The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-11-26
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VIII an zh1urlsilr rainy sumner. tie
farmers are In a6rsree OF last rear In
TIE ms5a crops II Is source OF en-
crEEgsEsat 10 notice the steady adj
.snceEe1t of farm progress. mich Is
especially xa0zn II the building q
cDmmoiio7s dwellings, sor the com
hzztman- .ssore and mare the lead
q she land ard place upon its
and material greatness. The Land
zSfdes while other business affairs
fail
Fer some weeks hare been away
taken many literary scouts n search
observations and studies OF rural life
IA itz many phzSss- Northeast Mis-
soEd In taking rank With the splendid
be citizen OF the state Ia q credit
and an honor.
Along the fne Of the Atchison-
Santa Fe notice constant advance
s&<S<1t Ia <.&S C<$ASaASSt Va VAS eACAs
railway system IN its general efficiency
Of ease and safety for passenger and
other business In many places the
the rails are made heavier, and
ing made When the survey was
ed upon In early 1857, the engineers
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broad right Of way and plenty OF land
for future demands. The right OF way
In certain localities Is two hundred
or three hundred feet In width. and
many wondered why so much territory
was taken But the passing OF years
has fulfilled the wisdom Of the fore
cast OF the engineers and proved their
talent OF prophecy. Now, most OF the
line is equipped with double track and
great switch yards and gradually the
system is moving up to degrees OF
finer excellence should pronounce
the building OF the Atchison-santa Fe
line the very greatest material bless
ing that has come to the state Of Mis-
souri,. This Is the tribute that be-
stow upon the imperial line.
oFSI III SOlOuys JOSCkh eSoAiASoAs
showed to the writer . relic Of the
good old times before the civil war
This memento OF the long ago days IS
. pistol OF crude workmanship. having
q small hammer for the firing OF the
percussion cap. The barrel WAS part
II destroyed BY the discharge Of the
pistol from m overcharse Of powder
The weapon belongs to the simple and
~On - ARAAPYn
in use century or more ago.
Talk concerning the European war
OF dozen great powers. continues TO
be one OF the main topics OF CONVEX
sation, and very few venture An opin-
ion as to peace and the date when the
blight upon civilization shall cease. A
census OF the thousands OF expressions
on the subject which I have heard.
places the blame upon the German OF.
ficials. ana the war Is declared I'M
and wicked. Peace and
have been dfsregarded and
offended, And the sorrow add destruc.
ton caused by the cruel selnshness OF
the offenders cannot be atoned for in
q hundred years.
Inc t1IkSt anu Q sO"AA ~
Medill Ii healthy and possesses ele-
ments Of confidence and Spartan valor
During the recent eight months. beau
tiful dwellings have been erected, a
bank established, two new general
stores located in the commodious bank
and town hall building, and material
Il being centered upon the block i'm.
mediately south of the bank. where q
Baptist church will soon be erected.
Former Citizen Abram Hardness Is
many improvements. and IL
. great power for good in church and
Sunday school work. Medfll has
Presbyterian minister
located In his beautiful
new residence. and protracted meet
ings now In progress. will continue
some weeks.
Over in the CORN depot on Monday,
talked with a long time friend. Henry
Becker, OF Keokuk. I have known
Henry since 1870. when he came to
and worked In the store OF
his brother, Charley. Henry Is . ma
tive OF Prussia, and has been doing
service as travelling salesman for .
hardware company for thirty-seven
years. I think OF the Becker brothers
with . high degree Of respect
At X. & w. station recently / saw
a train OF twenty-five cars, all laden
with the best class Of horses OF our
land. Well, the horHe IL great means
of transportation and will never be
outranked by gasoline power.
have made some studies OF the
drainage canal systems Of Clark. Knox
and scotland counties, and summarize
the subject into one statement that
all the valley lands will be drained
and the flood waters hurried away by
the canals which have been built and
will be excayated in future years.
Along the North Fabius q powerful
dredge boat 10 now employed in ex-
cavatfnx canal which will be ex-
tended on east to the Mississippi
During September and October the
enterprise was completed through
Kco- o0uptv and fhn work IN nov In