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Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1909-02-26
The Fight Is On
Every moment Of your life, when
you are at home or abroad,
awake or asleep

Between the poison germs that are in air.
tood and water, = everywhere in fact
and the billions of your invisible friends,
the little soldier-corpusclesi in your blood.
II these little soldiers are kept strong
and healthy by taking Hoods Sarsa1
parilla, you need have no fear of dis
ease. Begin using it at once if you are
at all under the weather, or have
troubles of the blood, stomach, liver
and kidneys. Get it OF yopr druggist.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-02-26

An Ohio man sent a ten-dollar bill
through the mails with simply tag
attached, on which was written the ad-
dress of the man for whom it was in
tended with the proper postage. Be
cause the bill was not stolen en- route
the incident has been featured in the
papers as showing the honesty of
postal clerks The Cedar Rapids Ga
zette well says in commenting on the
Incident:
Their honesty did not need to be
demonstrated. There is no more hon
est class of employees anywhere than
the postal boys. Departures from the
| path of rectitude are few and far be
! tween. And besides, if postal en-
| ploye were inclined to be dishonest
money sent In a freak way would
probably be safe, because the dishon
! est fellow might figure that an attempt
! was being made to trap him, or else
he would be crpecially interested II
seeing something freakish carried t.
| a successful conclusion.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-02-26
The Daily Gate City

q drink under such law would be 10
take two Witnesses and justice or
the peace with him to the saloons and
have them swear that he was not a
drink cure man.
The state says to man,H you
comply with the terms Of the mulct
law you can sell liquor" Now 1T is
proposed to add, "but If any man you
sell to happens to be drink cure man
1t does not matter whether you
know that fact or not--you are guilty
of misdemecnor."
The seller of liquor must take his
chances, however DESTROYS he is to
comply with the law, or quit the busi-
ness Senator DeArmond is to be
commended for insisting that the bill
as 1t passed the senate is unfair and
unjust. He might have added that it
will do more to hinder law enforce
ment, by leading liquor men to take
chances. than any other thing that
could be imagined. Law enforcement
lis impossible when law observance is
practically impossible.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-02-26
The New York Medical Journal. high

The New York Medical Journal, high
authority, declares that the recent
pronouncement by the board of "ex-
perts" employed by the general gov
eminent to sit in judgment, as 1t
were, on DR.. Wiley's decisions con-
corning the innocence or harmfulness
of such personalities as sodium
benzoate added to food products put
UP in cans or jars must be looked upon
as defective inasmuch as it simply
declares what the oard has not found
to be the results in a set of expert
ments parallel with DR.. Wiley's, for
it is generally held that a single pos
tive observation outweighs many a
negative. The Journal holds that the
boards experiments extended over a
period far short of what would gen
orally be required to prove mega
tive.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-02-26
ALLISON DAY MARCH 2.

Governor Carroll has issued let
ter to the people of Iowa calling atten-
ton to the Allison monument bill,
which he has just signed, and urging
the people of the state to respond to
the call for contributions to the fund
for the erection of handsome monu-
ment The bill, passed by both houses
OF the legislature by unanimous vote,
makes an appropriation of not more
than $4,000 for the pedestal, and pro-
vides that the amount expended for
the pedestal shall not exceed 80 per
cent of the amount raised by popular
subscription or donation for the cree
ton of the monument.
! A commission has been created for
the purpose of selecting a site upon
or adjacent to the capitol grounds in
the city of Des Moines and to super
wise and direct the erection of the
] monument. General Granville NJ.
Dodge of Council Bluffs is named
| chairman of the monument commits
sion and the Hon. w. w. Morrow,
( treasurer of state. has been selected as
treasurer The congress Of the Unit
ed States has now before it bill
carrying an appropriation of $4,000
! for the erection of pedestal for an
Allison monument at Washington and
the United states senate has done
him the unusual honor of hanging his
portrait in the senate lobby. After re-
citing these facts, Governor Carroll
goes on to say:
March 2. being the eightieth an
niversary of the birth of Senator AL
lison, has been selected as day upon
which it Is desired that special atten
ton be given to the raising of funds
!. for the erection of this monument
General Dodges plan of raising funds
Is that the schools and school children
of the state, of which Senator Allison
was always an especial friend ant
advocate. be asked or given an oppor
tunity to make donations upon the
) date above referred to, that is, upo1
Tuesday of next week, the I'd day o
4 March. that all donations thus raised
. ba forwarded promptly to Treasure
Morrow. 1t Is also DESTROYS that gu
| people generally contribute as thel
: inclinations may direct them towar'
. the raising of the monument fund AM
: in order to give ample opportunity t
. all persons committees have been al
: pointed in the various counties OF Tn
state to look after the soliciting an
/ receiving of such donations.
: Our state has erected monument
f to our soldiers both within the stat
n and upon the various battlefield
t where our soldiers did honor both t
q themselves and our commonwealth
: but up to the present time, SO far a
+ am aware, no monument has bee
!. erected in memory of any civilian.
| want to give my hearty approve
e and endorsement to the plan which ha
a been adopted both by the legislator
b and the Allison monument commissio
0 for the raising of funds and the ere
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-02-26
Law Enforcement-Fair Play.

Davenport Times: The dominant
thought in Iowa for months has been
law enforcement. Numerous sugges-
lions with that end in view have been
made to the legislature in the speeches
of the retiring and incoming COVER
nors; the attorney general has been
busy speaking and writing about 1T;
and Senator Cosson has been active
in presenting bills with that purpose
in view.
To be enforced law must be pos
sibIe Of enforcement in a reasonable
way-that is to say, the conditions
must be such that the ordinary person
in the conduct of his business, by the
exercise of reasonable precautions
may comply with it.
For example Senator DeArmand
made Just this point against a bill,
when it was up in the senate. that pro-
vides that any person selling liquor
to anyone who has taken the drink
cure shall be guilty of misdemeanor.
! The Scott county senator believes in
fair play. He asked that the bill be
amended so as to read knowingly
sell" He pointed out how impossible it
is for saloon men to know that every
man who comes in and asks for a
drink has or has not taken the drink
cure The bill does not provide that
the saloon man shall be notified in
any way. Even IL he asked each Gus
toner, Have you taken the drink
cure?" and received negative reply,
the saloon keeper would not be pro.
tected IL the APPELLANT for drink was
a liar It Is impossible in city for a
saloon man to know the personal his
tory of every man. local resident and
transient. who comes into his place
But DeArmand's amendment was re
jected.
The great criticism of saloor keep
ers has been that they would not OBJ
serve the law. It has been discovered
by practice that the general provisions
of the mulct law can be complied will
and the business continued. But bill
such as that proposed is impossible
of full and willing observance and DR.
DeArmond was right in demanding
that it be so amended that man ma.
conduct liquor business and at thu
same time comply with the law
> opens up another chance for black
mail, too Two men could work tn
5 game well--one a drink cure maj
. and the other the informant. Abou
/ the only way man could lawfully bu
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-02-26
AGAINST DiscRlMiNA.
TI0N

Appropriations for the survc OF the
Des Moines, Ioc.a and Cedar rivers
have been included in the rivers and
harbors bill Against the dlscrlmln-
alton this involves the Creston Ao-
vertiser protests in clarion tones IN the
name of justice and als) in the name
of the neglected and outraged people
who live in the pleasant and fertile
valley through which flow the ioi
loving named streams. viz, that IS 10
say, to-wit, namely:
the classic Skunk, the lovely
Nishnabotna, the placid Nodaway, the
ripping Maquoketa, the glorious
Grand. the murmurous Maple, the
romaic Wapsipinicon, the rocky
Rock, the beautiful Coon, the turbu-
lent Sioux and the numerous other
great and mighty streams which
should carry on thei:. broad bosoms
the commerce of a prosperous people
numerous as autumn leaves that streW
the brook in Vallombrosa, but whlch
through the cruel neglect OF a govern
ment that should delight to be beneV-
client are suffered to dwind!e and Wane
until at certain seasons of the year
the maximum draft of the craft which
float upon them is one and fifteen-slx-
teenths inches.
The Advertiser holds that tie gov
eminent should play no favorites, and
the claim, it will have to be admitted
has a certain degree of merit. IN argu'
ing the matter to a practical conclu
sion the Advertiser takes occasion to
say:
"If the people who live on the Des
Moines and the Iowa and the Cedar
are to be given the opportunity OF see
ing the mighty battle ships OF the
lnavies of the world plying the nav1g
able waters of these great rivers VII!
should not the same privilege be grant
ed the people who live along tn
streams we have mentioned? W.
ARE a patient people and long suffering
under grievous wrong, b tn
limit will have been reached If tn
government persists in this gr.ss dis
elimination
The government would do we'll t
be warned in time And let it nc
, overlook the fact that the stream
; mentioned by the Advertiser are nc
+ the only ones by any means. "Ther
: are others" including in this immed
:. ate vicinity Devils Creek, sugs
4 Creek and Bloody Run" to nam
: some of the more important {
3 course the last named, like the d.
n Moines river. sometimes goes dry
0 the summer months, but during hfe
water in the Mississippi it is navigab
for skiffs as far up as the Sevent
street bridge. BY all means let !
! have a square deal-and an Apr
I priation!
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-02-26
The ottumwa Situation.

Cedar Rapids Republican: The stu
alton In Ottumwa is in every way
lamentable. Ottumwa has always
been afflicted with tough gang, both
blacks and whites. In the past they
have been encouraged in their vicious
ness by leniency in the enforcement
OF the laws. For many years they per-
mitted the saloons to be operated in
violation OF the mulct law. Such
things count in the long run. When
certain classes are permitted to vio-
late certain laws with impunity, it en-
courages lawlessness in other forms.
In its black population that city has
been especially unfortunate, many
suspicious characters from Missouri
coming across the boundary, on the
theory that in Iowa the laws are
more lenient. The result has been
moral desolation. Within a short
time SO many instances of the crime
OF rape have occurred that the citizens
short time ago formed vigilance
committee to cooperate with the po-
lice. But right in the face of such an
organization, these crimes have been
repeated.
| The situation in Ottumwa is seri-
Gus enough. But the people should
not lose their heads. That is not the
way we want to handle such matters
in Iowa. They should rather stand
back of the laws and of the men who
are charged with the duty of enforc
ing the laws. They should see to il
that severe and summary and speed,
punishments are inflicted, but in
fiicted according to the laws. The leg
islature might help by reimposing the
death penalty for the crime of rape
The murderer ought to have a bette
show in the courts than the rapist
The latter is the most atrocious o
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-02-26
QUEER THINGS AT WATERLOO.

Some queer things are happening at
Waterloo since the close of the agri-
cultural short course there, if the
Reporter is to be believed. One of the
stories it tells is to the effect that a
young woman was given ticket by
her mother for the course with instruc-
items to attend every session and re-
port the proceedings at home to other
members Of the family. The other
day her mother asked that she write
directions for making certain cake,
but when the mother was given the
recipe this is what she read:
Take two pounds of flour, three
rows of plating down the front, the
whites of two eggs cut bias, pint OF
milk ruffied around the neck, hall
pound of currants, with seven yards OF
bead trimming grated lemon peel
with lace fichu; stir well and add a
little ribbon; garnish with icing and
passementerie. Bake in a moderately
hot oven until the skirt is tucked from
the waist down and finish with Iarge
satin rosettes."
The Reporter explains that they
taught a little dressmaking at the
short course as well as how to make {
cake
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-02-26

ton of the monument and trust that
all of our people will respond literally
and promptly to this most worthy IN
dertaking at the head of which Cen
eral Dodge, one of our most noted and
gallant civil war veterans, has been
willing to place himself"
March 2 will be next Tuesday, so the
remaining time is snort in which to
arrange for the collections IN the
public schools and elsewhere. the
matter should have the attention it de-
serves at once that Keokuk may not
be behind other Iowa communities IN
attesting its appreciation OF Senator
Allisons character and services.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-02-26

Both the leading morning papers in
Chicago announce the results of the
primary there as a triumph for the
machine and express regret that the
slate" nominees won. Yet we were
assured by these same papers less
than year ago that the primary law
would wipe out all machines and
states. The discrepancy between
promise and result is large enough to
be quite noticeable.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-02-26
"Make Good"

Cut out eff" "could" and Should"
And start to saw wood,
You can still have the best
Things in life, like the rest
OF the men wio've achieved
Just because they've believed
In themselves. You're deceived,
If you think fortune comes
With a rattle of drums
And fanfare of state s.
To hand yours on plate.
That isn't the way
That she visits today.
You must get out and rustic and bus
tie and hustle:
You need all your muscle, for you've
got to tussle.
Plunge into the fight,
Hit to left and to right,
And keep crashing and smashing.
Don't let up with your striking,
For Gods sake, stop bawling-
Instead, do some hauling,
1t makes the world bitter
To look at gutter: NJ
Fate scowls when she sees IL
A grown-up on his knees.
A man with his health
Is mine damned with wealth
Full of unexplored lodes.
Why, the freckle-backed toads
/ Have the sense to keep jumping
!! And here you are Pumping!
Come, now, strike your gait
1t isn't too late,
There's no such thing as fate!
Drop that fool talk Of luck"
Get grip on your pluck,
And buck.
Begin it.ii5
To grin az
And win. -
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-02-26
No Blue Laws for low,

Charles City Press: Is Iowa IL h..
blue laws? A measure has besa .a.e
troduced in the state senate calcul..as
to restrict labor or amusement IN ~
Sabbath day. We believe there s wy
sufficient laws covering this question
and instead Of increased force , II.
tie influence should be left to mo..,
suasion. Farmers often have to COW
their crops by working on snnd,rs
and there are other times when !. :.
important to perform labor on tb,a
day. Across the line in Canad. .
man cannot even blacken his sboos
on Sunday without coming in cont. ~
with Dominion laws. which is on
tierly too puritanical for any rse III.
state assembly will Immediately M,
1t out Of business. 1t is the proner
thing to be religious, but fanatacism ia
different
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-02-26

The Ottumwa Courier gives public
notice that the cocaine practice in
that 'ty is going to stop and that the
best way for those concerned is to
see that they are in the clear before
it is too late. 1t would be well for
the authorities in Keokuk to be equal.
ly vigilant and determined Cocaine
is more demoralizing In its effects
than whiskey and more dangerous to
the community. Those who supply
habitues with the drug should be pun
ished to the full extent of the law.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-02-26
Liquor Question Needs Study

Ii4uor NueStIon NeeQS oluoy
st. Louis Post-Dispatch: Governor
Hadley's reported plan for the crea-
ton of commission to study the liq-
uor traffic and the working of laws
and methods adopted in other states
and countries to control and reg
ulate it for the guidance of the
state legislature in devising laws
on the subject, is sane and
sensible. The only sound basis of leg
islation is full knowledge of the prin-
ciples, the facts and the results OF ex-
periences and experiments in the past.
The governor is right in saying that
the liquor question is social, not polit-
ical. Social questions are delicate and
and intricate. They require the most
intelligent consideration and treat
ments. Efficient legislation for the
regulation Of social customs and con-
duct can only be framed by careful
study and wise comprehension of So
cial forces and tendencies.
Never was there such reckless
plunging in experimental legislation
on the subject of liquor traffic as
there is today. Most of the expert
ments are not only futile but disas-
truos. They interfere with the private
4 conduct of citizens, disturb conditions,
destroy property and deprive thous-
ands of the means of living without
/ accomplishing the desired object Ex-
IRENE measures are always futile. Pro-
hibition does not prohibit and excess
sive regulation nullifies regulative
laws.
There is chaotic tumble of propos-
ais bearing upon the liquor traffic be-
fore our state legislature; nor is this
condition exceptional. Practically
every state legislature is afflicted with
, flood Of bills on the subject. Some
of them violate fundamental princt
pies of government Many of them
disregard public policy and defy the
. lessons of experience. Most Of then
ignore human nature and the strong
\ est social forces. Nearly all are raw
/ crude, impracticable. 1t is better tx
6 learn from the experience of Others
r than engage in disastrous experiment
~ The whole problem Of liquor legis
: lation should be divorced from tn
= hysteric emotionalism and evangelism
q which are now the most conspicuou
y factors In the attempt to influence pub
). lie opinion and legislative bodies.
: should be placed upon basis of SC
h entific inquiry and sober judgment.
= There is no surer method of enfort
h ing public opinion and guiding legi:
:. lative action into safe channels tina
! by thorough investigation. The wor
Of a well-selected commission create
not for the purpose of regulating tn
liquor traffic, but to obtain infor1n'
: ton and make recommendations base
;, upon it's researches would be inval'
- able at this time. We need light.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-02-26
suggests that this should settle any
wild rumor to the effect that it is still
running in central Iowa.

When Tie present Iowa liquor laws
are enforced with some degree OF uni
formits there will remain plenty OF
time to make prohibition a part OF
the constitution, says the Carroll Her.
aid. If the present mild and gener-
ally satisfactory law can not be en-
forced it is not clear that a harsh
measure could be applied with greater
success. The success of prohibition
few years ago is not SO distinct that
it should be forgotten
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-02-26

A United States district court has
ruled that a musician employed by the
month at regular wages, while not a
"menial servant" is still servant
within the meaning of the bankruptcy
statute.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-02-26

The thing that gives the members of
the legislature the most concern in de-
termining how to vote on the ques-
ton of resubmitting the prchibitory
constitutional amendment is the fact
that all of them have constituents on
both sides of the fence.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-02-26

all criminals and the least deserr,.
OIL mercy or consideration.
But let Ottumwa remember =,
era OF mob law will mean more 4al "a. a.
iessness. In such emergencies nea .ra
must place themselves not OUTSIDE ds0 ~
pale OF law. but they must Niue .ae
themselves back of the laws pace y
tnere are not laws enough let N.Y., u
be enacted. ~ niore
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-02-26
keokuk. Iowa February 2e, 1909.

Afte all, conditions in Pittsburg
are not as bad as they might be. Only
Lightweight out of possible ninety
six of the councilmen there are ac-
cused of graft
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-02-26

A Tennessee girl recently settled a
breach of promise suit for 81. The in
ference drawn from this by the Des
Moines Tribune that She didn't think
the fellow would amount to much as
husband, anyhow seems fully war
ranted.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-02-26

antidote. If he remained in his faith
ers house, he would be surrounded
by conditions which would relieve him
entirely of stigma, and give him a
standing and place in society. Even
though the mother objects, father is
entitled to the child's custody for the
purpose of legitimation.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-02-26

The Des Moines Capital asserts that
stranger things have happened than
that the Des Moines river should be-
come one Of the notable highways of
inland commerce of the world. For
instance?
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-02-26

The Cedar Rapids Republican de
clares that the League of Iowa Munic-
qualities, in the interest of which our
Keokuk city council made an appro
priation not SO very long ago, is good
thing % steer clear of in legislation
The Republican charges that 1t is
largely composed of gang of self
seeking politicians operating in munic-
ipal affairs.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-02-26

What assurance is there that Mar
garet Ellington will not tire of darning
socks quite as soon as she did of the
stage? Questions ike this are cal.
culated to give US pause before de-
scanting at too great length on her
domestic tastes
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-02-26

A bill introduced in the legislature
requires that oysters shall not con-
tain ice nor more than Is 2-3 per cent
of weight of free liquid. The measure
is understood to have the endorsement
of the state food and dairy commits
sioner.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-02-26
More Than Likely.

Waterloo Courier: The biggest re.
tail grocer in Iowa has failed 1t may
have been that an accident to bias.
ket of eggs was entirely responsible
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-02-26
NOTES AND COMMENT.

According to the Herald, Grinnell
woman is puzzling whether to have
eggs for breakfast when company
comes mex week or wait and buy an
automobile this summer.