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Licking Valley courier., 1917-09-20
GUMPTION, ..~
Which is plain Common Sense, in United States
language, without Educational Furbelows.
BT L. L. IIOVERMALE. 4,

Sunday School go by, and the
children, seeing the lack of in
terest in the parent, also stay
away and learn bad habits by as
sociation with children who are
without the good influences of
Christian training.
The occasional Christian is he
whichever lets his religion inter-
fere with his business; who lays
aside. bis religion at every time a
strict adherence to right would
interfere with profits.
\ - ~
What | am trying to emphasize
is that a real Christian does live
lalife each hour in each day that
,issuch a contrast to the life of
the sinner that it makes him a
conspicuous figure in the commu-
nifty. When the lives of the
church members and the lives of
the sinner is lived so nearly alike
that you can't tell them apart by
their conduct, there is a radical
wrong with the church members
religion.
The failure to get the Christian
people interested in clean elect.
ions before the last primary
makes it look discouraging to try
to repeat that effort, or would if
there was a necessity for it, but
there will not be this fall. There
will be no serious opposition to
the Democratic ticket and no
temptation to use corrupt means. |
DR.. Whiteaker will easily carry |
Morgan by the biggest majority
in the history of the county, and
with full knowledge of the stu
ation the voters might make the
majority 1000. The temperance
people of all parties have conf.
ience in DR.. Whiteaker, and will
De loathe to vote against him for
Uncle JOHN" who is backed by
Mitch" and Caesar"
In the county races there is no
occasion for soreness and at the
November election | do not be.
leye that a single one of the
Democratic nominees will have
opposition, Notwithstanding the
'lct that Mr.. Sherman Lewis has
announced for sheriff. Nobody
,nows better than Mr.. Lewis
hat he hasn't one chance in a
million to win he wouldn't have
he could get under the Repub.
lean device, which he can't, and
very vot he got would have to
ross his ticket to vote for him.
don't believe he'll run through,
nd none of the other Democratic
ominess will have opposition.
And long before another coun.
y primary We will have elimi.
ated whisky by the prohibition
QUITE and the most corrupting in.
.uence in elections will be re.
moved.
Thus we see that work for q
bod cause is never lost. We try
or a thing and work to bring il
bout in our way, and it is best
or us God gives it to US in His
way.
We are building for all reforms
Vhen we build up Christian char
cter and living lives that prove
IL the time that we are Christ
ans.
Licking Valley courier., 1917-09-20
( Z ( (
A WORTHY CITIZENSHIP
Il is the Hope Of the Nation-Her
Welfare ls Our First Concern.

- A great nation is made only by
~ worthy citlzens.-c. d. Warner.
4 4 4
National enthusiasm is the great
nursery Of genius.-Tuckerman.
4 4 4
Our country's welfare is our first
concern, and who promotes that best,
best proves his duty.-Harvard.
4 4 4
Wiener our country calls, friends,
sons and slres should yield their treas
ures up, nor own u sense beyond the
public safety.-Brooks.
Il n
Licking Valley courier., 1917-09-20
HELLO!
MIR. FARMER.
LISTEN TO THIS!

How does that strike you3
Listens good, doesn't it?
1t some man were to come
along with a basket full of
silver dollars, and you knew
that they were genuine-not
counterfeit-and offer you
zoo Of them for $100, you
wouldn't be long in making
the exchange, would you3
No, of course you wouldn't.
For every dollar judiciously
expended upon road con-
struction and maintenance
the users Of the road will re-
alize more than two dollars.
This is no idle assertion.
1t is a demonstrated fact.
Then why not exercise the
judgment in regard to good
roads as you would if some.
body offered you two dollars
in silver for one dollar in
currency?
The principle is the same.
Think it over. n
Yours truly,
Licking Valley courier., 1917-09-20
$4,000 REWARD!

| will pay the sum for any
watch or clock which | cannot
put in good running order.
| do all kind of jewelry work.
The Public is cordially invited
to call in and see me when in
need of expert watch or clock re-
pairing. All work guaranteed.
Send by insured Parcel Post.
949 w. B. LARKIN,
At Bridge. Jaskson, Ky.
Licking Valley courier., 1917-09-20
Look Here For 1t.
Things we all ought to know
but which none of us can
remember, and often
don't know where to
look to find it.

(Of special interest to applicants for
school certificates who are not subscribers,
but who just drop in to get copy gratis.)
Licking Valley courier., 1917-09-20

Occasional Christians are thos
who get very warm at times and
make a great show until some fl.
nancial transaction calls them to
something that necessitates the
Temporary abandonment of their
religion. Or some pleasure ex.
c lrsion causes them to neglect
the attendance of church. Or,
Sunday work causes them to lei
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-12-14
Wilson Urges
All to Join

To the people OF the United
States:
Ten million Americans are invited
to Join the American Red Cross dur
ing the week ending with Christmas
eve. The times require that every
branch of our great national effort
shall be Loyalty upheld, and 1t is
peculiarly fitting that at. Christmas
season the Red Cross should be the
branch through which your willing
ness to help is expressed.
You should Join the American Red
Cross because 1t alone can carry the
pledges of Christmas good will to
those who are bearing for us the real
burdens Of the world war both in our
navy and the nations upon whose ter
ritory the issues of the world war
are being fought out. Your evidence
Of faith in this work is necessary for
their heartening and cheer.
You should join, the American Red
Cross because this arm of the ma
tiona1 service Is steadfastly and eff
GENTLY maintaining the overseas re-
lief in every suffering land, admins
tering our millions wisely and well
and awakening the gratitude of every
people.
Our conscience will not let us en-
joy the Christmas season IL this
pledge Of support to our cause and
the worlds veal is left unfulfilled.
Red Cross membership is the Christ
mas spirit in terms of action.
WOODROW WILSON.
President of the American Red Cross.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-12-14
Sunday Readers.
MAJ. HOFFMAN
. NOW IN FRANCE
Engineer Formerly in Charge Of This
District of Government Work
Writes Interesting
Letter,

Many Keokuk people, especially
those who have followed river i'm
provement work, and who were con-
nected with the rebuilding of the
Keokuk and Hamilton bridge, will
remember Major CO M Hoffman of
the United States engineers, who
form erly was stationed at Rock
Island and often came to Keokuk on
business pertaining to river projects.
He is with the United States forces
in France and has written the fol-
lowing letter to friends in Rock
Island:
t"This is beautiful, sunny Novem-
Der day, but we are almost certain to
have rain by afternoon. 1t has not
missed in three weeks, and the mud
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-12-14

is terrific and like grease. All this
country is underlaid with chalk, often
quite near the surface and sometimes
so pure it might be used for rough
black board work. No longer Is there
any mystery of Frances great fertil.
ity Gentle and frequent rains, and
chalk formation give abundant and
ideal plant drink and food They say
four crops a year of some kinds are
frequently gathered from the same
tract Beautifully laid out they are,
and intensively cultivated. Farm
houses are seldom seen-only vast
stretches of field, checker boarded,
and with towns or villages four or
five miles apart, in which the people
live, travelling back and forth to cul-
tivate their land.
"The custom probably dates back
to times when combination was
necessary for defense and then hav-
ing been found valuable for social
and economic reasons, has since been
continued They are great people,
the French
"You will be interested to hear
about the fishing near our camp.
Two of the officers went out last
night with lights and spears to a
great marsh at the foot of the hill
with clear water farther out. A boat
had been hastily constructed Of old
rough boards in which they padded
about. BY the light they could see
many fish, some of which were with
in reach of the spear. This is care
fully lowered to within a foot of a
big one, but care has to be taken
not to get too close or to pass him
or the fascination of the light Is lost
and away he goes. They lost many,
but many were impaled with sharp
jab Of the spear. Altogether they
got twenty-four, one a two-foot pike,
made nice fish course for our
whole mess. Sometimes they drop
Topped wire to snare them, but that
requires great SKILL"
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-12-14
LIBRARY WILL NOT
Be OPEN SUNDAYS
Trustees Take This Step to Conserve
Fuel at Meeting Which
Was Held Last
Evening.
GRAMM BOOKS ORDERED
Board Receives Suggestion From Out
side Sources For These-War
Work Affects Books
Taken Out.
GRAMM BOOKS ORDERED

The Keokuk public library will be
closed Sunday afternoons for the
present, in the interest of fuel con-
servation, the board of trustees at it's
meeting last night decided. 1t is not
feasible to close the building any
earlier in the evenings on week days
for the reason that the telegraph
Office AM mission must be heated,
just the same. By keeping the build
ing closed Sundays, however, con-
siderable saving can be affected.
A request for books for the Gramm
collection was read from William
Aldrich, superintendent of the Keo-
kuk public schools, r. S. Patterson
and Major M. Meigs. The board
authorized the librarian to order the
books. The books which the super
intendent of school suggested were
those which the teachers in the new
teachers study class need. The
board is always glad to receive surg
gestions as to books.
War activities, Red Cross work and
knitting show their effect on the
number Of books issued during the
month Of November this year as COM
pared with the same month last
year. There was perceptible fall
ing OH IN the number. The l1brari-
ans report follows:
Number Of volumes issued to
adults in November, 1917 1883
Number Of volumes issued to
adults in November, 1916. -. 6, APO
Number of volumes issued to
children in November, 1917. .1,753
Number Of volumes issued to
children In November, 1915. i 1858
Number of volumes issued in
public schools in Nov. 1917. 1889
Number of volumes issued in
public schools in Nov 1916. Il, 344
Number of volumes Issued at
st. Mary's in November, 1917. 81
Number of volumes issued at
st. Mary's in November 1918. 81
Number of volumes issued at st.
Peters in November, 1917 ~. 95
Mum Der of volumes issued at st.
Peters in November, 1915. -. Sc
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-12-14
eernstorfrs Name Mentioned.

limited Press Leased Wire Service
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 14-Count
Won Bernstorff became a figure in
the Hindu revolution plot case to-
day through revelation Of letters he
wrote Secretary Lansing when the
government was Investigating ship
ment of arms from San Diego, Calf,
aboard the schooner Annie Larsen.
Bernstorff assured Lansing that
the arms were bound for German
East Africa. He admitted German
ownership. Witnesses have testified
that the arms were intended for
Hindu revolutionists.
Before the state department got to
the bottom of this official camouflage
Bernstorff had left the country.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-12-14
Enhaut, Pa.
weak inwardly.

! will have to die as there is no help for
me- She got me one of your little
books and my husband said should try
one bottle. stopped the Doctors
medicine and took Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound. 1t soon made q
change in me and now am strong and
30 all my work. Mrs. AUGUSTUS
BAUGHMAN, Box &c, Enhaut, Pa.
Why will women continue to suffer
day in and day out and drag out sickly.
half-hearted existence, missing three
fourths of the JOY of living, when they
can find health in Lydia E. Pinkham'B
Vegetable Compound ?
If you would like free confidential adj
vice address Lydia e. Pinkham Medicine
Co., Lynn. Mass,
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-12-14

sorry Manufacturers association be-
gan here today with several mem
bers from all parts of the country In
attendance. Motors for airplanes,
boats. trucks and other war craft,
mine anchors and various parts OF
war machinery are products OF mem-
bers OF the association.
The sessions will be devoted ex.
clusively to war matters and will be
addressed by men prominent in af.
fairs at Washington.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-12-14
WHERE RED CROSS
SEAL MONEY GOES
This Gives You a Little idea Of What
Your Money for These
Stamps VIII
FIGHTING TUBERCULOSIS
Proceeds From Seal Sale Will be
used by Visiting Nurse Asso-
citation In Work y
Here.
FIGHTING TUBERCULOSIS

Every penny, every nickel. every
dime, every dollar that you spend for
Red Cross seafr, helps Just that much
towards making Keokuk safe from tub
erculosis. The money from the sale Of
seals 10 going to the tuberculosis work
In Keokuk being carried on under the
direction of the Visiting Nurse asso-
citation. White plague is like the Hun,
crafty, insfdious, prepared. It strikes
the unprepared hard blow, and hangs
on. In order to build trenches and de-
lenses against 1t, and to equip the
nurses with proper fighting appurten-
ances, there must be money. SO If
you would help to make Keokuk safe
from the white plague, don't forget to
buy some seals.
The tuberculosis work in Keokuk
which has been carried on more or less
actively under the direction of the 10
cal v. N. A., was brought up to a
greater source Of efficiency this sum-
mer. when survey was made In June.
Forty-seven calls were made on pa
tients having tuberculosis and thirty
calls were made looking up families
where there had been deaths from the
disease within the last three years.
NNeS8 ONQef supervision.
There have been under the actual
supervision of the nurses, twenty
cases since June 1. or these twenty
there have been 1--WE deaths. all Of the
persons being in the advanced stages.
Two patients have been taken to Oak
dale, the state hospital for tuberculosis
care. Both Of these were in advanced
stages Of disease, and one Of these
had to be entirely prepared for the
hospital by the Visiting Nurse asso-
citation. There is now on the waiting
list, one case, that OF child, and some
help will be needed to get him ready
for the trip.
Three patients have been on special
diet under the direction Of the nurses.
The nurses in this work tell patients
how to take care Of themselves. what
their diet should be and the kind Of
clothing to wear. Bed patients are CIV
en- bedside care in addition to instruc-
ton, and ambulatory cases are given
instruction as to their care. This in
cludes instruction as to care of sputum
diet, rest and fresh air. The nurses
endeavor to see that the doctors or
ders in these cases are carried. out to
the limit. 1ncipient cases Of tubercu-
losis are checked, and advanced cases
are isolated.
It is this work, so briefly summar-
lied, that the money you pay for Red
Cross seals helps to carry on. Tu-
berculosis may strike at your home
next. It may clutch at the very heart
OF your child. II you help this work
now, you will be building an impreg-
nable line of defense.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-12-14

The inhabitants Of Mesopotamia
have curious customs in the disposal
Of their dead The corpse is carried
to the grave dressed in ordinary
clothes, with the face uncovered.
Bodies are buried in shallow graves
and after a period dug UP again, the
bones being collected into a, white
linen bag and deposited in small
buildings.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-12-14
Women to Have Jobs,

ST. LOUIS, Mo-, Dec. 14.-Women
will fill vacancies in the ranks of
street car conductors in st. Louis as
fast as they occur after January 1,
according to the announcement to
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-12-14
SICK WOMAN Hal
CRYING SPELLS
Restored to Health by Lydia
E Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound.
was all run down and
had female troubles

and nervous feelings
and my head both
cred me. I would
often have crying
spells and feel as il
/ was not safe. If
/ heard anyone COM
ing 1 would run and
lock the door so they
would not see me-
I tried several doc
tors and they did not
help me so / said to
INV y,oofbor IT ,,,ocu
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-12-14

day of the United Railways.
A sixteen-day training school for
women opened today. =
Present male employees are not to
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-12-14

be discharged to rake way for the
women. No more male conductors
are to be hired. W~men viii receive
the same pay as raen.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-12-14

Black pearls are the most valuable
then pink, next in value. white and
lastly yellow.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-08-26
Allen Owner Likes Poetry
And Hates the Kaiser

Carl Changstrom of the Standard d
Motor Car company, received letter
the other day from an Allen enthusi-
asst whose thoughts of comparison
are expressed in war terms.
The following extract from his let
ter shows plainly what he thinks of
the kaiser's fighters:
II use my old car to demonstrate
with. 1t has been run about 1000
miles and the more / drive it the
more quiet it runs and it has the pep
and energy of an Irishman fighting
six Dutchmen. Believe me, the Allen
don't take back seat for any of them
and when it comes to pulling in sand
and up hills, it goes through like a
Canadian through a German trench"
This same man, H. c. Lyman, is
somewhat of poet also, as is indi-
Gated by the following:
say that the Allen 10 there with the goods.
1t makes all the others take to the woods
It's there with the pep on sand or on hill
They may all choose another, but never
wi
Omaha daily bee., 1917-08-26
NEW NASH CAR TO Be
ANNOUNCED SOON
G. W. Nash to Build Car
Which Is to Garry His
Name, So Long Well
Known.

Even back in the days when the at
tomobile lurched along on one cyl
irder, c. w. Nash, then in the car
riage manufacturing business, aspired
to build motor car bearing his own
name.
For twenty-five years he has been
building and selling carriages and
automobiles. During that time he
has seen the motor car industry out
grow its cradle and watched il rise
from a small, discredited beginning
to the proud rank of third industry
in the United States. In its rise he
has played leading role, having
headed some of the largest and most
successful automobile companies in
the United States.
To Realize Ambition.
But his lifelong ambition is soon to
be fully realized. For he is just about
to formally announce the birth of a
car that bears his name and reflects
his experience and ideals.
A year ago when Mr.. Nash entered
the field as a manufacturer in his own
name he looked about for a factory
site. He inspected personally every
motor car plant of consequence in
this country. The result of this sift-
ing down process was the purchase of
the 100-acre Jeffery plant at Kenosha.
There has been much speculation
as to the number of cylinders, size
and price of the car, but owing to the
fact that Mr.. Nash has built cars of
various types and prices, it is almost
impossible for even the trade to guess
with any degree Of accuracy the type
of the new Nash car.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-08-26
Farmer Is Best Prospect
As Purchaser of Truck

"Onc of the surest indications of
the growing enthusiasm in truck pur-
chasing" asserts c. c. May of the
Midwest Motor and Supply company,
lis the entry Of such large manufac-
turers as the Maxwell Motor COM
pary, Inc, and the Ford Motor COM
pany into the field.
Both Maxwell and Ford organi-
cations have ever been strong in their
belief that concentration on one
model meant success on large scale,
and their entry into the truck field
will cali for large organizations to
take care of the new line.
"On all sides we receive reports
from our dealers which point out the
farmer as the likely prospect of the
near future. It's bound to follow this
channel because the hauling problems
Of the farmer are varied and many.
They are coming to like the thought
Of efficiency, too. They know it
means money to them in the long
rum"
Omaha daily bee., 1917-08-26
Auto Passenger Mileage Is
Worth Billions of Dollars

"The passenger car has developed
into universal utility" says Harry
M. Jewett, president of the Paige
Detroit Motor Car company. "As
such its economic influence is now
tremendous in thoroughly practical
and constructive way.
Some inkling of what the auto
mobile now means to us and the
practical part it is playing in our eco
nomic life is realized when it is
learned that greater passenger-mile
service is rendered by the passenger
motor cars in the United States than
by the entire railroad or street rail-
way systems of the country. The
100000 passenger cars, averaging
5000 miles year and three persons
each, give a total of 55,5O0,0O0,O0O
miles. At a rate of 2 cents per mile
this is worth $1,1l0,000,000 a year."
Omaha daily bee., 1917-08-26

however, in language that was just
as forceful if not as picturesque. His
tribute was this:
st is car that appealed to ME be-
cause of its fighting spirit, enduring
strength and wonderful speed. These
are the same qualities that / seek in
horse, He, too, must be made of the
stuff of champions"
And fastening the strap of his
broad sombrero under his chin. the
cowboy of the movies put spurs to the
self-starter and rode range on Cleve-
land astride a National mount.
branded with the Circle Twelve iron.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-08-26
Bill Hart Picks His Motor Car
With Same Care as His Horses

1t is hard to believe that our cinema
idols are not the same in real life as in
reel life. We like to think of Charley
Chaplin Willing away his leisure
hours by throwing custard pies and
it pays US to learn that Theda Bara
can't be rag, a bone and hank of
hair" without a makeup.
"Pardner, l reckon there amt no
heap of difference tween a hoss and a
ottermobile. Pusson'lly, Pm inclined
to put 'em in the same corral. seein'
as how size 'em both up siderable
fore | saddle and mount. | know that
critture over yonder. Recognized the
Circle Twelve brand OH the fore flank
as | was passin'. And says to my
self, Bill, you're stranger in this
here camp and can't expect no favors
being done you, but they can't give
you no necktie party for steppin, up
and askin' the loan of that gas'line
grazer for day or sol So, pardner,
here | be-"
That is the way in which we would
have had William S. Hart, wild-rid-
ing, hip shooting, one-hand-cigaret-
rolling hero of the western films. talk
when he entered the salesrooms of
the Eiseman Automobile company of
Cleveland recently and asked that he
might use a twelve-cylinder National,
mate to one that he has in his own
garage on the Pacific coast. during his
stay in the Ohio metropolis.
But Hart's manner of speech. did
not come up to our fanciful specifca-
tions. He left the musical lingo Of
the plains behind to keep his chaps,
his boots and his lariat company dur
ing his absence. He voiced his reason
for selecting a National highway IL,
Omaha daily bee., 1917-08-26

little effort, be quickly changed from
the closed limousine style TO the
open variety, with nothing obstruct-
ing the vision from the windshield to
the rear.
Another original feature of the car,
which was the subject of much COM
ment when it made its first appear
ance, is the glass partition dividing
the front and rear compartments.
This glass partition is not only ad-
Unstable, but it is entirely removable.
With the glass partition in place
and all of the side windows up, the
car is of the Berline- Limousine type;
by dropping the windows at the sides
of the front seat the car becomes
fashionable Towncar Limousine: hY