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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-08-15
The Land Of Yesterday.
II one could only ind the way
Into the land OF yesterday!

How would thrust the miles aside.
Rush up the quiet lane and then,
Just when her roses laughed In pride.
Find her among the flowers again.
I'd slip In silently and wait
Until she saw me by the gate,
And then sread through blur Of
tears
Quick pardon for the selfish years.
This time, this time, would not wait
For that brief wire that said: Too
latei
n I could only find the way
Into the land Of yesterday.
/ wonder IL her roses yet
Lift up their heads and laugh with
pride
And II. her phlox and mignonette
Have heart to blossom BY their side;
I wonder II the dear Old lane (
Still chirps with robins after rain,
And II the birds and banded bees
Still rob her early cherry trees. : :
/ wonder II went there now,
How everything would seem, and
But no, not now: there is no way
Back to the land Of yesterday.
New York Sun.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-08-15
LAssEN VOLCANO NOW SAFE

Lassen volcano, California, spent
most Of its energy in it's violent erup-
tons Of last May, according to re-
ports received by the forest service,
and it is believed that there is little
likelihood of further destructive out
breaks. Since the upheavals of May
20 and %, the volcano has been I'M
der the observation of officers of the
Lassen national forest, in which the
peak stands, and for the last month
a volcanologist Of the United States
geological survey, has been making a
scientific study of the mountain.
The investigations have confirmed
the opinion that the eruption OF two
months ago, when a river of mud
was blown out of the north side of
the crater and down Hat creek with
considerable damage to government
and private property, was caused by
the melting of the snow on the peak,
the snow water running into the era
ter and being converted by the mol
ten lava into steam. Although it is
possible that the volcano is simply
conserving its energy for another
outbreak, the indications are, accord
ing to the government vocanologist
on the ground, that no further erup-
lions are likely to occur, at least I'M
til next spring when another influx
OF snow water may cause a slight
! disturbance
The first authentic report of the
I damage done by the eruptions of last
May shows that early reports were
! greatly exaggerated. Forest rangers
: who have made careful survey OF
! the nefghborhood OF the volcano and
have made several ascents to the rim
4 OF the crater, report that the total ex.
tent of government land rendered
useless by mud and lava is some.
what less than -,00u acres, and that
OF the privately owned land rendered
useless less than 1000 acres. com.
prising all told the grazing range OF
about 220 cattle. In addition, by req.
son of temporary injury to other
areas, range has had to be provided
for about 500 cattle which vera
gTazed near the mountain. Inasmuch
as some 10000 cattle and 80. 900
sheep are grazed on the Lasseu for.
est every year, this curtailment OF
the range, according to the forest
service, is almost negligible.
The forest officers on the ground
estimate that the timber destroveJ
by the eruption amounted to about
ten million board feet. Photogra mis-
taken by one. of the rangers who
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-08-15

visible in the soft moonlight. The
scene summoned thoughts OF "a grave
yard, and the imagination conjured up
ghosts OF the paste Sam Wood and
his lieutenants, OF Judge Theodosius
Botkin. Of the hay meadows. OF night
riders, of bands Of men warning Tor
supremacy on the plain. Only these
foundations, buffalo grass fast healing
the scars they made on the earth 8
surface, and the memories they SUM
mon. remain OF Woodsdale-
$50 fleet the works OF men
Back to the earth again;
Ancient and holy things
Fade like dream.
Sam Wood, who lost his life in the
struggle. lies buried in Chase county;
Branahan. who killed him, IL still liv-
ing, is a wanderer on the face OF the
earth; Judge Botkin, who sat on the
bench through all the stormy period.
is q United States consul in Nova
Scotia; night riders take saddle no
more; warning bands have ceased
their troubling; peace and industry
claim the plain.
There are 800 days OF sunshine In
the short grass year OF Kansas. The
autumn especially is alluring. Moth
ing is so restful, so refreshing, TOT
body or mind, as the sunshine and
quickening atmosphere of these alti-
tudes in October and November; no
medicine is equal to 1t, no healer's
cure. The two days passed by MT.
Morse and his guests In Stevens and
Morton counties were typical OF the
season. The monotony OF the plain,
spreading evenly to the skyline.
possessed the charm of the sea, and
under the spell Of sun, and sky, and
air, spirits ran high. Even the
meadowlark. from the ridge-poie Of
the new settlers tent, gave voice to
belated song; across the distance the
friendly hail at chanticleer. Every
where peace and plenty, the harvest
In. the seasons work done, time pass
ing gently into winter quarters; over
all the glory Of the sun and the azure
depths Of the empyrean.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-08-15
MORTGAGES FORESTS FUTURE.

The secretary of agriculture's plan
to anticipate future receipts from
the national forests by securing an
advance of money from congress for
the construction OF roads, trails,
bridges and other public works
would stimulate agricultural develop
ment and would relieve many strug-
Cling communities from their present
burdens of taxation, says an article
contributed by the chief of the forest
service to the department of agr1cul-
ture year book just issued. This
policy, says the article, would apply
exclusively in those countries where
there is considerable area or ma
tional forest land SO located that the
forest resources can not now be mar
keted, although later they will Yield
a large revenue. 1t would fully meet
the local difficulties arising from the
fact that the national forests are
not subject to taxation would aid IN
the protection and development or
the forest resources, and would re-
move the one barrier which in q few
places prevents farmers from imme.
dately enjoying the benefits OF the
national forests.
Millions OF acres of farm land are
IOQdy uuucSclOPSu DSSaooO " q $3.50
OF good roads, In opening any new
country road building constitutes a
hard problem for the settlers. At
first, while the settler is struggling to
erect his home and farm buildings
and to clear his land, he usually can
not afford to pay high taxes OF 9TH
erwise contribute toward the expense
of road building. The national for
ests comprise the remotest and least
settled regions of the country. In
many cases farming in these locali-
ties is still pioneering. under as diff
cult conditions as have ever existei
in the United States. One of the
principal reasons for the failure to
develop the large areas of excellent
agricultural land which lie near the
forests is the lack of roads.
The government is trying to meet
this problem in two ways, first by
public improvem ents being made on
the national forests, and second by
the direct contribution to the coun-
ties Of a share in the forest receipts.
Up to date the forest service has
constructed on the forests more than
$500 miles of roads, 21,000 miles OF
trails, nearly 600 bridges and $4,000
miles Of telephone lines. Every one
Of these improvements benefits set
| tiers and ranchers. In addition,
there is appropriated annually for
/ the use OF the counties in which the
national forests lie, twenty-five per
cent of the gross receipts from tim.
her sales and other sources, to be
used for road and school purposes
Some Of the individual forests are
bringing in over 100000 a year. and
the business OF the entire national
forest system is increasing SO that
this direct contribution to community
upbuilding is rapidly growing. In
fact, already total Of nearly $780,,
600 is obtained from the forests ev.
cry year for county road and school
| purposes.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-08-15
Economy for the United States.

Economy for tn. United States.
George e. Roberts In National City
Bank OF New York bulletin: It would
be fortunate thing il knowledge OF
the destruction and waste going on in
Europe would prompt the people OF
other countries. including the United
States. to make study OF practical
economy, and OF its benefits, not only
to the individual in saving some
thing for rainy day, but to society
as a whole in providing capital for
Industrial advancement. In these
DAYS Of growing social consciousness
perhaps not enough emphasis Is laid
upon the last named results of saw
ing No great undertaking, the pur-
post OF which is to increase the sup
ply of articles OF common consump-
ton, can be carried out without capt
tai, and capital is provided by saw
ings If the war has checked the pro-
gress Of the world, as we know it has,
savings, wherever made, will help to
counteract the effects.
There is common but mistaken
idea that people OF wealth render a
public service by spending money In
extravagant living This is on the
theory that they are distributing"
it, but they would distribute It Just
as eHectually II they paid IL out for
any Industrial investment, and In that
event instead OF there being nothing
to show for the disbursement there
would be a permanent addition to
the productive wealth of the country.
Thus, if $4,000. IS spent upon din
ner, there is, indeed, distribution"
for music, flowers. service, ETC.. but
If the same amount Is spent for drain
ing a swamp similar distribution"
occurs, and there Is also permanent
increase In the food supply of the
community
The people of this country are far
more able than any other people to
increase their savings, first, because
their income Is always much larger.
and again, because they arc now suf-
fering less from the war than any
other people. THIS country, therefore,
has it In its power to do more than
any other to repair the ravages and
make good the losses of the war.
There are other reasons especially
applicable to ourselves for encourag-
ing saving at this time. There is
now afforded the best opportunity
this country will ever have to buy
back its own securities from foreign
owners. thus coming into more COM
plete ownership of the properties
they represent, and there is also the
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-08-15
oEElclAI EXPERTS.

Once upon time it was said by
somebody-wa refrain from giving
credit through lack of time to verify
the citation-that there are three
classes of liars, viz, common liars.
liars with a profane prefex. and ex-
perts. Far be 1t from us to sub
scribe to this classification, for we
are sincerely assured that most ex-
perts are honest in their opinions.
says Law Notes. Yet even the toll
erance Of lawyer towards advocat-
DRY craftsmanship is often strained by
the readiness with which an expert
may be found to give the required
testimony. The Thaw case has fur
nished many examples OF the irrecon-
cilable conflict of expert testimony
predicated on the same state of facts.
and there are indications of a revul-
sion against this class OF evidence as
a whole, one manifestation OF the
public attitude being the suggestion
of official experts. The latter rem
edy may be adopted, and may solve
the problem. Certainly it would seem
that it would have some efficacy, in
that the element of personal bias will
largely be eradicated. But the con
soling feature of the whole problem
is that the jury usually ignore most
OF the expert testimony and decide
the case on the facts. Whether this
is due to incapacity to understand
the testimony or TO recognition OF
the aforem entioned classification.
does not matter: for the fact remains
that the verdict is generally fair
approximation of right, or that at
least the expert testimony does lit
tie harm.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-08-15
SUBMARINES AND AiRcRAFT.

The various war experts seem
to agree. says the Review Of Reviews
that the two directions in which our
American defenses most need deyel-
opment is in submarines and aircraft.
The few submarines we have be-
haved rather badly in recent maneil-
vers at New York. while as far as
aeroplanes are concerned, there are
barely score of machines available
for both .he army and the navy.
Congress has. however, authorized
the building Of sixteen new subma-
rines of the latest type. which will
be good start for submersible flo
tilla-though it is feared the craft
provided for are of too small q type.
AS to aircraft our manufacturers are
busy day and night turning out war
machines for the European govern
ments, and have millions OF dollars
worth of orders on hand. We are
certain, therefore, to possess ample
facilities for building good type OF
aeroplane. The last congress made
some increase in the appropriation
for flying machines. The new board
will no doubt have great weight
with congress in the matter of fur
Their grants for this purpose. Civilian
organizations are doing much in
building our various national de-
lenses. The Areo club Of America
is helping to enlarge our flying equip
ment. 1t has started a popular sub
scription fund for the purchase OF
aeroplanes, method that has proved
highly successful in France, Germany
and Italy. The machines SO acquired,
together with some already volun-
teered, will be used in the formation
of aeronautic divisions for state mi
litia organizations.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-08-15

A number of the papers in the
state are selecting their candidates
for governor. We thought the pri-
mary would afford that opportunity
and make it unnecessary for the edi-
tors to make the selection. We have
no particular preference, but we do
not see why Thorne and Harding
should not at least be permitted to
become candidates if they so choose.
! This is primary contest Not
newspaper proposition
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-08-15

liam Taylor, primary supervisor, Gales.
burg, Ill, primary plans, intermeolale
reading and language and construo'
ton work; Miss June SIMPSON. sup
ervisor OF music, Carthage. muspc'
The eighth grade graduating eSei,
cises will be held Friday afternoon o.
institute week.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-08-15

Returning to Des Moines from Cali
ifornia, w. B. Barney, dairy and food
commissioner, says that he is more
convinced than ever that Iowa is the
best state of the union. He talks en-
Enthusiastically OF the showing Iowa is
making at the San Francisco exposi-
ton.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-08-15

The eighth installnent OF The
Goddess" appears in this issue OF
The Gate City This story has
attracted more than usual inter
est. Being out of the ordinary
it has grouped greater following
than the usual fiction. 1t Is not only
instructive from readers stand
point, but it is entertaining from a
moving picture standpoint.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-08-15

were detailed to make observations.
show trees several feet in diameter
and $50 feet tall lying on the noun
tainside, where they were snapped OIL
like toothpicks. A boulder as big as
a freight car is among the debris
that was carried for several miles
down the mountain by the mud flow.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-08-15

paragingly OF the skill OF the early
brethren of the profession. He said:
THE ancients couldn't cure COM
mon cold" The layman's answer was
instantaneous: Neither can you mod.
ems" We hazard the assertion that
the layman told the truth. The doc.
tor of today can cure almost anything
else. but acommen cold" has to wear
itself out just as 1t did In the days OF
old Asscuiapius.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-08-15

A Chicago alderman played a good
joke on his colleagues the other day
by introducing a resolution ito pre-
vent the use of patronage or the prom
Use of it in influencing the vote or
action of any persons" After 1t had
been promptly voted down, he explain
ed that it was section of the state
law and he merely wanted to know
whether the aldermen knew it,
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-08-15

Missouri's governor wishes to re-
verse the show me" slogan to one of
show you He plans to have train
load of Missouri products. accompan-
fed by various silver-tongued person
ages, tour the eastern and northern
states by way Of proof.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-08-15

Real progress is being made on the
Standard Four Tire Co. and smelling
factory projects. Within a few weeks
If the weather will continue to give
its assistance, development will have
reached point where it will be
strong enough to convict Keokuk
is getting two fine industries. More
are on the way. Watch Keokuk grow.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-08-15

Tie publication headquarters of
Joe Longs Roadmaker has been
changed from Des Moines to Moline.
Ill. The change has in no wise i'm
paired the efficiency Of the journal.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-08-15

George W. Shock, of Philadelphia,
ninety years old, and sixty-one years
teacher in the Philadelphia public
schools, says: Plenty of hard wors
keeps a man from getting rusty" and
advises the axe or the hoe as the
proper instrument for exercise pur-
poses.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-08-15
HANCOCK county reachers In,tltute

daHcock Couhty eacHeFt Ih3tItute.
CARTHAGE, H., Aug. 1.-THE
Hancock county teachers institute
will be held In this city August % to
81. The instructors are: DR.. H. D.
Hoover, president of Carthage college,
who will teach practical psychology;
Prof. Arthur H. Harrop, college In
structor, Meadevil1e, Pa. advanced
reading and school methods: Miss Lii
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-08-15

Iowa farmers marketed $4,000, 900
worth OF eggs during the year which
ended July 1, 1915, according to re-
port made to the state dairy and food
department.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-08-15

The trouble to American merchant
men at sea might be overcome If there
We're few Missouri mules aboard.
They would simply kick the sub.
marine to pieces.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-08-15

Boost your county fair. 1t is always
entitled to your support. There may
be some features that you do not APP
prove of, but there is always so much
that is good to offset the undesirable
that no excuse is offered for boy
colt
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-08-15

China was the original home Of the
chrysanthemum and forgot to put any
odor in the beautiful flower. We have
always held that against the "Chink."
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-08-15

special session of congress is
said to be booked for October. If 1t
continues very long there will be 4
general desire to know why we
should celebrate Thanksgiving this
year.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-08-15

Branch, N. Y, is annoyed because
porcupines have taken to invading the
village streets in numbers.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-08-15

THOUGHT FOR TODAY.
Memory is the treasure-house of
the mind-Fuller
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1915-02-05
ITO THE LARGER MINORITY"
President Wilson's Assertion az In
dlanapoIis More Than Borne
Out by the Figures.

President Wilson might have gone
further than he did when he told his
audience at Indianapolis that the Re-
publican party is still more of a mi
nority party than the Democratic, and
that "as between the ninorities I
think we can claim to belong to the
larger minority"
The New York World has compiled
the official vote for representatives in
congress in November. These re-
turns show that the Democratic party
polled larger percentage of the total
Democratic Republican Progressive
vote than it polled in 1912, and that
the Republicans and Progressiv s
combined polled a smaller percentage
than in 1912.
In spite of the great Republican
gains in the house due to the return of
the Roosevelt voters to their old al
legiance, the fact remains that the
Democratic vote was relatively larger
than 1t was two years ago.
In 1912 the Democrats polled APP
proximately As per cent of the total
Democratic Republican Progressive
vote. The Republicans polled rs per
cent and the Progressives polled 80
per cent. In 1914 the Democratic
congressional candidates polled 47.4S
per cent of this total vote, the Repub-
licals polled 1850 per cent and the
Progressives polled 500 per cent.
This shows a Democratic gain of near
ly az per cent, a Republican gain
of 211s per cent. 1t shows also COM
bined ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS loss of
2h per cent.
The official returns from the vari-
GUS districts indicate a total Demo-
cratic vote for members of congress
of 5,276,707 a total Republican vote
of 5,066,92S, md a total Progressive
vote of 769,S63. In addition 1906
votes were cast for Democratic,Pro-
gressive fusion candidates and 253.-
432 votes were cast for Republican
Progressive fusion candidates. There
is no basis on which this fusion vote
can be apportioned. But it is plain
that at best the total Progressive vote
was we'll below a million. as against
4,119,507 two years ago.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1915-02-05
KEEP Times AARD'
ThinIy Yelled Threat, Made by
Tariff GrafterS.
Raises the Point, Is the Prosperity Of
the Country Dependent on the
Greed of Few Unscrupu-
lous Men?

Word is being passed in various cir
cles that the railroad rate increase,
after all, does not amount to much,
and that the factories of this country
will not open in full force until they
are certain of more favorable atti-
tude" from the administration at
Washington.
Stripped of it's wordy nonsense, this
means that group of tariff grafters
have determined to keep times hard
through the rest Of the Wilson admin
istration, in hope of getting a Repub-
lican victory and those lovely Aldrich
schedules, with extras
Can they do it? Is the prosperity
of this country SO dependent on the
greed of few men that these few,
for their own advantage, can say that
the whole nation shall have hard
times until it consents to be robbed
again, as it was robbed for the 16
years prior to the election of Wood
row Wilson?
The destruction of capital in Eu-
iOpS 10 JeTTlUle, anu mas u6pIeSSluBa
effect on industry throughout the
world. But that effect has been more
than discounted already, while the
good factors in the present situation
are just beginning to be realized
The nation has one of the largest
crops in its history, which is being
sold at the highest prices known for
many years.
1t has banking and currency sys-
tenn which makes panics a thing Of
the past.
1t has the finest chance to develop
a great merchant marine offered to,
any land since the Napoleonic wars.
In the face of all these circum-
stances, can small group Of tariff
grafters force hard times, in order to
force a change of government?
If they can, then all the reforms Of
the last few years are but flei. bite
compared to the radical reorganiza-
ton which is needed to secure the
nations liberties. The tariff grafters
had better be careful.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1915-02-05

Constantinople reports that the
leader of the Moroccan rebels, Abdul
Malik, has taken Fee, and that the
French lost $500 men in killed or pris-
oners and nine guns and several ma
chine guns.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1915-02-05
People Have Seen the Lluht.

Senator Gallinger, a hardened old
protective tariff sinner, would CONVEX
the impression that the Underwood
Simmons tariff act under which the
country is now operating is largely
responsible for depression and he Of
fers as a cure therefor the repeal OF
this act and thl re-enactmelt of the
Payne-Aldrich law. The senator from
New Hampshire is on a cold trail.
The Payne-Aldrich iniquity was total.
ly discredited after a fair trial, and
1t is pretty certain the people will nev.
or stand for its like again.