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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-09-07
TAKING A "sANE" VACATION.
Advantages Of Resting at Home Mum
erous-ssve Both Money and
Time.

Chicago Tribune: Every year for
good many l have been puzzled about
vacations. No matter what the length
of my prospective absence, the dispo-
sition Of the other half of the family
or the condition of the treasury de-
partment chat being uniformly doubt
full, 1 temporize, shift, feint, duck and
cross counter when it comes to de-
Gliding the vacation match. My neigh
bors usually announce some weeks In
advance that they are going to the
Adirondacks, Hudson Bay or Europe,
and slip away for two week in the
country. l am neither so facile nor
so ingenious as my neighbors.
This year l have considered the
problem from many sides ut Is geo.
metrical subject) and have come to
the conclusion that staying at home
will be the result Since arriving al
this noteworthy decision and conidine
| It to some close acquaintances have
learned with some surprise that the
number who long since adopted my
scheme is considerable. have beer
able to learn, through bit of inquisi
torial practice, these facts:
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-09-07

Creston American: The Keokuk
Gate City issued a splendid forty
eight page edition this week. 1t pre-.
sented the facts in the matter of the
progress which is being made in
developing the great water power
project in Keokuk and was filled with
interesting information on the subject
The issue was highly creditable one
and Creston people will be interested
in it because Of the fact that C. F.
Skirvin, formerly of this city, Is the
manager and editor of the Gate City
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-09-07

The Marshalltown Times-Republican
says that the only material left for
the crop killer to work over deals
with an early frost and corn in the
milk.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-09-07

vinton Eagle: The Keokuk Gate
City got hump" on itself Thurs
day and issued forty-eight page edi-
ton. 1t was a complete mirror OF
that good city down in the corner OF
the state. The Gate City clearly
showed that no Gate Cityite need feel
ashamed Of his home town.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-09-07
What the Country offers,


So much for the philosophy or rea-
of vacations. Perhaps, however, the
prime consideration will be found in
the methods Of spending the leisure
period in the city as compared with
those extant at the usual summer re-
sorts. For this purpose l submit
these summaries:
City Amusements--The street, the
crowds, the cafes. roof gardens,
theatres, summer gardens, amusement
parks, beaches, the usual features
provided by merchants associations
and others to counterfeit the summer
exodus, fishing at no great distances,
bunting at but little more, athletics
Of all kinds under model surroundings,
boating, sailing, excursion boats,
launches, various athletic shows,
aquatic sports, baseball, golf, tennis
and hundred other forms of diver
sion too generally practiced to be
specifically mentioned.
4 Summer Resort Pleasures-The or
binary summer resort offers the neg
alive pleasure OF country air. Aside
from this 1t has little to offer. Usual
ly the fishing is little better than that
to be found within easy reach of the
cities. Camping out can be duplica
ted In the sleeping porch. Boating
bathing, water sports, ETC., are all
provided at home. AS a matter Of
quiet analysis the usual summer re
sort has the following advantages te
offer: Climatic conditions: better
air and work in the open; change o.
scene.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-09-07
Advantages Of a Home Vacation.

Advantages OF Home vacation.
The advantages of summer vaca-
ton at home are:
saving in railway and other fares
of one-half the usual sum spent for
these summer rests.
From two to five days additional
rest period
A considerable extra sum for spend
ing.
The comforts OF home,
Clean beds and bedding.
Sufficient screening.
Digestible cooking.
The proximity of more means Of
diversion.
| The absence of the noisome summer
pretender.
| The escape from the summer resort
I life"
/ Practically all the usual summer re-
sort pleasures without most Of their
/ inconvenience.
The security of being near enough
to business to resume it II occasion
should arise.
4 AS to the other side Of the problem
i have discovered the following disad
vantages:
n No change of scene.
4 No change of food or fellows.
No new and interesting people.
No experiences. real or apocryphal
for hearth fire entertainment.
Mo material with which to edit!
, neighbors and friends.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-09-07

With Iowa's apple crop making sud
den fortunes for its owners and a
failure in the celebrated apple dis
tricts of Oregon, the need of few adj
vertising real estate agents to picture
Iowa lands to the migrating hordes of
the continent Is emphasized, says the
Council Bluffs Nonpareil.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-09-07
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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-07-12
EASTON

| tM- and Mrs. J. Arthur Sherwood ,hnjoyed an auto ride to Danbury on Urnday evening. FAIiss Frances Fanton has returned
 1S Stepney, having spent several days ks guests of her parents, MT. ana Mrs hWilliam Fanton, of the Center. Mrs Turney Northrop was recently kntertained at Mrs Charles Milton's,
 m Bridgeport.
 Miss Brennan of Bethel, has been Sanpointed to teach the school at the Hsilbertown school for the ensuing year. Miss Jones, the teacher who taught
 here last year, does. not wish the !6chool this year.
 Miss Mae Freeborne is spending iRev days in Bridgeport with friends. John Ogden is on the sick list. ! Miss Lillian Andrews is visiting MT. l6na Mrs Clarence Andrews, of Rock House, for few days. ! MT. and Mrs. Joseph Hill, accompan- fed by MT. and Mrs. Arthur Sherwood, Eecently enjoyed an auto ride to Strat- Tord. and had a shore dinner. I'll N. Martin, who has been prin- hntpal in a grammar school in Wash
 naton. has been appointed to teach Ehe Academy for the coming year. There are several children boarding Mt MT. Cohen's place from New York leity
 ufx Frank Jordan, of the Postal Tele- Bhone Go. H George Favereau is helping John Sherwood through having.
 Mrs. Mildred Ferris was in Strat- haeld on Monday morning.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-07-12
MONROE

Messrs. wallance and Ernest Van Ruren of New Haven, enjoyed their kacation with their cousins, William Ky and Edwin c. Shelton. "a
 John Fredericks has returned to his onome in New York, and his son George kfll spend a months vacation with his n1ncle, Andrew Rau. ' Lewis Thompson and family spent Hhe Fourth with relatives in Sey- mour.
 Fred Rau and family spent the Rrourth with his parents.
 Miss Sadie Burr has visited her sis fer, Mrs S. B. sHurdM eE.s-
 Roderick Stockbridge, who formerly lived in the Brooks place. died at the New Haven hospital, Monday, with cancer in the stomach, and was buried ln New Haven on Wednesday after moon.
 Mrs Emily Fisher and daughter of Bridgeport, have visited their friend, Mrs. Marshall Beach. Y Mrs. Henry J. Lord is entertaining her cousin from Newburg. N. Y. William S. Clark is getting Ezra B. ndeeker's hay and Edwin C.. Stevens has harvested Marshall Beach's hay erop.
 X Rev. MT. Balcom of Georgetown, Conn-. preached in the Congregational hhurch, Sunday, as a candidate. t Mr4 Belinda Atwood has returned
 fom "a pleasant visit with friends in
 e4ksQeEt & @
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-07-12

we must not forget that tax on the income of a bond is not tax on the bond itself and he would still be ahead of the game and the effect on the value of the bond would be negligible. To. illustrate: d,DOO bond exempt from taxation, say munici- pal 15 mill tax-$15 annually. The holders income from 1t is about $35 to $40 annually on which his income tax would be very small, and the value of the bond would not be in any way affected.
 But aside from that I think we ought to revise our views on the advisabil- ity of allowing the State to exempt all it's bonds from taxation for the pittance it gets in premium, and deprives the towns and cities of al- most 20 times as much in taxes dur ing the life of the bond.
 To illustrate again, $1,000 bond ex- empt from taxation could be sold say at an advance of 3 per cent, $30. If the rate of the local taxation is 15 mills, you will find that the bond holder has benefited in exemption from taxation 20 times as much as the State at the expense of the muni- cipality. This is all wrong. Aside from this 1t provides a means for peo- pie of wealth to escape all burdens of taxation by investing their wealth in bonds exempted from taxation.
 The State will have no difficulty of selling it's bonds in the market even without the exemption from taxation, because its security is better and there is no element of risk. Thus you see that there is not one solitary ar- gument advanced against this amend ment which can not be refuted, as they are all baseless and without any reason.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-07-12

country. We became one country and one nation, and what benefits one part of it benefits the whole country. May as we'll Fairfield county refuse to pay taxes because, forsooth, New London county will spend 1t, or vice versa, but we do not recognize parts in State because what helps one part helps the whole State and so 1t ought to be in case of a nation. But a new spirit and a new patriotism has been born in this country. The rep resentatives of wealth in order to escape taxes and escape their just share in support of the government would not hesitate to raise and use antagonism of section against section in order to attain their purpose of escaping from taxation. The argu- ment that Congress will become ex- travagant if it will get the right to lay an Income Tax is simply not true. as I have already shown. Con. gress had the right to lay an Income on account of it? The Billion Dollar Congress was achieved without an Income Tax. And it is my candid opinion that an Income Tax would be conducive to economy. When one pays directly his tax, be it more or to it that the money is not spent extravagantly. In the case of in- direct taxation one does not realize that he is paying it and therefore he is careless about it. The argument that Congress may use the power to tax incomes to destroy the State is, to say the least, simply foolish. The nation is composite of its parts, the several States, and it will certainly not destroy itself. And as I said be- fore we had the experience before, when Congress had this right and did not harm the States.
 The argument that the Income Tax will impose a tax upon the salaries of State officers and therefore ought not to be enacted is an unfair ar gument. There is no valid reason why one, who derives his income from holding a State office should be free from taxation, while one who gets his income from a private position has to pay tax. All ought to bear their bur den of taxation alike, no matter what their source of income is.
 There remains one more argument to dispose of, namely: that an Income Tax would compel a holder of munich pal and state bonds to pay tax on the income he derives from those bonds, and therefore it would cheapen those bonds. Now in the first place,
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-07-12
SZakaI Went
 Down Before Night Stick
Tried to Hit Officer With Stone But Got the Worst of it.
 Fined in City Court

James Szaka1, an iron moulder, thought that he had as much right as anyone else at the railroad wreck early last evening and tried to push his way through the police lines
 Officer Keogh ordered him back. He refused to obey. Keogh gave him a hard shove and Szakal measured his length in the dust.
 . T fix you, he shouted with a few selected paths, seizing a cobblestone and springing up. But the officer was too quick before him. He gave him the right and left'' with the club, first on the wrist and then on the head. SZakal went down like a log and was carted to headquarters.
 This morning he was found guilty of breach of the peace and using abu- sive language and was fined $10 and costs by Judge Foster in the city court He paid up and left, little wiser as to the advisability of obey ing a policeman's suggestions.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-07-12
ARRESTED FOR SPEEDlES
Campaign Against Violators of the Automobile Laws Has
 Been Begun by Sheriff EllwOOd
Especial to the Farmer.)

Fairfield, July 12-Sheriff H. R. El- wood arrested Isaac Terry on war rant issued by Justice Hotchkiss of the Plattsville district, who charged violation of the speed laws. The ar rest will be followed by a civil suit for damages brought by First Select man Charles Fox who owned a valu- able dog killed by MT. Terry's motor car while he was driving. Sheriff El- wood proposes to organize a campaign against speeders, and the killing of the dog has hastened his action. Just what he proposes to do he has not announced, but he will arrest every speeder going through the town, if possible.
 MT. and Mrs. Simon c. Bradley will entertain the members of the Green field Country Club. at the club house tomorrow evening. The reputation of the hosts for providing good time will result in large attendance.
 The Ladies' Afternoon Club will hold lawn social this evening at the home of Mrs Ella Hilliers
 Thornton Belden is building a sum- mer home on the property purchased from George Meeker, last year.
 The wreck at the Fairfield avenue viaduct in Bridgeport, yesterday, seri- ously interfered with travel on the trolleys. and by motor cars and wag- ons The blocking of the tracks cut off the only avenue by which cars can reach Fairfield from the barns in Bridgeport. Two or three cars from Norwalk made trips at long intervals, and it was almost impossible to make time between points west of the wreck. The need of a supplementary line crossing the tracks is evident.
 Miss Julia Banks has been awarded an honor certificate by the State Board of Education for efficiency in teach ing.
 MT. and Mrs. A. Brothwell entertain ed MT. and Mrs. J. Louis Shay at Red Rock cottage, over Sunday.
 Elmer Mills is now in the employ of the A. & P. Tea Company of Bridge port.
 The wreck on Fairfield avenue yes terday called to mind wildly the ac- cident here only a few weeks ago. The fact that the blame has again been laid to the door. of dead engin- ger has called for considerable com ment of an unfavorable nature
 MT. and Mrs. Carney with Dr. Blaksley of Hartford, spent Sunday at the home of James Bennett, taking Mae Bennett in their auto to Hart ford on her vacation.
 THOMAS NOON, bott1er of fine beers
 and liquors. Free delivery at Fair
 field Beach Mondays and Fridays Moerlin's Extra Beer S1 per case.
 Telephone 109-14. D 22 If.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-07-12
NEWTOWN

The following fine program to be rendered at the Town Hall this Thursday evening on the occasion of the Song RecitaI'f by Cecil Wright, man, accomparist, assisted by Angus ta Campbell, reader; Grace Eleanor Johnson, soprano; Amelia Alen. vio- linist; speaks volumes for itself. A great deal of interest is being mani fested doubly so as the opportunity Is glad to take advantage of the un- usual treat promised The proceeds being for the benefit of the Sandy Hook Library, will arouse the ben ificent spirit of all interested in that progressive institution. The vocal "The Eagle" by Mrs. Holman, is prize composition while a student at the Yale School of Music, others will be numbers by Edward Mcdowell. Hugo Wolf, also Old Scotch and Old Irish. Miss Johnson will render three numbers each by Beian, H. Lane Will son and Wilson G. Smith. Miss AL lens numbers will be two by WienO- waki and the two numbers selected for themselves while the young lady hereby needs no further introduction in her home town having recently graduated with High Honors from the School of Dramatic Art at Syra- cuse University. Her numbers will consist of (A) The Sweet Girl Grad uate. (B) Her First Automobile Ride. No one can afford to Miss the evening. Admission 25 cents.
 Mrs. Fredric c. Briggs is entertain ing Miss Mary Louise Prindle and Mrs James Saxton of Bridgeport.
 Master Charles Miller. of Bridge port is spending vacation at the home of his Aunt Mrs. John Sheehan. MT. and Mrs. c. B. Taylor, MT. and Mrs. w H. Hubbell and guest enjoy ed an Auto trip to Emerald Lake near New Milford Monday, where they were guests of the camping rarty of which the Misses Taylor and CT.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-07-12

and distribute these folders in the family where the fsew baby has ar- rived. These with the personal visit and sympenh etc interest of our sehooi nurse might check to some extent the mortality among the newborn
 We. also have a. folder with in- structions for the care of persons afflicted with tuberculosis. that could also be place6 where they might do
 '"The suggestion of this department that milk stations be established for the furnishing of properly prepared milk for babies during the hot months is being carried out by the an opportunity for beneftting ths race that should not be overlooked Errors in diet are responsible to large degree for the great mortality among the babies end this work of the Visiting Nurses association is fun- damental and must bring good re- suits. hope that in the initiation of this work, generous support will bs given to the ladies who are to carry it out. At the beginning of another year, the board of apportionment may appropriate something for it's main tenace.
 Air Contaminated.
 .'The air. of the city Is constantly contaminated by careless housekeep- CTS in the disposition of animal and it's smoke and other odors. The trains running through the city daily add something to the sum of the causes of contamination.
 At this present time the odors from the garbage plant and tht mud from the garbage plant and the mud are receiving public attention, with opinion divided as to which is tfs greater offender. No matter what disposition shall be made of the gar bage, the mud flats will remain an are eliminated by placing bu1kheads at the margin of the channel and hII- ing them in. This will convert our harbor into a canal and eliminate all the odors arising from this source"
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-07-12

was adopted. and sent to the Common Council with the suggestion that the sewer at this point should be pur be- low water at the outlet. The gar bage smells were not otherwise dealt with pr. Mcclellan included in his annual report a suggestion that the flats should be dredged out at this point until they will be covered with water during the lowest tide.
 The report follows:
 July first makes occasion for a re- port from the department. The fig a most favorable period in reference to freedom from contagious diseases or excessive mortality. Measles is the only exception, the disease prevailing extensively and the death certificates reveal a mortality from this source of 12.
 Total mortality from ell causes foi the first six months of 1910, S2S.
 "For the sinniliar period of the pres ent year. 764.
 "The city is to be congratulated on the improved equipment of it's health department. The work of the schoo, physician and the school nurse has revealed conditions demanding atten- ton. The welfare of the succeeding generation depends to some extent upon the faithfulness and efncienc, with which our work is carried out The work, aside from its humanitar- ian aspect hes also its economic view point. Pauperism comes largely from undeveloped humanity. We must as far as possible, remove the hindrances to development.
 We have in the young and rising generation a promising field for the reception and growth of sanitary and hygienic principles. My experience with adults in endeavors to inculate and enforce sanitary rules is, that 1t is a very difficult matter to get them to change their habits, and I believe that in teaching hygiene in our pub lie schools, few simple rules relat- ing to household duties and especially the proper care of the waste products, papers, ashes, garbage. etc, might be added to advantage.
 Children Suffer.
 "The report of the school physician makes known the fact that there are many children suffering from physf- cal defetcs and this vacation time should be taken advantage of for their removal as far as may be possible.
 Now that we have our folder printed referring to the care of babies, I would suggest that our school nurse make weekly visits to the registrars office and inspect the birth reports
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-07-12
STAMFORD FAIRFIELD SOUTHPORT
Daily Chroncngs of the Doings of Our Country Cousins by The
 11-1>11 ~ Farmers Special Correspondent
YOUNG WOMAN MISSING Complaints About Her Actions Result in Report of Her
 Marriage
ospecia.l to the F,armeA,


 Southport, July 12-Complaints have been made to the authorities concern ing the actions of a young woman well known about the streets, who is re- garded as incorrigible. The girl has disappeared and it is said that she is married. Her parents hope that she is and that she will remain away from the town.
 The big yacht Natchez which made this harbor on Sunday, is owned by Mrs. Mallory of Greenwich. The ves- sel attracted considerable attention.
 Wilbur Jennings made a business visit to New York yesterday.
 The funeral of George T. Horn, which took place this afternoon from his late residence on Sasco Hill, was strictly private.
 Mrs. J. R. Reels is entertaining her daughter, Miss Anna Reels, of Stam- ford.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-07-12
HEALTH BOARD
 WOULD HAVE SEWER DROPPED

At it's meeting, last night, the Board of Health declared the flats in the of Berkshire Mills nuisance. A resolution to this effect
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-07-12

Mrs. Charles Taylor, of 432 William street, this city, set sail this morning for England, where she will sojourn for a month or six weeks. Her many friends wish her pleasant voyage.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-07-12
JOHN w. GATES STILL
 IN CRITICAL CONDITION

Especial from United Press)
 Paris, July 12-John w. Gates, the American millionaire, is reported slightly better. today. His condition, however, is still critical.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-07-12
FIRST HEAT FATALITY IN
 MANCHESTER HAY FIELD

Especial from United Press-)
 Manchester, July 1.-The first fs- tality from the heat in this city wal the death of Robert J. Harrison, f. who died suddenly, yesterday. aftr hard work in a hay field.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-07-12

Auditors Report. City of Bridgeport, Auditors Office, July 1st 1911.
 FIRST DISTRICT. Statement of Appropriations and Expenditures of the City of Bridgeport for the month ending June goth, 1911.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-07-12

WANT ADS. GENT A WORD
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-07-12

Auditors Report. " City of Bridgeport Auditors Office, July Ist, 1o1r
 SECOND DISTRICT Statement of Appropriations and Expenditures of the City of Bridgeport for the month ending June goth,
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-07-12

The Nose" is smoking the Mug
 P'6 ss
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-07-12

THOMAS NOON, bottler of fine beers and liquors. Free delivery at Fair field Beach Mondays and Fridays Moerlin's Extra Beer s1 per case. Telephone 109-14. D 22 If.