The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-10-05
Prominent Editor and Writer Con
tributes Feature story on Prod.
uct Of state. sometimss
Forgotten.
MANY NAMES IN LISTS
cartoonists and illustrators From
Hawkeye Domain Are Not Hard
to Find When One
Tries.

Frank g. Moorhead. the talented
son Of Mayor Moorhead has contrib
uted feature story to the Register
and Leader on the Iowa artists, whose
work viii be shown at the homecom-
Ing this week OF the Iowa authors,
The catalogue Of Iowa artists con-
tains the names OF many whose works
were to be found in the magazines
and newspapers.
Mr.. Moorhead's story in part Is
here reproduced:
The state which leads the nation In
hogs, oats and corn is going to have
a homecoming Of its writer's and
artists.
The parlors Of the Chamberlain
hotel this week will contain several
scores OF original paintings in oil and
water colors, newspaper sketches,
cartoons and caricatures drawn by
men and women whose names are
notable In the art world. It is fact,
all too long forgotten Or ignored, that
Iowa has produced many OF the best
and most popular artists Of the pres
ent day. Iowa has been so busy talk
ing about corn and oats, hay and
hogs, it has forgotten all about its
crop Of artists and illustrators. The
crop has been notable and well worth
talking about, too.
It might not be amiss In this con-
nection to run over the list OF Iowa
born and Iowa-produced artists whose
work will be found in this collection.
Bartholomew, Charles L. (Bart,
cartoonist; b. Charlton, Ia. Feb. 10,
1869: s. Col. O. A. and Mary (Smith)
B.; B. S., Ia State Coll Ames, 1888;
m. Ella L, Henderson OF Monticello.
Ia, June II, 1890. Reporter, on edi-
torial staff and cartoonist on Mime
apolis papers from 1888; now cartoon
ist Minneapolis Journal.
Sheldon, Charles Mills, artist.
corr; b. at Lawrenceburg, Ind. June
"a, 1855; 8. George and Jeanette
(Mills) s.: pub. sch. edn.; studied In
Paris, under Constant and Lefebure,
at Acad. Julien, 1901; m. Grace Gar
land Fitch of Des Moines, Ia.,. NOV.
2S, 1896. Travelled in southern states,
Illustrating articles for Associated
Press, 1889; illustrator on Pail Mall
Budget, 1925: artist and corr. Black
and White, London. in s. Africa dur
ing time Of Jameson raid, and
through Dongola expdn.. Sudan, 1896;
artist corr Frank Leslie's and Black
and White in Cuba, 1898; artist and
corr. to opening of Assouan Barrage
and Delhi Dunbar, 1908.
wing. Francis Marion, newspaper
artist; b. Elmwood. Ill, July "a, 1873;
s. Clifton Leonard and Eliza Maria
(Tucker) W.; ed. Elmwood High Sch.
and Grinnell Oa) coll; m. Nina J.
Morton Of Elmwood, Oct. II, 1904.
Short terms Of service with Peoria
(Ill) and Kansas City (Mo0 papers;
with Minneapolis Journal doing car
toons and caricatures, 1900"
Another artist whose work Will I'M
doubtedly attract much attention this
week is William Crete, now resi-
dent of New York, but who still
claims Des Moines as the old home
place, having lived here for num-
her Of years. Mr.. Grefe's illustrations
for popular stories In the Saturday
Evening Post. Ladies Home Journal
and other equally high grade periodi-
Gals have made him Justly popular.
Mr.. Crete has an artistic style OF his
own that is popular with editors and
readers alike He Is looked upon as
one OF the most promising men in the
country and will send number OF