The daily Gate City., 1914-01-05


the men who favored it as some seem
determined to do.
According to Kin Hubbard. Jack
Frost was the originator of the loose
leaf system.
The Marshalltown Times s-Republican
Is hopeful that perhaps Mr.. Rcwley
will conclude newspapering happily
In Keosauqua among his friends and
neighbors is "a better job than spend
ing time convassing the state to a
humiliating defeat at the primaries" !"
The T.-R. is encouraged in this belief
by the fact that good newspaper
sit is not to be despised, "and bird
in the hand at Keosauqua beats a
governorship which doesn't show any
inclination toward salt on its tail"
The Mississippi valley suffrage con-
ference will be held in Des Moines in
April.
"Pd rather be a Could Be.
If | could not be an Are;
For Could Be is May Be,
With chance of touching par.
I'd rather be a Has Been,
Than Might Have Been by far;
For Might Have Been has never
been,
But a Has Been was once an Are
The new postof1ce appropriation
bill just completed by the house com
mittee on postoffices makes all as
sistant postmasters exempt from the
civil service rules. Civil service will be
thing of rags and tatters when the
Democratic spoilsmen are through
with 1t.
Oryille Wright promises an aero
plane as "fool-proof' as the automo.
bile. He is entirely safe In this
There isn't any such thing as ''fool.
proof" automobile.
In framing up new resolutions don't
neglect to mark them Fragile" This
Is precaution that should never be
overlooked.
A Minnesota exchange says: "Art
Snow and wife are the proud parents
of baby boy" In other words,
little snow Is welcome.
The state poultry lecturer In Penn
sylvania declares eggs will reach one
dollar per dozen within two years
Get thee hennery!
Nine. Montesorri admires the Amer
ican mother. She is quoted as saw
ing: No country has the heritage to
leave to its children like the h .ritage
of the American people. America IS
glorious. Glorious because of its
achievements, of course, but more
than that, glorious because of tn.
thought 1t has taken for It's children.
And must bow with humility to the
American mother.
It was John W. of Keosauqua who
put the row" in Rowley.
Iowa will spend several million dol
lars more next year building roads
than ever before IL the showing of in
creased taxes for county and town
ship roads made by reports which
have so far reached the state audi.
tor indicate the true proportionata In
crease Of the whole state in taxes FOR
this purpose Some Of the details of
the increase are thus stated in a par.
agraph In the Des Moin.s Registar
and Leader:
In seven reports received yssterda v
from the auditors of Audubon Harti.
ton, Floyd, Keokuk, Plymouth. shelby
and Sac counties the Increase, of
township and county road fund taxes
total over s18000O. The total inc easo
in the levias Of the seven counties
for bridge building is over s7O.0oO
The two items together show that tba
counties named will be able to spen !
S230,Oo0 more for good roads than
last year. On this basis tie Increased
/ expenditures Of the whole state for
road purposes would total close Z,
two and half million.
4 Editor Rowley.
Burlington Saturday Evening Post:
4 Hon John w. Rowley. editor OF the
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