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The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-09-24

Surgical note: One OF the most
successful operations ever performed
Ia this locality was that recently con-
cluded by the Republican state cam
paign committee. which successfully
separated Joe McNeal from s275 to
pay for the Sherman special train.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-09-24

Even the experts fail. prof. Harvey
Worral, whose matrimonial expert
ence ended unpleasantly some time
ago, once performed the feat Of CON
ducting correspondence with seven
different yonng women at the same
tf,.,.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-09-24

Hives eczema, itch or salt rheum
sets you crazy. Can't bear the touch
OF your clothing. Doan's Ointment
cures the most obstinate cases. Why
suffer. All druggists sell it.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-09-24

VIII sell--must sell--t the east 40
acres Of my fruit farm--that contains
the buildings, 30 acres in bearing
fruit trees or will sell in five or ten
acre lots. For suburban homes cant
be beat In the state-prlce very low
Frank Ilnuseholder
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-09-24

The reason why Caicagos growth
lent so great in the census returns
as had been expected Is doubtless be-
cause the enumerator forgot to note
The increase OF crime there
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-09-24

Amos Ewing says he does not I'M
derstand the governmental conserYa-
ton policy. But neither do lot OF
people who are hurrahing for Il for
that matter.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-09-24
Announcement.

To Accommodate those who arc partial
TO the iise st Atehiszers in applying liqtuiela
into tho nasal fassgea fer eaiufragt tgo,f-
Nes, tie proprioiors prepare Cream Balm in
lqnil form. which viii he known as Elp'a
isqnta treaiii i,asiii. tsrlre inciUi;nV the
spraying tube is Is ennis. Druggists or hy
mall The liquid form elnbodlss the med.
ie''el properties Of ihe solid preparation
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-09-24

Neither Lajoie nor Cobb is biting
as well as Sim Heckle. Sim mas
been up 255 times since January / and
has scored 1873 drunks, for a percent.
age OF .7iS.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-09-24

Now that hold-up men have begun
10 operate in ST. Louis candy stores
we can see danger ahead for tns pop
corn stands when there are no trains
or .-"fectioDaries open
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-09-24

+. Glenn llarner has dollar that's
quite q curiosity. He saved It durin
HI fast year.o' til TAFT adininisira.
ton. Left over biscuits make a fine
border fer . llower bed.rAbe Martin.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-09-24

The Oklaaoma City Times aass9ia
that people are knocking Oklahoma
City: SAYS some ofgthe people live in
Oklahoma City The Times shonla
cheer up; the worst Is YET To come.
- Tnlsa World.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-09-24

Some men are born with mental
and physical handicaps. others. Ike
Jim Harris. grow up to compile Re-
publican hand books
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-09-24

Paola Mantegazza. the foremost au-
taoriiy on human love is dead
Thought YOU might want to know.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-09-24

Study IS more or less important,
but you can find out all any one per-
son needs 70 know BY sitting around
and listening.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-09-24
WOMAN DRAGGED FRoM elRe
SpecIal to nallr I4allar

Fond creek. Okla Sept "a Fire
destroyed N. Benhani's home ana
ali the contents. Mrs. Benham was
bedlast with typhond fever but was
dragged from the burning building BY
litlle RifD who was staying with
ner me fire started from gaso-
line stove
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-09-24

Misery allus attracts dog an lit
lie cAildrcn warm up Z ole bachelors.
It's an awful waste o shoe leather
4 go after a runaway wife. Abe Mar,
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-09-24

Dick Morgan also has dyspepsia.
Jake lannon's address wanted: Tom
Ferguson please write
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-09-24

There is good deal OF polygamy
outside o. Utal but very little atten-
tion is paid to It.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-09-24

Clifford Plnchot also wears an
adams apple and wing collar.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-09-24

While Jim Harris has piled Up a
pretty fair batting average, he viii
never be able 10 ait The bull" sign.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-09-24

.IiItlt :. -. ssli k.kllllifst iaf.t -
chambeflain's Cunah Remedy for /
nave use q 4 wils perfect success.
wrlles Mrs Ah + Rasfofd, poolesvIIlc.
Md, For sale By alI dealers.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-09-24
Nasal Caiarrl. auicl

Nasal tatarrIl qnicllY yields o treat
ment by tn agfeestle, aromatic Ely's
Cream Balm Il . feeeiveJ ibfous.h tho
Henils ana eleansss ana he,.ls the whole
safiace oysr e.iieii Il liiInses ilssif. Drns-
cisls II ilin 5Ns .ze. Ilst II aud van
ere sure g eontinge the treatment TIL re-
Invnd
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1910-10-10
B[AMES M|SSOUR|ANS
|. F0RCENSUS SHOWING
St. Louis Banker Declares a
Vote for Amendment No.
IL Will Aid State.
UNIVERSITY IS HAMPERED
Better Support for School
Will Act as First Step tn
Checking Emigration.

Declaring that Missourians have no
one to blame but themselves that the
census returns for the state showed
only a small increase in the last ten
years, because of the self-satisfied at
titude of the natives who have sat by
and watched the land becoming I'M
poverished, Manning w. Cochrane,
president of the Merchants Exchange,
has expressed the hope that the people
will wake up and take note of the fact
that they will have an opportunity at
the coming election to lend great as
sistance to the state by voting for the
adoption of Amendment No. II.
The st. Louis Times, continuing,
says:
The amendment provides for small
tax which will furnish permanent ar
nual fund of about S450,000 for the use
of the State Agricultural College. At
present the funds for the maintenance
of the institution are appropriated by
the legislature, and it is declared that
owing to the uncertainty of the amount
to be granted each year the work of
the college is hampered. The activity
OF this school is toward the redemp-
ton and conservation of the soil.
Too Self-Satisfied.
In my estimation said President
Cochrane, the reason why Missouri
doesn't show larger increase is be-
cause we are all so snug and self-sat-
isfed. In adjoining states, especially
in the Southwest, everyone is work
ing very hard to sell lands, and they
are drawing from all the older states.
1T is disheartening to see the idle
land between here and Kansas City,
and probably Texas and Massachu-
sets will both go ahead of Missouri
in the present census.
ut is our own fault. We sit idly
by and watch our land becoming i'm
poverished. 1t is the duty of every
merchant and manufacturer, as we'll
as every grain man, to wake up and 10
encourage the redemption and conser-
walton Of our soil
The Merchants Exchange is doing
everything possible in this line, and We
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1910-10-10

ask the support of every citizen IN the
strongest possible manner Especially
Regarding the proposed Amendment
No. II, which provides for small tax
which will furnish permanent an
nual fund of about s450,OOO for the
use of the Missouri State Agricultural
College.
Demands are coming in from every
direction for better seed. The state
experiment stations have repeatedly
asked those having good seed to re-
port the fact to the agricultural col
leges, and 1 understand there are only
about eight farmers who have reported
having pure-bred seed for sale.
In the united efforts being made
to ward off prohibition there is great
danger of losing sight OF the impor-
tant subjects of the fertilization of
our SOIL, the selection of seed,' more
and better grain and other farm prod
ucts,' all of which are at the very
foundation of the commercial prosper
ity of the state.
TOO much stress cannot be given
this all-important subject. Everything
else is a secondary consideration, and
we must pass Amendment No. II as
the first step toward checking emf
grafton from this state and maintain
ing our proud position on the map"
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1910-10-10
PLAYERS ELECT r. F. LEGGET
First Tryout Will Be Held by the Or
qanization Thursday.

There will be a tryout for men who
desire places in the University players
at 3 o'clock Thursday afternoon in
the auditorium. This is the organiza-
ton which presented "Old Heidelberg"
and Twelfth Night" last year. The
club met Saturday morning and or
ganized for this year. The officers
elected were president, Raymond Leg
gett; secretary, Janet Vandewater;
treasurer, Josephine Sutton. 1t is the
intention of the club to present A
modern comedy-drama some time dur
ing the present semester.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1910-10-10
FIVE CENTS
A LIN E

If you can't come to town sit down
and phone SIS. The Want AID man
is looking for you.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1910-10-10

Rent Your Rooms.-If you have any
rooms for rent, advertise them in the
Missourian. If you want to rent rooms
'and can not find suitable ones, adver-
dse in the Missourian. If you want
boarders, Missourian want Ad will
get them.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1910-10-10
Ad Club to Meet Tonight.

The Ad Club of the University Of
Missouri will hold it's first meeting Of
the year in the Y. M. C. A. building
tonight. All presidents, or specially
elected representatives of county, city,
state or other booster organizations
are invited to attend. Plans will be
made for carrying on the work OF the
club this year. The meeting will be
called at 1880 o'clock.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1910-10-10
MARKET REPORT
ATIONAL STOCK YARDS, II

Oct. 10.-The market quotations to-
day, as furnished by the Davis and
Dimmitt Live Stock Commission
company, are:
Cattle-10,0O0; ten cents lower,
top, $3.50.
Hogs-6,G0O; % cents lower, top,
$3.50.
Sheap-2,OOO; strong, top $500.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1910-10-10
No Holiday Wednesday.

There will be no holiday at the Uni
versity of Missouri Wednesday of this
week, Columbus Day. 1t is a state
holiday, but all legal holidays are not
observed by the University.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1910-10-10
200 DEAD IN FOREST FIRES
Several Towns Destroyed in Minnesota
Mo Rain in Sight.

Mo Rain in Sight.
BY United Press.
WARROD, Mimi, Oct 10.-Two hun
dred persons have persisted in the
forest fires raging near Warrod, in
the last three days. The death roll
may reach 700 to 1000. Rain is the
only thing that can stop the flames
but this seems to be unlikely this sea-
son. Several towns have been de-
stroyed, among them, Boudett, Spoon
err, Swift, Graceton, Roosevelt, Pitt and
Cedar.
The loss estimated by the lumber
men will amount to $4,000 to the
square mile and there have been prac-
tically 5000 miles burned.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1910-10-10

See Ollie Davidson, M. D., for your
glasses. Office over Levy's Shoe
Store. -
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1910-10-10

Harness repairing done at F. B.
Tumy's. ~
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1910-10-10

Let Alba T. Fountain INSURE
your property. Five good companies.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-01-08

which number of people made adj
dresses. The meeting adopted res
olution endorsing the pan Speeches
were made by S. NJ. Clark, Mayor
Hughes, Judge E. Jaeger, DR.. Ehing-
er. Orion Clemmens. j. Fl. Anderson,
Frank LeBron, Vim. Ballinger, Judge
H. II. Trimble, l.. A, Fox ana DR.. Geo,
F. Jenkins.
For several days before this election
The Gate City printed interviews with
citizens, all of whom were in favor
of the proposition for the company
had almost guaranteed to build the
plant right away ii the city would
only give them the contract for pow
l.er. They were to build plant with
capacity of not less than $4,000
horse power and the city was to take
one thousand horse power for light
! ing.
The late G, F. Davis had column
article in The Gate City of May %.
On May 81, Major Meigs submitted
to an interview in which he was
asked whether or not the wing dam
/ could not be built on the Iowa side
of the river. In The Gate City OF
May 10 ]. G. Hubinger was quoted
and he did not look with much favor
on the scaeme, but asked that the
people give him chance to figure or
the proposition himself. On May Il
4 interviews were published from ]. M
Bisbee, S. E. Carey, John Mcnamara
Capt. A. H. Evans, John Angel, ant
A. ]. Matthias, nearly all OF whom
are now dead In the issue of Ma.
1G are found the names of John P
Hornish, j. G. Parrott, Henry w
Huiskamp, w, B. Collins, DIR. Georg'
F. jenkins, John E. Craig, VIM. Horn
.Jr., and Orion Clemens, all in favor 0
the proposition.
The company promised to start til
work by June but the month of rose
came and passed and nothing wa
done.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-01-08

the late G. F. Birge and others met
and elected officers and directors
their little company which was or
gained for tle purpose of securing
franchise from the government, to
hold the same in order that schem-
ers and irresponsible promoters could
not step in and secure franchise
from the government for mercenary
reasons only.
On May 20, 1895, there was spe
cial election held in Keokuk at which
the citizens voted on the proposition
of the Des Moines Rapids Power COM
pany for the city to build an electric
lighting plant and take power from
tae company at cost of not to exceed
$50 per horse power per year
This proposition was made by a
company of which NJ r. Williams
was the president and H. S. Wells
was the secretary. The special cleo
ton was to be paid for by the COM
pany and Judge Felix T. Hughes was
mayor at the time. The election re-
suited as follWs:
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-01-08
CAPTAIN ANTHONY.
: - 80 80 80 :

After that, Captain Anthony drift
ed into the town and he also was go
ing to build the water power. He is
remembered as man with great
growth of red whiskers and a habit
of smoking his cigars down to the very
shortest ends, sticking them on a
tootn-pick when they got real short
He accomplished but little.
R. A. Campbell came here on April
3, 1897 anu looked around, but failed
to build the power
One of these, Captain Anthony,
even got far enough along to get a
franchise from the government for
the building of wing dam on the
Illinois side, capable of developing
10000 horse power In order to held
his franchise, he had few men throw
several wagon loads of rock in tae
river near tbs mouth of Clancy creek
and that was the nearest to actual
construction ever started.
These early skirmishes, while they
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-01-08

what was to follow They were prob
ably necessary in the history of the
work and bear just as important
part in the story as does the 6rst
time Columbus preached his project
of discovering new world The water
power history could not be told by
starting out with yesterdays develop.
ments of those of year ago. but 1t
must go back to the very beginning
for each step performed Its important
pat in the work.
No one up TO that time had made
a practical investigation of the propo.
sition. Whatever plans had been made,
We're drawn up without any surveys
being made or any records looked up.
The idea then was simply to build a
wing dam with power house on il.
and no attention was paid to the stage
OF water, the depth of the river. the
size of the dam, or anything else. The
engineering feature was an ordinary
AFFAIR compared to what the scheme
finally developed into. Every new
scheme was eagerly taken up by the
citizens and all of the support neces-
sary was extended and promised to
those men who first figured on the
plan. None of the plans, however got
j far enough along for the raising OF
money
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-01-08
SOME EARLY FLuRRiEs.


The present water power project
only dates back to July, 1899, when the
late C. P. Birge formed the Keokuk
and Hamilton Water Power company,
watch is responsible for the culmina-
ton of the great project.
Previous to that date there had been
numerous water power flurries, most
of which the citizens will recall and
all of which went up into thin
wreath of blue smoke.
The names of almost every citizen
of Keokuk can in some way or an
other be linked with these early eff
forts. How many can recall the effort
made by H. C. Reiner to build a plant
and Of tie canvass made by the Bust
ness Mems association to see how
much power would be taken in Keo-
kuk. How many remember Campbell
and Anthony and Williams and the
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-01-08

force of water do the bidding of man,
was commonplace. Fifty years ago
there was talk of dam in the Mis-
sissippi river at the foot of the rapids
and company was even formed to
devlope power from the rapids.
But like numerous other companies
formed afterwards, nothing was ever
done and the river rolled on un-
checked, the roar of the rapids still
singing the song it had for ages. The
development of electrical power from
the rapids is but of recent date, for
electricity is only modern servant.
The majority of Keokuk's citizens can
no doubt well remember when the
electric street car system was in
stalled in Keokuk. This was one of
the earliest systems in the West and
marked about the beginning of the
popularity of electricity. Up to that
time there had been no thought of
Harvesting the Mississippi river at
this point for the development of
electrical energy.
Twenty years ago there was no sug-
gestion of water power from an cleo
trical viewpoint, yet deriving power
from the river is an old, old story
The present generation, however. may
truthfulIy say that the Keokuk water
power project was conceived, inves-
tigated, built and completed during
their life time.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-01-08

other promoters who spent consider
able time here and in the end accom-
plished nothing?
How many citizens voted on May
%. 1895. at the special election at
which the water power proposition
carried by ISL majority?
Although it has been ten wears
s'nce the keolzuk and Hamilton Wa.
ter Power company was formed, II
does not seem a great while since the
first real practical effort was start
ed 10 get the power.
This history is being written just
! exactly ten years after the evening
when small group of Keokuk men
gathered together and started the bal
rolling which .las eventually proven
successful. On the evening of July
l.6, 1909, the modest historian of this
brief history, wrote the above, willis
On the same evening ten years ago
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-01-08
A BRIEF HISTORY OF
KEOKUK WATER POWER
Giving the Most Important Events the Ten Determined
Effort to Bring About the Harvesting Of the
Rapids of the Mississippi.

To properly write the water power
history OF Keokuk would be an UNI
dertaking which would require sew
eral days of hard, careful research,
the going over of the files of the
Keokuk newspapers for years back.
the looking up OF river records and
interviewing half of the present gen
GRAFTON Of the city. The proper start
would be over fifty years ago when
the first water power spark was kin
died In the minds of the pioneer cit
liens who at that time were talking
about the great energy in the Mis-
sissippi river which was going to
waste.
In that early day, water power was
no new thing, for nearly every little
stream had it's mill dam. Electricity
was unheard of excepting as it ap.
peared in the sky during the thun
der storm, bit the idea Of making the
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-01-08
NEVER WAS BUILT. =
, .
) . 49, >>e = - . .

BY majority of ISL the city coun-
Gil was given the discretionary au-
thority to build and own an electric
lighting plant and buy the power of
any responsible parties at price not
to exceed $40 per horse power a year,
"a hour service.
AT the council meeting of June
of that year, this company made for
NAL application for five year con-
tract with the city for power as per
the above vote.
During the agitation of this propo-
sition which was brought up by the
company whicn contemplated erecting
wing dam at cost of a half million
dollars, the citizens were very much
enthused over the project and a mass
meeting was held at the county court
house on the evening of May % at
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-01-08
TWENTY-FIVE MEN.
- 90. 80 ,~~ 80


The company was incorporated on
April Is. 1900, and had capital stock
of but $4,000 There were twenty-five
citizens of Keokuk and Hamilton who
composed the company, they having
been selected by Mr. Birge and called
into conference with him in November
of the previous year, at which time
the company was formed, each mem
Der taxing a share of stock a. 500
each The twenty-five members of the
company were as follows:
C. p. Birge, of Keokuk. deceased.
r. r. Wallace, of Hamilton.
Edmund Jaeger, of Keokuk, fde-
ceasedl.
William Logan, of Keokuk
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-01-08
vicinity, transforming the pres

vicinity, nsforming the pres
ent appearance Of the river at
this point for miles up stream.
The erection Of the dam will
create d great pool, caused by
tlle back water and the view Of
the beautiful river from the
Iowa and Illinois bluffs will be
different from what it is now.
But the change will be one
for the better and will add to
the beauties of the stream, in
stead Of detracting from them.
An immense lake will be form
ed where now the river is a
winding stream. There will be
no current in this lake to
amount to anything and it will
extend some thirty miles in
length or more, from Keokuk
to beyond Fort Madison.
The present canal, built by
the government at an outlay Of
about seven million dollars,
will be flooded; drowned out
completely and will disappear
beneath the placid waters of
the lake. The locks and dry
dock will sink with the balance
Of the structure and the rise Of
the water will overflow consid-
cradle land on both sides Of the
river.
All of this has been provided
for by Mr.. Cooper. He secured
permission from the govern
ment to build the dam and the
government knows that it's ca
nal will be drowned out. It
agrees to the destruction of it's
canal, because the building Of
the water power dam provides
for lock and dry dock, to take
the place Of that government
work destroyed.
Instead of destroying gov
eminent property. the water
power project will improve it,
for it calls for but one lock
whereas there are now three,
thus doing away with the ex-
pense Of maintenance and ere
ating a saving in the operating
expense Of the canal, which in
time will soon amount to a high
enough figure to pay for the
property damaged.
n
The land owners, mostly. are
satisfied with the prospects of
their land along the river
shores being flooded and made
useless. They will be paid for
this, the law providing for
cases Of this character where a
work Of great public benefit re-
quires the taking of private
property. At one time an at
| tempt was made to secure OPP
tions on all of the land subject
TO overflow, but this was not
carried to an end and the
courts will settle the question
when it comes up, each land
owner receiving a fair price for
his land.
On the Iowa side runs the
Kline railroad tracks and the
plans for the dam show that
the entire stretch of track from
Keokuk to Fort Madison vii