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The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-07-20
SAYS MOVIES"
REQUIRE UPL|FT
Editor Of Poetry Complains Of Low
Standards-Says Country Is
Drying Up Spiritually.

Chicago, July 20.-The movies
are setting the artistic standard for
the next generation-a standard
which is -too low, which suppresses
and which does not give a spiritual
uplift" to Miss Harriet
Monroe, editor Of Poetry and cham
pion Of what she admits is a some
'yhat revolutionary art.
America, in tact, is in danger Of
drying up spiritually-a condition
having no relation whatever to pro-
hibition, Miss Monroe says. Ameri-
cas- art Is too cut and dried; there
is no room for Individual express
zion; 1t is all tailor-made, like a
suit Of clothes, she believes.
1.-THE country is becoming too
much standardized in everything"
said Miss Monroe. What We need
Is room for the creative genius of
people to get to work. Everything
Is made to order for them now.
"Of course, people in large cities
having an opportunity to see a va
riety OF art but those in the small
towns-why, they are left utterly
without anything except the movies
nd the movies are all made after
AZ same pattern; they conform tC
!. certain formula, and they are not
pntributing what they should to
lid up appreciation and love fol-
1, t."
Every small town, Miss Monroe
aided, should have its own nina.
ture art gallery, an experimental
theatre where budding dramatist:
TN try out their ideas in play-writ
ilg and where aspiring amateur:
can develop their thespian talents
With other branches of art gradual
ly added, Chicago's poetry cham
pion believes that rural, as well a.
metropolitan centers, can produces
acceptable contributions to tn,
world OF art and letters.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-07-20
TELLS METHOD OF
AVOIDING BRITISH
TARIFF ON CARS

London.-CommanGer Kenworthy
scored neatly in the house of COM
mons recently. He pointed out that
buy an American car, use it here
buy an American car, used. it here
for few months and then take it
back to America. They thought it
hard they could not get rebate of
the duty of 33 1-3 per cent which
the car has to pay before entering
this country.
Members laughed triumphantly.
1--WE no doubt it sounds very
funny to tax Americans on their
own cars" said Kenworthy. "but
listen to what happens.Y They 90
to the continent, buy the cars there
and then get them admitted to this
country duty free on the ground
they are tourists. Now cheer that"
he added emphatically.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-07-20
TURKISH NATIONAL
CAPITAL PLANS TO
ENLARGE BORDERS

Angora, Asia Minor.-The capital
OF the Turkish nationalist govern
ment, Angora, also the headquar-
tiers Of Mustapha Renal Pasha, the
nationalist leader, is ambitious to
become modern city and has en-
barked upon a program OF extern
sive improvements.
The present park is to be en-
larged and made into a public gar
cen; boulevard will be construct
cd from parliament house, past the
prefecture and the bolshevik en-
bassy, and roads are to be repaired
and kept spotlessly clean. A large
fountain. typifying nationalist Tur-
key will be erected in the square
facing the parliament building. An
interesting novelty is that all shop
signs are to be Of the same size.
In the Angora prison there are
now los criminals. Notebooks and
states have been distributed among
them SO that they may learn to
write nationalist poetry. The gov.
eminent Is taking measures to es.
tablish tailoring bootmaking and
other workshops for the prisoners
In the 400 gaols Of Anatolia.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-07-20
BONFIRE BURNS
FATAL TO CHILD.
Death Ends Suffering Of Cecella
Elizabeth Brundies, Aged 9
Of Davenport.

Burns received by little Cecflia
Elizabeth Brundies, aged s years.
yesterday while playing with 4
bonfire, resulted In her death n
S:45 o'clock this morning in
Davenport hospital.
Cecilia, who was the daughter
Of Mr.. and Mrs. Herman Brundies
living on Orphans home road
Davenport, and q playmate pro'
cured matches and prepared the ara
unknown to the parents. Wind
whirled the girls dress into tha
flames. The child ran screaming
into her home,i but before the bla,s
could be extinguished her bodv
was burned.
Cecilia was rushed to the hos.
pital but in spite Of every effort tn
alleviate her suffering, she died in
extreme agony.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-07-20
LS Good o.
SOL s SURVEY


The SOIL survey INC Ba6AAstS RaoSo
az work being carried On by the
University OF Illinois. Its benefits
I'D, what Is to be gained from i.
were ), DISCUSSED at Urbana today by
O. I. Ellis, assistant chief OF the
soil survey work.
sWhat is = soil survey? This
question is foremost in the minds
Of many Of the farmers" said Mr..
EI2is. ''The soil survey is the map
ming Of the soil types In minute de-
tail with reference to geological
origin Of soil, topography, native
vegetation, nature and depth Of
strata, natural drainage and agri-
cultural value.
ssWhat is the benefit of q soil sur
yey and what is to be gained from
It? With the collection and analy-
sis of the representative samples OF
the soil types, knowledge OF the
constituents Of the soil is obtained,
which gives working basis for
the university experiment station
workers and farm advisors, SO that
after careful observation, they can
give definite information concern
ing treatments to apply to differ
ent soils.
without this map, farmer may,
unintentionally. apply some fertil-
fzer to a certain soil type that
would be more of a detriment than
a benefit, besides being loss Of
time and money.
ALSO, at present, these soil sur
vey maps are a. benefit in the
! drainage projects and problems
/ that confront us in this state. The
hard roads program is now before
us and the benefit from the maps
cannot be estimated, especially in
i aiding with the grades and road
building. &
What can the farmer gain? By
careful study of his individual farm
1.-The farmer can arrange his rota'
tons and fields in respect to thu
various soil types represented. i
he is in the market for farm. h
can study the soil survey Of thu
area in which he wishes to locate
Then, with the soil survey of tn
area in which he wishes to locate
Then, with an anger, he can go owe
the farm and carefully examine tn
place before he purchases it.
This last point is vividly por
trayed by the many times that
, certain farm had been on the mar
ket in one of the counties in cen
trail Illinois, where all the Ian
around it was the prairie brown sill
land. Upon investigating the sol
map, this individual farm had sev
eral acres ora bad type OF soil
brcwn-gray silt loan On tight ella
located on it, and thus was bein
: constantly put on the market"
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-07-20
HOLD COULTER ON
ASSAULT CHARGE

Information charging assault.
With q deadly weapon was filed by
Charles Setter, mail carrier,
against John Coulter, also a mail
carrier, in county court yesterday
afternoon. Coulter furnished bonds
and was released.
The charge is the result of an en-
counter between Coulter and Setter.
July II, in which Setter charges
Coulter attacked him with a piece
Of iron.
Postmaster Simpson stated today
that he is conducting a careful in
vestigation, and until all the facts
are in his possession, he will be un-
able to determine what action will
be taken. Neither carrier Is On
duty.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-07-20
EIGHT HURT IN
GEORGIA WRECK
Southland" Limited Hits Broken
Rail; Five Coaches Are
Turned Over.

Albany, Ca, July 20.-Eight pas
sengers were injured, one serious
ly, when five coaches of the South
land" limited, a Florida tourist
train, from Chicago, turned over at
Adams station, between Smith.
vile and Leesburg, north of here,
early today. The injured were
brought to a local hospital.
A broken rail is said to have
been the cause of the accident.
The Southland" left Chicago at
$40 p. m. Tuesday over the Penn
sylvania railroad. The engine and
the first three cars remained On
the tracks after the accident and
these brought the injured to Al
bany.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-07-20
ADJOURN MEET
At The HAGUE
Adopts Resolution Against Nation.
ais Accepting Russian COnces-
siOns ON Property.

The Hague, Holland, July 20
(By the Associated Press.)-The
conference on Russian affairs here
was adjourned at $50 O'Clock this
afternoon by the non-Russian COM
mission, after it had adopted res
olution pledging every participant
ing power to use it's influence to
prevent its nationals from accept
ing Russian concessions involving
property, formerly owned by for
eigners. A letter from the Wash
ington government expressed ap-
prevail of this position.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-07-20
Personal Points

Miss Esther Pardon of 1900
avenue, left this after
noon for Silver Beach, Mich, where
she will spend the rest of the sum-
mer.
Mr.. and Mrs. Claude Arnold, 2403
Eighth avenue. are visiting ct the
home of John READER of Hamlet.
Justice Floyd e. Thompson and
Mrs. Thompson motored to. Chicago
today, where Justice Thompson
will deliver series of lectures On
criminal law at the summer ses-
sion of Northwestern University
law school. They have taken an
apartment in Rogers Park, where
they. will be for a month or six
weeks.
Mr.. and Mrs. R. F. Wood of 1907
Twenty-first street, and Mrs.
Woods mother, Mrs. James Lewis,
of Kansas City, have returned from
the Woods summer cottage at
Green Lake. Spicer, Wis. ~
Miss Marjorie Walker, 1902, Sew
enteenth street, left last night for
an outing in Colorado and Kansas.
She will spend most of her vaca-
ton in and around Estes Park,
Colo, where she will be the guest
of her cousin, Miss Eva Walker.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. r. Lucas, Forti-
eth street and Eleventh avenue, are
parents of son born yesterday
morning at the Lutheran hospital
of Moline This is the first child.
Mrs. Lucas was formerly Mss
Gladys Nelson of Rock Island.
Frank P. WEIGH left today for
Tulsa and Gushing, Okla, where he
will inspect Kawfield Oil company
wells. He expects to be absent two
weeks.
Mrs. ". L. Schneider and chill
dren Of 1143 Twenty-sixth street
and Mr.. and Mrs. W. ]. Long and
daughter of 1924 Twenty-fourth-
and-a-half street, returned home
last night from motor trip to Chi.
cage.
Officer Gust Kirsch of the Rock Is.
/ land police force is contemplating
a trip back to "the old country" tc
take place next winter. He will
particularly visit Austria, he said
today, where he has number Of
relatives. His family will accom-.
pany him.
DR.. and Mrs. F. H. First, 121;
Twentieth ) street, have returned
from, "a. fishing trip in Northern
Wisconsin.
| Gussie Stewart, formerly of Rocl
Island. but now Of Kansas City
Mo, lis visiting at the home Of hi,
mother. Mrs. Fred Woltman, 221!
Seventh avenue. Mr.. Stewart will
tremain for two weeks.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-07-20
EPISCOPAL CHURCH
HITS AT DIVORCES

New York, July 20.-Homes of
America are in chaos because of
divorce and lack of Christian teach
ing among families, according to a
report of the joint commission on
homes Of the Episcopal church.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-07-20
MAYOR OF BUFFALO
WARNS STRIKERS

Buffalo, N. T.. July Police
men armed with riot guns and I'M
der orders to shoot to kill if rioting
develops, rode the u street cars
which started out today following a
warning by Mayor Schwab to strik-
ing car men that further rioting
would have serious consequences.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-07-20
NAVY HAS PLANE
LANDING DEVICE

Washington, July 20-Perfection
of device to enable an airplane
doing 60 miles an hour to land on
the deck of a ship was announced
today by the navy department. For
months the naval air service has
been experimenting secretly at
Hampton Roads with the device on
a dummy ships deck.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-07-20
Mrs. Lena Lake Forrest and Miss
EDnOr CoOnrOd.

At the closing session of the ma
tional convention of the Federation
of Business and Professional Wom-
ems Clubs held in Chattanooga, Mrs.
Lena Lake Forrest, insurance wom-
an of Detroit, Mich, was reelected
president. This makes the third
tern which Mrs. Forrest has serv-
ed. Miss Elinor Coonrod of Chat
tanooga was elected secretary.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-07-20
TEXAS OIL COMPANY
HAS 100000 FIRE

Laredo, Texas. July 20.-Fire de-
stroyedA properties Of the Humble
and Pierce Oil companies and also
the government fumigation plant.
The damage is estimated anywhere
from $500 to s5e0,000.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-07-20

william Washburn Nutting Of
New York has taken up the gaunt-
let thrown down by the duke Of
Leinster, the British daredevil
nobleman", to trace across the At
lantic single handed in a ketch".
The Typhoon is a 45-foot ketch in
which Nutting crossed the Atlantic
in 1920 and similar to the boat
which he expects to construct for
the ensuing race.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-07-20
BRITISH FLYER WILL
TRY PACIFIC FLIGHT

London, July 20.-Major C. W. F.
Morgan. British aviator, has cabled
toe,the United States an announce
ment Of his decision to attempt a
trans-Pacific flight from San Fran
cisco. to Sydney, New South Wales.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-07-20
MRS MAYO SIZES.

Denver, Colo, July 20.-Mrs. Mar
gerry Mayo, daughter Of the late
Werner z. Reed, filed suit for the
recovery of her fortune, said to be
valued at 100000, from the I'M
controlled trusteeship of Rev. Faith
er O'Dwyer.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-07-20
GLORIA'S MOTHER
TO FIGHT VERDICT

Los Angeles, July 2O.-Mrs.
Adeline Lew Swanson Burns, moth
er Of Gloria Swanson, film actress,
announced she would appeal from
the verdict Of 10 women and two
men that her second husband,
Matthew P. Burns, shoe merchant,
was of unsound mind when he
willed her the bulk If his $100, 900
estate.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-07-20
HAIL HITS TEXAN

Houston, Texas, July 20.-Rain
and hail damaged fruit and cut off
communication in the vicinity of
Calvert, Texas.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-07-20
NEGRO. l19, DIES.

Troy, Ala, July 20.-Jim Chap
man, a negro said to be 119, died at
his home near Spring Hill.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-07-20

2o% OFF Everything at Young &
McCombs Friday and Saturday
only ADVERTISEMENT
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-07-20

20% Off Everything at Young &
McCombs Friday and Saturday
only.-(Advertisement.)
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-07-20
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Funeral 4 I'm. Lln1ste1t.

Funeral q 4rS, Lin4gte4t
Funeral services for Mrs.. Anna
Lindstedt will be held at 2:3o
O'Clock tomorrow afternoon In the
home Of her son. Charles T.. Lind
stedt, 1880 Eleventh street. Moline.
Rev. Anton Yolnedahl. pastor Of
the Salem Lutheran chuychs VIII
conduct the services. The body
will be laid to rest In Riverside
mausoleum.
Funeral Of Mrs. Bella.
Funeral services for Mrs. Frank
Bella. AL Eighteenth avenue. East
Moline, were held at o'clock this
afternoon lin st. Mary's church.
Rev. S. Wander Gulfk conducted the
services. Burial was in st. Mary's
cemetery. The name Of Mrs. Bella
was enormously given as Celka in
the announcement OF her death yes
|terday.
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The Ward County independent., 1922-10-19

Director General and Manager,
and was presumably functioning in
the way it was intended by it's Great
cr1, and yet We have found nothing to
indicate that the Bank was able, by
means of loans, to make it possible
for the farmers to secure better
prices. AS a matter of fact, the Bank
made no attempt at the time to make
any loans on the storage tickets or
warehouse receipts. 1t is further
fact that about that time the Bank
not only made no loans on storage
tickets but stopped making loans on
farm lands, ard about that time or
shortly thereafter did not even pay
the checks drawn on it by the State
Treasurer although the State Treas
urer at the time had three million dol
lars on deposit with the Bank. And
in the case Of hail warrants their
payment was so uncertain that they
sold at discounts of from ten to twen-
ty per cent in most cases, and even
as high as fifty per cent.
The Ward County independent., 1922-10-19
SENATOR CHURCH'S GOOD
FARMING

Senator Church Of Benson county
is considered pretty good farmer by
his neighbors. He has finished his
threshing and hauled 5000 bushels of
his wheat to the elevator. On that
quantity he was docked 700 bushels,
mostly good plump oats-the very
best kind of feed. Think of it, AZ 900
pounds Of dockage. NORTH Dakota
Leader.
II the dockage was $4,000 pounds
and was practically all oats, it would
not amount to 700 bushels but to 1913
bushels. The North Dakota Leader
probably does not know it, but it is a
fact that bushel Of oats weighs only
50 pounds. Consequently, the grain
that Senator Church hauled to the
elevator consisted Of wheat and oats
in almost equal parts. Senator
Church may be good farmer and his
growing this sort Of ;ilixture may
DC the result of an accident, but it
certainly is no example of what good
farming ought to produce,
The Leader goes on to say that "1f
he had bought these oats back ut the
price bran sells for in Fargo, $1.25 per
hundred pounds, his own dockage
would have cost him $523.00." Incl
dentally, if he had bought the oats
back at the price fax sells for it
would have cost him between $1,000
and $4,000. We presume he did not
buy the oats back at either of those
nricoc
The Ward County independent., 1922-10-19
'THE PRICE OF WHEAT AND THE
BANK OF NORTH DAKOTA

The Nonpartisan papers are Dlam-
ing the fall of the price Of wheat at
this time on the present State ad-
ministration, and Mr.. Lemke, in par
ticular, is full Of advice as to how the
Bank of North Dakota if allowed to
function the way it was intended to,
would aid the farmers, by means Of
loans, on their grain, to secure better
prices for their grain.
We have dim recollection that in
the fall Of 1920 the price of wheat
fell, not several cents, as it has done
this fall, but more than dollar. We
also seem to remember that when
this occurred we had a Nonpartisan
governor We also have a hazy i'm
preston that at the time the Bank Of
North Dakota was under the absolute
control Of the Nonpartisans, including
The Ward County independent., 1922-10-19
Additional Editorial
THE DRAKE MILL UNDER
LEAGUE MANAGEMENT

The Courier-News and Nonpartisan
speakers are stating that the Drake
mill under League management sold
Hour cheaper than the other mills. In
this connection a letter written by
Mr.. j. N. Hagan, June 26, 1920, to
). A. McGovern, manager Of the mill,
is of interest. Mr.. Hagan was at the
time commissioner of agriculture and
labor. The first part of the letter is
as follows:
''Dear Mr.. McGovern:
A few days ago I was at Bisbee, N.
D., and stopped into the Consumers
Stores company. The manager of the
company there brought my attention
to the prices that they were selling
flour at from the Drake mill. 1t
seems that the Drake flour June /,
1920-patent SO lbs, was selling for
$8.81; patent 49 lbs, $4.49; June IL,
patent SO lbs, $9.O6, the price being
raised from 1881 to $9.06. The Oc-
cident flour which was sold locally had
been selling this time at $7.85 for SO
lbs. and some other flours also sold
during that time for the same price.
The Consumers store had not for
more than one week prior to my visit
been able to sell one sack Of the Drake
flour owing to the difference in price,"
In this connection the following ex-
tract dealing with the Drake mill
from the report of the Industrial
Commission for the year ending De-
cember 81, 1921, is pertinent:
The losses thus far ascertained
run more than $4,000 a day for
every day it has been in operation, or
$1.58 per barrel for the -four pro-
'duced and about "a cents on each bu-
shel Of wheat ground. Neither the
wheat grower nor the flour user is
the beneficiary when losses have been
sustained. When losses have to be
met by taxes, all are losers"
The operation Of the Drake mill by
the League management resulted in
losses equal to more than twice its
cost. The report of the auditing firm
shows that the cost Of the plant and
equipment was about 100000, and up
to December 81, 1921; the loss from
its operation tptaled more than
:$74.OO0.