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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-07-17
vANcoUvER's SLUMP

In view of the number of men the Dominion
has sent to the European war and the we'll
known labor scarcity in the United States it is
rather surprising to hear. from the American
consul general at Vancouver that labor is some
thing of a drug in the market across the border,
and that there is no warrant for the report that
thirty thousand farm workers are desired
there. On the contrary, he asserts that there
are more than one thousand unemployed in
Vancouver and that for the want of work many
able bodied men in the province are dependent
ON public charity. It is not easy to account for
this condition, in view of the encouragement
that the foreign demand has given to the rails
ing Of immense cereal crops in the Dominion
and the unquestionable fact that in Canada, as
in the United States, immigration has been re-
duced by the war.
In the circumstances, one is justified in as
Stunning that the boom promoted for some years
by the railroads running into western Canada
was somewhat overdone Talk Of stagnation
and unemployment in Vancouver is particular
ly surprising, by the way, since that is the COM
munity whose adoption Of the single tax idea
has been widely exploited in recent years a
prosperity maker that our American cities were
advised to accept It rather looks too, as if the
advantages of that arrangement were over
rated by the enthusiasts If not, we shall be in
terested in hearing what is really the cause of
Vancouver's trouble
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-07-17
GOOD MENTAL DIGESTION.

Physicians are accomplishing results by
means of prescribed diet where they used to re-
sort to drugs. DR.. Woods Hutchinson approves
this but suggests that an even greater step
would result from getting patients to follow a
prescribed course of exercise, physical up
building and hygienic living which would SO
strengthen digestion that strict dietary would
be unnecessary. Abraham Flexner says that
studying Latin, algebra and geometry for men
tai discipline is a farce because mental dis
cipline results; he proposes to give pupils a
study diet they can digest. But there was a
time when young people in schools could digest
mental stuff from the subjects Mr.. Flexner
would Danish Perhaps it would pay to try a
kind of teaching that would result in mental
digestion stout enough to cope with the mathe-
mates and classic languages.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-07-17
AN ALL-sTAR CAMPAIGN.

A New York City newspaper, which has per
sistently plagued Mr.. Hughes, and continues to
plague him, with grand ideas for the Hughes
campaign has proposed from time to time that
Mr. Hughes name his cabinet in advance Mr..
Hughes has not complied, beyond inviting
Theodore Roosevelt to eat with him and per-
hitting the announcement of a three-train tour
of the country by a Hughes-Taft- Roosevelt
combination. .s.,
As time drags along, however, cabinet
thoughts are coming more definitely into the
public mind Departments of government, as
departments have never been SO prominent in
history as they have been in Mr.. Wilson's adj
ministration Not that they have been allowed
to exercise any great initiative, but they have
been pitilessly advertised by their respective
executives 1t is safe to say that at this mo
ment the American public knows more about
the duties of the war and navy departments,
Tue secretaries of state and of the treasury than
= ever =, dreamed of knowing before.
as 90 why, really, shouldn't presidential can
s .aa'e give some inking of his cabinet prefer.
e eho Why shouldn't the country be given a.
49, 49, N 70 vote on whole cabinet since cabi-
are SO 'mportanta Why shouldn't a can
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-07-17
One Newspaper 10 Enouoh.

Centerville Iowegan: The Musca.
tine News-Tribune has gene into the
hands OF receiver. 1t was the sec
ond best OF two daily papers in a city
Of 10000. UP at Iowa City the Daily
Republican, Dave Brant's paper, has
changed from daily to a weekly.
There were three dailies there, and
the city is OF size for ere only. It
is being demonstrated every day that
for cities up to 10000 to $4,000 one
daily paper is enough.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-07-17
ToDAY,s BIT OF VERSE
THE WINNERS.

don't mind the man with redblooded kick
At a real fancied wrong;
/ can stand for the chap with CROUCH II mes quick
To drop when joy comes along.
have praise for the fellow who says what ne tn1nhs
Tho his thought may not fit in with mine.
But spare from having to mix with the gnks
Who go through this world with whine
/ am willing listen to sinner saint
Who is willing to fight for his rights,
And there's something sometimes in honest complaint
That soul of really delights,
For kckers useful and grouches are w1se
For their purpose is frequently fine
But spare from having to mix with the guys
Who go through this world with whine.
Detroit Free Press.
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still be the wisest of all plans and
FORMS
Mail order House scheme.

tHA
Dubuque TelegraphlHerald: There
is no more powerful or resourceful
enemy Of the local merchant in any
community than the mail order
house. Against its competition he
must even he on the alert, waging
his cleverest fight, for the mail order
house in inscriptions, its statesmen
are the finest experts and it avails
itself of a personal appeal that is
only possible in the long hours OF a
winter day or a summer night, after
the work Is done and the customer is
relaxed and in genial mood.
The mail order house fights it bat
tie with a catalog in which is pic
tured and described everything a
civilized man needs. It brings its
store right into every mans house,
with the pictures in its catalog, and
says. to him, Take your time and
pick out exactly what you want" in
sharp contrast to the local mer-
chants way of making the customer
come to him and then hurrying him
through sale in order to wait on
the next customer. Its catalog de-
scriptions are written by word mast
ers in the most seductive phrases.
until the customer can see the object
IcdpAAS VI liAC out VI Tic uSdu PdSC.~
But most important OF all Is the
cleverness Of the mail order house at
tack It does not drive its forces
blindly against any competition at
ALL 1t does not spend its money and
its strength where the home mer-
chant is firmly intrenched and MAX
ing a strong bid for local trade. It
picks out the community where the
buy at home" spirit is all but dead
and proceeds to put the final quietus
on 1t.
Herman Rosenthal, advertising
manager for Sears, Roebuck & Co., Of
Chicago, addressing the American Ad
club short while ago, in an endeav-
or to make more impressive point
he was driving home, said:
'sWe have q bureau whose duty &c
is to read, each week, the country
newspapers from all over the coun-
try. There is not paper Of any
consequence in our trade territory
that our bureau does not get. This
bureau looks over these papers, and
when we find town the merchants
are not advertising in the local pa
per, we Immediately flood that terri
tory with our literature. 1t always
brings results far in excess of the
same effort put forth in .territory
where the local merchants all the
time use their local paper"
There you have an excellent ex.
pose of mail order house methods.
Think it over, you business men who
don't believe in advertising and are
much given to complaining of the
tendency of your townsmen to pat.
ronize the mail order houses.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-07-17

When was d boy my mother had
hanging on the wall of the SITTING
room a beautiful lithograph of the
| Yosemite Valley. The view was look.
ling from Inspiration point east, with
FL Captain, the Cathedral rocks, and
Bridal Veil falls in the background.
1t is well known fact that each
! individual is a reorganization Cof the
race At that time I was in the old
stone age OF development. and this
scene fired my youthful imagination.
IL peopled the entire landscape with
grizzly bears. To degree this was a
correct conclusion, no doubt, ard
longed for the time could visit the
park and aid in their determination.
Fortunately for me. my visit was
postponed until the grizzlys as well as
my point of view have both vanished,
and the scenic, historical and geologi-
cal aspects appeal to me.
The Yosemite (Indian name for this
grizzly bear) valley was first visited
by white men in 1851. Captain John
Boiling and a detachment Of soldiers
pursued band Of marauding Indians
to this, their stronghold.
the valley. All goods going in were
rough mountain trails. In 1874, the
first wagon road was completed.
The history that is now agreed up.
on by the keenest geological intellects
is this: During the ice age in North
America, the Sierra Nevada mount
aims were covered with ice hundreds
Of feet deep. AS Greenland and Ant
artfca are today. These vast ice
sheets move slowly down the slopes
of the mountains, tearing, grinding,
disintegrating as they went the the
softer strata. Stoutly resisted by the
solid granite formations they forever
stand an illustration Of IAN irresisti-
Bile force coming in contact with an
immovable body" Then to the solid
granite that resisted the force OF ice
for thousands OF years we today have
this wonder of the world, with its
stupendous waterfalls, its colossal
cliffs, and marvellous scenic beauty.
A terminal moraine between Ell
Captain and the Cathedral rocks
made dam When the ice withdrew
a lake was formed about six miles
long. This broke through the mo-
raine and drained away, leaving the
MERGED (River Of Mercy as it is to-
day.
Since the disappearance Of the Ice
age, the weathering effect of other
agencies has been busy here. The
rain, snow and frost have loosened
huge rocks, many bigger than large
house, that have tumbled down the
sides OF these sheer granitic walls. No
man was here to note the thunder and
the echoes they produced All along
.the sides Of the valley Is a mass OF
taltus cones and rocky debris, that
the lichens have attacked and slowly
but surely are disintegrating them.
Thus nature is forever building up
and tearing down. THE hills are
shadows, and they flow from form to
form, and nothing stands. They melt
like mists, the solid land, like clouds
they shape themselves and go"
The Mariposa grove OF big trees
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YOSEMITE VALLEY AND THE BIG TREES


= rs d . j :
! stands thirty-flve miles from Yosemite
; national park They are known as
the Sequoia Westinghouse. They are
the connecting link between the past
1 and the present From one of these
trees was made three thousand fence
posts, enough to support q wire fence
around nine thousand acres OF land.
From the same tree, six thousand i've
hundred shingles, enough to roof
seventy or eighty houses. and hun
dreds of cords Of fire wood that was
a total loss. on account Of the ex-
pense of hauling the wood out OF the
mountains.
The age Of the largest trees Is not
known. In 1911 and 1912, Ellsworth
huntington of Yale college counted
the rings Of seventy-nine that were
over two thousand years old, OF three
that were over three thousand years
old, and one that was three thousand
one hundred and fifty years old This
tree was alive and sturdy at the time
OF the Trojan war. and the exodus OF
the Hebrews from Egypt. They have
lived through the days of Rome, the
dark ages and the development OF
European civilization.
Many Of them are older than the
alphabet. Each annual ring consists
OF layer Of pulpy wood. surrounded
by a harder wood OF a darker color.
One of the strange facts ascertained
from counting the annualar rings OF
these trees is this: that it is the only
accurate record Of the past climatic
conditions OF this region, as wider
rings for long period indicate q
high degree of humidity. while mar
row rings for long period Of time
denote drought conditions. These
fluctuations show the climatic pulse
OF the prehistoric past of North Am.
/ erica.
The dimensions Of the Grizzly Giant,
Mariposa grove, is height 204 feet,
circumference SO feet, diameter twen-
ty-nine feet at the base, sixty-four
feet In circumference, twenty feet in
diameter, ten feet above the ground.
The Wawona tree is height 227 feet.
diameter twenty-six feet through the
opening (there is driveway through
this treel ten feet above the ground,
diameter nineteen feet, circumference
! sixty fet. The road was cut through
this tree in 1880.
In silent awe We stand in the pres.
ence Of these oldest living things,
older than recorded human history,
and wonder at the purpose that keeps
these insensate things hoary with an
tiquity alive, and sweeps away the
man.
| A visit to the Yosemite valley
brings US into Natures workshop,
where she has tirelessly carried on
her stupendous operations, on colo
ssal scale, through the long, long
ages. Nature. the good kind mother
| of us all!
For lasting happiness. we turn our
eyes to one alone and she surrounds
you now. Great Nature, refuge for
the weary heart, and only balm to
breasts that have been bruised. She
has cool hands for every fevered brow
and gentlest silence for the wounded
! SOUL
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ldidate see the advantage Of matching cabinet
composed Of the greatest intellects in the conn-
try against a cabinet composed of misfits ana
political touts7 And above all, why not organ
ize an all-star political campaign in opposition
to the one-spellbinder- and two-typewriters of
the opposition7
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-07-17
Hope and love address themselves to per-
lection never realized, and yet, firmly held,
become the salt and staff of ife.-R. L. Ste
venson.
A LATE CONVERT.
Addressing the Worlds Salesmanship Con
gress at Detroit, President Wilson said:

I am one Of those-I have sometimes suspected
there were not many of them-who believe abso-
lutely in Virginia bill of rights which says
that people have the right to do anything they
please with their country and their own gov
ernment / am oldfashioned enough to believe
that and l am going stand by those gentlemen
wish to believe 1t.
We welcome the president, as a late convert,
to this great principle, eternally true, and as
true when he violated it by interfering in Mexl-
can matters to overthrow and crush Huerta as 1t
is true today.
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ment, and cover with light bandage-
if necessary to protect the clothing.
This should be done twice day.
Usually the distressing itching and
burning stop with the frst treatment,
and the skin soon becomes clear and
healthy again.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-07-17
oRPET MORALLY GUILTY.

The verdict Of acquittal in the case of Will
liam Orpet, accused Of the murder Of Marion
Lambert, the Waukegan, ILL.,, schoolgirl, was
generally expected by those who followed the
trial proceedings as reported in the newspapers.
There was an element Of doubt as to the actual
physical responsibility of the young man for
the death Of the girl, and the jurors gave him
the benefit of that doubt. But as to Orpet 8
moral responsibility, there is not the shadow Of
"a doubt He it was who, by his own admissions
on the witness stand, damned the life of Marion
Lambert. For this the jurors could not pro-
nounce him guilty, as that was not one of the
counts in the grand jury indictment. However.
the decent and clean minded element of the
public has taken the measure of William Or
pet. That he be put in a stocks specially erect.
ed for the purpose in some public thorough.
fare is the punishment that fits his case and
should be inflicted, is the opinion of many.
The census bureau is flngng broadcast from
the government printing office at Washington
O. batch of figures in terms of millions dealing
with the finances of cities There are 2O4 mu-
inequalities Of a population of 10000 and over
Last year the average per capita expenditures
Of those cities exceeded the revenues by 81 4S.
The average per capita receipts from property
taxes were 1882; from other taxes, 81. So; from
earnings of public service enterprises, $40;
from special assessments, So :56, and from all
other sources 1891. These totals foot up $3017
per capita. The average per capita expendi-
lures from all governmental costs, including in
terest and OUTLAWS, were $34.65. The bureau
prudently refrains from attempting to point a
moral based on the discrepancy between re-
ceipts and expenditures.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-07-17

New York Herald: How different
would have been sentiment in this
country If Germany had used Deutsch-
lands instead of torpedoes when she
first attempted to break the British
blockadel
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-07-17

O9p Nc my urU4 st0fe.
With the resinol soap
and warm water battle
the affected parts thor
oughly, until they are
free from crusts and
the skin is softened.
Dry very gently,
spread on q thin layer
OF the resinol ONT.
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A keyless paddock Is operated by
gravity. To open you must know ex-
actly what angle to hold 1t at while
manipulating,
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Easy Way to Get
Rid Of Itching

Don't worry any more about that
itching skin-trouble. just get a Jar of
rcsinol ointment and a cake of fesinol
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-07-17

If you select soap that contains
soothing, healing properties like the
resinol balsams in fesinol soap, you
are not likely to have trouble with
dandru6, loss Of hair or itching scalp.
Ideal for the youngsters' heads.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-07-17
Registering Lee County Town VIII
Prsssnt ssnmsr Program on
August Ninth 70 T.hir-
teent1.
BIG ARRAY OF ART1sTs
Many Features Are % be Found On
the Program. ~ ). 3. Mcneil
to b superintsnd-
ent.

| The West Point chautauqua Will be
held August 9-13. The following pro.
gram has been issued:
! Superintendent, J. B. Mcneil.
/ Play specialist, Georgiana Hollo
way.
Prosram begins promptly.
Wednesday.
Half past two-Opening exercises
and important announcements.
Opening program-The st. Clair
quartet, splendid quartet of girls
with the chautauQua spirit fully de.
|.veloped, q concert worth while.
|. Three o'clock Judge Manford
ISchoonover. A rugged. manly man
with q virile message on unseen
Forces"
Four O'Clock Funniest for the chill
dren. The play specialist meets the
boys and girls and tells all about the
FOX and Hound" chase which be.
gins at once.
tet, musical variety and entertain.
ment galore by sisters Of exceptional
musical talents.
Quarter to nine-Anna Theresa
Davault. readings and impersona.
tions that have entertainment value
and power; a platform star.
Thursday.
Nine o'clock-Funfest for the chill
dren. For the girls, frolic and greet
ing: for the boys, volley ball.
Half past two-The Orphean Mus.
ical club, male quartet of fine voice
and unusual musical qualities, some
new and novel stunts.
Eight o'clock-The Crphean Mus.
ical club, male melody, vocal and in.
strumental. and extra measure OF
mirth
Quarter to nine Chas H. Platten.
burg, who delivers searching and
helpful lecture on Worms Beneath
the Bark"
Friday.
. Nine O'Clock Funniest for the chill
dren. For the girls, shoemaker's
drill and others; for the boys, sword
drill.
Half past two The Parnells,
songs, stories, readings. impersona.
tions, vocal and instrumental selec.
tons.
Three o'clockRe the magician.
an afternoon OF mystery. magic and
illusory experiments, the entertain,
ment triumph OF its kind.
|. Eight o'clock-The Parne1ls, more
OF the same, yet different. A classy
and clever company.
Quarter to nine-W. L. Y. Davis,
with lecture that is different and
tells what he found in his Back
Yard"
Saturday.
Nine o'clock-Funfest for the chill
dren. For the girls, Swedish las.
sizes, frolic; for the boys. volley ball
: Half past two-Our old home
ready dear to the human heart and
beautiful beyond compare.
Three o'clock-Hon. George Fred
Williams, journalist, lawyer and
diplomat, ex-minister to Greece, and
able orator
Eight o'clock-Our old home sing.
.ers in delightful entertainment OF
favorite songs and very clever
sketch.
Halp past Qunntano and his
band, the music OF the masses served
in first class musical fashion, real
musical treat.
Three o'clock-Prof D. M. Kelley
tells of the Gospel Of Work." and
gives the boys their real innings at
chautauQua.
Four o'clock-Vesper service.
Eight o'clock Quintano and his
band, q festival Of melody in great
volume and superb sweetness. Big
band music 1t its best
Atchisun Globe: Being on the jot
all the time beats genius.
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Atchison Globe: Being on the jo
all the time beats genius.
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IOWA PRESS COMMENT.

Sioux City Journals Presumably
the $4,000 offers for passages on the
return trip OF the Deutschland were
made by Americans who had Just
been derricked out Of Mexico.
Boone News-Republican: There are
many bad accidents to automobiles,
but it is noticeable that the driving
OF today is much more careful than
that of few years ago when automo.
biles were new The speeding is
being noticeably Gained down and
the horrifying accidents We now read
about are due tc carelessness at rail.
ad crossings.
Davenport Times: It Is almost
time for the usual advice about saw
ing the. seed corn.
Muscatine Journal: President Will
son has pledged his support to the
plan which aims to relieve devastated
Poland. 1t Is there that the weight Of
war has fallen heaviest. Even great
world war can herdly be accepted as
an excuse for the starvation Of an
entire people.
Waterloo Courier: The passenger
fare across the ocean of the Deutsch-
land is FIVE thousand dollars. A good
many OF us would not be tempted to
take the trip if the five thousand dol
lars were coming the other way.
Sioux City Journal: In some ways
E. T. Meredith as q state leader Is q
good deal like Woodrow Wilson as a
national leader The most startlins
resemblance is in the matter of acro
hatic agility and willingness to use
1t in an effort to get there.
Ottumwa Courier: II you buy those
things for which you have no need,
you will eventually have to sell your
necessities.
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Boston's patriotism is under trial as never
before. The government is buying up the visi-
BILE supply of beans for army
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Give US man. young old, high or low, on whom we
know we can thoroughly depend who will stand frrn wnen
others fail; in such there fragment OF the hock
Aaes.-Dean Stanley.
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4 The West Point chautauqua Will be
held August 9-13. The following pro.
gram has been issued:
superintendent, J. B. Mcneil.
Play specialist. Georgiana Hollo
way.
Program begins promptly.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-07-17

Davenport Times: It Is almost
time for the usual advice about say
ing the. seed corn.
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Sioux City Journals PreSuma bly,
the $4,000 offers for passages on the
return trip OF the Deutschland were
made by Americans who had just
been derricked out Of Mexico.
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antidots use write TO s~lls sr~----
e so, Atlanta Ga
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ice presidency ana 10
rhan the terms OIL