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Omaha daily bee., 1911-02-06
WEATHER IN THE GRAIN BELT
Indications for Rain or snow for sat
urdRy Night or sunday.
OMAHA 4


The depression everything the central por-
ton OF the country Friday morning con
tinued eastward during the last twenty
TOUR hours, and is now central over the
lower lake region. The movement of the
depression eastward was attended by light
precipitation In the Ohio valley and lower
iake region, and rains are general over the
lower lake region and eastern states this
morning, An area OF high pressure has
replaced the low over the central portion,
ana generally clear and colder weather
prevails throughout the central valleys and
upper lake region, except that IL Is Warmer
~ the extreme upper Missouri valley
The area of high pressure over the central
portion is followed by a low pressure over
the west, and depression of Considerable
energy Is central over the lower Pacific
slope, and this disturbance is causing gem
eraI rains and SHOWS throughout the en-
tire southwest and extending eastward
over southern Colorado and New Mexico.
With the unsettled condition that EXISTS
In the west the outlook is for increa sing
cloudiness in this vicinity tonight and
sunday, with no important change in tenn
ISL 1910 1907 1905
Lowest last night. q "a 81 ~
Precipitation .......,...... 90 90 90 100
Normal temperature for today, u do
grees.
Deficiency in precipitation since March 1.
1877 inches. -
Excess corresponding period, 1910. 5.Ol
Deficiency corresponding period. 1909. 5.ss
lhches' L. A. WELSH
Local Forecaster
Omaha daily bee., 1911-02-06
GRAIN AND PRODUCE MARKET
Wheat Market Has Been Feverish fol
Over a Week.
CORN HAS REMAINED STEADY
Corn r. Firu Saturday, with Country
Offerings Not very Free-CIear-
aHees Are Heavy and De-
mand g. Active.


OMAHA. Feb. 4 1911.
Tho wheat marke. has during the last
week been nervous and erratc with
downward tendency due 20 the bearish sta
tstical Information and heavy selling SUI
ficient TO induce liberal liquidation; me
short interest. which IL large. IS IN tne
form Of hedges against cash grain held IN
store and this is a big factor against an
advance.
In spite OF the weakness in wheat and
oats corn has maintained steady and
firm tone. Despite the liberal movement
pared with year ago The situation ls a
strong one and VALUES might early advance.
There was a firmer tone 70 covering ~
shorts and firmer cables and reports on
export sales. Predictions Of rain IN the
southwest checked the advance. some &C
tive demand from outside milling interests
The corn market ruled steady to firm
throughout the day, values changing very
little. Country offerings are not oVeIly
free and receipts are light Clearances are
heavy and the cash demand active with
Primary corn receipts we're $4,000 bu.. and
shipments were 22s 600 bu., against receipts
last year OF $4,000 bu. and shipments Oh
$4,000 bu.
Primary corn receipts were 9Os,OOO bu. and
shipments were 6s6 900 bu.. against receipts
last year Of $1,000 bu. and shipments OF
Ciearances we're $4,000 bu. OF corn, 700 bu.
Of oats, and wheat and flour equal to l6hVV
Liverpool closed I'D higher on wheat and
The following cash sales were reported
WHEAT-No. 2 hard, l car, SIC; NO. 3
hard ! car, Sc.
CORNING. white, car, iOc; No. 3
color. / car (old). 4Oihc; No. yellow /
car (choiceJ, sac; IA cars. 8izc; NO.
mixed / car. 4Oc; No. mixed. IL cars
s9hc.
white. cars. 2sAc; No. yellow. l car
&Lc; no grade, / car (white) 29hc.
Omaha Cash Prices.
WHEAT-No. 2 hard SSIhq02c; No. ?
hard s7Ad904c No. 4 hard, 15aSS14c; re
iected hard 74lkNB5l4c No. spring, SOC
93c; No. spring, Sq91c
CORNING. : white, 39S4q4Oltc; No:
white, 39JkG4Oc; No. 4 white S9939hci NO
2 yellow, S9IdS9&.c; No 3 yellow, SypSsAc;
No 4 yellow, Ss1zd39c No. 2, S917q4Oc, No.
3. @Ag39hc; No. T. SShgSSAc; no grade
36hQ37lzc.
oKTs-No 2 white. 2skQ2s%c; standard,
2Sg2o1kc; No white, 2sAq29hc; No; 4
white, 28ha2Ss4c; No. 3 yellow, 2ohq2SAc
No yellow, s7%62Sho
BARLBY-No. 3, 78qsOc; No. 4. 6Sg'4c;
No ! feed, 56Q64c; rejected 5S49Oc
RYE-No 2, 79QSOc No. 8. 7SdIso
Omaha daily bee., 1911-02-06
Cnffee Market.

Now YORK, Feb. Futures opaned
irregular at an advance OF IS points 10 a
decline OF points near months heinz
higher in response to better European Ca
bles and relatively steady spot situation
while the late months reflected a renewal
OF bear pressure. Fluctuations continusJ
more or less irregular during the EARN,
trading, but there seemed 10 be more NM.
ing than recently through cotton eXcbange
and commission houses as a result Of
which the market improved during the late
trading. with the close steady at a net
advance OF 5HS2 points, Sales, 60 go bags
February. lO7sC; March, lOSjc: April
10 Sc; May, lose; June, lOS5c; July, IO.S4c
August, lO72c; September, 10 60c: October
10 sec; November, lO4Sc; December iO4Sc.
January. lOS5c. Havre was Il5f higher
Hamburg was Agl'zPfg. higher. Rio
barely steady at ly325. 800 refs below me-
last quotation. Santos steady; as 7Si50.
Is $3.50. go reis below last reported prices
Receipts at the two Brazilian ports rs OOl
bags. against 1900 bags last year and 5000
bags Two years ago. Jundiahy receipts
s. go bags. against $500 bags last year New
York warehouse deliveries Saturday, 5o5S
bags. against 1884 bags last year Rain
was reported in all districts OF Sac Paulo.
spot coffee, quiet; Rio No. 7. l2hdigc.
santos No. 4. l3l4c, mild coffee. nominal:
Cordova, l3Aql5ssc,
Omaha daily bee., 1911-02-06

that appeared to be no better than steady
Heavy animals had TO move at usual dis
counts. SIS and less, buying loads especi-
ally suited for lard manufacture. Mixed
ruled around f7tO and choice bacon grades
reached $50. This price is a dime less than
extreme tops a week ago
Receipts lately have been fairly liberal.
almost 600 head showing up this week
Trade has been errauc, however, and pres
ent values on all weights are Just about A
dime lower than those In force last Satur-
day. Trade reached It's lowest point at mid
week when prices were hammered for 20d
&c declines. some reaction since gives
emphasis to the fact that cheaper winter
cost is possible only with the consent OF the
growers
Omaha daily bee., 1911-02-06
Receipt.


| CAITLE-There were no cattle OF any
smouStnR 70 mere sinos toaS 0tb, the rec receipts
week receipts have been very liberal, show
! ing gain Of over 5000 head as compared
with the same week last year, but still
falling little short Of last weeks big
run. The market from a SELLERS standpoint
has not been very satisfactory either here
/ or at other market points.
! At the beginning of the week cattle
showed some little strength, prices on Mon
day being quoted anywhere from steady to
/ as much as lOc higher in some cases. Com
/ mencing with Tuesday the tide turned and
values everywhere steadily worked down
ward. Buyers were enabled with the aid
OF large receipts to bear down good and
hard and at the close of the week prices
could safely be quoted 25c lower on prac-
| tically all kinds of beef cattle. 1t would
/ take an extra good bunch of fat cattle at
the present time to bring as much as 1925
ass.
! Cows and heifers and for that matter
practically all kinds OF butcher stock have
declined in about the same proportion as
/ beer steers, being generally quoted 25c
lower than last week. Veal calves have
! suffered even worse than that, being fully
/ soc lower than last week.
! Good feeders and good stock cattle have
| both sold to very good advantage through
out the week and comparatively little
change has taken place on that kind of
/ stock. The best feeders have sold up as
I high as $500; the felshy kind of feeders
such as packers and feeder buyers both
bid on have sold lower in sympathy with
the break on beef steers, the decline on
that kind in many cases amounting to
l5q25c.
Quotations on cattle: Good 10 choice
beef steers, $5.75q6,25; fair to good beef
steers, $5.50q5.75; common to fair beef
steers, 4.Bq5.5Q; good to choice cows and
and heifers, $450a630; fair to good cows
and heifers, s4.25g4go; common to fair
cows and heifers, $3.25a4.25; good to choice
stockers and feeders, S5.30Q5.YO; fair to
good stockers AID feeders. A.75q5,SO;
common to fair stockers and feeders, 500
| a475; stock heifers, S375q4.25; veal calves,
N.OOpS.25; bulls, stays, etc, A.O0q5.O0.
HOGS-Fresh Improvement IN hog trade
was apparent this morning, but advances
we're small. The market In general was a
strong to DC higher affair bulk OF light
supply selling in very good season Packers
purchased more freely than shippers or
spectators, but became rather Indifferent
toward the close Of the session. Late sales
we're weaker than those made early. final
business including number OF transactions
Omaha daily bee., 1911-02-06
CHICAGO LIVE STOCK MARKET
Demand for All Glasses of stock "a
Steady,

CHICAGO. Feb. 4-CATTLE-Recelp
estimated at 200 head; market steady
beeves, 4.sOd6.sO; Texas steers, NOOq5 70;
western steers ASQ5.5O; stockers ah 1
feeders, S370Q5.65; cows and heifers, $50
15.75; calves S6.50QSO0
HOGS-Receipts estimated at 10000 head /.
market steady; light S7.5Oa7.S5 mixed, f.3S
a770; heavy, $7.05d755 rough, H.OOQ! ~
good to choice heavy. S.2517.5 So; pigs S'oO
97.a0: bulk of sales, S7.456D7.65.
SHEEP AND LAMBS-Reeeipts estimated
at 1900 head; market steady; native, SG4o
n430; western, SZ256D4.30; yearlings, A4Vg
66O5
Omaha daily bee., 1911-02-06
Kansas city Live stock Market.

KANSAS CITY, Feb. 4-CATTLE-Rs-
ceipts 200 head including 100 southerns;
market steady: native steers, IS 25d6. so:
southern steers, Si75G590; southern cows,
S3.25d475: native cows and helfers $3.50
500; stockers and feeders, A50g5.S0; bulbs.
IS OO6I6 90; western cows, $3.25d5.O0
HOGS-Receipts 5000 head: market
steady; bulk Of sales, S5q7.65; heavy,
81. 4Od7 IS: packers and butchers, H.45q7 65
lights, S.65d790.
SHEEP AND LAMBS-Recelpts none;
market steady; muttons, s.. 606430; lambs,
S52sd6OO: fed wethers and yeRrlings, $500
as 25; fed western ewes S350d4.00.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-02-06

NEW YORK Feb. A-EVAPORATED
APPLES steady with a quiet trade: on
the spot fancy, l2zal3c; choice. IialilSc:
prime, lOlsulOs.c, coid storage, SskalGc.
DRIED FRUITS-Prunes strong with a
good jobbing demand. Quotations range
from 6AmllAc for CALIFORNIA; up 10 sO-Ess
and 9i4Mlliac for Oregons from S. 10 als
Apricots, quiet, but steady with small OF
ferings; choice, l5c. extra choice, 13ykdisR G /:
fancy, l3Aqltc. Peaches, firm, but quiet
choice, IAQlStc; extra choice S6fgi6c .
fancy, Sad9hc. Raisins inactive but
steady In absence OF selling pressure; loose
muscatels, bha6hc; choice 10 fancy seeded
6hQr5c. seedless. 44tG6c; London layers,
Omaha daily bee., 1911-02-06

Kansas city Grain and ProvIsIons.

KANSAS CITY, Feb. 4-wHEAT-May.
s2Ssc bid July, s9ssdS9atc sellers; cash un-
changed TO re higher; No. 2 hard 9OdS7c:
No, 8, s7Gs4c No red s6a9sc No 3. ga
s5c.
CORN-Ma:, 4slsG4sItc bid; July, 4shc:
cash unchanged NO z mixed, 45q4shc; No.
A2ika43c.
oATs-Unohanged No. white 82lhasSc
No. 2 mixed 3lHd32c.
RYE-No. 2, 74tD76a
HAY-Unchanged; choice timothy $4,000
1850; choice prairie, Sl2OO
BUTTER-Creamery 24c; firsts, PIC: sec
onds l9c; packing stock, lSikc.
EGGS-EXtras, PIC; firsts, l9lsc; seconds.
i3lac.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-02-06

and heifers. s. 55a6Oo: stockers and feed
eers, N0outi5; calves, In carload lots.
-HoGs-Receipts. $500 head: market
steady; pigs and lights 81 5Oll7 s.; packers,
NWqAWi butchers and best heavy, $50
sHEEP AND LAMRs-Nnna.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-02-06

,,,--- ,.-.,.. . BID. Aseki
Columbus. Neb.. e. L. s. 1874. ....... 81 80
Cudahy Pkg CO. So, igat............. % a.
Corn Exchange Natl. Bank. ......... -. ~
Fairmont Creamery Let g. 9 per cent sSL. ~,
Hicks Fuller PierFon (siouX cty) T[ 80. ia
Howell tNeb.l School bs............,.. o. ia
lows Portland Cement lst ssu......., "a ~
Kansas City q CMeO sohsoi....... SsH "a
Kennedy Building 10. es............... 100
Kansas City, Mexico a orient pfd IL ~
Kansas City. Mexico a Orient com, 10 IL
Lyon County UA) SO warrGnts....., PSx ieo
Nebraska Land a Feeding 6s........ S5 Ss
Nance County (NebD go warrants. 1914 Igo
Omaha Gas IS, lsiT,,...,.,.......... STK SSu
Omaha Water bs, 1s46......,,..........
Omaha 81. Ry %, l9h................, % itI
Omaha q c. D. st. Ry. Sc. 1885,. OI rU
Omaha 4 c. b. st. RY. ptd. D. e.. Is at
Omaha e. c. D. St. RI. eom....,... &c 70"
Union stock Yards stock. ............. p5 %
stratton (Eeb) Water ss.,.......... go. i0ats
Omaha daily bee., 1911-02-06

PHILADELPHIA, Feb 4-BUTTER-
Firm; extra western creamery, 2sc; nearby
prints Doc.
EGGS-Steady; Pennsylvania and other
nearby firsts, free cases, &c at mark. cur
rent receipts in returnable cases 22c nj
mark; western frsts, free cases 23c al
mark; current receipts, pc at mark
CHEESE-Steady; New York full creams.
Fancy. September, Axe; fair to good, Oc-
tober. l3dl4c.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-02-06
MinncapoIIs Grain NInrL..,

MINNEAPOLIS Feb. 4-WHEAT-NTav
siO2Ssql.05A; July Sl.O84sul.O3A; cash NJ
] hard, S.Wl; No. I northern 81 OiS.Gfi Oass
No. northern, s9cdN.Olss; No Il &c.
400 - ''09
FLAN-Closed at &266
CORN-No. 3 yellow 43643Lc
OATS-Eo. 3 white, 29h6SOc
RYE-No. 2. 7sa7SAc
BRAN-n lOO-pOund sacks So OOfs2 "a
fLOUR-tlrst patents, M65d505; second
patents, NbogAs5i first clears, ST. 3O6S al.
second clears, f2@de65
Omaha daily bee., 1911-02-06

NEW YORK. Feb. 4-MONEY-on call
nominal; time loans firmer; sixty days 81
Sh per cent; ninety days 3haSJs per cent;
six months, ga per cent
PRIME MERCANTILE pAPER-A6tty
per cent.
STERLING EXCHANGE-Easy with &C.
tual business in bankers bills at "a S2Sbd
1850 for sixty day bills and at 81 S625 for
demand commercial bills fAS2lldAs3
SILNER-Bar, 62hc; Mexican dollars, 45c,
BONDS-Government, steady; railroad
firm.
Closing quotations on bonds today were
a. oil
Omaha daily bee., 1911-02-06
milwaukee, Grain Market.

MILWAUKEE, Feb. 4-FLOUR-Duu.
WHEAT-No ] northern, Sl.O4k6i05
No. northern, NO8ql.4; May. s6c.
OATS-Standard, S2kc.
ARIsEY-Samples, S56SSc.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-02-06

futures. steady; March. " Nd; May. &c va
CORN-Spot American mixed. new. quiet
81 4J1d; American mixed. old. steady. S.
sqi FUTURES, quiet. February. a. 9Jsd
March. 81 SD. Nav. g sd
Omaha daily bee., 1911-02-06
Londor Stock MnrI,et

LONDON Feb. 4-American securities
opened steady on the stock exchange here
today and improved on covering in antic-
ipation Of a good New York bank state
ment. The closing was steady, with prices
from Il TO y higher than yesterdays New
York closing.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-02-06
Peoria Market.


PEORIA. H., Jan. A-CORN-Firm. No
yellow, 44l4g4iAe' No 3, Absc; No. I, isc.
sample 4Oiac.
oKTs-Easyi No, white. SIC: standard
dAc.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-02-06
Bank CIearInRs,

OMAHA, Feb. 4--Bank clearings for 10
day were g. $50. Sl863-. and for the CORE
spending date last year $2,569, 77S.43
Bank cearings for the week ending to-
spending week last year, 3l5,O7s 6l9.24. Daily
Omaha daily bee., 1911-02-06
Duluth Grnin Markell.

DULUTH. Feb. f-WHEAT-No. 1 north
ern, N.0lh; No. 2 northern N.O0Rdl Oils.
May, &.0lkdSl. Oi5t; July, S1-OfK
OATS-Stsc.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-02-06
st. Joseph Live stock Market,

ST. JOSEPH. Feb. 4-CATTLE-Re-
oeipts. 100 head; market steady: steers.
s.. 35q6 %; cows and heifers. SS.25qS.5O;
calves. 81. O00S 90.
HOGS-Receipts, 5000 head; market dull,
steady to &C lower; top, $40; bulk of sales,
81 .406I7. co.
SHEEP AND LAMBS-Receipts 100 head;
market steady; lambs s.. 50a6.s 5.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-02-06
sugar Market

NEW YORK. Feb. 4-SUGAR-Firm;
Auscovado. - test q a5fio ssc; centrifnFai
% test. ABua4sc. Aolasses sugar. 50 test,
Omaha daily bee., 1911-02-06

NEW YORK. Feb. THE statement OF
that the banks hold SIS, 624, $50 more than
the requirements of the Is per cent re-
serve rules. This Is a decrease of S3.74O51
in the proportionate cash reserve as com
pared with last week. The statement fol-
lows:
Daily Average
Omaha daily bee., 1911-02-06
IncnI sNcrrltirn

The following quotations are furnished
by Logan & Bryan, members New YnrI
Stock exchange, Sl5 South Sixteenth street
Omaha. ~. wv
Omaha daily bee., 1911-02-06
LINernooI GrnIn NInrLct.

LIVERPOOL. Feb a-WHEAT-spo
dull; No. 2 red western winter, no stock;
Omaha daily bee., 1911-02-06

SILVER-Bar, qulet at q Ltd per ounce.
MONEY-21Hq2% per cent
The rate of discount In the open market
for short bills is 3@sq8 7-16 per cent; for
three months bills, 3hQ3% per cent.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-02-06
New York Mining stocLs,

A Guarantee OF Business Prosperity
The Bee Advertising Columns
Omaha daily bee., 1911-02-06
OMAHA wHOLEsALn Prices.

27egs.Ia., Refined. steady; crushed. $500
Omaha daily bee., 1911-02-06

Restored confidence on the part OF rail
road managements may be traced to the
ready absorption OF nav capital issues
Issues OF new securities IN January were
tzEo'OOO,0eO In the New York money market
new high record for that month
Inc prevailing sentiment of speculation
was sisnaltzed in the resolute way In which
the poor showing Of the December quarter
OF the United States Steel earnings was
ignored in favor OF the announced improve
ment since the first OF the year. This
statement said that the daily average OF
booking OF new orders for the CORPORA tion
hao risen in January TO 5000 tons com
pared with 2.WO tons in November and
December ~"
The controllers abstract Of national benl,
returns as OF January was notable for
drop of 900 in individual deposits
IN eight weeks, with q parallel reduction
OF only S4S' 100000 in the loan account. New
York clearing house banks accounted Tor
Sl6s bOO.OOO OF the shrinkage In deposits and
decrease of il47, 100000 in their ''exchanTes
az the clearing house" was held responsi-
PIE due to the fact of the call coming on
saturday with no Stock exchange trans
actions figuring in the statement Due
slIoWance must be made. however for the
fact that the New York loans remained
IN large excess of deposits up 10 the
middle OF January, when the abundant in
TOW OF cash to reserves corrected that 70
In the banking position.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-02-06

Receipts and disposition of live stock
az the Union Stock yards South Omaha,
LOT tWenty-four hours ending at p. m,
Omaha daily bee., 1911-02-06

st. Louis Live stock Market.
ST. LOUIS-Feb. A-CATTLE-Receip
300 head. including 100 Texans; market
steady; native beef steers, S5.O0G17.Oo; cows
Omaha daily bee., 1911-02-06
stock I'm sight.

Receipts of live stock at the five p!in-
cipal western markets yesterday:
Cattle Hnna GhEarl
Omaha daily bee., 1911-02-06

The Key to the situauon-Bee Want Ads,
Omaha daily bee., 1911-02-06
FRESH CONFIDENCE EXISTS
Union Pacific Double Tracking Give.
Tone to the Market.
CAPITAL OFFERINGS ABSORBED
Drop In National BRuk Deposita
Factor In Arriving at Estimate OF
Conditions in Bast--ImprOve-
meuts In steei.

NEW YORK, Feb. b-Fresh growth or
confidence IN the promise OF the prosper
Gus outlook for business was reflected In
the renewed uplift Of prices and expansion
OF activity I'm the stock market last week
Two incidents Of the week were OF domi-
nant effect In shaping speculative senti-
ment the statement OF the program Of
Improvement OF the Union Pacific and
the supplementary announcement OF Chair
man Gary OF the United States Steel cor
poration with the quarterly statement Of
earnings
The decision Of the linton Pacific man
agement to proceed with the double track.
Ing OF the system by the expenditure Of
WILDWOOD, extending over the next five
years, swept into the background most OF
the misgtvings over railroad conditions
which sim remained. This program and
the expression OF confidence by the chair
man OF the Union Pacific board proclaimed
a sense OF security for the future which
le not impaired by the still undecided ques-
ton OF railroad rate increases the anti
trust cases before the supreme court and
the suit for tho dissolution OF the Union
Pacific and Southern Pacific systems An
proech OF the time for decision OF these
questions threatened to bring them into
force as repressive influences on the finap-
cial program. The Union Pacific announce
ment proved a timely factor, whether de-
signedly or not, In counteracting this in
fluence. "
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-10-17
HOW CITIES ARE ADVERTISED.

Detroit and Cleveland are advertised
by their automobiles in every maya
zine. weekly and newspaper. and the
machines carry their names into every
town. Breakfast foods and sanator-
iums have made Battle Creek. Mich,
known over a continent. Shoes adj
vertise Boston and st. Louis, the lat
ter also receiving wide publicity
through its hardware. Elgin and Wal
than are known for their watches.
Furniture carries the name of Grand
Rapids into every home. Steel pro-
ducts and pickles speak for Pittsburg.
Insurance suggests Hartford and Jer-
sey. Talking machines talk for Cam
den. A hundred mail-order houses
and manufacturers advertise Chicago
and New York.
Keokuk is advertised by its shoes,
corn products especially starch,
pickles and canned goods, bank and
office furniture, powder, food products,
clothing and the big dam now in pro
cess of construction here. When the
power is developed a score or more
Of important new industries should
help carry Keokuk's name and fame
to the ends of the earth. To enhance
their advertising value every such
product should bear the label, Made
In Keokuk.'
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-10-17

eagerness for rational reform they
ought to be. 1t involves only enlight-
ened selfishness on their part. The
public official or the private citizen
who lends his influence to the move
ment for purer beer and improved
selling conditions should not be stig-
matized as foe Of temperance. He is
only cooperating In policy to which
the federal government has been
committed in principle for a good
many years and which every state
government, except in the handful of
prohibition states, has also approved.
A little temperance in thought
among the most pronounced foes of
intemperance would allay the storm
raised by the suggestion of improprie-
ty in Secretary Wilson's association
with the brewers.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-10-17
THE COST OF POOR ROADS.

State Geologist w. o. Hotchkiss Of
Wisconsin tells how one man who
farms in that state became believer
in good roads. This man had a
thousand bushels Of potatoes In the
cellar which he was holding for a
good price. An offer of SO cents
came in March, but, as he expressed
it, the roads were SO bad that the
only way he could get to town was by
telephone OF course the roads finally
dried out, and then he procured 80
cents bushel for his potatoes. Hence,
rightly, he assumed that bad roads
had cost him something over 5000,
and he likewise figured that II all the
main roads in the county had been
improved, his share would have been
as much as the loss on his crop of
potatoes. Mr.. Hotchkiss sums up the
situation very concisely in this sen.
tence: Good roads benefit US at
every turn and bad roads are an ex-
travagance that no people can at.
sord.'
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-10-17
CLOSING THE DOORS.

ClOSiNG TIE O00NSs
have closed the door on Doubt;
will go by what light | can find,
And hold up my handse and reach
them out
To the glimmer of God in the
dark and call;
II am Thine, though I grope
and stumble and fall
serve; and Thy service is kind"
u have closed the door on Fear.
He has lived with me far too long.
II he were to break forth and reap.
pear,
should lift my eyes and looA
at the sky.
And sing aloud, and run lightly
by;
He will never follow song.
Ii have closed the door on Gloom.
His house has too narrow view.
II must seek for my soul wider room,
With windows to open and let
in the sun,
And radiant lamps when the
day is done,
And the breeze of the world blowing
through
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