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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-10-06

Ladies.
Mrs. Susa Bronson.
Miss l.. M. Collins.
Miss Olivia GILES.
Mrs. c. 8. Goodwin.
Mrs. T, A. Johansen.
Mrs Robert loops.
Mrs. F. r.. Witt.
Gentlemen.
Mr.. John F. Brown.
DR.. J. +. Dixon.
Theodore Raleigh.
Mr.. J. s. Spencer.
Mr.. John Taylor.
Persons calling for letters in above
list viii please say they are adver-
tised. T. P. McMANUS,
Postmaster.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-10-06

There have been more people
killed by street accidents in London
since the war began than by air
raids.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-10-06
ADVERTISED LETTERS.

List of letters remaining In the
Keokuk potsof1ce, uncalled for, for
week ending October 6, 1917:
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-11-20
MAKES
BILLY SUNDAY STRENUOUS

Mr.. Sunday has mastered the secret
I of complete physical relaxation. =
Every muscle, that has been keyed
up to top strain during the day. is
allowed to loosen and his physical
powers are completely "1et down." as
it were. before his eyes close.
Also by persistent effort he has
learned to sponge his mind from ev-
cry thought of the days work before
he let's himself sleep.
To him his four or five hours of
sleep mean an absolutely complete
rest. ~
He maintains that the average man,
who sleeps eight or nine hours, gets
less recuperation from that period
than he does in half that length of
time. And he is right.
The same rule applies to Mr.. Sun
days recreations.
He is keen lover Of athletics and
the outdoor life, probably because OF
his early baseball training.
He is very fond of walking-of Long
tramps through the woods and over
the hills.
He is also a keen golf enthuiast.
He cares little for automobiles ;.rd
never drives himself. preferring a
more strenuous form of recreation.
He is an emphatic believer in the
doctrine that a sound body makes a
sound mind. and that the man who is
r OF physically fit is sadly handicapped
when 1t comes to any mental activity
worth while.
From "Billy Sunday-Physica1
Dynamo by Hugh c. Weir, in No
veTnber Physical Culture
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-11-20
OPPORTUNITY FOR
AMERICAN TRADE
WITH RUSSIANS
Competent Staff Of Travel
ling Agents Should Be
Formed to Ascertain Needs

RefrDgrad, Nov. 2o.-Pointing out
lfhe opportunity for the development
LOT American trade in Russia after the
war, the Commercial and Industrial
,GazetteN suggests that the part to he
played by Americans viii be great
~Hussfa," says the Gazette, Sin the
ne4x future will play the part of
buyer rather than seller, and there
fore II L. necessary that american
monumental men Sffpuld be well ac-
lQuafslked with the demands Of the
!! RussdaR market and with the co1di-
ttions tof buying and selling In Russia.
In order5to obtain this, the Americans
shouid sorganize an experfenced staff
OF travelling agents, with a good
fkn0w2edge of Russia The agents. by
coming into contact with Russians,
would soon get to- know the needs of
the Bussian market, and would be
able to snft American produce to Rus
,efaa needs, so that they would be
2boveSah competition.
The saMe method Of carrying goods
:by maaas of agents should also be
applied to products, which Russia is
an a. condition to export to America
(wooI.; best-sesds, clover seeds, etc.)
"PzxaHsl with this, 1t would he de-
eiEabIst 10 form in Russia a staff of
trained mechanics and engineers, who
should undertake tho management
and development of railways In Rus
sia,
@Thfre Is no doubt that after the
war RAssia viii have an extensive
1naxEst for agricultural implements,
which branch of trade has always
been ,ok great interest to Americans
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-11-20
ASSAULT OWNER,
ROB RESTAURANT

Risking possible discovery and ar
rest, two robbers walked boldly into
the restaurant owned by Peter Mon
tiozos, at 25 Union Square, about
o'clock yesterday, and finding the
proprietor alone, ~brutaIly assaulted
him, stole SIS from a cash drawer
and fed. =
Montiozos was left lying on the
floor in a state. bordering on insensi-
ibdlity, with the blood pouring from
four ugly wounds in his scalp. His
cries for help attracted the attention
of a passer-by, who telephoned the
emergency hospital. and brought DR.
Ewa1d OLSEN, in the ambulance, to
the scene. The restauranteur's
wounds were dressed and he waa
soon restored to normal condition.
He was able to give the police
fairly accurate description OF his as.
sailants, this morning. and search is
expected to result in arrests very
shortly.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-11-20
FRENCH EASY FOR
YANKEE SOLDIERS

Paris-Seene: A small cafe in
Paris OIL the right bank of the Seine.
Time, 9 a. m.
A stout-hearted French workman
is seated outside the safe quietly en-
joying his "Cafe Creme" in a glass in
which now and again he is dipping
his war bread"
Three American soldiers passing by
also stop at the cafe and take seats
outside. These boys look spic and
span with their clean shaven faces
and their boots we'll polished. While
waiting fer their drinks they quietly
gaze at the passeFsby, who also
glance at them and remark On their
smart appearance.
Without the slightest suspicion that
their French neighber is likely to
overhear them and to start the con-
versatien, one of the American sold
iers as1itely says; feNice day tedayl'
The brave Frenehman, however,
thinking that these soldiers are a1lud-
ing to his habit of dipping his bread
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-11-20
Il. b. IN THE ARMY?

From the French Army have come
reports of great suffering from tuber-
culosis. Will the white mans peril
attack our troops? Major Earl H
Bruins of the tuberculosis division OF
the Medical Department thinks not
When interviewed by reporter from
Good Housekeeping he said:
1--WE give each man when he first
comes to camp careful examination
Approximately four-fift of one per
cent of the drafted men have been re-
jected because of tubercular condi-
tons"
/ els it true thatthe Germans are &C
cepting as soldiers men who have ar
rested cases of tuberculosis ?'
Eyes. And so are we.'
It sounded startling, but Major
Bruins went on to explain. I'VE accept
a man who has what we term healed
tuberculosis That is, Ii he has a small
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-11-20

healed lesion, he is not rejected Men
who have large healed LESSONS and all
who have active LESSONS are rejected"
Glow large is a small healed les
ion9"
well, If one-third Of one lung were
infected. even though the lesion was
healed, we would reject the man thus
affected. But smaller lesion, well
healed, would no incapacitate him, If
he were normal in other respects. In
fact, we believe that the out-of-doof
life, the regular hours, the exercise.
and the scientifically selected food
will do him good. He will put on
weight and perhaps never have any
more trouble from tuberculosis. In the
French army the prevalence of this
disease is due to the fact that there
was no time for a thorough phynical
examination of men before they en-
listed. On the other hand, In this
country a man Is examined and re-
examined. If tuberculosis develops
after he has been In service. he Will
be given special hospital treatment
until he can be returned to tho ranks
or sent home"
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-11-20
CHEMISTS WILL
INVESTIGATE USE.
OF GAS IN WAR

Washington, Nov. .19.-Six of the
country's foremost chemists were call
ed into the service Of the government
yesterday to- serve as special board
to investigate explosives and the use
OF gases in warfare. They were named
by Secretary Lane to act as advisers
to the Bureau Of Mines.
The board will go into the subject
Of increasing the production of ma
teria1s used in explosives manufacture
and will advise the bureau In the OPP
Grafton Of the recently enacted law
regulating the sale Of explosives The
members are:
DR.. William Fl. Niche ls of the Cen
era1 Chemical Co., New York, chair
man: Prof. H. P. Talbot, head of the
chemical department Of the Massa-
chusetts institute of Technology; Will
liam Hoskins, of Chicago, a consulting
chemist; Prof. H. P. Venable, of the
University Of North Carolina; E. c..
FRANKLIN, of Leland Stanford Univer-
city, and DIR. Charles L. Parsons of the
Bureau of Mines.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-11-20
HARVEST HORSE
CHESTNUT CROPS

London, Nov. 20.-The British school
boys horse-chestnut harvest is one of
the amazing war activities Of this au-
tumn. Some time ago, an appeal was
issued to the school boys, stating that
the government could use unlimited
quantities Of horse chestnuts and
acorns in the manufacture of NUM-
tions. The quantities that have been
turned in have exceeded all expecta-
lions, and the harvest is only about
half in, One small London school has
co7}ected $4,000 pounds. A record is
kept of the number of nuts collected
by each boy, and the best record SO
far is 21,175. One school room of 20
boys has gathered 115,700.
Generally the school room is used
for collecting and drying the nuts,
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-11-20

Therefore it would be to Americas
advantage to have a large staff of sen-
Hghtened workmen in Russia, to
which end, the Americans would
doubtless willingly throw open the
doors of their Industrial schools and
workshops to Russian workers. On
the other hand, Russian institutions
would also willingly take in all Amer
leans DESTROYS of learning the condi-
tons Of commerce in Russia
I'm such a manner there would be
an exchange Of practical workers,
which from an, economic point of view
is the best way to insure success"
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-11-20

in his coffee, turns around and says
in his native tongue: Eyes, like the
kiddies.''
The soldiers, smiling as usual.
thinking that they. in their turn had
understood the Frenchmen's exclam-
alton, said Eyes"
Following, which both parties rose
from their seats and each went it's way
under the impression that the English
and the French languages are not.
after all, SO hard to understand.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-11-20

which must be brown-ripe, dry and
free from husk. If allowed to heat"
while in storage, the nuts are useless
for the purpose required. They are
therefore not kept in sacks, but spread
out on a dry floor space not more
than foot thick and turned over
occasionally with fork or shovel.
Farmers who have large quantities
of acorns find them a profitable crop
this year, as the government pays SIS
a ton for them on the spot.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-11-20

FRENCH AND DUTCH BULBS
JUST ARRIVED
JOHN REGK q SON
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-11-20
ANNIVERSARY OF THE
FIRST G. A r. ENCAMPMENI

The first national encampment of
the Grand Army Of the Republic was
called to order in Morrison's Opera
House, at Indianapolis, fifty-one years
ago today, Nov. 20, 1866, when the
national organization was perfected.
Stephen A. Hurlburt, of Illinois, was
elected as the first commander-in-
chief.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-11-20

Mess Sergeant Harry MeCiane OF
sommerville, N. J., died at Cam1'
Mcclellan. Alabama, from typhoid
fever,
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-11-20

The shortage of tools has held back
the making of heavy artillery in the
United States. Every tool and piece
of machinery in the country is at
work on guns for the Allies.
The Dolores star. [volume] (Dolores, Montezuma County, Colo.) 1901-current, 1917-02-02

eral interest. Norway spruce number
1,01S,OO0; Scotch pine, 1928, 600; pitch
pine, $4,000; European larch, 438, 900 |;
japanese larch, $4,000; sugar maple,
1000; and Douglass fir, 1000.
Last spring Is bushels Of black
cherry seeds were planted, in the hope
that trees might be produced which
would serve for timber and for bird
food. The unfavorable weather re-
suited in making the crop almost a
complete failure.
A million and one-half trees were
planted lust year by private individu-
ais from stock supplied by the depart
ment. 1t Is the intention during the
coming year to have enough stock on
hand to meet all possible demands for
free distribution. There Is no restric-
ton placed upon the distribution ex-
cepting that the trees must be used for
reforesting and not for shade or orna-
ment.
The department does not ship the
trees excepting in lots Of 500 or more.
The Dolores star. [volume] (Dolores, Montezuma County, Colo.) 1901-current, 1917-02-02
KEEPING THE FORESTS ALIVE
BY ELIZABETH VAN sEhTHUYsEN


Mankind Is a very peculiar collective
animal. Somebody said that the av-
erage man spends the first half Of
his life trying to destroy his health
and the second half trying to rebuild
it. That is surely his method Of
handling most of the propositions that
confront him.
This is more strikingly illustrated
In the case Of forestry than In any
other respect. Once let the march Of
progress begin and the ring Of the
woodman's Ak Is heard and the path
of civilization Is marked by the fallen
trees. Then comes the time when, 1t
becomes apparent that the rebuilding
of the forests is prime essential and
the people go to more trouble to recre-
ate what they have destroyed with law
ish hand than would ever have been
necessary had q little foresight been
exercised.
Showing the extent of the govern
mental interest in replanting the for
ests. there will be more than 5000, 600
trees available next spring for refor-
esting operations from the stock now
in the Pennsylvania state nurseries
alone.
More than half Of the 5000, 600 are
white pines. Some figures on the re-
mainder Of the stock will be Of gen.
The Dolores star. [volume] (Dolores, Montezuma County, Colo.) 1901-current, 1917-02-02
New Mexico.

The Toltec Oil Company will start
drilling the first test well fifteen miles
north Of Roswell.
The Chino del Norte Copper Com
pany has Just made its first shipment
Of ore to the Ell Paso smelter. 1t is
high grade copper.
Conservative estimates of the min
eral production in the Lordsburg dis
trict the past year run up to more than
100000. or double that OF 1915. The
production in 1915 was $4,000 short
tons. valued at $1,094.795, while in 1916
1t was 10000 tons. valued at $780,
TOO.
Albert J. Fitch, one of the former
owners of the famous Graphic mine,
in the Magdalena district. Socorro
county. is now operating five differ
ent mines in five camps within a radi-
US of fifteen miles Of Hachita, Grant
county. He is shipping $50 tons OF
ore from the Apache-Anderson mine.
which has been a producer the past
thirty-six years. He Is w0king the
Nutshell. near the Mexican boundary,
carrying high-grade chalcocite and sill
yer ore.
The Dolores star. [volume] (Dolores, Montezuma County, Colo.) 1901-current, 1917-02-02
Masked Bandit shoots Doctor.

Denver.-When an excited bandit
ordered DR.. d. B. McMahan, 1900 East
Colfax avenue, to throw up his hands,
the physician smiled-he thought it
was joke. A moment later he moved
to one side a little and the robber.
nettled by the doctors GOODNESS.
showed him back against the prescrip-
ton case, placed the muzzle OF his re-
volver against McMahan's abdomen.
and, as the druggist laughed, pulled
the trigger. DIR. McMahan is in a crit
ical condition at the county hospital.
and Homer Ware. the supposed bandit.
arrested at midnight by Detectives
Brick and Maxwell and partially iden-
titled by witnesses of the affair, is in
the city Jail.
The Dolores star. [volume] (Dolores, Montezuma County, Colo.) 1901-current, 1917-02-02
CARNATIONS RENEWING P0PU.
lARlTY

Shortly after the death Of the late
President Mckinley the carnation had
perfect wave Of popularity. due
largely to the fact that Mr.. Mckinley
was particularly fond Of the flower
and nearly always wore one in his but
tonhole. For a time, following the
first interest in the flower, 1t seemed
to be on the wane as a public favoriie.
Now the carnation is riding back to
the place Of leading fad. The deal
ers do not know why, but they are
getting demand for more of the car
nation family than they have for years.
White, pink and deeper red are the
shades In vogue, although some of the
mixed flowers sell well.
The Dolores star. [volume] (Dolores, Montezuma County, Colo.) 1901-current, 1917-02-02
coIorado's Share s1e7, $4,000.

observation-disclosures of $4,000
900 to aid the states in the construc-
ton Of rural post roads, the second an
nual distribution In accordance with
the federal aid loan law. has been an
nounced by Secretary Houston Of the
Department of Agriculture in Wash.
ington. The funds are the apportion.
ment for the fiscal year ending June
80, 1918. To meet the cost of admin.
lstering the law $4,000 has been de-
Quoted. OF the remaining 39,700. 900
Colorado gets S167,380.
The Dolores star. [volume] (Dolores, Montezuma County, Colo.) 1901-current, 1917-02-02
BUFFALO BILL TRAIL"
OMAHA, LINCOLN AND DENVER
WANT HIGHWAY CHANGED.
Highway to End At Lookout Mountain
In Colorado, u Plane Carry
Want Appropriations.
Western Newspaper Union News Service.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Denver-A movement is under way
to change the name OF the automobile
road known as the 90. l. D." high
way. running from Omaha to Denver
by way of Lincoln, to the Buffalo
Bill trail" President Roper of the
Omaha, Lincoln and Denver Highway
Society, makes the announcement. An
effort will also be made to induce the
Nebraska Legislature to devote the
$4,000 it is expected to appropriate
as Nebraska's part Of a proposed ST.
100000 fund for a monument to the
scout. to provide plarkers for the trail.
AS an inducement to Colorado to CO.
operate, 1t is proposed to extend the
trail up to the monument ON Lookout
mountain.
The Dolores star. [volume] (Dolores, Montezuma County, Colo.) 1901-current, 1917-02-02
WESTERN
MINING AND OIL
NEWS
western Newspaper Union New. Service.
Arizona.


Arizona.
The production of gold from Arizona
mines increased from $4.166.025 in
1915 to approximately $4.427.O00 in
1916, gain OF over 6 per cent.
The smelling department Of the
Shannon Copper Company at Clifton
has been tied up by a strike since last
week. The mill and mines are still
operating.
Following the activities OF the Mag
ma Copper Company. the camp Of Su-
perior has taken on new life, and the
district is receiving marked attention
from not only the mining world but
from the investment public as we'll.
Preliminary estimates by d. F. Hew-
EFT Of the United States Geological
Survey. Department of the Interior,
show that the production of mangan-
ese ore in 1916 was about $1,000 tons,
the greatest since 1888. and nearly
three times that in 1915, which was g.
709 tons.
According to advance figures by
Victor C. Heikes Of the United States
Geological Survey. recently made pub
lie. the metal production Of the state
Of Arizona during the year 1916 ex:
ceeded $2OO.0OO,00O. Mr.. Heikes'
statement follows: The output OF gold.
silver, copper, lead and zinc from
mines in Arizona in 1916 had a record
total value Of nearly 100000. 900. COM
= ~
notable output Of copper and the high
prices Of metals both assisted in this
increase Of 1923 per cent. There were
record productions also of gold, silver,
copper, lead and zinc.
The Dolores star. [volume] (Dolores, Montezuma County, Colo.) 1901-current, 1917-02-02
Wyoming.

The Hall Oil Company has let the con.
tract for deep well to be drilled on
their lease on the Reservation, town
ship 3, range 1. in the Pilot Butte
field. twenty-eight miles northwest OF
Riverton.
Reports from Douglas state that
the standard rig being. operated by
the Douglas-Wyoming Oil Company on
its property recently purchased from
L. c. Bishop. twelve miles west Of that
city. had drilled to depth Of about
200 feet
The Dolores star. [volume] (Dolores, Montezuma County, Colo.) 1901-current, 1917-02-02
Colorado,

Boulder, Colo.-Tungsten concen-
trates, 60 per cent. $500 per unit.
Crude ores. GO per cent, $500; Is per
cent. $s.4O912.00; 10 per cent. 5000
1000 per unit.
The hckawanna Belle at Cripple
Creek is being operated by a company
OF lessees organized at Twin Lakes.
Sterling business men have financed
a company that will drill for oil in
what is known as the Stoneham coun-
try.
The largest coal burning zinc smelt-
ers in the United States are located in
Pueblo county at the little village Of
Blonde.
The Fidelity Gold Mining Company,
q Philadelphia corporation, has uncov-
cred a rich vein in its property located
between the Lackawanna Belle and
Mount Champion, in the Cripple Creek
district.
Things are progressing In the Lead
vile district through the operation of
leasers. Parties leasing the Nisi Prius
extension have opened a body of man
sanese ore on the 1SO level. and are
now shipping 1000 tons a month.
A Leadville report says: To-day
Lake county is hoisting a heavier ore
tonnage-in the neighborhood Of $500
tons daily-than at any time during
Its wonderful history, with the average
values far ahead Of anything that ever
took place in the past"
Reports from the Rico Argentine
property state that the No. 305 drift
is improving steadily. The drift is
now all in a lead-silver ores carrying
some values in copper and zinc. This
ore body it is estimated will net the
company not less than $40 a ton.
Four sets Of sublessees are active
on the Dante mine on the southwest
ern slope of Bull hill, Cripple Creek
district, and are reported to have an
excellent showing. and the prospects
for the return Of the property to the
shipping ranks at an early date are
considered good.
The Dolores star. [volume] (Dolores, Montezuma County, Colo.) 1901-current, 1917-02-02
Elk Band In Forest erowlno.

Grand Junction.-Elk are on the in
crease in Battlement National forest
according to Forest Supervisor John
w. Lowell, who authorizes the state
ment that the elk in the forest now
number 649. compared to 400 in 1914.
The number of deer is placed at 1000.
Forty-eight coyotes, eight wildcats
and four bear were killed in the for
est in 1916.
The Dolores star. [volume] (Dolores, Montezuma County, Colo.) 1901-current, 1917-02-02
Amiek Exonerated for Killing.

Denver.-Frank s. Amick, who shot
and killed Frank Coburn in his drug
store on South Broadway, Jan. 1S,
when Coburn tried to hold him up, was
exonerated by coroner's Jury. Amick
told his story to the coroner's jury.
which was substantiated by the testi-
mony Of other witnesses. and the jury
returned a verdict that Amick shot
and killed Coburn in justifiable self
defense.
The Dolores star. [volume] (Dolores, Montezuma County, Colo.) 1901-current, 1917-02-02
For and Against Birth Control.

Denver.-A fight for and against a
law prohibiting the holding of meet
ings or the publishing Of matter relat.
ing to birth control in Colorado prom
fses to furnish one of the high lights
of the present legislative session II a
bill on the subject introduced in the
House Is passed.
The Dolores star. [volume] (Dolores, Montezuma County, Colo.) 1901-current, 1917-02-02
Rush for Land at Pueblo Land Office

Rush Tor Land at Pueblo Land Office.
Pueblo.-The unprecedented rush for
government land located within the
zone covered by the Pueblo land Of
flee since Jan. l.. due to the 64O-acre
homestead act which became effective
on that date. had abated to some ex-
tent at the close of the past weeks
business at the local land office. al
though there were 1T filings for the
week on approximately 72.516 acres.
The total number Of filings for the
month SO far is 1877, and it is esti-
mated that 74O,SO0 acres have been
filed upon, leaving an Appropriated
total of 259.2OO acres in the Pueblo
land district.
The Dolores star. [volume] (Dolores, Montezuma County, Colo.) 1901-current, 1917-02-02
Fell Five Floors to Death,

Denver.-Henry P. Bledsoe. As years
old, treasurer Of the Baby Beet Fuller
Manufacturing Company Of Denver.
fell from a fifth-story window in no
tel yesterday morning. He was rushed
to the county hospital in the police
ambulance. but died five minutes after
reaching the hospital.