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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-01-09

gases and dust injurious to health
shall be removed as Tar as is practica-
bic.
No empIoye shall tamper or operate
any machine with which he is not IA
miliar
II shall be the duty of the employer
TO send to the state factory inspector
a report OF ali accidents or injuries
resulting in death.
The act passed the legislature with
cut opposition and has the hearty en-
dorsament OF leading manufacturers
and employers Of the state, as well
as of the representatives of labor and
OF the officials of the factory inspec-
ton department All conversant with
the situation agree that no other law
of equal importance affecting indus
trial conditions in the state has gone
into effect under such favorable aus.
pices as does this new factory meas
rre
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-01-09
a NEW FACTORY LAW.

With the beginning of the new year
there went into effect in Illinois new
factory law, known as the Health,
Comfort and Safety act, designed TO
protect che health and lives of work
ers in that state. Penalties are pro-
yided for both employer and employe.
It's leading features are as follows:
All machinery when in operation is
dangerous, and should be considered
SO by the operator. 1t should be SO
protected as to offer the least possible
chance of injury to those who oper
ate it.
All set screws or other dangerous
projections on revolving machinery
shall be countersunk or otherwise
guarded when possible.
Means shall be provided and placed
within reach for promptly stopping
any machine, group of machines,
shafting or other power transmitting
machinery.
Machines must not be. placed SO
closely together as to be a serious
q menace 10 IuOSt wiz nav " 49,
them. Passageways must be OF ample
width and headroom, must be KEPT
we'll lighted and free from obstruc'
tons
All hatchways. elevators. wells, OF
other openings in floors shall be prop
erly enclosed or guarded
The premises must be kept ID
clean and sanitary condition. Equa
temperature shall be kept in all WORK
rooms and suitable seats provided 10
female employees.
Ample and separate toilet facilitiei
for each sex shall be provided, an.
toilet rooms must be kept clean, wei
ventilated and well lighted
Food must not be taken into an
room where white lead, arsenic Q
, other poisonous gases are present
|, Proper and sufficient means OF Ct
cape in case Of fire shall be PROVIDE
and kept free from distractions,
Poisonous or noxious fumes, G
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-01-09

try's farm products for 1863 would 20
much more than half way toward buy
ing out the entire railway system OF
the country. with the accommodations o.
property OF all sorts which have
gathered through the years. TIE mon
ey which goes into the farmers peck
cts for their labors for the twelvs
months amounts 10 a fourteenth o.
the value Of al the countryis proper
", and real and personal: and. the
wealth OF the United States, il must
be remembered equals that OF our
two nearesr rivals combined-Gre
Britain and Germany The fairy aleE
contain no greater marFeis than the
story of the yield OF the country !;
farms tells US. and the latter has the
advantage of being based on solid and
tangible fact
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-01-09
STREET LIGHTING

Muscatine is the latest Iowa city
10 move in the matter Of better light
ing of its business section. The
boulevard system il to be installed
on Second street and Iowa avenue.
The advertising committee OF the local
Commercial club has the matter in
hand, backed By enterprising business
men and public-spirited citizens. The
Journal in an editorial reference to
the matter says. among other things:
The psychological effect of light is
publicity. The installation of the
new daylight By night lighting sys-
tenn II Muscatine's business section
means added and effective pnoksity
Tor Huscatine, for the business sec
ton and for every merchant and bust.
ness man located In that section.
Keokuk cannot AFFORD to deIav much
longer in taking like advance step.
1t must either illuminate its maiu
business street or fall behind othe.
communities in the onward march.
The expense would be inconsiderable
and the benefits many and valuable.
There is nothing that so we'll adyer-
tises city to visitors or that gives
the citizens themselves so much pride
and faith in their home city as well
lighted streets. The added consider
alton Of safety from crime and dis
order is also well worth taking into
account. Main street In Keokuk
should be brilliantly lighted from end
to end.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-01-09
The Keokuk Dam.

Burlington Hawk-Eye: The great
dam at Keokuk win rival the Niagara
Falls power development and will
rank among the great engineering
feats of the world. And shat it will
be of inestimable value TO this section
of the west is beyond the field of con
troversy. The subtle power gener
ated at Keokuk can be delivered In
Burlington at cheaper cost than steam
power plants can furnish it It can be
marketed at Quincy, Hannibal and
other river towns as far south as st
Louis, and north to Muscatine and
Davenport. Rock Island and Molin,
and to inland towns and farms and
country residences in southeastern
Iowa. northwestern Missouri ant
western Illinois.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-01-09
Frailsx for Attorney General.

Burlington Gazette: The news that
Major General Joe Frailey is a can
didate for the Republican nomination
for attorney general almost takes the
bitter taste out of ones mouth DC
casioned by the hirsute Cosson's an
nouncement. The Gazette likes the
major general for he's likeable fel
low and 1t wishes him well. 1t doesn't
like Cosson, his rival 1t believes he's
bogus. If Joe gets the nomination
this paper being Democratic paper
will not support him but it will havs
nothing but good words to say of ia
military friend from Lee county.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-01-09
con aressman Kennedy.

Columbus Safeguard: Reports from
over the First district indicate that
Hon. C. A. Kennedy will have no OPP
position, when he comes up for re-
election to congress. There is no
dissatisfaction with the service he has
given to the district. and there is no
fight being waved against him only
by men who are ambitious to secure
his place. We do not blame these
men for displaying their ambitions,
but we do not believe the district can
afford to sacrifice the services OF
Mr.. Kennedy to crafty the wishes OF
ambitious politicians who would like
to take his place
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-01-09
Could Hi a Barn.

Pennington Republican: A Mr.. Gas
ton, of Vernon Prairie, has broken all
records as the champion miss-and-hit
shot In the county. He went out filter
rabbits one day recently, and when
near school house, jumped the game.
CASTOR cut loose at the rabbit. missed
the meat, but nit the school house
windows, breaking twenty-four panes
of glass by actual count. School was
In session and the most miraculous
part Of it was none of the scholars
were injured. CASTOR SAYS he will
hunt no more rabbits.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-01-09
Montrose Is Prosperous.

Montrose Journal: During the year
just closed there We're sold at the c.,
B. & @. passenger depot s1o.S4o.S9
worth of railroad tickets to the citi-
zens of Montrose and vicinity which
is evidence that our people are In
clined to travel and enjoy seeing what
is going on in other parts OF this moral
and religious United States.
The ticket sales show an increase
over the year 1908. of s1,2s1 81. which
is prima facie evidence that our peo
pie are becoming more prosperous
each year and that ere many years roll
by Montrose will be one of the rich
est towns In his section of the state
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-01-09

A young lady up in Washington,
Iowa. was engaged to be married to
young man in Defiance. Ohio. from
whom she received a letter every day.
Some days she received two. The
signature was peculiarly. T. H. F. o.
She submitted them to Howard Bur
rell, but they puzzled him like hier-
oglyphics Thereupon she informed
him that a liberal, indeed precise
Interpretation of them was, Yours
till freezes over" In telling OF
the matter in the Press Burreil re
marks that that is a long time and
implies eternal devotion and fidelity,
inasmuch as, according to his theolo-
gy, that place has never yielded an
ice crop and never will yield one.
But wasn't that, Just the same. a
queer signature to letters sent to q
young lady-and of all places in the
world a young lady residing in Wash
ington, Iowa?
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-01-09
BattIcshIp Building.

Dubuque Telegraph Herald: The
battleshlp Utah, launched the other
day at Camden is the most formidable
man-of-war in the world. But big as
she is, the Arkansas and the Wyo-
ming. each OF 10000 tons displace-
ment will be larger After them prob
ably will come S0,000-ton ships, so
that the monster Of today viii be rel
atively q pigmy tomorrow, and fit for
the junk heap.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-01-09
EDISON puNcruREs pRETENsEs.


All the current talk about our scian-
tific and spiritual progress, our cul-
lure and our moral uplifts has been
wasted on Thomas A. Edison. the
great electrical inventor In recent
interview he punctured our sainglprl-
Gus pretensions after the following in
cisiye- fashion.
We are only animals. We are
coming out of the dog stage and get
ting glimpse of our environment
We don't know, We just suspect few
things. Our practice of shooting one
another in war is proof that We are
animals. The makeup of our society
is hideous. Communication with otn-
er worlds has been suggested. think
We rad better stick to this world ana
find out something about it before we
call up our neighbors. They nhgn'
make us ashamed of ourselves.
Come TO think about the matter, II
would, perhaps. be just as well 10 ac'
cept Mr.. Edison's statements al their
face value and follow his advice.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-01-09
THE counTRYs FARM phopucrs

AT current prices wheat will bring
to the farmer for the year 1925, 900,
600. with $665,oOO,0o0 for hay, s40O,
100000 for oats, s212,000,O00 for pota.
toes and $1OO,OOO,O00 for tobacco.
These stupendous figures cannot
be grasped by the ordinary in
telligence. While the gold pro-
duction of the year was the greatest
in ali the country's history, it fell a
few millions short of the value OF the
tobacco crop, and was immeasurably
exceeded by that Of the wheat, cotton
and corn crops. The production Of ali
the cereals combined was greater II
quantity for 1903 than for any proceed
ing year except 1906, which broke sew
eral records in the bulk of the out
put. The higher prices now, however
give the farmer much more money 70
his work in 1903 than he obtained II
1906 or any other year. In notini
these things Leslie's Weekly make
the following interesting comparisons
The aggregate value of the coun
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-01-09

NEW ERA Foa kEoKuk

A NEW ERA FOR kEoKuK.
At noon yesterday keoknk entered
upon new era of industrial and COM
mercial activity and prosperity. At
that hour 1t was authoritstiyely an
nounced in special edition of The
Gate City that the great task OF fnanc-
ing the Keokuk and Hamilton water
power project had finally been sue
cessful and that the work of con-
structing the big dam across the Mis-
sissippi river at this point would be
commenced at once. This news was
exclusive with The Gate City and vas
as indisputable as 1t was welcome. AS
matter of fact. the actual work OF
construction had been in progrers for
several days before public announce
ment was made that the financial ar
rangements had been completed. Men
and money viii be rushed here at
once and the work will be pushed as
fast as weather conditions will per-
init
What this means to keokuk cannot
be told in brief newspaper article.
Construction of the dam, installation
OF the necessary hydro-electric ma
chinery and appliances and payments
for overflow damages involve the ex-
penditure in this vicinity within the
next two or three years of something
like $14,500.000. This will at once
and inevitably infuse new life into
all channels of trade, bring added
population and valuable new iRstitu-
fions to Keokuk and make this city
one of the most spirited and prosper
Gus in the country Following the
completion of the project Keokuk
will take it's rightful place as the
greatest store-house of electrical en-
ergy in the United States, with the
single exception of Niagara Falls.
Contracts have already been signed
for the sale of sufficient power TO
make the enterprise profitable the
moment the wheels begin to turn.
Some Of these involve the establish
men of important industries he. e
which will be of incalculable benefit
to the community. 1t is not too much
to anticipate that numerous manufac
turing establishments seeking new 10
cations will be attracted to Keokul
because Of the cheap power and thai
this city will eventually become the
leading industrial center in the middle
west
The Gate City congratulates the PEG
pie of Keokuk upon the good news
that came to them through the col
nmns OF this paper yesterday ant
upon the bright future that the de
velopment of the water power as
sures. They waited long and patient
ly for the welcome announcement, AM
they did rot wait in vain. The ad
miTable manner in which they cor
Quoted themselves throughout !
worthy OF great praise. There wer
many trying days when prospects wer
most dscouraging, but they never a
any time wholly lost hope and coul
age. They early learned TO labo
and to wait" Now that their che
ished dream of more than nalf 4 eel
fury is about to be realize
and the city is to take on u
exampled life and activity. the
car be depended upon to adjust Their
selves to the changed conditions wit
characteristic good Judgment ar
sense A community that has n
lost its head during more than fiji
years of storm and stress can
trusted to preserve its sanity in Il
face Of the best fortune in its histor
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-01-09
Snow causen Trouble.

Bonaparte Record: The heavy
SHOWS are causing some Van Buren,
county farmers much trouble and in
convenience. There ara many who
have considerable corn in the field
and who are now unable to hnsk il be-
cause Of the snow, the corn being
down. Much of the corn was too soft
to crib early.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-01-09
carved hand with the forefnger
pointing heayenward. and below that
the pathetic inscription, Seven lp.''
Some Hogs.

Fort Madison Democrat: Sol. Lutz
of Sawyer has the honor of having
shipped from the station carload Of
hogs that brought him $1,606.S4, the
highest amount ever received for a
hog shipment from there. The car
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-01-09

If isn't a good idea for American
girls to marry Central American presi-
dents, either. One who did SO, now
widow, has just be admitted to the
poor house in New Orleans
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-01-09

A Missouri judge has decided that
a wife has a right to scold her hus-
band and that the exercise of that
right is no ground for divorce. This
is a righteous decision as every wo-
man will agree.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-01-09

Baseball players are complaining
about ''peonage" and slavery" be-
cause they are sold from one club to
another. However, If any player
doesn't like the arrangement there Is
nothing to prevent him from quitting
and going TO work for wages. That is
what some of them should do. wheth-
er they like the system or not
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-01-09

Under the new law In that state
Nebraska resolutionists must break
theirs between a. m. and s p. N. At
latest advices they were improving the
shining hours
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-01-09

Minister Wu promises to return to
this country in fifty years. The dis
couraging feature of the situation is
the number of questions he win be
sure to ask after the lapse Of so long
a time.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-01-09

Thought for the day: "To none is
denied that best portion OF a good
mans lif.. his little. nameless, unre-
membered acts of kindness and of
love
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-01-09

There is growing suspicion that
the cold wave was derailed in the
Mississippi valley about month ago
and that all efforts to replace it ON the
track have been in vain to date
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-01-09

Strawberries are only fifty cents a
quart in ST Louis now, but who cares
for strawberries when buckwheat
cakes and. country sausage are availa-
ble2
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-01-09
Mystic Seven.

A woman buried seven husbands,
but was too poor to afford separate
monuments. SO she had one large
stone erected. On it was placed a
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-01-09

More than week has elapsed since
January Il It is a copper-riveted reso
luton that is on straight after this
interval
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-01-09
NOTES AND COMMENT.

Short and simple annals of an Indi-
ana editor January /, resolved; Jan
uary 2, dissolved.
With congress and the Illinois gen
eral assembly both in session, it looks
TO the Kewanee Star-Courier like
hard winter.
The waterloo Tribune sug-
gests that you might as well put off
that trip a day or two as to wait
around the depot
The fact Is remarked by the Council
Bluffs Nonpareil that the fellow who
has hogs and corn to sell is not howl
ing about the high cost of living.
II temperature has anything to do
with taste. the Waterloo Courier con-
cludes that there ought TO be good
market for gum drops and tallow can
dies these days
A Michigan youth who was told he
& could have all the bananae he could
eat for five cents, ate hilse'f t.
death The Springfield Registe.' sug
gests ii is interesting to speculate or
what he would have done with him
self for ten cents
woman who spent some time il
1 Berlin while her daughter was there
at school. says the German women ar
not as good housekeepers as tn
/ Americans. She says they eat thei
second breakfasts IN the restaurants
/ thing an American woman would no
think of doing They crowd the cafe
at in the afternoon and they smok
in their clubs in the afternoons. The
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-01-09

Speaking Of burning questions. the
conservation of the coal supply holds
first place just now
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-01-09

The Iowa City Citizen says: Sena'
tor Cunmins should remembe that
the preservation OF the Republican
party Is of more Importance than that
the progressive flag shall float over
the state house This is the view OF
the great bulk OF the Republican par
Is in Iowa
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-01-09

go to clubs to enjoy themselves. as
men do, and not to study philanthropy
and art, as American women do.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-01-09

The Waterloo Times-Tribune sug-
gests that you might as well put off
that trip a day or two as to wait
around the depot
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-01-09

The fact Is remarked by the Council
Bluffs Nonpareil that the fellow who
has hogs and corn to sell is not howl
ing about the high cost of living.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-01-09

Short and simple annals of an Indi
ana editor. January /, resolved; Jan
uary 2, dissolved.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-01-09

With congress and the Illinois gen
eral assembly both in session. it looks
to the Kewanee star-Courier like a
hard winter
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1910-04-13

glad to meet aa committeeman at any
point in Iowa Marion has named
. committee to work with the Denison
committee and suggests Cedar Rapids
as the place for 2 general meeting
Mayor D. F. Waldron Of Gid len
writes that the people Of his city are
in favor OF the movement and want
the organization to be made perm M
ent. A committee will be appointed
later to work with the other cities.
As the letters were mailed Mon lay
evening the Denison committee feels
much encouraged by the tone and the
pronptnees Of the replies az hand and
feels that by the end Of the week
nearly every town along the line will
be heard from and that the move-
ment will be we'll under way.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1910-04-13
CONTRACTOR NORTHAm INJURED
Pan II Well Curb Gives Way and Falls Four-
teen Feei Carrying Nonham With It A
Narrow Escape.

II
In the prosecution OF the work Of
the city wells, an accident oc-
CURED two or three days ago, which
resulted in w. j. Northam, the con-
tractor, receiving quite q severe; in-
jury. It was while lowering . four
teen foot curb In one Of the new wells
that it caught on the side. and while
making An effort to loosen it, it sud-
denly dropped about sixteen feet to
the bottom Of the we'll, carrying Mr..
Northam with it. and throwing him
with such force as to injure one Of
his limbs severely. One OF the other
parties who was assisting in the
work, narrowly escaped being car
ried down, and was only saved By
one Of his co-workers catching him
and pulling him back. It is for
tunate for Mr. Northam ana the
other parties that no more sariou,
consequences resulted. II Is ex.
pected the wells will all be dug
before the end Of this week. ant
that they will furnish an inexhaust.
ible' supply Of water.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1910-04-13
CEMETERY MEETING POSTPONED
Posr Atieadaace Causes Pestpsasnestrof Al.
nal Meeting Uli1 Nsn Mssday Eyeaias.
Be Ssre asl Ahesl.

The regular annual meeting OF the
cemetery association was called for
last Monday evening at the Carnegie
Club rooms. But four members were
present although two or three appear
ed later. The meeting Was post
lponed for one week when it is hoped
there will be q good attendance.
There are many important matters to
come before the meeting. The finan-
cial statement 10 to be made, two
directors are to be elected ard the
future plans Of the association to be
outlined.
We confess that We cannot under.
stand OF appreciate the apparent in
difference as to the Identification Of
the city Of the dead. The association
has made start but there is much
more to be done that can easily be &C.
complished with : little well-direct et
effort. Let All those interested ct
tend the nseting at The Carnegie Clul
rooms next Monday evening.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1910-04-13
TOM KELLY HOME


T. j. Kelly and wife returned on
Monday from their seven weeks trip
with the White Sox Base Ball Club
Of Chicago, and report having had the
time Of their lives. There were
seventy; FIVE people in the party. six
teen Of whom were ladies, and the trip
extended from Chicago to the Pacific
Coast. and along the coast, and en-
,braced most Of the large cities OF the
West, a distence Of 1000 miles being
covered by the party. Tom played as
q member xof the Chicago team on
three occasions, and from his record
he must have. .maintained his reputa-
tomas base ball player. While in
LIS Angeles he called upon Jack
Griffin. formerly Of this county. hut
now proprietor Of three drug stores in
that city. and il addition. visited the
McHenrys at their home at Pasadena,
where be had . delightful visit. BE
reports that he has consented to ac-
company the Chicago Base Ball Team
on one Of its trips this summer, ii
which about = month OF his time viii
be taken. Kelly is genuine bast
ball enthusiast and II does one goo,
Etos slisten 10 hisssx xperisncss wkilse
1.-The trip.