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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-12-15
IOWA APPLES BEST IN WORLD.
This State Leads all the Others, Says
an Expert Grower.

DES MONIES, Dec. 15.-sI have
been out in California and in New
Mexico and Arizona, and know that
Iowa has them all beat on fruit" said
Captain Albert Head, former speaker
of the Iowa house and former presi-
dent of the state board of agriculture,
as he surveyed the fine apple exhibit
in the corridors of the state house.
Iowa apples are the finest in the
world If the Iowa fruit growers gave
the same care and attention to their
orchards and put as much expense on
them as they do in the far west they
would get just as excellent returns.
They put lot of expense on their
orchards, especially in California,
and that is why they make such a
fine showing. But Iowa is better
than any of them"
Yes said George Van Houten, IF
we had done as much advertising of
our fruit possibilities as some of the
western states. these orchard lands
would be selling at fabulous prices"
DIR. Bailey of Mount Ayr states that
/ in his county yield of $50 busehls an
acre of apples was reported this year.
at is simply wonderful how much
money came into southern Iowa this
year to pay for apples. Why, one day
II saw lined up at the yards in Mount
Ayr Is wagon loads of apples waiting
to get a chance to unload, and the
unloading had been going on all morn
Ting. And there were six or seven 9th
!. er places in the county where ship
ments were being made
Secretary Greene is properly de
lighted with the great exhibit of fine
fruit which has been got together
this year for annual show of the State
Horticultural society. There has no
been anything like it, at least fol
many years. OF course the October
freeze caused a great loss to thu
orchardists, but did not ruin all thu
crop There is, however, great feal
that the buds have been so injured
that the crop of next year will b.
very light. Secretary Greene in hi
making up of the program for thi
: year included a great deal OF discus
sion about marketing of apples, as h
has found that growing apples I
much better understood than market
ing of them.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-12-15
TRIBUTE TO TOWN SCHOOLS.

It appears from statistics collatea
by the state superintendent office,
that the patrons of rural schools in
Iowa last year paid in tuition to city
and town school districts, for child
rem sent to these schools, the sum of
S203,375.75. In remarking upon this
exhibit State Superintendent Riggs is
quoted as saying that it is the tribute
of rural districts to the schools OF the
towns, and that it is only small part
of the drain on the rural communities,
inasmuch as in almost every good
town of the state there are families
which represent farm tribute to the
towns. They are farmers who have
loyed up town to educate the child
rem
1t is said that a very considerable
part of this tuition represents school
ing in grades below the high school
The state superintendent is quoted as
saying further:
1T seems to be difficult to convince
the people of the rural communities
that there is any need of improvement
| in their schools A great many OF
them take the stand that theil
schools are all right and as good as
/ it is possible to be and they will lister
to no suggestion of change in the
system But the patrons of these
rural schools. by the very fact of theil
i willingness to pay so much tuition fo
better school facilities confess tia
there is really some need of improve
ment in the. rural schools Of Iowa"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-12-15
MUSICAL acRlTlcIsM."

Van Norden's Magazine tells OF a
great critic of music who heard the
Dutch contralto lilly Koenen, and
wrote, for the delectation Of his
readers:
I'm these songs the want of sustain
ed finish in Miss Koenen's cantilena
made itself clear, but her bravura in
the Handel number was much better
than her style in general could have
led any connoisseur to expect, and she
made one beautiful incursion into the
realm of legato in the final passage OF
Tosti's song"
In other words, as the music club,
of earlier days would put it. sshe sang
good" The Kewanee Star-Couriel
makes the incident the subject OF
some comment which will be general
" appreciated and endorsed. 1t has
no doubt the music critic knows ex-
actly what he is talking about, but it
admits without shame that it does not,
and it asserts that most of its readers
are in the same fix. 1t declares fur
thermore that there is great name
and some money-awaiting the critic
of anything music, drama, painting
that can suppress his eagerness to
get in front of the object of art on
view
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-12-15

South which were very strongly IN
favor OF local option there lately
seems to have been revulsion OF
feeling. Nor was this unexpected,
The local-option movement was emo
tional, rather than intellectual Il
grew up like mushroom. and 1t was
inevitable that under the scorching
rays OF the sunlight it should dry up
The growth of a tree is not changed by
cutting it down. And to make the
selling of liquor illegal is not the most
sensible way to cure a mans appetite
for drink
It is suggested that, nevertheless
the phenomenon of local option tax
ing place within a period OF two years
has, indeed. been remarkable; ant
even though the pendulum is swingins
back to its normal angle, as Is evi
denced in the South, the exhibition Q
American impulsiveness has been in
teresting.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-12-15
IMPROVING THE DIES MONIES.

Most people who have given the
matter any attention at all have TAX
en- 1t for granted that If the Des
Moines river is improved from the
city of that name to Keokuk, as con-
templated by Congressman Hull and
the Des Moines organizations engaged
in boosting the project, that the bed
of the river will be dredged and re-
modelled so as to make the stream
navigable. 1t appears that this is a
mistake; that nothing of the kind is
contemplated. According to Mr.. Gels
Botsford, secretary of the Des Moines
Commercial Club, no attempt is to be
made to make the river nayigable,-
that is the stream proper,-and steam
boats will never run from Keokuk to
Des Moines as they did in early days.
although an expenditure of $45,000,0U
| is contemplated to furnish water trans
! portation between the two cities. The
/ chief feature Of the scheme as map
ped out by those working on 1t is
thus described:
The government plans a canal to
run parallel with the river from mere
to Keokuk and instead of steamboats,
j the boats will be run by power fur.
nished from trolley wires just as those
that are suspended over a street car
track
"The electricity will be put into
these trolley wires by dynamos that
receive their power from wheels in
! dams built at intervals along the river
The canal is to be ninety feet wide
and six feet deep and the water vii
], be diverted into it from the Des
: Moines river, which averages 3o'
feet wide and one and one-half fee
deep from here to its mouth"
1t has been objected that the schem,
, of making the Des Moines river nav
! igable is not feasible, as it would re
! suit in all the present bridges beinl
, torn down and draw bridges substi
). tuted Those who are interested il
!. the project declare that not on
q bridge will have to be torn down, a
though several new ones will have t
be constructed. None of the old dam
i will be removed.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-12-15
ENFORCING the pure Food Law.

Burlington Hawk-Eye: The pure
food inspectors are keeping busy In
all sections of the state. In Creston
dealer who had adulterated the oys-
tiers, plead guilty and was fined SO
and costs. In Clinton there have been
a number of prosecutions against
dealers in oleomargarine, who have
been selling the stuff as butter. In
the majority of these cases appeals
were taken and apparently the big
packers are behind the dealers and
are going to fight the state Of Iowa.
Perhaps they are bigger than the
state of iowa. and perhaps they will
discover to their surprise that the
state of Iowa is a pretty big PROPOSE
ton after all
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-12-15
LOCAL OPTION PHENOMENON.

The local option phenomenon
which has been one of the most naive
evidences of American impulsiveness,
seems in the past year to have reach
ed the very limit of its capacity Ac-
cording to the report of General
Superintendent P. A. Baker, in his
biennial address to the convention of
Anti-saloon League of America,
Al 100000 of the total population of
80 900. 600 persons in the United
States are living under local option
rule today, while the. dry towns,
measured by area, constitute 70 per
| cent of the total size of the country.
This is what Superintendent Baker
says on the subject:
1 During the year 1908 more than
I 1900 saloons were voted out of eX-
/ istence, and through restrictive meas.
ures and better law enforcement more
/ than 1000 more were forced to close
/ their doors; that since January l.
/ 1909 saloons have been closed at the
rate of 40 a day; that 41,000 900 oil
the people of the United States are
now living in prohibition territory
that 20 per cent of the area OF the
4 United States forbids the licensed
liquor traffic, tells only part of the
visible results
1t is presumed that the figures civ
en- by the superintendent are correct
Certainly two of the phrases that he
uses hit the target on the bull's-eye
He admits very frankly that his sta
tistics tell only part of the visible
results" and he asserts that 20 pc
cent of the area of the country for
bids the licensed liquor traffic TIL
important question that rises is
Does local option prevent the liquo
traffic?" Replying to these querie
the washington Post we'll says:
If men want alcohol, they will fin
way of getting 1t. Local optiol
merely prevents them from buying
openly. II enough men want to drink
enough dealers will appear to suppl
them But this evasion of the loca
option law is not the best way of xii
, ing it. The best way of having it RI
moved from the statute books of th
various States is to apply it as stric
!, H y as possible.
That is what was done in man
, Southern towns, with the result thf
at the next election local option wa
y I s-a,,o+o1 T. NOR ,ee-AiN~r ee ~
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-12-15

The Illinois Association Opposed to
Woman Suffrage has in its opposition
war against woman suffrage. issued a
bulletin with the caption: THE Cam
paign of Noise" 1t is pointed ou'
that in some states, including Illinois
the property rights of women are act
ually superior to those Of men. The
bulletin goes on to say:
Women all over the country are
csking with some apprehension. is the
twentieth century to be an epoch o.
demoralized men and denaturej wom
en-? When the suffragists forsake
sound argument and betake them
selves to a campaign of noise and
spectacular demonstration. do they
not lay themselves open to the charge
OF being allied with the elements o.
decadence, and misrule, rather thar
those of good sense and sound gov
e-nment?"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-12-15

A Chicago doctor was speaking
about the kicks that are heard when
the doctors send in their bills for op-
Grating on patients. Some people"
he said will pay $500 for funeral ex-
penses without murmur, but would
refuse to pay $3.50 to have an opera
ton performed which would have
made the funeral unnecessary. The
doctor criticised those who objected
to operations in dangerous cases be-
cause of the risk There is certain
risk in an operation" he admitted,
but as matter of fact the only way
to get away from all risks would be to
die-and then there would be some
risk as to where you will CO." 1t is
remarked Nv tho OttuTnwa Courier b"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-12-15

The ancient legend Of the Lorelei
appears in new and even more roman
tic form, in the novelette, bearing
that title in the January Smart Set.
Willard French has woven the legend
and the song into the story Of young
painter, who is lured by siren and
nearly dashed to ruin on the treach-
erous rocks of dissipation and wasted
opportunity. The influence upon the
young artists life exerted by two wom-
en- of different types results in the pro-
duction of two masterpieces, which
are exhibited all over Europe, while
their creator. irresistibly drawn by the
SIRENS destroying lure is drinking
the dregs of shame and oblivion. One
of the prominent pieces of fiction in
this number of the Smart Set is Mary
Glascock's The Out Trail story OF
Alaska and the gold fever. 1t re-
counts the love of a strong man for a
brave woman who did not care
enough, and the tremendous sacrifice
he made for her. "Ford's Chance" Is
a newspaper story which Newton A.
Fuessle works out to rather unex-
pected conclusion jeanette /. Helm
presents an interesting picture OF
gypsy life in her story, THE Road OF
Rebellion
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-12-15

The Cedar Rapids theaters, which
closed on Sundays during the Billy
Sunday revival meetings there, are
again giving performances on that
day. 1t would be unfair to interpret
this as evidence of reaction there.
More likely the managers of the
theaters closed their doors on Sunday
partly to escape criticism and partly
because of their inability to compete
with Mr.. Sunday as an attraction
Now that the tabernacle meetings are
at an end the theaters are again bid
ding for patronage on Sunday after
Moons and evenings.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-12-15
MAGAZINE NOTES.

The American Review of Reviews
for December is notable number Of
this very valuable periodical. In The
Progress of the World it lcovers
every important current event and
public question in this and other coun-
tries. Every article is written with as
much accuracy as to facts. as If it
was history. and the department is
profusely illustrated. Current Top
les in the Cartoons is pleasing and
instructive feature, while the contrib.
uted articles are on up-to-date sub
jects by we'll known writer's.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-12-15

Some Democrats, who are not afraid
Of their shadows, and who do not
think that all the wisdom and patriot
ism of the party has found Judgement
in one man, are predicting that some
discussion will be heard in the next
national convention. In noting this
the Davenport Democrat finds cour.
age to say:
There was certainly none at DEN
yer last July. The orders from Lin
coin were followed in general and in
particular. 1t is urgent that more
Democrats think for themselves, and
that they speak without reservation
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-12-15

The Burlington Hawk-Eye dag
noses the case Alright in saying that
many OF the vicious attacks on Speak
or Cannon are disguised alta on
the tariff. As this fact becomes gen.
orally recognized it will be seep with
corresponding clearness that when
Republican attacks protection he i'm
peaches his own party loyalty.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-12-15

Tom L. Johnson, mayor of Cleve
land, recently married man and
woman and purposely left out the
word "obey" when he read the service
He explained that he did not wish to
help make liars out of people. Mayor
Johnson is nothing If not thoughtful
and considerable.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-12-15

The only parallel to the Cook eary
controversy that the Macomb Journal
is able to recall was that of the grand
old Kentuckyraised gentleman who
said he fairly dotted on corn bread be
cause "he was raised on it." but Ut
terly despised buttermilk because "he
was raised on it.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-12-15

Bank exchanges last week at all
the leading cities in the United States
were ,296, a gain of 80 per
cent over the corresponding week in
1908. Every city except Minneapolis
exhibits gains over last year. The
switchmen's strike was probably re.
sponsible for the poor showing there
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-12-15

The Cedar Rapids Gazette Is dis
posed to agree with The Gate City
that Iowa's bad roads are tribute to
the richness of Iowa soil. but it de
clares that the richness of Iowa soil
is anything but an excuse for the
tolerance of bad roads,-in which
verdict this journal OF civilization
fully concurs.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-12-15

Zelaya made serious mistake in
refusing to take the chip off his
shoulder. AS the case stands, Uncle
Sam has no alternative but to re-
move him from beneath the chip
which will be done in the near future
with neatness, promptness and dis
patch.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-12-15

Colonel Henry Watterson has bet a
breakfast that j. G. Cannon will not
be speaker on the first Monday in
December, 1911 Colonel Wattefson is
disposed to be pessimistic in his later
years.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-12-15

An appropriate Christmas present
thoughtfully suggested by the Water
loo Reporter: A berry spoon for an
undertaken.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-12-15

A Mr.. w. E. Tillinghast claims that
he flew recently from Boston to New
York and back at the rate Of 120 miles
hour. Let him produce the brass
tube!
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-12-15

There will be general agreement
with the esteemed Jacksonville Cour-
Ter that the choicest cut of beef just
now would be slice off the price.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-12-15
His Relatives.

Are you my nearest relative?''
Said Johnnie to his ma.
Yes, dear. she smilingly replied;
And the closest is your pa"
-Lippincott's.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-12-15
Only One Thinq.

Rock island Argus Like many
commercial enterprises, the Panama
canal is entirely satisfactory in every.
thing except its expense account
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-12-15

way of comment on these utterances
that some OF the medical gentlemen
can put up a pretty good argument
when you get them to talking.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-12-15

John Mitchell the labor leader, is
not lacking in courage but he will
think twice next time before attempt.
ing to settle dressmakers strike.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-12-15

Gentlemen:
Your petitioner respectfully asks
permission of your honorable body to
grant him the permission to engage
in the business of buying, selling and
keeping for sale intoxicating liquors
in accordance with the laws of the
State of Iowa, in the building situated
on Main street between Third and
Fourth streets, said building being
known as No. 396 Main street, in the
City of Keokuk, Lee County, Iowa,
the same having been heretofore con-
Quoted by G. ]. Hickey.
FRED A. BERRYHILL.
BY AID. TIGUE:
Be it resolved by the city council
of the City of Koekuk, Iowa, that
Fred A. Berryhill is hereby granted
the consent of this council to main
tain and operate saloon located on
Main street between Third and Fourth
streets known as No 306 Main STREET,
in the City of Keokuk, Lee County,
Iowa
Adopted by the following vote.
Yeas-Butler, Christy, De Yong,
Hickey, Johnson, Kiefer, Lindstrand,
Roberts. Tigue. Total 8.
Nays-Annable- Total l.
Acknowledgement Swanson.
CHAS. OFF,
Attest Mayor.
H. T. MOORE, Clerk of the City OF
Keokuk, Iowa.
From w. r. Hams. Julia Laisle
and twenty-four others asking for an
arc light at the corner of Washing
| ton street and the Middle. Road at the
Country Club.
Referred to the light committee.
From M. L. Gregory asking the city
council to exempt her from taxes on
lots 1, 2, 3, 4, and 6, block 70. Kill
/ bourne addition
Referred to the judiciary commit
tee.
From John J. Cook claiming $4,000
for fall he received at Eighth and
Carroll streets.
i Referred to the judiciary commit
tee.
From VIM. F. Wappich claiming
that he is not owner or interested in
the wall of the building known as No
, 612 Main street that was condemned
, by the building committee.
Referred to the building committee
From J. w. Smith claiming s75.Ut
for the loss of horse at the dumping
ground.
: Referred to the judiciary commit
, tee and city attorney.
= From Mrs. Sarah NJ Alden asking
. the city council to change the waite
/ course from lot Z. block 40, Kilbourns
addition.
Referred to the street COMMITTEES
! and city engineer.
From Pauline Oertel and Fred Ger
: tel asking the city council to canoe
! the sidewalk tax that is assessed t,
) lot IL, block Al, Reid's addition.
Referred to the sidewalk committee
: From ]. P. and A. Bond asking tn
city council to relieve them iron
!. having to maintain tie cement quite
on the north side of Orleans between
18th and 18th streets.
Referred to the committee of tn
whole.
From John L. Bleskly, auditor Q
state, asking for remittance 9
e amount due the state for the exam
n nation of municipal accounts las
n April.
Referred to the finance committe
0 and city attorney.
n From c. w. Trott and two othe
It property owners asking for a sanitar
e sewer in the alley between 7th an
n 9th streets and Des Moines and Pa
S can streets.
g Rtferred to the sewer committee.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-12-15

According to the Sioux City Tribune,
the difference between church we'd
ding and church lottery is prin-
cipa1ly in the form of the ceremony.
John D. shows no interest in the
scheme to drain Holland The Kan
sas City Journal suspects that he
wants to finish draining this coun-
try.
Chicago has decided to suppress
noise. The Philadelphia North Ameri-
can suggests that this, coming from
Chicago, sounds like a threat of sui
eide.
Chicago preacher writes book to
explain why women marry. The
Springfield Republican concludes that
women are about to have great Sc
cret revealed to them.
The price of cotton keeps advanc-
ing. The Chicago Record-Herald finds
consolation in the fact that the higher
the price the less of the stuff will
be used for trimming Santa Claus out
| fits.
| Philadelphia preacher has arrang-
ed matters so that half a dozen Of
the prettiest young women in his con-
/ gregation act as ushers. A largely
increased attendance of men is re-
ported
THE question promptly arises
says the Omaha Bee, What is the
knead for bakers combine?1 The
answer suggests itself with equal
promptness to the Chicago Tribune:
Dough"
| Senator Dolliver would separate
the boy and the one hundred thou
sand dollars The Mason City Globe
Gazette remarks that 1t has beer
done in most instances so widely, thai
they will never come within hailins
distance of each other.
THE mali carriers and the doctors
: have earned their pay the last fiv,
weeks. They have also earned tn,
sympathy of those whom they serve.
points out the Grundy Democrat II
they weren't men with nerve and cour
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-12-15

Zelaya is apparently as reckless OF
results az IL he we're one of the big
trusts.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-12-15

Maybe DR.. Cook has gone back after
that brass tube?
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-12-15
Straight or Better.

What do you mean by the glad
hand?'
Anything" answered Mr. Bloochips,
chat viii beat three of Kind"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-12-15

DAILY Is 1 MAIL. ~.
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Six months 49,. L5oiOne month ... ....on "a
Entered in Keokuk postofnce as seSo.>'
Postage prepaid; terms in M, ady ysys the
All subscription orders Should sne J., :
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new or renewal order II change q "a au
dress is desired. state both the oiu any
Remit by postofice money order, e :,
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draft at our risk. ch
The date printed on the address OF eacn a
paper notes when the SUBSCRIPTION
pires. 4,. IA.
giving notice OF the fact.
Address all communieations to
THE GATE CITY COMPAN
No is North Sixth st.. Keokuk, lows
THE GATE CITY is on sale at the Tor
Hotel Keokuk, cor. Third and Johnson
G. H Rollins & Co. 629 Main street
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Depot News Stand.