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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-07-18
An alarming statement.

Burlington Hawk-Eye: We fear
The Keokuk Gate City is growing
reckless with its maturity of years.
In late issue it asserts that the re-
cent rains were worth more to the
country than special session of con-
gress.' This is alarming. Has The
Gate City reflected that II there had
been no special session, Senator Cum
minis could not have worked off ell
those speeches refuting his former
speeches on Canadian reciprocity? Is
it not aware that Senator La Fol
lette has begun several days talk
What do the Iowa and Illinois farmers
care about rains if the benediction OF
senatorial discussion were to be de.
MED an expectant public? There are
reasons for fears that between the ex.
cessively hot weather and the Keokuk
dam, the editor of The Gate City is
somewhat dazed.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-07-18
wlscoNsIN,s AGE ANNulTlEs.

A bill has been passed by the Wis
consin legislature and signed by the
governor of the state to provide life
insurance and old-age annuities at a
minimum cost on plan similar to
that which has been In operation in
Germany for several years. Policies
will be issued to persons between the
ages of twenty and fifty, and premi
ums for annuities are to be received
during the same period The policies
will be in amounts of $500 or multi
pies thereof, but no one will be allow
ed more than $1,000 of insurance until
the number exceeds 1000, and not
more than $4,000 at any time. Annuities
are to begin at the age of sixty or
more and not to exceed 5000 annually
to any beneficiary. Premiums will be
based on the American table of NOR
tally, with interest at per cent.
County officials are to serve as agents
for the state, receiving twenty-five
cents for each application and / per
cent of the premium A surplus is to
be set aside from the net profits OF
each policy. Loans may be made on
each policy.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-07-18
Hot Weather Stories.

BurTell in Washington Post: Dan
Hamilton tells this one:
A minister was visiting in city
and attended Episcopal services, and
was SO much impressed by the ritual
that he asked his flock to consent to
the adoption of the like. Agreed to.
He secured some choir boys, and vest
ed them, and the first Sunday morn
ing he was bringing of his process
sional." The boys in nighties were
chanting In response to him, and
everything was passing off smoothly.
but the preacher noticed that the
kid who should have been swinging
the incense did not have the pot, so
the preacher changed the words of
the chant, but kept the tune, and
chanted to the boy, What did you
do with the incense pot7' and the
kid chanted in reply. 81 left 1t in the
cellar, 1t was too damned hot"
One could almost wiring a wheeze
out of that.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-07-18

A committee on a system of teach
ing morals in the public schools has
reported to the National Educational
Council at Los Angeles that s'disra-
gard for law is fast becoming an
American characteristic" It declares
that the chief work OF the twentieth
century is the control of the gigantic
forces conjured by the nineteenth
century and to overcome the prevail
ing tendency to all forms of graft and
crookedness. 1t proposes a course Of
elementary lessons beginning with the
kindergarten and leading up TO the
relations of the individual to society,
and the state. It includes the study of
the family as the foundation of So
ciety.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-07-18
FARMING IN DRY YEARS.

John Cownie stated In a recent in
terview that when he was on the
state board he sent word to the su-
perintendents of all state institutions
to keep up cultivating potatoes as long
as they could THE result was that
in every case we got about two-thirds
of a crop. whereas the men right next
to us who did not have our facilities
for keeping up cultivation met total
failure In many cases they did not
harvest their crop at ALL" This is a
common experience not only in Iowa
but elsewhere. 1t Is the theory of
dry farming. The philosophy of it is
thus set forth in an article in the Des
Moines Register and Leader:
1t is a common experience that a
lump of hard sugar will absorb water
rapidly while spoonful of loose
sugar will lie o. the water some min
utes without becoming saturated
Moisture penetrates hard soil just
as it does the lump Of sugar, and is
held back by a loose soil as by the
loose sugar. If the ground is allow
ed to become packed the moisture will
come to the surface rapidly and be
evaporated If the soil is kept loose
I the moisture cannot get to the sur
! face and is retained about the roots
! of the growing grain
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-07-18
BENToNsPoRT.

On Tuesday afternoon occurred the
funeral of Mrs. Marilla McComas, who
died on Sunday night, at the home OF
her daughter, Mrs. Earnest Saddler,
who lives at Douds, Iowa The ser
vices were held at Vernon M. E.
church, conducted by Rev. ]. H. Tay-
Tor of Tanning. The Rebekah lodge,
of which she was charter member of
this place, had charge Of the funeral.
Mrs McComas long resided here,
respected, and leaves large number
of friends to mourn her departure.
Miss Mary Montgomery, whose i'll
ness has been mentioned, is quite low
at present.
Mrs. Maude Purdy of Ottumwa is
making few days visit at the parent
al Ruble home. west of town.
Mrs Geo. Downing and sons, Oar
rell and Raymond, and baby Edna. of
Rock Island, are guests of Mrs. Nancy
Downing.
Mrs. Joshua Gutherie is quite low.
with no hopes for her recovery
Those who attended the McComas
funeral from out of town were. nr.
and Mrs. Earnest Saddler, Henry Sad
dler and daughters, Florence and
Verda Of Douds; Mrs. Anna Campbell
and Mrs. Clara Koontz OF Douds.
Leando, Mrs. Grace McKenzy, Mrs.
Jennie McKenzy and Mrs Sadie
Rhinabarger of Keosauqua; Mrs. l.. B.
jenkins Of Pennington.
Misses Fanny and Vera Fulton re.
turned Saturday to their home In
Valley Junction, after ten days stav
with relatives here.
Mrs. Bess Shinblom is visiting her
mother In Bonaparte.
Max F. Ruble was an over Sunday
visitor at the home of e. n Purdy OF
| Ottumwa.
Ross Downing and family OF Red
Cloud, Neb., visited his mother. Mrs
n. Downing.
Mrs. Geo. Robinson and sister. Mias
! Minnie Fulton, were Ottumwa shop.
pers Monday.
Virgil Musser entertained tho
Young Peoples Bible class Of Vernon
at his home on Tuesday evening OF
last week.
Miss Jessie Franklin has returned
to her home. after spending the past
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-07-18

The crop reporting board of the de-
partment of agriculture at Washing ton
finds that the recent long spell of hot.
dry weather has played havoc with
the crops. most Of which appear TO
promise shorter yield than last year
or the ten-year average. Less than
two-thirds Of normal crop of hay is
expected and oats are as badly off
The corn acreage is the largest ever.
but its condition per cent poorer
than the average. Potatoes are short
both in acreage and condition. Wheat,
however. is well up to the average.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-07-18
Largest slnaI. span.

SPOKANE, Wash, July is When
the bridge to carry Monroe street
across the Spokane river in the busi-
ness district here Is completed the
latter part Of October the largest
single span of concrete REINFORCED IN
the world will be opened to traffic
The central span Is PSI feet, or IL
inches longer than the bridge over
the Rocky river, under construction
at Cleveland, Ohio, and 5S feet longer
than the WisGahickon river structure
at Philadelphia which held the dis
tinction of the longest span of its kind
The cost of the Spokane bridge VIII
be about $550,000. In addition to the
car tracks there is team roadway
and walks for pedestrians A span
of 2S5 feet has been adopted to carry
the New York barge canal over the
gorge near Medina, N. Y, and the
span Of the proposed Hudson memo
rial bridge Is to be 10 feet Win
the exception OF the Hudson bridge
the other largest single span vet pro-
posed Is one OF 1928 feet to be built
by the municipality OF Rome. A bridge
under construction in New Zealand
will have q 329 foot span.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-07-18
AN OLD TIME POEM.

THE DISTRIBUTION OF SENNACH-
ERIB
The Assyrian came down like the Welt
on the fold.
And his cohorts were cleaning in pur-
pie and gold;
And the sheen Of their spears was
like stars on the sea,
When the blue wave rolls nightly on
deep Galilee.
Like the leaves of the forest when
Summer Is green,
That host with their banners at sun
set were seen,
Like the leaves Of the forest when
Autumn hath blown,
That host on the morrow lay wither-
cred and strewn
For the Angel of Death spreed his
wings on the blast,
And breathed In the face OF tie Zoe
as he passed:
land the eyes OF the sleepers waxed
deadly and chill,
And their hearts but once heaved, and
forever grew still
And there lay the steed with his nos.
tr1l all wide.
But through It there rolled not the
breath of his pride;
And the foam OF his gasping lay white
on the turf,
And cold as the spray OF the rock
beating surf.
And there lay the rider, distorted and
pale,
With the dew on his brow and the
rust on his mail;
And the tents were all silent, the ban
ners alone,
The lances untitled, the trumpets I'm.
blown.
And the widows of Ashur are loud In
their wall,
And the idols are broke in the temple
OF Baal;
And the might OF the Gentle, unsmote
by the sword,
Hath melted like snow in the glance
Of the Lord.
Lord Byron.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-07-18
Schedule ak.


I've never travelled round the world
But that's a plan appeals to me,
And fore my mortal race is run
/ hope to visit Kankakee.
Birmingham Age Herald
I've never travelled round the world
But hope. If l should play in luck
Some day before life's book is closed
To visit dear old Keokuk.
Louisville Post
I've never travelled very much
Around this world OF woe,
But some day, Gertrude, list to me
I'll surely go to Kokomo.
Quincy Herald
I've Travelled neither far nor oft,
For why leave town so bonny;
Too short is life for foolish trips,
When you can dwell in fair Kewa
nee
-Kewanee Star-Courier.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-07-18
y " " " "
GALLAND.

Rev. Patterson and family OF Fort
Madison are spending two weeks
vacation in our village.
Miss Blanche Osburn returned home
from st. Joseph hospital Saturday
morning much improved in health.
Mr. F. j. Harrington, daughter Mary,
and Alta Hemingway were callers
In Keokuk Saturday evening.
George Hemingway and Brice
Pease Of Keokuk spent Sunday with
the formers parents, Mr.. and Mrs. l..
Hemingway.
Misses Marie and Jennie johnson
attended the dance given at BLUM
Park Friday night
William Johnson, Leslie Hilton. Au-
gust Bolstrom and Andy Marsh went
to Montrose Friday in Mr.. Johnson's
launch.
Miss Anna Harrington is spending
few weeks In Keokuk.
Miss Patterson entertained friends
from Fort Madison Sunday.
L. Hemingway sold a pearl for
S110 last week
Rhode Driscoll and sister Anna,
we're among Keokuk's callers satur-
day night.
Mrs. Anna Johnson, sons Charles
and William, drove to Keokuk satur-
day
Mrs. John Utley and children OF
Keokuk spent Wednesday with rela.
tives in our town.
Mr. and Mrs. Schaffer Of Keokuk
were callers at the Hemingway
home Thursday.
Miss Winona Gill, who is visiting
with relatives here, spent Thursday
with Miss Trimble at Sandusky.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-07-18
COW TUBERCULOSIS CATCHING.

COW TUBERCULOSIS CATCHING.
The final report of the British royal
commission appointed to Investigate
the relation of human and animal
tuberculosis. headed by Sir William
Power, has just been presented to
both houses Of parliament by order of
the king. Partial reports were made
by this commission In 1904 and 1909.
but without conclusion as to the
much-disputed position Of Koch, the
noted German specialist, that bovine
tuberculosis could not be transmitted
directly to human being.
The final report now reaches the
positive assertion that the dread
white plague is directly transmissible
from cattle to man. The report deals
with wide range of experiments on
various cattle and on human patients.
, They include the isolation of the
bacilli from the LESSONS of the natural
disease, the cultural character of these
bacilli when isolated and their effects
! when introduced into different ami
mails under varying conditions. The
report declares with great positive
ness that out of twenty-eight cases of
human pulmonary tuberculosis exam.
med critically, two were of direct bo.
vine origin and that of twenty-nine
cases of abdominal tuberculosis, four
teen yielded bovine bacilli. thirteen
contained human bacilli and two were
proved to contain mixture OF human
and bovine tubercules.
It is evident that in majority OF
cases where the bovine bacillus is the
infective agent the disease is first
active in the intestines Hence, the
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-07-18

The annual report on life insurance
issued by State Auditor Bleakley
shows that the business done by life
Insurance companies In Iowa last year
was larger than ever before, but that
the gain was not as much as expected.
The Iowa life companies received in
premiums $16S4,81s and paid out in
death losses $4,000 The other than
Iowa companies received on Iowa
business alone s6,332,15o and paid out
sIS43,743. The big eastern compan-
les made no material gain in business
In Iowa. /,
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-07-18

child. playing boisterously in the
street and give thanks for what you
are to be permitted to see Hats of,
Iowa, to your past fifty years and to
the promise of tomorrow.
Marvel of marvels, miracles OF mir.
acles-a half century OF Iowa prog
ress.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-07-18

Importance Of sterilizing foods is con-
f1rmed and even greater precautions
in the handling OF milk and meats is
urged upon the public. The commits
sion is convinced that cows having the
disease in any part of their anatomy.
internally as well as in their udders.
should be excluded from the public
milk supply.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-07-18

La Toilette says that the Canadian
pact is a little brother" to the Aid
rich tariff law. To man up tree
1t bears a much greater resemblance
to the individual the scriptures tell
about who threw an arm about an
others neck. inouiring solicitously is
it well with thee. my brother?" and
at the same time plunged a knife IN
der his fifth rib.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-07-18
More Power to Him!

Cedar Rapids Republican: Post
master General Hitchcock is called a
politician. but we might wish that the
government had more such politicians
in it's employ. He is the first postmas.
ter general in many decades who has
been able to manage his department
so as to place it on a paying basis.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-07-18
Commercial operations, as indicated

Commercial operations, as indicated
by the volume of bank clearings.
again reflect a trend towards improve
ment Total bank exchanges last
week at all leading cities in the
United States aggregated s2,T01, 327,-
SGT, decrease Of only % per cent as
compared with the corresponding per-
iod last year and of only o.s per cent
compared with the same week In 1909.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-07-18

A new patent crane, now working
successfully on barge coming up
from New Orleans, is said to promise
the early release of the roustabout.
With that accomplished there is a fair
chance that river traffic will become
what 1t ought to be.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-07-18

Attorney General Cosson has given
notice that the Iowa hotel inspection
law passed three years ago will be
enforced in this state beginning Au-
gust /. 1t is estimated that the en-
forcement of the measure will cost
the hotel men of Iowa 100000 to
make changes required by the law.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-07-18

The cost Of the necessaries of life
continues to advance. Under new
law in Illinois divorces cost three dol
lars more in that state than previous
i ".
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-07-18

A Chicago scientist claims to have
perfected an apparatus by which he
can see the souls of men He must
have to look mighty hard and for a
long time to see some of them.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-07-18

A sign in New York City reads:
Camping Out Fits" Must be some
thing different from the ordinary kind
of fits.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-07-18

Even not waves have their COM
pensations. The recent spell OF wealth
er" in that line is said to have com
PEELED Ebert Hubbard to get a hair
cut
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-07-18

ington Gazette suggests that the Rev
erend Billy must be getting about
rich enough to warrant congression-
al investigation.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-07-18

1t seems that one never gets too
old to go wrong. A sixty-fve-year-old
woman in Philadelphia is learning to
play the cornet.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-07-18

"The state law" observes the Mar
shalltown Times-Republican, "forbids
minors entering a saloon-unless they
happen to be married. In that event
the ban Is removed, perhaps as a
compensatory privilege"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-07-18

The Des Moines Tribune observes
that a prediction of cooler weather
sent out from Washington is received
with greater acclaim than speech
on reciprocity these days.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-07-18

When sinners entice thee, consent
thou not-but take the name and ad.
dress for future Ebert
Hubbard
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-07-18

home which they recently purchased
from Mr.. and Mrs. P. A. Wiegner.
Mrs. D. E. Weigner. Ed and Anna
Kiegner and Winona Barnes visited
at the Henry Hoyer home Sunday az
ternoon.
Robert Lowenberg returned home
Saturday from Newton, Kansas where
he attended school the past winter.
J. A. Borland has returned home
from several days visit in Ft. Madi-
son.
Mr. and Mrs Emil Hoyer and son.
Arthur OF La Crew spent Sunday near
our city.
R. T. Lowenberg has returned home
from business trip to Oregon.
Mrs. Emma Kreis and daughters
Viola. Pauline and Elsie of st. Louis,
arrived in our city Wednesday for
several weeks visit at the home Of
Rev. VIM. Kreis
Irwin and Merle Frank returned -
their home near Mt. Sterling Saturday
after several days pleasant visit in
our city
Mrs. D. e. Wiegner, Mr. and Mrs.
n. A. Wiegner and Miss Winona
Barnes were Harrington visitors sey.
eral days the past week
Mrs. Jacob Lowenberg and daugh.
tiers Agnes and Maisie have returned
home from several weeks visit in
Missouri.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-07-18

Thought for sultry day: Natures
humidity to man makes countless thou
sands mourn
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-07-18

The Cedar Rapids Republican says
that Senator Cummins is being SO
much roasted nowadays by the news
papers that were wont to praise him
that it begins to have a kindly feeling
OF sympathy toward him.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-07-18
THE CURRENT MAGAZINES.

The August ST. Nicholas is sport
and outdoor number. with sketches IN
tennis. baseball. and model aeroplane
building and flying, besides new chap
ters of those wholesome outdoors
stories: Ralph Henry Barbour's Team
mates, Katherine Cartoons ..Doro-
thy. the Motor Girl Frederick Grin
Bartlett's The Forest Castaways.
and F. Lowell COMBS Young Cru
soes of the Sky, E. Willis Scott has
much OF interest to tell young readers
about Fine Points of Tennis, and
Illustrations from photographs give
helpful 'follow-throughs." etc. C. H.
Ciauly's fifth paper in '.the Battle Of
Baseball series discusses defense and
pitcher and catcher: and the author
lof The Boys Book of Model Aero
planes" has further fascinating direc-
tons on how to build and fly model
aeroplanes OF 1911. and gives full
description of the famous Fleming
Williams model
There is jolly story of boating and
boyish bravery. The Cockswain, by
Leslie ". Quirk, author of Baby Ell.
ton Quarterback" Mr.. Quirk is TO
have new book of sport this fall,
Freshman Dorm, Pitcher"
The August Outing is guide to va
cation success. For the amateur boat
house builder and fer the ordinary in.
luStriOuS lOafPr yhn strives m avoid
the thought of work there are tips
aplenty. Hubert Footner's account of
Canoeing in Eden,-a pleasingly
written story of the Florida ever.
glades-is strong in its appeal to de-
voices of this form of water sport,
and delightful vein of quiet humor
crops out through its pages. For the
nature photographers, Herbert K
Jobs story, THE Conquest OF No
Mans Land" is offered. The pictures
and Information given represent pa
tient study of the herring gull-a pa
thence that was amply rewarded in the
beautiful paragraphs secured. F. ST.
Mars, already known to Outing read
ers. appears with the famous animal
artist, Charles Livingston Bull, in
The Traitors a little drama of wild
duck life. Excellent reading and pic
lures. Then there's Racing in the
Small Sail Boat" and Saving our
Fish," by Dillon Wallace, a critical
analysis Of the decrease and the
methods employed for its prevention.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-07-18
THOUGHT For The DAY.

Let the fruition of things bless the
possession OF them.-Sir Thomas
Browne
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-07-18
DoNNELLsoN.

2 A. Wiegner left for his home in
Brookfield, Mo-, Tuesday morning az
ter two weeks pleasant visit in our
city. ! =
Mr. and Mrs. VIM. Fett are now
comfortably settled In their new
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-07-18
NOTES AND COMMENT.

THE laws Of Illinois give far bet
ter protection to quails than to our
boys and girls says the Keithsburg
Presbyterian.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-07-18

The Davenport Times anticipates
that before the congressional investi-
cation is over some food and drug
manufacturers may have an opportuni-
ty to tell how they became interested
in getting Dr. Wiley ousted.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-07-18

III IT'S Issue Oh july D, under the
heading Invocation for the Day.
The Gate City printed the following:
Tell me. re winged winds
That once did round my pathway
roar,
Is there no cool spot in these United
States
Where mortal man can take a rest,
And snooZe and sweat no more?
The first reply received was without
signature, but was postmarked
Cheyenne. Wyoming. II is in effect
an advertisement for a hotel, which
leads to the suspicion that it may
have been written by the landlord.
However that may be, it is reproduced
below. Bill from the business Office
win go forward by next mail:
Ny answer to this question plain
Is palmer still. you bet.
For in Cheyenne, at Hotel Plains,
No man can raise a sweat.
The genial hosts OF Hotel Plains
Assure your snooze, and boast
Your money refunded every time
A man pretends TO roast.
The second reply comes from Frank
B. Cole, former citizen of Keokuk
now residing at Tacoma, Wash. His
contribution, also in verse, is as fol
lows:
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-07-18
Tacoma, Wash.

Mr.. Coles lines we're mailed from
Hunters Hot Springs, Mont. Is it
possible he went there to escape-but
perish the thought, Maybe the mo-
notony of the delightful Tacoma CHM
ate simply pailed on him and he went
to the Montana summer resort solely
for the sake of variety.