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BOAT CAPTAINS FRIEND
Letter Received From Steamer Officer
Says Deceased Was Found
Shortly After His
Death.
Apalachicola, Fla.


MY dear Mrs. Ribyn: 1t is SO hard
for me to write you this letter but I
know you want to know all about 1T
ii just telegraplled you.) Mr.. Ribyn
told us all Christmas week he was GO
ing to Pensacola, that his brother-in-
law wrote to him to meet him there
Christmas day. He met Jennie and
down shopping, Thursday night be-
fore Christmas at $50 and told us
good bye, that he was going to Pensa-
cola today. At 4 p. m. there was a
drowned man at our wharf and I saw
il was Mr.. Ribyn. His watched stop
ped at 10.45' so he must have been
drowned shortly after he left us. I
had written him at Pensacola for the
key to the pilot house and when they
found him. he had the key in his hand
The wharf is high one and suppose he
fell when he went to get in the pilot
house as he left clean shirt and some
collars on the bank. He had already
taken his trunk over to the ware house
which is there now. All the other
things the Maso- have charge OF.
they taking charge of the body and
notified his lodge. We liked his place
so much and we were together nearly
all the time and would have been that
night only had to go shopping with
Jennie.
You don't know how bad / feel
about it. The key j will send you
later and give it to his little girl and
tell her always to keep it, that papa
had it in his hand when found
Answer, your friend.
JOHN ] BRoWI>
P.O. Box. 165.
From information received in a let
ter by the widow, it now appears GER
tam that Albert l.. Ribyn, whose body
was found in the water at the Apala.
chicoia wharf on the night of Decem.
Der %, was not drowned but life was
extinct before the body reached the
water. This statement becomes al
most a positive fact from curious
situation and one that would
have been generally overlook.
ed but for those who found Mr.. Ribyn's
llfeiess body 4 short time after he
had fallen from the pilot house deck
OF the steamer Loretta in the Apala,
enicola harbor. In his hand was grasp
ed the key to the pilot house in which
We're some of Mr.. Ribyn's clothes
alter which articles he had gone. n
the deceased had been conscious when
ne fell, he would naturally have let GO
oil the key
Is well known that Mr.. Ribyn was
afflicted with heart trouble and the
natural supposition is, that after com
ing out of the pilot house OF the
steamer, he dropped lifeless from an
attack and fell among thu pilings oil
.he wharf and into the water He had
not been in that position much more
tnan an hour at least Captain Brown
an intimate friend of the deceased and
MS wife, having seen. Mr., -Ribyn al
nan past eight o'clock on the night oil
me y OF last month and the body was
discovered at 1915, as told in the let
Ter published here. and which was re
ceived last Saturday night by Mrs
Birdie Ribyn, the wife.
Letter Explains Matters.
IN the letter written Thursday last
ana received night before last by Mrs
'.loSn, Captain John Brown tells Of
'ne meeting with Mr. Ribyn on the
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us my hair coming down." called
the matron. ut will be In a minute !"
answered the maid. I'm going up-
stairs for it now"
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DR.. J. EATON JOHNSTON.
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON.

The only physician practicing Oste-
opathy in the county. The Smith
sonian truss fitted and guaranteed,
the only truss that holds. Office,
North side of Main street third door
above Fifth. Phone 93. Residence.
Ninth and Webster. Phone 4S4. p.
70. Lock Rox II, warsaw. III.
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patelna Eaas.

A rubber stamp 10 be worn ON a
niger SO that when an egg is picked
up the date will be imprinted on the
shell is recent invention.
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Confidence Restored

NEW YORK, Jan. 9.-There was
brisk and heavy stock buying on the
market this morning, following the
measure to restore confidence, after
the failure of the Carnegie Trust Co.
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DIR. c. r. BLANKENsHlP.
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON

Office-Y. M. O. A. Bldg; residence
-519 North Fifth Street. Offce
phones-Iowe 305 Red, Hub, 157 Res
idense phones-Iowa 1910 Black. Hub.
1851.
Office hours $3.50 to 10 = M: 4 TO
s p. M, and to 8 p. m.
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DR.. a. M. STOCKING

PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON
Office, Room !, Dorsey Bldg, It'll
and Blondeau SITS. Residence. 523
Concert St. ssss sr
Office Hours-11 to IL a. m.,, 2 to )
and 1880 to $3.50 p. m. Telephones;
Iowa. 241 Red; Miss. Valley, 2506.
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night of his death. The steamer cap.
tain and the deceased were the warm
est OF friends and had been for num-
Der of months, hunting and fishing
together and Mr.. Ribyn having made
his home on the boat a greater por-
ton OF the time. The deceased had
been in the south in the interest of his
health. physicians advising him to go
there for the benefit Of his health,
tuberculosis and heart trouble making
it necessary for idr. Ribyn to give up
his work and he had only been employ.
ed but five day since year ago last
July.
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Don't think that piles can't be cured.
Thousands of obstinate cases have
been cured by Doan's Ointment. SO
cents at any drug store.
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DR.. o. r. CLARK.
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON.
Offce-Y. NJ C. A. Building.
Office hours-9 to 1880 q. M, $3.50
to $3.50 and to 8 p. m.
Phones-Office, Iowa, 305 Red; Hub.
1877: residence. Iowa 1898; Hub. 20s2.
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E. J. MCDONALD, MD.

PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON.
Oftice-7Oo Main street lover City
Drug store.)
Office hours-s to IL a. M; to s
p. M; to p. m. Tel. s02 Black
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w. J. HARTER, Md, DO.
Osteophathic and Electric Treat
raents specially. Office 6001s Main.
Hours-At residence. $40 High ST..
9 to 10 a. M; to 5 p m.
Phone Office, Iowa, 21S Black; res
idence, iowa, 1925 Red Hub, 1892
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ANyABEL:
Use Gold Medal Flour for ~ 80.
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DR.. G. J. cHRESTENeEN
OSTEOPATHIC PHYSICIAN.
Y. M. G. A. Building
Office hours-9 70 IL a. M: 2 to s
p. m. Residence Iowa phone 1857,
2 rings. Office, Iowa phone 1857. !
ring. Residence ZIG Blondeau street.
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DR.. w. FRANK BROWN.
SURGERY GENITO-URINARI AND
SKIN DISEASES.
4czis Main. Over Jones' Hat Store.
Bell Phone 1874. Home 1874. Res, S.
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there for the benefit Of his health,
tuberculosis and heart trouble making
1T necessary for Mr. Ribyn to give up
his work and he had only been employ
ed but five day since year ago last
July.
Wife Would Leave Tomorrow.
10 was the intention of Mrs. Ribyn
to leave tomorrow, the tenth of Jan
uary, for Florida to join her husband
Mr.. Ribyn had written her that he had
intended going to Pensacola to join
his brother-in-law Joseph Pollard and
the two We're to have made a business
trip to Mobile togeIner, the place
where Mr.. Pollard was employed
1t was with this trip in view that
Mr. Ribyn went to the pilot house OF
the boat on the night of the 22nd, to
get some wear; apparel and his
trunk for the trip to Pensacola to
join relative and as the letter explains
he babe Captain and Mrs. Brown good
bye when he met them on the street.
Mr.. Pollard having waited in Pen
sacola, for his brother-in.law for a
number of hours. supposed that he had
missed him and wrote to Mrs. Ribyn
his sister in this city telling Of the
confusion of appointments. The rela.
tive here naturally supposed that the
deceased had gone on a hunting trip
as he had done many times while liv
ing week in and week out on board
the boat with his friend Captain
Brown.
Body Arrived. s.
The body of the late Albert L. Ribyn
arrived last evening from the south
at 1920 o'clock and was taken to the
Crimmins & Chase undertaking par
lors. Funeral services will be held
from the residence tomorrow after
noon at $50 o'clock and the Masonic
order will have charge
The deceased was born at ST
Charles Mo-, and would have been
thirty-nine years old had he lived until
Christmas day. When a small boy OF
eight, his parents succumbed to pneu
monia and he came to this city to
make his home with an uncle, Math
Ribyn.
The deceased was member of the
Mason lodge and also had policy in
the Des Mones Life Insurance Com
pany.
Fifteen Yeas ago, Mr.. Ribyn was
married to Miss Birdie Pollard and one
daughter, Alta was born to the union
both surviving. Aside from these rel
T tives no other near kin-folk survive.
NJ Ribyn had been employed as ar
expert gas workman for fifteen years
He was at one time an employe Of the
local gas company. With his wife and
little daughter he removed to Little
Rock. ARK, several years ago where
he became superintendent of the Pula
ski Gas Company's plant and spent
four years in that city until forced to
give up his position through continued
| illness and seek southern climate. HIS
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PAGE SEVEN
PHYSICIANS.
DIP. w. o. ,.LlERLock,.

LA. w. 'srs-nIO>sNt
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON
Office, is North Fifth Street, In
Howell Building.
Office Lours-10 to IL a. M; TO 8
p. w.; evenings, Z to s; SundaTA. II
to l p m.
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Letter Explains Matters.
IN the letter written Thursday last
ana received night before last by Mrs.
kloyn, Captain John Brown tells OF
me meeting with Mr.. Ribyn on the
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by US. other than 10 state that
we requested it on account Of
the recent bringing in and de-
velopment of the Moran well,
would be superhuous. We ask
our readers TO give il more than
a casual reading. Profound
thought is manifest throughout
the article, and there are facts
that should be treasured by all
who are interested IN developing
the resources of the Midla nd
country. The Moran well, men
toned but a few times in the
discussion, is really the basis
Of the whole thought, and II
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Plains might seem to be timely,
as showing first, what must oc-
cur IN connection with our
ground water and, second. what
cannot occur
TINE GROUND WATER
The first fact TO be remember
ed is that everywhere, beginning
AT a greater or lesser depth be-
low the surface, the crust of the
earth is saturated with water,
known as the ground water, y
resulting originally from the
rains over the surface. The
depth at which this permanent
water level" is encountered de-
ponds principally on the volume
and distance Of the main supply,
and on the local opportunities for
escape Of the water TO still lower
levels. There are mines in Nor
way, 1900 feet deep, which are
so dry that the small quantity Of
water needed in drilling holes
for blasting has to be carried
down into the mine. On the other
hand. as an example, a mine in
Montana. 1900 feet deep, in
which the writer was personally
engaged, was so wet that in its
latter days a million gallons Of
water a day had to be pumped
from il, two and three quarter
tons Of water being raised IN one
straight pull from the sixteen
hundred foot level to the sur
face every minute Of the twenty
four hours. The permanent
water level at that place was at
about 300 feet. At still other
places the water level reaches
the surface, there to constitute
marshes.
GROUND WATER FLOWS CONTOUR
OF SURFACE
This permanent water level
follows the CONFORMATION of the
surface OF the c,untry rising
where the hills rise and sinking
al the valleys though this varia-
ton in the water level is not rel
atiyeIy so great as the CARA
ton of the surface. Thus, if I'M
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the gravel formation, and if this
whole series of strata is bent
down INTO either a cup shape or
a trough shape, the water, origi-
nally entering, we will suppose.
at some exposed parts of the
gravel formation near the edges
Of the cup or trough, will. not
only at the bottom, but also at
intermediate points on the sides
Of the slope. be under pressure,
just as the water in our city
mains is under pressure, and
where the impervious covering
stratum is perforated. the water
will issue forth through the
force of its own mead, constituting
an artesian well. With a given
quantity Of original supply and
a given thickness Of water bear
ing stratum, the flow from such
a well will be dependent on three
main conditions, first, the eleva-
ton Of the source above the
level Of the well, second. the
friction encountered by the water
on its passage through the gravel
and third, the opportunities
given this water for partial es-
cape from its stratum. either
above or below the location Of
the well. Ii should be carefully
remembered that the escape Of
any material quantity of water
AT some point down the slope.
lower than the altitude Of the
well. will diminish not merely
the flow Of the latter but also the
height to which the. water will
rise through il: it does this. ac-
cprding 10 a well known law Of
physics. by decreasing the in
ternal pressure. or effective
head" of the water. The escape
Of any material quantity OF water
above the altitude of the well
diminishes the flow by gradually
lowering what for this purpose
we will call the visible head. or
actual upper surface Of the
water stratum in other words.
by running il of until there IL
not 70 much left 10 cause pres
sure and consequent head.
Let us now consider what the
history Of the Stake Plains has
been. and what is their presesi
lcontin0ed on page i0)
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der a given valley the water
were one hundred feet below the
surface, on an adjoining hill il
might be $50 feet or 200 feet be-
low the surface there, and yet
its actual level under the hin
could be far above the surface of
the earth in the valley The
water supply Of some large cit
les. like the citv Of Munich. IN
Germany. is derived from just
such conditions as this. tunnels
being driven from the valley in
20 the adjoining mountain % tap
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proves conclusively that through
out the Midland country. at least
IN places. cur water supply ls
practically as hmitless as is man
ifestly proven by the Moran
well Editor.
Editor OF Reporter.
I'm view Of the interest recently
aroused iu the development Of
our underground water sources
through the sinking of the Moran
well. a brief description of the
geological conditions governing
the water supply of the Staked
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is disclosed in the editors note
below. and the same being clip
ped from the Midland Reporter
Of September 10Th.
The accompanying article
herewith. written at our request
by Secretary Edwin A. Kelley,
of the Midland Commercial Club,
is the best on the subject Of
water formations under the
Staked Plains of West Texas and
the most comprehensive that we
have ever had the pleasure Of
giving 10 our readers. Comment
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ABOUT PLAINS WAFER
Suppy is lneKhaustabIe For lrrI-
cation Purposes No
Flowing Wells

For the reason that a number
Of our readers, who read the pa
per for the purpose / Of finding
out all they can about this sec
ton Of the Plains, and we know
only what they can find out by
reading about this country, we
reproduce the following article
the origin and intention Of which
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any point this water can be tap.
ped and captured.

any point this water can be tap
ped and captured.
WHERE BEST WELLS OCCUR
Let US now imagine a widely
extended stratum of sand or
gravel, somewhere near the sur
face and into which the water
from the rains has a chance to
penetrate. If beneath the gravel
there were some pervious forma-
ton, such as a much cracked
limestone, the water would con-
tinue sinking through the latter
and the gravel would be left
dry. If however beneath the
gravel there were an imperyious
stratum. such as a tough clay or
shale. the water would be arrest
ed by this latter layer and con-
tinul either TO lie in or circulate
through the gravel, constituting
a good supply for wells.
Now the surface of the under
lying impervious formation is
never perfectly Level. The gravel
in some past geological age, was
originally deposited upon this
underlying formation from run
ming water at shallow depth. and
wherever it encountered depres-
sions il of course was laid down
most thickly. If the water to-
day is running through he
gravel stratum, IL viii naturally
therefore be deepest and most
abundant along the line of these
former depressionS. These old
gullies Of a former age may not
correspond with surface depres-
sions Of today. In the former
case only chance or prospecting
can locate them; in the latter
case the location of copious wells
is a matter Of easy determine
ton.
The above considerations affect
the ordinary wells from which
the water must be drawn by
pumping or otherwise. Il re-
mains 10 inspect the conditions
which govern artesian supply.
ARTEsIAS WATER
Take as an example the same
sand or gravel bed. and suppose
that not only beneath Il but also
above IL there IL an impervious
stratum Of some kind. The water
will then be strictly confined 10
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the higher water level there.


40 ROCKS ABSOLUTELY SOLID
All rocks Of the earth's crust
are cracked and fractured, or
'jointed, " as the biologists say,
and thus. even in the densest
rocks, the water has a chance to
accumulate in these creyices,
though il may be only in very
small quantities. In loose gray
els and sands, on the other
hand, the space between the par
ticles is relatively so great that
large volumes Of water collect.
GROUND WATER n CONTINUAL
CIRCULATION
Furthermore, this ground
water" is everywhere in circula-
ton. resulting from It's varying
level in different localities and
the relation between the supply
and the points where 1t may es-
cape as springs into the lower
valleys. Even far below the level
OF such outlets or, indeed. far
below the depth which CORES
ponds with sea level the
water still circulates. on the same
principle that water emptylnR
into one side of a tank and es.
Gaping over the other at about
the same level is nevertheless
agitated Ito the very bottom o.
the tank.
Nowhere except in certain
limestone districts does this
underground water ever circu-
late in actual hollow caves. in
the form of such streams as we
see on the surface. and then
only rarely. Everywhere else II
merely percolaies through the
crevices in the rocks OF the va
cant spaces between the parti-
Giles of sand or gravel formation
In many a mountain rayIne in
the late summer we can abserve
what appears 20 be a steep, dry
river bed. with nothing but
the dry gravel exposed: and
yet. perhaps ten feet below the
surface the water il steadily run
ming down the gulch through the
space between pebbles which
constitutes this gravel. and by
driving a horizontal cut or tun-
mel up gulch from the surface
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-05-09
FRENCH TRADE IN AFRICA.

The 1910 figures for the commercial
exchanges of French colonies and es-
adjustments in Africa, together with
the French share in the trade of Mo-
rocco, disclose the fact that in that
year the total value of this commerce
was about $9O,OOO,OOO, with allowances
for a few estimates. This represents
the high mark in this portion of the
French world, and in several instanc-
es uneXampled gains.
In the total figure the French
share, that is, the exports from France
to her colonies and the imports from
the colonies into France, amounted to
more than two-thirds, while the total
value of French exports amounted to
more than S12O,OOO,OOO as compared
with $1O5,OO0,O0O for the imports
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HOW TO LOSE YOUR FLESH.
Cut out the food!

Cut out the food!
This is the real secret of flesh-losing
If the body is not overfed it is bound
to thin, because dieting is distasteful
to most of us when we try every other
cure first.
One reason for this distaste of food
cutting is that it has been overdone.
1t is less necessary to go on a rigid
Diet or to starve for days, as is often
advised, than to reduce greatly the
daily amount of food,
If you want to get thin, cut out the
decidedly starchy, fascinating foods,
such as potatoes, rice and beets, and
go in for acid fruits and hot water;
but do not make your own life and that
of your hostess miserable by being
diet faddist.
Instead, eat sparingly. Reduce the
quantity of food at each meal rather
than the kinds of food you eat. Make a
rule to not let yourself get a stuffed
feeling and to avoid eating between
meals.
Try for month to get up from the
table hungry. You should lose pounds.
If you can cut out one meal entirely
without feeling discomfort, do so.
No fixed rule can be made for diet
ing, and it is never safe to starve one
self or to become a nuisance about
what you eat. Chronic dyspepsia, and
a shriveled skin will be the penalty of
lack of nutrition. Far better be fat.
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from African possessions. In these
totals are included not merely the
figures for Algeria, Tunis and Moroc-
co in North Africa, but those of West
Africa, the Congo, Madagascar and
the Somali coast.
OF the $390,OOO,OOO, 5000, 100000 be-
longs to the Algerian commerce. This
sum, the largest in history, the long
promised milliard of the French Co
lonial journals, was about equally di-
vlded between imports and exports,
$lO1,0O0,000 for the former and sos, OOO,-
600 for the latter. The French share
in this sum was $165,OOO,OOO, $4,000.
900 representing the value of French
imports from this colony. Tunisian
trade in the same year was consider
ably in excess Of $5O,OOO,OOO. Thus
the total trade of these two North At
rican colonies passed a quarter of a
billion, and the French share was over
$19O,OO0,0OO.
The figures for Morocco we're less
favorable. There was in fact slight
recession from 1909. This was entire
~ in the exchanges between France
and Morocco along the Algerian boun-
dairy, where the disorder in Eastern
Morocco interrupted the trade at this
point. The sea borne trade actually