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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-08-03
Lysander John,a Auto.

Atchison Globe: Lysander John
Appleton isn't having a good time
with his automobile. When he got it
six weeks ago he said to every one
who admired It, Some day will
take you riding" He finds that he has
promised rides to 1912 people, not
counting the children, and, at the rate
Of four a night averaging three nights
out OF the seven In pleasant weather,
and no chance to go riding at all In
four months OF the year, with the
probability OF the machine being
broken half the time, that ne will
be several years getting around
Chauncey Devere Appleton, the boy
statistican, Is doing the figuring for
his father, and is trying to work his
way out, but 1t is a hopeless task, fol
as soon as his father has returned
with one car load, and Chauncey De
we're prepares to scratch four of the
list, his father says, In response te
their thanks, Il am glad you liked It;
will take you again some time!'
and Chauncey has to add four on
/ Lysander John is an honorable mar
and wants to do what's right, but hi
will never live to climb out under al
! these promises.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-08-03
August ;, 1909
keokuk lows
= Woman In Congress-.

n woman ~ SS"SsS
Washington Herald: The announce
ment that the women OF Colorado Will
try to elect one OF themselves to con-
eress need not disturb at once the
anticipation OF the house OF repre-
sentatives. The purpose is to make
the effort two years hence. the
name Of the prospective candidate Is
Mrs. Sarah platt Decker. Her candi-
dacy is preceded with the modest an
nouncement that success is uncertain
but that she will do her best. The ad-
vent Of a woman member upon the
floor Of the house would probably pass
quickly. She might be expected to
adapt herself to conditions rather
than to change them. The normal be-
havior Of the representatives would
need no change, since women are al
ways spectators, If not participants.
The wonder may be expected to
pass long within the traditional nine
days. But the accomplished fact may
find its reflex among the British suf-
fragettes, who struggle to get within
hailing distance Of parliament.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-08-03

basis on which to pay taxes. He
could conceal his moneys and credits
from the assessor, 1t was true, but
would "a patriot and an honest man do
that? What return was that to make
to the government which made it
possible for him to get what he had
and protected him in the possession
of IT?
David Taylor paid taxes on the full
value of everything he possessed
That Is why Iowa papers are paying
tribute to his memory. Not very
great virtue apparently but when II
has been submitted to analysis It Is
found to be a virtue on the obser-
vance Of which, in its various ramifi'
cations, rests the security Of the gov
eminent and the happiness Of the
people.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-08-03
Automobiles in Iowa.

Burlington Hawk-Eye: The regis.
tration of Iowa automobiles has pass
ed the 1900 mark. and the force at
Des Moines is kept busy recording
new machines at the rate OF perhaps
twenty e day. There Is nothing the
matter with Iowa. A state with per-
haps 100000 Inhabitants. and with
out big city and that reports over
II 900 automobiles, surely must be
prosperous. And still the number
grows we have today one machine
for every 1872 persons. including men,
women and children. OF course, there
will be more by and by Perhaps not
more men, women and children. for
emigration from Iowa continues to be
heavier than the immigration and the
natural increace. But there is plenty
OF money in the state and the state
is growing richer every season
hence there will be manv more ma
cEines.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-08-03
A ncIean Marrlauen Law.

Cedar Rapids Gazette: A child has
a right to be born with less OF ten
dency for evil than for good with a
whole mind and with sound body.
The time may come when the raising
OF children will be forbidden those
who are mentally defective, morally
perverted or below certain stand
ard. Undoubtedly If the indiyidu i
who lives on earth now could look
back two hundred years hence he
would discover a radical reform in
this respect had taken place. And as
result of that reformation the world
would be doing away with many Of
Its institutions for the feeble-minded /:
there will be the need OF fewer hos
pitfalls for the insane, fewer colleges
for the blind, and there will be also
the need of fewer divorce courts, and
| jails and prisons and the like.
Some day the human ace will
give itself as much consideration al
the intelligent member of the race
4 now give to the brute creation.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-08-03
City Sick.

City Sick.
/ want to run away from all the din
OF feet and horns and bells and
grating wheels.
want to lose myself completely in
A trackless wood through which a
cool stream steals.
want to leave the whistles and the
cough
OF steam exhaust, Of petrol, miss
the cries
or men with teams about mud-girt
trough
Where coarse mouths SLAYER mid the
sweat and flies
want to let my body and my face
Do as they would q while, without a
thought
OF coneliness or cleanliness or grace,
Or anything that bears the stigma
ought"
l want to stretch my arms far forth
and reach
No other human nothing else that
lives;
To 60 where sob Of mine or laugh or
speech
Assails no earsuch wish the town
breath gives.
I want to lose the babe, OF the tall,
Slim office buildings type
writer's click,
The scratch Of pens the creak Of
lifts, and all
The bowling where raw voices
harsh and chick,
Are tested by the music masters rule
want to lose the raucous vender,l
cry.
The hurt dogs ,.Ip, the heat-sick In
fant's mewi--
To &c where are but earth, wood
stream and sky!
Chicago News
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-08-03
The Duty Of Physicians
Dr. Max Witte Of the Clarnda Hospital Talks Plainly
on this Subject.

Witte whose institution is one Of
the clearing houses where human
woes are sorted out and classified,
stands for the quarantine as pro
tective measure designed to save the
innocent even il it exposes the guilty.
When the physicians rose up and
protested that the quarantine law
would jam the divorce courts and
disrupt innumerable homes they re.
vealed the shameful extent to which
vice has entered the sanctuary Of the
home Their protest accentuates the
situation. Is it true that thousands
of families are held together only by
concealment upon the part Of the ply
stefan?
!. And II SO what Is the duty Of the
physician? AS friend Of the wife
and mother, as her protector and adj
wiser as well as her physician, how
is ne doing Ills duty to her when he
deceives her? How is he doing his
duty to humanity and his duty to
mankind is heavy and his sense Of
! that duty usually keen when he
covers and conceals moral and phys
ical cancer under what he may be.
lieve Is kindly deception? The ply
! stefan is nearer the heart Of the fam
/ lily. and closer to the physical welfare
| of the race than any other Why not
| then. assume the high place to whic.
! his knowledge entities him and tt
which his duty calls and demands and
give the innocent and the pure prefer
ence over vice and innpurity. The
| medical men can, II they will. STAMP
out rs per cent Of the black plague
in q generation II they start and carr!
on crusade Of prevention. The
ought to lead the movement VII
! they?
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-08-03
Times-R republican.

Marshalltown Times-Republican
The superintendent and physicians
Of insane asylums and Of penitentiar-
les are among the best qualified by
study and experience to suggest pre-
ventive measures against vice and
crime So when DR.. Max p. Witte
superintendent Of the Clarinda instis
tuition criticises the members OF his
profession for their opposition which
killed the bill providing quarantine
for venereal disease he speaks with
authority and deserves attention.
Not the vicious and criminal are to
be protected but the innocent. law
abiding and decent have every right
to protective legislation designed to
guard them against the vicious and
the criminal. DR.. Whites experience
IN an insane asylum, his intimate
knowledge OF the causes and physical
conditions and diseases that break
down nervous systems and wreck the
minds Of women guiltless even Of fol-
" and Of perfect purity OF life lend
impressiveness to his plea Witte
knows that thousands OF innocent
women end their days In the insane
hospitals. die on the operating table
Of the surgeon or drag to the close
OF miserable and ruined lives because
Of infection they could not prevent
and BY reason Of disease OF the loath.
some character OF which they have
been deliberately deceived that q
guilty husband might be protected
The statistical reports upon the raw.
ages o. venereal diseases among
the innocent are horrifying in their
revelations and statistical reports IN
matters of such peculiar privacy are
always far below the actual facts
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-08-03
Muscle l. I Means, Not a. End

Muscle 10 Z Means, Not an End.
New York Times William Muldoon
and all the other experts on athletics
whom we quoted yesterday agreed as
to the injurious effects Of excessive
exercise and on the necessity for
caution, especially IN the case Of
young boys. In selecting participants
in competitive sports and games.
Most OF them. too. agreed as to what
they called the dangers which follow
the abandonment OF training What
they seemed to ignore, as we view the
subject, was the very important fact
that physical development should be
carefully adapted to the life which
each individual must or prefers to
pursue. e
Nothing could be more delusive than
the idea that by period Of athletic
training man can lay in q: stock OF
health and strength upon which he
can draw later while engaged in sed.
entary occupation. The truth Is that
the big muscles and hypertrophied
heart OF the athlete are perilous pos
sessions for the man who no longer
has the time or the inclination for
using them. When he stops the exer-
cises by which he gained them. in.
stead Of simply returning to their
original size, they suffer one or an
other OF the many forms OF degenera'
ton and become incapable Of per
forming even their original services
1t is not quite true that all exercise
TO-. It's own sake Is harmless. for 1t II
well to be prepared for the meeting OF
life's little emergencies as well as its
ordinary and daily demands, but II
probably is true that, the emergencies
apart, every man does enough In 80
| ing about his customary business and
| pleasure to keep himself in the condi
ton which that business and pleasure
demands, and that anything besides
is superfluous or injurious. That
athletics take one into the open all
Is less commentator 81
athletics than an indictment 81
our houses, Offices, and store:
for lack OF adequate yentila
ton. II all the air we breathet
were pure air we could get along vel
enough without any open abr at all
Any man who has the muscle he needs
for doing the things he wants to d.
and should do has all the muscle HI
ought to have. To acquire more Is 1
silly waste OF time, and perilous be
sides.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-08-03
"BlIlyv SUNDAYS Defense


Davenport Democrat: The one
evangelist who has shaken half a
dozen Iowa cities more than any other
Is popularity called Sunday for that
is his name, BILLY" Sunday. He is
often scored severely for his antics
on the stage and for the way he
rounds up the money or leaving the
town he has excited to high pitch.
In his latest interview Sunday makes
a defense OF his style OF getting the
currency. He points to Jeffries, Bat
Nelson, and the other fighters, and
says: But these fellows can get the
money and nobody accuses them OF
graft. But let a preacher get to-
gether a few dollars and he is i'm
mediately called CRATER"
He is not gutter and announces
the fact this way: Il expect to stay
In the game as long as l have he
physical and mental strength. have
amassed a few dollars but 1t all came
from free will offerings. gave ur
ball playing and turned down offers
of $4,000 year to take up Y. M. G
A. work. Why, during July and Aug
ust of this year could have made
| $4,000 on the chautauqua platform
from the offers have had, but turn
ed them down. did 1t for the rea
son that l need all my strength fol
preaching. / don't know NO more
about theology than jack rabbi
knows about ping pong, but preach
as hard as can"
Mr.. Sunday is booked for years
ahead.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-08-03
Queer Stunts Of BOX Cars.


Burlington Gazette: What is
the queerest thing that ever knew
OF happening to box CARP. repeat
ed the old railroad man who had
come up in the service from
the locomotive cab. x think
that ! myself gave one Of them the
queerest happening that can come to
the box car in its checkered career.
1T was on the Lehigh Valley road
a number Of years ago. had a 100
ton engine by the throttle and we were
making forty-five miles an hour IN the
rain and wind, with about seven
heavy coaches behind. The wind was
blowing gale into our teeth, fairly
powdering the rain as 1t fell In sheets.
We we're nearing tae top Of long
grade when suddenly a lone box car
on country siding, driven by the
wind, trundled off the sidetrack and
bumped over the rails and ties until 1t
was diagonally across the main line.
1 ahead OF US.
Il put on the air, but it was too
late to accomplish much. hit that
2C,000-pound car almost in the middle.
tearing through the flooring with a
tremendous shock and lifting It into
4 the air. When recovered from the
i shock that car was astride the boiler
and damned up against the top OF the
cab, riding there as snugly in balance
as cowboy in the saddle. And we
4 had to leave It there wiiile at twelve
or fifteen miles an hour we crawled
into the next station, six or eight miles
lup the line"
This queer happening, which re.
suited in the wrecking of the car and
sending 1t to the scrap heap, hardly
was as queer as the mistake which q
I painter In the regular repair shops
Of a southern Iowa road caused to a
coal car several years ago.
Il was in the fuel supply depart
i ment OF the road said an official Of q
| Chicago system, and my business
: was to keep check record on the
Z coal which was delivered to us at one
: Of tae supply stations. One day that
! record showed a car numbered SO ant
so had been shipped in train loaded
8 with so many tons Of coal, and tina,
' car wasn't In the train at all. But
E In checking up the train we discovered
e a car OF another number loaded witt
e the amount of coal billed for the cal
. that wasn't there
8 I'VE wrote letters about 1t. but til,
J. company owning the cars couldn't ex
s plain. We worried about 1t for weeks
One day one Of the profane men Ii
the Office announced that he was goiny
I to run down the mystery. He ha,
I discovered that missing car Away
: was OF certain number. The mex
= time the train with the missing an,
!, !. the unexpected car pulled in, this maj
= went out to inspect the car that hadn'
. been billed. The thing had looked 70
: weeks like joke.
There was the unexpected numbe,
honestly loaded. 1t was car newt
a. oyerhauled and In good condition
. showing It's white number clearl,
il These numbers, however, always ha
is been read from the one side Of tn
G. track 1t occurred to the Investigate
ii that he might look at the other side {
xt the car and he crawled under it.
ir There the mystery was explainet
se The careless painter had put one nun
ic Der ON one side OF the car and al
Id other number on tie other side. Th
re coal company had taken the car nun
'c- Der from oneside Of the car. while "
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-08-03

tion Of land in every township used
for road purposes. HALF Of this could
be sold to farmers whose land ud-
joins the road. II this we're done a
fund OF at least $40. 900 could be raised.
which II 1t were put on interest would
bring an income large enough to pay
for dragging the roads when 1t IL
necessary.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-08-03
Feminine Energy is Result.eetter.

Feminine Energy Is ResuIt-Getter
Applied feminine energy as a factor
in the cause of a more beautiful
America" is thus regarded by the
Youths Companion:
The beginning OF summer is
season wnen the. women OF every VII
lage and town In the country may well
organize work for the preservation
and creation of beauty. Streets, COM
mons, schoolyards, cemeteries. all
need constant care and in many towns
there are no officers who are entrusted
with this duty In fact, the men who
work on the roads too often DESTROY
beauty when they should protect it.
Enlightened park nomn;i. 5ionrrs now
encourage the growth of bushes and
small trees beside the highway at
great expense; bu- in the country re-
gions these very bushes are cut away,
with misdirected zeal for making
things tidy.
Ten women banded together into
an association for identifying and
cleaning the town can accomplish
wonders. There Is certain village
where such committee has wrought
something like a miracle. They
have put the sidewalks in condition by
picking off the stones, cutting side
drains and keeping the turf at the
edge neatly clipped Waste barrels
have been set in different parts Of the
village, theey are emptied twice a
week, and relieve the streets of the
hateful, wind-blown papers. The bill.
board nuisance has been abated. The
women have painted in pleasant
green an old covered bridge. which
had been disfgured with advertise
ments for twenty years They also
have set up well drained iron water
ing trough In place Of an unsanitary
wooden one.
, Finally, each of the ten women has
, cultivated an attractive flower garden
in front Of her own house, and taker
, down the fence separating 1t from the
: street. Thus at one stroke they have
: forced the citizens to keep COWS ant
! hens off the streets, and built up ;
] healthy emulation in lawns and gar
, ,dens until in June the whole villag,
S literally blossoms like the rose"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-08-03
For Narrower Roads.

Guthrie Center Democrat. This pa
per in an article published two years
ago advocated cutting down the width
Of country roads. This proposition is
meeting Endorsement in many sec
lions of the state at this time and 1t
is more than likely that the next
state legislature will give it a fair
hearing. The only waste land we
have in this county is on the public
highway At least half Of our road
lands are never worked and they are
never used There is about sec
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-08-03

the excellent spring wheat crop and
the other cereals may be crop record
breakers. While It Is yet too early
to judge Of tie Indian corn crop, the
plant looks we'll and the acreage is
over 100000 in excess Of that Of last
year. The cotton crop is likely to
bring in as much money as any cotton
crop ever harvested. With this as.
surance Of at least normal distribu
ton Of money among the people, fac
tories are resuming business In all In
dustries, but on a conservative normal
basis.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-08-03
Iowa and lnterurbans.

Clinton Herald: It is said that the
laws OF Iowa are such as to discour-
age interurban building. If this IS
true the laws should be amended at
the next session OF the legislature.
Iowa needs nothing quite SO much at
the present time as more interurbans,
and capital should he given every In
ducement to invest In this state.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-08-03
Two Opinions.

Burlington Hawk-Eye: The Indian
apolis News, pronounced free trade
organ, says in connection with an
argument against the protective tariff
policy of the Republican party:
The people are aroused to the evils
from which they are suffering, and so
it is not easy to influence them by the
old arguments
The Columbus Junction (Iowa) Safe
guard says in the same connection:
Have you noticed that the tariff
question seems to bother no one ex-
cept the men who make money out OF
politics? The farmers and laborers
are not losing any sleep fearing that
they will be injured by high sched-
ules."
Nowhere can one find two more dis
similar statements. Either one or the
other is correct The Hawk-Eye In
clines to the view expressed by the
Safeguard. Papers of the class OF the
Safeguard the country weeklies are
nearer to the people than the big city
dailies. Their editors are closer In
touch with the farmers and small bust
ness men and are better able to judge
OF what is the real. popular sentiment
than is the editor who sits at desl
in some skyscraper day in and day ou
and never sees or tolks with anyone
in the busy everyday life Of the world
and has no inspiration for rejecting
public thought save that which he de
rives from books and magazines ant
his various exchanges. The averag,
editor of the metropolitan newspape
is about as well acquainted with tn
true feelings OF "the people" as tn
stoker who shovels coal into the ful
mace Of an ocean liner, fifty feet b.
low water level.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-08-03

the luxnries are costing more In dry
Decatur. A farmer chap was short
changed in such manner that q pie
bought In q Keokuk restaurant cost
him 1900 Over at the Macon county
capital yesterday q man kicked cat.
He was arrested and fined enough
that the total bill footed up $60.S5.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-08-03
Am InexpIaInabIe oversIaht,

Swea City Herald: The casing for
the town well was received Monday
No hole came with the shipment
hence the necessity OF boring new
ope.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-08-03

COST Of Luxuries and Necessities.
Jacksonville Courier: The neces-
stiles aye coming high at Keokuk, and
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1909-10-01
MADE GOOD TIME.
Elmer Mecreary "Runs Automobile
Some" From Nswberry.

Elmer Mecreary "Runs Automobile
Some" From Nswbery.
Elmer McCreary, in company with
F. NJ. Prewitt, Otis Thompson aud w.
L. Denham. made a business trip 10
Newberry on Thursday In the interest
OF this paper. and during this trip MIR.
McCreary made fast time In HE
automobile from Newberry to Gaines.
vile.
Notwithstanding that the roads are
very dry, aud in particularly bad con.
dltlon. the return trip was made from
that point IN just fifty minutes includ
ing two short stops. The distance
covered is Just a little over eighteen
miles, and about six miles OF this road
is yet to be paved. the greater part
Of It being IN the heaviest kind OF
sand. but this he managed TO &C
through on high gear, never once let
ting up for II.
The trip over there. when Tiogn
was touched, along with the turpen.
tine camp OF the GUNNER Lumber
Company. was made in one hour out
side OF stops, and this h about the
best record mado By any machine that
has so far travelled the Tioga road &c
Newberry
Upon returning 10 Gainesville the
occupants OF the auto were unanimous
In the opinion that "shoafer' Nc
Creary possessed remarkable presence
Of mind under the most dying" cir.
cumstances
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1909-10-01
ION l. FARRIS WILL
RUN FOR CONGRESS
SPEAKER or FLORIDA LEelsLA.
TURs WILL MAKE RACE.
Thinks He Is Capable Of "eolns Out
After" our Present Brilliant
Congressman.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. Sept. 3d.
Il have gone carefully over the sit
uation," said l. L, Farris TO Metropo.
lis reporter OF this city yesterday at.
ternoon, and | have decided to make
the race for Congress against Frank
Clark.
"A man that runs against Clark
must go out after him, and believe
| am capable OF doing It, When I
make my announcement will proceed
70 make a vigorous campaign, and
will visit every section of the dis.
riot"