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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-05-28
a Doctors Bad Nloht.

Audubon Advocate: DR.. f. Rosen-
bladt had rather unpleasant expert.
ence last Thursday night He was
called to Kimballton and started with
his automobile. 1t balkeo on him
when way OFT on the ridge road and
he telephoned to town for his team
and a driver. They arrived all o. X.
ard he went on to make his call.
While returning the doctor taking
a little nap and awoke in midair. His
team had run away with the driver
and the doctor was thrown out and also
the driver They ran into a fence and
were stopped with little damage.
When they got to the automobile they
tied 1T behind the buggy and the doctor
rode in the rear car. They broke the
doubletrees and the driver was jerked
over the dashboard. They broke two
pairs of doubletrees before they got
to town, but they got here with both
rigs about one o'clock in the morning.
The doctor and the driver lost moth.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-05-28

tie last seventy-five years to build on.
Seventy-fyo years OF pioneering mas
been done; and upon that basis OF
pioneering we are now ready 70
build.
.sThe man that thinks that this
great river, one of the greatest on the
globe, ia to be abandoned man
has another think coming. This river
Is one OF the great natural features
of the globe; and although It has been
OF but little advantage during the
last thirty years, to the towns along
its shores, the ime is coming wnen y
will again be Of paramount advantage
to them, as 1t was fifty or sixty years
ago. Not for always, can the railroads
hold the river down commercially
not for always.
Along Its shores are the richest
acres in America; and along It's shores
lies natural panorama OF great
beauty. No one can begin to fore
tell what the development Of the Mis-
sissippi Valley will be during the
NEXT ATTY wears. We have not the
slightest doubt that the next fifty
years will give this town population
Of 100000; and 1t will be one q the
prettaest,cities in all the land. Bust
ness property in Quincy will then be
worth four or Ave times what IT -
today.
There is, indeed. bright future
for all OF this Mississippi valley-es-
pecially the upper Mississippi Val
ley, the improvement Of which vii
come fast. Farming land, on both
sides Of the river, will be worth far
more than it is today twice as much
at least. The man that owns land IN
this mississippi Valley can do nothing
better than hang on to it,
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-05-28
Let the Good Work Go on.

Cedar Rapids Gazette: When all
the forces get to work that can and
ought to work for the things that are
right there ought to be great diminu-
ton in disease and Of the things that
cause disease. When the churches,
AMI tie women. and lawmaking bodies,
and officials and fraternal organiza-
lions, and the labor unions, and the
thousand and one other agencies for
good all unite their efforts what a
mighty army will be working for the
health and happiness of humanity.
Many of these great organizations
are now doing wonders The labor
unions are active. The 4. M. G. "A. is
active. 1t is announced that the asso-
citation is enlisting its half million
members in the fight against the death
rate, against the filthy fly and the
fever-laden mosquito, ag inst the spit
ting curse, and in behalf OF those
things which are the direct opposite
of filth and disease producers.
Let this good work go on. Let the
forces Of health and purity continue,
until they are marvelously effective in
their undertakings.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-05-28
Major Meius' Report.

Keosauqua Republican: We do not
know what Major Meigs' report will
be on the question as to whether the
Des Moines river can really be fash
Toned into navigable stream by the
aid of congressional appropriations,
but the tenor of his various interviews
indicates that the report is likely to be
quite optimistic. We hope his explor-
alton has provided ample data for a
rosy report, for with steamers plying
back and forth from Keokuk to Des
Moines, the towns along the river
would have new awakening. How
ever we cannot help but feel that
Major Meigs, in order to arrive at an
intelligent understanding OF the
truth of the situation, should make
another tour Of inspection some time
this summer when the river is at low
water mark.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-05-28
Bank Advertising.

S. F. Mcconnell, cashier Of the Ma
tional bank of Bloomfield, in an al
dress befs re the bankers OF Group 10,
assembled In Ottunw" on Advertis.
ing, It's Merits and Abuses" In part
said:
Bank ADVERTISE In It's best sense
lis making known to the public the
quality of service that bank is able
to give and does give 20 the commun.
Bity Without being wholly consc ot:s
of the fact, the banker OF today has
come to accept he sacing Of his busi.
ness in the catalogue of public insti-
tutions and il he be wise in his day
and generation. devotes his advertis.
ing to familiarizing his public with
the relation Of tie bank to the imam
cial life OF the community. The more
knowledge our people acquire OF the
methods, responsibilities and service
Of really good bank, the higher It
will stand in the estimation Of It's
patrons With all our advertising
Of the convenience OF the check or
draft. we yet have Il good old-fash-
toned fellow, who knows no other way
Of paying his obligations than with the
actual cash. II we would undertake
to estimate the number of fairly in
telligent people who do not know that
the capital of a hank is a guaranty
fund advanced by It's stockholders to
insure the depositor against loss,
through crimes or mistakes of judg-
ment We would not be surprised at
the popularity of government guar
antee of deposits. If our public knew
that this capital, paid in cash by stock
holders, must remain intact, that i.
must be ard is replenished when
drawn upon to cover losses, and that
its chief purpose is the protection Of
the depositor. that knowledge would
be most potent factor in establish
inng and maintaining confidence III
banks. Men will FORK hard to solve
the difficult and complex problems OF
business, but too often overlook the
valle Of knowledge of the simple
things. Because you and can look
at bank statement and understand
It, we are apt to take it for granted
that the average patron understands
it equally we'll, vixen in TACT the farm.
er. the blacksmith, the miner or the
minister may know no more about
the ordinary bank statement than we
know about selecting seed corn. sharp,
ening pillow share driving an entry
or the dimensions of Solomon's tenn
Iple. The knowledge Of banking dis
seminated through tie medium Of
newspaper er-;sing in the past de
cade has been prodigous and valuable
alike to banks and the community
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-05-28
THE RETIRED FARMER.

The farmer who moves to, town to
enjoy the rest he has fairly earned
came in for a severe scoring at the
hands Of Rev. VIM. Boynton Gage, q
Des Moines minister. last Sunday
evening The minister had for his
subject THE Gospel of Hard Work, !"
and the way he sailed into" the sons
of toll who desert their broad acres
was a caution to all who heard him.
In the course Of his remarks he said:
Il know of no section which SO
needs the command, Six days shalt
thou labor as our own. Meath the
semi-tropical. sun Of the southern part
Of the United States, the energies OF
the inhabitants. are SO Slapped by the
wearisome summers, that the farmer
loafs in the furrow; the merchant
sleeps in the store; the house wife
wastes full half of each day In one
prolonged siesta. But here the sting
Of winter lends yigor to us all. With
energy we are by it endowed. So It
comes that, blessed as We are with
the worlds most fertile soil, there has
been the accumulation of much money
on the part Of our farming population.
"For the man who has rounded out
a life Of useful toll, or is incapacitated
by i'll health, and seeks a well earned
rest among his friends, we have no
word Of criticism. But deliver US
from what is coming to be an Iowa
pest-the farmer, who screens ms
iaziness behind the excuse OF educat-
ing his children or feigning Ill health,
and forthwith moves to town to live
upon his money, and without Work.
Too often he becomes q gossip worse
than the tabled women, is interested
supremely in the affairs OF other peo-
ple: cones to talk ana pass opinions
as to things concerning which he does
not know; grows to be a wholesaler
of scandal and an occasional retainer
in the merchandise of lies.
'The dry goods box is his throne
better than he deserves. The jack
knife is his weapon. The grocery
store is his castle, from which we
hone he will soon forever disappear.
A few lines from some retired
farmer in reply to this indictment
would make what Horace Greedy was
wont to call mighty interesting read
ing. II anyone cares to dignity the
TRADE in this way The Gate City Will
be glad to give the counterblast pub
| licity.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-05-28

The report OF the Pennsylvania rail
road tells a remarkable story of
achievement in carrying passengers
safely. There we're 141,659,54S pas
sengers handled. Not one was killed.
There were 102 people injured enough
to require medical or surgical atten-
ton. Out OF each 1,Sss,S19 passen-
gers carried there was one injured in
a train accident. The same general
fact OF safety is shown by the Pullman
report Of 1s.603,o67 passengers car
ried In standard Pullman sleeping cars,
Of which great number only one was
killed. Other statistics. if at hand,
would add their testimony. The safe
ty Of present-day travel is truly re-
markable.
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THE DAILY GATE CITY
you throw stones at them to hurry
them up. All the highest authorities
recommend this.

Won fhrov stones ~ them 10 hurry
Them m Al the Richest authorities
recommend this
81
II occurs 10 tina ravennort democrat
+h.t s,vs ranrsssa,,t 3. ~, ssrmera q
Iowa VIII, h,ph nnwer antomohiles IN
active circulation Womb "a great
deal u nromota the ca,,sa ~ GOOD
roads me farmers have what they
want
eve thoupht Rert Ka,tz had become
renera, agent ,or : H. eastern ,nsnr.
ance company. saws the Hamnton
Chronicle INSTEAD 81 that We read
+hat II 4 .,o.tins .rn,,nd tha 1,ant,
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-05-28
Freak Of a Cyclone.

Bedford Times Herald: j. e. Hop.
son was exhibiting Tuesday, the result
of peculiar freak of the cyclone
which passed through the south part
of the country a few weeks ago. The
curio was section Of maple tree
through which the wind had driven a
2x4 scantling. The timber came from
the barn of II. S. Goodrich OF Polk
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-05-28

The Dubuque Times-Journal takes
notice Of the rediscovery Of the Des
Moines river to say:
Major Meigs has found the Des
Moines river navigable its con-
fiuence with the mississippi. It con-
tains a greater depth of water than
some German rivers which carry a
large commerce. But in Germany
the government owns the railways and
encourages the shipment OF heavy
freights by water.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-05-28
An Honest Man.

Fort Madison Democrat: When
one considers the action OF Riley
Smith Of Hancock county, ILL.,, presi.
dent Of the defunct bank OF West
Point. he having sold all OF his 730
acres of land, excepting eighty acres,
to satisfy the creditors of the bank,
who will be paid in full, one is filed
with admiration and respect for him.
He is that noblest work Of God--an
honest man. No more can be said.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-05-28
NOTES AND COMMENT.

The Iowa Nillers' club Will hold
their midsummer meeting in Waterloo,
June and 3.
The Sioux City Journal has noticed
that man doesn't necessarily have
his hat on in order to talk through IT.
sAeroplanes may be all right, but
thew can not beat Iowa land for going
up,. says the Waterloo Times-Tribune.
"set the tariff aside and come on
with that sweet girl graduate, ex-
claims the Marshalltown Times Repub-
lican.
The life OF an Oklahoma official
seems to be very busy one, as the st.
Louis Globe-Democrat points out.
when he is not filing charges against
somebody he is in court defending
himself against an indictment.
Helen Keller thinks, Henry H.
Rogers was the best man size ever
knew. "Who knows" suggests the
Sioux City Journal, "but that at the
Judgment seat the testimony of Helen
Keller might outweigh that Of Tom
Lawson"
THAT the Republican division over
the tariff is offering the Democrats the
best opportunity they. have had in
years is certain" says the Creston
Advertiser. TT is almost as certain,
however, that the Democrats will not
be able to take advantage of It,"
mo railroad or express company
was known to admit that train robbers
got anything worth taking says the
Davenport Democrat. Still hardly a
week passes without holdups. It must
be that the bandits refuse to believe
what the detectives and the others
say"
The African lion is not as formid-
able beast as the popular magma
ton paints him. IF, being nnarmed,'
writes Mr.. Churchill, you meet six
or seven lions unexpectedly, all you
need to do is to speak to them stern
" and they will sink away, while
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-05-28

broke, but the bow settled and the rear
raised, and We passed over, but badly
frightened set Of passengers. and the
boat badly damaged. However. this was
hardly noted, as she paid for herself
every trip she made to Fort Desl
Moines.
Very truly
B. f. KEABLES.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-05-28

The bishop of London gave some
good advice recently to the students
of fashionable girls school in the
West End The curse of that part Of
London, the bishop declared, was not
what might be called open immortality.
but rather the prevalence of a catty
spirit. BY which ho mean. he said,
the way in which my people spent
their lives saying i-i-natured things
about others. He had known the
regulations of good men and good
women taken away by this catty
spirit SO prevalent in the West End
drawing rooms. Never be cats" the
bishop advised his young audience.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-05-28
Corn PLANTING Completed. ):

Keosauqua Republican: Corn plant
ing In this section of the state was
practically completed last week,
large acreage was put in and the
most OF 1T is coming up we'll. Some
farmers commenced corn cultivation
last week, and more OF them are en-.
gagged in that business this week.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-05-28

There is no occasion for worry or
Ill temper or bad language in connect
ion with the framing and passage of
a new tariff law. The matter is In
the hands of a Republican congress
and Republican President, and a
Republican congress and President
can always be trusted to do the right
thing. AS old Ben Allen used to say,
"And that's all there are about IT.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-05-28

There is all the difference In the
world between an old maid and an old
cat. Some of the old maids in London
are the most lovable and gracious
people in it. and you needn't be afraid
Of being an old maid SO long as you
are not an old cat
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-05-28

The extension OF prohibition
throughout the United States is said
to have caused largely increased de-
mand for soda pop" as indicated
by the great demand for bottles. Two
big factories at the Alton glass works
have been working since last fall
night and day manufacturing soda pop
bottles. The prohibition wave has al
SO caused big increase in orders for
all kinds of large bottles.
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~ W. - tSuttSNtVs t
They died to keep the nation one.
For north, for south their work was
done.
And done 80 well that now we stand
A great and undivided land
Whose strength is union and whose
good
Is sealed in lasting motherhood.
Taps!
Lights ont!
Asleep!
One flag, one country,
s. all forever keep
These dead az sacred
And on the scd which covers them
Shall set blo5soming diadem.
W. ]. hampton.
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The Illinois senatorsnlp.

st. Louis e-Democrat. While;
Republicans throughout the country
will be glad that Illinois has chosen a
senator, they will have no cause to re-
joice at the manner in which he was
chosen or at the choice which was
made. Ex-senator Hopkins congratu-
lated Mr.. Lorimer on his election, but
expressed his regret that a Republican
senator from Illinois should be depend
ent for his Office on Democratic votes.
The party in general will feel that
way. In the Illinois legislature the Re
publicans have 1877 votes on joint bal
lot, or twenty-four more than con-
stitutional majority when all the seats
are filed. Yet the total for Mr. Lori
mer was only 10S, or but five more
than the number required to elect.
Almost half Of his supporters were
Democrats. OF the seventy-seven
votes which the Democrats have on
joint ballot, only twenty three were
cast for the Democratic candidate,
Stringer He has reason to complain
of desertion by the men who were
pledged to him or for some other Dem
ocrat to the end. If party organization
has any claims on its members and
In republic 1t is impossible to have
stable. intelligent, honest government
without parties then the men who be.
Itrayed Stringer and went over to a
candidate OF the opposite political faith
deserve the denunication which was
dealt out to them by the Democrats
who remained true to their promise
and chung to their party candidate UNI
til the strggle closed.
But Mr.. Hopkins has still greater
cause. to complain Of the injustice Of
which he has been made victim. AS
the regularly nominated candidate Of
the primary Of last summer he had a
right to expect the support Of every
Republican in the legislature. 1t was
the understanding during the canvass
for senator that the Republican who
should be selected by the primary
would be sent to the senate providing
their party carried the state in No
vember Mr.. Hopkins was the choice
of the Republican voters of the state,
If the primary is a fair exponent OF
the peoples wishes. So far as the
public has learned, all the require.
ments of the law were met at that
plebiscite. Hopkins received the In.
dorsement of his party in the manner
in which the statute provided. His
rivals for the candidacy conceded this
at the time. During the interval be
tween the primary and the voting IN
November 1t was assumed that Hop
kins would be returned to the senate
If his party should carry the legisla
ture. Hopkins may or may not have
been the best man whom the Illinois
Republicans could have selected tc
represent them, but their votes show
ed that they wanted to retain him. The
men who voted for him knew what
they were doing. In house and sen
ate he had been in office for more
than twenty years. Every Republican
who went to the primary was &C
quainted with Hopkins record, arc
knew what to expect If he should bs
reelected. Having been Endorsed by
the regular machinery provided fol
such purposes, it was the legislatures
duty to ratify the. peoples choice.
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township. Fifty feet of the eight foot
barn was blown away, and the timber
which passed through the tree was cir
ried distance of over twenty-five
rods. A big bunch Of cattle which
were in the barn were not injured.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-05-28

A. Berkeley, Cal, chemist asserts
that he has discovered process by
which whiskey can be rendered non.
Intoxicating and still preserve It's ex.
hilarating properties. II the gentle
man would accomplish something
really worth while let him extract the
headache from the stuff.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-05-28
Don't want any Kind q run on Sun

Waverly Democrat: Those Des
Moines ministers, who were almost
successful in having the legislature
stop Sunday theaters and base ball.
are now out to stop Sunday funerals,
They seem dead set against Sabba&h
entertainment Of any kind.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-05-28

Senator Bailey OF Texas recently
made use of the expression "since men
like have come into power in the
Democratic party" Senator Baileys
grammar is almost as bad as his
politics.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-05-28

The Seattle exposition will open
next Tuesday. Everything is in readi-
ness and the prospects are that the
affair will be gratifying success.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-05-28

According to recent writer a
school superintendent should have the
learning of a college president, the
wisdom CT a Judge, the executive tai
ents of financier, the patience of a
church jani+ r, the humility of dea-
con and the craftiness of politician.
1t is a foregone conclusion that if he
had all Of tlese qualities he wouldn't
be school superintendent.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-05-28

The earthquake Wednesday morn
ing was less distinctly felt in this
vicinity than further up state Keo-
kuk's disposition to stand pat has
again been made manifest.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-05-28

Roosevelt has been advised to look
out for the Mad Mullahs men. In
tn /, interest Of fair play the Washing
ton Post suggests some humanitarian
should warn the Wild trfbesmen, too.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-05-28
Some Wool.

Pennington News: T. R. Robertson
of Lee county reports that D. L. Wind
land sheared this spring S01a pound
fleece from prize thoroughbred De
laine buck. Can some one surpass
this weight for single fleece?
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-05-28

The latest definition Of Democrat
is that he is "a man who votes for
Bryan every time he is nominated"
Aside from this restriction the average
Democrat is very much "at large"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-05-28

A Kansas contemporary says three
aof the new "srffragette" cocktails will
make man 80 home and scrub the
kitchen floor. This possibly explains
why Kansas is prohibition state.
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one Of Many.

Chicago Inter Ocean: The late
Henry H. Rogers began life as a news
boy. The country is full Of men whom
the newspapers have made.
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s sealed In lasting brotherhood.

Senator Stone says he likes Bryan
hit not Bryan's advice. That seems
to be the case with a large number of
Democrats.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-05-28

Memorial Day, not Decoration Day,
is the proper designation for May 80.
The occasion s'-ould be called by its
right name.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-05-28
Psychology Of Dreams.

Birmingham Age,Herald: Dreams
go by contraries, but they nearly
always agree with what we eat.
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ing but their patience and there we're
pieces Of them scattered all the way
to town. he doctor if recovering nice
ly and his patience are slowly healing.