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The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1914-02-03
RuRLEsoN FAvoRs
GOVERNMENT OWNERSHIP.

WASHINGTON, D. c., Jan. 3D.
Government monopolization of tele-
graph, telephone and wireless commu-
nication "and such other means for
the transmission of intelligence as
may hereafter develop" is recon-
mended in report submitted to the
Senate by Postmaster General Burle-
son.
Immediate Government ownership
OF telephone lines is RECOMMENDED
with system Of license for the other
agencies of communication, establish
ing a Government monopoly even
where there is no actual ownership.
The report is that made to the
Postmaster General by special COM
mittee appointed by him and was
transmitted to the Senate in response
to resolution asking that he make
an investigation of che subject as an
extension of the postal service.
The report points out that the
founders of the nation were alive to
the importance of keeping under the
Government control all means of com
munication and provided in the con-
stitution that Congress shall have
power to establish postoffices and
post roads.
1t was clearly the intention, the re-
port adds, that the Government
should control every means of trans
hitting intelligence. The postal SER
| vice has already adopted practically
every means of transmission except
electricity and yet the United States
| alone, of all nations, the committee
ho Of 10 x.x~,xv -
points out, has left to private enter.
telephone and telegraph facilities.
These facilities are now for the
classes" the report comments, Gun
| der Government ownership they will
| be for the masses"
Government ownership of the te7e-
phone rather than the telegraph
| lines, is recommended for the reason
that telegraph service can be more
readily superimposed on telephone
lines than telephone service on tele
praph lines. 1t is pointed out also
that because of the great cost in
volved, it would be unwise from a
| commercial point of view for the
Government to acquire by purchase
the telegraph lines.
The telegraph business is on the
! wane as compared to the telephone
business, the report says, and in the
decade Of 1900 to 1910, while the
population of the country increased
| about Is per cent. the average daily
telephone connections increased 287
per cent. and the number of telegraph
messages only about Is per cent.
The telegraph companies, the com.
mittee says, have already lost most
of their short distance business owing
to the development of the toll tele
phone service and will probably lose
much Of the long distance business
when the toll rates become adjusted
on a cost basis.
Another objection to acquiring the
! telegraph lines is that even the du
| plicate plans of rival companies
would be inadequate because the lines
have been extended only to profitable
territory.
The cost of acquiring the TELEGRAPH
facilities is estimates. at 1925 900 ,0O(
as against s200,00O,O00 for the Ions
distance and telephone lines. AS there
are some 5000 proprietors Of tele
phone lines, payments would extend
over a period that would allow ample
time to market bonds, the report
adds.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1914-02-03
OUR WEEKLY NOVELETTE,.
The Cause.

She loved him dearly
Brought him all
The pillows that she had;
Yet he could not
Rest easily,
Because he felt so bad.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1914-02-03
DON'T YOU BELIEVE IT

Some say that chronic constipation
cannot be cured. Don't you believe it.
Chamberlain's Tablets have cured
)thers-why not you? Give them a
rial. They cost only quarter. For
sale by all dealers.
(Feb) (adv)
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1914-02-03

Dear" she said, after she had
looked at him in silence for while.
"You don't look comfortable"
''1m not" he admitted wriggling un-
easily in the Morris chair. 81 don't
know why exactly, but I'm not com
Portable. You know how you feel
sometimes without oeing able to ex-
claim why exactly"
"I'll bring you a pillow" she cried
And she brought him a pink and
green one and adjusted it for him.
Nov are you comfortable?" she
asked him. She looked charming in
4 yellow ochre house gown trimmed
with settler sprays.
mo, / am mott" he said apologetie-
ally. Il don't know Why, but am
not"
"I'll bring you another pillow" she
said. And she did, bringing him a
big one covered with those little rugs
hat come in cigarette boxes.
NO." he said musingly, worried
"I'm not comfortable yet"
She brought him rnree more pill
lows without helping matters much
and then with sudden lighting up OF
his dark features he reached beneath
him on the chair and held up bright
shining pointed object
whats this needle doing in the
seat of my chair?" he cried.
"Oh," she cried, perhaps that was
what was troubling you"
And she didn't bring him any more
cushions.
THE ENn
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1914-02-03

John Burroughs writes that the
only real calamity the earth ever en-
dured was the ice-gorge of FOG, 600
years ago, and that life seems to be
only an incident in the universe, not
an end.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1914-02-03
THE BEST COUGH MEDICINE

"Tve used Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy ever since have been keep
ing house." says L. G. Hames, of Mar
bury, Ala. 81 consider it one of the
Jest remedies l have ever used. My
'hildren have all taken it and it
gOrks like a charm. For colds and
whooping cough it is excellent" For
sale by all dealers.
(Feb) adv
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1914-02-03
THE END.

The skeleton of a monstrous ante
aeluvian fish is reported to have been
discovered on the beach near San
Diego, Cali. Those old Coney Island
sea serpent yarns may reach the sun.
ny Southland soon.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1914-02-03

"He backed his auto through my
Dlate-glass window and soaked me be-
cause / wouldn't pay for the Z cut
Tres" com giaIned lglatz Morowilksik
0 the police at Los Angeles, Cal.
The offender got away unidentified.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1914-02-03

West Wood found that he had lost
lis fare on trolley car at TaFrytown,
New Yoriz.s A hen he carried in his
basket laid an egg, and the conduct
or accepted it for the nickel fare.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1914-02-03

There's only one question we would
like to have answered regarding the
unknown philanthropist's offer to
spend $15,000,000 for radium hospit-
ais: whats the catcn?"
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1914-02-03

Throughout the world one-fourth OF
all children die before six years OF
age, one-half before they are sixteen
and only one person in each one hum
dred lives to the age of sixty-fve-
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1914-02-03
adv

The cattle of Brazil, according to
DR.. A. d. Melvin, are not of such good
quality as those of Argentina and
Uruguay, and the stock is largely
mixed with the zebu, or East Indian
aattle. This strain of blood is very
readily seen in mos: of the Brazilian
cattle.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-11-13
The Last Robin.

\ .
Clinton Herald: Somebody has been
singing the praises Of the last robin
to linner with us to the end of the
year. The occasion, or the robin.
seems worth celebrating. autumn Is
a brief period Before we know It the
birds are gone, the flowers frozen, and
even the leaves dry and the trees bar.
rsn. And the funniest thing about It,
Or about US. Il that just as the year
drifts into the frost or winter W be.
gin to realize It's passing charms And
50 we like to discover cherry, brown
winged robin, Just as red breasted as
he was n April strutting acrcss the
lawn or teeterfny on an elm bouxh.
He seems like little postscript Of
summer. We stop and pay some at
tention to him. We listen TO HIS song
and remark that there IL ! robin ana
we turn up our coat colfArs and won
der how soon he win probably desert
US. It Is the way Of humanity 70 prize
most what there is least OF. IN June
or August, Or oven September, there
are robins galore. They nest In our
back yards or MARBLE at our windows,
and No are hardly awares1 their pres
erce. But along IN November robin
II . novelty. and 10 We appreciate
him. The last robin, IKE the frst
robin, gains our sentimenta! approval.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-11-13

years ago when he was down and ont
in the world, and he'd nobody to b.
friend him. Schmidt took him into his
home and cared for him. Later.
when walters became strong again.
and Schmidt needed some money to
pay for property purchased from q
real estate Arm IN Houston. Texas, he
was sent out on the road 10 collect
funds. Walters, who, by his appear.
ance, coul6 gsin the sympathy OF thc
majority q people. collected consider
able money In many towns which he
visited
One hitch In the plan was that Wal,
tsrs was unshle to rsaA, which result
ed IN his dstsotl0n while operating in
Quincy. 6chmidt had worked OF .
very uaique schema Each week he
would maia 70 waltssS = nanbsr of
petitions, asling a1l Tor hs old gen.
tieman IN reaching H. hoine Of his
sister n Memphis. Tenn. Along with
these petitions he would send several
numbered enrelopes, with Instructors
to put 80 much money IN each ono.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-11-13

It is pertinent and truthful to
state that The Gate City u every day
printing more than 5000 copies OF its
daily edition which goes to
people who pay for It b@
cause they want to read 1t. Frac-
ticaIiy all Of this circulation is In ter
ritory tributary to Knokuk which
makes big field OF prospective Gus
toners for those who have something
TO sell. Everyone is in the market 20
buy something. therefore the adver-
tiser is cooperating with the people
when he. in his advertisement, tells
the people what he has TO sell and the
price at which It can be bought. The
Gate City Is the means OF communtCa-
tion between the SELLER and thousands
Of buyers. The Gate City is the news
paper that Is read in the home. The
Gate City is big Institution. It is
growing al the time. 1t is continu-
ally carrying the message OF a larger
Keokuk and enlarging its usefulness.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-11-13
GLIMPSE OF MEN.

Once In a while someone with
knowledge of the situation and an In
sight into the Other fellows" job,
gets proper glimpse of the news
paper man E1bert II. Gary. chairman
of the board Of directors OF the Unit
ed States Steel corporation. is big
man who realizes the value Of proper
relationship between man of his posi-
ton and newspaper representatives
At banquet recently given in his
honor by the Birmingham, Ala. News
paper club, Gary said.
Il have been obliged to come in
contact with the newspaper fratern-
fly for the last fifteen years and
from my experience can say that il
business men treat newspaper men
right, they are always truthful and
faithful Ny experience has been that
If YOU will treat the newspaper man
fairly-will be frank and honest and
give him the truth and the opportun-
ity to publish the truth-he viii do it
honestly. II you are untruthfui and
unfair you may expect to take the
consequences
To which the Cedar Rapids Gazette
adds:
The general public should give some
consideration to this statement. 1t
gives the newspaper man his due. No
other fellow is required to know so
much and get little credit for his
knowledge. No other man can do SO
much harm or So much good. Ac-
curate. fair-minded intelligence al
ways are demanded OF the newspaper
worker. His iabors are constructive.
The popular demand is that they be
so.
no community can attain the great
est success unless it has and supports
good newspapers. Its newspaFer is
its criterion of progress or sluggish
ness. The importance OF the news
Eaper too often is overlooked, as is
the Importance of the newspaper man.
Both deserve fair-nfnded. open treat
ment. the very things which are de-
rnanded OF them and which they give
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-11-13
DESCRIPTION OF LAND SALES

The land sales furnished an inter
esting and picturesque scene. For days
prospective buyers, impatient for the
opening OF the sale. had thronged the
hotels and lodging houses. New ac-
auaintances were made. and hope and
anxiety might have been seen written
on the faces OF many who had
brought all their worldly goods with
which to buy home Dining rooms,
wagons. and bar rooms were made to
do service as bed rooms The SUBJ
urbs were like military camp and
dinners were eaten from tables and
stumps. Stimulated by the buzz and
excitement OF the tlrongs the land Of
fcers were hurryfng to prepare plats,
70 appoint township bidders, and to
receive presumption claims. And who
can doubt that 1t was a great event
for LernueI Green Jackson. when on
November IS, 1893, he was the sue
e,eszfuI bidder for so acres Of land az
s1.2s per acre? Title. property. home
and the future. all were now assured.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-11-13
TALE OF GRATITUDE
HELPED GET COIN
Man AZ Quincy Worked This Story
Until Letter from Confederate
was Opened BY Police.

Quincy journal: Tales OF showins
gratitude to HIS former benefaAtor,
John G. Schmidt, Of Tulsa, okla, who
had cared for him for years, by going
over the country ana circulating false
petitions to collect money, which was
given to Schmidt to pay the debt on
some Texas land, were related % the
police yesterday afternoon by John
Walters, VINO was arrested Monday
afternoon on q vasrancy chaTxs.
The confession was made ~ Wbl-
tiers only after he found that the po-
lice had the goods on him." A letter
WAS received here yesterday from
Schmidt which was opened BY the -.
lice. This letter contained Z large
supply Of petitions, bearing the In.
scription. TO Whom It May Concern, =
and few Hines, telling Walters to
work HARD and accomplish better re-
suits. as he wanted to pay for bis
property IN a short time.
Walters told the police that some
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-11-13
the machine rather than the weari-
ness of the man will hasten the close
of the present war.
SUDDEN DEATHS IN 4 slLo.

A recent fatal accident In Ohio calls
attention to a danger to farmers
which cannot be too widely circulated.
Since 1876, when the first American
silo was built by DR.. Manley Miles,
this method OF preserving forage for
livestock has been generally adopted.
Although the department OF agrfcul
ture has frequently called attention to
the danger of carbon dioxid gas accu-
mulating in silos under certain condi-
tons, no Fatalities have been reported
heretofore. On the morning OF Sep
TENDER 10, four workmen on the farm
OF tine Athens tohio) State hospital,
assembled the ladder on the outside OF
silo to an open door about twelve
feet from the top and Jumped down
one after another onto the silage, the
top of which was about six feet below
the door, About five minutes after,
two other workmen following them
found them unconscious. Although a
large force OF workmen were in1medi-
ateIy summoned and the bodies or
the four men removed at once through
a lower door. the physicians OF the
hospital who were at once on the
ground were unable to resuscftate any
OF the four men. Evidently the car
bon dioxfd gas had accumulated dur
ing the night. filling the silo up to the
Level OF the door and forming layer
OF carbon dioxid gas six feet deep.
Such accidents, says the journal OF
the Americas Medical association,
might easily be repeated on any mod
ern farm. Agriculture journals should
call the attention Of the farmers to
this danger and should urge that silos
be carefully ventilated before being
entered.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-11-13
Tia aProaressivsn Party.

Louisville Courier,Journal: There
was never any real excuse Tor the
existence of the so called protective"
party. Its death from hamilton closed
its career as an inane organization
captained by forIorn candidate-Dy-
nature whose egotism blinded him to
the folly OF attempting to continue In
public life after q definite dismissal
by the party which he had served,
and which has served him.
When there Is crisis there Is al
ways great man to meet it. When
there Is no cause for alarm there Is
always the noisy alarmist 1t was the
peculiarly melancholy fate Of Theo-
dore Roosevelt to p-ecipitate the fall
Of the republican party by wishing
upon It president and titular leader.
in the person of william II. Taft. too
honest to be good politician and too
amiahle TO make determined stand
against the bad men who fancied
themselves the good politicians Of his
party. When Col. Roosevelt returned
from Africa. hoping to relieve his
legatee OF possession OF the white
house, the handwriting upon the wall
spelled the defeat Of tbs republicans.
and the leaders who had been unwise
enough to see In the lion killer a hope
OF victory.
In the mood Of mad bull charging
a red rag, Col. Roosevelt formed and
headed an organization which Gid not
reach the dignity of party OF protest
but was nothing more than a party Of
empty allegations. The picturesque
personality OF the leader. plus the pic
turesque name which reflected the cir
Gus instinct, kept alive upon paper q
party which had fieeting actual
existence and fatuous idea Of its I'm
portance.
There was time when ~the word
OF Caesar might have stood against
the world" That time had passed
when Col Roosevelt set himself up as
the official assailant OF the unrighte-
Gus in behalf Of the righteous. He was
as dead politically as julius WAS physi-
cally when Antony came to speak at
his funeral. Now follows the expected
in the death Of the progressive party,
and the occasion brings no Antony 70
the fore to bury II.
Let us hope that the vigorous and
vivid personality that survives poiitf-
cal death will remain for a long time
with US. Citizen Roosevelt will al
ways be popular, and deservediy so.
Author Roosevelt will remain IN de-
mani at shilling word, and maybe
two sh.bings for explosives. But OF
President Roosevelt 1t may be said.
as the Romans said OF their dead.
"He has lived"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-11-13
keokuk, Iowa November 10, 1914

TODAY.
sure this world Is full of trouble;
amt said it amt.
Lord, I've had enough and double
Reason for complaint
Pain an storm have come to fret me
Skies were often gray:
Thcrns and brambles have beset me
On the road-but, say
Amt It fine today,
What's the use Of always weepin,'
Maxim trouble iastg
What's the use OF always keeptn'
Thinzin' of the paste
Each must have his tribuiation-
Water with his wine.
LfEa-it Amt no celebration.
Trouole-Tve had mine:
But today. amt 1t fine.
It's today that I'm alvin.
Not a month ago.
Havin.' losin,' takin.' giyin.'
AS time Wills ii so.
Yesterday cloud OF sorrow
Fell across my way
It may rain again tomorrow;
It may rain-but. say,
Amt 1t fine 10 live today.
Bindery Talk
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-11-13
How LONG WILL THE WAR LAST.

That Is question that has been
the subject of much speculation. and
the various causes that tend to pro
long or shorten this terrific contest
have been considered from every point
of view. An editorial in the special
war issue or the Scientific American
Of November 7th raises an entirely
new and very practical question by
Discussing the endurance of the ma
chinery used in the war, rather than
/ that OF the men engaged. This article
says in part:
This is very largely machinemade
war. and if would be a curious and
not altogether Illogical announcement
of the great struggle If its end should
be FASTENED through the fatigue OF
the machine rather than the exhaus-
ton of the man.
This war Is being fought with the
gun and the motor-car: and so strenu-
ous and uninterrupted has been the
struggle that these have been put to
test OF endurance the like OF which
! has never been witnessed In the his
tory OF artillery Or the br;efer but
very strenuous history OF the gasoline
car
( The life O. the gun. so far as It's
/ Absolute destruction by bursting is
I concerned, IS practically unlimited;
but not so It's accuracy-lffe Every
time a gun IL fired some OF the inter
/ Tor surface Of It's bore and delicate
rifing IS wiped away. and a certain
/ degree Of It's accuracy is lost This
I is true of the shoulder rife, with its
) bore so small that It would not much
more than sdnit a leadpencH, no less
I than Of thu great fs-inch siege gun of
I the Germans. Fortunately for the tn
fantrvman, The wearing out Of the
bore decreases raptfy with decrease
( IN me gizs OF the bore. Erosion. as II
is called By the ertHlsrymen, T. great
est In the large guns and least In the
go rife The big guns which form
I the main batteries Of our warships
and are enpFacei IN orr ,osst FORT
acatioas can FIRE from $50 70 $50
rounds dependent upon the pressure
, and heat IN the powder chsnber) be.
fore they begin TO lose their accuracy.
The motor car IL highly developed
: machine. which calls for careful up
: keep TO maintain Il IN full efficiency.
In ordinary commercial service the
: motor car and the automobile receive
as a rule. considerable care and
watchfui maintenance. IN ne presen.
: war. however, the treatment Of these
8 vehicles, must, in TIE nature Of things
be absolutely brutal. and the dspre.
/ citation must be very rapid. Where
are the repair shops that can Keep
S pace with this depreciation. and hoF
g shall the necessarily enormous yas.
a age of the war be made good2
81 1t may well be that the fatigue OF
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-11-13

can party concludes the Dubuque
Telegraph-Heraid. after deliberate
review or the results OF the election.
The Telegraph Herald construes the
congressional elections - . demo-
cratic victory.
The election OF Uncle Joe Cannon
is glory enough for ono day.' says
the Iowa City Republican.
The Burlington Hawk.Eye says that
California never has had and never
win have anything to compare with
our Indian summer. There Is moth
ing under the sun to compare with
the perfect days and nights, which the
Indian summer brings to Iowa.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-11-13

In Iowa, hog houses are not merely
hammered together-they are plan
ned and erected, and the most ap-
proved way OF planning and erecting
has just been written into a AZ page
bulletin Issued by the agricultural ex-
pertinent station at Iowa State college.
It deals with the movable type Of hog
house, one type Of which has be
come widely known as the Iowa
Movable House" 1t presents com.
pete plans in detail, with specifca
tions and bills of material, and the
authors. Professors J. M. Evvard and
j. B. Davidson, have left nothing un
done to make 1t complete guide 70,
the farmer. The movable house ha'
been used with much success at tn
experiment station and on many low:
farms. The bulletin is for free dis
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-11-13

When a man teIis you that NJ has
something 10 sell that Is 90 good Il
needs 10 adTsTt!sing-gou may well
view him With sus2fciou The man
who really has "s0-n ching good- Is 70
proud OF # that you cork 10: Keep
him from advertising. Es s7st nztur.
ally wants TO tell everyone aJout It
and his enthusiasm zoas into every
line he writes. And the goods ssIl
because he makes the pu5lSc catch
something Of this enthusiasm. News.
paper advertising IS the great quite,
for the written message that sells The
goods It reaches an audsance that +
always looking for something better
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-11-13

Gamblers in Kansas City hotel
were warned the other day Of the APP
Droach OF the police by the strains OF
Yankee Doodle played on piano
in the hotel parIor
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-11-13

Fern picking has become an impor-
tant Industry in the vicinity OF
Jamaica, Vt. From September TO
October 10 one man bought 1,3s3 900
ferns, for which he paid 1922.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-11-13

The vzIrs Of the crops Of the farm.
erz e the United States for 1914
auzozrted 70 s5.6ss.74z.o00- IN Iowa
.hs c-o1 Eas 1919 cf The normal.
WITCH means that II was 40 above
EcTuzI Tie vaTEe 81 tire corn crop
Tor the -EoIe cc-rtry Eas sf55. Go5, oo9
more thar fo- 1913, The Yield was
759.1eG. go b1steIs larger ttan for q
year ago.