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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-04-24

weeks ago, has already ,emptied 81
many houses in Rome that a lowering
OF rents seems inevitable. Staring
with 500 members, the orgariizaiiiions
now numbers several thousand ana
SO determined are their tactics that
in nearly every case OF eviction The
tenants have succeeded in preventing.
the re-renting Of the houses.
The non-paying tenant plan to bold
out until reduction in rents, which
are higher than in any other city in
the world, is made. Hundreds Of
houses from which they have been
eyicted have been stoned and sacked
and such violence done that nrospec.
tive tenants are afraid to move into
the empty houses.
Thousands of persons are Sleeping
in the streets and in huts and caves
outside the city wall.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-04-24
GASOLINE FOR RIVER BAReEs.
D,,,;pa.. Non,e

The st. Louis Business Men
League has appointed a committee OF
which Lyman E. Cooley, the Chicago
drainage canal engineer, is chairman,
to consider and report upon what
type OF vessels is required for freight
service on the Mississippi. The COM
mittee is expected to consider two
kinds, the old tow line barge and the
boat-like barge. each to be propelled
by gasoline Mr.. Cooley says such
boats draw only a, few feet of water
and could be operated at light cost
He saws the development OF this
kind of craft has caused the iegisla-
ture OF Ohio to consider the restora-
ton of the Buckeye states canals:
I'VE know river transportation is
an unqualified success In Germany,
he saws. ..and / for one would like to
see if it will work In. the United
States. Our greatest handicap here is
lack of proper terminal faclilties. II
a boat line were established between
St Louis and New Orleans with free
freight it might not compete with the
railroads if adequate harbor facilities
were lacking In Germany there are
better river depots than railway sta
lions, making river transportation Of
heavy articles the only method in
vogue.
"On account of the long and short
haul low river transportation seems
much more feasible than 1t did when
the railroads were allowed to kill by
ruthless rate cutting any attempted
competition before it could get fairly
started"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-04-24
Progress is the Watchword Of the Age

~
city would build up on broad and
solid foundation 1t must have for its
corner stone PROGRESS.
Opportunities are presented to al
most all cities to do those things that
would bring the city into prominence
and make 1t an ideal place in which
to live and to do business. The reason
SO many cities fail In the great war
fare that is being waged for COM
mercial prestige is because they fail
to grasp the opportunities about them
until their more progressive competi-
tors dig a deep chasm between them
and the opportunities that were easily
within their reach.
In every city the work of civic i'm
provement and city building falls on
a few people, who are public spirited
enough to take hold of the work and
push 1t to success over any and all
obstacles and opposition.
The men who build cities must be
optimists, for in the active business
world there Is no room for a pessim-
LIST. The business world is heartily
tired Of the grumbler and the GROWER
There is no sympathy in it for the
man who is not willing to work and
who is trying to keep his nelghbor
from working for his own personal
advancement and for the advancement
OF the city in which he lives.
The men who are working to do
things for your city are builders
they are constructionists, not de-
structionists. Be builder, not COM
palmer
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-04-24
A magnificent eclipse of the sun IS

A magnificent eclipse of the sun is
scheduled to occur on Friday of the
present week. It's path, however, VIII
be wholly in the Pacific ocean, the
belt of totality extending from south
eastern Australia to Central America.
Partial eclipse will be noted in the
southern and western parts of the
United States in the afternoon, but
the eastern states and the greater
part of Canada lie wholly outside o.
the eclipse area.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-04-24
How's Thisy

We ofYer One Hundred Dollars Reward
for any case Ct Catarrh that cannot be
cured og Ha rsr Sasarr q cG Curs 80. =
.c. the undersigned. have Known =. ].
cheney for the last Is years and believe
him perfectly honorable in all business
ry out any obligation made by hts arm
Waldtng. Kinnan Z. Marvin.
Wholesale Druggists. Toledo. o
Halls catarrh Cure ID taken internally
acting e,rectIy upon the blood and ,..u
eous surfaces Of the system. Testimoa-
falls sent free. Price Is cents per bottle
Sold by all druggists.
Take Hairs Family Pills for constipa-
ton.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-04-24
An Interesting Experiment.

Clinton Herald: The Keokuk Indus
trial association has just closed con-
tract with N. w. Aver & Son of Phil
adelphia, one of the Oldest, largest
and best advertising agencies in this
country, to conduct two years pub
Lefty campaign for that city. 1t is the
first time in the history of this adj
vertising agency that the advertising
of a city has been undertaken, the
claim being made by the management
of the agency that no one city pos
sesses particular advantages over an
other city The building of the great
water4power dam at Keokuk has be en-
the prime factor in determining them
to undertake the work at this time.
The amount Of money that will be
appropriated to carry on this cam
pai2n of publicity for the coming two
years is not yet known, but it is prob
able 1t will be considerable, as it is
proposed to advertise that city from
ocean to ocean in magazines, newspa-
pers, and with pamphlets and circu-
lars. The advertising agency will
send experts to Keokuk to make a
study OF the local conditions to deter
mine on just what kind of copy to
prepare. all of which must have the
%. K. of the Industrial association at
Keokuk.
Not only will the experiment be
watched with a great deal of interest
but 1t clearly indicates the trend Of
the times and demonstrates what the
municipalities of the country must dc
If they expect to continue to grow
and to prosper.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-04-24
GETTING DOWN TO HARoPAN.


A significant sign of the times is
me large number of idle freight cars
On the railroads of the country Fig
lres show that since November, 1909.
up TO last month, there was an In
crease of 1853, 999 in unused cars.
While at times, the figures show, the
net surplus of idle cars has fluctuat-
ed, in the main it has steadily increas-
ed. From all railroad sources informa-
tion is received to the effect that be-
fore the number decreases there may
be thousands of more unused cars. To
day there are POS, 527 Idle cars on 1863
railroads. against 39.528 belonging TO
the same number of railroads In No
vember, 1909 The increase is practi-
cally evenly distributed. each road
percentage being about the same.
Railroad officials agree the cause is
lack of production on the part of
manufacturers in every part OF the
country,
Because Of the conditions that pro-
duce this state of affairs there is a
growing ease Of money, Owing to the
small demand it is being offered in
New York for six-months period at
little over 3 per cent, and for over
the year at less than 4 per cent. This
; IS interpreted, and no doubt correct.
-Ely' 70 mean that business is settling
down TO hardpan Whether it remains
there long or not depends largely on
the amount of uncertainty injected in
to the business situation by the politi
clans at Washington.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-04-24
A Reliable Mediclne--No. Narcotic,

A Reliable Mediclne--Not Narcotic
Mrs. F. Marti. ST. Joe, Mich, says:
Our little boy contracted seyers
bronchial trouble and as the doctors
medicine did not cure him, | gave
him Foleyfs Honey and Tar COMPOUND
in which l have great faith. It cured
the cough as well as the choking and
gagging spells, and he got well in .
short time. Foley's Honey and Tar
Compound has many times saved rs
much trouble and we are never with.
out it In the house Wilkinson { Co,
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-04-24
THE CASE OF Mr.. THoRNE.

The only discordant note In the
harmony chorus at the Kenyon rati-
fcation meeting at Fort Dodge was
sounded by Clifford Thorne. railroad
commissioner and rampant insurgent.
Mr. Thorne was called upon at the tail
end of the program and he started
out by telling an unprintable story
which made everyone gasp. Having
his own case in mind, he then went
on to say that in the election of last
fall 10000 men were urged to go to
the polls and vote against enc man.
The recollection of this report seemed
to excite him, and Mr.. Thorne agi-
tatedly shouted that there wasn't
going to be any harmony of principles
in Iowa and that the party might as
well face the music
why, if any of You men think
there is going to be harmony of
principles, bless your puny little
souls, he ranted, run up your
cowardly white flag and get out of
the way for men of courage
The erratic commissioner then
warned his $50 hearers to be on
guard against the man who asked
them to vote for this or that candi-
date. He advised them to trace back
such a request and see If it did not
originate with some corporation, of
which he warned them to be ever
watchful
Naturally Mr.. Thorne's bad break
has attracted wide attention and
elected not little unfavorable COM
ment in some of the leading Republi
can papers in the state The Coon
Rapids Enterprise does not hesitate
to characterize him as about the big
gest blamed fool the state of Iowa
ever elected to a state Office In JUS
LITIGATION of this opinion the Enter
prise goes on to say:
HIS course at the Kenyon recep-
ton at FIT Dodge was the most pet
fish thing ever occurring at a public
jolliication meeting in all the history
of Iowa. man who has SO much bile
in his system that he can't forget it
on social occasion, and smile and be
happy with friends once in awhile,
ought not to be permitted to wander
away from home.
But little less severe are the stric-
lures of the Cedar Falls Record,
which SAYS that Mr.. Thorne's brief adj
dress was full of factional indiscre-
ton The Record comedies it may
be true that 10000 men were per
suaded to vote against him, but iii
true the votes were directed against
him because of just such fool breaks
as he made at Fort Dodge" And the
Record foresees that the reckless fac
tional spirit shown on this occasion
will probably be the means OF an
other 10000 slump the next time he
runs for Office. The same paper
goes on to say:
"The Record gave Mr. Thorne
loyal support and it feels free to
suggest to him that he cannot afford
to carry a crouch constantly and GO
about with chip on his shoulder. He
is a public official and as such he has
certain duties to perform and ne
owes a certain amount Of civilitv to
the people whom he serves. II Mr.
Thorne does not want to get chastised
at the polls he will let discretion be
the better part of valor while serving
as railway commissioner
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-04-24

Among the events of the present
week will be the Southern Conference
of Women and Child Labor, in At
lanta. the Founders day exercises Of
the Carnegie Technical schools, in
Pittsburg;; the semi-eentennial cele-
bration of Vassar college, at Pouga-
keepsie: the Earl Grey Musical and
Dramatic Trophy competition. in
Winnipeg; the opening of the inter
national industrial exposition in Tur-
IN, ITALY, and the biennial conference
OF the Worlds Student Christian Fed.
GRAFTON which is 10 be held in Robert
college. constantinople.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-04-24
Keokuk, Iowa ....... April "a, 1911
The TEST OF QUALITY.

It's easy enough to call the bluff
Of the fellow whose stack is shy;
It's easy to make the road more rough
BY letting boulder fly.
It's easy to sneer at the genius queer
Who strives for purposes grand;
But it takes some nerve to draw kind
ly near
And lend him helping hand
It's easy to raise the ecstatic lays
For the hero at fortunes height;
It's easy to echo the songs OF praise
That sound when he gets in right.
But the man whose heart plays the
finest part
Is the one who can hravely stand
BY the chap who has made an IN
lucky start
And lend him helping hand
Washington Star.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-04-24

1t looks to others besides the Wa
terloo Reporter that the Three-I score
boards seem destined to be used this
season to post the latest bulletins on
lnjunctions and court decisions instead
of runs, hits and errors of baseball
games.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-04-24
SEVEN BURNED
BY SATURDAY FIRE
ST. Louis Department Made Fourteen
Runs and Was Kept
Busy.

ST. LOUIS. Mo. April "a. Four
teen fires, four OF which were disas-
trous, kept the St Louis firemen on
record runs Saturday and cost seven
lives and a property loss OF $4,000
Mr.. and Mrg. Thomas Onions died at
the same moment at the hospital at
FIVE o'clock, increasing the gasoline
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-04-24

OF the ten members Of the Iowa
delegation in the house, Pepper.
Democrat, of the Second district, AMI
Hubbard. Republican, of the Eleventh
district, voted in favor of the bill
granting free trade between the INT
ed States and Canada in farm prod
ucts. The remaining eight members,
Representative Kennedy among the
number, all voted Republican.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-04-24
tank explosion death list 10 seven

tank explosion death list to seven,
with FIVE others seriously injured.
A risky dog caused $1,000 fire in
the residence of A. Gallop by jerking
table cloth from the table with his
teeth. The lighted lamp fell on the
floor
The heaviest property loss was at
the plant Of the National Clock and
Electric Manufacturing company
where fire caused damage estimated
at $4,000. A loss of $4,000 and the
endangering OF the lives OF a score OF
people was the result of fire in a
tenement.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-04-24

Muscatine fellow, aged sixty, shot
his wife aged twenty-one The fell
low married the girl when she was
thirteen. There will be general ac-
ouiescence in the verdict of the Ce-
dar Rapids Gazette that he was a fool,
she was a bigger fool. and her pa
rents, If she had any, We're blankety-
Hank fools.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-04-24
CAMORRISTS ARE
STILL AT WORK
Little Thing Like the viterbo Trial
Does Not Stop the Gangs
Activity.

NAPLES, April 24.-With the trial
of the accused Camorrists in full
swing in viterbo, the Camorra is to-
day doing business in Southern Italy
as briskly as ever. No one here, the
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-04-24

All that is asked of the Mexicans
for the time being is that they shiny
on their own side of the international
boundary line
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-04-24

That is good advice given by an up
state country paper not to discourage
your boy if he wants to play ball. He
could do worse
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-04-24

Senator Kenyon's initial address
to the people of Iowa is conclusive
proof that the legislature made mo
mistake in the choice of DoIllver,s
successor says the Boone News.RA
publican,
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-04-24

"The man in any section Of town
with a good cow that gives milk
which raises cream in the morning IS
a little tin god in his community an
nounces the Atlantic Telegraph. The
fellow who has a real Jersey has a
whole neighborhood at his command
If he works 1t right"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-04-24

Revised version:
Baby, by. here's a fly;
Let us swat him. You and I.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-04-24

In other words and figures, that is
to say, Keokuk proposes to make the
best of EN- sit up and take notice
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-04-24
THOUGHT FoR The DAY.

The way to build city Is to build
factories: the way to build factories
lis to buy homemade products.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-04-24

Good results always follow the use
of Foley Kidney Pills. They give
prompt relief in all cases OF kidney
and bladder disorders. Try them. Will
kinson & Co.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-04-24

It would puzzle a Philadelphia
lawyer to tell who's got the button ?"
at Muscatine.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-04-24

All eyes on Keokuk. That's right
Now keep them there.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-04-24

If 1t is all the same to Spring, /
needn't hesitate any longer.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-04-24
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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-04-24
Affinities Will TrembIe.

WASHINGTON, April 24.-Whcn
Justice Gould of the supreme court q
the District OF Columbia disposed Of
the suit for divorce brought by Mrs
Clara Hamilton against her husband
Albert B. Hamilton, he set precedent
calculated to make "afiinities tremhle.
He declared that Fannie Hermann
named by Mrs Hamilton as cores
pondent should pay the cost Of As
trial.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-04-24

Once more hurrah for Uncle joe
Cannon! The manner of man he Is
is reflected by the following brief ex-
tract from the speech he delivered in
the house in Washington last Wednes-
day.
g. will follow my own Judgment.
even though II leads ne out of poll,
tics. will walk in the shadow Of nv
own judgment, as God gives me to
see the right, even though tread
the path alone"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-04-24
NOTES AND COMMENT.

In the view of the Des Moines Reg
lister and Leader, hell hath no fury
like the bleacher-warming fans who
see the umpire rob the home team IN
the last half of the ninth.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-04-24

His brief service as senator proved
him worthy of Governor CAROLS
Judgment" says the Burlington Ga
zette. speaking of Lafe Young. He
retires from office. not voluntarily by
long shot, but with the respect OF
his constituents and the hope OF
great many that the time will come
when he shall again represent the
state at Washington"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-04-24
MANUFACTURING IN IOWA.

Showing Standing the
ems
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-04-24

state at Washington"
Iowa lands were never SO wei
worth the money as they are TO-DAY,
we're never so profitable and were
navar so sure to advance in price,
saws the Des Moines Register and
,eader and adds: I'VE know OF one
township in Iowa that II put on Inc
market 10 be sold In a week would
hiring better than 5000 an acre. That
township viii sell for $500 an acre
within the memory of men now In the
prime of life.
The Columbus Safeguard tells TINS
etorv on Hon. A. ". Garrett OF Let's
who returned from Des Moines last
week where he served his first term
in the Iowa senate and became greatly
entbused over the senatorial fight: q
friend came 10 call on him early IN
the morning before he had gotten OUT
! OF bed and Mrs. Garrett said tnat 'ica
was sleeping upstairs and tnat NJ
might 90 to the stairway and call MIN
The visitor paused at the foot OF the
stairs and called out, Alexander y
Garrett" From the stiffness Of tne
upper story came the prompt sspi.
Claude h. Porter,"
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1911-09-22
Ladysmith Up-to-Date

For the past two years our city has
maintained one of the best moving pic
ture theatres to be found anywhere.
The pictures are always of the very
best variety that can be procured, hav-
ing passed inspection of the Censor
Board of the state, which insures them
to be produced by frst-class companies
of the very best subjects. The manage
ment of the Unique theatre has recent
ly installed q new Standard Automatic
machine guaranteed to be fire proof,
which produces life size pictures abso-
lutely flickerless, which makes this
theatre undoubtedly the best of it's
kind ever before in our city and is not
srpassed by any in the larger cities.
Quality in production is their watch
word. We are glad to insure you an
enjoyable hour. Come out and be
pleasingly entertained. 26-1
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1911-09-22
Promises to Children.

The promise you make to a child
is just as sacred as the one you make
to the most important of grown-ups.
Nothing should allow you to break It;
and it should be considered really a
matter of honor to keep to your word
here as elsewhere
There is a story of a little boy
whose parents had promised three
separate times to take him out driv-
ing ''the next time" and each time
had lightly repudiated the promise.
AS they drove away on the third
occasion, the youngsters stood at the
window and sobbed. There go the
two darnest liars in the country"
And it is true. A broken promise
is nothing but a lie, and the lie is
nc less an offense because it was told
to a child.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1911-09-22

F. V. Staley goes to Woodruff Sept.
80 to engage in an 8round boxing con-
test. He also has two contests for
Ladysmlth, the first to be Oct. l with
Sohr of Rhinelander. and the other the
latter part of October with Al Hoppe
of Minneapolis, who recently boxed
draw with Nels Jensen of Waukegan,
Ill. The two last contests will be ten
rounds.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Sampson were
called to Canton the first of the week
on account of the death of Mrs. Samp-
sons father, S. j. Packard, who died
at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Will
Horstman, in Barron Sunday. Fun
eral services were held at Sumner
Tuesday afternoon. Mr.. Packard had
reached the age of II years and leaves
wife, three daughters and three sons,
The Misses Nora and Carrie Hamp-
ton were at Portage, the first of the
week where they were guests of
friends to attend the aviation day pro-
gram at that place Tuesday. The fly
ing machine that was engaged for the
Columbia Company Fair was wrecked
at Depere and did not show up, so the
fair management took this opportunity
to make things right in that county
and had machine there, also other
attractions to make day of it.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1911-09-22

The Milwaukee Journal daily except
Sunday and the News-Budget, both
one year for 1925. 1872
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1911-09-22
Jury list

Jury Commissioners D. F. Manley of
Ladysmith and c, K. Ellingson of Haw-
kins met at the court house Sept. q
selected the following list of jurors for
the fall term Of court that commences
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1911-09-22
WANTED-FOR SALE-LOST-FOUND

GIRL WANTED = Highest wages paid.
Apply to- Mrs. 7. F. Armstrong. 14tf