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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-10-11
SHOWING THANKSGIVING AROUND.

Nobody can be called hidebound for regis
Itering a strong and impatient protest agalns'
| the cheap and Objectionable movement OF GET
| tain organizations in the east for the appoint
ment of November twenty third as Thanksglv-
ing day instead of November thirtieth, which
being the last Thursday in November. IS the
stated date set apart during the history OF the
republic as a day of national thanksgiving 70
the Deity for benefits enjoyed.
The reason cody assigned for seeking
change is that the Christmas trade will there
Tby be increased. The people will not begin
their Christmas shopping until after Thanks
giving, say these eager merchants, and II we
put Thanks giving day week earlier we shall
get at their purses just SO much sooner. Sci
dom has a more undignifed proposal been made
SO bluntly. Are we so completely commercial
lied as that Are we ready to shove great
national holiday around the calendar at the
nod and beck of a few special interestsf
This is not the habit of the American peo-
pie And the Thanksgiving holiday is the
feast of all the people of the United States.
There is no proper reason for changing the date
of this great anniversary, and 1t certainly
should not be changed. The people may be al
lowed, we think, to do their shopping when
they please The only decent plea, that of re-
lieving congestion In the shops at Christmas
time. can be answered in more becoming way
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-10-11
TODAY.s BIT OF VERSE
OCTOBER DAYS.

October days How tardily they come
Unheraided by wonder of the dawn,
To blend into the shadows Of the eve
And fade into the darkness of the night
October days. How gentle and how fine,
How beautiful, how colorful. how bright
In dress of red and brown and green and gold,
and bathed in tender shadows and soft light.
October days. How pensive is their air,
How fugitive of mood lack OF sound
Broods deatf-ike all the subble fields,
A hush, lie prelude of the winter song.
October days. The chorus has been stopped
And stiIi the solo rings up to the skies
Until the air in spirit is dissolved,
While the earth healing silence falls.
October days. The harvesting is done.
The running of the yellow sap has ceased.
Ali cares and troubles end.
The universal mother sleeps and dreams.
October days. All life is at poise,
The tide of months at last has reached its flood.
The leaf must fall the seed go to its tomb
To rest until the resurrection morn.
October days. From forest, wood and stream
A fragrant incense floats upon the breeze.
The essence OF ripe. perfected life.
The bounty of nature opulent.
The spring is BIRTH and summer is the growth,
October days though maturity
The fntermezzo in the endless song,
The melody of birth and life and death.
C e H.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-10-11

Indiana's centennial celebration
moving through the state in sections
different towns and cities doing U.
honors in rotation The finishinl
touch will be rut on at Indianapoin
where a week of pageantry viii 2
staged. The distance from the lnos
ana line to the Missouri river
about 500 miles. but il took fifty yeal..
to span the distance with a su1icie1,
number OF settlers to win statehcs
honors for Nebraska
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-10-11
Illinois Missouri

, eral manager of the Bully Hill Coop
er company at Winthrop, Cal, hal
been appointed superintendent of the
Mammoth Cooper company's new
$S50,000 zinc plant at Kenneth, Cal.
DUQUOIN, H., Oct. 1.-THE ex
ecutiye committee of the Southern
Illinois Horticultural society has an
nounced December rs as the datei
for the forty-third annual meeting d
the society. which will be held a
Carbondale.
COLUMBIA, No.. Oct. 11.-The
State Library association met here
this afternoon for a three days ses
sion.
SEDALIA. Mo-, Oct. 1.-THE fifty
souri, Congregational church met here
yesterday for a three days session.
HANNIBAL. Mo-. Oct. 1.-THE
Hanni0alEdina-Me Highway as
ISOLATION has selected black and
orange as colors for the road. which
extends almost 100 miles from Han
nibal to Edna. The highway will be
repaired at various points and actual
markings will be started next week
SEDALIA, Mo-, Oct. 11.-Secretar!
NJ. v. Carroll Of the League OF Mis-
souri, Municipalities has issued thu
call for the annual meeting of thu
organization to be held at Joplin
November 15 and 10.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-10-11
Meredith a. Promoter.

Webster City Freeman-Tribune
The Iowa Homestead charges that D
T. Meredith. reform candidate I'd
governor, was in the Idaho LAM
scheme with Professor Holdei
through which lot OF PRACTICAL
worthless lald was sold TO nurnbe
of Iowa people. Webster City Is III
home OF an old gentleman who los
a small fortune in that venture
There is also a woman residing u
this town, widow at that, who wa,
induced to invest In the land offerea
by this Iowa syndicate. Frank Cote,
also put Mr.. Meredith in black an
white as a member of the party VIZ
induced large number of low,
people to invest in that Idaho req
estate.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-10-11

Granted even that womens place is In the nome rhe
waves of war do not draw back doorstep Bombs
shells do avoid the home because Is sne "o
ans place Today for the rab5idest antrsuf-
fraast the home HsmaD's exclusive Piaee-she
Indispensable firing in the khaki faetories IN
hospitals: England which bitterly opposed nef
into the medical schools, Is now thanking GOO
many available and is crying TOT
nnore-IsraeI ZangwiiI
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-10-11
IOWA.

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa, Oct. IL
The thirty-ninth annual session OF the
grand chapter of the Order Of the
Eastern Star will be held in the city
auditorium here on October Is and &c.
DIES MONIES, Iowa, Oct. 11.-Mem.
bers of the Polk County Bar associa-
ton threaten to institute mandamus
proceedings against Secretary OF
State Allen to compel him to put
names OF district Judge nominees on
printed ballots. He has ruled that
they shall be written on the ballots.
DIES MONIES, low, Oct. Hilary
Bellman, conductor on the North
western, who is alleged to have laid
siege to the heart OF Mrs Leila Orr,
an Abba widow, is declared to be
married in suit for 81, 900 for breach
OF promise filed today by Mrs. Orr.
She says it was case OF love at first
sight when Bellman took up her tick
ct when she was enroute to Spirit
Lake in August, 1915.
DIES MONIES. Iowa, Oct. IL
DRINKS who find their way into the
city Jail must do penance in the fu-
ture by going to work for the street
railway company. Prisoners will be
sentenced and paroled to the Des
Moines City Railway company. Their
wages viii be $2.25 a day.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-10-11

Pity the disappointments Of New London,
Conn She has lost the peace conference with
out gaining the Bremen
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-10-11

BY paying bounties for scalps, the
counties of western Kansas are re-
ducing the rabbit population quite
rapidly. For example. the county
clerk of Scott county pays 5000
monthly in the season He says that
he has paid so much as 500 IN a
single day The price is Ave cents
per scalp. In June and July, 1O.206
rabbits bit the dust" In Scott
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-10-11

Dansflle in their car and were accom-
panied from here by ]. T. Ingrim ana
family to attend the funeral of Ower
Parkins, at Fairfield on Sunday
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-10-11

Enthusiasts who propose the elimination OF
the English sparrow by one weeks campaign
have but slight appreciation Of the resourceful-
ness Of the English sparrow.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-10-11

One good reason why most of Us call it IN
fantie paralysis is the difficulty of learning to
spell and pronounce the other name.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-10-11

Greece will soon become az infested with ex-
premiers as Mexico Is with ex-presidents-
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-10-11
THRIFT AS BUSINESS AND RELIGION.

$50 live says vigorous writer, that you
can look any blamed man in the eye and tell
him to co. ETC.. etc.
One of the ways of being able to do this IS
to avoid doing things that would sound badly
!if they were truthfully published in the news
lpapers. Another way is to save money.
Thrift stands on a lower plane than integrity,
but it may accompany integrity and has been
known to associate with many of the most
admired virtues Many families have no call
of their daily expenditures, but others could
save without denying themselves the necessl-
ties of life, and many of them would respect
themselves more if they did save. The great
American middle class, and it is necessary to
recognize s'class" in this connection, has
room for more of the Spartan virtues than It
ordinarily practices.
But the promoters of the coming nation
wide thrift campaign are likely to shock some
old-fashioned people by their innovation of a
tsThrift Sunday in the churches. America
makes enough of her religion of money with
out having it officially recognized by the
churches. Thrift and efficiency are not spirit
ual virtues They do not make Us love our fell
! lows any more. Develop these qualities to the
i1imit and without some other change in human
nature the world would not be whit happier.
Let us be thrifty, but let us hear little more
( then. take vacations in the country, and not be
going to and fro with dollar before our eyes
i in a world which has million things more
beautiful than dollars. Thrift Is good bust
ness but barren religion
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-10-11

Women who wear picture hat-brirns should
tilt the chin a trifle more.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-10-11
IOWA PREss COMMENT.

| Grand Junction Globe: Paul Still
man has added somewhat to the
pleasantries of the campaign by de
manding that the republican candf
date for governor withdraw. This Is
about the worst slap any newspaper
ever administered to the Iowa prt
mary law. OF course. Brother Still
man does not expect Harding to with
draw. OF course, the demand Broth
er Stillman makes is for political
purposes only.
Charles City Press: Have you
noticed that John T. Hamilton, dem.
ocratic candidate for governor two
years ago. has not said a word about
Meredith for governor?
Marion Register: The fight on
Harding is simply Internal. Editor
or preacher. no difference. Not one
of them has better temperance
record than the victim Of their sour
rilous attacks. A sorry lot they'll
be the morning of November s.
Rolfe Arrow: The silliest thing
that has come from the Iowa press
as yet in this strangest OF all cam
paigns is the suggestion of Paul Still
man in his Jefferson Bee that Hard
ing withdraw II is an insult to the
Intelligence of the 1a7. 900 republicans
who voted for him in the primary.
and we were not one of them, either.
II he would do such thing. wed
help tar and feather him. A better
suggestion is that Paul Stillman and
a few more like him go soak their
heads.
Ocheyedan Press: No man can
climb high without making some very
warm enemies, as one may observe
by giving the political situation the
once over.
Cedar Rapids Gazette: The spirit
in which thing is read has great
deal to do with the meaning con-
veyed For instance both republi-
cans and democrats will derive sat
isfaction from this extract from a
letter written by Senator Kenyon to
the Nevada Representative: Il have
just read in the paper your sugges-
ton that Iowa set an example that
Hughes rest the days he is assigned
here That is one of the most sens
ible suggestions l have ever seen.
hope you will push it,
Sioux City Journal: 1t takes near
ly a newspaper page of solid nonpar-
ell for a mere enumeration Of the la.
Dor bills for which Harding voted
while a member of the house. And
yet the paid boosters for the silk
soeked democratic candidate for gov
ernor are seriously at work trying to
persuade laboring men that Harding
is the candidate of .'the interests.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-10-11

In Baltimore the new Rockefeller Founda
ton institute of hygiene and preventive medi
cine has begun its work as an integral part Of
Johns Hopkins university. The work of pre-
ventive medicine already done in this countr,
is one of the things of which we may Justly bt
proud This new institution viii afford OPP
portunity for investigation and training sec
ond TO none in the world Here is profession
devoting itself to elimination of It's principa
source of revenue, for the prevention of disease
and the spreading of the gospel of health vii
bring the rapid diminution of the ills which
the practitioner thrives on Our doctors arr
seeking to eliminate disease; our lawyers arr
seeking to minimize legal procedure; our war
riors are seeking to make war preyentable by
the very efficiency of its means. Despite th'
horrenda Of today, the promise of tomorrow Ii
bright.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-10-11

too little to fit our children to make lelsur
yield happiness.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-10-11
ILLINOIS.

PAXTON, H.. Oct. Hi R Han.
ley, a former Paxton boy, late gen.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-10-11

Charles City Press: Have yor
noticed that John T. Hamilton, dem
ocratic candidate for governor two
years ago. has not said word about
Meredith for governor?
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-10-11

Marion Register: The fight on
Harding is simply Internal. Editor
or preacher. no difference Not one
of them has a better temperance
record than the victim Of their sour
riIous attacks. A sorry lot they'll
be the morning of November s.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-10-11

Ocheyedan Press: No man cal
climb high without making some yer,
warm enemies, as one may observe
by giving the political situation thu
once over.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1916-09-21

Prof. Walter Holt of the Richland
high school accompanied his class Of
boys to North Yakima to take part in
the stock Judging contest to be held
in connection with the fair.
Mrs. o. Y. Anderson entertained
the Fruitvale Progressive club at her
home Thursday afternoon. A large
attendance is reported; several inter-
esting discussions and the usual APP
petizing refreshments.
w. E. Bechtoldt and family of Spo-
kane, who recently acquired the Slim
son ranch north of town, moved to
their new home the latter part Of the
week and from now on Mr.. Bechtoldt
expects to run the farm himself.
The meeting of the Benton County
Good Roads association held in Rich
land Saturday afternoon was well at
tended by men from Progser, Kenne-
wick and Pasco and a great deal Of
enthusiasm was shown. 1t is to be
ilOpSu NC hOllC ny
this progressive organization toward
the improvement of the road between
Richland and Benton City as in its
present condition it is almost impass-
able in some places.
The Ladies' Aid Of thhe Methodist
church met Wednesday afternoon in
the park, Mrs. j. M. Serr being the
hostess. A very pleasant session was
enjoyed as We're also the refreshments
served by the hostess. A report Of
the committee in charge Of the lunch
counter at the carnival showed that
the Aid treasury would be greatly in
creased when the money was turned
over as the lunch booth proved sue
cess, the ladies giving good, big value
for the money, which was appreciated
by the hungry crowds which attended
the festival.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1916-09-21

Glenn Forbes is working at the
Grosscup ranch.
Mr.. and Mrs. Perry Willoughby en-
tanned at dinned Wednesday evening
for Miss Blanche Clements and Mr..
Walter Holt.
Mrs. C. Hewitt, of MINNEAPOLIS. is
visiting at the home of her sister.
Mrs. ]. L. Gardner and other rela-
tives in Richland. -..
Inc State Highway Commission has
finally decided to gravel the worst
parts of the road between Richland
and Benton City. ~. @-o - .....
Mr. and Mrs. j. S. Wheeler accom-
panied by their sons, Ray and Reuben
EFT last week for Meacham, Oregon,
Where they will visit relatives and
while away they will take in the big
Roundup at Pendleton, their old home
town. ..-.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1916-09-21

n r. Clark, of Fruitvale, is level
80 . fiye-acre tract in that vicinity.
" R. Anon arrived in town from
r.I;fornia to look after his banking
interests.
Joey Palette, son of Mr.. and Mrs,
" palette, is suffering from Sc
20 abscess of the ear.
Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Foss are stay
ing at the Wheeler ranch during the
.hsence of their parents. FIJI
Miss Leila butcher, of Wallace, Ida,
snent several days in town last week,
: ouest of Mr.. and Mrs. c. E. Foss.
Mrs. Abe Hudson, who is cooking
for a crew on the Wexell ranch across
The river, came home for the carnival.
F. Roberts, of Seattle, who owns a
tract south of town, was in Richland
wednesday accompanied by his daugh-
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1916-09-21

w. H. Moore, who has been visit
ing his uncle, Rev. c. A. Smith, for
the past two weeks, left Monday for
Iowa to resume his work as salesman
on the road. His mother, Mrs. Ida M.
Moores, will spend the winter with her
brother in Richland.
We regret that for the past two
weeks the Richland Department Of the
Courier Reporter has been minus
quantity, but an liberated tooth is not
conducive to the pursuit of the elus-
i've 'local." However, it seems that
you never can tell how much thing
is missed until it is discontinued for
a time and judging from the number
of inquiries made as to the why and
wherefore of the disappearance of the
Richland department, it must have a
large number of readers and good
friends and it surely will be the eff
fort of the local correspondent to make
this part of the Courier Reporter even
more interesting in the future than it
has been in the past.
The Odd Fellows and Rebekahs of
Richland entertained the neighboring
lodges from Kennewick at basket
dinner in the park Sunday. It proved
to be one Of the most enjoyable af-
fairs ever given under the auspices Of
the local lodgemen and as result Of
this meeting it was decided to make it
an annual affair, something in the or
der of general gct-together meet
ing for all the lodges in this district,
which is composed Of Kennewick, Pas
co, Richland, Kiona, Cornell, Alfalfa
and Ethiopia. Harry Wheelhouse, Of
Richland, was elected chairman of the
meeting and Doctor D. s. Brogunier,
of Kennewick, secretary. A commit
tee, composed of one member from
each lodge in this district will be ap-
pointed to act as arrangement COM
mittee for all future meetings and the
date of the next dinner will be left to
them. However, it was decided that
the meeting place would be in the
Richland park and that the picnic
would be an annual affair.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1916-09-21
RICHLAND DEPT.

Vernon Cooley; crate potatoes, Frank
Carlson; 8 Hubbard squash, A. M
Lausch; 8 squash, C. Havstad; End, C.
d. Mitchell; pumpkin, j. Fallon; End,
S. M. Ross; citron, joe Utecht; crate
cantalorpas, o. H. Luclloff; End, John
Erickson; oricns, E. Armstrong; End,
Mrs. w. S. Davidson; table carrots,
C. d. Mitchell; stock carrots, Fred
Johnson; End, John Houser; table
beets, T. j. Chalcraft; End, j. w.
Fisher; sugar beets, H. P. Miller; cab
bages, A. M. Lausch; string beans,
Mrs. M. G. Page; eggplant, c. d,
Mitchell; doz. ears corn, C. d. Mitchell
End, Fra=k corlcon; popcorn, c. Hav-
stad; crate tor.atoes, j. w. Fisher;
largest tomato, Mrs. G. c. Lawrence;
parsnips, C. d. Mitchell; sweet pota-
toes, M. G. Lyons; End, ]. c. Peterson;
sheaf alfalfa, S. M. Ross.
Juvenile Class
First p-izc, east side district; End,
west side district; IL ears corn, Carl
Carlson; End, Russell Ross; potatoes,
Vernon Cooley.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1916-09-21

B. F. Knapp, of Hermiston, Oregon,
spent the weekend in town on bust
ness.
Otis Allen left Sunday night for Sc
attic where he will spend several
weeks on business.
Tom O'Larey, editor of the White
Bluffs Spokesman, spent Saturday in
Richland at the carnival.
Mrs. F. A. Rouse, who has been
visiting in the east with relatives all
summer, returned home Sunday.
Albert Carlson, of Spokane, who
owns a ten-acre tract north Of town,
is visiting his brother, Simon Carlson.
Mr.. and Mrs. ID. F. Johnston, of
Lind, were guests last week at the
home of their daughter, Mrs. F. G..
Bier.
Miss Inez Herndon, of Pasco, spent
several days in town last week the
guest of her friend, Miss Crystal Tim
norman.
County Commissioner J. b. Glenn
ents spent last week in Tacoma, at
tending the annual convention of
county commissioners.
Mrs. C. E. Duffy and Mrs. James
Mcclellan, of Prosser, spent Saturday
and Sunday in Richland visiting old
friends and incidentally taking in the
festival.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. A. Bier and two
daughters, of Kennewick, We're guests
Friday night of their brother, F. G.
Bier and family, coming up to attend
the carnival.
F. L. Sanders, who owns a tract in
the Fruitvale district, has just pur-
chased ten additional acres in Section
Fourteen from the Horn Rapids Irri-
cation company. -. "a
A. M. Lausch accompanied the
Richland exhibit to the fair at North
Yakima, where the showing made by
this district caused great deal Of IA
vorable comment. .--
Thomas j. Thompson, of Pasco, who
owns a ten-acre tract on the river
front north of town, was here Satur-
day looking after his property and
taking in the festival.
Miss Beryl Wadsworth, who has
been visiting her parents for the past
two weeks, left Friday for Pullman,
where she will resume her studies at
the State College. Miss Beryl is q
junior.
VIM. Young returned home Friday
from the harvest fields. He will re-
main long enough to fill his silo and
get his fourth cutting in the stack
and will then go back to work as
foreman on big threshing outfit.
At a special meeting of the council
Monday night the following budget
for 1917 was made up: Attorney, SIS;
treasurer, $3.50; clerk, $100; printing,
sos; streets, $500; lights $3.50; park
and dock, $500; auditing, SIS; inciden-
tails, $S5. The estimated receipts are:
licenses, SAL; tax levy, $1159.
The dairymen are all busy filing
their silos this week and as the corn
crop this year is one of the largest
ever grown in the district the outlook
is for a very prosperous year for
those engaged in this business. Mar
tin Wienenga and William Young are
jointly running the machinery neces-
sary for filling silos and are getting
all the work they can do.
Patrick Costello made one of the
largest shipments of hogs ever sent
out of the Richland district last Sat-
urday. 1t took five large wagons to
haul the 80 head out of town to Ken
newick, they being sold thru Geo. Fin
ley. Mr.. Costello says the hogs will
average easily 16O pounds each and
at present price paid for pork will
make a nice profit for their owner.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1916-09-21

Six cucumbers, ]. c. Peterson; wa.
termelon, O. Y. Anderson; larges Gu.
comber, Geo. Taylor; plate tomatoes
Mrs. F. Carlson; cantaloupes, C. D.
Mitchell; casabas, David Fish; End C.
d. Mitchell; squash, A. Hammer; End
Mrs. L. B. Arnold; green corn, s. M
Ross; hazel nuts, Mrs. Dillon; largest
cabbage, A. M. Lausch; End, T. ].
Chalcraft.