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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-03-27
THE DEATH OF
MRS. CHAMPEAN
Aged Resident Who had Lived BY Her
self, Passed Away at Residence
on North Tenth.

Mrs. eugene Champeau, who since
the death of her husband, Peter Cham
peau eight years ago, has lived by her
self at No. sos North Tenth street.
died this morning at 4:25 o'clock Of
heart failure and compl. 1ations due to
ole age.
Her brother, Gustave Nombalais Of
STEELE, Nebraska. the only surviving
relative of the immediate family was
at her death bed. having arrived from
the west about two weeks ago called
by her serious illness.
She was sixty-eight years of age
and had lived in Keokuk for a number
of years and was quite we'll known in
the neighborhood in which she lived
Born Near PARIS.
The deceased was born near Paris
France, sixty-eight years ago and
came to this country at the age OF four
years. With her parents she came to
( Nauvoo, ILL.,, settling in what was then
known as the Icarian community
which was small colony of French
| She lived there for some time and
i gained her early education IL the
I schools that Nauvoo then Afforded.
4 Her marriage was to Peter Cham
peau and for a number of years the
couple lived on a farm near Nauvoo
/ Previous to this marriage, however
Mrs. Champeau had been a resident o
1 Keokuk for some time.
1 Advanced in years the coup came
Ito Keokuk after an active farm lif'
to spend their retiring years Thu
death of Mr.. Champeau left only ;
/ widow, the children, one son and ont
daughter having died some years pre-
iyious.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-12-12
Eucalyptus Tereticornis

exactly each little bit of wood, until
we hape reaped our forests as sheep
reap the grass lands, leaving nothin6
behind to grow. We have used r ,er
increasing appliances for speed and
thoroughness, to supply an ever in
creasing demand, at an ever increasing
price We are converging in ever in
creasing numbers. with an ever in
creasing zeal, upon what is left; and In
our haste TO get it all we are permit
ing an ever increasing waste and ruin
of the original supply.
But all the time the standing trees
themselves decreases; all the time the
fires rage; all the time the waste goes
on; all the time the loss to the people
of America goes on, and the price II
the people of America goes up. Ana
all the time the people Of America
do not know or do not care. We ought
to care, and no doubt If we knew the
facts we would care. What then, arc
some of the facts? Plenty of facts.
and very obvious ones lie at hand for
anyone Interested in any sort of build
ing or manufacture requiring the use
of lumber. What was So or $40 rough
Los Angeles herald., 1909-12-12
WE ARE NEARING A HARDWOOD
FAMINE
FAM me

TN AN article in Everybody's Mag
azine for May, Emerson HouSh
u says: when we first owned this
country, one-half of it's total area was
covered with the grandest forests that
ever grew in any portion of the world;
the richest, the most useful, the most
valuable for building of a civilization.
Yes, we had trees. We had forests
that set the first writer's who saw this
country wild with admiration-men
who came here from reforested Europe
They were all ours. Now they are
gone. Are they reared in lasting struc-
lures of a great civilization? No, at
least one-half of them are ashes or
rotted mold.
Had we gone on across this conu-
nent and left the remnants of our
standings woods, we still should have
abundance; but we have gone back
second and a third time, cleaning more
Los Angeles herald., 1909-12-12

no blights afflict It. Droughts do 1t no
harm, for its roots drink up its copious
sustenance from the sub-irrigated soil
making all seasons alike. Floods IL not
too long protracted, only benefit 1t, and
no cyclones that wreak their havoc on
many eastern forests ever visit the
peaceful San Joaquin valley.
Budding. fumigating, pruning-all the
complex culture familiar to the great
fruit industry of California, where negli-
gence or mistake means loss and per-
haps disaster, are needless arts with this
sturdy tree. Careful culture during its
first few years with abundant irrigation
while its roots are becoming established,
supplies all the aid needed to Its
growth. Thereafter the tree requires
only such treatment OF the SOL, irriga-
tion when helpful. and such protection
as prudence makes desirable. SO hardy
is this tree that there is no known in
stance of its dying a natural death. 1t
attains the greatest height of any tree,
and in size 1t Is only rlvaled by the big
trees of California.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-12-12
What Makes
a Great
Opportunity

/" HE majority o.
men who are
poor today have
actually worked
harder for what little
they have than did
Carnegie or Weyer-
hauser, the lumber
king. The reason is
simple: those who
have amassed wealth
have seen the
shadows of coming
Los Angeles herald., 1909-12-12
Risks?

A LMOST as sim
n gular as It's phe-
"a nomenal capacity
- for growth Is
the freedom enjoyed
by the eucalyptus
from the ordinary
vicissitudes of tim
ber life. To that
forest terror. FIRE,
1t is immune, as 1t
will not burn as a
growing tree. II has
not a single known
disease. Its peculiar
san repels all pests,
Los Angeles herald., 1909-12-12

events. and have placed themselves in
the pathway of great moving forces,
which operated irresistibly to create
high values. Then all nature works for
men, pouring her treasures In their laps,
and bountifully rewards. To sail in the
wrong direction means rocks and shall
lows. To rise with the tide leads on to
fortune.
Carnegie saw the great Industrial
movement which pointed inevitably to
development of the steel industry, and
placed himself in the channel of this
movement. We know the result. Scores
of the companions of his youth who
might have acted on the same indica-
tions are still eking out their lives as
humbly as they began Rockefeller
merely foresaw the possibilities OF con-
trolling one feature of the oil industry
transportation; and out of that concept
grew Standard oil. The timber barons
few years ago foresaw the startling rise
that was inevitable In the value of TIM
ber reached out to the utmost extent OF
their resources. and today the CONNER
clal value of their holdings is staggering
to contemplate. Weyerhauser Is today
richer than Rockefeller.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-12-03

day, who also found out that there was
money in hens, il you only knew how.
Mr.. Green then rented part Of the
dairy farm of D. NJ. johnson Of Essex
junction and erected a model hennery,
following out plans which are comb-
nation Of those daslsned by Prof, Gowel
OF the Maine experiment station and
those Of w. r. Candee. successful
breeder Of Wyandotte fowls in Dc WIFI,
M N The building i sixty feet long
BIZ twenty feet wide, and along one
side, the sunny side, are rows Of large
windows. to allow the maximum Of light
and air. The roosts are screened from
wind and storm BY muslin curtains,
The walls are six inches Of solid ce-
ment, and the floor, which is sand, Isl
covered with litter and straw, to allow
proper exercise iof the fowls The house
is divided into six pens, ten feet BY
twenty feet in dimensions each with a
capacity for fifty liens Roosts are of
cypress wood and are lise preoi The
most modern trap nests are used There
are two fields, each hundred feet long
extending the length al the building ana
adjacent TO Il. on either side. These are
used alternately,
A raonrd - ---h - = t--.t NV
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-12-03
Pugilists Agree to Accept Ely
Promoters Offer
WILL GET 100000 PURSE
And Two-thirds Of the Moving Picture
Profits John and Jeffries VIII Fight
in San Francisco, Probably
on July 4.

New York, Dec. 3.--The worlds cham.
pionship fight between James J. Jeffries
and Jack Johonson will be held in San
Francisco before club organized by
"Tex" Richard Of Ely, New, and Jack
Gleason, probably on July 4, 1910.
The bid made by Richard and 6lea
son Of purpose Of Sl0l 900 and the
contestants to take 90 23 per cent Of
the moving picture receipts was accept
ed BY the representatives Of johnson
and Jeffries yesterday afternoon.
The successful bid provides that the
fight shall take place in California
Utah or Nevada on date to be set
later, but it was stated that, without
doubt the mill would take place in San
Francisco. In view of the fact that
James Coffroth manager OF the Mission
Athletic club Of Colmp, Cal, controls
certain patents on moving pictures, it
was thought that Richard and Gleason
would likely enter into some arrange
ment with him whereby they could have
the fight take place in the Colma arena
T. J. McCarey Of Los Angeles and Ed
die Graney Of San Francisco made a
vigorous protest against the accepting Of
Richards bid, declaring that their bids
were higher and should have been ac-
cepted.
The final articles for the fight will
be drawn up and signed in Hoboken, n.
j., to-day.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-12-03
TRY TO SHIELD
liz BROADWAY
Sugar Trust Lawyers Fight to Show
Headquarters Knew Moth
ing Of Customs
Robberies.

New York, Dec 3--Counsel for the
sugar trust employees on trial before
Judge Martin in the United States court
fought desperately yesterday to keep
the trial Of sugar cheating from lead
ing from Williamsburg piers into the
Office OF the company at III Wall street.
Though the lawyers for the six men be-
fore the court have denied that the
trust furnishes the money for their ex-
penses IL seemed at times that they
were fighting harder to save the names
OF the men in the head Office OF the
trust than to save those on trial.
On top Of the mass Of detailed evil
dence already presented 10 an effort TO
convict six former employees of the
American Sugar Refining company Of
nnderweighing frauds, the government
yesterday offered further testimony Of
alleged crooked work on the Williams
burg sugar docks. The case is expect
ed To take at least two weeks to try.
but Judge Martin is showing every dis.
position to hurry the proceedings.
Testimony in Yesterdays session OF
trial disclosed that the prosecution
is hampered by missing witnesses. Two
employees Of the federal district attor
ney's Office, who have been working in
the sugar investigation, testified that
they had found it impossible to trace
sugar checker named Alexander, who
had been employed by the company, or
to locate various other men whose testi-
mony is wanted.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-12-03

card index system, which record is care.
fully watched, so that il hen falls be-
low the average for any length Of time
she is promptly disposed Of, Mr. Green
preferring to breed only from hens that
are above the average in productive
ness.
CIPHER incubators are used in hatch.
ing, each compartment Of the brooder
accommodating from fifty ID seventy
five chicks, where they are housed until
old enough to be taken away. The dry
feed for hens is fed through hoppers,
which may Be regulated as desired.
Grain, clover, bones, etc. are cut up on
the premises BY cutter run by electric
power.
Mr.. Green gets lots Of eggs and. OF
course, at this season gets whooping
price for them. He intends to Increase
his plant from year to year, as he finds
opportunity
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-12-03
aNaIzlIaIzIzIIgElLzlzlLaElL lFTsEEl1E.E

philosophical investigations have proved
beyond an doubt that eels breed IN Tia
sea, but far out at sea. where their
breeding places have been found.
Old Aiaoris on the west coast Of tha
North island state that when the eels
90 toward the sea in a large body thev
are led by two individuals Of al enor.
nous size. John r. Macdonald 81 Levin
told Mr. Bruce that he once saw nna
Of these migrations, with two larse eel-
in the van.
overland journeys at night, which are
enaraeIerlstlc Of some cells, have been
noted IN New Zealand. Mr.. Bruce has
been been tod By some very old Maori friend
that they have known eels to undertake
fairy long Journeys by night.
On one OCCASION, the Maoris had canned
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-12-03
A MODEL HEN FARM
Being Conducted by Harry Green in Es
sex Junction.

Being Conducted by Harry Green In Es-
sex Junction.
Essex Junction, Dec q Weary Of the
grind Of busy city life and poor in health,
Harry Green, young Burlington man,
has gone to raising poultry on d little
place in the village Of Essex Junction. a
few miles ont Of the city Mr. Green,
having gone into the business scientific
ally and not, as some do, without
knowledge Of what to do OF how to do
It, is making success, and people come
from far and near to see his handsome
lot Of the Triumph strain Of White
Wyandottes, several hundred Of which
are gathered IN his model pon-fry farm
Of several acres Of sandy loan range, or
within the confines Of his hen house
Mr.. Green after giving up business IN
Burlington, spent some time at the Con-
necticnt experiment and agricultural coll
lege at Storrs. where Ike pursued 4 spe-
elal course in poultry raising He after.
ward acquired much practical knowledge
on the poultry farm IN Essex Of Bert
Ahbav- famous hasa ball nlarar N hiA
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-12-03
EELs' LONG JOURNEYS.
Strange Stories from New Zealand About
Overland Trips

Prof. Drummond the New Zealand
naturalist writing on the subject Of the
journeys Of animals, observes that rein
deer, foxes, hares, seals, whales, rats
many species Of fish, a FEW species Of
reptiles. and even insects, undertake
some very extraordinary migrations.
In New Zealand, the most notable mi
grants are birds. but seals are known
to set out on long Journeys and to return
TO their own homes again; and the mi
grations Of the Maori rat, especially in
the Nelson and Marlborough districts,
where countless thousands, led BY an
invisible pied piper, swarmed for many
days across fields, through villages. over
rivers and up hill and down dale, have
become important events ii the local
history
The migratlons of cells have not at
tracted se much attention as the move
ments of other animals, but are quite
as remarkable
r. G. Bruce states that recent dreda
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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-12-03

Tor the night on a spur that is De
watershed between the Mangaehu ana
Manguwhero rivers About midnight,
their attention was arrested BY their
dog which was much excited and was
barking furiously.
When they went out to ascertain ne
cause Of the disturbance, they found
that the dog was following mp an enor.
nous eel, which was on one Of its lana
Journeys London Standard
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-12-03
SUICIDE ON BRIDAL TOUR.
Capt. w. A. Johnson Couldn't Pay
Bill.

Salt Lake City, Dec. Threatened
with eviction from the hotel where he
has been staying with his bride, because
he couldn't pay his bill, Capt w. A.
johnson, a well.known mining expert,
took cyanide Of potassium Wednesday
and was found dead in his room.
Acquaintance say that johnson was
formerly manager of the Guggenheim
mining properties in Nicaragua and
South America, that he served Cecil
Rhodes in South Africa, and made a
brilliant record in the Boer war Under
the british flag He2 II said to have
spent a fortune in mining claims in Ne.
vada.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-12-03
WILL NOT HAVE IT.
American League Unalterably Opposed
to Longer Schedule.

Chicago, Dec 3,--President johnson Of
The American league, declares there was
no truth in the report that six club own
ers ii his circuit favor a schedule Of
1863 games. He says his whole league Is
opposed to 4 lenethening Of the present
schedule. and, furthermore, that IT win
not stand for any change, except one
providing for less games than are played
under the present arrangement
He believes the National league wants
the longer season. but it would be almost
impossible. Of course, for the change to
be made in one organization and not
in the other.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-12-03
THREATENED BY FIRE.
Wholesale District Menaced by Flames
Similar to Those Of 1909.

Baltimore, Nd, Dec -Baltimore's
great Wholesale district was again
threatened with destruction by FIRE
which began last night in the boot and
shoe warehouse Of Spear Brothers on
Hopkins place, within stones throw
Of the starting place Of the big fire of
1904. -Four large buildings were de-
stroyed, the toal loss being estimated
at S750,000. -Four firemen were injur-
ed, none seriously.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-12-03
Suits from SIS to $3.50
Overcoats SIS to $3.50

introduce to the public large line Of Over
are marked as low as SO and thar gradually climb in
taste be gratided and every desire satisfied Come
saction the face Of the buyers aqSy yourself
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-12-03
Regal Dress Shoes

when say you that shoe sold Barre giving the satisfaction
Regal telling you what told day.
] pair Whe drop in
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-12-03
PILES cuREp IN 3 10 a DAYS

PA10 OINTMENT is guaranteed to cue
any ease Of itching. blind, bleeding or
protrudiDg piles IN TO IA days Or
s,,nnav rAf..-1-a -
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-12-03
Suits and Overcoats

in the very styles Of fabrics and cuthe kind of coth
much desired and the kind that famous all the country
err of clothes if he the Hart Schafner & Ma
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-12-03
why She STAYED A tie Foot.

Why She Stayed at the Foot
Being upbraided BY her motker r.
being the lowest in her class, little Aaes'
exclaimed in tones of injured innofe9os
i amt my fault. The girl who Ra'
always been foot left school. define
ator.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-12-03
DYspepIets
suear.eoassa Tas

Heartburn, Nausea, Wind IN tile Stomach Sea-
sickness. Sleeplessness arising FROM Indigestion,
oil disc0mforts Of Dyspepsia. They are composed
Of the best digestives, carfn{Eativee and correct
sves. and are agreeable and economical Put M Ia
three Sizes. I9c.. 25c aud 81 Sold BY all druggists
and sent promptly BY mail on receipt Of price By
G. ]. HOOD CO.. Mfg Chemisb, Lowell, Mass.
Il Made by Hood Its Good.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1909-12-09

both House and Senate were turned
into Conservatives for the time of the
opening proceedings.
At sharp noon Speaker Cannon
called the House to order and asked
the chaplain, Rev. Henry N. Couden,
to offer prayer. In his prayer which
was in a a Thanksgiving offer
ering, the chaplain referred to the
prosperity of the country, the oppor-
tunities Of the present and the bright
hopes and promises Of the future.
Absentees Are Few.
AS soon as the prayer was ended
the clerk of the House called the roll
of membership by states and it was
found that there were only a few ali
saltees. The roll call ended tie read
ing clerk of the Senate who had az.
peared in the House was recognized,
and he announced that the Upper
House had passed a resolution to in
form the House of Representatives
that a quorum of the Senate being as
sembled, that body was ready to pro-
coed to business. The House also
was told that the Senate had appoint
ed a committee to join a House COM
mittee to inform the president of the
United States that a quorum of each
house was precont and that congress
was ready to receive any communica-
ton that he may be pleased to
make" On receipt of this message
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1909-12-09

from the Senate, Speaker Cannon ap-
pointed a committee to join a like
committee of the Senate to wait upon
the president. The members of the
body directed to notify Mr.. Taft that
the House was in session were by tho
appointment OF the speaker, the Re-
publican leader, Serene E. Payne, and
the Democratic leader, Champ Clark.
The first day in the House as usual
brought out hundreds of legislative
measures in bill form, all of which
were read by their title only, and then
referred to the proper committees. 1t
was evident from the tone of the bills
introduced that some scores of rep
r~esentatives were anxious to father
measures which had been recommends
ed by President Taft as being oneces-
sary to carry out proposed policies
of progression. The bills ranged from
those intended to correct alleged ex-
listing evils in interstate commerce to
those to give increases of pensions to
veterans of the civil war. 49,
Applause Greets Speaker Cannon 90
If Speaker Cannon anticipates any
particular trouble with the "Insur-
gents of the House at the coming ses-
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1909-12-09
TESTS of Diamonds.

Most persons are obliged, in the
purchase of a diamond, to rely i'm
>plicitly upon the word of the man who
sells, the stone. While many years of
observation and experience are needed
to become an expert with respect
to the value and purity Of diamonds,
yet there are certain extremely. sim
ME tests capable of being made by the
most Inexperienced.
One is by means of a needle hole
pricked through a piece of ordinary
cardboard. Looking through the stone
tested at the cardboard, one will see
two holes If the diamond be spurious
only n If the gem be genuine. The
reason for this is that an imitation
diamond will give a double r%efraction,
the real stone but one refraction.
1t is claimed that there is no acid
having any perceptible effect upon a
genuine diamond. Hydrofuoric acid
will, If dropped upon a stone made Of
glass, corrode 1t, but upon the bona
fide stone it will have no effect at all
-HarDer's Weekly.