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The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1909-03-19
The Daily Market Report

PORTLAND, March ls.-- That
butter 10 scheduled for decline Ia
the near future Is the general belief
In the local trade, The San Fran.
cisco market Is reported weaker, and
tho change there Is sure to be felt
here soon or later Further, down
ward tendency In butter prices is al
ways expected here at this time Of
the year,
Nevertheless, for the time there Is
an actual scarcity Of butter In this
market Though though cream supply
has been on the increase for a month
or more, the current make in the city
and state Ii short OF actual require.
ments, Some Of the city creamery
men today reported that thus far
this week they had not been able to
fill orders, and they looked for no
change IN the situation such as 10
warrant any price change within the
next few days.
Standard city creamery butter 10
now selling at IS to J6 cents
pound A, this time In 1908 Il was
quoted at 30 cents, and from that time
on there was a gradual decline until
MAY !, when the price was 22i cents
a pound, That prices viii work down
this year Is TO be expected. but the
decline seems TO be a little slower
than usual in developing
Eggs Steady at 20 Cents,
The egg market held about steady
at the 20'een, level today, Receipts
from the country continue fairly lib.
eral, but as yet there Is no complaint
Of serious accumulation Of stocks In
the local trade, Local retailers buy
but moderately, but the demand in
The North helps materially in keep. {
ing the decks clear, D
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Oils. Lead, Etc.


Benzine-V. NJ. and P. Naptha,
cases, 20ic; iron barrels, l3ic.
Linseed Oil-Raw, s.barrel lots,
66c; l-barrel lots, 67e; in cases, 73c;
boiled, s-barrel lots, 6Sc; l-barrel
lots, 69c; in cases, 7sc,
Turpentine--In cases, 62c; in bar
rels, S9ic gallon,
Coal Oil-Pearl and astral oil,
cases, lSic; per gallon; water white,
iron barrels, lie; eocene and extra
star, cases, 2lac; headlight oil, cases,
zoe; iron barrels, l8c; elaine, cases,
28c.
Turpentine-In cases, Csc; in bar
rels, 62Ac.
Gasoline-Union and Red Crown,
barrels, Isle; cases, 22ic. Motor, bar
rels, l6ic; cases, 2Sic, So degrees,
barrels, SOC; cases, 37ic. Engine dis
tillate, barrels, &c; cases, l6c.
Lead-Net weight, packages ton
lots 7sc; s0O-lb. lots, Sc; less than 500
lbs, Slc; red lead and litharge, ac
higher than white.
Hops, Wool, Hides, Etc.
Wool-Eastern Oregon contracts,
l6@lsc per pound; Valley, ls@l6c.
Hops = 1909 contracts, l0@lOtc;
1908 crop, 7A@8c; 1907 crop, Sc.
Mohair Choice, 20@22c ID.
Cascara Sagrada (chittim bark)-s
@6c per pound
Oregon Graperoot-Per 100 lbs,
$3@5.
Hides-Dry hides, No. I, l6@l7c
ID; dry kip, No, /, ls@i6c; dry salt
ed, one-third less; dry calf lS@loc;
saltsd steers, o@9ic; salted cows, &c;
stags and bulls, Sc; kip, l0@lle; calf,
l4@loc; green stock lc per pound
less; sheepskins, shearlings, 2s@3Oc;
short WOOL 5O@6Oe; medium and long
wool, according to quality, 7sc@$li
dry horses, 50c@$i,sO; dry colt, 2scI
angora, soe@$l; goat, common, ZOE
zoe.
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PROPOSALS WANTED.

as-@-A-NsN-@-~N--S N-~s~---~-~~--~-~--N--N,
PROPOSALS FOR BEEF AND
mutton, Vancouver Barracks, Wash.
March l6, 1909. Sealed proposals
for furnishing and delivering fresh
beef and mutton for six months be-
ginning July /, 1909, viii be received
here and at offices of commissaries at
Fort Stevens, Ore, Boise Barracks,
Idaho, Forts Casey, Columbia, Flag
Ter, Lawton, Vancouver, Walla Walla,
Ward, Worden and George Wright,
Wash until 10 a. M, April 10, 1909,
and then opened. Envelopes con-
tanning proposals should be indorsed,
Proposals for fresh beef and mutton
to be opened April 10, 1902" and
addressed to commissary Of post to
be supplied, or to Major H. J. Gala.
CHER, Chief commissary. lss
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WHOLESALE PRICES.
Grain, Flour. Hay, Etc.

Grain, Flour. Hay. Etc.
Wheat-Track prices; Club, $i0Si
blue-steam. $i.20; turkey red, $ll0i
red Russian, $i,Os; Valley, $ilO.
iFour-Patents, $s.6s; straights,
s4ssG4so; exports, $500; Valley
$40; li-sack graham, $50; whole
wheat, $40; rye, $3.50.
Barlcy-Feed, $3O.sO; rolled, $32@
80; brewing, $3.50
oats-No. | white, $50; gray $SS.
Hay-Track prices: Timothy-Wil-
lamette Valley, Sl4@l6; Eastern
Oregon, sl7@i7sO; alfalfa, $l4@ls;
clover. $i3@l4; cheat $i4@ls; vetch,
$i3@l4.
Millstuffs- Bran, $2s,S0@26; mid
diings, $33; shorts, $2o@S0; chop,
$20@2s,
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Vegetables :. Turnips, sl.sO per
sack; beetS. $3.50; parsnios. $50;
cabbage, $3.2s@3.SO; head lettuce, rs
cents per dozen; eucumbers, $i.7s@
$2,2s per dozen; celery, OOe@si.OO per
dozeni artichokes, $40 per dozen;
beans 2sc per pound; peas, lSe per
pound; tomatoes, $2.00@2.25 per
crate; squash, &c per pound; peppers,
Sl.7S per box; cauliAower, $3.50
per crate; asparagus, iii@20c per
pound.
Potatoes--Buying prices, $l.2s@
lao; sweets. $2,7S030O.
onions--Buying prices: $i.7s@lss
per hundred.
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Oysters, CLANS ana Flah.

II N~*]@@FN 1850 - HAAAe
oysters-Shoalwater Bay, per gal
lon s2.2s; per sack $3.50; Toke Point
si.6o per 100; olympIas (i2o lbs.)
20; olympias, per gallon, $2.2s.
Fish -Halibut, 9 cents per pound;
black bass, 20 eentsi striped bass,
iSe; herring, Sic; founders, Gel
catfish, &c; shrimp, i2ic; perch, &c;
sturgeon, l2ic; sea trout, ioe; tom
cod, Sc; salmon, fresh. steelhead, lOc;
Chinook. iSc.
Canned Salmon Columbia river,
lib. tails. &; 2.lb. tails, s.; fancy,
lib, fats. sis; lib. fats, $l.2s;
fancy, lib, ovals, s2.7s; Alaska tails,
pink osc, red $l.40; nominal, "a, tails,
$40.
Clams-Little neck, per box, $3.50;
razor clans. 81 per box; crabs, $i@
$3.50 dozen.
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Meats and Provisions,

Hams-l0.l2 lbs, l4ie; l4-l6 lbs,
i4c; 1920 lbs, Isle.
Dressed Meats-Hogs, fancy oi@
lOc, ordinary s09c, large &c; veal,
extra i0@Sc, ordinary S0oc, heavy
7c; mutton, fancy 6@7c.
Bacon Breakfast l7a@2lc, picnics
ohc; cottage roll, lie; regular short
clears, smoked i3ic, do unsmcked
l2ac; clear backs, unsmoked i2ic, do
smoked l3ac; shoulders, lie,
Lard-Kettle leaf, los, l4sc; do
IS, l4sc; do s0-ib, tins, l4ie; steam
rendered, los, i3sc; do, IS, lSsc; COM
pound, los, oie.
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Rutter. Fprs and Poultry.

Butter-Extras, Ss@S6c; fancy,
3sc; store, lS@20c,
Cheese-Full cream twins, i7@l7A;
full cream triplets, l7@l7ic; Young
America, lSc; cream brick, Zoe;
Swiss block, Zoe; Limburger, lS@
Zoe.
Eggs-Select Oregon, zoe,
Poultry-Mixed chickens, ls@lSic;
fancy hens, ls@l6c; roosterS, old, Zoe
@llc; broilers, 22i@2sc; dress
poultry lc per pound higher; ducks,
live, 2O@2lc; geese, live, S@0c; tur-
keys, live, l7@lSc; dressed, 2O@22c.
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JoBBERs' QUOTATIONS.
Sugar. Coffee, Etc.


Sugar sack basis)-D. G., $s7s
best $ss5; Golden C., $sIs; extrl
C., $s2s; powdered, $s8s; fruit o.
berry sugar, $s7s; boxes, ssc cwt. ad
vance over sack basis Qess lac 4
paid for in IS days).
Riee-Imperial Japan, No, /, $6.3s
Southern Japan. $S7s06; broken, 4lt
head; fancy, 1@7.7S,
Cofee--Mocha. 24@28c: Java, fame,
2s@2Sc; Java, good. 2O@24e; Java
ordinary, i7@2Oe; Costa Rica. fancy
1920; Costa Riea. good. i6@isc;
Arbuekle, $i7.i3 ewt; Lion, $is7s
ewt; Colombia coffee. lAe b.; Sal
vador. HIGHS.
Salt--Bale' OF 7S-2n, bale. S2.2s;
tlies Of 6O-Ss, bale, $22S; bales Of
GOA. bale. S22s; bales of is-l0s,
bale, SZ2S; bags, Sos, fine, ton; SIS;
bags Soc; sezuine Liverpool tom. sl7;
bags. Soc. aground $3.50; zoos, ton,
$500; r. S. v. p, 20 S-lb. cartons,
$2.2s; r. S. v. p. 3-lb. cartons, $l.75;
Liverpool, lump, per ton, $50.
Raisins--Loose muscatels, 3-crown,
81 cents; 4-erown, 7e; bieaehed,
seedless Sultanas, oAc@l2c; un.
bleached seedless Sultanas, "a cents;
London layers. 3-crown, whole boxes
Of 20 POUNDS, 500; 2-crown. $l.7s.
Nuts-Walnuts. l4ic per pound;
ilberts, i6c; Brazils, l6c; pecans, II
920c; hickory, l0c; Virginia row pea:
nuts. s cents; ehestnuts, Ital.
an i0c, Ohio 2sc; cocoanuts, dozen,
'0c@$l; pine nuts, lO@l2c pound;
almonds, l3c.
Dried Fruits--Applies, Sic per ID;
peaches, l0@l2c; pears, lll@l4c;
Italian prunes, S@6c; California figs,
white, in sacks, Sic per pound; black,
'@7e; bricks, 7se@2.2S per box;
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OFFICE OF THE CONSTRUCT.

ing Quartermaster, Fort Stevens.
Or March is. 1909. Sealed propo-
sails, in tripIicate, will be received at
this Office until 2 o'clock p. M, April
10, 1909, and then publicly opened,
for the construction Of brick or con-
crete storehouse at Fort Stevens, or.
Plans can be seen, specifications OBJ
tanned and full information furnished
at this Office. The United States re.
serves the right to reject any or all
bids or any part thereof. Envelopes
containing proposals should be
marked Proposals for Construction"
and address to the Constructing
Quartermaster, Fort Stevens, Or. .ns
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| A late mail report from New YorL
says Of the salmon market. "Rencw.
cd interest In and active demand for
salmon Is the most prominent feature
In the market today. Aside from O
few lib, tall and half.pound fats,
there are no fancy Columbia River or
soekcye salmon to be had. Red
Alaska stocks are decreasing rapidly.
The market Ia very firm and win be
much higher IN the immediate iu-
ture."
Vegetables In Fair Supply.
Truck Of all sorts Is moderately
plentiful, but there Is no excess, and
prices as result hold up well. Re.
eeipts for the day included two ears
OF sweet potatoes and one Of celery
from California. The sweets were
quoted firm at $3.50 to 50 a hundred,
and celery remains firm at $3.50 a
crate, The best Los Angeles cabbage
moves at $3.50 and caulinower az
S2.7s.
Sugar Advances IS Cents.
The prospect for a reduction Of the
tariff on sugar does not as yet show
any depressing efIec, on prices.
Wholesale grocers today announced
m advance Of IS cents a hundred on |
NJ grades Of the sweet stuff, the re- |
'ult Of q generally stronger market.
Sugar, Coffee. Etc.
Sugar (saek basis)--D. G.. $500;
'est, Ss70i Golden c. $3.50; extra C., |
$40; powdered. 81; fruit or berry
ugar $500; boxes, Ssc cwt advance
'yer sack basis (lcss lac il paid for
n Is days)
Coffee Mocha, 24a2Sc; Java. fan.
" 2sa2se; Java, good. 2O@24c,
ava, ordinary, i7@2Oe; Costa Riea,
luey isa20e: Costa Rica. good, 1
6alse; Arbuekle si763 cwt; Co.
lmbia coffee, l4e 10; Salvador ill@
ile h.
Rice--lmperial Japan. No. !, $6.3s;
outhern Japan, Ss.7s@6; broken.
ie head; fancy. S@77s,
Salt Bales Of 7s-2s, bale, $2.2s;
lies Of 60-5s, bale, S22s; bales of
,.4s, bale, $2.2s; bales Of ls.l0s, bale.
rs; bags, sos. fine, ton, SIS; bags,
lc; genuine Liverpool, ton, $l7;
,gs, sos, aground, $3.50; zoos, ton,
3; r. s. V, p, 20 s.ib. cartons, :
rs; r. S. v. r., 5-ib, cartons,
.7si Liverpool, lump, per ton, $40, 1
Dried Fruits-Apples, SIC per 10; r
aches, i0@l2e; pears, lli@l4c; \
allan pruues, sa6e; California figs, 8
iits, in sacks, 7Ac ID; black, 6Cl7c; Z
icks, 7sca$2,2s per box; Smyrna, :
@i7le ID; dates, Persian, 6ia7c ID.
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Fruits and Vegetables.

Fresh Fruits Oranges, $l7s@2.7s;
tangerines, $500 box; lemons, $l,s0@
400; grapes, Spanish Malagas, $6@
200 per crate; pears, $i.7S@2I0O per
box, cranberries, $500 per barrel;
bananas, 5l@6c per pound.
Apples-Best 0regons, S200@2s0;
common, sl.25@i7s per box.
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CALL FOR WARRANTS.

NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN
that there is money in the treasury
to pay all Clatsop County General
Fund Warrants, endorsed prior to
December /, 1907, and all outstand-
ing Court House Fund Warrants; in
terest will cease this date.
WIN. A. SHERMAN,
Treasurer, Clatsop County, Or.
Dated Astoria, Or, March s, 1909, ,tp
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WOOD WANTED.

SN~N-sN-ssSs-SusS-Sse>-a~
SEALED BIDS WILL BE RE-
ceived by the Committee on Sup
plies of the Astoria School Board, at
the Office OF w. A. Sherman, Clerk,
sol Duane street, Astoria, until April
l, 1909, for furnishing wood for the
Astoria public schools as follows:
Alderbrook school -. 20 cords 2-cut
Adair school ,..,.., 6s cords Lieut.
Shively school ,..... 60 cords Aft.
Mcclure school .....,l25 cords Aft
Mcclure school 500. 10 cords 2-cut
Taylor school ,...... rs cords Aft.
Bids must state kind and price of
wood to be delivered at the several
schools. Contractor will be required
to furnish bond that wood will be de-
livered on or before August /, 1909,
with forfeiture for each day thereaf-
ter if not so delivered,
FRANK ], TAYLOR,
]. N. GRIFFIN,
Committee on Supplies.
Dated, March 10, 1909. smt
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NOTICE TO ESTABLISH GRADE


NOTICE rs HEREBY GIVEN
that the Common Council of the
City Of Astoria has declared its de-
Termination and intention to estab-
lish the grade on Cedar street from
the east line of Fifty-fourth street to
the east line Of Fifty-seventh street.
so that the grade when so establish
ed viii be at the following elevations
above the base Of grades as establish
ed by Ordinance No. II of the City
of Astoria, to-wit:
AT the east line OF Fifty-fourth
street at an elevation OF las feet above
the base Of grades; at the west and
also the east line Of Fifty-6fth street
at an elevation of l73 feet above the
base Of grades; at the west and also
the east line OF Fifty-sixth street at
an elevation Of 22l feet above the
base of grades; at the west and also
the east line Of Fifty-seventh street
at an elevation of l8l feet above the
base Of grades; that the grade be-
tween the points above designated
shall be upon an even and gradual
slope.
BY order of the Common Council.
OLOF ANDERSON,
Auditor and Police Judge of
the City Of Astoria.
Dated March Is, 1909. snm
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NOTICE OF ASSESSMENT.

NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN
that the assessment made for con
structing a sewer on Fifty-hrst street
from the south line Of Cedar
street to the beach on the north line
of Birch street as per assessment
roll number 1856, was made by an
order Of the Common Council Of the
City Of Astoria, due and payable on
the 3lst day Of March, A. D. 1909,
by ordinance confirming said assess
ment roll. That the following are
the names Of the persons against
whom the assessment is made and
a. =. $1,000 - l. u ..-.L.
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SWEDISH MAssAcrNc.

TYRA KoHLANDER, ROYAL
graduate in Swedish movements,
physical culture and massage; Office,
s4s Franklin ave, second fat; hours:
Gil a. m, S-s p. m, or Central Drug
Store, Telephone Main 2l8l.
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THE MORNING ASTORIAN
WANT ADVERTISEMENTS
Are Read Every Morning by 10000 People.

The Want Columns Of THE MORNING AsToRIAN are con-
suited every morning by hundreds Of persons
bargains Articles Of sale lost found people looking
poyment Rates. Twenty words three te rs cens six
times, so cents; MONTH $500.
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LOST.
CARPENTERS.

C. o. AND C. N. STADIN BROS,
carpenters, builders and contrac-
tors, Ninth and Duane street, will
give prompt attention to all orders;
terms reasonable; satisfaction guar
anteed.
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AUCTION AND coMMISsIoN.

49,. - -Ns'~-------@-
EVERY SATURDAY AT II A. M.
we will sell to the highest bidder a
large consignment Of furniture; make
your own prices; during the week
furniture viii be sold at auction
prices; see Martin Olsen for up-to-
date upholstering work, mattress
making, etc, viii repair your bed in
one day, calling for it in the morning
and returning it in the afternoon;
will sew and lay carpets. Olsen &
Eckiund, Commission and Auction
House, ITO Fifteenth street.
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LEGAL ADVERTISEMENTS


NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN,
that the Committee on Streets and
Public Ways. the Superintendent Of
Streets and the City Surveyor have
filed a certificate Of completion Of a
sewer on 5lst street, from the South
line Of Cedar street to the beach on
the north line Of Birch street, by
Charles E. Johnson, the contractor, in
accordance with general ordinance
No. 1913 and the contract therefor.
That unless objections are filed
against the same, the same will be
accepted by ordinance at the next
regular meeting Of the Common
Council.
OLoF ANDERSON.
Auditor and Police Judge Of
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ROOMS FOR RENT.
To Cure a Cold in One Day

Take LAXATIVE BRoMo Quinine
Tablets. Druggists refund money II
Il fails 70 cure. T w GROVES
signature Is on each box Csc.
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The Morning AstoTian. 60 cents per
month, delivered TO your residence o.
business Office.
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VETERINARY coLLEGEs.

BULLETIN SAN FRANCISCO
Veterinary College now ready;
mailed free. DR.. c. Keane, 1918
Market street. .ss
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COUNTRY REAL ESTATE.
RESTAURANTS.

cAMELLIA RESTAURANT, 6l2
Commercial street; first class meal,
Is cents; coffee and cake, 10 cents.
U, S. RESTAURANT, 454 BOND
street, Coffee with pie or cake, 10
cents; frst-class meals, Is cents.
TOXIC RESTAURANT, SSl Bond
street, opposite Ross, Higgins &
Co; coffee with pie or cake, 10 cents;
frst-class meals; regular meals Is
cents and up,
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TO RENT-HoUsEs.

WANTED-REsPoNSIBLE TEN
ant desires to rent or s room
house, at once, north Of Grand ave-
nue.. Address P. o. Box 4. asa
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FOR RENT -zRooM MODERN
house; good neighborhood; furni-
ture for sale. Apply to James Fin
layson or B. L. Ward, 377 CONNER
cial street. sns
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By order of the Common Council
OLOF ANDERSON,
Auditor and Police Judge Of
the City Of Astoria.
Dated March Is, 1902 snH
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Who is knowm
throughout Gh9
United States e.
account OF his wea
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-02-20
Bailey of Britt.

Cedar Falls Record: E. N. Bailey,
the most cheerful liar on the Iowa
press, publisher of the Britt Tribune
and postmaster at that place, has re-
tired from circulation and his two sons
will continue the publication of the
paper. Bailey thinks he has been in
the newspaper business long enough
for tae good of the order and he Will
hereafter devote all Of his time and
energy to the postoffice. He has been
complaining for sometime that it is
impossible to read all Of the postal
cards that pass through the office and
now that he has loaded his paper upon
the shoulders of his boys he can do
the postal card stunt equal and exact
Justice in the future. Bailey has
been considerably crest-fallen ever
since the legislature refused to
adopt his production as the state poem
of Iowa. This poem was published In
the Record some days ago and Great
ed profound impression upon all who
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An English court of appeals has de-
cided in effect that pi- has rights
which an automobile is bound to re-
spect The case, that of Higgins VS..
Erls, reached the learned court, which
was composed of the master of the
rolls and Lord Justices Moulton and
Buckley, on appeal from the Bodmin
assizes. The point at issue is thus
stated in a London cablegram:
The plaintiffs claim was that his
motor car had been wrecked by col
liding with a wall into which it was
forced when the highway was obstruct
ed by cart, the horse attached to
which was frightened by SOW which
was unlawfully in the road. This was
the SOW that started the horse that
pulled the cart that stopped the road
that followed the wall that smashed
the automobile that Higgins drove.
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by the Chicago Post that there will
also be none of the Nebraska dialect
in them.
The Burlington Gazette believes
that most Of the doctors would be will
ing to operate on Representative Mil
Ter free of charge.
There is bill now in the Illinois
legislature to require all tubercular
cattle killed and to refund the owner
with three fourths the amount suffer
ed in the loss.
1t is possible says the Davenport
Democrat, that the United States
will have another President born in
a one-room, floorless log cabin; but
the chances are against it,
Dr. Harvey w. Wiley, the govern.
ment's famous food expert, compli-
mentc. the other day the purity Of
the nations food products.
Pure foods are now the rule he
said. They seemed in the past to be
almost the exception. You remember
the dialogue of the Goldfish and the
whale?
"a cod, encountering whale in the
Bay of Biscay, sneered
Since they have found substitutes
for whalebone, blubber and spermaceti,
1t really seems, my friend, that there
is no longer any good reason for your
existence
'The whale sighed
True, true, said he. I'm good
for nothing now except to furnish the
pure cod liver oil of commerce
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-02-20
conductor eeorae Houah.

Burlington Hawk-Eye: The death OF
George Hough at Keokuk Wednesday
night removes one of the oldest rail
road conductors. both in age and time
of service, in this part OF the coun-
try. He was the Oldest conductor in
the employ of the Wabash system,
having begun service for that com
pany fifty-two years ago. He was
widely known in railroad circles and
among the travelling public, with the
latter of whom he was very popu
lar. His many acquaintances will Sc
verely mourn his death as a persona
loss.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-02-20

The state chemist is to experiment
with guinea pigs in order to find out
the kind of poison causing the death
of a resident of Council Bluffs. 1t is
supposed that canned tomatoes
caused the death. There doesn't
seem to be anything the matter with
the suggestion of the Davenport Dem
ocrat that it might be a good plan oc
casionally to try a can of tomatoes
on the guinea pigs first.