The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-10-09
|MAYORESS
CHANGED NAME
Faithful Constituents Terri
bly, Confused Since Mrs.
Horwitz Became
Mrs. O'Brien.
MANAGES SMALL FARM
Besides Looking After c.ty's Welfare
Her Little Patch Of 5000
Acres Needs
Attention.
MANAGES SMALL FARM
[By United Press.l

MOORHAVEN, Fla, Oct. 9.-Since
the mayor Of this peaceful little COM
munity married. the faithful consti-
tuents are terribly confused. The
matrimonial ventures OF mayor 40
not, as a rule, create much disturb.
ance in municipal affairs. But in the
case Of Moorhaven it's different
Moorhaven's mayor was different
from all other mayors. She-that S
what caused all the trouble-Delng
woman, changed her name when she
married She was elected mayor
while Mrs George Horwitz. Then
her honor the mayor, married cap
tain J. j. O'Brien, U. S. r., former
newspaper man and ex-secretary 10
the mayor of Moorhaven.
The mayors husband is now on
his way to France. But by marrying
the mayor of Moorhaven. O'Brien set
the population to thinking. Here Is
the question that is worrying the resi-
dents of Moorhaven. Mrs. O'Br1en
was elected mayor of Moorhaven as
Mrs. Marion D. Horwitz, the name
that appears on her election certiii.
cate and the one she has signed all
official documents since becoming
mayor. Now-must she sign Mrs. J..
]. O'Brien to these documents, or the
name that appears on her election
certificate?
Regarding her job as mayor Mrs.
|O'Brien said: "The job of being
mayor is a new one to me and like
it, | have to hand out justice for all
petty offenses, for | sit as town mag
istrate in the town, and that, with
managing the councilmen, is a full
Job in itself
In addition to her duties as mayor
Mrs. O'Brien finds time to run a
small farm of 5000 acres, where she
raises practically every known veg
etable, and as side line hogs. She
has worked from 4 o'clock in the
morning until II at night on her farm
steadily through the summer season,
and is convinced there isn't thing
a woman can not do.
II When she works in the field Mrs.
O'Brien, like all other farmerettes,
discards the skirt and takes to trous-
ers. She does not look like woman
who had been shaving in the field all
day and managing a small town at
the same time. She is blond, pretty
and young. 81 am more than thirty,
however" she said
Being a mayor one would think she
would be willings to talk about the
woman in politics. THAT is the last
thing / want to talk about" was her
surprising answer when the question
| of woman's suffrage was brought up.
i"Don't ask me what l believe for l
do not know thing about woman's s
suffrage. All my life I have been
Ibusv doing the things I wanted to do
| and haven't had time to think much
about political enfranchisement.'
mot that suffrage is not coming
she added hurriedly, ''but in my mind
the best. argument for 1t is the evi,
! idence women are now giving in all
+, sorts of war-work. The work that
women have done in the war relief
agencies and the work they do in the
Juvenile and municipal courts is proof
enough for me that any woman is as
good and as capable as any man"
| Getting off the question of votes
for women Mrs. O'Brien gave few
hints to the modern farmer. The
! old time farmer" she said. didn't
know when to plant or where. he
simply dropped the seed into the
same ground season after season.
| Nowadays anyone can learn to farm
by doing as the department OF agri-
culture tells you to. / have four large
| tractors and l work all day as long
as my men do. And then of course
! I work at night too. II the govern.
e.