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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-01-02
The Expensive Wooden Boat.

st. Louis Republic; The Republic
recently contained an impressive list
of river casualties for the season of
1910. year whose disasters will live
long in the memories of river men.
It chronicled serious disasters to thir-
teen boats, only one OF which--the
Helen Blair-has been repaired and
put into service. The Stacker Lee
and the Jim Lee are still aground
on sand bars; as to the precise con-
dition of the Wenona we are not adj
yised The list did not include the
sinking of the Sadie Lee, the sinking
of the government snagboat Missouri
in the river for which it is named and
the disaster TO the City OF Moline.
One fact should not escape us: it
is the wooden boat that goes to the
bottom Of the river when things go
wrong. Had the City of Saltillo been
of steel there would have been no
wreck and no loss OF life, as the head
way of the boat was largely checked
when she struck the rocky bank. The
NAECii WIN tHC ltG " HUI WT6Ch-
ed the commodious and beautiful City
of Providence would have been only
an incident in the experience Of steel
hulled boat: the Virgins Ferry com
pany's steel boats were also pushed
out on the bank without result save
to involve the company in some trou.
Bile and expense to put them back
again. II is extremely doubtful wheth.
CT the Cape Girardeau would have
had anything worse to report than one
compartment filled with water had
she been of steel True. the steel
hulled Missouri went down: but a
snagboat has a double hull with an
open well between, and the conditions
of her service are very different from
! those under which the ordinary packet
boat is operated.
The owners Of wooden-hulled craft
are constantly and heavily handicap
ped. Hull insurance is so heavy that
ii covers much il not ell of the diff
ference in freight carriage in favor
of the steamboat as compared with
the railroad: since it is borne by the
shipper river transportation is mat
ter of uncertain expense and indef
mite bother. And there is the con,
slant menace Of such season as
the ill-omened year whose period Of
navigation has just closed "a year Of
ice gorges. fires and low water, con
joined with those unpredictable acci
dents which--like the Saltillo disaster
seem 10 be referable to an evil stat
or the activities of the imp of the
perverse.
Yet the prospect for the profitable
operation Of steelhulled craft never
seemed better than now.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-01-02
EoRTlEYlNG MIDDLE LIFE.

While the death rate of persons UNI
der forty years of age has markedly
decreased since 1880, the death rate
of persons of forty years of age has
markedly increased. Why. A writer
In the New York Mail adduces four
reasons, as follows:
One reason it that science has done
comparatively little against the non
communicable diseases. Then medi-
cal science has nursed along weak
constitutions which in earlier periods
would have succumbed in infancy OF
adolescence, and has carried them
across the boundary of middle age,
but has not been able to assure them
a ripe old age. A third reason. OF
course, is the increasing complexity
of life. which brings heavier burdens
and stresses and overwhelms some
persons as soon as the impetus of
their youthful vitality is spent A
fourth reason is that people do not
replenish vitality and prepare for the
problems of middle life
The same writer points out that
there is really nothing cheaper than
the attainment and preservation of
good health Fresh air and sleep are
natures free gifts, and bodily activi-
ty a normal impulse of the blood
while it costs less to eat frugally than
to overeat.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-01-02
THE ARIZONA CONSTITUTION.

The proposed constitution for the
State of Arizona includes the. follow
ing provisions. among others: Legis-
lative initiative and referendum, ma
jority to amend the constitution, re-
call of elective officers, nonpartisan
election Of judges, direct primaries.
rigid corporation regulation through
a commission with wide powers, en-
ployers' liability and anti-child labor.
physical valuation OF railroads as a
basis of ratemaking, restriction of
public land sales, abolition of fee sys-
TEN, home rule for cities having over
$500 population, prohibiting employ
ment of aliens upon public work.
If there had been anything else lying
around loose it would probably have
been incorporated also. The instru-
ment now goes to congress and the
President for acceptance or rejection.
The election for the adoption of the
constitution will be held about the
middle of January
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-01-02
Got His EYES onen.

Vinton Eagle: That standpatism
and progressiveism can get mixed up
and intertwined is we'll evidenced in
the personality of the editor Of the
Manchester Press. He stands pat on
the tariff. and all good things that go
to make Iowa a great state. He was
was one of the original advocates of
was advocating 1t before it occurred
to a certain political faction in Iowa
that political capital could be made
from 1t. He was honest in his adj
vocacy He believed ticket should
be prepared and that every voter
should, untrammelled, be allowed to
go to the polls and express his choice
for the several candidates on the
ticket To him 1t was almost the
millennium, and he could see rings,
and machines and "cliques'' and
lotteries go chase themselves. IN
to the woods A free people stood be-
fore Bro. Ram, and as all youth are
he vas enthusiastic in his new found
love. The editor of the Eagle put in
many weary weeks warning the
young brother against his vision. He
told him that poor human nature was
poor human nature at its best. and ii
he did not desist he would place the
voters of Iowa under the worst ring
it ever experienced. Next to Senator
Young he can be placed at the head
of the advocates of the pri-
mary election system. However,
the scales have dropped from his
eyes. and in the last edition of his
paper, the Manchester Press, he says:
The Press would not be misunder-
stood as to its position in this (sena
torial) matter This paper was one
of the earliest advocates of primary
elections in Iowa. and its enemies
have accused 1t of being in sense
responsible for the Introduction of the
primary in Delaware county prior to
the enactment OF the state law. We
are not as enthusiastic over the pri-
mary as We were in the days when we
We're younger and, We hope. more
callow, but the primary is here to
stay and there is nothing to do but
make the best of it and adapt it to
every legitimate use for which 1t is
designed
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-01-02
SMOKE EXCLUSION I'M ST. LOUIS

SMOKE EXCLUSION IN ST. LOUIS.
Speaking of the water power pro-
Iceland that is the principal topic
OF conversation. hereabouts nowadays,
the st. Louis Globe-Democrat takes
occasion to remark:
"Keokuk is beginning to point with
pride to the progress of It's new dam
across the Mississippi, one of whose
uses will be to generate electricity for
long-distance transmission. Perhaps
Keokuk will have something interest
ing to say on the subject of smoke ex-
clusion in ST. Louis
1t will Within the next two years
Keokuk will help solve the smoke
problem in st. Louis by substituting
electricity for steam power there as
far as the street railways and the
lighting companies are concerned, and
these are the largest consumers of
power everywhere. Triple.signed con-
tracts call for the delivery, day and
night, of 10000 horsepower OF current
generated here. which will of course
displace the same amount of energy
now derived from coal with its at
tendant smoke and CRIME. st. Louis
has reason to rejoice that the day of
its deliyerance is so near at hand.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-01-02
CARTHAGE, ILL.

"
DR.. and Mrs. C. r. Thompson and
son. Lowell, OF Bushnell, have been
visiting the lady's sister, Mrs. Frank
Thornber
Mrs. f. A. Gildner OF Chicago, is
visiting her parents, Mr.. and Mrs
James Mckee.
DR. and Mrs. w. A. Blackwell and
little niece, Bernice knight, OF Chi
cago, and Mrs. Ventress and son
Ward, of Monmouth, were holiday
guests of Mrs. I.aidlaw.
Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Stats. OF Orig s-
vile, H.. are visiting the Iady's pa
rents, Mr.. and Mrs. George Maine
Ed Goodrich of Marion, Iowa, Wis
tied home folks the past week.
Aaron Reece and family OF Burling-
ton. are spending the holidays with
the family of Geo. Sweeney.
Amos Whitcomb. of Plainville. ILL.,,
visited at the F. NJ. Whitcomb home
few days the past week
0. G. Springer spent Christmas with
his family in this CITY.
Mr.. r. G. Bethel Of Mahnonen,
Mimi, is visiting his sister, Mrs.
Johnson.
J. Smith OF Muscatine, Iowa, Is Wig
iting the family OF l.. Meltzer.
Mrs. l.. w. Berry and children are
visiting relatives in Warsaw.
James Cherrill. of Chicago. who has
been visiting here, is visiting his
sister. Mrs. Fred Miller. at Colusa.
Miss Grace Mccormick visited Miss
Fern Chute. in Keokuk, the past week.
Miss Eleanor Stroud, who has been
visiting her sister. Mrs. J. Van Gundy,
departed last week for st. Paul where
she will visit friends enroute to her
home in Norristown, Pa.
Mrs. Robert Ayres and daughters,
Jennie and Marie, are guests at the
W. d. Egbers home
Saturday at IL o'clock noon, al the
home OF the brides mother, Mrs. S,,.
san McAnulty, occurred the marriage
Of Miss Ethel McAnulty to Mr.. j.. B.
Brown, OF Wichita. Kan. Rev. NJ l..
O'Harra, officiating. The ceremony
was witnessed by number OF rela.
lives, Mr.. and Mrs. Brown leaving the
same evening for their home in wichi.
ia.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-01-02
What Iowa City EIks Did.

Iowa City Republican: The Elks
do things. Christmas day they enter
tanned over 100 children They
We're not poor children, that was moi
the object, There We're poor children
there, but all children in and about the
city, were invited and the poor and
rich were on common footing. The
great Christmas tree needed hole
in the roof for its towering head, and
the building needed several annexes
to hold the crowd. Half the families
of the city, nearly. were represented
and everywhere the Eiks have re
newed their right to be called Good
Fellows.
Not only did they entertain the chill
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-01-02
The kiss-at Jacksonville.

Jacksonville Courier: A North
Carolina man is in jail because he
inflicted" kiss upon the fair and In
wiling cheek of Deighboring woman.
Any fool who would infict a kiss
upon any sort of woman cheek
should be sent to the penitentiary.
The idea of inficting a kiss when
one might be deposited with the
hope OF the depositor being able to
call and draw interest occasionally.
We do not know what may be Gus
tom down in North Carolina, but
here in Jacksonville it is usual for a
man to bestow, deposit or ADMINISTERS
kiss Not in the sense that he Ia
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-01-02
The ...Pudd'nhead Maxims.'

Mark Twain: These VISIONS are
for the alluring of youth toward high
moral attitudes. The author did not
gather them from practice, but from
observation. To be good is noble, but
to show others how to be good is
nobler and no trouble.
We ought never to do wrong when
people are looking.
Let us be thankful for the fools.
But for them the rest of us could
not succeed.
Nothing is SO ignorant az man S
left hand, except a lady's watch
Few things are harder to put up
with than the annoyance OF good
example.
When in doubt, tell the truth.
There are two Zines in mans
life when he should not speculate:
when he can't afford and when he
can
Grief can take care OF itself, but to
get the full value of Joy you must
have somebody to divide 1t with.
Hunger is the handmade of genius.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-01-02
viii the Mississippi Go Dry?

Burlington Saturday Evening Post.
With the present stage of the water
two feet below the low water mark
of 1864, the Mississippi river has
ceased TO present formidable appear
ance. The shallow places in the main
channel are only eighteen inches be-
low the surface. and nine inches of
this eighteen inches is frozen solidly
into Ice This leaves current Of
moving water in the channel just
nine inches deep. It is the lowest
point ever. touched by the noble
stream of which there is any record.
Not alone is the Mississippi at this
low stage, but the whole upper valley
is dry-holds less moisture than ever
known The ground is so dry that it
does not freeze. Frost depends for
its existence upon temperature and
moisture. and you may dig down
twenty feet without finding moisture
The upper Mississippi is fed by rain
fall, not by springs. This is not the
season for rains, and there were no
fall rains. It has been eight months
since there was soaking rain in the
upper valley. Heavy SHOWS may come,
but they will not melt until April. All
sources of supply are cut off until the
spring thaw, and the supply then will
depend upon the amount of snow fall
Under these circumstances it will not
be surprising if the noble Mississippi
gradually subsidies away and stops
running before the opening of spring
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-01-02
Fine Horses at West Point

West Point Bee: Horsemen in the
vicinity of West Point are going in
Tor the best. and before many wears
this vicinity will have as good horses
as any part of the state. At the
Blough Bros sale at Fairfield on Dec
10, Stephen Holtkamp of Pilot Grove
bought an imported grey mare for
s1l5, also another grey mare for 5000
Gerhard Geers Of Pilot Grove bought
an imported team of grey mares for
which he paid $1,000 J. r. Fullen.
kamp OF Pleasant Ridge bought team
of yearling flilies and paid $3.50 for the
same. j. G. Boeding of the same
township bought two year old mare
for $500. ]. G. Foggy. also Of Pleas.
ant Ridge township, bought team
of imported two year old mares for
sl.240. Ed. Newly of near Mt. Hamill
paid $500 for one year old imported
stallion.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-01-02
No Need Eor crene.

Burlington Hawk-Eye: Iowa is grow
ing in intelligence and wealth. 1t has
all the elements Of a high civilization
A mere increase in population would
not bring higher standard of living
What then. is there to worry about
The farming land is all occupied
Some other production besides tina,
OF the soil is needed. That other is
manufactures. That will enlarge our
cities and towns and promote the gen
eral prosperity. And manufactures
with come with the development OF
the water power of the state and the
distribution OF the electric current
Iowa has no cause to wear mourning
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-01-02

That the olive drab uniforms adopt
ed by the army quartermasters after
years of experiments are not suitable
for use in the tropics in times OF
peace is the conclusion reached by
the board for the study of tropical
diseases. The surgeons say that their
experiments prove that the khaki is
much cooler. although not nearly so
cool as white drilling. Any change
should be made in the direction OF
lighter fabric.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-01-02
LEGAL Profunditv.

A newly made magistrate was grave
~ absorbed in formidable document.
Raising his keen eyes. he said to the
man who stood patiently awaiting the
award Of Justice: Officer, what is this
man charged WITH
"Bigotry, your worship. Hes got
three wives, replied the officer
The new Justice rested his elbows
on the desk and placed his finger tips
together. Officer he. said. somewhat
sternly, what's the use OF all this edu,
cation, all these evening schools. all
the technical cases an what-not
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-01-02

Among the various recommends
tons in the annual report of the third
assistant postmaster general is the re-
quest for authority to issue postal
notes in fixed denominations not to
exceed $40 and not requiring written
applications. These could be issued
and paid at all money order offices
for lower fees than are charged for
money orders and would be a great
convenience to the public in sending
money by mail.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-01-02

Hampton, Iowa, grocers have tested
the plan OF delivery OF goods by
contract the past year and they like
it so well that they are going TO con-
tinue it indefinitely. The plan is to
award contract to one man for do
ing all the delivering for the grocers.
It makes a great saving in equipment
because every grocer does not have to
support couple of teams and men
TO do the work. Whether it makes
groceries any cheaper advices from
Hampton do not say.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-01-02
Heaven or Hell.

II heaven has not begun for you al
ready II is idle for you to be look
ng forward to some future day In
tome distant place when it will be-
gin. And the discomfort the unrest,
he envy, the Jealousy. the bitterness.
he grovelins mind, the peryerse will,
the urisocisl temDer-If these are your
present experiences. they have only
70 continue and become chronic to
make a hell more dread than Milton
ever painted, Washington GLADDEN..
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-01-02

dren. but they visited all the hospitals
and left flowers for every patient.
Then they went to the Oakdale sana,
tarium and gave carnations to the pa
tents and words of cheer for those
away from home and friends. Then
they opened their treasury and $40
went to each six homes of charities
including the Ladies home, the White
Cross home. the Kin g's Daughters, the
Salvation Army.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-01-02

A woman over in Indiana present
ed her husband with triplets on
Christmas morning and he was so
overcome ne could not express his
feelings says the Columbus Safe.
guard. The Burlington Hawk Eye
can't understand why he didn't send
them by registered mail or fast
freight It remarks that lazy men
find all sorts of excuses for not at,
tending to things promptly. This is
true enough. II the Indiana man re-
ferred TO above had had any gumption
he would have made use OF the trans
ports he was in at the time. Some
people don't seem to have the least
it OF sense
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-01-02
LITTLE THINGS.

God has no end of material
For poets, priests and kings;
But what he needs is volunteers
To do the little things.
There are many men who are ready
To lead in battle and strife;
But very few are willing to do
The little things of life.
The widows mite was a little thing
From money point of view;
But He who reads our Utmost heart
Sees more than mortals do.
Great deeds receive rewards below.
And earth's applause Is given;
Bit little things are seen by God
From his watch-tower high in heav-
en-.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-01-02

In fact, not a few owners OF farms
in this middle west country have leas-
ed them to tenants and themselves
gone where they could get more land
at a low price Yet again, prosperous
farmers often move into the towns
in order to have better facilities for
educating their children.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-01-02

Des Moines has invited DR. Cook
to speak In that city, which prompts
the Ottumwa Courier to say that the
prevailing opinion outside the capital
city is, that it is hardly necessary for
Des Moines to send away for expert
talent 1t certainly has the aspect of
carrying Goals to Newcastle.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-01-02

Chairman Crumpacker, and the
house committee on the census now
estimate that under the new popula-
ton figures the membership of the
house will have to be increased from
ss1 10 ass, this result being achieved
by allowing one member to every
211,1oo Of population. This will pre-
vent any state from losing members
by the new apportionment
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-01-02

comforting a favor is this done, but
rather in the hope that the receiver
is really and truly In leceptive
mood.
kissing is funny sort Of business,
but We apparently must have 1t, and
the man who would smear up the
practice OF OSCILLATION by INJECTING 2
kiss is unworthy of place outside
the calaboose.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-01-02

All stand up, The Fort Madison
Democrat proposes the following
toast:
Here's to Hugh L. Cooper. whose
perseverance under many and great
difficulties has made possible the
great power dam the building OF
which will Increase Fort Madison S
population threshold in the next ten
years
Everybody in Fort Madison and
Keokuk: Here's to Hugh J.. Cooper
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-01-02
a WISH FOR THE NEW YEAR.

- HSII fufH t'ihtont 11ssS u ONt'SU S'ets
wish you could wish;
When full to the brim and o'erflowing
the dish
Held out for your joys; when your
every PRAYER
Has brought in reply all you asked
and to spare;
When the world has done all the kind
things that it could to YOU
May 1t then have but barely begun to
be good to youi
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-01-02
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kEokuk IN 1911.

- Let us face the sunrise. Let 4
= us march to the music of the 4
= morning. Let us get into our 4
= souls and voices the songs OF the 4
= opening day. Let us forget past 4
= failures forget the faults of
= others-and then 4
= Let Us Work-tremendously-
= without rush or fuss or fret
. but terrifically-for there is no 4
= victory without battle aid no 4
= success without contest. There 4
= fore, coolly, notwithstanding
= time with the music of the morn 4
= ingb but vigorously, persistently, 4
= hopefully, prayerfully-Let Us 4
= Work during Nineteen Hundred 4
= Eleven.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-01-02
NOTES AND COMMENT.

Il
Doubt kills more happiness than
anything else in this world.
II seems to the Atchison Globe
that when not studying the Bible, a
preacher must find week days mighty
lonesome.
The Ottumwa Courier says there
lis nothing the matter with Iowa ex-
cept that it hasn't been alive to it's
opportunities.
George Fitch has noticed that some
times an employe isn't any happier
when night comes than his employer
is to see him go.
"a good editor is man who can
write intelligently and acceptably on
both sides of question, but who
does not do it. says the Ida Grove
Record Era.
While there has been good deal
of complaint about the long hatpins
women wear, the Macomb Eagle de-
clares that men do not fear them as
they fear woman's tears
1t was so dark in Pittsburg one
day last week that the street lights
had to be kept burning all day. The
Chicago Record Herald suggests that
perhaps somebody had been dragging
out Pittsburg's past
The Sioux City Journal says that
men should not be sent TO the SEN
ate because they are rich or because
they are poor. They should be sent
to the senate because of their fitness
for that service, necessarily involving,
aside from intellectual attainment,
the quality OF moral standard they
take with them.
The Clinton Herald says that Sen
ator Young, in reiterating his demand
for special senatorial primary.
pushes the insurgents deeper into the
pit which they dug themselves. Just
how they can now ask that the choice
be made in any other way, without
showing themselves to be utterly in
consistent, is difficult to understand. :"
the Herald adds.
A little Atlantic City girl was an
awe-struck but attentive witness at
the baptism of her baby brother. Not
long afterward there was another
birth in the house. Her big maltese
cat was the proud mamma of a kit
ten. So little Ethel thought if the
latest arrival was to have a name it
ought to be given officially and with
all due ceremony. Without consulting
the rest of the family Ethel carried
the kitten to the beach one Sunday
afternoon and, holding it under one
arm, scooped up a hole in the SAND
which soon filled with water. Ethel
poised the kitten solemnIy over the
little pool. Your names Fuzzy, she
pronounced slowly. The Father the
Son and in the hole he goes" And in
the hole he went