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The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-04-26
Preserve Forest Areas.

The Illinois Academy OF Science has recent
ly published a paper by Professor Victor E.
shelford of the University of Illinois. entitled
Preserve Of Natural Conditions"
The professor urges the preservation of for
ests and other lands in their natural condi-
ton where wild flowers may grow and animals
live securely, in behalf Of eight classes Of per-
sons--foresters, sportsmen, orinthologists, wild
flower lovers, artists and landscape gardeners,
historians, students of literature and biolosi-
cal Investigators.
These eight classes, the professor says, will
work together. EARLY action is always impor-
tant, for the destruction of natural areas is
continuous and progressive. Fifteen years ago
the present site Of Gary. Indiana, was public
land. having reverted to the state for taxes "
There was no particular reason why a con-
siderable area could not have been reserved
at that time by mere legislative act
zone who is interested in the preservation
Of an area usually wakes up to the fact that
it is in immediate danger when the destruc-
ton is in progress and it is too late to stop it
THE nation, state, counties OR municipali-
ties must own preserves. Nothing can ordi-
narily be done without public interest Prob
ably the best way to arouse it is by the organ
ization OF a local society having particular
preservation project as its sole or main OBJ
ject"
The writer advises that each reserve should
be roughly divided into recreation and pre-
serve areas and in charge of trusted keeper.
He tells of gross errors made in some pre-
serves.
Automobile trails are cut through where
only trails should be opened No places are
reserved for camping or recreation. The re-
suit is that the wild parts are destroyed. Exotic
trees and shrubs are planted. Considerable
areas are modified as golf courses Cattle and
sheep and goats are pastured in the preserve
and forest production prevented. Wild flowers
are picked and rooted up and carried off. Care
takers are unframed for their work"
Many who cannot be catalogued in any Of
the eight classes mentioned by Professor Shell
fird find themselves in heartiest sympathy
with his recommendations.
While national and state action Is desira-
ble we believe he is right when he states that
the best way to arouse public interest in the
preservation OF forest areas is by the organiza-
ton Of local societies having a particular pres
ervation project in hand.
Every community ought to have its own
preserve, with society OF interested citizens
devoted to It's upkeep in its natural state and
supervised and guarded BY competent per-
son or committee In many places action of
this sort has been taken, but On the other hand,
the duty Is ignored often enough to justify the
professors paper. We hops his paper win
have large circulation and his recommends
tons meet With . quick responsA S
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-04-26

Somewhere around the vicinity Of
Broadway and Forty-second street
in Gotham is the likely, place to
sell goldbricks.
New York city has recently found
$860, 900 worth Of patent ventilat-
ing installations worthless. These
mechanical ventilating installa-
tons are warranted to supply
ample fresh air to the pupils in
schoolrooms, yet to exclude that
bugaboo Of all near-sanitarians, the
draft. The only trouble seems to
be that the ventilstors do not vent.
and the children In the school,
room are compelled to languish in
foul. reeking air because to open a
window might admit . draft, which
any near-sanitarian can tell you Is
almost certain to prove fatal. While
the ventilating engineer and the
janitor and the board Of education
are squabbling over the manipula-
ton Of the impressive apparatus
the temperature in the schoolroom
scars to lofty heights and the teach
er gets headache and feels nause-
ated and becomes so cross, and the
pupils grow dull-and right outside
the tightly closed windows there
is plenty Of good fresh air. just as
good air as can be had anywhere.
except that nobody has a patent on
it. Somehow Father Knickerbocker
fussing over his $S60,00 plaything
reminds one of the good old days
of unrestricted buncombe when 81
Simpkins invested $3.50 in an cleo
trio bell to restore his failing vital
| ity.
Eight hundred and sixty thous-
and seems lot to pay for fresh air,
but the fresh air is worth it. II de-
livered according to contract
A much simpler, more depend
able and rather less expensive way
to get plenty of good fresh air in
a schoolroom at all times is BY
equipping the windows with plain
cloth screens, made of unbleached
muslins, the full size Of the win
dows. This Is no experiment, mol
does it require the constant atten'
ton of ventilating engineer OF
a representative of the cloth man
ufacturer. You just put on YOU
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-04-26
Advertising has been known to ruin bust
ness--when the advertising was done by It's


Negress on trial in Rock Island police court
new indignant when she was charged with
drunkenness and declared she was not guilty.
but when the charge was changed to inebriation
0he smilingly confessed that she was in that
condition when arrested and paid fine OF $40.
where ignorance il bliss, etc.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-04-26

class with the national parks OF
the United States. There are pet
riied forests in Colorado and Ne
.braska but none compare with the
petrified forest of Arizona.
@. Who said Millions for de.
fence, but not one cent for tribute
J. r.
A. Charles Cotesworth Pinck'
ney, at the time that he was sent
to France as an American commits
sionr, upon a suggestion Of Tally.
rand to the effect that a gift Of
money was a necessary preliminary
to negotiations, the alternative be-
Ing war, is said to have replied:
War be it, then; millions for de-
fence. sir. but not one cent fol
tribute"
@. What kind OF a discharge
! does B. c. D. in the navy mean! r
H. A
A. The navy department sag:
that B. c. D. means bad conducs
discharge.
@. In migrating. which bl''
travels farthest? A. L. D.
A. The golden plover traveis
farther than any other bird.
breeds as far north as Labrador
and goes as far south as Brazil.
@. My eyelashes are ven
| scanty. Wharf can do to promOs
their growth? NJ. r. W.
A. To stimulate the growth q
eyelashes melt yellow vaseline sna
put it on the roots of the lasne
with a tiny camel's hair brush, *
! Ing careful not to get any OF the o.
IN the eyes.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-04-26

THE FRECAED FROG.
Two lines Of some forgotten song
Two lines, and that q all
Oft come to me but memory,
It seems, cannot recall
Another silly line OF It;
And though / rack my brain
It does not bring single thing
Save that tvo-line refrain.
It haunts me in the morning hours,
1t haunts me all the day;
When I'm in bed it fills my head
Till sleep has said it nay.
But when awake 1t comes again
As needle to the pole:
"A freckled frog sat on . log
Communing with his soul!
What happened to that freckled frog?
That's what I'd like to know.
Did he "kerplunk" from OF that chunk
In waters deep below?
Does he still perch upon that log
Communing all day long!. -.
wish l knew u'n SAY dob
The rest of that fool song!
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-04-26
Do You Scrap About the Family
Money?

Which does q man love more-his wife or
his pocketbook! is the challenging opening
paragraph Of current newspaper article.
The writer points out that recent survey
showed that only 70 out of every 1000 hus-
bands trusted or loved their wives enough to
unite in joint-either to drawback accounts
and that at the end Of five years there were
only 10 Of these 70 "joint" accounts left. This.
according to the writer. shows such a lack of
bands that the question is answered. 'The an
swer is that husbands love their pocketbooks
more than they love their wives.
This may be the answer, but we doubt it.
1t is more likely that the SO who were not in
the Joint" accounts class at the end of five
years were SO badly broke that there was no
hank account in the family. Joint" or other
wise. Human nature being as it is. man nat
ural as well as woman natural, the suggestion
is offered that one Of the sure routes to family
bankruptcy for the average family is in the
Joint" account Like SO many other things in
this imperfect world it is beautiful in theory
but it fails to work in practice.
How then, you ask should the family f.
nances be arranged as between husband and
wife, to bring about the best use Of the family
income with the least friction? II anybody
had the answer to that question and the an
swer would be accepted and acted upon, one
of the big if not the biggest cause Of domestic
unhappiness would be removed.
Misery husbands from the point Of view OF
wives and extrayagant wives from the point
Of view of husbands are responsible for much
family wrangling and unhappiness They keep
| the divorce courts busy. And yet most Of the
misery husbands are not misery at all and
most Of the "extravagant" wives are not ex.
| travagant- They only seem to be so because
they have failed to agree upon sensible basis
| Of handling their finances
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-04-26

waiting, making a most attractive
picture.
"Why-er," drawled the very good
looking young man who sat op-
posite her. and the meaning in his
voice was unmistakable. "why-er-
the way / had 1t the first time suits
me-ior alvayA"
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-04-26

window screens and 60 to it
there1l be fresh air for all. with
comfort, no loss of daylight, no
dust, no wind, no wet, not even d
draft that anybody can detect, and a
very definite saving in the coal bill,
too. Better managed cities than
New York have tried this simple
ventilating method and found it
satisfactory. Perhaps if somebody
would gid the screens and do them
up in Q lot of fancy wrappings.
New York might fall for them.
DR.. John B. Todd, of Syracuse.
has observed the use of CLOTH
screens in city and country schools
and before New York or any other
town squanders any more good
money oh playthings it might be
well to look into DR.. Todd's reports
carefully.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.
High Time for Baby to Eat
Will a small piece of meat and
two teaspoonfuls Of mashed potato
hurt a child 20 months old if fed
twice a day? (Mrs. H. c. +
Answer-No.
Milk Diet.
I am taking a quart OF milk a
day, and find it constipating. &c. D.
H.)
What can one do to avoid the
constipation that occurs when one
| is on milk diet? "a. j.
Answer-An exclusive milk diet
leaves little undigested residue in
the bowls and hence less evacua-
tions are natural. Some fruit, or
bran gems may be taken.
Best Antiseptic Gargle.
Kindly mention what you consid-
er the best antiseptic gargle for
general use in cases of slight sore
throat or threatened trouble of the
kind. mean something one car
keep on hand to use as a good, safe
household remedy. (R. P. A.
Answer-Boric acid. For use. dis
solve as much as the desired guam.
tity of boiled water will dissolve
AS a gargle use it hot, every houl
or two. The same solution may be
used as a mouthwash, for bathing
the eyes, or for spraying the nasa
passages.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-04-26
Argus Information Bureau


Haskin.
confidential the replies being direct
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-04-26

THE Gentleman in the Adjacent Column
writes ente .tainingly of aerial journalism"
But what does he mean when he says
"the result of world championship match
could be announced to waiting public much
sooner than through the medium of the COM
paratively slow telegraph? If there is any
medium OF communication that can beat press
wire clash" on Dempsey X o. it is being
concealed successfully from speed mad world
THE aerial colyum conductor "can afford
to ignore the comments Of the hyper-sensitive
reader" he adds Speaking as an earth-bound
colyumist we can say that the comments Of
the hyper sensitive reader" is one OF the I'M
diluted Toys of colyum conducting
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-07-16
THE PARABLE ABOUT SURE
THINGS

There came unto me a man VIII
! inquired Of mo. saw. Hast thou q lit
In ,ouo.. T., ;,,-o-+2 l7o,. .la,,I,
-,
ne 10 ieI 'Aee II OF '"1 "'o"i'
Floor, have INSIDE information
| upon Sure Thing.
and he told me of Corporation
whose stock was sclln% very Low
because the management were Bear
ing the Market that they mighI
themselves BUY a Controlling lnlefes
IN 1t; and how they intended to bul
the stock a little later, and MAKE
IL very Faluable, SO that ne VINO
| oought now would make NICE Lat
tie k2ll.
And SAID, Il that be the lltIe
| game OF the Management, / VIII lei
them play It.
nave long since ceased trying to
peat men at their own game.
for nave stood and watched the
hlmoIe fea as. 1t made IT'S unabslru-
sNe way from one Shrp to another,
ana l nave considered no" many
should nave guessed wrong II l
mad guessed at all
AND ne SAID, Nay, tins IS no Shell
Gahe, out a sure Ihlng.
ana l sa5d, There are several men
flaying Cfoquet at the Poor house,
apQ cVhefs VINO nave Graduated from
BUSINESS aad are now Pitching
horse Sh0es az the county Farm,
VINO owe tnelF present IeUet from
me presence OF the Maddlng Crowd
TO the generosity 81 friends who let
Lnem IN on the Ground floor OF some
sure Ihing.
And l SAID, Listen to me, and I'M
derstand my POSITION, whether thou
doest likewise or no. / do not Gam
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-07-16

The time has for the communists to exploit the
of the bourgeoe and thus increase their influence
over the workers.Leon Trotzky Boshevst minister of
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-07-16
Confessions Of a Husband!
THE MANS SIDE OF MARRIED LIFE

you want to so to the recital with
him, l don't object"
l had no intention Of permitting
myself to be cooped up with Edith
while George took my wife to a violin
recital. 1t seemed a thoroughly stu
pid arrangement with absolutely
nothing TO commend it except thaJ it,
was very modern" which was no
attraction in my eyes.
Fainly | had attempted to per-
suadc Dot of this, without going LOO
much into The details Of my oDjec-
ton. So l made up my mind, when
I found it impossible to dissuade er,
10 resort TO deception.
Sid promised to call me up thai
evening and, pretending 30 be MIR.
Daniclson, the firms lawyer, insist
on seeing me upon matter Of tusi-
ness.
This would give me the excuse /
needed to get away. George could
take Oct to The concert as they had
planned and Edith could wait at out
house until they returned.
OF course, did not tell Sid why
wanted to get away that night; he
had the idea | wanted to see a prize
fight.
With my plans already made |
awaited the evening without the least
bit Of worry, for | had provided a
/ certain means of escape.
SO when l met Edith that after
/ noon | joked with her about the at
fair as though l really intended for
I it to go through according to the
schedule that she and my wife had
4 worked out.
Il suppose you'll be delighted to
have my company this evening" she
said to me when | encountered her
on the street.
Delighted hardly expresses it, !
replied. Il have reached the point
where | am not surprised at any
good fortune that befalls me. Even
to meet you on the street like this,
so far from youT customary"
"Oh, l dropped in to see George
for a moment thought that only
fair to him, despite the fact that he
is going to desert me this evening
It's all very twentieth century, isn
/ it,"
"Twenty-first century" l correct
ed. What does George think of TIL,
arrangement"
DO you know, find it absolutel,
impossible to shock him any more
But Dot tells me you made a little
fuss oWhen she informed you of GU
4 plans for the evening. l don't thinl
. that was very flsttsring."
q didn't believe it was fair to keel
you at home to take care of Bobbu
while Dot and George went to tina
+ RECITAL =.
II would rather do anything thai
; ,sit through an evening Of. music
! l.even be- with YOU :.
Il "Thank you, Dot and George vii
Y come back i1f time TO Fsscue yoI
from utter boredom"
e .''If the worsA comes to the wors
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GA Real Surprise.

bb--R kGal Sufprisc.
Guess whatw
81 refuse"
Guess what I'm going to do We'd
nesday night.
1t was the first time IN a long
while that had seen Dot really ner-
self, and l was delighted So L
guessed amy number OF things, but
Of course, not the rig s. one.
I'm going to a violin recital. .
"Really?"
"And with another man
Its good Of you TO warn me,
And you're going to stay home
and take care OF Bobbie."
I'm be glad to do that"
But you won't be lonesome"
Is that SO? Have you looked cut
for me, aIso?"
Dot nodded Guess who's going
to keep you company
| began with David and Goliath
and was going through all the he
roes of antiquity wien Dot interrupt
ed me;
ooh, you're no good at all as a
guesser. George is gong TO take me
to hear S,rabinoff-it's his last re
cital in a long time and Edith
coming here to keep you company
Whose bright idea is this"
demanded.
Partly mine and partly hers,
George likes music, but you and she
don't. Anyway, you cant take lne
to hear Strabinoff because we
haven't any girl and we can't leave
Bobbie alone. So we've arringed il
this way and everybody's happy"
was very far from being happy
but | could not say so. Instead,
tried another tack.
But, dear, it viii probably be :
very hot night, and you won't feel {
bit like sitting indoors listening Il
some foreign fiddler
Foreign fiddler! That's a stupis
way to talk about -"
"All right, | retract the foreign
| fiddler. But why should you take ;
notion to go 70 a recital now? Ant
why do you want TO leave me a
home like th.s?"
"You didn't object at first-why
you didn't say word against it un
til l said was going with George
Honestly, are you silly enough to b
/. jealous of him. Look me in the eye.
| did so. She went on;
Now is you say you're jealous o
him, I'll make some excuse to Edit
and call the engagement of, thoug
/ haven't been cut a night sine
Bobbio became sick If you ere on
/ bit jealous Of George ] won eye
see him again.
The easiest way out of the situa
i, tion would have been to lie and sa
thaa / was jealous It Has.a FAC
: that a one time it bad seemed t
me Bit with Dot lsosin
at me that way had to tel tn
truth, and the truth was that l ha
i not the slightest grounds for jealous
and that / knew it.
mo, Tn not jealous ! said. "
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-07-16
EDITORIAL AND FEATURE PAGE
OLD DAYS IN AMERICUS

1t was q thirsty crowd which was
in Americas Tuesday. Oak Hall sold
nineteen kegs of Macon beer, besides
other things. and that doesn't make
any count at all for the other places
IN the city, all of which did big
business.
During the session Of Wilcox coun-
ty court last week, Col. Z. II. Cults,
Of Americas, presided in a case in
which Judge Brown was disqualified,
and acquitted himself with credit.
Mr.. George J. Winkler has again
gone IN the butcher business, with
Mr.. W. B. Mayo, as will be seen from
their advertisement He has a reputa-
ton Of making the best sausage of
all kinds in the country.
Mr.. James B. Wheeler, who went
TO Atlanta to attend Moore's Bust
ness college, arrived at home last
night to lay up until one of his arms
which is broken can mend. His arm
was hurt while he was playinb base
ball.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-07-16
TEN YEARS AGO TODAY


(From the Times-Recorder, July
16, 1919
Manager Ford and the members of
the baseball team were The recipients
Of typical old-fashioncd hospitality
yesterday at the hands of Tommy
Hooks, the sterling backstop Of the
local nine, who kept open house all
day at his country home and wei
coined his teammates with the warm
est cordiaIity.
To St.-Simon's- by-the-Sea instead
of Rose-Dhu-by-Sayannah the Amer
icus military is going, to the great
delight of the soldier boys who didn't
want any rose-deW in theirs.
The many Amercus friends of Mr..
viii C. Glover will be interested in
the announcement OF his marriage
on Wednesday, next, 9th, to Miss
Edna Toda, of California, Mo-, a
charming member of tne social set
Of that little city. They will visit
Americas before gong to their home
in Shreveport, where Mr.. Glover has
for several years conducted a mcr-
camille business.
On account of its delightfully."- in
formal features, what was one of
the most enjoyable parties Of the
season was that given on Tuesday
evening by Mrs. c. r. Raymond to
large number of young people at her
home near the city.
AT the First Methodist church the
pastor, Rev. 0. B. Chester, viii con-
tinue today his series Of special ser
mons.
Mrs. z. A. Littlej9hn ard son, viii
liam LittIejohn, have gone to Nachoo-
choe Valley, where they will spend
the summer
Representative Z. A. Nesbit came
down from the capital yesterday to.
rest for a day in the bosom of an
admiring constituency
Miss Minnie Harper, of Atlanta,
the guest OF Mrs. VIII Dudley, for
the week, left yesterday to visit
friends in Richland.
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OBSERVATIONS.

Raising railroad rates has RACED
business.
A hen in the city is worth two in
the country.
A man out Of work regards any job
as vacation
The nation that has caused most
wars is imagination.
The trouble with the prodgal sun
is it returns too often.
Often strictly fresh eggs" are not
fresh; they're impudent
Lenins real name is glitch. 3"
Russia should scratch him.
The film trust seems to have been
pulling a few extra illusions,
A wife's permanent wave is fine
but we need a permanent wife wave.
Disarmament win solve the prob
lem of making a round world square.
DIR. Adler says one out of ten is
feeble minded. All ten pity the poor
fellow.
A girl worries more about bobbed
hair showing her ears than bobbed
skirts showing her knees.
They caught more before prohibit
ton because the fisherman watched
his hook with baited breath,
The British are asking Ambassador
Harvey's advice on the Jap question.
So they'll know what not to do.
When a woman sees a man wilt his
collar discussing her clothes she just
laughs up where her sleeve used to
be.
Many 60 to art galleries to see
fine paintings. Other men stand on
the street corner and watch them
pass.
! Perhaps we would get along better
if we had more appropriations fol
, construction and less for destruc-
ton.
Ohio's governor releases a manu-
; Ifacturer from prison because con
finement is interfering with his bust
5 ness. This shows the advantage g
: a life sentence--no business to woEr.
about.
4 Income and excess profits take
S scollected, during the last fiscal yea
| averaged -$37 for every man. womai
and child in Che country. a dime
. day IS the price Of victory.
The dollars compared with pre-wa
value, is worth So cents against 3
S cents at the peak of high prices. say
Ii Department of Labor. Yes, and tn
ore it rises, the fewer you get.
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The dollars compared with pre-war
value, is worth So cents against 81
cents at the peak of high prices, says
Department of Labor. Yes, and the
ore it rises, the fewer you get.
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can play solitaire Or should 1
bring some knitting with me?"
dot may have some socks that
you can darn, if you find it SO diff
ficult to pass the time"
That's a fine suggestion; l will
speak to her about it tonight
(To Be Continued.
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