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The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-08-12
Taies Of Cities

At cost of about Y? '50O.OOo the
German city vt Hampurx is building
irwin tunnels under the. LIVER Elbe for
vehicles and pedestrian,
In London today tttre are 5000
fewer paupers than th"re were = year
ago, AS n consequence Of wbIcb ~
least one big woybnou,e ,s 10 ~ lei or
sold
Quebec Is q city without pawnhro
kers. the last person in that business
having died about thlry ,pars ago
Since that time, II Is said no person
has applied for license. The high
license fee is held responsible to con.
siderable extent for this unusual state
OF affairs.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-08-12
the human Frame.

physician says that the human
frame may be compared to a watch.
OF which the heart Is the handspring.
the stomach the regulator, and what
we put In 1t the key by which the ma
chine Is wound up. According to the
quantity, quality and proper digestion
OF what we eat and drink will be tho
pace OF the pulse aud the action OF
the system In general If the machine
is disorganized, the same expedients
are employed for its readiustment az
are used by the matchmaker.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-08-12
LIFE INSURANCE.
The Wonderful Hold 1t Has Upon Our
Thrifty Citizens.

The Wonderful Hold 1t Has Upon Our
Thrifty Citizens.
The number of people in this coun-
try who make use of life Insurance as
a means Of saving exceeds the total
number who avail themselves OF all
the other recognized modes OF thrift.
Thus, II we add together 100000 OF
savings bank depositors, the I,000,O00
Of persons who own their own homes.
the 2.o00.000 building and loan society
stockholders and the 100000 Of cor.
poration stockholders we shall have.
not reckoning Implications, not more
than 20O00,000 Of investors. whereas
the number of persons who hold poll
cies, ordinary ana industrial. in life in.
surance companies. exceeds 2S,000,000.
These 2S,000,000 do not include the
number Of certificate holders In fra
ternal and assessment associations.
The total life insurance carried IL
the United States today is about $50
per head Of the population, a sum con-
siderably greater than that Of any
other country In the world. The com
panies reporting to the New York in.
suraDce department had on December
81, 1910. $14680. 20s,31j insurance in
force. They had total premium in
come of $533, 900 DOC, and assets
amounting to- $3685, e3o,5 which
represents approximately as large a
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-08-12
SOLDIERS CLOTHES.
Cost OF Uniforms TO the Men In Uncle
Sans Army,

Cost OF Uniforms to the Men In UreIs
Sans Army,
The soldiers Of 1.-THE United States
army wear good clothes-that is,
clothes suitable for the purpose for
which they are designed and clothes
that with ordinary protection will
stand Il great deal OF wear and yet
continue 10 look good. :3fF
The new olive -drab wooden uniform
consisting of breeches and tunic costs
the soldier $S.46--S5oS for his coat
aud S3lS for his breeches. His linen
collar costs him 4 cents His WOODEN
oliye-drab gloves cost 81 cents. His
canvas puttees cost him &C cents. and
be can buy wooden mittens for 30
cents and overalIs for 81 cents. His
stockings cost him as follows: Cotton,
s cents: heavy WOODEN. "A cents: light
woolen II cents. His dress trousers
Of twenty-five ounce kersey. the ma
terial Of which Is sold to officers at
$3.50 yard. cost $303. and his dress
coat of the same material is $j.75. He
pays for his khaki breaches $1.3T and
for his khaki service coat S1.5S. His
chambray shirt is Sc cents: the olive
drab flannel shirt $2.94 and the muslin
one ouly 81 cents.
The most expensive item of all his
equipment is his oiive-drab overcoat,
which costs him Ssh. These clothes
are sold 10 the soldier at cost plus a
very tiny additional price which the
government has to pay for storage
aud, in the case OF the organized mill
tia. with the cost of packing added, -
Mary Heaton worse in Success Maya.
zine.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-08-12

The census bulletin Just issued,
giving industrial statistics for Cairo
and several other Illinois cities, for
the five years from 1904 to 1909,
shows an increase Of capital invest
ed In Cairo industries to be 81 per
cent. In other respects the show
ing is not SO favorable. notably in
the number of people employed
which shows a decrease of IA per
cent during that period However,
the decided increase In capital in
vested shows development of sub
stantial character and In the next
report there will be marked in
crease In other respects, for by that
time the effect Of work done lately
by the Cairo Commercial club will
be in evidence.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-08-12

Workmen In the d. G. o. shops at
Murphysboro are. puzzled over an or
der just posted, which declares.
Employees OF the Mobile and Ohio
company will in the future tell no
one of personal injury received
when on duty or speak of no Incl
dent Of enough Importance to be of
news value to any person except
an official of the road" What wor-
RIGS them is how they are going to
"stand off, their inquisitive wives,
in case they get hurt. The prohibit
ton regarding incidents of news
value is likely to make the news
paper fellows kick up some didos
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-08-12
Size of Alaska.

Alaska has 500.SS4 square miles,
378, l65,7G0 acres.
Alaska il more than twice the size
Of the German empire
Alaska liz nenr,y thirteen times the
size of New York state. ~
Alaska would make nearly HU states
as large ~ thode island'
Alaska Is solnething more than one
fftb the size OF the United states
proper.
Alaska Is larger than all the staie,
north OF the Ohio and Potomac rlvers
and east Of the Mississippi,
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-08-12


Mayor Parsons has information
that government work at Birds Point
will begin in q very little while and
will be prosecuted with vigor till
completed Operations are expected
to begin in about two weeks under
the direction Of Capt. Mitchell of
the engineer corps. Not only will
work be done at Birds Point, but
some also will be done in the Ohio
river above Cairo. This will be
good news to the people of Cairo and
vicinity, for it will mean that some
Important land improvements which
have been contingent upon the Sc
curity OF the river banks will be
started and pushed.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-08-12

In conversation men should not talk
TO please themselves. but those that
hear them. Were this rule gen
orally observed, It would make them
consider whether W A. the speak
be worth hearing; whether there be-
either wit or sense in what they are
about TO say; and whether 1t be adapt.
ed to the time when. the place where
and the person to whom it is spoken.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-08-12
CAIRO BANKS PROGRESS.
First to Adopt New Method Devised
by American Bankers Asso-
citation Committee,

committee of the American.
Bankers Association has recently
devised scheme of assigning a
number TO every bank in the coun-
try for the purpose of saving labor
in the recording of out-of- town
checks All banks are being re-
quested to have their number pIac-
ed on their checks, drafts. endorsing
stamps. etc, and the fact that a
Cairo bank is one of the first to
adopt the system is worthy of com
mendation. The Chicago banker in
this weeks issue has the following
regarding the. matter: 4:
Cairo Adopts System.
H II. Aisthorpe, cashier of the
First Bank and Trust Company.
Cairo. is is first under the wire with
customers checks bearing the
banks correct numerical designa-
ton. in its case "70-t72" 1t will
appear WI an HtN VI hltot tHeChS'
etc. as fast as printed Mr. Ais
thorpe further suggests that banks
using A. b. G.. or other loose-leaf
customers checks have their num-
bers printed on the checks by their
printer at the time that their Gus
toner's name is printed as was done
on the enclosed sample. If this is
done. 1t will shorten to some extent
the time necessary to have numbers
printed on many transit Items"
Mr.. Aisthorpe is in receipts of a
letter from the chairman of the COM
mittee complimenting him for his
prompt adoption of the plan.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-08-12

Taking the United States rs y who
the registration Of births aud death
has been greatly neglected. Until tSS.
the only states enforcing laws con
polling returns of the ca,iSas of dpat h.
were Massachusetts aud New ,lprSp,
These have greatly been Hdded To. va
I'll ut the present time eighteen states
the District Of Columbia and hfty-fou
cities in nonregisrrutlon states have
passed laws or ordinances requiring
the attendant physician TO report lh,
cause of death before lie intcrmen, OF
the body As the matter now stands
we have about - per cent Of be total
population Of the continental United
States represented in the registration
area Medical Record.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-08-12
TINE CARD CAIRO TLE-TR'C n

,t.iI n1~~ ears due to- itnNt -arorf 81. go
l'"S inE t,crt N on commercial AVE-,
~ III mt ,,ies run Il H. 81, tu ~ 3. m
q ,i"s n"'thnn Wainut 1t eeeiy ID minutes
.atnha ~ "a so q. m
uptar II tiHs ,, ,,.s, ss evs r, =, ave y.
ns nWth 90 liuh,u,k, at nnI, o:!1 s.4l = u,
-;i2 M a,it nn l,.h sane tils ht s'fsy
Ht,,it ,.l,ti. y " anc ~ o. n.
,,eiax Aes. OF rwsnty Hiehth At At aas;
5f,; sal; u ~ and TH4 H. s ard aA - me mis-
,rt~ ee4iy hour until tn3' aiih .t.up III.
koc'ss ~, ears dive " lssss Vt Mays PARK
= niinutes gftet .vins oerona ~. 4
Eelt Lane Owl Csss m noE', :, n NJ W ,:ss H.
m $50 a. 81: All a ln,. 3.so.a ~. i.3u A. ~ (;
a.Sl 4. m 5tf, H stf;S
North or o,nn,ett,ai- i3e 70, y, u. ~ a,
ia.:Sa M, ~ th.: ba. IN
Reit and brt uars str dau To- p.ss West
fhlrty.fourth ST.. 10 minutes af..r leaving
second street. tfF
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-08-12
The Resemblance

Teacher--If the earth we're empty In
side 1t would resemble Scholar A
razor. miss. Teacher--A razor? Way
Teddy? Scholar = Because II woud De
hollow ground, miss London Ts'e.
graph.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-08-12

Cairo seems to be we'll served now
with transportation facilities across
the two rivers. The Greenfields
ferry, established through the ef-
forts of the Retail Merchants AS
sociation, has done thriving bust
ness 1t has resumed Its place after
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-08-12
Liuu,ld Glue.

An excellent cold liquid glue IL
made as follows: Dilute 2 to 2,s
parts crude nitric acid with 40 to so
OF water. soak IN this % parts of glue
for twenty-four hours and then heat
the mixture until r T+is homogeneous
The quantity Of acid used depends on
the quality of the siue.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-08-12
I July Circulation

The above Is correct statement
Of the circulation Of The Cairo
bulletin for the year 1910 and for
the month of July, 1911.
CLYDE SULLIVAN,
Business Manager
Subscribed and sworn to before
me this Sd day of August, 1911.
LEO. j. KLEB,
Notary Public. ,
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-08-12
Courtino Celebrity.

II want to do some one thing that
will cause me 70 bc talked about." said
the energetic and ambitious man
That's easily arranged" answered
his wife. Merely move intoa strange
neighborhood" New York American.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-08-12
Love" says the poet by and by

Love" says. the poet. by and by
WIN And its own. ween."
But not so surely as the ~ F..
VIII find the busted screen.
denver Republican.
The stream Is sure TO And the sea.
We know 1t will not fail,
But surer Ia tho tire TO DO
The finder Of the nail
Chicago Record. Herald.
The dust lie sure TO meet the wind
And then be whirleu at will.
But surer Ia the man to and
The usual monthly bill
Cleveland Plain Dealer
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-08-12

With a city hall and new
county jail Cairo can look the rest
of the state in the face without
blushing. Can't do 1t now.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-08-12

Evidently Jimmie" still has
hopes" He asks: Did you ever no.
tice that girls SO often marry the
fellers they first make fun Off"
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-08-12

Boil the milk" is but weather
cry in the big cities; and it is sup
plemented with wash the bottles
and battle the babies"
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-08-12
Circulation Statement.

Average Number Of complete
and perfect copies Of The
Cairo Bulletin printed daily
and Sunday during the
year 1910 ... $780,. s2S
Average number Of, complete
and perfect copies Of The
cairo Bulletin printed daily
4 and Sunday during the
month Of July, 131l... zoo
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-08-12

Talk about mean temperature.
That OF the last several days has
been about the meanest. !.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-08-03
Loss OF Time Means loss Of pa

Loss Of Time Means Loss OF Pay
Kidney trouble and the Ills il
breeds means lost time and lost pay
to many working man 81 Balent,
1914 Little Penna St, Streator. Ill,
was so bad from kidney and bladder
trouble that he could not work, but
he says: II took Foley Kidney Pills
for only a short time and got entirely
well and was soon able to go back to
work. and am feeling well and health
Ter than before" Foley Kidney Pills
are tonic in action. quick in results
a good friend to the working man or
woman who suffers from kidney ills.
Wilkinson & Company and J.. F. Kied-
aisch & Son.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-08-03
MANY a SUFFERING Woman

Drags herself painfully through her
daily tasks, suffering from backache,
headache, nervousness, loss of ap-
petite and poor sleep, not knowing her
ills are due to kidney and bladder
troubles. Foley Kidney Pills give
quick relief from pain and misery and
a prompt return to health and
strength. No woman who so suffers
can afford to overlook Foley Kidney
Pills. Wilkinson & Company and j.
IF. Kiedaisch & Son.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-08-03
DENMARK.
= = = = . . . q

. . = . y = . . y y
Mrs. Phillips OF Chicago visited with
her sister, Mrs. Huthberg and fam
fly.
The gentle rain that is falling this
afternoon, July 31st is very welcome.
and seems to say that our drouth Is
over at last. The first break came
Sunday July 2Srd and saved the late
corn.
Chas. Winters has been visiting his
sister, Mrs. Hawkins.
Mrs. Fred Hem and Mrs. Horace
Sawyer were calling on Dentist Court
right and Optician Camp Thomas last
Wednesday.
Prof. Bingin. former principal OF
Denmark academy visited Denmark
last Wednesday. taking dinner with
Mrs. Goss and Miss Cooper; the latter
was one of the teachers during his
principalship.
Mrs. Joe Fry and daughter Laura,
of Viewer took dinner with the Rev.
Hem family Wednesday.
Mr.. Joseph Houston of Burlington.
but formerly of this place made his
nephew, A F. Houston and family an
extended visit and called on many of
his former friends. His many friends
are glad that Father Time has been
as lenient as he has and that Mr..
Houston is as well as he is.
| Mrs. VIM. Enslow has been enter
tanning her niece from Pulaski. Ia.
Very favorable reports are received
from Miss Charlotte Dewey who is
at Graham hospital in Keokuk.
! Miss Nellie Jacker has gone to her
home at Oak Park, Ill.
| While the work is in progress on
the church sidewalk the ladies will
serve dinner for the workmen.
Miss Minnie Woodruff came from
Levenworth. Nebr., where she has
been teaching music in the public
schools for the past two years. and
also teaching music both vocal and in
strumental to private pupils.
Rev Hem is improving his property
/ in n. W. Denmark with plaster, paper,
and paint. This is the place he pur-
chased of Ed Brown about three years
ago.
/ The old horse sheds at the Congre
gational church have been RACED and
new ones will be built soon.
Mr.. Augustus Wilder has moved his
family into the new house on the
] farm. and the new Baptist minister
from Danville will now move into the
Baptist parsonage, vacated by Mr.
Wilder and family
4 Miss Mary Halstead of Keithsburg
H., who spent several days last week
visiting with Mr.. and Mrs. Horace
Sawyer and other friends left Thurs
day for a visit with friends in Fl
Madison and Keokuk.
Rev. Lyman and wife leave today
for their vacation which they vii
|, spend at Lake Geneva attending :
convention They will be gone two
weeks and there will be no preaching
services during that time
The body of Mr.. Edward Brown wa:
brought here for interment from Mid
dletown on Thursday July 90. Mr.
, Brown was pioneer of Lee County
being born here about rs years ago
Two wives were buried in the Den
mark cemetery and he rests witt
them. He leaves wife and severa
step children at Middletown. One step
daughter, Mrs. Cora Smith is in Wen
ma with her husband who is there do
ing post graduate work and three owl
sons live in Missouri and a daughte
: in Oklahoma. Two sisters also survive
: God is thinning out the ranks of gu
: old settlers and pioneers and in $,
many instances strange people" fl
their places.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-08-03
c.. 9. q q. RAILWAY CO.

Trains leav. from Union penot
Berths and tickets. Fifth and John.
son streets.
South Bound.
-aso. 8, st. Louis and south,
soaves ............... l2:l5 am
mo. IL, St Louis and Kan
sas City Gnd west. south.
.eSves ................. $50 an
mo. 4. Quincy. Hannibal &
st Louis. arrive -:15 ,. m.
leaves ........ ......... i:2o pm
mo. ~. Quincy and Hanni.
pal. arrives .............. s:25 pm
No. ~ leaves ..--....... S:26 pm
North Bound.
NO. z. Chicago. St Paul
and points west, leaves ;. 2:s5 sm
No. 13, Chicago, st. Paul
ana points vest. arrives :. 7:35 pm
mo. Is, leaves ........... 1885 IN
'No. s. Burlington. Chicago
and east, leaves ......... 1855 pm
NO. !. Burlington. leaves 7:a5 anu
mo. 81. Donnellse.,, G., BE-
X. c., and North Road
leaves ............... $3.50 pm
NO. 80. from Donnellson,
G.. b & K. O.. & North
Road. arrives ....... 1890 am
mo. !, X. q W. lest, leaves sos am
mo. 8. Centerville. leaves !. 7.35 pm
mo. 4. from Centorville and
I points intermediate. arrives 1:15 pm
NO. 2. from Centcrville and
west, arrives ..... 9:i0 nm
mo. 8. Centerville. leaves $40 pm
''No. 6. from. Canterville. II.
Hsos ................. ll:o5 am
Laily.
eDaily except Sunday.
'Sundays only
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-08-03
Much souah. GEM.

The gem most sought after is the
Australian black opal, which is found
nowhere else in the world. 1t ap-
pears IN limited quantities in the
matrix OF ironstone and sandstone in
the Lightning Ridge district OF New
South Wales.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-08-03
Sure 70 Return II.

Lady-"Yes. I've an umbrella that
needs mending, but how am to know
that you Will bring it back?" Um-
brella Mender-.Have no fear, mum,
allus charges more for mendin'
than l could sell the umbreller for"
Boston Transcript.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-08-03

ST. LOUIS TO ST. PAUL.
Largest and finest passenger steam
ers on the Mississippi river.
Str. ST. Paul north bound Aug ~
and 81.
Str. st. Paul, south bound, Aug. To-
"a. Sept. 4.
FlRsT-cLAss SERVICE.
Steamer Dubuque leaves keokua
for st. Louis every Thursday anu
Sunday, 1880 p. m.
Steamer Dubuque leaves KeoKua
for Burlington every Wednesday a.
1880 p. 10. I!
WIN. D. STEELE, Agent
Phone, Iowa $50. Kcokuk, iowa
ISAAC P. LUSk,
Gen. Pass. Agent, ST. Louis.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-08-03

Foley Kidney Pills will check the
progress of your kidney and bladder
trouble and heal by removing the
cause Try them Wilkinson & Com
pany and J. F. Kiedaisch & Son.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-08-03
Stop
DiarIeFaOea
Wakefield's
Blackberry Balsann

Quickly stops Diarrhoea. Dystentery.
Cholera Infantum and all bowel trou-
bles without constipating. No opium
nor other habit forming drugs Accept
only Wasefeid's. Il cures after other
remedies fail 55c or 3 bottles for 81.
EYsrywaeres
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-08-03

supply of CLAIMS that can be had at
a much less cost than elsewhere.
Both OF these enterprises can be made
a gold mine in grand and beautiful
Nauvoo.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-08-03

CIeanses the System
efectuaIly: Dispels
colds and Headaches.
due to constipation.
Best for men. women
and children /: YOUNG
and old.
10 get its Beneficial
effects, always note the
name Of the Company
CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP @!
plainly printed on the
front Of every package
Of the Genuine
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-08-03

Don't use harsh physics. The reao
ton weakens the bowels, leadss -
chronic constipation. Get Doanes
Regulets. They operate easily. tons
the stomach and cure constipation.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-08-03
Pollyooly.
and the Lump
THE DUKES MISTAKE
By Edgar Jepson

oo.v.,e.r. ,.e. y n. r.A.so. ru,...ro ca.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-08-03

x. q W. ELECTRIC CO.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-08-03

Loeai Freight Trains.
sTrain 86--Arrives Keokuk. .e:3o pm
sTrain S6-Leaye Keokuk :. 1900 :"
sDaily except Sunday.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-08-03

sTrain 473-Leayes Keokuk. .7:4O am
sTrain 741-Leaves Keokuk. abb pm
sTrain 472-Arrives Keokuk. .7:4o pm
sTrain 470-Arrives Keokuk. .l:0o pm
Evening journal., 1911-10-03
A PHYSICIANS REPORT ON
TUBERCULOSIS MEDICINE

Have used Ecsmans Alternative in sew
eral cases Of tubercuiar glands Of the neck,
with excellent results every time. In one
case IL cost me $50, for the girl was put on
Il only until she could arrange 20 be oper-
ated, and in a short time an operation was
not needed I suppose your records are Just
as fine as Of old Nou know my faith m u.
Eckman's Alternative is effective In other
forms. Road what Mrs Garyin says:--
Idaho Falls. Idaho
Gentlemen: I have gained twenty two
pounds since last February and my baby
| IA In perfect health. She is now four months
old. j have been waiting since she was born
10 see how I would get along am now
doing all my work, have been ever since she
was four weeks old, and l am steadily gain
ing. do not cough or raise anything at ALL
1 believe my lung trouble is cured
'fsigned AfidaviD MRS. NJ. II. GARNlN.
Note-Mrs. Garvin Is the mother OF sew.
en- children.
Eckmans Alternative Is effective in Bron-
chitis. Asthma, Hay Fever Throat and Lung
Troubles. and In upbuilding the system. Does
not contain posons opiates' or habit.form-
ing drugs For sale by n. b. Dantorth, Mil
ier Drug Co.. and other leading druggists.
ASK for booklet Of cured cases and write TO
Eckman Laboratory Philadelphia, Pa for
additional evidence.
Evening journal., 1911-10-03
BURY VICTIMS
AT AUSTIN
CONTINUED from First Page

Continued from First Page)
those responsible for the weakened
condition of the Bayless dam continues
today and 1t has also developed that
scores of lives might have been saved
had it not been believed that the first
alarm Of the approaching food was IN
tended for joke.
Twice within the past ten days
would-be jokers had blown the hre
whistles" said James Robinson, a
Main street tailor today. When the
whistles sounded Saturday many
thought it was another joke and did
not attempt to run until the water was
upon them
A search for bodies was started to-
day as far as five and ten miles down
the valley in the belief that some may
have been swept away by the flood. II
will be a week before the towns ruins
are thoroughly combed. members If
the relief committees say, Even with
the additional workmen, the force IS
still inadequate and it is difficult 70
get men to come to the town owing to
the lack of sleeping quarters.
A live COW was rescued from the
roof of the four-story Emporium
Lumber Company's building south OF
Austin today The animal had been
carried a mile by the flood and strand
ed. 1t required a block and tackle to
get her down.