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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-09-02
AMERICAN ROAD CONGRESS-.

Hon. David f. Houston, secretary of
agriculture, will represent the nation
al administration at the third Ameri-
can Road Congress, which will be in
session at Detroit, Mich. during the
week of September goth. The con-
gress Is the annual clearing house of
the organized road movement of Amer
lea, and is participated In by twenty
Six great organizations under the
leadership Of the American Highway
Association and the American Automo-
bile Association. So important Is this
annual congress considered that the
American Bar Association, the Amerl-
can Bankers Association, and the Ma
tional Grange are officially identified
with it. 1t is quite appropriate that
the official head of the Department of
Agriculture should open this great
meeting, as the federal office of pub
lie roads Is under his Jurisdiction. Lo-
gan Waller Page, director Of the Office
OF public roads, is president of the
American Highway Association and of
the American Road Congress, and 1t
has been under his capable manage.
ment that the government road office
has grown IN the last eight years from
an obscure organization, with total
appropriation of only $4,000, to a
widely known and effective bureau
with an appropriation to be expended
under its direction this year OF nearly
81, 100000 Its laboratories for testing
and research work have In recent
years obtained such eminence as to
cause the British government to send
over to 1t specimens of the road ma
terials of England, Scotland and Wales
to be tested
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-09-02

s 4
trail fact, both in the exhibit and in
the speeches, was that school hygiene
is to be henceforth considered from
the point of view OF health, not dis
ease; that sound bodies, clean minds,
normal development, air and sunlight,
rational living, education to fit for
natural productive life, are the things
TO be stressed; that it is not 80 much
q fight against disease as 1t is fight
for health. 1t was almost as If the
the delegates OF the nations at Buffalo
had declared to the world: There
are many things to be done: we know
the evils now; let us remedy where
we can; but let us above all do our
best to point the way to clean. health
full normal living for the generations
to Gomez
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-09-02
COMMISSION eovERNMENr.

The Outlook, in well-considered
article on the commission form oil
government. concludes that in the
end this method of municipal rule will
evolve city manager In nearly every
city in the country. The Outlook
points out that it is exceedingly diff
cult to obtain executive ability by
means of popular primary, and
says:
The interest of the people is al
most wholly in representation. They
want their kind of men at the city
hall. The labor element, for instance,
insist upon electing spokesman OF
their own sort, and the result IL the
selection of board which is fair
mirror Of the population, includ ny
men from every rank and station.
Needless to say. such popular repre-
sentation may be excellent as spokes.
men for their constituents, but as
executive officers they are bound to
fail, for lack of education and train
ing.
The administration OF a modern
city is expert bus ,ness-somettin =
more than common sense and honesty
is required. But executive ability IS
not obtainable through the processes
Hof popular election. Indeed, to put
upon the ballot Offices wn1cn REQUIRE
technical training for their adm mis-.
tration is an interference with the
free expression OF democracy.
In effect the Galveston-Des Moines
charter says to the people: 'Restrie t
your choice to men who are compe.-
ent' to earn high salaries at t Gin Al
and executive work; men who ara
competent to organize and direct a
considerable force Of public servants;
men. in fact, w1sp ere Of tho class
that wears Kid gloves and is accus
toned to work In a. Office
In the commission-governed cites
the people have Eay1y kicked over
this requirement and excellent as
the commission governments are in
the promptness OF thri- ebodienea -
public opinion as distinguished from
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-09-02

There is complaint in many Of the
local papers In ncighDoring towns
about the failure Of the railroad COM
spanies to supply cars to bring people
to the Keokuk celebration last week,
sample utterance Is the following
from the Pennington Republican:
agent Patrick informed US he sold
165 tickets for the excursion to Keo-
kuk Tuesday, and Agent Hockett ad-
vises he sold 120 for the excursion on
the Burlington. The town was prac-
tically depopulated Tuesday and the
streets reminded one or Longfellow' s
deserted village. The Burlington ex-
cursion lad only six cars which were
loaded to the guards leaving here"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-09-02

boss opinion, thev have made no sig.
nal contribution to the science OF city
management"
The Peoria Herald Transcript en-.
dorses this as an Illuminating analy,
sis OF popular government" and de-
clares that the conclusions reached
follow pretty closely the facts In cities
which have adopted the commission
form of government The same paper
regards It as significant that the Out
look article holds out little comfort
for advocates OF the initiative and
referendum for which Colonel Roose.
welt, one OF the associate editors OF
the Outlook, contends with so much
fervor and stubbornness.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-09-02
Round the World Jaunt Planned.

WASHINGTON, Sept "a round
the world jaunt will be started next
week by Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Letter.
on Howard Gould's handsome private
yacht Niagara; which the Letters have
leased for the trip. The son of the
late Chicago multi-millionaire TO-DAY
announced the itinerary. The party
VIII sail to England. thence to the
N editerranean whore they win cruise
for several months. About the first
OF the year the party will 20 to
ceylon via the suez canal China.
Japan and Philippines ports and
lta@aii. The return trip will be made
va the Pacific coast and the Panama
canal. Including Mr. and Mrs. Letter
the party will be their sons, Joseph
Jr., and John: Colonel and Mrg .yobn
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-09-02

j. w. Bailey, former governor of
Kansas, says that the water pail has
disappeared from the kitchens OF
many OF the farmers, and those who
still permit the womenfolks to pump
water and carry it quarter OF mile
or more to the house are not in good
repute with their neighbors. Gas en-.
gines are used for pumping purposes
on the farms, and the signs are that
the work OF women will become easier
in the future. Kansas women on
farms not only have water pumped for
them, but they have telephones, motor
cars, and it is not considered such a
misfortune to be a farmers wife as ii
used to be.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-09-02
rHg WORKS 81 rAE MIGHTY.

Under this heading the Waterloo
Courier prints an appreciation Of the
great water power development here
at Keolsuk that is worthy OF the
widest publicity. We reproduce the
article in its entirety below:
There are three mighty monu-
ments TO-, the engineering invincibil-
ity Of man just completed or almost
ready 3pr use in America today. One
Is the Panama canal, another the i'm
mense reservoir in the Catskill noun
tainb with aqueduct leading to the
city of New York for the adequate
water supply of that city until it is
G5uble It's present size, and the third
hfe immense Keokuk dam to be dedi-
Gated tomorrow, a structure which Is
the result of years of persistent en-
deavor on the part of citizens of this
state.
can article in the Courier Saturday
gave some idea of the appalling mag
nitude of this institution. With as
much masonry in its great body as
the pyramid of Cheops it stands at
the foot Of what was formerly a rap
luS dHu llCluS III lSdSu through uIUulu
and flood the father of all flowing
waters. By it's resistance countless
mills and street cars are to be i'm
PEELED and whole cities will be illum-
ined with the brightness of day.
Iowa is proud to have given the
idea, the impulse and the name to
such a piece Of work. But this pro-
ject must transcend mere state pride;
It is the pride OF the nation-nay of
mankind itself What q God impow-
cred creature is this which, with two
1mpotent hands, with concentrated
brain forces and with courage, can
divert the work of sun, earth and
gravity, can change the features of a
world! If the tower of Babel was
an infringement upon the field Of
the Creator, what can we say of the
feats and the immaterialized, yet
wholly possible, dreams OF the mod
ern engineer? II it became neces-
sary or desirable to stop the revolu.
lions of the earth on its axis. verify
scientists and engineers would not be
lacking to figure on the job
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-09-02
keokuk, Iowa 80. September 2, 1918
THE oPTlMIsT.

THE oPTIMIsT.
What a great big, beautiful world this
is,
With its gown Of green all fringei
with flowers
Bathed in a flood of the SUMS pure
gold,
And Gained to sleep by the nights
still hours;
Rich with all that man can crave
From the first earth-kiss to the restful
grave!
What great big, beautiful life this Is,
With its countless chances to help
and cheer;
With the power it gives to think and
will;
To love and learn and conquer fear;
Through honest work to grandly rise
From the lowly earth to the yaulted
skies"l
What a great big, beautiful chance
each has
In the life Of the world to play some
part;
TO answer its needs with willing
hands
OR add to its cheer with gladstone
heart
This chance is yours, If only you
Do well the task that you have to do.
Leigh Mitchell Hodges.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-09-02

Alexander NJ. Dockery, third assist.
ant postmaster-general, is working on
a plan to make postal money orders
payable anywhere instead OF on specif-
ic Offices as at present. He believes
that with such an arrangement in
force the money order system OF the
service would be much more popular.
Such a plan would place postal mon.
ey orders on much the same basis as
bank drafts. Holders OF such orders
would have to be properly identified
and the system would be safeguarded
in every possible way.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-09-02
RURAL MEDICAL INSPECTION

The feasibility OF, as well as the
necessity for, complete medical in
spection of rural schools has been eff
fectually demonstrated in a survey oil
all the schools IN one county recently
conducted by the state board Of health
in Virginia An average county was
selected, and in less than two months
every child In attendance In fifty
schools was carefully examined. The
negro schools and school children
were as thoroughly inspected as the
white.
The physical characteristics Of the
school buildings and surroundings
were first noted. such as air space
light space, heating and ventilating
facilities, equipment as to sanitation
and water supply, then the children
were lined up, their height and
weight were first taken, then their
eyes, ears, nose, throat, glands, skin,
heart and lungs were carefully exa n,
ined. All previous diseases from which
they had suffered were also noted. A
specially interesting point was the
preliminary step then taken at eyery
school looking toward the detailed, ex-
animation OF every child for intestinal
parasites.
tabulation OF all the facts gath
cred IN this survey is now being
made, and report will be submitted
to the International Congress- On
School Hygiene, which meets in Buf.
falo, Aug. rs to 80. Dir. Roy K. Elan
nagan, director of physicians for the
Virginia state board of health, who
conducted this investigation, will dis.
CUES the methods employed, and DR..
Allen W Freeman, assistant commits
sioner Of health of Virginia and d.
rector of the Rockefeller Hookworm
campaign in the state. win discuss
other phases andi facts developed.
Such a complete. medical survey az
this has never hitherto, SO far az
known, been attempted in this coun.
try, and the results should prove ex-
ceptionally interesting.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-09-02
Gay Walkers, Are Doomed

TACOMA, Wash, Sept. "A cam
palsn OF ridicule directed toward the
determination of the Jay Walker
Family" was inaugurated here today
ny the local automobile club. The
Jay Walker Family" according ia
made today. is numer-
Gus. It is composed of those pedes.
TRANS who cross congested streets
without first looking TO. see il it is
safe to do 50. The local automobile
Club today adopted resolutions s,,u-
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-09-02

W. D. Magli, a well known msr.
chart OF Whitemound. Wis, bought 4
stock OF Chamberlain's medicines so
as TO be able to supply them to h!s
customers. After receiYing them be
was himself taken sick and says that
one small botti7 Of Chamberlain's
Cole, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy
was worth more to him thar the cost
Q. his entire stock Of these nell.
canes. For sale by I'll dealers.--Adv.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-09-02

KNIGHTS AND LADIES OF SEcUR.
lTY KEoKUK COUNCIL. NO. 1899
meets the first and third Monday OF
each month at A. o. U. ". hail, at 8
o'clock Dr.. c. A. Jenkins, president:
Ernest Best. financier; Mayme 8.
Schenk, secretary.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-09-02
wooDMEN OF THn ,voprn

WooDMEN OF THE WORLD
Gate City Camp No. 81, woodmen
Oh the World, meets frst and third
thursdays OF each month at Hawkes.
nan, corner Eighth and Main. Visit
Ing sovereigns cordially invited. Al
pert Riefer. consul commander: Al. ].
Anderson, clerk.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-09-02

4. Williams, Mrs. Letters parents
and the Misses Frances and Dorothy
Wiiiiams. Former Representative
Longworth and Mrs. Alice Rooseve,t
l-opsworth, will be; members during a
portion of the cruise.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-09-02

The Marshalltown Timea-Republi
can is responsible for the folIowina.
Keoklik's big day was when she
dedicated the big dam. 1t was a ane
celebration and properly observed Il
had been q long time since Keol,rI,
had ANYTHING amounting to dam to
dedicate
Now, smarty!
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-09-02

costing propaganda to be distributed
all over the country to kill of the Jay
walker Family" Automobile clubs all
over the country, IT was decided today,
VIII be asked to aid in DISCRIMINATING
Mr.. and Mrs. Jay Walker and all the
little Walkers"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-09-02

INDEPENDENT ORDER OF ODD
FELLOWS
Hall Seventh and Main streets
Keokuk Lodge No. 10. meets regu.
larly Monday evening at 1880 o'clock.
A, J. Engler, N. G.; 3. L. Boud. record.
Ing secretary.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-09-02

It is said that religion will make a
man love bis enemy. But an upstate
country paper spoils the effect OF the
statement by declaring that 1t has seen
waiskey do the same thing.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-09-02
Speaking Of publicity, Nixon wate

Speaking of publicity. Nixon Water
man thus gives rein to his muse:
No doubt it's well enough to let the
Office seek the man,
But to the earnest candidate It seems
the better plan
To get out in the highway, where the
light Is good and strong,
Where it can't overlook him II the
office comes along.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-09-02

Secretary Garrison insists the gov
eminent must have more efficient
army. One soldier to each three miles
of Mexican frontier is not even a good
picket force.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-09-02

Thursday last was an exceptionally
dull day in Des Moines. From norr
dng until night there were only TWEEN
fy-one applications for divorce filed
with the clerk of the district court
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-09-02
ROYAL ARCANuM

keokuk Council No. 500 meets third
friooy each month, Hawkes. hall,
Elght.i and Main. Visiting brethren
fraternaily Invited to attend. ]. M.
Fulton. regent; J. |. Annnhle, score.
tary.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-09-02

The number Of horses in the United
States increased from 13,50Oooo in
1900 to 2Io4oooo in 1910 in spite Of
the rapid development Of the automo.
bile, and all that has been said about
the passing of Dobbin."
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-09-02

G. W. Horton. with a record of
4 sixty years as pilot through He'll
Gate, recently was married and his
friends are mean enough to think him
insane.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-09-02

Has the biggest oath in the world
been transferred from Assouan to
Keokuk Boone News-Republican
1t has. With 100000 electrical
horsepower behind 1t to give it force
and effect.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-09-02

Davenport boosted a baby claimed
70 weigh twenty-one pounds, but 1t de-
Fyeloped later that the Weighing was
done on an iceman's scales.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-09-02
LOYAL ORDER or MOOSE

keokuk Lodge, No. 7o4. meets o..
cry Tuesday night at p. m. In Moose
nan, corner of Sixth and Main. visit.
ing brothers cordially invited. L. L.
LauDersheimer. dictator I'd s. Lotion
secretary.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-09-02

FRATERNAL ORDER OF EAGLES
heokuk Aerie, No. $50, meets frst
ana third Wednesday Of each month
81 Eag.c's hall, 623 Main street. Visit.
Ing brothers cordially invited. James
PICKLE, W. President: G. A. Noakea
secretary.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-09-02
A. o. .. NJ.

!, keokuk lodge. No. c5e. meets every
thursday night at 800 o'clock at
hawkes. hall, Eighth and Main street.
visiting brethren cordially invited. G.
"a. Griffith. NJ. W.; ]. A. Branson. re.
corder.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-09-02

Moving pictures OF Harry Thaw's
escape are threatened. Which goes
ito show that life continues to be Just
one burned thing after another.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-09-02
K or p

49, VI
Morning Star lodge No. 3, meets az
rifth and Blondeau, X. Of P. building,
tuesday at 1890, John p. Hornish,
chancellor commander; J. A. Burgese.
<. OF r and s. Visiting knights fra.
ternally invited.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-09-02

Buffalo, N. T., has an ardent auto.
mobilist named Skidmore. He'll get
what Is coming to him one of these
days.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-09-02

Puckechetuck Encampment, No. I,
meets first and third Thursday evea.
ings OF each month. VIM. c. Kun
mer. scribe.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-09-02

puckechetuck Lodge No. 90. meets
every Friday evening at o'clock.
A. B. Hughes, N. G.: George w.
lmmegart. permanent secretary.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-09-02

The correct pronunciation of Huerta
IS "Wherta," but most people In this
country are inclined to call him some
thing good deal worse
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-09-02

Hardin Lodge No. 20. holds its ,csss-
lar monthly meeting the second Mon.
day evening Of each month.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-09-02

After all" remarks the Jackson
vale Courier, the Keokuk dam is
not SO much bigger than Hugh Coop
sr."
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-09-02

NOW II New York could get rid OF
Isaurphy as well as sulzer! What a fine
Guidance that would be!
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-09-02

s. Kin Hubbard notes that some young
couples surprised their friends and
others send out huns.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-09-02

A Frenchman who has spent years
in studying and initiating the birds,
claims that he has discovered the
secret of the birds fight and the re,
suit may be an aeroplane that will
adjust itself automatically to the all
conditions, as birds do. 1t
hoped his claims are well founded. II
SO, aerial navigation is on the eve OF
the greatest advance in Its history.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-09-02
FRE.TERNAL CARDS
MASONIC.

n Meet in X. OF r. building. cor
NY ner OF Fifth and Blondeau.
wv Eagle Lodge No. IL holes It's
regular meeting the 1-s. Monday
evening OF each month.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-09-02
B. p. o. Elks

B. p. o. Elks
Keokuk lodge No. 1os. meets frst
and third Thursday nights 1t Elks'
nan. Sixth and Blondeau streets. Club
rooms open daily. Visiting brethren
cordially invited w. B. Woollsy, +. r..
Leroy J. Wolf. secretary.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-09-02

MODERN wooDMEN OF AMERICA.
GIBBONS HALL
keokuk Camp No. 622. meets every
wednesday evening at 1880 .. m. Our
latch string IL ont to neighbors. John
=, Wustrow. v c.: j. A. Pollard,
clerk
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-09-02

Read The Daily Gate city 1oc
'er week.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-09-02

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY.
IAs scter to live rich than die rich
I'r samue, johnson.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-03-27
Where Even Imagination Fails


In all but the actual death list and possible even IN that
disaster that
that be distributed through
medium
the covered perhaps twrds
But in these floods upwards OF 1000 perhaps lar beyond
figure the property loss
met 1nTaI9a I9 i on and resdiustm that VIII
every industry business family and institution
The only disaster at comparable this
few disasters IN which the later news Is worse than the I D M
bulletins were onn0u fFqgn 4& na 4 5 BEAN fic ip
how lives were lost Tor whole Ia1I whole were E
which check the casualties The best estimates however were more
from September The property
loss was about L. none Of the f % T Of the RepuGc
burning following terrible hoods marks the climax Of the
of disasters that has marked the last two weeks SIeat @
damage running millions life Then the ndos
the nation The details were too fHehtful read calmly
fore the newspaper reading public Iowa losses
0o ban AND as # the Hood were not enough
5sHne as terrible as the anguish that is theirs
they had .-.+...+ -, ,.
D ou " ' TSe Was much wealth there and
homes Its Oa ism b5 o Of anV cities of that size Almost
y has 4 65s6 92 d 5 higher g626 Nov for days
has RACED IN the business 0fn k after dynamite now being
serted to in the last ETERNITY IN th9 eG save b to the peculiar %
81 sue sseR z 5 ms the human senses hat makes it Impossible
baby lives is hGT9E that marks our whole NV. ana @ Dint for new can
burning OF big building N our own LOWE iv f ss5 rs bevond
millions rendered homeless tens OF millions
property hundred miles how slowly
Of consciousness
minds eataclysns
unless
there be actually the catastrophe people go
1ith swift passing time in petty leness jusi
Il nothin happened
of
1OOO0OOOOO
PoTno in the universe than proportion
whole atmosphere III
H3y 5 petty .. i s6 92 a H i8b rule Ws & be
tathoHess
lis deat thaV
faith rnustbe Sieve is The beginning life?