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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-03-27
DUPONT POWDER
PLANT EXPLODES
Three Men MangIed Beyond Recog-
milton When Western Plant
Blew UP.

[Gate City Leased Wire Service.l
TACOMA, Wash, March 2e.-Three
men were killed by an explosion OF
dynamite at the Dupont powder works
fifteen miles from here today.
The dead Charles Holden, Eugene
Wheaton, Julian Witte.
The building in which the men
were working was demolished and
the mems bodies were mangled be.
yond recognition.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-03-27
Auto Accident Fatal.

IOWA CITY. March 26 Jesse ong,
who was one of the people in col
lision between an auto and buggy
Wednesday night. died as a result this
morning Chas Everetts, his com
panion, recovered. August Amish,
driver of the auto, may be re-arrested.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-03-27
THE VIEW FROM
THE STREET CARS
His Wife on the Front Porch
OF Home.

tGate City Leased Wire Service.l
LATROBE, Pa, March 26.-Joseph
Howard tonight shot and killed his
wife as she stood on the front porch
of their home here in plain view of
the passengers of a crowded street
car; then ran up stairs and committed
suicide.
Howard lost his job today. He is
said to have been drinking.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-03-27
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IGaJe CITY Leased Wire Seryice.l
NEW YORK, March 26-The most
radical changes ever made in the
American game of football were
adopted late this afternoon by the
rules committee representing most OF
the big American universities and
colleges, which adjourned after ses.
sion lasting two days.
The members of the committee ex-
pressed their personal views, real
ized that public opinion demanded q
change in the rules which would make
the game less dangerous and at the
same time more spectacular by elm
mating mass plays. AS result of
their deliberations when the whistle
blows for the kickoff in the first big
game next fall the spectators will
see a very different article of foot
ball than custom has led them to ex-,
pect.
The committee is not through with
its work. for another meeting has
been called for April 30 at the Uni
versity Club in Philadelphia where
the all important subject of the for
ward pass will be taken up and manyf
other radical changes made in the
existing rules.
Some changes were made in the
rules, the most vital of which is the
4 division of the game into four per-
/ iods of play of fifteen minutes each,
4 instead of two halves of thirty-five
I ,iurtfo. ancJ, at
The committee members say this
will give the players more chance for
recuperation and will tend to prevent
the wearing OUT of light men by
heavier and stronger opponents.
Hereafter, there shall be no push
ing or pulling of the man with the
ball and the same limitation as the
use of hands or arms by his team
mates shall apply as now applied to
the opponents.
The restriction forcing the man re-
ceiving the ball from snapper back,
usually the quarterback, to run FIVE
Yards to the side before crossing the
line OF scrimmage has been removed
and the committee anticipates that
the rule will do more than any other
to add to the spectators enjoyment
OF game
They are all agreed that it will add
to the speed of the game and neces-
state the use OF more strategy than
at present. 1t will give the lighter
and faster teams more chance and
will tend to keep the defensive line
in position, guarded against quarter
back runs 1t viii also bring the sec
ondary defense closer to the scrim-
mage line to protect the tackles,
against whom this play would usually
be directed
In the new rules there must be
seven men in the line of scrim-
mage instead of five, as at present
The rule, the football solons say, mil
itates against the hurdling of mass
of players at any one point and will
promote speed rather than power and
!. strength.
The flying tackle which has ac
counted for so many serious injuries
in the past is absolutely prohibited
The grand mixup usually following
an onside kick is prevented by tht
adoption OF rule providing that thi:
kick must go twenty yards beyond
the line of scrimmage before bein'
:. legal
Separate lines of play will be dis
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-03-27
THE WEATHER.

Iowa Sunday, rain and cooler.
Cooler probably showers Monday.
Missouri: Unsettled, probably
showers and cooler Sunday Monday
partly cloudy.
Illinois Showers Sunday Cooler
in western portion Monday fair in
southern. Showers in northern por.
ticn; cooler
Stage. Height Change .Wea'h'r.
ST Paul :. IA 81 ,0.6 Cldy
La Crosse u rs x0.1 Clear
Davenport Is rs -0.2 Rain
GalIand IS 80 -0.3 ...
Keokuk 4. Is 9.3 -Q,3 Cldy
ST. Louis J. 80 PA x27 cldy
Local Observations.
March. Bar.Ther Wind Weather
26 7 am. Z. 30.04 5S y Cldy
/. 26 T pm. % Sc 10 Sc CID,
Rainfall for past "a hours II nun
dredths.
Mean temperature, 81.
Maximum temperature. 10
Minimum temperature, So.
River Forecast.
The river will remain nearly ste
| tionery, or fall slowly.
i FRED z. GOSEWISCH,
Observes
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-03-27

DEFENSE HAS INNING
twenty-five Witnesses TO be Called
After the Inquiry Continues
After Recess Until
Friday.
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a Few Drops Of vertrees vitricl.

= A Few Drops Of vertrees Vitrlel.
q Pinchot-r5 and fattered .
. by his own publicity bureau. .
. Claws" "Blindly misconceiving, .
. he attempted to assassinate Mr., p
. Ballinger's good name; suspiclous'%
= by nature and perverted by de- =
. tective service y
. Conservation, like all sound .
y doctrines, when preached by the =
. vain and selfseeking, has be- =
= come perverted, until it is here .
. folly and there reproach. p
= "The resentment of dis =
. charged public servant" The =
= program of an unscrupulous po- =
litical intrigue"
. The Pinchot service - "On =
. March 4, 1909, there came the =
. Reign of Law, before it was the 9
= Reign of Men,"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-03-27
Ft. Dodoe Champions.

FIT. DODGE, March 26.-The Ft.
Dodge high school debating team won
from the Missouri valley team Fri
day evening and have been declared
champions for the western half of
Iowa.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-03-27
Raoinn Stable DESTROYED.

FIT. DODGE, March 26. The racing
stables Of Colby Bros. were destroyed
BY fire this morning. There were no
horses in them at the time.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-03-27
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lGate City Leased Wire Seryice.]
WASHINGTON, D. c., March 26.-
The defense had its first inning today
at tine congressional inquiry into the
Ballinger-Pinchot controversy. Attor-
ney Vertrees, chief counsel for the sec
retary of the interior, in a statement
presenting his case. poured out the
vials of his wrath upon Clifford n.
Pinchot, former forester, and L. R.
CLAWS, former chief of the Seattle
neld division of the land office, the
two principals in the prosecution" He
answered the charges against Balm
ger in terms OF bitter denunclatlon
on the one hand, and warm commen-
datien of the secretary on the other.
The Pinchot-G CLAWS side finished its
case in chief shortly after the lunch
con recess. Attorney l.. D. Brandels
at that time made second informal
attempt to force the committee to call
ecretary Ballinger to testify as the
first witness for the defense, but
the committee overruled the request,
as it previously decided against de-
mand by Brandeis that he be allowed
to call Ballinger as witness for the
prosecution.
Attorney Vertrees then began his
opening statement. which he read
from carefully prepared manuscript.
CLAWS. who was in the room during
the whole of Vertrees' bitter arraign-
ment, was apparently unconcerned, al
though deeply interested The spec
tators in the crowded hearing room
dung on every word uttered by the
Tennessee lawyer as he stood, tall and
angular at his place.
Following his speech Ballinger's
counsel called Adolph Behrens, a Sc
attic real estate dealer, to the stand
IN CLAWS original testimony he men
toned Behrens as being acquainted
with Land Commissioner bennett, ant
in one connection declared that wleeI
the commissioner was in Seattle IL
.July 1908, he asked him whether HI
knew Behrens and that bennett de
MED his acquaintance. CLAWS salt
that the next day Behrens took Den
nett to lunch The former field agen
had viewed this with suspicion sine
Behrens was one of the coal claimant
in the Hunt group.
On the stand today, Behrens de
MED that he had ever seen Oennett
except at this one interview and tina
was in connection with persona
matter of Dennett's involving the or
erations of the Alaska coal and petro
leum company and the claimants il
the Hunt group of coal lands. Th
witness admitted he was one of tn
claimants and until recently stock
holder in the corporation. Explainin
the formation of the company, Bel
rens said it was originally intended TO
oil and that the coal part was take
up later as an afterthought.
Brandeis suddenly flashed the swor
statement which he (Behrens) ha
made in applying for entry, which n
declared that the entrant took thl
land for his own use, and expected I
work it himself
"That contains statements whlc
are therefore perjury he declares
II suggest that you withdraw th;
word perjury said RepresentatiN
Graham sThe witness need not
forced to testify against himself
Behrens finally admitted that Il
statements he made today were q
correct ones and that perhaps the on
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-03-27
The Earliest Aeroplane.

The earliest effort to construct a
machine which, according to modern
ideas, is entitled to be called an aero
plane, was undoubtedly that of Will
liam Henson, in 1912.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-03-27
Unhappy Experiment.

A Long Island man who boasted
that he could make better pie than
his wife, baked one, ate slice and
dropped dead But the wife was vim
dicated
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-03-27
Uncle Ezra SAYS

"People who never look fur any
thing worth while are, ez a rule,
mighty good at findin' fault Boston
Herald.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-03-27
New Rules for Football Are Expected
to Eliminate the Danger But
Increase the spectaeu-
lar Parts
TO BE FOUR INNINGS
Committee From Universities and
Colleges Have Fixed Things up
SO That Death is
the Loser.
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. Some of the Football Changes. =
= Game divided into four per =
. iods of play consuming fifteen =
= minutes each. .
. There shell be no pushing or =
q pulling of man with ball either =
= by team mates or opponents. =
. There must be seven men on .
. line of scrimmage instead of =
. five. .
. The flying tackle is absolutely =
> prohibited. =
. onside kick must go twenty =
. yards beyond line OF scrimmage =
= before it is legal =
= Man receiving ball from quar- =
y ter back will not have to run 4
= five yards out =
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-03-27

CONTINUED on page 81
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-06-30

his big oat bin in the loft, timed it
carefully to keep out mice, and con-
nected a galvanized iron leader pipe to
the bottom of 1t, bringing this down to
a place near the stable door, where
box was nailed up with a cover This
cover can be opened, but will not stay
open. The oats flow down, partly fill
his box, and stop because the bottom
of the chute is covered. 1t is easy for
the busy teamster to dip out what he
desires to feed. This chute will con-
duct oats, wheat, barley or any whole
wheat grain, but clogs with ground
feed.
To put up the leader is a quick and
easy job, for three-inch leader comes
in two-foot lengths that are just right,
and the elbows are made with tight
but movable joints that may be turned
in any direction, permitting the worker
to follow around a post if necessary.
AS the joints fit tightly into one an
other, no soldering is needed.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-06-30
PLANTING THE LATE CABBAGE
Place Four or Five Seeds in Hill and
When High Enough Clean Out
All But Strongest.
Ry MILLER PURvIs.)

l always plant the seed of my late
cabbage where l want plants to stand.
l put the land in the best possible
condition, mark 1t off in rows three
feet apart and plant four or five seeds
In a place where I want the cabbage
to grow.
When the plants come up I let them
get about as large as they would be If
/ were going to transplant them, then
I pull out ali but the strongest one in
each bunch.
This allows the plant to grow from
the start without any setback and the
heads are larger than they would be
had the plants been transplanted.
do not SOW the seed until late in
June and have raised good cabbages
the seed for which was planted after
early potatoes had been dug and the
land smoothed down.
Potatoes make an excellent first
crop where late cabbages are to be
grown. Even If the plants are to be
transplanted they may be set between
the potato rows before the potatoes
are dug.
Digging the potatoes works the soil
deeply and makes the best possible
condition for the growth of the cab
bages.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-06-30

sfble so as to leave a smooth surface
on the finished work. Make the forms
Of the size you require your refriger-
ator, but the wall should never be less
than three inches thick, writes
Thomas NJ. Cfsel, in Farm World.
For doors, frame of by set and
imbedded in the concrete walls, with
tight fitting door of plank, three
double, jambs with facing of felt or
rubber, forms almost an air-tight box.
A wood partition separates the ice
box from the storage closet. Through
this wall is an oval opening 1 by 2
feet. Through this the cold air passes,
while the water from the melting ice
never reaches the storage closet, but
is drawn through an open tap through
the bottom of the ice box
One thing in favor OF this refrigera-
tor is the Ice box on the floor No
lifting is required to put in heavy
cakes of ice as is the case when the
ice box IS in the top of the refriger-
ator.
The smooth. concrete walls are easy
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-06-30
Handy Butchering Outfit.

long and strong enough to lift any hog
or beef. The rope is placed well at
one end Of the windlass and the hog
lifted and held in position by tying one
of the arms to the stand. When the
hog is dressed it can be pulled up
through the track and the ends of the
gambrel Zone of which is shown pro
jects through and holds the hog in DO
sition for cooling. This can be made
long enough to hold as many hogs as
may be butchered at one time. The
scaldiIg vat and table may be directly
under the windlass or can be to one
side, just far enough away to be con-
venient for hanging. A beef can be
butchered by a device Of this kind as
well as hogs.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-06-30
Not Afraid to Feed Well.

Charles Foss of Stephenson county.
Illinois, is a dairyman who is not
afraid to feed his cows literally on
balanced ration, no matter what the
price of feed. He believes it pays and
gives the following figures in proof:
After carefully weighing the feed he
found he was using $3.50 worth a
week for II cows, and he knows that
these II cows were returning him
S36.25 worth of butter fat per week,
besides 2,400 pounds of skimmilk. es-
timated at six dollars, making the to-
tai receipts $42.25 and the net profits
$24.75 per week.
These cows returned $2.45 for every
dollars worth of feed consumed.
Last year his herd returned on an
average S116.35 worth of butter and
$50 worth of skim-miIk-a total of
$136.35 per COW. The feed cost $50,
leaving SS4.35 per COW net profit
The herd returned as the average of
the year $500 for every dollars worth
of feed consumed.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-06-30
WORK TEAMS IN THE PASTURE
Safer to Cut Green Grass and Feed
Horses Once a Day Than Allow
Them Run of Field.
CBy w. M. KELLY J

1 believe that it is much safer to
cut green grass and feed the horses
once a day than to allow them the
run of a pasture in summer unless
they are old and accustomed to run
ming out.
Green grass is an excellent tonic
and assists in carrying waste and i'm
pure matter out of the horses sys-
tenn, but the risks of losing a horse
more than offsets the advantages
gained from allowing them to run in
the pasture. Besides, the green grass
cut and fed once day will be an ex-
cellent substitute for the pasture
grass.
OF course the mare and foal should
have the run of a pasture and be
given their liberty, but the work
teams are too liable to injury to make
the practise safe
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-06-30

pigs must be identified for registra-
buyer is on the place and wishes to
know of the breeding of this pig or
that pig or from what particular SOW
it was produced. The breeder who
has his pigs marked so that he can
point out any pig as being from this
or that dam and of this or that breed
ing is more liable to make sales to
the visiting buyer than the one who
cannot identify his pigs and becomes
confused or who stammers unsatisfac-
tory answers when questions are put
to him with regard to their dams or
breeding
Perhaps the best system of mark
Ing pigs that is in popular use among
advanced swine breeders is that which
consists in notching or puncturing the
ears at their edges so that the identi-
ficatton marks can be easily read at
glance from a convenient distance.
With such a system there is no loss
of patience either with the pigs or
with their owner when Identification
becomes necessary, and there is much
less chance of the Identification marks
being lost than with the ear tag mark
ing system.
The system referred to is explained
by the accompanying cuts. One notch
or puncture in the outer edge of the
right ear counts one, in the outer edge
of the left ear three in the inner edge
of the right ear 10, and in the inner
edge of the left ear 80. Combinations
of these notches will serve to number
up to 100, as is noted from the key.
The cuts of the other three heads
show how the ears are marked for
filters Nos. 5, II and Al
The filters each year should be num-
bered in the order of their birth, all
the pigs of each separate litter being
given the same number marking. The
litter Identification number marks
should also be recorded in a perma-
ment private herd book and in a small
pocket herd note and record book
which the herdsman can always have
at hand ready to refer to when oc-
casion calls. The Identification marks
can be represented in these books by
drawings or sketches similar to the
ones in the cuts here used to explain
the, system, Or they may be recorded
by simply sketching notched pairs OF
ears without the heads and faces be.
| ing represented.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-06-30
Or Scrambled II.

Shirts-of the boiled" variety-are
often very refractory, and it takes
more than courage and patience to put
one on. Mr.. Jones, one evening, strug-
Cling into his, which was fresh from
the laundry, remarked to Mrs. Jones
that it was a foolish custom, this wear
ing of stiff shirts A writer in Tit
Bits tells the story.
We've got plenty of time, DEAR"
said his wife 81 guess the only trou-
bic is that the girl boiled it a little
too long"
Looks to me as if she had fried it,"
said Mr. Jones, as his head emerged.
Youth Companion.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-06-30

Keep the brush down and the grass
will come.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-06-30
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FARM NOTES.

Begin now to lay plans for a better
rotation next year.
The dirty back yard is breeding
place for all manner Of disease.
II you have never grown head let
tuce try 1t for the first time this sea-
son.
In some sections of the country the
practise Of mulching potatoes is fol-
lowed by a number of growers.
The steel toothed garden rake is
one Of the best hand tools for cult
waiting the soil about young plants.
A crop of cornstalks cut well out
into fine pieces and well worked into
the soil is worth as much as a coat
ing of manure,
The early potato patch can be
turned into a plat for turnips, late
sweet corn or buckwheat as soon as
the tubeIs are removed.
Very fine fruit and large yields can
be secured from tomatoes by setting
posts and running horizontal wires
similar to the grape trellis.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-06-30
Cutting Alfalfa.

Alfalfa should be carefully noticed
and promptly cut when in the proper
stage. For the best hay it should be
cut when about one-third is in bloom.
If harvest is deferred too long the
stems become woody, the leaves turn
yellow and the second crop is apt to
be injured. The alfalfa crop is very
valuable and much care should be
given to cutting and curing the hay.
Those who have plenty of alfalfa are
especially fortunate this year.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-06-30

to keep clean, and do not absorb doors
like wood, nor rust out like tin.
About one-half the ice will be saved
with these refrigerators, and water
from dampness does not form and
drop on the contents, as with other
kinds.
Safe-rollers or large casters can be
nodded into the floor of the refriger-
ator, making the moving of the box
much easier.
When forming the wall, brackets
should be nodded in where shelving
Is wanted. The interior should be
coated with a pure cement mixture
and worked to a finished surface.
Shelving can be placed to suit the
builder, but should not cross the cold
air opening.
Concrete refrigerators are much
cheaper than the factory kind and
give better service when properly con-
structed.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-06-30
A god Cistern,

Make the cistern not less than IS
feet deep, 10 feet across and jug
shape. Put cement on the brick wall
and when dry give the whole surface
a coat of boiled oil and yellow ocher
paint, adding little japan dryer.
After it is dry let the water in until
about half full Leave for a few days
then pump this out to take away the
taste of the paint.
Your cistern will never leak, the
water will not become hard by com
ing in contact with the cement. The
oil paint makes the cement wall as
hard as glass
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-06-30
Strong Plea for the Infants.

Mrs. Julia Ward Howe testified The
other day before the Massachusetts
legislative committee which is investi-
eating the milk situation. While CIV
ing her testimony she refused the
chair offered by the committee and
remained standing at the head of the
witness table. In making her plea
for pure milk Mrs Howe said:
There are several parties to the
milk situation, and I think the prin-
cipal party is the child in the cradle.
There is no substitute for milk in
rearing children. 1t is a matter of
life and death and should not take
long to settle. l do want that those
who produce this important food
should have suitable compensation. l
stand for justice to all parties and
mercy to one, the infant
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-06-30
Going to Buy a Farm7

Don't break your back trying to
get hold Of a big farm. Too many
farmers are land poor.
Mr.. Citymah If you are thinking
of buying a farm be sure your wife
is more in love with the country than
you are.
The secret Of success is correct in
formation secured in advance.
1t is great mistake to buy farm
far away from a good market
If you must so in debt for land or
machinery be sure you can earn twice
as much as will be necessary to pay
the mortgage.