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The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-05-15
ANCHOR LINE STEAMSHIPS

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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-04-12

OF tomatoes for the farmers who pa,-
ronize the Montrose factory
Frank Allen had cant hook pene-
trate his hand recently. He is carrying
1t in sling
Hon. G. A. Kennedy arrived from
Washington, D. C. last week.
Rev. Sage of Keokuk held services
at the Episcopal church Tuesday
morning and administered holy com
munion.
The entertainment at the city hall
Tuesday evening, April 9. consisted of
farces, readings and solos which was
a fine exhibition of home talent. At the
close of the program ice cream and
cake was served.
The decorations were OF palms,
ferns and roses at the first Presbyter-
ian church Easter Sunday. The music
.at the different churches were OF an
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-04-12
EASY MONEY FOR FARMERS.

The finance committee has reported
favorably to the United States senate
the Gronna resolution. 1t provides for
a national commission on farm fl
nance, to consist Of three members
and to be limited to one year. It Is
to investigate and report upon the
systems of cooperative land-mort-
gage banking, and cooperative rural
credit unions, which have achieved
such stupendous success in Europe.
If this class of institution can be
enjoyed by American farmers, the re-
suit will be of profound Importance,
says an editorial in Farm and Home.
The Nashville conference, which con-
sidered this problem, takes the same
view. An official report Of the British
government says that these methods
of cooperative rural credit are "a
modern discovery which may be liken-
ed, as factor in production, to the
discovery of steam
Some millions of farmers In differ
ent European countries are members
of thousands Of local and provincial
credit unions that make business OF
seasonable loans to farmers. at reason
able rates. In Germany alone, these rur-
al banks are doing business of $50 900
100000 annually. Foreign cooperative
land-mortgage banks do still larger
business, enabling farmers to borrow
money on mortgage at BIZ to Az per
cent and encouraging them to repay It
by installments. SO that in due time
the farmer owns his place free and
clear of all incumbrance.
Abroad, these institutions are the
outgrowth of over $50 years expert
ence. Their successful development
in this country. declares Farm and
Home, may be productive Of more
good than all OF the political reforms
now agitating the public mind.
The national commission on farm
I finance should present all the facts,
so that the farmers in the respective
states may succeed In their financial
cooperation. The report should sug-
gest what state laws are needed and
also whether any national legislation
is called for to promote the most ef-
fective progress of cooperative farm
finance.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-04-12
MODERN woopMEN MEETING.

The insurgents of the Modern Wood
men order plan a big meeting in Des
Moines, April 10, for the purpose of
protesting against the increase in
rates. Each of the $50 camps in Iowa
opposed to the increase in rates has
been invited to send from one to three
delegates to this assembly, and should
the full number of delegates be sent
TO Des Moines. nearly three thousand
Woodmen will be in attendance. G.
W. Lyon, chairman of the law com.
mittee, estimates that over one thous-
end delegates will be present
The insurgents claim that they are
not trying to secede, but simply desire
to retain the order as it was. They
declare that the increase of from 100
to 800 per cent in the rates has Great
ed general dissatisfaction, and that
from IS to 95 per cent of the mem
bers are opposed to the changes. 1t is
further claimed that from 50 to so per
cent of the members will leave the
order unless the old rates are retained
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-04-12
cHEEsE-A NEGLECTED FOOD.

cHEEsE-A NEGLECTED FOOD.
One Of the most common articles Of
diet is cheese, and yet its value is lit
tie appreciated by the general public.
One cannot say, In fairness, that
cheese has not won favor in this coun-
try: for an article that is found In
some quantity or other in almost ey-
cry American home and the yearly
output of which is considerably over
300,oO0,000 pounds in the United
States, with value of nearly 10000
600, cannot be regarded as entirely
unpopular Despite these enormous
figures, there is a prevalent current
belief that cheese is prone to produce
physiologic disturbances and that, as
the expression goes, it is hard to d.
gest."
The nutrition experts of the United
States Department of Agriculture
have been investigating the case OF
the American public versus cheese.
The facts and findings are essentially
as follows: Cheese of various types.
eaten raw or carefully cooked, COM
psres favorably with other foods IN
thoroughness of digestion IN healthy
man. It does not cause constipation
or induce other physiologic upsets. ev-
en- when eaten in abundance Cheese
is more than readily digestible; it is
highly nutritious, comparing in this
respect with other combinations like
meat, fish and eggs; and above this,
cheese is an economical food, compel
ing easily with the foregoing from the
standpoint of cost and nutritive eff
cheney. II the causes for the familiar
indifference to cheese as more cen
trail feature of the diet are sought,
they probably lie in part, according to
the Journal of the American Medical
Association, in the continued popular
ity of the more expensive meat in this
country and in the fact that our house
keepers lack the culinary experience
which would bring cheese into a more
prominent role on the bill Of fare.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-04-12
MoNTRosE.
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At the Presbyterian church Sunday
evening the theme of Rev. Alexander's
address was And the Door was Shut"
choosing for the evening text 25th chap
ter of Matthew, the ten virgins who
took the lamps and went forth to meet
the bridegroom. Five were wise and
five were foolish. They that we're fool
ish took no oil with them. Rev. Alex
ander spoke for an hour, enlightening
his audience by his splendid discourse
The popular Brotherhood of the NJ.
E. church are doing good work and
are growing in membership.
A frame building, the property of
VIM Gilmon In the east end of the
city was totally destroyed by fire Fri
day, origin of the fire unknown. The
house and furniture were insured in
the Continental for $500.
A force of men are moving the Den
mire Canning Factory to the alley be.
tween Main and Cedar streets.
Mrs. Emma Milhouse and Miss Lu.
cinda Gilman have returned from st.
Joseph's hospital where they received
surgical treatment They are seeming
ly better
Miss Viola Keith arrived from Fair
field Saturday
Richard Herrick of FIT. Madison
came down to spend Sunday with his
grandmother, Mrs M. Lambert.
Mrs. NJ. E. Morrison is building q
five room cottage.
Manager Keath of the National Can.
ming Company has nlanted thirty beds
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-04-12
IOWA WEATHER

According to official figures set
forth in the monthly review of the
Iowa weather and crop service, the
mean temperature for the three winter
months of 1911-12 was 1877 degrees,
which was SO below the normal for
the state. The highest temperature re-
ported was here in Keokuk, 60 de-
grees on December 10th. The total
average precipitation was nearly an
inch above normal. The winters of
1929: 1904; and 1904-5 were cold
er than the past winter. The average
temperatures for those winters were
149 degrees, 16.1 degrees, and 1873
degrees respectively, but January,
1912. was much colder than any month
on record.
1t is interesting to note that during
the winter monthssthe temperature
averages 6 degrees higher at Keokuk
than at points in northern Iowa.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-04-12
ECONOMIC Loss FROM FIRE.

The severe weather of January
turns out to have been exceptionally
severe in losses by fire insurance COM
have been figured at s35.6o3,540.
which is the heaviest ever recorded
for January. In January, 1911, the
total was only s21.9o0 900, and In Jan
uary. 1910, only s15,175.0o0. February
OF this year also shows the very heavy
loss of s2S,601. $50, whereas In Feb
ruary, 1911. the total was only $751;
$4,000. and in February. 1910. only
s15,4s9,000. For the first two months
OF this year We have a total OF s64,.
255,100, in contrast with $685., $40 for
the first two months OF 1911 and $780,,
664,150 for the first two months of
1910 Were the rate of loss for jan
uary to continue throughou the year,
there would be the appalling total for
the year of over s427, $50, 900. OF
course, that total will not be reached,
but the total will be large just the
same. Only once in the past eight
years has the years total been less
than s250.0o0,000. What has been
well called the wretched total of thir
ty-five years" has been not far under
FIVE and one-quarter billion dollars. In
commenting on general public indif
ference. to statistics of fire losses the
Financial Chronicle states the case
graphically, as follows:
Shortages in the potato crop have
compelled importations. Disturbances
in the anthracite districts caused a
trouble which can hardly be forgotten
yet. a failure or shortage in corn.
cotton, or wheat would not need TO be
interpreted TO the most unthinking
person, as being both a public and an
individual calamity. Here it is rec
ognized that any deficiency in what is
ordinarily the concrete and available
quantity OF an indispensable commod-
ity means felt lack: probably the
average man would comprehend that
climax Of confagration which left
Manhattan Island bare would not only
upset the financial status and cause
( general shaking, but would be loss
which every self-supporting person
must feel Yet this destruction of
value which is already got into con.
crete form and ought to remain in
definitely as the seed and tools of
4 more increase is placidly accepted az
a thing OF course. II is as dimly I'M
derstood as are taxes. Of which this
waste is itself one OF the worst: 1t is
covered By insurance. and Ia vaguely
supposed to be borne by the under
writer's. who. in fact. merely appor-
ton and redistr!bute it. Some under
writer's have sought to make an i'm
c preston by comparisons. as that the
) annual fire waste equals one-fourth of
the country's interestbearing debt:
mat within two years 1t amounts TO
the cost of the Panama canal. that II
Is almost eight times as large per
n capita as in Europe that It exceeds
L the cost Of the army and navy or the
y outlay for pensions: and that IL ali
{ tne buildings annually destroyed could
De set close together on both sides ri
4 a street they would make an avenue
OF desoiation that would reach from
ne" 49, ~ Fh'oaVn Such CONNIE RI.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-04-12

A western Iowa Democrat, who is
an enthusiastic Wilson man, declares
tie Clark champions are making it
impossible for the Democratic party
to win. He says some OF the Clark
boomers have been doing disgraceful
things. He cites the alleged packing
of the Democratic caucuses at Sioux
City, where aliens are said to have
been run In on various precinct meet
ings and the sentiment Of the caucuses
determined By men who had no knowl-
edge of political conditions.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-04-12
keokuk, Iowa April 70, 1917
WITH US SOON AGAIN.

WI 70 S00N Aaf%iN.
On ologies and isms she's a shark;
There's nothing in this word she
doesn't know;
She makes the population pause and
bark
AS words of wisdom from her lips
90 flow.
Dead language she reels off by the
score;
She knows this fourth dimension
thing by heart.
She's ready quite to strike out from
the shore
And sail life's troubled sea without
chart.
Political conditions vex her not:
She knows how to cure all her
country's ills:
Shed fix the labor problem on the
spot,
And set the wheels all turning in
the mills.
She's letter perfect and she leads her
class
In every modern theory to date.
No thinker of the era can surpass
The dream We call the sweet girl
graduate.
We've heard her essay many times be-
fore
And of her sage advice well never
tire.
The new ones are the same as those
of yore,
And all were going to set the world
on fire.
We cannot doubt her good intentions,
still,
This life is full of mighty stumbling
blocks,
And like the others. in ten years, she
will
Be satisfied to darn some good
mans socks.
Roy K. Moulton.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-04-12
The Lilac.

The Lilac.
The sun shone warm, and the lilac
said,
II must hurry and get my table
spread,
For IL I am slow and dinner late,
Ny friends, the bees, will have to
wait
So delicate lavender glass she brought
And the daintiest china ever bought,
Purple tinted. and all complete:
And she filed each cup with honey
sweet.
Dinner is ready" the spring vino
cried;
And from hive and hiding far and
wide.
While the lilac laughed to see them
come,
The little gray-jacketed bees came
hum-m.
They slipped the syrup from every cell
They nibbled at taffy and caramel;
Then. without being asked, they all
buzzed, I'VE
Will be very happy to stay to tea.
Clara Doty Bates.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-04-12
COMMENT ON ILLINOIS.

"We slueeed them over the ropes
Theodore Roosevelt.
Result was not Unexpected
Manager Mckinley, for Taft.
Best rews since last baby was
born."-champ Clark.
Beginning Of Tafts defeat."-Man.
aser Dixon, for Roosevelt.
"No effect on Taft's campaign
F. /. Smith, Taft's Illinois manager.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-04-12

The presidential campaign Is
about all over but the shouting" says
the Charles City Inteiligencer. 1T
is going to be Taft by large and
interesting majority"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-04-12

I'VE slugged them over the ropes"
was Colonel Roosevelt's comment on
his victory In the Illinois primaries
The colonel's familiarity with classic
phrases is not the least among his
many valuable accomplishments.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-04-12

Dir. Chapel, director of the Iowa
weather and crop service, has been
instructed by the department of agri-
culture to send out frost warnings by
telephone and telegraph to Iowa fruit
growers who use orchard heaters.
The service will be free to the fruit
growers entitled TO It.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-04-12

sons are at least, close enough for the
purpose; yet their impression con-
tinues feeble. since this Is one more
example of indirect chat is, conceal
ed taxation"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-04-12

Taft carried all of ST. Louis but one
city ward. Colonel Roosevelt got the
Sixth with eight delegates. The re,
mainder of the 247 delegates to the
state convention favor the renomina,
ton of the President
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-04-12

Frenchman claims TO have found
way TO turn iron into gold The
discovery isn't original with him.
Andrew Carnegie has been doing that
all his life.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-04-12

The colonel was dee-lighted, Of
course. with the Illinois result. He
had right to be. He Is a first-class
politician and knows the way to the
ends he has In view.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-04-12

The real business of tho country
began yesterday, and it is to be
hoped it will be permitted to go
ahead without interruption. Baseball
is sometimes called a game, but that,
of course. is merely bit of pleasant
ry
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-04-12
THOUGHT FoR The DAY.

II Youth but knew, If Old Age had
the power"-there is the whole story
or human futility
Michael Monahan.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-04-12

At New Madrid, Mo-. a local option
election was held while the country
for miles around was twenty feet IN.
der water. 1t is needless to state that
the town went dry" by q big ma.
jority.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-04-12

Chicken raising has been suggested
as a profitable occupation on the
ground that it aids man TO forget
some Of his other troubles.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-04-12
Revised Edition.

know thyseH," is advice frequently
given, but IL you want to maintain
your self-respect know as little of thy
self az possible.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-04-12

Illinois Democrats showed consider
able respect for Champ clark's houn'
dawg. The much-abused canine got
very few kicks in that state.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-04-12

The Illinois vote practically elimi.
mates Woodrow Wilson as presiden-
tial candidate. Present indications
point Enthusiastically to Champ Clark.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-04-12

inspiring nature especially at the Pres.
byterian church. A select reading was
given by Miss Bessie Worster who is
an artist in that line. A solo rendered
by Miss Edith Wahrer was much en-.
joyed.
The dog poisoner is in our midst
again. Ten CANNES have gone to the
happy hunting ground from malicious
mischief.
John Ward of Fresno, Calf, re.
membered his home church, the Epis.
copal, with beautiful Easter lilies Tor
the altar on Easter day.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-04-12

Don't be in a hurry about taking
'em off. There are likely to be chilly
days in April and May.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-04-12

And Hard Work, at That.
What is Billy Hardatit doing these
days?' asked Smithers. "Oh, he's
working his sons way through col.
lege." said little Binks.- Harper's
Weekly.
Imperial Valley press., 1912-09-05
BUCKEYE STATE FOLLOWS
THE LEAD OF CALIFORNIA

COLUMBUS, Ohio, Sept. adopt
ed first on the Pacific coast and urged
later by Progressives. including
Colonel Roosevelt, the initiative and
referendum has been adopted by the
state of Ohio, according to returns
which are practically conclusive and
show that Ohio is a Progressive state
on practically every question except
woman suffrage.
All the constitutional amendments
proposed by the recent state constitu-
tiOnal convention. save that providing
for woman suffrage, were approved by
the voters at a special election yes
terday.
OhiC's constitution will be one Of
the most radical in the United States.
Early returns are mostly from the city.
bat they will be offset by the late rural
returns.
The amendments adopted include
he initiative and referendum, home
rule for cities, license system for sa-
looms. the taxation of incomes and in
teritances, abolisiment of capital pun
ishment, minimum wage, eight-hOuI
day on public ryorks and 80 others.
The women agitating suffrage con,
Quoted the most aggressive and spec
tacular features If the campaign. Their
aggressive work attracted the fire OF
an organization opposed to suffrage.
Imperial Valley press., 1912-09-05
NATIONAL LEAGUERS FEAR
THE WASHINGTON TEAM

PITTSBURGH, Sept. 5.-Incidenta
to the battle being waged by New
York, Chicago and Pittsburgh for the
National league pennant, players ol
all three teams are hoping Washing
ton will not win the American league
championship. They figure no team
in the country can beat Washington
IN a worlds series.
It's team built to order for {
series of seven games" remarked Ar
tie Hoffman of the Pirates. Suppose
the series should start on a Saturday
Walter Johnson would pitch that game
and come back Monday and Wednes
day. thus starting three of the fl 81
four games against the National league
leaders.
"Also, it is possible he might act
as relief pitcher in the Tuesday game
if necessary And if it should rain
lay or so during the series, you
Ilight see worlds championship wor
by a single pitcher, for if the breaks
of the weather come just right John
son might be able to pitch all foul
games There is only one Walter
JOhuSOn.
IF Pittsburgh should win in the Ma
tional league, as | hope to do, We dc
not want to have to tackle Washing
ton"
Boston is not feared nearly as much
as Washington by the three National
league contenders. Despite Joe Woods
great record. they do not rate him in
the same class as Johnson. They ad-
nit he is a great pitcher. but do not
fear him.
Both Pirates and Giants believe they
could win from the Red SoX. Aside
from Wood. they argue, Boston has ~
pitchers. They appear to overlook Col
llhs and Bedielt who have pitched
very capable ball this year, however
Judging from he ball pitched by
Naruuard. RAY CoGi-:s - tnc better
pitcher of the two Neither Pittsburgh
nor Chicago has left hau@er as gOOd
as the Vernon cnliegian. Bedient ur
Hall look bett-r than any second strins
pitcher that ui.ior the Cubs or Clam S
roSsess.
If Boston wins, as it probably will,
Wood will do the bulk of the pitch
ing. with Bedient, Collins and Hall on
the mound in the other games. Pape
and O'Brien are available in reserve,
but Pape is scarcely good enough to
stick into a worlds series and O'Brien
is too unsteady.
Against these pitchers, Chicago can
send Richie, Lavender, Cheney, Reul-
bach and Leifield. Richie is the star
of the lot and, according to the New
York and Pittsburgh players, the only
member of the squad good enough to
send into a championship battle and
bank on.
Imperial Valley press., 1912-09-05
NEW YORK COTTON MARKET

NEW YORK, Sept 5.-The cotton
market made a further advance Of 30
points on firmer Liverpool cables. con
tinued hot and dry weather and re-
ports OF serious deterioration in all
sections of the belt Certain Dromi-
,nent bear interests fought the advance
all day, but with little or no impress
sion on prices, which continued steady
and finally closed at a net advance Of
about 81 points There is little South
Georgia cotton coming in. due to nre-
mature opening. but the Georgia mills
are said TO be taking it, therefore
there is very little danger of any
hedge selling here against this cotton
fCf some time Reliable reports from
Texas place the ginning to Septembe7'
/ at about 100000 bales. against $780,
900 bales last year. which points to a
census report of about 400. 900, against
III 900 last year, 3d., 900 in 1910 and
3SS.000 in the ten-million-bale crop
year of 1909 The market has expe-
rienced a fair advance now and reac-
tions may become more frequent. Fol-
lowing is range of quotations:
January. 1142m SAC: February. II 40
M11.42c: March. 1145m. ACC: May,
11.51 a .53c: July, 11.56d .59c; Septem-
her 1000 lie: October, II 81 a .33c;
November, 1141 q .43c: December,
11.46M 4Sc.
Spot closed quiet: middling uplands,
II soc; middling gulf, 1.S5c; no sales.