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The farmer who rattles to
town in an empty wagon and
goes back with it loaded with
bacon, flour, corn and canned
goods, is a scientifi: grower of
farm mortgages.
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Sheriff Sales.

26th Judicial Dist. Court, State of Louis
lana Parish of washington.
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Sheriff Sales.

26lh. judicial District Court, State OF
Louisiana, Parish of Washington
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ton Parish met at the Courthouse
on July 9th 1911, for the purpose
OF organizing a Parish Fair.
The band from Hackley rendered
good music Hackley is to be
congratulated for this excellent
band. The meeting was called
to order by Mayor D. E. Branch,
T E. Nixon was called to pre-
side over the meeting and J. K.
johnson to act as recorder.
Prof. W. r. Dodson, Dean of
Agriculture of the L. S. o., made
q strong address on the subject
Parish Fairs" He told US
about the good to be derived
from a fair run in the interest Of
agriculture, stock raising and
culinary arts. His address was
well received and acted as a
great stllnulous in the promotion
of this. work. Hon. Harry D.
Wilson, of Roseland, also made
an address along the lines of
intensified farming and dairying.
He explained the difference be.
tween the term Dairyman in a
broad sense and dairy farming.
He discussed also, The question
of Creameries, how they are
operated and the advantages one
might expect a creamery to
bring to any good stockraising
country. Mr.. Wilson's remarks
had great weight with the farm
ers because of his practical ex-
perience in the things of which
he spoke.
The meeting adjourned to a
bountitul spread on the Court
house green. The ladies of the
Town are to be congratulated on
t.1e unique way in which they
served the lunch. Fifteen or
twenty of the ladies served the
lunch IN little wooden dishes to
each individual, making it
possible for ever one to find a
comfortable place to stand or sit
and wait and have his meal
brough to him.
Afternoon, the meeting re.
assembled for the purpose Of
organization. The kind of fair
wanted, it's management and
details were discussed. And it
decided that the chief object
would be to encourage agri-
cultural exhibits, hogs, horses.
cattle poultry etc.
a local committee of six was
appointed with instructions to
elect . committe of one gentle.
man and one lady from each of
the FIVE wards of the Parish and
to invite the Police Jury of the
Parish as exofficio members, and
call them all together at as early
date as practicable, and they all
toconstltute a board of Directors.
And this committee or board of
directors to elect permanent
officers and arrange the details.
The local con- mittee of SIX met
Monday morning and appointed
= . the Ward committeeman the
following. viz: 1st ward, Frank
Mel cDougall and Mrs. w. P.
lBulloch; 2nd ward, w. T. Ott and
Mrs. ). NJ. Kemp; 3rd ward, Fl
ID. Bickham and Mrs. J. Vo
Brock; 4th ward, W. Il. Sullivan
and Mrs. Esco Gorkern; 5tll ware
81. Magee and Mrs. Wilson
Brain, and the above together
nth the Police Jury have beer
u invited TO meet the local com,
pittee at Franklinton, in til,
courthouse, Saturday. July Is
Z 10 "A. N.
After the business in connec
IA with the fair was concluded
es |afry D. Wilson addressed th
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Parish Fair Organized.
Meeting and Picnic Proved a Success in Everv Wav
Creamery and Ice Plant Strongly Recommended

ton. He explained how the
farmers at ROseland had got
their heads together last year
about this time and built a
creamery. Their out put per
day then was 25 lbs. of butter.
They now manufacture about
300 lbs. of butter daily. Mr..
Wilson says that they do not
have to hunt a market for this
butter that the market hunts
them. He explained that an
ordinary COW, giving about two
gallons of milk per day, was
worth to the farmer 25 cents per
dav for the cream alone and that
the milk, which is retained by
the farmer is worth at least 10
cents per gallon to feed to the
calves and pigs, as a bi.product,
not say anything about the in.
creased fertility of the soil re.
sulting from the barn yard
manure.
Figureing from this as a basis
we conclude that a farmer with
ten cows. averaging 2 gallons of
milk per day is worth to the
farmer 25 cents each per day for
the cream, and 20 cents each for
the milk, making As cents for
each COW, and $3.50 for the ten
COWS per day, The value of the
barn yard manure where it is
used skillfully on the fields, ard
the sale of young breeds should
feed the cattle, making the ST. 80
net.
These figures appeal to US as
being conservative and practic.
able.
W. j. Bryan never said a truer
thing than when he said destroy
your farms and the weeds will
grow up on the streets of your
cities, but destroy yo1r cities
and your farms will build them
again. " The time has come when
the farmers and merchants,
bankers and business men in
general must take a sane view of
this situation which confronts
us. The one is as vitality interest.
ed as the other. It is going to
take the harmonious efforts Of all
to solve the problem before US.
There is no use to mince words
about it, the banks and mer-
chants, lawyers and doctors,
might as we'll shut up shop and
20 home if the farmer is not
placed in position, speedily too,)
where he can turn out a round
dollar. He wants your goods,
your fancy groceries, your
physicians, your lawyers and
should like to place some money
in your banks, but he cannot get
either without chance to turn
1.-THE product of the soil into
money. We believe that the
farmers OF this country are ready
/ to act uniformity on some good
sound sane move to better con-
dltions. We believe the farmers
within a radius of five or six
miles or more, are ready to
guarantee 200 head of milch cows,
with say $1,000 capital stock as a
neucleous with which to build and
construct an Ice plant and
creamery combined. An Ice
piant ard creamery in operation
IN Franklinton supported by 2Ot
mich cows as a starter would be
a success from the beginning and
would be the means of every
farmer getting hold OF ready
cash, which the business mar
and banker must have in order
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-10-19
The BUSINESS OUTLOOK.

According to Henry Clews, in his
weekly letter, the business situation
lis uneven. In some districts, partic-
where crops have fallen below sxpec-
tations or where excessive speculation
has produced reaction, business Is be-
low the normal, and bankers in those
sections report reactionary tendencies.
On the other hand, where crops have
action, and an optimistic feeling still
prevails. The fact that farmers are
still obtaining good prices for their
products and are sure of a year OF
fair though lessened prosperity, gives
general trade in such regions sub
stantial basis for confidence. That
trade is fair in volume is proved by
railroad earnings, which as rule are
we'll maintained, and in some cases
show moderate gains. The chief com
plants of railroad managers arise
from the heavy increase In expenses
and the frequent heavy losses in net
earnings.
Our foreign trade Is in good shape,
and the current month will likely
show a large balance in our favor
since exports are very heavy and i'm
ports comparatively light. In this
direction natural forces are working
out their own cure of abnormal CON
ditions; and the financial strength of
the United States is stri..ingl, en-
phasized by the unusual assistance
rendered to the bankers of Berlin
and Paris by New York. This re-
verses the usual practice, which is for
the foreign centers to help New York.
The foreign political situation has
much improved and is no longer a
cause of serious concern in the foreign
markets. Italy's little war with Tur-
key has thus far not proved a serious
disturbance of international relations.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-10-19
PRO AND CON OF PROHIBITION.

Some time ago President Gilmore
OF the National Model License League
challenged Wayne B. Wheeler, Ohio
superintendent of the Anti-Saloon
League, to support a movement to
have all prohibition laws SO amended
as to punish the buyer, keeper and
user Of liquor in dry territory.
Mr.. Wheeler's first answer was that
such prohibition law would be I'M
popular and ridiculous. He now
writes that his league will accept
the challenge If provision is made to
exempt the buyer of liquor If he will
give information as to the seller.
Mr.. Gilmore refuses to consider
this as an acceptance of his challenge
because the proviso would exempt
from penalty the man who votes
dry in one state and then buys
his liquor from a mail-order house in
another state.
Mr.. Gilmore takes the position that
if the people will accept real prohibit
ton, then the liquor business is doom
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ed; If not, then prohibition is doom
ed And thus the case stands at pres
ent
CUTS BOTH WAYS.

Mollie Elliott Seawell reminds the
advocates of woman suffrage that 1t
Is q two-edged sword-that in gaining
the suffrage right they surrender GER
tain privileges. On this point she
says:
In Colorado. Utah, Idaho and
wyoming wife has no dover, she is
Jointly responsible for the support OF
the children and the homestead may
be mortgaged or sold without her con
sent. In Utah, wife is jointly liable
for household expenses, and may, as
in Colorado, under certain circum-
stances be forced to support her hus-
band. In no non-suffrage state
is the wife called upon to support the
husband, as in the suffrage states
where non-support of q husband is a
ground for divorce. In Utah, this Is
frankly enforced and the census OF
1900 shows that six women In Utah
We're divorced by their husbands for
non-support.
These things should be taken into
account by women in determining
whether they desire the suffrage or
not.
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An interesting and unusual esti-
mate of the proper age for matrimony
is that advanced by Mrs. Vivian, head
and founder of the National Society of
the Daughters of California. The hap
piest and most successful marriages,
she says, are those between the man
of fifty and the woman of thirty-fiye.
At that age Of discretion, she claims.
the male has become more mellow
and tolerant as well as more solvent.
On the other hand she intimates that
g girl Of twenty is much harder to get
along with than to get along without,
and that there ought to be laws pro-
hibiting people marrying before they
are thirty years old
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To Abolish Postage Stamps.

Chicago Tribune. Proposals have
been made to postal authorities in
Europe that postage stamps be done
away with, wholly or in part. No one
who knows what the mail traffic of
large commercial concern is will
wonder at the dissatisfaction with the
present system. The entire time OF
one clerk frequently is required, and
In some concerns several persons are
occupied in placing the little oblongs
OF gummed paper on envelopes and
packages. An experiment already
has been tried in Bavaria of postmark-
ing large consignments at the post
office, the operation being carried out
by machinery, and no stamps being
used In this way an enormous ex-
pense for printing, cutting and past
ing paper stamps has been avoided
and no affixing of stamps has been
necessary. But it is suggested that
this method is crude and that some
thing yet more saving of timc and
labor might be devised. A meter,
resembling gas or water meter,
could be attached to each large com.
mercial house, and the mailing matter
could be passed through : Tho reg.
istry OF the amount wori be alto
matte, and the postal authorities could
read the meter once q month and col
iect the amount due them. Different
meters could be- had for first, second
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What Of insurgency?

Adair News: Those who oppose
modern insurgency" with any degree
of intelligence are free to admit that
the promulgated aims of the so-calleo
movement are praiseworthy enough.
Necessarily there must be some ele-
ment of fact and merit somewhere,
else the whole chimerical affair
would have perished with its incep-
ton.
However much we dislike the fact.
few propagandas are superior to the
motives of the leaders in it.
In all insurgent activity 1t has
been painfully apparent that they are
after the political "pfe," and until
they receive large slice are impla-
cable. The element of personal van
ity in the makeup of such men as La
Toilette, Cummins and Bristow has
been little less than disgusting. Sure
ly it has been a damper on the sue
cess of the "insurgent movement"
The world moves forward year by
year adding constantly to the sum Of
human knowledge and extending
SlOWIy DuL surely W tue uOIlZOu VI
liberty, dispensing Meanwhile truel
justice. In the progress of the times
the political reformers have but an in
significant part. They deal merely
with the diseases (oftentimes more
fancied than reaD of business and
society.
Insurgency satisfies the cravings of
a certain element of people. 1t is
serving in some respects the same
purposes now that formerly virile
Democratic party served. However,
the widespread doubling of the mo-
tives Of the leading insurgent has
| been sincere rebuke to those whom
would lead" everything political. In
the hearts OF hundreds Of thousands
OF stalwart Republicans the 'insur'
gency" of today is devoutly despised
because of the elements Of vanity
se'fishness, threatened upheaval OF
the nations well being commercials
and fairness in political combat. Il
should stand alone and fight Republi
canism in the open and "on the
square,
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-10-19
Historic Parallels.

Des Moines Capital Once upon a
time-three tailors of Tooley street,
London, met together and solemnly
declared I'VE, the people of Eng
land"
A fly perched on the hub of rap.
idly revolving carriage wheel was
heard to soliloquize: my, what a
dust I am raising!"
Two hundred alleged representa-.
tives of minority scattered over
thirty states, assembled tn Chicago
yesterday to express indignation over
inability to rule majority, and de-
clared: I'VE are the sayiors of the
Republican party"
The comparative importance of
these events may be safely left to tn,
philosophers of history.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-10-19
UNIFORM MARRIAGE LAWS.

Mrs. Harriet Johnston Wood, Mrs.
Ida Hustled Harper and other women
OF New York have drafted a marriage
and divorce law that they think
should be passed in all the states to
make uniform law, now so badly
needed. They would have the mar
riage contract filed with the county
clerk, and would have it impossible
for an idiot, imbecile, epileptic, con-
firmed drunkard, user Of drugs or one
afflicted with contagious. COM
municable disease to enter into such
contract, reputable physicians Ii
cense being necessary. They would
have incompatibility ground for d.
vorce, with no marriage for year
after 1t is granted, the court to make
provision for the children. All proper
ty acquired after marriage would be
the joint property of both.
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At Candle Lluhtin, Time.

AT Candle Llghtin' Time.
When come in f'om de con ftep
wo'kin had all day,
It's amazin' nice to find my suppah all
upon de way;
An It's nice to smell de coffee bun-
bin ovah in de pot,
And it's fin to see de meat a-sizzlin'
teasin-lak an hot.
But when suppah time is ovah an de
things is cleaned away;
Den de happy hours dat foller are de
sweetes' Of de day.
When my co'ncob pipe is stated, and
de smoke is DRAWN prime,
My ole oman say, Il reckon, Ike, it's
candle lightin' time"
Den de chillen snuggle up to me, an
all commence to call,
"Oh, say daddy. now it's time to make
de shadders on de WALL
So ] puts my hans togehtah. evan
daddy knows de way
And de chillun snuggle closer round
GO l DcStu W Say.
"Fust thing, hyeah comes Mistah
Rabbit; don you see him wo'k
his eahs?
Huh, up! dis mus be a donkey-.
how innocent he pears!
Dah's de old black swan a-swimmin'
amt she got awful neck?
Who's dis Teller OATS a.comin'. Why.
OATS old dog Tray, 1 spec"
OATS de way run on, tryin' fu I.
please 'em all can;
Den ! hollah, Now, be keerful, dis
hyeah las 3 de buga-man.'
And dey runs an hides dey faces:
dey amt skeered dey's lettin'
on;
But de play amt really ovah til dat
buga-man is gone.
so Jes' takes up my banjo an i
plays little chune,
And you see dem haids come peepln'
out to listen mighty soon.
Den my wife says, "Sich pappy for
to give you such fright!
Jes' you go to bald, an leave him.
Say you prayers an say good
night"
Paul Laurence Dunbar.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-10-19

1t is interesting to learn what things
look like when viewed from height
The following is related by an Ohio
paper:
THE aviator's wife was taking her
first trip with her husband in his air
ship. Wait a minute, George she
said. I'm afraid we will have to go
down again. What's wrong?' asked
her husband. I believe have drop
ped one of the pearl buttons off my
jacket. I think / can see 1t glittering
on the ground Keep your seat my
dear said the aviator, that's Lake
| Erie"
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President TAFT viii be Renomlnated

President Taft viii be RenomInated.
Des Moines Capital: A great many
politicians are shifting around and
some Of them are preparing to put up
a fight to defeat the denomination Of
President Taft. but there is no pos
sibility of such an end being ac-
complished. President Taft is as sure
of the denomination as was President
Mckinley for his second term. All
campaigns put up against him are a
pure waste of time and money.
President Taft is an honest man.
We believe he is patriotic. We do not
know what he had In mind when he
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-10-19

Senator Clapp began the LaFollette
business by impeaching the record of
the Republican party. The Sioux City
Journal correctly observes that that
doesn't look like promising way Of
beginning movement designed to
terminate in Republican success.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-10-19

and third class matter. Certainly
some method as this seems Tar more
consistent with the spirit CT tie age
than our present laborious and time
honored way of doing. We have, of
course, provisions for avoiding the
stamp nuisance for son. matter, but
probably they could be extended aid
bettered.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-10-19

"Progressives in Wild Scream"
reads headline over Chicago dis
patch telling of the proceedings Of the
insurgent convention there. 1t was
worse than that. "Agonizing Shrek"
would have described 1t better
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-10-19

Thomas Edison says he felt like
kissing the statue of liberty when he
got back to New York harbor. The
Gate City agrees with the MARSHALL
town Times-Republican that if Mr..
Edison's legs were as long as his head
he could have done 1t, too.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-10-19

favored Canadian reciprocity. What.
ever he had in mind was a mistake.
But we forgive him for the mistake
and support him on general principles.
The opposition largely comes from
those who want free trade The free
trader is always active. He never
sleeps. The free trader has been max
ing great progress during the past
few years.
If those who wanted lower tariff
had been sincere, they would have
supported Canadian reciprocity. But
they turned from it either for poit-
ical reasons Or because they wanted
actual free trade.
Such Republicans as desire to elect
the next President had better be get
ting ready to support President Taft
for reelection.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-10-19

Colonel Roosevelt has reiterated
that he will not be a candidate for
the presidency in 1912. With all due
difference to the former President. Il
may be suggested that it was super
fluous for him to say So
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-10-19

George Fitch describes football as
an effort on the part of forty-four
shin guards to occupy the same place
at the same time. 1t is classed as a
game, he says, but it looks more like
q clinic.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-10-19

The Young Woman's Christian AS
ISOLATION Of Chicago has decided not
to admit women over thirty to it's
home That's no bar. There aren't
any women over thirty
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-10-19
Take Notice. ExerxhodxI

Omaha Bee: Again, once and for
all, take note that a man is not justi-
fed in spanking his wife. A Los An
geles judge has just SO decided, fin.
ing husband IS who thus took
things in his own hands.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-10-19
NOTES AND COMMENT.

Electricity IS used to destroy ap-
pie tree nests in Spokane.
"Woman's suffrage is coming in
Iowa-that is, coming to a vote,"
says the Waterloo Times-Tribune.
An electrically driven machine
which divides dough into 10000 rolls
an hour has been installed in a New
York bakery.
IF you can get hold of an Iowa
farm at moderate price, get it
and hang on to it, urges the Cedar
Rapids Gazette.
when Iowa tries in earnest to
show us model weather she has Cali
fornia beat city block" declares the
Mason City Times.
According to an exchange. "Plan,
a sycamore and in ten years you will
have tree; plant soft maple and
in ten years you will have a dead
stump"
The vinton Eagle says that there
aren't as many rascals, politically, as
one might suppose from reading
some of the political newspapers.
President Taft" says the Des
Moines Capital" is as sure Of the re-
nomination as was President McKin-
ley for his second term. All campaigns
put up against him are pure waste
of time and money
"You can always bet on Iowa Octo-
Der weather" says the Iowa City Re.
publican. 1T may act up for few
days, but on the whole it is generous
in bestowing its fayors and offering
rare enjoyments."
A man by the name OF Gottfried
Johannes died In Tiskilwa last week.
The Abingdon Kodak says 1t has
heard of Gottsnowed, Gottstewed
and Gottsoused, but this Gottfried is
new one on IL.
Anxious as the Turk Is to meet q
soldiers death and enter the society
of the celestial hours, the ST. Louis
Globe Democrat has observed he is
not rushing in to act as short stop in
dealing with Pinch shells from the
Italian ships
The Tripolitan coast town, Eerne
! to which the Italian warships sent g
few hand painted shellbark calling
cards the other day, is the same ole
town over which the American flaf
floated for a whole year nearly cen
/ fury ago. William Eaton, the Ameri
can soldier of fortune, during the
second war with Tripoli In 1915, col
lected at Alexandria a force of 20(
men-Greeks, Turks, Arab mercen
aries and nine Americans, marched
500 miles across the desert, captured
Derne and stayed there a year, whe1
the bashaws bought him off 1t was
i remarkable feat by remarkabl,
character.