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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-23
Labor Unions Legal.

Dubuque Times-Journal. On COM
plant of Charles w. Miller of the
Wayerly Democrat, fourteen physi-
clans of of Bremen county, having
agreed upon a fee bill, were indicted
by the grand jury of Bremen county
for violation of the statute making it
a conspiracy to combine to regulate
~ TX the price of any article of mer-
chandise or commodity The district
court sustained demurrer to the in
dictment, holding that professional ser.
vice is not a commodity within
the meaning of the law This view is
now upheld by the supreme court of
Iowa, which holds that labor skilled
or unskilled. whatever it may be in
the view of political economists, is
not a commodity within the mean
ing of the statute. The court says:
1t is the almost universal holding
that it is no crime for any number of
persons without an unlawful object in
view to associate themselves together
and agree that they will not work for
or deal WITH certain classes of men
or work under certain price or with
out certain conditions The statute in
question was aimed at unlawful con-
spiracies in restraint of trade and was
manifestly not intended to cover labor
unions"
This settles the law for Iowa and
leaves those who feel aggrieved by
combination in restraint of competi.
ton in labor to seek their remedy out
side OF the courts. In the case of the
oppressive combination to control the
price of professional service the OBJ
yious remedy is competition, of which
the consumer may avail himself with
out mourning the ill-wilI Of labor
unions generally.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-23
Nine Hour law Causes channe

The investigation of the possibilities
of the telephone and the decision to
recommend it, as standard instru-
ment, is the direct result of the work
ings OF the nine hour law. This made
1t necessary for the roads to employ
three instead of two operators at many
stations. and to employ 5000 add
tional men, increasing their expenses
by over s1o,o0O,o0o a year. AS the
Order OF Railway Telegraphers has
refused to allow its members to in
struct student operators. it was in
many cases difficult to secure the new
men and the roads Immediately turned
to the telephone as possible remedy
for the situation.
A storm of opposition from the tele-
graphers' union is expected to result,
as thousands of operators will be com
PEELED eventually to seek new employ
ment or accept positions at reduced
wages as telephone operators. A new
field of employment for women will
also be opened up, as the new system
is extended. as well as for superan-
nuated employees OF the railroads in
other departments.
Railroads running out of Chicago
have already installed the telephone
on over 3,o00 miles of line, It was
stated yesterday. and as result of the
decision OF the association the install
atoms viii be rapidly extended.
The Northwestern is now operating
its lines as far as Baraboo. Wis, by
telephone: the Illinois Central is using
this system as far as Cairo. H.; the
ST Paul road is using over 200 miles
OF telephone wires for dispatching:
and the Burlington has about $50 miles
in use.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-23
THE IOWA BAND.

The famous Iowa Band consisted
OF eleven young Congregationalist min.
isters who, in 1S43, cane out from
Andover Theological Seminary in New
England 10 give churches and schools
TO the territory OF Iowa The mem.
oers were Daniel Lane. Harvey Adams,
Erastus Ripley, Horace Hutchinson
Alden E. Robbins. William Salter. Ed
win B. Turner. Benjamin A. Spaulding.
James ]. Hill. Ebenezer Alden. Jr.. and
Ephraim Adams. All OF these are dead
except the venerable and beloved Rev.
Dr., William Salter OF Burlington. One
Of them lett on record the followin g
entry IN his journal:
Monday morning, Aug. u. Is4.
{ L1ay enport1--Preached yesterday in
the forenoon for the CONGREGATIONAL.
ists in little building put up for a
dwelling house, and now useo for 4
sc1ool house situated On what *
known as Ditch street: twelve hearers
IL the afternoon yesterday.
5y invitation, pr 7ached for the Ban
lists. In Il course Of the sermon
vas Z little yaxed as noticed two
ladies' smiling al some holes in my
coat sleeTe. revealed BY gesturfng.
Drew down mr. arms and their faces
too, by preaching straight Il them.
PERHAPS on this account preached
with more eamesnsss than usual for
after the meeting an old school Pres
oyrs-tan said he would give I've DOL
lars i | Eould stop and preach year
II the place Felt II guita compI;-
1snt considering the source.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-23
Transition to Be Gradual.

This does not mean that every tele-
sraph Instrument is TO be thrown into
the scrap heap at once, as the INSTALL
alton OF the telephone VIII necessarily
take time and involve considerable ex,
psass- Il was learned yesterday. how
ever that the railroads are planning
10 put the recommendation OF the as
ISOLATION, which represents over 24o.-
coo miles OF road into effect as soon
as possible, with the ultimate intention
OF completely abandoning the use OF
the telegraph.
TIE two systems have been used
side By side heretofore, as the same
wires can be used for both. but the in
vestigation of the committee has
shown that the telephone is So far
superior that there is little object in
retaining the telegraph except for
commercial purposes. The main ad-
yantages, according to members of the
committee, are in the saving in time
and in the fact that the telephone can
be used by any one
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-23
RAILROADS TO USE PHONES.
Telegraph System fer Dispatohfns
Trains to be Abandoned.

Chicago Tribune: The use OF the
telegraph as an Instrument for the
dispatching and operation OF trains on
American railroads viii soon become
obsolete as the result OF an action 81
The American Railway association at
lis meeting in Chicago this week.
After an investigation extending
over nearly year BIZ a committee ap-
pointed 10 consider the subject Il has
been found thar the telephone is not
cnly as safe as the telegraph for di-
recting the movement of trains but is
more efficient and economical. In
consequence the railroads viii pro
ceed to substitute the new system for
the telegraph.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-23
HOW DID YOU DIE?

Did you tackle that trouble that came
your way
With a resolute heart and cheerful?
Or hide your face from the light OF
day
With craven soul and fearful?
Oh. troubles ton, or troubles an
ounce
Or a trouble is what you make it.
And it isn't the fact that you're hurt
that counts
But only, how did you take It?
You are beaten to earth? Well, well
what's that?
Come up with a smiling face.
It's nothing against you to fall down
fiat
But to lie there-that's disgrace.
The harder you're thrown, why the
higher you'll bounce,
Be proud of your blackened eye,
1t isn't the fact that you're licked that
counts
It's how did you highland why.
And though you be done to the death,
what then?
If you battled the best you could;
If you played your part in the world
of men.
Why, the Critic will call it good.
Death comes with a crawl, or comes
with pounce,
And whether he's slow or spry,
1t isn't the fact that you're dead that
counts,
But only how did you die.
Edmund Vance Cook.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-23

Following the publication of a story
IN New York to the effect that James
stillman, the Standard Oil banker.
was the financial hacker Of the Ont
look, OF which President Roosevelt is
10 become an associate editor liz, fol
lowing statement was given out at the
White House: The President has nor
the slightest concern with the oueS
ton as tc who are the stockholders of
the Outlook. His concern is With the
general policy OF the paper. which is
and has been admirable in everr "a
spec1- The President viii he only r..
sponsible for what NJ himself writes
In the current issue OF the ontIooE
Or. Lyman Abbott writes about how
ar- stillman and NJ. Valentine helped
him 70 finance the Outlook thir-y vea-s
ago but SAYS that neither Of -hess
men ever sought To control The editor
isi po!icy OF the paper. this being al
ways n the hands OF Dr.. Abbott The
latter SAYS thar Stillman now owns
les Than y per cent Of The stock Of
he OUtlook, the rest being oxned by
nose engaged in editing and publish
ing the paper.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-23

An unofficial list of the member
elected to the sixty-frse congress
with only one district in Rhode Isla7s
unsettled, indicates that the n4xr
house will consist of 21s Republicans
and l72 Democrats, a Republican ma
lority of forty-seven. The majority II
the last congress was fifty-seven. The
senate will consist of sixty Republi.
cans and thirty-two Democrats the
Democratic gain of Chamberlain in
Oregon and the Indiana legislature
having cost the majority its two-thirds
control.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-23
Santa Fe Double Track !, u,

MACON, Mo-, Nov. 23-I ~,
c e engineer of the Santa Fe. saw. ,
that his road expects to resume 9 s
ond track operations in MISE sso.
early In the coming year. This wor,
was suspended some time ago ~,
second grade is practically complatsa
from Fort Madison to wyaconda SOU soma
work has also been done between tb ~.
town and Marceline. Under fsvo.
able conditions 1t is expected tba 'ol'
tire work through Missouri viii, -
completed during 1909. Os
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-23

steady customer. I've got six razors
and they're all sharp, but I'm going
down there and get ca honed just
to show my appreciation of that man. :
The best Christians make the
best citizens
He was so crooked he could
hind behind a corkscrew. Insult him?
could NO more insult him than /
could pour something on skunk and
make it smell bad He was so low
down ne had to reach up to touch bot
TOM
Believe that story wrong which
ought to be wrong"
Many a man would like his neigh
boris wife if he wasn't afraid of look
ing down douhle-barreled shotgun
to get her
I'd rather have the Lords smile on
me that that of some old society dame
and you've got to choose one or the
other
I hear 'em talking of putting bill
lard tables in the Y. NJ. c. A.-you
can betcherlife Id never consent to
8 fool thing like that
I think the most useless thing on
earth is mere society woman"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-23

One of the most interesting results
Of the recent election in Colorado,
where the returns came in very slow,
~, was the reelection of the famous
Judge OF the juvenile court, Lindsay.
VINO ran independently after both the
hepuoiican and Democratic organiza-
,ion had refused him a nomination
pecause OF his exposure of graft
rug poiihcians of high degree in both
parties. Lindsay's election was made
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-23
ottumwa and Billy suna..

Sioux City Tribune: ottumv,
should not be cast down by the thin
Rev. Billy Sunday says about bsr
Rev. Billy would say the Same fbir -,.,
about any other city that ne migb,
be working. Rev. Billy's methods ara
the same everywhere. Some people
approve them. But there are others
and good people, good Christian peo-
pie. One doesn't have to be a Rev.
Billy Sunday to be Christian or a
good citizen.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-23

A state branch Of The Nsa9rz, 50
riely Tor Promoting Indusfrz. E.gcs
ton was formed at New YORK or
with prominent men as officers
directors. It will work to brBw 81
gether all the forces interested #
dustrial education for the purpose q
making most effective a Law receg.
passed by the legislature making L
permissiye to establish trade soreo5.
throug bout the state.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-23
Fruit and veq.tab,. o.,

Montrose Journal: F y
' VINO mas ben shipping fruit. n nancy,
and sweet potatoes from tb,, uielons
for several years made the ,. point
shipment this year that he has ,a' ssst
made, he having paid ont n 90 ever
wv. months slo,sso to the growers we .a s.
this vicinity. 0"ers In
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-23
The Daily Gate City

past year as the average price was
about 26ia cents, nearly s27.00O,o0o
was added to the wealth of the state.
These facts were disclosed by the an
nual report of State Dairy Connis-
sioner H. r. Wright, fled with Cover,
nor Cummins.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-23
Standpat Price for Corn.

Mt Pleasant News: Mr.. E. T. VIII.
hts, who is one of the oldest formers
IN this county, was in town yester.
day with big load of yellow corn
which he cashed in at the elevator
at sixty-five cents per bushel. Mr..
Willis stated that it was the first
time in his memory when man could
go into his fields, pick load of corn
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-23

Prot. Edgar Adams, professional
aypnodst has been engaged b. tie
juvenile court OF Des Noines % show
What he can do in The Eay o. cu-tna
pad boys By hypnotic ne.ao6s. P-o-
lessor Adams experiments6 On ga
boy with such encouraging r=sai,s ~
lne PROBATION 41ceTs we're to-c=4 Il
admit there was something II
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-23
Il May be Black

Central City Newsletter: News.
papers in the not far distant future
may have to be printed on black
paper with white ink, The high price
of print paper is causing search for
something cheaper and 1t is found
that there is much more available
material from which black paper can
be made than white.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-23

Speaking to the subject. Business
and Politics, at the annual dinner OF
the Commercial Club of Kansas CITY
Mo, President Butler OF Columbia
denounced socialism as calling upon
eiVlllzation 70 halt and return 10 Z
dead and forlorn past
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-23

possible by the almost unanimous sup
port OF the women voters. who. though
differing on the national ticket, almost
without exception marked their ballot
for the children's friend and helper.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-23

and ;ns haul naa it IT to market without mil.
i ing; ano get that price It is i hns
lnalcation OF the wonderful nros Oul an
that the farmers are enioxin PROSPERITY
.n,ng raised on the farm but b hss' J.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-23

J. J. Hill is to be one of the speak
srs at the national corn exposition 10
pc held in Omaha next month. WHAT
ne VIII say viii be worthy of general
attention.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-23

When one was suspected Of being
somewhat of" mentally it used 10
De said OF him that he lad bats in his
beifry" The newest expression OF
she same thought is that he has
spiders on his ceiling.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-23
Football Defined

Chicago Record-Herald; Football
continues to be the worlds most con.
vincing exemplification of the efec
dveness Of brute force.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-23
Some Sundayisms.

4 saw young c-1awpie here the
other day with swell varsity suit on
that came almost TO his ankles and a
little dinky cap on the northwest cor
ner OF his head that looked like a
fried egg; tnere was enough material
in the seal Of his pants to make a
tent; he's the kind that calls his
father the old man and his mother
The old woman He's a little fool
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-23

Speaking OF family rows, it would
be interesting 10 have an expression
rom Claude Porter concerning Jerry
sulliyan's action in sending out tha,
Cummins- Bryan circular.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-23
One Way to Guarantee

Council Bluffs Nonpareil: The way
to guarantee bank deposits is to pu,
fellows like Morse behind the bars for
period OF fifteen years.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-23

The holiday shopper who starts in
now has breathing room. prompt at
tenslon and fresh. full stocks 10
choose from.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-23

Chelsea Independent: You ouch. -
De thankful YOU are out of jail. ye
thankless divvle.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-23

AS a witness Mr. Rockefeller talks
quite interestingly about everything
except the subject in hand.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-23

What Emperor William most needs.
evidently, is an emergency brake on
his loquacity.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-23
Suggestion to sueIra,, ~

Sioux CITY Journal: The early hoIi.
DAY advertiser can do good dea! to
disnel the early hnvinr anatbv
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-23
Buy 'Em Early

Grundy Democrat: Buy EN- early
even if you must hide EN-.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-23

1t is not difficult to read encourage
ment for the water power project be-
tween these lines.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-23
keokuk' Iowa November %. 1908.

Governor-elect Carroll made good
beginning. He was born in Iowa.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-23
DAILY BY MAIL.


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THE GATE CITY COMPANY
NO is Nora Sixth st. Keokuk- Iowa
THE GATE CITY is on sale ct the fol-
IoWinS news stands:
Hotel Keokuk cor. Third and johnson
c. Fl. Rollins &, Co. 60 Main Street
Ward Bros. SIS Main Street
Depot News Stand
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-23


because parts Of it seem TO have been
written to be absolutely personal in
its application TO them.
There's many fellow has no use
for his mother as long as he's able to
stand up alongside the mahogany and
knock the white collar off a mug OF
booze. but let him get little farther
down the road. at the turn where he
can see reformatories and peni .entiar-
les Just ahead-then he sends for his
ma
We are making money in buckets
full and going TO hell in car loads"
man is lower down if he curses
aid dsmns Jesus Christ on the street
corners than if lie blasphemed his
Eaotasr or wife
san Francisco is the lowest.born
Etia king rotten. hell-grafnng town on
ne American continent-a veritable
pool Of filth and rot
~ em3loyer is thief when he does
a9f ~ bis employees. honest wages:
s-ae he employees are thieves who do
AfF give honest work in return.
understand there's barber shop
<scwn ~ Second street where one of
~ BARRIERS openly stood up for me the
f'ther evening and thereby Inst a
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-23
NoTEs as coMMenr

Tie Cedar RAPIDS Gazette observes
tilar successful dishonesty is oaly ten
porarEy s1ceessfuI.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-23

Some people don't like the Bible
because parts Of it seem TO have been
written to be absolutely personal in
its application 10 them.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1908-05-21

total tax s2.1s.
Fairweather, Alex, Mountain Home
Jerome's add. to Mountain Home
E. 4 OF lots II. rs, ~, so. 10
acres, val. 1900, prop. tax So. pen.
90 cents. spec school district No
81. pen 20 cents. adv. rs cents.
total tax 1906.
Fruen. VIM. H., MINNEAPOLIS. MINI
s. u OF NV. Y. sec 2s, twp. I s..
range E., so acres, val. $500. prom
tax s24, pen. $40, spec. school
dist. No. IS, pen. so cents, adv.
20 cents. total tax $s5.45.
Fox. John c., Chaliis, Ida-One-third
interest in Atlanta East Extension
mineral lot No. So. Middle Boise
Mining District, 20 acres. val. 800.
prop. tax SO. pen 80 cents, adv. rs
cents. total tax 1855.
Fletcher, e. b., Pine--House and
barn known as the Ellison prop
erty, val. $50, sewing machine SIS,
cows l SIP, total val of property
NJ, prop. tax $2.s1, pen. "a cents,
predatory and sanitary cents, poll
tax $3.50. road tax $3.50, adv. SO
cents. total tax 1907
Fruen, VIM. F., Minneapolis. MINI
NJ " OF NV. u. sec. 23, twp. S..
range E., 80 acres, val. $500. prop.
tax $24. pen s2.40. special school
dist No. IS. pen. so cents. adv.
25 cents. total tax $3545.
Fletcher and Carter. Dodge add. to
Mountain Home--Lots IT, IS, 10
20, block II, val. $50. imp. on same
S175, total val of prop. $255, prop.
tax S7.65, pen. II cents spec.
school dist. No. s, S2.55. pen. 26
cents, adv. rs cents, total tax.
S11.4S.
Griffith, c. j., Mountain Home
Mountain Home Townsite. lots 0,
10. block 6, val. $500. imp. on same
$500, sewing machine $40. total
val. of property $50, prop. tax
S24.30, pen. s2.43, spec. school dist
No $50, pen. 50 cents. city tax
$S.91, pen. 80 cents, adv SO cents.
! poll tax $2.50, total tax $4S.44
Golden and Casey, Pine-House on
Main street. Rocky Bar, east Of
Hoffman house. val. $500. prop tax
SIS, pen. s1.5o, spec. school dist
2 $3.50, pen. 20 cents, adv. rs
cents. total tax 1880.
Gold and silver Mining Co., Ltd,
Minneapolis, Misunderstanding lode
u S. mineral lot No. 40, 10 474-100
acres. val. 500, Gold and Silver
lode IT, s. mineral lot No. 46.
20 66o-10o acres. val. s105. Gold
and Silver Bell first extension min
eral lot No AZ. 20 660-100 acres,
val. $105. Peerless lode and millsite
u. s. mineral lot No. As A and b,
20 637-10o acres. val. 1856. Bear
Creek Mining District. building
known as boarding house, val. 500,
2o-stamp quartz mill $4,000, total
val. of property $5.165, prop. tax
(Coot;,,,ed az, paoe -Four