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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-10-23
NOTICE TO PUBLIC.

NOTICE TO PUBLIC.
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lAFE|RM TWO lee
COUNTY vERD|CTS
Supreme Court Finds That Judge
Bank and Judge Hamilton Were
Correct In Rulinss
In casss.
LONG DRAWN OUT ONE
chIsesesr ". Harlan which Was One
Of the TWO Affirmed, Was
Argued In septsm-
Dor, 1915.
LONG DRAWN OUT ONE

A Lee county case which has been
in the supreme court for exactly a
year and q month, was decided on
Saturday by that body. The case is
that Of Chidester VS.. Harlan and has
been pending in the local court and
in the supreme court for some time.
The decision in the lower court was
made by Judge Hamilton and it has
been affirmed by the supreme court.
The oral arguments in the case be-
fore the supreme bench were made
September %, 1915. by w. G. Blood
and John e. Craig and Judge F. T..
Hughes. Craig and Sprowls. Holdings
worth and Blood and Hughes and
McCoid were the attorneys.
The case was brought first as a
friendly partition suit filed by Mrs.
Emmaline Chichester, when Judge
Hamilton ruled that the instrument
left by Harlan could not be probated
since it did not devise anything. This
instrument stated that Mark Harlan
should not share in the property as
he had been given two pieces of prop
brought, Mark Harlan interviewed and
claimed that there had been filed an
instrument revoking this provision.
He alleged this had been lost. and
introduced witnesses in the attempt
to prove his claim. The lower court
ruled the evidence insufficient and
that Harlan should not share as the
fourth heir, since he had already
been given property. The supreme
court held this view.
Another case affirmed by the SUI
preme court was that of Whitney VS..
Whitney, in which the high court
held to the same construction OF a
will as did Judge Henry Bank in the
lower court. The lower court held
that It was the intention OF the will
that all of the property should go to
the two boys by the second wife The
high court afirmed this. The attor-
neys were R. B. Smith Of Keokuk. and
William McHenry OF Rock Island.
and w. J. Roberts, of Keckuk.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-10-23
PLANT
is PURCHASED
Haekeye Company Of Museatine,
Take Over Building at
Montrooe.

MONTROSE. Iowa, Oct %
Through the efforts Of j. E. Lamb and
the liberal contribution of the business
men Of Montrose the Hawkeye Pearl
Button Co. of Muscatine, Iowa, have
purchased the plant here and intend to
start at once to remodel the building
and put in twenty-four machines, or
more il they can get the men to OPP
crate them
The Eawkeye Pearl Button Co. is
one OF the largest button manufactur-
ers in the United States, and the peo-
PIE of this town can congratulate
themselves On having them locate a
factory here
Montrcse is greatly in need of a
factory to give employment to the
men and boys who heretofore had to
go elsewhere to find employment Let
as all hope for a better Nontrose and
electric lights
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Three shocks Registered.

IJTnited Press Leased Wire ServceI
BERKELEY, Calf, Oct 2l.-The
seismegraph at the university Oh
California registered three shgnt
earthquake shocks last night, II. was
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-10-23

San Bernardi1o. Los Angeles. Venture
Santabara and Kern counties.
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600 Soldiers Arrested.

TINTED Press Leased Wire Service. ]
SAN ANTONIO. Texas, Oct 3D.
Six hundred soldiers OF Camp Wilson
are awaiting trial here today as a
result OF the biggest Wholesale
pinch" in the history Of che national
guard
They were rounded up yesterday
BY the provost guard. charged with
trespassing on nearby farms They
had been gs.hering pecans. swim
ming. catching snakes and "explor-
ing. They include men of the Ksn-
sas, Wisconsin. Illinois. Vest Viz
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for The Cato City.
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TWELFTH BODY
is BROUGHT OUT
Oeath List In Mine Explosion 10 gx-
pected TO Reach Fifteen or
Possibly Twenty.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.1
BIRMINGHAM, Ala, Oct. 23.-Tne
death list resulting from the gas ex-
plosion in the Marvel mine. thirty-Ave
miles south OF Birmingham, viii con
tain fifteen and possibly twenty names.
1t became known today when the
twelfth body was brought out by res
cuers.
They reported at least three more
bodies to be recovered and there are
FIVE other men unaccounted for.
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announced today. The first began at
GA and continued until 6:54. After
a slight intermission the second shock
began and continued until p. N The
third tremor began at 11:44 and con-
unued for twenty seconds. None of
the shocks were violent enough in this
section 10 be felt by humans.
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rwo Earthquake eI,ocks.

TINTED Press Leased Wire Seryice.l
LOS ANGELES. Calf. Oct "a
Temporary breaking OF power line
between Los Angeles and Bakersfield
was the only damage reported today
following two slight earthquake
shocks IN this section OF California
last night. The two tremorS which
came within fifteen minutes Of each
other, we're felt in Orange. RivGeside.
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ginia, Mississippi and District OF Co
lumbia regiments. The arrests were
made by a provost guard composed
OF Wisconsin cavalry. which was
cent out under direction OF General
II. A. Greene. division commander.
Summary court martial charges
have been filed by most of the col
onels and many trials are expected to
be held today. Light fines will be
assessed. it is believed.
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FUNERAL NOTICE.

AZfNGER-The funeral OF Mrs
Amelia Azinger viii be held from the
horne at Prices Greek, tomorrow
morning at 9 O'Clock
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elLLi.Eps AND Bowling. "
FOR SALE-BilliArd tables, oI ,s.s
new, caro-1 and pocket, with coM.', =
outfit. $12s: second hand tables a. r;s,-l
iced price, Easy payments "a,
store. drug. delicatessen ana
fountain fixtuies. The BTunss
Balke-C Calender Co., Davenport. "
L c. 0an1ers. agent, as Harrison
The log cabin Democrat., 1916-02-07
FOLK SONG AS OLD AS MAN
University Professor Has Told of It's Compelling Influence on Abso-
 lute Music.

Ever since human beings began to ings, some sort of folk song has un- doubtedly existed, writes Prof. Fred erick Holmberg of the University of Oklahoma, according to the Spring field (Mass.) Republican, but most of the folk songs as we know them to- day are of fairly recent origin, having been written not more than five or six centuries ago. Folk songs and dances are both father and mother of modern music. It was great struggle when the early Christian musical scientists, with their technical perversions, had to give up using music as handmaid to their poetry and their ritual church service, and to accept the living hu- man folk song as basis for the music of their churches. It was great musical discovery when gifted com posers found that folk songs of diff ferent characteristics could be welded into one composition giving the need ed contrasts and still retain their unity.
 When this was done we were given some of the essential forms of musical composition and were fairly on the way toward creating a new art. name ly. absolute music" such as Is found in the works of Bach, Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven. The folk song caused musical revolution and the end of this revolution is not in sight Our best composers are striving at all times to idealize the folk songs and dances of some great nation, and the material is still abundant.
 Naturally question one may ask regarding this interesting subject is, What is the folk song? How did it originate?" We know the names of very few composers of folk songs: most of the songs have come into be- ing suddenly. without reconciliation, dictated by the feelings of some in diyidual living under certain social conditions. One thing alone is sure the folk song is not a premedtated composition by some skillful profes, sional composer.
The log cabin Democrat., 1916-02-07
BUILDING DOG-PROOF FENCE
most Economically Constructed by Setting Posts Ten Feet Apart
 Put Barbed Wire First,

A dog-proof fence can be economic ally built in the following manner: Posts are set ten to twelve feet apart and barbed wire Is first stapled to them right on the surface of the ground. Three inches above this is placed panel of close-woven wire, 36 inches high and about this two strands of ordinary barbed wire. Care should be taken to see that there are no openings between the ground and the lowest barbed wire. An inclosure made in this manner, into which sheep may be turned at night, is inexpensive, and dogs will not go through it. Most of the damage by dogs is done at night.
The log cabin Democrat., 1916-02-07

joining two ropes, tie an Overland Knot in each rope end (E), forming it over the standing part (S) of the other rope. then pull the knots to- gether. They can be loosed by pull ing on the ends (E).
 The Bowline Knot Zig. @ will neither slip nor draw tight First form small loop in the rope N, Step 1, Fig. O, then bring the end (E) up through the loop, around the standing part (S), and down through the loop (Step 2, Fig. @.
 The Sheet Bend Zig. D. Make a loop with one rope end (L, Step |. Fig. D, then pass the end of the other rope through the loop, around both the standing part and end of loop, and out through the loop between the loop and itself (Step 2, Fig. 2.
 Figure of Eight Knot Zig. S). Make a loop N), then pass the end (E)
The log cabin Democrat., 1916-02-07
1fhAlRlNk $1[>0)(E1K
TURNING SILAGE INTO BEEF
tute for Other Necessary Materi. als in Animals Ration.

The word "silage" at one time sug- gested only brimming milk pails and big milk checks Nowadays it is as well big factor in putting the fin tshing touches on choice sirloin beef.
 Silos are common in the beef feed, Ing sections of Wisconsin. The main reason for feeding silage to beef cat tie is economy of production. It can not be considered as substitute for other necessary materials in the ra- tlon, according to J. l.. Tormey, Col lege of Agriculture, University of Wis., consin, who gives a few suggestions as to the feeding of silage for beef production under local conditions.
 Glover or alfalfa hay should be fed along with the silage in the win ter If clover or alfalfa hay is not obtainabie, use timothy or mixed hay. In addition to the corn silage and hay allowance, about three or four pounds of cottonseed meal for each 1000 pounds of live weight of the animal should be fed daily.
 "TwO-year-old steers weighing about 1000 pounds may be started on about 20 to 25 pounds of silage, to 8 pounds of clover or alfalfa hay, and , to 6 pounds of mixture consisting of six parts of corn to one part cottonseed meal by weight daily. In a period of two weeks the cattle may be brought up to full rations, if care. fully watched. At this time they will eat about 15 to 20 pounds of silage to 6 pounds of hay and 12 to 14 pounds of grain mixture daily.
 'As cOttonseed meal is rather high priced this year, wheat bran or glu- ten feel may be used instead with al- most as good results and at a saving in cost of production"
The log cabin Democrat., 1916-02-07
Automatic Hog Oiler.

being manufactured in increasing numbers to meet the popular demand for something of the kind. Here is one that works on a little different principle than the others. As the hog rotates the barrel of the cylindri- cal stem the knobs hit the trip and a little oil is released to run down to the hog'.j hide. The slope of and angle at which the post stands makes it possible for the hog to get oil on any part of it's body-top, bottom, sides or ends.-Farming Business.
The log cabin Democrat., 1916-02-07

tabs B. The dotted lines represent the edges of the covers. and with these as guide it is simple matter to snip away corners A with a pair of scissors. Tabs B should be as wide as the book Is thick, and the full depth of the margins, and should be located i'll the center of the top and bottom margins. Cut obliquely, as shown.
 After folding over the tabs, place the opened book inside of the margins, and fold flaps c. then flaps D. over on to the covers Zig. 3. Daub glue or mucilage upon the under side of the end of flaps D. and press down upon flaps c.
 Cloth jackets are more durable than paper ones. Gray or brown cambric
The log cabin Democrat., 1916-02-07

end" usually the short end used in forming the knot or hitch (E. Fig. D.
 To begin with. the simple Overland Knot Zig. 9, make a loop CD and pass the end (E) through the loop.
 In joining two pieces of rope with a Square Knot Zig. 3. first twist the ends (E, E) as shown in Step 1, and then form an Overland Knot on top as shown in Step 2. Notice the difference between the positions of the rope ends in this knot and in the Granny Knot shown in Fig. 4. The Square Knot will hold, the Granny knot will slip
 The Fisherman's Knot Zig. 5 Is a secure knot and one easily loosed In
The log cabin Democrat., 1916-02-07
British Columbia's Minerals.

The annual mineral output of Brit ish Columbia is valued at approxi- mately S30000,000. The figures for 1913 exceeded that amount, while the product last year was some s4,000,000 short of that of the previous year. The decrease in the value of minerals produced in the province last year, as compared with 1913, was due to tse European war, which disturbed the metal markets throughout the world. producing depressing effect Sn the industry in British Columbia.
The log cabin Democrat., 1916-02-07

dress lining is the best material to use. Cut the cloth in exactly the same way as described for the paper jacket Zig. ?, but instead of pasting the flaps together tack their corners with threat Zig. 4) Then lace the thread back and forth from the upper flaps to the lowe.. ones, as shown in Fig, 4. pulling the facings taut
 The jacket shown in Fig. must be made of heavy canvas, because 1t re- quires stiffness to hold its shape. The dotted lines in Fig 6 indicate the mar
The log cabin Democrat., 1916-02-07
SCHOOL BOOK JACKETS.

Heavy, glazed brown wrapping pa- per makes the best paper jackets. If you have none in the house, get sheet or two from your grocer. Place the book to be covered upon a piece of the paper Gig. D. open it, and mark out around the edges of the cov- CTS; then measure off a margin of 21s or 3 inches outside of this, and cut out the piece. Next, cut away corners A Zig. 9, and cut and bend over
The log cabin Democrat., 1916-02-07
PATIENT EDITORS AT WORK


 burg and Mont Alto How well you know that of faith and hope and char ity, the greatest of these is hope! Hope and high courage, and battles are won.
 There are worse things than ill., ness. There is sickness of the heart, which is despair, and there is sick ness of the soul, which Is death. And there is very terrible thing. which is the sickness of nations
 This Christmas, when we are think ing of the birth of the Man of Peace, many nations of Europe are sick unto death.
 Last winter, just week or so later than this, 1 was at the front in Elan ders. The men were being changed about in the trenches. Why? Be- cause of Christmas day!
 There had been Christmas truce.
 At midnight on Christmas eve, here and there in the confronting trenches men sang the hymns of the Nativity.
 The Germans sang. "Stille nacht, heilige nacht." The English sang, the French, the Bclgians-each the Christmas hymn of his country. The long line took 1t up. Think of it, Four hundred miles, from the sea to Switzerland, men singing hymns of peace Eight hundred miles of armed men singing.
 The artillery duel ceased, and after breakfast, where the trenches were close enough together, the men held up their Christmas gifts for the other side to see.
 At first they raised them cautiously, sometimes on the tip of the bayonet. Then when no one showed a disposi- tion u fire, and the Christmas truce was an established fact. they grew bolder.
 The Germans, full of sentiment about Christmas, had many gifts. The French and English were well pro- vided. Men stepped out of the trenches onto the forbidden ground between.
 A few threw cigarettes across to those of the enemy who had similarly emerged. Officers forbade it, and turned their backs.
 At first cautiously. then without fear, the men mingled What an ex traordinary sight it must have been, Men who had been trying to kill each other but few hours before, and who on the next day would again be kill. ing. meeting there between the lines. and exchanging gifts, candy for cig- arettes, matches-those luxuries of the trenches-for pipe tobacco.
 All but the Belgians Christmas dawned sorry day for them. They were cut off from their homes. No. even card could come to them through those lines that stretched across their country.
 Even could things have been sent around by way of England, who was families were refugees, and they knew not where. All were impoverished.
 But on Christmas morning came gifts to the Belgians after all An Englishman had thought of them They got, every man of them, pipes pipe tobacco, cigarettes and matches
 All of that day, the strange truce went on. When night fell. the sing ing began again. They sang the day out, as they had sung it in.
 But the next day the men were moved in the trenches. Hate had died of Christmas day, and war cannot live without hate. The unseen enemy across had been seen and talked to. and proved to be men. men
The log cabin Democrat., 1916-02-07
The Captain of Industry,

Did you hear about the defacement of MT. Skinner's tombstone?" asked Mir. Brown a few days after the funer- al of that eminent captain of indus try.
 No what was it?" inquired his neighbor, curiously
 Some one added the word friends to the epitah."
 What was the epitaph?"
 He did his best. Life.
The log cabin Democrat., 1916-02-07
New Feed for Stock.

The stock melon, which is a cross between citron and watermelon, is being tcd tc stock in the Kansas and Oklahoma experiment stations for ex- peJimepta! purposes. The fruit has somewhat the appearance of water melon. The flesh is solid and lacks sweetness.
The log cabin Democrat., 1916-02-07
HANDICRAFT FOR BOYS AND GIRLS $  A. NEELY HALL. DOROTHY PERKINS ::
 
KNOTS AND BITCHES,
Copyright, by

Below are a few knots and "hitches" that every boy should know. Get two pieces of light rope and work out each as I describe it's formation.
 A rope has three parts-the blight" or loop u, Fig. D, the standing part" or long end (S, Fig. D, and the
The log cabin Democrat., 1916-02-07
Dipiomacy.

Tt takes diplomacy to get on with husband" said the woman who speaks her mind freely.
 T believe it does" replied Miss Cayenne, As l understand it. diplo- macy consists largely in seeming to be deceived whether you are or not"
The log cabin Democrat., 1916-02-07


 Circular Staircase" The Case of Jen- nie Brice." Maybe you have enjoyed some of the plays she has written Seven Days," or Cheer Up." Like as not, you've found your interest cen tered in the remarkable war reports which she wrote from Europe to one or Americas widely circulated weekly magazines. several months ago.
 Mrs. Rinehart was writing a group or tales for this magazine when the war broke out. Because she is a pop. ular author whose name is widely known to the reading public, because she Is trained observer with a mind quick to compare values and because by her ability as writer she com- mands the highest rates of any wom- an author in this country, she was sent abroad to cover" the news of the worlds greatest catastrophe.
 It is hardly necessary to say that she did her work we'll Perhaps be- cause she had been educated as trained nurse (and possibly because she is the wife of physician). Mrs. Rinehart gave us wonderful word pic lures of conditions in the trenches and on the battlefields of Bulgaria and North France. She was given some remarkable privileges, too.
 For instance, the allies permitted her to go into the trenches on the battle front little more than a year ago. She is the only woman writer who has been granted that privilege. She interviewed the king and queen of Belgium, and General French. then commander of the British forces on the continent-an exploit which was shocking to European newspaper and periodical reporters. Mrs. Rinehart has been active for many years in civic and philanthropic work in Penn sylvania, her native state Especially has she been interested in the fight on consumption that is being waged by the state, and in the patients at the public hospitals for tubercular per sons
 The worlds largest tuberculosis sanatorium is at Mont Alto, Pa The patients there publish a bright little magazine, called "Spunk." Mrs. Rine- hart frequently contributes to "Spunk." From her experiences in war reporting she has drawn a les son for the inmates of this and other sanatoria and sent 1t to "Spunk" Here it is:
 ITO the Patients at Mont Alto, Ham, burg and Cresson: l am sorry not to be able to write Christmas arti cle for Spunk this year. One of the things promise myself with great regularity, Is to try to return to all of you some of the messages of cheer fitness and hope that you send me each month.
 But time goes by, and grow buster, and life presses very hard. So I fail, and no one is sorrier than I am.
 It is great thing. this message bust. ness. There is some sort of a mes- sage in every printed word am learning that every day, in the work that do. So it is odd to think that I, who am well and strong, should be looking now and then for word of cheerfulness from people not so fortu- nate
 It is really a great lesson. How wise you all are, at Cresson and Ham,
The log cabin Democrat., 1916-02-07
preurntinn Is cheanest

Have E'de btading in the pen at farrowing. Wait until the pigs get large encu3h to Sske care of them selves beIcre bedding heavily. Have the pen dry and citan and keep it titus, Ma'Ee liberal dse of the we'll known o.sinfectants. Prevention is ehoapsf SIX cure.
The log cabin Democrat., 1916-02-07
OIL ON THE TROUBLED HOGS
Solutio': Of Dipping Problem Soved- Much Added to the General Health
 of the Animals.

Oilirg hogs when and where the hog desires has been found to be the proper solution of the dipping prob- lem and adds much to the general health of the hog. We have presented
 several of these devices for oiling hogs to our readers, all of which are
The log cabin Democrat., 1916-02-07

with families who had sent them gifts, men who smiled and who sang.
 They were moved on, and the fight ing began again.
 So say that there are worse things than being i'll. There is hating, and the business of war, and sickness of nations
 And now, to those of you who are so cheerfully and bravely fighting your battle against the enemy, dis ease, and fighting. like the soldiers at the front, away from your homes, let me wish for all of you a Christ. mas truce.
 (Signed)
 MARY ROBERTS RINEHART.
The log cabin Democrat., 1916-02-07
around the standing part (S). and out

IS JTI U through the loop.
 The Half-Hitch Zig. 9 is a secure method of attaching a rope to tim Der when the pull on the standing part will be steady.
 In the Timber-Hitch Zig. 10), the end (E) tucked in several times
 The Timber-H&tch and Half-Hitch Zig ID is a combination used for fastening rope to timbers for hoisting.
 The Clove-Hitch Gigs. 12 ard l3) is secure under every condition. Pass the rope around the pole or post. with the end (E) crossing the standing part (S. Step l. Fig. 12); then pass the end around a second time and slip 1t under this last turn (Step 2, Fig. 12).
The log cabin Democrat., 1916-02-07
The DiferencA

Kidder-A man enjoys himself at the theater when he has had a good laugh.
 katheTine-And a woman when she has had good cry