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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-10-22
THE MAKING OF AN ENTRY.

a number of people in Keokuk and
the surrounding country have been
fortunate enough to draw numbers in
the Rosebud land lottery. and it is a
matter Of some interest !, them TO
learn what is required to perfect
titles to the land for which they filed
applications, If person has drawn
q number smaller than 4,o01 he will
be notified By mail. addressed to the
postohce given in his application, to
appear a some date in the month of
March 1909, when he will be per-
nittad 70 enter one-quarter section or
less Of these lands. for which he viii
BIZ required 10 pay the usual fees and
commissions and s6 an acre. II the
number drawn is between 1000 and
G.o04 the applicant will be notified in
the same manner OF some date in
August. 1853. when he can make
entry al $40 an acre. If any of the
lands remain unentered AZ that time.
The fees and commissions and one
fifth Of the purchase money must be
Paid when the entry is made and the
remainder Of the purchase money in
fve equal annual payments without
interest. Al the time he makes final
proof he will be required to pay the
pEusl fees and commissions required
Of homestead entrYrnen making proof
II z person enters 100 acres under a
number smaller than 4.0Ol he must
pay si92 on the purchase price and
81 as fees and commissions. or a to
I'll Of 1905, at the time he makes en-
try, and he will be required to pay
1880 annually thereafter for five
years. II he enters $50 acres under a
number above 400 he must pay s144
purchase money and s14 fees and
commissions. or a total Of 1858, when
+ he makes entry. and subsequently he
must pay five annual installments OF
Of s1i52o each.
If an entryman falls TO make an,
annual payment when it becomes due
or falls 10 reside on and cultivate the
land as the law requires his entry viii
4 be cancelled and all former payments
made by him viii be forfeited.
After an applicant has made entr,
he can obtain patent by complyin,
with the requirements of the home
stead law, as TO residence and cult
walton, for five years and making tn.
annual payments, or after actual,
residing upon and cultiyating the LAM
in good faith for the full period 0
fourteen months he can obtain It'll
by proving that fact and paying al
the unpaid purchase money. The res
dence required upon these land
means the actual, bona fide maxim
and maintaining of home thereon
to the entire exclusion of home else
s where
e The requirements as to residenc,
/ cultivation and payment apply t
:. soldiers as we'll as to others excer
d that soldier who served during tn
civil or Spanish-American war or III
r Philippine Instruction may after r,
l. siding on the land for twelve month
J. or longer, claim credit for the perio
r of his military service during sue
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-10-22

the causes of unres.. and distrust.
What are those causes, now remain
ing, if not the threats of continued dis
turbance by Bryan-and Gompers?
Surely not the wise and prudent coun-
sells of Taft-and Mitchell.
All that the owners and directors Of
railways, of great railways and great
industries, ask of you is that you now
stand by them as they have stood by
you, and, in your own interest quite
as much as theirs, vote for Taft.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-10-22


a man who is enjoying bad luck.
The Vinton Eagle brings assurance
that the railroad men are for Taft.
Alex Miller wonders if people think
he is as foolish as he thinks they are
The Omaha Bee notices that they
seem to be short of Carusos in the
concert of the powers.
Even wise man cannot tell when
woman's hat is on straight" OBJ
serves the Chicago News.
j Ham Lewis says that everything
looks rosy for Bryan. The Omaha
Bee concludes that J. Ham must have
been gazing at the reflection from his
wliskers.
1T is pretty generally admitted that
the campaign lacks ginger. but thus
FAR nobody has complained of an alb.
sence of kerosene" remarks the Coun.
ell Bluffs Nonpareil.
TN 1896 recalls the Dubuque
Times-Journal. Mr.. Bryan told the
farmers that if the gold standard were
maintained prices would be as certain
to fall as stone thrown into the air.
When the present price of corn is con
sidered as it any wonder that we now
have new paramount issue@
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-10-22
Taft or Bryant Suggestions to Voters.

Taft or Bryan7-suggestions to Voters.
Harper's Weekly: To independent
Democrats:
Your duty as independent Democrats
is plain. Upon all grounds, in rever-
ence of Jefferson, in respect of Tilden,
in memory of Cleveland: negatively to
rebuke the stealing of partys birth
right, to repudiate hateful heresies,
to retain the self-respect which forbids
one to forfeit independence once ac
quired, to remain out of bad company
once forsaken; affirmatively, to clear
the way for the building of a new,
virile effective opposition party upon
! the old firm foundations, to bury Bry-
anism in the grave of Populism so
deep that for years to come demagogy
will invite only ignominy. to render
full duty as patriotic citizens,-vote
against Byran, and to make your act
| tell, unless you believe him to be in
capable, untrustworthy or wicked, go
to the polls as man should go, actu-
ated by conscience and courage, and
/ cast your ballot for William H. Taft
! To business men:
/ Restoration of confidence is the chief
need of the country at this time, as
you business men have reason to
know. Is 1t conceivable that the cleo
ton of Bryan would afford it or even
tend in that direction? Would not for
4 eign capital surely be withheld from
1 investment upon the indication that
popular sentiment is even more radi-
cal than Roosevelt has apparently
shown it to be? Rightly or wrongly
as we all know abroad as well as here
i Taft is considered to be more con-
sentative. more cautious, more heed.
4 full of property rights, more consider
ate of capital as a basis of progress
/ and prosperity than Bryan. Whose
election, then, would most quickly
serve to open the money-chests and
put into activity the millions upon mil.
lions of dollars now lying idle? Even
/ though Bryan could accomplish little
or nothing in the way of legislation.
the mere fact of his election would eff
fectually check the slight improve
ment now observable, and would ut
terly estop all new undertakings re.
curing capital
To working-men:
You men who work with both brains
and hands need no Gompers or BRYAN
or Hearst to tell you tina. you ceased
long ago to be the slaves of capital
4 The fact that you are able to protect
yourselves from injustice is firmly es-
tablished and universally recognized
That, you know. But it may be that
all of you have not yet fully realized
that labor and capital are, of necessity.
partners, that an assault upon either
falls upon both, and that both are the
slaves of conditions. Is not that true
OF today? And is it not equally true
that the bad conditions existing are
not natural and normal. but political
and artificial? Quick recovery from
such shock as we have had cannot
be expected, but the way for gradual
recuperation may at least be cleared
by removing or reducing to a minimum
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-10-22

The Fort Madison Democrat finds
Congressman Kennedy is particularly
offensive because so many Democrats
are going to vote for him and because
Mr. Kennedy gives so much recogni-
tion to his Democratic constituents.
The universe, no doubt, looks dark and
dismal to the Democrat, but many
Democrats in Lee county will vote for
Kennedy, nevertheless, and Mr.. Ken
nedy will continue to treat all Demo
Gratis kindly. The best treatment for
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-10-22
REGISTER.

If the qualified electors OF keokuk
wish to vote at the November election
it is imperative that they must register
beforehand. Every one must register.
The registration days will be octo-
Der %, %, "a and Oct. 81.
Those who are out Of the city on
those days can register on election
day, but must show strict proof OF the
same.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-10-22

NEW YORK, Oct. 22.-Estimates
received from business men through
out the country show that hundreds
of millions of dollars are ready for the
building of new industrial, railroad
traction and lighting projects and for
the Improvement of similar concerns,
provided investors can be assured of
the attitude of the federal government
in the next four years toward business
conditions. Investors who have large
amounts of money at their disposal or
who have only thousand dollars
wish first to know how the new adj
ministfation will tackle certain evils
that retard business development In
other words, they want to know
whether the proposed remedies are de-
signed to eradicate the evils and en-
courage business or actually will de-
stroy both the industry and the evil
Once this question is settled. bust
ness men report, millions of dollars
will be at the disposal of financiers to
devote to the construction of new rail-
ioduS, ldSlOiiSS, railways anu equip
ment. The outlay of such a vast
amount of money means the employ
ment of thousands more men Both
Republicans and conservative Demo-
Gratis feel that the election of William
II. Taft will be the magic influence
that start these new enterprises.
Very few men give encouragement of
the carrying out of these projects if
Bryan is elected President
Business men point out frankly
that, while they are confident of Taft's
election, there are many bankers and
individuals with money to invest who,
fearing that Bryan by some hocus
pocus" may slip into the Presidential
chair, are holding tight to their money.
They say that Bryan would kill the
confidence that now is evident in ev-
cry part of the country, and that with
hostile senate he could make no
Roadway for four years: his radical
policies would stop the launching of
new enterprises and that the country
almost would be at standstill for
four years
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-10-22

war. or in other words, when SOL
dier's military service, added to the
period of his residence on the land
equal Ave years, he will not be re
CURED to longer reside upon or cutli-
vate the land, but he must make his
installment payments annually unless
he elects to make all of the payments
at the time he makes his proof at an
earlier date.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-10-22
Case Of Leprosy in Denver

DENVER. Oct. 21.-An advar
case of leprosy was discovered IL
when Look Wing. a Chinaman, wa
rested. He is said to have been
fering from the disease for til
four years. and has lived in De
twenty-six years.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-10-22

4 Chicago ao-aaa 1ho saved her
Pin HloneT has bought aad paid for z
home Tithout calling q her husband
for any contributions The incident
shows What Toman can accom- pliza
b. trimming her own hats.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-10-22

Really, Mr.. Tracy. are The Gate
City's question so embarrassing that a
fair, square, frank reply to them is
out of the question from you as a
candidate for member o. congress
from the First district of Iowa. Under
the circumstances there is no alterna-
tive but to make the vote Congress.
man Kennedy's favor practically unan
lmous.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-10-22

Come, Mr Tracy. fair. square
answer: If elected to congress would
you or would you not vote to reduce
or abolish the duties on horses. cattle,
wool, wheat, hay, potatoes and other
farm products? Yes or ne2
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-10-22

The dispatches report $4,000 more
freight cars in commission and large
increase IN bank exchanges. No won
der Mr. BRYAN looks worried
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-10-22

The Fort Madison Democra. com
plains that II is not allowed to select
the writer's Of Congressman Kennedy's
campaign literature. If the Democrat
does not keep out OF Republican
family affairs, it may become 4eces-
sary to spank 1T and put it to bed
right in tie middle of the part;.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-10-22

George Fitch. with characteristic
acumens has noticed that whore there
IS VII there are also haH a dozen
lawyers with growing families 70 sup
port.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-10-22
Diaz Determines to Retire,

CITY OF MEXICO, Oct. 21.-El
Del Hager, newspaper, today pr
a statement from President Diaz
termining to retire from the presire
in 1910, at the end of his present tt
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-10-22
OFFICERS CHARGED
WITH NEGLIGENCE
Suicide of an Inmate Of the City Jail
at Tulsa Brings Officials Into
[ innelinhf

TULSA, Okla, Oct. 2l.-Charges of
criminal neglect We're made today by
the coroner's jury against the Off
Gals of the city Ill growing out of
the recent death of Eli White, a pris-
oner. White who was crazed with
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-10-22

Today is the first day for reg
istration
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-10-22
Saved from Forest Fir,

CALUMET, Mich, Oct. PLATE
desperate all night fight Red Ri
was saved from destruction from
est fires.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-10-22

Defiance. Ohio. has gone wet II
probably intends 10 live up 10 itE
name
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-10-22

A safe and sane Halloween is the
next thing in order.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-10-22
DAITy Ry MAII.

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THE GATE CITY is on sale at the fol-
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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-10-22
Money for New Enterprises Would
be Abundant.

MoHey TOT new enterprises Wouic
be Abundant.
In contrast, they say that bankers
can sell bonds needed for the building
of new roads, Industrial plants and
other concerns, if Taft is chosen
President, because business men
know the attitude Of the Republicans
toward the economic problems Of the
day. President H. E. Fisher, of the
Joliet &. Southern Traction Company
who has kept informed concerning
the traction situation throughout the
country, estimates that millions of dol
lars will be started at once in new en-
terprises the day that Taft's election
is announced. Recently, business
man in this city said that with conf
dence restored as it is today, more
than s3O0,0000O0 would be spent with
In year in the purchase of materials
by railroads and other big concerns
President Yoakum, of the Rock Island.
has said that the railroads throughout
the country should spend S500,000,000
yearly in making extensions and i'm
provements to meet the demands of
increasing traffic. Such business ac-
tivity, however, will not be possible,
it is said by business men, in the event
of Bryan's election.
When it is figured out how this vast
outlay of money means prosperity Cor
the workmen, the vast Importance of
a Republican victory becomes more
clear. Laborers, skilled workmen in
factories, engineers and others will re-
ceive more work. President Fisher
in convincing manner goes into
these details. When seen recently he
said:
Bryan's Election Would Brighten
investors.
Il have, within the past few weeks,
visited prominent bond houses. hanl S
and Trust companies in the east and
in Chicago. In Chicago | am particu-
larly well acquainted with the imam
cial houses that handle railroad bo.,ds
and am in daily intercourse with some
of them
Without exception they tell me the
same story-if Taft is elected. there
is going to be the best bond market
this country has seen in many wears.
If Bryan is elected, the investor is
going to hold on to his money tighter
than ever, and there will be no bond
market for at least another year OF
two until time has developed his
course on important public matters.
Here is a more forceful Illustration
along this line:
About ten days ago, in company
with our chief engineer, visited the
plant of one of the largest concerns
j In Chicago that makes a business OF
4 furnishing construction equipment for
building railroads, irrigating canals,
1 water power development, etc.
We wanted small locomotive and
/ some dump cars for ballasting new
track. We found exactly what we
needed, and agreed on the price when
said We must pay for this equipment
with bonds, as it requires all of the
/ money We can get hold of to pay for
labor. After little discussion the
/ proprietor said: i will ship you the
equipment at once with the under
standing that If Taft Is elected will
] accept bonds in payment, but if Bry
an should by any 'hocus- pocus' be
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-10-22

drink, emptied bottle of carl
acid over his body, dying soon a
The grand jury has been asked Il
vestigate the charges of negligen,
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-10-22
NOTES AND COMMENT.

George Fitch defines pessimist as
man who is enjoying bad luck.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-10-22

The Vinton Eagle brings assurance
that the railroad men are for Taft.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-10-22

Alex Miller wonders if people think
he is as foolish as he thinks they are.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-10-22

The Omaha Bee notices that they
seem to be short of Carusos in the
concert of the powers.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-12-07
FORAKER
To DEF END
RECORD

Washington. Dec. 4.-Standins upon
the proud eminence which he seems
destined soon 10 lose, Senator Foraker
viii. shor,l.f after Congress assemblies,
make a sueech in defense of his rela.
Tons win the standard OH Company.
IL will bo more than defense II what
his Intimate friends say should prove
10 be trns Il win be a display Of verb
al lightning intended both to dissi-
pate the cloud which hangs over him
and to strike the occupant Of the
White Huuse, whom Senator Foraker
regards as the fTat cause Of his down
fall
Senator FoTakers friends say that
he has quite made up his mind as to
this course. and Senator Foraker. when
questioned about the report today
Mould nos deny It. He has spent
weeks II 3 said. in the preparation
of the speech that he is to deliver,
end the prophesy is made that in the
bitterness OF its attack on the presi-
dent Il viii eclipse h;s own pest per
formance in this respect
What VIII be the occa,ion when the
time OF its delivery. ~ one knows.
Perhaps Senator Foraker himself has
not determined that His bill author.
izing the re-enlistment of the troops
discharged from the Twenty-fifth could
be made to serve his purpose, though
there IS no need Of this, since he could
hs Senator Bailey did, rise 10 a ques'
tion of personal privilege.
AS TO the tlme, IL Is generally be-
lieyed that Senator Foraker will speak
before tAe holiday adjournment His
successor is to be elected carly in
january Il ig Inost the unanimous
opinion among Ohioans here that zen.
ator Foraker has reached the end ot
his public career. They say that pub.
l!r opinion has so unmistakahly de-
creed his extinction that no legisla-
turc wcull dare to reinyest him with
the honor he now enjoys.
Yet Il is partly in The nope that he
may be ahle TO reverse the popular
verdict has by being again elected and
thus re-anter public life as his great
fHe leaves it that Senator Foraker has
losolyed tc make this peech.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-12-07

ecr OF men employed over The previous
year.
Lmlnr the year 1907 there were %
strides and lucNouss In the state. %
of Which werc settled successfully and
one lost.s The total number ~ days
hist by reason of strikes wns 1872 and
total number uf days lost by ieason
oi strikes was 7S2, and total wages
lost S26igg7. The total number OF
men involved in these strikes was
2 4O3. rhs strikes for 1907 includes
the follrwing. with number of men
thrown lui OF employment by each:
Miners - Lehigh, 1913; commercial
telegraphors AT Oklahoma Cily and
elsewhere, 100; railway carmen on
Rock Island. 22C at Chiclasha and Ill
ut shawnee: bricklayers at Hl Reno,
SO. mincra at Lutte, l25; plumbers al
Chickasha. 10: plumbers at Oklahoma
Ciiy, 109.
Eighty one labor organizations re-
ported 4i4 accidents, 81 OF them result
irg fatally.
The renOrt gives detailed summary
OF the average hourly, daily and an
npal salary earned by the different
classes OF labor. Under class A build
ing trades, bricklayers worked on an
average OF l64 days in the year. earn
ing s5.54 cents a day. or $942 by the
year Carpenters we're employed Pill
days eaning S3.14 per day. or SG74 per
year 9'he annual average earn.
ings OF other classes Of labor are Elec-
trlcians, SS04; painters and paper
hangers, S7c6; plumbers, s913.2O; bar
bers. S77G. retail clerks, sSS4.S0; com
mon labrers, S510.43; printers, slO26.-
so; railway conductors. s1,282.6 so; en-
gineers, s1.2562S: firemen. sSS612;
lrakemen, ss2s.3S; machinists, s9O4.-
:. lhe Invest earning power report
go Is represented by railway trackmen,
Aich IS s354.12 annually.
INQUIRIES sent out by the labor com
missioner asking what legislation is
needed ii the interests of laDor
brought nui the following recommends
tons: Eight-hour Gay law for tele-
graph operators, law compelling tele-
graph companies to place time of Sling
and receipt Ct telegram without extra
cost to patrons; to prevent telegraph
companies from using the mails for
telcgraphic transmission; requiring
union label on all state printing and
equirins a humber OF years actual ex-
pcriencc hs q iourneyman printer as a
a. aiihcRfion for he state printer: 10
prohibit the employment of convict la
Dor in competition with free labor, re-
ladlring tlc installation of ventilation
lsnd safety devices in mines and the
| stallatirn Of safety devices upon ma.
Chinery III manufacturing institutions
and railways; q general liability law;
providing for a state plumbing iGspec-
tor: abnlishing barber colleges and
providing for enforcement of sanitary
laws in barber shops. requiiing all
lPrison-made goods shipped into the
state TO bear the brand convict
rade, providing for d state boiler In.
spector and pure paint law