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GREAT LAND
 OPENING DENIED

The statement which has been going the rounds of the press, to the effect that seventy million acres of coal lands now with drawn are to be restored to entry as the result of fields investiga- tions now being conducted by fourteen Geological Survey par ties, is branded by Director George Otis Smith as grossly mis leading, if not absolutely untrue. "The dispatch evidenly emanated from Seattle" said Director Smith, land is based on an alleged interview with W. R. Calvert, a geologist of the Geological Sur vey. In letter to the Survey MT. Calvert states that he refused to give out any statement. "
 What MT. Calvert could have stated" said Director Smith. lis that the approximately seventy million acres of coal land in the west still belonging to the Gov ernment would be examined and classified by the Geological Sur vey as rapidly as the appropria- tions made by Congress will per init. The fourteen Survey parties in the field thls year will be able to cover but a small portion of this enormous area, inasmuch as the coal-land surveys are made in very accurate detail for the purpose of classifying and ap- praising the coal lands. y
 Director Smith calls attention, however, to the fact that this en- tire coal-land area, belonging to the Government, is in fact open to full and free agricultural entry the Government reserving the coal rights only under the highly important Mondell Act of June 22, 1910, separating surface and coal rights, any Government coal land, however valuable for coal may be entered by the home seeker for it's surface farming rights. Thus the present coal land withdrawal and classification do not operate to retard the home-making development O. the west.
Holbrook argus., 1911-08-22
MORE ABOUT
 GOOD ROADS

The following editorial taken from the Albuquerque Morning Journal of recent dates, says:
 "If New Mexico doesn't look alive Arizona is going to leave us in the rear in the matter of good roads. The sister territo- ry is rapidly bringing to com pletion north and south high way between the Mexico bor. der and the Grand Canyon of the Colorado which traverses a stretch of country unsurpassed for scenic grandeur in the west. Every ranchman, every automo- bilist and every business man, county and state officials, are cooperating most enthusiastic cally to make Arizona's road system one of the finest in the world; and the progress they are making is surprising. Incl dentally it is understood that the Arizona good roads devo- tees are cooperating with New Mexico by putting substantial improvements on the transcon- tinental highway through the White mountain country to the New Mexico line.
 The Commercial Club of the little town of Williams went af- ter the county supervisors the other day and took away an ap- propriation of a thousand dol lars, for improving the road to the Grand Canyon, as easily as separating infants from confec- tionery.
 In her good roads campaign which is of comparatively recent origin, Arizona is giving a dem onstration of organized and en- thusiastic team work and public spirit which should stimulate us here in New Mexico; and we have much more to gain from rushing betterments on the road through this territory for the reason that it is link in the great transcontinental system and there is no limit to the traffic it will secure.
 A little more of the Arizona spirit will help; and now, with a season of heavy transcontinen. tai auto traffic opening, it be. hooves New Mexico to lose nc time"
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SOAPSTONE DEPOSITS.
 FOUND NEAR FLAGSTAFF

Flagstaff, Ariz., Aug. 12--An immense deposit of tale and soap stone was recently located by Al Doyle and c. H. Patrick about four miles north of Mon- tezuma We'll, on Beaver Creek. MT. Doyle has known of the de posit for nearly twenty years, but was never interested enough to investigate it's uses and worth until c. H. Patrick became in- terested and experimented with the material.
 They have located about 700 acres of the ground where there appears to be a vast quarry of the stuff right at the top of the ground. In his experiments with 1t MT. Patrick has demonstrated that it makes the finest grade of talcum powder, ta1lor'S chalk, school erayons, pipe coverings and number of other articles of value. Its value tor retaining heat and cold was demonstrat- ed clearly by MT. Patrick in keeping butter in jar covered with the substance seventy-twC hours i'll a warm room. The butter was as cool as if just taken from a refrigerator. The tale IS easily handled and Mir Patrick hopes soon to have 2 factory running, turning out al kinds of material from the crude material.
Holbrook argus., 1911-08-22
WHAT WE ARE
 OR ARE NOT

The longer we live, the more we learn, and the more we learn, the less we think we know. such is the inconsistency of mans ideas. The less one knows the greater his opinion of his abilities and wisdom. In the morning of life cOnceited man brides himself on his greatness, and wonders to what grand channel he will con- fine his talents. He looks upon his school district as the world at large, and himself as the great genius in whose keeping the world S nature rests. He imaglnes that when he speaks, nations tremble, m )untains totter and the sea becomes silent.
 He imaglnes that a gaping and wondering populace are gazing on him with open mouth wonder and irOnclad astOnishment, and that he holds the world Ill the hollow of his hand with a grasp that is perpetual.
 But as days, and months, and years pass in rapid succession, the young man finds out that he IS possibly mistaken and if he would wander away and get lost some one or more of all the people on the earth would not miss hum By and by he begins to realize that he is only one of the many millions of people, and in stead of standing forth as the center of attraction, he only fills a small niche of some obscure corner, and really attracts but little attention. Tie ignorant man who does not seek to pass
 
 himself off for more than he is worth, is pardonable, but the self conceited mau who tries to pass himself off at a premium is to be pitied. The best way is to hold ones self-esteem down and not rate himself too high. The man who climbs the highest has the farthest to fall.
 It is more pleasant to be invit ed to take higher seat than tc be deprived ot it. It is m ore pleasant to be a king of a cot tage than the servant of a palace It is better to be a good five cent piece than bogus quarter; IT other words, it is better to holt ourselves at what we are honest ly worth.
 The world is full ofpeople whC never learn anything becaus' they think they know enough tC begin with. Thousands ar, teaching when they ought to b : ta u g ht; thousands believ themselves wise when their ingol anceis lamentable; thousands be
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PIPE SHIPMENT
 OF EXPOSITION

l ne curiosity Ot residents Of this city may already have been, or may be aroused at any time now, by sight of a long train of freight cars on a side track or passing through town, the cars all loaded with long sections of waterpipe and the waterpipe labeled "San Diego Exposition, 1915" Panama Exposition, San Diego, Cal. 1915" was the inscription in large sized letters on 27 carloads of 36-in. sewer pipe for that city that passed through Winslow last Sunday from Bessmer, Ala. The work for the exposition in that city has commenced in earnest and no doubt will be good one and the making of San Diego.
 The explanation of the unus- ual sight IS this: The city of San Diego, California, is prepar- ing for the Panama-California Exposition, to be held there throughout the entire year of 1915, and one of the first great problems that confronted the San Diego city fathers was to provide an ample water system for the great fourteen hundred acre park, known as Balboa Park, which has been chosen as the site of the exposition. There IS ample supply of water, drawn from the watersheds in the mountains back of the city, but in order to distribute it through tbe great park nearly eight thousand tons of cast iron water pipe are required. In other words, this is just about fifteen
 miles of pipe.
 The contract for this pipe was given to the the United States Pipe Company, of Birmingham, Alabama. It will require 375 flat cars to transport it to San Diego from the factory. These will be made up into thirteen trains, and these trains, in nov ing from Birmingham to San Diego, will pass over the rails o fourteen different railway sys tems.
 The United States Pipe Com pany and the railroad conpanie' concerned got together and de cided to give the city of Sai Diego and the Panama Calitor nia Exposition a big boos through the handling of thi tremendous shipment across th' continent, and so representa-
 tive of the city of San Diego wa sent to Birmingham at it's ex
 pense to have painted on ever, carload of pipe sent out iron
 Birmingham to San Diego tn
 legend: "San Diego Exposition 1915"
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REINFORCEMENT
 OF REPRESENTATIVES,

The senate has passed the house bill fixing the number of members of the lower house at 433 as against 391 as atpresent.
 Under the bill, twenty-one states retain their present repre- sentation. Those whose repre- sentation is increased are: Ala bama, 1; California, 8; Cobra do, 1; Florida, 1; Georgia. 1; Idaho, 1; Illinois. 2; Louisiana, 1; Massachusetts, 2; Michigan. 1; Minnesota, 1; Montana, 1; New Jersey, ?; New York, 6; North Dakota, 1; Ohio, 1; Okla homa, 3; Oregon, 1; Pennsyl vania, 4; Rhode Island, 1; South Dakota. 1; Utah, 1; Vest Virginia, 1; Texas, ?; Washing ton,2. Allowances is made for one representative each for New Mexico and Arizona.
 Packed on to the bill increasing the number of members of the house of representatives is all iu- itiative and referendum feature suggested by Senator Burton of Ohio. Referring to this feature 
 the Associated Press report says:
 It provided that in case of an increase in the representation of any state, the redistricting, in- stead of being done by the state legislature as provided by the house bill, should be "in the man. ner provided by the laws" of tn. state, thus leaving the redistrict- ing subject to the initiative and referendum laws wherever they have been placed in a states statute books. These states have adopted the initiative and refer endun in the form of constitu- tional amendments: Oregon, Oklahoma, Nevada, Missouri, Montana, South Dakota, Color ado, Arkansas and Maine. Utah had adopted a similar amend
 ment. but the provision is in2n- eratlve, because of the failure of
 the legislature to enact the nec-
 essary accompanying legisla- [ tion. Besides these in the fol- lowing states such an amend
 1nent has been submitted by the legislature, but has not yet been , voted upon: California, Wash ington, Wyoming, North Dako- l ta, Nebraska, Florida and Ida ho. This amendment was agree.l t to by a strict party vote, 39 to 5 29, the republican senators ? voting for it and the democrats 7 against it.
Holbrook argus., 1911-08-22
CURIOUS BITS OF HISTORY
A SEVEN DAYS FISHERMAN
 KING.
By A. w. MACY.

In 1647, when the kingdom cf Naples was under the grinding rule of Spain, a fisherman ct Sorrento was stung to madness by the indignitles offered his wife by Spanish officials, be- cause she had attempted to smuggle a few handfuls of flour. So furious was he that he tore down an edict that had Just been posted by the authorities. The whole population, including women and children, rallied around him. Forty years of Spanish oppression had made them frantic. They terrified the viceroy, resisted the soldiers successfully, and killed many ef the Spanish residents. They se- cured a revocation of many 7oh- noxIous edicts, the aboIiehnaert of oppressive taxes, and full pardon for all who engaged ip the Insurrection. The tishernaan, whose name was Masanieis, was the leader In all this, and be- came the Idol of the people, He ruled Naples for seven days. but his success seems 10 have turned hIs head. He became dictatoriaI and oppressive, and was put to death by the popu- lace. Hence he Is called the Seven Days King.
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Local Happenings

Wm. Lee while gathering grapes last Monday near Wood ruff met with an accident which looked quite serious for while. It seems that Mir. Lee climbed up a high place in the canyon after some grape vines which he intended to throw down to some of the party in the canyon when he lost his footing and fell to the ground some thirty feet, break ing two of his ribs and collar bone. Dr. J. w. Bazell was sum. moned to attend to the injured man who seems to be resting easy and getting along as good as could be expected.
 Chas. w. Allenbaugh of Heber, Ariz., sold his ranch at that place to Mir. A. A. Blevins, Santa Fe agent in this city the past week. It is Mir. Blevin's inten- tion to embark in the cattle busi- ness and has put his brother i'll charge of the same, while he will still be attending his duties as agent at thls place.
 B. F. Maloy and family left the last week for Bakersfield, Cal, where they expect to make their home. Mir. Malov is well and favorably known to the people of Holbrook having lived here many years being employed as section foreman for the Santa Fe.
 Misses Ruth Grouse, Bernice Smith, Annie Barney and Irene Milestone left last Monday for Flagstaff where they go to at. tend the Normal School at that city.
 Mir. and Mrs Chas. Cooley left this week for Col. Cocley's home where they were called on ac count of the serious illness of Mir Cooley.
 Attorney E. S. Clark of Pres colt was a Holbrook visitor the past week on his way to St, Johns on legal business.
 BORN-To Mir. and Mrs. R C. Smith last week, a girl. Mrs Smith is getting along nicely anc will soon be able to be abou again.
 Mrs. w. H. Clark has been o1 the sick list the past week but i much improved at the present time.
 MT. and Mrs. Mathews enter tained a few friends at thei , home last Friday evening.
 Editor Sidney Sapp was ; business visitor at St. Johns tn
 past week.
 f Dr. Geo. P. Sampson was visitor here this week on bus ness.
 Read the Argus.
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POSTAL BANKS
 ARE A SUCCESS

Washington, Aug. 13.-En- couraged by the success of the full trail of two weeks of postal savings system in the greatpost- office of New York. St. Louis and Boston, Postmaster General Hitchcock has decided to extend the systen rapidly to all the large cities and today designated as postal savings depositaries Kan sas City, Pittsburg, Detroit, Buff alo, San Francisco, Cincinnati, Seattle, Indianapolis, Denver and Portland, Ore.
 The deposits in New York {, Chicago, St. Louis and Boston, first five days, amounted to $11O,OOO, at which rate the an- nual deposits for the four cities would amount to about $7, ,O0O,- 900. There are altogether four hundred and twenty-six large city postoffices in the 6rst-class- and it is the purpose to have them all designated as Postal savings depositarles before the first of the year.
 With few exceptions the offices of the second-class ot which there are 1,600 already have been de signated and very shortly the designation of third-class office: will be.
Holbrook argus., 1911-08-22

lieve themselves clothed in gold when they are only thinly plated and the copper shows through in many places. The wrsest are com paratively ignorant and thous- auds of men who have grand ideas of their own abilities will some day wake up to the realiza- ation that they have been labor ing under a large sized delusion. Many a young mans life IS gilded by bright dreams that come in the early stage of the game, but later on he finds that these dreams are only empty, and o, how little Is the change when it comes.
Holbrook argus., 1911-08-22
Accused Of Stealing.

E. E. Chamberlain, of Clinton, Me, boldly accuses Bucklen's Arnlca Salve of stealing the sting from burns CT scalds the painsores of all kinds-the distress from boils or piles. "It robs cuts, corns, bruises, sprains and injuries oi their terror," he says. "as heal ing remedy it's equal don't exist. '' Only 25c at all druggists. i
Holbrook argus., 1911-08-22

A well known Des Moines woman after suffering miserably for two days from bowel com plaint was cured by one dose of Chamberlain's Collie, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. For sale by all dealer. i
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-03-01
MISS WHEELER DIED
THIS AFTERNOON
Heart Failure Cause OF Passing q
Miss Adelaide Wheeler at
2:30 Today.


AT the home Of her brother, John
w. Wheeler, Miss ADELAIDE Wheeler,
who has spent her entire life in this
city, passed away after four months
illness from heart trouble. For the
past two weeks Miss wheeler had
been confined to her bed though pre-
vious to that time she. was able to be
about. Death came at $3.50 this after.
noon.
The deceased was born in heokuk,
April 3, 1851, and for number OF
years had made her home with her
brother. 908 Kllge street.
Miss Wheeler was member OF
Trinity NJ. q. church, also Of Colfax
lodge Of Rebekahs, and was well
known in those two organizations in
which she took much interest.
4 The bereft relatives are two broth
ers and a sister: John w. Wheeler
Of Keokuk, Samuel Wheeler of Sac
ramento, Cal, and Mrs. 8. ]. Horsey
OF Croton, Iowa.
Funeral arrangements will be an
nounced later.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-03-01
The Stomach Welcome. Quick Relief.

lhc Stomach Welcomes Quick Relief.
A Stuart's Tablet not only aids d.
gestion but it actually does the di-
costing itself. In other words it fur
Inishes exactly the aame elements for
the digestion OF food as the natural
juices of the stomach. The stomach
therefore, IL not called upon to do
any OF the work except to churn the
juices furnished by the tablet and
then push the digested food along in
to the intestines where it VIII be
still further digested and the strength
taken up by the blood to be carried
to the muscles and nerves of the body.
So by taxing a Stuart's Dyspepsia
Tablet after a meal you give the stom-
aoh the rest it needs in which to mend
itself and grow we'll again. And you
absolutely prevent the souring of any
food, the formation of any poisonous
gases, belching, foul breath or constl
patton.
stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets have
done more for humanity and have
caused more rejoicing than any other
one agency that can be named.
Every druggist everywhere sells
and personally recommends Stuart's
Dyspepsia Tablets. The price is SO
cents per tox. II you first wish to try
them sample package will be sent
you free If you write to F. A. Stuart
Co., 100 Stuart Bldg, Marshall, Mich
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-03-01
CITY NEWS.

"A marriage license was issued to.
day to Albert Watkins and Daisy
Payne of Alexandria.
The Citizens Mutual BANK of
Donnellson brought suit today against
G. A. Berger and John Haffner on
promissory note of $500.
ALI kinds choice roasts. Markley.
"A brief mention of the death of
former keokuk citizen is contained in
the following item, clipped from a
Chicago paper: Colonel John Cowan,
aged 81, died at Danville, Ky. He
was Lieutenant Colonel of the Nine
teenth volunteer Kentucky infantry
Colonel Cowan was wounded at the
siege of yicksburg and at Sabine
Crossroads. Colonel Cowan practiced
law for several years in Keokuk, Iowa,
then in Danville and later was a
leader at the bar in Chattanooga.
Tenn.
Tomorrow evening ir Hawkes.
hall, the members OF the Swedish Aid
Society, their families and friends, will
meet to celebrate the fourteenth an
niversary of the organization which
does SO much good among its members
here in Keokuk. A program will be
given and supper will be served. The
event is one which is aIlxiously look
ed forward to each year by the mem
bers.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-03-01
FOR ENTERTAINMENT
OF w. P. GUESTS
Hufskamp House at Corner of Second
and, Fulton Will be Made Ready
For This Purpose.

In order that the Keoluk and Ham
ilton Water Power Company will have
a place for the entertainment Of CAPT
talists and other men interested who
will come to Keokuk from time to
time, the Huiskamp house at the cor
ner of Second and Fulton, which was
secured some time ago by the COM
pany. will be fitted up for the pur-
pose. 1t viii be for entertainment at
luncheon only during the day. how
ever, no sleeping quarters being ar
ranged for.
The company announced today plans
regarding the quarter million cubic
yards of sand which will go into the
construction of the big project. The
sand will be secured from the Des
Mofnes river and bottoms below the
bridge. A large sand dredge will be
installed there, the sand will be con-
veyed to the short line and loaded
on the company's own cars which will
carry 1t to the Iowa and Illinois
sides. The equipment for this will be
in readiness in about three weeks.
Daniel Roth, young man living in
Hamilton and working on the con-
struction crew of the Keokuk-Hamil-
ton dam, had the misfortune to loose
all four of his fingers and part of
his thumb. and probably the entire
hand. Roth was employed as oller at
the stone crusher and cement ma
chine, and had his hand caught be-
tween the cogs. He was taken imme-
diately to hospital.
Lee Pyles was hurt several days
ago. Pyles is a brakeman on one of
the work trains. He had just stepped
off the car to change the switch as
an approaching engine was coming
along and struck him, injuring one of
his limbs.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-03-01
gressmen and state and county Off
Gals by direct vote.
Beware Of Ointments for Ca
tarrh that Contain Mercury.

as mercury will surely destroy the sense
of smell and completely derange the
the mucous surfaces. Such articles
should never be used except on preso-p-
lions from reputable physicians. is the
tnay w 90 der ten fp pn e
Halls Catarrh Cure, manufactured by
r.. j. Cheney & Co.. Toledo, o.. con-
tains no mercury. and is taken inter,
and mucous surfaces Of the system. In
buying Halls Catarrh Cure be sure you
get the genuine. It is taken internally
and made In Toledo. Ohio. by T. j.
Cheney & Co. Testimonials free.
Sod by Druggists Price. Toe per bot
Take Halls Family Pills for constipa-
tiorI.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-03-01
Proof Of viii.

Proof of viii.
State of Iowa, Lee county--ss. In
District Court.
To all whom it may concern:
Notice is hereby given, That on the
fourteenth day of February, A. u.
1911, a paper was opened and read by
the Clerk OF the District Court of Lee
county, Iowa. purporting to be the
last Will and Testament of Enoch
Hugill late Of Lee county, in the state
of Iowa, deceased and that proof OF
the genuineness OF said instrument
will be heard inc the District Court OF
said county at ISeolsuk, on the four
teenth day OF March, A. D. 1911. at
the hour Of $50 O'Clock D. M, of said
day. being the second Gay of the
March term. 1911, OF said court, when
all persons interested in said Will are
required to be present and make
their objections to the same, II any
they have.
In witness whereof, / herednto SET
my hand this fourteenth day OF Feb
ruary 1911
G.. b. LAKE.
Clerk OF the District Court.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-03-01
The Druggist Knew
From Experience

Sometime since asked my druggist
for something for lame back and kid
neys as | had suffered for sometime.
He recommended DR.. Kilmer's Swamp.
Root and will say it does all that is
claimed for it and more as only
took two bottles and find that | have
no pain or aches since.
Yours truly,
j. NJ. PATTON.
Ala Curzon street indianapolis, Ind
Personally appeared before me this
9Th day of January, 1910.
LAURA FAUSLER,
Notary Public.
My commission expires March, 8,
1919
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-03-01
GEO. F. GILMORE'S
FUNERAL TODAY
Services at 10 O'Clock Conducted by
Rev. Potter at Late Residence
of Deceased.

Funeral services for the late Geo.
f. Gilmore were held at 10 o'clock
this morning from the late family
residence, 1922 Orleans avenue. Many
of the friends old and young Of the
departed we're present at the services
which were conducted by the Rev.
John w. Potter of Trinity NJ. E.
church.
The following gentlemen acted as
hodybearers, interment being made in
Oakland cemetery: John Elgin, w.
e. Strimback, DR.. H. L. COPYRIGHT,
DR.. r. L. Reid, Clyde Martin and I: S.
Ackley.