OF the result with his own
eyes. S Mr.. Klein writes all manner
Of insurance, \ among which is a policy
Tor live stock. Such q policy had been
written for Sam Keller, In the Snake
Creek District south Of BENEDICT. The
policy covered two. sof Mr. Keller's
fine gray horses. Il. +: 4 s, ;ss's K
5t During the balmy days 0f. the lat
ter part of JanuarysW1 hen the weather
was more ike spring than mid winter.
old Thor, himself. !. got things twisted
and sturned, on the ters faucet instead
Of the SNOW. The result vas an cleo
trical STORM iHis il. Snake Ereek Dis:
trict In which j. bolt pf lightning struck
a wire fence and killed tNos horses
OF MI, Keller whtch were standing be-
side III. MI. Klein ltii5 10 called out to
settle the claim ID "a toa seA fol: himself
that i MAS s1tshtnink which had KIN
ed the animals lt Wsst AllA0s synbe-
lseyahle, ya< Are s yaa the PROOF
The company set He'd the .claim ats once
and 9Mr. Keller eceiyed 3 check for,
$ts0s fDrf which I'D stock Aaas Insure d
III sven pays tst instiirs TO sagaist
lightning during the winter -; North
fss
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5lFARM BUREAU MEETING /

= : q :
There will be q farmers meeting ct
the county court house Wednesday,
March Is at u O'Clock In the afternoon.
The Farm Bureau will be #discussed
BY ~ representative from the North
Dakota Farm Bureau Fed ration. 53s! I
n One and one-talf million farmers
id ~ states now belong to the Farm
Bureau. This organization has al.
ready done some great things for the
farmers along the line Of arketing,
cdr shortage, rail road rates and leg 4
islation.
NJ NJ Every farmer L and business man
Who is interested IN. ,bettering market.
ing cond ditionss for Nc Lean county
should attend this meeting and learn
more about the Farm Bureau work III
Il II \. i. ORLIN(
sSss stg5sss County ya plturel agent:
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lin; Treasurer, Rev. H. Moe, OF Opkes.
i The annual convention of the North
Dakota District of the Norwegian Luz
theran Church Of America will scon-
:vene in the city Of Fargo merit June.
That will bring to Fargo the largest
church convention held in the north
west. or the 1S0, 900 Lutherans in
North Dakota the Norwegian Lutheran
church claims more than Is per cent.
and represents the largest church body
inJthe state: There are over; $50 con.
gregations, served by { 200 minist ters,i
and this convention will bring to- Far
go san attendance Of more than 5000
people. sss$ SE.s is. /. \. 4, rs j Il
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Chinaman !? Must: II take on an essen
TALLY different garb in NJ Madagascar and

4 ~
tally different garb in Madagascar and
Zulu Land Must there be sweeping
changes before We ~; are ,accom mltodated
tOF the Anglo Saxon spirit Of America? !?
All are in Christ: Had not the tricks
5of world politics and the traits of one
English king played in a story of Ang--
'10 Saxon chris stianity, 1t might. t.indeed
have been Lutheran: IA i$5,$ / S7s y5 :5ss Il.
MS Ss When Saint Paul " eclared There
;iB neither lew nor54 Greek, ye are all
one in Christ = he bridged AS large
a. dtfferenee Aof racial spirit as the
world has seen, and, then in well nigh
every congrsgation he dreW together
iGeRtile and Jew into the communion
Df Interest. He Ss has &$is proved for all
time that racial spiri is no barTier to
the OngDing of the ministry Of recon
sciliati be- history of the Lutheran
Church OF the world pro yes it, Is no
.trfbBl Sreligio but a 4 restoration OF
that one f0unt which was and ID in
tende Tor the world III
Nh He pointed mt that y the reason why
the church tool such; A :st| deI
finite stand agaihst nienistic work
With q other den0min Ions was not be-
cause Sof Pharissac exclnsiy siyeness, but
because Of seeming stto waive fundas
mental difference ~ ctri4es As nom
essentials h II 10
# 22. Problems S, offiF Preachi hing.t The
1pFop plems Of pFeaching was to preach.
Gosped of JesnsS e Ehrist The esE;
sential pE0bI Iems t spf sthe ess lish work
have their root III Il fhg very task Of