The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-11-01

Mn 1u9onM1ty that reminded
e11-ltnnaeS n IL great Hs1iows'sns
e thGlr youth, the Rock Island
Ms frolicked through several
AoufS sol mieChief which in only .
~ instances was malicious last
nfght Rain, which came at about
1e:3o, brought outdoor depreda-
lions to . halt, but many of the
dty's good residents affirmed to-
day that the heavy downpour was
4 blessing n disguise a. 1t probably
neved them from much more Of the
'aesds Of the playful kids. There
were Ill the traditional stunts and
some new ones besides, played
during the night.
A Long View street car, east
bound on Ninth avenue, between
Twenty-hrst and Twenty-second
streets. hit q mass of heavy tim
: hers. which appeared to form Q der
rick or something OF the sort, which
/ Had been laid across the track. No
serious damage was done to the
car. This occurred at 8 O'Clock.
Unique structures ornamented
the Intersections Of Twenty-first
street and Twenty-second street at
Ninth avenue. One was composed
of q small cart In which a wheel
barrow was upturned. forming a
stance for a long iron railing,
which stood on end with some
baskets artistically draped from
the top.
On seventeenth avenue, between
Twenty-sixth and Twenty seventh
streets a playground "chutes" and
Z several playground swing sup
porters were piled across the
street and sidewalk.
: Green paint applied to the porch
of the house Of gentleman Of
Swedish descent, in the east end
of the city, caused that man some
anger.
8 Kids who did not watch their
step were trailed by Officer Ru-
zdolph Gundrum Of the police mo-
torcycle squad. who, mounted, pa
trolled the residence district. One
boy was taken into custody in the
act OF blocking Of the Long View
View street car line, but he was
dismissed with a severe lecture.
The motorcycle officer escaped
injury or damage to his vehicle
when he struck light rope
stretched across TYenty-eighth
street, near Sixteenth avenue
placed there by some gang of Hal
lowe'eners.
Shots Not Fatal.
Firecrackers shot off by boys in
alleys in the vicinity of Twenty.
second street and Tenth avenue
caused q hurried call for reserves
at police headquarters. Gundrum
heard two shots fired as he was
riding down the Twenty-third stree,
hill. He notified headquarters and
two men. armed with guns and
searchlfghts, went to his assistance
They trailed the affair to earth and
found that 1t was only firecrackers
and not guns used extensively, thai
had caused the noise.
Innumerable smaller pieces OF
mischief were perpetrated by the
kids. in the traditional spirit oil
Halloween. There we're the Gus
tomary stunts of removing gates
moving sheds. chicken coops, ETC.,
using ticktacks, soaping windows,
barricading the streets with piles
OF BRICKS and the like.
A novelty was introduced by a
gang that hauled bicycle up to
the top Of telephone pole and
hung It on the crosstrees while its
owner was receiving a shave in a
barber shop on Nineteenth avenue
near Forty-first street.
Defend Kids Rights.
Down in the west end the kids
were especially fractions and there
the parents joined in the spirit OF
the night to such an extent as to
clash with the officer on the beat
-Orville Bragg-about orders to
youngsters to be OF the streets by
, o'clock. The rain settled several
Of these Quarrels an hour later, but
It was regarded as a new thing for
the grownups to take such an ac-
tive part in the playfulness of the
evening.