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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-10-27
keokuk Gets $500.

The committee yesterday assigned
to the new company, all of the stock
in the corporation and agreed to pay
all present obligations which include
about $4,000 advanced by the city of
Keokuk and nearly one thousand dol
lars by Hamilton. This money was
given outright to the old company for
expenses several years ago, but the
old company would not accept it but
with the understanding that if pos
sible. it would be returned to the cities
at some future date.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-10-27
Will Not Hurt Keokuk.

A little figuring will show the most
skeptical person that the selling of a
million dollars worth of power per
year to st. Louis will not hurt Keokuk
in the least.
Supposing st. Louis takes 30 per
cent. Supposing other cities take an
other 40 per cent; this would still
leave 80 per cent here, or enough to
supply city the size of st. Louis at
present and Keokuk can grow to that
size before the power would give out
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-10-27
Ex.eovernor Miller Dead.

DULUTH, Oct. 27.-Ex-Governor
Miller of North Dakota, aged S. died
this morning of heart trouble. He has
been prominent member of the Min
neapolis Chamber of Commerce and
board of trade since his retirement
from politics.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-10-27
NIGHT RIDERS
UNDER ARREST
Many Citizens Assisting Soldiers in
Apprehending Night Rider Sus-

peCtS-0eVeN SUTTeTOEF.
UNION CITY, Tenn, Oct. 26--sev-
en- men came into camp this after
noon and surrendered They will be
held for while. Seventy-five citi-
zens of Gibson county, the home Of
Captain Rankin arrived this afternoon
to atten dthe special session of court.
Many others at Samburg are assisting
in making arrests of night rider sus-
poets.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-10-27
The $4,000 Payment.

The $4,000 received by the COM
mittee will be distributed in this man
ner: The city of Keokuk and the city
of Hamilton will be reimbursed in
full for every cent donated in the past.
All debts of the old company will be
Maid and the balance will be divided
among the old members of the com
many. each of whom put up $500 when
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-10-27
"Hurrah" Cost Twenty-Five.

LINCOLN, Neb., Oct. 27.-John T.
Kent, subscription solicitor for Bry
ans Commoner was fined twenty-five
and costs in tae Lincoln police court
this morning for disturbing the peace.
Kent pleaded that all he did was to
"hurrah'' for Bryan. He will appeal to
higher court.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-10-27
Soldiers Guard Governor.

MEMPHIS, Oct. 26.-One hundred
soldiers are marching today to San
burg, the heart of the night rider dis
trict The governors life is threaten
ened but he is staying at Walnut
Log, investigating. T. c. Ward, the
ed when he was assassinated, was ar
rested as a result of information from
the suspects.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-10-27
Deserve Great Credit.

Those men who were members of
the old company deserve great deal
of praise from the people of this com.
munity for their faithful work and sac
rifces made during the existence of
the old company. ut was through
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-10-27
Paid $4,000 Cash.
Financing the Project.

The new board of directors and Of
ficers was selected and will hereafter
attend to all of the business of the
water power project. The main thing
now will be to finance the project,
but with the tentative contracts enter
ed into with the st. Louis people.
there seems but little anxiety now on
this phase of the work, for thirty per
cent of the power is virtually under
contract and an income of one mil
lion dollars per year is already in sight
for less than one-third of the output
of the plant.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-10-27
After Election.

Representative of the power com
pany and the Office of Mr.. Cooper have
stated several times recently, that the
work of financing the water power pro-
ject would be taken up in earnest
right after election, which is but few
days off.
Mr.. Powellson leaves this evening
for Chicago where he will meet Mr..
Cooper who is on his way to Montana.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-10-27
m G %. Renorts proaress.

DENVER, Oct 27.-The w. C. T.
U. national convention in session to-
day, has given out addresses by or
ganizers showing the progress made
by the unions in the last year.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-10-27
The New Directors.

The new officers are as follows:
President w. v. N. Powellson, of
New York.
Vice president, William Logan. of
Keokuk.
Vice president, Hugh L. Cooper, of
New York.
secretary-treasurer j. P. Allen, of
New York.
Director. w. ]. Curtis, ,of New York.
Director John Hunter, of New York.
Director, ]. A. Drabelle, of st.
Louis.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-10-27
No Occasion for Alarm.

No Occasion for Alarm.
There is no occasion whatever for
any one to have the faintest trace OF
worry about the transmission Of pow
er to other points, for the reasons
stated above.
Keokuk being the location of the
power plant, the first power would be
sold here by the company. The great
est market would be that nearest the
plant and the management would
rather sell its power right at the door
of it's plant than to lay expensive
cables to transmit the power a hund-
red miles away.
When the power plant is built, there
would be no danger in manufacturing
enterprise not coming here to share In
the benefits of cheap power and II
such thing should ever occur that
Keokuk and this vicinity should grow
into metropolis or great manufactur-
| ing center, the power would be with
drawn from the outlying districts as
rapidly as it could be and supplied
here.
The alarm which some people have
about the st. Louis feature Of the wa
ter power project, is entirely ground
less for these reasons and for many
others. Keokuk will be the greatest
gamer from the building of the water
power plant.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-10-27
Committee Of Three.

over three years ago, the members
OF the Keokuk and Hamilton Water
rover Company, twenty-five men OF
keokuk and Hamilton, turned over to
committee composed of William
Logan, John N. Irwin, A. E. Johnstone
and G. P. Dadant, by power of attor-
hey, all of their rights and privileges
IN the company committee being
more energetic and useful than full
llst of the members and since that
line this committee has done virtual
" all of the work In connection with
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-10-27
St. Louis Depending Upon The Building Of the
Dam TO Furnish il With Power for Light
ina, Power and Street Cars and will
Pay One Million Dollars Year
For Electricity Generated
From the River.

$4,000 Bond Is Given by the New Company that
twin Fulfill the Wishes and Pr0phesy of
the People and Harness the Father of Waters
at this POint.-A Payment of $4,000 was
Made and the City of keOkuk Will he Repaid
the Money it Donated for the Use Of the Water
Power Directors.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-10-27

the project. Mr.. Irwin passed away
shortly after the committee had re-
turned from Washington and the three
surviving members of the committee
carried on the work from that time
on, the power of attorney providing
for such case.
Paid $4,000 Cash.
This committee effected the reor-
sanization yesterday First came the
resignation of the former directors of
the company, which were accepted and
then the committee turned over the
old company to the new company and
received $4,000 in cash for the trans
fer to Mr.. Cooper of the water power
franchise. Mr.. Cooper has held an
option on the franchise for three years
and the money turned over is part of
the expense paid out by the old COM
pany during the progress of the work
since the late G. p Birge organized
the company in December, 1899
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-10-27
Meeting Of Old Stockholders.

There will be meeting this even
ing at 1880 vt the State Central Saw
ings bank of the old stockholders of
the Keokuk and Hamilton Water
Power Co., at which statement will
be made to the stockholders of the
action of the directors at the meeting
held in Hamilton yesterday afternoon.
The 100000 paid by Messers. Coop
er and Powellson will be returned to
the stockholders. the City of Keokuk
getting back $4,000 invested in the en-
terprise for the purpose of sending
the committee to Washington at the
time of the securing the passage of
the bill. 1t looks now like the invest
ment would prove to be most profit
able one.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-10-27
Return to New York This Evening

Messers. Powellson, Allen and Hunt
er will leave this evening for New
York City where they will again take
up the work of the Keokuk water pow
er proposition. These gentlemen met
many Keokuk people while here and
made a number of acquaintances and
in each instance made friends. Mr.
Allen is no stranger to Keokuk people
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-10-27

So no one need to worry about the
transmission of power, unless they are
troubled with the thought that Keokuk
may never be larger than st. Louis.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-10-27
REORGANIZATION of the ke0kuk and
Hamilton Water Power Company
Took Place Yesterday.

the company was formed in 1899. OF I
the twenty-five original members, but
two have passed away, the late C. p.
Birge who was the prime mover and
president of the company until his |
death and the late John N. Irwin.
The Old Company.
This old company, formed nine years
years ago is incorporated under the
laws Of Illinois for $4,000, but that
amount has been paid in over and
over again; the company making as
sessments among the members
whenever there was need for more
money. The members contribu. ID
freely and chee-fully for it was for the
good of the city and there were no
complaints at any time.
The New Company.
The new company will probably re-
incorporated in New Jersey or some
other state and increase it's capital
stock and make changes in the by
laws, or a power company will be
formed, for the water power Liant
could not very we'll be built by a 81
500 stock company, for it will cost fif-
teen million dollars to erect the plant.
The power of attorney given April
| /, 1905, is reproduced herewith in or
| der to show the names of the members
of the old company and how they
agreed to let the work be carried on
! by a committee.
We, the undersigned stockholders in
! the Keokuk and Hamilton Water Pow
er company, and each of us, do here
/ by appoint John N. Irwin, William Lo-
gan, G.. P. Dadant and A. E. Johnstone
as our proxy and representatives in
the matter of the handling, voting and
1 disposing of our stock in the Keokuk
and Hamilton Water Power Company
for himself, do hereby grant, author
ize and empower the said John N. Ir-
win, William Logan, c. p Dadant and
A. E Johnstone, jointly to have, hold
use, vote and transfer by sale or 9th
erwisa, our stock in the said Keokuk
and Hamilton Water Power Company
it hereby being the intention of each
signer to this proxy or powe. of at,
torney, to fully authorize and empow.
er the said John N. Irwin, William Lo
gan, G.. p. Dadant and A. q. Johnstone
or the survivor or survivors CT them
to have full power and control of the
stock represented by us and each o1
us in said company and full power
and authority is hereby granted sale
persons above named their survivor
or survivors, to Jointly take action in
with and for us as stockholders o.
such company, as to them Jointly ma,
seem best. hereby ratifying any ant
all acts done by said persons abovi
named, their survivor or survivors
the same as if we had made such he
Dated this first day of April, 1905.
JOHN n. IRWIN,
A. E. TOMBSTONE,
VIM. LOGAN,
: VIM. BALLINGER,
B. P. TABER,
: R. r. WALLACE,
c. P. DADANT,
S. r. PARKER,
r. S. GORDON,
JOHN l. SPENCE,
: j. H. COLE,
j C. II. ALBERS,
/ d. A. COLLIER,
WELLS M. IRWIN,
t DAVID j. AYRES,
F. w. DAVIS,
]. B. WE'LL,
Fl. w. HUISKAMP.
/ j. +. DAUGHERTY,
K l.. A. HAMILL,
Y C. r. JOY,
e w. B. COLLINS,
i JAMES CAMERON,
/ T. F. BALDWIN.
s And that about completes the stor
L OF the reorganization of the Keoku
o and Hamilton Water Power Compau
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-10-27
The Same Name.

The reorganized company retains
the same name as before, the Keokuk
and Hamilton Water Power Company,
but its Office will hereafter be at No.
90 Wall street, New York City, instead
Of in the offices and homes of Keokuk
men.
One Keokuk man remains with the
company, Judge William Logan be-
Ing made one of the board of directors
and vice president of the company.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-10-27
SIGNED THE water POWER CONTRACTS

their efforts, support, labor and money
that the new company was formed and
the present flattering condition of af-
fairs was arrived at. These men
never faltered in their work, never
lost courage and enthusiasm and de-
serve just as much credit for what
they have done, as will the actual
builders of the great plant.
Since April 1, 1905, the work has
mostly been done by the committee
of three For some time past Judge
Logan has held Mr. Cooper's power OF
attorney and has represented him in
J aokuk. Mr.. Johnstone and Mr.. Da-
dant have also been hard workers in
the cause right along and now all Of
the keokuk and Hamilton men retire
from the field excepting Mr.. Logan
whose energy and ability has been of
great service. All of the loyal citi-
zens of Keokuk and Hamilton, who
worked faithfully on the project, will
some day receive the proper credit
due them for their years Of incessant
labor for the good of this community.
Contracts Made.
The reorganized company entered
into some tentative contracts with the
ST Louis people as told exclusively in
last evenings Gate City. BY these
contracts, the water power company
| agrees to furnish ST. Louis electric
companies with enough power to sup
ply that city with most of its lights,
street cars and commercial power.
| 1t is understood that these contracts
call for an expenditure of about $780,
900 per month, or over million dol
lars per year to. the Keokuk plant.
These tentative contracts are of
course, signed providing that the wa
ter power plant is built, but the en-
tering into of these contracts gives
the company great leverage toward
securing fifteen million dollars need
4 ed to build the plant.
Capital Will Listen.
Capital will lend ready ear to .
proposltlon which can show In blacl
and white, promised income of {
million dollars per year for one-thirt
of it's output. st. Louis alone in fif
teen years would pay enough to built
the dam, without reckoning the otheI
incomes from every city within two
hundred miles of Keokuk and Keokul
itself.
ST Louis is 176 miles away but |
has been carefully worked out tha
electricity can be transmitted withou
any great loss for that distance ant
that st. Louis can receive power iron
keokuk at a lesser cost than 1t cal
be produced there.
BY these contracts, ST. Louis
street cars will be operated by tn
rushing waters of the Mississippi riy
er at Keokuk st. Louis electri
lights will shine by courtesy of th
Des Moines rapids and ST Louis fac
tories will hum through the force o
the waters opposite the bluffs of goo
; old Keokuk Keokuk will became tn
: power head of the greatest city of tn
: west.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-10-27
No Occasion for Excitement.

While there is no occasion for
alarm, it might truthfully be also
stated, that there is no occasion for
anyone to raise false hopes. The wa
ter power is not assured by any
means and the plant may never be
built, but prospects were never bright
er and the aspect never looked more
favorable.
The new company has faith in the
ultimate building Of the plant. 1t is
endorsed by engineers, by the govern
ment, by rivermen, in fact by every
body. But one step remains-to raise
SIS, 100000 to build the plant.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-10-27

The Keokuk and Hamilton Water
Power Company was reorganized yes
terday afternoon and evening at
conference between w. V. N. Powell
son of the firm of Cooper & Powellson
of New York City, other eastern men
and Judge William Logan, A. e. John
stone and c. P. Dadant representa-
tiyes of the Keokuk interests.
The meeting was held at the office
Of R. R. Wallace at Hamilton during
the afternoon and in Keokuk during
the evening, it being midnight before
the final arrangements had been made.
During the afternoon and evening at
least fifty kilograms were sent and re-
ceiyed bearing upon the transaction
which was one of the greatest COM
mercial transactions ever held in
Keokuk, although it was but the
transfer of $500 corporation from
the hands of a groupe of Keokuk men,
to eastern capitalists.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-10-20
Used to Be Common Thing.
FUNERAL OF MRS. AYERS.
Private Car of Superintendent Camp
bell Conveys Remains to Hcppner.

At the Methodist church in Hepp-
ner Sunday were held the funeral SER
vices of Mrs. Thomas w. Ayers. whose
body was taken to that city for bur-
ial Sunday. Interment was made in
the Heppner cemetery.
The funeral party was escorted to
the depot in this city Sunday morning
by a party of 100 Elks and the trip
to Heppner was made in the private
car of Superintendent Campbell of
the o. r. & n, who kindly placed it
ar the service of the sorrowing rela-
tives of the deceased. From the Will
lows the car was attached to a spec
ial train into Heppner
In the party were Mr.. Ayers, the
bereaved husband. DR.. and Mrs. Eu-
gene Vaughan, Leslie Matlock, A. A.
Roberts of La Grande. Mrs. Frank
Richardson of Portland, Mr.. and Mrs.
VIII Matlock, Tom Matlock, Mrs. D.
C. McNab. Mr.. and Mrs. James Kee-
ney and Misses Edna and Lavelle
Florence and Mr.. j. w. Tallman, The
party returned last evening to this
city.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-10-20
STIRRING TIMES
IN WEST END
NEW PEOPLE ARRIVING
LAND VALUES ADVANCING
Two Recent Real Estate Transfers
Show Upward Tendency of Prices
Small Farm Recently Purchased for
So Per Acre Sells for $200-Gen-
eral Conditions Becoming More
Lively.

Things are becoming lively in the
west end of the county. Though con-
dltions are generally regarded as quiet
in that section, yet a number OF new
people are arriving and land values
are steadily advancing.
Two deals recently made in that
section Of the county show the upward
tendency of prices. S. d. l.. Ross,
who had an S0-acre ranch between
Hermiston and Echo, has just sold 1t
for the sum of $4,000, or at $125
per acre.
On the Ross ranch only 20 acres
was improved and it was in alfalfa.
In view of this fact the price is con-
sidered to have been good one. the
ranch was purchased by neighbors.
For the price of 5000 per acre, DR..
NJ. S. Kern recently sold a 13-acre
tract near Hermiston to Col. II. q.
Newport Only seven months pre-
viously DR.. Kern purchased the same
land for $S5 per acre. However, he
had improved the place by setting out
5000 grape vines
Other west end realty deals also
show a. steady advance in land values
in that section.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-10-20
TRACK TOUTS TRY
TO TAKE A TRAIN
CONDUCTOR WAFFLE
EQUAL 10 THE OCCASION
Gamblers, Dead Beats and Racetrack
Hangers-On Passing From Walla
Walla TO Boise, Attempted to Sc
cure Free Rides from Pendleton on
East-Officers from La Grande and
Baker Make Arrests.

Greek met Greek on eastbound
passenger train No. Sunday when q
party of racing touts boarded the
train with the firm intention of rum
ming it themselves, but found a firm
obstacle in the person of Conductor
Fred Waffle, who was in charge. AS
the result several Of the touts are in
jail at La Grande. while others paid
their fare and went peaceably on out
of the conductors division.
Trouble, however threatened until
officers from La Grande and Baker
city were summoned and arrests were
made where the men were most trou-
blesome.
Upon boarding the train at this sta
tion the touts rushed through the
cars securing the hat checks of the
passengers. Conductor Waffle set
tied with a number of them when
reaching La Grande by causing their
arrest and removal from the train.
Enough, however, remained to make
more trouble for the conductor.
Brakeman Roughly Used.
When the train was between La
Grande and Union several of the
toughs beat up the brakeman, and It
was only through cool work on the
conductors part that the whole crew
was not badly worsted.
Sheriff Rand and Deputy Ike Nc
Cord left Baker on No, and met the
eastbound passenger at Telocasetl |
where a number of the gang We're
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-10-20
SCANT CHEERING
FOR FULTON
ATTACK ON BANK GUARANTY
GREETED WITH SILENCE

Crowd of 800 Brave Cold and Wind TO
Hear Retiring senator Speak in Be
half of Candidacy of Man He De-
nies Having Called "Weak Sister"
Speaker Evades Answering Per-
tnent Questions from Gallery and
Wins a Laugh.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-10-20
BATTIESTIP MAINE HAS
CIRCLED THE GLOBE

Portsmouth, N. H., Oct. 19.-The
battleship Maine of the special squad
ron which preceded the Atlantic fleet
around the world, arrived in the low
er bay today, The Maine and Ala
bama we're detached from the fleet at
San Francisco and went ahead to pre-
are the way The Alabama is ex-
pected to reach New York tomorrow.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-10-20

taken off and sent back to La Grande
TO be held for trial The remainder
were forced to purchase tickets, that
ending the trouble.
The Baker City police were sum-
moned to the station to be ready
should disorder arise on the train, but
all the would-be toughs were as calm
as deacons when the train reached
there.
Used to Be Common Thing.
In speaking of the matter, according
to the Baker City Herald, Conductor
Waffle said such practice used to be
common and many times a train crew
has found itself almost wholly at the
mercy of an organized band of no.
boes In recent years the practice has
been broken up to a great extent and
the experience Sunday night was the
first of record on this system for a
long time.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-10-20
w. o. w. SMOKER.
Local Camp Plans Interesting Ses-
sion for Monday Evening.

A big smoker in which members
of the order and their friends VIII
participate was planned last evening
by the local lodge OF Woodmen Of
the World and will be held on Mon
day evening next in the society's hall
A program Of entertaining charac-
ter has been arranged and all those
who are interested will be made well
come by the choppers. During the
evening refreshments will be served
The smoker is but one step in the
campaign for membership which the
organization has planned and which
Is already under way. Last night
as the result Of agitation begun two
weeks ago six new members were
elected to the order. During last
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-10-20
A Halloween Masquerade.

Pendleton circle No. 527 Women Of
Woodcraft. will entertain its friends
at a Halloween masquerade in
Eagles hail, Friday evening, October
80. Refreshments will be served dur
ing the evening, and prizes will be
given to the most successful mas
queraders.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-10-20
\ Library Party.

A book party, at which guests viii
be expected to donate one book 20
the Academy, is planned by the stu
dents Of the class of 10 at Pendleton
Academy Friday evening A pleasant
program has been prepared and
friends of the institution anticipate
most enjoyable evening.