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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-09-15
THE DAILY GATE CITY

lets and candle ends and hike for the
boats which leave promptly at 10
o'clock.
Ordinarily explorers do not don
their bearskins until they get
over the 10th parallel This is just
the reason why the craftsmanship
boys will don them at home. Maybe
this is the reason why the other ex-
petitions have failed The beauty OF
going on a South Pole expedition is
the fact that you don't have to ac-
cept any advice. All the advice that
has ever been accepted has been bad.
Commander Willis Evans steadfast-
IL refuses to be drawn into any con-
troversy 81 have nothing to say
against my fellow explorers" he says.
1T is true that We will steal their
provisions if we find them and that
none of them are intelligent enough
to find a barber pole on a public
square But / have nothing to say.
wouldn't say anything against them
for the world
Chas. Mays offer to take the ex
peditioS as far as Pekin by auto has
been declined The explorers are In
a great hurry.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-09-15
ANOTHER MARES NEST.

Another promising mares nest"
has just been unearthed By one Of the
progressive" newspaper correspond
ents at Des Moines. The valuable
discovery in this instance was made
by the capital city representative of
the Marshalltown Times-Republican
who has long list Of like achieve
ments to his credit. In the matter of
discovering things which do not exist
and reaching conclusions at variance
with the facts he is without a peer In
Iowa or the middle west.
II will be recalled that The Gate
City recently reproduced from the
World Today magazine, with editor
ial comment, an article written BY VI.
o. Dunn on 1.-THE Protective Tariff
and Railway Regulation" The cor
respondent In question sees In this
fact evidence OF the existence Of a
railroad press bureau" and proceeds
to say. among other things:
IAN Iowa paper published the Dunn
article in the August issue Of the
World Today with long editorial
giving favorable comment. the article
and editorial together making a total
of about four columns Newspaper
men all say that very few editors
would devote SO much space to such
an article unless they were paid for
( It."
4 A plain statement Of the facts In
the case is all that IS needed to pune
/ ture the bubble blown by the Des
Moines newspaper romancer. The
Gate City republisbed the Dunn article
from the World Today magazine OF
It's own motion, without pay from an,
source, Just as 1t publishes other in
teresting and informing articles or
various subjects for the benefit OF IT.
readers. It did not receive the article
from railroad press bureau and M
railroad is under any obligation Il
this paper for It's appearance in thes'
columns. Possibly the correspondent
in question should have been consultet
as TO whether the article coincidef
with his views and was proper menta
pabulum for Gate City readers befor
presuming to give It publicity but !
has never been the custom Of those II
charge OF the paper To submit to out
side dictation regarding what shout
or should not appear. and they ar
now too old to change their habitG 0
Of a lifetime.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-09-15

appointment to Bonaparte people who
are anxious for the factory to open,
also to Mr.. Pocock who desires to get
out line of fall samples and who real
ICES that delays make 1t just that
much harder to get business
Mr.. Pocock states that IL the sale Is
approved he expects to open the fac
tory Just as fast as possible, that the
expense OF maintenance will be con-
slant and certain and that he must
get busy; that he will first open the
tailor shop and begin the manufacture
of pants; that he will prepare to get
travelling men on the road next spring
with the finest line of suits obtain
able; and that he will run the woolen
mills as soon as proper arrangements
can be made and he can secure COM
petent men to assist him In the man.
agement of it.
All Of these things will take con-
siderable time, 1t being well under
stood that to revive plant which has
been idle and out of business for a
year Is as hard as starting new one.
II the people of Bonaparte and vicin-
ity are assured that Mr.. Pocock is in
earnest in his endeayor to run the
mills and factory they will breathe a
sigh of relief and be well satisfied.
The people of Bonaparte are not
celebrating because the Meek Bros.
have lost control Of the factory, but
are celebrating because the man who
has purchased it has said that he
bought the factory to run 1t and that
he intends to resume operations at
once. The people here have been
loyal to the Meek's, they have hoped
continually that they would be able to
] pull through with bankruptcy. and
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-09-15
The VILLAGE Catcher.

with apologies to Longfellow.)
Behind the ertswhile willow tree
The village catcher squats,
A cross and hostile man is he,
With fingers tied In knots
Festooned a out two mammoth palms
AS big as corner lots.
His neck is short and thick and red:
His face is black with tan.
He tears his muzzle from his head
And kicks whene'er he can.
And shakes his fist at all the world.
For he fears not any man.
The merchant kings with eager gins
Come focking by the score
To see him rake the wide one in
And wave his arm and roar
And hear his pungent chaff, which flies
Like sparks from the furnace door
He goes on Sunday to the park
And sits among the boys
Upon the bench. with visage dark
And loud Internal noise.
And when the umpire lodges rocks
It makes his heart rejoice.
Broiling, rejoicing. laundering,
On through the game he goes.
Each inning sees some reason new
To rise upon his toes
And put 1t DER the other screw
BY means each player knows.
Thanks, thanks to thee, my worthy
friend,
For the lesson thou hast taught,
Turn loose your tongue to join the
strife
When battles must be fought.
Hot air will do as much in life
AS muscle, nerve or thought.
Omaha World Herald.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-09-15

curstely, to use his mind, to use his
fingers. 50 that his hands will be a
help to MIN in earning his living
that Is aN that should be expected of
the child, either boy or girl That
Is enough for seven years learning
In the great formative period OF life"
DR.. Lawrence insists that there
must be shorter hours and an abso-
Lutte adjustment Of home study before
the age of fifteen and even after If
teen no evening study beyond an hour.
To bring this about ne suggests as a
necessary condition closer co-opera-
ton OF home and school The teacher
and parent must come closer together.
One means toward this end lies in
frequent conferences between mother
and teacher The teacher must better
know tie timber she Is seasoning.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-09-15
All Ready for the start.

George Fitch in Peoria herald
Transcript. On Wednesday morning
the Herald-Transcript's South Pole
Expedition will put off from the leyee
and will sail for the frostbitten seas.
AS the Transcript man mops his brow
and perspires in this ideal autumn
weather he cannot help wishing that
Wednesday came along late last
week.
There is MT another thing left to be
done. Preparations are complete.
Alarm clocks have been given to
every member Of the staff and have
been set for Wednesday morning at
8 a. m. At this hour each man will
rise and shave. He, will then dress
himself In fur clothes, eat frugal
maa, ~ bacon rind. matted milk tab
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-09-15

omy. With hard work and economy
he can't help but get rich in Iowa
If he owns an Iowa farm he is rich.
The secretary of the Y. NJ G. A. at
Ann Arbor. Mich, has been discharged
for reading the writings OF Ebert Hub
bard. The Davenport Democrat de
clares that 1T is by such helps as this
that Mr.. Hubbard.s presses are kept
busy. Regardless OF whether the in
fluence of a book is moral or diabol-
ical there is some danger in putting Il
on the black list
Let US not forget the placid and
fat Eskimo, says the Davenport
Democrat. Without his assistance
the north pole would still be open
TO investigation and attack. And
the dogs are also TO be remembered
The dogs have done more than the
dynamos and guns. Let US not kick
away tie bridge that carries US over.
One hundred thousand people are
expected to visit Des Moines during
the five days OF the military tourna-
ment to be held here September 20
to %. Elaborate preparations are
being made 20 entertain that num-
Der OF people. The largest single day
attendance is expected on September
20. when President Taft will review
the $500 federal troops and make an
address in the forenoon. The tourna-
ment proper will be held each after
noon on the state fair grounds in
front of the amphitheater. which seats
1000 people.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-09-15
SPEAK WELL OF YOUR TOWN.

In a recent speech Governor Hughes
OF New York referred TO the constant
inquiry of reception committees and
prominent citizens OF bow he liked
their town, and he said it had made
deep impression on him. II show
ed him that the people had civic pride
and enthusiasm. and his remark is
worthy of consideration The Incl
dent has prompted the Kewanee Star
Courier TO say:
Good citizens always have good
word to say for their home town. They
know its good points, and If there are
other peculiarftfes, they do not pre-
sent them.
The grumbler who knows ali the
bad features of town and mentions
them at every opportunity is not only
a poor citizen. but he is one who does
nothing to improve the town he
lives In 1t is good enough to pro
vide home for him and perhaps a
place of business, or an occupation.
but that is forgotten in the general
flow of complaint
Every resident can do something
l.
cannot improve property for lack OF
means or ownership. he can at least
keep his own home neat and clean.
He can have clesn yard. grass plot
or something to add to the appear
ance of the place. and above all. he
can say a good word for the place
at every opportunity.
1.-The grumbler should study some oil
our western cities and hear the
boomers there talk about their town
1t may be only a string of shacks and
shanties, the most pretentious being
one story high with dashboard
front, but the enthusiastic citizen
will tell you how long it is since the
first settler located and how the place
/ is growing. He will point out the
I places which have acquired loca'
fame or notoriety, viii tell OF the
prospects. of the things they are go
ing to have and the room for expaD
sion, which is bounded by the hori
zon. It isn't New York, ne will say
but come back in ten years and We
/ will show you town that won't be
hurt By comparison with any city OF
| the footstool"
The Kewanee paper admits that tht
visitor can't help smiling, but 1t says
he feels that the resident has this
right spirit He is doing the thingl
which will make good in time. Ant
even in small community, wher,
all are imbued with the same spirI
wonders are ACCOMPLISHED.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-09-15

The mills, factory. goods, etc, were
sold as whole according to the order
of Referee Roberts. There are those
who contend the outfit would have
brought more money If sold in parcels,
This is merely a matter Of opinion.
Trustee Johnson went to Red Oak
Wednesday to see Judge Mcpherson
In regard to the approval Of the sale.
On reaching there he found that OBJ
jections had been filed by Attorneys
Hughes and McCoid of Keohuk and
Geo. B. Stewart of TT. Madison.
Judge Mcpherson set Monday, Sept.
10, as the date for hearing the objec-
lions OF the directors, and Mr.. John
son made another trip to Red Oak
The DELAY was considerable dis
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-09-15
The Test.


Tae time to judge man is not
When he Is in the public eye;
Not when he stands before you all
In stern review. as you pass by.
He may be only feigning then
The smile that seems so good to
see;
The pleasant things he says to you
May be no more than flattery.
Not when he has an axe to grind
Or cen a public office seeks;
For then he's always at his best III
And in his kindest manner speaks.
Not at the bar quet or the feast,
When he Is striving for applause;
For then man will seem to be
What best may serve his selfish
cause.
But Judge aim by his conduct when
There's no admiring throng to see;
When what he does will not be viewed
And criticised unfavorably.
The test Of kindness and true worth
However much a man may roam,
Is, after all. the way man
Acts with his loved ones when at
home.
Detroit Free PRESS:
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-09-15
LACEY REPLIES TO KENDALL.
Calls Upon Latter to Explain His Elk
PLANTATION.

OSKALOOSA. Iowa. September 10,
Is0s-Congressman n E. Kendall
sent Major Lacey copy Of his recent
open letter to H. j. Vail of New Shar-
on, explaining why he did not vote
with his party in the recent session
of congress. Major Lacey sent him
the following reply:
TUSCALOOSA, Iowa, September 4,
1so9.-Hon. y. E. Kendall, NJ. c.. Al
bia, Iowa.
Dear Sir: / aave the honor to &C
knowledge receipt from you OF a copy
OF letter written by you to Mr.. b.
J. Vail, of New Sharon, from which
quote as follows:
81 dissented from the Iowa platform
last year, presented to the state con-
vention by Major Lacey, my distin-
guished predecessor, foreshadowing an
extraordinary session Of congress at
which a general reformation OF the
tariff should be undertaken. My hum
Bile Judgment was overruled, and our
party declared at Chicago that tle
schedules should be so rewritten as to
establish duties at a level measuring
the difference In the cost Of produc-
| ton In America and abroad together
1 with reasonable return to the domes-
! tic producer.
Now. my dear sir it occurs to me
that this would have been good oc-
casion to apply an old maxim: Do not
/ explain. lest you should be called upon
to explain the explanation Just why
| you should announce that the question
of tariff revision had been reluctant
IL forced upon you by the platform
presented by me, ! cannot fully com
prehend. In view of the fact that
for the last six or seven years you
have been moving in harmony Win
! the 'reyisionists' in Iowa, it seems a
! little singular for you at this late hour
to announce yourself as so-called
ardent standpatter, and that you
should complain Of being forced by a
progressive like me into revision on
Il a platform for which you declare me
in part responsible. The people OF
this district are well aware that
favored delay in revision until such
time as there might be very serious
demand therefor; that demand was
recognized in the last Iowa platform
and in the national platform. l heard
no protest then from you or the SO
called progressives' in Iowa against
revision. The party pledged itself &c
revision and has redeemed its
pledges.
"In your statement explaining why
YOU voted with Champ Clark and Inc
Democrats In congress on the Repup
j lican tariff bill, you say:
".It is relatively immaterial to TN
: public whether | remain in congress
: but It is vitality important to me ina
sustain friendly relations with m.
own conscience.
! "As YOU have seen fit to refer to M
t In this circular letter, which you ar
0 distributing broadcast in the district
y / beg to assure you that DeieV
o the great mass Of the Republicans Il
t1e senate and house who passed thi
bill, approved by President TAFT, no
y only sustained friendly relations Wit
= their own consciences,' but frlendi
l. relations with the great principles G
It the party that has SO long controlle
8 the destinies of this nation.
II am very respectfully,
aJOHN r LACEY
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-09-15

Geo. e. Roberts, president OF the
Commercial National bank of Chicago,
has been investigating the results of
the bank deposit guaranty law OF
Oklahoma The results have been
such as were anticipated when the
law was under discussion in the ma
tional campaign last year. Mr. Rob
erts finds that II has driven out of
business seventy-hve national banks.
most OF them being replaced
with banks OF small capital
Increased the number OF banks
beyond the proportion Of in
crease in deposits; enabled incom-
petent and INSCRIPTIONS men to get
Into the banking business; demoral.z-
ed business because the banker who
pays highest interest and loans at
lowest rates on least security gets the
deposits, and that under present con
ditions the failure OF one big bank
would knock the law into a cooked
hat" and make the worst bank panic
a state ever had The experiment Is
certain to prove a costly one In the
end
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-09-15

Bloomfield is enjoying home
coming" this week with many former
residents in attendance Today Gov
ernor Carroll. one Of the most dis
tinguished citizens of Davis county,
will be present and will deliver the
principal address. Other prominent
Davis county exiles who are counted
on to be present are Gen. J. B.
Weaver. Gen Cyrus Bussey. ]. ].
Hamilton and Judge H. H. Trimble.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-09-15

even after bankruptcy had been In
stituted, they thought it possible the
stoker business might develop SO the
sale would never be made. AS much
time was taken as the creditors would
allow and now 1t is sold. II the Meek
interests in the stoker make good the
stockholders Of the Meek factory will
not lose a cent.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-09-15
According to a paragraph going III,

According to a paragraph going the
rounds of the press. woman in q
Missouri court refused to testify
against two men who had fought In
her presence, on the ground that both
were her husbands and she could not
as a wife testify against either. It Is
further stated that the conjugal 10y.
atty of the lady saved the day, and
she herself departed in peace, having
evidently paralyzed the laws majesty
by her nerve.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-09-15

SO far 1909 has been an unproht-
able year for quite number of fire
insurance companies. many OF which
complain particularly of losses In the
south. The summer months taken
alone have been fairly satisfactory
from a fire underwriting standpoint,
as they usually are.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-09-15

The Gazette offers the following to
for interment in his phrase cannery:
Remains will be shipped" The Gate
City fervently seconds the tender.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-09-15

After cogitating over the matter for
some time the Springfield Register
concludes that come OF the talk about
"a dash to the pole is best expressed
in dashes.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-09-15

When the coal man begins to cut
come ice and the ice man begins TO
sell coal the ultimate consumer has
no alternative but to take to the
woods
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-09-15

According to information promul-
gated by the Omaha Bee the Indians
in Oregon have the best system of
dry farming known. They rent the
land to white men and go fishing The
white men do the rert.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-09-15

The Cedar Rapids Republican ex-
plains that d.. Cook has go much the
advantage that IT is not necessary for
him TO forget that he Is gentleman.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-09-15

DIR. Cook, being an accomplished
photographer, took 400 pictures dur
ing his trip to the pole. Their evil
dence should be conclusive as to
whether he reached the pole or not.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-09-15

The fourth-class postmasters have
decided that their salaries are too
low, which goes TO show that fourth
class postmasters are only human.
after all.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-09-15

A college professor who is vouched
devout Christian will supervise the
census Of Chicago. The situation has
a decidedly ominous look for the
windy city.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-09-15

1t has been suggested that in time.
perhaps, the expression I'm from Mis-
souri, may be superseded by PRO
duce your Eskimaux''
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-09-15
SALE OF MEEK MILLS APPROVED
5onaparte Rejoiees Because Opera
tions Are to BE Resumed.

sonaparte Rejoices Because Opera.
tions Are to Be Resumed.
Bonaparte Record: About $3.50 p
m. Monday there came telegram
from ]. A. Johnson at Red Oak:
sale approved Get busy"
Mr.. Johnson has sounded the slogan
for Bonaparte. Get busy" That's
the next thing In order There is no
reason why Bonaparte cannot soon re-
turn to her old self with wooden mills,
clothing factory, grist mill, and
water-power dam With the dam will
come the interurban to Burlington.
Get busy"
Those who have disposition to
knock will please hide their little
hammer and Join with those who
have had faith In the old town through
thick and thin. Get busy" Be a
booster.
The news OF the factory sale confir-
nation was received with gladness.
People were tired of the delays which
had come from time to time in the re-
organization or sale proceedings and
they now feel that this is the end OF
the anxiety.
Two kegs Of powder We're purchas-
ed and the celebration was begun by
series OF salutes from the old can
non on south hill.
/ There has been no work In the fac
| tories since January, and operations
| in the wooden mills had closed con-
siderable time before that. 1t has
been long wait, but the smile Is now
on. May 1t be the kind that won't
come off.
AS was stated in the Record OF last
week, the Meek Bros. Wooden Mills
and Clothing Factory were sold al
auction to Mr.. G. D. Pocock OF Jack
sonville, H., Tuesday afternoon about
eight minutes after two o'clock. j. A
Johnson, trustee. was the auctioneer
~
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-09-15

The Iowa Surragists' state conTen-
ton will meet in Des Moines October
n, 2s and 2s DR.. Anna Shaw will
be the chief speaker.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-09-15

George Fitch is grieyed because a
lot of wives who will not believe in
their husbands place implicit faith in
the weather predictions.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-09-15


for blackboards in some of the Eng
lish schools
"Oh, base ball, what crimes are
committed in thy name" paraphrases
the Cedar Rapids Gazette.
The Ida Grove Pioneer says 1t
takes a 800 man to make 800 an
acre land pay good returns.
The Sioux City Tribune maintains
taat as long as men continue TO pre-
tend to be fooled when the peroxide
blonde passes by, it may still be called
the age of chiyalry.
According to the near-philosopher of
the Sioux City Tribune, the man who
claims to understand women may be
educated, but he is either inexper-
fenced or an egotist.
II Is anticipated by the Dubuque
Telegraph Herald that when the
Peary-Cooke dispute gets under full
! Roadway the warmth Of debate may
melt the bloomin' pole.
1 Americans ought not to be in
haste to disparage either Of the claim
ants to the north pole" says the Bur.
] lington Hawk-Eye. Both are Ameri
cans; let US hope both got there
In the view Of the Iowa City Repub
4 lican tae remarkable thing about mos
Of these feather Drained people who
rush along city streets in automo
biles is that they have nothing tc
rush about.
1t Is suggested to the governor b.
the Waterloo Reporter that he incor
porate into his thanksgiving procla
nation as one of our blessings the fac
that the fall models Of milady's hat
are somewhat smaller
The Cedar Rapids Republican ad
vises people to stay at home and rea
In the newspapers what the Presiden
will say at Des Moines. rather tha
get in the crush at the capital cit,
people will travel 100 miles, cor
tinues the Republican, only to lear
that all they get out Of the Taft re
ception is distant glimpse of ia
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keokuk, Iowa =. September IS, 1903.

TOO many cooks spoil the broth"
In Peary's case one Cook was sum-
cient
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-09-15

Revision Of the temperature down
ward ia in progress. So far there has
been no objection from any quarter.