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4 FOOl THE HOCK ISLAND ARGUS, . FRIDAV DECEMBER 2i, 1909. 1DREN SANTA NO m ttee Leads Him to Shadowed by poverty. ) TO BE MISSED iser and Giles Busy Deliv .ifts and Candies Tliis Afternoon. lANTA ON THE WAY. I can rear him singing, faintly, As jie urges on his deer, - And his song is nvellowed quaintly As. the measures strike the ear, But Ah lilt of it Is jolly, And the words of It are gay; "Get the mistletoe and holly, I; have started on the way." ""an hear the hoof-beats thudding, , As the snow is flung behind, While the laden sleigh is scudding Witn the swiftness of the wind; And the echoes now are flinging Broken murmurs of the song That old Santa Claus is singing While the reindeer speed along: "Little fellow, little fellow, while you f sit and dream of me, And the marvel of the morning that ;' shall show the wondrous tree. jFor your trust in ail the fancies of the shadow and the gleam, I am starting on my journey down the highway of your dream." W. D. Nesbit in "The Land of Make- ADDITIONS TO SAXTA f LAI'S Fl'XD. Heretofore acknowledged $141 Contributions since yesterday 14 Total up to date $155 SOMF7TIIING TO nEMEMBEH. ' If you are one of those who pledged yourself to play Santa Claus for poor children on your own account, do not fail. Tne children assigned to you by The Argus Santa Claus fund commit tee will not be visited otherwise, and they will be neglected if you fail. So it is up to you and you will not fail. There are 60 children to be provided ; for in this way, as heretofore announc- ! ed. The 210 others will be attended to j by Miss Ramser and Miss Giles. There is not a child in Rock Island who will not he made happy with gifts from Santa Claus this Christmas eve. At all events there Is no reason why one youngster should fail to have a gl?d heart as far as suitable remem brances, not only in goodies, but in toys and bonks, are concerned. Is not that a hnppy thought? Who that rends this will not be happier and mor grateful In his own Christmas celebration on this account? Money Still Coxlai; In. ' Notwithstanding that it was stated in last nipht's Argus that the subscrip tions to TJje Arrvs. Santa Clans fund goodly there would be no omissions. Certain ly every possible effort has been made to guard against disappointments on the part of expectant children. The only fear Is that some of those who have taken it upon themselves the duty of playing Santa Claus, and have been provided with the list of poor children, may fall. This is hardly like ly, however, and certainly not when those who have assumed the happy obligation of making unfortunate chil dren happy with their own hards, re alize how much depends upon them. Plentr tor All. The committee desires The Argus to announce, however, that should any child In Rock Island, for whose Christ mas presents The Argus Santa Claus committee has undertaken to provide, be disappointed, all that is necessary is to communicate either with The Argus, or Miss Ramser or Miss Giles, and the oversight will be promptly rectified. The ladies of the committee have made arrangements for every contingency, and will cheerfully look into any case where the gifts from Santa ClauB fail to arrive. Start ed on Santa C'laun Mlaaton. This afternoon Miss Ramser and Miss Giles accompanied by their as sistants started out in sleighs whTch were driven around to The Argus building before starting delivering presents to the homes of the children who would not otherwise be remem bered by Santa Claus. The city was divided into districts to facilitate the work. Miss Ramser taking charge of the west division and Miss Giles the east dvision, and it is expected that by dark tonight every child of the 270 that the committee has upon its lists will be happy. During the day boxes were sent out to the country for children who had written The Argus for their wants. By Aanoclatvd Charities. Under the direction of the Asso ciated Charities a large number of baskets of provisions were sent to the poor of the city. ill ST Dinner at Jail. The inmates of the county jail will not forget that it is Christmas tomor row because they are to be treated to a Christmas dinner that will make many a hobo wish he was iu jail to ! partake of it. Sheriff Kittilsen has ar i ranged to feed his 45 regular boarders j in a way that will make up to some j extent for their having to be locked j up. The menu includes oyster soup. chicken with dressing, cranberry sauce, crackers and celery, mashed po tatoes, peas, mince pie, coffee, apples and nuts. There is no need for such elaborate preparations at the city police station as tbere seems to be little chance that there will be many inmates there to rartake of the dinner. Arrangements will be made, however, to give a little better meal than usual to such as are hauled in to spend the day behind the Lars. At Bethany Home. Christmas will be celebrated early tins evening at Bethany homo. A large tree has been decorated and :t will be beautifully illuminated. Each child will be presented a gift and a supply of candy, nuts and OCHSIS A BOOSTER Davenporter Joins in Movement for Paving and Post Lights. OWNER OF PROPERTY HERE Knows What Betterments Have Done In Home City and Wants to See Them in Itock Island. Max E. Ochs, though a resident of Davenport, is a real Rock Island booster. He has joined the movement for the repaving witn asphalt of the business section and the extension ol the ornamental post lighting system. Mr. Ochs is the owner of the build ing at the northeast corner of Second avenue and Eighteenth street. He ac quired it 10 years ago and has seen it treble in value in the interim, II el p Property. "I'm for Rock Island strong," Mr. Och s said, "and I am in favor of these improvements that are being dis cussed. Let's repave by all means. If I am hit on both sides of my prop erty, all the better. I know what good paving frontage does for business property. I can't eee how any citizen can afford to attempt to block such an improvement. You can't replace the pavement any too quick to suit me. If you are in doubt as to the value of the post lights in the business streets just take a trip to Davenport some night. Theee lights ought to oe on both sides of Second avenue at least from Fifteenth to Twentieth streets. The way to get them is to go after them." Sounds good coming from a resident of another city. When an outsider will join in supporting public Improve ments with the enthusiasm that Mr. Ochs has shown it ill becomes home people to stand In the path of progress. Minn., is visiting relatives and friends during the holidays. At pres ent she is with Mrs. a. Freeman. Mr. and Mrs. F- H. Plummer left this afternoon to spend Christmas in Chicago. They will be joined there by their son Howard, who conies from Minneapolis. Miss Catherine MacPherson, a recent graduate of Sir William Bennet hos pital of London, England, is visiting at the home of Miss Helen Ruffel for the holidays. Miss Mabel McClellan, 538 Thirty first street, left this afternoon for Fort Madison, Iowa, for a week's visit with relatives and friends. "Several parties and dances have been planned in her honor. Mrs. Frederick Weyerhaeuser of St. Paul and Professor and Mrs. Bancroft Hill of Poughkeepsle, N. Y., left this morning for Chicago after a brief visit at the home of Mr. and Mrs. S. S Davis. G. H. McKinley, Jr., whose Impaired health necessitated his retirement from his position in e law offices of Jack son, Hurst & Stafford, where he had been several years, is leaving tomor row for Arizona to spend the winter in the hope of recovering his strength. Mr. and Mrs. George Lester and Mr. and Mrs. Roy Johnston of Barnes City, Iowa, arrived in the city last evening and are guests at the home of William T. Johnston, 732 Fifteenth street. Mr. and Mrs. Johnston, whose marriage occurred Dec. 22, are enjoying their honeymoon. JAMES KINNEY 80 0 CHRISTMAS DAY LOCAL OWLS ARE TO PUBLICLY INSTALL Arrangements Perfected for Class . Adoption and Banquet the Evening of Jan. 13. Anniversary of Citizen Who Settled Here in 1818, and Is Still in the Harness. Rock Island nest 1197, Order of Owls, at its regular meeting last eve ning, perfected arrangements for the installation of its recently elected of ficers and the adoption of a new class of candidates for membership, the event to take place at Beselin's hall the evening of Jan cises will be public. James Kinney, 150G Sixth avenue, will receive a birthday In his Christ mas stocking. Tomorrow he will be 80 years of age, having been born Dec. 25, 1829. Mr. Kinney settled in this city in 1848 and he has been here con tinuously since with the exception of three years that he served his flag in the war of the rebellion, having been a member of Company A, 9th Illinois cavalry. For about 20 years Mr. Kinney was coachman for the Negus and Harper families. For the past 10 years he has been conducting a hack line for the conveyance of Rock Island arsenal em ployes to and from their work. Mr. Kinney is a member of John Bnford post, G. A. R, and is believed to be the oldest living man affiliated with that organization. He has been a sub- 13. The exer- 1 seriber or lne Argus since it was es A banauet will i tablished. never having missed an is- MORE THANKS! Again our thanks, best wishes and hearty congratulations arc sent forth to the thous ands of patrons of this store. The splendid con fidence accorded us during this Holiday season and alt through the year seems to call for this expression of our appreciation. Last season we told you that you had helped to make the Holiday shopping season of 1908 our banner season and the largest year's business this store had ever en joyed. This year of 1909 has passed all bounds in increased sales, and the Holiday season's business just closing has set a new high record mark which is exceed ingly pleasant to contemplate. We are deeply grateful that such a host of patrons ye enjoying this prosperity and success with us. Again we thank you. jgpgl j bp a feature and there will be a pro- sue- Even during his service at tha gram of music and speaking. At the , front the paper was forwarded to him - had reached in the aggregate a suffi cient sum to care for every child in Rock Island, together with those in the country who havo been heard from, who would not otherwise receive Christmas gifts, subscriptions to the fund continue to'coxe into The Argus ofTirc totay, the amount of these addi tional contributions fceir.s; $14, which was immediately turned over to The Arsufi Santa Claus committee to pro vide for any emergency that may exist. Tlie work of bringing Sarta Claus to the home of every child in Rock Island, however humble and desolate, has been conducted with such painstaking care by Miss Dina Ramser of the Associa ted Charities and Mis3 Margaret Giles, the visiting nurse, that it seems as if fruit. Tomorrow noon a Christmas dinner will be served at the home. There will be roast chicken with all of the trimmings. The older children r.'ill tnke part in the program at the Spencer Memorial Sunday school ex ercises tomorrow evening at 7:30. William Trefz presented each child in the home with a gift today. There are 40 children in the home at present. Salvation Army Bnaket. The Salvation Army, through the do nations which have been received this year, filled 75 baskets with a Christ mas dinner and distributed them this afternoon. Captain Agnes Schasse, who is in charge of the work, present ed The Argus with the names of the families who are being cared for by ) CHRISTMAS DINNER AT ROCK ISLAND HOUSE Served from 11 until 2 p. m. FIFTY CENTS Celery Green Sea Turtle aux Quenelles Consomme Celestine Queen Olives Young Radishes 1 Fillet of Sole au vin blanc Dressed Cucumbers ' Pommes Duchess Soa-ish Sherry Frog Saddles, Breaded Tartar Sauce Mashed Potatoes. Fillet of Beef, Larded Champignons York State Cider Roast F ime Beef au jus , New Potatoes in Cream . Cauliflower au gratin Roast Young Turkev. Cranberry Sauce Candied Yams French Peas Roast Haunch of Black Bear, Currant Jelly Fried Hominy Tomato Salad- Lobster cn Mayonnaise English Plum Pudding , Brandy Sauce Apple Pie Mince Pie Vanlla Ice Cream Assorted Cake Figs Cream Cheese Fruit Coffee Raisins Water Crackers meeting last evening resolutions on the death of William M. iJonowa.v, the first member of the nest to pass away since the institution of the or der here, were adopted. The reso lutions were prepared by a commit tee consisting of II. N. Heuck, II. N. Rounds and A. H. Thompson. the Salvation Army, and they were made doubly happy by the Christmas dinner from the army and the gifts given their children through t The Ar gus Santa Claus fund. PERSONAL POINTS. Dr. Emily Wright has gone to Ster ling to spend Christmas. Oscar Frazer is home from Harvard for the Christmas holidays. Will Drips arrived home last night from Ames to spend Christmas. Frank Ehleb has returned from Val paraiso university for the holidays. Harold Tubbs has arrived here from Omaha to spend Christmas with his parents. W. M. Hodgson left this morning for his home at Jacksonville for a holi day visit. Earl Bowlby has arrived home from j Chicago university for the Christmas holidays. Herman Hhrhorn arrived home last evening from Chicago university for the Christmas holidays. M. MT. Cruise departed last evening for Kansas City to spend the Christ mas holidays with his mother. R. C. Willerton. chief clerk at the New Harper, will spend Christmas at his old home in Bloomington. Mrs. Douglas Brown of Monroe, Wis., is a guest at the home of her sister, Mrs. R. Monroe, 3129 Tenth avenue. The Misses Mary and Katherine Streeper left last evening for Olathe, Kan., to spend Christmas with rela tives. Miss Alma Shearer of Burlington will arrive here tomorrow morning to spend Christmas with Miss Delphla Dooley. O. F. Potter of Freeport and Miss Marion Potter of Minneapolis arrived today to spend the Christmas season in Rock Island. Mr. and Mrs. James O'Connor and son Jerome arrived home this morn ing after an extended tour through the south and west. Mrs. R. K. Camper of Aurora ar rived here last evening to spend Christmas with her" parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Curry. Dr. and Mrs. J. J. McGuinn and chil dren of Chicago liave arrived for a visit with the former's parents, Mr. and Ms. William McGuinn, Miss Ruth Reticker, who is a stu dent at the University of Chicago, has come home to spend the holiday vacation with her folks. -A. Beaver of Yatertowii g. d., has arrived In the city to spend the holi days with Mr. and Mrs. F. R. Harring ton, 1007 Twenty-first street. Mrs. C. B. Lewis of St. "blond, ' Mr. Kinney, since the death of his wife, has been making his home with his daughter, Mrs. Russell W. Barth. His son is Policeman John Kinney. Mr. Kinney is hale and hearty and feels as though he were good at least for the rounding out of a century of usefulness. His friends will extend hearty congratulations on his 80th an niversary tomorrow. Fill Your "S.&H." Trading Stamp Books THE Retail Merchants' association of this city, in conjunction with the merchants of Moline and Dav enport, have decided to discontinue the use of trad ing stamps in the very near future, and it is our desire to assist all customers to fill their books promptly, that they may have first choice of the "S. & H." premiums. For this purpose we will give DOUBLE STAMPS all through our big stores ALL DAY MONDAY AND TUESDAY, DOUBLE STAMPS, DOUBLE, ON EVERYTHING FOR TWO DAYS. Come and bring your "S. & H." Books and we'll help fill them up. L. 5. McCABE & CO. ROCK ISLAND PROPERTY OWNERS HAVE REBATE DUE Ijiying of Additional Switch Track Fourteenth Avenue Makes Company Fay for Paving. on The property owners along Four teenth avenue from Thirty-sLxth to Thirty-eighth streets have a rebate coming to them on the cost of the paving of the avenue, because of the fact that the street car company during the past summer has extended its switch track there and mado it double, thereby making itself liable for the cost of the paving of the added portion of the street which it covers. City En gineer Wailaca Treichler andthe com mittee of streets and alleys has ar ranged a settlement with the company by which the property owners will get a rebate of $557.67 and the city a re bate of $151.23 which makes a total of $708.90. The amount coming to the city is due from the street crossing for which the city paid the bill of paving. The rebate represents 85 per cent of the initial cost, it being estimated that the wear and tear on the pavement for the last four years since it was laid would amount to that percentage. ATTEMPT TO ROB FUR STORE FAILURE Burglars, Prying Ixick at Bennett Es tablishment. Frightened Away in Early Morning. " , A bold robbery was attempte'd dur ing the early hours yesterday morn ing when an attempt was made to pry open the lock on the door of George Bennett's fur store on Second . ave nue. A chisel was used, and .some pf the wood around the Yale look was torn away. The robber evidently were frightened before the Job was fin ished. Mr. Bennett has a very valu able stock at present and a rich haul would have been made had the at tempt been successful, .' ' J ; ' at 9:30 and the machine was badly damaged, though no one was hurt. The collision occurred in front of the Petersen Sons' store. The motor went dead while the machine wasin front of a car and the motorman on the car was unable to stop before bitting the machine. COAL SITUATION IS CAUSING ALARM HERE Few Carloads That Reach the City Today Are Grabbed Up by the Dealers for Patrons. The coal situation continues to be come more serious each day. Today the last of the dealers to advance the price 25 cents per ton did 6o. The weather conditions at present are anything but favorable for a reduc tion. The snow will make it more difficult for the railroads to haul the coal. Only a few carloads reached the city today and it is expected that they will be sold before evening. The doubtedly come about at the end of the agreement between the employes and owners April 1. The factories will begin to get in their stock of coal soon after the first of the year. The dealers here say it is certain that the price of coal will not drop before spring and it Is very probable that it will raise to a higher point be fore the famine is over. TAKES APPLICATION UNDER ADVISEMENT Xo Injunction Granted as Yet in Af fairs of Second Baptist Church Now Before Court. The application for an injunction to restrain Rev. Frank Durden from con ducting the services at the Second Baptist church (colored) came up be fore Judge E. C. Graves In the circuit court yesterday afternoon. Attorney J. F. Witter appeared for the petition1 ers, among whom were Rev. R. A. Broyles, the deposed minister, and about 20 of his adherents. The bill 6tated that Rev. Mr. Durden was preaching without proper authority, as the trustees of the church who had de lected him after ousting Broyles were not really trustees of the church and that they had acted without the con sent of a majority of the congregation. Rev. Mr. Broyles believes that he still has the right to occupy the pulpit of the church and he wants the court to enjoin Rev. Mr. Durden from occupy ing it. The bill also calls upon the court to prevent Sandy Terry and Wil liam and Boston Gordon from acting In the part of trustees. The court listened to the bill and at its conclusion decided to take the matter under advisement. No tem porary injunction wan Issued and the status of the controversy will remain unchanged until the application Is heard from again. Camp 29, M. W. A., Attention. You are hereby notified to be at the hall Sunday. Dec. 2C. at 12:45 sharp, to attend the funeral of deceased neigh bor, Charles Bade. Services at the house. Lincoln avenue, Davenport, william Mcculloch, v. c. S. Mattlson, Clerk. INTERURBAN TO EXTEND Tamplco-Hooppole JAne to Connect With McKinley System. That the promoters of the Tamplco-Hooppole electric line are con templating an extension from the Tamplco line south through New Bedford, Manlius and then possibly to Princeton to connect with the Mc Kinley lnterurban line which reach es that place, comes from a reliable Bource. The proposition will prob ably be put before the New Bedford and Manlius people some time soon and; they will be asked to subscribe for stock in this line. Ice on Move. ; -" The Ice started to move yestfrday morning .from the Mississippi river. A clear channel was made just below the government bridge and the Ice I cakes were piled up along the shores of tne river. Car Hits Auto. An automobile belonging to. C. E." Stephens of Moline was struck by a street car In Davenport last evening Tit for Tat. Nathan Satien had Abraham Fox ar rested yesterday on a charge of dis turbing the peace following an encoun ter" between the two, and Fox retali ated by having a warrant issued for Satient for disorderly conduct. They took their cases before Justice P. H. Wells and each of them was fined $3 and costs. Fox paid and was released, but Satien had to go to jail as "he could not pay his fine. Saloon Notice. Chicken and turkey all day tomor row at Al Gregg's, 1521 Second avenue. '". Coon and chicken lunch, also Tom and Jerry served Christmas morning at Dressen's bar, 1700 Fourth avenue, avenue. Only One "Bromo Quinine" That Is Laxative Bromo Quinine. Look for the signature of E. W. Grove. Used the world over to cure a cold in one day. 25c Specials for this Week Eggs, per dozen 24c Jersey Cream Flour, in towel sacks $1.49 Clinton Soda and Oyster Crackers, 2 lbs. for 15c Calumet Baking Powder, 25c can for 17VC Medium size Sweet Oranges. at per dozen .1 ...., 5c Solid packed Pumpkins, 3 cans for 2 5c Ginger Snaps. 2 lbs 15c Tomatoes, Corn and Peas, 3 cans for 25c Minced Meat, 3 packages for 25c Raisins and Currants, 3 packages for 25c L'kk Plums and Green Gage, per can '12c Black Walnuts, at per peck . . . 2 5c J. Silverman, 611 Seventeenth Street. Both Phones I IMS Ml Y I 0 0 o $10 and upwards -.' Gift purchasing often proves a real hardship, yet no body wants to miss the Christmas spirit nobody wants to deny themselves the pleasure of remembering those near and der. We will finance your entire Christmas shopping, supplying all the funds you need to purchase your full list ' of gifts. After the holidays' our loan is returnable in trifling payments of a dollar or so a week. Call and let us give yu full particulars. Open every evening until Christmas. RELIABLE LOAN COMPANY , Old Phone wt 100. 1805 Second Avenue. xw pnon B7os.