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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-04-12
MILLIONS LOST
ON TARIFF BILL
Continued from page ~

upon the recommendation of the house
investigating committee, was consid-
erably reduced.
The most important changes made
In the wool schedule was the reduc-
ton of cents on the duties on shoddy
and top waste, and change from an ad
valorem to specific duty on tops,
the general effect being slight re-
duction. A concession to those who
urged that works of art be placed on
the free list was made by permitting
the free entry of objects of art at least
twenty years old.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-04-12
AGENTS WANTED.

81 10000 FOR stoneman made
s1,2oO.o0 monthly: Korstad $4,000 90.
New business. Hundreds getting rich.
Experience unnecessary. Credit.
Strange invention. Gives every home
bathroom for $500. Cleanses almost
automatically. Startling inducements
free. Allen Mfg. Co.. 20l9 Adams,
Toledo, Ohio. lost
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-04-12
The ged-Rock Of Success

lies in a keen, clear brain. backed by
indomitable will and resistless energy.
Such power comes from the splendid
health that DR.. Kings New Life Pills
irlpart. They vitalize every organ
build up brain ane body. j. H.
Harmon, Lizemore, w. Va, writes:
"They are the best pills ever used. >
25c at Wilkinson c Co, and j. F.
Kiedaisch & Son.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-04-12
MRS. JACOB ACME
PASSED AWAY
Esteemed Resident Died This After
noon at Family Resident,
62S EXCHANGE street.

Mrs. Jacob Agne, an esteemed and
highly respected resident Of Meokuk,
passed away this afternoon at S:15
o'clock, at the family residence. 622
Exchange street. She had been failing
for some time and her death was cx-
pected at any time during the past
twenty-four hours. She had wide
circle of friends in the city and leaves
number of children who have me
sympathy of many in their late be
reavement.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-04-12
Want Traffic Data.

That the work is going to be done,
there is no doubt. And, moreover, it
is to be done soon. even sooner than
wa and other cities along the rivers
of the state he'd thought. Recently a
letter was received by the Commercial
association at Des Moines from Major
Richie and copy CT the same was
sent by the Des McSneS association
to the Ottumwa Commercial club. In
this letter the government engineer
asked that data as to tonnage of all
kinds shipped into and out of the
cities along the rivers, be furnished
as soon as possible. Also that passen-
ger traffic and in fact all manners of
traffic that might make use of the
! canal if such were in existence. This
data is being complied by the secre-
tary, G. d. Doud, of the Ottumwa
| Commercial club, and the various
/ commercial associations ir the cities
to be affected by the canalization of
| the streams.
Work is soon to begin on the Iowa
/ and Cedar rivers and they will re-
/ ceiye attention before the Des Moines.
4 That the work is to be done ON all of
the principal rivers of the state, there
4 is little doubt as tic state recently
/ passed law through both houses of
| the state. legislature known as "A
Bill for an Act to Create tho Iowa
State Drainage, Waterways and Con
| servation Commission and Defining
the Powers and Duties of Same" The
bill calls for commission of seven
men to be appointed by the governor
whose duties, among other things
will be to investigate the question o.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-04-12
JURORS FOR THE
MAY COURT TERM
Names Were Drawn Today For the
Coming Term of the Dis
trict Court.

This afternoon Clerk Lotion, Audi
tor South and Recorder Chambers
drew the jury for the May term of the
district court. They are summoned
10 appear on Thursday May 6, at
a M, and are as follows:
Geo. Weber, ir.. Donnellson.
Ed. Bannon Charleston.
James Farrell, Charleston.
j. b. Kerrick. Keokuk, R. F. D.
Chas. Petty Montrose.
NJ. l.. Woolley., Montrose.
Chas. Fruehling, Montrose.
G. P. Sherrick. Croton.
Harvey Richards, Jackson outside
Thos. Petty, keokuk, R. f. d., No :
Thos. TAYLOR, Keokuk R. F. D., NO
r H. Schiotter, keokuk R. F. D., No
1.
w. F. Gamble, First ward
Chester A. Mcclure, First ward.
T. Inman, Second ward.
III. e. Dunlavey, Second ward,
Geo. r. Parsons. Second ward.
Ira De Yong, Second ward.
Geo. Trafter, Second ward.
Frank Baldwin, Second ward
James Tumelty, Second ward.
NJ. H. Stebinger. Third ward.
John Kennedy Third ward.
Joe Garrety, Fourth ward.
David Rea, Fourth ward.
Michael Griffen, Fourth ward.
Andrew Larson, Fourth ward,
w. S. Hayden, Fourth ward.
w. l.. Green, Fifth ward
John Sundeen, Fifth ward.
j. M. Anderson, Fifth ward.
VIM. Paardekooper, Sixtl ward.
Mike Bestendorf Sixth ward.
Abraham Yeser, Sixth ward
Henry Sshwarz, Sixth ward
II. G. Wildman, Sixth ward,
Thos. South, Sixth ward.
J. A. milestone, Sixth ward
Dan Scheevers. Sixth ward.
Frank Kerr, Montrose.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-04-12
81 Mason. formerly a first basemal

-si Mason. formerly a first baseman
OF the Keokuk team playink with the
local club two years ago, ate dinner at
the Grand today, stopping over here
on his way to Kansas where ne has
signed out with base ball aggrega-
ton. Mason is familiarly known to
a number CT fans as Home run Ma
son.
Mr.. F. C. F'ritts. oneonta, N. ".
writes: MY little girl was greatly
benefited by taking Foley's orino
Laxative. and think it is the best
remedy for constipation and liver troll
bic" Foley's Orino Laxative is hcst
for women and children, as if . m''d
pleasant and effective, an, . : 5plen,
did spring medicine ~ i clean@ss
the system and aean, me ceSsplex
ion. Wilkinson & Co.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-04-12
A Gard for sterne.

The following statement was issued
this afternoon by Louis Sterne:
To the Editor of The Gate City:
In my statement of contest no spec
ific or general allegation of fraud is
made as against anyone. | merely
allege that certain Irregularities took
place in the voting booths in certain
wards on election day But do not
expect to be benefited by proof of
such allegation unless such proof
shall establish the fact that had it
not been for such irregularities the
result would have been different. We
have good and sufficient reasons for
believing that a recount of the votes
cast at the last city election will show
that | received the majority of said
votes and all the republican part" of
TINS city desires. as far as | am in
formed, and all I desire, is that there
shall be q recount of the said votes,
and | am willing that the said count
shall be made by three disinterested
and impartial men careful read
ing Of the statement filed by me will
show that Mr. Off is mistaken in the
article he published in last Saturday
nights paper as to allegation of fraud
LOUIS STERNE.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-04-12
CONCERNING Jesus.

The worlds greatest thinkers near
ly all disagree with the church. You
should know their beliefs. Three brief
essays-one on Jesus, one on the ORR
gin of the Gospels, and one on Chris
tianity-will give you tie net results
of modern scholarships and inspira-
ton. Price 12c. Send dime and stamp
To The School OF Truth. LAFAYETTE. Ind.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-04-12
TCDAY'S MARKETS.

Wm Timbernan has quit claimed
10 Anna Ramsey, lot u and the east
half of lot / / in block 81 of Reds addi-
ton. The consideration is not stated
in the deed filed today.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-04-12

Misses Grace Stricken and Meta
Hummer will be hostesses at a high
school senior class party to be given
at the home OIL the former at her resi-
dence, corner Fifth and High streets
tomorrow evening.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-04-12
WANT COLUMN
WANTED.

WANTED--Ladies to learn hairdress.
ing, manicuring, facial massage.
chiropody or electrolysis tremoving
superfiuous hair). Few weeks COM
pletes. Great demand for graduates.
Hundreds now in business. Tools
given, diplomas granted Catalogue
mated free. Moler College. st. Louis.
Mo. tt
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-04-12

FOR SALE Circular price list OF
eggs or fowls, 40 motings all the
leading varities chickens (2D, DUCKS
80, geese (2) turkeys ca. pheasants
CO., pigeons (2o), kinds. Write your
wants. DR.. Pauly's Pheosantry, kaho-
ka, Mo. 1t
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-04-12
FOR SALE.

FOR sALE-Desireabl residence,
north side, on Eighth street, COM
modious brick house, with all modern
conveniences, good barn. one and
one-half lots, beautiful surroundings,
ship-shape condition. exclusive neigh
borhood VIII be sold at low price.
See ]. C. Paradice Reality Co. 2t
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-04-12

Augusta W. Kilbourne has
decided to Frank Wahlgren lot 8 in
block 40 of lilborne's addition. There
is no consideration stated in the deed
filed today.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-04-12
PERSONALS.

L. f. Williams is home from a
trip to several days in Iowa.
Mr.. and Mrs. Roscoe Lowe left yes
terday for Peoria, Kan, where they
will visit Mr.. loves father. Rev w.
Lowe
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-04-12

Miss Helene Noelke will be hostess
at a party given at her home, No.
907 Concert street this evening, the
members of the S. S. S. club and
their gentlemen friends to be the
guests of the evening.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-04-12
$Sl';||'}||'l9EgZ!

The Wednesday Afternoon Reading
Club will meet this week with Mrs.
James B. Diver at her residence, Port
Sunshine
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-04-12
ANOTHER CHAPTER
OF The STORY
A Little More of the Tale Which APP
pears This Evening on Page
z About the Election
Contest.
A CARD FROM sTERNE
Charles Off Tells Gate City Man
That He Has Never Objected
to Recount of the
Ballots.

In a conversation this afternoon
with Mr.. Off, he told Gate City rep
resentative that he had never object
ed to recount of the ballots and did
not now object to one, believing that
a recount would be favorable to him
He also stated that he would resign
this evening as alderman from the
fourth ward, thus intimating that he
expected to be seated as mayor in
spite of being without a certificate.
He said that he saw the certificate
made out and has two witnesses who
saw it made out by Mayor Strimback,
who refused to give it to him after
being asked in kindly way for it.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-04-12
THE IMPROVEMENT
ON The RIVER
ottunnwa is Hoping That the Des
Moines May Again Have Big
Steamboats, Running
Along Its Shores.
MAKING INVESTIGATION
Major Richie is Gathering Together
the Necessary Data and Sur
veys of the Little Old
Stream.
MAKING INVESTIGATION

The Improvement of the Des Moines
river, with the objec- in view of again
making 1t navigable, is topic which
is creating intense interest in the
cities along the river and the project
Is being seriously considered by the
government which is at work on the
plan. The following from the Ottum-
wa Courier, in this regard. will be of
interest to the people of this vicinity
who may yet live to see steamboats,
leave the Keokuk wharf bound for
Des Moines and up river points in the
state:
That Ottumwa may yet see steam
boats plying on the bosom of the
placid Des Moines and hear the weird
sound of the boat whistles blast as
1t shrieks it's salute upon entering or
departing from the mooring on the
water front to be, may come TO PASS
before a great while if the plans of
Major E. S. Richie, engineer in the
government service at the Rock Island
arsenal bear fruit.
E. H. Thomas, in chargo of the
south side station of the post office,
has received several communications
recently from Major Richie bearing
on the river survey and these com.
munications tell of what the govern
ment intends to do with some of the
river in Iowa. The Des Moines river
will not be sighted in the distribu
ton { t the improvements that are tc
be made by the government as will be
/ seen from the letters of Major Richie
! who has asked Mr.. Thomas u furnisI
| him with certain data regarding Iowa
i streams, matters relc ting tt the for
nation of river bed, volume of water
| at different stages. distractions an(
/ general information necessary to the
! engineers in estimating the cost o
| erection of canal walls. locks, etc.
! has been asked of Mr.. Thomas by the
| government engineer at Rock Island
! Mr. Thomas long experience as nav
/ igator and pilot on the Mississippi
and streams of Iowa in Gays gone by
make him perhaps the best fitted MAJ
to supply the desired information il
! preparing plans for canalization of tn,
i Des MONIES, Cedar and Iowa rivers.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-04-12

WANTED To buy mans good sec
ond hand bicycle. Address ~"
care this office. 1t
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-04-12

WANTED-Bo capable of taking
care of furnace dong yard work.
etc. D. B. Hamill, 6O3 Morgan st. 1t.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-04-12
What Law Saws.

The code of Iowa clearly shows
whether or not Mayor Strimback has
right to hang onto that certificate
for section 1919 reads:
If notice of contrasting the cleo
ton of an officer is filed before the
certificate of election Is delivered to
him, it shall be withheld until the de-
termination of the contest
And Mayor Strimback is withhold
ing it as the law requires him to do.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-04-12

WANTED-Stoves to store for the
summer. j. Dumenil, 81 Main. 1T
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-04-12

The ladies of st. Francis de Sales
church and their friends are being
pleasantly entertained this afternoon
at the home of Mrs. I. F. McManus
at her residence 1901 Morgan street.
Mrs. Frank w. Brown entertained
the company with a number of nor
readings this afternoon and this even
ing pleasing musical program will
be rendered.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-04-12

Easter week dances commencing to-
night and which will be very ENJOYABLE
affairs for those who attend them,
private and fraternal hops are the
following. Mrs. Corses' Easter ball
this evening at Hawkes. hall. the Roy
al Neighbor and Woodman dance at
Woodman hall, and a dance Will be
given bv the Warsaw band which will
be attended by number of keokuk
young people. Tomorrow private
dance will be given in Hawkes. hall
by Roy Wolf and Walter Bode. We'd
nesday evening, the Journeymen
! tailors of the city will give dance, on
Thursday evening a private dance VIII
be given by the members CT the heo-
1 kulx club. on Friday evening private
dance will be given by the knights oil
i Columbus in their hall and on Satur-
dav evening a private dance VIII be
I given in Hawkes. hall by Archer MIL
Ter and Ray McGrath. RABIES orches-
/ ira will furnish music for dance at
4 powellton this evening. Next Mon
dav dance will be given in Nauvoo
by number of young men OF that
place. The Ladies of the Unity Circle
Of the Unitarian society will give a
dance some time during the first part
ON May. -
Local orchestras will be busy with
engagements from now on with the
closing of the Lenton seasn NOT
many weeks will elapse before moon
light excursions and dances will be the
events in order.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-04-12

~ SdFSaparlITd Tree TTOEW HECU1Iv1
Is alcohol tonic? No! Does make the blood pure NO. DOCS
strengthen the nerves? No! Is Ayers Sarsaparia tone
He Does make the blood pure? Yes Does s, sa more
about this family medicine. Follow his advice isEsL ...
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-04-12
MISCELLANEOUS.

We will call for all kinds of junk
and second hand goods. Holland &c
Bower, $40 Main. Both plones.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-04-12

Real The Daily Gate City, 10
cents per week.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-04-12

LOST Silver tobacco box. Reward for
return to this office. 1t
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-04-12
LOST.

LOST-s1o bill Saturday afternoon.
Liberal reward for return to this
Office.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-04-12

The Keokuk Chapter d. A. R. met
Saturday with Mrs. j. A. NJ. Collins,
in an exceptionally good meeting. DR..
Hoyt read a paper on "The Bureau
of Chemistry" And Miss Elma John.
son sang charming song of the
springtime. She was encored heartily
Mrs. H. Boyden Blood gave digest of
the duties of the forestry service, and
then read to the chapter, mastery
article on forestry by Prof. F. p
Elliott, recognized expert on this
subject He had consented TO reat
this paper to the chapter himself, bu
being absent from Keokuk, he wa.
kind enough to send it to the Daugn
ters.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1909-11-08
WHY APPLE GROWING IS
PROFITABLE

ested in the supply of food, fruit and
material for the manufacturing in
dustries of every other district; not
only because these are interchange
able through the process of trade, but
for the reason that a knowledge of
the total supply is necessary to the
intelligent treatment of the problem
of each districts share of the sup
ply. Thus the value of the lessons in
comparisons can not be overesti-
mated.
The various methods of selection
and pack can be balanced at the ap-
pie show as at no other exposition.
Whether complacently secure in the
belief that his exhibit does not suffer
from comparison or is suddenly upset
in a cherished notion of cultivation
or pack, the grower is there to study
the methods of others. While this
feature, in a measure, is attendant
at the great state fairs, it is most pc
culiarly patent in the apple show.
There is a very good reason: 1t is
not possible at an exposition of the
products of any state to show why a
certain fruit or other agricultural
product of that district is better
than its neighbor by the process of
multiplication of exhibits. There is
not the space, there are not the ex-
| hibitors in sufficient numbers and
there is not the centralized motive.
No more convincing argument in
| behalf of the excellence of the pro-
ducts of apple orchards in the north
west has yet been presented than
that put forth by the handlers of
fruit in the United States and Eur
ope during and since the first apple
| show They were Quick to see the
| possibilities of high grade apples in
eastern and foreign markets and they
snapped up every offering of fruit al
! top prices 1t is not out of place to
say there was a ready market fol
5000 cars of northwestern apples
over the output of the orchards this
season. The crop is short in the
northwest this season, but the grow.
ers will receive more money for their
apples than ever before in the history
of the industry. The total crop in
the United States this year is not
more than 27,O0O,0OO barrels, OF
which about 10 per cent is for for.
eign trade, as against 100000 bar.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1909-11-08
MODERN CONDITIONS OF INDUS.
TRY IN WEST HAS PLACED
THIS SECTION IN ADVANCE OF
FAR EAST.

Modern conditions and the increas-
ing demands for clean fruit of color,
size and flavor have made apple
growing a highly profitable industry
In the northwest, and there are
many, including the foremost pomol-
ogists, who believe that the day is
not far distant when the products of
the commercial orchards in Wash
ington, Oregon, Idaho and Montana
will exceed in value the total yields
of the bonanza grain fields in these
commonwealth. Indeed, the fruit
areas are being extended SO rapidly
that computation of the probable
crop in 1915 is bewildering because
of it's enormity; but there is room for
an army of growers, opportunities to
make hundreds of thousands Of dol
lars, to establish pleasant homes, to
develop horticulture and to have
part in the growth and progress of
the country.
Probably it is in this that the Ma
tional Apple show, now an annual in
stitution in Spokane, is of the great
est educational value to the grower
and the prospective orchardist. The
primary purpose of the exposition,
taking place November Is to 20, is
an educational one, even though that
object be lost sight of for the mo-
ment by the dazzled spectator at the
monstrous piles of apples; but it is
hazarding no guess to say that the
grower has that primary purpose
steadily in his mind as he compares
and contrasts his fruit with the
neighboring exhibits.
Lessons peculiarly of interest to
the growers in the northwest are
taught in the showing of the POSSIBLE
titles of intensive cultivation, and
this may be shared by orchardists in
all parts of the continent and the
world, for the reason that the Spo-
kane exposition is neither insular nor
sectional. People of every state, ter
ritory and province of America, and
every country in the world are inter-
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1909-11-08
Holding Railway Banks With Grass.

Holding Railway Banks With Grass.
Railroads have been experimenting
for long period of years to ind the
grasses that will grow successfully
and hold the soil on their steep earth
embankm The Iowa agricultural
experiment station has been making
some tests and has found that where
q road runs east and west the north
side of the Gil needs to be planted with
q type of plant different from that on
the south side. The dryness Of tho
south bank makes a growth Of clover
almost impossible. The western wheat
grass has been grown more success
fully on the southern slope because it
is adapted to dry conditions. It Is
abundant on the plains east Of the
Rocky mountains and in evidence
along railways where it has been in
troduced on account of its blush color.
The Hungarian bronze grass is adapt
ed to the north slope and will grow
In patches on the south side of the I'LL.