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Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1910-02-09
Big LUMBER INDUSTRY
Business of Prouty & Miller Largest of
Its Kind in the State. 100000
Feet Each Year.

The following article is from a re-
cent issue of the Montpelier Morning
Journal: Thirty million feet of
dressed lumber. That is the yearly
output of the Prouty & Miller mills
| at Newport, the mills in which Cover
| nor Prouty is one of the managing
partners.
1t would be nice sum for the first
class in arithmetic to find how much
OF the earth's surface could be COW
cred with this amount if spread out
In single boards, how many sidewalks
1t would build to San Francisco. how
near it would come to reaching the
moon if the boards were placed end
to end, how many cars would be re-
quired to transport it. how long a
train these cars would make, or how
much breakfast food could be pre-
pared from the shavings and sawdust
produced in the process of manufac-
ture.
To produce this amount three great
mills are tearing their shrieking way
through piles of lumber at Newport,
another mill in Canada is levying on
a twenty mile concession. and still
another in Maine is stripping the
spruce from an entire township.
Three hundred men. with horses and
oxen, are making the woods ring with
the strokes of their axes and three
hundred more are guiding the logs on
their divisional way through the mills,
past big circular saws with teeth as
large as the palm of ones hand.
through gangs of smaller but no less
voracious circles of cleaning steel
past buffers and edgers that take
their toll of worthless lumber, over
planners that take the thinnest possible
toll of shavings that will smooth the
board sufficiently for the market, and
again into the outer air, barked,
stripped, split, sawn, torn, trans
formed, to be piled up under the sea-
soning influences of air and sunlight.
This lumber industry seems to domi-
nate Newport. It's big tall chimneys
belching smoke into the clear air are
prominent landmarks. The shrek of
saws and the rumble of machinery are
in the air, "a fresh, sweet, pungents smell
of sawdust is prevalent. The Office
of the concern is a modest structure
under the hill, but the lover of fine
wood will go into ecstasies over the
in its interior finish.
Business Started in 1876.
o. C. Miller, the present senior
partner. and J. A. Prouty, father of
the Governor, formed the partnership
of Prouty and Miller in 1876. Mr..
Miller had been the manager for D.
H. and J. G. Newton and Mr.. Prouty
had been furnishing logs to them un.
der contract. The partnership was
success from the start, not great
success at first. The growth of the
business to its present magnitude has
been steady and gradual. The original
partners were practical lumber men,
and as younger men have been taken
in they have been taught the pract
cal end of the business. There are
no ornamental partners and idlers
They built mill at Ralston Falls.
P. in 1880 and ran it for 10 years, the
last ten under the management of Fl
H. Prouty. The mill was then sold.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1910-02-09
William Tell
80 iAL BY
II. p. WEBSTER
GOOD BYE TO INDIGESTION.

T e E. w. Barron c ON a n y
Druggists, Claim Seaver's Dyspepsia
Tablets are Driving Dyspepsia Out.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-10-28

Aldrich had been previously authoriz-
Gu 70 expend $500 on each of these de-
paftments the action in this matter
was approved and motion carried
authorizing the superintendent to
make sucn purchase in these depart
Hiehts as he may see fit from time to
time
Ihlrty-six Keokuk teachers will go
10 Des Moines next week to attend
me Iowa State Teachers meeting, and
petition from the teachers asking
school be closed at noon, on Wednes-
day was granted.
Bids for wire screening for nineteen
windows in the George Washington
school We're read. The matter was
referred to w. B. Woolley, chairman
OF the building and repair committee
Applications for positions as janitor
from w. G. Reid, 1902 Estest street,
and j. w. Mundy, 1902 Reid street,
We're read. There are no vacancies
at the present time and the applica-
lions were ordered filed. Director
Woolley called attention to the heat
ing plant in the George Washington
school, declaring that SO far the plant
has not given satisfaction.
One fireman is in charge of firing
at both the High school and George
Washington school, and this situation
precipitated lengthy discussion,
suggesting itself from safety stand.
point Both Director Lutz and Direc-
| tor l.. A. Hamill went on record as be-
| lieving such a condition carried with
| it risk.
Several of the directors believed
! that it was useless to continue to
/ carry insurance on the sectional boil
! ers at the Carey school, and the in.
surance committee was instructed to
ascertain the risk accompanied by
such boilers and report back to thu
! next meeting
/ The meeting of the State Teachers
Association will be held in Des Moines
on Thursday, Friday and Saturday OF
next week. A number of teachers
from Keokuk will attend, necessitat
! ing the closing of some of the rooms
/ in the various schools during those
days. The big attraction will be or
Friday evening, when Colonel Theo
dore Roosevelt appears on the pro
gram He will deliver an address or
American IDEALS
Previous to last evenings schoo
board meeting Superintendent AL
drich took occasion to comment or
the convenience of the telephone ser
/ vice. Seven of them have been in
/ stalled in the schools and make il
possible for the superintendent to dis
pose of various detail work much
more readily.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-10-28
while it would be forced to look to its
rival for the current it sells.
May Get Into Courts.

1t is likely that unless an agreement
is reached between the Laclede and
the North American, involving the
pratical abrogation of the obnoxious
contract the matter will be taken into
the courts.
The dam at Keokuk is being built
by the Keokuk and Hamilton Water
Power company and the power is to
be sold by the Mississippi River Pow
er Distributing company. The con-
nection between these two companies
and the North American company is
very close. The North American COM
pany in its 1909 report spoke of the
project as follows:
I'm 1906 a project for the develop
ment of a large amount of hydro-elec-
trio power on theMississippi Rapids,
opoisite Keokuk. Iowa and Hamilton,
H., $50 miles north of St Louis, was
! brought to the attention of the officers
Of the North American company.
"At the earliest opportunity negoti.
ations were opened with the Keokuk
and Hamilton Water Power company
controlling the project in question, for
the purchase of electric power. After
a most critical investigation of the
project and as result of negotiations
extending over two years, a contract
was concluded, under date of October
&c, 1908. whereby the Mississippi Riv.
err Power Distributing company, a
corporation organized for the purpose
under the laws of New Jersey has
| purchased from the keokuk and Ham
ilton Water Power company 10000
hydro-electric horsepower, as meas
ured at the point of delivery in ST
Louis. for the period of ninety-nine
/ years from the date when the delivery
4 of power under the contract shall
have begun.
Simultaneously, the distributing
( company has concluded contracts for
the same period whereby the power
purchased by it is resold in certain
proportions to the Union Electric
Light and Power company, the Laclede
! Gas Light company and the United
Railways company of st. Louis.
The water power company will build
the transmission lines from Keokuk
to st. Louis and deliver power at a
transformer station, which will be
built by the distributing company
The hieh-tension current will there be
transformed and distributed to the
three St Louis companies named I'm
der the contract with the power com
pany, 1t is contemplated that further
purchases of power may be made by
the distributing company and its ope-
rations be extended beyond the st.
Louis district.
The entire capital stock of the dis
tributing company is and will be own
ed by the North American company.
1T is expected that delivery of the
hydro-electric power contracted for
will begin during 1912. It is a source
of great satisfaction to your board
that they have been able to add this
great and enduring element OF
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-10-28
Schools.


Superintendent Aldrich also report
ed the employment of Carl F. Rogers
AS manual training teacher at a sal
airy of $50 per month, and OF Miss
Laura NJ. Paggett for half year at
S25 per month. Miss Paggett has
charge of the cadet work at the Car
field school; also the purchase by Miss
Kilroy, of the George Washington
school, seventh room, and her pupils,
of piano The merits of having
pianos in the schools was briefly dis
cussed by school board members. The
Superintendent also reported list of
expenditures amounting to S3S7.25 for
manual training department; 5000 for
domestic science department MI
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-10-28
stated at School Board Meeting Last
Night That Garfield Students
Were Not Learning to be
Thrifty.
TEMPTATION AT HAND
Charge Made That Charles Frank is
Permitting Game of Chance Near
School and That Pupils Are
Spending Money.

Last evenings regular monthly
nieetlhg of the school board carried
win 1t no thrills, but for the most
part consisted of disposing of routine
matters. The only discussion that
came near giving reporters food for
d read suggested itself when w j.
i.ooerts, acting as chairman protein.
STATED that gambling was being en-.
sehuered among pupils of the Garlic. 4
SCHOOL, corner of Fifth and Fulton
s'reets, and that some action should
pe taken to stop it. From evidence
given by members of the hoard II
seems as though Charles Frank who
runs a small grocery store at his
nome on North Fifth, between Fulton
ana FRANKLIN, in proximity to the
school building, has installed small
games of chance to increase his sales
and the children are influenced IN mart
with their small change 1t is under.
stood that the children are always
given something for their pennies.
nickles or dimes, but their luck is re.
warded by higher prizes of merchan-
disc
win this situation before them the
directors seemed rather inclined to
discuss the gambling laws of the
state of Iowa than TO take stems for
the dlscontinuance of such practice.
Attorney Roberts declared that when.
ever an element of chance entered
into the purchase there was a viola.
ton of the law, contending that it
was not legitimate business. An eff
Tort was made to ascertain how the
savings accounts of the children of
that school were affected. Only the
first months figures in comparison
were at hand, and they showed little
difference. Roberts has reported the
matter to the city commission. and ii
is now in the hands of Commissioners
Gray. There was little said bv the
directors to reflect upon Mr.. Frank
but some of the directors were in.
clined to think that the children OF
that school were not being taught the
proper thrift.
The meeting was called to order by
president pro tenn W. ]. Roberts, and
minutes of the last meeting read by
Secretary Barr, and approved.
The report of Superintendent VIM
Aldrich, covering the enrolment in
the schools for the month of Septem.
Der; the first school month, was read
as follows:
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-10-28
GOOD CAUSE FOR REJECTION
Author Forgot to Make His Detective
Dope Fiend According to
the Formula.

This detective story will not DO"
said the magazine editor, handing
back the manuscript
I'D like to know why" responded
the author, with show of heat. 1T
has color, atmosphere-all the regular
business. The detective can see
around corner or through wall.
He needs no clue save lock of the
murdered mans hair. He is able to
read human minds and motives as an
ordinary sleuth reads a placard offer
ing $4,000 reward His deductions are
utterly absurd, irrevelant and prepos-
ferrous, yet crowned with success.
What's the matter?"
"Do you state anywhere that he
drinks a quart of absinthe neat?"
Moo"
DO you have him partaking Of
hasheesh, opium, morphine or other
familiar tid,bits upon which the de-
tective of fiction subsists?"
II forgot that"
Where is the admiring friend to
whom the detective lays bare tho
blatant idiocy of his intellectual work
ings?"
Left his out, by George!" admitted
the author, and vanished with his
effort.-Philadelp Led
ger.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-10-28
strength to the St. Louis companies.
Would Break Bad Bargain.

This report was made January 81,
1909 In June the same year the North
American company sold its control of
the Laclede Gas Light company to the
Busch-Walker syndicate of st. Louis
capitalists. The interest which the
Laclede Gas Light company takes in
the Keokuk project under Its new
control drops to zero. 1t has nothing
to gain by increasing the market for
the current which the distributing
company has contracted for.
With It's great rivals in the electric
field controlled by the North American
company, which is also in control of
the distributing company, the Laclede
managers consider it would receive
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-10-28
WORKING WOMEN
Here is Helping Hand-A Newton
Womans' Experience.

You know just how it is yourself
when you are tired out, perhaps
little rundown. and hardly able to
drag around, life is a burden, YOU
are irritable, nervous, depressed and
every little task seems like a noun
tain.
Miss Katherine Burns of Newton,
Mass, says About six months ago
| was in rundown condition and
my blood was very poor. / had taken
several medicines prescribed by ply
sicians, but they seemed to do me no
good. Finally Vinol was recommend
ed, and from the first bottle l noticed
great Improvement. / have taken
six bottles and | feel as we'll as ever.
and | would recommend Vinol to any
body needing a good tonic to build
them up and make them strong"
genuine.)
We want to ask every woman who
finds herself in this condition to try
Vinol, our delicious cod liver and iron
tonic, without oil, with the under
standing that their money will be re-
turned if it does not help them.
We know Vinol will create an appe-
tite, aid digestion, make pure, rich
blood, and in this way build up and
strengthen the rundown, overworked
nervous system. You take no chances.
McGrath Bros. Drug Store, Keokuk,
Iowa.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-10-28
LacIede Gas Company of ST. Louis
Has Entered into Negotiation With
North American Company
Is The Report.
UNIMPORTANT
MOVE
Statement Made by Office Here Shows
That Step is Natural One,
and Carries With 1t
no Weight

The ST. Louis Globe-Democrat an
nounced this morning that the Laclede
Gas company of that city was nego-
tiating with the North American com
pany for the cancellation of its con.
tract to use power furnished by the
dam at Keokuk In speaking of the
article, OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES J. P. AL
len OF the Kokuk and Hamilton Water
Power company said:
1--WE don't know at this office any
thing regarding the truth of the re
port, but 1t is not a matter in which
the Keokuk and Hamilton Water Pow
er company is interested or concerned,
because our contract is with the Miss
issippi River Power Distributing Com
pany, which in turn will distribute
the current to various companies in
St Louis"
The contract of the I.aclede Gas
company calls for only 5000 horse
power. which is a very small quantity,
and if not used by the I4aclede will
likely be purchased by the other ST.
] ouis companies who expect to make
us of power generated here. The
article that appeared in the Globe
Democrat is as follows:
The Laclede Gas Lieht Company is
actively negotiating with the North
American company for the cancella-
ton of the contract to use the power
to be produced at the dam at Keokuk,
/ "a, which contract was widely ex.
| plotted when ST. Louis capitalists
BOUGHT control of the Laclede from the
North American company, as one of
the most valuable assets of the La
clede company, enabling it to com
rete on terms of equality with the
Union Electric Light and Power com.
PAW. a North American prone~ty."
The ] aclede comnanv directors. II
is stated. do not consider the contract
| an asset. A close scrutiny OF the con
tract is said to show that it obligatee
the Laclede company to nay to the
| Keoknk company a minimum charge
oe soS.o00 year for ninetv-nine wears
heeinnfng as soon as the Keolluk com
PAW announce its readiness to supnly
current. The contract is said to stin
ulate fines for failure to furnish cur
rent. but the fire. If no current
whatever was furnished. would not. il
| is asserted anlcunt to more than s34.
! 0nn year. and would not oneraate to
| release the Iaclede comnanv from its
obligation to nav the minimum CHARGE
| so that the Keokuk project MIGHT fat
| entirely and its promoters still draw
/ $4,000 year from the Laclede com
nanv. Persons connected with the La
cleda companv declare that this would
I he an extreme view Of the matter and
/ could not be LEGALLY enforced hut that
4 nevertheless, the contract is on its
face canahle of this construction.
This is being made the basis of the
negotiations for the cancellation of the
contract. Persons close to the North
| American company assert that this
plea is merely technical, and that the
real reason of the Laclede company is
trying to have the contract an
nulled Is that the Laclede plans te
build its own plant to handle the limit
ed electric business it does and is un
willing to extend its local equipment
of wires and necessary attachments
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-10-28
Doesn't Know Her Age.

There is glazing phase of unfair
ness OF tle position of the two sexes,
despite all our struggles for the suf-
rage. A woman still breads to tell
her age, no matter how youthful she
may look, while, as long as man
looks youthful, he is generally willing
10 admit and even to boast of how
many milestones he has passed. There
is at least one father who understood
lhis problem in time and who gave
MS daughter fair chance in life by
never letting her know how old she
was He realized at her birth that a
ume would come when she would not
want to tell her age. and he spared
nef the humiliation of having to pre-
varicate, so she was never told either
nef age or the place where she was
porh, and there were no birth records
preserved in the family.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-10-28
English Goods in Argentina.

The total sale of English goods in
Argentina averages s1OO,o00,GOO an.
nually.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-10-28

the butt end of any doubtful points al
issue between itself and the Union
company, The Laclede's activity in
the electric field Is limited and the
current It sells it now buys from the
Union company 1t is rebuilding its
electric power plant at the foot of
Howard street. which was destroyed
by fire some years ago, and when
this is completed it considers it will
be equipped to supply the customers
1t has for electricity. For these rea.
sons the Laclede is trying to abrogate
the contract which is found among the
obligations handed to it by the North
American Company
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-10-28
Necessary Mental Work.

Physical energy is common enough.
It is easy to work hard with your
body. 1t is far harder to work hard
with your mind, but only that will
bring the mental growth that makes
the difference between success and
failure.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-10-28

Good results always follow the Use
of Foley Kidney Pills They contain
Just the ingredients necessary to tone.
strengthen and regulate the kidneys
ard bladder, and to cure backacha
Wilkinson & Co.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-10-28

The pleasant purgative effect ex-
perienced by all who use chamber
lain's Stomach and Liver Tablets, and
the healthy condition of the body and
mind which they create, makes one
feel joyful. Sold by all dealers.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-10-28
Our Lesson

Our Lesson.
, Misfortune is about the only thing
'nat will teach most of us how really
well off we are.-Atchison Gln5e.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-10-28

), reel langu'd, weak. n-down?
,eaaache? Stomach of" Just
pan pa case of lazy liver. Burdock
nlooa Bitterz tones liver and stomach,
promotes digestion. purifies the blood
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-10-28

Eyerybodys friend-Dr. Thomas
Eclectic Oil. Cures toothache. sore
throat Heals cuts, bruises. scalds.
Stops any pain.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1910-06-10
RESULT OF Iowa PRIMARIES
Garst, Progressive, Secures Nomina-
ton for Governor.

Garst, Progressive, Secures Nomina-
ton for Governor.
Des Moines, June 9.-Fifty-six coun-
ties out of n1nety-nine gave Garst,
progressive Republican for the NOM
ination Of governor, 1890, against
11,006 for Carroll Two years ago
these counties gave Garst 1851, Car
rolf 1894.
Eight Republican progressives and
three standpatters were nominated for
congress as follows:
First district, G. A. Kennedy, stand
pat; Second, Charles Grilk, progress.
sive; Third c. E. Pickett, progressive;
Fourth, Gilbert N. Haugen, progress.
sive; Fifth, James w. Good, progress
sive; Sixth, n. E. Kendall, progress
sive; Seventh. S. F. Prouty. progress
sive; Eighth, H. NJ. Towner, standpat;
Ninth, Walter l. Smith, standpat;
Tenth, Frank P. Woods, progressive;
Eleventh. E. H. Hubbard, progressive.
Almost complete unofficial returns
from the Seventh district give Prouty
1,100 over Hull. This reversal is de-
cided, as two years ago Hull was nom
mated by forty votes.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1910-06-10
WALL STREET Men
DOUBLE CROSSED
Caught Coming and Going in
Recent FURRY.

New York, June 9-Wall street has
q real headache.
The smart financiers, the men who
in the past have so merrily "feeced
the lamb are sore and they snarl
when spoken to. They have been
"WhipsaWed'' and the job was pulled
off by the very element that in the
past has been considered fair meat by
the sharp bulls and bears.
The market opened Tuesday with
all stocks up three to eight points and
the professionals who sold so cheer.
fully the day before had to pay the
higher prices to deliver the goods. All
day Tuesday they sought to locate the
source of the smart buying of the
final hours of Monday, but not until
now did it develop that it was the
same slick crowd of Neutrality-suspicious.
and their allies that had originally
sold the market before the attorney
general began his railroad injunction
suit.
They had caught the street going
and coming.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1910-06-10

John Lynch, is an inmate of the
Soldiers Home at Monte Visit, Colo,
In a recent communication, which
he desires to be given the widest
possible publicity, he says:
"Cooper's New Discovery medi-
cine was Godsend to me, and I
am recommending it to my old
comrades in the Home here. I had
stomach and liver trouble for years.
My sleep was so broken that I
never got a good a good nights
rest. My entire system became
affected. I felt weak and tired out
all the time, and was declining
rapidly in spite of treatment by