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LANGUAGES.
sIrrATIONs MANTEI,-IEMALE.

FRENCH In three months; conversation ex-
Davoust- Gslissie. :i0a Broadway
sSth) teacher y. NJ. e. \.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-08-28
New Dry Dock

The new government dry dock, the
largest fresh water dry lock in the
world and the only n on the Mis-
sissippi river north Of st. Louis, is
now in actual use and some dozen or
more government buildings are either
or soon will be, in the gen.
eral scheme of reconstruction brought
about by the building Of the dam and
overlooking Of the old government
buildings and dry dock.
This work was left to the last by the
water power company and now a large
force of men is engaged in putting up
the structures to make it possible for
the government to move in by the
first OF January.
Work has just begun on the Office
building. which is near the entrance
to III government grounds and which
will be the most imposing of all the
structures. 1t is really going to be very
pretty, If looks can be estimated by
looking at an architects drawing.
This building is As feet long and %
feet wide and Of colonial style of
The porch with its two
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-08-28
Government Dry Dock and Public Schools
Are Big Building Features of the Year
Keokuk Will Have Finest Dry Dock along the Mississippi
River and Two of the Best Schools of State.

navigation improved by the buildins
of a single lock, with 1t went the ory
dock. Naturally a great improve
not only in the dock proper but In all
Of the structures that went with 1t.
The next work that the government
will do in Keokuk is to build a home
for NJ. Meigs. the engineer in charge
of this part Of the river. Plans have
been drawn. but the start has been
held up, and it may be some time be-
fore construction is begun. This
house will b. a very palatial one,
situated on the bluff above the dry
dock. 1t is on land purchased by the
water power company and given to
the government.
The improvements and reconstruc-
ton work have meant a large outlay
of money. Nothing has been spared
in making everything the best and
the government will have ample IA
cilities for handling it's work in the
future. Right now there is little do
ing along the river, pending the pas
sage of the river and harbors bill.
When it goes through, II 1t does,
there will be plenty Of work all
around.
Interested In Bernhard Barge.
Government employees here are in
terested in the Bernhard self-pro-
PEELED barge which passed up the
river recently. They say it may be
the means of reviving in a measure.
the river business of years & They
were Of the opinion, however. that
the barge should be slightly remod-
eled to enable 1t to make better
speed on the upper river.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-08-28
Interested In Bernhard Barge.
Street Improvement

Considerable In the way Of street
since the nrst Of the year and there
is now standing orders for work which.
when completed, win greatly improve
keokuk's public tho%roughfares.
One of the finest streets in the city
is that recently completed on Sew.
enteenth from Grand avenue to the
first Rand park bridge south. 1t is OF
concrete with concrete curbing. Much
OF the property along this street now
unimproved has been split up into
lots and will soon be improved with
part Of the city will be a splendid
residence district.
'. R~esunaced Johnson.
Johnson from Second to Water
street has been resurfaced. as has
Anchutz hill, which has been in bad
condition for a yea or more. The
steep Reid street hill in West Keo-
kuk has also been improved. Ten
blocks have been repaired and a num-
Der OF streets oiled. The oiling has
been a great success. While expert
mental for a long time, h process
has proved entirely satisfactory and
in the mex rear It is expected other
streets will be oiled. So far the work
has been confined to streets on the
north side.
In Home park and Belknap addi-
lions there has been a big sewer i'm
nr0 yrAY, ant vNfnO nm A oovftoru cnw.
er $500 long has been put in at the
cost of the property owners, while the
city has built 1900 Of storm W
to connect with 1t.
New Work Ordered.
A large amount Of new work has
been ordered, including concrete al
legs in blocks SO, 1v3 and 125, brick
pavements on South Second from
johnson to Bank, on North Eighth
from Main to ~Blondeau, on North
Ninth from Main to Blondeau and on
South Ninth from Main to Johnson.
A concrete pavement has been ordered
on Franklin from Fifteenth to Six
teenth and a brick pavement on South
Fifth from Carroll to Soap creek.
Contracts have been let for pave
ment and curbing on South Fifth from
the Soap creek bridge to B street. on
B street from Bluff to Commercial al
ley and on Commercial alley from B
to G streets.
ouch Grading Done.
Since the new city council has been
In office the commissioner of public
improvements has bee occupied for
the greater part of his time in grading.
The entire city force has been kept
busy with this work for several
months. When he has the time and
men to give the work it is thought
the commissioner will urn his atten-
ton to the improvement of city cross
ings. There are no less than fifty
crossings in the city which are in
bad shape and the. occupants Of auto
mobiles are frequently tossed about In
a reckless manner whenever their
cars strike one Of these bunny places.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-08-28

to cost over $4,000. They will be
two OF the big improvements Of the
al and will give to Keokuk a
school equipment OF which the city
may be Justly proud. Both will reach
a high degree Of efficiency in heating
and ventilation. All Of the modern
ideas along these two lines have been
adopted. The schools will be the in-
est tn ths city and will combine
many features that go to the better
ment OF school conditions for the
children.
The Jefferson school. at Twenty
second and Bank, in the seventh
ward, will cost $4,000 when complet-
ed. Work on It has been going on for
some time. The exterior walls are
OF red brick and white terra Gotta.
The floors are of reinforced concrete,
with a finish floor OF wood in the
class rooms. The hall floors are of
cement finish. The stairways have
metal balastrades, wood handrails
and slate treads.
Individual Features.
Each class room has its own individ-
ual cloak and toilet rooms, one for the
boys and one for the girls, and a
drinking fountain. The individual
cloak and toilet room idea, while mod
ern. has been put in use in several
schools in the state and in the north
west, but the individual fountain
scheme is one that is entirely the
property OF william Aldrich. superin-
tendent of the public schools here.
With this arrangement there will be
no need for a pupil to leave the class
room during school hours except to
enjoy the regular recess, and so the
teacher can have supervision most Of
the time. There will be no occasion
for congregating in the basement and
wasting time in other ways.
The lighting will be from n side
OF the room and tho real only, allow
ing the light to come over the pupils
left shoulder which is theoretically
correct. Fans WIN aid in ventilating
the rooms as part of a well worked ont
plan to have the ventilation as scien-
tifc as possible. 3
Largest Play Grounds In City.
The Jefferson school will have the
largest play ground in the city. There
is SO much room that IL Will almost
be possible to lay out a regulation
football field. The grounds will &C.
commodate a fine baseball diamond
for the boys. In the basement of the
school will be play rooms for the girls
and boys. The one for the boys is
large enough for public meetings and
will seat $50 people. The school has
six rooms and the building is planned
so that It can be extended to ten
rooms.
Garfield School Larger.
The Garfield school, located at the
Of Sixth and Fulton, will be
somewhat larger than the Jefferson
school, having ten rooms 1t will cost
about $4,000 when complete. While
the outside arrangement Is slightly
different, the Garfield will be built OF
the same material and will have the
same features as the Jefferson. The
CLASS TOOulS Will NC uIOOeiu III cNSIy
respect. with especial attention paid
to heating and sanitation, together
with the individual drinking fountain
and cloak and toilet rooms. There
will be one large play room in the
basement which will be used for dis
tr1ct meeting when held.
The addition OF the Jefferson and
Garfield schools will put Keokuk
among the first cities in the state for
h,3ldinCc
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Holds Record.

Keokuk. Iowa, is the only city Il
~ state which is planning its de
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Fine Equipment.

TTHC CVUTPWcNC
When the work is complete, the
government will have as fine an
equipment here as any place along
the river. When the governments
eight mile canal was wiped out and
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-08-28

The Work Of Will P. Green.
lnen the second effort was made.
publicity received through the
- columns Of the various papers
-s magazines was directly called
The Oskaloosa herald., 1914-03-12
SUCCESS IN IOWA
Two Acres Put Bou a
Through College Course
Lad Of Seventeen Clears $500 From Two Acres by
industrious Truck Gardening

within few months the record
~ by Glenn Trapp, boy
The boy who formerly carrier paid for his land with
that he raised and made neat addition other
tables
desire enough money to college the incentive for
young app Early last he purchased
ground Beaver Gardens miles north of Des Monc
The land him $780, and he made the first
payments saved while carrying
papers.
THE BOY ERECTED A LIVED
DOING HIS OWN COOKING AND WORK.
ING FROM DAWN TILL DARK ON SMALL PLANTED
THE ONIONS ALSO PUTTING IN FEW
oNs SWEET CORN THINNING OUT HIS ONION
CROP EARLY IN THE SUMMER
ONIONS HARVESTED LATER ARE RECOGNIZED BY
EXPERTS QUALITY THAT HAVE
BEEN RAISED IN IOWA LAST TOOK OUT NEARLY soo
BUSHELS OF ONIONS FOR WHICH RECEIVED sUsHEL
HIS ME- Lohs POTATOES SWEET BROUGHT
ADDITIONAL INCOME.
Within year Trapp expects to have sufficient funds
fu college with his two considered
an example Of the possibilities Of intensive farming
The Oskaloosa herald., 1914-03-12
BLAST HURTS S SCORE. ].
ON new YORK CAR
Coach Lifted in Air When Gas
ExpIodes.
THOUSANDS ARE lMPERILED
Explosions Occur After Huge Water
Mains Give Wsy-Streets Are
Flooded and Great DAM
age Is Done.

New York, March 9.-Twenty per
sons were injured when Twenty
third street cross town street car In
which they were passengers was
tossed sever.l feet into the air by the
explosion of a gas main at Fifth ave
nue..
The explosion and series Of other
blasts which followed in quick success
sion rocked the Deighborhood. broke
glass in office buildings for a block
in all directions and caused a sheet
OF fame to shoot high into the air
for hours.
Fire Chiefs Auto Thrown Into Air.
Fire Chief Kenton and two of his
men, speeding to the fire, were caught
by the heaviest explosion OF the series
and the front of their automobile vas
lifted from the ground as they crossed
Twenty-third street. A shower OF shat
tered asphalt. lumber and paving
blocks fell into the automobile.
There had been a food in Twenty
third street, caused by the breaking OF
two big water mains carly in the day.
This had washed away the supporting
soil between the gas main and the
roof of connecting branch Of the new
Seventh avenue subway excavation.
The strain brought leak in the mains
and a spark caused by the starting OF
the street car which had halted at
Fifth avenue brought about the ex-
plosion. .
Second Blast Brings Out Reserves
The policemen had barely cleared
the street car of its burden OF injured
when there came a second explosion.
more powerful thin the 9rst. The
plate glass windows OF the Garfield
National bank in the Fifth avenue
building we're blown out and the side
walks in Fifth avenue and broadway
were Uttered with shattered glass from
the F1atiron building.
The fire alarm was sent in and the
police reserves we're called out. The
police had scarcely arrived and began
driving the great tErong back to
safer place when there was a rumbllnG
noise and a series of sharp explosions
followed, which sent half dozen man
hole covers is tc 20 feet in the air and
shattered them when they fell back on
the pavement
The Oskaloosa herald., 1914-03-12
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II SAVED FROM SEA,
CREW OF STEAMER CHARLIE
MAeNE TOWER, JR,, RESCUED.
Four on Verge Of Death When Steam
ship Picked Them up--csptain
r Thought Three Persisted.

Norfolk, Va, March 9.-Rescued
from their drifting long boat by mer-
est chance, Capt. H. c. Simmons and
l6 members of the crew OF the Amerl-
can steamer Charlemagne Tower. IT.,
which foundered of the Jersey coast
in so feet Of water, we're picked up
by the steamer Bay P,rt and brought
to Newport News.
All we're suffering intensely from
exposure. Four were on the verge OF
death. The escape of the Towers
survivors was a narrow one. On
Barnegat they hoisted light that was
barely visible through a binding
suowstorm and gathering darkness.
They we're sighted by Captain Berna'
ger of the Bay Port just as the whale
back was passing the small boat,
Captain Simmons did not know Of the
rescue of First Officer Thompson. one
fireman and two seamen until his ar
rival in port, as when last seen those
mon we're struggling in the sGrf. their
small boat having been swamped. The
larger boat put toward the open sea,
fearing a similar fate. Unable TO
make Roadway in the rough sea, which
poured water into their little craft al
most as fast as it could be bailed out.
the men decided TO drift and depend
on being picked up. In explaining
The laundering of the Charlemagne
Tower, Jr., Captain Simmons said
that her bottom seams opened and
water poured in at such rate that
two hours later the ship was filled to
her upper beams He and his men
barely had time to get of in two small
boats before she plunged to the bot.
tom.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1914-03-12
$4,000 EX-IOWANS AT PICNIC
Southern California Association Holds
Record Meeting in Los
Angeles, Cal.

Los Angeles, March 9.-Thirty.hve
thousand former residents Of Iowa at
tended the annual winter picnic OF the
Iowa Association Of Southern Califor-
mia in East Lake Park, which estab-
fishes a record in attendance, accord
ing to officers of the society. Among
the speakers we're some of the most
prominent men in the country. Head
ing the list was former Vice-President
Fairbanks. Others we're Arthur Rey-
nolds, president OF the American
Bankers association; VIM. c. Brown.
chairman of the board of directors Of
the New York Central railroad, and
George c. Wright of Des Moines. The
Grinnell College quartet sang patri-
otto and college melodies. The park
was laid of into a miniature Iowa.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1914-03-12
EARLE TELLS OWN STORY
American Artist Refuses Services OF ar
Interpreter at kidnapping
Trial in France.

Romorantin. France, March Fer.
dinand Pinney Earle, the American
artist, took the witness stand in his
Own defense when he and Miss Char
lotte Herman were brought here to
stand trial for kidnapping Earle's son
by his first wife.
Earle wore a camelia in his lapel
buttOnhole. He declined the services
OF an Interpreter, remarking that his
knowledge of French was adequate
Both Earle and Miss Herman displayed
a cheerful demeanor. Earle told the
court that his principal regret was
that he might lose some OF the affec.
ton Of his son.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1914-03-12
PANIC lNCITER DESCRIBED
Calumet Residents Say Man Who
Caused Stampede Wore Citizens
Alliance Button.

Calumet. Mich, March 9.-The con
gressional investigating committee
made an inquiry into the Italian Hall
disaster on Christmas eve. A score
OF witnesses we're examined by Con
gressmen Taylor of Arkansas and
Casey Of Pennsylvania in an effort to
ascertain the cause Of the panic ip
which 70 persons lost their lives.
Men, women and children who were
in the hall when the fatal rush started
testified that a stout man, dressed In
a long. dark coat, and wearing a fur
cap, stood in the doorway and yelled
fire. fire." Some of them said his coat
lapel bore Citizens Alliance button
but none attempted to identify him.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1914-03-12
GAVIT WEEDS MRS. COOKE
First Wife, Daughter of Anthony N.
Brady, Was Killed With Rela'
tives in Wreck.

New York. March 9.-Erastus 2.
Gayit and Mrs. Mary Turner Cooke
we're married in the Brick Prcsbyteri-
an church at noon. 1t was the SECOND
marriage for each. Mr.. Gavits first
wife vas the daughter of the late An
thony n. Brady. She was killed with
two other members of the Brady fam
lily in the Westport wreck on the
New York, New Haven & Hartford
railroad in October, 1912. Mrs. Cooke
divorced her first husband in Colorado,
the decree being granted on charges
Of cruelty. Mr. Gayit is treasurer OF
the Consolidated Gas company Of Al
bauy. He is forty-five years old and
the son OF Joseph Gavit. Mrs. GaYit
is forty years old.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1914-03-12
SAYS BOOKKEEPING is O. K.
Head of Northern Pacific Denies Re-
port Sent Out From New
York.

st. Paul, MINI, March 9.-ln reply
to a report from New York that the
bookkeeping of the Northern Pacific
Railway company is Tup9ored to be
faulty, President J. NJ. Hannaford is
sued a denial, saying:
"To the best of my knowledge and
belief. the accounts of the Northern
Pacific railway are kept In compliance
with all the requirements of the inter
state commerce commission, and these
accounts have never been criticised
by the commission"
The report from New York said;
Northern Pacific stock fell below
10. For some time rumors have been
current that the bookkeeping of this
system is not all that might be desired
and now that the ST. Paul has been
called to account Northern Pacific
stockholders may feel worried
The Oskaloosa herald., 1914-03-12
BLOOD TREATMENT KILLS 7
Patients at Los Angeles Hospital Sue.
cumb Under Conditions That Cause
Doctors to investigate.

Los Angeles. Cal, March .9.-Whils
undergoing similar treatment for a
blood aiIment at the county hospital
seven patients died, and another is dy-
ing. under circumstances which con.
situations OF physicians have not en-.
tirely fathomed. The dead are: John
ssurins, John C. McEagin, Charles
Mclean. NJ. J. Mason. Tom King. VII,
lard Lemon ad c. NJ. Manyham, all
registering at the hospital from Los
Angeles. Harvey Lane, the eighth Pc.
tient. is not expected to last through
the night. Further investigation Of
the details OF the remarkable chain of
fatalities IL being made.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1914-03-12
SLAIN IN FIGHT OVER WIRE
Railroad Telegraph Operator 10 Shot
to Death by Another in Wis
.... consjn,

Milwaukee, March 9.-Following a
quarrel over the wire, between two
operators Of the Chicago, Milwaukee
& st. Paul road, Thomas Karr, tele-
graph operator at Schleisingerville,
was shot and killed. Karr and A.
La Point. operator at Rugby Junction,
had had personal trouble over the
wire, Karr came down early to see
lie Point. He slapped La Point. 1t is
said, and La Point drew his revolver
and fired twice at Ksrr, both shots
taking effect.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1914-03-12

Last year in down pour Of rain,
995 men voted and sos women. The
number of voters this yoar with tot
al of 953 voters and fine day, does
not make a very good showing.
Mondays election was conducted
by members of the school board act
ing in the capacity of judges and
their assistants as clerks. These
were John H. Perry, John H. Shoe
make, Secretary OF the Board l.. T.
Shangle, Z. Winter and d. c. Wag-
gomez.
Numerous ballots were defective,
one way or another. Some wrote in
names in the blank spaces and then
failed to designate a choice by means
of a cross.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1914-03-12
Few Students Failed.

Only iifty-One students out of the
more than 22,jOO regularly enrolled at
Iowa State college dropped out OF
college at the close of the past Semi
ester because of failures to pass their
examinations according to the report
made by Dean f. w. Stanton, chair
man OF the scholarship committee.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1914-03-12
| DEMONSTRATORS NOTICE.

"A Notice is hereby given to all per-
sons interested, that on the 9th day
of March, A. D., 1914. the ,undersign-
ed was appointed by the District Court
of Iowa, in and for Mahaska County.
administrator of the estate of Nancy
Krile, deceased, late Of said Mahaska
County. Iowa. All persons indebted to
SAID estate will make payment TO the
undersigned, and those having claims
against the same will present them
legally authenticated to said court for
allowance.
Dated this 9Th day Of March 1914
G. r. Chilcote, Administrator.
j. l., MIIdiGAN, Clerk.
BY r, W. WRIGHT, Deputy. .4.-- iAw3
The Oskaloosa herald., 1914-03-12
Cod Mines IN Iowa s
. Prize Apple Orchards
Half Value
Of
Land Back

HUNDRED DOLLARS AN ACRE CLEAR The AVERAGE An
| J PROFIT EXPERT APPLE GROWER IOWA Ac.
coRoINe c. MINcER OF HAmsuRe. THINK OF TT HALF
THE LAND RETURNED EVERY YEAR,
Miner of the big apple of the state He has
orchard Hamburg which known apple raising
He tells very interesting things about the business
YEARS AGO MR. MiNcER SOUGHT A TWELVE ACRE
cHARo FOR $500 s47oo.
THAT WELL EVERY YEAR. YEAR
TURN WAS ONLY $500
produce each dollar the apple business Mr.
Mncer Pruning spraying nung and otherwise caring for the
perfect of hired help and the gathering
ketng Of the apples again process where labor big item
Yet with all these things Mr. Mncr thinks that the who
after has his orchard started profit Of
800
THE WEATHER DOESN'T AFFECT THosE PROPER
PRECAUTIONS IN APPLE GRoWNG MR. MNcER SAYS HAS A
FREPoTs HIS BIG ORCHARD, AND WHEN THERE
DANGER or FROST sMUDGEs
FUEL. HE HAS BIG CEMENT VAT TO HOLD THE OIL,
CONTAINING SEVERAL CARS MATERIAL
Hamburg where the Mncer apple farm located the district
the Missouri loose clay This soil peculiarly adapted to
growing apple and apples 1t unique that only
along the Missouri this country and along the Rhine and
result of this natural advantage of the
biggest fruit farms the state have been developed around this town
The Oskaloosa herald., 1914-03-12

While operating circular saw,
Elmer Weaver, of ERADICATE, stumbled
and fell with his hand over the blade.
The index finger of the left hand was
severed above the Joint and skin
grating was necessary to save the
hand. 5r.l ...