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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-01-20
A NOTABLE NEWSPAPER ANNi.
VERSARY.
Waterloo Courier Has Completed Fifty
Years Under Continuous Manage
ment of One Family.

WATERLOO, Iowa, Jan. 2O.-On
January Is the Waterloo Courier com
pleted fifty years under the contin-
uous management of one family. 1t
is believed that few papers of the
west can boast of such record, as
changes in newspapers, particularly
in the early days. were frequent
On January Is, 1859. William H.
Hartman, aged q years. fresh from
Jones county. Iowa. where lie had
learned the printers trade, laboriously
ran off the first issue of the Waterloo
Courier on a Washington hand press.
In 1890. when the daily was estab-
Iished, his son, John c. Hartman, was
given share in the management OF
the paper. and after his father deatsI
in 1895, became business manager,
which position he has held since.
Fifty years of life in Blackhawk
county means a wonderful transition
in everything pertaining to the place.
Then Waterloo was e village OF few
hundred inhabitants, without trans
portation facilities. except horses ano
wagons The Cedar valley, now d
prosperous. thickly settled territory.
was undeveloped with uncleared for
ests and unbroken prairie. Indians
were frequent visitors. and wild game
was plentiful. The streams swarmea
with fish. and their banks had not We.
been trodden by the feet OF cattle.
Wild strawberries grew plentifully OH
the prairies, and the woods aboundeo
with blacknaws. grapes, gooseberries
md blackberries. Hops grew in abun-
dance in the under5rush.
Today Waterloo has pop ilation OF
about $4,000, and the country is thick
ly settled. Farm lands that were en-
tered BY the settlers fifty years ago
now command as high as $50 an acre,
The streams are not so plentifully
stocked with fish. and the wild game
has fed or has been killed by tle
hunter. The woods have been cut
away. and the river has lost much OF
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-01-20

They are doing some Lively scratch
ing in Spokane in connection with
the Sunday revival meetings there. II
seems that the tabernacle in which
the meetings are held has been used
for sleeping quarters at night fol-
homeless and destitute men. many of
whom are infected with vermi1.. These
have spread to persons attending the
revival meetings and the latter are
now playing the Scotch fiddle to
beat the band. A committee of the
ministerial association has asked the
city to furnish sleeping quarters for
the destitute men. but nothing has
been done in the matter as yet.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-01-20

There appears 10 be an impression
among some public officials in the
state that notary public commissions
are issued by the secretary of state.
Recently the CLERK OF courts of Mo-
o." county sent back to the COVER
mona county sent back to the COVER
Were signed by Ora Williams as sec
Rotary t the overnor. and demanded
that they be signed by the secretary
OF state and have -. seal thereon.
The same blunder was made by the
clerk at Council Bluffs. These RI
Metals appear not to have kept them
selves advised concerning legislation
IN recent years. About 5000 notaries
VIII be commissio- ed in the next six
months and it is desirable that they
should fnow to whom % apply.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-01-20
Neokuk, Iowa January II. 1909.
eE- A TRANSFER

If you are en- the Ioomy side.
Get transfer.
II you.e inclined to f-e and pie.
Get transfer.
Gei OF the track { doubt and gloom; :
&c on the sunshine train. there's
room,
Get transfer
II you are on the worry train.
Get a transfer.
You must not stay there and complain.
Get q transfer.
The cheerful cars are passing through
And there is lots of room for you
Get a transfer.
# you are on the grouchy track,
Take the happy special back.
Get transfer.
Jump on the train. and pull the rope
That lands you at the station Hope
Get transfer.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-01-20
sLANoERINe THE WEATHER.

( everyone mathematics the wealth
er some OF the time. and some per
sons protest against it all the time
The fact IS most of US SANDER il most
of the time.
Our houses and our steam heat, our
habits of over-feedins over-dressing-
IN the matter of the weight of gar.
ments-oyer-eoddling and under-exer-
ercising, rather than the actual malice
OF muggy days, chill winds or soaking
winter rains create a carnival for the
victims for the in.
lmmured in buildings immured with
baked air we seely to dodge the risors
OF a fine cod Gay-nine of us out of
ten-aithough temr erature of Is de.
srees. or even less, is tonic to an-cne
in health who will venture into it and
remain long enough out OF doors to
recover from the first shock of the
change from the aked air of an oven
heate' office or home. Even a Jan
uary rain beating upon a raincoat.
provided care is taken to keen the
feet dry, has no e.the- effect than to
brighten the complexion increase the
appetite, and bring the realization
that most Ct the really dangerous
weather is indoors rather than out of
doors. and most of the winter Ill.
ments that overtake ordinarily healthy
persons are traceable to our ways of
living rather than cur climate. In
noting these things writer in the
Louisville Courier-Jo. -nal sensibly
says.
Physicians tell all of us that it is
not by getting doors and rub
bling gainst the clements. but by re-
naming too -1u in doors and COX
ing our vitality out of existence that
We fall victims to diseases of the res
plratory system, and victl of epi.
denies of bad II" But how many
OF US pa, serious attention to such
advice. Io@r many = those who kick
Ike tie proverbial governa.er-. mule
when the mercury drops to fifteen de-
srees realize that the greater part of
our suffering from the nippi. cold is
due to having allowed the Office radi-
ator and the hall stove to work in
where We spend UT indoors tiree
Preventive medici is the chief re
lance of medical science nowaiass.
The pound of cure" is still to an ex-
tent en- Fical The disadvantage I'M
der which physicians labor-not as
earners fees. but as preservers of
the public health-is t. at the public
is careless of the opportunity to apply
the ounce OF prev 2ntir- Salvage is
good in its way, Int avoidance OF the
catastrophe is bette. One means of
avoiding tn catastrophe of winter
ailments is to recognize the fact that
Well-cooke air. CAREFUL. protected
from an infusion of the atmosphere
ott OF doors gradually makes hot.
house plant out of the hardest indi-
yidual. and that wher we loudly thun-
de- against the weather provided bv
Precedence, the cause of Our unhap-
piness or influenza is often nothing
more than our self-coddlins.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-01-20

The Marshalltown Times Republi-
can is responsible for the follow+-g Ill
advised paragraph:
Anything of less Utility than ID
send Bunch Of congressm IN down to
the zone TO determine the feasibility
Of an unparalleled engineering project
would be haI to imagine
II is not understood that ANYBODY
sent bunch of congressman down TO
the zone to determine the feasibility OF
the unparalleled engineering project
presented by the construction of the
Panama canal Several members of
the house. on cir own motion, visited
the zone in order TO acquaint them
selves personally with conditions
there to the end that they might act
intelligently on questions Of legisla-
ton coming before con- -ess. They
did this at their own expense in or
der 10 be the better qualified 10 dis
charge their dTtisa as legislators. and
deserve 10 be publicly thanked instead
of sneered at after he manner of the
Marshalltown PAPER.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-01-20
a CASE OF LOADED DICE.

The Iowa City Republican declares
that some of those who have been
considering Lieutenant Governor
Clarke a broad gagged man, have had
their opinions of him Jared by his
committee appointments. Under the
old time plan OF selecting jurors it was
often and truthfully charged that the
officers selecting jurors were not i'm
partial and often loaded iuries With
men calculated to bring in certain
verdicts The Republican charges
that Mr.. Clarke has done this in ap-
pointing the committee on suppression
OF intemperance. It SAYS the com
nlittee is loaded for bear. lop-sided
and iug-handled, and adds.
Even the Democrats put on arr
either unhnown or from prohibition
counties like Appanoose. A legfsla-
tive committee Is presumed TO give
intelligent fair and thoughtful consid-
Grafton of measures brought before
L. but this committee S not capable
of such consideration 1t Is a case OF
loaded dice 1t will gulp down every
thing that Byers has for it ard will
swear it likes the dose. Mr. Clarke
could not have done worse if he had
sifted the entire senate. This is from
one standpoint, From another he has
proved himself a safe man. one who
can be tied to under every circum
stance. Th2se who wanted loaded
committee got II Those who did not
got it too-in the neck"
The impression is growing that At
torney General Byers comes pretty
nearly being the whole works a. far as
the present legislature is concerned
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-01-20
Lines to a Bacillus.

BY the shivering fits which chin US,
BY the feverish heats that grill us,
By the pains acute which fill US.
BY the aches which maui and mill us
BY the quacks who draught and pill us
BY the hydropaths who swili us,
BY the allopaths who bill US.
BY the nervous years which kill US,
Tell US, tell us. wee Bacillus.
What, and why, and whence you are,
Say. are you germ atomic?
Have you uses economic?
Are you truly miasmatic?
Are you solid or Emphatic?
Frankly, is your case zymotic?
Are you native or exotic,
When your business is transacted
Is your stay to be protracted?
And do you intend, Bacillus,
To return again and kill us?
Do make answer, if you please.
Tell us briefly. tiny mystery.
What's your source and what's your
history;
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-01-20

Three bills relating to law enforce
ment were introduced in the legisla-
ture yesterday. One is for a law de-
filming the duties of the county attor-
ney and requiring him to enforce all
the laws. Another requires sherifs
to ferret out crime" The third pro-
vides for the removal from Office of
county attorneys and FIVE other of
flcers who fail to do their duty on six
grounds, including drunkenness in Of
nee. These bills contemplate that laws
are made TO be enforced and obeyed
and that public officers are elected to
do their duty. Attorney General Byers
has given the measures his endorse
ment
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-01-20

Larry Sherman. the retiring lieu.
tenant governor OF Illinois. evidently
doesn't care much for show. He side
stepp' the inaugural ceremonies the
other day, and it s recalled that four
years ago he was sworn in two hours
alter the rest of the state officers had
been inaugura,ed The Jacksonville
Courier thus explains the circum-
stance:
He went down to the station to
meet Lis sister. who was coming over
from Malomb to see him inaugurated.
The train was counle of hours late.
But l. Y. was determined that the sis
ter should not be disappointed so he
waited at the depot until the young
woman aired. Then they went up
to the state house The big show was
over. but that didn't matter. Sher-
man held a little Inauguration cere-
mony 0f his own with supreme court
justice as lesiding officer and with
Miss Sherman as the audience.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-01-20
A GOLDEN ANNIVERSARY EoI.
TOM,

Ille Waterloo Courier has Just COM
pleted fifty years of existence under
the ownership and management of one
family-that of the Hartmans. This
is remarkable in these DAYS of ire
quent newspaper changes and in it.
self calls for more than passing notice.
To make the anniversary still more
impressive the Courier celebrated il
by issuing mammoth sixty-four page
paper filled with interesting matte
telling Of Waterloos history. CONNER.
cial resources. wealth. progress and
prosperity In addition to the usual
news sections there are sections de.
voted to the financial, industrial. educl-
tIonal and other interests of the CITY
and complete record of s2.075.146
worth Of improvement made in 1908.
Numerous illustrations add to the
value and attractiveness of the Cold
en- Anniversary number and combine
with other features to make it one of
the greatest editions ever issued IN
Iowa The paper is published by the
W H Hartman COMPANY. John c..
Hartman. president and editor, and A.
W Peterson secretary-treasurer and
general manager. These gentlemen long
ago demonstrated their ability to pro-
duce one Of the best newspapers in
Iowa day after day With their Cold
en- Anniversary" edition they have
shown themselves without superior
in the production of fine special num-
Der All concerned are to be congrat-
ulated upon The success that has
otewued their labors.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-01-20
Why Not?

Davenport Democrat: The Wood
bury county superintendent of schools
SAYS there has been but very little i'm.
provement in the rural schools during
the past thirty years. In the univer.
sitites. colleges. and city schools there
has been revolution in the methods
OF teaching in that period. Why should
not the rural school share in this great
advancement. in the turning from the
traditional to the scientific and the
practical?
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-01-20
a Congressional BLACKBOARD.

Cedar Rapids Republican: A con-
gresham from the state OF New YORK,
by the name of Willett, yesterday
started to deliver an attack upon
President Roosevelt which out-Till-
mans Tillman himself and Ought to
give him a prominent place in the cat
alogue of blackguards and humans.
The house, as soon as it realized the
tendency of the address, shut him
off. by decisive vote. This is one OF
tue most creditable things done In the
present session of congress.
Willett will find that he has not IN
jured the good name of the President
He has simply placed himself OUTSIDE
the pale of decent men. The Presi-
dent may have done some indiscreet
things, he may have said some unwise
things. but he has had great ODDS TO
contend against 1t has ken courage
to oppose some of the forces that nave
been at work against the best welfare
of the people And he has made good,
in nearly every instance. Senator
TiIlman's case is in point. The Presi.
dent has. no doubt, come into the pos
session of a great deal OF informal
ton that has tendency to arouse
man of his disposition.
We must confess that the attack
which was attempted on the President
Yesterday has enlisted our own sym.
pathies more actively on his side, and
we are inclined to the belief that such
is the experience generally. Presi-
dent Roosevelt is not going out of OF.
fee poor in the affections of the peo-
PIE. but rather rich in those affections.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-01-20
HENS NET THIRTY CENTS !.
MONTH.
w. a. chpman of Burt Has Eighteen
Birds That Laid 217 Eggs in
Month Of December.

BURT, Ia. Jan. 2o.-w. A. chipms,
of Burt holds the record in the prodigy
ton of eggs in this locality. He keen,
eighteen hens and during the month .,
December they laid 217 eggs. These
eggs when placed on the market. ara
worth s5.4o This makes the produc.
ton from each hen worth thirty cents
Mr.. Burt has his hens SO we'll educated
that they know to the day when hen
fruit" is selling well and tlen thew
commence to do business He keeps
them in a good warm hen house. well
lighted and well ventilated and takes
care Of thea.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-01-20
Stick to iowa.

Davenport Democrat: Hiram c.
Wheeler once owned thousands Of
acres OF the finest Iowa land. He was
called the largest farmer in the state
He sold his rich Iowa land and went
to the Southwest to do better. One
acre here would buy three or four
there Now Mr.. Wheeler has run down
and is an object OF charity. Moral.
Stick to Iowa.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-01-20

Woman suffrage APPEARS to De max
ing more progress IN the Old " Id
than CT this side of the Atlantic A
new French law provides TIA women
engaged in trade or commerce may
have the rivht vote. a. far as the
chamber of commerce is concerned.
provided they possess the necessary
qualification as to period of residence
and French citizenship
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-01-20
10 &c 10
10 CT = IS

IL will be motif that the sum of
the numbers in t csc parallel rows of
three four r five numbers in each. on
either side of the triangle. will be
1GS. Also the three rows of three
numbers each from the middle point
of either side across to the opposite
angle will be the same. making in all
twelve rows that add -like using fif-
teen numbers only.
In another diagram We find an ell
tire change CT numbers with one ex-
ception. (S) being common to both:
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-01-20
Cash AT puslIc SALES

Commenting editorially on the pass
ing of the old-fashioned public auction
where notes were given for about
everything bought of greater value
than -, the Burlington Hawk-Eye
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-01-20
% o. u
5 4S 70 Is

Here again the properties are the
same as in the first diagram. with foot
:ngs @. 112 Other diagrams might be
T-de with still differen footings.
Your leaders, will find it an interesting
study to discover how to make one
of these triangies.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-01-20

According TO the Chicago Tribune,
there are persons old-fa@h ioncd enough
to think that the Jury might have
found T. Jenkins Hahn. guilty OF dis
orderly conduct and commended the
assessment OF 4 mall fine against
him. Or better vet. S ped him on
the wrist.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-01-20
A Puzzle In Numbers,

w. H. Ingha !, of Algona. Iowa, in
Des MoiIes Register and Leader AS
the lorg winter evenings now and then
seem to require ~omet..l;Tg to divert
our attention perhaps the following
numerical arrangement may be of in.
terest:
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-01-20

Clear the clouds of obfuscatior
What surround your incubation
Your belated introduction. In
Let US, know your why and wberefo..
What it is you're in the air for
And meanwhile, 0 wee BacilluI
Once with morbid fear you fill rs
Prithee, take your leave at once,
London World
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-01-20

Mr. Bryan lost no time in telegraph
ing his congratulations to Shively over
his success in landing tie Indiana
senatoTship. His promptness is cal
culated TO give an additional twist to
the iron in Join W. kern.s soul.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-01-20

A new breakfast food to De known
as Possum Tafties" has been sug-
gested. It's popularity is assured in
advance.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-01-20

its native beauty. The modern home.
furnace heated and electric lighted.
has taken the place of the log cabin,
ard the five and six story Office build
ing now occupies the site of the one
story frame business block of fifty
years AGO.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-01-20
The Missouri Case.

Chicago Tribune: In that Missouri
case President Roosevelt appears tr
take the position that no man has a
right to profane public waterway
with a private dam.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-01-20

public mind, as against the President
Not yet
JOSEPH Schmidt. rixty-four. is pupf
at one of the public schools al
FairvieW. Wash. He is one of the Wash
lnston pioneers and is just learning
how to read.
III there's one thing on which
loWans can agree it is on the reten
ton OF Tama Jim at the head of the
department of agriculture" says the
Cedar Rapids Gazette.
I mere is no further use of a Sc
! cret service, says the Mason City
Giooe-Gazette. Both the President
and tie house have demonstrated that
there are no secrets to keep
II seems to the Peoria Herald
transcript that the Morgan thirst for
curios and bric-a-brac seems to have
descended to a nephew of j. P. Nor
gan. who has just brought Japanese
wife home with him.
The Colorado legislature. which
has Just assembled. contains woman
member of tae house of represent
atlves, Mrs. Alma Lafferty of Den
/ yer. something that has been lack.
ing for several years.
Harmony seems to have come to
stay. says the Des Moines Capital,
speaking of the legislature No mem
Der carries a chip on his SHOULDER.
There is no war paint Peace is an
uppermost theme"
One OF the society bellies at Buda-
pest has broken her engagement be-
cause the man she was to marry want
ed her to quit smoking cigarets. She
says she can get along without a
husband, but she won't without to-
bacco
DIR. Sven Hedin says that the
greatest result of his recent journey
to Thibet was the discovery of a
mountain chain 1000 miles long run
ming east and west which is the
most massive range in the world
Its passes average 5000 feet higher
than those of the Himalavas. but
none of its peaks are as tall as Ever
est. Hedin discovered and passed ten
passes in the unknown central Sec
ton of the range
The Des Moines Capital says the
most pressing matter before the legis-
iature is the proposed reorganization
of the public school system. In this
regard" the Captain continues, I'VE
are not prepared to say what ought to
be done. We are willing to follow and
to accept the advice of majority of
the men and women who are engaged
in the work of teaching. Tley are in
position TO know what ought to be
done. Their opinions should be
respected
The davenport Times contends that
it is not necessary to enlarge the
powers of the governor by giving him
power to remove local officials who
fail to enforce the laws. NO county
attorney asserts the Times. so far
as has yet been proved even by court
action. has failed to do his duty as set
forth in the laws of Iowa If tie
legislature is interested in better law
enforcement tie thing to do is to
make the duties of peace officers and
county attorneys definite and specific.
If this is done they will not fail to en-
force the laws"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-01-20
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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-01-20

The lraislature seems disposed to
be more harmonious than economical.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-01-20
NOTES AND COMMENT.

.TIe secret service is not fright
ening those who have no secrets" says
the Marshalltown Times-Republican.
IT will have to be confessed that
the pitchforg. while perhaps not brok-
On, is badly bent says the Burling-
ton Gazette.
Congress may he in the right, but, .
says the Cedar Rapids Republican. 1T
will not have the right of way in the