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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-05-31
You'll Have You're Chance.

Marshalltown Times-Republican: A
colored boy was shining shoes IN a
barber shop yesterday. The BARRIERS
and patrons were talking baseball.
one Of the BARRIERS said, Il wish were
a baseball pitcher on a $4,000 sal
ary.' WELL said the colored boy,
looking Up. "Yo had just as good
chance as any Of EN-
It's good philosophy and Just re-
buke. The fellow with the $4,000 sal
ary in baseball or any other gainful
occupation might be earning $40 a
week. The reasons why he is earning
more are evident enough- He, is good
one Of the best in his business. And
every other man had the same chance
Nobody dragged any OF them into the
positions they hold by main force
Luck? Well there isn't much luck in
being able tc cut the corner Of the
plate whenever you need it, change
pace, break the curve at the right
spot. 1t speaks of study and hare
practice. No man knows any business
by luck. He learned it. He gets the
good money because he earns it
There are mighty few people outside
of soldiers on pensions nowadays ant
charity doesn't usually extend to sal
aries.
"Yo' had Tie same chance" Gen
orally speaking it's true. You did. Q
certainly, hard luck came along just a
/ the wrong time. 1t always does l:
4 hard luck stories. One fellow had thu
hard luck to get job when opportun
ity was great, the work hard and thu
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-05-31
IMPORTANCE or pusl Jerry.

Nv .1vx<.,
ise.uiea m l,es MONIES and gave that
ana every other city some good advice
as to the things essential to the prog
ress and prosperity of community.
In brief the requisites as u enumerats
ed them are.
Favorable railroad rates
Homes for the working men at low
rentals.
Good inlet and outlet for business.
rasofaoie rates Of taxation
.h 1879 ascsn. sossl nMsnLo ne
ana 49, { p n,s;',a 49, nos ~
tons 1sa: Il Z. = go q go - - :
Public spirit by the people. zone
for.alls feeling.
Abundance ct s'ubiici>
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-05-31

The new train service which the
Burlington and Northern Pacific sys-
TENS have combined to put in force
between Chicago and Seattle to make
close connection with the Pennsyl-
vanias eighteen-hour fier from New
York is expected to result in the trans
mission of mail and passengers from
New York to Seattle in four days
The actual schedule time for this ser
vice is ninety-fve hours and thirty
five minutes from coast to coast. The
Burlington and Northern Pacific also
has put on another train leaving Chi
cago at night and due to reach Seat
tie in seventy-two hours.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-05-31

Murderer Junken. who confessed to
killing Clara Rosen at Ottumwa. was
in Fort Madison prison for month,
awaiting trial. He has had experience
there as convict and he says that
Warden Sanders is great improve
ment over JOKES. The Iowa City Re
publican suggests that this ought to
be convincing to the board OF control
that no mistake was made when the
prison was turned Into conservatory
OF music. Presumably the matter is
now definitely settled, once and for all.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-05-31

English as It is written and printed
IN at least one locality in the pro-
gressive northwest is well illustrated
by the following pare raph from the
Memo Is. d. Herald. 1t tells of Mich
Dieie's hard luck:
Mich Diede had a bad luck last
Saturday while he want to hitch a
pulyerizer on-and hitched horses on
and wanted to tie the others on them
while he had tied one on and wanted
to tie the other on that side turned
over to the hind side and came under
the pulverizer and cut his hind leg:
! till in the bones so the animal had tt
| be killed as soon as possible while thu
others cut themselves barely. =
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-05-31
MEMORIAL DAY.

MEMORIAL DAY.
Strew the fair garlands where slunber
the dead.
Ring out the strains Ike the swell
Of the sea;
Heartfelt the tribute we lay on each
bed:
Sound Ger the brave the refrain
Of the free,
Sound the refrain of the loyal and
free.
Visit each sleeper and hallow each
bed;
Waves the starred banner from sea-
coast to sea:
Grateful the living and honored the
dead.
Dear TO each heart are the names o;
the brave:
Resting in glory how sweetly they
sleep!
Dew-drops at evening fall soft on
each grave,
Kindred bend fondly, and dropping
eyes weep;
Tears OF affection DER every green
grave;
Fresh are their laurels and peaceful
their sleep:
Love still shall cherish the noble
and brave,
Peace DER this land. Ger these homes
Of the free,
Brood evermore with her sheltering
wing;
God Of the nation, our trust Is in
thee
God, our Protector. our Guide, and
our King;
Thou art our refuge, CIR hope is ii
thee;
Strong in thy blessing and SAT-
meath thy wing,
Peace shall encircle these homes Q
the free.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-05-31

Mayor on is credited with having
said once in an address before 4 local
German singing society we Cher
mans must stand side By each, else we
get nodings. The declaration was
loudly applauded, and doubtless Mr..
Or meant every word Of It But that
was before he was In position to do
anything for his fellow countrymen,
When he had come into Official place
and the loaves and fishes were to be
distributed the Germans, instead d
being lined up side by each, were
ordered 30 stand aside. Alderman
Hickey's orders. you know. And what
the Honorable Tin sars goes witt
this administration.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-05-31

From Pittsburg comes good news In
the announcement that the $4,000 en-
ployes of Independent iron and steel
works whose wages were cut 10 per
cent April / last have been notified
that on June the old scale of wages
will be restored. Further than that,
they will be expected to work at least
full time for the ensuing six months.
An accumulation of orders for iron
and steel products is the reason given
for the raise in wages. The decision
of the mills to resume operations in
full and restore the old scale of wages
marks a distinct rise in the tide OF
prosperity.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-05-31
Civic eetterment.

Davenport Times: The newspapers
of the state are commencing the reso-
luton Of the Iowa Federation o.
Women's clubs, adopted at Davenport,
to devote its energies during the next.
biennial period primarily to civic
betterment. There are many ways
in which city may be made more
more beautiful and prosperous. But
men are too busy to do many OF these
things that would add greatly to the
,appearance md the cleanliness of a
city and promote the health of the
people generally. The studies which
the clubs undertake are good and may
be best carried on in small groups, put
other work such as civic betterment
needs organization and this the feder-
alton has. 1t will be merely matter
Of changing the emphasis, so to speak
from the individual club, to the organi-
zation to accomplish not few OF the
desirable things. To end that there
may be a body to express the aspira'
1 ton Of the club women. direct their
work and coordinate their efforts, II
! is to be hoped that the local organiza
tfon that was formed to prepare foi
the reception Of the biennial conven
ton in Davenport, or some similal
organization, may be maintained II
Davenport. For there is large loca
4 field az endeavor not yet pre-empteC
THAT could give outlet to club women's
desire to do something for civic better
ment.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-05-31
That a negro arrested unjustly does

That negro arrested unjustly does
not suffer as much damage or humiIia-
ton ordinarily as white man, and
that the fact of his race may be con-
sidered in assessing damages, is the
gist of the opinion written by Justice
Dugro of the appellate division of the
supreme court of New York. A verdict
of $1,000 damages had been given to
George Griffin, a Pullman car porter,
who had been arrested on the charge
of stealing a card case containing $40.
In one sense" said the judge. "a
coiored man is just as good as white
man, for the law says he is; but he
has not the same amount of injury
under all circumstances that white
man would have. Maybe in a col
ored community down south, where
white men were held in great disfavor,
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-05-31

pay small to begin with. 1t was hard
luck when he oversight and acquired
a habit of coming home late in the
morning. Then he had the hard luck
to lose the place. The fellow that got
it is cashing one Of those $3.50 checks
every month. The fellow who lost 1t
has been pursued by hard luck. It's
hard luck to ne d porter or do odd
jobs whcn you're forty.
"Yo' al! had Just as good chance as
airy Of en- Trace back the real men
who do things and the average boy
had better chance than any Of EN-.
| The big places do not go by favor but
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-05-31

Following the filing OF complaint
by patron of the road with the state
railroad commission, the Rock Island
has cancelled its obnoxious rule re-
quiring passengers to exhibit their
tickets to trainmen before boarding
trains. The requirement imposed
great inconvenience and delay upon
travelling men and others carrying two
or more suit cases or grips, and its
abolition will be learned with pleasure
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-05-31
rhE coNrINeENT ZEE EvlL.

A correspondent writes from Des
Moines that. one of the interesting
questions likely to be discussed at the
next meeting of the State Bar Associ-
alton by the lawyers of Iowa IS how %
abolish the contingent fee" evil. IT
is complained from many quarters that
the profession is being brought into
disrepute by class of men who are
called .sambulance chasers. Inls
means the man who when he hears OF
an accident establishes communica-
ton with the injured person and offers
to take his case against the corpora
ton where he was injured on con-
tingent fee. or a stipulated percentage
of whatever the judgment may be.
The correspondent goes on to say:
1t is disclosed by cases in Polk and
other counties that often the injured
parties do not get more than ABOUT
thirtv-four per cent of the Judgment
the lawyer getting the remainder II
has been suggested that q law mlgh'
be enacted forbidding contingent fees
But such statute could easily DC
evaded by the lawyer taking note
| for a certain sum from his client ane
| then filing an attorneys lien on ths
| Judgment One method that is being
discussed with some favor BY the lega
! fraternity is to create a law givins
the Judges of the court in personal in
1 Jury cases the power to fix the fee fol
! the attorney for the plaintiff. In this
way it is urged the real injured part.
would be assured of a reasonable
COMPENSATION out of the judgment ant
the practice Of extorting from client
1 large and outrageous contingent fse
! would be at an end.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-05-31

Charley on may have been born in
Germany, but that does not prevent
him from being the first Irishman to
serve as mayor # Keokuk- His police
appointments are conclusive as to his
real nationality.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-05-31

According to an English newspaper,
George Cortelyou now writes clever
verse" 1t is conceded by the Des
Moines Register and Leader that
since becoming president OF a gas
company he has been paying more at
tention to the meter.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-05-31

1t is understood that the police. ap-
pointments were agreed upon by
Alderman Hickey several days before
they were publicly announced This
may account for the town clock stop
ping the other day.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-05-31
Some Political Ealsehcods.

Keokuk Standard: A weekly jour
nal can not hope to keep up with the
falsehoods started by smart polite
ians in advance Of an important cleo
ton. Especially is this true OF the
somewhat ingenious, but generally
crude set of lies started b. the op-
ponents Of the commission plan. But
some OF the most glaring lies may be
noticed casually here.
One is. that If Keokuk adopts the
commission plan. md later abandons
1t, she will lose her special charter.
This Is simply untrue, for the law
specially says that hen the com
mission plan is dropped, the city re-
turns automatically to exactly the
same form OF government 1t had when
the plan was sdopted.
One is, that the commission plan
harms the laboring man. This is sim,
ply untrue, for the plan is the best
thing for the man who labors OF
anything invented lately. 1t puts all
wage earners on the same level and
stops the favoritism that compels a
| workman to vote a certain party tick
ct and snend his money n certain Ga.
/ looms to get 4 iob from the city The
pIan does bnrt the SIAM Iahorers VIM
not only get tho iobs Nv political null.
1 but also harm genuine labor organ.
/ lied and unorganized, more than the
capitalists do.
One 10 that the commission n,an II
anplied to Tho Tinted states won,d
not work or lead Ia monarchy-and
since nobody aver thought the Man
would work except with municipalities
and not the United States but Keokuk
is involved in this election nobody
need worry about its eject on Flori
4 da ar Oregon.
One is, that the plan tends to cen
i tralization OF government which is a
red fag to the Democratic party. This
1 is simply untrue, because the chief
4 virtue Of the commission plan is to
4 keen the activeas well as the theo-
retical-power in the hands Of the
i people. Under the commission plan,
4 the voters NAV remove a city officer
al will which they can not do now /;
i the voters may compel the commits
sioners to do anything stated on a bal
| lot which they can not compel the
aldermen to do now: the voters mus
be allowed to vote on all public fran
chises and various other public things
which they never vote on now: there
are MANY other features Of the com
mission plan which makes it mucl
more democratic-in the proper, wide
!, sense of the WORKMAN the presen
form of government.
Every argument against the com
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-05-31

Howard A. Burrell says in a para
graph in the Washington Press that in
an early day parrots came there in
large flocks and talked and swore like
a picnic of pirates. Must have migrat-
ed from Quincy.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-05-31

A lawsuit is defined by George
Fitch as clever way devised to
make both sides of a dispute lose. The
striking resemblance between law
suit and an election contest before
the city council will occur to every
Keokukian at first glance.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-05-31
THE DAILY GATE CITY

pany has notified the commission that
their agent has arranged to get his
meals at the home of the complainant,
Coppock and that the station will be
kept open.
The Burlington Gazette observes
that Marshalltown is not warming up
to Rev. Billy Sunday as other cities
have done, Perhaps. 1t suggests,
the people OF that interesting metrop-
oils read the papers and fear the in
evitable reaction which follows Mr.
Sundays Spectacular resivais X
The propriety or improperly of an
income tax depends upon the purpose
for which it is employed, says the Du-
buque Times,Journal. 1T is not de
sirabie as means of breaking down
protection in this country. 1t would
be desirable if congress would pledge
large portion OF Its proceeds to the
support OF public education the reby
relieving the burden which now falls
on property IN the cities and towns
and improving the public schools In
the many rural districts in which it Is
now neglected.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-05-31

In the Hickey-Off arithmetic Alder
men Brown, Swanson and Mccormick
count as so many ciphers. They repre-
sent the hole in the POLITICAL dough
nut.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-05-31

These frequent copious showers are
a great help to Major Meigs in his eff
forts to navigate the Iowa and Cedar
rivers. There is suspicion that the
weather bureau and the war depart
ment may be in league with each other
in this matter. The disposition of
federal officials. is to stand side By
each"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-05-31

come fy conquest. Keep It in mind,
boy, you have just as good a chance as
any OF 'em. No man Is born to the hg
salaries and no man Is born to black
shoes or to sweep the stables. He
takes his own place. He is the one
most to lllamc or praise, for remember
he had Just as good a chance as any O
s EN-.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-05-31

Tim Hickey appears on the official
record as alderman from the Second
ward, but that does not prevent him
from being The Whole Thing as far as
the present city administration is con-
cerned.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-05-31

he might be more injured, but. after
all. this is not that sort Of COM
munity.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-05-31

It Is better to be a Second ward
Irishman under on as mayor than to
dwell in the tents of the mighty. Re
vised version
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-05-31

Where Alderman Hickey sits in the
OF administration is the head of the
pie counter.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-05-31

Keokuk Democrats propose but Tim
Hickey disposes Old maxim reyamps
ed.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-05-31

The police appointments leave no
room for doubt that Alderman Hickey
is the real mayor of Keokuk.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-05-31

"If the politicians Will subside and
let the consumer take care Of himself
there will be nothing more heard from
the consumer, unless he gets out of
job says the Iowa City Republican.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-05-31

The hand is the hand Of Charles ON,
hut the voice that dictates appoint
ments is that Of Tim Hickey, beyond q
doubt.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-05-31
NOTES AND COMMENT.

The Atchison Globe has noticed that
when an engagement is announced
some are sorry for her, and others are
sorry for him; no one seems to expect
that they will be happy.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-05-31
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THE GATE CITY COMPAN1.
10. Is North Sixth st.. keokuk. low
THE GATE CITY IL on sale It the fol-
pDwing news stands:
Hotel Keokuk, cor. Third ana Jonnsoe'
G. H. Rollins & Co.. SO Main street
Ward Bros. 525 Main streee.
Depot News Stand
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-05-31

Motto Of the Hickey-Off administra
ton: NO Germans need apply"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-05-31

The Judge. Gentlemen OF the jury,
have you reached an agreement
The Foreman. We have, your honor.
The Judge. What is your verdict?
The Foreman We find the accused
not guilty. providing he will leave
town Chicago News.
The Washington County Press re-
calls that in the early days farmer
could buy new wagon with or with
out spring seat, the price Of the
seat being SIS, and many who bought
wagons in that day secononnized 80
worth. and put a board acrcss the
top of the wagon box to ST. on. Nov"
it continues. 1.-THE farmer buys an au-
tomobile which costs more than his
farm was worth when he thought he
could not afford the luxury OF s.
spring seat. Times and other things
! nave changed"
A touch OF humor found its way into
/ the work of the state railroad commits
sion when the complaint of A. w
Coppock Of Dillon against the Iowa
Central road was closed. Mr.. Coppocb
/ declared that the agent at Dillon, who
he said, only got $50 month, was tc
/ be withdrawn and the station closed
because the agent could not find 6
| boarding place. Now the railroad com
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-08-05
ITEMS OF INTEREST

In June. 1908, only 30, 900 i'm mi
grants landed in America. but last
month over 85, 900 arrived. Foreign
laborers want slice OF Uncle Sam s
prosperity.
Debating societies might throw
some light on the ques tion whether
an overcrOwded city is worse than
all ovrrcroweed excursion.
The jokers IN the tariff pack did
not count against the four aces in
the White Honsehand.
If the Wrights get up high enough
in the airship they may find the linn
it On the price OF wheat.
The man who got stage-tright in
an airship vindicates the Wright
brothers in their bsolute refusal to
be Influenced by their audiences.
"Doctor. I'm troubled with ter
rlble buying in my ears. "Then
get divorce. "
Parhap, those women who have
taken up the fight for pure whiskey
have had opportunity to make OBJ
servations on the varying qualities
of jays and wish to elevate the pro-
duct.
A Northern woman's ub has
spent d couple of thousand dollars in
enlarg;ng it's cloak room, an i'm
provemcnt necessiated by the big
hat.
Now that the English Channel has
been crossed by a Frenchman. The
islanders will get busy putting up
keep off the British Clouds signs.
1t is u pity Uncle Joe has turned
down that Chautaugua offer to lee
ture. His store, of pithy anecdote is
just what is needed to uplift the
course.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-08-05
The Use of Iron.

Iron has been known to men for a
very long time. In the time of the AS
syrians it was extensively used, iron
saws, knives and other tools having
been found by Layard at Nineveh.
Homer refers to the forging of iron,
while the hardening and tempering Of
steel appear to have been operations
In common use among the early
Greeks. The employment of kind Of
bellows for the forging of tools, pre-
sumably of iron, figures in Egyptian
sculpture of 1900 B. C. Cast iron ap-
pears to have been discovered about
$50 B. c.. Through the agency of the
Romans the manufacture of iron was
introduced all over the then known
world and into those regions where it
had not been previously known.-New
York American. ~