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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-06-02
both crops and politicians is being
lessened at Washington just now.
Diminishing Birth Rate.

Medical Record: There are two
SIDES to every question. Consequent
ly the diminishing birth rate, or what
Colonel Roosevelt so glibly termed
race suicide, may have arguments In
its favor. In fact, that it has fea-
lures which must not be altogether
condemned is evident. In the Popu-
lar Science Monthly Scott Nearing.
instructor in economics in the Uni
versity of Pennsylvania, briefly states
the case for the limitation OF fam
lilies At the beginning of the article
he freely allows that there is "a con-
scious restriction of the birth rate on
the part of the vast majority OF
American families but he contends
that those who use methods 10 re-
strict the number of children should
not only be subjected to severe crit
icism and ridicule. but should be re-
garded as race saviors. The main
argument adduced by Nearing in sup
port of these opinions is that co..
tinuance of the rate of increase which
prevailed in the early nineteenth cen
fury would have resulted in the west
ern world in an overpopulation with
which it would have been difficult to
COPE Further than this. he points
out that the death rate has been SO
greatly reduced that unless measures
had been taken to limit the output OF
children the civilized world would be
! filed to overlooking with members OF
| the human race Of course, Nearing
argues as an economist. Owing to the
/ high cost of living and the desire to
! live we'll and to keep up appearances,
! the well-to-do parents of all classes. to
! a great extent have taken steps to
/ have few children, and thus the pop
ulation has been kept within reason
ablo bounds. There Is one feature OF
the situation, however. which Nearing
has neglected to notice, and that is
/ that the increase of population con
tinues without slackening among the
least desirable portion Of the com
munity, and the result may be thai
the respectable, intelligent and law
4 abiding section will be swamped b!
the idle, ignorant, and lawless IL
Europe, and especially in Great Brit
ain, this aspect of the question IL
exciting much alarm In America
and in this country in particular, thu
uneducated and in some respects un
desirable foreigner generally has
large family and may in the cours
of time, by sheer force OF number
gain control and GUST the comparative
~ few of native stock. Althoug
quality counts, so also does quantity
and the families possessing qualit
should at least be kept to such nun
erical point that there should be n
fear of the more ignorant portion c
! the population occupying the seats
power. Nearing says that the famil
of eight among the desirable lnhab
tants has by artificial means bee
reduced to two, and is inclined to r
gard it is matter of congratulated
The question appears to be whethe
a family OF this size is large enoug
to preserve the necessary equilibrium
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-06-02

The attorney general is sending out
to all county officials excerpts from
the weed law of the state and asking
that the law be rigidly enforced. This
is a law that was secured some years
ago by the state board of agriculture
with a view of compelling the owners
of land to keep the weeds destroyed
especially along the highways. Some
progress has been made in enforce
ment, but not as much as the authori
ties desire.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-06-02

Bank exchanges last week made a
much more satisfactory comparison
with recent preceding years than for
long time past. the total at all lead
ing cities in the United States aggre-
eating S2,739,S67,4S2, an increase OF
Sc per cent as compared with the cor.
responding week last year and of Sc
per cent over the same week in 1909.
Business must be picking up.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-06-02
To the Electors of the City:
In view OF the fact tt

the fact that queries being made through the
newspapers as propositions that be voted this City and
we have other desire than frankly discuss all objections that
made affecting the welfare Of the City, hereby invite
having mind objection that he considers serious or
, seriously desires sound and correct conclusion to the
merits Of said measures with No IS North Fifth
Street on any Monday "Wednesday Friday night at o'clock will
be DAD discuss and explain fully all said matters to the end that
NAV all act together for the Cs best Before endorsing these
measures we carefully considered the C best interests and endorse
them only regard them the momentous step yet proposed
looking TO the upbmIdng Of the Greater Keokuk
KEOKUK INDUSTRIAL ASSOCIATION.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-06-02
Applies 20 Moth.

Nature is doing its best to produce
large crops and the politicians at
Washington are exerting themselves
to the utmost to lessen their value
Gate City.
Keosauqua Republican: 1t should
not be overlooked that the pronoun
their" has double capacity That
Is, it's antecedent is crops" and at
the same time politicians at Wash
ington." Undoubtedly the value of
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-06-02

An eastern paper commenting upon
the unusual divorce records of Iowa
says: They must raise lemons as
well as corn In Iowa. One out OF ev.
cry ten couples in that state figured
in divorce suits the past year" The
iowa City Republican takes exception
TO this conclusion. 1t suggests that
the writer of the above should have
said pairs" and bad pairs at that.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-06-02

A campaign for statewide prohib,
ition is on in Texas and the tempera-
ture of the factions is up in the nine
ties. Governor Colquitt has lined up
with the ants and is doing some lively
stumping. Wherefore he has been
asked to resign his membership in the
Methodist church. The governor
spurns the request and demands to be
shown when and where prohibition
was made an article Of Methods
faith.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-06-02

Dollar diplomacy" IN the last three
years. according to the assertion of
the state department, has won $780,
100000 worth of foreign business.
loans and concessions for American in
terests. But as the Springfield Re.
publican tritely remarks, that sort OF
thing will never make an admlnistra
ton truly popular It's the "Pedicar
dis alive or Raisui dead" diplomac,
that starts the cheering.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-06-02
Il Made a Difference.

A north Missouri justice of the
peace is deeply impressed with the re-
sponsibilities Of his office. The north
ern line of fence on his farm is also
the boundary of Missouri and Iowa.
One day the justice saw his son and
his hired man fighting near it, and
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-06-02

he ran to them, shouting: Il demand
peace in the name of the state of Mis-
souri," Just then the combatants
.clinched and fell against the fence
The fence couldn't stand the strain,
and broke. AS the two toppled into
Iowa, the squire whooped; Give him
h, SON. I've lost my jurisdiction.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-06-02
WAR Rem.
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E. D. Griswold, recently serving on
the U. S. s. Kansas, visited at the C.
S. Bassett home last week.
Miss Genevieve Deere of Vim.
cennes visited the first of the week
with the Misses Wedel
Misses Lula Kincaid, Florence ORES
ser, Bessie Bassett, c. S. Bassett, Mr.,
and Mrs. E. B. Wallingford and Mrs.
George Green were in attendance at
the county Sunday school convention
converting at Keokuk, last week.
Miss Ella OFT spent Sunday at home
Howard Knapp and family were
calling at the James Dresser home
Sunday.
A number of people from here at
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-06-02

Iowa's sneaking back home confess
there are three things In California
that outweigh all the allurements of
climate and scenery, to-wit: the dust
the fog and the heas. They say they
might have put up with the fog and
the dust, but the fleas are simply In
sufferable.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-06-02

An Indiana man died the other day
at ninety-eight. In brief sketch of
his life Kin. Hubbard says that al
though he brought the first organ In
to Brown county, he was generally
respected.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-06-02

The Springfield Register tells OF a
woman in that city who has been
quite i'll with "pantomime poison
ing" The judgment seems warrant
ed that Springfield should censor its
picture shows.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-06-02

F. S. Rexford, els New York Lie
Bldg, Kansas City, Mo. says: Il had
a severe attack of a cold which
settled in my back and kidneys ana
I was in great pain from my trouble.
A friend recommended Foley Kidney
Pills and ] used two bottles of them
and they have done me world OF
good Wilkinson & Co. and ]. F. kie-
daisch & Sons.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-06-02

At West Liberty three of the four
rural letter carriers make their trips
in automobiles. The farmers are de-
lighted with the service as it brings
them their mail more promptly than
before. 1t is probably only question
of time when nearly all the rural
mail routes will be served by motor
cars.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-06-02

Cities whose baseball teams are at
the bottom of the list are consoling
themselves with the reflection that
the cellar Is cooler in summer time
than any other part of the house.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-06-02

Los Angeles recently added twenty
seven men to It's police force, and
the papers are saying this will be
hard on the peanut stands.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-06-02

The aeroplane is young yet. Give
it time and it may be able to com
pete successfully with the automobile
as a slayer of innocent bystanders.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-06-02

Poet Dinners productions are
published exclusively in The Gate
City. Now is the time to subscribe.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-06-02

There are no holidays IN June SO
people will have opportunity to die
natural deaths.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-06-02

No more shall the warcry sever or the
winding rivers be red;
They Danish our anger forever when
they laurel the graves of our dead
Under the sod and the dew, waiting
the judgment day;
Love and tears for the Blue, tears
and love for the Gray.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-06-02
NOTES AND COMMENT.

The American people are declared
nv the Cedar Rapids Gazette to be
race of speed maniacs.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-06-02
Not a kindly deed

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY.
Blessed is he who does not strive
after the last word.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-06-02
pioneer of Modern Business.

New York Sun: Captain Kidd told
how he buried his treasure,
Il merely used filing system to
show where it was he cried.
Herewith none wondered it was
lost.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-06-02

Apparently Iowa is going to con-
tinue her specially of record breaking
corn crop" says the Des Moines
Capital.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-06-02
keokuk, Iowa ...........Ju June 2, 1871
NOTHING is IN VAIN.

NOTHING is IN VAIN.
Nothing Is in vain
Not a flower blooms to die
Meath the shade or open sky,
But is found by some lone eye;
It will bloom again:
For the thoughts of God shall be
Lasting as eternity.
Not aweet-voiced bird
Lives and sings and flies away
But some heart is gladdened; nay,
Not the music of day
Passes all unheard;
Still there is an ear that hears
All the music Of the years.
Not kindly deed
That a loving hand has wrought,
Not a soul-born word, to naught
BY the cankering years is brought;
Not truthful creed
In forgetfulness long lies,
1T must grow where falsehood dies
j. F. Cason
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-06-02

The washington Democrat finds
this to be said in favor Of gasoline
cement mixer, 1t smells as good as
an automobile.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-06-02

The Canadian agreement offers
free barb wire to the farmer Great
stuff shouts the Manchester Press.
But come to think Of it, no barbed
wire is manufactured in Canada"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-06-02
against him that has any basis out
side OF factionalism.'

The st. Louis Democrat
suggests that 1t must have been some
one who foresaw automobiles and
aeroplanes who Invented the excla
nation Gee whiz.'
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-06-02

@You can gamble on one thing
saws the Emmettsburg Reporter, and
that is that an insurgent running for
office is about the best Republican
going in when be is running. After
election it is different matter
The Eagle Grove Eagle says there
is no reason why Governor Carroll
should not be candidate for re
nomination next yearr, as the two
term precedent has been abrogated in
this state. and again the Eagle
continues, "Goyernor Carroll is one
of the very bert executives this state
ever had. 10 criticism can be made
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1911-08-10
WHEN THE PETS SUFFER.

A large gray cat leaped to death
rom a history window Of a New
York hotel, and telegram gives the
explanation that the animal committed
Iuicide in this way because its mis-
ress had sailed for Europe, leaving 1t
behind, says the Pittsburg Chronicle
Telegraph. Whether the cat commit
ed suicide or not is immaterial, but
he incident does serve purpose In,
falling attention to a pathetic side Of
ne vacation season. In thousands OF
homes all over the country there are
household pets, such as dogs and cats
md birds, and as many Of these homes
ire closed during the summer, or at
EAST for several weeks, the pets are
n most instances left to shift for
themselves. For the sake of the songs
here are neighbors who will take
Iharge of the canaries during the abb
fence Of their owners, but for the dogs
md the cats there are, as rule, only
harsh words and buffetings from the
aeighbors, and sticks and stones
hoih the urchins of the community,
ind the poor creatures, homeless,
hiendless, and abused, are indeed OBJ
Iects Of pity. It would be much more
humane for the owners of these pets
10 put them TO death before going
Lway on their vacation trips, instead
pf leaving them to their fate, but the
practice Of deserving them goes on
year after year.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1911-08-10
GOOD QUALITIES
OF PURE-BREDS
Value of Hogs Depends Largely
ON Care and Attention Given
Them-More Uniform In
Color Style and Finish.
(By E. E. AXLINE, MlssouriJ


The value of pure-bred hogs de-
ponds largely on the care and atten-
ton given them. Care and attention
pay we'll when given to any kind of
live stock, and if we have pure-breds
we naturally feel more interest In
them anu will take better care of them
than If they were grades of inferior
quality.
Pure-breds breed evener, are more
uniform in color, have more style and
finish. They feed quicker, mature or
develop earlier with less fat than most
grades. This makes them more profit
able for the farmer and feeder to
grow and feed and of course they are
better sellers.
AS a breeder for more than twenty
years, have found that 1t pays to
breed pure-breds and as a farmer and
feeder for over thirty years l know
it pays we'll to raise the best for feed
ing purposes.
A car load of pure-breds of any
breed of uniform style and color
will always command premium on
the market. Pure-bred, dams are
generally of a quiet and gentle dis
position and can be easily handled
at narrowing time, which is a great
help in saving filters, especially when
narrowed in bad weather, in winter
or early spring, when it is very essen
tial that the young pigs be looked aft
er.
Pure-breds of the best quality are
ready for market at any age. A pure.
bred of from 100 to $50 pounds will
often sell for more per pound than a
heavier and older hog.
If disease should get in your feed
lot or even in your immediate neigh.
borhood your pure-breds are ready
to go to market at any age and they
will always sell higher than grades Of
any breed of same weight.
1t pays well to breed, feed and sell!
pure-breds of the very best quality
of any breed in preference to grades
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1911-08-10
Make Very Pretty Jardinieres by Use
of Cheap Materials and Little
Artistic Skill.

A woman who likes to have her
house full Of growing plants in win.
ter has discovered the baskets which
can be bought for 10 cents make very
pretty jardinieres. These baskets, in
old-fashioned willow-ware, come in
dark green, deep red and brown, and
any of them are effective with the
green of the plants, says the New
York Tribune. If the baskets are
bought in 10-cent store it is most
likely that one will need only to go
to another department to buy for 10
cents the pans that will exactly fit
them. Before being filed by the flor.
list the pans should be painted grass
green. or to match the basket.
One of these baskets may also, with
little more manipulation, he made
to fill the more prosaic sphere of a
work-basket, lined with Persian silk
In harmonizing colors. On one side
Is pocket of silk drawn up by mar.
row elastic, and small bows holding
in place an emery ball, bodkin. a
glove member and needle book make
pretty decoration along the edge
The outer edge is trimmed with .
modest little fancy fringe.
Newer in style is the brown one,
with yellow added for brightness
There Is mat in the bottom cut from
cardboard and covered with brown
silk, which is fastened to the under
side with glue. The little silk cush-
ion, which is Of the tomato order,
measures four and a half inches
across, Both mat and cushion are
held in place by two stitches { strong
silk that go through the bottom Of
the basket A yard and a half of rib
bon three and quarter inches wide
will be required to hold the spools
and to make the bow. A quarter Of
a yard of wider ribbon in the seuq
shade will do for the cushion.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1911-08-10
Merely Several Sidewalks Side by Side.

at each corner of the floor, straight.
edge or a grade line, and a spirit
level.
1t is an advantage to have feed
ing floor its full thickness above
ground. Make light floors four inches
and floors subject to heavy loads six
inches thick For the forms use two.
inch lumber of width equal to the
floor thickness. Begin on the low
side of the floor Mark the grade height
of each corner stake and set the forms
to a grade cord stretched from stake
to stake. Use only good materials and
mix the concrete one part Portland
cement to two and one-half parts sand
to five parts screened gravel or crush.
ed rock, or one part Portland cement
to five parts band-run gravel. Measure
the materials exactly; count one sack
of cement equal to one cubic foot.
Always begin placing the concrete
on the low side of the floor, so that the
rain from sudden showers will not run
from the hard onto the newly placed
concrete Fill the trench and che
slab section of the forms with con-
crete Bring the surface to grade by
drawing over it straight edge with
it's ends on the opposite forms or with
one end on the form and the other on
the finished concrete. Four inches
in from the edge, on each of the low
sides, temporarily imbed the rounded
four by six-inch gutter mold and lamp
1t down until it's square top is even
with the surface of the slab section of
the floor. Remove the mold and finish
the surface with wooden float. The
day after the concrete in each section
is placed, carefully throw on a cover
ing of hay or straw and keep 1t thor
oughly wet for week. Connect the
cutters with the manure pit by means
Of trough, another gutter, or by large
drain tile laid underground. If con-
crete feeding troughs and racks are to
be built at some future time, make the
necessary mortises by temporarily i'm
bedding blocks or wooden frames in
the soft concrete.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1911-08-10

Every stockman and farmer knows
the advantages Of some sort of feed
ing floor, writes Percy H. Wilson In
the Prairie Farmer. Wooden floors
are all right for short time, but
they soon become rotten and infested
with disease germs.
In concrete the farmer has found
an ideal floor material. Such floors
not only affect saving in feed. a
shortening in the time of fattening and
a decrease in labor, but also afford
perfect protection to the health of the
animal. Concrete floors do not soak
up water and therefore cannot be-
come infested with disease germs
Their surfaces can be easily cleaned
and thoroughly disinfected with oils
and dips. Rats cannot nest under
them. Careful tests have shown that
concrete floors, through the saving Of
grain aud manure alone, pay for them
selves in the short period Of one
year.
Feeding floors are merely several
sidewalks laid side by side, and the
same general rules of construction APP
ply to them. Choose a site in the lot
where the ground is slightly sloping,
we'll drained and wind-protec0ed and
convenient to feed and water.
Excavate to depth of IL inches for
the drainage foundation, and around
the outside edges of the entire floor
dig trench IL inches wide and IS
inches deep. (This trench, filled with
concrete, prevents hog wallows from
undermining the floor and keeps the
rats from nesting under it, Fill all
Of this space Except the trench) to
the natural ground level with we'll
tamped coarse gravel, crushed rock,
the tile culls of brickbats. This fill
forms the drainage foundation as for
sidewalks.
The floor must be graded or sloped
30 that water will not collect on 1t In
the winter and 80 that the manure
Washings may be caught by the cutters
and run to the water-tight manure pit.
Ito shape the gutter, make mold or
temple by rounding the corners on the
aat side of six-foot length of four by
six-inch timber) A gentle slope, to-
ward the lower corner, of oneeighth to
Dne-fourth inch for each foot of length
Dr. width is sufficient. This is secured
by the use of a heavy grade stake
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1911-08-10
Important to Mnthers
Ended Cats Soiourn.

Felix Smith of Easton, Pa, bought
n cat the other day. He paid S. for
her. Why did Felix pay five bucks
for the cat? Answer-Because she
was guaranteed to be a good ratter.
Did Felix nave rats? We should say
he did-the house was full of 'em!
And the cat cleaned 'em out! No;
that's the curious part Of it. After the
cat had been on the job a week the
rats were as plentiful as ever Felix
couldn't understand 1t until one eve
ming he concealed himself in the base
ment to watch the cat. About p. m,
as the cat sat with her eye on rat
hole. Felix says that rat after rat came
out Of the hole, walked up to the old
cat, kissed her goodnight and then
returned to the hole. After that Felix
kicked the cat out of the house.-Pos
ton Post.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1911-08-10

A bulletin recently issued BY the
census department shows that the
United States leads the world in man
nfacturing silk, with the possible ex
eeption of China, from which no fig
pres are obtainable. We took first
place from France in 1905, and have
maintained our lead. We not only are
The greatest manufacturers of silk
goods, but the greatest consumers. AL
though we manufactured in 1909 silk
worth $196,425,OO0, we exported less
than one per cent. of the goods we
made. Our silk industry in 1858
amounted to $12,21O,OOO. 1t was more
than SAL 100000 ten years later. 1t had
more than doubled again in 1889, when
It was $S7,29S,OOO 1t was $1O7,256,
200 in 1909 and more than $133, 100000
hve years later.