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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-09-08
ELECTRIC HEADLIGHTS.

After exhaustive tests the Northern
Pacific and Great Northern railroads
have decided adversely to electric
headlights on locomotives The ex.
perts report that the tremendous shaft
of white light makes the darkness
outside of the light zone even more
intense. and has the effect of lessen.
ing the quickness of the men to OBJ
serve signals and corroborate their
colors.
The tests were made in the pres
ence of general officers of the road
and members of the Montana railroad
commission. Forty employees were ex.
amined with reference to the effect
upon their eyesight of the brilliant
beams of the electric headlight, both
of oncoming trains and as seen from
the engine cab. The conclusions of
the railway officers are summarized in
the following extracts from the re.
port of the division superintendent.
The action of intense light rays
from the electric headlight renders
any signal carried invisible until the
engine is within 500 feet of the OBJ
servers. The signals may then be
seen, but their colors cannot be de.
tected for space of from two to three
seconds. The full view of the signals
is therefore of but three or our sec.
onds duration. This is too short a
time to permit observers to confirm
the color and significance of the sig
nails carried
THE use of the electric headlight
does not increase the danger to the
occupants of the engine cab. 1t would
appear that 1t does not interfere with
the view of signals being approached
but the color Of night signals Is nc
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-09-08
Goodbye to "Ruek.v

Des Moines Capital: Mr.. w. T..
Buchanan, for ten years past manag-
ing editor of the Des Moines Capital
after tour of the west and a look at
the world, has resigned his position
and will engage in other labors. His
resignation was wholly unexpected.
Everybody around the Capital Office
regarded him as a fixture, as un-
changeable and immovable as the
north pole. But he has determined to
engage in other work and will for the
present assist his brother in his sew
eral amusement enterprises. Mr..
Buchanan has been great help to the
Capital. He is newspaper man of
rare skill and judgment. His exper-
fence has been in all departments of
newspaper making. in small and large
places. His equipment for the re-
sponsible duties are rarely found en-
bodied In one man, He goes from the
Capital office followed by the good
wishes of everyone connected with the
paper. That he will win in anything
he enters upon is the well settled be-
lief in the Capital Office. His home
will be in Des Moines and his work
at present will be in Des Moines. He
is still on duty with the Capital and
during the north pole excitement he
would be delighted to employ fifty
engravers, seventy-five scientists,
thirty-ave linotype operators, fifteen
pressmen, $50 stereotypers and every
thing else in proportion. Then he
would want to issue 100-page paper
every day and at 400 p. m. ride home
in gas wagon. The reader will see
by this the scope of Buchanan's news
paper ambition and his nose for news.
He is succeeded by w. c. Jarnigan.
who has been connected with the
Capital long time and who comes
from newspaper stock, his father be-
ing the well known editor of the Ce-
dar Falls Record Mr.. Jarnigan VIII
/ fill the bill and enters upon his work
with ambition and enthusiasm.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-09-08
WHY BURN THE LEAVES,

ne cate City suggested the other
Jay tnat leaves be burned In the
lilofilng TO avoid making their fumes
q nuisance to the neighborhood. The
utteranee has elected the following
rom the Cedar Rapids Gazette.
why burn the leaves at all. espec.
ANY IL you have a garden? The
, ne, contain much soil nutriment
:. I'd. nutriment came from the soil
- snouid be returned thereto. Burn.
ing the leaves when they could and
ought TO be utilized as fertilizer is
Wastefulness. And wastefulness is
not excusable. We talk about the
conservation of our natural resources
aho we do not realize that We are fail
ing 70 practice what we preach. Sup
posing we take some rudimentary les.
sons IN conservation by using the
leaves to fertilize our gardens
Leaves should be burned because
they do not decay readily. They ar.
sometimes allowed to remain on a
lawn, with the idea of affording pro-
tection to the grass during the winter
months. The experience of Keokuk-
ians who have tried the experiment
mas oeen that they kill the grass in.
stead OF protecting it. When put into
the garden they clutter up" the soil
ior several seasons before they are
resolved into their original elements.
one needs large stock of patience
and great enthusiasm for "conserva-
tion' to work in garden to whose
SOIL mas been aided a liberal admix-
lure OF leaves. without thinking and
perhaps saying things that were bet
ter left unthought and unsaid. It is
question If any possible gain in point
OF conservation of natural resources.
VIII compensate for the inevitable
wear and tear on ones religious
principles.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-09-08
p. o. CLERKS RECOMMENDATION.

p. o. CLERKS RECOMMENDATION.
The National Federation of Post
office Clerks, in session in st. Louis,
has before it number OF resolutions
of general interest. One of these pro
poses the appointment of postmasters
and assistant postmasters from the
rank and file of the postal employees.
In urging its passage its sponsors say
that it would be an incentive to pos
tai employees to greater effort. Fur
thermore, it is claimed, the placing OF
these offices under the civil service
would absolutely free the postal serv-
ice from politics by placing trained
men at the head.
Another resolution decries the use
of the tissue Or open-face envelope
The glaze of the tissue is claimed to
be injurious to the clerks eyesight,
and the fact that the enclosures are
often folded wrong or slip so that the
address is not visible, interferes
with the quick delivery of mail.
routes, is also being agitated. This
would give men who have grown old
or broken in health in the service
more congenial work, it is said. and
would benefit the rural service by
placing men thoroughly familiar with
the postal rules and regulations on the
routes. The question of retirement
legislation is also receiving much at
tention. The establishment of a
civil service retirement pension
would tend to make the men
look on their work as life work and
ject of resolutions are the obtaining
alleviate the fear of an impoverished
old age when forced to retire.
Other measures which are the SUBJ
The transfer of old clerks, or those
in i'll health, to rural free delivery
of a forty-eight hour week, fifteep
days leave of absence with pay in
case of sickness and thirty-day leave
of absence. The building of home
for aged, sick and infirm clerks is also
planned The bonding question is
also the subject of resolutions. 1t is
proposed, on account of the high
premiums charged by the big bond
ing companies, that the government
incorporate a bonding company to
bond its own employees.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-09-08
Attention. Second Iowa.

w. D. Christy. a former member of
Co. ID, Second Iowa Infantry, is anx-
ious to cooperate with his late com.
rades OF that famous regiment in hold.
ing reunion at some central point in
the year 1910 He does not care where
the reunion is to be held, but he wants
it to happen. He requests newspapers
published in cities where companies
comprising the Second Iowa were rails
ed to republish his request Mr.
Christy has issued the following re-
quest:
"DES MONIES, Ia, Sept. 7, 1907
Comrades of the Second Iowa Infan-
try: ] would like to be in communica-
ton with the survivors of the old regi.
ment to the end that we could make
the necessary arrangements to hold a
reunion in the year 1910 Let me hear
from you as to your idea where and
when 1t should be held. Address me,
Suite "a. The Vernon Des MONIES, la.
"W. D. CHaISTY,
Co d. Second Iowa Infantry"
Papers in Davenport. Fairfield, Keo.
sauqua, Bloomfield, Washington, OF
tumwa and Lyons please copy
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-09-08
Associated Press in Trouble.

Cedar Rapids Republican: The AS
ISOLATED Press 1t seems may get into
trouble with the New York Herald.
The Herald had the exclusive right
to use DR.. Cooks first statements and
had them copyrighted. The story was
printed in the Paris edition of the
Herald and the Associated Press stole
it bodily and wired 1t to its papers.
The Republican. an Associated Press
paper. printed the story. The New
York Herald now claims that the
Associated Press. had no right to use
the story and that 1t will enforce its
rights in the courts. There may be
long litigation grow out of this claim.
AS the Springfield Republican says.
for once the Associated Press got left
and it took the matter from source
that 1t was not entitled to. The
Evening Times got the United Press
report. The United Press got it's re-
ports from London and got them legit-
imately.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-09-08
Carrie Nation Auain.

Iowa City Republican, How long is
this country to be subjected to the
crazy whims of that irrepressible Kan
san. Carrie Nation? She is great
big bully in female attire not female
form. She is coarser than most Of the
buns who frequent the lower dives.
yet she is paraded about the country
as a great attraction at chautauquas.
People pay to see her and hear her
coarse vulgarisms, which is not to the
credit of the good people who attend
such places.
Her last escapade was on board a
Rock Island train between Oskalosa
and Washington, which for a time
bid fair to be as exciting as some Of
her escapades in putting grog shops
to the bad.
Carrie got on the train at Oska-
loosa and the only vacant seat on
the train was beside a man who was
playing cards with a number of COM
panions. AS soon as the reformer
saw the game she Immediately start
ed TRADE of abuse on the players
and when the crowd found out who
she was she was made the object of
large amount of joshing.
This was too much for Carrie and
standing in her seat she roasted the
"whiskey soaked crowd" as she called
it. Soon there was big crowd
around her and between her singing
lecture and the jeers of the crowd
everything was in confusion.
Conductor Garlick informed the
smasher that she would have to either
be quiet or leave the train. Mrs.
Nation paid no attention to his re-
quest and went on with her abuse.
Then the conductor picked up her
suit case and taking her by the arm
started for the door.
At this point the fan Gus smasher
lost her erve and ayr Led to be quiet.
During the remainder of the trip she
did nothing but sell her souvenir
hatchets.
Previous to getting on the train
at Oskaloosa, Mrs. Nation had almost
come to blows with Mrs. Anderson
who runs lunch room near the de-
pot. The fact that Mrs. Anderson sold
sack OF tobacco was enough to
start the fracas.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-09-08
Eggs and Automobiles.

Davenport Democrat: Eggs are re-
sponsibleFor the ownership of many an
automobile. Likewise they have paid
for hundreds Of the pianos that can be
found in about half the farm houses In
Iowa. Eggs may have built some OF
the desirable and comfortable homes
that are to be found in this part Of
the state The price of eggs, like that
OF corn, chickens, fruits, and vege-
tables, Is no longer nominal. Those
who pay the bills understand this
1t has been ascertained by those
whose business it is in Washington to
study the farm in all that 1t produces,
that the egg crops in the United
States for the past ten years have
averaged not far from three-quarters
OF a billion dozens year. This
means something when the average
selling price is taken into account.
For single year eggs sold for $780,
100000. This was in 1890 when there
were not SO many eggs and when the
price was around cent apiece. Last
year, 1908, the aggregate received for
eggs was more that 100000 for
every working day, or 2o,0o0.ooo al
together. Stating the truth another
way it may be said that the Ameri-
can consumer is paying about $685.
100000 year more for eggs that he
paid ten years ago.
Is it any wonder that the man and
the woman who cultivate the birds
that produce eggs, are able to buy au-
tomobiles, pianos, or any other article
of luxury that happens to strike their
fancy. The chicken business, by the
way is open to all who care to engage
in It. Not much capital is required.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-09-08
COLONEL HEPBURN.

colonel Hepburn has put an end to
the improbable story emanating from
the diligent and unreliable Washing
ton correspondents that he would be
the candidate in the primaries OF the
men who defeated him in the cleo
ton last year. At the reception &C.
corded him by his fellow citizens at
Clarinda last week he declared pos
itively that he would never be a can
didate for Office again. Apropos this
announcement the Creston Advertiser
takes occasion to say:
His statement is only what those
who know him expected. Colonel
Hepburn is too good a fighter and a
man too firm in adhering to his prin-
c1ples and convictions to permit an al
lance with the forces which defeat
ed him at the polls and there is not
the slightest reason to believe that
these forces would enter into such an
alliance at the behest of few lead
ers. The Eighth district never made
a more serious mistake politically
than it made when it retired Colonel
Hepburn and the Republicans who
lent themselves to this purpose de-
prived President TAFT of strong and
able assistant and an eloquent cham
pion and the countr. of a fearless
public servant. The district and the
state and the nation lost far more
than Colonel Hepburn did when he
was defeated
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-09-08
Prayers Needed

Burlington Hawk-Eye: The 'in-
creased cost of living" of which SO
much is heard. is usually charged UP
to the trusts and the tariff. Accord.
ing to the Bradstreet statistics, the
commodities controlled by the trusts
have generally shown smaller in.
crease in price than the average,
This is distressing; it robs the chau-
tauqua platform of one of its most
fascinating thrills. 1t could have re-
course to the bette noir, the protec-
tive tariff, were II not for the recent
rise in price Of several articles since
the reduction Of the customs duties
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-09-08

Uncle Joe" Cannon was in New
York the other day and was inter
viewed by newspaper reporter
there. In reply to an inquiry as to
what he thinks of the new tariff he
said it is ancient history now, but
that it is the best thing done by con-
gress in fifty years. Continuing, he
said:
when you consider that public
measure like that requires majority
of the S92 in the house and the ninety.
two in the senate you can bet the ma
jority cannot be greatly in the wrong.
That tariff bill was the proper thing,
even if it did have its faults. l have
gone through many tariff revisions IN
congress since 1888 and this latest
enactment fits present day conditions
better than did any of its predeces-
sors."
Mr.. Cannon declared that the cur
rent story that he is a millionaire
is ''all bosh."
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-09-08

The National Association of Super
v'sing Employees of the Postoffice de-
partment, in session in Chicago. has
under consideration the subject of the
fee for registering mail, and the indi-
cations are that it will recommend a
plan for a sliding scale, according to
the value of the matter to be register
ed 1t was recently announced that
Postmaster General Hitchcock contem.
plates advancing the fee from eight tic
ten cents. The sliding scale registra
ton fee proposed by the supervisory
employees includes a proposition to es-
tablish minimum fee and to charge
upward from that when the govern
ment is called upon to guarantee more
than $25 valuation Other subjects un-
der discussion by the association are
the efficiency of the service, including
a proposal to place all assistant post
masters in smaller cities under civil
service.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-09-08
inc situation is awkward for the agi-
tators. They really need the prayers
OF the congregation.
Pass II Around.

Council Bluffs Nonpareil: Mr.. Har-
riman appears to be one of those
men who have run themselves out of
breath catching dollars. We have
them all about us, the men who work
themselves to death in order to get
more than their neighbors and asso-
ciates. Occasionally a poor fellow
works himself into decline simply
because the children had to be fed
and the family cared for. We don't
notice him so much. although he is
the one entitled to our sympathy.
When a man like Hartman tears
himself to pieces in mad race for
millions, he gets lot Of sympathy
that might better be passed around,
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-09-08
Don't scoId.

Cedar Rapids Gazette: Mothers,
don't scold" advises an exchange.
Good advice, quite often very ap-
plicable. In very many instances,
scolding is not the necessary thing. In
these instances, the mother should
keep her mouth tightly closed, but she
should firmly seize paddle of com
Portable dimensions and apply it to the
anatomy Of the offending child. Such
treatment, jndiciously (and not neces.
sarily sparingly) administered, Is need
ed more often than 1t is applied.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-09-08

Experts estimate that the United
States census to be taken next year
will show population of between
80 100000 and 95,0Oo,0OO persons.
They would not be surprised if the
figures ran as high as 100,o00,000.
These estimates are made from the
census bureau figures of the popula-
ton of the United States up to the
last census of 1900, as compared
with the estimated population of the
larger cities for 1908. 1t is said that
while the census bureau is not per-
mitted to offer any such advance
estimates, its officials rely implicitly
upon the knowledge and ability of the
statisticians who make these esti-
mates.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-09-08
more distinct than with a good OF

more distinct than with a good oil
headlight.
The effect of running against an
opposing electric headlight is to so
blind the vision of the enginmen as
TO apparently increase the darkness of
.ne space outside of the beam OF
hight This results in increased dan.
ger 70 men whose duties require them
70 go INTO and out of the zone OF
white light"
IL is understood that the result OF
lne tests Will be rigid orders requiring
engines In clear to blind their lights
anu nominations of the use of the
electric headlight on all road engines.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-09-08

The increase in railroad earnings
for the first three weeks in August,
amounting to over 10 per cent over
last year, is said to be the basis of
the extensive improvements on which
many of the larger systems are en-
barking, in anticipation of an era of
prosperity. There has
been a steady increase of railroad
earnings during the past three months
and all the indications point to large
volume of profitable business.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-09-08

AS interpreted by the Burlington
Hawk-Eye, the proposition is put to
Judge Walter 1. Smith of the Ninth
Iowa district in practically these
terms:
If he wants to be speaker of the
next house, he can have the support
of the insurgents. provided he VIII
snub the Republican majority so that
he cant be elected. If he stays with
the organization, then he can't have
the support of the insurgents"
The Hawk-Eye regards it as imrrob.
able that the judge viii climb tree
to determine which road to take.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-09-08
Father o'Rellly a True Reformer.

Father O'Reilly a True Reformer
Pennington News: The life story
of Father O'Reilly, the aged priest
who died at Keokuk last week. meas
ures up to the limit of a man who
found his niche in life and filled it.
His was not spectacular career, ap-
plauded by the rather the
simple life. devoted to the full meas
ure of duty. He adapted himself to
his people and together they worked
toward a common purpose Father
O'Reilly's life and the great good he
accomplished teaches us that the real
leader among men adapts himself to
their peculiarities while they uncon-
sciously grow toward him. The aged
priest found his place at Keokuk. He
did not try to reform the whole peo-
pie by single wave of his hand. He
adapted himself to the situation as he
found it and labored day after day,
always desiring the good will of those
about him. Father O'Reilly was not
reformer, according to the common
acceptance of the word. He did not
shout from the housetops, nor rant
in his pulpit, yet the full measure of
his works for real good shame the
efforts of many who won momentary
applause. The quiet, conscientious
man wins in the long run, and is sim
cerely mourned when he goes to his
long home. Such men are the true
reformers.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-09-08

Inc cur1eW law or Michigan, ef-
fective September 1, closes saloons at
8 p m. except in cities where the coun-
Gil extends the hour to ~.
The Sioux City Journal points out
that it isn't as If Walter Wellman
couldn't make good living at his
old job as Washington correspondent
It is noted by the Chicago Tribune
that within the last few days DIR. Fred
erick A. Cook has become almost as
famous as Johnny Evers, Frank Chance
or Mordecai Brown.
Lawyer-Be a little more definite.
Witness-I'm piano finisher.
Lawyer-Be a little more definite.
Do you polish them or move them?-
Boston Transcript
The Burlington Gazette mourns that
there's nothing left to discover with
the exception of the identity of the
man WHO MI DIZZY dttcl SOu anu WidL
became of Charley Ross
The Manchester Press says that Mr.
Fow.ess screed would have been re-
ceived with greater enthusiasm had it
appeared before Mr.. Fowler was
kicked down tie back stairs.
The st. Louis Globe-Democrat de.
clares that if Walter Wcllman should
ever reach the North Pole he will not
dig for DR.. Cooks brass tube. 1t says
that Walter has enough of that metal.
1t seems probable to the Waterloo
| Courier that If there is any man in the
world who Roosevelt would rather be
tnan himself it is DIR. Cook, who may
boast the supr me rough adventure of
the world.
Six hundred members OF the
Women's Christian Temperance Union
stood up at meeting in Chicago to
sing Where is My Wandering Boy
Tonight Cut that out" piped a
shrill voice from the stage. III you
did not know where ne is you shouldn't
he here. and if you don't know where
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-09-08

ITO prevent, the fetlocks Of male
Guinea pig from mildewing. shave the
affected parts and feed cold lemon pie
stewed in ginger ale. The average
guinea pig is a stubborn brute, and
harsh treatment is necessary to keep
1t in docile frame of mind"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-09-08
Advice for Earmers.

Farley News: Howard Ram, post
master, editor, astronomer, Chautau-
qua lecturer and baseball fan, is con-
Quoting an able department for falm-
ers in his paper, the Manchester
Press If the farmers are able to
stand it until wet elm clubs get ripe
he will be lucky man indeed. Here
Is gem plucked at random from
Farmer Rams cornucopia OF intellect:
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-09-08
The Traer star-clipner voices a ca

The Traer star-Clipper voices a call
for information as follows:
Harmony in politics is a good thing
to have sometimes. Just now lot
of alleged statesmen are registering
huge kicks against the primary sys-
TEN on the ground that it has destroy.
ed political harmony. Will some
body come to the front and tell us
what kind of political harmony Iowa,
Minnesota or Wisconsin had before
the primary was adopted?p
The answer is near at hand and it
is plain and convincing. They had the
kind of political harmony that result
ed in the largest Republican major
tiles in the history of those states.