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The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-03-28

sonal property Of farmers WAS cut
- much - 70 per cent while the
general reduction averaged 50 per
cent.
Among the most noticeable re-
auctions was that Of corn. One
year ago when the assessors met
and adopted q uniform schedule
corn was given = value Of 81 a
bushel and an assessed value Of
SO cents a bushol. This year the
full value Of q bushel Of corn was
placed ct 80 cents and the assess
ed value of . bushel Of the grain
at Is cents.
Wheat, which was valued at $3.50
q bushel in 1890 was cut to 80 cents.
Oats were marked at 20 cents a
bushel. while one year ago a bush
ell of the grain was valued at so
cents. Hay was dropped from SO
a ton to Sc a ton.
Stock Hit Also.
Livestock was also materially re-
duced in value.
The old schedule shows that in
1920 horses were valued at $50 a
head. This year the full value of
horse is placed at $50 a head. Fat
and stock cattle will be valued at
four cents a pound this spring.
Last year the cattle was valued at
eight cents a pound. Cows which
were listed at $50 last year were
beaten down to $40 a head this
year. Sheep valued at IS head
in 1920 were given a value of 81
q head this year.
Value of mules was cut from 800
to $50 a head and hogs which last
year were valued at ten cents a
pound were chalked up this year
at six cents pound.
Victrolas and graphophones are
to be assessed at Is per cent of the
cost price. All merchandise is to
be assessed at 60 per cent of the
invoice price. no change being
made from last year. The basis for
finding the value of automobiles is
to take one-third off the list price
of the machines. Tractors and mo-
tor trucks are to be valued by the
same plan.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-03-28
DETROIT NAN TO
Be SPEAKER At
CUBS BANQUET


Principal speaker at the banquet
for the Chicago Cubs April II at
the Masonic temple will be Horatio
s. Earle of Detroit, national presi-
dent Of the Exchange club. At the
same time President Earle will
present charters to Rock Island and
Davenport exchange clubs.
Mr.. Earle is guaranteed to
knock 'em from eheir seats" He
is a devotee of all sports but is a
particularly keen student Of base
ball. He has been a big figure in
Michigan athletics for many years.
Last year he was defeated for gov
ernor by q small margin.
Herold M. Harter, national secre-
tary OF exchange, states he will be
here for the banquet also.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-03-28
JUDGE DONEGAN IS
RETAINED COUNSEL,
FOR JIT-BUS MEN

Retention Of former Judge M. F.
D0negan as counsel for the jitney
bus drivers forced into idleness
through an injunction Of the Tri-
City Railway company, and the or
Eanisation Of the operators for mass
dsfense against the traction offic-
ials, broke through the cloud of
scenery which has shrouded the
movements Of the bus men for the
1aAt week or more.
Z Indignation meet Of two-score
OK more drivers was held at the city
shan . week ago last Friday night,
After the restrain orders obtained
by traction chiefs had been served.
1t is probable that the former
jurist will file either tomorrow or
Tuesday motion for the dissolu-
ton Of the injunction on the
grounds that 1t is not constitution
al; that the jit bus drivers were not
violating any city ordinance or
state law; and that 1t is an unfair
attempt to crush out competition.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-03-28

-Four hundred men, all eager for
. lob cleaning alleys, gathered at
the city barn, s1S Sixth avenue,
this morning. Only 80 were chos-
en- for the work, but shift system
IL to be worked out that will give
all two or more days work
The first OF the job hunters show
ed up at the city barn at $50
o'clock this morning. The gates
are not opened until s o'clock. but
way before that hour there were
over 200 men waiting in line. 9th
ers kept coming and when the gates
were opened there were not less
than 400 men in line, according, to
an estimate of Commissioner Frank
WITCH, in charge Of the department
Of streets and public Improvements.
Later Commissioner WITCH stat
ed that he was working out plan
that will give some work to all Of
the men. The commissioner has not
decided as yet whether he will al
low the present crew to work two
or three days.
The work of cleaning the alleys
will take about two weeks, and
Commissioner WITCH wishes to
make his estimates SO that he can
give all the applicants for jobs two
or more days work.
The commissioner issued final
notice to property holders this
morning. in which he asks that all
rubbish, tin cans, bottles and other
refuse be placed in the alleys ready
for the haulers. Twenty teams are
at work with two shovelers to a
wagon.
Tin cans and bottles must be
placed in containers. The haul
er5 will not carry away the con-
taincrs, it is promised. Ashes mus,
be kept clean of all other waste
material as ashes are used to fill
up low places on dirt roads.
1t is requested that all rubbish
be burned wherever possible. The
residue should be placed in piles ir
the alleys where such accumula
tons will be of easy access. Clean
ing work starts on FOrty-sixtt
street from the river to the blul
and will continue west to Twenty
second street from whence thu
cleaning will spread out to thu
southern limits, and continue OF
to the west end of the city. Aftel
this work is completed the workers
will go back and clean the alley:
in the east end bluff district.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-03-28
Boy Scout News

The Boy Scout band rendered a
splendid concert at o'clock yes
terday afternoon in the Moline Y.
NJ. C. A. The band has several en-
gagements for this week. and is
getting all possible practice before
it makes it's trip to Peoria with the
Rotary club in April.
Scoutmasters in the city are busy
preparing troops for the basketball
tournament. which will be started
with the lightweights in the legion
gym Friday evening, April 8. The
heavyweight division will be played
later in the month.
Troop No. 2 will meet with Scout
master Charles Schearer at the
Oak Grove chapel this evening, fol-
lowing the separate patrol meeting
which will be held in various parts
of the city. Scoutmaster Schearer
has given sealed orders to all pa
troll leaders as to their duties for
the evening. The scoutmaster has
a surprise waiting for the patrols.
Troop No. 26 will meet with
Scoutmaster A. F. Eichelsdorfer at
the Gloria Del church this evening
at 1880. This troop expects to
have large number of its tender
foot Scouts present at the court of
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-03-28
HEARS SISTER Is
BURNED TO DEATH
IN IRELAND HOME
Especial Correspondence

Sterling, ILL.,. March 2S.-Mrs. F.
C. Cannon of this city has received
word Of the tragic death Of a sis
ter, Honora Cooke, who was burned
to death at her home in County
Limerick, ireland. and of the death
of her father. which occurred a
week following the demise of the
sister. Two other sisters of Miss
Cooke also reside in this country.
They are Mrs. E. A. Collerain of
Galveston, Texas, and Mrs. ]. ].
Bonke of Elva, Ill.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-03-28
IOWA DAMAGE.

Burlington, Iowa, March al
hundred thousand dollars dam,
was done to fruit by the cold M
that swept over this part Of Ia,
last night. Small grains also p
fered some damage.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-03-28
ASSESSORS FOR
WARREN COUNTY
CUT FARM VALUES
Especial Correspondence.)

Especial Correspondence
Monmouth, ILL.,, March 28.-War-
rem county assessors hit 1920 per-
sonal property values a terrific jolt
Saturday when they met in Mon-
mouth and agreed upon a uniform
schedule for assessing personal
property this spring.
Value of some articles of per-
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-03-28
uoDDAYl-THE ROCK ISLAND ARGUS MARCH Is 1921
honor Friday, April 3, for promo
ton to second class.

Irons Nos. - and q are making
big plans for tomorrow evenings
entertainment at the church. when
every Scout has invited his mother
to be present at q banquet to be
served by the members Of the troop
committee. Scoutmaster Steve Mil
Ter is making big plans for large
turnout.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-03-28

Almost every Chinese city Dor
dering on . river, has many boat
dwellers who rarely set foot on
land.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-03-28

A new shock absorber for refrig-
orator cars reduces egg breakage
in shipment.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1921-01-28
Secrets
BeinglSought

start next year TO explore one Of the
richest fields In the far north. He
expects TO establish a camp 700 miles
south OF Etah In Northwest Greenland.
where his Croker Land expedition
passed four winters. He will attempt
TO circumnavigate Baffin Land and
penetrate 1900 miles Of its western
coast.
Nova Zembla-Dr. Olaf Holtedahl Of
Christiania university Is organizing q
northwestern natural science and ge-
illogical expedition to this country and
plans to start next summer.
Mexico-Prof. Emelio Oddone, a
famous Neapolitan seismologist, repre-
senting the Italian government, Is now
studying the earthquake situation In
Mexico by means of his "inerviam-
eter," an invention by which he is able
to measure both motion and energy.
viii Explore Amazon.
The ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS of this
great river to be undertaken by large
party of American scientists, headed
by DR.. Henry H. Rusby of Columbia
university. The party expects to leave
early in January and to traverse more
than 1000 miles of almost virgin land
in the upper reaches of the river basin.
DIR. Rusty Is to be accompanied by DR..
David Starr Jordan, president of Lee
land Stanford, Jr. university and DR..
Carl III. Eingemann of the University
of Indiana, who are to study fish and
reptiles: DR.. Ruthven of the Univers-
ity of Michigan, who Is to study frogs
and DIR. Edward Kromers of the Uni
versity of Wisconsin, and Prof. A. H.
Gill of the Massachusetts Institute of
Technology, who will investigate seed
and volatile oils.
Ecuador and Peru-Coilections of
flora and fauna are now being gath
cred for the American Museum of
Natural History in New York by Capt
Harold e. Anthony and George X
Cherrie.
Pacific Islands-Solution of the or.
igin of the Polynesian race is one OF
the objects Of a survey of the Pacific
lSlanHs Planned at recent conference
, or scientists at Honolulu under the
auspices of the Pan-Pacifc Union, rep
resenting the United States, Canada
Great Britain, Australia, New Zealand
Hawaii, the Philippines and Japan
An expedition will be sent to the South
seas for this purpose by Yale, Har
ward and other institutions.
China and Tibet-The third expedi
ton, backed by fund of $250O00, Il
soon to start from Central Asia under
the leadership of Roy Chapman An
drews, associate curator of mammal!
in the American Museum of Natura
History, New York. The Chinese gov
eminent is expected to cooperate witt
this enterprise.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1921-01-28
FINALLY SCARED CROWS OFF
Device Employed by Los Angeles Man
Was Somewhat, More Effective
Than Neighbours Umbrella.

mot long ago friend of mine from
Birmingham was sitting out on my
front porch when a flock Of crows
flew across one Of my fields" said r.
B. Posey, land he remarked that it
was the biggest lot he had seen for
years, and asked If they did not in
1ure my crops. replied that until I
got onto a way to keep them out Of
my watermelon patch they ruined a
lot Of them by pecking holes in one
and then hopping for another.
Il tried various ways but without
success, until put poles around the
patch and ran just an ordinary piece
of cotton around them about eight
feet from the ground, and between the
poles tied pieces of cotton to flap In
the wind. 1t worked like charm.
"A neighbor of mine used to say
that he was advised to put an old um-
brella in the middle Of the patch, and
he did it, but one day creeping up
behind it, he peeped over it and there
sat bunch of crows having wa
termelon feast.'-Los Angeles Times.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1921-01-28
No Newt angled Notions.

John came from down state to the
city schools. He was placed in the
seventh grade, and then his teachers
troubles began. His mother thought
the course of study should be identical
with the one which had held sway in
the farawdy red schoolhouse. She OBJ
jected strenuously to physical culture
and music, saying they were waste
of time.
And then came Johns first day at
manual training. The next day came
an indignant note to the teacher from
Johns mother. 1t read: Dear Miss
- want you to quit having John
waste his time at school. That music
and physical torture exercise was bad
enough, but now you begin to learn
him to whittle. Please stop it imme-
diately or I'll change. him to another
school. He inherits whittleing from
his father and his brains from me. I'm
paying to educate him, so educate his
brains. indianapolis News.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1921-01-28
Superheated Steam.

Two decades ago few would have
admitted the possibility of permanent
ly regularly producing steam at tenn
peratures of from $50 degrees to $50
degrees Fahrenheit within the re-
stricted area of the ordinary locomo-
tive boiler. Now thousands Of loco
motives use this superheated steam,
and its use is increasing.
BY heating steam 100 degrees
Fahrenheit above the saturation tenn
perature 'hot steam" Is produced.
With this increase Of temperature the
steam is dried and the volume is in
creased. But the increase Of volume
Is less important than the suppression
of all condensation in the cylinders
IL the superheat is sufficiently high.
Hot steam being bad conductor 1t
also reduces loss by cooling In the
cylinders from 25 to 80 per cent, ac-
cording to type and structure Of the
engine.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1921-01-28
POLISH CONSTITUTION UNIQUE
Provides That State Shall Care for
Children If Neglected by
Their Parents.

London.-Poland's new constitution
probably will contain a provision for
care of children by the state which
will make it unique, in the opinion of
officials here who have seen the draft
The article reads:
Each child deprived of parental
care or who is neglected morally or
materially, has the right to secure
care and aid from the state. The
sphere of the states duties in this ca
pacity will be defiucd separately by
laws, which will foresee as well
the protection of mothers who may
require aid, before the birth of the
child, and the protection of the child
in infancy"
AS far as known here no consti.
tuition in the world includes such
provision.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1921-01-28
THE STORY CHILDREN.

Il want 10 tell you more" said Dad
dy. "of the children who were met
In the vine-covered house by our
hoy and girl who were in search Of
adventures.
1T doesn't matter whether / tell
you the adventures they had with
them first or their stories first, as
you'll hear all about those children be-
fore long.
Wed like 10 know said one Of
the children of the vine-covered cabin
to the boy and girl. If you've ever
written or read or heard a story about
US that you have liked. II you have,
Wei hate youl
"'You see, I'm the good little child
of the stories, who always teaches the
bad little child, my friend here, that
virtue and goodness are always, al
ways rewarded. We have to live here,
all tied up with vines of untruth I'M
til some one sets us free.
Neither of us is wholly good or
wholly bad. But they won't give us
fair play. And they won't be fair and
say that often goodness isn't reward
ed at all, but that the best reward
is to feel one has done right-not
the reward itself.
They won't, in the story books,
make US a true. real mixture of bad
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1921-01-28
PURE WATER FoR HOLY CITY
British Have Repaired Pentius PiIatSs
Rsssrsoir and Death Rate Has
Dropped ons-tiaIf.

Jerusalem. situated outside the val
ley Of the Kedron. boasts of only one
small spring. the Virgins fount, so
named because IL Is believed the Moth
er OF Christ drew water from II. Ever
since Soiomon's day the want of wa
ter has been felt in Jerusalem. and the
British. since their occupation, decid-
ef to repair and use the old reser-
voir. now known as Birkett Assoub
and lying a few miles TO the south of
Solomons pool. II was built by Pom
thus PLATE and IL was from here that
he brought water to the city in the
days OF Christ. Pilates old reservoir
was repaired and enlarged, its capac-
ity today being 100000 gallons. Gal
leries were built In various directions
to tap the numerous surrounding
springs, including those Of Ain ed Dir
wen, In which. 1t is said, Philip bap-
tiled the eunuch. A powerful pump
Ing plant was installed by which the
water Is pumped up to large reservoirs
built on higher ground on the Hebron
road, the water flowing from here
py Its own gravity In one-foot iron
pipe to twin pools on the hill west of
the city, from whence II is conducted
to various standpipes in and around
Jerusalem. Pilates aqueduct, ruins
OF which dot the landscape today,
stretched for distance Of 40 miles,
though as the crow flies the Holy city
lies but ID miles away. The British
pipe line. however, is but Is miles in
total length. AS result of this Brit
ish enterprise the death rate In the
city has dropped by one-half
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1921-01-28
Cave Has Natural Heat.

A naturally heated cave has been
discovered at Horse Butte, near Bend.
Ore, which apparently draws its
warmth from subterranean volcanic
source. The discovery was made by
G. A. Yarnell and III. d. Eide, local
fuel dealers. The cave is located near
the top Of the butte and first attract
ed attention when wave Of heat was
felt issuing from the mouth. The Gin
der bottom and rock walls of the tun-
mel are unbearably hot to the touch,
the heat increasing as far back as
could be explored. That the phe-
nomenon Is recent manifestation
was indicated by the smodering of
grass and twigs near the opening. To
test the natural oven Mr.. Yarnell
cooked light breakfast by introduce
ing raw articles Of food into the aper-
ture and closing the orifice for few
moments.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1921-01-28
Dog Saves Life of Baby
Hanging From Bridge

La Sale, Colo.-Teddy is only
a common dog, boasting neither
beauty nor blue blood, and the
possessor of only three good legs.
but he saved the life of his con-
slant companion, two-year-old
boy. The dogs persistent bark
ing attracted the mothers at
tention, and she went to inves-
tigate.
About 100 yards from the
house runs the Milton canal. The
baby had undertaken to cross a
little foot-bridge and lost his bal
ance. But in falling, his dress
had caught on the bridge in such
manner that it held and strang-
led him. First aid methods
were applied, and in few hours
he was able to rejoin his faith
full friend.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1921-01-28

osertunes ara being conducted be-
tween political leaders OF some OF the
provinces for the formation OF a
league OF governors for the purpose
OF uniting the northern agricultural
districts OF the country against
Buenos Aires and other coastal dis
tricts.
Some political observers see in this
an attempt TO return 10 the former
political division Of the country into
opposing sections. while others main
tain that IL merely is an economic
measure having as its purpose the
protection of the productive areas.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1921-01-28
SEEK FRUIT FLY PARASITE
Indian Bug to Be Introduced in Ter
ritory to Save the Hawaiian
Products.

Honolulu, T. H.-David T. Full
away, entomologist with the territor-
ial board of agriculture, will leave
soon for India to search for certain
fruit fly parasites discovered by
George Compere at Bangalore, India.
If the parasite can be located, it will
be introduced in the territory to COM
bat fruit flies here.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1921-01-28

and good. One of us has to be so
good and the other so bad, and the
good one has to be horrid and preachy
and the bad one necessarily has to be
punished"
1--WE never cared for such stories,'
said the boy.
1--WE always thought they We're ri
diculous, said the girl, and written
by people who had been children
so long, long ago that they had for
gotten all about it,
"'Then,' said the children of the
uncovered cabin, delightedly, wa
will be free from much of this vine
which is so unfair and so untrue, and
u.s.
"Perhaps,' one of them said, you'd
care TO see our cabin. You could
doubtless tell others our story and
they could help to free u.s.
"'But we'd get caught in the vines
said the boy.
"'No, you'll be safe said the chill
dren.
"But you almost killed us BEFORE
said the girl.
"Let bygones be bygones, said the
children. we will see that no harm
comes to you. It's our promise
'"They looked perfectly honest and
friendly, so the boy and the girl fol-
lowed them into the house. Every
where there were vines, growing from
large pots inside the house, as they
grew from the ground all over the
outside of the house. One could
scarcely see from the windows, so
covered were they with vines.
"Years ago. said the first child, we
came here. And all this time we've
been waiting to be free
"There was time, said the sec
ond child, when we almost made our
escape
"But not quite, said the first child.
I'VE had to come back after all.
Would you like to hear about 1T?
"'Hugely,' said the girl
Enormously said the boy.
"'Children wouldn't play with us,
said the first child. They'd shout to
us that we wouldn't know their games,
for we'd be so unnatural with one of
us being SO good-goody and the other
SO dreadfully, dreadfully wicked.
lived hear them shout and sing
and play and laugh, but they wouldn't
play with us. We weren't real to
them. We couldn't get at them to
tell them ii wasn't our fault.
"'These terrible vines of untruth
kept US back.
"'Upstairs it is just as bad. Some
one was going to help us escape, be-
cause that person said we were surely
not as bad as we were painted--or sup.
posed to be. But then they thought
1t was unsafe. We We're so long sup.
posed to be what we were.
"'We've been fed by the story-tell.
er people, who kept us as we were
They'd make the good child have per.
feet table manners and the bad child
would grab food from the good one
You see. we forget which one Is bad
and good until the storytelling people
come around
How horrible' said the boy and
the girl. Wen set you free. We
know you're natural, real children
And they got rid Of all the vines
that had kept the children tangled W
for considerable length Of time
ended Daddy.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1921-01-28
Keep Office In the Family.

Elizabethtown, KY. S. Norman
and Mrs. j. S. Norman are to be
candidates for the Democratic NOM
nation for county clerk. Only one
name will be on the ballot, but they
will make the race together, one to be
the deputy of the other If elected.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1921-01-28
This tho Land Of Telephones.

There are more telephones In Chi
cago than in all the land of France,
not as many phone1 In all Greece as
may be found in one large Office build
ing in one of the cities in this country,
and in all Europe not one-third as
many as there are in the United States.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1921-01-28
SEEK DIVISION IN ARGENTINA
Provinces Are Trying to Form Comb.
nation to Lessen Power of
Capital.

Buenos Aires.-The Argentine pro-
vinces are trying to form combina-
ton against Buenos Aires, the capital
city.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1921-01-28
Where the information Comes From

"Bliggins seems very much de-
pressed"
"Yes. His youngest son has In.
formed him that there isn't any Santa
Claus"