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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-05-13
MEN AND RELlGloNL-ANp SANTA.
TiON

Enlightened public opinion is the
most potent force toward better pup
lie health and sanitation Physicians
will succeed in their campaign for
prevention of disease in proportion to
the understanding of the value OF
health measures by the public and its
cooperation to secure them. The Jour
nal of the American Medical Associa-
ton recently commented on the desir-
ability of more cooperation between
physicians and churches In public
health education. The Men and Re-
ligion Forward Movement, which has
caused nationwide sensation, has
not restricted its activities to purely
religious matters. Various social
ample, careful analysis OF condi-
tions in various cities has resulted IN
recommendations for improved sew
erage and quarantine systems, protec-
ton of milk-supply. organizations of
health departments. better opportuni-
ties for harmless recreation, improved
garbage collection, etc. In many cit
les excellent results followed the
4 work
The fundamental basis was a survey
of actual conditions, that is, the tabu.
: lation of all the ascertainable facts in
the case before taking action. We
are merely touching on the medical
phases of this movement It's chief
+ work, of course, was religious, but
, the movement seemed to attack the
human problem in all its ramifica.
spiritual, social. physical
and to recommend improvements
wherever it was thought wise. 1t is
evident that the element OF public
| education on health conditions is
: working. Great improvements in the
S sanitation and hygiene of the Ameri
c can people are due in short order as
t soon as the public is awakened to the
r possibilities.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-05-13
a PROBLEM m CONDUCT.

A vexing problem in conduct is I'M
der consideration over in Kewanee,
Ill. AS stated in the Star-Courier it
is this:
Given a neighbor. who keeps big
dog that runs around an area of sew
eral blocks. making children fearful
and the whole neighborhood nervous
Would you complain to the police de
partment and swear out a signed war
rant against the nuisance. thereby In
curing the ill-feeling of the dog
owner, or would you lock up the Chill
dren in the house, refuse to let then
play in the yard. give up all idea o.
maintaining garden or beantifylns
your premises with flower beds and LEI
the dog ruin at will?'
What's the answer?
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-05-13
the New York. will be the most pow
erful battleships afloat when compiet-

the New York, will be the most pow
erful battleships afloat when compiet-
ed.
Following d short, but spirited cam.
paign, q general election will be held
Wednesday in Quebec for members OF
the provincial legislative assembly.
The annual general assemblies Oh
the two great branches Of the Presby-
terrain church In the United States
will meet, the northern Presbyterians
in Louisville and the southern Presby-
terians in Bristol, Tenn. Another
large and important UNCONVENTIONAL
gathering of the week will be the an
nual southern Baptist convention at
Oklahoma City.
The eighteenth annual Lake Mo
honk conference on arbitration will
begin at Lake Mohonk Wednesday
and as usual the program provides for
addresses by many persons of interna-
tional note. Other gatherings OF the
week will include the annual conven
tion of the National Wholesale Gro
GERS association at st. Louis. the Ma
tional Wholesale Liquor Dealers asso
citation at Philadelphia, the Genera
Society of the Daughters OF the Revo
luton at Boston, and the Southern
Commercial Secretaries association
at Houston.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-05-13

The Cedar Rapids Republican en-
dorses the proposition that the muict
law he amended providing that con-
sent rights to sell liquor in Iowa pc
granted by election instead OF py
petition, but anticipates that there
will be difficulty in getting the matter
through the legislature, AS parties
have a habit of fighting shy OF the
liquor question. The mulct law should
he amended in this particular contin-
nes the Republican. The petition
method should give way to election.
That ia the American way OF settling
questions, and there is no better
way"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-05-13

The supreme court in deciding a
Linn county divorce case exposed a
fine example of thrift on an Iowa
farm. The parties were Anton and
Josepha Harti. and the court states
that they were married in Bohemia
and reached Cedar Rapids with two
babies and $40 in 1887. He com.
menced work at s1.5o day and
three years later bought two acres OF
Iowa land. At the time of the divorce
they divided family of ten children
and an estate of over 100000 Inas-
much as the wife took most of the
children she received about $4,000
more in property and the court says
this was right. The farm of 256 acres
was divided.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-05-13

web Byers thinks that the state
of Iowa will be ruined If one George
Clark, now lieutenant governor, should
be promoted to the governorship.
The situation thus presented leads the
Cedar Rapids Republican to say:
That's awful, isn't It? But two
years ago Byers worked his head off
to make Clark lieutenant governor,
and he wasn't afraid of him running
the state then. What has made Clark
a bad and dangerous man is the fact
that Clark's manager. Senator McColi
did not vote clear through for Byers'
for senator. A politician like Mr..
Byers always tries to translate his
personal grievances into grievances OF
the people-he assumes that the peo-
pie suffer with him.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-05-13
TIE NEWS OF THE WEEK.

Each day of the present week VIII
add to the number of delegates select
ed to attend the national conventions
of the Republican and Democratic
parties. Following Is complete list
of the conventions and primaries Tor
the six days beginning today:
Monday Republican,: Wyoming
state convention at Cheyenne, Tenth
North Carolina district convention,
Minnesota district primaries. Demo
cratic: Wyoming state convention at
Cheyenne.
uesday-Republican California
state and district primaries. Tonnes
see state convention at Nashville,
conventions in Third district of Kan
sas and Fourth Fifth and Seventh dis
ltricts of North Carolina. Democratic:
California state and district primaries,
Utah state convention at Salt Lake
City, New Hampshire state conven-
ton at Concord, New Mexico state
convention at Clovis.
Wednesday, Republican: Washing
ton state convention at Aberdeen.
/ CId0 SIdIt etO iN'S'
North Carolina state convention at
4 Raleigh. conventions in all West Vir-
ginia districts and in Ninth Texas dis
trict. Democratic: Michigan state con-
vention at Bay City, South Carolina
state convention at Columbia
Thursday Republican: West Vir-
ginia state convention at Huntington,
Minnesota state convention at Mime
apolis. Montana state convention at
Livingston, Idaho state convention at
Lewiston, district conventions in
, FIFTH Michigan, Second and Fourth
, Arkansas, and Twelfth, Fourteenth
, and Sixteenth Texas. Democratic:
Iowa state convention at Burlington.
Frlday-Repubican District con
ventions In Seventh Kansas and First,
Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth and
Thirteenth Texas.
Saturday Republican: District con-
ventions in Fifth Oklahoma and
Eighth, Eleventh and Fifteenth Texas.
Also of considerable interest in po-
litical circles will be the national con-
, vention of the socialist party, which
, viii meet in Indianapolis to name can
didates for President and vice Presi-
dent and adopt platform for the
coming campaign
A general convention Of the miners
> of the three anthracite districts will
be held tomorrow at Wilkesbarre TO
consider the tentative agreement en-
tered into by the subcommittee rep.
| resenting the miners and operators. II
: is generally believed that the conyen.
ton will result in a satisfactory set.
tlement and an early resumption OF
work in the anthracite field
The case of Clarence S. Darrow, the
noted Chicago attorney under indict
: ment for jury bribing in the case oil
I James B. Mcnamara. dynamiter, viii
e be called for trial in Los Angeles
! Wednesday.
The battleship Texas. which will re
l. store the name of the Lone Star state
= in the navy will be launched at New
/ port News Saturday. It is expected
d that President Taft, Secretary Meye,
$ and other notables Will attend the
event The Texas and her sister ship
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-05-13
Keokuk. Iowa ...... May 10, 1912
AN EASY WAY.

AN EASY WAY.
Wouldst thou be wretched?
IT'S an easy way:
Think OF but self and self alone, all
day;
Think of thy pain, thy grief, thy loss.
thy care.
All that thou hast to do, or feel, or
bear;
Think of thy good, thy pleasure and
thy gain.
Think only OF thyself. twill not be
vain.
Wouldst thou be happy?
Take an easy way:
Think OF those round thee-live for
them each day;
Think Of their pain, their loss, their
grief, their care;
All that they have to do, or feel. OF
bear;
Think of their pleasure. OF their good
their gain;
Think of those round thee-twill no
be in vain.
Selected.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-05-13

Merriopathy is a new healing sci
ence. Don't worry and keep laughing
is the new doctrine, and observing
these rules, people will be enabled to
keep cheerful and healthy no matter
how much higher the price of living
gets or what ether problems assail
the vast majority of the workaday
world. The only trouble with the
new doctrine is that it is much easier
In inculcate than to carry out in daily
practice.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-05-13

Every man, no matter whether he
is merchant, farmer, manufacturer or
wage-earner, or whether he has or has
not a bank account, is vitality inter-
ested in the country's banking system.
Merchants and manufacturers do busi-
ness on credit: the farmers crops
cannot be moved to market without
recourse to banking credit, and the
wage-earner is the first to suffer when
there Is financial disturbance. They
should all join in the movement for
banking. reform.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-05-13

An Indian who found purse con-
tanning $1,000 returned 1t, after seek
ing the owner two years. AS the
Springfield Register tritely observes,
1t seems simply impossible to make
the Indians really conform with the
WAYS of American civilization
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-05-13
Iowa neyer looked prettier

Iowa never looked prettier than at
this time. If anyone has any doubts
on the subject all he needs to do is
to travel across the southern part OF
the state on the @. and across the
northern part on the Illinois Central.
A glance out of the car windows is
sufficient
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-05-13
No Sale.

Mrs. Irving didn't buy that
Oriental rug after all, did your" Mrs.
Clint-"No. we took friend OF
Georges to see it and he said that
while it was a genuine Bokhara, beau.
tifully woven and all that, it wouldn't
last more than hundred years, SO we
decided TO look farther
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-05-13

Automobiles have no right to run
over blind men in Iowa. The supreme
court says SO. One Charles McLaugh-
lin. blind, while walking along street
in Storm Lake was struck by an anto-
mobile In charge of C. e. Griffin and
badly injured. The jury awarded 5000
as damages and the supreme court af-
firmed this verdict. The care which
everyone is required to exercise on
the streets is modified. the court says,
according to the capacity Of the per
sen to care for himself.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-05-13

The Democratic state convention
which meets at Burlington this week
is not wholly free from the possibility
of active competition between the
houn' dawg song and the famous Bry.
an yell. The Wilson men are planning
to use the latter to prevent instruc'
tion5 for Clark.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-05-13

Representative Mckinley, head OF
the Taft campaign, claims Asa dele
gates for the President and comedies
237 to Colonel Roosevelt. Senator
Dixon, manager for Roosevelt, claims
$40 for Roosevelt and comedies TAB to
Taft These widely divergent claims
make it apparent that demonstra-
ton of the actual control of the con-
vention is impossible in advance of the
meeting Of the Republican national
committee June 9Th The committee
will take up at that time contests in
volving the seats of at least i64 dele
gates, and it is not unlikely that adj
ditional contests viii be announced
by the time the committee begins
morlr
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-05-13
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY.
Them as has, gets.

The way to make city beautiful Is
TO begin by making private premises
beautiful
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-05-13

The Carroll Herald says 1t Is mis-.
fortune that one of the best men and
purest minded Presidents the nation
ever had must defend himself like one
accused of crime.
The Denison Review observes that
progressives are never ready to com.
promise when in the majority. but
they always complain of the steam
roller when they happen to be in
front of it.
IF Taft had been as vigorous In
the first two years of his administrs.
ton as he has been in controyer-
sy with Roosevelt there would be no
opposition in the rank and file of the
party" says the Cedar Rapids Ga
zette.
I'm theory" says the Burlington
Hawk-Eye, cooperative stores are
bound to succeed. 1t is like running
a newspaper or an opera house. Any
body can do it, until he is put to the
actual test, and then, as a rule, he
cannot do it."
The General Federal ton Of Women's
Clubs will hold its Biennial Conven-
tion In San Francisco June 25 to July
. next AS an aid to delegates attend
| ing the convention, the Denver &, Rio
Grande has issued an exceptionally in.
teresting folder descriptive of the
most attractive route to San Francis
co. This publication also contains a
description of rebuilt San Francisco
and a program of the entertainment
to be provided by the Women's Clubs
and citizens of that city, and, all in
all, it supplies much valuable infor.
nation for those expecting to attend
the convention and others visiting
the Pacific coast.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-05-13

Did you ever attempt to raise
garden and bull pup at the same
time. "If you haven't don't" advises
the Burlington Gazette.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-05-13

Alex Miller says if he were a horse
he would rather have more oats in
side than SO many fancy rings on the
harness.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-05-13
NOTES AND COMMENT.

The Davenport Democrat says the
Teddyites have no second choice for
the reason there is no other American
idol
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1912-01-18
LOST|NM0UNTA|MS.
George w. Otterson Lost in Snow
Storm.
ALSO ANOTHER Man MISSING
Left Shoup, Idaho Early in Octo-
ber-No Word Since.

The following letter received from
Dixie this week by the Free Press,
would indicate that one man or two
men are lost in the Salmon River
country. The man Otterson spoken
of is George w. Otterson, we'll known
in Grangeville. The letter received
from Dixie on January 8 reads as
follows:
Dixie, Idaho, Jan. 8, 1912
Editor Free Press: l enclose
copy of letter which the postmaster
at this place received from H. F.
Haynes of Shoup, Idaho. The man
Otlerson of whom he enquiries is
George w. Otterson. formerly of
Grangeville. Nothing has been heard
Of Otterson since he left Shoup, and
unless he went into the Bitter Root
valley from the head Of Horse Greek
he is undoubtedly showed in some
where in the vicinity Of Magruder
Mountain, or the divide between
Salmon river and the Clearwater.
A man by the name of Wood is
also reported as missing on the upper
Salmon river between Shoup and
Oscar Eakin's place, This man, SO l
am informed, was to have been at
Oscar Eakin's place about October
18th, at which time Oscar Eakin ex-
pected to get home from Dixie. Wood
did not show up at that time and
sonre time afterwards Eakin caught
his dog in steel trap and hurt him
SO bad that he had to kill him. | am
also informed that no effort has been
made to see what has happened to
Wood althoubh his camp is only
about 8 or 8 miles from Eakin's
place.
Kentuck Mine, Shoup, Idaho,
Dec. 25, 1911
Postmaster, Dixie, Idaho.
Dear Sir: Some time in early
October a man by the name of Otter
son passed here riding white horse
and driving four burros. He made
some inquiries concerning trail or
cutoff from the summit between
Salmon river and Clearwater to your
section. He told me he owned a
ranch on Rattlesnake creek formerly
owned by Oscar Eakin. | warned
him of the danger Of this route at
that time of the year, but he said he
had to 60 through on the fourth day
after leaving here. There was a
severe snow storm and the snow must
have fallen four or five feet deep
where he would be at the time. |
have grave fears for the outcome to
him SO I.write you to learn if possible
whether he has gone through.
Thanking you in advance.
| | remain yours truly
u, H. F. Haynes
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1912-01-18

lawful. unwise and vicious system to
discriminate in favor of certain tax
payers in many of the counties, and
certain classes of property in others.
so that there was no uniformity of as
sessment upon property in any county
in the state, and in some counties
property Of the same class was as
sessed at varying rates and from five
to fifty per cent of its real value. and
thus enabling the chosen few or the
favored class to practically evade tax
alton and forcing their tax burden to
be borne by others This Is an evil
impossible to correct In its entirety
under the old system, but which 1t
would be impossible to long retain
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1912-01-18
,nder an assessment at full value.

under an assessment at full value.
These evils. while not entirely un
known to our people, were of a mag
nitude hardly suspected by any. as but
few Of our citizens have been in the
habit Of examining the assessment
rolls except as to their own property.
/ knew something of the matter when
/ entered upon my present office. al
though not aware of the extent of
the evil. endeavored to impress
upon you while in regular session the
necessarily of a change in our taxa
ton system and earnestly endeavored
to have you by proper legislation pro-
vide a commission to revise our rev.
enue laws. State Auditor Taylor, in
his report for 1910, earnestly and
eloquently portrayed the evils of the
system, most earnestly asked for re-
lief and wisely suggested tax COM
mission amongst other things. Your
time was SO occupied with many other
matters then seemingly of equal i'm
portance that these suggestions were
not acted upon.
Immediately after your adjourn
ment in March last. I renewed my
study of our system of assessment and
that it was my official duty to insist
upon a compliance with the revenue
laws of the state by the officers in
trusted with their execution, and that
in so doing l would greatly benefit the
state. Immediately, and in order to
divest the matter of any political sig
nificance. / called a meeting of the
state board of equalization and re-
quested the assistance of its members
in my proposed efforts to enforce the
law. My proposition was enthusiastic
cally received and unanimously agreed
| to, and, although afterwards and at
time when a backward step would
simply have resulted in untold con-
fusion, some of the Board regretted
their action, still to the other mem
bers in marked degree Is due the re-
suits that followed. All county off,
GERS connected with the enforcement
of the revenue laws were at once
notified to act in strict accordance
with the statutes, and an honest at
tempt was made by most of them to
do so Our efforts evoked bitter OPP
position and strenuous attempts were
put forth by many of our citizens and
some of our newspapers to defeat the
reform and continue the old methods
The result was that after the state
board Of equalization had finished Its
labors we had raised the assessment
roll of the state in round numbers
from $4,000, 900 to s330. 900, 900 and
had advanced the assessed value Of
the state to about 10 per cent of 1T
actual value, with the certainty O.
reaching the full cash value durins
, the coming year and the intolerablA
. high tax rate prevailing has beer
, greatly reduced.
This great reform successfully car
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1912-01-18
Better Condition Of Affairs.

At the time Of writing this article
but two of the four saloons in Grange
vile have opened but if the manner
in which they have been conducted
during the past few days is at all in
dicative of the method that will pre-
vail in the retail liquor business of
this city the people will certainly be
satisfied with the new condition of
affairs. Saturday night the city was
orderly and there was no drunkenness
on the streets. The liquor houses
closed promptly at twelve and the town
was bone-dry all day Sunday. The
saloon men seem to have realized that
no monkey business will be tolerated
and are going to live up to the laws
and regulations.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1912-01-18

changed in many respects; that radl-
cal changes must not only be made
in our revenue laws but amendments
al.o had to the Constitution of the
state, before Idaho can be in accord
with the best methods of dealing with
the problems of taxation, has been
fully demonstrated during the year
last past.
While the condition of the taxation
question is not, perhaps. such as to
absolutely require legislative action
before the next regular session, still
past experience has taught us that
during a regular session of the Leg
islature 80 many different subjects
engross the attention of the members
that it is impossible to perfect in the
limited time Of the session any gener-
al law of great magnitude unless such
law has been prepared beforehand
and carefully studied by members of
the legislature, or unless they shut
their eyes and blindly adopt meas
ure to which they have not given their
personal consideration. / believe the
only method Of intelligently concludins
upon subject SO important as a
general revenue law for the state, Is
to do so at special session wherein
no intervening legislation can be
urged, and with foundation care
fully prepared by competent and
trustworthy men upon which the leg
islature can readily build a proper
measure.
So believing, I called some months
ago upon Judge John F. MacLane and
Hon. Frank Martin to prepare, with
the assistance of the attorney gener-
ais Office, thorough and complete
revision of our revenue laws and the
necessary amendments to the Con-
stitution. These two eminent jurists,
than whom there are none more com
petent to perform such duties, con-
sented at my earnest solicitation, al
though it involved much labor and
great personal sacrifice, to undertake
this work, and since that time and
until the past few days have zealously
and faithfully directed their great
abilities to the undertaking. The re.
suit Of their labors is now before yo,
and if not adopted by you in it's en-
tirly will, in any event, greatly facili
!. tate your labors. / believe 1t will b,
the part of wisdom for you to adop
without substantial change the NAH
revenue law as presented While i,
, some particulars believe. as mattel
of theory more than as a demonstrat
ed practical fact that different sys
J tenn might well be adopted, still ther
| can be no doubt that the bill pre-
T sented will. II enacted into law, pre-
) sent a modern and effective reveni'
{ system, effective in its workings, east
: " understood and readily carried int
I practical operation: and that an
a radical changes might make chaoti
mass of confused legislation OF wha
: IS now harmonious. carefully cor