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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-08-02
A MILLION FOR CHARITIES
Most of the Heirs of Wealthy Lumber
man Had Never Seen Him.

Chippewa Fails. Wis. Aug. The viii OF
Edward Rutledge. a lumber manufactures,
admitted to probate to-day disposes OF
personal property approXimating 100000.
No reference is made in the instrument 10
tho vast timber holdings
one million dollars is set aside as a trust
fund the proceeds 10 be used for char
liable purposes. They are to be distribute
~ the worthy poor and 10 worthy char
table institutions.
The residue OF the estate goes TO twelve
ar more nephews and nieces, most Of
whom live in Canada and never saw their
uncle
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-08-02
BIG FISHING IN THE HUDSON
Sturgeon Weighing 1l3 Pounds Caught
Of Catskill Point-No Caviare.

CatskiH. y Y. Aug. IA sturgeon
Weighing u3 pounds when dressed was
,,to, from The river of CatsNll Point to-
d,, nv Harrison Pexson. The big fish.
,atro p, male. yielded no caviare. This is
the first sturgeon caught IN the upper
Hudson since carly spring
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-08-02
WOMAN LEAVES s4s,OOo,ooo.

- Petersburg. Aug. Mime Moronzen.
ooner Of the largest cotton mills he Rus
ID, died to-day She leaves fortune OF
sis.Vp,uo.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-08-02

DEWEY's PORT WINE AND OLIVE OIL.
Nothing more nourishing and strengthening.
u. 'r. Dewey a. Sons CO, l1s Fulton ST, y. y.
Advt.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-08-02
Weird Stunts
Done by Lightning

II he remarkable record.
funny, tragic and serio~
comic. that electricity
flashing from the skies
has made for itself this
summer will be graphical
y narrated and illustrated
in Next
Sundays Tribune
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1911-06-24
Summer. School Crowded
Attendance Nearly 200

The registration at the T.. A. G..
Summer school is much greater this
year than ever before, the total fig
ure running very close to two hun
dred. Al the end OF the second week
the students are well settled in thoir
work and the special lecturers are
drawing large crowds daily
II is interesting to note in the reg
istration the special attention which
is being given by teachers of the
state to the industrial work of the
college There are large classes es'
pecially in Agriculture, Domestic Sci
ence, Domestic Arts and Mechanic
Arts. The fact indicates the trend of
modern education. Teachers are be-
ginning to realize that the new move
| ments in education are affecting the
grades and high schools as well as
the colleges. The large salaries and
rapid promotions now go to the teach
ers who are trained along industrial
! lines.
OF course the general work of the
college, such as history of education.
sociology, economies, English ahi 9TH
er general branches, draws large
classes. -
1t is interesting also to note that
the counties most largely represented
are Cache and Salt Lake Salt Lake
delegation consists largely of high
school and grade teachers and princi-
pals who are here for the work in
agriculture and industrial lines. BOX.
Elder, Juab and Weber counties ave-
also well represented. Almost eyegy
section of the state has represent
tives enrolled aud the enthusiasm With
which all are approaching the wor.f
augurs well for future summer schools.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1911-06-24

space which I, is to, oseupy,. Beauty
in furniture aud household utensils
is msinly'a matter o. form, no dec.
grafton which deIr&e& nom the form
should be tolerated, Corners OF the
room shcald never M cut Oft for
fireplAces OF other purposes, oues.
tion Of ECONOMY in Sayane vas dwen
upon at sosae length; bay only what
is Absolutely needed,
Lectures by Miss s4ant which will
he concluded this week are proving
very popular THE attendance is in.
crossing daily. The two concluding
talks viii be on Public Housekeeping
and the life and Work Of Ellen Rich.
ards.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1911-06-24
AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE NOTES.
Professor Bachelor of the Horti-
cultural Department is visiting differ
ent parts OF the state where he Is car
rying on cooperative work with fruit
raisers,
raisers.

Calls have been made by the Dlrec-
tor of Extension of the Agricultural
College, Professor l.. A. Merrill, for
party of institute workers to visit
the Bear Lake section of the state in
the next few weeks. A complete. pro
gram of the farmers institute during
the summer will be announced at an
early date.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1911-06-24
Praise For Logan
City And Utah
Lecturer in housekeener's Conference
U. A. c. Us Much Impressed VITA
"a, Beauty OF Logan.

Miss Caroline Hunt. national author I
lily on Household Science, in her sec,
ond and third lectures TO the House.
Keepers Conference at the AerScul.
tinal College. dWelt particularly upon
tbe magnificent opportunities there
are in Logan especially for home beau
sifying and decoration. Her talk i'm.
pressed the fact that the home-euild,
ers of the state. are not using TO the
best advantage the magnificent en-
a8owments which nature has given
shem in mountains, shrubbery. sun.
shine clear skies and great sweeps
of valley.
In the selection OF a home site the
window space and outdoor approaches
should be SO arranged as to take
most advantage OF the landscape. In
the interior decoration the lecturer
emphasized individuality, because
Others furnish in such way is no
reason why that way should be fol-
lowed. The modern idea of having
cheap and faulty wood work in the
home was criticized. The woodwork
should be prominent and of such fine
workmanship that there will be no
desire to hide it. Colors in the home
should be simple; bright colors should
he avoided except only in rare in
stances. Neutral colors. browns and
igrays, give the most lasting satlsfac-
,vion- In small houses one floor
should be in one color. The idea OF
buying furniture Without regard to
the house was criticized Furniture
should be built in regard to the wall
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1911-06-24
early date.

The annual season of repair at the
Agricultural college has arrived. This
year there are some rather extensive
plans in view to accommodate the in.
stitution to the greater demands
which will be made upon it the next
year. Radical alterations and enlarge
ments of the courses of study will
necesstate considerable addition
to the already excellent equipment of
most of the departments.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-06-30
Our Liberties secure2

Des Moines Capital: From Des
Moines county comes the thrilling in
telligence that a justice of the peace
has declared the Iowa fish and game
law unconstitutional.
How can we properly express the
joyous emotions of this gladstone
hour! An autocratic state legislature
can trample the rights of the common
people beneath its feet and circum-
scribe our liberties until the very
name become hollow mockery, but
just as the candle Of hope is flicker
ing in the fitful gasp Of final extin-
guishment, the office of justice of the
peace asserts its majesty and power,
brushes away all issues of
jurisdiction as thrifty house
wife would brush cobweb
from the ceiling, and declares the
legislative mandate to be not worth
the paper upon which it Is printed.
Shall we now hunt and fish to our
hearts content?
Perhaps it were better to wait and
see whether Justice David has com
pletely knocked out the legislative
Goliath or whether the latter will
come to life when the courts of last
resort have administered the stimu-
lating potion.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-06-30
ANXIOUS TO SAVE
GREEN BAY LANDS
Water Company Advocates Dyke sys-
tenn In That Town
ships.

Mention was made in the Gate
City last evening regarding the con-
ference at Fort Madison which had
to do with Green Bay township. The
desire of the Water Power Company
is outlined in the following from the
Fl Madison Democrat:
The water power people are advanc-
ing the idea of establishing drainage
district, dyke the bottom and save the
farm land therein. To do this requir-
es: first, the petition of one-third of
the property owners to the board of
supervisors; second, the surveys and
estimated cost of construction by the
county or other engineer; third, the
construction of the dykes and pump.
ing station; fourth, the appointment
of a committee to proportion the cost
in assessments against the property
owners; fifth. the appointment OF
permanent supervisors Of the system
The water power company propos.
es to enter into the deal, standing
their share of the expense, when the
committee ii appointed 10 assess Tue
costs Of the construction.
The meeting continued through
this afternoon No decision was in
sight and another meeting will be
called at which time the plans can be
entered into with greater detail and
at which more owners will be present
which will probably be held at Viewer
later.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-06-30
Iowa VIII be for Taft

Des Moines Register and Leader:
We note that Howard Clark has been
assuring them in Washington that
Iowa might easily be taken away from
the administration next year. After
having been associated with Mr..
Clark in the campaigns of 1904 and
1908, when the insurgent movement
was on the high wave in the state,
and failing to land the delegation to
the national convention on either oc-
casion, we have grown more skeptical.
The radical western Democrats who
thought to overthrow Grover Cleve-
land in his time know something of
what is involved in fighting the adj
ministration. Moreover, President
Taft Is growing in popular favor and
those who do not take that into ac-
count are making great mistake.
James G. Blaine, backed by the
old line politicians of the party was
unable to take the nomination away
from Harrison in 1892. Taft is strong
er than Harrison was then, while
there is nobody who begins to nave
the chance against him that Blaine
had against Harrison. Taft may be
beaten in next years election as Har-
rison was, but he will be renominated
and dissension about 1t can accomplish
nothing but encourage defeat for the
party.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-06-30
Good Old croesus.

II have my faults" Croesus said to
the interviewer. I'm a mighty rich
man. and I'm getting richer. but for
all that I've got one or two things in
my favor" Yes. sir" says the inter.
viewer. And they are?" They are
the fact that have never handed out
any platitudinous philosophy to the
young: that have never said 1t was
blessing to be born poor; that !
have never said money cannot buy
happiness and that have never made
anybody raise Ave times as much as
was willing to give toward any
thing. Life
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-06-30
NAUVOO PAPER AND
PROMOTER KIERAN
Nauyoo Independent Says Trolley
Builder Is Recovering From
His Financial Trouble,

The following items are from the
Nauvoo Independent and will be OF
interest to Gate City readers:
DR.. and Mrs. G. W. Fegers returned
Monday night from their trip to Buff
falo, N. Y. They report having had
very pleasant time. The doctor, while
In Buffalo. met p ]. Kieran, also Major
Calhoun. H. Mcpherson and ]. c. Will
bur who were associated with Mr..
kieran here a few years ago. The
doctor says that Mr.. Kieran has got
ten out of his trouble, the criminal
charges against him having been
quashed. Mr.. Kieran Is very busy
man, and his relations with delega-
tions of capitalists and financial men
who call on him, would indicate that
he has regained his financial prestige.
Because of the abuse he received from
certain quarters he is sore at Nau.
VOC, and never again expects to visit
the town, but he says he expects to
see that the Sisters here are put in
good way. We are sorry Mr.. Kieran
blames the town for what few have
done, but it shows how few" can
queer man on a town or future
prospects, We were hoping that when
he got on his feet financially he would
come here and show us"-build that
trolley and make the desert bloom as
the rose" How the people would
sing his praises How the bowling
detractors would fee j to the woods,
crawl in their hole and pull the hole
in after them!
Mr.. and Mrs. John CaiIle, of Keo-
kuk, came up from there Monday and
spent the past two days with old
friends in town. They sold their
property in Keokuk and will go to
Chicago to close up some business
matters, after which they will go to
Los Angeles to make their future
home. Both Mr.. and Mrs. Caille
were residents of Nauvoo and mem
bers of the Icarian Community during
Itienne CADETS reign here. At that
| time they were small children and
were brought here by their parents
direct from France. Mr.. Caille is a
noted musician and has been the or
/ ganizer of many brass bands.
Postmaster Kennedy and family, OF
Mentrose, and Garrett Fisher, wife and
daughter, of Seattle, were city visit
ors last Monday afternoon. Carrot
has been in the east in the interest 70
his firm, being in the department
! store business with his brother, Will
who was formerly merchant in this
city. They have large stores at
Seattle, Tacoma and Everett, and are
doing Furnishing business. Garrei
is spending this week at his old Mont
rose home.
Yves. Schneider went to Keokuh
Sunday afternoon in Soland's auto
mobile and returned with bis wife
who has been in the hosnital there
Mrs. Schneider is much beta.
Truman Gutherz of Keoisuk spen
last week here with his grandmother
Mrs L. Hauptmann.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-06-30
GASOLINE MUST BE LABELED.

Under new law 1t will be required
after July that all gasoline sold in
tho state for power purposes shall be
labeled with its gravity or quality,
and there are punishments for those
who sell gasoline that falls below the
standard claimed on tho label. The
law is the outgrowth of complaints
that oil sold in Iowa was of inferior
quality. A Des Moines dispatch says
in reference to the matter:
The fact appears to be that naptha,
benzine and all sorts of stuff were
dumped into Iowa and sold for gaso-
line and that sometimes it has been
all right but at other times all wrong.
When the law was passed the oil peo-
pie made a big row about it and the
general manager of the Standard
came out from Chicago to see about
it. After examination of the law he
decided that it was all right and prop
er. The law permits labelling that
will give sufficient leeway for the oil
to deteriorate in small degree. Only
when complaint is made of inferior
oil will the state oil inspectors make
inspection and test of gasoline.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-06-30
kEoKUk REDIvIvus.

Mr.. Herman Huttenlocher of Des
Moines, who recently spent several
weeks in Keokuk, is quoted in the
Register and Leader of that city as
saying:
"Keokuk is taking on new life. The
present activity is due in large meas
ure to the construction of the new
dam across the Mississippi, which is
the Mecca for many excursion parties
and crowds Of sightseers from Iowa,
Illinois and Missouri. In the business
district, new fronts are being put in
the stores, old shacks are being torn
down and there are new homes going
up in the residence district. A new
s150.00O hotel is to be built. Proper
ty worth $4,000 to $4,000 in the bust
ness district has doubled in value in
the last few months. One piece Of
real estate with twenty-five foot
frontage sold for $1,000 a front foot. "
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-06-30
Original Notice.


State Of Iowa, Lee County, ss.
In the District Court OF said County.
September Term, A. d. 1911, at Keo.
kuk.
Thomas L. Grogn, Plaintiff, vs. Mrs.
Julia Bird and Michael Bird, her hus-
band, and the unknown heirs of the
said Julia Bird and Michael Bird, de-
ceased, Defendants.
To the above Named Defendants:
You are hereby notified that a pc
tition Is now on file in the clerks Of
flee Of the District Court aforesaid at
Keokuk in behalf of the above named
plaintiff, against you and claiming a
judgment order and decree of said
court, establishing plaintiffs absolute
and unqualified estate, In and to the
following described property, towit:
Lot nine (9), block seventy-six (76)
in the city Of Keokuk, Lee county,
Iowa, and forever quieting plaintiff's
title thereto, and forever barring and
establishing the defendants and any
Of them from having or claiming any
iiSht' lily VI iieOi Oot W pdlu property
adverse to the plaintiff, and for gen.
eral equitable relief.
For particulars see petition on Ale.
And unless you appear thereto and
defend before noon Of the second day
of the next regular September term
Of said court, to be begun and holden
at Keokuk on the 25th day OF Septem
Der, A. D. 1911, default will be entered
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-06-30
The Weather.

The weather happens every day,
And every night too, as to that;
You might get up and HE away
AS far as Banff Or Barnegat
Or to some far and unknown cline,
No matter where,
When you get there
You would find weather all the time.
In summer 1t Is always warm,
In winter 1T is always cold,
With now and then a heavy storm
1t has been so since days of old.
In fact, since first the world began
The weather'd range
Through constant change.
BY every memory of man.
And yet folks seem to think 1t is
A subject that should be discussed;
When skies are blue or billiards. biz,
Or drought In summer gives us dust,
Or rain is threatened, or if not
When people meet
In house or street
They mention IL It's cold or hot.
Sage, slave, philosopher or king,
The peasant or the millionaire.
The pagan with his big nose ring,
The pirate in his hidden lair.
The prisoner, the jailer, too
They all and each
Make weather speech
AS though the topic were quite new.
So Romeo and Juliet,
And Cleopatra and her Marc,
And Louis and his Antoinette
And good old Noah on the ark,
And Father Adam had their say
And believe
When he met Eve
He said: ut is pleasant day."
Chicago Post.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-06-30
KEokuk HAS, ABIDING FAITH.

The Cedar Rapids Republican has
been giving attention to the weather
bulletins and reports:
I'm Sac City they had five inch
rainfall within ten days. In Keokuk
they have had one inch in about two
months. Evidently the Lord is not
letting the rain fall on the Just and
the unjust with an impartial hand
this year"
Though Disseminated against, Keo-
kuk is not disheartened. 1t has abid-
ing faith In Providence that every
thing will come out all right before
the season ends. Meanwhile the corn
In this vicinity is fairly humping it.
self. Some If 1t is waist-high and all
of it is of good color.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-06-30
INSURANCE PAYMENTS IN IOWA

The Insurance Press is at hand with
its tables OF life insurance disburse-
ments for the year 1910. The compila-
ton is one the Press makes annually
and it is always anticipated with in
terest According to the showing
made, there were only two payments
made in Keokuk during the year in
excess of 100000: Samuel S. Lowitz,
s23, 100 and David ]. Ayres, $4,000.
The Lowitz payment was exceeded in
amount by only one other in the state,
that Of William P. Bettendorf, DAY.
export, $4,000 The total amount
paid Keokuk people was s137,250 The
total for Iowa was s7,oo0,000.
In the United States and Canada the
life insurance organizations of the
two countries distributed total of
| 1853, 100000 The payments in the
two countries to benefciaries for
death claims, matured endowments
and other benefits under the policies
of level-premium companies and the
] certificates of various life insurance
organizations assessment and the
1 like-amounted to $751; 100000. The
| estimated total of the amounts paid
| by regular companies in dividends to
policyholders, for surrender values. to
annuitants, and on claims in foreign
countries was S1S2,000,000.
The Press reports that along all
lines of benefits under policies-death
claims, endowments and dividends
the transactions of the regular life in
surance companies continued to in.
crease last year, under the normal
conditions that prevailed. New insur
ance for more than S2,60000o,000 OF
protection was written, and, after the
policy-account deductions, the insur
ance in force showed an increase Of
nearly st,oo0o00,o0o.
An indication Of normal business
conditions in 1910, according to life
J insurance records in the New Yorl
insurance department, where 80 pc,
: cent of the insurance in force through
out the country must be accounted for
was the decrease of disbursements TO
t surrendered, lapsed and purchases
a policies The amount of the decreas
r was about $4,000, compared wit
e s3,o59,o00 for increase in 1909 an
I S14,543,ooo for increase in 1908
l. For policyholders who were able t
II hold their protection throughout tn
s year dividend payments were increas
s ed largely. The record of dividend
s paid by the companies that reporte
3. in New York showed an increase t
d the amount of s1o,s39,572, compare
% with s9.195,734 for increase In 1909 an
Ie $7,370,1o7 for increase in 1908. SCI
y eral millions of dollars of dividend
were applied for the purchase of al
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-06-30
To Try an Experiment.

Clinton Herald: Marshalltown Is
about to try a paving experiment, and
that brings us to the thought that we
are largely in the experimental stage
as yet on the pavement problem. The
experiment in Marshalltown doubtless
will be watched with good deal of
interest, particularly in those cities
which have worn-out brick pavements.
The Marshalltown authorities pro.
pose to go in on one Of the streets
where the brick have become bad
ly worn, tear up the top course of
brick, and resurface the concrete
foundation with layer of concrete.
Eldora is putting in concrete paving
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-06-30
Poisoning DOGS.

To the Editor of The Gate City:
notice what the Gate City says
about the dog poisoner being around
again, and the poisoner ought to be-
killed, that is one side of the dog
story, now what about the other side.
We have, or rather did have, nice
bed of ferns, taking good care of the
same, watered them nearly every eve
ming. Well, night before last the
dogs played on 1t and Just ruined
1T. Now do You blame everybody for
poisoning dogs If they annoy and dam
age your property? We have been
keeping house forty-seven years and
never had dog; then why should
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-06-30
Old Story Recalled.

Mt. Pleasant Free Press: Old story:
A rabbit, duck, frog and skunk
went to the circus one day, and all
got in to see the big show except the
skunk. The rabbit got in because 1t
had four quarters, the duck because
1t had bill. the frog because it had
a green back, but the skunk couldn't
get in because all 1t had was a scent
and that was bad one.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-06-30

It may not be generally known but
is nevertheless a fact that there Is a
state law making it misdemeanor
to throw pieces of glass into the
streets and other highways. The PEN
atty is quite severe. Automobile own
ers have been looking into the matter
and propose to prosecute all persons
guilty Of the practice. Broken glass
is q tires worst enemy and there is
no szeSse for the expense it entails
assras sis51s offer standing reward
for tas CONVICTION Of any person who
throws glaAs 20 the streets, and If the
pracaee y nps stopped Keokuk may
md y advisable 70 do likewise.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-06-30
against you and Judgment rendered

against you and judgment rendered
thereon as prayed for in said petition.
d. D. HARRINGTON
Attorney for Plaintiff.
Now on this 9th day of June, 1911,
the Original Notice upon which this
ordered is endorsed is hereby approx
ed and it is further ordered that the
said notice be published in the Daily
Gate City, a newspaper published at
Keokuk, Iowa, which paper it is found
is most likely to give notice to all
known and unknown persons herein
sued. Said notice to be published
once week for six consecutive weeks
commencing on the 9th day Of June,
1911. w. s. HAMILTON,
District Judge.