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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-07-19
CITY NEWS
Mary,s social tonight.

st. Mary's social tonight.
Fishing parties are numerous.
Bathing suit specials. Lowitz.
Use The Gate City for classified
advertising. And get results.
Lawn social Belmont school
house. Saturday evening, July %.
Spend Sunday on Str. Dubuque to
Burlington and return Leave $3.50
a. m. Adults Use.
Automobile riding has lost much
of its pleasure as the roads are dusty
and badly cut in many places.
-Keokuk camp II. W. A. No. 622
will hold its regular meeting tonight
at Woodman hall. All members are re-
quested to be present
The tri-state fair is to be held
in Burlington August IA to 10, and
promises to be an interesting event.
High class excursion to Burling-
ton and return Sunday en- Str. Du-
buque. Leave $3.50 a. m Adults Use.
State fair officials are looking
forward to record breaking exhi-
bition this year Improving crop con-
diticns Is causing this vision as much
as anything else
During July we will have limit
ed number OF Streckfus steamboat
tickets to st. Paul and return, which
we will sell at a special discount
Special rates. The Gate City Co.
Bathing suit specials. LowitZ.
For the consideration of $4,000,
James A Foley and d. J. Downing
have decided to James S. Hawkins, the
north one-haf Of northwest one-fourth
OF section 9, township 90 north, Of
range 5 west, in this county.
Regular meeting OF Keokuk aer1e
No. 6s3, F. o. E., tonight at Eagles
hall, 523 Main. at 8 O'Clock. visiting
brothers always welcome. Chas. A
Noakes, Secretary. Bustness Of i'm
portance.
| The first six months OF 1916, Des
Moines merchants have advertised in
The Capital to the extent Of $4,000
inches. Des Moines merchants be.
lieve in advertising and Des Ioines
is growing.
| Bathing suit specials. Lowitz.
High class excursion to Burling
ton and return Sunday or Str. Du-
buaue. Leave $50 a. m. Adults 75c
Relief from the heat for at least
a day or two is promised by the local
weather bureau. 1t is predicted that
It will be cooler this afternoon, and
that it will continue SO for some
time.
Spend Sunday on Str. Dubuque t.
| Burlington and return Leave 9:3(
a. IN. Adults 75c.
| No place is as cool as on th'
river these sultry days. A boat triI
to ST. Paul will prove a delightful
J way in which to spend your vacation
| Special rates. The Gate City Co.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-07-19
CONSUME OF
WATER IS LARGE
keokuk People Arc Using Almost
Twice as Much at Present Time
as at Any other Period
Of Year.
HOT WEATHER is CAUSE
Twelve and One-Haif Millions OF Gal
Ions Of Water Used Here
During Past Week
Alone.

The intense heat, together with
| the drouth that has now extended
over a period of more than three
weeks, is combination that
has affected everybody to greater
or lesser degree. There Is probably
TO place, however, where the direct
results are so much in evidence as
at the local water works.
The men employed at the plant are
constantly reminded in a very force
full manner that the people of Keo-
kuk are in need OF rain and cooler
weather For the average daily con-
sumption of water at the present
time is nearly twice as much as the
average for the year.
1t requires one and eight-tenths
millions of gallons OF water every
twenty-four hours to satisfy the de
mands of the companys patrons at
the present time. The average daily
consumption in the city Is only a lit
tie over one million gallons day.
This enormous increase is the re-
suit of over two weeks of weather
that has driven the mercury to the
one hundred mark, and dry spell
OF almost four weeks duration.
During the past week alone. twelve
and one-half millions OF gallons OF
water were consumed here. In the
cooler months of the year the aver
age has been between six and one
half millions and eight millions a
week, so that the great increase Is
apparent. The average amount OF
water used during the past two years
has been slightly over one million
gallons a day.
The maximum drains on the water
supply come between 900 and 1900
o'clock in the morning and 700 and
$40 o'clock in the evening when the
sprinklers are going. The company
is well able to meet the greatest de-
mand and there will be no restric-
tons placed on the use OF water
during the hot summer months.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-07-19

G. L. Fitch, OF the Iowa State college,
Ames. The demonstration will be
held under the auspices of the Anti
Horse Thief association, chapter No.
2S5. The matter of protecting vines
is Of general interest to the farmers,
and a large attendance 1t the lecture
Il expected.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-07-19
FUNERAL NOTICE.

HANSON--The funeral for the late
Joseph Hanson will be held tomor-
row afternoon at 2 o'clock from the
residence 1901 Main street, and at
the Swedish NJ. Z. church, corner
Twelfth and Concert street, at 2:30
o'clock. Frienda invited
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-07-19
DEMONSTRATION
OF LICE CONTROL
Professor c. L. Fitch, Of Iowa State
College, viii Lecture at Hag-
meier Farm.

A demonstration of the control Of
lice in vines and crops will be given
on the farm Of Frank Hagmeier, one
half mile northwest of the Belmont
school Friday, July al. By Professor
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-07-19
BILLIARDS AND BOWLING.

FOR SALE-Billiard tables, brand
new, carom and pocket, with complete
outfit, SIPS; second hard tables at re-
duced prices. Easy payments. Cigar
store, drug, delicatessen and soda
fountain fixtures. The Brunswick
Co., Davenport, Iowa
I. c. Sanders. agent, 215 Harrison St
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-07-19
PERSONALS.

Mrs. Frank WeisTnann has moved
to Nauvoo to join her husband who
has employment there. They are
STAYING at the Mrs. Kate Seaman
home.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-09-07
YOUNGs CREEK ITEMS.

A great many from this neighbor-
hood attended the Chautauqua at
Mexico and liked it very much. - Will
liam Wainscott sold Earl Carter 30
head of stock hogs at 10c per pound.
- Thod Boulware sold Milton House.
holder a 3-year-old mule for $215. -
Forest Berry and William Wainscott
sold to Earl Carter 10 head of yearling
eifers at TIC per lb. - Thod Boul-
ware sold Robertson & Johnson %
head of stock hogs at 10c per pound.
- Mrs. j. H. Rogers, of Santa Fe,
and son, Prof. j. B. Rogers, of Mad
ison came to visit G. 7. Schieffer and
family last Saturday. Prof. Rogers
and wife are now teaching at Elsber-
ry, Mo. - The meeting at Long
Branch is going on all this week, with
some additions. - All about through
threshing in this neighborhood, and
don't know which is the happier, the
farmers or their wives. - We arr
sorry to hear of Mr.. Farthing's acct
dent. AS he was returning from this
neighborhood, crossing Fish Branch
south of S. P. Carter's home, his
threshing machine went down.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-09-07
sixtieth Wedding Anniversary.
h a Martens, Sec'y.

On Monday, September 4tb, MIR.
and Mrs. Pate Morris, of Mexico, re-
ceived congratulations from friends
generally on their sixtieth wedding
anniversary. Mr.. and Mrs. Morris
were married at the Mcintyre home,
about four miles south of Mexico, on
September the 4th, 1856. Thirteen
children have been born to them
eight of whom are living. Mr.. and
Mrs. Morris are among u oldest and
most substantial citizens, and were
among our pioneers who made Mexico
and Audrain County what they are CO.
day. Mr.. Morris has always lived II
Audrain County, excepting a short SO
iourn in California. The people o.
Mexico wish Mr.. and Mrs. Morri
many happy returns of their wedding
anniversary.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-09-07
HOPES INTERVENTION
IS NOT NECESSARY

J. R. Bondurant, of Ell Paso, Tex,
formerly of Vandalis, this county,
was in the city Wednesday on his way
home from Washington, where he had
been on business. MI. Bondurant ma
resided in Texas for the past fourteen
years and is in the oil buiness. He
says he hopes we do not have to in
tervene in Mexico.
"If we do intervene" said he, 81
trust it will follow an agreement that
such intervention will come from this
country only when the leaders OF
Mexico will prove their inability 70
govern and will really call for aid.
This will place us in the proper light
before the countries of South Amer
lea and show we enter Mexico, NOT
for the purpose of acquiring territory
"What we will have to do in Mexico
will be just what has been done II
Cuba, though I fear it will take many
years to accomplish such splendid re.
suits. In fact, it will not be complet-
ed in my life time.
"The scare about the Japanese il
Mexico is, l believe, without much
foundation"
Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-09-07
10 YEARS AGO.

L. N. Bass was injured by being run
over by a buggy in front of the Ringo
Hotel.
Mrs. Allie Luckie, of Mexico, was
appointed matron of Reed Hall attha
University of Missouri at Columbia.
C. E. Leeper returned from an ex-
tended Western trip.
Mrs. P. E. Locke returned from az
extended visit with her sister in Col
orado.
Edward Wright, seventy-nine years
old, was found dead near his home in
the country near Mexico.
William Howard, the s~ixteen-ycar-
old son of Mr.. and Mrs. William How.
ard died at the home of his parents
in Mexico.
The p~ost-ofice at Troy, Mo-, wa!
robbed of $1,000 in stamps and money
Margaret Yates C~authorn, aged
months, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Jo'
M. Cauthorn, of Mexico, was first il
the Ledger Baby Show at the Mexic'
Fair.
Pritchett Hume went to work TO
S. G. N. Phillip.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-09-07
30 YEARS AGO.

While attnding a lawn party Miss
Ross's dress caught fire from a Ian
tern. The flames were extinguishej
before she was seriously burned.
P. H. Cullen sold the Perry Pioneer
to Mr.. Bell.
Jasper Brown, of Wilson Township,
lost two valuable horses by lightning.
Mary Belle, the eleven months old
daughter of William Poe, died.
The infant child of Morgan Day and
wife was buried.
A base ball club was organized; the
players were:
Frank Leslie, pitcher.
John Atkins, catcher.
John Luckie, LIST base.
bud Criswell, End base.
Morgan Stewart, Bird base.
Gene Mcintyre, short-stop.
W. F. Byrns, right field.
Chas. Mcintyre, left field.
j. H. Green, center field.
DR.. E. D. Ireland, of Vandalia, ant
Miss Rose jenkins, of Hannibal, were
married.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-09-07
M. N. A. ENROLMENT
THE LARGEST N YEARS

The prospect for the coming year at
the Missouri Military Academy is
said to be brighter than for many
years past. The last two wweks III
dieate that this will be one of the
best years the Academy has ever mad.
The enrolment is now almost 100
and there is little doubt that it will
soon reach the 100 mark.
The regular term of the Academy
will begin the fourteenth day of Sep
TENDER.
The following faculty for the COM
ing term has been announced by the
Academy:
Col. E. Y. Burton, President and
Instructor in Mathematics.
Lieut.. Col. F. N. Henderson, Comman-
dant.
Maj. o. H Whitmore, Secretary,
Instructor in Bookkeeping, CONNER
cial Law
Maj. J. G. Strock, Principal, IT.
structor in Modern Language.
Capt. J. D. Savage, Instructor in
Latin and English
Lieut.. F. E. Browning, Instructo.
in Stenograpy and Typewriting.
Capt. R. E. Cabill, Instructor in
Science
Capt. C. C. Convey, Instructor in
Music
Capt. C. E. Smith, Instructor IL
History.
There are four new names on this
list: Col. F. N. Henderson, Comman.
dant, who m here from Illinois.
Capt. R. E. Cabill, Instructor in Sci.
ence, who comes from Pennsylvania
Capt. C. E. Smith, Instructor in His
tory, formerly connected with Culver
Military Academy, who comes here
from Racine, Wis, and Capt. C, G
Convey, Instructor in Music, who
comes from Kansas. Captain Covey
has been travelling on a Chautauqua
circuit this summer.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-09-07
U r R HURT.

Stuart Garrett, of Mexico, a brake
man on the local freight of the south
branch, suffered a severe injury to his
right hand Tuesday afternoon while
making a coupling at the Darlington
coal mine, his hand being caught be
tween the couplings. The member
was badly mashed and he was brought
to Fulton for treatment. The injury
was dressed and the a returned to
his home in Mexico on the afternoon
passenger train. Unless complies
lions set in it is not expected that
the injury will prove serious. Full
ton Sun.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-09-07
WEST O WILSON.

]. w. Woodbridge, who returned
from Colorado, Thursday, %accompani-
ed DR.. J. F. Harrison, while in Den
yer, to hear Candidate Hughes speak,
Mr.. Woodbridge said there was little
enthusiasm at the meeting and that
he felt every speech made by the Re-
publican nominee was beneftting the
Democratic party.
Mr.. Woodbridge states the West
seems almost a unit for Wilson. While
in Colorado Springs he met A. P.
Green and family who were on their
way to the coast.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-09-07
ROUMANIA BARS LIQUOR.

BUCHAREST, Sept. l. - The sale
of alcoholic liquors were forbidden in
Roumania by a decree issued yester-
day. A heavy penalty is set for the
violation of this decree. Roumania
aligned herself with France and Rus
STA in prohibition by this national law
yesterday.
]. R. Scott, of Martinsburg, was in
this city on business Friday.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-09-07
20 YEARS AGO.

Kahn Smith sold his two lots and
residence to Thomas Hook for ST.
$50.
Mr.. Spaunhurst, of Laddonia, and
Miss Miller, of Fulton, were married.
The funeral of Mrs. Charles Doug
lass who died in Bedford, Indiana, was
held here.
W. T. Suber died at the home of his
sister, Mrs. j. P. Campbell.
The body of a man and a boy were
found near the Chicago & Alton
tracks about a mile and a half west of
Mexico. The coroner's jury was COM
posed of W. X. Potts, S. c. Hill, Henry
Howe, Tom Northern, j. NJ. Coons,
J. A. Potts and DR.. N. R. Rodes.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-09-07
A SACRIFICE TO SCIENCE

NEW YORK, Sept. 1. - Miss The
odora Booth, daughter of Gen. Bal
lington Booth, is willing that New
York scientists should inoculate het
with infantile paralysis virus and that
she should pass through every stage
of the disease under their care if her
sacrifice will aid in the battle against
the great plague.
Her unusual offer, made in a per
sonal letter to the editor of the Trib-
une, was reafirmed in Blue Point
Long Island. She had just returned
from a sail Great South Bay, ant
her bright blue eyes, thick hair, deep.
lip tanned checks and sunny smile
made her a glorious picture of youth
and happiness.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-09-07
TINE TO ACT.
Don't Wait for the Fatal Stages Of
Kidney Illness = Profit by Mex
leo Peoples Experiences.

Occasional attacks of backache, IT.
regular urination, headaches and dizzy
spells are frequent symptoms of kid
ney disorders, It's an error to neglect
these ills. The attacks may pass off
for a time but generally return with
greater intensity. Don't delay a min
ute. Begin taking Doan's Kidney
Pills, and keep up their use until the
desired results are obtained. Good
work in Mexico proves the effective
ness of this great kidney remedy.
Mrs.R. H. Wright, 720 Robinson ST..
Mexico, Mo-, says: II have NO hest
tation in recommending Doan's Kid
ney Pills, for my experience with this
medicine warrants me in doing so
| Whenever l feel my kidneys need {
little tonic and my back gets to hurt
ing me, / take a few doses of Doan'
Kidney Pills and they quickly benefit
ed me-"
Price SOC at all dealers. Don't sim.
ply ask for a kidney remedy - gel
Doan's Kidney Pills = the same that
Mrs. Wright had. Foster : Milburr
Co., Props, Buffalo. N. Y. Adv.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-09-07
PRAISES JOHN L. SULLIVAN
Democratic Nominee for Secretary of
State Known Here.

MEXICO, Mo-, Sept. 2. Editor
Ledger: Having known John l.. Sui
Ivan, Democratic candidate for Sec
rotary of State, intimately and con-
tinuously for the past twenty-five
years, allow me to say a word or two,
through your paper, to the Democracy
of Audrain and Boone counties, in
support of this splendid young man.
We both resided in Sedalia some
years ago when this young man be-
gan his career as a clerk in Mckinley
Bros store, and / have since watched
him fight his way, singlehanded and
alone, from that humble position to
higher and more responsible posi-
tons, both appointive and elective,
until now he raps IN the State House
door for admission to the high office
of Secretary of State.
III SdCh anu every PVSibiOh VI pun
lie office held by Sullivan, he has al
ways faithfully discharged the du-
ties imposed upon him. His public
record is both honorable and spotless.
John L. Sullivan is a tried and true
Missouri Democrat; capable and eff
cient officer, good citizen, upright in
character, and well qualified to hold
the Office he is seeking.
This is a testimonial written with
out Sullivan's knowledge or consent,
but l believe in helping this worthy,
self-made young man, who richly de-
serves success, and trust the DEM
ocracy of Audrain and Boone will
make doubly certain his election in
November. Robert H. Gray.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-09-07
PURSUING my fixed policy of say.


FURSUING my fixed policy of say
8 nothing that is not highly compli-
tHtary about individuals or insti-
hons, so that my unprecedented
~gUlarity may continue to flourish.
gain declare that our Chautauqua
s a success from every every view
pint. The musical part of the pro-
IAN was especially pleasing and
lch group of artists labored might
to excel the other and some of
lem did. Even l, though brought up
] Turkey in the Straw, "The DEVILS
beam" and kindred old-time favor
Is of the plain people was thrilled
/ the more pretentious if not more
bdern offerings of the Redpath-
zwterites. But, Oh! Must l be car
b to the skies before l hear a band
sde through its repertoire and omit
b Overture from William Tell?'
hst | die and be forgotten before ]
1 an orchestra fade away through
B canvas, without leaving al
DO of "La Miseree," and the
extette from Lucia?" Have the
Hnposers been on a strike for forty
z4rs; are all the tune factories shu'
IN and the melody foundries in re.
Fership? Can't something be don'
that this trio of hoary and grislN
erans can be retired from the fir
line to the encore reserves?
Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-09-07
%SOUNDINGS ON THE MISSIS-
SIPPI--A PARABLE OF LIFE
By the REV. A. A. WALLACE.

tend someone who has fallen sick.
Such is life. To many it is song after
song; to others it takes on the somber
hue of stern monotonous duty, or is
laden with sadness and suffering.
Some days the sun shines and at 9TH
er times the clouds come and the pas
sengers huddle to the warm and shell
tered spots; and in life we have al
ternating lights and shadows which
make up its variety and add to its
weaving.
In every company of passengers
there are "Know-It-Alls" - people
who run much to words - folks who
volunteer to tell everything about
the trip, from the name of the cap
tain to the varying colors of the roust-
abouts. They can tell you very Ger
tainly what every improvement on the
river does or was intended to do, and
can miss it unanimously all the time
and never know that they are miss
ing it. Happy in their own egotistic
ignorance, they continue to give out
misinformatiOn with joyful satisfac-
ton. Toward such, one needs mere
ly to shut his ears and do as the mar
riage ceremony says forever hold
his peace:" for to argue with such
folks is to fail of Solomon's advice,
which says: "Answer not a fool"
Life, too, has its blind guides of
whom Christ says, that both them
selves and those they lead will fall
into the ditch. How glorious to know
that we have a Pilot who knows the
~way-that there is given to every man
the privilege of listening to the guild
ance of Him who says, "He that fol-
loweth Me shall not walk in darkness,
but shall have the light of life"
We passed through the great piece
of human skill, the Keokuk Dam.
There is developed there seven hun
bred thousand horse power every mo-
ment of the day. Whence this pow
err? The answer is, the great head of
water held in by the dam. But
whence the water? One says, the
! rain and the snow. But whence the
rain and snow? Providence. But
that is but a big word without mean
ing, unless we go a step further and
see the hand of the Father who has
sent all these forces into life, and
who stands behind them with His low
ing, constnat care.
This reminds me of those lines Of
the late DR.. Babcock, Of New York:
"Back of the loaf is the snowy flour,
And back of the flour the mill.
And back of the mill the wheat and
the shower,
And the sun and the Fathers will"
For the friends who think of us
with kindness, for the one who makes
this delightful trip a possibility, and
for the good hand of the Father who
provides daily all blessings of life, ]
yield sincere gratitude. Yours sin
cerely, Addison A, Wallace.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-09-07
THE REV. l. |. DAVIS
WRITES Of PRISON LIFE


The Rev. Howard L. Davis, formerly
of this city, who was recently releas-
ed from the Federal Prison at Allan
ia, Ga, where he was placed after con-
vicition on a charge of misusing the
mails, writes the following interest
ing letter giving an insight into the
character of those who we're his fell
low prisoners:
JACKSONVILLE, Fla, S13 Hogan
Street, August 26, 1916. Mexico
Ledger, Mexico, Mo-: My Dear Sirs-
Thinking that perhaps you might want
a short statement from me regarding
some facts in my case prompts me to
write you. You need not use all OF
this or any part Of it if you do not
want it. If you do use it, / would like
a copy Of the issue in which it appears.
President Wilson, at the request OF
a number of the Bishops of our
Church, two Correctional Officers,
the Chaplain of the United States
Senate, Representatives, Senators and
others, committed my sentence July
10th.
am not the only n that has beef
injured by the miscarriage of justice
which will be seen by the following
facts / CLEANED while at Atlanta; o.
the 1900 men in there only about one
fourth of them are real criminals; an
other fourth are mentally defective
and should have been sent to an asy.
lum; another one fourth are The
unwilling infractors of the law an
should have been given another
chance. There are from fifty to sew.
enty-five thousands laws, counting tn;
state and federal laws, and not many
know them all. Then new laws are be
ing enacted daily, so what may have
been a virtue yesterday is a vice to
day. The other fourth are innnocen
people, caught up by the penal net a,
it drags its way through society
gathering of every kind" / saw
bright, innocent boys there taken IL
by the heartless penal system.
The men | met there are just suci
people as | had known as a ministe,
all my life; farmers, mechanics, mer
chants, doctors, lawyers, editors
teachers, ministers, etc. The differ
ence between the men l saw in Their,
and those | had known on the outsid'
is the difference in quantity.
If the present rule were put into full
practice by the authorities there woul,
be from so to 70 million of our citi
zens behind prison bars. AS it is Their
are annually being incarcerated a hal
million at a cost of six billion dollars
or about $500 in taxes per family
This amount is equal to what it cost
to run the National Government.
After a careful study of the pena
system l came to the conclusion tina
the philosophy of the whole thing I
irrational undemocratic, barbarous
medieval, unchristian and that in it
effect upon human society it is damn
ing and damnable.
Howard l.. Davis.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-09-07
Looking Backward
In Society Columns

tFrOm the Files of August 80, 1sOs)
Miss Virginia Yaneey gave a pleas.
ant 6 o'clock dinner for her guest, Mis-,
KOcke, of Lawrence, Kansas. The
guests were Misses Laura Robertson
and Marie Houston and Mr.. David
Robertson.
The members of the Shakespeare
Club held a very pleasant reunion at
the Chautauqua grounds. A most
%appetizing lunch was served and chC
remainder of the time was devoted {,
conversation.
Miss Pauline Van Ness gave 0
birthday party to twenty Of hel
friends. On the lawn, where the part,
was held, a large spider net was ar.
ranged and each strand was carries
TO some secret place. The guests fol
lowed these threads to the end wher,
they found a gift.