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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-06-17
MIGHTY SENSIBLE TALK.
Judge Logan of keokux Lands Hard
on Central Bank and Asset Cur
rency Schemes.

Warsaw Bulletin: AS a rule the
speeches heard at bankers gatherings
are labored, involved, prosaic and of
narrow trend, but Judge Logan of
Keokuk gave happy turn to his re-
marks at the meeting of Group Eight
of the Illinois Bankers association.
held in Carthage last week, and in
iected enough ginger to cause those.
who heard him and all who may
chance to read his remarks to do
some hard thinking. The speech
should be printed in full and placed in
the hands Of every member of con-
gress who does not walk under the
shadow of Wall street and cringe be-
fore its power 1t is full of meat-of
good hard sense, and likewise con-
tains warning Tat should be needed.
Judge Logan is a stalwart Republican,
hence his comments are doubly inter-
esting and forceful He does not pro-
pose to be led into camp by Senator
Aldrich and his merry crew of finan-
/ cial pirates, and it is interesting and
amusing to know that his position is
in measure occupied by ex-Secre-
tary of the Treasury Shaw, who came
/ closer to being absorbed by Wall
street than any secretary who ever
| presided over the treasury depart
ment, but now sees things in another
light since being exhalted to the head
OF financial institution in Philadel-
phia, and is able to discern the drift
of Standard Oil dictation in finances
After picturing the development OF
the banker from the staid, sedate. Sc
we're looking gentleman OF half cen
fury ago to the active. helpful, genial
gentleman of today, willing and desir
Gus of being a factor in the commun
ity, he took up public questions which
relate to the banking interests, insist
Ing that the banker, as the f1nan
cial representative of his community
should assert himself in matters af
fecting his own interest and the inter
est of his people in monetary affair.
and legislation pertaining to them. HI
then proceeded to pay his respects tt
the central bank and asset currenc,
schemes.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-06-17
Old lime Railroadinn-

Washington Democrat: Jack Keat-
ing. the old railroad engineer, began
running when they used wood burn
ers. They would stop at practically
every station and wood up" Every
trainman. brakeman, fireman, conduc-
tor and all would jump off and gather
in the wood. He ran on the Des
Moines Valley line a while in the early
seventies and smart city council at
Pella made an ordinance requiring
every engine to whistle all the time
it was in town and as 1t was the ter.
minal there was "Y . The engineers
hated the law as it took TOO much
steam SO they banded together and
every time they struck the village
! they tied down the whistle and raised
the devil and all his imps with
their whistling. 1t didn't take thu
council long to learn that there was
a card they didn't know how to pla,
and they repealed the law promptly
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-06-17
TIE WAR ON TUBERCULOSIS.

One of the topics OF special import
ance discussed at the quarterly con-
ference of, the heads of state institu-
lions in Des Moines on Wednesday
was that of how best TO get al the
tuberculosis question DR.. j. ". Kline
of Fort Dodge presented paper on
the subject. He has been iectuTing
for the state board the past two years,
giving special attention TO the work
among doctors, while DIR. A. E. Keep
ford has done the work in more
popular way to arouse the interest OF
the public DR.. Kline is very strong
in urging county hospitals and insist
ing upon local care OF the tuberculosis
problem. He would have the county
hospital and retreat so that the pa
tients need not go far from home.
The state can never care for all the
patients, or any large number OF
them; so the next best thing is to
have hospitals scattered about and
each one be a center of education
and example for large section. DR..
" n. volding, superintendent of the
hospital at Cherokee, and DR.. c. F.
Apologize, superintendent of the hos
pital at Mt Pleasant, also
took part in the discussion,
which was preliminary TO general
plan for work throughout the state
during the summer District confer
ences of doctors will be held to get
the doctors more interested in the
work and to aid in the hospital move
ment
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-06-17

Ed Howe of the Atchison Globe con
fesses that he does not understand
the following perfectly simple defni-
ton of pragmatism:
Extraordinarily pragmatism is
nominalism: psychologically, volu1-
tarism: metaphysically. agnosticism:
ethically meliorism on the basis OF
Bentham-Mill utilitarianism."
Mr.. Howe's early education seems
TO have been sadly neglected. He
would never have been innpelled to
such huniliating admission if he
had been born and reared in Boston
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-06-17

financial affairs OF community. The
new council is to be commended for
recognizing the fact and proceeding
accordingly. 1t only remains to add
that no bills have been held up in
order to make a showing of good
financiering. Warrants were issued
for all bills as they became due. The
above exhibit. therefore. represents
the actual condition OF city finances at
the close of business on Wednesday
evening last.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-06-17

ventions, but this is as far as the
primary should 60 We know that
it is unpopular to admit that the
American people are not competent
to. pass on any question offhand, but
If we are honest with ourselves we
must own that the primary ballot is
a staggerer
The initiative and referendum pro-
posed by Bryan and the socialist is
much more sound in principle than
is the primary The primary offers
no opportunity for compromise. 1t
must be knockdown and dragout
fight between friends.
We hate the primary.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-06-17

Life insurance companies paid an
aggregate Of s142,66O to policy hold
ers residing in Keokuk in 1909. In
only eight other cities were larger
amounts paid. These were Des Moines,
s492,376; Dubuque, s477,347; Cedar
Rapids, $252.995; Sioux City, s243,733;
Marshalltown. s206,S85; Burlington,
s177,1So Davenport. s164,54o, and
Iowa City, s152,27S. In ottumwa the
amount was only $9G,532; in Oska-
loosa, s7S.543;; in Council Bluffs, $780,
231; in Fort Madison. $50, lo4; ia Keo-
sauqua, s15,561; in centerville, s1O,-
9S2 The total amount paid in Iowa
during the year was 100000.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-06-17
katisha and Buttercup.

Burlington Hawk-Eve: Katisha in
Pinafore mixed them babies up, 1t
remained for the Washington Demo
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 Democrat re-
marks. that st is remarkable fact
that nearly all Irishmen are good
orators. We never saw an Irishman
yet, who, if he wanted to speak
couldn't make a good speech. DIT
seems natural to them all-Keokuk
Gate City.
Burlington Hawk-Eye That is all
very true; but meanwhile it wasn't
Katisha who mixed up the babies, but
Little Buttercup" The writer heard
the little lady tell all about it in the
juvenile production of "Pinafore" in
Keokuk over quarter of century
ago. Jennie Dunn was "Buttercup"
and her brother, Arthur, was Dick
Deadeye.'' Dave Hughes was man,
ager of the opera house, and was look
ed upon as potentate among us
youngsters in those days. Dave let us
I in through his private office.
BY the way. that office was won
der, marvel of walls covered with
poster pictures of all the prominent
actors. Dave wore the same style OF
derby hat which he now affects,
/ pulled down slightly over his fore
head The. old Patterson house took
/ care Of us in good shape Billy Patter.
1 son was clerk and an ideal one He
was some singer, too. We thought he
4 was great He came to our town with
| Charlie lands one time and they sang
couple of duets in an amateur must
cal performance there. One was
Mary is Her Name They made
/ that song classic among us. We sta
/ know it by heart
BY the way, Katisha is the charm
! ing elderly young maiden in THE Mi
4 kado," concerning whom Koko sings:
The flowers that bloom in the spring
ira, la.
Have nothing to do with the case
I'VE got to take under my wing, ira
la,
A most unattractive old thing, ira, la
With a caricature of a face.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-06-17

The Fairfield Ledger. in a reference
to the First district campaign and its
result, says:
Congressman Kennedy did not neg
lect his duties in Washington to Sc
cure a denomination. As far as the
Ledger knows he did not spend a
single day in his district while the
campaign was on. He trusted to his
good record and the good judgment
of the Republican voters of the First
district, and he won hands down"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-06-17

Harriet Stanton Blatch. answering
Alexander Harvey of Current Litera-
ture. says that when women vote
there will be fewer instead Of more
divorces. She says that it is no argu-
ment to say that suffrage is not right
because Mary Wollencraft's private
life was not as free from scandal as
it should be. It is remarkable that
she should have written The Rights
OF Woman" living in the time that she
did.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-06-17

Kin Hubbard, the Hoosier philos-
orher whose quaint savings are each
day quoted in an Indianapolis newspa.
per, said of the benzoate of soda case
that Is pending in the L. s. court
there that Grandma didn't need none
OF this benzoate o. sody to make her
ketchup keep-she hid hern to make
it keep"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-06-17

Some Of the wild-eyed Democratic
papers in this district are predicting
that Pollard viii defeat Kennedy at
the general election next fall. The
same, papers we're cock-sure that
BTookhart would simply annihilate
the latter az the recent primary,
Their chief political asset is advance
information that isn't 50.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-06-17
SAYS the Mi. Pleasant News.

We are not knockers, not by jug
full, but we will bet nine cents that
the Oakland Mills dam will be turning
out kilowatts before the Keokuk dam .
That is possible, of course, but the
millions of kilowatts turned out by
the big dam will make the Oakland
Mills kilowatts look like insurgent
maioritfes ia the First district of
Iowa.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-06-17

One of the things Keokuk should
inaugurate is a general house paint
ing campaign Nothing adds more TO
the appearance and value OF such
property than coat of paint. Many
Keokuk residences are seriously in
need of Improvement OF the kind and
no time should be lost in enhancing
the beauty of the city In this way.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-06-17

a St Louis Judge has decided that
a Missouri game warden has right
TO investigate birds On the hats of
women on the street cars or elsewhere
if he desires to know whether the
game laws are being violated Keo-
kuk women visiting st Louis and 9th
er Missouri cities and towns would
do well TO keep this in mind.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-06-17

Chicago man has just died of
snake bite. We may be mistaken, but
it seems to rs there is less excuse for
a man DYING Of snake bite in Chicago
than n any other part OF the country
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-06-17

A cucumber club" Is novel or
ganization that has just been formed
by number OF boys at Marshalltowa.
At best their efforts viii result in a
pickle.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-06-17

Mrs. Grace Snell-Coffin-snelI-Conin-
Walker-Lehman-LoYe is said to be
considering another divorce. Her
name certainly does seem sort Of
brief and incomplete as it now stands.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-06-17

A Des Moines man brought suit
for 1853 against one of his relatives
by marriage for alternating the afec-
tons OF his wife. Is he quite sure he
didn't overestimate their value?
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-06-17

Mrs. Helen L. Grentell of Denver.
one of the speakers at the Congress
OF Mothers. said at one of the meet
ings that the schools are doing more
for the child than either father or
mother. in many instances. She COM
mented on the fact that the Harry
Thaws and the Harry Orchards had
not been trained In public schools.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-06-17

The State Line Democrat, published
a Keosauqua, expresses regret that
Heminger was not nominated as the
Republican candidate for state super
iHtandent Of schools 1t says he would
have carried Van Buren, county a.
most unanimously
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-06-17
CITY FINANCES

The following exhibit shows at a
glance what has been accomplished
by the new CITY council in the manage.
ment Of the finances of the munich.
PATTY since it took control of affairs
little over two months ago.
RECEIPTS.
Cash on hand Apr.
-, 1910 .... 8 So. %
Receipts Apr II to
30 inc. $500 s,371.20
Receipts during
May - .. 1880 %
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-06-17

From the old party standpoint the
primary needs fixing, but in a contest
when principles are al issue it ap-
pears 10 work gplendidly. Sioux City
Tribune
There is no occasion to f7d fault
with this Dronouncement as far as the
First district is concerned.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-06-17

II has been tritely remarked that
there is this difference between a
thirsty dog and a thirsty mana
thirsty dog knows when it has enough.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-06-17

1t is said that certain Cincinnati
girls have organized clubs to prevent
people from kissing them. That is
one way OF booming TIE demand.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-06-17

Automobile hearses are the latest.
But who is in such hurry to get to
the cemetery as to employ one in
preference TO the hoTse-drawn vehi-
cle7
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-06-17

1t is all right TO take EN- OF now.
Those who have been awaiting The
Gate City's advice in the matter need
wait no longer.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-06-17

A bolt of lightning is reported to
have hit the hind leg OF a Missouri
mule. Nothing has been seen of the
lightning since.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-06-17

Because Texas claims to have made
81. 0e0, 900 on her onions. and is proud
of 1t, the Los Angeles Express is
willing to wager that it had to hold
its breath while doing it.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-06-17

Monroe City (Mo.) business men
have started monthly auction sales Of
stock. The first sale was held Mon
day OF last week and was quite a
success as a starter.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-06-17
NOTES AND COMMENT.

Alex Miller insists that you can't
help judging folks by the people they
have come TO visit them.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-06-17

The Jacksonville tIil.) Courier calls
attention to the fact that its good
friend Richard Yates sits calm and Sc
rene in his indebtedness all the
While this bribery turmoil is at its
height.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-06-17

We commend this item to FREQ
Anderson as he is another old time
railroader.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-06-17

The Washington Herald observes
that SO utterly firm is the faith of
some people in Mr.. Roosevelt's abili-
ty to manage things that they actual
" would believe he might, enforce
peace in a suburban choir.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-06-17
27,848. u

Old Current
debts Expenses.
April u to 30 inc 8 3.457 or $500 %
May - .. 1856 81 4.501 "a
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-06-17

The Davenport Democrat figures
that the average governor does not
receive as much pay as first class
baseball player. The governor is
supposed to put In about twice as
much time as the expert pitcher the
Democrat continues. There are men
in the United States senate who dc
not make as much money, honestly
speaking, as a big league ball player
Don't educate your children to be
come office seekers"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-06-17

Instead of striving to extract sun
beams from political cucumbers,"
says the Burlington Hawk-Eye, the
Iowa insurgents ought to take their
reyerses in the primaries as clear
indication of the current Of public
sentiment and devote their energies
to pacifcation of faction and the re
uniting Of the party"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-06-17

Cash on hand June /. 10 5000 "a
debts. Current.
City warrants is
sued to and In
Guiding June Is,
1910. less war
rants paid in
April and May 1851 80 ss.so5 50
Warrants paid. June / to
d. inc - ........... 6.S14 10
Outstanding warrants June
., 1910 1880. ....... s6.278. 10
Cash on hand June 3, 10 1925 80
The figures speak for themselves
and make comment unnecessary. They
show, in brief, that the floating debt
of approximately $4,000 contracted by
! the previous administration has been
( paid off and that there Is more than
enough money in the city treasury to
meet al outstanding warrants issued
to meet current exp enses. This has
been accomplished at a time of year
when tax receipts are comparatively
light most persons waiting until fall
before paying their city taxes Mayor
Elder and his councilmanic associates
did well to rescue the municipality
from the slough of financial despond
in which they found It. before address
ing themselves to other duties. The
city is now on solid ground fnancially
and will be kept there by keeping ex
, penditures within receipts This il
transacting the public business as i
should be transacted. There is M
good reason why the principles tina
govern in private business transac
actions should not be applied will
equal success in the conduct of th,
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-06-17

President Harris of Northwestern
University, speaking at commence
ment last week, said that in her col
lege work woman has demonstrated
that she is equal to the fight for an
education and that she knows what
to do with it when she has it. Wo-
men, he said, are in the majority
among those who stand high in col
leges-
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-06-17

s1s,1f3. 50 s4,961 GO
s21,075 81
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-06-17

That Brighton preachers embar-
RAISING predicament in Rock Island
the other night is said by the Knox
vile Express to be just another in
stance showing how careful preach
er has to be TO avoid criticism.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-06-17

Professor Starr is now explaining.
why Roosevelt did not die in the
jnngies of Africa as he predicted The
Galesburg Register thinks all there is
to it is that the professor for once
guessed wrong.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-06-17

keokuk, Iowa ......... June IL, 1910.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-06-17
DAILY BIZ MAIL.

G. r. skiRvIN. Manager
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-06-17

1882 80
Warrants paid. June / to
Is, inc y. ..... s.s14 10
Los Angeles herald., 1910-01-23
ENJOYED INTRODUCTION
TO THE HERALD JUNIOR
(HonorabIe Mention)

Dear Aunt Laurie:
+" HERE are many things that hap
pened last year for which l am
- glad,
Last February I went to Norfolk,
Va, and to Old Point Comfort, where
I saw the fleet come in. l also went to
Cape Henry and saw the ocean for the
first time.
Cape Henry is not a large beach, 1t
has a lighthouse and life-saVing sta
ton. The only houses that are there
are fishermen's cottages. They are all
painted white. The sand is as white
as snow and there are many pretty
shells on the beach. I like Cape Henry
better than any other beach I have
ever seen and [ have seen many since.
I came to California in the spring of
1909 and saw many wonderful things on
Los Angeles herald., 1910-01-23
MANY IMPORTANT
EVENTS MARKED YEAR
(Honorable Mention)

Dear Aunt Laurie:
AM going to give a few items of
Importance to the world. The
= deaths of Madame Modjeska, the
famous actress, and King Leopold of
Belgium.
The sad death of Governor. Johnson,
as he was much loved by his people.
Then the great discovery of the north
pole by Peary and Cook. Cook made
a fight to establish his claim, then dis
appeared and at the end of the year
had not reappeared. The Improvement
on aeroplanes last year were greater
than other years. The terrible dsas-
ter of the Cherry, ILL.,, mines left many
children fatherless and brotherless.
Items of Importance to Los Angeles
and nearby cities: The recalling of
Mayor Harper and election of Mayor
Alexander to take his place. The SELL
ing of $4,000 acres of the Lankershim
ranch to a Los Angeles syndicate.
President Taft visited Los Angeles
and there was grand reception for
him.
Just at the last of the year the rain
filled the Big Tu Junga wash and it
washed out bridge on the Valley line.
The crossing out where we cross the
railroad was washed out and cut away
in on some land. Then our Lanker-
SHIN paper, the Laconic, started last
year. LEILA CAMPBELL.
Lankershim, age a.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-01-23
RETURNING OWNERS
BRING PLEASURE TO BOY
(HonorabIe Mention)

Dear Aunt Laurie:
IN HE house on the hill was owned by
a rich family Little Willie who
4 lived at the foot of the hill with
his parents, never remembered that
any one lived there. Once a month
some one came and gave the house
thorough cleaning.
Willie was very fond of the beauti-
full gardens, flowers and trees. His
favorite walk was up the hill. he
would sit on the gatepost for hours,
longing to go in.
One day came news from across the
ocean that the owners were coming
home. Every one talked of it, and
Willie was greatly excited. He Won
dered why his mamma cried and papa
did not seem to care when they heard
the news.
About week later, as Willie was
sitting in his favorite place on the
gate post, a carriage drove up. He
tried to get away. but a lady jumped
from the carriage and caught him.
my! how much like Mary he looks"
she exclaimed to her husband and lit
tie girl Then they asked him lot of
questions, which he answered.; the
lady cried and they all seemed much
surprised.
They took him home in the carriage
and had a long talk with his parents,
while Willie and the little girl played
out of doors.
The next day the children played to-
gether in the large house. The kind
lady and Willie's mother were sisters.
They had quarreled when one married
a poor man. But all was forgiven
now. Willie and his parents came to
live in the house on the hill.
RUTH BEAUMONT.
373 South Wilson avenue, Pasadena;
Grant school, grade 8; age 13 years.