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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-05-16
Westward Bound.
So you're going west-as SO man.
dn2

So you're going west as SO many
do?
Brother, I'd like a word with you.
You're going west, and Of course
you'll sell
The old farm where you used to dwell,
And you'll buy new land where land
Is high,
And you'll probably prosper greatly.
Why?
Because, like man who has seen a
light,
You'll run your high-priced purchase
RIGHT.
You'll spray your trees and fight each
pest
That threatens the life OF crop out
west,
And you'll work your land with the
greatest care,
Because you'll have learned more
sense out there.
You'll use your head, not your hands
/ alone,
And you'll have no time to sit and
/ groan,
Blaming your woes on the hand OF
God,
When you've merely neglected to till
the sod.
So you're going west? And all the
while
II you ran the old place in the style
That you'll certainly have to run the
new,
1T would bring a BIGGER return to
You.
You needn't go west where land is
dear
III you'd only use western methods
HERE,
1t isn't the place that has the call;
It's the way that the place is run
4 that's all.
-Berton Braley.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-05-16
NOT Written About s.. r

Ottumwa Courier: Who wrote this
and of whom was it written? asks a
contemporary in publishing the follow
ing paragraph:
Owing to the nicely divided con-
dition of parties and to the sheer ac-
cident which threw him into a posi-
ton of such prominence that it allow
him to- hold the balance of power be-
tween them he was enabled to turn
politics completely topsyturvey: but
his chief mental and moral attributes
were peevishness, fretful obstinancy
Inconsistency, incapacity to make Ut
his own mind, and the ability tt
bubble indefinitely ever the mos
microscopic and hair-splitting pla,
upon words, together with an inordi
nate vanity that SO blinded him to al
outside feeling as to make him reall.
think that he stood chance to b.
renominated for the presidency. !"
It is admitted that this sound
/ like a criticism of Colonel Roosevelt
by an enemy, but it develops that sue
Z, is not the case. 1t is paragraph fror
Roosevelt's book on the Life G
Thomas Benton" and is criticism c
former President Tyler.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-05-16
CRAIG EoR DELEGATE

The Washington Democrat prints a
picture of Hon. John E. Craig OF this
city and beneath 1t says:
THE above is the good likeness of
Hon. John E. Craig, of Keokuk, who
Is a candidate for delegate at large
to Baltimore and we would like to
see him get the place. John is a
Democrat without guile. He has made
the Democratic race for congress
twice in this dictrict. His father was
a congressman from Pennsylvania
years ago. and thus. he comes of good
Democratic stock He made the fight
here. when it was hopeless and If
there is anything We can do for him,
1t seems to us we ought to do it. He
never refused to go where he was
sent He never said No when we
needed speakers and why not honor
ourselves by showing our gratitude for
past favors. We hope the First dis
trict will be for him.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-05-16
A Ludlcrous Incident.

Iowa City Republican: A humorous.
even ludicrous. light has been cast
upon the Roosevelt claims of southern
frauds which have thwarted the will
of the dear people A Tennessee
Republican convention regularly
called instructed for Taft. The state
manager for Roosevelt in Tennessee
made the usual cry of fraud, and call
ed a contrasting convention. When he
got his delegates together, he found
they were almost unanimously for
Taft, and they instructed for the Pres
ident This was in a Republican dis.
trict, a9d the two conventions repre-
scented a big vote. 1t is not announced
whether or not a third convention will
be called.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-05-16

Creston American: We are In re-
ceipt of an advertising folder from II.
E. Bolinger. formerly postmaster at
Alton. setting forth the glories OF
Oregon In lurid letters and photos.
Mr.. Bolinger In letter published In
the folder makes a comparison OF
Iowa with Oregon In which he says
Il can truthfully say that neither my
self nor any member Of my family
would willingly return to Iowa to
live, could we have the best home in
the old state as a gift"
On the back of the folder are two
Photographic views side by side, show
ing March weather in Iowa and March
weather at Salem, Oregon. The one
view shows Rex Olmstead, R. F. d.
carrier from Alton, and ]. F. Gum
mere with a sleigh between snow
banks ten feet high. The other shows
H. q. Bolinger with his daughter,
Marie, and son, Henry, under mag
nolia tree In full bloom on the capital
grounds at Salem, and the folder In
forms US that the two pictures were
taken about the same time in March
We don't know what business Mr.
Bolinger is in at Salem, but we pre-.
sumo 1t is the real estate business.
Iowa people should not be deceived
by such rot as this. Iowa has many
of the finest farms and residences in
the world and her farmers are the
most prosperous Of any people in the
world, and when man says he
wouldn't accept the best home in Iowa
as gift, he is fit subject for the
insane asylum.
The big Iowa snow drifts 50 grand
~ set out in the Photographic picture
are no discredit to Iowa. Iowa win.
tiers are sometimes severe, but 1t Is
the Iowa winters and her splendid
springs and golden autumns that
make the state with it's varied eli
mate the greatest state in the Ameri
can union. 1t Is the Iowa winters
that puts the red blood in the veins oil
her people and create an energy and
vitality that no other climate can pro
duce
These big snow piles furnish mois
ture for our rich soil in the spring
and these. supplemented with the
showers that God furnishes later, en-
ables Iowa soil to produce variety
of crops and fruits that no other
state in the Union can equal.
We learn from this circular that
Oregon is great on prunes.
Many years ago when the people Of
Iowa were poor they bought prunes
and actually ate them, but today the
cheapest Iowa boarding house
wouldn't serve them to Its guests
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-05-16
The Future Of kenk,Ik

Springfield Glll News: Keokuk.
Iowa, is beginning to secure conven-
tons
Before the big government works
We're begun near that city, it was the
last town in the state to be chosen
as the meeting place of any gather
ing of importance. Located as it is
in the southeastern corner of the
state. 1t was remote and. difficult OF
access. But under the inspiration Of
the enormous power plant that is be
ing located there, people Of that towr
have awakened to its possibilities and
today they are securing sttention by
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-05-16
Don't Grow Bald
Young Man!
Take Care Of Your Hair While
You Have Hair to Take Care
Of.

It's safe ten to one bet that the
young man who uses PARTISAN Sage
as an occasional hair dressing will
never grow bald.
There's reason, of course, and It's
a very good and sufficient one.
Dandrrff germs cause falling hair
and falling hair means thinner hair
and in due time badness.
PARTISAN Sage prevents badness,
by destroying the cause of badness
the little persistent vociferous dan
druff germ.
If You have dandruff or itching
scalp it means that dandruff germs
are sapping the vitality from the roots
Of your hair. Get rid of all hair trou-
bles by using PARTISAN Sage.
1t is not dye, mind you, neither
does It contain poisonous sugar OF
lead or even sulphur 1t is scientific
preparation that abolishes dandruff,
stops falling hair and scalp itch, and
makes hair grow lustrous and luxur.
liant.
MANY young women d5 Wen as men
Are growing bald and for the same
reason.
Use delightful, refreshing PARIS
IAN Sage; it nourishes the hair roots
| il the roots are not dead, and brings
TO every user head of glorious hair
radiant and fascinating Large bot
tie for 80 cents at drug stores and
toilet counters. See that you gel
PARisiAN Sage.
! Wilkinson & Co guarantees It.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-05-16
seokuk, Iowa 49, May IS, 1912

THE WATCH ON THE RHINE.
A roar like thunder strikes the ear,
Like clang of arms or breakers near,
Rush forward for the German Rhine
Who shields thee. Dear Beloved
Rhine?
Dear Fatherland, thou need'st not fear
Thy Rhineland watch stands firmly
here!
Dear land, dear FatherIand, thou
needst not fear
Thy watch, thy Rhineland watch,
stands firmly here!
A hundred thousand hearts beat high.
The flash darts forth from every eye,
For Teutons brave, Injured by toll
Protect their country's holy soil.
When heavenward ascends the eye
Our heroes ghosts look down from
high;
We swear to guard our dear beuuest,
And shield it with the German breast
As long as German blood still glows,
The German sword strikes mighty
blows,
The German marksmen take their
stand
No foe shall read our native land.
Hence, Fatherland, be Of good cheer,
Thy Rhineland watch stands firmly
here!
Dear Fatherland, thou needs not fear,
Thy watch, thy Rhineland watch
stands firmly here
Max Schneckenburger
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-05-16
Governor McGorern Of Wisconsin

Governor McGovern Of Wisconsin
has signed the bill passed by the leg
islature Of that state authorizing non
partisan nomination and election of
city officials where the primary law
applies The avowed OBJECT Is to en-
able the old parties TO combine their
voting strength against the socialists
without going through the Formally
of fusion and deals. Candidates arc
to be named by petition, and the two
receiving the highest number of votes
for any office are to be the nonnartis.
an nominees for that office
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-05-16


The senate at Washington has
passed, almost in the form that 1t
came from the Employers Liability
Commission, the bill for the compen-
sation of workers injured in industrial
accidents. One change was to the eff
feet that compensation for disability
or death in railroad service shall con-
tinue to the children of the injured
workman until they are 1s years old,
OF for daughters till twenty, unless
sooner married. In general the bill
would compensate interstate railroad
workers on the theory that they are
insured and regardless OF contribu-
tory negligence of fellow-workers or
other rules of the common law: also
medical service for the injured and
damages proportioned to the pay OF
the victim.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-05-16
In the Good Old DAYS.

Oskaloosa Herald: The Clipper
tells of an incident which happened at
Colfax years ago. A farmers wife
brought in some butter and sold 1t to
a local merchant. She received ten
cents pound After she left he
found that the butter contained big
stone in the middle. He kept the
stone and when the woman came
back the following week to buy q
dollars worth Of coffee he just
weighed the stone back as coffee to
her and got twenty cents pound fol-
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-05-16
BIlIIardlsts Are Tied.
0fTFIdrUfoto NTc ITSu'
United Press Leased Wire Ser

T United Press Leased Wire Service ]
CHICAGO. May CORA Morning
star, of Pittsburgh, and Calvin De
marest of Chicago, are tied with one
800 point game to the credit OF each
today in their series of 1871 billiards
Morningstar intended playing $500
points with Demarest before meeting
George Sutton for the 1871 title, blu,
the arrangement was changed and the
winner of the saries will take three
500 point games Last nights game
ended with the score 500 to 482.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-05-16

The struggle in the Modern Wood
men lodge over the advancement of
rates has become a formidable issue
in state politics in Illinois The in
surgents," who are opposing the in
creased rates of insurance, have been
lobbying at Springfield in full strength
and the regulars" who insist on the
raise. are there with all the Influence
at their command AS the insurgents
are far stronger numerically in Illinois
than the regulars the chances are that
majority of the legislature will look
with favor on the Donahue bill fore
stalling the proposed increase in
rates.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-05-16

can we serve our country! What
have other nations given us7 What
are our obligations to them? What
are the effects OF war? What are the
moral substitutes for war? Who have
contributed most to civilization? And
why?
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-05-16

Speaking of premature publica-
tion,' an Illinois paper recently con
tanned the following:
Our esteemed fellow citizen James
l.. Brown, will go to the hospital to.
morrow to be operated upon for the
removal of his appendix by Doctor
Jones. He will leave wife and two
children y
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-05-16

In his annual report, Just out, Unit
ed States Commissioner of Education
Claxton gives figures showing that
while the salaries of our teachers
have averaged 3S per cent more for
males and % more for females in the
first decade of this century, the aver
age is still under $500 a year in the
entire country. On such basis, he
says, it is impossible to expect to get
and keep competent professional
teachers.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-05-16

1t has been suggested that congress
meet in the grand stand while the bali
games are going on. This looks like
deliberate scheme to attract atten-
ton from the games.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-05-16

Iowa never looked prettier than she
does at this moment says the Cedar
Rapids Gazette. 1T looks like the
garden spot Of the universe and 1t is. =
The Boone News-Republican .ex-
presses the hope that the President
and the ex-president will be kept far
enough apart to prevent them coming
t. blows.
IF anyone has an idea there Is no
Bryan sentiment afloat among Demo-
Gratis, just let some fearless Repub-
lican attack him among crowd OF
revived Democrats and see,'' suggests
the Mason City Times.
Senator Lafe Young continues to
make additional friends in his sena-
torial canvass says the Monticello
Express. Young is a Republican six
days of the week; and on the seventh
he rests He was born in Iowa, stands
by Iowa, and all Iowans know where
to-find him.
The waterloo Reporter foresees
that about the latter part of next
month the doctors are going to have
lot of neutrality-suspicious. on their
hands. And your doctor will tell
you that onychcphagomaniac is a
person who bites his finger nails. Also
there will be weeping and wailing in
many political camps
Some of the Cummins newspapers
of the state are offering the sugges-
ton that if it comes to a choice be-
tween Roosevelt and Cummins the
Iowa delegation should cast it's solid
vote for the Iowa man. and are pat
ting on the back, the standpatters
who haves indcrsed the suggestion.
That's all right. says the Greston
Advertiser. I'VE believe the Iowa
delegation would and should vote
Just that way. But how about the ten
Cummins delegates if it should come
to choice between Roosevelt and
Taft? Will they be as fair as they
are asking the sixteen Taft delegates
tic be? We would be pleased to hear
from some Of the Cummins newspapers
en- this point
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-05-16

There is talk among the house
Democrats at Washington of adjourn
Ing June Is, That would be the sensi-
BILE thing to do
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-05-16

Not single Democrat has filed
nomination papers for county office
In Jefferson county The fact speaks
for itself and foretells Republican
victory such as we used to read about.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-05-16
A pesslmlat,a PLANT.

Iowa City Republican: Put Champ
Clark in the White House for four
years, and someone will start move
ment to abolish the presidency
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-05-16

To George Fitch the most irritating
thing about clairvoyants is the ease
with which they prove that we are
still nation of superstitious suckers
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-05-16
THoueHT FoR TIE DAY.

The reason why men who mind their
own business succeed is because they
have So little competition System
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-05-16

They do say that a plain, ordinary
circus stands no chance whatever
in Ohio these days.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-05-16
The washington Democrat saws.

The washington Democrat says.
THE Gate city writes an editorial
on how TO 'extirpate dandelions.
Why not Just cut them out, rather
than to extirpate them That
sounds so hard
Good enough reason When they are
cut out they grow again When ex-
tirpated they are finished for good.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-05-16
Music Hath Charms.

CHICAGO. May 1s Declaring that
people would not come to church
while there was music in Mckinley
park, six ministers have asked the
board Of park commissioners to dis.
continue Sunday band concerts there.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-05-16

These are houn' dawg days at Bur.
lington.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-05-16
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limited Press Leased Wire Service. !
NEW YORK, May 16. Doctors la
bored two hours to remove an agate
soup kettle from the head OF two
year old Peter szusca. Soft soap lin.
ally accomplished it.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-05-16
Was Leap Year Case.

NEW YORK, May is. Edith Davis.
IL year old bride Of a year. suing Ed
ward B. Davis for divorce, admitted
on the witness stand that she made
the proposal CT marriage.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-05-16
Cat Board.

CHICAGO, May 16.-Mrs. Margaret
Tooke left her pet cat with Charles
A. Miner when she went away on
visit. The case got into court be,
cause Miner wanted SIS board for thir-
teen kittens
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-05-16
Ing to the young people and letting
the elders sleep in church if they wish

reiterating the slogan that it is the ing to
biggest dam town in the world. " Il the eide
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-05-16
Lapse Of Memory.

NEWARK, May 16. Christian
Looges returned to his wife and baby
after fifteen months and said that he
suffered a lapse of memory. Work in
a Georgia cotton gin revived his mem
DRY.
Hard on the Youngsters.
PHILADELPHIA. MAY 1G William
Bancroft. Quaker, advocates preach
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-05-16

The Boone ewa-Republican .ex-
presses the hope that the President
and the ex-president will be kept far
enough apart to prevent them coming
to blows.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-05-16
NOTES AND coMMENT.

Iowa never looked prettier than she
does at this moment says the Cedar
Rapids Gazette. 1T looks like the
garden spot Of the universe and 1t is.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-09-12

such as the one staged at the Orleans
Athletic club, in New Orleans, Monday,
the boxing game will go dead in that city
| Willie Gibbs and frankie Russell were
allowed to stall through ten rounds, when
both officials and fans new it was a
crooked match. Both pugs were Kissed
from the ring and the fight declared no
contest RusselIs manager had bet
placed on Gibbs, according to reports from
the ringside.
1t isn't difficult to figure which of the
iightWeIghts, Joe MandOt or Willie Ritch-
lie, is the most anxious to get Ad Wol-
CAST in the ring at Los Angeles OIL
Thanksgiving day.
Mandot's manager, Harry Coleman, asks
$500 for allowing the New Orleans boy to
M this engagement, while Billy Nolan,
looking after the interests of Ritchie'
who is credited with victory over Man
dot, says that his boy will be so over
joyed at the prospect of battling for the
lghtWeight Championship that he will
work for $4,000.
Jack Britton shaded Willie Beecher in
a ten-rOund bout and Johnny Marie was
outpointed by Phil Cross recently.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-09-12
NEWS FROM RINGSIDE,

!, John Willie, who the sporting scribes
throughout the West have christened the
destroyer of white hopes" owing to the
easy manner in which he has been pol
lshing off all the crack men he has been
meeting during the past year, has been
matched to fight ten rounds with Fred
Fritts, the champion of the navy, in New
York, next Monday night Willie fought
a round draw with Al Kubiak here
last winter.
Eddie McGoorty has been matched to
try out Jack Harrison, middleweight
champion of England, in ten-round bout
at the Garden Athletic club in New
York. September 20. This battle will
mark Harrison's American ring debut
Billy Papke, of Kewanee, is to get back
into action soon. He is going East in
few days for a siX-round mill with Leo
Houck, the Lancaster star at Phladel-
phia, on September o. On October / Billy
will sail with his manager, Al Lippe, for
Paris, to get ready for a twenty-round
contest with George Carpenter for the
championship of Europe on October "a
If many more fake bouts are allowed
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-09-12
FODDER FOR FANS

Nobody has been able to find out
whether IT was cOroner's jury or Car
negte medal commission which was con-
Quoting the Investigation to find out who
killed Bugs Raymond.
Some time the big leagues viii wake
up to themselves ana refuse to allow any
of their teams to play exhibition games
during the season. The other day Wash
ington and the Reds played one in Gin
Cinnati that was a disgrace to civilization
rors. Games Ike that mean a thousand
dollars in gate receipts and ten thousand
dollars damage to the game.
Garnettt Bush has been released by
umpire. over in the western half of the
circuit they say il is because he did not
make hit with the Giants
The New York State league race is
over. but nobody knows for sure whether
tie with Wilkesharre Manager Bill ely
mer claims that Utica played and got
credit for one more game than the
schedule called for. lie has referred this
protest to Secretary Farrell, Of the ma
uonal commission.
An the teams in the Appalachian
league have planked down their pruteC-
tion fee and are set for another season
They say the reason Dave Altizer can
| not make II n 20 IN major league COM
| pany is that he is too temperamentaL
| Ask an umpire and he win tell YOU Dave
! is crab. Ask the big leaguers and they
agree that Altizer lacks only the nerve
|
| Lovely time in Denver the other day.
| Pitcher Hicks. Of Omaha, hit Third Base
| man CULLEN, of Denver. twice in the
same game on the bean with a pitched
ball. Quillen then threw his bat a Hicks.
! The pitcher picked up the weapon and
started on the run Tor CULLEN. Fans and
! police poured on the grounds, and large
| time was had by all
Kitty Bransheld will not manage Mon
! treal next year and President Sam
Lichtenhein, OF the Canadian club would
! like TO get Harry Smith, Of Newark, as
mogul Bransfeld will probably pop up
somewhere as manager or m0gul.
Montgomery will play two games at
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-09-12
SWELL GOLF EXPECTED
IN CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP

When the golfers play off from the
first tee at the East Lake course on
Saturday in the qualifying round for
the championship of the Atlanta Atm
letiC club, some mighty good golf can
be expected This tournament is the
biggest one of the year locally and the
local golfers try their best to make a
good showing in this tournament more
than in any other.
The players will qualify from scratch
and match play in the first flight will
also be at scratch, the club handicaps
applying in all the other flights. AS
many flights as fill will be played.
The first and second rounds of match
play must be played by September 20,
the semi finals by September u and
the finals by September -.
Hamilton G. Scott is the present club
champion and he will be on hand to de
fend his title. But he must play through
the tournament to do SO.