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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-02-25
William 8. Hornadax.

washington Press There is q mar
on the Knoxville, Iowa, journal, who
IS writing mighty good stuff on nat
ural history-don't know, his name
Out would ike to. and all about him
he ought TO go to the Bronx in Great
er New York to VIM T. Hornaday
director of the Geological Gardens, the
greatest naturalist and hunter OF big
game Tor specimens that Iowa ever
raised. and study under that master.
he could study fora in the adjoining
1000 acre Botanical Gardens. both
owned by the city. / went over both
wonderful places last fall, with de-
hight, and met Hornaday, who told me
ne was until the T0's a neighbor of
mine, having been raised in Knoxville.
and is 50 far her most distinguished
son. He learned his trade of skele-
tonizing and mounting skins, under
Ward, the zoologist, In Rochester. n.
4. and Ward sent him for about three
years to India to shoot animals rep
tiles, birds. everything from elephants,
tigers, ETC., down the list, and send
the skins and skeletons home to the
great museum After he had de-
populated about all the mammals in
India he went to Bcrneo and shot
orang-outans, and captured many to
bring home, and they are the most
comical caricatures OF men one ever
saw. wee red men swinging by long
arms through the forest | told him
how much pleasure his books of travel
and sport. lately read, had given
me, and he eagerly asked Have
you read my voluminous book, Natural
History" NO, but it is in our
city library, and / shall do SO"
AL, he added. Il put my hearts
blood into that" Let this Knox
vile Journal man hike down there, II
ne knows what is best for him. We
also have in the iibrars the Cedar
Rapids Republicans nsturalist's book.
and Charley Browns l,st book, which
Is natural history, too, for we humans
are animals, plus something which
lifts US bit above them; and do not
sweet pretty women belong also to
fora? guess SO. Pass the punches
Of posies over this way, If you will |
be so kind.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-02-25
NEWSPAPER SUBSCRIPTIONS.

/ In August, 1908, the postoffice de
/ partment made a ruling that newspa,
pers and other publications could not
be sent through the mails to sub.
scrlbers who were materially in ar
rears- Different periods were fixed
Tor the various classes OF publications.
. In the case OF daily papers three
months was specified as the extreme
limit OF arrears. In the case OF semi
weeklies nine months is allowed, and
in the case of weeklies one year. To
avoid infiicting hardship upon any one
II was announced that publishers
would be granted reasonable Ieng IN
OF time in which to get -Leir subscrip-
ton lists in proper shape. That per.
iod seems to have expired, in the view
of the postoffice department, though
no new orders have been issued on the
subject. Congressman Jameson, rep
resenting the Eighth district of this
state in the house at Washington.
says in a recent letter from the IA
tional capital that the rule is to be
vigorously enforced and that post
Office inspector is now at work investi-
eating Iowa newspapers. The text
OF his letter is as follows.
My attention was called a few
days ago to the case of one of the
Iowa newspaper men, the publisher
OF a country weekly, who was cited
by the postoffice department to show
cause why he should not be deprived
of his privilege to send his paper
through the mails at the second-class
rate, because It appeared that he had
not been living up to the regulations
which required that his subscribers
must all have renewed within one
year.
"Of course you remember the ruling
made little over two years ago that
subscriptions must be expressly re-
newed within the following periods:
Dailies, within three month";; semi
weeklies. within nine months, week
lies within one year, etc I know that
some newspaper men have neglected
this rule of the department, and +
want to call your attention to it. as it
may save serious troubl> and embar-
rassment in the future The third as
'tS%hiit oiotro that LuSs nave taken I'D
thousands of individual cases. called
to their attention by complaint, and
they are enforcing the rule strictly.
Just at this time they have one special
agent working in Iowa.
The Gate ca is living up strictly
TO the requirements of the depart.
ment in this matter and has nothing to
fear from an investigation however
rigid. 1t is quite possible that some
OF its contemporaries have been and
are more or less lax in their obgerv-
ance of the rule. IF there are any
such they should thank us for calling
their attention to the danger that
threatens them and make all possible
haste to .fget under cover by com
plying with the law. No newspaper
can afford to run the risk of being
deprived of the second-class mail
privilege, for no newspaper can exist |
at present rates of subscription unless
it enjoys second-class ties of post
age. A word to the wise should be
sufficient.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-02-25

fu:.- -.- T...i i...:a, I,llir; .ier vice
broke Others might She crossed
to The door al he left. Here we've
sInnndered MONEY right AMI left and
nol'ody would have anyr.lin. to do
| With MS. declare | was happier
poor. Al iaasi wien asked anybody
10 eat then they rslssIn. Look a, thar
table Ia there" she pointed .groau-
ing with coed things 10 rai, and
there's SluU for dollhouse grapes. aud
nobody's touched 'ci...'' SHE picked
up bunch nf grapes from stand
and begun 10 EN- Them
Mother" langhei tie husband good
naturedly. I've >nt'u YOU get away
with three hii,ic!ies nil ny Yourself
Well. felt II w;ls my duty not TO
let them 80 10 wastr.' she hurst into
tears. Gem" on Phyllis she man
nged to shy. and The tlparttraspa
mother and daughter went from the
room
You mustn't mind what mother
says. Nolan Sai,i Ia Brana .Shrs
been kiud o lonely since she c;lu,e
back to New yurk .
The editors henri xclicd will, syrn-
pathy for The ws,,E.i, wlius,. ambitions
for herself ans her ,!a,i@.;irr bad
caused the biiiertsI pain ti,ti injured
pride c:y, giv. sie s,iw tilssi il w"nft
be difficult for her 10 learn that s,wia.
positions III i l,iy city can be WE, only
By sk.I.fni Gianeuyrr!iig. Tie .,hiiily 10
do wh:s-h s'is Nalan apparently did
not ls,sS,
ITO be continred.)
ADELAIDE: ss
Mother says they can't say anything too
good about Gold Medal Ffoiir GrAsirr
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-02-25
HELP YOUR TOWN

HELP YOUR TOWN.
Help to make the city fairer,
You can do it if you try,
And you'll be proht-sharer
In the splendid by and by;
Don't forget while your are grum-
bling.
That you might be something more.
Let there be no future stumbling
Ger distractions at your. door.
Help to make the town more splendid
Do the part you have to do;
There is much that may be mended
Through little aid from you,
Help decrease the dirt that's blowing
Help to purify the breeze;
When 1t happens to be showing
Clean your sidewalks, il you please.
Chicago Hecord-Herald.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-02-25
(Continued.)


My f.,rs s.,.-s ist,1 iiS inIrs
nan we need them israind laughed
Wei. iir : gui SenseiIiiug Else III his
sieeye HOW. remarked Nuian. ..He
telephnnsti hal lie would come TO see
me This afss.rlsns.i
Are You .n.i:g 10 see himy. brand
asked t.uriofisly
y thom.Hi i;iishf rs we'll He'll be
here. Maybe tie WANTS TO tire ron
again,r 1ln. newspaper owt,er looked
mp al Israifi ana Iau@ned heartily.
Mrs Nolan ata l'iyilis re-eniered
rbe ORA wIn- rot,iii. aud Brand became
the esprs.i:ii ul,i.-ri af their attentions.
The mother desired TO nave him
print Tile isl OF tier invited guests
who bat! never ;liiri;l.t tile recep-
ton. Phyllis requested INN 10 print II
story airsil The sioiiiilsi and was vast.
" annexed when ssrala informed her
thai be stib;ssf wis !; matter for the
iiIust';lI editor 10 :,tisli,. 10,
And lilers.> something else. NJ.
Brand y l,os OF despair came into
Brands flcr '.l'hyiiis went to Miss
Barteiinys ,nnsicaip the oshpr dav.
and you cisIai even l,iciiidp ner name
among tfos' l'resesii." the mother said
Why. I'm sorry. Tllit WAS an over
sight. | assure you. suppose they
made up the usnai list in the office"
= hope il Wont happen again re-
marked i.hTi.:s Indignantly.
Yes. and ir. was lis handling this
Loris divorce. s;iss' = al wrong" snap
ped Mrs. NalaiI. Z know Mrs. Lorfs.
She is no better Than she should be.
and people who i've in icehouses
shouidni throw tlot water
We have 10 policy III the Loris
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-02-25

As long as ne can buy six pounds
q oatmeal Tor q quarter and a full
quart Of sauer kTaut for seven cents,
VINO VA say that the cost Of substan-
tai Ewing is unreasonably high? p
inns inquiry propounded by the Cedar
Rapids Republican neatly punctures
the piaddery complaints about the ex-
cesslye cost of the real necessaries OF
life. Oatmeal and sauer sraut are
good eatin', and with the one sell
ing at about four cents a pound and
the Other at seven cents a quart no
one need either go hungry or take ex-
cepion to the cost OF substantial liv-
ing.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-02-25

case. remarked Brand in defense
We merely print the farts.''
Facts" Mrs Nolan cried. THAI
paper upsefs Inc for the whole DAY
/ every morning
There how. mother: guess the p,,-
per's all right. ven,ured Nolan soo,ii.
/ iugly.
You've got another guess. Michaei.
| Nobody reads ii but slopgrls. whe
spend penny for the Advance ana
another for a stick OF gum and hang
/ on to strap VIII, one hand aud the
| Advance with the other while they re
waggiing their jaws all the way down
to work That's all thar reads it..e
She paused for breath. then went on.
And must say think it's scandal.
Gus The way you attack Judge Far
telmy every little while.
les. contributed Phyllis, and his
daughters one of the most exclusive
and sought after girls in New Yorg.
She's the only one OF her set who has
peen at all nice to me. Isn't that so.
mamma:
- '-SA "h5 VIC pipef S1OulQ 60
Tor her father just as it does for ey-
cry other prominent man In town /
cant see. She laust thIEs it's very
funny that such things should appear
Ia the Advance after what she's done
Tor us
Oh" suggested Brand, thinking to
soothe his employers wife. ..she prob
ably knows that you have absolutely
nothing to do with the policy OF the
Advance
us that SOP calculated Mrs. Nolan
indignantly. They certainly are very
kind hearted people to act the way
they do in the face OF that paper
Judge Rartelmy is first aud last
politician" explained Brand.
Michael Nolan bent forward intentiy.
The conversation Ind now reached
point where he realized an issue of VI
tai Importance 10 himself and to the
Advance had been touched On
We'll. ] suppose he has been cod
ding up to us Il little, he began then.
paused
brand drew a deep breath stood pp
erect In lie middle of The drawn.
nun, and dnriilsiy explained the slfnn
ioI' TO the owner OF he paper.
Barteln,y ilansics people better thaie
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-02-25

DR.. Wiley says that fifty years from
now alcohol, water and wind will run
the worlds machinery. It seems to
the Springfield Register that an in
spection of local politics in some
places would justify the impression
that the time DR.. Wiley prophesies
had already come. What did Keokuls
ever do to the Springfield Register to
merit this Slam" at one of its favor.
tie local industries?
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-02-25
Clifford Thorne.

LES MONIES CaplJaI. Inc above
name sounds as if it had been taker
from story book. But it is not. Mr.
Thorne has been acting as attorney
for the Corn Belt Meat Producers
association. In his work as an at
torney, he secured the public eye;
got into print, as it were Now Mr.
1 Thorne is at the pie counter, asking
for Republican nomination for the
Office of railroad commissioner. Mr.
/ Thorne lives at Washington, Iowa
and we are told that he is about so
years of age
Being lawyer and aged 80, Mr..
Thorne is making a mistake, unless
he intends to quit the law practice.
IT he has that in mind, his proceeding
is all right. The salary of railroad
commissioner is $4,000 per year. We
presume with some men the most al
Turing thing connected with the rail-
. road commissionship is the bundle
of annual passes which the commits
sioner receives. He can go to Kala-
mazoo or California without paying
out any money. Railroad passes
formerly caused many men to travel
who ought to have been at home by
their firesides.
The average man will say that if
Clifford Thorne is a good lawyer he is
foolish TO accept the railroad commits
siCnership and will also say that If he
is not a good lawyer and never can
be a good one, he has no business on
the commission.
One other observation In the way
OF general criticism and that is to
the effect that in this day and age
there are no disinterested patriots.
Every man who performs any kind of
a public service, Immediately reports
to the pie counter for an office or
takes to the lecture platform This
seems to be disease of the times.
A slight glimpse of a patriot would be
satisfying
But We are not going to dismiss
Clifford Thorne as an unworthy per-
son. He may be all right. We do not
know. But no man ought to be put
on the railroad commission for the
purpose of stirring UP quarrels and
advertising himself One self adver-
tiser on the commission could make
the entire commission worthless.
There is room on the commission for
first-class. honest, intelligent new
blood. No other kind should be con-
sidered.
The Greater Des Moines committee
through its freight commission and it's
attorney, has demonstrated that
great many good things can be accom-
plished without bitterness and without
assaulting the railroads. The work OF
the freight department of the Greater
Des Moines committee has fully justi-
fed all the expenditure of money in
which the committee has been con.
cerned.
We believe that the Iowa railroad
commissioners should be appointed by
the governor and that the salaries
ought to be increased to at least $4,000
per year The next general assembly
viii undoubtedly place the express
companies, telephone and telegraph
companies under the control of the
railroad commission and that feature
of the matter should be borne in mind
when new commissioners are to be
chosen.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-02-25
Mr.. Brookhart's Candidacy

Burlington Gazette: Prophe. Brook.
hart OF Washington county. like all
prophets, cuts precious little ice in his
own county, If We are to believe
what the editors Of the Washington
Press and the Washington Democrat
say OF the man who seeks the Repub-
lican congressional nomination from
this district Editor Burrell brands
him consummate liar, while Editor
Alex Miller dubs him a bum reform
er. In the meantime Mr.. Brookhart
Is wagging a caustic tongue at the
two editorial sanctums. Mr.. Brook
hart is going to find it mighty rough
shedding toward the goal of his am.
billions. He is a politician who goes
on the principle that the more enemies
one makes in his own party. the slick.
er article he is and the more worthy
OF the support Of his fellows he is.
He seems to forget that other man
don't forget the mean things said of
them and that all Of us have a little
Indian blood that ill-natured Sims
will bring to the surface. Perhaps
Mr.. Brookhart's most stupendous
blunder was upon the occasion when
he attacked j. w. Blythe Of this city
in an address teeming with bitter.
ness and outrageous statements COZ
corning man whose thousands of
friends loved him and whose enemies
respected him. The admirers Of Mr..
Blythe have never forgiven Brookhart
for his assault upon that gentleman
and will fight his candidacy with a
determination that augurs iii for the
Washington mans success.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-02-25

The amenities of journalism obtain
IN an exceptional degree in some parts
OF southern Iowa. Note the following
for instance. from the columns of the
Cskaloose Herald:
The Knoxville Express celebrated
Washington's birthday by refusing to
tell any lies on the day. 1t is super.
fuous to add that the Express was not
issued until Wednesday,
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-02-25

tnese gentlemen vas happily express
SO and is . strong indication that the
people OF Keokuk appreciate the
friendly feeling Burlington and its
people have toward the Gate City and
ITS protest. Judge Logan's tribute to
Mt Blythe was beautiful and true. His
unseifishness was proserbial. His
Iriendship was Of the staunchest.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-02-25

In speaking of the Chicago Tribune's
vote OF newspaper men on Cannon
and the tariff law, condemning both,
the Fairfield Ledger sententiously re-
marks that most ANYBODY can carry
an election who can pick its electors. .
The Tribune exercised great discrim-
fnation in choosing the newspaper
men who would vote right" from its
point of view
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-02-25

Typhoid Mary. who has just been
given her liberty, is declared by the
Jacksonville Courier to be highly
cultured young woman All that was
previously known concerning her was
that she was of German antecedents
and affiliations.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-02-25

cold storage" remarks writer in
Inc St Louis Globe-D Democrat, SIS
onl- good thing gone wrongs This
may be admitted, but it doesn't follow
Inaf all good things gone wrong are
cold storage. Some Of them are Dem
ocrats and others are known as in.
surgents.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-02-25

Another step toward the $40 hog
was made on Wednesday when live
hogs In Chicago sold at 1856. This
was fifteen cents over this years rec
ora established week ago today,
which was the record for forty years.
Pity the poor farmer who has to sell
his hogs at that measly price,
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-02-25

Attorney Earl r. Ferguson of shen-
andoah has announced his candidacy
Tor state railway commissioners on the
Republican ticket. With all due re-
spect to Mr.. Ferguson and other aspir-
ants for the place, Uncle Dave" Palm
er ought to be, and probably will be,
renominated by large majority.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-02-25

The American stage has suffered a
severe loss in the death of Clay
Clement He was one of the great
est actors of the present day and gave
pleasure to thousands by his artistic
portrayal of character. He was seen
a number of times in Keokuk and
never failed to win the appreciation Of
the most critical audiences. He was
an especial favorite in THE New
Dominion, Of which he was the au-
thor. As playwright, no less than as
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-02-25

we saw twelve women and the
preacher at prayer meeting the other
night" says Alex Miller in the Wash.
ington Democrat The statement will
have to be accepted at its face value,
OF course, but it would be interesting
to know how Mr. Miller could see into
the church and note who were pres
ent when the door was closed as it
must have been this time of year.
Perhaps he peeked in at the window?
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-02-25

Yankton, S. D., has adopted the
commission form Of city government
~ a vote of three to one. Infection
Is in the air, evidently.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-02-25

Miss Alice French of Davenport
known as Octave Thanet, has just
completed a new novel entitled by
Inheritance.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-02-25

President Taft certainly has earn.
ed the right to be called standpat-
ter" says the Burlington Hawk-Eye.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-02-25

Cheer up. The extreme hot wealth
er is yet to come. and that viii be
worse yet.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-02-25

Now that the joy ride on the auto
mobile has been ruled out, why not
bar the joy talk over the telephone?
asks the Davenport Democrat.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-02-25

an actor. his talents were Of a nigh
order.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-02-25

The Council Bluffs Nonpareil won
ders what blunder Bryan will make
on his next homecoming.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-02-25
NOTES AND COMMENT

George Fitch observes that winter
comes back as easily as a bum vaude.
vile team for an encore.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-02-25

Roosevelt is said to be wearing a
beard. What won't that man do next!
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-02-25

.
asks the Davenport Democrat.
1t seems TO the Monticello Express
that those who so rncomplainingly
buy food for an automobile, should
not complain Of the cost of bread and
meat.
When man has rip in his coat
and only three buttons on his vest, :"
writes Western sage, .the should do
one OF two things: either get married
or get divorced
An Arkansas preacher in the course
OF a sermon declared that his state
held the ace and his audience was
pleased to see that he could deck his
speech with such a pretty figure
The Sioux City Journal offers the
hopeful assurance that no matter how
humble his birth, any ambitious Amer
lean boy stands a chance of growing
up to be president-of one of the big
leagues.
According to Everybody's magazine
a gentleman of Arizona once hanged
himself TO the bed post by his sus
penders. The verdict OF the coroner's
jury was: Deceased came to his
death by coming home full and mistak-
ing himself for his pants
The largest printing press ever
brought into the state of Iowa has
just been installed in the plant Of the
Iowa Homestead at Des MONIES. 1t
is Scott perfecting press, printing
eighty pages in three colo-s and en-
closing them in cover, making an
eighty-four page paper, a capacity !
more than double that of any other
press In Iowa
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-02-25

Cannot Travel Fsr.
The liar is sooner caught than the
cripple. Spanish proyerb.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-02-25

keokuk, Iowa ~. February IS, 1910.