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Bisbee daily review., 1916-09-28
NATIONAL RESULTS

BROOKLYN. Sept. 27. - Brooklyn played good ball today and increased it's lead to one and one half games in the pennant race.
 R. H F.. Chicago 900 000 000-0 ! 1 Brooklyn 100 900 10x-2 , l Batteries - Vaughn and Wilson; Smith and Miller.
Bisbee daily review., 1916-09-28
BRAVES 1; PIRATES 0

BOSTON. Sept. 27.-Boston won its sixth straight game l to o from Pitts burg today in the last game of the season. Tyler kept four hits well scattered and was never in danger.
 D. H. F. Pittsburg 900 900 OOG-O 2 Boston 900 900 O1X-1 0 Batteries Cooper and w. Wagner; Tyler and Gowdy, Blackburn.
Bisbee daily review., 1916-09-28
AT THE TOP TODAY

CHICAGO, Sept. 27.-The standing of the leading teams in the American league after today's games follows:
Bisbee daily review., 1916-09-28

Although the British the that Sheon no hen France frightening German soldiers half their allies Peoria Ill., by the Holt Manufacturing pu chased GOD them Holt type U. n ie
Bisbee daily review., 1916-09-28
THE FINEST
Buxton-Smith Co.,, Distributors.
Declaration of Principles

The undersigned residents and taxpayers of the War District hereby enroll themselves members of the Citizens Protective League the purpose of which shall be to promote better city and county government to preserve order and enforce law reduce and foster and protect the best interests of the district with out discrimination against any man because of his bership non-membershp in any organization ciety.
 Persons desiring to sign this declaration and become members of the Citizens Protective League find list for signature any business house of member of the League.
Bisbee daily review., 1916-09-28

AMERICAN ASSOCIATION Kansas City 4; St. Paul 6. At Louisville 6, 5; Indianapolis s, Q. At Columbus 15; Toledo 5. At Milwaukee-M Minneapolis, rain.
Bisbee daily review., 1916-09-28
COAST RESULTS

Batteries Klawitter, Piercey and Hannah: Crandall and Bassler.
Bisbee daily review., 1916-09-28

At San Francisco R. H. k. San Francisco l2 Oakland 10
 Batteries Oldham, Kouch. Baum and Brooks: Burns and Yam.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-12-13
|LEAN-UP PLANS ANNOUNCED
PROCLAMATION IS ISSUED
rTrzENs OF WAXAHACHIE HAVE BEEN CALLED UP
on TO RESPOND TO MOVEMENT INAUGURATED TO
PREVENT SPREAD OF DISEASE.

ubss the ladies of the various
\. ssembled Tuesday afternoon
;oint session following the Cham
!. If commerce luncheon to formu-
!. plans for a general cleanup OF
civ Mrs. Tom Lake was made
.,i,mar The various members OF
]. eonl renee gave their ideas OF
4 hest method of procedure, after
,.,h il was decided to issue 4 cir
In to he delivered at every home
ne city. which shall contain an
rent appeal for a general clean
m Friday, December IS, in an
Ant 10 prevent a further spread
disease. 1t was decided that the
Aasr should bear the signatures
he Mayor the city health Off
i The Chamber of Commerce, Bay
ag club, Shakespeare club, Music
b and Daughters of Confederacy
/ IS the purpose of the ladies 10
|r,eal to the citizenship for cooper
LAIN in this movement which is IN
|ggurated for the purpose OF safe
|muling the health of the people of
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-12-13
.GERMAMY's WAR LOSSES
TOTAL THREE MILLION
MR. TOTAL LOSSES UP To END
OF NOVEMBER ToTALED
S,o2I $50 MIN.
OF This Number, sie.o2. We're List
ell A. Dcad-Novembcr
Losses Total About
I8S,fs8 Men.

LONDON. December i3.-Germa-
ny's total losses in the war 40 %
the end of November totaled s.e2i.-
$50 men, according to figures based
on the official casualty list or this
number. 946.027 we're listed as
dead. The casualties for November
as reported here total l6e,i76. in
Guiding 30,464 dead.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-12-13
GREEK REGULARS FIGHT|NG
WITH THE FRENCH TROOPS
THE FRENCH LINE HAS BEEN
PIERCED NEAR THE TOWN
OF KATERlNI.

BERRELL, Dec. IA Greek
captain has captured Katerini and
now stands with 5000 men oppos-
ing the French. which lines have
been pierced. Fighting is going on
north of Katerini between the Greek
regulars and Frnch.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-12-13
HENRY FSssD PLEASED
WITH THE PEACE TALK

DETROIT. Dec 13.-"Germany s
action should be applauded around
the world" said Henry Ford, head
of the Copenhagen peace confer
ence, commenting on Cermany's
peace proposals.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-12-13
DECLINE IN WHEAT Prices
SENDS FLOUR DOWN sK|Os
FLOUR PRICES QUOTED TODAY
SHOW A LOSS OF SIXTY CENTS
BARREL OVER YESTERDAY.

MINNEAPOLIS, December a.
Flour prices went tumbling at Min
neapolis today as result of yt ster-
days sensational decline in heat
prices. The prices quoted today
show loss of 90 cents per / irrel
over yesterday.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-12-13
BIT Off OFFICERS EAR
DRAWS YEAR IN PRISON
..IT WAS SUCH A LITTLE BITE,
TOO, HARDLY A MDuTHFUII,"
SAID THE DEFENDANT.

FORT WORTH. Texas, Dec. ID
Floyd Hickman, who bit a chunk
out of Patrolman Lucas ear when
the latter arrested him for retailing
quantity of whiskey, was today SEN
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-12-13
GENERAL JOFFRE COUNSELLOR
IN MEM FRENCH CABINET

PARIS, December i3.-Gene al
Joffre is councillor in Premier
Brands new war cpuncil, it was Of
noially announced today General
Nizelle, defender Of Nerdun, has been
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-12-13

made commander in CHIEF of the
French armies in north and north
east France.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-12-13

Perhaps there is a great demand
for fiction because so much of the
truth Is d sagreeable.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-12-13

When a man goes on vacation,
he doesn't want to rest, particularly,
II he isfa young man.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-12-13

Z. b. PRINCE, Mayer.
Captains Are Appointed.

City Health Officer DR.. Berry fol-
lowing the recommendation of the
Chamber of Commerce has districted
the town into fouf districts and has
appointed four we'll know citizens as
captains OF the districts to aid him
in carrying out the work on Friday,
December Is. He makes the IL.
& T. C. railroad tho north and south
division and College street the east
and west division. j. Lee Penn IS
aDpointed captain of that district
north of the railway and west of Col
lege street. ". G. McClain is named
as captain of that district north OF
the railroad and east of College
street, soc Erwin is named as cap
tain of that district south OF the rail
road and east of College street and
T. i. Thompson is named for the
district south of the railroad and
west OF College street.
III Berry makes the suggestion
that these captains arrange Tor
meeting place OF the forces that viii
join in the cleanup movement On
Friday and that they take street by
street and alley by alley and pick up
all the trash that is piled out in the
alleys and make note OF the places
that have not been cleaned up. Dr.
Berry realizes that it is his duty TO
have those citizens clean up who cam
rot be induced through civic pride TO
join in thes movement and he wants
TO do the work in most thorough
manner.
The city health officer VIII rely
upon The captains to give him infof-
matioa and to aid him in calling TO
the mind OF the people the necessity
Ifor immediate action along this line.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-12-13

An advance OF fSe cents per barrel
OF Healdton cr ie oil was posted
here today. T'h rev price is fifty
cents
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-12-13
Liverpool Sales.
neat December, closed
Local Market.

'l7 Haxahachie dealers are pay
me following prices for country
3dce today:
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-12-13

fenced to years imprisonment.
1T was such little bite, too, not
hardly mouthful," said Hickman.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-12-13

Oklahoma Oil Advanced.
ARBMORE. Ok, December W
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-12-13

There are lot or liars In this
world because it Is easier to guess
than to look MP the facts.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-12-13

Read t,e t.sht yet ali the news.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-12-13
80 =
MARKET REPORT.
Iotton-Ncw Orleans Futures.

VUttUn-NcW Of1eanS Futures.
fesdy Today
Closed Open High Low Closed
'li 1901 1882 1890 1890 1881
Ar 1890 1920 1926 1856 1872
AY ls.47 1S.47 1S.47 1892 1898
'slY 1916 1858 1862 1911 1926
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-12-13

/ the city. To stimulate interest in
lcertain sections of the city it was de-
cided to give prizes to the boy in
Freedman who would accumulate the
largest pile of trash and old tin cans:
also prize will be given to the
white boy who reports to the chair
man OF his district the worst civic
condition to be found in that dis
trict.
The joint session named the fol-
lowing ladies from the clubs to aid
the captains appointed by the Cham
Der OF Commerce to aid the city
health officer in making cleanup day
success; Mrs. Lomax, Mrs. New
ton, Mrs. Pick Hardin, Mrs. Shores,
Mrs. Brady, Mrs. Getzendaner.
Acting upon a request from the
joint body Mayor e. B. Prince has Isl
sued the following proclamation call
ing upon the people to clean up
throughout the city:
', Clean-Up Proclamation.
To better safeguard the health of
the people of the city of Waxahacliie,
lit is deemed advisable 10 have a gen
eral clean III day ON which the citi-
zens will unite in an effort to i'm
lprove tbs sanitary condition through
out the entire city; therefore |, as
mayor, hereby designate Friday,
December Is, as clean.Gp day ana
urge he people Of the Town 20 CO.
operate in the movement to prey vent
further spread OF disease IN so
much as germs III in trash and
filth ii behooves eaon and every citi-
zen to make a careful inspection Of
his or her premises ard remove all
accumulated trash. ur Fr;siay. De-
cemoer y. .n- ~. tta.th ann fair-.
will be pla -lNA me { eFusa, of the
vafiouS .nrdt:ass - ga Of such
trash as is piled in the alleys
II
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1916-03-16
Buick Cars.
Joseph Skorpik

Oznamuji tfmto vefejnosti, re
cd dnesnfho dine pfestavam brati
jakoukoliv prominentnf GGast ma
vsem, jak We mGstskfch zalezitos-
tech tax jinak, a obmezim Sc pou
re ma to, re budu jen napomocen
We vsem sm9fujfcf ku zdaru mGsta
a okolf dokuP jsem zde. Poznal
jsem pc trpke zkuSenosti, Re Clio
vek ida rovnou cestou, Re ne vzdy
jest mu porozumeno a jeho prace
b5va ocenena. Drzel jsem 1fad
smfrGiho soudce pc dobu deset let
"a tn dobu jsem vzdy hledGl ono
mfsto spravne zastavati, ale jezto
Sc v poslednfch par letech vysky.
Ito n9kolik pffpadG kdy jsem mu-
sci konat svoji povinnost, udelal
jsem 81 nekolik nepfatel.
X tomu Sc navdzaly i jin6 v9ci, jez
nebyly prave pod moi kontroIou,
a davaly Sc mne ma vrub, aG jsem
nebyl jejich pGvodcem. Dale jsem
co smfrGi soudce oddal n9kolik par
XII, ktere by Sc jinak daily oddat u
jineho soudce; n6kolikrate jsem
byl pozvan bych fe6nil pfi pohfbu
a v}sledek toho, Re Sc ma Glov9ka
vselijak pohliAi, a kdyby n6kde
jen Sc malo profekI, jiz Sc to I'VE
Iicuje pax Sc 1toci, Dostal jsem
dobrou skolu, II proto cd dnesnfho
dne, pfestanu We vsf cinnosti mimo
toho, Re 81 budu hledet sveho OBJ.
chodu a zadal bych laskav9, ably
kazdy, jenz Sc tolik o mne stara,
ably cinil podobne, a ujistuji jej ze
nebude mfti pfflezitost ma mn9 v
zadnem padu nafikati. Chci btti
1pln6 neGinntm We vsem a budu
spokojen bSti pdtSm kolem u vo
gu, jak Sc slusi a patti ma Gesk6ho
novinafe cesk6 osadG, a koneGn9
Sc to neilepe vyplacf. Pokrytcem
ale nikdy nebudu.
Nebude-li pokoj ami tehdy, jsou
jinde mfsta take. Moana Re by
zde lepe pochodif novinaf ne Czech
nebof ma takoveho by nekteff lide
zdejsf pohlizeli docela iinak. Kde
clovsk vydav6 casopis pro iistou
Itffdn lidu, ma praci zcela jednodu-
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1916-03-16

Oznamujf vefeinosti, Re jse
pfevzal fizenf Hanford ProduI
Co. a uchazfm Sc O obchod t6l
jenz prodavajf smetanu. VynaSl
Tim Sc kazdeho svedomite obslOI
ziti a budu vzdy platit nejyySSi 4
ny "a smetanu a vejce. G, u
Root. Adj
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1916-03-16
P9kne pobavenf pfipravili zaci

sobotu veGer We spolkove SIM. Po-
cast bylo idealnf a sin byla naplne-
ma do posledniho mfsteGka. Pro-
gram byl zahajen americkou hymn
nou a pax pfedseda skolniho vybo
ru p. Jos. Novotny pfivftal pff-
tonne. Mezi tfsly programu tez
shromazd6nf oslovil p. j. A. Wag
ner v Gesk6 feGi a skoldozorce
Fites angIick6. Zaci velmi dob
re provedly sve 1lohy, a zvlastnf
zmfnku 81 zaslouzf Alois Petffk
jenz 81 We sv6 GIoze poGinal jake
pravJ herec. ZavereGnf pisen,
Make dat Chicken Pie" vyvodila
takoyou boufi potlesku, Re zaci II
musely celou opakovat. Principal
ka 81. McCardelI pax obdrzela cd
zakG kytici zivSch kv6tin, co uzna
nj jeff prace. Sd9luje Sc nam, Re
zaci cely program budou davati v
Lesterville sobotu Is bfezna, ne
bot zde byl znaGn} pocet lidi z
Lesterville, ktefi sami radili k to-
mu.
MinulS Gtvrtek vecer zdejsi ha-
siei uspofadali soukromny vecirek
ma rozlouGenou dv6ma GlenGm,
Will Machovi a A. A. BlaGhnfko-
vi, jenz brzy Sc odst6hujf do Mon
tany. Pc veGirku pax Lewis Wei
fl svolal schulz obchodnikI, "a 1Ge
lem pojednani o vecech We pros
pech mesta. We schulz bylo navr-
zeno by nekdy ma podzim Sc zde
odb5vala vfstava dobytka far
mersk5ch plodin ma ktere by Sc
davaly premie. Tuto myslenku
dial Fred Anderson jenz koupil ne
davno vetsf poGet plnokrevn6ho
dobytka vepfoveho a byl voln5m
cele stado sem pfivezti padu, Re
by takova v5stava Sc zde odb5va-
la. Timto zp1soben by Sc nejl6pe
zapoGalo zde hnutf pro zlepsenf do
macfch zvifat a Tabor ma dosti
velkou teritorii ably takova VISTA
va Sc potkala kazdorocne 6spe-
chem. Mic urGiteho Sc Size We
schulz nevykonalo, ale byl pfedse-
dou p. WeIfem ustanoven vybor
iehoz uGelem b u d e, klub OBJ
chodnfku opetne zaloziti, nebot
ien tfmto zpGsobem Sc da neco pro
vesti. Bee zdruzenf obchodnfkG
to nejde. Zde jest tfeba trochu
vzajemnosti spoleGn6 prace, We
kter6 iak byIo poznamenano, by
nem6lo b5ti zadne stranickosti, a
kazdy by mel tahati "a jeden pro-
vaz. Bylo jiz drive navrhnuto a
by Sc zde zalozila m9stska kapela,
ktera by lete davala v urGite dni
koncerty ma ulici, cimz by byla
| iednotv arnost pferusena a vse OH
veno, Nejen m6stStf Tide, ale i
rolnici, by vse takov6 dovedli oce-
nit a zivot vsech by byl zpfiiem-
men. Bylo by zahodno ziednati
dobr6ho kapelnfka, jenz by 81 ka-
pelu wal ma starost. Proto ruce
k dilu k spole Gn6mu prospGchu.
Sdeluje Sc nam, Re nekolik obca
MI re Scotland minulf ctvrtek me-
10 sm1lu sevcovskou. Ash pet mil
zapadn& cd m6sta sjeli do Skarpy a
dali Sc pfitahnout do mesta. Zde
Jim karu sprawl sotva zah null
rob, minuli Sc sirokeho mostu u
Will Macha sjeli do prohlOuben6
skarpy karu rozmlatili zas. Nj
kdo nebyl zabit ami potlucen ka
ia chudak to odstonala zas. Co
bylo pfiGinou re kara Sc mostIm
vyh5bala nevime. MONA Re mela
pfeplnenI ''karbjuretr".
Velk5 poGet zdejsiho lidu byl v
Yankton ned9li Sc podfvst ma "a
topu pofftf feky. Neilepsf pohled
byl cd nemocnice, kde voda sahala
az ku kopci. Voda byla nejv5s We
stfedu avsak do stfedy opodIa til
stfevfce.
Josef NovotnJ obdrzel cd sv6ho
synovce F. j. Skaly, jenz Sc pre-
sfdlil z Park River, N. d. do Big
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1916-03-16
DOMACl zPRAvY.

nFeDlCl We SITeuu.
Platte sv6 dane ma Taborske
bance. Adv.
SazeniGky ma prodej 5 10c storu.
Adv.
L. J. Kubista zde travil ned6li
a pondelf navstevou.
Karel Vauk, ST., byl v Tyndall
v pondelf navst9VOu.
Ma prodej, m6kk6 uhli v King
elevator. (Adv.
Ma prodej, 6 tun sena. F. j..
HorhGek, Tabor, route 2.
500 buslu korny ma semeno. A.
Vavra, Lakeport. Adv.
Jan Cimpl cd Dante byl zde nav
stevou bratra dterJ.
Pi. G. F. Blachnfka z Yankton
sem 1tery pfijela ma navstevu.
Pr. H. Schneidra Wagner sem
pfijela ma navstevu Gtety.
Nam ma prodej 10 dojnic, n6kte
re bfezi. Jan Hamburger. Adv.
Plymouth Rock vejce ma prodei
Is vajec "a SOC. Pf.J. G. Bouska.
Pr. Johna Novaka cd Ravinia
sem pfijela v literS ma navstevu.
ST. Anna a Kristfna Koupalo-
Wy cd Dante sem v Gter{ pfijely
ma navst9vu.
Tomas Koupal cd Avon byl zde
navstGvou u rodic1, manzelu Ma
tel KoupalovSch.
Tomas Ptak a jeho manzelka Sc
odstehovali tento tSden ma svoji
farmu u Dante.
Pr. Al. Jezewskiho byla navste-
YOU svSch rodiGG, manzelI FIR.
Haklovych, v Yankton.
Name jednatelstvf cd firmy
Quincy v Yankton ma kvetiny a
zelepiny. A.J.Novak.
Red Seal bflou a pravou zitnou
mouku koupfte vzdy We farmer
skem elevatoru. Adv.
J. J. Bouska jenz drive bydlel v
Tyndall, nam sdeluje bychom mu
zasilali casopis do Scotland.
Ma prodej, dun a 3 Lofty Tabo-
Re. Dunn ma 5 svetnic. FIR. Her
man. Adv.
Minula ned9le byla jeden nej-
krasn6jsfch dnG, a bylo to take
znat, jak Sc automobily rojily.
Naleznete plnou zasobu zelezn6-
ho zbozi a nadobf v 1Oc Storu.
Adv.
MGjte vzdy donna Pyro stffkaG-
ku ma ohefi; zachrsnite talk svIj
majetek. Ma prodej v garazi. AID
Kdykoliv potfebujete otruby,
midlink, anebo oil meal, Haste Sc
We farmersk@m elevatoru. Adv.
Starry Vavvra st9hoval mastal
a pomahali mu sousede Beran, Be-
henskJ, Houser a Merkvan a pra-
CT udelali dobrou.
Peter Byrne 81 koupiI mal5 O.
verland, model Is, cd Tabor Auto
Co. Ona tirma Geka karu automo
bilG rGznJch velikostf.
Dejte Sc pojistit ma zivot slime
spoleGnosti kterou jest U. S. Annu
ity Life ms. Co. j. F. Hostel,
mistni jednatel. Adv.
Frank Koupal a jeho manzelka
jenz nynf bydlf u Dante, sem pfi-
jeli minulS ctvrtek ma navstevu.
nov6m domov6 Sc Jim libi.
j. w. Bystfick5 jeho manzel-
ka Sc odstehovali ma farmu ktera
drive patfila FIR. Koupalovi KITE
rou z rentovaIi cd j. A. Wagnera.
We Gtvrtek rano shofel most ma
milwauksk6 draze mezi Tyndall a
Avon a jfzda vIakG nasledkem t.
no byla pferusena.
Pr. Jos. Melichara, pr. Jos. Toe
zka, pr Barbora Novakova, pr.
Goe. KoletzkSho a 81. Koupalova
byly v Yankton We stfedu.
Ma prodej, dunn a lot v dobfe
Gasti Tabora. Dunn ma 4 veIk&
sv6tnice mimo tfech mensfch. Lot
Jest 118x22O stfevfcfch. Pekn5
majetek, Frank Beran. Adv.
We zdejsim katolickem kostele
Sc tento t5den od65vala ctyficeti
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1916-03-16

chou, ale kde odbfraif casopis kI
toilet, svobodomyslnf, evangelid
atd., tn novinaf nem1ze bfti dOs
opatrnym a phi neilepsf Will
vzdy vsem nemnze zachovati. All
81 kazda ia tffda v malem NEST
jake je Tabor vydrzovala svuj lisI
jest nemozno, pon6vac zadna str
ma nenf pocetne silna ably 81 il
vydrzovala, a kaEdy soudn5 t4
vek must doznati, ze novinaf jail
ja ma kus peprn6 prace, ably asp4
vSem t6mto tffdam vyhov9l. Ka
to nezakusil nemIze to chapat
take by takov5 novinaf mel MI
trochu prominuti.
j. A. Dvofak.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-01-03
FACTORY PROSPECTS
ARE VERY BRIGHT
In. Il. Bowen Believes Hamilton Will
Get Many New Industries In
the Near Future.

Hamilton Press: During the first
month r. H. Bowen has written to
eighty Of the leading manufacturing
institutions Of this country, calling
Ito their attention the advantages Of
Hamilton. He has received thirty re-
plies, a large number Of which indicate
that II the proper steps are taken large
factories may be secured for Hamilton.
Mr.. Bowen, during the past two years,
has written over two thousand simil-
ar letters, and is now carrying on ne
gotiations with some Of the largest
manufacturers in the country, which
he has gotten in touch with In this
manner.
The dismantling Of large. factories
and the moving of these factories to
new locations is difficult to obtain and
involves slow process, but Mr. Bow
ems persistent hammering away is
bound to produce results, as is shown
by his recent correspondence The
recent correspondence are greater in
number and more encouraging. which
indicates that general conditions are
getting better Mr. Bowen's persist
emit efforts should be encouraged by
every one that desires to see Hamilton
An industrial center.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-01-03
WARM DECEMBER,
SUMMARY SHOWS
Mean Temperature for Last Month Of
the Year Was go, While
Normal Il only
23.4.
PRECIPITATION LESS
Normal for Month 10 1877, But Figures
for the Month Show Only
1.4e-Few Clear
Days.

December was warmer than the
normal temperature for the month
for the last forty-dve years. and the
precipitation proved to be somewhat
less than the normal for the month
The temperature for the month OF
December was 20. according to the
monthly meteorological summary is
sued by the local weather bureau. F.
z. Gosewisch in charge. The normal
for the last forty-nve years was 23.4.
The highest temperature was found
on December %, when the thermome-
ter registered 50. The lowest was on
December 70 when the thermometer
registered Z.
Total precipitation for December
was 1.49. The normal for the month
is 1877. The greatest precipitation
occurred on the 18th when AZ was
recorded.
December, 1915, was cloudy
month. There were only seven clear
days. Twelve were partly cloudy and
there were twelve cloudy days. Sleet
occurred on December 10, - and Is.
The prevailing wind direction was
west and the total movement was T.
952 miles.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-01-03
Amount Expended on RIver Work In
1915, Was $1,2so,ooo, Figures
From Chief Engineer
Show.
HARBoRs ARE IMPROVED
ksokuk Work 10 included In This
Budget Several Dams Were
Built In Upper
Waters.

The sum Of $1,245,689 was spent
during the year Of 1915 in improving
the Rock Island district Of the Mis-
ssisippi river or all territory between
Minneapolis, Mimi. and the mouth
OF the Missouri river, according to q
recent report Of Major g. NJ. Hoffman,
who Is in charge Of the river work in
this district.
The report gives detailed account
Of the work done in this district dur
ing the past year. Portions of the re-
port Of interest to Keokuk people fol-
low:
I'm the division. Rock Island to
Burlington, hired labor work was car
ried between Buffalo and Fairport and
below OQuawka. A dredge Mayor
was used for . time In building sand
formations for dams, and during re-
mainder Of season In dredging 6
foot channel in Muscatine slough. BY
hired labor there were built nine dams,
six were repaired. Two heightened
and one piece of shore protection.
By contract in vicinity of Fairport,
IL dams were built, four repaired and
SIX heightened.
''In addition to channel improve
ment, much has been accomplished in
the Improvement of various harbors.i
among which may be mentioned st.
Paul, Red Wing. Lake City, Stock.
holm. Pepin. Fountain City, La Crosse,
Cassville, Prairie du CHEN, Dubuque,
Clinton, Port Byron, Moline, Rock
Island, Muscat1ne, Burlington, Fort
Madison, Keokuk, Quincy, Hannibal,
Louisville, Hamburg and GAINESVILLE.
"This Office built the levee from the
Iowa river to Burlington, and perform
ed considerable work on the Warsaw
Quincy and Sny levees."
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-01-03
FLOOD DANGER -
HAS BEEN CHECKED
Freeze Up Of River and End Of Rain
Gives HopeS Of No More
Damage.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Servfce]
CLEVELAND, Ohio, Jan. 3-Possi
bility Of serious flood damage ir
Ohio had passed today when freexine
weather set in and rain stopped
Floods In nortrern Ohio, due to mel
ing SHOWS and twenty-fouri hours raj
caused considerable damage AT Fr
mont, many families were driver
from their homes when the Sandusky
river overlooked its banks, causins
800, 200 property loss. At Lima there
was three feet of water in the factory
district. Twenty families were forced
to move when the Ottawa river over
flowed. No damage is reported al
Dayton where the Miami river rose to
thirteen feet. The Ohio river at Gin
cinnati reached 1919 feet, one-tenth OF
an inch Of the flood stage.