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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-02-15
CITY NEWS.

Masonic: Special. Eagle, Wednes-
day, Feb. 16, 1880; End degree.
Special for Wednesday and Thurs
day, potatoes $1.2O per bushel, $50
oranges 29c, while they last Fred De-
Yong. Gs<4
John Moore and. Elmer Berry
were arrested last night for drunken
ness and given the usual sentence In
the superior court this morning.
Regular meeting Loyal Order OF
Moose, Keokuk lodge No. 704. tonight
at 8 O'Clock, In Moose hall. Visiting
brothers cordially invited. John g.
Stadler, dictator. A. E. Moore. sec
rotary.
Regular meeting of Morning Star
lodge No s, Knights OF Pythias. at
X. p hall. Tuesday at s p. m. Visit
ing knights invited. ]. NJ. Skinner Q.
c.; ]. A Burgess. K. of r. & s.
A cottage prayer meeting viii be
held at the home of Lawrence Mel
son, 1908 Bank street, this evening.
On Thursday evening prayer meet
Ing will be held at the home OF Rev.
E. Leroy Steffey. HOB Bank street.
REV. homas Penn Ullom, assist
ant to Rev. Charles Reign Scoville,
the evangelist, will speak at meet
ing of the evangelistic committee to
be held in the committee room OF the
Y. w. C. A. on Friday night.
The contract for wiring the SEQ
Vile tabernacle has been let to c. s.
Abel. The bids were opened yester-
day afternoon There will be several
100 watt lights down the center Isle
of the tabernacle and enough 40 watt
lamps in the building to furnish sufil-
Following the regular Wednesday
evening prayer meeting at the Metho-
dist Protestant church tomorrow
evening, luere will be meeting of
the Sunday school board. A meeting
of the men OF the congregation will
be held at the church at 1880 o'clock
this evening.
cient light.
/ -Nauvoo Independent: Some OF
the city papers are advocating the
establishment of West Point military
school in the middle west. good
Itdea-and Nauvoo-the oft talked OF
town for the U. S. capitol-would be
the ideal location for such school.
With Lake Cooper and our ideal loca-
ton, there surely Is not finer spot
in the middle west for western West
Point or any other government fnsti-
tuition. Our hat is in the ring for any
thing like that.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-02-15
NEW OFFICERS OF
SCHOOL WERE THERE
L. e. Mckinley and Row. w. r. Bacon
Present at Meeting Of s.
s. Workers.

The meeting of the officers and
teachers Of the First Christian Sun
day school last night was unusual be-
cause of the fact that it was the first
time the new minister. Rev. Bacon,
and the new superintendent, Mr.. Nc
Kinley, met the MEMBERS OF the
school as a body.
The meeting was held for the pur-
pose Of formulating plans for the COM
ing year under the new administra-
ton. Several splendid speeches were
made by the different officers, illus
trating the proper steps to be taken
in anticipation of the result Of the
Scoville meetings.
Twenty-eight officers and teachers
were present at the banquet which
was served in the cafe of the Y. w.
C. A. Resolutions Of appreciation OF
the excellent work Of the former su-
perintendent. Mr.. j. 0. Boyd were
adopted, highly complim entlng Mr..
Boyd because OF his record during
his four years Of service.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-02-15
McGrath Bros.
Corner Fifth and Main
DISSOLUTION NOTICE.

To Whom 1t May Concern:
The firm of McManus & Tucker
have this day dissolved partnership
Ali bills up to this date will be paid
by Geo. 8. Tucker.
E. P. M'MANuS.
GEO. s. TUCKER
Keokuk, Iowa. January Is, 1915.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-02-15
Chinese Revolution,

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service. ]
LONDON, Feb. 15-That China
will be split into two republics as the
result OF the revolution started in
Yunnan province, was the prediction
of we'll informed Englishmen arriving
here from Hong Kong today.
Government authorities of several
southern provinces are said to have
secretly pledged support to the Yum
nan revolutfonists, should they con-
quer government forces sent against
them. Thus far no important battles
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-02-15
Me,,en Knows Nothing.

limited Press Leased Wire service
WASHINGTON, Feb. 1b.-Charies
s. Mellen knows nothing about LOUIS
ID. Brandeis' connection with the new
raven railway and has no papers on
the subject to present. he wired tne
senate subcommittee investigating
Brandeis' fitness for the supreme
bench today.
C. W. Barron, publisher on me WAil
Street journal had told the comml J. :
MeIlen was one who could snow LIZ
Brandeis had been "hred 10
the New Haven"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-02-15
HIGH SCHOOL IS
TAXED TO LIMIT.
Persons Interested In School Affairs
Arc Asking How Present Build
Ing 10 Going to Accomma
date Attendance.
is A LARGE INCREASE
Ono Hundred More In school Now
Than Assembly VIII Seat
Expect Another Boost In
September.
rs A LARGE INCREASE

II the present rate OF increase in at
tendance keeps up for any length Of
time. people who are interested In
the matter are asking how the present
high school building Is going to take
care of all Its students. With an In
crease In population during the last
few years, the attendance in the high
or grades Of the public schools and
the high school especially, has brok-
en- all bounds, and the present high
school building, already taxed to one
third again its capacity. Is expected to
be taxed to one-half again it, cApac-
ity when the fall term begins.
The assembly room Of the Keokuk
high school will seat 305 students.
-Four hundred are now attending the
school and it Is believed by those who
have been following the school sta
tistics that there will be $50 students
enrolled for the September term.
Everything possible has been done
to relieve the congestion and the at
tempt has succeeded fairly we'll this
year. but It is said that 1t VIII only
be q matter Of time before the school
will be too cramped for efficient
work. Many of the students have
been seated in class rooms, the as
sembly room being full and no class
room In the school is idle during any
period. Even DR.. Reds Office Is used
for several classes.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-02-15
PERSONALS.

D. W. Young, Jr.. OF Detroit, for
mer well known Keokuk citizen. was
in the city Sunday. enroute to Des
Moines where he will have charge or
the Packard auto exhibit at the auto
show. He was guest at the n. X.
Miller home and took time to call on
some of his former friends during the
day.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-02-15
PERSONALS.

Mrs. Gertie Wickham of Kahoka,
Mo, was here to attend the funeral
of Mrs. John Gillian, ST.
Mrs. d. B. Hamill is in st. Louis,
called to the bedside of her daugh-
ter. Mrs. Frank r. Fry, who is seri-
ously Ill.
Miss Julia Wappich has returned
from a visit in Chicago OF several
days.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-02-15
INCORPORATION NOTICE.

Notice is hereby given that the
Pechstein & Nagel company at meet
ing of its stockholders held on the
eighth day OF January, 1916, amended
Its articles by reducing the amount OF
its capital stock from fifty thousand
dollars to ten thousand dollars.
JOHN NAGEL. President.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-02-15
Courses Arc AttractIv..

Courses Are Attractive.
That this peculiar state Of affairs
has been brought about by the attrac-
tive courses offered at KeOkuk high,
everyone comedies. This is evident
from the attendance in the lower
grades, which are normal. But in the
higher grades, the increased advan-
tages Of the present school system is
holding the students The manual
training, domestic science and COM
mercial courses are attracting many
who would undoubtedly have dropped
out years before.
The matter of means for new high
school building has been discussed to
some extent by individuals. Those in
favor OF q new structure argue that
the present high school building could
be used to relieve the congestion is
the grade schools. In discussing the
the high school, said that IL anything
were done, the present building could
be made into a junior high school to
take caro- OF the seventh and eighth
grades of all the schools. This would
give George Washington school sever
al extra rooms, as the eighth grades Of
all Of Keokuk's schools now meet
there.
Although tho matter is one that the
future will decide, those interested in
educational affairs here, believe that
IL tbs city does build q new high
school it should be modern in all OF
its equipment and one that would al
low plenty Of space in all lines of en-
deavoP.
Bisbee daily review., 1916-03-26
MINERAL CLAIMS ON INDIAN LANDS MAY
 BE OPEN TO LEASE
Hayden Introduces Bill De- signed to Overcome Dim- culties Now Encountered in Locating on Reservation.
U. $. cavalry on march m Mex,co; m camp.

A bill has been introduced in con
 gress on Feb. 2S by Congressman
 Carl Hayden that is designed to do
 away with the difficulties heretofore experienced by those who have located mineral claims on Indian reservations or rather who have discovered such locations and. have wished to make entry therefor but have, been unable 1 to do so owing to the fact that the lands included were within the boun- Garies of a reservation.
 The bill. which is now in the hands of the committee on Indian affairs. provides that the secretary of the ir- | terior may lease to any person. firm or corporation "any part of the unal- lotted lands within any Indian reser- vation in the state of Arizona hereto fore withdrawn from entry under the mining laws. for the purpose of min ing for deposits of gold. silver. copper and other valuable metalliferous min erals"
 The locators of mining claims are given preferential rights to such leas- es and the leases shall be made for fifty years with preferential rights in the leasee 10 renew in ten year peri ods
 The lessees are required to pay to inc United States for the benefit of the Indians. a royalty which shall be two per centum of the gross value of the output of the minerals at the mine dug and payable at the end of each month succeeding that of the extract ion of the minerals from the mine and an annual rental. payable at the date of such lease and annually thereafter on the area covered by such lease. at the rate of twenty-five cents per acre for the first calendar year thereafter. fifty cents per acre for the second. third. fourth and fifth years respect lively and S1 per acre for each and every year thereafter"
 The lessee is also required to eN- pend not less than SI00 in develop n'ent work annually on each claip and the bill contains provisions for the forfeiture of the leases in the event of non-payment of rent or non-user' of rights.
 It is claimed that the passage of this bill will open to use and develop ment some highly promising deposits which have. heretofore. been impossi- bit of working.
Bisbee daily review., 1916-03-26
PIONEER PROSPECT0R
 RETURNS TO TUCSON;
 TELLS OF EARLY DAYS
Old Time Engineer, Topogra- pher arlI Surveyor Visits Old Pueblo and Relates h. teresting Experiences.

TUCSON, March 25.-The man who first reported on the Bisbee copper mines, who drew Senator Clark's at tentio nto the United Verde, and who believes that he discovered the Ajo mines, is in Tucson. He is Paul Rice ker, pioneer mining engineer. survey or and topographer. Yesterday Rice ker visited the Pioneer Society rooms and met several of his former associa- tes, but when he visited The Star office he found more of them in Colo nel McClintock's history of Arizona, men who made their mark and died years ago Riecker himself is still strong, active, robust man.
 When Riecker was Tn the service of the government making military roads at Prescott. he was asked by General Wilcox, in command at Fort Whipple to report on the Bisbee mines while he was engaged in that part of the territory Wilcox and his associates had an option on the mines for $l3,- 00O Copper was then worth seven cents. Riecker's preliminary report was that he found Bisbee solid mountain of ore and advised Wilcox to buy. Before Riecker could reach General had allowed his option to lapse and another man had bought it for $17,00O. He in turn sold it to a San Francisco wholesale dealer in photographic supplies for Sl0O,O0O, and he in turn sold it to the present owners. Since then millions of dol lars worth of ore have been taken from the mines owned by the Copper Queen Mining company.
 It was around beer table at Butte that Riecker. who was familiar with mining conditions in the territory of Arizona, brought to Senator Clark's attention the United Verde Mines. Clark was then moderately success full mining man and owned a little bank at Butte. Altogether he was worth about S1OO.OO0 A year later Clark had bougth the mine and since then each one of his thousand dollars have become hundreds of thousands and then millions.
 "I have never seen Clark from that evening around the beer table in Butte until this day said Riecker.
 Found Ajo Mine.
 In the early days of the Southern Pacific in the southwest, Riecker and several railroad men filed on a rich copper claim in what is now known
 Continued on Page 6)
Bisbee daily review., 1916-03-26
FARMERS REJOICE Al NEWS THAT SHELTER
 SMOKE IS DOOMED
Decision of Calumet and Ari- zona to Build Sulphuric Acid Plant and Stop Fumes Brings Joy to Valley.

McNEAL. March 24.-The farmers of the Sulphur Spring Valley are hap 4uy. The announcement. recently made by Captain John C. Greenway, gener- al manager of the Calumet & Arizona mines and smelter. that the smelter at Douglas was to be greately improv- cd by the expenditure of over one mil lion has brought joy 10 the hearts of the hundreds of farmers living all through the Sulphur Spring valley.
 The most important improvement an nounced for the smelter is the build ing of a sulphuric acid plant that will necessitate the removing from the great quantity of sulphur smoke most of the clements that are so injurious 10 vegetation.
 It is estimated that there are sever al hundred tons of rich copper ore. in the form of fiue dust. come out of the top of the great smoke stacks. with the smoke every day This dust is blown by the winds for miles in every direc- ton and if it settles upon freshly irri- gaed vegetation it becomes an acid and does great damage. Because of this. but little farming is done close to Douglas.
 With the elimination of this danger ous element from the smoke. farming will be carried on extensively in all parts of the big valley Land. that has heretofore been considered worthless is finding ready market and many new settlers are coming into all parts of the valley
 During he past few years many val uable crops on the farms close 10 tho smelters have been ruined by the sul- phur smoke and the companies have been threatened with lawsuits. For this reason it is believed that the Cop per Queen smelter will soon follow the lead taken by the Calumet X Arizona.
 The land all through the valley is rich and there is ample water for pump irrigation from shallow wells. There are several sites for storage dams on both sides of the valley and it is only matter Of inc until these are built One small dam is now in operation. ten miles east of McNeal. which carried enough water through three miles of wooden pipe line 10 ir- rieate section of land.
 There is big money to be made in farming in this valley as the mining towns of Bisbee snd Douglas furnish ready market for all the tarmer has to sell and st top prices.
Bisbee daily review., 1916-03-26

German Imperial Insurance Office has subscribed 60,00o.O00 marks uear sI5,O00.00o to fourth Germsn war loan
 Fifty cases of Asistic cholera gre occurring daily in Belgrade and 20 deaths have already occurred
Bisbee daily review., 1916-03-26

Progress is being made in New York in formation of the Directors Trust Co. Proposed institution will specialize in marine matters.
Bisbee daily review., 1916-03-26

New York. American says Guar anty Trust Co. has practically sold all Of I10.O0O.OO0 Argentine one year discount notes offered to investors.
Bisbee daily review., 1916-03-26
Confidence Preuails
 In Metals and Shares of Arizona Combdnis
New Cornea and Jerome Verde Leaders in the Buying Movement All of These Stocks Register Phenomenal Gains in the Past Week. All Have Great Showngs.
the Union. Wallace McKeehans Safety Report with ln- teesting Features Attached Various Subjects Relating Thereto Had Work Shows Tremendous Increase.

Thereto Had Work Shows Tremendous Increase. Feelings vaiously
  position the market for red proportion experienced buoyaney tees mining is being feverish activity the Copper Queen Calumet Arizona flame 
  demand oOhOd is conservative willing months impetus
  largely in  securities
 
  largely 
  property of 
 
  fact that this security selling around when should be close to 100 Al
 
 in of present earning per share
  position
 
 In has high s5 yesterday closing 2S The attributed marvellous howing view heard high authority 100000 this merely indicative which will be developed progresses disclosed conservative of the situation.
  old United Verde jumped a three dollars closing will Another impossible vercation tells Ricketts Calumet m
  Arizona and will a figures given the following table
Bisbee daily review., 1916-03-26


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The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1916-09-01
Bad Lands Rich.

That the Bad Lands of South Dako-
ia will in time prove more valuable to
the state than has all the gold ever
taken out Of the Black Hills, is the
prediction of chemists who have been
going over the Bad Land region this
summer.
They claim to have found deposits
bearing platinum and aluminium richer
than any O being worked anywhere
in the world, also that the sediment OF
the White river which drains a large
part of the Bad Lands is rich in kao-
lin, and that the Bad Lands soil bears
SO large a percentage of nitrogen that
when mixed with black soil makes it
one Of the best of fertilizers.
The prediction is that, when proper
ly developed, the Bad Lands will bring
greater wealth to the state than has
the opening of the gold mines in the
Black Hills, which have given up near
ly two hundred million dollars of gold
since the beginning of the gold mining
operations in that part of the state.
While the Bad Lands have been lock-
ed upon as one of the peculiar forma-
tons Of the northv est, the large scope
Of country covered by this formation
has been looked upon as practically abb
solutely waste" land, and little atten-
ton has been paid to it.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1916-09-01
NO USE FOR HEARSE THERE
Sleepy Drivers Horses Brought His
Unwelcome Vehicle to the Wrong
Neiqhborhood.

Carl Blessing, q young farmer, liv-
Ing ear Columbus, was at work in
n field some distance from his home.
He happened to look in the direction
of his house and Their stopped to look
again. A hearse was being driven up
the lane and as he stood there watch
ing, the horses stopped with the henrse
at h Blessing gate. Blessing ran to
the house to see what had happened.
On the front seat of the hearse was
the driver, fast asleep. Blessing awak-
ened him.
ARE you not dead?" the driver
asked.
Not that you could notice." Bless
ing returned.
"Well, isn't anybody dead here?"
Not unless they died in the last
fire minutes" said Blessing.
'Then the driver realized he hsd
gone to sleep and the horses had
turned into the Blessing lane Of their
W accord. He remembered that he
was going to the White creek neigh.
bOrhoOd. SO he turned around, went
down the lane and remained awake
until he arrived at his destination.-
indianapolis News.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1916-09-01
Not a DYING Race.

In an address given under the aus
pieces OF the Commercial club at Rapid
City. Catel Sells, commissioner for In.
dian affairs, declares that it is a mis-
taken impression hat the Indian in
the United States is a dying race. Last
year, he asserted. the birth rate ex.
ceeded the deaths by several h rdred
and there are o $500 0 Indians un.
der the government charge in this
country. of which 60. 900 are of school
age He asserted that the indians
have a bright future, that they are
showing Improvement, and that III.
cation will make them factors in the
United States. He spoke at some
length of the government efforts 20
keep liquor away from the Indian. AID
stated that it was his worst enemy and
did more than sickness to injure the
race
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1916-09-01
SOUTH DAkorA's ASSESSED VAL,
UATloN is FOUND TO BE.
$t,3o3,5oo,o1s.
OTHER ITEMS OF INTEREST
From the Capital City, the Various
State institutions and from
Many Different Parts Of
the Sunshine State.

PIERRE
The total assessed valuation of South
Dakota, as shown by the final figures
OF the state tax commission, is 81, 303,-
5OO,019, crowding we'll over 81, 500, OOO,.
600. The increase over the figures of
two years ago is $31, 1896. 1888. OF these
figures, real estate and town lots carry
the greatest amount, their valuation
running to 1910, O39, ZIG, while person
al property is placed at 1874, 1874, 1874.
To these are added the valuation
placed upon corporate property of all
classes, which fixed at s13S, 1925 19.
This is divided among the different
classes: Railways, $3.50, O96. TIA: tele,
phones, $3.50. 303; express companies,
$2,498,000; telegraph companies, 1885,.
977; private cars, Pullman and freight,
$444, 725.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1916-09-01
Pepper Manqoes.

Cut off stem ends Of large green
sweet (Be1l) peppers and remove
seeds. Soak in strong brine for three
days. Then take eight tablespoonfuls
Of chopped cabbage, -four teaspoonfuls
of English mustard seed, one table
spoonful mustard seed, two table
spoonfuls chopped onions, one tea
spoonful each Of grated horseradish,
whole pepper corns and ground mace
and a heaping tablespoonful Of brown
sugar. Moist<n to a paste with salad
oil and stuff the peppers, tying he tops
on with cord after the peppers have
been filled. Pack in u stone jar and
cover with scalding vinegar, to which
has been added half a cupful Of brown
sugar. Let stand several months be
fore using.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1916-09-01
Baked Onions.

Peel as many good, firm medium
sized onions as the size Of your family
will require. Put them into a sauce
pan and parboil until tender, not done.
Remove and drain water carefully off.
Then place in a deep baking dish. close
enough together so that they will just
swell. Season with salt, pepper and
a few tiny pieces of butter. Cover
with a layer Of finely rolled bread
crumbs, drop two or three pieces Of
butter on these. pour ver all one cup-
full Of cream or rich milk end bake I'M
til the crumbs are a rich golden brown.
Bake in a moderate oven. Remove
and serve in individual dishes, either
plain or with Il white sauce.