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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-01-17
Middles West Friendly.

The attitude of the entire Middle.
west toward the project is one of mark
ed friendliness. Incidentally. the dam.
greatly improves navigation and helps
the steamboat interests OF the Miss.
,issippi river. The railroads appreci-
ate the greatly increased traffic to re-
suit from the development of the sec
ond greatest water power in the ma
ton. The mercantile interests forsee
the greatly increased trade to come
from this manufacturing enterprise.
The agricultural masses have learned
that nearer markets of factory popula-
ton are their greatest benefit.
Official statistics show that the por-
lions of Illinois and Missouri abut.
ting upon the site of the dam are the
most productive of farm crops of the
respective states; Iowa is nearly con
slant everywhere in its agricultural
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-01-17
More Than 20
Ingredients give to Hoods Sar.
saparilia its great curative power :

power to cure many and varied com.
plants, including diseases of the blood,
ailments of the stomach, troubles Of
the kidneys and liver.
Many OF the ingredients are just what
the profession prescribe in the ailments
named, but the combination and pro-
portions are peculiar to this medicine and
give it curative power peculiar to itself.
Therefore, there can be no substitute
for Hoods. Get it in the usual LIQUID
form, or in tablets called Sarsatabs.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-01-17
New Route to Liverpool

One OF the most important matters
for consideration is the new railroad
now being built by the government,
direct from this district to Fort Church
i'll on Hudson Bay.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-01-17
As to the Rock.

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The company will need thousands
OF cubic feet of rock when the real
construction begins. Thus far the
work has only been excavating and
constructive work on the shore.
Where this rock will be obtained is
not definitely known, but there is such
an abundance of good stone along the
river that the problem has not yet
been given much thought. 1t is like
ly that much will be obtained on the
O'Hara property purchased by the
company. although a close examina.
ton of the rock deposit here has not
yet been made' Experts seem well
pleased with surface indications, but
what is underneath is not known.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-01-17
About River Front.

The Mississippi river dam will
doubtlessly work a wonderful transfer
nation in Keokuk's present water
front, and it has been suggested that
when the dam is built it would be
q good time to beautify this portion of
the city With the long stretch of
water above the dam it will neces.
sarily follow that motor boats and
small pleasure boats SO numerous in
keokuk, and which will increase in
numbers, will have their future homes
well above the lock gates. This will in
large measure clear the levee front
OF the many boat houses and proper
steps can be taken to beautify it to
such an extent that the city will be
attractive to strangers passing up and
down the Mississippi.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-01-17
Assume Magnitude Gradually.

Gradually the work will assume a
magnitude destined to push the enter
prise through within thirty months
The real rush will be on in few
weeks and by the middle of February
the actual construction work on the
big dam will be under way.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-01-17

sters Keokuk people can view a sight
almost. beyond their comprehension.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-01-17
Twenty-Five Arrived This Afternoon,
Twenty-Five viii Come
Thursday and Same Num-
Der Monday.
D. H. SAGE VERY ACTIVE
Alexandria Man Constructing Bunk
Houses to Take Care Of Men,
and Also Has Big
Store.

Work on the Mississippi river dam
will go forward within the next ten
days when 1t will receive great
impetus from three consignments Of
laborers .eminating from st. Louis. The
first consignment of these foreigners
arrived this afternoon, the second is
expected to arrive on Thursday, while
the third will set foot on the Illinois
shore next Monday. About fifty men
are now at work and the three detach-
nlents will boost the number to one
hundred and twenty Ave. There are
now three teams working ON the
scene and before three days have slip
ped by fifteen more teams will be
added
With this increased force of men
and teams work should go on at a
merry clip and big crimp put in the
Father of Waters before many weeks
have slipped by. The influx of these
laborers will be steady each week
from now on and the employment
bureau of the Water Power company
will be busy for some time yet, at
least until there are between ones and
two thousand men ON the scene.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-01-17
How We Help You Earn
Up to $1,000 a Month
10 you Wanf to this amount in addition 70
your regular income? 0ben consider cnrefu11y
fbls remarkable proposition.

Our advertising brings US, every
month, letters from men of wealth and
influence in every community, who are
interested in real estate investments.
These deals involve too large
amounts to be handled by mail. 1t re-
quires the personal aid of our repre-
sentatives. So we have built Up an
immense organization Of men to assist
us in closing these transactions after
we secure the prospective customers.
We want just one representative in
your county.
you are the right man we will ex-
PLAIN an arrangement by which you
can earn as high as 81 900 every month
without interfering with your present
business.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-01-17
Write Us a Letter

Our space here is too limited to 90
into the full details of our plan. But
if you will write us at once. telling us
whether or not you have had any ex-
periencc in such work as this, we will
explain every detail OF our new plan,
You do not have TO be experienced,
however, because our plan provides
for furnishing you with complete in
struction.
Remember that hundreds of other
men are reading this advertisement
also. Many of them will write to us.
But we will see that you are given
every opportunity to convince us YOU
are the man to handle our proposition
in your county.
We will send you supply Of our at
tractive booklet, III Gail to tie
Vest. " arrange for advertising over
your own name, which we will pay for.
refer customers to your Office that
write in answer to our magazine adj
vertisements, and back you up in every
way with our splendid organization.
We will do everything we can to
help you make this tremendous sue
cess. But we ask that you write to us
at once. Grasp this opportunity while
it is yet open. For we must appoint
our agent within the next few days and
it will mean thousands of dollars to the
man who securesitfor himself. Address
Courtney, Iowa, for
1000, 90, Reinbeck, low,
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-01-17
Enthusiasm Along River.

Captain a. C. Decker returned home
Sunday from trip to Duluth, Mime
apolis and st. Paul and says that
rivermen in those cities are highly
enthused over the waite power pro-
ject now under. way. ,,ese three
cities, together with Lacrosse and We.
mona. are always unusually Interested
In anything transpiring ON the great
Father OF Waters, and they are follow
ing the work on the dam with much
pleasure.
Keokuk continues to be advertised
IN the heart of II is present boom
This morning the Go e-Democrat of
st Louis contained column arc'cie
together with the large cnt used by
The Gate City in its ext edition.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-01-17
Interesting Story.

The Hamilton Press water power
edition of last Friday was an excellent
one, containing a picture of the dam
and portraits of Messrs. Logan, john
stone, Irwin. Dadant, Wallace, Birge,
Marsh and Irwin. Among the several
columns of reading matter pertaining
to the dam, appeared the following
which will be of interest:
As an accomplishment in engineer
ing, the developing of this water power
will be the greatest of the kind except
the combined works at Niagara, the
dam itself will be the greatest in the
world-except the system built by tho
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-01-17

British in the Nile. But no new prob.
iems are encountered here, ordinary
engineering factors being merely in
creased in size without radical change.
AS commercial proposition, this
PROJECT has to do with very cheap
power in the midst of the great corn
belt, with population in 1900, of
242,l61 within forty miles; popula-
ton of 1,46S.496 within hundred
miles, and population of 3,S17. 046
within one hundred and fifty miles.
Ihere is no competition except steam
power within the sphere of activity of
this proposed dam, and there can be
none of any practical consequence nor
size worthy of consideration. For
bringing In raw material and shipping
out manufactured products there is
the constantly controlling river and
several railroads north and south;
and east and west: the Burlington, the
Wabash and the Rock Island systems
are in actual contact with the site of
the dam, with the Toledo, Peoria and
Western railway also touching it, and
the Santa Fe system only twenty
miles away. Long distance. transmits
sion of the power is not necessary,
but within the distance of transmits
sion now known to be economical are
cities of Saint Louis, $50 miles dis
tant and Chicago, 225 miles away
Within a forty mile radius are twenty
cities Of 112,122 popu. alton, the largest
of which are Quincy, Illinois, with
3G,252 population, Burlington, Iowa,
with 24,245,, and Keokuk, Iowa,
with 1862 inhabitants, according to
the census Of 1900.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-01-17
Water STAGE.

| Is N0sSi StoSSs
The gorge in which the Des Moines
rapids run is of limestone and ia
miles long with an average width OF
three-fourths of mile and narrow
shore margins between the bluffs.
The rock floor of the rapids is so
uniform that the full width Is covered
at low water. The declivity is 22.7
feet as maximum, 1871 feet as a
minimum ih extreme food with an
average 20.7 Feet. The extreme nor
NAL range for twenty years at Keo.
kuk has been 20.7 feet, corr. spending
to 1876 feet at the head of thu, rapids !:
but with food of about 0.0oO sec
ond-feet, this range reduces to ..bout
Is feet at Keokuk and Sc feet at the
head of the rapids. The rangS at
the head of the rapids is about two
thirds that at Burlington, forty miles
above. The effect of the rapids prac-
tically disappes.s at Fort Madison, ten
miles above.
The depth of the river IN the rap
ids is from two to four feet at low
water, running over nearly horizontal
lodges of limestone of good quality
making the best possible foundation
for dam and requiring the minimum
of expense for Golfer dams.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-01-17

richness-and the site of the dam il
where these three states meet an
three being visible from the bluff
which overlooks the Des Moines
rapids.
Representing the views of their con-
stituents, the legislatures of the states
passed resolutions favoring the con.
struction of the dam. The Trans Mis-
sissippi Commercial Congress resolved
to give its support. The commission of
United States army engineers who
held a thorough investigation of the
effect of the dam upon navigation, af,
ter repeatedly calling for testimony
in opposition, remarked that with LONG,
and large experience this was the first
project with which they ever came in
contact to which there was no opposi.
ton.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-01-17
Commercial Side.

Upon the appearance of professional
promoters from outside, and With
sincere desire to keep the project
within the bounds of perfect CONNER
ciai candor, the Keokuk and Hamilton
Water Power company was organized
and incorporated to acquire all the
rights necessary, keep out mercenary
exploitation, make all necessary pre-.
liminary Investigations, furnish trust.
worthy data and information, and
bring the project to the attention of
men able as well as willing to under
take the construction of the dam and
its operation. The cost Of the pre-
liminary investigation has been paid
by this company and the cities of Keo.
kuk and Hamilton. The company has
all the powers and rights necessary to
satisfactory construction and opera
ton of the water power plant; and
it stands ready to turn over it's rights
to anybody who is able and DESTROYS
of carrying on the work of completion.
The Keokuk and Hamilton Water
Power company is not corporation
organized to make a profit, but one
purely patriotic to the Giles concern
ed, and its members represent their
home cities rather than any selfish
commercialism
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-01-17
Project Favored.

The Forty-eighth congress passed a
law giving full permission to con.
struct the dam. A lock is required
Tor river boats, and the effect of the
dam viii be to greatly improve navi-
cation on the river, and that, too,
where there has been hitherto the
greatest obstruction between st. Paul
and New Orleans. All river and rail-
road interests heartily favor the pro-
1ect and the bill referred to passed
both Houses UNANIMOUSLY under suspen-
sion of rules.
The Mississippi river at the point
selected has limestone bottom, and
the pool above the dam will be bound
ed by limestone bluffs close to the
banks of the river which for miles
flows in a deep gorge cut originally
by glaciers and later deepened,
through the ages, by the river itself.
The constructing engineer has only to
determine the height of the dam from
data in economics. and to build it on
the bed rock of the river bed accord.
ing to long recognized mathematical
principles. Limestone of the finest
quality is abundant at the site: the
river furnishes very cheap transporta.
ton for materials ano controls freieht
rates by rail
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-01-17
D. II. Sage Enterprisina.

Probably the first man to look to
the water power dam as a means Of
making money other than by. real
estate transactions is D. III. Sage, of
Alexandria, who is busily engaged at
the present time constructing bunk
houses and store to supply the
wants of the many laborers. Mr..
Sage expects to be able to accomo-
date quite a large number of men.
However, what MIR. Sage is doing is
entirely independent of the water
power company, which is in no way
interested except that the company is
always we'll pleased If the men are
taken care of and housed comfortably.
1t is not expected that the Alexandria
man will be without competition, for
when the additional gangs of laborers
arrive there will be much need for
bunk houses and supply stores.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-01-17
Craftsmen are Busy.


The company has quite force of
craftsmen at work, some on the
grounds at Hamilton while others are
in New York. The work now being
done by this department had to do
with designing equipment which will
cost in the neighborhood of 100000.
This equipment consists OF huge der
ricks, rock crushers, concrete mixers
and innumerable smaller machinery
which the company has to make anew
with every project OF this kind An
officer of the company explained this
morning that the immense derricks
used in work of this kind must be
built in accordance with the topo-
graphy of the ground and the condi-
tons presented. The equipment ner-
essary for a big project of this ma
ture furnishes an interesting phase
and when Monmouth work is be-
ing done by these mechanical mon
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-01-17

When completed. the grain loaded
into cars at Weyburn will reach Liver.
pool 1.-THE greatest wheat market in the
world) by route 700 miles shorter
than If shipped from Chicago.
And the railroad haul will be only
600 miles to Fort Churchill, as com
pared with nearly 1000 miles from
Chicago to the Atlantic coast. =
The Washington times., 1910-03-23
ASSURED
OF TARIFF PLAN
Canadian Tariff Situation
Hopeful, Knox Tells
Business Men.

\ delegation Of 100 merchants and
business men from the States along the
northeastern borders from the Great
Lakes TO the Atlantic called upon Secre-
Jerv Knox to protest against the imposi-
ton Of the maximum tarlf on Canadian
imports
Governor George a. Prouty Of Yer
mont and others expressed the objec-
lions or the delegation. II was pointed
out that the New England factories 20
a great extent received their raw mate
riaIs from Canada; that white pine
which Is no longer grown In the United
states, is imported almost entirely from
Canada. and that a trade Of S2oo,Oe0.oo
would be- lost to the United States If a
tariff war followed.
Secretary Knox assured the deIega-
yiUu that the negotiations were progress
ing satisfactorily and that there was
no immediate cause for the alarm eN-
pressed by the interests represented
AcceprinE a suggestion OF Secretary
Knox, the delegation decided not 20 cal
upon President Tart. as IL had intended
PrOspectS OF an arrangement between
Canada and the United States were
brighter today. The assurance wa:
given by the highest authority that
both sides are directing their energies
I'm the most friendly spirit toward ar
ranging an agreement and IL IS believed
that this viii be accomplished.
The Washington times., 1910-03-23
CAMBRIDGE OARSMEN
BEATEN BY OEF FORD
Dark Blues Cross Line
Three and Half Lengths
Ahead of Cantabs.

LONDON. March c3-Oxford roTed
true 20 form today and defeated Cam
bridge IN the sixty-seventh struggle be
tween them by three and a half lengths
The time was % minutes and i sec
onds, I minute and - seconds behind
the record.
The race was TOwed on the Thames,
from Putney 20 MortlaI-e, a distance OF
four and a half miles enJ after the first
mile there was never any discussion
as 80 the result oxford was a hot IA
vorte-
Cambridge won the toss and chose
the NIiddlesex side of the river, getting
what slight advantage there was from
the wind. The oxford boat had the
Surrey side.
Tie average weight OF the crews was,
oxford, 17tz4, Cambridge. I72&-
The start was made at lz.2L
Tie Oxford crew was a far stronger
crew physically than the Cambridge
men. The Cantabs looked as though
They had been overwOrked. Their stroke,
h j. =. Shields, was criticised for the
short. stabbinE thrust Of his oar. which
compared most unfaVOrdnly with the Of
fective swing of the rival stroke, Capt
r. G. Bourne.
Most spectators thought that Capt
/ r. G. Williams, who pulled No. ;. should
! have strOked the Cambridge boat.
The Washington times., 1910-03-23
WALSH RETURNING
IN BETTER HEALTH
Reports That He Is Coming
Home to Die Denied
by Friend.

Thomas F Walsh. millionaire miner,
is coming back 10 Washington, not to
die, but because he is better and be
lieves he has long lease on life, ac-
cording 10 a statement given out this
morning by Mr.. Walshs local business
agent T. y Wickersham.
The report that Mr.. Walsh was rush
ing back from san Antonio in a race
with death, hoping TO reach Washington
In time to wind UP his afairs. was
characterized ny Mr.. Wickersham as be
ing without foundation.
Dr. I. A. Barker, Of Johns Hopkins
Hospital. is on the Walsh special train,
which will reach the city at midnight.
II is said that Dr- Barker and DR..
George wainwright, OF New York.
chief Of the Walsh medical staff. urged
that Mr. Walsh return Immediately, as
it IS believed he is suffering with heart
disease.
Mr.. WickershRm this morning made
public a telegram which he received
Friday night from Mrs. Walsh, and
which. he claims, IS sufficient proof
that the report about Mr.. Walsh re-
turning TO die is unfounded.
The Washington times., 1910-03-23
TWO GUARDS SHOT
BY NEGRO PRISONER
Newcastle County Work
house, at Wilmington,
Scene of ARRAY.

WILMINGTON. Del, March 23.-Has-
tings and Mccullough, two guards at
the Newcastle county wOrkhOuse at
Greenban1, were shot by a negro pris-
Cncr about s o'clock this morning, and
both are perhaps fatally wounded. One
Of the men was shot in the abdomen.
Both are at the Delaware Hospital.
The officials at the wor,>hOuse refuse
to discuss the shooting. Warden Craw-
ford is in Wilmington, il was said, and
no statement would be made until he
returns. Particulars of the shooting
are not known by the local police.
It has been learned that negro
named Hunter did the shooting He
was held al a task that was imposed
upon hi1E and he snatched a rifle from
the hands Of Guard Mccullough. with
nich he did the shooting
Several months ago Guard Campbell
was shot and kiIed by a negro pris-
oner, who, in turn, was shot by Guard
Dorsey.
The Washington times., 1910-03-23
JACK JOHNSON HELD
FOR A LATER TRIAL
PugiliSt May Have TO An
swer Charge of Spirit
ing Witness Away.

NEW YORK, March 23.-Jack Johr son
was remaEded TO the custody Of the
sheriff to day In default Of S5.0o0 bail,
and will be subject TO call for trial
from any part of the country as soon as
Norman Pinder. complaining witness
against him In the pending assault
case is found
The hig negro "a SO faces the possibility
Of a charge Of spiriting the complainant
and other witnesses out of the jurisdic-
tion of the court. The grand jury WII
be requested . take Up this phase
Of the case Immediately and evil
dence 10 that effect obtained by the
process servers viii be placed in the
jury's hands.
Johnson and his attorney. James NJ
gent, pleaded exCitedly before Judge
Mulqueen. but failed 90 move him from
/, his decision not % dismiss the case. the
only added statement from the court
being that "this court cannot be trifed
with" and a refusal 10 allow Johnson
20 he parOled in the custody Of counsel
The pugilists smile was missing
and he hesitated for a moment when an
officer showed him 70 a seat inside the
! prisoners rail
The Washington times., 1910-03-23
PURCHASE OF LAND
PROVIDED BY BILL

Senator Bradley has introduced Il bIl
in the Senate providing for the pur-
chase Of a large tract of land on
Georgetown Heights for the use of the
jackson School.
A sum OF $1,000 is appropriated 10
carry the measure into effect. The
property which. 1t is proposed 10 ac-
quire contains $500 square feet and ijs
cost is not 10 exceed 20 cents a square
foot.
IL lies Immediately west Of the Jack
son School. and is needed as an eXten-
sion OF the school grounds. The bill
was referred 10 the Committee on the
District Of Columbia.
The Washington times., 1910-03-23
OPIUM SMUGGLERS
ARE RUN TO EARTH
Gigantic Plot Uncovered by
the Police by San Fran
cisco Arrest.

SAN FRANCISCO, Cal. March "a
gigautic opium smuggling gang, I'm
which customs officials along the MeXi-
can border and agents in a dozen MeNi-
can and American cities are alleged to
be implicated. has been uncovered
through the arrest Of l. Leguer. a
Young bartender, and win result imme-
diately in wholesale arrests and prose
cutiOns. according to local Federal
agents
lead fro mShanghai and PekiuC, China
TO the City of Mexico. and so on To a
number OF American cities, including
FI Paso. Tex. and Los Angeles and san
rancisco, Cal
tho secrets Os the smugglers and the
system whereby they bought the opium
and carried il into this country under
the cover Of night. have been found by
the Federal officers
The Washington times., 1910-03-23
BALTIMORE STORE
LOOTED BY THIEVES
Daring Robbery Takes Place
Within EarShot of PO-
lice Station.

BALTIMORE. Md, N5-ch 23-A rob
berry that has no equal FOR daring in the
arnals of police histor,- here occurred
earlytoday. With the lights from the cen
tral police station, which is situated to the
rear. streaming through the building,
the thieves entered the fur and hat es-
tabIishment Of Albert Sigmund & Son,
500 North Charles street, some time dur
ing the early morning hours, and stole
thousands of dollars worth Of goods.
Just now large the loss viii he it is
impossible for the members Of the firm
10 gav at this time. bat one of those at
the place stated that The loss will foot
up into the thousand column.
Their visit was frs reported 10 the
police about $50 O'Clock this morning
Il is thought the entrance 70 the builu-
ins was gained through the roof.