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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-08-28
PREPARING FOR CROP MOVEMENT
Railroads Anticipating the Fall Rush Of Business


New York Journal OF Commerce.:
During the relatively dull business of
the last two years, and since the fail
ure to secure a general advance in
railroad rates, we have heard much OF
the inability Of the railroads to pro-
vide adequate facilities for an in
crease of traffic when revival OF ac-
tivity comes. Now such a revival ap-
pears to be in sight, in fact, to have
already begun, and we are told that
the railroads have somehow raised the
necessary funds and are rapidly re-
ceiving additional equipment for what
promises to be an uncommonly heavy
traffic; at least during the crop-mov-
ing season. Many orders must have
been given some time ago. The car
| builders are not only exceptionally
busy, but the roads are having large
deliveries Of completed equipment, In
Guiding locomotives as well as cars,
and are getting to be well prepared
| for the traffic to come. They appear
not to have forgotten the lesson OF
+ the busy time five and six years age
when the lines became congested and
movement was delayed through In
sufficiency OF rolling stock.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-08-28
THE PEOPLE DO RULE.

The cry of the politician that the
government is getting away from the
people. is rot. The people now have
every privilege, every right, every OPP
rortunity, that they ever have had to
take a part in the affairs of the gov
ernment. They have the same hber-
ties they have always had-they elect
men to fill the same offices national
~ today that they did ten, twenty OF
fifty years ago, says the Ottumwa
Courier.
There are thousands of men who
take no interest in the problems OF
government. Some of the men who
follow the cry of the office seeker
who tells the people they are being
robbed Of their rights, never attended
political meeting of any party and
have to be driven even to vote.
1t is up to the voters to ask the
politician what it is in the way OF
privileges of government that has
been taken away from the people.
There have not been any changes IN
the constitution that have interferred
with the rights of anyone.
1t is said that the courts interfere
with the people and make unjust de-
cisions. In every law suit that Is de-
cided, there is likely to be one party,
who feels that the court is wrong.
That can not be remedied. if govern
ment is to be any protection. The
courts, are the aid OF the weak
against the strong. The courts are
the guaranty of safety to all, especial
~ the minority.
A presidential campaign is now on
1t is the time that each man and
woman should give some time to
thoughts Of government and speakers
and speeches.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-08-28
COMMENTS MADE BY LEADERS.
cleraymen and Business Men Alike
Come Out in Favor of tho
Shankland Bill.

DIES MONIES, Aug. 2S.-It is In
teresting to note the comments made
by prominent men throughout the
state on the agitation to change the
mulct law so the secret ballot will be
substituted for the present petition OF
consent method.
Il favor the secret or Australian
ballot" says w. S. Lewis, bishop OF
the NJ. E. church and former presi-
dent OF the Morningside college.
while Rev. L. K. Billingsley of the NJ.
3. hospital of Des Moines says: !
believe the Shankland bill enacted In
to a law would be real Improvement
over the present plan" So also is the
opinion Of Durant Jones, who says:
"If you are going to have the mulct
law at all the ballot method is much
preferable" H. NJ. Bell. president OF
Drake university, in a statement
says: 81 am opposed to the present
system. / am for the Shankland bill
| And John A. Earle, president OF the
/ Des Moines college, says: Il believe
| the Shankland bill is a right Thu
same feeling is expressed by the Rev
r. T. Chipperfed, presiding elder Q
the NJ. E. church in Sioux City, WHIT
says: Il am in favor of the ballot owe
! the petition method" With him is tn.
Rev. o. W. Fifer. pastor of the Grac'
4 If. E. church of Des Moines. Wit
says: THE proposed Shankland bill
is a step in the right direction" Rev
i r. K. Porter of Des Moines says tina
the secret ballot is the most effectiv
method to pursue, and Hon. L.
! Coffin, former president Of the Ant
Saloon League says: You may reckon
me with you in regard to the secre
ballot
These are only a few of the expires
sions that have been received fror
prominent men throughout the stat
in regard to the proposed change an
, they indicate the trend of publ
/ thought in Iowa.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-08-28

The prospect OF large crops has
much to do with the present activity
In providing for increased traffic, but
the need seems to have been antici-
pated by large orders which have been
already filled and are now being fill-
ed. Good crops and large move
ment OF agricultural products mean
prosperity for the farmers and this
means buying capacity for manufac-
tured articles. That helps material
ly to stimulate the production and dis
tribution of such articles, which in
turn means traffic for railroads in
various directions. 1t also means more
employment for capital and labor in
a variety Of industries besides those
of manufacturing and transportation
and accelerated activity in trade and
all the processes of exchange. In
short. unless all signs fail, 1t signifies
a gradual spread Of renewed prosper
ity, which is quite cheering after long
waiting, though we have not had real
depression since 1908. Since some
thing of false start year after tina,
we have simply been working rather
slowly and laboriously on the road te
recovery The period of GONZALES
cence seems now to be about over
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-08-28
KAHoKA, MO.
= . : . >~> go, :

c. e. King Of Keokul, was greeting
old friends in Kahoka Tuesday and
Wednesday.
The republican county central COM
mittee is called to meet In Kahoka on
Saturday, August 81. at 1870. The
presence Of the candidates Is also de-
sired.
The chairman of the progressive
party of Clark county have called a
meeting for Friday. August 80, for the
purpose of selecting delegates to the
state convention at st. Louis.
The rumor is current that a new
paper, of the progressive brand will
soon be launched in KahoKa. Kahoka
now has three publications ana we fail
I to see wherein there is room for a
4 fourth but let her come.
Jesse Nichols and family will move
this week to Keokuk.
G. c. Barnett and family moved this
week to near FIT. Madison.
The Kahoka chautauqua closed Sun
j day night and the big tent has been
removed. The program for the nine
days was an exceptionally good one
but the attendance was not up to ex
pectations and the promoters will lose
some three or four hundred dollars OIL
the venture. The attendance from ths
country was very small.
The big Clark county fair is to b.
held wednesday, Thursday and Frida,
OF next week. The management hal
secured an airman for the three days
On Wednesday he will do all kinds o
fancy work. Keokuls people shoul'
come out in force.
The Kahoka ball team defeated
Memphis Sunday on the local ground
& by the score Of to 2 The game wa
very fast one and was anybody
/ game UP until the sixth inning. Stats
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-08-28
Keokuk, Iowa August %, 1912

LINcoLN-"BEFORE ENTER
ING UPON so GRAVE A MAT
TER AS THE DESTRUCTION
OF OUR NATIONAL FABRIC,
WITH ALL ITS BENEFITS, ITS
MEMORIES AND ITS HOPES,
WOULD 1T NOT BE WISE TO
ASCERTAIN PRECISELY WHY
WE DO 1T? WILL YOU HAZ-
ARD so DESPERATE A STEP
WHILE THERE is ANY PROB
ABILITY THAT ANY PORTION
OF THE ILLS YOU FLY FROM
HAVE NO REAL EXISTENCE?
WILL YOU, WHILE THE GER
TAIN ILLS YOU FLY TO ARE
GREATER THAN ALL THE
REAL ONES YOU FLY FROM
WILL YOU RISK THE CON-
MISSION OF so FEARFUL A
MISTAKE?
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-08-28

Greenig, former Kahoka pitcher, was
on the mound for Memphis and 1t was
very pleasing the way the home boys
punctured his offerings. Townsend,
for Kahoka, struck out twelve men,
and this, too, In face Of the fact that
he had hurt his arm.
The hail storm OF Sunday night did
some damage to crops in some por.
| tions of the county.
! Mrs. Ed. Mackey and children, who
I have been guests at the home of her
| parents, Mr.. and Mrs Geo. Kearns
returned Sunday to their home in
Chicago.
George Calvert went to Milan, Mo.
! Monday for visit with his sister.
Miss Elsie Reser will leave Friday
for Macon to resume her duties as
teacher in the public schools of that
city.
i g. w. Twyman. of Oklahoma, Joined
his wife Sunday in visit at the
home of her parents, Mr.. and Mrs
4 JOS. Sloan. He was enroute to Chi
cago to buy goods and w.n return
4 here for a further visit and will BIZ
accompanied home by his wife
: DR.. H. M. Hitler of Pennsylvania /.
i the guest Of Kahoka relatives.
! Charles Lewis Hughes, son of Mr.
, and Mrs. John Hughes, died at hi.
: home in Kahoka, Friday, August %
4 aged 35 years. He is survived by hi
wife and three children, FIVE brother,
and one sister. Funeral services wer,
conducted from the Bethlehem churcl
Sunday by Rev. y. NJ. Houchens.
Ernest Reser is the guest of his sis
ter near Rutledge this week.
ri VIM. Painter returned Saturday t,
/ his home at Larned Kansas, after
weeks visit with old Kahoka friends
4 ]. B. Thompson, of coffeyyille
9 Kansas, who had been the guest o
$ Kahoka relatives and friends for tn
$ past week. returned Monday TO hi
Il home.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-08-28
SPEAKING ABOUT CHECKS.
Archbold's, Perkins, Mccormick's
,aJ n%horo

Archbold's, Perkins, McCormick's
and Others.
Washington Herald: Senator Pen
roses assertion that Archbold's check
for s25, 900 was used in the campaign
OF 1904 to aid in the election of Theo-
dore Roosevelt to the presidency
bears all the outward signs Of prob
ability.
In those days Mr.. Roosevelt did not
hesitate to ask for and accept any
money from any source, so long as 1t
assisted in the righteous cause of his
election. It is matter of record
that he sought Mr. Harriman's con
tribution and that 100000 was
thrown into his jackpot at crucial
moment when funds We're low
But speaking of checks, how many
has Mr.. Perkins signed since the
steel trust began its noble effort te
I elect Mr.. Roosevelt to third term
And how much money did Medill Nc
/ Cormick dispense at Chicago? Ant
who is supplying the funds which
will enable Mr.. Roosevelt to tou
from Maine to California and from
the lakes to the gulf?
These are questions which tn
leader of the purity party ought u
answer, but which he will PERSISTENT,
ignore.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-08-28

: Considerable criticism is being
made against members of the police
force who make arrests using their
clubs without due consideration and
without justification. An arrest was
made last Thursday at the Union
depot which was said to be a brutal
one in which the officer used club
to beat man into submission. Clubs
Should be used only as self protec-
ton and not just because they are a
part Of an officers equipment, The
arrest of mute Monday night by
Officer Park was commented on as
being brutal but the officer claims he
only defended himself from an as
sault by the prisoner who used a
knife. There are occasions when a
vicious person is arrested and re-
Bists but the larger majority OF the
cases are otherwise and clubs should
not be used only as a matter of sell
defense.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-08-28
NINETY CENT GAS in DIES MONIES
Story Of the Battle in the Courts and the Cs Success

of the company as q guarantee OF re-.
bates to customers for gas used be-
tween the time the ordinance went in
to effect, December ~, 1910, and the.
final decision in the courts be in
creased to an amount SUFFICIENT TO
cover rebates that may become due
by the time the supreme court decis-
ion is announced. II the supreme
court sustains Judge Mcpherson, re-
bates OF ten cents per 1000 cubic
feet will have to be paid by the gas
company to all its patrons who can
show receipts dated later than Decem-
Der 81, 1910, when the city ordinance
went into effect. In the meantime the
dollar rate will continue to operate
Until the final decision has been an
nounced.
Iowa comes in for Liberal criticism
in the opinion of Judge Mcpherson,
who states that the excessive costs
lof litigation and unusual delay con-
cerned in the present case could have
been avoided If Iowa, like other states,
had law creating nonresident city
commissioners, to act with recogniz-
ed absolute authority in public ser
vice controversies over rates. With
all our boosted advancement" he de-
clares, Iowa is a laggard in this mat
tier and will continue as such until
these rate makings are taken from
the power of city councils. Appeals
| to the courts will seldom be taken
from the findings OF sucn a tribunal
High compliment is paid Judge
Sloan for the mastery manner In
which he tried the important case
Judge Mcpherson said:
ut Is most gratifying to the court
to learn that counsel on both side:
agree that learning, patience, fair
ness and all these qualifications {
master in chancery should possess
are evidenced by nearly one years
A work by Judge Sloan in this case. Th'
j court deems it appropriate to maxi
iof record the statement that the ad
ministration of justice has been furtn
cred by the untiring industry Of tn
master, whose record In this case |
/ in keeping with his long time servic
as an Iowa Judge
d All costs of the action were take
against the gas company.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-08-28

81 think the announcement OF Sen
ator Kenyon that he will support
Taft for president has been a big
help to the regular party ticket in
iowa" said well known politician
from a neighboring county who was
in Burlington Monday says the
Hawk-Eye. Kenyon has a host OF
friends in Iowa, and his attitude on
national politics is influential among
them. There were hundreds of re-
publican voters who were hesitating
whether to support the president or
not, but when Kenyon came out in
his announcement that he would
stand by Taft, then many of he un
certain ones were Immediately salts
fled to do the same" The Hawk Eye
has heard other leaders express tbs
same views concerning Senator Ken
yon's announcement in proclaiminl
his LOYALTY to Taft, Senator kenyon
did the only right thing. He mad
many friends by his act and lost n
supporters.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-08-28

Omaha Bee: Less than two years
ago the Des Moines city ~cnncil pass
ed an ordinance reducing the price OF
gas from $100 per 1000 cubic feet to
ninety cents. Immediately the gas
company secured an injunction from
the federal court restraining the en-.
forcement of the ordinance on the
ground that the proposed rate was not
remunerative. Previously the COM
|pany, by gradual cuts, reduced gas
rates from sl.3o to s1o0 per 1000
cubic feet. In the case just decided.
Judge Smith Mcpherson appointed
Judge Robert o. Sloan a special mas
ter in chancery to take testimony, pass
upon the questions of fact and to rec
ommend the law. The master con
sunled six months in hearing the tes-
|timony Of experts employed by both
sides and in listening TO the argu-
ments OF opposing attorneys, and sub
mitted his report last April In the
intervening months various objections
to the report were heard by Judge
Mcpherson and disposed OF, resulting
in the decision handed down last
wee.
Judge McPherson's decision, as an
nounced in the dispatches, is victory
for the city. The court dismissed the
application OF the gas company for a
permanent injunction and declares
the ordinance passed by the council
valid.
A provision Is inserted in the de-
cree, that If, after three-year's trial
of the ninety cent rate, the gas com
pany can show on better ground that
the reduction is confscatory and does
not give reasonable remuneration for
services, the case may be reinstated
| in Jurge McPherson's court and tried
again. The immense expenses of It'll
cation already incurred, however, are
likely to prevent its ever coming into
the lower court again.
Sixty days from the date Of the de
cree the temporary Injunction and re
straining order will be vacated, &C
lcording to the decision. but the ninety
cent rate will not become effective
until the supreme court has handed
down an opinion. The srpeal bono
of the company has been flsed at S.,
900. 1t is probable that the court will
require that the 100000 bond required
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-08-28

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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-08-28

! In response to summons for jury
duty at Port Townsend. Jefferson
county, washington, Herbert Hultine,
an upstate rancher, travelled 24o
miles. covering different stages of
his journey by steamer, train, auto
mobile. carriage and part of the way
on foot From Mr.. Hultine's ranch
the distance in bee line to Port
Townsend is fifty miles. but he had
to go around the Olympic mountains
which rise as carrier between the
two places.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-08-28
For Indigestion, Sour Stomach,
Distress After Eating -DigesiiI

You certainly would not suffer the
tortues Of Indigestion If you knew OF
a remedy that would positively re
lieve and cure you. sDigestit'' is a
certain quick relief 1t will stop In.
digestion, Sour Stomach, Distress az
ter eating and other stomach upsets
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If not we give you back your money
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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-08-28
Ancient Mystery Assaulted.

Indianapolis News: On the other
hand if doctors and pharmacists
should, as the American Pharmaceu-
teal association urges, write better,
people might be able to tell what was
in the medicine they were taking, and
thus that valuable atmosphere OF
mystery which has been carefully cul-
tivaied for so long would be lost.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-08-28

The Register and Leauer is for
Roosevelt, Cummins, Kenyon, and
other progressive Republicans candi-
dates just now too numerous to re-
ceive individual mention. Out of such
large field of candidates che Regis
ter and Leader is able to make wide
selection. It says that It Is of the
opinion that Tafts election is inpos
sible and that it is undesirable and
that Roosevelt is preferable to vii
son. This Is the campaign year when
the voter has a large field to select
from.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-08-28
coaent Reasoning.

The unwiilingness to do honor to a
prophet in his own country is illus
trated by the following anecdote. 1t
was remarked to = scotchman that a
certain individual was very clever.
Him clever. Why, gaed tae schuie
wi him." vas the response.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-08-28

Isaac Walters. a butcher of Pom
tiac, Mich. decided to remove his
place of business to another part of
the town, and not caring to lose any
trade by closing up during the NOV
ing process, he had the whole build
ing pushed on roller to its new site
and served his customers en- route.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-08-28
Best to Do II WeII

II you are going 70 kick at all it is
Just as well to get there with both
feet.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1912-08-27
4O3 BALES OF NEW COTTON
BIG RUSH IS EXPECTED WHEN
THE WEATHER SETTLES.
Number of New Cotton Buyers Will
Have Offices in City, and Dawson
Market Will Be in the Front.

The Dawson warehousemen had
received 4O3 bales of new cotton at
noon today. The market continues
with a downward tendency, and
113s cents was the ruling price for
good middling.
Dawson will be one of the leading
markets this season as usual. Be-
sides the firms that have bought cot
ton here for several seasons a num-
Der of large export firms have open
ed offices in the city and will have
buyers here during the season.
Among these firms are Rosenthal &
Co. of Savannah, who are represent
ed by Phil Pearce; Elmore Quillian
& Co. of Montgomery, represented
by Bob McGinty; Brown, Cramer &
Co. of Albany, represented by G. NJ.
Couric; E. B. Borneman & Co. of
Savannah. Mr. J. D. Tweedy of the
Georgia Cotton Co. and Mr. o. E.
Lowe of the Dawson Cotton Co. will
as usual be in the market, and con-
tribute towards maintaining DaW-
sons reputation as cotton town.
There will be sharp competition
between the cotton firms represented
at Dawson this season, and the wise
farmer will bring his cotton here,
sell it for a big price and buy his
goods cheap.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1912-08-27
Thanks From the Singers.

The Midway Singing Glass desires,
through The News, to sincerely
thank every one who contributed to
the success of the singing, both with
voice and contributions to the dinner
that was spread on the grounds, at
Chickasawhatchee church Friday A
large crowd attended the singing,
which was under the direction OF
Prof. C. A. Lanier, and the occasion
was a most enjoyable one for all
who attended.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1912-08-27
Miss Bessie Cole Entertains.

On Friday evening Miss Bessie
Cole was hostess to a number of her
friends, the guests of honor being
Misses Matte Turner of Dawson,
Mary and Cleveland Baggs of Ca
milla and Hattie Belle Bass of Yeo-
mans. From a bower of ferns and
flowers lemonade was served by
Misses Dollie Marshall and Gladys
and Annie Laurie Pinkston. Pro-
gressive games were played. Miss
Cole was assisted in entertaining by
Misses Eva Sue and Annie Lou Cole.
At a late hour cream and crullers
were served. About forty guests
were present.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1912-08-27
BURGLAR ALARM WENT OFF
AND PRACTICAL JOKER DIS
CHARGED GIANT CRACKER.
Much Excitement Saturday Night
When Robbers Were Thought to
Be in Dawson National Bank.

DE III DdNSOH Ndl1OAStA DStAlhs
When the electric burglar alarm
with which the Dawson National
Bank is equipped sounded upon the
stillnes of the night at 8 O'Clock
Saturday evening a great throng Of
people quickly gathered in the vicin-
ity of the building.
AS two attempts had been made
| in the comparative recent past to
burglar.ze the bank everybody be-
lieved that robbers were at work
again, and many went armed to give
them a warm reception.
While the crowd was in the front
| Chief of Police Turner, Officer Skies
and a number of intrepid citizens
went to the rear of the bank, and
stationing themselves in elevated po-
sitions where they could see over
the fence and get a good view of the
door leveled their artillery in mat
direction and promised death to the
gents of the Jimmy and nitroglycer-
inc when they showed themselves TO
view.
While excitement was at a high
pitch it was made to fairly rage by
some practical joker, who lighted
a giant firecracker and discharged it
in the midst of the crowd, who
thought the robberies had either fir
ed into them or the vault had been
blewn open. A number of ladies
who had attended the picture shows
were in the crowd, and when the
cracker exploded their shrill screams
added tenseness to the situation.
Mr.. R. L. Saville, the cashier
of the bank, who had been reach
ed at his home by telephone,
arrived on the scene about this time
and opened the doors so that an in
vestigation could be made. There
was not the least evidence of bur
glars.
The alarm, which was in action
about forty minutes from the time
it started until it~was silenced by Mr..
Saville. was set off by some un-
known cause, and it was with
mingled feelings of disappointment
and disgust that the crowd quietly
and quickly dispersed.