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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-01-19

in striking manner the great CEN
trail plateau and the mountain ranges
that surround it. Nine colors were
used in the printing. the meadows
and valleys being in light green, the
streams and lakes in light blue, the
cliffs and ridges in combinations OF
colors, and the roads in Light brown.
The lettering is printed in light
brown, which is easily read on close
inspection, but which merges into the
basic ,colors when the sheet is held
at some distance. This view, which
may be purchased from the superin-
tendent OF documents, government
printing office, washington. D. c., for
Is cents, measures 1S11s by 81 inches,
and is on the scale of miles to the
inch. 1t is based on accurate surveys
and gives an excellent idea of the
Of the surface as 1t
would appear to person moving over
it in an aeroplane.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-01-19
Eleven strikers Shot.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Serv1cel
ROOSEVELT, N. j., Jan. 10
Eleven strikers were shot. two OF
them seriously by detectives Of pri-
vate agency today, who charged some
500 Or 400 strikers who had surround
ed, train bearing strike breakers to
the Williams and Clark fertilizer
plant.
It was said some OF the strikers
went through the train trying to dis
suade the strike breakers from going
to work. The Williams and Clark
plant had been closed and the strik-
ers thought new arrivals on their way
to open it. Private detectives emerg-
ed from the plant when strikers sur
rounded the train and according to
the strikers, opened fire at once. The
two most seriously Injured We're sent
to the Alexian hospital In Elizabeth.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-01-19
MARIAN COLE FISHER
= National Authority on the Subject Of PURE
FOODS and the ART OF COOKING.

sirable than the h,gh-priced goods. can
say nothing in their favor. They are
never economical; frequently leaving the
baking. bleached and acid; sometimes yell
low and alkaline. and often unpalatable.
They are not dependable and represent
false economy at any price.
The most simple way Tor the house.
wife to class baking powder Is by price.
The trust goods that retail for 45c or
soc pound are usually the cream Of
tartar powders, and are OF the old
school: and the. cheap and Big Gan"
Kind that sell all the way from 10c
pound up to cent an ounce should also
be avoided.
happy medium. combination 2ow power
that sells at a moderate price ana wnen
properly prepared gives the consumer
full value for the money. The result IN
any harmful residue. There is no reason
Soc per pound. The best baking pow
der made can be manufactured 30 as to
retail at about N this price.
On being asked what baking powder
she used 1E her work, Marian Cole
Fisher frankly stated that for more
than seven years she had used Calumet
Ralxine Powder with the most satisf2c.
tory results in every particular.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-01-19
RAILROAD EARNINGS.

Each mile of railroad in the United
States earned only s10.7l day during
the month of October. 1914, according
to figures compiled by the bureau OF
railway economics.
During the month of October, 1913,
each mile OF railroad earned s11.9S.
Total operating revenues for Octob-
er, 1914, were s226.793.S65, a decrease
of S29, 5O7, 027, compared with October,
1918. The total revenues per mile
were SLIGO, a decrease of II per cent
lover 1913.
Operating expenses, including equip
tment. maintenance and administration
for the month were $179,431, 400. This
was S2I, 562,7S2 less than the amount
expended during October, 1913. Re
duced to per mile basis, the rail-
roads spent sTS6 for each mile In 1914
and 1891 in 1918.
The net operating revenue was
sS7,362.456 for October, 1914. which
was s7,944,245 less than the revenue
for October, 1913. The net operating
revenue in October, 1914. was 1888 a
mile, and in 1913. was s423.
Taxes amounted TO s11,522,02S. or
$50 a mile, a decrease of 1.6 per cent
over 1913.
Operating income averaged 1892 a
mile, whils'in the month for 1913 1t
was s37L The total operating income
was ss5.77s,es7.
Ninety per cent of the railroads OF
the country aggregating 22s,2a3 miles
of line are represented in the report.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-01-19

settled policy of the present and sue
ced.ng councils, and in order to pro-
vide funds for carrying it into execu-
ton. we would suggest that two
mill tax be imposed each year here
after, and that the funds So secured
shall be held sacred for this purpose
alone, and that its expenditure be
confined as long as required, to i'm
proving the river front out to the
harbor line from above the bridge
down to Cedar street. This would
furnish employment during the win
ter months for about six years, when
some other improvement could be I'M
dertaken.
We would be pleased to learn that
this suggestion meets with public ap-
prevail, for we know 1t has been
study for some time by members OF
the present council Of how to accom-
rHsh this two fold object, Of furnish
ing the unemployed with work. Inn
proving the river front, and at the
same time secure for the city full
value for the money So expended.
The state law makes no provision
whereby the city can impose tax
for. or become dispenser OF charity,
although some OF our charitably dis
posed citizens are OF the opinion that
it does, therefore the individual tax
payer would not sanction, even in
times like the present. that the city
should pay out any large amount for
that purpose, while possibly no one
wouls object to the city paying rather
Nberally for work done in the winter
in an emergency. even though it
mieht be a mild form of charity. In
any event Il would be a dangerous
preced ant for the city instead Of the
county 20 dispense such fund if 1t
can be avoided. which we feel conf
dert il can at this time. as the unem-
Moved are seeking work, not charity.
In searching for an object on which
the city could expend FUNDS now in
fts treasury. and receive value in fun
FOR such expenditure, and at the same
time furnish employment for those
who are in need OF it, our thoughts
A. above Indicates turned toward that
mart of our river front east CT the rail-
wav tracks Its Improvement is
necessity IL we are to keep abreast
OF the times. We venture the opinion
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-01-19
NURSES IN THE WAR.
What the Women are Doing.

The women of the Red Cross are
nursing, cheering and comforting the
wounded or dying. The women OF
Europe not only wrap bandages and
scrape lint, but they tend the farms,
dig coal. carry burdens and do the
work Of the men now under arms,
Every male fighter. however brawny
and heroic, was born Of woman; the
high courage and hardihood that are
q nations strength are inherited from
the mother.
Young mothers who preserve the
charms of face and figure in spite of
an increasing family and the care
Of growing children are always to
be envied. DR.. Pierce's Favorite Pre-
scription gives the strength and health
upon which happy motherhood Nde.
ponds. 1t practically does away with
the pains of maternity. It enables tbs
mother to nourish the infant life de-
pending on her. and enjoy the hourly
happiness of watching the develop
ment of Perfectly healthy child.
Thousands OF women who are now
blessed with robust health cannot un-
derstand why thousands OF other
women continue to worry and suffer
from ailments peculiar to women
when they can obtain for a trifing
sum DIR. Pierce's Favorite Prescrip-
ticn. which win surely and quickly
Danish ell pain. distress and misery
and restore the wonanly functions
to perfect health.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-01-19
IN a recen. interview on baking pow

In recent interview on baking pow
der stated as follows:
81 find many, in fact, very many
women woefully uninformed on the sub
ject of baking powde-. Evidently the
housewife does not appreciate the value
her baking. or she would have informed
herself. This is q subject that is quite
IA great many of the housewives
today have followed their mothers or
grandmothers in the use of baking pow
der, which in some instances is q mis-
take. There has been just as much i'm
provemeat in baking powder as In other
comm odities. I am glad to find that
baking powder has kept up with the
times.
Some housewives have been led to be-
fieve that the cream Of tartar powders
are the best goods to use This is s., a
constant efforts Of the Twenty Million
Dollar Baking. Powder Trust to create
own. Their goods should be least de-
sfrable on account of the large guam
titles Of Rochelle Salts remaining in the
The other extreme is the cheap and
big Can" baking powders, which sell
ali the way from ten cents a pound to a
cent an, ounce. These are even less de-
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-01-19
The Nebraska War.

Fremont Tribune: What is the use
in talking peace when the democratic
factions of Nebraska are splitting
blood and wa1lowing in gore? For
nearly two years the eminent leaders
have been clashing their swords and
breaking their spears and haven't
yet settled the patronage business. In
the contest for collectorship the sec
rotary of state and the secretary of
the treasury have taken hand and it
is yet on the unfinished business
hook Evidently the wrong mem
bers of the cabinet have been
enlisted. 1t is plain this Nebraska
patronage business comes under the
jurisdiction of the secretary of war.
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PUBLIC OPINION

@ @ q o @ g @ q @ @ @ g @ g @ @ q
How Shall We Help the Unemployed?
To the Editor of The Gate City:
There are some problems just at
this time which are engaging the at
tention of every charitabiy disposed
business man in our city. There is
also, to some extent, an undeffnable
unrest in the minds of these men of
affairs, which is produced no doubt,
because of the uncertainty OF the out
come, should they embark in new
enterprise or try to enlarge an old
one This unrest and uncertainty in
the business world is the cause which
produces the problem with which we
have to deal
The editorial pages Of our most in
iuential papers and magazines, are
aurdened day after day seeking
PRACTICAL solution Of the problem
which confronts the banker, mer-
chant, manufacturer ami city official
every morning as they enter ohice,
to-wit: How shall we help the I'M
employed?" They look upon the pres
ent situation with alarm, and are In
viting suggestions from all sources in
an effort 70 solve It,
The one feature which pradomi
mates all answers TO this question 10,
that the problem Is community one
and should De dealt with as such. In
90 far as this answer is concurred IN
BY this community, II fixes on us the
ibflity of furnishing employ
ment. especially for that part OF cur
fellow citizens who work with q
shovel pick or team. and who almost
wholly depend on puclic improve
u7ents as a means OF providing them
elves. their families, and in many
cases a team. with living during the
winter months. We may 90 farther
arS1 add to this our personal view.
that the municipality is under an %
Itgation in so far as it can, 10 so ar
range that part OF its Improvement
work. shall be done at a time wh'sn
the largest number OF this class Oh
iaborers are unemployed. In ordes
that this winter work shall be mace
prominent feature as part OF inc
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-01-19
The Business Man and Politics
Is the country nothing s experiences?
is business to have voice lettering its condition?

, human nature and social progress
They are stronger than written law,
and in the end prevail over adverse
statutory force. They have develop
ed. not in the minds Of dreamers, but
in the forge and heat Of human con-
tact.
The business man is not made IN
the schools Preparation IL undoubt-
eddy of great value to him, but exper-
fence Is his great teacher. some
theories are workable-others are NOS
and some may be feasible, but not
worth while in net results. The man
OF successful business experience IS
not the dull, numbering brute that
some modern theorists and reformers
would make him out He reads ana
thinks and discrimiates. He proves
all things which look good. and adopts
those which work out well In prac-
tice.
Who would willingly submit his
case on any question OF fact and bust
ness policy to jury of lawyers IN
stead of jury of solid business men!
Yet we as people are doing Just
that thing. We mistrust business sue
cess and We ignore counsel which
money could not buy, because 1t Is
not in itself an article Of commerce,
as professional services are. The
quality Of business tact, or ability, Is
the highest priced Of any, because 1t
brings its possessor the greatest re-
turns. For this reason. among oth-
ers. it is not employed in public ser
vice. because the public viii not pay
what it is worth But doubtless the
principal reason is that the election
and the appointment are to the
smoothest takers and to those who
want the jobs most; and because ap-
pointing powers generally select their
own kind. Until business men Of all
degrees get into politics as business
men and undertake to secure fair
treatment of business by law, the
existing evils will continue.
We are far from claiming that busi-
ness methods are always all right, OF
that business does not need regula-
ton. The game may be killed by
rules, and it is possible to regulate
business to death. What 1t needs Is
sane regulation-a harmonizing OF
theory and practice. And this can
never be reached through regulators
who have had no experience in the
game. and are full of theories for the
revolution Of everything except their
own particular profession: Human
life and relations are complex For
righting them the wisdom OF those
whose philosophy has been acquired
in experience is needed not less than
that of the theorists who are overcon-
fident in their own infallibility.
Surely it is not too much for the
business world today to demand that
It have voice in the movements for
lettering it's own condition. We have
the spectacle just now OF business
regulating body whose decisions are
practically final, composed OF men
not one of whom lays any claim to
Individual experience Or any right to
be called, In, the common acceptance
CT the name, "a business man." and
as result, practically the entire busi-
ness of the country Is paralyzed Such
a condition could not have occurred
with a properly balanced commission.
Is the country to learn nothing from
this untoward experience?
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-01-19
Jack M.eatferv reported Married.
Especial to The Gate City.l

MEMPHIS, Mo-, Jan. 19-Jack
Macaffery who was superintendent OF
the Memphis pearl button factory At
the time it opened for business In
Memphis, is reported to have been
married recently in Chicago. The
name OF his bride is not given with
the report of the marriage, but she
is said to be a member of the stan OF
lady correspondents for the Chicago
Herald and is in charge of the work
of reporting the moving picture
news. Be that as It may. Memphis
people are in one accord in extending
best wishes to Mr.. Macahery and his
chosen companion.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-01-19

that none of our fellow citizens who
have viewed it during the past sea-
son will object to having it improved
to the limit, as it is doubtful if there
is one among them with spark OF
civic pride, who is not ashamed to
have a PASSENGER train enter the city
in daylight for fear the passengers
thereon will draw unfavorable COM
parsons with Fort Madison, Montrose
or Hannibal. This unsightly condition
has existed long enough, and now that
its bettarment can be made the means
during the winter months, OF furnish
ing employment TO SO many Of our
citizens. start should be made as
soon as possible, and continued on
some such plan as is herein set forth.
until it has been brought into har-
mony with our present well improved
Water street, of which 1t is q part,
and for which we are indebted to the
untiring zeal. of our former mayor.
j. F. Elder.
To do this work In winter, under
frosty and other unfavorabie condi-
lions, at cost per yard, no greater
than it would be in more favorable
weather, is another problem. AS an
amateur at this kind Of work, yet
anxious to present a plan free from
any objections which might interfere
with its immediate prosecution, We
would suggest that the teamsters and
leaders work In gangs, so adjusted In
numbers as to keep the work moving.
without any intermission, and pay
each gang by the load, care being
taken to have the wagon beds OF uni
form size.
While this would be a departure
from the usual method of compensat-
ing for this kind Of work, yet it
would be equitable, and would not be
adopted for the purpose of getting
the work done at less price than is
commonly paid, but solely for the pur-
pose of equalizing 1t with summer
work. as well as to divorce it from
the appearance of charity Every man
on the job would soon realize that
this was an opportunity createo for
his benefit, and that fair play to his
fellow workman. demanded that he
should do his utmost to make this
plan for winter work success.
J. "A. NJ. COLLINS.
Keokuk, Iowa. Jan. 10, 1915.
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Neokuk. Iowa -. January 10, 1915
VISION,

4
Sometimes in crowded street see
The faces Of those that love, and
those that are loved;
And in the rush OF the traffic,
The laundering sounds of the city, l
pause,
Wondering about their loves-which
are their lives.
4 know them by their eyes, and by
their glances;
] know them in way I may not
name,
And | know those that have won and
that have lost
In the eternal battle of the world.
But they that have lost have not al
ways a sad countenance;
Sometimes their lips smile.
AS il with an old comprehension.
And one might be deceived. save
for the tragic eyes
TIE smiling. yet unsmliing eyes
above the mouth.
! Those eyes have read in the great
Book of Love,
And they are changed, they are.
changed forever.
AND those lips have kissed the pages
of the book,
iAnG they, too, are changed FOREVER.
Only lips can lie-but eyes can never
deceive
And those that havs5'xon-not always
do they smIA.
Often they seeps to be secretly weep
As if with a joy too terrible to
bear.
Strange. strange are the counter
ances of those that love.
know them all-brothers and sisters
of Love;
know them, and they know me too.
/ can tell by their eyes
Their eyes that follow me with
knowledge,
With pity, with solemn understanding.
Charles Hanson Tovne.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-01-19
rFrom American Industries

IFTOm American InQuSCr1eS.J
The scarcity of business men in all
departments of government is be-
coming more and more matter for
serious consideration. Generally
speaking our laws are made by law
yers in legislative bodies, construed
by lawyers in courts, and admins
tered by lawyers in executive and
administrative positions. When a
bureau or commission is created with
mixed administrative and judicial
functions, 1t is filed with lawyers or
Ca recent innovation) professors
from colleges, The lawyers on the
bench may and do disagree with the
lawyers in legislative halls and their
deputies in boards and bureaus.
In considering the question who
is a business man." we may, per-
haps, proceed, first. by way of elm
nation The members of the learned
professions-lawyers, doctors, teach
ers and preachers-are not business
men. Their knowledge Of business
is acquired from the outside, and is
theoretical. They consider that the
limitations of their own profession
are well defined. and. of course, mag
Nifty their calling. They look upon
business as an underlined. indetermin-
ate, lawless and unscientific pursuit.
Anybody can go into 1t without any
special preparation. Its special end
is the requirement OF money, which
is accomplished by laundering, when
not by plundering. 1t is catch as
catch cam affair. in which "he may
take who has the power, and he
may keep who can" It is a thing
to- be looked down upon. just as aris-
tocracy and caste have for ages
looked down upon trade" 1t may
be a necessary evil. but it is evil:
and the professions exist through a
merciful Providence to set it right.
II recent years the lawyers in Of
fee, not content with the heavy trib-
ute that business pays them at all
times, have sought absolutely to con-
troll business. Business, or commerce,
has been the predominating element
in modern civilization. Always reach
ing out, expanding and necessarily
controlling, it has availed itself of all
of the ingenuity of man to accom-
iish its purposes. 1t offers the great
est rewards, and in free community,
every individual is dependent upon it,
and interested in its growth and de-
velopment. Naturally it has been and
doubtless still is, in many of its
stages, ruthless and unjust. But the
development of business has constant
ly been toward the elimination OF
savagery and brute power. The "busi-
ness idea'' has been gradually chang
ing from mere shrewdness and con-
scienceless self1shness, to one Of a
high grade Of honor, In which service
and fairness predominate This I'M
provement has come principally from
within, Influenced, of course, by relig-
ion and morals, and supplemented by
law. Business Is no longer a mob of
unprincipled men struggling wildly
for personal advantage. It is becom-
ing an organized and disciplined
army, moving according to code of
prin ciples, evolved not in cloisters or
law chambers, but in the actual work
Of the world, in the shops, the field,
and the Office The laws of business
have made themselves and they are
upon the immutable facts OF
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-01-19
IMPORTANT SPECIAL OFFER
TO READERS OF THIS PAPER

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Peoples Common Sense Medical Ad-
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should send this notice together with
90 cents in stamps to DIR. Pierce. In
valids' Hotel, Buffalo, n. Y, and a
copy win be sent by return mail. all
charges prepaid.
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How to Avoid Trouble.

Anamosa Eureka: If the fellows
who are complaining about the oppor-
tunity afforded for blackmaii through
the Mann act will attend strictly to
their own families and not nose about
where they should not they will never
be Inconvenience or embarrassed
with the law.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-01-19

A panoramic view Of Yellowstone
National park, showing the character
iistic features of the landscape, has
dust been issued by direction Of Sec
rotary Lane This panorama shows
Spray courier. (Spray, Or.) 1???-19??, 1915-05-13
Horse Show and Wild West Stunts
Are Scheduled for PhiIomath Fair

Philomath. - May 81 and % have
been set for the big horse show here.
The committees have been selected and
are at work, arranging the program.
There are to be roping contests, raw
hide displays, grand parade, barbe-
cue, a free-for-all public sale and other
events.
The. two days are to be filled with
stunts calling for red blood and dash
of the old Western life which has not
altogether died out. The days of the
rolling stage coach and the roundup
are to be recalled. Spacious grounds
are being prepared and grand stand
will be erected.
Every effort will be made to take
care Of the crowds which are expected.
The first day will be given to the
public sale and sports. Among the
first events is to be drill by one of
the Corvallis fire teams.
=. The public sale will be open for all.
Colonel Stevenson has been secured to
act as crier. Anyone having stock to
dispose of can offer it for sale. to the.
highest bidder.
On the second day there will be
parade of all,the blue-ribbon stock in
this part of Oregon. Cowboys and
cowgirls will participate in roping con-
tests and other events.