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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-09-10
FORT MADISON
GETS in, IS TO |.
The Other County Seat Joins the
Cities to Utilize keokuk's Nam
moth Water Power Develop
ment In the River.
NO REAL OPPOSITION
To Granting Franchise to Mississippi
River Power Company to Use
Its Streets and Alleys
for Power Lines.
Especial to The Gate City. /


FORT MADISON, Sept. 1O.-The
election held yesterday on the fran.
chise to the Mississippi River Power
company, granting 1t permission to
do wholesale business In electricity
in this city resulted in 16 to / vic
tory for the franchise.
There were LOAF votes for the prop.
osition and less than seventy votes
against It, The Fort Madison First
club carried on campaign of educa-
ton for some time and was active in
getting out the vote. The water
power company took no part In the
election, saying it was up to Fort
Madison itself. The only public OPP
position developed in the campaign
was from Austin d. Storms who at
one time filed objections in the news
papers. But after thorough investi-
cation Mr.. Storms, on the eve Of the
election authorized a statement that
he favored the franchise and would
vote for it and advised others to do
SO. The only votes against it were
the few always sure to bob up
against any proposition whatever.
Hugh L. Cooper had told the city
that a substation would be built hero
If Fort Madison would do certain
things in the city boosting line which
were done. Then this franchise was
passed by the city council to allow
the power company to come into Fort
Madison and operate here. The vote
shows that Fort Madison appreciates
the great value of the water-power te
this city which has very active
boosting organization assisted by the
Santa Fe railroad company.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-09-10
keokuk's Home Run.

When keokuk was called on for sub
s.rlptlons of $4,000 Of preferred
STOCK in the new hotel company, some
people wondered whether she would
respond Mr. Cooper seems to have
MAGE It test of Keokuks earnest
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-09-10
votes For Women.

AKRON, o., Sept. 1o.-Two men
applied for enlistment in the army
because their wives paid too much
attention to suffrage,
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-09-10
and the like, as vel. as the large
daily army of visitors to Keokuk.
The Boosters Club Boosts.

The committees of the Boosters
club went out of existence after the
conference with J. P. Allen yesterday
afternoon. Their work was done and
well done. The Boosters club boosts
bully, said one man later.
The committees having in charge
the Keokuk end of the preferred
stock subscriptions consisted of B.
B. Hobbs, president of the Boosters
club; Wells M. Irwin L. A. Hamill,
Asaph Buck, John Nagel and Harry
r. Culkins.
They reported to Mr.. Allen that
their work was completed and ad
journed sine die-until the next big
thing for Keokuk arrives and calls
them to action again. Mr.. Allen told
them what the company has done and
is doing and everybody was in high
good humor.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-09-10
MODERN 100000 HOTEL
TO BE BUILT IN KEOKUk

ness in this new era. BY mail and
partly by personal canvassing by com
mittees appointed by the Boosters
club Keokuk met the issue fairly.
She met tho ball Mr.. Cooper pitch
ed to her straight over the center OF
the plate and knocked as clean a
home run as ever was seen.
Keokuk made first in record time,
dashed on to second, got to third in
good shape and then walked home
and over the plate few steps into
the back field before turning to the
bench to await the next inning.
That $4,000 preferred stock sub
scription is all in and as good as a
certificate of deposit.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-09-10
Everything In Good Shape.

In the meantime, the rest of the
100000 proposition was being shaped
up concretely.
AS soon as ]. P. Allen returned he
met the Keokuk coachers at the gath
ering place of the Boosters club, and
this talk was about architectural
drawings. ground deeds and the like.
All that had been kept up to date.
The architect had come to Keokuk,
looked at the site and got the data he
needed to set his drafting room to
work. Mr.. Allen had met the future
manager and present owner of the
common stock Mr.. Cooper had Sc
cured an extension of the option on
the Masonic real estate. Everything
moved along together like clockwork,
and it is intended that the rest, until
the carpets are on the floor, shall
move in the same way.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-09-10
keokuk Made Good.

1t has long been recognized that
the present need Of the city was a
modern hotel. 1t was SO necessary
that the subject forced itself to the
front at almost every business gather
ing. Mr.. Cooper gave to the city the
opportunity to meet the necessity and
proposed that if Keokuk would raise
$4,000 of the 100000 he would as
sure to the city one of the finest ho-
tells in the west and those who know
him know that the work of construc-
ton will be swift and safe and legiti-
mate in every detail. He is particu-
larly pleased in the way that the peo-
pie Of Keokuk came forward and
met the local requirement. The build
ing of the new hotel will be of ines
Unable value to the city. 1t will radi-
ate kind of advertising that will be
worth thousands of dollars. Many
people only see city through its ho-
tells and they will get good impress
sion of this city when the new hotel
is completed because 1t will be in
good taste, commodious and upto-date
in all particulars. No such good for
tune has come to Keokuk since the
announcement of the building of the
water power.
Now for number Of big factories.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-09-10

NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNERS.
Notice is hereby given that on this
tenth day of September, 1912, the
City Council passed the following reso-
luton, to-wit:
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-09-10
Resolution No. 1e5.

nS5OluIlOH mo, loo.
Whereas, the city engineer Of the
City of Keokuk has presented for the
consideration of the city council, the
plats and schedules prepared by him
and showing the pro rata assessments
on the lots and parcels Of land abut-
ting upon or adjacent to the following
described improvement, to-wit: An
eight-inch sanitary sewer in blocks
6S, 80 11s, 144, 40, SO, Sc and ia,
in the original city of Keokuk, and
Whereas, the city council, having
viewed said lots and parcels of land
as set out in said plats and schedules
and subject to assessment for the
above described improvements, and
having examined the plats and SEIZED
ules aforesaid, and considered
the same, duly finds that said
special taxes and assessments
as shown in said plats and
schedules are Lot in excess of the
special benefits conferred upon sale
lots and parcels of lands by said i'm
provements, and are not in excess OF
twenty-five per cent of the actua
value of said lots and parcels of land
as shown by the last preceding assess
ment roll, therefore.
Be it resolved, by the city council
of the City of Keokuk:
That said plats and schedules, as
presented by the city engineer be
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1912-10-30

To produce a perfect plant
there must be a perfect seed.
planted in a perfectly prepared
soil and cultivated by a trained
intelligence. In Just so far as
there is deficiency In any one
Of these particulars will the re-
suit fall short Of a perfect crop.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1912-10-30

81 That trusts raise prices
No where have trade cOmbina-
tions been able to establish
monopoly prices as in the United
States and it is here that prices
soar most.
In the light of these facts we
can readily understand why
prices are 10 per cent higher in
Germany than in England and
80 per cent higher in the United
States than in England.
We also see that less than one
half the rise in prices is due to
the increased production of gold
and the balance is caused by the
tariffs and the trusts.
The rise in prices caused by
the increased volume of money
and credits is wholesome because
all share in the benefit. The
rise caused by the tariff and the
trusts is vicious because only
a few share in the berefit. 1t is
abnormal, artificial rise in prices
that hurts and is causing the
loud complaints of the cost of
living.
To reduce the high cost of liv-
ing to a natural level we must
lower the tariff and free our
selves of the monopoly prices of
the trusts; and inasmuch as the
tariff is the mother of trusts, by
taking down the tariff wall we
will not only be rid of so much
of the rise in prices as comes
from the protective system. but
of some of the rise that comes
from private monopoly.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1912-10-30
The Cost of Living.

Bradstreet estimates the rise
of prices of the necessaries Of
life as follows between 1897 and
1910:
In England % per cent
In Germany 43 per cent
In the United States 1888 per
cent.
The bulletin of the department
of commerce and labor issued by
our government. estimates the
rise in wholesale prices between
1897 and 1910 at 46.7 per cent
and the rise in retail prices was
still greater.
Byron w. Holt estimates that
prices increased during this
period 90 per cent.
The last report Of the Federal
bureau of commerce and labor
shows that prices are still soar
ing and that retail prices of
many necessaries in the last ten
years have nearly doubled.
Thus we note:
ID That there is world rise
of prices of some 25 per cent on
account of the increased produc-
ton of gold.
~ That high protective tariffs
raise prices. Prices are Is per
cent higher in Germany under
Gerlnany's protective tariff than
in England under free trade.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1912-10-30
THE LITTLE
PAY
By c. c. BOWSFIELD

change the feed Of a herd it should be
done gradually, so that the cows will
become accustomed to the change and
not get "off feed" so readily.
Cows should not be abused, as any
i'll treatment affects their milk pro
duction. On the contrary. they should
even be petted. as they respond won.
derfully to kind and gentle treatment
in a way that is profitable for the
owner.
One mixer may be able to get 20
per cent more milk than another The
mixer should not worry the cow by
loud talking or abuse Of any kind. A
COW should be MIXED quietly end
quickly, and as the last milk drawn
contains far more fat than the first.
special care should be taken to get ali
the strippings. In milking the whole
hand should be used, closing first that
part next to the udder. The COWS
teats should be dry when she is milk
ed Wetting the teats is not only a
filthy habit. but 1t also allows the
teats to chap in bad weather. If there
is difficulty in milking a COW dry a
small amount of vaseline may be rub
bed on the hands.
In the summer the cows get plenty
Of exercise, but they should be pro-
vided with a shady place where they
can rest. In fly time 1t may be ad-
visable to keep the cows in the barn
during the day, darkening the win
dows to keep the insects out
With ten or a dozen cows the farm
er needs a reliable hired man. for
there is great deal Of work In run.
ming dairy, and it should be perform
ed In a thorough manner. The family
will find much to do In connection
with the poultry, vegetables and fruit
without undertaking all the drudgery
Of the farm and dairy.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1912-10-30

A DAIRY pays just in proportion to
"a the skill and care with which it
is managed. Owners Of little
farms who have transportation facili-
ties can afford TO make a dairy the
basis of their operations. A place Of
thirty to fifty acres will maintain
dozen cows. without excluding poul
try, vegetables and fruit
The way to make such a dairy pay
is to establish a reputation for high
grade milk. cream and butter. Private
customers can be secured who will
pay literally for these commodities If
they are sweet and wholesome and
show evidence of intelligent handling
The owner must insist on cleanliness
about the barn and in the pals and
cans
One problem of the dairyman is to
keep the milk from being contaminat-
ed. either through dirt falling into it
or by its absorption of undesirable
odors. If the stables are clean. dry
and we'll ventilated there will be no
bad odors for the milk to absorb. OF
course there should be no cesspools
about the stables, and the ground IN
der the barn should be we'll drained.
Poor drainage cannot help but cause
Objectionable odors about the barn.
The udder and the TANKS of the COW
should be thoroughly wiped with a
damp cloth before milking
One Of the cardinal points that a
good dairyman will observe in han
ding his cows is regularity in all his
work. He will feed the cows at def
mite hours and milk them at stated
intervals. II a cow is MIXED at 6
o'clock in the morning she should be
MIXED again at at night. the best
results being obtained when the time
between milkings is twelve hours
If for any reason it is advisable to
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1912-10-30
What the Lawyers Tell Us.

lease which Is altered after its ex
ecution and without the consent of the
lessor by changing the dates of the
commencement and termination OF tht.
term is vOid-St Louis Advertising
Company versus Rabtiste. Mo Iii
Southwestern 43S
landlord who furnishes supplies To
enable a tenant TO make crop Is eiI
titled Ia lien for the price OF the
supplies. and it is immaterial whethe
the tenant could or could not have had
the crop without them.-Ferninan yer
Ens Nowlin 40 s W. 80
Every contract made for or ahrnI
any matter or thing which is prohIhl
ri and made unlawful by statute Is
void. and hence. under the Arkansas
statutes. which require the killing al
glandered animals. the sale OF an am
mai affected with CHAMBERS is-foid
Comprehensive versus McArmick. 12i
s W 400.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1912-10-30
FEEDS FOR DAIRY COWS.
Corn Silase Is Better Than Mixture o.
Field Peas and Oats.


Canada field peas and oats sown on
good soil and under favorable condi.
tons will be ready for soiling or en-
silage In about two and a half months
The growing of oats and peas together
says HOard's Dairyman. produces Il
larger amount of nutrients per acre
than when grown separately. The
combination works well and produces
u very palatable feed
In 100 pounds of corn silage there
are 17.2 pounds of digestible nutrients
and in 100 pounds of oats and pea
silage about Is pounds. The compo
sition of all feedstuffs varies, especial
Iy when cut green; but, on the whole
it is safe TO say that corn silage vii.
contain more digeSdble nutrients than
oats and peas. although the oats ans
peas are richer in protein
It would not be advisable 10 SOW
clover or timothy seed with oats and
peas, for they form very densr
growth which would not permit the
young clover or timothy plants Z"
grow, and. if they did. they would be-
so weak that after the peas and oats
were removed. the suns rays would he
very apt TO kill them. We do moi
think it advisable under any conditions
to sow grass seed with oats and peas
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1912-10-30
SPECIMEN OF THE "BoARDER COW

in farming as a manufacturing enter
prise In any other phase of industrial,
activity such negligence of business
methods would spell bankruptcy The
BabcOck test and a pair OF scales make
it possible for every farmer to keep ac
curate accounts with each COW in nl~
herd. and where this is done il doe,
not take long TO convince the OWuyr
that the COW that does not pay utr
board mad better move on But rs Vv,
the major portion OF dairy farmers haE b.
not risen to the point where they t.-'
each cows production Through l.,
organization of cooperative COW t,...
ing associations In Il number OF d..ri
eDt states Improvement is being ralHi
~ made, Dut il is probably Il safe r>.I
mate today To assume that 20 per ry'::
of the milk producing cattle IN tn:>
great dairy state of Wisconsin are % q;
paying their owners for the feed a'.f
care which they require
In these days. when modern marr
cry has 50 greatly reduced the relat!r"
use OF hand labor. a lamentable la,-,
OF efficiency is shown where Il mas
spends his time milking and caring tor
a number of animals whose returns
often do not pay for the feed conSum
ed let alone the labor expended. cir
cular of information. University ~
Wisconsin Agricultural EXperimeui
Station
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1912-10-30

wheel ANA
s [ a b Ji,t
axle int,
q r o u II u
or cut tn.
a Y lie "a
two. bolt
1t to a
post amt
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1912-10-30
Nell.

! Health of this community is
very good at present.
Mr.. Ed Lee Hamilton and wife.
from Alone, spent a few DAYS
here visiting rscently.
Protracted meetings going on
at East Fork and Big creek. We
hope much good may be accom-
plished at each place.
Master Owen Walker has been
quite sick for a few days.
| Mr.. Will Walker who is in
school at Columbia came out to
his sisters, Mrs. Bob Simpson,
at Rugby Friday and also came
over home for a night.
Miss Flora Moos is visiting
friends at Sulphur Well.
MIR. Luther Bell, our teacher,
gave a spelling Friday night.
A large crowd was out. all SEEM
ed to enjoy it fine.
Mr.. r. Y. Simpson and wife
spent Sunday at this place.
Mrs. Mary Bell and niece,
visited the millinery shop at
Gradyville Wednesday.
Messrs. Fran k and Lawrence
Carter, of Marrowbone. spent
Saturday night and Sunday at
this place.
A crowd from this place at
tended services at East Fork
Sunday.
Mrs. G.. E. Nell and little son,
of Gradyville, spent Sunday with
her father, Mr.. John Rose.
Tompson Bell bought a nice
mule colt last week from N.
Barnes price $40.
Brother Scott filled his regular
appointment at this place Satur-
day.
Wheat sowing is the chief &C.
cupation among the farmers.
]. R. Bell who has been very
i'll for several weeks has recover
ed sufficient to be about his room.
Mr.. G. E. Hamilton made a
business trip to Gradyville We'd
nesday.
Mr.. L. C.. Walker was transact
ing business at Columbia one
day last week.
Mr.. J. T. Hamilton and family,
of Edmonton, and also Judge
Kinnaird and family, came over
for preaching at East Fork Sun.
day.
Mr.. A. C.. Pulliam and wife
and little nephew, James Hunter,
and also Mrs. Carrie Walker and
two children, Miss Sidna and
Master Hobson, spent several
days in Cumberland county last
week visiting relatives.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1912-10-30
MAKING
FARM

.-.-.-s-.-s-s-s-s-.-.OOO
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1912-10-30
Value of Alfalfa Hay.

pounds of protein for each 100 pounG:
than any other kind of cured hay ans
also contains a large amount of Cav
bohydrateS are interesting faet
brought out in recent bulletin of III
college of agriculture OF the UniverSIi
of Wisconsin
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1912-10-30
Protect Your Post.

When making a cement hitching posi-
reinforce it with a good stout bar 81
iron. II you do not. first thing you
know some one will run against il
with heavy wagon and break 1t. The
iron rod will strengthen the post
Farm Journal.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1912-10-30
KEEPING "BcARDER COWS?"
Or Are Your Animals the Kind That
Pay For Food and Labor?

The COW, from an economic stand
point. is simply manufacturing plant
through which is run so much raw
material in the form of nutrients to
turn out the finished products-milk
and cream. Many Of these manufactur
ing plants are run at dead loss. but
their owners do not know it. as they
are too Indifferent to take the trouble.
to keep books so they can find it ont
This is one of the lamentable defects
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1912-10-30
CHICKEN EoosT.

set the post in the ground. When th,'
chicken house needs cleaning all you
need to do is 10 lift the wheel off ana
it is out OF the way. Then. too. II
there is chicken on the other side.
from you that you wish 10 catch. just
turn the wheel around This makes
a very convenient chicken roost
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1912-10-30
Novel Chicken Roost.

q DeTeT, an Oklahoma subscribe
plan for chicken roOSt Take carr
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1912-10-30
It's the exceptional year-th

It's the exceptional year-the
season of adverse conditions
when really good farming shows
itself superior to poor farming.
Many a farmer loses his labor by
failing to do the right thing at
the right time in the right way
Kansas Farmer.
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1912-12-13
Our Banking
institutions

No other business concern
in a community like ours in
its primary stage of Develop
ment plays such an important
role as a banking Institution.
The bank is so intimately
connected with every move
relating to the progress and
prosperity of the town and
its surrounding territory that
it is important in the extreme
that it be safeguarded by con-
ServatiSm, yet helpful to its
chenille Of patrons, safe and
sane yet aggressive and liber-
al, and ready to help to pro-
mote all worthy enterprises.
The First National Bank
has been a big factor in the
upbuilding of Cut Bank and
the development of our ag-
ricultural resources. 1t is
backed by men who have
been highly SucceSSfulin their
various pursuits and has al
ways had the unlimited con
hdence Of the people of all
northern Teton county. 1t
is today recognized as the
strongest bank in this part of
the state.
About the first of the COM
ing year a state bank, backed
by Minneapolis men of am
pie resources, high efficienc!
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1912-12-13

in the banking business and
unqueStioned integrity will
open a second bank here
a state Institution, to be in
charge of Mr.. NJ. H. Wor-
den. We have positive as
Surance that this new enter
prise will enter with spirit
into the development work
Of this section, and that it
will play an important part
in the future program of up
building and expansion here,
now only in its embryo
stages.
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1912-12-13

Look up the ad. Of the Cut Bank
Saddlery Co.
Feed grinding, every Saturday,
at C. A. Tafe ranch, near Baltic. 15c
a hundred. 1t
DR.. Buisson. the dentist, will
make another visit to Cut Bank, on
Dec. Is. Is and 18th. Metropoli-
tan Hotel.
Look up the ad. of the Cut Bank
Saddlery Go.
Henry Bauman spent Saturday
and Sunday at the Braniff home.
Ed. Long, who has charge of the
Carberry stock at Blackfoot, spent
Sunday at his home north of town.
Look up the ad of the Cut Bank
Saddlery Co.
Cut Bank pioneer press. [volume] (Cut Bank, Mont.) 1909-current, 1912-12-13

The acquisition, during the
present year, of the Libby
Lumber Co. to Cut Banks
business circles has proven a
good addition of our other
e n t e r S n G business
firms. With ample capital
to carry on the lumber and
machinery business and to
expand with the c|ommunity's
expansion, in spirit with all
progressive movements to-
ward a digger Cut Bank
and the development of it,
contiguous territory, the new
firm is deserving of the wei
wishes of all.