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The SALT RIVER DAM.

The dam in course of construction
by the government in the Salt River
valley in southern Arizona, when COM
pleted, will be one of the greatest in
the world. It's height above the rock
is 2S4 feet. the length at the bottom
235 feet, and the length at the top
1880 feet 1t ranges in thickness from
nearly IT'S feet at the bottom to SIX
teen feet at the top. An enormous
quantity of rock has. been used for
filing in behind the barrier. Nearly
100000 cubic yards of masonry has
been placed in position, most of the
wall resting on stones Weighing as
much as sixteen tons each. The near
est coal mines being 500 miles away,
the engineers had to figure on obtain
ing power for the great work under
way. The difficulty was surmounted
by building a canal twenty miles long
to carry the water of Salt river.
This canal delivered power equal to
the combined strength of 1920 horses,
and capable of supplying all the cleo
tricity they needed.
What the workers did with the aid
of the electric power may be told in
figures. The canal, which is distinct
from the reservoir, developes head
of water that actuates waterwheels
connected with electric generators
From the power station extends
transmission line. Under a head of
$50 feet hydraulic jets with nozzles
eleven inches in size, throwing water
with the force of five horse power
engine have been used to wash away
the loose formation and accumula-
ton of dirt above the bedrock upon
which the dam proper is being built.
Much of the gravel thus secured has
been utilized for construction mater
ial. To remove the gravel elevators
have been placed in service.
The dams used for diverting the
water to the power canal represent a
cost of $4,000. while the canal, Ia
Guiding its pressure pipe and auxil-
larry structures represents total OF
nearly 100000. A tunnel through
the walls of the canyon will carry of
surplus water and silt.
The engineers found limestone
formation from which cement could be
made and sand and gravel to complete
the concrete A plant was built cost
ing s225,00o, but the government
saved nearly half million dollars al
/ that on the concrete alone
The Roosevelt dam, when finished
will have cost. the government nine
and three quarter million dollars, bu'
| it will have turned barren waste
4 into towns and farms. The 1000
square miles to be reclaimed viii
make $4,000 farms, each large enough
4 to support at least five people, SO thai
this work means home land for full
/ " 125.00o Americans. From wha
irrigation has done on the desert eaci
acre, it is estimated, will yield thu
farmer yearly crops ranging from 81
to $50.
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COM
INVESTIGATE EXPRESS CON-
PANIES,

The demand for an inquiry into the
affairs of the express companies is
gathering force, and just as soon as
the main problem of railway regula-
ton is well in hand we may expect
that the government will set about
putting the expressmen in order The
express companies, it is generally I'M
derstood, have no good excuse for be-
ing. They do nothing that the rail-
roads could not do as well on their
own account at much less expense to
the public. No more reason can be
given why the roads should farm out
the business Of handling packages
than heavy freight. Eventually they
may be compelled 10 take over this
/ business, handle it al reasonable rates
and eliminate the immense profits
taken from the public and distributed
among the stockholders Of the ex-
i press companies, who are largely the
officers and directors OF the railway
companies who have let express con-
tracts to the injury Of their own
stockholders as well as the public.
An eastern periodical has collected
some interesting facts concerning the
express business which it puts up TO
congress. It says:
Every one within sound o. their
voices please join the merchants as
sociations of the country In making
clear the exact facts as 10 express
? rates. A concerted movement is IN
/ der way to turn UP information for
the use of the interstate commerce
; commission. Net earnings OF the
companies range from 43 TO I25 pei
: cent a year on liberal capitalizations
: and the service is made so costly az
L to be oppressive. Consider some fig
i ures: For a 100-pound package from
If New York to Yonkers the express
s. company charges the shipper 50 cents
+ OF this the railroad gets nearly 2.
q cents; the company gets a little more
= than IS cents. presumably for collect
n ing and delivering the package. From
s New York to Buffalo the charge (,
a. $1.25; the railroad gets 60 cents an,
O. the express company gets 65 cents 70
70 exactly tie same service it rendere-
% the shipper TO Yonkers. From Ne,
= York to San Francisco the rate I
:. $14.50, divided in this way: To iii
:. railroad, 1922; to the collecting an
N distributing company, $75S. One NOR
item of express finance: From l90
e. to- 1907, inclusive, the Adams EXPIRES
e. company paid dividends of 10 per ce-
ts per annum; and in June, 1907. an e,
= ira dividend of 200 per cent in bond
:. was paid. Wells, Fargo & Co. adde
!. in February. 1910, an extra dividen
a OF 200 rer cent to its annual 10 y,
IS cent Sheer envy OF such prosperi
Il should stimulate the inunirers into e
ID press company methods"
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Don't Become Sour.

At the beginning of the campaign T
it looked like Brookhart had little I
chance to defeat Kennedy for the con-
gressional nomination. Rapid changes
have taken place since that time
Waterloo Republican.
Important changes, too. The editor
of the Republican has lost the Wapel-
10 observation-disclosures Gate City.
Burlington Hawk-Eye: One or two
other instances of this character,
where men who have held offices
have retired in ill-humor because they
were not the recipients of further fav-
ors at the hands of the party that
has promoted their ambitions, are
reported in this district. This human
failing is not peculiar to the First
district by any means; 1t is of too
frequent occurrence and warrants
reference to it as a caution to young
men entering upon a political career.
There are noted examples In Ameri-
can history, among whom are Daniel
Webster, Henry Clay. Salmon P.
Chase and Lyman Trumbull. Other
men more Or less prominent in public
life allowed themselves to settle into
an unhappy condition of mind because
the party that had generously honored
them did not bestow upon them addi-
tional favors Hearts that ought to
have throbbed with gratitude for past
honors suffered the cravings of disap-
pointment, .chagrin and grouchiness.
1t is a great mistake for any man
to permit himself to slide down to
/ that plane of discomfort and unhappi-
ness.
/ The world likes good loser" and
! with reason. He who takes a defeat
as only a temporary check, or as a
possible turning of his footsteps into
some other path of perhaps greater
! usefulness and honor, wins and holds
the respect and good will of his fellow
citizens and is himself exalted in soul
and finds contentment and happiness
where others find only acidity and
misery.
If we look for examples of the true
philosophy in political reverses, we
find it in the calm and dignifled life
of Senator Harlan, after his defeat
by William B. Allison for United
States senator. John H. Gear lost the
United States senatorship to James
F. Wilson, but, undaunted in his politi
cal career. finally was United States
senator after previous service II
the house. When defeated for re-elec
tion to the house by Hon. John J
Seerley in the Democratic landslide o
. 1890, Mr.. Gear came home and cheer
: fully resumed business life. He die
: not brood over the loss OF his sea
in the house, but went in and 6u
among his fellow citizens in sucl
good cheer that in 1892 they sent hin
: back to congress and he was stronge
: and more potential than ever in ma
tional politics. AID it is due Mr.. Seer
: ley to add that ne took his defeat TO
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HAMILTON, ILL.
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Wednesday evening at o'clock at
the home of the bride, in this city,
occurred the marriage of Miss Ruby
Beel West and Mr.. Gillispie Smith,
Rev. Mr. Hallam performing the cere-
mony. The wedding ceremony, which
was very impressive was witnessed
only by the relatives of the contract
ing parties. The bride is the y6iIng-
est daughter of Mrs. Emma West,
and is true type of the American
girl, easy of manner, pretty and at:
tractive. The groom is an industrious
young man and has host of friends
who will congratulate him on winning
SO winesome bride Mr.. and Mrs.
Smith left for their new home In
Moline, Thursday.
Miss Mirtie Taylor visited with
home folks in LaHarpe Sunday.
Mrs. Ed Kennedy and two children
and Mrs. Lyman Hardesty and daugh-
ter of Keokuk visited their father.
John Turner, Sunday.
Mrs. Frank Jackson entertained the
Social Circle Wednesday evening at
her home on Broadway.
Mrs. Helen Priesmann and Miss
Julia Alexander moved their house
hold goods from Keokuk to their home
In this city Saturday last. we are
very glad to welcome them back to
Hamilton.
Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Grow visited
with relatives in Wayland, Missouri,
Sunday.
The choir and Sunday School of the
NJ. E. church gave miscellaneous
shower for Miss Ruby West at the
home of DIR. and Mrs. Taylor Monday
evening.
Misses Blanche Weller and Haze
Hedrick, of Tioga, are visiting theil
aunt, Mrs. George Haneise.
Clarence Ferguson and family NOV
ed from the Sanitarium to the Davis
. Conklin property recently vacated b,
Mr. c. Mccoy and family.
Mrs. Harriet Wood entertained he
Sunday School class at her pleasan
home in this city Friday afternoon
A delightful time was had by al
present.
Ernest King and wife have rente
the Glazebrook property and vii
move to same soon,
Mrs. Rhoda Ewing and Mrs. CIar
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The Postoffice Department and the
Daily Newspapers.

Quincy Journal: We had the pleas
ure last week, of attending the May
meeting of the Illinois Daily Press
Association, which was held in Peoria.
At this meeting some pretty interest
ing questions were considered, but
none more interesting or more import
ant to the publishers of daily news
papers and to their subscribers than
the second-class postage matter.
Mr.. H. M. Bacon. of the postoffice
department. was sent on by the de-
partment from Washington to discuss
this matter with the publishers of the
daily papers in Illinois, and this he
did to a fare-you-well The post
Office department. could not have seat
better man for the purpose than
Mr.. Bacon He was on his feet at the
time the question was under discus
sion for three hours, and twenty-five
or thirty men were shooting questions
at him from all sides; but never for a
moment did he lose his head; never
for a moment was he disconnected
From first to last he was cool, calm,
| heady, tactful and immovable.
| Mr.. Bacon claimed that the second
class postage rate was a good thing
| for the newspapers and for their bona
/ fide subscribers; and he said that the
only way that this second-class rate
could be preserved for the publishers
and their subscribers was for the
daily newspapers to go through the
cleaning up process that they are now
engaged in. He said If this cleaning
up were not done, that congress would
abolish the second-class postal privi-
/ lcge altogether.
While Mr.. Bacon was clear and ex-
/ plicit, tactful and kind. he was at the
same time memorable. He told the
newspaper boys that they had to come
across with the goods; that there was
no way to avoid It,
Blank statements are sent out by
the department to the daily news
paper publishers, and these blank
statements have to be filled In and
sworn to; and these statements show
precisely what the condition of the
mailing lists of the newspapers is
\ And no daily newspaper will be per
mitted to carry on its list any sub
scriber that is more than tire,
months behind in his account.
: This is a situation that no dali,
newspaper can dodge or evade. Ever
last daily in the country has got t.
, get In line with this ruling of the dc
partment. and that's all there is to IL
The daily newspaper that does no
: get in line Will be debarred second
class postal privileges no news
paper can afford to pay first-clas
postage rates.
There is only one thing to do, an
that is for the subscribers to squar
their accounts with the daily new.
paper that they are taking. 1t doesn
make a bit Of difference what tn
name of the paper Is or where 1t
printed, It has got to enforce iris ru
: ing of the department and make
settlement with its mail subscriber
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Bank exchanges last week made
quite satisfactory increase as COM
pared with the corresponding week a
year ago Total exchanges at all
the leading cities in the United States
aggregated s2,567,346, an increase Of
per cent as compared with last year.
New York City reported an increase.
and outside that center We're gains at
almost every city. some of them being
very large, notably at Philadelphia
Pittsburg, Cleveland, Minneapolis st
Louis. Kansas City. New Orleans and
San Francisco.
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The State Central
Savings Bank
Capital 100000. surplus 5000, 10000


ris, Ill. Guy was in this city Sunday
morning when. a legion OF FRIENDS
greeted him with: better come back
to good old Montrose where the pump
kin vines are b'oomin'.
Mrs. Sarah Curtis of Burlington has
been a guest at the residence of ]. B.
Keil and wife.
A car OF Strawberries was shippea
from this depot Saturday evening TO
northern markets.
Clyde Buchanan. recently sold
pearl for 500.
Mrs. Deema Scranton is sojournins
at Pittsfield, ILL.,, with her daughter
Mrs. Frank Carol, and family.
The strawberry harvest affo3ds
many employment In the berry fields
here.
Mrs. Sarah Whitaker has been cru
ically sick for some time. Her chii'
dren have been summoned.
Mrs. DR.. Buck and Miss Grace Bow
en- were among the passengers on the
steamer Orleans Friday morning, en-
route to Memphis, Tenn. After sighe
seeing they will return home Satur'
day.
The Brotherhood of st. Andrew OF
! Keokuk held services at the st. Barn
abas Episcopal church Sunday morn
| ing.
| Capt. J. D. Hamilton. through inyf
tation of the past grand master OF tne
! G. A. r., at Chicago, was in the auto
mobile parade Memorial day in that
city.
| P. w. Bowen has been beautifying
| Banker Cooks residence with a coa'
of paint. Park is an artist with a
paint brush.
Elder F. NJ Mcdonald, Elmer Reeu
and wife of this city attended confer
ence of the Latter Day Saints church
at Fort Madison Sunday.
4 The sad intelligence reached mere
Sunday evening OF the death OF MISS
Abbie Kennedy at Sioux City VINO
has been ailing for several weeks ing
remains will be brought to her nopi'
i at this place
Z -
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acquired. One-third of its total assets
20 into such forms of investment.
The sole fear expressed from the
so-called craze Is that much OF the
land will be suffered to lie IDLE.
There can be no escape" Mr.. Ianier
argues, from the danger of any land
speculation on a large scale which
does not Immediately increase produc-
ton of crops in return for the money
locked up, From this conclusion
there will be no dissent.
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In one of his st. Louis speeches
President Taft made the admission
that he had never lived on farm
An eastern paper declares he is to be
pitied, and thus tells why:
Not to have made a start in life
where the corn and cattle and sun
flowers and sorrel grow, and where
the robins do their summering, is a
great drawback and misfortune. On
the farm is the real beginning OF
things. 1t is the proper starting place
for a well-ordered career.
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MoNTRosE.

9 . q a q \ y q \ n y a = q
The Rev. NJ E. Fisher of Green,
Iowa, Joined his family here Monday.
They have been visiting Mrs. Fish
er's parents, S. G. Younkin and wife,
and returned home Thursday.
Floyd Jemison spent Sunday at
Quincy with friends.
Mrs F. NJ. Johnson was quite sick
Sunday. so much so that a physician
was called.
Several substantial granite monu.
ments were placed In our city GENE.
terry this spring.
Guy Feree, who had charge of the
station at this place for number Of
years, has accepted a position at Fer
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What the country needs Just now
more than anything else Is surcease
from political agitation and turmoil
that business may have a chance to
recover and prosperity to resume
sway. There has been entirely too
much politics of late for the good of
these United States.
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plus was $40, 100000. equal to the
yearly output of the gold mines OF the
world, plus s4o.O0o,00o.
CANAL CURRENT YIELDS PROFIT.
Report of Illinois Sanitary District
Shows Electricity Yields Bal
ance of $63,211.

Chicago Tribune: Profit in the Chi
cago sanitary districts sale of power
and light current was demonstrated
in report of the electrical depart
ment made to- President R. R, Nc
Cormick. After every deduction, in
Guiding interest on the invested cap
ital. there is shown balance of $685.
211.46 on the right side of the ledger
for 1909. The net earnings above
running expenses were sos, 4S4.
From sales of current there was re
ceived s3S3.564, while other items
brought the gross income to 1891. 936-
Out of this came s1S3,452 for opera.
ton and other expenses for the year,
which includes an allowance of s40,-
ZIG for depreciation. Interest on plars.
and equipment was specified as $145.
aT3.
Every month in the year except
April showed a profit in the electrical
department. Indicating the growth
of the business of selling current for
commercial power and light, the
years final month, December, brought
in the largest profit. $4,000. After
the first four months there was a
steady increase in net earnings and
profits above fixed charges.
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There is to be an exposition this
year at Knoxville, Tenn, from Septem-
Der IL to October II. The states of
the south will make exhibits and a
number of the cities will be repre-
sented. The railroads have promised
to make rate of one cent mile in
all territory below the Potomac and
Ohio rivers and east of the Missis-
sippi
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congress in 1892 in like commendabIe

spirit.
The Hawk-Eye is unwilling to be-
lieve that the editor of the Wapello
Republican is brooding in spirit of
revenge ever his failure to receive q
re-appointment as postmaster. He Is
a lifelong Republican, is publishing
good paper, has an inviting field and
future for his work, if he rises above
motives and gives the world the
chance as we'll as the inclination to
work with him for the common veal.
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The St Louis Globe-Democrat
makes the safe prediction that when
Iowa gets down to a thoroughly con-
sidered decision it will be Republican
and not Assistant Democrat
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Here's hoping that in addition to
Kennedy in the First. Hull will pull
through in the Seventh district and
Walter /. Smith in the Ninth.
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GALLAND.

o - . go e . . . . = . . .
Charles DriscoH of Burlington spent
Sunday and Monday with home folks.
= T. u. Harrington and daughter, Miss
Mary, drove to Keokuk Friday even
ing.
William Fowler of near Montrose
passed through our village Tuesday,
enroute to Keokuk.
Miss Lila Denmire of Sandusky
made a brief call to Galland Friday
morning.
Mr.. and Mrs. August Bostrom and
family were Keokuk callers last Tues
day
John H. Noonan drove to Montrose
Friday afternoon.
s. P. Johnson was a Keokuk bust
ness caller Tuesday.
James Harrington and T. w. Moo
nan spent Memorial day with home
folks.
Mrs. Arthur Graham spent Friday
afternoon in Montrose.
Mrs. T. w. Noonan and daughter,
Emma, were among the Keokuk shop
pers Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. John yanAusdall and
Mr.. and Mrs. Alonzo Miller enjoyed a
boat ride to Sonora Thursday even
ing
William Johnson went to Keokuk
Friday
Geo. Hemingway took VIM. Sholh-
mier of Andana, Illinois, to Montrose
Friday afternoon in his automobile
Mrs Cheesman of Montrose spent
| Wednesday with Mrs. Adams.
! Mrs. Mary Miniter went to Keokuk
/ Monday
A large crowd of our young people
attended the children's day exercises
at Sandusky Sunday.
James Fowler of Montrose drove
through town Sunday.
/ Mr.. and Mrs. Jesse Johns of Bluff
Park spent last Sunday with Mr.. and
Mrs. L. Hemingway.
Owen Adams, who has been work
| ing on the dredge "Etna" at Keiths
burg. returned home Wednesday, He
has accepted position on the dredge
Hecla" of near Keokuk, and departed
for that place Thursday morning.
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Frank OF Quincy are visiting friends
in Hamilton and Warsaw.
George Cooper and family will
move the coming week to their beau
tiful new home on Walnut street.
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The results of today's voting, for
the most part will not be known be-
fore tomorrow forenoon. Wednesdays
issue of TIE Gate City will give the
first definite and reliable election re-
turns
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The Kewanee Star-Courier COM
plains that 1t has come to the pass
that you cannot let even the weather
remain out all night without some
thing happening to it.
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Politics continues to be great
game.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-06-07

There is one specially good thing
about political campaign. 1t never
lasts very long.
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Jacob Riis says he got his first
newspaper job after he had gone with
out food three days. Finest training
in the world for the work" exclaims
the Marshalltown Times-Republican
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Anyway, it was a very pretty fight
as such things go.
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Now let us have political peace I'M
til the general election next fall.
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The wife of an Atchison railroad
man speaks of her menfolk who come
home to dinner as "empties.''
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In learning how to manage a flying
machine the principal drawback, the
Chicago Tribune points out, is that
you can't rest the machine on any
thing solid while you are doing It.