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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-09-24
Hudson River Brick Values

Rochester Post-Express The sup,
ply Of common building brick for the
enormous consumption of Greater New
York, the largest brick market in the
United States, comes principally from
the narrow strip Of land on either side
Of the Hudson from New York city to
Cohoes, including Bergen county, n.
]. Every county in this region con-
tributes to the supply except one
Putnam-and in late years the Raritan
district, in Middlesex county, n. j.,
has contributed largely to the Greater
New York market.
In 1916 the number of brick mar.
keted in this region, according to a
report in preparation by the United
States geological survey, department
of the interior, was 500, $4,000, a de-
crease OF 66,975sOO0 brick. The value
of this output, however, was s5,915, 254,
an increase of 1905, 1S9 over 1915 The
average price per 1000 brick was 1862
an increase of S1.41 over 1915.
The New York part of the region is
by far the larger producer, reporting
fcS' 1916, T02,596,0OO brick. or 79 per
cent. If the total, valued at 1852, 46S,
or II per cent. of the total for the re-
gion. This was a decrease of 3S,972,000
brick. but an increase of $780,, 800 COM
pared with 1915. The average price
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-09-24
80 n e w h 0 !
Whea at M g al

Day'-that's the sloga
for those who want to con-
serve food and also COM
serve strength and healu]
But be sure it is the whol1
wheat prepared in a dIges1
tible form. Shredded Whea]
Biscuit is 100 per cent. who,]
wheat-nothing wastea|
nothing thrown away. rn]
teen years ago ShredoeY
Wheat was eaten only as
breakfast cereal; now 1t =
eaten for any meal as a SUD
stitute for meat, eggs, or po'
tatoes. Two or three Dis
cults with milk or. cream
and some fresh fruits MAKE
a nourishing, satisfying mea
at a cost of a few pennies
Made in Niagara Falls. MI
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-09-24
The Lady Goat.

Davenport Democrat: Raise a goat,
is the latest advice. Whereas you
can raise a sheep on weeds, the popu
lar impression is that you can raise
a goat on tin cans and superannuated
barbed wire. Governor Lowden OF
Illinois, has become convert to
the goat idea, and has expressed the
hope that his people can be educate.
to the value Of the mich goat. Do
away with the family dog, they arc
saying, and substitute the goaA a
lady Swiss goat is hornless and harm
less, amiable of disposition, and will
convert junk pile into from one to
six quarts of milk for ten months In
the year.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-09-24
GOODS
NOT TAKEN
Government Issues Statement t. Put
at Rest False Rumo-s That 1t
Takes Home Pro.
ducts.

There is no truth III & widely circu-
lated statement tina: the government
expects to take food supplies from any
family, says Washington bulletin.
Both administration and :he DEPART
ment Of agriculture Join in state
ment to counteract what seems to be
deliberlta propaganda to the effc.i
nat tie government in snds to take
from every family all canned goods
put up n eyccss CT 1cG quartz.
This is only one of the variations OF
the rumor, which has been widely cir
culated Another statamcnt Is that
the government has been urging the
canning, drying and preserving of
fruits and vegetables 50 that they Will
be in a convenient TORN for The gov
eminent to handle and transport when
1t takes them away from the people.
Further elaboration is that these
goods are to be taken away from the
American homes and shipped to Eng
land.
In one instance a motorist stopped
at farmhouse to fill the radiator of
his automobile. In the course ri con.
versation he casually inquired whether
the farmers family was canning all
the surplus fruits and vegetables in
order TO help conserve the food sup
ply He was informed that the farm
er was not doing this because the GOV
eminent intended to take all The can
ned goods away except small part of
it actually needed by the family IT.
self.
The authorities state emphatically
that no such course has ever been
contemplated bv the government. On
the contrary, both the department Of
agriculture and the food administra-
ton are strongly urging housewives to
can and preserve, especially at this
time, all surplus fruits and vegeta bles
in order that the households them
selves NAV have a cheap and plentiful
supply Of foods.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-09-24

that he is still alive. So they go to Lloyds ano
take out insurance at two dollars and nifty
cents per thousand, which is the present rate
payable if he comes back to life again. lt Is
said that more than million dollars OF such
insurance has been issued, and not to Ignorant,
simple minded people either, but to army, navy,
professional and businessmen. We seem to
have no similar great concern in our country
willing to wager with any man on any
matter, for that is what it amounts to-.
But over in England person can take out
policy that Ireland will never cut loose from
the empire, or that Mrs. Pankhurst will never
have a seat in the house of commons or that
the war will or will not end by given time
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-09-24
WHAT THE VICTORY OR DEFEAT OF
GERMANY MEANS TO EVERY AMERICAN
by Booth Tarkinston.l

A a
or Germany
the Tx,
walk and PRUSSIA woud
it.
nation and then con
Evenua!y
head horseback "ouo DC
nota American presiden kaiser
of electricity made the world smaller
in
to be the issue OF
world will be Ger
the government wiz De an
governed by kaiser are against
the area
theirs They may wake TO nsh'
mare of realty
end and but temporarily apa1e nm %
the
defeated Germany would get h
of
who likes walk Posdm has chanse Oh
dayso long as there IS
OF
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-09-24
DOLLAR DAY IN KEOKUK.

Dollar day has become institution in Keo-
kuk; it stimulates trade, merchants are enabled
by it to arouse the interest Of prospective GUS
toners In all lines of goods and the purchaser
who acquires a ''dollar" article gets more than
his moneys worth and is abundantly satisfied.
Dollar day is no catchpenny scheme, designed
to pass on out Of season or shopworn goods; it
is, in Keokuk, time of genuine bargains This
is known in this city and throughout the sur
rounding territory, hence the crowds Of people
who have thronged the stores of our merch ants
who have, through the medium Of newspaper
advertising, made known that on one memor-
able day in the year a dollar will purchase
goods to an amount far in excess Of their ordin-
airy value
keokuk's next Dollar day is set for Satur-
day, September twenty-nine. Like its predeces-
sors 1t will be a success, and advertising vii!
be one Of the great factors in commanding that
success
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-09-24
TODAY'S BIT OF VERSE
THE WOODLAND.

If you would love the woodland it
Must be living thing to you
A comrade at whose feet you sit
And look together at the blue.
You must love flowers do
The god Of day-the kiss Of rain
Must be as healing sweet to you
AS to the daisy the plain
Yon must go faring without fear
The woodland wild, however far
In some path pioneer,
And for your compass but a star.
You must lie down with door ajar
Beside the midnight waters hem,
You must lie down where wild things are
And feel companionship with them.
You must delight in that delight
The bud enjoys when first it knows
The passing of the winter night
And wakes to find itself a rose
You must feel pleasures such as those.
The joy of living in the land
And, the waking leaves unclose,
Must feel your petalled soul expand.
Douglas Malloch, in American Lumberma1
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-09-24
GAMBLING TO THE LIMIT.

things in civilized countries, but death insur
ance is rare that very few instances of it
are known. But at Lloyds in London insur-
ance against any conceivable contingency
event, occurrence can be obtained, and that
great corporation will not only issue policy
payable when a person dies but another policy
payable if he comes back to life again. The be-
lief is so widespread in England that Lord
Kitchener did not go down to death when the
ship carrying him sunk that thousands of peo-
pie are willing to wager, asking odds of course
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-09-24

An electric lighting company in
New Orleans, La, has devised a port
able electric light attached to a long
pole. The pole is pushed into the
ground and the attaching cord connect
ed to the nearest lighting socket The
light is used for Illuminating gardens,
tennis courts. and lawn parties.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-09-24

per thousand in this part Of the region
Increased SLAB, or to $6.4S. Ulster was
the leading county in this part Of the
region, it reporting 222,65l 900 brick,
valued at S1,444,275, a decrease OF o.
692, 900 brick but an increase OF $685.
1888 in value, compared with 1915.
The New Jersey part of the region
reported 190,956,000 brick, valued at
$1,362,7s6, being a decrease Of 2S,o O3,-
600 brick, but an increase OF $9S,2b9.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-09-24
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CARTHAGE, ILL, SEPT a. ~
CITY ;1za..e::..::==z=5yEzTfKD 81
CARTHAGE, ILL, SEPT, "a.

although the entire city b,,
yet been covered. The wa,
committee Of the American
association have begun a q,
to raise one million dollars
work. The war departms,
selected the library associs,
provide books for the soldiers
w. Fl. Daily Of Arizona u
been visiting Mrs. ]. W. D,I
parted for his home last wesI
sister, Miss Juanita, accom|
him for a visit.
Leslie Green, employed BY !,
Co., at Clarinda, Iowa, is $,
his vacation with his moths,
Alice Green.
Friends in the city have n
announcement Of the birth 0,
on Thursday, Sept. 20, to M
Mrs. Arthur Tichenour of S.
Mo. Mrs. Tichenour was I'd
Miss Villa Belleville.
Probate Court News-Hanct
County.
In re the estate of John Dous
deceased Report of Catherin.
deker, filed shows that WI
Dougherty to whom letters
has deceased, and that said
was fully settled at the time
death, with the exception as
payment of a legacy Of S1,5M
lease Of the interest Of Ros
James J. Gilmore of their sh
the estate of Winifred Doug
filed. Order approving report
and declaring the estate setd
Order fixing time for hear
final settlement in the est
Charles l.. Schramm, deceased
Oct. Is, 1917, at 10 a. IN. Cid
Schramm, administrator.
In the matter of the est
Arthur Hambleton, deceased
Elemental inventory filed by |
G. Hambleton, Administrative,
that said decedent had an inter
the estate of his deceased faith
Franklin Hambleton. the real
being: w. N of S. ~ of S.
ST. Is and w. "a of N. 80 au
NE. 10; also part frac. l, NV
all in 5-8.
Final report Of the accou
James E. Williams, administrs'
the estate of Robert Wilson
ceased, shows: Total amour
ceived, S2,3s935; total amount
out, S1,235.36; balance due. 81
Said balance having been disu
to Clyde B. Wilson, Almeda Rel
Nancy Waggoner, VIM. David
vey j., and Clyde. B. Wilson.
OF court filed approving said
and discharging the administra
Final report Of the account
R. Wallace, administrator o
estate of Ethelyn B. Frederic
ceased, shows: Total receipt
1859; total expenditures, ST.,
balance due, s67.17, said balane
ing been distributed to Alb
Glazenbrook and Roy G.. Fret
heirs at law. Order of court
approving said report, disch
the administrator. together vi
bondsmen.
In the estate Of John 2. d.
deceased.-Final report of Edw
DeGr6ot and NJ. Josephine d.
executors of said estate, show
receipts s66,043.32; total e!
lures, s12,596.S0; balance for
button, s53.446.42, among the
being NJ. Josephine DeGroot
widow; Mabel M. Deiley,
Laughlin, Bertha A. Roberts,
ence E. DeGroot. Final repor
approving said report and disch
the executors.
Inventory Of the estate of CT
G.. Todd, deceased, filed by I
II. Ingraham, executor, show
following real estate: An unc
half interest in the E. "a SW.
notes and accounts aggregate
2S5.50.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-09-24

II can and then penetrate the gathering film OF
msanthropy prompt benevolent view of human nature
and make my reader more in good humor with his FELLOW
beings with himself surely shall not then have writ
vain This is the temper of true citizen OF me-
tropoIis-a place where meet and minge easy
bIndIy, the less surely,
through comprehension and the tolerance that
defining in terms Of experience the unity
of the race and the brotherhood of man.-Washngton
irwin
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-09-24
IOWA PRESS COMMENT.

When the United States has It's resu-
lars, its national guard and its new
national army in France it will have
as large fighting force there as one
of it's allies and all that can be trans
ported before the middle of next
summer. That means that If the war
ends next fall the second draft of
men who are to be called next spring
will never see France or actual fight
ing.
Des Moines Capital: We have all
concerned ourselves with food conser-
vation Why not save coal2 Any
one by careful attention to firing can
save fuel
Cedar Rapids Republican: We now
have psychology in motor car de-
signs. What is there that can escape
psychology nowadays and what does
not happen in the psychological
moment?
Sioux City Journal: Well, if the
German press really feels SO bad
about the transformation of Presi-
dent Wilson from an advocate of
peace without victory to the sounder
of the widest trumpet, it still has
the consolation of knowing that it
was German talent that accomplished
| the change.
Council Bluffs Nonpareil: The
country boy who is laughed at by the
| town boy when he comes into the
| village evens things up when the
urban lad wants to find a place to
/ fish.
| Cedar Rapids Gazette: Announce
ment of the capture Of a farm near
Riga by Russians would have been
better worth cable tolls if it had been
| stated whether the potatoes had been
dug before the land changed owners.
Des Moines Register: Certainly an
increase in the price of haircuts can't
! be justified on the ground that they
| have to be delivered in an auto truck.
Carroll Herald: 1t is the general
opinion that Attorney General Hav-
ner will earn his first years salary
/ His first six months were marked by
an uneven contest with the blue
laws of the state, then came that Red
, Oak rumpus with it's trials and re
| sponsibilities, and the end is not yet
! For there is that man Wilkerson tC
| be brought in on the carpet and
grilled. And through it all the attcr
/ ney general keeps himself in fight
ing order ready and willing to take
what comes. One thing, he is shirk
ing no responsibility.
Sibley Tribune: Perhaps it requires
some bravery to oppose the strong
current of public opinion, but the
men who do it are like the bull that
tried to buck the locomotive off the
track-they have more courage than
discretion; and they will not get
even an iron cross for their pains
Davenport Times: The La Crosse
Tribune, whose editor for years had
been sitting at the feet of Senator
La Toilette as at the feet of a pro
phet, uses the above heading over a
two column wide editorial to say
that Charles Edward Russell was
practically right when he said that
Riga was captured by Robert M
La Toilette Bill Stone and Senator
Gronna and by pro-German mayors
who lend their assistance to pro.
German movements" Russia, 1t is
pointed out, joyous in it's new free
dom, looks to America for guidance
and it hears the Wisconsin senator
| join in an appeal for an abandon.
ment Of the struggle for democracy.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-09-24

An ancient custom which still hq
good In the British navy requires
officers to sit while drinking the he'
of the king. while in army comp
on land 1t would be considered
gravest breach of etiquette not
stand when the royal toast is gi''
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-09-24
A Eomentor Of Strife.

Washington Star: The study OF
German language just now is "
to be merely means or INV
needless resentment and unexpe
argum ents. It's wealth Of iltera
gives the Geman language
in the library which cannot be
puted. For purposes of collo4
interchange in this country al
present moment its usefulness Is
so clear.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-09-24
NOT IN THE FOREFRONT.

|
placed truth-lovers in his debt by an exhaus-
tive inquiry into the achievements of the sclen-
fists Of the several lands, designed to show to
whom the world owes it's important inventions,
discoveries and steps in advance He does not
dsparage the Germans, their patient industry
and research and the improved methods they
have found of doing various things, but he
does show that Germany has not contributed
her quota towards world achievement and is
neither inventive, resourceful nor original.
Inasmuch as vague but general impression
to the contrary prevails among people who have
given the matter little thought, 1t is worth
while to look for moment at the facts Only
English and American investigators, inventors
discoveries are connected in any way with the
steam engine, the telegraph, the cable, with the
reaper, thresher, cotton-gin, spinning Jenny,
spinning frame, fly shuttle, knitting machine,
power loom. No German name is connected IN
any important way with wireless, gunpowder,
Ismokeless powder, percussion cap, nltroglycer-
isne, guncotton, dynamite, torpedo, automatic
cannon, magazine rifle, breech-loadmg gun,
Gatling gun, revolver Maxim silencer, ham,
merless gun, gunboat, armorpate, revolving
turret, submarine airplane. Germany did
not produce the first aniline dye, vulcanized
rubber, liquid gases, gas engine, water gas,
wire cut nails plate glass, circular saw, cable
car, electric car sleeping car, airbrake, bicycle,
automobile pneumatic tire, sewing machine,
typewriter, calculating machine, cash register,
steel pen, electric lights, gas light, acetylene
light, kerosene light, safety lamps, friction
MATCH phonograph, telescope, microscope,
compound microscope. It was Pasteur who
demonstrated the connection between micro
sonic ORGANISMS and disease It was Lister,
Jenner, Harvey who taught antseptic surgery,
vaccination, the circulation of the blood;, and
American dentists lead the world. The leu
tons have dug 30 Suez canal, no Panama canal.
They make their steel by the English Bessemer
process. Lavoisier, father of chemistry, was
French. Innaeus, founder of botany, was
Swedish; Hutton, of England, was father of
geology, and Maury, of Virginia, of physio-
graphy of the sea. To Descartes, the French
man, the world owes analytical geometry, to
Comte sociology, to Napier logarithms.> Ger
mans have made no important geographical
discoveries, found no new continents, reached
no polar tracts; and what splendid generaiza-
| tons have they given the world like those OF
Newton, Copernicus, La Placer
In fact history and study reveal that the
worlds greatest teacher, scientist, inventor
discoverer, statesman, general philosopher
preacher, painter, poet architect novelist OF
singer was not a German; and may disre-
gard the loose and mistaken statement Of unin-
formed persons that Germany has ever led the
world in any intellectual activity, science or
art. ANY claims for themselves to the con-
trary are unsupported by fact. They have
done much that is admirable, but other peoples
! have done more.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-09-24

The silver in a silver dollar is now worth a
dollar If you have one you should prize it
highly for it is the only article on the market
that is worth the dollar it costs.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-09-24

The more the housekeeper strives to conserve
the food supply and rob the garbage can the
more congested become conditions in the cold
storage plants. To what end?
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-09-24

This is an era Of big things. Hence Cipri-
ano Castro, quondam dictator of Venezuela, is
able to slip into the country from which he
was once or twice deported, without attracting
particular attention to his movements
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-09-24

The apartment-dweller of Tobolsk, if permit
ted to read the newspapers, must find therein
compensation for the loss of his czarship.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-09-24

Good people who in times past have eek
changed Christmas gifts can now pool their
efforts and make up a nice box for the soldiers
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-09-24

Let Us be certain that we insure a united
and devoted people only when we lay deep
and strong the foundations of social justice
for all classes.-Henry Churchill King.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-09-24

Cedar Rapids Republican: We now
have psychology in motor car de-
signs What is there that can escape
psychology nowadays and what does
not happen in the psychological
moment?
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-09-24

Sibley Tribune: Perhaps it requires
some bravery to oppose the strong
current of public opinion, but the
men who do it are like the bull that
tried to buck the locomotive off the
track-they have more courage than
discretion; and they will not get
even an iron cross for their pains.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-09-24

Sioux City Journal: Well, if the
German press really feels SO bad
about the transformation of Presi-
dent Wilson from an advocate of
peace without victory to the sounder
of the widest trumpet, 1t still has
the consolation of knowing that it
was German talent that accomplished
the change
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-09-24

Des Moines Capital: We have all
concerned ourselves with food conser-
walton. Why not save coal? Any
one by careful attention to firing can
save fuel.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-09-24

Cedar Rapids Gazette: Announce
ment of the capture Of a farm near
Riga by Russians would have been
better worth cable tolls if it had been
stated whether the potatoes had been
dug before the land changed owners.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-09-24

Council Bluffs Nonpareil: The
country boy who is laughed at by the
town boy when he comes into the
village evens things up when the
urban lad wants to find place to
fish.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-09-24

Des Moines Register: Certainly an
increase in the price of haircuts can't
be justified on the ground that they
have to be delivered in an auto truck.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-09-04

Even II the British scrihos do call
baseball "elorifed FOUNDERS IA" old
pastime has gained thousands OF
fans in England during The past few
months