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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-06-05
The Commission Plan,

Cedar Rapids Gazette: No one with
any sense at all believes that the new
plan will bring about perfect municipal
government. No one with any sense
makes the claim that there Will not be
mistakes under the new plan. But
1t is sensible to claim tsat there will
be fewer mistakes under the new
plan than under the old: that the mis-
takes that are made will be less SER
ious and the more quickly remedfed.
No one will claim that always, under
the new plan, will the very best men
be elected to office. But at least
this much can be claimed-if no more
for the new :plan--the men elected
will be fully the equal Of the men
elected under the old PLAN and with
more systematic. a less hlt-and-miss
plan under which to operate, results
are bound to BE- better.
Conceding the opponents of the
commission plan every possible point
which they have slightest sem
blance OF an excuse for claiming, and
the commission plan has the old par
tisan ward plan beaten out of sight
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-06-05
FISHING LAW PUT TO TEST.
seIncrs Along MissIssippl Refuse to
Pay License.

BURLINGTON, Ia. June 5.What
promises to be very lively fight
over a recent law passed by the Iowa
will soon be inaugurated by
/ the fishermen on the Mississippi river
all along the Iowa border. In this fight
| the anglers will | backed up by the
| big fish concerns along the river. The
trouble has arisen over the new IL
lcense law governing the men engaged
| in SEEMING fish along the borders OF
| the state shall pay a license for each
seine or net in use. The professional
fishermen object to this feature of the
statute, holding that 1t works hard
lship. Hundreds of men are employed
Iduring the summer months In SEEMING
/ the waters OF the Mississippi river,
and the fish are sold to firms who snip
them to the interior, The business
has grown to be an enormous one.
The fishermen have paid little or no
attention to the new law SO far, and It
is stated that the state fish and game
4 warden will make numerous arrests
i hereabouts. The fishermen have de.
tcrmined to submit to arrest and then
fight the cases, In an attempt to have
the law declared unconstitutional. In
this action the fishermen are said
Ito be backed up by the big fish firms
who will furnish the money to defend
| the cases. State Fish and Game War
den Lincoln Of Des Moines is taking
the preliminary steps in the matter
and the conflict will come to head
in short time it is said.
The object Of the license law is to
protect the game fish in the sloughs
along the river from indiscriminate
SEEMING. and to also keep seiners from
Illinois from coming over onto the
Iowa side and taking fish.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-06-05

That defective eye-sight Of children
is the cause OF poor spelling is q
declaration made by writer in Nc
Clures. The case of Charles Gilman,
well-mannered and tellectual, who
for seven years mispelled every word
always, and did it in the same care
full and serious manner with which he
recited the hi: " lesson he loved" is
cited. An examination of his eyes
showed that "at the distance of about
three feet the boy saw everything dou-
BILE; he lacked the power to direct the
two eyes co-ordinately upon the same
point in space, the left eye looking a
little higher than the right. His read
ing was as bad as mis- spelling; he was
absolutely incapable of getting through
a single sentence correctly. a, an, and,
the, and a few other three-letter words
being the net result of his seven years
schooling" He was operated upon
and fitted with glasses, and thereafter
was able to spell correctly. The in
cident carries its own suggestion t.
teachers an parents
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-06-05


Muscatine journal: According 70
special dispatches, movement has
been begun by religious societies. min
listers and prominent men opposed 70
capital punishment who are expect
Ing a death sentence in the Junken
case to save the negro from the gal
lows.
To us it appears that, as SO often
las the case these men, the most en-
thusiastic advocates Of cause, are
doing 1t the greatest Injury In the Ell
feet of their efforts.
| There can be IN the minds OF most
linen and women but little sympath!
/ with a movement to save John Junken,
brute murderer and even worse, as
| they believe him to be, from the death
| penalty. On the other hand, there
| could be much intelligent sympathy
| with movement to abolish capital
punishment in all cases.
But to attempt to save one John
Junken from the gallows, will only
serve to disgust tho average man, and
/ even the average tender-hearted wom-
an, with the purposes of the opponents
| OF capital punishment
| After all, isn't it rather belated
effort to start in to save John Junken
! from the gallows NOW?
| Would it not have been better to
1 have begun such movement before
Junken was started down a road OF
crime and lust and degradation, that
/ murders all but the physical man, and
/ in the end leads the wreck that is left
! to the inevitable end las long as man
made law stands as it does today the
gallows.
Would it not be better to devote the
energy now being expended to save
John Junken from the gallows to the
saving of some other unfortunates OF
his ilk, who have not as yet gone So
far on the road that leads to the gal
/ lows but that they can now be turned
| back.
To save John Junken from the gal
lows gains for the world nothing, bul
delays the terror Of his death for the
criminal, and that is all. To save
some future John Junken will perhap:
save some future Clara Rcsen from
her fate and some other family from
the terrible tortHres which the Ottum
4 wa girls relatives have suffered.
It is too late now to save John Jun
ken from the rallows. Such a move
ment might have been successful !
begun years ago. But let those VIII
are said to be engaged In this move
j ment give their attention 70 the crndl
s tions that set him on the road to tn
gallows, and some useful purpose ma
be served and some neck far bette
worth saving, saved.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-06-05


A court at Alton. Ill. has ruled that
the evening meal is supper, not din
ner. The question arose is the suit
of Miss Grace Lowe against the Alton
Bakery and Confectionery Company,
the defendant being charged with hav-
ing served plaintiff with ice cream at
a girl graduates feast which poisoned
her. When witnesses from the gradu-
ating class were asked in court what
they ate at the class feast. some OF
the girls called the feast dinner while
others called 1t supper, until confused
jurors got the court to make the rul-
ing. Miss Lowe got at a former trial
verdict for $500 damages. which
was set aside.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-06-05

Iowa City Republican: G. H. Dayton
Is back from Missouri and he has
another story Of what Is going on in
that county. He says that at hotel
in a Missouri town the guests were
discussing the merits OF the various
mineral springs resorts. After several
had told of Mudlavia, Excelsior. Hot
Springs, etc, citizen Of Eldora
Springs told his story. He said that
the water at Eldora was so wholesome
that the people there were living on
and on forever and never died. He
told OF one man, a pioneer, who came
there many years before the springs
We're developed, who retained his forty
year old activities till he was past
ninety. He had children and grand
children by the score and finally con-
cluded that If he was ever going to
heaven. he should get there without
4 further delay So he called in his
| aged but youthful appearing children
and told them he wanted to die. He
said he had lived to be 81 and saw no
4 evidence OF mental or physical de-
cay. Finally. after talking the mat
ter over, it was decided that he should
remove to Bates county, which he
cid. He made a special request that
If he died, he should be buried in
Bates county. Inside of thirty days
the old man died, and the family de
cided to disregard his wishes and
bring him back to Eldora for bur
fal. They brought the body back and
left it rest for a. day at the family
home. In order to preserve tie ia
: cial expression, cloths wet in the
} famous cool spring water were LAID
upon his face and the doors and win
: dows were open to keep the deatf
room cool. When the water moist
ened the skin and the balmy air o
the Ozarks filled the room, the oil
Ian began to move and soon he sa
up in his coffin. Rubbing his eye
2 and getting fully alive to the situa
: ton he called John, his eldest son
and remarked, "Gol darn it all. VIII
: didn't you leave me in Bates county?
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-06-05
MANUFACTURERS MEETING.

The seventh annual convention of
the Iowa State Manufacturers Asso-
citation will be he'll in Davenport,
June 9 and 10-next Wednesday and
Thursday. On account of the i'm
portant work II various lines during
the past year the largest gathering
in the history of the association is
expected. The program as now out
lined is as follows:
Wednesday morning Transports
ton, insurance.
Wednesday Observation-Disclosures ed
ucation, good government Qegisla
tom.
Wednesday evening Informal state
talk-fest and smoker.
Thursday morning National tarif
laws, businesses meeting.
4 Thursday afternoon - Automobile
I tour Of Davenport factories.
1 Thursday eyening-Banquet.
The speakers at the banquet will be,
Interstate Transportation, Hon
q. e. Clark of interstate commerce
commission.
"Utilization of Our Rivers" ,ol
John A. Ockerson, of Mississippi rive
commission, on European River Util
ization:o Mrs. S. A. Thompson. of tn
national river and harbors congress
on possibilities of Our Iowa Rivers
Some Problems of Western Manu-
featuring" n. E. Miles, - Ra
cine, Wis.
The manufacturing interests of Keo
kuk. admittedly among the most I'm
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-06-05
No Occasion for Appeal.

Des MONIES Register and Leader:
Judge Mitchell announces that he will
take the Junkin. case to the supreme
court Inasmuch as no defense was
made for Junkin, and his crime was
admitted from the beginning, from
what does Judge Mitchell propose to
appealt !, #
Judge Mitchell occupied the atten-
ton of the district court for sew
eral days with protest against cap
ital punishment. That is all that was
involved in the hearing at Centerville.
The juror were Intercepted for the
purpose not CT discovering their opiu-
ion of the guilt of Junkin but of the
character of the penalty. The jury
after hearing all that Judge Mitch
ell had to say, decided to hang JlInkin
by the neck until he is dead-a just
and deserved sentence if one was ever
| pronounced in Iowa.
| 1t only serves to bring the admin
istration of law into ridicule to have
| these useless appeals-in this In
stance an absurd appeal-when the
| facts have been disclosed and sub
stantial justice has been administered
4 It is not without reason chat Justice
! Brewer has long contemplated do
ing away with the right OF appeal II
criminal casea entirely.
In this connection 1t is pr per t.
emphasize again that the duty of tn.
lawyer appointed to defend man &C
cused OF crime is not to assist {
/ criminal in escaping punishment.
is his duty merely to see that tn,
accused is fairly and legally convict
ed When as in this instance tn,
crime is confessed. and there is moth
ing in dispute but the degree of pun
ishment, the verdict of the jur.
should be firal. To put the state 4
further expense merely because jude
Mitchell does not believe in capita
punishment. is -inexcusable, calculate
to weaken the courts In popular es
4 TEEN. and to lead to summary ad
ministration of justice in other cases.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-06-05
Cement pavjnu.

Dubuque Times-Journal: Some low
towns are experimenting with cement
paving. One OF them is Mason CITY,
where large cement establishment "
located. Thesplans adopted call for q
two inch wearing surface, mixed one
part cement to two parts clean, silic
ious sand. The price is to be $1.35 z
yard, or considerably less than brick
paving. There Is a controversy on az
Marshalltown as to whether that city
shall adopt the Mason City plan or
granitold pavement which is patented
and considerably more expensive
Cement is said to have given good re
suits elsewhere. Like brick, 1t is dul
able and can be washed every day az
repaired in sections. 1t is said to
about as noisy as brick and therefo1
! better suited to business than to re-
dence streets.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-06-05


the fifth step she fould stuffed in the
raise Of the stairs. a roll OF paper.
Her first thought was to throw this
on the floor. but finally concluded to
open it to see what was in 1t. And
was agreeably surprised to find thai
1t contained six hundred dollars in
good old fashioned greenbacks. THE
proof of the puG IN is in the eatin'
O. IT. and the truth of this story is
found in the fact that afternoon she
had 5000 added to her bank account
How the money got there is a mystery
but that the money was found as We
have stated is a fact that needs nc
mysticism.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-06-05
SMOKE KEokuk-MADE CIGARS.


We hear good deal about patron
izing home dealers and home ind.,s-
tries, but it is to be feared that some
of those who have the most to say on
the subject do not always practice
what they preach. Some men In bust
ness in Keokuk. for instance. who
protest Indignantly against the mail
order business and are fluent with con
vincing arguments in favor OF buying
at home, fail to discriminate as they
should in making purchases for their
individual use and their trade. Take
the one item of cigars as case IN
point. 1t is an admitted fact that
better cigars for the price are made
| in Keokuk than anywhere else. They
are much better, on the average,
than machine-made cigars with high
/ sounding names that are brought here
! from other places for consumption in
the home market. Yet how many
Keokuk business men and others make
lit a rule to give the Keokuk-made
cigars the preference?
4 At the present time there are Fifty
odd cigarmakers employed in Keokuk.
II Keokuk cigar manufacturers were
sustained at home as they should be
the number of workmen employed in
Keokuk cigar factories would be
doubled. This would add consider
able income every payday to the bust
ness interests of the city. There is
no good reason why such addition
should not be made. The material
in Keokuk- made cigars is as good as
1t is in cigars made anywhere and
. better than in most, and the workman
ship is unexcelled. The price of home
made cigars is no higher than that O
cigars made elsewhere. Why not Civ
!, the homemade cigars the preference
!, double the number of workmen II
: Keokuk factories and help local bust
! ness all along the line? 1t would b.
!. only good business sense to do so, ant
:. it would silence the charge of incon
: sistency which now lies against thos
. who are urging the patronizing o
home industries and at the same tim
giving preference to outside cigars.
\
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-06-05
FoURrH Of yuLY WARNINGS.

Before giving his order for Fourth
of July noise making apparatus the
Iowa retailer should cast his eye over
section 502S OF the Iowa code, compris-
ing what is Familiarity known as the
offill flrecracker law" This law went
into effect last year. Its provisions
are as follows:
What is prohibited: No person
shall use sell, offer for sale or keep
for sale within this state any toy
pistols, toy revolvers, caps containing
dynamite, blank cartridges for toy re-
volvers or toy pistols, or firecrackers
more than five inches In length and
more than three-fourths OF an inch
in diameter; provided caps contain
ing dynamite may be used, kept for
sale or sold when needed for mining
purposes, or for danger signals, or
for other necessary uses
Penalty: Any person violating the
provisions of this act shall be fined
not exceeding 800 or be imprisoned
in the county Jail not exceeding thirty
days"
It Will be observed that the sale Of
any form OF toy pistol or supplies
therefor is absolutely prohibited. The
cannon firecracker also is put out OF
business. The dealer who sells a fire
cracker more than five inches IN
length or more than three-Quarters OF
an inch in diameter will be violating
the law.
The Sioux City Journal. calling at.
tention to the sane and safe celebra-
ton which this law has in mind,
calls attention to this statute and one
other which perhaps has not been Civ
en- much general consideration, say
| ing:
Iowa wholesalers are expected &c
obey this law. SO far as their Iowa
trade is concerned Presumably they
will obey it, and will not fill orders -ol
either toy pistols or cannon crackers
from Iowa dealers. Wholesalers out
side of Iowa are not supposed to know
1 anything about this law, and 90 no
come under the restrictions OF : e
i law. Therefore Iowa retailers wn<
order from outside house, Will no
4 have the Offill law called to their at
4 tention. The retailer, should be c2re
ful to see that such orders call To-
wares that can be sold legally in Iowa
/ Under the Cosson law Iowa author
tiles are expected to see that the IRE
cracker law is enforced as strictly a
Il the mulct law or the law against dis
orderly houses. A showing OF open
general violation of the fire cracke
i law might be made the basis OF sue
; cessful movement to have the loca
tneace officers removed from office.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-06-05

People who fry their meat, says
Merideth Nicholson, never amount to
much. That's all that Merideth
Nicholson knows about the matter.
and it isn't much. This great and
glorious country was developed by
people whose staple article Of diet
was meat cooked in that way. II the
pioneers had been without the frying
pan the fox would have continued to
dig his hole unsecured in q large part
of the United States.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-06-05

They are talking at Waterloo OF
making June a holiday there here
after. The Waterloo team did not
lose game on that day this year.
There were no games scheduled on
that date.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-06-05

portant in the state. should, and doubt
less will, be properly represented. The
meeting cannot fail to be of benefit
to all IN attendance. The subjects
and speakers scheduled are sufii-
cient assurance that every manufac-
turer who is Present at the convention
will be more than repaid for his time
and expense.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-06-05

The Cedar Rapids Gazette declares
that Junken should have been hung
legally within orty-eight-hours after
his arrest for the murder of Miss
Rosen. AS that was not possible what
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-06-05
I-onesomest Newsnaner.

Kaufman (Texas) Post: The lone
soonest newspaper in America aas been
found. 1t is the Bird Mountain Journal
published at the town of Red Bird,
Ark. The town is thirty-five miles
from the nearest postoffice, and two
miles from the nearest cabin. The
town consists of one log house. one
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-06-05

The decision of the mills to resume
operations in full and restore the old
scale of wages marks distinct rise
the tide of prosperity City.
Nay, nay, dear Gate, that's not the
gait. 1t marks distinct faith that
Aldrich will let the steel and iron
schedules alone-Sioux City Tribune.
1t is all one, practically. Prospect
ty and assurance that protection will
be continued to go hand in hand.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-06-05

The face of Abraham Lincoln will
appear on the new pennies. which
leads the Knoxville Express to say
that although the great emancipator
wasn't much of church-goer or mis-
sionary worker, in the years to come
his will be familiar face in the
contribution box.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-06-05

The vinton Eagle is eyerlastingly
right in saying tina. "the main In
gre client of prosperity in this country
is labor Next to labor in point OF
Importance is protective tariff law
which assures to labor its Just re
wards The free traders can put this
in their pipe and smoke it.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-06-05
NoTEs AND COMMENT.

The iowa Idea as defined by the
Sioux City Journal: Heap talk.
The Marshalltown Times-Republican
observes that Cuba is ordering rifles
when she should be buying spades.
The sioux City Journal notes that
General Byers seems disposed to get
rid Of his Des Moines atmosphere
since large strawberries are as
easy to raise as any, the ST. LOUIS
Globe-Democrat wonders why little
ones are still offered.
The election of Mr.. William Lor-
inner again demonstrates that this IS
a great year for Bills" notes the Des
Moines Evening Tribune.
The world owes us living all
right, hut don't expect that the world
is going to do any worrying II you
fail to collect it, says the Detroit Free
Press.
ssNow for some corn growing
weather" suggests tae Cedar Rapids
Gazette. Don't fume and fret because
you have to perspire great deal dur
| ing the next three months
.Within generation the south will
be the strongest protective tariff sec
ton of the country" says the Creston
1 Advertiser. Many of the southern
states would be Republican beyond
question il the negro question were
out of the way"
The Newton Journal states thai
lfifty-two years ago there was no grow
ling weather until the first of June
/ Snow fell on April is of that veal
to depth Of four or five inches
and from April to 10, 1881, it showed
to a depth Of twelve inches, yet We
had good crops and late fall.
A woman writer in one of the cur
rent magazines says women are sac
rificed by thousands in the name o
marriage. A southern paper con
cedes this to be true, but it wants t.
know wat about the defenseless mel
who are each year torn from thei
comfortable homes and dragged K
the altar.
President Taft is quoted as saying
! that he is greatly pleased with tn
election of Senator Lorimer, and tn
, Davenport Democrat says Presiden
who would not smile at the election
of senator anywhere would be lacking
in qualities of appreciation. n
!; wouldn't be tactful or diplomatic,
adds the Democrat.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-06-05

A San Francisco woman wants d.
vorce on the ground of cruelty, and
charges that her husband threatened
to paste her face with a plate a.
dinner What would she have had
him throw-a cup and saucer? Or
does she regard breakfast and supper
as the only appropriate meals for the
"pasting" process? Some women are
80 queer.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-06-05

James Franklin Hyde Democrat and
: ninety-six years of age. has been elect
ed city treasurer of Lincoln, III. A
Democrat never becomes too old to
hold office
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-06-05

There is talk of displacing Congress
man Smith in the Ninth district, but
it is likely to end in talk. The chances
are that Mr.. Smith will be renomin-
ated and reelected and that he will
be the next speaker Of the house.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-06-05

II are's man who never drinks.
Nor smokes, nor chews, nor svcars
Who lever CANDLES, new. flir.s,
And shuns all sinful snarcs
He's paralyzed.
There is a man who never does
Anything that is not right,
His wife can tell just where he is
At morning, noon and night
He's dead.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-06-05

The thought has been advanced
that more partisan thunder could be
wrought from this tariff debate if both
parties were not equally smeared with
Inconsistency.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-06-05

at Glasgow. London, Florence. yarles,
Hamburg, Alexandra, Canton and
Pekin. And this week he went up
the Cedar river to MOSCOW and then
back again.