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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-07-20
70 Be Governed From Des Moline

To &c Governed From Des Mcines-
Burlington SaturGay Evening Post
The people should resist with all OF
their strength the tendencies of the
times toxard political concentration.
This tendency is 50 marked as to be
ft subject for attention by thcse who
hold their views OF government and
Of liberty entertained by the wise
men OF century ago The latest ex-
hibstion Of this tendency in Iowa is
In the matter OF the public schools
Today these are all under the heel Of
the state superintendent at Des
Moines. Not a school In Iowa can
lawfully employ teacher until he has
been approFed b. the central au-
thority at Des Moines- The executive
council IS another instance of censrali-
ration 1t Is managing ali of the
state institutions and the power Is
centersd AZ Dies Moines Quite re-
Gently Laws were enacted under which
all sorts Of inspectors drawing hand
some salaries go around over the state
poking their noses into the business
Of private individuals. All of these
inspectors start from pes Moines.
There is another Law which compels
all city and county officials to keep
the public accounts by uniform
method: and the inspectors start out
from one locality to another checking
army of inspectors ought to go back
to the farm The liberty of the indi
up these accounts. The oldfashioned
doctrine OF local self-goyernmen'
needs to be reincarnated The great
/ Tidual evaporateg and disappears In
exact proportion as government Is
centralized. Would It not be curious
amazing, startling. If out Of the pres
ent tremendous moral revolution
there should come . growth OF MD
fashioned democratic doctrine which
would take Us back to the SANE
position on this question of govern
ment occupied by such men as Thorn
as Jefferson.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-07-20

According to an abstract Of the
county assessment rolls, Just compies-
ed By the state auditor, Iowa has
wealth which If evenly distributed
among her 1000 600 people would give
each man, woman and child 81, 200
Tie reported actual value Of real and
personal property is z,446. 45s $751;
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-07-20

Good not weather advice By the
Davenport Democrat: Ty naode-a-
tion N Ill things persuIrs freely,
keep a clear conscience, IeFei lead.
attend to business. and make the best
Of everything. When IN doubt, don't =
It would be difficult 10 improve On
these seasonz6Ie sdmonIti0ns N the
interest Of health
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-07-20
Preparing for Trial Test.

From the two poison squads already
rendered immune TIE serum will be
taken for the final government test.
For this test a drove of sixty hogs
was taken and forty of them will be
iumunized. Tie others viii not be
treated. When the forty have been
rendered immune the whole drove will
be exposed to cholera. According to
the calculations OF Prof. Conneway,
Dr.. Sihler and DR.. Niles, only two Of
the forty immunized hogs VIII con.
tract the disease and die. while every
one OF the untreated hogs will con-
tract the disease and die
Waen this test is completed the
manufacture OF the serum viii be
begun on large scale and its intro
ductson begun at the stock yards in
other big hog markets. Some OF the
immunszed hogs Will be sent TO state
agricultural colleges 10 form the
nucleus OF neE serum factories, and
ultimately. II is expected, the dread
cholera win b. wiped out.
So stocsmen and packers are watch
ing the final government test here with
more than ordinary interest, and SO,
no doubt. VIII the man who likes
breakfast bacon and pork chops. II
is matter OF tremendous Importance
TO both Of them.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-07-20

The supreme court OF Pennsylvania
has upheld the decision OF the Iegis-
Iature that teachers in the public
schools mist not wear the garb OF
any religious order. This viii pre-
rent the nuns from teaching tn the
schools Of that state il they should
desire to do SO. and also any other
religious order that wears habit
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-07-20

3 The Mason City Globe-Gazette notes.
that Jim Davis. George Sewers. Car
roll Wright. VIII Baldwin, and Frank
crandon are in Des Moines wrestling
with the executive council on the tax
proposition but no report has been
sent out ret OF any attempt of these
gentlemen to kidnap the council or t.le
watchmen on the walls of our beloved
capital city,
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-07-20

i Is sid that Czhscsg0 I'll 10 z~zrs
IS Eszca building this ysar- N FaEas
e Esast- q Il iii TIE yezr after shs
great fire. and - That tire Us rebuild
ing achievement Eas Elrsas EszE-
rel The figures sin1s- fl.nzErz1e he
EzrTeEr1zs growth o. American czssez-
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-07-20

= fsruenE known As mays Rhazn
hzTds szys thzt this srEzr MEsk uzs<s
tie world oysr WI len xzhsn shs zyer.
age life By at least twenty years
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-07-20
Court pramasics

Ottunwa Courier. CongraEuiaI,ons
to Judge Connolly OF Detroit. At the
beginning Of q murder trial he I'm
terrupted an affecting scene between
the man On trial end hts 7-year-old
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-07-20

John Graham BROOKS wants 10 hcr
Il grating can be STOPPED rD~- ne
reply OF The Sioux Ctr I0zrzzz i
that Is cznnosncs during The cs.aa
tzsaaus sezzoz
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-07-20

No bank account Is safe with the
Missouri river for nesgabor-
An optimist is all right until ne De
comes the sole owner of pain
The ant knows NJ instinct where the
picnic lunch is to re spread.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-07-20

the idea o. asking fzvcrs Of fhe nm
motors OF The Creates err7s :. Lis
tosy. and DO things
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-07-20
NOTES AND COMMENT.

4 prominent woman sociologist SAYS
marrying is profession
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-07-20

George Fitch has noticed that the
cheaper the advice you get the more
your experience costs you.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-07-20
one that only required money and
brains to bring about.


II is claimed that Los Angeles has
total OF 767 miles OF single track
radiating from the city to the beaches.
TO the villages and to the farms. This
represents an outlay Of $4s,o20,00O.
There are lines running to Santa Mon.
lea by two different routes. to Pedon.
do. to Port Los Angeles, to Newport,
to Huntington Beach. to Naples to
Pasadena and Altadena. to san Pedro,
to Alhambra, San Gabriel and Mon.
rovsa, to Whittier, 10 Azusa to Glen.
dora We are only giving the different
lines just to give the reader some
thing OF an idea OF their number. And
to bring to the mind the idea that it
was not climate. nor big crops nor
sudden wealth, nor anything out Of the
ordinary that caused Los Angeles to
double its population. II was solely
the building OF interurhans. the. Join.
ing OF string of villages to a city
And that IS all. Weather. climate, for.
tunes from oil gas or gold. from mines
or fruit from stocks or bonds. were
merely ordinary elements The big
thing was the electric railway.
Los Angeles Territory.
Los Angeles territory is composed
Of eight counties commonly defined as
Southern California. 1t has $4,000
square miles and CTS miles OF coast
line. 1T is about the size OF Pennsyl.
vania and Is largely desert land and
mountain except that which is within
the reach of water. The population in
1850 was ss.s7l, in 1890. 20i.s52: in
1900. $4,000 and now in 1909 1t Is
claimed that there are 10000 persons
in the eight counties. e5 per cent Of
the entire population of the state. A
study Of these figures will convince
anyone that the trade of Los Angeles
Is Of transient character. Assuming
that these figures are correct they
have population of $50, 900 in the city
and $4,000 in their territory That Is
out of proportion and the city realizes
that il must build up greater num-
Der of ranches and greater poputa-
ton upon the desert If it expects to live
long. For every two persons on the
ranch three in the city must be fed
and supported
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-07-20

green lamps and xung the dispatrs-
e can n any tizne signal dtrecs 70
the engineer to stop. zEpw doEn o.
zruceed
Tie Davenport Democ-at sAys thai
Attorney General Byers sesezzx t0 hss
IA cz1ss BY himself rhen 4 snzass
TO the intesp<eszs 5aa at the iaEs
raszed 5r the general assemble
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-Read The Daily Gate City.
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cheaper the advice you get the more
your experience costs you.
The Peoria Herald-Transcript sug-
gests that good way not to hear Cos
sip Is to tell the gossiper to shut IN.
The authcress Of the book, There
is No Death has married an under
taker. which the Omaha Bee inter.
prets to rean that she is hedging on
her fuurs deals.
A new invention entirely dispenses
with the telegraph operator in rail.
road work Each train as 1t passes
over the road automatically makes
a record On sheet In the train dis
patcher,s office. BY means Of red and
Smyrna times., 1909-12-15
More DanylIIe Proof.

Jacob Schrall, 1872 South St., Dan
Vile, ILL.,, writes: "For over
eighteen months 1 was a sufferer
from kidney and bladder trouble.
During the whole time was treated
by several doctors and tried several
different kidney pills. Seven weeks
ago 1 commenced taking Foley's Kid
ney Pills, and am feeling better
every day and will be glad to tel
anyone interested just what Foley s
Kidney Pills did for me-"
Smyrna times., 1909-12-15
Haunted by His Victim.

Ralph Reedy, who in August killed
Morris Bender, at Orwin, near Potts
vile, Pa, crushing his skull with
a stone and afterwards cutting his
throat, and who is now serving twenty
years, is going insane and will never
live out his sentence.
He continually sees the face of his
victim before him. His crime will bear
upon him until his death, he being
unable to sleep because he says he is
haunted.
Smyrna times., 1909-12-15
Nearo Kills Two Women.

Sprawled hideously about the halls
and rooms of their home in the heart
of the residence section of Savannah,
Ga. the mutilated bodies of Mrs. Ella
Gribble, seventy years of age, and
her daughter, Mrs Carrie Ohlander,
were found by a patrollman, who had
been attracted to the house by the
means of a third woman, Mrs. Maggie
Hunter, who is at the point of death
in the Savannah hospital. A bloody
axe and the torn clothing of Mrs. Oh
lander forms the theory of the police
that it was for the purpose of criminal
assault and of covering up his crime
that the murderer used the weapon in
such terrible fashion.
A negro who had been living for
a day or two in an outhouse in the
rear of the residence is missing, and
though his trail is cold, blood hounds
are at work, with scores of officers
searching for bits of clews that may
lead to his hiding place.
One hundred and fifty negro men
caught in the meshes of the police
dragnet through Yamacraw, a negro
section of the city, are prisoners IL
the police station, the theory of the po
lice being that a negro man, havini
planned an assault upon Mrs. Oh
lander, was compelled to commit tn,
other crimes in order to escape.
Feeling is tense here, and an out
break of serious character is not i'm
probable. If the assailant-murderer
found his life would be almost certain
to pay the forfeit in quick order TO
his crime.
Smyrna times., 1909-12-15
DOG MUTILATES CORPSE

Woman Makes Horrible Discovery on
Return Home.
New York, Dec. 13.-When Mrs. En-.
ma Scheuermal returned to her fla
in Harlem she found her pet bull ter
rier, Buster, covered with blood and
crouched whining under a table.
Passing to an adjoining room. sbt
was Mortified to find her brother, Car
Limperi, clerk, forty-three years oil
stretched dead on the floor, the face
horribly mutilated by the dogs teeth
1t is believed that Limperi, who was
subject to apOplexy, fell unconscious
and was attacked by the animal
Smyrna times., 1909-12-15
AIdrich Forced to 1t.

Senator Aldrich finds the situation
so threatening that he has already
given a tentative promise to remove
the embargo on postal bank legislation
and allow some sort of a bill to be
considered and voted on. If the bill
comes to a vote there seems little
doubt it will pass the senate by
good majority. Few Republicans will
care to go on record against it in view
of the declaration for postal banks in
last years Republican platform and
President Taft's vigorous plea for
their establishment without further
delay in his message of last Tuesday
Action by the senate will almost
necessarily mean similar action bv
the house, although Speaker Cannon
is strongly opposed to postal banks
and has made up the house committee
on postofFice in accordance with his
views. Representative Weeks, of Mas
sachusetts, whom the speaker made
chairman of the committee, is a ma
tional banker and is quite as hostile
to the establishment of postal banks
as Uncle Joe. But if the senate yields
to the president in the matter the
rank and file of the house Republicans
cannot be held in check, and will in
sist that they, too. be given a chance
to vote on a postal bank bill.
Smyrna times., 1909-12-15

Mrs. S. Joyce Claremont, N. H.,
writes: "About a year ago bought
two bottles of Foley's Kidney Rem
edy. 1t cured me of severe case
of kidney trouble of several years
standing. 1t certainly is a grand,
good medicine, and heartily recon-
mend 1t.
Smyrna times., 1909-12-15
POSTAL BANKS
bound TO WIN
One Of Taft'S Measures VIII
Be Passed.
SENATE LEADERS YIELD

StaVing OFF Drastic Amendments to
the Sherman Antitrust Law and the
Railroad Rate Law.
Washington, Dec. l3. - That there
will be legislation at this session of
congress to establish a system of pos
tai savings banks is the authoritative
announcement handed out by the Re
publican bosses of the senate. The
plans advocated by President Taft will
be closely followed in shaping the
measure for passage. Senator Aldrich
and his associates have been unalter-
ably opposed to any legislation of this
character, but it has been decided to
let the postal savings bill go through
to avoid proposed amendments to the
Sherman antitrust act or changes in
the Hepburn rate law.
1t became evident to the leaders
that some of President Taft's recon-
mendatiCns must receive action. They
preferred the postal savings banks as
less Objectionable than legislation re-
lating to the Hepburn act or the Sher-
man antitrust law. They consider it
better than a drastic conservation
measure. The passage of a postal saw
ings bank bill would please President
Taft. be acceptable to the national
banks and help western senators out
of a tight corner. This is the eXplana-
tion given for the sudden acceptance
of the plan. The western bankers are
appealing to their senators to take
some step likely to head off the move
ment for adoption of the guarantee
plan. They believe the passage of a
postal bank bill would meet the situa-
ton.
1t has been pointed out that if the
senate leaders don't give way and al
low a postal bank bill to get consider
ation the near-progressives will have
to Join Senators Cummins, La Toilette
and the other uncompromising insur
gent leaders not only in forcing actor
on postal banks, but on additional rail
road and other anti-corporation legis
lation as well.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1909-12-29
LANGUAGE OF THE FUTURE.

1T must be very gratifying to every
American, and indeed. to an who
speak English, say the philadelphia
Press. that a language is fast be-
coming the dominant speech OF the
world, At the beginning Of the nine
teonth century, and for a great part
Of that century, French was the dip
lomatic language of the nations. but
now II has been In great part sup
planted BY the English tongue. the use
Of which VIII continue SO to grow I'M
IN in time 1t viii undoubtedly come
into m use as the language OF
International intercourse. At the open
ing OF the last century French was
spoken by about 80, 00O. 600 people and
English by but about 10000, 600. one
people numbered about $4,000, 600,
while the English-speaklng people
numbered over 10000. 400, an6
doubtless since this century opened
a greater disproportion exists. This
has been caused not only by the
greater increase in population but by
the fact that in many of the great
colleges abroad, especially the mis-
sionary colleges of tho east, notably
the Roberts college at ConstnntinoplC
and Canton, Christian college and
others. the English language is a part
OF the cirricu!um. and SO as tn,
teachings of Christ go to these or
lental lands In hand with them goe
The speech of the greatest govern
meuts in the world, and tho nation
are growing closer TO each other II
the more general use of a common
language.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1909-12-29

The people of Bernalillo county
have reason to congratulate them
selves upon the fact thai the county
board has turned over Il new leaf, 80
in the matter OF making and mendlng
county roads, and has resolved to
adopt a common sense plan Of doing
sueh wort. hereafter.
Since the memory Of man runeth
not TO the contrary 1t has been the
rule In this county, and we presume
elsewhere In the territory. 10 select
the precinct road supervisor with re-
gard 10 his yote-getting qualities,
without any regard whatever to what
he mlght know or not know about the
making or repairing OF roads, and as
u consequence the road fund has been
regularly and deliberately s~quandered,
and while we have been collecting
every year from those who pay their
taxes. a fund sufficient to have given
MS good highways In every part Of the
county. the fact still remains. to our
disgrace, that the richest county In
INV Al'f Alfih NV a. iitlAf VI lfHl'i -
~ improved country road within its
borders.
Recognizing those shameful facts,
the county commissioners have deter
mined 60 bring a little common sense
90 bear upon the matter, and here
after when a section of Dad II to be
built or repaired, instead Of allowing
the public money to be fritted away
hy some utterly incompetent person,
"A contract Will be publicly let to The
lowest responsible bidGcr. and The
work, according to prepared plars lad
specifications, VIII be ~3oreruudtr toe
immediate supervision of Ire county
engineer, who VIII see that the lob
IN done according 10 contract before
II is paid for.
Under the operation Of such a plan
as this we shall have In the course OF
u very few years a net work of good
country roads an over tho county.
Right at our hands we have rs good
material, in oxhnus'ible abundance
for the making of first class country |
roads ms can be found anywhere. ana
We tnA ourselves In "A sum amply SUI |
fieient to pay FOR the work. All that
has been necessary has been the APP
p~llcation OF n little common sense to
tho method OF using our materials. |
And that dofcot the county board win
remedy by IT'S prosor, plan.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1909-12-29
THE AGE or COPPER.

Tho wonderful increase in the us,
of electricity In nearly all lines oi
life, which mas been made during tho
last few Years, and which Is still in
crcasing even faster than ever, has
made such q demand for copper ina
the age In which We live promises I,
be known 10 the future as the age OF
copper.
The copper output for the last year
shows an Increase of $4,000 mctri,
tons ta,a0t-3-b pounds cnchl in the
worlds production ot copper for
1905 was almost entirely due to the
output OF the United States and total
production throughout the world ior
the year amounted to $4,000 tons. the
highest known Tor any one year. ac-
cording to am authoritative German
estimate from the American consular
representative az Frankfort. The
United states produced 49, 900 tons.
The worlds consumption of this
metal In 1905 amounted To N0i.70t
tons, of which 6S3 per cent fcll t.
rurore and 30 ncr cent O. the United
states. Germany stood lirst among
European consumers with $4,000
tons aud England second with l2S.-
300 toms
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1909-12-29
TROUBLES COME IN PUNCHES

In view of the fact that 1t Is the
merry holiday season. MIR. TAFT would
seem to be having more than his
share OF trouble. a Washington letter
TO the Chicago Tribune, written on the
evening OF the day congress adjourn
ed. so-s.
1t Is feared by sympathetic OBJ
servers of the doIngs at the capital
that many members Of the senate OF
these United states are Fastening
homcward for the merry Yulctldc toe
night with their hearts filled with
pecyishnoss instead OF good will
toward their fellow man. The scnlte
adjourned today over the holidays
with the beet wishes of the president
Tor q merry Christmas ANA q happy
New Year. but many or the sonutors
found u Impossible 90 chire up sufti-
clently 10 return the compliment
Senator torlaer ot Uiouois was one
OF the gioomlest. despite the fact that
he WAS wearing his most peaceful and
bland expression when he boarded the
noon train tor Chicago Not only has
ne been turned down az the White
house on all appointments he desired
hut be has failed TO sec the president
even Co. shake hands since this session
% congress opened.
The ease ol tine Junior -cnetor nom
Illinois. however wis not an Isolated
N Probably more than 81 score of
the members of The upper house now
are possessed of grievances OF This
character and th. area of gloom d.
increasing daiIs. The action IF thu
president n adopting this policy has
prccipitatcd heated discussion
among tho politicians now on the
-con' Tho democrats generally ap-
plaud the lofty attitude taken hy th,
administraticn The republicans are |
pretty wei divided ON m, question
some maintain the president is MAX
ing q grave mistake Others insist that
the manner IN which senator Lori
msr has been turned down ut the
white housr. both iu The matter u
appointment and The refusal ~ Mr. ]
raft even a. see him. o. significant of
nothing more than the hesitation Of
the president % rciy in making fed
rral appointment on ghc advice of a
who owes his election 90
democratic votes
a new complication Vas added 10