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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-09-13
Anonymous.
War In 1850.

war IN 1901
Within the camp the womenettes
Were waiting for the fray,
And dreaming of the husbandettes
Who languished far away.
ITO arms! To arms! Ye soldierettes
The cruel foe appears!
Up, captainettes and colonettes
Up, hatpin brigadiers!"
The generalettes were sore dismayed
And cried, Alas! Alack!
And is there none to bring me aid
And hook me up the back?'
At last the soldierettes were dressed,
1t took them half the day
Then forward to the front they
pressed
And joined the bloody fray.
All. Many we're the rats that day,
And shreds of golden hair,
And many were the hats that lay
All torn and trampled there!
They battled till the field was red
Where once twas naught but green
But suddenly they turned and fled
A mouse was on the scene.
To north and south and east and
west
The daisies hiked, pell nell.
The mouse threw out his little chest
And chuckled: WAR is hell"
Milwaukee Sentinel.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-09-13
Commenting on President Taft

Commenting on President Taft's
avowed purpose to discuss the ques-
ton of uniform divorce laws during
his projected tour, John c. Richberg,
president of the Illinois commission
on uniform divorce law, says that
more than 80 per cent of the states
already have uniformity of legisla-
ton on the ''crux of the divorce ques-
tion-namely, causes for divorce In
these states. according to Mr. Rich
berg, there is also agreement on the
inhibition against remarriage within
a year and on the matter of residence.
two years residence being required
before proceedings can be instituted.
OF course the fact that 10 per cent of
the states remain without the fold on
the divorce issue still renders divorce
an easy matter to those who can at
ford the migratory" style of legal
separation
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-09-13
LlFE,s MIRROR.

LlFE'S MIRROR.
There are loyal hearts, there are spir-
its brave,
There are souls that are pure and
true;
Then give to the world the best
you have
And the best shall come back to
you.
Give love, and love to your heart will
flow,
A strength in your utmost need;
Have faith and score of hearts will
Their faith in your word and deed.
Give truth and your gift will be paid
in kind;
And honor will honor meet;
And a smile that is sweet will surely
find
A smile that Is just as sweet.
For life is the mirror OF king and
slave,
IT'S Just what you are and do;
Then give to the world the best you
have,
And the best will come back to
you.
Mary Ainge DeVere (Madeline
Bridges).
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-09-13
the improvement of their schools to
the highest possible efficiency.
A TELEPHONE NEWS COMPANY.

- ~ w. S0TWI fNtN
The first practical test in America
of the telephone news service to in
dividual patrons was inaugurated at
Newark. N. j., Thursday, by the New
Jersey Telephone-Herald Company.
The service is given exclusively to
subscribers from s a. m. until mid
night. The instrument is much like
an ordinary telephone receiver, which
at any time may be picked up by a
listener, who will hear the news that
happens to be given out at that mo-
ment. But the schedule calls for a
review of the news from to a. M,
advertising, to $50; personal and
local items, $50 to 10; stock quota
lions, general news and orchestral
program, to fill in the gaps till the
baseball or other sporting scores be-
gin to come in, while at night musical
or oratorical offerings are planned.
Attention to extra important news
will be called by buzzer Music and
sermons will be conveyed through the
transmitters placed in the halls or
churches.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-09-13
SAVING THE COUNTRY SCHOOLS.


The Educational Press Bulletin,
issued by the state superintendent
of public instruction, notes an en-
couraging revival in the work of the
country school of Illinois. New
school houses are being built on mod
ern plans, grounds are being improv-
ed, larger salaries are being paid
and better teachers are being secured.
One of the chief factors in the re-
vival, according to the bulletin, is
the special preparation of normal
students for the work of the country
school; in the last few years it has
become common thing for prospee-
tive teachers to take special courses
with the definite idea of specializing
in country teaching Rural school
boards have also awakened to the
possibilities of their schools and are
cooperating with county auperintend-
ents and state officials for the estab-
lishment of higher standards. The
Peoria Herald Transcript well says
of the outlook:
This is indeed a heaithfui sign
The country school has place
which can hardly be filed by any 9th
er agency. The township high school
is splendid thing, but it must be
many generations before it can be
made practical in the great major
ity of rural neighborhoods There Is
no reason why the farmers of Illinois
the wealthiest in the world, should
not gladly pay reasonable taxes fol
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-09-13
Tafpa plain speaklnn

Coon Rapids Enterprise: Is Taft
making mistake in handing IT TO the
insurgents? He might have gone
about the country in namby-pamby
way, said many things in soft way
said we are all Republicans. insurg-
ents and Democrats patriots, every
one of u but wouldn't lot Of folks
called him mollycoddIe? II the
President thinks that the insurgents
played politics, whats the harm in
saying SO? Taft was In position to
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-09-13
Not bad, that

In one of his Farm Notes Not For
Farmers Howard L. Ram gives his
experience with the self-opening gate.
He used to have one and he says the
arrangement is delusion and snare
"a bigger four-fusher that pious
elder who led double life and a
camp-meeting at one and the same
time" to use his own words. He
further says of it:
This gate was guaranteed to open
at the sound Of it's masters voice, IN
the teeth of head wind. and was
warranted halter broke and sound OF
wind and limb. AS matter of fact, 1t
always had to be opened with a set
of jack screws and crowbar. 1t was
the biggest nuisance on the place,
and caused all the hired help on the
farm to fall from grace. We finally
gave it to a Methodist neighbor who
wanted to test his piety.''
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-09-13
ROOSEVELT ON PEACE TREATIES

In an editorial for the current Out
look, Contributing Editor Roosevelt
returns to the attack on the Taft arbi-
tration treaties with considerable
heat. He declares that they are
loosely drawn, bind nobody to any
thing and are not straightforward.
He cites American wars as instances,
where the American people put right
eousness above peace, and says that
mo moral movement is helped by
hypocrisy" He holds that the same
law of righteousness should obtain
between nations as between individ-
uals. He regards the existing arbi-
ttration treaties as better than the
proposed ones, because they make no
false pretenses and exclude questions
affecting our vital interests, independ-
ence or honor" He believes there is
hopeless confusion as to what the
word "justiceable" in the new treaties
means.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-09-13
They Saw II paws

Iowa Falls Sentinel: Last week in
two days Montgomery, Ward & Co.
shipped ten large tie sacks of cata-
logues to this city for distribution
among our people The catalogue
houses have no dull season. When
the country merchants think business
is dull and cut out advertising, then
is when the large Chicago catalogue
houses do their heaviest advertising.
They say 1t paws.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-09-13

The International Harvester Com.
pany OF Chicago has begun an investi,
cation to determine the prevalence of
among its employees. This
is preliminary to opening clinic in
the factory under the charge of a ply
stefan and a tuberculosis nurse. For
two years the Chicago tuberculosis
Institute has urged upon manufactur
ers the value of conserving the health
of their employees. The directors of
the institute believe that medical ex-
animation and care of employees will
prove OF such value that eventually
all employees and applicants for posi-
tons in large establishments will be
systematically examined.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-09-13

Victor Berger, the sole socialist
member of congress, is given to cpl
grams Here is his description of
an insurgent:
IAN insurgent is so per cent of old
disgruntled politician, 80 per cent
clear hypocrisy, 9 per cent nothing
and 1 per cent socialism. Put in a
bottle and shake well before using
and you will have so-called pro-
gressive.'
Not bad, that
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-09-13
PROOF OF WILL.
State of Iowa, Lee County, IS.
District Court.

State of Iowa, Lee County, IS. In
District Court.
To All Whom it May Concern:
Notice is Hereby Given, That on
the 5th day of September, A. D., 1911,
a paper was opened and read by the
Clerk of the District Court of Lee
County, Iowa. purporting to be the
Last Will and Testament of Felix
Gremminger, late CT Lee County, in
the State of Iowa, deceased; and that
proof of the genuineness of said in
strument will be heard in the District
Court of said County at keokuk, on
the second day of October, A. D., 1911.
at the hour of 2 O'Clock p. M, of said
day, being the Seventh day of the Sep
TENDER Term, 1911, Of said Court,
when all persons interested in said
Will are required to be present, and
make their objections to the same, ii
any they have.
In Witness Whereof, hereunto set
my hand this 9th day of September
1911.
q r. LAKE.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-09-13

In an open letter Rudyard Kipling
adds his word and influence to the
forces against reciprocity in Canada.
He asks why Canada should throw her
resources to the Americans, who have
wasted their own Inheritance He
presumes that the American proposals
are not wholly altruistic and sees
nothing in it for Canada but little
ready money which she does not
need, and a very long repentance.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-09-13

AS usually treated, sprained
ankle will disable man for three or
four weeks, but by applying Cham
berlain's Liniment freely as soon as
the injury is received, and observing
the directions with each bottle, cure
can be effected in from two to four
days. For sale by all dealers.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-09-13

A European modiste says the rea-
son hobble skirts are not pretty on
American women is that the women
are too fat But where is the woman
thin enough to make a hobble skirt
look even passably attractive?
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-09-13

The illustrated papers and mag
azines have been featuring pictures
Of a recent practical test in the river
Spree, Germany, Of new fabric de-
signed to make clothing SO buoyant
that it will keep it's wearer afoat in
the water. The composition of the
cloth is kept secret.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-09-13

The government indian bureau has
planned to utilize the moving picture
to show the Indians right ideas OF
sanitation and health, and how to
prevent the catching and spreading
of infectious diseases. Picture shows
will be sent among the Indians, show
ing both the wrong way and the right
and the results in each case.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-09-13

A Methodist conference was in SEES
sion in Peoria for whole week
without one of the papers there maxi
ing even the slightest allusion to the
brethren's alleged fondness for yellow
legged chickens. The world is certain
ly growing better as it grows older.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-09-13
HORRIBLE!

What's the difference between an
Irishman frozen to death and High
lander on a mountain peak? One is
kilt with the cold. the other cold with
the kilt Exchange
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-09-13

The effect of the recall, wherever
tried, is to unsettle affairs and keep
things in the air. The recall should
be recalled.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-09-13

Peoria flremen complain that the
curfew, which is sounded by the fire.
bell, is running the discipline OF the
fire horses, and the Herald Transcript
is glad to learn that someone is pay
ing some attention to the curfew in
that city.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-09-13
Judge fairly well Of insurgent pur-
The MaIden's Choice.

Genteel in parsonage,
Conduct and equipage;
Noble by heritage.
Generous and free;
Brave, not romantic;
Learned. not pedantic;
Frolic. not frantic
This must he be.
Honor maintaining,
Meanness disdaining,
Still entertaining,
Engaging and new.
Neat, but not finical;
Sage, but not cynical;
Never tyrannical,
But ever true.
-Anonymous
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-09-13

The Ice man is loosening his grip
but the coal man is preparing to
clamp on his toe-hold. Life is just
one big expense after another.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-09-13
prominent advertiser recently

When you talk in the advertising
columns of publication you talk to
the multitude; when you talk in cir
culars and other printed matter, you
talk mostly to waste paper baskets
Don't talk to the waste paper bas-
ket.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-09-13
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY.

Cheerfulness is like money well ex-
pended in charity; the more we dis
pense of it, the greater our posses
sion.-Victor Hugo
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-09-13

1t used to be that the wages OF sin
were death. Now they are theatrical
contract-unless Beulah Binford' S
arrangements fall through.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-09-13

MoCutcheon in a cartoon In the Chi
cago Tribune suggests that college
songs be censored. What's the mat
ter with reforming college boys?
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-09-13

A Chicago preacher declares that
the Lord did not mean that we should
live in fats. From the way the land
lords are tcosting rents it seems to
the Des Moines Tribune they don't
mean that we should, either.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-09-13

The Manson Journal says that the
Republican party's present need is a
man who can reunite the warning fac
tions of the party. The Journal does
not believe that Taft can do it, and
regards LaFollette as even more
impossible.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-09-13

With Beattie convicted and John
Jacob Aston married the news outlook
has taken on decided cerulean hue.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-09-13

Mr.. Yamaski, the Japanese consul
at Chicago, says that he thinks the
Japanese plan of courtship is better
than the American way. The mother
of the expectant groom and the moth
ers of several young women of his
acquaintance discuss the matter and
then he is informed as to which are
suitable for him. In his own case
he says his mother presented three
young women for his consideration,
but he had long beforehand made up
his mind which one he wanted, and
was glad to know that she was among
the eligibles. OF course the young
lady must have something TO say
about it, and If her wishes coincide
with those of her mother they are
considered.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-09-13

It is Abe Martins observation that
some girls are born with big feet and
others wear white shoes.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-09-13

Statistics show that one farm in ev-
cry forty-four has an automobile. The
farmers are indeed going some
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-09-13
NOTES AND COMMENT.

A popular remedy for hay fever
has been discovered in st. Louis. A
half hour a day for two weeks spent
in a beer cooler has proven panacea
for the malady
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-09-13

Maine went to all pre-
redent.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-09-13

1t isn't the fault of the food trusts
that We eat too much.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-09-13

The Cedar Rapids Gazette believes
that Senator Cummins would have
more license to condemn Taft If the
latter had objected to Canadian reci-
procity and the senator had supported
the measure which the recent CON
gress adopted.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-09-13
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C. B. LAKE,
Clerk of the District Court.
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keokuk. Iowa ...... Sept. 10, 1911
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-02-13
HANK VAUGHAN, OREGON FRONTIER DAREDEVIL

Every pioneer resident of Umatilla
county remembers Hank Vaughan,
the daredevil of the oregon frontier.
and nearly every one else knows him
by reputation as surely as they know
Jesse James. The following account
of this desperado's exploits with the
firearm was feature story recently
in the Sunday Spokesman Review of
Spokane and will be read with inter-
est by people in this vicinity, for
Umatilla county was one Of his prin-
cipal stamping grounds and it was
right here in Pendleton that he met
his death when a fractions horse he
was riding fell, crushing him be-
meath its weight
Perhaps all of the incidents here
recorded are quite familiar to the old
timer and he could perhaps add many
more in which the immortal Hank
was the hero that are just as inter-
esting or more So But there is one
battle. perhaps the most famous OF
Oregon gunfights, which the chron-
icler omits in his account. That was
,ho hattle hetWeeR Vaughan and
Charlie Long which occurred in 1851
in which both men grasped the emu
OF a handkerchief and empted the
contents of their revolvers into each
other. Both men recovered from
this sanguinary duel and lived to be
friends. 1t may be that this fight Is
the same which the Spokesman-Re-
tween Hank Vaughan and Sagebrush
Brown.
The article appears in full below:
Hank Vaughan. Whenever that
name Is mentioned among the old
timers of the Inland Empire flow
NJ flashing reminiscence Ia certain TO
ensue. In Spokane, Walla Walla, Col
max, Cheney, Colville, Sprague' MOS
COW, Boise, The Dales and far away
Prineville anywhere in eastern wash
ington, Oregon or Idaho citizens are
still numerous to whom Hanh
Vaughan was known.
Each one of them could probably
tell separate story Of his smiling fear
lessness. The northwest had gun
fighters of note in the period oetweer
1870 and lS9O, out udhh N"ue
by deed and daring, is remembered al
the king of them all.
A Spokane resident Of today whe
probably knew Hank best Is II. w
Fairweather, former state senator. H'
was railroad superintendent on TN
Northern Pacific and oregon Ran
road & Navigation in the constructor
period. Hank handled horses and ma,
freouent business with the railroad
It was Fairweather who went into
room in walla Walla one day an
found Vaughan with gun IN M
hand and Congressman John Haiie
on the other side of the table un
armed. inviting Hank to commit mur
der. HALEY was administrator OF Tn
Robey estate. Hank married MT
Robey after her husband had pee
killed in the Snake indian uprising
or the $50, 900 left her Hank had IN
vested about 100000 in his own fasn
lon and felt that he needed more. II
was trying to convince the admins
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-02-13
traitor of that fact when Fairweather


traitor of that fact when Fairweather
Iinterfered.
Shot II Sheriff When Young and In
experienced.
This was subsequent to Hanks
falling in with man down in Oregon
who was bound out of the country
with band of horses. Hank was only
| a boy then and may have been some-
what hazy as to the proper procedure
when Sheriff Mattox and posse rode
I up on the camp early one morning
and shot Vaughan's companion. At
any rate, Vaughan shot the sheriff
| through the face, which Mattox sur
vived. Hank paid penalty for that
and improved an opportunity to learn
the blacksmith's trade.
1t was on Fairweather's account
that Hank once rode his hcrse into a
saloon on Riverside avenue after a
man named Florence and urged him
out of town by means of bullets. 1t
was on one of Fairweather's trains
that Hank put up his hands at the
! command of three holdups-with 7
revolver in each hand. Not being
particularly concerned he merely shot
one of them and kicked the others
off, two miles from Sprague. After
that he rode on a pass indorsed by
Henry Willard.
Hank also prevented the, railroad
pay wagon, with about 100000 On
it. from being robbed between Spo-
kane and Pend Oreille. Fairweather
received anonymous warning that
Hank himself had planned the hold
up. but he showed Hank the warning
and engaged him to guard the wagon
for $50 a day. There was no symp-
tom of robbery. To put Hank on
his honor was to win his allegiance,
Peaceable In Prince Albert i'm Town.
These are merely sample incidents
from a career that would fill book
of horse and gun history In town
Hank was the extreme opposite OF
the popular idea of a gunfighter. He
wore a Prince Albert coat and acces-
sories, and his auburn hair and mus-
tache were neatly trimmed. Occas'
ionally he wore species of vandikt
beard and might have passed as re-
Gently imported professional man up
'
3 With ordinary citizens he was hap
PLY harmless, good-natured, soft
D spoken person Of more than average
:. height with splendid shoulders an'
e engaging manners. Yet he Away
Q had guns under his long coat ant
= marvellous facility in producing then
n when the occasion seemed auspicious
4 On the range he was an entirely diff
l.. ferent edition of the same person
a From the huge white hat with tn
d rattlesnake band to jingling spurs hi
s was the frontier makeup-Mexica'
Y sash, guns and cartridge belt, chapps
: Spanish bit and saddle. He alway
= rode the finest horse he could &c
g and right here in Spokane he has dis
5. played his horsemanship by pickin
n up coins on the street from the SAD
:. die with his horse on the gallop.
l. Always Let the other Man Shoot Fir'
l. With more gunfights in his recor
e than any other celebrity of the fror
J. tier, however, Hank has never bee