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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1911-07-22
Miss Nina O'DeH.

Miss Nina O'Dell, aged 28 years, stenographer for Plunkett &l farrell for several years. died at local sani- tarium. and her funeral was held this afternoon. She was the daughter of D. H. ODell of Missouri.
 Charles Byrne.
 Charles Byrne, aged 45, of Paris, H.. q member of the Painters Un- ion. died at local hospital and his body is being held awaiting orders from his wife.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1911-07-22

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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-05-14

also that Il is estimated that 4, viii
cost about $500 Il ton 10 nut th.
-N!hsisdn coaF into san Francisco 81
you see II il quito a question whether.
the Alaskan coal beds wlll not ha,c
10 iiEhtfor the market.
For the same reason the Panama
Canal viii affect the coal trad. OF the.
states along the west coast OF South
| Americn Those countries can be sun
pied from Alaska, but the canal Mil
make them accessible 10 our Atlantic
coal fields and they Viii probably he
supplied from the mines OF both places.
as TO .\laska itself. there can be
| niue development in that country until
the coal tields are opened 4 Railroad;
are impossible At the high coal rates
OF to-day. and all Industry is laEeinl.
there for cheap fuel. II will take a
big sum of money TO construct the
railroads and open the mines, and this
money can only be supplied by orr
ganized capital Or. Brooks estimates
that the first ton OF coal shipped ont
OF the Bering field will have cost A
least $4,000, 900 by the time At is ON
The way 10 the consumer. and tina
from then OH the cost will fall until IL
is somewhere near the five or ten dol.
lars, which the people Will pay 1
nave no sympathy with the Ciuggen-
helm gobblers. but the Individual minei
can do nothing alone, and the govern
ment will have 10 adopt rcEulatlons
!, that Will enable capital to develop tha
beds at A reasonable proHt Whether
this can be accomplished without a
material change in Uncle Sans plans
remains to be seen.
(Copyright. 1911 by Frank G. Car.
pcnter.l -tts.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-05-14
MATS OF THE COUNTRY.

MATS OF THE COUNTRY.
flood the markets or the world, and its
coal veins are estimated 10 contain
billions of tons Of black diamonds.
With Uncle snm's prospectors.
During the past week have been
looking over the latest government in
vestigation of this mighty property.
As soon as II came into our hands
Uncle sam sent his experts Ia EXPLORE
H. and for the past generation they
nave been taking IT up section by sec
hon. climbing the mountains and
tramping over the plains anu plateais.
making maps of the land and pros
PectinE for mineral wealth.
The greater part Of the work has
been done by the Geologic Survey.
which keeps three divisions of men In
the field. one OF these. including three
parties, Is devoted 10 mapping the coun-
Try and giving its Topographic. Ii is
ma King plans from which YOU can tell
all the hills and hollows. the height
ot me mountains ana depth OF the val :
leys, Another division is examining
the water powers. and third. and /
should say the most important of all,
rs composed OF a dozen different com
psnies 81 BIOLOGISTS. who are looking
'n,o the minerals and accommodating
data as 70 the coal iron. copper and
gold whirh the country contains
The mineral branch Of the survey
Is nov under tho charge OF DR. Alfred
= Broeks, who has spent more than
| ihsrteen wears in the work of OK plor-
Ing Alaska. and who knows more about
= e country than any other man in the
"oT'a He mas written a gcogra ply
and geolcsy OF Alaska, and with his
scientinc assistants has spent about
hTe months every year for the past
thirteen years in making explorations.
with view 10 the mineral wealth.
| Ills PARTIES have gone through the
wiids on foot and in boats. carrying
their canoes from stream to stream.
and making long tours, during which
| thelr basshHe mas been carried on sleds
and drawn hy dogs They have trave.-
cd TO the hcadwaiers Of one stream, or
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-05-14

River coal beds are about 200 miles
BY water from Puget Sound. and the,.
are not far from the excellent harbor
OF Cordova Bay. They might be de-
Tended by some Of the great ships Of
our navy. or Japan might rush there
with a part of her fleet and capture
the coal supplies. All She would ne
TO DO would be to take about twenty
hye miles OF railroad material along
and extend the present Guggenheim
line to The beds. such Il possibility is
pronably well known TO the War De-
partments of both nations and IL Is
safe 10 say that the United States
would be on the ground first
Conl Versus Petroleum. M
At present the oil hcids Of California
are competing largely for the fuel
trade in the markets Of the Pacific.
Many OF the steamers are now using
oil. and oil Is largely employed on the
railroads. L, is sold for fuel In all the
Pacific Coast states and Territories,
and It's use increases each year. In
1905 the oil consumed was equal 10
la.o00.0o0 tons OF coal. whereas the
coal alone was considerably less than
half that.
This is factor that must be con
sidered In connection with the
Alaskan coal when II comes into The
market. and another ia actor Is the coal
That will come through the Panama
Canal Or. Brooks has figures which
slow that when the canal Is complct cd
eastern coal can he landed In san
Francisco AT $3.50 a ton. This means
putting ii on the ship at the Atlantic
coast ports AT cost of 81 per ton
paying a freight of 50 and n canal
tonnage OF about 45 cents. He says
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-05-14

the coal Is of far lower grade.
would supply the World for Ia0 Years.
one hundred and nifty billion tons
me ilgures are large and the mind can
not comprehend them All the coal
mines of the world are now produc-
Ing Just one. billion tons per annum.
and at the rate III this coal were az
cessible II would supply the whole
world for $50 years>and probably lea
much TO spare. II
~ the coal amounts TO only fiftecn
! billions II would heat and move tho
world for hfteen years. and If we had lad
~ on shipboard or In the markets 1,
would make us rich hey ond the dreams
OF aVaricc have seen thoJralue cs
timated In billions OF collars n
would be worth that If it could be
dumped down a few tons at time
~ me chief markets OF the world, but
as II lies now the statement makes one
mink OF the words of the Japanese
schoolboy: 1T is 10 laugh. of
the hfteen billion tons which are the
minimum figures of the GcoloSists es :
Inmates. about four and one half bill
Mons are on the Arctic slope, where il
us locked in ice for most of the wear.
IL is beyond ranges of noun tains. which
could hardly be crossed, nd on seas
from where the coal could not be ear
/ rled to any market on earth Another
Tour millions or more lie in the inter
lor or Alaska. in the plateau region
Of which have written. and it is safe
TO say that II Will neve, DE worth
any.hins eXcept for local CON
sumption. The greater part of the
balance, comprising more than six
biiilon tons by conservative cs-
Innate. is In southeastern Alaska
near the Pacific Coast. These last
beds are live working quaint
| ~. and they will some day have a
great part in the industry and wealth
coni nj Half Cent n Ton.
In my talk with Or. Brooks asked
MIN as to the government values of
these lands. He replied that all are
now Withheld from sale, pending the
government investigation and the
! tr0Mhle concerning the titles, and that
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-05-14

IitlH lNgH l Washington, d. c.
Il write day OF one of the best in
Sestments of Uncle sam Patriarch. One
rafferty, relative is a shrewd specula-
tor He makes millions In real estate.
and his chief land investments have
paid many thousand per cent. The first
was the Louisiana purchase. by which
the French sold us territory ten
times as large as the State Of Illinois
That block of land cost about 3 cents
an acre. 1t Is now worth $50 and up
ward per acre and il annually Yields
crops 20 the amount of thousands OF
millions OF dollars II is producing
and two hundred and fifty million
bushels OF wheat every year and Is
feeding live stock valued at over nine
Aundred millions.
The wenlth of Alaska
The purchase / speak OF to-day is
Shat OF Alaska Uncle sam bought IL
of Russia for less than . cents an acre
forty-four years ago, He! mas already
realized more than sixty times The
amount of his original investment. and
he does not YET know what he owns
The land Is netting US 400 per cent.
every year. and II Will go up 10 1000
per cent, in the future We pa!d for Il
ia little more than several million dol
lars. We have already taken 81, owe.
four hundred millions. We got more
than the purchase price outfof me two
Tor three little sea- Islands ana the
!saimon fisheries are How bringinr in
tover ten miller. dollars per annrn
iThe yearly outPni Of gold : close TO
twelve millions and by the end OF This
year we shall nave realized more than
thirty times rs cost, from The minerals
ielone. l
These are big hrlrcs, hi, ,hey are
rpnly pin prtcks on the surface Of that
Il land Of ice and snow. T'ha mos, Of
the gold so far taken ouy has been
from piacers. and there are quartz de-
POSTS q inca!cuiah!e valGe Alaska
has copper beds which lid fair "a
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-05-14

Are cork insulated seven walls
TO Keep the cold in and the
Savers.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-06-12
MORSE THAN WAR.

Secretary Sumner of the state ooaro
q, health has been delving into sta
tistics and finds that more people
died of consumption from 1904 10
1907 than we're killed in battle or
died from their wounds in both armies
during the civil war. Not only that
hut the number dying from consump-
ton in the four years mentioned was
three times as great as the NUMBER
killed in the civil war, including those
who died of their wounds. The to1ai
number of federal soldiers killed ana
diving of their wounds was approx
matelv 10000 men. The total mum.
her of confederate soldiers killed ana
diving Of their wounds was about 90
ooo men. This makes total OF 2oo,'
oeo men killed and dying OF WOUNDS
in the four years of the civil war. n
the four years between 1904 ano lso'
100000 persons died of consumption
These figures are startling When
tboughttully analysed. They prove
conclusively that consumption Is
contagious disease.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-06-12

mentary to the brides of the club,
Miss Ethel Lane and Miss Jessie Ba--
mum. The affair was in the nature
of double miscellaneous shower and
the young ladies were remembered
by their friends with gifts, both beau
tiful and useful For Miss Lane, the
gifts We're arranged on June Christ
mas tree, while for Miss Barnum WIS
a typical fish pond. AS a gift froin
the club, Miss Lane received hand
some brass serving silver tray, and
Miss Barnum beautiful silver baking
dish The hostess, assisted by Miss
Guinlia King, served a two course
luncheon and the guests departed late
after a most pleasant time. On Mon
day evening, Miss Bessie Leroy will
entertain for Misses Lane and Bar
mum at her home
Geo. Curtis of La Harpe, is visiting
| his mother, Mrs. Emma Curtis this
| week
The Christian church is being paint
ed this week. Milton Chapen having
charge Of the work. Later on In the
season, the interior Is to be frescoed
in oil. Until after the repairs, only
/ Sunday school and communion will bs
held each Sunday morning.
Mrs. G. G. Shahan and daughfs:,
Eva, visited in Ursa last week.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-06-12
go eaEsENI WEEK.

The United states senate is to vote
TODAY on the joint resolution PROVO
ing for the election of senators by d.
rect vote of the people. The resolu-
ton already has passed the house.
Count Johann Bernsdorff. German
ambassador to the United States, VIII
% 10 Chicago TUESDAY TO speak at the
convocation of the University of Chi-
cago. His subject will be The Foun'
dation of the German Empire
A memorial gateway In honor o.
rohn Howard Payne, author Of Home
Sweet Home" is to be dedicated
Wednesday at Union college, scne-
nectady. \. Y, where Payne spent MS
student days a little more than loo
years ago.
throughout the country patriotic
exercises will be held Wednesday IN
celebration of Flag Day" the ann
versary of the adoption Of the stars
and stripes as the national emblem OF
the United states of America
Robert L. Borden, leader Of the OBJ
nosition in the Dominion parliament,
win leave Ottawa at the end Of the
week 10 begin a speech making tour
Of western Canada in an effort to
arouse public sentiment against the
proposed reciprocity agreement vita
the United states with view 70
bringing about the defeat Of the meas
ure when parliament reassembles.
Wednesday is the day fixed for the
elections In Nova Scotia which will
n decide whether Liberals or Conser
$ yatiyes will rule in the Provincial as
! sembly for the next five years. This
II Liberals have been in control fol
twenty-nine years, but recent events
have led Conservatives TO entertain
in strong nope Of victory in the comint
n contest.
Or The week promises to be a bus,
n one in London social circles. Toda.
ne will witness the opening of the in
on ternational horse show in which
re- Americans will have prominent par
nd The Ascot races viii be attended b
he the king and queen and there will b
ep- a notable banquet to the oversee
*. Journalists come 10 attend the Impe,
ial conference and the Coronation
Die Saturday will see the arrival and r.
ger ception of the first of the foreign re-
I'VE Eresentatives TO the coronation.
a A notable convention abroad will /
of the congress of the International Su
Re frage Alliance of the World, whic
ase will meet in Stockholm with Mrs. Ca
RE Chapman Gait of New York pr
owe siding
Who Conventions on this side of the A
hat lantic will include those of the soye
to eign camp of the Woodmen of Il
are World, in Rochester; the National 8
:, a. . ISOLATION of Credit Men, at Minnea
eat oils; the Southern Publishers assoc
, TO ton, in Louisville; the High Court
ley the Canadian Order Of Foresters,
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-06-12
ENTIRE NOUS CLUB
WAS ENTERTAINED
Hamilton Society Club Has Double
Shower for Miss Lane and Miss

Bafnurn.
HAMILTON. ILL.,. June 12-Mr. VIM.
Kincade east of town Is suffering from
an attack Of tonsolitis.
Mr.. and Mrs r. e. Hazen are in
Memphis, Mo-, this week the guests OF
Fl. G. Waggoner and wife.
Mrs. Mary scofield and daughter,
Alma, arrived last week from their
home in Los Angeles, Cal. They will
be guests at the Lane-Higby wedding.
Mrs. Evelyn Porter from Skidmon,
Mo-, Is visiting at the home of e. H.
Leroy.
The new home of Jas. Bride in the
Bridges addition, Is nearing compile
ton and will soon be ready for oc'
cupancy.
Mrs. A. A. Tyrell was a Quincy Wis
itor Thursday.
Miss Jessie Barnum, daughter o:
Mr.. and Mrs. c. q. Barnum, is to be
June bride, her marriage to Mr.
Chas. Lyman of Little Rock, Ark, be
| ing announced for June goth. Miss
Barnum is favorite daughter Of
/ Hamilton, and while much is to be re
GREETED in her leaving her home town
| yet the best wishes Of her friends &:
with her to her new home in Littl.
/ Rock.
Mrs. Virgil King was hostess to tn,
Entire Nous club at her home on Wilt
Cat road Saturday afternoon, compli
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-06-12
Not WEATHER REMINDERS.

The Omaha Bee offers some not
weather reminders that are as apph-
cable In Keokuk as there. Rememoer-
That the other fellow knows its hot
without being told.
That it's bound to be cooler next
January.
That the home thermometer is al
ways right and the weather bureau
thermometer always wrong.
That ice melts faster in summer
time that 1t does in winter.
That because the heat makes you
uncomfortable you do not have to
make everyone else uncomfortable.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-06-12
HOUSE MAIL BOXES.

The campaign inaugurated In heo-
kuk several months ago to secure the
erection of mail boxes or receptacles
of some kind at every residence ana
place of business in the city was not
wholly successful Hundreds complied
with the request, but other hundreas
paid no attention TO it. The advantage
to be gained by having such recepta-
cles is the saving in time 10 the letter
carriers. A delay OF one minute to the
carriers ar each place where mail IS
delivered in Keokuk means total De
Law approximately equivalent TO the
subtraction Of two carriers from the
force. The department at Washing ton
has taken note of conditions ID heo-
kuk and elsewhere and has adopted
the policy OF Withholding authority 20
employ additional carriers until the
people have done their part toward
Improvement of the service. In order
10 avoid imposing hardships and In
convenience upon communities II Is
urging patrons to cooperate with II
bv providing suitable receptaeles Iof
mail. The time saved will be utilized
to enlarge the area of city free deliv'
erv and TO increase the number OF De
liveries. 1t is hoped that all residences
and places of business in Keokuk moi
equipped with boxes will be suppleo
with them at once. 1t means better
service by the present carrier forcf
and the removal of serious obstacle
to the employment of additional car
riers which are already needed.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-06-12
Beware of Ointments for Ca
tarrh that Contain Mercury,

as mercury will surely destroy the sense
Of smell and completely derange .ne
the mucous surfaces Such articles
should never be used except on nrescr:p.
tons from reputable physicians; Is the nc
good you can possibly derive from them;
Halls Catarrh Cure. MANUFACTURED py
F. j. Cheney & Co.. Toledo. o.. s, III
naliy. acting directly upon the oioqn
and mucous surfaces Of the system ,,a,
buying Halls Catarrh. Cure be sure s IN
get the genuine 1t Is taken inteTnaiy
ara mado In Toledo. Ohio, by y. :.
Cheney & CO. Testimonials free. ~.
So by Druggists. Price. zoe per oo.7
II Take Hairs Family Pills for const'pA-
| ton.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-06-12

from her aunt's residence. Rev. R. G.
McIlwain OF Keokuk, officiating.
John M. Hungate. cashier Of the
Farmers Bank, attended a bankers
convention at Carrollton, H., last
week.
Mr.. Cox, representing Suffer & Gam
BILE, auto dealers Of Burlington, Iowa,
came down Friday in an auto.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-06-12
Seen In Summer.

Blushing brides bearing beauteous
blossoms
Bleary bruisers bearing belligerent
buns
Riotous rooters raising reverberan'
rafters,
Callow collegians counting goods,
Cherries crowds calorically collapsed
Mincing maidens meandering noisily
Tittering triflers treking tree-ward,
Tired toilers taking to timber,
Nifty nymphs nearing naughtiness,
Nutty neurotics noisly navigating,
Perspiring papas pushing perambula
tors,
Insipid infusions inviting imbibing.
B. s.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-06-12

Tama News: 1t is said that the
treasury department is to call in the
81 900 bills. The measly treasury de.
partment can go to the demnition
bowwows before we will give up a
single one. They are too hard to get.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-06-12
The Natural Conclusion.

Council Bluffs Nonpareil: Actually,
looking out on Iowa fields it doesn't
seem possible that there Is a poor
house or the need of one in all Iowa,
does it?
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-06-12

Iowa has made large gain in
wealth during the past year. A com
pilation just made by State Auditor
Bleakly shows that there was an in
creage in the net taxable value of the
Iowa property assessed for taxation
Of s7,957o0o, over the year 1910 as re
turned BY the assessors. The land
values increased 100000 in the
same time Best of all, the gain rep
resents real wealth, not watered stock
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-06-12

The way those feminine pistol TO
ters are bringing down the men sug
gests to the Sioux City Journal
that the girls must have caught the
secret of aiming in the other direction
and trusting to luck
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-06-12

II is clear that the example of the
eviators In going high was not lost on
the temperature. The question OF a
specific contagion remains to be de
termined
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-06-12

It Is probably useless to try to sup
press rhetorical fireworks in the in
terest of safe and sane Fourth. But
all other kinds should be either en-
tirely barred Or carefully supervised.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-06-12
oh. Joy.

Dubuque Telegraph Herald: There
Is even greater Joy ahead. Comes fast
upon the heels of the luscious straw
berries the news that the red, red
raspberry crop is going to be bigger
than ever
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-06-12

Toronto; the National association CT
Master Plumbers, in Galveston; the
Northern Baptist convention and the
Worlds Baptist congress in PhiladeE
phia; the National Millers' federation
in Nfgaraa Falls and the Information
al association Of Chiefs of Police, ID
Rochester.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-06-12

The polls are still open 1t is not
yet too late to vote for the Stone &
Webster franchises and the publicity
proposition The vote on all three
should be as nearly unanimous as pos
sible.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-06-12
rHoueHrE oR The DAY.

Broad, wholesome, charitable views
of men and things cannot be acquired
by negotiating in one little corner Of
the earth, all ones lifetime.
Mark Twain.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-06-12

An Illinois man has written book
about Hell at Midnight In Spring
field When the Legislature is in
Session There is nothing in its
pages TO show why he ranklv and un.
fairly discriminates against the other
twenty-four hours.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-06-12

1--WE do not believe we are quite
ready for free wool, because we are
hardly ready yet for free trade" says
the washington Democrat.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-06-12

Be careful What you eat this wealth
er, and especially be careful how
much you eat Many man has dug
his grave with his teeth
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-06-12

The man who complained about
shoveling the snow of his sidewalk is
row kicking at the price of ice.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-06-12
NOTES AND COMMENT.

The Ottumwa Courier well says
that one Of the things some men cant
understand. is why their enemies have
so many friends
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-06-12

The much-adYertised Republican
Progressive League is making fine
eadway-backward
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-06-12

J. F. Hunter, FARMER HVlng near
Essex brought $4,000 bushels Of corn
to that town last week, for which he
received "A cents pushed, or S15,40O.
The Peoria Herald Transcript points
out that when T. r. doesn't get into
print any other way, ne can always
deny that he is candidate for Preai-
dent.
The Webster City Journal suggests
that before Senator Kenyon votes FOR
Canadian reciprocity he might visit
Iowa and talk with few of his farm
er friends.
The Waterloo Reporter suspects
that the members of the "keg party
whom a Kansas woman chased into
the river with rife, we're half shot
to begin with.
The Bedford Times-Republican says
that insurgency in Iowa has dWlndieo
now to clamor for federal offices
THAT seems to be about all there Is
of it," the imes-Republican continues
and in fact that is about all there
ever was of IT If sincerity had sue
ceeded hypocrisy"
The state suffrage convention WI
be held in Perry in October Mrs
. Catherine Waugh McCulloch of Chi
!. cago, legal representative OF the ma
tional association and its vice pres
dent, will be speaker at the CONVEX
+ ton, as will Dr. Anna Shaw, nationa
a president. One day at the Iowa stat