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The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1908-09-23
Attend the Mission.

Mr.. 8 j. sibbert made at business
trip to Omaha Monday.
A beautiful line of hats in all the
new colorings at Sarachon Sisters.
Flower pots. in all sizes. two for
5 cents and up. The Racket Store.
Mr.. John Bolieu of Sioux City
transacted business in Denison Tues
day.
Mr.. Jess McAhren transacted bust
ness in Dow City last Tuesday after
noon.
Mrs. L. Patterson and children
spent Sunday in Dunlap visiting
relatives.
Mrs. Don Butler and daughter.
Stella were up from Dow City last
Saturday shopping.
Its to the Book store for every
thing you need in your school work
at the lowest prices.
Mr.. R. A. Romans and children
spent Sunday at the home of Frank
Woolston near Ellis.
Mr.. Dan Howorth was up from
Dow City the latter part of last
week transacting business.
Mr.. e. C. Chamberlin and family
drove down to Dunlap Sunday in
their auto and visited friends.
Dr. Weber's Glasses fit right, look
right and are right. call Wednesday.
Sept. 80. at Nelson House. Elk.
animation free. 3S-2t
Mr.. C. L. Voss and wife and Mr..
E. Gulick and wife drove up to Franz
Woolston's home near Ellis in Mr..
Voss machine last Sunday.
Mrs. William Strain has gone t,
Cedar Rapids where she will visl
relatives for two weeks and attent
the temperance convention.
Mr.. and Mrs. Webster Brown re
turned to their home at Rhinelander
Wis. after a weeks visit at tn,
home of Mr.. and Mrs. ]. P. Conner.
Mr.. and Mrs. Webster Brown,
Mr.. Darragh and Mr.. and Mrs. j.
p. Conner spent Sunday at the hom
of Congressman Walter 1. Smith a.
Council Bluffs.
Mr.. j. F. Glenn has purchased q
Ford runabout from the j. B
Romans Company to use in connec
ton with the Crawford County Tele
phone Company.
The reports that Rhinelander
Wis.,, was in danger of destruction
from forest fires has had more person
al interest to Denison people sine
the visit of Mr.. and Mrs. Brown a
the Conner home.
p Mr.. w. j. SERVER and Mr.. E. c
Chamberlin transacted business ir
Omaha last Friday in connection
with the new garage that Mr.. SERVE
is going to conduct in the building
near his implement house.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-12-30
MESSENGER WAS
INJURED IN FALL
Melvin Breitenstein, an EmpIoye of
the Western Union Was Thown
From Wheel and Injured.

Melvin Breitenstein, an employee of
the Western Union Telegraph Com
pany, met with quite serious accident
on Monday afternoon. The young man
who is employed at the telegraph of
fee as messenger, was riding down
Morgan street from Seventh to Sixth
street when the tube in the
head that is joined onto the handle
bars, snapped and in doing so threw
the front wheel of the bicycle ahead
of the rider and his face was badly
bruised and somewhat cut in the fall.
His nose was broken in two places and
several stitches We're taken in it by
the attending physician
A neighbor who lives in the vicinity
of Morgan and Sixth streets drove
the young man to physicians office
and after having his injuries attended
to, Breitenstein was taken to his
home at Fourteenth and Johnson
streets, where he will be laid uu or
several days with his injuries.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-12-30
ROAD DRAGGING.
Weeds Along the Roadside Must First
Be Cut or Burned.

This has not been what Truthful
James would call whopper of year
for vegetable growtbs, but the growth
of weeds and grass along the grades
of the public highways has not been
over-muchly stunted There are sun.
flowers, horseweeds and few other
choice varieties to be found on most
grades that do credit TO the soil that
produced them
Any grade that is going to be
dragged this winter must have these
weeds and the grass moved and
burned. or the road drag might as
well be left off the road 1t takes a
very little time to NOV. rake and
burn the trash on half-mile grade
and the time it will take to keep 1t in
fine shape this winter with road
drag would not be missed The main
thing about winter road dragging is
to get the work done just before a
freeze, then the smoothness may last
for weeks at time, or as long as the
ground remains frozen If not dragged
the roughness would last as long as
frozen, or until hard travel smoothed
1t off the hard way.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-12-30
A Handmade Farm Sled.

Inc holsters are bolted to the run,
ners with 14-inch one-eighth-inch bolts
me roller should be fitted into two
lnch holes in the front ends of the
runners, to which the tongue is NOR
used IN the center and bolted, ex.
plains Prairie Farmer, while the
braces are also bolted SO the sled can
De taken apart and stored during the
summer months.
me standards, Sx4y2 are made to fit
l@-lnch holes in the holsters. Boards
oxl-1O feet long are nailed to the tops
or the holsters inside the standards
ana floor is made the proper size
10 Mt between, while side boards IA
inches wide and ten feet long are set
ur inside the standards and held in
position by end gates of the same
width and long enough to fit in tight.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-12-30

Quick, climatic changes try strong
constitutions and cause, among other
evils, nasal catarrh, a troublesome and
offensive disease. Sneezing, snuffing
and difficult breathing. end the foul
discharge into the throat-all are end
ed by Ely's Cream Balm. This hon /.
remedy contains no co eainS, mercury
nor other harmful ingredient The
worst cases yield to treatment in a
short time. All druggists, SOC.
If you prefer to use an atomizer. ask
for Liquid Cream Balm. 1t has all the
good qualities of the solid form of
this remedy anG will rid you of catarrh
or hay fever. No cocaine to breed a
dreadful habit No mercury to dry out
the secretion. Price 75c., with spray
ing tube. All druggists, or mailed by
Ely Bros, Sc Warren street, New
York
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-12-30
HOMEMADE FARM SLED.
VIII Prove Handy During the Winter
Months

The runners for the sled shown in
the accompanying illustration should
be made from pieces of any good
tough light wood three inches thick,
eight inches wide and ten feet long.
strip four inches wide should be
ripped from the upper side to within
one foot of the front end with which
to make holsters which are thus 3x4
and cut four feet in length. These
holsters are raised from the runners
by placing two-inch blocks under them
and the front and back ones are
oraced with pieces of old wagon tire.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-12-30
RoAD.BoUND IN WINTER.
Season When Much Work on Hiqh.
Ways Should Be Done.

The farmer has plenty of leisure
from December to March, but for the
remainder of the year he is exceeding.
ly busy, having little time for recre.
alton and pleasure If he and his
family are to have social life. the win.
ter is their opportunity. The social
circle in every town and village should
include the farm, and the dwellers on
the farm should meet with the town
folk in social gatherings. Both will
profit by this mingling; they will be.
come better acquainted, will better un.
derstand each other, and prejudice
Will give way to friendship.
What is there to hinder? Roads.
only roads. These are nearly always
bad in winter and often practically i'm
passable. There is no pleasure in driy-
ing over heavy, muddy road, and
still worse is a rough, frozen one. The
fact is, the winter is the time when
good roads are most needed Thew
would enable the farmer to go to town
and get out of his shell, keeping in
touch with the world They would
enable the youth upon the farm to
have the social privileges, the enjoy-
ment and the wholesome recreation
their natures demand, and are theirs
by right, but which are denied them
by bad roads. Such conditions have
driven thousands, yes, tens of thou
sands of the youth from the farm to
the cities, draining the farms of their
best blood. Good roads mean higher
citizenship, better morals, better edu-
cation, more pleasure and less drudg-
cry Nothing pays so we'll as good
roads, and the best is none too good
Under the state aid plan OF road
building, whereby towns, cities rail
ways and other corporations co.srib-
ute to tighten the farmers burden
stone or gravel roads can be built
upon the main highways throughout
Illinois at an annual cost of ten to
fifteen cents per acre.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-12-30
FINDS A MOUNT.
DR.. SVEN HEolN MEETS A eRs.
SURPRISE IN TIBET.
Country Hitherto Supposed to &c
Flat Plateau Found to Have Rance
1000 Miles Long and High
err Than the Hinalayas.

VIII the map of the world ever
complete? AS explorers penetrate Il
lar corners of the earth and learn Tia
mysteries of the hitherto unknow
places the map makers have to revis
their maps to bring them up.to-data
Tibet is the latest country 10 cause
trouble In this respect What has al
ways been supposed to be country
OF nat plateau is found by Or. Sven
Hedin, the explorer who has just re-
turned from extensive explorations in
mat country. to possess range OF
mountains LOO miles long and tow.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-12-30
has knocked off.
Neptune Hook and Ladder Co. will
hold its annual ball New Years eve at
Saenger hall.
"Keokuk Made Goods. {"

H. M. Anschutz, photographs.
H. e. Radcliffe, plans.
Weber-Kirsch Mfg. Co., cream sepa-
rators and flue stops.
w. q. Strimback, job printing.
Meinberg's laundry, makes hard wa.
ter soft.
S. Hamill Co., canned goods.
Strickler Store Fixture Co., floor We
neer.
Huiskamp Brothers Co., shoes.
Central Chemical Co., parafine.
Frank LeBron Jewelry Co.. optica,
goods.
Brassill, ice cream cones.
McManus & Tucker, stone construc-
tors.
keokuk Milling Co., -four, etc.
McElroy Iron Work, general ma
chine foundry works.
kollmyer & Talbot, engines.
w. P. Sutton, plumbing and gas and
steam fitting.
Kruger, clothes.
Rees Mfg Co.. Nodust.
keokuk tel, pies and cakes.
Akerson Ringstrom Co., kitchen cab
inets.
American Stove and Range Co.,
stoves
Kellogg-Birg Co.. syrup.
Peerless laundry, hard water to soft
Ellsworth Co., shafts and
poles.
Joseph Haubert. sausage.
c. w. Ewers, cigars.
Dupy Brothers. bakers.
Frank j. Ewers, sausage.
Bevering, cigars.
Cameron, Joyce & Schneider, mon.
umental work.
Schouten's bakery.
Walker studio. photographs.
Keokuk Paper & Cigar Box Co,
boxes.
Peter Wolf. fencing and wrought
iron work.
Leake Printing Co., job printing.
Mrs e. A. Parker, hair goods
j. Spring, plumbing, steam fitting
and in work.
August Wustrow, wagons.
The O'Brien Worthen 90, dental
supplies
Keokuk Gas, Light & Coke Co., gas
and electricity.
G. w. Seavers linen and fancy work
j. w. Markley, sausage
Blank Keoku,, Steam Dye Works,
makes clothes look like new.
l.. Pelz, makes clothes.
C. H. Henneman & Sor, cigars.
VIM. Ewers, sausage.
S. r. Baker & Co., medicines, ex
tracts and spices.
Pecastein & Nagel Co., beer,
Henry Schmidt & Sons Co, sasa
doors and mill work.
Thomas J. Phillips. picture frames.
Sigmund Bros, tents and awnings.
Mississippi Coal and Ice Co., ice.
j. Burk, carbonated beverages.
j. G. Hubinger Bros CO., starch.
Peter Blom. laundry soap.
Lutz & Stahl, books and printing.
Oak Hall Candy Store, candy and
sweets.
Frank Moeller Co., ciga- 5.
Independent Lumber Co., contractor
Gate City Laundry, hard water made
to soft.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-12-30
M|DW|N TER SHOOT
RIFLEMEN OF BRITAIN AND
AMERICA WILL CONTEST.
Australia May Decide to Enter Hep
RfIemen-country Winning the .
Highest Score to Hold Tro.
ply for One Year.

An international rife match of un-
usual interest will be shot this win
ter under the auspices OF the Society
OF Miniature Rifle Clubs of Great Rrit-
ain and the National Rifle Associa
tlon OF America Each country VIII
be represented by 30 men who will
shoot ten shots each at 20 wards with
miniature rife
The Americans will doubtless use
the 30 caliber as under the terms Of
the challenge the caliber of the rifles
is limited TO %, which is comparative
" unknown in this country. The ten
shots are 10 be fired on what is known
as double decimal target which Ii
really two targets Joined together.
each with an inch sighting bull and an
inner half-inch bull counting ten. Ten
concentric circles one-ouarter of an
inch apart divide the count from one
to ton. Five shots are to be fired
on each target the ten shots consti-
tuting the string allowed each com
petitor
One hundred targets will be sent
to the National Rifle association by
the Society of Miniature Rifle Clubs.
bearing the signature of the latter.
The Endorsement OF the American as
ISOLATION will he added and 80 of the
targets returned 10 Great Britain. Aft
or the shooting the two sets of tar
gets will be collected and exchanged
TO verify the scores which Will be sent
by cable
II is possible that this unique match
Will be three-cornered affair and
that Australia will be drawn into it.
The British society has provided a
handsome trophy to be held for one
year by the winning country and each
participant will receive commemor-
alive medal Considerable preparation
Will be necessary for the match which
Will likely not take place until mid
winter.
The National Rifle association will
shortly begin selecting the 80 shots TO
represent this country and as II is de-
sired to secure the best II Is probable
that all the rifle clubs affiliated with
the association will be invited to com
pete for the honor of supplying mem
bers OF the team. After the ''try-outs."
team will be selected, and when the
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-12-30
Many Pleasant Social Functions and
Many Home Coming SHARKS the
Yuletide Season at
Warsaw.
LOCAL TALENT PLAY
New Years ir New York" Was Given
At the Opera House Saturday
Night to a Packed
House.

WARSAW. H.. Dec. 3O.-Christmas
passed amid many festivities. and the
utmost good cheer prevailed every
Where There were many absent ones
nome for the holidays, most of whom
have returned to their several yoca.
tions Trolley visitors were numer-
ous and the weather was all that an
sariy spring day could be desired. A
good coating of snow on the level
.cads, The jingle of sleigh-bells. and
tne air somewhat biting, would have
made II an ideal Christmas.
saturday night the senior class Of
tne high school repeated their play,
new Years in New York to pack.
- mouse at Saenger hall, the prices
peihg 20 and Is cents. Both per.
iormances netted handsome sum for
'ae laboratory work of the school.
on Monday night the church of the
sacred Heart, held its annual Christ
mas festivities at Saenger hall. con.
ISSUING OF Christmas tree loaded with
sll's' bountiful supper, and dance.
me nan was taxed to its utmost ca
paclty all evening, and the last
uancers did not leave the floor until 9
= N. A royal happy time was had.
ana comfortable sum netted for the
church.
tonight the lyceum stock Comedy
company will present the popular play.
Woman Against Woman at the
opera house.
Wm. Gfaham and wife of Quincy,
visit. ~ I" siio'
Last week the iron sections of the
s'ahd pipe for the water works arrived
sna We're hauled up to the site of the
rlpe opposite the high school On Mon.
Wy Workmen began putting the sec
aons IN place and rivetir.; them to-
ss.aer The pipe will be 80 feet high
auus w feet in diameter; a ladder of
IN VIII extend from base to TOP.
veg. Bot has had the water mains
oA3nded to his residence southeast
4. s'ner OF l1th and Main streets two
MN sVas east of the stand pipe. being
~" ~ nrst patron of the new waterworks
.aalns nave also been extended IN
~, y .ne nigh school building. Have lust
tsaned there is some hitch In con.
ss's the stand pipe and all labor
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-12-30
Some Of the Diamonds Found in
Arkansas

the Pike county field, where one John
Husidleston, a farmer, picked up a
CLASSY pebble two years ago. are said
to have intimated that some day this
country will not be importing dia-
monds worth $30000,000 or 100000
900 a year, and may even send few
abroad
En advance of mining operations on
large scale in Arkansas, 400 dia-
monds. the largest of 61a carats, have
been found there. The colors range
from white and yellow to black Drs.
George F. Kunz and Henry s. Wash
/ ington, we'll known experts. say that
the field is a diamond bearing volcano
ic pipe, like the mines of Kimberley.
Near the surface of the 60-acre crater,
natures laboratory for the manu-
facture of diamonds, there is a mass
Of decomposed peridotite which can
be easily worked. The hard rock low
er down offers problem, since the
process of crushing is likely to de-
stroy precious stones
"a oSliOup III Cldl
production is declared to be the pre-
vention of the loss of diamonds
through theft by the laborers With
the class of labor employed at the
South African mines system of de-
tention in compounds, thorough phys.
ical examination for hidden diamonds
and other methods for the prevention
of theft or the recovery of stolen
stones can be carried out, but in the
United States it might be impossible
to employ safeguards of this charac-
ter" The Kaffir diggers in South Az
rfca are Imprisoned in walled yards,
covered with wire netting. so that
they cannot throw the stones to con-
federates outside. Stones are SNUG
gled in tobacco pipes concealed in
wounds and swallowed One native
swallowed diamonds worth $1,000,
which the company doctor managed
to recover. Could such methods of
safety be employed in Arkansas?
The largest diamond weighs 6h
carats and is of an absolutely pure,
pellucid white, free from inclusions.
Another stone weighs 6A carats, sew
eral 5. or 3, and from this they run
down to l64 carat, the average being
probably about one carat. The largest
diamond yet found in form, color and
effect somewhat resembles the we'll
known butterfly twins" of calcite
from Cumberland II is crescentic in
CHI fatt In, n ~
the twinning plane and elongated OBJ
liquely TO it on either side. Several
of the diamonds show rough and ir-
regular indentations, as if they had
formed or been attached to sur
faces that were not smooth, while
very large proportion, possibly one
half, are fractured While most Of
the diamonds have been found on the
surface of the igneous area, few
have been discovered among the con-
centrates derived from washing the
decomposed peridotite which much re-
diamond was found imbedded in the
decomposed peridotite itself. This
stone is apparently distorted and
elongated hexoctahedron with much
rounded faces, grayish in color. To
the investigators the evidence seemed
conclusive that the diamonds found
are derived from the peridotite and, If
So this is evidently the first occur
renee of diamonds in place on either
the North or South American con-
tinent
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-12-30
ARE REAL DIAMONDS
STONES PICKED UP IN THE STATE
OF ARKANSAS.
Discoveries May ME- of the United
States Strong Rival of the
Kimberley Mines in South
Africa.

Is Arkansas, which has hitherto
been noted for little else than its hot
springs and its Arkansaw Traveller TO
become rival of Kimberley and
break the monopoly which the South
African mines have maintained over
the worlds diamond supply? 1t would
seem so II the reports are true of the
finding of diamonds in the southern
state. Experts who have examined
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-12-30
Treatment of Corn Ground.

The grou for corn should be
plowed in the fall, for it is easier to
work in the spring. In the spring
work it up with disk. A disk pillow
pulls easier than the moldboard pillow.
The corn should not be planted until
the ground is warmed up. 1t should
not be planted too deeply. The corn
crop should be cultivated three times.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-12-30
AQUATIC SPORTS
ON NEW YEARS
Boys of the Y. M. C. A. Will Have a
Good Time in the Swimming
Pool in the Morning.

New Years morning at the Y. NJ.
C. A. beginning at $50 o'clock a SER
les of aquatic sports will be held,
which will be taken part in by mem
beers of the boys department. Chair
man Helmit Pease has arranged the
following:
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-12-30
CAPT. x. K. CASEY, DELAWARE.
Best Long Range Shot in the World.

Best Long Range Shot in the World.
match is shot the men chosen will
shoot their strings on the range be-
longing TO their own clubs.
If possible the dates will be ar
ranged SO that the shooting will be
done in both countries, or all three,
IL Australia comes in, on the same
date though necessarily there will be
some difference in actual time,
The challenge provides that any
rife not exceeding % calber may be
used, with any sights not employing
position may be assumed The Amer
leans will probably request that the
latter provision be- changed and that
the position be restricted to off-hand.
1t is believed the challengers will
agree 10 this
While 20 caliber rife practice both
In and out of doors is growing In
favor In this country with great rapid
ity, The sport has not yet the popu-
larity or the support it receives in
England
Some of the greatest men and wem-
en- of the latter country give it their
hearty encouragement and patronage.
For example, the Society of Miniature
Rife Clubs is under the patronage of
II, r. H. the duke of Connaught,
while the two trustees are the duke
of Norfolk (the premier duke of Eng
landl, and the duke of Westminster
(the wealthiest peer of that country.
The only organization in this ceun-
try which approaches the support CIV
en- the English society is the National
Rife association, which includes
among its life members President
Roosevelt, Secretary of State Root,
Judge Taft and number of senator's
representatives and governors. as we'll
as the leading men in the regular mil
itary service and in the National
Guard
King Edwards fondness for cigar
is well known, but when with few
intimate friends he not infrequently
INDUCES in briar pipe, His liking
| fol- tobacco is shared by nearly every
! Eeigning monarch OF Europe,
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it was the rallying point for public
men in the northwest. Its old fash
Toned rooms have sheltered many dis
tinguished men and the destinies of
political campaigns have been guided
from behind it's doors. Within it's
hospitable bar, in the old days, one
was sure to find almost anyone of
prominence who was sought, and it
was the common meeting place be-
tween the business men and profess
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-12-30

ST. PAUL, Mimi, Dec. 3O.-The old
windsor" an ancient landmark, and
IN it's day, the political headquarters
Of Minnesota, is crumbling foot by
foot under the picks and pinch bars
o. the construction crews, and anoth-
er famous hostelry is but memory
United States senators have been
named at the conclaves held within
Its walls, and for a quarter of a CEN
tury. under Col" Monfort, since dead,
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sional men of the east and west, who
met in st. Paul to decide their person.
al matters.
On the same site, within week
the foundation work for new $1,000.
600 structure will begin. The new ho-
tel will be eleven stories in height
with roof garden overlooking the
Mississippi and sub-basement Raths.
kellar hewn out of the solid rock on
which the foundations will rest,
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-12-30
Events.
Over hand swim.

over hand swim.
Side stroke.
Standing plunge for distance.
Underwater swim for distance.
obstacle relay race.
fitting match.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-12-30
Joke on the Joker.

Even policeman can't arrest the
fight of time, said the funny man.
''Oh, | don't know reioined the
matter-offact person. Only this
morning saw policeman enter 2
side door and stop few minutes"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-12-30
ELECTION NOTICE.

The annual meeting of the members
of the Iowa State Insurance Company
will be held at the office of the COM
pany in the city of Keokuk, Lee coun-
ty. Iowa, at O'Clock p. m. on the sec
ond Monday in January, 1909
HUGH ROBERTSON,
Secretari