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The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-09-18
farm BUREAU 4
TO OPEN DRIVE.
Organization Mead Instructs IN
Solicitors for Membership Cau.
paign Set Goal of LOO,

One hundred and sixty members
of the farm bureau received IN,
structions in solicitation methods
today at bureau headquarters from
G. E. Metzger, head of the organ.
ization and publicity department Of
the Illinois Agricultural associs.
ton, as preliminary to the formsl
opening of the bureaus member.
ship drive tomorrow.
P. r. Edgerton, farm advisor
states that the goal of the drive il
a total membership of 1900. Ten
men will be detailed for duty il
each township and their task will
be to secure renewals as well q
new members.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-09-18
Eye FORETOll
COPS And I'm


with my clairvoyant eve ! :.
this arrest approaching"
Mrs. Elizabeth Wilson dm :.
say whether she foresaw that =
iency would be exercised by Pm
Magistrate D. ]. Cleland. INT y
got off with a suspended fine ~ =.
in police court this morning -
When Ofiicers Harry NN,.
mons and Rollin Berry calleS ,.
her house, 2217 Fourth avenss !.
$3.50 o'clock this morning ana =.
ed q warrant on her, Mrs. Wa
offered to tell Fitzsimmons' 49,
present and future if he vc.,,
leave her alone. She was Char,
with conducting a clairvoyant ~
fortune telling establishment y
violation Of the city ordinances .
The visit to the neighborhood :,
a double one. The two ONE.
broke up a free-for-all xens,,
quarrel next door, 2215 Fourth ~.
nue.. and took the four partictpaas
to Jail.
Case Of Howard Hilley, his vii.
Joseph Balluff and Elsie Davis. N
principals all charged with dish,
derby conduct, was set for 2 o'clor,
this afternoon in police court
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-09-18
CHICAGOANS VIEW
| SERVUS PLANT; TO
!. BECOMENVESTORS

Il owners and executives OF some
Chicago industries are to visit Rock
.lsland at the invitation of hudson
j.. Adams, president of the Servus
Rubber company. who has just re-
turned from a conference with rep
sresentatives Of the interests repre-
scented. Eleven Chicagoans are ex-
-pected to make a preliminary visit
here next Saturday to look over
1.-The industrial situation. Some Of
-the group are already stockholders
of 1.-THE Servus Rubber company, but
all are prospective investors and
are men OF large means.
:. When in Rock Island the visitors
will be brought into touch with all
of the city's manufacturing institu-
-fions and conditions. and two weeks
.after the preliminary visit larger
group Of Chicagoans has announced
Intention Of inspecting Rock Island
advantages.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-09-18
HIKING CLUB VISITS
MILAN'S MOUNTAINS

Fifty-eight members and friends
of the Black Hawk Hiking club en-
joyed an outing Saturday after
noon to Little mountain. south Of
Milan. Special permission from
the land owner nullified the ''No
Trespassing" signs and this inter-
esting spot was explored, especially
the district through which Mill
creek runs.
John H. Hauberg. the club presi-
dent. proposed schedule of inter
esting trips from now until next
March. Some of these trips are
to be half a day long and some
will be all-day trips. They will be
held semi-monthly.
Committee in charge of the an
nual camera exhibit and contest
will be composed of F. W. Adel-
mann, Ben Horn and the Misses
Carol Thompson. Agnes Koerber
and Georgia First.
An all-day trip in the upper end
of the county Sept. 30 will be the
next event. according to the club
calendar.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-09-18

the r. A, Farley stores. Mr.. Nc
Kensie III been In charge Of the
mems clothing department Of Fisk
q Loosley's store for. the last year.
Prior to that he was with the Far
ley company. he having organized
the advertising department In the
main Offices Of the firm in New
York city. Before going to the Far
ley company the first time he was
employed in the advertising de.
partment Of the Moline Dispatch.
Returning to Moline about year
ago, Mr.. Mckenzie intended max
ing the Pillow City his home, but, re
says, the Farley company has made
him too attractive an offer for him
to decline.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-09-18
HANGS after HE
''" PLANS FUNERAL
Robert Mclean, Former Daven.
porter, Makes Sure Of Prop.
er Burial,

= Robert Mclean, aged go, for
.mer resident Of Davenport, made
elaborate preparations for his fu-
neral and then took his life by
hanging in Duncannon, Pa, Satur-
day.
Mclean first visited an under
taker, selected and paid for cask-
.et. Next he purchased a cemetery
lot. and even went so far as to pay
for the digging Of the grave. He
gave no hint Of his plans, merely
intimating that he wanted to as
sure himself of proper burial when
his time came.
Z AFTER attending to these details,
Mclean hanged himself from a
bridge. He was a carpenter by
trade.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-09-18
HARMON TRANSFER
CAUSES UPRISING
AMONG HIS FLOCK
Especial Moline service.)

News of the transfer Of Rev. L.
v. Harmon was received with pro-
found regret by members Of the
East Moline Methodist church.
Rev. MIR. Harmon has been as
signed to Silbey, south of Chicago,
and will also serve as supply pas
tor at Strawn. His successor is
Thomas G. Cocks, who has been
preaching at Melvin, near Chicago.
Members of the East Moline
church have petitioned the confer
ence, in session at Rock Island, to
return Mr.. Harmon to East Moline
for another year. Their disappoint-
ment at his leaving was expressed
with SO much fervor last evening
that only the impassioned plea for
peace made by Rev. Mr.. Harmon
succeeded in quieting them.
Rev. Harmon has been extra
ordinarily popular among his con-
gregation, and he has come to love
the people of East Moline.
Bishop Nicholson, in urging Rev.
Harmon to accept the pastorate at
Sibley, declared that it is a difficult
appointment and will mean an op-
pOrtunity for some fine construc-
tive work Rev. Harmon SAYS
Bishop Nicholson knows what is
best"
Rev. r. W. Van Alstyne of the
Watertown church has been trans
ferred to Lafayette, in the Rock
Island county district. He is Sue
ceeded by Rev. Joshua Reed. Rev.
Van Alstyne has been at the Wa
tertown church for three years,
and has been popular with his con-
gregation. Rev. J. S. Neal of Silvis
has been returned and his flock ex-
pressed keen satisfaction when in
former of the action of the con-
ference.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-09-18
Personal Points

Leo Stevens and family, 1888
Twenty-ninth street. LETT last night
for Springfield, where they will
make their future home. Mr..
Stevens was until July Is connect
ed with the accounting department
of the Moline Pillow company. He
is now associated with the Mont
gomery- Ward company as manager
of cost accounting in the three fac
tories located in Springfield.
Miss Helen Tremann, s16 Seven
teenth street, left yesterday to re-
sumo her studies at Sweet Brier.
Va. She was accompanied as far
as Chicago by Mrs. H. w. Tremann
and Miss Charlotte Huesing.
Mrs. Oliver P. Olson, 1901 Forty
fourth street, is visiting in Paxton.
Miss Velma Hickman. secretary
in the Office of Mayor Harry M.
Schriver, is taking a vacation OF
several days.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred ]. Fisher, who
have been visiting for several
weeks in the city, left this morning
by motor for Grand Rapids, Mich.
Mrs. F. C. Downs and son Bernard
and Miss Ada Deisenroth accom-
panied them home.
Miss Margaret Chalk. 1888 TWEEN
ty-ninth street, returned today
from a visit with Miss Emeline Will
liams in Washington, Iowa. She
left today for a visit with relatives
and friends in Chicago.
Mrs. H. G. Chalk, 1888 Twenty
ninth street, left today for a visit
with her sister, Mrs. NJ. T. Free. in
Kansas City, Mo.
Miss Helen Burns left Saturday
for her home in Kewanee, where
she will make a short visit. She
will leave soon for Detroit, Mich
to make her home.
Mrs. Alberta Elliott, 1901 Seven
teenth avenue, is attending the
meeting of the Association of Re-
bekahs this week in Detroit, Mich.
Mrs. Mary A. Ehmen, 1914 TWEEN
ty-sixth street, left Saturday for
an extended stay in different points
in Nebraska.
Miss Fern Hawks returned this
morning after a 10 days visit in
Denver and Greeley, Colo.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-09-18
STUDY AMERIcA'
JUSTICES Plea

Especial Correspondence,

= .
Geneseo, Sept. 1S.-In an address,
''The Constitution Of tho United
States" last night in the Geneseo
Methodist church, Chief Justice
Floyd E. Thompson made plea
similar to that recently included in
an address to Rock Island and Mo-
line Rotarians.
Rev. Frank S. Brewer, Of the Con-
gregational church, cooperating
with the Geneseo Kiwanis club in
observation of Constitution Week.
Justice Thompson said, LET US
pay tribute in our feeble way to
that noble ancestry that by sacri-
flee and bloodshed and by loyalty 10
principle and to country, has made
this nation possible. We are what
we are because our fathers and
mothers were what they were. We
can no more ignore or change our
parentage than we can ignore or
change the physical structure of
our continent. We are descended
from men who have struggled for
and in a measure enjoyed freedom
for more than a thousand years."
Judge Thompson spoke Of the
immortal names of Washington,
Jefferson, Hamilton, Madison and
Marshall and continued, Never in
the tide of time have such men, such
a country and such an opportunity
met. One cannot study the history
of the miraculous growth of this
nation without feeling that Provi-
dence ordained that men Of. this
type should have the opportunity
to settle and develop the vast
country we inhabit. AS long as
that element of our population,
which has been purified by genera
lions of residence and service on
American soil, predominates, every
tendency will be toward a safe and
practical government.
$50 much has been said of dem
ocracy in the last few years that
there is a tedency to tear down the
checks and balances erected by our
forefathers and to establish in this
country the dangerous doctrine that
the majority is all-wise and cannot
err. Our fathers watched with
Jealous care this tendency and
made careful provision for the
protection of the fundamental
rights of the minority. They knew
the dangers and the uncertainties
Of the temporary whims and wishes
of an uncontrolled majority, and
sought to establish a course that
would save US from our own fol-
lies. The form of government they
established was the golden mean
between an autocracy and a pure
| democracy.
Lack of understanding is prob.
/ ably the most dangerous enemy
within our gates" Judge Thomp.
son said. "The breakdown of faith
in the underlying principles of gov.
, eminent and of conduct, has beer
proceeding with increasing rapidly
for tleast quarter of a century
Much of this is due to the passing
of the study of ancient classics
from the training of present-day
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-09-18
IACk
SKILL; MUSCLE.
NO SUBSTITUTE
Attenpt Is made to Garry on Safe
After Lock Fails to Yield
Plow City in Crime Waxel

Pushing open a trap door on
which rested 600 pounds Of grain.
burglars Saturday night or Sunday
morning made their way 10 the
office Of the Brown & Christison
feed store, 1901 Second avenue.
Moline, and attempted to rifle the
safe containing 500.
Their second feat Of great
strength was performed when;
foiled in reaching the cash drawer,
they picked up the Compound iron
depository and carried it to the
side door ostensibly with the inten-
ton of hauling it away. Appar-
emily they were frightened off be-
fore they could get the safe onto
the truck or whatever sort of con-
veyance they had. The safe was
found yesterday morning by George
Christison at the side entrance.
The combination had been batter
ed OFF with a sledge and a punch
had been used to force the lock. A
heavy ledger. however. made the
punch method ineffective. The book
was damaged by contact with the
inner layer of steel as it was fore
ed in by the punch.
Mr.. Christison left the office at
1870 O'Clock Saturday night and
returned at o'clock. He found all
of the doors open. the blinds were
down and the Office lamp was burn
ing.
81 Jobs in Month.
The police are inclined to the be-
lief that the men who attempted
the feed store burglary are the ones
who forced entrance to the Hoag-
lund grocery several nights ago.
The police intimate that the burg
lars have strong backs and weak
minds. This brings the number OF
robberies, burglaries and larcenies
in Moline this month up to 81.
This includes jobs that have failed.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-09-18
INSTALL BUDGET
SYSTEM; COUNTY
) CREDITORS WAIT

Payment Of orders on county
bills allowed by the board of super
visors will be delayed a week or 10
Gays. pending the installation of a
budget system in county account
ing.
The county clerk and the treas
urer state that information will re
given the public as son as the new
system is operative, and bills upon
proper presentation will then re-
ceive immediate attention.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-09-18
MOLINE EIKS EAT
PIGS. AND A STEER
Especial Moline Se.vice.)

The Moline Elks' barbecue held
at Christison's camp on Rock river
yesterday, attracted 300 Bills,
who made short work of two roast
ed pigs and a young steer. Corn
on the cob, potatoes. tomatoes, sal
ad and coffee constituted the trim
ming. Harold Engstrom won the
horseshoe pitching contest.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-09-18
SISIER GETS COBB
CONGRATULATIONS

st. Louis. Mo-, Sept. 1S.-(By the
Associated Press. George Sisler
OF the st. Louis Browns, who Sat
urday broke Ty Cobb's record of
hitting in 40 consecutive games.
today received the following tele-
gram from Cobb:
Congratulations upon your sue
cess. You have been a rare credit
to the game of baseball and l am
delighted to see you win your lat
est honors."
Sisler hit safely in his 41st con-
secutive yesterday.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-09-18
CHIROS PREPARING
FOR ASSEMBLY FIGHT

Illinois chiropractors will con-
tinue legislative battle to protect
their own interests and to curb
practice of the profession by men
who do not qualify according to the
Illinois Association of Chiroprac-
tors requirements DR.. H. N. Nett
Ter attended a session last week in
Joliet at which these questions
were discussed and announced to-
day that another district meeting
would be held in Rock Island
about Oct. l.
Constitution and bylaws of the
association were revised and the
state divided into IA districts rather
than eight.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-09-18

Real rose leaves, cut in shape
and pasted in position, are suggest
ed as novel substitute for the lip
stick.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-09-18

A pigeon can easily fly at the
rate of so miles an hour when the
wind is not against it.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-09-18

whenever there is a tendency on
the part of proper enforcement Of
ticials to disregard the violation Of
any law contempt for other laws
naturally follows, declared Judge
N. A. Larson of the circuit court
today.
This is particularly true in the
matter Of prohibition" he said. ut
is for mayors, sheriffs, police and
prosecuting attorneys to enforce
rigidly all laws, regardless of what
ones individual opinion Of the JUS
tice Of q law may be. Public opin-
ion does not enter into the en-
forcement question. When a law
is put on the statute books there is
only one course for the proper au-
thOrities to follow, and that is en-
force obedience"
The September term Of circuit
court opened this afternoon with
Judge Larson presiding. The grand
jury was sworn in at 2 o'clock.
The judges charge to the jury was
strictly formal. The jurors are ex-
pected to sift out evidence OF
crimes committed within the coun-
. ty during the last few months.
: Judge Larson's remarks came In
the course Of an interview with
newspaper men. The jurist made
no mention of the Gabel murder
and other conditions contrary tt
law said to be existing in the
county. He pointed out that it is
his duty to preside in an impartial
manner over cases which the grand
jury by proper indictments bring
into court. To express his indivd'
1ai opinion in any case or to charge
the grand jury with routing Out
specific crimes, he said, nigh
} lead to the charge that he is preJu
diced.
Paid To Get Evidence.
Officials are paid to obtain evi
dence of crimes and take it before
1.-THE grand jury" he said. "All laws
e. can be enforced if officials do thei,
duty. Public sentiment canno
prevent the enforcement of an.
law. Some people may not wan
liquor laws enforced, but that doe'
not excuse the proper authoritie
from carrying out their duty to tn
fullest extent"
States Attorney Ben S. Bell stat
ed that il it were not for the Gabe
murder mystery and the condition
alleged to exist the Septembe
grand jury would have the lightes
task of any grand jury within re
cent years. There are few out
standing cases to be considered
Among these perhaps the mos
prominent is that Of c. B. Ellis
Moline constable, charged wit
the murder of William Oldfield.
Mr. Bell reiterated early state
ments that he has few recommends
tiops, if any, to offer the grand jur
in its efforts to sift vice conditions
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-09-18

1t is estimated that 14,44s. 900
lives have bean lost in battle in all
the wars Of the world waged be-
tween 1880 and 1918
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-09-18
M'KENZIE RETURNS
TO NEW YORK CITY

Especial Moline SeryiceD
E. L. Mckenzie will return to
New York this week to resume the
position of advertising manager for
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-09-18


r r. Wood, e14h Twenty-ffth
StxeeA Moline, has returned from
Cherokee, Iowa, where he attended
fhe funeral services Of his uncle.
Benton Pitts Wood, former Moline
resident, which was held last
Thursday afternoon in the Chris
tian church Of that city. Burial was
Ia the Cherokee cemetery.
Lee Wood OF Madison, 8. D., son
Of Benton Wood, attended the fun
eral, but his sister, Mrs. Brannon,
Of Modesto, CAL, was unable to be
present, owing to illness in her
family. Three Of Mr.. Woods broth
ers, all Of whom saw service In the
United States army. preceded him
in death. one Of them, Lieutenant
Wellington Wood, having been
killed in action in. the battle Of
Stone river. Benton Wood served
in the Second Iowa infantry, hav-
ing enlisted in Davenport. He was
sworn into service at Keokuk on
May q, 1861, and reenlisted in
1868.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-09-18
Mrs. Ida Peterson.

Mrs. Ida Peterson, aged II years,
many years a resident of Moline,
passed away at 1890 o'clock this
morning in the family residence,
S06 Fifteenth street A, Moline.
Mrs. Peterson was born June /,
1851, in Sweden. Her husband pre-
ceded her in death. Surviving are
three sons, Arthur, Axel and Rob-
ert; a daughter, Mrs. 7. J. Blair.
all of Moline, and two sisters, Mrs.
Marie Johnson and Mrs. Andrew
Ringman, both of Chicago.
Funeral services will be held at
2 O'Clock Wednesday afternoon in
the Esterdahl funeral chapel. Rev
c. O. MOrland will conduct the SER
vices. Burial will be in Riverside
cemetery.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-09-18

There are about 10000 species
Of fish known.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-09-18
John C. Babceck.

John Charles Babcock, 7-year-
old son Of Mr.. and Mrs. J. s. Bah
cock, 3141 Fifteenth street c, Mo-
line, passed away this neon in the
family residence. The boy had been
suffering from an liberated tooth
three weeks. The tooth became m
fected and death resulted.
He was born Sept. IA, 1915, in
East Moline, and had attended the
Garfield grade school. He was a
member of the Wesley Methodist
Sunday school.
The parents and sister, Doro-
thy, survive.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-09-18
Mrs. Fred PhiIlin.

8 Mrs. Fred Phillip. 617 Forty
Third street, Rock Island, passed
away at 2:30 o'clock this after
noon.
The independent-reporter., 1922-02-09

Of the association. objects to being OBJ
liged to take his milk to Newport to
sell to the Turner Centre Co, claim
ing that it is not benefit financially to
the producer to deliver milk at New
port considering the extra expense
and the time lost in the transaction.
Mr.. Susi thinks that the y. r. NJ p. A.
made a mistake in calling strike
at this time. when il was not prepared
and had no market arranged for the
members to dispose of their milk.
The neext speaker was NJ. b. White
who is a member of the n. +. NJ. p.
A. and he supported the strike plan
very vigorously and urged the men,
bers to stand firm and by thus doing
he was certain the producers would
win out Hon. William Osborn and
Hiram Inman, members of the asso-
ciation, both spoke.
Then Richard j. Goodrich of Hart
land, the president of the Somerset
County n. F. NJ. p A. who had just
returned from Boston where he has
been in attendance at the annual
three days session of the association
was called upon and told the audience
many things of interest that he found
out a the Boston convention. He de-
seribed a special meeting of the dele
gates which was addressed by Chas.
Whiting of the Whiting Co. and Mr..
Goodrich said that he thought the
Whiting firm really meant to be fair
NTH the milk producers and the only
difficulty seemed to be difference OF
opinion in regard to surplus milk and
station charges, which Mr.. Goodrich
thought should be paid for by the
Whiting Co. and he urged the farmers
to keep firm in the stand they have
taken.
W. F. Currier of Vermont diree-
tor of the y. Il. NJ. p. A. stated that
the association was doing all in its
power to get 9iving prices for the pro-
ducers and urged the members to
stand firm on the basis they had
taken.
l.. +. Marden. manager of the Whit
ing q Son Creameries in this section
was the next speaker and with an ar
ray of facts and figures told those
pres ent the Writings side of the prop
oStion
The meeting adjourned with the
producers evidently firm and united
in standing to the terms they struck
i0r until a settlement is effected.
1t is stated that the Pittstield
creamery is getting very little milk
and what is being brought in is by
farmers who are not members OF the
association.