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Mohave County miner., 1911-06-24
Everybody Decorate.

The Fourth of July decorating con- mittee are requesting all business houses to decorate their places of bus mess so that the town will make a good appearance on the dates of the forthcoming celebration. All property owners should also clean up their prem ises and give the town a neat and tidy appearance. By a small amount of work even the trees in and around the town can be decorated and made to add greatly to the picturesqueness of the occasion.
Mohave County miner., 1911-06-24

It is worse than useless to take any medicines internally for muscular or chronic rheumatism. All that is need ed is a free application of Chamber lain's Eminent. For sale by all dealers.
Mohave County miner., 1911-06-24
For Sale.

A Bargain-Threeroom house, screen porch, large, roomy concrete bath house with shower and tub, outhouses and big roomy stable. Well located in Kingman; lots 1OOxl25 feet. Price l4OnS. cash. Apply at this office.
Mohave County miner., 1911-06-24

A baby girl arrived at the home of Horace I. Barnes last Tuesday.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-02-03
pes Moines river Survey.

Des Moines Capital: The survey Oh
the Des Moines river by government
army engineers has been completed.
The work has been in charge OF Major
Richie and Captain Rowse. The army
engineers are enthusiastic about the
possibilities of the Des Moines river.
Their plans In no sense contemplate
the immediate use of the river. but
with the growth Of population, the
growth Of business in Iowa and the
general improvement of the MISSISSIPPI
pi, the improvement OF the Des
Moines river, which means Its navi-
gability, becomes a matter Of dollars
and cents. The improvement would
require large amount OF locks, phl
the flow of the river can be easily
maintained without outside stimulus.
Mr.. AL. c. Miller. representing tne
commercial interests OF Des MONIES,
has worked INCREASINGLY on behalf o.
the Das Moines river and has STOOD
the taunts of those without vision ano
without imagination. Mr. Miller mas
attended every waterways convention
n the United States 10 the ias'
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-02-03

A German inventor has discovered
a way to fell trees by incandescent
wires. His invention consists of an
ordinary steel wire, one millimeter in
diameter. with small attachment
worked by a motor The wire saws
rapidly and evenly through the tree
trunk, being heated to the burning
point by the friction. During the
first trial Of the wire cutter tree
forty inches thick was cut through in
less than six minutes. One of the adj
vantages of this machine is that it
cuts a tree close to the ground or in
the ground, through the roots. 1t pro-
duces steam instead OF sawdust, and
leaves q clean. smooth cut, covered
by layer of charred wood SO extreme
" thin as to show through 1t the re-
corded age of the tree.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-02-03
soCIEY WOMEN
AS SHOPLIFTERS
When Arrested They are at Loss to
Explain Why They
Did X.

LONDON, Feb. 3.-'I don't know
why / did it," walled society woman
in a London police court.
Il know why the magistrate an
swered. You did it because you
wanted something for nothing
The woman had pleaded guilty to
shop-lifting at "selfridge's" the only
American department store in Lon
don. The case was one of three tried
on the same day-all "Selfridge's
cases" In each case the prisoner was
a woman of means, education, and So
cial position, who never had got into
trouble with the law before and who
felt the disgrace keenly.
The "Selfridge experiment as it
has been called, has had one result
which no one foresaw; 1t has offered
to the women Of the upper classes an
irresistible tempetation to steal. Pro-
fessional shoplifters give "Selfridge's"
wide berth.
The big establishment In Oxford st.
of which Harry Gordon Selfridge,
formerly OF Marshall Fields of Chica-
go, is proprietor, differs from Eng
lish shops in many respects, but chief
ly in that the buying public is invited
to go there in its leisure hours and
enjoy itself.
That is the American idea of cater
ing for business, and Selfridge made
a strong play for the patronage Of the
women by urging them to make them
selves at home in the rest room, the
lounge, the library, and the writing
room: to scribble notes on 'Selfridge'
stationery; to call up their friends on
free phones: to sit in deep, luxurious
chairs and listen to orchestral music
/ to stroll aimlessly through the de
partments. No one is pressed to buy
The English merchant expects nc
one to leave his shop without buying
something. His clerks do not attempt
to hide their annoyance when pur
chases are not made. The woman who
would dare to announce that she hat
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-02-03

The Burlington Hawk-Eye suggests
that if the Canadian reciprocity treaty
is ratified by both countries, and Iowa
loses its best market. the best thing
for Iowa to do is to plunge heavily
into manufactures of all kinds and
take from the New England manufac-
tnrers the best market for their pro
ducts-the great middle west. The
same paper adds: THAT would even
I'D the score. And now that cfrcum-
stances have forced the suggestion
upon Iowa thought. that turn may be
be taken anyhow. The big water
power project at Keokuk is only a
forecast of coming events Keokuk
can be counted upon to Dc its full
share in the attainment OF such re-
suit.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-02-03
KAHoKA, MO.
|, NNNAANNNN%A%%>s

r
Jeptha F. Mcdaniel of Benjamin,
Mo-, and Miss Mettie Mcclure of Will
Jamestown, were united in marriage in
Kahoka Wednesday, Rev. r. A. ALI
son officiating.
A daughter was born to Mr. and
Mrs. s. s. Bael, Tuesday, Jan. 81, at
4 p. M; died Wednesday, Feb. /, at II
o'clock. Interment Thursday in Ka.
hoka cemetery, Rev w. F. Laidley Of
floating.
VIM. Ballard is the guest of his son
Ed, in East ST Louis.
Mrs. Sarah Hitler and son George
NJ. Hitler, are confined to their homes
with pneumonia
DR.. +. B. Hitler, of Jefferson City,
arrived Wednesday night, called here
by the illness of Mrs Hitler and
George Hitler.
Mrs. j. B. Dunaway of Hannibal was
the guest of kahoka friends the first
of the week.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. l.. Drew have re.
turned from several weeks trim to
Colorado.
Mrs. Chas. Holdefer of Donnellson,
Iowa, was the guest of Kahoka friends
/ the first of the week.
| l.. H. Harris returned Monday to
Kansas City
| County court convenes next Monday
/ in regular session
! A son was born last Saturday to Mr.
and Mrs. Oscar Calvert. of near
! Revere.
Manager F. C. Bloom is gradually
bringing order out OF chaos after the
sleet, and expects to soon have the
telephone system in working order
again.
A petition has been circulated In
/ kahoka protesting against changing
J the number of circuit court terms
from three to two. The petition re-
ceived large number of signatures
w. B. Beyler OF Carthage, Ill, was
a guest Tuesday Of his son, W. II
Beyler.
City council meets next Monday
night.
OuLe
sick at his home in Kahoka.
Alderman B. F. Duvall expects to
leave next Tuesday for visit with
relatives at Aledo, III.
! Kahoka band boys expect to put or
another benelt play in the near flu
4 ture.
Probate court convenes Monday
February 10.
A marriage license was issued las
Saturday to Frank Stamper and Miss
Nora Anthony, both of Luray
The following grocers and butchers
of Kahoka have agreed to close theil
places OF business at $50 O'Clock
every evening except Saturday: Jas
W. Meyer, w. 7. Leslie C CO., Blum
Grocer & Butcher Co, Geo. Trump an,
w. e. Bell.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-02-03
sLEEr GOOD For APPLES.

According to Henry G. Cupp, one of
the most extensive apple growers in
western Illinois, no fear need be en-
tertained as to damage having result
ed to fruit during the rain and sleet
storm, A Quincy Journal quotes him
as saying:
The storm has not damaged the
fruit in theleast, hut on the contrary
has been a great benefit to it. The
sleet covering the buds is a protection
to them and also fertilizes the bud.
Although the limbs of the apple trees
were bent to the ground by the weight
of ice upon them, little or no damage
has resulted. In short, so far pros-
poets for large apple crop are good :
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-02-03
Railroads are all Right, But the Public
10 Unfair.

10 Unfair.
General Charles Miller, Of Franklin,
Pa: Human nature is the uuecrest
thing in the world. 1t sympathizes ac
lively with railroad employees when
they demand higher wages; then, as
in the recent case OF the New York
commuters, 1t protests vigorously
when really trifling increase is
made in rates to compensate for the
enlarged expenditures. Railroads do
many things for the convenience OF
the public for which they receive no
adequate return. Carrying commuters
in one OF them.
| AM convinced that every steam
railroad in the United States operates
its suburban trains at loss. do not
believe a railroad can carry passen
ger for cent mile and make mon
ey, and Communication rates are gener-
ally less than that. The experts OF the
public service commission, who GER
tainly cannot be accused Of friendli-
ness for corporations, report that it
costs a cent mile to carry passen-
gers in New York's subway, which is
unmatched anywhere in the world for
efficiency OF operation.
American railways are the best in
the world. The present unnatural con-
dition of private ownership and gov
eminent operation through commits
sion, both federal and state, cannot
long continue without producing
bankruptcy and general chaos.
These commissions, many OF which
are out of sympathy with each other,
are literally. playing battledore and
shuttlecocl with the railways. They
have piled SO many unnecessary bur.
dens on the roads that though their
gross earnings have been increasing
for more than a year their net earn
lines have been steadily going down.
/ 1t is time for the people to serious
lily study the situation. Having done
/ that, am sure they will insist that
the railroads be given square deal
that they be allowed to run their own
business, subject to wise regulation
of a supervisory nature, and earn 9
fair living.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-02-03
A NEW PROPOSITION.
Submit Reciprocity to the People Of
Iowa in Senatorial Pri-
mary.

CEDAR RAPIDS Republican. Inere
is new reason for 4 June primary
this year. We need the senatorship.
The people of Iowa are entitled to
name their own senator. That is
what they have been taught is their
duty and their right.
But there is a bigger question than
the senatorship before the people of
the nation today We refer to the
proposed Canadian reciprocity.
How do the people of Iowa stand
on that question? Are they for 1t,
or against it? 1t is a new policy.
Our statesmen are, many of them at
sea. Even Senator Cummins has not
come out so far. He also seems to
hesitate. He is no doubt studying
the wants and needs of his people in
Iowa He wants to be on their side.
Let the people of Iowa at the COM
ing primary register their verdict on
that policy of reciprocity, under
which the agricultural products of
Canada are to come in free. Let
Washington know what a state like
Iowa, filed with intelligent voters
thinks of the new policy It has
nowhere been submitted to the peo-
pie. 1t is the policy of the politicians
SO far. Let us have verdict ON 1T
the verdict of the people.
Here is great chance for Iowa
ito lead off on great national is
sue. Iowa can render the rrst YER
dict, direct from the people.
Iowa has a senatorship to fill and
let it be filed with reference to the
views of the contestants on reciproc-
ity. Senator Young is being ridicul-
ed in some of the papers because he
is against reciprocity submit 1t to
the people Let them vote.
I This new issue ought to chang the
whole situation in Des Moines. The
senatorship alone was reason enough
for a primary, the primary of the
people about which we have heard
SO much talk, but on which just now
there is SO much inconsistency and
so little practice.
The senatorship, that Is to get .
senator fresh from the hands Of the
people is worth the price Of prim
| airy. But the primary will be doubl.
! justifiable in the face of the grea'
/ impending national policy Of reciproc
! ity, introduced in Washington b,
| President Taft.
| Let US have an expression of ths
people on this question, the people o
Iowa. a people directly interested
enough to vote on 1t.
Here is chance for the mel
who have talked primary and refer
endum and appeal to the people, tt
make good some OF their talk. Let's
have the referendum to the people o
/ this reciprocity issue.
Can any one say no to this appea
4 ON behalf OF the people?
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-02-03
PROTEST AGAINST RECIPROCITY

FoOl 60 fAOfAtN0te NGSiEnSStt
Iowa's delegation in congress is to
be memorialized to use their efforts
to prevent the ratification of the Can
adian reciprocity treaty. if concur
rent resolution presented in the sem
ate by Adams of Fayette is adopted.
The resolution follows:
Whereas, There is now pending be-
fore the congress of the United
States reciprocal trade agreement
between this country and the Domin-
ion of Canada, and,
Whereas, This said agreement
places on the free list the most i'm
portant products of the farms of Iowa
and the other states of the upper
Mississippi valley, and,
Whereas, This government has
now expended, and is expending vast
sums in the reclamation of western
lands for agricultural purposes, and,
Whereas, the admission to this
country OF the food products of Cana
da free from duty will tend TO de-
crease the value of our farm products,
and bring the high priced land of this
country in competition with the low
priced land of Canada, thereby reduc-
ing the price OF farm land, and
Whereas, in this reciprocal trade
agreement no provision has been
made whereby the commodities which
the Iowa farmer buys are to be in any
way cheapened. therefore be it
Resolved by the senate, the house
concurring, that we hereby memorial
ize our senators and representatives
in congress to use their efforts to pre-
vent the ratification of this said trade
agreement"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-02-03
TAX COMMISSION PROPOSED.

Senator Spaulding and Representa-
tive Sherman have introduced bill
in the legislature for somewhat
startling innovation in regard to the
assessment and taxation proposition.
They would create permanent tax
commission of three appointed mem.
bers with $4,000 salary each and Of
fee force sufficient to virtually han
die the whole taxation business of the
state. The commission would take
over all the rights and duties of the
state executive council in regard to
assessment. equalization, and taxa
ton, and among other duties the fol-
lowing:
General supervision over the as
sessment and tax laws, over assess
ors, and over county. township, city
and town boards of review ito the
end that all assessments OF property
be made relatively just and equal In
substantial compliance with the law.
To give instructions to local asses
ors and call meetings of assessors for
instruction and advice a. each county
seat.
To order reassessment of property
when such reassesment is advisable
or necessary.
To direct proceedings TO enforce
the laws on assessment.
To require county attorneys to
commence and prosecute actions and
proceedings for forfeitures and penal
ties. etc.
To require local officials to report
information as to the assessment of
property. collection of taxes, receipts
from license. etc.
To require individuals, firms and
corporations to furnish information
concerning capital employed, etc.
To summon witnesses and produce
testimony as to value OF property.
To visit the countries for the inves-
tigation OF the work and methods of
assessors, boards of equalization and
review, etc.
To inquire into all violation or eva
sion of the law
The investigate the tax systems Of
other states and countries and to
formulate and recommend legislation
for improvement of the system.
To inquire into the system o. ac-
counting of public funds in townships,
towns, cities and counties and devise
and prescribe uniform system OF ac-
counting.
To make report to the governor for
the legislature on all these matters
with recommendations for changes in
the law.
The bill, as prepared, has the ap-
proval of large number Of men in
| the state interested in tax reform
and securing a perfectly equitable
distribution of the burden of taxation
! in the state. A large number OF states
already have such permanent tax
commissions.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-02-03
RoNEsET AND sAssAFRAs.

A correspondent writes to the Kan
sas City Star to urge that there would
be less sickness there il the people
would return TO the old fashioned
remedies. Everybody" he says,
ought TO be drinking boneset tea
night and morning" The suggestion
prompts the Star to ask II you were
so old fashioned as to drink boneset
tea? If you were, it was not your
fault, of course, but because you had
old fashioned parents who belonged
to the school of medicine that regard.
ed boneset tea as a sure cure for all
the ills that beset childhoods happy
hours. The Star goes on to say.
Nobody ever took boneset tea
from choice. 1t is not so bad to take .
says this particular advocate and do.
fender. 'tas quinine" But that must
he regarded IS an ex parte statement
as the lawyers call it. You may find
IT not difficult to believe that nothing
could possibly taste worse than qui
nine. administered in the old fashioned
way, unless you have tried drink o
boneset tea.
NeNertneleSS, III lHSSe Good vi
Days when no home was regarded a
complete without the old fashione
medicine chests boneset tea We
looked upon as infallible for ever
thing from a misery to warding c
the pneumonia. 1t was the great wi
ter remedy. When the children 7
ported at night with wet feet, bones
tea at bedtime was prescribed, part
as a punishment, perhaps, but alwa.
as remedy. whether for wet fec
co,ighs, colds, ague. chills, or an
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-02-03
come "just to look around would re.
ceive scant courtesy.

ceive scant courtesy.
Selfridge's' caught on with the
feminine half of the London public
who enjoyed the Yankee notion
Among the earlier crowds were few
professional shop filters who were
soon nahbed. A few successful prose.
cutions drove the professionals away.
But the temptations at "Selfrldge's'
proved too much for those who before
had passed for honest. They could
wander where they liked without be.
ing greeted at every step by "Hau
you been waited on, madam"
The detective staff was increased.
No one can guess the size of 1t. The
dapper floorwalker, the pretty clerk
the handsome customer in furs lott
ering near the lace counters these
may be detectives.
Not day passes that well-dressed
women are not quietly escorted to
THE office, and relieved OF articles
they have stolen, lectured and warned
and sent away weeping and asham.
ed.
Scarcely a week goes by that Self
ridges, reluctant, does not turn a
fashionable culprit over to the police
and for its own protection presses
1.-THE charge. Generally the amateur
shoplifters have pleaded guilty and
urged kleptomania in extenuation,
Il don't know why ] did it."
II never did such a thing in my life
before ~
"a sudden impulse
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-02-03
Pennington Mans Experience In Kec


Pennington Republican: There was
quite an epidemic Of grip, or spring
fever. or something in Pennington a
few days since, which caused consid-
cradle uneasfness among some not
vaccinated or provided with antitoxin.
The fact vas that Farminston's sup
NV Of preventive had long been ex-
hausted, and some of our representa-
tive citizens. who had contracted the
malady in its most acute form, dis
matched a trusty messenger post haste
70 Keokuk with ample funds to pro-
cure the necessary remedy. This mes
senger was supposed to be immune,
but. alas, for the plans of men. they
had underestimated his capacity.
While down at the dam city, or the
Hcity OF the dam site, or the dam
anyway the messenger was suddenly
seized with the pains of the same
terrible disease that afflicted his EN-.
ployers at home, possibly due to con.
tributory negligence, association, or
some other cause. and 1t required all
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-02-03
Dumb Chills and Fever

Douglasyille, Tex."Five years ago,
] was caught in the rain at the wrong
time" writes Miss Edna Rutherford,
of Douglasville. and from that time
was taken with dumb chills and fever
and suffered more than l can tell |
tried everything that I thought would
help, and had four different doctors,
but got no relief, SO | began TO take
Cardui. Now I. feel better than IN
many months Cardui does one
thing, and does it well. That's the
secret Of its 80 years OF success. AZ
tonic. there is nothing in the drug
store like it. As a remedy for wom
ems ills, it has no equal. Try it. Price
s1.00.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-02-03

three years and is an authority on riy-
er matters. Mr.. Miller's enthusiasm
has increased with each year and he
believes as thoroughly in the eventual
use of the Des Moines river for navi-
cation as the ordinary citizen believes
that the sun will rise again. The Des
Moines Capital shares his enthusiasm
and believes ten years from now viii
see the development of the Des
Moines river for reasonable naviga
ton. And its effect upon railroad
transportation rates will furnish in
calculable benefits to Iowa.