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The Detroit times., 1917-02-22
CHERRY TREE ONLY
MYTH, OPINES G..
L. WASHINGTON

PHILADELPHIA. Feb. .s,-"That
cherry tree yarn Is nothing but a
harmless myth that's done q lot OF
good" said George Lafayette wash.
rnston. sreat-great-grand nephew %
the father OF his country" here to-
day. George was prabAbly too
clever 20 ever be caught In a lie"
Therein lies his strength
George Lafayette Washington lives
IN Woodbury.. ". j.. and In . bank
clerk thefs. He Is the son OF Rich
ard n. Washington.
r-tstisg--shs yIsi. sect kina--th.t
The Detroit times., 1917-02-22

The National Wo. kuen's Commit
tee on Jewish Rlsh'. has Designated
today "a nat.or-ViGe tag day 20
raise funds FOR The relief Of Jewish
Nar sufferers
The Detroit times., 1917-02-22

Preeifen, Wilson is 70 attend the
Washing'ons birthday exercise TO
Jay a. C0nunegtai Memorial hall. In
he national capita,
The Detroit times., 1917-02-22

eyes or ears or thoughts but for
each other. And 90 they bit and
kicked and scratched and snarled
and rolled over and over. and
everybody wondered who would
win. II was . great nsht Ties. sir.
II was . great nght Everybody
said 90.
The Detroit times., 1917-02-22

NEXT story; Beautiful Mss Swift.
foot In Glad.
The Detroit times., 1917-02-22

Pvfettsg--shs pIsis ssst kind---thsf
h rEht-Traes Job Dept--Msis ss1e.
The Detroit times., 1917-02-22
Measured Service

Unnecessary telephone communications unlimited,
at-rate lines which tolerated by the subscriber
only because they apparently cost him nothing not
only of daily expense to the company but they
frequently prevent customers reaching the subscriber
with important calls his business The tee-
phone path into business house must be and un-
INSTRUCTED Measured service automatically wipes out
unnecessary calls frees the lines of unwonted bur
den and reduces the cost Of the service by increasing
its efficiency. The Telephone Commission, operating
the Province of Manitoba, Canada condemns the nds
criminate use of the telephone under the fat-rate
system:
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-10-05

because of physical defects have
been reported by the division sur
geon following the examination Of
approximately 1900 men. These
men will be recommended for rejec-
ton
Recruits to the national army at
Camp Dodge are going to have to
stoke their own furnaces this winter.
A memorandum posted says men
from various barracks will be de-
tailed as stokers and will be on duty
day and night.
Another order issued prohibited
the cutting out" of mufflers on
motorcycles and automobiles within
designated space around the base
hospital and division headquarters.
A governm ent repair shop for all
automobiles and motorcycles at the
camp, in government service, has
been established and an order issued
for the weekly inspection of all
vehicles.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-10-05
BIG BARGES
TO BE BUILT
Peoria Company Plans to Construct
Tow Boats and Carriers
to Transport Pig
Iron.

There are to be built at once two
powerful steel towboats and fourteen
steel barges by the Keystone Steel
and Wire company Of Peoria, Ill,
for the purpose of carrying pig iron
from Sheffield, Ala, on the Tennessee
river to Peoria on the Illinois river,
according to an announcement MADE
By Chas. q. FTeund, consulting en-
sineer Of the Keystone company, In
letter TO Sydney J. Roy, secretary
of the Mississippi Valley Waterways
association.
The officers of the Mississippi Val
ley Waterways association who have
been cooperating with the govern
ment in organizing and promoting
emergency and experimental ship
ments on inland waterways by use OF
government towboats and barges and
by boats and barges leased from
private parties, regard the announce
ment OF the Keystone company as
most significant, IN view OF the fact
that the decision of the company 10
build its own equipment for moving
freight by water was arrived at only
after actual experience In moving
freight ON the Tennessee, Ohio, Mis-
sisaIppi and Illinois rivers by barges.
The company chartered toyboat
and three barges and made two trf2s
FROM Sheffield, Ala, TO Peoria, III,
in July and August, carrying loo
tons Of pig iron each trip. These
tripg were made out OF desire to CO.
operate with the government in re-
lieving the transportation strngency.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-10-05
FOUR CLAIMS
ARE REVERSED
District Board Exempts Men Prevl
ousIy Certified for Service
In the National
Army

Notice Of four additional reversals
by the district board was received yes
terday by the local exemption board
the claims for dependents In each
case having been looked into further
The men affected are Stephen w
Barlow, Walter J. Abel. Carl R Rass.
mussen and George DeYoung.
After having been certified for mill
tary service. these men had their
cases taken up and reconsidered by
the district board with the result,
named. They have been sent notices
that they are now exempt
Stephen Barlow has q wife de.
pendent on him for support. Walter
J. Abel OF F't Madison has wife and
two children. Carl Rasmussen OF St
Paul, Mimi, is the sole support OF
aged and infirn foster parents. and
George DeYoung Of Keokuk has a
wife and one child.
The local board Is now busy pre-.
pairing list OF the ninety-seven
men to go from Lee county In the
third and fourth increment, but it is
not yet ready for publication. It is
possible that the third and fourth In
crements will be sent at the same
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-10-05
RACE
OCTOBER ID
keokuk Racing Association Announces
Big Entry List for 100 Mile
Event on Baldwin Park
Auto Course.

The Keokuk Racing association mas
leased Baldwin park at Quincy, Ill,
for Sunday, October II and will stage
3 big 1G0Amile auto race there on that
date.
Secretary Martin advises tina.
among the entries are A NJ. Gallman
OF Des Moines, with his Buick Special,
which won the 100-nile event at Don
nelson. Ia, Sept g. Alva Ford OF
Good Hope. ILL.,, has entered his Ford
Special which came within two sec
tonds Of tteing the worlds record for
fifty miles.
Otto C. Smith OF Peoria. H.. who
holds the 1O0-mile championship of
southern Illinois and Indiana, will be
at the starting line with his Baby
Grand No. 2. E. " Bailey of Atlantic
I Ia, has entered Bailey Special which
has a record of eighty-one miles per
hour on the Minneapolis speedway.
Quincy speed fans will get to see
one Of their local boys go in the per-
| son of e. u. Frazier who has entered
his lightning bug" This car showed
wonderful speed in the recent Don
Nelson race until eliminated by an
accident.
The Overland-Brodhead company of
| springfield, H., mas entered the ID
nous Overland co." which won the
| 1oo-mile race at Macomb, Sept. II.
c. E. Brown OF Keokuk has entered
HIS yellow Bearcat Buick" Bartholo-
new Bros. local Ford dealers have en-
/ tered their sixteen valve Puegot-Ford
racer which Will be plotted Dy Geo.
| Hemingway Roy Humphrey of this
| city will drive his Chalmers in this
race Fred Williams, a local boy, will
be on the Job with the big green rae
| fng Buick. Other cars from, Indian
apolis. Red Oak. Ia, Macomb. Illinois
and Rock Island viii probably be In
| cluded In the hist.
A number Of Keokuk people are al
ready making preparations to go to
/ Quincy for this race and it. promises
( 70 be one of the biggest cards in auto
mobile racing that has been staged in
| this section OF the middle west and
record breaking crowd is anticipated.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-10-05
NATIONAL ISSUES
| IN SCHOOL WORK
President Wilson Addresses Letters
to All School Officials and Asks
That These BE
Embodied.
MATERIAL IS AT HAND
Hoover and cIaxton Furnish Some
Excellent Ideas for Work
Along This
MATERIAL Is AT HAND

School officials IN Keokuk have re-
ceived letters from President Wilson
and Commissioner Claxton urging the
expansion OF the school program to
| include national issues. Following Is
the presidents letter:
The White House, Washington. To
| School Officers: The war is bringing
to the minds of our people a new ZAP
probation Of the problems of national
life and deeper understanding OF
the meaning and aims of democracy.
Matters which heretofore have seem
ed commonplace and trivial are seen
in truer light The urgent demand
for the production and proper distri-
button of food and other national re-
sources has made us aware OF the
close dependence Of individual on in
dividual and nation on nation. The
effort to keep up social and industrial
organizations in spite Of the with
drawaI of men for the army has re-
vealed the extent to which modern
life has become complex and special
ICED.
These and other lessons Of the war
must be learned quickly If we are In
diligently and successfully to defend
our institutions. When the war ia
over we must apply the wisdom which
We have acquired In purging and en-
nobling the life of the world.
In these vital tasks of acquiring a
broader view of human possibilities
the common school must have a large
part I urge that teachers and other
school officers increase materially the
time and attention devoted to instruc-
ton bearing directly on the problems
of community and national life.
Such a plea is In no way foreign to
the spirit Of American public educa-
ticn or of existing practice. Nor Is 1t a
plea for temporary enlarg ement OF
| the school program appropriate merely
to the period of the war. 1t is a plea
for a realization in public education
| Of the new emphasis which the war
has given to the ideals of democracy
and to the broader conceptions Of ma
tional life.
In order that there may be definite
material at hand with which the
schools may at once expand their
| teaching, have asked Mr.. Hoover
and Commissioner Claxton to organ
| ize the proper agencies for the prepar-
alton and distribution of suitable les
sons for the elementary grades and
for the high school classes. Lessons
thus suggested will serve the double
purpose Of illustrating in q concrete
way what can be undertaken in the
schools and of stimulating teachers
| in all parts Of the country to formu-
late new and appropriate materials
drawn directly from the communities
in which they live.
Sincerely yours.
WOODROW WILSON.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-10-05
satal.r ahat himseif.

limited Press Leasef Wire Service
NEW YORK., oct. 5.--jAeutenant
Nicholas Rurkegakov, Of the Russian
army. ended his life becsuse q cabaret
dancer failed 10 appear To keep her
promise to marry him, IL Was re
.vea1ed here today.
He had met the dancer only the
night before Ie invited friends to
his apartment 70 witness their mar
rage. When sne failed 20 appear,
ne shot himself
4 few nfnutas later the dancer
called ~, saying zbs had been de-
tanned ard vas On ne nay 70 me
lieutenangs home.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-10-05
OFFICIAL COUNCIL
PROCEEDINGS

There being no further business.
Council upon motion, adjourned.
ED. 8. LOTION,
Attest: Mayor.
o. w. sANDBERG, City Clerk.
September 20, 1917, 8 a. m
Council met in regular session with
all members present Mayor Lotion
presiding. Minutes OF meeting OF
September IL end 10, 1917, were read
and approved There being no furth-
er business, Council upon motion,
adjourned.
ED. s. LOTION,
Attest: Mayor.
%. w. sANDBBRG. City Clerk
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-10-05
NOTICE OF DISSOLUTION.

To whom 1t may concern:
Notice is hereby given that the
Stafford Grocery Co. an Iowa cor
poration with It's principal place of
business in the city OF Keokuk.
county OF Lee, and state OF Iowa,
where it has been engaged in the re-
tail grocery and merchandising busl-
ness. has, by the unanimous consent
of Its stockholders, been dissolved
and It's charter has been and 10
hereby surrendered. This notice be-
ing given by authority OF It's stock
holders,
Dated at Keokuk, Iowa. this .27th
day of September, A. D. 1917.
STAFFORD GROCERY co.
BY O'Harra's, Wood & Walker.
Attorneys.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-10-05
All Choked Up With Catarrh?
Why Continue Makeshift Treatment

RID OF Catarrh, you must drive the
alsease germs out of your blood.
Splendid results have been re-
ported from the use of S. S. s., which
completely routs from your blood the
Satarrh germs, for which it is a per-
tect antidote.
re ;. ). 5. is sold by ali druggists.
~ you wish medical advice as to the
treatment of your own individual
Ikdse. write to-day to Chief Medical
hq t,.sser' swift Specific Co., Dept. B
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-10-05
GET CREDIT
FOR SERVICE
Former Guarderen In National Army
VIII Not Lose Out on
Their Expert
ence.

National guardsmen. who have
been drawn into the national army
and who have seen long service with
the state troops will not be robbed
of the value of the time they have
already spent, according to an an
nouncement made at Camp Dodge.
The war department will give
these men credit for the time they
have spent in the guard and they
will be given an increase in pay &C
cording to the length of time they
have spent in the service, the same
as soldiers in the regular army.
Two hundred fifty-two reflections
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-10-05
septsmber "a. 1s17. 90. m.

september "a, 1917, 8 q N.
Council met In regular session with
all members present, Mayor Lotion
presiding. Minutes OF meeting OF
September 30, 1917, were read and
approved.
Resolution No. 4sa.
Be It resolved, By the City Council
Of the City of Keokuk:
That the following pay rolls be,
and they are hereby approved and
ordered paid:
Warrant No. 59ss, Street !. .3222. 81
Warrant No. $685. Grading i. ia. 10
Warrant No. $3.50. Motor We
hcle ................. 81 .b1
Warrant No. 1891, General -. 81. As
Warrant No. 6s92, Sewer -. Tia
Warrant No. 1923, Park ..... 81. SIS
Roll call:
Aye-Lofton, Hilpert, Hickey.
ED. s. LOTION.
Attest: Mayor.
o. w. sANDBERG. City Clerk.
Resolution No. 4a4.
Whereas, the o. A. Talbot Com
pany, corporation doing business in
the city OF Keokuk. and having an
elevator and several other necessary
buildings on certain part Of Water
street in said city, more particularly
described in a lease made and en-
tered into on August 9Th. 1903. be-
tween the said corporation and the
City OF Keokuk, has made applica-
ton to the City Council for permits.
sion to build a sea wall one hundred
ten (110) feet long on the river side
of It's grain elevator. with wing walls
running back to the higher ground.
- ~ no% hfoI, ~ y, q
lower side and to be OF reinforced
concrete; and for the further per-
mission to build fence around its
plant, said fence to be six feet high
on the bluff side and eight feet high
on the rivor side, with a wire on top;
therefore,
Be 1t resolved. BY the City Council
OF the City OF Keokuk:
That permit be and tie same Is
hereby granted to o. A. Talbot
Company to build a sea wall one
hundred ten (110) feet long on the
river side OF Its grain elevator with
wing walls running back TO the high
ground, said wall to be ten feet
high at the lower side with reinforc-
ed concrete: also to build fence
around its plant, said fence to be
six feet high on the bluff side and
eight feet high on the river side,
with a wire on the top.
Adopted September a, 1917. by
the following vote:
Aye-Lofton, Hilpert, Hickey.
ED. s. LOTION.
Attest. Mayor.
10. ". sANDBERG, City Clerk.
There being no further business,
Council upon motion, adjourned.
ED. s. LOTION,
Attest, Mayor.
o. w. SANDBER9, City Clerk
September ~, 1917, 9 a. m.
Council met in regular session with
all members present, Mayor Lotion
presiding. Minutes Of meeting OF
September "a. 1917, were read and
approved There being no further
business, Council took a recess until
September 20. 1917. 8 a. m.
ED. 6. LOTION,
Attest: Mayor.
o. w. sANDBERG. City Clerk
September 10, 1917. 8 .. m.
Council convened after recess with
ali members present, Mayor Lotion
presiding
Resolution No. 4eS.
Be II resolved. BY the City Council
of the City OF Keokuk:
That the following pay rolls be.
and they are hereby approved and
ordered paid:
Warrant No. 1894, General ..$4s4. 81
Warrant No. 1895, Board of
warrant No. 5ess. Light 80. 100
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-10-05
How TO conserve Foo<

CHICAGO, Oct. 5.-The average
family. was wishing that It could AFFORD
to conserve food along the lines sug-
gested by Tracy G. Drake and John
R. Thompson, representing Herbert
Hoover, in the middle west.
Here are some of the substitutes
proposed for beef and pork:
Chicken, squad, hors d'oeuvres and
lobster.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-10-05

w dl dI1C W. VCOo, 6AA oo.~
Warrant No. s006. River Front IN
Warrant No. 6O07, Police 90. SOON
Warrant No. 6000, Police -. M.o0|
Roll call:
Aye-Lofton, Hl2ert, Hickey.
ED. 8. LOTION
Attest: Maya.|
o. w. sANDBE1nG, City CLERK.
Resolution No. 486.
Be 1t resolved. By the City Cconeu
Of the City OF Keokuk:
Whereas. The City OF Keokr1
Iowa, did on the 2sth day OF MARCH,
1917, make and enter into 8 contracI
with the Keokuk Quarry & Construc]
ton company for tbs improvement
OF Franklin street In said city, ron
the east line OF Fourth street to m1
west line OF Thirteenth street ana,
Whereas, certain Of the propg1J
owners along said street have flsd
suit In the district court on Lee
county, Iowa, at Keokuh, asking tna'
the making OF said improvement %
enj0ned and that the proceedinss
leading up thereto and the oon'rae.
therefore be declared illegal anu
void, and
Whereas, The said contract ue
vided that the said contractor snou1
commence the work OF making ss 'u
Improvement on or before the iolu
day OF May, 1917, and complete sans
on or before the first OF Septemoes'
1917, and. -.
whereas. the City Council Of I'M
City OF Keokuk, Iowa, has heretoiu'
extended the time for the commence
ment OF said work to October Nv
1917, and extended the time for COW
pletion of said work for a Ike pefi''
on account of said suit, and -
Whereas, said suit Is still penams'
and has not yet been determho'
and,
whereas, the said Keo6uk Quar-
& Construction company has petlti.. =,
ed the Council to extend the time ~,
the commencement OF the making y
said Improvement to April l. is.s
and the time for the completion the''
of to August LIST, 1918, and -.
Whereas, the City Council tS OF lp'
opinion for the reasons hereinoe,o,,ss
stated and for the reasons stated 49, =
said petition, that the time fF nI
comm encement OF the making y
said Improvement and the com2leuo.
thereof should be extended, nov
therefore, :, =,
Be It resolved, That the SAID coa
tractor, the Keokuk Quarry & ooa
struction company, be and It IS he ~,
by authorized and directed that ~,
time for the commencement OF -,
making of the said improvene.a,
be, and the same is hereby =,
tended to the first DAY OF Ap y,
1918, and that the time TOT ~
completion OF said work De, -,
the same is hereby extended 10 M ~
first day OF August, 1913, and ID. -,
Mayor Is hereby directed to nou.,
the said Keokuk Quarry & Consu ~
ton company in writing of the apu ~
extension as provided by the oonti''
for said work.
Roll call:
Aye-Lofton. Hilpert Hickey
.. Mayor
o. W. sANDBERG, City Clerk. :.
There being no further bushes
Council upon motion. adjourned.
ED. s. LOTION.
Attest: WAY
o. W. sANDBERG. City Clerk.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-10-05
Sprays and douches viii never

cure you.
Catarrh is annoying enough when
passages, causing painful and diff
cult breathing and other discomforts.
But the real danger comes when it
reaches down into your lungs.
This is why you should at once
realize the importance of the proper
treatment. and lose no time ex-
perimenting with worthless remedie.
which touch only the surface. To be
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-10-05

time, depending entirely on the time
set for their reception at Camp Dodge
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-10-05

Australia, with population Of s.
0o0, 900, has contributed nearly $780,
o0O. 900 to the eost ~ the war.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-10-05

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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-10-05

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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-10-05

The Keokuk Racing association mas
leased Baldwin park at Quincy, Ill,
for Sunday, October II and will stage
q big 1o1-mile auto race there on that
Mohave County miner., 1917-05-12
RECORD LODE GO.
 PUTS IN MACHINERY
tFrom sunday,s Daily Minerl

One of the big teams of Lovin and WitheI5 company left Kingman yes terday loaded with a hoist and other machinery for the Record Lode Mining company in the Oatman section.
 This property is one of the promis- ing properties of that district and as soon as the machinery is installed a vigorous campaign will be inaugural ed.
 The claims are located on the ex- tension of the Old Hardy vein, and an 80 foot shaft has been sunk with a windlass, the ore on the surface giv- ing a value of S6 and in the bottom of the shaft $16. The width of the vein is said to be in the neighborhood of Is feet, and the parties owning the property feel assured that they have one of the best showings in the dis trict.
 Lee R. Myers and associates of Oat- man are the promoters of this com pany.
Mohave County miner., 1917-05-12
KINGMAN MEN 60
 ID PRESIDIO FOR
 TRAINING IN ARMY
From Tuesdays Daily Miner)


 M. B. Belden, employed by the Mo have Assay company, left this morn ing for the Presidio, San Francisco, where he will prepare for a commits sion as first lieutenant of infantry in the regular army. Iir. Belden yes terday received a telegram requesting him to come to the Presidio immedi- ately to begin training. He enlisted some time ago in the officers reserve corps, along with a number of other Kingman men. Frederick Blodgett, roadmaster Of the Santa Fe, is ex- pecting to leave soon to begin train ing.
 As soon as members of the reserve corps receive their commissions they are expected to be assigned to regi- ments either in direct command for active service or to train other officers and men. The army in this way con- templates the training of the first contingents called under the selective draft system. MT. Belden has lived in Kingman some time, coming here from Portland, Ore. He has been instructing the home guards.
Mohave County miner., 1917-05-12
MISS HILTY HERE

Miss Buena Hilty, daughter of I. D. Hilty, arrived home on No. 2 yester- day morning, for a weeks visit with her parents.
 Miss Hilty is teaching school at Seligman and has been under quar- antine for some time for alledged smallpox. Miss Hilty, however, claims that she suffered from no worse mal- ady than a light attack of measles. She complains of what she considers unjust treatment in connection with the quarantine, saying she was held as a smallpox suspect on the strength of a nasty first diagnosis.
 Miss Hilty will return to Sehgman shortly to finish out the school term.
Mohave County miner., 1917-05-12
AUSENHUS BUILDING RESI-
 DENCE

L. M. Campbell has drawn plans for a five room bungalow, with bath, for Joe Ausenhus, and will superintend its construction. The building material will be composed of cement blocks, patterned after the new process in vented by Dan Pitzel, of Los Angeles. The partitions will be of the same material, indicating that Joe is build ing for all time. Mir. Pitzel expects to establish a factory here to manu- facture his cement blocks.