The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-08-28

it to meet him over the counter and
take his money, but do you consider
that he is Just little below you IN
the social scale Do you forget him
when it comes to the invitation cards
| to social events? You need the
farmer. you need his cooperation.
IF / were you people I'd rather
have paved roads running into my
town. than the main line OF DIE
railroad. Paved roads are coming,
and you're going to have to have
them, and you'll need the farmer
then. Tie the farmer up to the town,
and see what you can do. Don y
laugh at him. tell you there IS nc
country rube half SO green as the city
dude"
And then he exploded bomb In
| the ranks of the retired farmer VINO
comes to town, and opposes all I'M
| provements.
Retired Farmer Is Menace.
"The best way to kill town is to
| fill 1t I'D with men who have maze
their money on the farm and have
grown rich there, and who come TO
town to die cheap. They fight bond
issues for sewers and school houses.
They pull long face. and say 1t costs
money. No man has a right to retire
under 100 years Of age unless ne is
sick or called by death. There Is no
place in natures scheme of things
for a gutter. Why your retired farm
| er quits and dies five years after ne
moves to town. His wife lives fifteen
years longer because she never quit,
and 1t serves the old cuss right II
she goes and marries a young man,
and has few happy years OF her
life after her first husband dies.
1.-THE pioneers had a vision for you.
They have left their handtwork here,
and you have done something your
selves, when you built that dam. But
look here. don't lean on that dam.
That's just what you've been doing,
and it's bad policy. You want the
power comany to get all your indus
tries here, get out and get them
yourselves Don't expect foreign
capital to come here, if your own
won't spend a cent.
you people need one another;
don't get the idea you don't Don
get the idea you can start an ar1stoc-
racy and get along.
Why He Likes keoIeuk.
'I like your town; / like your
streets, which are cleaner than most
towns I've been in; / like your new
school buildings. and I'm glad you
didn't fight that bond issue. And l
want to say to you that you need
new building for your manual train
ing and domestic science departments.
Don't overlook those in your scheme
of things. I'm glad you have wom-
ans organization that works for the
identifying Of your city. want to
compliment you on your newspaper,
and to urge you merchants to sup
port it. Your streets are mighty
clean. and I'm sure you must have a
live mayor and a good city commits
sion 1 will say though that lot OF
you might with profit buy scythes
and lawn mowers and go through
those weed patches ! see here and
there"
Entertainers Please Crowd.
The Castle Square Entertainers,
composed of four young men, made
a smashing hit with the big crowd
in the afternoon, and again in the
evening with their musical and dra-
matte work. While some of their
stuff in the evening was more slap
stick than anything else, they put it
over The ventriloquist did. not have
a new line in his stuff. and the char
acter sketches were hardly Spring
chickens but the crowd seemed to
like it, and that was the most that
was necessary.
In the afternoon the entertainers
gave full program, and their efforts
met with continued applause. Both
programs were closed with patriotic
selections.
Rain Fails to Stop People.
The evening program was greeted
with a much larger audience than
one would have supposed. The rain
coming up just at 1880 o'clock kept
many away. The afternoon crowd
was large, considering it was the
first day The matinee was over
just in the midst Of one Of the
hardest storms, and there was con-
siderable criticism Of the street car
company over the fact that no extra
cars were on hand to care for the
crowd People were forced to wait
for the regular car, and 1T was
crowded to capacity. This trouble
was remedied in the evening. how
ever, when special cars were on hand.
1t is the plan OF the chautauqua
manageme nt to install lights along
the path to the chautauqua, and these
will be in place tonight.
The Program Today.
Today's" program included a pre-
lude by Elma B. Smith, mimic, to
both afternoon and evening programs.
Judge Lee s. Estelle, Omaha police |
court and Juvenile court Judge spoke |
in the afternoon. DR.. L. G. Herbert |
will speak tonight on 1.-THE Crisis |
and the Call"
Tomorrow afternoon the Hinshaw
Opera company will appear in pre- |
lude to the talk by DR.. Sucker of |
Oltowa, Kansas, and in the evening