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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-09-30
TAX SALE NOTICE.
To E. D. Reynolds:

o 4. II. TcynOiuS
You are hereby notified that on
the first day of December, 1913, lot
five (5) in block thirteen (13), in
Hawkeye addition, in Jackson town
ship, outside the city of Keokuk, Lee
county, Iowa, was sold to Geo. s..
Tucker for delinquent taxes for the
year 1912, by the treasurer OF Lee
county, Iowa, and that certificate
of sale was duly issued by the treas
urer Of said county to the purchaser
pursuant to said sale; that the under
signed Is the lawful holder and own
er of said certificate OF purchase, and
that the right OF redemption from said
sale will expire and a tax deed be
made by the treasurer of said county
to the said Geo. S. Tucker for said
real estate, pursuant to said sale.
unless redemption therefrom 10 made
within ninety days from the completed
service of this notice.
GEO. 8. TUCKER
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-09-30
The Autumn Of the Bible

Philadelphia Ledger: There Is
something in the fall Of the year
which is kin to- the blood of all of
us. 1t Is zest and a clean spirit that
are world-old and eternally new.
Spring may be the renewal OF life;
autumn is it's refreshing.
Turn to the Old Testament and
read there of all the manifestations
of autumn and early winter-of the
east wind. the breath of the Lord
coming up from the wilderness, the
The comparisons of the Bible are all
with simple things, but none are more
effective, none more beautiful, than
those which link the humility of man
or the glory CT God with the powers
of nature.
| In the imagery of autumn there is
something sombre. Calamity cometh
on as a whirlwind, we read, and, Il
have blotted out, as a thick cloud,
thy transgressions and as a cloud. thy
sins" The rain of fall is not the
early rain of spring which covereth
| the valley of weeping with blessings,
but the later rain which watereth
the earth. The dancing of brown
leaves in fantastic procession and
the whirling duet before the storm
/ bring to nostrils. sick with the city's
odors, breath of that sharp, ting
| ling air which makes life glorious
and love a lovely thing.
| The city in autumn takes on new
| features and drapes herself in fresh
garments. Over her embattled sky
| scrapers the setting sun throws
strange colors and the pavilions of
| the clouds dank in grandeur. me
snap, the keenness of vitality. are
about all.
! After a year Of tragedy and disas-
| ter, one looks upon autumn as an
Iomen of better and Drawer things.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-09-30
IOWA PRESS COMMENT.

Cedar Rapids Republican: OF
course, those who think that the bak-
ers do not put enough flour in the 5
or the 10 cent loaf can buy their own
flour and bake their own bread. That
8 what our mothers and grandmoth-
ers used to do and they were fairly
happy doing it, to.
Sioux City Journal: Robert Bacon.
who was defeated for the republican
senatorial nomination in the New
York primary, was nominated for that
office by Suffers American party. Mr..
Bacon will do what he can to induce
all his followers to support Mr.. Calder,
the republican nominee. but there may
be no way OF preventing Bill Sulzer
from voting for him.
Cedar Rapids Gazette. These
greater matchmaking cases only over
shadow far more numerous cases SINH
lar in nature. but petty in degree.
Those who step aside from correct
habits make of themselves prey for
the vampires familiar with their ac-
lions and reckless as to their methods
for supporting life. The Chicago cases
are sensational only because those in
volved are prominent in social or
business circles and because the
amount of the loot testifies to such
daring on the part of the operators as
is associated with the romantic doings
of the lone highwayman, who makes
away with the treasure from mine,
in contrast with the footpad who OBJ
tains only one dollar as reward for
his gun play.
Burlington Hawk-Eye: 1t is proba-
bic that the visit Of Dean G. F. Cur
tiss. of the Iowa college. to one South
American country will prove Of great
er benefit to the United States than
have the various visits paid to the
Pan-American neighbors by poll
ticians. who believed that they were
statesmen. One man who knows his
business thoroughly. may accomplish
"a world of good where number of
half-baked statesmen may do more
harm than good.
Sioux City Tribune: Nine hundred
years ago China had bank failure. Hi
Hung, ruIuer of the celestial empire
at the time, investigated and discov-
cred shady conduct on the part of the
bank officials. He Immediately issued
an edict that the next time a bank
went to the wall the heads of its presi-
dent and directors should be forfeited.
Since then there have been no bank
failures in China. This method of
dealing with frenzied finance may not
be appealingly poetic. but it appears
to have been indisputably effective.
Ottumwa Courier. The leaders Of
his party know that Mr.. Meredith has
not the least chance to be elected gov
ernor OF Iowa, so they are laughing in
their sleeves and letting him pay the
campaign bills and have his own way.
Waterloo Courier: It may be OBJ
served that the blackmailers have
never yet held up the man who always
walks in the straight and narrow.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-09-30
GOODBYE TO BASEBALL.

| The days of baseball are numbered. Long
time have we hailed it as the national game and
paid our tribute to it by thousands on summer
afternoons. We have given our cunning manlpu-
lators of the bat and ball salaries which would
have made princes of old days gasp and we
have erected for sport parks wherein kings
would once have been proud to disport them
selves. But the day is coming when baseball
stars will have to work for their hvelihoods
and when the very diamond will be rooted
from the earth as fendish adjunct of mill
tarism.
Drill Sergeant Moore of the United States
marine corps may have had no conception of
what he was doing when he said at Port Royal,
IS. c., the other day:
The average American youth early learns to
throw baseball with speed and accuracy. and it
is because OF that We as nation are especially
fitted to wage the modern war OF the trenches
When Drill Sergeant Moore said that he
sicked the whole pack Of pacifsts on the great
American game. We can see Mr.. Bryan raving
nightly in the grand stand, hurting grape
juice bottles at the heads of pitchers, short
stops and umpires alike as they flee before his
wrath.
We may be sure that no dyed-in-the
pacifst can sleep O. nights when he knows that
a game SO universally played as baseball may
be indirectly aiding us to prepare for our de-
Tense.
And the pigskin elipse will have to go along
with the horsehide sphere for the forward pass
might do its part also toward training the
bomb thrower. This means goodbye to the
sporting page of The Gate City and the lesser
papers. In fact we anticipate that the first
result of the sergeant's disclosures will be the
disappearance of that feature of the paciist
newspapers. Or perhas it will be devoted to
the intercollegiate and interurban croquet
propaganda. The adoption by the army of a
baseball grenade settles baseball's hash
finally.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-09-30

No one believed Pancho Villa was dead, and
no one believes he is alive. We nominate Pan
cho for vice president Of Mexico.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-09-30

If they keep postponing that strike New
York City union leaders will have to hand out
rain checks.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-09-30

The birth control agitation will last at least
as long the opposition to it.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-09-30

God requires to keep your body far possible
fit for transferring His power into be-
low To do that you must have knowledge Of its
functions Nothing is Of greater value than
quiet, healthy stable mental condition. which will
able to shine for Master at all times, to trust
and not worry, under God, Of work,
and not to let work have the mastery Of you-Dr
Herbert Lancaster
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-09-30
p.ii.xin. III. uo4.r.

Chicago Evening Post. What's the
use Of voting. The Hughes and the
Wilson college alliances are going to
settle it all in joint debate.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-09-30

countryman is as warm in fustian as a
king in velvet, and truth is as comfortable
in homely language as in fine speech
Sturgeon
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-09-30

Billy Sunday will give Boston ten weeks OF
his time And Boston will naturally be anxious
to do something handsome for Billy in return
for such munifcent gift.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-09-30

Satan strikes the most faithful, hard
working persevering, accomplishing drudge IN
the universe, going ahead in spite Of every
thing and finding mischief still for idle hands
to do. But perhaps he loves his work. Daily
newspapers. in an effor to keep up with the
times. may have to inaugurate a crime section.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-09-30

The Army and Navy Register believes that
the plan, to establish a government armor plant
will never be carried out, though congress has
appropriated eleven million dollars for this
purpose It intimates that the administration
officials never intended to build the plant and
that the government could not manufacture
armor plate at "a cost not appreciably greater
than the contract price now paid" OF course
private facilities for making armor plate are
adequate. but there is no assurance that the
navy department as now managed will not
make the most of it's opportunity to waste elev-
Ell million dollars.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1916-02-17

Boys and Girls Club work, several
hundred letters to the boys and girls
of the state who are interested in the
various crops. requesting that they
make some sort of protection for the
birds which are of so much use to the
farmers.
Professor Randlett and the entire
extension department, including es-
pecially the county agents, are dong
all they car to assist in the work. \
number of commercial clubs, located
in those parts of the state where the
birds need protection, are being urged
to cooperate. The rural mail carriers
will prove especially valuable in help
ing to preserve the birds.
The Audubon Society. through its
officer. Mr.. 7. Gilbert Pearson, has
promised 800 to South Dakota in this
effort to save the birds. We urge
everyone in the state who is interested
in bird life or agricultural pursuits to
feed and protect the birds of the
state"
At the meeting of the Commercial
Club Friday evening President Per'sho
spoke on the necessity of feeding the
birds during the long winter months
and outlined what the college is doing
in that respect. The club took up the
matter and will, doubtless, appropriate
funds to buy grain to be distributed in
the vicinity of ~Brookings.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1916-02-17
PIGEONS CARRY HOG CHOLERA

Pigeons are responsible for about
20 per cent of the spread of hog choI-
era, as statistics show" writes w ],
Wilson, assistant in serum production
at State College. He states further:
"The farmer who owns or harbors
pigeons should either confne them AT
home or dispose of them.
Pigeons flying from farm to farm
in search of food, which they obtain
in the feed yards, will fly a great dis
lance and carry the germs of disease
on their feet, and will infect a whole
neighborhood before people realize
how the infection is being carried to
their herds.
"In 1915 the loss in the United
States due to hog cholera was estimat
ed at IS million dollars, and if one
fifth of this can be attributed to pig
cons, the question arises, are they
worth it?
"Confne or kill the pigeons"
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1916-02-17
MAYOR
to the Civic League on Civic
Affairs

The regular monthly meeting of the
Civic League was held last Friday af-
%ternoon, with the president, Mrs. Lii
liam Smith, presiding.
Mayor Mathews gave a fine talk on
Civic Duties" 1t is to be regretted
that not more were present to hear it.
Those who did cannot fail to have a
better understanding of the duties de-
v1'ving upon the executive head of our
city and the difficulties encountered in
their performance.
Having given his hearers an idea of
the nature of his task and the kind of
criticism he receives, the speaker emu
merated some of the things which have
been accomplished for the good of the
community. In the case of the things
which have not been done, he remind
ed them hat some of them were not
done because they could not be done.
He suggested that, after all, the citi-
zens of a community cannot shirk all
the responsibility in the matter of en-
forcing city ordinances. Especially is
the cooperation Of parents necessary
in enforcing those ordinances which
aim to provide for the safety and we'll
being of minors.
He assured his hearers that he was
always open to suggestion, but made
an earnest plea for constructive advice
rather than destructive criticism to
aid him in his work.
In conclusion, Mr.. Mathews offered
some helpful thoughts on city or com
munity building, the key note being
expressed in the words, know Your
City" Cities have well-defined indi-
vidual traits and characteristics as
well as human beings, and in order to
develop them to their highest posi-
bilities, one must know their weak
nesses as well as thei. strong points.
He referred his audience to the town
survey" plan advocated by Mr.. McVey,
president of the University of North
Dakota, as a means of acquiring such
information, giving the complete out
line to be followed in such a study.
Mr.. Mathews talk was very helpful
and in the general discussion which
followed, the ladies expressed them
selves as well pleased with the after
moons program.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1916-02-17
SCHOOL NOTES

The basket ball team is rounding
out in good form for their game with
Lake Preston Saturday.
Meriel Spooner had the next best
story" in the Minneapolis Journal last
Sunday. The boys and girls of the
departmental school are winning a
issue.
Miss Kidd, secretary Of the Y. w. c.
A., met with the high school girls Wed.
nesday after school and completed the
organization by drawing up a constitu.
ton and electing officers. There will
be a number of clubs organized auxil.
larry to the main organization.
The teachers on the upper floor of
lie new building invited the rest of
the teachers of the schools to an in
formal in honor of Mr.. Vinegar on &C.
count Of his 18th birthday. Mr.. Wine
gar has been ~janitor at the school for
the last fifteen years and the children
throughout the school gave tokens OF
their kindly remembrance by shower.
ing him with post cards and other
gifts of remembrances.
The affirmative of the debating team
will go to Clark this week where they
will debate with the Clark team the
Question, Resolved; That Foreign
Emigration be Further Restricted by
a Literacy Test" Harry Solberg, Lii
liam Sedan and Edmund Haugen make
up the affirmative team that viii repre-
sent the local school at Clark. Miss
Downs of the Mathematics department
will accompany the team. On the
same evening De Smet will come here
to debate the question with our mega
tive team which is composed of Ear
MINER, Lydia Schultz and Robert Yule
The debate will be held at the high
school building Friday evening at 500
o'clock, everybody is urged to attend
and by your presence, encourage this
phase Of school work and help the
team win over our visitors.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1916-02-17
STATE SOLONS BACK HOME
Special Session Lasted Only Four
Days

After an uneventful four days the
first special session of the South Da-
kota Legislature adjourned Friday af-
t%ernoon.
The main task of the session vas
the amendment of the primary election
law. The bill passed without notice
able opposition and on receiving the
signature of Governor Byrne will be-
come a law, designating the fourth
Tuesday of May as the time for the
primaries.
An emergency clause vas added to
the bill providing a means to select
delegates to the national conventions
of the two majority parties of the
state. A presidential primary proviso
was placed in the adopted bill, which
provides also for the election on the
fourth Tuesday in May.
In addition to the primary law a bill
was introduced providing for the sub
mission of a constitutional amendment
to the people to repeal the restrictions
which prevent the state from making
expenditures on interstate highways.
A joint resolution passed both houses
which seeks to allow the state to make
appropriations for state highways, and
also for the mining of coal on the state
land in the northwest portion of the
state. The reasons assigned for the
submission of the highway resolution
at this session is the is the Shackelford
bill, which recently passed the lower
branch of congress. The bill provides
for national aid in building state roads,
provided the state sets aside an equal
amount.
The present constitutional ~restric-
ton against internal improvements
was submitted at the last general cleo
ton but was voted down by the peo-
pie, but if the Shackelford bill be-
comes a law the government aid fea-
ture will doubtless carry the law
through.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1916-02-17
BIRDS UNABLE TO GET FOOD

Feed the birds" urges President r.
G. Perisho, of State College in a special
appeal to farmers. "The snow blanket
owe much of the state prevents the
birds from having access to corn and
grain fields, and the following valuable
birds are in especial jeopardy: Field
sparrows, quail and prairie chicken.
The State College wishes in every
way possible to encourage the protec-
ton and preservation of the birds.
Birds Have Great Economic Value
1T has been estimated" says Presi.
dent Perisho, "by the T.. S. Depart,
ment of Agriculture, also by investiga-
tons in Iowa, that one field sparrow
will eat one half ounce of weed seed
a day-an astounding noun for a
season. 1t has also been calculated
that one quail is worth from SO to $40
a year to any farmer who is fortunate
to have this bird on his land. The
prairie chicken is still more valuable
as an insect destroyer.
Professor SEVERN of our Entomol
ogy department, has stated that each
year fully ten per cent of all our grain
crops in South Dakota are destroyed
by worms, grubs and various insects
To prevent this millions Of dollars OF
waste annually our farmers could
easily afford to feed and protect dur
ing the winter months the insect eat
ing birds.
State College to Help
"The State College, in order to de-
something Of practical value in pro
tecting the birds has sent out through
| Professor MAR. Superintendent Of thu
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1916-02-17
NAMES SEED CORN WEEK

That the selection of seed copn for
the season of 1916 is a matter of I'M
usual Importance to the people Of
South Dakota is shown by the interest
Gov. Frank M. Byrne is taking in the
matter by setting aside a seed corn
week beginning Monday, February
21st and ending Saturday, February
Goth. Governor Byrne urges the farm
ers to use great care in selecting their
seed.
The proclamation issued reads as
follows:
crop did not fully mature, is of light
weight and inferior quality and as a
consequence, unfit for seed; and
Whereas. this condition makes the
selection of seed corn for the season
of 1916 a matter of unusual Importance
to the people of the state, as good seed
is absolutely essential to a full crop,
Now, Therefore, l, Frank NJ. Bryne,
Governor of the State of South Da-
kota, do hereby declare and proclaim
that the week beginning Monday,
February 81, and ending Saturday,
February 26, shall be known as
SEED CORN WEEK
and | admonish and urge farmers to
Oiun I,Irinu fhof uynnE norafnI off,y,
ton to their seed corn supply for the
spring planting. This proclamation is
issued to remind those interested Of
the seriousness of the condition, and
to name a particular time during
which attention throughout the state
may be centered on the question. |
am reliably informed hat in many in
stances the seed corn supply secured
and supposed to be good is proving
on examination to be valueless. This
is true to such an extent hat there is
grave danger that many people will be
seriously disappointed in their 1916
crop, unless every %precaution is taken
to make sure hat the seed planted is
of good quality. | trust that during
the week named the seed corn supply
may be carefully examined and tested,
and prompt measures taken to secure
the seed needed Of the very best quail
ity. In this connection it is well to
remember hat other things being any
where near equal, home grown seed,
seed grown in the near locality, is
much better and safer to plant than
that imported from elsewhere.
I especially ask and urge seed men
and seed houses to make very sure
that the corr they offer for sale to the
farmers for seed be of perfect germin-
ating quality and suitable for the local
ity where it is sold. | venture to ex
press the hope that all those inter
ested, indirectly as well as directly,
in a first class corn crop for 1916, will
lend announcement and aid in this i'm
pOrtant matter.
Done at the Capitol in the City of
Pierre, this seventh day of February,
A. ID. 1916. Frank NJ. Byrne,
(SeaD Governor.
Attest: Frank M. Rood,
Secretary of State.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1916-02-17
H WELCOME MAN

he chances to stray; he gets the glad hand in the populous town, or
out where the farmers make hay; he's greeted with pleasure on
deserts of sands and deep in the aisles of the woods; wherever he
goes there's the welcoming hand-hes
The Man Who Delivers the Goods
The failures of life sit around and complain; the gods haven't
treated them white; they've lost their umbrellas whenever there's
rain, and they haven't their lanterns at night; men tire of the failures
who fill with their signs the air of their own neighborhoods; there's
a man who is greeted with lovelighted eyes-hes
The Man Who Delivers the Goods
One fellow is lazy, and watches the clock, and waits for the whis-
tie to blow; and one has a hammer, with which he will knock, and
one tells a story of woe; and one, if requested to travel a mile. will
measure the perches and roods; but one does his stunt with a whistle
or smile-hes
The Man Who Delivers the Goods
One mar is afraid that he'll labor too al d-the world isn't yearn-
ing for such; and MAJ is yer alert or his guard, lest he put in
a minute too much; and one has a crouch II a temper that's bad,
and one is a creature of moods; 10 it's hey for the joyous and ronck-
ing lad-for
The One Who Delivers the Goods!
Walt Mason.