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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-10-31
Entertainment Given Friday evening
and Saturday Afternoon by
the Ladies Of the
Church.
IT WAS PROGRESSIVE
Christmas, Thanksgiving, Halloween
and Valentine Day All
Came on the Same
Date.

til The Festival of National holidays
given under the auspices OF the First
christian church was very pleasing
success to those who assisted in this
hovel form of entertainment for their
guests of Friday evening and Satur-
day afternoon. The church was chang
ed into a union station on Friday
evening and a large number OF ladies',
gentlemen and children, boarded ex-
cursion cars and were taken to the
residences of the several church
members who so nicely decorated
their dwellings in their own special
way for the entertainment of the many
guests who enjoyed the affair Sat.
urday afternoon was designated es-
pecially for the children and many Of
the younger people attended.
Yule Tide.
The first place visited was the j..
i. Smith residence at Ninth and High
streets where the interior of the
residence suggested everywhere the
presence of the glad Christmas tide.
Al real live Santa Claus was there,
Lawrence Bane impersonating that
suspicious old character Friday even
ing and Roy Whaley taking the garb
of old st. Nick yesterday afternoon. A
Christmas tree, all decorated and
with the stockings over the chimney
piece with decorations of holly and
green and red crepe paper made the
interior of the, home one of cheer and
brightness. The favors extracted
from the stockings were animal cook
les tied with ribbon Mrs. Bulman,
Mrs Coughlan and Mrs. Smith were
in charge of the Xmas home.
The pretty residence Of A. A Nc
,Corrick on, North Eighth stseet was
the next visited, st. Valentines day
being represented In a very pretty and
tasteful manner, the hall, parlor and
dining rooms of the residence being
decorated in beautiful manner with
4 red crepe paper, red hearts and pretty
d lace valentines. The dining room was
u prettily done in violet and the chan
& daliers were made up in this effect
VI In one corner of the room was large
u music box which dispensed sweet
music for the visitors. Those who as.
sisted in carrying out the idea of the
Valentine season were. Mrs. A. A. Nc.
Cormick, A. A. Mccormick, Misses Hell
en- Belts, Gladys Coughlan and Lottie
! Moseley. Chocolate and waters were
served and the fayors were small red
hearts
Halloween Season.
In keeping with the season lust
passing, the L. D. Davidson residence
was decorated in manner indicative
OF the halloween season
The dining room was decorated
with green and yellow streamers OF
crepe paper which radiated from the
chandeliers. A witches pot from which
sweet cider was dispensed stood in
one corner Of this room. Autumn
foliage was used to good advantage
and In keeping with the time Miss
Matte Crume as fortune teller
told the past, present and future OF
her visitors in a neat little gypsy tent
In the drawing room The parlor was
decorated in halloween style with
black cats, pumpkins, etc. In the hall
green was the prevailing color and the
whole scene was one of artistic
The Holly chieftain., 1909-05-14
NEWS FROM WASHINGTON.

President Taft recently told Senator
Borah that If he made trip west this
fall he would visit Idaho en- route to
Seattle.
The Senate voted to fix the duty on
lead contained In lead ore at IN cents
a pound, which is the rate of the Ding
ley law and of the pending bill as 1t
was passed by the House.
Atwell ]. Cross. sixty-nine years old,
former Indian fighter and Western
prospector. left Washington on the 7th
Inst. to walk to Denver. He expects
to reach his destination Christmas.
Secretary Meyer has announced the
appointment. effective July LIST, of
Rear Admiral William P. Potter, chief
of the Bureau Of Navigation. to sue
ceed Rear Admiral ]. E. Pillsbury, re.
tired
A special committee. consisting of
twenty-six members of Congress,
which returned from Panama on the
I'd inst. will report that the lock sys-
tenn is the right one for the Panama
canal. 1t would require ten years
longer time and cost 100000. 900 more
to change to the sea level plan. They
are also convinced that the Gatum dam
is entirely safe, thus fully sustaining
the opinion of President Taft.
OF the ss,OO0,OOO people in the
United States, Alaska Included, about
one-third live in the thirteen original
states, according to statement made
by the bureau of statistics of the De-
partment OF Commerce and Labor. An.
other third live in the states created
from the territory ceded to the com
mon union by the original states, and
the remaining one-third in the area
added by purchase or annexation.
AS counter movement against the
monster petitions OF Chicago women
opposed to a duty on hosiery and
gloves. a committee Of ten young wo.
men and five men arrived In Washing
ton Tuesday to present to Congress q
petition for twenty-five per cent. ad.
vance In the present hosiery duties.
The committee was sent by conven.
tion Of employees In hosiery establish.
ments In Philadelphia and claims to
represent $4,000 persons.
The Holly chieftain., 1909-05-14
GENERAL NEWS.

A monument to Jules Verne was
dedicated at Amiens, France, on the
9th inst. The great French novelist
died at Amiens, March "a. 1905.
The American cruiser North Caro-
lima left Gibralter on the 7th inst. for
Alexandretta. The Montana will fol-
low. These two vessels are on their
way to Turkish waters for the protec.
tion Of American interests.
King Edward of England, while In
Paris few days since, eluded the re-
porters one night and attended
music hail performance. The turns"
were Of the usual Partisan variety.
The Holly chieftain., 1909-05-14
Lonsfellow statu. Unveiled.

Washington.-The nations of the
world through their diplomatic repre-
sentatives on Friday Joined with AM
erica In paying tribute to the men,
ory OF Henry Wadsworth Longfellow,
when statue to Americas most pop.
ular poet" was unveiled with Imposing
ceremonies In the fashionable center
OF the national capital. Chief Justice
EULER presided. A feature of the exer
'clses was that the grandchild of the
poet. Miss Enica Thorpe, of Cam.
bridge, Mass, pulled the silken cord
which unveiled the statue, splendid
bronze affair.
The Holly chieftain., 1909-05-14
Balloon Championship Race,

New York.-The Aero Club of Am
erica has announced the entries of six
balloons in the first national cham
pionship cup competition to be held
June 9th at Indianapolis. The list fol-
lows:
A: Holland Forbes. pilot. and Cliff
ford b. Harmon, aid.
A. H. Morgan, pilot, and B. A. Wade.
Jr.. aid.
Carl E. Fisher, pilot, and G. L. Bum.
baugh, aid.
A. B. Lambert, pilot, and H. E. Hon
.eywell, aid.
The two pilots who have not chosen
aids are Charles Walsh and John
Berry.
The Holly chieftain., 1909-05-14

The first wireless news dispatch
ever transmitted between New York
and Chicago was sent On the Bird inst.
by the New York Times to the Chicago
Tribune.
The all-Russian Aero club has
placed an order for Wright aero
plane at Paris. N. Lebedefi. mem
Der Of the club. will go to Paris for
instructions In manipulating the ma
chine
The German Motor Airship Com
pany has confirmed the report that 1t
had purchased the patents Of the
Wright aeroplane for Germany. but
says that the $3.50, 900 mentioned In the
dispatches from Paris is excessive.
English railroads have in 1908
achieved the record of carrying on
their operations without the loss of
a single passenger. In 1902 six lives
were lost: In 1908. IS; in 1904. 6; in
1905. 50; in 1906. 6s. and in 1907. Is.
The American Sugar Refining Com
pany Of New Jersey and the New York
corporation OF the same name. on the
29th ult., by the payment of about
100000. completed the payment Of
fines and claims amounting to about
$2,O00,O0O due the government on &C.
count Of frauds ON the revenue.
More than 1000 employees of the
Pennsylvania railroad were receiving
pensions from the company January
!, 1909. and the payments authorized
to be made to them during the year of
1908 amounted to $544,245.O8. Since
the pension department was estab-
hshed In 1900, the sum of $3,445, 1871
has been paid to retired employees.
Lorenzo D. Cunningham, a negro en-
ploye of the United States mint at New
Orleans, was arrested on the 9th inst,
as he was exhibiting real gold brick.
Cunningham confessed that he had
stolen the gold In granulated form
from the separating division of the
mint, and then nodded 1t into the oval
shape in which it was found.
1t is stated that pool is being
formed In London to control seventy
per cent of the entire lead supply of
the world and advance prices from
$68.75 per ton to $95 or upwards. The
immense interests concerned are said
to comprise the Guggenheims and
other large American producers, the
Spanish association of producers, the
Broken Hill interests of Australia, and
the German lead trust.
Driven insane apparently by the
sight of memorial card which she
had ordered for her daughter who
died month ago, Mrs. Bernard Ris-
ter at Stafford, Conn, beat Charles F.
Emory OF Boston over the head with
an axe. inflicting serious wounds, shot
and killed her two-year-old son, Ber-
nard. and then took her own life by
sending bullet through her heart.
Emory had called to deliver the cards.
The Chicago & Alton has installed
automatic stokers on its locomotives.
The first installation was ten auto
matte stokers and these proved SO sat.
isfactory that twenty.six locomotives,
including the fast passenger locomo-
tives between Chicago, st. Louis and
Kansas City have been likewise equip
ped. These automatic stokers provide
an additional engineer. They make
the fireman an assistant engineer"
enabling him to devote more time to
the safety of the passengers.
The Holly chieftain., 1909-05-14
GOVERNOR SHAFROTH FINALLY
DISPOSES OF ALL BILLS PASSED

to establish q state home for mental
detectives, was approved.
The governor also signed House Bill
No. 5, providing for the establishment
of a normal school at Gunnison, with
the exception of a $4,000 item for fur
nishing, which was cut off. He vetoed
a companion bill, which provided for Il
normal school on the Western slope in
that territory south and west of Den
ver."
In approving the last three bills the
governor said he had an understand.
ing that no commission would be ap-
pointed and no expense incurred until
after the present going state institu.
tons appropriations were cared for.
Following are the bills vetoed:
H. B. 7O-Providing for revenue
committee and carrying an appropri
alton of $4,000.
s. B. 223-For a normal school on
the Western slope; appropriation of
one-tenth of a mill of the annual state
tax levy.
H. B. 222, H. B. 1874, H. B. 1872, H. B.
ISL and H. B. 112-Providing for the
establishment of fish hatcheries in
Conejos county, Pitkin county, Gunni-
son, Glenwood Springs, Durango. Chat
fee county and In Rio Blanco county
Bill to protect game and for the de-
struction of wolves, etc.
S. b. 408-Providing for agricultural
experiments and the creation of COM
mission; appropriation 100000.
H. B. 25S-Concerning justices of
the peace or constables (held to be un-
constitutionaD.
s. B. 416-Providing for a second
Judge of the Eleventh judicial district
and decreasing the number of judges
of the Fourth judicial district.
H. B. 470-Relating to ore thieves.
The governor approved the follow
ing bills:
s. B. S91-Relating to lives of COR
porations.
s. B. 3o-Classification of Pitkin
county.
H. B. s42-Establishing the county
of Jackson.
county.
H. B. 501-Teachers' retirement
fund.
H. B. 41-Consolidation of school
districts.
H. B. 613-Appropriation for geo.
logical survey Qtem of $4,000 cut out
by veto).
H. B. 13S-Relating to state engi-
neer.
H. B. 14S-Creating highway COM
mission.
s. B. 291-Establishing a library
commission.
H. B. 76-Appropriation for travel
ing library.
4 II, B. DECENTRALIZATION along Rio
Grande river, $4,000 appropriation.
s. B. 326-To prevent oppression of
H. B. 276-Relating to public
health; $4,000 appropriation.
H. B. S7-Purchase of collection be-
longing to John Elsner.
H. B. 116-Barber's bill.
S. B. 122-Paying of state indebted
ness for Cripple Creek war.
s. B. 337-Relating to Miners Union
building
s. B. 251-Convict labor.
H. B. 120-Appropriation for steel
bridge over Dry creek. near Engle-
wood.
s. B. 4o6-1mprovements on South
Logan avenue.
The governor left the following bills
unsigned:
H. B. 75..s. B. rs, s. B. 252, H. B.
81, H. B. 1S9, H. B. 561, H. B. 22s,
8. B. 115, s. B. 143, H. B. 1872, H. B.
293. H. B. Is. H. B. 1877, H. B. AIS.
8. B. LA. n. B. 603, s. B. 279, 8. B.
3l0, s. B. 266. s. B. 109.
The Holly chieftain., 1909-05-14

About the only word At to character.
ixe. the state OF mind in Great Britain
upon the subject Of naval supremacy
is panic" There is panic, or some
thing closely resembling it, In both
government and opposition.
The Holly chieftain., 1909-05-14

NO matter what the uncertainty con-
cerning the advent of spring. there is
none whatsoever about the advent of
the spring season for fish lies.
The Holly chieftain., 1909-05-14

/, It isn't 80 very long ago that peo-
pie would have smiled at the very
Idea of Missouri's voting on statewide
prohibition; but times have changed,
and 1t is not now regarded as tmpos-
;sible that something may happen.
The Holly chieftain., 1909-05-14

I The weather bureau. which has to
make known the Significance of great
atmospheric disturbances. should be
notified OF the date on which the presi-
dents OF the Central American repub-
lies will get together to talk over their
troubles. 'u
The Holly chieftain., 1909-05-14

The custom which DEGREES the pro
priety Of women removing their hats
at . public entertainment is a good
one II all would observe It. The ex.
ception IL always the one In front Of
you.
The Holly chieftain., 1909-05-14

I The philosopher Of the Topeka Cap
.ital says: III the wind blows your
hat on do not chase It; let the specta.
/. tofs chase 1t for you" The trouble
with tho human race 10 that too many
LOT them chase the other fellows hat
Tor him.
The Holly chieftain., 1909-05-14

Lumber is becoming SO high priced
tnat the man who discusses politics in
the corner grocery store cannot AFFORD
70 whittle while he talks.
The Holly chieftain., 1909-05-14

The billiards. OF winter will no soon.
Or have retired to their Arctic caves
than the tornadoes and sunstrokes OF
summer will continue the work of pop
ulating graveyards.
The Holly chieftain., 1909-05-14
Western Schedule Reduced.

Portland, ore.-To meet the compe.
tition OF the Canadian 500 line, the
Northern Pacific railway. after May
2srd, will run the Northern Coast lin.
tied through to Chicago. reducing the
present schedule by seventeen hours
The Holly chieftain., 1909-05-14

Gathering wool among the financial
cataconnbs" is an expression of the
New York Times. The editor must
pasture his sheep In the cemetery
where lie the shades of the mighty
metaphor.
The Holly chieftain., 1909-05-14

: A professor Of the University of
;, Chicago has discovered that baseball
is prehistoric game. 1t is simply
dreadful for modern enlightened hu-
manity to think what happened to the
umpires in those savage times.
The Holly chieftain., 1909-05-14

Japan has 1876 warships on her active
list. but this number would be consid-
erably and speedily lessened IL that
much-talked-of tilt with Uncle Sam
ever should be pulled of.
The Holly chieftain., 1909-05-14

That Cleveland woman who says
her husband is the biggest liar she
ever knew" doubtless will have the
assertion denied by other women who
have husbands
The Holly chieftain., 1909-05-14

They construct dwellings out of
blocks Of building glass in silesia, but
they seem solid enough SO people who
1--we In them can throw all the stones
they wish.
The Holly chieftain., 1909-05-14

? London girls are shocking English
society by wearing gaudy stockings.
ruhies and false puffs. American so
ciety would be shocked to see its girls
dress In any other manner,
The Holly chieftain., 1909-05-14

A German scientist has discovered
q means Of making men tall by manip-
ulating the legs and ankles. II there's
anything to that. we may expect to
see pretty tall statesmen in a decade
or two. E
The Holly chieftain., 1909-05-14

1t is reported that somebody is try
ing to consolidate Spain and Portugal
under a republican form Of govern.
ment. We suspect that the job will
keep him busy until fall, II not longer,
The Holly chieftain., 1909-05-14

"The people should forget kidnapers
and kidnapping as soon as possible, :"
says the chief Of police Of Jersey City.
We have no doubt that the kidnapers
will eagerly agree with him.
The Holly chieftain., 1909-05-14
COLORADO

Europeans may soon develop into .
race with eyes in the tops Of their
heads II Zeppelin keeps on flying
around.
The Holly chieftain., 1909-05-14

Why Is It that a man can argue
more pleasantly with any other wom-
m than with his wife. and why is It
that she can argue with other men
more sweetly than with her husband :?
The Holly chieftain., 1909-05-14

! The German emperor is very partic-
ular about the manner In which he
10 discussed in print. And yet he IL
Just as sensitive as anybody about
having his name left out of the paper.
The Holly chieftain., 1909-05-14

1t 10 again denied in Berlin that
Prince Eitel Friedrich is to come over
to Marblehead this summer. We're
sorry for the prince.
The Holly chieftain., 1909-05-14

Explorer Ernest DeKoven Lefhng-
well viii leave Seattle May for arc
tic Alaska. thus cleverly escaping the
perils Of moving day.
The Holly chieftain., 1909-05-14

London man who started in life
as q 1uggler died recently. worth $751;
100000. Evidently he turned out to
be juggler of finance.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-01-24
THE SALT LAKE HERALD: SUNDAY. JANUARY "A, 1909

the shape of a reddish sphere with a
hole at the top From this the aphid
shut up in the gall finally escapes
The Solid Calls.
Solid gals are small swellings on
particular plant organs. They are pro-
dueed by insects that pierce the plant
tissue and lay their eggs in the wound.
The plant substance develops rapidly
as soOh as the egg has been deposited,
and provides the newly Matched laFva
with its necessary food, which exudes
within. This the larva Immediately de-
YOURS.
solid gall may be shaped like a
berry. plum, a nut, a capsule, etc.
That on the male catkins of the oak is
of the form, size and color of a red
currant. SO a gall on the foliage of the
beech resembles a small plum with a
hard kernel in the center. Calls cause
the nutlet fruits of many of the Iabiat7
order to assume the shapes of stone
fruits In these cases, the egg is laid
by a wasp in one of the four nutlets
and a gall develops resembling an un-
ripe cherry. These gals fall off like
fruits. and the mature insect does not
bite an opening in the wall until the
fall Of the year.
Oak gals resemble apples as do also
those of the rose and the mallow. But
gals appear in a variety of aspects
having smooth, wsrted or rugged sur
faces; or else covered with bristles
spines. fringes or claws: or with woollS
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-01-24

or Velvety hairs, or even with moss
Ike outgrowths The latter found ~
the wild rose are caused by a wasp
which lays its eggs in leaf bud. At
hrst numerous hairs grow from the
wounded bud. which swells as the eggs
match and as the larvae penetrate
deeper This sail becomes solid, but
contains as many compartments as il
mas OF the larvae. Hairs and fringes
continue 70 grow on the outside. until
curious looking structures result. which
are reputed in European folklore to
nave the power of inducing sleep when
laid under your pillow.
The GaII-Producing Insects.
In form the gall flies resemble mi
mute wasps- They possess short, broad
bodies, slender waists and four wings.
They are parasites on plants. producing
the gals of which we are now speak
ing They do not eat the infested veg
etable tissue, since the insect in the
gall reaches maturity without devour-
ing any part of its vegetable house
roof But the gall exudes on the in
side certain substances on which the
larva feeds. The same species of gall
fly always produces the same kind of
growth. Occasionally on blackberry
stems we find irregular swellings which
on being cut open, are seen to be filled
with cells occupied by little cynipid
larvae. The gall flies may always be
recognized from the two-iointed struc-
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-01-24

One interesting aspect of trees and
shrubs in winter, especially while the
ground is still snow-cOvered, is found
in observing the variety of distortions
that may abound on their stems.
Go upon any hillside where the oak
brush Is standing, or upon the banks OF
streams where the rose bushes and VIII
lows iuxuriate, or into the canyon
where the conifers, cOttonwoods, ma
pies ana choke cherries abound, ana
you will see upon some of their stems
the curious sweilings called gals.
IN the top branches Of our white sage
win often be found numerous leafy bud
gals, resembling the cones of the hop
or the pine. Similar terminal cones are
familiar growths on several of our viii
lows. The well known sagebrush some
times has gals the size OF small mar
bic, pale or pinkish in color, and filled
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-01-24
Assessment No. 1.

MOSCOW BONANZA MINING COM
pany. az D. +. Walker Bldg, salt Lake
City. Utah--Notice is hereby given thst
at a meeting of the board Of directors M
the Moscow Bonanza Mining COMPANY.
held on the 5th day of December. 4 n
1908, anfassessment of 3 cents a share Vas
levied upon the capital stock of said cor
poration, payable forthwith to r G. vii
son, the secretary of said company, at 81
d. +. Walker building Salt Lake Cit[,
Utah. Any stock upon which this assess
ment may remain unpaid, on the 18th dav
of January. 1863. win be DELINQUENT ana
advertised for sale at public auction. and
unless payment is made before, so many
shares of esch parcel of such stock -
may be necessary viii be sold on the I7fb
day of February. 1903, at ] o'clock D. m
of said day, to pay the delinquent assess
advertising and expenses Of sale.
r. @. WILSON
Secretary Moscow Bonanza Mining com
pany, Az D. r. Walker building, Salt Lake
City, Utah.
Dated this 2sd day of December. 1903.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-01-24
Assessment No. II.

NEW YORK BONANZA MIMI
Company. Principal place Of business - ~.
u East Second South street, SAT- b 20.
City, Utah--Notice is hereby gwen ~ -
at . meeting of the board Of directors U
the New York Bonanza Mining compsa ~
held on Jan. ). 1909, an assessment ID
two % cents per share was leVie9 a. a.
assessed on the capital stock OF sag VI
East second South street, Salt Lake Ci'.-
Utah. to J. II. Deming. secretary, o. i -
before Feb. g. 1909 Any stock upon u'5 m
said assessment shall remain UNPAID III
the said Feb. s, 1902 viii be define ~. ~
and unless payment is made before
be sold on March J, 1909. at 1 o.elossE,
m. Of said day. to pay the sald uzl-
auent assessment thereon together W.
the costs Of advertising ano expeiI..stszS,,
sale. J. H. DENIM Sscis- i5ss1t
No Y East Second South street Sa-'
Lake City.