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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-05-19
TRANs-MIssissIPPl COMMERCIAL
CONGRESS.

The twentieth annual session OF the
Trans Mississippi Commercial Con-
gress has been called to meet at Den
yer. Col. August Is to 81 inclusive. The
governor OF each state and territory
may appoint ten delegates anG not
more than twenty delegates. The
mayor Of each city may appoint one
delegate and one additional delegate
for every 5,uO8 inhabitants, but no city
more than ten delegates. Each busi-
ness organization may appoint one
delegate and one additional delegate
for every fifty members, but no such
organization is entitled to more than
ten delegates. Each county ma ap-
point one delegate through Its execu-
tive officer. Governors OF states and
territories, members Of congress and
former presidents of the Trans Mis-
sissippi Commercial Congress are ex-
officio members, with all the priv
ileges of delegates except voting.
American merchant marine, trans
Pacific trade and adequate protection
upon the Pacific coast are correlated
subjects upon which interesting expert
discussion will be made during the
sessions Of the congress. Such men
as Capt. ". ". Bates OF Colorado,
who was President Cleveland's chief
OF navigation; George W. Dickie. who
built the battlesaip Oregon; G. Z.
Schwerin, general manager of the Pa
cific Mail Steamship Company, and
President Mallory, of the Mallory lines
OF steamships, have been invited. Con-
gresham Sulzer, the author OF the
compromise bill for the up-building OF
| the American merchant marine, will
also be present to explain the nature
OF the legislation which ae proposes.
Director Barrett and ether friends OF
subvention have signified their .nten-
ton to be present in the interest OF
closer commercial union ~ith the Lat
| in-American republics Otner impor.
tant subjects which will receive at.
I tention are. Irrigation and Reclama-
1 ton OF Semi-Arid Lands; Waterways
/ Improvements; Drainage of Sub
merged Lands: Disposition Of Public
Lands; Scientific tdryl Farming;
Alaska: Separate Statehood for New
Mexico and Arizona; Parcels Post;
Postal Savings Bank: Insurance;
Trade Relations With Mexico. Ccntia
and South America; Gulf Ports ant
the Railroads; Conservation of Nat
ural Resources; Panama Canal; Ha
wall; The Philippines; Department O
Mines; Immigration; Good Roads
Sugar Beet and Cane Industry; Bara
taria and LaFourche Canal; Nationa
Finance and Consular Service.
All railroads west Of the Mississippi
river have made reduce rates to tn
congress and a large attendance |
confidently anticipated.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-05-19

It seems to the Cedar Rapids Repub-
iican that Major Meigs and his fell
low voyagers down the Des Moines
might find the situation as regards the
navigability of that stream quite
changed next July. The Republican
thus states the case:
THE spring rains have raised the
river to the danger point and, of
course, there is water enough now to
float an ordinary boat all the way
down to the Mississippi. The officer
should have tried the river when it
is at its worst. not when 1t is at its
best. for it is the worst that must be
provided for in such improvements"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-05-19

Rev. DR.. Fullerton, leading Presby-
terian minister of st. Louis, says that
If the Presbyterians had desired 1t
they could have brought about the sub
mission OF a prohibition constitutional
amendment in Missouri, but not being
satisfied in their own minds that 1t
would accomplish good instead OF
more evil, they refrained from en-
ploying their influence, and thus beat
the resolution. The Baptists. also.
are credited with having contributed
to the defeat of the statewide amend
ment. Whatever the fundamentally,
the refusal of its legislature to sub
NIT the proposition has saved our
neighboring state from mucl-feared
period of bitterness and strife.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-05-19
The Wirz Monument.

Marshalltown Times Republican:
The Daughters of the Confederacy
have recently dedicated a monument
to Henry Wirz, who was properly and
Justly hanged to the satisfaction Of
history for his brutal government Of
Andersonville prison. With all the
great names that belong to the Lost
Cause" to choose from. the D. G
erected memorial of its own lack Of
ordinary horse sense and humanity
when it built its monument to inhu-
mainly. It doesn't matter much at
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-05-19

It is said that three-fourths OF the
graduates from the State Agricultural
college at Ames this year have ex-
pressed their intention OF going upon
farms to make their living and there
applying practically the principles Of
advanced agriculture they have
learned in the college. The practical
usefulness of the college will be great
" increased If this resolution is car.
ried into effect by such a large pro.
portion of its graduates.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-05-19

= S~~A~ s<-@ - - - DrSc7~A~ - 49, III
How would you like to be a dan
delion about this time of year?
Senator Dolliver need not fear any
man in Iowa in primary campaign"
says the Iowa City Citizen.
The Christian people of Mt. Sterling,
Iowa. will soon begin the erection of
$4,000 church CT modern design.
A company is being formed at
Sterling, H., for the manufacture OF
automobiles suitable for use on the
farms.
The ST. Louis Democrat tells
the Missouri legislature ttlt it ought
to have done better. but It might
have done worse.
All George Fitch asks of the Peoria
baseball team is that it make its
winning streaks chronic instead of
intermittent.
"The optimist is one who uses good
Judgment in deciding what sort OF
things he ought to forget" asserts the
washington County Press.
Uncle George Perkins declares in
his Sioux city Journal that furnace
lis unequal in competition with the
woman who sets about freezing a call
er.
Rumor says that Senator Aldrich is
very fond of children, and the Bur
lington Gazette presunnes that, like
that other ogre, Charles Lamb, he
likes them "bo'ad.'
The Hartley Journal thinks it Is
better for a governor of state te
keep COW and attend to her wants
than to keep a political machine and
be kept continually busy with its man
ipuIation. "By all means let Carol
have a cow says the Journal. He's
the first governor Iowa has had II
| many years who would stay at home
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-05-19

and the most degraded class of petty
criminals in the country, the boot
leggers,'' adds the Advertiser, land
it would be welcomed by many of the
men who are engaged in the sale
of liquor. but who do not believe in
the violation OF law"
An Indiana boy received 500 acres
of Indiana land as a gift on his TWEEN
ty-first birthday. The Peoria Herald
Transcript says that If he is a true
American he will trade about ten of
those acres for IN automobile some
time this week.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-05-19

II the 2aragrapher of the Des
Meines Register and Leader is to be
believed. every time the editor Of the
Sioux City Journal pats Senator Dol
liver on the head these days he has a
brick concealed in his hand.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-05-19

An upstate paper complains that
there has been SO much rain that
some Of the wells in its locality are
floating abovs ground. 1t is not well
to give publicity to such a groundless
report
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-05-19

A Russian prince is said to be a
clown in an American circus. If he is
good clown his pedigree should be
overlooked.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-05-19

If present exl erience is not wholly
lost on the country it will think twice
next time before undertaking to revise
the tariff.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-05-19

1t is noted with regret that the ILL
nois legislature persists in keeping in
the limelight in the role Of a horrible
example.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-05-19
Keokuk, Iowa ........ May 10, 1909.

Also some people are engaged in
making two worries grow where only
one grew before.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-05-19

There is now still further cause for
taankfulness. The Missouri legisia-
ture has adjourned.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-05-19

Mr.. Taft has been made Mason
at sight and G. A. r. man. but the
Quincy Journal defies him to secure
a membership in the Daughters of the
American Revolution or the National
Mothers congress.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-05-19

sake OF temporary gain. Davenport
theater-goers will not be disappointed
in his offerings.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-05-19
NOTES AND COMMENT.

COMMENCEMENT exercises at the
state university begin June 10.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-05-19

How would you like to be a dan.
delion about this time of year?
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-11-21

Worlds Fair at Chicago and in the case o.
some of the big expOsitiOus which followed
II the Thanksgiving prOclamations were
much in demand by the managers of the
historical exhibits. and were freely loaned
for such displays. Now, however, the
Department of State has shut down on
all such use of these documents. None of
the prOelamatiOns are ever allowed to
leave the State Department Building at
Washington and exposition managers are
obliged to content themselves with photo
graphs of the executive calls for days of
thanksgiving which are issued each sue
cessive November.
The measures that have been taken
with a view TO fostering the Thanksgiv
ing prOclamations are largely preventa-
tive in purpose. for as yet none Of the
Thanksgiving day proclamations give evil
dence Of the rayages of time. In conse-
quenee of the excellent state of preserva-
ton of the Thanksgiving documents these
papers may be seen 10y any citizen who
has curiosity to peruse the originals.
When it was decided to cease loaning the
prOclamattoBs to expositions 1t was also
determined not to unnecessarily expose
them to the light by keeping them on
permanent exhibition in the State De-
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-11-21

~URISTMAS has its Santa Claus,
~ 7 Easter its eggs and the Fourth Of
July its fireworks, but Thanksgiv-
Alng-the day of all days for the
''rah-rah'' boys-boasts a symbol
that is undeniably its Own-the football
Most people outgrow Kris Kringle, eggs
and frecrackers, but once a football en-
thusiast, always a follower Of the pigskin
Though the micrObe Of fOOtballitis has
not as vet received the respectful con
sideration due it from science, there Is
hope that at some future date these
savants will seize it between their thumb
and their index finger, tickle tia bit on
the ribs to make it open its mouth and
then x-Fay its stingerinO. OF course. the
COok-Pearv exchange of pleasantries must
be settled first and that naturally pre-
cludes any possible steps in this direction
until the cows come home, or at last
until Jeffries really fights Johnson.
In the first place, it is more universal
In its contagious properties than the
presidential bee in Nebraska, the book
worm in Indiana Of the tetse fly In
Roosevelt corner of the African jungle.
There IS but one other epidemic among
the American people that has it skinned
forty ways from Sunday in this respect
and that is the worlds series fever that
breaks out early in the spring, runs
through the summer and reaches its most
viFulent stage in the fall, with the highest
death rate in PittsbuTg and Detroit.
The great Thanksgiving Day football
game! What an occasion it is! town
that can't stir up a gridirOn contest with
which to top of its turkey is Indeed
teader than Beverly. Mass, in the winter
time. And the unfortunate human who
doesn't take in the game deserves to be
left with indigestion and the past weeks
Sunday papers. Everybody goes, and
thereby hangs a tale.
Among ultra-exclusives Of the 'eveTy-
bodys" present is one you can't miss
You hear him before you see him. and
you still hear him after he's gone. He
isn't alone Along with him are about
a million others of the same species
Judging from the noise they make And
what a sight for the gods and men be
is, TO be sure!
You look at him a moment on first
sight, blink your eyes, wipe your glasses
and take a second look. Yes. he seems
to be human. When your eyes finally
become accustomed to the sight ana your
ears to the noise, you recognize him as
a real "rah-rah" boy. RepOsing proud
II on the lapel OF mis- daredevil-cut coat
is a large yellow chTysanthemum, that is,
# must be chrysanthemum, be
cause head of hair couldn't possibly
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-11-21

ference between her and the full-6edged
variety is that one is in the first reader
and the other has taken a POSTCARD
uate course. Both have the same idea
of starting something that the men will
have to finish.
Always-always, be it noted-there are
a number of the ''Old grads" at every
big football game. Now, an ''Old grad
is a graduate of the college years ago
who still keeps afame in his heart a
patriotic zeal for his alma matters sue
cess on the gridirOn. He is almost a
sacred institution of the game And he
is indeed a privileged character-espe-
cially If he played on the team in his
own day. 1t is a matter of record that
not more than rs per cent. of college
graduates follow the fortunes of their
teams in after years, let alone coming
back for the big game of the season
They are known to the incumbent stu
dent body simply as alumni" But that
rs per cent-that glorious 7S-are "old
grads"
When a team trots out on the field
the captain is always in the lead and
he always carries the bali. These two
rules are never violated. They are strict
~ according to HOyle. The captain NAV
be bOw-legged and the ugliest man on
the team, but his is the right of way
ahead of the rest of the bunch. He's the
bell-cOw of the herd. When he has led
them to the center of his half of the
field he stops On his toes, turns and
heaves the ball at the nearest-wayt o-the-
heart of the man behind him; and be, in
turn, passes the compliment on to his
next rear neighbOT, the whole team in
the meanwhile spreading out in a circle
as effectively end precisely as society
cut ups In a German figure.
Finally the ball comes back to the
captain. Just to show that it's the same
to his men in the air as on terra firma
he takes a swat at the ground with the
ball. On the first bounce a lad from
the bunch darts out and hurls himself
at the defenseless ball as it bounces
along. If he happens to come down on
top of 1t, ker-fiop, and persuades the pig
skin to remain beneath him, then his
fall on the ball" is applauded by the
teams supporters, who are ready to
yell at anything, from a touchdown to
u yaller dog scOOtiug across the field.
Another warrior seiZes another ball. lies
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-11-21

danger Of damage owing to the wear and
tear Of handling In this form. ThereupOn
it was decided to bind ell the proclama-
tons, and thus we today find the Thanks
giving prOclamations along with other
presidential broadsides neatly bound in
magnificent volumes, large enough to have
all such papers inserted fat.
There are Isl proclamations in all IN
this novel collection Of the documents Of
our presidents Of which upward Of half
a hundred are Thanksgiving proelama-
tons As the presidential prOclamations
are received at the State Department
they are hlen away IN envelopes until
enough Of tie documents accumulate 20
fiji one OF the huge red 'scrap books"
when they are bound up. When a
Thanksgiving OF other proclamation Is
received at the depository Custodian
TonneF Immediately enters it upon a reg
lister which is kept in a large volume
and wherein is recorded the volume and
page or the Number Of the envelope where
each given proclamation can be found
Tab is also sept on the prOclamations by
means Of card and book index, which
list the proClamaions by date. subject
and author.
perusal Of the presidential Thanks
giving prOclamations at the Department
Of State shows that all are fairly Uniform
in length-a similarity due no doubt to
the fact that each successive ThaDksgiv-
ing proclamazio is 20 some extent copied
after or at least follows the general lines
Of its predecessors unless there be special
reason for variations. Formerly the
Thanksgiving proclamations were written
In lOnghand--though not often penned by
the President in person-whereas latterly
they have been typewriter. but In each
class Of doclmeBts we fad two pages
given up to the proclamation. The frst
page, whethes penned or typed, holds the
major POrtiO5 of the message Of thanks.
while the second page in each instance
has the conclusion OF the proclamation,
the signature of the President and his
Secretary Of State and the embossed rep
resentation 5f the seal Of the United
States. This latter is perhaps two inches
or more in diameter and thus takes up
an appreciate portion OF the page.
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-11-21

The coach. In fact. says any and every
old thing he wants to-and not one OF
the players dares answer him back. II
they'd only 60 what he tells them to,
they'd win: and every time they lose
ground or the ball It's because they didn't
follow his instructiOnsl
The referee and the umpire come ont
on the field. followed by the teams. and
the second half begins. With a tie
score, this is for blood. Presently one
Of the players is injured. A gasp OF
despair goes up from part Of the crowd,
and the others give voice to cries that
sound something like shouts of Joy. The
stricken hero lies PROSTATE for q while
and struggles feebiy to his feet as the
doctor, with bis hand-satchel, Tushes out
from the side-hnes. With each arm
around a teammates neck, the injured
one attempts to limp around. Evidently
he is really hurt. for he has not recov-
cred when warning is given that time Is
up.
They half-lead half-carry him of the
field, and a substitute rushes out to take
his place Does be allow himself to be
lead from the fray like a lambl Never
Not If he IS on TO his job He struggles
and pulls and twists ana turns and pro-
tests aud swsars he will 90 back into
drag him of. And the rah-rsh boys and
the football damsels applaud him 20 the
echo. He is n real herOl
IL the end. OF course, one team OF the
other wins-Or, even worse, the score
is a tie. TIE town is turned over to
the students chat night and parades and
lights and a general celebration Is in
order into the wee sma' hours-aud then
some.
The rah-rah boys get together IN bun
ehes around ratbskeilar tables and tell
each other how it all happened. and
the football damsels rave ever the tack
ling of VIII, or Arches end-run until
Pa and Ma begin TO think that, II the
girls nowadays would only become as en-
thusiastic about home accomplishments
as they are about football, there'd be
fewer divorces.
Everybody Is thankful for something OF
other The victors, naturally, are crazy
grateful for the score. Mothers are
thankful that the season is over and
that their boys escaped without injury.
Fathers look forward to letters from
their young aOpefuls at college contain
ing news Of Greek roots, philosophy and
calculus instead Of footballs and padded
Jerseys. And the lOOsers7 Sure, Horace.
they are thankful, toO-thankful that
there's another great Thanksgiving day
football game coming next year.
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-11-21

and then, just to show that they are
earning the greeRbacks the managers Of
the teams have tucked away in their
pOcketboOks for them.
After settling a few details these hard
working officials tell one team to kick
off, the ball-not OF the earth. but to
the other team.
Are you ready, Captain ChewemupT"
his nibs, the umpire, calls out to the
captain Of, say, the Blues.
IAN ready, sir" grOwls that individual.
Are you ready, Captain Soakeminthe-
eyeY' he repeats, with a courteous bow
TO the other, the captain Of the Reds
"AI ready, sirT' the second hero filings
back.
''Whfr-r-r-r!" sounds the whistle-and
the game is ont
football on the ground is a rather
large object and can be held without
much danger of dropping it; but one sail
ing alOft, in a turning, twisting spiral"
looks just large enough to At IN the vest
pocket without tearing the lining So it
seems when the opposite team tries to
catch that Kickoff" This is known as
catching and running back a punt" 1t
is an art, indeed, and the failure Of the
players to do it successfully is the de-
spaiF of most coaches.
One of them, it is said at one time con-
ceiYed the idea Of covering the ball with
twentydollar yellow-backs in practice as
an extra inducement, "catchings'' of
course being ''keepings." But the player
who did catch the ball and earn the bills
had to square up some of his prOverbial
college debts with them; so they didn't
do him any good Hence the scheme
failed, there being no sense in catching
a wad of money and then turning it over
to fellow-students to whom you owed
money. Besides, they, watching, from
the side-lines, had heart failure and fts
if you missed the ''punt'-and the fac
ulty butted in on this.
To return to our mutton" the ball
drops in the waiting arms of a Red
player, who amid the wild cheers Of the
teams supporters, lodges and twists and
squirms and wriggles his way down the
field See! He will, he Will He has
passed the last Blue tackler and is speed
ing to the enemys goal! He has out
distanced them all! The touchdown is
sure!
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-11-21

ward being impressed with the great
seal of the United States Thus vested
with all possible official dignity it has
been transferred to the printing Office of
the State Department, where the con-
tents are duplicated in printed form for
distribution broadcast throughout the
country This done the original docu-
ment is taken to its permanent home in
the Bureau of Rolls and Library on the
third floor of the huge State Department
Building. the largest Office building In
the world. This branch of the depart
ment is not only charged with the care
and custody of all precious government
documents, such as the Thanksgiving
procIamations, but Ii also conducts the
distribution OF the printed copies Of the
Thanksgiving proclamation. More Of these
Thanksgiving proclamatiOns are sent out
than any other form Of executive order
and they 20 by mail to every nook and
corner Of the land.
The general supervision OF the preserva-
ton and care of the Thanksgiving procla-
nations is in the hands of William Nc
Neir, chief of the Bureau of Rolls and
Library, an official who has had years
of experience in caring for Uncle Sans
priceless documents, but the immediate
custodian of the prOclamations is Mr..
John A TOnneT, who not only looks after
the filing and safeguarding of all presi-
Dental proclamations, but has like juris-
diction over all the treaties which have
been signed by the United States. A
big cabinet in the Treaty Room" at the
State Department has been given over
largely to the storage Of the presidential
proelamations, and the two officials above
mentioned have only within the past few
years evolved q new system that is a
big improvement over the old scheme of
filing such papers.
In days gone by all the proelamatioDs
issued by the President. including, Of
course, the annual announcements of a
day OF thanksgiving. were tied in bundles
and stored away in a -spacious cupboard.
A few years ago 1t was brought home to
the officials that not only was It difficult
to refer to papers when In this form. but
many of the priced documents were in