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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-08-23

peace is made that makes it all an lnvestmen'
in betterment of the world.
A peace which left in any belllgerent nauon
lust cause for resentment OF InJustlce-ahu
this is true of Germany as well as OF all other
belligerents-wil leave danger spot wmcl
will be a threat to world peace as long as 1t IS
left incurred 1t will not be enough to secure
international stability for the immediate pres
ent by an agreement which has the present
power to enforce terms There must be
means for all people to secure for themselves
their Just rights from other nations without re-
course to arms: if this is not provided, sooner
or later there will be recourse to arms. There
must be devised barriers to defend peaceful
peoples from injustice done by arms 1t VIII
do little good to propose agreements for peace,
if the power to see these kept does not lie with
the conclave of the powers making the agree
ment and beyond the control of any single pow
er. Germany has become the great mterna-
tional outlaw: she must be forced within the
law. But unless peace is to be futile, 1t must
see a means of compelling Germany and all
other countries to remain within the law. Only
then will the wisdom of the world see the price
paid in the war justified by what it brings.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-08-23
COMING CONDITIONS.

The question of greatest interest is when the
war will end The question of greatest mo-
ment is how it will end After these, the ques
ton of highest interest and Importance is how
far the war will change internal conditions III
the nations. and how permanent and desirable
or otherwise the new conditions will be.
For example the world is now having most
surprising and conclusive demonstration OF the
value of national sanitation. Take the cases o.
typhoid and typhus fever. They have perlodl-
.cally ravaged all the temperate-cllmate coun-
tries. causing enormous mortality IN earlier
wars The death toll from typhus during the
Crimean war was frightful. In the Boer war
no fewer than thorty-one thousand men were m
valided home to England by typhoid: and dur
ing our war with Spain diseases of which these
were the chief killed six of our soldiers where
bullets killed one. Yet so effective had seien-
tific sanitation become that in the Russo
Japanese war in 19O+5 less than two per cent.
of the hospital cases were typhoid; while IN this
war typhoid and typhus are almost entirely I'M
der control and twenty times more men die by
bullet and bayonet than of diseases.
| National sanitation being thus astonishingly
leffieacious. will the people of civilized states
demand that their governments shall do In
peace what they have done so marvelously in
war and stamp ont all the diseases. endemic or
/ epidemic. that science is able to master thus
making the prevention of disease and the
preservation of public health state affair!
| This is only one case typical Of many. and the
question is whether innovations which ext
gencies have forced upon the nations will be
abandoned upon return to peace. How far Is
the movement towards state control OF public
utilities in England, for example, to be perma-
nento What impetus will be given to social re
| form and welfare movements, and how viii the
world now in the making differ from the world
before the wari
/ These questions are of scarcely less Interest
than those otherS-soon to be answered as the
whole world hopes-when and how the ire
mendous conflict is to end.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-08-23
Tr an Epo<r R.r.n '

NeT YORK SE1- A suggestion has
hssa made 20 the travelling public by
The Eests-- rCaCs interested in war
economy that trzTeIsrs 7rT an upper
es--h- Try an upper they saw.
"Tcz-u Ike X The idea Is to III
eTe-y Pullman =hica Is hauled, upper
szEs I9EeT- instead q hauling a string
e t1e-- Z which only the lover CON-
rz---eZ-s are occzo7ed All Of which
o--xz % mind thai II probably Is the
s-c-T a t6s p-OveT5tzl Eat man and t.is
tE-c-lz5ss z Distributing himself com
cc-[z5lT over AZ upper which has IS
tz5l1she- E-sf1dfce IL the public
Mid against tae Eppar berth The
-zEl-oz1 COMPANIES themselves zive
t1= fCs5CEtlz recommendation 10 the
-77e- 5@rFz- 50 II must be so 1T is
I@- cant less expensive than the
51-e-s he Occupant & further re-oT-
- t-U- lie noise OF The wheels. is cat
q re ray Of peopis ToTiuE W and
cova rhe aisle slioys excellent vsa-
-iLz-iC- and al ths comforts supplied
II TIE lover berth
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-08-23

placed by g new one. A force OF
hands are here now with their OWL
equipment.
c. C. Childers, while helping nresa
had occasion 10 attempt to noia ls
machine horses while the engine
blew the whistle In response 10
passing machine which frighteaN
them, causing them to plunge lI
ward. striking Mr.. Childers win OOa
forefeet. fracturing three lids anu
otherwise bruising him. =
Mr.. and Mrs John Kindred WIZ
move to Bentley where their daaSs
ter has a position in the paul.
school. Ernest Akers will move y
the property vacated by them as ".
house they now occupy was oous.'
by George Massie and will SOON =
dergo repairs. New porches wiz NJ
added and partitions changed WV
painting and papertng on the hteiH
Mrs. Fannie Jennings is having !
foundation built under her couas,
C. c. Huddleston is now ready 10 l~.
into his new home purchaser Nv.
E. z. Matthew. having put IN ~. ~
foundation. built new woUa ,a
and papered and painted the no.
( Mrs. Howell of Versailles, ie'u "a.
home after several days Visn
her daughter Mrs. Eugene h% a,,s
A fine rain fell here TUESDAY H'
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-08-23
DENVER, Ill.
, <>e 80 . 9 - .

Those of our citizens taking vaca-
rions are enjoying them in different
ways. E. Eds ards. our Wabash agent,
depated Tuesday morning for Idaho,
but ~fu visit different points of In
terest while enroute. Mr. Hartman
OF Versailles is filling his Office dur
ing his absence
George Shinkle and family have
gone II their car on a touring expe-
ditioa. the mammoth cave of Ken
tuckT being their objective point
1ney viii go one route and return
another, staying at hotels of nights
and during rainy weather.
" ( Scott and family left Tues
day morning IN their Ford for the
west and Viii visit relatives in west
e-n Iowa and other points. They
carried their own equipment of tent
ard cooking utensils and what pro-
visions that were convenient to carry
Mr. and Mrs. RoIlo Browning and
daughter Madeline, are visiting in
Kansas
, Ar and Mrs. Floyd Seacord are in
lewiston, III, attending the fair and
family reunions
Those q Us that are LEFT TO pursue
the even tenor OF our way are look
ing fo-wzd 70 the county fair and
Robi1scn's circus A few awaited
themselves Of the opportunity of al
tending the different chautauouas
Len Massie Is on the Chicago mar
kst this morning with eighty-five
head o. hogs Twenty dollars a hun
drs6 viii bring some money.
Mr. Stowe and family who recently
suffered pto1sins poisoning from eat
ing ice cream Of their own making.
are recovering, although for time
the life OF little Bertha was despaired
Of
The dilapidsted railroad tank that
has been an eye-sors for so iorg.
has been torn down and viii he re-
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-08-23
Couldn't be lm,royos on.


Chicago Herald: Mr. Bryan's state.
ment- Abusing Free Speech in the
last issue of the Commoner couldn't
be improved On Sub-traitors and
hsmstringsrs who have imagined that
the mere phrase. free speech" was
so seductive that they might hope for
little tolerance from a man of Mr..
Bryan's liberal tendencies find their
hope rzdely shattered
Mr.. Bran tells them that after war
is declared discussion as 20 it's wisdom,
must cease: that no attacks on this
government or its allies or aid 10 the
enemy under the cloak OF free speech
can be tolerated: that there are only
ITO sides 20 Wand that every
American must De on the side Of the
United States, and tl-ar no sympathy
viii be wasted on those who have
been arrested for ulpatriotic utter
auces
Thus the path OF the sub-traitor be-
comes harder every day Wherever
ne turns the skies are brass and iron.
He lifts up his eyes 10 the hills for
s1ccor and voice from the hills tells
him 70 shut mp Of suffer the conse-
qss1ces- The federal marsha, is be-
coming . Ersd feature Of his land
sCs2e
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-08-23
WHERE BIRDS ABOUND
Most Iowsad Changes in
Il the River

the soil is of the same virtue for nfty
feet or lower. 1t is a new land OF
quite dinerent soil elements TO those
of Missouri or parts of Iowa.
In 1900 l went from keokuk to
Omaha by way of Burlington, just a
few days before the presidential cleo
ton, and / learned that the CHIEF
concern of the voters through the
state conferred upon the size of the
majority they wanted to give Mchln-
ley The farmers were swelled out
with prosperity and their cry went
up to make the majority at least one
thousand in each county for Mckin-
ley. Enthusiasm was at bubbling and
sizzle point, and they were flying on
golden pinions which would have
added beautiful decorations TO the
war bonnet of Chief Red Cloud or
The exaltation an0
enlnusiasbm now is in farm values
and the affair is away up in the azure
sky.
A visit extending from Thursday
until Monday gave opportunity to see
and study some of the prominent
features of the city of Burlington.
Well, it is pretty nice big town,
we'll built and substantial Other
towns seen in a voyage across the
state, failed to be very impressive IN
character Some big towns appear
ancient and older than their number
of years, i saw the town of Emerson
when all its houses were new and
all We're clean and beautiful in white
paint. 1t was the prettiest little town
in all my observations. Another little
town which has a fine record, is
Aurora, Neb. Emerson and Aurora
were just like two large and beauti-
full winged ceatues just developing
and making ready for sailing forth
upon their life voyage upon the I'M
tried sea of earthly existence.
Out on the new bridge at Burling-
ton / studied the great river and
thought of the new condition which
has come upon it in the recent four
years. am not very favorably i'm
pressed with this change. Seems
like the Mississippi has parted with
some of its fine elements of life and
liberty in its flow TO the Gulf OF
Mexico. From the heights OF the
new bridge the currents remind one
OF the Missouri river, and this ano-
logy invites regret. The forests of
along the shores tell the sad story
of unnatural influences. and the trees
are passing away. 1t is a sight of
sadness.
The birds along the way down to
keokuk are now numerous and of
many classes. There are multitudes
of swallows, and the happy and airy
least tern sail and skim the water
surface in graceful manner. The
curious little coot is seen ploughing
the water as they hurry away to
safety. Purple martins are familiar
an. local. and humming birds, cardi-
nails. vireos. indigo buntings and hun
dreds of others of sweet voice and
lovely piumage. There are ample
affairs in dozen nice studies in and
around Keokuk to entertain and in
struct the bird lovers and all the
other students In the avenues and
heights of the moral and spiritual
Civilizations of life. Keep busy and
let your light and inspiration edify
and illuminate other souls.
JASPER BLINES.
Keokuk, Iowa. Aug 90, 1917.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-08-23

/ A change from north central Ne
4 braska on east to Omaha shows
| many changed conditions of flowers
and other plants, wild animal life,
| birds, insects and other affairs. One
wouldn's suppose that the line or
/ division in birds or plants would be
| so well pronounced and narrow as
they are Now wouldn't that be
astonishing for the refined society
| lady of the Gate City TO go forta
upon the wild prairiss and ind her
| self marching through great popuia-
lions of the beautiful flower known
as Snow-on-the- Mountain? And 10
know that the Missouri river, with
| its slim column of murky water Is
the Mason and Dixon division OF. the
eastern meadow lark and the western
lark? Precisely so. Birds ana plants
travel in opposite directions Nnlie
| that fine little bird, the house spar
row, was moving westward, they met
| in western Iowa and eastern Ne
braska battalions of Canada thlstes
rolling eastward, Away up the Platte
and along the Loup river many years
ago / used TO notice the sand blow
ing in circles and forming into
mounds. AS the wind changed TO an
other direction, the sand would blow
and form into little mountains a
mile or so elsewhere. The settlers
planted forests of naples, cottonwood
and box alders, and the sand storms
began 10 slow down and at last be-
came quiet Then. in 1896. Bryan
began to blow, and The sand took up
its old time fashion of flying in little
eddies and circles and clouds and
flew even into Kansas and Iowa and
built up mounds and maiorities for
the boy orator of noise. Still, the
Platte flows placidly onward and is
clearing its waters into pretty crys-
tails Up in north central Nebraska
looked and longed to see ruby
throated humming bird, but failed TO
see one. And the kingly cardinal
grossbeak remained invisible and I'M
heard out there.
Progressing eastward l could hear
a cardinal song along the Elkhorn
river east of Fremont The air be-
comes warmer and moist. foliage is
heavier, and bird classes become
more and more numerous Some of
tie least tern are seen along the Mis-
souri, and Platte, but not in plentiful
IL lON AO.-
NAL and home-like conditions gradu-
ally assumed prominence Eastern
Iowa is a territory of many classes
of birds and water fowl. and their
populations increase as the Missis-
sippi comes into view. Especially is
this true of the fly watchers, the
purple martins. bank swallows, king
birds, and swifts. Out al Plainview
Prot Thompson said to me that he
sees but few purple martins in cen
nal Nebraska, and none farther west
The climate and altitude do not favor
the martins If / were intending to
| locate in new territory, / would use
q few grains OF geological knowledge
and make critical examination OF
the soil elements. / would go along
railway cuts and river bands and read
/ the soils and sands and judge from
them. Up north OF the new bridge
at Burlington. the observer learns
that the rock formations are OF in
ferior quality when compared TO the
/. immense rock deposits at Keokuk
I Along the bluffs of eastern Nebraska
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-08-23
NO FUTILE PEACE.

One thing ought to be accepted as certain:
the entente governments and in particular our
own government will be parties 70 no futile
peace-to no peace that shall leave the world
open TO immediate danger from militariSrn,
This means far more than the mere thwarting
of Germany's present militaristic threat; even
8 drastic defeat Of Germany in this war which
resulted in leaving Germany able and deter
mined TO find revenge at further time in mill
1arv success would mean futile peace Never
was such an investment Of men. Of money. Of
property. of hopes, ambitions and suffering
made In q cause as has been made in this
war. 1t is not possible to see all this as but
terrible waste OF she best the world had, unless
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-08-23

1t is entirely too infrequent that such oppor-
tunities for instruction and amusement are of
fered as by q chautauqua gathering, and city
or town is fortunate whenever the public spirit
of few is directed toward securing for the
multitude an aggregation of talent as will be in
keokuk for the six secular days OF next week
Appreciation of what may be termed. in the
language of the street. good thing should not
be lacking in this instance. The volume OF
patronage given Keokuk's chautauqua certain
" will reflect the amount of intelligence not
hidden under bushel.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-08-23
TODAY'S BIT OF VERSE
WHEN YOU HEAR OF GOOD IN PEOPLE

WHEN YOU HEAR OF GOOD IN PEOPLE.
When you hear OF good in people-teu it
When you hear tale Of eytl-Qusll il
Let the goodness have the light,
Put the evil ont of sight,
Make the world we live in bright,
Like The heaven above.
Have ,you any wrong 10 righte Right it
Do you have sin TO hghtT Fight it
God Himself viii help you win,
let His spirit enter in,
Making right the heart within,
Fit for heaven above.
John Sterling
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-08-23

With all the dignity OF me M
Tom TIiyiar, posing IS r,ortl
colonel, blew into Chicaso lass giA
and circulated some bank cheI ,as. be-
en-, coin 90 hack them. Besiae I'M
had in mind some VA, hnois
schemes; in the way Of 10 2ioiu ,he
sure 10 pull down sS,Oct,.vu, -. ar]
the police searched the cotons rsf|
per story they agreed the Wheet asspibl|
out OF gear and sent him 10 8 h'~
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-08-23
I. his sook- The Rz-tIa OF II WIZ

In his so.ok- The Battle o. ttz VIZ
s-asSs. General Morris ScLzz Eszes
the aEeS q The men II IL Gzi1- z-ET
curing The CIVIL VA Ont o. 2 -r-zI q
e-ES 0Qa =zlisFDs-ts 10 less -Ez- -
10 rs Tsrs 1r5er - vezTs hose
under - <e-4 Isl -. ard fhosa IN
der Il zurztsi 1881 TIE you1-
ra2-ts sr-z- * thus seen 10 - I'd rev
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-08-23
Making a Hit.

Boston Transcript heH-.r
this. my son: II yo1 want 10 sell
HIT you must strike out for !o.s,
You're mixed In your AN,
talk. p;s: If you strike you you
make 81 hit"
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-08-23

With the producer and distributor in an of
fenSive alliance against the consumer the lat
ter has about as much chance as a cripple in 8
marathon race.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-08-23
Ar N.zres lnelud..

N5.c1=J Rs7zalscan: Did Pr=si-
dent Wilson's 7-caczzce-aenf that
THIS var sho1l5 assure the right 10
eTs-T people 70 self government an
c,u1s the zsS-oes OF The United
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-08-23

Europe has been slow TO appreciate the de-
STABILITY of corn products as food This is q
good time TO speed mp its education in this
direction
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-08-23

4 healthy infant industry is growing up in
manufacturing new banners for the picketing
srlffragiSts 10 replace those seized by the crowd
for souvenirs,
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-08-23

Some pretty well educated people have
Learned since last spring the difference be
tween bed of kale. row OF spinach and a
bunch of beats
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-08-23

The shipping board goes on ratifying
Goethals' contra ~ while the noise OF Mr.. Den
man grows fainter IN the distance
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-08-23

thing. According to all reports. Ger
many is using large numbers OF men
under IT.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-08-23

Iowa CITY Press II -e Ez5 IL ~
oe-1nE a things ourselves -zyt= ~e'5
hare these devs and nights BIT
EamsT-s-s- : zee BIT
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-08-23
TO THOSE WHO CAN NOT GO.

Have You noticed the appeals printed in
great big type and surrounded by a thin black
border which have been appearing recently in
the lower part of the first page of The Gate
Cityl Sure, you have; but have these printed
lines been to You as field glass through
which you may glimpse the happenings on the
field of battle2 Have they brought TO mind
the position and circumstance in which some OF
our own Lee county and keokuk boys may find
themselves when wounded or lying in mill
tary hospital back of the firing line, far from
home. friends and usual associates? These ap-
peals of the keokuk chapter Of the American
Red Cross are made To Those Who Can Not
Go:
we can not Eive them much that : proof
against the eneruy's shot and steel But we can
give them clothing that is protection
against pneumonia, trench foot and other i'll
nesses common troops engaged during the
winter months in trench warfare. II You expect
to be comfortable and this winter. give
someone exposed the TiEors OF outdoor
life in a climate because they have an
swsre6 call OF their country in need Our SOL
diers fghtinS: but the war IS not alone their
but our war.
You have big and generous heart You
would not see an animal suffer for want OF
food or care-woud you2 Then how much
do You owe to humanity as represented in
the young men who are going forth to fight for
Your home. your country and your flagl
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-08-23

When we only injustice. later must
triumph order triumph, wish nothing
Just Respect the rights Of those VINO
your rights under foot Let the safety or
iiesrts property 81 ALL without exception be sacred IN
your eyes tor duty extends equally TO a-Lamennais
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-08-23
IOWA PRESS COMMENT.


people whose sympathies are easily
awakened They will whoop and
shout. they viii even shed tears-5ut
they never get quite TO the point
where they open their pocketbooks.
believe IN letting George do the giving
while they work up the sentiment as
it were.
Sioux City Journal: The only dis
consoling feature of 50 wheat is that
while il represents 2 high price for
wheat IT represents a low price for the
So
Davenport Democrat: The pope's
peace proposal ought not TO be unwel-
come 10 the allies II opens an oppor-
tunity for q statement OF our war
aims that ought 10 be taken advantage
OF, so that the German people as well
as those OF other countries may know
for what we are fighting The text
that reaches them AZ first may be
badly mangied IS II goes through junk
er hands. but the truth viii gradually
filter even into Germany.
Council Bluffs Noapareil: Some
people in Mexico no doubt are think
ing that II may he necessary : little
; later 10 send an expedition across the
border 10 deal with the / " " ST
nation IN Arizona the slacss-s u Ok
i Iahous and suaay Disturbances n
: Texas
Marshalltown Tz=s-R=pa-1EE-z-
4 4 newspaper Is cc-rEzzzz-z tzr-s-iT
over the fact that ~z- rzE=z 20 -z1T
doctors and leaves 50 -s-r lawyers
Des Noiles T-it--=- At-e- -1T-s
maybe. they viii he rz-1-zz IL EzEs.-
ont OF the 6ic-io-z-T - wi - -Ez
I spelling books bezz=e -T1z-@ zE--r 70
such animal
yfliisca Review J@- x zc-= sEzt
while Russia Is Il TIA -zf1Tz- Ezzsz-szss
she viii take sho- ~ Ez- Ezzxz@
{ Dss Eoiass 2sEts-s- NJ z-z1-
some Of the sal-i@s zoz1t Ike 20
use sll-ies OF the beads q IL fl
tow who started that -ick7z-s
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-08-23

Study to show thyself approved unto God,
a workman that needeth not to be ashamed.
rightly dividing the word of fruitful Tim.
ii, 10.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-08-23

Dss Loiass RsEis-s- No 51sz-
some Of The SsU-iss =c11t Ike 70
U.s. sil-ies o. ths heads q IL fl
tow who started that -ick7s-s
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-08-23

Sioux City Journal: The only dis
coasoling feature of 81 wheat Is that
while il represents high price for
wheat it represents low price for the
50.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-08-23

Vfliisca Review LIZ x Lfs-= stz-
while Russia i Il tt= -zfGT- Eszzsz-zss
she viii take Z sho- ~ Lar EEzZz@
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-08-23

Des Noi1es T-ib--=- A+1=- -1E-=
maybe. they viii bs rz-1-zz IL EzEss-
ont OF The GiC-iu-z-T e WI - ~
spelling books bezz=e -TEz-@ zE-r q
such animal