The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-06-12
NOTES AND OBSERVATIONS.
Jasper 6Iines Tells Of Traffic on the
Santa Fe, County Politics, Prohibi-
tionists and Presbyterians.

To the Editor of The Gate City:
At Medill the Grange organization
have quite an influence for good, as
these people are active in the move
ment for improved highways, woman
suffrage, parcels post and higher NOR
ais.
The subject of inland transportation
is of vast concern to business in gen.
eral, and especially is governing fac
tor in the prices of farm products.
Should there be several years in sue
cession of bounteous crops the rail-
roads would experience great diff
Guilty in moving the surplus to market.
AS conditions are now, the Santa Fe
line is crowded with business, and
the freight patronage is immense.
One observes that large percentage
OF the freight movements to the south
west and to the Pacific coast are ma
terial for the irrigation enterprises
and the oil pipe lines. 1t is in order
to state that the town of MediIl is
situated on the oil lines which have
system operating direct from the
Oklahoma and Texas oil fields and
extending through the states of Kan
sas, Missouri, Iowa, Indiana, Ohio,
Pennsylvania and to the Atlantic
markets. There is continuous pro-
cession of freight trains whose chief
property consists of traction engines
and threshing machines destined to
tho wheat 81 io{r 1e II.
including Mexico. Business is becom-
ing more and more mutual between
nations. Affairs of common labor is
assuming several colors, as American
labor is now performed by other peo-
pie in important degrees. Mexicans
appear to be in favor in railway build
ing and the laying of the oil lines.
These classes are qualified for real
labor
The peculiarities of the summer
weather have great influence in bust
ness as well as in the development OF
the crops. People invest as weather
conditions are of high or low pres
sure. And foundation of concern
is agriculture and it's successes.
The Prohibition folks are holding
firm to their good cause, and they pro-
pose to be active and help to carry
the state for general laws in their
favor.
Mrs. Worley Of Medill anu Mrs.
Young, Mrs Kennedy and Mrs. Vol
ton OF Kahoka, are attending the Iowa
and national Holiness campmeeting in
Oskaloosa
Young citizen Fred Wooley of this
town is now graded UP to general
service as mail clerk on the Santa Fe.
and his field includes all the territory
between Kansas City and Chicago.
Fred has the qualities which bring re-
ward to himself and honor to society.
Merchant Saar has an assistant,
Willie Yates, who is building up in
the profession and does literary work
| for the county papers.
South of town / visited Mr.. Doyle
and family and enlarged my field of
acquaintances. Mr.. Doyle Is helping
In road reforms and other progress
and he says he likes Missouri. The
daughters, Misses Bertha and Lulu,
are active members of the Grange
work. The cause is of good use to
the general people. We talked OF
the vanishing comet and of other com.
cts yet to arrive this year.
1 County politics is moving slowly.
The party lines are mastering up a
full list Of candidates for the Novem
Der assassination, and the average
American still has delight in serving
/ the people for liberal revenue.
The Presbyterian church folks here
have pastor who is of the real spir
itual order one who declares the
whole truth and is not afraid of his
own voice. No compromises, notwith
standing no crying of peace, peace
when there Is no peace The worl
viii surely prosper with his leadership
as there's are many good, old-time
style OF citizens here Royal charac
ters who have the moral welfare Of
their country at heart, are these PEG
pie who are Of the Plymouth Rocl
distinction Of high morals, and thei
iabors and influence help to build VI
g magnificent empire.
JASPER BLINES.
Medill, Mo-