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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-09-12
SAVE The CALVES.

What he considers will counterfeit
the shrinking supply and increasing
cost Of beef has been framed into a
bill by Representative Britton of Chi
cago, The Britton bill prohibits the
slaughter for interstate commerce OF
beef cattle under two years of age.
Argentina, which is preparing to ship
beef to America on large scale, has
conserved its supply by law prohibit
ing the killing of cattle under seven
years of age. In commenting upon
his bill Mr.. Rritton says:
THE price of meat cannot go up
forever, and some provision must be
made for continued supply of beef
The conservation of calves is one OF
the answers to the problem, and a
law must be passed melting out punish.
ment for their destruction.
The number of calves slaughtered
has increased 100 per cent in the last
ten years. During 1911 there were
slaughtered 100000 calves, weighing
$50 100000 pounds. If my bill had
been a law at that time, and these
100000 calves had been allowed tc
live for two years, allowing 1,40f
pounds as an average weight for {
two-year old COW or steer, they would
have produced 1920, 900. 600 pounds o
beef to supply the scarcity we nov
feel"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-09-12
INCREASE IN COST oY LIVING.

That the tariff has little If anything
to do with the increase in the cost
of living Is further shown by statistics
furnished by Augustus E. Ingram,
United States consul at Bradford,
England Great Britain is a free trade
country, yet the cost of living among
the working classes has increased on
the average 10 per cent since 1905.
Consul Ingram quotes from a report
by the British board of trade, which
gives comparative figures for 1905
and 1912 If the comparison were
taken back to 1896, Consul Ingram
states that the average increase in
the cost OF living would be 20 per
cent.
The report deals with the subject
of rents, retail prices On the principal
articles of food and of coal and rates
of wages In the building, engineering
and printing trades. 1t shows that
with the exception of few towns,
rents have not increased to con
siderable extent Consul Ingram
states that the increase in rents in
1 Bradford has been very slight. How
ever, he adds that since the inquiry
the Bradford property owners asso-
citation has decided to increase rents.
On the whole, officials of the Brit
4 ish board of trade regard conditions
as alarming. There has been an up
/ ward movement in the retail price OF
food products and coal. In eighty out
! of eighty-eight towns the increase
varies from 10 to Is per cent. In
4 Bradford rents and retail prices com.
bined show an average increase of IL
per cent. The increase in the price
!of meat was per cent.
1t is interesting to note that while
in 1905 American bacon was most
most largely consumed, in 1912 the
bacon usually consumed by the Brit.
fish masses was of Irish origin
The price of clothing has been in.
creased largely since 1905. The in.
crease in the cost of cloth for tailor
ing and dressmaking was 12.1 and the
increase in readymade clothing 80
r Ti,o increase in the cost
of material for underwear was 14.G
4tsI...
There was a very large increase in
: the price Of leather ranging from 49,
per cent to 52.5 per cent, as reported
: from Leeds, and from Il per cent TO
80 per Gent, as reported from Man
Z chester. There was a concurrent in.
crease in the wages OF employees in
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-09-12
The Wild and WoolIy.

Cedar Rapids Gazette: Much has
been said and written about the ignor-
ance of the folks down east" con-
corning Iowa and its sister states.
Some would have us believe that
many of those who never get off the
great white way still think that the
noble red man roams the plains in
good old Iowa and that buffalo hunt
ing is our chief pastime. In some re-
spects these analogies are not over
drawn
A Burlington resident who has just
returned from trip through some of
the eastern states was asked repeat
eddy as to what the letters ia" meant
swinging from the rear OF the numer-
GUS autos from this state which have
been driven through. the eastern met
ropolitan centers this year. One man
said he and his family have been hay-
ing a discussion about it and had
come to the conclusion that the mys-
FERROUS letters were an abbreviation
for Indiana" The Burlingtonian of
course fastened to explain it was an
abbreviation for Iowa-the best old
state in the union.
Perhaps one explanation for this
apparent ignorance on the part of our
benighted brethren in the east Is the
fact that more westerners make auto
trips through the east than eastern
ers do through the west. Perhaps
when Iowa and the adjacent states
get better roads, eastern tourists will
become more familiar with conditions
out in this neck of the woods
But the fact remains, nevertheless,
that in some respects the effete east
is far behind the middle west In the
matter of commercialism Two years
ago party of Cedar Rapids men pre-
sented q travellers cheque in one of
the largest department stores in New
York City in payment for purchase
and the salesgirl who took 1t confessed
she never had seen anything like it
before and said 1t would have to be
O. KID by the manager before It
could be cashed. 1t took more than
an hour to get that travellers cheque
honored and then I. had to be taken
to the head Of the establishment be-
fore the cashier would consent to ac-
cept it. The salesgirl was asked If
she had ever heard OF Iowa and she
naively asked: rs that anywhere
near Indiana"
The effort of the Iowa Ad clubs to
get an appropriation from the state
legislature to advertise Iowa ought to
be forthcoming without any trouble.
There should be good sum placed at
the disposal Of the Iowa publicity men
for the purpose Of telling our eastern
friends what decent spot the Hawk
eye state really Is.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-09-12
THE LATE THOMAS sT,vERs.

The Burlington Hawk-Eye in an
editorial appreciation of the late
Thomas Stivers. publisher of the Ga
zette in that city, honors his memory
by pronouncing him man of marked
characteristics. 1t also says of him.
He was a man of keen perception,
shrewd foresight and business abil-
ity He coupled these qualities with
a sensitive nature, always loyal to
friends, and ever given to kind heart
ed deeds. Those who knew Mr.. Stiv-
ers intimately recognized in him a
genial friend, considerate and in
teresting companion, and man of
unlimited generosity. AS political
influence Mr.. Stivers was to be count
ed on in his party circles. and it was
universally recognized that his choice
as the coming internal revenue col
lector was a right which he had fully
earned in his long years of active par
ty service through his newspaper and
by his personal influence. That he
failed of the appointment through the
consolidation of the Burlington Office
with that at Dubuque, was source
OF regret to his friends.
The Gazette, speaking for his as
sociates on that paper. says that
they had grown to love him as
friend. to appreciate his great ability
as newspaper man and to realize
the splendid quality of his unselfish
citizenship" The same paper ADDS
! that they knew him as a most consid-
crate gentleman, always thoughtful OF
others, charitable, modest, honorable
and loyal to his city and its people.
Mr.. stivers had many warm person
al and political friends in keokuk
who held him in the highest esteem
and were shocked and grieved to
learn of his death.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-09-12
Silent power Of Dam

Nauvoo Independent: A Missouri pa.
per noted one of the greatest things
about tne Keokuk dam--its silent CD.
Grafton. The great gates in the lock
act In perfect obedience to the wishes
OF those in control, without the least
noise; the power-house stands as a
silent sentinel, yet monarch OF all II
surveys; the pile of concrete, stretch.
Ing across the foot of the rapids, sits
as bulwark against the mighty flow
OF the great Father of Waters. Yet all
Is quiet, except the whistle of a pass
ing steamboat or the thump.e-te.thpmn
OF a rowing motor boat. Then. too. the
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-09-12
cLn e IN
GKA9E 5 D " 81 g ogEsD
>6saSIiElb
keokuk, Iowa September 12, 1918
OUR TWO OPINIONS.

OUR TWO OPINIONS.
Us two wuz Toys when we fell out
Nigh to the age of my younges
now;
Don't rec'llect what 'twuz about,
Some small deeff'rence, I'll allow.
Lived next neishbors twenty years,
A-hatin' each other, me and jim,
He havin' his opinyin Nv me.
Nd l havin' my opinyin Nv him.
Grew up together md wouldn't speak
Courted sisters, and marr'd 'em, too;
Tended same meetin' house oncet a
week,
A-hatin' each other through md
through
But when Abe Linkern asked the west
F'r. soldiers. we answered-me nd
Jim
He havin' his opinyin NV me,
Nd havin' my opinyin Nv him.
But down in Tennessee one night
Their wuz sound of firin' fur away,
Nd the sergeant allowed there'd be
a fight
With the Johnny Rebs some time
next day:
md as WIZ thinldn' NV Lizzie nd
home
Jim stood afore me, long nd slim
He havin' his opinyin Nv me,
Nd / havin my opinyin NV him.
Seemed like we knew Their wuz goin'
to be
Serious trouble f'r me nd him.
Us two shuck hands. did Jim nd me;
But never word from me or Jim!
He went his way nd l went mine,
N into the battles roar went We
i havin' my opinyin Nv Jim,
Nd he hayin' his opinyin Nv me.
Jim never come back from the war
again,
But | hain,t forgot that last, last
night,
When, waitin' f'r orders. us two men
Made up nd shuck hands afore the
fight.
Nd after it all it's soothin' to know
That here be nd yonder's Jim
He havin' his opinyin Nv me,
Nd havin' my opinyin NV him.
Eugene Field.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-09-12
ERE PREVENTION DAY.

Thursday, October 9, has been des.
ignated by Governor Clarke as fire
prevention day. He urges the day be
given over to the prevention of waste
by fire and that especially in the
cities and towns to observe the day to
consider conditions existing as
sources of danger from fire. both in
side and outside of buildings and
with SPECIAL reference to buildings
where large numbers OF persons work.
to the end that there may be not only
a very great saving of property loss
but also that We may be spared the
appalling disasters in the loss of
human life that sometimes occur.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-09-12
SNAKE VENOM AS
CONSUMPTION CURE
Also Good for Cancer and Syphilis and
Guaranteed by Doctor
Jones.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service. I
NEW ORLEANS, Sept. 12.---Dr. John
I. Jones OF New Orleans will shortly
announce In the London Lancet that
he has discovered complete cure for
tuberculosis. cancer and SYPHILIS. He
is now treating forty patients here
free to prove his claims.
The cure is blend of snake venom
and only one one-hundredth OF
grain is administered. Rattle snake
ana moccasin venom are included in
the blend, which is harmless even to
an infant. The cure was discovered
accidentally when rattle snake bit a
sick negro. The latter although suf
fering from SYPHILIS and tuberculosis
soon recovered.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-09-12

Difficulty is sometimes experienced
In differentiating between typewriters
ana typewriters With a view of
clearing up the matter the New York
World thus types the typist.
A typewriter is one who typewrites
on the typewriter, and the typewriter
is machine on which the typewriter
who typewrites on the typewriter type
writes. Now, the typewriter who type
writes on the typewriter typewrites
on the typewriter until there is no
more typewriting to be typewriter by
the typewriter on the typewriter on
which the typewriter who writes ON
the typewriter typewrites.'
Anyone who does not see this clear
ly would quarrel with his mother-in-
law.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-09-12
kEokuK AS A PLANT FOOD CEN
TER.

Stranger things have happened
than that Keokuk should become In
future wears the center of the plant
food industry in the United States.
Tho chief plant food is the nitrates
Which are now for the most part OBJ
ta;rec from deposits in various parts
Of he world. These deposits, upon
which agriculture largely depends for
fertilizer, will be exhausted within
sixty years at the present rate OF
consumption. The day of exhaustion
will come sooner If the rate of ex-
ploitation is increased, which is more
than likely to happen. The demand
for fertilizing materials Is increasing
as new lands are becoming worn, as
the principles of intensive agriculture
are more universally recognized and
as it becomes easier to ship fertilizer
to far corners of the earth. Obvious
ly If no new sources of nitrates are
uncovered, the world will be troubled
over where it shall obtain its bread.
The axiom that necessity is the
mother of invention Is partially ap-
plicable to this situation. Not many
years ago, British scientist set the
| date when the human race would be-
gin to starve because the nitrates in
the soil had disappeared and there
was not the material with which to
replace them But since the issue of
| tha. dolorous prediction, means have
been found for converting the nitro.
1 gen Of the air into compounds from
1 which fertilizers could De manufac.
tured. The means employed is the
electric arc. BY the use of water
power, electricity can be made cheap
| ly snd this is made to act upon the
nitrogen CT the atmosphere the re-
sulting compound being made In turn
to act upon other chemical materials
and producing the needful fertilizer.
This is now done upon a commercial
| scale in Norway and doubtless we
shall some day soon do the same
thing in this country, and especially
here in Keokuk where electricity is
available in large volume for the
electrolytic processes involved. There
is the additional advantage locally
that this entire region is underlaid
with limestone which is used t, "ax"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-09-12
Cooper of keokuk, Who Built One Of
the Worlds Wondere

Los Angeles (Calif.) Herald. Just q
few lines have been printed IN tho
news columns about Hugh L. Cooper
the ruddy and scanned little engineer
VINO harnessed the Mississippi river
by building the great dam at Keokuk
Last week 10000 persons stood In
Wonderment and admired the artificial
barrier which an engineer of wonder.
f'ii persistency and ingenuity erected
to curb mighty river.
Beyond doubt those spectators
among whom were governors and STATE
officials, regarded the great lob at Keo.
kuk as of primary interest and the
man who did the job as of secondary
interest.
But that is not the way to look at
this achievement.
The curious visitors and natives AZ
keokuk had only to remember that a
dam across the Mississippi at Keokuk
was dreamed OF for twenty years and
then remember that an engineer who
did no dreaming completed the vast
in less than three years
The Keokuk dam is not an impulsiye
triumph of youth and enthusiasm. but
OF deliberation and maturity. Cooper
who did the work, is man in his fif
ties.
It is well to remember when you
look at pictures of Keokuk or of Coop.
er that big Jobs can be done onIy Nv
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-09-12

man who planned and completed tha
work was conspicuous by his absence
at the dedicatory celebration. The
dams successful operation impressez
us with the idea that great things are
not those that make the greatest noise.
me things that count for the greatest
work are done without great shak.
Ing OF the earth but move quietly and
persistently, and the greatest men are
those who perform their duty In life
without ostenticity or self.praise.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-09-12
Perhaps the Printer was Rioh,

A Nauvoo editor recently wrote an
article In which he spoke Of a certain
girl whose breast was filed with rage
and the printer got 1t rags" and now
the editor is camping on the roof,
where he has view of the landscape
in four different directions.
City Review. We're not guilty broth.
er. 1t must have been Carthage
editor for it is said Carthage girls
are great on pads.-Nauvoo Rustler
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-09-12
MUST HAUL OWN LIQUOR.
Iowans Cannot Have Beer Delivered
at Homes.

SIOUX CITY, Ia, Sept. 1.-THE
people of Iowa cannot legally have
liquor delivered to their homes, ac-
cording to a decision of Judge Jepson
in the district court here. To legally
stock their cellars with liquors. ac-
cording to the decision, they must
either carry or haul it home them
selves.
The decision is very broad and
among other prohibitions is one
against purchasing liquors and hay
ing them sent to a given address &C.
0. d. on orders given by telephone
or otherwise. When delivery is con-
dition of the sale. regardless of in
what manner shipment is made, it is
illegal
Notice CT an appeal has been given.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-09-12

The Jacksonville Courier reports
that the apple crop in that part OF
Illinois will amount to nothing worth
sreaking Of The drouth has caused
the fruit to drop off before reaching
a stage which would permit of its be
ing converted into cider
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-09-12

A railway engineer some years age
was questioned by Rudyfrp' Kipling
as to the risks Of American railway
travel Sometimes" said. the engi-
neer, I'VE guess ourselve. into the
station and sometimes we guess our
selves into hell 1t Is to be presumed
that he was employed on the New
vel ro~'f~~s 2 New to ZEN road
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-09-12

Over 100000 is wasted annually
in Cook county. Illinois. in providing
sustenance for the party heelers Of
Chicago. The county civil service
commission declares it will save ST..
100000 or more a year if the polit-
clans win give civil service full swing
with an axe.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-09-12

Mexicans threaten 10 invade the
United States, according TO advices
from Ell Paso. If they should under
take anything of the kind it would be
only matter of few days until
there wouldn't be any Mexicans.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-09-12

If you think the coal man is worry
ing about the weather, you have an
other guess coming. He may be a
triie annoyed about the start, but he
knows his day is sure to come.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-09-12
At 81 a Smack.

Des Moines Capital: Ohio girls are
selling kisses at one dollar per smack
as means of raising charity funds.
1t Is difficult to see how some of the
late corners can begin to get their
moneys worth.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-09-12

It seems to the Los Angeles Times
that
The Nobel peace prize ought by
rights to go to Cooper, the rudy and
scanned engineer who harneSsed the
mighty Mississippi with dam at
Keokuk. 1t is one Of peace's great est
victories
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-09-12
Worse Than = LlnkInn

Waterloo Courier: Woodrow vii.
son, the schoolmaster, advised his
secretary Of war and the chief OF the
army corps to stop talking or come
home. Ouch! That's worse than a
licking.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-09-12

Injunctions were NOT asked
against the hootleggers and proprie-
tors of holes-in-the-wal who pleaded
guilty in the superior court to selling
liauor Illegally The public can draw
its own conclusion.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-09-12

the nitrogen obtained from the atmes-
phere by combining the two. We
have here an unreasonable source of
supply of food for crops, and it is not
too much to expect that in time It.
viii be utilized for the benefit of
mankind
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-09-12
big men.

big men.
And big men are those who have
mastered their brains. who have splen.
did persistency, who inspire conf
dence and loyalty, who love their work,
men who have within themselves that
quality with which Kipling vested his
American, who
" turns keen. untroubled
face
Home, to the instant need of things."
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-09-12

Another great reform" has just
been brought about. The negro bar
bers in the capitol at Washington
have been Obliged to walk the plank
in order to make room for white
Democrats.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-09-12

The esteemed Jacksonville Courier
can't find it in It's heart to blame that
cyclone much for going up against
the Yankee Robinson circus. Same
here.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-09-12

Members Of the Damn family have
been holding reunion in Chicago.
For the life Of It the Des MONIES
Capital can't understand why they
did not select Keokuk.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-09-12

Thaw claimed when in Canada that
he was a tourist, but 1t is not a mat
ter of record that anybody received
any postcards from him.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-09-12
No Charlie for SPLICING.

NEW YORK, Sept. Esquire HUI
bert Widen of Farmingdale, L. T., likes
his Job of marrying folks so well that
he refuses wedding fees OF any kind.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-09-12

Alex Miller is authority on the sub
ject and he says that it doesn't really
require much intelligence to run like
fool In an automobile.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-09-12

Interest is revived in the name of
Or, Friedman by the report of the
Rhode Island sanatorium showing
that not one Of the 100 cases treated
with the Friedman cure has shown
improvement, while II per cent have
shown increased activity of the dis
ease.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-09-12
DAILY By NAIL.

DAILY BY NAIL.
One ycsy... .33o0IFour months...u.o @
nix months...... l.50IOne month";. -
Entered in Keokuk postoffice as sec-
end class matter.
Postage prepaid; terms in advance
All subscription orders shouid gf,,s
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OF address 10 desired, state both the oio
ano new address.
Remit ~ postoffice money order'
express ,.oney order, registered letter.
On draft, at our risk.
The date printed on the address os
each paper notes when the subscription
expires.
Subscribers falling to receive theis
papers promptly will confer favor ny
giving notice of the fact
Address all communications to
THE GATE CITY COMPANY,
Ma IL. North Sixth St., Keokuk. lows
THE GATE CITY Is on sale ct the
following news stands:
Hotel Keokuk. cor: Third and 5o s.rsss
@. n Rollins & Co, 62s Main ssross
Ward Bros, 525 Main street
Depot News Stand
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-09-12

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY.
Nothing is SO strong as gentleness,
nothing SO gentle as real strength
st. Francis de Sales
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1913-08-18
DlcGS REARREsTED IN ROW.
Newsrsp per Photographer Charges As.
sauIt by Alleged White SLAYER.

San Francisco, Aug 17.-As a re.
suit OF the froe-for-all fight yesterday
between newspaper photographers
and the Diggs -Caminetti party, Maury
l. Digss was rearrested today, charg-
ed with assault by \. Deyinne. Frank
Ramsey, friend Of Digs, also ar
rested yesterday in the same melee.
was found guilty today OF assault on
W. H. Mathews and will be SEN
fenced Monday
Digs became incensei yesterday
because photographers attempted to
snap his wife, mother, father and
aunts as they were leaving the fed
eral hlilding where Diggs is on trial
under the Mann act. After the fight
hat followed the whole party Of
men We're bundled into a patrol yag-
m and taken to the nearest station
louse