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The San Francisco call., 1908-10-17
IMPROVEMENT CLUB
By Ralph F. Newman

mona 5 IOurtn grade OF the Lincoln
grammar school have formed an i'm
oficers: President. Gladys Greer: vice
president. Ralph Newman; secretary.
Eleanor Western; treasurer. France
lookout
The club has done a good work IN
decorating the schoolroom- The walls
have been covered with crepe paper
and a number Of fine pictures have
been hung.
"One of the purposes OF the club Is
TO help along the organization OF an
athletic club We haven't got the
material for a first class club now.
but we expect TO have it IN time and
we mean to be ready for IT. We have
already organized a baseball section.
and we have made up system OF nnes-
"A boy who gets his name down BY
the teacher five times for talking IN
the classroom has to sit on the bench
and is not allowed to get in the game
boy or girl who is caught chewing
gum in the schoolroom Is fned 2 cents
Boys hanging about the schoolyard
after hours will not be allowed TO play
ball; the girl who does so win be fined
by the president
The girls Of the club have formed
sewing section. It is the desire OF the
girls 10 get materials and have regu-
lar meetings after school and make
garments for themselves or for the
poor.
Miss Redmond. our class teacher. and
W. W. Stone. our principal both ap-
prove OF our society and have promised
to do all they can to help Us along.
Mrs. Phoebe Erkens Of Santa Maria.
writes that her pupils have taken
great interest in The Junior Cal1 and
expect 10 contribute regularly TO It's
columns
1t Is a pleasure for The Junior Call
to quote some OF the appreciative let
ters received from the younger Juniors
to- the limited extent which space VIII
permit:
From Myrtle Levin OF Fitchburg:
Many thanks for the paint box which
received and with which am greatly
pleased I enjoy reading The Junior
Call very much and wish il and you
every success
From Ramilda Holland Smith OF
Oakland. Il thank YOU very much for
sending my paints. Ny two sisters and
I enjoy having them so much II was
so good Of you 10 start paper for the
little folks
From Mary Harrison San Francisco.
Il wish to express my thanks for the
lovely paint box l received from the
puzzle contest
MISS ,bellHd fldlurI u o-u = . aHCl1-
CO. acknowledging receipt OF her prizo
in the vacation letter contest, says: Il
received my watch and was very glad
to get It. read The Junior Call every
Saturday and think il is ine-
From Florence Cecil Geve OF san
Francisco: I look eagerly every sat
urday morning for The Junior Call,
which / love to read. / think the pUz-
zIes are very clever. The puzzle that I
liked best is the one OF things that end
in ark I have read The Junior from
the first issue and ! think II is a fine
paper for all children 10 read / shall
recommend It to my friends
Aionzo. The Junior Calls dog. Is very
busy Just now thinking how he is GO
ing TO square accounts with the alley
cat and other strange creatures that he
has encountered in his brief existence.
Look out FOR him next Saturday.
The San Francisco call., 1908-10-17

\iast Saturday The Junior Call
| Y announced change of subject
in the story writing contest. and
gave full particulars in regard to the
history stories desired. great many
vacation letters have been = received
during the last week. II is. therefore.
necessary to repeat that no more va
cation letters are desired. although
some Of the vacation letters that were
received prior to Saturday. October 10.
and on hand at that time. viii be
published. after which the publica-
tion OF the history stories win begin.
II IS understood. OF course, that all
juniors who have submitted vacation
letters viii also enter the history con-
test. further particulars OF which win
be found on the second page One I'm
portant point which it Is necessary 20
repeat. is that each story must be
marked with the number OF words
which it contains, and that II must
not contain more than 500 nor less
than 200 words
In connection with the history con-
test, The Junior Ca1l wishes TO quote
the words Of w. ". Stone. principal
OF Lincoln grammar school: 7 am
glad to see that a literary interest has
been awakeneds You can't do much
IN a Schoolroom without enthusiasm.
with it you can do lots" In this his
tory contest. as well as In all subse-
quent contests that shall be conducted
BY The Junior Call, enthusiasm must
pervade the letter and the spirit OF the
work. In this way only good stories
may be written
The following piece OF news. which
will interest the juniors. has been re-
ceived from the Lincoln grammar
school:
The San Francisco call., 1908-10-17
A Family Chat
With the Juniors

NOTWITHSTANDING the fact that
y last Saturday The Junior Call
announced a change OF subject
in the story writing contest and
The San Francisco call., 1908-10-17
BIRD

~ Eleanor Brafnerd

II Just love you, Bessie, you're 50
s0od and so beautiful
Me. beautiful? Why no one
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-10-08
Bouquet for The Gate City.

Washington Democrat: BY the
way, we never say much about it, but
The Gate City is a newspaper that is
a JOY forever. We can pick 1t up any
time and get half hours enjoyment
out of its editorial page. The editor,
DR.. Moorhead, is a terrible Republican,
but then that is part of the game.
These Republican editors are not half
as fierce as they "let on" Really,
when you come to know them, they
are decent fellows and none more SO
than DR.. Moorhead of The Gate City.
It's paragraphs are spicy and always
readable. The paper takes sane
view of things and really and truly,
we hardly know how We could keep
house" without The Gate City's daily
visits.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-10-08

coast and to our insular possessions In
the Far East, it is of still greater I'M
portance and will be of yet greater
value to the Mississippi valley. In
order to make it so. however, the Up
per Mississippi must have six-foot
channel to ST. Louis. and the Lower
river fifteen foot channel thence TO
the Gulf. Happily the improvements
necessary to these ends are In falr
way to be made. Congress and the
President are fully alive to the needs
OF the country in the matter of water
way betterment and they are support
ed in their position by an aroused puo-
lie sentiment which demands that
adequate appropriations for the work
be made without unnecessary delay
This will necessarily involve the ex-
penditure of large sums of money,
but the money must be forthcoming
in the interest of the public good. l.
must be forthcoming promptly. too,
that the Mississippi Valley may pc
in position to take advantage OF the
opportunities that will be opened up
to 1t with the completion of the Pan
anna Canal. In the face of such con-
ditions the folly of all talk about
abandoning the present tariff and sub
shutting therefor tariff for revenue
only. as the Democratic party pro-
poses, is too absurd for serious dis
cussion. The government will need
all the money the present tariff affords
to improve the navigable waterways
of the country. as both parties are
pledged to do within the next few
years.
The great ultimate economy of wa
terway Improvement has been careful
ly figured out by Mr.. Mckinney and
his views will be pressed upon con-
gress when it meets. He finds that
by the expenditure of from fifty to
eighty hundred millions of dollars
the government could double the num-
Der of miles of navigabie waterways
in the country. This would solve the
transportation problem for all time.
To Increase railroad facilities suf
ficiently to enable the roads to handle
the internal traffic of the country
would cost ten times as much. Not
only this, but merchandise can be
transported by water at one-third OF
the cost of transportation by rail.
Neither argument nor comment is
needed to add to the Importance of
these stupendous facts.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-10-08
Congressman Kennedy.

Pennington News: Two years ago
the News sized up Charles A. Ken
nedy as the kind of man who would
develop into business congressman.
He has made good and now the Bur
lington Post and Keokuk Standard
have come out flat-footed praising Mr..
Kennedy and crediting him with be-
ing the kind of representative we
claimed he would make. The News
did not misjudge Mr.. Kennedy two
years ago. Our faith in him has not
diminished. for he has justified every
thing we claimed for him in his first
campaign. His congressional record
in point of actual attendance and
actual services rendered to his con.
stituency will more than compare
with many long time members
wind no longer makes a real con
gressman-it's work that counts
Farmington's best interests demand
the reelection of Mr.. Kennedy and
Pennington should and we believe
will do its full duty for the man who
has established an A / working repu
tation.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-10-08

The Macomb Journal makes the
gratifying announcement that SO far
as that congressional district is con-
cerned Hon. James Mckinney will
have walk-away for reelection.
Conditions in the district are thus
described by the Journal:
at is doubtful If one-fourth of the
Democrats in McDonough county
know the names of Mr. McKinney's
opponent. And they do not care to
know, as they are perfectly satisfied
with the way Mr.. Mckinney admin
listers the position, and not few who
vote the rest of the Democratic ticket
will put cross in the square ad.
joining Mr.. McKinneys name"
This is good news and wholly cred
liable to our neighbors across the
river. Mr.. Mckinney has made a fine
record in congress and deserves the
largest majority within the power of
the district to give him. The more
nearly unanimous the vote by which
he is returned to Washington the bet.
ter it will accord with his merits as
a man and as the peoples representa-
tive.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-10-08

The Gate City is firmly of the con-
viction that Congressman Kennedy's
majority this year will not be less
than 5000, and it may be considerably
larger. Mr.. Kennedy has made a
splendid representative-one of the
very best the district has ever had
and people in these seven best coun-
ties in the state are neither unappre-
ciative nor ungrateful. They recog-
nize the worth of the man and the
value of his services and will take
genuine pleasure in rewarding both
accordingly. In no part of the
district is there disaffection or even
lukewarmness among Republican
voters as regards the Republican
nominee. The party is united and
earnest in his support and will return
him to Washington with an endorse
ment that will give him added pres
tige and influence
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-10-08
masons Name officers.

WATERLOO, Ia, Oct. THE ninth
annual session of the Grand Council
Royal and Select Masters of Iowa
Tuesday morning elected the fol
lowing officers:
Host Illustrious Grand Master-F.
y. Fowler, of Ames.
Right Illustrious Deputy Grand Mas
teri. T. Forbes, of Marshalltown.
Illustrious Grand Principal Conduc.
tor of Work. NJ. Willard, of Allan.
tic
Treasurer. H. Macarthur, of Des
Moines.
secretary-Alf Winsgate, of Des
Moines.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-10-08
Believes In Protection.

He has participated in the various
tariff contests. on the Mckinley law,
the Wilson law. and the .Dingley law,
and has always been a consistent
friend and advocate of the doctrine of
protection to American industries on
the farm. the factory and the mine.
His speeches on this question have
been widely circulated by the Republi
cans in many campaigns.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-10-08
Yatch MayfIower in Distress,

NEW YORK, Oct. THE sailing
yatch Mayfower, the old time cup de-
fender, fitted out by the Southern Re-
search Society to seek sunken treas
ures. in the West Indies, has been
dismagted at sea. When she passed
b. the Advance, Saturday. the May
flower was flying signals of distress.
The Advance attempted to stand by.
but could do nothing in the face of
The gale then blowing. She kept the
N&yfiower IN sight until fruit steam
er si2naIed she would take care of the
stricken Yatef1
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-10-08
MCKINNEY, WATER POWER AND
WATERWAYS

Congressman James Mckinney, who
is making an active and effective can
yass for reelection as representative
from the Fourteenth Illinois district,
(across the river from this city, was
in Keokuk for few minutes yester-
day. He is one of the stanchest of
the many stanch friends of the Keo-
kuk and Hamilton water power and
his faith in that great enterprise is
practically unlimited In talking with
friends about the value and prospects
of the project he did not hesitate to
say that in all his experience he had
never known proposition that afford
ed better opportunity for safe and
profitable investment The initial
cost Is known to a cent, practically,
and once the plant is installed the
cost of maintenance and operation
will be very small In a few years
the earnings from the sale of power
will return the original investment
with interest. and after that, for un-
numbered years, the water power will
go on piling up additional wealth for
those who developed it. Mr.. McKin-
ney sees only one thing that is cal
culated to discourage the investment
of capital in the enterprise and that
! is the possibility of Bryan's election
as President He regards this pos
sibility as remote, but it must be
taken into consideration as factor
in the case. Should Mr.. Bryan be
elected capital would at once take
fright and go into hiding. All would
be uncertainty and distrust and It
would be impossible TO secure means
for new enterprises. On the other
hand the election of Taft, with its
assurance of stability and good times,
would promptly and certainly insure
the development OF the power. Mr.
Mckinney has no doubt whatever as
to this and his view is shared by all
acquainted with the facts in the case
Congressman Mckinney is also ar
enthusiastic believer in Mississippi
river Improvement and he misses mr.
opportunity to further 1t By ever
means in his power. Since his cleo
ton as member of the house ne hai
!, visited the Canal Zone to acnuain
himself at first hand with condition.
there and the progress OF work on tn,
lsthmian waterway which IS to cor
. meet the Atlantic and the oacif
7 oceans. He reports that the cana
viii be successfully completed befor
the time stated in the engineers a
Inmates. He has also visited the PM
Of lppines and other outlying posse,
a slons of the United States In all Z
he these the completion of the canal
n anticipated with the greatest lutere9
Is The increased trade facilities II vi
IS. afford are certain to augment large
'ir our commerce with the orient. Gre;
r. benefit will accrue also to all the p
IS, chic coast cities from San Diego
ll- Seattle, as the people of those cIn.
p- well know. But valuable as the can
us is certain to prove to the Pacit
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-10-08

Such campaigning is puerile. fool
ish. weak, vapid fatuous, idiotic,
absurd, stupid, ill-advised and ASH me.
There are several more similar adj
jectives that might properly be ap-
piled to it, but these should suffice
to make its character clear,-even to
the Washington Democrat.-Keokuk
Gate City.
Say, Brother Moorhead. otherwise
there is nothing the matter with the
Democrat, is Washington
Democrat.
Not burned thing.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-10-08
The Miners, Friend.

In 1890 he took up the question Of
the protection to the lives of the
miners In the territories and secured
the passage Of the Lacey Mining
Law" which has saved thousands of
lives during the seventeen years OF
its very successful operation. He re-
ceived vote of thanks from tho Ma.
tional Convention of the Mine Work.
ers of America end a personal tele-
gram OF thanks from John Mitchell.
which he greatly prizes. We know of
no other man in the United States who
has received vote of thanks from this
great industrial organization.
Mr. Lacey secured the passage of a
bill in the Fifty-niDth congress for the
setting apart and protection of objects
OF antiquity. or Of scientific interest
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-10-08

Prince Troubetzskoy, husband OF
Amelie Rives, has himself written
book, THE Passerby," in which he
gives the reasons why American wom-
en- prefer foreigners for husbands.
American men are too busy, he avs.
to afford the detail of romance in their
courtships, so necessary to the Amer
have higher ideals, the product Of cul-
ture in infinite leisure. and this APP
peals to American girls. In this
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-10-08
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Subscribers falling to receive their pa
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Address all communications to
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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-10-08

You can send a letter to England
now for two cents. 1t formerly took
five cents.-Creston American.
The advantage is still greater than
above Indicated The former rate was
five cents for half an ounce. The new
rate is two cents an ounce, the same
as domestic postage.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-10-08

Mr.. Bryan delivered several more
speeches in Iowa while en- route to
the waterways convention in Chicago.
He seems determined to make the Re-
publican majority in this state as
large as possible.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-10-08

Judge Taft has now concluded two
weeks speechmaking. In that time
he has visited twelve states, made $50
speeches and addressed approximate
ly 100000 people. His tour has
done incalculable good for his can
didacy and the Republican cause.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-10-08

Judge Taft is firmly convinced thai
he will carry Missouri. The Repub-
licans of that state should leave
nothing undone to crystallize his ex-
pectations into accomplished fact.
The object is worthy their best efforts.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-10-08

From all accounts the Taft smile
and the St. Louis hurrah We're con
spicuously in evidence in that city on
Tuesday. They went together ad-
mirably and made fine combination.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-10-08
sta Land Rush.

DADLLAg, s. D.. Oct. 1.-THE big
CERT rush Sot home seekers today
since toe registration in the Rosebud
lan6 began BY noon five special
traips crowded arrived and several
more are expected.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-10-08

A big corn crop in Iowa always
means CORRESPONDENCE large Repub-
lican majority. The crop this year
is one of the largest ever grown in
the state.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-10-08

The man who picked out Haskell to
help write national platform and
handle campaign funds would be
nice man to be trusted with the selec-
ton of cabinet and the nominating
power of President of the United
States, now wouldn't he?
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-10-08

The newspapers print strange tales
sometimes, but it doesn't require a
very great stretch of ones credulity
to accept the statement of a New
York paper that an ostrich in that
city recently committed suicide after
looking at some of the fall styles of
women's hats.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-10-08

What with the conjunction of Will
liam Howard Taft and the Yelled
Prophet, who made his appearance
for the thirty-frst time, Tuesday
was one of the biggest days st. Louis
has ever known The combined at
fractions We're irresistible and drew
immense crowds.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-10-08

The amount of mud that is being
thrown in the present campaign is at
least presumptive proof that the
drouth has been broken.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-10-08
keokuk, Iowa. 49,. October 8, 1908.

The Ohio river is said to be so low
that the fish have to turn over to get
their backs wet.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-10-08

OF this fact showed that the free :,
age without limit produced : y
worth only the bullion yalue
Sixth district. which had been tha
bed of all wild money ideas wss
vassed fearlessly by Major Lacss
after year in the interest of sow.
nancial policies. 4u
He has never heitated or fearo,
point out the practical demonst,..i
of the wisdom of the policy Of n,s1
ton by its benefits to our farmes.
wage earners. II
Helped Abolish Hazlna,
1t was through Mr.. Lacey's on,
that the laws were SO modified a.
enable the authorities to almost wh,,
do away with the foolish pract,oa'
hazing at Annapolis and West pa,
The law had been made so severe =
be practically dead letter becausa
one was willing to enforce it in oil,
terms in trifiing cases, and there,,.
1t was not enforced at ALL Mr. n.
Thoroughly exposed this defect !,
President Roosevelt took the m.A
up and urged the passage of an anna,
ment upon the lines proposed bv 4
Lacey.
Mr.. Lacey prepared the law n
building railways in Alaska, Will
provides against any possible ,nono,l
" OF narrow canyon by single ro,|
The coal land laws and fishery lal
OF Alaska have been amended n
modified through his efforts and mn
ification OF the law as to mining cla,l
requiring a system of recording Il
tricts was secured by him. He n
pared a bill for a congressional d.,
gate from Alaska which was final
remodeled and taken up by Mr.. Cus
man in the Territorial Committee Al
is now law.
Alaska with its vast domain of az
100000 acres now has delegate
look after its affairs in Congress
When a senator proposed to N
Lacey to amend the bill so as to allc
a delegate to the house from AlasE
to be appointed by the President, y
Lacey made short work Of the promo,
iby saying. that II such amendme
were made by the senate he wot
move as substitute in the house II
"the delegate sit in the senate inste
OF the house. that no appointed m
could sit in the popular body, but Il
i such appointments could only be m;
| in the senate" The proposition
an appointed delegate was promr
! dropped. All the alleged difficu
about holding an election in Ala,
disappeared and Alaska was the
to hold an election for the Sixtyf
congress a few weeks ago, and oh
good and able Republican for the
1 sition.
| Served on indian COMMITTEES.
/ Mr.. Lacey served ten years on
Indian committee, and when he
Congress was No. on that commit
and sat for the whole time with Jal
s. Sherman. who loves Major La
like a brother. Nothing would pie
Mr.. Sherman more than to recogl
Mr.. Lacey as the senator from 10
when. as vice president. he wields
gavel in the upper house. Mr. Lac
work in the Indian Committee
been arduous and various. He had
ten years the charge of PRACTICAL,
the bills for opening up Indian re
vations to settlement In the G
Kiowa and Camanche opening in
lahoma he devised the plan for d
ing for turns in making entries s.
to prevent wild scrambles and a m
. tude of contests that had arisen
!, of SO many land openings. The
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-10-08

on the public lands. The great cliff
dwellers' ruins in Colorado have been
preserved by law procured by him,
and also the great petrifled forest Of
Arizona.