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The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-10-29

lea m Philadelphia. 1t was char
tered by the Continental congress-
Dec. 81. 1881. AS originally estab-'
lished, it was the idea Of Robert
Morris. This bank is still in e1-
istence and is located at 307 Chest
nut street. Philadelphia. Pa
@. I wish to send some acorns to
France. How long should they be
dried? H. e. ).
A. The Forestry service says u
is not necessary to dry acorns as
they have a natural process Of dry
ing themselves. Before shipping
be sure that any acCTns which are
sprouting are thrown out.
@. How many patents have been
issued on bicycles ] A \.
A. More than 5000 inventions
have been patented in connection
with the development Of the Veiocl-
pede and bicycle.
Q. What is the Franklin fund!
C. r. S.
A. The Franklin fund was a be
quest made by Benjamin Frankilh
in 1871. for the making of loans 70
young married mechanics. He Iell
900 pounds sterling TO be lent ouc
at 5 per cent interest in sums Oh
not more than 60 pounds, and not
less than Is pounds TO young mar
ried artificers under the age OF %
who have faithfully served an ap-
premiership in Boston" The loans
were to be repaid in annual install
ments of 10 per cent each Inc
trustees were the board or ailei
men and the ministers of the otues'
Episcopal, Congressional and Pres
byterian churches in that CITY
@. In what parts OF the couh''
is the hard hack tree found!
A. The hard hack tree IS founI
from Maine to Minnesota and sou.L
to Florida. This tree IS also bHO"A
as the hornbeam tree.
@. Where did Angora goats come
from and who brought them to th's
country? u. =;
A. Angoras are traced to as
tinctive breed that was known eFs-
in the days OF Abraham. They az
native to Angora in Asia AinoLi;
and were brought TO the lni'ett
States by DR.. James B. Davis u
Columbia, S. c., in 1S49. -
@. How old is John D. R0cketeil..
err" What does the ID" stand ioF'
D. Y. y.
A. John Dawson Rocketelb1-
was 50 years old on July sth: -,
@. How long has "take-ah u
wheat" been IN this country.
a. O.
A. Take-ail IS a disease WhlCI
attacks some varieties OF Vne1.'
and it was first noticed in TINS
country in ADEiL1914
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-10-29

O. How did Wambsganss make a
triple play unassisted? A. P.
A. Wambsganss made a triple
play unassisted on Oct. 10, 1920,
during the worlds series, as fol-
lows: First and second bases were
occupied and no one was out
when Mitchell drove sharp liner
over Wambsganss' head. The Cleve-
land second baseman snatched the
liner from the air, thus automatic
ally retiring Mitchell. He then
dashed over to second base, retir-
ing the runner who by that time
was nearly to third and could not
possibly get back. Then. with never
a pause, he ran up the base line to-
wards first and tagged the aston
ished Miller who had started at the
crack of the bat to avoid a possible
double play.
c.. viii an increase in the
weight of mail, increase the salary
of the postmaster of a third class
postofice? J. C. NJ
A. The postoffice department
says that the salary in third class
postofice is based on the sale of
postal supplies, box rents, etc.
rather than increase of the weight
in the mail
Q. When, where and by whom
was the first bank in the United
States organized? H. W. J.
A. The first bank in the United
States was the bank of North Amer
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-10-29

most insurmountable dravhark -
Burbank is that he is alive. VIZ
of it," asks the sculptor. ''He b,S
accomplished definite things :.
horticulture. Years from non
fruits and flowers will still be a.
sociated with the name and worL
of Luther Burbank. Why should "
visit for death before comforting an
honor on such a MANI"
The Burbank statue now stand,
in Gertrude Boyle's New yorl
studio. She tells how he gave be-
the choice of studying him in the
house or out-of-doors. She cboso
to watch him in his garden yhers
he sorted seeds and worked wjfS
his flowers
He would fiutter around the beds
she says. and suddenly swoop dow
to pick up something: then of n
another bed and swoop again 7,
came to her, watching him. that he
was like an eagle. His hands curv
ed TO pick IN the seeds, and bis
face, with its keen gray eyes. ami
strong nose, bore out the resem-
blance.
Burbank was not satisfied at first
with this conception of him. He dIJ
not see the resemblance, and rather
objected to the idea of representing
what he termed bird of prey. La
er, however, Miss Boyle heard ~
his taking a strong liking to an
other person. He explained il bv
saying. we are congenial because
we are both eagles"
There is much talk of the trend
of art. and if there is less ado about
the trend in sculpture it exists
none the less. Gertrude Boyle ex-
plains that sculpture is leaving the
classical standards of close imits-
ton of model and elaborate tech
nique, and is advancing along sim
pier lines.
Emotion Expressed IN Pose.
Her studio, on the edge of Green
witch Village, is filled with examples
of the modern, though not futur-
istic, art. Little sketches of only
a few skiilful lines are tackled on
the walls-figures dancing, leaping,
bending back in despair, or bowed.
in fear. EXaggeratiOn, you think az
first, on viewing the human figure:
depicted in every possible and what
look like a few impossible attitudes
about the Studio. Then you, be-
gin to use your imagination, as ad-
vised by all modern artists, and the
figures become more ineligible.
AS in acting, you see that in or
der to tell the truth, the creator
has had to exaggerate.
Tiny statues in bronze and clay
are on the tables and shelves OF
Miss BoyIe's studio. Some of these
are only half brought out of the
clay, just enough to make vivid the
attitude of love, hate, or defiance,
There are paintings. too, done in
dark mass effects, showing figures
straining against forces OF nature
or caught powerless in the grip Of
some trouble.
Miss Boyle finds it most desir-
able not to name her statues Here
again you get a phase Of the mod
ern trend. Whistler was regarded
as radical when he called his paint:
ings "Nocturnes, preferriDg not
to hamper the Imagination O. spec
tators by descriptive titles. So,
today, the artist says. See what you
can in my work If you don't see
the same thing that 1 did, it doesn't
matter very much. But by all
rieans use your own imagination"
This forces the inspector Of pic
lures and statues TO think and to
use his eyes If he is to see the work
at all.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-10-29
CIR Tnnthatnt1r
EPITAPH:-
HERE LIES MANS ANCIENT KNEsY.
Dull CARE
WHO p,srSrrEs THE UELovED CUsg
| HENAkE!
THE THTORY OF A FLY.

THE ThAOh1 OE a
A little houth fy wath a-buthin' around.
He walked on the theiling an then on the
ground.
A NTH plate of thoup wath in the hotel,
The little ny tha~ it an thald' 1t iookln
Then the fat travelling man with no hair on
Took a thwipe at that fy-an' mithed it-au'
thaid:
.-Thay, Mr.. Fly. paid for thith thoup!
No devilith fly geth it, or am dupe'
The little fly heard what the ua'eilng nlan
thaid
An he buthed with NTH Wlhgtn an "lgsie"
Then twithted hith legth around another
An started at onth to hunt hith big brother.
n. told everyone of hith biethed relationth,
Clnb mernberth an headth of fly organitha-
From pig penth an barnth they all come
The traVeIing man thaid thingth that really
wath thyockng-
An then they walked over hith thmooth, thyiny
pate:
Thome that on hith earths an ekthamined hith
plate.
Then he travelling man got tho red in the
fathe
An rothe up and thsid he would leave the
darn plathei"
That he cared not one cuth for the bedbugth
But ito hell with "a plathe tho bedeviled with
fieth!"
But the Jolly LANDLORD ne VAN tno nLnIn dn
good
An he didn't get angry ath thone feilowth
would:
He thaid, ''That'th the hrtht fly I've theen in
year,
I've whole bokth of Tangiefoot for them
right here"
Then he thpread it around where the travel
ing man that,
Ath eathy an thly ath a mouth-huntin' cat;
Then the little fieth thought it wath thome-
thin to eat
An they flew to get there with all pothible
feeti
An many thtnck faint to the Tanglefoot
paper
1t wath hard on the fieth, but a pIauthIble
capeF.
You thee" thaid the landlord. ~that I'm on
the level"
But the fat man he thnorted, You go to the
DEVIL"
Then he picked UP hith catheth and went right
away
An he thtayed croth an grouthy the retht
of the day.
SOLOMON PIFFLE.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-10-29

with the new federal government ruhng
on the uses of beer and wines in operauoh'
doubtless it will be discovered that these pew
erages will be effective in the cure OF ali all
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-10-29
SATURDAY, 0CTOBEB ., lasL

In Germany womens hats are oiHo0'N
Injuries. In America they are ciaSSeo " A~1
hands as bank roll wreckers-
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The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-10-29
WeIl-Who Woulda Thunk 1t!

ing and OmnlpreSent, which seems TO
hound the blue and gold warriors in
their contests with the Decatur school
put in early appearance. An inane
dondness for retrospective speculation is
conducive to a Voluble discussion as to
the probable result, if one of the Auge
stars had not been removed during the
first few minutes of play and If a local
misplay had not resulted in a huke
touchdown for the visitors and n-but
then this is story of a football game
and not treatise on postmortem theo-
rizing.
MAY we not suggest that the foregoing
paragraph be placed tablet beside Lin
coins Gettysburg speech in Oxford Cf we re-
of what may be done with the English
language?
IN WHICH THE CONFUSION OF AFRICA"
is NEGLIGIBLE.
Mac: Here's an afterthought on the tale
of the leaping auto:
When Mr.. Taft steered his machine into the
kitchen of the De Mink residence about 8 80
last Sunday night a woman appeared to re-
prove him, thus:
| Eff yo' is a-goin' tuh pahk yo' cab in nah
kitchen jes' shet offn dat engine so as de res.
OBJ de folks cain sleep. HONEST INJUN.
we CLEAN that Ernest NJ. Mahannah 25 North
English, Iowa is licensed 20 wed Laurence
Hardy, 81, Oxford, Iowa
This, of course, is interesting if true.
AN afterthought occurs to us, viz: That
Judging sex by Christian names is a witIess
thing to do, for one never tell what fond
parents may have done TO an innocent babe
at the christening.
OUR thanks to s ]. W. and E. b. x for
copy of the Arkansas Gazette little Rock)
which contains the ]. c. Growing Up. nv
Binny Koras. Binny's poem bids fair to he
reprinted as widely as Chapman's Where The
West Begins.
FRIEND CARL vouches for the folloxine
sign which may be seen in Minneapolis Office
building:
Linotype Composition
U. WALKUP
Eleventh Floor
IN Washington they call the gentleman
from Texas "Bleating BIantonS In the light
Of recent events better nickname would he
Painting Annie.
$500 PLEDGE For Column in Mar,o-x, -.
Col. Redeem "-Chitrib.
Now that's a nice thing to do We sbopld
appreciate pledge Of that sort for this column,
~The Worst Is Yet to Gomez
From The August
She is getting along nicelv al
though she has not been operated on as
yet
ITO preach peace and its triunnnhs in that
convincing sincerity which an unseIfzb ma
ton commands, and yet make sura ahor, -
proper defense."-President Harding.
In o. W. trust in God but keep your porvdsr
dry. r r nc "ue4
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-10-29

YOU will be pleased to learn that We have
Just won good segar. If you're not pleased
you ought to be, because we bet that the rail-
road employees wouldn't strike. Well, where
one strike ends another begins, as 'twere.
A match, please
ARE YOU INSULTING DEBs OR ARNOLD?
Mac: l notice the following headline in the
Chi Her-ExanI'r: "DEBS A REAL PATRIOT,
SAYS EVANSTON DIVINE" Although the
subject matter of the article under said head
eucdates somewhat just what the good dom
inie really meant, doesn't 1t rather lead one to
wonder if that part of the story of Benedict
Arnold. referring to his little alliance with
the oppressors of our forefathers, should be
expunged and a halo, re-gilted and FURNISHED,
placed on his brow? G. S. H.
STORY in The Argus carries this quaint
ly cynical line: THE property, consisting prfn-
cipally of personal efforts :"
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1921-01-21
Legislature Must
Uphold Policy Of
Democrats--Neff

CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONEl
contribution ~ as Ia provid. for
graduated land tax. A house concurrent
resolution was introduced appointing
committee 10 obtain an architects
services % ascertain the cyst ~ making
the capitol building fircproof. and VAS
reported unfayorahly on by the commit.
tee.
The senate this afternoon confirmed
The Appointments ot Governor Neff.
with thu exception OF 7. 4. Herring
~ Houston az . membcr ~ the prison
commission. and J. y. Gallagher 90
Waco as member ~ the commission
of appeals. section 4. The appointment
81 Mr.. Herring was understood 10 have
been referred to the committee on
nominations, following arguments by
Hcvcral member the gis, of which wis
not given out ~ thu executive session.
Mr.. Gallngher's confirmation was mere.
IS deferred because his term OF office
d"ea not begin until February |. Il n
understood. II Is also said there will BE-
no opposition 10 his appointment
The creation 81 a court OF domestic
relations II proposed In Hill intro.
duccd IN the senate by Senator Edgar
Il. Wit 81 McLennan county II pro.
vid,s that the members shall H. com.
rONd ~ members ~ the Texas rail.
road commission. Senator J. &. Nc.
Ncalus ~ Dallas opposed the measure.
declaring that he was opposed TO com.
pulsory arbitration 20 controversies b..
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1921-01-21
American Owned
Merchant Marine
Is a Necessity

CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONEl
organizations sought with eastern trunk
railway officials to cancel the present
equalization ~ export freight rates
from central freight association terri.
tory 10 gulf and south Atlantic ports.
Accomplishment u this he added.
would turn exporting ana importing
business from the gulf and south
Atlantic ports % New York where. h"
asserted, the British shipping interests
We're conferred.
Chairman Benson. IN addressing the
convention. declhrcd as the shipping
bard was charged hy law 10 establish
q permanent merchant marine. II mus,
move slowly and with assurance IN Its
safe q ships
President franklin 81 the Internal.
ional mercantile marine. addressing
delCgates a. the convention at n dinner
tonight. however. declared that the sale
q government owned tonnage as d.
rccted by congress could not be accom.
pllshcd until the government puts its
shipping house In order"
The truth is" said Mr.. Franklin
"thcre h no mnrket At the present time
for government tonnage and II n In.
cumhcni upon the government. II Il
really desires o. sell this tonnage. 20
put ~ chipping house IN order on
sound business lines. with the object
- creating situation which will IN.
dutN private citizens o. purchase.
Prospective purchasers must BE- clearly
assured that The government stands
firrly behind policy II cooperation
and assistance 20 private capital which
b. IN h. invested. This II the only
foundation upon which a proper sales
policy can h. built.
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1921-01-21
Gilbert is Given
10 Year Sentence

CONTINUED FROM PAGE oNEl
did a righteous deed 20 protect my
little girl
The Gilbert trial has been in progress
since Monday. and a number - ANA.
rlluins have been IN Clarendon all the
week
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1921-01-21

Beauty Is only skin deep
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1921-01-21
Where Women Fail

Where Women Fail
By Arnold Bennett
What is the trouble with our social life? We
seek sociability, we must have it, yet the re-
suit is often discomfort and boredom Whose
is the responsibility? Is it Woman's? Wherein
lies the remedy? Read Arnold Benefits il
Eliminating discussion of the whole problem.
In the FEBRUARY HE.iRSTS
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1921-01-21

mil schools al Klngsgliia AID Sarus.
dooh RI. started to-day when u. r. MI.
nor, frfuvr president 90 !. and ~. CD.
lego. urged cgtcnsion OF Texas cduca.
tlonnl facilities IN Texnf. IN his adj
drcfg e. the house which be WAS In
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1921-01-21

yi.rd 10 deliver Representative v-aich
interrupted him. saying a point Of or.
der gave him rirht 20 object 90 the
speakers remarks MIR Miner had
previously appeared before the com.
mItico on appropriations In behalf OF
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1921-01-21
-r-r-1fT1ftl

N ~ n ~ Il T Y II ~
the iiii enacted by the thlrty.flfih leg
ialatiifr, and which the vcateh hill pro-
pores 20 repeal. Representative vcatch
said that AIR Miners remarks before
tho house were along the lines OF the
one before the committee.
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1921-01-21

tween labor and capital.
Debate nn tho hll introduced In The
house az representative ~ john u.
Vcatch ~ Johnson county. providing
for the repeal ~ an act by the thirty
fifth legislature. establishing state nor
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1921-01-21
Wasting the World
BIZ Sir Leo Chiozsc Money

Are we using up the forces of Nature too reck-
lessly? What will happen when We burn up
the worlds supply of coal and oil, denude for
ests. exhaust mines? Should raw materials be
regulated? Read what this eminent British
economist saysof the pooling of worldresources.
In the FEBRUARY HEARSTS
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1921-01-21
The Story of a Hungry Millionaire
By Dom Byne

By Georges Cemencedu
How much does the man who enjoys great
riches really owe to the poor? Has he the
right to withhold his bounty, if he wishes-or
must he give, in pity, out of his abundance?
Yet by withholding a certain hungry Million
aire here finds the secret of life
In the FEBRUARY HEARST'S
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1921-01-21
Must We Shoot Our Fat Men?

By ". ANeton an PHy
A fat man of three-s .ore years and ten il al
most as rare as white blackbird. The man
who allows himself to get fat cuts 10 years off
his life-perhaps 20. The accumulation Of flesh
is suicide. Should fat PEOPLE be punished?
Shall we declare corpulence>a crime!
In the FEBRUARY R.TARST'S
Tombstone epitaph., 1921-04-24
PAGE THREE

a depth of six hundred feet It is not decided at this writing whether they
 will case off the water and bring iu an oil well or not. We hope to get full particulars next week Geologists and experienced oil men assure us that there is an underground lake Of oil in the vicinity of the above named well. A standard well rig was install ed in this oil basin some time ago by the ''U. s. Oil and Refining Co, and hole about 100 0feet drilled. The company exhausted all the cash it had and work has been suspended for sey- eral months. It is hoped that suffici- ent funds will he raised to put hole down in the near future. All that is needed is small amount Of capital and competent driiler-Bowie El. terprise.
Tombstone epitaph., 1921-04-24
DECISION AS TO LEGALITY OF INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION
 IS EXPECTED OUT TODAY

PHOENIX. April 1S.-After hearing arguments by both sides this after. noon. judge R s Stanford. of the superior court, announced he would hand down his decision tomorrow af. ternoon in the case of J. L. Crisman. of Phoenix. against the new state industrial commission. state treasur- CT and state auditor.
 Crisman seeks an injunction to prevent the commission from exer- cising any of it's powers or spending any of the states money. He alleges the law creating the commission is unconstitutional.
 W. J. Galbraith, attorney general of Arizona. and Attorney w. J. Gust, represented the commission at the hearing today and Crisman was repre- sented by Attorney F. C. Struckmeyer and Louis E. Whitney
Tombstone epitaph., 1921-04-24
GOVERNOR PosrPoNEs
 TRIP TO WASHINGTON

PHOENIX. April l1.-Governor T. F. Campbell. who had planned to leave this week for the east. has post. poned his departure until early in May as the most opportune time % present the reclamation claims of the west to congress. The governor will be a member of the delegation rep resenting the League of the Southwest of which he is president. the West ern States Reclamation association and the Colorado river commission. which will go to Washington in the interests of the western states
 The delegation will go east imme- diately following the meetings of the different associations, which will :n all probability be held in Denver within the next two weeks
Tombstone epitaph., 1921-04-24

side. Calif.. during the war. will leave soon for Tucson. where he will take ID a course Of airplane motor mechan- ics in the federal vocational school at the University of Arizona. During his course the government will pay him Sl00 a month.
 Shultz has been in Los Angeles. re- turning from the California city Sun. day. He reported that the city is over-crowded and thousands of unem- played are being taken care of by bread lines. Hundreds of American Le- zion men are in those bread lines, Shultz said. while the wealthy employ Jap chauffeurs. Despite the latter state of affairs the American Legion cannot complain about the way the members are being treated in Los An geles. the local boy declared. adding that about half of the clubs in the city consider an American Legion card an open sesame to all of its activities.
Tombstone epitaph., 1921-04-24
2so MExiCANS ASK TO
 LEAVE FLARES: f5o
 START: 70 GET HERE

DOUGLAS. April 19.-What was purported to be a band Of 250 Mexi- cans, turned out to be only I5O and dwindled down to about 70. reached Agua Prieta yesterday afternoon en route to Fl Paso. The Mexicans were discharged laborers from the Moctez.c:a mines. who were being given transportation to Fl Paso by the company. from where they will be taken in charge by the Mexican gov ernment and sent 10 interior agricul- tural districts.
 Rather than clothe and feed the men during the curtailment of opera. tions in Pilares and Nacozari, the company offered free transportation to any of the Mexican employees laid off. and more than 25O asked for reservations. However. the day the train left Nacozari only 150 were at the depot. EnrOute to Aglia Prie.a the train stopped several times for water or orders and each time it left behind group of Mexicans. When it arrived only 70 of the l50 reE.ain d aboard
 William Thatcher. customs official. left last night with the few who re- turned to the train at Agua Prieta and were passed through the United States under bond
Tombstone epitaph., 1921-04-24
ICE DEALERS NOTIFIED
 TO SELL BY WEIGHT

PHOENIX. April l9.-With the ap- proach Of hot weather and the busy season for the iceman, the State De parement of Wfights and Measures is calling attention of ice dealers to Section 2S of the Weights and Meas. ures Act. which, though short. is very explicit. It reads:
 Every person. firm or corporation engaged in the business of selling and distributing ice at retail. shall sell same by weight
 This means. according to State In spector Dyas, just what it states. and the practice of selling ice by guess" will not be countenanced by the de- pertinent of city sealers of weights and measures. A note of warning is sounded to all sellers of ice to equip their wagons with scales and weigh the ice sold. so that the purchaser may get the exact weight he pays for.
 Where the householder has no scales with which to re-weigh the ice purchased. Inspector Dyas sets forth the following rule for ascertaining the weight in pounds Of apiece of ice of any given size
 Multiply the length by the width by the height tin cubic inches) then multiply the product Of that by 0532 and divide the result by 16. This will give the weight of the piece of ice in pounds.