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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-09-19
ANOTHER NEWSPAPER CHANGE

A paragraph elsewhere on this page
tells Of the sale Of the Farnigton
Herald to Rev J. II Taylor. Since
It vas put IN type The Farrnin gton
News has come TO hand With The an
nouncement that It, has been pur-
chased by the same gentleman. II is
understood 70 be Mr.. Taylor's inten.
ton to consolidate the two papers,
which viii enable him 10 give the
community z better newspaper than
was possible with two papers IN the
Ae.d. The change involves the retire
.seas I'll GF X. n Knott, the long.
time editor and publisher Of The
News, and he will be greatly missed
from newspaper circles in southeast
ern Iowa He says. however that al
he asks IL opportunity 10 "go away
back and sit down II is to be hop
ed be viii shortly find new Geld o.
labor il this part of the state. Aside
from The loss Of Mr. Knott from the
ranks Of active and efficient newspa
per workers, the change lis q highIy
( commendabie one from every point d
view Especially Ia # comrnendabis
because II is in line with the tend
ency Of the tines toward fewer news
papers and better ones. There is room
IN Pennington for one good paper ant
sir. TAYLOR has the ability and energ-
TO meet the demand.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-09-19
Iowa an Example.

IF anybody imagines that this pro
cess of exhaustion and abandonment
or transfer to other uses is peculiar
to the east, let him look at Iowa,
whose average wheat crop in the five
years 1ss3-S7 was 2e,ss2.5eo bushels,
and in the FIVE years OF 1904-0s was
9.9TS,4Ss bushels. In, 1908 it was g..
oGS. 900 bushels
"All this has come about notwith-
standing economic changes favorable.
to the occupant OF the farm. The
perfection of our transportation sys-
TEN has made a market accessible to
every farmer and carries his produce
at the lowest rates in the world. His
! life has become more comfortable and
desirable But the increased cost of
living bears most hardly upon bin,
while 1t entices his children to the
centers where they think that the
larger income now found necessary
may be won more easily. And while
the enhanced price of grain may in
duce him to enlarge his wheat acre
age. 1t does not lead him to more
careful tilage-
You deal with wealth in its most
condensed and universal form. That
wealth Is the slow accreticn OF many
centuries Il changes its form and
occupation with wonderful facility:
but, so slight at all times is the mar
gin between the worlds production and
consumption. that It's savings have
been acquired almost as slowly and
painfully as the miser's hoard. Prac-
tically only few months lie between
a universal cessation of production
and the destruction of the human
race by starvation The marvellous
diversity of modern industry and its
products blinds us to the bare sim.
plicity of the situation Those who,
like you, are main factors in supply.
ing to industry the means TO carry /;
on. who open up the main and lateral
channels through which the fertilizins
stream OF capital may be turned upon
the otherwise barren field of labor
should be always mindful of the frs,
great source and storehouse of ma
tional wealth. and the most sensitive
whenever IL is depleted or endang
cred
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-09-19

President Finney is credited with
having said that much well-planned
work comes to naught for lack OF
prayer, and that much Layer comes
to naught for lack of work. A propo-
sition that works both ways, as this
one does. needs no argument in de-
Tense
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-09-19

The Keokuk baseball team has gen.
erously postponed winning the Central
league pennant until next year. The
Burlington team needs the emblem
for its encouragement. and The Keo-
kuk boys would be the last in the
world to stand in its way-under the
circumstances
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-09-19
How Feed COMING MlIIions.

How Feed Coming Millions.
Our foreign trade in the past has
rested mainly on our exports of prod
ucts drawn from the earth directly. or
only once removed. Our manufac-
lures for export are to a large extent
natural products subjected to a few
simple processes How are we TO
meet the immense trade balance
against US. how prevent financial
storms of frequent occurrence and de-
structive force: how feed the coming
millions, if the farmer, who pays
most Of the bills, has retired TO the
city or the country town in order that
his children may the better enjoy
their automobiles and enter into the
delights of the social gamer
"A stationary or declining product,
q soil becoming annually less produc-
tive. a revolt agains. the life of the
farm and a consequent rise in wages
amounting. since 1895. TO 55s per
cent with board. compel such rise
of al prices as bears ruinousiy upon
town and country alike Our real
concern is not so much to save the
home market from the inroads OF the
foreigner as 10 keep it from destruc-
ton by an enlarged city life and a
neglected country life, crowded ar
tisan population clamoring for food
and foreign demand for the product
( of their wages limited TO fields where
the competition Of all the world must
he NJ ond
The consumers of bread through
out the world increase by probably
from four to FIVE millions every year.
In orr own country we shall require
13.000,000 TO $4,000, 900 bushels more
annually for seed and home consump-
ton. The domestic supply cannot be
maintained by present methods. Not
only is the cultivation of the soil
being neglected, but 1t is also notori-
/ ously Ineffective Our wheat product
per acre from the older lands falls
steadily. Our national average is
, less than half that of England or
Germany, both of which have soil in
! rich new land under cultivation have
we prevented the rail- from becoming
abrupt Good farms in the Mohawk
valley in New York state forty years
ago We're worth from 500 to $3.50 per
acre; now many are sold at from s25
to $50. This is not because wheat
has become cheap, for II is dear;
not entirely because of western COM
petition, but because there is neither
good cultivation nor enough cultiva-
ton. The younger generation
tlrongs the cities; and the land rented
by its owners to tenants careless of
everything but immediate profits, Is
abused and robbed of its fertility. In
New York state 10000 farms are for
sale. The southern central portion
shows progressive loss of popula-
! ton.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-09-19

Speaking al Indianapolis on Labor
Day " G. Lee. president OF the
Brotherhood Of Railway Trainmen.
said that ne was against the closed
shop. There il % closed shop ar
rangement in his organization. he de-
clared. The trainmen had never ask
ed for il. and as the employers were
also against ii, It has not appeared
Speaking for himself personally. h.
said that he was always in favor Of
the open shop, and he was more
strongly in favor of II now than he
was at any time in the past
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-09-19

A Peoria man has patented prod
net he calls .dehydrated nitrocellu-
lose" There should be large de-
mand for it in prohibition communi-
ties
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-09-19

do yon an1 nur wife ever have
any differences OF opinion?" asked
the impertinent acquaintance.
only once in awhile" answered
Sir. Meekton. when Henrietta chang
es her mind about something and neg
Iects 10 notify me-"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-09-19

A man named Eaton, who lives in
ST. Louis, says that he wants doctor
to operate on his brain. An eastern
paper suggests that if It really is a
case Of too much Eaton, he ought TO
have an operation performed on his
stomach.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-09-19

Twenty-Five feet of gigantic Texans
will guard the President when he
visits FL Paso. If anyone down there
should look for trouble on the occas-
ion in question he will have no diff
Guilty in finding it
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-09-19

The President seems TO the ST.
Louis Globe-Democrat to have told
both Mr.. Ballinger and Mr. Pinchot
that they haven't done 1othin'" and
mustn't do it again.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-09-19

Speaking OF President Tafts recep-
ton in Chicago. the Tribune quotes
the President as saying that he never
saw so many school children IN one
bunch. and the school children are
quoted TO the effect that they never
saw SO much President before in one
bunch.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-09-19

A philosopher prophesies the ruin
of the republic through Sunday base
ball. That may be going too far, in
the opinion of George Fitch, but he
comedies ii is certainly hard on the
larnyx.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-09-19

A Russian who was being examined
for citizenship papers at Des Moines
was asked. What large body makes
the laws and runs this country?' He
blankly answered, taft" whereupon
the Judge refused his application
Now what do you think of that7
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-09-19

In reply 10 an inquiry By The Gate
City as To what q Giadinggfeast is.
the Burlington Hawk-Eye explains
that gindingsfeast is a eoliabora-
ton of potenialities conducire 10
cycadaceous optimy The definition
sounds ali right but there is a Turk
ing suspicion that ii calls for exercise
OF the leystor labii superioris aiequi
nssi
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-09-19
Duty.

slept and dreamed that life was
Beauty;
/ woke and found that life was Duty;
Was then thy dream shadowy lie?
Toll on, sad heart, courageously.
And thou shalt find thy dream TO be
A MONDAY light and truth to thee.
Ellen Sturgis Hooper.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-09-19

David OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES has
been appointed postmaster at Koekia.
Hawaiian Islands The remaining
vowel probably made its escape while
the christening ceremony was in prog
ress.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-09-19

CHICAGO, Sept 1s.-Warning that
the United States may soon cease 70
be an exporter of food stuffs was CIV
en- to the American Bankers associa-
ton at the close of the first days ses-
sion of the thirty-fifth convention OF
the organization, by James j. Hill.
The idea that we feed the world is
being corrected" said Mr.. Hill. and
unless we can increase the agricultur-
al population and their product the
question of source of food supply at
home will soon supersede the ques-
ton of a market abroad"
This possible condition the speaker
attributed to the increased tendency
of the rural population TO forsake the
fields and agricultural pursuits Tor
city life and in corroboration OF Il he
cited the decrease in the value OF
farm lands in the eastern states and
contrasted the conditions In Euro
pean countries with that OF the Unit
ed States.
An through the address Mr. Hill
sought to impress on the delegates
that future prosperity is to come in
the development of agriculture rather
than in an extension OF foreign mark
cts for manufactured goods
We have. said the speaker. sal
most reached point, where. owing TO
increased population without increas-
ed production per acre, our home
food supply viii be insufficient for our
own needs: within ten years, possibly
less, we are likely to become 2 wheat
importing nation. the percentage of
the population engaged in agriculture
and the wheat product per acre are
both falling. at the same time the
cost of living is raised everywhere by
this relative scarcity of bread. by arti-
fetal increase in the price of all man.
ufactured articles. and by habit OF
extravaganza which has enlarged the
view Of both rich and poor of what
are TO be considered the necessities
OF life. These plain facts should dis
rurb and arouse not only the economic
student but the men who are most in
timately related to the wealth of the
nation and most concerned that it
shall not suffer loss or decreases"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-09-19

The Eskimos call the north pole
the "big nail" This may explain why
so many people have their hammers
iout and are using them SO Industrious
Ily.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-09-19

away from trying to produce the fancy
grades on which money is often lost
because of lack of expert knowledge
and ideal conditions.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-09-19

The Burlington Gazette sayg that
Peary is becoming the most unpopular
hero who ever crossed the line Of
glory.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-09-19
Calls Farm Man Reliance.

Mr.. Hill declared that never has en-
HANGED cost of living, when due to
agricultural decline and inability to
supply national needs, failed to end
in national disaster
Mr.. Hill said the farm is our main
reliance and that every other activ-
ity depends On that. He asserted,
however, that the majority of people
fail TO realize practically the declining
status Of agriculture In the country.
They are misled by the statistics OF
farm values and products, mounting
annually by great leaps. into thinking
that this absolute increase implies a
relative advance Of this industry as
compared with Others" said he Ex
actly the opposite is the case. re-
fer not merely TO the quality and re-
suits of our tilage, but to the setting
Of he human tide away from the culti-
waited field and toward the factory
gate or the city SUM. This is some
thing whose consequences for evil are
as certain as II the aggregate deposits
in all the banks of this country were
decreasing by fixed percentage every
{ ten years. while their loans we're IN.
creasing by another percentage as
stable. You would know what catas.
trophe that assured by and by
1T means the same thing. In kind
and consequences. when the agricul
tural population. the producers and
depositors in the great national treas
Z ury Of wealth, is declining year by
year, while the city population, which
ttrives only by drawing drafts upon
the land cannot live year after
these cease TO be honored, rises al it.
expense. Yet not only is such crisis
approaching, but It IS being FASTENED
By legislative stimulation in favor o
other industries while overlooking
this
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-09-19

Pellagra has been defined as one Of
those new diseases that everybody
reads about and nobody has.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-09-19

A really meritorious airship always
rises to the occasion.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-09-19

Dessicated Iowa eggs helped Peary
to reach the pole. In other words,
they contributed to the scramble.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-09-19

Now the south pole might as well
come in out OF the cold.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-09-19
DAILY BY MAIL.

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Entered in Keokuk postoftice - secono
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THE GATE CITY CoMPANd.
~. Ii North Sixth st.. keokuk, low
THE GATE CITY 10 on sale at tne Io
Hotel Keokuk, cor. Third and Jonnso0
C. H Rollins & Co, GO Main seeeS
Ward Bros. 525 Main street
Depot News Stand
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-09-19
j. ]. Hill Sees Iowa
AS Example Of Peril
Failure Of Farm Production to Keep Pace With Increased
Population Cited as Coming Danger to
Nation.

a wheatselling nation. but will find
1t necessary to import portion OF
what we consume.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-09-19

Some people seem 10 think that
wealth,
Once gained. is not secured in vain.
That when iney die, they need but 90
To heaven on an aeroplane.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-09-19

No real poet IN Iowa. What about
the silas Wegg Of the Narshalltown
Times-Republican who evolved the fol
lowing from the remote recesses Of
his inner eonsc ousness2
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-09-19

iKeokuk, Iowa $1,000. Sept. 10, 1909.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-08-16
Or. MORAN DEAD.
Former Eldora Resident Dies in Hos.
pital at Detroit, Mich.

pital at Detroit, Mich.
Special to Times-Republican.
Eldora, Aug. 16.-News has been re-
ceived here of the death of DR.. George
w. Moran at Detroit, Mich, on Friday
of last week. DR.. Moran was an Ell
dora boy, having been born and spent
his younger days at the old home place
here. About seventeen years ago, after
his graduation from the University of
Michigan, he entered upon the practice
of his profession in Detroit, practice
which had grown to large proportions.
He had been troubled with slight
pancreatic trouble, and about a week
previous to his death he was taken
with a severe chill, after eating some
ice cream. He was removed to a hos
pital but he remained in semi-con-
scious condition until his death, and
was unable to give any aid in his own
case. 1t is supposed that the pancrea-
tic duct was ruptured and poisoning
Immediately developed.
DIR. Moran was Al years of age. His
death comes as a. distinct shock to his
relatives and friends of the family here.
He leaves a wife, four brothers and one
sister. The brothers are Eldon, of st.
Louis; Selby A., of Ann Arbor; Lee, of
Boise, Idaho, and DR.. Frank Moran, of
Dallas, Tex. The sister is Mrs. A. S.
Richards, of Marshalltown. The burial
took place Friday at Marshall, Mich,
the former home Of Mrs. Moran.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-08-16
DOING THEIR DUTY.

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Learning ths Duty of The Kidneys.
To Alter the ;olood is the Kidneys
duty.
When they fail to do this sho azidneys
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o. wallen, retired, 1O3 West Rail-
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For sale by all dealers. Price so
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States.
Remember the name--Doan's-and
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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-08-16
MALADY OF UNKNOWN NATURE
BRINGS SWIFT DEATH TO
MALcoM CHILDREN.
TWO DIE AFTER BEING
SICK A FEW HOURS
Doctors Are Raffled and Unable to
Diagnose cases-Postmortem Held
But Exact Nature of Disease Is Not
Disclosed by It-Helieved To H.vc
Been Due to Poisoning.
pecial to Times-Republican.

Special to Times Republican.
Malcolm, Aug. 16.-Some disease, the
exact cause of which is unknown,
brought sudden death to Lester, aged
3, and Verna, aged 2, the only chill
dren of Mr.. and Mrs. George Fogel, of
this place. Despite the efforts of five
physicians, and the aid of post NOR
tenn examination, it has not been de-
termined what caused the fatalities. 1t
is believed, however, that it was some
sort of intestinal disorder, probably
due to poisoning of some kind or in
fiction.
Lester was taken sick first. A few
hours later his baby sister was strick-
en-. Both grew seriously i'll in a very
short time, and within an hour both
were dead.
The physicians who were called were
unable to agree or the cause, but none
were certain what it was. A post NOR
TEN examination held on the body Of
the boy, showed that there was some
disorder Of the intestines.
The funeral was held from the Meth
odlsl church.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-08-16

third infantry; Corp. Charley M. King,
Company l.. Fifty third infantry; Corp.
Joseph F. Barker, Company G, Fifty
fifth infantry; Lieut.. James L. Carlson,
Company 1, Fifty-sixth infantry;
Capt. Harry G. Utley, Company D.
Fifty-third infantry; Capt George L..
Lawson, Company i, Fifty-sixth infan-
try; Capt. Edmund A. Ringland, A.
I. S. A. p, Fifty-s sixth Infantry: Sergt.
Ross E. Kenyon, Company K, Fifty
fifth infantry; Private Vernon Finkle,
Company F, Ffty-sixth infantry;
Lieut.. Lee Roy Schilling, Company D.,
Fifty-fourth infantry; Sergt John T..
Jackson. Company e, Fifty-fourth in
fantry; Sertg. John P. King.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-08-16
RoLFE MlLLiNER AND TRAVEL
ING MAN LOCKED UP
IN LINCOLN.
WERE ARRESTED AT
WEBSTER CITY RECENTLY
First Prosecution, Which Was Started
by Travellers Wife, Was Dropped
Couple 10 Held in Jail at Lincoln,
Being Unable to Furnish Bond
Both Well Known in Rolfe.
Special to Times-Republicar.

Special to Times-Republican.
Webster City, Ape. 16.-Pretty and
petite Miss Clara Gretsch, formerly a
popular milliner and society miss Of
Rolfe, and C. M. Day, travelling sales
man, married, and also a resident of
Rolfe, who three months ago were ar
rested at the Wilson Hotel in this
city on charge of adultery preferred
by Days wife, are again in trouble at
Lincoln, Neb
Day is widely known over Iowa as
he has covered a large part of the
state for years. When Miss Gretsch ac-
cepted a position in Rolfe as 1nilliner
domestic happiness in the Day family
ceased the very first day the husband
came home. 1t was love at first sight
between him and the pretty milliner.
When the trimming season was over,
Mrs. Day began to suspect that her
husbands affinity was accompanying
him on his trips. 1t was following this
suspicion that the pair were arrested
in Webster City. They were taken back
to Rolfe, where Days wife forgave all.
The man was released and returned to
his work, while Miss Gretsch, in shame
and humiliation, went to Omaha.
The second inning of what seems to
be losing game has just ended in
Lincoln where the pair has been ar
rested upon the charge of disorderly
conduct. Upon this occasion Days
mate became fysterical and it was
feared she might become mentally I'M
balanced. She was Gained sufficiently
to appear in police court, however.
where both were held to the district
court and in default of bond were
committed to Jail. 1t is said the pair
had been living together in Lincoln
for a month.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-08-16
and highly respected citizen OF Bur-
lington, dropped dead in the sacristy
of ST Paul's church, having just COM
pleted his confession.
FRANKLIN COUNTY WINNERS.

Geneva Man and Hampton Supervisor
Lucky in Land Drawisn.
Special to TimessRepublican.
Hampton, Aug. 16-Two Franklin
county people, at least, are numbered
among the winners In the land draw.
ing recently had for the Occur D'AlenA
lands in Idaho. Jesse B. Manifold, a
Geneva, was lucky enough to draw No.
1875, a selection near enough to the
first choice to assure him Of getting q
good claim. He was out in that coun-
try during the time OF registering. and
took advantage of the opportunity.
Supervisor D. B. Henderson drew
No. 1885, and it is said that If the
same proportion fail to appear and
prove up their claims in this as in for
mer like cases, he will stand a good
chance of getting a; claim worth hav-
ing There were but 1850 claims In the
tract Of land