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The Nevada County picayune., 1912-04-26
B. r. STEELE
 AT MCKASKEL
An outline of a talk made By B. F. Steele at Me-
 kaskel April 15.

natural drainage. or artItleia just so in r gard to organic mat ter, if not in sufficient quantities. it must be supplied from some ot her source. After using all the iot manure, then grow on the Ian0 some leQume crops and turn m der in order to supply this much needed material. This gives a free loamy soil which invites bacteria into the soil which is the life of all soils. A soil destitute of this humus and bacteria Is lifeless a nd dead. Vegetable matter plowed underis the quick est way to restore this element in the absence of live stock to produce the barn yard manure. Commercial Fertilizer will not supply this element.
 The barn yard manure when supplied gives life and vitality to the soil that nothing else will do. The conditions and adaptability and our environments must be considered. For instance, we can't expect to succeed with truck or fruit on unsuita ole soil. We must study the adaptability of soil and the convienee of mar ket.
 The adaptibility of the soil we must first consider what will grow best on said soil, many a failure has been made along this line. This fixed we may consider values.
 We will take corn for in stance, one of the most generally used product on the farm It will make from , to 10 bu of corn per acre Usually. which is worth from B = to $f2.50 per acre There are many other crops which car be grown in Nevada Coun.ymuch cheaper than corn.
 Then We takecotton @Aielaae l duees srem $9.00 to $l5.o0 per acre. wnil a saIeable crop II .....s P ,o F. months | produce and dispose of 1t. It a6, sorbs cur time, makes slaves of our family and pays but q sma'' dividend in return.
 The eow-pea. which is good crop and useful, It pays from $500 to $50. % per acre. It is ready money, our soil improved and easy made. Can be grown on any soil. can be planted late and carly, will follow oats. or i other grain or Irish potatoes. | supplies many needs 1t suPpIi- na- both cora ani atf-aa a@a
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 Can't aHt when He .... aaoJ them the el4Hss a= s u3t asti9 cult Tat. ase s5r1 from %it to $l00 per acre ready money What if some nave failed on th, start? Wth what else haFe " noA Adone so. l. Is diversity that | -. k..=z. ss fH i .,
The Nevada County picayune., 1912-04-26
Devoted To The Farmers

All devoted the interest of the farmer and signed by the be published If would your brother farmer make known through Farmers Column
The Nevada County picayune., 1912-04-26
HorlCE 10 IAE PUBLIC

Any erroneous reflection upon the .hsracter. standing or reputation of any individual, firm or corporation appear -..sfE ir Tie i'Icay yUne. Viii ne pTofhptly corrected if brought to the attention of the publisher. Statements of facts, aogever will not be retracted.
The Nevada County picayune., 1912-04-26

The New Station is nearing completion. as also is the new souft house. These two build n ss will add greatly to the ap- 5eagenee four little city.
The Nevada County picayune., 1912-04-26

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The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1912-09-19


He is a baseball freak. Each fall
some major league magnate pays
Joe Cantillon, of Minneapolis,
regular money for Dave, hoping
he has finally arrived" and will
shine in the fastest company.
And each spring, Altizer is sent
back to Minneapolis for much less
than he cost. He is as much of
a baseball mystery as the why"
of the spit-ball.
The A1tizer of Minneapolis
isn't the Altizer of the major
leagues. You see him in the A.
A, and you're sure he will star
with Bush and Barry as fielder,
with Ty Cobb as base runner,
and Sherwood Magee as a batter
but he always fails.
+ Decoration Day morning, 1910,
Altizer saved Minneapolis, in 10
innings of a thinning game by
some marvellous play. He looked
like Bill Dahlen used to- look.
And the very next day after such
an exhibition, he is apt to toss
away game.
Altizer is hard to handle, and
here, perhaps, is why he doesn't
make good in the majors. That
Joe Cantillon can keep him at top
speed, without missing a step, is a
bit Of baseball humor, for Joe
isn't noted for drawing room de-
pertinent or conversation. His
methods have been called rough
neck" by some. But he does han
die Altizer-the most sensitive
plant in the game.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-09-26
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Mr.. and Mrs. Andrew Anderson and
family were Farmington's callers Fri
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jess Camp and son
Gareth were Croton callers.
Mr.. Lark Starr was Pennington
caller one day last week.
Mr.. Simon Smith was at Ke0kuk
Wednesday.
Miss Mora Dehart was a Croton
caller last week.
Rev. Hamilton is holding reviva
meetings at the NJ. e. church at Gro
ton.
The Harmony school started Mon
day with Miss Grace Wedal as teach
err.
Mr.. and Mrs. P. Moline were In oul
vicinity last week.
Mr.. Harold Moline and wife ant
mother were calling on Perry Moline
and wife, also Harvey Moline ant
family.
Mrs. Yes surena and children
were doing some shopping at Farm
ington Friday.
Quite number from here ATTENDED
prayer meeting at Athens Sunda.
evening.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-09-26

where they expect to be gone for a
number OF weeks.
Mrs. Addie Harlan and Myrtle
saltzgaver were shopping in Farming.
ton Saturday.
Mrs. Addie Battin and children re.
turned home last week after visiting
Mrs. Henry Springer of Cantril
Mr.. Glade Sawyers is in charge Of
the depot.
Mr.. Roll McComber is at home from
the pipe line for two weeks visit
with relatives and friends.
Mr.. Riley McCracken returned home
after spending the summer in Palo
Calf.
Mrs. e. C. Chidister has sold hel
property to T. R. Sawyer. Mrs. Child
lister expects to leave soon for Kan
sas where she will make her home
with her daughter.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-09-26

hospital came out home Saturday
morning.
Willie loops and Waldo Zane Sun.
dayed in Montrose.
Charlie Hand was a business caller
in Keokuk Saturday
After a weeks visit with relatives
Harry Keith returned to his home in
Montrose Friday.
Mr.. G. Frost of Keokuk was over q
few days of last week.
Mr.. G. Rutherford and sister Miss
Helen attended the Rebekah lodge
and supper Thursday night.
L. w. Springer is building new
porch at the John Doore home OF
route 2.
! Roy Williams, wife and little son
of Revere Sundayed withThos Harsch
and family.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-09-26

We are living in an age in which
by txaggeration of the defects of our
present condition, by false charges OF
responsibility for it against indiyi-
duals and classes, by holding up to
the feverish imagination OF the less
fortunate and the disconnected the
possibilities of q millennium, a con-
dition of popular unrest has been pro-
duced. New parties are being form
ed, with the proposed purpose of sat
isfying this unrest by promising a
panacea. In so far as inequality Of
condition can be lessened and equal
ity OF opportunity can be promoted by
Improvement of our educational sys-
insure the quick administration OF
insure the qnick administration Of
justice, and by the prevention of the
acquisition of privilege without just
compensation, in 80 far as the adop-
ton of the legislation above recited
and laws of a similar character may
! aid the less fortunate In their strug-
gle with the hardships of life, all are
in sympathy with continued effort
to remedy injustice and to aid the
weak, and venture to say that there
| is no national administration in
which more real steps of such pro
gress have been taken than in the
present one But In SO far as the
propaganda for the satisfaction OF
unrest involves the promise of a mil
lennium, condition In which the
rich are to be made reasonably poor
and the poor reasonably rich by law
we are chasing phantom; we are
holding out to those whose whose
unrest we fear prospect and 9
dream, vision of the impossible.
/ In the ultimate analysis, fear, the
equal opportunity, which Is sought b,
many Of those who proclaim .ae cor
ing of so-called social justice invol
yes forced division OF property, ant
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-09-26
SOCIA L IS M
The Propaganda for the Satisfaction Of
Unrest A Vision Of the Impossible.

that means socialism. In the abuses
OF the last two decades 1T is true
that ill-gotten wealth has been con-
centrated in some undeserving hands,
and II 1t we're possible to redistrib-
ute 1t on any equitable principle to
those from whom Il was taken with
out adequate or proper compensation,
1T would be good result to bring
about. But this Is obviously impos-
sible and impracticable. All that can
be done is to treat this as one incl
dental evil of great expansive move
world and to make sure that there
will be no recurrence of such evil. In
this regard we have made great pro-
gresS and reform, as in respect to
secret rebates in railways, the impro-
per comforting OF public franchises,
and the immunity of monopolizing
trusts and combinations. The mis-
fortune Of ordinary business, the
division Of the estates of wealthy
men at their death, the chances OF
speculation which undue good fortune
seems often to stimulate, operating
as causes through q generation, VIII
do much to divide UP such large for
tunes. 1t is far better to await the
| diminution of this evil by natural
causes than to attempt what would
soon take on the aspect of confisea-
ton or to abolish the principle and
| institution of private property and to
change to socialism. Socialism in
wolves the taking away of the motive
for acquisition, saving, energy, and
] enterprise, and futile attempt by
committees to apportion the rewards
| due for productive labor. 1t means
stagnation and retrogression. 1t de
! stroys the handspring of human ac-
/ ton that has carried the world on and
| upward for 1000 years.
! From speech of acceptance of Pres
! ident Taft, August i, 1912.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-09-26
How Did He Do !t2

Brooklyn Eagle: Edison, at work on
new Photographic invention, slept
only twenty-five hours out of the IA
in the six working days Of last week.
The world wants to get hold Of some
of that nerve cure that Edison In
vented to make this sort of thing pos
sible. Or If 1t is something handed
down to him by his ancestry 1t must
run In his blood, and be right there
for him to isolate, define and tag for
the benefit of the human race Let us
have moving picture films showing
the phagoctes, the microphags ano
the macrophags chasing about in the
Edison arterial fluid that we may sec
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-09-26
owing to bad weather the business

Owing to bad weather the business
mems club meeting advertised for
last Friday night was postponed to
Monday night. ]. w. Meyer was cleo
ted president, A. G. Trump. vice pres
ident; H. G.. Meyers, treasurer; and
&c G. Lang, secretary. The club
starts out with eighteen charter mem
bers. The membership fee will be
81 per month We trust the club will
be of great benefit to the city.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. r. White returned
Tuesday to their home at Hershey,
Nebraska, after few days visit with
the latter's brother and sister, S. s..
Pail and Mrs. j. 7. Townsend.
A fine program is under prepare
tion for the Old Settlers meeting to
be held in Kahoka Wednesday, Octo-
Der 2.
M. R. Wright of Hancock, H., and
Miss Addie B. Murphy of Keokuk,
were united in marriage in Kahoka
last Saturday by Squire s.. NJ. Perry.
( Chas. G. Miller and Myrtle May
Curry of Burlington, Iowa, we're mar.
ried in Kahoka Monday by Squire s.
j M. Perry.
Postmaster and Mrs. L. Alexander
were the guests of their son Walter
in Centerville over Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ben Marsh and chill
dren left Monday for LaPlata where
they will take up their residence on
a farm near that city.
q E. O. Ferguson is at home for 8
visit.
The summer is nearly gone ant
Kahoka has not had a circus.
i Voters remember the speaking II
!, Kahoka next, Saturday by Folk ant
Meeker
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-09-26
ST. FRANclsvILLE, MO.


The friends Of Mrs. George Way
land who is at the ST. Joseph hospi-
tai In Keokuk will be pleased to hear
that she is improving.
Mr. Bostic, wife and little daugh-
tiers of Kahoka visited last week at
the Murray and Wayland homes.
Miss Mildred Boulware of Canton
was an over Sunday visitor with rela-
tives.
J. L. Mckee Is with his sick broth
er, DR.. Mckee of Wayland.
Miss Mable Murray was a Keokuk
visitor Saturday.
w. w. Orr was Wayland business
caller Saturday.
Miss Hannah Hand is visiting Keo
kuk relatives and viewing the dam.
Mrs. Day was shopping In Wayland
! Saturday,
| Mrs. VIM. Guthrie who has beer
with her sick mother at the Ktokuh
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-09-26
HOUSEHOLD ELECTRIC DEVICES.

1t is characteristic OF American
people to class everything new as
luxury, regardless Of it's economic
values. This was strikingly true
when the first electric heating and
cooking devices were offered to the
public. They only smiled when the
enthusiastic inventors told of the
convenience, economy and safety OF
the electrical devices-and bought
them for wedding presents, Christmas
gifts and graduation membranes,
just as they would purchase a diam
ond ring Or string of pearls.
1t takes time to educate people to
the true values of anything new.
The old way is always the best-until
time has proven to the contrary
Some years ago the first electric fiat
iron was offered to the public by the
General Electric Company and the
house wives refused to buy 1t, pre-.
ferring to stand sweltering over q
hot stove, running back and forth al
ter hot irons and burning up expensive
coal and gas. They would not be
\
that 1t cost less to operate and thai
the ironing could be done quicker and
better by electricity. Today the cleo
tric iron is household necessity ane
they are sold by the hundreds o.
thousands every year. This ID also
true of the electric toaster. the cleo
trio percolator, the chatting dish ant
everything else electrical from thu
tmotor-driven ice cream freezer to thu
electric fan.
The first cost of an electric flatiroI
is but little more than for set
six old fashioned irons. The electri'
iron is fully guaranteed and VIII las
life time. For five cents an hou
lit will do the family ironing and 1t !
always hot and always ready for WORK
The electric iron is necessity now.
A few years ago when the electrica
+ engineers began to talk about electri
cooking the skeptical public answere
that 1t was too costly--it was q luxur
j suitable only for the rich. In vain di
a the salesman talk of the great CONVEX
i fence Of cooking, Of having the electri
II range ready at the pressure OF a I'll
G. ger, of cooking without wasting heai
n without ashes, SCOT, or carrying fue
N of the great safety of electricity-th
ol public would not believe.
al Today electric cooking is commo
s. enough. Time has proven that tn
10 new way is the best. 1t is fact tina
at When the first kitchen ranges wer
tn made, housewives laughed and stuc
tn to the fireplace and the Dutch over
q They argued that the way of the
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-09-26

81 duuiuOluGTS was DeSE anu Cuodp-
est. But few years served to con-
vince them that the kitchen range was
hundred times better than the open
fire and brick oven. 1t was quicker
and more economical. The gas stove
had to pass through this same sage
of evolution and now the electric
range is coming into its own.
Housewives are convinced that it is
better to have the fire ready at the
touch of a finger, that it is cleaner to
cook without fuel, without dirt and
ashes, without an open fame. They
are adopting modern methods in the
kitchen, saving time, steps and money.
An electric range costs about the
same as a good coal range and it
icosts no more to operate them when
i the question of dirt and convenience is
considered.
Twenty years ago electric lights
were installed only in the homes OF
the well-to-do, now there is no cot too
humble to be lighted by electricity,
because we all know that it gives a
better light, that it really costs no
more, that i, is more healthful and
vastly more convenient.
The old way of cooking a light
breakfast or luncheon in the kitchen
and carrying it into the dining room
! is rapidly passing away. The new
way is to install a small electric cook
ing device right on the dining room
table and cook the food as needed
without waste of fuel and, vastl5
lily living, without wasting our prec
Iious food supplies. The coffee is made
in an electric percolator, the hea
turned on as required without waste
the toast is made in an electric toast
er and the bacon and eggs are easil,
and quickly prepared in the electro
radiant grill. This is the new wa,
and now nearly everyone recognize
that it is the best way.
The electric fan ceased to be
, luxury in offices years ago and now
, is a necessity in every home. It l
practically the only way of keepin
the atmosphere in the home cool an
sweet during lHS NOT udy5 Vi Suii
mer and it is used for ventilatin
purposes all winter long. The eigh
inch fan costs but a few dollars and
! will run for years and years, consun
!, ing no more electricity than sma
electric lamp. 1t insures coolin
/ breeze at any hour of the day regar'
:. less of the weather.
The household motor Ia the ne
servant, no more luxury than tn
:, old servant of flesh and blood. 1t wi
: do more and better work than til
: strongest arms. 1t is tireless and
: costs less for electricity than the h
man servant ate In food. There al
. no wages to pay, Its hours are tt
:. same as the day and it will do ii
:. sweeping and the busting, will grin
;. and chop the food. mix the bread al
: cake, and faithfully perform near
? all the disagreeable tasks about Il
: home from freezing the Ice cream
sharpening the knives.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-09-26

The output of the pottery indus
tries of the United States had a
value of s34,518,560 in 1911. accord
ing to the United States Geological
Survey chart OF clay products produc-
ton, by states, compiled by Jefferson
Middleton. The pottery production
for 1911 was greater than that OF
1910, when the output was valued al
s3s.7s4, e7S, the increase being 1913,
$50. OF the total production, Ohio
was first, with an output valued a
s14,775,2G5; New Jersey second, witt
ss,401,94i; West Virginia third, Will
s2,sso,2o2; New York fourth, with 81,
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-09-26

To promote investigation of the
causes and the prevention of dis
eases of man and animals, the lab
oratories OF the University of Wis
consin medical school have been
thrown open to those engaged in
such Investigations, and so far as
possible aid will be given In the
carrying out Of work of this char
acter either at the university or else.
where In the state.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-09-26

Rather than pay s11.25 to a con-
stable for serving twenty-five wit
nesses to appear in her behalf, Mrs.
Anna Goldberg Of Lansdowne, Mo-, in
duced Justice Bell of East st. LOUIS
to permit her to be her own process
server. Her request was granted by
the court after she had explained that
s1125 would purchase new dress, a
fall hat or four pairs of shoes.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-09-26
Ridiculous and Contemplate

limited Press Leased Wire Service'l
LONDON, Sept 60 Ridiculous, as
well as contemplate" was Mrs EN-
incline Pankhurts comment today on
y. w. Reds objection before the law
societies conference at Cardiff TO
women's admission to the bar, on the
ground that "the average woman has
not yet learned to be honest"
"a reference to crime statistics will
quickly show whether men or women
have best learned honesty" she added
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-09-26
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The Rev. Mr.. Hamilton began a
series of meetings here in the NJ. f.
church September 10. Everybody
come out and hear him.
Misses Audrey and Vesta Batten
and Mr.. Charley South spent Sunday
with Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Cecil in
Athens.
Mrs. Spencer McComber returned
home Saturday after a three weeks
stay in Reasnor and Rose Hill. Iowa
Mr.. and Mrs. Adrain Sherrick and
little son have returned to their
home In KeolIuk after spending Sun
day at the G. P. Sherrick home.
Mr. and Mrs. r. L. Biggs and chill
dren left Thursday for South Dakota
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-09-26

The number OF miners engaged IN
bituminous and Ignite mining in 1911
was 549,75O and those in anthracite
mining, 1855, a total of 722,335.
The average production per man was
73s tons for the year in the bitumin-
Gus and ignite mines and 524 tons In
the anthracite mines. In 1910 the
corresponding averages were Isl and
498 tons.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-09-26
Leased Wire Report.

limited Press Leased Wire Service.l
LOS ANGELES, Cal, Sept. 20
The University of Southern California
has accepted the United Press oifer
of the leased wire report for one year
free and will open class in journai'
ism this week. Professor Odell sneP
perd, former newspaper man, mas
Ibeen appointed by President Bovafu
as head of the new department Which
will Issue college paper to be known
as THE Southern Californian"
Gate City want ads bring results
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-09-26

William Henry Harbaugh Of Dan
vile, ILL.,. celebrated his 10th birthday
by smoking his first cigar, which he
enjoyed immensely Mr.. Harbaugh,
who located In Danville in 1888, con-
Quoted the first blacksmith shop In
the town. At the age of 70 he retired,
but after rounding out century, he
again took up the work at his sons
blacksmith shop
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-09-26

There will be a complete new reg
istration this year Every president
ial year every voter is required to reg
lister This he must do If he is to en-
tov the right of franchise. So when
the registration boards are in session
as they will be next month on certain
DAYS which will be announced in this
paper, be sure that you enroll your
name on the registration books.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-09-26

Skilled executives, those who oc-
cupy the high places, the artisans and
workers in many lines, the juvenile
helpers and apprentices all are inter
ested in the Wants.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-09-26
THE CALL OF THE CITY.

THE CALL OF THE CITY.
In a low, compelling tone
Does the city call its own.
Though you go, vagabond,
Through the fields and far beyond.
Find the bushes of the wood
Where the shadows slowly sway
AS if each one understood
How the idle winds would play,
Still the city calls afar.
Calls you, calls you, where you are
Though all carelessly you lie
Dreaming with the dreaming sky,
Chanting echoes of the bees
Lulling, lazy melodies,
While across the drowsy land
Comes distant, droning chime,
And you cannot understand
sudden, surging through 1t all
Comes the city's Turing CALL
Though with trailing ears you drift
Where the notified shadows shift,
Where the lilies lift their lips
To the sunshine's finger tips,
And there seems no other world
Than this where your soul has peace
All the songs tht stream has purlee
Fade to nothingness and cease
When the city calls to you
Far and wide it will pursue.
In the whisper haunted nights
You will see the city's lights,
In the fairest summer days
You will see the city's haze,
And YOU know that it has blent
All it's clamor, harsh and crude,
In song that it has sent
Out into the solitude
Then with quick and eager pace
Cityward you set your face.
Wilbur D. Nesbit in the Chicag
Evening Post.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-09-26

In spite of the simplified-spelling
bee, Pittsburgh insists on that
final "h.'
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-09-26

1885,; Pennsylvania fifth, with 81
156,s17; and Indiana sixth, with ST.
004,737. The output OF no other state
had a value in excess Of million
dollars.