DAUPHIN 



1708 



DAVID 



cestor "who, with unfailing loyalty, rendered 

 material aid to the cause of independence as 

 a recognized patriot, soldier or sailor, or as a - 

 civil officer in one of the several colonies or 

 states." Besides headquarters in the national 

 capital, where the society owns a beautiful 

 memorial hall completed in 1910, there are 

 chapters in nearly every state in the Union, 

 under direction of a state regent, with loc^l 

 chapters in every city. The chief officer of 

 the society is the president-general. 



DAUPHIN, daw 'fin, the official title of the 

 eldest son of the king of France before the 

 Revolution of 1830. The name, which means 

 dolphin, belonged originally to the lords who 

 ruled the province of Dauphine, and was 

 adopted as their title because of the three 

 dolphins worn on their helmets. The last lord, 

 who had no children, ceded his province to 

 Charles of Valois, the grandson of the French 

 king, with the provision that the heir to the 

 French throne should always be called the 

 Dauphin of Vienne and should rule the prov- 

 ince. At first the dauphin had many privi- 

 leges as ruler of the province of Dauphine, but 

 later when it was put under the same rule as 

 all other provinces, the title became merely 

 honorary. 



DAUPHIN, a town in Manitoba, on the 

 Vermilion River and the Canadian Northern 

 Railway, 178 miles northwest of Winnipeg. 

 From a population of 1,134 in 1901 it grew to 

 2,815 in 1911 and the census of 1916 gives an 

 increased population of 3,200. This increase is 

 largely due to the construction of the Canadian 

 Northern Railway, which made possible the 

 development of a rich grain-growing region. 

 The storage and shipment of grains and the 

 manufacture of flour are Dauphin's chief indus- 

 tries, but mention should also be made of ma- 

 chine works, a creamery, sash and door factory, 

 saw mill and mineral water factory. Good fish- 

 ing is to be had in the neighborhood in Lake 

 Dauphin and Lake Winnipegosis, and there 

 is some big game in the Riding Mountain Re- 

 serve, to the south. 



DAVENPORT, dau'enport, IOWA, a pro- 

 gressive manufacturing city and the county 

 seat of Scott County. Davenport ranks third 

 in the state in population, following Des 

 Moines and Sioux City. It is situated in the 

 eastern part of the state, on the Mississippi 

 River. Clinton is thirty-five miles northeast, 

 Cedar Rapids is seventy-four miles northwest 

 and Des Moinee, the capital, is 175 miles west. 

 Railway lines entering the city are the Chi- 



cago, Rock Island & Pacific ; the Chicago, Mil- 

 waukee & Saint Paul, and the Chicago, Bur- 

 lington & Quincy; interurban lines extend 

 north to Clinton and west to Muscatine. Ad- 

 ditional transportation facilities are provided 

 by packet lines plying the river between Saint 

 Louis and Saint Paul. In 1835 a company 

 headed by Colonel George Davenport pur- 

 chased the present site of the city. It was 

 incorporated as a town in 1838, and the city 

 charter was granted in 1851. Its population 

 increased from 43,028 in 1910 to 48,811 in 1916; 

 the foreign element is chiefly German. The 

 area is eight and one-fourth square miles. 



Davenport lies on the slope of a steep hill, 

 near the foot of the Upper Rapids of the Mis- 

 sissippi River, and commands a fine view of 

 the river and Rock Island, with which it is 

 connected by a great bridge. This island is 

 owned by the United States government, and 

 here have been erected an arsenal, military 

 headquarters and several costly Federal build- 

 ings. Davenport and two cities in Illinois just 

 across the river Moline and Rock Island are 

 known as the Tri-Cities. 



Steel mills at Davenport employ 2,400 men 

 and have an annual output valued at $14,000,- 

 000; locomotive works employ 400 men, and 

 the value of their annual output is estimated 

 at $3,000,000. Besides, there are manufactories 

 of food products, agricultural implements, pot- 

 tery, brooms and buttons. The country around 

 Davenport is an agricultural and coal-mining 

 section, and large quantities of farm produce 

 are shipped from this point. The grain and 

 flour business is important. 



The park reservations of Davenport com- 

 prise 120 acres, and much attention is given 

 throughout the city to shrubbery and garden 

 effects. In addition to its public and paro- 

 chial schools, there are Saint Ambrose College, 

 Saint Katherine's Academy for Girls, Immacu- 

 late Conception Academy and the Academy of 

 Natural Sciences, with a large scientific library ; 

 the public library was provided by Andrew 

 Carnegie and the city. Davenport is the see of 

 a Roman Catholic archbishop and of a Pro- 

 testant Episcopal bishop. C.C.H. 



DA' VID, KING OF ISRAEL (1041-970 B. c., Bibli- 

 cal chronology). David was a shepherd lad, 

 the youngest son of Jesse, the Bethlehemite. 

 He had seven brothers, all strong, brave men, 

 but David is spoken of as "having a beautiful 

 countenance, and goodly to look upon." The 

 Lord directed the prophet Samuel to go to 

 Bethlehem and pour oil on David's head to 



