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The courier-index., 1917-07-27

We have installed an auto delivery
service for the convenience of our
patrons. We are on the job from
five o'clock in the morning until the
regular closing hours in the evening.
We will appreciate it if you will con-
tinue to give is your meat orders
early. Well do our level best to sup
ply you with high grade packing
house products. H. B. Schumacher. $50
The courier-index., 1917-07-27

Scoop.
An editor in the Far West drop
ped into church for the first time in
many years. The minister was in
the very heart of the m The
editor listened for a while, and then
rushed to his office.
What are you fellows doing? How
about the news from the seat of
war;"
What news?"
why, all this about the Egyptian
Army being drowned in the Red Sea.
The minister up at the church knows
all about it, and you have not a word
of it in our latest. Bustle around, you
fellows, and get out an extra-special
edition"
The courier-index., 1917-07-27
CO-OperatiOn.

Bursting into the boss private Of
flee, the errand boy, black with rage,
blurted out, THE chief clerk kicked
me this morning for being late. /
amt going to be kicked by no clerk"
The boss, glancing up from his
heap of letters, Numbered back,'"You
don't expect me to do everything my
self, do you?"
The courier-index., 1917-07-27
The Source of Profit

did you make the money you ex-
pected raising chickens?"
"No. After a little experimenting
l decided that the way to make the
money is to raise chicken feed"
The courier-index., 1917-07-27

Mustaches are becoming popular in
the American army because shaving
the lip takes up too much time.
The courier-index., 1917-07-27
Obvious.

Tommy, why were you late to
school this morning." asked the
teacher.
"The bell rang before l arrived"
The courier-index., 1917-07-27

MILLER LUMBER COMPANY
render prompt service.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-12-26

ance with the terms of proposals OF
said companies; that the engineer Is
instructed to investigate the bids
of the General Electric Co., and OF
the Electrical Machinery Co., for
direct connected motors, and to re-
port as to which bid is most favor
able; that the engineer is directed to
investigate the bid Of the Kennedy
Valve Co., In relation to the s Of
vertical cylinders in operation Of
valve; that the engineer design the
pump station to fit the machinery
order and to ~readvertise the plans
and specifications of the pump build
ing; that the engineer be instructed
to obtain prices on pumping ap-
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-12-26
FULTON
LOST MATCH
Referee Gave Decision to Texas Tate
He Claimed That Fulton
Used Foul Tactics and
Forfeited Rights.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Seryice.l
LITTLE ROCK, Ark, Dec. 26.-
Fred Fulton, claimant Of the worlds
heavyweight championship since De.
cember 20, apparently was farther
than ever today from a bout with
Jess Willard. Fulton last night lost
to Harry (Texas) Tate of Nowata,
Okla, in the first round of a sched-
uled ten round bout by a decision Of
Referee Billy Hack. who ruled that
Fulton was using foul tactics.
Early in the first round Hack de-
clared Fulton was striking too low.
Tate's manager asked that the fight
continue. Near the end of the round
Tate was thrown through the ropes
into the crowd. Though the fight
was a no-decision affair. Hack de-
clared afterward that IL 1T were per
missable, he would award the fghc
to Tate.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-12-26
4 PITCHED BALL
TRAVELS SWIFTLY
Expert Say the Little Sphere Goes as
Fast as "a Miles Per Min
ute When TwirIed by a
Professional.
FIGURED BIZ EXPERTS
Swift Work, That, and the Wonder is
That the Ball 10 Hit as Often
as It is-It Sure Goes
Some.

CLEVELAND, Ohio, Dec. 90
When an efficiency expert experts
someone is going to find out some
thing he didn't know before.
Frank @. Gflbreth, efficiency expert
of Providence, R. l., watches ball
games when he isn't figuring out how
TO save a sheet of paper a year for
''the firm" but even on the ball field
he can't help exporting a little, and
he decided to find out how fast a
pitched ball travels.
According to his test the fast ball
of some speed pitchers travels as
fast as "a miles a minute.
Previous experiments in baseball
speed have been conducted along the
line of electric controls. Mr.. Gill
breth devised something entirely
new, and It is probably his work will
be greatly extended.
Behind the catcher he had a black
board measured off in squares. There
was also a clock with one hand
which made six revolutions per sec
ond. Moving pictures of the varf-
Gus stunts were then taken and the
position Of the clock hand on the
blackboard enabled him to count the
time required by noting the differ
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-12-26
HoU HOOVER Got His Start
In Little Loua VILLAGE

boy who had worked his way through
college and faced life with not quite
81 in his pocket.
How did he do 1t?
The old court records which his
guardian makes reports to the execu-
tors of the modest Hoover estate,
tells the tale: Frugal, Industrious, en-
ergetic. Mr.. Hoover lost both his
parents when he was a child All that
was left to him and his little brother
and sister was a house and lot, worth
about $1,000 The property was sold,
and the proceeds used to educate
the three. Young Herbert went to
Salem. Ohio. to live with an uncle,
DR.. Fl. J. Minthorne. His uncle
boarded and clothed the boy without
charge. In November, 1889, this
uncle, who was also the boys guard
ian, applied to the court back in
Iowa for $50 with which young Her
bert might purchase a scholarship in
a business college.
Il think comments the guardian,
IF he had this scholarship he would
make use OF it, and get full benefit
from It,"
When the boy was eighteen, he was
working in q real estate office. and
supporting himself. He decided to
enter Leland Stanford university and
make mechanical engineer a special
ty.
In 1893 comes the following report
from the boys guardian in the court
records: Herbert has made very
good progress in his studies in vaca.
ton, and was credited by the faculty
with six months university work.
He made $65 a month assisting with
a geological survey Of Arkansas"
No loafing in vacation time-frugal.
Industrious, energetic.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-12-26
SUITE r, ILL

Roscoe Rombough and Bennett Seals
visited at Liberty, Ill, recently.
Charles Jenkins and brother Homer
Jenkins were in Quincy Saturday.
Mrs. Emma Duerkopof has returned
from visiting her sister at Washing
ton, III.
The dance at the Suffer hall was
well attended.
Albert Lemons has been on the sick
list.
James Elston and wife Of West
Point visited her mother, Mrs. Ed
Hutchison Sunday.
Ed Alghtide and William Fry were
Quincy callers Saturday.
Sutter school is having a weeks va.
cation. The school presented the
teacher with a nice rug.
Dick Baker of Tioga dug into a pole.
cat den and killed eighteen, seven of
which were black ones.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-12-26
West Branch, Quaker Set
Element, is Home of Food
Dictator and Belgian Re-
lief Head

{, The story of Hoover's early career
IS told in the Des Moines Register
in the following:
Herbert Hoover, the man who now
controls the destinies of millions OF
American citizens from the stand
point OF food, had a boyhood-and 1t
rwas a typical boyhood like so many
of our self made men have had. But
the world sent him out in life and
fame with just s6.97 buried away in
one Of the pockets of a neat but rath-
er threadbare suit. What he lacked
in finances he made up in character,
and, in the handwriting Of his dead
mother, had an abundance on 'frug-
atty, energy and industriousness.'
In the Cedar county court house,
IN Upton, Iowa, near West Branch,
the little Quaker settlement where
Mr.. Hoover was born, those records
are still on file. Mr.. Hoover is a
modest man. He talks little about
himself and what an uphill road no
had to climb in his youth. But these
old records throw an illuminating
Light on the character Of the man
Fwhose name today is a household
word all over America. 1t seems
somehow fitting that the man who
has a big brotherly Y on several
million kitchens in connection with
Uncle Sans determination to win the
war should have been born in the
midst of one Of the richest farming
sections in the United States.
The one story house which was his
first home is still standing in West
Branch, Iowa. Looking round at the
fertile rolling corn fields stretching
on all sides of the town one wonders
If Mr.. Hoover did not think longing
1y of this land OF plenty which was
his birthplace when confronted with
the task of feeding hunger-stricken
Belgium.
It's no wonder that Hoover, big
man that he is, prefers to keep out OF
the limelight. He was born in a
simple, unassuming atmosphere. His
mother was a Quaker preacher and
his father was a blacksmith. Young
Herbert used to run barefoot along
the dusty roads which struggled
through the town. He did a few
chores and went to school and
played with his brother and sister.
When his mother went TO neighboring
towns and country churches to
preach, he stayed with his cousins,
one of whom, George C. Hoover, an
attorney, still lives in West Branch.
The town has changed a good deal
since the man who was destined to
play such a big part in the war
rolled marbles in front Of the general
store. There are cement sidewalks
and electric lights and modern
homes. A few years ago travelling
in his private car, Mr.. Hoover return
ed to West Branch and visited the
little graveyard under the pine trees
where the humble little headstones
mark the resting place of his father
and mother. 1t is part of the Quak-
er faith to carry simplicity even to
~ grave.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-12-26
SPORTS

ence in the position of the hand.
Gilbreth found some exceptionally
fast pitchers, who delivered a ball at
the rate of 2.SS miles per minute. In
that case the batter occupied Q.042
seconds in swinging at the ball. but
the most surprising point is that the
Photographic machine showed that
the batter began to swing on that
fast one when 1t vas 9.24 feet away
from him.
When the mathematics of pitching
are brought home in such forcible
n the wonder is not that there
is so little hitting, but that there is
so much.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-12-26
ILL.,, DEC. 2,

Funeral services Of Charles A
James were held from the Christian
church Sunday afternoon at 2:30 p. m
at which time the capacity Of the
church was taxed with friends WHIT
wished to attend and show their re
spect for Judge James. The services
were conducted by the pastor, e. M
Smith, assisted by Judge G. J. Scofield
music being furnished by q quartette
composed Of c. j. Scofield, Richard
Bray. Mrs. L C. knight and Mrs. Gay
Egbers. The services al the grave
were in charge OF the Masonic order
County Judge E. w. Durham and
the following attorneys acted as pail
bearers: Franklin Hartzell. Clifton ]
iOHarra, j. Paul Califf, Lee Sieben
born, OF Carthage, and Warren H. Orr
of Hamilton.
Judge James was a member of the
Hancock County Bar association, the
II. o. O. F. lodge, the Eastern Star, and
the Masonic lodge, being a SIR knight,
He was past worshipful master and
past commander. being the first com
mander of %Inglevere commentary No.
10. when the same was organized some
ten years ago, and had eve been one
OF the most active workers in his lodge.
Many friends and organizations at
tested their sympathy in beautiful
floral offerings, which covered the cas-
ket and the pulpit.
Those from out OF town attending
the services were: A. NJ. Lawrence,
Mrs. Todd, Miss Gertrude Sammins,
Mrs. Heidbreider of Quincy, and Mrs.
Shepherd of Ursa.
Visiting Masonic brothers were:
Frank Thornber Of Bowen; Chas.
Grassland OF Monmouth; F. NJ. Whit.
comb OF Nauvoo; Walter Rowland and
Newt Byler OF Durham; Floyd Casburn
of Ferris; Will F. Aleshire of Ply.
mouth, and many others.
Many of our soldier boys are on the
streets here to spend Christmas, and
We surely welcome them here.
Lester Mapes, Lawrence Daniels,
Fred Dunsworth and others from Camp
Dodge.
George Miller of Rock Island. is
spending several days with his parents
County Clerk and Mrs. w. E. Miller.
Mr.. and Mrs. John H. Goodrich of
Chicago, arrived Monday morning to
visit his mother and to spend Christ
mas day with his little daughter. Craze
Goodrich at the kimbrough brothers
home In the southeast country.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Scott are spend.
ing Christmas with the lady's mother,
Mrs. Campbell in LaHarpe.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Miller OF Colusa.
were visiting and shoppers to the city
Saturday.
Misses Edna and Ola Huston are
home from their school work for the
holiday vacation with parents, Miss
Ola from Monmouth and Miss Edna
from Iowa.
Miss Ethel Esberry spent Christ.
msa day with her aunt, Mrs. Lizzie
Hendricks of near Plymouth.
Mrs. Anna Jackson. deputy circuit
clerk, is visiting home folks in Nau-
VOC.
/. O. o. F. lodge No. 697 of Monte.
bello. located at Hamilton, has filed
certificate of election OF trustees for
the ensuing year, as Follows: c. p.
Dadant, Lewis Harold. Fl. B. Kinkade.
Fl. s. Hosford and C.. H. Cox. A. d.
Hazen. noble grand and E. F. Dennis,
secretary.
The l. o. o. F. lodge No. II, Of War
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-12-26
Held as Alien Enemy

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.
OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla, Dec. 90
Herman onner, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, is
being held by police on an enemy
alien charge. When arrested in a ho-
tel lobby here last night, Onner per.
sisted he was n~aturalized and that his
papers could be found in his grip.
Search of his possessions, however,
showed he had no papers.
The arrest was said to have been
made on information furnished by de-
partment Of justice agents. Onner
claimed to be q civil engineer.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-12-26
I'd. Bout

DES MONIES, Iowa, Dec. 26.-The
Packsy MicF-arland-Mike Gibbons bout
will be held in Chicago during New
Years week, according to informa,
ton received by John L. Griffith, di-
rector Of athletics at Camp Dodge
The two army boxing instructors will
meet in a bout Of between six and IF
teen rounds, and the entire proceeds
will go to tho gymnasium FUNDS Oh
Camp Macarthur, where Packey is
teaching the boys, and Camp Dodge
where Mike holds forth
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-12-26

60 b oonunued)
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-12-26

Thursday. September 20, 1917.
Boar met pursuant to adjourn
ment. All members present.
In the matter Of the Green BaE
levee and drainage district No. 2,
on motion the board passed a reso-
luton accepting the bid of the
American Well Works of August 6.
1917. to furnish two 42-inch centrt.
fugal pumps for $4,000 net and the
bid of the General Electric Co, to
furnish three transformers for $3.50.
n oil switch for 1896 and one cleo.
trio light transformer for ST., all of
which is to be furnished In accord
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-12-26

IN h4ot1oh II Ooolu pooSSu lOoc
luton appointing Mr.. J. F. Winters
as engineer OF the proposed work on
the A. L. Parsons leyee and drainage
district with bond at $4,000 and en-
ploying Mr.. l.. w. Parsons as foreman
of the proposed work with bond at
$500. Said L. W. Parsons to be paid
at the rate of soc per hour to hire such
mel and teams as are necessary n
to pay not to exceed 45c per hour for
teams and not to exceed 26c per hour
for men.
On motion the board passed the fol-
flowing resolutions. Supervisor Hosier
voting aye, Supervisor Maxwell vot-
ing AVE. and Supervisor DeRosear vot-
ing aye, to-wit:
Whereas, o the 23rd day Of Oc-
tober, 1915. Lee county, Iowa, filed a
bill for the maintenance Of one John
G. Boiler at the state hospital at
Mount Pleasant, and
Whereas, the expense to said county
on account of such maintenance was
the sum Of $1,000, and
Whereas, the said John G.. Beiler is
now deceased, and representatives of
his said estate are prepared to pay said
county the sum of $3.50 in full settle
ment OF said claim;
Be 1t resolved, that such settlement
be and it is hereby approved, and the
county attorney is hereby authorized
and directed to make settlement in
full for $4,000. and to execute such re-
lease as may be necessary.
Whereas the track of the Atchison,
Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Com
pany and the highway running east
and west along the north line of sec
ton II, township Sc. north range 6
west, Lee county, Iowa, now intersects
and crosses each other at a point on
the north line of said section IT,
And whereas the track Of the
IAtchison. Topeka & Santa Fe Rail-
way Company, and the highway run
ming north and south from the middle
of the north line of said section II
through said section II, crosses and
intersects each other in said section
II. And whereas the board of super
visors Of Lee county. Iowa, believe
that said crossings should be changed
and claim said highways across said
railroad tracks should be vacated and
relocated for the safety Of the public
using such highways.
And whereas the said board of sup
ervisors OF Lee county, Iowa, and the
Atchison. Topeka e. Santa Fe Railway
Company have agreed upon a change
of said crossings and a relocation of
said highways for the safety of the
public using such highways,
Therefore be It resolved that the fol
lowing described portion Of the high
way running east and west along the
north line of said section II be vacat-
ed, to-wit: Commencing where the
said highway running east and west
along the north line of said section II,
intersects the highway running north
and south through the middle part OF
said section II, and running thence
east from said intersection $50 feet. to
the south line of the right-of-way Of
the said Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
Railway Company,
And be it further resolved that the
following described portion Of the
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-12-26

Iowa Telephone Co.. telephone
rent and tolls, X. ......... "a. 81
Pechstein Iron Works. repair
j, K. 1877
Lutz q Stahl. stationery -. $3.50
Keokuk Printing Co., same. 300
Hammond & Stephens Co,
stationery SO. 32
Engineering News Record,
advertising pumping sta
ton lao
Gem City Pub. Co.. stationery
and pub. proc. B. of So. "A 80
II. 3. Miller, repair typewriter liz. rs
Merchant Calculating Mch.,
calculating machine, court
house. Fort Madison ESQ 90
q. j.. Forman, reminding CO.
records 2s2 so
Fred Hammer, refund taxes,
account error ............ 2.10
keokuk Service Station, liv-
cry 3. Of S. $3.50
a.. L. Parsons, Int. on war
rants in matter If A. L.
Parsons levee and drain.
age distr1ct .............. 77.07
Ja.nerine ndn same $3.50. 74.71
JoIh Esan, ct al. same ....... 25.54
aale Esan, ct al, same $3.50. 47.38
j. p. Dickson, same n OK
w. =. WYATT, same ........... 20. 80
w. n. WYATT, trustee, same !. $40
Frances B. Simms, same 8.63
Alice Ffnerty, Sol. Rel. X,
september ............. 1874 90
Aug. Soechtig, same, Fort
Madison 1873 .35
j. H. Slingerland, same. Mont
iOSe /. IN M
l. Hosier, salary, etc, county
supervisor ....... ....... 150. 90
". -. maxwell. same ......... III 30
Jonn DeRosear, same .... 1O4. so
On motion the report of ]. 3. Wat
kins, deputy sheriff, for the quarter
ending Sept. Goth, 1917, was approved
and ordered filed.
On motion the report of Geo. Rol-
lett, superintendent OF the poor In
Fort Madison, for the quarter ending
Sept. 80. 1917, was approved and or.
dered filed.
On motion the report Of R. H. Hart,
superintendent Of the Lee county
nome M hospital for the insane for
the month Of September, 1917, was
approved and ordered fled.
In the matter OF the Green Bay
Leyee and Drainage District No. 2.
the board passed a resolution assess
ing the lands of the Mississippi River
Power Company for benefits on ac-
count of change in the levee: a reso-
luton approving voucher NO. SO in the
amount OF $1,15S.00 in favor Of No
mund T. Perkins, engineer, and ouch
ers No. "a, No. 35 and No. SO in the
amount of $12,0S3.61 In favor OF r. H.
= 9. A. McWilliams, contractors. end
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City News in Brief

HOBART BAKER. Princeton football,
baseball, hockey and track athlete, who has
been commissioned second lieutenant in
the army aviation service has been assigned
to the Essington Aviation School as in
structor. His homo is at 34S Landrillo
road, Cynwyd
SEVENTEEN THOUSAND backyard
gardens and thirty-nNe acres planted with
truck products are under cultivation by
Philadelphia school children Tn'7 is the
result shown in a canvass made by Miss
Care Miller supervisor Of the school gar
den work, and her assistants
BABY CARRIAGES are needed by the
Children's Aid Society, il9 South Fifteenth
street, an appeal by the society announces
II is urged that families having carriages
not in use get iu touch with the orGaniza-
tion, which will pay transportation charges
on carriages donated. Il necessary.
BLAZING BURLAP BAGS were thrown
out Of a first floor window by a watchman
at the c. f. Simonins Sons oil and chemical
plant, TioEa and Cleariicld streets. early TO-.
day, and probably prevented a serious fire.
Tho watchman discovered the smoldering
bags, turned in an alarm and then hurled
them out a window. The loss was small
PROVOST SMITH house fund, TO buy
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TIOGA CHORAL SOCIETY
EXCELS IN "ST. PAUL"
Mendelssohn's Oratorio Presented in
Excellent Manner by Uptown
Organization

Inc Tloga Choral Society has added 10 It's
IduIels ana given fresh proof Of it's enter
prise by an admirable presentation Of Felix
Mendelssohn Bartholdy's est Paul" one
OF the outstanding works of its class that
the nineteenth century has added to tho
repertorium Of great music. The presontn-
uon was given last night in st Paurs
Church, Broad and Nenango streets James
u. Hartzoll was the musical director Of
the enterprisingly ambitious choir and had
IN addition TO his vocal forces a section Of
me Philadelphia Orchestra for the accom-
paniments.
since its foundation the Tioga Choral has
dohe much home missionary work in spi cad
ing the gospel Of good music Oratorios
nave been sung, artists introduced as solo
lsts' and miscellaneous programs of artistic
worth and educational value brought before
an extensive residential section The i'm
portant work Of the various neighborhood
musical organizations can hardly be over
estimated. They have social value in
promoting community and civic spirit in
their districts, they furnish first-haad
knowledge Of the technical phases Of vocal
and choral music to their members they
afford opportunity, incentive or inspiration
FOR dwellcrs within their zone to come TO
concerts and they inspire and develop in.
terest in music which leads to support of
the Philadelphia Orchestra, the capstone Of
local music
It can be said at once that the members
OF Tioga Choral Society sing very well, with
abundant volume and excellent quality Of
tone and with attention tc, details of vocal
light and shade. Mr. Hartzell has drilled
his forces well and they were able, under
his capable conductorship, to give proper
effects TO the broad, flowing choruses of
Mendelssohn
Mrs. Hotz'5 crystalline tones, alght with
multi-colored hues, were a delight in the
hearing again, and Bessie Leonard the
contralto, added a rich suave voice to the
solo quartet This was completed by Henry
Merriken, tenor, and Donald Redding, bari
tone, two efficient singers, more familiar
here in concert and recital programs, but
with real talents for oratoro the talents of
reverent rendition, clean-cut diCtion and
cooperation with the chorus. W. r. NJ
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at the Pennsylvania Hospital, where the
body was taken before & was removed to-
the MOrgue.