The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-04-30
CITY NEWS.
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Singing and talking pictures ex-
ira fine tonight, at Dodge's.
Wanted Horses to clip at Blake
& loves. horseshoers, sos johnson st.
Better and better is what they are
saying OF the programs at Dodge's
theatre. Have you seen the present
program?
The Chicago Tribune offered $500
Jig saw puzzles to those who success
fully worked puzzle in the Sunday
issue. Among those who won prizes
was Rollin Israel of this city.
Special for Saturday from 2 till 8
p M, regular Coo and 75c dozen
finest thin blown table tumblers, plain
banded or finely etched at &c each.
Limit of twelve to customer. Dun
can-Schell Furniture Co. 1t
Henry Tebeau, who for many
years has been an employee OF S. C.
and S. Carter Co., is quite seriously Ill
at his home at the present time. He
has been confined for several weeks
and there is little Improvement In his
condition.
March came in like lamb and
went out in the same way. April came
In like a foo. and is going out today
like chump. May will come In to-
morrow and there is much specula-
ton as to how that month will con-
duct itself.
Captain Washington Galland had
general breakdown several days ago
and is now In the hospital at Fort
Madison. He has been a resident of
Lee county since 1923, coming here
with his father who established a trad
Ing post at the spot where Galland is
now located.
Mrs. Elmer L. r. Stowe of No. 416
Concert street is distant relative
of the Whitla family OF Sharon. Pa,
whose boy was kidnapped recently and
later returned. She was naturally
very much interested in the case
which created such excitement all over
the country
| There was a storm yesterday at.
ternoon at about o'clock, but 1t did
not amount to very much. The wind
was strong. for few minutes and
then there was rain with a little hail
The storm cooled off the air to a great
extent and the evening was cool To
day was cool one with good pros
poets for snow on the last day OF Ap
ril.
The Montrose schools came to ,
close TO-DAY and this evening the com
mencen1ent OF the high school is to b,
held. Tue address is to be made b,
Hon. Marsh w. Bailey OF Washingto,
and there will be seven graduates a
follows: Ernest Singer, virgie O
Robinson. Tom D. Sprott. Anna L. Col
Inns, Richard e. Jordon, Marie L
Bowen and Robert R. Noonan.
-Montrose Journal: Mrs. Hiram
. Scranton was the unfortunate victir
!, of very painful accident which o,
Cured Tuesday noon. She had tw
| quart bucket of hot soup setting o
, the stove with the lid on, and as sh
: went to raise the lid. to empty tn
: bucket, 1t burst open throwing tn
: whole contents of the bucket into he
= face. severely scalding the face an
I right hand. A physician was quickl
J. called who dressed the burns but he
face was so swollen as to be hard
recognizable. She is resting easie
now and her many friends hope st
!. may have speedy recover.
e The following dispatch frol
: Washington regarding water powe
y will be OF local interest: Great in
!. portance is attached here to the actio
~ of Secretary Ballinger, today, in o
4 dering the director of the geologic,
a: survey to make special investig
+ ton of all water power sites on publ
n lands, not in forest reserves, for IL
n purpose of gathering data for repo
,ee to congress in favor of legislatic
!. which will protect the water pow,
sites from being gathered up and co
trolled by power monopoly which
seeking to gain control OF them. TIL
step is looked on by friends of co
servat.on as long step in the rigl
direction. President Taft is give
I. credit for the move rather than Sc
m rotary Ballinger. Last week, at NJ
IS Ballinger's order, over million acr,
N of land on which are valuable wat
Of power sites were thrown open to emit
n after they had been withdrawn by Il
last administration. This aroused Il
bitter resentment among friends
conservation here. Clifford Pinehc
chief leader of the conservation NOV
lie ment is said to have protested stron
ly to e president A big row w
threatened over the matter. Nc
NJ comes the order for an Investigate,
ne and friends of conservation hail I'll
Is, as evidence that President Taft h
Ip- been won over to their side and tn
CHI he will back them up from this til
ay forth. 1t Is charged that the Genel
se- Electric company and the Westir
re house interests are rapidly getti
iff hold Of enormous water power pri
leges all over the country.