The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-03-25

teach the spring term Of school in
the Sargent district. She taught a
very successful school last winter
and the directors hired her for the
spring term.
Charley and John Freeman have a
big contract for the saving of fire
wood on the Wilsey tract of land,
which will take them quite while
to saw up. They use their traction
engine for the motive power
Attorney Beck, a son of the late
Judge Beck, who for a good many
years was on the Iowa supreme bench,
and who resides at Fort Madison,
was seen in our midst few days ago.
He came down for the purpose OF
looking at some real estate which he
contemplates purchasing. Mr.. Beck
not long ago disposed of his large
farm of about 500 acres located near
Beck's station on the North road.
Just at this moment We looked
down over the Sand Prairie bottom.
and Of the renowned Des Moine3 riv-
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see a few years hence large steam
boats plying up and down its waters,
from Keokuk to Des Moines.
To a great many this may seem an
idle and silly dream, but to the writ
er he feels that it will be a certainty.
AS it is we'll known during the SOS
this river was surveyed, dams were
j built and canals dug.
A dam was built opposite the town
: of ST. Francisville, Mo-, and canal
was also dug from there on the Iowa
! side to the mouth of the river.
5 A town was also started at that
! point on the Iowa side, called Car
! MARCO, and a post office was there
S also.
At the present time there is nc
e town at that point and the place
n where the town was is a corn field
e The starting of Vincennes few year:
q afterwards and the abandonment O.
d building of the canal, caused the towr
to be abandoned.
4 The u. s. government surveying
l. party is now on the river, and 1T II
t supposed they will make their repor
e by January /, 1911, and we will the1
n know whether the navigation OF The
y Des MONIES river is feasible.
s. Tom Robinson of Pennington, Wht
h was convicted in the federal court a
Council Bluffs, as one of the Maybra.
= gang lived at Vincennes good man.
T years ago but he was known as Ton
d Pettifer. His father, Eli Pettifer, O
" Robinson, was raised by man by th'
o name of Pettifer, and here they wen
n bv the name of Pettifer. This Ei
Pettifer was inclined to be a sportln.
o man, as he INDUCED a good deal owe
the green CLOTH, and he lead thu
life of fast horse trainer
They left here good many years
ago. his father we understand, wen
to st. Louis, and the son Tom, t.
Pennington, where he married thu
daughter of leading citizen Of tina
place. This fellow wrote several lei
tiers to a citizen of this place ant
he was called to Council Bluffs as
witness in that trial for the govern
ment. But this citizen was too vii,
for Tom and he failed to land him
as they did another one of our citl
zens to the tune of several thous
and dollars
The young people of Argyle gave
ball in Newberrys hall on last Thurs
day night and large crowd wa
present. Roswell Newell, the "blin'
fiddler" furnished the music.
Mr.. Newill with his parents, wen
to western Canada a good man
wears ago, and is back on a visit
Roswell is known far and wide an
is loved and respected by all, for hi
kind, genial way, and many are Their
in this vicinity who have been er
tertained and who have set up unit
the wee small hours, listening t
the strains of his wonderful fiddle.
o G. Sargent of Connable has bee
getting out rock on the Scovern farr
preparatory to building dixie in tn
Des Moines river, which stream run
mast his farm For the past few year
If has been cutting his land a goo
deal and he will build the dixie TO
the purpose of DETECTING the curren
from his land. Last year Mr.. Sarger
built levy around his land whio
cost him in the neighborhood of 81
600. for which he was amply paid, fo
he saved a big wheat crop, as tn
river last year did not get over NJ
land on account of the levy he bull
Our new store, Wilsey and Deer
are having fourishing trade thes
days
Miss Mary Ganley of Keokuk was
visitor in yincennes a few days tn
week.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Deere wef
visitors in Keokuk last "Wednesday.