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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-02-21

OLD FASHIONS.

.
There's old-fashioncd music and old
fashioned clothes,
and some lore to sing OF the old
fashioned rose.
There's oid-fashioned eating and old
fashioned wine
But the old-fashioned dollar IS Tie
fashion for mine
There's oid-fashIoned humor and old
fashioned fun
And eld-fsshioned blossoms that smile
in the sun
There's oId-fashioned beautv and old
fashioned SENS
But the old-fashioned dollars the fash
ion immense.
Are. are, when the other things fade
and retreat
The oId-fashioned dollars got every
thing beat,
For Ike old-fashioned friendship. it's
eyeryone's friend.
Till the stars blow away and the
worlds at an end.
Baltimore Sun.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-02-21

Senator Young told newspaper in
terviewer in Washington the other
day that we are going to have great
year in agriculture in the west be-
cause we have had one OF the miIdest
winters we have ever known. Con
tinuing he said:
..This is going to help the farmers
Immensely, and especially cattle rails
eTs. because in mild winter it costs
much less to fatten cattle than it
does when the weather is severe
They eat much less corn and the
farmers can fatten them in the fields
The miIdness of the winter in the
west has been a great boon to the
farmers. It means millions of dollars
to them
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-02-21
fNTERcHuRcH COUNTRY LIFE
MEETING.

The second conservation congress
held in connection with the Presby-
terrain Department OF Church and
Country Life will be in Decatur, II
linois, March Goth and 2lst This
meeting will be interdenoTninational.
The committee in charge consists OF
the Rev. Doctors Mills OF the First
Baptist church, Lawrence of the
Christian church, and Macdonald of
the Presbyterian church.
Decatur is central in the corn belt
and has been selected for this con
gress because of its position and be-
cause Of the exceptional good fortune
of Decatur in the leadership represent
ed among the men of the city The
presence In Decatur of James Millikin
University OF which DIR. Taylor is
president, with such distinguished
writer's and students interested In
the problem of country life as Profes-
sor Galloway, gives Decatur a distinc-
ton in the discussion OF problems OF
the middle west. Such men as o. 3.
Goron and ]. Bering Borroughs, among
bankers; Messrs. Wright Allen and 7.
T. Roberts. among farmers and pro-
prietors, and such men as Geo john
/ students of the farmers moral prob
lens, promise in Decatur good discus-
sion of the problems of country life.
The two papers, THE Herald and
THE Review" are edited by men
deeply interested in every human
problem. Bir. II. B. Wilson, superin-
tendent of schools, is a man Of dis
| tinction both as scholar and as a
humanist. The Sunday schools of Ma
con county are led by men of progress
sive spirit, Mr. r. C. Augustine being
chairman Of the county committee.
The ministers Of the city are men of
an exceptional interest in church fed
/ GRAFTON, DIR. ". Fl. PenhalIegon, Of the
First Presbyterian church, and DIR. j.
/ G. Willitts of the Methodist Episcopal
church, being leading representa-
tiyes.
/ To this meeting In March will be
brought the beat speakers in the
country who can be secured to pre-
sent the interests Of the country
population, agricultural, educational,
social and religious. The purpose of
the meetings is to discuss the build
ing UP of the country community and
! the construction of institutions in
the country adequate 10 the needs OF
the present. time. The people OF the
central states are the leaders in the
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-02-21
Lafe Youna.s Near pIsposItion.

Creston Advertiser: LATE Young GER
tainly has a mean disposition and his
ingenuity in slipping one over on the
insurgents is diaboIical He spoke
out without hesitancy on the Canadi-
an reciprocity treaty when he was ex-
pccted TO keep still because of his re.
Iations with the President. He has JIM
sisted upon primary on the senator.
ial question in spite of the fact that
Senator Cummins had decided that
st was not expedient at this time, Z
and his order was accepted by his fol
lowers throughout the state in spite
Of the fact that they were thoroughly
committed to the primary principles
and that their attitude was utterly in.
consistent. He has refused to enter q
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-02-21
PUBLICITY FoR kEokuk.

About one month ago President
Wells If. Irwin OF the Keokuk Com
mercial Club engaged Frank G. Moor
head to do some publicity work for
Keokuk IN its relation to the water
power project. Although but a short
time has elapsed, over score OF ar
ticles have been printed IN various
publications. while fully as many more
have been accepted for publication in
the near future The following maya
zines have ALREADY taken articles or
photographs TO be printed al any early
day:
The World TO-DAY.
Technical World Magazine
Golfers Weekly.
Leslfers Weekly.
Popular Mechanics.
The following newspapers have al
ready published illustrated feature
articles, ranging from one column to
one page in length:
Chicago Tribune.
st. Louis Giobe-Damocrat
St Paul Pioneer Press.
Minneapolis Journal.
Iowa Homestead.
Wisconsin Farmer.
Farmer and Stockman.
Sioux City Journal
Des Moines Register and Leader.
Des Moines Capital.
Des Moines News.
Cincinnati Post
Cleveland Press.
Shorter articles have appeared in
the Council Bluffs Nonpareil. Marshall
town Times-Republican Atlantic TeIe
graph, Omaha Bee. Omaha WoTid-Her
aid, Macornb Journal and other papers
! It is confidently expected that within
three months from the beginning OF
I the work, or By April ist, fully 100,
600 words concerning Keokuk and the
dam will either have been printed OF
] will have been accepted for early pub
lication. This is publicity of the right
kind, obtained in the right way Mr.
irwin chose wisely in selecting Mr
Moorhead as press agent, and the
I community is TO be congratulated upon
/ the results OF their efforts.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-02-21


The st. Louis Globe-D Democrat points
out that it doesn't look well in the
magazines to claim that many OF them
will have TO suspend unless the gov
eminent continues TO carry them in
the mails for one cent pound, a serv-
ice that costs nine cents a pound. II
this statement is true, the magazines
are dependent for support on money
supplied from the public treasury. AS
a matter of fact the big magazines,
on their own showing, are among the
biggest money makers in the country,
and their savings in the matter of
cost of transportation through the
mails, at the expense of the postoffice
department, go to help swell their
profits.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-02-21
Houston many happy returns OF til.

Houston many happy returns Of til.
day.
Those from distance were Mr.
and Mrs. Allen Barnett of Burling.
ton, Mr. and Mrs. Allen Gibson Of
Danville. Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Burton
and the Misses Marie and Addie
Bilderback OF TT. Madison. The pleas
ures and beauties of such an occas-
ion as the above makes bright spot
to look back on as the years so
swiftly pass.
Death Of Mrs. John J. Day.
The passing of another pioneer OF
Lee county is given below.
| Mary Elizabeth Brown was born
Oct. 81, 1871 in Denmark, Iowa.
At an early age she united with the
| Congregational church OF this place
and while her health permitted she
was active in the work OF the church
and has always led faithful, con.
scientious christian life.
| On Feb. Z. 1870 she was united
in marriage to John T. Day Of Shelf.
field, Ohio.
Her death occurred Feb. II, 1911, IN.
/ the same room in which she was
born and married
She was one of family OF eight
children, three OF whom survive her,
Mrs. Tibbetts of Fairfield, Iowa
I Mrs. Mills OF Houston, Texas, and
Mr. Edward Brown of Middletown'
/ Iowa She is survived by her hls
band and adopted daughter, Mrs.
IChas. Wharton and three grand
daughters also numerous neices and
nephews. some OF whom have visited
their aunt during her last week on
earth.
The funeral occurred Feb. ls'
from the Congregational church III
which she has been almost a lie
Imember and where her husband y
one OF the deacons OF the church.
She will be missed III both church anu
Sunday School as she or rather
They never missed unless sick 81
weather was very bad indeed.
4 To have lived a life of 20 years anu
all of those years in Lee county anu
nearly all those years on one farm
land yet be {. woman who mas
| travelled quite extensively in tue
United States and to be a woman
of the culture and refinement OF ME-
Day. ia not given to us all. but she
| has left us good example of what
good and true woman may be and ~
Rev. Lyman delivered very applo.
pirate address and she was laid -
rest in the Denmark cemetery there Y
await that last great day The Oe
reayed ones have the sympathies y
all in this hour OF sorrow.
1 The floral offerings were numerous
and beautiful.
/ HE giveth his beloved sleep"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-02-21
The Overlooked 80 Per Cent

THESE ONLY 1856 ARE LIVING IN
IOWA. AT THIS RATE HOW LONG
WILL. 1T TAKE Us To EDUCATE
MORE THAN 100000 FARMERS
WHO MUST FARM OUR 500 AN
ACRE LANDe WE REPEAT OUR
QUESTION
Is IT NOT TINE IOWA SHOULD
SPEND MORE OF HER SPARE
MONEY TO EDUCATE THE MANY.
INSTEAD OF ALL OF 1T TO EDU-
CATE THE FEWs
How can the state spend its money
to educate the many7 Our constitu-
ton makes this somewhat difficult
but NE can make beginning If We
trr. The department OF agricultural
extension at the state agricultural coli
lege has been getting $s5,nlt0 a year
The work of this department consists
IN holding short courses in the varl-
GUS counties Of the state. in planning
demonstration work TO be carried on
al the county farms. in conducting
special trains. in organizing boys
members started to studying agricul-
ture. and in similar WORK which car
ries agricultural knowledge direct to
the people. This department has been
getting but So, 900 each year. This
past year 1t has been obliged to refuse
more than eighty different requests
for short courses The most it has
been able to do this winter is TO hold
twenty-five short courses.
FOR EVERY DOLLAR THE STATE
SPENDS IN HOLDING SHORT
i COURSES IT GETS BACK SO IN M
MEDIATE CASH RETURNS WITH
in A YEAR THE EXPERIENCE
IN COUNTIES WHERE SHORT
COURSES HAVE BEEN HELD DEM
oNSTRATEs THE TRUTH OF THIS.
/ ON THIS SHOWING ONLY IOWA
COULD WELL AFFORD TO SPEND
sIeo. geo A YEAR AND THUS MAKE
lit POSSIBLE TO HOLD A SHORT
COURSE IN EVERY COUNTY IN
THE STATE
But the direct value Of the short
course is not nearly SO great as the in
direct value When short course is
held in the county, the people are
stirred up. They begin to see what
there is to be learned about better
farming. The boys are given a new
outlook Their ambition is stimulated.
And the result is that within very
short time there is marked improve
ment in the rural life. There is an i'm
provement in the social conditions.
The edcatIonal problem is proba-
! Iowa today We are behind practical
ily every other northern state. The
most effective start we can make in
improving our rural schools is to hold
] short courses and demonstration
work in every county in the state
] Not less than 100000 per year will
be required TO do this. 1t will carry
education direct to the people.
! IS IT NOT TIME IOWA SHOULD
SPEND SOME OF HER SPARE
MONEY TO EDUCATE THE MANY
i INSTEAD OF ALL OF 1T TO EDU
CATE THE FEW?
Farms and livestock on farms pay
three-ffths OF the taxes Are not the
farmers entitled to a beggarly 500,
900 year, to be spent in extending
the knowledge of better farming and
inspiring the boys and girls to learn
/ What do you think about it? Write
ia personal letter to your senator and
] representative, and tell him.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-02-21
atfor- These we're unanimously
adopted By the fifty men present
LlouoR lEuslA-rIor DOOMED

-t6CSh IGGnSISstOfS 00SW6 -.
The vose in the state senate sustain
ing the committee in an adTerse report
On he Alien bill TO amend the law
as 10 nuIct saloon petitions, Is con
strusd as showing that legislation az
fecting the liquor question vill not
get very far in the present legislature.
A corresp on6ent writes in reference to
the significance OF the vote
It is true that the question was Of
minor Importance, but the line was
clearly drawn The bill was TO make
II certain that the only election. the
Tote OF which should form the basis
for a saloon consent petition. is gen
erai election. not city or school. But
the committee had voted nine 10 three
against this BILL The senate voted
tEenty-three 10 ten IN support OF the
committee The vote was significant
not alone for the lineup on the main
question but for the fact that il Is
setting q precedent for sustaining the
senate committees There are no mi
nority reports in the senate. But there
were eleven Republicans who voted TO
sustain the committee and only one
Democrat against IT. That MEANS
more than half the senate is in favor
Of letting seig enough alone on liquor
legislation.
In the language OF Dr. shafrer. IT'S
weiI.''
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-02-21
NO uNsEx,ne IN IOWA.

Representative Perkins OF Delaware
county has introduced IN the lsgisia-
ture a bill providing for the steriliz-
ing Of hab.fual dTunkards, Feebleniind-
ed persons. imheciles. idiots. drug
hends and epileplics The bin follows
the line OF the Indiana Law. which IS
dead letter In that state and ths
Laughing stock OF the people
AS far as It has found public ex-
preston medical opinion in Iowa is
decidedly opposed to the measure. SUI
perintendent Nogridge of the state in
ssItution for the feeble minded at
Glenwood has let il be known Tery
promptly and emphaticaliy that il such
a Law should be passed and its enforce
menr should fall upon him he would
resign at once. II is his observation
that only a small proportion of idiots
are the children OF feeble minded pa
rents.
DR.. a w Guild OF Des Moines. in
prOnouncing against the measure.
pointed cut that it would be possible
10 treat the criminals Of this state
in the manner proposed, but there
would be nothing to prevent the Grim
inals from other states coming into
IoKa and marrying. Ii seems to him
that revision OF the marriage Laws
of the state, making it more difficult
for people 10 marry, would work TO
better advantage Dr. Guild is quoted
as saving further.
Unless he was kept confined the
criminal tendencies of man would
likely become more apparent after
such an operation. The operation
proposed, while it would unsex man,
would not make him effeminate and
would not destroy any criminal ten
denotes.
Breeding over what has been done
10 him would no doubt turn him
against the world and he would not
hesitate at any depth OF crime. The
law may work among savages, but it
strikes me that il is not applicable for
Iowa. The marriage laws of the state
have long needed revision and sng-
gest that a law be enacted which Will
do that rather than the enactment of
one which will provide for the unsex-
ing of men and women
Similar views were expressed by
DR.. Erwin Schenk Of Des Moines in a
newspaper interview. He regards the
measure as extreme. though recogniz-
ing that something should be done to
prevent procreation among the people
which the bill is designed to affect.
He declared that it would affict adj
ditional mental and physical suffering
on the people operated upon, and
where such an operation is not reQuir-
ed to save suffering or the life OF the
person operated upon he doubted
if many physicians would care to per-
form it. With others, he believes
that stricter marriage laws viii do
much to carry out what is intended
/ the bill shall do. 1t will not entirely
/ eliminate the bearing of children By
/ the vicious and criminal class, but it
will do much toward it. and he thinks
would be better and more humane
than the unsexing which is proposed
I in the Perkins bill.
a number OF other Des Moines ply
sicians who were asked their views on
the subject declined TO say anything
I for publication, but without exception
they declared they see NO merit in the
! bill, and with DR. Schenk and DIR. Guild
yentured the assertion that a revision
of the license and marriage laws oil
the state will effect as much good
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-02-21

Wallace's Farmer: We wish to put
q simple question TO the people Of
Iowa and TO their representatives and
senators IN the Iowa legislature
is IT NOT TINE IONA SHOULD
SPEND MORE OF HER SPARE
MONEY TO EDUCATE THE MANY.
INSTEAD OF ALL or IT TO EDU-
CATE THE EEwe
We have six or seven million dol
lars invested in the state university,
the state college of agriculture, and
the state teachers college. We have
spent millions more in supporting
them. the support and contingent ex-
penses Of these three institutions
amounts 10 about txo-thiTds OF mil
lion dollars each year. special appro-
priasions amount 10 as much more
For example the appropriation bills
in the house and the senate this year
provide for special appropriations for
the university. amounting to $3.50 COG.
/ for the agricultural college S3As-5no.
for the state teachers college $3.50.
[. In addition bills have been introduced
to levy a special tax of ene-hfth OF
mill for Eve years for the state agri-
cultural college and the state univer-
sity, and one-tenth OF mill for the
state teachers college.
It is not OR purpose now to inquire
whether or not good use is being
made of the millions of dollars we
are spending ON these institutions We
do not now say the state is not spend
ing wisely. But we repeat our cues
ton.
IS IT NOT TIME IOWA SHOULD
SPEND SOME OF HER SPARE
MONEY TO EDUCATE THE MANY
INSTEAD OF ALL OF 1T TO EDU-
CATE THE FEW
Not per cent OF the boys and
girls OF Iowa will eyer reach either
the university or the agricultural col
Eege or the normal school. Some
thoughtiess people viii answer that
they have equal opportunity. That is
not true-they do not have an equal
opportunity: they have neither the
time nor the money. What are ne do
ing for them? We are spending mil
lions for less than ! per cent: what
are we doing Tor the SO per cent?
Probably more than 50 per cent Of
the Iowa boys and girls live on the
farms Upon them will largely depend
the prosperity and happiness of Iowa
in the future. 1t is estimated that not
per cent OF the boys on the Iowa
farms ever get an education other
than what they get in the one-room
country schools, and the schools now,
when Iowa land is worth 800 per
acre, are not as good as when the
land was worth only $50 per acre.
Farming becomes more difficult each
year The farmer now needs to know
many more things than he did IN the
early days. Can Iowa afford to neg
i lect the education of the boys and
girls of today who must do her farm
] ing in the future2
Some folks think the agricultural
college is taking care OF this We
have at Ames a plant worth two and
one-half million dollars We have
spent many millions in supporting it;
we gave it more than 100000 during
/ the year ending June So, 1910. THIS
COLLEGE HAS GRADUATED THIR
4 Tf EIGHT CLASSES. FROM 1872 TIC
JAN. j. 1910 JUST 3e2 YOUNG MEy
& HAD GRADUATED IN THE AGRI
4 CULTURAL COURSES AND OF
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-02-21

discussion OF problems OF conservz-
ton in its religious as weIl as moral
bearings The purpose of this meeting
is 10 promote the conservation OF
rural institutions. communities and
country people
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-02-21

Bank exchanges last week at the
leading cities in the United States az
gregated s2,4S2, so. 532, a loss of 11.9
per cent as compared with the cor
responding week last year, but cain
of 1913 compared with the same week
in 1909.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-02-21

caucus that was framed up against
him and has made it necessary for
newspapers to become indignant over
this subversion of the principle of
the rule OF the majority. when they
are on record as approving the action
OF Republican representatives in the
national house in boiling a caucus
and in refusing to abide by the Will
OF the majority His latest exhibition
of total depravity came in transfer
ring his vote TO Judge Deemer just at
time when all the insurgents news
papers of the state were preaching
long sermons ON the text pronounced
by the Waterloo Courier that If LATE
Young can't have the senatorship no
body eIse shall be there Now that
I4afe Young has made the way easy
for the election OF another man and
a man who comes nearer 10 pleasing
both factions than anyone else in the
state-tnese newspapers hardly know
what to do, especially as the RESPONSE
bility for the deadlock is now placed
on the shoulders of the progreGsiyes.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-02-21

II isn't often that the Mississippi
river beats the Ohio in point of time
in the matter Of high water, but it is
clearly at the head of the procession
this year A rise Of six feet in two
days in February is something out of
the ordinary
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-02-21
Phenomenon Explained.

A comparatively young man NnvSs
mustache remained Jet black Wnl.'
the hair on his head turned wnite % !,
planned the phenomenon by SAYING !.
was because his lips enjoyed al ~ us
good things of life and his head hs1
to suffer all the troubles.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-02-21

Over In Illinois game wardens are
known as rabbit Shepherds, and
their Official existence is justified on
the ground that they make good ma
terial for the newspaper photographers
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-02-21

Germs Of Diseaee should be promps
ly expelled from the blood. This ), -, :
time when the system is especial,r,
susceptible to them. Get rid OF a.
Impurities in the blood By taAii,s
Hoods Sarsaparilla. and thus for'l''
your whole body and prevent Illness
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-02-21

One peculiarly of the seventeen
year Iocnsts, to which attention is
directed by the esteemed Chicago
Tribune, is their tendency to select
any old year as the seventeenth.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-02-21
VIVA. Happened to the uplin2


Washington Democrat: For ten
years, We have heard nothing but that
everybody who was opposed TO the
Cplift was crook and robber and a
thief in the night. 1t has been herald
ed from the housetops that the only
way unto salvation was by way OF the
primary election law and that the
only sin that could not be forgiven
was TO deny that Cumming has wings
and that his will was the Inspired law
OF God
But suddenly there has been a
change come over the spirit OF our
dreams and we see the Uplift given
death blow at one fell swoop,
The Iowa legislature which ought to
go to work and elect a senator and
then attend to the states business,
had chance 10 pass a special pri-
mary law and elect a senator and
then 90 home and attend to their
spring blowing. But this Is not the
decree from the Boss at Washing
ton and it was voted down by al
most an exact partisan vote. the
Progressives. who have taught us tc
/ believe that Cumming preached this
| Sermon on the Mount, voting
against a primary Law and the Stand
1 patters for It. 1t goes without an,
| further explanation, that we take
] very little stock In a primary law