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TUESDAY THE ROCK ISLAND ARGUS-. JUNE 20, 1922
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.1AZED; CLEANUP
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iEr.lOVES BOATS
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OBY-rt Sit of EJtt Evident
Inl Park for DeU-aUoa
"r"" Hospital FaUi-nU.
j Ifor the summer ends little
' WodfieA. pkrk will occupy the two
term of city property where for
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SAAV lhA rlann Af KhftntTtAvil huV
L , Ehantytown,now near to batng
; r j July- memory, is west of the city's
. lelentton hospital on the river front
f i , etwfea Seventeenth and Elgh
l, , .eentit jirenue. ' t , '
Lnreaslng war on the resident
. 'if Sbaotytown and the houseboat
; i xilony , locate"! nearby, -with City
"'; - nspector L. K. Eihl as gederaUs
J, f tlmo'aod troops, last fall, and this
? , spring, has reduced the colony to
I - 'out, email aback:, and no houso
I, oatS, and these four will be razed
; ' efo4 many more dayf pass.
fr ' The roundup started early , last
" j . i all, ttwhea the word was quietly
t j , t Ttuitmi ; by Commissioner William
' i. j -L 'Hzsimmonn, department of
public health and safety, that
' i ' shantytown moist go.
it for-years past, poll Co iraimion
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tt that no less , than
Ions resident of the city will b
left, on the edge of lb colony bat j
on the city property. They are
those of renters who farm on the
Block Coal company lands, which
adjoin th city's two acres. Squat
ters were ousted from the nearby
holdings of tho Block company, the
Kruger estate and the Hoc It island
Sana tt timvul company, through
the cooperatiou of tuose property
owners.
Other shacks will be out of the
way before thi month is over, and
then the two acres of city property
will be cleared of the heaps of
debris which the Shantytowners
left. The place will be brought to
an even, level surface. A fence will
ORDAIN GROUP
INTO MINISTRY
. AT CONVENTION
Rally Serrire Id Anditorinm Is At
tended by Taonsands; Mrs.
Frald Beeleeted.
j j :j j jurry-up calls to Shantytfcwn
: t ;ouIa be expected every week dur
; ng fie summer. The site, play-
be put about the two acres a etrcrag
fence that will forever keep out un
desirable people.
In that enclosure patlenta from
U)e adjoining city detention hos
pital, where cases of communicable
diseases are cared for, will be al
lowed to go cpout while they are
convalescing.
"Fresh airland sunlight is half the
doctor's bill says Inspector Eihl.
"The city won't lose on the invest
ment." '
As the inspector tells of his clean
up, "Those squatters were no pleas
ant bunch to deal with. I was told,
'Better leave that gang alone;
they'll knock your block off; they'll
get you.' But I had Mr. Fitzsim
mons' orders to back me up, and
wanted to see old Shantytown
turned into a prettier spot than
Credit Island, directly across the
river. And so I went ahead and
ousted squatter after squatter, and
., ow the work is getting somewhere,
inretj . tt i , r c
ntui ft mi DTftlCU,
BT J, E. ETDEN. ,
St. Paul. Minn., June 20. Fif
teen theological candidates were
ordained to the Lutheran ministry
yesterday afternoon in connection
with the 63rd annual convention of
the Augnstana synod.
The impressive ordination ser
vice was witnessed by an audience
which finlled the old Gustavus
Adolphus church to overflowing.
The ordination addresses were de
livered by Rev. C. O. Morland. Mo
line, 111., and Rev. C. Rupert Swah
son, Seattle, Wash., the former
speaking in English and the latter
in Swedish.
The young men who were or
dained and the fields tp which they
are called follow:
Harry C. Alden, Peshtigo, Wis.,
to Omaha; Eben-J. Alstatt, Mar
quette, Kan., to Rhinelander and
Conover, Wis.; Carl A. Anderson,
East Tawas, Mich., to Winnipeg,
Can.; Arthur G. Benson, Rock Is
land, to VaBa. Minn.; Knut E.
Krickson, Aurora, to Chicago; Otto Bishop
.ime1 dry again by the middle of
They did, sort of, but I .never got
Into worse trouble with them than
black looks and threats. By treat-
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inner Then residents are free from ,nB .lne.m w,ln. la,I?CS8.1. !?"
i nteeeference until a general riot wr uone wnnoui in am or me
' .turgor some extraordinarily vl. Pohce or other peaxe officers, though
, , Aouf crime committed. - ! 1 had .,riers to 03,1 them in )f nec"
ifl Shantytown formed a community i es?fry- . ' . -. . t
'rfitfcwn. JtK visiting tourists! Frequently thisspring houseboat
' rerthe floating population of the en ,ha n.,''re1 l?,elr c"ft,"
. vllBPlsslppl. Its government wasr" " -
I i rlacTulinr the .rest. Its public king place. But they didn t stayjCedar
i ealth department did not exist and , Jong- ine B "PPlnS P'ace,
i. ' jrarnluta. from the Rock Island for f hantyboats from the Bovyti-j
s.."Uanitary. officers were disregarded. I ""' u"uk w
S , "Anyway," they said, "the river ! island and tho?o stopping anywhere
! t i ileafts Uie place out every spring." ln tnat territory receive orders, be
j i ? ! j , , , ,. fore many hours, to shove off and
If H BiBow all that is changed.
f tu? twre oi biiiu:KB were!
uhi iney nave me scarea i uri. ,T ErikBon Evansville, Minn., to
Dalesburg and Alsborg, S. D.;
Carl W. 3ohison, St. Paul, to Idaho
Falls, Idaho; Emil Johnson, Rock
Island, to Worcester, Mass.; Emil
J. Johnson, Ludington, Mich., to
Dallas. Texas; John E. Nelson, At
tleboro, Mass., to Waltham and
Natick, Mass; Ernest W. Petersen,
Ludlow. Pn.. to Ashtabula. Ohio;
G. W. Sandstead. Garfield, Minn., to , ganizat'oin
oueiuu uuu caisiuzi, miiin. ; uscar : are
Chicago, to Chicago; Ernest Lack
of St. Paul. toFairport, Iowa, s
Thousands of Lutherans gathered
in St. Paul auditorium for the rally
service winch marked the climax of
the convention. Governor J. A. O.
Preus of Minnesota spoke from the
standpoint of a Lutheran layman.
Other speakers included Dr. G. A.
Brandelle. Rock Island, president
of the synod; Dr. O. J. Johnson.
president of Gustavus' Adolphus
college, St. Peter, Min.; and Dr.
Julius Lincoln of Los Angeles,
Calif., president of the California
conference,
A memorial service for the pas
tors of the synod who have died
during the last year was held Sat
urday night. Rev. A. T. Lundholm,
Gowrie, Iowa, delivered the eulogy.
It was the most impressive service
since the beginning of the synodi
cal sessions. After the names ot
13 pastors on the synod's necrology
had been read, the'' audience arose
while Rev. Lundholm offered a
prayer blessing their memory.
Toorag to Lire, Courage to Die."'
"A true shepherd of souls," said
the speaker, "must have courage to
live, courage to die, and courage to
stand before the judgment seat of
God."
Those on the memorial list were
J. W. Lundgren. St. Paul., Minn. ; C.
J. Scheleen, Manhattan, Kan.; M.
P. Oden, Ludington, Mich.; j. A.
Bernhard, McKeesport, Pa.; Martin
Noyd, El Campo, Texas; Svante An
derson. St. Paul: G. A. Stenborc,
Chicago Lake, Minn.; Edward
Schuch, Minneapolis, Minn.; A. W.
Johnson, Madrid, Iowa; A. M. Le
Vaus, Oakland, Calif.; J. F. Borg,
Hill, 111.; C. G. Lundell,
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-Mrs.
Otelia Swanson,
Alta. Iowa, and Frank T. Erickson,
Battle Lake, Minn.
For the 21st consecutive time in
as many years, Mrs. Emmy Evald,
Chicago, was chosen to lead the
woman's home and foreign mis
sionary society of the synod. Elec
tion took place at a night session
made ne?ssary on account of large
amount of business before the or-
Other officers chosen
' ' T.
Engquist. Harcourt,
Rapids;- Herman
Iowa, to
Johnson,
''Secretary Miss
Chicago.
Mae Mellander,
Treasurer-
Chicago.
Couosponding secretary Mrs? J.
W. Landstrum. Chicago.
Statisycian Mrs. John Linn,
Chicago.
Historian Mrs. Uma Bersell,
Rock Island. :
The 12 conference presidents
were elected rice presidents of the
women's synodioal society. After
the synod had approved the organ
ization of the Texas congregations
into a 13th conference, the mission- j
ary organization elected Mrs. r . O.
Under, Austiff. Texas, to head the
women's society in that state.
Ob Edacational Board.
Election of members on the gen
eral education board created by the
new constitution occupied the
greater part of the business session
of the synod Saturday. The board
is one of the most important in the
synod, exercising jurisdiction over
the seven educational institutions
controlled by the synod aod its con
ferences, and every section of the
country demanded representation.
The Minnesota and Illinois confer
ence secure the members each on
the board, which is composed of six
ministers and six laymen.
Those elected on the board are
Dr 1.. R Rerlc. Kane Pa"- Jnrtiro
' T nnn'.-d Tnlloon PAmhriHtfa 111
Dr. C. J. Sodergren, Minneapolis,
Minn.; O. A. Haplin, Thief River,
Falls, Minn.; Rev. Augustus Nel
son, Manistique. Mich.; Professor
Joseph Alexis, Lincoln, Neb.; Rep
resentative Joseph L. Larson, x,
erett, Mass.; Consu Axel Haskin
son, Kansas City, Mo.; Rev. C. R.'
Swanson, Seattle, Wash.; Rev. Os
car Olson, Sioux City, Iowa; Rev.
Carl Solomonson, Rockford, 111.;
and Professor G. A. Lundquist, St.
Paul, Minn.
Reports on Augustana college
and Theological seminary. Rock Is
land, 111., submitted y Dr. Gustav
Andreen, president of the institu-Cl
lion, ana ur. josepn Anderson.
chairman of the board of directors,
showed that $372,554 had been ,
pledged to the seminary builU'iig '
fund, of which amount $211,910 had
been received in cash. It was also
reported that the Woman's Home
and Foreign Missionary society of .
the synod had raised $112,000 of the
$150,000 goal fixed, for the new
women's dormitory.
Dr. Andreen reported that the en
rollment last year in all depart
ments was 11,099, the largest in the
history of the synod's Institution.
Condemn Evils.
Resolutions were adopted-by the
synod condemning the movies and
the dance evil, and calling on pas
tors, parents and church councils
to admonish the young to refrain
from all questionable amusements.
Respect for the law of the land and
a more scrupulous observance of
tne unnstian Sabbath "was also
urged.
A resolution of thanks to the lay
men of the synod was adopted for
their achievement in the raising of
more than $500,000 for the minis
terial pension fund.- Members of
the pension board" were elected as
follows: Rev. J. E. Liljedahl, Sa
lina, Kan.; Rev. O. H. Olson, Sioux
City, Iowa; V. A. Johnson, Omaha,!
IV eD., and r. L. Lindquist, Gowrie
Iowa.
COUNCIL VOTES :
NEW PAVEMENT
Thirty-sixth Street Improvement
Adopted ; Four Block Strip on
First Reading. -
20-f oot i
gave the city a aw 20-foot wide
alley, paralleling and between Fifth
and" Sixth avenues and extending
from Thirty-first to Thirty-second
street. "
Two ordinances for six blocks of
asphaltic concrete pavement were
j presented to the city council yes
I terday, one being considered and
the other adopted.
Two blocks of paving on Thirty
sixth street between Twelfth and
Fourteenth avenues were author
ized at an estimated cost of
$5,834.70.
The other four blocks are on
Fortieth street. Eleventh to Four
teenth avenue, and Eleventh ave
nue from Thirty-ninth to Fortieth
street. Asphalt concrete paving on
AUTOS SPEED BY
HOME 76 EVERY
MINUTE, REPORT
F. C. PESFIELD DIES.
New York, June 20. Frederick
C. Penfteld, former ambassador to! cost $15,638.35.
Austria-Hungary, died. Adoption of a dedication
these two stretches is estimated to
plat
Automobiles travel along Twen
tieth street, ' from Seventh avenue
south, at breakneck speeds, prop
erty owners recently complained to
city officials. The property owners
were told that police supervision
in tnis matter will be accorded
without delay. .
One woman claimed that sho
counted 230 automobiles in three
minutes passing in front of lier
home. Another assefted that sev
eral automobiles lie saw were mov
ing at more than 50 miles an hour.
Good pavement on Twentieth street
is a great tempN'inn tr - ;
but speeding must be called to a
halt, commissioners Krtfu i:i r
cii meeting yesterday.
Write or Phone
Betty Lee
She'll shop for you
CO.
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Mmc. Pixon will help
you with ""your
summer sewing
move on.
orn flown, burned or thrown into
he river last fali. All but four
K b VArtfflVOil thio an.in. In !
. w k i. .1 III Dfn All 1. ' 1 J
.nstance the occupants of the shan-j
ies were givfen a week's warning
r more by Inspector Eihl. before
:ity 'employes were brought in to
lemolish, the places. !
Two houses, homes of families .
M
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Doll y's Have Ladies'
Shoes
See Window.,
DOLLY SUBWAY
1728 Second Avenue.
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Sugar Demand for
panning Is
Boosting the Price
" Now is Your Opportunity to Stock up on
other Products and Take Advantage of the
jftfnrlnaerlfiif Ciitfop Ha'iI
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119 West Second Street.
SEE WINDOW DISPLAY
Made possible through the sacrifice of manufacturers' profits
and the SAVINGS ARE YOURS tomorrow on these
v.- m m . - v
, mason rruit jars.
Int size, dozen ........... .75c
$uart size, dozen ..........84o
iarf Gallon sire, dozen ...$t.17
I Parowax.
Pound Cake ge
Jar Caps.
Porcelain lined, each Z'c
Dozen 28c
Jar Rubbers.
Year Old Stock, dozen S'2c
NEW FRESH STOCK
Heavy white rubber, dozen.. 6c
Heavy, red rubber, dozen ...6c
Over 200 NEWEST SUMMER DRESSES and absolutely
worth $5 to $15 more than we are going to sell them for A
REAL MERCHANDISING ACHIEVE
MENT to be able to offer our customers
these WONDERFUL DRESSES for only
Vol linn
vaiuca IU JaJ gVCv
Some Higher
Women have been waiting
for just such a sale as this.
It is June's BIG opportunity
for them to buy beautiful,
high class Summer Dresses
suitable for ALL OCCA
SIONS at an AMAZING
BARGAIN PRICE! Your
Dress is here, come for it to
morrow !
Canton Crepes, .Georgettes,
Chines, Organdies, Shantungs,
Dotted Swisses, Linens, Summer Silks!
At least 50 styles to choose from and a
wide variety of patterns and colors
Fresh, clean 1 NEW Dresses for every
TYPE and TASTE.
Juniors' Sizes Misses' Si 7PX Wnmpn'ci
c:
oizes
eech
nut Ginger Ale, 154 oz. bottle.
I ALL PRICES IDENTICAL
)AVENPORT, ROCK ISLAND" and MOLINE.
fBill Wilkins told his little girl that he
would either give her a diamond ring or let
er start drinking Your Luck Coffeej-egu-aMy
on her next birthday, whichever one
she chose. She said she wanted to drink
Ypur Luck Coffee.
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Crepe de
Foulards,
Store closes tomorrow at 2 P. M.
The Annual Harned & Von Maur store, Picnic will take place
tomorrow afternoon at Credit Island.
So that every employe may enjoy this outing,
the store will cl6se for the day at 2 P. M.
We respectfully ask that our pa
trons make all necessary purchases
before 2 P. M.
The annual picnic and other enter
tainments held throughout the year
for the store family is one of the big
reasons for the happy cheerful at
mosphere which you have noticed al
ways permeates this store. We're
one big "family" a happy one im
bued with the spirit of cheerful, in
telligent service to the community.
An unusually good value are these
All wool bathing suits
at $3.95
It is unusual to get any kind of a good looking suit
for $3.95 but to be able to get good ones of all wool
at this price, will bring scores of women here tomorrow
morning.
Just the styles that are being
worn at Credit Island
There are several smart styles to choose from in a
variety of the bright pretty colorings po much in
vogue this summer. Combinations of Jade, Emerald,
Black, Navy, Turqnoise, Orange and Cardinal
Sizes for all women from 16 to 44
J Bathing caps 25c and 50c
A big variety of cleverly shaped caps that add so
much to the appearance of one's costume as well as
serving to keep the hair dry. 3rrt f0(ll
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SECOND FLOOR SALE
GOAT
Capes, Wraps and Suits
BE HERE TOMORROW MORNING AT 10
AND WE WILL LET YOU CHOOSE A COAT,
CAPE, WRAP OR SUIT THAT SOLD AS HIGH
AS $45 FOR LESS THAN YOU COULD MAKE
ONE IF THE MATERIALS WERE GIVEN TO
YOU.
High - class, good-looking-,
well - made
garments for women,
misses and juniors. . .,
Sport Coats Tweeds. Polaires and MivtnrM wvor, n t.t.- j
Velour; Handsome Cloth and Silk Capes - Smart Tweed and Tricotine Suits -Tau
tomorrow between 1 (T jind 2 SACRIFCED at $10. ' auwa ah
The woman who needs a
Dainty camisole
can get one in the fjasement
tomorrow for only
Because they areslightly
soiled and mussed
$5 to $15 blouses
go tomorrow for
$3.95
Lovely Georgette and Crepe de chine
blouses in tailored and over-blouse
styles. -
They have become soiled and mussed
through handling, but one good ttfbbing
will make -them as fresh and pretty as
when new.
White, Flesh, Jade, Navy, Bisque and
Black in sizes 34 to 40.
White, -Flesh and Black in sizes 48
to 54. .
3rd floor.
50q
turttiermore. they are the enual of ariT fl
camisole we have seen this year. They are
of crepe, China silk and Jap silk, trimmed with
lace and ribbons. Slip-over and open-front
styles. Sizes 38" to 44. Kateinc-nt
Just arrived yesterday
Eponge Ratines
Every store in the Tri-Cities w as out of thprn
last Saturday we were told. And so far as
we can learn, we are the only one to have them
lOW.
They come in five of the most popular shades
.and are priced
$1.25 yard
2nd iloor.
A new fabric
called Epongette
is m un-nubhed Eponge (one mipht call it a
smooth finished Epcnge) : 36 inches 'wide. Ideal
,for sports wear. Rose, Honey dew, Pink, Hen
na, Reseda and Lavender.
79c yard 2lld f.0()r.
Women's muslin gowns
A manufacturer disposed of this small lot
to us at a price concession. Thev were ma le
to sell at $1.25 to ?1.7.". Choose from them to
morrow in the llasement Salesroom at
$1 each
In answer to the many inquiries
I we wish to announce that
There will be no 20 Per cent
Discount Sale in July
, Vre will, however, hold a Tre-In-
This sales event made famous hv
this store was abandoned last Janu
ary, when market conditions made it
impossible to continue them.
We have had scores of calls during
the last few days, and it is to
answer these and inform other pa-
irons tnat we maKe this
ment.
announce-
ventory Clearance Sale offering
seasonable merchandise at an even
greater reduction than 20r;'c. But
please remember that there will not
be a store-wide 20 Discount Sale
during July.
Harned & Von Maur
- ' DAVENPORT, IOWA.