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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-06-07
HarbOr Master.

The annual report of the harbor- master shows the greatest tonnage record in the history of the city, an
 increase of 25 per cent. over last year. Thus it may be seen that Bridgeport harbor is growing in inn
 nnztanca from year to year. I would
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-06-07

In common with our sister cities
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-06-07

gists or by mail. In liquid form, 75 cents.
 Ely Brothers. 56 Warren Street. New York.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-06-07
THAYER WINS AGAIN, ELECTED MAYOR FOR
 HIS FIFTH TERM

Norwich, June 1.-The Democrats won a victory in the city election yes terday, electing the entire Democratic ticket, headed by ex-Mayor Charles F. Thayer. The majority in the Mayor atty contest was 154. and the average majority for the rest of the ticket was 141 Mayor Thayer is now beginning his fifth term in that office.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-06-07
Mayor Buckingham Sends An nual Message to the Com
 mon Council He Declares That Present High Tax Rate Might Have Been
 Prevented Statement of City's Finances Made in Detail-MOvement to Secure More Room For City Dockage is Begun

Mayor E T. Buckingham sent his annual message to the Common Coun- cil last night. He recommends equali- zation of the tax rate and makes many suggestions worthy of careful consid- eration.
 The message in full follows: To the Honorable Common Council of
 the City of Bridgeport: Gentlemen
 the city charter I herewith submit to you my annual report showing the situation. state and condition of the city in relation to its government, finances and Improvements boards and officers which will be print ed in full in the municipal register contain detailed statements of the con- dition of the various departments, therefore I will present at this time but a brief summary.
 Finances.
 The following statement contained in the city auditors annual report shows the financial standing of the city for the year ending March 31, 1910:
 Statement of City Indebtedness.
 First District. Funded debt April l, 1910, S54, 100 % Amount of sinking fund on
 said date. 117,262 co Net funded debt on said
 date. 7ss. 1888 % Cash in treasury on said
 date. less amounts to
 credit of specific ac-
 counts. $ 42,oo4 s5 Net debt on April 1. 1910. 694, ,833 15 Net debt on April 1, 1909. 754, ,545 48 Decrease of debt during
 year. 5s.712 ss
 Second District. Funded debt April 1. 1910. s1,305. 900 % Sinking fund. April 1, 1910 1885, 4S2 59
 $ s1s,517 fl debt, 5000 % Total debt April 1, 1910. 924,517 fl Cash in treasury on said
 date, less amounts to
 counts, 4o s5s ss Net debt April 1. 1910, $ ssss5s os Net debt April l. 1909, 934,S74 F Decrease of debt during
 year, 51,016 04 Total net debt of city in
 both districts:
 On April 1, 1909. $1,6S9, ,419 60 On April l. 1910, 1,578.691 23 Decrease of debt during
 year, 11o72s s7 As to the bonds which form our funded debt, the various issues are set forth in the comprehensive report of the city auditor.
 Tax Rate.
 Unusual demands upon the city treasury have resulted in correspond fngly high tax rate. The rate of tax etion upon the list of 1909 has been fixed at TIA mills. In my opinion this is higher than is necessary. Wise administration of the cfty's finances would have effected rate of at least five-tenths of a mill less. Tn addition to a number of municipal needs and Improvements which have been de- ferred from time to time until their execution has become imperative, we find ourselves called upon to bear our share of a special levy by the Legis- lature of State tax amounting to sS6, ,975.37. This represents more than one mill rate upon our present grand list Unfortunately this sum is to be used for the liquidation of debt that has been incurred during a period of several years by the legislators at Hartford Bridgeport receives no di- rect benefit from this big drain upon its finances.
 Tax Equalization. In common with our sister cities
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-06-07

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 You'll never limp again or draw up your face in pain, and you'll forget about your corns, bunions and call louses. You'll feel like a new person.
 TIE is for sale at all druggists, 25 cents per box or direct if you wish from Walter Luther Dodge & Co.,, Chicago. III.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-02-14
IN DEFENSE OF DAWSON

FORMER Governor Larrabee. for
Wnop It is frankly confessed The
Iate City, to employ a colloouialism.
never mad any particular USE. and
lor whom it has still less now. said
recently In speaking OF Congressman
lawson OF the Second district.
I notice that Dawson iees fro n
lhe wrath to come We can snare
more of the same class
For this utterance the Chief Iowa
Lasturber. Chronic Pathfinder and
lmpeacher of Other Mems Motives is
properly taken to task by Bernard
Murphy in his vinton Eagle. The re-,
ouhe ought to bring the blush of
shame to the former governors
cneeks, but it will do nothing of the
KIND. His whole system is case-hard.
eneu with egotism and self.r,snteons-
ness to such an extent as to make him
invuinerable to reprimand from any
quarter None the less Editc- Muir.
phys defense of Mr.. Dawson is wholly
true and deserved. After quoting the
aooVe paragraph he says:
mat isn't very nice remark T.,
eoine from a man who Is nearing til
eiose OF life to man who is now
building his career; and one who
promises to have as great career as
nau Larraoee, before he reaches his
tLarrabee's) age. No man has more
the respect of his fellowmen than has
lawson. His whole life record is
clear II man could gain public
career, without being involved in the
bitterness OF personal politics, Daw-
sor would, in few years, stand as
me peer OF any man in public life.
HIS career, while probably not
entirely satisfactory even to
himself, has on the whole
met the approval of his con-
stituents. The governors remark
eyinces a sour stomach, but if he
wishes to spit spite he Should be
more guarded as to his victims. Daw-
son does not deserve so cruel re-
mark
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-02-14
Disposina of the Power

Burlington Saturday Evening post ;.
The dam, power plant, lock. drv dock
and submerged land, will cost about
fifteen millions. Afterward the flood.
ed lands will be diked and Ieyeed and
will be worth from 5000 to $500 an
acre. The transmission line to ST
Louis will cost 100000, or $50 600
per mile. A right of way must be
bought and concrete towers built
every $50 feet. To carry a hundred
thousand horse power electrical there
is required five copper wires, each an
inch In diameter. These wires are
wound into an immense cable. The
demand for power will be much in
excess of the supply. The big cities
will be served first, because the power
can be marketed there at the minimum
cost. There will not be any power
left for the villages and farms. They
Will remain right where they were
before the food. The vision of the
average farmer heating his house with
electricity is merely the baseless
fabric of dream. A large transform
er plant will be erected in Burlington
and company will be organized and
capitalized to handle the business
here. The same cable will supply
Montrose, Nauvoo, Fort Madison and
Dallas City. The current will be sold
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-02-14

patton. In either case they must In
dictate the fact of school or college
attendance.
Children WHO work for their parents
at home merely on general household
work or at odd times on other work
are to be reported as having no occu-
patton. But children who materially
assist their parents in the perform
ance of work other than household
work should be reported as having the
occupation in which they are SO EN-.
plosed, even though they receive no
wages In the case of children who
work for their own parents on a farm,
that fact is to be entered as home
farm" But for children who work
as farm laborers for others the emu
merator's entry is to be working
out"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-02-14
A Eryin, La th. Oar


You may talk about good things !,
eat,
Of y'ands rich and rare.
YOU may gather all the dainties
from the earth and sea and air.
you may see the finest BANQUET
mat ever tempted man
But give me country sausage
A irwin in the pan.
There's Roosevelt the hunter
Way off in Africa
He's killing gnus and hartestes
And throwing them away.
Hes killed a singing OPT
A bokos and a kob,
Besides sitatunge
A kieenedoc and slob.
There's Taft, the big fat man,
The fat man from Bombay.
He stuffs himself with terraDin
And oysters every day.
and sometimes he eats pnssum
And thinks it mighty good.
snt when it's time to kill the hogs
Away with all such food.
There's nothing in the wide, wide
,vopld
That's letter for a man,
ihan good old country sausage
a fryin' in the pan.
- 3. Hall in Galesburg Republican.
Register.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-02-14

DR.. Coulter, professor Of economics
at the university of Minnesota, who
has been carrying on special inves IL
cations tracing the shipment OF bogs
from Madison, MINI, to South St.
Paul, asserts that the consumer pays
more than 100 per cent above the price
received by the farmer. But he does
not say whether it is the railroads,
the packers or the retail dealers that
get the money. Further investigation
IS clearly necessary
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-02-14

Attorney Jerry Sullivan OF Des
Moines declares that he will not be
candidate for governor of Iowa or
for congress in the Seventh district.
II looks now as though Democratic
endorsement for congress in the
Seventh would go to Clint Price of In
dianola by default. He has been an
active candidate for the honor for
some time and is the only aspirart
In the field.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-02-14

The editor of The Gate City ac-
knoWledges receipt of an invitation
from the Iowa State Board of Educa.
ton and the faculty of the College of
Law OF the State University of Iowa
to attend the dedication of the new
nall of law at Iowa City, February
~ The dedicatory address will be de-
liyered by Dean George W. Kirchgey
of Columbia University. Other fea-
lures OF the occasion are a reception
by the faculty of the College of Law.
open to the alumni of the college and
guests.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-02-14

The Sioux City Tribune refers to
senator Dick of Ohio as the bullying
proved iong-haired, strutting sena.
.oriai midget from darkest Akron
The utterance reminds the Des Moiaes
CAPITAL that the Tribune is an ofiicial
organ OF the modern Political Upl.ft
movement.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-02-14

The Monmouth Atlas makes bold
to say that sit may as well be under.
stood that the first robin is as ire
sponsible as the ground hog. And
when did the robin and the ground
hog become irresponsible, pray? In
these parts we set our watches by the
former and buy our fuel in strict ac-
cordance with the representations of
the latter. The Monmouth papers
attack on the very foundations of our
faith cannot be too severely rebuked.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-02-14

A Lincoln. Neb., boy dislocated his
neck while scrubbing it. The indispo-
sition OF boys to perform ablut:cns on
that part OF their anatomy is thus still
further increased.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-02-14

at about the same price to the whole
SAFER that i would cost him to gem
crate the same power with $1.4o coal,
which is what our factories here now
pay Tor steam coal The contract
win the large ST. Louis power plant
IS BASED on coal price of $40 ton.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-02-14

Politics is livening up a bit at Wash.
fngton. Iowa. In the latest issue of
the Press Howard A. Burrell paws
his respects to his aetraeters in an
article several pages long. 1t is all
good reading, too, as is everything
Burrell writes The moral of the III
cident is that back all of Burrelrs
breadth of view and patience and toll.
erance and graciousness and philos-
ophy there are the makin's" of a
fight, and those who impose on those
qualities must expect to take the con
sequences, which are certain to be
serious. Mr. Burrell's latest contrl-
button to current literature is likely to
play an important part in the coming
primary campaign
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-02-14
Would Cali 1t tn. keokuk al.

Cedar Rapids Republican: Why
not call it the Keokuk dam and tho
keokak lake. when the great dam
across the Mississippi is completed
That is no wthey will be popularity
known, no matter what fancifnl
names are added to them. The name
keokuk will describe them completely
ana at the same time locate them geo.
graphically.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-02-14

A New Yorker lost ten thousand
dollar bill and the Cedar Rapids Ca
zette notes that he is making as much
russ over the loss as the owner of
an Iowa ben would make If his bird
laid two eggs In one day.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-02-14

They accuse Bryan of possessing
craftsmanship without demagogy,
while Joe Bailey possesses demagogy
without craftsmanship. The Demo
cratic Jacksonville Courier confesses
that this is pretty neatly put.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-02-14
A. ,neonseuuentiai Error

Jacksonville Courier: The Courier
got ! little mixed t e other day on Its
figures relating to the Keokuk water
power project cost But In dealing
with canal problems one lis accus-
toned to handle money by the MIL
lions. SO little error OF some $S,O0o,-
600 is sinconsequential
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-02-14

According to an evangelist who is
holding meetings at Galesburr "work.
ers strikers and jerkers'' make up
the membership of the average
church. 1t would be impertinent to
inquire to which class the individual
reader belongs.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-02-14

Speaking of wild rumors, the Ke-
vance Star-Courier has heard it said
that eggs may yet get cheap enough
TO eat.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-02-14

Speaker Cannon's toast to President
Tart Will bear republication again
and again The speaker voiced tia
sentiments of the great body of the
Republican party and the American
people irrespective of party when he
said:
May ne continue to disappoint both
sNtremes and in patience and sober.
ness work out the poll lies of the
great majority of the pc lple, Reed ag
neltner the demands o. those who
want 70 blow up the engine. nor the
tear OF those who would have the fire
unaer the boiler put cut. And / have
commence in his ability to do it,"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-02-14

It VIII be noticed that more than
twice as many immigrants arrived
during 1909 as 1908. The last year
furnished a million more to feed.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-02-14

Who is liar?" an exchange de-
mands. The Gate City respectfully
but firmly declines to print the list.
II is entirely too long for thest
columns.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-02-14

Keokuk, Iowa Feb. Z, 1910.
Council met in regular session, May
or on presiding, and all the aldermen
being present on roll call, except AL
derman Hickey and Alderman Swan
son.
The reading of the minutes of the
meetings of January 8. 1910; January
10, 1910, and February 1, 1910, were
dispensed with, and on motion of Al
derman Johnson, were approved as
printed.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-02-14
FURTHER IMMIGRATION FIGURES

The following statistics. showing
the immigration of aliens into the
United States during the past two
calendar years, have been supplied
by the Bureau of Immigration.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-02-14

The Boone News-Republican says j.
can be predicted safely that Theodore
Roosevelt when he returns to the
United States in June. will not take
a slam at the Republican party. He
Will probably do what he can" the
News-Republican continues, ito patch
up differences by arousing enthusiasm
for the grand old party. and while he
may not unqualifiedly indorse all that
has been going on during his absence.
1t is foolish to expect that he win
take slap at any man high in office
in the United States"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-02-14
NOTES AND COMMENT

Inc Mason City Globe-Gazette OBJ.
serves that Keokuk has expurgated the
word dam from its profane history.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-02-14
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Governor Carroll states that the way
70 get the men to go to church is to
have the girls attend regularly, as the
boys viii follow wherever they go.
Ine Waterloo Reporter suspects that
the governor has been observing Inc
attendance at burlesque show.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-02-14

keokuk Iowa February "a, 1910.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-02-14

Fra Elbertus" says he has hope
for the man who drinks. but none for
the man who smokes cigarettes. From
which the Des Moines Tribune infers
that cigarette smoking is not one of
Fra's vices.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-02-14

A subs riber is informed by the
Jacksonvi.ie Courier that that paper
qoesn't know whether they call them
brokers" because SO many people go
broke as a result of trading with or
through them.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-02-14

The Washington Democrat says that
Mrs. Carroll's proposed teaching of
motherhood in the public schools is
silly; the fulminations of person who
doesn't know what she is talking
about. You can no more teach moth.
erhood, the Democrat continues.
than you can teach lovers how to
act, nor than you can teach folks how
to raise children. And then, it is
apt to deteriorate into something that
is not decent"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-02-14

What" inquiries a Chicago Tribune
paragrapher, would We do without
Mr.. j. Pierpont Morgan? On Mon
days, Wednesdays, and Fridays Mr..
Morgan menances' the country; on
Tuesdays, Thursday, and SATURDAYS
he saves it from financial ruin. Pre-
sumabiy be rests on the Lords day
and looks over his collection of paint
ings."
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-02-14

Street Lighting Account.
E'ec Y p a. p. co. 1Sa
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1910-05-20
Tuesday. May "a, 1910,

a valuable tract of real estate in said
proceedings mentioned, situated in
Election District of Charles Coun-
ty and in close proximity to Indian
Head Proving Grounds and about
one hundred yards from Soather-
lands Store aud adjoining the lands
of Nettie d. Warren, Albert w.
Bowie, Alfred Willett and Thomas
Warren and being the same land
conveyed by Mary Mcdaniel to
Amelia Chalm et. al, by deed
dated September, 10th. 1905, and
recorded IN Liber +. d. NJ. No. Is
Folio 4S1, one Of the Land Records
OF Charles County, and by deed from
Mary McDanial ct. al. to Waiter A.
Chapman ct. al. dated February, End,
1910, and Recorded in Liber II. c.
@. No. q folio 253, one of the Land
Records of Charles County. The
above described premises lying near
Indian Head is a most desirable To-
cation for building lots, is improved
by small new dwelling house and
other out buildings; is in fair state
Of cultivation, and containing four
and three fourths acres of land, more
or less
TERMS OF SALE:-Cash on
day of sale or on the final ratification
thereof.
On the day of sale and at time of
sale deposit of one hundred dollars
viii be required of the purchaser or
purchasers.
FERDINAND C. COOKSEY,
Trnstee
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1910-05-20
MEETS PUBLIC APPROVAL

The appointment by the present
chief Executive Of the nation Of Ex-
President Roosevelt as special Am
bassador % attend the funeral Of the
late ri ia VII Of England
meets approval o. every
q iied States.
THAI ore popular and well
Qualified man 10 America could have
been appointed TO attend to such
dnties is well known and conceded.
Mr.. Roosevelt outside Of the fact
of his great dignity of character is
highly esteemed and regarded by al
the crown heads Of Europe. He is
familiar with the duties that devolye
upon him and thus capacitated
better than any other TO attend to the
same dignifedly and well, and with
credit to himself and the American
people.
Mr.. Roosevelt, it is recalled since
bis hunting expedition in Africa has
been travelling in Europe visiting
the principal cities and meeting the
scales Of the different countries o.
Europe.
He was to have dined and beel
feted by the dead king had be live
upon his arrival in Iondsu.
Mr.. Roosevelt's appointment nc
only meets with the approval Of III
people Of his own country, but tia
Of the successor of the dead Kin
George V. This is conceded an
conclusive from the fact that h
named two special representatives t
meet the President upon his arrlva
one being a man who holds a big
and responsible position IN tn
English Government, and again frot
the fact that he received the forme
President twice in the period Of tire
days, upon the second visit. Mr.
Roosevelt being present. I'll
Americans are pround of Ex- Roos'
welt, and proud to have him repre-
sent them upon this solemn occasion