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The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-08-08
UTAH HUMANE SOCIETY
HOLDS ANNUAL ELECTION

The Utah Humane society held ar
election OF officers In the Offices OF the
secretary. Mrs Evelyn Hamel, In the %
f. Walker building, last night, and after
the election held general business
meeting. In the absence of the president
DR. B. Beatty. Mrs, Jennie Holcomb
Besides the officers elected there were
several standing committees appointed
DT' I. B. Beatty was chosen president
Evelyn Ramel. secretary. and Ira evils
treasurer, The board OF directors cor,
sistS OF Dr., F.. I. Goshen. George Y.
Wallace, +, a. Vendeventer, A III Da i.
Wis. the Rev. F. Z. Bulk1ey, Mrs Jennie
Holcomb. Emerson Williamson, r 7
Left and E. c. Phelps. Ernest Goltz was
reaPpointed humane officer To serve for
the ensuing fiscal year
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-08-08
RECEIVES MORE MONEY
AS INHERITANCE TAX

Six small checks were received by Al
torney General 4. r. Barnes yesterjsv
as inheritance tax. One of these came
New York and was for sl7s on Denver e
Rio Csrande stock. All OF the others were
on Union Pacific stock. and were: s27o. 90
from The estate OF David ]. Carmichal of
OF Robert Ramsey OF London. England:
s273.s7 from the estate OF Goold Howl of
New York; $940 from the estate Of
Frances C. Newall OF Wisconsin, and s44T5
from the estate OF Samuel +. More, also
of Wisconsin. ''
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-08-08
LEVI EDGAR YOUNG
NOW ON LECTURE TOUR

Prof Levi Edgar Young OF the univcr-
sIty left last night for New York where
ne will lecture on "The Place OF tho Nor
mons I'm Western History" While cast
Professor Young Will make an extensive
study of the migration westward OF
American civilization. He will spend
some time In Worcester. Mass In the
old Antiquarian library OF American his
tory and on his return will spend a fort
night In research work in st. Louis. Dur
ing the coming year Professor Young
Will give course of lectures at the uni,
versity on western development
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-08-08
CHANCE TO BUY FINE
CATTLE AT THE FAIR

Auction sales OF registered cattle win
be n feature at the Utah state fair In
October. The fair officials believe this
VIII greatly enlarge the livestock U<hibit
and bring some OF the most prominent
growers here, The action. however, Is
taken at the request Of stockmen from
all over the country. G. c.. Aduey SUPER
visor for the stock department, Is send
ing out letters to sIockgrowers urging
their cooperation
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-08-08
Danes Plan Outing.

Tho Danish brotherhood lodge No. 7s.
and the Swedish brotherhood No 267.
decided at meeting held In the Eagles
hall last night that they would hold n
Joint outing at the Salt Palace about the
middle Of this month The definite datc
of the outing will be announced in few
days.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-08-08
The Rathskeller Cafe, Second South
md Main

Jones. pianist; Mack. basso; Smith
contra tenor; Brooks, baritone, with
guitars and banjos. They are enter
tainers worth hearing,
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-08-08

The Majestic trio Of Chicago at the
Rathskeller cafe, Second South and
Main. They arc entertainers of merit.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-09-04
NO TEETH, NO TAX,

The latest wrinkle in escape from
poll tax collection comes from Con-
necticut. A farmer near New Britain
in that state, on the authority of a
press dispatch, has filed claim for
exemption from personal and poll
tax on the plea that he has false
teeth. In support of his contention he
has dug up blue law which pro-
vides that man with false teeth was
not liable to military duty Inas-
much as the personal and poll tax IS
levied in Connecticut in lieu of mil
itary duty the farmer in question
asserts it is plain case-no teeth.
no tax
The problem has been referred to
the courts, but it Is said that mean
time the public officials are consid-
ering the feasibility of new census
of the state to ascertain how many
human Nutmegs have got in the non
taxable class by parting with their
teeth. It is further stated that since
the news of the kink in the law be-
gan to circulate the dentists, it Is
reported, have been doing a land Of
flee business. and the tool workers
are running overtime turning out nip
pers. Whatever may be thought OF
the probability of the story, 1t will
have to be admitted that it is at least
interesting.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-09-04

The Macomb Journal supposes a
case as follows and thereby affords
plenty OF food for serious thought:
Suppose that the railway operators
would accede to the demands of the
operatives; would employ no one but
union labor, and would turn all con-
troll Of boy workers or apprentices
over to the federated union, could
anyone imagine a more despotic,
overbearing condition than would re-
suit? The worst charged action Of
the money barons' would be para
disc alongside the conditions that
such compromise would bring
about
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-09-04

be held in Boston Saturday. The
event will be of interest to political
circles as the speech will be the first
that the Ohio governor has delivered
in the east since his name became
prominently mentioned in connection
with the presidential nomination.
The important gatherings OF the
week will include the conventions of
the National Farmers union. at Shaw
nee, Okla, the United Typothetae Of
America, at Denver; the National AS:
ISOLATION of Letter Carriers, at Ro-
chester; the National Association of
Postoffice Clerks at Jacksonville, Fla,
the international Photo Engravers'
union. at Detroit; the Ohio River I'm
provement association at Cincinnati;
the American Institute of Banking. at
Rochester, and the International Tax
Conference, at Richmond, Va.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-09-04
THE AVERAGE MAN.

Colonel Frederick H. Smith paid a
worthy tribute to the average man in
his remarks to the old settlers at
Lacon. ILL.,, on good citizenship. Good
citizenship" said he, "does not eces-
sarily mean any special achievements.
In my judgment good citizen Is a
man who becomes part of the COM
munity. who gives freely of his abil
ity and of his means as occasion de-
mands in every public enterprise. One
who gives of his time and ability to
the city, his state and his country,
and who has measured up to the best
possible standard has not lived in
vain. This type of man is an ex-
ample well worthy of emulation"
This is sane doctrine. We have
been too prone to count as our good
citizens only the remarkable men
who do exceptional things. The
Peoria Herald-T Transcript expresses
The Gate City's thought exactly when
it says:
The real backbone of every coun-
try, after all, is in the so-called aver
age man." who does the thing that
comes to hand according to the ex-
tent of his capacity. The poor man
who gives his enthusiasm and moral
support to good government and en-
terprises of progress is as good a
citizen as the weather. man who
gives money out of his abundance.
The average" man is not an evangel-
list, but he is the source of moral
stability; he is not a politician, but
he is the silent fo-,e which pre-
serves the balance at the ballot box:
he is not warrior, but he holds up
the right arm of government by con-
tributing his taxes and keeping the
laws. We need the exceptional citi-
zens, but they would be of mighty lit
tie use in the world without the back
ing of the average man.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-09-04
Religion Va. LynchIng.

Boone News-Republican: A great
surprise is being manifested in the
thinking world that negro could
have been lynched in Coatesville,
Pennsylvania, which is quiet and
peaceful Quaker community with far
more than the ordinary number of
religious institutions. Coatesville is
more than ordinarily religious. 1t is
northern town. There Is a strong
and real spiritual life at Coatesville,
and the people are imbued with Quak-
or instincts.
How then could 1t happen, that in
this religious town. negro was TAX
en- from the hospital, where he lay
seriously wounded, was placed on a
burning pile and was beaten to death
with fence rails In the fame? One
writer who visited the scene describes
1t as social, political, moral and re-
ligious collapse on the part of COM
munity that Is no worse than most
of it's neighbors, and better than
some" In other words, 1t was like
the ordinary good man who commits
some grievous sin In a moment OF ex-
element.
Correspondents belonging to the
town at first attempted to lay the
Job to the foreigners Of Coatesville,
but strict investigation proves that
the crime was done by Americans.
The careless attitude of Coates
vile over the crime was further ac-
centuated by the attendance Of
thousand or more persons at the
business mems annual picnic day or
two following the crime. They seem
ed to care nothing about the black
ness which had smirched the fame
of an ordinarily respectable American
city.
If the real cause of this apparent
Indifference to law is sought it will
be found in the dilly-dally methods
that attend the trials Of plainly guilty
murderers. 1t is no excuse for lynch
ings, yet it is plainly the cause. A
white man, an officer of the law, was
shot down by a black vermin who was
enjoying the comforts of the hospital
and the supposed protection of the
law There were no immediate pros
poets of retribution. Even religious
souls felt burning Indignation that
such thing could happen. The
lynchers were mostly young and ire
sponsible. The murder was avenged
and the citizens Of Coatesville went
to a picnic. 1t would have been far
better had the murderer been hanged
through the due process of law, and
sober minded citizens would have pre-
ferred it that way. But SO long as
the machinery of the law is lax and
fails Of justice, American people, re-
ligious or irreligious, in burst Of in
dignation will indulge in lynching,
though such crime brings everlast-
Ing shame to the community where
1t happens.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-09-04
The Old Roller Towel.

The Old Roller Towel.
How dear to this heart is the old roll
Ter towel
Which fond recollections present to
my view,
It hung like pail on the wall Of the
washroom
And gathered the CRIME OF the limo
type crew.
The sink and the soap and the I've
that stood by it
Remain; but the towel Is gone past
recall.
o Temporal! Likewise. o mores! Sic
transit
The time-honored towel that creaked
on the wall.
The grimy old towel, the Shiny old
towel,
The tacky old towel that hung on the
wall.
Now hangs in the Mushroom huge
roll Of paper
The old printers towel we'll never
see more.
The new (see directions) is used like
a blotter."
And crumpled and scattered in wads
On the food
And often, when drying my hands in
this fashion,
The tears of remembrance will gath
er and fall,
And sigh Though I'm not what you'd
call sentimentaD.
For the classic old towel that prop
ped up the wall.
The sainted old towel, the tainted old
towel,
The gooey old towel that hung on the
wall.
Chicago Tribune.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-09-04
keokuk, Iowa .......... Sept. a. 1911


A TOAST TO THE ToILERS.
Here's toast to every man,
OF every race, and creed and clan,
Who
BY his manhood strong and free,
Digs from the earth, wrests from the
sea,
Their treasures,
And whose arm and mind,
Leaves to his fellows-all mankind,
His heritage-his work.
So, here's to the man who digs the
gold,
And here's to the man who makes the
mold,
And here's to the man who mints
the rim,
And here's to the man-good luck to
him,
Who
BY his strength of arm and mind,
Leaves to his fellows-all mankind,
His heritage-his work
Here's toast to the woman, too,
Mali CcluIduc SlduuCtl, uldu b COIL
rade true,
Who
BY her womanhood soft and sweet,
Coaxed into light from its dark re-
treat,
Mans treasures,
That his arm and mind
Might leave his fellows-all mankind,
His heritage-his work
So, here's to the man who digs the
gold,
Who fashions its shape into wealth
untold,
With water or wine-flled to the
brim
Well drink this toast-good luck to
him
Who
By his strength of arm and mind,
Leaves to his fellows-all mankind,
His heritage-his work.
Harry Irving Greene.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-09-04
CARTHAGE, ILL.

Mrs. Paul Richardson and son Will.
liam, and s. T. Worley, of Keokuk,
visited Mrs. Henry Scovern the past
week.
Miss Katherine Cherrill went to
Chicago Friday, to meet Miss Eliza
beth Cherrill, who landed in New York
Thursday Mrs. Edward Cherrill and
Mrs. s. G. Cherrill arrived from Kan
sas City the latter part of the week
e. r. Paris went to Henry, ILL.,, last
week, to visit his sister, Mrs. Harlin.
Mr.. Paris expects to spend the winter
with his daughter Miss Myrtle, at La.
Porte, Colo.
Prof. H. D. Wells was one of the in
structors at the Woodford County In
stitute at Eureka, the past week.
Mrs. Henry Chamberlain of Burling-
ton is visiting her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Chas. Goodrich.
B. H. Johnston, of Centralia, Wash,
visited his sister, Mrs. e. Mcclure,
the past week.
Miss Myrtle Rams visited with Mrs.
Mary Bennett and Mrs. Henry Walk
er, In Keokuk. the past week.
Miss Helen Maxwell, of Keokuk,
was the guest Of Miss Ruby Miller
last week.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Jewell and
family of Monmouth, visited his SIS
ter, Mrs. Clyde Johnson the past
week.
Messrs, ] Mack Sholl. Edw Cher.
rili s. y. Ferris. John Culkin, sr.
and S. ". Prentiss attended the Old
Settlers Meeting at Plymouth last
Thursday going over in the Prentiss
auto. ~ 49, iss,..,,,
Hon. e. r. Madison. congressman
from the It'll Kansas district, was the
Guest Of Dean Frey. chairman OF the
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-09-04
Meaning Of Atwood's Feat.

Minneapolis Journal: The success
OF Harry n. Atwood in making
great cross country fight with no
other setbacks than those that would
be incident to an auto or train trip
the occasional exhaustion of fuels
encouraging. 1t shows that the reas-
enable use Of the aeroplane is as
sured. 1t will eventually be about as
safe to go from one town to another
in an aeroplane as in an auto. But IL
is as unsafe to drive spirals through
the air as 1t is to try to run an auto
without road. Automobiling had to
be stripped of the spirit of adven-
ture. The aeroplane Is about due to
have the craziness of meets" sub
tracted, when it will be discovered
that an immense distance has been
travelled In perfecting a machine
which under favorable conditions will
enable man to make fifty or sixty
miles an hour through the air with
less danger than the same number OF
miles per hour by any other mode OF
conveyance. When one observes the
Atwood fight and remembers that 1t
was only about four years ago that
one of the Wrights, after careful
preparation ana cautious selection of
weather, made the remarkable flight
OF ten miles cross country near Wash
ington with turn at Fort Meyer, one
sees what wonderful progress has
been made in the art Of flying.
Nor is it necessary to credit much
of the progress to spectacular fiers
1t is true they have demonstrated that
spirals can be made, but they have
also demonstrated at considerable
cost of life that spirals ought not to
be made. That they were not needed
was known before any were made.
The only thing the spectacle fiiers
have done Is to show how an aero
plane, deprived Of it's engine power,
may be made to glide to the earth.
This is a most valuable addition to
the knowledge Of flying.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-09-04
Suns Heat Makes Rails Creep.

A railroad track, properly ballasted,
bolted and fish-plated, looks like one
of the most solid structures in the
world. That it would and can actually
creep forward-rails, ties and all
seems almost incomprehensible. Every
double track railroad Il the country,
however, has to fight just such con-
dition.
Railroad rails will actually creep
forward along the ties. Solid and
ponderous as they are, the steel rails
are not immune from the effects. OF
heat or the steady pounding of long
trains moving over them, always in
the same direction.
The st. Louis Republic says that
on the railroad tracks laid down over
Eads bridge this peculiar phenomenon
may be observed any day in the week.
Rails creep just as rapidly over this
structure in January as they do in
August. Many trains roar over this
piece Of track suspended over the
Mississippi. The constant pounding Of
these neavy trains and heavy engines
sets the track a-creeping. Fifty feet of
rail month is cut from the east end
OF the east-bound track and from the
west end of the track over which the
west-bound trains pass.
The rails travel about twenty-five
inches every day all the year round. In
about two years given rail would
wander all the way across the big
bridge. 1t has been necessary to put
in a "creeper' device on one end and
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-09-04

board of supervisors and Board of Re-
view on Monday last
Miss Mary Lawton is visiting her
parents. Miss Lawton expects to leave
soon for Fayette, Mo-, to take up her
work In the young ladies school.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Gault expect to
leave on the 18th inst. for Fernview.
Idaho.
Misses Ruth Hartzeil and Alice
Crabill expect to attend normal school
this winter. at Macomb.
Miss Anna Swigert departed We'd
nesday for Kiona. Wash, where she
has been elected principal Of the
school,
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-09-04
a Great ADVANTAGE 70 work,no Ne,

A Great Advantage to Working Men.
J. A. Maple, 125 S. 7th ST.. Steuben.
vile. o., says: For years | suffered
from weak kidneys and severe blad-
der trouble. ! learned Of Foley Kid.
ney Pills and their wonderful cures
SO began taking them, and sure
enough had as good results as any
heard about My backache left me
and to one Of my business, express.
man, that alone is great advantage
My kidneys acted free and normal
and that saved me a lot Of misery. II
is now a pleasure to work where IL
used to a misery. Foley Kidney Pills
have cured me and have my highest
praise" Wilkinson & Co.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-09-04

a feed rail" on the other in order to
keep the engines from coming down
through an unexpected gap to the
bridge floor. Once in while there 10
railroad wreck produced by just
such a happening.
In wet weather the rails and ties on
open track show the same tendency
to creep as do those on the Eads
bridge tracks. Under the pounding
propulsion OF heavy train they begin
to slide forward, but In these cases
they take the ties with them. The
whole track moves for many inches
and would continue to move indefi-
nitely If the section gang failed to
come along and true" things up
again.
Bridges and other steel structures
actually grow longer under the heat
of a summer sun and contract under
the chill winds and frosts of winter.
The Washington monument feels the
suns rays through all Its granite
structure when the sun gets hottest
in summer. Experiments show that 1t
is slightly out of plumb on every hot
day More delicate experiments show
that it inclines toward the sun as that
luminary moves around the horizon.
Elegy Written on a Country Road.
The curfew tolls the knell OF parting
day.
The lowing herd winds slowly DER
the lea.
The plowman homeward rides, and
on his way
He gaily toots his auto horn at
me.
Chicago Record Herald.
The boast Of limousine, and much
horsepower,
And all that engine and magnetic
spell
Await alike the inevitable hour
The paths of speeding lead you to
the cell.
New York Mail.
Here lies his head upon the lap OF
earth.
A youth to fortune and to fame
unknown.
The auto hit him for all 1t was
worth
And then sped on and left him there
alone
Houston Post
Happily some hoary headed swain
may say:
II seen him when he passed and
noticed him
He seemed to want to hurry on his
way.
got his number but forgit it
now"
Chicago Record-Herald.
Full many breath Of putrid gaso-
line
The summer breezes Ger the land
scape bear.
And though the motor car have
not seen :
The odor tells me that it has been
there.
Milwaukee Sentinel.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-09-04
NEWS FORECAST OF THE WEEK.

President Taft, in the intervals be
tween his game of golf and other
outdoor amusements at Beverly, is
expected to put in more or less time
blocking out his speeches on the tariff,
currency reform, reciprocity and other
subjects on which he will speak on
his coming western trip.
The political campaign in Canada
will be carried on vigorously during
the week. Sir Wilfred Laurier will
continue his speech making tour in
support of reciprocity in Ontario,
with meetings in Windsor, Stratford,
Sudbury and other places. Mr.. Borden,
the opposition leader, will carry his
campaign into the Maritime provinces.
The week will see the formal open
Ing of the big government dam in the
Ohio river at Fernbank near Gin
cinatti, the largest movable wicket
dam in the world and the only one
made entirely of concrete and steel.
The completion of the dam marks one
of the most important steps in the
plan to make the entire Ohio river
navigable the year around.
The cities and towns of Ohio
will hold their first primary elections
tomorrow under the new Kimball cor
rupt practices act. The new law pro
vides for the widest publicity in the
matter of campaign expenses. The
penalty for the violation of any of it's
provisions is forfeiture of office, in adj
dition to fine or Imprisonment.
The southern state commissioners
of agriculture and representatives of
the farmers unions and the various
commercial organizations have been
called to meet tomorrow in Montgom-
cry to consider the gradual marketing
of the 1911 crop of cotton and to cor
rect an alleged erroneous impression
as to the volume of the crop.
Thursday is the day set for the
Democratic primaries in Virginia, the
result of which is expected to deter
mine the two United States senator.
ships. Senators Martin and Swanson
are candidates for reelection and are
opposed by Representatives Glass
and Jones.
The New York legislature will re-
convene Wednesday to take up the
matter of the proposed new charter
for the City of New York.
Governor Harmon is to be the
speaker at Democratic barbecue to
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-09-04
Hard to please Everybody.

ndTu 70 TISdoe 6NSTypO0ys
We take a daily paper here
For all Of us to read,
And every day all round the year
We struggle to succeed
In getting it apportioned right.
So all may wear smile;
1t is task that's hardly light
To please each one the while.
Big brother Jim the front desires,
Sue wants society,
The sporting page our Bud requires,
Small Mary says that she
Just wants the children's page-that
part
That pleases the little tads-
And mother reads the heart to heart
While father reads the ads"
On every day we parcel out
The paper, part to each;
Yet some will frown and some will
pout
And some Of hurry preach;
But all today are in a rage
Before the rest were up
One got the paper, every page
1t was the family pup.
Chicago News.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-09-04
A Big and Fine Newspaper.

Burlington Saturday Evening Post:
Thursdays number OF The Keokuk
Gate City was composed OF forty-eight
pages, the contents in addition to the
regular and extra new features con-
sisting of illustrated feature writing
giving an account of the present rapid
developing of commercial and indus
trial interests down there under the
impetus of the great water power en-
terprise.
The Gate City rightly claims to be
a paper that boosts Keokuk all the
time. and 1t never did the job with