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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-02-08

The Burlington Hawk-Eye says the
Canadian reciprocity treaty IS the
New England idea Of reducing the
cost Of Eyins-at the expense OF the
west
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-02-08
Stop the Migration.

?
The possibilities of more intensified
farming as suggested by Mr.. Foster,
are beyond the range of the average
mind TO fully appreciate and easily
solve the problem of needless irnmi-
grafton of Iowans to other lands be-
cause OF insufficient means OF susie
nance being provided at home. There
are none of the vegetables that are
now raised on Iowa farms. and which
] it is sad fact are too few, but could
be made great and very important
/ factors among the products of iowa S
soil. The farming of such products
may afford considerable more work
than the farmer has TO spend on his
corn but he may still raise enough
corn and vet not waste the amount OF
soil that is today wasted in Iowa.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-02-08
Raise Vegetables.


He says that more vegetables
should be raised that are suitable for
canning. such as corn, beans, peas
and tomatoes, etc. and his theory is
one that has long ago proved its
value. Instead of one crop from the
soil OF Iowa'a spacious farms in a
year, by more intensified farming it
has been demonstrated that num-
Der OF crops can be made TO grow.
While it takes more work, it likewise
produces greater returns and is a
means OF diverting the trend of the
Young men who are annually leaving
the immense farms of Iowa for Chi
cago and the larger cities To stop
] the travel OF the soEs of Iowa from
their native state viii save TO the
state her natural gains in population
from year 10 year. In like manner by
offering an inducement fer the ma
! tive son to remain at home and do
well, an inducement is held forth TO
the people from outside the state to
become inhabitants.
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1911-04-14
When . ship Turns Turtle.

To turn turtle means, in nautical
language, that ship rolls too heavily,
fails to recover herself and after a
brief period on her beam ends turns
topsy turvy. SO that her keel points
skyward. Then, of course, she sinks.
Frequently the compressed air imprls-
oned in her hull blows her bottom out
as she goes down. or IL she is a steam
er her boilers burst, with like results.
As rule. ships turn turtle because
they are burdened with too much top
hamper" or from lack of sufficient bal
last, or both causes combined. Rarely
does 1t happen that there are any sur
vivors. but there is one notable excep-
tion In the case OF the battleship Cap
tain, which was lost after this fashion
in the bay of Biscay. In her case ex-
actly three minutes elapsed from the
time she first turned turtle until she
finally sank, and forty of her crew of
500 men clamDered up her side as she
rolled over and on to her keel. OF
these eighteen men were eventually
rescued and were able to describe later
on precisely what occurred.-Pearson's s.
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1911-04-14
Minina For Coffin Planks.

One of the most curious industries In
the world Is the business of mining for
coffin planks. which Is carried on In
upper Tonkin. portion Of the French
possessions in southeastern Asia. In
certain district in this province there
exists great underground deposit Of
logs. which were probably the trunks
of trees cngulfed by an earthquake or
some other commissions Of nature at a
comparatively recent period. The trees
are species of pine known to the
natives and also to some extent to Eu-
ropean commerce as "nam-hou." The
wood Is almost imperishable and has
the quality, either through its nature
or as the result of its sojourn under
ground, Of resisting decay from damp.
This quality makes 1t particularly val
liable for the manufacture Of collins,
and for this purpose 1t is largely ex-
ported to Europe. The trees are often
yard In diameter. They are ssried
In sandy earth at a depth of from two
to eight yards and are dug up by ma
tive labor as demand Is made for them.
-Harper's Weekly.
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1911-04-14
Peace Overtures Held Up.

The revolutionists are determined
not to make peace unless President
Diaz steps down and the env oys from
the Mexican government are just as
stubbornly determined to keep him
10 power, although they are willing
to make concessions otherwise. All
the peace negotiations with Mexico
have come to an end.
These are official Statement is made
at San Antonio.by two Of the COM
missioneIs to Washington o AIMED by
the insurrectos.
A letter signed by insurgen nt chiefs
from all over Mexico and tie United
States is now being drawn up to be
forwarded to Francisco /. Madero,
the commander 10 chief of the rebel
army, telling him that no peace cau
be made except with the WI lthdrawa
OF Diaz from power.
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1911-04-14
STATE CAME WARDEN BUSY
Expects to Issue 10, 900 Licenses in
Coming Month.

Expects to Issue 10000 Licenses in
Coming Month.
It is estimated by deputies in the
game warden's office that fully 10000
licenses for fishing and hunting will
he disposed OF within the coming
month. The fee is dollar for state
residents. which includes the right to
hunt or to fish, and So for non-resi-
dents for a fishing license, So for a
bird hunting license, and $50 for a
big game license.
Applications have been coming in.
to the Office of the warden at the
rate Of hundreds week. Under the
new law the deputies about the state
are to sell the licenses rather than
the justices of the peace and other
officials. ami 1t is believed that the
state will thus be protected to q
greater extent than ever before, be-
cause the warden 10 a given district
will have more or less of an idea ol
the persons to whom he has sold
| licenses.
Thus far there has not been q
single complaint lodged with the de-
partment regarding trout fishing this
month, but it is anticipated that be-
| fore the middle of April these com
plants will begin to come nto thu
office, for it is not believed that tn,
| Waltonites will be able I'd refrail
from their fayorite pastime altogether
Statesman.
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1911-04-14
NEW GENERAL ROAD LAW
Said to Require Women and Aged
Cripples 10 Pay Tax.

The general road law passed by
the Idaho legislature, which was
approved March 8, 1917, with an
emergency clause, contains
"joker," according to George w.
Suppiger. attorney Of Latah coun-
ty, which, it is claimed, under
strict Interpretation, will require
all "adult" women as we'll as aged
cripples to pay road poll tax.
Section 8o4 Of house bill No.
357. and which is now the law in
Idaho, reads: "The board of coun-
ty commissioners may, in its dis
cretion, levy road poll tax for the
highway purposes Of the county
upon each adult person within the
county, including persons within
unincorporated cities, towns and
villages, such road poll tax to be
of such amount as may be fixed by
the board, not exceeding 81, to be
paid into the road fund Of the
county,"
The act also pu-por,s to repeal
all acts and parts u acts in con-
flict with this act, which would do
away with the exemptions that
have heretofore been recognized as
not including women, old soldiers,
fireman and others. mo adult
person is exempt il the new law is
enforced" says Attorney Suppiger.
In national guard circles it is
pointed out that If the new road
law does away with the exemption
OF members Of the militia. it is in
conflict with section Is Of the new
state militia law, which plainly
states that every officer and en-
listed man shall, during his service,
be exempt from the payment of
any road or poll tax. Both laws
were passed by the last Legislature,
and from what can be learned any
effort to compel militiamen to pay
road or poll taxes may cause the
matter to be taken into the courts.
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1911-04-14
COL. ROOSEVELT IN IDAHO
Was rendered Reception at Mos
cow and Standpoint.

was AenueIcu NeCeptlOn at MOS
cow and Standpoint.
ldaho's reception to Colonel
Theodore Roosevelt at Moscow,
Sunday evening and Monday morn
ing. surpassed all expectations.
The usually quiet and staid uni
versity town displayed un wonted
enthusiasm and was crowded with
thousands Of visitors, who came to
see and hear the former president.
Governor Hawley was prese Mt from
Boise to greet the states guest.
From Moscow, Colonel Ro oosevelt
and party went to San ndpoint,
where an elaborate reception was
rendered the famous traveller Mon
day afternoon.
Leaving Standpoint, the colonel
paused at two cities in M ontana,
on his return home by way of St.
Paul.
The reception in Spokan ne last
Saturday and Sunday is aid to
have eclipsed the demonstra alton OF
1903 when Roosevelt ma de his
western tour as president.
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1911-04-14
Washington Letter.

Washington. D G., April 8.-It Is
probable that the Lorimer case will
be again brought up III the senate
and much more thoroughly, inyestl-
gated than during the last session.
Startling revelations have been
brought out by a Committee Of the
Illinois state senate. The editor OF
the Record Herald In Chicago has
told of receiving intelligence that Il
hundred thousand dollar fund was
used to elect Lorimer, and while he
refused 10 reveal his informant, the
informant has revealed himself with
names and dates making very strong
evidence.
II Is rumored that some adyentur-
Gus women are going to insurge
against Dame Fashion, and 1t Is said
that Dame Fashion has been dis
covered to be a Inan--a manufacturer,
and that 1t Is to his interest 10
change fashions three or four times
year In order to make the beautiful
things that women wear obsolete SO
| that they will putchas. more and
| more of his fabrics. This is news
that everybody knew. There IS no
| doubt whatever but that the .sex
could array themselves as beautifully
and distractingly as they do on one
fourth the present expenditure II 1t
were rot for the interest Of manu-
facturcrs, modistes aud milliners In
rapid Protean changes for the pro-
motion OF their business. The reason
why men dress at only fraction o!
the outlay of women is because they
resist the sart0rial changes which
tailors would like 10 impose and
which they do to some extent ELECT.
A mans dress suit. swallow tail or
tuxedo, will last him from two tn
i've years, and it is more or less the
case with regard To his .,ther clothes
/ and hats. But the fashion Journals
and the weekiies and lailies, inclnd-
ing the patent insides all over the
country, faro with fashion plates,
and everybody including the colotcd
ladies', has to follow them, and thcrs
is where the money goes.
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1911-04-14
Tariff Board at Work.

The tariff board has begun its
investigation Of the cotton schedule
OF the Payne Aldrich law and will
conduct the work SO far as is practi
cal simultaneously with the investi-
gatlon OF the woolen schedule now
under way. Agents OF the board are
gathering preliminary data at the
Office OF the so-called cotton trust Ia
New York and probably will transfer
their work to the cotton mills Ol
New England and the south within
few weeks.
The status OF the work ON the WOO
schedule indicates that a report ma,
be ready when congress assemblies II
regular session 10 December.
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1911-04-14

Inc Open River Transportation
company has announced at Lewiston
new freight schedule on wool ship
ments to eastern points that will save
the woolgrowers OF north Idaho $l9.-
so q ton. The new schedule was
made possible by the arranging of a
transportation agreement with the
Amerlcan-Hawaiian Steamship COM
pany, which will take the shipments
from the docks at Portland. The
rate offered by the water LINK COM
panies Is $l.l5 per hundred, as against
$2.l3 by the railway companies Is.
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1911-04-14
VICE PRESIDENT KING.
Tcok the Oath Of Office Abroad, but
Did Not Live to Serve.


Did Not Live to Serve.
William Rufus King. born April 6,
17S6. died April IS. 1853. was a vice
president Of the United States who
never served In that capacity and one
who took the oath OF once on foreign
soil, something which can be said OF
no other executive off3cer who has ever
been elected by the people Of this coun-
try. King was an invalid, but his
friends urged him to take second place
on the ticket with Pierce in 1852.
Both were elected, but Mr.. Kings
health failed 80 rapidly that he was
forced to go to Cuba some two months
before inauguration day. Not having
returned to the United States by
March 4. congress passed a special act
authorizing the United States consul
at Matanzas. Cuba, to swear him in
as vice president at about the hour
when Pierce was taking the oath Of
office at Washington.
This arrangement was carried out to
a dot, and on the day appointed, at a
plantation on one Of the highest hills
In the vicinity Of Matanzas, Mr.. King
was made vice president Of the United
States amid the solemn "Vaya vol con
Dios" God will be with your OF the
creoles who had assembled to witness
the unique spectacle. Vice President
King returned to his home at Cahaw-
ba, Ala, arriving at that place April
II, 1853, and died the following day.
A Problem That stumpsd Rousseau.
A curious little book is an old, old
treatise on aeronautics by Jean
Jacques Rousseau, called lie Nouveau
Dedale." Like Leonardo da Vinci and
Cyrano de Bergerac, Rousseau was
haunted by the dream Of aerial navi.
CATION. We read: .Men walk on the
earth. they sail on the water and swim
; in it. Is not the air an element, like
the others? What business have the
birds to shut us out Of their premises
while we are made welcome in those
of the fishes" Rousseau took no stock
in any theories propounded by the
Darius Greens of his day. He sifted
the matter for himself and thought II
involved two problems. First to find
body lighter than air, SO that II
woul0 rise. He imagined that sooner
or later such body might present
itself. There was no telling. But
what stumped him was his second
problem-h0w to make that obligine
body stop rising and how in creation
to make 1t come down. This was toe
tough for Jean Jacques, and he wound
up his book by admitting it. For q
long time lie Nouveau Dedale' re
manned unpublished, appearing only In
| 1901.
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1911-04-14
new BOARD TAKES OFFICE
Newly Elected Village TTus-
tees Get Busy.
MARTIN PoLEsON, CHAIRMAN
Action on Water Question
Expected Soon.

The old board Of village trustees
met Monday evening for the last
time, and, after canvassing the
returns of the biennial election held
April 4, turned the business of the
town over to the newly elected
trustees. After receiving their
certificates of election the new
board, consisting of DR.. brennan,
L. E. Kirkpatrick, Martin Poleson,
]. w. Smith and G. A. Laird con.
vened at the town hall and organ
lied by choosing Martin Poleson
chairman.
Other officers we're appointed by
the board as follows: ]. r. M. Culp,
clerk; Martin Poleson, attorney;
J. S. Woolery, village road over
seer, and ]. w. Smith, superin.
tendent Of streets and alleys. The
matters Of appointing a treasurer
and police magistrate were post
poned.
The board fixed upon the Town
hall as the place, and the second
and fourth Mondays Of each month
at 1890 O'Clock p. M, as the time,
for holding the regular meetings.
For the past two years the board
had met in the comfortable office
of w. A. Hart, former chairman,
at the Exchange bank. The room
in the Town hall, formerly used as
the sheriff's office, will serve the
purpose admirably when properly
equipped.
First in Importance among the
tasks to be undertaken by the
board is the betterment of the
water system, and, from the man.
ner in which the subject was dis
cussed at the meeting Monday
night, prompt action may be ex
pected in the matter of condemn
ing land along Spring Branch
creek, the fencing of the stream
for a distance to keep out cattl'
and dogs, ETC., and the coustruc
ton of a new dam. The boart
decided to visit the creek Wednes
/ day and ascertain how much Ian,
to condemn and the place bes
suited for the proposed dam.
j! Action was deferred regarding
the proposed sale of the town 10
on the corner of Gray and Firs
streets.
Bills allowed we're:
]. S. Woolery, services at
election $ 40
]. r. M. Culp, clerk sal
ary and expenses II 2
The Tribune, election print
ing e. S
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1911-04-14

Col. Roosevelt's home has gone
Democratic during his absence in the
far West. but the Colonel is a Cosmo-
nolitau and his home coming will be
none the less hospitable.
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1911-04-14

Sixty.6ve open.air schools for chill
dren afflicted with or predisposed to
tuberculosis, have been established IN
the eastern states since 1909. The
first school was established in Rhode
Island 10 1907 and the number is
growing steadily with successful re-
suits.
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1911-04-14
It's ksynoss.

81 heard OF some optimistic souls
suggesting a salvation rally in Wall
street. What do you think such q
movement should take as Its motor
Its ordinary one-'Let us prey
Baltimore American.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1911-03-31
House Formally Opened.

Friday and Saturday were special
opening days at Bransford & Andrews j,
the Dependable jewelers. and Opticians.
The jewellers held a reception to their
customers and friends, and for the occa-
sion a Dyersburg company Of musicians
were engaged The opening was held
for the purpose of introducing their
new, commodious and handsome quar-
tiers. The proprietors were assisted by
their assistant, Mr. Thad Lee, one of
the most skiIlful and reliable jewelers.
known to the trade, by their popular
bookkeeper and saleslady, Miss Rosena
Lawrence, and by their former assistant,
Mr. Homer Catron. The visiting gem
tlemen we're provided with cigars from
the hand Of Miss Lawrence and the
ladies with hand mirrors as souvenirs.
Five years ago these gentlemen sue
ceeded Porter & Radebaugh, and adopt
ed the plan Of supplying the trade with
reliable or dependable goods on one
price system. They undertook to estab-
lish a reputation for square dealing, not
only from desire to conduct an hon
orable business, but in order that they
might be instrumental in instituting a
well known reliable jewelry store in
Union City following the lines estab-
lished in some OF the large cities by
jewelry houses whose reputation for
honest dealing is known all over the
country, to such house as any custo-
mer anywhere may forward an order
with perfect confidence in having it
filled strictly according to the price and
quality offered to the trade. They
adopted the guarantee system and called
themselves the dependable jewellers and
opticians. The business grew gradually
and substantially every year until the
proprietors began TO realize the success
OF their plans, and to-day Bransford &
Andrews, the dependable jewelers. and
opticians, are known all over this sec
ton Of the West Tennessee trade. The
business thrived as everyone will which
is conducted upon this basis and prop
erly attended to.
A few months ago they cast about for
larger and more suitable quarters and
then the announcement was made that
Bransferd & Andrews had bought and
wonid convert one OF the large build
ings on the west side of First street into
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1911-03-31
Business Men S Club.

At the call of the president meeting
of the Business Men Club was held at
the City Hall last Tuesday night, which
was attended by crowd almost as large
as the one at the banquet Several
interesting addresses we're made, one
especially by j. L. Cochran, a recent
conner to our city. Mr. Cochran said
that his first impressions of Union City
were not at all complimentary. He saw
a struggling, dirty looking town with d.
lapidated cottages and miserable side
walks. He saw no enterprise, an utter
lack of civic pride, but he saw also the
finest surroundings and the greatest
prospects in the world for thriving
commercial, educational and attractive
resident city, and it was after contract
was made for sewerage and the hopes of
stimulating civic pride that he decided
to locate here. Mr.. Cochran thought
we had the richest agricultural belt and
the finest prospects in the world for a
good town and that he felt assured of
this since the organization of the larg-
est, most enthusiastic and determined
business organization he has ever met,
the Business Men Club Of Union City
A committee on bylaws was appoint
ed as follows: j. M. Brice, w. Nj.
Mailing, H. B. Horner, w. l.. White.
A permanent committee on reception
and entertainment was named as fol-
lows: w. L. White, B. f. Beckham,
H. 7. Robinson, Mark Forester, ]. G..
Reynolds.
The petition recently approved by
the Board OF Mayor and Aldermen ex-
tending the corporate limits of Union
City was heartily Endorsed by the club.
The club went on record disappearing
the establishment of branch court at
0bion, and w. NJ. Miles and J. L. Fry
were named as committee to repre-
sent the interests opposed to this meas
ure.
Good roads were emphasized, and the
sense of the club was to direct its ener-
gies in that channel to the largest ex-
tent. Workmen on the Lake road are
already moving ahead with this enter
prise, thanks to the untiring efforts of
w. G. Reynolds. The force is now at
work on the Logan hill and expect to
have that big pile of dirt reduced to
the standard grade by Saturday-to-
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1911-03-31

modern and handsomely equipped
jewelry store The workmen soon had
the house in order and then it was filled
with some OF the richest natural oak
cases, cabinets and furniture made es-
pecially for the business, On March |
they moved into these quarters and
many visitors came in to admire and
compliment the house and its enter
prising proprietors.
The formal opening and reception
was held and the result was the realiza-
ton of the most sanguine anticipations.
Bransford & Andrews owe their sue
cess to faithful adherence to the prin-
ciples which actuated them in the be-
ginning and which, when pursued with
the same fidelity and fxedness of pur-
pose, brings success of'such charac-
ter that builds and establishes the house
in business and in the confidence of the
trade.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1911-03-31
Death at Sherman.

News reached this city this week OF
the death of Mrs. f. w. Mills, widow
of John p Mills, at her home in Sher-
man, Tex, on Sunday, the Goth inst.
Mrs. Mills was sister OF Judge III. O.
Head, and is remembered very kindly
by some OF our older citizens. She was
married in New Orleans to Mr.. Mills
and they afterwards resided in Union
City, Col. Mills being former Attor-
ney General of this circuit. His death
occurred in 1886. Mrs. Mills was 5S
years of age and is survived by several
children. She was member OF the
Christian Church and esteemed as a
lady of exceptional worth OF character
and intellect. Coincidence is extended.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1911-03-31
Sale Of Valuable City
Property.

On Saturday, April 9th, 1911, at
o'clock pm, at the east door of
the courthouse in Union City, |
will sell to the highest and best
bidder, one-half to be paid in cash
and the remainder on a credit Of
twelve months from date of sale,
with interest from date, with APP
proved personal security, and a
lien retained on the property for
the payment of the deferred note,
the following described real estate;
The lot of land located fronting
east on First street in Union City,
bounded on the south by Church
street, on the west by an alley, and
on the north by Dietzel; known as
the Jno. B. Layne property, front
ing fifty feet and running back
one hundred feet
Located on this property are the
wmains of two brick store houses.
which go in the sale.
This sale is made by me accord
ing to the terms of the will of the
late Jno. B. Layne.
Union City, Tenn, Mich. 6, 1911.
JNO. T. WALKER,
Executor of the will of Jno. B. Layne