The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-07-12

Moines was on the ~Clara Hine." She
ran to Eddyville with freight barge
and then on up the Des Moines with
the balance of the cargo and passen-
gers, On the down trip the boat
would take barge In tow, run to
Keohuk and transfer the freight to
st. Louis.
"The boats plying the Des Moinea
were: Badger State, Defiance, Skip
per. Emma Harmon, Col Morgan,
Alice ]. B., Gordon, No. l.; Gordon
No. ?; Michigan City, Globe. Des
Moines Belle. Financier, Chas. Rodg-
ers, Flora Temple. Nevada and Des
Moines City.
Capt. Farris tells mo that the
"Chas. Rodgers unloaded her cargo
OF salt and then gave the people d
free ride to Fort Dodge and back.
Uncle jimmy Hayes tells OF Mr..
John ]. Gately, a carpenter, saying he
heard Mrs Gately relating about the
Farris brothers owning the steamer
Alice. There were three brothers,
William, Robert and Joe. The two
first named we're the sole owners Of
the Alice, Robert sold his interest to
William who afterwards built the hull
Of The Flora Temple at st. Francis
Vile, Mo-. and put the boiler and en-
CINE of the Alice, into the Flora Tenn
pie. Adam Hine of Keokuk was own
er Of the Clara Hine,' which was
never passed by the Skipper nor any
other boat on the Des Moines river"
DR.. C, E. Worttmuston,
DR.. Worttmuston, son of one OF
the earliest settlers. and who studied
medicine in the Office of Dr. Hagan of
Alexandria and later Of Keokuk in the
years 10 to '75, writes from Ross
Lake, Idaho:
ut is with the most sincere regret
that feel circumstances will prevent
me being one Of those who will cele-
brate, and my heart goes out to those
more fortunate. In former letter
referred to my father as being one Of
the Oldest II not actually the Oldest
settler of Clark county, he having
lived in Alexandria in 1s74-75.
"In 1S47 my father helped to make
and burn brick for the court house and
jail. In 1888 the population Of Clark
county consisted of dozen families,
my father being among these early
settlers. My father is ss7a years old
and while very feeble has a wonder
full retentive memory, and says he
would enjoy being present at the
celebration II he was able. He sends
his regrets and desires to be remem-
bered to all his old time aoquaint-
ances.
IT suggest register be kept Of the
names of all those who attend the
Home coming and also those who
cannot attend / wish the celebration
every success and one and all the
happy meeting feel you will have
James A. Jenkins.
Jas. A. Jenkins, brother OF DR. Geo.
/ F. Jenkins of Keokuk, for many years
business man here, but now of
Cheyenne Wells, Colo. wrote let
ter regretting his inability to be
4 present. Mr.. Jenkins has an 500 acre
farm in Cheyenne Wells and is farm
/ ing 1t by the dry farming system. His
letter was very interesting one and
told Of his experiences In the western
country.
Judge Hughes and the M. |. & N.
Judge Hughes was on the program
for talk on the old NJ. I. & N. R. r..
but owing to the fact that he was busy
with law case in the district court
he was unable to come. Mr.. ]. w
Murphy spoke to the audience con
corning his long time work with the
railroad.
Mr.. Murphy said that Judge Hughes
went with the road in 1870 when the.