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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-11-23
Wants it Done Right.

" anus " 60UC nt99ts
Ut is reported that amateurs are
barred hereafter from writing life
insurance.)
/ want no amateur to write
Ny policy Of life insurance;
No dilettante to recite
In hating words the tfite allilrance;
For me the well trained man of CUFF
Who holds me with his glittering
optic
The while he Tits line OF stun
That's strange to me as Greek or
Coptic;
who patters figures by the mile
That have for me no rhyme or
reason,
And makes my slightest nod or smile
A peg to heng further "wheeze"
on;
who passes me his fountain pen
And says, "Just sign your name
this space, sir.
Thanks! Call me up and tell me
when
You'd like to see the doe. Good
day. sir!"
B. i. + in Chicago Tribune.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-11-23
Iowa in November.

Waterloo Times-Tribnne: The poet
says November is the saddest OF the
year. yet II he lived in Iowa, 1t would
not so appear; for people wear their
summer clothes, and loaf upon the
stoop, while down the street the ten.
mis- game is going with whoop. The
summer girl has visions of lemonade
and cream, and winter with its bliz-
yards foul seems but an evil dream.
The overcoat is still in pawn, we wear
our summer socks; SO woe befall the
luckless cuss who at the weather
knocks.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-11-23
circumstantIal Evidence

Eyerybody's Magazine: A witness
In a railroad case at Forth Worth,
asked 70 tell In his own way how the
accident happened, said.
well, Ole and was walking down
the track. and heard 4 whistle, and
] got off the track, and the train
went by, and got back on the track
and didn't see Ole; but walked
on, and pretty soon seen Ole's hat
and walked on. and seen one oil
Ole's legs. and then ] seen one Of
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-11-23

Glenwood, the shire town OF Mills
county has saipped SIC cars Of apples
this fall thus breaking ali local re-
cords OF these 2o9 cars went out in
October giving the Burlington road
the best months business it ever had
at Glenwood. The Mills county apple
crop as whole Is estimated at 1000
car loads. In addition to large strip
ments from other towns there are
many apples in cold storage at various
points in the county. Some OF the
Mills county apples put on the market
brought $40 a barrel
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-11-23

Bank exchanges last week at all
leading cities In the United states
were s3.177 ,661 ,694-a gain Of 1.3 per
cent, The smallness Of the gain is &C.
counted for by the fact that 1908 was
a presidential year and that pre-
vious to the election business always
falls OFF and exchanges are reduced
while after that event Is decided there
is a corresponding expansion in activ
ity. which is reflected In increased
bank exchanges.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-11-23

In discussing the suicide OF a pro.
fesscr at the University Of Illinois for
no better reason than that his baby
cried and distracted his thoughts, the
Peoria Herald.Transcript considers at
some length the relative value Of large
and small colleges. One thought in
particular to which 1t gives utterance
is worthy Of more than passing Notice,
to-wit: that the small colleges still
teach wisdom, waIle the large schoola
impart knowledge, and too often leave
their students distended with informa
tion and entirely gulltless OF instruc
ton In the science Of right and credit
able living. In view of all the facts
In the case. doubt Is expressed II tao
sum total Of results produced In the
student body In several OF our great
schools Is not for the worse. The view
is discouraging one. but 1t Is not
without warrant.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-11-23

The current number Of the Iowa
Health Bulletin, edited by DIR. e. 4.
Thomas, soon to retire. contains what
is virtually an attack on the laws OF
the state and the present board. The
laws relating to sanitation and vital
statistics are declared to be bad The
present board is called to task for
neglect Of duty and the fact that too
many Of the members devote no time
to the board. The secretary suggests
reorganization and creation Of a
sanitary board Of three members. The
secretary was recently supplanted by
another for good and sufficient reas
ons and is now nursing bad case o.
crouch. He isn't a practicing physi
clan and should never have been ap
pointed in the first place
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-11-23

4 Wisconsin man claims to have
discovered a mysterious force rushing
through the atmosphere and proposes
to apply Il 70 running machinery.
The Council Bluffs Nolpa ell suggests
that he has probably struck one Of the
hot air currents that keep the politi-
cal machines going.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-11-23

face again. "Tama Jim" Wilson
says that all federal ofice-holders
except postmasters are afflicted with
the aookworm to greater or less
extent, Many men are unable to
work out their poll tax or NOV the
lawn on account Of the hookworm.
Young men with flap ears and peak
heads are particularly susceptible to
III Retired farmers usually contract
blush hookworm which frequently
causes them to mistake a dry goods
box for Morris chair. 1t is a de-
bilitating disease. and often times
runs through family like dipper
of soft soap through a washing ma
chine.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-11-23
Hardly Ever

Central City Newsletter: Did you
ever see a set OF corn huskers go at
their work with az much energy and
vim as two opposing teams Of football
players wade into each other?
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-11-23

A Boston woman has declared that
II II more important for girls to learn
the care Of babies than to learn
Algebra. What's the matter with them
learning both2
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-11-23
Ksokpk, Iowa soyembsr q, 1863

'Tsadylike Hoollgsnse Is TIE iatsss
name for the arTragettss It wag :
woman N course, WHO snTentaa tie
eDitsset
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-11-23

II. A. Dyer Of Mason City has an
nounced his candidacy for commander
of the Grand Army, department Of
iowa. He is now president OF the
North Iowa Veterans association and
past post commander past assistant
adjntant general and junior vice com.
mander department Of Iowa, G. A. r.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-11-23

TIE question, How old is TON
Watson r has been asked, and the
unanimous newspaper reply liz, "old
enough to know better
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-11-23

The Sew York zoo has Just az
CURED a kiaka5ous frcaa Costzacsal-
cca. MOI let the paris zDaers DO
their WORT
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-11-23

A Kansas woman wants divorce
because she Gays her husband hurled
tcEyitapfla at her, Sore relative OF
Mrs Darlington evidently.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-11-23

The roller towel has cone under
the ban az d germ dissemination and
1igeage broader. This means hat the
roller towel naust go.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-11-23

Tho Sioux City Tribune reports that
they don't taste any better since we
quit calling them batter cakes"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-11-23

Ole's arms. and then another leg,
and then over on one side Ole's head,
and ! says, Ny God. Something
muster happen to Ole.v
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-11-23
HelrfuI Hints TO Farmers.

Howard Ram IN Manchester Press:
The only place where dry farming
is practicable is in prohibition COM
nunity You might as we'll try to
milk a cross-grained heller with a
pair of wire pliers as to apply the
dry farming principle to land around
DyersvilIe, for instance Montana is
the ideal state for dry farming. It
gets so dry there that man can't
pncker his lips to kiss the Elired
girl. This is a great drawback to
immigration. The only drinks served
are bran and shorts, ard a heavy dew
will food the cellars. There is about
as much demand for umbrellas in Mon
tana as .ne-e II for Ice picks IN
bades. It Il a. great country for tls
man who fattens steers on shredded
sawdust and talcunI powder.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-11-23

4 ST. Louis woman fell Ia lore witt
a man she saw eating facks In side
show. It has been suggested that prob
ably she reasoned that he'd be lenient
toward her cooking.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-11-23

Justice Brewer thinks that woman
suffrage will not check the number OF
weddings. no, comments the Omaha
Bee; the sufrragette is determined 10
rule man. even II she has to marry
him
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-11-23

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rev OF renewal or7srs X change 81 zc-
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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-11-23

A professor at Illinois University
killed himself because he was annoy
ed by the crying OF his baby. As the
Peoria ald-Transcript well Gays,
this shows the sad results OF specialize
ing in science and entirely negIecting
common sense.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-11-23
NOTES AND COMMENT.

a man named Looney has been de-
ciared insane at Kswanee, III.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-11-23

The farmer who can't steer "a riding
corn cnltiyator without stripping all
the corn hills In sight ought to hire
out ais chauffeur to milk wagon.
We never could see why cultivator
manufacturers insist on equipping
their machines with corrugated seat
which makes new pair Of overalls
look like an embossed replica Of a
premium ham In bas relief Corn cul-
tiyating looks pretty soft to the out
slider, but after you have galloped
over a fnrty-acre lot for sixteen hours
on the promenade deck OF a care-free
cuitivator, your vertebrae will develop
set of cramps which you can't
gtraighten out with stump puller.
The horse which has contracted the
runaway habit might as well be led
out behind the hog house and filed
up to the soft palate with BIB shot,
After d young horse has run away
+ once and scattered the remains Of 9
$3.50 top buggy along the highway,
| he will never settle down at the rud.
der OF disc harrow and do days
work without kicking the eyelids of
/ the whiffletree. You can't cure him
with wire bit or a season OF prayer
either. Nothing will stop him save a
/ clip over the head with dull axe
delivered in transit. We would rather
have horse with the heaves and the
string halt than one which can't walk
unless It Is under the influence o.
chloroform.
One Of our readers writes us as fol
lows: MY hired man has large
male hookworm imbedded in his sys
tom. which makes him SO Indifferent
taat he fed young pig through the
corn shelter the other day by mistake
What would you do to effect cure?
The case is hopeless. The look
I worm liz harder to eradicate thar
an attack OF ingrowing measles. i
your hired man has the genuine
d southern white trash hoolzworm, HI
! will never look a days work In thu
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-11-23

The state supreme court has upheld
the law In Iowa that dangerous rnachin-
cry must be kept covered 80 az to pro-
tect workingmen The case came from
Bremen county where man operating
a planer was badly injured and
brought suit. The court held that 1t
was sufficient that 1t be shown that
the machine was not properly covered
and protected, for the fact OF it's dan.
gerous character was beyond question.
Can man with a Job and fam
ily produce enough from one acre to
supply the needs OF his own table and
add materially TO his income? Can
he, still holding his Job, and using
and hour in tie morning and two
hours In the evening, earn enough to
pay for the acre, feed the family with
out wearing his fingers to the bone;
have a better home, VITA more health
fUl surroundings. pure air, clean food
untouched by alien hands in dark
places, and be happy" asks Charles
Dillon In tie issue OF Harper's Week.
/ ~ for November 10th. The answer
was supplied by a years cultivation
OF trial acre" In western Missouri
and the net income for the year
amounted to s1.10s.s5. 1t was no.
more than an average year for crops
either
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1909-06-24
FINE ROADS ABROAD.
American Experts Point out 81.
periority Of Foreign Highways.
THREE THINGS TO REMEMBER

Selection Of Routes, Proper MdiAkb:
nance and Adaptation sf censtr9stIss
to Traffic Are Esssntiai. Gay 6sls:
gates to International Road cstaGtsss,
Three Of the American delegates to
the first international road congress
recently held In Paris, France, arrived
In New York the other day. All from
Seattle, Wash, they are Samuel Hilt;
president OF the Washington Good
Roads association; h. H. Thomson;
city engineer of Seattle, and Samuel
c. Lancaster, professor Of highway en-:
gineering, University Of Washington:
Soon after their arrival they united
In statement to the New York Her.
aid regarding the results Of the road
congress.
Road builders from all parts Of the
world We're present at the conference;
twenty mine countries being represent.
ed. There were twenty delegates from
the United States.
A remarkable exhibition In connec:
ton with the road congress was dis:
play of samples Of road surfaces;
With the question Of the dust raised
by motor cars and the bad surfaces Of
roads so much In evidence, this exhibit
was particularly interesting.
The statement of Messrs. Hin. Thot1;
son and Lancaster Is as follows:
Personal observations made n
France. Germany and Belgium, Hol;
land and England have served tc
show in striking manner the back;
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1909-06-24
TAR WATERPROOF ROADS.
Export Approved Binding Material Fss
Stone Metalin0.

Export Apprevss Binding Material Fer
Stone Metalino.
In an article summing up the work
of the international roads congress- fe.
Gently held in Paris contributor to
Nature. the leading English scientific
weekly, says:
ION q matter Of common interest
that ID; The substitution Of tar or btu
minous binding material IN place Of
the water hitherto used to consolidate
snd hold tosether the road material
the congress practically gave unani-
nous answer. This was to the effect
that II the tar be put ON in the correct
quantity. and this quantity the small
est required TO. hoM the individual
stones of the Soad metal firmly In po.
sitioh, 50 that they never roll OF move
in relation TO one another, and their
upper saikfacss aSo allowed TO- wear
themselves baee Of tar it Is not ain.
cult to obtain at moderate expense a
waterproof road which will he practt.
cally dustless and which need not be
slippery.
"1t appears certain also that the an
nual cost will be considerably less
than the cost Of the existing water
bound roads.
ut may be here remarked that, ow-
ing to the cautiousness and hence the
reicence OF some OF the most impor-
tant of our road authorities, the true
position Of England. which now pos
sesscs the greatest lengths of carefully
waterproofed roads of any country in
the world, was not put forward SO
much MS might have been the case.
''It was interesting to converse with
American engineers. who ON account
of the Importance Of road develop
ment In America are studying this
question very closely, and to hear
from them how much more they could
learn by visiting our English roads
than anywhere in France. at any rate
near the capital"
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1909-06-24
Good Road. School.

Georgia's State College of Agricul-
ture will hold good roads school in
January. Commissioners of all the
counties and all persons interested will
be invited to attend five days ses-
sion at Athens, Ca, when number
Of road building experts will deliver
lectures during each morning. The
afternoons will be taken up In inspec.
tions Of roads In the vicinity. During
the session United States govern
ment expert will build mile Of road
according to methods approved by the
bureau OF roads. Manufacturers have
been invited to make exhibits Of ma
ehinery.
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1909-06-24
fhs ov.t pr,b,.r,

fhs Dust ersbism.
After highways have been once vel
tafred spe1ying on alternate years Il
said to ktep them III good order.
Dustlese roads 10 The remedy for tn,
dust nuisAnes has appealed to Belgian'
50 forcefally that they are taking o.
making quite number Of them.
The Rofal Automobile Club Of Eng
land will during the wintar devote tk
most Of its energies to a study Of the
dust problem.
All the experiments abroad have
gone to show that It will be q problem
Of road tAthef than car construction
that will analiy solve the dust Ques-
uon.
Three years' experiments on the LIN.
coin park system Of Chicago have
shown that the best road, SO far a. q
dustless condition and wearing sur
face are concerned, is one made OF 4
limestone foundation, with lightly
rolled TORPEDO sand top dressing.
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1909-06-24
r.r,lea a. ae.d..

Road tarring II becoming habit IN
the automobile districts OF England.
The old method Of applying with hand
brushes Is now being abandoned In IA
vor of the use Of an apparatus which
is nothing more or less than d giant
air brush. The tat Is In large tank,
and two men pump air into II, while a
third goes about the road with pipe
having four outlets through which the
mir throws the tar In Ane spray. This
rapidly. and thoroughly coats the road.
Sand is then sprinkled. and the dust
ig laid for g1oA ,=,s ::
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1909-06-24
GOOD ROADS AS MONEY SAVER
Lay Sermon by Curtis Hill on Gospel
Of Better Highways.

Lay Sermon by Curtis Hill on Gospel
Of Better Highways.
Curtis Hill. the state highway engi-
neer, Is sending to the people of Mis-
souri, pamphlets for spreading the gos-
pei of good roads. Here is copy:
ut Is right that people should fear q
heavy tax rate and should prevent
taxes from becoming exorbitant.
certain amount OF taxes, however, is
necessary TO provide for public insti.
tutions aoA 20 Improve the country. A
low tax rate does not necessarily mean
public saving. Not the amount OF
money spent but the Judicious expend
iture Of 1t, should be our position.
"Road Improvement should keep
abreast with tie growth OF the state;
No one Internal Improvement is more
essential TO the prosperity and ad-
vancement Of tt1e.state than good high.
ways. One reason the roads are not
improved u because the people fear
they canne< aNord,it.
1T must howevsr. be borne in mind
that no road 'omc4nl, no matter how
emcient hs may Be, can build roads
without fonds. Permit me to quote
from letter .of 60 Of our county
highway engineers: We have some
vssy attractive seene1v In odr county
but the only safe way to see 1t Is in
IN old fashioned farm wagon or by
Alrship. Whea I nrst came to this
county could not understand why
people With such good road material
at hand had no better roads. This
was twenty-five years ago; and at pres.
snt the Epads are worse than they were
then. HE reason u plain from the
following figures: Total mileage Of
roads, obout 1000; read fund, $1,994. rs
not quite 81 mile 'fdt road mainte.
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1909-06-24

wardness of our own country in almost
every phase of road construction and
maintenance.
Widely differing conditions render
comparisons difficult, yet study Of
the roads of these countries, the high
state of Intensive agriculture noted
rywhere, with the resultant beauty
of the surrounding landscape. proves
most interesting and instructive. They
furnish a lesson which America can.
not afford to ignore
"The law of gravitation is universal.
The question of gradient applies alike
to every road in every country. The
traffic to be handled, differing as It
does in quantity and character, de-
mands a way over which It can be
moved. To do this at minimum Of
cost, considering both the surface Of
the road and the means Of conveyance.
is the problem. The road must be diff
ferently adapted to meet varying con-
ditions. In other words. the traffic
must be suited to the road or the road
to the traffic.
"ENperience and observation are the
best teachers. In the opinion Of those
whose views are herein expressed the
attention Of the American public
should be directed primarily to three
things in road construction, namely:
"First.-The selection Of the route should
be made with reference to gradient. align
ment. character Of soil. drainage and gem
| eral adaptability for road purposes.
"SeCOnd I'm StrDcffOr hA rhov at>
| OF the traffic to be borne. the accessible
| ity and cost OF material should be caro-
fully studied. The road best suited for
horses differs in character from that best
| adapted to motor vehicles, and wherever
possible different ways should be provid-
cd for different Kinds OF traffic on the
same route. In America, where for years
to come earth roads will form q largo
proportion Of our highways. much future
| expense may be saved by planning these
ways so that when portion Of the road
Is metaled an earth road may stiM bs
had at one side thus relieving the metal
| surface Of considerable tra1Ac during cer.
tain seasons OF the year.
"Third.-Too much stress cannot be lald
on the importance OF the proper main-
tenance Of our highways. No road u ever
finished. Tranic begins 20 pound and
| completed. Maintenance must begin oaa
| the very day the road Is opened for tFa1-
nc and continue without ceaSing through.
out tho years 70 come.
1.-TWO Of the best specimens Of roads
seen were in England. In the vicinity
Of Nottingham We passed for more
than hundred miles over roads built
BY e. Purnell Hoosey which were %
nearly perfect as 1t seems possible to
make them. In the enviluns Of Lon
don we rode for an equal distancs
over roads which were well built, the
surface of which had been treated un4
der the direction Of Sir Herbert Prsad:
| All Of these roads carried heavy traI.
tic, including automobiles and traction
engines, yet they *ers perfectly
smooth and free from dust. They eE.
emplided IN 1'staftlfhg, degree the ef4
feet 'of careful construction and con-
stalit' ma aintenance. ,s~h4le e .stitch.fa
time saves nine as opPesed to tho
laissez fatre Of some sf the leading
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1909-06-24
hurley SOUTH THUasDAY

thoroushlhrss Of our own country al
we'll ~ q founl the French capital.
The ut International road con-
srsss wd peoaActtve Of great good: {:
tho secShd International congress.
which WI b heA in BrusSetS two
years heAes. promises greater things"
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1909-06-24
Wsissms, ,lnno,v,ktisn

Telephones permanently secured to
the ehaies hdte been Introduced into
SONIC. Of xi1e, 1e4d dlnk, batser shops Of
the United states aud have been found
81 Be q ysleoms 1rnotat.sa.