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The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1909-04-08
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The House investigation OF state
Offices has been completed by Repre-.
sentatives Ployhar and Putnam, (Rep-
resentatiye Collins of Grand Forks
refusing to serve on the committee or
join in any report for the reasons OF
alleged personal animosities being too
:. conspicuous-it is said.)
81 Prior to the last investigation Sec
retary Of State Blaisdell insisted on
the presence of a state examiner dur
ing the examination of his office. AS
matter Of fact the report is a COM
plete vindication for Mr.. Blaisdell
Notwithstanding there were some
faults found and in the insinuations
made by his arch enemy Ployhar of
the committee, who is Packard's
brother editor and partner Of the Val
ley City Times Record,
The committee of two took exception
to the secretary's bitter printed attack
on their first preliminary report
However the committee reported it was
their wish to modify to some extent,
and the former charge that the Secre-
stary of state had bought supplies
without authority in law was with
drawn.
-. 1t was recommended that the state
auditing board, of which Mr.. Blais-
dell is not member, and whose par
ticular province is the approving of
prices in bills rendered, should meet
,,oftener. ' 4. 4s
h The important and vital finding of
the committees report, and in the Ian
guage of the committee as as follows:
"We have checked up all moneys
received by the secretary Of state for
the biennial period ending June 3Oth
1908, and found that the correct
amount has been. covered into the
state treasury
''Your committee find by section 81
of codeof 1905 that it is the duty of
the secretary OF state to keep book
of supplies in which must be entered q
list of all stationery, books and other
supplies furnished him for distribu-
tion by the commissioners of printing
separately listed as = to kinds of sup
plies together with cost of same, to
whom delivered and price received in
case articles are sold. We find that
prior to Secretary OF State Blaisdell's
: term very little attempt was made to
comply with these provisions. Since
his incumbency, however, a decided
Improvement has been made in that
respect and it is now possible under
the system of accounting inaugurated
!, by him to determine the cost and ex-
pense of each department, and the in
dividual Or collective cost Of the leg
islatures. We congratulate the state
upon the advancement made in the
secretary's Office in this respect.
Among other advancements along this
:. line we note that new records have
been introduced as follows: General
reception book, providing for daily
filing and entries of all important
papers, general record of official acts
of the governor"
1.-The clerical work Of this depart
ment is generally good Ward
County independent. er--'r-
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1909-04-08
FARMERS turn. :.
ing BANKERS.

ssThe farmers in the west are turn
ing bankers. If man wants to raise
loan on piece OF property, instead
of going to the country bank he will
20 to the farmers Of his locality, who
have the money, and get his loan at s
and per cent. Everybody is satisfied
and the transaction simpli6ed. The
farmer prefers this to putting his
money in the local bank at 2 and 3
per cent to be lent back again. AS a
result the country banks are sending
their money to the cities in search OF
commercial paper, while the farmers
to general extent, are doing a bank
ing business. This abundance OF
money is one of the healthiest signs
that see in the west"
So spoke James j. Hill yesterday
on his return to the financial quarter
of New York after a months stay in
st. Paul. When Mr.. Hill was asked
for his views on the situation he said;
"There is q steady but moderateim-
provement in business. The business
of the country is thawing out from the
great frost which struck it in 1907
and which continued in 1908. The
streams and ,riyulets are beginning to
trickle to their flow again, and I dc
not believe that there will be a return
to the panic conditions.
s'One of the great things hanging
over the country is of the enormous
expenditure, not merely federal, but
state and municipal, and the conse'
quent effort to produce revenues tc
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1909-04-08
NO PLACE
like n. D.

although it sounds like a hack
neyed phrase, the statement that No.
Dakota is good enough for me, ex-
presses my feelings exactly" said Ed.
Osborne to the Forum recently.
Mr.. Osborne, who was for some
time in the employ of st. Paul whole
sale grocery house as travelling repre-
sentative with North Dakota for his
territory, left shout a year ago to
make his home in Texas. After spend
ing year there he decided that both
for climate and for money-making
possibilities Texas was not in it with
North Dakota and his return to this
state is the result.
Although I had the heavy clothing
that I used in the winter wine in North
Dakota with me and used it in Texas,
I suffered more with the cold in that
state than I ever did in No. Dakota, "
said Mr.. Osborn.
: 'Another thing which adds to the
discomfort of life in the lone star
state is the prevalence of insects. In
certain seasons of the year they SIM
ply make life burden.'
Mr.. Osborn talked interestingly of
the Texas oil fields. He spent ,consid-
erale time in the vicinity of Houston,
Texas, and is interested in wells in the
Humble oil fields. The big gushers of
the Humble field are about played out,
according to Mr.. Osborn, and they
are now tapping what are known as
the shallow wells. These are down
500 to 600 feet. The crude oil in these
wells is largely mixed with water and
tar-like substance, something like
asphalt, but at present having no
commercial value.-Fargo Forum.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1909-04-08
No Indigestion
or Dyspepsia.

Every family here ought; to keep
some Diapepsin in the house, as any
one of you may have an attack OF In
digestion or Stomach trouble at any
time, day or night.
This harmless preparation will di-
gest anything you eat and overcome a
sour stomach five minutes afterwards.
If your meals don't tempt you, or
what little you eat seems to fill you,
or lays like a lump of lead in your
stomach, or if you have heartburn,
that is case OF Indigestion.
Ask your Pharmacist for a 50-cent
case of Pape's Diapepsin and take one
triangle after supper tonight. There
will be no sour risings, no belching OF
undigested food mixed with acid, no
stomach gas or heartburn, fullness or
heavy feeling in the stomach, Nausea
Debilitating Headaches, Dizziness or
Intestinal gripping. This will all 60,
and, besides, there will be no sour
food left over in the stomach to poison
your breath with nauseous odors.
Pape's Diapepsin is certain cure
for all stomach misery, because it will
take hold of your food and digest II
just the same as if your stomach
was mt there.
Actual, prompt relief for all your
stomach misery is at your Pharmacist,
waiting for you.
These large, 50-cent cases contain
more than sufficient to cure case o1
Dyspepsia or Indigestion.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1909-04-08

Ex-president Roosevelt is
being received with royal honors
on all stages of his journey.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-05-20

Or. Agnes Eichelberger. retiring
president OF the Society 81 Medical
Women OF Iowa, created sensation
IN an address before that body in SEES
sion at Dubuque on Tuesday by de-
claring for statutory physical test
OF persons contemplating matrimony.
The recommendation was made in the
interest OF solution OF the white and
black plague problems. The require
ment Of fitness finds its justification
from sociological point Of view and
as measure for the protection of
health, but it's enactment In
to law should be preceded by
"A campaign OF education in
order to he effective. Physicians
are well aware of the need OF careful
examination of candidates for matri-
mony, but the mass of the people
should be enlightened on the subject
before anything OF the kind is made
obligatory.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-05-20
BETTER HEALTH.

That is good prescription tender
ed by the CHICAGO Tribune to its
readers. that they take a hopeful,
cheerful view of things-the bigger
the dose the better Don't worry over
anything, whether you can help it or
not. If you can help 1t, do it. but
don't worry. The remaining ingred-
tents are as follows:
Get out Of the Office II possible
Eat good food and plenty of 1t. In
Guiding milk. cream, and eggs. SIeer
at least ten hours out of the twenty
four and in room with the windows
open. Take exercise every day out oil
doors. but not enough to make yor
tired
The Tribune claims that for those
who are .sall run down. and in a fail
way TO get good and sick the
above prescription will usually star
them on the high road to health ant
happiness. The claim is well-founded
and the prescription, will not disap
point these wh follow it. Avoidance
of worry. suficiency of good food
plenty Of sleep and moderate exercise
! in the open air are natures remedie.
and never fail to bring about improve
ment If Improvement be possible.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-05-20

The Oskaloosa writer who referred
to the recently unveiled statue Of
Chief Mahaska as the only one in the
world erected to the memory Of an
Indian was In error, as writer in the
Des Moines Register and Leader points
out. There is q statue OF King Hem
drick at Lake George and Of Red Jacket
at Buffalo. Speaking Of statues Of
Indians. there should be one Of Chief
keokuk on the monument to that
famous aborigine in Rand Park In this
city. The original design included a
life-size figure, but the funds avail
able at the time were exhausted in the
erection Of the monument. Probably
the best way to go about the matter
would be by popular subscription. A
Chief Keokuk Day" during the annual
fall celebration would help the cause
along. The Gate City would be glad
to hear from its readers on the sub
sect.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-05-20

Bank clearings for the first half of
May were larger that for any cores
ponding month this year, except jan
uary when annual payments always
swell settlements through the- banks.
Total bank exchanges last week at all
the leading cities in the United States
were s2,903,601.5s 80 per cent larg-
err than last .-ear and 81 per cent in
excess of the corresponding week Of
1916. Losses at iron centers and some
points at the South still reduce the
volume of clearings somewhat, but
most cities report an increase and at
some of them, especially in the West,
the gain was very large.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-05-20

county league Of baseball clubs
has been suggested. The idea Is a
good one and should take form and ct.
feet. There ere the same good reas-
ons for the organization Of a county
league as for a city league. such AZ we
have here In Keokuk. Practically
every town in the county has ball
club and IL ought to be comparatively
easy to perfect county organization
A county league would increase public
interest in the narlonal game, adver
tise the towns and help business. The
Gate City will be glad to give publicity
to any movement towards this desir
able end.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-05-20

The statistics of international COM
merce for 1907 Just made public are
of such stupendous proportions as to
be almost beyond comprehension. They
show that the interchange OF
trade between nations for that year
amounted TO s3o.ooo,ooo, 900, of
which the commerce OF Europe COM
prised two-thirds- These figures do
not take into account the trade be
tween home government and its colo
MES and dependencies. such as be
tween England and Canada or India
and its numerous other colonies and
the same is true as TO other countries.
OF this vast trade the imports OF
the United States represent a trifle
over IA per cent and our exports 8
/ per cent, For al Canada is British
colony, II took IS per cent of all it,
I imports from the United States and
So per cent of all the purchases Mex
leo made abroad came from the same
source.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-05-20
N p knight who migrated recent

N. P. Knight, who migrated recently
from Pennington In this state to
Palacios. Texas, writes to the News
published at his old home in glowing
terms OF the southwest. How modest
" he describes the advantages OF the
Gulf Coast country may be inferred
from his statement that 1t is $50 pro-
gressive and prolific that the hens
almost lay their fool selves to death
before they find out that we don't
have any winter" 1t seems that Mr..
knight took some hens with him to
Texas. He says they got SO thin from
excessive laying that he couldn't see
them; he could Just hear them cackle
and get the egg. In order to save
their lives he had to get some Texas
hens to teach them when to rest.
There are other internal evidences in
Mr. knights letter that he has sue
ceeded in absorbing local atmos-
pAere" in practically unlimited guam
tity.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-05-20
governor carrolIs Cow.

Alex Miller in Washington Demo-
crat: Tie Des Moines papers are
making good deal Of "furse" over
Governor Carroll because he keeps
COW and not only that, but he does his
own milking. And by this they mean
to prove hiEs utter and absolute democ-
racy OF feeling. They would have us
believe that this indicates his sym
pathy with the proletariat and with
the "Man with tae Hoe. OF course.
we have not the remotest idea what
the ''proletariat" is but 1t seems to
have about the right rhythm to mt IN
here and so we let her go Gallagher"
But we warn the Republican news
papers that we shall not allow this to
swerve us from our duty to oppose
Carroll for governor. He will not get
any votes on the strength OF his milk
ing his own COW. Look what dis
elimination it is against labor. And
then, it takes an aristocrat to own
COW these days. And yet, we give the
COW all due respect, for has she not
played her part in the history of our
great and glorious country. Has the
COW not beer part and parcel of our
magnificent country, the fairest the
sun oyer shone upon, the land Of the
/ free and the home of the brave? Whew,
that is almos. good enough for a
Fourth of July speech. But We repeat,
the COW Is worthy to be ensarined on
our greenbacks and on our national
bonds whatever they are. We say,
erect a monument to the noble COW,
mans Lest friend.
But as to the COW in history, did you
ever hear of Mrs. O'Leary's COW that
set fire to tie city of Chicago away
back wander in 1871? And then did
you never hear of the yoke of oxen
that Cincinnatus had hitched to his
4 pillow, when Roman errand boy came
running down to the field where old
Cincinnatus was at work and told him
he had been elected procurator or gov
ernor or main gazaboo, whatever the
office was called? And didn't Gin
cinnatus work the oxen and wat are
the oxen, but the sons of cows? we
ask what?
And what product OF natural history
is more noted than the Jones count,
calf case. that was dragged through
our courts for many years. Tell u
that.
i And then think of the story of tbs
man w.lo went out to break stee'
and hftched himself up in the same
yoke with the calf. and when T. raj
away the man yelled. bloody muir
4 der: Head US off, don't you see w
are running away.
And then the Democratic papers
make great ado about the lowly Gov
that Governor Carroll milks twic'
every day. with his celluloid collar on
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-05-20

why is it that the Iowa Library
Quarterly issued by the State Library
Commission contains nothing concern
ing the Keokuk public library? Other
libraries. most of them of lesser i'm
portance than the local institution, are
represented in its columns with re
ports of progress and other library
news of general interest. So far as
the Keokuk library seeks and obtains
recognition in the official library
publication Of the state it might as
we'll not exist. Those in charge OF
the local library should see 70 it that
publicity through this channel is no
longer neglected The library is a
wholly creditable one and deserves
wider recognition than it has yet re
ceived.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-05-20
SENTIMENT FOR MODIFICATION,
J. Il. Ayres Says Temperance is Not
Prohibition.

Council Bluffs Nonpareil: Through
out most of the state prohibition and
liquor regulation is the one question
which is now occupying the attention
of the people more than any other
yesterday said ]. H. Ayres of Sioux
City. Mr.. Ayres is travelling repre-
sentative OF an insurance company. He
visits NEST of the cities and towns in
the western part of Iowa, and was in
Council Bluffs yesterday on busi-
ness visit. He said:
THE prevailing feeling throughout
the part of Iowa / visit. as have
found by talking with people of all
classes during my travels, is that sa-
looms cannot be dispensed with en-.
tirely in the larger places, and that in
these places they should be strictly
regulated, but that they ought to be
entirely shr- out Of the smaller towns
Sentiment in Iowa, rs a whole,
seems to be rather in favor of tenn.
perance than prohibition. There Is a
general sentiment in favor Of higher
liESnSC sWHClG odiocuS diS pCiluittCA
There is widespread belief that the
Cosson laws and the Moon law will
do a great .dealnof good IL this OK
pectation istTeaiixed.s tbea result will
probably he accepted as satisfactory
to most OF the people. although there
is some feelingsin favor of further
modification, SUCH as, AN isnti.treatine
lar" IS ~ Il
Mr.. Ayras said b. was an evolu
ZIONIST and that he believed the prob
lem in Iowa was to minimize and reg
ulate the, evil of liquor selling sratLel
than attempt to abolish it.
Il used to BIO a radical prohibition
ist," he declared. but am convinced
| that the influence of school. home ant
church education is doing more t.
wipe out the liquor traffic than cpult
/ be accomplished by law"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-05-20
BUILDING A CITY.

In an address before the Commercial
Club of one of the most progressive
Iowa cities night or two ago, Edward
F. Trefz of Chicago emphasized
point in city building which is too Of
ten lost to sight Mr.. Trefz, who is
a practical business man seeking TO
aid cities in their growth. declared in
favor of what some might consider a
tangent policy Wien he said that the
cities of the best type in our day are
made not merely to do business in
but also to live in And making this
purpose in the planning of town
will also be helping the material and
industrial interests. for the habitabll-
ity of city. its moral qualifications,
Ms facilities for educating children
aud It's beauty are often a deciding
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-05-20

The Iowa Cow Culture club viii
meet at Des Moines on Thursday OF
the present week Two hundred men
will gather to discuss plans for i'm
proving dairy conditions in the state.
Plans will also be formulated for
choosing the prize COW in the contest
inaugurated by ". w. Marsh of Wa
terloo. who offers prize of 81 900 to
the owner of the best dairy COW in the
state. On the same day viii be held a
Joint meeting of the executive commit
tees of the Iowa Corn Growers and
the Iowa State Dairy associations. An
effort will be made at this Meeting to
merge the annual shows of the two as
Fociations into the midsummer corn
SHOW that is TO be held in Des Mdines
In December under the auspices of the
iowa Corn Growers association. Nj
the plan can be carried out the cors
show will be the largest exposition OF
It's kind ever held in the United
States.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-05-20

Pshaw, and also Piffle! And without
the humble, but useful COW, where
would our COW boys have come from
or where would they have got off and
with them. the acres OF literature that
has been written about the COW boy
and ais deeds OF valor. Why, the COW
Is noted in Biblical literature, for did,
not Jacob play trick on his daddy-in-
law In the way he cross-bred his cows
and then doesn't it say. 1.-THE OK
knoweth his masters crib" or is that
the ass?
t And this isn't all. We might have
exploited the COW in literature by re-
lating the touching incident Of tie
Gov with the crumpled horn, that
tossed the dog, that worried the cat,
that caugit the rat, that ate the malt,
that lay In the house that Jack built.
Or, what If we had cared to drag In the
Cow that jumped over the moon,
while the little dog laughed to see
such craft and the dish ran away
with the spoon Answer us, We
bloated capitalists, and tell us that
the COW has not been noted and be-
loved In all ages and in all chimes.
And vet, they try to make political
capital out of Governor CAROLS COW
to which We protest. We have men
just as smart as Governor Carroll, bu,
perhaps not as well to do, who own
their cows and milk them. And for
this we ought to be thankful, that is
that they milk their own cows and we
hope Carroll will continue to milk his
own COW instead OF somebody else's
They say the supreme court judges are
not always SO particular, If wha.. we
read in LATE Young's paper is true.
Is 1t any virtue that he milks his
lown COW? Why here in Washington
Schuyler Livingston, as rank stand
patter as Joe Cannon, milks his own
COW, and to his credit be- 1t said that
It is his own and not the property OF
any progressive Republican, although
some of them would like to accuse him
OF it. And Schuyler's COW is Jersey
named after the state of New Jersey
the home and rendesvouz Of all the
standpatters. Anyhow, she gives good
rich milk, just such as Democrats are
entitled to. but Republicans get 1t in
these days Of high protective tariff
and Republican prosperity.
Abas! Governor Carroll will have Il
guess again before he finds an sishoo'
that will line up the farmer vote. II
4 will take something besides milk OF
ais boots and the odor Of the COW barr
to corrall the rural vote. The, rura
I voter is about as independent as hos
on Ice. They ride in their automobile,
land come to town and scare cur tow
horses and there is no living Will
4 them. No, the Des Moiness pagers vii
have to drum up some other ARGUMENT
4 i they expect to rally the Republica,
farmers. around the flag, boys, rail-,
once again.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-05-20
Oil II Duncan Mills.

La Harpe Quill: The natives living
along Spoon river, near Duncan Mills,
are in state OF excitement over oil.
They have noticed the water was Of a
different color in places from what It
erstwhile was. An investigation was
started and few days ago the people
we're engaged in thorowing rags in the
river and when soaked lighted
match would be applied. The blaze
that followed was evidence that oily
richness was not far away. Where
the oil deposit is located no one
seems to know or knowing, refuse to
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-05-20
The Marshalltown Times-Republican

The Marshalltown Times-Republican
accords deserved praise TO Iowa daily
newspapers. Take up a paper pub
lished outside of Iowa. it suggests,
sand compare it with one of the good
dailies published in the state. Check
up the news that vitality interests you
in both aad see how the Iowa sheet
doubles IN the service to the Iowa
reader The moral of the observa-
ton is that Iowa people should give
Iowa newspapers the preference.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-05-20

The Omaha Bee takes notice OF
Major Meigs' voyage down the Des
Moines to say.
The first boat in forty years to at
tempt the navigation of the Des
Moines river met with an accident on
It's initial trip. There is one advan-
tage in navigating the Des Moines-
whenever your boat meets with dis
aster you can wade ashore in perfect
safety