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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-02-16
LET CONSCIENCE WORK!

Take up daily paper, any of them.
The chances are that If you scan it
closely you will see recorded an auto
mobile accident.
Three times out of four 1t Is at
tributable to the fact that the wreck
ed car or cars were travelling too fast
for control at the crucial moment,
due to the Unsuitable mania OF the
average autoist for speed
Every community has passed laws
seeking to regulate the pace for auto
mobiles. Our roadways TEEN WITH
notices of fixed gaits and warnings of
penalties for exceeding the limit.
But it Is absolutely impossible to SO
police the thousands OF miles Of high
way that even small. per cent of the
violations of the speed ordinances
can be detected.
There's but one remedy. That's
for every man and woman who drives
an auto to make a solemn mental
pledge to observe to the letter the
speed restrictions, and not alone that,
but to follow the ordinary rules of
caution in passing another vehicle.
It's matter for the individual action
Of every automobile driver, a matter
Of conscience alone.
VIII you pass upon it for yourself?
Reflect and determine to the satisfac-
ton of your own conscience If you
are always safe and sane in your
driving. If you are not, be 1t once in
SO often, you are criminally negligent.
A serious accident may never hap
pen to you. but if you are careless it
s likely to happen at any moment
Then it's too late.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-02-16
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Mfr. and Mrs. Wilder visited their
daughter, Mrs. Nathan Lewis of Dan
Vile last Thursday.
The East Side Ten will entertain at
the home of Lester Houston, Friday
evening, February 20.
Miss Alice Valley who has been
staying with Mr.. and Mrs. Backing
ton will go to Danville today to spend
the summer with Mrs. Dee Lewis.
Word has been received here that
Mrs. Wilder Brockway Is in very poor
health
Born to Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Hem,
son, February IL, 1915. The little
enc has been named Morval Fred
erick.
Miss Bessie Bennett went to Keo-
kuk Friday evening to be with her
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-02-16

In every county where there is L
county agricultural agent, the agricul-
tural extension department of Iowa
State college will hold community
demonstrations in orchard and poultry
management during the next few
weeks. The specialists will be in
c,ch county three days and will hold
10 meetings each day. They will gG
10 the orchards and into the pou
trv yards on well located farms ami
tnere present in a practical way tie
best methods of management The
orchard demonstrations by r. s. H,r.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-02-16

According to reports received from
Honolulu the year 1914 was the rain
fest since 1891, when the records be-
gan. The total rainfall was 1886
inches. The monthly record shows
that it was the unusual midsummer
rains which brought up the total last
year. In August came rainfall that
averaged more than an inch day,
which was exceptional Until last
year the months of little rain we're
between January and September: but
the rainfall averaged 15.47e per month
for the whole of last year.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-02-16
STAND BY The FLAG

To seek to add to the embarrass
ment of the national administration
| in its handling of the delicate interna
tional situation growing out of the
European war is neither good politics
nor good patriotism, says the National
! Republican.
The course of the government IN
this matter is not a proper subjecr
for party controversy 1t cannot prop
erly be made subject of partisan dis
cussion The government at Washing
ton. whenever it confronts a great
emergency involving the happin ess
and safety of every citizen of the re-
public, is everybody's government,
and its cause is the cause of every
patriotic citizen, who. at such time,
will echo the words of Decatur: my
country, may she be ever in the right,
but my country, right or wrong"
Some of the criticism of the neu-
trality policy of the administration
the only policy any president in the
whole history of th., nation would
have followed-approaches closely the
border line Of treason.
Recent declarations by the British
and German governments involving
our rights as neutral power. have
shown how nearly false step might
bring us to the brink OF war. Those
who denounce the administration for
not going to war with England be-
cause Of her embargo upon our ship
ping. or with Germany because Of her
implied threat to torpedo our boats
in European waters, are inspired II
is safe to say, by motives other than
fhn Yv,s<
States of America. The existence Of
ted States. to involve us in this war,
maintained by the AustroGerman
entente, is manifest. and the Amerl-
can people should visit their condenl-
nation. and if necessary lay the stern
hand Of national authority upon those
who, through the violation of neutral
ity, would pour out the blood AMI
treasure of the American people OIL
account of a senseless. brutal foreign
struggle for land and loot. struggle
in which all the great nations involv-
ed are about equally to blame.
The question is one. merely. Of for
getting every other flag and Of stand
ing by our own. Those unwilling To
do this should clear the country, and
show their loyalty to some other gov
eminent by fighting it's battles with
their faces to the foe. rather than by
asking millions Of real Americans to
do this fighting for them In a cause
which does not interest Or concern
us. The time has about come for
mass meetings, in every city, town
and hamlet. Of un-hyphenated Ameri-
cans, to denounce and deplore the
propag anda of European milftarism
and navalism. whether inspired from
British or German sources The
world shou1d be made to understand
that at this moment the great mass
OF the American people stand by one
flag, and one flag only. against every
foe. domestic and foreign. and that
however much they may differ as 70
policies which concern them alone,
the are a unit behind their own gov
eminent whenever it speaks to the
rest Of the world in moment of
doubt and danger.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-02-16
Boys Take Naval Test.

WASHINGTON, Feb. ia. score
OF Washington boys, ambitious to be
naval officers, lined up in front OF
Franklin school here today for the
mental examination to determine
whether they are fit candidates for
appointment from the district to the
naval academy. Two appointments
will be made from the group which
passes, by President Wilson, upon the
recommendation of the district com.
missioners
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-02-16

Some one in Burlington is being re-
quested to present pool table to the
city finamen. The Gazette says that
the life. of the firemen is monotonous
and that a pool table would relieve
the daily grind. The men who weary
of the constant vigil would find some
relaxation anG entertainment playing
pool. We do not know that the local
firamen have a place for pool table
but they probably would be able to
find a place if some citizen wanted to
make them a present Of one.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-02-16
CALOMEL SALIvATES

Calomel makes you sick and you
lose days work. Calome1 Is a nasty.
dangerous chemical. To liven your
sluggish liver and bowels when con-
stipated, headachy, bilious, just &c. a
1O-cent box OF harmless Cascarets.
They work while you sleep, don't
grippe, sicken Or saliyate.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-02-16

situation. Thus, among the curious
i effects of the war has been temper
airy news Isolation of the west, souta
and north from the east
| Then there are the extra editions
They involve heavy expense, not only
In composition and paper, but in act
ual handling. There are extra trips
to be made by wagons and bundle
carriers, while the cost of expressing
and mailing of bundles to suburbs anu
nearby cities has to be met. But, says
! the layman, you are selling more
newspapers and SO making plenty OF
money. Unfortunately for the news
paper publisher, this is not true, par
ticularly for the newspapers sold at
one cent. Tho proceeds from the sale
of copies of the>newspaper never meet
the cost of the paper upon which they
are printed unless the issue is held
down to twelve pages, SO that In
creased circulation, unless accompan-
led by increased advertising is a loss.
In fact, the average publisher regards
large circulation as undesirable In
itself, but as means to an end. He
wants a large output so that he may
influence the advertiser to pay him
for announcing his goods, for, as few
1aymen canxseem to understand, it Is
the advertising which supports our
journals and gives them their profit
War Forces Many Publications to
Suspend.
But, the reader may ask. II you OBJ
tain an increase in advertising with
an increase in circulation, does not
war largely add to news 2per's ad-
vertising revenues? To this the an.
swer Is that war checks advertising
fully as effectively, If not perhaps
more quickly, than financial panic,
and this applies to magazines as well
as to dailies. This is particularly true
of the present struggle T. P.'s Week
ly, the well known London publication.
declared soon after the outbreak OF the
war that If hostilities lasted a year
handful only OF the strongest Eng
lish dailies would escape bankruptc7.
A superficial perusal Of the London
Times and the Manchester Guardian is
sufficient to convince anybody that
this is not wild prophecy. The ces-
sation Of certain lines Of advertising
is complete; the loss as compared
with conditions year ago Is stag
gering.
1t is reliably reported in newspaper
circles that the London Times adver-
Using revenue from America alone
dropped $4,000 In single month";
some of the weaker British
publications have begun to go down.
One important church publication, la
boriously built up, has had to curtail
its appearance, and a reform organ,
just reaching the point where 1t could
show a satisfactory balance sheet. has
been wiped ont When one picks up
a London evening newspaper like the
Westminster Gazette and sees the al
most total dearth OF advertising. It is
easy to foresee plenty Of journalistic
wrecks along the Strand unless there
are sufficient rich men found to foot
the deficits for personal or political
reasons.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-02-16
keokuk, Iowa .....Feeruary IS, 1915

o, cAPTAiNI MY CAPTAIN!
o Captain! My Captain! Our fearful
trip is done.
The ship has weathered every rock,
the prize we sought is won;
The. port is near, the bells hear, the
people sall exuiting,
While follow eyes the steady keel, the
vessel grim and daring;
But o Heart! Heart! Heart!
o the bleeding drops Of red,
Where on the deck my Captain lies,
Fallen cold and dead.
o Captain! My Captain! Rise up and
hear the bells;
Rise up-for the flag is fung-for you
the bugle trills,
For you bouquets and ribboned weaths
for you the shores a-crowdfng,
For you they call, the swaying mass,
their eager faces turning;
Here, Captain! Dear Father,
This arm beneath your head!
1t Is some dream that On the deck
You've fallen cold and dead.
My Captain does not answer, his lips
are pale and still,
My father does not feel my arm, he
has no pulse nor will;
The ship is anchored safe and sound,
its voyage closed and done,
From fearful trip the victor ship
comes in with object won;
Exult. O shores. and ring, o bells,
But |, with mournful tread,
Walk the deck my Captain lies,
Fallen cold and dead
Walt Whitman on Lincoln.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-02-16
The explanation Is "pork."

democratic senator from Arkansas,
who led the democratic revolt, was
very frank in explaining what he
wanted most. I'VE see the passage
of the great supply bills jeopardized.' :
he declared I'VE see the river and
harbor bill again put into situation
where even fair attacks may jeop.
ardize its passage. The people OF
the section from which / come are
vitality interested in that measure. y
The wonder is, perhaps, that with the
pork bill held back these democratic
senators did not explode before.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-02-16

The recent farmers institute at
Donnellson was one of great value
and the interest manifest by the
farmers of Lee county indicates they
are not only enjoying but deriving
benefit from these annual gatherings.
The scientific value of farming is be-
coming more and more a beneficlar
study.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-02-16

sister. Mrs. Latterly who is in the
hospital there, and her sister, Mrs
Legar.
Mrs. Belle Blake OF New London is
visiting at the Hotel Brockway.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clifford Tompkins
came Friday to visit relatives and
friends.
The Missionary society met with
Mrs Wilson last Wednesday after
noon.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-02-16

rick will deal with spraying, pruning
and cultivation. The poultry work by
III. A. Rittenbender will deal with
methods for eliminating the insect
pests and the diseases that cause more
loss in the poultry industry in Iowa
than any other causes. In all nearly
a hundred meetings will be held and
a good many thousands of farmers will
be reached
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-02-16
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George Bruins and Henry G'ronewald
were in Bowen Friday.
Mr. Atkinson moved into the Brown
property on Main street.
Mrs. lizzie Steffen of Davenport,
Iowa, is visiting friends and relatives
Mrs. J. v. Manussier who was spend
ing the winter with her daughter in
Oklahoma, came home to attend the
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-02-16

The administration has appointed
another confidential agent" to look
after things in Mexico. The honor
falls upon Duval West, an attorney of
San Antonio, Texas. What is the
matter with the loquacfous John Lind?
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-02-16

The city treasurer will be pinched
when the saloon license is cut off, but
perhaps other economies will Offset
the loss Perhaps.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-02-16

Illicit sales of vodka, are reported
in Russia. The blind pig has every
country for its own. There are strong
indications that the blind pig will re-
turn to Iowa within a few months.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-02-16

sects in the summer season. 1t is far
better to preserve these birds than to
attempt at great expense to rejuve-
nate our bird life by the Introduction
OF strangers.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-02-16
THOUGHT FoR TopAY.

Search mems governing principles,
and consider the wise, what they shun
and what they cleave to.-Marcus
Aurelius.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-02-16

writer in the Chicago Tribune
predicts the European war win end
not later than next October. Anyone
lis entitled to a guess.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-02-16

After Jan. 1st there are indications
of prolonged drouth in Iowa.
The copper era and Morenci leader., 1915-01-01

A bulletin was posted in the local post office on Wednesday of this week announcing that the Postmaster General will be open for bids on a contract to carry the mail between Morenci and Clifton. The term of the contract covers a period of three years and half. The evening mail arriving in Clifton about 3:3O p. m. must be delivered in Morenci within au hour and a half after it's arrival, while the outgoing mail will leave Morenci at 2:30 in the afternoon of each day. The new arrangement will no doubt be a good one, since it will again give us our incoming mail promptly the day it arrives. All bids on the contract must be in by January IA, 1915, and it is expected that the new service will start on February 1st.
 h spite of the absolute secrecy kept concerning the wedding of Miss Josephine Young, of Dayton, Ohio, and w. w. McMillen, of this place, a fast travelling letter was received by a friend on Wednesday morning announcing that the affair had hap pened on last Saturday evening, Dec. 26th, at 7:3O, at the home of the III Lay IOu, OA1O- 1hO AhlOA nation created much interest among their many friends and preparations were immediately under way to give the newly-weds a real" reception when word was received from Cliff ton that MT. and Mrs. McMillen had arrived that afternoon. Quite num- Der of friends did greet them when they finally reached Morenci and congratulations were extended on all sides. The bride is a former resi- dent of this place, having been em- plcyed about eight months with the P. D. M. Co. during her visit here, and accompanied by her cousin, re- turned to their homes last June. MT. McMillen is well known in his prominent position with the D. c. Co. in the smelter assay office and has lived in Morenci over three years. Their many friends as well as the Era extend the happy couple the heartiest of congratulations and best wishes.
The copper era and Morenci leader., 1915-01-01

trict Forester, is the usual method of expressing the appreciation of the Forest Service for the cooperation rendered The members of fishing, camping or hunting parties in the Blue Range are each year co-operat- ing to a greater extent in fire pro- lection while the stockmen in that vicinity have rendered invaluable service.
 Thus the annual report for the calendar year, ending December 31 for the Apache National Forest, in- dicates that there were a total of 6S forest fires reported, which caus- ed an estimated damage of $641. 72. Of these 6S fires, 49 originated from lightning, g from campers, from brush burning, were of incendiary origin and were of unknown origin
 The value of the cooperation re- ceived amounted to s36. 15 and the cost to the Government in fighting these fires was $353. 26.
 Next year, and for every year thereafter, the object is to gradually reduce the numbers of fires caused by human agencies and to reduce those which are unavoidable (such as lightning fires) to the smallest possi- ble acreage.
 The day may soon come when the fire patrolman on the Blue Range and within the rough and mountainous areas adjacent to the Blue and F'ris- co Rivers will accomplish his patrol by means of an aeroplane.
The copper era and Morenci leader., 1915-01-01
FOREST FIRES ON THE APACHE
 NATIONAL FOREST IN 1914

A subject, of particular interest to
 the people of Clifton and Greenlee County is contained in the annual fire report of the Forest Supervisor of the Apache National Forest to the District Forester.
 The influence of this Forest with respect to the irrigated valleys of the Frisco and Blue Rivers, is so
 well known as to require little com iment The effects of fires on the
 Forest however, is a point which is
 at times overlooked. Each year the Forest Service is strengthening it's fire protection system by the construc- tion of telephone lines, lookout tow CTS. fire tool boxes and trails. No
 doubt the people who are using the Blue Range as a recreation ground each year in increasing numbers, have noticed the gradual develop ment of the fire protection scheme. Some of them probably do not realize that in broad sense, these efforts to protect the Forest from fire on
 the slopes of the Blue Range have a decidedly beneficial effect upon the
 industries in Greenlee County and
 the Gila Valley and that the protec- tion which is accorded goes far be- yond the mere local effects of fire
 
 sulting loss of valuable timber and
 the destruction of forage.
 When the dangerous fire season is over, generally about October 1, the
 Forest Supervisor is required to
 make a careful study of the condi-
 tions during the past season in order
 to prepare for the next fire season.
 The annual report forwarded to the
 District Forester is more than a mere
 compilation of statistics. It is nec-
 ecssary to learn and report the
 causes of each fire, whether it origin
 ated from lightning and burned prac-
 tically no timber or forage, or
 whether it originated from a careless
 camper and burned over 500 or more acres. It may not be generally reali- zed that a Forest Ranger reports every uneXtinguished camp fire he happens to come across. All the fires for the season are thus reported and when the annual report is ready for submission each fire so reported has been classed and tabulated, with statement of the damage done if any, the value of the forest cover or for age destroyed and the cost to the Forest Service of extinguishing the fire and the value, in dollars and cents, of the cooperation which was received from campers, stockmen, farmers or other local residents.
 This latter point is one which is highly appreciated by the Forest Ser vice and by all Forest officers. Dur ing the past year, many of the fire reports received from Forest Rangers, contain the information that the fire was reported to them and was extin- guished by a cetrain camper or stockman. In such cases the value of the cooperation rendered by the stockman who eXtinguished the fire is recognized and recorded. A letter of thanks from the Forest Supervisor, or in exceptional cases, from the Dis
The copper era and Morenci leader., 1915-01-01
ADVERTISEMENT FOR MAIL A SERVICE.
State of Arizona, Post Office Depart
 ment.

Washington, D. C., Dec. 23, 1914 Sealed proposals will be received at the office of the Fourth Assistant Postmaster General until January 19, 1915 for carrying the United States Mails for the term from February 1, 1915 to June 30, 1918, on the follow ing described route-including the depositing and collecting of mail along the route-by the schedule stated, or such other schedule of like running time as the Postmaster Gen eral may prescribe:
 From Morenci to Clifton, $50 miles and back, times a week, con- tractor to be required to transport, first, second and third class mail only. Leave Morenci daily at 200 D. m. Arrive at Clifton by 3:30 D. m.
 Leave Clifton daily on receipt of mail from train due about 3:30 D. ml Arrive at Morenci in 1 1-2 hours
 Bond required with bid, $12000O.
 A. s. BURLESON,
 Postmaster General