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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-12-24
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And to the plat and schedule go re-
ported reference is made. and said
plat and schedule are mad. q part
thereof; and the city council hereby
orders that said assessments and levy
OF taxes, with description OF said
lots and parcels of land, and the
names OF the owners thereof on which
said tax is hereby levied, be duly cop
led and entered by the clerk of the
council on the proper tax books of
the city; and special taxes to the
amount as shown by said assessment
sheet, and the said plat and schedule
are hereby levied against the lots and
parcels of land abutting on the above
described Improvement and against
the owner or owners of said AUDITING
property as shown by the said assess
ment sheet.
And the clerk of the council la here.
by directed to issue special assess
ment certificates to the said ]. G. Nc
Manus in the form heretofore adopt-
ca by the council, same to be signed
py the mayor and countersigned by
the clerk Of the council. In payment
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-12-24
Ballad Of We Old Timer.

Backward, turn backward, o time,
in your fight!
Give us an autoless day and night.
Give us a yellow sans headlines to
scan.
A rustleless skirt, and hustleless
man,
A babe teddy-bearless, a microbeless
kiss,
A fistic fight fakeless, straight front
less miss,
A giggleless school girl, and-better
than that!--
!. summerclad college man wearing a
hat!
know. Father Time. that I'm asking
too much,
But.turn to day ere dinner was lunch.
Swing back to an age peroxideless for
hair
An con ere rats made their rendez-
vous there
An old-fashioned breakfast without
shredded hay,
A season when farmers went whine
less day,
A burg moving pictureless-ah, what a
treat!
A gumless-girl town, and trolleyless
street,
I'm asking too much, but pray Daddy
Time,
For days when a song had both sub
stance and rhyme!
Bohemian.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-12-24
Washinaton Humnr.


Washington Democrat: We Insist
that Jack Woolm, who isn't very
pretty is wittier than many OF the
sccalled humorists, especially those
who are self labeled. Ellis Parker
Butler and George Fitch are funny,
but We claim that this story by Jack
Woolm is as good as any of theirs
and he is only a plasterer. He tells it
thus: A man was gone one Sunday
during the church hour and when he
got home his wife demanded to know
where he had been. He replied that
he had been at church. She doubted
it and to test him she wanted to
know what the text was. He told her
1t was from the Bible, but she scorn-
ed the answer and demanded some of
the language Well, he said he
couldn't quote it exactly, but he was
willing to give her the substance
which he did as follows: Don't be
afraid. You'll get your quilt What
was that?" she demanded and he gave
it to her again. Don't be afraid,
you'll get your quilt But she was
not convinced not having seen any
thing like that in her Bible and SO
when she saw the preacher she ask
ed him what his text had been the
Sunday previous and he told her after
a little consideration that it was Fear
not. the Comforter will come" You
may think that is poor We call it
real humor and If Jack didn't plaglar-
ize he is entitled to front seat
among the wags.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-12-24

Iowa will get good roads whenever
it is willing to pay for them. which
it isn't willing to do as yet. When
it does finally get them it will likely
find that it doesn't need them as much
as 1t thought it did BY that time the
state will be gridironed with trolley
lines. This will be in line with ex-
'perience to date. About the time the
great national highway was complet-
ed from the east to the west the rail-
roads came into existence and the ma
tional highway went out. Railroads
also put the Des Moines river out of
business as a carrier of freight before
the Improvements undertaken on it
were completed. The world pro-
crosses faster along some lines than
all the people do.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-12-24

of the cost and expenses Of the s INA
described improvement, as p'saD,sd
in the, resolutions heretofore au ..,ips
in connection with said WORK. S'a ,ssr
in said certificates. among VI Il
things, the particular lot or pa,V NE
land to which it applies anu M
amount OF the tax due tneleoS d,
name Of the owner for when ~, /,
well as the lot or parcel o. , ,n
liable on account Of said i .urnsis
ment, which certificate snall as,sa
to the contractor and to his a,s, ots
all the right and interest OF sa'a d,
and authorizes them to receive, 4
for and collect said assessments ,r,le
provided by law, and whicn j. ~
Gates shall be received, by sala aoeJ
tractors for the amount OF sts !,
taxes specified in each certiiics''
unpaid. and be 1t further : an,
Resolved, That If any owner " :, i
lot or parcel Of land subject .,da
sessment and tax as herein pro' Al,
shall within thirty days from the =
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-12-24

and would probably have frowned up
on the lighted tree as some form OF
heathern idolatry. If the Germans
had brought the new home nothing
else. they would have placed the coun-
try under an obligation which it can
never repay. For there is nothing bet
ter in all the land than that which
adds to the happiness Of old and
young and imprints indelibly upon the
memories of all the picture of home
sweet home at Christmas time, and
the lessons there taught.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-12-24

ers of the lots and parcels n, ,,,,
abutting upon said Improvement M
the actual value of said lots and !.
GELS OF land as set forth In ssia Nh,
and schedule, to be true and core,,
and the proposed assessment on sseb !
of the several lots or portions thsA
of to be just, equitable and in propr.
ton to the special benefits contend
by said Improvement upon The pIi
abutting lots and parcels Of land md
not in excess of 25 per cent Of the
actual value Of said lots and parcel,
Of land, as shown by the last prscs.
ing assessment roll; Therefore be II
Resolved, That the city council d
the city of Keokuk, Iowa, hereby ap
proves and confirms said plat and
schedule, with their statement Of the
lots and parcels of land liable to tax
assessment and lew and the names
Of the owners thereof, as far as prac-
ticable, and the actual value Of said
lots and parcels Of land, and the pro-
posed assessment against the same
and the owners thereof, fos the pay.
ment of the cost OF the improvement
above mentioned, and finds and deter.
mines that said proposed assessment
and levy is in proport on to the spec
ial benefits conferred upon SAID anu.
ting lots and parcels of land by saa
Improvement and not in excess o. y
per cent Of the actual value OF saM
abutting property; and the said css
council does hereby assess and IVY
special tax on said lots and pafess
of land for the payment Of the c0''
Of said Improvement, the same =
amount. description of properly anu
the names OF the owners thereof y
shown in said plat Ind scneau's'
which are as follows, to-wit
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-12-24
Iowa Stands "Looklne up the Road.

Iowa Stands Looking up the Road"
Marshalltown Times-Republican:
The boys will be coming home now,
from college, from the farms they
are making out west, from the job in
the city and from many places where
they are making new nests; the girls
will be coming too, coming from the
far of places where they have fol-
lowed the boys to assist in the nest
making. They are coming home now
to the old nest Some Of them are
bringing fledgings with them. All com
Ing for Christmas.
| 1t is flight. They gather like
blackbirds in the fall at the railway
depots, fill the cars to overfowing.
They flutter and the merry jangle OF
their voices rises high and clear. All
are happy. They are going home and
the light of expectation shines on
their faces.
And at home they are waiting,
smiling, hopeful and the light shines
on their faces, too. The faces that
wait are wrinkled and the hair which
frames them is white as the Christ
mas snow. Those faces are charts
of long voyage of endeavor and deni'
al and hope They shine now be-
cause of endeavor which has availed
and hope that has justified itself.
The children are doing we'll They
are coming home for Christmas, John
and his wife who live in the city.
Mary and her husband from the farm
in the northwest with the little grand
child the eyes at home have never
looked on but who looks like grand
ma" And, wonder of wonders, and
hope upon hope the boy who has been
in Panama will reach home before
the bells ring for the beginning Of
yuletide.
o, they are coming home, coming
home again, those branches from the
tree that grows ever and always
downward and away from the stem.
Imagine If we can, the innumerable
nerve centers of population and human
life through which the sense of family
and the tenderness of home ties are
thrilling with the touch that is old
as the Garden and new as the babe
born today! On every steel tentacle
which reaches from Iowa homes the
crowded coaches are whfrling. All
roads lead home. Christmas Is the
excuse and justification for journeys
of pure love and tenderness. 1t is
the rosemary week Of remembrance.
And Iowa stands before her doors
watching up the road The tears in
her eyes are belied by the Joy which
lights her face. Plump. motherly,
sweet of face and matronly she stands
beaming. watching. looking up the
road-and waiting.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-12-24

James J. Hill says that what the
United States needs most of all just
now is to give business rest cure. I"
He advises letting UP on agitation
and doing more work and less talking
in trying to solve the great economic
questions This is not the first time
that the great railway builder has
uttered true word in season. Prob.
ably the country will pay no atten-
ton to his advice, but it may be
set down as certain that it would be
better off if 1t did.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-12-24
A Boys Christmas.


Gee, TIL Christmas dinner
Is winner!
With tn turkey gettin' thinner
Till there's just tn bones an neck
Like wreck
Standin' lonesome on tn platter
An you feel yourself get fatter
When they pass tn sweet potatoes.
An tn stewed corn an tomatoes,
An tn cloves-stuck-in-it ham,
An the jam.
An tn celery an pickles
An the cider with TIN tickles
When you swallow.
Christmas comes but once a year:
Mustn't spoil it when it's here!
When we've ct tn table bare,
Gee! My clothes is hard to wear,
An tn folks say: BLESS his heart
He has done grown mans part."
Wisht they'd bless my stomach, too
That'd help when we get through,
Cause my heart can get along
An keep beatin' good an strong;
But my stomach! oh, Gee whiz.
Guess that's where my conscience is!
Hope there's some left for tor 'ght
When I'll have more appetite
All right!
Huh! My Uncle John. why, he
SEE | lack capacity!
Gee! Th Christmas dinner
Is a winner!
w. d. Nesbit
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-12-24

1t is learned from paragraph in
the Waterloo Courier that four hun
dred reformed-boys of Milwaukee
We're brought before the juvenile court
the other day and their names there
upon erased from the criminal docket.
These were boys who had been given
a chance" It was said by spectator
that look at their faces showed
plainly enougr- that they were partak-
ing Of new life and that 1t tasted
mighty good.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-12-24

President Brown of the New York
Central lines is doubtless true proph-
ct when he says that railroad rates
will go up if higher wage rates are
forced upon the roads. And, as the
Springfield Republican points out,
higher freight rates would mean high
er prices for commodities and high
er cost of living. which would call
for another wage advance and another
and another tramp around the ever
rising circle. Is there ever to be an
end to this upward price movement?
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-12-24
When Doctor Madriz entered Ma

When Doctor Madriz entered Mana
qua under heavy guard of Zelayas
troops, some enthusiastic partisans
cried, Long live the savior of Nicara-
qua" AS Madriz stayed out of the
country until the action of Estrada
and the United States compelled the
dictator to resign and seek to put
Madriz in his place, there will be gen.
eral endorsement of the demand of the
ST. Louis Star that he submit tbs data
and instruments to some scientific
body as a means of proving his title.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-12-24
MORE BUSINESS, LESS POLITICS

MORE BUSINESS, LESS POLITICS.
Under the heading, Save the Hand
Claps for the Business Man the Des
Moines Capital makes an earnest and
timely plea for less politics in Iowa
and more business. 1t holds, rightly
that during the past twenty-five years
we have had entirely too much poll
tics in this state for the states own
good. Quite recently we have had an
exceeding amount a. paralyzing
amount. The state census Of 1905 dis
closed that the population of the
state had been falling off. How and
why this loss occurred is thus ex-
planned by our Des Moines contem-
porary:
Young men have been going west
on account OF political matters swal.
lowing up everything in Iowa. 1t had
grown to be that there were no
cheers, no hurrahs for anybody but
the politician. If the farmer held a
meeting for any purpose whatever,
some politician was always invited
and he usually sprung some patent
nostrun of political nature with
which to cure all their ills. He never
was known to whoop 1t up for hard
work He never made a suggestion in
relation to utilizing the thing we had
He devoted his time to high-soundlng
phrases, blaming everything onto the
government. Is 1t any wonder that
our young men have been going west
where they have a chance to talk
about real estate, irrigation and the
growth Of crops?
This Is good time to call q halt
in political madness. This is time
to put faction to death and bring bust
ness 70 the front The man who grows
hundred bushels of corn to the acre
is the man who should have his pic
ture in the newspapers. He has ac-
complished more than any politician
has done"
In the view of the Capital we have
been losing population because we
have been neglecting our own affairs.
Instead of battling for the building up
of the state under the most inviting
conditions. we have been calling each
other hard names in politics There
may be something in this view-a
whole lot in 1t, in point of fact. In
any event it would be well to accept
the Des Moines papers advice and call
a halt. No good can come from ex-
alting politics at the expense of the
material interests of the state. and it
is quite possible, even probable, that
great harm has resulted. The Gate
City earnestly echoes the Capitals
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-12-24

A poorly printed newspaper is an
impeachment OF the publishers quail
fications and an insult to its readers.
A couple of country newspapers which
come to The Gate City's exchange
table look as If they might have
been printed from shoe pegs instead of
type with apple butter instead of ink.
In these days of active competition
no paper can hope to succeed that is
not made attractive to its readers
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-12-24
Published by Order Of the City For
the Benefit and lnforma-
ton Of the cisi-
xcns.
FOR THE LAST MEETING
The Proceedings Of the Last Session
Are Herewith Given In
Full Detail and
Complete.
(Continued.a

Whereas. Due and legal service of
notice as required by law was made
that said plat and schedule have been
fled with the clerk of the council, and
the time has expired within which
any objections were to be made to
said proposed assessment and no OBJ
jections having been fled, we, the
city council of the city OF Keokuk,
Iowa, have upon examination and
consideration, found said plat and
schedule, with the names of the own
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-12-24
The Christmas Tree

Burlington Hawk-hye: While al
most everybody delights in the Christ
mas tree, now. and while almost ev-
erybody has the tree lighted now, for
the little folk, it may not be amiss to
recall the fact that the Germans
brought the beautiful custom to this
country, as they have carried it into
other lands. The original settlers in
this country knew little of Christmas
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-12-24

Because of replies received from
10000 of its 100000 subscribers the
Success magazine, looking through
the eyes of Jud Welliver, concludes
that a majority of the people of this
country are opposed to Speaker Can
non and disappointed in President
Taft. A straw vote of that kind is al
most as illuminating and dependable
as one of Prophet Busby's long range
weather predictions.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-12-24
The Tobacco Crop.

Downing (Mo.) News: Tobacco is
still coming in as rapidly as it can be
handled. Some enterprising farmers
come in as early as o'clock in the
morning in order to avoid the long
wait TO allow other wagons to be un-
loaded. 1t is thought that the crop
'vill be as large or larger than any
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-12-24
Christmas on Saturday.

If Christmas day Saturday be
A great winter that year you'll see
And full of winds both loud and shrill.
But in summer. truth to tell,
High winds there shall be and strong,
Full of tenppests lasting long,
While battles they shall multiply,
And great plenty Of beasts shall die
They shall be strong, each one and
keen.
He shall be found that stealeth aught,
Though thou be sick. thou diest not.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-12-24

The ice men are wisely making
haste to secure crop while the sun
doesn't shine. There may not be
another as good an opportunity this
winter. Nine inch ice in December
is unusual in this Latitude, but it is
none the less welcome on that
account. Thus far the weather has
been ideal for the work in hand.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-12-24
NICARAGUA IN A NUTSHELL.

The international Bureau of Ameri-
can Republics has collated and pre-
scented in condensed form mass OF
interesting information concerning
Nicaragua, in whose affairs the peo-
pie of the United States are taking
lively interest at the present time. 1t
is learned from this source that there
between the area of Nicaragua and
the state of New York. Take Con
necticut out of New England, and
Nicaragua would cover the rest of it.
1t is approximately half the size OF
the state of Washington. To be ex-
act, it covers 49,200 square miles,
which is larger than Holland, Belgium
and Denmark combined. 1t has re-
markable extent of coast line on two
oceans. On the Caribbean, 1t reaches
nearly 300 miles due north and south;
on the Pacific, it extends 225 miles.
Its greatest width is 275 miles, or ap-
proximately the distance from Wash
ington to New York. Its least width
is 125 miles, or approximately the dis
lance from Chicago to the Mississippi
river
1t has the smallest population of
any Central American country, but is
correspondingly capable of great ma
terial development There are only
about 10000 people within Its limits.
OF these, fve-sixths are upon the
western OF Pacific coast. The east
ern or Caribbean shore lies low and
is drained by many rivers. The only
industry of this section is the grow
ing of bananas, which were shipped
in 1908, to the number of 100000
lunches, valued at fifty cents a
bunch. The principal town here is
BlueHelds, a little south of the cen
ter, having 5000 inhabitants. 1t is
1,1S6 miles from New Orleans and 80
miles from Colon. The only other i'm
portant places on this east coast are
Greytown, at the southern point, with
1000 inhabitants, near the mouth of
the San Juan river, which was to have
been the course of the Isthmian canal
IL built through Nicaragua, and Cape
Gracias a Dios, at the northern point,
with only 1,5o0 people. On the popu-
lated Pacific slope the chief cities
are Leon, the historic and interest
ing old capital, with $4,000 inhabi-
tants; Managua, the present capital,
with 10000; Matagalpa, with 10000;
Granada, with 10000, and several
other towns of from 5000 to 10000.
The principal port on the Pacific
side is Corinto, near the northern end,
with only about 1000 people. At the
southern end is the harbor of San
Juan del Sur
There is one railroad in Nicaragua
which starts at Corinto and runs to
Managua and thence across to Gran
ada on Lake Nicaragua, which is the
largest inland body OF water In all
Latin America.
The total value of the foreign trade
of Nicaragua in 1908 amounted to
s7,500000, of which exports were 81
100000. and imports 100000. Mic
aragua bought from the United States
textiles, clothing, machinery, etc.,
valued at $1,s0o,o0o. She sold to the
United States bananas, coffee, rubber,
mahogany, cattle, hides, etc, valued
at $1,050,000.
Nicaragua has a president, a cab
met with five ministers or secretaries,
thirteen departments or states, and
five divisions like our territories. It's
national assembly consists of only one
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-12-24

ever marketed here. This year tobac-
co was planted and successfully har-
vested where it has not been grown
heretofore. From miles south of town
to as far north as Kilwinning 13.cent
tobacco Is coming in.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-12-24

Likely 1t isn't true, but the Jackson.
vile Courier is "brash" enough to say
that George Fitch is the best looking
editor in Peoria excepting only Bald
win, Hanna, Pindle, Griffith and three
or four others whose names are not
recalled.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-12-24

A well known writer on sports de-
clares that just now professional
sport, referring to the prize fight, is
shared in by three classes-the back
ers who get the money; the partici-
pants, who get their meal tickets; and
the public. who gets the laugh. 1t is
a great industry.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-12-24

A woman In Chicago has applied
for divorce because her husband is
too tall to suit her. Most women who
apply for divorces complain that their
husbands are habitually short.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-12-24

Lighted candles and infiammable
materials on a Christmas tree make an
interesting combination, and also
afford the preliminaries for a pros
pective funeral.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-12-24

Money to lead Democrats was the
startling headline in the newspapers
the other day. But perusal of the arti-
Gle showed that it referred to the sena-
tor of that name
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-12-24

Now let Lieutenant Peary submit
his records and claims to the Copen-
hagen tribunal. There should be no
discrimination in this matter, even
if DR.. Cook Is liar.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-12-24

Royalty eminent authority, press and
public are all armed with big sticks
looking for Dr. Cook. The situation
is thus depicted by the cartoonist of
the Cedar Rapids Gazette who COM
presses a large amount of suggestive
information into small space.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-12-24

Missouri did not insist on being
SHOWN in the case of DR.. Cook and Is
now vigorously kicking itself for its
neglect.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-12-24

A Chicago authority on the subject
declares that where blind pigs" exist
blind" officers will be found also. The
observation doubtless contains the
germ of a great truth.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-12-24

A woman writer named Kate Burr
claims that she has touched the feel
ings of a plumber" 1t seems reason
able to suppose that burr could do
that IL anything could.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-12-24

OF what use is poetry? Well, the
Mason City Globe-Gazette says it is
relief to the writer and without injury
to the non-reader.