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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-12-28
MUCH IMPRESSED
WITH kE0kUk DAN 1
Representative Maurice Connolly De-
cIares That II surpasses
His Highest *
pectations.
WAS HERE FEW HOURS
Third District Congressman Was the
Guest Of Senator Z. P. Nc
Manus During His Short
Stay.
WAS HERE FEW HOURS


Maurice Conolly OF Dubuque. con-
gresham from the Third district, Wis
tied the Keokuk dam yesterday. and
announced as he was leaving the ho-
tel yesterday afternoon for Burlington,
that. the dam surpassed his expecta-
tons. and that he was very much inn
pressed not alone with the project,
but also with the city itself
That Congressman Connolly's quail
fications as judge are OF the highest it
might be pertinent to say that he
graduated from Cornell with an A. B.
degree, studied abroad, and was a
member of one of the duelling clubs
of the Heidelberg university in Ger
many, and that he was a member Of
the special committee which went to
Panama, and is member OF the mill
tary committee.
So, that when Representative Maur-
ice Connolly declares that the Keo-
kuk dam is one OF the biggest propo-
sitions he has yet seen this statement
should carry weight.
Congressman Cononlly was in OF
tumwa Friday attending the funeral of
Congressman Pepper. While there he
was In conversation with Senator Nc
Manus, and remarked that he would
like to see the dam. The senator in
vited him to make the trip to Keokuk
and Congressman Connolly accepted
the suggestion and came yesterday
morning. He departed in the after
noon for Burlington, where he spoke
last night.
the dam by his friends and expressed
the keenest interest in everything
he saw before him. He asked many
questions concerning the existing
conditions and showed that he was in
every way the scholarly man that his
friends credit him with being.
4 i was very much impressed with
the Keokuk DAM" the congressman
! said as he was leaving the Hotel Iowa
after luncheon yesterday afternoon
1T is bigger than l had any idea 1t
would be. 1t compares favorably
Will Inc fandma canal. | also want
to say that am much impressed witt
your city, and with its appearance
Congressman Connolly had much
praise for Keokuk's newest hotel, the
Iowa He declared that it was the
most complete building of its kind fol
a city of this size, he had ever had
the pleasure OF being in. He was en-
tertained at luncheon by Senator Nc
Manus. and met several of the promi
/. nent democrats of the city at the
, gathering.
: At the depot he met Claude Porter
of Centerville who was defeated thre,
: years ago for governor. The two low.
; politicians went to Burlington togeth
er from here.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-12-28
TO CONSIDER REPORT
ON KEOKUK'S WATER
Health and Hygiene Committee viii
Postpone Action Until Members
Are All Present.

The meeting of the committee on
health and hygiene of the Industrial
Association which was to have been
held yesterday afternoon to consider
the report of Dr. A. L. Grover on the
water supply of Keokuk, was post
poned until c. F. Mcfarland and Ma
jor Meigs could meet with the other
members of the committee.
DR.. Glover is the assistant state
bacteriologist and has made study
of the conditions existing In Keokuk
he has declared in report which the
committee will consider that the Keo-
kuk water supply is one of the best
along the river. if certain sanitary
conditions are put into force by the
government boats anchored in the
forebay along the sea wall, and by
boats passing through the forebay.
Yesterday morning the regular
meeting Of the executive committee
was held.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-12-28
LATEST MARKET QUOTATIONS
AssocatIons telegraph Market
Leased Wire.

Beeves, s6.s0@9.70; Texas s.eers,
s6.s5@7.90; western steers, $3.50
1856; stockers and feeders, $1,000
Lbs; cows and heifers, $3.50@8.Gu;
calves, s7O0@11. 90.
Sheep receipts 1900; market slow,
weak. Native, $4.65@60o; western,
$4.6596.00; yearlings. s5.75@71O;
lambs. native, s6.650S.5o; western,
$6.75@8.35.
st. Louis Live Stock.
ST. LOUIS, Dec. 27.-Hog receipts
$500; market &c lowsr. Pigs and
lights. $6.6o@s.0o; mixed and butch
ers, $7.75@s.1o; good, heavy, 1880
$40.
Cattle receipts 1880. including 700
Texans; market steady. Native beet
steers, $7.50@9.75: cows and heifers,
s4.25@S.50; Texans and Indian stee S,
$575@7.00; cows and heifsrs, $4,000
600; native calves. s6.o0@11.oo.
Sheep receipts 100; market steady.
Native muttons. s3.75@5.oO; lambs,
s5.25@S.25.
New York Produce.
NEW YORK, Dec. 27.--Butter mar
ket unchanged; receipts 1890 tu.s.
Egg market firm; receipts 10000
cases. Fresh gathered extras, Csc; ex-
ira firsts, 32037c; firsts, 35@35hc;
seconds, 32@34c; refrigerator special
marks fancy, 31@31hc; flrsts. 500
301ac; seconds, 2Sh@2911c; gathered
whites, 46@47c; hennery browns, $40
38c; mixed colors, 36@37c; European
fresh, 2S@32c; held fresh, 24@27c.
Live poultry market dull and weak.
Western chickens, lac; fowls, 15c;
turkeys, 18c.. Dressed, market dull
and weak. Fresh killed western chick.
ems, 1920; fowls. 12@1sc: turkeys,
1S@221ac.
Peoria Cash Grain.
PEORIA, Dec. 27.- Corn h@1c
lower. No. yellow, 5Sw5sc: No. 8
mixed, 62A @63c; sample, 42h@47c.
Oats, s cars; market " lower. No.
white 4oc; standard, Sshc: No. 3
white, 39c.
St. Louis Hay and Straw.
ST. LOUIS, Dec. 27.--Hay receipts
i as manifested were 81 cars on this
and ~ cars on the east side Of the
river. Market heavily overlooked
by continued large run OF timothy and
clover mixed tmainly of latter and
values depressed. unsettled and slow
Ter to sell, there being only limited
local and shipping demand--a few
select cars of straight timothy
brought comparatively high prices Of
Sle009d9.5o, but the bulk of the good
hay would not bring over SIS for tim
othy and SIC to 1850 for light clover
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-12-28
The Warsaw Gate City
Warsaw, ILL.,, Dec. %, 1913.

Lieutenant Lemuel L. Stevens and
Ensign C, H. Want, U. S. N, are with
their vessels watching the Mexican
coast.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. c. Wolfenbarger are
enjoying visit from their daughter,
Mrs A. D, Grifflts and the latters
son Wayne.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Miller of st.
Louis are spending the holidays with
Mrs. Miller's mother, Mrs. Anna
K1iepke.
Mrs. VIM. F. Stevens Is in Chicago
spending the holidays with her hus-
band and son Fred, the former being
under treatment in a hospital.
The choir of st. Pauls Episcopal
church will give a special carol
service Sunday evening A fine pro-
gram of twelve numbers has been ar
ranged, Rev. George Long, the pastor,
singing two numbers.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. R. Maxwell and son
Of Whitewater, Wis, are spending the
holidays with Mrs. Maxwelps parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. j. B. Worthen.
The birds are whispering that there
will be two Warsaw weddings soon.
Mr.. and Mrs Henry c. Fenor of st.
Louis are here spending the holidays
with home folks.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Nelson and
daughter Dorothy, have gone to st
Mary's, Mo. to spend the holidays
with Mrs. Nelson's parents Mr.. and
Mrs. E. M. Allen.
Rabbits are plentiful these days; a
party of young farmers We're out yes
terday and killed forty.fve IN an hour
and half.
Miss Hannah Goehring, of Chicago
is visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Chas. Goehring.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-12-28

Ed Exon of West Point is holiday
visitor; he is looking fire and is do
ing well.
w. P. Hammond sr., and wife ar
rived home from Chicago this morn
ing Mr.. Hammond is some better,
but very weak.
The private dance to be given in
Odd Fellows hall next Tuesday night,
December 80. promises to be very
elegant affair The committee in
Charge are sparing no pains to make
the evening an enjoyable one. The
music will be exceptionally fine.
On Wednesday night, December 81,
the Eagles give one of their bi-weekly
dances in Saenger hall, dancint; the
old year out
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-12-28
Y.W.C.A. NOTES
Life Of Christ.

Sunday at 4 o'clock, p. m. will occur
the fourth of the studies of the Life
of Christ" conducted by Mr.. o. B.
Towne for the young women of the
city at the Young Women's Christian
Association. Every girl over twelve
years of age and every woman is In
vited to make the most of a splendid
opportunity of knowing the book of
books better, especially that beautiful
portion of it that records the sublime
events in the life of the Saviour of
the world, the immaculate and holy
son of God. At this meeting may be
spent a pleasant and very profitable
hour.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-12-28
Grain Review

I United Press Leased Wire Service.1
CHICAGO. Dec. 27.-The trend for
the grain market for the wsek ending
today was steadily downward. Cable
reports showing improved crop condi-
tions abroad, a large increase in the
visible supply of wheat in this coun-
try, and lack of demand for expor-
tation Of the American crop were the
chief factors contributing to thu
,bearishness in wheat. May was down
one cent from last Saturdays close
ana July down / rs.
Corn was weaker than wheat. due
mainly to mild weather which permit
ted husking and marketing and at
the same time allowed stock to be
turn ed into pastures. Various eco
Monies put in practice by farmers
when they foresaw a shortgae In this
crop, has conserved the supply which
is now being thrown on the market.
May was down IN from last weeks
close and July down IL.
Oats, which closed with May down
X and July rs under last weeks
prices suffered partly from general
bearishness, light trading and an in.
crease in the visible supply.
Due to general dullness, provisions
were down from to 80 cents.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-12-28
SUDDEN DEATH OF
MRS. GEO. R. SMITH.
.keokuk Woman succumbs to Attack
of Pneumonia at Denver,
Dying Yesterday
Morning.
70 BE BURIED HERE
Body to be Brought Back by Her
Son, Who Left Last
Night.

Mrs. Margaretta L. Smith, widow OF
George R. Smith, died suddenly yes
terday morning at 1880 o'clock at
Denver, Colo. Pneumonia was the
cause of her demise and the messages
conveying the sad news came as q
shock to her relatives and friends in
this city. Charles J. Smith, her son,
left last night for Denver, and will
bring the body back to this city for
burial.
The news Of Mrs. Smiths death
came as a great shock to her family
| and friends both here and in Denver.
Letters had been received only yes
lterday morning, which had been writ
ten the day before Christmas, telling
the unusually good health Mrs. Smith
was enjoying. It was very sudden
attack of pneumonia with which she
was stricken, and at her advanced age,
proved too much for her system to
resist. When alarming symptoms de-
veloped Mrs. Smith was taken to
Heartease, hospital, but all efforts
Ito save her were IN vain.
1 Margaretta Libert Bishop. daughter
of Joseph James Bishop and Mary
Weatherby Bishop was born in Phila
Idelphia, Pa, Nov. %, 1887. The fami
lily came west at an early date, and
Mr.. Bishop was accounted one of the
learly settlers of this city and com
munity
On the twenty-sixth day of Deem
Der, 1858, she was united in marriage
with George R. Smith, we'll known
grocer Of Keokuk To that union
were born three children, Charles ]
Smith Of Keokuk, and Miss Minnie M
Smith, now OF Denver, who survive
and Mary Elander Smith, who died il
infancy. In 1895, George R. Smitl
lpassed away.
! Mrs. Smith was known as keer
business woman and continued tn,
store which her husband had estab
Ilished, after his death, until sh,
moved to Denver in 1908, going Their
with her daughter in the hopes o
benefiting the latter's health. Mrs
Smith was a member Of the Firs
Congregational church OF Keokuk. Sh
was a woman of kindly personalit.
and was widely and favorably known
She numbered her friends in this cit
by the score, and was kindly remen
bered by all who knew her or cam
In contact with her. She was W.
man of kindly disposition and nobl
ideals.
The body of Mrs. Smith will b
brought back to Keokuk for buria
Her son Charles J. Smith left for tn
Colorado city last night for that pu
pose, and will return by the middle {
1.-The week. it is expected. The a
nouncement of the funeral will /
made later, as soon as word is r
lce:ved from Denver.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-12-28
CHICAGO Live Stock.

CHICAGO, Dec. 27.-Hog rece pts
10000: market slow to shade un5es
yesterdays average. Bulk, s7.65@
1855: light, $7.45@7.s2N: mixed, $3.50
mI.95; heavy, s7.55@7.95; rough,
$7.55@T.85; pigs, $6.50@7.5o.
Cattle receipts 800; market steady.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-12-28
c., 8. q q. RAILWAY CO.
Trains leave from the Union depot.
Berths and tickets. Fifth and johnson
streets.

Trains leave from the Union depot
Berths and tickets. Fifth and johnson
streets.
soUTHBouND.
xNo. IL. st. Louis. west and
south. leaves ............ 9:1Sam
xNo. 8, st. Louis west and
south, leaves ....... 12:45am
mo. 40, K. & w. to Sedan. c..
B. 4 x. c. to Carrollton
leaves s.ooam
xNo. 4, St. Louis. west and
South. leaves ........... l:sspm
mo. 10, Quincy, Hannibal,
Kansas City, St. Louis.
leaves s:35pm
NORTHBOUND.
xNo. Z. ST. Pau, and points
west. leaves ............. 2:3bam d
xNo. 10. Burlington. Chicago
and points west, leaves .....7:4Spn
sNo. 3. Burlington. Chicago
and east, leaves .......... 1:40pm
xNo. l. Burlington and Chi
cago. leaves .. 7:3oam
mo. 81. Mt. Pleasant branch M
leaves ............. 3:sopm
No. 5, X. q W.. Sundays only.
leaves ... 7:35pm
EMO. 3, X. & W.. leaves. 80. 9:1opm
sNo. 4, from X. & W., arrives 1:l5pn
mo. so. from Mt. Pleasant
branch. arrives Il :45am
sNo. 2. from K. & w. arrives 9:1opm
No. 6. from X. & W.. Sundays
only arrives :55am
xDaily. Daily except SUNDAY.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-12-28
Municipal Railway
UNITED Press Leased Wire SCI

limited Press Leased Wire Service!
SAN FRANCISCO, Calf, Dec 81.
= San Francisco will have owned its
first municipal street railroad for just
one year at midnight Sunday. 1t is
what is known as the Geary street
line. Financially 1t has been operat-
ed at handsome profit.
Accurate figures were not obtain
able today and the first official fnan-
cial report will not be reported before
the middle Of January. Gross receipts
for eleven months, however, were
ss92,s42.40, operating expenses s164,.
1862.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-12-28
Open House.

New Years afternoon and evening
there will be open house at the Young
Mems Christian Association.
In the afternoon there will be an
exhibition game of basket ball. The
night features will be junior swim
ming contest and an exhibition baske.
ball game.
Friday night, jan 2, the CONNER
cial League will resume activities,
when two games OF basket ball will
be played.
Saturday afternoon, Jan. 8, the Com.
mercial League will again indulge In
a game of basket ball.
No Meeting.
The usual mems Sunday afternoon
meeting, as before anpounced, will
not be held this afternoon.
Anticipated Activities.
When the new year has succeeded
the old, active work in all depart
ments Of the Young Mems Christian
Association viii begin in earnest and
with energy and enthusiasm. and
the managemert of that institution
are not anticiL lting many idle mo-
m snts during Inc season.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-12-28

.Train 473-Leaves Keokuk.. 7:4oam
.Train 741--Leaves keokuk.. S:Sopm
Strain 472-Arrives Keokuk. Esopm
sTrain 47O-Arrivos Keokuk. l:Vopn
x*Train s6-Arrives Keokuk IL; 4oam
xsTrain S5--Leaves KeoKuk 1:SopN9
xLocal Freight Trains.
Daily except Sunday.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-12-28
Prof. Utt's Recital.

Tuesday night will be given a re-
cital by Prof UT at the Y w. c. A..
auditorium. Prof. UT is spending the
holidays in Ksokuk, his former home,
and his many friends in Keokuk will
be glad of the privilege of meeting
him in recital.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-12-28

Worlds Languages and Dialects.
There are 3,424 languages and dia,
lects in use in the entire world.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-12-28
Y. M. c. A. ITEMS
Boys Exhibition.

Monday night the boys exhibition
will be enjoyed at the Young Mems
Christian Association rooms.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-12-28

mixed. Prairie scarce. Glover in mol
crate supply and quiet. High graue
alfalfa scarce; No. 2 In limited on
ing and quiet
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1913-08-13

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The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1913-08-13
DEVOTION VERSUS DOLLARS

In a most classically written edi-
1toria1 this morning, the editor of the
Banner wonders why the people do
not esteem men like Carnegie and
Flagler. as they do Andrew Jackson,
Lincoln, Garfield, Grant and Alex
ander H. Stephens. It is a great
mystery to him and he says he can
not fathom it.
The Star thinks it can fathom it
for Uncle Frank, tho it fears he will
not accept the loan of its sounding
line.
Lincoln, Jackson, Grant, Stephens,
Garfield and men of their character
gave their greatest service to their
fellow men. Carnegie and Flagler
gave their greatest service to them
selves
1t is true that public-spirited men
are always the object of enmity and
envy while they live, but what
friends they have are sincere and
posterity generally does them justice
after death. Amassers of immense
fortunes have but few friends except
those they can buy, and such friends
are sure to be ungrateful and forget
full when the source of their graft is
cut off,
When the world puts the money
grabber in the same rank with the
patriot and statesman, it will be too
late ''to call halt
Lincoln and Garfield tended the
cattle, but neither is accused of wa
tering Wall street stock Jackson
and Grant were captains of men and
sometimes they owerawed a 1egisla-
ture, but neither of them ever tried
10 buy one.
The Star does not know why the
Banner says that Flagler's footsteps
were logged by a licentious press. A
number of the Florida newspapers,
some of them printed along the lines
of his road, have denounced the ex-
tortionate freight rates of the 'popu-
Lar highway of traffic." and a num-
Der Of years ago, when the Flagler
divorce bill which enabled Mr.. Flag
Ter to obtain legal separation from
his insane wife, was passed by the
Florida legislature under strong sus-
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1913-08-13
AMERICANS CAN TEACH 1T

The Tribune is right; there is no
reason to oppose the introduction of
the japanese in this state. They could
and would be successful with land
that probably will never be used by
Americans to produce anything
Florida has much land that is not
productive now, but could be made to
produce almost anything under the
proper kind of handling. The Japs
and the Portuguese, both of which
races have been very successful in
California, seem to be about the only
people able to understand intensive
farming although the American is
beginning to get an inkling of what
it means and is beginning to learn
from the foreigners.-St Petersburg
Independent
will come to Marion county and see
what white men are doing with land
Of which it was popularity said, TWEEN
ty years ago, that it wouldn't sprout
peas, lie VIII CuuCeue, we Iulnh, IudI
the people of our own race are amply
competent to fill our vacant places,
and that we had better keep the said
places open for them
The Star does not object to Por-
tuguese, Spanish, Italians or Greeks.
They all belong to our own race, and
in a generation or two will be good
Americans. 1t does object to Japs
and Chinese, because they are of an
other race and cannot mix with ours
without degrading both.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1913-08-13
NEW BANK HAS
SECURED IT'S CHARTER

The Metropolitan Savings Bank,
the new financial institution recently
organized by the leading colored
business men Of the city, has receiv-
ed its charter from Governor Tram
NELL, and is ready to begin business
as soon as the officers decide on a
day for opening the doors to the pub
lie.
The bank has just put in a 1000
pound fireproof safe with a large
steel, burglar-proof cash vault inside
of it, and is getting all details ar
ranged for the opening.
Prof. St. George Richardson of
Jacksonville has been employed by
the bank to be the assistant cashier,
and will discharge the duties of that
official as far as the actual office work
lis concerned, as Cashier F. P. Gadson
has his hands full with his own bus
mess. Prof. Richardson is one of
the best posted colored men in the
state in matters of this kind. He
" CD Ia many Cc@l pi vi Tic
big Edward Walters College in
Jacksonville, was with S. H. Hart 6,
Sons, bankers, and was one of the
principal deputies in Joe Lees office,
handling, among other work, all of
the corporation matters affected by
the internal revenue regulations The
Metropolitan Savings Bank was for
tunate in securing him to assist it
with his practical knowledge and
business training.
The officers of the Metropolitan
Savings Bank are George Giles, pres
lident; J. L. Wiley, vice president; c.
III. Stewart, second vice president;
#. P. Gadson, cashier, and on the
board of directors are George Giles,
J. L. Wiley, F. P. Gadson, P. S. La
Roche, S. H. Hadley, c. H. Stewart,
R. R. Williams, Neptune T. Brown
and D. W. Goodwin.
While the bank is chartered as a
savings bank it will do a general
banking business and the officers say
they will open its doors with SIS 900
on deposit.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1913-08-13
RECKLESS FLIRTING WITH
THE GRIM REAPER

A special providence seems to care
for children playing in the streets
and roads and prevents many of
them from being run over and killed
or MANNED. Every now and then,
though, somewhere in the country
a child is killed. Sometimes it is the
fault of the person driving the vehi-
Gle, and again it is the child's. On
North Magnolia street in this city
several little children play on the
sidewalks and in the street. One of
them is not over four and the Oldest
not ten. They will deliberately run
out in front of passing automobile
and dodge back, or run across, es-
timating the distance and speed with
their baby eyes. The writer has seen
cars stop suddenly for them. Sooner
or later, if they are not warned, one
OF them will be hurt, because a
passing vehicle cannot always be
stopped in time, the driver may not
see the child till too late or the child
may slip and fall under the vehicle
when least expecting it.
Last Friday, in North Woodstock
n. H., where the great interstate
macadamized highway passes thru
the little mountain town, bright
little 12-year-old girl was run over
and her life instantly crushed out by
a big touring car. The terrible trag-
edy inexpressibly saddened the Ocala
colony which is spending the summer
there
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1913-08-13

picion of wholesale bribery, such
journals as the Florida Christian Ad-
vocate, the Baptist Witness, and
many others that did not show any
signs of being licentious, denounced
the measure as a disgrace to the
state. So far as the Star has seen,
the Florida press has been just and
friendly to Mr.. Flagler. 1t is hardly
right to blame an Independent paper
for criticism of any mans public
acts, or expect it to fill its columns
with extravagant adulation of a
wealthy mans character.
The Star had no extravagantly
high opinion of Mr. Flagler 1t treat
ed him fairly while he was alive and
paid him an honest tribute of respect
when he died. Said tribute seemed
to have been officially accepted, as it
was reprinted in the Times-Union
and the St. Augustine Record.
The Star believes that the friend
ship and respect of the editor of the
Banner for Mr.. Flagler's memory is
disinterested and sincere. But put
ting him in the same list with the
men whose lives were little else than
sacrifices for their country is liable
to call forth comparisons not to Mr.
Flagler's advantage.