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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-12-27
NAMING FARM ).

John Hughes. member Of the
Henry county board Of supervisors, is
quoted in the Mt Pleasant Free Press
as saying that he would like to see
three hundred farmers in that county
name and record the names OF their
farms His reasons are thus stated:
st lends dignity and stability to a
farmer and he feels that If more farm
ers would do it there would be more
pride taken in farm homes and as a
result they would be kept in fine shape
and then the next door neighbor would
catch the spirit and he would also i'm
prove wherever he could find place
10 do So
1t does even more than that. II
gives individuality to a farm as vel
as dignity and stability to the farmer
and individuality means increased
value A name sets farm apart from
the farms that are not named and in
vests it with distinction it woult
not otherwise enjoy With this ide;
in mind we look TO see several thous
and southeastern Iowa farmers name
their farms and record the names
within the next few monthsJ
l
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A TIMELY APPEAL,

A woman signing herself as war
Widow" writes as follows to the Des
Moines Tribune:
I Please. while you are doing SO
much for the poor, please speak
good word through your paper for the
war widows; now lots of these old sol
idiers that will get increase have
property worth one or two thousands.
Here l have fought the wolf from the
door for seven children, had my hus-
band discharged for the sickness he
got through exposure with which he
died thirteen years later. worked,
took care of him, am 81 years old,
have to live on s12 per month, moth
ing to help myself. | pay for every
thing / eat, can't see to work very
much. have to hire everything done
but my cooking and work in two little
rooms.
WAR WIDOW"
The Tribune truthfully says that
this is the trouble with the whole
pension system-men of wealth are
drawing pensions wholly as a reward OF
merit, while the poor and unfortunate
survivors of the war and those depend
ent upon them are in many instances
in want. The same paper says furth-
err:
1.-THE attempt to make an honor roll
of the pension list was wrong in prin-
ciple The government should never
attempt to honor men with pensions.
Pensions should be to meet the actual
of Al ic Indnhf or
| to.
| .'The old soldiers should meet the
! pension situation candidly and pro-
pose a plan that would care for those
who deserve care, without making OH
pension list such a drain upon the
4 public resources"
The suggestion is good one
| There are men of wealth in Keokuk
and probably in nearly every Other
community, who are drawing pensions
of which they do not stand in need
while there are scores of poor Ciyi
war veterans. unable to work and carr
a living, whose pension stipends arr
i wholly inadequate to their actual ne
cessities. These latter should be civ
en- enough to support them in com
fort-even if the arrangement shoul'
! involve cutting off the pensions o
those who do not need aid from tn
government If the old soldiers, Q
anyone else, will inaugurate move
ment looking to this end it will no
lack popular support. The America
people are fair-minded and want to d
what is right
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-12-27

SADNESS AND cLADNEss.

SADNESS AND GLADNESS.
Sadness and gladness were walking
together,
AS oft they had done before;
Sadness was signing, and Gladness
replying
With jewels of laughter galore.
How on this earth can you find any
mirth,
When sorrow is sown in your
sight,"
"How can you sigh" was the merry
reply,
When all of the world is so
bright
Jauntily swinging, the Christmas bells
singing,
Came joyfully sweet to the ear
Sadness, unheeding Despondency's
pleading,
Sent upward sweet smile of cheer,
But Gladness tear dropped warm
and sincere,
For the pain that the Christ-Martyr
bore:
And each saw the other; and Gladness
and Sadness
Twined arms, and we're friends ev-
ernore.
Will Carleton in Every Where.
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influence in support Of any candidate
for the nomination Of governor next
year. The announcement follows al.
interview with DARWIN T. James, Jr.,
president OF the young mems republi-
can club, of Brooklyn, who remained
closeted with the former president
more than an hour. A reporter asked
Roosevelt if he had been requested to
further the candidacy OF anyone, and
he replied: They have not asked me
because ! am not in politics, and no.
body expects me to be in politics"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-12-27
The Mule and the Man.

The Mule and the Man.
The mule-he is gentle beast,
And SO is man.
He's satisfied to be the least;
And SO Is man.
Like man, he may be taught some
tricks;
He does his work from to 6;
The mule-when he gets mad he
kicks;
And so does man.
The mule-he has load to pull;
And SO has man.
He's happiest when he is full;
And So is man.
Like man, he holds a patient poise
And when his works done will re
joice.
The mule-he likes to hear his voice;
And SO does man.
The mule-he has his faults, tbs true
And so has man.
He does some things he should not do
And SO does man.
Like man, he. doesn't yearn for style
But wants contentment all the while
The mule-he has a lovely smile;
And SO has man.
The mule is sometimes kind ant
good;
And SO is man.
He eats all kinds of breakfast food
And SO does man.
Like man, he balks at gaudy dress
And all outlandish foolishness;
The mules accused Of mulishness;
/ And SO is man.
Missouri Ruralist
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-12-27
An Alarm at NIGHT

That strikes terror to the entire
household is the loud, hoarse and me
tallic cough Of Group. No mistakins
1t, and fortunate then the lucky par
ents who keep Foley's Honey and Tar
Compound on hand. Fl. w. Casse'
man, Canton. N. Y, says: ut is worth
its weight in gold. Our little children
are troubled with Group and hoarss'
ness. and all we give them is Foleys
Honey and Tar Compound. always
have battle OF it In the house" VIII
kinson & Co.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-12-27
seeIna the Dam.


/ went up to see the Keokuk dam.
And tramped around all day;
mashed my hat and tore my pants
And daubed my coat with clay.
! walked SO much my feet got sore;
i stared till my eyes did ache; !,
moved my neck so necessarily,
thought that it might break.
i saw the boosters drilling rock,
I watched the huge steam cranes,
/ then looked at the cofferdam
And viewed the dummy trains.
They we're saving right through stone
With a queer-looking "fixin :
And in some big revolving drums
They kept the cement "mixin'."
l saw them hoist big cans OF dope
That looked like pancake batter,
That dropped into its proper place
With much fuss and splatter.
rock,
A car at time they dump,
And when the stone goes tumbling in
How those mills do hump!
The rock is loaded on the cars
With big steam concern;
1t puts its beak into the mess,
Then it will lift and turn.
i saw some geezers handling sand,
Some were shoveling coal;
Some were mailing boards together
With all their heart and soul.
The power house is going up,
With all its massive forms,
1T will stand the highest waters
And the most terrific storms.
saw busy nest of men
All hustling to and fro;
How each one keeps his place
Is what I'd like to know.
The monstrous piers of the eastern
side
Caused me to gaze with wonder;
| slapped my leg and boldly said,
That's a sight, by thunder
When you look at the wondrou.
works,
You'll lay aside your stupor,
And have words of the creates
| praise
| For the matchless Hugh L. Cooper
John Simmons in Quincy Wing.
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Quite number of people are on the
sick list.
Miss Flossie Wells OF Pennington
spent Christmas at home.
Mr.. Charley Keck was shopping in
Keokuk Friday Of last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frumod Raines and
baby OF Keokuk came up Saturday to
visit at the T. r. Sawyer home.
Mr.. Cliff Ruble of Selma visited
Friday and Saturday with his cousin
Miss Florence Davis.
Mr. Dick McOmber has returned
from Des Moines where he has en-.
ployment.
Henry King OF Hamilton was a
business caller in town Thursday.
Mr.. Robert Anthony is very sick,
We hope for his speedy recovery.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-12-27

Directors of the American Sugar
Refining Company announce plans to
he submitted TO stockholders for the
1.ensioning of the 800 officers and
employees Of the company. An appro-
priation of 100000 is suggested as a
nucleus for the proposed fund, and
the pensions will run from 500 week
to $4,000 a. year for high officials. Men
will be retired after thirty years OF
service or at the age of 65, and women
after twenty-five years, or at the age
OF 60. The pension will be per cent
OF the average annual earning of the
person concerned during the last ten
years before retirement.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-12-27
"The Automobile Class

New York Globe: Some OF the in
complete reports OF the Presidents
speech before the Automobile Club OF
America on Wednesday made it APP
pear that Mr.. Taft considered the mo-
tor car still machine for the wealthy
and plutocratic. He spoke OF the au.
tomobile class" The phrase was
used, however, only to point out the
great change which has come about
in recent years. Nowadays, he said,
the motor car ranked with the tele.
phone and the trolley car in utility
for all classes. 1t had begun revolu-
ton in country life which might have
most momentous results, and it was
no longer a mere plaything for the
wealthy
This is all true. and becoming more
conspicuOusly SO every year. The
man of moderate means can own a
good, serviceable motor car today
and can afford to run it. The money
which he feels justified in spending
on things other than necessities-or a
portion of it--cannot be invested to
better advantage from hygienic
point of view than in an automobile
/ 1t provides wholesome form of out
door recreation for the whole family
enormously enlarges the latter's field
of local interest, and as means Of
getting about is unquestionably su
preme in its field. II is rapidly driv
ing the horse out OF the trucking field
and has already developed mos
important commercial branch of it,
4 business.
Manifestly a machine ranging In
/ price from $3.50 to $4,000 or more car
no longer fairly be labeled as a class
machine. Today the automobile
class" is as meaningless phrase sc
far as 1t is meant to signify plutocra
cy--as would be the house class or the
I three-meals-a-day class.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-12-27

The Des Moines Capital-Lafe
Young's paper-is disposed to look
with some degree of favor on Prof r.
9. Holden's candidacy for the Repub-
loan nomination for governor. In an
editorial paragraph it says that IL
Professor Holden shall decide to make
the race he will be a factor with whom
the politicians will have to reckon,
and adds:
AS practical teacher in our state
agricultural college and as an apostle
OIL improved, farming conditions Pro
lessor Holden has built up large
Following. His declaration of belief
That the time has come to do some
thing for Iowa will strike a responsive
srsz - with many people who have
weary of politics for mere pol
All " Il ksake''
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Mrs. Alice Green visited her son,
Clarence and family, In Keokuk, over
Sunday.
Earl Woods, Of Hamilton, was visit
| ing In the city Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. 2. Kimbrough spent
Christmas in Nauvoo.
| r. A. Wilcox was a business visitor
to Indiana, the last OF the week.
Paul Walker of Ft. Morgan, Colo.
came in Sunday to spend the holidays
with his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. G. w.
Walker.
Miss Stella Paris visited her sister
in Warsaw over Sunday.
Mrs. w. B. Kimball came over Sun
day from Nauvoo, to spend Gsfistmas
with her parents, Mr.. and, Mrs. ~.
Whitcomb ,ss n
MIR. and Mrs. Henry Wake
/ iting here. ss -, IS s y Is ;.
Miss Florence Beger Of Nadv6d'
spent the past week with her sistel !,
Mrs. Jas. p. McCollom.
for the holidays.
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Black OF Dallas
City, spent Monday with her parents.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. A. Wilcox.
Misses Minnie and Mabel Gray are
spending the holidays in Quincy,
guests of the family OF their uncle,
Will Gray.
Lawrence Payne OF Keokuk, was in
the city Monday.
Misses virgfe and Nellie Roth are
visiting at Adrain.
/, Earl Byler and Miss Bernice Hyatt
are spending the vacation at Colusa.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Kimbrough, OF
Quincy, visited relatives here the first
of the week.
Mrs. Lulu v. Manussier and two
children OF Basco, took Christmas din
ner with her grandparents. Mr.. and
Mrs. Jameson Wetzel.
1 Mrs. James, of Oklahoma is visiting
her sister, Mrs. ]. P. Byler.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter S. Lane, o.
Bonaparte, Iowa, buried their clever
months old daughter at Moss Ridge
cemetery Tuesday morning. Mrs Lane
is daughter of Mr.. S. A. Main, and {
sister of Mrs. G. X. Fleming, Of thi,
city.
A Marriage Licenses.
Harry L. Burling. Ferris; Geraldin,
Marshall, Elvaston.
Otto Kirchherr, Warsaw, Nanni,
Peyton, Warsaw.
Guy L. Kimbrough. Carthage; Goldi'
M. Yetter, Webster.
James Edward Crow, Powellton
Olivia Vera Sanders, Ferris.
Orville E. Grow, Ferris; Alic'
E Jones, Elvaston.
John A. Thompson. Dallas City
Julia Garner, LaHarpe
e Edward Dusenberry, Nauvoo; Addi
Ritter, Nauvoo.
Claude H. Patterson, Hamilton
Lille E. Harter, Hamilton.
Ralph P. Mackie, Niota; Ella Weii
niger, Nauvoo.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-12-27

The dispatches tell Of New York
mans life being saved on Christmas
by his pocketbook which diverted a
bullet from his heart. The idea of a
pocket book with anything in it on
that day involves a severe strain up
on the Imagination.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-12-27
GIVING.


He gives nothing but worthless gold
Who gives from sense of duty:
But he who gives a slender mite,
And gives to that which is out of
sight
That thread of the all-sustaining
Beauty
Which runs through all and doth all
unite,
The hand cannot clasp the whole of
his aims,
The heart outstretches it's eager
palms,
For god goes with it and makes it
store
To the soul that was starving in
darkness before.
Lowell.
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Nobody Asked Him.

United Press Leased Wire Service. j
NEW YORK, Dec. Theodore
Roosevelt says that he is taking no
part In the New York state political
situation, and that mot single hui
man being had asked him to lend his
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-12-27

The Burlington Hawk-Eye advances
the thoughtful suggestion that if the
Republicans hold their national con
vention first they ought to copyright
their platform to prevent the Demo
Gratis from appropriating it.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-12-27

A Wall Street journal has just com
pleted a canvass Of 234 of the larger
railroads and Industrial corporations,
showing that the larger shareholders
have been selling and that the num-
Der of small holders has increased.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-12-27

A California jury composed of wo.
men decided case in twenty sec
onds, and it has been suggested that
probably the women waited that
length of time just for the looks OF
the thing.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-12-27

Mrs. Arthur NJ. Dodge. president Of
the National Association Opposed TO
Woman Suffrage, says that legsla-
ton and education are entirely differ
ent and that neither virtue nor high
ideals can be legislated into man
kind The ballot will never wipe out
the saloon, she says.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-12-27
Robbed Every Two Weeks.

United Press Leased Wire Service
CHICAGO, Dec. 27.--For the third
time within six weeks, the jewelry
store OF Berg and Co., at Sig South
Michigan ave, has been robbed
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-12-27

The sand and gravel output in the
United States is about the same in
value as the silver mined annually.
Why not have free sand and gravel;
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-12-27
THE SAL DON SITUATION.

The following table shows how the
Moon law has affected the saloon sit
uation in Iowa cities, the first column.
showing the number of saloons before
the law was passed. and the second
the number after cut down to the one
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-12-27

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY.
A gift is worth exactly what
means-rlo more no less.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-12-27

Burglars smashed front window
early today and carried away $1,000
worth of jewels and antiques. The
previous burglaries were committed in
the same manner.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-12-27

TO thousand limit.
TT Madison, Lee ........... Il :
Keokuk, Lee OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 36 IL
Sioux City, Woodbury. .... 50 AZ
Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie 20 20
Creston, Union .......... .
FIT Dodge, Webster ......... 10 10
Boone, Boone ........,.... 10 ~
Oelwein, Fayette ............ 9
Waterloo, Black Hawk 1865. "a "a
Cedar Rapids, Linn ..s...... 81 81
Iowa City, Johnson .....-.. 10 ~
Burlington, Des Moines $500. II "a
Oskaloosa, Mahaska ......... II 3
Valley Junction, Polk 2
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The toy repairers will now proceed
to get busy.
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Daily ny NAIL.

DAILY BY NAIL. :. -
One year...... .$300IFou months. N.Y. y
Six months...... 1.60!One month. go. "a
Entered in Keokuk postonice as secon~
class matter
Postage prepaid; terms in advance.
All subscription orders should give ens
p. o. address and state whether II - =
new or renewal order. II change %
address is desired. state both the oau
and new address. .a,r
Remit BY postofrice money ora e.
express money order. registered letter
or draft. a. our risk. -
The date printed on the ADDRESS %
each paper notes when the subscrlptioh
expires. .n.,-
papers promptly will confer FAVOR W
giving notice of the fact.
Address all communications 20
THE GATE CITY COMPANf.
No. IS, North Sixth ST.. kcokuk, lows.
THE GATE CITY Is on sale 1t tas
following news stands:
Hotel Keokuk, cor. Third and johnson.
q c. H Rollins & Co., 61y Main strss6
Ward Bros. 625 Main street
Depot News stand.
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Read The Daily Gate city
Evening star., 1911-08-17

quently in England. representing 90 per
cent of useless reservation. From these
unused lands might come the grains and
meats that England requires for its daily
food. To put them to such uses would
call for an economic overturn, which does
not seem to be within easy reach.
1t may be that these recurring demon
strations of utter helplessness in the face
OF domestic or foreign turmoil will hasten
the readjustment of property which Eng
land SO sadly requires today. Lessons
are learned slowly in that country and
it may be that another generation will
elapse before the problem is attacked
and solved The payment of old ase
pensions. the institution of compulsory
insurance schemes, Irish home rule,
Welsh disestablishment the overcoming
OF the effect Of the Osborn judgment,
none OF these can reach the real evil
from which England is suffering. There
must be some method of wage increases.
not forced by fear of uprisings and So
cal arrangements. but based upon sound
economic values and industrial pros
perity. There must be a, more equitable
distribution of the potentialities of wealth
and a better use of the fertile land which
should make England one of the most
abundantly supplied countries of the
world.
Evening star., 1911-08-17

an address to the dealer. pawnbroker or
whoever sells the weapon and walk away
with no more trouble than he would ex-
perience in buying a packet OF oxalic
acid to clean a straw hat. If he would
have to go to court or to some other
public Office and make formal application
for a permit to buy a pistol. proving his
real name and residence and demonstrate
ing his necessity and the Righteousness
of his need, he would be shut of from
the source of supply, as would a great
ma ajority of the elder gun buyers who
contribute to the annals Of crime and ac-
cident The marvel is that such a law
has not been adopted in every civilized
community. The failure to raise this eff
fective barrier against crime and disaster
is one of the mysterious lapses of a sup
posedly intelligent people. suggesting that
the influence of the pistol manufacturers
is strong enough to prevent this measure
of self defense. Washington would like
to know whether this is the reason that
a pistol law worth while has never been
enacted by Congress.
Evening star., 1911-08-17
The Pocket Gun Evil.

The Texas boy who went to New York
for a vacation with a loaded revolver in
his pocket and accidentally killed a news
woman. from whom he was endeavoring
to buy a paper. Is probably only type
Of many thousands OF young Americans
who think that 1t is manly to arm them
selves 1t may be that down where he
came from pistol toting is regarded as
good form. and youngsters are encouraged
to acquire the habit early in life in order
to fit them for the stern responsibilities
Of citizenship. But New York boys carry
pistols just as we'll as Texans, and the
boys of all other cities carry them to a
certain extent. and this is because of the
preposterous ease with which they can
obtain them. Any boy with two or three
dollars In his pocket can get a gun in
any city. and his chances Of carrying II
without detection are a thousand to one.
All he has 70 do Is to give q name and
Evening star., 1911-08-17
Pullman Car Stubbornness.

Representative McGillicuddy wanted his
Pullman berth made up before he would
show his ticket. The Pullman conductor,
having no assurance that his passenger
had ticket, refused to allow the berth
to be prepared without a glimpse of the
evidence of paid fare. Thus deadlock
was created, the passenger standing upon
his moral rights and the conductor upon
his orders. The upshot was an arrested
passenger and a delayed journey. with a
loss Of temper and consequent derange-
ment of disposition.
Such incidents are constantly occurring
in life. Men are insisting upon their
actual or assumed rights. and officials
and others vested with more or less
authority are sticking for the letter of
their governing regulations. In almost
all such cases the trouble is caused by
plain human obstinacy. the stubbornness
that comes from an overwhelming of the
judgment by a sense of affront. There
are street railway passengers, for in
stance. who insist upon the car being
brought to a complete halt and held while
they make their way leisurely through a
crowded aisle to the platform and alight
not because they are afraid of being
hurt but because they feel that they
have a right to be thus treated. regard
less of the haste and rights of other pas
sengers. Then there are people who
stand In line at ticket window and in
sist upon their holding back half hun
dred others when time is precious in
order to count their change minutely and
almost microscopically and examine their
tickets in searching detail. because they
have a right to do so.
The trouble is that there are too many
rights in the world. too many people
who have an exaggerated sense OF their
own importance and an insufficient sense
of the fact that they are merely notes in
this cosmic scheme. In the latest in
stance all the trouble could have been
avoided had the passenger shown his
ticket as he was requested to do. and not
tried TO coerce the porter and the con-
ductor. The traveller need never have
any difficulty If he will only show toward
those who are charged with his trans
portation and his comfort the sweet rea-
sonableness that is really the first duty
of man toward his fellow creatures.