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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-10-28


Resolution No 1890
meeting this council the
18th day Of september duly
held on the 18th day September
this council without petition that the following
Fifteenth line Of Sixteenth
improved in the specified the said
necessity passed by paving the same with concrete ABOUT Soo
Be It Further the City Clerk be- and he is hereby
law the Improvement be constructed
this council the 9th day Of September
1915 the x De o or sh or . M
certificates bearing interest
ST.. nad nronv ahutting an and ,dtacent to said i'm.
according privately
the street whether
such privately property
shall privately owned property one
improved be assessed said certificates be
completed
cepted by deficiency
Fund available for the fiscal year beginning
Resolved That PROPOSAL. received for the o.
the said Improvement Will pc ''e upon 0s '0 '0'ne' on e l 'A
All bid. must be accompanied in envelope
check payable
the bidder will enter into contract for
doing Hundred FIJI
the carrying out of the terms
and his bondsmen keep said
good repair period OF two years from and after the
the following vote:
Aye-Moorhead Collins, Schmidt
w.
Mayor of the o
Attest: w
There being adjourned
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Attest: w. sANDBERG,
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all
October 1915
No.
the CITY Council the OF
and hereby
ordered
General 40 80
2505 street
Warrant No 25ss Sewer
vyo-ron No PARK
Roll
Aye-M Schmidt.
W. MOORHEAD,
sANDBERG City Clerk
ResoIut No
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S. w. MooRHEAD, Mayor.

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Fortyfour Klbounes
waiver authorizing
Addition the City of keoknk the
with the sanitary
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Official Council Proceedings

4, m.
Council
mead presiding
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Be 1t Resolved o the Of
That the following approved
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SC 'ntinued on page 81
Arizona republican., 1915-01-23
ENGLAND'S GALL
 ID EVERY HOME
Circular Letter Sent into Every Household in Great Britain Voices Nation n's Need of Youth and En- ergy for Present War

A copy of the following circular letter, which has been sent to every householder in Great Britain, was received recently by a resident of Phoenix, who already had a brother at the front before this call was issued. A single line of notation on the back from the relative who sent the letter brought the information that sergeant had come for younger brother, aged IS, and that he had already left to join the troops The letter. which is signed py Premier Asquith, Andrew Bonar Law, the home secretary, and Ar thur Henderson, was accompanied by a form to be filled out by all who were willing to enlist for the war PARLIAMENTARY RECRUITING
 COMMITTEE
 12 Downing Street London. s. w.
 December, 1914. Dear Sir and Madam:
 We desire to draw your attention to the enclosed form, in which you ;lre asked to state the names of those of your household who are willing to enlist for the War. By filling in and posting the House holders Return without delay, you will render material assistance to the War Office. The names return ed will be entered in a Register, and the Recruiting Officer will arrange to attest those registered as their services are required
 There has been generous re- sponse to the appeal for men for the new Armies. but the number of recruits, though large, does not near ly meet the Nations need. In or der to maintain and reinforce our troops abroad and to complete the new Armies which we hope with in a few months to throw into the field, we need all the best the Ma tion can give us of it's youth and strength
 If we are to repair as far as may be humanely possible the innumerable wrongs inflicted on our Allies, if we are to avoid for ourselves the ills which they have suffered, if we are to maintain for our children all that Nt Iplu utdl-ilOllbI, lIttuOiI our very life as a Nation-we must fight with the courage and endur- ance which won for us the struggles of the past.
 Every man. therefore who is eli sible will ask his own conscience whether. in this emergency, it is not his duty to hold himself ready to enlist in the forces of the Crown The difficulties and dangers which confront us have never been so great we await the issue with con- fidence. relying on the spirit and self sacrifice of our fellow country men to prevail
 We are, your Obedient servants,
 w. W. AsQuith.
 A. Bonar Law,
 Arthur Henderson,
 Presidents.
Arizona republican., 1915-01-23
NOTIONS

DRAINING COTTON. CLARK'S O. \. T. IN FAST BLACK. TAN AND WHITE, SPOOL ......1c ULSTER COTTON, CLARK'S o. N. T. FAST COLORED ULSTER COT TON ALL COLORS. PER SPOOL 4c TOILET SOAP. COLGATE'S AS SORTED DOORS, PURE TOILET SOAPS. 10c CAKES. EACH. ...7c TALCUM POWDERS. COLGATES BEST. FULL 25c SIZE CAN. ALL DOORS, EACH ...... ...15c HANDKERCHIEFS. 100 DOZEN. 10. F 1-2 AND l5c LADIES' HANDKER- CHIEFS, EXTRA, EACH ...jC BRASS PINS. MADE IN AMERICA. FULL COUNT AND SIZE. 5c PAP FRS, EACH ..... ........2 1-2c SAFETY PINS. LARGE SWAZILAND MEDIUM SIZES. NON RUST SAFETY PINS, PAPER ...21-2c YARNS. ODD LOT OF SAXONY, GERMANTOWN AND SHETLAND FLOSS, PER SKEIN .........5c 25c BUTTONS. FANCY BUTTONS FOR TRIMMINGS ALL COLORS, ALL SIZES. PER CARD ..1Oc FINE PEARLS. CHOICEST OF SALT WATER PEARL BUTTONS. } AND HOLE; VALUES TO 20c. CARD 1Of CLEAR PEARLS. BUTTONS OF ALL SIZES. CLEAR FRESH WATER PEARLS, , AND 4HOLE: REGULAR rA TOOTH BRUSHES. SOLID BACKS, PURE WHITE BRISTLES. BONE HANDLES, ASSORTED SIZES. REG ULAR 25c QUALITY. EACH ..15c HAIR BRUSHES HEAVY BACKS. STIFF BRISTLES. BOTH WHITE AND GREY. EACH ... ....12c COLLAR SUPPORTS, THE HANDY GLADSTONE FLARE IN BLACK AND WHITE, EACH .......1Oc DENTAL CREAM. COLGATE'S PURE DENTIFRrCE IN TUBES, 25c VALUES. EACH . .19c 75c CORsETs. IN COUTILLE. BA- TISTE AND NET SIZES UP TO 2s. EACH ......... ....... 59c s125 BRASSIERRES. BACK AND FRONT FASTENING. SIZES UP TO AS YOUR CHOICE, EACH 75c STAMPED NIGHT GOWNS, MADE OF FINE SHEER NAINSOOK. ALL SIZES REGULAR 90c VALUES. EACH ......... ......... 5Oc PILLOW COVERS. HAND TIED AND KNOTTED FRINGE MADE ON HEAVY ART LINEN. HAND EN- BROIDERED. ASSORTED PAT TERMS. EACH .... S9c 20 PER CENT DISCOUNT ON ALL STAMPED LINENS, INCLUDING TOWELS, DOILIES, SCARFS AND CENTER PIECES.
Arizona republican., 1915-01-23

lem for the solution of which he
 said there had been a good deal ot
 oronine and concernins which there
 had been general mlsunderstaholhs.
 He remembered that two years ago a local newspaper man was advocat-
 ing the taxation of mines under the
 Australian system, whatever that
 was, and at the same time the Aus
 tralian parliament was considering
 the propriety of subsidizing the mines of that colony, so great had the de- pression of the mining industry be- come. The rest of the address of MT. Clark consisted of reading rom authorities on the subject or mlhe taxation, all of whom agreed that the only reliable method was that of
Arizona republican., 1915-01-23


 the gross to arrive at the net. The old law had left some confusion in this respect. It had specified certain items of cost that might be deduct ed and when the mining companies had presented other items, the attor- ney general rued that since they had not been included in the list they should be excluded.
 Since they had all entered into the cost of production MT. DoweiI said they should be deducted, for net production as what remains after all the cost of production has been de- ducted.
 The matter of development, he said lad been a bone of contention. The tax commission had arbitrarily de- cided under the old law how much should be allowed for development work. No regard had been taken of the effect that such work had had upon production. It was legitimate cost, the speaker said. for it con tributed to the production at a low CT cost and that was to the advan- tage of the state. Mining companies, he said, do not do development work for the purpose of reducing the net productions; when development work is decided upon, he said, the mining companies are not thinking of taxes. They could moreover have nothing to gain by engaging in useless develop ment work or work that would not later contribute to a lower cost of production, the thing that mining companies are always aiming at.
 Mr Goodwin asked if the work that companies did on property un- der bond was charged to production. MT. Dowell replied that it was not; that the cost of such work was charged only to production from the property on which the work was done
 Mir. Webb asked if taxes and lia- bility insurance were charged against production. MT. Dowel replied that they should be but taxes had not been allowed under the old law. As to liability insurance he said that only the smaller companies were en- gagged III IL ana tiit fdttS Hdu ptcolht so high that even they were aban- doning it.
 Mr. Webb asked what charge should be made for transportation in cases where a mine owned a rail road MT. Dowell replied that only actual cost and not fanciful charges should be allowed. Chairman Ora ham suggested that that was a mat. ter which might fall within the pro vince of the corporation commission
 The next speaker was w. l.. Clark general manager of the United Yer de. who confined himself to the gen eral subject of mine taxation, a prob
Arizona republican., 1915-01-23

gineers, who returned from an in spection trip to the big tappoon day before yesterday.
 Men are busy now on the replacing of steel with bronZeeaced gates ln the slucing tunnels under the dam. Other gangs are working on other features of this work.
 But the biggest undertaking is the preparation of the cement bed for the sixth unit in the dams power plant. Five generators are now in- stalled and in almost daily operation. The sixth. and the last il; that in- stallation. will be put in as soon as all the parts and accessories are re- ceived here. The new generator will furnish about 5000 horsepower,
Arizona republican., 1915-01-23

assessing them upon their earnings.
 The hearing was concluded with an address by Captain Hudson, superin- tandent of the Copper Queen, who addressed himself generally to sys- tems of taxation showing the failure of the Michigan system under which it bad been sought to tax mines on their full cash value which no man had ever been able to ascertain.
 He brought in the case of the Re public, an iron mine, which for years had been taxed on valuation of s1 100. 900 and was sold for $600000
 After answering questions offered hy various members of the two committees another adjournment was taken.
Arizona republican., 1915-01-23

day, warfare is threatened: on
 Thursday. an abundance of both sheep and corn: on Friday. a man of
 note vii be murdered, and on Sa
 turday. there will be a pestilenCe for some other great disaster.
 Truly. thunder is an ii-omen visi-
 tor at fhe best, If the full moon should rise red, expect wind. The sharper the blast, the sooner i'tis past. light. yellow sky at sunset fore tells windstorm. Three foggy mornings in success ISion mean rain. sky full of stars predicts rain.
Arizona republican., 1915-01-23

4 gang of men is working on the Roosevelt highway, and, in spite Of the fact that less taan a mile of re surfacing has been done, tne road is already beginning to be. in excellent shape Thirty men will be at work on the road within short time. ac- cording to Project Manager (. H. Fitch
Arizona republican., 1915-01-23
THINGS LOOKING UP AT DAM: ROAD EXCELLENT
Dam Filling, Men Busy on SIuicina TunneIs-Gangs Working on
 Road-Everything is Fine

The Roosevelt road in the best condition it has been for years, men working at and near tie dam, huge supply of water in the reservoir all these things formed an impress sive sight for the reclamation en-
Arizona republican., 1915-01-23
OLD SAYINGS ABOUT THE
 WEATHER

If it thunders on Sunday the death of great man will follow; on Mon day, the death of woman is DOT tended. on Tuesday in early summer an abundance of grain; on Wednes-
Arizona republican., 1915-01-23
MINING MEN HAVE

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Democratic messenger., 1915-10-16
Deposit & Savings Bank
SNOW Hill Md

i Fl aates ator H.t 0
Mr. h0rtt
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-11-17
HE'D BE UNWELCOAIED, ALL
RIGHT.

Prest Wilson's unwillingness to
take sOtion along the line Of propos-
ing peace which would be unwelcome
to any of the belligerents is sensible.
This is probably so. and it means
no present hope OF peace.
Great Britain is not investing.
daily. nearly S3O.OOO,O00 in drawn
battle that would leave German in
fuence extending down through Aus
tria, the Balkans and Turkey. and al
ways threatening British interests in
the Mediterranean. India, Egypt and
Africa Great Britain is investing her
all in conhning Germany TO Germany.
IL IS a labor that she has long deem
ed necessary and any proposition that
she leave the task unfinished. would
surely be unwelcome.
France is fighting for her exist
ence. Peace now would be suicidal
10 her. she cannot reasonably hope
TO ever again have as allies Great
Britain, Russia and Italy.
Russia, it is announced on reliable
authority, is beginning to nationally
organize, industrially and economic
ally for the long war. If this is so.
if the Russian peoples are organiz-
ing as the Germans and French long
ago organized, peace proposals would
not only be unwelcomed but they
would be scorned unless based on
terms Of great gains for Russia.
There IS still another important
party to whom peace propositions
would be unwelcome-Japan. A beau
t.ful licking is due japan at the
hands OF Germany, as Germany sees
it. Japan is making money by fur
nishing war munitions By so much as
the great powers OF Europe cripple
each other, by that much does ia
pans national strength rise.
In this horrible war, the time for
peace proposals will come only when
the cause Of one side or the other is
hopeless. Such is not the present
status.
Pres't Wilson's original offer Of his
good offices as mediator still stands
This is as far as he can got. All the
wise men who ever lived. combined,
couldn't at this time concoct terms
OF peace that would be welcome to
any considerable number Of the bel
ligerents.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-11-17
RAILROAD MORTGAGES.

In reorganizing the bankrupt St.
Louis and San Francisco railroad. the
bonded indebtedness is TO be greatly
decreased and the capital stock in
creased. The need of such a change
is seen in the fact that in the reck-
less years when this line was used
primarily for the financial operations,
it accumulated a bonded debt of
about $4,000 a mile, with a capital
ization Of only $4,000 a mile. The
road was undoubtedly worth more
than $4,000 a mile, but the fact OF
it's financial collapse would in itself
be proof enough that there was no
property basis justifying the enor-
nous sums borrowed on it.
II man owns a house and lot with
a stated valuation of $4,000, he finds
considerable difficulty in mortgaging
it for $4,000. Yet in the halcyon
days Of railroad fnanciering such a
fact seems to have been taken as a
matter Of course. 1t was similar OPP
erations that broke the back of the
New Haven.
The extent TO which the stockhold-
ers Of such railroads have been "bled''
even aside from the question OF
their money being wasted in unwise
investments and unskillful operation
lis seen in the fact that in twelve
years the San Francisco railroad paid
more than S3O,OOO,OOO in bankers
charges connected with bond and note
transactions. No wonder it was call
ed a bankers railroad"
Today the principle is accepted that
railroads are built and run for trans
portation purposes rather than bank
ing purposes. And in proportion as
that principle is lived up to, the rail-
roads are making money.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-11-17
TIE GOLD FAMILIES"

The New York World rises 10 pro-
test against the prevalent 'lamenta-
ton over the extinction of the old
American families"
The old families. the World main
tains, have always had a tendency to
die out There has never been a
country nor an age in which the eel
ebrated families have not been disap>
pearing. In England, where the
aristocracy is supposed to be as an
cient and durable as any in the world,
great numbers of once famous fam
lilies have become utterly extinct.
Those which persist have kept their
lines unbroken only by continual
marriages with more plebeian stock
There is nowhere an aristocracy that
has kept it's blue blood pure" for
centuries.
In America, as in Europe, great
men have left few lineal descendants
In Revolutionary days, the Tories.
who we're the aristOcrats of that time,
were prievIag over the threatened ex-
tinCtiol of thcir class. The Revolu-
tiolar families now regarded as old
were mostly new then. Now they, too,
are at the vanishing point. There are
few cases where the great Revolu-
tionary names survive through an un-
broken line Of descent. And even in
those cases, the strain Of blue blood"
is so modified by the admixture Of
vulgar red blood that little remains
but the name and tradition.
Old families are always disappear
ing, and new families Of vigor and
worth are always arising to become
"old" IN their turn and disappear.
giving place 10 other aristOcrats ac-
cording to the shifting but systematic
work Of nature.
We have no fear that there will not
always be plenty Of "fne old Ameri-
can families" They will continue to
come and so, some Of them lasting
longer than others. but all finally Civ
ing place 10 fine new American fami-
lies Whatever may be said o. par
ticular families, the parent stock is
not exhausted, nor is it ever likely TO
be
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-11-17
AND SHE ONCE MITTENED Us.

We knew it would come. because
she's a woman. Now that we've pro-
posed, heen accepted, bought orchids
daily and are going to be married
next month, Miss Canada is trying to
firt with us, sorry that she gave US
tn frozen mitten that time we Gale,
on her full OF reciprocity.
She is going to ask her guardians
to abolish the import duty on United
States wheat. Not long ago, she look
ed on pauper United States wheat
with scorn and cOntumely. but war
needs have caused a beautiful change
in her sentiments. It's all right, young
lady! Our honeymoon is going to be
50 altogether glorious that Wen take
anything in the way Of reciprocity
that's offered, especially If we get a
war price for our wheat.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-11-17

with our money toward all OF them
Haven't we labored 10 maintain the
sanctity Of international law and safe
guard the rights OF all. whether bel
ligerents or neutrals?
We can see that it's natural for bel
ligerents TO be irritated by our neu-
trality. It's natural for a nation. in
the heat OF tie ce-H.ct, TO assume
that anybody who is not with it is
against it. 1t is natural for both sides
10 resent criticism, TO see us in the
wrong perspective. and TO dislike
the very GOODNESS that enables US to
steer an even course.
But why should the neutrals hate
US?
Perhaps. after all. our greatest Of
lenses are these:
We are prosperous, and therefore a
cause OF envy.
We are. conscientious and fair and
therefore an offense TO every nation
which has a bad conscience or is
blinded by passion.
And yet. we can't believe that at
the close Of the war we shall be en-
tirely without friends among the ma
tons. Surely by that time the ma
tons will understand better.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-11-17
HATED BY THE WORLD.

The words spoken by Joseph II.
Choate before the Massachusetts
branch of the National Security
league bring somewhat of a shock
The United States is one of the most
hated nations in the world" The
speaker seemed 20 think that by the
close OF the war we should be abso-
lutely the most generally hated of all
nations.
The average American is likely 70
scratch his head in perplexity. Won
dering why. in heavens name. the
world should hate Us.
Are we not peaceful. in policy and
deed? Don't We mind our own bust
ness? Don't we fulhll our interna-
tlonal obligations? Haven't we been
generous with our sympathy toward
most Of the belllgerents. and generous
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-11-17
LIFE'S ESSENTIAL.

(RaClne, WIS, Cdll.
II has been we'll said, over and over,
that love is the greatest thing in the
world-Or in heaven, or heavens. AS
one writer puts it, Therefore come
what may, hold fast TO love. Though
men should rend your heart let them
not embitter or harden it. We win
by tenderness; we conquer by forgive
ness"
We don't practice that sort of faith
very much; when men rend our hearts
we, in turn, seek to rend theirs. If we
are hurt, we desire to hurt him who
Injuries us That is the old law Of the
jungle. We did that when our flame
eyed dogs bayed the primal moon
and we do it still.
But the new way is the better way.
To win by tenderness and conquer by
forgiveness is TO walk in the ways of
that One who promulgated the faith
of love. If we could, or rather, if we
would, do that, happiness would be-
come universal. But apparently. we
prefer bitterness of spirit, cOrrOding
misery, the hateful satisfaction of re-
venge. We are very wrong, very
blind. With happiness pleading with
us each day we turn our back and re-
fuse her gentle offices. We suffer. but
We hug our sufferings close and will
not let them go. And the pity Of ii
all is that we know and realize what
we are doing.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-11-17

ing groomed for the event-Witness
Medill McCormicks visit 10 oyster
Bay.
In the event circumstances should
arise precluding the posi- bility OF Mr..
Roots nomination. we would not be
az all surprised were Taft TO recon
slider his statement that he is out Of
politics and consent TO sacrifice"
himself for the good OF the G.. o. P.
Ex-Pres't Taft yields more political
influence today than any one man in
the republican party. If we read the
all. is not so much. for the republican
party is deplorably shy Of real lead
ers just at present.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-11-17
MINORITY RULE.

Ckennebec, Me, JournaL)
A popular" vote has just been TAX
en- in South Carolina on a subject Of
large local interest, which is said to
have induced IAN exciting campaign"
Yet only about $4,000 votes were
cast, though South Carolina has a
population of a million and a half
and 335. 900 men of voting age. Even
eliminating the colored votes as
South Carolina does in defiance of
the federal constitution. there are
more than 165, 900 white voters in the
state. Yet less than one-third Of the
electorate decides questions for South
Carolina. Ultimately this little Oligar-
chy might decide question for the
nation, because the small group who
vote in South Carolina might send
two senators to Washington who
would hold the deciding votes on a
question of great Importance. The
two senators from South Carolina are
chairmen of the important commit
tees on naval affairs and on immi-
gration-so 1T is evident how far the
minority vote Of South Carolina now
exerts an influence on national prob
lens.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-11-17
WHAT THE PAPERS SAY

Bernstorff, much of the credit is due
for a peaceful settlement of the con-
troversies. He is in a position to
know that Americans are not enemies
of the German people, and he seems
to have the judicial tenn permanent
which serves him well as the repre-
sentative of the German government.
There are some unsettled questions
between England and the United
States, and in their discussion the
British authorities display their
usual obstinacy, and the knack they
have Of doing things their own way
and taking their own time But we
are not going to have a war with
England, the British want what we
have with which to feed and clothe
them, and self-interest will lead them
to hope that the products of our
farms and factories may be large.
Being at peace as we are, with no
immediate prospect of anything like
war. unless it be with Mexico, every
one should resolve to improve and
make the very most of the oppor.
tunity that is knocking at our doors
We can not stop the war, 1t is none
of our fight. we should improve the
shining hours of peace and make the
most we can honestly and legitimately
for ourselves and the rest of the
world of mankind. Let US attend to
our own business and do it as well
as we possibly can.