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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-04-04
WE Offer the Following
w Prizes to Our Growers
for the Season of 1917 at
Keokuk Factory:

For the first load of Is bushels
tomatoes delivered at one time by
one grower, ten dollars.
For the second load (same as above)
five dollars.
For the largest yield on II acre,
raised by a boy under IS years Of
age, ten dollars.
Second largest. five dollars.
For the largest and best yield from
one acre by any contractor, fifteen
dollars.
For the second best, ten dollars.
For the third best, five dollars
For the largest and best yield from
two acre plat, twenty dollars.
Second best, ten dollars.
For the largest and best yield on
a contract of not less than 212 acres
nor more than acres, twenty-five
dollars.
For the best yield per acre on a
contract Of not less than 51a nor more
than 10 acres, thirty-five dollars.
For the best yield per acre on a
contract Of not less than 1917 nor
more than 20 acres, fifty dollars.
For the best yield from an acre Of
upland tomatoes not winning any
other prize, ten dollars.
Company patch not to compete.
. Grow ers wishing to enter the COM
petition must notify the company
before May 18th, 1917.
The quantity OF tomatoes in any
case is to be of ripe merchantable
fruit, and is to be based on the de-
livery tickets issued to the grower
from the Keokuk factory.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-04-04
.acket is plying between

fast little packet is plying between
Cairo and Madrid.
With the KeokulS plying between
Quincy and Burlington and the Helen
Blair between Davenport and Bur
lington there will be practically
through service between Quincy and
the Tri-CitieS. After April Is the
Keokuk will make one trip during
the week as far as Davenport instead
of stopping IN Burlington
Merely a suggestion of one Amer
can to another: Fly the flag. You
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-04-04

Anthony ]. Mccarthy, an uncle OF
James T. Mccarthy of this city was
found dead in his cabin near Anacon-
da, Montana. The following from the
Anaconda Standard Of March 81 tells
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-04-04
Keokuk Co,

PROPOSALS FOR LEVEE WORK.
Office of the Secretary. Mississippi
River Commission, 1911 international
Life Building, st. Louis, Mo.-Sealed
proposals will be received here until
il a. m, April 80, 1917, for construct
ing about 10000 cubic yards of
earthwork in the Riverland Levee
District, Mo. Further information on
application.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-04-04
Were 215 Fire Alarms During Last
Fiscal Year, With Loss to
Building and Contents of
Over $4,000.
NEED NEW MOTOR TRUCK
Fire Chief Anderson Recommends
That More Equipment be Pur-
chased to Bring Department
Up to. Date.

TIE keokuk fire department re-
sponded to 215 fire calls during the
year from March 81, 1916 to March
81, 1917, according to the annual re-
port Of Fire Chief John Anderson
which has been presented to the city
council. Fire loss ON buildings and
contents during that period totaled
SS1 ,S53.66.
| OF the total loss Of $4,000 shown
in the report. $4,000 was caused by
the Swift fire, and $500 resulted
from the fire at the Taber residence
last week, Thursday. With these fig
Keokuk fire loss was not extensive in
the last year. "
In his report Fire Chief Anderson
recommends the purchase Of another
motor driven fire truck and two
thousand feet of new fire hose.
| AS an example Of the value of the
present fire truck, Mr.. Anderson
states that the truck put out 107 Of
the 215 fires unassisted. The report
in full follows:
To the Honorable Mayor and Com
missioners Of the City of keokuk,
! Iowa: ~
Gentlemen: In conformity with the
city ordinances, I herewith submit
my annual report as Chlef or the nre
department for the fiscal year ending
! March 81, 1917.
The following Is a report Of the
property damaged by fire during the
past year and the amount of insur-
ance carried on said property:
Sound value Of buildings
where fire originated ...$233,296. 90
Sound value of contents,
where fire originated -. 1S3,075 90
| Insurance on buildings,
where fire originated :. 159,55o. SO
Insurance on contents,
where fire originated -. 1877 $50 90
Damage to bull dings,
where fire originated -. 1896 80
Total insurance on build
ings and contents. 297 80
Sound value of buildings
! and contents ....-..... 416,371 90
LOSS on buildings and con-
tents .... 1883 Sc
There have been 215 alarms as fol-
lows:
Regular alarms ................. IA
General alarms
| sui alarms ........t.. oI
raise alarms .
/
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-04-04
CITY NEWS.
Moving. !. Opstelten, phone R-1542.

Moving. !. Opstelten, phone R-1542.
See our line of curtain materials,
1Oc to 39c yard. The Central.
Masonic: Special meeting OF
Hardin lodge No. 90 A. F. &c A. NJ,
Wed, April 4th at 100. Third degree.
Those interested in river traffic
will miss the Black Hawk from the
upper river trade this summer. The
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-04-04

Goods at the university of Mime
sofa will not do a Hawaiian dance in
bare legs. A delegation Of shocked
mammas saw the grass skirts and
ordered stockings.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-04-04
BILLIARDS AND BOWLING.

FOR SALE-Billiard tables, brand
new, carom and pocket, with complete
outfit. $3.50; second hand tables at re-
duced prices. Easy payments. Cigar
store, fixtures specially, send for cat
alogue. Brunswick Bake Coll ende Co,
Davenport, Ia. I. G. Sanders, agent,
P. o. box 45S Phone Davenport 6349.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-04-04

know which flag. There is but one.
Put it out today. You will feel better,
your children will be more proud. Il
is better just now than the most beau
tiful rose as decoration. 1t talks To
you. II cheers the passerby. Hang it
out.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-04-04

There have been 215 alarms of
fire; out OF this number the auto fire
truck has put out 107 fires unassisted.
The fire department is composed
as follows: One chief. one assistant
chief, ten regular station men.
To the assistant chief, William
Burris, and to each member Of the
department. desire to extend sim
cere thanks for the efficient service
rendered. 1t is largely due to their
effective work that the fire losses dur
ing the past year have not been
heavier. They have been faithful,
prompt, Intelligent and loyal in the
discharge OF their duties.
l also desire to thank the honorable
mayor, Ed. S. Lotion, and Commits
sioners Fred Hilpert Jr., and T. J..
Hickey, for the interest and kindness
they have shown In department af-
fairs and for assistance given me
which is greatly appreciated.
In submitting my report, l would
recommend the purchase Of two
thousand feet of first-class fire hose. :
I also recommend the purchase Of
motor-driven hook and ladder truck.
capable, of carrying ladders, double
thirty-five gallon chemical engine, and
one thousand feet Of fire hose, to be
placed at Tenth street fire station.
I furthermore recommend that all
agitators and disturbers please keep
their hands off the fire department.
Respectfully submitted.
JOHN ANDERSON.
Fire Chief.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-04-04
THE WEATHER.:

Rain this afternoon and night
and somewhat colder tonight;
Thursday fair with rising
temperature.
The Oakes times., 1917-03-08

! the beginning until now reveals that
it did not pay.
The profits in some years were OF
course great. when record crops and
fair prices would combine to make an
income safely beyond the heavy ex
pense of operation. But every year
the expense would have to be incurred
and often the yield ran light. A
study of the figures shows that these
lean years Offset the bonanza seasons.
Parcelling out the land to renters un-
der the ordinary contracts has only
partially improved the condition.
A Change Necessary
The outlook was not promising. A
property as extensive and valuable as
the Glover Farms could hardly be held
and managed for the pleasure of own
ing North Dakota land. The increase
in price of the land would mean moth
ing and bring no profit unless the
farms were sold. AS business enter
prise it became necessary to establish
more productive methoas or tiIling
these farms if the ownership were to
be retained and dividends won.
So the Glover Farms Company was
incorporated by the members of the
family holding the property, and a
manager placed in charge whose duty
it is to make the soil pay for the
working of it. His name is H. Ka
Haldeman.
He is not publishing all of his plans;
in fact, many details have not as yet
been clearly formulated in his own
mind. But the general outline is
pretty we'll blocked out. 1t calls for a
number of farms of such size as can
be managed to advantage by the men
who are on them, those farms to be
highly productive and attractive to a
good class of renters.
The fundamental condition, as Hal
The Oakes times., 1917-03-08

friend Of the farmer. or any other class
of people that are really worth while
in the state. It was organized by op-
portunists, working solely for selfish
purposes and they grasped problem
that was intricate, difficult of solution,
and not at all clearly understood.
Their success can only be measured by
the discomfort they have developed,
and the fees they have collected for
their exploitation of socialism.
Lincoln's analysis of great problems
was along the line of justice to all men,
with an appeal for the fullest develop.
ment of Christian and patriotic
character.
The Oakes times., 1917-03-08

had read something Of late in the Non.
Partisan press Of the state, which i'm.
Piled that IT Lincoln were in North
Dakota he would be strong supporter
OF the Non.Partisan movement. Fol
lowing the presentation of Lincoln's
political ideas and traits of character,
as understood by the pastor, the pastor
bitterly denounced the bunch of league
promoters and grafters, who ap-
pealed to him as being the greatest
menace ever known in the state. when
considered from a religious. natriotic
and statesmanship point of view.
The League. he said, is not a real
The Oakes times., 1917-03-08

land. 1t did on the Glover Farms.
So now the Glovers are casting aside
the spectacular and taking up with the
safe in their farming operations. It
came down to a case of wild oats or
cattle-and they are choosing cattle.
The Oakes times., 1917-03-08
A Stirring Sermon

Langdon Republican: Sunday eve
ming, Feb. 18th, Rev. Birchenaugh of
Clyde, delivered a sermon on Lincoln
at the church in Sarles that has Great
ed more excitement than usually fol-
lows patriotic sermon. The remarks
made by the pastor indicated that he
The Oakes times., 1917-03-08
The Passing of
a Bonanza Farm
BY Alfred Wenz in Dakota Farmer

In the early sos, Samuel Glover, an
Ohio man, came to North Dakota. The
prospects were pleasing to him. The
wonderful sweep of prairie captured
his imagination and he saw promise in
the soil that led him to buy extern
sively. Thirty thousand acres came
into his possession-a fairly sizable
farm.
The History Of the Farm
But for years farming was not prac-
ticed. During it's early history the
Glover property was cattle ranch.
Later, sheep superseded the cat,ie. =
good share of the land was sold, leav-
ing 5000 acres-still considerable
farm.
About that time farming operations
were started with Fred. Il son of the
elder Glover. in charge. 1t was a.
wheat proposition on a scale extensive
enough to make it venture of de-
cided interest. During the early years
OF cropping when the land was new.
the yields were unusually good.
In recent years the farm---Or rather,
farms-have been worked by renters,
with wheat the main crop. But the
striking feature of this is that no
profit has been forthcoming from the
wheat operations. Even with the fat
years figured in when the soil was first
worked by the owners themselves,
the net result of the small grain
farming. considered as a business VEN
ture. has been Il breaking even Rec
ords have been kept, and working by
owner and by renters has been tried
and about all the owners have to
show for it is the ownership of the
land and the increased value due to
rising prices. This is the most ex-
tensive and thorough test of straight
wheat raising have found-and a cold
blOOded casting up of accounts from
The Oakes times., 1917-03-08
Alfalfa, Corn and Grass

This involves different farming en-
tirely to wheat raising, and the man.
ager is paying good deal of attention
to alfalfa, corn and tame grasses.
He has already started considerable
alfalfa, the bulk of it from Montana.
grown seed. But out of his experience
and after studying fields wherever he
can find them, he has decided to have
nothing but Grimm from now on and
is getting his seed exclusively from
one of the best growers in the
business.
A number of varieties of corn are
being grown-Northweste Golden
Dent, Rustlers and White Flint. The
Northwestern has been giving decid-
edly the best results so far among the
fodder and husking corns and will
doubtless be made the main depend
ence. The flint will be re,alned for
hogging off. and this method of har-
vesting will be employed more and
more in the future. 1t pays.
Considerable tame grass has already
been sown, such bromus, slender
wheat and timothy. usually mixed with
some sweet clover. So far, Mr.. Halde-
man has been having them planted
with nurse crop. He is well pleased
with the results and is satisfied thatI
pasture can be made an important part
of the crop rotations.
One of the curses he has to contend
with is wild oats. Turning it to an ad-
vantage, he used one of his worst in
tested fields as pasture last summer,
disced it in the spring, sowed tame
oats and grazed it heavily. BY the
way, he builds first class fences. This
wild oats pasture carried a good bunch
of cattle during the summer. 1t was
plowed early in the fall, practically
summer fallow with considerable ma.
nure added and wild oats got rid of.
Improving the Labor Situation
The farm labor situation in North
Dakota is serious and with small grain
farming there is little hope for i'm.
provement. There is demand for
an army of laborers during very
short time-then they are turned loose.
Good men cannot be expected to come
into the country and put up with such
conditions. The fact is, the wheat
farming sections are getting the riff
raft of labor. This is one or the big
worries on the Glover Farms.
And this is one of the reasons why
Haldeman is on the shift toward cat.
tie. With livestock the main crop
there will be steady wor the year
around. The renter will be in busi.
ness where he can employ help by the
month or the year and take care of his
work at all times with the regular
men. 1t is matter of common knowl.
edge that wherever this is rne prac,,ce
there is not the labor trouble common
on wheat farms.
The safe-Not the Spectacular
There is a glamour upon the rails.
ing of wheat. We read in novels about
the epic of the wheat. But the shine
wears off when it's wheat, wheat.
wheat-and then wheat again on the
The Oakes times., 1917-03-08

deman sees it, is to have the farms
bringing profitable returns and those
returns so divided that the renters
will be prosperous and contented. He
does not think any permanent devel-
opment of the farms possible unless
the men working those farms are we'll
taken care of and can see future for
themselves. His purpose is to have
long term, profit sharing leases.
Since this is to be the policy, the
next thing is to apply some method of
farming that will make money for
both renter and owner. Small grain
has been tried and found wanting.
Livestock is the other alternative. The
Glover Farms are to be developed as
livestock enterprises.
Livestock the Foundation
But the units of the property. the
different farms, are not to be left to
the renters merely to run cattle on.
A definite system of cattle growing is
being worked out by the manager
which will cover the operations on
all the farms in time, and this system
will find clear expression in the con-
tracts. That means that Haldeman
on the Glover Farms. The contracts
call for intelligent farming and the
raising of livestock along lines that
will make it practically community
enterprise among all the men who
rent Glover Farms. Haldeman figures
that with the proposition he offers
he will get high grade of men
who will be reasonable and who will
handle the land and cattle as he will
direct. A shiftless renter will have no
place whatever in such scheme. III
by accident such renter gets in, he
cannot last long-the contract is sol
drawn that he has his work cut out for
him and if he does not get it done the
contract will terminate quickly and he
will be hunting for another place.
The Renters Chance
1t is d good proposition for good
renter. The owner of the farms is to
furnish the cattle, including regis.
tered bull, and the brood sows and
one-half the price of the boar. Tie
livestock to be cared for by the
renter and fed on the place with the
feed raised there. Ii any
feed is purchased, the expense is borne
The renter gets hall The in:
crease and half the income fro'a the
cattle and agrees to leave on the farm
when the contract is terminated, cat
tie and hogs equal in number and quail.
ity to the ones he found.
1t is the managers idea to develop
the business with one breed of beef
cattle, doubtless Shorthorns, and one
breed of hogs. The possibilities are
Interesting uniform product from
all the farms, trading bulls back and
forth, the establishment really of a.
breeding circuit under the direct
supervision of one man.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1917-08-08
WELLS RIVER.

(Mrs. D. G. Farwell Correspondent
Bernard Vincent is home from Ber-
lin, N H., where he has been at work.
Mrs. Frank George and Mrs. Cham
berlin returned Monday from a visit
at Herbert Chamberlain's in Irasburg.
DR.. Richard Fitzgerald and Charles
Parker of Montpelier were in town
Wednesday.--Frank w. Rourke sail
ID for France last Friday.-Dr. Rob-
ert O. Blood has been called to a
medical training camp in Indiana and
will go from there to France.-Word
was received here Wednesday of the
Heath in Lexington, Mass, of Mrs.
Freeman J. Doe, aunt of Mrs. J. F.
Hale.-James Lille of Quechee is Wis
ting his cousins, the Marcys.-Clar-
ence Miller and Fred Stevens have be-
gun work for the Adams Paper Com
pany.-Mrs. Ernest Hetherington and
daughter Louise of Brandon called on
friends in town Wednesday-Mr.a and
Mrs. Dean Gochey, Miss Kathleen,
Miss Pearle IIinnan and DIR. r. S.
Perry and family took the trip to
Lost River Tuesday
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1917-08-08

in Cabot.-H w. ellis is moving to
his new home.--Mrs. B. p. Vallen-
court received a severe scare one day
last week when her oil stove exploded.
Fortunately no serious damage was
done.-Glenn Bailey and family Wis
tied at j. w. Wilcox's Sunday.-B. d.
Piper carried party to Fort Ethan
Allen Sunday.-Mrs. Martha Nichols
moved her goods to Wheelock Mon
day. r. Collins is moving to the
L. S. Collins house.-Rev. Mr.. How
ard returned home from New Hamp-
shire Saturday.-During the severe
electrical storm Monday night the
wind blew down a part of William
Willey's barn and blew out a window
at Charles st. Louis Mr.. and Mrs
Richard Allen and family visited rela-
tives in Greensboro Sunday.-John
Silver is moving to the place he re-
Gently purchased.-Jerry Buckley OF
Sheffield was in town Tuesday.-Mrs.
J. H. Pope and Mrs. George Davis
visited at D. G. McFarlane's Wednes-
day.-D. G. McFarlane was in Crafts
bury Monday to attend the funeral of
his aunt.-Roy. Leavitt, has been sick
with measles the past .Week.-Sumner
Leavitt, Mrs. Hattie Brown and Has
len Brown were in st. Johnsbury Sat
urday.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1917-08-08

Mrs. Carrie Olcott ofsLawrence. Mass,
is visiting her son, Arthur Olcott. and
family.--Miss Madeline Chaffee OF
Lowell. Mass, is spending her vaca-
ton at her home here.-Mr. and Mrs.
C. C. Massey of Danville visited their
parents, Mr.. and Mrs E. NJ. Massey.
for the observation-disclosures and Dor
othy Simpson are confined to their
homes with whooping cough.-Mrs.W w.
A. Whitney of Medford. Mass, has
been the guest of Mr.. ana Mrs. w. A.
Roberts for few days.-Mrs. Bryant
of Lawrence, Mass, visited Mr.. and
Mrs C. G. Salmon last week.-Mrs.
Steele and daughter. Louise, of Man
chester, N. H., are visiting Mrs
Steele's parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Albert
Stone--Mr. and Mrs. Bert Gardner
visited friends in Ryegate last Satur-
| day.-Mrs. Ella Simpson, who has
been visiting her daughter, Mrs. Leon
| Lyons, for several weeks, returned
| home Saturday night.-Mrs. Kelley
and daughter, Genevieya, and son,
Arthur, have been visiting DR.. and
Mrs. T. R. Stiles, ecently.-Gertrude
and Charlotte Mclaughlin, who have
/ been camping at Joes Pond with their
uncle and aunt, Mr.. and Mrs. H. J.
/ Beck, returned home Saturday.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1917-08-08
ST. JOHNSBURY CENTER.

edith Mclaughlin, Correspondent
Green Mountain Grange, No. 1, met
and held their regular meeting last
Saturday evening with an attendance
of over 100. Visitors were present
from Lakeview Grange, Barnet; Con-
cord Grange, Burke Mountain Grange,
North Danville and Wide Awake
Grange. The third and fourth degrees
were conferred on a class of IL can
didates, four of the candidates being
unavoidably detained at home. Two
applications for membership were re-
ceiVed. Supper consisting of salad,
rolls, doughnuts, cake, pics and cof-
fee were served to about 130.-The
usual Sunday evening C. E. services
of the First Congregational church
are to be omitted during the month
of August.-Mrs. Lillias Huntley en-
joyed an outing at Willoughby last
Friday as the guest of Mrs. A. L.
Bailey.-Mrs. Sarah Breton of
Bridgeport, Conn.,, who has been Wis
ting Mrs. Addie Page. returned to
her home Monday.-C. G.. Salmon has
sold his property here to H. U. Swasey
of Danville and Mr.. Salman has pur-
chased Mr.. and Mrs. George BOWS
house, possession to be given this
month.-Mrs. Sarah Jay has employ
ment at ST. Johnsbury and expects to
vacate her tenement in a few days
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1917-08-08
Chaplain Moody Speaks.

Chaplain Paul Dwight Moody of
the First Regiment, was introduced
by Miss Woodruff, and he spoke in
terestingly on "America'S Part in the
Great War" The speaker compared
visits he had made to two large farm
homes in the western part of the
State, on one of which were two stall
wart sons, one of whom had enlisted,
but had not yet been called, and the
other wanting to enlist, but deciding
to stay at home to assist in the great
agricultural work that was to be done
On the other farm were two equally
stalwart sons, neither of whom had
enlisted, and neither of whom were
enthusiastic over the worlds condi-
ton, being somewhat cynical over the
matter of the draft, and the moral
crisis that is upon us, even impatient
thinking we might have been kept
out of the quarrel altogether Mr..
Moody said we should find out and
keep before ourselves and others the
reasons why we are at war. In prov
ing the necessity of this country's
entering into the war he told some
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of the fearful atrocities which have
been perpetrated by the German
soldiers, which have come to him SO
first handed that they cannot be
doubted There are moral and spir-
itua1 reasons why we should be thus
involved, with the hope that with the
end of the war a new America may
arise, and that we may better realize
than ever before for what our fathers
established this nation. Before this
can be, we must establish our repu-
tation on European fields. He said
he had been told by one who has
seen the Canadian soldiers in action
that they are among the very best
soldiers in the field, that they are in
telligent and brave, and above all
know how to obey orders. He furth-
er said we may well be proud of the
First Vermont Regiment, as it has one
of the finest personnel Of officers and
men, who show most patriotic
spirit.