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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-07-06
Iowa Finds 1t 10 Spending Nice Little
Wad of Money Each Day for
Soldiers and
Supplies.
UNCLE SAM PAYS BILL
When Men Are Called Into Service of
the Federal Government Then
1t Foots All
Accounts.

The high cost of war is beginning
to be felt directly in Iowa, and anoth-
err month will find big dent in the
poses made by the last legislature.
This appropriation had been prac-
tically untouched up to the time the
recruit guardsmen were called into
state service, which Immediately
boosted the daily cost of the war to
the state about $4,000.
Each private goes on the pay roll at
$50 per month, and officers and non
commissioned officers are paid pro,
portionately. If 1000 men assemble
for duty the cost in pay alone will
amount to $4,000 per day. In addi-
ton to this outlay, forty cents a day
is allowed for the subsistence of en-
listed men. The officers pay for their
own food.
Buying Equipment Now.
A further cost is that of equipment.
Service shoes have been ordered for
the recruits at cost of $4.20 per
pair. Uniforms, blankets and other
equipment also must be procured, and
the total outlay probably will crowd
the $4,000 mark unless the govern
ment comes through at once with
supplies which have been requested.
The government, however, has mott
fed the adjutant general that it is i'm
possible to supply equipment at once
because Of the demands of expedition
airy forces being prepared for service,
in France.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-07-06

Brown. Dorothy Platter, Hettie Car
ter, celia Douglas, Mary Lue Parrish,
Bertha Barnes and Mary Ballow.
A. D. Slade went to Ft. Riley.
Kansas, on Tuesday for few days.
visit with brother who is a mem
Der of the electrical engineering
corps, now getting ready for service
in FRANCE.
Drs A. e. Platter and w. S. Petty
who lately underwent examinations
rat Trenton for entrance into the Red
Cross medical corps, have received
notification of their successful admis-
sion and are now awaiting word to
report for service.
Mrs. Dick Brookhart of Arbela
left Thursday for Medicine Hat,
Canada, where she will join her
husband and make their future
home. This estimable couple have a
host of friends here, who while re-
GREETING to lose them will neverthe-
less join in wishing them health and
prosperity in their new home.
Mrs. Jennie Slower and daughter
Miss Matte, departed on Tuesday
for their home In Berkely, Calf,
after a several weeks visit at the
A. P. Patterson home in this city.
Mr. and Mrs. T. L. Beard, Mr.. and
Mrs. Walter Hyde and daughter Mary
Madeline, and C. A. Speagh went to
Kirksville last Saturday in the form
er's car. All enjoyed the trip fine.
On Wednesday evening, June 81,
at the parsonage Of the M. E. church
in Granger occurred the marriage of
Geo. w. McEldowney and Miss Fay
Holton, popular young people of that
vicinity, Rev. Elliott officiating. The
best wishes of their many friends
are extended to the happy couple.
The Scotland county council of de-
tense is hereby notified of a meet
ing to be held in the office of the
chairman. J. e. Luther, Saturday,
July Z, to formulate plans toward the
celebration of Patriotic day on Sat
urday, July 2S,
e noted Eivonia ball team came
to Memphis last Sunday and Gross
ed bats" with the local team-meet-
ing defeat by score Of to 2.
The county w. c. T. U. conven-
ton held at the First M. e. church
in this city last Friday was well at
tended and very profitable sessions
were held The program was pre-
scented, with but few exceptions, as
announced.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-07-06
Be Careful in Using
Soap on Your Hair

Most soaps and prepared shampoos
contain too much alkali, which is very
injurious, as it dries the scalp and makes
the hair brittle.
The best thing to use is just plain null
sifed cocoanut oil, for it is pure and
entirely greaseless. It's very cheap, and
beats the most expensive soaps or any
thing else all to pieces. You can get
this at any drug store, and few ounces
will last the whole family for months.
Simply moisten the hair with water
and rub it in, about a teaspoonful is all
that is required. 1t makes an abundance
of rich, creamy lather, cleanses thor
oughly, and rinses out easily. The hair
dries quickly and evenly, and is soft,
fresh looking, bright, fluffy, wavy, and
easy to handle. Besides, it loosens and
takes out every particle Of dust, dirt and
dandruf.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-07-06
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MEMPHIS, MO.
80 80 . . . . . =

Prof. Walter M. Smith, eldest son
of Mr.. and Mrs. JOS. w. Smith,
southwest of Memphis, has been
elected as superintendent OF the
Woodlake, California, public schools
at splendid salary. Walter is
graduate of the Memphis high school
and has many friends here who are
greatly pleased to note his advance
ment as an educator.
Mrs. E. j. Whallon of Eft. Madison,
Iowa, is spending the week with her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. l.. w. Hixson
In this city.
Geo. DuBourdieu of Keokuk was a
Memphis visitor last Thursday. He
Is associated with Henry Stricken OF
that city in the cultivation of nearly
100 acres of navy beans-30 acres OF
which are planted in this county.
Mr.. DuBourdieu says that the seed
may be secured for $12 per bushel
will plant three acres and the aver
age yield per acre is twelve to
twenty bushels. These beans can be
planted up to the middle of this
month and the 1917 crop is now being
contracted for at IL cents per pound.
Get busy friends and put in navy
beans.
Clyde Peterson left LAST Monday
for few weeks trip through south
ern Iowa in the interest of the
Miller Self Starter Co., of this city.
H. A. Miller is the patenter OF a
starter for the Ford car and his In
yention is having a wonderful sale.
Attorney H. v. Smoot received a
telegram last Monday afternoon stat
Ing that the judgment of Judge Rag
land in the case of the Memphis
Electric Light, Heat and Power Co.
VS.. the city of Memphis had been
sustained. This decision gives Mem
phis the right to build and equip a
municipal electric lighting plant and
will likely settle long drawn out
controversy.
Mrs, w. w. Cloughley and sister,
Miss Lena Bumbarger of Kansas
City, are guests at the ]. V. Bum
oarger home in this city.
AL zimmerman received telegram
yesterday morning stating that Mrs.
Ed Simon (nee Lou Dewey had been
operated on in ST. Louis and that she
was in very critical condition with
out little hopes of recovery.
Mrs. E. G. Lyle and daughter, Miss
oeannette, and son Edward, arrived
IN Memphis few days ago from
Manhattan, Kansas, for a visit at the
nome of Mrs. Ly1e's parents. Mr.. and
mrs A P. Patterson in this city.
:, John Shanes, Jr.. has enlisted in
lhe navy at Omaha.
Sam Lyle, grandson of A. p Pat
.erson of this city. has Joined the
ovation corps at FIT Riley, Kansas.
cam is the second son of e. G. Lyle,
10 -mer resident of Memphis.
Mrs. Grace Williams had a ,slum-
per party last Tuesday evening in
honor of her niece, Miss Jeaneta
Lyle. Those present were: Lydia
Sfegory, Neva Drake, Catherine
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-07-06

When the Frost Is on the Highbali.
When the frost is on the highball and
the julep Is in hook,
When you have to keep your "licker''
well protected under lock;
When the corkscrew's out of fashion
and the mint beds gone to
grass
And a sip Of sody water is the
strongest stuff they pass
o the time is then a Teller bout the
first of old July
Will be chasin' in a circle with his
tongue hanging dry
AS he starts out for his toddy and
discovers with a shock
That the frost is on the highball and
the julep is in hook.
Farewell to "mornin's mornin" and
to might caps" too, farewell;
nights or raisinel;
The stubble's in the rye patch and
it's still around the still,
And the glasses clink Is mournful as
the wailin' whip-o-wills;
The coloneps up again it and his
spirits sinks because
The sinkin' down of spirits will soon
be agin the laws:
He'll still dream of his toddy, but
he'll wake up with a shock
When the frost is on the highball
and the julep is in hook.
-Donnellson Review.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-07-06
sutter and Eoa Conference,

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service
CHICAGO, July 6.-Representatiyes
Of the Chicago Butter and Egg board
were enroute for Washington today,
where they will confer with Secre-
tary Houston tomorrow concerning
stimulation Of production and control
of prices They will recomm end to
the secretary that the department Of
agriculture start campaign to stop
the sale of young poultry until the
farms, depleted by recent heavy
sales, have been replenished.
The dealers who are making the
trip at Houston's request, include o..
D. Gilman, Harold l.. Brown and
Charles B. Ford.
Butter and egg dealers from New
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-07-06
EIGHTEEN MORE
MEN ARE NEEDED
Company L Slowly But Surely Re.
cruiting to War Strength
New Equipment Is
Here,
Company T. will be at war
a strength when eighteen more


a strength when eighteen more
'ESA recruits have joined the
ranks. Today the total
strength of the company was 1872 en-
listed men and three officers. The
company is boosting for eighteen
more men to complete the quota and
as enlistments are steady, although
slow, it is expected that the company
will be at war; strength before it
moves from the local camp. Just
when the soldiers will break camp
here is not known. No orders have
been received here yet, but as several
Iowa companies have been called out
of the state already, an order to move
is expected atlany time.
Following are four new recruits:
William H. Butcher and Clarence e.
Pollock, Wayland, Mo-, Joseph M.
Harrington, Keokuk and Stephenson.
Uniforms and equipment, with the
exception of ordnance for the new
men have been received here. Several
were forced to drill in citizens clothes
for a few days, but all members of
the company are now fitted out. The
equipment is only ordered as recruits
are received so that exact sizes can
be ordered
Uniforms with constant washings
are beginning to fade and a dozen diff
fert shades Of brown, green and grey
are to be seen on the soldiers Down
on the border, it is said the uniforms
of some of the regulars faded until
thew were white. The men dyed
their uniforms a bright green.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-07-06
Uncle Sam PAYS in End.

Probably all of the expenditures
will be reimbursed by the federal gov.
eminent, but if the men are not called
into federal service before August s.,
as is now probable, the cost to the
state will be S250,000.
Units in federal service are paid by
the federal government and are not a
source of expense to the state.
The outlay will be in part made UP
by the fact that there will be no neces-
sity for the usual summer encamp-
ments of the guard under state SUI
peryision.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-07-06
No More ciaarets.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service
CHICAGO, July 6.-The jackie and
his cigarets must part. This is an
official edict that went into effect
today at the great lakes naval train
ing station as part of the training
rules.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-07-06
Mo More Troopa Needed.

TUnited Press Leased Wire Service1
SPRINGFIELD, ILL.,, July 6.-With
all reports from Bloomington fndicat-
ing the street car rioting there is over
Assistant Adjutant General Shand an
nounced early today he is contemplat-
ing sending no more troops to that
city. Cavalry ordered there, will be
retained until all danger of further
outbreaks is past, it was announced.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-07-06
York, Philadelphia and Boston will
attend the conference.
Canadian CONSUMPTION Bill.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.]
OTTAWA, Ont, July 6.-The con-
scription bill passed its second read
ing in the house early today with
majority of sixty-three. The Laurfer
referendum amendment was defeated
by 10 to 62.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-07-06

A man who boasted he could
"blow up anything from a tin can
to a battleship" was accepted at Chi
cago for the marine corps. He is
professional dynamiter.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-07-06
GETTING at Draft Number.

Getting at Draft Number.
From these two lists it will be as
certained how many men each coun.
ty has furnished for the army. and
the number to be drafted will be de-
cided upon them.
To explain the method it may be
assumed that the gross quota for
Iowa will be 10000. Taking the popu-
lation as 100000 the working frac-
ton to be used is .015, for this frac-
ton Of 100000 will raise the required
sc, 900.
A table is then made showing the
population OF each county. This
population multiplied by OILS will
show the gross quota from each coun-
ty and city. The total number of
guardsmen and regular army men is
then subtracted and the net quota, the
number to be drafted, is secured. No
credit is given for officers in either
the army or guard. only enlisted Inen
being considered.
Taking Lee county as~an example,
with its population of 3s,f01, 571
would be the quota required from
this county. Close to 800 men have
been furnished for the army and ma
tional guard, which would of course
reduce the number to something like
l271.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-07-06
|HOW DRAFT QUOTA
| WILL Be FIGURED
Each County VIII Have Equal Num-
Der Of Men In Service, Figured
on the Basis of
Population.
LEE FIGURES AT 571
Three Hundred or More Have En-
listed, Which VIII Cut Down
the Number Just That
Many.
LEE FIGURES AT 571

| Each county in Iowa will have an
equal number of men in military serv-
ice according to population and not
according to the number who regis
tered June 5, after the men are
drawn.
Each county will be given credit
for the number of men it has provided
for the regular army and national
guard. and this many fewer men will
be selected in the draft.
The national guard, with the ex,
ception Of the FIRST infantry, now is
at war strength. A total of $3.50 men
have enlisted, of which 1,645 enlisted
in June.
A list Of these and the counties
from which each have come has been
sent to the governor by Adjutant Gen
eral Guy e. Logan.
A similar list of the men who have
enlisted in the regular army will be
furnished soon by the adjutant gener-
al of the army.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-11-12
MAKING PROFIT FROM SWINE
Proper Care and Feed Are Necessary
Provide Comfortable Quarters
and Lots of Sunshine.

In order to make profit from pigs
1t is necessary to give them the prop
er care and feed. They should be pro-
vided with clean, comfortable quarters,
exercise, and plenty Of sunshine. The
sow should be given special care at
narrowing time. She should be fed
lightly for few days after farrow-
ing, and the amount of feed gradual
ly increased as the young pigs de-
velop.
The ration for the sow at this time
should be one which will produce a
heavy flow Of milk. A good ration for
this purpose is one composed of corn,
shorts, bran, small amount Of tank
age, and good quality Of alfalfa fed
from rack. Bran may make up 10
per cent of the ration, as it'has ben
efcial effect on the digestive system
and tends to increase the milk pro-
duction.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-11-12
ARE LITTLE PIGS OFF FEED7
Look Out for Germ Disease Affecting
Soft Tissues of Mouth-Trouble
Is Contagious.

(By DIR. F. B. HADLEY, College of Ag-
riculture. University of wisconsin,
Watch out for sore mouth disease In
little pigs this year. A germ disease
which affects the soft tissues Of the
mouth, causing ulcers with dark red
borders, Is common in many brood
pens. Unless treated right and with
out delay the disease may cause death.
Swab the ulcers with a solution Of
potassium permanganate made by dis
solving one ounce of crystals in two
quarts of freshly boiled warm water.
Then wash out the mouth with this
disinfectant fluid. Treat bad cases
twice daily, others once a day.
Sore mouth Is contagious. To pre-
vent its spread dip the heads Of the
pigs in the same solution. Clean up
the pens and disinfect them with some
good commercial disinfectant. Do not
put fresh filters in a pen once used
for infected pigs unless it has been
we'll cleaned.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-11-12

SUITABLE HOUSE FOR DUCKS
Fowls Forced to Sit on Damp Ground
Are Liable to Take Cramps and
Other Diseases.

Ducks, both old and young, should
have dry, comfortable place to stay
in at night. If forced to sit on the
damp ground they are liable to take
cramps and cold In the head. The
latter is almost certain to turn to
roup.
Provide suitable houses If you wish
to be successful. The houses need not
be very expensive, but they should be
substantial, so that they may be used
for the same purpose several years in
succession.
There is usually some shed or
building that can be converted into
duckhouse at small expense. Where
only a small flock Is kept this plan
is advisable.
If the roof Is good the rest Is easy.
IF the Notwithstanding is not suffi-
GENTLY close to keep out drafts In cold
weather, cover the outside with tarred
paper or strip with lath.
A board floor is better than an
earth floor because the ducks will often
stir up the ground in very disagree
able manner where there is the least
sign Of moisture.
In cold weather ducks should be kept
in the house because their feet are so
tender that when they come in contact
with the cold ground they suffer great
ly and hobble along as though their
backs were broken. However, they
should not be kept housed more than
is really necessary.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-11-12
SCOUTS DO NOT TAKE TIPS.

Said boy scout usher, at a per-
Torrance in the Municipal theater In
st. Louis to patron whom he had
just shown to his reservation with
Chesterfieldian courtesy and who
sought to bestow tip: "Thank you
sir, but the boy scouts do not accept
gratuities."
This particular boy scout was a lad
Of about twelve years. He had the
bearing Of a prince-and he was a
prince, free American prince. The
wonderful organization which is max
ing men Of so many thousands of
American boys Is teaching them many
high things which are not taught In
all homes, although they should be neg
lected in none. Besides truth and hon
or and self-reliance and self-respect,
the boy scouts are taught the nobility
Of service.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-11-12
SCOUTS AID THE SOLDIERS.

During "Off to France" exercises
in Swayne field at Toledo, Ohio, boy
scouts collected money to purchase
supplies not issued by the government.
When the Toledo soldiers were on the
Mexican border this emergency fund
came as a life saver.
It was not government issue when
Troop D needed rope to tether horses
so they would not kick themselves to
death, and when medicine was badly
needed which was not obtainable from
the government this emergency fund
supplied it. One company while on
the border sent to the railroad station
for expected supplies. They came back
with a mosquito netting, the only
thing received that day. The COM
mander bought food from this fund
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-11-12
SCOUTS RUN ENTIRE CITY.

Boy scouts of Lancaster, Pa, ran
the city for an hour, during the city's
busiest period, filling all the city Of
fees from the mayor down and carry
ing on all police duties, including the
traffic work. Scout, Edward Meyer was
mayor. The city officials did this to
give the scouts a practical knowledge
Of civic government. All performed
their duties astonishingly well. No
doubt some parents spent q bad hour
during this time of reversal of au.
thority.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-11-12
SHOT UNARMED BOY SCOUT

IF people understood what the boy
boys to heroic service and making big
useful men Of them, they would quick.
ly rally to its support" said Mrs. A.
@. Blackall, visitor in Seattle and
formerly vice president Of the Wom-
ans Liberal league, political organi-
zation Of West Australia.
"My husband and / were in England
when the war broke out, and every boy
scout was called into service by the
British government to guard the rail-
roads and public buildings and per-
form various other patriotic services.
The deeds Of heroism by boy scouts
which we personally witnessed made
me a lifetime advocate Of boy scout
work.
Shortly after the war began, we,
with hundreds Of others, were on a
train going from London to a Channel
port, when the train came to q sudden
stop. The engine had stopped within a
foot or two of boy scout guard, who,
finding boulder on the track too large
for him to move, had placed himself
on the track before the oncoming train,
signaling 1t to stop. He held his ground,
and his life would have been sacrificed
had not the engineer succeeded in stop
ping the train in time. His heroism
saved many lives and the demonstra-
ton those hundreds of passengers gave
him is beyond description.
Another boy scout, guarding an en-
trance Of a government building in
London, with instructions to admit no
one, was approached by a spy, who
threatened to shoot the boy If he did
not allow him to pass. The unarmed
boy scout refused to violate his trust
and was shot through the heart by the
spy. The shot attracted attention and
the murderer was captured.
"These are but two Of many Incl
dents of boy scout heroism in the Brit
ish Isles, and a movement which incul-
Gates such patriotism and heroism in
the hearts of boys is worthy Of I'M
stinted support"
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-11-12
SCOUTS As VETS oRDERLIEs.

At the last annual encampment of
the Grand Army Of the Republic Com
mander William J. Patterson took oc-
casion to thank the boy scouts for
their many helpful acts. The scouts
are now more numerous than the men,
bers Of the Grand Army itself, and
their services are deeply appreciated
by the old soldiers, especially during
reunions in the large cities. 1t is
touching to see the boys acting as
guides and aides to the aged men, at
tending to baggage and conveyances
and supplying at once any information.
needed. Old soldiers feel a pride in
young Americans that they can but
family express.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-11-12
OPEN FRONT POULTRY HOUSE
Burlap Curtain Is Placed Over Open
Ing to Keep Out Wind and Snow
During Stormy Weather.

As I believe the housing of poultry
fully as important as their daily feed,
I am sending the picture of the poul-
try house my husband built for me,
writes Mrs. J. M. Freeman Of Sawyer,
Mich, in Farm Progress.
This house was designed some
years ago by DR.. P. T. Woods, a
prominent poultryman. Since build
ing this house, two years ago, have
not had sick chicken on the
place. The front Is boarded up Is
inches from the ground and down
nine inches from the top. The open
ing is covered with heavy quarter
inch mesh wire, over which we put
a burlap curtain in stormy weather
to keep out wind and snow. At other
times 1t Is always open.
A house of this style, which meas
ures IL by 16 feet, will house from
80 to 35 hens comfortably, with good
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-11-12
lot different.

Suppose set of photographs Is
needed by the staff showing some Sec
ton Of the enemy's line perhaps a con-
siderable distance back of the front.
To have those photographs may decide
whether a particular move is to be I'M
dertaken and how; so the airmen are
sent after 'em. Maybe two or three
will be brought down and their ma
chimes smashed up; perhaps some be-
hind the enemy's lines-possibly some
body will fly for the last time. The
point is that If one camera gets back
with the pictures wanted the thing has
been successful"