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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-10-11

sist him, as by former law, all
powers are taken from the executive
officer, still he shall, as it seems. be
mayor, marshal, council, prosecuting
witness and magistrate all in one.
Jacob Mehl and Valentine Mehl are
in Keokuk taking in bargain week.
Rev. Trefzer will assist Rev. Kreis
at Donnellson next Sunday in the cele-
brating of t e sixtieth anniversary
missionfest and dedication of the
new parsonage OF the Evangelical ST
Paul's church, and no meetings will
be held here.
j. j. Mueller and family of Coppock
Ia, who visited relatives here the past
week, returned home Saturday.
Mrs. Peter Wieger, Jr., and the
misfortune to be run over by buggy
Thursday evening while on her way
home. She and her son drove along
the street and when near the mill build
ing a buggy met them. both vehicles
colliding, by which the lady was
thrown out, the buggy passing ovel
her chest.
Farmers are about done sowing fal
grain.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-10-11
MANUFACTURES EXCEED RAW
PRODUCTS.

The Importance of the United
States as manufacturing nation Is
emphasized by official statistics just
available, which show that for the
first time in our history more than
half our exports are manufactured
articles. For many years the balance
of trade was maintained in our favor
by the enormous exports of raw pro-
ducts, mostly foodstuffs. In the eight
months ending with August. out of a
total expectation of $1,027 900, 900,
manufactures amounted to $542,750,-
600, or SIS per cent of the whole.
One year ago, out of total export
of $3.50 100000 in the eight months,
manufactures contributed As per
cent two years ago their share was
A per cent of the total; ten years
ago 35.5 per cent, twenty years ago 81
per cent. and thirty years ago 10 per
cent.
The value of manufactures export
ed during the first eight months of
1910 averaged more than $2,500,000
for each business day; in 1900 little
over s1,5OO, 900, and in 1890 little
over $4,000 for each business day.
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II Save Electric Lloht sllIs.

1t is your own fault that your light
bills are too high, says the Electrical
News Service. Every night when you
turn on your lights monster called
Absorption gumshoes into your house
and steals So per cent of your light.
Tho wall paper in this room is dark
green, the woodwork Is stained choco-
late brown and the furniture and fur
nishings are very dark They all com
bIne to steal away most of your light.
You have to pay for the light your
lamps actually give, but in reality you
only get fifteen percent of the light
you pay for, because you are being
Systematically robbed by the wall pa,
per and woodwork, the chairs and
the rugs, soon after this house was
repapered in light buff tints and the
woodwork was painted white AS a re
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a TALE oE TWO CITIES.

Notwithstanding Dubuque is much
the older town and has had much the
better start, it made only per
cent gain during the past ten years,
while Waterloo made a gain Oh ~
per cent during the same time why
this difference? The Dubuque Ter
egraph- Herald, answering this inquiry
explains that the difference Is the oii-
ference between individual selnshness
and municipal selfshness. DUBUQUE
has the former, Waterloo the ia'eei
The same paper goes on to say
Here is no concert of effort 1ol
oity building while in Waterloo theie
is not note out of harmony Win
tho svmphony. Dubuque's first neeo
is IN hiring together it's citizens IN
common purpose to push the CITY Loi,
ward It has far greater wealth thah
waterloo, the advantages OF the rlpel
break in freight rates, 1t is nearer ele
coal supply, it is on the MISSISSIPPI
II has thrifty industrious peopie.
Rnt It has no cohesiveness, no uhi.s
! ~ effort. every man is for hlmseli.
Its money isn't sventuresome, "hiie
Waterloo's is. Its money is not III
yestad at home. while Waterioos is,
one Dubuque bank puts more than a
n,iIIion deposits in western farm
lands No Waterloo bank would think
of doing that Waterloo money depos-
/ tied at home is for the most part ioali-
ed at home and Waterloo savings are
! invested at home
at is well to have full recognition OIL
these facts in order that 1t may De
understood that there is no obstacle
in the way of Dubuque that keeps
down its growth-no obstacle thai
may not be overcome easily. ANY
time that Dubuque decides, and puts
force and unity into the decision tc
record 112 per cent population in
crease within the next decade, the
end is as good as achieved. But t
arouse the spirit that steels the will
that's the problem.
There is a lesson for other cite
in what the Telegraph say
concerning conditions at Dubuque
Happily Keokuk is in the same cate
CORY as Waterloo as regards cohesive
ness and unity of effort The valu
of these qualities can hardly be en-
phasized too strongly. Let somethin
involving the interests of the con
munity come up and Keokuk move e
} as one man, promptly, energeticall
h and decisively. Unlike Waterloo
money. Keokuk's money is not vel
turesome, but most of it finds prof
3 able employment at home. In tn
near future the wisdom of the polio
II of united effort for the attainment
a common end will be illustrate
anew in Keokuk by the completion
s the great water project to which tn
e community has directed its be'
. thought and energies for many year
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ALTO MAIL COLLECTION.

mr. Grandfield, first assistant post
master general. has issued an order
discontinuing the automobile mail
collection service in Washington City,
Baltimore, st. Louis and other large
cities where it has been on trial for
some time. street car collection ser
vice has been substituted.
IT appears that serious difficulty
was experienced in securing bids from
contractors for the automobile SER
vice as no contractor desires to en-
bark on the undertaking without a
contract covering several years, on ac-
count of the heavy initial expense OF
the equipment 1t was also discover
ed when the bids for this year were
handed in that the price demanded
was more than the department cared
10 nay. A study of the situation re
vealed the fact that a number OF men
to collect the mail as efficiently as
the automobiles had done it could be
/ employed at considerably less ex
pense.
1t costs considerable to run the au
tomobiles, and, in addition, it is ex
planned. man had to be employed BY
the department TO stand on the bach
and take the mail from the boxes. Re
pairs TO the machines and drivers wer'
paid for by the furnishing contractor
but, of course, this expense was al
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MUNICIPAL BONDS
s ssss. ysssa from 48 to 6R gss s.
ULEh,-SuThERLIM &sC0.
BANKERS CHICAGO

agulated that it was necessary to
lance it. This is sad news indeed.
Mrs. Brown of Wellman, Iowa, who
has been visiting with her cousin,
Mrs. Houston and with the Henry and
Fred Hem families, returned home
last Friday.
A very large crowd was in attend.
ance at the shower given by Mrs.
Frank Bowden for Miss Balinda
Bergston whose engagement to Mr..
George Cunningham has been an
nounced. It was a miscellaneous show
er and large number of beautiful
and useful presents were received. AS
Mrs. Bengston is in poor health no
wedding is now planned and this with
its dainty and delicious refreshments
was through the kindness OF Mrs
Bowden and Miss Ruth Park and at
tests to the high regard in which Be-
linda is held by all who know her
The Misses Ruth and Irene Whit
marsh and Esther Sloat also assisted
in serving.
On Monday, Oct. 10. from 2 till p
m. reception was held in the parlors
of the Congregational church for Rev.
and Mrs. Lyman who arrived last sat
urday and who will this week move
into the Congregational parsonage
and also will be farewell for Ut.
Hancock and wife who leave Wednes'
day, October 18th for Los Angeles. 10
make their future home, and for Mf,
and Mrs. Thomas Taylor who WIZ
soon leave to make their home WIN
their daughter, Mrs. Van Dyke Of
Winfield, Iowa, and her family rms
will in Denmark combine the pltler
and sweet. The new pastor ana MS
wife 1t will be pleasure to meet pu'
there is universal sorrow to see these
aged people going their several ways
and not planning to return to US,
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Albert R, Smith of Fort Madison is
the Republican candidate for county
auditor He is an old citizen of the
county and is known to the voters as
capable and worthy gentleman. His
qualifications for the office of auditor
are first-class. He is, moreover. quite
popular personally. These things
should ensure him generous support
at the polls In the event OF his cleo
ton, which is confidently anticipa-
ted. he will administer the duties OF
the office with an eye single to the
public good. The Gate City bespeaks
for Mr.. Smith the handsome majority
to which his merits entitle him.
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suit of this change the electric light
bills were cut in halves. Seventy-five
per cent of the candle power of each
lamp was being utilized, consequently
it took less than half the number OF
lamps to light the room.
Go into any home and you will find
some one following you about turning
down or turning off the light, trying
to economic on light and paying no
attention to costly errors which make
the light bills excessive. AS rule
light fixtures are stuck in any old
place to suit the whims of the archi-
tects and the economies of the cleo
trical contractor Wall papers and
paints are selected to please the eye
instead of for their light rejecting
qualities. Without delving into the
horrors of wall paper color and design
suffice it to say that If care were tax
en- in this respect many hard
earned dollar would be saved on the
monthly light bills. Cheap wall paper
of dark and grewsome hue is about
the dearest thing any one can put in
to room.
Absorption is the great enemy of
light. 1t turks in every shadow and bit
of darkness, ready to eat up the ten
der light rays. The best lamp in the
world cannot light up a room where
a large percentage of the light rays
are absorbed by the furnishings. A
certain mulatto colored desk in a
dark furnished office required four
powerful incandescent lamps combin-
ing 12S candle power to give two-foot
candles, or the required amount OF
light for working purposes on the
desk top. When the desk was e1'
changed for a light oak and the walls
and ceiling were finished in light buff
it took less than sixty-two candle
power to give the illumination-a saw
/ ing of half
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-10-11

The w. C. T. Z. in Chicago has
started on a campaign in behalf OF
apple eating, having been inspired to
it by the declaration of an Iowa ply
sician that apples are sure cure for
drunkenness. All that is necessary is
to eat an apple every time you want
a drink, he says to the man possessed
of the drink mania The apple is
good for all sorts of people as we'll as
drunkards.
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EMBARK.
. . . . 8 . . : = :

Mrs Ham and children visited in
Fl Madison last Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Hem and chill
dren were FIT. Madison visitors last
Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Flhorer and
son Max and daughter, Miss Jean,
were Ft. Madison shoppers last Satur-
day.
Mr.. Arnold Fisher is in Hot Springs
Ark, where he went to take treatment
for rheumatism.
Mesdames Paddleford, Fisher, Tibbs
and Woods took in the /. o. o. F. fisc
fry at Weaver last Friday. They re-
port lots of fish and fine time.
Miss Nellie Klothenstine will give a
china shower for Miss Fannie Wilder
on Saturday, Oct. 18th.
Rev. VIM. Sniff OF Paris, ILL.,, spent
day with his mother and sister here
last Wednesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Farley of Parsons,
Kansas are visiting with her mother
and sister, Mrs. Sniff and daughter,
Katherine.
Mrs. G. F. Smith and sons Waldo
and Willard returned to their home at
Wellman. Iowa last Friday after a
very pleasant visit with her two
brothers and their families, the Henry
and Fred HEM homes.
Mr.. Church from Illinois spent Sun
day with Emery Goss.
Miss Bryan of FIT. Madison spent
from Friday evening till Monday
morning with Mrs. Edna Goss.
Robert Houston took in Uncle Toms
Cabin in Ft. Madison last Saturday af
ternoon.
Mr.. Fred HEM has just completed
a fine cement and oak hog house fol
Mrs. Ella Woodruff.
i Mr.. Hugh Woodruff sold three
loads of fat hogs the first of the Week
/. Mrs. Florence Getchel was in TT
Madison last Saturday to see DR.. Phil
pot about her right shoulder which
has not yet recovered from her opera
| ton for cancer last July where BLOOD
vessel had been tied and such guam
titles of blood had gathered and CO
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w. R. c. Kendrick is making an
active canvass for judge of the super
Tor court in Keokuk with every pros
pect of success. Whatever he under
takes to do he does with all his might
and he has a fairly earned record for
dispatching large amount of bust
ness in a short time. AS Judge of the
superior court he will keep the dock
ct up to date at all times His in
dustry and efficiency as secretary o
the Keokuk Commercial Club attes
his capacity for duties of a public ma
ture and are an earnest of the kinc
of Judge lie would be- No encom
iums of Mr. Kendrick are needed
where lie is best known His char
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keokuk, Iowa Oct. II, 1910
MESSAGE OF THE RAIN.

Be glad then, ye children of Zion,
and rejoice in the Lord your God;
for He hath given you the former
rain moderately, and He will cause
to come down for you the rain, the
former rain, and the latter rain in
the first month.-Joel Ii: %.
i am coming DER the valley, am
coming DER the hills;
My food will brim the meadows and
my torrent feed the rills;
Though the sun has burned the pas
ture and the cattle cry for rain;
My lips shall kiss the grasses to
green delight again.
| am coming, cool and sweet,
On the lips that pray l fall;
Through the lane and through the
street,
To the hearts of faith that CALL
He has sent me long ago when the
parched earth lay forlorn;
He hath sent me like cooling for
the fevered lips of morn;
Like dew of night He sends me,
and / go with JOY, with glee,
To set the young brooks flowing, lead
the rivers to the sea.
/ am coming, I'll be there,
With my cool pattering down,
On the waiting hearts that care
In the country and the town
have heard the cattle calling in the
meadows parched and bleak;
have heard the sheep a-babble on
the hills SO far to seek;
have heard the cities murmur and
the little lips complain;
.4Be patient, oh my people." is the
message of the RAIN.
| am coming, in His time
! shall be a dew, a CLEAN.
Where the bells of glory chime,
Where the hearts of patience
dream.
There shall be another river for the
river that hath gone
That shall fill the barren basins TIL
they turn the faucets on;
| have heard the little people and the
thousand tongues that cry,
In the fear of burning anger from the
blue and cloudless sky.
am coming, do not fret,
He has never failed, nor will;
With rain for every valley,
With rain for every hill
/ have seen the grasses wither and
know not why. but hear,
He'll make my feet to patter and m
eyes to shed their tears;
Never falter, fail or question, for tn
time is His to say;
"Send down the holy flooding on tn
thirsty earth today"
am coming, soon or late,
When the great need makes il
cry,
l shall loose my silver gate.
shall patter from the sky!
Virginia Pilot.
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CARTHAGE, ILL.

q q . = . q . = .
Died, at his home in this city, Mof
day. October 10. at 1920 p. M, Charles
Galloway, aged 80 years, son OF ME-
and Mrs. Robert Galloway, OF 1hls
city.
Mr.. Galloway went to Aquilar, Coio'
last June, where his brother William
resides, and engaged in the carpentei
work. expecting to take his family W
that place later. While in Coloraoo
he took typhoid fever and came 10
his home in this city September ~
He leaves to mourn his death, ms
wife and two small boys. and years
of age, his mother and father, three
brothers, Clyde and Walter, OF TINS
county, and William. Of Colorado
Arrangements have not as yet been
made for the funeral. Burial at Moss
Ridge cemetery.
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acter is above reproach and his rec
ord speaks for itself.

Iowa women suffragists have en-
tered upon a campaign to find out
where the candidates stand The
Sioux City Journal has no hesitancy
in saying that if they succeed they
will have provided the proof that they
are highly qualified for all the activ-
tiles of political life.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-10-11

In a suit for breach of promise
brought by La Crosse, Wis, man
against his former sweetheart he
charges that her action in jilting him
caused him to have an attack OF ap-
pendictitis. 1t would appear from
this that love, instead of being an
affection of the heart, is an affair OF
the bowels
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RECORD BREAKING GAINS.

Postofice station No in this city,
located in Reeves drug store, con-
tinues to break all records for in
crease in business. Following is its
latest exhibit:
Stamp sales in September.
1910 ......... ........ s12.240.50
Stamp sales in September,
1909 ............ $1,000. s,62o.o4
Gain ......... s2,514e6
This is an increase over the same
period in the previous year of more
than &c per cent There was large
gain also in the aggregate of post
office money orders sold as will be
seen from the appended exhibit:
Money orders sold in Septem-
Der, 1910 ............. S22,265.3 9
Money orders sold in Septem- =.
Der, 1909 ...... ......... $4,000
Gain 1890. ...... ss,S5S.3s
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We shouldn't wonder if the Water
loo Times-Tribnne was more than half
right in its view that we give too
much attention to candidates who viii
make more laws and too little to
those who would repeal some of them.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-10-11

Speaking of crops, the esteemed
Springfield Register makes the claim
that when the senatorial committee
gets through in Chicago it will at
least arrive al the conclusion that
the output OF liars in Illinois cannot
be excelled in any state in the union.
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franklin.
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Fred H. Ginning handed his resigna.
ton to the council Saturday night,
which was promptly tabled by the
members; Councilman Laisy acting as
chairman. The reason given by the
mayor is, that under the Cosson law
law 1t Is impossible for him to fulfill
the statutes as required, especially If
the members OF the board fail to as.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-10-11

Such of Secretary Wilson's auditors
as do not yield TO his logic are sure
to succumb to his daughters voice.
He is prepared to catch EN- both
acomin and agoin
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a \ licked editor over in Illinois says
he learns that some women are wear
ing hobble garters. but he does not
believe and will have to be shown!
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DAILY BY MALL. :, ~,
One year. $3WlFour months. .si.@ *
Blk months. 80. 1.50'One month. 49,. =
Entered in Keokuk postoffice as seoono
Postage prepaid; terms In advance.
All subscription, orders should s',n y is "a =
new or renewal order. II change % %
address is desired. state both the o'N
and new address. ordar
Remit by postoffice money Greer e,a.
express money order. registered ie.seA
or draft, q. our risk. ..ro.s n
The date printed on the ADDRESS ,o y,
each paper notes when the suDscrip'io
subscribers failing to receive ,,o .he nr
napers promptly will confer ISVo1 ~
sdying notice of the fact
Address all communications 70
THE GATE CITY COMFAN1.
No. 1a. North sixth St. keokuk, low.
ruB GATE CITY is on sale at tbs
following news stands:
Hotel keokuk cor. Third and Jonns as
q III. Rollins & Co., oSS Main suoo
ward Bros, SIS Main street
pepsk News Stanu.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-10-11

The Sioux City Journal predicts
that the Iowa vote this year will be
small. The explanation is that Iowans
do not believe it.
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The Waterloo Times-Tribune be-
lieyes it is safe to say that when
Colonel Roosevelt goes down into In
diana to speak for Senator Beveridge
he will not read the tariff plank OF
his New York platform to the aud
fence.
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NOTES AND COMMENT.

That new flag in Portugal, with its
green against the red, looks to the
Omaha Bee little like a bid for the
Irish vote.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-10-11

mean man has started move
ment for q sane Christmas" Lynch
him
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In the making of old-fashioned linn
burger cheese. the cheese was made
first and had to wait for the aroma
now, according to the St Louis Globe
Democrat, chemistry provides the per-
fume and the cheese is made to
match it.
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ways included In the bid and the de-
partment had to pay for it in the
long run.
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Few.

Few men are happy as their neigh
bors think them, or as miserable as
they believe themselves to be.--Wash.
ington Post
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Iowa City has contracted for two
airship fights. by Captain Baldwin,
to mark the fall festival there octob-
er 13 and IA. and if the elements are
propitious, the University city will
have the honor of being the place OF
the first aeroplane fights in Iowa.
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arhe tronble nith great MANY Re.

THE trouble with great many Re-
publican candidates" says the Cedar
Rapids Republican. sis that they made
lot of discord to get their nominal
lions. and now they are begging for
harmony to get the elections. They
wanted discord until they got on top.
and now they want harmony to stay
on top. It's bad business when he
publicans attack their own party. And
when they want to stop the attacks,
they cannot always do it,
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The Fairfield Ledger says that If
the Republicans of Iowa who have
been shouting for Roosevelt and those
who have been standing by Taft will
get together on the Roosevelt-Taft
platform in New York there won't be
any danger that the Democrats may
carry Iowa this fall.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-10-11

Miss Goodwin. speaking as dea-
coness of college for girl mission
aries, said that marriage very often
attracted them from the work. She
said one Of the college songs was
Where, o where are the junior
girls?, and the answer Safe and
secure in the arms of men"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-10-11

THE man who says life isn't
worth living in Iowa in October" says
the Atlantic Telegraph, ought to be
hanged quartered, boiled in oil and
whatever is left chopped up into
mincemeat. 1t is glorious just now to
be alive these days of the turning of
the leaves and the ripening corn"
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things are, as usual. selected with fine
care.
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