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The Postal Savings Bank.


Cedar Rapids Republican: The pos
tai savings bank bill as passed by the
senate, is a distinct victory for Presl-
dent Taft. 1t is the beginning of the
constructive legislation upon which
he has insisted Mr.. Taft is showing
skill in handling matters in congress,
as we'll as f1rmness in insisting that
the Republican platform pledges shall
be fulfilled. Attempts made by So
called insurgents to amend the bill TO
death did not succeed. Mr.. Cummins
had one amendment which seemed to
have some merit. but it was an I'M
necessary provision. The bill provides
that the President in certain ext
gencies can invest the fluids in govern
ment securities, thus enabling the gov
eminent to borrow money direct from
the people Mr.. Cummins wanted such
exigency to consist of war and nothing
else. That amendment was properly
defeated, it seems to US, for there are
other exigeneies quite as important as
war itself. 1t might be more import
ant for the government to use those
funds in times Of a panic than in times
OF war, for in times of war the govern
ment can make ample provisions,
while a panic is apt to be more sud
! den
1 The bill as 1t comes out of the sen,
ate provides that the Cover nment shall
4 pay 2 per cent on postal deposits and
place such funds, upon proper securi
I ty, in local institutions for not less
than pa per cent The local banks
now pay and per cent on such de
posts and the government will only
get the moneys OF such persons who
are afraid to invest in banks and these
/ funds will then find their way into tbs
banks and that at a lower rate thar
the banks direct would pay for them
1t does not seem possible that the
postal savings banks will ever accu
mulate great deal OF money at pc
cent but some persons believe tina
there are millions of dollars that vii
be brought out of hiding through suci
legislation, If it does mat it will be
benefit to every community
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COMMISSION PLAN IN PRACTICE

In a recent address Mayor Mathis
of Des Moines detailed at some length
the practical workings of The commits
sion plan of city govern ent. He did
not claim that the new system posi-
lively insures the selection of good
men but he did claim that the system
makes the selection of bad men i'm
probable. In speaking of some of the
considerations that guide the commits
sioners in their daily work he said
Receiving sufficient salary, each
commissioner is on duty from early
morning until his work ends at the
close of the day He is expected to
keep in constant touch with the affairs
of the department, One of our citizens
recently remarked that the best thing
about the new plan was the fact that
+ somebody is always on the work The
1 superintendent is expected TO be pres
4 ent at council meetings regular meet
4 ings, three times a week, and to loan
his conscientious assistance in the dis
position of every business matter
great or small that is brought to the
I attention of the commission.
The law makes clear the exact re
lationship of superintendent to the
council as whole The superntend
ent of streets may arrange TO proceed
with the paving o. another street, bu
he must bring his proposition before
the council as a whole before taking
final action. The superintendent o
accounts and finance may arrange fot
the expenditure OF a few dollars Il
pay for the printing of few charters
but before concentrating even this in
5 significant transaction, he must sc
' cure ne official sanction of tie con
! mission. The superintendent of tn
/ department of public safety may Ell
: ploy new chief of police, but befor
Z the new chief is assured If receivin
his salary, his appointment must b
confirmed by the council The sam
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-03-10
Told Plain Truths.

Cedar Rapids Record: Hon. J. H.
Trewin told them a few plain truths
about college athletics at the dedica-
ton of the law building at the state
university last week The young men
who go to college largely because of
the fun they get out Of the football.
baseball and basketball seasons, with
track and indoor athletics thrown in
between times. are exceedingly wroth
with Mr. Trewin and his utterances.
But the fact is that be is right-abso.
lutely right in his position. II is time
to eliminate football and the other
distracting and debasing features from
college life. Young men are supposed
to go TO college to learn something
They cannot do this if they follow the
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ed to a space i'll one 81 lhe Ioflns as
boy handed him another cut. NC
Henry held it up to the light ana nur-
ried into Brands Office with 1T. be
laid it proudly on the managing edl-
tors desk.
That's wonder, Mac!i' pronounced
Brand.
McHenry agreed.
Eyes: you can almost count the
money in old Bartelmy's hand! be ex-
claimed, and he peered closely once
more at the metal slab.
Brand meditated moment
I'm going to change the makeup on
that page he decided Put this cut
at the top of the page, so that when
The papers are folded on the news
stands every one that passes by VIII
see Bartelny offering n bride OF SlO,-
600 to suppress the truth about him
self. is your story all up YETI?
eyes. It's In the form
"Then 70 finish 1t off and send 1t
down to the stereotyping room"
McHenry turned away.
won't this make the Patriot sick!'
he said as he left. They'd give the
I shirts off their backs to beat us on a
story like this or to keep us from
| doing it to them.
AS McHenry went out OF the door
into the composing room Sylvester
Nolan dashed into Brands room from
the hall through the other door. The
lad was plainly excited, his face show.
ing an amount Of animation that, fol-
him, was decided novelty His eyes
flashed and his breath came in short
gasps, indicating that he had beer
hurrying.
Where's my father. Mr.. Brand
Where II her, he gasped.
Brand suspected something of tbs
Nolan sons errand.
I'm afraid you'll have to find him.
was tile only Information he chose Z
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-03-10
FIRST COMMISSION FORM CITY.

In reply to a correspondent the
Springfield Register gives out the in
formation that Galveston, Texas, was
the first city to make a test of the
commission plan of city government
1t was adopted there shortly after the
Galveston flood in which 5000 lives
were lost. The city of Galveston was
in dire distress 1t was obvious that
the old system of partisan political
government would not lift the city
and put it on it's feet. A new plan
was devised. Business men set their
heads to the problem with the same
vital interest they take in private
business affairs. They realized that
to get the city upon it's feet it would
be necessary to have thoroughly
businesslike form of government, so
the commission plan legislation was
obtained, and the new plan of munich
pal government applied.
It's benefits were in evidence i'm
mediately Galveston, under the guild
ance of the commission form, rose out
of the debris, constructed a gigantic
sea wall and went forward with leaps
and bounds This comprehensive test
has shown the new plan absolutely
successful.
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plan is strictly adhered to in the
handling OF all municipal affairs,
great and small"
Mayor Mathis declared that the of
feet of such an arrangement is to
conduce towards more conscientious
individual action. Each commissioner
realizes that while he is in direct
charge of his work, his acts must be
reviewed and approved by his official
associates. A realization of this fact
invariably causes commissioner to
put forth his best efforts. Moreover,
the other commissioners will not sub
NIT to much Indifference or misman-
agement upon his part because they
know they are proportionately re-
sponsible for ali that the other man
does.
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The Cause of HIGH Prices.

Fairfield Ledger: If our wives made
Our clothes. put up their own fruit
and vegetables, did their own sewing.
made their owl soap and candles and
did other things which mother used
to do--if we kept few pigs, MIXED
a COW, sawed our own wood as father
used 10 do, there would be less com
plant about high prices The chief
trouble is that We all want to live
at the top of the heap and then
growl about the expense of it.
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imparl.
Young Nolan drew close to the desk
Mt which the managing editor was
working.
Judge Bartelmy wants him. he e1-
claimed. THE judge, the Judge! Don
you understand"
"Does hep asked Brand with ut
most unconcern.
Sylvester grew inpatient at his IA
theirs employee who dared assume in
difference toward his fathers only sou.
II want to know where he Is, ne
demanded.
.Well. / cant tell you" Brand rose
and stepped away, with Sylvester fol
lowing him.
81 understand that you are gong to
publish something about the judge
that's beyond the limit" said the SOL.
Possibly"
"well. this things gone far enough,
snapped Sylvester. in the absence OF
my father forbid it. Do you hear?'
| Brand took up bundle of proofs
and moved TO the door.
I'm afraid can't take orders from
you" he said, and he stepped calmly
out into the composing room
! Sylvester, nonplused, looked about
uncertainty for a moment. Then, with
a sudden thought, he went to the teic,
| phone.
| He placed the receiver at his ear.
Hello! Hello! I'm Mr.. Sylvester
Nolan. Get me the house on the wire
please" An Office boy entered. what
DO you mean by trying to prevent me
from coming up here?' asked youns
Nolan.
ITO DO continued.l
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-03-10

In an address before the Indiana
Sanitary and Water Supply Associa-
ton, in Indianapolis, DR.. j. N. Hurry,
secretary of the Indiana state board
Of health, spoke of the Ohio river as
"a thousand miles of typhoid fever
Another speaker said the condition OF
the Ohio was such that it had been
Justly called "a sewer from end to
end The Mississippi is larger
stream and it's condition is not so bad,
but it is nevertheless menace to
health. Speaking broadly, there is
not a stream in the country whose
waters are not polluted. 1t is the
common practice everywhere to dump
filth and refuse of all kinds and drain
sewers into the water courses. Prac-
tically all such waste matter contains
disease germs which thus gain en-
trance into the sources of water sup
ply Such procedure is unworthy a
civilized country as a matter of ethics,
saying nothing of the far greater con-
sideration of loss of human life Be
ginning at once, the laws forbidding
pollution of streams should be rigidly
enforced.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-03-10
The WORLD GOES ON.

THE WORLD GOES ON.
We can do but part of the work to
be done,
We can cheer but few of the souls
that are sad;
We can win but few of the fights
to be won
And make but few of the troubled
hearts glad.
We may toll as we will, by night and
by day,
We may study and delve III sci
ence and art,
But when the end comes and friends
lay us away,
Another will follow and take up our
part
We can learn but few of the things
to be learned.
And solve but a few of the problems
of earth;
And the world will go on, when the
roadway we've turned
AS it did in the old days before we
had our birth.
We can make ourselves great, but not
greater than all,
And be of some service to our fell
low men,
But the moment Death carries US out
through the hall,
The world moves along just as
bravely again.
What we have done one who follows
can do,
The place we are filing another can
fill,
Death cuts off The man and takes him
out of view
But the wor he was doing is car
ried on still.
And so we journey along and press on
Performing The tasks that are ours
day by day
Let none OF us think that when he
shall have gone
The wide world will suffer That
isn't Gods way.
Edgar A. Guest, in Detroit Free
Press.
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athletic game as played at many col
leges and universities.
GUILTY OF ENLIGHTENMENT.
Law is Plain That City Councils at
tempt to Divert Bond Fund Was
Grau> nffAnce

tempt to Divert Bond Fund Was
a Grave Offense.
To the Editor of The Gate City:
In your account of the council pro-
ceedings of the city council, March z,
the explanations OF the aldermen as
to how ordinance $3.50 intended by the
aldermen to divert $4,000 of the bond
fund passed, is too thin, and indicates
the incapacity of the members OF the
city council.
The said ordinance $50, creating
said bond fund, was passed February
5, 1906 Preamble and section read as
follows:
General ordinance No. $50
AN ordinance creating a bond fund
for the retirement of $4,000 of bonds
of the city of Keokuk, Iowa, falling
due July /. 1914
BE it ordained by the city council
of the city of Keokuk, Iowa;
Section 1 That there is hereby
created bond fund for the retirement
OF $4,000 of bonds of the city OF heo-
kuk, Iowa, falling due July l, 1914.
Such bond fund to be a continuing
fund until July l, 1914"
This ordinance is plain and the at
tempt Of the aldermen to divert $4,000
of it is plain So is section 9o4 of the
code plain when it declares: Any
councilman or officer of the city, who
shall participate or advise, cause to,
permit or allow any tax levied by
lawful authority to be diverted to 9TH
er purposes shall be guilty of embez-
element"
The citizens duty is to assist the OF
ficers in the performance of duty, and
insist on performance. Any OFFICER
who was a party to the attempt to
divert $4,000 of the aforesaid bond
fund is not fit to serve the people and
ought to be tabooed. Some of the
members of the council are seeking Of
fee under the commission plan. Vote
against them, voters of Keokuk. Do
not trust them.
w B. COLLINS.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-03-10

The Waterloo Reporter suggests an
amendment to the postal savings bank
bill making the rural mail route car
riers collectors for deposits. 1t rea-
sons that there will then be some
chance OF funds being accumulated,
as the denizens of cities will hardly
need its convenience until the cost
of pork chops is somewhat reduced.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-03-10

Marble time is here, as groups of
boys OH the streets attest, and this
means that spring, also, has arrived.
There are never any preliminaries
before the boys begin to play marbles.
The playing begins all at once and
without previous notice and is sure
sign that zero weather is thing of
the past.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-03-10

John snure telegraphs from Wash
ington to the Des Moines Register and
Leader that Vice President Sherman
Is expected to speak in the Sixth dis
trict at ottumwa. He will Of course
support the administration policies
and President Taft
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There is undoubtedly an element of
truth in the observation OF the near
philosopher of the Sioux City Tribune,
that when a man gets to the point
where he respects the law he is usual
~ afraid of it,
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-03-10

There are sixty-seven candidates
for councilmen in the Burlington com
mission plan campaign now in pro-
gress. The salary there is more than
double what it is in Keolluk. which
accounts for the discrepancy in the
number of aspirants.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-03-10

Congressman snapp of Chicago is
going to make his run for reelection
on Cannon platform. What will that
be for his opponent Marshalltown
Times Republican.
A frost, undoubtedly
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-03-10

There are various ways of attract
ing attention man in Missouri
named Burst called his children Annie
May and Ernest Will.
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A writer in the st. Louis Globe
Democrat says the season is returned
when the roses bloom again in Africa;
meaning the rhinoceroses.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-03-10

Dr. Wiley says that chickens may
be kept nine months 1t is also true
that they are likely to disappear over
night.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-03-10

Rupert Hughes in an article in
Hampton's Magazine speaks of the
managers of the quadrennial ma
tional performance, searching with
Demosthenes' lantern for man
against whom nothing could be
said" The understanding here in
Keokuk where Rupert was reared
has always been that the man with
the lantern was Diogenes.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-03-10

The ten-dollsr hog is in sight, but
the ten dollars haven't yet appeared
above the horizon
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"The Republican party has more to
fear from within its own ranks this
year than it has from the Demo-
Gratis" says the Arlington News.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-03-10

The Washington Democrat has no
ticed that a fellow who takes new
lodge degree always says it was
away better than he expected
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power Of Decision.

The power of uncomfortable deci-
sion is OF the most delicate and dan
gerous nature.-Janes A. Bayard.
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John L. Sullivan recently an
nouneed his fighting days We're over,
and the following day came the an
nouncement of his marriage.
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NOTES AND COMMENT.

A baby that was born in the food
ed quarter of Paris during the worst
of the flood has been named Moses.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-03-10

The Topeka Capital SAYS that when
man talks about bargain he means
real estate. When woman talks
about a bargain she means some
thing she saw at a dry good store.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-03-10

The Waterloo Reporter says that
among other things President Taft
has demonstrated during his first
year in office that he is THE Presi-
dent and not merely a igurehead
during the absence of the Smithson-
ian scientific expedition in Africa.
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of the flood has been named Moses.
John L. Sullivan recently an
nounced his fighting days were over,
and the following day came the an
nouncement of his marriage.
The Washington Democrat has no
ticed that a fellow who takes new
lodge degree always says it was
away better than he expected.
"The Republican party has more to
fear from within its own ranks this
year than it has from the Demo
Gratis" says the Arlington News.
The Topeka Capital SAYS that when
a man talks about bargain he means
real estate When woman talks
about bargain she means some
thing she saw at dry good store.
The Waterloo Reporter says that
among other things President Taft
has demonstrated during his first
year in office that he is THE Presi-
dent and not merely a fgurehead
during the absence of the Smithson-
ian scientific expedition in Africa.
The Omaha Bee concludes that the
New Jersey preacher who resigned in
order to raise chickens must have
been Methodist. 1t argues that no
other explanation can be found for
such close affinity between the
clergy and the chicken raising bust
ness
The Dubuque Times-Journal says
| that state aid for good roads may be
proposed without the slightest fear
that the demands upon the state
/ treasury will be excessive, adding.
"In states which pay 50 per cent OF
the cost of the work the funds set
apart by the legislatures are not fully
claimed"
The Iowa City Republican asserts
that the Peterson law was enacted
only for political purposes and that
its only result has been annoyance
and expense to those seeking to en-
gage in business. 1T is the deadly
enemy of interurbans," the Republi
can continues No interurban car
| be financed under its provisions
which is enough TO condemn the law
/ One of the Chicago papers gave {
prize of 500 to the woman who ar
ranged menu for four persons, th'
cost to be forty cents, A great man!
women tried for the prize, amonl
them Mrs. Upton, president of tn,
Woman's club but the menu tina
seemed altogether the best and t,
7 come within the price in every par
ticular was as follows: Vermicell
soup. bread and butter, veal fricasee
: mashed potatoes, Dutch slaw bake
!, apples and coffee. The winner mad
I her own bread and used bacon driy
> pings to make the slaw DRESSING
! with -four and vinegar and sugar. TIL
: veal fricasee was made from II
! cent soup bone. the soup being cooke
, down to stock, then favored
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Copyright, lcoa. BIZ Jassuh r1edill
pes. 49, Ford.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1910-12-23
Correspondence
sPIRIr LAKE

Miss Mary Hillsted, who has been
staying with her uncle August Nelson
tbs summer, departed for Iowa Tues.
dly morning to visit her father.
III. p. Meyer and family left We'd
nesday morning for Oregon, Ill, to
visit with Mrs. Meyers mother, sisters
and brothers. On their return they
will stop at Holland, Iowa, to visit
I'll. P's brothers and sisters.
e Freeman, Of hardwood, Iowa,
was here several days last week to
look after his land interests.
This fine weather seems to bring a
g I'D &c mes. every enc, and the chill
dren of District No. s are about all
sick. II. A. Poppen Jr., could not
attend school for a week on account
o. a bad cold.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1910-12-23
LAKE PRESTON HAS NEW CITY
WELL,

The Nicholson q Norbeck we'll
drillers who contracted to furnish our
city with a sufficient supply of water
for domestic uses and fire protection
report their job nearly Completed. Al
about eleven hundred feet, the drillers
struck the sand or cap-rock next to the
artesian basin. The large casing was
lowered to that depth and the drill
gradually forced through about forty
feet of that water bearing Strata, On
Friday last a test was made and the
water pumped without difficulty.
The supply was quite muddy at first
but it gradually clearing up. To day
the contractors are getting reddy TO
commence theirf tes' supply at least
fifty gallons per minute at continuous
pumping for forty-eight hours The
water stands up within fifty feet of
the top of the ground and what is the
best part of all is that it is as soft as
rain water and good to drink at the
same time. Hurrah for Lake Preston
and the new well,-Times
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1910-12-23
DRAxoLA.

No snow and fairly mild weather
still prevails.
A Christmas tree at the school
house on Saturday evening of this
week. Everybody come. A good
program is in preparation.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ersland were detain.
ed from services on Sunday last by
the Illness of their little girl. All
hope it may not prove really serious
Mr.. and Mrs. w. & McKechnie this
week go to Iowa to spend the holi.
days with relatives. Mr.. McKechnie
will return in a couple of weeks, but
Mrs. McKechnie may stay for a long
er visit. 1t is fortunate that so many
are SO well situated as to enable them
to make these annual visits at holiday
time.
Mrs Lille E. Baker of Lyman
county is spending the holidays with
her mother, Mrs. r. j, Ross.
Frank PLANT and family of Meade
county arrived last week for a visit
with friends, and at this writing are
at the home of Mr.. and Mrs, G. b.
Leis. About the middle of this week
they are to go to Omaha to visit Mr..
PLANTS mother and other friends.
They expect to return to their home
in about a month from the time they
left it.
A. d. Smith marketed pork on foot,
and other products, attended school
officers meeting, and took care of his
stock, on Saturday last. He is sure a
hustler.