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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-06-26
OUR UNOFFICIAL LEADERS.

The Liberty loan was a billion dollars over
subscribed, four million persons having pur-
chased three billion dollars worth OF the bonds
TIT seems probable that the Red Cross hundi cd
million will be obtained within the time set;
and Keokuk has surpassed expectations IN this
good work.
The American people will do their full part
in this world war, we may now be sure or that.
We have in our land today an extraordinary
influential class Of citizens, the moulders OF
the nations thought, the leaders OF It's life.
Perhaps there are score OF thousands OF
these; and when they are IN accord and deeply
stirred and wholly in earnest on any great
issue, as they are today, they can carry an
overwhelming majority of the people with
them No other land on earth has no many
forceful citizens ready to throw themselves
with all their souls into great movements ana
make them a tremendous success. Some OF
these citizens live in Keokuk, and their work
in furtherance of the Red Cross campaign has
again put this city on the map as point OF
glory. Keokuk has a full share OF these ex.
ceptional men and women, unofficial leaders OF
the nation s life
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-06-26
Readiustinq.

Leslie's: A democracy cannot make
itself into a war machine in day,
but it can make a start. America be-
gan slowly, but we gain momentum
rapidly and apparently are. avoiding
many pitfalls. For instance we hear
little of the slogan which, at the
beginning of the war did so much
to handicap England, business as
USUAL
Business is not as usual and Amer
lea realives it. Business will not be
as usual until the work ahead Is fin
ished. Business isn't bad and it ism t
likely to be bad. On the contrary it
is likely to be better than we have
ever seen 1t. Everybody viii be
working: everybody will be getting
more money for his work.
But every business faces readjust-
ment; the old course of events is
changed. War will set the pace and
1885, --srf So
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-06-26
BEST SORT OF CENSORSHIP.

Self censorship is the best sort OF censor
ship possible. This is what the national asso-
citation of the motion picture industry has de
termined upon. These prominent picture pro
ducers have issued circular to the public de
claring, that hereafter rigorous campaign
will be waged to keep from the picture pro
duction of the country any elements OF lndecen-
cy and immoral suggestion. This Is sensible
and is an indirect effect of value to be credited
to those moral agencies which have been fight
ing for clean pictures. The threat Of censor
ship has been used to advantage. No amuse-
ment vender of repute desires anything but
clean and wholesome productions; his mixed
motives come from the necessity of making a
product which will sell. IF the public is suffi-
ciently aroused to encourage an effort to support
nothing but clean and wholesome pictures, the
producers will rejoice. In the meantime they
are on record as preparing to secure such pic
ture production. If they do their part honestly,
public cooperation will put motion pictures
on proper plane without further legal inter
ference.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-06-26
! FACTS ABOUT AFRICA.
Every Eighth Person Of the World
Lives In Dark Continent.

World Outlook: Nearly one
fourth of the earth's land surface Is
comprised within the continent of
Africa 1t is as far around the coast
of Africa as it is around the world.
Every eighth person of the worlds
population lives in the dark CONT
nent. The blacks double their num-
Der every forty years and the whites
every eighty years. There are 843
languages and dialects in use among
the blacks of Africa. Only few of
the languages have been reduced to
writing. Thirty-five years ago the
export of cocoa from the gold coast
amounted to $40. Today it is over
SIS, 900 600 The coal fields of Africa
aggregate 100000 square miles; it's
copper fields equal those of North
America and Europe combined, and
it has undeveloped iron ore amount
ing to FIVE times that of North Amer
ica Africa has 10000 miles Of river
and lake navigation, and water
powers aggregating ninety times
those of Niagara Falls.
II Africa had the same proportion
of railroad mileage as the United
States according to its size. it would
have a million miles Of track instead
of the $4,000 miles now in operation
One area in Africa unoccupied by
missionaries is three times the size
of New England, a second would
| make four states like New York, a
third would cover eight Iowas, and
a fourth is eighteen times the size
of Ohio. Throughout Africa there is
one missionary for every $4,000
souls.
| Almost the entire continent is now
under European flags. France has a
colony in Africa twenty times the
size of France itself The British flag
flies over territory as large as the
United States, and extends almost
! without interruption from the Cape
to Cairo, distance of 5000 miles.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-06-26
YUcATAN THE AMERICAN EGYPT
Monuments to Civilization That
Flourished Thousands Of
ve,rs Aoo

liexican Review: Scattered all over
the Yucatan peninsula are monu-
ments to a civilization that fourished
thousands of years ago. Just how
many thousand nobody knows and
scientists differ very materially in
their ideas on the subject The pre-
vailing belief, however, is that this
civilization was in full swing as late
as the beginning of the christian
era. Other scientists assert that the
ruins antedate those of Egypt
Yucatan can well be called 1.-THE
American Egypt" The ruins Of 172
cities, big and little, have been dis
covered and not a quarter of the ter
ritory has been explored, that is,
carefully explored, for the tropical
verdure makes the finding OF them
very difficult You might pass within
hundred feet of wonderful old
temple or pyramid a hundred times
and not discover it, so effectively
does the jungle screen these crumb-
ling monuments of the distant past
and shield them from the prying eyes
of this inquisitive and presumptious
age.
OF the 172 clusters of ruins dis
covered, two sets represent what
were once large end rrosnarove cit'n-
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-06-26
The ornament of house is the friends
who frequent it.-Emerson.
THEIR HANDS STRETCHED FORTH.

Are the mistakes of the Spanish American
war to be repeated on the part of the United
States in this world conflict! Lines within
lines that lead to appointive and preferential
power appear to be at work to the end that
maximum of profit on sales Of essentials IN the
conduct of the present conflict may be re-
turned to certain individuals. The shame OF
it is overwhelming, and those Of us who are not
in the game and would not participate If we
had opportunity, may well say God denver Us
from the gougers.'
The coal committee of the council of national
defense is controlled by the ten largest coal
operators in the country. Francis s. Peabody
is its chairman. Peabody is one of the so
called coal barons. This committee is oppos-
ing a provision in the food control bill that
would limit the price of coal to that prevailing
on July one 1916, plus increased cost OF pro
duction, and transportation
Bernard Baruch of the council of national
defense is one who figured unfavorably in the
congressional inquiry as to the source of a leak
in official matters emenating from the presi-
dental room in the white house. Baruch is a
speculator in securities land such'
Secretary of the Navy Daniels has refused to
pay the prices demanded for cement, which
were approved by the councils cement com
mittee, composed of the presidents of the five
largest cement plants in the country.
Daniels is Directing to the price of copper,
approved by the councils committee on cop
per, composed of eight Of the chief officials OF
the biggest copper concerns in the country. He
refused to pay the price for steel, approved by
the steel trust magnates, who compose the
councils committee on steel. He also re-
6ected the coal price approved by Peabody.
Practically all the councils committees are
Ecomposed of the men whose companies will fur
.nish the major portion of war supplies to the
government.
The administration and congress should get
busy.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-06-26
TODAY'S BIT OF VERSE
THE WOODLAND PATH.

Just a narrow path through leafy dell,
Where the crocus blooms and the robins dwell
And the echoed songs from the topmost trees
Are gently borne on the perfumed breeze
And the laughing brook lulls the spirit wild
Till the scornful man is trusting child.
Just moss-grown path that is seldom trod-
But it leads to peace and the works OF God.
Just a Howery path through wooded vale
Where sordid things of the world prevail
Where the heart is soothed by the sparkling rils,
And the silence awes and the freedom thrills,
And the mystic spell Of the solitude
Fills the swelling breast with hope renewed,
Just a winding path through sylvan glade
But 1t leads to the place where souls are made.
Harry ]. Williams, in Christian Herald
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-06-26
IOWA PRESS COMMENT.

| Cedar Rapids Gazette: On learn
ing that women were to be given pref
erence In certain clerkships at wash
ington, Mrs. Carrie Chapman Gait I'M
mediately scented political mouse.
She was only treasured when told
what most people already know: That
these clerk ships are under civil ser
vice and that woman incumbent
must be given the same pay and ac-
corded the same treatment as q man
similarly employed.
Sioux City Journal: The separate
peace germ seems to have been fairly
well put out of business at Petrograd,
but it would be just as well for Mr..
kerensky to keep that swatter handy.
Cedar Rapids Republican: In Des
Moines the municipal judges have told
the police officers to make no more ar
rests under the blue laws as interpret
ed by the attorney general. They say
it is waste of the time of the courts,
since there is no authority for such
arrests under the decisions of the SUI
preme court-and they might have al
legged the further reason that juries
still being sensible Of some degree OF
lls5iltos VIII lioI WA R~ASAS
so arrested.
Council Bluffs Nonpareil: An en-
pire opened doubtless affords the ad-
venturous pioneer q sense of salts
faction. A kind word in the right
place gives feeling of cody approval
and the healing of a broken heart
surely creates a wave of content. But
for downright seasonal satisfaction
there's nothing like the successful
swat which gets" mosquito which
has punctured your epidermis with
his proboscis.
Boone News Republican: How
strange that anything goes on the
market to be kicked and buifetted
around at will The New York stock
exchange quotes Liberty bonds-high
$1,000, low s99.96 The stock market
will bet on angles wings.
Iroquois Chief: Those who have
been complaining that we have not
had enough sunshine this spring
should bottle their wrath and await
developments Old Sol has habit OF
working overtime during certain
months of the year. and he doesn't us
ually take vacation in June, July and
August
Dubuque Times-Journal: If there
are any survivors of the legislature OF
| 1873, which passed the blue law, they
should shout out their penitence.
Perry Chief: After the war some
! of the American heiresses who mar
tried foreign titles may realize that
they bought a lemon instead.
| Des Moines Tribune: There used
| to be time when we sympathized
with the man who complained of hav,
/ ing no appetite. Nowadays we con
| slider him in luck.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-06-26

Sioux City Journal: The separate
peace germ seems to have been fairly
well put out of business at Petrograd'
but it would be just as well for Mr..
to keep that swatter handy,
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-06-26
The mayor, the board Of education and the

The mayor, the board Of education and the
city council Of Chicago are engaged IN dis
graceful controversy over who shall have the
say-so in the conduct of the public schools; who
in Chicago is the ''boss" when it comes to the
distribution of patronage and place. No more
disreputable exhibition of how not to conduct
the education of the young has come to public
notice than what is now going on in the me-
tropolis of Illinois. Education, under the
system adopted and in practice in all the cities
and hamets of the country, should be the last
point of attack by politicians, if they have any
conception of the requirements of decency. 1t
lis to call Shame that the people Of Chicago
are obliged to submit to the practices of those
elevated to positions they disgrace.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-06-26

Des Moines Tribune: There used
to be time when we sympathized
with the man who complained Of hay-
ing no appetite Nowadays we con-
slider him in luck.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-06-26

So far from expecting a million men to
spring to arms between sunrise and sunset,
President Wilson will be satisfied if he gets
seventy thousand of the proper sort in week IS
time.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-06-26

low the course laid out and supply
the demands. Our sacrifices and re.
wards will not be general and thee.
retic, but specific and practical, and
he will suffer the least and win the
most who most quickly adapts his
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-06-26

utopianIsm: that Is another Of DEVILS pet words
believe that the quiet admission which are all OF US
ready to make, that because things have long been
wrong is impossible they should be right one OF
misery and erime-John Ruskn.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-06-26

Busy in his thrift garden, the average citi-
zen has not yet noticed how much shorter the
days are
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1917-10-19
ELEVEN MEN LEAVE
SATURDAY MORNING
FOR AMERICAN LAKE

The following men make up the
balance of the second 40 per cent,
which were short in the last conting-
emit. These men will report at l
D. m. Friday, Oct. 10, and leave on
the 1905 train Saturday morning,
Oct. 20: Hyrum Bateman, William
w. Mitchell, Winfield Hurst, Ed
ward F. McKenna, Chris Madsen,
Lane Shelman, Jesse H. Summer
corn, Thomas w. Paul, Dewey Earl
Blackburn, Henry Lemke and John
v. Flaherty.
The following named persons were
certified back to the local board for
Bingham county October 10: James
Russell Lindsay, Edward H. Hansen,
Roy v. Nelson, Lesley Harrison
Lewis, James w. Lee, Jr., Guy E.
Neyman, Lyman Anderson, Lane
Shelman, Jesse H. Summercorn.
Thomas William Paul, Dewey Earl
Blackburn, Harold Adams Clark,
William p. Carroll, Arthur James
Taylor, Henry Lemke and John v.
Flaherty.
The following list of men are
temporily exempted until November
Is. 1917: William Delmar Hanks,
Jacob G. Toevs, Patrick O'Brien, Vic
tor Sundquist, George Findlay, AL
bert Gerdes and Milton John Kelley.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1917-10-19
MEN OF FIRST DRAFT
AND THEIR GODMOTHERS
Bingham County Men at Camp Lewis
Have Sponsors I'm Local
Red Cross

Following is the list of men who
left September 10 for Camp Lewis
and the women of the Red Cross
who have been appointed as their
"godmothers"
Grover T. Bennett, Mrs. J. G. Mil
lick; Arthur Robert, Mrs. Kirchner;
Luther H. Day, Mrs. P. w. Powers;
Emmett Allen Irwin, Mrs. ]. B. De-
Hart; William w. Fielding, Mrs.
James Duckworth; William Sibbetts,
Mrs. F. G. Parkinson; Roy T. Sisung,
Mrs. G. A. Hoover; Fred Gohl, Mrs.
J. G. Brown, Fred Corner, E Mrs.
Blanche Eldredge; Leon s. Felt,
Mrs. F. c. Cowen; Evert e. Soucie,
Mrs. H. c. Tavey; Niva B. Proctor,
Mrs. A. L. Springer; Hyrum Stutz-
negger, Mrs. H. D. MacCosham;
Rudolph Tressl, Mrs. Jessie Robot
han; Gottleib Schultz, Mrs. James
Ryan; Erick c. Schwartz, Mrs. R.
Clayton; George A. Phillips, Mrs. R.
l.. Thomas; Marion Sorenson, Mrs.
Nofear Davis; Ralph E. Kingsford,
Mrs. w. A. Lee; Heber Peterson,
Mrs. e. A. Johnson; Cyrus G. Toll
HAL, MIS-. w. "A. VdTl0y, SldIcuCS
Altman, Mrs. H. B. Curtis; John w.
Lee, Mrs. s. L. Reece; Edwin H.
Poulson, Miss Ethel Thompson;
Joseph Elgin Fisher, Mrs. L. c.
lockwood; Zeddie G. Satterf1eld;
Mrs. J. c. Fisher; Dean Everett
Smith, Mrs. Kun Kelly; Frank E. Nc
Mahon, Mrs. L. R. Archer; Thomas
Richard Reed, Mrs Lille Totty;
Oliver Leroy Womack, Mrs. w. A.
McVicar; Peter w. Peterson, Mrs.
]. T. Carruth; John A. Young, Mrs.
o. w. Smith; William R. Living
stone, Mrs. T. J. Johnson; John T,
Larson, Mrs. Frank Farmer; Harry
Mackie, Mrs. Susan E. Holbrook;
Charles Edward Lucier, Mrs J. o.
Morgan; Edward T. Johnson, Mrs
Ernest Pearson; A. D. Unkefer, Mrs
Ham Wright; Jesse Marrow, Mrs
r. N. West; Alma S. Packer, Mrs
Edward Thorsen; Rudolph Som
mers, Mrs. N. F. Pike.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1917-10-19
ASYLUM BOARD MEETS

The regular quarterly meeting of
the asylum board was held Tuesday,
Oct. Is, with the following mem
bers present: George H. Fisher of
Bancroft, S. L. Reece of Blackfoot,
L. E. Dillingham; of Mackay, and DR..
Pike of Blackfoot.
The regular business was trans
acted and the asylum farm and
gardens inspected. The report was
very good and fine crop is expect
ed. The superintendent cottage
and the farm house are nearing COM
pletion. Dr.. Pike expects to move
into the cottage before the first OF
the year.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1917-10-19
INVESTIGATING DRAINAGE
FOR SAND CREEK DISTRICT
Federal Drainage Expert Expected
Here the Latter part of the Week
to Go Over the Proposition

To investigate the feasibility Of
draining several thousand acres in
the lower end of Sand creek, now
practically valueless on account of
their flooded condition, a federal
drainage expert is expected from
Boise the latter part of the present
week, according to R. R. Groninger,
county farm agent, who has been
looking into the proposition some
what himself.
The land that are now flooded
were formerly irrigated and consid-
cred among the most valuable in
Bingham county. rhe development
of other irrigated districts above
them made sub-irrigation possible,
and then the land gradually became
water-logged Now in places water
completely covers the ground.
1t has been suggested as remedy
to build a waste canal from Sand
creek below Firth to the Snake
river and this possibility will doubt
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1917-10-19
WAR SUMMARY
October 10

Russians lose isle guarding cap
ital; 90 war vessels cover landing.
Dutch shipping to England stopped;
BGritish insist commerce with Ger
mans must stop. American mission
airy exposes fiendish crimes of the
Turks against the Armenians.
October 10
Capital of Oessel taken by Teu-
tons: accounts differ as to results.
Holland is bound by two agreements,
Great Britain and Germany entitled
to portion of Dutch foodstuffs. Draft
may take in men under Fl years;
indications are that seven million
men not yet called up will undergo
examination very soon. Weather
may again save Germans for some
days; mud is deep and rains inter-
fere with aerial observation. British
cruiser sent to bottom; mine sweep
ing sloop is overdue and reported as
lost; Haig ready for another attack.
October II
Hearing of three suspected Ger
man conspirators begun in U. S. dis
trict court. English airmen contine
raids over Belgium; two German
machines driven down. French YES
sci sunk by torpedo in Mediterran-
can; $50 lives lost. German agent
is caught in New York; had been
spending much time near naval base.
Russia admits German success; Teu-
tons capture two islands; two Ger
man and one Russian boat are sunk.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1917-10-19
$4,000 BLAZE
AT IDAHO FALLS
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company as a warehouse. The build
ing contained a big stock Of wagons
and buggies, together with several
automobiles.
Strenuous efforts were made In
fighting the flames. The fire had
gained such Roadway due to the fact
that the wires leading to the water
plant had been burned and the water
plant was out of commission. Idaho
Falls big fire engine was brought
into action and using the river
as a source of supply, made an effec-
tive fight. This circumstance is
given credit for saving the city. from
even greater loss.
The loss Is estimated at close to
$4,000, the heaviest losers being
Dan Clyne, whose loss is estimated
at $25,000; Mrs. Wakeman, SILL
900; Nephi Dahlstrom, $4,000; and
the Studebaker company, $4,000.
The origin of the fire has not
been established.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1917-10-19
LETTER FROM ENCELL HINES

This week Deputy Sheriff Hines
received letter from his son Encell
who has been in the navy for about
three years. This is the first letter
that he has written since July, out
side of the printed correspondence
cards supplied by the government.
Encell is on board the U. S. s.
Pueblo, and it is thought he is now
off the coast of South America, altho
it is not certain. He is feeling fine
and said hello" to all his friends
in Blackfoot.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1917-10-19
XMAS COMMITTEE TO MEET

The Red Cross committee for
Christmas boxes, for the enlisted
men of Bingham county, request all
members of the committee and all
those who wish to fill box for one
of the boys at Christmas, that have
not already been provided with a
name, be present at the meeting in
the sewing room at the Odd Fellows
hall Tuesday afternoon, Oct. %, at
d n m 14-2mf
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1917-10-19
AROUND THE COURT HOUSE

James M. Larsen of Springfield
was arrested Tuesday on a charge
of aiming a gun at man. An in
vestigation as to the sanity of Mr..
Larsen was made by doctors Mitchell
and Simmons. 1t was found that
he was sane. The case has not been
decided.
Marriage license was issued on Oc-
tober to Ethel Swenson and Fred
erick A, Case,
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1917-10-19
ADDITIONAL EXEMPTIONS

Following is an additional list of
persons exempted or discharged
from the service of the United States
by the local board Of Bingham
county, Idaho:
Lewis, Harry T., Cerro Grande,
Idaho.
Garlic, CASTOR, Blackfoot, Idaho,
r. F. D. No. 4.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1917-10-19
PARTY FOR MRS. EZELL

Tuesday afternoon about twenty
ladies of the w. C. T. U. surprised
one of their members, Mrs. S. T..
Ezell. The afternoon was spent
playing games and sewing. About 6
O'Clock dainty refreshments were
served and the guests returned to
their homes feeling that the after
noon had been well spent.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1917-10-19

less be looked into when the investi-
cation is made.
There are other drainage districts
in the county that also will be in
vestigated. particularly one near
Springfield.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1917-10-19

cepted a position as bookkeeper for
the Deer Park Lumber company, Of
that place. Mrs. Williams and son
Curtis will not go with Mr.. Williams,
but will join him in the spring. Mr..
Williams will report for work Sat
urday morning.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1917-10-19

that winter is not so very far in the
distance. After a high wind the
weather cleared and the temperature
lowered to several degrees below the
freezing point. The coal dealers
and merchants stocked with winter
clothing are therefore looking for
better business.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1917-10-19
ENGLISH LUTHERAN CHURCH

There will be no services Sunday
as, | will then conduct services at
Moore, but our Sunday school will
meet at it's usual time, 10 o'clock.
Arthur L. Peterson, pastor.