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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-02-25

We, as we'll as our neighbors, are
interested in the article in last
weeks Donnelson Review. as to
whether or not the water power
people are paying their share OF the
county's taxes, Considering the
question upon two propositions we
would find as many answers: First,
upon valuation, we say No; sec
ond, upon honor we would without
doubt say Eyes"
We think it is safe to say that
for the very great majority the tax
payers in Lee county acquiesed i'll
the proposition of the board Of sup
eryisors of this county when they
made a promise to exempt the COM
pany from taxation for twenty years.
| :. ney expected immediate returns.
, No one. not even the Review, raised
any objection at that time. Now
after the dam is completed and IS
! here to stay, can we afford TO go
| back upon our word of honor? While
we did not, each and every one of
us, gave our pledge to exempt the
power people from taxation for
twenty years, yet, knowing that our
acting officials had entered into such
, contract, by keeping silent, We
universally consented to the pledge
winch was given III All HOHoi by
every citizen OF this county and to
this we should stand.
Having met and knowing Mr.. Emil
Armknecht by reputation, we are
satisfied that he did not take this
matter into consideration. II he had.
in our Judgment, he never would
have offered the resolution which he
did at the Farmers Institute on last
Friday.
Montrose and it's people had SINH
lar experience on a smaller scale,
otherwise we might not thought of
the honor side of the present situa-
ton.
Some years ago J. w. Doughty
came here from Keithsburg, III, and
interested our citizens in a button
factory. He asked our city for
bonus of $1,000 to assist him in locat-
ing in our community. AT meeting
of the citizens a resolution was
adopted asking the town council to
furnish the money. Lpon considera-
ton it was found the council had no
legal right to enter into such con-
tract with prospective industry,
consequently they refused the re-
quest. The other meetings were held
and at last a petition was circulated
and 11S out OF 121 men signed petit
ton asking the council to buy $1,000
worth of refuse shells. To this pres
sure the council acceded.
In about a years time the button
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-02-25

LET THIS BE SAID.
Let this be said of me
When i am gone;
loved each growing tree
/ looked upon;
No matter where
CHANGED to stray
Some joy was there
10 light my way.
When ] have Town
From earthly strife,
Think this: I've known
The sweets of life,
Found friendship true,
And kindness here
And laughter, too,
Year after year.
When on my cheek
Death stamps its hue,
Could / but speak
I'd say to you:
This trip, called life,
K That now is done,
Despite the strife,
Was splendid fun.
Edgar A. Guest.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-02-25
GARDENS FOR EVERYBODY.

Community gardens Ior inc coIihih5 :
summer is the plan Of the Cleveland,
O.. Congress of Mothers. 1t looks like
a rather sensible plan. too
The different mothers clubs viii
have charge Of their respective dis
tricts, getting hold Of vacant lots to
be converted into gardens, sending
seeds to people who can't buy their
own. and keeping the whole scheme
moving efficiently.
The youngsters will be interested
by gentle competition, selling their
vegetables in the summer and giving
an exhibit in the fall with prizes and
ribbons for the most successful.
Besides making the children and
grown-ups alike cooperate in this
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-02-25

end Alabama have also enacted prim-
airy laws but the exact dates for the
holding Of them are not at hand
However 1t Is thus seen that tho
people have but little time left in
v-hsch to make up their minds as to
/ preferences for the nomination
for resident. It Is thought the vote
will not be heavy In those rural dis
tricts where the farmers are apt to
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-02-25

wholesome form of community work
the garden program includes lot OF
practical instruction.
Lessons in civic beauty, democracy,
economics and personal hygiene are
all to be fruits of these community
gardens.
And whether or not it is complete
success this first summer, it can be a
fine thing if parents and children take
hold in the right spirit.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-02-25
Absolutely Pure
No Phosphate

be crowded with spring work and
the roads not in very good condition.
The Cummins' workers have done
considerable work in Minnesota and
tho Dakotas and are sure OF a delega.
ton for Cummins from these states.
They have not invaded the states
which are known to have favorits
sons whom the voters are expected to
support.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-02-25

It is quite evident that while the
Norwegians do not iok with favor on
the Henry Ford peace outfit. they
have the greatest respect for the
money he has been spending upon
them.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-02-25
THOUGHT FOR TODAY.

Then | began to think that it is
very true which is commonly said,
that the one half OF the world
knoweth not how the other half
iyeth.- belais.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-02-25

The sale of horse meat has begun
in some of the eastern cities. A cut
let of an aged, spawned horse must
be delectable morsel--that is Tor
those who dote on such morsels.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-02-25

An eastern high-brow professor
says that spanking leaves no mark
but on the memory. 1t was lot
more substantial than that in the
olden days.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-02-25

The only real way of saving on
your gasoline bill is to cause friction
on the sidewalk with sole leather. 1t
may not be popular, but it is efica-
cious.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-02-25

The name of Ohio's proposed big
four at the Chicago convention does
not include eX-Prcsident Taft, for the
reason, only, that he is now resi-
dent Of Connecticut.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-02-25

The name of Mayor Thompson Of
Chicago has been ordered off the Ne
braska primary ballot. Nobody seems
to be safe from the politicians OF that
state,
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-02-25

The question before the house now
is not what becomes of the pins, but
where do the dolls go?
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-02-25

- For man who has everything from
cancer to sore throat the kaiser ap-
pears to be doing fairly well.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-02-25

The Yaquis and 81 Pinchot are
both on the warpath.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-02-25

Europe appears to have put up her
windshield against the Ford peace
propagandists.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-02-25

When there are two things 10 do
it is always safety to do the other
thing.
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keokuk, Iowa February 25, 1916
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-09-14
(To BE CONTINUED)
WHISPERED STORY OF RUTH
And Each Little Jewish Girl Was Re-
warded With Feast Cake for
Her Effort.

In the East side of New York as
in the East end of London, the Jewish
quarter Of Paris or Judengasse of Ber-
lin, thousands Of Jewish mothers and
grandmothers gathered the little
daughters of the family to them one
night recently. Into tiny ears was
whispered the story of Ruth, the faith
full. In each kitchen stood a new
broom, and tallow candles burned
brightly on tables spread with meats,
wines and cakes.
Little daughter" each mother whis-
to Naomi"
EYES," each little girl replied eager
ly. She had rehearsed the great epic
for weeks. Ruth said 'Entreat me
not to leave thee, or to return from
following after thee. For whittier thou
goest, / will go; and where thou lOdg-
est, / will lodge; thy people shall be
my people, and thy god my God
And, beaming her pride, each moth
er then said:
"Good! Here is a cake for you'll"
Thus the feast of Shabuoth was
ushered In. The broom was just as
much a part of the ceremony as thS
reward of q cake. With 1t one could
sweep out the spirits and demons, The
scheidim and masikim, which ghetto
traditions of the medieval ages insist
are present during Omer. the time be,
tween Passover and Shabuoth.-New
York Tribune.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-09-14

Poor fool! No, I shall never see
mother again-never go home-never
have a home. 1 am Duane, the Lone
Wolfl'
A group of specters trooped out OF
the shadows of dusk and, gathering
round him. escorted him to his bed.
Every one OF his victims. singly and
collectively, returned to him for ever,
1t seemed. In cold. passionless. accus-
ing domination. They did not accuse
him of dishonor or cowardice or brutal
ity or murder; they only accused him
of death. 1t was as if they knew more
than when they were alive, had learn
ed that life was divine mysterious
gift not TO be taken. They thronged
about him with their voiceless clamor-
ing. drifted around him with their
fading eyes.
After nearly six months in the
Nueces gorge the loneliness and mac
ton of his life drove Duane out upon
the trails seeking anything rather
than to hide longer alone, a prey to
the scourge of his thoughts. The mo-
ment he rode into sight of men a re-
markable transformation occurred In
him. A strange warmth stirred In him
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-09-14
WHY CANNOT HURLERS BUNT7
Miller Higgins Unable to Understand
Reason for Twlrlers' Failure to
Advance Runners

L1iller Higgins, manager of the st.
Louis Nationals, Is in the market for
q course of instruction or some In
ducement that will make his pitchers
good bunters. Higgins, who formerly
led the league as sacrifice hitter,
cannot understand why the average
pitcher pushes the ball hard enough
to make an easy out or pops up dinky
fly when trying to advance a man.
When 1t was suggested that he offer
a bonus, he smiled. 1--WE tried it." he
said. "Tve even called them out to
special practice, but the pitchers won't
get the knack."
Higgins believes this Is due In great
measure to the obsesslon fOstered from
the sand lots up through the minors to
the big league that the pitcher Is not
supposed to hit.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-09-14
MEYERS MAKES A hit.
Indian Catcher Doing Real Come
Back With Brooklyn. I
Not Only Has Chief improved In Bat
ting, but Work Behind Bat Has
Been ReveIation-Timely Hits
Have Helped Win Games.

Chief Meyers has come into his own.
Discarded by John McGraw as
through" looked upon by Polo
Grounds fans as a once great catcher
who had slipped back immeasurablys
the chief has accomplished a wonder
full comeback and is an idol In Brook
Ign.
1t Is an admitted fact that a player,
grown stale, will often stage q start
ling change in form when he dons the
exactly what has happened in the case
Of John Tories Meyers, the college
bred aborigine.
The chief has had a rather pic
turesque career. A graduate Of Dart
mouth, he took three-yeaH POSTCARD
uate course in baseball in the minor
leagues and came to the Giants from
st. Paul in 1908, costing the club So
900. At Marlin In the spring Of 1909
he jumped into the limelight as q
long-distance hitter and was received
by the New York fans with open
arms. Personality. a quality In which
so many players are lacking, stuck out
all over the chief, and for six years
he was one Of the most popular play
ers who ever wore Giant uniform.
1t was last year that Meyers gave
the first indication that he was slip
ping, and there were few regrets ON
the part of the fans when the Indian
was sent to Brooklyn and Bill Rariden
was signed to take his place. In ITO
games last year he hit the ball for an
average of exactly .232, and 1t ap-
peared that he was about ripe for the
minors.
Then came the transformation, not
only in his batting, but In his catch
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-09-14
Flanders.

The Flemish form of the name Elan.
ders Is Vlaenderen, and the word
means the country of the Flemish. The
Flanders of the middle ages was a self
governing countship, that Is, a coun.
try whose ruler was a count, but at
times 1t was under the suzerainty Of
France, and sometimes under that of
the empire which then included the
Germanic states. The Flanders Of the
middle ages is today divided between
France and Belgium, the greater part
being included in Belgium, and two
provinces in the western part of the
latter country are known as East and
West Flanders, the latter fronting on
the North sea. Practically all the
country that formed the Flanders Of
the middle ages is low and level !;
hence it was commonly called the Low
Country. Ypres and the British lines
out TO the North sea and south for a
considerable distance into northern
France, are in a country that formed
part Of old Flanders.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-09-14
SYNOPSIS.

The time of the story: about 1876. The
place: The Texas COW country. The chief
character: Buckley Duane, a young man
who has inherited lust to kill, which he
suppresses. In self-defense he shoots dead
q drunken bully and is forced to flee to
the wild country where he joins Bland S
outlaw band. Euchre, an amiable rascal.
tells him about Jennie, young girl who
had been abducted and sold to Bland for a
bad fate. They determine to rescue the
girl and restore her to civilization. Eu-
chre is killed. Buck kills Bland and is
dangerously wounded by Mrs. Bland, but
escapes with Jennie.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-09-14
CHAPTER XII.

A hundred miles from the haunts
most familiar with Duane's deeds. far
UP where the Nueces ran trucking
clear stream between yellow cliffs,
stood a small deserted shack of cover
ed mesquite poles. 1t had been made
long ago, but was well preserved. a
door faced the overgrown trail, and
another faced down into a gorge Of
dense tickets. On the border fugi-
tives from law and men who hid in
fear of someone they had wronged
never lived in houses with only one
door.
1t was ii wild spot, lonely, not fit
for human habitation except for the
loutcast.
On clear days-and rare indeed were
icloudy days-with the subsiding OF the
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-09-14

piling over the bluff, loud-voiced, cor>
fident, brutal. They crashed into the
willows.
"Hi, Sid! Heah's your boss" called
one, evidently to the man Duane had
forced into q trade.
"Say, if you locoed gents III hold up
little I'll tell you somethin'," replied
a voice from the bluff
"Come on, Sid! We've got him
corralled," said the first speaker.
"Wal, mebbe, an if you hev it's liza
BILE to be damn hot. Tibet Teller was
Buck Duane!"
Absolute silence followed that state
ment. Presently it was broken by a
rafting of loose gravel and then low
voices.
"He can't git acrost the river, tell
you," came to Duane's ears. Hes
corralled in the brake. I know tibet
hole"
Then Duane, gliding silently and
swiftly through the willows. heard no
more from his pursuers. He headed
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ing. Meyers loomed up In great form
behind the bat when the Robins open
ed the present season, and he has
maintained a steady pace ever since.
The result is that he ranks second on
ly to Uncle Robbie in the affection of
the fans across the bridge. He looks
like q different man today, and his
timely hits have broken up more than
one game for the league leaders. Just
now he Is suffering from bad cold.
but 1t hasn't affected his playing to
any noticeable extent.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-09-14
Tax Protest of Roman Matrons.

The earliest deputation of women to
parliament was organized close on
two thousand years ago. Under the
triumvirate of Augustus, Antony and
Lepidus it was proposed to tax the
property of 1,400 wealthy Roman ma
irons in order to meet part Of the ex-
penses of the civil war then raging.
They refused to submit to this impOsl-
ton, and sent Hortensia, one Of their
number, to plead against 1t before the
senate. In the course Of her speech
she asked: "Why should we be COM
PEELED to pay for war into which we
had no wish to embark, or for the
support of a government whose policy
we have no means of controlling?"
This argument proved so effective that
the tax on women was reduced to one
third OF the amount originally pro-
posed.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-09-14
.InA Tinker Offers AIibl.

The alibi of Manager Tinker OF the
Cubs for the row that led to the for.
feiture of the game to Brooklyn or
July IS was interesting to say the least,
Hippo Vaughn's refusal to pitch as orr
dered was due, says Tinker. to the face
that the Dodgers were stealing his sig,
nails and SO he stopped pitching nntia
ne could frame up a new set Of signals.
Tinker thinks Byron might have appre'
dated the situation and not been 50
hasty In calling time.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-09-14
BUCK O'BRIEN is AN ACTOR
Great Pitcher, Who Helped Red sox
to Victory In 1912. Now Playing
in Vaudeville.

Buck O'Brien. great pitcher of four
years ago, and one of tht men who
helped the Red Sox win in 1912, Is an
actor now. O'Brien went on the stage
as so many other players did-in vau-
deville, after winning a pennant-but,
instead of Topping all over his OWN
feet, took naturally and gracefully to
the Thespian life. When his good right
arm gave out he turned to the stage
Immediately and has become very
clever actor In comparatively shory
space of time.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-09-14
The Lone Star Ranger
A Fine Tale OF the Open Country By ZANE GREY

"Sure he was, and nervy one! 1t
must have taken sand to come bracing
YOU that way. Duane, the fellow
didn't pack gun. I'll swear to that.
Pretty odd, this trick. But you can't
trust It. Hit the ROAD, Duane"
A little later a black horse with
muffied hoofs, bearing tall dark rider
who peered keenly into every shadow,
trotted down a pasture lane back Of
Jones' house, turned into the road,
and then, breaking into swifter gait,
RAPIDLY left Mercer behind.
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wind at sunset a hush seemed to fall
around the little hut. Far-distant dim
blue mountains stood gold-rimmed
gradually to fade with the shading of
light.
At this quiet horr a man climbed
up out of the gorge and sat In the
westward door of the hut. This lonely
watcher of the west and listener to the
silence was Duane. And this hut was
the one where, three years before,
Jennie had nursed him back to life.
The killing of a man named Sellers,
and the combination Of circumstances
that had made the tragedy memoir
able regret, had marked, If not a
change, at least a cessation in Duane's
activities. He had trailed Sellers to
kill him for the supposed abducting
of Jennie. Vague rumOrs, few words
here and there, unauthenticated stor-
les were all that Duane had gathered
in years to subStantiate his belief
that Jennie died shortly after the be-
ginning Of her second captivity.
Sellers might have told him. Duane
expected, if not to force it from him
at the end, to read it in his eyes. But
the bullet went too unerringly; 1t
locked his lips and fixed his eyes.
After that meeting Duane lay long
at the ranch-house Of friend, and
when he recovered from the wound
Sellers had given him he started with
two horses and a pack for the lonely
gorge on the Nueces. There he had
been hidden for months, prey to re-
morse, dreamer, a victim OF
phantOms.
1t took work for him to find sub
sistence in that rocky fastness. And
work, action, helped to pass the hours.
But he could not work all the time,
even if he had found 1t to do. Then
in his idle moments and at night his
task was to live with the hell in his
mind.
The sunset and the twilight hour
made all the rest bearable. The little
hut on the rim of the gorge seemed to
hold Jennie's presence. 1t was not
as if he felt her spirit. If 1t had been
he would have been sure Of her death.
He hoped Jennie had not survived her
second misfortune; and that intense
hope had burned into belief, If not
surety.
A strange feature of this memory
Of Jennie was the freshness of 1.-THE
failure of years, toll, strife, death
dealing to dim ito deaden the
thought of what might have been. He
had a marvellous gift of INSTALLATION.
He could shut his eyes and see Jennie
before him just as clearly as if she
had stood there in the flesh. For
hours he did that, dreaming, dreaming
of life he had never tasted and now
never would taste. He thought of her
beauty and sweetness, of the few
things which had come to mean to
him that she must have loved him;
and he trained himself to think or
these in preference to her life at
BANDS, the escape with him, and
then her recapture, because such men,
cries led to bitter, fruitleSS pain. He
had to fight suffering because it was
eating out his heart.
Sitting there, eyes wide open, he
dreamed of the old homestead and his
white-haired mother. He saw the old
home-life, swees-ced and filled by dear
new faces and added Joys, so on be-
fore his eyes with him part Of it.
Then In the inevitable reaction, in
the reflux Of bitter reality, he would
send out q voiceless cry no less
poignant because it was silent:
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-09-14

Considering all the domestic
troubles, family scandals and
love affairs that turn out badly,
one might be cynical indeed
about the power of woman's af-
lection and trust to keep man
on the path of honor in the face
of alIuring temptation. But
there comes into Buck Duane's
life a feminine influence so fine
as depicted by the author
that the reader of "The Lone
Star Ranger" cannot resist the
charm of it all. If you want the
cream of romance and adven-
ture, don't miss this instaIIment.
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straight for the river. Threading a
passage through a willow brake was
an old task for him. Many days and
nights had gone to the acquiring Of a
skill that might have been envied by
an Indian
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1916-09-14

There are over 800 Esperanto 80
cieties In the world,
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CHAPTER X-Continued.

Buck and Jennie are sitting in the
wilderness cabin discussing their fu-
ture.