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Show MIL TREES TOMARK EARLY 1L1P.ING .Rock Island Lines Prepare for Seventieth Anniversary Anniver-sary at Chicago CHICAGO, April 14. Dmy of Western railroad in when the West wan young will b marked by memorial tree plant-Ins; plant-Ins; this year bjr tUs Rock Island lines durinic a celebration of the seventieth anniversary of the running; of the fir at train from Chicago to Jollet. That wti In October, 1852. and thlna-a In a trsnn-portatton trsnn-portatton way nave . changed since the day when the paxnngera gladly got out and helped the crew toad a new supply of coal or wood. Plana worked out by the agricultural department of the railroad and the American For entry association provides for the planting of these memorial trees In connection with Ihe town and station bcautiflcatlon campaign the road has Inaugurated. In-augurated. The, annlveraary celebration by the Rocs; Inland will be Inaugurated with the planting ef memorial trees first at the division point such an f'hirago, lUt-tle lUt-tle Rock. Ei Reno, Davenport, Ies Xolm-a, tmnha, Ie.nver, Ht. Taul, Kansas City and Alinnes j,olis. There will lie seventy trees planted at Chicago to tyn Ify the number of years the road has been In operation In Illinois. At Kl Reno, Ok la., thirty-three trees will be planted because of the years the rond has been In operation In that state. There will be .i,i thirty. fmir trtes ot the Kansas division: . slxty-iuna trees on the low a tlivislvn, snd fifty trees on the Missouri division. After the division points the smaller towns will take up the work. The American Forestry association will register the j trees on Its national honor roll. I OLD TIMERS TO HAVI PART. "Old timers." who remember the ' "America." the old silver engine. No. 19. I have been asked to notify the Rock j island lines for there will be a place for them In the celebration program. "little j Mary Quald," the first woman passenger ' on the Rock Island, who saw the division I to JoJIet completed In 1S53, would have had the placa ox honor but she died a i short- time ago. An a girl she carried j been to Pari. In every town of any six. there were brass bands, parados and speech making. At Colona, 111.. th fue fare out ao i'resldent Traccv, with moment mom-ent of the board of directors, allied by townapeop!. turned In and loaded the tender with wood. The lira bo in thos. days were made to burn either wood or coal. There was a stopover or one nlltht at Davenport for two reasons. On waa to let tha passengers Itet a little lit-tle reel from the continual celebration and the other was to .Ive a night force an opportunity to polish the engine sga1". fur thouaands of hands had ruined the lustre on n. so antlous were the owners of the tisTitts l u see If It ass (Igiiiisii ill1 ver. After several years of service, ins found Its way to the Junk man after pumping water for A florist for some years and helping to heat his frrcen house, old ll9 Is .one. but her story will be told anew In the seventieth anniversary celebration of tha pioneer days of railroading. lunch to her brother, construction foreman, fore-man, and played along the "" the line was built. 'On the Wlh train moved out of I .JV'Si rarman lifted her up beside hlrn and she made the trip a. "the first woman pas- "A""jollet where the big dinner was served aha "el nest to the president of the road? Tha Qualde had moved from Kenosha. Wl... o that her brother could do the construction work. No. I0 had a unique history- lit l the Urant lcomotlv. works at later-on. later-on. N. J . the boiler, steam "''""'" nit s 'i were covered with a, thin ahet of Herman s, 'T''?Z was e.hlblted at the worlda fair ,n p"rl In 17. John V. honor man ai etmlneer of fhlca.o. now retired or.. helped to polish old "! ."J! flret dutlea wllh the r.ad. Ixey Is th. engineer, who In flfly-two years of service serv-ice traveled more than nine y-flv. time, the dl.unc. around th. world and neve, had an accldenu II. Is on; of lh. seven who planted a tre. In th. hn10'r0.w at Midlothian. 111., each having been In th. service fifty yeara or more. MEMORABLE EVENT. When th. allver .ngln. wh brought to Chicago It was a aenaatlon. Th. engine en-gine arrived In May, at the 1m Hall, street station, the second structure to be built at Hallo and an Uuren streets. On th. fourth of July of thst year, bedecked wllh ribbon, and polished pol-ished until she glistened, No. lo pulled out of th. station with a apeclal train of seven car. and headed for Council Bluffs, th road l which had Juat been completed. Officials and their guests crowded the train and thouaand. lined th. right-of-way to see "th. silver .ngln." that had |