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The Adair County news., 1921-12-27

forthwith remove myself from the con-
fines of your charming city. How far
is it by wagon-road to Placerville-
Atropia, and how can get theref"
my gosh!" he said gloomily; ''two
of you in the same dog-goned week !"
Even so. When did the other one
arriveY
"Day before yistidday. He didn't
look so much bughouse as you do, but
1 reckon he must "a been off his ka-
whoop, too, r he wouldn't "a gone to
'Tropia."
LET him rest in peace. Do get my
information?"
"Shore: we speeds the partin' guest.
You've come apast your place. Twenty
one mile back; and the way-freight II
git you there to-morruh mornin'."
I'm going to Atropia-this after
nOOn," Dragged.
He let me pass, and 1 tramped up
the street until 1 found the one livery
stable. Here, again, my fool reputa-
ton had quite evidently outrun Inc.
The man had idle horses, plenty OF
them, as l couldn't help seeing, but L
couldn't hire one for love or money.
When it came right down to the plnch,
he wouldn't even sell me one.
BY this time | was in a hot sweat
of impatience to be on my way; 10
bridge that twenty-one miles before
the elusive clue-if it were the clue
could once more dodge me and vanish
into thin air. In that frame of mind
told the cautious liveryman, in gentle
phrase. what 1 thought of him and his
kind, and hurried down to the rail-
road, hoping to be able to catch an
east-bound train of some kind, any
kind, whose crew could be bribed or
cajoled into carrying me to Atropia.
1t was just as was about to inquire
of the telegraph operator what the
chances were that the great tempta-
ton rose up and slapped me in the
face. Up the grade from the westward
a tiny, three-wheeled car, carrying two
men, came spinning along. recog-
nized it at once as a track-inspection
car, driven by a small gasoline engine !;
an evolution Of the old velOcipede car,
foot and hand-driven and used by road
masters and other railroad men for
making quick trips over short dis
tanceS.
In half a minute the little car rat
tied up to the station and made a
quick stop, the two men setting the
brakes and hopping of to dodge into
the telegraph Office. They left'the lit
tie pop-popping engine running at
idling speed, and in a fash I saw my
chance. OF course, II 1 should steal
the car, I'd be caught and arrested and
hauled off somewhere to be tried and
fined; but before any Of these unto
ward things could happen, 1 should
have settled that biting question of
the ownership of the piebald pony and
the harleQuin-faced dog.
With a quick glance over my shOul-
der to make sure that the coast was
still clear, slipped into the driving
seat, jerked the throttle open and re-
leased the clutch, praying fervently
that the switches might be set right
for me at the upper end of the Angels
| yard.
As the machine began to gather
| speed, looked back What saw was
a-plenty. Three men, one of them,
The Adair County news., 1921-12-27

whom took to be the telegraph op-
orator, in his shirt-sleeyes, came run
ming up the station platform. The
shirt-sleeved man was yelling and wav-
ing something that glistened in the
sunlight. Next 1 heard the distance
diminished crack of pistol and a
blunt-nosed bullet sang whining lit
tie lullaby to me as it tore past.
1 flung up an arm to show the pistol
firer that, he had missed, and then the
small car swung around the shoulder
of the nearest hill and Angels became
only backwards fitting memory.
The Adair County news., 1921-12-27
CHAPTER v.
The Madic Triad.

To be stopped before could reach
my goal was no part of my plan, so
opened things up and gave the little
three-wheeled dinky all the gas it
could use, keeping a sharp lookout
ahead, and meaning to pull up little
way short of the graveyard city, aban-
doning the car and making the actual
approach on foot.
Judging from the way the scenery
was racing backward, estimated that
the little car must be doing at least
thirty miles to the hour; which meant
forty minutes or such a matter, to
cover the twenty-One miles. If 'oppos-
ing train or trains, whatever they
might be, would only keep out of my
CONTINUED ON PAGE 6
The Adair County news., 1921-12-27

CONTINUED ON PAGE 6
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-02-05

the courthouse, In The city hail Of
Moline, and in the State hank Of
East Moline. Collections In other
t0wnshtsp will b begun Feb. -.
The collections begin two weeks
earlier this year than heretofore.
and this b expected u facilitate
matters. Another point that Is ex-
pected to eliminate much Of the
congestion II the fact Of Rock Is
lands and Moline's records being
spread on two books instead OF on
one.
The city Of Rock Island has been
divided into two sections, the divid-
ing line being Twenty-fourth street
Those east Of that street will pay 1t
one window and those west at an
other window. In Moline the sep
aration is by additions.
Collections for South Moline and
Hampton townships are trans
ferred this year to Moline
Despite these precautionary
measures. the collectors are not
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-02-05

anticipating that the annual elev-
enth hour rush 70 pay vail b
avoided.
Following are the places where
taxes may be raid. beginning on the
dates announced above:
Rock Island and South Rock Is
land County treasurer's once in
the courthouse.
Moline City hall.
South Moline and Hampton
Bank Of East Moline.
Cordova-Bank of Cofdoya.,
Coe-State bank Of Port Byron.
Port Byron-PeOples' Trust &
Savings hank OF Port Byron.
Canoe Greek - Hillsdale State
bank.
Zuma-Farmers' 4 Merchants
bank. Hillsdale.
Coal Thomas Lees.
Rural-Farmers' State bank, Coal
Valley.
, Bowling-Farmers' State bank
Reynolds.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-02-05
AXE "TAN" OFF
an CEDAR RAPIDS
LINE FOR A TIME

n motor car, placed in service
= ~ Rock Island between Dav.
- and Cedar Rapids last fall
i NV in the sheds according to
mi rsilroad officials and the two
r1,s daily are being made by a
anm engine. The heavy traffic
n need of extra equipment at
CAR Rapids has made it neces-
nry to pull off the taxi" for a
~ days, it is said. As soon as the
an needed have been moved to
Csdaf Rapids and the extra bag
esse and express that has accu-
inflated has been handled it is
thought the motor vehicle will be
re!nstated in service.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-02-05
MORE DIVORCES
IN JAPAN THAN
ANYWHERE ELSE

Tokio.-The assertion Is made
here that Japan leads tie worl- in
proportion Of divorces to marriages.
Unofncial reports state that the
number of divorces in 1918 were
56.741, as Igainst 503,z36 marriages.
. ratio Of 1928 divorces to each
1000 marriages.
This is compared to the German
rate Of 21.6 per thousand. which is
said to be the highest divorce rate
in Europe. UnohaciAl figures indi-
cate that Japan's rate Of increase
in population was cut about one
half in 1919 by influence and high
cost OF living. The estimated year
ly increase Of Japan's population
has generally BEEN assumed to be
about 100000. In 1918 the custom
airy estimated census showed an in
crease Of about 100000, while in
1919 the increase was only sos, 794
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-02-05

n1kAt u Aue. ~ n Moline, for
which crime they were convicted q
the September term d court. The
men will be taken 70 Juliet Monday
and will thsn have - days =
which 70 prepare : bill q
|excepeions IN ! move to carry The
case to the supreIne court q nh
nCis.
When Judge Graves asked the
men whether they had anything to
say before sentence was pro-
nounced. they merely shrugged
their shoulders and uttered some
thing unintelligible.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-02-05

ase Of 80 cents : month
1s car fare for Rock L.
ral vorkingmen has been
~ tn City Railway COM
IN he present rate the men
sl.r huyiug tickets for $3.50
ss1h which permits them to
~ from the arsenal a.
- 4 month ~ their work
.E ssesirss
~ r.ta asked IL an increase
SrlHs 4 month. or $50 for
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-02-05
COLLECTION Or
COUNTY TAXES
BEGINS MONDAY


Tax collections due for 1920 will
Be begun in Rock Island. Moline
and East Moline Monday, according
to announcement Of County Treas
urer George H. Richmond. Prep
arations have been made to receive
money at the treasurer's office n
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-02-05
RAD ROADS HINDER
SOME FARMERS IN
CASTING BALLOTS
Special to The Argus.)

Milan, Feb. accomplishing in
he village and surrounding ham
leH Of Milan to vote for the conf
unity high school proposition
matinued until the last minute
thb afternoon, when the polls
vav opened at 1 o'clock.
kheavy vote is being recorded
III afternoon despite the bad
fuods from the farms to the pre-
ciact house. Outlying country dis
uicts are casting their vote in
school houses, but difficulty has
ben found in reaching the polls
because Of the poor roads.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-02-05
LEATHER MEN TO
CONVENE TUESDAY
/ MACKHAWK HOTEL

The Central West Finders assn-
cations will hold its annual COIL
sention at the Blackhawk hotel,
davenport, Tuesday, in conjunc-
ton with the meeting Of the Tri-
City Repair Mems association. Sew
efL we'll known speakers have
been obtained for the meeting. in
ending George Knapp. national
secretary Of the Leather and
Finders association, who will talk
On trade promotion Of the finders
70 foster the standard of good
shoe repairing; C. v. Lugstrom OF
Peoria. chairman Of the Central
West association, and Major Dent
Atkinson Of Davenport.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-02-05
EIEIlcE Of
LIFE BEHIND
BARS ORDERED


Sentence Of life IN the peniten-
tiary It Joliet was imposed on
James and Domonick DeLorenzo In
circuit court yesterday afternoon
BY Judge E. c. Graves for the MUIR
der Of Angelo Frankvilla on the
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-02-05
FORMER STIRLING
MAN DIES IN SOUTH
(Special Correspondence.)

Especial C0frespondence.J
Sterling, ILL.,. Feb. Samuel
Patterson, one Of the early business
men of Sterling, died at Pollock,
La, Wednesday at midnight His
remains will be brought to this
city for burial ON Sunday or Mon
day. Mr.. Patterson was q partner
with B. c. Church and they con-
Quoted one Of the early mills of
this city.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-02-05

1t Is NO longer = question what
will please your mother, wife, sis
ter or sweetheart, tyes even the
little ones), ! box Of Meadow
Brook MIX Chocolates-of course.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-02-05
Will be Published In
VIII be Published In
Tomonow's Chicago Sunday Tribune
ntest Has Just Started FREE o Every Ghm
If Entered Send Photograph at Once

TOMORROW marks the real Of The Chicago Tnbunes
great 100000 Cash Prize Beauty Contest The first photo
graphs entered viii published the Roos1avme section Of
tomovyows Chicago Sunday Tribune Thereafter they viii be
pubshed daily and Sunday The Chicago Tribune Photo
graphs may be cent in NOW.
no;s indiana Iowa Michigan and Wi:eoa:n sseh cash
pzs win b he beautiful ss found 100000
Be 90 gr he Eve Il sooo00n
eh win b tie beautiful girl Of an Thus $1oo0o I'll vii b
pa b The Chicago Tribune e 60 beautiful rls found
Will the Prize Beauty Be
Resident of This City?
Some have claimed that the most beautiful girl resides in
Chicago Oilers have claimed she resides noa outside Of
Chicago Ohers have claimed she resides Indiana Iowa.
in Michigan OF Wisconsin
Therefore The Chicago Tribune this great $4,000
90 find the beautiful ss each State and the
unoa beautiful girl in the flee seatea
Deay q tie 90 beauties reside v;-va Does
IL beautiful gil i've h
hsa~ v1 eeas dis city and this aaaa
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-02-05

All the news ali the time-The
ArguA
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-02-05
ATTENTION CITIZENS!
Help Us Find Her!

Every citizen asked cooperate in this search for the most
beautiful girl The contest u open to girl unmarried
vido-except professional beauties such sase girls
artists modla
nseesays select photograph youG iend any
phoo,ph address
and Of the girl the back oft Thea send " Beauty
Chicago Dearborn St. Chicago (OH nia and
occupation win be pubGshed9
The prize beauty may working girl home girl school girl sas
girl society f.esou girl aenoUaphera clerk Any gid
fesiooal beaaieA i eligible.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-02-05
See 1ou1orrov,s
Chicago Sunday Tribune

The first photographs in this great will be Published
in TOMORROWS Chicago Sunday Tribune. Thereafter
entries will be published daily well Sunday Contest
closes al midnishk April 9Th.
Get sonoros Chicago sunday De pAesphA Prone
The sdon limited and
Be soA out sady.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1921-01-15
DISARMAMENT UP
T0UNITEDSTATES
Gen. Bliss Says If America Asked
Reduction, Response Would
Be Favorable.
BRITA|h'S NAVY IN LEAD
Secretary Daniels Tells House Naval
Affairs Committee That England's
Total Tonnage Superiority
Is 1.35 to l.

Washington, Jan. 13.-ShOuld the
United States call upon the nations OF
the world for "a full, free and fair
discussion of reduction Of armaments
the favorable response would be
prompt and inevitable" the house ma
val committee was told Oy Gen. Tas-
ker ii. Bliss, former American repre-
sentative on the supreme war council
at Paris.
Warns U. S. to Be Prepared.
If it were left to me, l would not
disarm an American soldier nor lay
up an American ship until all the
great powers had reached an agree
ment," Gen. Tasker H. Bliss, former
American representative on the SUI
preme war council at Paris, testifying
before the house naval committee,
said.
IF such conference were to be
held and if the secretary were to make
public every day an abstract of the
propositions put forward and the ar
guments for and against, with the
lanes of the national representatives
who made them, the common people
or the world would not allow the con-
ference to dissolve until at least the
first step forward had been taken.
u do not care what the cabinets of
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1921-01-15
CONTINUES SKIP
STOP CAR SERVICE

Skip-stop service on the Chicago
Surface Lines has been ordered con-
tinued by the public utilities commits
sion.
One-man cars for outlying districts
and continuation of the experiments
with trailers was provided for in the
order.
The skip-stop plan has already been
approved by the city council.
The order, after providing for the
skip-stops, declares that one-man cars
provided with safety devices have
proven practicable where the traffic is
not excessively heavy.
Use of the one-man cars, the order
say, will release many cars for down.
town use.
Immediate purchase and use of
more trailers is provided for in the
order.
The car company's engineers are in
structed to draw up tentative plans
for the rerouting of lines, so that
maximum of efficiency may be OBJ
tanned
The order marks the end of an old
case started at the instigation of the
Cook county real estate board for bet
ter street car service.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1921-01-15

now in control of the state govern
ment. ta5ss
The action will be taken as speedily
as commissioners to be appointed by
Len Small Immediately after his in
auguration next Monday can secure
confirmation by the senate and organ
ize for business.
Reopening of all the big rate cases
the Lowden board sought to settle will
be ordered as the first official action
of the new commission, according to
present plans. Utilities which have
rate agreements with municipal gov
ernments will be directed to live up
to their contract unless the cities con-
cerned agree to modify the terms.
This action will apply to all the big
Chicago utilities which have secured
rate increases from the Lowden board,
and unless halted by court orders
Threatened by the utility corporations
will Immediately restore prewar rates
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1921-01-15

in effect when the Lowden commits
sion took charge.
The telephone company, with the
aid of the state commission, substi-
tuted measured service rate for the
fiat charge provided in the city Ordi-
nance bringing its estimated revenue
under the permanent rates recently au-
thoriZed by the state commission to
$31 ,745 ,7S0 a year. The charge for
the same service under city ordinance
rates would be $19,700,000
Possibility that the utility compa-
nies may seek to block, the new COM
missions action setting aside present
rates and ordering a return to city
ordinance schedules has been can
vassed and discounted by those guild
ing the strategy of the new state ad-
ministration.
Temporary success for the corpora
tions by the injunction route would,
they consider make conditions no
worse for the public than at present,
while it would remove the present
backing they secure from the state
based on the corporations disregard
of franchise agreements.
They also point out that the court
rulings held to support the state com
missions disregard of local contracts
specify only that the commission has
police power to set aside local agree
ments in the interest of the general
public. Doubts would be resolved in
favor Of the binding nature of the
local contracts if the commission
should refuse to set them aside, the
legal advisers hold.
Increases granted by the Lowden
board to utilities in the state, outside
OF Chicago, total nearly $4O,000,000 a
year, making a grand total of about
500, 100000 ready to be wiped out if
the administration plan is carried
through.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1921-01-15
INAUGURATION
PLANS CHANGED
Ceremony to Be Held on Capitol
Steps; Request of
Harding.
TO Be NO $4,000 STADIUM
Washington Divided Into Two Camps,
Those Who Bewail Calling Off Of
Celebration, and Those Who
Rejoice Over Fact

Washington, Jan. 13.-PreSident-
elect Harding's inaugural ceremony
. will be staged on the front porch"-
east steps-of the Capitol, where
thousands may view it, instead of the
senate chamber, into which less than
1000 could be crowded, but there will
be no $50 900 stadium such as planned
for the seating of celebrities.
Washington is divided into, two
parts-composed of those who are be-
wailing the fact that there will be no
Inauguration celebration, and those
who are rejoicing over the same fact.
In the former category are the hotel
proprietors, restaurateurs, mOdistes
and souvenir shopkeepers, all OF
whom were ready to reap a golden
harvest from the thrOngs which would
have been attracted. here from all
parts of the country Chief among the
mourners are society women, dow
ayers and debutanteS, who placed Or
ders for gorgeous gowns to be worn
and are unable to cancel them.
Many Orders Cancelled.
Those whc, waited until a cOmpara-
lively recent date to order inaugural
ball dresses were able to cancel their
contracts as soon as they learned
there was to be no ball. And in this
case the modistes were the sufferers.
One dealer, for instance, reported
that he had Cancelled orders ag-
gregating $4,000 since the announce
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1921-01-15
The City of Chicago Thinks Them Too
High and the New Utilities Board
Will Reduce Them
The Days of Trusts Are Over and the People
Must Have Their Legal Rights
At Last

ment that the inauguration festivities
had been called off. !, ~ ts,9r
Society women who went to 'cOnsid-
cradle expense in preparing for the
ball are consoling themselves with
the hope that it still may be held in
modified" form. However, In the
event it isn't, they are looking for
ward to revived social activities under
the Harding administration anyway
so there will be plenty of chances to
display the creations originally in
tended for the ball.
Some Are Much Pleased,
But, while the sound of weeping and
wailing comes from the mournssrs'
bench, it is broFen now and then t,y
series of chuckles from those Wash
ingtonianS who every four years re-
sign themselves to martyrdOm In
reply to Self-invited country rela-
tives they had written that "Of course
they would be only too glad to have
Uncle Eben and Aunt Samantha and
the children for the week of March
a." And now that there "ain't going
to be no March f." they agree that it
is grand and glorious feeling"
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1921-01-15
HELLO PHONE TRUST
(From the Tribune.)

IL 1OLl IAC 11Uuu6s)
Appointment of a new set of public
utilities commissioners after Cover
nor-elect Small is inaugurated is to
be followed by demand from the
city that the entire Chicago property
of the Illinois Bell Telephone Company
be inventoried at once.
The city plans to adopt new tack
in its fight on the most recent set Of
telephone rates approved by the pres
ent commission. No, appeal to the
Sangamon county court is planned for
the present, but petition for re-
hearing of the entire case and an or
der for the inventory will be filed as
soon as the new commission gets on
the job.
Consolidation of the Chicago Tele-
phone Company with the Central
Union Or downstate company, an
nounced jan /, may endanger- the in
dividuality of the $13,0O0,OO0 deprecia-
ton reserve fund built up by Chicago
nickels, according to attorneys for the
city An inventory would prevent the
affairs of the old Chicago company and
the down-state concern from becoming
muddled, to the detriment' of Chicago
phone users in the merging of the
two concerns, the attorneys say.
Attorneys Chester E. Cleveland and
Daniel A. Roberts and W. H. Crumb,
the city's engineer, are already at
work on the etition for the rehearing
and inventory.
In the merger of the two phone COM
panies $40, 600 telephones and 2,300, 900
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1921-01-15
MAJOR TOLMAN

Maj Edgar B. Tolman, formerly of
the 1st Illinois cavalry and during the
last year of the war supervisor of the
selective draft in Chicago, was ap-
pointed editor in chief of the Journal
Of the American Bar Association.
The appointment was made in New
Orleans La, at a meeting of the ex-
ecutives of the association. Maj.
TOlman formerly was. corporation
counsel of Chicago. He has held nu-
merous positions with the Illinois
State Bar and the American Bar AS
sociations. He is head of the law
firm of Tolman, Redfield, Sexton &
Chandler, in the Stock Exchange
Building: AS editor he succeeds the
late s. S. Gregory.