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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-02-16
JUDGE LIGHTFooT
BORN IN KEOKUK
Ne'' City at Age Of Seventeen Years,
Going to Sacramento
Valley.

a friend of The Gate City sends
recent copy of The Free Press of
san Bernardino, California, which
ruiis OF the death of Judge w. e.
"' Llghtfoot. Mr. Lightfoot was
porn IN keokuk June %, iS43, and at
,ne age OF seventeen years left his
IOWA nome and joined a party of i'm
migrants that settled in the Sacrament
saiiey. He later became a police
.uuge and city treasurer, and was a
MEMBER OF the Woodmen of the World
and the Elks.
me following is from the Sacra-
hento Free Press:
Judge Lightfoot is dead.
ouch was the sad news sent out
oyer the city this morning and which
salne as a sudden blow to nearly every
, nall woman and child in the city
VINO mas known the "Old Judge" as he
vas 1amiliarly known to ALL Death
Sas probably due to heart failure. He
naa arisen this morning and had pre-
pared his breakfast at his home
ne llyed alone at 554 Victoria
~ rom the appearances of the body
rneh found by Paul Beckley, son OF
= = Beckley, a close neighbor. who
maae 1t custom each morning tic
~ over and hitch UP the judges
orse. he had finished cooking the
.norhing meal and was evidently
Wai.lng for the coffee to boil. and
; Sliie waiting was reading the morn
lug papers. Getting up from the
mar to see how everything was com
ing along he dropped over dead, be-
'Ween his chair and the table.
ioung Beckley. on finding the body
o.lHeo MS father, who at once sem
cru olu 20 Chief of Police Walter A
0nay' and the latter rushed out to the
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-02-16
SKIN ON BACK
WORTH MONEY
Fifteen Dollars Per Square Inch is the
Legal Value Placed by the
Court.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. Feb 16.--Fif-
teen dollars square inch is the
price placed on the skin of boys
back by the circuit court here. as a
result of which one hundred and fifty
dollars worth will have to be paid for
by Wesley hospital where Roy Boggs
was patient year ago. The boy had
been overcome by gas in his home
and was taken to the hospital for
treatment.
A hot-water bag was placed on his
back. 1t was too hot and took the
skin off. A jury decided he had lost
only ten square inches of epidermis,
for which he was allowed $3.50
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-02-16
Seventeen Year Locusts.

NEW YORK, Feb. 16.-The seven
teen year locusts, which are due to
return to plague the American farm
err this summer, after being absent
since 1894, have made their appear.
ance in the vicinity of New York
City. Curator Ditmars of the New
York Geological society mas d,-T-ov-
cred the first grubs, several thousand
in number in an excavation near
Nyack, n Y. BY the time the frost
is out of the ground these thousands
will be millions, he says.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-02-16
Woman AS Aasnt.

DAVENPORT, Feb. 16.M Miss Daisy
Oden, for years chief clerk of the
Davenport passenger Office of the
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy rail
road,has been appointed division pas
senger agent, the first woman, so far
as local railroad men know, to occupy
similar position in the United States
Her territory extends from WATERFOWL,
H., to Bettendorff, Iowa. and includes
the tri-cities and suburbs with pop.
ulation of 10000 people.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-02-16

furniture was partly burned and
others badly damaged by smoke and
water. The loss would have been to-
tai but for the work of the firemen,
who many times were compelled to
rush to open windows -or fresh air
to avoid suffocation. The loss on
building and contents was, as near as
can be determined, $1,000 to $1,600;
insurance On building, $1,000; on con-
tents, $780,
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-02-16

MANAGER WANTED-An establish
ed factory producing standard goods.
used by stores, banks, farmers and
practically everybody, is sending its
special representative to open dis
tributing office for this district and
other unoccupied territory and de-
sires a resident manager with $500 to
$4,000 in cash carrying stock to fill
immediate orders. we allow 500 to
$500 monthly salary, extra commits
sions, office and other expenses; po-
sition permanent; references required.
If you can fill requirements write inn
mediately. Liberty" Manufacturing
Association, 230 W. Huron st., Chica-
go.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-02-16
Without Food as DAYS.

ATHENS. Ca, Feb. 16-For forty
six days and nights Mrs. j. A. Moss
of Tignall has not eaten mouthful
of food nor taken a particle of liquid
nourishment, yet physicians say her
heart action is almost perfect. Mrs.
Moss has been confined to her bed
during the period of her long fast.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-02-16
Humor of the STAGE.

The comedians supposed to be
broadly humorous in our travesties al e
either made up as Irishmen with
green whiskers. or Germans verging
on imbecility. In France the stage
butt is caricature of the English
globe-trotter; in Germany. freak i'm
itation of our depictions of Uncle
Sam. Travel Magazine.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-02-16
Strange Disease.

Two middle-aged women on car
were discussing the sickness of two
children of one of them. And what
does the doctor say ails them?" asked
one. The little child has some sort
of a fever was the answer, and he
said that the disease of the other was
epidemic" Its sickness ] never
heard of" responded mother number
one
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-02-16
She Had Good Cause.

MARTINS FERRY, Ohio, Feb. 10
Minnie Doncal, is years old, of War
renton. Ohio, killed herself by jump
ing into the Ohio river at Rayland.
A note pinned to her coat found on
the ferry float forgives her parents
for trying to force her to marry a
man she did not love.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-02-16
Seventeen Indictments.

PETERSBURG. Va Feb. 16.-Sev-
enteen indictments were returned to-
day against Charles Hall Davis, for
mer president and Carter Joseph for
mer cashier of the Appamatox Trust
Co Their shortage is s135,00o
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-02-16
Water Famine Threatened

MAQUOKETA, Iowa, Feb. 16.-The
water plant here is shut down and the
city faces a water famine as the re-
suit of floods in the Maquoketa river.
Bridges and approaches to bridges
all along it's course have been swept
away. Farmers in the .owlands were
competed TO flee for their lives and
great damage has been done to stock
and farm dwellings.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-02-16
Who Will be Whna

KoKoMo, Ind, Feb. -Delmar
and Dalton Johnson, twins, and Misses
Kate NJ. and Lula A Clark. twins,
We're granted licenses to marry. The
principals lived on adjoining farms
and will live in the same house, their
farm adjoining that of their parents.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-02-16
Russia After Land.

ST. PETERSBURG, Feb. l6.-To-
days newspapers print q long story
filled with apparent official details Of
the intention of Russia to occupy the
Eli district of China. 1t is in view
of enforcement of an old treaty The
powers have been notified
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-02-16
Boston Fashion Note.

A local tailor has made hit with a
large number of customers by insert
ing secret pocket in the coats of
married men who trade with him. As
he broadly adyertises the new trick
it is for the purpose of enabling mar
ried men to hide their change from
their curious wives. Already he is hir
ing more heldp. Boston Record.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-02-16
PERSON ALS.

Marc l.. Parsons of ualesburg, H.,
is in the city, called here by the i'll
ness of his father, A. E.. rarson, 1924
High street.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. A. Coffee have re-
turned from a visit of a month, spent
with relatives and friends at Indian
ola
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-02-16
Exempt.

Yes. sir" said the trust magnats.
proudly, I'm the architect OF my ows
fortune
Well" rejoined the friendly critic.
all I've got to say is that it's lucky
thing for you there were no building
inspectors around when you was con
structing it,"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-02-16
NORTH AMERICAN
BUYS POWER
Continued from page ~

Company has taken 100000 of the
common stock and 100000 Of the
bonds.
The estimated gross meme from
$4,000 horse power is s1,7SO,000. The
expenses will be 100000, leaving net
earnings OF s1,4sO,OOO. The interest
on the bonds will amount to s75O,O0o
and the dividend on. the preferred
stock to 100000. leaving a balance
at the lowest estimate Of $4,000. The
| sale of 10000 hose power at $40
! per horse power will produce an in
come of $2,400.0O0 and balance or
surplus of $4,000. The plant will
have capacity CT 100000 horse
| power
Subsequently transmission line will
be constructed north from Keokuk to
| Burlington, Muscatine and Davenport
and the company intencs ultimately
to extend the line. probably even tc
Chicago. At the start power will
be supplied to Keokun. quincy, Han
nibal and other towns between Keo
kuls and S.. Louis
The dam across the Mississippi riv'
err from Keokuk, Ia, to Hamilton, Ill.
will be constructed OF solid masonry
and it will be 400 feet long and o.
1 the gravity type. The spillway sec
ton, AGO feet long. will carry, sup
ported by bridge. lie floodgates tt
control the water flow At Keokul
there will be built steel and con
crete power house ] 400 feet long, per
hitting Of the installation of thirts
units of a rated capacity of 10000
| horse power each.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-02-16
CHILDREN WHO ARE sIckLy.

~, m,others who value their own comfort
uuever be without a box of Motner Gray,s
tnhw ,.et Powders for Children, for use
tia ,,99ugnont the season. They Break up
T eius, relieve Feverishness, Constipation.
ach Troubles. Used by Mothers for y
EARS LIARS. THESE POWDERS NEVER
salL: Sod by all Drug Stores, Csc. Don't
pTTpe sIp any substitute. Sample mailed
ea LEE. Address, Allen s. Olmsted, lie
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-02-16
Mo Chance for Another.

'If should die what kind of wife
would you pick for your second ?"
queried the young wife after the first
clash of habits.
Don't ever fear--if ever get rid
OF you there'll never be another Wits
in my family" answered the brute
Toledo Bliss.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-02-16
Dramatic Emotions.

The most effective moments In
the theater are those that appeal 10
commonplace emotions-love of wom-
an, love of home, love of country. love
of right, anger, jealousy. revenge. am
bition, lust, and treachery. Clay Ham
ilton in the Forum.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-02-16

Most of the time she has been uncon-
scious. Artificial means have been
resorted to to furnish nourishment to
her system.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-02-16
AGEN-s WANTED.

LIVE MAN or woman wanted for
work at home paying $500 to $500
per day, with opportunity to advance.
Spare time can be used. Wor.. not
difficult and requires no experience.
Universal House, 352 Wabash Ave
nue., Chicago
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-02-16

25 POST CARDS 15c, birthday, best
wishes. etc. Some for sc kind.
Write for today, Altman Speciality
Co, Box 275, Burlington, Iowa
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-02-16
Estimated cars; Wheat, II; coru,
AS: oats, 1iS.
Chicago Live Stock.

Chicago Live Stock.
CHICAGO. Feb. 16.-Estimated to-
morrow. hogs $4,000; cattle 5000;
sheep 10000 Mixed s6.s0@7.5O good,
$1.05@7.5o; rough. $685. light, s7,25
@7.6O; pigs, s.720@7.6o.
Cattle Market strong. Beeves, $500
$3.50; COWS, s250@6.10; stockers
$400@5.S0; Texans, s4.60@6.60;
calves s7po@9.00.
Sheep Market strong, s2.60@4.S5:
lambs, $4.30@6.35.
CHICAGO. Feb. 16.-Hogs $4,000;
left over 1855; market strong, sc
higher: Moxed, s69o@7sO; heavy
s7.Oo@7.s0; rough, s6.S0@6s0; light,
$7.1O@750.
Receipts 5000; market
strong.
Receipts 10000; market
strong.
Hogs closed active, market 10c high
er than yesterdays average. Mixed,
$6.90@750; heavy. $7.O5@7.S5; rough,
Sc. $4,000; light $7.25@7.60.
Cattle market closed dull, unchang-
ed.
Sheep Market 1oc higher.
Kansas City Receipts.
KANSAS CITY, Feb. 16.--Hogs s.
500; cattle $500; sheep 1850.
Omaha Receints.
OMAHA, Feb. 16.-Hogs 1000; cat
tie 5000; sheep 5000.
Local Grain Market.
1 KEOKUK, Feb. 16.-The following
markets, furnished by the o. a.. Tai
DO. company:
No. 2 Wheat, reds. so
No. 2, Wheat, red .......... 10
No. 2 Wheat, hard ....,..... IA
New white oats ........ .27h
New white oats ..... rs
Corn .................. 80
Local Live Stock.
| KEOKUK. Feb. 16.--The following
live stock market furnished today b,
Joseph Haubert:
Hogs-Good butchers, 1913.
Sheep-Butchers. $500.
Lambs-$5.00. .'7
4 Calves--s55o to $50. Z 's'ss
New YORK Prosuce.
NEW YORK, Feb 16.-The pro
duce markets are as follows:
Butter, creamery, 27@271ac.
5 Process Special, 201ac.
Eggs--Fresh. gathered. wester
firsts, 161a@16a4c.
Fancy boxed fowls, 1914 @1ec.
81 Dry packed springs, 13h@15hc
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-02-16
MISCELLANEOUS.

I buy bankrupt and closing out
stocks. Address A. H Stone, TT.
Madison, la.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-02-16
Lent Forty DAYS Before Easter.

Lent always is forty days before
aEster. There usually are six Sun
days intervening, but they are not
counted in the forty days. This makes
Lent always begin ON Ash Wednesday.
3 1t is always preceded by Shrove Tues
day, which is the last day before Lent
A Catholic priest told what was re-
quired of Catholics in the proper OBJ
servance of Lent. as follows:
Lent is the Christian season of OBJ
serving the forty days fast of our Sa-
vior in the wilderness. and, conse-
quently, the church expects it's mem
bers at least in small way to follow
the example of Christ All dances and
other forms of amusement are fore
sworn. On Wednesdays and Fridays
the members eat no flesh of animals
and on all other days in Lent flesh is
eaten only once day. Eggs and fish
can be eaten at any time and to any
extent. Some aged or infirm persons
are exempt
No Formal Parties for Episcopaians.
The Episcopal churches observe
Lent but do not dictate any certain
method. They leave that rather to the
mood and temperament of the person.
me rules say: The church orders
such measure of abstinence as is
more especially adapted to extraordi-
M
nary acts and exercises of devotion.
mat means that there are to be no
formal parties, but the church places
no pan on the more innocent amuse-
ments. It is left, in fact, to the die.
ates OF the persons conscience.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-02-16
Ash Wednesday Marks Opening Of
Fasting Season Which viii Close
on Easter Forty Days
Later.
RULES THAT GOVERN
All Dances and Other Forms Of
Amusement Are Foresworn-
How Episcopaleans OBJ
serve Lent.

Lent begins on March this year.
Many of the priests in charge of Ro-
man Catholic churches in this city
are asking their parishioners to OBJ
serve the rules of the church for
Lent.
How Ash Wednesday and the Lent
season are reckoned seems to be a
mystery to many people. Lent always
is reckoned from Easter Sunday, but
to many people this is equally mys-
terious.
Sunday after the first full moon after
the spring equinox, March 81. If the
full moon is on Sunday, Easter is the
Sunday following. Easter comes April
16 this year.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-02-16

LOST-Tuesday blue cross belt and
two pins, between Tenth and Elk
change and High school. Return to
this office.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-02-16
THE WORLDS MARKETS
Furnished Wagner Co, 80 Board OF Chicago
Members Chicago Of Trade-chcaso Exchange
Branch Office Room 13 James Bldg, FIT Madison.
Mississippi Valley 1s5-IowA
Private Wires J. H.
Daily Grain Letter.

CHICAGO, Feb. 16--Cables 81 off
If in strong times men naturally take
$1.20 for wheat, and in other times
they prate for IS, the bull has small
chance of success and the reciprocity
measure faces terrific fight. Every
item, however. seems to run against
the wheat raiser. Few expect right
export level. The ultra smart fellows
predict around IS for May as nat
ural low for quarter of 1911. One
third of Kansas and probably 20 per
cent of Nebraska are doubtful. Heavy
volume of replies to leading local
houses suggests large March corn re-
serves. On basis Of government fig
uring they can't run below $780, 600.
Mild periods of firmness are due in
the coarse grains Probably tend
ency to seek bulges to replace lower.
Broomhah Cables.
LIVERPOOL, Feb 16.-Wheat in
Liverpool opened easy with the prin-
cipal pressure in March, Weakness
was in the way of realizing, due to
the weakness in American markets.
Yesterday favorable advices from
Argentine and forecast of heavier
Argentine shipments and favorable
reports from the American winter
wheat belt Following the opening,
heavy covering movements and prices
quickly advanced. Buying was due
to the very cold weather in the
United Kingdom and reports from
Russia that heavy ice in the Black
sea will delay shipments. Improved
demand for Australian cargoes, the
recent decline and the comparative
strength in Buenos Ayres at the close
yesterday with LaPlatte offers firm
er and not pressed for sales.
Daily Range of Prices,
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-02-16

FOR SALE Beautiful residence 1906
Concert, rooms, bath and city wa
ter, good barn. Owner says sell. J. A.
Roberts, % N. 9Th
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-02-16

Company has taken s2.OoO,0oo of the
common stock and 100000 of the
The New era-leader. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1911-1912, 1911-06-23
KEEP RATS OUT OF GRANARY
inches Thick With Cement Gives
Entire satisfaction.
fBy H. M. RICEl

(By H. M. RICE.)
had q bin In my granary that !
had been using for corr and oats.
The rats cut the floor SO full Of holes
that It would hardly hold corn cobs.
I nailed small pieces Of boards over
the holes and then mixed up some
cement one TO three and plastered
that floor all over ~ inches thick.
flrst wetting the floor thoroughly. I
have had this bin full Of grain sew
eral times since and II IL in perfect
condition. The rats have not touched
Il since. This bin was only four feet
grahary one would have to cut the
cement IN blocks to keep It from
checking.
The New era-leader. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1911-1912, 1911-06-23
VALUE Of SEED CORN TEST


An increased yield of corn can be
secured by testing each q before
planting and rejecting those ears that
do not terminate ors show lack Of
vigor OF vitality. IT 10 not such Z
tedious and difncult task to test each
a Of seed corn as farmers are some
times led to believe. Fifteen average
ears Of corn VIII plant one acre using
four kernels to the hill. placing the
corn three and one-halfs feet apart
between the rows. When the import
The New era-leader. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1911-1912, 1911-06-23
MAKE GOOD MAcADAM ROADS
Highway Should BE Crowned In Order
- Allow Water 20 Run
Quickly to outtsss.

Every macadam road should be
crowned. In order that the water
falling upoa u may run quickly to the
guttefss n - also necessary that the
shoulder should have the same slope
~ the macadam or perhaps = little
greater.
For . road 10 feet or less In width
Il VIII - found satisfactory to have
The New era-leader. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1911-1912, 1911-06-23
-
Simple Box Tester.

Upon muslin. cloth squares are drawn
n numbered. upon which are laid the
grain from each ear to be tested. When
tho tester IL filled the sawdust pad.
shown at the left. 10 placed on top to keep
the grain moist.
ance Of planting ~ear-tested seed corn
10 fully realized few farmers viii
plant corn without FIRST submitting 1t
to the test.
The New era-leader. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1911-1912, 1911-06-23

section Of Maeadam Road.

SeCStOU UI UOaU'
the center 64k inches higher than the
sides. forming . crown Of three-Quar-
tiers OF an inch to the foot On roads
Of greater width II will be necessary
to reduce the crown to one-half inch
to the foot, or perhaps ven less. The
apex should be slightly rounded.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-09-26
THORN SWITCH Is
APPLIED To GIRL
NOW FATHER FACES fNDiCr-
MENT FOR CKCETTY--BiAT
HER tNMERlIFIII4Y.

Especial to The Richmond Virginian
WAYNESVitLE. y. c, Sept. %
A notorious case was taken mp for
trial here to-day when Haywood
county Superior Court began. the
case is that of Jim Davis, Il white
man, charged with inhumanity to-
wards his daughtpt lie is indicted
for whipping his nfteen-year- old
daughter with thorny switch on her
nude body numerically.
The case will not he concluded be-
fore tomorrow. Although the child
is not here to testify against her ia
Their. II is believed evidence sufficient
is Mt hand 10 convict him. 1t is al
legged that Davis spirited away his
daughter. sending her 10 another
State until the trial is over.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-09-26
CHURCHILL WILL STOP
Johnson WELLS BOUT.

LONDON. Sept 25.-The bout be-
tween Jack Johnson ana Bombardier
" ellis. Is probably Off, us Home Secre-
tary Churchill ruled to-day that the
contemplated match IL Illegal The
homo secretary stated that unless the
contest is voluntarily Abandoned
steps viii Immediately be taken to
prevent It.
The nome office has been besieged
with complaints against the coming
contest, and MIR. Churchill to-day
telegraphed Rev, +. b. Meyer, who is
leading the agitation against the af-
fair, that the protests had been given
fun consideration. and that unless the
proposed match was voluntarily aban~
doned, the homo office wonid apply
To the Bow street court for a sum
mons against the promoters to show
cause why they should not be bound
over to keep the peace.
vaudeville syndicate has served
an injunction GA johnson alleging
that the fighter has broken hts con-
tracts with the syndicate. and de-
manding the payment of ST., 500 be-
fore the negro enters the prize ring
again. Ten thousand OF the amount
asked for is said to be for contracts
already broken, and the remainder Is
asked as a bond obhging Johnson to
fultlll other contracts after his bout
with Wells
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-09-26
me REASONS
AGAINST LIQUOR
SET FORTH BY THE BAPTIST
SUNDAY SCHOOL OF PEI
TERSBURG.

Especial to The Richmond virginian.)
PETERSBURG VA. Sept. 25.---
Within the next day or two Judge
Mullen. it is expected. VIII refuse to
grant the license applied for by the
Southside Fair directors, which has
churches, Sunday school associations
and conferences OF the churches in
the nearby counties. Added to the
protest resolutions already adopted
are set adopted by the Methodist
Sunday School Association.
In the Baptist Sunday School AS
ISOLATION resolutions, in which FIVE
reasons for protesting are set forth,
as follows:
"a TO license traffic that is ac-
ceuntahle for 80 per cent. of our
crimes, and 90 per cent, fof our pau
perism is in itself a crime.
t2l To license saloon in the fair
grounds WoUld 1eopardze life and
limb of the patrons, especially wo-
men and children.
go The presence OF a saloon which
always carries with it overi1idulgcnce
and intoxieaion will be conducive to
profanity, rowdyism and bad morals
90 1T would prove a strong temp
tation 10 the young men reared in the
rural districts away from the saloon
and who would not be easily enticed
in a downtown bar.
go The argument that saloon
would be preferable to the Illicit sale
OF liquors is serious reflection on
those whose duty It Is to enforce law.
and especially so, since the area In
which said Illicit traffic would have
to operate is SO limited.