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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-08-25
PROFESSOR HoLpEN's VIEWS.

Last Tuesday was farmers day at
the Clear Lake assembly and Profess
sor Holden of the state college at
Ames was the leading attraction. He
scored the preachers of the gospel for
not feeding the people on what they
should have He expressed the be-
lief that they commenced the wrong
way. He declared that to preach corn
was more sensible than to grow anger
wings. Folks didn't care to have
angel wings yet a bit. He told the
retired farmers present that they
made the mistake of their lives when
thew moved into town. They didn't
make good citizens in cities because
az a general thing they didn't be-
lieve in improvements. They would
vote against every public improve
ment. They didn't want public librar-
les. they could get along without
sewers and they were eternally
against everything of that nature. It
ia because they were trained under a
different atmosphere. He said they
I could live and be respected in their
rural homes but they were not OF any
consequence when they moved &c
town. He pleaded for them to remain
on the farm and get at least re
spected burial
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-08-25
kgokuk,s INDUSTRIAL AGENT.

kEOkUkS INDUS MA AMEN -
The officers of the keokuk lndustri-
al Association chose wisely and well
in making choice OF Mr.. John Dewitt
as industrial agent of the city TO adj
vance its interests along those lines.
Mr.. Dewitt is a self-made man who
for some time has held the responsible
position of general mail. baggage and
express agent of the Chicago, Buriing-
ton & Quincy Railroad company. HIS
qualifications for his new duties are
hrst-class and he is in every way
worthy the honor that his preferment
implies.
One OF Mr.. DeWitt's strong qualities
is his power of initiative. and this is
what is especially needed in solving
the problem that now confronts this
community. He is not compelled to
depend upon presidents in mapping
out a successful industrial campaign
nor are the limitations of others a
measure OF his potentialities. He is
original in his ideas and he has the
executive capacity TO crystalize them
into accomplished facts Al his &C
tive business life he has been dealing
with new and untried problems, and
+ il was his success in solving them that
directed attention 10 him and led TO
his selection as the man par excel
f lsnce to take charge OF the importan'
work OF building up Keokuk into
great industrial and commercial cen
ter. Nj. DeWittss peculiar aualifica
lions in this respect will be the bet
ter understood and appreciated wheE
ii IS borne in mind that the problem
of CITY building presented By keokus
is unique There never was city
large OF small, situated as this one ii
at the present time. The development
here in the center Of the great cen
trail west on the banks OF the might
lest river in the world of the creates
4 single hydro-electric plant in the worl'
puts Keokuk in class by itself il
the matter of possible growth alon
industrial lines. The possibilities ar
such as to call for the highest orde
of talent that the energies of the con
munitv may be directed Alright TO tn
best attainable ends That Mr.. d.
Witt is possessed OF the necessar
qualifications for the important tas
lis the consensus of opinion OF a
who know him. The Industrial ASS
citation is TO be congratulated upo
the good judgment it displayed
selecting him and Keokuk as whol
lis to be felicitated upon Il
. good fortune in securing his va
! liable services.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-08-25

That there is no means OF carving
the message of bakers bread TO the
housewife equal TO the newspapers
was attested by H. B. Leachman and
Bryce Smith in papers read before the
National Association OF Master Bakers
in Kansas City day or TWO ago. A
warning was sounded by Mr. Leach
man against spasmodic advertising,
and the bakers were told that the re-
suits OF such advertising would be
much as though they operated their
plants in the same uncertain manner
He cited the advertising OF the more
successful merchants TO substantiate
his statements. and pointed to the
methods employed in changing sho1
windows regularly in displaying goods
Circular letters. regarded By some as
/ the more personal method. no matter
I how attractively written or arraigned
fail to take the place Of the newspa
pers with the same degree of success
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-08-25

The plum crop this year is said 10
be immense. The Cedar Rapids Ga
zette tells of one man there who has
marketed $50 bushels of the fruit and
has many more bushels. The same
paper in speaking of the situation 10
cally gives some good advice. Il SAYS:
Never, hardly ever az least, has
The local market been so well sup
piled with plums. It's a duplication OF
the cherry crop Those who are put
ting up many pInrls are wise, for il
is quite probable that the next years
crop will be very small. II is an eS.
traordinary thing TO see two enormous
crops OF plums in succession.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-08-25
Bridegroom Cometh.. and What
Shall the Harvest Bes'
President Tast,s Veto.

Washington Democrat: We do not
know that President TAFT needs any
commendation from us and neither
do We expect TO be appointed post
master for saving so. but Taft has
again shown that he is man of con-
vicsions and even IL Roosevelt did
boss him during the campaign, no.
body is his boss today, except just
his own conscience. He has shown
himself big enough TO veto the fool
bill 10 admit Arizona and New Mexico
and We congratulate the country that
il has so strong man running things.
This will not suit Harvey lngham
who fayors the recall of judges but
Harvey Ingham has a lot of ideas that
are too visionary TO be of use In a
sordid, old fashioned sort OF world.
There are some people who favor
the recall OF judges, which means Jus,
this. that when q Judge makes a deci-
sion that does not suit them, he will
( be bounced. You can all remember
cases wherein judge has been obiig
ed 10 so against the opinion of the
I people and most times. he has been
! indicated in time. No man would
have chance as Judge to make de
cisions according to his Judgment bu
he would have to be beholden to thu
public clamor and half the time if no
more Of the time. public clamor il
wrong
You can easily call to mind in
stances or times in the administra
ton of most Of our Presidents whel
by the recall they would have eeel
called home before they had fairl.
started into their terms of office. Lin
coin would not have got the war star
ed till Horace Greeley and lot G
other Republicans would have Gale
him back home Washington woui
have been recalled q dozen times an
so would Grover Cleveland. The RI
call OF officials in the legislative c
executive departments might do BIT
; the recall OF judges is the most dal
gerous doctrine that has bee
: preached by Populists anywhere an
: it is wholly preached by Populisti
. Taft has shown that he has the rigt
mettie.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-08-25
KAHokA, MO.

An eleven pound son was born last
Saturday to MIR. and Mrs. James Gal
land, northeast of Kahoka.
Miss Adelaide Meyer has resigned
her position in the Macon high school
and will leave Sunday for Jefferson
City to accept a position with DR.. F.
B. Hitler. secretary of the state board
of health.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Harris of
Kansas City. Kansas, are the parents
of baby girl, born last Sunday. The
mother is daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
I. N. Lewis.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ross King and daugh-
ter. of Marion. Kansas, are the
guests of kahoka relatives.
Mrs. Frank Hardness and children
Of Memphis are the guests of Ka-
hoka relatives this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Snyder are
the guests of Kahoka relatives.
Miss Elsie Resor of Kahoka, has
accepted the position of teacher OF
German and Latin in the Macon
/ schools, made vacant by the resigna
ton of Miss Adelaide Meyer
A daughter was born Saturday
August /, to DR.. and Mrs. a. c
Bridges.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Elbe will move
next week to the Phelps farm neal
| Ashton.
The Clark county fair next week
Secretary Duer informs that all the
races have filed and some fast one.
will be on the grounds.
The annual meeting of the Clarl
County Farmers Insurance Co., vi,
be held at the court house in Kahok;
next Monday.
! County court will be in session mex
Tuesday.
A Royal Neighbor lodge of twenty
three members has been organized b.
Mrs. I. E. Shermerhorn, of Kahoka, a
Deer Ridge.
Mr.. and Mrs G. E. Hughes, OF Kan
sas City, spent this week In Kahoka
the guests of their daughter, Mrs. Q
T. Murphy.
An effort is being made to organic
a Glover Leaf club in Kahoka.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bilderback. of Illinois
are the guests of Mr. and Mrs. ]. {
Hardness.
A large number from Kahoka al
tended the Memphis fair this week
Miss Anna Pile, oil Memphis, is tn
guest of her brother, DR.. S. w. Pile
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-08-25

One of the speakers at the Washing
ton, Iowa, chautauqua, in speaking OF
the influence OF environment, told a
story of a pair of young fellows who
left college. one becoming a mariner
and the other preacher. Years later
their two parrots met and the preach
ers parrot said: What must do 70
be saved?" and the sailors parrot
said: Row like hell or go to the bot
TOM" Bishop Anderson. anothe,
speaker, told a story of a Baptist
preacher who refused to immerse g
new Methodist convert, saying that
the Baptists did their own washing
but refused TO take il any washing
for the Methodists.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-08-25
Choir story.

Fort Madison Gem City: The
preacher informed the choir leader
that his subject for his sermon the
following Sunday would be "Courtship
and Marriage" In selecting appropri-
ate hymns the following were: FAINT,
Yet Pursuing" Almost Persuaded,
Triumph at Last Hasten. Lord
That Glorious Day" Behold. the
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-08-25
Fine Specimens Of Cheek.

Mt Pleasant Free-Press: A Mt.
Pleasant man asked certain lawyer
the other day for legal advice. After
the lawyer had told him just about
what he could do, he said. "All right
if you think can win on that I'll
just get-here he named another
lawyer-to bring suit" That Is as
bad as man who came in to have a
tailor measure him so that he could
send to Chicago mail order house
for a suit of clothes.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-08-25
Or. N. MCGEE Waters at kahoka
chautauqua Gives Entertaining
Talk to Appreciative
Audience.
DR.. COOK TOMORROW
Man Who Either Did or Didn't Find
the North Pole, viii Give
Lecture There To-
morrow.
Especial to The Gate City /

I
KAHOKA, Mo, Aug. 25-Thursday's
sessions of the Kahoka chautauqua
We're execellently attended and the
programs were of the best of the
years. The afternoon was opened BY
The DeKoven Male Quartette, and
their prelude was excellent and from
the hearty applause accorded have
certainly fulfilled the requirements
of the Kahoka chautauaua, that every
number must be of the best and all
talent Must make good"
AT 800 p. m, Dr. ~ MCGEE Waters,
pastor of the Tompkins Avenue Con-
gregational church (Which Is the larg-
est church of this denomination in
the world, and the largest protestant
audience in Greater New York City,
gave his mastery lecture Daniel
Webster, Americas Greatest Citizen
to as appreciative an audience as has
been present at any OF the sessions
this year. the tent, which seats 1,200
comfortably, was well filled, and
from beginning to end his audience
were carried with him and regret was
expressed that he had finished sc
soon. DR.. MCGEE is man of most
charming personality. and one OF the
strongest orators who have been up
on the platform here this year.
Among many of the good things
given his audience we find a few
which we feel we can repeat to advan
| tage:
Every great event hinges upon {
great man.
IF you want to make young
man smart don't give him too man,
books to read, but give him those tina
are tough enough to keep him chew
ing
isn't 1t queer how poorly the PEG
pie pay school teachers and minis
tiers? That is why the preacher
look so emaciated."
ANY thing that is worth while Il
never paid for in this world"
In this world there is no failur
but moral failure; and there is n,
victory but moral victory"
i The speakers description OF the life
work, success and worldwide powe
of Daniel Webster as we'll as tn
scene of his death and burial. wer
most vivid. and his tribute to tn
merl who wore the blue and the me
who wore the gray. was one of tn
most patriotic of his many sentences
His tribute to '.Old Glory was mos
beautiful and thrilled the hearts {
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-08-25
EVERYTHING EASY
FOR UNCLE SAM
Is Going to Build Big Hotel Costing
Half Million Down In
Panama.

WASHINGTON. Aug. 25.-Eyery.
thing is easy for Uncle Sam, and no.
where is this demonstrated more fore
IDLY than in the Panama canal zone.
1t is now announced that the Pana-
ma railroad. which is owned by the
United States, through the war de-
partment, and which. in turn owns
about everything along the big ditch
from laundry to lodgings, is to build
magnificent hotel at Colon. This VIII
be In addition to the Hotel Tivoli, now
maintained at Ancon.
The new hotel is to be called the
Washington, and is to cost not more
than 100000: 1t will be situated on
Colon Beach. close to the waterfront
with fine outlook on Limon Bay. IN
the rear. on the city side, 1t viii race
large park, which is to be enlarged
and beautified during the constructor
OF the hotel. On the ocean side, I'M
provements are to be made which will
add to the beauty OF outlook and con-
venience of the hotel guests. Among
the latter will be an innovation IN
the form OF salt water swimming
pool which will be open to the sea,
though protected from wind ana
waves and stormy weather. A bathing
beach will be provided in addition TO
the pool, and strong sea wall is al
ready In process OF construction.
The hotel building will be 900 feet
long and will be constructed almost
entirely &C concrete. Woodwork Will
| be reduced to minimum. In the
kitchens for the dining rooms will pc
established every known device
| for convenience. speed in ser
| wing guests, and cleanliness. On the
first floor will be large reception,
smoking and lounging rooms, and ball
room. On the second floor and also
/ the third will be lightweight he'd
rooms. SO constructed as to be avail
/, able for use as suites OF as high as
/ fifteen rooms. Shower baths will DC
! a feature of most of the rooms
i In fact, the new hotel promises 70
furnish accommodations for visitors
4 or residents In the canal gore equal
I IL not superior to anything obtainanie
j in the states. with picturesque fea.
! lures unsurpassed even by those OF
northern resorts.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-08-25
CANNIBALS ARE
ON THE WAR PATH
New Hebrdes is no Place for Mis-.
sIonarles Unless They Are
Very Skinny.

VICTORIA, B. c.. Aug. 25.-The
joint administration of British and
French in the New Hebrides is not
working we'll, and reign of terror
prevails in the islands, according 70
a report made by Bishop Wilson. bish.
OPP Of Mehanesia Adkie.
Natives have been outraged. accord
ing to advices from him received by
the steamer Mariana. which arrived
from Australia Tuesday night. and
there have been several massacres
and attacks on the missions.
An attack on French trading yes
sci at Malekula-i in the New Hebr.des
is reported Three of the crew were
captured and killed. Their bodies
we're tied to poles and carried up ant
down the beach for exhibition Later
they were eaten by cannibals.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-08-25
Not ouaIIHed.

A Chicago minister tried band
concert and then chapter of vaude-
Vile without succeeding in getting
larger congregations. 1t doesn't seem
to have occurred to him to try preach
ing Jesus Christ and Him crucified.-
Keokuk Gate City.
Keosauqua Republican: The Gate
City should bear in mind that the kind
of so-called preachers it here men
lions can't preach Christ and Him
crucified," for such fellows. as rule
have devoted but little time to the
study of "the Word
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-08-25

The average farm value per acre OF
all field crops grown in 1910 in the
United States was approximately
s10.47, as just estimated by the de
partment of agriculture. This Is a
decrease of 80 cents from last year,
when the average was s11.46 an acre.
1t goes without saving that this av-
erage is much lower than it should
be. More careful selection of seed
and better methods of cultivation
would enable the farmers of the coun-
try to make more creditable show
ing.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-08-25
ent as boy spectator, and we'll re-
members the events of that Ito him)
very interesting occasion.
Some PIGS.

KeosauQua Republican: Pigs is
Pigs" and John R. Madden of Yer
non township knows it. On Wednes-
day morning of last week he ana
some help started from his home
about o'clock with drove of hogs,
numbering 16e, for Keosauqua For
this bunch of porkers John r. receiv.
ed a little over $1,000. And this did not
bankrupt his stock of hogs either, fol
he has 165 spring pigs from which he
expects to draw future dividends.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-08-25

Pure food inspectors arc arresting
farmers in the northern part OF the
state for selling eggs that were found
not fit to be in good society. Fines
of from IS to $40 and costs were i'm
posed. It should be generally under
stood that it is just as much a viola.
ton of the pure food law for a farmer
to market bad eggs as it is for a grocer
to palm them off on customer.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-08-25

Senator Kenyon has assumed the
right attitude if a Storm Lake paper
represents him correctly. Briefly, he
does not believe that it is the business
of the United States senators to
use undue effort to make their re-
spective states support this or that
Presidential candidate. He is for the
denomination Of Taft, openly and
above board, but he does not propose
to come into Iowa and insist that
everybody else shall agree with him.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-08-25

A correspondent of the Keosauqua
Republican writing from Douds-Lean-
do tells about Geo. H Denning. farm
er near that town, marketing 140
bushels of timothy seed at s615 a
bushel, which added to his bank &C,
count 1851. Besides this the hay
from which the seed was threshec
brought him a good price. The Re
publican in commenting upon the in
cident truthfully says:
Such an incident as this (ant
there are hundreds of them in Iowa.
in California would be taken up by the
real estate pushers out there ant
heralded world wide as proof tina
that state Is the best in the universe
In which to live"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-08-25

A cartoon was published about the
beginning of the late extra session OF
congress, showing Uncle Sam at the
station bidding the Democratic don
key farewell as he was taking the
train for Washington. Uncle Sam say
ing: Now, see If you can keep from
making an entire jackass of yourself.
Same old donkey.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-08-25

Belle PLANE Union: Iowa has a
law that says all roads must be drag
ged after the rains In how many
places is the least attention paid to
that law? And yet we talk about
living up to the laws.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-08-25
Musterino in Of Nineteenth Iowa.

Keosauqua Republican Forty-nine
years ago Monday of this week the
Nineteenth Iowa infantry was mus
tered into service at Keokuk. viz.
August 81, 1862. On the first dress
parade Of the regiment at the camp,
which was located on ground adj
jacent to what ia now Rand park,
there were 1908 men in ranks, by
actual count, for the writer was pres.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-08-25

A church in Minneapolis staged s
prize fight one evening recently Just
to show how a boxing bout is staged
and how the blows are struck" Fhe
attendance was all that could be de-
sired.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-08-25

The Jacksonville Courier refers to
the Peoria Herald Transcript as a
sample standpat newspaper. By the
same token the Jacksonville Courier
belongs to the same class.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-08-25

The University OF Pennsylvania has
sent an exhibit of 400 teeth to Rome
That is one way OF showing our teeth
to the old world.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-08-25

REQUIRES about 1oo.ooo.ooo acres OF
land to grow all this corn. which di-
rectly and indirectly feeds and sup
ports more than one-fourth of our
people.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-08-25
RULE OF CONDUCT.

I will govern my life, and my
thoughts. as if the whole world were
to see the one and to read the other
Seneca.
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DUST.

We're told that We are made of dust
The high, the low, the bad, the Just.
The worthy and unworthy;
Were naught but concentrated mud
For all our claims of birth and blood,
OF old earth we are earthy.
And some OF Us think we are bricks
And lend ourselves TO foolish tricks,
While some OF US are takers.
And act as though We really though
The dust of which our forms are
wrought
Would make thousand acres.
Some OF us 1--we as though our dust
Was found on some Pixies Peak or
Bust
Gold mining expedition;
And others are so grim and tough
They seem to be of granite rough,
Or dust made by attrition.
Some think our dust was found
In some vale of enchanted ground
To give us price ecstatic;
Some of us feel that we are made
OF dust for which much coin is paid
In cities plutocratic.
The man who catches in his eye
A speck of dust that's drifting by,
And uses language shady.
Knows not but that meath his eyes
lid
Is for the moment subtly hid
An atom of fair lady.
We all of us are made of dust,
High, low, rich, poor, just and unjust
And rulers and dependents.
The porter with that whisk of his
How do we know but that he is
A-whacking our descendants
Chicago Post.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-08-25

Delenda est musca. In plain Unit
ed States, swat the fly.
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keokuk Iowa ....... August IS, 1911
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Some OF us 1--we as though our dust
was found on some Pixies Peak OF
Pust
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nId MINING expedition

And others are so grim and tough
They seem TO be of granite rough,
Or dust made by attrition.