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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-07-12
Au Sable and oscoda, Michigan Ar.
Wiped Off the Map AS Result
Of the Blazing
Woods.
SCORES PROBABLY DEAD
One Of the Worst Fires In Michigan
is WIpins Out Towns and Leaving
Destruction in Its
Path.

TAWAS, Mich, July 12.-with ref
ugees coming every hour, many crawl
ing in on their hands and knees, burn
ed, injured and exhausted, this town
at noon today sheltered nearly 500
people made homeless and destitute
by the fierce forest fires raging in
this vicinity since yesterday. The
estimated dead at the present time Is
rs.
Five hundred of the refugees here
are from the towns of Au Sable and
Oscoda, which were destroyed by the
fire within six hours last night.
Early today the food supply gave
out here. Help has been asked of the
surrounding towns. Relief trains also
have been sent from Bay City with
doctors and nurses as many of the
refugees are in a serious condition
from their all night exposure and hor
rible experiences in the swamps and
burning woods.
EAST TAWAS, Mich, July 12.-Tht
towns of An Sable and Oscoda, lyine
near each other in northeastern Mich
igan, today are wiped off the map anc
probably scores are dead as the re
suit of one Of the worst forest fire,
/ that has ever visited Michigan.
The fire, which started near CISCO
da, was famed by fierce gale. Hun
dreds of people, driven from thei
homes in the night by the flames, tool
refuge on the steamer Congo. Other
i boarded passenger trains.
4 So fast did the flames spread tha
many did not have time to gather an
OF the personal belongings to take wit
them.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-07-12
that is most satisfactory and many
yards of concrete are being put in a

yards OF concrete are being put in q
day.
On the Iowa side the big work be-
ing done is excavating for the power
house. This was started some time
ago near the north end of the Golfer
dam and it is gradually being ex-
tended south. Much blasting is being
done and rock is being taken out for
a depth of thirty feet or more.
The cofferdam is being braced
against possible high water and
floods, although at the present time
the river has very low stage. The
braces are being locked into concrete
and on the north end Of the cofferdam
much rock, which could not be used
in concrete, has been dumped, build
ing up high breastwork. Travelling
cranes are being used to take the
blasted rock from the excavation.
The construction plant on the Iowa
side is very much similar to that OF
the Illinois division. The cement mix
ing plant will be completed in few
days and the large rock crusher is be
ing installed.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-07-12
Another Town Burned.

The town of Trowbridge on the
Michigan Central is also reported
wiped out, and fires are also reported
threatening Cheboygan.
A message has been received saying
that the relief train with fire appara-
tus sent from this city to Alpena was
wrecked somewhere north of East
Tawas.
The fire at Cheboygan, where 8
huge mountain of sawdust which has
been burning for weeks got beyonf
control yesterday, is now In furious
blaze, but it is not known whethe'
there is danger to the city. Lewiston
Alger and Turner, all north of here
are in danger from forest fires.
Forty cars and two bridges on tn
Michigan Central near Crawling wer
burned yesterday afternoon.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-07-12
ElnalIv Ascended Mountain.

After years of effort to reach its
summit, which lies $500 feet above
sea level, Mount Hoffman, Australia.
has at last been conquered by motor
lists The other day two motorists
climbed up to its highest summit
through gum tree forests. and over
vast wastes of fern and sand Fully
100 cars have attempted to climb this
mountain but failed. The grades are
SO sharp that it is difficult in leng
pull to lubricate the front cylinders OF
| motors.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-07-12

A CHANCE AT MILLIONS
Peter A. Dey Was President of State
Historical Society and Held Of
fees Of Trust In
the State.

IOWA CITY. Iowa, July 12-Peter
A. Dey, pioneer railway builder and
financier, died at his home here after
an illness of few days, He was S5
years of age at the time of his death
Mr. Dey was taken Ill the latter part
of last week, the illness seemingly
being a general breaking down, due
in great part to his advanced age,
The illness preceding his death prac.
tically was the first of his lifetime,
and because of his advanced age ply
sicians held out but little hope of his
recovery.
The early history of Iowa is close
ly linked with the life story of Mr.
Dey, especially in connection with the
building of railways, he being the en-
gineer in charge of the construction
| of the Chicago, Rock Island E. Pa
| cific across Iowa Following his with
drawal from the Rock Island he be-
came connected with the Union Pa.
ciflc, and carrying on his labor of
construction, was in charge of the
work of that road from Omaha to
| Cheyenne.
1t was while in the construction
work that his character was tested
severely-but stood trial Govern
ment subsidies amounting to $64,o0(
a mile for part of the road and 500.
4 600 for the remainder, had been made
and Mr.. Dey, as chief engineer of con
struction, was called upon to make tn,
first survey.
He brought back as his report o
cost an estimate of 100000 a mile
was offering $4,000 mile and al
enormous land grant 1t Is said tha
when Mr.. Dey's estimate was givel
to the roads directors he was order
ed to retouch his estimate so that
would cost $4,000 mite and gai
for the road s5,0o0,o0O on the "a
miles. Mr. Dey refused and resigne
: his position.
1t chiefly was because of this tes
of his integrity that he was chosen a
democratic member of the commissio
which built the state house, ioinin
with Robert S. Finkbine and John {
Foote in the work of directing th
work of construction
He again was honored in 1878. whe
:, upon the creation of the state raj
u road commission he was chosen as
member, holding this position unit
the commission was reorganized an
: the power of appointment given to tt
>, people Although he was democra
~ he won out in the election and ser
y ed on the board continuously unit
u 1895, with the exception of one year.
" Mr. Dey's home for many years h;
= been at Iowa City and for sever
= - years he was active in the banlliI
n business At the time of his death
O. was president of the First Nation
~ bank of Iowa City and the Farmer
20 y, Loan and Trust company He al
~ for many years was president of d
o State Historical society.
CT Mr.. Dey is survived by four ch
:, dren, two sons and two daughters
~ Marvin H. Dey, banker at Iowa Cit
ue c. T. Dey, former city engineer
hs ,s Iowa City; Mrs. Craig T Wright
'il Des Moines. and Mrs. L. G. Eastms
81 wife of Professor Eastman of A
nv herst college.
M M Funeral arrangements have not ,
ns been made.
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Assnnan Leads Near Lake.


The next best distance reported was
made by the balloon Miss Soma,
Assman, pilot and Joseph O'Reilly aid
which landed near the shore OF Lake
Michigan when it was believed thao
there was not sufficient ballast lett 70
take the balloon safely across the
lake The distance covered was about
Ss5 miles.
Lieut., Lahm's policy throughout fhe
race was to keep close to the ground
using the drag rope to keep the oal,
loon at an even altitude, but the ex,
pansion of gas prevented him from
staying near the ground In the neat OF
the day. He passed through Iowa
west Of Davenport, with the drag rope
trailing and travelling at good speed
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-07-12
Credit 70 Mayor.

The result of the vote for the es-
tablishment of water system at Ham
ilton as provided by the state o. Illi-
nois, shows the confidence placed in
Mayor Daugherty and the members of
the city council The institution of a
water works will mean an added
feather in the city's cap toward mum
icipal improvement
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-07-12
Flames Leap From Woods
and Devour Cities
Report Many Lives Lost.

EAST TAWAS, Mich, July 12-The
Au Sable brought rumors of the loss
of several lives in that village.
One hundred survivors were aboard
the rescue train. They said several
woman and children we're suffocated
by the dense smoke and others lost
their lives in the flames.
Fire Raging at Aipena.
ALPENA, Mich, July 12 -(By train
to East Tawas)-A disastrous fire
broke out here in the logs on the
bank of Thunder Bay river, just west
Of the Moench tannery A fierce west
wind spread the flames into the bark
piles Of c. Moench & Sons Company,
thence to their leach-house, hidehouse
and carpenter shop. making total
loss Of the buildings. It Is hoped that
two-thirds of the bark can be saved,
also the remainder of the tannery.
The fire then spread to the cedar
yard of Frank Christian, totally de-
stroying 1t. At this point, one OF the
city's fire engines was destroyed. DR..
Wilkinson,s residence was burned and
the fire then jumped about three
blocks. destroying one house and dam
aging two others.
When this dispatch was sent south
by a Detroit and Mackinao train, tele
graph service being interrupted, the
fire was still burning f1ercely, but wat
thought to be under control The
property loss was estimated at $4o0,
600.
LANSING, Mich, July 12.-The en-
National Guards Called Out.
tire national guard of the state vii
be called out to do duty in the fores
regions of Michigan which are nov
burning. Major ]. N Cox is here t
get In touch with Gov. Osborn, who
yachting on Lake Michigan. Th
troops will do patrol duty.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-07-12

NOT IN UNITED STATES
Tremor Not Believed to Have Done
Any Damage in America But
Location Is Not
Known.

WASHINGTON, July 12.-Eowerful
earthquake shocks, lasting about
three hours, were recorded by the
Georgetown university seismograph
today. The tremor began at 11:27 last
night and continued with varying in,
tensity until 1:1S this morning.
The quakes are believed to have oc-
Cured outside the United States.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-07-12
Virtues that Command success.

Vigilance in watching opportunity:
tact and daring in seizing upon oppor-
tunity; force and persistence in crowd
ing opportunity to it's utmost of pos
sible achievement-these are the mar
tial virtues which must command sue
cess.-Phelps.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-07-12
Eternal Feminine.

Lady-Why are you all SO worried?
Captain-The fact is, madam, we have
broken our rudder. Lady-Is that all.
We'll. the rudder is under water and
it won't show. Let's go on.-Toledo
Blade.
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Reach River in September.

Dexter Cooper is authority for the
statement that work of constructing
the piers will be extended to the riv-
err some time during the early part oil
september. The company is getting its
crib gang ready to begin cofferdam
work on the Illinois side in anticipa
tion of the progress.
The work is going on in manner
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-07-12
Laboratory on Illinois Division Is for
Purpose of Ascertainins the Pres
sure That Mortar
VIII Stand.
PROGRESS IN THE WORK
Company VIII Begin Putting in Spill
way Sections This Week-cost
Of Steel Gates Is Some
thing Enormous.

IN DulldlnS glgant1c dam, like the
one now under construction across
the Mississippi river, there are to
things to be safeguarded against, ac-
cording to Dexter Cooper, who is in
charge of work Of construction from
the Illinois division. Both are almost
equally important. One Is that the
piers be so built that the dam can
not topple over under the immense
pressure against it's face, and the
other is to protect the piers against
sliding
Dams have been known to give way
under the great volume of water
against them. The manner in which
the piers are put in, their size and
| the character of the concrete have
much to do with it. For the first time
on any construction work of this
kind laboratory for testing the
actual mortar put into the piers has
| been installed. The mortar put into
the dam is tested, and unless it shows
the required strength the defect is
easily remediea before any more OF
1t is used.
i Within forty-eight hours the mortar
which Is being put into the dam on
the Illinois side has been showing a
strength of more than sixty pounds te
the square inch After setting, il
hardens and gradually increases unit
it shows q test of 400 pounds to tht
square inch. From this stage on tht
increase in strength is not SO rapid.
To protect against the dam slidlns
1t is necessary to have the pier:
locked securely in the rock bottom o
the river
Enormous Cost of Gates.
The steel gates, 119 in number
which go into the dam will cost tn
Water Power company nearly mi
. lion dollars They will be SO put il
: as to close up the space between tn
, top of the spillway sections and th
, ton of the dam. The cast iron form
n which hold the gates and supper
9 them will be locked to the dan b
means of bronze bolts, which ar
a used to prevent rust. The gates wi
q De HlIeQ anu loWSlSu Wy lhooho
, large travellers. About four Of thel
i will be In use, and they will run alon
the top of the dam like trolley cal
with human hands, lifting and lowe
o ing the gates as the stage of the ri
q er demands.
: Before the week is over the fir
- work in building the spillway section
a. will be begun. The spillways are ais
II of concrete and are built under tt
:. large arches, nine of which are no
! complete on the Illinois side and oigl
almost ready for the forms to
d. taken down. These spillways near
ST fill up the spaces between the arch
$ as they now can be seen, leaving on
ht tho opening at the top in which tt
IL gates will be placed.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-07-12
Hot Spell Hard on Ice.

During the recent hot spell and be-
fore the company had installed It's
present system of cooling water for
the men, car load Of ice was being
used day and thirty-seyen water
boys were employed to carry water
about the works. Now an ice house
has been constructed through which
the water is piped. With the wealth
er moderated twenty boys now can dc
the work
The company has placed its explo
sives in about the safest place pos
sible on the Iowa division. Small
houses have been built out in the riv
/ er and therein the dynamite, caps, etc
are stored
Yesterday was pay day on the Iowa
side. The company's pay roll Is ap
| proximately $4,000 a month. In th,
afternoon a trip over the two divi
sions was made by representatives o
the press through the courtesty of
P. Allen.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-07-12
~ our Merits Are Known.

Praise from friend. or cansure
from a foe, are lost on hearers that
our merits know.-Pope.
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Balloons All Down.

pilot Lieut. John p Hart, aid; land.
ed at Lapaz, Ind. distance 470 miles.
Time In air 23 hours. 81 minutes.
Miss Sofia. William f. Assman, pi
lot; Joseph O'Reilly, aid: landed at
Franklin Park, III, distance 39o
miles. Time in air, 16 hours, 81 min.
Topeka II, F. NJ. Jacobs, pilot; R.
Emerson aid; landed near La Harpe,
H., distance 210 miles. Time in air
not known.
Kansas City, H. e. Honeywell, pilot
John Watts, aid: landed near Linby
. Ia, distance 100 miles. Time in air
II hours, so minutes.
New York, G. B. Harmon, pilot; Au-
gustus Post, aid; landed near Ere.
mont, Ia, distance 1S0 miles. Time In
the air. hours, % minutes.
Million Club, John Berry, pilot;
Paul McCulIoch, aid: landed at La
Crosse, Ind, distance miles. TinAe
In air, q hours.
Noncontestant
Missouri. J. c. Hubert, pilot; Web
er, aid; landed three miles southwest
of Des Moines, Ia, distance It's miles
Time in air, II hours. 35 minutes.
st. Louis Wins Race.
ST. LOUIS, July 12.-With the loca
ton of one st. Louis entry unknown
the Aero Club of st. Louis has already
definitely won the right to two places
on the International race team. I'M
balloon Million Club, John Berry, pl
lot, was reported from Cleveland al
still travelling eastward. st. Louis No
4, Lieut.. F. R. Lahm. pilot, is doWi
at Lapaz, Ind, leading the race witt
40 miles to it's credit, and Miss Soh'
". F. Assman, pilot, has the next bes
distance. st. Louis is assured of frs
and second places in the national ba
loon race, which started from kansa
City Monday night and will probabl
take third place as we'll. The pilot
making the best records in the even
will be chosen to represent the Uni
ed States with Alan R. Hawley in tn
International, from Kansas City, Oct
ber S.
Lahm and his aid. John P Har
landed at 4:10 p. M, after bein
twenty-three hours and twenty-sl
minutes in the air. The balloon We
above the clouds all Afternoon on al
ferent quick ascensions caused by gs
expansion In the hot sun to l6,o'
feet first and then to $4,000 feet. tt
highest altitude attained on the vo
age and probably the greatest reac
ed by any contestant,
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Alrmen Have Narrow Escape.


LA HARPE, H., July 12-The To
peka II, which left Kansas City at
5:25 p. M in the national balloon race
landed at 9 a. M, four miles west of
La Harpe, at a point ten miles east
of the Mississippi river. Frank M
Jacobs, pilot and Raffe Emerson, aid
report thrilling experiences all night
1t stormed on every side of them.
| AT a. M the ballon began rising
until an elevation of three miles was
reached. They were unable to oper
! the valve to let the gas out Aftel
Jacobs lost consciousness, Emerson
fclimbed the ropes until the valve wa'
reached and opened it.
| The balloon then slowly descended
and so much gas escaped that thu
men were forced to make landing
The distance to Kansas City is abou
ESQ miles.
4 Buckeye Dodeed Storms.
SPRINGFIELD, H. July 12.-Th
balloon Buckeye" entry of the Cleve
land Aero Club which left kansa
City Monday afternoon, landed on tn
farm of Richard Seldt, four and onf
half miles east of New Holland, abou
9 o'clock in the afternoon. In the ba:
ket were A. H. Morgan and ]. +
Wade, the pilot.
) They gave the reason of their lapt
ing-that they were out of ballas
from lodging around so many storm
! and did not care to risk another nigf
, in the clouds One or two other ba
t looms were sighted, but their identit
I was not known.
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Seven Up Game
Comes to an End

IN the ground breeze. Expansion began
after he crossed the Mississippi and
the jump to higher altitude followed.
Varying temperature and divergent
air currents were against all the con.
testants as result of stormy condi.
tions. The stormy weather was en-.
lountered by all at night and again
in the afternoon. 1t caused the balloons
to move up and down In the air, even
when ballast was discarded in endeav.
ors to get above the storm Clifford B.
Harmon and Augustus Post suffered
severely In the night, landing at $3.50
a. m. to avoid lightning.
1t is evident from the locations OF
the various landing places that the
balloons travelled almost due north
from Kansas City. being borne slight
ly to the east. Those which weather.
ed the electric storms Of the first
night were carried almost due east
from central and southern Iowa into
Illinois.
| Here diverging currents carried
some balloons to the southeast, while
the st. Louis ~ and Miss Sophia con.
tinued eastward, probably in air cur
rents at higher altitude The Buck
eye and the Topeka were carried in
the southeasterly currents.
Besides the success of the three st
Louis entries in the race, the non
contestant Missouri made a goot
showing, being only 10000 cubi
foot balloon. With j. G. Hubert ant
his aid, Henry Weber, it travele.
practically as far as the $4,000 cubi
foot rubber balloon New York of Har
mon and Post. This was in spite O
the fact that leaks were hurriedl
patched in the envelope before tn
start, one being large enough to &C
nit mans head Landing was mad
three and one-half miles southeast c
Des Moines. Iowa.
The little balloon encountered st
: we're storms in the morning whic
drove it south. The aeronauts wer
forced to ascend to 10000 feet alt
tude. Landing was made safely tw
! miles west of Coal City Ia, at 7:40
m. At a.. 10 a. m. the aeronauts sigh
!, ed the Buckeye moving southeast ,
/ an altitude of about $4,000 feet.
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THEY PASSED OVER IOWA
Nearly All Of Them Paid This state
Visit and Two St. Louis
Crafts Were the
Winners.

The balloon which passed over
Keokuk yesterday morning, was prob
ably The Buckeye which landed at
4 o'clock in the afternoon on farm
four and half miles east Of New
Holland, Ill. The aeronauts had vast
ed nearly all of their ballast during
the night in lodging storms and came
down of their own accord without
mishap
The balloon Topeka II landed 'close
to Keokuk, coming down yesterda;
morning at nine o'clock four miles
east of LaHarpe. The aeronauts had {
thrilling experience and Pilot Jacob
son lost consciousness when the!
scared up three miles and were un
able to open the valve. Finally this
was accomplished and they came
down
The Brinkley argus., 1911-05-12
From Zent

To the memory of little Le- land Wimberly, died near Zent. Little Leland you have left us Ans your place cannot be filled. But we do not mean to grumble For it was our Fathers will. Gone fron n. hearts that loved
 thee,
 Gone to thy peaceful rest; Gone from this world of SC errow, To that beautiful home of the
 blest.
 In that land where their Is nc
 sorrow,
 Leland's life has just begun.
The Brinkley argus., 1911-05-12

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