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The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-11-11
NOTICE.

Notice is hereby given to all per-
sons interested. that an INSTALL
ment Of an additional assessment
of benefits confirmed October 20,
1917, together with interest on de-
ferred and uncollected install
ments of said assessment to the
amount of eleven thousand five
hui bred and fifty dollarS{$11,-
$50. 30, is now due for drainage
purposes for the year A. D. 1922,
upon land lying within Drury drain
age district of Rock Island county,
Illinois, and the same must be
paid to the undersigned treasurer
of said district at his office in Mus
catine. Iowa, on or. before the first
day of January, A. d. 1923, and in
default of such payment, the sew
eral tracts of land upon which said
installment of interest remains un-
paid, will be sold according to law,
to pay the amount Of such install
ment, interests and costs.
! Dated this goth day Of October.
A. d. 1922.
r. L. THOMPSO
Treasurer.
Paul J, Graham, ATTORNEY.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-11-11
FOUR MORE Are
TAKEN N RAIDS
AGAINST BOOZE


Renewing the salient against
bootlaggers In Rock Island. the 20
lice made four arrests Yesterday
and last night. They we're:
Fred J. Gregg. proprietor Of =
saloon at 1926 Seventh avenue;
case continued to Monday after
noon At 2 o'clock; gave cash bond
Of $3.50.
Stephen Stapoulos. 24lS Fifth
and-a-half avenue; fined $500 and
case TUNED over to federal author
tiles on appeal; released ON real
estate recognizance bonds.
/ Louis Likes, 25z4 Fifth-and-a-
half avenue; case to be tskea MP IN
police court today, probably to g
to federal authorities; held with.
out bond.
Gregg was caught, a. officers ex.
pressed 1t, "cold turkey" with near.
" = quart Of whisky in . bottle be.
side q whisky glass outside the
back door Of his saloon. The raid
tng party, composed Of Omcer,
Thomas Totten, John Kinney, Har'
~ Fitzsimmons and William Ep
person, surprised him at about
O'Clock. After looking through hi.
place the men started out for {
-four Of the grounds. finding tn,
!bdetle when they opened the door
He was charged with having liquor
in his possession for sale, and Pc
lice Magistrate D. ]. Cleland con
tinued the case, at the defendant
request, to Monday afternoon.
Two raiding squads, composed o
the members Of the day shift of tn,
; police force, visited most of the re
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-11-11
Lest You Forget

The Argus on Aug. printed the following prom
ises % behalf Of the Rock Island city and county
governments:
/. Enforcement Of the liquor laws including
the sale Of intox1cant beverages in soft drink
pariors and the traffic in hooch and bootleg
whisky.
= Closing Of disorderly houses and driving
from the city Of prostitutes, street walkers and
their male consorts.
3. Elimination of tool gambling. if any exists.
i. Removal of slot machines and like gamb+
ling devices.
"Thissis to be no spasmodic cleanup" City
Attorney Scott said. I'VE are going to make It
thorough and lasting. We ask the cooperation
Of the public and urge that any citizen who has
knowledge of law violations cali Chief Cox or
Sheriff Miller, or both, and give them the infor-
nation. We going to clean house and the
strict enforcement of the law will continue at
least as long as the present city administration
is in Office"
Sheriff Miller reiterated Mr.. SCOTS state
ment. "The county and city have Joined forces
and we are going through with this thing if it's
the last thiEg we do We want the police to help
US and with that cooperation granted. we prom
Use that the community vii! have nothing to
complain Of in regard to law enforcement"
This is Nov. II. Some of the conditions against
which the city and county authorities pledged them
selves to act Aug. still prevail in Rock Island.
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was requested b. scAriysr. and :.
motion Of the o@csrs NJ ,.sS. \.
arrest Stapeulss' case " orT.. -
by tn magistrste turn 80. =
the d0posal OF Federal PreAiss,,o -
Agent Joseph Prendersast. 1870. S.
OF S.apouios furnished 4 4, aoo
bond, giving rsal estate for ,sscur .
The haul h stopoulos' pe,,A.o.
hood was . double one. q in.;
Likas, es24 Fifth-and-a.han ou's
niue. waa arrested when - s,,,"s
OF homo npDde wine were fss.I
barrels inphis cellar. TIA ~ "a
the oficers q said to hsy. -
made by Stapoulos when he ~
arrested, US
Father @Relievess Ssa.
The elder Likas was not 10 \.
found at the time Of the raid Aov.
ever, and his son George wa tst
en- into custody instead. His nm,
was located at 8.45 o'cloct Is..
night and he then relieved his AN
in the city Jail.
Wine found at the two pl,c..
was put under Official seal A. !,
Was too bulky to he moved X ~.
time. Copious samples in es.,sd
containers were taken for syidencs
and locked in the rooms used N
contain such evidence at The e,tv
hall
Likas was not accorded tria, la,
night, and was held in the rails
untn today. when it Vas under.
stood his case vas also TO be An.
! pealed and given ever to the IA.
eral authorities. The facts In n,
case are similar to those in Sta.
poulos' ease-possession for sal.
! being alleged. The serious uoint in
both cases, however, is the fart a,
| their having such large quantities.
OF wine on hand without having
government permits to hold il
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-11-11

mainine salooas last night. and the
arrest o 0fsgg VA the only one.
The othsf two alleged boot1eggsrs
had been taken during the atter-
noon. ~,
chise Wu,ian Il. Fitisimnons
sutAerieed he raids q { O'Clock
roll call of Me fnfce. wAan he re-
called De Day men to carry % the
work.
.Ttoss oho are haneiag on one
Of The ofleersf said, speatAng Of the
soft drink har pfnpYistors. ARE in
desperate straits. and reports that
this pf~&hAt oAe Is cheating, or
selling hQuor o. the sly. come In
from tams 70 time, We had heard
several tiIees lately about Gregss
The chisi Il police emphasized
|tAis Htfll further. "Airtitht's the
word Flfesammous said to . news
paper representative. land the
cheatels can't cheat long at : time.
l believe ixhe liquor business is
curbed here. but these little sur
prise raids from tfrae to time will
help ksep II that way" =
narrels II Wine.
G.apoulos believea he has Z for
tunate combination In operating .
wine press In conjunction with q
fruit selling business. $ Oncers
found 500 gallons Of wine. come of
which had not been finished In the
making. in barrels throughout his
house at 3l12 Fifth and-a-half ave
nue.. Big. luscious, red California
grapes bobbing about in the barrels
of, wine undergoing the process at
tested to the quality Of the ma
terials he used.
| The policemen asked to see his
/ government permit for making
wine. Such permits are obtained
at the internal revenue ofioes, one
of which is located in the local fed
eral building. Stapoulos said he
had none. An estimate Of the
amount OF wine in his place put II
at 500 gallons, and permit allows
possession OF only 200 gallons.
Magistrate Cleland fined him
$500 on charge made by Officers
Fitzsimmons. Kinney, Totten and
Epperson, of having liquor in his
possession for sale.
Stapoulos was represented by At
1torney Ben Schriyer An appea
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-11-11
NOTICE.

Notice is hereby given TO all per-
sons interested, that an installment
OF interest on deferred installments
Of additional benefits confirmed
September 3, 1920, to the total
amount OF $4,000 is now due for
drainage purposes for the year. A.
D., 1922, upon land lying within
Drury Drainage District Of Rock
Island county. Illinois, and the
same must be paid to the under
signed Treasurer Of said District at
his Office in Muscat;ne, Iowa, on or
before the hrst day Of January, A.
b.. 1923; and in default Of such
payment, the several tracts Of land
upon which said installments Of in
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The willow is one of the most
widely distributed of trees. there
being at least 100 known species,
though doubtless there are many
more varieties not yet separately
identified. Nal.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-11-11
BIGGEST VOTE
CAST N RAGE
FOR SnERIFF


- 49-zf4 f. a.. Z
tn greatest totai vote cast IN
Tuesdays. election was SS,zSI. Inc
contest for sheriff. drew this num-
Der. The soldiers compensation
,.o,o.,t;o, w.. . c,oa. ..cord IN
:. 20.
the matteI OF interest WIN 1S,<Is.
IN iact an p[9poslt,ons coAno.
90 sn gnus@e! usp,ay " me- Coz
Juuslns ~ tIen complnou vo'Sv
1nT onic1. en.ase e .s
.e, .nompso.. . ac.sss.u a.. ,a.n
.s. , ~ =, 90 canaH.ts Ho
est pla. 80 ,s,,ia. S
xon ose, .oeRs I'LL m az rn4s,
rraata. .hon tha ms;or;tv .;van
Si..Sra. raS..a. yho d.fested
Cao... " pichmorH To- .hariff
ESwsra., +ot.I vote bowavar vos
IL ss2 moro than AN praater tha n
Thomrson's total vote
Tha onr;c;aI fi,ures cut down
.omswhat tho n,nraIitv given
Thcms. Huehe. tpr :t.ts renre.
sent.tiva fro1n tho 1Ith district over
Harrv NJ McCasLrin In Tho c;tv nj
Rock Island dine to clerical or.
rnrs ,nnear;no nm Tho toll hooka
~. urrhos, ieaS - tha c;tu wos
1177 H;s tool vnte for tho dis.
tr;o.tv.. !, sScas. ~ 10 mo v,h;ch
:. . was - y. .sSn - III, ,o'v 49, :,
10 aona;darad that he name Ala M,
~ 49,. -. 80 =. =,
appeoi on 'ne o"i'o' Do' 10" ~ w
",m.on IN ..
| Tue Ieia.se ,npol 'anse u poS.
Iions w .ne uoiAoe 40 ouo"u my
number OF votes cast where voters
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-11-11
PROPERTY HOLDERS NOTICE,
Gen No. Ga.

Notice Is hereby given to all per-
sons interested that the board OF
local Improvements OF the city of
Rock Island, Illinois, has fled in
the county court of Rock Island
county. . certificate of the cost OF
the Improvement entitled in said
court. I'm re petition Of the city of
Rock Island. Illinois, to assess the
cost of the paving with asphaltic
concrete Of Thirty-fifth street from
Twelfth to Eighteenth avenue, and
from Twelfth avenue from Thirty
afth to Thirty-seventh street" and
said certificate also shows the
court costs. the amount Of accrued
interest, and the total amount of
said assessment and said certificate
also states that the said improve
ment conforms Substantially TO the
requirements Il the original ordi-
nance for the construction Of the
same As required by law. Tho said
certificate which also shows a re-
bate In the amount of the SAID as
sessment in theN sum Of $2,76S.65,
has been filed In said proceedings,
and that final hearing on said Ger
ttficate and assessment will be had
ON the cath day Of November, A. D.
1892. at the hour Of 8 o'clock q. m,
or ~ soon thereafter a. the bust.
ness Of the court will permit. All
persons desiring may file obtec-
tons in said court before said day
and make their defense.
Dated at Rock isiand, HI. thi.
bth day OF November. A. D.. 1879.
N. n. SCHRIvER,
FRANK WITCH,
JOHN 4URRIN,
n. T. RUDGREN,
WIN. FITZSIMMONS,
Board Of Local improvements OF
the City Of Rock Island, Illinois.
(Adve1tiaAmonO
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-11-11
Father Johns Medicine
Treats Colds and Builds
Up the Body Without Use
Of Alcohol or Dangerous
Drugs. A Doctors Pre-
scription, 81 Years in Use.
Absolute Truth Of This Story
Attested by Guarantee to Give
SIS, 10000 to any Charitable
Institution If Shown Otherwise.

Father Johns Medicine Is a doctors
prescription and was prescribed for the late
Rev. Father John O'Brien of Lowell, Mass.
in 1855.
Father John recommended this presc.;2>
top to his Pensioners and friends 81,
this way It became known as Fath<NA.
Medicine. ~
This story is true and w/W ~
give $2s.0o000 to any s>TA ~
il shown otherwise. .NOA~
Father Joh1.. ~ w. "A
sixty-hve 20 o. y x
Era%~%%%
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-11-11
NOTICE.

Notice is hereby given to all per-
sons interested, that the annual
amount of benefits and also had
ditional amount of benefits to the
extent of three dollars and twenty
cents ($3.30) per acre upon the
taxable and assessable lands of the
district hereinafter named is now
due for drainage and levee work
for the year. A. d. 1922, upon the
land lying within the Drury DRAIN
age district of Rock Island county,
Illinois, and the same must be paid
to the undersigned treasurer of said
district at his office in Muscatine,
Iowa, on or before the first day OF
January, A. d. 1923; and in default
OF such payment. the several tracts
| of land upon which said annual
amount of benefits and additional
amount of annual benefits remains
unpaid, will be sold according to
law. to pay the amount OF the same
and costs
Dated this goth day Of October
A. D. 1922. -
r. L. THOMPSON,
Treasurer.
Paul J. Graham. Attorney.
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terest remains unpaid will be sold
according to law to pay the amount
of such interests and costs.
Dated this goth day of October,
A. D., 1922. r. l.. THOMPSON,
Treasurer.
Paul J. Graham. Attorney.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-11-11
Paul J. Graham, Attorney.

Lyddite, the high explosive, is so
called after the English town of
Lydd, in Kent, the place Of its first
manufacture.
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THE WEST Lam, TsAIRMoa

sthing ia piano. tEoaf
recetving re ooT-5
M sis noe ii ,icf
see sehooi
closes sfzssass
There could hardly be a work more interest1ng
that the Development OF this kind Of training and
the watching of the results in these hungry SHUT
in minds. These blind and dumb children nave
normal alert, active brains 1nteltgences cur on
from the two chief sources of education that OF
sight and Of hearing Vibration must echo with
in that wall OF silence somewhat like the radlo
feels its way through space and presses its record
upon sensitive prepared to receive It. me
message must arrive with the same clearness ano
be heard with the JOY, that the wonderful
wireless casts across trackless wastes and pours
into the welcoming of the lonely and lsolateo
West Virginia should provide for the Romnev
school every possible advantage to be had from TINS
new educational channel II vibration" is from
now on to be of the chief means Of training
the dumb and blind, this school should nave any
thing and everything needfu1 in putting the method
into operation. Anything that Will carry nsht
through that enduring darkness anything that VIII
convey communication through that endless sill
ence, must be pushed to its utmost possibilities.
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not start until this aftern DON that
it was a great success. That's
guessing at 'em old top.
Philadelphia does not seem able
to beat anything or anybody until
the Giants hit town, and then they
become regular Giant killers.
If they would just give Dave Os
good a little better handicap, ne
could beat the golf field without
playing.
First call for iced tea
Husband Seeks Child. Gets Ham
mer-headline. The next time the
hammer gets lost perhaps he'll
come home with the child.
Daniel Willard has beet invited
to attend the annual meeting of the
Chamber of Commerce. He won't
have to make any. promises this
trip.
This is nice bright day for the
bills to come in.
Murphy the speed demon OF the
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J,].F !; STUFF

Itsis said that the K. K. K. can
stop roadside live. but we thought
All the world loved a lover.
Chilli having refused Pertu's offer
\ farbitration why not buy them
each other package of shooting
crackers.
Someone at 213 Locust avenue
has lost green feather fan. That
viii take a lot OF breeze off that
street
The watchdog OF Congress will
6es here Sunday. According to the
actions5 or Congress. the dogs bark
must be worse than his bite.
Waller Dentist Society to See
Pretty River-hea dime. Hope none
nf tie boys fall in
The Astonisher said tb3a morn
snE concerning an event which dix
Z y. a
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the guest o her danE hter, u rsss
IA. MR. Stlrm.
y "a. HlrriSon,sw Nj no was Injured:
I'M an automobile wreck several
days ago. IS able to be out ain.
Miss Nora Hissinbotham Is
spending a few days with friends
in Fairmont-
II Mrs. Guy Bice and Mrs W a..
Saunders, were guests at the home
of Larry Bice of Boothsyille on.
Tuesday.
c. r. Harrison and family OF
Clarksburg were guests OF rela-
tives here last Sunday.
Miss Lillian Billups has return
ed from a several days visit with
friends at Carolina,
Mrs. L. Kerns OF Fairmont is
the guest of her sister, Mrs George
Vandergrift
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Was ff,sre u sisit II itias
family over the week
William Tetrick. who has been
confined TO his bed ~ a paralysis
for the past few years. was
thought to be In a crit condi-
stion the last of the week but has
improved in the last few days
Mrs. Charles Higginbotham was
a business visitor in Fairlnont
Wednesday
Miss Sarah Collins of Clarks-
burg has been spending the past
few days with relatives here.
Mrs. p c. Vernon had as din
ner guests on Decoration Day, her
daughters, Mrs. Mary Monmirth
and Mrs. Charles Oats. and her
grandchildren; Patsy and Marguer-
lite Vernon. A sumptuous IL
O'Clock dinner was served the
Mrs. W. B. Tichenor and son
Eugene were also afternoon
guests.
Mrs. John Harter and son Jack,
weeks with Mr.. Harter, who is en-
ployed at BuPRo, y. ". returned
to their home here Monday.
Mrs. Nancy Chambers of Mann
inston was the guest of Mr.. and
Mrs. Charles Tichenor over the
weekend.
There will be special meeting
of the NJ. E. South Church choir
tomorrow evening to practice
music for Sundays memorial SER
vice.
Mrs. Hubert Ash and Brooks
Tetrick, who were called here the
last of the week by the illness of
their father, William Tetrick, have
returned to their homes in Fair
mont.
Mr. and Mrs. Herschel Martin
of Riverdale spent yesterday with
the latter's sister, Mrs. Ben
Brown.
The Misses Betty and 10 Martin
were guests of friends in Fairmont
yesterday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bruce Smallwood
have returned to their home in
Pittsburgh after visit with the
latter's parents, Mr.. and Mrs. D.
e. Nay.
Mr.. and Mrs. Homer Ice were
Fairmont visitors Tuesday.
Howard Martin aud Howard
Fortney were business visitors at
Fairmont yesterday
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Coon OF
East Enterprise and Mr.. and Mrs.
Albert Hurst of Shinnston were
entertained at the home of the
formers daughter, Mrs. w. A
Saunders last Sunday.
Mrs. Name Hardesty, who resfd-
es in the country near here was
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sot EN- entitled Here Cones the
Groom
Crossings Gauti onsIy we
presume hold good for street
That certain candidate for Con
gress from Mercer County may be
spoken of as a dark horse in the
race.
If the B. & o. VIII give US the
money. well take in one OF those
seashore excursions.
Daniel Willard should give us an
annual pass over the system ony-
how for all the man things we
have said about his road, when
we could have kept still and per
mitted the general public to 90
their own thinking.
That would have been infinitely
worse.
Virtue is it's own reward. and
we are just full OF invisible medals
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NEW COMMERCIAL SERVICE.

HNE of Secretary Hooyer's innovations in the
" Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce
is the Survey Business division, statls-
tical service business Large business cor
porations have long seen the need of such a ser
vice and in many have made it part OF their
own organizations The Federal Bureau is I'M
dartakine RI provide the same-facilities for all in
dustries Extreme accuracy and completeness that
feature the reports of Federal establishments
are subordnated to promptness in placing reliable
material at the disposal OF manufacturers 1t is
realized that figures covering so to rs cent OF
an industry are usually sufficient to show the trend,
provided they are available at once before they
have lost their significance In 1921, 1867 COM
panes failed with liabilities totaling over S627,-
900 900. Most of those failures were due to err
rors in judgment that could have been obvlated
had proper statistics and other information been
at hand The elimination of that waste of capital
and resources goal of the statistical division
of the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce
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Berton Braley's Poem
SURE They DO.
Cynical bachelors may proclaim
Ther are safe from the teQdeI

Cynical bachelors may proclaim
They are safe from the tender
passion.
Quite untouched by the subtle
flame
That CLOVIS and CLOVIS in Won
drous fashion;
But by and by there will como
along
Some girl to capture them, one
and all
For be their armor however strong
Sooner or later they always fail:
And some are taken wheI blithe
and young
And some are taken in middle
Bound and fetered and swiftly
flung
Into The matrimonial cage:
Just when they boast Of their free
dom 1oudest
They find they're caught in the
ancient thrall,
The toughest bachelors and the
proudest-
Sooner or later they always fall:
And if for the length Of life
they're free,
Free to wander the world alone.
1t isn't because they have wished
to be,
For deep in their hearts, il you
could be shown.
Is the cherished shrine OF an old
romance.
A memory sweet that they still
recall;
oh, loves the master-men have
no chance.
Sooner or later they always fall.
Copyright 1929
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race track would find himself a
piker on the F'airview road on a
Sunday afternoon.
When it comes to a floating debt,
Germany rules the waves.
There was not much baseball in
that county championship game,
but the excitement was keen.
While Mis- Mccormick did not
sail, she is nevertheless much at
sea.
A contem suggests th,E.:-2ey be
called the sex best sellers"
Just for that, Fannie Hurst
should step on the gas.
It is understood that the typhus
germ has been isolated. That will
give the impure water advocates a
new lease on life.
Boy page Lloyd Heffner.
Making for equality OF sexes.
let's have two wedding marches at
each nuptial ceremony, with one
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-06-01

Teachers are getting ready for their vaca-
lions, and the public should know that
practically every teacher. instead of having two
months of COSY conf Portable idleness and rela1a-
ton is preparing to undertake the hardest KIND OIL
special study somewhere to better tit her for her
work of next winter The work of the teachers
in the schools of the city has been without prece-
dent this winter The children show it, the work
shows it. exhibitions at the close OF school are
astonishing and conclusive proof of it, and next
year with the additional knowledge and training
secured during the vacation period. a bigger and
better result may be relied upon. We say--more
salary for such service!
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Just how much honest to goodness interest the
electricians of Fairmont have in bona hde lnspec-
lions of their work by the city inspector and how
much personal spite is back of their appear Will
probable deyelope in the investigation promised
One thing is certain the city of Fairmont is not
going to pay full time salary to some individual
to inspect electrical wiring if the only thing
prompting such an appeal personal spite and i'll
feeling.
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Nav Circulation

The actual paid for circulation of The West vir-
ginian for the month of May, 1922, is given in the
tabulation below. All copies to advertisers cor
respondents employees, etc, are eliminated
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These figures represent only the circulation
which has Audit Bureau of Circulation rating, The
actual distribution for the month was 152,076 and
the daily distribution 5,S45. Practically all
the circulation went into Fairmont and Marion
County homes, the natural field for the Fairmont
merchant.