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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-05-03
POWER COMMISSION
FOR THE STATE
Governor Will Make His Appointment
Within Few Days, It
Is Expected.

A Des Moines dispatch says: Gov
ernor Carroll expects to appoint with
in a few days the members of the so
called highway, waterways and con-
servation commission for Iowa which
vas provided for by the last legisla-
ture. Great care will be taken to
secure persons for this position who
will be free from all entanglements
and who will be in position to make
report that will safeguard the In
tererts of Iowa people,
There has been good deal OF
mystery for some time as to the origin
of the pressure for the appointment OF
such a commission. When the legis'
lature met there was an insistent de.
mand made upon members for bill
that would place in the hands OF a
small commission large fund to be
used chiefly for the survey of the riv-
ers with view to reporting on the
available water power sites.
All the talk about developing wa
ter transportation on the inland rivers
of Iowa was recognized as sheer bun
combe. but the desire was to have sur.
veys made at state expense.
Since the publication of the Well
liver expose Of the water power trus,
in current magazine a good many
have been inquiring as to whether OF
not there was any connection between
the general movement to corral the
water power and the movement ir
Iowa. To guard against this will be
the aim OF the new commission.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-05-03

day, which was very successful
throughout the winter, the teachers
being Miss Cora Ladd, the principal;
Miss Julia Dorsey, the primary.
Mr.. Trot Sisson is having new
barn built on his place in town.
Miss Alice Bailey visited last week
in Kahoka among old friends.
Rev. Wallace made business TIP
to Kahoka Monday to the dentist 70
have his teeth cared for.
Mrs. j. w. Fonda was business
caller in Kahoka last Tuesday. .
Mr.. A. w. Dickson and family iels
Sunday for weeks visit with reia'
tives in Alexandria.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-05-03
Nervous
PrOstr atiOn

II suffered so with Nervous
Prostitution that I thought there
was no use trying to get well. A
friend recommended DR.. Miles
Nervine, and although skeptical
at first, | soon found myself re-
covering, and am to-day well"
MRS. D. j. JONES,
$500 Broadway Cleveland, 0.
Much sickness is of nervous
origin. It's the nerves that
make the heart force the blood
through the veins, the lungs
take i'll oxygen, the stomach di-
gest food, the liver secrete bile
and the kidneys filter the blood.
If any of these organs are weak,
it is the fault of the nerves
through which they get their
strength. DIR. Miles Nervine is
a specific for the nerves. It
soothes the irritation and assists
in the generation of nerve force.
Therefore you can hardly miss
it if you take DR.. Miles Nervine
when sick. Get a bottle from
your druggist. Take it all &C
cording to directions, and if it
does not benefit he will return
your money.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-05-03

THE first detailed report of the mas
sacres that have taken place in Had
jim, Asiatic Turkey, where the Mos
lens have slain hundreds of Chris
tians, came from Miss Rose Lambert.
an American missionary, wlo sent to
Constantinople for aid. She said that
thousands of people were starving and
that the atrocities of the Turks had
been the most terrible in modern his
tory. With Miss Lambert at Hadjin
are Miss Ida Tschumi of Clev land,
Miss Anna Bowman and Miss Dorinda
of Michigan, Miss Virginia A. Billings
of Kirkland. o.; Miss Emily E. Richter
of Chicago and Miss Baldwin. Miss
Lambert is the daughter OF the Rev.
George Lambert of Elkhart, Ind.l
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-05-03

patton. In my opinion constipation
is responsible for most ailments. There
are thirty-two feet of human bowels,
which is really a sewer pipe. When this
pipe becomes clogged, the whole system
becomes poisoned, causing biliousness, in
digestion and impure blood. which often
produces rheumatism and kidney all
ments. No woman who suffers with con-
stipation or any liver complaint can ex-
pect to have clear complexion, or enjoy
good health.
Munyon's Paw-Paw Pills are tonic
to the stomach, liver and nerves. They
inyigorate instead of weakening; they
enrich the blood instead of impoverish-
ing it; they enable the stomach to get
all the nourishment from food that is
put into 1t.
These pills contain no calomel, no dope,
they are soothing, healing and stinu-
lating. They school the bowels to act
without physic. Price % cents.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-05-03
s1oo Reward, $1oo.

The readers Of this paper will be pleas
ed to learn that there is at least one
dreaded disease that science has pen =. ape Ea.
farrh. Halls Catarrh Cure is the only
positive cure now known to the medical
fraternity. Catarrh being constitu,
tional disease. requires constitutional
Internally, acting directly upon the hood
and mucous surfaces Of the system
thereby estroying the foundation O
strength by building up the constitution
and assisting nature In doing Its work
The proprietors have SO much faith In
It's curative powers that they ofrer One
falls to cure. Send for list of testimon.
Address r. J. CHENEY & CO.,,
Toledo. o.
Sold by Druggists. 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipa-
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-05-03
Major Meigs, Government Engineer,
Writes Letter to ottumwa
Asking About the
River There.
TRIP IS NOW ASSURED
The "Hornet" to be Used For ExpIor-
alton Of Other Streams After
Des Moines River
Trip.

The previously mentioned trip Of the
launch Hornet" the article on which
appeared exclusively in these columns
several weeks ago of the little gasoline
boat which has been built at the sec
ond lock shops by the government en-
cheering department. is now an as
sured fact.
The boat will not only be used for
the exploration of the Des Moines
river but other Iowa streams will also
be visited by the launch and engineer
ing party, to see whether or not such
streams can be canalized.
In letter to E. H. Thomas of the
South Side post Office of Des Moines,
Major Meigs who will direct the
trip of the Hornet in person
has asked much information
OF the commercial association at
that place regarding the nature
of the locks and other obstruc'
lions at that place which might tend to
delay the party.
The letter deals with data concern
ing the stage of the water in the river
the dams and other distractions that
have remained in the stream since
boating was formerly business on
the Des Moines. The difficulty of get
ting over and around the dam at OF
tumwa and elsewhere along the stream
has caused the government engineers
to make a number of queries OF Mr.
Thomas and others in Ottumwa re
garding the difficulties to be met with
In making the survey. The waterways
committee of the Commercial associa
ton Of Ottumwa with D. (. Morey as
chairman will have charge Of Major
Meigs and party on their arrival in OF
tumwa during their trip down the Des
MONIES.
Major Meigs letter to the Ottumws
waterways gentlemen is as follows:
Il ann in receipt Of letter from yor
and feel sure shall get valuable
assistance from you on my coming
trip. will try and let you know how
we progress so that we can meet
when arrive in your town. WHAT il
worrying me now is how shall We gel
over the Ottumwa dam. Is this dan
above town or how shall | know wher
] am approaching it? With gaso
line engine it is advisable to have
your plans made before you come tt
anything which may require an emer
gency stop. The boat shall ship tt
Des Moines is 26 feet long and weighs
suppose thousand pounds. Is there
any moving wagon and apparatus
which is equal to transferring this
boat around the falls? Another thing
I, has there been record OF gauge
readings kept at Ottumwa and is the
flow of the stream known at high ant
low water in cubic feet per second
These are important points to be set
tied in any scheme for improvement
Perhaps you can refer me to author
tiles who can give me valuable in
formation on these points. l under
stand that all the dams in the De!
Moines are gone except at Ottumw;
and Des Moines Will it be possible
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-05-03
CON ION
MUNYON'S
PAW-PAW PILLS

Munyon's Paw
Paw Pills are un-
like all other laxa-
tives cor cathartics.
They coax the liver
into activity by
gentle methods.
They do not scour;
they do not gripe;
they do not weak
en-; bit they do
start all the secre-
tions Of the liver
and stomach in a
way thattsoon puts
these organs in a
healthy condition
and cnrranfo oopcti
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-05-03
A Bad Taste in the Mouth.

1t is anything but pleasant to awake
with bad taste in the mouth. This
always arises from disordered stom-
ach, and may be corrected by taking
ia dose of Chamberlain's Stomach and
Liver Tablets Immediately after sup
per. They cleanse and invigorate the
stomach, improve the digestion and
give one relish for his food They
are easy to take and pleasant in effect.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-05-03
J. n. Watkins, the Proprietor, is Re.
modelling His House From
Top to Bottom at
Present.
TWENTY THREE IN BAND
Young Mems Musical Organization
Now Has That Many Mem.
bers Which is a Strong
One.

WARSAW, ILL.,, May 3.-W. P. Ham
mond and family have arrived home
after a winter spent in Chicago
Prof. Cooks Glass Recital on Thurs
day evening was well attended, in spite
of the storm. The Professors pupils
fairly astonished the audience by their
proficiency at the piano and cornet
They reflected great credit upon their
teacher, and also proved their natural
talent for music. 1t is predicted that
some of the class will reach a high
mark in the musical world. Few towns
Of 5000 population are ahead of War.
saw in musical talent.
Mrs. Thos. A. Hartley is visiting
friends in Des Moines, Iowa.
]. H. Watkins, the new owner of that
old and we'll known hostelry, the
Adams House, is renovating it from
top to bottom, with paint and varnish,
and tasteful wall paper, making il
bright and attractive and as good as
new. He has undertaken the manage
ment of the hotel and reports good pat
ronage from the travelling public, be-
sides good list of regular boarders
It is bound to be popular and should
be encouraged as one of Warsaw's in
stitutions
The young lady friends of Miss
Grace Thiboteau gave her a linen
shower on Thursday evening, contem'
plating her approaching marriage.
Hon. Truman Plantz and Truman,
Jr., with Ex-Mayor NJ. G. Eckbohn
have returned from a several week
stay at Excelsior Springs, Mo.
The Y. M. G. A. band now numbers
Itwenty-three young men, and the pros
poets are very flattering that 1t will
become a permanent Warsaw institu
/ ton. Most Of the members though
having some talent for music, rad tt
learn their instruments from the first
and all have made unusually rapid pro
gress under the instruction of Prof
F. E. Cook. The latest additions to
the band are Harry Hopkins, clarionet
and Shirley Sharp, tuba. Several of
the members have ordered new silver
horns Jay Walker and Clifford Hop
kins have ordered high grade mello
phones, Carl Risto a Lyon & Healy
Gown Make" cornet, John Scheffel q
cornet, and his brother bass horn
The band will all soon be equipped
with silver instruments. The band is
now raising money for uniforms. A
number of the members have also
organized very creditable orchestra
Dr. Bruce L. Gilfillan of Moulton
Iowa, returned home today after few
days visit with DR.. T. A. Hartley The
doctor is much pleased with Warsaw
and friends have been trying to in
duce him to locate here.
The city has erected new drinking
fountain on the southwest corner oil
Main and Fifth streets. A very great
convenience to the thirsty public. II
will dispense artesian water.
The roof is on the new button fac.
tory, and concrete floor is being laid
The engine and boiler have been set
in place, and everything portends an
early opening of the factory.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-05-03

for my little boat to get past the re.
mains of these old dams without dan.
ger Of damage? You see $50 little is
known of the river these days it is a
voyage of exploration am making,
/ shall be very much indebted to you
If you can help me out in any of the
points l have mentioned above anc
shall hope to see you before long,
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-05-03

my friends what it has done for me"
Mrs. E. HANSON, 304 East Long ST.,
Columbus, Ohio.
Another Woman Helped.
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suffering women / am willing you
should publish my letter" - MRS.
CHARLES BARCLAY, RID, Granite
vile, VT.
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oeen restored to health by Lydia h
pinkham's Vegetable Compound.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-05-03

cameraphone and motion pictures. So
popular has the cameraphone become
in this city, that the Dodge Theatre
company could not think of depriving
the public of this favorite amuse-
ment. and the most modern place will
be provided for this popular amuse-
ment. The old stand, corner Fourth
and Main will be given over to
vaudeville, and 1t will be on scale
that has not before been seen in this
city.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-05-03
KEOKUK TO HAVE
ANOTHER THEATRE
Dodge Theatre Company viii Operate
Two Theatres in keokuk this
Fall and Winter.

There will be plenty doing in the
amusement line in Keokuk for this
fall and winter. The Dodge Theatre
company will operate two theatres.
the one at the present stand being
high class vaudeville, and another up
to-date place being installed for the
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-05-03
To Run all Summer.

Dodge's Theatre will run all sum
mer Electric fans, and other cooling
devices are being installed, and as the
room is conceded to be the coolest in
the city, with the fans, and other
ventilating PROJECTIONS, it is certain
that the theatre will be entirely com
Portable through the most heated sea
son. The large crowds present at the
theatre last evening were delighted
with the new program and all should
see 1T tonight. The cameraphone con-
tinues to grow In popularity. See
the present program and you will not
be disappointed.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-05-03
Her
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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-05-03

MARIETTA:
pernickity about their victuaIs. SALLY ANN.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1909-01-12
They are con-

are extremely thrifty. They are con-
tent with very plain food. They wear
the same sheepskin garments from year
to year, only turning their coats inside
out with the changes of the season.
Whole families, even Of well to do
peasants, sleep in the same room upon
mats stretched out on the floor. They
live under conditions of dirt and dis
comfort which no British OF German or
French laborer would tolerate for a
week. Yet, notwithstanding their dis
regard of the simplest sanitary arrange
ments, they grow up singularly strong
and healthy.
Moreover, they are free from the ir-
ritation caused among other laborers,
overworked if not underpaid, by the
spectacle of neighbors living in afflu-
ence and ease without any necessity to
curtail their expenditure. Rich men
are black swans in Bulgaria. was
told by a foreign banker in Sofia who
had traded for many years in the
country that he doubted greatly
whether there were fifty men in all
the rural districts who had net incomes
OF $1,000 u year.-London Illustrated
News. p Il a.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1909-01-12
Business Locals.

For Rent-A furnished room, suitable
u gentleman, in a good location. In
quire at this Office.
All kinds of baled hay for sale at the
old reliable Elephant feed and livery
stable
Save those natural teeth, thereby re
tain your facial expression. DIR. Gill
land the dentist" Office over the Drug
Store. Elko T.
Pete Jially has u first-class house NOV
ing outfit and is prepared to do all work
in that line. He will also do other odd
jobs, such as digging wells, hauling,
ETC.. etc.
Charles Strossi and Mike Satolli have
opened the Swiss-Anerican restaurant
at the Silver Brick. They invite all their
friends to patronize them. Good meals,
good service and reasonable prices
S. Jacobs announces that the holiday
trade left him a number of odd and end
shoes, that regularly sold for 3d. so, 81. 90
40 and $500, which he will now sell
until further notice at $500 a pair
Call, we have your size S. Jacobs. y
E. S. Van Leer, successor to N. P.
Guldager, a practical horse sheer with
years of experience, will conduct a
general blacksmithing business at the
old shop. Mr.. Rigsby will remain
and attend to the wood work. A fair
share of the public patronage is solic-
itcd
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1909-01-12
Away with Clothes.

II one takes a somewhat broader
and less technical view of the menac-
Ing conditions disclosed by the London
Lancet's series of exposes, and is
large.minded enough to appreciate
the essential artificialty of the
whole modern scheme of clothes, there
seems but one logical conclusion from
the premises, viz, clothes must go or
the human race will be devoured and
exterminated by microbes. The con-
veniences of the household, from
scrubbing brush to the grand piano,
are nothing more nor less than germ
traps. From kitchen to drawing room
and garnet the house is alive with
microscopic brigands. Hence, houses
must be given up also. And it thus
appears that science as we'll as social
ism urges a return to the misnamed
days of barbarism toward which the
back to nature" folk look so long
inPlV
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1909-01-12
Where Rich Men Are Few

Bulgaria is the nearest approach to
u peasant commonwealth which the
world has known in modern times.
There is not Il Bulgarian Slav who is
not the owner of plot of land upon
which he lives and out OF which he
gets his own livelihood by his own
labor.
Large landowners are almost uu.
known. The few men of wealth in the
country are mostly Of foreign birth or
descent, and even they would not b.
counted us wealthy according to the
standard of other European countries.
The small landowners, who form the
vast majority of the population, are
peasant born and peasant bred. They
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1909-01-12
USED PHONE TO BRING THEM.
Minister'S Successful Method of Gath.
ering Congregation.

One Of the most difficult proposi-
tons that a new pastor has to face.
when he takes charge of church that
mas faiien OF in attendance and gen.
orally gone to seed, is to fill the pews
and build up the membership anew.
Not long ago this problem was solved
In a Brooklyn church. Before taking
hold the new pastor had planned a
scheme which he thought would work
moderately well, but which, in the end
far exceeded his hopes in it's results
A few days before the eventful first
Sunday he called upon dozen of the
pillars Of the church" and asked
them each to call up on the telephone
early on Sunday morning a half dozen
at least Of their friends, and not only
ask them especially to come to church
that morning, but also to telephone
the SAME request to as many of their
own friends as they could. They all
promised to do so, and when the cler-
Syman reached his church that Sun
day he found it packed. He had pre-
pared rousing sermon and every one
went away we'll satisfied.
This method of getting a congrega-
ton was continued along practically
the same lines for months. AS a re.
suit Of the drumming up by tele-
phone the size of the congregation in
creased enormously and the member
ship is greater than it ever was be-
fore. AS there is not room for more
In the old church they now are talk
Ing Of building a new one, and the pas
tors salary is $4,000 a year bigger
than 1t was when he took hold.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1909-01-12
The khodive az q Poet.

1t Is not generally known that the
khedive ef Egypt is poet of no mean
order--in Arabic, of course. Those
who have read his verses speak of
them with enthusiasm. Abbas Hilmi's
poetry is melodious, lofty in theme
and full of allegory, as are most Ara
bian poems. In the course Of former
visit t. England the khedive sent the
late Queen Victoria magnificent
bouquet with one of his poems. Here
is rough paraphrase of one Of the
verses: II send you this bouquet as
testimony of the love OF tho Egyptian
people. Each rose, each lily, each
famine, represents the heart of an
Egyptian, and its perfume for thee,
o powerful queen, o flower of queens"
London Globe.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1909-01-12
To Rid a House of Flies,

A good way to rid your house Of
flies Is to mix in a small watering pot
equal parts Of crude petroleum, or if
that is not attainable use kerosene,
and sprinkle all outhouses, barns, gar
bage piles or drains with the mixture.
Then sprinkle the window stills and
wipe off the netting on your screens
with a cloth wet with kerosene, and
you will soon see the flies disappear.
This, too, will prevent you with being
bothered with mosquitoes, which are
so troublesome this year.
Do this quite often during the sum-
mer months, say two or three times a
week.
The kerosene not only drives the
flies away, but when the places where
they breed are sprinkled the eggs will
be destroyed and the household will
be saved from this miserable pest.
This method has been tried and
found to be excellent
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1909-01-12
Shoe Repairing

My shoe trade has steadily increased
so that it has left me no time to do re-
pairing, and have sold out my repair
ing department to Robert Schultz,
whom I can recommend as a good work
man.
All work in the line of shoe repairing
will be done by him at my store.
Come everybody and bring your shoe
repairing.
A. L. MAUK, The SHOE MAN.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1909-01-12
Notice of Dissolution of coportnership

Notice is hereby given that the CO.
partnership heretofore existing between
the undersigned, and known as and
called the y. L. Baron & Company" is
hereby dissolved by mutual consent.
The undersigned J. L. Baron retires
from said copartnership, and the I'M
dersigned f. M. Gutridge will continue
said business, collect all bills due said
firm or copartnership and will assumes
all the liabilities of said firm or CO.
partnership.
Dated and signed at Ell1o, Nevada,
this Sth day of January, A D., 1909.
j. L. BARON,
E. NJ. GUTRIDGE.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1909-01-12
To the Public

Having purchased the stock and good
will OF the business, established and
conducted by A. Fl. Cochrane in Elko,
we respectfully solicit a continuance of
the patronage so literally given to him.
1t will be our endeavor to merit the
same by giving courteous treatment to
all, by strict attention to business and
by keeping none but the best of every.
thing in our line.
Respectfully yours,
WHEELER & COMPANY.
Elko, Nevada, Jan. 8, 1909.