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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-09-12
SOILS HOLDING THEIR OWN.

The Impression that the soils of the
United States are wearing out and
that crops are decreasing is an error.
This is on the authority of Prof. Mil
ton Whitney, chief of the bureau of
soils of the department of agriculture.
Without mentioning the abandoned
farms of New England or the lowered
value Of farms in some sections of
New York and other eastern states, he
says that a careful study of the data
which has been presented appears to
justify two conclusions:
First, that the productivity of the
new agricultural soils of the United
States and Of the older agricultural
soils of Europe, taken as a whole and
for the nation, are not declining, as is
popularity supposed. Individual farm
ing deteriorates and soils wear out,
as they have always done, but as a
whole 1t seems probable that we are
producing more crops per acre than
formerly. This is undoubtedly due to
many factors: to better and more in
telligent cultivation, more and better
systems of rotations of crops, and in
later years to the intelligent use of
fertilizers through measures OF con-
troll IN the hands of every individual
farmer. In addition, we must recog-
nize the increase in farm animals and
stocks, the Improvement in seed by
selection and breeding, and increased
intensity in population, which is fore
ing attention to more intensive meth
DDS.
Second, that so far as our informa.
ton goes there is apparently no sic,
nificance at the present time be-
tween the composition OF the other
agricultural soils of the United States
with respect to potash, phosphoric
acid, lime and magnesia.
The statistics show that from 1867
to 1876 the wheat fields in Wisconsin,
Michigan, Iowa, Illinois, Minnesota,
Nebraska, Kansas and Missouri aver
aged 49, bushels per acre; from 1877
to 1886, 10 bushels; from 1897 to 1906,
al bushels. In Ohio, West Virginia
and Indiana the wheat yields were II 9
bushels; from 1877 to 1886, 1871 bush
els; from 1867 to 1896. 1874 bushels;
from 1897 to 1905, 1871 bushels. In
New Jersey, Pennsylvania. Delaware
and Maryland from 1867 to 1876. the
yield per acre was 1871 bushels; from
1887 TO 1896, 1875 bushels, and from
1897 to 1905, 1871 bushels. For vir-
ginia, North Carolina. South Carolina,
Georgia and Alabama the yield per
acre from 1877 to 1885. was 6.s BUSH
els: from 1887 to 1896. Go bushels;
from 1897 to 1906. 81 bushels
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-09-12
A QUESTION OF DIET

According to reports there is diff
ference of opinion between the SUPERB
intendent of the state tuberculosis
sanitarium and the state board Of
control as to the articles of diet to
be provided for the patients in that
institution. There should not be any
such difference. AS matters stands
there is only one authority competent
to decide what food the patients
shall have, and that is the superiD-
tendent. The merits of the case are
clearly set forth in the following par
agraph from the Iowa City Citizen:
1T is stated there is no criticism
of DR.. Kirschner's ability as tuber-
culosis expert. If that is the case
he is the man to decide what the
patients shall eat, and he ought to
have free hand in that direction
as far as the board of control is con-
cerned. The people of the state
have built this sanitarium as the
chief weapon in their warfare against
the white plague and they will prob
ably not be very patient with non
expert interference with matters of
the medical standpoint as matters of
medicine. We hope 1t will turn out
that these differences are not such
as may not be tremendously adjusted,
for those who have watched the SAM
tarium movement have high praise for
DR.. Kirschners work, and it would
be loss to the state to have him
leave 1t"
The board of control would do well
to think twice before assuming a re-
sponsibility that can be exercised sat
isfactorily only by medical expert.
The sooner the board recognizes that
the tuberculosis hospital cannot be
run on the same dietary basis as the
hospitals for the insane and the peni-
Tertiary the longer it will enjoy the
confidence of the people of Iowa.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-09-12
PROSPECTIVE SPEED WAR.

The Chicago & Northwestern and
Union Pacific railroads have given
notice that they will contest with the
Burlington for the speed record from
Chicago to Denver and the Pacific
coast AS Gate City readers are
aware, the Burlington recently an.
nounced that 1t would reduce it's time
a sixty-two-hour service to Seattle.
The temper of the Hartman lines is
disclosed by statement by E. A.
Lomax, former Keokuk boy, now
general passenger agent Of the Union
Pacific, to the following effect:
The Hartman lines will put On
train to cross the prairies on sched-
ule that will take away the breath of
these people. We have not expended
S20.000.000 on our tracks in the past
ten years for nothing. We will put on
train that will beat anything the
country ever saw. al of which
shows that the travelling public is in
fair way to be favored at least for a
time, with greater rapid transit on
steam roads in the west than ever
lucy nave hlOWH, ana business men
will enjoy quicker transportation
and delivery of mails"
Apropos the talk about speed war,
1t is reported that the Burlington is
quietly having twenty-five thoroughly
modern locomotives built at the shops
of the American Locomotive company
for its through passenger trains.
These engines will weigh 100 tons
each independent of the tender. The
drivers will be "a inches in diameter,
driven by cylinders 22x2S inches I'M
Ger steam pressure OF 225 pounds to
the square inch. They will be equip
ped with high speed emergency brakes
and will be capable of hauling 700 tons
at sustained speed of fifty miles an
hour. These locomotives were order.
ed several months ago. and it is quite
probable they are intended for the
great speed contest soon to begin.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-09-12

search, we were liable to say some
thing right out loud
On Sunday morning you don't have
to eat a hurried breakfast, kick the
family cat out of the way and rush Off
to your business You have got all
kinds of time to read that paper before
church (of course you're gong TO
church,, and the man with good APP
petite and clear conscience who can
sit down after breakfast, with his feet
elevated to the proper angle, one of
his favorite brand between his lips,
and copy of the morning paper,
fresh from the press, in his hands, Is
about as near heaven as he ever will
be on this terrestrial sphere.
An evening paper is all right during
the week-you can pick 1t up after
supper and spend an hour of enjoy.
ment-but the Sunday morning paper
is one of the institutions of this coun-
try that has come to stay.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-09-12
Cook and pa.rv

Clinton Herald: Up to the present
tlme DR.. Cook has shown a spirit Of
FAIRNESS and magnanimity that has.
not been manifested by Commander.
peary and his close associates. Cook
declares that he is delighted to know
tnat Peary has reached the north pole
as his observations will confirm his
own notes. Peary and his friends
nave shown a disposition throughout
70 utterly discredit the story OF DR..
Cook and will make an effort to make
the world believe that DR.. Cook did
not reach the pole. The public, how
ever Will have to have better evil
dence that Cook has not told the.
truth than the mere innuendoes Of
Peary and his friends.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-09-12

Justice McClain of the supreme
court of Iowa declared in recent lee
ture at the University Of Chicago that
soon the north pole will be invaded
by feet of aeroplanes equipped with
the best facilities for travel and COM
fort and decked out with wireless
outfit, which will keep the world at
large informed as to their daily move
ments and as to observations. !"
Reservations should be made early,
of course, in order to secure the best
accommodations.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-09-12
M'klNNEY ON THE TARIFF.

Congressman James Mckinney,
representing the Illinois district
across the river from Keokuk, was in
Rock Island the other day and while
there was the center of large gath
ering of interested and appreciative
constituents. In conversation with
hem he discussed freely the matters
done and left undone by congress- at
its recent special session Before
leaving, in an interview published in
the Daily Union, he gave in concise
terms his estimate of the new tariff
bill. He said that he believes 1t is
the best measure OF its kind ever
adopted, but that there were many
changes that should have been made
that were not made. He declared that
he did not expect perfect tariff
during his life and not until the COM
ing of the millennium.
Relating to cotton and wooden fab
RIGS he said that he believed there
should have been substantial reduc-
lions, particularly in hosiery. The
fact that the bill has passed and been
approved does not mean that further
changes will not be made. 1t is likely
that some of these changes will be
taken up, with view to a further
reduction, In the near future. Under
present conditions there will be con-
slant changes in the tariff without a
general revision, 1t being the policy
to make the law meet the changing
conditions of trade and commerce as
they take place.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-09-12

Farmers wives go insane more than
do men or women of any other class.
A cynic suggests in explanation
that they would not be farmers wives
IL they were not somewhat insane IN
advance. That is a smart saying, but
1t isn't true. For woman to marry
farmer nowadays is evidence Of a
high order of sanity, but she should be
careful to avoid the dreary monotony
of farm routine. That is what drives
women on the farms to insanity. 1t
has been aptly said that the women
go crazy while the men go to town.
The women should go along with the
men.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-09-12

Claude Jarnagin, son of ]. w. Jarna-
gin, editor Of the Cedar Falls Record,
is the new managing editor of the Des
Moines Capital, succeeding the yeter-
an w. t Buchanan, resigned. The po-
sition is one of great responsibility
and calls for executive talent of a
high order. The new incumbent is
young in years but rich in newspaper
experience ant has demonstrated that
he is both capable and worthy. There
is every assurance that he will main
tain the news features of the Capital
at the high standard of excellence to
which they have been brought by
Buck" during the past dozen years.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-09-12

pc impossible for her to do so. And
doubtless she would have believed her.
self incapable of performing the task.
But the demand having come upon
her, she found herself not only able TO
perform the work cut out for her by
her professor, but to do it in a way
that entirely satisfies the taskmaster.
Ihis is a mere example OF what a
girl can do. There are. to be sure,
many newspaper editorial writer's
among women. but this is probably
the FIRST time in the history Of news.
paper making that an unsophisticated
scnool girl has. on twenty-four hours
notice, acceptably filled the editorial
page OF an influential daily newspaper.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-09-12

The city authorities should put a
summary stop to bicycle riding on the
sidewalks. The practice has grown to
such an extent as to be great NUS
ance. and real danger to pedestrians.
One would suppose from the general
use OF the sidewalks by bike" riders
that the law encouraged them to do
so, whereas 1t expressly forbids any
thing OF the kind. The city ordinance
on the subject should be enforced.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-09-12

A writer in a Chicago paper says
good roads are hundred times more
important than waterways. They will
equalize and prolong the crop moving
period, he argues, and thus relieve con-
gestion. He believes that every mile
built will pay larger and surer re-
turn than any other public investment.
But what is the matter with having
both good roads and improved water
ways?
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-09-12

The whole controversy about the
pole consists simply of calling DR.
Cook liar. That is all there is to it
AS to this the Cedar Rapids RepEbli.
can well says:
We do not believe that he is that
kind of man. AS the pope at Rome
has remarked. a man who Is brave
enough to- spend two years in the po-
lar country is too brave to tell lie.
Liars are not made of that kind Of
stuff. Peary is pursuing the wrong
tactics to convince the people. He is
eimply letting his supreme disappoint-
ment warp his Judgment.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-09-12

Miss Mary Snow, the new domestic
science director of Chicago, said to
her teachers the other day at the
opening meeting that there is in psy-
chology term known as hedoic con
seriousness, which means restful ex-
hilaration that follows success in a
tiresome task. The feeling is one of
delightful buoyance. she says. and
adults should enjoy it as well as the
child Miss Snow does not believe
that children should be allowed to
copy models only, but should be orig
NAL Her word to the teachers was.
Teach originality and the enjoyment
of successful accomplishment"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-09-12
Another sampson.sehIev Gas.

Lacrosse Leader-Press: Perry like
sampson, says ~ did it; Cook, like
schley, says there is glory enough for
both. Peary and his friends had hest
take care or the same result will be
worked out as in the case of the two
naval commanders. Already the
american public is disposed to make
a nero of Cook and to accuse Peary
OF seihshness. There is glory enough
Tor both, but II It is to be distributed
fairly 1t would be well for pearv d
recognize the principle as soon as
possible
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-09-12

The editor of the Des Moines Regis
ter and Leader seems very anxious
over what President Taft will say con-
corning the tariff when he comes
west. The Indianola Herald doesn't
pretend to know, but its opinion is
that he will have. the courage to de-
fend that that he endorsed and signed
and what he said in his statement of
August 5th was a good bill.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-09-12

The New York Herald got the Cook
story first and the New York Times
that of Peary. 1t isn't difficult to fig
IRE out the respective attitude of
these two papers in the controversy
now raging between the rival arctic
explorers.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-09-12

DR.. Alfred Moseley, the English
philanthropist, thinks that the English
school system is better than that OF
America, as there are too many wom-
en- teachers in this country, for one
thing. He also believes in the segre-
cation of boys and girls. The major
ity of the teachers on this side of
the Atlantic are women, and that has
much to do with the low rank, he
thinks.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-09-12

Investigation has disclosed the fact
that there are no cases of pellagra in
the state institutions of Iowa. The
fact is attributed to the care exercis-
ed by the board of control in securing
good food for the inmates. Pellagra
is popularity supposed to be caused
either directly or indirectly by moldy
corn.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-09-12
A "Hiah and hoIyu Cause.

Dubuque Times-Journal: A mob at
Alexandria, Mo-, recently tarred and
feathered two women and then set
them adrift in the Mississippi river
in leaky boat without oars. The
object was to Save the good name
of Alexandria" Was there ever a
mob whose purpose was not high and
holy, the salvation of cause dear
to the hearts of all good men?
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-09-12
keokuk, Iowa \. September 12, 1909.
WOMAN.

WOmfANs
Woman! thou loveliest gift that here
below
Man can receive, or Providence be-
stow.
To thee the earliest offerings belong
OF opening eloquence, or youthful
song;
Lovely partaker Of our dearest joys!
Thyself a gift whose pleasure never
clogs
Whose wished-for presence gently can
appease
The wounds of perjury. or slow dis
Whose loss is such, as through life's
tedious way
No rank can compensate, no wealth
repay;
The figure beams ray of heavenly
light
To cheer the darkness Of our earthly
night;
Hail. fair Enslayer! at thy changing
glance
Boldness recedes. and timid hearts adj
vance,
Monarchs forget their scepter and
their sway,
And sages melt in tenderness away.
Winthrop Mackworth Prael
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-09-12

The thought has suggested itself to
the bright Knoxville Express that pos
siblyj the north pole is twins. Only
q Democratic newspaper has an mag
ination capable of such a flight Ex-
ercise of that faculty is a necessary
function of newspaper given to ex-
plotting Democratic theories.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-09-12
What a Talented keokuk Girl Did

What alented Neokuk Gtri DIG.
Burlington Hawk-Eye: In another
column is reprinted an editorial, ('The
Hole and the Doughnut,"o from The
Keokuk Gate City Of recent date,
written by Miss Mamie Clark Barr,
daughter of Dr. G. Walter Barr, OF
that city. Miss Barr Is but young
school girl, still digging her way
through a boarding institution over in
Ohio. One portion of her studies led
to literary field and as test she
was asked to write number OF
newspaper editorials. 1t was in the
nature of a sudden exam" and there
was a. day in which to perform the
stunt" A Chicago newspaper was
seized and its news eagerly scanned
for suggestion, and the result was the
editorial printed on this page and sew
eral others, all written in one evening
and turned over to the critical father
for approval.
The father, who never allows rela-
tionship to interfere with his frank
judgment as to the merits of a per-
Torrance, scanned the productions of
his youngsters pen, and. then putting
on his hat, went down to The Gate
City office. He found Editor Moor
head out of the city, and the paper
somewhat short OF editorial. The OBJ
vious thing happened. Miss Barr's
editorials went into The Gate City
that evening, and instead of the manu-
script, copy Of the paper was sent In
as a fulillment of the exam task
It was an unusual but most practical
way Of getting ones lesson"
The editorials were good ones and
breathed the true newspaper spirit, as
may be judged by this sample. They
were a credit to the young woman who
wrote them. and are suggestive of the
fact that there is in every person the
power TO do more than is fully real
lied until the test comes. Had anyone
asked Miss Barr off-hand If she could
supply the editorials for an issue OF
one or Iowa's best known daily news
papers on days notice, she most
likely would have replied that 1t would
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-09-12

Mrs. Maybelle Gilman Corey has
given up trying to get into society
and will try to go back to the stage
AS the esteemed Peoria Herald-Tran-
script points out, all that now remains
to be done is to keep her off the
stage.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-09-12

The census of the United States
next year is expected to show $4,000
600 inhabitants. If the little brown
men," now ruled outside the constitu-
ton. were counted we are now a ma
ton of more than 100o00,000 But
national greatness, 1t has been well
said, is not matter of numbers only.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-09-12
GOOD Advice to nFataerv coffin.

Davenport Democrat: Father. Cot.
fin is now able to see himself as 9th
ers see him, If he reads the newspa-
pers. But the best advice he has re-.
ceived SO far is that by the Cedar
Rapids Gazette: Give the woman a.
divorce and give the old man proper
guardianship.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-09-12

A Chicago man rugged himself up as
a devil in order to scare his wife.
Any man who would resort to such an
expedient wouldn't have to make many
changes to make the likeness COM
plete.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-09-12

A 2oo-acre Shelby county farm has
just been sold for $4,000 This is at
the rate of 5000 an acre. One year
ago 500 to $125 was regarded as a
good price for Iowa land. The advance
to 5000, expected to occur in twenty
five years, has come about in half as
many months.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-09-12

DR.. Wiley and the board of chemical
experts with their benzoate of soda
controversy will have to take back
seat while the Sampson-Schley con-
test is duplicated in the dispute be-
tween DR.. Cook and Lieutenant Peary.
The larger the boil the more attention
1t receives.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-09-12

A report just issued by the postof
fee department shows that Iowa ranks
third in the number of rural routes.
Only Illinois and Ohio surpass this
state.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-09-12

A Washington Judge has decided
that the expression, ITO h with
you" is not profanity. He probably re-
CARDS it as an appointment for
meeting at some time in the future.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-09-12
NOTES AND COMMENT.

It has been noticed that when a
man loses his temper someone else
is apt to catch 1t.
The Quincy Wing points out that
Uncle Sam not only saw 1t first, but
twice in the same place.
Cook and Peary will now be dis
covering relatives in unexpected por-
tons of the globe" predicts the Des
Moines Capital.
re the Omaha World-Herald is un-
derstood by the Sioux City Journal, all
the salt available to the Democratic
party is in Mr.. Bryans cellar
The school children Of Ell Paso are
being drilled in national songs
which 10000 of them are to sing when
President Taft goes down there on
October 16.
The department of chemistry in
the University of Minnesota is about
to open a course for young women
applying knowledge OF chemicals to
domestic science.