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The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-12-15

NV mattpeo coqdnue TO develop
~ investigation of pclics ccust
ttyitiss during he 1T IL nioafns.
0er . confersnes with ths sta&s'
Ivsstigssors ys1eseday aftsrnopn.
~ D. Mansfield. IN the Old days
eroerietor -ee II Alley Inn. lsz1
1scoud aveAuo, G,Aimed sdmittnnce'
p the select circle whose so1pic-
~ have been aroused. llAusneIa
aieerts HIS right to membership III
\ ~ circle by reason Of ''fines of
~ which he pa36 mere thah 4
loar ago.
Mansfield, according to his swn.
cory, never was arrnigned before
Magistrate D. J. Cielaud on the
Slarge of being the keeper oe 4
gambling house, on which the -
Sossment was levied. He told the
Investigators he was not asked to
dgn any jury waiver, but. slmDiy
vas informed how much he owed.
The arrest Of Mansfield occurred
late in November or early In De-
cember, 1921, but q close examina-
ton Of Magistrate Cleland's records
for that period failed to disclose
his name, 1t is said. Also It 10 said
that Mansdeld's name does not APP
pear in the index employed by
Magistrate Cleland, although he as
sured the investigators that on the
occasion referred to he was booked
under his own name.
Mansfield declared that he was
one of 80 arrested in a raid on the
Alley Inn, where card games were
In progress. and that he. was book
ed as the keeper. Some were re-
leased, he said, but others paid
moderate fines for being inmates of
gambling house. The raid was
made on Friday night. Mansfield
lxnguished in Jail over night. He
said he had $72 in his pockets when
confined, and the next morning was
informed that the sum would be
considered as part payment Of the
Hpe OF 1906, which he was told he
owed the city.
Forked Up Again.
!. Mansfield said he asked for a
chance to raise the difference, prom
Using to return on Monday But
finally, after several days Of unsuc-
cessful effort to secure the neces-
sary fund, Mansfield said he went
to the station and reported that he
couldn't pay the deficit. He said he
was returned to a cell and allowed
to remain there three or four hours
before being rescued by friend
who paid the amount Of the fine out
standing. Mansfield told. the IN
vestigators that later he was able
to pay on his Indebtedness to his
friend.
Mansfield said he was arrested
several times after that, but that he
never paid any fines because the
police had no evidence against him
His last arrest occurred in October
of this year on charge Of violat-
Ing the liquor laws, and fine was
suspended over his head on condi-
ton that he close up the Alley mn,:
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1922-04-07
FtsWINTER COMES:

tEE+E I,t. !.
:. Next to "Main Street" more persons in this
country have read, esor are reading, tt"H Winter
Comes, than any other book up to date. Fy:o
THE book is British in conception, written by an
Englishnan, a. NJ s. Hutchinson, and deals with
English events It begins few years before the
World war, goes through the war period and for
some time afterward. ;.-<s:e. III. .~f&
Why, do people stay up all night to read it, and
then discuss it and read it again?
Certainly not because of the originality of it's
plot, because what little plot it has can be dupli-
Gated in thousand and one other novels; not be-
cause of its sensationalism,H because you would
hardly call that, although the last 100 pages will
make your pulse ascamper like race horse; not
because of the spectacular, because it isn't; not
entirely because of the eccentricites of its char
Jacters, although the odd Sabre will commend your
interest as a likeabe nut"; the impolite minister
and the ungracious but grave Lord Tybald will
make certain appeal. s5.'H
Perhaps, then, it is the beauty of the diction.
It be that for from the standpoint of English
composition, IF Winter Comes, shines as beacon
inya~deluge of trash But to read 400 pages mere
" because it is well written is sufficient induce
ment to cause the printing presses. to- work
time. (, = ,%H5&y . go: I'm =
What then is the thing that has made this book
SO tantaizingy different that everyone wishes to
read it and critics tag it as q modern day gem.
If you were to ask us we should reply "Ask !
someone who knows" H. ~ .2.5 s.8 sS H.. Z
The story is founded on the poem, "Oh, wind,
if#winteh comes, can spring be far behind?" "
There is plenty of "winter" in the book and not
much spring. We suspect it makes its appeal be-
cause in its own quiet, wild, wierd way it is hui
man document which uncovers more completely
than ordinarily can be done with words; human
acts, human frailties, pointing the way, it does,
to 1ove; pure and strong beyond modern day vi
sion. s.a!
A coroner's court room scene furnishes the grand
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1922-04-07

the lake; I would not do that, but. I
agreed to tow him to Manistique. The
hight was dark Fatherno snow, but
frightful wind which had been increas,-
ing until it now sent the waves wash:
ing clear across the tug. We had gone
north an hour when, low upon the wa
ter to my right I saw a light, and
there came to me the whistling of a
buoy which told me that We were pass
ing nearer than I would have wished
even in. daytime, to windward Of BoYl-
der reef. There are, ther, no people
on that reef; its sides Of ragged rock
60 straight down forty fathoms into
the lake. 3. ~, 49, Il ~. J.. ,
blocked at sthe man with me In
the! wheelhouse7-at, u Stafford-and
hated him I.put my head out at the
wheelhouse door and looked back at
theslights, at the new. great steamer,
following safe and straight at the end
Of its towline. = I thought Of my two
men upon the, tug e who had: been:
crushed by clumsiness Of those on
board that ship; and how my own
ships had had name for never losing
a, man and that name would be lost
now because Of the carelessness OF
Staffords men! And the sound, of the
shoal brought the evil thought to me.
Suppose I had not happened across his
ship; would it have gone upon some
reef like this and been lost? I thought
that if now the hawser should break,
/, would be rid Of that ship and per.
haps of the owner who was on board
as we'll. We could not pick, UP the tow
line again in SO close to the reef. The
steamer would drift down upon the
rocks" -,.s. -"
Father Perron hesitated an instant.
II bear witness, he said solemnly,
"that Benjamin Corvet assured me
his priest-that it was only a thought;
the evil act which it suggested was
something which he would mot do or
even think of doing. But he spoke
something Of what was in his mind to
Stafford, for he said: ----~------.- -. :
Continued in Next Issue) r
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1922-04-07

Attention to the economic potential tiese0f Mex
leo is called in a interesting article 5byA Gpyot
Cameron in Che current issue. Of Forbss Magazine
Inview the possibility of early rscogs
milton Of the Dbregon= government by the limited
States, what tls authority says is peculiarly timely
III "In 1907,,s the writer points out, American
CAPITAL invested lin Mexico estimated at 5Qs-g
600, 900 Of which two-third was in railroads In
4 1918, our government calculated our investments
at 81 057, 900. To this must be added the
enormous developments Of the Mexican oil fields
very largely sexploited by the initiative and the
capital Of the United States. tI.
IA catalogue Of Mexican. soil products, from
metals and marbles to edible and commercial
growths, is a story Of the lavsihness Of Nature
s. 4Mexico grows values Of $500, O00,0 900 per an
mum. vet exports only per cent of this and inn
ports offset that g. per cent. It produces almost
every substance needed by mankind Mexico, a
country denuded Of it's forestation by frghtful
waste for centuries needs coal. But it has low
grade coal equaIto that Of Texas, and even in
1918, there were officially stated to be 300,000,0OO
tons in sight. It needs irrigation. The Bequilas
dam in Chihuahua, the second largestin the world
with capacity Of 5000 100000 cubic meters Of
water, is an5nde o. the coming Harvesting of the
multitude Of waterfalls and water sources OF the
country. Mexico needs transportation facilities
They are approaching. IL II HeeuS IHoueiH HieeiAoue
in many lines. These mean fabulous returns
Liberal mining and other laws, free ports and
other incentives are aiding economic relations The
hereditary and difficult land question is being ad
justed. No trade field is as attractive, easy and
logical for the United States as Mexico In 1921,
the United States supplied approximately IS per
cent Of the Mexican imports and took IS per cent
. of the exports Of. Mexico. That trade can be ex-
panded in few years by 500 per cent. And the
purchasing power OF Mexico, increasing rapidly,
will become as capital flows into it, of enormous
proportions. D., + *ss5 =. IL. 80 -.f
"The countrys spirit towards the United States
is the frendiest !: Not to meet it would be fata
: political and commercial mistake One can but
echo the recent statement Of President Obregon:
"Mexico, since the end Of the revolution IMay
1920) has stood the triple test OF politics. finance
and arms. And it has come out OF these tests with
its head high and harmony and peace established
throughout the, country"
. ~ 4 It 81. S--S
= Graham Torrance told the Womens club SLOW
to Make Will" Just as if the women didn't all
have will Of their own. r :.
4 % = + - II & - ---S
81 With due difference, suggest that Justice Hal
lam made poor decision when he decided to take
on Senator Kellogg. ~.ss~s " >~%f
y Speaking of feminine curves short skirts have
revealed curves that only barrel would be proud
to own
j.. a. ES.3 . ~ S--s 49, ... -
Chicago police found lot Of women sitting in
dollar-lmit games. "@7 "
$------s.' -
Oh, for dandelion!
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1922-04-07

finale for human interest narrative approached
by. few writeFs Of fiction. 5,g
If you spdnt valuable time pored over "Main
Street" You IAN make up for that loss by reading,
slowly,*'If Winter Comes" B: yss<@s# IT,
43s,s .ss&.Aa 7: s-1---------s FL .Ea
MEXICO Al VAST FIELD FOR AMERICANS
gtstg .ENTERPRISE.ta - nj st1ts ~ %5
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Oh, for a dandelion!
The Adair County news., 1922-01-31

Smiling Dave Jackson is no
more. Stricken down while la
boring with all his heart and
strength for the widows and or
phan ceildren of Kentucky Ma
sons. While laboring here be-
low he was called to go up high
er, and when he reached the
starry mansion he was no doubt
met by St. Peter who with a
smiling face and outstretched
hand said, Come in Dave, your
crown and star awaits you, enter
upon eternal and everlasting
bliss. The boys below will keep uE
your work and after awhile you
will all be together -
The Adair County news., 1922-01-31

State. This class has forty-three
members of the House of Repre-
sentatives and several times the
plight of the farmer" has crept
into debates on the floor, the lat
est instance being when Repre-
sentative Brown, of Shelby, a
farmer, and sponsor in the House
for the Bingham cooperative
marketing bill, spoke Mr.. Brown
during the debate of the blind
mans relief" bill, which would
require counties to pension blind
persons, in a thirty-second speech
reminded the Legislators that
other persons throughout the
State, especially the farmer,
were in distress.
Persons who attended the eau
Gus said that the Democrats dis
The Adair County news., 1922-01-31
CUTTING DOWN EXPENSES.

The message of the State Bud
get Commission which has &C
companied the biennial budget
estimates and bills submitted to
the General Assembly apparent
ly struck responsive note
among the Democratic majority
members, according to persons
who attended the Democratic
House caucus. The majority
members again discussed econo-
my in State government and
ways and means of cutting down
expenses.
This session of the Assembly,
according to leaders, is deter
mined to find some way to lift
the burden of the cost Of govern
ment off the farmers of the
The Adair County news., 1922-01-31
FARMERS SHOULD RAISE MORE GOOD UTILITY HORSES
Federal Authorities State That Horses Are More Economical
Farms Than Motorized Tractors or Trucks-An Infusion
of Thoroughbred Blood Gives Spirit, WgOr And
Endurance To All Breeds

There is now a recognized ''horse
zone" where short hauls and frequent
stops are necessary in both city and
rountry into which the truck and
tractor cannot enter and compete
with the horse without loss to the
merchant and the farmer. After a
costly experiment the horse is COM
ing into his own, displacing the
motorized truck and tractor, partic-
ularly on the farm, where it has been
bonciusively demonstrated that there
Is economy in breeding a suitable type
Of horse for a varied agricultural
Eervice.
AT a recent meeting in Chicago of
the Horse Association of America, II.
@. Taylor, Chief of the Federal
Bureau Of Farm Markets, presented
some interesting figures, the result
81 official Investigations, proving that
horses are more economical in every
Held of operation on farms than the
motorized tractor or truck.
Computed on 1921 feed prices, the
cost Of power per acre, according to
the q. S. Department findings, is $1.37
for blowing with horses as compared
with SLIP with tractors; diSking, 34c
with horses and 55c with tractors !;
dislling in combination, &c with
horses as against SOC with tractors !;
narrowing 1sc with horses as against
Doc with tractors drawing hay load
er, SIC with horses and Gle with
tractors, and drawing grain binder,
Bic with horses, 55c with tractors.
The value of mechanical motive
power is clearly recognized by the
Horse Association of America, but
after a thorough nationwide inquiry,
# has been shown that the enforced
displacement of the horse in farm
work has been expensive to the
farmer and has Increased the cost OF
living TO every family in America.
The various State Agricultural Col
zeges, particularly in the central west
are stressing the point that horses
Ehould be bred for the definite quail
tiles which stand the test of long
hard service. AZ infusion of thorough
The Adair County news., 1922-01-31

bred blood giving spirit, vigor and en-
durance to the colder breeds.
George Lane, head Of a $1,000,000
livestock ranch in Canada, in recent
letter to Wayne Dinsmore, Secretary
of the Horse Association of America,
said:
81 have crossed Thoroughbred sires
on broncho mares; on high grade
Clydesdale mares; on mares sired by
Percheron stations out Of broncho
dams; on mares that were y or "a
Percheron; and whenever 1 had q
pure bred Percheron mare that would
not settle to a Percheron sire, 1 bred
her to a thoroughbred sire, and
usually got such mares in foal, the re-
suit being a crossbred thoroughbred
Percheron. We have bred the female
produce resulting from these various
crosses to both thoroughbred and
Percheron sires, so that we have
horses carrying various degrees of
thoroughbred blood-from "a to "a
bred from mares of various types
anu DlOOO 0lldlAos II AOL 4OAS VA
perience in the use Of such horses,
and our actual breeding operations,
1 know that the thoroughbred cross
on any draft mare increases quality,
endurance, and length of life"
The manufacture of mechanical mo-
tive power already has caused an
enormous drain upon our available
labor resources, so that every time q
farmer, or business man, buys a
mechanical power unit which he does
not absolutely need, he is simply bid
ding up the labor market against him
self. Nor can the market for coarse
grains be left cut of consideration
The displacement Of horses occurring
in the years 1910 to 1920, destroyed
an annual market for over lib million
bushels of oats, 20 million bushels OF
corn and AZ million tons Of hay
more than the average total export
per year on these items. The curtail
ment of city demand cuts off not only
the outlet for surplus farm horses, but
this great market for staple farm
products.
The Adair County news., 1922-01-31
IS KENTUCKYsREPUBLICAN.

Congressman Ralph E. Gilbert
of the Eighth District, told the
republicans in the House of Re-
representatives. at Washington
some facts that may not have
been any too pleasant in a speech
he made on the federal anti
lynching law. The speech at
tracted considerable attention,
for it showed that the leading
city of Kentucky is turned over
to Republican control by its solid
negro vote and that in the recent
election the Democratic candi-
date for mayor received a major
ity of.2O,0OO of the white votes
of the city.
1t further showed that dem
ocratic candidate for governor,
defeated by 100000 majority in
the total vote of of the state,
would have been elected by 49,.
600 majority had the white vot.
ers of the State decided the is
sue.
Who can say that Congress-
mani Gilbert is wrong when he
reaches the conclusion that:
''In Kentucky, therefore, the
negro voter now dictates its gov.
ermental policies and selects its
officers"
Mr.. Gilbert assured his repub.
lican colleagues in the house,
however that the Kentucky Leg
islature now in session will pass
such laws, conforming to the
views of the Supreme Court Of
United States, as are necessary
to restore the government of the
State to its white voters.
Let US hope that he is right
about that.-Stanford Journal
The Adair County news., 1922-01-31
TIE POST OFFICE.

Who will succeed Mr.. N. T.
Mercer as postmaster at Colum-
bia is the all absorbing question. |
and at this..time no one in the
boundary of Office has the least
conception. e There are several
outspoken applicants for the
position, but in our judgment
neither one has anything tangi-
BILE to base a hope upon. Some
applicant may have the endorse
ment oflprominent men, close to
the administration, but at the
same time, in our judgment,
there is no one who has a cinch
on the Office.
1t is nowsk believed by many
that the man who succeeds Mr..
Mercer has not at this time made
his desire known to local friends;
that he is:sawing wood and not
bothering the patrons of the Of
feel but is relying on his letters
doing: theEtalking when they
fesch the Second Postmaster Gen:
eral. The applicant, who makes
the least noise, it is believed by
many, will land the job. a'
1t is a particular job and il
will require a first.clsss business
man to fill it. Furthermore il
should be a person strong physi
cally as well Intellectually, al
the mails are heavy and hard t
handle. as ~ e:~..,~yara1 Al 70 =.
It will not make any difference
to the News who is selected. w
know we will get our mail ant
that will satisfy US. But we ar
hearing things in the air, henc
we advise those who are maxim
a fight for the Office, not to b
too confident, for we truly be
lieve there is a ''hen on" 1t
worth the time for working fo
fit, as it pays the pOstmaste
$1,000 per year, and for cler
D hire, 81, 400 per year, is allowed
The Adair County news., 1922-01-31

An effort will be made at the
present session of the Legisla-
ture to pass a bill for $50,OO0.-
600 bond issue for road purposes.
We would likeito see good roads
all over.the State, s.but we doubt
Kentucky votingssfor a bond issue
for that..amount.
The Adair County news., 1922-01-31

Dave jackson, who was Secre-
tary of the Masonic Grand Lodge
of Kentucky and one of the be-
loved Masons of the State, was
Stricken with apoplexy last We'd
nesday night on the way to at
tend meeting of the board at
the Widows and Orphans Home,
He was conveyed to hospital,
but died in a short time. He was
reared in London, KY, and was
| personally known and loved by
the Masons of Kentucky. He
was &c years old.
The Adair County news., 1922-01-31

Frank Thomas, and ex.police-
man of Jefferson county, who
murdered his friend, Lee Abe
gust, last November, was tried
in the Jefferson Criminal Court,
last week, and was given the
death sentence. He committed
a cruel murder, and unless the
higher court interferes he will q
to the electric chair.
The Adair County news., 1922-01-31

Last Saturday night a heavy
snow fall caused a moving, pic
ture house in a fashionablek por-
ton of Washington. D. C. to cave
in. More than hundred per-
sons were killed., and about as
many wounded. The whole city
was terrified. One hundred per.
sons were taken out alive.
The Adair County news., 1922-01-31

People living in the country
who do not have access tosthe
daily city papers, have but little
conception of the crimes that are
nightly perpetrsted in the large
cities. On the night Of January
oath there were % known hold
ups in Chicago. At the same time
there was more or less Of this
work in little cities of the I'm
ion. Yet some preachers tell you
that the world is getting better
The Adair County news., 1922-01-31

cussed the possibility of abolish.
ing some offices by combining
work and the possibility of work
being done with fewer clerks
and other help.
The Adair County news., 1922-01-31

There is not a more watchful
Congressman at Washington
than Hon. Ralph Gilbert Of this
district. He took 'front.' ranks
soon after he was sworn in, and
he has the utmost respect OF all
the Kentucky delegation. He is
paying particular attention to
the wants of old soldiers, and
would be glad to hear from any
of the veterans who may need
assistance at Washington.
The Adair County news., 1922-01-31

We are authorized to announce that
H. L. James, of Elizabethtown, Har.
11in county, is a Democratic candidate
for Appellate Judge in this the Third
District, subject to: the August pri.
mary. --<< r..
The Adair County news., 1922-01-31

We are authorized to, announce
Judge D. A. McCandless a candidate
for Judge of the. Court of Appeals,
Third District, subjecl to. the action
of the Democratic;party.
The Adair County news., 1922-01-31
Notice..

All parties owing taxes for the yeaI
1921, are hereby notified to come in
and settle at once. BY doing this you
will save cost. 1 have given you all
the time 1 can. Settle at once and
save cost.
Cortez Sanders, Elk S. A. C.
1885,
The Adair County news., 1922-01-31

An infant child Of Mr.. and Mrs. Ell
bert Pulliam, of near Breeding, died
Sunday Of last week,
The Adair County news., 1922-01-31

Born, to the wife Of ]. R, Tut, Jr.,
Midtown, Jan. %, daughter-Fran-
ees.
The Adair County news., 1922-01-31
TUESDAY JAN. 81. 1922,
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FOR JUDGE COURT OF APPEALS.
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