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The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1915-12-24

worthy sick people. If he have no
more than a thousand dollars worth
of property and wants work he could
go over on Snake river and rock out
a dollar and half a day in gold. Ten
thousand men work ten thousand
years on Snake river and every high
water will put as much gold back
there as was in the beginning. If he
is too old to work, he is entitled to
board and clothes and good place
to sleep and there is not a scintella
of stigma connected with it; he is a
citizen as much when he is old as
when he was young,
The Hired Man is in close touch
with bright young fellow who is
quite an inventor and who will help
develope your ideas and will show
you how to go ahead. Tens of thous-
ands of patents each year are paid for
that are not worth the ribbon tied TO
them. This young fellows will 60
over your idea, protect you free by a
system he has worked out. and then
point out the good, or bad in what
you are working on.
The Hired Man the other dav heard
some well-to-do men telling how poor
they once were and how hard they
attempted to hide it at the time. There
! is where the Associated Charities have
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1915-12-24

their hard work When people real
ly could be helped little they usually
keep their needs so closely yelled and
work so hard to keep up appearances
that kindly folks do not know how to
do. Later when they strike it rich,
they enjoy telling about their former
need.
There is a little church over across
the Short Line tracks back of the big
Touring mill, called the Nazarcne
church. 1t is one of the noisy kind.
They preach holiness and the possibi-
lity of living absolutely free from
sin, the miraculous healing of the
body a literal hell and a literal hea-
ven, the blessedness of poverty while
here, the Second Blessing, the Bapt-
ism OF the Holy Ghost, the forgiven
ess of sins, and the living daily the
clean white life. They have about SO
members who show much real piety
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1915-12-24

and charity, and though poor in this
worlds goods they are rich in faith.
and are more like the old-time folks
when mother used to roll the kiddies
in "a quilt and stack them away in
the back end of the old log church
while the preacher discoursed long
and loud on the way of life. Little
folk, look out! Do what you say, for
people will watch.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1915-12-24

Senator Kern having declared that
Wilson IS the. greatest President the
country has had since the days of
Jefferson, the Philadelphia press"
sets out to read the senator a lesson
in history. Cannot this matter be
compromised, brethren? Why not
say that Wilson is the greatest can
didate the Democratic party has had
since the days of William J. Bryan,
and let it go at that?
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1915-12-24

senator John Sharp Williams of
'ssissippi says he is in no fear of
Iorce bill from a Republican Con-
eSs. even il cloture rules in the
nate. Mr.. Williams may be right
ms respect-but he should remem-
\ that there is a constitutional al
native which the south NAV not re-
y If the south wishes to curtail
voting strength, it is possible to
mpel the south to take a reduction
hen representation in Congress and
lie electoral college. This would
be force-bill legislation, technic-
W Speaking; but it would be quite
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1915-12-24

The contract for the erection of
abutments for the additional oil
k to be installed by the Continen,
Dill Co, was awarded to Terry &
Gee. Work was started Tuesday.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1915-12-24

A Caldwell mother stood in the
yard one day this week and sent four
or FIVE of her ehilden to the depths.
in language that would have raised
the hair on a galvanized trunk. The
children were only moderately dis
turbed by the swearing of the fond
mother. The neighbors heard the
TRADE and counted the children who
were getting it. According to the
mother these children were about as
low down in the scale of decencv and
morality as is possible for children to
get, Their birth had been a disap-
pointment to the mother. and their
destinies. so she wished, might be
down in the very extreme part. Their
deaths would be welcomed. EXCEPT on
the day of the funeral The Hired
Man knows where this took place,
knows the woman's name and knows
the earnest one who brings in the
story. want this woman to know
that / have way to relieve her of
the awful distress that is weighing so
heavily upon her shoulders. Her
burden must be too much for her to
bear know a lot of hungry child
rem half-nourished and disobedient
untutored and untaught, wayward and
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-07-12

DR.. Weir Mitchell once said: What
we call diseases are only symptoms
of conditions. Allow the mans vital
ity to be reduced tosa certain point.
and he is ripe for any of these weak
nesses, or certain conditions which
we call disease"
Through failure of kidneys to act,
through congestion. inflammation
any PERSONS condition Is ripe for dis
ease to fasten its hold upon the sys'
tenn.
AT DR.. Pierce's Invalids' Hotel and
Surgical Institute, Buffalo, n. Y.
there has been tested for the past few
years a new remedy for kidney. blad'
der, uric acid troubles, rheumatism,
govt, and such ailments as follow,
and so many cases both acute ana
stubborn have yielded to this wonder
full remedy that Doctor Pierce dec1d-
ed to name it "An-Uric," and arrange
for its distribution to the pubic
through medicine dealers everywhere.
If backache. scalding urine or fire.
quent urination bother or distress
you, or Il uric acid in the blood has
caused rheumatism, govt. or sciatica,
II you suspect that you have kidney
OF bladder trouble, write Doctor
piros. At Inszlids' Hotel. Buffalo. n.
v ssnE . sample q urfnA an de-
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-07-12
BIunder by Police

UNITED Press Leased Wire Servicel
DENVER, Colo, July pa re-
quest to make good" the blunder of
Police Commissioner Nisbet for false
ly arresting Fred A. Martin, Of Des
Moines on charge of burglary. was
made today on sthe city commission
ers by his attorney. Young Martins
father, superintendent Of the beef de-
partment of the Des Moines Packing
company, threatens to sue for false
arrest. The innocent youth was kept
in prison sixty-two days, thereby los
ing position and salary. He was Of
fered freedom if he Confessed and
was forced Ito pay thirty-five cents
for decent meals in the jail while, he
alleged, the warden also collected the
per capita allowance for feeding pris-
oners. ~----tr-.-
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-07-12
JUDGE Granny HlIIyer.

United Press Leased Wire Service
DENVER, Colo, July 12.-Judge
Cranky Hillyer to whom Frank P.
Walsh referred as the corrupt court"
was defended by Attorney General
Fred Farrar before the supreme court
here today. A writ of prohibition was
sought by coal strikers attorneys to
prevent Hillyer presiding at future
trials Of miners indicted for murder
in connection with fatal riots during
the recent labor war in Colorado. Far
rar denied the allegation that previous
employment by the coal operators I'M
fitted Hillyer to try former strikers.
While the Lawson case was not d.
rectly concerned. decision today in
favor of the strikers would amount to
granting the famous labor leaders a
new trial.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-07-12
Tired Of Home RuIe.

LONDON, July 1.-THE Isle Of
Man, the little summer resort island,
off the British west coast, wants to
be re-anneXed by England
The Isle Of Man is tired Of home
rule The war has cut off It's reve-
nues. The people who live quietly in
winter and reap a harvest from sum-
mer resort business in summer, are
facing starvation.
A motion will soon be made in the
house Of commons to bring back the
island, temporarily at least. under the
financial protection of Great Britain.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-07-12
cessfuIIy Used by Many Physicians and
Practice.

,s and Surgeons In Thor Hospital
ctice.
scribe symptoms A physician and
chemist will examine it without
charge and you will be under no obli-
CATION whatever. These "An-Uric"
Tablets cannot fail to help you, be-
cause their action flushes the kidneys
of impurities and puts strength into
them, it being 81 times more active
than lithia in dissolvins uric acid.
Obtain a 50-cent box of these tab
lets today from your druggist mere in
Keokuk. Simply TASK for Doctor
Pierce's An-Uric Tablets. There can
be no imitation. Every package Of
An-uric is sure to be Dr.. Pierce's. You
will find the signature on the package
Just as you do on DR.. Pierce's Favor
ite Prescription, the ever-famous
friend to ailing women, and Dr.
Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery,
proven by years to be the greatest sen-
eral tonic and reconstructor for any
one. From personal observation in
large hospital practice, DR.. Pierce
knows these tablets will give yoi
speedy help If you are suffering
from uric acid trouble, and to show
his sincere faith this prescription is
soid under a positive guarantee to
anv person who has taken fun box
and has not bean hsfn"d-
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-07-12
HeadIess Body In River.

limited Press Leased Wire Service ]
DETROIT, Mich. July 12.-Arrest
Of the murderer Of Leroy L. Merritt
30. whose nude and headless body
was found Saturday in the Detroit
river near Crosse Isle, was believed
imminent today. Officials in the sher
ifs office refused to divulge the name
Of the man suspected. Jealousy over
woman's love, they limited, prompted
the crime.
Merritt disappeared from his board
ing house in Wyandotte on January 6.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-07-12
Tho Pace Is Swift.

Fremont Tribune: Things are fairly
crashing in auto circles. Company
after company is hammering down It's
prices, taking out the cost and put
ting in the cylinders. There was new
er anything like it since Elijah went
up on high in his charo tot fire. II
you buy an auto at 10 a. M, it is OBJ
solete and greatly over-prfced at 2:3O
p. m. That's why the auto editor
sticks to his 1910 model The minute
he'd buy he'd be out of date, anyway,
and 1t is Just as well to perish for a
sheep as. lamb. When the craze is
over and the war ended there will be
no more money in the wide world; it
will all have been spent for bayonets,
bullets, balloons and automobiles and
none left for bread and breakfast
food. II certainly is mad old world.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-07-12

cept under very favorable circum.
stances, as they flock together. A
mixed flock Of perhaps 500 tndividu-
ais was found on one pond and watch.
ed for a long time.
al. Lesser scaup. Common.
"12. Ring-necked duck, or black
jack. Quite common this year
"13. Ruddy duck. few individu-
ais found at different times, usually
with scaup This duck carries his
tail much like a wren and cannot be-
mistaken for any other.
"a. White-fronted goose. Three
were found on one occasion
"15. Canada goose. Perhaps the best
proof that the water fowl have not
been generally molested, Is that flock
OF about twenty-five of these wary and
suspicious birds remained in this VIZ
entity for three weeks. On every visit
to certain locality during that time,
I found them at the same place. The
mud was filed with goose tracks and
a patch of an acre or more of that
cornfield was pretty well covered with
tracks and feathers.
Doesn't include All.
This probably does not include all
species of waterfowl found in the
flooded fields and bayous during last
March but represents those was able
to find by hiding along the edge OF
the flooded region in favorable places.
During the spring 1 saw what l never
expected to see again. Cornfields flll-
ed with ducks and geese, ponds dot
ted with them, and. on days when
they were flying, ducks in every dIec-
ton I think it would be safe to say
that. at one time, on approaching a
flooded plowland. many thousands Of
ducks could be seen getting out of
the water and fields visible from the
place where we were standing
IF this IS the result of two years
OF the federal law, let us have more
Of It. AS more funds become avail
able for its enforcement, and people
become better acquainted with it's
provisions, we may once again see
wild fowl in such numbers as former
ly. Every spring for the last eight
years, wherever I have happened to
be a record has been kept OF the
number and the species of birds OBJ
served on my field work and during
that time I have found nothing to
compare with this springs records.
The nearest approach to it was in
1914, the first season OF the operation
of the federal law. The moral seems
to be plain. II anything will ever
save our waterfowl from extermina-
ton, it Is this law, and it is short
sighted sportsman indeed who cannot
see It's value to game protection"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-07-12
MIGRATORY BIRD
LAW HAS HELPED
Iowa Expert Who Has Made Obser.
walton, Believes That This Sta
tute 10 Means Of Saving
Some Species
DUCKS BECOME TAME
Birds Do Not :eem To Be Much
Afraid Observer Finds-PIenty
OF Variety Noted BY
Him
DUCKS BECOME TAME

Prof Ira n. Gabrielson, OF the Mar
! shalltown public schools is an ardent
naturalist. no man in Iowa. perhaps,
| Is better posted on birds OF all kinds,
| including the game species, than is he.
Not only Is he well posted but he Is
keen observer and loves to wander
| afield in all seasons and takes note OF
the wild life.
| During tie spring months he has
been observing the number or wild
ducks and geese that gathered in the
vicinity Of his home city and has fur
nished, the Marshalltown TimesIRe-
publican with the result OF his observa-
tons, in which he declares that al
ready tie enforcement Of the migra-
tory bird law has resulted In greatly
increasing the number OF these game
birds. What is true at Marshalltown
is certainly true in all other sections
Of Iowa, and the true sportsman Will
find much of interest in the report
made by Professor Gabrielson. which
is as follows:
Since the federal law went into ef.
feet ! have been keerly interested to
see what result, If any it would have,
on the number and tameness of the
ducks and geese While there has been
SO1HS SIlOOIlBS IuuI IL iaS bV'h
comparatively little, and by small
number Of men. The ducks are tame,
and usually allow a close approach.
The flooded condition of the river bot
tom this spring made observation OF
them rather difficult, but several
places were finally located where a
person could lie concealed and watch
them at a distance Of from ten to for
ty yards. During these times the fol
lowing fifteen species Of water fowl
have been watched for a longer or
shorter time, as the opportunity Of
fered:
The Species Observed.
"Mallard of green head. This was
by far the most abundant species.
Every small pond and cornfield had its
quota During the high water CT early
March they were here by the thou
sands.
20. Caldwell or gray duck. This spe-
cfes IS often called by sportsmen
female mallard. It has never been
common here. but a considerable
number have been observed this year.
20. Baldpate or wtdgeon. A flock of
four frequented one small pond for
nearly two weeks where / saw them
every time I was in that region.
"a. Greenwinged teal. Very common
and very tame. Allowed me to APP
proach very close to them before fly
ing.
"5. Blue-winged teal. A few wene
present but the bulk Of them do not
arrive until later.
sc. Shoveler or spoonful. Had
about the same status as the blue
winged teal. A little later they will
be more common.
az. Pintail. Abundant all during
March.
"S. Redhead. Three were watched
on the water for over two hours on
one occasion and later flock Of about
thirty were found in the same place.
"9. Canvasback. Old hunters tell
me that they have shot this duck here
before, but met it for the hrst time
this spring, when a flock was found
on large pond.
40. Greater scaup Or bluebill. This
and the next species were very COM
mon. They are hard to distinguish ex-
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-07-12
No Such Thing.

Cherokee Republican,: Civilized
warfare" vengeful love, black white
ness, the sunlight of night, debauched
purity. The thought Is incongruous.
Never will the nations of the earth
reach the sunlight of universal peace
until they quit thinking of war in
such believing terms. War is not
civilized, war Is barbarity. war is
hell" and any attempt to gloss it over
with terms Of peaceful pursuit. only
serves to veil its fury and deceive
mankind as to its awfulness. Let us
quit talking and thinking of "civi'
lied warfare. There is no such
thing. never has been and never in the
history of the world will be-
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-07-12
Shot from Ambush.

limited Press Leased Wire Service.
BROWNSVILLE, Texas. July r.
Deputy Constable Falcon is dead and
Deputy Sheriff Juan Cuellar will die
as the result of Mexican bandits raid
on them at dance three miles from
here late last night. Six Mexicans
shot from ambush three escaped and
three were rounded up.
The killing is the result OF an old
grudge between the officers and the
Mexicans, it is claimed.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-07-12
Proor.ssIves Still interested.

limited Press Leased Wire Service
CHICAGO, July 12.-Enroute to the
Panama-Pacific exposition, Colonel
Roosevelt and Mrs. Roosevelt are due
in Chicago about FIVE o'clock this
afternoon. They will leave at o'clock
for the coast, via st. Paul. Although
the former president announced when
he left New York that he would not
talk or think politics during his trip
progressive leaders this afternoon
planned an informal reception for him
at the station.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-07-12
Is StrikeIess Town,

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.
CHICAGO, July 12.-Chicago was
"strikeless" today for the first time
in many months. Settlement Of the
carpenter-contractor deadlock Satur-
day, today sent nearly all of the 81
900 carpenters Of Chicago back to
work. With the carpenters back, 1t
was confidently expected that the
painters and decorators, fathers and
plasterers would Immediately patch
LID their differences.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-07-12
Denies Clubs Transferred.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Serv1ceJ
NEW YORK, July s12.-President
Barrow of the International league
today denied a story given out in
Pittsburgh that the Buffalo and Jer-
sey City International" clubs were to
be transferred to Scranton and Read
ing. Such a move. he said, had
never been contemplated
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-07-12
Prisoner Attempted Escape.

limited Press Leased Wire Service
SPRINGFIELD, ILL.,, July Thames
Lewis, negro, held for the murder Of
Mrs. Henrietta Schmidt, who was
killed whil.s defending her store from
a negro burglar sawed q hole through
the roof of the county Jail early today
in an attempt to escape. He was
caught and is under heavy guard to-
day,
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-07-12
EsteIIe Threatens Friend.

Estelle's reply was, according to
Johnson, ALEX Johnson don't own no
home Alex Johnson don't own nothin'
but six feet of ground and that's
where I'm gonna put him. I'm coma
cut his heart out. Alex Johnson don't
own nothing but six feetAof ground"
Saturday evening Estelle was ar.
rested by the police at the home OF
his sister-in-,aw in Rag Alley. Estelle
was fightiI-, with her. when the off,
GERS arrived
Johnson this morning filed an infor-
nation against Estelle. charging him
with threatening to kill him and ask
ing that he be put under bond to keep
the peace. But Estelle is in the county
Jail right now. serving. his unexpired
sentence of thirty days.
The authorities are wondering what
they will do with him when the thirty
days have passed
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-07-12
|PLENTY OF GOSSIP
ABOUT RAILROADS
All Moves In Rock Island, keokuk
and Des MoInes Affair Held In
Allegiance by Courts
Order.
BUT TALK rs GOING ON
One Railroad Man Believes IL Road
Were to be Sold, Rock Island
Would be Road TO
Purchase It.
BUT TALK rs GOING ON

While the courts order in the mat
ter of the Keokuk and Des Moines
railroad, puts the entire affair in
allegiance. there is still plenty OF Cos
sip concerning the next move of the
Rock Island, and the stockholders of
the company. There has been consid-
! cradle talk that some other roads
have been looking at this line.
If the court after sufficient length
| OF time finds that the road should be
| sold, the Rock Island will be the p',~-
chaser. according to the view held by
one railroad man. He thinks that
the Rock Island, naturally. Is in the
best position to know about the af-
fairs Of the road For this reason, he
thinks that the Rock Island would be
the purchaser.
| If, too, the court should find that
there had been certain terms of the
lease which had not been strictly al
hered to, the Rock Island, would Of
necessity have to continue the opera
ton Of the road, and to comply with
the lease.
Lease is out Of Date.
| The opinion seems to prevail in n
general way, that the road itself be-
tween here and Des Moines can be
operated at profit The lease under
which it is being operated, however,
Is said to be obsolete in the light of
present day events, and that makers
iof the lease couldn't foresee such
events as interstate commerce com.
missions and Sherman acts.
1t has been pointed out that Will
the Rock Island might not be making
money on this line here, it was get
ting the benefit of carrier which
would feed its main line. Every car
moved over the Keokuk and Des
Moines road. and then sent over the
main line, would mean just that much
more business for the main line.
| There seems, too a pretty general
opinion regarding the allegation that
the Rock Island has not lived up al
together to the terms as regards up
keep and the like. All Of these mat
tiers are for the determination Of thu
court, however and until the court
passes finally upon the reports from
the receivers, there can be nothing
done. It is hardly probable that
whatever turn events take, that Keo-
kuk would be the headquarters f1-
this branch Of the road.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-07-12

NOW IN COUNTY JAIL
But Police Are Wondering What
They Will Do With Him
When His Sentence
Expires.

William Estelle is a colored gentle
man who is presenting some very dark
problems to city authorities, despite
the fact that he is reposing at the
present time behind the bars of the
county Jail. Estelle, like chaff before
the wind, has been blown" to use
the yernacular Of the police, from one
city to another. But Keokuk is his
home and he comes back as surely as
he goes.
June % Estelle was sentenced to
serve thirty days in the county Jail
on a charge of having been drunk and
disorderly. Not long before that he
had served a term of this length and
on being released had been married
by the mayor to Maggie Morris, a
colored woman who served the same
length of time with him in the same
jail.
"Rown" from Two Cities.
After serving six days of his last
sentence, Estelle was released and
his sentence suspended upon condi.
first to Burlington, but the police
back to Fort Madison. A day or two
in Fort Madison and he was again
picked up by the police who "blew"
him back to Keokuk.
Estelle reached here some time
Thursday. On Friday night Estelle
paid visit to the home of a Friend"
Alex Johnson, also colored. Johnson
met him at the door.
Said Johnson, Don't you come in
here. this here is Alex John
sons home" SO Johnson told Judge
Mcnamara in the superior court this
morning.