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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-09-13
CITY TO PUT
IN NEW BRIDGE
Concrete Structure Planned at Fool
of South Fourteenth Street
HiII-To Improve
Dump Road.

A new concrete bridge, 16 by l6
feet, with three inch oak board
floor is to be put in at the foot OF
the Fourteenth street hill in Mason's
upper addition. by the city. The
work will start next week. The old
bridge was washed out during the
recent rains.
The city is also going to improve
the road beyond the cemetery that
leads to the city dump. This road,
which is about a half mile in length,
Is in bad shape at the present time,
but will be newly graded and i'm
proved where necessary.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-09-13
BIG WAR ORDER
OF PAPER BOXES
Local Company Turns Out RECEIPT
acIes in Which Shoes Made
by keokuk Company
Will Be Placed.

Sixty-five thousand paper boxes in
which to pack the war order for
shoes turned out by the Huiskamp
Bros. Co., Of Keokuk, have been made
by the Gate City Paper Box com
pany, local concern which Is being
ehabilitated and put on its feet
The company is located at 719 John
son street with G. R. Huff as man.
ager.
The box company has been a local
institution for several years, but
through the assistance Of some local
business men, has been rehabilitated
and is turning out number of big
orders now. The company is max
ing candy boxes for the local trade,
and outside as well, and Is manu-
featuring boxes for various other
war orders as well as that given
from the shoe company.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-09-13
NO SUCCESSOR
TO D. C. CROWLEY
Officer to Take His Place VIII Not
Be Named by Marshal Reed
Until He Has Looked
Over Situation.

Marshal Nicholas F. Reed will
make no appointment of man to
succeed Dennis F. Crowley, until he
has come to Keokuk and looked over
the grounds, according to word re-
ceived here from Mr.. Reed. The ap-
pointment will be made soon, how
ever.
A number of Keokuk men are said
to be candidates for the place.
Among those who are named as
trying for the job are Thomas P.
Gray, a former marshal, John M.
Kenney, William Metzinger and
Green N. Vermillion
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-09-13
NO STACKER
IN FOOD LINE
Iowa Proves That as State It Is
Doing its Part In Pro-
duction Of all
Crops.

The greatest production of food
from any equal area of land, In the
worlds history-this will be lowa's
record for 1917-one of her contrl-
buttons to the success OF the armies
fighting for a world democracy.
This Is a broad statement-and 1t
is being sent to newspapers and mag
azines throughout the United States
by the Greater Iowa association
publicity department. 1t is based
upon estimates obtained by the Great
er Iowa association from the U. >.
weather bureau Uowa section), the
Iowa crop service bureau, county agri-
cultural agents and various other
authentic sources.
In fact, the grand total OF Iowa 5
Production this year never will be
known, according to the association
statement. In every city and town
in Iowa, back yards and side yards
and in many, many instances. front
yards have been growing potatoes
and beans and beets- and other gard
en- truck Owing to the active cam
paign of the state college OF agricul-
ture there will be no waste or over
production of this variety of foods.
The canning clubs have put hun
vi GUS Ol lllOuSduuS III uOudIo WIZ VI
OF vegetables onto pantry shelves,
for use during the winter months.
While an effort has been made to
guess at the amount Of foods SO
grown and conserved, 1t is obvious
that an accurate figure is utterly I'M
possible. 1t was estimated that the
garden truck grown in Iowa in 1910
was valued at S5,000,000 The ap.
2roximate figure for 1917 will be $780,
OOO,000-or an increase Of 300 per
cent
In 1916 Iowa produced approximate
iy 1S5,0G0,c00 bushels Of oats. Pres
,sSnt indications are that this year
NC will produce close to 24000O,0O0
R1 hels, or an increase of over SO
w cent II this proportion OF in
\ffease is maintained throughout the
nited States, Uncle Sans oat crop
ill be more than 400,000,000 bushels
reater than it was last year-or a
rand total of 1.670.000,000 bushels.
And If Iowa sho,.id produce 240,-
100000 bushels of oats this year i
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-09-13
ORIGINAL NOTICE.

State Of Iowa, Lee CounLy-ss.
In the District Court of said
County.
At Keokuk for the November term.
1917.
S. G. Shepherd, plaintiff. versus
Celia Shepherd, defendant-Original
notice.
To the above named defendant:
You are hereby notified that on OF
before October l, 1917, a petition will
be on file in the clerks office of the
District Court aforesaid at Keohuk in
behalf of the above named plaintiff.
against you and claiming decree Of
divorce from you on the grounds Of
deseTtion.
And unless you appear thereto and
defend before noon Of the second day
of the next regular November term
of said Court, to be begun and
holden at Keokuk on the 18th day
of November A. D., 1917, default will
be entered against you and Judgment
rendered thereon as prayed for in
said petition.
F. NJ. BALLINGER,
Attorney for Plaintiff.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-09-13
Lemon Juice
For Freckles
Girls! Make beauty lotion at
home for few cents. Try II!

Squeeze the Juice Of two lemons In
to a bottle containing three ounces
Of orchard white, shake well, and
you have quarter pint OF the best
freckle and tan lotion, and complex.
ion beautifier, at very, very smaii
cost.
Your grocer has the lemons and
any drug store or toilet counter Will
supply three ounces of orchard white
sfor few cents. Massage this sweet
v fragrant lotion into the face, neck
I ms and hands each day and see
Nv freckles and blemishes disap
ar and how clear, soft and Whlte
e skin becomes. Yes! 1t is harm
less.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-09-13
BIG FISH FRY
HELD AT VIEWER
Lee County Odd Fellows Associa-
tion Had Fine Time Yes
terday-Grand Master
Speaks.

The Lee county Odd Fellows asso-
citation held its annual fish fry at
Viewer yesterday, and the biggest
crowd that has attended any of these
events was present at the grove yes
terday. There was fish in abundance
for everyone, and the day proved
most enjoyable for the Odd Fellows
and their families.
Grand Master Kite was present
and gave an address. The Rev.
Hawk of Pennington gave a patri-
otto address. John Kennedy of Mont
rose and Harvey J. Bonham Of Keo-
kuk made speeches during the after
Moons program.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-09-13
(SSS9!'y Can '2s(sES]

likin, j. A. Pollard.
Clerks-V. r. Mckay, J. A. Reilly.
jackson Township, Fourth Township.
Judges-Owen Real, T. J. Landman,
VIM. Teller.
Clerks-A. R. Munday, Peter Leach.
jackson Township, Fifth Precinct.
Judges-Emil LindstrCnd, Peter
Roam, J. w. McEvoy.
Crimmins, Jr.
jackson Township, Sixth Precinct.
Judges-P. J. Concannon, John Fer
ris, c.. o. Schmidt,
jackson Township, Seventh Precinct.
Judges-Chas Slattery, Geo. S. Fer
guson, Gilbert PRAISE.
Clerks-Frank Goetz, e. G.. Gibson.
jackson Township, Outside Precinct.
Judges-A. H. Linnenberger, VIM.
Meisier, Henry G. Weirather.
Clerks--Will D. Turner, T. e. Kerr.
Jefferson Township.
Judges-Daidv Warehiem, George
Powers, VIM. Queisner.
Clerks-Z. It. Lyon, J. M. Kudebeh.
Madison Township, First Precinct.
Judges-A. o. Van AIKEN, Henry
Burton, George Baumert.
Clerks-Geo. H. Lingering, Quincy
Holland.
Madison Township Second Precinct.
judges. II. Efnspanjer, c. H. Steo-
bins, J. J. Datin.
Clerl5s-F. A. Amborn. VIM. G.
Young.
Madison Township, Third Precinct.
Judges-W. D. Masters. II. T.
Stemple. C. w. Storms.
Clerks-J. Theo. Stoevener, Rollin
j. Hopkirk.
Madison Township, Fourth Precinct.
Judges-Anton Schmidt, Henry Fipp,
Clarence Cowles.
Clerks-Wm. Wilken, Sidney It.
Smith.
Madison Township, East 9Th Precinct
NJ J. Collins.
Clerks-Marl Hundt, Fred Soechtig
Madison Township, West 5th Precinct
Judges-John Oppenheimer, Johr
korschgen, H. l.. Watson.
Clerks-H. c. Coney, A. H. Kennedy
Marion Township.
Judges-B. Moeller, Steve Steffen
smeier, 1sidor Link
Clerks-Geo. Hellman, ]. B. Overton
Montrose Township.
Judges-E. B. Crane, John Ortiz, S
S. Wright.
Clerks-R. P. Allen, Loren A
Knobs.
Pleasant RIDGE Township.
Judges-Henry Winneke, VIM. Hun
old, j. A. Mccoy.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-09-13
WET ELECTION
JUDGES NAMED
Those Who VIII Serve at Polls Oc
tober IS Have Been Selected
by the Board Of Sup
ervisorS.

The coming special election on the
prohibitory amendment is causing but
little enthusiasm throughout the state,
although the temperance forces now
fully organized are putting speakers
Into the field, which will doubtless
arouse a more general interest.
The county supervisors have select
ed the judges and clerks for this cleo
tion as follows:
Cedar Township.
Judges-E. e. Davidson, VIM. Pals
Hey, Chas. Beard.
Clerks-Chas. H. Pease, A. B. De-
Rosear.
Charleston Township.
Judges-Casper Swinderman, Fred
Heiser, Jacob C. Wahrer. .
Clerks-Ben G. Wahrer, H. G..
kirchner.
Denmark Township.
Judges-H. w. Houston, c. e.
Lewis. J. P. Klopfenstein.
Clerks-Jos. A. Maxwell, Hervey
Hazen.
Des Molnes Township.
Judges-F. J. Brodsky, John Larson,
]. w. Sunden.
Clerks-John Cruze, e. H. OConnor.
or.
DonneIlson Precinct, Franklin Town.
ship.
Judges-Peter Lang, ST., Jacob
Frueh, John Schnebele.
Clerks-T. H. Seyb, ]. II. Lowen-
berg.
Franklin Precinct, Franklin Township.
Judges-Henry Rings, VIM. Schrein-
err. VIM. Scheffler.
Clerks-August Fey, Hugo P. Seyb.
Green Bay Township.
Judges-Geo. C. Gibbs, Edward Lach.
mann. Chas. Ireland.
Tucker.
Harrison Township.
| Judges-Jos. Kelley, Walter Town
send, A. c. Bentzinger.
Clerks-Wfllis Robertson, George
Graham.
jackson Township, First Precinct.
| Judges-Sam c. Westcott, John w
Hobbs. Chas H. Frank.
Clerks-L. w. Klein, John c. Para
dice.
! jackson Township, Second Precinct.
Judges-M. ]. Burke, Frank Moeller
Thos. J. McAndrew.
Clerks-C. H. Dickey, lie Roy K
| Lotion.
Jackson Township. Third Precinct.
| Judges-Thos. S. Murray, w. NJ. Null
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-09-13
Your Fall Vacation

For genuine enjoyment,
there is scarcely anything
that will beat camping
out in the Rockies, espe-
cially when Indian sum-
mer comes and the foliage
begins to turn from the
conventional green to the
varied and vivid fall col
orings.
You ought to go! Twill
do you no end Of good.
Think it overt Then drop
in and let me help you
make your plans.
G. F. Conradt, City Ticket
Agts 9TH and Johnson st.
Phone 976.
The Pleasant Way to Travel
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-09-13

will be just 100000 more than the
largest oat crop Iowa ever produced.
1t is causing some folks to do great
deal of thinking when they contemp-
late an oat crop 100000 bushels
more than ever in the states his
tory and prices higher than ever IN
the worlds history.
Figure in the same relative increase
in corn and wheat and hogs-and
then clip out this story and send IT
to the kaiser.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-09-13
Nothina Concealed.

Topeka State Journal: Someone
has said that language was designed
to conceal thought. 1t cannot be said
that President Wilson put it to that
use in his reply to Pope Benedict.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-09-13

Clerks. C. Foggy, w. T. Ranck.
!
Van Buren, Township.
Judges-Geo. Meinhardt, H. A. Mo-
line, Geo. Warson.
Clerks-T. c. Pollard, J. D. Burke.
Washington township.
Judges-Herman Vogt, Gus Miller.
John Valley.
Clerks-Alex. Foggy, Jess Taylor.
west Point Township.
Judges-Henry Bruno, H. G. Brandt
Martin Schoene.
Clerks-Herman Lehman. John II.
King.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-09-13
AK MURDER
TRIAL STARTED
Twelve Jurors in Box Today and At
torney General Of Iowa, Begins
Opening Statement in
Case,

limited Press Leased Wire Service
RED OAK, Iowa, Sept 13.-With
twelve jurors in the box, H. NJ Hav-
ner, attorney general of Iowa, began
his opening statement in the Lyn
George j. Kelly trial here today. Both
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-09-13
Our Chief war Aim.

Baltimore Star: What are our war
aims ?" Is a question that we occa-
sionally hear. Well, for one thing,
we are aiming pretty directly at EN-
peror Bill and all he stands for.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-05-22

indeed, watch over us with solicit
tude unexamp1ed. Every low senti-
ment, every ungenerous affection was
discarded, discouraged. She suffered
nothing, but what was grand and
elevated to take root in our youthful
understandings. She abhorred false
hood. was provoked by disobedience,
she passed none of our faults. When
my father died she was left without a
guide, without support and was
obliged to take the direction of af-
fairs upon herself. But the task was
not above her strength; she managed
everything, provided everything with
a prudence and sagacity which could
neither have been expected from her
sex nor from her age. Where can
look for equal"
Her pride and happiness over the
rise Of Napoleon was well known
throughout Europe as was her grief
over his fall. During the summer of
1914, when Napoleon was in exile, his
mother went to cheer him. When he
was at his last place Of exile-St
Helena-ste desired to go to him but
being in i'll health herself the physi-
clans forbade. Learning of his ILL
ness she sent an Italian physician to
his bedside fearing that the English
physicians would feel little interest in
the patient. While he was in prison
his mother continually offered him the
money he had set aside for her, In the
hope that it might aid him to return.
After his death many little tributes to
his mother were found among his pa
pers, one of them For me my mother
would without murfner have doomed
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it puts good deal of responsibility
on our farmers, and the farmers
pressing problem at once becomes that
more products per acre, or more
acres, or both; and both Of these
mean more labor for the farmers.
'The biggest problem confronting
us, therefore, is the problem of labor,
with view to making it available to
the farmer, in order that he may in
crease his yields per acre and increase
his acreage. At this very moment,
while we are talking, an important
committee is in session in Washington
for the purpose of drawing up some
plan of mobilization of farm labor
which we have reason to hope may
shed some clear light on the situa-
ton, because the whole big problem
of agricultural production narrows it.
self down to labor.
"It is unfortunate that the war has
come upon us after the majority of
the farm crops have been planted for
this year, as it hinders US from do
ing all that we might have done to-
ward results for this season. We are
doing all that can be done to meet
this seasons situation, and are MAX
ing extensive plans on an elaborate
scale for next years work.
ST believe it to be the patriotic
duty of every American citizen to
conserve everything possible in the
way of human food at this time" said
Professor Spi1lman, '.and I would ad-
wise an increase in production of all
possible crops by charging acreage
devoted to them in the regions where
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life she refused the hand of King
Pto1emy fearing that the duties of
Queen might interfere with the train
ing of her two boys whom she always
called her Jewels" Cornelia trained
both her boys in oratory and both be-
came powerful speakers, especially the
elder son, Tiberius, who was distin-
guished for his keen satire, which he
used in defending the down trodden
people who were compelled to fight
to maintain wealth and luxury for
their superiors. He fought nobly
against the land tenure system of that
day and when he was slain his Lroth-
er raius took up the cause only to
meet with the same fate. They had,
however, sowed the seeds of reform
which ripened into fruit years, later.
The Roman people attributed the eff
forts of the young men to the train
ing of their mother and after her
death erected a brass statue to her
memory bearing on it the lines-Cor-
nelia, the mother of the Gracchi.
Napo1eon's Mother.
Napo1eon's mother woman of
rare beauty, knew the privations of
life long before the famous military
genius was born. Napoleon himself
did full justice to her heroic char
acter. sT had need he wrote. re-
ferring to his boyhood, ''to be, on the
alert, our mother would have re-
pressed my war-1ike humor; she
would mot have put up with my war
like caprices. Her tenderness was
joined with severity, her punishment
rewarded all alike, the good and the
bad nothing escaped her She did
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ant reason to expect generous price
returns for all available surplus

ant reason to expect generous price
returns for all available surplus
The Departments office of Farm
Management, whose object is to i'm
prove farm practice by introducing
better business methods, and by ap-
plying the principles of science to
farming wherever practicable, was
visited by the writer as the bureau in
which to gain some special informa-
ton upon the subject of raising crops
to meet the demands of war. Pro-
fessor w. J. Spillman is the agricul-
| turist in charge of this division, and
to his interviewer he said:
'It is evident that it is going to be
| one of our most important duties dur
ing the remainder of the war to help
feed our allies. To do so adequately
we must produce larger crops than
usual. In normal times we produce
enough food to enable us to export
considerable quantities, but when we
are on a war basis ourselves-with
every industry in the country work
| ing at maximum speed, and with the
more or less wasteful methods which
are unavoidable in modifying an
enormous army-a normal crop in
this country would give very small
amount of agricultural produce for
export. There is every reason to be-
1ieve, therefore, that it is our duty
this year to produce more agricultural
products than ever before, and it is
| the duty of every farmer to literally
put his hand to the pillow and do his
utmost in this national crisis.
Labor The Biggest Problem.
! There is no denying the fact that
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at parting with her. The first money
he earned he sent her a share of it.
and all through life one of his first
thoughts was of her. When he left
for Washington to be inaugurated as
President the parting between the two
was pathetic as she seemed to have a
remonition of his assassination and
wept bitterly when he left her. She
never saw him again until she looked
upon his dead face in Springfield.
Mrs. Eliza Garfield, the mother of
President Garfield, was left alone with
her four children in her cabin in the
wilderness during the early days. She
realized that life was stern fact and
poverty its condition. Her farm was
encountered by debt and she had lit
tie or no money to provide the barest
necessities of life. She must have pos
sessed a brave heart to reject the ad-
vice of the neighbor who begged her
to sell the farm and go back. to her
friends in the East. Never" she re-
piled, ''go away and leave my husband
in the family lot in the wheat field,
cannot do that" So she remained on
the farm and worked, the children
working with her as she toiled in the
field. James, who became PRESIDE emit
was the youngest and idol of his two
sisters and brother, who later paid
James tuition at school. Mrs. Scar
field was a devotitE church member.
and her children were Systematically
instructed in Bible study She was also
one of the pioneer reformers and zeal
ously taught temperance, love of lib
erty and loyalty to their Government.
All through history men in every
walk of life have felt the influence of
their mothers teachings and hundreds
of instances might be mentioned
where the mother, influence has di-
rected the man along the right chan
nels. Mothers Day is a fitting tribute
| in her honor.
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they grow habitually, and this ex-
pansion should extend to the limit
permissible by available good seed.
labor and equipment.
Much wheat is wasted in the pres
ent day methods of milling it," con-
tinued Professor Spillman. when
wheat is milled into flour, the per-
centage of flour made is only about
70 per cent. of the weight of the
wheat when the -four is of the high
est grade of patent white flour. Now
flour can be milled in such way as
to turn out 80 per cent. of lower
grade flour, which is actually more
nutritious than the higher grade white
Hour. This enormous waste of 20 per
cent. of the wheat in milling could be
obVlated by milling all wheat in war
times, so as to get the larger per-
centage of flour from the wheat; and
1t would add trem end ously to the sup
ply OF bread-making material if this
measure of economy were observed"
Corn An Important Item.
The Department of Agriculture also
advises great care in the harvesting
and utilizing of rye, whose place I'M
der present conditions is an important
one. Buckwheat, which may be
planted later than any similar crop,
and in some sections where experience
has demonstrated that the cereals, ex-
cept rye, cannot be relied upon, at
tains considerable Importance. At
present food prices rice provides more
food value for the money than most
of the other cereals. Fuller appre-
citation of its value should stimulate
production quickly in Louisiana,
Texas, Arkansas and California, to an
extent that would increase the total
food supply greatly" it says.
Expand the corn CROP" says the
Department, in referring to the lead
ing food and feed crop of the United
States. The vital Importance of a
large acreage of corn is manifest