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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-12-31

minor heirs of said estate va,
issued to said Lloyd Il "T nS xersl
Bond OF said Lloyd p no Downing,|
sucn guardian, with Melvin carn ,us y
ROSA James, as sureties. in II ~ and
OF $500 filed and approved : 'he sum-
Petition OF Ella q. Thomas.
ministratrix OF the estate a. wa1, ad.l
Thompson, deceased, for III aser +
ment Of an appraiser to fx tbo appolnt.|
OF inheritance tax in said estate a'np y
tificates Of mailing notices Ier.l
heirs at law filed. y W.
Final report OF the acco,iat !
Sartory, administrator of the est at,'as
Julia Sartory, deceased, coverina 's { y 4
period from Nov. 6, 1916. to nass ~ =
1917, showing total receipts f. h. w
been $5,601.25. with like amonn, 4ass
pended, leaving no balance 81
In the estate OF M. Il. Chenowo ,s
deceased. Petition OF Virpini. e' v
Rigg and Sarah E. Lomax, for le,to y.
to issue on said estate, SHOWING ~, = !. I
death occurred Dec. 8, 1917, saia ny =.
cedent leaving no will; that he , Il.
real estate consisting of house a a,,s
three lots located in Hamilton, s snS
other property situated in Hancnss
county, beside personal properly u,
OF the personally estimated al conn ~
and left surviving no widow, but M
following, his sisters: Virginia ~
Rigg and Sarah E. I.omax. to whom
letters issued as administrators /,
said estate. Pond Of said administra.
trix in the sum of $500 filed and Il,
proved. =
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-12-31
MIX trust contemnJa+sd

UNITED Press Leased Wire Seryical
CHICAGO, Dec. 31.-Establishment
of the nationwide producers combina
that would absolutely control milk
prices, was palnned by effcias d
various milk producers associations
in different sections of the country
States Attorney Hoyne charged today
Hoyne declared that Robert nj.
Childs, special assistant United States
attorney general. has copies of letters
Indicating these officials were er
changing views on such milk trust
These letters were obtained in CON,
nection with the federal milk inyestt
cation here which will be resumed
Wednesday.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-12-31

WARSAW, ILL.,, Dec. 31.-On Sun
day last, the girls OF the telephone
exchange were treated to a Christ
mas banquet at the Hotel Adams by
NJ. G.. Eckbohm, 1.-The man who does
things" 1t was a kindly act and
was greatly appreciated.
On Thursday there was a little
impromptu patriotic demonstration in
one of our stores. the occasion being
the departure of five of our farmer
boys (soldiers), who had spent
Christmas with their home folks and
were going back to their regiments.
One of our farmers, a man of wealth
and prominence, whose heart is on
the left, met the boys, his friends.
in the store and treated them to
cigars freely. After some patriotic
talk with them, and as they were
about to leave, he took each of them
by the hand and babe them goodbye
and said in substance, goodbye, my
boys; be good, be clean, take care of
yourselves, but be sure you get what
you went for, and come home again
to u.s." The words met hearty re-
Spouse in the hearts Of the small
audiense present, with one exception,
pro-German, with a face SO sour
that it would have turned sweet milk.
The soldier boys were much i'm
pressed by their friends kind and
patriotic advice. We need more such
outspoken men these stirring days.
Arthur Often, while working at a
machine in the shoe factory. got his
left hand caught and mashed, break
ing one of the bones and tearing
ligaments. The accident will prevent
him from working for several weeks.
Mrs Eloise Lamet spent Christmas
at Basco with her daughter Mrs lie
l,.aire.
Christmas carols were sung Christ
mas eve by a party of pupils from the
public schools. They stopped at such
homes where light in the window
indicated the carols were desired. 1t
is a pleasing, oId-time custom and
increases the Christmas JOY.
The mercury was below zero all
day Friday. Young folks reported
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-12-31

any way lessen his capacity for production. 40
meet these large demands his shipment must pc
/ increased. He must have more machinery ana
labor, and his only available labor supply IS the
farm raised boys and trained farm hands
| Experience has proved conclusively that the
employment bureau help, unframed men
from the rescue missions and the city school
boys are a negligible factor in the farm help
supply. The farmer has no time to experiment
with green help. The thousands OF farm boys
and experienced farm hands that have been
drafted into the army should be sent back to
the farms to help grow and harvest the crops OF
1913 and no more young men should be taSan
from the farms unless it can be shown that they
are not needed at home.
This is not plea for the farmer, but for the
armies and the people of the cities and the
devastated nations who must have food or
starve. It is a question of practical efficiency,
carrying out the true principles of the selective
draft. And it should be fully understood and
recognized by all that the farmer boys and the
the farm hands who do their best to increase
the production of those crops required to sus-
tain the armies Of America and our allies and
iced the people of the cities, are just as patri-
otic and are as much part of our great fight
ng machine as are the boys on the firing line.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-12-31
A Happy New Year to all-The Daily Gate
City.
THE FARMER AND THE WAR.

We shall attain higher degree OF efnclency
in our national military preparedness schehle
when we come to full realization OF the TACT
that this war we are waglng against Germany Is
different from any other war that mas ever peen
fou ght In the old days our ancestors answered.
the call of war with no thought OF the prospec-
tive food supply. They had little need lol
conmissary department. The revolutionary TAIL
orc lived and fought successfully for eight years
~ zcantv rations that were secured along the
march or in the vicinity of the camps and their
homesrun uniforms were made by their moth
orc wives and daughters. Even In the civil
rrar the northern armies were supplied with
food To a considerable extent by foraglng paftles
and the conmissiariat was an insignificant de-
,,.,.t,nant Of the southern military system Like
wise in those days the larger portion OF the peo-
,,e lived on the farms and were 1000 producers
instead of being food consumers. There was no
o;+v flooding problem such as confronts our coun-
try today ,a;,4,-
Pit conditions have changed since sixty
one The great fighting machine that we are
raising up to win the war for democracy ana
decency is wholly dependent upon the farms Oh
the entire nation for It's food supply. LIE mou-
e,n system of warfare demands larger ratlons
than in the wars of the past a greater NUMBER
IF mon in proportion to the farming population
is in training in the military camps and en-
trenched on the firing line, or will be within a
few months than ever before in the history OF
the nation. The cities are demanding more OF
the farms, and while in every other war we
have had only our own citizens and soldiers TO
feed, our farmers are called upon to feed the
armies and citizens of our allies.
AS the American farmer is the most import
ant factor in winning the war, the fact is appar-
ent that nothing should be done which will in
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-12-31
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CARTHAGE. ILL. DEC s1 a

/ writes friends In this city, that he
brother Ralph Moon has volunteered
his services to Uncle Sam, and Is II
the aviation department, being located
at Kelly field No. l. line IS, 8. Sar
Antonio. Texas.
| Henry Cox and Mrs George Timber
lake visited over Sunday with the
| formers mother, Mrs. Betsy Cox, O.
near Middlecreek.
l.. HI. Dexter of the First Nationa
bank Of Augusta, was business Wis
litor to the city Thursday
Willie Gray and Ray Flynn, who are
lattending st. Francis college at QuincJ
are spending the holiday vacation with
home folks
Samuel Boston OF the southeast
country is quite ill at the present time
Probate Court NeWs-Hancock Co.
In the case of j. B. Satterf1eld
guardian of Elmo Hilton Satterfield
and Frances Berkeley Satterfleld min
ors, in re petition to sell real estate
OF said wards, said premises being de
scribed as PIT. NV 4-4-5, and PIT. NE
v-4-5, which interest Of said minors
was sold to Frances M. Myers, for the
sum of S2.940 Decree or court fled
approving said sale. which was made
Dec. Ii, 1917, at the west door OF the
court house in Carthage.
In the estate OF Jesse C. Williams,
deceased. Petition of Susan A. Will
liams, for probate OF will and letters
testamentary. showing that decedent
died in Carthage. Dec. 5, 1917, leaving
a will. which was witnessed by Leo l..
Helfrich and l.. C. Cherrill as witness
tes: that he died seized of real estate
valued at about $4,000 and personality
estimated to be worth $500 and about
$1,000 in notes That he left surviving
Oscar Waldo Williams, Susan A. Will
liams and Mrs Jessie William Hart, as
his heirs at law.
In re the estate Of Gehard Meter
nick, deceased Report of t.stribution
in said estate filed by Charles ]. Met
.ternick, administrator, showing the
distribution of sl1,S21:90 to the heirs
entitled to the same being, Mary Met
.ternick, the widow; Charles j., Edward
e., Frank p, Isadore G., Albert H.,
and Mary Alice Metternick.
Report of the account of Jay Helms,
conservator OF Clara E. Butcher. COW
ering the period from Feby. 8, 1916 to
Dec. II. 1917. showing total receipts
S251, total disbursements $259.24, leav-
ing a balance in his hands OF $t.76.
In the estate of William G. Jackson,
deceased. Petition of Lloyd f. Down
ing for letters Of guardianship to issue
for Clair L., and Mary Lure Downing,
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-12-31
i over California TO secede.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 31.-Lower
California will secede from Mexico
and Governor Cantu will form sep
|arate government, according to Field
ing Stilson of Los Angeles. He is
here today and says he is enroute tc
Washington to see government off
Gals about the matter. His announce
ment has not yet been confirmed b,
Cantu.
A statement printed here quotes
Stilson as saying he believed the
Washington officials will welcome the
secession. He also expressed the be
lief that Lower California may eventu
ally seek to become American terri
cory.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-12-31

Ruskin Clark, son Of Mr.. and Mrs
.Ii,ott CLAIR. of this city, has re
/ Gently been Commissioned major u
4 the infantry department OF the Y.
service. He is stationed at Bagino
p. l., and is at present in charge OF the
German and Austrian sailors VINO
were taken prisoners when the ships
there were seized, at the time wal
was declared.
| Byron Booz, who is studying violin
in chicago, is visiting his parents, Mr'
land Mrs. Will Booz.
/ Mrs. Addie Meyers of Colchester
who has been visiting her grand
daughter, Mrs Walter Love. returned
| to her home in Colchester Monday
evening. Mr.. and Mrs. Love accom-
panied her. home.
Miss Ruth Bodies OF Chicago is
spending the holidays with her parents
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Bolles
Thomas Ridge Of Moline. has been
spending the week with his family at
the Mrs. Phoebe Noble home.
| Mr.. and Mrs. Leonard Martin and
! son Ferris of Chicago, came Satur-
day to visit hts parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
iChas. Martin.
! Miss Hilda MeCreary, teaching at
Mendon, Miss Eula, teaching at Bow
en-: Prof. and Mrs. r. II. Malcomson
of Industry, and Mrs. Ida Benedict OF
Peoria. are spending the holidays
with their mother and sisters. Mrs.
iJ. w. McCreary.
Miss Blanche Chevillon, who teaches
/ at Elkhart, Ind, Is spending the holt
days at home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Holly Markle of St
Joseph. Mo-, arrived the first of the
week for visit with his parents, DIR.
/ and Mrs. j. n Markle.
Miss Kate Boswell OF Chicago is
spending the holidays with home folks.
Leland Smith. who is attending col
!lege in Cincinnati, Ohio, came the
first of the week for the holiday va
cation with his parents, Rev. and Mrs.
e. NJ Smith.
County Superintendent and Mrs. s.
I'D. Faris went to Springfield Thursday
morning to attend the annual meeting
of the State Teachers association.
Miss Ruth Ferris, teaching at Quin-
Icy: Miss Helen Ferris, teaching In
Oklahoma City, Okla; Miss Marian
Scofield at Monmouth, and Miss Louise
Kunkel at Humeston, Iowa, are holt
day visitors with home folks.
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Davis and
daughter Mildred and son Charles, are
visiting relatives at Lockridge, Ia.
Miss Winifred Hamilton, who has a
position in Des Moines, visited home
folks this week.
Miss Evaline Crawford Is spending
THE holidays with her sister, Mrs. A.
l.. Cole and family. at Brookfield. Mo.
Miss Mary Clark, teaching at Nc
lLeansboro, came Saturday evening
for the holiday vacation.
Mrs Lee Bolts and children of
Quincy, are visiting her parents, Mr..
land Mrs. J w. Everhart.
! Walter Robertson, of Quincy, spent
Christmas day with his father. A. R.
Robertson.
Miss Elizabeth Carroll and Miss
lVelma kinlbrough who are attending
st Mary's academy at Quincy, are now
visiting home folks.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph I4angford and
children of Cedar Rapids, Ia, are Wis
fting her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. 2. P.
Rowe.
Miss Mabel Gray. who is attending
school at Madison, Wis, is visiting her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Gray, OF
north of the city.
Mrs. Karl NJ Keys Of Warren, ILL.,,
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-12-31
TODAY's BIT OF VERSE

GoODBY, OLD YEAR
We laughed with YOU we chaffed with you,
The glass of fun quaffed with you
While sitting side by side.
You made life bright
Put out of sight
The griefs we had to hide.
We danced with you, we pranced with you,
While others less entranced with you
Just plodded
You lent hand
At all planned.
We miss you now you're gone
we dined with you we pined with you.
And many too, oft wined with you,
Old Year, who went SO fast.
You were friend
Clear to the end.
Your joys and woes are past.
We sighed with you. we cried with you,
And some they almost died with you.
IT'S hard to say gOodby!
Your heart warm I
Through SUN and storm
We grieve that you should die.
Mrs. Ffndley Braden, in Life.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-12-31
Penny ! Mile for soldiers.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Servcel
CHICAGO. Dec. 31.-Wm. E Gold
en- today telegraphed President VIII.
son suggesting that railroad fare for
soldiers and sailors be cut to one cent
mile. If the president does not act
on the suggestion, Golden said he
would formally petition the interstate
commerce commission.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-12-31
Six Mexicans Killed.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Servicel
EAGLE PASS, Texas. Dec. 31--In
a fight between Mexican bandits and
United States troops and Texas rang.
ers Saturday at San Jose, Mexico
twenty miles south of here, six Mexi.
can cattle thieves were killed, accord
ing to an official statement issued at
military headquarters here today
There were no American casualties
according to the announcement.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-12-31

The longest novel in the world be-
longs to Japan. Its author is Kiong
TIE Bakin. 1t was commenced In
1852 and published volume by
volume, as it came out, over period
of fifty years. There are 1OS vol
umes, 100000 pages. 3.1So.0o0 lines
and about 38,uoo,000 words. A com
plete copy weighs $50 pounds
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-12-31
IOWA PRESS COMMENT.

J Council Bluffs Nonpareil: Senator
Kenyon wants to reduce the pay OF
senators and congressman during the
4 term OF the war from $500 per an
mum to $4,000 Our advice to the
senator is to tackle some job in this
war game that gives more promise OF
| results.
Davenport Times: when Mr.
! Hoover says save sugar, our duty is
to save sugar. In war times we have
to have men whose business II is to
survey the entire field and tell the rest
/ OF us, who see only little part of the
field. what we must do to help win
the war
Burlington Hawk-Eye. Many low
! ans can sympathize with the people of
! sections in central Illinois, where the
water supply is practically exhausted.
They are familiar with the effect of
long drouth.
Cedar Rapids Gazette: Germany
need not worry over Americas posi-
ltion regarding annexations. There is
nothing In the way of European ter
ritory that Americans need to make
them happy.
Davenport Democrat: Fortunately
the Iowa farmer has different his
tory from the farmer of North Dakota,
and the appeals of the National Non
Partisan league to his prejudices and
all the craftsmanship of class hatred
will hardly have the same effect on
him that it had to the Dakota farmer
There the farmer has had hard
struggle. He looks upon the banks as
gougers where in Iowa, the farmer
owns and controls large proportion
of the banks. For the Iowa farmer to
yield to the siren voice of the organ
izers of the National Non Partisan
league would be equivalent to com
hitting hari-kari He would be strik-
| ing at himself.
Marshalltown Times-Republican
OF all the winter overcoat styles of
this year the one that attracts the eye
most is cut long and khaki colored.
And any young man can get one given
him by going through few minoe
preliminaries.
the supply of tea on hand that is suf-
ficient there seems to be nothing the
matter with the food situation in Eng
land. Tea in England is quite as i'm
pertant as beer in Germany both
t are harmful or harmless in about the
same extent.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-12-31

The present substitute for government in
Russia may repudate the national debts, but
it is good guess that they will be paid in full
eventually.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-12-31

With the publication of a purple book by Nor
way and an orange book by The Netherlands,
the chromatic scale Of state papers is complete
with the exception of black book by Liberia.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-12-31

Burlington Hawk-Eye. Many low,
ans can sympathize with the people OF
sections in central Illinois, where the
water supply is practically exhausted
They are familiar with the effect OF
long drouth.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-12-31

Cedar Rapids Gazette: Germany
need not worry over Americas posi-
ton regarding annexations. There is
nothing in the way of European ter
ritory that Americans need to make
them happy.
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1917-05-28

Registration Officer Of your precinct
who will bring it to the attention Of
the Clerk Of the Court of this Par
ish. It is the duty Of that man t.
fill out prior to June 5th, 1917 hi
registration blank, have the Clerk Of
Court to certify to same and mail il
to the Sheriff of his home town, SC
that the blank will be filed there
June S, 1917.
In addition, send your men early
to register, so that none will fail to
register before the close of registra.
ton. Next day will not do. There
must be continuous steady line OF
applicants for registration in order
that all can be registered. Don't let
any one take chances.
If there is any saloon on your
place under your control, request
the closing of the. same that date.
Impress upon your men the neces-
sity Of giving their specific employ
ment, and not merely stating them
selves to be laborers, ETC., so that
the government experts will know
how to intelligently classify them by
their answers.
A reply from you stating that
you will undertake this service in
the spirit in which it is requested
will be appreciated.
Very truly yours,
CHARLES PECOT, Sheriff,
Executive Officer Board of Re-
gistration, St. Mary Parish, La.
Charles Pecot, Sheriff.
Wilbur H. Kramer, Clerk Of Court
DR.. w. B. SmNh, Coroner.
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1917-05-28
IBERIA FIRST cUsHER

Iberia parish really has gusher,
The news was given out on Thurs
day morning. It is on the Bernard
tract and was brought in by the Cult
Refining Co.
From Information obtainable that
seeming it seems that the well is de-
cidedly eeyser like in character. It
will gush for m interval Of three
minutes, throwing solid stream Of
oil fully thirty feet above the top Of
the derrick, then it will become
quiet for = period Of ten minutes.
to be followed by another 3 minute
gush. This performance continued till
controlled by the closing Of the gate
valve.
The oil coming from this we'll il
characterized as pipeline OIL" That
is, m oil line directly from the well
without previous treatment or hand
ling. It comes from the well pipsfu|
and free from water or sand. II
specific gravity is quoted IS being
IS; it has q paraffine base, and il
quite fluid.
The action q he xsu seems to
have inspired confidence il the
minds of men Of 6lad experiences
in this parish. Il jpstifies the ex-
penditures nade upon judgments of
men who have undertaken the de-
velopmept Of the field. They have
all along. contended that the indica-
tons, which attracted 30 much at
tention last winter Of oil somewhere
below the surface. The problem was
in finding the right place and right
depth.
Last Saturday. evening those who
y atched proceedings at the site of
the well became a bit excited when
they came to town and announced
q 1900 barrel gusher. The facts hard
~ justified the claim. A couple Of
days subsequently it was reported
that the well had already failed. As
this Characteristic had attended all
previous efforts at bringing in =
well in this field, there were many
to take seriously the gloomy view,
Should the well continue to yield Z
paying supply of oil, it win prove
/ the re-awakening Of interest in thu
field and inGpiEs renewed activity
undertetine lssian.
Morgan City Dady lIlIsiyyiew deliver
Ell . your ONE ISr ;;hs per mon,r