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THE ROCK ISLAXD ARGUS. WEDXESDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1011. Lincoln Kentucky Memorial . c l t- A 1 1. i-1 aer toe auspices oi uicu iuc wwn. ji erect-! erecting the memorial has been done. Hodgenville, Ky., Nov. 7. The mem orial hall to Abraham Lincoln -d on the old Lincoln farm, will de is composed of some of the most prom- dedicatt d Thursday in the presence of President Taft, Chief Justice Edward Douglass Whi'e, of the supreme court if the 1'iii'ed States, the governors of several states, senators, congressmen ind mf n prominent in literature and in public life. The Lincoln farm is lo- inent men in the country. The presi- dent is former Governor Joseph W". Foik of Missouri. The other officers are Clarence H. Mackay, treasurer; Charles "E. Miner, assistant treasurer; Richard M. Jones, secretary; and Rob I ert J. Collier, chairman of the execu- :.ared near liodgenville. and a large ! tive committee. numl-T rT people are assembling to- The members of the board of trus--tight to wjtr;ess the ceremonies. tees are President Taft. Cardinal Gib- Tbe imposing building of granite, ! boas. (General Horace Porter, Joseph which is to figure in the exercises ! f hoate, Oscar S. Strauss, Governor-Tburs-day. enshrines the humble log Augustus E. Willson of Kentucky, Su- j reme Court Justice Charles E. Hughes. Lyman J. Gage. Miss Ida Tar bell, Colonel Henry Watterson, August Belmont. Jenkirr Lloyd Jones. William a cost of 1112.000. and ."',- 'Jennings Bryan. Charles A. Towne, maimaiiianec. to the federal Thomas Hastings. Samuel Gompers, cabin in which Abraham Lincoln was born 10J years ago. The Lincoln Farm association will turn over the farm, the memorial building. hich has been erected a irtO. for ovfTr.nifiit and it will be formally re crivei by the president. Chisr jed into the grani'e on one side of the balding is the following inscr'p i ion : "Here, over the jog cabin where Abraham Lincoln wss born, destined to preserve the union and free rhe slaw, a grateful people have dedicated This memorial ti, unity, peace and brotherhood among these states" When the memorial farm and the building are accepted by President Taft the entire military establishment of Ken;:cky. several regiments of the regular army of ihe Fr.ites States anil many encampments of the Grand Army of the Republic ami of the Con fi dt rate Veterans will salute. More than a score of special trains will be run from Ixui? ville to carry the thous-j ands wfio will be present. T1V- Lincoln Farm association, tin- j Norman Hapgood. William Travers Jerome. Robert .1. Collier, Albert Shaw and Charles E. Miner. The late Mark Twain was a member of the board as was the late Edward M. Shcpard. The memorial buildinc stands on a i and not set aside to form a patriotic shrine until the centenary of the birth of the great emancipator two years ago. On that day prominent men and women from all over the land, made a pil grimage to the little place near Hod cenville. With patriotic addresses the Lincoln Farm association took over the j place and began the work of raising the funds with which to erect the prop er memorial. Until the association took it over the title of the farm had only changed twice previously. It had taken Robert J. Collier four years to clear Lincoln's birthplace of all legal entanglement and litigation. About five years after Abraham Lin coln was born his father sold the farm to a neighbor named Creal, whose family kept It for nearly 70 years. Then it was bought, by A. A- Dennett, of New York, with the purpose of turning it into some sort of national park. While the farm was in the posses sion of the Creal family, the old cab in in which Lincoln was born was carted to the Davenport farm, a mile and a half nearer Hodgenville. The Davenports used it as a spring house. HILL WORKED IN A SAWMILL HERE Railroad Magnate, in Youth, Answers ' Men Wanted" Sign in Rock Island. HEADED FOR CALIFORNIA1 Starts Out Soon Afterward to (Jet Fill of Steamboating, But Conscious Squirms. "James Jerome Hill has one creden tial, at least, to greatness he was born in a log house." writes Elbert Hubbard, philosopher of East Aurora. New York, in the Sunday magazine of the Chicago Examiner. Then Hubbard, who is contributing a series of arti cles on "Well Known Americans; Real J But the owner gave it to Mr. Dennett j Reasons and Methods Explaining their was piacea on us original ne fiuccesss. ' continues telling aDout it li'tle hill, at the foot of which is the ; in 1S95. Hill's boyhood life at his birthplace spring which attracted Thomas Lin-' Mr. Dennett's religious proclivities j jn Ontario and about "his going out coin and Nancy Hanks. Lincoln's fath- led him to turn over the farm to Rev. into the wide, wide world." er ar.d mother, and caused them to T. W. Bingham, a Methodist evangelist j At Buffalo he shipped as roustabout setTe there. It was on the site of the 1 from Florida, whose purpose it was tc j on a schooner bound for Chicago. Only present building that the newly wed-1 make the farm a place for summer a fPW v. ceks after reaching Chicago i d'd pair buib a crude cabin of rough, i camp meetings. He was oisuaaeo. Hill joined the ever moving westward I unhewn logs in the center of the liojfrom doing this but took the old cabin j tide. Hubbard writes: j acres of poor land. This cabin was I to pieces and, setting it. up again, ex- j -He was headed for California, the j just like the other cabins on the fron- hlbited it all over the country to get j land of shining nuggets and rainbow! tier at that time. It had only one the money to carry on his evangelis- j hopes. j iKTS WORK AT HOCK ll,AM. ! room, wire a small Iott, a tog outsiue tic worn, it was nnmij pin 'u chimney and a huge fireplace, a rough a storage warehouse in Long Island door which swung on leather hinges j City, N. and. when they moed into it, not at single window. The farm and the old eab'n During this time no steps were tak en to turn the farm into a park. For weri a while this project was forgotten but II rf i ! M n I! ' I - III 1- Suppose Yon Were a ij; i I &3 III. 1 1 1 1 ! 1 1 i - 4 TTV--n"a rr i kJ i w a r,-. J n m it II! iiiier. J: u t 6 d ssffijtLXSi 2L vMfcw;. at m 1'. And you bought choice wheat Then washed and brushed and scoured it Then ground it 20 times, through 20 rolls- AO :!! M M i Then sifted the flour 10 through silk, so that none but the cream came through All this without added price. Suppose you did that. Would you consider a housewife fair to herself if she failed to get that flour? That's what ve do with Gold Medal and more. Ve even run a test kiichen, where we hake up samples of each day's run. Just to be certain all the time that every sack of Golcr' Medal equals the best ever milled. You can get that flour from any grocer if you'll only remember. Don't merely say "flour. Say WASHBURN-GROSBY'S Ml "He reached Rock Island, and saw ! a sign out at a sawmill, 'Men Wanted." He knew the business, and was given : work on sight. In a week his mathe matics came in handy, and he was j handed a lumber rule and blank book, j "Mr. Hill recalls yet his first sight of a Mississippi river steamboat com-' ing to Rock Island. The tall smoke- : stacks belching fire, the graceful swan- 1 like motion, the marvelous beauty of i the superstructure, the wonderful let- ter 'D' in gold, or something that looked like gold, swung between the j stacks. . j "For a month, whenever a steam-' boat blew its siren whistle, Jim was on the wharf, open-mouthed, gaping, ; wondering, admiring. "One day he could stand it no long-' er. He threw up his job and took pas- sage on the sailing palace Molly De-; vine for Dubuque. ! "Here he changed boats and boarded ' a smaller boat, a stern-wheeler, taking deck passage for St. Paul, a point which seemed to the young man some- ; where near the north pole. ' "He was going to get his fill of ' steamboat riding for one". It was his intention to remain ;it St. Paul a eou- j p:e of days, see St. Anthony's Kalis j and Minnehaha, and then take the , same boat back dov.n the river. ! ( ftsni:( E m:i.i ro q ihm. ' i "But something induced him ;o ' i change his plans. ! ' " uu.ii vii ill- SLfttllJUUill xiau I wearied Jim. The parental Scotch idea of industry was upon him. and con-: science had begun to squirm. He ap- j plied for work as soon as he walked i ou: on the levee. The place wrs, the i omce or the steamboat company. He; ; stated in an offhand way that he had 1 ! experience on the wcter front in Chi-1 cago. Rock Island ami Davenport. "He was hired on the spot as hiv ping clerk, with the gratuitous re-; mark. 'If you haven't sense enough to ! figure, you are sureiy strong enounii to hustle.' " foo Are About to Purchase a Fur When you start out to buy a fur, one that you ex pect to enjoy for years to come, it is far more im portant to consider where to buy it than how much to pay for it. It takes years of study to know furs and to be able to lell the good from the faulty. Some of the most well-meaning merchants, in the country buy thousands of fur garments annually which should not find place In a reliable store. But they are almost as much in the hands of the manufac turers as you are in the hands of the retail merchant. If the store itself is not sure of its fur quality and If you can not tell quality when you see it, obviously there is always danger of error and misrepresentation, which often means a direct loss to you. Thus when you buy a fur. your chief concern is "what assurance of value can I expect frtt the s.tore I buy of?" We Are Fur Manufacturers Appreciate what this means. We make our own fur gar ments. Our expert furriers visit the markets annually and buy skins direct from American and Kuropean markets. These skins are made into beautiful garments to your order or readv made. We save you the middleman's profit. We i'i'f&lryJ&Aa secure to you the newest fashions and most desirable fur Xk mJSfSr I a combinations and we protect you absolutely, for this store Jk)T fjS-j and its reputation stand back of every fur garment that we V & Mjf II tell. Consider these things earnestly if you are about to . " imitJI I f purchase a fur of fine character. There is not a fur store better equipped than this in the middle west and only a few stores in the whole country manufacture their own furs. The present stocks are by far the finest we have ever as sembled. Specials for Next Week Isabella. Opossum sets large shawl, large pillow muff Skinnei lined. Per set, $S.l'0 to $15.00 Brown French Coney sets, large shawl, large pil low muff. Skinner lined. C 1 l Per set, ?4.50 to .pJU.UU Black French Coney sets, large shawl, large pil low muff, Skinner lined. VJ "I 'J ifl Per set. 94.25 to J)li. UU Blue China W'Mf sets, large shawl, large pillow muff. Skinner lined. t y nj Per set, $6.5u. 39. .Hi and pA .UU Jap Mink sets, large shawl, large pillow muff. Skinner lined. Per set CH fl $25 up to Oj.UU $95 Genuine American Mink sets, large shawl, large pillow muff, made from whole skins CIW only. Skinner lined $55 up to ? iUU River Mink sets. Isrge shawl, large pillow muff. Skinner lined. Per set JjO 00 Black Fox se s, large shawl, large pillow muff. Skinner lined. Per set $.10 up to China Black Martin sets, large shawl, large pil low muff, Skinner lined, per set $22.50 to 43U Russian Poney coats, 52 inches long, Q1 7 SZ $50 up to $ L I D Marmot coats, 52 inches QT lone O J Hudson seal coats, 5 2 inches long, $150 up to $250 To RICHTER y SONS Inc. Manufacturing Furriers. 219-221 West Second street. Davenport, Iowa. 15 years old. O'Xeil and a companion had been out hunting. will be delivered to ur-ionijt s by -mion "caristets. Union Labor News The International Glove Workers' j union has extended its iuria'iiction to j include the canvas glove workers. ! Tii tv.A QrtiTth tl'nlp4 enal mines most i of the workers are paid by piecework, :;n'l wages vary with the Coal prices. The scnpai" to amalgamate the two international unions of steam shovel men, which originated in San Fran cisco, has received the indorsement of Samu'i! Gompers am! wili be nsid ered a' the comir.j: convention ot' the American Federation or Itbor a At lanta. Ga. it 0mM so:: . s r3 ' n j vk t t ,s- I'M I III! in Hi i:1 Hi' ; several years later a h:!; was intro Jduced into the legislature of Kentucky auiuui uie purcnase or tne prop erty by the state, but it failed of pas sage. Then the Dennett estate became involved in litigation and finally the property was put up for sale at pub lic auction and it was bought by Rob ert J. Collier for $3,50. Mr. Collier then formed the Lincoln Farm association and on Lincoln's birthday two years ago he deeded the farm to it. The as.-oriufion sent at torneys throughout that portion of Kentucky to interview old settlers an 1 take depositions concerning the real birthplace of Uncoln. because a num ber of uniformed persons had declared that the martyr prei-ident had first seen the light in eastern Kentucky, near Borea college. The deposition es tablished the fact that Lincoln was born on the spot, now marked by the memorial building shich is to dedicat ed Thursday. Soon after this it wa learned that the old cabin was about to be pur chased by a Long Island showman and Mr. Collier immediately bought it and turned it over to the association. The trustees a once Cecided to send the logs back to Kentucky and restore the cabin on Its original site. The Penn- St. Louis labor leaders are endeavor- it g to land the headquarters of the Members of the New York Archi- t international Association of Machin ists which are to be moved from Wash ington. I). C. The only two places un der consideration are St. T,ouis and Indianapolis. The machinists organi zation is second only to the Vnited Mine Workers. It is stated that an nually $2 40,ooo in dues and assess ments is handled at the headquarter;: The new headquarter-" will be sch cu d by a referendum vole. The strike of street railway men iu Trieste. Austria. ha en'led with ttv men obtaining a small increase in pa. the minimum rate being now fixed a S21, cents a day, and a n imber of small concessions as regards annu.il leave, free uniforms, etc, having beri made. tectuvai Iron Workers' union demand a 50 hour working week, a minim um wage scale of 20 cents an hour an'i recognition of the union. Colds Cause Headache. Laxative Hromo Quinine, ..; world wide cold and grip remedy, n inov i cause. Call for full name. Look for signal ure K W. Grove. 25 cents'. Few unions have spent, more money in the support of strikers, than has the 1 I'nited Mine Workers of America. Iu 1 years this organization spent about ; $v Oi'io.O'io in fighting the mine owners. . r At Greenfield. Mass.. nearly 400 per- I sohs. lnrge!y railroad men, moved by the high price of groceries. hae er- j ganized a -ooperat ive s'ore associa tion with f capital of $2;V'ii.i.ri". i i j According to the statistic;, there h-:s ' ' r( en a gctin of 250,o0n in the member- i ; shio of the unions iiffilip'ed wit'.i th ; ;AmerUan Federation of l. bor ui.ri!.'-, 'he last vmr. tos Angeii s ha .hn i honor of gain.n the greai- t percen- I ! tage. j The formation of what Is now the American Federation of Labor orig- : i rated in a meeting hdd in Terif ilau'e, Intl.. ot; AtiEnis.' 2 ar.d '. , Thi?- ?n-rir.g resulted in the is-uan--e c,i a call for a convention at Pittsburar. Pa., which opened Nov. 15, 1SS1. , . AM th J Argus nii flic time Th J Winter Evening Comfort unions In Colorado h.vc coal mine near Erie, which promises to furn;rh them fuel -n 20 year contracts at a price lower than Labor 'nought a sylvania raiiroad gavr? a special train 1 current rates throughout, worked by It is a The mine union n:n, union project is owned and and the coal i for the transportation and a large ! store in New York decorated the cars. : Governor Beckman,.cf Kentucky, sent, a detachment of the state troops to cu-: cort the old logs back "home." I Soon after the cabin had been set up ! again on the original site the associa tion called for a competition of arch:- . tec's for plans for the memorial build- ! leg and approach0?. The competition was wen by John Russell Pope, of New York. i The dedication exercises Thursday i tarrh germs and destroy the germs, are in charge of a comm'.t'te appointed ! You can,t reach the nkf and crevfes w:ta itquia preparations CAN'T CURE CATARRH Stomach Ioin:. Sprays and Douches Have All Failed. There is orly one way to cure ca tarrh. Reach the raw, tender, inflamed memorane that is infested with ca- by Governor Willson, of which Colonel Andrew Cowan, of Ix-'iisville is chair man. Speeches will be made by Pres ident Taft, Chief Justice White, Gener al John C. Black, of Washington, and chers. in invocation win De made i by Ratbi II. G. Endow, of Louisville, and the benediction will be pronounced bv Bishoo Thomas S. Bvrne. of the 41 I I j!tlg ... - -- . ' there is only one way breathe the antiseptic germ killing air of ily omei (pronounce It hlgh-o-me) di rectly over the infested parts. Hvomei contains no opium, co caine or other harmful drugs, it is' rade of Australian eucai p't'.s. thy-j moi and other listerias antiseptics.; is guaranteed to end the misery j JTS easy to secure. Get one of these splendid couches or davenports, huild a good fire in the heater---then the rest is up to you. Don't forget we've got the heat ers, Buck's and Cole's Hot Blast, as well as the couches and davenports. of catarrh, as'hrria, croup and broa- Girl Is Killed by a Hunter. ehitis. or money back. j Winnipauk. Conn.. Nov. . Margsr-: Ask the H&rper house pharruacy: et Wood. IS years old. accidental!)' . about the Hyouiei outfit today. They, was shot and killed by Timothy O'Neil, i tell it for only ?l and guaraatee itJ ET CO, fA 1 lJJ 1 l 1 I 824-326-328 Brady street, Davenport ME T