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The Washington herald., 1909-05-09
THRIVRS IN FRUIT GROWING
El Dorado Spends Money on Mu-
nicipal Expansion.
Factories Doing Well and New
Buildings Constantly
Going Up.

FL Dorado. Ark, May s.-DUring the
year the Rock Island Railroad has put
n shop and round house here, making
this the superintsndents headquarters
and division
Among the manufacturing enterprises
is a wagon plant to cost $4,000 and
machine shop and foundry to cost $500.
Twelve miles Of concrete sidewalks have
been built, a fine water system has been
installed. the bonds are ready TO be
foated for a sewerage system 10 cost
$4,000. which viii be started at an early
date A brick plant costing S25.oe0 was
put into operation last August and IS
running TO full capacity but unable 10
take care Of the present demand.
Over 400 new residences were built last
year, and yet our people have not enough
houses TO supply the demand. Contract
for five Few two and three story b-ick
buildings have been let for immediate
construction, one being a three-story
Eiks' home. a $4,000 co-educational col
lege is being built by the citizens. which
VIII be completed in the next few months.
The population two years ago was I,S00.
Now It is 500. and this city expects 10
have 10,ooo in 1910. Three hundred thou
sand fruit trees, principally Elberte
peaches, were delivered here last
fall and winter 20 vegetable and fruit
growers within a radius OF six miles OF
e Dorado, making a total OF over l.500.
600 trees growing on our naturally adapt
ed fruit and vegetable lands.
CE7Sp0cding Secretary Beard Of Trsds
The Washington herald., 1909-05-09
a. { B. EARNINGS LARGER.
Southern Railroad Shows Substan-
tfaI Increase in Net Revenues.

Southern Railroad Shows Substan-
tiaI Increase in Net Revenues.
The March statement OF earnings and
expenses OF the Atlanta and Birmingham
division OF the Seaboard Air Line sys-
ten reflects continued heavy movement
OF traffic in the territory K serves
Compared with the corresponding month
a year ago. gross earnings show an in
crease OF ST. S43S3, or 25.sS per cent. ex-
penses. an increase Of S6.95S 66. OF 1873 per
cent, and net operating income. after
deducting taxes. an increase Of g. .23s 49
or +4-2i per cent Proportion Of operating
expenses and taxes 10 gross revenue was
65I9 Per cent, against $3.50 per cent q
year ago. q decrease Of Al Der cent.
The Atlanta and Birmingham has mora
than earned interest on the first mort
gage bonds for several months. Before
receivers began operating the property
It was q burden on the Seaboard. the
latter having been called upon 10 make
good the deficits OF its subsidiary. and
10 this fact many attribute IN large mart
the placing Of the parent corporation in
the hands Of receivers.
The Washington herald., 1909-05-09
WHEELING SHOWS PROGRESS
Industries Doing Well and Running
on Full Time.
Increase in Bank CIearingA Source
OF AstOnfshment TO Eastern
Finanefers-

Wheeling. W Va, May s.-Aside from
a few concerns, OUT industries are doing
well and nearly all are running on fun
time. We make IN the Wheeling district
vast quantity Of iron, steel, tin plate,
and other products, glass, pottery, Wheel
ing stcgies, and other articles, the total
value OF which in 1901 ran up 70 nearly
SCI, ,000o0 We employ in this district
about 1900 men and have an invested
capital Of about S11.000.0eo.
The retail trade of this city reaches a
total OF nearly $4,000 annually. while
the joDbing trade runs between So, ,0o0, 900
and sl5G90.099
The admirable way in which Wheeling
has maintained its business standards
during the past year is shown n the re-
ports OF The Wheeling Clearinghouse As
sOciatiOn, which proved a surprise 70 peo-
pie in the East and elsewhere who keep
tab on such things. The cIearings OF 1907
in round figures were So, so, 00e while
those OF 1868 were $72.00e,e 900. al increase
Of 81. so. .e60. These figures are partly
explained by the addition OF four more
banks to the clearing house. but without
these there was q substantial gain.
A comparison OF the figures OF the last
two months OF 1907 showed clearings n
round figures Of S5120.000. while the same
months OF 1903 showed clesrings OF $751;
600. clear gain OF nearly Si.250.9o0. The
post-office figures add additional testi-
mony. showing an increase OF the amount
Of business done OF over 500
Since the first Of the year several new
projects have been carried out, the prfn-
cipsl one BY the NeurRlgyline Company,
which absorbed another large proprietary
medicine concern st q COST Of nearly
81 80 -0o1 which was raised IN this city
Tie plant VII be one OF the largest IN
the country. Another proposition involves
tie construction OF q new street railway
uniting this city with PittsbUrg.
3 E. SAFLoR
6sGstS9 5Oz<5 Of Z-ads.
The Washington herald., 1909-05-09
LIVES ON MINES And FRUIT
Tennessee Town and County Get
Into Industrial Game.
Zinc, Iron, Coal, and Truck Chief
Sources OF Profit 20
the People.

New TazeweH. Tenn. May S-New
TazewelI. Clairborns County. IS located
on the Southern Railway. about fifty
miles north Of Knoxville. in the eastern
part Of Tennessee II IS q thriving ship
ping point. The country about abounds
in coal. zinc, iron ore. timber. and other
products.
The Reliance coal mine. at Hartranft.
Is enc OF the plants with the largest out
put. and employs a large force Of men.
The president is Col. Daniel c. Schwab,
a relative OF Charles n. Schvab, of the
American Steel Company. He is a com
paratvely young man OF great energy.
who IS doing much for the material de-
velopment Of this section.
Cincinnati capital is interested IN the
mining OF zinc ore at Straight Creek.
near here. where is installed q large
plant for getting out the ore and pTepaT-
ing Il for smelling. This concern gives
employment TO a large force, and Is run
ming 70 the capacity OF the plant be-
lieve this viii in time become one Of
the most important industries Of East
Tennessee r L Carl Is president OF the
company.
The Ritchie Canning Company, engaged
In canning native tomatoes, beans. fruits.
berries. and ether crops. is a home enter
prise that has come rapidly TO the front
since its establishment near farewell
TIE plant furnishes employment 10 many
operatives, and affords a market 70 truck
growers and numerous berry farms IN the
vicinity. J. P Richie is the moving
spirit in this enterprise. and he says
that it IS the expectation OF his company
to enlarge operations materially as soon
as farmers IN the vicinity can be educated
up 70 more extensive truck growing.
New Tazeweu and Claiborne County
are noted for raising fine peaches. and
Il has won prizes for its frUisS az fairs
in the State and at some Of the more re-
cent national expOsitiOus. Il is the pur-
pose Of Mr.. Rftcnie 10 encourage the
growth OF peaches. to be taken care OF in
his canning factory. u. I. CROWLEY.
Secretary TinesJcurnal Company.
The Washington herald., 1909-05-09
CATCHES SPIRIT Or SOUTH
Missouri Hamlet Expands by Immi-
grants from North.
Paving Streets, Building Schools,
and Taking on Other Evil
dsnces OF Progress,

Holden, No. May s.-Western Missouri
has caught the spirit OF progress from
the South The experience OF Holden IS
that OF practically every other munich
paIity IN recent years More property has
been improved IN the last three years
than IN the previous ten Last year FIVE
miles Of granitold sidewalk were laid IN
cluding one mile TO the cemetery beyond
the city limits This season begins with
several miles contracted for
The electric light plant has been en-
larged sufficiently for a twenty-four-hour
service. Additions have been made TO the
high school curriculum until II now AZ
ticuIates with the State university. Gnd
& large number Of pupils from the cOun-
try districts attend the school Holden
Is steadily filing Up with desirable immi-
grafton from Iowa Illinois. and Indiana
progressive farmers with modern methods
The King road drag, the precursor Of sub
stantial highways, Is extensively used
This county VIII soon have a system OF
concrete bridges and CulveTts. and each
year the road tax levy grows larger. A
healthy increase in the value Of land IS
noted 4 number OF costly farm resi-
dences have been erected the last Few
years The coal industry IS being de-
veIoped, several paying mines now being
IN operation
Each year finds en increase II pedi-
greed stock, and the fact that breeders
report a constant increase II business
proves that scrub stock is passing
rapidly. No school term Is less than
eight months. Conditions in Western
Missouri n general are inproving-s fact
that shrewd investors should note with
out delay G Z. HOBART.
Sec-s-zTv Is25 Gluh-
The Washington herald., 1909-05-09
FRUITS BRING CITY WEALTH
Missouri Town Turns from Factories
to Horticulture.
Timber Partially Exhausted Neces-
sitates Change in Form
OF Industry.

Campbell. No. May s--S!nce the timber
working factories left Us for points where
large timber Is more plentiful We have
turned our energy 70 agriculture and hor-
ticUltuTe. During the past eighteen months
We have established in this city a large
canning factory. which consumes the
greater part Of our truck and fruit grow
men have organized strong and actlve
associations, with headquarters In Camp
bell, and viii raise and market fruits and
vegetables this season OF the finest quail
ity and In large quantity
The transportation companies have rec
ognized the great progress we have made
In this neck OF Missouri during the
past two years and are cooperating with
the associations, resulting in the best OF
shipping rates and facilities
Campbell is the center OF the active
truck and fruit growing section OF South
east Missouri. and in another year. OF. so
viii be one OF the principal shipping
points Of the Southwest for peaches. ap-
pies, Strawberries, cantaloUpes, watermel-
OnS, and ali kinds OF vegetables
The manufacturing enterprises for
Campbell are being looked after in an
able manner By the Campbell Board OF
Trade. We now have good prospects for
q match factory. now located In the
East; also tiins factory-fo7 we are be-
ginning TO use tile for farm drainage. a
very good sign OF progress-and wood
working plants using the smaller soft
woods
During the past year home capitalists
have installed IN our little city one OF the
best electric lighting systems IN the State.
The machinery is Of the latest models
Waterworlks viii come in a short while.
CORLEY L OVERALL.
Corresponding Secretary Board Of Trade
The Washington herald., 1909-05-09
GROWS LIKE A MUSHROOM.
kiowa, Okla, Increases from 500 to
LOO in Five Years.

Kiowa, Okla. May S-Kiowa. incor-
porated June 2. 1904 with q population
OF DC. has now 100 people
Its annual shipments OF cattle and hogs
approximate 500 cars, cotton. 1000 10 5000
bales: hay. 40c 10 500 cars: pine lumber.
100 cars. and coal, so cars. oats and
corn are generally consumed locally.
Within the year Kiowa has built 100
residences and twelve business houses.
Il has voted $4,000 bonds, and IS now
constructing a municipal water and eIec-
tric light plant
Two coal mines have been opened with
in one mile OF the city. which have now
q capacity OF 800 tons daily
There are big pine forests within twelve
miles OF the city that furnish lumber for
local consumption. also for foreign ship
ment.
Kiowa, according to the report Of the
State geologist. is located in the very
center Of the lead, zinc. oil, and gas fields
OF the Southwest. which have been as yet
undeveloped.
Adjacent 10 Kiowa ere thousands Of
acres Of the finest tillable land. producing
alfalfa. corn, cotton. wheat. oats. kafhr,
and broom corn
Kiowa Is on the main line Of the "
K. & T. R. R, about eighty miles north
Of tbs Red River.
WALTFR A. EVANS.
Eacretarv Commercial Jl1h
The Washington herald., 1909-05-09
Installed wateruork.

Blue Ridge, Ca, May S-wIthin the
past year the city Of Blue Ridge has IN
stalled $4,000 wateTwoyks and electric
light plant; has started a fire insurance
company with s11600O capital and 500
paid-in surplus. the site Of the Georgia
Baptist ChaUtauqua has been located At
this point, and some S50,e00 in improve
ments win be spent there Immediately.
PERCY PUTNAM.
SeGetarv Business Ner's Ies~,e
The Washington herald., 1909-05-09
RICHMOND RAILWAYS SOLD.
Electric Properties Now in Process
OF Reorganization

Richmond, Va. May 8-The street rail-
way systems and other assets OF the
Richmond Passenger and Power Company
and controlled lines have been sold under
decree OF the court IN foreclosure pro-
ceedings instituted by the bondhoIders,
and were bought IN by the reorganization
committee. Of which r. Lancaster Will
Jams, OF Baltimore, IS q member.
The committee bid in the property at
$4,000 This IS the final step in the
reorganization Of these companies. which
viii be taken over by a new corporation,
control Of which IS held by Frank J.
Gould and other members Of his family.
The Washington herald., 1909-05-09
YEARS BUSINESS GOOD.
Fruit and Berries Lead 20 Building
a Canning FactorE.

canning factorF.
Gravette. Ark. May s-Our little city is
sixteen years old, has LOO population. is
located in the extreme northwest corner
OF the state. ten miles from the Missouri
line and ten miles from the Oklahoma
line.
We give you years business as a
basis OF the commercial welfare OF this
section: Strawberries. S6.Z5s: peaches.
s.. .oo0; blackberries. $500; apples O5O car
loads). $4,000; produce, poultry and eggs.
$4,000: live stock, S55.0o0: lime (nade
here, $4,000.
The same year and year preceding the
town made each year $500 IN improve
ments. The newest enterprise Is the Gra-
vette Cold Storage. Canning and Packing
Company, recently organized with 500 900
capitalization. and viii erect this season
q canning factory. WILLIAM FRASER,
President. Bos-a q IEa6A
The Washington herald., 1909-05-09
FEELS WESTERN LIFE.
Guthrie Grows Like the Rest
of Oklahoma.
HAS sEvENTY-FIvE FACTORIES

Southwestern Iron Works Ia Largest
EstabIfshment of the Kind in the
1rIc Power and Lighting Station
Money Invested In Buildings.
The Washington herald., 1909-05-09
Improving Streets and Sidewalks.

Tuscumbia, Okla, May S-Our town
has within the past year graded, i'm
proved. and graveled its streets and has
a modern system Of cement
sidewalks covering the entire town and
suburbs, making all parts Of the town en-
tirely accessible to the business center.
J. " JOHNSON.
Sec-etary Commercial CIuh
The Washington herald., 1909-05-09
Cotton suppIants Cattle,

From one bale in 1854. TO 5000 in 1865
gives in round numbers the growth OF
one Texas county IN the production Of
cotton Il was thousands of dollars in
cattle then-it Is millions OF dollars in
cotton now,
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-10-25
SICK TRAMPS
GET FREE MEALS
Also get Bath at the Expense Of Uncle
Sam, BY Pretending to Wish
to Enlist.

SPOKANE, Wash, Oct. 25-Box car
tourists visiting Spokane on the way
to and from the Pacific coast and Brit
ish Columbia and Alberta have seized
upon a trick to get wholesome meals
and warm baths at the expense of I'm
Gle Sam Presenting themselves sing
ly and in pairs at the local station
they are frequently picked up as like.
ly timber for the army, in which event
they are instructed to appear for ex-
animation on the morrow. Before
leaving the station they are given two
meal tickets and disk, good for a
bath. Nine out of ten fail to return,
leaving the city as soon as they get
the meals and bath. The enlisting
officer here declares that prosecution
by the federal authorities will follow If
the men can be apprehended, but so
far no arrests have been made He
says that an applicant who accepts
food and lodging from the United
States and fails to report for examin.
alton, after declaring his intention to
enlist, lays himself liable to the charge
of defrauding the United States.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-10-25
NINE. NORDICA
rs A SUFFRAGETTE
Prima Donna is in Sympathy With the
Movement and Would Like
to Work.

NEW YORK. Oct. 25-Mme Lillian
Nordica is a suffragette. The famous
operate soprano said SO emphatically
in the Grand Central Station, on her
return from st. Louis. 1t was appar-
ent that the question, Are you inter.
ested in the suffragette movement
took Nordica by surprise, but there
was not the slightest hesitation on her
part in answering. Her husband,
George w. Young, the New York bank
,er, stood near the singer when she
told how deep her interest in the WON.
ans movement for votes really is
Yes. indeed, am more than inter,
ested in the movement" the singer
said. Il can't possibly find time to dc
what | should delight to do for the
cause, but every voice in fight of this
kind courts and certainly am going tc
raise mine with the other earnest
women who have it at heart"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-10-25
MOUNTAIN CLIMB
Is IMPOSSIBLE
Cd Prospector Says That the Ascent
Of Mount Mckinley canoot
Be Done.

BELLINGHAM, Wash, Oct. 25.-'Tf
DR.. Cook says he climbed to the top
of Mckinley, he tells an untruth," IS
the curt way Jacob Suter, an old, ex-
perienced mountaineer and prospector.
defines his idea OF the: famous North
Pole explorers claim to have made an
ascent OF that mountain. DR. Cook
never reached the summit of Mount
Mckinley, and want to say right
here that no other man ever made the
impossibility, for the peak of thut
mountain is pyramid or pinnacle OF
solid, glaring ice, almost perpendicu
lar, and no man, even II he chopped
steps in the ice, could climb up. /
have been all around that mountain,
and know exactly what / am talking
about. My statement that Dr. Cook
did not reach the top of Mckinley Is
not based on mere hearsay evidence.
for / was there at the time Dr.. Cook
and his party tried to make the as
.csbt. There were four of us In the
party The Mccarthy brothers of San
Francisco, Sam May and myself. We
We're prospecting in the gulches and
along the creeks at the base of the
mountain when DR.. Cook arrived"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-10-25
Weather Conditions.

The pressure is low along the north
ern boundary, with the greatest de-
pressions in Alberta, the upper lake
region and New England, and the lat
ter have been attended by light rains.
The western field of high pressure.
moving to the Gulf states, has caused
cooler weather in the southern and
eastern portions of the country, and
the weather is fair and cool in an
area of high pre- sure which, has been
left in the central mountain region.
Indications are that the eastward
drift of the high pressure from the
west will cause generally fair, con-
tinued cool weather for this section to-
night and Tuesday.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-10-25
SIR TOM Upton
HAS ARRIVED
Brings Over Another Challenge For
the American Cup in Big
Yacht Race.

NEW YORK, Oct. 25.-The steam
ship Cedric, with Sir Thomas Upton
and Col. Neill on board, arrived off
Sandy Hook at Z o'clock last night, too
late to go to her pier. She will come
up the harbor early tlis morning. Sir
Thomas has with him a challenge for
a race for the American cup, which he
will present to the New York Yacht
club some time tlis week. Members
of the New York Yacht Club have
carefully refrained from saying any
thing about the challenge, or what ac-
tion they will take. 1t has been stat
ed though, tlat Sir Thomas already
has some assurance that his challenge
which is sent through one of his clubs,
will have consideration, and that there
is a strong likelihood of it's being ac-
cepted.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-10-25
Registration Has Closed In South Da-
kota and the Big Lottery VIII
Commence This Week
at Aberdeen.
CHANCES ABOUT 6 TO /
/ HAD BRIGHT's DISEASE
There Are But $4,000 Registrations
For the $4,000 Farms Of 100
Acres Each Of Which VIII
Be Given Away.

SIOUX FALLS, S. D. Oct. 25.-The
farms which Uncle Sam is to distri.
butte among homeseekers in the ced-
ed portions of the Cheyenne River and
Standing Rock indian reservation, hax
closed, the date for the registras 9n
having been fixed by proclamatscM of
President Taft from OctobeyV4 to
October 26 at Aberdeen. IAStead of
100000 persons registered, as was orl-
ginally expected in some quarters. the
number reaches bearely $4,000, but
this will result to the benefit of those
who have registered, for they stand a
better chance of winning farms when
the drawing takes place The falling
off in the number registering is due
to several causes, one Of them being
the comparatively high price which
homeseekers who draw farms will
have to pay per acre for the land en-
braced in the farms to be distributed.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-10-25
NO WOMEN
FOR HARVARD
President Lowell Says That the Col
leoe Is One For Men and
Men Only.

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. Oct 25.-"Har-
ward University is first, last and for
all time, hope, a college for the edu-
cation of men and men alone. said
President Lowell of Harvard, when
questioned as to the unsuccessful at
tempt Of Miss Inez Milholland, a
suffragette leader, to obtain admission
into the Harvard Law School, More
than this he would not say.
Dean James Barr Ames of the law
school and writer of many standard
works. was not as reluctant to talk
on the matter He said: Miss Mil
holland, | believe, is as well fitted to
take up the law course as the majority
of the students who enter here, but
Harvard was founded to further the
education of men, and until the Board
of Government sees fit to set aside the
bar co-education will have no place in
our curriculum
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-10-25
Saved From Desert.

SAN BERNARDINO, CAL. Oct. 25.-
That the family Of five lost on tho
Imperial County desert has been saw
ed is tle assuring news brought here
by Leonard Phelps, who says the fam
lily was rescued last Tuesday evening,
having reached the Robert Gales
homestead, on the edge of the Imper-
Within 200 yards of the Gale home
the lost man and his family took shell
ter in a cave. Seeing Gale, the man
waved his hand and then sank upon
the ground, too exhausted to tramp to
the cabin. Gale rushed to his aid,
learned of the woman and children in
the cave and took them to his home.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-10-25
Congressman is Eager to Meet Al
drich on the Platform of Ora.
tory and Talk Central
Bank,
HE IS OPPOSED TO IT
Believes That the establishment Of
a Central Bank Would be
Against the General
Welfare.

CHICAGO, Oct. 25-Congressman
Charles N. Fowler OF New Jersey. to-
day reiterated the statement contain
Ell in his open letter yesterday wherein
he challenged u S. Senator Aldrich to
a joint debate on the subject of a
central bank. Fowler is here on pri-
vate business and will return east
either this afternoon or tomorrow.
My letter to Aldrich, speaks for it
SELF" he said. II stand ready to
meet him in Joint debate at any time
and any number Of times. am un-
alterably opposed to the central bank
idea and believe the establishment of
such an institution would be against
the general welfare. The special in.
terests will be found on the side Of the
central bank and opposd to the best
interests Of the public. The currency
question is bound to develope into a
bitter controversy"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-10-25
WHISPERS CUT
WHILE HE SLEPT
Brave Wife Boards the Lion In His
Den and Gives Husbands Chin
Orchard a Trimming.

ALTON, ILL.,, Oct. 25.-The wife of
Dell Hildreth, a Chicago, Peoria and
st. Louis conductor, living in Alton,
objected to her husbands style of
whiskers and when Hildreth awoke he
discovered that while he slept his wife
had sfeared wide cross on his chin.
Hildreth, who is of the Celtic extrac-
ton, declared he would cultivate a
Teutonic beard so his German neigh
bors would be more friendly Accord
ingly he grew whiskers on his chin
and the lower part of his face, despite
the protests of his wife. Hildreth
had to beg his wife to let him have
the scissors to complete the job of
trimming off his beard so he could go
downtown, as he had glaring white
cross of skin showing the full length
and bredth of his chin. Before Mrs.
Hildreth would give him the scissors
she exacted promise that he would
not let his whiskers grow in the
Teutonic style again.