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Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1909-11-11

FOR SALE-Two dwelling houses, we'll located,
will sell cheap. Apply to Joseph Cleary. 45tf
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1909-11-11
WHEAT MARKET.

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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-02-06
CITY NEWS.

New program at Dodge's tonight.
Don't miss it. Come early.
Robert Loewenstein has accepted
a position with the S. P. Pond Co. as
mali clerk.
Hugh Mccoy has been removed to
Graham hospital where he will under
go an operation for appendicitis
Railroad men are not exceedingly
busy at the present time, business i'll
railway circles in this section being
quiet.
There will be called meeting
this evening of the Abraham Lincoln
club at the hall, corner Thirteenth and
Main streets.
Get your name in the Mississippi
Valley Telephone company's new di-
irectory. List closes Monday at noon.
Call $50 for rates and information.
! The Chicago mail was As minutes
late this forming. No. IL going back
| to late schedule again on account
of Rock Island connections at Bur-
lington.
The Human Hearts show company
left this morning at 1:35 for Fort
Madison where j. will. show this even
ing. There are eleven persons with
the company, all good performers.
The Warder children were sent to
the orphans home at Des Moines this
morning over the Rock Island. One
of the children is about three years
old and the other child is younger.
| Main street this morning from the
levee to the top of the hill was in
very slippery conaition making it
hard work for horses drawing the oil
and coal wagons to get up the hill.
On the first of March a large force
of men will begin the laying of new
! rails between this city and Burling-
! ton. A large force of men, bosses and
! time keeper will arrive at that time
to begin work.
! acknowledgements meeting of Har-
din Lodge No. 80, A. F. & A. NJ, Mon
! day evening, February s, at 1880. Wis
iting brothers fraternally invited to at
/ tend BY order of w. NJ, A. K. Stew
art, secretary.
-Thos. c. Chambers of Fort Madi-
son, member of Co. E, Nineteenth
Iowa, voted for Lincoln in 1864 at New
Orleans. He was too young in 1860
to vote but marched that year with
the Wideawakes.
The Southeastern Iowa Retail
Lumber Dealers Association has C os-
ed it's convention at Oskaloosa. c..
D. Streeter is one of the directors and
attended the convention as did also
J. NJ. Furlong and Geo. w. Angel of
Hamilton.
4 james Bowman, president of the
Taft and Kennedy club of Keokuk.
left last evening for Des Moines. hay
ing received an appointment in recog-
milton of his effective service as head
of the club of colored citizens which
took such an active part in the last
campaign
The fair weather flag was unfurl
ed this morning. The Chicago weather
Office promises cold wave to come
tomorrow or Monday as a CHASER O.
this fine weather. Today the snow wa!
! melting and the day warmed up af
! ter it got started. The storm of yester
. day prophesied some cold weather to
day but the wind Of the afternoon dice
down and cold weather failed to arrive
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-02-06
CITY NEWS

Souvenir tickets for the ladies'
every matinee at Dodge's theatre.
The next attraction at the Grand
will be James j. Corbett In his new
play, Facing the Music" The seat
sale will open Monday morning at 10
o'clock
Passenger engine on Wabash pas
senger due to arrive here at noon each
day, died out at Elvaston yesterday
and the train was brought to this city
by the local, arriving little late.
The prospects for second ice
harvest here, begin to look rather
doubtful. With February about one
third gone and the weather still mild,
there are chances that no more ice
will be cut this winter.
Lee Hume who has been connect
ed with the Roll-aWay skating rink
will leave some time soon for Nebras-
ka whero he will reside. He has made
many friends while in this city who
will be sorry to see him leave.
Tie Lincoln day celebration to be
given Feb. II at which s. Joe Brown
of Des Moines will deliver the address
is to be given at the Eighth street hall,
between Main and Johnson streets, in
stead of at the Seventh street Baptist
church as was previously announced
The Pythian anniversary comes on
Feb. 19 and on that evening, Morning
/ Star lodge will celebrate in Castle
Hall, corner of Fifth and Blondeau
streets. A number of committees
have been appointed to arrange for
I the celebration which will be given fer
the members of the order and their
families.
Miss Doll will be the speaker at
] the Y. w. c.. A. meeting tomorrow
afternoon Special music has been
m eeting will be an interesting one
Miss Doll is i'll at the present time and
should she be unable to be present
and cond1ct the meeting, a speaker
will be substituted.
Abraham Lincoln's wife was
named Hanks and Mysterious Hanks
can no doubt trace his relationship
back to her. In view of the fact that
Lincoln's birthday<is to be celebrated
it might be well to invite Mr.. Hanks to
come to Keokuk on Feb. IL and make
an address at the exercises to be Civ
en- at the opera house.
The interest in the meetings nov
being held at the chapel of the Church
of Jesus Christ, corner of Thirteenth
and Bank streets continues to in
crease Elder Fred B. Farr of Marion
Iowa. is the speaker, his subject fol
tonight is, Christ the Cornerstone
Sunday at II a. m. he will talk or
Building, and at 7:30 p. the sub
| ject is. The New BIZ You SHOULD
hear him, it will be worth sour while
Burlington Post: Capt Thoma:
Peel celebrated very interesting
anniversary on Monday last Thirt.
years before, on January 25, 1879 h,
brought the steamer Iowa into tni
port under her own steam from Pom
tcosuc, where the craft had been .,ur
ing the winter. The Iowa struck
snag and sank in eight feet of Hate
the previous November, and Captain
Peel bought her and raised her duiinl
the winter For safe keeping he an
chored her in the small bay below tn
railroad bridge when he reached By
lington, but the weather CONTINUES
mild. and alonG in March the low
commenced to tow logs from Bosto
bay
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-02-06
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CITY NEWS.

-Ewer's Grand Leader, best sc cigar.
Seat sale opens Monday at 10
o'clock for Facing the Music"
Clarence Alling is ill at his home,
524 Concert street, with tonsilitis.
On next Saturday. the pupils of
Mrs. Bence in Keokuk will give a re-
cital
Three complete shows at Dodge's
tonight, continuous from seven fifteen
to ten thirty
-WoodmanR Royal Neighbor dance
Monday evening, February 8. Rights
of admission reserved
/ Mysterious Hanks vas taken TO
the asylum at Mount Pleasant this
morning by Tim Crimmins. Mrs.
Hanks will no doubt follow up.
AT the fire the other night in the
Ackley barn, good work was done by
4 Jim Kennedy who was early on the
scene and assisted the fremen in their
work.
The Womans Guild of Graham
hospital will hold their annual linen
shower Tuesday, February g. from 9 a.
NJ to 10 p. M, at the nurses home.
Come and bring your friends.
Rev. ]. Saunders who is holding
a series o. revival meetings at the
L Pilgrims Rest Baptist chuich will
hold meetings tomorrow morning and
evening, morning at / o'clock and
evening ser ices at 7:30.
Carthage Gazette: According to
diary kept by Sarluel Harvest of
this city, thirty-six years ago last Fri
day was the coolest day SO far as
known in the history of this section,
the thermometer registering SO de-
grees below zero.
A diamond weighing over ice
pounds was taken out of Crooked
Creek near Macomb one day last
week. It was Ira Diamond. who
: walked in % hole made by ice cal.
tiers and was hauled out by the single
tree which nc happened to be carry
ing.
Some Keokuk young people viii
be shocked to read the following
frank statement in the Warsaw Bull
letin which appeared in its write-uT
K of a recent wedding which was sur
prise to the couples friends: while
, the marriage was a long expected
: event, it was long expected tha
!. people began to fancy maybe It wol,t
mot happen"
BuIllllS lOl tIdLeIle. Deputy CEtt
ed States Marshal Bert Dunlap o
Keokuk, passe< through Burlington
last night with bootlegger from OF
: tumwa, en- ,uac to Davenport, where
q the alleged Illicit dispenser of liquo
9 will be brought up for trial before tn,
n federal court. 1t is claimed that since
4 the saloons were closed in Ottumw;
q the Bookkeeping business has thrive'
merrily A man who is onto the rope
3 can get drink at any time of the da'
n or night, and for the most part tn
q liquor is of the most rotten descrip
4 ton.
A. E. Matless delivered a very in
teresting address last evening to TIL
q members Of the boys department o
& the Y. NJ C. A., the talk being the frs
81 of four practical ones by Keokuk men
4 Mr. Matless had for subject 9TH
: Shoe Industry" and carried the boy
: through the various departments o
this work in an entertaining manner
| He told of the various processes
through which the shoes passed befor
reaching the finished stage and of thu
different feathers and kind of shoes
Two weeks from today the member
of the boys department will g
through the factory and see the shoe
J made.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-02-06
Renaud
Makes Your
Watch
Keep Time
KENAUD JEWELER
PERSON AIS.

Mrs. Dora Cook has gone to Chlcaso|
and Terre Haute, Ind, to Visit 'e'A
tives and friends.
DR.. and Mrs. Christy of Revere, Md
are in the city today meeting olo aOl
quaintances.
Misses Beulah Bovard, Bessie Do.
sell and Birdie Conyers OF carthas'
are visiting in the city today ~,
Hamilton Press: Misses Ella ~.
and Mollie Klineselter of keokuh W.
tied with Miss LESSEE Huston Weuhr ~
day evening and attended the VI. Wv W.
A. ball Mrs. White ana pa. ~
of Keokuk, visited from MONDAY ms
Thursday at the home of her pa'eu''
DIR. and Mrs. Miller.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1909-08-03
DEATH OF AGED wOMAN
MRS. N. p. SCALES HAD LIVED
IN AROMoRE FOR THE PAST p
YEARS.

On Monday, August 2nd, there died
AT her home in Ardmore one of the
pioneer residents of this country. and
one of the oldest in point of years,
Mrs. y. =. Scales. Mrs. Scales was
born In Pamela, Miss, in 1888, was
II years old
Mr. and Mrs Scales, the former
familiarly called by his friends
Uncle Bob" came To Ardmorc TWEEN.
ty-one years ago. when the town was
little more than a clearing on the
prairie, and have seen its growth and
nave been identified Wtn number,
less activities that has made it the
present large city
Mrs Scales was married IN Dcccm
bcr, 1860 at Panola, Miss, and in an.
other year would have celebrated
their golden wedding anniversary
Mrs. Scales was a devoted member
Of the Broadway Methodist church
and since the age of thirteen has
been charter member OF this insti
tuition. During her long life of use
fulness she has always been firm in
the faith and with kind heart and
lovable disposition has cudoared hun
drcds to her.
Mrs. Scales leaves a husband, f1ul
daughters and one son, Mrs. \. X
Allen. OF Mill Creek; Mrs j. +. Puts
Mrs. J. J, Chandler, Mrs. W. T.. Mul
ins. and Walker Scales OF Ardmorc
\ brother w. T. Hale of Pcudlcton
Nillc, Tex, sister Mrs. w. =. King
and a bro'her-inlaw W, p King, O
Temple Texas, also survive her.
The funeral will be held from tho
family home this afternoon at foul
o'clock and Rev. Gross will conduc
the ceremony.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1909-08-03

Of Jones hobbies for "a long time
but when be- found out that some
body else was able to put th" thing
through quicker aud better than he
could aud with perhaps better re-
suits for his town. be- steps aside
and said to his friendly opponents
that be- would quit and would help
them get their road through. Sent "A
Telegram while they were In the
east. saying Il am out of your way
now VIII help you
Sco,t Jones is made OF the mate
rial that builds cities and We ar" In
favor Of presenting him with a medal
ON which shall be- inscribed, Okla
homa's Chicf Booster"
Jones found that he couldn't do
the thing himself and being not lik"
the dog In The manpcr. stepped aside
and allowed someone else 20 get
busy and what's more. gave them aF
surancc Of his assistance.
This is an unusual instance but
it shows that Jones thought more
of the progress aud the advance.
mcnt of his home town that be- dld
Of hIs own personal interests. That
is why Chlckasha has the reputation
10 has today. and that very thd2
of sclrsacnncc viii go further to.
wards building city than all the
Commercial club and civic societies
ana AN that sort Of thing YOU can get
nm
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1909-08-03

Suplrr. Okla. Aug 2.-Isccause
suglrr. Okla. "a town of 5000, bars
uysroe. and Chct Lrflorc had import
ed l1Ncarold black boy from Mem
puis. Tenn. 90 act as cook in his
homo there. yuching Of the negro
by mob oi white citizens who sur.
rounded Lcf'orc's house was narrowly
aycrtod Saturday night
Frank Frrhro,hl. a white man,
held the mob AZ bay until officers
arrived ard dispersed the crowd. BE.
fore leaving. leaders of the mob de-
mludrd THAI the negro leave town
within twcuiytour hours or the
house would hc blown up with dyna'
mite and che inmates killed.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1909-08-03
WooDFoRD.

Woodford okla, Aug. 2.-This com
munity was visited by a fairly good
rain last night, which will be very
beneficial to cotton, as il was suffer
ing great deal, the last few days.
While we have had only about one
fourth enough rain.
oscar Ayers. the promoter OF the
proposed railroad through here. has
been here the past few days, view
ing the country surrounding this
pace, and inspecting the asphalt beds
and cement rock near here. return.
ing to Ardmore yesterday he seems
TO be very confident that the road
will be built.
The ice cream supper given by
the ladies' OF the NJ T.. church was
quite "A success large crowd was
present and all seemed to enjoy
it immensely.
Misses Nirgie JONES and Audry
Chapman, were visiting in Woodford
today.
Mrs. Swannic Akcrs Is visiting rel
atiyes In Texas this week
Lewis Mctrccman, has accepted
a position as guard at the county
convict camp.
The infant child Of Mr. and Mrs
A. W. Spcake, has been quite sick
for some time, but is now improving
slowly.
Rev Slcvdgc of Ardmore preach
ed at the Baptist church Saturday
night
Rev. Asbcry Bagweu preached a'
the Methodist church Sunday ant
Sunday night
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1909-08-03
PLEADS FOR HER HUSBAND
WOMAN ON KNEES ASKS MERCY
IN GOVERNOR HAskELL'S OF.
FIcE-PARDoN BOARD.

Guthrie, Okla, Aug. "a wife on
her knees pleading for the pardon
OF her husband. was the unusual
sight Witnessed in Gov. Haskells Of
flee today when the executive was
conducting a hearing upon the ap-
plication OF George Alderman oi
Kay county for release from the pen.
ltontiary. Alderman vas given four.
year term for theft of two hogs.
After he had been In the prison a
week application was made TO the
prison board for full pardon. The
Anti Horse Thief Association. which
had urged the prosecution of Alder
man. protested, the board however,
recommending parole Aldcrmans
wife appeared before the governor
last week in behalf of her husband.
when the association again objected
and the case went over for a public
hearing today
Friends Of the convicted man. his
wife and members of the Antl-Horsc
THIEF Association and Of the board
of pardons gathered in the executive
offices. when Mrs. Alderman. upon
request to make statement did so.
and at her conclusion. with tears
| falling from her eyes, fcll to her
/ knees before the governor in sup.
. pliCa'iuu. The case was rc.rcferrcd
/ 10 the board Of pardons after "a
+ clash between the members of the
/ Auti-lIorsc Thief Association and the
board members present. James Kirk
wood clerk OF the Logan county 81.
porior court. and president Of the
association. severely arraigncd the
board for its lcnioucy and suggested
that the association wanted fail
hearing. aud one not held under
the star chamber plan.
Chairman Conucrs of the boarc. ~
its defense. rctortcd that the Anti
Horse Thief Association could no
run the board OF pardous.' and lcf
the room. He said later that the in
situations would nccessitatc an apol
ogy before the board would again re
ccivc the associations president at
hearing.
The case of Alderman. who ha
been in the penitentiary for ST
months. is to be taken under advise
mcnt by the board next Monday.
\ ponca City firm, employing tn
man while under bond and awaitln
trial. appeared before the board a
a former hearing for his release.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1909-08-03

the raiser of corn. cotton and wheat.
10 get their product to the market.
Producers Of petroleum are in po-
sition TO do much to advance the in.
tercsts OF very large number OF the
citizens of this commonwealth and
deserve the earnest cooperation Of
all in authority. Any attempt 10
gain in political preferment at the
expense Of the oil producers will
prove TO be a grave error All dif-
ferenccs should be healed and a
united effort made TO secure more
pipe lines
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1909-08-03
OIL SITUATION is BAD
LACK OF PIPE LINE FACILITIES
THE CAUSE INTERESTS
SHOULD GET TOGETHER.

Bartlcsvillc Okla, Aug. 2.-One OF
the best posted oil men in the state
was asked by the Examiner for an
expression of opinion on the situa
ton in this field. His sentiments
are as follows:
The oil situation in Oklahoma is
in most dcplorable condition.
The so-callcd Mid-Continent field
is considered one of the best. If not
the best oil field that has ever been
developed. The oil taken from the
oil sands OF Oklahoma should have
made this part of the state prosper
Gus almost beyond COMPARISON. ever
lG0.0OO,0OO barrels of oil have been
produced in the Mid-COntinont field
which Is situated less than 600
miles from the gulf as an exporting
point. An average of 25 cents n
barrel more for this oil. which is
less than the price paid for Illinois
oil, which is more than 200 mites
more remote from the water would
have paid to the producer and own
cr $lO,OoOOOO as an additional In
come.
"SiNty-thrcc per cent of the high
grade oil of America is exported. If
relative proportion of this 16O.
100000 barrels of oil could have
been taken for the foreign trade over
OO.OO0,OOO barrels would have been
exported. The first need of a farm
ing community mining camp or Cl
field is ample transHoI Itation tagla-
ties that the buyers ana consl mcrs
When 'hc capacl'y # tpe t,ousporta-
tion facilities 4. NJ. exec i two
thirds of the production. tho newt
able result Is disaster in prices. This
, is the oil situation The Standard
OH company controls the bulk of
the foreign trade They are the chief
transportcrs Of oil and own most
Of the steamers engaged In the for
cigu trade; therefore the policy
heretofore pursued by the interior
department that they would not
grant permission TO the Standard TO
pipe oil TO the gulf ( without paral.
lcl in its business foolishness. The
interior department, state authorities
and producers should unite I'm a
grand effort TO increase pipe line
facilities. II is uuwise to delay ac.
tion by debating just how and
whore the lines are to be laid, but
most wise to secure them under lib
eral laws as quickly as possible and
thus put this field in the front
range OF prosperity. This can be
done by a united effort.
Get pipe lines and competition
with the high price oil of the east
thus reducing the prices and produc'
tion there and raising the demand
for our oil which means competition
and high prices,
The energy displayed by the pro
ducers OF this field in drilling over
500 more wells during the first six
months of this year in comparison
with last year and $4,000 more bar
rels OF new production, would proba
bly, induce the state lawmakers &c
give this section an even show with
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1909-08-03

Guthrie Okla. Aug. 2.-Bcforo
leaving tor Washington today to as'
sumo his duties as an inspector in
.ho Indian service, Joseph H. Norris
chairman Of the republican state com
mittcc, announced that he had ap
pointed James \. Harris of Wagoncr
acting chairman Of tho state commit
tee during his temporary absence Mr.
Harris is treasurer of the state com
mittcc and stood next In line 10 Mr.
Norlls officially
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1909-08-03
THE SECRET OF 1T.

The Ardmorcite takes its hat On
10 Scott Jones No. Jones doesn't
Awe here, but We wish hc did. and
other towns in oklahoma might wcll
AFFORD TO have some Scott Joupsos.
Scott Jones lives I'm Chickasha and
for the past three years has been
trying 20 get street railway for
that city and was about TO accom-.
pish his work. but his franchise
was about out, and nothing doing.
other parties thought they could
get the deal throurl and went east
10 finance the matter.
This street railway has been one
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1909-08-03
TWO MARVELLOUS Pearl S.
once Constituted the Eyes Of Famous
Idol in Burmah.

Paris. Aug. . Two marvellous
pearls that once constituted tde eyes
of "a famous idol iu Burnah wor
shipped many years by thousolds oi
thief aIthml nave just been discovered
in Paris under most remarkable
circumstances.
Some years ago when Nj Iack.
son Gouraud OF Sew York was re-
siding iu Raugoon a .nnglish officer
became infatuated with her, and, 20
prove his affection. stole a sacred
image Of Buddha from the Shawn
pagoda This was meant as "A mer"
piece of brayado. but il became so
scrlor when the theft was discover.
ed that any implication in II would
have mean. certain death al the
hands of religious fanatics. For this
reason the few who knew the facts
were sworn 90 secrecy and the idol
was safely hidden by Mrs Gouraud
until She lcr the country, bringing
90 with her
This image Is Of wonderful cary
iur gold lacturcd and has a band
of Jewels around the forehead. The
eyes were pearls. but one had al
ready been extracted when Mrs. Gou
raud received hers. which was of such
am extraordinary quality of brilliancS
that. after searching yainly for years
for one 10 match IT, Mrs Gouraud
gave up her idea Of making 70 into
am earring aud after her marriage
TO Jackson Gouraud, she gave II
10 him as wedding present.
ON the day before the Grand Pri,
this year Mrs Gouraud was lookinl
az some gems in the Rue de la PaiX
when suddenly she was shown :
pearl identical with the one she al
ready possessed There was no mis-
taking it The peculiar color an,
form l,lt no doubt. Convinced tina
30 was the other eye of the lido
which had been lost for such a lonl
ume.Nrs. Gouraud bought it at one,
Upon her return to the Hotel Dom
. iuici where she was stopping here
she and her husband found tina
their room had been entered. aud q
all the jewels that might have bee
/ taken only one was missing, tn
pearl that had been the IDOLS cy,
The Gourauds naturally believe
they had bought back their own gen
| though they could not undcrstan
how the theft and sale could hay
been effected IN such short tim'
They reported the theft to the p'
lice ON the chance of recovering IN
property. and We're greatly surprise
10 find It turned up In the govcrr
mcut pawnshop in the Rue de Franc
Bourgeois
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1909-08-03

oklahoma city Aug A dolu
p'rpIr poisoned from eating ice
cream %, ShaVuo, ast might barely
escaped fatal results Only prompt
work on the part of phy icws saved
-hom lt is said the cream was made
In new freezer tha, had not been
properly cleaned