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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-12-07
scsnca.moroers E.erywhere.

Baxter New Era: The Anita Trib-.
une Is still Earring the stats of the
gossi pers--tha scandalnong gers the
women naggers. who are Jealous of
their neighbors prosperity Eho
sneak about, asking, Have yon heard
tie latest = and who then proceed 10
relate rs matters OF fact, things that
they don't know are true or not There
IS only one way TO get rid OF such PEG
pie. and that Is 10 snub them good and
hzrd-or kill them. sAnyway. those
who butt II because Of their innate
desire 10 iniure otheTs-becauss some
one has sanbbed ;hen-are sn object
lesson for decent people 10 call The az
tentioa Of their children to-tn show
that ii is ioE-lIved. mean. disgraceful.
and that hell eventually catches all
such. The Tribune can write and scots
and scold and wr5te ann its editor
is old and eoothlsss and bald headed
and knock-kneed and unable to lace
sss shoes. bui he VIII ARRAYS have the
Til ~-~ aee .A fasesf2-- s-srSe'
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-12-07
a Rural Mail Carrier Has His SAY.


a Rural Mall Carrier in Lineyille
Tribune: In my opinion tie state has
fallen far short of its duty in not pro
viaing an asylum for the malicious,
idiotic and feeble minded fellows who
make pretenses Of working the public
roads. Taere is enough OF them in
every neighborhood and the traveller
cannot run anIiss of his idiotic work
He mars instead OF makes the public
roads. He pIows ditch down both
sides of q hillside road. leaving the
roadbed followed out like veritable
bed of water course and then Won
ders why there is always mudhcle at
the bottom of the hill. Where ne uses
the scraper he is particular 10 leave
each scraper full in a hillock so that
the travellers will be made TO sit up
and take notice when he drives over
1t that the roads have been worked
One OF his long suits is TO get on the
grader. drag all the trash and debris
CT brush. rocks. clods and tin cans
from the roadside TO the center OF
the road bed leaving it in a winrow
| two or three feet high TO wear down
only after years OF travel. His usual
practice. however, is TO use the grader
only Just before winter sets in SO that
soft dirt will be cut up into deep ruts
before solldly frozen up thus making
| the meanest and toughest kinds o.
roads all winter.
His practice of starting in at the
center OF the road with his plow and
turning it all oYer the same season OF
the year is productive of about the
same results He is usually more in.
/ dustrious, but infinitely more OF a
public enemy than the fellow who
/ does not work the roads at all. He
seems TO have grudge against the
travelling public. and in comparison
VIII him the professional baggage
srnasher on the railroad. who smile;
| with Hendish delight when he sue
ceeas in wrecking your twenty-doIlal
trunk is heavenly cherub He ma,
i hope for bliss N the eternal hereafter
but If he don't roast as punishment
for all the vegation and profanity HI
d has caused. the devil viii not get hi
dues.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-12-07
VANITY.

y
The sun comes up and the sun goes
down,
And day and night are the same as
one:
The year grows green, and the year
grows brown,
And what is it all. Wien all is dones
Grains OF somber or shining sand,
Gliding into or out OF the hand,
And men go down in ships TO the seas.
And hundred ships are the same
as one.
And backward and forward blows the
breeze,
And what is it all, when al is dones
A tide with never q shore in sight,
Getting steadily on TO the night.
Tbs usher dropped mis- net in the
stream,
And hundred streams are the same
as one,
And the maiden dreameth her loye-lilt
dream.
And what is it all. when all is done:
The ne, of the fisher the burden
breaks,
And always the dreaming tbs
dreamer wakes.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-12-07
Good Roads.

Fort Dodge Chronicle The federal /
good roads department states that
the direct saving of the farmers OF
the country from properly constructed
roads would be $3.50 900 600 annually;
that there would be a saving OF over
$4,000. 600 in marketing the wheat
crop alone. OF over sl2.000.ueo in
marketing the corn crop. and OF s5,-
coo 600 in marketing the cotton crop
However great the money value OF
good roads may appear to be. it is not
As important as the educational and
social advantages TO be derived there
from By the residents of rural COM
munities. Bad roads restrict educa-
tional facilities. limit the rural Tree
delivery service, and prevent the prop
er development of social life in the
country. Coed roads permit of good
schools in the country, extend the
rural delivery service, and check the
exodus Of young men and women from
i Tie farm to the city. Already in lo-
caltities where roads have been i'm
proved we see the movement from the
1 city to the farm
/ Motorists and farmers by frequent
good roads conventions, by contin-
uing campaigns of edusation, and BY
individual and organized Actively.
can bring about sufficient appropria-
alton By towns, counties. states and
nations. II is a part of their duty
to see that these moneys are expend-
ed wisely. under competent direction
and IN accordance with systematic
and well organized plans The sys-
y TEN now in operation in de state OF
New York can be commended highly
10 many of her sister states, par1icfl-
airy in the matter OF classification OF
roads outside of cities and villages.
These roads are divided into state
county and town roads. The state
roads are the main traffic lines con
meeting The larger eenters OF popula
ton. They comprise per cent of the
) total mileage OF the state and are te
be constructed and maintained direct
IL BIZ the state and at state expense
The county roads are those which
form within each county 3 properly de
veloped system OF main market roads
: taking into account their use for the
purpose OF common traffic and travel
. These roads comprise about S per esn'
: Of me total mileage of the state and
i are constructed under state superri
sion and at the Joint expense of tbs
state. county and town. The scvr
j roads comprise the rest OF the road
a OF the state. constituting about g
L per cent OF the total mileage The,
d are butt and maintained under III
n direction OF the local authorities bu
VIII state supervision. the cost bf
ing borne Jointly By the state an
! town
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-12-07
a Coed Examine.

Springfield Register. The little
city OF Carthage, over in Hancock
county. has Commercial club. and as
practical result OF its organization,
1T has hired man By rae month with
two mule teams 70 keep the roads
leading TO that city in good condition.
Cne OF his duties is 10 see that al
bitches are kept open They begin
TO appreciate what good roads mean
over in Carthage. Perhaps BIZ and by
the people OF this country shall ander-
stand. what the people n the old
country found ont long ego, 1aat one
OF the conditions of prosperity is
10 maintain good roads
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-12-07
a Lost Faculty.

Marshaiitown Times Repuhliean ?.
No we shall never go slow again We
must hit the high places. Here Ns
Come, here we Gene. somebody head
az on viii yorg But nobody viii 90
It Everybody is too bsssy going sorne.
We can never go slow again in bust
ness or war or love or az. ether puf
suit On the contrary we are adyanc-
ing the spark with every turn OF ihs
wheels. where are we goings into the
fence on the slrns
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-12-07

In written argument submitted in
the case brought at Des Moines 70
test the validity of the hotel law
passed by the last legislature. Assist
ant Attorney General George Cosson
upholds the enactment in every de-
tail Tie law was assed under
strenuous protest made by the hotel
naer of the state who are now attack,
ins. It on the ground that it delegates
legislative powers to the hotel inspec'
ter. who Is an administrative officer
/ II answer Mr.. Cosson says the legis
lature in question has not delegated
any legislative power to the hotel in
sIsctor. and that it has given to tbs
/ ms pecsor power only to determine
certain facts.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-12-07

Bank exchanges last week at all
leading cities in the United States
were IS, 4oS. go, 1856 "a gain of 81 per
cent over last year and of "a per cent
over the corresponding week in 1905,
Al. the latter date the country was in
full enjoyment of the largest volume
of business and the greatest prosper
itv 1t had ever known. The bank ex'
changes show that conditions are bet
ter now than they we're then
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-12-07

In urging the adyisabilits of persist
e,s cy in advertising John Wannamakef
gave good advice to all who would
reap the best results from publicity.
Hs declared that if there is one bust
ness on earth that q gutter should
leave alone it is advertising, and
added.
To make a success OF advertising
one must be prepared to stick to i
like a barnacie on a boats bottom
Advertising doesn't jerk, it pulls. L
begins very gently at first, but the pull
is steady. 1t is likened TO a team OF
horses pulling heavy load. A thous
and spasmodic jerks viii not buoss
the load. while half the power exertea
in steady effort will start and Keel
moving
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-12-07

According to declarations made by
Chairman John Cownie and former
state Senator Wade of the state board
of control corn crop conditions are SO
bad throughout Iowa as to be sensa'
tional. These authorities place the
damage of the past three weeks by
rain at Is per cent aud say work in
the fields is practically impossible
Corn is soft and rotting end moulding
badly. Both men are much alarmed
at the situation.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-12-07

The Iowa election law requires that
a political party must cast . per cent
os the total vote at the last election
fer governor before it can be per
mitted to take part in the primary.
The Prohibitionists and Socialists fell
below the required per cent at the
last gubernatorial election and there
By lost their right to take part in
the primary next June. The only
parties participating will be the Re
publican and the Democratic.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-12-07

A number Of the prominent women
of pes Moines have banded them.
selves together in a society to resist
the tendency 10 wear in the hats of
the women feathers and furs, Mrs. A
L. Frishie. wife of one Of the eldest
pastors in the state, IS az the head o.
the movemnet and leading club wom-
en- have taken ii up in earnest They
propose 10 end the trouble by refusing
each one to wear anything that has
cost life There should be such a
society in every city in the state and
in every state in the Union
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-12-07

The agricultural department is out
in an Official pronuucismento 10 the
effect that there Is no longer such an
article as New Orleans molasses." Il
is very evident thst the agricultural
department viii have to be abolished.
even If Jim Wilson Is thereby depriy-
ed Of his job Next thing il viii be
telling us there is no such thing as
maple syrup. and from that il is only
\ short step 10 the abolition Of buck
waaat cakes. No IN o. Wei there
Used 10 be. snd II vas shout the sweet
at thing on earth, as every boy ~ho
ever c2rrsed some home IN > JUG from
me store and licked tlae cork on The
vsx VIII testify
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-12-07

The Sioux City Journal observes
that before tackling zelaya's case,
Secretary Knox not only removed MS
coat, but also she'd his waistcoat, let
down his suspenders, tigatened up
belt. removed his spectacles and roll
ed up his sleeves.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-12-07

Washington gIovaa Press Bryan
ne sruss-huster, WHY he controls
cIs. of the biggest trusts in this coun-
trs. and wont lei anybody else have
a peep into the promised land. The
De mocrat party is nothing but a lot
OF remnants, not worth having ! are
sale Of and all because yonr Billy
boz has . monopoly on the nominal
tsor.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-12-07

The Des Moines bar association, In
s,lles Of resolutions, has endorsed
Judge Deemer for the supreme bench
ard will urge his appointment The
resolutions lay especial stress on
Judge Deemer's clear. analytical, well
trained mind, judicial temperament,
sound. accurate Judgment and vigor-
Gus constitution. The committee that
drafted them did we'll.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-12-07
The vested Choir

Cedar Rapids Gazette, It Is SAID
snrplicesi elloirs are to be the thing
III some OF the Cedar Rapids churches
Good. In = choir with vessnaenss
there csn be no distinctions in mat
tsrs OF dress. The vested choir has
proved great success prarticails
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-12-07

Governor Shafreth of Colorado be
lieves that 1t is only a question OF
time until woman suffrage will pre-
vail all over the country. The PEG
pic of Colorado. he says, are satisfied
with it, Governor Shafroth doesn't
believe it would degrade women TO so
To the polls and vote.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-12-07

Marshalitown may try .the plan"
The preliminaries are Icing arranged
for a special election to vote on the
question OF adopting the commission
form OF government
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-12-07

A dealer in an Illinois town states
that he has sold 400 small safes TO
farmers within a radius O. a few
miles. Is this an argument for or
against postal savings banks?
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-12-07

The Omaha Bee calls attention 10
TIE fact mat some men seem able to
buy up insurance companies with the
ease and grace of woman casually
stopping at the ribbon counter.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-12-07

a pessimist as defined by George
Fitch is man who can't drink cider
for thinking of the worms which fail
ell to get out of the apples in time.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-12-07

The Davenport Democrat says ths
singie-rail railroad isn't nearly So
Improbable as the wireless telegraph
and the flying machine
Apples are seven cents apiece in ST
Louis. and the Globe-Democrat fears
that next year they may be ten cents,
ma each one viii be sewed up in light
blue six, which may be kept as
souvenir.
AS the Chicago Tribune states the
situation. there's a fierce gray bird
with a bending heak. with piercing
ere and 5 startling shrek. and Secre-
tsry Knox has charge of the bird
list now,
Dr. Cook may have several
things 10 explain : SAYS the ottumwa
Courier. ~but he need not worry much
because Walter wellman has Joined
the ants. Walter Is not looked upon
as the last word IN polar matters.
In the perspective Of the Jackson
vile Courier one thing stands out
prx u,inent. Either DR.. Cook reached
ire north pole or he has done the
most artistic JOB OF ground and lofty
lyiDg performed since the days OF
Ananias
IN the arss place The newspaper
boys proceeded to decide the case il
favor OF DR.. Cook without hearing his
testimony 'sNow. says the sioux Ctr
Journal. they are proceeding TO De
4 eide ii against him without HAVING
4 heard his testimony The controversy
stili calls for the open mind On In.
part OF those who are disposed to b
fair
NO one. savs the Dies Moines Car
, tai. @can predict the part that cor
iwiu play in the preservation and de
yesapusut Of the human family aurini
! tie next csngurF within twenty-fiv
years or less time Germ VIII he seilinI
zs 2 higher price than wheat II
principal rival as . food OF hezEt
, sne strength Is risP Rice feeds aea,
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-12-07
nAIIY Az MAZE.

81
One year 5000. S. ooiFour Months 10y
Six months ..... Lb0iOne month ...... -
Entered in Keokuk postofiiee as secoi1
class matter.
Postage prepaid; terms In sdva s..s tn.
All subscription orders should sixe va =
p. o. address and state whether u
new or renewal order II change q nu
dress 10 desired. state both the Ola anu
new address. sx.
press money order. reB1steicu
The date printed on the address OF eacn
paper notes when the subscription
pires. 49, ~.
Subscribers failing to receive tnear ~
pers promptly will confer iANot
Eiving notice of the fact
Address all communications 70
THE GATE CITY COMPATJa =.
No. Is North Sixth st, keoKux.
THE GATE CRY Is on sale At the fos-
Hotel Keokuk, cor. Third and johns
G. II. Rollins & Co. ~ Main suss@
Ward Bros. 0es Main street
Depot News Stand
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-12-07

DIR. Eliot says he remembers when
ii was an honor 10 be Boston aid
'erman DR.. Eliot must indeed be an
old. old man.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-12-07

According TO paragraph going the
rounds Of the press. the Young Wom-
ems Christian Association OF Des
Eoines. Iowa, refused to accept q
check for $1,000 offered BY brewery
CT the ground that it was tainted
money However. in returning the
check. 1t was stated that the asso-
citation would be very glad to accept
the individual checks OF the two own
ers of the brewery for $500 each
There is SO much in a name.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-12-07

Mr.. Yoakum knows how TO invoke
EN- also
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-12-07

betray signs OF weakness Strong
appetities and plain foods make
strong and plain nation which WI
endure
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-12-07

The Sioux City Tribune thoughtfully
explains that one purpose OF the
dachshund is to show how long dog
may be stretched without breaking It
in two.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-12-07

Next.
Man wants but little here below.
Thus saith the ancient song;
There's one sad thing about It,
enough
He gets that little wrong.
Chicago Record Herald.
And if he gets that little right.
He's such pesky kind
That having nothing more in sight
Destroys his peace of mind.
Birmingham Age-Herald.
Man wants but little here below"
AS he makes his little march,
He tries to grab the sugar. though,
When the trust hands ont the starch.
st. Louis Times
Man wants but little here below"
A little Tor a while;
For little shake-downs here and there
In time make quite pile.
Philadelphia Telegraph.
Man wants but little here below,
But how it makes him fight
Whenever congress wants to know
Just where he got his mite
Peoria Herald-Transcript-
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-12-07

" one-half of the people of the earth.
Who knows hut what corn may ulti-
metely feed the other half2.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-12-07
NOTES AND COMMENT.

The Davenport Democrat SAYS the
single-raii railroad isn't nearly so
Improbable as the wireless telegraph
and the Aging machine.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-12-07

ksokuk, Iowa -. December 7, 1909
The National tribune., 1909-02-04
A New Series of Comics.

This set consists Of 25 new and mirth-
provoking comic scenes from life, In
Guiding sets Of comic situations in fac
smile photo colors.
Price 35 cents. With The National
Tribune one year 81.
The National tribune., 1909-02-04
more of say in the selection Of their
daughters husbands.

]. Pierpont Morgan has just pur-
chased the sword worn by George
Washington at the time he resigned
his commission as Commander-in-C Chief
of the Continental Army, and 1t is said
that he intends to present it to the
Mount Vernon Association. The sword
is long and narrow, with a silver fill
gree handle and guard, and was owned
by Miss Virginia T. Lewis, Of Balti-
more. An attempt was made some
years ago to have the Government buy
1t, and bill was passed by the Senate
appropriating $4,000 for this purpose,
which failed in its object, however.
What Mr.. Morgan paid for the sword
Is not known, but 1t was probably no
small sum. There is no place so fit
ting for it as the beautiful Mount Yer
non home, so sacred in the eyes of all
Americans, VINO will feel most grateful
to Mr.. Morgan for placing it there.
Mr.. Levi P. Morton, ex-vice Presi-
dent, has just done a fine, generous
thing. He has given his property at
Red Sulphur Springs, w. Va, worth
s150.000. Internationally to the State
as a sanitarium for consumptives.
There is sulphur spring on the place,
and hotel large enough to accommo-
date 500 persons, and the locality is par
The National tribune., 1909-02-04
ticuIarly beneficial for those who have
any tendency to tuberculosis.

ticuIarly beneficial for those who have
any tendency to tuberculosis.
A large gathering Of distinguished
persons met at Charlottesville, Va, last
week to honor the centenary of Edgar
Allen Poe. The room occupied by him
while a student in the University of
Virginia was filled with mementos of
the poet, people from all over the
country fortunate enough to own any
gladly lending them for the occasion.
The exercises began Saturday evening,
the 10th, by the Jefferson Literary So
ciety of the University, of which Poe
was member. continued on Monday
by the Raven Society, named from the
poets best-knOwn poem, and on Tues
day, the 18th-on which day 100 years
ago Poe's infant eyes first looked out
upon life-brought to close by an
address delivered by Prof. Barrett Wen
dell, of Harvard. A very widespread
interest in this memorial celebration
has been manifested, especially in Eu-
rope, where the poet has always had
many warm admirers. Letters were
received from Maurice Hewlett, Sir
Arthur Conan Doyle, George Saintes-
bury, DR.. w. ]. Rolfe, Israel Zangwill
and others prominent in the literary
world, all regretting very much their
inability to be present.
The National tribune., 1909-02-04

The domestic virtues do not seem to
be part Of the kinsly makeup and
o really good husband. according to the
America iqea, has rarely been found
among thees high and mighty person.
ages. Prince Albert, Queen Victoria's s
royal consort, was, of course, a model
In this respect, but search hard as we
very difficult to- find his equal or any
one approaching 1t. There are, however,
at the present time saJ eral occupants of
the different thrones CT Europe who
measure up pretty well, and among
them. perhaps the best example of all,
IL the ,,ting of Italy The Marquise De
sFontenoy, who is regarded as an au-
thority on such matters, tells us in a
recent letter that Jt,ing Victor Emman-
uel might be held up to the world as
the very pattern of what good hus-
band and father should be. He is abb
solutely devoted to his wife, Queen He
lena, and to his children as we'll, and is
never away from them except when
compelled to be by his official duties. In
this respect ne forms striking contrast
to his father and grandfather, who
spent much of their time basking in the
light which lies in woman's eyes gen.
orally AZ far removed as possible from
the radius Of the Queenly vision. The
present King of Italy, besides being
euch a shiring light in the domestic
circle, has other conspicuous moral
qualities. He is most considerate of the
comfort and feelings of others. and has
that true politeness which alone comes
from the heart. When granting au-
diences, the King does not compel his
visitor to stand, as was hte custom of
his royal father, but he motions them to
o seat near by. Then, too, in visiting
Paris, he has refused to precede the
wife of the French President upon en-
tering the opera or on any public oc-
oasion, but has courteously insisted
upon taxing her on his erm, which is
something visiting royalty has never
done slnce the beginning of the repub-
Tic.
When he was quite lad he noticed
the injurious effect Of tobacco upon his