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The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-03-04
HANS RABE, II,
IS SUMMONED

Hans Rabe, aged II years, vet
eran painter and interior decorator
and resident Of Rock Island SO
years, passed away at 4:30 O'Clock
this morning in the family resi-
dence, 1913 Twenty-first street. He
had been bedfast three weeks.
Death resulted from an attack of
pneumonia.
Mr.. Rabe was born in Germany,
Oct 81, 1874, and came to this
country, directly to Rock Island, in
1871. He was well known among
the older residents Of the city and
for more than 25 years was asso-
ciated with the painting and con-
tracing firm of Rabe, Heitahrend
G. Lewis He retired II years ago.
He was twice married The widow
now surviving was formerly Miss
Helene Paulsen of Davenport. A
son. Emil Rabe. Davenport, born
to the first marriage. survives, and
others to mourn his passing are
two sisters, Mrs. Catherine Luebbe,
Davenport, Mrs. Marie Lettin, Syc-
amore, Ill, and a brother, Henry
Rabe, Omaha Three grandchildren
also survive.
Funeral services will be held at
2 o'clock Monday afternoon in the
family residence. Rev. F. J. Rolf,
pastor of the Evangelical Church
of Peace, will conduct the services.
Burial will be in Chippiannock
cemetery.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-03-04
ASK STATEB0DY
TO ROCK ISLAND

Officials of the Illinois CONNER
cial Secretaries association have
under consideration an invitation
extended by Otto F. Hildebrandt,
secretary of the Rock Island Cham
Der of Commerce, to hold their next
meeting in this city.
The invitation was exended at the
meeting of the association in Au-
rora yesterday. The association
consists of the secretaries of Cham
bers of Commerce of the state.
The commercial body closed a
two-day session in Aurora yester-
day. E. T. Cutter of the Chicago
Office of the Associated Press, Louis
Emmerson, secretary of state, and
Charles E. Woodward. president OF
the constitutional convention, were
among those who addressed the
gathering.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-03-04
ERECTS HAVEN
FOR Wild FOWL
ON LAKE SHORE
Ducks and Geese Sheltered for Tive
Months Every year and Fed by
Philanthropist-Tags Birds.

Newbern, n. CA tag bearing a
number of verse from the scrip
lures and the name of James Miner,
Kingsville, Ontario, found tied to
the leg of a wild duck killed re-
Gently by Clyde Keener of Trenton,
Jones county, near here has brought
to light the existence of a haven for
wild fowl on the north shore of
Lake Erie, to which the feathered
tribe flock in huge numbers. Keener
wrote Miner advising him of the
finding of the tag.
The latter in an answering letter
staed that wild ducks and geese
stop at his farm during the course
Of their migratory journeys and
that he and the birds are the best
friends. He said that he had built
a pond for the feathered tourists
and that he feds them 500 bushels
of corn each year during their two
months stay at his place
Mr. Miners letter, in part, fol-
lows:
Thank you for having reported
finding the tag. l now have tags
returned to me of wild geese and
ducks from North Carolina to Hud-
son Bay. In several instances the
tags have been found by Indians in
the far north after shooting the
birds and they have taken them to
Hudson Bay agents, who forward
ed them to me.
al have had tags returned from
% different states and provinces,
the farthest south being Guydan,
La, and the farthest west being En-
glefield, Saskatchewan.
81 try to tag all the birds that
spend some time at my place. Forty
per cent of those that l tag in the
fall return to me the following
spring. Others stay here all the
time, in spite of the fact that the
weather grows very cold AS 1 am
writing you there are about rs wild
geese and 40 wild ducks feeding
within SO feet Of me. They are
keeping a small hole open in the
"It took me several years to get
for food.
the birds coming. At last, however,
of March and April 500 bushels of
a small bunch came and they ap-
parently told others, until their lit
tie flock grew into a small cloud. In
fact, I have seen the wild geese rise
so thick that they could scarcely
see through them, and their honk-
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-03-04
NEW RADIUM FIELD DISCOVERED
AND RUSH IS STARTED SIMILAR
TO FAMOUS GOLD DAYS OF rs

Esquimalt, B. c., March "A ira
dunn rush. very similar to the fam
ous gold PUSHES to California and
the Yukon, has started along the
bleak coast of Valdez Island. on the
British Columbian mainland.
Prospectors leading pack ami
mails laden with provisions are
rushing to the scene TO stake of
claims.
Meanwhile II. E. Neave, veteran
prospector, who discovered the field
after nine years fruitless search, Ia
/ trying to induce more prospectors
to come instead of claiming the
whole rich field for himselfi
Neave is probably the most al
truistic prospector who ever car
ried a pick. He's carried on his
search for a new radium field, not
to enrich himself, but to bring re-
lief to cancer victims.
A decade ago, when it first be
came established that radium would
alleviate if not cure the most ad-
vanced cases of cancer, Neaye, a
mining engineer, resolved to devote
his life to seeking new radium
field.
Today in his home here he
reviewed the story of his nine-year
search that carried him from the
heart of Africa to Central Alaska
a tale of hardship, adventure, dis
appointment and fnally-success.
! 81 had little money to carry on
my quest" Neave says, but from
occasional sums earned at my pro-
fession and from gold deposits 1 I'M
covered during the search / manag-
ed to keep my wife and family alive.
81 thought Africa offered some
possibilities. So l went there at my
own expense and spent a long time
in vain prospecting.
From Africa I jumped to Alaska
and penetrated far into the interior
but with no success.
II Travelled down the North Amer
lean coast, covering hundreds OF
miles of the mainland and many
outlying islands where human be-
! ings rarely had penetrated.
81 prospected on Cape Cook,
Brooks Peninsula, the most inacces-
sible point on the north coast OF
Vancouver Island.
Ships could not land there. Sup
plies had to be brought ashore in
small boats from passing coastwise
steamers. The boats came very ir-
regularly. 1 slept in blankets with
the sky as my roof.
'On this barren, uninhabited
shore I found the skeleton of a
| woman. The skeleton wore shoes
of modern design. The woman, a
castaway, had persisted after having
tried to subsist on mussels.
AT last, only few months ago.
my detecting instruments showed
me that my search had met with
success. l found radioactive rocks
at Open Bay on Valdez Island.
81 sent samples to London to Sir
Ernest Rutherford, greatest living
authority on radio-activity. I have
just received a reply establishing
the genuiEeness of my claim.
Now, if enough other prospec-
tors come into this field and de.
velop it and human suffering is al
leviated by an increase in the sup
ply OF radium, I'll feel my life has
been worth while"
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-03-04
FILE TENTATIVE
RETURN To Get
TAX EXTENSION
Corporations Granted Till June Is,
n Part Of Tax n Paid and
Form Made.

On condition that tentative re-
turns are filed and quarter OF the
estimated tax is paid, time of filing
domestic corporation returns has
been extended to June Is.
Official word granting the extern
sion was received yesterday by
willard Larkin, division chief OF
the internal revenue office. The
extension is conditional upon the
filing of tentative returns with the
collector of revenue on or before
March Is, April Is and May 10, re-
spectively, accompanied with at
least a fourth of the estimated
amount of tax due with q state
ment setting forth the reason why
the return cannot be comDlered
within the prescribed time and a
formal request for the extension.
The tentative returns are made
on the regular corporation form,
No. 1120, and will be marked across
the face in large letters tentative
returns" Only the name, address.
and estimate OF the tax due, ale
necessary on the return.
Due to the delay in printing OF
forms 1913 and 1042, annual re-
turns of normal income tax to be
paid at the source, there is a gen
eral extension of time granted up
to and including April /.
Notice has been received at the
local office that ownership certi-
ficates are no longer required in
connection with interest payments
upon domestic bonds or similar OBJ
legations owned by domestic and
resident corporations and, foreign
governments.
Forms 1899 and 1896 are not re-
quired with respect to Distribute
BILE income of beneficiaries and
members of a partnership or per-
sonal service corporation, as such
information is available on fidu-
ciary return 1041, and partnership
and personal service corporation
returns, 1865.
With only nine days left in which
to file returns, the local office has
been swamped with calls. The
last day for filing is March Is. The
office is open each evening until
8 o'clock.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-03-04
ing could be heard over a mile

ing could be heard over a mile
away.
During the last six or seven
have seen men shoot and wound
of Marc hand April 500 bushels of
corn. When the birds stop on
here they seem to leave all fear be-
hind them Even strange birds,
visiting my place for the first time,
let me come within a few feet of
them. They evidently have been
told by the old timers that there d
no danger.
at is a great sight to see all
these birds together. People for
miles around have heard OF what I
am doing and thousands have come
to see the sight. Even these strang-
ers can come within 40 or so feet
of the wild birds without causing
them any fright. Not a single bird
ever has been shot on my premises
and the feathered tourists seem to
know that when they stop OF here
they are on neutral ground.
"Of course this is not so with re-
gard to the surrounding territory,
over which l have no Jurisdiction.
I have sen me nshoot and wound a
duck ora goose and have seen the
bird make desperate effort to
reach my place. Sometimes they
succeed and permit me to doctor
them. At other times they fall to
the ground before they reach the
safety zone.
81 am opposed to deliberate
slaughter of ducks and geese just
for the sake of shooting them.
We've got to be careful and call
halt to this destruction. for unless
we are careful it won't be many
years before geese and ducks are
hard to find I am trying my best
to give the birds what protection
can. My system of tagging them is
part OF this plan / have received
letters from many hunters who
have written me that they uphold
me in my work.
There is always fascination in
overcoming prejudice and dislike.
Wild birds. of course, consider all
men to be their natural enemies. 1t
has been mighty hard for me to
convince them that I am their
friend However, that conviction
them rapidly. Hundreds of new
birds come here every year. I can
always tell when a strange bird
arrives. It seems very shy. Not SO
with the oId-timers, however. He
comes sailing in as fast as he can,
honking welcome and proceeds to
stuff himself on corn.
81 have one mallard duck, which
was Matched and raised by do
nestle fowl in 1912. She has now
migrated and returned to me each
spring and has raised four families
in five summers-two Fights and
two mines.
my friend, to see my pets return
to me year after year for food and
protection after they have evidently
SHE'D around and outWitted thou
sands of hunters who did in am
bush for them, and to see wild geese
come home bleeding and with legs
broken, makes me feel that my
work is really worth while"
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-03-04
DISPLAY OF AUTOS
TO BE FEATURE OF
COMBINED EXHIBIT

Announcement is made that a
feature OF the combined spring
opening of Rock Island merchants
next Thursday evening will be a
united display OF automobiles by
the dealers of the city in the rooms
Of the Tri-City Auto Supply COM
pany, Nineteenth street and Fourth
avenue.
Latest models OF the REQ, MAY
we'll. Buick, velie, Paige, Dodge,
Studebaker, Chevrolet, Lexington
and Overland cars will be shown.
in addition to wide varieties OF &C
cessories.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-03-04

arrival and departure of 27,S3S
American vessels.
In connection with their passport
work, Director Carr asserts con-
suIs discovered many frauds, gangs
of crooks manufacturing and sell
ing fraudulent passports we're bro
ken up in many places in Europe"
and counterfeit passports. cleverly
copied. rubber stamps for visas,
counterfeit fee stamps and seals
all were found and destroyed and
the practices stopped"
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-03-04
HARDING'S HOME
CITY GROTTO ASKS
FOR RESERVATION

Kadgar grotto. Marion, Ohio
President Harding's home town,
has requested 125 reservations for
the annual meet of the supreme
council. Yelled Prophets of the En-
chanted Realm, in the tri-cities
next June.
In addition, the grotto wants &C.
commodations for it's band of 4e
pieces.
President Harding is a member
of Kallipolis grotto of Washing
ton, ID. C.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-03-04
SEATS RESERVED
FOR MATZENAUER
CONCERT MONDAY

The sale of seats for the Matte
nauer concert March 20 at Augus-
tana gymnasium, will start Mon
day morning. Rock Islanders can
secure reservations at the Cable
Music house. 1t is announced that
no one person will be allowed TO
reserve more than ten tickets.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-03-04
NO GAMES MONDAY
IN EKS' TOURNEY

Games in the billiard tournament
being held by the Rock Island EIks
will be suspended Monday evening
because Of the regular meeting Of
the lodge that night. However, the
play will be resumed Tuesday.
Scores in last nights games were:
Jess Kerns, 80; Fred Gogele, (80j,
So; ". L. Long, 50; F. NJ. Kloye,
(1o0), SO.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1922-07-06
CARE Of THE
DEFECTS URGED
URGES DEFECTS IN CHILDREN
BE CORRECTED DURING THE
VACATION.

Lansing, July 6-Two months hence
when the "ole" swimming hole and
oarefree vacation days perform a
fadeaway and the mercless and eX-
acting school bell ushers in season
of parted hair and clean hands, every
school child in Michigan should have
been examined and declared to be
physically fit.
Correct all defects in children and
one Of the greatest problems of the
state health department will be elm
mated" says DR.. X. NJ. Olin, state
health commissioner. Nov is the
time to do il. Parents who allow the
vacation to pass without attending TO
the defects that can be corrected, and
then take the children out Of classes
during the school year are making n
serious mistake
children become discouraged
when they are unable to keep up in
their school work, and when they see
their classmates forging ahead they
assume the Il don't care attitude.
Adenods and enlarged and diseased
tonsils may be poisoning their sys-
tens and later in life may cause rheu-
matism, Indigestion and appendicitis.
Poisons from diseased tonsils and bad
teeth are extremely dangerous"
According to figures compiled by
the health department, nearly half OF
the school children Of the state are
suffering from defects which are max
ing them more susceptible to infec-
tious diseases besides handicapping
them in laying a foundation for an
education or rendering them liable to
the secondary defects of later life.
Many parents have these defects rem
edied during vacation time. Many
more do not. A general warning to
all parents is: Take your child to a
doctor now and save school time"
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1922-07-06
~ WRIGHT SCHOOL

Clarence Johnson is home on fur.
Tough from the army.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hector Smith spent
Sunday in Saginaw
Mrs. A. ID. Wright is on the sick
list.
Matt Johnson and family now ride
in a Ford.
Mr.. and Mrs. f.. Nafsinger and son,
Jack, is spending few days with
her mother, Mrs. Arthur Wiley.
Carl Johnson from the 500 school
is spending his vacation with his par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. Fireman Johnson.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Hammond
and son, Robert, of Detroit and Mr..
and Mrs. Frank Vancore of Lansing
spent Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs. Ed.
Vancore, Jr.
Mrs. Elmer MUM and two sons
spent last Wednesday and Thursday
with her parents near Shepherd.
Ed. Vancore made a business trip
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1922-07-06
Forest Service
Studies Needs

Washington, D.. c., June 29-Michi
gan, which as late as 1890 led the
United States in the amount of lum-
Der cut, today produces only one-half
of the timber it uses, according to an
investigation on the economic effects
of forest devastation there made by
the Forest Service, United States De
partment of Agriculture.
Each year, the study discloses,
Michigan cuts about $50 million board
feet of sawed lumber and uses twice
that amount. This lumber deficit is
met at present by imports from dis
tant States; freight bills already
burdensome increase as the timber
frontier recedes before the lumber
mans AK. The States lumber short
age, according to the Forest Service,
is the direct result Of deforestation
by fire and AK, without any attempt
at replacing the original forests.
At the height of its great lumber
boom, from 1880 to 1890, Michigan
cut from her forests each year APP
proximately IL billion feet Of lum-
Der, of which four-ifths was export
ed to other States or countries. Nine
ty per cent Of the cut was virgin
white pine, one Of the finest timber
trees in America. Michigan today is
practically negligible as source of
this valuable species and now actual
" cuts less than half as much as
Massachusetts. The great bulk of
homegrown timber is low-grade ma
terial, such as fuel, distillation wood
posts, poles, and pulpwood. Michigan
now has to depend on imports for a
large part Of its high-grade material
such as construction lumber and fur
niture and vehicle stock.
Forty years ago Michigan was cut
ting annually three times the amount
Of lumber it now uses each year. II
still has, according to forestry ex-
perts, enough forest land TO grow
yearly more than twice its present
annual consumption, but this can be
done only by planting denuded LAND
and protecting existing timberlands
from fire and overcutting.
This problem is not merely Of State
wide but of Nationwide Importance
the Forest Service points out, because
under proper forest protection an'
management Michigan can produce
not only all the timber it needs, bu
large quantities for export to thu
treeless states. The net effect of for
est devastation in Michigan, accord
ing to this study, was practically t
destroy the softwood industry, con
vert Michigan into a lumber-import
ing State, and render unproductiv
vast areas Of land suitable only 70
,,rox.ysoor tio,har
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1922-07-06
ORDINANCE NO. III

An ordinance to amend Section III Of Or
dinance No. 20 of the City of Alma, entitled
An Ordinance of the City Of Alma, Mich
gan. for the prevention and restraint of
vice, immortality. disordcrly conduct, vap-
rancy, drunkenness and the punishment of
same. adopted at regular session of the
city council. held the 2lst day of July,
\. d. 1905 and duly published the oath
day % July. A. d. 1908. -
THE CITY OF ALMA ORDAINS:
Section !. Section III of Ordinance No.
dinanee of the City of Alma. Michigan. for
the prevention and restraint Of vice. inn
morality. disorderly conduct. vagrancy.
drunkenness and the punishment Of the
same" adopted at regular session Of the
'ity council held in the city of Alma, on
he 2lst day of July. A. ID. 1908, and duly
1908. is hereby amended TO read as follows.
and not otherwise
Section III. Any person who shall be-
found drunk or intoxicated in any hotel.
tavern, inn, saloon. or in any place or other
business in any street. lane, alley, high-
way, park or other public grounds. or i'm or
upon the private property of another in said
city, shall upon conviction thereof before "A
court of competent jurisdiction be punished
by fine of not To exceed one hundred dol
ars tSlOO.OOD and costs of prosecution, or
by Imprisonment in the county jail of said
county of Gratiot. not exceeding ninety 900
lays, or both such fine and imprisonment in
he discretion of the court
HEREBY CERTIFY. That the foregoing
and above ordinance is n true and compared
copy of the original Ordinance No. III now
on file in my office and OF the whole there
of. Further. that the same was introduced
and filed with the city clerk of the city of
Alma the 18th day of June. A. d. 1922.
and was regularly passed and adopted at the
regular meeting of the city commission held
in the commission rooms in said city ON
the 9Th day of July. A. ID. 1922
CLARENCE L. BLANK
CHAs. h. MURPHY. city clerk.
Mayor. 5g-lt-c
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1922-07-06
You Guard Against Burglars,
But What About Rats?

Rats steal millions Of dollars worth
Of grain, chickens, eggs, etc. Destroy
property and are a menace TO health.
If you are troubled with rats, try
RAT-SNAP. II will surely kill them
prevent odors. Cats or dogs won't
touch it. Comes in cakes.
Three sizes, 35c, G5c, $1.25. Sold
and guaranteed by c. X. Murphy and
Winslow Bros. Drug Stores.-adver-
tisement.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1922-07-06

ser that the report of the City Ply
stefan be received and placed on file.
accommodations Archer, Crea-
ser and Mayor Murphy.
Nays-None.
Moved by Commissioner Creaser
and supported by Commissioners Ar
cher that the commission adjourn. The
motion prevails.
Clarence f. Blanck, Clerk.
Chas. h. Murphy, Mayor.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1922-07-06

High prices have tempted many
poor churches in England, and much
of the choice stained glass from that
country has been taken by art treas
ure hunters from the United States.
In many cases fourteenth, fifteenth
and sixteenth century glass has gone
to America and the churches have
filled the vacant spaces with modern
windows entirely out of keeping with
their setting.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1922-07-06

OF the leading cargoes handled in
the Panama Canal in 1921, moving
from the Atlantic to the Pacific ocean
crude oil heads the list with 900, 14O
tons. Other commodities i'm their or
der are: Manufactures Of iron and
steel, 697,2l0; coal, $3.50; refined
oil, 6l,0S5; cotton l96,329, and sui
phur, l0S,4l5.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1922-07-06

to Pompeii Saturday evening.
Clyde Webb and Miss Helen Webb
Of st. Clair spent the week end with
his mother
The Willing Workers Aid Society
will meet with Mrs. Ely Wolfe next
Wednesday afternoon. All members
are expected to be present.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1922-07-06
CITY COMMISSION
Alma, Michigan, July 5, 1922.

Alma, Michigan, July 5, 1922.
Regular meeting Of the city COM
mission of the City of Alma in ses-
sion at the Council Chambers on the
above date.
Meeting called to order at 500
o'clock p. m. by Mayor Charles X.
Murphy.
Present: Commissioners Archer and
Creaser and Mayor Murphy.
Neutrality-suspicious. Glass and
Chick.
There being a quorum present the
commission was declared to be in ses-
sion.
The minutes Of the preceding regu-
lar meeting were read and approved.
Reading of bills and claims:
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1922-07-06

Special this week Maple Nut Ice
Cream, 40c per quart. Deluxe Candy
advertisement
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1922-07-06

The feeding of milk TO under
nourished school children has been in
PRODUCED into 40 cities and % villages
i'm New York state.