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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-03-28
The Secret of SUCCESS.

Dr.. Russell II. Conwell in the Amer
lean Magazine: There has been alto
gether too much talk about the secret
of success. Success has no secret.
Her voice is forever ringing through
the market place and crying in the
wilderness, and the burden Of her
cry is one word-wiil. Any normal
Young man who hears and needs that
cry is equipped fully to climb to the
very heights of life.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-03-28
CITY ELECTION RESULTS.
br Mayor-Ed. s. Lotion.
pr council-Fred Hilpert, Jr., r. J.


!. S. Lotion will be the next mayor
keokuk, having defeated J. F.
hers in the city, election yesterday
b51 votes. Fred Hilpert, Jr., and
Hickey will be the councilmen.
Hilpert is high man on the ticket,
bling some 76 votes ahead OF Mr..
key. Fred H. Overton and F. T. F.
midi, candidates for council, were
inated in the race yesterday.
I've hundred more votes were cast
erday than at the primary. The
hs of the ticket picked up some
Votes apiece over their primary
and the council ticket showed
Siderable more strength than In the
harry. This was particularly true of
pert who ran 9S1 ahead Of his pri-
~ vote. Hickey who was high man
fhe primary, picked up some 600
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-03-28
Indictments Quashed.

1ITnited Press Leased Wire Service
YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio. March Is
Judge w. S. Anderson today sustained
q motion to quash the indictments re-
turned against five steel companies
recently, charging alleged conspiracy
to maintain prices and keep down the
wages Of common laborers.
Judge Anderson quashed the In
dictments on the ground that they
are vague, indefinite and uncertain"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-03-28
1914 Vote Is Basls.
Chose Delegates May 6.

Delegates to the state convention
will be chosen at the county conveu-
lions which will all be held ON May 6,
the fourth Saturday following the pri,
mary.
Delegates to the county conventions
will be elected at the presidential pri-
mary and the voters may register their
preference by writing the names of
the candidates on the ballot or by
sticking printed slips bearing the
names to the ballot.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-03-28
Our Malapropian Friand.

Kansas City journal, Old Mrs.
Blunderly was telling her caller about
a play she had been to the evening
before. One of the characters was an
Englishman of the SILLY awss" type.
Gle did look SO ridiculous with that
monologue in his eye," chuckled the
old lady.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-03-28
Analysis of tho Vote.

Lotion carried the first, second and
fourth wards. His majority IN the
second ward was 204 and this ward
coupled with the consistent vote
which Lotion polled in all seven wards,
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-03-28
lFT0N DEFEATS SANDERS FOR MAYOR
HILBERT AND HICKEY NEW C0UNC|LMEN

carried him through. The first ward
gave him majority of %, the fourth
gave him % more votes than Sanders.
The sixth ward went into the Sand
ers' scale with balance OF one vote.
The third gave the former minister
SO, the fifth 81 and the seventh 81,
Sanders had an effective organization
and made strong race.
Hickey who ran SO far ahead Of
everyone in the primary ticket. con-
tinued to run safe in every precinct.
He was ahead of Overton in every
ward, and topped HiIpert in the sec
opd and fourth. Hilpert, who led the
ticket, ran strong in the first. third and
fifth. He ran ahead of Hickey IN the
sixth and seventh.
Overton's only decisive gain was In
the second ward where he had 430
votes He polled only 155 in the third
ward and was even lower in his own
ward, the first Schmidt's only big
gain was in the third where he polled
80 votes.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-03-28
Republicans VIII Meet at Cedar Rap
ids at II O'clock on the
Morning Of May
1914 VOTE IS THE BASIS
Representation Is Fixed by Ballots
Which Were Cast for Governor
Clarke, Two Years
Ago.

The official call for the convention
was Issued Saturday by the republican
state central committee to be held at
Cedar Rapids at II o'clock on the
morning of Wednesday, May II.
At 10 O'Clock OF the day Of the con-
vention the delegates from each of the
eleven districts will meet in caucuses
to transact such business as may
properly come before them and to Sc
lect the usual committees OF the state
convention.
The business of the convention will
be to formulate and adopt resolutions
and to transact such other business as
may properly come before it. There
was considerable difference Of opinion
among politicians as to the necessity
for the holding Of the first convention
because of the apparent ambiguity Of
the law but to avoid the possibilities
of question as to the legality of the
coming election the state central COM
mittee met in Des Moines recently and
decided to hold the convention.
1914 Vote Is Basis.
The basis for representation IS the
vote cast for Governor Clarke at the
general election in 1914 and allows
one delegate to each county and one
additional delegate for each 200 votes
or fraction thereof not less than 100.
The basis allows twenty or more
delegates to but seven counties, more
than fourteen and less than twenty to
seven counties, more than nine and
less than fifteen to forty-four counties
and less than ten to forty-one coun-
ties. Dickinson has the smallest rep
resentation with but five delegates and
four other counties, Cherokee, Ida, Os-
ceola and Van Buren, have but six
each.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-03-28
Personal Factor Aaa'n.

The personal equasfon enters into
this poll Just as much as in the gov
errors poll--perhaps more so be-
cause suffrage is not talked as much
through the state as the gubernatortal
situation.
Editors were Influenced no doubt
to some extent by their own stand on
the question Of suffrage. But many Of
them voted the sentiment Of their
community instead of their own po-
sition on the question, for many Of
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-03-28
Sentiment Of Iowa Editors fe for the
Proposed Measure to be Voted
on at Primary on
Juno g.
BACKERS ENCOURAGED
Local Women Wear Broad Snile
When Shown Des Molnes Capitals
Report on Sentiment
Of Votera.

Equal suffrage would be the winner
II the primary vote were to be held
tomorrow. according to Carl A. Dixon
in the Des Moines Capital. Here is
Mr.. Dixon's story.
II the election were held tomorrow,
woman suffrage would win out in
Iowa by a big majority, according to
the editors of the newspapers of the
state. ..- rs
The Capital pol1ed the editors on
the suffrage situation at the same time
1t secured the statewide expression
of sentiment as to the strongest man
In the race for the gubernatorial nom.
nation on the republican ticket The
Interpretation of sentiment in their
respective communities as given by
tho editors showed Cusson the strong.
est candidate by big odds.
Tho Result.
In the suffrage poll. the editors Of
the state were asked to vote Yes" or
mo" In answer to but one question
whether sentiment In the community
In which each lives Is for or against
suffrage.
Here Is the result:
Two hundred and f1fity-three editors
voted.
One hundred and sixty-eight OF
them said their communities were for
woman suffrage.
Only eighty-ffve answered In the
negative.
1t is therefore the opinion Of the
editors that woman suffrage will win
out in two out of every three COM
munities throughout the state. The
replies came from every county in
the state. Dvery section Of the state
was represented.
The Capital asked the editors as to
suffrage sentiment for the same rea-
son as in the poll on governor. Tho
newspaper editors are more closely
in touch with community sentime nt
on public questions than any other
body of men.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-03-28
Take office April 8.

The new officials will take their OF.
flee next Monday, April 8. This will
he the last week for the old council,
Moorhead, Collins and Schmidt, no
member of which is retained for the
new administration. Moorhead was
not a candidate, Collins was eliminat-
ed In the primary and Schmidt failed
to survive the election.
Some one has discovered that the
initials of the defeated candidates
stand for the distress call which is
used in wireless messages. IS. o. s.
Perhaps such comparison is not
odious.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-03-28
BID crowd Gets Returns.

The Gate City's bulletin service last
night was greatly appreciated by the
throng which packed Sixth street. AT
a. minute or so after the polls closed
the total vote was thrown on the
screen in front of the office and also
at the Grand. 1t was a wait Of but
half an hour when the third ward re-
turns came in. This was the first ward
to report, counting all the way
through. The fourth ward followed,
then the second, the sixth for the head
of the ticket, the first and then all OF
the sixth, and lastly the seventh.
BY an hour and three-quarters after
the polls closed the result was known.
AS fast as returns were available at
the polls, they were phoned to The
Gate City office, and given 1mpedlate-
" to the people who were crowdlng IN
the office and out on the street. Sew
eral Of the candidates were in the
throng in the office and received the
concentrations or condolences OF
their friends when the results were
known.
The Raymer enterprise., 1916-09-07
s61,S12,905 SAVINGS.
BANK DEPOSITS GAIN 20 PER
CENT IN YEAR.
Private Institutions Increase |,
s3,634.SS, While Trust Companies
Add $2,77o,743.16.

| Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Denyer.-Grant McFerson, state
bank commissioner, has issued state
ment showing that the savings de
posits in the banks of Colorado in,
creased by approximately 20 per cent
in the first six msnths of this year
by comparison with the first six
months of 1916. The statement issued
by Mr.. McFerson deals only with say
| ings accounts and does not call atten'
ton to enormous increase in CONNER
cial and time deposits in the same pc
riod OF time.
Figures on March 4, May and June
%. 1915, show deposits in the savings
Banks of s52O12, ,257.61. The average
is s17,337,4l9.2O.
Figures for the same period this
year give total Of SCI, ,Si2, ,905.92, or
an increase in the average OF s3,266,
Ss277.
These figures we're made by taking
the amount, on deposit in the savings
banks on the three report months and
making the average.
Appended to the statement showing
the big increase in the total average
deposits are figures showing the in
crease in individual banks.
To show that the increase embraces
all branches of the banking business
which conducts savings accounts the
state and savings banks show an In
crease of sSS0,797 for the six months
period over 1915. The private banks
show an increase of $3,634.SS, while
the trust companies have increased
their deposits s2,770, ,743.16, or a total
over all Of S3,655.175.04.
The state bank commissioner says
in his report. Owing to the fact thai
the greater percentage Of savings ID
reported from cities, Denver, Pueblo
Colorado Springs and the larger out
side points, and this taken into con
sideration with the showing of an In
crease for the year OF practically q
per cent. the above tabulation for com
parison Of the first six months Of 1917
and Of 1916 would indicate that the
large gain in deposits has been made
during the first six months Of 1916
and verified by the following"
In the report the total deposits a,
the end Of 1915 is shown as $19,663,
SIPS, and the increase in six months
in excess of that, using the present
totals. is $l,995,O45.91, thus verifying
the average statement.
The Raymer enterprise., 1916-09-07
Hunters Must Obey U. S. Laws.

Colorado sportsmen and ornithoo-
gists venture the opinion that, with
the ratification by Congress of the mi
gratory bird treaty with Great Brit
ain. the four years contention and
dissension over the federal migratory
bird law is at an end There will be
nothing TO do in the future, the sports.
men say, but TO obey the federal law,
whose conflict with the Colorado law,
particularly in the matter OF ducks,
has always been thorn in the hunt
er's side. w. b. Fraser, state game
and fish commissioner, agrees with
this sentiment. As in the past his
Wardens will enforce only the Colo
rado statute but he warns hunters
that II they break the federal Law
they certainly will be caught. The
federal law Is placed in new light
In view of the treaty with Great Brit.
ain. the first pact of its kind eve-
negotiated, under which the United
States and Canada agree on migratorr
bird protection. This makes the law
international in scope, and the rath.
fication Of the treaty is taken to
mean that, under the federal constitu-
ton, all states are bound TO aid in the
enforcement of the law. The Colora
10 law sets Sept. l as the beginning
of the open season on ducks, which eA.
tends into the middle of spring. The
recently revised federal law sets Sept.
I TO Dec. 20 as the open season
The Raymer enterprise., 1916-09-07
TORN TO BITS BY BLAST
GEORGE pOUGHERTY KILLED AT
PRIMoS MINE.
Fragments Of Body Scattered Over
Forty Feet by Dynamite Explo-
sion in Boulder County.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Boulder. Colo.-Blown through tho
end of a shafthouse by the explosion
of ten sticks of dynamite, George
Dougherty, %. of Denver, son OF Mrs.
T. G. Martin, was killed in the Primos
mine, No. IS. at Lakewood. The
trunk OF the body was found fifty feet
from the shafthouse and the left arm
and fragments of the left side were
scattered over radius of forty feet.
Dougherty, who was engineer at the
shafthouse. was adjusting illuminate
caps to the dynamite sticks prepara-
tory to sending them down into the
mine when one of them exploded in
his hands. The shafthouse was par
TALLY wrecked and pieces of the tin
roof struck w. X. Griffith, top man al
the mine, and cut him slightly about
the head.
Griffith was about twenty feet di3.
tant from the shafthouse when the eX-
plosion occurred and saw Dougherty's .
body hurtling through the air.
The Raymer enterprise., 1916-09-07

bring greater profits than five or
ten acres put into alfalfa, provided the
work is done properly and a good
stand Is secured
Alfalfa a Poor Weed Fighter.
Alfalfa, when small grows slowly
and Is not a good weed fighter--that Is.
1t cannot compete with weeds. and es-
pecially with crab grass and foxtail
during the dry weather of July and Au-
gust.
The following methods of seeding al
falfa are among those that have been
most successful in the United States.
Late Summer Seeding.
Probably no method will more GER
tainly assure good stand than to ma
nure piece of stubble ground and
fall plow 1t, or manure the ground In
winter or spring, disk 1t thoroughly as
soon as possible in the spring first
part Of ApriD, plow the latter part of
April, and again disk. II should be
summer fallowed, that is, disked or
narrowed. often enough during May,
June, and the first part of July, to kill
the weeds and to prevent the ground
from becoming hard. Sometime during
the last part Of July or the early part
Of August the ground should be dIsked
and narrowed and the seed sown at
once with drill. or broadcast and har-
fovsd IN.
The Raymer enterprise., 1916-09-07
Girl and stepfather Arrested.

Denver-Miss Berdenna Speelburs.
16 years old, and Roy Logsdon Beyans,
Al, who were arrested by detectives
on telegraphic information from Sher-
If II. J.. Piper of Goodland, Kan,
were given into custody of Goodland
authorities. Beyans is accused of hay-
ing brought the girl here in violation
Of white slave laws. Bevans is the
girls stepfather. He married her
mother a month ago In Colby, Kan.
Both Miss Speelburg and Bevans deny
white slave guilt. She declares she
purchased her ticket with money she
had earned
The Raymer enterprise., 1916-09-07
Dean Of the Iowa Agricultural
COLLEGE. 4

Dat or wheat stubble ground ma
nured and fall plowed is especially
good for alfalfa. Disk the ground the
following spring as soon as dry enough
to work. summer fallow and seed as
described above.
This method has the advantage of
j. Clearing the ground of weeds, the
greatest enemy of alfalfa.
,. Seeding comes at slack time,
when the work can be done without
neglecting other crops.
3. II insures firm. solid seedbed
with sufficient moisture TO germinate
the seed
Good Method for a Small Patch.
For a small patch of two or three
acres perhaps the second most salts
factory method is to manure q piece
of ground near the barn where 1t can
be most conveniently used for hog pas
ture. The ground should be plowed.
fitted and sowed to rape, early In the
spring. This should be used for hog
pasture during May and June. During
the first week of July the rape stubble
should be moved down and the ground
thoroughly disked. then plowed and
again disked and narrowed.
Any time during the last week of
July or the first week of August, the
ground should be thoroughly disked
and worked down so that 1t is firm and
solid. II there should come rain dur
ing the latter part of July or the first
of August, II is good plan to prepare
the ground and sow the seed at once
while there is sufficient moisture In
The Raymer enterprise., 1916-09-07
To Hold Freight Rate Conference.

Colorado Springs-A conference be
tween representatives OF the packers,
shippers and carriers concerned in
the Interstate Commerce Commission s
investigation OF rates on livestock and
packing house products will be hell
in Colorado Springs about Sept. Is,
according to Henry c. Hall. interstate
commerce commissioner, who is at his
home here on two months vacation.
This investigation was initiated by
the commission and is general and
comprehensive in its scope. 1t will ts
attended by about twelve attorneys
and will last several days.
The Raymer enterprise., 1916-09-07

the ground to sprout the seed and give
the young alfalfa good start.
Alfalfa After Barley or Early Oats.
A third method, and one with some
advantages over the others, where the
season is not too dry, is to grow crop
of winter wheat. barley. early oats, or
early potatoes, and follow that crop
with alfalfa.
As soon as the grain is ripe 1t should
be cut and removed from the field. Ap-
ply ten or fifteen loads of manure to
the acre. Disk the ground to mix the
manure and stubble with the soil, and
pillow and again disk and harrow and
work down TO give n firm. solid seed
bed. About the first week in August
seed the alfalfa as described above.
Spring Seeding With Nurse Crop.
A fourth method is to seed In the
spring with a light nurse crop of early
oats or barley. In case oats are used.
1t Is best TO SOW not more than bushel
to the acre. cutting them when In
bloom for hay. The advantages of
this method and also of the second and
third methods mentioned above are
that We secure crop and do not lose
the use of the ground for one year.
Some of our best alfalfa growers have
used the beardless barley as q nurse
crop with good results In spring seed.
Ing.
The Raymer enterprise., 1916-09-07
GET A START WITH ALFALFA

There are few farmers whose profits
would not be increased greatly by rails
ing alfalfa.
There Is no combination OF feed so
economical for production of beef,
pork, milk, butter and eggs, and for
growing animals, as corn and alfalfa.
We need alfalfa. because it balances
the corn ration and saves a large waste
OF starch which always takes place
where corn Is fed alone. We need al
falfa because we can, In this way,
grow on our farms the protein more
prohtahly than we can buy 1t In manu-
factured feedstuffs. We need alfalfa
because 1t enriches the soil and en-
ables us to grow larger crops Of corn,
oats and other grain; because 1t pro-
duces on an average double the feed
value per acre that red clover or any
other forage crop will produce. AL.
falfa Is no harder to grow than any of
the other forage crops. II adapts itself
readily to all kinds Of conditions of soil
and climate and produces three and
sometimes four crops year In the
corn belt: In the cotton belt states,
sometimes seven and eight crops.
When a good stand is once assured 1t
lasts four or five years In humid re-
gions, and much longer in states west
Of the Mississippi river. Alfalfa can
be fed to all kinds OF farm animals and
has no superior as hog pasture. 1t
adds humus to the soil and reslsts
drought better than any other crop.
No piece of ground on the farm will
The Raymer enterprise., 1916-09-07

summer or they will CHOKE out the al.
falfa.
The disadvantages of spring sowing
are:
j. The loss Of one seasons crop
where no nurse crop is used.
?. The extra labor required to keep
down the weeds.
3. The danger of neglecting the
weeds and the consequent loss of a
stand or securing only "patchy
stand"
4. 1t Is the most crowded time of the
year, and we either fail to put In the
alfalfa at all or slight the work..
There is no one thing that will dc
more to insure success In getting a
stand Of alfalfa than lima and barn.
yard manure.
Well Prepared Seed Bed Essential.
A well prepared, firm, solid seed bed
plenty of good barnyard manure and
summer faIIow to kill the weeds, are
hiost liHppI ldHt.
Alfalfa seed may be either drilled. or
sowed, broadcast and narrowed in, OF
even disked In, especially If the sur.
face of the ground is dry.
Sow ten to twelve pounds of seed
per acre. If evenly distributed this
will give fifty to sixty seeds for every
square foot, while one thrifty plant to
the square foot Is sufficient.
Cut alfalfa before ii is in full bloom
or as soon as the young sprouts OF
shoots start to grow at the base of the
plant. Cut late in the afternoon or
evening.
When alfalfa Is left too long the
leaves. which are the most valuable
part of the plant, fall Off and the stems
become woody and the yield Of the
next crop is greatly reduced.
Alfalfa can be placed in the barn or
in stacks much greener than any other
kind OF hay. Twenty pounds of salt
sprinkled over each load of hay will
help to prevent heating and also add to
the palatability of the hay.
Where alfalfa Is used for pasture
care should be taken to avoid pastur.
ing 1t too closely. Don't turn stock on
it too early In the spring.
l would advise every farmer to try
at least small piece of alfalfa and II
he does not succeed at first, try again
and keep on trying until he does sue.
ceed. II Is worth the while.
The Raymer enterprise., 1916-09-07

Some of the best stands of alfalfa
have been secured by seeding In the
middle or last Of June. For June seed
ing. the ground Is manured and plowed
in the fall, and in the spring kept cul-
tivaied or disked through April, May
and in the first part Of June to kill the
weeds. or in case the ground Is not
fall-plowed. 1t should be manured,
disked, plowed and again disked as
early in the spring as possible and then
kept fallowed until the last of June
when the seed is sown. This enables
us to get crop the first year either
for hog pasture or for hay.
Advantages of this method are:
j. We do not lose the use Of the land
for one year.
>. There is less damage from injury
by grasshoppers than in the case of
late summer seeding.
3. 1t insures a strong root system
and less chance Of winter killing. The
only disadvantage of this method is
that, II the ground is foul the alfalfa
may be smothered by weeds.
Spring Seeding Without Nurse Crop.
In the West and North it has been
common practice to SOW in the spring
without nurse crop. keeping the
weeds moved down during the sum-
mer 10 urpypnt Smotheriup tho alfalfa
Ground that is manured and fall
plowed is best for spring seeding. The
next best is corn stalk ground, either
manured the year before or In the
winter or early spring, thoroughly
disked and narrowed and seeded about
the middle of April,
1t Is important that the weeds be
moved two or three times during the
The Raymer enterprise., 1916-09-07
Charges Against Game Warden.

Albert Bushrell Hart. professor CT
government at Harvard University,
illed five complaints, making fifteen
charges of offensive and unbecoming
conduct against G. H. Thomson oi
Estes Park with W. b. Fraser, state
game and fish commissioner, and Gov.
ernor Carlson. Thomson is an Estes
Park game warden, and superintend
ent OF the fish hatchery there.