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CURED that Prevaillcs's guilt should be
established. lie was responsible for
the arrest. II had cast "A glamour around
him. he had been praised to the skies
az tho most formidable adversary of
criminals and he would look absolutely
ridiculous II Prevalllcs were released.
Unfortunately, the one and only In
dispensahle proof was In l.upins pocket.
How was Ne to get hold of ~
Ganmard cast about. exhausted him
self with fresh INVESTIGATIONS. went
over the inquiry from start 10 finish.
spent Slreplrss nights IN turning over
IN" mystery ~ the Ruo do Borne.
studied the records ~ proviilcs's life,
sent ton mon hunting after tho Invisible
sapphire. Everything was useless.
on the 2sth ~ December tho exam
lining magistrate stopprl him IN one OF
tho passages NJ the Law Courts:
"Wcll, NJ Ganlmsrd. any news7"
mo. monsieur 10 1uge Construction"
''Thon | shall dismiss the case"
"Wait ono day longer"
"Whnts the usep We want the other
end NJ the scarf; have You got ~
81 shall have 4 tomorrow"
'To-morrow'"
yves. hut please lend inc the piece In
your possession"
what II 7 do"
~ Won do, I promise n lot vou hnve
the whole scarf complete"
VERY well. that's understood"
Gamma II followed tho examining mag
,strate 10 his room and came out with
the picce Of silk'
Hang n all" ne erowled "Yos. '
viii 20 and fetch the proof and 7 shall
have il too ALWAYS prrsH1iing That
Master 1.upin has tho COURAGE 20 keep
the appointment"
In poir' Of fact he dId not doubt 'or
. moment That Master IHnln would hav"
this courage md that wa9 'ust what
cNasneratod him. why haA Iupln IN
sisted an this moetlng' What WIS ma
object. In the Circumstances
Anxious, furious and fui ~ hatred,
10 resolved To take every precautiDp
necessary not only IN prevent his falling
into a trap himself but n max" his
enemy fall into one, now that the opDOr-
iin.'v offered. And on the uoNt aav,
which waa the cath ~ December. ~,
duto nNca by Tupin. after spending tho
night In e,uhv'ng the Old manor house
In the Rue do Surcne ana convincing
himself that there was no other outlet
than the front door. ne warned his men
Tint 10 wa. going on DANGEROUS OK
petition and arrived with them on the
NGd OF battle.
Iie posted them in oa's and gave
them formal Instructions: II he showed
himself az one OF the thlrd-noor win
dow.. or II he failed 10 return within
an hour. the detectives were 20 enter
tho house and arrest any one who tried
to leave II.
The chief Inspector nads sure SAss his
esvolWR wss onr~errhg or1e nd khAf
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By Maurice Leblanc

my youth. that you may look upon me
as superior Intelligence. I won't have
you treat mo as u wizard
Gan'msrd had quickly pocketed the
pieor of silk. Lupin nodded his head IN
hppiOval
quite light, old hoy. IT'S FOR you. I'm
no glad you're glad And. you see. there
was no trap about all this only
tho wish 90 obligs service be-
tween friends. 'hetween pals.
Aud also, | confess, IA little curiosity
Yes. 7 wanted 20 examine this
oti,er piec" ~ sllk, tho ono the police
had. Don't he afraid. III give
1t back 10 you. Just "a sec
Lupin. with care'ess movement
played with the tnsscl at tho end of this
hair of the scsr'f while Ganlmard list
nned 70 MN IN spite ot himself.
"lIow ingenious these little b'ts OF
womons work are' Dld you notice ono
detail, IN tho maids svidenceP Jenny
Sdphir was very handy with her nrcdl"
md used 10 maxi" all her own hats and
frOcks. II ~ obvious that she maae this
scarf herself. Besides, ! noticed
that from tho arst I am naturally
curious. Hs I have already told you. and
| made a thorough examination OF the
piece of six which you have Just put
In your pocket. inside the tassol.
found n li'ilc sacred medal, which tho
poor girl had stitched into II 70 bring
her luck Touching, isn't II. Ganimard2
a littls medal OF our Lady OF Good
Succor."
The Inspector felt greatly puzzled and
dld no, take hts eyes OF the other. And
Lupl continued;
Then | st,d to myself, How inter
est.ng ~ would b" 10 explore tho other
TAD .. ID.
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at tho first interview. you SCUM OF
tho earthl"
rho two men were standing one
against the other.
Give gne back that" said the inspec-
tor.
I.up,n hold out tho piece OF silk.
And tho sapphire" sad Ganimard
In n peremptory tone.
Don't be silly"
"Giye Il back. or .
cor what. you idlot!' cried Inpln.
"Iook hcre. do you think i put you
on 20 tails soft thing for nothlnyT
"Givs Il back"
"You haven't noticed whac i've been
about, that's plant What For four
weeks I've kept you on tho move Ike
deer. and YOU want 10 Come.
Ganimard. old chap. pull yourself TO-
getner! - Don't you SEQ thar
you've been playing thu good dog for
four weoks on end? Fetch II.
Revert .. There's nice blue peb-
bio over there which master can't
get Mt, Hunt u. Glulmard. fetch II
- bring n to master An.
he's MS masters own Roof little dog
SIT up! lioG' DosB'ns
want bb of sugar. ten' -
Gan!mard. continuing tho anger that
secthcd Within him, thought only OF
ono thing. sumWoning his detectives.
And. az tho room IN whirh he now was
looked out on tho courtyard. no tried
gradually 70 work his way round 40
the comm Indicating door lls would
thCn run to the window ana break one
of the panes.
An the same" continued Lurin,
what a mack ~ dundcrhoads you and
tho re,t must hol You'Ve had tho silk
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ths doOrhani;s. but an oath a6oAknk
him; tho handle ala not bulge e.
Lupdn burnt Into Q TT OF Aughau
Not even thatl You tM noe 60
forses that You iay q trap for mA0uA
you won't admit that I may perhaps
smell tho thing out beforehand. . And
you allow yourself 20 bs brought into
this room without asicng whether I an
not bringing You hers Tor a psrtinIlar
reason and without remembering that
tho locks arc dittsd with q SPECIAL
mechanism. Como now. Gpealhns frank
~, what do you think OF II yourself?"
What do l thank Of i,r' roaaod
0ADsmard. beside himself with rasA
he had drawn his revolver ana Spas
pointing 4 stfatsht a Lup,ns face.
Hands upr ne crded. That's what
Lup.n placed hsnsstf In front Of h4,n
ana shrugged his shoulders:
sold againl" he said.
Hands up I say. once morsls
And so1d again. say i. Your deadly
weapon WOMB 10 Oft"
"what? ?" ..
''o'u cn-hstsns. y.ur housekeepsN u
In my service. Shs damped tho chapse,
this morning while you were haytns
your, breakfast coffee"
Ganlmard made q furious gesture.
pocketed the revolver and rushed 1t
Dup'n.
"Wellr' SAID 1Nrpin. stopping Tim
short with . well-aimed kick on the
shin.
Thar clothes were almost touchins.
They exchanged defiant glances, tke
elrnceS OF two adversa les who mean 10
como 10 blows Nevertheless, there was
no fight Tho recollection of tho earlier
tf,tta, s,1.a
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WORKED WHILE THE OTHER
BOYS lOAFED.

! was working In n store with
two other boys who were careless
ana not Interested In their work.
When tho boss was away they
would play and loaf until he would
return; then they would pretend to
work. I always camo to work on
tina I did not havo my hat md
coat on. waiting 70 60 home. at tho
minute OF O'Clock. ~ tho other
boys did. always worked hard
whom the boss was In tho place or
away. never attempted to escape
any work. and always did what I
was told 10 do. thought this wus
not noticed. But ono day the boss
csdlsd me into his private once and
told that no had watched carefully
the work psrcormed by the otf,er
two boys ana BY myself. He endsd
UP by telling mo that the nAxt
Saturday my salary would be In
creased 70 50.
JACK wNuNRAuH.
No ie3 Chester street, I,TooklyR
TOOK ADVANTAGE or n RioR
IN PRICES
while aptng some OF de Hsmas
buying. I placed an order for Do
dozen orooms before tho prtce oe
oorn advanced. We had not yot re
csived tho shfpment whom notice wAA
sent W advising OF . e. cent inmoaoS
on Q dozen brooms. I had nfad0 b
good study Of the market The uo-
shot of a WINS wa eold thoao $50
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l HRle New lR]|gN@
M9N1N 1.-THE Girl mis- I'm
VEsHLaM And the Penrant" UyN7EAEN
Vf1 Youthfulin Spirit. ESSW



Is Pennant at the Lyric Theatre last night seemed inevitable
II
n in As
him
While
o and more
irons
a
painful behold dramast the h
in
30 II be
.tc is
ia.
to
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u4~ Thought she knew" the
gentleman with the eyeglass. The hall
porter in the Rue dc Bcrne "thought hc
knew" the gentleman who used to come
to see Jenny Saphir But nObo ~ dared
to make a more definite statement.
The examination. therefore. led to
nothin ing OF a pricise character provid-
ed no solid basis whereon to found
serious accusation.
The Judge sent for iannard and
told him OF his difficulty.
Il can't possibly persist. at tbs rae,
There is no evidence to support the
charge"
But surely you are convinced in
your own mind, monsieur le Juge din
struction' Prevailles would never have
resisted his arrest unless he was gullty."
He SAYS that he thought ho was
being assaulted. lie also says that he
never set eyes on Jenny Saphir. and.
az matter Of fact. We can find no
one 70 contradict his assertion. Then
again. admitting that tho sapphire has
been stolen, We have not been able to
And II III his Tat"
Nor anywhere else" suggested Cant
mard.
quite true, hut that Is no evidence
against him. I'll tell YOU what we shall
want MI Gan!mard. and that very
soon: tho other end % this rcd scarf"
THE other end?"
Yes. for Il Is obvious that. II the
murderer took II away with hin. the
reason was that the stun Is stained with
tho marks OF the blood on his fingers"
oanimard made no reply. For several
days he had felt that the whole bust
ssas was tending ~ this oonc!usion.
There was no other proof possible
Given The silk soarf--and In no other
Observation-Disclosures guilt was
O01nh~ AGav 0an1naS0s ,ooansn -,
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Copyright. 1919. by Doubleday. Page 4 Coz

Ai,ene lMpIns aTcn enemy, Police lnsi' Tor
.;anmard. lcasc, htsut one n"r',ug 81 his H,y t.
his office AMI IL ATTRACTED 10y the Strange arunns
OF a nan and a bog Who AZ. directly IN font ~
him. lie follows tho pair To- tie ton story of a
house. There lie finds them awaiting his atnal.
With them Is a sIcrtacird man Nhp looks like q
Russian. The supposed Russian disfni-,es the iva
men. then turns In ,'aninard and intS"d lrei him
slf as ArNne idpin, add ny that H. has taken
this Oid method To- lure the INSPECTOR - an IN
nr'es, lie tclls iianims"l that n mlsr hlli
singer haa been numbered. AMI traces ont for the
insp,rtor A cleynrly Nru,sh' cnain ~ c,il,nre
Whereby h'r SLAYER may lc caught. Ths '''i"n,c
he ru,a AZ the -rltrc ~ the Iolir t,anInlfd,
IN reaching Police HrsdIus,tr'r. ~ detailed 10
rork IN to ra.". sing To" 'lu', FURNISHED ~
Ilrin he /, WONDERFULLY successful m SOLVING
the mystery \ man nnmeh prNsilcs IL arrest
cd hut produces an alb. This abb. Tho rul,ar
declare, was prepaied IN advance.
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worked In n hotel. They had =
guest for years who had been used
10 tho best attention IN" pro-
pr,.,or had so much trouble with
helm on this Ruest's account no
finally Goa sed TO pay any heed TO
him. and told mo 70 do tho best l
could. but gay no attention 10 Ms
complaints. When I went to take my
FIRST order from this guest / paid
particular heed to what he said and
succeeied 70 well that he did not
complain. After awhile he would
have no ono else do anything for
him. On tho NTH day tho boss
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Betty Vincent's
Advice to Lovers

seeking your friendship a. 1us' this
time looks bit suspicious.
IF. r." writes: when a man and
girl are out walking together should
the man take tho girls arm or should
she take his'"
Either attitude 10 Q bit countrified
nowadays. The man may take the girl's
arm to help her across the street OF
ovsr sesns aholxaslIeo 70 ne 80.
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Il GUIRY.
No. Gil West Torty-Nrst street.
SHARP WITS ON DOueTFUL
ERRAND WON RAISE.
ono day my employer wanted to
got a report on the standing OF a
certain fism TO wr,om We were goin9
To soil fair sized bill of merchan-
disc. He asked u member OF a Arm
with whom he was wsil acquainted
70 lot mo have al order on . COM
nerciai agency. 30 that could get
the report A. only membaru are sup
ysDsod to get reports. was instru tied
70 sAy that I came from the other
hTrn A. I wWs going a thought
stSSok my mind and I asked the gem
tisman from Ebs other firnA who hap
psnsd q be In Ss4 efaos. what hs
tS1epnons uunb~ vNA - I thought
<hau might est M chat ~ q test at
ehe aSsnoy. TIE gentleman said to
NJ sn,oloSsP thaG Z lad With brain
NJ nn1ns deserved credit for It.
That Saturday I found my first raise
sn mS pAy AnSslopA
RAkH. II. IiAarM.
~ - ~s ASsnuA Bronx. ~
CONQUERED 'OULNEss" az
TRELEs8 AMBITION.
Y~Ns . father dun ana backward
gtrl had . position In . Law of,os.
ofy sd0nation esing Or from what Ct
should haze bean for ehis kind Of
WORK. many were the hsartacheox
had o. account Of the r3dl culous err
rorv I made. A. evidence of my slp-
pidity, In tho 0rst Asise dictated 70
me Transcribed Tie words va
utsm" lnep had uGht thsEn." M
after Svsuy stupld nAstase Q <au121D
dsprsssiou came ever o. and Z 0nnr
dersd why provlAsnns oseAtsd aoAe
90 wise ana others 70 dMl Bus ~
farce seemed always com IN ma ahA
I would take my books and d0vute
every spare moment b study -
practice. After workine eight mnn1no
I asked my employer fora raise H
told mo that ] was not worth en-
more 90 him. Down In ny heart -
hearts ! know was. but said n003.
fns. My ambition Squared No on -
worked with renewed detasmins21Da
10 succeed. Nothing Wa too mon
for mo 10 DO. my seal0ususso knQW
no limit and my efforts wero unt4D.
Ing. Three weeks after I ha6 hoan
refused my raise my employer ca31DA
mo into his private ONCE and told -
thatI was 20 receive my nrst raisoSe
81 more a week, l.. c. NATHAN
No. b23 West One Hundre6 ~
Eighty-seventh street.
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to
owns
QUITO 10 u
pnhhter' nonacohoc
he
.
to
the
As
overacted Florence Reed who
but had to
skill
hands Lola Fisher made the
joker Of the club FULLY Marshall
only
glib words OF Malcolm williams whose only fault
70 his
n
III confess that in I'm judge
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After Her Money.

~ o." writes: "a man paid mo
a111neln for Six months. He was tho
~ assnd ! had and he told mo no
- 0s. Now have Just had some
- tsft TO me- and many new friends
~ aprung up. DO you think they
- . As trusted ~ much a. my first
49, ~ ere they probably after my
49,. ~. .,.,.
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Ssrd6

.
sxow Z
obtaining
of Address 1irss
Boz HswY okC
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CHAPTER Y.
tContinuel)
The Red SILK Scarf.

prisoner was confronted
with tho witnesses for the
prosecution. Tho young lady
from tho confect oner's
- "thoupht she knew" the
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emphasize the fact that baseball |. a
sport that must be kept clean" To
follow the plot would be like running
bases until your breath gave out. You
always skip the STORY" OF a play, don't
you? 1t bores you stiff? Here. too.
Well, then. let's discuss the heroine.
Just as though she came down In the
elevator with us every morning. We
must admit that as the owner the word
seems to so back 20 slavery OF a base
ball team she has baseball history on
her side. All right-she's established.
But her position in the romantic back
ground calls for field glasses. Her star
pitcher, as he's called, is .ured away
from her just when she needs him to
win the pennant. and. what's worse, a
chorus girl on the calling list OF the vii
famous manager of the rival team does
this with an invitation to one OF those
wine suppers" for which broadway
bushes In electric lights. Even the
baseball player. II would seem. Is not
fa'e from the chorus girl. Safety lies
only In tho ba chclor apartment. This
conclusion, at any rate, is reached when
the good brother Of the susceptible
pitcher locks that fallen and drenched
star in his room and lets the eventful
III. 40
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COURTESY AND PATIENCE
DOUBLED HIS SALARY.

Whterbury, Conn
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Q
III OD SSS * 5IS 'S sasas

2, y'gy%gs's
cts;aat
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1913-04-26
ARRANGEMENTS FOR
CONFEDERATE REUNION

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. April %.
The engagements Tor tn leter-
tInWeni of The Confederatc Il.on
Stay 21--e hays progressed 8 yell
ttat Chattanooga would b. ready
H Naf i0 ~ ihere Was an aeoes-
fr .lr H. Thar everything % b.
r good aape hy the dat. 81 The
r..HH IT. assured
IH. Goats aal cots Tor Can Stew
r. $3.50 Boz oH the ground DOL few
Ha and eHl be speedily erected
arranged 1F O troop from f.
u...HnIH. Tmg post 40 Chuau-
rra
tH mants Tor To oc.aI
f. u 1900 reunion are d. nlB
.I"p plotted Those include mas din
.r .lDp0 Iatu parties q the
.1r uIIs .pr the sponso- the
.H. Cd. tHe veterans and Tor f.. vet
.aU
O#tiHH00a i disappo n
#Ur fl secure the attend a Of
pa. daughters 90. President U Iroa
"|... special Invitation ex-
tended 200 fhnm but they hs found
Do Impossible t1 Boz here I m-
.ar .on Hs received "a letter
from Isabelle H. Hafner. private
ut.r m f.. president size
I.. .HfIT uIoHa
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Ip o Daily Neus Classified "a
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Doctors Endorse

II we iIl not believe doctors endorsed
'gg,f JiHY FcoiorH Tor coughs and
colds, W. would not offer Il 10 you.
Suid tor 20 years.
Al Your Doctor. ~. -
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LlNlNENT. It IS both healing and
autiseptic Price 25c, SOC and 81 per
bottle. Sold by J. O. Thompson x
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Phone - - and -p iur good fresh
roeorirs Griffin GROCERY Come
Hus. I.U-If,
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Curtain Nct, in many patterns aad
dr sn. direct from the Quaker
Mills Kire holland Furniture Co
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Try a Daily Slows Wan, Ad
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-05-11
THREE MEN DROWNED.
ONE BODY RECOVERED
Mississippi Claims Three Men When
launch Goes Under in
Treacherous Waters.

FIT. MADISON, May 10.-Three
men are known to have drowned and
a fourth may have shared the same
fate when launch went under In the
Mississippi just Il front OF the city
late Friday afternoon. The known
dead are:
Z FRED MILIIMEYER.
JAMES MCDONALD.
LOUIS IVAN.
The possibility of fourth man hav-
ing gone to the bottom rests on the
fact that survivors OF the disaster
differ on the number of men in the
Inflated launch. it is definitely known
that there were eleven men at least
In the launch and several persons at
firm that there were twelve.
or the men drowned. but one body
has been recovered. 1t is that 0,
Louis Ivan. an Austrian. The man
was caught someway by the feet IN
some rope on the launch and when
the boat was found floating upside
down he was hanging under it. Eff
forts att resuscitation proved futile
ivan was but recently come to this
country in company with two broth
ers, each of whom survived the dis
aster.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-05-11
sUBSTAT|ONS WILL
ACCEPT PACKAGES
Order is Received at the Local Post
Office Extending the Parcel Post
System to TWO
Stations.
REPAIRS TO BUILDING
Five Thousand Dollars Will be Spent
in Placing the Federal BUILDING
Here in Good
Condition.

BY an order OF the postofice author
tiles yesterday the two substations OF
the city will receive parcel post pack
ages. Heretofore 1t has been neces-
I sary to bring them to the postofice.
Packages, however, must be duly
presented to the clerl. at the substa,
tons, Reeves drug store and O'Neal's
grocery store in West Keokuk, and
not placed in the boxes there. As
tefore packages mailed at the various
street boxes will not be accepted but
the extension of the system to the two
substations will greatly facilitate the
handling of the packages and will nc
doubt increase the business,
Ultimately the parcel post system
VIII be extended even farther and the
collect on delivery plan goes into ef
feet In July.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-05-11
SMALLPOX PATIENT
ROAMS AT LARGE
Escaped From Pesthouse ana is Cap
tured While Waiting to Board
Train

A smallpox patient whose name is
withheld by the health authorities
escaped from the pesthouse Friday
night and was not captured unti'
early Saturday morning by Health
Officer Evans.
He was found evidently waiting to
board train to take him out OF the
city and away from confinement. Be
cause OF the fact that the patient es'
capped late at night and was found
early in the morning 1t Is thought that
few people were exposed to the dis
ease
No reason is given for this strange
action of the young man except ms
desire to break confinement. He i
suffering mildly from the disease
Practically all of the patients a
the pesthouse are getting along nice
Nv and several will be released our
ing the next few days.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-05-11
The Old Letter.
o General William Clarke.


ITO General William Clarke,
Superintendent OF Indian Affairs
at st. Louis, Mo.
"F'ather--Last year while at Prairie
GU Chen, we wrote a letter to our
Great Father, the president of the
United States, requesting him to have
the lands surveyed which we give to
our relations, the half breeds of our
nation, as the treaty made at the city
of Washington. on the fourth of Aug
ust, 1924, but as yet have received NJ
answer.
"Father-Above are the names Ga
list OF names precedes the letter. and
ages of the half breeds of our nations
who were in existence when we made
the treaty and to whom we give the
tract Of land, and to none others
whatever.
Father We wish you to interest
yourself for our relations, the half
breeds of our nations who are men.
toned in the above list, to have their
land surveyed and equally divided, IT
Icing perfectly understood at the be
fore mentioned treaty that the late
Maurice Blondeau was to have his
choice of any place in the tract SO
granted.
"FatherW'e wish to remove all tho
white people now on that tract OF
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-05-11
5000 In Repairs.

POSTMASTER Moorehead, who is also
custodian of the federal building. has
received word that specification for
repairs amounting to about Ave thous-
ana dollars on the local building have
been approved.
A new tin deck will replace the cop
per deck roof which has been on the
building for some twenty years, the
erlck belt course around the fecond
MOOR will be repointed, and all the
paster work in the rooms in the
building will be repaired and re-
painted.
During the last three years the gov
eminent has spent nearly twenty
thousand dollars on the federal build
ing here in keeping it in modern con-
uition. One of the most expensive
Q! these repairs was the installation
O new heating plant