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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-11-20

The company declines for the reas-
ON that it has one application blank
for all candidates for employment. 1t
cannot and will not make any differ
ent rule for applicants for employ
ment in the mechanical department
from that made for applicants for EN-
ployment in other departments. All
must be treated alike.
The pension system that has been
established must govern all employees
from the highest to the lowest. This
company has the undoubted obligation
to its employees, as class, to insist
upon these things, and, further, to
know the history of the men it is to
employ, as far as it is able to SO de-
termine.
In addition to the above articles. the
committee demands an increase of two
cents per hour, which. with the articles
dealing with compensation outlined
above, means tremendous increase
/ in the expenses of the company, with
out contemplating any return in the
shape of additional service or OF
economy in any form.
Articles not dealing directly with
compensation seek to take from the
company its right to conduct its bust
ness In its own way and to protect the
interest of its employees at large.
! The mechanical committee seeks to
create different set of rules for one
class of employees from that which ex-
lists for all other employees. They
seek to deny to the company the right
1 which belongs to every citizen and
employer to require persons entering
his service to give evidence of good
character and sound health. A depar-
ture from this practice, as outlined by
the rule proposed by the employees
committee, would permit the employ
ment of diseased incompetent, in
1. efficient and immoral men. No honest
man need in any way be embarrassed
by complying with the rules of the
company in the matter of employment.
To the final proposition of the Rail-
way Company. the men have answered
advising that they will strike If the
company does not come to satisfac-
tory settlement with the committee.
The negotiations are thus ended by
the shop employees committee.
In order.t to have the employees thor
|oughly understand the conditions un-
Ger which they are working, the com
pany hereby announ les its intention
of continuing in effect until further
; notice the rates of pay and working
conditions as outlined by the schedules
in existence at g time of their can
collation. by the committee.
w. A. NETTLETON,
General Supt. Motive Power
: w. S. TINSMAN,
General Manager, list District
A. e. SWEET,
! General Manager, End District
: w. M. WHITTENTON.
General Manager, 3rd District
Il Chicago, Ill, Nov. II, 1911.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-11-20
WHY THE REFUsALs
Railroad Company Claims to Have
Met With Fairness All Previous
Requests-un Unreasonable
Ones Now.

Keokuk "railroaders," shopmen and
bther mechanics will know more
about the attitude Of the Rock Island
railroad company toward its employees
liter reading the following bulletin
which has been received by the local
egent of the line, o. B. McNamee.
The demands that have beer made
by the Rock Island workmen and how
he company has met them at all times
with fairness and consideration is the
gist OF that which follows:
To the public and all shop employees,
Rock Island lines:
- In view of the rumors of an impend-
ing strike of the shop employees OF
The Rock Island lines, and recogni4
Ing the right of the public to have full
Information on question that involves
It's welfare, as we'll as one which in.
wolves the surrender to committee
&pf employees the right to say in what
MANNER the corporation shall perform
Its service to the public. the following
Z Statement is submitted
q The policy of the company has al
ways been one Of fairness toward its
It has withheld retrench-
791nent of forces as long as possible. 1t
has always paid wages equal to those
of contiguous lines. It's men have al
ways served under working rules and
Conditions as favorable as those OF
cont, guous lines.
$ In view of these facts and the pres
zen. business conditions of the coun-
TRY, this company could not consider
anything that contemplated an in
crease in its expenses, and the gen.
eral committee OF shop employees, at
the beginning Of the conferences, over
tour months ago. we're fairly advised
ssssof this. 81
But, Notwithstanding that notice, the
4 above committee insisted upon press
xing negotiations that finally terminal
ed. November 10 1911.
by Briefly, the issues upon which the
employees committee Justify strike
are as follows:
& /. They demand that the payment
OF five hours minimum overtime shall
A commence one hour earlier than at
present.
The company declines this. because
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-11-20
couohlno at Night

Means loss OF sleep which Is bad
for everyone. Foley's Honey and
Tar Compound stops the cough at
once, relieves the tickling and dry
ness in the throat and heals the in
famed membranes. Prevents a cold
into bronchitis or pneu-
monia. Keep always in the house.
Refuse substitutes. Wilkinson & Co.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-11-20
SIOUX CITY BALL
CLUB CHANGES HANDS
"Ducky" Holmes to be Retained as
Manager With Interest
in Club.

SIOUX CITY, Iowa, Nov. 2o.-The
Sioux City Western league team is to
change hands in few days. The sale
Iof stock will mean the retirement OF
w. F. Duncan, T. P. Fairweather and
Babe Towne from connection with
the club
The names of the purchasers have
not been announced. William
("Ducky'') Holmes, who formerly
managed the team, islto be the man
ager and will have aifinancial inter
est in the club. ~
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-11-20


Used on the table you have the adj
vantage of using germless milk. Raw
milk, as you know, is always germ-laden.
Nothing else that is eaten or drunk car
ries SO much infection. Van Camps
Milk is p asteuriz ed after the can is
sealed. 1t is absolutely free from germs.
You can buy, if you wish, months
supply at time. It is always on hand
milk or Greenland never any waste.
An opened can keeps until you use it up.
Think of buying milk from day to day
milk always filled with germs-when a
milk like this can be always on hand.
always fresh, always the best milk pro-
duced in America.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-11-20
of increased expense, with no com
rensating return.

u lHCTSdSeu eApeHSe, WIN no COM |
rensating return.
2. They demand that any employe
called to work overtime shall be IRE.
leased upon completion of the Job
called or held for, unless other emerg-
ency work arises which requires i'm
mediate attention and he is the only
man of his craft on duty
The company declines this, because
of increased expense, and for the reas-
on that man is given minimum of
five hours pay if he works after six
a. m. or p. m. The company has a
right to the use of the man for the
time paid, even though the Job for
which he is called may not consume
all Of that time.
8. They demand that laying off and
employing men shall be governed ex-
clusively by seniority.
The company declines this, for the
reason that its schedules with all
other employees provide that ability of
the individual shall be taken into con-
sideration in employing and promoting
men and in reducing forces.
1t is the duty of the company to
treat all employees alike and to give all
fair and equal consideration, to the
end that the most efficient, honest and
diligent workmen shall be given steady
employment, and for the further reas-
on that If forces were to be reduced
| in the manner demanded by the en-
| ployes it would permit them to indi-
cate those to be laid off, thereby pro-
hibiting the company from Kidding the
service of the less desirable employees,
and thus embarrassing it in its efforts
for economical operation.
I 4. They demand that only running
repair work be done when shops are
closed; that time and one-half be paid
to men employed in regular hours,
when shops are closed, upon miscel-
laneous repairs to locomotives or cars,
or upon what is commonly known as
1 dead" work.
/ The company declines this, because
of increased expense which would re-
suit from an idle force of such men, a
4 greater part of the time, as are nee
ess ary to be employed in keeping up
running repairs when shops are closed
and declined for the further reason
that it prevents the company from ex
ercising it's right to conduct its own
4 business in the most economical man
liner.
i 5. They demand that no foreman
either regular or temporary, be per
i mitted to work at any time when me
i chanics are available.
The company declines this, for the
reason that such rule would prevent
i the company from retaining its fore
men and thus maintaining It's organ
ization in times when shops are
closed.
i G. They demand that applicants fol
l employment shall only be required
to give the name, position wanted, ad
i dress and address of nearest relative
j This question also involves the RICH
of the company to secure the person
4 al records. of applicants for employ
& ment, and, indirectly, although no
i appearing in the demand, the abilit.
of the company to apply its pension
system alike to all employees.
l The pension. system, created t
care for aged employees, is frankly Or
posed by the committee Representing
, the employees in tic mechanical crafts
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-11-20
| Hoods
Sarsaparii!a

Acts directly and peculiarly
on the blood; purifies, enriches
and revitalizes it, and in this
way builds up the whole sys-
tenn. Take It. Get it today.
In usual LIQUID form or In chocolate
coated tablets called Sarsatahs.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-11-20

j. F. parker. 2O21 No 10th ST.. Ft
Smith, Ark, says that he had taken
many kinds OF kidney medicine, but
did not get better until he took Foley
Kidney Pills. No matter how long
YOU have had kidney trouble, you will
find quick and permanent benefit by
the use Of Foley Kidney Pills. Start
taking them now. Wilkinson & Co.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-11-20
Moscow,s Municipal Pawnshops.

W0sOoW . Uru'4r0' F t1'- = = - \
\ In Moscow, Russia, the pawnshop Is
a municipal affair. Last year over
half million articles were pawned,
having valuation of over s3,O0oOoO.
1t is noticed that in March and April
the poor element of Moscow keeps
the pawnshop busy, and during that
period customarily parts with its
warl.l overlooking.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-11-20
Waalth and Wiadom.

A man who is worth more than
100000 cen get any commonplace
remark acce ted as an epigram. Chi
cago Record srald.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-11-20

Trains leav. from Union Depot.
Berths and tickets, Fifth and John.
son streets
South Bound. r FIJI
NO. 8. St Louis and south,
AcdVes go. ............... -6:4b An
mo. II, st. Louis and Kan
sas City ind west. south.
leaves NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 800 am
NO. 4. Quincy. Hannibal d
st. Louis. arrive -:15 y. M
leaves ......... ......... 1920 pm
mo. 10. Quincy and Hannt
bal. arrives ............ s:s6 pr
NO. 10 leaves ......... S:e6 pm
Moth Bound.
NO 7. Chicago, st. Paul
and points west, leaves :. 2:35 an
No 13 Chicago. St. Pa1i
and points vest. arrives -. 1885 pm
NO 10, leaves ....... 7:36 In
'No. 3, Burlington. Chicago
and east. leaves .......... Il SO pm
Mo. 1. Burlington, leaves 1888 am
sNo. 81. Donnellsc.,, c.. B. &
X. G., end North Road
leaves ................. $3.50 pm
sNo. 80. from Donnellson.
c. B. & X. G.. q North
Road, arrives ........... 1850 am
mo. 1. X. & W. lest. leaves sos am
'No. s, Centerville. leaves ;. 7.S5 pm
EMO. 4. from Cenrerville and
points intermediate. arrives 1:1S pm
'No. 2, from Centerville and
west. arrives ...-......... $50 pm
'No. 3, Centerville. leaves 0:1t pm
''No. s. from Csnterviile. ar
rives ................. 1855 am
-Laily. @T
'Daily except Sunday.
ssSundays only, Hr----
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-11-20

Train 47s-Leaves KeoRuk. .7:4o am
train 741--Leaves Keokuk. g: 55 pm
Strain 472-Arriyes keokuk. .7:40 pm
.Train 47o-Arrives Keokuk. 1905 pm
Local Freight Trains.
sTrain s6-Arriyes Ksokuk. $50 pm
train SLEEVE aeokuk :. 1900 an
.D2ily except Sunday.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-11-20

Yet this is nothing but milk just the
whole, rich milk. You don't often get
that from the nilkman because the milk
separates. Before it gets to the cooking
it is often only a half-milk.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-11-20
The oven.

Practically any oven will do. Pa
per bag cookery is as well suited to
gas stove as it is to coal oven,
an electricity cooker or oil stove, al
ways provided the necessary heat is
secured The size of the oven makes
no difference to the cooking, only to
the size of the article.
The oven should be kept clean, of
course. Although under the new cook
cry 1t Is unnecessary ever to have
the sides of the interior covered with
grease and fat, dust Is always about,
and if the bag is to be absolutely
above the slightest contact with the
outer world of microbes the oven
should be we'll and regularly busted.
Before placing the bag with its con-
tents into a gas oven the gas should
be lighted at least eight minutes be-
forehand. The average oven heat
| should be not less than 200 degrees
Fahrenheit, and when the bag Is put
into the oven this ought to be re-
duced in eight minutes after to ITO
degrees. To find out the correct de.
gree a thermometer of Course, is the
most accurate method, but experience
will soon teach the cook what is re.
CURED and the color assumed by a
piece of paper placed in the oven will
at once tell whether it is too hot or
too cold.
4 In the case OF coal heated stoves
with solid shelves, wire broileI
should be used This should be plac
ed on the shelf with the bag contain
ing the food 1t is necessary to EN-
phasize the fact that, except in the
i case of pies, no dish should be used
Some people have failed to obtain the
right results and when inquiries have
been made it has been found that the
food had been placed In a dish ant
the dish in the bag and the ba;
placed on the broiler.
Another important detail is the dis
lance that the bag should be fron
the gag jet in the case of a gas stove
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-11-20

Order OF Articles In tho Stove.
AS general rule the order should
be as follows: Roasts and entries on
the lower shelf, fish in the middle
and pastry, ETC., on the top where the
heat Is most intense.
How to Know When the Food Is
Cooked.
If the time table is adhered to the
bag may be taken out of the oven in
confidence that the food is well cook
ed Bpt If from any cause the heat
declines it is very easy to find out
whether the food is properly cooked.
Except in the case of vegetables a
little hole can be made in the bag
by which the food can be seen and
judged as to whether 1t is cooked or
not This will not initiate against
the cooking Of the food In the, slight
est, In many articles however, a
slight touch of the bag will indicate
to an ordinary cook whether the bag
is ready to be served. A prick with
needle is another method that may
be adopted. But peculiarly favor
able feature of paper bag cookery is
that if the food is left five or ten
minutes in the bag in the oven longer
than the specified time on my table,
the food will not be spoiled. There
is little chance of overlooking.
4
Dangers To Be Avoided.
Cooking generally has It's dangers,
like other occupations. 1t Is the beau
ty Of this system that the dangers
are reduced to minimum. One does
not require every now and then to
open the oven door ito see how the
roast is getting on" The oven Is do
| ing it's work because the whole force
of the heat Is playing upon the bag
and insuring every part of the food
being properly penetrated. Neverthe-
less, care should be exercised when
opening the oven. A draft from an
open door or window may cause a
gas flame to ignite bag. When such
an accident occurs, the bag should be
Immediately taken out and placed In
side announcer Dag ana lelt le" hiH
utes longer to rectify any loss that
the food may have sustained in the
meantime.
Care again should be exercised IN
taking the bag of the oven. A plate
should be placed gently under the
bag about couple of inches and the
bag drawn completely onto the plate
with the fingers. The bag should be
ripped open from the top and the
fragments thrown at once away.
. [Copyright, 1911, by Sturgis & Wal
ton Col
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-11-20
GENERAL DIRECTIONS FOR PA
PER BAG COOKING.
BY NJ. soYER.
Chef Of Brooks Club, Londo

Chef Of Brooks Club, London.
| do not claim the paper bag sys-
TEN of cookery that 1t can cook every
thing. 1t is evident that tea must
still be made in the teapot. Generally
speaking, we may waive our claim to
having mastered the difficulty with
respect to soups, although | have
made beef tea with excellent results.
The following is list of articles that
may in the meatime be avoided:
Soup Except beef tea,) omelette,
scrambled eggs, jam Except in small
quantities), Scoth kale, beans, cab
bage, cauliflower, broccoli, artichoke,
macaroni or kindred Italian pastes
The success Of the sytem depends
entirely upon how it is carried out.
Some people have imagined that all
that l urge amounts to a general use
of the bag in place of the ordinary
saucepan, without any attention to
the conditions that are essential to
good cooking. Good cooking requires
time. care, attention to detail, taste
and temperature suited to the partic-
ular dish being cooked. While the
papsr bag system is labor and time
saving, as we'll as affording more nu-
tritive and appetizing effects than the
present, it does not abrogate any of
the rules that apply to efficient work
at the kitchen table. A stew must
be made up of the ingredients that
constitute stew and proportional to
the number for whom it is required.
The same conditions apply to this
system. Let me. therefore, go over
as infinitely as l can:
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-11-20

This milk-from the finest high-bred cows
tested and pasteurized-costs less than milk wagon
milk. Do you wonder that people use all
we can get from 10000 cows?
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-11-20
Like Using Cream

In coffee and on cereals this milk is just like
cream, SO rich that most people reduce it. In
cooking it gives to milk dishes most surprising
flavor.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-11-20

Generally IT should be about an inch
above the flame.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-11-20
It's Cheaper, Too

Our method saves the cost of daily delivery.
That's about four cents per quart. And it saves
all waste. In the average family the use of Van
Camps cuts milk bills square in two.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-11-20

Order Of Articles In tho Stove.
AS general rule the order should
be as follows: Roasts and entries on
the lower shelf, fish in the middle
and pastry, ETC., on the top where the
heat Is most intense
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-11-20
The Bag.

The Bag.
Specially prepared bags should be
used Without them the method can
not be practiced with assurance of
success. The bag should be made OF
materials that guarantee it's purity. 1t
should be odorless and it's purity a
guaranty that nothing injurious can
possibly be impaired from 1t to the
food cooked in the bag.
Before using the bags:
1. Select one that fits" the food
intended to be cooked.
2. Grease slightly the inside Of the
bag, except in the case Of vegetables
or when water is added. For begin
ners it is advisable. Butter lard or
drippings may be used.
8. When the food has been prepar-
ed for the bag place the same on the
table and lift the uppermost edge of
the bag while you insert the contents.
a. Fold the mouth of the bag two
or three times and fasten with clip;
strong wire paper clips obtainable at
any stationer's answer the purpose 1t
is desirable to fold the corners of the
bag so as to secure as near as posi-
Bile hermetieal closing.
/ 1t may occasionally happen that a
bag may leak, in which event it is not
necessary that the food should be
emptied and transferred to another
bag. Simply put the bag within an
other.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-11-20

crate two-thirds of the water. Thus the richness
Of the milk is much more than doubled
It is then as thick as thick cream-2s per cent
solids, per cent butter fat. Yet, save for the
water, it remains natural milk. Nothing whatever
is added When you put back the water you
have milk just as it from the COW, except for
sterilization.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-11-20

The 1902. cana full
pint of Van Camps
costs 10 cents. The Coz.
can costs $ cents. That's
with two-thirds the water
evapora,ed. Your grocer
gets it direct from our
nearest dairy.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-11-20

Trains leav. from Union Depot.
Berths and tickets, Fifth and John.
son streets.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1911-07-11

of county commissioners, arrived in
Bemidji this morning. Mr.. Clement
son was not present at the sessions
of the board yesterday owing to bust
ness affairs.
. Miss Beaulah Brown of St. Paul, a
niece of Mrs. D. L. Stanton of this
city, and Miss Edna Brown of Mime
apolis, sister of Attorney M. J..
Brown, are expected to arrive in Be-
midi tomorrow morning for a
months outing.
Another party of pleasure seekers
left this morning for Itasca State
Park, at o'clock. H. c. Baer, Emil
Schneider, Eugene Berman and E. NJ.
Stebbins, a guest of Mr.. Baer's, COM
prised the party, and the trip was
made in the Schneider automobile.
Miss Marjery Brown of Minneap-
oils, who has been the guest of Mrs.
Joe McTaggart for the past month,
will leave this week for a three weeks
trip down the great lakes. Miss
Brown plans on returning to Be-
midi before returning to her home.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1911-07-11

A. A. Melges who was at one time
senior member Of the Bemidji whole.
sale firm of Melges Brothers, but who
is now located in Minneapolis, ar
rived in Bemidji last evening on a
short business mission. Mr.. Melges
will return to Minneapolis this eve
ming.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Merrigan of
Carbonate, Pennsylvania, who have
been the guest Of Mrs. Merrigan's
aunt, Mrs. RI. Fenton, for some
time, will leave tomorrow morning
for the east. Mr.. and Mrs. Merrigan
are on their honeymoon and will go
to New York before returning to Car
bondale, where they will make their
home. -,. 1928