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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-01-04
NEGRO CAN BECOME WHITE.
IlIinoisan Tells Scientists That
plete Control Of Pigment Cells h
Matfar III ~. Mas E.f,,rn


BOSTON, Mass, Jan. 4.-That the
negro can soon become white, not
merely as white as the ordinary Cau-
casian. but as clear skinned as the
pink eyed, white haired a1bino, by the
direction Of the scientist, @. T. Simp-
son Of Illinois told the members of the
Association for the Advancement of
Science. Mr. Simpson, who is chair
man of the committee on Original re-
search of the American Breeders as
sociation, says:
by experiments with plants and
animals We have learned much of the
so-called law Of heredity, and in doing
so We Lave come to know a great deal
of the nature of the chromosomes or
unit Of life which gives color. We are
close, in my opinion to gaining com
plete control over these chromosomes
and that means controlling color.
Il have no doubt that before long 1t
will be possible to SO treat living
creature, either by injections or by
baths, that the chromosomes in the
cells will be attenuated or destroyed 7
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-01-04

The editor Of the Santa Ana (Cal.)
Blade complains that things do not
adjust themselves just right after all,
even in that land of sunshine and
flowers. As an instance in point he
cites the fact that he had to pay 50
for Christmas tree the other day
a very small and insignificant Christ
mas tree it was, too. For this amount
Of money he figures he could have
bought in Santa Ana twenty boxes of
fine, ripe strawberries But who cares
to eat strawberries worth only ten
cents a box?
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-01-04

OF the 5,0000O0-horse power rep
resented by Niagara Falls, only about
5.5 per cent is being utilized OF
this 1876, S00-horse power is employed
in electrochemical processes, $4,000
horse power for railway service, &c.
400-horse power for lighting, 1870
horse power for various indus rial SER
vices, 12,3oO-horse power is trans
mitted over more than 100 miles, 49,
500-horse power between sevcnty-fve
and 100 miles, 31,0o0-horse power fifty
miles, 79,640-horse power between ten
and thirty miles, while 115,400-horse
power is used locally.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-01-04
800 . q = = = = - = = =
= THOUGHTS FOR =
= THE NEW YEAR =

p . y
We sleep, but the loom Of .
life never stops, and the pattern =
= which was weaving when the =
= sun went down is weaving when =
= 1t comes up in the morning.. =
y IN. w. Beecher =
We are not In this world to =
= do what We wish, but to be will =
= Ing to do that which it is our =
= duty to do.-Gounod .
1t is the every days that count. =
~ They must be made to tell, or =
= the years have failed.--W. c. =
= Gannatt. =
Soberly, and with clear eyes Z
= believe In your own time and =
- place. There is not, there never .
- has been, a better time or c bet .
= ter place to live in. Only with this =
= belief can you believe in hope. =
= Phillips Brooks. :
We may make the best Of life, .
= or We may make the worst of il, =
= and it depends very much upon =
= ourselves whether we extract joy Z
= or misery from it.Smiles. =
The darkest shadows OF life =
- are those which a man himself =
= makes when he stands In his own .
= light. Lord Avebury. =
The hour THAT is gone cannot =
= recall, but tomorrow will do .
= better than yesterday; and all =
= tomorrows shall be better than =
= the yesterdays. Let US leave =
= behind our low-valued past .
= Dyer =
q Life is fruitful in the ratio in =
= which it is laid out in noble ac- =
= tion or patient perseverance =
= Liddon. =
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-01-04
AMERICAN AGRICULTURE.

The prodigious development Of
American agriculture during the past
decade is fully revealed for the first
time by the Orange Judd Farmer of
Chicago in its first issue for the new
year. The facts and figures cub
mitted are the result Of an exhaustive
census investigation of farm interests
in all parts of the United States. The
following summary is interesting and
en1ightentnp.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-01-04
NOTES AND COMMENT.

The Sioux City Tribune observes
that it is also more expensive to give
than to receive.
The Kewanee Star-Courier main
tains that If people only said what
they thought there wouldn't be so
much talking
school superintendent In New
Jersey observes In his report I'VE
use a rattan, putting it where nature
intended it should 60"
The farmer of today" SAYS the
ocheydan Press, SIS unworthy of his
title if he does not follow his chosen
calling with scientific knowledge"
A New York man claims to have
been able, without the aid of a tele.
scope, to see Halley's comet. but it
may be that he was assisted by an
Icy Sidewalk
Those who are looking for cheaper
lands says the Cedar Falls Record.
viii have to go elsewhere. as it is
rot likely that Iowa land viii ever
sell any cheaper"
The Iowa City Republican says that
the Des Moines Register and Leader
every day Is digging the political
graves OF the insnrgent members OF
congress. 1T will create condition
IT it has not done 50 Already con.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-01-04
Handy Tool IN Emergencies.

st. Louis Globe-Deinocrat. Uncle
Sam Is experimenting on the Mary
iand coast with 14inch gun, the larg-
est in the world. With such derrin.
ger the American marksman feels
that he has the drop and can hold on
to it.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-01-04
A Complicated Problem.

Chicago Tribune: You can't amuse
the people of the world into the king
COM Of God" says the Rev. Shailer
Mathews. Nor can you longer scare
them with fire and birthstone So the
problem ~ todov il q Eit co-nnIiootad
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-01-04

One year ago this month the vacan-
cy in the senate caused by the death
Of Mr.. Allison was filled by the cleo.
ton of Mr.. Cummins. And during
this twelve month there have been
appeals to the people of Iowa to honor
the memory of the longtime senator
The general assembly has taken ac,
ton, but the results have been SO beg
carly that next to nothing has been
actually accomplished. Taking notice
Of this state Of affairs Mr.. b r. Til.
ilnghast says in a paragraph in the
davenport Democrat:
The appropriation by the assemh,v
does not become available until soma
evidence OF good faith has been shown
by the people. How is this indifrae
ence to be explained? Cer+ainIv ~,
by want OF appreciation Of the faitb
nj senator while he lived. Ii mpst he H.,
thst the people want sometbin.
with more heart in 1T than a niece 81
Tone thaf means little to many ner
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-01-04
NO. Of farms

! 1t will be noted that nearly one
million new farms have been created
In the United States during the past
ten years. This increase Is as great
as that of the previous decade, though
| the relative proportion is less. The
number OF farms has increased in the
north Atlantic states 6 per cent. south
Atlantic states per cent, north CEN
trail states Is per cent, south central
states II per cent, western states 100
per cent In the southwest, as well as
In the mountain and coast states. in
crease in the number of farms is re-
markable Taking the United States
as whole, there are now almost
three times as many farms as in 1870
and 100000 more than SO recently
as 1890
An unprecedented increase in the
value of farm lands and live stock is
the even more momentous fact reveal
ed by the inquiry The figures are be-
lieved to be conservative. The steady
increase in land values during the de.
cade, became still more rapid from
1907 to 1909 inclusive
Taking the United States as a
whole, the land in farms, with their
buildings, implements and live stock.
is today worth almost thirty billions
OF dollars. This is A per cent more
than in 1900. The figures for the lat
ter year show an increase of about Is
per cent over the previous decade.
Present values are two and one-ha1f
times the farm values thirty years
ago. No such increase in agricultural
land values was ever before known
in the history of the world.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-01-04

The Chicago Tribune voices the
hope that Mr.. WIS promise that he
VIII return to the United States fifty
years hence does not mean that it
VIII be fifty years before the country
sees him again. 1t says that we need
him at frequent intervals, not only to
pat us on the back and assure us that
we are great people but to feel the
national pulse, examine the national
tongue, and tell us what ails us
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-01-04

A Maine woman recently cooked
$500 doughnuts in thirty-two DAYS.
This is further proof that enforce
ment of prohibition is sure to lead to
grave excuses in other directions.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-01-04

The New York Sun derides the
Montreal grafters as dishonoring their
profession. 1t declares their appe-
tites were not equal to their oppor-
tunities. They were only able 10 get
away with 25 per cent of the munich.
pal revenues
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-01-04

a,Fifty years ago today" (the other
day) sixty-nine slaves were advertised
FOR sale near Hannibal Mo. AS that
was only two years before the civil
war began the purchasers presum-
ably lost money on their property"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-01-04

The Chicago Tribune declares that
the Iowa idea, like the Kansas, is
essentially moral idea" We felt
sure all along that it wasn't good
political idea.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-01-04

Secretary Nagel has ruled that
one-legged immigrant may come In
But as the Springfield Register points
out. it cannot be said that he may
land on both feet
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-01-04
tinues the Republican, which will
make the election Of some Of them
impossible \,

tinues the Republican, which will
make the election Of some Of them
impossible =
Let there be an end to fact.onal
talk, urges the Marion Register. Let
i every man advocate what he believes
TO be right, but bury factionism deep,
and for all time
King Manuel OF Portugal has gone
to England to get wife. The Kewa-
nee Star Courier suggests that prob
ably did not have the price, or he
would have visited America.
| In the opinion of the supreme court
4 Of Illinois, person injured on the
thrillers of public amusement parks
Iis justified in raiding the box office
for all the coin a jury awards.
| Gen. James B. Weaver, of Iowa
same Gen. James B. Weaver-has de-
cided to devote all his energies to di-
vine healing. "He has tried every
thing else remarks the Chicago Tri-
bune.
| Some of our contemporaries are
commenting on the fact that Poet
Watson's wife is not aware that ne IS
demented. But, then, neither Is Wat
son" remarks the Des Moines Regis.
| ter and Leader.
Baron Munchausen had just heard
| of DR.. Cooks performance.
"Ah,' he sighed, as he rolled over
lin his grave. taking has improved
wonderfully since my time on earth.
Detroit Free Press.
There was a young lady named Fltcn
Who heard loud snoring at which
She took off her hat
And found that her rat
Had fallen asleep at the switch.
Williams Hornet.
Most of us count as necessities
things to eat and wear that our faith
ers thought were Injuries remarks
the Davenport Democrat. And our
fathers we're as much in advance OF
their fathers as we are OF our own
paternals."
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-01-04

I'll fares the state, to Fastening ills
a prey, where whisky isn't what the
labels say.New York World.
Full well we laugh with counter
feited glee, when any joke on doctored
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-01-04
The objectionable sin

Louisville Courier-Journal: The
world seems more wiling to forgive
Cook for being a fraud than to forget
that Penrv was ~ nntn~od
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-01-04
Greatest lie the soil.

Chicago News: Farms in the United
States are estimated to be worth $780,
000,000.000 These are figures that
might make even a copper trust en-
vious.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-01-04

Everybody is convinced by this
time that it is pleasanter to read
about an old-fashioned winter than to
experience one.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-01-04

Strange lights in the night sky are
reported at Rye, N. Y. One would
naturally expect as much.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-01-04

sons, and is meaning less all the time
as more practical ways Of using mon
ey are recognized.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-01-04
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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-01-04

keckuk, Iowa, ........... Jan. q, 1910
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-01-04

The Sioux City Tribune observes
that it is also more expensive to give
than to receive.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-01-04

King Manuel of Portugal has gone
to England to get a wife. The Kewa-
nee Start Courier suggests that prob
ably did not have the price, or he
would have visited America.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1910-06-15
HONOLULU AFRAID OF ITSEl:.

Why Is It that so many people OF
Hawaii persist In retarding the
progress of the Territory by being
In constant fear of boom. depre-
eating boom. and bearing down
hard on the soft pedal every time
anyone suggests advancement out
side the dreary humdrum of ordi.
nary dull days?
This question is suggested by the
first paragraph in the latest publici-
ty document issued by the Pacific
Coast Development Bureau, that is
successor to the California Promo
ton Committee. The paragraph reads
as follows:
SAN FRANCISCO. June 49,
California Is aiiame over its oil
boom. II is the latest and
greatest boom of all that the
West has ever known. Already
Is has surpassed real estate,
stock and grain, wine and
+ fruits. Even mining and the
old reliable tourist crop" now
look pale, unexciting and un-
important by comparison with
oil
This makes one think of Hawaii
1t. is so different.
Should the Hawaii Promotion
Committee put the word boom" in
NY of its circular or personal letters,
le financial forefathers OF the ham
1t would turn in their graves and
he present caretakers of the COM
.nunity would probably throw sew
eral compton fits and threaten to
withdraw their subscriptions.
Hawaii has. during the past two
years, had season of sustained pros.
perity that probably can not be du-
plicated In any portion OF the Unit
ed States, not even in the famous
oil region. Should the same thing
occur on the Pacific Coast IL would
be heralded as boom, and the peo.
pie would be proud OF It. National
programs assure the development
OF Pearl Harbor with such certainty
that the same conditions existing in
any city OF the mainland would also
be heralded as boom-and the peo-
pie would be proud of that.
But what do we do here in Ha-
wall?
Most every time a man gets out
into the open and says boom. our
conservative fellow citizens rise up
from their corners and say, Hush.
for Heavens sake. They might hear
US in Washington. They may take
the tariff of sugar. The labor may
quit us tomorrow. Pearl Harbor
may not be as much as we think II
is" And so forth.
Honolulu Is doing what no other
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1910-06-15
Let not opinion make thy Judgment
err;
The evening conquest crowns the
conqueror.
Lady Alimony.

Don't waste paper and envelopes
by sending anonymous communica-
lions to the Bul letin.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1910-06-15
MORE WOOLLEYISMS.

Having become useless to the Pro-
hibition forces as an open worker
for their cause. 1t is apparent that
Woolley and Woolleyism are being
worked through the editorial col
umns of the morning paper.
Woolley is deyoting his latest at
tention to the saloon. He has been
on so many sides OF the Prohibition
question that most anything he says
today does not jibe with the position
he took yesterday, but he has said
over his own signature that he re-
fuses TO enlist with any party Eek
cept temporarily"
Prohibition does not reduce the
number nor the evils of the sa-
loon, and Woolley and his followers
know II. , IL changes the name OF
the saloon to the blind pig. where
any degree OF enforcement is main
tained, and in the great majority OF
Prohibition cities and towns the sa-
loon exists in spite of the law be-
cause the people are not in sympa-
thy with the prohibitory measures.
Prohibition changes the form of the
saloon and intensifies the evils.
But the saloon is not the issue
before the voters OF the Territory
of Hawaii. The saloon can be wiped
out under the present law II the sem
timent of the people supports such
actions
The issue before the people Is
whether they will vote to support
Woolley and Woolleyism, the hy-
pocrlsy of which is exemplfied In
the following samples:
4 And II further declares that the
Importation of Intoxicating, spirit
uous, vlnous and malt liquors into
this Territory, except for medicinal
or scientific purposes, should be pro-
hibited by Congress. Plank In the
Prohibition platform of Woolley
party,apromulgated May 26.
And II he (the tourist really
requires alcohol, the ship that brings
him will not lack full supply; and
In the. lavish hospitality that makes
the Islands famous he Is absolutely
cafe from alcoholic drought. G..
Woolley, February IL, before U. 8.
Senate Committee on Pacific Islands
and Porto Rico.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1910-06-15

been requested time and time again
for this play and In consequence he
will give this great play a very elab.
crate roduction-special fire works
for the Brocken scene arrived on the
last Frisco boat and every little de.
tail will be given proper attention.
This great play will be presented
for the last three nights OF this week
with special matinee on Saturday
afternoon.
Mr.. Louis Morrison who has played
this great part over three thousand
times will be seen to great advan.
tage in the role of Mephisto.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1910-06-15
For Business Communications
The Wireless
On Sunday mornings the Office is
open from eight until ten.

whole city blocks could be had II the
purchaser would pay the taxes.
When handled correctly, boom
Is a mighty good asset. The West
generally makes the most of boom.
California does this. Honolulu does
its utmost to stlfie boom, and some
people even turn pale when the
word is mentioned. The sooner our
people get over this habit. the
better. When they are relieved of
the threatened blight OF Prohibition,
they should launch out, and II Ha-
wall wants to boom on sugar, tour
lists, pineapples, and cotton, why, let
her boom.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1910-06-15

One of the curiosities of the Pro-
hibition campaign is that Leader
Woolley is SO thoroughly discredited
that his services must be used under
cover. Even in Washington. Wool
ley and Woolleyism thrived only
when operating in the secret con-
ClaYes
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1910-06-15

American community in the world is
Notwithstanding Its own
opportunities By being afraid OF IT.
self. II is sitting on the safety
valve so hard that II we don't
watch out II will push the safety
valve down through.
when compared with the great
commonwealths of the Pacific Coast,
as we'll as the little cities of the
same relative size-none of which
can boast OF the same wealth-Ho-
nolulu is playing the game OF prog
ress like Miss Nancy.
The usual explanation Is that our
conditions are peculiar. or course.
they are. But the great State OF
California has been built up by max
ing the most of the booms when
they were booming. The same Is
true OF the other States of the Pa
clfc Coast. San Francisco did not
stop shouting boom, and hailing a
boom as a piece OF good luck. be-
cause Il had disaster and the peo-
pie an unfortunate experience. The
people of Southern California do not
cease to make a joyful boom noise
over the high price at which their
products may be sold. because II might
lead the tariff makers to believing
Californians are making too much
money. Seattle doesn't stop talking
boom and going ahead with boom
enterprises. because some years ago
1t had a most horrible setback and
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1910-06-15

Judging from all that can be
learned from Washington, 1--WE
didn't allow the United States" to
extend the interstate commerce law
to our interisland trade, despite the
fact that Thurston urged It; not for
personal reasons, but for the great
good II will do.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1910-06-15

Prohibition finds its most ardent
and insistent advocates among the
promoters of government by commits
sion. Why vote for the government
by commission combination?
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1910-06-15

AS an employer of Hawalians and
man born and raised in Hawaii,
Mr.. Mclean knows as much about
the Hawaiians. and is more deeply
interested In their welfare than
Woollcy.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1910-06-15

Perhaps Aylett wants to consult
his attorney in order to learn
whether he did not make the error
OF raising sixteen cents to sixteen
hundred dollars.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1910-06-15

In The matter of the estate Of George
Namokueha the Administrative. Lizzie
Namokueha. has filed petition for the
allowance of final accounts. July 81
has been set as the day for hearing
the petition.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1910-06-15

Back on the farm; also be II re-
membered you eat all the ripe straw
berries and ship the green ones to
the city folks.--St. Louis Globe Dem
CORA.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1910-06-15

Provide for the future of your family
by opening a savings account today at
the Bank OF Hawaii, Ltd, and make
II rule to deposit each pay day a
certain percent of your earnings.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1910-06-15

II You want your beer served with
sparkle and snap go to the Criterion,
corner of Hotel and Bethel streets,
and order a glass of draught beer You
will pronounce IL the best ever.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1910-06-15

According to the views of many,
there are quite number of old
women already members of the Pres
ident's Cabinet.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1910-06-15

When California gets a boom 1t
does all possible to keep 1t going.
Thus the great State keeps on grow
ing.