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The majority of them looked very
young" she said. "aud l realized that
they were just misguided lads. boys
with poor unbringing, unframed in the
right use OF time. AS l sat there with
the tears streaming down my checks /
resolved that ! would give the rest of
my life to child conservation, for, you
know, / believe that what is put into
the first of life is put into the whole of
lIfe. Early ldleneSS means Iater enptI-
ness. and early habits of industry gen
orally mean later self-cunuol and firm
character. To fit myself to undertake
work of this kind practically and SEN
sibly l attended the School of lhllan-
thropy in New York. of which DR.. Ed
win I. Divine. professor of sociology
in Columbia University. is president L
still go up every year to learn or he"
work and better methods.
What has impressed me for many
years has been the hideous drearfneSS
of the long summer vacations OF the
city school children who cannot leave
town for the summer. 1t was this emp
tiness in their lives which led me to
plead for public Fairgrounds, and go
from city to city and study the needs
Of each in this respect and present
them to the people. They do much to-
ward relieving the emptiness and idle
ness OF the vacation months of thou
sands upon thousands of city children,
and today | am advocating with all my
power the summer school.
You ask especially about my work
in the line of backyard -Eardens for
the stay-at-home children. That be
gan hfteen years ago right here IN
Washington, and ii has never ceased.
1t commenced while l was Il member
or an organization connected with
Grace Church, Georgetown. which was
teaching and trying to interest in va
rlous useful things the children of that
neighborheod, which lies near the
nal.
Il saw that could do little effective
ly for the children without the coop
Grafton Of the mothers, for, after all, it
Is the home influence which prevails in
II chllds life. So when the organiza-
tion OF which | was a member started
It's Kitchen gardens to help brighten
the drcary summer months of those
poor city children / visited the homes
and asked the mothers to lend their en-
couraEement to the effort. Nearly all
responded and we set to work
Evening star., 1917-04-01
Copyright, 1917, by Frank e. CARPENTER }
JUNEAU, Alaska.


a LASkA is preparing TO celebrate
h\ it's semi-centenniaI 1t is now
~ just fifty years since the
q y Upited States made the treaty
with Russia by which this vast terri
tory was ceded to US for s7,2O0.OOO in
gold The treaty was executed at
Washington in March. 1857. by William
H Seward, our Secretary of State. and
Baron Stoeckl. the Russian ambassa-
dor; and it was at Sitka in October of
that year that we took formal possess
sion of the country. Since then Alaska
has been United States territory and
il has grown in wealth as rapidly as
any part of Uncle Sans domain
There is no better real estate SpeCu =
lator than the American government.
Since its organization. when it had
bought its independence by the war of
the revolution. it has made half dozen
land purchases, and on each it has net
ted many thousand per cent. The first
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BY the end of three years we had 500
backyard gardens in each section of
the city of Washington, and l know for
a fact that many of those children had
their first practical lesson in thrift and
the independence of being producers
through their gardens, and that they
opened up a new and higher outlook on
life for many of the gardeners. Many
hundreds of dollars have been saved
and gained every summer in this way
bv the children of Washington, and IN
many cases the home life has been
benefited. and it has relieved something
Of the emptiness and despair of the
long summer vacation for the city chl-
dren.
we have all along encouraged the
rich as well the poor children TO
follow this line of self-helpfulness. Is d
step toward forming a habit of thrift
and industry and the mastery of
branch of manual labor which is unlift
ing as well as profitable. We have had
many helpers in this work, all of them
Evening star., 1917-04-01

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st'--ureh, heF h'tNr 10 see iEe th'4i-
CO. 10 osltNF ia H.
III IN an oI thtsr Years oi otcE garden
WORE among the cA4ldfcu OF NJ ashlh&-
ron tiE l'tpaft ftneht 0f AGlicHli uHe hitT
beeh our chlef mainStaY. IL has On
coutaSeu US IN our WORN ANA mas given
SeeaS aNd pants ana mapped out Wa, H.
ing plans to guide our e.torts. Ii Has
stood back Of Us for liratit years ready
Evening star., 1917-04-01

the ships will go up the Tanana several
hundred miles to Fairbanks, the largest
town in the heart of the territory. Here
they will stop several days, during
which they will be royalty entertained
by the citizens. | have letters from
the board of trade there, which say
that they are planning to give an eX-
hibit of their various resources, and
that they will probably take the Wis
itors over the gold bearing creeks and
out into the farming section. one ex-
cursion will be made to the govern
ment farm. about five miles from the
city. and others to the homeSteadS and
other farms that have grown up in the
valley. The visitors will be shown
cabbages four times big as their
heads and turnips that weigh almost as
much as a baby. They will be able TO
stand in grass that viii reach as high
as their waists, and in rye and barley
that Will tickle their chins while they
are in il. Fairbanks has already pro-
duced more than SS0,uuU,oOo in placer
gold, and the visitors may have a
chance to see cleanup and aid in
washing the gold out of the sand
Fairbanks IS also the terminus of the
railway. and it is not improbable that
some of the track will be laying at the
time they are there. They can also
visit the fox farms nearby, and possibly
may have a chance to hunt and fish
during their stay.
The next journey of the celebration
VIII be through the wonders OF the
Lower Yukon. The feet viii make its
way back to Fort Gibbon and thea 20
for hundreds of miles down the wide
and slow flowing river on is way to
the sea. They will stop ut many viii
lagos of logs on the banks, ami VIII
see Eskimos-men. women and chill
dren-who viii laugh as thcy pose for
the camera. All along the river they
will pass little encanpunents of 1u-
dians who have fsh-whe"ls in the
stream, that are catching their winter
supply of salmon. They will see tho
salmon drying on racks, just as q
washwoman dries clothes. and now and
then will be close enough to the fish
wheels to see the great red salmon
carried up by the nets and thrown
Into the trough. On the lower part of
the river they may see great herds of
reindeer feeding on the moss Of the
tundra. and at St Michael they may
have reindeer meat served on the ships
tables. st. Michael is wonderfully in
tereSting. 1t rs another army post and
the party VIII be received by the sol
diers.
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The connection between Barnaby
House and an old chapel about mile
away is SO close that their stories
weave into the same narrative. Their
Evening star., 1917-04-01


The exclrsionists will be met ar ST
Michael by the special steamer that
viii carry them back to Seattle The
distance in the ordinary course is fur
ther than from New York to London
but in the route taken for this cele-
bration it viii be considerably longer
The first stage of the journey will be
from st. Michael to Nome, the gold
capital of Bering sea. The ship will
stop several days there, and the stay
will be full of entertainments of one
kind and another. There will be rein
deer races and other Eskimo sports
There VIII he dog races and excursions
to the goldmining properties. The
visitors will Sc" them washing gold out
of the sands of the seashore, and will
be shown tho great hydraulic lifts
moved by a river, which Is carried over
the mountains and made to raise the
rich farfH I" the S'uicc boxes. The tour
lists viii be entertained by the Arctic
Brotherhood aud the Log Cabin Club,
and the ladies OF the party and others
viii have - reception given by the
Kegoayah KozHn. the woman's club OF
Nome.
Arrangements have been made to take
the party from Nome across Bering sea
to the Pribilof Islands. Here the govern
ernmcnt VIII xiv" an exhibition of the
walk about among these beautiful ami
mails, ranging In size from pups as big
as II cat to giant bulls. weighing four
or five hundred pounds. The next stage
Of the journey will be to the Aleutian Is
lands. which will De entered through the
Unimak pass. atop being made at
Unalaska. on" of the small semi Russian
settlements of that part OF the world.
From the Al"utians the ship will go
along the coast OF the Alnska peninsula,
passing the volcano OF katmai and the
great Island Of Kodiak. which is as big
as Porto Rico. Then Prince William
sound win ho entered and II stop made a [
Sc ward. the southern terminus of Uncle
SANS abroad and where the cars will
probably inso the tourists inland to An
choraEc and possibly to the coal fields of
Mataniiskh, Leaving Seward, the great
copper mines ON the Island OF La Touche
will be Waited. and little later the
ship will come 10 anchor ut Cordova, the
port for the Henneeott copper mine.
From there bY easy athges the vessel will
return through tho inside passage to
Seattle. -
FRANK q. CARPENTER.
Evening star., 1917-04-01

II nhaii never forget my first garden,
nor its result. / have already told its
Evening star., 1917-04-01
Instruction in Home Gardening for the City Child


ITH the Department of Agri-
culture and the daily press
urging the people to take up
the cultivation. of their back
Evening star., 1917-04-01

The "A1l Alaska" is to be in the form
Of excursions. arranged by the Alaska
bureau of the Seattle Chamber OF Com
1nerce and personally conducted by vet
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-04-27

county levy was one mill less than
last year.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-04-27
PAID
BIG TAX SUM
Southern Half of Lee County Put
$2o5,OoO in Golfers Of Treas
ury for Annual
Taxes.

Fort Madison Gem City: Accord
ing to the stubs Of the receipts issued
from the deputy treasurer's office at
the court house, the county funds
were enriched by the sum of S194,
232.5S from the upper district Of the
county alone, and approximately some
s2O5,0OO were paid in taxes in the
lower district at Keokuk. These
period for the first half Of the year,
the balance to be collected In the Sep.
TENDER quarter.
The largest of all the checks re-
ceived for taxes for the upper district
was from the railroad companies, the
Santa Fe paying S11 ,0S952 in the up
per district and total Of S15,961.9H
in all of Lee county. This road how
ever, passes through but portion OF
the county, while the c., B. & q.
road runs through nearly every town
ship The latter named road paid
approximately some $4,000 as taxes
in the upper district and about the
same in the lower district. The Santa
Fee paid on an assessed valuation of
S445,O00.
The Power Co, paid s2,6S739 into
the county treasurers Golfers in the
upper district, while the Perfection
Tire and Rubber Co., on valuation
of s1O1. 4SO paid $4,000 on It's plants
and part of it's land holdings.
The tax collections averaged about
as much as in former years. though
an increase of 2 lilo mills had been
levied on the city levy, while the
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-04-27
CANADIAN TYPOS
KILLED IN WAR
Twenty-seven Crosses Have Been
Erected Over This Many Graves
Somewhere in
France.
BIG BENEFITS ARE PAID
Total Of s7,e75 Has Been Paid to the
Beneficiarles
Of These
BIG BENEFITS ARE PAID

Canadian printers are patriotic, and
figures from the Canadian headquar-
tiers show that somewhere in France"
twenty-seven union printers who we're
members of the Canadian Expedition
airy force have been killed and that
$7,675 has been paid by the Interna-
tional Typographical union to the
widows and relatives.
The roll of honor of Canadian print
ers is given in a little pamphlet issued
by the International Typographical
union. and states that twenty-seven
crosses have been erected to mark
the graves of these men who were
killed in battle.
TIL following fcreword is given in
the pamphlet:
In the meagre casualty reports
which reach the officers of the Interna
ional Typographical union at Indian
aPolis the phrase Somewhere in
France" occurs with monotonous resu-
larity. Some day. perhaps, when this
war curtain shall have been lifted, the
friends and relatives Of the members
Of our Canadian unions who have been
killed in the European war will re-
ceive more detailed information.
Mortuary benefits amounting to ST.
CTS have been paid by the Internation-
al union to the benefciaries of TWEEN
ty-seven members of it's Canadian
unions who have been killed some
where in Europe. Nearly 600 mem
bers of the International union have
enlisted in the overseas service, Can
adian expeditionary force.
On the death of a member in good
standing benefits are paid by the In
ternational union to designated benefi-
carries according to length of member
ship in the union as follows:
One year or less Is. 90
One year and less than two -. 100 90
Two years and less than three 125 90
Three years and less than four 200 90
Four years and less than five.. 300 .OGj
Five years and over ......... 100
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-04-27
AUTO COST
LOW IN STATE
Doesn't Cost Much to Register Cars
in Iowa According to
Secretary's
Report.

w. S. Allen, secretary Of state, has
submitted to the legislative com
mittee on retrenchment and reform Il
statement showing that Iowa in 1915
registered 206,661 automobiles at an
average of 81 cents each.
Iowa shows the lowest expense Of
operation of the registration depart
ment of any state In the union, &C.
cording to the report. In this state
the cost of the department is Sc per
cent of the fees collected Other
states where the registration is heavy,
pay the following per cent of fees fer
support Of the department: New
York, 20; California, 116; Ohio, 11.3;
Pennsylvania, 60; Massachusetts,
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-04-27
When Speed Miaht Help.

Logan Observer: A man who is a
traitor to his country, whether native
or adopted, should find some other
country. If the land that has given
more liberty, more, opportunity, more
educational advantages, more chance
to participate in the affairs of the gov
eminent, more free speech and more
everything else worth while to it's
citizens doesn't suit you, move to the
land you favor and in some special
cases it is advisable to move quickly
or possibly you might not have the op-
portunity to move.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-04-27

ways tired and no appetite. Words
cannot express my gratitude for the
good your medicine has done me, and
tand , me to my family; recon-
Compound to all women suffering from
women. Mrs. META DAMGAARD- MAT
IAN, 2137 Kimball Ave-, Chicago, Ill.
1t is positively true that Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound has
helped thousands of women who have
been troubled with displacements, in
flammation, liberation, tumors, irregu-
larities, periodic pains, backache, that
bearing down feeling, indigestion, and
nervous prostration.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-04-27
PAPER
FIRST BOOSTER
Constitution Is Said to Have Been
Pioneer in Publicity
on California
Oranges.

That Keokuk paper, the old Con-
stitution, was the first to boost the
California orange crop is the state
ment credited to The Sunkist Cour-
fer, trade paper published in Los
Angeles, which says:
What is claimed to be the first pub
licity on oranges ever published ap-
peared in the Keokuk Constitution,
March q, 1865. It reads: Oranges
in California-The attempt to raise
oranges and lemons in California is
every year becoming more successful.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-04-27

80; Michigan, SO; Indiana. ia; New
Jersey, 10; Wisconsin, s; Missouri,
1875.
The cost of issuing number plat IS
in Iowa has steadily decreased since
1911. The report shows the follow.
ing costs:
1911-3O,940 registrations, 1874 cents
each.
1912-5C,Oo2 registrations, 1879 cents,
each.
1913-7s,6O3 registrations, 11.6 cents
each.
1914 = 115,42a registrations, rs
cents each.
1915 155,423 registrations, So
cents each.
1916-206, 661 registrations, 81 cents
each.
During 1917 the registrations in
Iowa will probably show an increase
Of $4,000 new cars. The department
will attempt to register all the ma
chimes at a lower cost than the record
made in 1916.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-04-27
The Boards Attitude.


Speaking to representative of the
Democrat, today, one Of the members
of the board of supervisors reiterat-
ed the attitude taken when the same
question came up for hearing year
ago. The question of the raising or
lowering of the valuation of the po~-
er com2any's property, which is put
at $500,000 is a matter which is hand-
led only by the Keokuk city council,
sitting as board of review. The
board feels that it can no more die
tate to the Keokuk city council what
it should do than it should dictate to
any other duly elected officers of the
county what their duty should De.
This member stated that he appreciai-
ed the interests Of the farmers in
their demands for fair valuation Of
all properties, and he hoped that
every board of review in the county
would establish record that would
not be objected to.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-04-27

And you use coal Tor wood and gas BOTH
at the SAME TIME whenever desired. Unparai-
leled simplicity remarkable convenience = and
most economical. Saves fuel as well as labor.
Compact Complete
Has four coal lids and four coal burners all on
top, full-size l8-inch with spring balanced
oven door, an oven Thermometer and many other
sanitary features. The browning achievement of
so years of leadership
DURABLY MADE-superbly fnished-resplen.
dent in rustproof silvernickel-a range that will
give years of service. Several styles. Furnished
in Sanitary Blue or Black Porcelain Enamel, il
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-04-27

The principal groves are at Los An
geles where half dozen men are
engaged in the business. Oranges are
grown in other places in the state but
mainly in gardens and for private
use. There were about $1,000 oranges
and 10000 lemons grown last year ut
Los Angeles. This year nearly 10O,
600 oranges and 10000 lemons have
been raised in that vicinity. The
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-04-27
FARMERS PROTEST
| AMOUNT ASSESSED
&c county Residents Met With su-
pervisors Yesterday to Ask
Raise In Assess
ment.
BOARD STATES STAND
supervisors Do Not Feel it is Within
Their Power to Dictate to
keokuk City
Council.

Farmers Of Lee county In a meeting
yesterday, at Fort Madison, formally
nrotested the assessment of 100000
for the Mississippi River Power Co,
as returned by John R. Dimond, as.
SCISSOR. The Fort Madison Democrat
gives the following regarding the
meeting of the farmers and super.
visors:
About one hundred and fifty rep.
resentative Lee county farmers, from
Montrose to Denmark, and from Har-
rison to Green Bay township, gatf,-
cred at the court house here today
and for eight hours verbally endorsed
resolution which they requested the
board to pass, being a resolution d.
recting the board to show it's attitude
in the Mississippi River Power com,
pany tax case by sending its chairman
To the board Of review meeting at
Keokuk tomorrow to protest the a.
SCISSORS valuation.
Up to late hour this afternoon the
board had taken no action.
The farmers were headed by FRANK
Panther of near Donnellson, Of the
lee County Grange association, ana
Lee Davis of near Primrose, of the
la. H. T. A. They were the particu
liar spokesman during the morning
session, although others voiced their
|sentiments freely. County Attorney
Hamilton, who had been previously
approached by the delegation, and
who had been at a meeting of the
|Keokuk board of review where the
question had been discussed, present
led the resolution which the visitors
desired passed, being as follows:
Protest Presented.
Whereas, John R. Dimond, asses
sor in and for the city of Keokuk
Lee county, Iowa. made an assess
ment upon the property of the Mis-
sissippi River Power company at tho
Sum of five hundred thousand dol
Jars (s500,OO0); and
Whereas, it appears to this board
that said sum is unreasonably low
Rnd is not in proportion to the valua-
lion made by him of the other tax
lble property in said taxing district,
Therefore, be it resolved, that the
chairman of the board of supervisors
II Lee county, Iowa, by and on be-
(alf of this said board, be and he Is |
hereby authorized and directed to i
appear before the board of review ut
keokuk, Iowa, and make complaint
Pf said assessment. and take an ap-
peal from said assessment if same bs
pot corrected, provided that the cost
bf said appeal be paid by the state OF
Iowa."
Attorney George B. Stewart was
present at the meeting, which devei-
|ped into an argumentative wordfest
Ehereat the corporations were be,
lated on-the one side and the farm
RS on the other. The session took
IN all the hall marks of good old
inc confab, promiscuously inter
mingled with cheering. Kisses, deris-
We laughter. etc. The members of
he board indicated their unwilling
less to direct any of their members,
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-04-27

oranges grown this year are larger
and in every way better than last
years crop and sold at thu groves al
three dollars per hundred. The
largest growers are two Frenchmeu
at Mission San Gabriel, whose crop
last year amounted to about 25,00d
oranges besides a quantity of lemons.'
The infant industry has grown cor
siderabIy since those days.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-04-27

desired. Easy to clean with soap and water, elina-
mates blackening.
And All Yours at an Amazingly
Reasonable Price!
But come and sec this marvel of cooking. baking
and laborsaying efficiency ACTUALLY DEMON
STRATED.
key. Note tho magic speed and with which
the is transformed for the fuel you want to
nse. That's all we ask
PLAN, and guaranteed bath byus and by tho makers.
Don't put off-oome today. Bring your friends.
You're welcome any time-and NO oblgationi
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-04-27

or any other officials as to what
action he should take, and generally
remained out OF the discussion.
While the county organization Off
Gals were capable sponsors for the
visitors in the morning, they retain
ed some legal support for the after
noon session, Attorney R. N. John
son appearing with them and direct
ing favorable arguments to the board.
Attorney General Havner was
scheduled to be present at the meet
ing. although he did not arrive, nor
did anyone from his office. The
tax matter comes up before the keo
kuk board of review tomorrow, and
the states attorney Indicated he de-
sired to discuss the matter with the
supervisors first
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-04-27

proved In health
with the first bot
tie of Lydia E. Pink
h a m 8 Vegetable
Compound; a f ter
taking two bottles
| am entirely well.
Before taking it /
could not do any
kind of work with
out a pain in my
back as l suffered
so much from in
fammatfon. l had
headaches was al