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The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1911-11-08
Hopino For the Best.

"Now that we are married." said the
pretty chorus girl. "what do you pro-
pose to doF'
""Why," replied the son Of the mil
Honaire, II think we had better keep
it secret until / can get a good chance
to break the news to the governor
when he is in a pleasant mood
But how long is it likely to be be-
fore he gets into that kind of moOd?"
"It's hard to tell. The stock market
is bad, but let US hope for the best.
He may win ii dollar or two at poker
some night before the week is ended"
Chicago RecOrd-Herald.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1911-11-08
A DUST BATH FOR
Hens IN WINTER.
Dry Earth and Sand Form an
Excellent Mixture.

Before the ground freezes we take a
good sized box and fiji it with rives
sand for the chickens, writes Il CORE
spondent of the Breeders Gazette.
This should be absolutely dry, so it
will not freeze during the winter, and
should contain as many clear grit par
ticles as possible. While the dust is
plentiful along the roadway we secure
another box of still larger dimensions
than the first one and fill it with this
dust, storing both boxes away where
their contents will not get damp and
freeze later on and where they will
not be wasted until needed.
When winter sets in and the hens
outdoor bath in the dust is no more
we take several gallons of sand and
dirt from these boxes, mix a small
quantity of wood ashes with them and
place them in a DUx made expressly
for that purpose in one corner CT the
scratching shed. Here the hens can
scratch and wallow around to their
hearts content, enjoying as good a
dust bath in the dead of winter as
they did in summer. Whenever We
notice that the lice are botbering the
flock some reliable insect powder is
bought and sifted around in the dust
box. The hens thus dust themselves
with it and keep the flock free from
these pests at a time when dipping
would be out of the question under or
binary circumstances on the average
farm. A new supply of the dust, sand
and ashes is supplied as needed, and
the box is kept clean at all times.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1911-11-08
Postponed.

Professor busy writing)-What do
you want now?
Lucy-I only want to say good night
Professor Never mind now. I'm
busy. Tomorrow morning will do just
as well.-Philadelphia Times. :.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1911-11-08
No Fear,

''The paperhanger is one man who is
not worried about his business"
"Why not?"
Because he rather likes the pros
pect of its. going to the wall."-Balti-
more American.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1911-11-08
Land Fertility.

Profits to be derived from farm
may not be calculated by the number
Of acres 1t contains. The quality of the
land is more important than the acres
1t covers. Don't be dissatisfied with
poor farm simply because it is poor
one. Scarcely any farm is so good as
not to be capable Of improvement
Ideal farms are scarce, and hopping
about from one to another offers no
opportunity Of bringing farm up to
high standard Of perfection The man
who impoverishes farm by constant
cropping without generous filling In
tnes. his o@n pocket rafni~ ase ike
banks-rhe more you put into them the
anger the return Of INTERESTINGLY
can Cultivator.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1911-11-08
Too Durable.

"You ought to refuse that rich man.
He is too old for YOU
81 am going to refuse him. He is
too young for me-"
TOO young?"
''Sure. He might live twenty years
Houston Post.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1911-11-08
IInfortunata Woman.

Farmer-I thought ez much o. that
dog ez of my wife.
Motorist-Well, I'm sorry l killed
him. How much do you value him at?
Farmer-Oh, about so cents.-Chica-
60 News.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1911-11-08
She Knew.

Judge-Do you know the meaning
Of an oath, madam?
The Witness proudly)- Your honor,
an me husband shippin' before tn
mast these fifteen yearstSydney Bull
letin. 8N
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1911-11-08

Client BY Jove, # costs more to gel
divorced than to set married! WHAT
LaWyeE 1t;e worth more, isn't it,
1 IN opinion.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-04-05
ADVERTISING IOWA.

The Rock Island railway company
is doing some good work in the way
OF advertising Iowa in eastern news
papers and magazines. L. NJ. Allen,
the general traffic manager, has is
sued the following announcement,
which is displayed in a six inch
double column advertisement:
Iowa is a great state. no state in
the country can take greater pride in
her agricultural wealth, commercial
progress and industrial enterprise.
Her resources have not yet beer full
ly developed and there are splendid
opportunities along Rock Island lines
Iowa farm lands are among the most
productive in the entire world They
VIII grow profits to earn good interest
on the investment required. IntelIi-
gent cultivation insures certain sue
cess. Town and country afford at
tractive investments There are open
lngs in her thriving cities and towns
for industries of every kind. Live com
mercial organizations are ready to
help you locate and prosper, and your
markets are close at hand with money
to buy. Tell me today what you arc
looking for and viii put you in touch
with people upon whom you can rely"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-04-05
MISS COUSINS, OBJECTIONS

After advocating woman suffrage
for many years Phoebe Cousins has
come out in opposition to it. In an
address before the Illinois legislature
she gave the following as some of her
reasons for believing it impracticable
and unwise:
1t is impracticable and of but tenn
porary value to the wife and mother,
and of no permanent use TO woman
in the outside world. the chief objec-
ton being the limitations which are
inherent in the nature of woman-both
by reason of motherhood and the lack
of incentive, which confronts women
in pursuit of public careers. In rough
estimates, the census bureau not hay-
ing exact data, over 100000 children
are born every year. This means
that millions of mothers are practic-
ally set aside from the public duties
before and after the birth of the child
for a period of not less than two years.
and possibly more, in which she can.
not be tabulated as factor in the
political world, and if we pursue her
domestic limitations still further as
the material guide and director of the
family group, she is practically Of
little value as an integral part in the
political count
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-04-05
ONCE ENOUGH FOB HIM.

Criticism of newspaper work and
workers would be less frequent il
more people had enjoyed an expert,
ence similar to that of Rev. Malcolm
James Mcleod who edited just one
issue of the Pasadena. (Cal) Star. At
the conclusion of his self-imposed
task. he indited these trenchant sen
timents:
My time is almost up as l pen
this last line; my hand is almost par
alyzed, my brain is befuddled and
am fee to confess that am right
glad to vacate the holy spot. Such
rush and riot and disarray, such a
tumble and potpouri, 1t strikes me
as the daily effort to bring order out,
of chaos. and do it lightning quick.
am reminded of the memorable words,
the earth was without form and void
and darkness was upon the face of
the deep and the spirit moved upon
the face of the waters. Never shall
| criticise newspaper men more.
shall pray for them. They will have
my hearts forbearance henceforth,
and forever, the hardest worked,
shortest lived. poorest paid brain
workers in this weary old world If
ours
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-04-05
STRINGENT HEALTH MEASURE.

Unusual powers are given to the
state board OF health by the provis-
ions of the Smith bill when passed
the house by vote of 73 to 1. The
bill provides that where the state
board of health conducts an investiga-
ton into health conditions. it shall
have absolute power 20 summon Wit
nesses and compel the production of
books and papers. The bill also pro-
vides that those who do testify in
these hearings shall be en-
titled to immunity from prosecution
which may follow as the result of such
investigation.
The bill is designed to meet circum-
stances such as arose when the state
board of health sought to investigate
the Des Moines Water company at
the time of the typhoid epidemic. The
officials of the company refused to
testify. The measure goes long way
toward making effective the investiga-
tons of the state board of health.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-04-05

as the government of city is d BUSH
ness matter. The national government
lis simply a much bigger proposition.
Our institutions of government
were founded after and amid the most
profound and sincere deliberations OF
men whose names will never be for
gotten. The constitutional convention
was not a body to which men could
be elected again. The men who con-
stituted that assemblage were not
worrying their brains about whether
some provision they were working fol
was going to get them more votes at
the next election. The greatest minds
in that meeting were not seeking Of
fee. They were trying to form an in
strument for the best government of
a great and growing country They did
it. The nation has lived and prospered
under that document for more than
a century. In the very nature Of
things, some amendments have been
necessary and they have come. Out.
side of one of these, they have been
incidentals and have not changed the
fundamentals This is not the time to
change any fundamentals.
The question OF electing senators
by direct vote was threshed out 125
years ago, and was turned down. 1t
was claimed that there should be two
bodies-one elected by direct vote of
the people and one elected by repre-
sentatives of the people. The wisdom
of that plan has been proved by more
than century of test
Theoretically, the direct election Of
a senator does not limit the choice of
the people to a self-appointed appll-
cant. but practically it does. The peo-
pie have no voice in the matter ex-
cept as between the candidates who
put themselves forward. 1t would take
away much of the responsibility of
the legislature
II has been said that 'one of the
strengths OF this govern
ment is that one branch of it is one
move removed from direct vote
Sometimes the country finds itself
n a condition that comes very near
the truth of that state
nent. In the summer of 1886 for in
stance.
This is a subject for your deepest
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-04-05
A NEW CLEANUP SCHEME

The particulars of new town clean.
up scheme come from Atlanta, Ga. Il
appears that Atlanta was dirty. The
mayor tried to get money TO clean
the city, bat failed He turned to a
woman to help him out, Mrs. w. Woods
White. president of the City Fedora.
ton OF Women's Clubs, who suggested
that coupon appear in the newspa-
pers signifying promise on the
part of the signed to clean her own
premises on certain date. These
coupons were sent to a committee,
and the ward having the greatest
number of responses received a re-
ward of se5. 1t worked and Clean
ing-Up Day" has become an institu-
ton IN Atlanta.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-04-05
SPEAKING About Iowa.

Hopkinton Leader The PROPOSE
ton TO appropriate a large sum for
the purpose of advertising Iowa to
the world is without doubt good
move, and if the money is we'll spent
it may attract population to replace
the young men and families who have
been drawn away by the allurements
Of cheap western lands. The idea
looks so good to the great daily news
papers and commercial clubs of the
larger cities, who really expect to
benefit largely by the advertising
campaign. In the meantime the lit
tie country newspapers will keep
right along advertising Iowa without
hope of direct compensation from
legislative appropriation or any other
source, The country newspapers
have had the faith of their convictions
and have been consistently holding up
the good points of Iowa, while their
big brothers in the cities have been
advertisements. How much more the
STATE would have lost in population
had not the country boys restrained
emigration by their loyalty to homo
interests is matter OF conjecture
but it has been an important factor
in tie boosting of Iowa, Shrewd
young men are investing in Iowa
farms, foreseeing that the near fn
ture will bring another advance in
values. other shrewd young men
are going to buy every forty and
eighty-acre tract that is possible, fore
seeing that a farm of that size will
eventually be in great demand. Iowa
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-04-05
THE ELECTION OF UNITED STATES
SENATORS BY DIRECT VOTE

1 0ttumwa Courier: While Iowa and
two or three other states are now
struggling with conditions that turn
men to favor the election OF senator's
by direct vote. We must not overlook
the fact that these conditions are the
exception and not the rule. 1t is much
better to have law based on the geu-
ersl rule than on the exception.
This proposition to elect senators
by direct vote, il, in our opinion.
one OF the most serious governmental
problems that it is possible to raise
as an issue. Every man and woman
should give it the most serious and
painstaking study. We do not say that
it is wrong. but We do say that it Il
does turn out unsuccessful it is bound
TO be very serious wrong. Before
deciding TO change, it should be de
bated from every standpoint.
In the first place, it Will practically
make the senate and house one body
1t makes the election of senator d
scramble for votes by men who put
themselves forward on the people, and
does not give the people an opportun-
lty 10 select a man because of his fit
ness for the office. 1t does away with
representative government. 1t re-
stricts the choice of the people TO one
of the self-announced candidates.
convention or legislature can, If it
so desires. drop all the candidates
before it, and select a man who is not
a candidate, but is man known to
have the necessary qualifications for
the office. Under the direct primary
system that cannot be done, even if
the nomination is thrown into the con
yentlon because one candidate did not
receive the required number of votes
The convention must select one of the
men who was voted for on the ticket. |
Thus this system again defeats repre-
sentative government.
This is not the time to take up
such question. This is commercial /
era. A great number of men who are
capable of the best solutions of the |
greatest responsibilities, have for the |
oast decade devoted their time and /
themselves to business. More men of
business ability must I
,e enlisted to work for the govern
nent. The government of this nation
business matter, just the same
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-04-05
SPECIAL ORDINANCE NO. az.


AN ORDINANCE GRANTING TO
He MISSISSIPPI RIVER POWER
COMPANY, ITS GRANTEES, sue
CESSORS AND ASSIGNS. THE PER
PETUAL RIGHT TO BACK. WATER
OVER AND TO FLOOD AND SUB
MERGE FOREVER ONE AND FIFTY
THREE HUNDREDTHS t1.53)
ACRES, MORE OR LESS, IN THE
NORTHWEST QUARTER OF SEC
TION THIRTEEN G3), IN TOWN
SHIP SIXTY-FIyE (G5) NORTH IN
RANGE FIVE (5) WEST OF THE
FIFTH PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN. IN
LEE COUNTY. IOWA.
WHEREAS, the government of the
United States has heretofore granted
unto THE KEoKUK AND HAMII.-
TON WATER POWER COMPANY,
"a corporation organized and
existing under and by vir-
tue of the laws of the state OF lii
nois). its grantees, successors and
assigns, the right to erect, construct.
operate and maintain dam across the
Des Moines rapids in the Mississippi
river for the development of water
power and the generation, use and
transmission therefrom of electric
energy and power said grant and
said rights being contained in and
created and granted by an act of
congress entitled, An Act granting
to THE KEOKuK AND HAMILTON
WATER POWER COMPANY rights
to construct and maintain for
the improvement of navigation
and development of water power.
dam across 1.-THE Mississippi
river approved February 8, 1905, and
WHEREAS, by the act of congress
hereinbefore referred to, the said THE
KEOKUK AND HAMILTON WATER
POWER COMPANY, its gran
tees. successors and assigns
are required to build lock
and dry dock with their an
purtenances for the use of the Unit
ed States government and In the aid
of navigation of the Mississippi river.
and
WHEREAS. THE MISSISSIPPI
RIVER POWER COMPANY, is the
grantee, assignee and successor of I
THE KEOKUK AND HAMILTON
WATER POWER COMPANY and
has acquired by purchase and assign
ment all the rights and priv I
ileges OF said THE KEOKUK AND
HAMILTON WATER POWER COM /
PANY and as such grantee, assignee
and successor has begun and is now
constructing and erecting said dam,
and
WHEREAS. the construction, erec-
ton and maintenance Of said dam is
OF great commercial advantage to the
citizens and property owners of Keo-
kuk and will greatly develop and
promote the prosperity, general well
fare, comfort, and convenience OF the
city Of Keoknk, and ofNall of the in
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-04-05
OCCUPATION DISEASES

The report OF the Illinois Commits
sion on Occupational Diseases, re-
Gently made. is an important contribu.
ton TO the literature of industrial NV
giene, according to an editorial in the
Journal Of the American Medical AS.
ISOLATION for March %. While other
states have made some inquiry inro
industrial accidents, Illinois is the
first state toltake up the study of in
dustrial diseases. The commission has
had only ten months in which 10
work, but has submitted an epoch.
making report. Limited time and
funds made it necessary for the com
mission to restrict its work to pois
onous trades, those studied being the
lead trades, brass and zinc trades and
trades involving exposure to carbon
monoxid
The report on the lead trades shows
that lead poisoning is probably the
most important industrial disease to
be found in Illinois Twenty-eight
trades in which lead poisoning occurs
fNiN HC'ii'' i'lSiddll5 IJdlILlHS, plum D.
ing, making of storage batteries. man
ufacture Of paints, polishing cut glass
handling of leadcolored wall papers.
etc. In one Illinois factory employing
AZ men, partial inspection showed
twenty-five suffering from lead pois-
oning. In factory employing ninety
four men, 20 per cent were poisoned.
The report on the brass Industry
showed that brass founders ague is
comparatively common except in well
ventilated boundaries. Only four ont
OF eightynine foundries visited were
found to be free from this disease.
Inc most startling effect OF this dis.
ease Is the shortening of life. Out Of
l'ftl brass founders, only seventeen
We're over fifty years of age. Carbon
monoXid poisoning exists in steel
works, being due TO exposure to gases
generated during smelling. An exsnli-
natlon OF 24o workmen in steel plants
showed most of them to be in poor
physical health and deficient in mrs.
GUAR power Blood examinations m
slxty-eight cases showed ahnormaI
lblood conditions in practically all
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-04-05
The Court House.

Fort Madison Democrat: There
seems now no doubt but that the Lee
county court house at Fort Madison,
which was badly demoralized" by
fire last Wednesday night, will be re-
built along the old lines. Supervisors
Hosier and ScheffIer express them
selves as in favor of SO doing and
Supervisor Young is probably of the
same mind, though we have not had
the opportunity personally to find
out. Rebuilding of the structure we
believe to be the best solution of the
matter, as the work can be done prob
ably within the sum that will be re-
ceived from the insurance companies
plus the $4,000 that can be appropria-
ted w the board of supervisors, under
the law, for rebuilding purposes,
SHOULD necessity require. This pro-
cedure would certainly be the cheap
est way, and it is our belief that no
othes. way SO satisfactory generally
could be devised
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-04-05

may belong to the city of Keokuk
and as may be subject to over.
flow by the new water level 90
casioned by the construction nm.
GRAFTON and maintenance of tho
keokuk and Hamilton Water
Power dam across the Des Moipes
rapids in the Mississippi river
Section 9. That the mayor of III.
city OF Keokuk, j. r. Elder be, and he
is hereby, authorized to execute
acknowledge and deliver deed Ia The
Mississippi River Power Company for
the rights herein granted, and in ac.
cordance with this ordinance. which
deed shall be attested by the clerk Of
the city of Keokuk.
Section 3. That this ordinance
shall be published In The Daily Gate
City and The Constitution-Demo
newspapers of general circulation in
the said city of Keokuk, and the same
shall take effect from and after its
publication.
Section 4 The expense of pub.
LEGATION of this ordinance shall be paid
by the Mississippi River Power Com
pany
Section 5. All ordinances and
parts of ordinances in conflict with
the provisions hereof are hereby re-
pealed.
PASSED AND ADOPTED THIS
thirty-first day OF March, 1911.
Roll call.
Elder-Aye.
Gray-Aye.
Schmidt Aye.
]. T. ELDER, Mayor.
Attest:
0. W. NsANDBERG, Clerk.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-04-05
keokuk, Iowa .......... April 5, 1911
THE ROSY TIME.

Driftin' to the rosy time, sure as
you are born;
Says SO in the twilight hour and
says so in the morn;
Says SO whether winter roars and the
blizzard nips,
Driftin to the rosy time, don't you
feel those lips?
Driftin', driftin' dearie me,
And I'm glad to go
From the shadows to the shine,
From the ice and snow.
Driftin' to the rosy time, feel It in
your blood
That ripples with sweeter song.
in all its rudy flood,
Something meltin' in the heart of the
ice and cold,
Till the violet shall knock, and the
marigold,
Eriftin', driftin', like dream
On a silver sea,
From the freezing and the frost
To the sunny glee.
Driftin' to the rosy time, driftin many
mile
While the gardens Of the Lord some
where sweetly smile;
Somewhere. somewhere, indeed, in
the heart and out,
So that every time you look makes
your spirit shout,
Driftin' driftin', sweet and calm,
Till some day we'll wake
Underneath willow, where
Flossy catkins shake.
Driftin' to the rosy time, don't care
what they say,
Those blue eyes in yonder sky are
the eyes of May;
Flashing of that sudden light in be-
tween the trees
That's the hoyden April, clad in her
witcheries,
Driftin', driftin here we go,
And I'm glad to fly
From the ramparts of the snow
To the plum bloom sky.
Baltimore Sun.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-04-05

That President Taft did have in his
possession certain evidence of con.
ditions in Mexico which in his judg-
ment justified the concentration Of
army and navy forces near to that
country, but which he was not at lib
erty to give out to the American pub-
lie and the world, was the impression
gained from statements made to the
Washington correspondents by three
Republican members of the senate
foreign relations committee. These
We're Cullom. Lodge and Smith of
Michigan They appeared to be per
fectly satisfied that the President
could not have done otherwise, know
ing shat he did, and that congress
would agree when it came to under
stand the situation. The information
was to the effect that Mexico was on
the verge of a widespread revolution,
whicf misht have ENDANGERED hun.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-04-05
SPRING.

SP' iit9'
Full many a dub of purest ray serene
Now beats it southwark with base
ball team,
And each within his armor plated
bean
Harbors dream glad but hope
less dream.
They fondly dream of mighty three
base clouts
With bases crowded and the score
Already they can hear the gladstone
shouts
That echo from the bleachers to the
sky.
All, Many are the battles won in
spring
BY youthful heroes all unknown to
fame,
How nightly the little pill they sting,
Their clouting breaks up many a
fancied game
But when the ides Of April roll around.
Where is the mighty swat-the
iron arm?
The hero of the springtime may be
found
Back milking cows upon the old
mans farm.
Milwaukee Sentinel