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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-04-29

CURED by it, as well as its franchises,
corporate stock, and individual shares
thereof, from all city or municipal
taxes which might otherwise be as
sessed and collected from said Keoklk
&: Hamilton Water Power company or
it's corporate share holders, for a per-
iod of twenty years from January l,
1907. and upon acce ptance and passing
of this ordinance the city of keokuk
will as further evidence thereof, and
Of said exemption, cause a certified
copy of this ordinance to be delivered
to the said company or its duly author
lied agents.
And adopted by the following vote
Yeas: Ayres, Hickey, earle, Land
man, Off, Ringstrom, Seemann, Tigue,
Westcott, Wustrow, total TO-
Nays: None.
Absent: Dysart, Hilpert, total 2.
JAMES CAMERON.
Mayor.
Attest: r R. Ayres.
Clerk Of the Council of the city of
keokuk
Resolution by Supervisors.
And On September 4, 1906, the board
of supervisors of Lee county, Iowa ad
opted a resolution as follows:
Whereas. the Keokuk e Hamilton
Water Power company have filed a
petition with this board of supervisors
of Lee county, Iowa, alleging that it
is a corporation duly organized and ex-
listing under and by virtue of the laws
of the state of Illinois, and has conf
piled with Section 1857 of the Code nf
the state of Iowa, and has authority u
do business in said state: and
Whereas, by virtue of an act of con-
gress approved February ., 1905, it
and its successors and assigns have
to erect, construct, operate
and maintain a dam across the Miss
issippi river at the foot of the Des
Moines rapids, from Keokuk, Iowa, u
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-04-29
Ordinance From CITY.

AN ORDINANCE ExEMPTTN4 THE
| KEOKUK e HAMILTON WATER
POWER COMPANY FROM TAXA
TON, RY THE CITY OF KEOKUK.
Be 1t Ordained by the City Council
OF the CITY of Keokuk:
That whereas, the Keokuk e Hamil.
ton Water Power COMPANY is a ccrpor
alton organized and existing under and
hv virtue OF the laws of the state of
Illinois and has complied with Sec
tton 1897 OF the Code of the state OF
Iowa. and has authority to- do business
In I'd state: and
Whereas. by an act ot congress ap-
proved February .. 1905, the said or
noration ITS Successors end assigns,
has authority to erect construct. on
crate and maintain a dam across the
Mississippi river at the foot of the Des
Moines rapids. from Keolu1S. Iowa to
Hamilton, Illinois, and locks and dry
docks IN connection Herewith, for the
purpose OF improving navigation of
said river, and to construct, operate
and maintain power stations on or In
connection with said dam for the de-
velopm ent of water power and the gen.
Grafton, use and transmission there
from Of electric energy and power to
be derived from the Des Moines rap
ids on the Mississippi river; and
Whereas, the navigation of said river
will be greatly improved by the con-
Istructlon of said dam and locks, which
will cost several millions of dollars
and said improvement Of navigation of
said river and development of water
power will greatly benefit the inhabit-
;ants of said city of Keokuk, and large
ly increase the taxable wealth thereof:
Now therefore, in consideration of
the premises and construction. opera
ton and maintenance of said dam and
the development Of said water power
the said city of Keokuk hereby ex-
empts said Keokuk &, Hamilton Water
Power company, its successors and as
signs, and all the property, real and
personal, now owned Or hereafter &C.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-04-29
Revives Old Mem cries.

Nauvoo Independent: The Keokuk
Gate City's editorial page is resum-
ing its old-time prestige, reminding
us Of the days of Sam Clark. Most
OF the editorials are very brilliant.
We have often wondered why some
capable person doesn't collect some
of Sam Clark's choicest writings
and have them printed in book form.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-04-29

Nelson Planning Min
Frank T. f. Schmidt
Inc Gate City Co., by G. F. Skiryin
Gent. Mgr.
J. +. & N. M. Smith
heokuk Canning Co, by VIM. Balm.
ger. Pres.
Caroline r. Davis, Estate
Edward X. tombstone
William Rankin, NJ. d.
rover Company's Commun lea alton,
accompanying the petition Is a
statement from the Mississippi River
roWer company signed by c. w. KEEL
ioSs' manager setting out the ordf-
hahces passed and agreements made
oet~een the council and supervisors
ana the power company as to taxation
sAenpllon. Following is the COM
munication:
TO the Honorable Mayor and CITY
Council Of the City of keokuk. Iowa
oteing as Board Of Review for the
Year 1916.
Gentlemen: The undersigned here.
py respectfully represents to your
honorable Body, that 1t complains OF
'ne assessment made against the Mis-
sisslppl River Power company by S. Fl.
oonnstoh. assessor, in and for the CITY
VI heokuk and Jackson township. in
que Lee county, Iowa. as shown by
assessment roll No /, for the wear
1910, city of keokuk, page 49, for the
Following reasons.
l. because said assessment roll was
NOT laid before your honorable BODY.
SUING as board of review on or he
lore the first Monday of April, 1916.
2. because all Of the property of
the undersigned, located In this assess.
ment district has been heretofore ex.
empted by the city council of the CITY
OF heokuk, Iowa, and the board OF
supervisors OF Lee county. Iowa, from
al assessment and taxation for twenty
years rom January 1st, 1907.
8. because the assessor. S. H John
SION was without jurisdiction or au-
lhority 70 make said assessment or
any assessment whatsoever.
=. BECAUSE the assessment made by
salu assessor is grossly excessive.
o. because a large norton OF the
property listed by the said assessor Is
not located within this assessment dis.
trict
g. Because the greater proportion
OF said property should be assessed as
real estate, and the assessor has no
authority to assess same this year, and
mas enormously assessed same as per-
sonal property.
I. Because large part OF said prop
erty SO assessed is located on land be-
longing to the undersigned Mississippi
River Power company much of which
/ was given to 1t for the purpose Of
erecting its said structures thereon. by
the congress Of the United States AMI
SAID property Is therefore real estate
and was assessed in 1915, and hence
Is not assessable this year.
.. Because large portion of said
property SO assessed was constructed
under an act of the congress of the
United States. authorizing the same
for the purpose of improving the navi-
cation OF the Mississippi river. and Is
not subject to assessment for taxation.
y. Because the city o. Keokuk. on
August 16. 1906, adopted the following
ordinance. known and designated as
Special ordinance No. s4.' and EMIT
led:
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-04-29
From the Front,

Sioux Falls Argus-Leader: Colonel
Bryan's spring drive in Nebraska has
been severely repulsed. The Bryan
forces sustained heavy casualties.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-04-29
Influential Business Interests
of City Urge Commission
ers to Keep Agreement
With Company.
DOCUMENTS is ON FILE
G Communication From Power
Company Setting Out the
Agreements, is Also Pre-
sented to Council.

A petition signed by the influen
tial business interests of tie city
and large holders of property, urging
the city council to stand by their
action in which they exempted the
Mississippi River Power company
from taxes, was presented to the
city council today. There are some
three hundred or more names on the
petition. The names are those OF
representative men of the city, the
prominent and influential business in.
terests being represented.
All of the signers of the petition
urge the city council to stand behind
their action of a few years ago, when
an ordinance was passed exemptina
the power company from taxation
The period of exemption was fol
twenty years. On the strength OF
such an exemption, the power com
pany began its project here. The as
SCISSOR in his return to the council
last month assessed the property n
100000 and added a penalty of 1OC
per cent. This penalty was because
the officials failed to sign the rolls
he said.
Since that time there have been
petitions circulated among some OF
the sections of the city asking the
council to go back on their word and
tax the company. The petitions on
file today is that the council stick to
its former action.
The Petition and signers.
Following is copy Of the petition
and list of signers:
% the Honorable Mayor and City
Council Of the City Of keokuk, Sit
ting as Board Of Review.
Gentlemen: We, the undersigned
citizens and tax payers of the City
of Keokuk, and of Lee County, Iowa.
respectfully represen to your honor
able body as follows:
In the year 1906, Lee County and
the City of Keokuk made a definite
promise to exempt the Keokuk &
Hamilton Water Power company, its
successors and assigns from all taxes
on all its property for period of
twenty years from and after January
l. 1907.
That an attempt is now being
made to break this promise and an
assessment of sixteen million dollars
has been made by the assessor
against tne PERSONAL property u the
Mississippi River Power company, the
successor of the Keokuk C Hamilton
Water Power company.
We therefore respectfully petition
your honorable body to set aside this
| assessment and to carry out to the
spirit of the promise made to this
company, believing that it will be
much for our business interests to
! treat the company fairly and gener
ously, and that no com munity can
expect to prosper, which deliberately
! violates q moral obligation and sets
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-04-29
es can now procure Peruna

The exquisite literature Sam Clark
eft to the world ought not be buried
with him or in the files of The Gate
City.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-04-29

William H. HnehiHe. 20 Myrtle ST., Beverly Mass,
writes four bottles of Peruna
throat Peruna all sufferers with
not think felt much better really surprised
work do think much praise be said for
Perunaa
Tablets.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1916-07-22
CATHOLIC ALUMNAE FEDERATION
EXECUTIVE MEETING AT NIAGARA
FALLs-PRoGRAM FOR RALTI-
MORE CONVENTION IN NovEM.
Der OUTLINED.

The executive board and trustees of
the international Federation of Cath
Ollie Alumnae convened in three days
session at The Hospice, Niagara Falls,
Canada, on July II, IL and Is.
The Very Rev. Edward A. Pace, rep
resenting the Right Rev. Bishop Sha-
han, rector of the Catholic University
and active director of the International
Federation, presided at the confer
ences and delivered an address on the
specific work of the Federation.
The business included detailed dis
cussion of important matters pertain
ing to the practical life of the Fed
GRAFTON, notably conferences on edu-
cation, literature and social work
the three departmental activities of
the association. State organization in
it's relation to International was also
considered.
Plans for the Baltimore convention,
to be held in that city in November
next, were definitely perfected. Mrs.
Frank Philip Scrivener, governor of
Maryland State Alumnae and hostess
of the convention, and Miss Smith,
local chairman of arrangements, at
tended the sessions and presented
plans and suggestions for the conven-
ton programme.
The Baltimore convention promises
to be an event of Importance and
widespread interest. His Eminence
Cardinal Gibbons, honorary president
of the Federation, will preside and
many noted Catholic educators are ex-
pected to attend.
Concurrent with the executive meet
ing, copies of the constitution and by
laws have been sent to all affiliated
alumnae associations throughout the
United States and Canada.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1916-07-22
THE CHURCH IN WESTERN CANADA
THE CATHOLIC RELIGION HAS
BEEN PARTICULARLY ASsocI-
ATED WITH THE PROGRESS OF
THE COUNTRY.

Ever since Pere Michael Mesaiger of
the Society of Jesus set forth from
Montreal on day of June, 1927, with
the Seigneur Laverendyre in the quest
of the western sea, the Catholic
CHI rch in Canada has been sending
other missionaries westward, writes
Katherine Synon. Through the lands
of he Crees and the Assiniboines, the
Bic ckfeet and the Sioux, the Sekanais
ana the Carriers, the cross has gone
with the golden lilies of the Bourbons,
tho red flag of the Hudson's Bay Com
.pany, and the maple leaf of the later
Csnada. Everywhere in the land of
the north church spires lift them
se.yes, proclaiming the presence of the
children of the Church.
In the old days Jesuit and Oblate
and Benedictine traversed the Indians
trails on land and on water; and
where men were wont to gather by
camp-fires rose the cross of Christ.
Now the missionaries, no less Jealous,
take the white mans way of the rail-
road, but no less pioneering, they
build along the ways of the steel the
churches and the schools Of their re-
ligion.
Since the days of old Simon Fraser
and the six French-C Canadian Catho-
lies who explored the Northwest with
Alexander Mackenzie the Catholic
Church has had its representation in
western Canada. The cross, going In
with the first white men, has looked
out on the hills and valleys of the
western coast. 1t remained for the
coming of the railroad, however, to
build up the Catholic Church in west
ern Canada into great institution.
The building of the Canadian Pa
cific, that link of nationality that
opened the west of Canada, began the
new era for the Catholic Church in
western Canada. The working men
engaged in its construction numbered
so many Catholics that the attention
of the ecclesiastical authorities was
drawn toward some solution of the
problem of caring for their spiritual
welfare. The time was passing, too,
when the Indian missions were the
exclusive field for missionary zeal
The coming of immigration from
Europe into the Canadian west was
bringing in new problems of mission
work with new hordes Of peoples.
At the time of the beginning Of
the railroad building there were In
western Canada 1.-THE district west of
the Rockies) a parish of New West
minister, st. Mary's Mission in the
Lower Fraser Valley, St Louis Mis-
sion at Kamloops, the Williams and
Stuart Lake Missions and the Okana-
gan Mission. The swinging Of the
axes and the laying OF the steel were
to change conditions swiftly, however
BY 1886 there were several hundred
missions in the Canadian west. The
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1916-07-22

lite rite by Father Wakim. who after
the Gospel addressed the congre-
cation in their own tongue. Mon
signor Mooney then spoke, congratu-
lating the Maronite people on their
handsome new church. He referred
to their glorious history as a people
and praised their steadfast attach
ment to their faith.
The new altar now being built in
Italy will be a beautiful example of
Byzantine Moorish art of marble and
mosaic, and will have inlaid in it a
piece of stone brought from the Mount
of Olives by the late Andrew J. Ship
man. The altar is being donated by
Mrs. Shipman in memory Of her hus-
band, who was deeply interested in
the Syrian people, and did much
towards enabling them to establish
and maintain their own church in this
city
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1916-07-22
CHURCH AIDED BY Rockefeller
FIRST CHAPEL WAS DEDICATED
AT BERWlND, CoLo.-JoHN D.,
JR., HELPED TO BUILD IT.

The new chapel, just completed, at
Berwind, Colo, was dedicated on July
16. 1t was named in honor of the
Immaculate Conception. The building
of this church was made possible by
the liberal donations of the people of
that vicinity and also by large gift
from John d. Rockefeller, Jr The
church cost over $4,000 and has not a
cent of debt on it. 1t is of the Old
Spanish style, built of cement blocks
covered with white stucco. The 1nte
rior and altar rail are also of the Old
Spanish style. The Church is in
charge of the Rev. August Foster, S.
j., who has supervision Of eight coal
camps in the vicinity of Trinidad.
Father Salvador Persone, s. j., pio-
neer pastor and missionary of South
ern Colorado, preached the sermon.
This is the first of the Catholic chapels
to be erected in the c. F. 81. camps
under the direction of Father Foster,
with assistance from the Rockefeller
Institution.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1916-07-22
NOTABLE FRENCH EXHIBITIONS
ONE TO SUPPLY TEMPORARY
CHURCHES IN RUINED DIS
TRlcTs, THE OTHER TO RECON.
STRUcT RUINED TOWNS.

Two very interesting. exhibitions
opened in Paris the last week in June
The first was that of the Society of St.
John, which deVotes itself to the sup
plying of temporary churches and the
necessaries for divine worship in the
ruined districts. In the hall of the
Society of Agriculture the exhibition
sells and vestments was opened by
Cardinal Annette, Archbishop of Paris.
The president of the society in his
inaugural address told how the vii
layers, who Immediately f1ocked back
to their ruined villages when the in
yader had retired, desired above all to
see their church, the center of the vii
lage life, restored; and for this pur-
pose the society was founded.
Amongst a number of beautiful and
useful articles made by voluntary
labor two striking mementoes of the
war are to be found. One is a SPLEEN
did picture of Rheims Cathedral
worked in tapestry, and saved from
the bombardment. The other is "a
ciborium. 1t stands amidst flowers
on the altar of a model temporary
chapel and comes from the church of
Gerbvillers.
The other exhibition was opened on
the terrace of the Tuilleries and is
concerned with the reconstruction of
the ruined villages and towns. There
are villas and houses in wood and
plaster, Norman farm, marie, a
post Office and always in the center
the church or chapel as graceful and
charming as circumstances will per-
nit.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1916-07-22

cross went forward with the steel
AT every camp there was a. priest
In every colony there sprung church
In every parish came a school Soon
dioceses we're formed and organization
work completed. sAsr
The immigration policy of the Can.
adam Pacific Railway, put into opera
tion by Sir Thomas Shaughnessy when
he succeeded Sir William Van Horne
as president of the railway, peopled
western Canada with speed that has
never been paralleled in history The
twenty-ye ar-to-pay system of purchase
which has enabled settlers to secure
100 acres of plowed and fenced land,
equipped with house, barn, and farm
utensils for $4,000 on the installment
plan, brought to western Canada two
million immigrants in ten years. The
fact that the Catholic Church was al
ready well established in the west of
Canada, particularly along the line of
railroad, naturally drew many Catho-
lies into the West. They followed the
line of their advantage, spiritual and
temporal. When they have outgrown
the quarters provided, the Church has
provided larger ones, so that the his
tory of the Catholic Church in western
Canada has been one of constant
growth since the building of the rail
road.
1t may be because of the religious
impetus given to Canada by it's early
history that the Catholic Church in
Canada seems peculiarly associated
with the progress of the country. No
great national movement has been
complete without the presence of the
Church. Canada has essentially a re-
ligious air that expresses itself in the
interest in Church matters that Con-
tinental Europe has in music, or the
United States in amusements. On
this account the Church in the West
is a great institution rather than a
series of scattered parishes and mis-
sions. The railroad has linked more
than localities in its progress from sea
to sea. 1t has bound together those
scattered missions that the old priests
founded Pere Lacombe, that famous
old missionary of the Northwest, the
last surviving priest of the famous
line of men who carried the cross into
the wilderness of the world, saw
beyond his own day when he aided
the building of the railroad. With the
eyes of vision he beheld link that
would bring together not only the
material but the spiritual interests of
the men and women of his flock. West
ern Canada has but begun on its en-
pire of growth. With the blessing of
the religious spirit with which she
had already invested her communities,
she may grow into an even greater
spiritual fruition.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1916-07-22
CONVERT NAVAL OFFICERS
LIST OF UNION AND coNFEDER.
ATE OFFICERS WHO SUB
MITTED TO THE CHURCH.

The long list of officers on the Union
and on the Confederate sides who were
converts to the Church makes inter-
esting reading for the Catholic
patriot. Here is a list Of naval Off
GERS, compiled by Scannell O'Neill,
which will show what our American
navy thought of the Church:
Rear Admiral William Shepherd
Benson, U. S. N, chief of the bureau
of naval operations; Rear Admiral
William H. Emory, u s. N. (retired) !;
Rear Admiral Franklin j. Drake, U. 5,
N. (retired), graduate Of Annapolis,
1858, became Catholic in 1912; Rear
Admiral Benjamin Franklin Sands, U.
s. N. Q811-1SS9), father of Rear AID.
miral James Hoban Sands, U. s. N;
the late Rear Admiral William Judah
Thompson, u s. NJ; Rear Admiral
Stephen Rand Q844-1916). pay d.
rector, u s. NJ; Rear Admiral Fran
els Munroe Ramsay (1S35-1914), SUI
perintendent United States Naval
Academy, Annapolis, 1896; chief of
the bureau of navigation, 1897 etc.;
Rear Admiral Andrew Allen HARDWOOD,
U. S. N. (1SO2-1Ss4), great grandson of
BENJAMIN Franklin; Rear Admiral Au-
gustus Henry Kitty, U. $. ~. Q8O7-
1879; the late Rear Admiral William
r. Kirkland, u. s. NJ; the late Rear
Admiral Samuel Rhoades Franklin, q,
S. N.
Commodores- Commodore Theodore
Hunt, U. s. N, who served under Balm
bridge in Tripoli: Commodore John G.
Beaumont, U. s. N. (1S21-1SS2); Com
modore John Guest, U. $. n C1S21-
1879; Commodore BENJAMIN Franklin
Bache, U. s. N, great-grandson of
BENJAMIN Franklin, professor OF
chemistry at Kenyon College, etc.
Other officers Captain William w,
Low, U. 8. N, who became 2 Catholic
in 1886; Captain Joseph Tarbell. y.
s. N. t1773-1S15): Commander James
Harmon Ward. U. s. N. t1SO6-1s6D,
instructor at Annapolis, first officer
killed in the ciyil War Lieutenant