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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-08-28
rliRN TO TIE LEFT.

The mooted question as to which
way an automobile overtaking car
riage or other vehicle on the highway
should turn is settled as far as Illi-
nois is concerned by law passed by
the last legislature OF that state. 1t
lays down the rule that the person
operating an automobile that over
takes another vehicle shall turn to
the left. The law also provides that
the rider Or driver of any horse or
vehicle so overtaken shall, as soon
as practicable. upon signal, turn to
the right OF the center OF the high
way so as to allow free passage on
the left. 1t is further stipulated that
any person operating motor vehicle
shall, at the intersection of public
highways, keep to the right of the
center of such intersections of such
highway when turning to the right
and pass to the left of the center of
such intersection when turning to the
left. These are all and severally
common sense provisions and should
be always and everywhere observed
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On his arrival al his home in Wa
terloo Congressman G. Z. Pickett OF
the Third district came out in an in
teryiew endorsing the action OF Presi-
dent Taft in yetoing the Democratic
insurgent tariff measures. He de
clares that the Republican party Is
firmly committed TO the plan OF a
tariff commission, composed of non
partisan members and that TO even
sanction revision on any other basis
would be a mistake He believes it
particularly would be mistake when
that commission will be ready to re.
port in less than three months. Repre-
sentative Pickett has been something
of an insurgent in the past. but as
the alignment now stands he is fol-
the party and against the mongrel op
position to it. His position will be
commended by Iowa Republicans gen
orally.
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ed the proposition In so many words;
nor has he stated 1t In this language,
but 1t amounts to the same"


Sioux City Journal: 1t is not a ia
yorable time for such large and ex-
IRENE concessions as the organiza-
tions OF railroad employees are de-
handing Of the western railroad COM
panies and elsewhere. There has
not been within decade juncture
SO unfavorable as the present, wheth-
er the purpose is to press such de-
mands to a rupture or not. 1t is
certain that the companies, under pres
ent conditions, cannot yield, and
strikes often result when at the out
set of a controversy there is, no pur-
pose to push matters so far.
The one thing needed to knock the
general business situation galley
west would be comprehensive strike
on the western systems. 1t would
be accepted at once on all hands as
the sign of the breaking OF storm
before which all sails in every depart
ment of trade and enterprise must be
quickly reefed. On the railroads wage
and concession has followed conces-
sion, increasing the cost of opera
ton, during the last ten years. Not
penny is begrudged. All would re-
joice If increased earnings and gem
eral business conditions held out a
prospect warranting still higher
wages for the men. Just the reverse
is the fact.
The business, financial and indus
trial community has found itself hard
put to it now for good while to get
itself into shape for the inertia and
depression which characterize presi-
dental election year, prematurely
forced and intensified this time by
agitation In congress. The reports OF
railroad earnings the last few months,
as they are coming in, show continued
narrowing of the net margin. Crops,
trade and industry, while not graveiy
pessimistic if no untoward accident
befalls, most assuredly do not open a
prospect of buoyancy, of marked out
reaching in any direction.
| In these circumstances an outright
rupture between the railroad com
] panleS ana LuelI eupioSSS, VI even .
critical tension in their relations, with
it's sympathetic possibilities through
out the whole world of affairs, would
be perilous in the extreme 1t is no
wonder that those in charge of the
railroad systems are nervous and i'm
pressed with the gravity of the situa-
ton. But their stake, vast as it is,
1 is comparatively trivial to the conse
ouences to the general public.
1t will not be long now till the op
erations upon which the BUILDING
trades depend will begin to slacken
and discontinue In any event the
sum of employment, as the fall Of
the year comes on, will contract over
a period of many months, even if we
were not entering presidential veal
Involving unusual uncertainties fol-
the business world. OF all times the
present is most inoppotune for precipi
tating labor troubles, and iuncture
when any possibility thereof, an.
cloud on the horizon. though no larg
er than mans hand, must and vii
be most seriously taken into account
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Why Not Have Joy in Iowa?

Des Moines Capital: NO Joy in
Iowa. said the travelling man on the
train to his comrade The travelling
man continued to say: Iowa is a
purely agricultural state, business
state, state of financial progress and
growth, but is not state for joy rides
and good times. There is no place to
go; there is nothing to do; every
thing is pure business. This is
state in which to get riches and go
away from"
Too many people are saying the
same thing. Too many people are
willing to admit that Iowa has severe
winters.
The indictment generally found
against Iowa is in regard to the cold
winters
The railroad advertisements apol-
ogize for the cold winters in Mon
tana, remarking that when it is forty
degrees below in Montana one does
not really feel the cold. No railroad
advertisements say the same thing
in regard to Iowa. Yet cold weather
is cold weather the world over.
1t is the fashion to dismiss Iowa as
a state within which to produce hogs
and corn. But not a state in which
to have a good time
The man who would induce people
/ TO leave Iowa talks constantly of
/ front porches, idleness, oranges and
/ swings. He says nothing about sand
/ storms, or anything that would make
a man unhappy.
/ 1t Is but the truth to say that Iowa
has never been urged as a place for
I unalloyed JOY. Iowa has never been
urged on account of her indian sum-
4 mer or on account of her beautiful
May and June. Iowa has never been
urged on account of her green fields
her pastures and her shady groves
But Iowa has all of these in abund
ance
Furthermore, northern Iowa has q
series of charming lakes as fine as
any In the country. We have not
with sufficient frequency called atten
ton to the Iowa lakes. OF course
new cottages are being built about
the lakes every year, but there is
room for more. The Iowa summer re
sorts must be utilized. must be talk
ed about; must be advertised. The
bright side of Iowa must be paraded
before the public. This ought to be
done for the general good Of the PEG
pie and stop the drain produced BY
drawing Iowa people and Iowa money
TO other states for the purposes OF ;
good time. The people can have ;
!, good time in Iowa if they will make
, the effort.
: It ought to be part Of the mis-
sion of every Iowa man to argue 70
the bright side of Iowa and TO presen
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their daughters, Minnie and Ruth at
Suffer, where they are taking care Of
the Mississippi Valley switch board
Miss Rutle Maynard of Dallas City
is visiting at the home Of ]. G. Dun
can
Mrs. Sam Howes OF Hamilton and
Mrs. Laura Pratt of Minneapolis
Mimi, were in this city calling on
old friends Friday.
The threshing In our community
or vicinity is about all done and very
little grain has been gotten out OF II
compared with other years. crops,
but our corn is doing nicely, and
many are beginning to put up the
second crop of hay, which will pc
good, on account of the rains lately.
Pearl Garvey of Chicago Is at home
on two weeks vacation.
Dot Reagin Is also on two weeks
furlough from hospital work at Mus
kegon, Mich.
Six old time friends enjoyed an
outing and picnic dinner and supper
at Golden Point on Thursday. Those
attending were Mrs. Estella Bray o.
Carthage, Misses Greta Runyon, Bios
som Walker, Bessie Loring, Dorothes
Reagln, Pearl Carney.
John Garvey visited last week u
Chicago and Gilman, being accompan'
led by his cousin, Emmett Garvey, o.
Biandinsvillo.
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unengaged, we'll contribute a dollar
toward his railroad fare to East Au-
rora if he'll agree to take a poke at
Ebert Hubbard.
COLONEL AINswoRrH's OFFER.
s25, 600 Gift Proposition Made to Mys
tic Shrine Order.

HOT SPRINGS, S. ID. Aug, 2S.-Col
F. B. Ainsworth, of Minnekahta, and a
prominent Mason, offers to donate
$4,000 to the Ancient Order of the
Mystic Shrine if the order will estab-
lish their national reserve In this
county.
At the meeting of the shrine held
at Buffalo in June it was proposed
and practically decided to purchase
5000 acres of land at suitable loca-
ton, where the annual pilgrimage
could be made and where proper &C.
commodations and surroundings could
always be at hand for the festivities.
Col. Ainsworth believes that the
Black Hills offers the only place In
the United States which combines the
various necessary features. Here
there is fishing and game, large and
small, rivers, mountains and plains, a
perfect climate. 1t is accessible from
all parts of the country, and the
necessary land can be secured.
Col. Ainsworth is known as the land
king of this section. He is the only
man here who possesses 5000 acres
of land, and the railroad station is To-
Gated in the middle of the tract. st
combines mountain and valley, pine
trees, alfalfa and grain, and has an
abundance of pure water, and is but
a few miles from this health resort.
The colonel is a member of the Murat
shrine at indianapolis. and has wide
acquaintance with members of the or
der in Ohio as well as in the west.
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Beware of Ointments for Ca
tarrh that Contain Mercury.

as mercury will surely destroy the sense
OF smell and completely derange the
who.c system when entering II through
the mucous surfaces. Such articles
should never be used except on ,,resor-p-
tons from reputable physicians, Is the
damage they will do Ii ten fold to The
gool you can possibly derive from them.
Halls Catarrh Cure. manufactured by
F. J. Cheney & Co.. Toledo. O.. con-
tains no mercury. and Is taken inter
nally. acting directly upon the blood
Ind mucous surfaces Of the system l..
buying Halls Catarrh Cure be sure you
get the genuine It IL taken internally
: mado in Toledo. Ohio, by q. i
cheney & CO. Testimonials free.
So by Druggists. Price. 100 per bor-
tic-
Take Halls Family Pills for constpA
riSr.
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When his trouble came, at the very
height of his woe, she married him
and since his imprisonment has sue
ceeded In making her way. She
once presented petition containing
$4,000 names to President Roosevelt
Though the decision favoring the
parole was reached on August 16, 1t
was kept secret and came as com.
plete surprise to the aged man, who
was dazed as he walked feebly from
the prison door.
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A Midaet Calf.

Nauvoo Independent: George Rein
hardt has curiosity on his farm
which is interesting the farmers OF
that vicinity. 1t Is midget Holstein
calf, which weighed only eighteen
pounds when three days old George
says 1t is well formed and healthy
and Is getting along fine.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-08-28

Iowa Falls in this state has devised
a unique way of advertising itself.
The business committee has prepared
for sale ten thousand souvenir cards,
a set OF ten cards being placed in ey-
cry envelope. On the fourth of Sep
TENDER, which is Labor Day, all the
cards sold will be mailed By the pur-
chasers to every part Of the country.
These cards contain information
about the opportunities and beauties
of low Falls.
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ELvAsToN, i'll.
) = : : NNNNNN>A :

Mr.. and Mrs. Wilson Campbell and
family, Mr.. and Mrs. Otis Bray OF
Carthage and Mrs. Louise Hollings-
worth of Stronghurst, visited with
Jasper White and attended the chau-
tauqua at Hamilton.
Miss Rosa Tomlinson of Augusta,
Ill, visited with her friend Miss
Clara Haman and attended Hamilton
chautauqua.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. C. Stevenson are
visiting in Colorado.
Quite a number OF our citizens
went to TT. Madison on the dam
excursion Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. George White visited
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Appreciation of Opportunities.

Cedar RAPIDS Gazette: The sue
cess of an individual, of a business
corporation or of a municipality de-
ponds on the proper appreciation of
opportunities. For that reason some
people, and some cities, with lesser
advantages, forge ahead of other peo-
pie and other cities that have greater
opportunities.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-08-28
NEWS FORECAST OF THE WEEK


Both political parties in Maryland
will hold their state primaries to-
morrow for the selection of candi-
dates for the state Offices to be filed
at the autumn election Interest cen
ters chiefly in the spirited contest for
the Democratic gubernatorial nomi-
nation between State Senator Arthur
?. German and State Senator Blair
Lee. Phillips Lee Goldsborough will
receive the Republican nomination
for governor without opposition.
Republicans of Alabama will hold a
state convention in Birmingham on
Thursday to select a new state COM
mittee and chairman ard to consider
the state representation in the next
national convention.
The Republican candidate for con-
gress to succeed the late Alexander
Mitchell as representative o. the Sec
ond Kansas district is to be nominal
ed by the congressional committee at
meeting TO-DAY in Kansas City, Kan.
A conference of state railroad COM
missioners is to be held tomorrow in
Lincoln, Neb., to discuss methods of
obtaining physical valuation of rail
road property.
Tomorrow is the day fixed for the
conservation of Rev. John E Gum
as Roman Catholic bishop of Natchez.
Miss. The ceremony is to take place
in Atlanta, with Archbishop Blenk of
! New Orleans officiating.
Governor Baldwin, Of Connecticut,
former Justice Brown of the United
States supreme court. and Baron Uchi-
da, the Japanese ambassador to the
United States. are among the notable
speakers scheduled to address the
thirty-fourth annual meeting of the
| American Bar association, which will
1 begin its sessions in Boston tomorrow
/ The season of fairs and exhibitions
will reach its height during the week
| In addition to a dozen or more state
! fairs in various parts of the United
/ States the week will see the opening
of the annual industrial exposition in
I Milwaukee, the Canadian national ex
| hibition in Toronto and the provincial
exhibitions in Quebec, British Column
bia and other sections of the domin
ion.
The political campaign in Canada
is expected to be continued with in
I creased energy on both sides. Sii
! Wilfrid Laurier will carry his cam
paign into the Maritime provinces
while Robert L. Borden, leader of ths
opposition, will continue on the plat
form in Ontario and Quebec.
The statue OF Steuben. which hal
been presented to Germany by thu
American congress, is to be formal.
dedicated in Berlin Saturday Tit
statue is TO be dedicated in the pres
ence of the emperor, the American
ambassador and many other notables
and the function will be made pic
turesque and literary ceremonial.
Other notable events of the weel
in the foreign field will include tn
great German naval review in Swine
!, munde, the annual meeting of tn
British Association for the Advance
: ment of Science, which will meet Il
: Portsmouth. and the beginning of tn
, festivities in celebration of the Ger
: tennial of the Royal Frederick's un
versity at Christiania, NORWAY. A
the last named event the Unite
states will be represented by dele
cation of we'll known educators.
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the possibilities of Joy within the
state. Happiness is an Elusive thing.
With many it is Imaginary. With all
persons it Is something OF the heart.
and circumstances have little to do
with it. Make the heart right in Iowa
and it will be happy as well as in
California.
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The Illinois Equal Suffrage associa
ton is planning an automobile tour
which will begin at Danville, Sept. IL
and terminate in Chicago a week la
ter. Members of the association will
speak in the interest of equal suf-
frage at all cities of Importance along
the route.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-08-28

LATE Young told chautauqua at
Fairfield that he is on the platform
to "dispel the report given out by II
val publishers" that he is seventy-ive
years DID, has his fifth pair OF false
teeth" and lis growing decrepit.'
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The New York correspondent OF
the Washington Post says that the
Republicans of New York, irrespective
of factional feelings or aspirations,
are practically a unit in the opinion
that President Taft should and will
be renominated in 1912.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-08-28

The transportation of the maya
zines by freight will operate to their
advantage in one respect. 1t will ell
able them to overtake their date
lines.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-08-28

Colonel Roosevelt says that he
would consider third term move
ment "a genuine calamity. But he
doesn't explain whether to the coun-
try or himself.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-08-28
Wants to see Fra Punched.

Jacksonville Courier: Some fellow
out In San Francisco walloped Jack
London, the author and moral back
slider. Now If this same puncher is
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-08-28
cuMMlNs OUT FOR AFoLLETTE.
Senior iowa Senator VIII Oppose Re
nomination Of President
Taft.

DIES MONIES, Iowa, August IS
That Republican success in the gener
al election of 1912 can best be insured
by the elimination of William Howard
Taft as the presidential candidate
and the selection of some other lead
er as the standard bearer of the par
ty, wax the belief expressed by Sena-
tor Albert B. Cummins in an inter-
view given out to a representative OF
the Register and Leader.
Senator Cummins arrived home Fri
day following the adjournment of con-
gress. He talked freely of the pres
ent tangled political situation, CRITICS.
ed the Presidential veto of the wool
bill and the farmers free list. COM
mended the veto of the cotton bill,
defended his own position on reciproc-
ity and expressed his personal pref
erence for Senator Robert M. LaF'ol-
lette of Wisconsin as the Republican
candidate for President in 1912.
Outspoken Against Taft.
He was unhesitating in his expires.
sion OF disapproval of President Taft
and of his candidacy for the Republi-
can nomination. TAFT he said is
out of harmony with the political
views of the rank and file of the Re-
publican party The whole party, | be-
lieve, is strongly in favor of going on
and trying to find some solution for
the questions with which the country
is now confronted. Without disparag-
ing Taft / do not believe that he
takes the progressive view"
Although strongly in favor of La
Toilette or some other progressive
leader of equal strength, for the
nomination, Senator Cummins would
not commit himself to a fight in the
next state convention for either an
instructed delegation which might be
used in his support if the occasion
arose.
Asked point blank what would be
| his course providing conditions re
NAMED the same next spring as now
he said Il do not know. The Republi
/ can state convention is yet a long
i way off. Many things may intervene
between now and then which vii
| serve to change the situation. Per
sonally, / am opposed to President
Taft If had my way he would not be
! the choice of the Republican nationa
/ convention, and il it were possible
for me to prevent it. | do not hest
I tate to say that would do So
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-08-28

Kin Hubbard declares that no wo-
man ever laced too tight to eat two
dollars worth after the theatre.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-08-28

That deep, smothered yell you
hear" explains the Burlington Hawk
Eye, is chorus of insurgents call
ing for a ladder to help them out of
the hole
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-08-28

Among his other accomplishments,
President Taft is an eminentiy sue
cessful swatter of bad legislation
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NOTES AND COMMENT.

The Davenport Democrat says they
can fight longer over nothing in the
senate than any other body of men.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-08-28

Never mind counsels the Ackley
World, Dave Brant has taken care
of himself before; he has fought his
own battles, and dollars to doughnuts
he will take care of his end OF the
assertion that the states prison needs
urgent attention
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THE GATE CITY is on sale at tho
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In the struggling days at Tuskegee
Booker t, Washington found that he
would have to use an old chicken
house for a school room Uncle ne
said TO an old colored man, 4 want
you to come down at 8 O'Clock tornor-
row morning and help me clean out
IA hen house" Law, now, Mr.. Wash
ington," the old man expostulated.
"you-aH don't want to begin cleanin'
out no hen house roun' here in de day
time
THE position OF Senator Cummlns,
and those who stand with him, on
the revision of the tariff, is inderen-
sible, for the simple reason that he
has been attempting to tell the people
that one wrong can be righted by an.
other wrong says the Clinton Her
! aid. True, the senator has not stat.
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keokuk. Iowa ...... August %, 1911
The Daily Missoulian., 1911-11-26
SAMUEL H. ROBB

Samuel H. Robb, father OF Mrs John
Hicklin OF this city and known to a
large circle OF friends whom he met
here during visit to his daughter in
1908, died November II. 1911. at the
home Of his daughter. Mrs. J. Elmore
in Palo Alto, California.
Mr.. Robb was born May q. 1884. in
McConnelsville. Ohio. but lived the
greater part Of his life in the west.
first in Wisconsin. and for the last 90
years in California and Washington.
Wherever Mr. Robb has lived his mem
ory will live always.
The wife and mother was taken from
his home many years ago and he has
devotedly filled the place OF both
father and mother to his children
They will never forget the sympathy
and encouragement they received from
his kind. just heart. His ideas and
interests were broad, and progressive
and he took an especially keen interest
in national affairs: In character, he
was one Of Natures noblemen. His
life and death bespoke his religion.
Besides three daughters and three
grandchildren. all in the west. two
brothers with their families in the