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The Lamar register., 1911-08-02

The petition of II. q. f.amson for re-
fund OF taxes was disapproyed ON ac-
count OF petition being erroneous
The petition OF Mrs: y. l.. Apple
gate for a refund OF Sii.ou Lamar tax
ON account Of erroneous assessment was
approved.
The petition of Mrs. II. l. APPRECIATE
Tor a refund Of $3.50 ON the 1893 ta y
on Lot :. Bik 2. Lamar. on account
Of erroneous assessment was approve !.
The petition Of Edw. PierS"n f"r ~
rehat. on the 1919 tax on Lots 10. II,
aud Il. Blk. Il, Wiley, on account OF
erroneous assessment was approved and
rebate on the valuation to the
amount of 500 was ordered.
The petition of W. T. Iiatt. for re-
fund of $500 military poll tax. ac-
count Of legal exemption. and n refund
Of tii.fa. 1910 tax on personal prop
erty. on account Of erroneous assessment
was approved.
Board adjourned TO meet July 20. 1911.
July eo.fsff.
There being quorum present an
adjournment was taken by the chair
man. IT. II M"nvi'le until July - 1911
Board met puvuant to adjournment.
with all members present
IN motion seconded and duly carried
the clerk was Instructed to advertise
for bids for the grading Of four miles
Of State Primary Road No. 6. as pro-
vided by law and In accordance with
plans and specifications on file in the
county clerks office.
IN motion the Rosrd adjourned.
!. II. +. 6yp. County Clerk and RE
corder In and forsaid County. In the
state Aforesaid. do hereby certify that
the foregoing Is a fun. true and correct
copy Of the proceedings of the BOARD
IF County Commissioners In the County
and state aforesaid as the same APP
pears upon the records Of my office.
Given under my hand and official seal
this @lst daN of July, 4. n 1911
II. r. SYP.
County Clerk and Recorder
The Lamar register., 1911-08-02

The claim Of r. c. Goodale clerk Dist
Court, s14I0, fees in case people VS. c.
a. House. was disallowed.
The petition of J. o. Stream. Co
Treas. for authority to redeem in the
name of Prowers county tax sale Cert.
No 1914. 1907 tax and No. 1907 1908
tax. on Lot =. Blk !, First Add. to
was approved.
The petition Of ]. o. Stream. Co
Treas. for authority to redeem in the
name of Prowers County tax sale Cert
with sub. tax Of sl07 endorsed; also
Cert No. 4e4s for S6543 on the SkSw
No $3.50 for 81 90. on Sw Sc 13-22-ia
21-22-42. was approved.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-10-05
BRYAN,s TOAST TO TAFT.

Mr.. Bryan never spoke more fitting
" or to better advantage than when
he proposed a toast to President Taft
visit to Lincoln, Neb., Mr.. Bryan's
home. Standing before four hundred
of his own fellow citizens, with the
whole nation listening, Mr.. Bryan
pledged thus eloquently and gracious
ly the health of the man who had de-
feated him for the presidency:
Lincoln is honored today by the
presence of the highest official in the
world The Presidents position is
greater than that of king, his auth
ority is more vast than any civilized
people would intrust to hereditary
ruler and he holds the place not by
accident or birth but by the suffrage
of his countrymen Although during
a campaign he is leader of party,
he Is, after election, the chief execu-
tive of nation and his arm Yields
the strength of 9o,O0o,O00 of people.
Lifted by voters to this position,
he becomes the most exalted of our
public servants. 1t is fitting that we,
a group of the sovereigns whom he
serves, should pay respect to him and
to- the office which he holds. l ask
you to rise, fill your glasses with the
beverage upon which the Almighty
has set the seal of His approval and
drink to the health of President Taft
and may Cod give him wisdom to dis
charge Alright the honors and duties
devolved upon him"
That was well said as well as gra
ciously said 1t combines the gems OF
rhetoric with an appeal to Deity and
shows Mr. Bryan to be a really great
man no less than an eloquent orator
The entire country will think better
of Mr.. Bryan because of what he said
in honor of President Taft.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-10-05
PosToFFIcE RECEIPTS.

The increased growth and prospect.
ty of Keokuk is reflected by the
augmented postoffice receipts. For
the past five or six years there has
been a steady gain, but the increase
was generally from $3.50 to 5000
month. The month of September re-
Gently ended broke all records in the
local office. The receipts from the
sale of stamps and stamped paper as
compared with the corresponding
month in 1910 were as follows.
Sales for September, 1911. So ,907.5 SO
Sales for September, 1910 4. 5,476.724
Gain, Observation-Disclosures. 430.S5
The quarter just ended wasa rec
ord breaker also. The figures are:
Sales for quarter ending Sep
TENDER 80, 1911 49,. ST., 170.19
Sales for quarter ending Sep
TENDER 80, 1910 .......... 15,S9S.20
These figures mean but one thing,
and that is that Keokuk Is going for
ward with accelerated speed along
the lines of commercial activity and
material prosperity. There is no boom,
but rather sure and rapid growth
due to healthy local conditions. While
business throughout the country gen
orally is restricted in volume 1t is
taking on increased activity and pro-
portions in Keokuk because OF the
work of developing the water power.
Almost, if not quite, 100000 month
is being disbursed here for
wages and salaries by the wa
ter power company, in ad-
lition to the expenditures for mater
ial and supplies of various kind. The
disbursement OF this large sum for
labor month after month could not
we'll fail to better local trade. Most
of it is expended in Keokuk and finds
its way into business channels OF
every kind. Keokuk is exceptionally
fortunate because of the great work
Of water power development.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-10-05
NO MORE DEFAULT DIVORCES.

It is announced from Des Moines
that an effort will be made at the
next session of the legislature to Sc
cure the enactment Of a law permit
ting the appointment of special at
torney to defend all divorce cases In
which there is no appearance
for the defense, and thus put an end
to default divorces in the courts.
Judge DeGraff of the district court
in Des Moines Is at the head OF the
movement. He Is quoted as saying:
Entirely too many default cases are
granted. We have from fifty to sixty
cases of this nature each term and I
am confident not all of those who Sc
cure divorces are entitled to them. |
do not wish to be misunderstood. A
nerson who is really entitled to d.
vorce should have it.
81 do not have the time to go into
the minor details of every case. nor
does the county attorney. To separate
the worthy from the unworthy would
keep one man steadily employed.
HE would be required as soon as an
application for divorce is filed to be-
gin his inquiry and submit report on
his findings. If he discovers there
are really grounds for. divorce the
court could act accordingly. Should
he fail to reach such decision the
court could then further investigate.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-10-05
FIRE PREVENTION DAY.

Illinois, Indiana and several other
states have fixed on October 8, the
fortieth anniversary of the disastrous
Chicago fire, as fire prevention day
The matter Of having such day IN
Iowa is now under consideration by
Governor Carroll and Fire Marshal
Roe, and 1t is probable a recommen,
dation to that effect will be made In
the near future In the states that OBJ
serve the custom the day is given
over to general cleanup of material
liable to cause fires on all premises
flues are examined and all heating ap-
paratus inspected before settlng I'D
operation for the winter.
The governor and fire marshal are
agreed upon the value Of an education
al campaign along this line. There
is no doubt that the enormous fire
loss In the state would be materially
decreased If the people were instruct
ed in the best methods of precludine
possibility of fire. Marshal Roe is
thus quoted in the news columns OF
the Register and Leader:
1.-The trouble in this fire business is
that people are not careful about do
ing the things that prevent disas.
trous blazes until they have been
through a FIRE that has hit them per
sonally," said Mr.. Roe yesterday. I'VE
want to get the people to take the
same precautions before as they take
after fire has hit them.
Fires are easily prevented If simple
safeguards are practiced. More thought
Of the rat and the loose match, the
neglected fiue and the oily rag In a
dusty corner viii mean dollars and
cents to us all.
ION fire prevention day the peo-
nile would be instructed to employ the
ounce of prevention by giving their
personal attention to the removal OF
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-10-05

-. -
ter fairly for both sides. But the
point In which the thoughtful are con-
cerned just now is not that Of discov-
ering which Of the countries is in the
wrong or which is more in the wrong.
What is demanded BY the best thought
of the world today is that nations
moved by prejudice, resentment or
passion to assume hostile attitudes
toward each other shall not be per-
mitted to settle in that way the diff
culties that arise between them. 9th
er nations in the present case have it
within their power to arbitrate the
difficulty between Italy and Turkey
at the beginning, as in any event they
will doubtless seek to do in the end.
This war can be and should be stop
ped at once.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-10-05
kAHokA, MO.
= . &. . : . . . : :

Wednesday, Squire s. M. Perry
united in marriage Otis Milligan, of
Keokuk, Iowa. and Miss Zeal Kerr, of
Ashton. The bride is a daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Kerr.
Mrs. J. Given, of Kentucky is the
guest of her sister, Mrs. E. T. Dubois
of near Kahoka
1t was right strenuous session the
city council had Monday night. Owing
to insufficient money to do any work
on the streets the council thought 1t
advisable to dispense with the SER
vices of the street commissioner and
save s35 per month. C. C. Brotherton,
the commissioner, was asked by the
council to resign, which he refused to
do. The board then took vote and
voted him out. 1t is said that Mr..
Brotherton intends filing suit for the
sum due him for the balance OF the
year for which he was appointed for
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-10-05
CONCRETE PAVING.

Concrete paving is exploited by the
Davenport Democrat as reacemaker.
1t tells Of two instances where it was
desired to pave small stretches of an
alley, the neighbors have adjusted
their differences Of opinion, got bids
from contractor based on city speci-
fications, and have applied to the city
for permission to go ahead with the
improvement. The Democrat says of
the arrangement:
In this way, they saved some of
the money usually spent in prelim-
mary advertising. and the cost being
comparatively light, it is easy to ad-
just the burden among the interested
property owners in proportion to their
admitted benefits One may own an
automobile and want the paving bad
ly, and another may have little use
for it. Cutting the former cost of
paving nearly in two, the new mater
ial would allow the auto owner to
pay the major part of the bill without
feeling 1t. Concrete seems to be the
great neighborhood peacemaker."
No concrete paving has been put
down in Keokuk as yet. 1t might be
we'll for the city authorities to IN
vestigate it's merits as compared with
brick and macadam There is small
er first cost in its favor to begin with,
and this in itself Is a consideration
entitled to considerable weight. The
question of durability should be look
ed into as a preliminary. Other Iowa
cities are putting in concrete paving
quite extensively.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-10-05
The Preparing Of Mail Matter.


Jacksonville Courier: 1t frequently
is the result Of lack of knowledge Of
the ease with which postal employees
handle properly prepared first class
matter which causes some people who
mail many letters and postals to
drop them into the mail boxes loose
and any old way they may drop 1t is
an easy matter for one having dozen
or hundred letters or postals to
mail at one time to arrange them with
the addresses all one way and tie or
seal them with gummed paper into
suitable sized packages for the mail
box.
Letters Or postals thus dropped in
to the mails are much more easily and
speedily handled by the man in
charge of the cancelling machine and
are distributed more readily for that
reason. There can be little doubt
that there are times in most post
offices when heavy mailings of cards
and letters shortly before departure
time for mails has caused them to be
delayed until the next mail should
depart, whereas, had they been sort
ed and arranged ready for the cancel
ling machine, it would have taken
but minute or two to prepare them
for the carrier or for the messenger
who carries the mail to the railway
station.
One man in Jacksonville who mails
quite frequently postal cards to the
number of rs or 100 fastens them in
a neat package by slipping paper
band round them and FASTING the
end, down, thus making a compact
and easily handled package. The
carrier who frequently takes UP this
mail one day spoke to the man about
the matter, saying that his mail pack
ages were the neatest that came to
the Jacksonville office and that they
were fully appreciated by the en-
ployes who handled the mail. This
appreciation upon the part OF the
mailing clerks was duly appreciated
by the mailer and he ever since has
been careful to make up his mail in
easily handled packages.
L is little thing. but If all those
who mail even dozen letters at a
time would so prepare them it would
make a vast difference in the work
of the letter carriers and the mailing
clerks in the postoftice.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-10-05
The Adventures.

- : ~ 49, ~ -
i am going for a voyage quoth the
Sailor-man to me;
Shall bring you any treasures from
the lands beyond the sea,
MY gallant ship is riding now at an
Choir in the bay!'
So kissed my darling Sailor-man and
watched him sail away!
Il am riding forth to BATTLE" quoth
the Warrior to me;
MY chargers prancing at the gate, as
you may plainly see,
am riding forth to glory. but I'll come
again some day!''
So ! kissed my gallant Warrior and
watched him ride away
My sailors far upon the sea, my war
rior's in the fight,
Yet both will nestle in my arms and
hold me close tonight.
For the soldier and the sailor.man
tbe kind to them, o Fate.)
Are Just my merry little lads out
swinging on the gate!
Hannah G Fernald In Delineator
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-10-05
onlv thistle Down.

Peoria Herald-Transcript: Verify.
man is but plaything in the hands OF
nature. Every little while. as we view
the mastering of the sea by some
giant liner or contemplate the tri-
umphs of the men who mount the
clouds IN aeroplancs, we boast our
selves that slowly, but surely. man Is
conquering the elements. A disaster
like that which swept away one thous-
and lives at austin. Pa, on Saturday,
interrupts our congrat,ilatory musings
and reminds us that In combat with
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-10-05
THE DAILY GATE CITY

all rubbish from their premises: to
examine chimneys and fues that
breakage and cracks may be properly
repaired, and that for all time
they discontinue the burning Of re-
fuse and the piling up Of rags and
grass and other articles which when
subjected to heat cause spontaneous
combustion
II think it would be good plan
also to instruct the children in the
public schools with regard to the fire
hazard of matches, gasoline and other
volatile oils, and the first principles
of rescue work during fires, on a fire
prevention day."
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-10-05

Governor Carroll made quite hit in
introducing President Taft in Des
Moines. He characterized President
Taft as
The President whose administra-
ton we appreciate, whose comprehen-
sion of public questions is as broad
as the needs of the land, and whose
courage to do right is measured only
by the limit of human ability"
That is multum in parvo and every
word true.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-10-05
The Clash Between italy and Turke.

The Clash Between Italy and Turkey.
Christian Science Monitor: Italy
has declared war against Turkey and
has followed the declaration sharply
with hostile acts. Turkey, since she
could not very well do otherwise, has
accented the situation, informing the
world that her resistance to the ag-
pressiye movements Of her antagonist
will be little more than passive Italy
doubtless, will proceed to carry out
the designs she has had on Trlpoli
for MANY wears, unless she be check
ed bv some power greater than the
Ottoman empire The eastern ques-
ton that has puzzled, confused and
worried diplomats for century is
again uppermost, and In the end, and
probably with little delay, there will
he another of those European confer
ences without which no Turkish diff
culty is ever adjusted, no matter how
temporary or how unsatisfactory the
adjustment may be.
It is a difficult matter to deal with
Turkey. There has been and still Is
in that country SO much procrastina-
ton, SO great reluctance to under
take the reforms demanded by the
powers and by civilization in general,
such apparent defiance of recognized
moralities, that even when she is ia
ken at disadvantage and treated
with apparent unfairness. 1t Is diff
cult for the righteous opinion of the
world to grant her sympathy. In the
present instance, on the face Of things
she has been forced to accept situa-
ton that Italy would hardly dare i'm
nose on any other nation. Whatever
the rights or the provocation behind
Italy's move, it is apparent to the
most casual student of affairs that
Turkey has been rushed" She has
been given scant, II any, opportunity
of defending herself automatically.
none at all of defending herself phys
icalIy.
All this seen and admitted, II new
ertheless remains true that affairs in
TripoIi have been scandalously mis-.
managed, that this mismanagement
has affected italian subjects and Ital-
ian interests most seriously, and that
the Italian government has struggled
vainly for more than a decade to OBJ
tain the redress she has been unques-
tionably entitled to, and to secure re-
forms which the common interests Of
bpmanity demand.
This, we believe, is putting the mat.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-10-05

Rev. ]. Wesley Potter, former pastor
of the Trinity Methodist church, who
left for his new home in Sioux Falls,
South Dakota, last week, during his
pastorate in Keokuk made many
friends. He was man of wide ex-
perience and his frequent travels
through the holy land was a very I'M
portant aid to him in the presentation
of the gospel. Rev. Potter, while OF
a strong christian mind and charac
ter, was liberal in his application OF
the scriptures and he was a very popu
lar minister of the Trinity church AS
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-10-05

A Quincy paper says that Carnegie
is now going to get rid Of some of
his money by starting newspaper. A
Ft. Madison paper suggests that Andy
start one at Niota, ILL.,, or Alexandra,
Mo-, as both are crying for newspa-
pers. The Nauvoo Rustler suggests
that he might inspect prospects at
Powellton. Why ignore Buena Vista?
Let's tote fair in calling his attention
to possible locations.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-10-05

You are not experimenting on your
self when you take Chamberlain's
Cough Remedy for cold as that prep
aration has won it's great reputation
and extensive sale by its remarkable
cures Of colds, and can always be de-
upon. 1t is equally valuable
for adults and children and may be
given to young children with implicit
confidence as 1t contains no harmful
drug. Sold by all dealers.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-10-05
keokuk, Iowa Oct. $, 1911
LEES INN.

LIES INN.
The Wide World stands a-welcoming
beside the sunny way,
For page and squire and knight and
dame to halt and ride away;
And crimson sweet the roses famed
that lay upon my breast,
When all the world was but an inn,
and / welcome guest.
The knights were lion-hearted and
their ladies lily fair;
The silver armor glittered bright upon
the roadway there,
When each fair distant turning held
the promise of quest,
And all the world was but an inn and
welcome guest.
No knock was there or Misery OF step
of grimy Toll,
But bold Adventure raised the latch,
his palfrey heaped with spoil;
While Romance flew to hold his rein
and waited on his behest,
When all the world was but an inn,
and welcome guest.
And what care that youth must fade,
and love locks turn to gray?
Forsooth, at every inn there lies some
reckoning to pay!
I've warmed my heart beside their
fire, partaken OF their best,
When all the world was but an inn,
and welcome guest.
30, why should complain and curse
in spiteful accents shrill
Because another draws his rein, my
wonted place to fill?
But ere Old Age takes taper to light
me to my rest,
I'll draw his chair and drink his
health, and make him welcome
guest
Martha Haskell Clark.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-10-05
Hon. E. E. Hart, present nation

Hon. f. E Hart, present national
committeeman from Iowa. is cordially
endorsed by the Burlington Hawk-Eye
for another term. 1t is properly
urged in his behalf that there is no
man in Iowa better fitted to serve in
tina. capacity than he, and, besides, he
is a staunch friend of President Taft.
Due consideration of these reasons
should assure Mr.. Harris reelection
by unanimous vote.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-10-05

On the Missouri lowlands south of
Keokuk the paramount demand is for
a sea-going corn husker. Rowboats
manned by farm hands have been
found inadequate.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-10-05
The product Of
Grapes

a term of about six months. At the
same meeting j. C. Stauffer, one OF
the aldermen from the west ward,
rendered his resignation owing to the
fact that he has moved to Wyaconda.
1t was accepted and the council will
appoint a man to serve until his sue
cessor is chosen in April Both the
above occurrences related are to be
regretted
G. L. Young is with the Keokuk
Canning Co.'s plant at FIT. Madison.
The Royal Neighbor lodge Of Kaho.
ka will give an entertainment Hallow.
cen night.
Mrs. S. S. Ball is the guest of her
two brothers in Chicago.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Halbeck are the
guest of relatives in Keokuk.
j. R. McLachlan, Of Kahoka, has
again been appointed as state lectur-
er for the Missouri Masons.
Rev. j. w. Anderson has again been
returned by his conference as pastor
OF the Kahoka M. E. church.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. B. Cutting departed
Tuesday for Atlanta, Mo-, to make
their future home. Mr. Cutting and
sons are interested in large mercan-
tile establishment at that point.
Mrs. B. F. Waggener, of Keokuk,
is the guest of Kahoka relatives and
friends.
A number of the jurors attending
court took advantage of Judge Stew
arts failure to arrive Monday to visit
the big dam at Keokuk
Frank Neff, of near Revere, is at
tending the state fair at Sedalia
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-10-05

The leaves on the trees are chang
ling color of their own initiative, with
out waiting for the intervention of
frost. All the worry about premature
visitation of the latter was unneces-
isary worry.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-10-05
Result of a Dream.

Nauvoo Independent. Mrs. Augusta
Blum of Elgin dreamed that she found
beautiful pearl When she awoke
she gave two boys 25 cents to gather
her a few clans from the river. In
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-10-05

Italy and Turkey are most incon-
eiderate. At the present rate of prog
ress the war between them will be
over before the newspaper cores
pondents and moving picture men can
reach the scene of hostilities
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-10-05

One of the hopeful signs of the
times is the fact that the country has
progressed far enough that it does not
feel called upon to sneeze every time
Wall Street takes snuff.