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Tombstone epitaph., 1917-12-02

Whereas. few short years ago the members of Venus Chapter No l2. Order cf the Eastern Star Gf Tomb stone. itxjzona. were pleased to have MT Edward k F1ach become mem Der of their order. and
 Whereas. Brother Flach subsequent ly obeyed the teachings of our order living always au honest and upright life. and being ever kind and loving 10 his family, and
 Whereas. on October 2l. 1917. the Reaper took Brother Flach from our midst. therefore
Tombstone epitaph., 1917-12-02
THROUGH TO BENSON

Charles Mccarthy, former Tomb stone boy. who is now located in Douglas. accompanied by Dick Walsh of Douglas. passed through Tomb stone yesterday afternoon enroute to Benson where they went to attend the Thanksgiving Day Cowboy cclebra- ton and dance. They were travelling in a E1ivver. stripped to cut the wind. Charles sad they had to shut off the power on the Divide to stop in Tomb stone to say hello to their friends.
Tombstone epitaph., 1917-12-02

Many auto parties of Tombstcnites attended the Red Cross dance at Gleeson and the Thanksgiving Day Cowboy celebration at Benson yester- day. The dance at Gleeson netted a neat sum for the Gleeson Auxiliary. while the big time at Benson was said 10 be hummer by all who attended.
Tombstone epitaph., 1917-12-02

With the completion of the new bar racks ample room has been provided and large quantities of supplies and equipment have been issued Tho morale of the men is excellent. says the colonel. il spite of the f:ct that they have been quaraniined for mea- sles.
Tombstone epitaph., 1917-12-02
SOME ARIZONA BOYS
 HAVE THE MEASLES

The Arizona boys ali Camp Funston rarks In letter to Governor Camp bell. Col. F. Y. Yule, commanding the regiment of Arizona lads, says that the new steam heat plant is making the boys comfortable.
Tombstone epitaph., 1917-12-02
ENTERTAINED FRIENDS

Rev. and Mrs \. J. Benedict enter tained Mrs. Flack and children and Mrs. Flach's sister al dinner on Thanksgiving.
Tombstone epitaph., 1917-12-02
BE IT RESOLVED

That in his taking our Chapter lost t faithful member. the community and his friends cheerful. industrious and well liked citizen; his wifa a loving. companionable and devoted husband. and his children true father: and
 That. as a token of our sympathy. a copy of these resolutions be spread upcn the records of Venus Chapter copy published in The Tombstone Prospector. and a copy mailed to the family
 GLORIA WOOLERY,
 KATHRYN HUTCHINSON.
 LEIGH HUTCHINSON.
 COMMITTEE.
Tombstone epitaph., 1917-12-02
ENTERTAINING BROTHER

Mrs. F. J. AXtell is entertaining her brother. Mr. Folsom of Naco. ATTENDED DANCE
Tombstone epitaph., 1917-12-02

First publication December 2, 1917
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-02-01
KANSAS CITY PUTS ONE OVER.

New York City, which invented the gold
brick for guileless strangers, and which offers
a blase smile to the escapades of the unsophlstl-
Gated folks from the hinterland, is at the mercy
Of Kansas City. Kans
Some days ago there breezed into New YORK
fur-clad creature who announced that she q
come down from Alaska to see the sights. AT
home they called her the Alaskan Queen, she
said She had rosy cheeks and soft brown eyes,
SO the New York newspapers, with their dell
cate sense of esthetic sociability, Immediately
published her picture and beauty recipes, ana
called upon all the world to witness that the
lights of Broadway had penetrated even unto
the snow-bound wastes of Alaska In twenty
four hours the girl was famous. She had atten-
ton from college professors, from movie mag
mates Doubtless she entertained at DIM
ner or two.
And then Kansas City heard the tumult.
The Young woman had seen q great deal OF
Kansas City. She was born there, and her pa
and ma would like her to come back to the
humble home hearth. The Alaskan Queen had
also viewed Chicago, where she worked at eight
dollars per in dairy lunch. She had never
stalked the caribou never driven sledge,
never basled in the light of a seal-oil lamp in
The land where the nights are six months long.
Congratulations to the Maid or the Midnight
Shows, and to Kansas City. No one else has
done it since Dr. Cook Though she is trifle
overwei ght, she deserves every success in the
movies. May such talent as she possesses ever
escape the dull drudgery Of the lunch counter.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-02-01
. Mofher-Made, Out
Acting Cough Surus
should be Kept Handy i, :,
Home-Easily Prepared -"
IS Costs Little,

Mothers, you'll never know VIII.
expensive, auick.acti TIM e coush up !,! "
try, it. Children love its pleasaat
ana nothing else will loosen q con-
chest cold and heal the inasM.
swollen throat membranes With
ease and promptness. It's eonsr
good for groWn-ups as for childr@I
This splendid cough syrup Is ny
pouring 214. ounces of Pinex f5a
worth into a pint bottle and filG,.
bottle with plain granulated
syrup. This gives you a full NJ.
family supply-of much better
remedy than you could buy read,
for So. 50-a clear saving OF S2
The moment it touches the ina,
cold-congested membranes that ill.,
throat and air passages, the healis.
gins, the phlegm loosens, ~
leaves, cough spasms lessen and
disappear altogether, thus end;,'
cough quicker than you ever I'm
possible. Hoarseness and ordS
coughs are conquered by it in d i
or less. Excellent for bronchitis n
ing cough, spasmodic Group, brona
asthma or winter coughs.
Pinex is highly concentrates
pound of genuine Norway pine erS
combined with guaiacol and ia n
the world over for it's quick y
effect on the membranes.
Beware of substitutes. Ak
directions and don't accept &c 'n s1,'
else. Guaranteed to give absolute ,
faction or money refunded. Ths
CO., Fit. Wayne, Ind.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-02-01
Valuations.

Marshalltown Times-Repub1fcan: A
bill before the Iowa house renews an
attempt to fix property valuations at
actual value instead Of one-fourth as
at present.
Representative Grason, advocating
the bill asserts that under the pres
ent law when manufacturing con-
Germ which contemplates locating in
Iowa asks what the tax levy is and
is told that It may be 100 mills or
more he leaves and never comes
back for an explanation"
While Mr. Grason's estimtte Of the
Intelligence Of the manufacturer seek
ing location will scarcely be agreed
with, the fact that the rate of taxa
ton Is four times the actual rate,
does have it's effect When the mill
age is published at 100 in Iowa and
25 in Kansas the average reader is
struck with the low rate In Kansas.
The fact is that the rate Is the
same And this average reader out
side the state does not investigate
as the manufacturer seeking a loca-
ton would, he isn't informed that
our rate is based on a one-fourth
valuation as the secretary of COM
mercfal club would be careful to in
form the manufacturer. And to that
extent at least Iowa is loser by the
one-fourth valuation.
The bill for actual valuation viii
End many friends over the state.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-02-01
WHY DO WE EAT?

eat. So,s too, does the historical era,
the geographical area. in which ! 1.-Two.
The skilfulness OF my cook may have
tho largest say OF ali; X she does
not prepare vegetables so that they
are appetizing, ! shall probably eat
more meat. bread, or fruit, though
none of these is an interchangeable
substitute for any other. ConveE-
fence, the cost Of living and food
legislation are some times large fac
tors; city life does not conduce TO
hearty luncheons nor even break
fasts; rich country cream on my oat-
meal adds ninety calories to my
breakfast over the IS per cent fat,
by order of the health department,
cream that usually get at my city
boarding house. Varying physiolos.
ical conditions may act irrationally.
as on the hot summer day when !
take ice cream Every likely more
concentrated food than meaD solely
for it's cooling effect; or when In the
midst Of the afternoons shopping
buy tea and cakes in order to get
chance to sit down for half an hour.
"IIss Is evident that many OF tnese
factors mentioned above have no
conceivable relation to my bodily re-.
quirement for food. which is determ-
ined chiefly by my age and stature.
the amount OF muscular work DO.
my general nervous and muscular
tone, my exposure to cold. Digesttbl-
ity OF food materials and conditions
which favor good digestion are essen
tial. Yet it appears that the impor-
ance or the enjoyment Of food to Sc
cure favorable psychic influences has
been considerably overestimatel.
since men forcing themselves for ex-
detrimental purposes to live upon
diet SO monotonous as to be repus-
nant in the extreme digest 1t IN
normal fashion; and similar results
usually obtain with forced feeding
of animals"
How far, under these circumstances.
may we trust our natural instinct
or normal appetite" in the selection
of food? The writer warns us. IN the
first place, that normal or mat
;.-s,. demands are intended for man
In a state Of nature, from which We
have travelled far. Every fat man.
for instance, is an abnormality, and
the punishment for abnormal nutri-
ton is often delayed and comes sud
denly. in the form of disease. Again.
In "a state Of nature" the voluntary
muscles use about IS per cent OF the
bodily energy. In modern man. these
muscles are largely disused- We need
less food. Hunger may be diminish
ed in consequence; but appetite re-
mains, and we overeat.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-02-01

regulated are they to be made just and reason
able. like rates; or in what form shall this
regulation be applied7 Should the railway
employe regard entrance into this service as
the policeman the fireman or the postal clerk,
and sacrifice some portion of his individual IN
dependence in the public interes: and subject
his organized activities to public supervision -
The strike menace will be removed when
railway employees recognize the fact that their
obligation to the public is not less than that OF
men employed by federal, state or municipal
governments. Sooner or later the people will
insist upon transportation service that IS not
subject to interruption pending the settlement
of wage controversies. Refusal of their de-
mand may open the door to government owner
ship Of the railways.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-02-01

Literary Digest: Most persons
would answer the question. why do
we eat?" by replying astutely. BE
cause we are hungry. This is only
a partial answer. according to Miss
Minna C.. Denton of Ohio State uni
versity, who writes on THE Desire OF
Food in Man., in the Scientific
Monthly. Two great motives, ac-
cording to this writer, cooperate to
bring about and maintain the desire
to eat-motives having a different
physioliogic basis and different modes
of action. These motives are hunger
and appetite. Hunger, we are told,
is unpleasant, while appetite is pleas
ant. Hunger is due primarily to con-
traction Of the stomach muscles,
while appetite depends on changes in
its lining membrane and In that of
the mouth. Hunger appears to De
extraordinarily independent OF ca
vironment and education, while appe-
tite is susceptible to the influences
of both. Appetite may induce one. to
eat, even when not particularly hun
cry. The writer goes on
Not all food materials are valu-
able to the body in proportion to the
appeal which they make to the APP
petite. For example, the flavor sub
stances in foods which stimulate the
olfactory and gustatory nerves, and
thus give rise to appetite, are not
ordinarily the substances upon which
the body depends for its fuel. nor for
the great bulk of boiled meat, APP
petite leads US to prefer the broth.
which contains most OF the flavor
bodies except those who may have
escaped into the air with the steam,
but which has practically no nutri-
tive value. unless quite greasy; and
to reject the tasteless meat, which
contains So per cent OF the protein:
very likely we also skim the soup TO
remove most Of the fat, which Is a
highly concentrated form Of fuel.
Besides the fact that not all food
materials are valuable in proportion
to the appeal which they make to the
appetite, we must consider the great
and often irrational variations to
which this faculty is subject No
other bodily sensibility, perhaps, IS
so easily influenced by habits and
customs and conventions. by personal
idiosyncrasy and prejudice, by con-
notating circumstances, by sugges-
ton Of every sort, by the emotional
complexion, of the momentary mood:
none, as a rule, so highly susceptible
OF education. Racial, sectional, re-
ligious, social, family experiences
they all have a vote in determining
my ideas OF what should have to
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-02-01

The Hen.
Washington Star: In this reign OF
high food prices the average city
dweller perhaps holds revised opiIi-
ion of the hen and the roo3te-. Time
was when man not deeply yersed n
matters rustic and bucolic looked
down upon the hen and viewed with
amusement the strut and hauteur Of
the rooster. Perhaps man thought
that the rooster carried himself with
too grand an air for his barnyard
s (. "a Il tii1oini,- cfvwed TOO Ufren and too
loud and affected pride and arrogance
out of due proportion to his worth.
The result as given in the price lists
of chickens and eggs seem to show
that man was wrong and the. rooster
right. The rooster has due reason
to strut and crow and wear a con-
queror's air and the hen has a right
to hcbnob, and also to cluck and
preen with the proudest in the land.
1t is man who should abase himself.
Once men scorned the hens cack.e,
but now they welcome her tuneful
notes with warmer rapture than they
would greet the song Of the nightin-
gale. The little hen. once SO timid
and so humble, IL now more import
ant bird than the goose that laid those
golden eggs!
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-02-01
RECIPE TO DARKEN
GRAY HAIR
This Home Made Mixture Darkens
Gray Hair and Makes II
Soft and Giossy.
To a half pint of water add:

To half pint Of water add:
Bay Rum. - OF.
Barbo Compound. "a small box
Glycerine OF.
These are all simple ingredients
that you can buy from any druggist
at very little cost, and mix them
yourself. Apply to the hair once a
day for two weeks, then once every
other week until all the mixture Is
used
A half pint should be enough to
darken the gray hair, and make 1t
soft and glossy. It Is not sticky or
greasy, and does not rub on. IL
should make gray-haIred person
look 20 years younger.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-02-01
COMPELLING REvULsIoN.

The late Alfred Russell Wallace. co-discover-
er with Darwin of the principle Of natural selec-
ton, commended and seemed to believe to the
day of his death that mankind was not adj
vancing morally but was, if anything, losing
ground. Were this distinguished scientist on
earth today he would find new and powerful
arguments to support his thesis. Contrasting
the present war with wars of the recent past,
would he not find more inhumanlty now, more
defiance of the humanizing conventions adopted
by the nations and supposed to be in force more
frequent recourse to outlawed methods and
more heartless atrocities and purely vengeful
actss
It is true that in wars Of the remoter past
captives were put to the sword or carried away
into slavery; but that was the custom of ages
near to savagery, when the human body, as
there is reason to believe, had no such highly
developed nervous system and was not so sensi-
tized to pain as it is today The conventions
regulating war improved through the ages.
Chivalry did much to rob it of its viciousness
and vengefulness; and coming down to our own
wars as nation we find that wanton cruelty,
heartless ferocity, had practically disappeared.
There was no frighfulness in our revolutionary
war, save that committed by the Indian allies
of the British. Our war of 1872 was honorably
waged according to the usages Of the times;
and in our civil war no authenticated instances
of cruelty, murder or dishonor to any helpless
captive or non-combatant, woman, man or child,
sullies either side. In fact that war was so
conventional, civilized, gentlemanly that the
act of the north the south complained of most
was General Buffers order tina. women Of If New
Orleans who spit on union soldiers should be
presumed to have no social standing.
There is in the present war, however, unde-
niably falling off, lapse, reversion toward
the war methods of primitive man; and while
there are undoubtedly men without fear and
without reproach, there is more that is shock
ing, agonizing, indefensible than in any other
war of modern times. if not Of the christian,
It may be that this is necessary so that, in re-
vulsion from the horrors Of it, mankind will de-
termine that wars shall be no more.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-02-01
OBLIGATION TO THE PUBLIC

Frank Trumbull, chairman Of the railway
executives advisory committee, believes that
all the problems confronting the roads hinge
On the question of regulation, and he says:
"Either the government should free the rail
roads from the artificial limitations placed up
IN their revenues or the government should as
sumo responsibility for the maintenance of
transportation by legislation which adequately
protects the public interests Probably
there is no middle ground, unless it be found
while seeking answers to questions asked by
Mr.. Trumbull in an address before the Eco
nomic club of Washington: eff wages are
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-02-01
IA 6
FOR
DRINKING DRINKING MI MI

We are in earnest when we l
you to give 0rrine trial. You b
nothing to risk and everything
gain, for your money will be
turned II after a trial you fall to
results from Orrine. This offer 81
the wives and mothers OF those \
drink to excess an opportunity 10 i
the Orrine treatment. 1t is u
simple treatment, can be given
the home secretly, without pubic
or loss of time from business.
Orrine is prepared in two for1
No. 1, secret treatment; Orrine
Q. the voluntary treatment. "a
only sl.0O a bottle. Ask US for q
let.
McGrath Bros. Drug Co, cog
Fifth and Man streets.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-02-01

bread, ice cream soda or anything
of the kind on Sunday and every
moving picture show in the state is
closed tight. Thus the Dakota folks
are made to feel. many OF them for
the first time, the majesty Of the
law. All Of which Is humorous from
this distance, but it may have dit
ferent aspect to people Of North
Dakota
However, they have little occasion
for worry. This administrative. e <
pertinent In enforced saintliness will
not last. It Is nothing but q spur.
Normal conditions in Dakota will
doubtless obtain before many Suil-
days.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-02-01
Our useless Hotel Inspector.

Manson Journal: The legislature
of Iowa has an opportunity to cut
the high cost of living by repeating
numDs.- Of useless laws ard abol-
isl,;ns a lot OF useless Offices. One
OF the most useless offices in the
81 ate is the SO called hotel inspector.
The law creating. this cEic. has
ctcsrd up about half the hotels in
Tho small M and put burden on
those that still run that is wholly
unjustified. So far as cleanliness is
concerned, that could be looked after
by the state food inspector. and the
regulations they impose In regard to
other matters are entirely unneces-
sary in small two-story structures.
What is more, no hotel man can be
sure that when he has once complied
With the regulations imposed upon
him he will not be compelled to put
In a complete new outfit when the
next inspector comes along. II the
legislature will abolish the law and
IcI these fellows go to work on the
section It will earn the gratitude OF
The public.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-02-01
DANGER OF TOO MUCH GOLD.

Speaking before gathering of Ohio manu-
facturers at Columbus, Frank 4. Vanderbilt,
president of the National City bank of New
York, warned against what he called CONNER
cial Indigestion which may result after the
war. .'The United States has grown fat
through war orders, and by gorging itself with
gold coin from Europe may later suffer from
commercial Indigestion said Mr.. Vanderlip.
"We must speed up for the after-the- war COM
petition"
Who could wisely wish to live in land
where gold was too abundant We have not
now in mind city with gold paved streets
but lands such as Spain was in the fifteenth GEN.
fury and such as ours may be if get too
much of the rest of the world IS supply Of yellow
metal here
SPANS adventures, pirates, plllagers like
Cortez and Pizarro brought gold back by the
shipIoad. Never before in any land had it
been so plentiful. So many people were opu-
lent and relieved, as they believed, from the
necessity Of labor, that little work done
and the food supply Of the country fell far be-
low the demand. The result was that this era
Iof apparent affluence was followed by cen
turv Of such distress as had never been known.
Gold is worthless unless somebody wants 1t
enough to render some service for it. If we all
of us had our pockets full we should all have
TO wait on ourselves, unless we could buy
somebody's help with something of real value
like bushel of potatoes or bucketfull OF coal
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-02-01
,eeIoo Good In Dakota.

WaterlOO Courier: The newly
elected attorney general OF North Da-
kota has won considerable publicity
for himself by digging out OF tha
statute books and attempting to en-
force the ancient blue laws. He has
made It impossible to buy a news
paper. cigar, Sunday paper. loaf Of
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-02-01
TODAY,s BIT OF VERSE
LET UP A LITTLE WHILE,

LET UP A LITTLE WHILE
Whether you have plenty or just a little pile,
does lot of good to let little while
To kick away shadows of the daily grind and say
To trouble worry and to all Of them-goodday!
3 Let up a little while.
Don't bit smile,
To worry say goodbye
And with laughter in your eye
Forget the busy office
And go out and walk mile!
Some must axle the grindstone won't round
some must blow the whistle won't be sound;
ut when it's always grinding there be trouble after
while
It does a lot of good to let up and take smile:
Let up and take swing
Where the birds know how to sing
Let up a bit and glow
With the beauty life must know
II ii wants leap and grow
And amount to anything!
-Folger Mckinney in Baltimore Sun.