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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-04-13

The Harding bill providing for a fire
marshal and deputies passed both
houses of the legislature last week. 1t
provides for fire drills in the public
schools, for the investigation of fires
and for prosecution for arson. The
measure was backed by the insurance
companies and has for its special OBJ
iect the reduction of their risk and
not the protection of the lives of the
occupants of buildings. This latter re-
sponsibility will continue to rest with
the state factory inspectors and with
the local authorities.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-04-13


The railways may be able to knock
cut 2-eent fare in the courts, but the
Sioux City Journal questions whether
the game will be worth the candle to
the carriers. There is much good
sense and wise philosophy in what
that paper says in the following par
agraph.
THE 2-cent fare is about the only
thing in connection with the railways
that can be said to be really popular
Whatever the railway financiers may
be able to show by figures. the pub
lie is not going TO be convinced that
a passenger fare that has put seats in
the coaches at a premium has ser
iously crippled railway revenues. At
any rate, it ought to be better for the
roads to have a lot of pleased patrons
instead of a trifine Increase in
revenue attained at the cost OF gen
eral dissatisfaction
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-04-13
terest at Ave per cent on capital Q
over "a ono flflil

terest at five per cent on capital of
over $4,000,000.
AS an economical proposition, leay-
ing out entirely the humane aspect OF
the case and the duty of the public
authorities to provide adequate pro-
lection to human life from fire. the
question is one of such great i'm.
portance as to attract the attention of
all intelligent men. To reduce the risk
of fire by proper preventive measures
also would reduce the cost of insur-
ance to such an extent as to largely,
if not entirely. compensate Tor the
extra outlay.
The loss of property valued at over
s31 100000 in a single month certainly
is appalling enough to call attention to
the necessity of better provisions for
the protection of property from the
ravages OF fire.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-04-13

The bill providing for the transfer
OF the College for the Blind at vinton
from the board of control to the board
OF education passed both houses of
the general assembly and will no
doubt be signed by Governor Carroll
as he recommended the transfer in
his message to the legislature. This
is to be unreservedly commendes,, as
ii places the school upon new and
proper basis. 1t takes it from the
penal and charitable classification and
places it in the educational classified
ton where it rightfully belongs. Con-
gratulations are in order and are free
ly rendered.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-04-13
to take no chances.

~ NohC ~ GiduCeS,
Then there's the perplexity OF storm
windows and Swoolen underwear
shall you keep 'em on or take EN- off,
And while your mind is on clothes.
shall you get a new suit this spring
or make the old one do9 Are Your
last years oxfords good enough for
this year? Shall you try to convince
your wife that Jane Adams was right
when she said $40 was enough for
woman's hat? And while you're
puzzling about the storm windows-
shall you paint the screens this sea
son, or let them go another year?
These are homely perrlexites but
we all have them. If we haven't these
homely problems. we have problems
that ride In automobiles. The homely
problems that come on foot with the
advent of spring are just as big as the
automobile problems sometimes big.
ger.
But with all its perplexities, spring
is splendid.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-04-13

That the lowly hen is feathered
gold mine is attested by some figures
cleaned by the Waterloo Reporter
from the report of the auditor of
Blackhawk county. According to fig
ures turned in by the assessor in
Washington township. in that BALI
wick, there were no less than 2S,76O
eggs laid By the hens in that township
last year. At the average price of
twenty cents dozen those eggs
were worth the comfortable sum of
s5,I52. AS there were 500 inhabitants
in that township last year it follows
that if the eggs had all been sold at
twenty cents dozen and the money
distributed equally among the people
of the township. every man, woman
and child would have received 1855.
Hats off to the helpful hen,
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-04-13

The parson mayor at Vinton has a
new method of controlling the booze
habit. When plain DRINKS come be-
fore him he throws off the costs and
gives the guilt ones kindly lecture.
After he has lectured the same in.
dividual steen times for the same Of
Tense he will probably begin to en-
tertain some doubts as to the eff
ficiency of his plan.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-04-13

Mason City used voting machine
In one of the wards at its recent
city election with entirely satisfactory
results. The Globe Gazette in speak
Ing of the experiment says:
The voting machine won out big
majority The machine was used in
the fourth ward and the judges of
election state that there was very lit
Tie dlfhculty encountered in the proper
use OIL the machine by the average
so.er. AS the result the full returns
t as the fourth ward were known
h minutes after the polls closed.
IN. me full returns from the other
49, aaus were not known till nearly mid
hignt. The moral is plain"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-04-13
ENORMOUS FIRE LOSS OF MARCH

statistics of the United States and
Canada show the total fire loss 70
have been s31, 569 500 for March. This
was double the fire. loss for March
1903 and about $13.0oO00o more than
the loss in March, 1910. In addition
TO usual fire losses the destruction az
part Of the New York capitol ~
Albany and several other large public
buildings and factories brought the
recent losses up to an unusual figure
4 ne New York journal of Commerce
ana commercial Bulletin calls the
attention OF the public to the fact that
ian absolute waste of 81 900 .oo q dav
during the last month, and an AVERAGE
waste of over 100000 a month 10 80
great toll for Americans 10 nav ~
careless and unsclentific metbods -
preventing and controlling fires II L
said to be eight times as great 90 t.
paid by any European nation and lou.
a tax upon the people which i
handicap to every man. woman ava
child forming part of the productira
population. The annual loss from ere
in this country is said, to represent in.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-04-13
The Happy Medium.

Monticello Express: At Vinton,
where the city government has been
morally slack as it is in some other
towns, a preacher ran for mayor on
an independent ticket, and was elect
ed If he doesn't go to the opposite
extreme he may do the town some
good There is danger, however, in
becoming so radical in an opposite di-
rection as to create another reaction.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-04-13

In city government there is medium
of decency that the majority Of peo-
pie Will stand for all the time, and
fortunate is the municipality that has
officers that will compel its observ-
ance without becoming puritanical and
overbearing.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-04-13

BY the terms of the Wilson-Greene
bill passed by the legislature at its
session just ended the Cosson removal
law is extended to include county off.
Gals. Supervisors may now be remoy.
ed from office the same as the mayors
of cities.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-04-13

Both houses of the legislature pass
ed the bill requiring railway com
panies to have all cabooses on freight
trains double-trucked, with sufficiently
wide platforms and rails to make them
safe for employees. The bill was back.
ed by the railway employees of the
state
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-04-13

The Bonaparte Record reports that
the wife OF a restaurant keeper in
Keosauqua baked 1898 pies during the
first three months of this year, which
were sold and eaten in the restaurant
Something of pie eating community,
that, evidently. Prosperous, also. AS
a rule one does not expend his last
nickel for piece of pie.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-04-13
Why the House Fly Must Go.

Cincinnati (Ohio) Times-Star: A
common house fly crawled into the
feed pipe of Baltimorean's automo-
bile, stopped the flow of gasoline.
stopped the engine and caused
confiagration that destroyed the car
Relentless war must now be waged
upon the house fly. He has ruined
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-04-13

II. W. Suits, oldest Towan. is dead at
Council Bluffs, aged 1857 years after
having chewed tobacco conscientiously
for ninety years. His mistake seems
to have been in not commencing early
enough in life. The first fifteen wears
were practically wasted.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-04-13
THE G. A TIE CITY
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papers promptly will confer faSor oy
giving notice of the fact
Address all communications to
THE GATE CITY COMPAN1,
No. IS, North sixth st, keokuk. Iowa
THE GATE CITY is on sale at the
following news stands:
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Ward Bros. 525 Main street.
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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-04-13
THOUGHT FOR THE nav

The greatness of any century is
to be measured finally by the individ-
ual characters of the men who live
In It'll NJ. l.yde.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-04-13
The Next step.

Philadelphia Inquirer: The next
thing we may expect from Nevada
is an advertisement announcing ba-
gain days in divorces.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-04-13

our tempers and assaulted our health,
yet little has been said. But when
he attacks our pleasures it is high
time to suppress him.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-04-13

According TO the Sunfiower philos-
opher, man who talks d good deal
about home cooking is one who has
generally made himself sick eating
too much at restaurant.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-04-13
NOTES AND COMMENT.

The Waterloo Times-Tribune OBJ
serves an Iowa senatorship is one
thing that doesn't come to the fellow
who waits.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-04-13

This is the open season for UNI
brellas. Also for rhubarb pie.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-04-13
Keokuk, Iowa ........Aprll 10, 1911
BOOKER T. WASHINGTON.

Where swept mighty river
Down to a sun-lit main.
A curse upon the whole land,
A hundred years had lain;
For though the star-lit banner
Around and DER it waves,
A curse was on the whole land
Where millions yet were slaves.
At last. an angered nation,
Tired of tn accursed shame,
The lies writ on the old flag,
The crimes done in its name;
Arose to roars of cannon,
With blood by lend and sea,
And rebaptised the banner,
And set the bondmen free.
But as some loosened river,
Damned up too long before,
Floods all the fields and valleys,
And knows not any shore
So the emancipated,
Unused to freedoms day,
Unframed like little children,
Wandered, and lost the way.
Dead was the Emancipation,
And dead the friends that were.
With all mems hands against them,
What could they do but err?
Contempt their only portion,
Cod was there help nor stay?
No hand appraised to lift them.
No guide to show the way.
Rose up stalwart negro,
A boy, almost, was he,
81 know a road. oh, brothers,
Would you but follow me;
No pathway this of roses.
No lily road to fame,
The whole worlds heroes walked it,
On it the prophets came.
"rhey called it God own highway.
To labor and content;
For he who keeps the vineyard,
To him the grapes are sent:
Who does some one thing better
IMAM IL was done before,
He has the key to all things,
He knows the secret door
So spake the slave boy leader,
And thousands heard the call,
For that that lifteth one man
1t likewise lifteth all.
Wherever fields were ready
There hands were quick to SOW,
And work made sweet the leaven
That lightened every woe.
Deeds have been don in battle
That earned immortal name,
But where before had won a slave
Such right to noble fame
A hundred years may vanish,
A thousand years grow dim,
But, long as hearts remember
The world will honor him.
$. H. N. Byers.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-04-13
IMPORTANT MASONIC MEETINGS.
Maundy Thursday to be Observed at
Davenport, Iowa City, Muscatine
and Burlington.

For the celebration of the feast of
Maundy-Thursday the following rules
have been sent cut:
st. Johns Chapter of Rose Croix
No. 4, Ancient and Accepted Scottish
Rite of Free Masonry, Southern
Jurisdiction of the United States, Val
ley of Davenport, Iowa, Tenebrae and
Feast Obligatory, Maundy-Thursday
April Is, 1911.
To all Knights of the Rose-Croix.
Greeting; The observance of the
Feast of Maundy-Thursday is manda-
tory upon all Knights of the Rose
Croix, and to enable the members of
st. Johns chapter to perform this
duty conveniently, arrangements have
been made to observe the ceremony
of Distinguishing the Lights in ap-
propriate apartments in the cities of
Davenport, Burlington, Muscatine and
Iowa City on Thursday, April IS, 1911.
The ceremony of Distinguishing the
Lights will begin promptly at 7:30 p.
M. in each Of the four places, and will
be followed by the mystic banquet, as
prescribed by the statutes. Addresses
appropriate to the occasion will be de-
livered by brethren appointed for that
purpose.
II any personal grievance exists be-
tween two brethren, it must be settled
prior to this feast, in order that all
may in loving kindness eat together
the bread and drink the wine which
the performance of duty requires, not
forgetting to drink to the toast
Health to the sick, comfort to the
needy and succor to the oppressed
everywhere
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-04-13

The Des Moines Register and Lead
er guarantees that two Billy Sunday
sermons, taken twentyfour hours
apart, will reduce the swelling of any
Toledo head carried into the taber
nacle during the revival tire.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-04-13
Reliahtinq the Lights.

The observance of the ceremony of
Relighting the Lights is, by our stat
utes also obligatory upon every
Knight Rose-Croix, and that ceremony
will be observed by st. Johns chapter
at the four places above mentioned.
on Easter Sunday, April 16, 1911, at
200 O'Clock p. m.
Trusting in all knights Rose-Croix
of st. Johns chapter to perform these
duties, as only knight Rose-Croix
should we salute you with the knight
ly honors
FRED WERNENTIN, Jr., X. c. C. H.
Wise Master.
CHARLES EDw. ORCHARD, SO,
Secretary.
Services at Davenport under direc-
ton of Brother Louis Block.
Services at Burlington under direc-
ton of Brother William Cogswell
Cross.
Services at Muscatine under direc-
ton OF Brother Henry Munson Dean.
Services at Iowa City under dires.
ton of Brother Cornelius Henry Muir.
ply.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-04-13

Statute Morals Not effective.
CEDAR Rapids Republican. Reforms
by laws do not seem TO be lasting.
me people tire of them and vote
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-04-13

The Des Moines Register and Lead
er guarantees that two Billy Sunday
sermons, taken twenty-four hours
apart, will reduce the swelling of any
Toledo head carried into the taber-
nacle during the revival tire.
Canada is not much of a fruit
country" remarks the Des Moines
Capital, but the prospects are that
she will be able to furnish at least
one lemon fer each American farmer
in case the proposed treaty becomes
a law
The Burlington Hawk-Eye says
that the fiat rate on moneys and cred
its is long step in the right direction,
but the people of Iowa would have
been still better served if the tax on
moneys and credits had been abolish
ed entirely.
The usefulness of the manicure as
an aid to egg production has just
JccIA ul5AONtlSQ ny q tuitdSO
sor Keep the toenails cut short. and
the hens will not waste their time and
strength in scratching about the yard
The conserved energy will result in
an increased production of eggs.
There is the authority of the Sioux
City Journal that the sensible woman
who made up her mind in midwinter
that she wouldn't buy new hat in
the spring has about decided she will
buy one if she can get a very great
bargain. All the milliners are offer
ing very great bargains this season.
BY the repeal of the tax ferret law
and the change of the tax on moneys
and credits to a fiat rate, Iowa SAYS.
says the Iowa City Citizen "to those
who have gone elsewhere for invest
ments: Bring back your money II
it comes back many things will be do
ing in the state in the next five
years"
There is no piece Of farm ma
chinery that is absolutely fool proof,
not even The drag, says the Iowa
Homestead. Those who have an idea
that all there is TO running farm
machinery is to climb into the seat
and hang on TO the lines. should take
week off to think The thinking
power Of the farmer may be meas
ured by the quality of the work done
by the machinery on the farm
Arizona republican., 1911-05-10
INTER SOCIETY CONTEST.

The annual inter society contest bel
tween the Olympian and PhilOmeathian
societies of the normal took place Mon
day evening at the auditorium and was
largely attended. The contests were
in debate and Oratory and the two So
Cieties broke evenin. the Philomeathi-
ans winning the debate and the Olym-
plans winning the contest in oratory.
The debate was Resolved, That
reciprocity as advocated by President
Taft will be beneficial" The Philo-
methians had the affirmative side of
the question and were represented by
Miss Mable Willebrandt and Romeo
Haby. The Olympians had the mega
tive and were represented by Otto
and Leonard Dykes. The
decision of the judges was found in
favor Of the affirmative.
In the original orations, John Mullen
was the winner representing the Olym-
plan society. His opponent was Car
roll Belknap, representing the Philo-
methians. The medal awarded to the
winner in orations was presented by
Charles WoOlf
Arizona republican., 1911-05-10
STOCK
PLACED ON SALE
w. Lukin Will Dispose of the Stock of
the New York Store.

When few days ago, the bankrupt
stock of the New York store, together
with the fixtures, was sold at public
auction, all of the stock was purchased
by w. Lukin. 1t of course required
some time for the bankruptcy proceed
ing TO be closed up and il was not I'M
til yesterday that the stock came actu-
ally into the possession of Mr.. Lukin.
Mr.. Lukin debated some time whether
it would be better to take the stock
to his store and dispose of il there or
place it upon sale in its present quar-
tiers in the Petersen building and give
the public the advantage of the reduced
rates he will be able to make. He has
finally concluded to offer the stock
at sale a and the prospects are that
the sale win be one of the greatest ever
held in Tempe.
Mr. Lukin says there is a $4,000
stock in the store, and by virtue of the
bankruptcy proceeding, he vas en-
abled to purchase it at a very low fig
ure. He has decided to give the public
an opportunity to share with him and
will be able to make remarkably low
prices The stock is in good shape and
Mr. Lukin now has force at work in
the store getting everything in shape
for the opening of the sale, which will
take place Monday morning.
Arizona republican., 1911-05-10
TEMPE
HIGH AND GRAMMAR
TEACHERS ARE ELECTED
Few Changes Made in the Two
Faculties.

A joint meeting of the high and
grammar school boards was held Mon
day evening for the purpose of elect
ing teachers. In the high school there
will be no change with the exception
of Professor c. c. Cash, whose place
will be taken by Charles Jennings OF
Oklahoma, formerly of Washington,
d. c. Mr.. Jennings is the man the
board had in view a year ago and made
every effort to secure. He is highly
recommended as a manual training di-
rector and athelete. having won some
high records in Washington. Another
position has been created on the high
school faculty, but this has not yet
been filled. The faculty as il stands at
present is composed Of the following
named: B. II. Scudder, superintendent;
Karl McMurray, commercials; Miss
Stewart, domestic science; Miss
French, languages; Miss Rodkey, elo-
cution and music; Charles Jennings,
manual training and athletics.
In the grammar school there Will be
but one change. Charles Alexander did
not reapply for his position. y meet
ing of the grammar school board will
be held Thursday evening to fill this
vacancy The other teachers Of the
school were reelected as follows: Prin-
cipal Sullivan, Misses Daisy Buck, Eli
zabeth Cosner Ina McComas, Maude
Wilson, Lottie Mullen, Nell Mcneil and
Mrs Ida O'COnnOr.
Arizona republican., 1911-05-10
GET NEXT TO YOURSELVES.

We have no fear of the full page
advertisements the merchants of our
neighboring cities are running, telling
how they are practically giving goods
away. While We have no desire to say
anything against a competitor, we feel
it our duty to warn our people against
prices that read 29c. 39c. 99c. etc. 1t
looks qeeu when some of our people re-
turn from some of these sales with
goods they are ashamed TO show and
tell what they paid for them. Others
return to our store with the same old
story, "Hyder Bros. is good enough for
me" 1t is always safe to deal with the
House of Quality where they never
give things away but where you get
a dollars value for every dollar you
spend every time. 1t
Arizona republican., 1911-05-10
WRETCHED LADY
NOW RESTORED
Mrs. Bosss Tell All About Her Years
of Wretched Health and How She
Was Restored by Cardui.

Nebo. MOI am almost unable to
describe what used to be my feelings"
writes Mrs. Sarah Boggs. of this place.
Il suffered for years with a pain in
my left side, dragging feelings and
was almost unable to stand on my feet
| couldn't sleep nights. and had smoth-
ering spells. 1 had pain in my back.
head and side, and had taken medicines
till had got out of heart.
ION your advice l took Cardui, the
woman's tonic, and now | am glad / am
so much better. | can do my washing
now and all my homework and can
walk two miles all right. | owe you all
a debt of gratitude for the good that
Cardui did to me-"
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thousands of years.
It is therefore a natural medicine.
medicine you can Ieel confluence ILL.,
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long known merit.
You know that Cardui will help you,
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Try it.
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