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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-06-01
Worth knev,as,

II package Of value 10 to Be sent
. great distance, Il il IN excellent
idea to provide the bon with . cover
Of unbleached muslin securely sewod
in place. II the shelves and hson Of
closets are wiped with water which n
hot with cayenne pepper, insects Will
be kept away. Borax and alum are
good to put into the crzclEsL
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-06-01
NOTICE.

Evening Star Temple, Pythian Sis
tiers, will meet at K. P. hall for cleo
ton of officers and initiation At 2:30
and T:3o p. m. Tuesday. June 2. All
charter members and those eligible
who desire to enroll on the charter
are requested to be present.
BY request of the committee.
N J. MONTAGUE, C. G.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-06-01

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.1
ST. PAUL, Mimi, June 1.-St.
Paui's new commission charter be-
came effective today at noon with
VIM Powers as mayor. Tho old
aIdermanic system became . thing q
the past at the stroke a Twelve sid
what promises to be A area & bust
ness administration was inaugurated-
Tho city il now under the gos11nmont
OF . mayor and SIX commissioners
directly rssronsible for their depart
0onts.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-06-01
Open for oblecslen.,

open Tor Objections.
At meeting Of the council this
morning the mayor reported that the
petition Of Holbrook Brothers, asking
tina. the city designate their place Of
business as the omcial city morgue.
which had been referred TO the mayor,
was still being held under advise
ment as he wished to give the other
undertaking establishments in the city
. chance to object to The proposition:
A. resolution was passed approving
the contract and bond Of Cameron.
Joyce and company for the construc-
ton Of storm sewer through blocks
207, 176, 1T, i79. $50 and 147. Bids
for the construction Of four foot con.
crete arch culvert ACROSS Seventeenth
street at Rand park, are to be asked
for.
A petition to the council that the
city pave with concrste the alley IN
block 1875, signed by A. T. Linquist
and eight others. was referred to the
city engineer who will prepare esti-
mates Of the cost before any action 10
taken on the matter.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-06-01
Before and After ra,eine

Louisville Courier-Joufnal: Very
frequently the man who marches up
to thu marriage altar with the pride
Of lion plays second fiddle in the
domestic establishment with the
meekness Of a lamb.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-06-01
MsIlen Tor Senator.

New York Hermit: While the bull
moose party Is selecting candidates
for nominations for the United Stat ss
senate how would It do for it to run
Mr. Charles 8. Mellen for senator in
Massacfusetts7
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-06-01
FUNERAL NOTICE.

LUEDTKEIThe funeral Of the
late August F. Luedtke will take place
from the German Evangelical St
Paul,s church. Eleventh and Exchange
Streets Tuesday afternoon at 800
O o'clock.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-06-01
Exclaimed,

Philadelphia North American: We
know now why railroads want In
creased freight rates. 1t costs like
sin to kspe up clamsheIl borders
around way station flower beds.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-06-01

europeans roma OF Oysters.
England eats six hundred tons Of
oysters year, Germany three hun
dred and fifty tons, Holland one hum
dred and sixty tons.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-06-01
Church 10 rtssreysd.

UNITED Press Leaseh wire Serysee. I
WAHGRAvE. ing. t5une 1.-saffrs-
gettes today were. blAnsd for the
burning a. historic ctnnsch here. The
structure. which was baktlin 1888 ~.
alnost toally destroyed. Militant
literature was found SHATTERED about
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-06-01
NOTICE.

Retail Grocers and Consumers
Wholesale Supply Co. will close We'd
nesday afternoons, commencing juno
g, and ending September 80.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-06-01
OBJECTIONS FILED
TO new PAVEMENT
Rovane objects 10 Special Tax for
Street Improvement, Claim
ing Work Not
Complete.
SAYS GRADE IS FAULTY
Claims Brick Rice ana Fall Like the
Waves on . Lake-Founda-
ton In sponsy
Condition.

/ The city council has received the
following objections to the proposed
paving Of Fifth street from Bank tc
Carroll. filed BY John Rovane: Tc
the city commissioners Of che city Of
!. Keokuk: wish to make the follow
! ing objections as to why you should
not levy the special tax for the Inn
provement Of Fifth street from Bank
to Carroll streets until you remedy
the following defects:
First. Is that when q heavily
loaded vehicle passes along over this
newly paved street the bricks rise
and fan like the waves on the lake,
demonstrating the spongy condition Of
the foundation on which the brick are
laid.
Drains Improperly.
Second. Owing to the grade follow
ed by the contractors the surface
water finds fits way to one side OF the
strest only during each rain; the gut
ter ON the north side OF the street Is
completely filed, even extending to
the car tracks, making the crossing Of
tu0 SIIe0I lrOn north TO 6Outn lmp8S-
sable. while tho north side Of the
street shows no sign OF water. To
me this seems to be very serious
error on SOMEBODY'S part and SHOULD be
remedied at once.
Three. When you ordered this
street improved it was to be curbed
on both sides from Bank to Carroll
streets. We dnd that At least one
half block has not been curbed. For
this We claim the Job ID not finished
and until both sides Of the street Is
curbed In accordance with the orig
inal notice, think you have no right 70
levy special tax. In either case It Is
unjust and unfair to make some pay
for curbing and others not. In either
event It proves that the street from
Bank to Carroll II in an uncomplet-
ed condition and therefore not subject
to special tar at this lime.
Respectfully.
JOHN RovANE,
500 Palean
The Clay City times. [volume] (Clay City, Ky.) 1901-current, 1914-09-10
BLACKLEG BREAKS OUT
IN CLARK COUNTY.

Blackleg, II deadly disease among
cattle, has made its appearance in
Clark County, in the Fox neighbor-
hood, and stock raisers in that vi
entity are alarmed for fear of a
spread of the disease. The disease
made ii appearance in a drove Of
forty one head of light cattle belong
ing to Clayton llisle and Tom Chris
topher, who Immediately took pre-
cautionary measures to prevent its
Spread and had DIR. j. o. Piersall,
veterinary surgeon, of Winchester. TO
administer vaccine TO the entire num-
Der. The presence of the disease was
not noticed until Messrs. Ilisle and
Christopher had lost six head. Ac-
cording to DIR. Piersall, the disease
has not appeared in any other Sec
tiOn Of the county and the prompt
treatment may condne it to its pres
ent locality.
The Clay City times. [volume] (Clay City, Ky.) 1901-current, 1914-09-10
CENSUS FIGURES
ON POWELL COUNTY.

The latest bulletin issued by the
State Board of Health shows that in
Powell county the total number of
deaths in 1913 was 80, as against
SO in 1912. of these 80 were from
preventable diseases, and with prop
err care could have been treated in
the earlier stages and thus saved
that many lives. tuberculosis was
responsible for only nine, as against
fifteen for the the previous year, a
wonderful gain. if it is permanent.
Measles claimed five, whooping cough
three and typhoid fever two. There
were five deaths by violence and
three from cancer.
There were 900 births in the county
as against 2O2 for. the previous year,
and the estimated population of the
county is given at 6,212.
OF the 80 deaths occurring in the
county, % were of infants under
one year, IL were children between
tn ages of one and four, and fifteen
were over IS years of age.
The Clay City times. [volume] (Clay City, Ky.) 1901-current, 1914-09-10
TOBACCO CUTTING
ON IN EARNEST

Tobacco cutting will be on in good
earnest this week and the crop is
up to expectations, the early crop is
above the average and the late crop
will be as good if frost holds off
long enough. All corn fields except
the earliest ones look as if they
would make good. Late corn will
be above the average. Water melons
and garden stuff are on the market
in abundance and are selling at rea-
sonable prices, the pastures are
growing very fast and all kinds of
stock will go into winter quarters in
good shape. The farmers of this
county will not have to spend very
much money for feed this year which
means many dollars will be added to
their net earnings. Nearly every
farmers wife has lot of nice fry
ing size chickens and turkeys are
growing very fast. Most of them
will be ready for the Thanksgiving
market.
The Clay City times. [volume] (Clay City, Ky.) 1901-current, 1914-09-10
SPOUT SPRING

A. G. Byrd returned Monday from
a visit to relatives at Cumptou
Vernon Christopher is visiting relo-
tive, near Winchester.
Elder \. Scay, OF Pitt~bug, Pa.
occupied the stand AT tae Baptist
church Sunday morning. The Rev.
Judge d. F. Mann ,os Clay City, at
tended the services and gave a short
talk at the request of the Pastor.
The many friends here Of Mr.. T..
5. Christopher will regret to learn
that black-leg ha, broken ont in his
fine herd of cattle in Clark county.
and that he has lost six of his num-
her from that disease.
G. c. Todd, of near Winchester,
was here Friday to see his sister,
Mrs. Mamie Pryor Mrs. Pryor re-
turned home with her brother and il
now visiting him and other relatives
in Clark county around Ruckerville.
While using a broad-aN one day
last week Logan King split a knee
cap in two, For Il while it was
thought lock jaw was inevitable, but
now the worst seems to have passed,
Morgan Mckinney, of Winchester,
was here a few days this week look
ing after his newly purchased firm.
Mrs. Clell McCrawson, of Olympia,
Bath County, visited her cousin, Mrs,
Ellen Mckinney, near the city last
week.
Mrs. NJ, G. Whiteman and daugh-
ter, Miss Sallie, of Irvine, visited
Mrs. VIM. Manittz, Jr,, and Mrs. w.
+. Barnett last week
JB. Hall, of Lexington, was here
Friday.
q. b. Martin, Of Montgomery
county, was transacting business in
the city Friday.
The Clay City times. [volume] (Clay City, Ky.) 1901-current, 1914-09-10
TO HANDLE TOBACCO
IN THE BEST WAY

The following information on the
handling of the tobacco crop, is of
particular interest at this time of
the year, and should be read careful
ly by every tobacco grower.
The sticks of tobacco should be
hauled to the barn in wagon fitted
with n tobacco frame made so that
each end of the stick will rest on u
runner, and tobacco hang down be-
tween.
Stacking tobacco on a hay frame
or slide bruises the leaves and pre-
vents it curing properly.
Green tobacco should be hung in
the barn with the sticks eight to ten
inches apart, according to the size of
the tobacco.
The center tier of the barn should
be filed before the side tiers are be-
gun. This gives the tobacco in the
center of the barn chance to get
the air that would be cut off if the
side tiers were filed first land re-
member that Burley needs all the
air you can give it,
When the tobacco is curing the
ventilating doors should be left open
during all the warm dry weather pnd
whenever a breeze is stirring.
In rainy weather, or foggy wealth
err, the ventilators should be closed
as tightly as possible.
The Clay City times. [volume] (Clay City, Ky.) 1901-current, 1914-09-10
BODY OF RICHARDS
FOUND IN RIVER

The body Of Walter Richards,
Superintendent Of the Newport, Ky,
Water Co, who was drowned in the
Kentucky River at Lock No. 10 near
Boonesboro, Sunday morning, was
found floating in the river about six
o'clock Tuesday morning. The body
Of Richards was taken in charge by
Kerr & Bean, Of Winchester, and pre-
pared for burial.
Richards body was bruised and
cut in many places, indicating that it
had beY daslId with great force
against the apron Of the dam by the
swift current.
The body was found about a quar-
ter Of a mile from the point where
he was seen to 90 down in the boat
he was rowing, when it was capsized
by the undertow. IL was badly de-
composed, the features DESTROYED and
were almost beyond recognition.
The Clay City times. [volume] (Clay City, Ky.) 1901-current, 1914-09-10
NEW WATER TANK.

The /. X y. has installed new
water tank here that will have
capacity u' about four times that of
the tank that has been in use in the
past. Owing to the number Of trains
passing through Clay city during the
night it was found necessary to keep
q man ON duty pumping both night
and day, to supply the engines with
sufficient water, but the larger tank
viii make it unnecessary for my
pumping to be done at night.
The Clay City times. [volume] (Clay City, Ky.) 1901-current, 1914-09-10
WRECK ON THE Ice

A wreck that occurred on the l..
4 E. last Thursday evening resulted
in eight cars being deraiIed, and
several hundred feet sof rails and
ties being torn up. The train was
a doubleheader aud .all the cars
were heavily loaded with coal, The
cause Of the wreck is not known, but
is supposed TO have been a spread
rail. The engines and several ears
passed over the spot,f md the first
car to leave the track piled crossway
over it. R&g
Wrecking crews we're called out
from jackson and lexington, anc
the track was cleared by the next
morning, without interfering to any
great extent with the traffic over this
line.
The Clay City times. [volume] (Clay City, Ky.) 1901-current, 1914-09-10
MT STERLING PREACHER
SERIOUSLY ILL

Mt. Sterling, Ky, Sept 1O.-Rev.
T. W. Watts, pastor of the Methodist
church in this city, is seriously i'll
at his home here. Dnriag the confer
ence at Wilmore, which closed Sun
day, Rev. Watts partook of some ice
cream, which resulted in ptomaine
poisoning, and for time his con
dition was serious. lie recovered
sufficiently to be brought home and
was ordered to bed by his physician.
He will recover. Rev. Watts is one
of the best known ministers of the
Methodist church and has just been
returned to Mt. Sterling for another
year by the Conference.
The Clay City times. [volume] (Clay City, Ky.) 1901-current, 1914-09-10
WHY NOT MORE Sheep

One word will answer this ques-
ton: Dogs. If it were not for the
worthless ours, all the southern
States would have at least a hundred
sheep wheer one is now found. In
a canvass of the South a year ago
all the replies might be summed up in
these few words, "No sheep, dogs"
And what are the dogs WORTH
The editor Of this paper loves
dogs. His sentiments are those of
Senator Vest, but when you figure
out the value of dogs in any State,
compared to the sheep industry that
would be developed if il were not for
the ours, dogs would be nowhere
and sheep would be on every farm.
The Clay City times. [volume] (Clay City, Ky.) 1901-current, 1914-09-10

The State Board Of Health of Ken
lucky has issued a proclamation
calling attention to the dangers of
Trachoma and forbidding the St
tendance at school of any person
afflicted or suspected to be aflict-
ed with this disease. The proclalna-
ton also states that Trachona is
becoming more prevalent in the coun-
ties of Breathitt, Clay, jackson. Lee,
Leslie, Owsleys Perry and adjacent
sections with nanny cases in Jeffer-
son and Clark, and a scattering in al
most every county in the State, and
that concerted action by the officials
and citizens is necessary to stamp
out this disease.
The disease is frequently spread
by means o. wash-basins, towels,
pencils and cthcd things used in
comTcn by children and by members
If family, and great care is needed
TO stamp it out and lessen the dan
gers. Of infection f.--. -
The Clay City times. [volume] (Clay City, Ky.) 1901-current, 1914-09-10
EST|lL COUNTY MAN HELD UP

Jefferson Upton, a young white
man, living on Miller's Creek in Es-
till county, was assaulted by four
negroes near the c. G. O. depot in
Winchester Monday night, and Sc
verely injured.
Upton came to Winchester Mon
day afternoon with a party of
friends and was going in the direc-
ton of the depot when he was ae-
costed by the negro man who com
'manded him to stop and give up his
money. He resisted the effort to rob
him and the negro struck him on
the head with club, knock
ing him unconscious, and several
other blows inflicted cuts and bruises
on his face. The negro highwayman
made off with his suit case and hat.
The matter was reported to the police
but no arrest has been made.
The Clay City times. [volume] (Clay City, Ky.) 1901-current, 1914-09-10

Road Surveyor Carter Reynolds
has put his section of the road lead
ing from this city to the Walters
Ferry bridge, distance of two miles,
in first-class condition. He used the
cOunty's road machine and succeed
ed in getting the road with splendid
grade. If all roads in the county
were put in as good condition as
Mr.. Reynolds there would be less
complaint of bad roads in this coun-
ty next winter that there has been
for years. A road with good drain
age and the proper grade and width
rarely ever gives much trouble.
The Clay City times. [volume] (Clay City, Ky.) 1901-current, 1914-09-10

The rains just keep ~ comm and
Powell county "nubbiu-" just keep
"a ~trctchin' 50. until it is now believ-
ed we will raise Il bumper crop from
what a few months ago promised to
be an almost total failure. But some
how or other Powell always raises
good crops. The only trouble seems
to be that we don't put enough OF
our land in cultivation 10 liking
Corn"
The Clay City times. [volume] (Clay City, Ky.) 1901-current, 1914-09-10
SIX CONVICTED IN
LETcHER COURT

Whitesburg, Sept. 8 The Letch-
er Circuit Court has closed just one
Of the busiest four weeks term of
court ever held in the county in
which there were six penitentiary
sentences. Judge j. NJ. Robertson
has returned to his home in Pike
vile.
Among the men receiving peniten-
tiary sentences were Lance Hall, who
received a life sentence for his part
in tn battle on school election day at
head of RockhouSe Creek in which
four men were killed--three of the
Halls and Dunk Qcillen; James Tur-
ner, a life sentence, for the murder
Of AMMO May Warner in jenkins;
Oily Almond from three to five years
for stealing several pieces of jewelry
from store in jenkins; Cleveland
Morelock for robbing store at Crafts
vile, from two to fibe years; Johnnie
Candill for one to three years for
horse stealing; Bud Alexander, 10
years for murder.
Before leaving Judge Robertson set
down a special term for November
when the greatly congested civil
docket will be cleared The other
murder cases on the docket will be
disposed Of at the regular term in
January.
The Clay City times. [volume] (Clay City, Ky.) 1901-current, 1914-09-10
HOGS PAY BEST.

There should be, and usually is,
more money made N Yaising hogs on
the farm than other dnimals. Aside
from cholera, hogs are less subject
to disease, reproduce faster and
make better gains per pound of feed
consumed. The annual increase of
horses, cattle and siiet ranges from
30 to 100 per cent. The increase of
hogs should be from 500 to 800
per cent. The sow has the advantage
in bringing forth two litters a year
and farrows several at each litter.
DR.. Warrington in "Chemistry on
the Farm states thag for each 100
pounds Of feed consumed the differ
ent farm animals make gains as fol-
lows: Cattle, nine pounds; sheep,
eleven pounds, and pigs, twenty-three
pounds. Pigs then make nearly two
and half times the gain over cat
tie for the amount of feed consumed.
The man who hauls hogs to the
market instead of corn is the one
who should make money. Because of
the fact that hosS&sk K when prop
erly managed ha, fe $50 profitable
the hog has beel MI the snort
gage litter" Th sspy to the
business is hog 10 doubt
much can be dom Eng chol-
era by the farm pernting in
vent the dissent of cholera.
It is up to the IF themselves
on last analysis, I'd 'n(ne cholera on
the one farm where ut starts, by
strictly following the advice of SAM
tary authorities and all working to-
gether to this end I know Of a
farmer who kept his hogs healthy
for four years. while the neiehbors
all around him were losing their hogs
from cholera. lie did it by an eter-
nal vieilence in keeping infection out,
and this man made a regular chore
of cleaning the hog pens every Sat
urday afternoon.
The Clay City times. [volume] (Clay City, Ky.) 1901-current, 1914-09-10
SELLING STRAW
POOR ECONOMY.

On n trip recently through this
county we noticed on almost every
farm that the straw stacks were bal
ed, ready for shipping, and streams
of farm wagons were hauling baled
straw to the city. The wheat fields
made n bountiful yield this year, but
it hurts to see so much fertility in
the shape of straw leaving the
farms. These same fields are short
in humus, nitrogen and phosphorus,
and commercial fertilizers will be
purchased to raise another crop on
them. We wondered why the farmers
did not feed cattle, using the straw
for bedding, making manure for those
lands, or even put the straw back and
turn il under. The straw brings
good price in the city, because hay
is scarce-abOut SO per ton-but is
not this straw worth that much as
humus if put back in the landf We
think il is, because no commercial
fertilizer will add any hnmus to the
hungry land.
Then next summer, when dry
weather strikes us again, the soil will
be parched and packed and not hold
moisture. II is this way Kentucky
lands are being impoverished each
year instead of growing richer
Kentucky Farming.
The Clay City times. [volume] (Clay City, Ky.) 1901-current, 1914-09-10
POULTRY FEEDING.

Owing to the fact that all feedstuff
for the winter is advancing in price
very rapidly, we would suggest that
poultrymen buy feed, while it is low,
early in the fall and make their own
feed. Six bushels of wheat. two of
corn, one of oats, one-half bushel
of sunhower seed, one bushel OF
.kalfir corn, mixed thoroughly. will
make a fine feed for your chickens
this winter. OF course, other expeu-
sive ingredients can be added, but
this makes a good feed at the price.
The Clay City times. [volume] (Clay City, Ky.) 1901-current, 1914-09-10

james Edward Cautrill, the sew
cntcen-year-old son of Congressman
J. Campbell Cantrill. whom he re
rerrcd to a. the only other member
Of his family when he spoke here
last July. will not follow suit of his
father and become farmer, but in
stead has chosen the profession Of
the law, and will att 'nd the Wash
mgton and ee Univer ty at LcNmg
ton, Va, the coming .hola-tic year.
The Clay City times. [volume] (Clay City, Ky.) 1901-current, 1914-09-10

The Richmond Climax, one of the
Oldest and most influential weekly
papers in the state, changed hands
last week, when Col w. P. Walton,
purchased the interest of his broth
er, Ed. c. Walton, and assumed the
management of the paper.
Col. Walton is well-knOwn In the
newspaper world, having edited the
Climax for some months last year,
and he will make several changes in
the paper, among them being to make
it a semi-weekly, instead of a week
ly, and install typesetting machinery
and other modern improvements.
The Clay City times. [volume] (Clay City, Ky.) 1901-current, 1914-09-10
MARRIED IN THE SOUTH.

Mr. Ben Moore and Miss LuXora
Caldwell were married at Sardis,
Miss, recently. The groom is an old
Clay City boy who went to Sardis
several years ago with his parents,
when mere boy, From the way
Clay City boys are capturing the
southern bellies, we are led to be-
lieve that they are making themselves
very popular in the favored South
land. .tNsm
The Clay City times. [volume] (Clay City, Ky.) 1901-current, 1914-09-10

A. ]. Curtis ran into a nest of
humble bees Thursday while blowing
two miles south of this city. The
bees stung him so severely that he
soon after turned blind and became
deathly sick. Dr. Martin was sum
moned and succeeded in giving re-
lief, but Mr.. Curtis was very sick for
several days following
The Clay City times. [volume] (Clay City, Ky.) 1901-current, 1914-09-10
GOOD PRICE FOR CATTLE.

The record price for export cat
tie was paid at Mt, Sterling thi.
week when TibbS 4 Company, Of
indianapolis, purchased 20 head from
Josh Owings at 80 per hundred. The
cattle are in fine condition ana
weighed 1,5OO pounds average. Mr..
Tibbs also purchased Il nice bunch
o. Dave Fox at $40 per hundred
and number of other nice eat
tie from various parties.