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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-10-29

nized the advantages of the telephone
for dispatching purposes the larger
steam railroads have been disinclined
to substitute the telephone for the
telegraph.
The bulletin points out that 1t gives
the first statistics for the commercial
wireless systems already established,
and states that they were operated at
a loss of $47,62S in 1907.
There were six commercial wireless
telegraph systems In 1907, operating
122 tower stations, located at most OF
the large ports Of the Atlantic and Pa
ciic oceans, the Gulf Of Mexico, the
great lakes and in Hawaii. They
transmitted 1887 wireless messages.
Over the telegraph wires in 1907 there
were flashed 36S,470,509 messages,
of which 5.S69,317 were cablegramc.
1t is shown that 905 per cent Of the
cities with a population Of at least
10000 in 1900 were equipped with
electric fire alarms. 1t appears that
for 1907 there were 120,719 fire
alarms received Concerning police
patrol signaling the bulletin says that
there were 41,s61,650 calls.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-10-29

President W. c. Brown Of the New
York Central has announced that the
management of that great system has
entered upon campaign of extraordi-
nary expenditures to meet extraordi-
nary demands. The company has
placed contracts in the last few days,
he says, for s25,o00,00O worth of new
locomotives. passenger. and freight
cars, and intends to spend $50 900, 900
more-ss5, o00,0 900 in all-in reducing
grades, Strengthening curves and lay
ing new rails, exclusive of $4,000, 900
terminal Improvements in New York
City. These expenditures, he has fur
ther made known, are absolutely NEG
essary to meet the demands OF bust
ness. The traffic records for the
month of September and October up
to date, on the same authority, have
exceeded anything in the country's
history.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-10-29
James j. Hill and the Farmers.

Fairfield Ledger: The G., B. & @.
Railroad company is sending dairy
train over its lines, al its expense, to
give farmers instruction :. this most
profitable branch of agile ,.ture. It
has experts from the nation,i depart
ment Of agriculture, from the State
Agricultural college and from lt,ding
dairy associations. The same Dad
ran corn" specials and good roads"
specials and all that sort o. thing.
It's the Jim Hill plan III the early
days of North Dakota and Montana
that master railroad man gave away
car loads of bulls and train loads of
seed wheat and potatoes to the strug-
Cling settlers along his lines. The
chances are that he has done more
real good for the people than all the
agitators and politicians who have
been attacking him and his compan-
les Did you ever stop to think
ahnpt tbst2
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-10-29
ELEcTRlFyINe AMERICA.

More than 100000 miles Of single
wire are used by the people of the
United States in communicating with
each other OF this amount about 49,
100000 miles is operated by tele-
phone systems, the rest by the te1e-
graph companies The length Is
enough to encircle the globe at the
equator 600 times.
In fact 1t must be even greater by
this time, as the above figures, though
recently published by the census Office.
refer to 1907. At the 1880 census the
telephone companies reported 1906
miles of wire, about one-ninth OF the
mileage of the telegraph companies.
In 1907 the telephone mileage was
eight times as great as the telegraph.
In the amount of business done. the
sum paid in salaries and wages and
the capital invested in 1907 tho tele.
phone business was little over three
and one-half times as extensive as
the telegraph industry, and during
that year it furnished employment for
more than five times as many persons
| Between 1902 and 1907 there was
an addition of S,09S,91S miles of wire
for the use of the telephone systems
as compared with an increase of bu,
/ 259,611 in the mileage of owned and
leased wire for commercial telegraph
purposes. The increase In the wire
mileage of the telephone systems dur
ing the I'VE years referred to was
more than six times as great as tbs
total amount of wire added to the teie
graph business since 1880
The use of telephones by railroad,
exclusively in connection with til.
operation of the roads has increase,
rapidly since 1902 Although tn,
ielectric interurban roads early recoe
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-10-29
loWA,s PROSPERITY

In its latest issue Wealth, the Of
ficial publication of the Greater Des
MONIES committee. gives some facts
and figures concerning the resources
of Iowa that are of general interest.
The state. according to the census re-
turns, has a consuming population of
100000. In order to live. such a
population. it is estimated, cannot ex-
pend less than s460,000, 900 each year.
Tais is figured on basis of 5000 per
capita, which is about enough to sup
ply the necessaries of life. Aside from
shelter. food and clothing there are
other expenses which foot up huge to-
tails.
Being primarily an agricultural
state, it is assumed that the amount
watch Iowa has spent in the
purchase of farm implements and
vehicles is fair criterion in measur.
ing the commerce OF the state.
In 1904, according to the depart
ment of commerce and labor the
farmers of Iowa owned s64, 4sS ,G22
worth of farm implements and
machinery. Kansas and Oklahoma
at the same time could show but
s45113,S19 in the same class of
property; yet the Great Southwest .
as it is called. is supposed to have
been the consuming market which
made Kansas City the second great
est distributing point for farm imple-
ments and vehicles in the United
States Here, within the limits of
the state of Iowa, is a greater market
than the one served by Kansas
City. at much greater distance
from the distributing point. The
manufacture of farm machinery has
been confined largely to Illinois;
none of these states can offer mar
ket for the manufactured product at
all comparable to Iowa. Illinois
could shos but trifle over s4S,00O,.
600 invested in farm machinery at
the same time that Iowa had more
than s64,000,0 900. Ohio was still less
with s3s,549,941, while Indiana fell
to s2s,374.ss2. Gradually, the man
ufacturer OF farm machinery is
learning that it is cheaper to bring
his factory to the center of his market
than to bring his product to the mar
ket from some distance.
What is true of farm machinery is
declared to be almost equally true
of wearing apparel and ordinary house
furnishings. The immense per capita
wealth of Iowa ts1,S2s) is SO much
greater than the average for the Uni.
ted States that Iowa people are better
clothed and better housed than the
citizens of other states. In view of
these things the prediction is conf
IDENTIFY made that the time will come
when economic necessity will compel
the manufacture and distribution of
stoves, furniture and clothing through
Iowa factories and Iowa wholesalers
for the state of Iowa.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-10-29

The American Society of Municipal
Improvements viii hold its fifteenth
annual convention at Little Rock,
Ark, November, 10 and II. An In
teresting and instructive program has
been arranged and the meeting prom
ises to be profitable one. A large
variety of topics pertaining to mu-
nicipal improvements will be discussed
by experts and others and there will
be an extensive exhibit of municipal
appliances and materials. Following
adjournment of the convention those
in attendance viii be given recep-
ton at Memphis. Tenn, by city Of
ficials and the Business Mems club.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-10-29

w. R. Hearst is cutting such a wide
swath in the New York city campaign
that the leaders of both parties are
filed with alarm. Unfortunately. the
Republicans are primarily responsible
for this condition of affairs. They
induced him to run for mayor on a
ticket which included their fusion can
didates for the Offices below mayor.
and did not expect him to develop Sc
rious strength as a mayoralty candi-
date against Barnard He has sur.
prised everyone and is now making a
possibly successful effort to be elect
ed himself. The situation as it now
presents itself serves the Republicans
right for resorting to the means BY
which it has come about
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-10-29
THE PROTECTION OF GAME.

In series Of magazine articles
Dwight Huntington, the new editor
of the American Sportsman, has
been recently attacking what he calls
the absurd American system of at.
tempting to preserve game by for.
bidding the sale of it in profitable
quantities. He points out that no
farmer can afford to give care to the
preservation of game on his land. for
the reason that he cannot make a
profitable business out of it owing
to the feature Of the law just men
toned, and anything he may do to-
ward providing feeding grounds and
shelter for wild birds goes to the
benefit OF the hunter who may nap
pen to want to shoot in that vicinity
Mr.. Huntington says the way to
stop the rapid decrease in the
amount Of game in America is to re-
peal all the laws forbidding the sale
in quantities, and in lieu thereof en-
act laws to encourage land owners
to make the raising of game a bust
ness for profit. Then, and not until
then, he says, will the wild birds of
America begin to increase and afford
greater facilities for hunting to the
millions of lovers of the gun and
the great out OF doors.
1t is quite possible that Mr.. Hunt
ington has the right view OF the mat
ter and that the present system is en-
tirely wrong Certainly results could
hardly be more unsatisfactory than
they are under the laws now on the
statute books.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-10-29

FOR THE LAST MEETING
(Continued,


a connection with the sewer on the
south side Of Seymour street between
Twelfth and Thirteenth streets, thence
northerly across Seymour street and
in the alley between Twelfth and
Thirteenth streets, Seymour and
Grand avenue to the alley between
Seymour and Grand avenue; and
Whereas, Notices as required by
law have been given, and whereas no
objections have been filed to said
proposed assessment, be 1t
Resolved, That the city council of
the city of Keokuk, Iowa, now pro-
coed to examine the plat and schedule
filed with the clerk of the council
relative to the proposed assessment
against the lots and parcels of land
abutting on and adjacent to said i'm.
proyement. and the owners thereof
for the said above described improve
ment, and that the city council con-
slider all objections and make all nee
sary corrections which they may
find to said plat and sched-
ule and equalize said assess
ment, as authorized and d.
rected by law; and that the city
council now resolve itself into CON-
mittee of the whole for the purpose of
examining the plat and schedule re-
ported and fled by the city engineer.
and to hear and consider all objec-
tons thereto and make all necessary
corrections, If any, and to ascertain OF
the amount of said proposed assess
ment is in excess of the special bene-
FITS conferred upon said property by
said improvement and In excess of Is
per cent Of the actual value of said
property as shown by the last pre-
ceding assessment roll.
Adopted by the following vote:
Yeas nnable. Butler, Christy. De
Yong, Hickey, Johnson, Kiefer. Lind
strand, Roberts. Tigue.-Total, 10.
Nays None.
Absent-McCormic Swanson.
CHARLES OFF,
Attest: Mayor.
H. T. MOORE. Clerk of the Council
City of Keokuk, Iowa.
Report of Committee Of the Whole.
To the Honorable President and Mem.
bers of the City Council of the City
of Keokuk, Iowa:
Gentlemen: Your committee of the
whole, having examined the plat and
schedule of the following described
Improvement, to-wit: the construction
of the eight-inch tile sanitary sewer
commencing at connection with the
sewer on the south side of Seymour
street between Twelfth and Thir.
teenth streets, thence northerly across
Seymour street and in the alleJ be
tween Twelfth and Thirteenth streets,
Seymour and Grand avenue. to the
alley between Seymour and Grand
avenue, this day referred to this
committee, finds that no objections
have been fled to the proposed
assessment for the payment OF
the cost of said Improvement. and
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-10-29

having examined said improvement
finds that said work was done accord.
ing to the plans, specifications and
contract for said work, and the said
special tax and assessment as shown
in said plat and schedule are In pro-
portion to and not in excess Of the
special benefits conferred upon the
property abutting on said improve
ment by said improvement, and not
in excess of 25 per cent OF the actual
value of said property as shown by
the last preceding assessment roll.
T. J. HICKEY,
Chairman
BY AID. HICKEY:
Resolved, That the report OF the
committee of the whole be adopted,
and no objections were filed to the
proposed assessment set out in said
plat and schedule, that said assess
ment is in proportion to and not in
excess of the special benefits con-
ferred upon the abutting property by
said Improvement and is not In excess
or 20 per cent OF the actual value Of
said property as shown by the last
preceding assessment roll.
Adopted by the following vote:
Yeas-Annable, Butler, Christy. De
Yong, Hickey. Johnson, Kiefer, Lind.
strand, Roberts, Tiig;ie Total, 10.
Nays None.
Absent Mccormick, SWANSON.
CHARLES OFF,
Attest: Mayor
H. T. MOORE. Clerk Of the Council,
City of Keokuk, Iowa.
BY AID. TIGUE:
Whereas, The city council Of the
city Of Keokuk. Iowa, has, in compli-
ance with the resolution heretofore
adopted, duly examined the plat and
schedule reported by the city engineer
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-10-29

Des Moines preacher is moved to
doubt the divinity of man, and says
the divine spark is certainly extin-
guished if it ever was factor in the
makeup of the animal called human.
For evidence of his pessimistic view
he points to the great crowds of men
who went from all parts of the country
to see negro punch the face off a
white man. In commenting upon his
view of the matter the Waterloo Re.
porter thus points out distinction
with very material difference:
IN regard to the natural tendency
Of man to delight in the wicked ways
ana and az amusements Of the world. the
Des MONIES pastor is regrettably near
correct, but in the specific ar,,i;aa4;s'.,
he is under wrong impression TSa
great crowd that attended tie ,,,,,,i,; 10
tic carnival went to see q ub;t pes ,,ia,.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-10-29
Iowa Soldiers in the "Hornet,s Nest.p

Iowa Soldiers In the Hornets Nest.n
Cedar Falls Record: Seldom have
troops faced for SO long q holocaust
like that which in the Battle of Shiloh
gained the significant appellation of
the Hornets Nest. A writer on the
engagement speaks of the term as a
mild metaphor and remarks that no
figure of speech would be too strong
to express the deadly peril of All as
sault upon this natural fortress whose
inaccessible barrier blazed for six
hours with sheets of flame, and whose
Internal gates poured forth murder
GUS storm of shot and shell which no
living thing could quell or withstand.
The Hornets Nest was a position in
the Battle of Shiloh held in spite of
encircling and concentrated fire for a
long enough time to allow General
Grant to form his last line and pre-
vent defeat by the enemy. Five regi-
me;lts of Iowa soldiers were in this
pocket of fire and only two of them
succeeded in getting out. In the DC.
tober number of the Iowa Journal of
History and Politics is an article on
the Battle of Shiloh which graphically
describes the position and shows the
Importance Of holding it even in spite
OF terrific sacrifice. The article is by
Mr.. j. W. Rich, himself participant
in the Battle of Shiloh.
In an abandoned and sunken road
the Union forces found in.renchment
and repulsed the repeated attacks of
the. Confederates. SEEING the futility
Of taking the position by infantry,
General Guggles decided to concen-
trate the artillery and lombard the
sunken road. This was in the after
noon after the Union troops had held
their position for over six hours. Mr..
Rich says General Ruggles succeeded
in bringing up sixty-two guns from the
left, which were planted on the west
side of Duncan Field. about FIVE hun
ment began at about four-thirty in the
afternoon. OF course there could be
but one result. The Union batteries
were forced to retire leaving the way
clear for the encircling Confederate
lines to close in. Besides the Ruggles
aggregation of artillery of sixty-two
guns, there must have been several
other batteries playing upon the Hor-
nets Nest from the right, as none of
the guns from that part of the field
were in the Ruggles aggregation
Probably not less than seyenty-five
guns were trained on that devoted
spot, and fully three-fourths of the
Confederate army was coiling around
it. And for some time before the sur
render took place few minutes be-
fore six o'clock rife fire poured in
from three directions as the beleag-.
uered faced about and attempted to
fight their way out Two of the regi-
ments escaped. But about 1000 men
surrendered among them three of the
regiments from Iowa. There were
more men in the battle from
Iowa than from any other state
in the Union in proportion to its
population. The Sixth Iowa Regiment
was the first to disembark at Pitts
burg Landing and the Eighth was the
last to retire from the Hornets Nest.
All of Iowa's eleven regiments were in
the thick of Sundays fight and all
brought credit to the State.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-10-29

Eustace Mills, tennis champion,
breaches the gospel of optimism He
thinks people ought not to grow old,
or at most not to think they are grow
ing old. and not to admit it. Mr.. Mills
holds that II is much more important
to prevent premature old age than to
prevent death; that we grow OLD
largely because it is the conventional
thing to do. We let ourselves grow
old because people tell US we are
growing old. whereas We ought to put
our foot down and declare we will not
grow old. One of his favorite proven.
tives of old age is laughter.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-10-29

and filed with the clerk OF the council
relative to the following described
Improvement, to-wit. the construction
OF the eight-inch tile sanitary sewer
commencing at connection with the
sanitary sewer on the south side OF
Seymour street between Twelfth and
Thirteenth streets, thence northerly
across Seymour street and in the alley
between Twelfth and Thirteenth
streets, Seymour and Grand ave-. to
the alley between Seymour and Grand
avenue;
Whereas, The said Improvement as
above described has been completed
according to the contract entered into
by and between the city of Keokuk,
Iowa, and Cameron C McManus, CON
tractors for said work, and has been
accepted by the city Of Keokuk, Iowa,
and
Whereas, The said plat and SEIZED
ule show the several lots and parcels
of land subject to special assessment
for the payment OF the cost Of said
improvement, with the names OF the
owners thereof SO far as possible, and
the actual value Of the same and also
the amount proposed to be assessed
against each lot or portion thereof.
and the owner thereof, for the pay
ment of the cost Of said improvement;
and
Whereas. Due and legal service OF
.
notice as required by law was made
that said plat and schedule have been
filed with the clerk of the council, and
the time has expired within which
any objections were to be made to
said proposed assessment. and no OBJ
1ections having been filed. we, the
city council Of the city of Keokuk.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-10-29

D. w. Carver, the veteran news
paper man of Dubuque. is in critical
condition in Mercy hospital il that
city as the result of stroke of paral-
ysis. Mr.. Carver was for many years
associated with NJ NJ. Ham, in the
publication of the Dubuque Herald,
which they made one Of the leading
Democratic newspapers in the state
All who know the gentleman will
learn of his serious illness with re.
greet.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-10-29

The Cleveland Plain Dealer speaks
of Washington as 1.-THE nations fame
factory"
The Iowa City Citizen says the am
bilious young man is having trouble
to decide whether to be a baseball
player or an arctic explorer
The reported increase In the price
OF collins is cited by the Des Mines
Tribune as one thing the ultimate con-
sumner can serenely shut bis eyes %.
The Sioux City Journal recalls that
the President started out with the
hope of losing some flesh on the trip.
AT last reports all he had lost was his
voice.
According to the Mt. Pleasant Free
Press, a woman in that town has such
beautiful upholstered fireless cook.
er that she keeps 1t in the parlor.
More than that, she cooks cabbage in
1t.
The Council Bluffs Nonpareil poin,s
out that all things are comparative.
IF Oregon raised az much corn as
Iowa does, she wouldn't make so
much fuss about her apples; and, con.
versely. if Iowa raised no more. corn
than Oregon does. her apple crop
would be the subject of much noisy
acclaim"
Mr.. Cranes journey to the Pacific
coast and back was by no means a
failure, says the Des MoiI IS Capital.
1T gave him two opportunities to be-
hold the October glories of tie great
commonwealth OF Iowa.
The Cedar Rapids Republican fears
that the men who are talking for ship
subsidies and central bank are sg.
tating in vain. THE country" 1t adds.
does not seem to take with ayidity
to either proposition.
Recalling the ancient story of the
poOT utFu VINO nad never been any.
thing but hired, tired and fired in all
his life. the Des Moines News sug-
gests: American men ard women
today hire their wives and husbands
as they hire their carriages and
horses. Therefore, If they are not
suited, they proceed to hire different
ones-it's very simple Hire, tire.
fire. That is the motto of the mod.
ern home"
A few Iowa papers are occasionally
calling attention to the possibilities OF
Iowa soil. Every newspaper In the
state ought to boost Iowa" says the
Cedar Rapids Gazette, mot only semt
occasionally, but in practically every
Issue. in season and out OF season.
If there were any out OF season ii,
Iowa, which there isn't. Boost Iowa
boost it all the time. You don't have
to lie in order to boost Iowa. There
are some sections Of the world YOU do
have to lie about II you boost them
very much. But not Iowa.
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punch the face on a negro but he dis
appointed them

The Iowa City Republican explains
that while his enemies will not admit
it.. the real objection to Cannon rule
in the house is his failure to permit
a little minority to run things. I'm
der Cannon the majority puts its de-
.rees into effect and the minority is
denied the privilege of blocking bust
ness
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-10-29

An importer Is seeking permission
from the Moroccan government to i'm
port Barb horses to this country Ar
gument in favor of granting his re-
quest is made by tae Marshalltown
Times-Republican on the ground that
we need horse to match the fencing.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-10-29

Mary Garden says the United
States looks like a great railway sta
ton. But what does Mary know about
trains? She doesn't wear any. Nor
much else in some OF her characters.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-10-29

There is another reason VIII so
many farmers can afford to buy auto
mobiles. # George Fitch has figured
the case out Alright. He says 1t is be-
cause they do not have to go to the
theater twice a week to be amused.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-10-29

A barber at Broken Bow, Neb., shot
himself after drinking hard cider. gin
ger and lemon extract. The Fort
Dodge Chronicle is entirely right in
its conclusion that a man who is used
to nothing stronger than whisky
ought to let such dangerous drinks
alone.