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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-10-28
Some Corn.

Carthage Republican,: The agricul-
tural editor of the Republican was
over some country to the west OF
Carthage Sunday and saw some corn.
He was a good deal in the position OF
the Young reporter on a daily paper
covering his first assignment, which
happened to be fire. He called up
the office and wired in his report as
follows: Fire raging beyond de-
scription"
This is the way the corn looks:
"Beyond description" 1t looks like
there is enough corn in Prairie town
shin alone to glut the market OF the
world!
But. seriously. there is a record
CROP. out at Sam Chapman's we saw
three fields that he modestly admits
will make ninety bushels to the acre
Another visitor with us. and one OF
the successful farmers of the county
insisted that the match north OF the
house. some twenty acres. VIII aver
are over 100 bushels and spots in the
field where manure and phosphate
were used. will run from 100 to l3t
bushels to the acre. The Stalks 1907
Ike telephone poles and SO much corr
on each stalk that it makes heav'
lifting TO feed to cattle. This maj
ought by all means to have derric'
TO handle his corn and fodder. Al
] will have to let up on scientific farm
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-10-28
The Editorial PAGE Counts.

Atlantic Telegraph: Aleck Miller
gave the boys OF the Press Club OF
Des Moines a good sensible talk the
other evening. Alex is editor of the
Washington Democrat and mighty
smart, even if he is Democrat In
county the normal Republican major
ity of which is 100000 he says. Aleck
declared that the newspaper which
will win out is the one which gives
its readers a good strong editorial page.
A newspaper to be great or good or
readable must have convictions. 1t
does not to do to tell the news and
quit at that. After all, news is only
gossip, no matter how important it is,
and what is news today Is only a
memory or denial story tomorrow.
But convictions last all the year
around. They mean something. They
show that the man who wrote them is
not merely mirror to refict opinions
or telephone to convey gossip, but
that he is man of flesh and blood, a
man who has the courage to think and
to say things.
If you will look over the newspa-
! pers of Iowa which the average per-
son knows anything about you will
! inevitably find that they are papers
with good strong editorial pages. The
subscribers want to know what the
editor thinks. They may not agree
with him. lots of times what he thinks
makes them mad. But they want him
to think something and to stick by
what he thinks They don't care a
rap for an editor who is a Democrat
| today, Republican tomorrow and
God only knows what the next day
They want an editor who IS the same
thing yesterday, today and tomorrow
whether there is any office at stake
or not. They want convictions with
out thought of personal gain or promo
ton
Aleck Miller is smart fellow and
he knows how to get out a good pa
4 per- His paper reflects his views and
convictions. There are many such ir
Iowa. A good many folks say the day
of the great editors is over and the
paper which wins out is the one which
prints the news and doesn't make any
4 editorial comment. Thomas Rot! The
editorial page counts. whether it is II
Atlantic or Des Moines or Squedunl
or Kalamazoo or New York or Chica
i go.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-10-28

Clyde H. Tavener, nominated for
congress by the Democrats of the
Fourteenth Illinois district, is polit-
ical alien as far as the district is
concerned. He lives in Washington
CITY and never voted in the district In
all his life. 1t isn't at all likely that
the voters of the district will take
kindly to his candidacy especially
when they have such a splendid rep
resentative in Hon. James Mckinney
who has lived in the district ever
since he was born.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-10-28
KAHokA. MO.

]. P. Gilhousen, of What Cheer,
Iowa, was a guest Tuesday and We'd
nesday of his parents, south of town.
Henry Forbes returned Tuesday
from a several weeks trip to Cali
fornia.
kahoka friends have been advised
of the marriage on October 10, Of
Miss Nan vickers to Mr.. Riley Hart,
of Los Angeles. The bride Is form
er resident of Clark county.
Francis is handicapped in his race
for United State senator in Clark
county by the fact that he has no
Official organ.
Governor Herbert S. Hadley of Mis-
souri, will be in Clark county on next
Wednesday, November 2, and will
speak at the following places: Alex
andria, 8 a. M; Wayland, at time OF
west bound passenger, IL permission
can be obtained to hold train; Ka-
hoka, 10 a. M; Luray, p. m; VIVA.
conda, 2:30 p. m. Owing to the gov
errors early arrival, his first two adj
dresses will be necessarily short. but
he should be given large audience
at Kahoka Luray and Wyaconda. He
will probably be accompanied by DR.
F. B. Hitler in his trip through Clark
county. Everybody who can should
hear Governor Hadley.
4 Will Kahoka's vinegar factory be
rebuilt? This Is question which
i ought to be looked after and answer
I ed in the affirmative.
Chris Stopper was called to Bur
lington Thursday to attend the funer
/ al Of a nephew.
Mrs S. M. Dickson returned Thurs
day to her home in Chicago.
Rev. r Anderson of st. Louis was il
Kahoka wednesday. to offlciate at tn
Harris-Lewis wedding.
Another wedding is scheduled 70
} the first Of next week.
4 Was any sympathy extended by tn
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-10-28

The never was a time in the his
tory of the country when labor was
more generally employed at good
wages than now This happy con
dition of industrial affairs was made
possible by Republican legislation on
the currency and the tariff, whereby
every dollar is worth its face in gold
and American worl1ingmen are saved
from competition with the poorly-paid
laborers of foreign lands. 1t would
be we'll for laboring men to have these
facts in mind on election day and vote
accordingly.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-10-28

Governor Deneen. who has been
campaigning actively in all parts OF
Illinois, is confident that the Repuoll-
cans will carry that state by 100000
majority. The prediction is good
enough to be worth crystalline into
accomplished fact.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-10-28
THOUGHT FOB THE DAY

That's the trouble with the world.
Nothing's plumb square. Now here's
the point; Virtues all right if it trots
alone But just let Virtue hook up
with Vice for ten days unsuspecting
like, and see what the world says.
Kid, that ten little minutes of bad
company would upset lifetime OF
continuous Sundays Barr
McCutcheon in The Rose in the
Ring.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-10-28

A northwestern Iowa editor COM
plains that about the time he had an
inspiration to write column long
editorial On Ideal Indian Summer,
conditions over which he had no con-
troll compelled him to try writing on
"a more up-to-date theme, When Dad
Put up the Stove" This is further
proof of the adage--if further proof
we're needed-that life is just one
consumed thing after another.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-10-28

The Marshalltown Times-Repubh-
can says the reason that Iowa's best
farming districts show small increase
in population is because the increase
has moved away. 1T has moved
away drawn b. desire to better
itself" the Tines-Republican con
tinues. Cheaper lands are the mag.
net. Those who moved are the young
er people, people with children. They
are doing precisely what men have
always done, seeking opportunity o.
what appears to them as opportunity
why not? Their fathers did it.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-10-28
BETTER THINGS,

Better to feel love within
Than to be lovely to the sight;
Better homely tenderness
Than beauty's wild delight
Better to love than be beloved.
Though lonely all the day;
Better the fountain in the heart
Than the fountain by the way.
Better to be little wise
Than learned overmuch;
Better than high are lowly thoughts
For truthful thoughts are sucn.
Better to have a quiet grief
Than a tumultuous joy;
Better than manhood, ages face,
If the heart be of boy.
Better a death when work is done
Than earth's most favored birth;
Better a child in Gods great house,
Than the king OF all the earth.
George Mcdonald.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-10-28

The spiritualists say that Mr. Roose-
welt is Controlled by Abraham Lin
coin and an Indian chief, with assist
ance from Caesar and Napoleon.
Giminy, but they must be having a
strenuous time!
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-10-28

A southern exchange tells Of a man
who was hit by q telephone pole GO
ing to a fire. Served him right When
telephone pole takes notion TO go to
a fire it is clearly entitled to the
right of way
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-10-28

Coxey says that Roosevelt and Bry-
an are weak limitations Of himself.
The redoubtable Ohio general" has
nothing to fear from his modesty. If
IT should ever Strike in" it wouldn't
prove fatal.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-10-28

A Grinnell paper reports that a
hunter near that town killed white
crow. That's how prohibition "'pro-
hibits',
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-10-28

Another argument in favor OF good
roads is that they will keep the boys
on the farm and the rural mail car
riers on their routes. These are i'm
poltant considerations. both of them.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-10-28

A Galesburg paper in chronicling an
accident in that city says that "Etchi-
son was caught between two cars
loaded with green brick and lost his
presence of mind" He was mighty
lucky not to lose his life.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-10-28

Mr. Bryan has been speaking for
Uncle Joe Cannon's opponent in the
Danyille, Illinois district Judging
from the usual effect of Mr. Bryan's
speeches, Uncle Joe's majority Will be
larger than usual this year
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-10-28

The captain Of a schooner just ar
rived in port says his vessel was
menaced by Walter Wellman's eQuili-
orator. This is the reverse of the es-
tablished order of things. Hitherto
the schooners have always menaced
the equilibrators.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-10-28

An enthusiastic aviator says the
aeroplane will make war full OF hor-
.rors. Quite likely. It has already done
as much for peace, and it is only in its
initial stage as yet.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-10-28

The gentlemen who are paving over
the available senatorial timber in
Iowa get more fun out of the situation
than the candidates for the legislature
do.-Des Moines Tribune.
Quite likely. But if every Iowa Re
publican will do his duty at the polls
on November the candidates for the
legislature will be assured their share
OF fun also.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-10-28

Problem that is wrinkling the brow
and wasting the gray matter of the
brain of the Iine-otType-or-Two gen,
ias of the Chicago Tribune:
If t.hangar'' is an aerial garage
what Go they call the idlers thai
hangar round the place?
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-10-28

Walter Wellman is puzzling his
brain over an equilibrator Meanwhile
the rest of US are chiefly concerned
about the radiator
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-10-28

democrats to the republican candidate
four years ago? Nay, not so!
l.. L. Duer and son, formerly of Ka-
hoka, have engaged in the grocery
business at Portland, Oregon.
The candidates have only one more
week in which to hustle.
The prohibition amendment will
probably receive majority in Clark
county.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-10-28

The consensus of opinion, as the
Sioux City Journal sums It UP, is that
Wellman achieved what may be call
ed successful failure.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-10-28

The newspaper photographers are
disposed to regard ex-King Manuel as
the joker in Europe's royal deck.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-10-28

DR.. Crippen can't be very much
a dentist. He has no pull.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-10-28

A southern EDITORS idea of a prac-
tical man is one who would rather
have a ten cent cigar given to him
than five center named for him.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-10-28

Money may make the mare go, but
it's aviation that makes the money
fly.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-10-28

contemplation is sure to be satisfying.
And it ought to nerve Americans to
to point where they will demand the
elimination of some of the things
which have so often made American
courts appear SO farcical."
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-10-28
NOTES AND COMMENT.

The redeeming feature about the
picture hobble skirt, in the view of a
contemporary, is its impossibility.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-10-28

The Des Moines Register and Lead.
er calls attention to the fact that In
England they don't stop to fatten
criminals before hanging them.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-10-28

ing or get more improved machinery
to handle his crops.
Now the hydraulic editor suggests
But, what's the use!
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-10-28

The consensus of opinion, as the
Sioux City Journal sums It UP, is that
Wellman achieved what may be call
ed a successful failure.
A southern EDITORS idea of prac-
teal man is one who would rather
have a ten cent cigar given to him
than five center named for him.
The Clinton Herald concludes that
it is going to be necessary to do a
vast amount of hard work if anything
like a normal vote is had this year.
II seems to the Chicago Tribune
that the young woman who used dogs
for bridesmaids at her wedding might
have foreseen that there would be
loud howl about it.
The Newton Herald SAYS that The
Office of county attorney usually goes
To some Young man who needs the
salary to hold on with till he can
work UP a living practice.
/ Edward H. r. Green railroad presi
dent, son Of Mrs. Hetty Green. re,
1 lieved the tedium of the trip from
4 New York city to Texas by stopping
over in st. Louis and personally Sc
lecting $1,000 picture postal cards.
"solid front now. boys" says the
Mapleton Press. mo standpatters, M
progressives, nor anything else in the
county campaign, except good
straight Republicans. That is wfa
it is going to take to win, and win W.
must"
ct is good thing for American
to occasionally indulge in contem
plation of English court methods. say
1.-The Cedar Rapids Gazette. Sue
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-10-28

The Clinton Herald concludes that
it is going to be necessary to do a
vast amount of hard work if anything
like normal vote is had this year.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-10-28

The Rounder's Explanation.
Il hear you went home drunk the
other night. Is that true?" ooh, a
fellow is liable to go anywhere when
he is drunk"
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keokuk, Iowa Oct. 2s, 1910
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at is a good thing for Americans
to occasionally indulge in contem-
plation of English court methods says
the Cedar Rapids Gazette. Such
The Detroit times., 1910-06-01
SLOW, COLD RAIN
STOPS BALL GAME

There was some gloom at baseball
headquarters today. Just as the
Tigers came along with big winning
streak the rain butted in and today's
game with the Athletics had to be
called or.
Il viii be played Friday, which is
an open date and the crippled Ath-
letics will enjoy one day In which to
recuperate after the hard trip from
the east. Mack and his men did not
arrive until Tao p. m. and one peep at
the sky tickled them as much az Il
depressed the Jennings tribe. Rube
Oldring r. sick and Thirdbaseman
Baker IN none too good, 30 the Ath-
letics might have had to use Heit.
muller In center field and Rath at
third. Both OF the regulars being en-.
fremely valuable, their loss would be
felt particularly at this time.
Had the rail- ceased az noon game
would have been possible They have
new tarpaulin at Bennett Park that
protects eli the playing surface This
t1DraB IL constructed after a design
W Fre6 Clarke. manager Of the Puts
|0fK team They have one at the
K'f.tes' neld and one At Cleveland
The Detroit times., 1910-06-01

member that somebody told me that
Ed Barrows had wired President
Dreyfuss, asking him for his lowest
cash price on my services. The papers
were full of II, but didn't see II.
finally went TO Mr.. Dreyfuss and ask
ed him about 1t. telling him at the
same time that / was giving him the
best | had. but that | seemed unable
10 deliver the goods
He told me IL was true that Bar
rows was after me. but that he had
told him there was but one price for
ball players-$l0 &, 000-and. OF course.
that broke on the deal. After my talk
with Mr.. Dreyfuss | seemed TO i'm.
prove. and closed the season with a
batting average close TO 200.
The fans have said nice things
about my work since then, but often
contrast their present opinions and
their present treatment with what
they gave me during the first half OF
the season OF 1906. | don't think they
ever got my nerve, but no living play.
er can do his best when the crowd
that ought to be with him is constant.
ly jeeTing him"
The Detroit times., 1910-06-01
|LEMBERG WINS
ENGLISH DERBY
A. Fairies Entry Captures Classic at
EPSON Track-Crowd in Mourning
for Late King Edward.

EPSON, Eng, June l.-Running an
excellent race throughout and display
ing hne form, A. Fairies Lemoers'
sired by the former Derby winner
Cyllene, was frst past the post In the
Derby today. His closest rival for the
2-year-old honors and his conqueror
IN the two thousand guineas monih
ago. Lord Rosebery's Neil Cow, nm
ished back in the ruck. His nasty tenn
per told on him. After delaying the
start Is minutes by his crazy actions
at the post, Neil Cow refused to ex-
ltend himself and was many lengths De-
hind the winner. Lemberg's trouble
game from an unexpected quarter. The
turf sharps believed that II Neil Cow
failed to make good showing. Charles
iOpMalley would be the contender.
Instead. the unexpected happened
and viscount Villier's Greenback, dis
I1layinK bulldog courage and fine
hurst OF speed, had LENDERS straight
ITO win by a short neck. Charles O'Mal-
Hey finished third, two lengths away.
Shortly before the race an avalanche
lOf money came In on Lemberg and he
INVENT to the post favorite In the bet
lting. with the Rosebery entry close
iEecond choice. O'Malley was also
INell backed TN the betting.
No sooner had they reached the bar
rrier than Neil Cow began to fight. lie
broke up half dozen attempts to get
the neld away and several times came
NEAR unseating Maher. After delay
,cf Is minutes the barrier was sprung
land the field raced away toward Tot
bingham Corner aligned like troop
|Df cavalry.
The white and orange sleeves and
rap Of the favorite showed In front for
= minute and then Dillon took a
lnteadying pull on him and placed him
In behind the first flight close TO the
Irail. When the field turned into the
straight, the white. black seams and
leap OF the Cunliffe stable were In
hront and for moment the crowd
Thought II was Lemberg, but the IA.
Iyorite was soon picked up running cas-
My Just behind Charles O'Malley. TEN
lpleman on Greenback and Dillon on
lLemberg made their run while well
Egtraightened away in the stretch and
lit was a fine duel to the finish. Dillon
lOutriding his opponent In the last six
lteenth and winning by scant neck.
There was much disappointment
among the crowd because Col. Roose-
welt failed TO appear. Accommoda-
tons had been prepared for him.
The Detroit times., 1910-06-01
CORBETT WILL Be
WELCOME TO BOX
Johnson's Manager Says Jim Can
Enter Ring If He Wishes on
Friday Nights.

SAN FRANCISCO, June AL
though the board of supervisors has
cleared the way for the big fight by
granting a permit for a Aground bat
tie on July 1, there is little JOY today
in Johnson's training camp. There
is not a man connected with the estab-
lishment who hasn't crouch. The
killjoy is a great big 90-horse power
racing car in which Johnson has been
doing considerable training"
George Little. the Negroes man
ager, Is sore. IF Johnson insists on
keeping that racing car around here
I'll blow IL up" he said today.
I'VE are looking for all the big
strong men We can find to spar with
Johnson before the fight and Johnson
himself would be Just tickled to death
to have Corbett go on with him at the
Dreamland Rink when Jack gives MS
public exhibition Friday night"
This statement followed the wordy
war which has started between Cor
bett and Johnson. Corbett started the
row by declaring Jeff would beat
Johnson inside OF Is rounds, because
the Negro Is hatfooted doesn't know
how to fight and had yellow streak. "
Johnson replied that Corbett was a
coward Corbett replied by Offering
to bet $4,000 (real money! that ne
would 60 over to Johnson's training
camp and put on the gloves with the
Negro.
Tex. Richard today announced pos
itively that he would referee the
fight.
81 am not a makeshift, TO be with
drawn when the fighters agree" he
said to a United Press representative.
81 shall referee. There are no ifs
and 'ands.' conferred with Jeff and
johnson before | accepted the prop
osition to referee Jeff said II would
be unfair II withdrew and Johnson
said would be satisfactory to him.
You can, therefore. take II from me
that Tex. Richard will be the third
man In the ring on July l."
The Detroit times., 1910-06-01
I'LL QUIT RING"
AFTER THIS BOUT
So Says Champion Frank Gotch Be-
fore Tackling Zbyszko, Polish
Wrestler.

CHICAGO, June l.-"I'n defeat
Zbyszko tonight and quit the ring,
declared Frank Gotch, worlds cham
pion wrestler today when asked
about his championship match with
the Pole here tonight Zbyszko Is Just
as certain OF winning and said he
would surprise the wise men who
think he hasn't chance against the
champion.
The bout tonight will be the second
meeting between Gotch and the Pole,
the two having wrestled at Buffalo IN
a Commute handicap, in which the
champion lost because he failed 10
throw his opponent twice in an hour,
Gotch expects TO defeat his opponent
with an array OF new holds. He said
that he would center his attack about
the legs, as the Pole Is hard man
TO handle about the shoulders aud
arms.
There has been considerable betting
on the match, varying from 5 to 2 on
Gotch TO even money.
Five one-fall matches will be staked
as preliminarles. Arrangements are
10 have the championship bout begin
at 9:35
The Detroit times., 1910-06-01

Signals in baseball are all right
when they work. Billy Phelon, OF
New York, relates the following:
"Twenty.three years ago Uncle An
son hired Dad Clarke, then mere
rovice, and spent much valuable
time in educating him To the signal
thing. One point the Old Man laid
special stress on was this: With
runner on first, Uncle would slap his
hands together Clarke was TO wheel
and shoot the ball over instanter,
without stopping to survey the stu
alton. The morning after this was
drilled into Clarke the team went out
for a practice game. Clarke was toss
ing to the batsmen and Uncle was
roosting easily on first, watching the
batters and criticising their positions.
Never thinking of possible conse-
uuences. the Old Man slapped his
hands together, probably to warm
them a trifle. Clarke spun like fash,
drove the ball across like bullet. and