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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-05-07
Retailers VIII Talk About Putting
River Highway In Better
Shape Tomorrow
Night.
URGING CROWD TO GO
Officers Of League Want Local Peo-
pie to Show Appreciation
Of Warsaw's CO.
operation.

The improvement of the river road
between Hamilton and Warsaw will
be one of the matters which will be
discussed tomorrow night at the meet
ing of the Keokuk Retailers league at
Warsaw. AS the road stands today,
1t is In bad shape, and to reach War
saw from Keokuk 1t is Necessary to
drive around the White church. The
suggestion has been made that steps
be taken to make this road passable
one, and to maintain it.
1t is fact that people from inland
towns will drive a long way to get on
a river road. If this road were fixed
up, 1t is believed that everyone, who of
necessity now takes the inside, longer
road would take the shorter, more di-
rect river road. Parties from Quincy
to Keokuk would be able to drive along
the river good part Of the way. The
repairing of this road it is felt by
some Of the local people would be a
good move for both Warsaw and keo-
'kuk, and it is intended to bring this
matter before the crowd tomorrow
night.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-05-07
viii Floht Blue Laws.

CEDAR RAPIDS. Iowa, May q
Movie magnates here have employed
counsel to fight Attorney Genar
Havner's blue laws" enforcement. II
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-05-07
Leave on SOS Car.


Members Of the Keokuk Retailers
league are being urged to turn out to-
morrow night for the Warsaw meet
ing. The Keokuk crowd will leave at
G:O5 o'clock on the interurban, leav-
ing Sixth and Main at that time The
crowd will return on the 10 o'clock
car.
A splendid supper is being promised
by the Warsaw women who are in
charge of the culinary arrangements.
1t will be necessary to notify the
Warsaw women tomorrow morning OF
the number of local merchants who
will be present for supper, and it is
hoped that the league members will
bear this in mind and notify Secretary
Fulton tonight or early in the morn
ing.
Warsaw is making special prepar-
alton for the Keokuk guests. There
will be a splendid program Of enter
tainment. and the supper is going to
he one Of the best that the leaguers
have been given on their out Of town
trips.
The league memb ers did not go to
Warsaw last year, and a special effort
is being made this year to get a good
crowd out for the meeting. keokuls
appreciates Warsaw's trade. and the
good will which exists between the
two places, and will endeavor to show
some appreciation by attendance at
the meeting tomorrow.
Arrangements have been made to
take a good speaker to Warsaw as
one of the program features. His
name will not be divulged until he Is
introduced tomorrow night, but the
members can rest assured that he will
give an interesting talk.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-05-07

points for these nine regiments will
be New York City, Chicago, Pitts
burgh, Detroit, Atlanta, San Fran
cisco, Boston and Philadelphia.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-05-07

Enduring! cs,4ain-teed is name which has
come thru the storm of business competition strong
or than ever 1t stands for quality, dependability,
satisfaction and fair dealing. On the reputation OF
this name there bas been built the worlds largest
manufacturer of roofing and building papers,
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1917-09-05

A subscriber complained that his
paper was always moist when he re-
#ceived it. An investigation disclosed It
was vet because there was so much due
|on it. rchdnge.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1917-09-05
POST OFFICE CENSORSHIP.

s.
Max Fastm an, editcr Of the : Masses, .
and member Of the executive ccm-
mittee Of the American Union Against
Militarism, writes an interesting letter
regarding til attempt Of the administers
ton, thru the Influence Of the War De
partment, to muzzle tie press Of tie
United States. Mr.. Eastman says:
ssII e worst thing can say for this
Situate n is that it actually surprises ne.
II spent TIE whole winter trying to think
up the worst possible consequences of
our going to war, and advertise them in
! the public press, but / never succeeded
in thinking up anything half so bad as
this. / used to say that there was
nothing very peculiar about Prussia
except that size was organized for war,
and that if We organized for war we
would turn into another Prussia. But
thought it might take little time for
us to do it. / didn't know We had so
much imperial talent already in office.
The suppression of the Socialist press
has actually been pore rapid and efficient
in this republic than it was in the
German Empire after tie declaration
Of war. And as for our celebrated
Anglo-Saxon tradition Of free speech
it is the memory Of myth. You can't
even collect your thoughts without
getting arrested for unlawful assemblaee.
They give you ninety days fer quoting
the Declaration Of Independence, six
months for quoting the Bible, and pretty
soon somebody is going to get life
sentence for quoting Woodrow Wilson
in the wrong connection.
"A good many honest democrats feel
comfortable and even happy about this,
because they tell themselves that it is
necessary for democracies to prove that
they are able to fight, and in order to
fight tley have got to suppress them
selves, or compress themselves, and put
on the armor Of tyranny and dictatorship
temporarily in a hurry. Colonel House
explained all this to me one night, and
told me | neeen t worry, because we have
"a man in the White House who hates
war and hates militsrism and tie alto
cratic rule that gees with it, and he will
restore all tie dear old institutions as
soon as the war is over.
Now that is perfectly sincere and all
right for these soft-headed idealists who
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1917-09-05
WONDERFUL STUFF!
LIFT. OUT YOUR CoRNs
Apply few drops. then lift corns or
calluses off with fingers
no pain.

No humbug! Any corn, whether hard,
soft or between the toes, will loosen
right up and lift out, without particle
of pain or soreness. .Iss=
This drug is called freezone and is a
compound of ether discovered by Gin
cinnati man.
Ask at any drug store for a small
bottle OF freezone, which will cost but
trife, but is sufficient to rid ones
feet Of every corn or callus.
Put few drops directly upon any
tender, aching corn OF callus. Instantly.
the soreness disappears and shortly the
corn or callua will loosen and can be
lifted off with the fingers.
This drug freezone doesn't eat out the
corns OF calluses but shrivels them with
out even Irritating the surrounding skin.
just think! No pain at all; no sore
ness or smarting when applying it or
afterwards. If your druggist don't have
freezone have him order it for you.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1917-09-05
ROY BERG OWNS A FREAK
CALF ON OWATONNA FARM

Roy j.. Berg, who is in the service Of
the Farmers Non-Partisan league, as
organizer in the vicinity of Owatonna,
owns a freak calf, which he recently
purchased from farmer near that place
recently. 1T is hairless calf.
The calf is seven weeks old, marked
like a Holstein, but is devoid Of hair. It
resembles pointer dog, except that it is
hairless from muzzle to tail tip.
Mr.. Berg, who was home over Sunday,
says he purchased the calf from Paul
Ebeling, on whose farm it was born
seven weeks ago. He says it is normal,
except for the absence Of hair.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1917-09-05
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
FARMERS ARE AFRAID OF
THE SPREAD OF CHOLERA

Farmers in several parts of Mime
sofa fear another outbreak Of hog cholera.
The disease has appeared in several places
and while it ses ms to be under control
farmers are very anxious.
Special Bulletin No. 2, Hog Cholera
and the Use Of Serum" issued by the
agricultural extension division of the
Minnesota College Of Agriculture tells
how the disease spreads and the rene
dies to use. CoIies Of tie bulletin may
be had by addressing tie Office of Pub
locations, University Farm, st.sPaul.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1917-09-05

think that tie 6estiniie Of human history
are really presided ever BY man in the
!, White House, or by any number of men
in any number Of architectural houses
where they manufacture laws and oratory.
/ The difference between us and thse
i optimists who laugh at our indig nation
, and gloom about this situation, is that
/. we have got the abit Of thinking about
history as very largely determined by
the development Of economic forces
! And we knew years ago that the princi-
palities and powers Of the economic
! world who want to strange the liberties
-of this people and establish here feudaI
system based on the control Of industry
are already in existence. It is not a
return into medieval feudalism that We
are afraid Of. It is progress into the
! industrial feudalism. It is the Iron Heel
that we are getting ready to fight. And
/ we know this war is their big chance.
Instructive human nature is the same
that it was in the middle ages, and if am
industrial feudalism can be established
!! in this century by the powers who would
profit by it, it will be established. Words.
are not going to make any difference
Words are nothing. The words in the.
mouths of politicians are made out of gas,
and the words on the statute books are.
only made out of ink and paper, and
neither of these materials is strong enough,
to stand up against the aggressions of
class-interest, when it is equipped with
power.
You certainly will not place much
reliance on the meanings Of words in these
days when everybody who makes am
effort to stop the war gets arrested for
disturbing the peace.
There is danger that the whole body
Eofethe American people may be led off
on grand tilt against German militarism
in the name Of democracy, and when they
get back they will find German militar-
ism On their own backs and nothing but
the name Of democracy left. We are not
going to let this happen if we can help
it. For if we cannot rescue from the
military bureaucracy this one basic right
to express our opinion both of the foreign
policy of the q. S. and of the laws that
have been passed by Congress, then we
can do nothing at all. We might as welE
move into the cyclone cellars and start
writing the memoirs of the republic
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1917-09-05
CAR EFFICIENCY
SHOWS NOTABLE INCREASE
Chairman Of Railroads War Board
Issues a Statement.

h r.. III. Ashton, chairman OF the Cen
trail department sub-co mmittee Of the
Railroads. War Board, and president Of
the Chicago & Northwestern Railway
company, says remarkable improve
ment has been made in the freight
car efficiency recently. In June, he says,
railways having mileage Ct 125, 000
miles, about half of the total mileage Of
the country, report that the average
freight car Of the country handled % pei
cent more ton miles Of freight than in
June, 1916. Mr., Ashton says:
The improvement is directly at
tributable to the vigorous Efforts the
railways have been making to so increase
the efficiency Of all their facilities as tc
enable them to handle all of the rapidly
and greatly increasing traffic Of the coun.
/ try. The arrangement of the railways to
operate as single system was made early
in April. There are available statistics
of freight car performance in April Of
railways having a total mileage Of 228, 0O0
miles, and they show an increase Of ton
miles handled per freight car over April,
1916, Of Is per cent. Statistics for May
for railways having $4,000 miles OF
line show an increase Of IA per cent in
ton miles handled per freight car.
The lines represented in the June re-
ports thus far available handled IL, 539
ton miles per freight car in June, 1916,
and 1877 ton miles per freight car in
June, 1917 an increase of IT'S ton miles,
or 22.2 per cent. AS there are about
100000 freight cars in service in the
entire country, an increase of 20 per cent
in their efficiency would be equivalent,
in its effect on the movement of traffic,
to tie addition Of SC, 900 cars to the num-
Der in service.
.'The twenty nine roads on whose
reports these statistics are based sue
ceeded in handling 26 per cent more
traffic in June, 1917, than in June, 1916,
with only per cent more cars. The
foregoing figures show that this result
could not have been secured without
both better loading of cars and better
movement of them. Whatever credit
the railways may deserve, we know that
we could not have obtained these results
without the active cooperation of the
shippers in loading cars heavier and in
loading and unloading them more
promptly. We are going to continue
to do our part, and we are sure the ship
pers will continue to do their part to
increase the efficiency of railway equip
ment as a means, not only to helping
America win the war, but also as means
to keeping America prosperous while
winning it. it .
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1917-09-05
Length to Cut

Shortcut silage means greater silo.
capacity, less air space, and if the corn
is little dry, less likelihood Of spelling.
Short cutting, also, means reduced ca
pacity Of the. machine and more power
# the stalls are coarse and woody tie
waste is greater inlong cut silale. In fire
stalked corn that is very green there s
less difference between the long and
short cut.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1917-09-05
Water, If Corn Is Dry

When corn is very dry from being
Eoverripe or frozen, it is often necessary
to apply water to the silage in order to
make it keep. Enough water should be
applied to moisten thorou ghly the whole
mass. There is little danger Of applying
too much water.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1917-09-05
CLEAN Ri SEED
RBAL Il |ECES AIRY
ESPECIALLY HEALTHY BERRY
FOR PLANTING IS BEING
URGED.
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
ANXIOUS FOR LARGE CROP
NEXT YEAR.

a the Department of Agriculture Of til,
United States, are using every effort t,
induce an especially large crop Of wheat
for the harvest Of 1918. To this enc
they are urging the farmers of the natio1
to use unusual care in the selection O
seed wheat for the planting of both The
winter and spring varieties. Now that
the threshing season is on the farmer
should see that he provides himself
with only the best that can be had fol
the next seasons crop.
Also True Of Rye.
Whatever the source of supply the
farmer should secure only the best
What has been said Of wheat seed is
also true Of rye Of which it is hoped tc
see a larger crop than usual next year.
A letter to the Review from the de
partment says:
If farmer has seed from his own
crop which is satisfactory so far as
variety and general condition are con
cerned, he should lose no time in getting
it into shape for storage until planting
time. The tanning mill is the farmers
best friend in this task. After it is
cea1ed, however, the seed should be
treated in order that smut may be pre-
vented. Scab is less likely to be pre-
vented by seed treatment, but the use
of the tanning mill will assist materially
in improving the crop from grown seed
known to have contained scabby kernels.
Buy Seed Early
If the farmer is dependent on outside
sources for his seed he should buy from
his neighbor if possible so that he may
be more likely to get seed we'll adapted
to his conditions. 1t is advisable to buy
as soon after harvest as possible as at
this time prices are likely to be lowest.
If the farmer delays, his neighbors may
dispose OF all their surplus grain and he
may be forced to plant seed grown un-
der conditions radically different from
his own. If the farmer patronizes a
scotsman he should insist on getting
seed grown as near his section as possible.
If seed is affected by diseases, careful
inspection will usually disclose the fact.
The presence Of sinking smut in wheat
is indicated by the odor and the presence
OF scab by the appearance Of the kernels.
Purchased seed should, Of course, be
cleaned and treated for the destruction
of the spores Of disease producing fungi,
if the examination shows this to be
necessary.
Consult Your Neighbor.
IS In choosing varieties Of wheat the
farmer should be guided by the ex-
periences Of his neighbors and the adj
vice Of his State Experiment Station.
This is true also Of rye, but there are
available fewer varieties Of rye than Of
wheat. The stations can furnish com
parative statistics on the yields and be
havior of a number of varieties Of the
two cereals.
After the grain farmer has procured
supply Of satisfactory seed he should
store it carefully so that it will keep
in good condition and will be safe from
depredations Of rats, mice and insects.
Bins which are supposedly rat proof are
available on practically all farms and
it will pay farmers to see that they are
kept in good condition to keep out the
rs IS.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1917-09-05
EXAMINATIONS FOR
FIRST DRAFT END
CONTINUED from LIST page)

\OOuCluueu lIOm ISL page So ss
1857 Otto A. Kral, Hanska.
1877 Mike Schugel, New Ulm.
781 Joseph G. Galligan, Comfrey.
1415 Vinton w. Rhodes, Essig.
1885 Albert libel, New Ulm.
1884 Helgar Christensen, Sleepy Eye. (
958 August Reiner, Springfield.
1928 DR.. Frank Pellant, New Ulm.
1343 John H. Brown. Sleepy Eye.
1889 John Berg, Jr., New Ulm.
1401 Miles A. Smith, Hanska.
963 Leonard w. Quarnstrom, Comfrey
438 Joseph B. Groebner, New Ulm.
1859 Leo j. Schugel, New Ulm.
AL Hos. L. Lingenhag, New Ulm.
$50 Jospeh Fischer, Sleepy Eye.
1776 Peter Hating, Comfrey.
% Albert F. Haas, Lamberton.
,11O8 Robert A. Tito, Morgan.
1901 John Claussen, Sleepy Eye.
800 August G. King, Comfrey.
1747 Joseph Eckstein, Sleepy Eye.
1442 Harvey Knees, New Ulm.
us Claud E. Coolidge, Springfield.
961 August T. Anderson, Comfrey.
1896 Joseph M. Hass, enlisted Co. K.
562 Carl W. Classen, Sleepy Eye.
sol Walter Schumann, Sleepy Eye.
1902 Joseph Stadick, New Ulm.
AL Andrew L.. Larson, Madelia.
1880 Charlie c. Johnson, Springfield.
TIA Richard E. Kreutz. Springfield.
1923 Fred Carl Engel, Comfrey.
Ready For Exemption Board.
The following have been examined
for their physical ability, but the exemp-
ton board has not yet announced its
decision as to their acceptance or ex-
emption:
1922 Gustav R. Carlson, Comfrey.
67S William F. Schade, Springfield.
Sc Carl F. Crone, New Ulm.
1924 Andrew Coye, Springfield.
1921 Fred Michaelson, Springfield
81 John Lieu, Hanska.
1341 Elmer Swanson, Sleepy Eye.
1856 Leo Lipetzky, Springfield.
1043 Vern E. Keyser, Hanska
1906 c. M. Christensen, Sleepy Eye.
II Alfred Breu, New Ulm.
1920 Roy W. Cook, Sleepy Eye.
1890 Bruno Sprenger, New Ulm.
1855 Warren L. Cummings, Sleepy Eye.
1898 Elmer Larson, Hanska.
1898 John E. Johnson, Sleepy Eye.
555 Oliver B. Catlin, Sleepy Eye.
978 Ernest T. Stark, Springfield.
1860 Ralph D. Townsend, Fairmont.
sos Noel C. Hoffman, Sleepy Eye.
1888 Francis z. Eischen, Sleepy Eye.
1891 Ernest o. Guse, Sleepy Eye.
1886 J. L. Kloeckl, Sleepy Eye.
1891 Fritz T. Anderson, Madelia.
1872 Syver Broston, Hanska. S
1926 Arend johnson, Comfrey.
ST selmer S. Bergum, Hanska.
435 Albert Bauer, New Ulm.
681 John B. Wild, Springfield.
-715 Henry W. Cady, Springfield.
1873 Mike Kuehn, New U!m,
935 Herman T. johnson, Comfrey.
1921 Louis A. Meuk, Morgan.
1850 Francis G. Ibberson, Sleepy Eye.
$50 Joseph w. Kraus, New Uhn.
1890 Axel G. Wallin, Madelia.
113 Carl Plautz, New Ulm.
1868 Benjamin Ganske, New Ulm.
1472 Otto Stock, Essig.
725 Peter J. Dalsgaard, Springfield.
1904 Lawrence A. Schneider, Spgd-
1921 James F. Upson, Sleepy. Eye.
1856 James F. Koeck, New Ulm.
1884 John H. Steuber, Searles.
S08 Arthur R. French, Comfrey.
1904 Otto P. Hansen, Sleepy Eye.
1871 Frank R. Meusen, Springfield.
780 William Manderfeld, Comfrey.
1888 Fred Wotschke, Sleepy Eye.
267 Emil Zuhlsdorf, New Ulm.
1850 Ernest A. Syring. Springfield.
90 567 Joe Weisherding, Sleepy Eye.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1917-09-05
FOR SILO
FILLING TERSELY TOLD
Is Hurry-up Job and Preparations
Should Be Early.


silo filing is hurry-up job in order.
to get all the growth possible and to avoid
frost. Consequently everything should
be made ready for continuous run when
cutting starts.
The cutter should be put in first class
shape, special attention being given to
the knives and knife heads. An extra
set of knives should be on hand. The
blower, fan and both knives should ruin at
the rated speed. Poor joints and leaky
blower mean more power and clogging.
The cutter bar should be in good con-
dition and the knives and bar properly
adjusted to each other. # any extras
are likely to be needed for the corn binder
they should be on hand.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1917-09-05
Corn Should Be Denied

Authorities agree that the nearer ripe
the corn is, if it contains enough water
to make good silage, the sWeeter the
silage will be and consequ ently the more
palatable; also the greater the amount
81 digestible nutrient it will contain.
Roughly speaking, a majority Of the
ears should be dented. When large
quantities are to be cut it is necessary
to begin before the corn is at its best,
otherwise the last cut will be too ripe
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1917-08-01
Chill dren Cry
FOR ELETCHER'S
G ~ s T. Q RIA

types held aggregated 914,445,262
pounds, compared with 312,47O,336,
and imported types 47,830,767 compar-
ed with 49,231,462.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1917-08-01

higher prices can be obtained for cot
ton where it is carefully handled,
g!nned and packed.
In order to carry out this work
it will be necessary for the sellers of
cotton to provide a suitable cotton
classng room, with clerk for the
Government Cotton Grader Is requir-
ed by the Government i'urGau of
Marketing. TO consider this entire
matter it has been deemed advisable
to call meeting Of the cotton grow
ers of the three counties above to dis
cuss this most important matter
Therefore, a meeting Of the cotton
growers of Sumter, Lee and Claren-
don Counties is hereby called to meet
at Glenn's Tobacco Warehouse at 12
o'clock, noon, Friday, August 5, 1917,
in the City of Sumter, to form a cot
ton Growers Selling Association, if
such a step is deemed advisable. You
are requested to attend said meeting
and to advise the sellers of cotton in
your section, as well as to use your
personal influence in having them at
tend this meeting.
A. G.. Phelps, Chairman,
f.. I. Reardon, Secretary.
Sumter County Committee Of Public
Saftey.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1917-08-01

Hay, 100000 to 100000 pounds;
oats, 2,O00O,OOO to 9,8OO,O0O pounds;
bran, 100000 to 100000 pounds;
straw, 100000 to 100000; gasoline,
$4,000 to 10000 gallons; mineral oil,
5000 to 10000 gallons; crude oil, 25,-
900 to 100000 gallons; coal (black-
smith, 80 to $50 tons; wood, 1000 to
10000 cords, four-foot lengths; lime,
1000 to 10000 barrels; potatoes,
fresh, 100000 to 100000 pounds;
onions, 100000 to 100000 pounds;
butter, 10000 to $4,000 pounds:
oleomargarine, 10000 to $4,000
pounds; yeast, 500 to 14,OOO pounds;
ice, 100000 to 100000 pounds;
beef, fresh, 100000 to 100000
pounds.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1917-08-01

The meeting was called to order by
the Vice President, Mrs. Sarah Ma
pier. After club song and prayer, the
roll was called and the minutes read.
The topic Of the meeting was the
making Of Jelly. Miss Richardson
demonstrated the making of apple
jelly, which was very pretty. The
club decided that three Of the men,
bers furnish cream to be sold on Sat-
urday afternoons to raise funds for
the club, and these members are to
be appointed by the President and
Secretary.
The club appreciates the kindness
of Mrs. L. w. Nettles in having the
club to meet in her home, until our
kitchen has been completed.
AS there was no further business
the club, stood, adjourned.
Signed,
Mrs. w. O. Henderson, Sec.