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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-06-09
OUTLOOK FOR PANAMA HATS.

From disclosures recently made at
the New York custom house, Panama
hats viii be a more than usually ex-
pensive luxury during the present
summer AS the result of Investiga-
lions, $4,000 worth of hats coming
under this classification have been
seized in bonded warehouses under
the charge that they were brought
into this country under an undervalu-
alton of II per cent. 1t is limited
that several other large consignments
will also be seized. If prolonged
legal contest shall ensue, as Is now
thought possible. the Panama hats
on the shelves of retail dealers and
in the hands of the jobbers cannot
fail to take on long prices. a few
weeks delay in releasing the hats
would prevent their being placed on
the market in time for the season S
demand
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-06-09
The Woman who Has a Telephone.

The Woman Who Has Telephone e.
Ed Howe in Atchison Globe: Make
way at the Wailing Place for the
woman who mas the only telephone
IN her neighborhood. II want 20 use
your telephone a minute she hears
a dozen times 2 day and the one who
wants to use it minute uses it half
hour. When the telephone rings, and
the woman who has the only tele-
phone in the neighborhood answers it
thinking she is to get an invitation
to an automobile ride, or to go out
to dinner, this is what she gets:
Would you mind running seven
doors west to call Mrs. G. to your
phone? want to ask her if she is
going to use her flatirons Tuesday"
The woman who has the only tele-
phone in the neighborhood can't get
bath without interruption. She
must always keep her house in apple
pie order for the neighbors who are
always rushing in. She can't scold
her husband, for in the middle of Civ.
ing him piece of her mind some
neighbor will walk in to use her
phone a minute She can't cry; she
can't have secret; she can't have
any privacy Or enjoyment Make way
at the Wailing Place for her, and join
in the chorus when she walls.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-06-09
AIoss TO The POSTAL. SERVICE

1t was distinct loss to- the postai
service when the late Jesse EOverstreet
was retired from congress. Before
he was made chairman of the post
office and postroads committee
he had given little time to
the subject, but during the
years he held that position he studied
the questions involved in the trans
mission of mail with a thoroughness
that made him a master of everything
connected with postal matters. He
and Senator Carter worked out and
presented to congress scheme for
postal reorganization and codification
of the postal laws that has been ap-
proved by all men who have read their
bill and analysed their report. Had
Overstreet remained in congress, It
is possible that the postoffice reorgan-
ization bill might have received con-
sideration in the house. Senator Car
ter has introduced the bill in this
congress, and will continue to press
it forward as long as he remains IN
congress, but he misses the able as
sistance of Overstreet in the house.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-06-09
The GREEN MOUNTAIN WRECK.

The Iowa board of railroad commits
sioners has filed its long expected re-
port as to the cause Of the disastrous
wreck near Green Mountain on March
p in which fifty-two passengers were
Killed The commission finds that the
Great Western road, over which the
ROCK Island train was deraiIed, was
IN bad condition; that the train was
MADE up wrong and should not have
neeh running with two engines NOV
ing backward. and that two trains
snouio not have been made into one
an which was too heavy for safety.
No personal liability is fixed in the
repof,, On the other land, the com
H Wtsst accord great praise TO John
!. mhl'e' the Great Western pilot He
s Vas on the lead engine pnt ESCAPED
!, , IRON, from the wreckage and scalded and
: u whera N made his way to a farm house
WI mere ne sent in the first cali for aid
e Inc commission names him tera.
{ He died as the result Of HE , ,ni,,,., ero'
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-06-09
Iowa Losinu Population.

! Washington Democrat: While peo-
pie are wondering what is the reason
that Iowa is losing population from
year to year, when it is known as the
best farming country in the world, did
| it ever occur TO any of the searchers
! for reasons, that maybe Iowa IS
cursed with too much reform2 Some
/ say prohibition has caused falling
/ off of population. Some say it is the
| high price of land, others that 1t Is
this and that and the other thing. But
nobody has ever seemed to think that
maybe we are cursed with too much
reform of the spurious variety.
There has been a species of reform
/ of the Bob LaFollette type for years
that has raised hell from one end of
the state to the other. His style of
politics sets neighbor against neigh
Dor, brother against brother, friend
against friend and We are of the
opinion that the game is not worth
the candle.
We Go not believe. that in the in
terests of reform, it pays to turn a
neighborhood upside down just to
make men of the LaFollette-Cum-
minis type United States senators.
And Joe Folk is another of the same
ilk. And as long as we listen to the
Joe Folk kind OF Democrats we will
not win and we do not deserve to
win.
ar, hnf hoe-
got to be the laughing stock among
the states like Kansas used to be?
Have you noticed that no rail-
roads are being built in Iowa, no
interurbans are going up, no factor
les are coming in? And why? Simply
because the people with tie money
will not risk it as long as Iowa poll
ticians are allowed to run things, as
long as we look as if we were crazy.
This idea will not be believed. We
do not expect people to believe what
We say, since nobody believes what
the newspapers say. but we can say
that as long as we allow political
pirates to go from one party into an
other to plant seeds of discord and
as long as self seeking, jackleg. half
baked politicians are allowed to run
our affairs, SO long will we lose
population.
1t is only of late years that
piratical Republicans have been com
Ing into the Democratic party to dis
credit the men who have built up
the party 1t is only lately that so
called Democrats have been in the
habit of going into the Republican
party and voting their ticket, the
argument being that the real reform
ers are in that party. This is a new
kind of politics. 1t is half-breed poll.
tics. It is dirty politics, but We will
lave to labor and to wait. The time
will come, when honest men will be
recognized and respected for what
they are worth and not for being re
formers or for saying what they are
worth.
We will have to endure half breed
politics, till it has run its course ane
then Iowa will come into it's own
There is no such farming country any
where as Iowa and the worst weed
the worst "varmint" we have in it ant
the one that is hurting Iowa worst o
all Is the politician who thinks he il
reformer, the reformer of the Boil
LaFollette, Joe Folk type.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-06-09
The State Contra
Savings Bank
Capital s1oo,ooo.oo. surplus s2oo,oooos

Monday from meeting Of the Pres
bytery in West Virginia.
Attorney j. S. Tall is in attendance
at federal court in Hannibal.
James Field of Keokuk was Ma
hoka visitor Monday.
Mesdames J. B. Cobb, B. F, Wagon
ner and W. l.. Berkheimer and MISS
Amelia Cherry were Keokuk visitors
Tuesday.
Mrs. l.. A. Record and daughter
Miss Louise, were Kahoka visitors
from Friday to Tuesday, the guess
of Mrs. Records sister, Mrs. Z, T.
Spangler.
Monday, Decoration day, was an
ideal one and large crowd come "
Kahoka to witness the exercises :.
the day and pay tribute to the poss
who wore the blue and likewise t"'
boys who wore the gray. the piv
gram, as published, was carried ~
in full. Rev. j. w. Anderson deli,
cred the address of the day, @n'eA
was mastery and scholarly oh'.
The music was furnished by the Lure
band, an organization which is w
serving of special comment. Al.',
the conclusion of tbI services IN "a y
park, the line of march was forin ls',
and proceeded to Kahoka's pmu'ii n
cemetery, where the graves OF Wv
soldiers were appropriately decoia ad
ed A double quartette also rehae. .os
excellent music at the park exereis ...
and Maurice Mattick received pie''
ing and appropriate defamation.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-06-09
The Keokuk Dam.

Bonaparte Record: The big dam
across the Mississippi that is being
constructed at Keokuk, was presented
in recent issue Of the Scientific
American. in highly illustrated arti-
Gle covering about page of the
paper The Scientific American is the
highest class magazine of its kind in
the country, and the fact that SO much
of it's space was devoted to demon
stration of the project, indicates there
is some prospect for the work to be
completed.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-06-09

1t is reported that "fizz water" is
soon to be advanced in price. The
soda water trust, it is said, has in
creased the price to retailers and the
latter propose to recoup themselves
from their customers. 1t is a ques-
ton If the latter will stand for the
raise. Already there is a marked
preference for the fruit ices and like
connections, and no great se.f-denial
would be required to do without the
sweetened wind so popular in the
past
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-06-09

Buffalo Bill SAYS that "it was the
hand of God that blotted out the In
dian" This, if true said The Gate
City in a recent issue. relieves
whisky and consumption OF a heavy
weight of responsibility Endorse
ment of this view is thus worded by
the Burlington Hawk-Eye:
Elise one is reduced to the altern
alive that whisky and consumption
were the instrumentalities the Lord
used to exterminate His creatures
which does not look like good theology
and is to be rejected. God is not
guilty of all the things with which He
is charged"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-06-09

A group of naturalists in Paris re.
Gently enjoyed" a dinner which con-
sisted of an ostrich egg omelette,
python stew, roast African gazelle and
crow pie. Guests are quoted as saying
that the ostrich eggs tasted like any
other eggs. The serpent stew proved
to contain large bones, with small
pieces of gelatinous and entirely taste
less meat attached. Roast gazelle was
as good as roast lamb. The crov
pie was black, bitter and nauseatine
and only few brave men swallowed
their portion. The menu also cor
tanned, written in parentheses on tn
card and eaten alphabetically, roas
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-06-09

Katisha in Pinafore mixed them
babies up It remained for the Wash
ington Democrat, in speaking of the
Memorial Day orator in Keokuk this
year to confound E. w. McManus
with his father, E. P. McManus, state
senator from Lee county 1t Is none
the less true, however. as the Demo
crat remarks, that 1T is a remarkable
fact that nearly all Irishmen are good
orators. We never saw an Irishman
yet, who, if he wanted TO speak
couldn't make good speech. 1t seems
natural to them all"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-06-09
and 20, block 8, Oakland Add, Fort
Madison, was granted on recommends

and 20, block 8, Oakland Add, Fort
Madison, was granted on recommends
ton of the assessor.
The petition of Peter Krehbiel for
refund of s1.00 dog tax on account
of erroneous assessment was grant
ed
The petition for reduction of assess
ment on lot 9 and E. " of lot s, block
80, Keokuk was granted on recon-
mendation of the assessor.
The official bond of H. NJ. Schevers,
city marshal of the city of Keokuk,
was approved and ordered filed.
On motion the following claims
were allowed:
F. w. Swan, repairs C. H.,
II heOKuk ....2 % 10
Payroll for road work, Jack
| son township, inside ....... 104 40
Ed. G. Vaughn, clerk hire,
deputy recordtr .......... so 90
Henry Kesselring, salary ex-
ecutive officer, S. c., X -. 45
Mrs. R. Hunt, bridge material,
etc. ......... ............ 20 90
Harrison Lumber Co., bridge
The minutes of today's session were
read and on motion approved, where
upon the board ajourned to meet on
Thursday, May 5, 1910, at o'clock
a. m.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-06-09
The Cheapest Seat.

Here is the latest joke from W.
British metropolis: The country -
itor was doing London and went y ~.
well known concert hall. He was p "a
ticular to inquire the price oil sear
and the obliging attendant said: pi 10.
seats, two shillings; back, one snii,,ao'
program. a penny. oh. WELL ~, M ii
blandly replied the countryman'
on a program.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-06-09
Knows Two Good Things.

Burlington HawkEye: Burlington
knows a good thing when it has had
an opportunity to test 1t. 1t made
quite plain at the polls yesterday that
1t approved Of President Taft Like
wise Kennedy.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-06-09

work of Taft? tt can easily be pre-
dicted that they will find some way
of criticisizing it, But they cannot
fool the people much longer. The vel
low journals cannot keep Taft down.
He is the man of the hour.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-06-09

Julia Ward Howe, now ninety-one,
hopes TO live TO see equal suffrage in
every state and the cocktail habit
banished from modern society The
fact is appropriately cited by a con.
temporary as proof that one NAV be
nonagenarian and yet an ontirniet
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-06-09
The kiss Notp Cult.

When her darling ootsie tootsie
Used to bump himself and yell
Mother, careless OF contagion,
Kissed the place to make it we'll. :
In this age OF sterilizing
Wonder what she does instead
When the antiseptic baby
Bumps his prophylactic head?
Chicago Tribune.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-06-09

1t is understood that Chairman
FRANKIE OF the Republican state com.
mittee will cali the committee IN.
gether in few days to select the
temporary chairman of the state con.
vention. The convention is to he
held in Des Moines early in August
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-06-09

The insurgents in the Ninth district
claim that they gave the Smith men
the scare OF their lives. This is prob
ably true. but it is better to be scared
than defeated.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-06-09

A French authority says cigarettes
tend to bring on paresis. Popular
opinion in America is correctly formu.
lated by the Jacksonville Courier in
the statement that the average cigar.
cite consumer hasn't much to parese
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-06-09

A Washington bulldog ate UP a
census enumerators note book, and
thereby acquired large mass of un-
digested information.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-06-09

The Mt. Pleasant Republican under
the management of Editor Richards
did good work for Kennedy, Carroll
and the cause of genuine Republican
ism in the preliminary political cam
paign just ended. What the party IN
the district needs is more papers of
like ability, courage, candor and stead
fastness.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-06-09

The Carroll charges against Cownie
will have no effect further than to
diminish the minority that is already
the governors doom on primary cleo
to- day. Waterloo Courier.
Say 1t over again.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-06-09
Our Best Families. Too.

Smith College Alumni Record: FIT
ty-four per cent Of the members OF
the class Of '05 are married. Seventy
three per cent have children.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-06-09

The per capita circulation of money
is s34.59, or fourteen cents more than
it was month ago If you haven't
those extra fourteen cents an investi-
cation is clearly in order.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-06-09

Thomas A Edison says that ether
Is the power of the future. He has
evidently neglected to inform himself
concerning the Keokuk and Hamilton
hydro-electric plant.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-06-09

Things is lookin' up" Iowa Re
publicans have indicated themselves
anew and the Maryland strawberry
crop is reported to be one of the
largest on record
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-06-09

Now that the political situation in
Iowa has changed for the better, the
weather should take fresh courage
and line up for record-breaking crops.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-06-09

1t is said the woman suffragists in
st. Louis will elect man as president
OF their club. One can see his finish
without looking ST. Louisward
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-06-09

The comet may have affected the
weather unfavorably, but it was pow
erless against majority for Carroll
for governor.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-06-09

1t rained in the Ninth district dur
ing election day or Walter L Smiths
majority would probably have been
still larger.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-06-09

While Baltimore society girl was
making a speech on woman suffrage,
her hair caught fire But all suffrag-
cites are not as hot-headed as that.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-06-09

Richard Karle is said to get $4,000
a week in vaudeville. Gold must in
deed be declining in value right along.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-06-09

Thought for the day: Make the
flies flee.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-06-09

The best thing about the Iowa pri-
mary law is the advertising of can
didates it brings to the newspapers.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-06-09

beef and new potatoes. At desert
pieces of the serpent's skin were dis
tributed as charms among the women.
Ugh!
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-06-09

Let us hope that the last has been
seen and heard of attempted senator
ial bossism.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-06-09

Sound the loud timbrel Ger Egypt's
dark sea,
Jehovah has triumphed, His people
are free,"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-06-09

There is only one Republican party
in Iowa today.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-06-09
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.
Official Report Of the Last Meeting ct
the Board.

Board met pursuant to adjourn
ment. ALI members present
The petition of Kellogg Birge Co.
for reduction of assessment on lots /,
2, 8, and 4, block So, city of Keokuk,
was granted on account of erroneous
assessment
The petition of NJ. E. Justice and
H. c. Duncan for reduction of assess
ment On lots 5 and 6. block AZ, Keo-
kuk, was granted as recommended by
the assessor.
The petition of Jared Merrick for
reduction of assessment on lot Z.
block so, Keokuk, was granted as rec
commended by the assessor.
The petition of w. R. Hall, for re-
duction of assessment on part of lot
y, block So, S. W. addition to Fort
Madison, was granted on account of
erroneous assessment as recommends
ed by the city council
The petition of j A. Hummer for
reduction of assessment on E. 80 feet
lot 9, block II, Keokuk, and refund of
s1.00 dog tax was granted.
The following report of F. C. Cham
bers. recorder of deeds, for the
months January, February and March,
1910, was approved and ordered fled.
| to-wit:
1 Fees received and paid to county
| treasurer:
For recording 232 deeds ....s 1875. go
For recording III mortgages SO. 40
For recording 30 chattel mort
cages ........ % 80
For recording 81 leases 80. Is 80
For recording Z assignments 8. 10
For recording SO miscellan-
eous instruments ....... 90. so
Iotal .......... ........S $50 90
On motion the following claims
were allowed.
Payroll for bridge work under
i e. N. Jack ............s 544 IL
! E. n. Jack, expense account,
bridges ....... .......... COS
Iowa Cement & Tile Works,
bridge material 80. SO. 90
Western Boiler Pipe Co.. road
material, Montrose twp -. SO. 0o
F. G. Chambers, office ex-
pense, recorder. ..... "a. o.
State of Iowa, Feeble Minded
institute account -. go. AS 2s
Same, Knoxville inebriate
hospital account 1880. ~. lis. 0C
; Same, independence Insane
hospital account ...... &c. OC
V. J. Dupuis, adding machine
, stand ..... 1880. 10. OF
, Mrs Eta Parker nursing
poor, West Point .... 40 OF
Board of Review, Fort Madi-
J son ...,..... 1870. -. 70. OF
/ |. Hosier, salary. comittee
work, etc, Co. supervisor. "a. n
y. A. Brlnkman, same $1,000. CT. 4(
, refer Scnefler, Jr., same -. 95. 81
, The county treasurer is hereby or
) dered and directed to transfer the
+ sum of s441.16 from the count,
bridge fund to the one mill county
road fund credited to Washington
: township on account of error in al
} lowing claims against said road funt
3 account in 1909
The petition of ]. W. Smith for re
: duction of assessment on lot 3S ant
w. " of lot 81, block 2. r. V. Add
e to Fort Madison, was granted on &C
4 count of erroneous assessment
e The petition of August Sell for re
r duction of assessment on lot SO ant
!, w. " lot 81 block 2, r. V. Add. IL
Y Fort Madison, was granted on accoun
}. of erroneous assessment
l. The petition of August Sell for re
I duction of assessment on persona
4 property in town of Donnellsoa wa
# granted on Recommendation of th
e assessor.
The petition of Mrs. c. e. McDel
l. NTH for reduction of assessment an
$ refund of taxes overpaid on lots 1
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-06-09

The Dubuque Times-Journal OBJ
serves that the thing that stands be-
tween the corn crop and despair is
Iowa's reputation.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-06-09

The Omaha Bee calls on some lover
of science to put up prize for an
aviation trial from Esopus, n. Y. TO
Fairview, Neb.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-06-09

According to the Washington Demo
crat, nothing much happens in coun-
try towns in the summer time but
limitations into lodges.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-06-09

HONEY: 80 outef
You fes' can't beat biscuits MACY suuf
Gold Medal Flour.-no sab.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-06-09

And the next day it rained.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-06-09
NOTES AND COMMENT.

Alex Miller's idea of being unfor.
tunate is to be lame negro.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-06-09

makes money grow quickly-is yours
growing this way? A deposit of 81 a
week for twenty years will amount tc
$1,417.22.
Why not have your money
work for you?
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-06-09
DAILY BY MAIL.

L
One year,. Ss.0OFour months. .{.0o
Blk months. ... 1-50iOne month";. e
Entered In Keokuk postoffice as second
class matter.
Postage prepaid; terms In advance.
All subscription orders should give the
p. .. address and state whether II Is =
new or renewal order. IL change OF
address Is desired. state both the ofo
and new address.
Remit by postofice money order.
i express money order. registered letter
or draft. Al our rick.
The date printed on tAe address OF
each paper notes when the SUBSCRIPTION
expires.
Subscribers failing to receive Their
papers promptly will confer favor ~
6vinE notice Of the fact.
Address all communications 70
THE GATE CITY COMPANY.
No. Is. North Sixth St. Keokuk, Iowa
THE GATE CITY is on sale At the
following news stands:
Hotel keokuk, cor. Third and johnson.
@. ii. Rollins g. Co.. 62s Main street.
Ward Bros, 525 Main street
Depot News stand-
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-06-09

The Sioux City Journal explains
that one reason why we have so
many poor men is traceable TO their
struggle to live on a diet of their own
words.