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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-04-12
WEATHER CROP
BULLETINS BEGIN
First Ore for the Season Has Been
Issued Showing the Conditions
in iowa

The weather crop bulletins have
started, the fret one having just been
issued from Dies 8foines for the week
ending April 10 and showing the fol
los ing conditions Ia Iowa:
After mild and pleasant put DRY
winter the crop season 81 1911 opens
with nearly normal conditions, excepi
that the subsoii IS dr1er than usual /:
there being an average deficiency ~
z-S2 inches Of precipitation since
October I. 1915. March vas dry and
warm. prior 10 the 18th, and much
piox5Hg and seeding Of spring wheat
We done between the 10Th ard 18th
u that month. Since that time the
weather HIS been cold with frequent
rains and snow Storms which hare
preYented fed work. The first week
0f April wsE abnornailr cold and
stormy with heayy snow orer the
northern half u the state: many sta
lions in the northern counties report
Ing three 70 eleTen inches of snov-
fall and temperatures between : and
10 degrees on tae eth Farm work ig.
howeFeT. ~ far adTanced as usual a.
this time ID the year but i r. several
weeks lster than last year. Nearly ali
81 the spring wheat and much Of the
oats have f2een sown. and some
ground mas been plowed preparstorr
to planting corn. Winter grains and
grasses are reported generally az
being IN good condition. and the late
rains hare put the soil in fine tnth.
All kinds Of stock came through the
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-04-12

winter IN good shape and farmers
hare plenty Of feed On hand. All yege-
tatlon and especially fruit bsds have
as ret remained nearly dormant and
the prospects OF fruit crop are al
present yery promising The acreage
Of spring wheat has been increased
over that OF last year. but the acre
age Of oats and other grains viii prob
ably be about the same. The week
closes with indications Of warmer
weather.
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pital. She reports her sister getting
along nicely Mr.. and Mrs. John
Wellner visited their daughter last
Saturday.
Among the sales made at the Elder
horse sale held al Hamilton recently
was one to VIM. Sinton OF Keokuk, Of
e fine draft horse for which he paid
s2S5, Mr.. Elder also has an order in
for a number of cavalry and artillery
horses for the United States army.
The keokuk lodge OF Eagles few
high last Wednesday night, and a
class of young Eagles were taken
into the Keokuk nest, among them
being the following from Nauyoo:
VIM. H. Wilson. DR.. G. ". Fegers.
Charles Mulch, Henry Reed, August
Sellers. John Kyburz. Jr-. Fred Geh-
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-04-12

socse1y ard The 4 o. e " He had
been : member Of the Unitarian
church for na1! Tea-s-
Judge kaoEses wzs married al Atf-
eas. Mo- N 1874 10 Miss Mary c,
Curtis, and l5sF wers the parents OF
zh-es soas and four daughters Three
caagatsr survive him. Miss E2oIss
Knowles, member of the faculty Of
1hs UNIVERSITY Of Montana Mrs n. c.
Blair and Miss E1s-etiz Knowles. all
q EEssoala-
sadEe and Mrs Knowles had spent
The greater par OF The Ei1isr II Cali
to-1ia u the hope that The change
might be henesczsl
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-04-12
sio Hearted Jim.

Tonight 81 Dodges viii be seen a
great Kalem western romance Big
Hearted Jim d description az fol-
lows
Jim, the village blacksmith, is IN
lore with Beth who apparently re-
turns his love until well dressed
stranger comes 20 town. The stranger
eventually marrieg Beth and takes
her away After Eve years Of unhappi-
ness, Beth for the sake Of her baby
determines 70 seek Jims aid. Locating
Jim in mining camp Beth leaves her
baby girl Virginia in his tent and
slips Away. jim finding the pretty
Child on his return from work decides
10 keep her
Twelve years later jim and yir-
GINA meet Tom. newcomer Jim
and Tom become partners ard make
lucky strike. Tom tells Jim Of his
love for Virginia and after talking
the matter over they both decide mat
virginia should 20 to college. virginia
Is the belle OF her class with many
admirers. On her graduation day she
refuses q San Francisco millionaire.
Returning home she is greeted by
her old friends. The next day her
wealthy admirer who has followed
her home begs that she listen TO his
pleadings bur she refuses the fascina-
tons Of wealth and allows ungelfish
love 10 triumph.
One important feature Of this pic.
ture is. that the stage coach used ii
this story is an old timer and has
been in many hold-ups Coming TO.
morrow is the great military picture
On The Border Line. showing camp
life in Texas where our troops are
now located Of great interest to all
because of the fact that our troops
4 are liable to be called for an invasion
of Mexico at any time. Please bear IN
mind this picture will be shown on
Thursday night only.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-04-12
a ReIiaBl. asdl1in-aos Narcotic

A Reliable sedisine-Not 4 Narcotic
Mrs r. Na-1i. 81. Joe, Mich. says:
Orr little Dor contracted 3 seTers
bronchial trouble and as the doctors
medicine did not cure him, gave
hin FolsF's Homer and Tar Compound
IN Ehich have great faith Il cureo
the cough az vel as the choking and
sagging spells. and he got veil in a
short time. Foleys Honey and Tar
Compound has many tinez saved us
much trouble and ne are never with
cut it IN the house Wilkinson & Co
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ADJUSTMENTS.
zee. Jsnes i Town Todax.

Jesse James IN Town Today.
Jesse James, Americas Boldest
Bandit at the Colonial theatre To-
might The most sensational motion
pictures ever produced. See the sensa-
tionai stage hold Up. the thrilling
train robbery, the bold bank raid, the
death 81 jesse James. -Four shows To-
night II :. 3, 9 and 10 starting prompt
ig II Z. Positively no seats reserved
90 20 early az the Colonial viii he
crowded 70 the doors tonight. This al
traction tonight only.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-04-12
Hoy's This7

We o@er One Hundred Dollars Reward
for any care Q. CstzrTh that czaao. ce
cured oy Halls Cztarrsh Cure
z. :. CHENEY & co. Toledo, q.
=, the urdsrssgne6. have iorn . j.
Lnscsy for the last IL year. and belle re
rim perfectly honorable in ali L1Stnesz
~ ont any obligation made BIZ his arrn
@aIdiDz K.nrz8 e Marvin
WhoIeEale Druggsgts Toledo. O.
Halls catar-a Cure is taken interaslgy.
acting 1arsctIy upon the blood and ts,s~
cors Ec-tzces OF the syeton. TestirnCz.-
ta5s gent free Price Il cents per bottle.
sod By al druggists.
Take Halls Family Pills for conxtfpz-
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Letter TO
DR.. Hi.mer & Co,
Bin Is hsmtnn. ~ Y.
Prove What swamp-Root VIII do for

Prove What swsmp-Root VIII do for
You.
Send 10 Or. Kilmer & co, Bingham-
ton, y. y, for a sample bottle. II viii
convince anyone You Will also re-
ceiYe booklet Of valuable lnforma-
ton, telling all about the kidneys and
bladder When writing. be sure and
mention The Keokuk Daily Gate City.
Regular fifty.cent and oDe-doIlar size
bottles for sale at all drug stores.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-04-12

Frank A. Walhlgren is home from
Iowa City to spend Easter.
Mrs. Joseph Carwalho was called to
Barry, H., by the illness of her sister.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-04-12
ITEMS 4 nuu AAAA
NAUVoO HUSTLER
Several Clippings That Have Local
CoIoring Taken From an
Illinois Paper

Miss Emma WeIlner has returned
from Keokuk, where she has been
with her sister. Agatha, who was OPP
Grated on recently at Graham hos
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-04-12
Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup

Has been uted for over sI1Tr-FIyE YEARS BY
MILLIONS OF MOTHERS for their CHILDREN WHILE
the CHILD, soYTESs the GUNS. AI.iAYs all PAIN !.
cyREs WIND coiIc. and e TIE best r.7nsdy for
pfARkEsEA- Sold By Druggists in every PAT cf To
world Besur a.d ssk for Ms. winsiovs Soothing
Syrup a7d take other kind Iveatv-fve ctnis 9
t.otfia Guaranteed ut,rer the Food snd Drugs act
Jun. ysth 1904 Serial Snrsher 1864
An OLD AND WELL TRIED REMEDY. =.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-04-12

NABfETTA;
Order Cold Medal Flour II yonr foik, ar,
pernickity about their victuaiH. sALLYAss
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-04-12

/ postal rate Oh cue
of ma gaines. The hignt
The Raymer enterprise., 1911-04-06
NOTICE OF CONTEST.
pepar rtment Of tho Interior,

Department Of tho interior,
United States Land Office, Sterling, Colorado.
March 9th. 1911.
To Dona Zimmerman Of Greeley Colorado. Con-
testce:
You are hereby notified that Scott C. Roe who
gives Mcrino. Colorado. as his posto.fcc address.
did on February 18TH 1911. file in this Office his
duly corrotDrated application to contest and Sc
cure the cancellation Of your Desert Land. Entry
No. 6iOoil. Serial No. OlO95l madc February 18th.
1910. for SELL section ~. Township north Of
Range % west, an NELL Section 3, Township
north. Range 5S west 9Th principal Meridian and
AZ grounds for his contest he alleges tha. Dona
Zimmerman has wholly failed TO ,espcnd on the
said entry. during the first year after sad entry
was made. in the IRRIGATION. reclamation and i'm
proycncnt Of said land in the construction Of
laterals. or in the purchase Of water rights with
which 70 irigatc said land or In the construction
Of bitches or reservoirs, or for any other purpose
allowed by law and that all Of said failures exist
a, the present t'm,.
You are. therefore. further notified that the said
allegations will h. Il, en- by this office as having
been confessed by you and your Said entry will lc
Cancelled Hereunder without your further right
to be heard therein. either before this office or on
appeal. II you fail To file in this Office within
twenty days after the FOURTH publication Of
this notice. aS shown below. your answer. under
oath, specifically meeting and responding 10 these
allegations Of contest. or II you fail within that
time TO file in this office due proof that you have
served copy Of your answer the said contestant
in person. either In person or by registered mail
II this service Is made by the delivery Of copy Of
your answer To the contestant In person proof of
such service must be either the said contestants
written acknowledgment Of his receipt Of the copy.
showing the date Of ts receipt or the affidavit Of
the person by whom the delivery was made stat
jny when and where the copy was delivered. II
made By registered mail. proof Of such service
must consist Of the affidavit Of the person by
whom the copy was mailed stating when and the
postoicc To whom II was mailed. and this affidavit
must bc accompanied by the postmasters receipt
for the letter.
You should state In your answer the name Of
the posto:'icc u which you desire future notices
TO be sent TO you.
W. II. POUND. Register.
The Raymer enterprise., 1911-04-06
NOTICE or CONTEST.
lE,r D,l,i;,o,;.l
Department Of tho interior.

OF xU0 I0ICPt0r,
United States Land Office. Denver. Colorado
March 30. 1911.
To B. Archer l.aw,on of 80 Linden Street Dem
ver Colorado, Contestee:
You are hereby notified that Charles E. Friend
who gives Keota Colorado. as his postofice ad-
dress. did November l5 1910. file in this Office
his duly corroborated application to contest and
secure the cancellation of your homestead Entry
No. Serial No. Ol3lS3 made April 90 1910
for WIZ Section II, Township Z N, Range GO W,
Principal Meridian. and as grounds for his con-
ties the alleges that said claimant has not resided
upon the said land no, made any improvements OF
any kind thereon since fling.
You are. therefore. further notified that the said
allegations will be taken by this office as having
been confessed by you and your said entry will he
cancelled hereunder without your further right
to be heard therein either before this office or on
appeal. II you fail 70 file in this Office within
twenty days after the FOURTH publication of
this notice. as shown below, your answer. under
OATH specifically meeting and responding to these
allegations Of contest, or II you fail within that
time to file In this Office due proof that you have
served coy OF your answer on the said contest
ant either in person or by registered mail. II this
service is made BY the delivery of a copy Of
your answer to the contestant in person. proof Of
such service must be either the said contest
ants written acknowledgment. of his receipt Of
the copy. showing the date Of its receipt. or the
affidavit Of the person by whom the delivery was
made stating when and where the copy was de-
delivered: il made by Registered mail, proof Of such
service must consist of the affidavit Of the person
By whom the copy was mailed stating when and
the postot!ice To which II was mailed. and this
affidavit must be accompanied by the postmaster :
receipt for the letter.
You should state in your answer the name Of the
postofliee TO which you desire further notices to
sent to you.
c. D. FORD. Register.
The Raymer enterprise., 1911-04-06

Fred Schmeckley returned to his
home at Eustis, Nebraska Wednesday
of last week.
Mr.. Leman has returned to his home
stead about five miles east of Raymer
and is preparing to SOW some wheat.
John Tillison has been helping Mr..
Smith dig well.
The Keller school celebrated the last
day by taking trip to the canyons
north of there. A good time was the
voice Of the crowd.
The Raymer enterprise., 1911-04-06
REFRIGERATOR FOR COUNTRY
Scheme for Keeping Things Cool n
the Well When Ice Is Not
Procurable.

A country place is not always situ.
atcd where ice can be procured during
the summer months and a substitute
refrigerator must be provided. A res.
ldent OF a country place devised =
cooling apparatus which he placed in
his well. The device consisted Of
box about one foot square made OF
The Raymer enterprise., 1911-04-06
East Items.
Special Correspondent.

oPccRII correspondent.
Mr.. and Mrs. Theodore Keller called
on E. !. Seavy and family Sunday.
Mr.! and Mrs. George Mercer called
on Grant Mercer and family Sunday.
Mrs. VIM. Schmeekley visited with
Mrs. E. Tillison the first of the week.
John Tillison called on Grant Mercer
Sunday evening.
VIM. Schmeekley and E. Tillison were
out on hunting trip the first of the
week in an automobile.
The Raymer enterprise., 1911-04-06
Forest view Items.

Special Correspondent.
George Kinney is digging his well
this week..
George Meacham and family called
on A. Fike,a ,and family Sunday.
Dick Westkirk had his wheat put in
last week.
Chester Snyder, family and brother
called on Mr.. and Mrs. Roe Sunday.
George Meacham lost one of his horses
last week.
Jess Beson is putting in his oats this
week.
Uncle Joe called on H. D. Eddy last
Friday.
G. S. Robertson and son Vern made
business trip to Weldon Thursday
after hay and when returning the rack
upset throwing them both off. MIR.
Robertson was bruised up little, but
Vern escaped.
L. J. Norton and family and G. S.
Robertson and family took dinner with
Mr.. Petrle and family Sunday.
Mr.. Dunlap made n business trip to
Fort Morgan last week.
Eugene Tighe and mother were out
buggy riding Sunday.
The Raymer enterprise., 1911-04-06

boards having length to reach al.
most to the water level and to extend
about four feet above the platform Of
the we'll A short box containing sew.
eral shelves is made to slip easily
into the long one similar to dumb
waiter. This smaller box is lowered
and raised with an old-fashioned wind.
lass. The smaller box containing the
shelves is filed with things to be
kept cool.-Popular Mechanics.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1911-09-07
WANTED.


We want young men and women
to take good paying positions who
have finished either a course of
Shorthand, or Bookkeeping and
Shorthand in our college. Our
employment records show that dur
ing this year there has not been a
graduate of one of the above
courses who was not placed in a
good position within ten days after
his course was finished unless of
his own accord. Yet there may be
some who have never registered
with our Employment Dept or who
may desire more remunerative po-
sitiOns than they are at present
holding, who would register now.
Our Employment Dept is away be-
hind in supplying business firms,
and will appreciate anyone furnish
ing US with the full particulars of
one of our graduates Of the above
named courses who desires help in
securing a more desirable position.
The fact that we have been wholly
unable to supply the demand by
business firms during the past year
is very suggestive that we should
more earnestly urge other young
people to enter our school and take
up a course Of Shorthand, or Book
keeping and Shorthand.
$50 pays for a life scholarship in
any one of these courses; $95 pays
for a life scholarship in two courses
Board and lodging is only $3.50 to
$3.50 per week The Shorthand
course is completed by the average
student in three and a half months,
the Bookkeeping course in four
months; Bookkeeping and Short
hand in five months, thus it will be
seen the total cost OF preparing and
being placed in good position is
very small. Anyone can afford it.
Write for our large catalogue, Civ
ing facts from hundreds of students
as to what they were able to accom-
plish, also what their employers
have to say of their ability to rend-
er first class service. Every state
ment in this catalogue is backed
by a 500 cash guarantee to be true
and correct. We guarantee to give
a better and more thorough course
in half the time and at half the eX-
pense of any school teaching other
than the famous Byrne systems,
which are our own copyrighted
methods. Make your arrangements
to enter at once. Moberly Com
mercial College, MoberIy, Mo.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1911-09-07
Birds as Money Savers.

The destruction of insect. eating
birds should not be overlooked by
those attempting to explain the in
creased cost of living, Government
statistics show that our agriculture
has suffered to the extent of billions
of dollars through the ravages ofin-
sects. The animal loss has increas-
ed steadily until it has Teaceed a
figure which the human mind can
not grasp.
In the cotton belt of the South
the boil weevil, which has increas-
ed with such rapidity as to become
a plague, took as its toll in one year
more than S25,OOOOOO worth of a
product upon which every man,
woman and child is dependent. And
in this same section Is permitted
the wholesale destruction of birds,
Seventy-fve per cent OF whose food
is the crop-destroying insect! We
shall pay for this loss, sustained
largely through folly and ignorance
when we buy our clothes, Grains,
vegetables and fruit culture in
many localities is so hampered by
noXiouS insects that the farmer
"dragS home the stingy harvest"
discouraged and with good cause
for abandoning his occupation
Every dollars worth of damage
which the bird guards could have
prevented must come out of the
pockets of the people.
Poison sprays and other artificial
means do not successfully check the
damage done by insect pests. We
must look to the wild birds for sub
stantial relief. They will not rail
us, even if we do no more than sim
! ply let them live.-Dumb Animals.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1911-09-07

ground. Il don't exactly remember
what l failed you for but l have
no doubt it was coming to you.
However, hold no grudge against
you now. 1t would be better to call
this thing off, take dinner with me
and talk over old times"
This mild talk however, didn't
cool the ire of William. He con-
cluded that he had his former teach
er buffaloed and pulling off his coat
and vest told the farmer man that
it was no use to try to talk him out
of it as he had made a VOW and in
tended to- keep it."
We'll. young man." said the
farmer man, if your heart is set on
this thing l suppose you may as
well have it out now. The hired
man wants little rest anyway"
At the second pass the ex-teacher
who had an arm like the rear limb
of a mule, hit William on the point
of the chin and when he finally
awoke from his dreamless slumber
the hired man was pouring water
on him out of a jug and his former
instructor was tanning him with his
straw hat. When his power Of
speech returned to him and he got
able to sit up and take notice of the
surrounding scenery, William re-
marked dreamily, 1T appears to me
that l was too hasty. | should have
waited 10 years longer"
If you have a grudge in your sys-
tenn it is wise to forget it-Mail
and Breeze.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1911-09-07

Uncle John Sherman, who spent
the summer among the northern
lakes, returned Thursday. The trip
seems to have agreed with him as
he appears hale and hearty and is
as spry as a boy.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1911-09-07
For Sale
Cedar Fence Posts.

OGudl GHCC OSIo.
GA Joe Hagar.
1t is singular, that despite the
fact this soil produces more to the
acre than any soil in the country,
yet we find suckers" daily looking
for some place where the agent is a
good advertiser and promises a big
return for little work on poorer
land. From now on the weather
will be too cold for the DakotaS
and the easy marks will turn to
Texas, where there is plenty of land
left and sold at a good price. Rails
County Times.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1911-09-07
Just a Few Fables.

In the older days when it was
generally conceded that the boy
who didn't get his jacket busted
with a rod about once or twice a
week would in all probability final
ly wind up in the penitentiary, AIRED
headed boy attended school in one
of the rural districts. The instruc-
tor was a large raw boned man who
had health and muscle to spare
Little William made a few bad
breaks according to the rules laid
down by the large muscular teacher
and as result he got his to the
extent that the rear portion of his
person was sore for several days.
Little William looked the teacher
over carefully and registered a
secret vow that in the days to come
when he grew to husky manhood
he would lick that teacher until
his nearest relatives would have
great difficulty in recognizing him.
Many of the boys made similar
resolves but with most of them
they forgot it soon afterward. With
little William however, it was diff
ferent. The years rolled on but he
didn't forget.
Ten years passed. He hadn't
seen the large raw boned teacher
since the close of that eventful
term of school. William was now
% and considered himself enough
of a man to pound the whey out of
that teacher if he should ever meet
him.
One day he heard that the raw
boned teacher had gone to farming
out in Kansas and he journeyed out
of his way to see him. On the road
he considered how far he ought to
60 in the way of revenge. He de-
cided that it would be about right
to smear the teachers nose over
his face. black both eyes and kick
him few times in the Stats by way
of stirring up his remembrance, but
he didn't want to infiict permanent
injury on his former instructor.
When he found his old-time pre-,
ceptor that individual was pitching
hay up to the hired man who was
on the stack, 1t occurred to vii
liam that there weren't any partic.
ular signs of age or decrepitude il
the movements of the hay pitcher
but Just the same he had come {
number of miles to lick him anC
proposed to do it. He jumped
lightly over the fence and made
himself known to the farmer man
Il have come" said William, tt
fulfill a vow made 10 years agC
when you tanned me- boy at you
school. You may as well prepare
yourself to take a licking for have
come a hundred miles for the ex
press purpose of giving you one"
"A bad resolve, young man, il
better broken Than kept" said thu
farmer as he stuck his fork in tht