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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-03-06
Wilh West Fakina."

Emerson Hough, the author OF o4-4o
or Fight has little time for the take
with which many modern
writers endeavor to attract the pubic
In recent discussion of wild West
taxing in literature. Mr.. Hough says:
1T is a singular fact, not capable OF
any geographical or philosophical ex-
nlanation so far as I know, that the
hest wild West writer's live in Brook
1yn. New York. and that mos OF the
prominent wild West artists reside in
LYME. Conn. don't know why TINS IS,
Neither for that matter. should one ME
any objection to this, because genius
has no law. In the old days we were
as apt to get pure Canadian maple
syrup from Ohio as anywhere else.
The only reservation existing in my
mind is purely legal one. 1t seems
to me that there is a question OF
reasonable doubt under the pure food
law whether these stories and fiction
ought not to be labeled '99.5 per cent
pure East"
Il recall one picture by celebrated
artist of the East who does Western
things. 1t depicts a Cowboy at Rest.
He is lying on his stomach in the sun
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-03-06
WIDE OPEN TOWNS.

The Des Moines Register and Lead
er gets the impression by reading the
Ottumwa papers that Ottuniwa is "a
nest of undesirables. The Marshall
town Times Republican protests that
the Des Moines paper draws wrong
conclusion 1t says that Ottlmwa is.
like other cities. mainly made lap If
respectable people, and adds:
THE trouble is that they have
turned the city over TO comparative
ly small population of undesirables to
operate under the impression that the
sporting element knows how to run
the town. The trouble with Ottumwa
is that it is nest of careless, neglect
full, desirable citizens
1t Is to be feared that the same IN
dictment lies equally against this city.
There isn't more wide open city In
the state or country than Keokuk, and
1t is the fault of careless, neglectful
and desirable citizens that such is
the case. If these would bestu them
selves and make united effort in the
1 interest of law and order and decency
and good government conditions would
soon be remedied Desirable citizens
who are careless and neglectful are
quite as much to blame for existing
conditions as are the "undesirables.
The latter are simply improving the
opportunities open to them If no
directly proffered them. Keokuk vii
get better city government when |
wants better, and not until then.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-03-06
THg Ngw ADMINISTRATION.

Il its Issue for The current meek the
Outlook g1veS forecast Of the neE
administration IL the course q which
i makes some interesting comparisons
be-Eeen Roosevelt and Taft Ii sass
tha. Roosevelt has done some remazk-
able diplomatic wors, but he is ov
temperament 2 soldier Nj Taft has
done some good lighting but ne Is by
temperament diploma II IS decIar-
ed that those who imagine that BE-
cause he Is diplomatic he IS less
fighting honest than SIR. Roosevelt
do not know him as well as ises viii
snoH hin feGr gears hence. Like all
strong men. he has the power OF q
great wrath. He hates lying. dlplicity.
evasion. fraud. corruption, aud all its
kin Continuing the Outlook says:
Land thieves, hooters. bribe givers,
and bTibe takers, and smiaentlv re-
spectacle law-breake-s OF ali descrip-
lions viii find IN him IS implacable &
foe as IN NJ. Roosevelt In one re-
spsct he ma! even prove 2 more dan
gsroas on@he has an intimate knowi-
edge. which Mr. Roosevelt does not
possess, OF the Law and how 10 escape
its penalties.
sir. Roosevelt IS z prosecuting al
torney; Mr. Taft IS iudga-but a
Judge as determined 10 punish crime
whoever commits il, as any prosecut-
ing attorney could be,
If by conservatism is meant the
spirit which purposes always 10 lei
well enough alone, Mr.. Taft is not
more conservative than Mr. Roose-
Welt But his temperament is different
and mis- work viii be different. Mr..
Roosevelt is 4 reformer: Mr.. Taft Is
an organizer.
We expect, then, 70 see under THIS
administration as vigorous and en-
cient measures as under the past ad,
ministration for the punishment OF
fraud and corruption in all lis forms
and for the control or destruction OF
all monopoly in industry
The Outlook adds that il does not
expect of the incoming administration
the initiative which has been charac.
teristic of the outgoing administration
nor does it think that desirable. II
/ does expect that the advanced posi-
i tions toward industrial democracy
which Mr.. Roosevelt has taken vii
be intrenched in the institutions o.
4 the country by Mr.. Taft.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-03-06
PRESIDENT TAFrs POLICIES.

President Taft's policies as out
lined in his inaugural address are,
in brief, as follows.
Promises to make the maintenance
and enforcement of the reforms IN
initiated by the President a feature OF
the Taft administration.
Favors differentiating between COM
binations based upon legitimate econ
omic reasons and those formed with
the intent of creating monopolies and
artificially controlling prices.
Urges revision of the tariff at the
special session.
| Suggests graduated inheritance
tax as a revenue measure.
Suggests that congress consider the
bond issue plan of providing for water
ways improvements.
Declares preparedness for war in
sures peace and urges liberal appro
priations for army and navy.
Recommends law giving the Presi
dent authority to enforce treaty rights
of aliens to meet such emergencies as
the California anti-Jap situation.
Reform in monetary and banking
laws
Establishment of postal saving.
banks
Mail subsidies to encourage steam
ship lines.
Construction of Panama canal Of
present plans.
Promises to exercise care in appoint
5 ing negroes to office; suggests educa
: tional voting qualifications to free tn
south from the menace of domination
; by an ignorant electorate
i, Favors change in Injunction Law
but denounces the secondary boycott.
d Good citizens without regard t
party will very generally support hir
in his efforts to attain these desirabl
ends.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-03-06

II 2 booklet inst Issued on me sub
jecT OF probationary Rev. d.. George
L Parker Of Boston. who MY
sympa-hizes with much OF the teach
ings o. the cult utters wsrning
against II On the ground That il Is
dangerously one-sided To turn pep
pie 10 psycho-therapy, he saxss Z word
Of unknown sound and tongle when
re ought instead 10 remind them again
OF the great familiars- faith.
hope. trust. and sympashy-is much
ike the sign put up al cross roads
biacksmith's shop-'Tnis road leads TO
Boston II ron can't read. 5Ust ask
the blacksmith He Is inclined 10
Indignation when he hears many
guides asking US TO sidepath when
the main Highway IS still neglected
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-03-06

his chin in his hands His horse stands
nearby with the reins thrown over the
horn of the saddle. Now, a cowboy in
the DAYTIME, well filed with beans
and canned tomatoes, would not lie
thus. He would pull the reins down
over the horses head and let then
hang, elsewise his cowhorse would de-
part recall yet another picture of a
faithful eow-puncher who, with his
trusty rife, defends himself from be-
hind his dead horse, which he uses
as a fortress. The dead horse is about
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-03-06
WIRELESS TRAIN plsPATcHlNe

Recent experiments at Cleveland
proved that wireless telesraphy is
feasible as a means of communication
between moving trains and di patch
ing Offices. The experiments were
made by the Lake Shore and Michigan
Southern. Messages from sixty and
eighty miles distance were received
without difficulty on train running
seventy miles an hour. AS result Of
the test it is believed by the general
officers of the railroad that railroads
all over The world will at once investi-
gate the use of wireless. with the
probability that despatching viii soon
be accomplished BY this means keep.
ing trains in constant communication
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-03-06

With all due difference 10 tha Tetir-
ing President. Il viii hare 70 be al
miited that TAFT fits into ire
newspaper headlines better than
RooseTeit Anv name S-ith nine
letters I'M Il K sure 70 make the head
line artist scratch his head. especially
II it is synonynous wfth President
and Executive mich are equally
long Taft on the other hand ike
me man Il stands for. can be mzde %
fl IN almost anyEhere-
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-03-06
Harvey Should Explain,

Reinbeck Courier: The boys are
telling a story on Harvey Crist, the
genial day operator at the Rock Island
depot While out with his girl few
evenings ago he lost his Masonic pin.
The story goes on to say he was later
made happy by the return of the pin
The young lady found it in her hair
when she combed the next morning
Harvey's friends are wondering how
in the world it ever got tangled up In
the young lady's wig.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-03-06

A DesMoines newspaper correspond
ent quotes Representative Reitz as
saving that so far as he knows there
rs no desire in Lee county for probe
Mto the affairs of the board OF control
and the state prison at Fort Madison. "
No one hereabouts viii be surprised
to learn that Mr. Reitz doesn't know
anything about the matter There are
a LOT Of other things concerning which
he is equally ignorant. Not to put too
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-03-06

what * the future of Theodore
ROOSEVELT He reIires from the pres
idency at fifty. He is absolutely IN
capabIes Of the reserve that has CHAR
aeterized all former ex-presidents he
has engaged 10 write for controver-
gisl weekly newspaper on his. return
from Africa. He IS now preparing 70
lecture before three great modern uni
versitieg in three modern languages.
VINO can fix the place or fathom the
disabilities of a man of sucn titanic
energies? There is but this to be SAID
that whatever President Roosevelt
may do in the future, he VIII be guid-
I'd by the thought that every otner
man in his position has held himself
- he ,he servant of the republic IN
need and not the resource OF a party
n distress. He will appreciate tne
tart mat in times of great confusion
the country will gladly give the iast
word 10 the man, who, having passed
through all the passion and per1uroa-
ton of Office. when he was driven 70
decisions. has arrived at that pom.
where hundred million people VIII
wait with hope and confidence on MS
one calm word.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-03-06

If var Is declared with Austria me
SERBIAN womens League OF Death
will shoulder arms and fight with ne
men. They are noEs drifting daily IN
anticipation OF the beginning OF hostili-
ties al an early daE What with 20
men entering the lists AZ soldiers
and suEragertes i looks as though
there wouldn't be any -Feaker SCI
after Ehile.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-03-06

One of the bills before the legisla-
ture requires an agricultural course in
the university and all the public
schools Of the state. After few years
no teacher will be given a certificate
who does not know something about
farming This will not only apply to
the men. but 10 the women teachers.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-03-06
Newspapers Contain Hot stut

Titonka Topic: For the benefit Of
our subscribers we will state that we
have slept all winter between two light
quilts in room without heat We
simply placed several newspapers be-
tween the quilts. They act like
magic.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-03-06

what is your morning converse
tion?" is the embarrassing question
asked by Ella Wheeler Wilcox, How
did she happen to know that so many
people intimated that they would like
to have the bottle passed first thing?
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-03-06

II appears that Franklin McVeagh,
the new secretary of the treasury. is
an outand-out Democrat all right. ~
has Just developed that he never voted
for BRYAN
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-03-06

The Pennsylvania railroad company
made only s7o,oOo,ooo profit last year.
This is doing business on very small
margin-from the PENNSYLVANIA rail
road company's point of view.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-03-06

The work of paving country roads
with a fine quality of hot air is pro-
crossing actively at the present time.
The job is an annual one and it is
always appropriately done in March
when the roads are at their worst.
Later in the season the roads dry UP
and do moi eed to be paved.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-03-06

The temptation was strong to shoot
the Washington weather man. The
fGc. tina it was successfully resisted
shows the great self-control of the
average American citizen who paid out
big money to witness the inaugural
ceremonies and parade.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-03-06

four feet and half through sidewise
fora fortress. but a trife
wide for thin-flanked cowhorse It
would be useless to point out any de.
tail like this to any earnest artist Of
today. Worse than useless would it be
TO suggest that a cow-punche" is the
LATEST created thing: for in art he
must do perpetual stunts of action
The Bobbs-Merrill Company. Feb
ruary, 1908.
Read The Daily Gate City. 10
cents Ter week.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-03-06

II the blizzard at Washington on the
4th shall force change in the date
OF fu.ure inaugurations 1t will not
have been an unmixed evil
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-03-06

The wisconsin Legislature proposes
to make every drunkard wear a red
button. Just as if IL was necessary TO
tag drunkard, Least OF all with a
red insignia.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-03-06

Any city that sows the wind as
"wide OPEN community will later reap
the whirlwind to its everlasting re-
greet. Keokuk would do we'll to be
warned in time.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-03-06

The square deal as principle has
been firmly established, but er-foW
about larger families and spelling re-
I, rm?
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-03-06
THEODORE ROOSEVELT

welt in history must be much above
those Presidents. who have merely
acted as the material agents of the
state, and who have left no record ex-
cept summing up OF material pro-
gress. He will be put In class with
the Presidents who have addressed
themselves TO the solution OF the real
problems OF civilization. How far he
has succeeded. Will be for them to
say. How far ne has failed. viii be
for them 10 say. How consistent he
has been. they win Judge, How much
below his own standard he clag have
fallen. they will decide. But they can
not escape from the moral fc-ce .ot
the Roosevelt administration.
the Roosevelt administration.
Posterity viii tend to forget his
weaknesses. as ii does those OF all
men who have positive strength. It
viii forgive them as il has forgiven
all that was mortal In Abraham Lin
coin, as it long ago forgave me mere
I " earthly in washington. Posterlty
( will in this ~egard act. not from pecu-
( liar fondness for Roosevelt, out from
law of human thought which tends
I always TO bring Il TO the consideration
| of the positive. and to The neglect OF
/ the merely negative.
By dint of the force OF his messages
and speeches. the President has De
come the mcst powerful individual
force this nation has known. 1t Is
/ useless 10 say that many of his speech
es have been crude. that many OF his
messages have been wordy. What
ever they are and however they are.
+ they are there. Nowhere in tste range
of human endeavor have there been
4 speeches or messages that have
wrought more powerfully upon the
lives and conduct of free people
Seven years OF those messages and
speeches have wiped out abuses; over
thrown privilege. endorsed tyranny;
abashed corruption: and brought hope
and comfort TO millions almost ready
to despair of popular government.
This is not to say that the American
government was sunk in corruption
before Roosevelt. but that before MIN
the men who believe in uprightness'
honesty. independence, moral force IN
politics were doubtful of the outlook.
The cities of the country were sunk
in depths which they were afraid 10
confess TO themselves. Moral corsld-
erations had taken second place in the
notifies of the states. There was
tendency to let go of the fight on the
part of reformers that BODIED no good
to the republic.
II is not too much to say that
President Roosevelt's ringing iteration
of "the square deal" has made many a
soldier of good government, who had
laid down his weapons. take arms
once more against sea OF troubles
and by opposing end them. This is
the essential contribution OF Theodore
Roosevelt to the history OF his own
times. 1t IS contribution that viii
fix his place. whether the. republic con-
tinneg in its present upward course
or falls into a moral decline In the
former case. Roosevelt will De credited
with his share in the uplift. In the
latter. the historian OF the future VIII
be able to point to his example as one
which the republic would have done
well 10 follow.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-03-06

fine a point On the matter. as rep
resentatiye Of Lee county aiF. ReItz
is joke.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-03-06

Mr.. Taft was also made President
ION sight
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-03-06

The Waterloo Times-Tribune says
that the next time any fellow attempts
to lick Billy Sunday it will be assumed
in advance that he is insane.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-03-06

An exponent of Salome in fshnet
apparel provoked the moral end OF
Kansas City to seek an Injunction
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-03-06

Exit the Rough Riders. Enter the
Yale alumni.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-03-06

The Springfield Register notices that
there always seems to be an alleged
reason at hand why person should
do what he should not do.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-03-06

with despstehing Offices. 50 that not
The slightest chance Of accident pre-
YeaIahEe b. warming shall remain
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-03-06

ANY fellow who has ever built a
house or a chicken coop is not sur
prised to hear taat the Panama canal
will cost more than the original esti-
mate" says the Oskaloosa Herald.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-03-06
NOTES AND COMMENT.

1t strikes the Waterloo Courier that
this weather is like getting money
from home.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-03-06

after the salome dance, WHAT" in
quires paragrapher. Ask the ponce.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-03-06

Every day is william Howard Taft's
day now.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-03-06

The Roosevelt administration went
out like lion, all right, all right.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-03-06

The possum dinner in Atlanta in
honor of Mr.. Taft may nave disastrous
results for possums. The demand for
the animal on the bill of fare of politi-
cal dinners throughout the country has
reached enormous proportions and
hunters cannot kill nearly enough of
them in the south to fill tle orders
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-03-06

In Cleveland, when horse has
worked faithfully for the city until
it is too old to work longer. it is not
sold to a cartman or otherwise trad
ed off, but is sent to farm of 1000
acres, owned by the city where it may
spend its last days in peace and com
fort The idea is worth copying by
other municipalities,
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-03-06

keokuk, Iowa, .--..... March 8, 1903.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-03-06

Shawneetown. the oldest town in
Illinois, will celebrate its Tooth ami
versary in July The town was first
laid out and plated in 1909 by William
Harris, a deputy surveyor and the
plat was approved by an act OF con
gress passed April so, 1910 This plat
was destroyed by the British in 1872
and another plat was made and APP
proved by congress May IA, 1914
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-03-06

Probably Ms greatest work has been
the awakening Of the popular con-
science, and the restoration OF the
country's political and industrial
standards % the right moral basis.
What is mis- place in history? 1t is
hard To Ak places in history for men
who are still living. We do not know
today's history, We only make IT, We
cannot foresee the viewpoint of the
historian Of the future. 1t may be
practical II may be psychological. We
do not know on which side the EN-
1 phagig viii he placed
We DO know. however. that the his
torian u 10 period can avoid Of mini
Inize the moral side. and that in this
| view the position of Theodore Roose
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-03-06

Once when Thomas b Reed was
with the late Senator Wolcott of Col
orado and Joseph Choate, Mr. Choate
when asked to take a drink. said that
he never drank, never smoked to ex-
cess, and never gambled in his life
Wocott. who was sinner in every
one Of these lines. looked pathetically
at Reed and said Il wish | could
gay that Say it" said Reed,
"Choate did.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-03-06

Now, at the end Of seven years. re
turns over his accounts to another,
and it is found that not one OF his
policies has been pursued TO final de-
cision. The courts are crowded with
litigation Of his starting; congress is
carrying bills Of his demanding; com
missions are laden with reports Of his
promotion Nothing Is done, and
nothing is undone. What, then, are
achievements Of the Roosevelt admin
istration?
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1909-07-17
FRUIT, TRUCK, VEGETABLES.

found the Charleston Wakefield and
All Head good varieties.
Where The seed are planted in
beds 1t takes about six weeks for the
plants to get large enough TO set out.
FROM this Il can readily be seen that
the plants should be set out in this
latitude the last OF August to 18TH
Of september rs YOU 20 further
south they may be set out later. But
without an open winter. plants are
not likely 90 make anything like mar
Aetable heads II set out later
saaa the middle OF September. Try
- set out during cloudy aud showery
weather and cut back the foliage TO
prevent excessive evaporation of
moisture from the plant. Set The
plants IS inches 10 feet apart in
row.
From he time the plants come out
uIa! cod heather the green cabbage
worm AL. have 20 be- watched for
almost daily. TaAe - parts air
s.aked lime and part Paris green.
NIX thoroughly and dust early In the
morning With a cAeeAe-cluth sack
n lille he dcw Is on the cabbage.
II heneyer th.a - Washed OF repeat
ne application aud the green worm
caa be- aela IN check You need not
fear being poisoned by eating cab
uase sA.cA has been busted IN this
manner. as he cabbage forms ltA
bead from The !na.d. and the dust Is
pat on he outside.
After each Irrigation or shower.
The plants should DO cultivated shat
.oN 10 keep The crust broken and pre-
vent Joss Uf moisture which Is SO very
important ~ growing th&a tal! crop.
where the hoada are immature
and there Is danger OF very severe
weather p!oW cut several turrosa tn
some high. wel4-dralacd piece Of soil
pul. your cabbage up hy tho roo n
and lnaert khum in tAla faTrow. : aide
BY aide. on top 81 ghla layer. aud
! On top. then pile on tae soil IA the
aoa sAng gets warmer. \ ahcd over
tho bank IN preferable
ID e. AOORING.
Assistant horticultural. M.aasaaippl
a q ". College.