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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-10-13
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Mrs Manton of Perry, H., who has
been spending few days with her
daughters. Misses Della and Vivian,
returned home Monday morning
Mr.. and Mrs Griffin have returned
from Kansas City, where they have
been spending the summer with their
daughter.
Mrs. Will Booz is visiting friends
in Jacksonville, having gone there
Monday evening.
Alva Williams, who has been play
ing ball with the Buffalo team during
the past season, returned home Mon
day evening.
Mr.. E. A. Wilcox, who was at the
state fair last week, representing the
Leader Manufacturing company, had
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-10-13
Influence of That Smile.

The Keokuk Gate City says Ina.
Taft saw sun rise in his pajamas.
If Old Sol has stolen IaIl = me-
trousers, grand jury should INQUIRE
into the matter.--Fort Madison Demo
crat.
This shows what big stunts even
the sun is doing out west under the
influence of that Taft smile. Burling-
ton Hawk-Eye.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-10-13
CROPS AND RAINFALL

Visitors to the Omaha Corn
Show will remember the magnifi-
cent display of farm products from
Weston County, Wyoming. grown
on exactly the same kind of soil
that can now be taken in 800 acre
homesteads. The Mondell t,ct ap-
plies to lands that receive from Is
to q incaes of rainfall annually,
and you only need to see the crops
grown by the farmers already To-
Gated there TO be convinced. These
homesteads can be taken along the
Burlington's new lire now build
ing in Wyoming.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-10-13

rheumatism lnna-
ba go. pain in the
b a c k kinney
trouble " Q a K
nerves. nervous
proStration, stom-
ach and liver trou-
BILE, Insomnia. and
heart weakness.
Electropodes are
different from any
other electric de-
vice in that they
produce q current
only " h i / e in
actual use. They
are metal insoles
so placed in lie
neelS or the shoes
as to be unotice-
able to the wear
err.
To prove these
statements a r e
every bit true.
your druggist will
sign a contract
that if the Elec-
tropodes are not
perfectly S a t is :
factory to V o u
after 80 DAYS
trial, your money
will be refunded.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-10-13
C., 3. & Q. Railway CO.

C., 3. & q. Railway Co.
Trains leave from Union Depot.
Berths and tickets. Fifth and John.
son streets.
South Bound.
NO. s, st. Louis and south
leave ........ m....... .12.45 am
No. IL, st. Louis and Kan
ass City and west, south.
leave ........ ....s...... $40 am
40. 4, Quincy. Hannibal &
st. Louis, arrive lis p. a.,
leave ................ -. 1920 pm
mo. TO- Quincy and Hanni-
bal. arrive ......... 5000. $3.50 pm
NO. lO leave .............. $40 pm
North Bound.
No Z. Chicago, st. Paul and
points west, leave ....... 2:35am
No. ID, Chicago. st. Paul
and points west, arrive 49,. 1880 pm
NO. 10, leave ............ 1920 pm
eNo. g. Burlington, Chisago
and east, leave ....... 1:55pn
mo. l, burlington. leave -. 1885 am
mo. 81. Donnellson, c., B &
K. c.. & and North Road
leave ......... ........... $3.50 pm
mo so, from Donnellson, c.,
3. & 4. c., & ..orta Road
arrive .......... ........ IL: 30am
No l, K. 6 W.. west, leave 8: SIS am
No 4. from Centeryille AID,
points intermediate, arrive lis pm
mo. 2, from Centeryillc and
west, arrive 9.1Lpm
NO. .. Centeryille. leave :. $40 pm
Daily.
*Daily except Sunday.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-10-13
It Shows Him to be a Minister OF the
Gospel of spirituaIism With
the Power to do Most
Anything.
PAPER FOUND BY POLICE
His Certificate Framed and Slate and
Tablet Being Held at Head
quarters-Adviced From
Quincy.

Rev. ]. G.. Winters, the man who
claims to have been duped, robbed and
otherwise handled rather roughly in
the lower districts of the city last
Wednesday, is minister of the COS
pei of spiritualism, if his certificate
of ordination can be taken as an evil
dence of his true position in this
world.
He requested that his ordination
certificate be found for him and it
was not hard for the police to locate
It. 1t is of the Spiritual New Thought
Society of Utah, chartered under the
national spiritual association of the
United States and the District Of
Columbia and is an evidence that the
said J. G. Winters has acquired the
necessary education and development
and has been selected and ordained as
a minister of the gospel of spiritual
ism with authority to perform mar
riages, lecture, heal the sick. oficiate
at funerals and with lawful power to
do all acts that might devolve upon
him. The certificate is under the date
of November Is, 1908. With the GER
tificate was found slate and ink
tablet.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-10-13

sold at drug stores at sl.0t a pair. If
your druggist does not have Electropodes
Electropode Co., Suite 50, Holland Block,
ina, OHIO, and you will get a pair to-
gether with the firms contract binding
days are over or positively refund your
monc.- Say whether for lady or gem
tleman.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-10-13
Calling Forth Goodness.

Be good to the depth of you. and
you will discover that those who sur
round you will be good even to the
same depths. Maeterlinck
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-10-13

sTrain 473-Leaves Keokuk sos am
Train 74l-Lcaves Keokuk 2:55 pm
sTrain 472-Arrives Keokuk S:l5 pm
+Train 470-Arrives Keokuk 1905 pm
Local Freight Trains.
Train S6-Arrives Keolsuk 1878 am
sTrain SLEEVES Keokuk .I1:20am
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-10-13

sBatted for Lei1eld in the fifth.
Score by Innings.
Detroit 1850. 0 o S 0 0 o O Ks
Pittsburg -. 0 0 0 0 0 0 90
Two base hits Byrne. Bush Cobb
Hits-on Leifeld. in innings:
of Philippe. i in !. innings.
Sacrifice hist. Jones. Stanage.
Stolen bases Byrne, Leach.
Double play-Wasner and Abstein
Left on hases-Dstroit, 9; Pitts
burg. Z.
First base on balls-of Mullin. 2;
off Leiheld. /: off Philippe. /.
First base on errors-Detroit, 4;
Pittsburg, l.
Hit with pitched ball-By Leifeld,
. (Cobb, Delehantyl
Struck out-By Mullin. 10; by Phil
lippe, 1.
Time OF game-2:o0.
Umpires-Klem, Evans, O'Loughlin
and tombstone.
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No Rev. Winters in Quincy.

According to advices from Quincy
there is no Rev. Winters located in
that city, at least as far as is known
to the chief of police. In connection
with publishing the article contained
Monday in The Gate City the Wing
OF that place says:
A seedy looking individual who was
arrested last week at Keokuk while in
an intoxicated condition, being at that
time unable to give his name or where
he came from, telephoned Deputy
Marshal Jerry Harrington, from Quin-
cy, he said, that he was the man tax
Ell in there last Wednesday, while in
condition that indicated he had been
drugged. According to the Keokuk
papers the man, who said his name
was Rev Winters, and that he lived
in Quincy, asked the police there %
make a search and try to find his or
dination papers. Deputy Marshal
Harrington called up Chief Koch and
told him that the papers had been
found in Keokuk. Chief Koch told
the Keokuk officer the man who gave
the name of Winters, and said that
he was minister, was not known to
the police of this city, nor was there
anything to show that such man
had telephoned to the Keokuk police
from this city. The police in Keokuk
have found the ordination papers, all
right, but they have not located the
man to whom they belong, and are
still hunting for him.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-10-13
YOUR NEW FALL SUIT hsz]NARAlfI

No. 2. daily, leaves at ...... 4:5onm
No. 30, daily. except Sunday,
No. &c, daily except Sunday.
Freight, leaves at ....... S:1Oau
Arrive.
No. q, daily except Sunday.
NJ freight. arrives ..:...... 500 pm
No. 81. daily except Sunday.
arrives ;..... ............ $50 pm
NO. ., daily. arrives ........11:05 am
Nos. rs and II carry passengers.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-10-13
sion to Gillette, Wyo., Oct. 10,
to the 32O-Acre
Free
Government
Farms

Leave Chicago. 9:4E A. NJ; Kan
sas City, sos P. NJ; Omaha, 4:10
P. NJ; Lincoln, 6:15 P. NJ.
Low round trip rate for these
excursion tickets at any Bufling-
ton Station.
will personally conduct the
above Land Seekers Excursions
to assist prospective settlers in
finding good locations.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-10-13

T., q. q q. Railway Co.
Trains leave from Union Depot.
Berths and tickets, Fifth and John.
son streets.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-10-13

his foot run over by an automobile.
While he has been able to get around
all the time, yet his foot has been
very sore and stiff.
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THE DIVISION OF DISTRICTS.

TIE DINISION Or Dis NiCIS.
viii 2 TO equal Ssp % one t 3 fsn n capital
ssn n
District No includes tie civ Georgetown known that
D e and 0F of the Potomac sf avenue east the
District No include. al tai er HS bounded by the north side
extremity sS e d 6nE Rock street northwest
District No includes al Sa rio bounded by the north side
Side S S nd bank of FSgF S the south
territory bounded by the north
$ % @ and R5Sf e1ss snG Ss 6
District includes al fha 5at S by the west side
Speedway and washington Channel sue " street an" 'H
s9HP R sR
& Hd the east cf Fn2 f s sSb sf Of street
District No. includes al that 96 bounded by the north side
noFth%es and the east side 81 FouTtesnh
District No include. al that territory bounded by the north side
eentR Street the ~ ' OF spring road and the east side OF -Four
District No includes PsF E6 Mo bounded b, the north side
including EcknSs0n SUBURB anu ~
No includes that territory bounded by the north side
road northeast
ca 8 s 5R south side of East Capitol street
n,, -, - -, DISTRICT no
Heights and Good ope aSa rural e4r o ARso @So7s S
R: 30 S so5 sR s T @ Rs su sEs!
District No Il includes TsnRayto No s. Heights Friendship
Hsigh DeTwoSd and Chevy Chase Columbia and
above nam s Biscss and wody Park and
District No Is includes Ds yatsv no R u College p. Mount
BaoS S6d ali FuTai
DISTRICT NO. 1o
territory The above Ssms Blace s' Laurel
v Ri .i So me aS q nS siss. virginia and West
o. R tn: s sb: s%s 5:. Maryland and territory not men
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far the capital prizes concerned Each candidate
who secures the largest number Of EACH one
Of the different districts close OF the confess =
assured Of at least handsome reward
Receipt books and advertising matter will be SEM
candidates upon request
Candidates may be nominated and veta6 far ~ an,
time 10 the last DAY Of the race
All votes issued subscriptions reOS r1ntf4
end 81 me race and may be Poed withheld al the
discretion OF candidates subscribers - -
In sending money In payment OF subscriptions IA
The Washington Herald make forms OF
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Cash must accompany order votes are 10 he
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How to Enter The Herald Contest.

Send and address the Contest Manager of THE
WASHINGTON HERALD State that you desire compete and
representative of the Contest Department will call on YOU and m
plain the contest full Each is entitled to one nom-
nation good for 1000 votes Contestants nominate them
selves They do have be subscribers THE WASHINGTON
HERALD There obligations upon entering this contest and
costs nothing try Every energetic woman in
the District of Columbia the States of Maryland Virginia and
West Virginia should take hand this voting contest Send in
your phone 5000 and ask for the Contest Manager
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How the Grand Prizes viii Be
Distributed.

The city Of Washington and the surrounding territory have
been divided into eighteen districts as follows:
Eleven districts the city Washington and seven districts
outside.
The Grand Capital Prize $3.50 House and Lot will be
awarded the contestant who secures the largest number of
the entire contest. irrespective of districts
White Steamer Touring Car will be awarded the Sec
ond Grand Capital Prize the contestant receiving the second
greatest number OF votes the entire contest irrespective of
districts.
Victoria Electric will be awarded the Third Grand Can
a Prize the contestant receiving the third greatest number
votes in the entire contest irrespective of districts
Building Lot valued ST ooo will be awarded as the
Fourth Grand Capital Prize the contestant receiving the fourth
greatest number of the entire contest irrespective of
districts.
Two Trips to Europe with ali expenses paid will be awarded
the receiving the fifth greatest number of votes in
the entire contest, irrespective of districts.
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Each district represented separate distinct
ITSELF the number cast for candidates In
district bearing whatsoever the number
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How to Secure Special Votes.

Votes secured in this by paving subscriptions to
THE WASHINGTON HERALD advance Contestants are not re-
sricted getting subscriptions in their own district
But MAY SECURE SUBSCRIPTIONS IN ANY PART OF
THE UNITED STATES and if cash accompanies the order
special will be issued Contestants district are not
competing with in other districts except for the Cap
tai Prizes The division of districts on this page so
equaz competition that every an equal chance
to win the prize of his or her choice.
Beside the votes allowed prepaid subscriptions coupon
viii be published in The WASHINGTON HERALD every during
the first six weeks of the good for the number of votes
printed thereon These coupons be neatly trimmed around
the border properly filled and brought mailed Con-
Department of The WASHINGTON HERALD before the expira
ton date printed thereon Any may these coupons in
this contest regardless of subscriptions Each coupon printed will
be good for only seven days
BALLOTS CANNOT BE BOUGHT THEY CAN ONLY
BE OBTAINED BY SUBSCRIBING AND PREPARING A
SUBSCRIPTION TO THE WASHINGTON HERALD OR
BY CUTTING THEM FROM THE PAPER
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PRIZES FOR ALL.

There many liberal prizes offered by The
Washington Herald that nearly every one who enters
this viii be than rewarded for his her
efforts See that your nomination is IN to-day.
Then interest your friends Tell them that out
win. The Washington Herald has done its part-the
rest is for you and your friends
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How vorEs wILL BIZ IssuEp.

IN paying subscription
STATES accompanies
a
Of 100
Contest Department The Washington Herald
clipping the
DECLINING VOTE SCALE
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From May ; TO June u. 1909.
june Is 80 July 3. 1909.

votes subscriptions
Daily Herald,
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The Reasons We Purchased This Particular HOsss.
Because The purchased known reputation
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The Reasons Selected This Location.
s In the
II within 900 a
: Il o
than in other sections District
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DECLINING VOTE SCALE.
BY MAIL OR CARRIER.

raid. without sunday edition. per month
- less votes VIII issued scale
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1909-04-30
STATE TO PAY FOR CAMPAIGN
Deputy Game Warden Makes Startling
Statement IN Wisconsin Sena.
t0rfal Inquiry. !

Madison, Wis. April %. - Deputy
Game Warden r. l.. Immel made the
startling statement to the senatorial
investigating committee yesterday that
Deputy Frank Brown asked him for a
contribution for Gov. Davidson's cam.
paign fund, and in doing so informed
him that he need be nothing out Of
pocket. Put it in your voucher each
month until you get your money back.
witness alleged was the statement
made by Brown.
lmmel told the committee that he
replied to Brown that he had less mon
ey than Gov. Davidson, and that he
had no intention of subscribing.
Deputy Warden G. w. Dart repeated
some former testimony, and M. j.
C)eary and II. A. Klumb told Of spend
ing $3.50 for Stephenson in the Six
teenth ward of Milwaukee.
Henry Overlook said he got 5000
from Mr.. Edmonds for services and
disbursements during the several
weeks In which joint ballots were taxi
en- for United States senator.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1909-04-30
ACCIDENTAL HAPPENINGS.

One woman was fatally injured and
two men painfully hurt at Allentown,
Pa. when an automobile in which
they were riding ran into an embank'
m2nt.
Charles La Pointe, aged forty-fve
years, fell down stairs and broke his
neck at Calumet. Mich, dying shortly
afterward. He was a barber and
leaves a family.
Two men were killed and two
probably fatally injured when a
charge of dynamite exploded in the
at Lamont. III.
Fire at Philadelphia destroyed the
two-story brick structure owned by
the Pennsylvania Warehousing and
Safe Deposit company, entailing a
loss of %s150,O00.
Ten men were seriously injured
and a score badly hurt in a head-on
collision on the Chicago, Lake Shore
& South Bend interurban line two
miles west of Gary, Mo.
One fireman was killed, two fatally
injured and several others slightly
hurt when a wall collapsed in a fire
at the pottery plant of the Sherwood
Bros. company at New Brighton, Pa.
Seven men were injured, two proba-
bly, fatally, in an explosion at the
converting department of the plant
of the Carnegie Steel company at
Youngstown. Ohio. All are foreign.
ers.
Fire of incendiary origin destroyed
four large tobacco warehouses at
Mayfeld, Ky. The warehouses were
owned by independents. who have
been buying much loose tobacco. The
loss will reach about %, 900.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1909-04-30
NEWS OF WEEK SUMMARIZED
important Events at Home and op
Foreign Shores Briefly
Told.
PEOPLE TALKED ABOUT.

The president has nominated Rob-
ert S. Bean for United States distrlcs
Judge for Oregon.
Henry Hutchinson HOLSTER, a New
York banker, died suddenly at his
country home home at Islip. L. l.
Alvah Bugbee Wood, architect, died
at Ithaca, N. Y, aged fifty years. He
designed plans for Portland cement
works all over the country.
Theodore w. e. Delemos, promi-
nent as an architect in this country,
Germany and Mexico, died at his
home in New York from heart dis
ease.
Norborne N. Booth, perhaps the
oldest telegrapher in the United
States, died at Evansville, Ind. at
the age of eighty-six years. He start
ed as a telegrapher in 1S49.
Albertus H. Johnson, chief of the
correspondence division OF the post
Office department. has been ~deslgnat-
ed to represent the department at the
Observation-Disclosures exposition in Sc
attic.
President Taft will speak at Get
tysburg May 80, on the occasion or
the unwilling OF a monument to the
regular soldiers who participated in
the big battle. Secretary OF War
Dickinson will also make a speech at
that time.
TIE president has appointed Assist
ant Secretary of the Treasury Charles
P. Norton as representative of the
treasury department on the central
committee Of the National Red Cross.
Mr.. Norton has been elected a mem.
Ter CT the executive committee and
treasurer of the American National
Red Cross.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1909-04-30
SMUGGlfRS ARE BADLY SCARtD
Offer Collector of Port Loeb $780,.
600 to Drop the Investiga.
ton

New York, April 81. - The snug
Cling syndicate which first offered
Collector of the Port Loeb $1OO.O 900 to
drop the governments investigation
of the smuggling %"sleeper' trunks
containing $4,000 worth of Paris
gowns. yesterday increased it's offer
to 100000, according to Mr.. Loeb.
The amount now offered the gov.
eminent to drop the investigation and
probable prosecution is $500. OOO," said
Collector Loeb. THE amount repre-
sents what would be penalties Of fully
$200,000 above the appraised value Of
the goods. All offers have been re-
fused. We want the smugglers.'
Case Worries Bainbridse.
1t is believed hat worry over this
case so affected the mind of William
B. cambridge. confidential agent Of
the United States treasury depart
ment in charge of the customs bureau
in Paris, that he committed suicide.
The treasury department had fully
approved Mr.. Bainbridge's course in
this case, but he left a note declaring
that he was the victim of a plot.
Collector Loeb stated yesterday
that, in negotiations of the abandon
ment of the investigation started by
him, he had been approached by sew
eral reputable lawyers. but refused to
reveal their names, because he said
that they did not know the identity
of the smugglers and had been retain
ed by Intermediates.
Would Shield Women.
Collector Loeb's investigation 50
far shows that the struggled gowns
had been made in Paris by famous de-
signers for many women of exception
al prominence and wealth in New
York, Boston, Philadelphia and Wash
ington. and that the reason for Offer
ing such a large sum to suppress the
investigation was to shield these
women from the unpleasant publicity
threatened by the coming disclosures.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1909-04-30
CRIMES

Frank N. Johnson, prominent in St.
Louis wholesale business circles,
committed suicide by shooting. III
ness is believed to have been the
cause.
Theodore Rose and Dick Thomas
recently fought over a gambling game
near Mentor, Tenn. Rose was killed
and Thomas will die. Each man pre-.
viously had killed a man.
During an election to determine the
division of St. Landry parish, near
New Orleans, Valcour Arcoin and
Perrault Arcoin were seriously stab
bed, n Rene and Busy Lafleur. their
adversaries, badly wounded with a
shotgun at Mamou.
Frank Williams, aged fiftv-one
gears, a laborer of Kansas City, shot
and killed his wife, Addie, aged for.
ty-nine years. in their home in Rose
dale, a suburb. Williams then com.
mitted suicide. Domestic trouble
caused the tragedy.
Thieves stole a locomotive on the
New Haven railroad at Hopewell. \.
Y, and after running it ten miles
abandoned it when the steam gave
out. The stalled locomotive tied IN
trains until mere steam could be gcn.
GRATED. The thieves escaped.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1909-04-30
"SCOTTY" WANTS EASY LAND.
Hopes to Retrieve Vanished Death
VaIlev Fortune.

Gregory. S. D., April q. Waiter
Scott. otherwise known as Death
Valley Scotty' and "Scotty the Spend
er," arrived here so quietly yesterday
you could hear a pin drop. Even his
clothes are modest and unassuming.
This miner. who once threw money
recklessly TO the winds, is carefully
c%herishing in his inside pocket No.
$500 in the Trip county land draw
ing. There is just about as good a
chance that he will get a habitable
homestead as that Death Valley will
become a health resort. Scotty ad-
mits he is call in" financially, but
hopes to recruit fortune as a South
Dakota farmer.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1909-04-30
AVENGES VAIN WISH.
Shoots wife Who Would Not Return
With Him to Poland.

Milwaukee, April 23.-Afficted with
the white plague and refused money
by his wife to see his native Poland
before he succumbed, Stanislaus Le-
lental, a shoemaker, yesterday shot his
wife and then turned toe revolver on
himself with deadly effect at his home
In this city. Mrs. Lelental, who is
thirty-five years old, is lingering be-
tween life and death at the Emergency
hospital with a bullet hole through her
head,
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1909-04-30
WILL BUILD ROADS AT ONCE.
Grand Trunk Pacific Will Not Defer
Construction Of Branches,

Winnipeg, April 21.-Edsen J. Ham
berlain. general manager of the Grand
Trunk Pacific railroad, returned from
the West last night and stated that
construction will be commenced dur
ing the next few days on the branch
lines north and south from Melville,
Saskatchewan. This announcement
was unexpected, as it was not known
that the company would start work
on these lines for some time yet.