The daily Gate City., 1912-02-09
70 the Editor Of The Gate city

To the Editor Of The Gate city:
Hurrah for American politics.
There is something new under the
sun. Gut at Denver q Chinaman is
out for officS and that, too, on the
Democratic ticket. His name is Leo
Cow. BY and by America will divide
the Offices with the Chinese and Jap
anese. and this win remove the threat
ened peril of the Yellow Peril, There
is fine diplomacy in giving fellow
plenty to eat and some silver to Jingle
in his pockets.
The Gate City testiies that the
great lake above the hydro-electricai
dam will bring to a conclusion the in
dustry OF commercial shell gathering
in that district All right. We relic
devotees will continue to explore the
hillsides and enjoy finding crinoids, In
dian stone axes and arrow points and
pretty bugs
Here on the food plain of east Clark
county few persons are anxious
about the possible high water from an
Ice gorge in the Mississippi because
of the dam, and some are interested
in the mission of our Own Des Moines
and Mississippi levee which is built
to exclude foods especially from the
Des Moines. As to the great dam, |
soothe the inquirer by explaining that
the dam and the Mississippi have sign
ed a treaty offensive and defensive
for each others welfare and that the
active currents of the fine old stream
viii move along placidly to the music
and loving salutation of the mechanic
al splenders of the far-famed power
edifice. So far as the Des Moines ice
is concerned, that should not cause
alarm, as the great levee guarantees
safety against ordinary attacks. The
Des Moines river froze at low tide,
SO it is that the area Of ice is not
large. Have faith in God, and keep
sweet.
Very few people place any credence
in the legend OF the so-called ground
hog and its shadow. and signs of the
moon are current with some. In truth,
though, quite constituency in GER
tain class in Iowa confess that the
Moon law is a serious subject which
must be obeyed. Signs of that Moon
are effective in Iowa, it is noticed.
Presidential preferences are bloom
ing, and presidential elections are al
ready being held as skirmish attacks
preliminary to the grand assault On
Monday voted for Theodore Roose-
yelt in the Kansas City Stars election.
In Missouri there is one really emin-
ent candidate for the nomination for
President: Joseph w. Folk. Whether
the party has progress and patriotism
to select this great statesman for its
leader is involved in doubt. Instead
of Folk they may choose a fossil.
Clark county voice: We are de-
clining in population and in number
OF farms right straight along. Echoes
from Lee and Hancock counties:
Same things over here
At 7:20 in the evening, as / write
this, a very pleasant sound floats
over from the near limits of Lee
county, just north of my home. The
Rock Island train 472 calls musically
for the flag station at Sugar Creek. /
think Of the road, though, as the dear
old Des Moines Valley of my boyhood
days. When I visit the tall bluffs at
the Sugar Creek station, reflect upon
the dark complexioned dwellers who
from the summit of the bluffs gazed
upon the silvery stream which hurried
onward to mingle it's waters with the
great river as it flowed to the sea.
A little to the east of the station is
the great Yellow Banks where it is re-
corded that the brave Marquette visit
ed over two hundred years ago, and
looked upon the valleys and forests
supreme and silent, undisturbed by the
ruthless pale face invasion coming on
its imperial march toward the setting
sun. Thrice happy is he whose soul
delights in the innocence and influence
of the primeval forests, rivers, hills,
birds and all the elements of the nat
ural world
] copy clipping from The Gate City
of Friday, June 8, as a contrast and