The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-11-19
lettings By Jasper Blines
Sage of Seven Pines Discourses Divers Events His
Usual Interesting Style

The house flies have mainly vanish
we shall not be compelled to read sc
much advice against those friendly
insects.
Nearly every little visit I make
along the line of the great Santa Fe
road | am pretty certain of seeing
Henry Becker, of Keokuk. And this
treat is well worth making the pleas.
ant journey over the great Santa he.
Henry came to old Churchville along
in the early summer of 1870, and act
ed as salesman In the hardware store
his brother Charley. Both are honest
and of use in helping to build UP our
great republic.
Well, I am exceedingly glad that
the good old state of Maine came
out on the right side in its recent cleo
ton on prohibition, for a person or a
state or nation should never move
backward.
Traveller Frank Carpenter says If
We are Disguised with the high prices
of meats, and are tired of pouring our
kings, we should move in another d.
rection and eat fish. The Japanese
nation. one of the happiest on earth,
is composed of fish eaters. and the
Chinese, one of the strongest and
thriftiest of people, live largely upon
the same food. All over Europe near
iy every farmer has his private fish
pond. Mr. Carpenter states that our
own America is highly suited for the
production of the best class of fish,
and he says that the day will come
when every farmer will have his own
fish pond or stream, which will supply
his family with shad and many other
varieties of excellent fish, New fish
laws are needed, and the United
States rish commissioner suggests
that the protection and rearing of
fish in the larger rivers should be
managed by federal authority, as some
states have permitted the business to
decline as to be of small use. Local
politics are curse to most all needed
reforms, such as improved highways,
game and fish laws, and the enforce
ment of general laws.
During the recent few years, read
ers of the papers and magazines have
upon the subject of why young folks
are forsaking the farms and locating
in cities and towns and seeking en-
ployment in other avenues of bust
ness. Hundreds of reasons are forth
coming in reply as to the cause OF
this mo- ement from the rural dis
tricts to the towns and cities, and the
final returnE are not all in at the of
fetal station. Today l notice a good
articles on this topic, and the logic of
the sketch is that the inferior condi-
ton of the country schools is the one
reason why SO many are abandoning
the rural districts. The United States
of America is a land of immense pro
portions and of vast possibilities. 1t
is land of large liberty of business
as well as one of varied talents. Up
on its broad territory the millions are
coming from foreign lands every
year, and these new citizens are chief
ly of the farming professions. In
truth, the rural elements in the great
national equation, appears to be quite
healthy and prosperous In our coun-
try there is ample room for cities
and towns, and the farms will see to
the demands of them, and both will
move onward in mutual affairs. When
asked by President Lincoln, General
Sherman, who had just returned from
duties in the southern states, replied
that the people down there thought
they were getting along very well,
for they were preparing for war. Good