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Rocky Ford enterprise., 1911-11-24
commission Form Reduces Tax.

Pueblo.-That the tax levy in Pu-
eblo will be reduced considerably IN
der commission form Of government
was evidenced when the five commits
sicners completed a city tax levy for
the coming year. With material cuts
in almost every department of the gov
ernment, and with q reduction in the
general city tax levy of 81 mills and
a net reduction Of II, the latter fig
ure taking into consideration the levy
of an entire extra mill for the payment
Of cash warrants during the remain
der OF the year, the annual city tax
for the coming year has been tenta-
lively agreed upon. The levy will be
17.3 mills as compared with 90 mills
last year. and the reduction was made
possible by cutting down the running
expenses of the city in many ways.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1911-11-24
SPORT.

Chicago promoters have matched
Carl Morris of Oklahoma and Con
Comiskey of Chicago. and the fight
probably will take place in Kansas
City on November 2Sth.
Pitchers Cavet and Loudell of the
Minneapolis team have been sold to
Omaha.
j. BONN. the Colombes, France. run
ner, covered nine kllometers, 81 me
ters (about miles. 50 yards) in a
half an hour. This beats the worlds
record established in 1868 by ]. w.
White of England.
The bout between Carl Morris. the
Oklahoma heavyweight, and Jack
Geyer Of Denver was stopped by Re
feree White In the ninth round in New
York.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1911-11-24
Sugar Bee, Growers Meet.

Chicago.-A meeting of beet sugar
growers and refiners which is expect
ed to result in the formation of a
permanent organization to represent
the industry was held here. Represen-
tatives from Michigan. Wisconsin. Wy
oming. Colorado. Nebraska, Idaho.
Montana, California, Iowa and Mime
sofa were in the city. An annual pro-
duction of 100000 tons Of beet sugar is
represented.
According to statement issued at
a preliminary meeting the growers
were in coz yention to consider mat
ters OF Interest to the industry and
to meet the attacks being made upon
It by certain importers and refiners
of cane sugar, who are demanding the
removal of the duty on sugar.
A permanent organization for pub
licity concerning beet sugar was one
Of the objects Of the meeting.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1911-11-24
Mrs. cassen Meets Horrible Death.

Denyer.-Mrs. Flora Hamilton Cas-
sell, fifty-nine years old. hymn writer
of great prominence. former president
OF the Nebraska w. c. T. u, a dis
tant relative of Howard Chandler
Christy, the famous artist. and the
wife of the Rev. Dr. E. T. CasseIl, pas
tor of the Bethel Baptist church os
Denver, a singing evangelist of nation
al reputation, was dragged five miles
over a rough country road to her
death by a team of crazed bronchos
that she herself had broken to har-
ness. MutiIated beyond identifica-
tion, her back and limbs were broken.
her clothing torn from her body and
scattered along the terrible five miles
of the Clark Colony road by the mad
dened team of bronchos, the body OF
Mrs. Cassell was found underneath the
spring buggy by A. c. Lilies, rancher
of Clark Colony. who. seeing team
running away along the road had
stopped their flight.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1911-11-24
cour. Stops Sale of Mines.

Colorado Springs.-In the Distric;
Court here Judge Sheafcr issued a
temporary Injunction restraining the
treasurer and commissioners of Tel
Ter county from selling for taxes the
properties of fifteen mining companies
in the Cripple Creek district.
Judge Sheafor's ruling is the first
step in the battle which mining men
have begun TO obtain better laws re-
garding taxing of mines. The courts
action is important in mining tax suits
in Colorado in that it is the first in
depreciation by any court of the mean
ing of the statute under which min
ing properties are valued for taxation.
The court held that the assessor of
Teller county has misinterpreted sec
ton $500 of the Revised Statutes of
1908 as to the meaning placed on the
words gross proceeds" He has de-
cided that gross proceeds" means
gross output. Judge Sheafor ruled tina:
the term means the amount received
in dollars and cents for ore after treat
ment and transportation charges have
been paid.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1911-11-24
Wine Drinking.

France alone pays taxes in a good
year on more than a thousand mil
lions of gallons of wine-and there
are six bottles TO a gallon-while Al
geria. planted with vines in the days
OF the phylloxera, supplies no less
Than two hundred millions. A ton
neau OF 200 gallons is pretty large
vessel; thousand such would fill
good-sized ship; and we have a null
tiply that by a thousand before We
reach the production of this one
French colony -one-hfth of all the
zine consumed in France.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1911-11-24
FOREIGN.

The German steamer Csrrara Of the
Slonan line from Barcelona has beer
given up for lost in the North Sea;
% lives are thought to have been lost
1t is announced THAI the German
government Will spend $500. go for
military aeroplanes in 1872. Germany
vii Be divided Into districts. each 0,
Thizh VIII have flying squadron.
Thirteen vessels of the Chinese in
perial fleet went over TO the reyolu-
tionists al Shanghai, hoisting the
white flag One of the largest cru5s-
ers steamed up the river past the set
tlement and dipped the white ensign
in salute TO the foreign warships. to
which none OF them responded
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1911-11-24
Waste Water Valuable for Lands.

Windsor.-Waste water from sugar
factories. after use for washing beets,
ETC., and containing much lime. has
been found valuable for land and is
much in demand by farmers. George
Kern and the Great Western Sugar
Company allowed the waste water to
run over portions of their farm, with
the result that crops from this land
average thirty per cent better in yield
than the other land.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1911-11-24

stomach and there was no cure 1 al
most thought the same, for my breath
was offensive and l could not eat any
thing without great misery, and l grad
uzlly grew worse.
Finally concluded to try Peruna,
and I found relief and cure for thattl
dreadful disease, catarrh. l took five
bottles OF Peruna and two OF Manalin,
and 1 now feel like a new man. There
is nothing better than Peruna, and 1
keep a bottle OF it in my house all the
time"
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1911-11-24
Town Of geuIah pes.resss.

BeuIzh.-Au early morning fire q
unknown origin swept over three cs1F
blocks here and before it Sas checked
b. z bucket brigade caused less o.
$4,000 Many were made hOnelesz
a high wind famed the fire al times
to renewed activity whenever it sQ-
peared to he under control Practical
ly the entire toNn vas destroyed
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1911-11-24
REPORTS SAY THERE HAS BEEN
BLOODY MASSACRE AT
HsIHH FU.
COURT MUST ABDICATE
PREMIER Has ORDERED REREW.
Al OF ATTACK UPON
Han YANG.
a--r@-ass-rsaser uasoa S-as se74s>.

a-.r-sra - rrtaner unlon Ssas serv1o.-
Tlen Tsin. There has been a
bloody massacre Of foreigners at
Hsian Fu. capital Of shenshL a
large force Of HoEan rebels is re-
pOrted 20 miles from Shid-chlachyan-
PekIng.-Demznds for the thrones
abdicaLiOn are crowdIng upon Pre-
mler Yuan Shi Kai who doubtless viii
be forced TO make decision within
a week. It seems TO be a case Of
fight or ask the court to depart from
the capital. Every suggestion for alb
dication Ia accompanied by promises
Of protection and ample pension.
It is reported that the premier bias
ordered a renewed attack upon Han
Yang and WI Chang. II this be true.
IL signifies his choice. The govern
ment has succeeded in ridding the
Manchu troops of both revolutionary
generals. Chang Shoa Tseng and Ian
Tien Wei. The former Is now at Tien
Tsin. The latter, who commanded the
Third Division. has been dismissed.
and is proceeding southwark. not as
Yuan shi Kai's envoy. TO submit 'Ur-
tier proposals to General IL. the
rebel commander. as previously re-
ported. but to Join the rebel forces.
There has been can unexpected dis
play Of patriotism in the last day or
two. Instead OF rivalry among the
provinces there have been evidences
Of remarkable unanimlty in an effort
to establish union government quick
Is In order to prevent the dangers
from foreign complications.
Rear Admiral MuTdock telegraphs
the American legation from Nanking
that the American consul with the
archives Is aboard the New Orleans,
and that all Americans have left the
city with the exception Of few mem
bers Of the Red Cross It would be
Impossible. says the admiral. to pro-
tcct the American property in Nan
king without landing 300 marines pre-
pared 10 sustain a siege. For this rea-
son he had gent none OF his men
ashore
Various efforts made in Influential
quarters to gtart peace negotiations
failed Yuan Shi Kals lieutenant, Tsan
Ting Kan. has returned here from a
fuItless attempt 10 negotiate with
Gen. ii at wu-Cnang. The command.
cr uf the insurgents seems determined
not to yield In the slightest degree.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1911-11-24
wasbino,on romns Are Flooded.

Seaulc.-A heavy downpour Of rain
90 the lowlands, and melting Of the
sis rect Of snow Hooded the rivers of
western Washington. broke the dam OF
the municipal electric plant. cut off
senlte'B water supply. demoralized
railroad service. washed out bridges
and Hooded many farms and valley
towns.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1911-11-24
Explained.

An old lady, the customer of an
Irish farmer, was rather dissatisfied
with the watery appearance of her
mornings cream and finally she com
planned very bitterly to him.
BE aisy. num- said Pat. You
see, the weather of late has been so
terrific hot that it has scorched all
the grass off the pasture land. and OF
have been compelled to feed the pore
bastes on water liIiesi'-Ideas.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1911-11-24
ceIeraae Minina Men Zee.

Denver.-A meeting Of Colorado
mining men will be held At the as
sembly room OF the Chamber o. Com
merce On the evening OF November 2s
to outline plans for a campaign 10 be
started in Washington in December.
with view Of having Congress make
an appropriation for metzllurgicAl
testing plant in the state
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1911-11-24
nrowna in Water Of TunneI.

st Louis-Miss Lucille Cooke, a
Washington university student. was
drowned when boat containing five
young women members OF the schools
geology class overturned into natural
tunnel leading to an underground riv-
er, near Leesburg, Mo.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1911-11-24
run kllled: Eive Injured.

Rugby. n. D-Great Northern fast
mail train colllded head on with a
freight train. killing the engineer and
fireman and injuring five others.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1911-11-24
Luck.

Braggs-Bah, Luck is but the proc
uct of care and diligence.
waggs-Yes. An old friend Of mine
had swamp which he couldn't get
cid of, and. by great deal Of care anc
diligence, a railroad was run right
through the middle of It, and now my
friend is a rich man.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1911-11-24
1rnonn ordsred to Border.

san Antonio. Texas.-Because of the
activity of alleged revolutlonists along
the Texas-Mexicnn border. especially
iu the vicinity OF Laredo. roop I.
Third United States cavalry, has been
ordered to that point for patrol duty.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1911-11-24

.hanghai-The situation in south
crn China d. becoming more involved
oacl day. The Republicans apparent
Iy are determined to secure their in
dependence from the Manchu dynasty.
bur there are grave doubts Of their
ability to establish "A stable govern
mrnt in time to avoid to consequence
Of continued disorganization and the
absence Of revenue and a competent
ndminiatration.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1911-11-24
eandit Robs Express Company.

Grand Rapids. - Adams Express
Company's office here was robbed OF
everything in the safe, the bandit
then escaping.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1911-11-24
CATARRH :,
OF The
STOMACH
Could Hardy Eat. Gradually
Grew Worse. Relieved by
Psruna.

Mr.. A. NJ.
Ikerd, Box 81.
W e $ t B u r
lington, Iowa,
writes:
81 had ca
tarrh of the
stomach and
g IN all intes-
tin es for a
n IL m b e r Of
years. l went
to a number
OF doctors and
got no relief,
and fin al ly
one OF my
doctors sent
me to c h i
C a g o, and I
met the ssu
fate. T h e ,
8 a j d { b ey
could do moth
ing for me;
S al d / had
cancer of the
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1911-11-24
STATE NEWS
OF INTE EST TO ALL
c Q L o r 4 D o
PEOPl
al8a.'s- ~ Nsrif s.s-F1Fs-
CJNING ENNTS.

Soye-ber z7--s-coIor.ao T.a,a.-s'
GHzoeistIon-Dsaver-
Jan Is-23y-Seveuga AazEzl S1-acls-
a. Western stock Snow. Ds-se--
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-01-24
What Do Farms Pay7

Kansas City Star: II it takes four
horses to pull two-hcrse load the
average Missouri farmer figures
that the bad road has not cost him
anything because he has the extra
horses anyhow.
This is merely one instance of
many which show that the average
farmer does not figure" at all, and
that the business of farming is the
least scientifically conducted of All
businesses.
The newly established department
OF farm mana cement Of the Missouri
Agricultural college is as important
in the field of instruction as CONNER
ciaI colleges are. Farm account.
ing. is pretty nearly neglected sci
ence. The farmers. who, In spite 81
high prices, make little more money
from 800 acres of good land than
German farmers would make from
forty acres of equal fertility. ought tc
realize that there are other factors
affecting farm incomes than simply
the two OF getting mp at four O'Clock
in the morning and keeping dowr
taxes.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-01-24

for what they did there. and there
and linen pledged the nation 10 care
for him who had borne the battle,
and for their widows and orphans.
These are not inendicants. The
nation cannot pay them for what they
did. That service was above price
in paltry dollars, and they keeniy
feel the ingraIitude of those who now
enjoy the fruit OF their toll and dan
ger
The Gate CITY agrees with Judge
Carson that the nation can never pay
the Civil war veterans for wha. they
did. inasmuch as that service was
above price in dollars. But it can al
least attest its gratitude and it can
DO this best by making them comfort
able and happy in their declining
years by contributing literally to
their support. Not one of them should
ever have reason to feel that the ma
ton was angrateful to him for what
he dared and suffered that it might
live The country is rich and can
well afford the additional eypendi
lures for pensions contemplated in
the sulloway bill There is no good
reason why IL should not become 9
law.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-01-24
ADVERTISING kEoKuk.

Sundays Chicago Tribune contain
ea an interesting illustrated article in
reference to the progress of work on
river here and the campaign upon
which Keokuk has entered to secure
new industrial enterprises. The text
OF the article is informing and the
illustrations, which were taken by
Anschutz especially for the purpose,
ere quite attractive. 1t is an open
secret that the publicity work that is
being done at the present tins is one
OF the results of the well-directed
activities of the keokuk Commercial
Club, which recently engaged Frank
G. Moorhead to bring the water pow
er enterprise to the attention of news
paper and magazine readers. Among
the papers in which articles from his
pen have appeared TO date which
have come TO local attention are the
Des AIoines Capital. Des Moines Reg
lister and Leader, Des Moines News,
Atlantic Telegraph and Chicago Trib-
une. Still other articles calling at
tention to the project and the cheap
power Keokuk viii soon be prepared
to offer viii appear shortly in mum
Der of the leading magazines OF the
country. Already Keokuk has re-
ceired large amount of valuable adj
yertising and it is in line for much
more.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-01-24
A.pRIcH BANK REFORM SCHEME.

The mucn-adVerUsGd ana lOnB-dWdll-
ed plan Of Senator Aldrieh. chairman
of the Monetary Commission. which
has been at work on a financial pro
grampne for TWO years has been pub
lished in the form of pamphlet
and submitted to the commission
Its chief features are: ~ Pro
vision for the control of the entire
monetary system by the big financial
institutions Of New York and ~
recognition given TO commercial pa
per in the provision for rediscounts.
Contrary 10 some expectations. the
Aldrieh programme does not favor a
central bank.
In bis letter of transmittal. Senator
Aldrich says that they have found
none Of the government banks OF
Europe applicable 10 American eondt.
tions. What he does propose in its
place is an organization 10 De known
as the Reserve Association Of Ameri
ca, which would be a sort Of fedora.
ton of various local associations oil
national banks. The claim OF itf
creator is that no person or set OF IN
tereste could ever dominate this AZ
ISOLATION. Membership would be oper
TO commercial men az well az bank
ers. the latter however, always navint
majority Ia the various branches
The final control would rest in al
executive committee OF tbs associa
ton. IN which four OF the nine mem
bers would represent the goyernmen
and FIVE the chosen representative
Of the banks. II would be a sort 0
holding company, which would contro
all the funds OF the banks and OF th
government
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-01-24


II the Democrats are in earnest IN
wishing for an extra session 10 con-
slider the revision of the tariff they
might bring in bin king the date
of the meeting of the next congress
at April LIST or some other early and
convenient time The impression is
general that the President alone can
convene congress before the first
Monday in December This impress
sion is erroneous as the constitution
provides that congress shall meet at
least once year and that such meet
ing shall be on the first Monday IN
December unless congress shall, by
Law, appoint a different day Thus
congress may appoint "a different
day and has done so in the past. II
the present congress thought it adj
visable that the next congress should
meet April list or March 18th or even
at noon on March 18th. it could SO pro-
vide by law But it is a safe guess
that no Democrat will introduce bill
to enable his party to meet the tarili
trouble half way.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-01-24

$1,000 BILL writes hurnorously of high
finance methods as applied to selling
a young artists work. George Allan
England in Wonder Days has anoth-
er of his tear-compeiling Don't You
Remember sketches and VIII Lev
ington Comfort in The Craft and the
Stroke tells safe blowing story
from an entirely new angle.
Cyrus Townsend Brady contributes
the complete novel to the Smart Set
for February. In this story, las the
Sparks Fly Upward" this we'll known
author treats of situation that is un-
usual but which has engrossed the
minds of men ever since civilization
forged the shackles of convention
around matrimony-th the attitude to-
ward each other OF man and wo-
man marooned and alone on desc
late island. 1t is tale of a modern
Adam and Eve in a South Pacific
paradise. DR.. Brady treats the subject
with great delicacy and charm, and
has written an absorbing story full of
both tender sentiment and stirring ac-
ton. Jules Eckert Goodman contrib
utes story of Paris artist life, A
Lady of the Harem." G. We're Tyler,
in "As it Was in the Beginning,
paints vivid picture of wife who
drifts into the Bohemia of New York
City-and Just escapes; Adele Leunr-
mann, in a clever sketch. Disciples
of Art satirizes the American per
sonally conducted tourists attitude
toward European art galleries; Louise
E. Eberle tells in The Wife Who
Wasn't of wierd happening that
1 bore all the characteristics of super
natural influence: The Greater Mo
tive by Viola Burhans. is an unusua
story of a prize hight; Who Pays
Iby 7. D. Pendleton "a Red Rose" b!
Mr.. and Mrs. William Chester Ester
brook. and MRS. Mallory" by Mrs
James Carstairs. Jr., are unusua
stories.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-01-24

The cal has got out OF the bag as
10 the high cost of living. The big
cold storage concerns in Chicago and
elsewhere owned by the packers and
wholesalers let it out when they be
gan to dump on the market their ex-
cessive stocks of eggs. butter, poultry
FISH, game, etc, after the boarding
had been going on for several years
until the danger point was reached
The result was an immediate stump
in the prices of all these staples.
Many commission merchants We're
forced TO the wall in their effort 10
maintain the previous high prices IN
the face OF the cold storage avalanche
Some of the produce now being I'M
loaded is said 10 have been in storage
for FIVE years
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-01-24

Further emphatic evidence OF the
pronounced improvement that has oc-
CURED in this nationis foreign trade
position during recent months is fur
nished by the complete official returns
for December which disclose an I'M
precedented volume of merchandise
shipments abroad and an excess OF
exports over imports OF fully $780,
100000 This highly gratifying eN-
hibit is all the more remarkable when
il is considered that for the first eight
months of 1910 imports actually ex-
ceeded exports by slightly over mil
lion dollars. whereas for the full cal
endar year there was balance in this
country's favor of no less than sSol.-
Ooe, 900 or almost s4s.0oo,o0o more
than in 1909.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-01-24

IL am sure Of 1t" she answered
"He is even a little Jealous she COT
.inued. with an affected laugh. lie
told Newell, never mind.
He told you WHAT" John Dory
asked.
She laughed
Never you mind" she said. II have
done what you asked me. anyway. IL
Mr.. Ruff had not found me an agree
able companion, he would not have
bothered about getting Spencer 10
meet me. And now he's done IL she
added. II do believe he's little jeai-
Gus"
John Dory glared. but he said moth
ing. It seemed 10 him that his hour
Of revenge was close at hand.
1t was the first occasion upon which
words of this sort had passed between
Peter Ruff and his secretary There
was no denying the fact that Miss
Violet Brown was in passion. u
was an hour past the time at which
she usually left the Office. For an
hour she had pleaded, and Peter Run
remained unmoyed.
You are fool, she cried to him
at last. Il am fool, too. that have
] ever wasted my thoughts and time
upon YOU Why can't | make you see!
| In every other way, heaven knows. you
| are clever enough. And yet there
! comes this vulgar. commonplace. ta".
/ dry little woman from heaven knows
where, and makes such fool OF you
that you are willing to fling away your
I career-to hold your wrists out LOT
! John Dory's handouts!
/ My dear Violet" Peter Ruff an.
swered deprecatingly. you really
4 worry me-you do indeed!
Not half so much as you worry
me- she declared Look at the time.
i It's already past seven. At eighl
/ o'clock Mrs Dory-your Maud-ls
coming here hoping to find her ola
sweetheart"
/ Why not?s he murmured.
why not, indeed?" Miss Brown
answered angriiy. Don't you know
! Cant you beiieve-that close on hef
heels will come her husband--that
Mr.. Spencer Fitzgerald, IL ever ne
comes to life in this room, will leave
1t between two policemen?
Peter Ruff sighed,
What pessimist you are, my deal
Violet, " he said.
She came up to him and laid he'
hands upon his shoulders.
IT. fssnsssS1
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-01-24
Iafe Youna As an Orator.

Sioux City Journal: In one respect
Senator Young has made a distinct
gain. He has gained recognition as
a bully orator He was an orator
before he was senator. but even his
near neigbbors understand him better
in this respect than hitherto. So much
for the distinction of office compared
with the mere distinction of success
FIJI newspaper man. If Senator Young
should be put to it he could easily
make a living with his voice. His
address in Ottnmwa the other night,
as all the -Ottumwans say, was a
"corker.,