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Cheyenne record., 1914-03-26

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Conducted. by the National Woman's
Christian Temperance Union)
WHO WAS TO eLAMEY

WHO WAS TO BLAME?
In the little story with the above
title Josiah Aliens wife open name OF
1T wuz the law and Its working pard-
ner, the saloon, that caused young
Tom Nugent. while crazy with drink,
to kill his honored father. Judge Nh.
gent" In an agony Of remorse Tom
drowned himself In the lake near the
home Of his happy boyhood.
In the following excerpt Samantha
and Josiah thus discuss the license
law:
"Could q woman make a more un-
reasonable, inconsistent law than
this? If You pay a dog tax your dog
Is protected by law; II your sheep
gifts killed by wolves or any other
destroyer you have a right to- kill
that destroyer at sight, and the law
pays you for your loss. But duz the
law that protects your dog and your
sheep protect your boy? No! 1t pro.
tects the wolves that destroys the boy,
and worse than that it helps the wolves
to destroy him, makes 1t possible and
profitable, and worse yet, 1t goes into
partnership with the wolves, and takes
part of the blood money. Can the law
that protects sheep and dogs pay the
mother for the loss Of her boy after
1t has destroyed him? You told me
Toms father wuz in favor of license"
YES" sez Josiah. He felt that 1t
wuzIfor the advantage of the city, and
help to bizness, and Deacon Bobbett
and l have felt SO and voted for it.
and most of the smartest of US male
lawmakers have"
Agin l groaned and sithed. and Josiah
didn't like 1t, and seZ: You needn't
groan over that, Samantha. l tell you
you must do the best you can with
what you've got to do with. You can't
stop liquor from bein' sold and you'd
better let 1t be drinked openly pro
tected by law than to sneak 1t into
the back doors and take it on the
sly; folks will have 1t, you can't stop
1t, 1t has always been So"
"The first man born into the world
murdered, and there has always been
murderers, but that don't make it
right to license 1t. Or make 1t lawful
to sell the stuff that made good boy
like Tom Nugent into flend capable
of committing such a crime as this,
and the thousands and thousands Of
crimes equally black and monstrous
that are committed by this cause all
over our broad land every day. You
admit that 1t wuz liquor that did it,
If Tom hadn't gone into that saloon
and drank himself crazy drunk this
turrible thing wouldn't have hap
pened."
Cheyenne record., 1914-03-26
REVENUE VERSUS WELFARE

Amy revenue which Is derived by
any government from sources which
tend to degenerate and degrade any
portion of the people is bad. Every
source of information, medical, socio-
logical and economical, tends to prove
that the consumption of liquor is dan
gerous and that 1t depreciates the
physical vitality of the consumer, his
mental capacity and his economic ef-
ficiency. This being true, it follows
that our governmental revenue from
the liquor traffic should be cut off,
Prof. Franklin Hickborn OF the Uni
versity of California.
Cheyenne record., 1914-03-26
$4,000 Fund For Fair Building.

Denver. = Governor Ammons and
Chamber of Commerce met to discuss
plans for raising $4,000 for state
building at the Panama-Pacific exposi-
ton next year. A plan under consid-
Grafton is to have moving pictures
taken throughout the state to be
shown at the exposition during the
entire time it is open to the public.
A charge of S. per foot for making
and displaying these films during tho
exposition will give $5O.000 revenue
for 10000 feet of film.
Cheyenne record., 1914-03-26
STATECAPITAL
NEWS
Western Newspaper Union News Service.
CLAIMS FOR TROOPS HORSES.
State Auditor Refuses Governors Re-
quest For Settlement Of Bills.

State Auditor Refuses Governor's Re-
quest For Settlement Of Bills.
Denver.-State Auditor Roady Kene-
han refused Governor Ammons' re-
quest that he give certificates Of in
debtedness to claimants for the
amount of s24,555 in claims filed with
the state auditor by the military board
for the purchase of 271 horses.
In letter to the governor kenehan
states that the claims, which were
approved by the military board Jan.
IL, 1914, show instances of horses
charged twice. This, he says, indt-
Gates that the board must have made
a careless examination on the claims.
He cannot. he states, approve these
claims as they stand.
In the letter to the governor Kene-
han recounts his trip to Trinidad to
check up the claims presented for the
horses, and charges that General
Chase and other officers of the militia
prevented him from making a proper
investigation.
The members of the military board
state that Kenehan "is making
mountain cut of mole HILL" and
that the only discrepancies in the
horse claims were due to clerical
errors.
Cheyenne record., 1914-03-26
To Extend state Letter Day.

Denver-Through the joint efforts
of Mrs. Mary c. C. Bradford, state su-
perintendent of public instruction.
Celia O. Peterson, president of the
Colorado Teachers Association and
William Fl. Smiley, superintendent OF
the Denver public schools, Colorado
Letter Day, which was initiated two
years ago by the Chamber of Com
merce, will this year be extended
throughout the public schools in the
state. A circular letter to the county
superintendents Of schools and the
members of the Colorado Teachers
Association have been sent out an
nouncing May 1 as Colorado Letter
Day and requesting that all schools
have speakers address the students on
Colorado. The subject Of all speeches
this year will be, "The Builders OF
Colorado" AS in the two preceding
years, the students in the fifth to
eighth grades will be asked to write
letters to friends or relatives outside
the state, containing the information
given to them by the speakers. Each
locality will offer prizes for the best
letters written on, the subject. The
Denver Chamber of Commerce will
award the prizes for the best letters
written by the Denver school child
rem.
Cheyenne record., 1914-03-26
ABSTINENCE IN BRITISH ARMY.

The latest reports Of the Royal
Army Temperance association give a
membership of .3s4-4O,2O9 in India
and 26,175 at home and in the colon.
les. Colonel Seely, the British secre-
tary of war, says: THE health of the
army has so improved, mainly owing
to the spread Of temperance, that they
have been able, without extra cost. to
add. 5000 soldiers to the available
forces of the country"
Cheyenne record., 1914-03-26
Mine Tax to Be Tested.

Denver. - The constitutionaiity of
the mine tax law passed by the Leg
islature in 1913 in all probability will
be tested by the Colorado chapter of
the American Mining Congress. The
question of testing the law by carry
ing it, if necessary, to the United
States Supreme Court, was discussed
at a monday luncheon of the Colorado
chapter.
Cheyenne record., 1914-03-26
Secretary Lane Outlines Program.

Denver.-Goyernor Ammons has re-
ceived from Secretary of the Interior
Franklin X. Lane the following tele-
gram: Tentative program for the
big irrigation conference in Denver.
April 9, outlined, includes considera-
tion of Carey act projects, irrigation
districts, administration and opera
tion of desert land act, cooperation
between nation and state in the settle
ment Of irrigated lands problems,
crops. markets and finance, and ways
and means of financing future work.
Chief question is, What can the federal
government do and what should it do
in the further promotion Of irrigation
n the West?"
Cheyenne record., 1914-03-26
AMERICAN BANKER HAS SOMETHING TO LEARN
Farmer and Consumer
BY MATTHEW 8. DuneEon.

stcopyfish. 1914. Western kswspaper Union,
Cheyenne record., 1914-03-26
I. 8. waIbridae Appointed.

Denver.-Governor Ammons has re-
appointed L. y. Walpridge of Meeker
to succeed himself as member of the
State Highway Commission. His term
lasts five years.
Cheyenne record., 1914-03-26
Women Make Good.

Women sailors are employed In Dem
mark, Norway and Finland, and they
are often found to be most excellent
mariners.
Cheyenne record., 1914-03-26
Fined $3.50 for Killing
err


Denver.-Roy Littrf , deputy game
warden of Weston ported to Game
Commissioner Shi" that he had ar
rested three men Jr killing two deer
about one year old. The men were
fined $3.50 and costs and sentenced to
thirty days in jail at Trinidad.
Danskeren. [volume] (Neenah, Wis.) 1892-1920, 1914-03-11

for enioloige,; men M fit bun Ell au0en Sonte, ct an.
bet 9e8reb OH, at Der madife a~Iliseoel bar noget Der
8eroer. ion oct bar bGrO at itanoie oeO % fgite fin
0pnlarfiombeo be0.
De fer oIleionmei to. ION ON Oe baoOe meget
at 0gre, o8 ionl bet bar b9rot at i9tte noget inc paa,@
bernqrfeoe bun, ioet bun henote iig mart til Den enc,
mart til ben onoen SIDE for rietig at betraete Menne-
%ifeifaren.
9aarfeligt nof ouffeoe M oct Spergsmool trent
JON bun bab6e 6oft iao meget 9eioGr for at forioge
ira line 1anfer ben fore9ooenoe g}at, og bun fpurgte
fig ieIp, ON ale oisie MenneIfer 6oboe beiooret bette
Sper9snlaal tilfreositiIlenoe.
8Iosio fom til at iiooe i%aaIeoes, at BUN flmoe ie
Solererl. Sun lgn9tes eftcr noget, os bum Oioite life,
bba6 bun ifllGoe foloe oct, rtoget, iom fun0e brin9e
5reo 6enoes forpnte, uroIige Sierte. 01arion oe
@lrie boo6e0e at bere ct goot, u0oanneuoe, a%anori9t
8ore0ro9, 0aorion ibGrneoe for oct uooonnenoe, og
@lre bar tilfreos meo oct %aonOrise. Og en- 01on6
ioni Qnitor @goIeiton fur0e NOT tiIfreosfHlle oisfe
8orbentnin9er, men funoe ban ogiaa biGlpe 6Iosip?
Danskeren. [volume] (Neenah, Wis.) 1892-1920, 1914-03-11
V.
ltro.

3Iosip off ben til 9inblet 90 iao no ben nisrfc
Not, meoens Smertet o. llroen benoes Sierte too
til meo bpert Wiinut.
.Spis Der Dog blot bar nogeu, io1 lea fllfoe iper-
ge, nogeti, ionr fnnoe eibe MIC ct. 9looo, iuffroe
bun peo ig ieIp. Seq bill life firine gaa Seig neo
oenne noeenoe llro, bpoo er Dog @rlinoen oertil2
Wanife iea bIioer ipe oa ffal oe, iea ipnes, ig bar oct
iaaban, al iee er iIt life ififfet til at %, ia er
bonae. Mon Mutb Grifine er bonge for at oe2 Seq
fimoe babe 2pIt til at ipsrge beloe oeronI, mon bun
nogcn Sinoe beoer2 Menneifer, Io1 er bange ior
at %, beoer aItib, maoIfe bun beoer aften- Seq
ipnes, jeg biz eerne beoe, bpis iea blot pioite, bporle'
oes. Spis 9lItb fnrIer neo. bill ieg fnrle peo Sioci
al benoe og beoe ianinen mco benoe."
Soaoanne 9onfer LOB ieenncm 5Iosips SIerne
meoens bun fto6 peo Binoiet meo anigtet presiet op
mob Muocn. Waeu giitb boo life. Sun off onlfrin1
meo en- i~eIptilfreos Wine, fon ON bun bapoe 5reo
meo belle 8eroen, % ba bun bar iaroig meo fine man
se 9orbereoeIier til Notten, Iaeoe bun tit 'Sopeo poo
Nuoen noen at tGnfc paa at beoe.
.Sporfor qoor on BOG life Sene2" ipitrate sfltth
~pIuoieIia meb ct ~npsacrriat gIif ben paa ben lile
1Ioslp, bpis anfigt bun lite finoe ie, 90 bpis 0p'
Danskeren. [volume] (Neenah, Wis.) 1892-1920, 1914-03-11

0Soll ier life no, iaaleoes ionl ies bopoe i~oreitiI.
let mig BAN, boiifeoe @urie til @orion oe traf bertOe
rleo BET Iannle 9@rmet.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-10-15
RURAL DELIVERY ~ BID.

The announcement that Postmaster
General Burleson favors change In
the rural delivery system whereby
carriers will have to bid for the work
and obtain It by bidding lower than
any one else. is causing great appre-
hension among rural carriers all over
the country. This is the old star
route system revived. Under 1t, the
bidder would no doubt be allowed to
take on as many contracts as he could
handle, and every rural carrier would
become the employee Of the contractor.
instead Of Uncle Sam as he is now.
In time. the contractor could become
a big corporation which would fix the
compensation OF the men who do the
work at $500 to $500 a year, instead
Of $1,000 to 81 200 which the govern
ment now pays them direct, and the
contractor would get rich on the
work of the carriers. The contractor
would come to own the horses. wagons
or automobiles and the carrier would
become a mere driver.
Postmaster General Burleson is
also doing his best to transfer the
parcel post into a freight post. Mail
order houses under such rule would
soon be delivering bundle OF shingles
by mail The weight of the parcel
has already been raised to so nonnhs
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-10-15

iowa bee keepers are to have a
short course all their own in connec-
ton with their third annual state
convention, which will be held at
Iowa State college, November II, 1s
and 10. There will be daily demon
STATIONS OF various phases Of bee
culture under the direction Of Prof c.
q. Bartholomew Of the college, practi-
cal talks by prominent aptarists and
lectures by well known scientists. A
moving picture OF the honey bee at
work and a show OF live products will
Glso be new features OF the conven.
ton. The officers OF the association
are: President. Frank G. Pellet Of
Atlantic: secretary, 8. w. Snyder OF
Center Point: and treasurer, c. H.
True OF Edgewood.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-10-15
COURT RANKS HIGH.

Iowa has just cause to be proud OF
her supreme court. according to sta
tistics compiled by the West Publish
ing company's docket. a law maya
zine. Of all the forty-eight supreme
ccurts in the nation. there are only
six of which the opinions are cited
oftener than those of the Iowa court.
The docket examined the last five
volumes OF decisions by the supreme
courts of eighteen states and found
that the opinions OF the Iowa supreme
court had been cited with approval
1,243 times or 60 times in each state
and little less than IA times In each
volume. OF the forty-eight supreme
courts in the nation the Iowa court
was among the nine most cited and
only six were cited oftener. It ap-
pears also that in the last fifteen
years Iowa supreme court opinions
have been quoted from more often
than those of any western state.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-10-15


luxury. And luxury breeks inertia
And luxury breeds inertia. When in
ertia sets in, destruction follows, be
the victim an individual or nation.
There is nothing that gets into
ones blood so quickly as luxury. There
Is MOI element so deadly tor ones use
fulness. Luxury is the chiiG OF. wealth
and 1t Is the, curse Of thesAge 1t ds
probably the greatest problem that
the American people have to solve.
America needs a revival of piety.
1t needs a revival OF that element
that caused our fathers to hold daily
worship in the home; the element
that would not tolerate thessdesecra-
tion of the; Sabbath day. roasisF n
America g4s-ypleasure drufrkS The
American people have ceased worship
ping the God of our fathers and be-
gun the worship Of bigness. Quick,
easy, big money has befogged the
minds OF the people. We need a re.
yival Of piety.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-10-15
Government Aviation Meeting.

SAN DIEGO. Calf. Oct. 15.-An
aviation meeting, promoted and man
aged by army officers representing the
United States government, opened
here today. Competition is restricted
to American manufacturers Of heavier
than-air machines. Prizes aggregat-
ing $4,000 will be awarded. 81
One Of the conditions imposed on
the entrans is that their, machine
may be purchased by the government
IL its officers decide they want 1t. The
prizes will be distributed on that
basis, the winner Of the hrst award to
be purchased for $4,000. the second
for $4,000 and the third for $4,000 ,
The meeting il being conducted soles
ly for the purpose Of increasing the
efficiency OF the aerial corps attached
to the United States army. Govern
ment officials hope by the meet to
stimulate activity among American
manufacturers Of aeroplanes. ..
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-10-15
DO IT Nowl

Prosperity! Here is an utterance
Of a great American captain Of In
dustry that deserves undivided at
tention. James j. Hill. head OF the
Great Northern railroad, says: 1f
the United States, as nation, takes
advantage of the present opportuni-
ties, if the men In public life, in the
majority, prove capable of taking
statesmanlike measures, there is no
reason why, in time, we can not be
three times .as prosperous as We have
ever been before"
The railways and the Industrial
corporations in this country are obey
ing the law. II they inherited sins
of. omission or commission these
should be forgiven. Warfare on bust.
ness should cease as long as business
is properly conducted. The oppor
tunity, to. increase our prosperity
three fold, which Mr.. Hill points out
should be taken at this time when
the world is turning to the United
States for the necessities Of life. says
Leslie's.
The need of the hour is indus
trial peace. Public men are begin
ming to realize this as never before
The destructive demagogue Is losing
his hold. 1t remains for the thought
full business men and workingmen OF
the country to seal his fate for the
next generation. Do it now.-Les
lies.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-10-15
End Of purkey win Case.

- - - - WIZ SOS~s
at. PAUL, Mimi, Oet.Sl5zAWith
-the,recent death Of MRS. Blaft-
sell OF Champaign. H., the ronce ma
tionally famous Durkey lost will case
has suffered relapse, from which 1t
may never be revived, according to
prominent attorneys here today. Mrs.
Blaidsell was a direct descendant Of
Colonel Durkey. For years her hus-
band, an 4 attorney, haunted official
circles s in 6Washingtpn. spnftio me- BE,
came physically and mentally, weak
ened by the strain and died. Funds
ran low, although the goal. had 1t ever
been achieved, would have meant
more than s25,oO0,00O for the heirs,
of whom Mrs Blaidsell was the prin-
cipal. The heirs sold shares In the
case. there being not one state in the
union In which some shares we're not
sold, J.YJ. Hill Of st. Paul is tnne Of
those directly interested, SINCE the
case was founded upon the allegations
involving the Northern Pacific, South
ern Pacific and the Union Pacific
railroads During the legal wrangle,
lasting in all thirty-fve years, the
Durkey will was found providing for
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-10-15
JUDGES OUT OF POLITICS

Under the new law. candidates for
judge cannot be nominated by any
political party. The office OF Judge Is
taken out OF politics and all candi-
dates for judge must be nominated
on non-parttsan judicial ticket. The
voters. therefore. must, after voting
their party ticket. look for the nom
partisan judicial ticket, which will be
found on the same printed ballot. to
the right hand, in column seven. and
vote for the proper number of candi-
dates for judge on the said non par
tisan judicial ticket, which will be
found in column seven on all printed
ballots furnished to the voters by the
election officers
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-10-15
Mrs. Blaidsell. According to the heirs.
the government ttill has this $26,oOO,,
600 awaiting thu arrival OF its legal
owner.
INJURED WoRKMEN
B. SHOULD STAY HOME
Walker Given ssys Too Many DON'T
undsrstand Law and Trip TO
Capital 10 Useless.

Injured workmen need not come to
Des Moines in order to secure their
rights under the terms Of the work
mems compensation act, according TO
statement made by Welker Given.
secretary Of the industrial commits
sion. who is seeking to prevent men
from making useless trips to the cap
itol During the. past few weeks 2
number OF men have spent their last
cent to reach the ONCE OF the COM
mission, with the expectation that
they would be handed . pot OF gold.
r. B. spence, employed by the chn-
ton Bridge & Iron company IN the
construction of q bridge in northern
Iowa. arrived in, Des Moines recently.
incapacitated by broken arm. and
having used all his money In getting
there. He told the commission that
the insurance company would not
settle with him for his injury. Inves-
tigation brought out the fact that
Spence, like many others, did not unt
PGerstand the terms Of the law which
ARE that the injured workman SHAH
receive no compensation for the first
fourteen days after the accident and
that insurance companies are Forbid
den to approach or to attempt to
settle with injured men until twelve
days after the mishap. Spence had
waited week for the insurance man
to come around. When the adjuster
did not show up he got frighteaed
and hustled to the ONCE of the CONS
mission. The insurance company will
begin paying Spence benefits as soon
as he ia entitled to them under the
law, the commission says.
what we want the workingmen to
know is that their rights are we'll
guarded" said Mr.. Given. ut Is not
necessary for them to make tripsto
Des Monies. The expense OF the trip
falls heavily on them especially when
they are laid up and crippled imam
cially as well as physically. IS.
The result has been that the In
jured men often times use their last
cent to get to Des Moines and imme-
diately after arriving have to apply
to the charitable societies for assist
ance. Now II these men will just
stay at home they will be given the
full benefits of the compensation act.
but they must wait until after the
period expires as fixed In the law.
The twelve days period was fixed in
order that an agent shall not get to
a man who has been hurt and settle
with him before the full extent of the
injury is known. It Is protective
measure" w.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-10-15
Samples Free by Mail

Aggregation Of mothers has found no soap
20 well suited for cleansing and purifying
the skim and hair Of infants and children a.
Cuticurs Soap. Its absolute purity and ro-
frshing fragrance sicne arc enough to REQ
onmend II above ordinary Edn sosps. but
there arc added to these qualities delicate
yet effective anollient properties, derived
from CuticurA Ointment. which render Il
most valuable In overcoming a tendency to
distressing erupdons and promoting skin
and hair health. Cuticlra Soap and ONT
mmt sold everywhere. Liberal sample OF
each mailed FREQ. with a2-p. book. Address
postcard "Cuttcr1. Dept. T. Boston:
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-10-15
WHAT WE NEED

Great wealth has never made any
people honorable or able to stand the
inroads Of time Great wealth will
never make the American people a
lasting race. Read the history OF the
great nations Of the earth who have
arisen to a dizzy pinnacle and fallen
to the lowest depths. You will find
that the cause Of the fall came about
through the enervating influence of
great wealth. Great wealth breeds
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-10-15

There Is something more than q
jolly In the assertion that postoffice
employees like to read postcards. Post
master Fay OF San Francisco an
nounces that hereafter five dement's
will be imposed where it is shown
that distributor is wasting time
looking at the pictures or reading the
correspondence on postcards" A
bunch of dement's foreshadows a
bounce
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-10-15

A glass skyscraper. reared as a me-
mortal to the late Colonel Gwynne, is
one of the novel enterprises Just COM
pleted in Cincinnati. 1t is said to be
the only structure Of the kind In the
world, being five-sixths glass and one
sixth metal and concrete. The glass
is translucent, not transparent, and
business may be carried on inside
without attracting the gaze OF prying
eyes on the outside.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-10-15

The fashion oracle of the cornbelt
rules that a red necktie is perfectly
proper. even nifty, in October. as long
. as the temperature doesn't go below
40 degrees. Again the country is
saved and the dove Of peace blinks
ecntentedly on IT'S perch.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-10-15

There Is some substance in the
claim that New York City Is expert
encing a religious uplift. A contribu-
ton OF 5000 has Just been made to
the conscience fund OF the city, the
first in two years. New York does
not look for an epidemic OF regenera.
ton and viii raise the necessary reve.
nue. In the usual way.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-10-15

Congressman Bartholdt Of st. Louis
supplements the south's "buy q bale"
movement with war cry: Buy q
barrel of beer" The latter plan he
considers more patriotic because beer
brings more war taxes than cotton,
and is more effective In smothering
the ribald notes OF How Dry | An"