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Los Angeles herald., 1910-10-11
100 lbs.

Wheat flakes. per sack Of so lbs....'' 81 "
do per bbl of 125 lbs. net.......... 4'oO
GRAIN AND FEED
Los Angeles herald., 1910-10-11
DAILY MINING CALL

.s.or,,oon-1O0O May Flower cons, 5lh.
ALlclAONh YcrCGn GTOCTEG
Los Angeles herald., 1910-10-11
CHICAGO GRAIN

Special service to The Herald by J. c. Will
son. member of the Chicago board of trade,
New York stock exchange and San Francisco
L. Angeles.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-07-27
TIE Low Water.

Burlington HaEk-Eye: The packet
steamers are keeping in operation
and the owners do not propose TO be
frightened by little low water. 1t j.
q fact that there will always be
enough water in the channel 10 float
the boats. Government engineers NAV
feel proud OF the work that has been
done IN the past years, which now al
lows the operation of steamboats,.
Had this work not been done 1t is a
certainty that with the present stage
The river craft would have been drsy.
en- 10 the bank
In spite OF the river Improvements
that have been made, however. IN
the deepening of the channels all
along the river. the low water marx
has been broken at Reeds Landing
and at Red Wing. MINI. where tn
stage is recorded as below that CT
low water mark
Contrary to what may be the gener-
al belief, no matter how low the va
ter may go in the river this summer.
there will be no new low water
mark established so far as Official
reckoning is concerned. The low wa
ter mark having been established at
the stage OF the river in 1864, it xii.
stand as the low water mark always
in the reckoning of the river men.
Stages of water in the river lever
than that mark will be recorded with
a minus sign. indicating the stage b.
low low water mark. but in the after
years the measurings viii be made
from the old low mark just the sape
TO avoid confusion.
The stage of water at Reeds Lars.
ing Is now recorded-0.4 OF 4 foot pc
low low water mark
Whether the men who contend That
there is less water in the river TIN.
year than ever, are correct in the r
guess or not, the fact remains that
the water is extremely low. and but
for the vast improvements that have
been made in the channel boats
would long ago have gone to the
bank and stayed there.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-07-27
Curtiss for President.

Atlantic Telegraph: Advfces from
Ames are to the effect that Prof q.
III. Curtiss, for many years direcso.
of the experiment station. will DE APP
pointed to succeed DR.. A. B. Storms
as president of the Iowa State CO.
lege. No better choice could be made.
If the matter we're left to the vote OF
the people It is z foregone conclusion
that Prof. Curtiss would be chosen
He is known from one end of the
state TO the other, and is everywhere
conceded to be able. honest and pro-
gressive. Under his direction the es-
pertinent station has taken front
rank among those in the country.
Prof Curtiss is diplomatic and pos
sesses great executive ability. He is
popular with the students while theg
are in college and he retains their re
spect and friendship after they have
left school Prof Curtiss is one of the
rising agriculturists of the country
Under his direction the college ar
Ames will undoubtedly forge stii'
further ahead. The educational board
of control will not make any mistake
in naming him. Regardless of any ID
litical factionalism or personal inte-
ests, he is the right man for the
place
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-07-27

in dealing with the vices OF the city
that had been hoped for. and promised,
and there are numerous runsors afioa'
OF gambling and places OF EVIL resort
thar seem to escape the visllanc OF
the department OF public safety In
the absence Of q policy OF frank public
Ivy. such SIS prevails al Des Moiies
and other cities where the commission
form OF government has been adopted
the Hawk Eye Is unable to enlig ten
its readers upon many OF these points.
And it does NOT regard it as a pebble
dutx 10 publish information at second
hand, or TO gre currency 10 unsuh-
stansiated rumors.
The weak point in the commission
pian st Burlington IS the absence OF
that publicity ana frank cooperation
of the city officials, the citizens and
the press that is described in NJ.
Chambers article in the Forum and
corroborated by the Des Muines Reg
lister and Leader and the press and
people generally. For this local weak
ness neitfeT the press nor the citizens
OF Burlington are responsible.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-07-27
The AUTO TAX.

4 keol1uk banker was quoted IN
these columns the other day as say
ing that the money formerly lost in
speculation now goes into autos and
that this city has one car for each 100
population The statement attracted
the attention OF the Dubuque Times
Journal, which reports that in Dsl-
buque they have iittl more than one
for each 400 population. TIE Times.
Journal figures that the investment
cost might. De estimated al ST. Per
capita. depreciation al 81 per capita
and operation ST 81 per capita, so
that autoing may be said TO cost
Dubuque SIS per year per ca it's Re
marking upon this the Times-Journal
SAYS:
The cost of the luxury might
loosely be estimated at half the an
nIal cost of the government OF the
city OF Dubuque However. il falls
not upon the community IN general
but very largely upon those who can
afford 1t and who might spend their
m9nsy and their summers away from
home if deprived Of she whix wagons.
The anto tax sha. goes 10 the manu-
facrurers out OF town and represents
circulating medium lost 30 the CITY
might fairly be estimated az enc dol
lar per year per capita about e1gnI
FER cent OF the revenues contributed
for the support OF The schools and the
state and local governments
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-07-27
a simrIe Reaues.

Backward, turn backward, oh, time
in your fight.
Make me boy again. just for q
night
Give me go at the food thai they
fry.
Let me make bold with green ap-
pie pie.
Then let me sink TO my innocent rest,
Free from all care as to what | digest
Confident. even in moments of pain,
That mustard or ginger viii soothe
me again
Fain would seek with juvenile
zest
The cupboard instead of the medi
cine chest,
And drink from the spring where the
germs roam at will.
Instead Of from crystal drafts. foam
ing or still
Give me not wealth nor the badge OF
the proud,
Nor place on the platform, high
over the crowd.
But give me. oh, give me, my old
appetite
Make me a boy again. just for a
night,
Washington Star.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-07-27

yard Ar. Cownie showed he had re-
] qutsItions for the goods. a D-ss
Moines manufacturer got the order
1t is not stated that he was the low
est bidder for some of the heads OF
the state institutions affected, saia
they would have preferred line OF
goods with some Gotten in them, of
fered at so cents a yard; the stand
ard goods in all such institutions.
Whether the board served the site
best would probably be answered in
favor of the board, but that they fol
lowed the law would hardly be an
swered in the affirmative.
Mr.. Cownie's friends made OF. taat
the governor had charged aim wisn
both dishonesty and immoraasy.
That is what angered Mr.. Cownie.
But Governor Carroll's friends say
that the governor never intimated
that Mr.. Cownie had profited by any
transactions and the most that vas
assumed on the other point was Il, ::
Mr.. Cownie had been SO sympathetic
and indiscreet at MitcheIlville tina;
the girls had assumed false attstUies
toward him. The effect on the init
tuition was the same In either case.
That Mr.. Cownie has been an immes-
al man or dishonest one has not
been contended and is not believer
by any one
The Polk county grand jury wanted
sir. Cownie TO have a chance to es
tablish these facts publicly. That Is
why they returned that Indictment.
But the foreman OF the iruy. the lev
elest headed man among them, and 8
political OPPONENT Ex-Governor Carroll.
held that the indictment was rid.Ga-
lous and voted against it all the
time. while the county attorue,.'
thought the action i'll advised.
And there you are.
But the politicians were prompt.
on deck again. They could not dc.
lfeat Carroll in the primary with the
Cownie letter. but now want TO for. e
Carroll off the ticket that is al
they can see in it.
And there you are again
If there had been no two factioas
IN the Republican party, there would
have been no Carroll-Cewnie trial
pending. OF that you may rest IS
sured.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-07-27
LESS WarE7 --s. i. es


In reporting IL z-szs q -1e- <
the Upper Mississippi FfTsr e1ezzsz-ss
son Is aIvaEz nzde xh IL w
water mark q it, Il ~ ras-
the stage Of va,er lie xa-4
Father OF Waters rsarEsT rrs--
lower than Fl rad sre- seer Eaeeo-e
within the memory IL u s "a
all along the 5er river sro- =
Louis to ST Paul ra-Ez were 49,
indicating the stage 81 wztr III 80
time.
If the Rock ISLAND rzlo1 eg-r@e.
in its contention the-e ID Bsss rz-z-
IN the river nor thar tss-a vzx 81
1864 or at any time sIres III e-r-
white man settled Oh f-s hznk Tse
stage of the river at Roek T@gzr9 :.
just above the low ~ats- msrF ,.
1864, but the Union metn-sfrs -.
there Is less water in the liver -4re-.
tneless In support Of il. vter +
says.
The tests made bv the yeva----.-,
eieiheers snow chat the darog s4lgr,
-, "oo DacS-Wste~ ~
feet. The stage of water IL ro7. -.
o of foot above the low vatar - -...,s,.
Deduct the backwater and vo,, - 49,
a stage 6 below the low water rrsrg
of 1864. In other words were -. ~
same conditions existing now thai e.
listed in 1854 there would he I,,-a.
stage of water than then.
What is true here would ha tar
to a greater or less extent elsawbara
Yet, the packets are still runnin.
between this city and BnrlinqtoT
and from Burlington on down the riy
er. 1t SHOWS that the work of n,
government engineers is effective 6.
far as it has gone
The Union Geems to have prova,
its case. Not the least significan
feature of its article is its referenc
to what has been accomplished b
the government engineers in e,
aniing the boats to continue the
operations. The steamboat men ar
wondering how long they will be alb
70 40 SO, but they are still runnin
- their boats, They wouldn't have don
mat forty-six years ago. Their hoat
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-07-27

The Democrats Ct me Seventh rova
district nee rha eraer zav and zs.lser-
ed Clins Price 70 maze ms raeH hor
congress IN HAT Eszzc Ear raar
is not al theY i'd Thsy arraagg
stole Judge PrrHsg's pEzsfS.ru1 Almost
Ford for rord TEe C1n5r Esra.ts
pointedlT saEs a tas EeaEenr
Judge Pruu r W ~ r@ne.71.
oered. IS the fEz1rzene E.fs T9n err
over Captain EgEI ssr tie aey5rY q
Gan nomination TIE Democrats svzr
want 70 arrange for z foEzz E=5a-z. z
al places Pr0Ery n n suzzsrrzssf-sg
position, for size rEe D@roe-z-s
nave stolen IL his szz1S5=r h VII
either be cpupeaA - ss-nr-sze
some neW EhEEs5er 1r sssrzs- 49, b
and Price srzn1 ssr r. sse -
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-07-27

All OF Iowa's surplus cash is 1st
invested in automobiles. by any
means DEPOSITS N $50 savings
banks, 2T2 state BANKS and sixteen
trust companies for tie year closing
June so, 1910. iHcraased 81. 766. asa.-
s. The exhibit ratierts 4 high de-
gree Of prosperity. especially among
wage earners. WHO constitute a lar-e
majority OF the depasifora N such
institutions Tbs calamity howIer,
whether be be Democrat or insure,
ent, can ind natafng IN Eas condition
OF Iowa people HBau WHICH q base 4
complaint
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-07-27
IRE County Judaeship.

Bonaparte Record: Judge Bank has
been Judge Of Lee county courts al
ReokuE and Fort Madison for years
This year he will hare the fight OF his
life to be reelected 4 wide-awake
talented young attorney Of Keokuk.
". G. Blood. has received the nomina-
ton On the Republican ticket and the
indications are now strongly in favor
Of his election. Here's hoping he
wins.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-07-27
suyina Without Rfds.

The other charge has to do with
the buying of goods without first ad-
vertising for bids. We believe th2t
the governor can amply prove this
charge Probably the whole board
was guilty. The formalities prescTib-
ed by the laws were in many cases
dispensed with, the board buying I'D
vantageously for the state. as It be
Iieycd. The order complained Of Oy
the governor was one for 1900 yafds
OF cloth for mems suits at si.40 per
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-07-27

The indications are that Ehs vs-sszes
in the case agaiRst Nayor lem
Phillips of ottunEa XII be No1
guilty. 1t is TOO early ve5 10 sx-
tend congratulations. hQz Il looz as
If they would be in order II the near
future. The chief witness fer the a@
Tense the other day was T. d Foster.
head OF the MorreIl Packing company.
WHAT Mr. Foster saEs carries g-eaz
weight In Ottumva. and rightly Sc.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-07-27
A WARNING.

Cedar Rapids Gazette: The terrible
accident at Chicago by which an Iowa
physician, his wife and daughter. lost
the lives, should be warning to al
autoists and would-he autoists. Every
driver should know his car thoroughly
before undertaking journey; he
should make sure of his ability te
avoid danger before using a machine
that is in itself a dangerous thing.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-07-27
Those Diseased Cattle

He said that diseased meats, or
cattle had been shipped out 0. ne
state in violation OF the laws. He ac-
cused Mr. Cownie of having been re-
sponsibie for that sale But Connie
ssys they were sold by the wh0Ie
board. That diseased cattle were
shipped out OF ne state. seems 10 lie
an admitted facC. TIE Omaha packing
company which was soaked wIrh
those cattle demanded restitution. q
the money and pa. OF It, ~ under-
stand. was refunded b the state, IN
Acknowledgement = lie stafs-s er-
ror. Diseased cattle we're sold but
Mr.. Cownie seems 20 rave Asen re-
sponsible only as member Ct the
board.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-07-27

According TO the last year book OF
the department of agriculture. there
are 21,72o,ooe mich COWS in the init
ed States, and these are worth s7t1s.-
$4,000. The magnitude of the in
dustry can perhaps be best under stood
when it is considered that there COWS
produce yearly about $1,000. 0ssl. e1a
worth of dairy products.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-07-27
The oskaloosa Herald recalls ths-

The Oskaloosa Herald recalls that
IN an attempt to be economical an
auditor OF Lucas county once con-
densed the published report Of the
proceedings OF the board OF supervfs,
ors. The condensation saved The
county sixty cents. but the omission
cost the tax payers $4,000. TIE
omfsson had rendered sEesv bod
inadequate
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-07-27

The ST. Louis GIobe-Democrat con
tends that It is not necessary 10 fool
al the people all the time: that quite
3 fortune can be made ont of fooling
3 few dozen for year or two.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-07-27
No. immortality but Indiscrstion.

isOs immortality out iNotSCrcttoR.
The charges have been exaggarat-
ed to the injury Of both the governor
and Mr.. Cownie For instance. the
governor, as we understand it, did
not say that Mr.. Cownie had been "a
improper relations with girls in the
Mitchellville school He said that
four inmates had made affiiayits that
Mr. Cownie had made improper pro
posals to them. The governor did moi
assume that Mr. Cownie vas guilty
but he did infer that with such ru
mors rife in the institution .ir. Cow
ME was at the end OF his usefulness
In that institution. The affdavits o.
such women are not of much account
Mr Cownie had been too indulgeni
with those girls and they abused his
indulgence. To conclude that he was
guilty as charged would be to lssume
that he had gone crazy. But il the
governor really has the affidavits ne
will have proved all that he said, as
we understand it. He sim i ssid ha
had the affidavits. He did cot sag
that ne believed Cownie guilty IS
charged Has the governor got tnoss
papers?
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-07-27
Meat in the House

Philadelphia tPa.) Inquirer: A st.
Louis woman wants to marry cow
boy. Well, that's one way OF solving
the meat question
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-07-27

NJ. RockefelIer's taxes. it is said.
have been raised" by the assessors.
Ordinary people must raise their
taxes themselves" remarks the ST
Louis Globe Democrat.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-07-27
NOTES AND COMMENT.

# the Mississippi river gets much
lower the Jacksonville Courier thinks
II may be necessary 10 carry water for
the fish,
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-07-27
Plain Facts In the
CoWnie-Carroll Case
Some of the ExaggeTations Due to Mere Politics-No
Truth In Them-Cownie Was Not Charged With
Immorahties by Governor

DES MONIES. July e7.-we do not
believe that Mr.. Cownie himself has
been animated By any political mo-
sives. With him the controversy with
the governor has been one OF per
sonal pride He wants 10 keep his
record clear and it is his duty 10
himself and his family TO do So
But the politicians have used the
matter for their OWN ends Mr..
Cownie's term was up some time
ago. He had served twelve years.
He himself had said ne would not
be candidate again Your paper
advocated and urged Mr. Cownie To
remain on the board and urged the
governor to retain him. and has been
politically friendly 10 Mr.. Carroll.
Your paper is in position TO publish
an ANALYSIS OF the facts
The politicians made the trouble
When Governor Carroll appointed
Judge Conner. ex-congressman. for
the position. they made fight on
Connor, in the state senate. for no
other reason than that Connor be-
longed to the other faction of the
party The Register and Leader it
self said of Judge Connor that he
was fitted for the office and would
uphold its traditions But even that
would not quiet the radicals. The
Common appointment was not con
irmed That left Mr.. Cownie in Of
fee But when the term was UP the
governor told Nr. Cownie that he
would appoint his successor. He told
Mr.. Cownie that he did not believe
that it was best that he remained On
the board. on account OF the many
disagreemenrs in the administration
OF the state institutions These had
been carried SO far that majority
OF the board had requested Mr. Cow.
ME to remain away from Mitchellville,
since his presence was bad on the
discipline. Mr.. Cownie did stay
away and finally the girls broke out
and went to Des Moines to see him,
since he would not come to them.
They landed in the Polk county jail.
Under such circumstances Gov
ernor Carroll deemed it best to APP
point another man. a mass of com.
plants were in the governors hands.
Mr.. Cownie resigned and asked If III ;
stuff was to be published The gov
ernor said no. not unless | am com
PEELED TO do so. That ended matters
for a while and the new member
went on the board. But some newspa-
per men we're permitted to see soma
OF the documents. among them the
editor of the Des Moines Register
and Leader Then rumors got out as
TO the charges against Cownie and
Mr.. Cownie, in indignation, accused
the governor of scattering false
hoods against him Mr. Cownie made
an attack on the governor in pub
lie letter. This happened to come Just
before the primary and was used by
the politicians TO discredit the sJy-
eTnor who was himself q candidate
The governor made a reply In which
he summarized some OF the cEarg s
that had been made against MI Cow
ME This reply was the basis of the
Indictment for criminal libel
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-07-27

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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-07-27

would have gone 10 the bank long
ere this. The work of the govern
ment counts for q whole lot
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-07-27
Keokuk, Iowa. ....-.--. july ~, 1911
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY.

= = y IT y Z S|Ff y Tx OFs
Folded eyes see brighter colors
than the open ever Elizabeth
Barrel Browning.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-07-27

According to the Marshalltown
TImss-R Republican. the man who has
had his vacation feels like the fellow
Who breaks a twenty and tries TO re
member tomorrow where it all went.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-07-27

" c. Brown. president OF the New
York Central lines, has returned east
fron & three weeks stay in the west,
during which period ne made careful
study Of the outlook in Iowa, Ne
braska. Missouri. Kansas and Min
nesota He says western business gen
orally Is in good shape
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-07-27

The Chicago Record-Herald makes
II plain that BY deciding TO again be
candidate for the legislature Lee
Omen Browne shows that he doesn't
think much of the intelligence of the
voters il his district.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-07-27

Wendell Phillips once said s'Revolu-
fnrions never so backward but the
gunner Wing thinks 1t IS awfuIly hard
70 tell Just how some OF these South
American revolutions are going after
they hang On rear or two.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-07-27

Exchange value OF farm products, .
IS the title of q speech made by U.
s Senator Reed Smoot, OF Utah, May
2, 1910 This speech has been issued
Z document form by the American
Protective Tariff League Of New YORK,
AZ document No. 90
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-07-27

The Burlington Hawk-Eye says that
possession of the power TO do il is
no excuse whatever for running the
steam roller over the Iowa Republican
state convention in the selection of
state central committeeman.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-07-27
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