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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-09-17
An Accommodating Judge.

Judge David P. Dyer was holding
court not long ago in Cape Girardeau,
when he was called upon to sentence
postmaster from small town who
had stolen few dollars from his Of
fee. When the prisoner was arraign-
ed the judge demanded:
well, what have you got to say
about this case?"
The prisoner said the postmaster
ship paid only few dollars a year.
not sufficient to meet the expenses of
his family. His wife and child needed
food, and he took a little money from
the postoffice, thinking he would re-
turn 1t when he harvested his crops.
The appeal touched the heart OF
Judge Dyer and he let the postmaster
off with six months in Jail. The pris-
oner was profoundly grateful, and the
Judge dismissed the case from his
mind
A few minutes later, as the Judge
was leaving the courtroom, he felt a
| tug at his sleeve. 1t was the post
master-prisoner OF few moments be
fore.
What is 1t now. asked the Judge
IF your honor please" the prisoner
replied. could you postpone my sen
tence little while? If can begir
serving 1t next fall that will give m,
time to get In my crops and my fam
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-09-17

dying out. The farm boy asked what
is he going to do with himself in most
instances nowadays replies that the
farm looks good to him. Ask any
lad who is driving in four or five
miles from the farm to the MARSHALL
town high school. The answer comes
pat: | believe I'll stay on the farm.
I'm going over to Ames when get
thru school and think I'll farm" He
looks at the farm as high class prop
osition. The granger" and the hay
seed are forgotten terms. The man
on the farm nowadays knows things.
has things, does things. What more
do you want?
We are coming to natural revul-
sion away from the cities and to the
farm If not that at least a reyulslon
of the farm-torn away from the
city and to grip on the soil that
reared them The danger is not as
great as it may seem to appear to Mr.
HILL We are not Europeans. We
shift readily. Our pioneer blood and
native courage aids us. The Ameri-
can will not live where he must
starve If he can find way out. And
the way out is toward the farm.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-09-17
One Worthy Habit.

Fort Dodge Chronicle: Every man
and woman and many of the children
living In the city have at some time
heard talks on saving. 1t is hard
habit to form for a large majority OF
the people. Some acquire the habit
by instinct from the first, others &C
ouire it by practice, but the largest
majority Of the people totally ignore
It, The practice of the latter class Is
deplorable to certain extent. We
doubt If the habit in great number
Of young people is not the fault OF the
parents, yet in places it is occasional
" found to have been carried to the
extreme.
With the large class that looks IN
on the practice with careless
thought, thinking 1t hardly worth
while when only dollar week can
be laid away In the bank we would
ask them to stop and figure up what
that would amount to if they tried 1t
for FIVE years, or ten. II You really
/ want to know go into one OF the saw
+ ings banks and ask them to tell you.
j It will surprise you. We have men In
1 Fort Dodge who have never received
+ large salaries, but they are building
4 a competency for their later years.
We find in the Cedar Rapids Repub-
/ lican a good argument to encourage
/ savings account and small invest
ments of capital:
1.-THE main thing is to get In the
habit We have in mind a man who
has earned from $40 a week upwards
but never in excess of $40 q week
who in less than fifteen years had ac
quired property worth nearly $4,000
He has trading instinct which every
man cannot possess, or does not pos
sess
THE main trouble is that the aver
age man does not think it worth
while to enter upon such career. Be
cause he can not lay aside a grea
deal, each week, he thinks that it vii
never amount to much that he he cal
do That is prevalent mistake Blu
every fund has had small beginning
in the way of savings No one shoul
be discouraged, because he cannot be
gin in big way. Too many cut off al
thought of such things, until they ca
begin in big way.
: "a man should bear In mind tina
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-09-17
Union pacific His Monument.

Chicago Tribune: The news OF the
death OF Edward Fl: Hartman does
not come unexpectedly. The reports
for several dlvs have beet ,f scn
nature as TO indicate that his hours
were numbered and his activities fol-
ever at an end. He has had time s'nc'
his return ron Europe To put his
house in orl,. and 3. safesiiird ne
interests he had most at heart. Wall
street has also had time to prepare
itself for the inevitable Even If there
shall be momentary depression there,
the business of the country will not
be affected. There will be no cessa-
ton of industry because great rail-
road financier has passed away.
| In his conspicuous field of effort he
was great mana genius. His
methods, such as bonding one road to
buy stock in and control Of another
were often questionable and his ambi-
ton alarming. When he told the In
terstate commerce commission that he
would like to annex all the railroads
of the country he possibly was ex-
pressing genuine desire. II he had
not toiled so feverishly during the
last ten years, If he had given more
time to recreation, he might have
heightened his life and been able to
come nearer his goal. But in the
comparatively brief period during
which he was recognized as rail.
road magnate he gained power which
should have contented him. He left
his predecessors far in the rear, and
it may be long before his primacy
is challenged.
Whatever may be said against his
blending of railroad operations and
operations in Wall street. he was not,
like Jay Gould, railroad wrecker.
Rather he was an upbuilder When
he got hold of road his aim was
to heighten its efficiency for traffic
purposes. The Union Pacific, as 1t
now is. is his best monument It's
stockholders have seldom had occa
, sion to complain of his stewardship
The good that he did will live after
him and outweigh the evil
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-09-17
lin HILLS LIP 70 RoYs.

Jim Hill sounded a note of warning
that is, when it is analyzed, a tip
from wise and successful business
man to young men who are studying
the field of future endeavor with view
to locating themselves in life says the
Marshalltown Tfmes-Republican Hill
told the great meeting of bankers that
we are upon the verge of not precise
~ food famine but of condition
when we shall eat all we. can raise
He recalled to the minds of his audi
tors the established fact that a de-
cline of agriculture to the extent that
It shall fail to adequately supply ma
tional need and demand invariably
presages. national disaster. He dis.
cussed the revolt against the life on
the farm and the growth of city popu-
lation al the expense of the agricul-
tural districts and warned the bank
ers that the real concern of the coun-
try was not so much to save the home
market from inroads by foreigners as
to prevent crowded artisan popula-
ton in our congested cities, clamor.
ing for food that can not be supplied.
In all concerning agriculture and
transportation Jim Hill is we'll of
wisdom. He is right about this. Our
farming population Is al standstill
or on the decrease while the cities are
piling up double census report every
ten years. There is all the danger in
this condition that Jim Hill says And
there is all the opportunity on the
farm that Jim Hill suggests The
young man who is looking for a goot
business, for life work that he may
enjoy and live long at to his moral
physical and financial advantage ha'
no better field among all that he ma!
choose from than the farm affords
He doesn't need money so much a.
scientific and practical knowledge. I
he acquires these he can get the farm
Farming is becoming a business prop
osition II is a big business PROPOSE
ton because ii is the creative basi
of all business. It is becoming NOR
attractive every day from the view
points of financial gain and the cbal
acter of the business of agriculture
Farming has acquired standing. 1t
among the high class vocations tina
combine business, professionalism
scientific training and general culture
And, It might be said to Mr. Hi
the bows are beginning to realize a
this. The craze to enter the profei
sions. to clerk in store to do ser'
ice in patent leather shoes and
white shirt instead of in overalls
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-09-17
Are in a Fine Stew.

Clinton Herald: Certain newspap ers
IN this state continue to be in fine
stew worrying over what Mr. Taft will
and will not discuss while on his
western trip. Some of them in their
hopes that he will not take up the
tariff question. are resorting almost to
threats to keep him quiet on that
matter. They don't want him TO talk
tariff for they know full well that if
he does he will repudiate the action
of certain Iowa representatives in con-
gress who saw fit to join hands with
the Democrats and vote with them in
an effort to defeat measure which
had been given the sanction of the
President himself
Mr.. Taft is not shirker. He
has shown in the past that ne was
always ready and willing to meet
every issue fairly, sqnarely and hon
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-09-17
THE DAILY GATE CITY

so soon as he has saved $500 and In
vested it he has made one weeks sal
airy for every remaining year OF ms
life, and that without labor. The $Soo
invested at ave per cent will yield
him SIS year, which is an average
weeks salary, as salaries go. In other
words the $500 saved does weeks
work for him and does it every year.
Merely getting savings panK
book however, is not depositing;
there must be week by week deposits,
but there is fascination IN watching
the amount grow. And when enough
has been saved to make the purchase
of a lot or home possible, the salts
faction will be splendid reward for
the little deprivations and pleasures
omitted in order to get money in the
bank
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-09-17
Beats "Joe" chenoweth's Record.

Marion Register: The Keosauqua
Democrat notes the retirement.
August 9th OF J. a. D. Chenoweth
who completed his 35tn year as an
Iowa railway postal clerk the date
mentioned, and claims that in length
Of service Mr.. c. beat the record in
this state, II noe in the entire coun-
try. But net 80. Mr.. J. H. Wilson left
his case in the Register office in
1869 now more than forty years ago
to handle the mail on tae old Dubuque
Southwestern between Marion and
Farley junction. He is now filling a
similar position on the Cedar Rapids
DEBORAH line of the Rock Island. His
service has been continuous, so he has
Mr. Chenoweth beaten at least five
years.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-09-17
Sounds Manly.

Kansas City Star: Il hope Peary
did get to the pole" says DR.. Cook
His observations and reports on that
region will confirm mine" This
sounds mighty lot finer and better
than the aspersions that are being
cast on the veracity Of DR.. Cook, ana
on the authenticity ,; be story whicf
h tells OF HE discovery Of the PIE
1t has the Find of manhood e 4
which ore nigh, lock for In g. ma,
who had done what DR.. Cook states
he has accomplished.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-09-17

AS is usually the case with that type
OF men, Mr.. Hartman was regarded
as cold bleoded,s says the Des Moines
Capital. He never was noted for
sentiment. He always meant "busi-
ness" And yet there was gentle
side to his nature and those close to
him declare that the welfare and hap
piness of his family was uppermost in
his thought. He built and has given
financial backing for many years to
a home in the heart of New York
City for young boys-a place calcu-
lated to attract them from the glamor
of the street, and where surrounded
with good books their young minds
directed to the higher and more use
full things in life.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-09-17

The popular impression that sailors
spend all the money they receive
from Uncle Sam is dissipated by sta
tistics compiled by Paymaster Jere
Maupin. His records show that 100
men are saving and $500 are helping
tc support their families, almost ST.
100000 being assigned for the former
purpose and s1,5oO,o0O for the latter.
One case which came to the notice OF
Paymaster Maupin was that of man
who wishes to exchange navy check
for 81 200 in cash which he wanted to
invest in land in the west.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-09-17
Preachers Salaries and Expenses.

SdiastS0 att0 6ARGhoSSs
Marshalltown s-Republican:
Bishop Spellmeyer, addressing con-
ference Of ministers at Winfield, told
them that their salaries were, on the
average, too low. Just what the per-
sonnet and ability of this conference
may be is to be estimated by those
who know the particular men and
their. work The bishop probably
knows as much about it as any one
and his estimate is to be accepted
He might have said 1t to any con-
ference. The average salary is too
low. A few churches exist in every
conference able and willing to pay suf-
ficient and even big salaries. The aver
age minister, however, doesn't get q
good salary He is pinched and press
ed for the means to keep up decent
appearance To be sure there are
plenty of preachers who might be
blowing corn to their own and others
advantage but the average preacher 10
the worst paid public servant unless
we except the school teacher.
This condition lacks excuse. It Is
bad for the public and bad for the
preacher, bad all around. Perhaps the
preachers are to blame In some part
for this condition. They throw them
selves too much upon the people and
float rather than swim. II there is to
be a meeting of ministers some one
comes ahead of the meeting to beg
that the homes OF tle town where the
meeting is to be held be opened to en-
terrain the visiting clergy. Sometimes
urging is needed to induce the resident
sisters to open the doors. And the
mere fact that urging is needed is
enough to condemn the practice.
A bunch OF newspaper men gathe-
ing in an association go over to tae
hotel and register. So do the hardware
men and the various other organiza-
/ tons. For he matter of day or night
they do not feel that 1t is necessary
to ask for entertainment. The clerks
do it, the rural carriers do 1t, the poor.
est paid among salaried men in or
CARNATIONS do 1t. They TASK no odds
OF anybody" and they attain an indie
pendent position thereby.
The preacher ought to be PAID
enough to be self supporting and in
dependent He ought to insist on be
| ing hired worthily as he should b.
worthy Of his hire. He ought to ge
enough to live decently and save few
dollars. He should not be forced t.
seek entertainment in private homes
in order to keep a dollar or two Z
look forward to the slender appropria
tons for superannuated ministers a.
the fragile and only barrier between
himself and the poor house.
It is time for the minister to insis
on his place In the world as ma
among men He should insist on con
mensurate pay to his abilities and tn
labor he must perform. He should &c
as good wages as travelling salesma
and be able to pay his own expenses
: There is no excuse in this country an
7 under the prosperous conditions OF tn
' country why preacher Of the gosps
3 who is worth good salary shouldn
: receive it. And 1t is up to him to II
5 sist that he does receive 1t, that n
i gives no occasion for any to see him
e a pensioner and to stand independer
s as regards wage and entertainment
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-09-17

lily will have enough to live on while
am in JAIL
That's little unusual" replied the
Judge. "But don't care. Go on
home now and come back next Novem-
Der and I'll send you to JAIL
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-09-17

Keokuk's Free Fall Celebration is
being extensively advertised in this
rart OF the state. It is only neces-
sary to give the dates. The an
nouncement of fall celebration IN
Keokuk is sufficient to bring a large
attendance. The audience always go
away well pleased.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-09-17
The Truth About the Primary.

Marion Register: The Ottumwa
Courier says that Assemblyman y. ].
Conklin of New York has sized up
the primary as 1t is" and The Keo-
lxuk Gate City says that he simply
told the truth about its practical eff
fects.p Both papers are right.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-09-17

estly. That being the case 1t is not
unlikely that he will attempt to
dodge anything in public way that
concerns the people of the country,
irrespective of WHO it hits or don't
hit
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-09-17
AS TO Or. Cock,

The Scientific American, a recog-
nized authority on matters pertain
ing to practical affairs in the world
and noted for it's painstaking care in
presenting facts and opinions has the
following editorial comment on the
controversy precipitated by Peary
over DIR. Cooks claim that he visited
the north pole:
ITO set question mark, however
small, against the message from Ut.
Cook, announcing that he laad reached
the North Pole. would betray a spirit
of ungenerous and captious criticism.
The conditions of complete isolation
which must necessarily surround the
man who launches himself, with two
native helpers, into that uncharteo
sea of eternal silence and frozen des-
olation, are sure that the waiting
world to which he returns-if he ever
return-must needs accept his story
of successful quest without expeeta-
tion OF absolute verification or dis
prevail For the theoretical point
which we call the North Pole lies, as
was generally supposed, and as DR.
Cook has now proved in vast field
OF eternally drifting ice. Any monu-
ment set up by the explorer at the ex-
act axis of the earth in attestation OF
his GROWING triumph, would be car
ried steadily down over the dome OF
the world, to be ultimately lost In the
more southerly seas, or cast up, with
other flotsam and jetsam, on the
rortherly coasts
in the interests of scientific accu-
racy there will, of coruse, be subss-
quent notification, as far as 1t is
practicable, of the distances covered
and OF the observations Of the sun as
taken, during this wonderful journey;
but this investigation will not be made
because of any doubt as to the actual
presence of Dr. Cook on the twenty
first of April, nineteen hundred and
eight, at the North Pole.
The man who can look Death full
| in the face throughout all the cruel
sufferings of two years search for
the secret OF the frozen North, is
built upon lines too noble to admit OF
the slightest subterfuge or misrepre
sentation; and there are certain fea
lures of DIR. Cooks expedition, notably
the total absence OF ostentation IT
the manner OF his setting out, which
| should have at least have sealed the
lips of those who have received the
news of his success with outspokeI
incredulity.
Most Of the great achievements o
science. whether in the way OF inven
ton or discovery, may be regarded a
the total result OF the separate effort
Of individual men. To some on
among the many 1t has been reserve
|, / to win the coveted goal and have nj
name written forever above Its POI
| tails: and he above all others realize
and is only too glad to acknowledge
how greatly his success is due to tn
unrewarded labors of his predece'
sors. Each successful seeker 10
the North Pole gathered his quota c
) valuable experience, and the fact
as thus recorded has been OF price
less value to those who came ate
DR.. Cook. himself an arctic explore
of no little experience, will be tn
, first to acknow edge Ills indebtedness
: to that splendid band of men, begil
= ming with Sir John Willoushby
t 1853 and ending with Peary, WI
e blazed tn way for his own magnii
t cent success"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-09-17
Blondes VS. sruncttes.

Quincy Herald. This scare about
peroxide blondes being germ-infested
to such an extent that deadly danger
turks in their kisses is supposed to
have been started by their Jealous
brunette sisters.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-09-17
pashes Across the s.

Chicago Record-Herald: DR.. Cook
expects to make 100000 lecturing on
his dash to the pole. Peary probably
expects to make twice that sum tell.
ing how Cook didn't dash.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-09-17
som. 81 Them Omitted.

Des Moines Register and Leader: A
new play called THE Sins of Society"
has only fourteen scenes, so It Is quite
likely that few of the sins were
overlooked
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-09-17

Among other great events sched-
u,ed for the coming autumn, says the
Sioux city Journal, is the home COM
ing of Mrs. Potter Palmer.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-09-17

If President Taft talks about the
tariff during his Iowa rip i viii IN
terest quite number of politicians
ssin the state.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-09-17

Somebody declares that politics Is
disease. And in most cases"
adds the Colfax Clipper, "incurable."
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-09-17

The Davenport Democrat says there
would be some millions for Iowa in a
late fall with plenty of sunshine.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-09-17

Just now congressman are having
some work distributing the POSITIONS
OF census takers.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-09-17
keokuk, Iowa -. September Il, 1909

Patronize home made goods. 1t will
make Keokuk grow.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-09-17

Sioux City Journal: A preacher
must beat the bush vigorously in
order to scare up any game.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-09-17
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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-09-17

Not many will call his name bless
ed says the Boone News-Republican,
speaking of Hartman.