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The Washington herald., 1910-07-17
Decrease in British Use of Liquors.

Consul General John L. Griflths, of
London. reports a marked falling off in
the consumption of intoxicating liquors in
the United Kingdom in 1903. the amount
expended therefor during the year, $780,
O0O,0Oo being a decrease of about $4,000
000 from 1905. If the advance in prices
in 1909 are taken into account the de-
crease was much greater than that Civ
en-. There has undoubtedly been
marked decline In the use of intoxicat-
ing liquors in the United Kingdom in re-
cent years. as the decrease in the number
of licensed houses evidences.
The Washington herald., 1910-07-17
TEXAS CITY HOLDS RECORD.
Has More Unclaimed Letters Than
Any other Town.


Among cities of its size, San Antonio,
Tex. holds the record Of undelivered mail
matter.
Letters and packages found TO be non
deliverable by the post-office during the
last fiscal year reached the tremendous
total of 1886 pieces. OF these 26.525 had
no return address, and for this reason
had TO be sent TO the dead letter Office.
Most Of the pieces were letters. though
there were also many packages and sew
eraI postal money orders.
This almost phenomenal showing in
misdirected mail is thought to be due TO
the fact that many tourists and winter
residents neglect to notify their CORE
spondents OF their removal from San
Antonio
The Washington herald., 1910-07-17
LOCAL GRAIN MARKET.

GRAIN-Wbeat. FER bushel. sass; corn. sheIl.
ed, per bushel e6a7t; cob a5aiOe per barrel: cats
Western white. No. 2 Per bushel 4sa52 mixed
PCT blshel s5a50: bran, Per t0u $50; middiinss
yer ton z00
HAY AND STRAw-HRy. Western. No l. go.
No. no. miKsd z1O0: Loose at local scales, 1900
straw, rye bundle. 100. straw rye. machine thrash
1900 straw, wheat, pez ten bsa; stxaW. Cat. per
ton. 60
The Washington herald., 1910-07-17
VIII Build Locomotives.

1t is announced that the new locomo-
tive shops being erected at Scranton BY
the Delaware. Lackawanna and Western
will be opened by January with force
OF not less than I.oo0 skilled workmen.
According TO reports. the capacity Of the
shops will be one locomotive a day.
The Washington herald., 1910-07-17
RuiIdtng Brewerr In Te.a..

Although Texas stands on the brink Of
prohibition. the Memphis Mailing and
Brewing Company has decided 10 erect.
at Waco. Tex. a large brewing plant.
It is understood that work on the build
ings will commence in a short time
The Washington herald., 1910-07-17
WASHINGTON oArTLn mAnKrr.

CATTLE-Extrs, per cvt,. s.5os7oo; do. butcher,
t.50s550: do common, 200a30o
H0Gs-Per ewt.. gross. sOo do. ordinary, 500.
sHEEP-Prime. A5osS90; do. common sO0aAo0.
LAMBs-Fancy spring. HAS fall, choice per ID
sasss: do. medium, I.
cALyEs-Prfne. per H.. sasA do medium. ~
do. c1mmon. {
C0WS-Prime. fresh. each. s5.o0assG0 do. con.
an, S.0esso-oe; do. old End dry. la0ai5oo.
The Washington herald., 1910-07-17

No 5z7s2 Stone & Fairfax vs. Aggie cslmeri ap-
peal Defendants attorneys. Hamilton. Colbert,
YeFkes & Hamilton.
No. 527ss Frederick c. auth vs. Frank r. Hall
account Sl.l0s.io Attorneys. Montague MoriaTity.
No 5ZS William G. H0skinson Va Hattie L.
Holstein, Milton A. Holstein and Arthur b. Glea'
sun; note, $500 Attorney, q. C. German.
The Washington herald., 1910-07-17
xnr,haast Restdene4 SOLD.

one of the six-room dwellings just COM
pieted at Eighth and G streets northeast
by John NJ Henderson has been sold
By Thomas ]. Fisher & Co. The pur-
chaser. William J. Rodgers. of the Norris
Peters Company paid s4.750 for the prop
erty. which he will occupy as a home.
The Washington herald., 1910-07-17
CHICAGO CATTLE MARKET.

Chicago. july B-Live hogs were steady The re
cespts wc1t estimated at sooc left over from yester
dag. 500. lights. sTsaalO. heavy, szasss. mixed
s5asos: rougn,e zsass5
Cattle were steady: estimated receipts. 800
Sheep we're steady; estimated receipts. 2Ou0.
The Washington herald., 1910-07-17

Rats steal eggs by passing them along
from ore TO another Ike the bucket bril-
gade. and IN this manner they can trans
port them safely W ana down steps.
The Washington herald., 1910-07-17

Acetysene torches for use in cases OF
dense fog have been supplied to the po-
lice stations OF Paris
The Washington herald., 1910-07-17

The Japanese gardener usually plans the
garden so that it appears 10 the best
advantage from the window of the guest
The Washington herald., 1910-07-17
NEW YORK STOCK MARKET.

Quotations furnished by W. B. HIbts & Co..
Berabers Of 1hs Sew York Stock Exchange Hihbs
Building
Cali money. Open. N; high "a low. ~ close. 2s.
SALE OF SHARES ny HOURS,
The Washington herald., 1910-07-17
BUILDS HOUSE SOLID
Unique Dwelling Designed
by Detroit Man.
CEMENT FLOWS INTO MoIDs

Though Neither an Architect Nor
Builder, He Constructs singIe-piece
EdiAce Proof Against Fire and
Bugs-WindOws Set in the Walls
with ventfIators-On a sand Bank.
The Washington herald., 1910-07-17

New York, July ls.-wHEAT- Stronger: Slow. No
Northern spring 20 arrive, Z. o. b, l-54's; No 2
red. T. o, b.. LiTi1 No. ? hard. New YORK. il5h.
f. O. b.; No. mscaroni, T. o. b., Les; No Mani
toba. I. O. b. l.2lz, Quotations sze On canal basis
CORN-strong. but quiet. Steamer mixed, nosni-
nal export basis; export No. 2 T. o. b., ia, 70 ar
rive y 70 arrive c. J. T.. in elevator.
The Washington herald., 1910-07-17

La,vsufts.

No. 2ssls. joseph E. Murphy ct al. Unknown
Heirs Of Henry Howard; quiet title. Attorney, a. r
Blair.
The Washington herald., 1910-07-17
DAILY COURTRECORD.
Probate Court.
JUSTICF STAFFORD.
Saturday, JuIy I6, 1e1O).

Estate d ]. Whitley Heron; viii dated June n
1901 and petition for letters testsmentsy fed. At
torneys, Berry Minor.
The Washington herald., 1910-07-17

The raisin contains more sugar than
the original grape.
The Washington herald., 1910-07-17

Every rat steals 50 cents worth Of feed
every year.
The Washington herald., 1910-07-17
MISCELLANEOUS BONDS.


New YOrs. July is.-Ba and asked prices on gor-
eminent securities:
The Washington herald., 1910-07-17
NEW YORK BANK STATEMENT.
LOCAL PRODUCE MARKET.

Decrease
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-05-09
CAUSE OF HIGH PRICES.

The special Massachusetts state
commission which has been inyestgat-
ing the cost OF living has reported that
the principal reasons are marked in
crease in tie worlds gold supply and
extravaganza and waste, public and
private. The increased gold supply is
given as the primary cause and the
enormous waste OF income in the Unit
cd states through uneconomic expendi.
lures for war ard national armament,
and through multiple forms of extray-
agance, both public and private" is
classed as a contributing factor.
Although arguing that tie tariff is
not contributory factor, the commits
sion is of the opinion that when the
tariff is further revised, the expediency
CT removing the duties on food prod.
ucts should be carefully considered.
In regard to trusts the commission
also feels that, while they cannot be
held responsible for the present con.
ditions, constant vigilance with refer.
ence to the action of combinations
dealing with the necessities of life is
doubly incumbent.
me commission expresses the opin.
ion that the tariff should be taken
from the political arena and placed ON
business basis, as in Germany.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-05-09

attending graduation exercises there,
her brother Hugh Alton being one OF
the class
George Greenslaw and wife visit
ed in Keokuk Saturday till Monday
with the lady's mother Thoma1 Garyey
and family, attending the funeral of
his nephew Ellis Hi.ks at 3landins-
Vile.
Uncle Jackson Kirkpatrick had a
slight stroke again on TUESDAY but is
some better and able to be up but is
confined to his home.
The Independent Telephone c.. net
IN a body yesterday and voted to buy
new switch board as the old one
had been giving poor service for some
time. Action was taken also in regard
TO consolidating the two switch boards
In one central. Elvaston trustees have
Just found out that it is necessary for
them under the revised statutes to
them under the revised statutes to
nave an other trustee. Heretofore
they have elected six trustees AMI the
law defines that they must have six
trustees and president so there will
be an election held on Monday the
18th.
The township Sunday schools conyen
lion VIII be held at the Baptist church
Sunday afternoon and evening. w. j.
Fulton, vice president Of the Y. NJ. c.
A. will give an address in the evening,
On the boy problem
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-05-09

Republican party. IF this should be
accomplished by the insurgents" the
Times-Tribune adds, there would
not be enough left of the party to
make rough plank in it's platform. ;"
Dr. Perry Powell, of Upton, In
diana. in addressing the Des Moines
Ministerial Association the other day
said that men and boys were by ma
ture much more religious than wom
en-, but women have been so we'll or
ganized by church societies that they
outnumber men in church attendance.
Some of the old-timers are hunting
up parallels, in the past, of late freez-
ing spells. George Lewis tells the
keosauqua Republican that on April
Z, 1S40, his father rode across the
Des Moines river on the ice, in going
to keosauqua for doctor. He re-
members the date for the reason that
his youngest brother was born on
that day. He says that some time
later in the same month George Duff
field, with two yoke of oxen, was sled
ding logs down the Des Moines on the
ice to the Pittsburg sawmill
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-05-09

Hon. John E Craig of this city is
announced by the West Point Bee as
candidate for the Democratic nomi-
nation for district Judge. Mr.. Craig's
many party friends will doubtless
learn of his candidacy with pleasure
and attest their appreciation OF his
merits by earnest efforts in his behalf.
AS an impartial observer The Gate
City is in position to say that Mr..
Craig deserves well of his party and
would honor 1t as its choice for the
district bench. In addition to serv-
Ing it locally in various capacities, he
took upon himself the task and ex-
pense OF two canvasses of the First
district s.s its candidate for congress.
He is one OF the acknowledged leaders
OF the bar in the county and state
and has been in the minds of his
friends for some time as a proper
person upon whom to confer judicial
honors. His long and valuable ex-
perience as a practicing attorney and
his wide acquaintance throughout the
county combine to make him for
midable candidate. If he gains the
Democratic nominations he will be a
hard man to defeat
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-05-09
ELvAsToN, ILL.
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Quite an exciting time ensued in
and around Elvaston on Tuesday in
consequence OF two parties represent
ing themselves as physicians who
seemed to be very happy to know
that somebody was sick. They made
visit to Mr.. Oslo Wallace and wife
and went into contract with them
agreeing to cure Mrs. Wallace Of
some bodily affection on 30 daye slip
ulation and managed to get Mr.. and
Mrs. Wallace to sign a note for s11o
Mrs. Wallace however became dis
satisfied with the actions Of the gentle
men, phoned them at some point on
their route when they promised to
meet her in Elvaston about 7 o'clock
p. m. but failed to make good the
promise which of course aroused her
suspicious more then she learned that
their baggage was at the depot which
she thought would be the best way 70
get them so she boarded the T. p. e.
w T:40 train that took the baggage to
Keokuk where the gentlemen had
ordered 1t sent and with the assis-
lance OF the Keokuk police they man
aged to have the note exchanged for
their contract, they had hired livery
rig here which they had man return
for them in order to evade meeting Mr..
and Mrs. Wallace here is the supposi-
ton. Mr.. Wallace feels Just $1,000
happier than he did on Tuesday
Mrs. Murtlahd is in Fountain Green
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-05-09

The state supreme court dipped into
the relations OF husband and wife the
other day in case which came before
it from Linn county. 1t refused to
grant Fred Corrick any money from
his wife's parents for alternating her
affections, saying:
There is way to win and hold
the affection of wife by affectiorate
conduct, and parental love or inter
ference has not usually been a very
successful obstacle to such method
The law does not aim to dispense with
such winning and affectionate ways on
the part of a husband, nor does it
guarantee to him wifely affection in
the absence of it,
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-05-09
wAYLAND, MO.
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q q ~ 8 = q d a q
our census enumerator Judge Hag.
erman, completed his district on tho
sl&th. The town of Wayland has
most doubled in population in the
past ten years, but the country dis.
trlcts have decreased. In all the in.
crease is small.
kemmer Bros. shipped 100 tons of
nay from here in the past two wool, .
and Perry Brammer two cars OF hogs
Saturday.
I. J. Sturgeon is building one of
the best constructed barns in this
section. The first story will be rock
lad IN cement, with cement floors.
Lenna Reed has entered suit for d.
vorce from pie" Reed, whose where.
apouts is unknown. In justice her
petition should be granted.
Winkelman Bros, Frank Rates .,d
Z. \. Montgomery are making prep
arations to organize a school district
and build school house ia mile east
OF Blue Ridge for the benefit of their
tenants children. This is a liberal
and loyal cause and will work a triy.
lal hardship on the adjoining districts.
The county court has ordered an
iron span for Peanut bridge. west
of Wayland
The majority of the farmers who
planted corn in April are surprised to
see 1t coming up with such regularity.
and from present prospects very little
replantina will be necessary. The
wheat is rapidly improving and the
oats prospects are the finest with the
acreage four times as large as last
year. The crop of colts and baby
mules are also double that for MANY
years.
DR.. Fred Arnold returned from st.
Louis with fine one seated Mitchell
auto. The horses all took special
notice and capered little for a few
times, but they soon realized the ma
chine was saving them from many
burdensome trip and are now per-
fectly docile.
Last Friday Miss Lila Zimmerman
and Miss Helen Mckee closed very
successful school to the pupils that
attended. Wayland. like other towns.
has boys sowing their wild oats and
are in hope something will soon hap
pen to destroy the crop. Our favorite
boy lost faith in his mothers yeracity
when she told him it hurt her more
than 1t did him TO whip him to school.
But some of our boys would be much
more interesting if they had less
points to their shoes and more to
their conversation. Another peculiar
ity with many of our school boys who
want to see life, is they imagine there
is none of it worth seeing by daylight.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-05-09
A MAN AND HIS TOWN.

AT recent meeting in Honolulu
Robert j. Burdette delivered an adj
dress on What Man Owes to His
Town His remarks are as applicable
In Keokuk as in the Hawaiian mctropo.
lis, and no apology is needed for re-
producing them in full Like every
thing Burdette has ever written or
said, they will meet with general ap-
probation and approval:
He owes this duty to himself and
the town-to OWN-a part of it. Ever
so small lot, if lie can't own a big
one. A forty-foot front. if he can do
no better. But he should OWN a part
of the town. That gives him s.cke
in it.
The man WHO owns home in the
town never calls his town-IT. When
he speaks of it, whether 1t be Lon ION
or Tail-holt. New York. or Waikiki.
ne says WE-7OUR town And he has
a right to. He is q stakeholder, a
partner
More than that when he owns a
piece of ground, farn or town lot. he
has a stake in the EARTH. He is a
citizen OF the Universe. His property
extends from the birthstone out to the
stars. Even now, they are disputing
concerning the right Of an airship 10
sail through the air over a mans
house without the owners permission.
The very thought is enough to make a
man feel chesty And with good
cause
When wild anarchi't buys town
iot he subsidies into a moderate So
cialist. When he builds a house on II.
he fades into a conservative citizen.
When he brings wife into it and
transforms the house into home. he
is apt to join the Republican or nem.
cratic party, and begins to question
me wisdom of strikes. When the baby
Is porn he opens an account at the
pank AND when the boy is IA wears
oid, ne begins the very serious study
OF the question of prohibition as CON
trasted with an open town, with the
lid off. 800 wy
"A man who owns his home begins
10 STUDY his ticket six weeks before
eiectlon day He scrutinizes every
name on 1t, and looks up the candi.
date record. 1t is the man who can
ue up his real and personal propertv
IN handkerchief that shuts his ewes
ana VOTES the ticket t..> boss givas
MN, without unfolding it. : =
man owes it to his town to hooe+
IL IN public on all occasions, and at ali
times. The correction of its fa;lin az
and faults are for the privacy of The
home circle. A man who would tbrs CHI
ms boy on the front steps of the CONT
mouse ought to be whipped ont of
town The citizen who welcomes tho
stranger by telling him what a rotten
city government we have what cor.
rupt set of officials misrule the town.
now the town lags behind the age in
all matters of progress and devotion.
ment, that it is dead town and viii
Pc SO long as certain men rule it is
an undesirable citizen.
when a man tells you that what
ms town needs is half a dozen first
class funerals, he may be correct Rmt
HE should be the first to be buriad
A man owes it to his town 10 sbou,
ITS advantages from the honsetons
me entire registry list should no tbe
promotion committee. II necessary
put binders on the visitor, and LEI hin
see but what GU WANT hin to see zee
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-05-09
CARTHAGE, ILL.
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Miss Jessie Bellville visited part
of last week in Keokuk.
Misses Bertha Crabill and Eupha
Patterson spent Sunday last in Co
lusa
d. M. johnson and s. o. Witt were
in Macomb last week.
Rowe Mcclure left last week for Chi
cago and other northern points.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Ayres and
daughter Jessie of st. Louis visited the
family of William Kirkpatrick last
week.
Mrs. Marion Mosley and little son
Kenneth are visiting i'll Springfield
Misses Koch, Erma Rand and Edith
O'Harra We're in Quincy one evening
last week.
Mrs. Elizabeth Westfall, who has
been visiting at the home of her sou
James and family, returned to her
home in Burnside few days ago
d. d. Meaux was a business visitor
to La Harpe recently.
Misses Veta and Hazel Moore of
Kansas City are visiting their parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. George Moore.
DR.. Todd of Marysville, Mo. was
the guest of the family of his brother,
). |. Todd, several days the past week.
Mrs. G. B. Miller of Denver and
mother Mrs Berry, of Table Grove
were guests at the home of Hon. NJ. P.
Berry several days lar- week.
G. D. Jones of Rochester, N. Y. is
the guest of DR.. and Mrs. R. d. Den
ton.
James w. Westfal, grand resident:
Linus Cruise. grand secretary; John
owen and Henry Ram, members of
the board of directors of the Hancock
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-05-09
WHY CURSE The RICH?

Chancellor Day, not long ago, in his
published article about the rich, :las
started an endless discussion. Vari.
Gus views by various people are ex-
pressed There are some narrow
L4inded people who feel that because
man. through energy and thrift, has
accumulated fortune, he is damned
forever. The mere fact that one man
has vast fortune or has even consid-
cradle wealth is sure incentive for
criticism.
The socialistic view that the rich
should be censured is silly. Not all
men can be rich. Some are more for
tunate than others. The rich have &C
cumulated money. Nearly every man
has his golden opportunity. If he fails
through misfortune, if he is not
success through lack of ability, if he
cannot succeed because he has not the
necessary business tact, it is not the
fault of the man who has achieved
Success
1t is not only in financial matters
that We find this distinction. Take the
world of art, the world of letters, the
drama, athletics or any technical field.
In each there are failures. This does
not mean that those who succeed
should be cured 1t is the survival of
the fttest. 1t always has been
1t always will be-
The Memphis Commercial-Appea
contributes these sensible views to
the symposium on the subject.
There is fallacy in this country
that q man has only to be rich tic be
c,rsei and condemned. He has only
to create a prosperous business to
be mathematical He is usually con-
signed to the deepest perdition by
the dissatisfied and the indictments,
IS we'll as by tsose of socialistic tend
encies.
But We must stop minute and con-
slider. We cannot get along without
the rich. Some may have ill-gotten
gains Some are not deserving the
wealth they have. Some merit the
c inflammation they receive. That is
neither here nor there They are rich
and the poor man cannot do without
them Labor is dependent upon cap
ital, just as much as capital is depend
ent upon labor. There are reciprocal
benefits which must be recognized
The men who receive the hatred and
curses OF the mob today are usually
the ones who built the poor man fac
tory, tie railroads, the shops in which
] makes living. He is probably
the man who opened the mines, swung
open the doors of thousands of indus
tries and who made a daily livelihood
possible.
So why curse the richo They have
the means of making the way possible
for the less fortunate. Men must
live. There may be injustice in this
worldly distribution of wealth. The
motives which actuate the rich man
in building may be selfish But never
theless. We cannot get along without
him. so what is the use of growing
bitter and morose. II is far better to
make the best OF the situation.