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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-01-09
THE NAUVOO GATE CITY
Continued from page g.

forepart Of the week. For a town
the size of Nauyoo, with a second
class postofifce and two rural routes
branching from it, it has the rotten
est mail service in the winter months
than almost any other town on the
face of the globe. Some arrange
ments ought to be made to send for
our mails to the Keokuk or Ft.
Madison depots in the winter season.
The Nauvoo banks have given
away some nice and convenient wall
calendars for the year 1918.
Nauvoo citil war veterans and one
Spanish war soldier here received
their quarterly pension vouchers the
first part of the week.
Nauvoo has a professional "snipe
shooter" He walks along the outer
edge of the sidewalks in the bust
ness district and loafs around some
business houses and picks up every
cigar stub he casts his optics upon.
Nauvoo is getting more metropolitan
in appearance every day.
Mr.. Adam Harmon, an old Nauvoo
resident, is lying very low at his
home here and his recovery is a
matter of some doubt. The gentleman
is Sc years of age.
A federal income tax officer will
be sent to Hancock county and to
Nauvoo soon. How many income tax
PAYERS will there be in Nauvoo? If
you can guess how many married
persons living with wife or husband
will have net incomes of $4,000 or
over and how many unmarried per-
sons will have net incomes of $1,000
or over this year, then you know
Whether you see the income tax man
or not, you must make return if sub
ject to the tax.
Several old horses have met their
death in Nauvoo this winter, but
were not used to supply our people
with horse meat. These animals
became too old for use and had to
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-01-09

be shot when they got down and out.
VIM. ]. Singleton of Quincy, came
up to Nauvoo and attended the meet
ing of the State bank officials.
Our first war time Christmas and
New Years festivities are over and
the college and boarding school
girls and boys have departed, the
schools in Nauvoo have resumed
their sessions, women have gottan
back once more in the routine of
their war work and the world has
again assumed it's more serious mien
not that the Nauvoo women were
lax in their war activities and shirk.
ed the responsibilities, but more re-
taxation was evidenced than has been
afforded them since our entrance
into the world struggle.
The Nauvoo State bank stockhold-
ers held a meeting in the rear rooms
of the institutions building Tuesday
morning. At the noon hour the
stockholders and officials went to
Bergers Delmonico restaurant where
they enjoyed a fine banquet at the
noon hour
The SHOWS that fell in Nauvoo now
have reached the number of eighteen
this winter The first snow fell on
the 22nd day of October and an old
saying was that on whatever date
the first snow fall occurred, just that
many or more snowfalls would occur
during the winter months in which
section of the countryS they fell. 1t
is nearing the proving mark in Maui
VOC.
Mrs. c. r. Montgomery Of Nauvoo
visited her parents in Hamilton last
week
Mrs Ben Koechli has returned to
Nauvoo afetr a pleasant visit with
relatives in Jacksonville, I'll, last
week.
A county organization of Odd Eel
lows was perfected in Carthage last
Thursday.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-01-09
$419.S4
Put Balance on Note

Put Balance on Note.
1t was decided to apply the bal
ance of 500 on the note which is
being carried.
A request was submitted for fifty
loads of crushed rock for repairs on
the Des Moines valley road. The
supervisors in charge of this work
will haul the rock if it can be Sc
cured. The club referred the re-
quest to its good roads committee.
The celebration committee was
continued on vote OF the club
The organization of the Lee county
farm bureau association was pre-
sented by e. F. Renaud who explain
ed the idea. The appropriation of
the food conservation bill carries
with it the salary of the county farm
agent The guaranty of 200 interest
ed people behind the movement is
asked. and 1t is believed that it will
be easy to secure more than that
number here. The association aims
were, explained by Mr. Renaud, and
It was decided to appoint a commit
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-01-09
CLUB SAYS JUSTICE
MUST BE IT'S HEAD
overrules His Request to Retire to
the Ranks and Reflects All
the Present
Officers.
REPORTS ARE GIVEN
Success Of the Club is Due to the Co
operation, President Says
in His Annual
/ Report.
REPORTS ARE GIVEN

NJ e. Justice was reelected presi-
dent of the Commercial club at the
annual meeting held last evening.
Although he begged the members to
allow him to retire, the club refused
to listen to him, and even threatened
to resort to parliamentary blackmail
and to refuse to hold an election, and
thus make him hold over until his
successor is chosen. All of the other
officers were reelected. These in
clude c. w. Durrett, vice president;
James M. Fulton, secretary, and
George d. Baur, treasurer. The sug-
gestion was made that the constitu
ton be amended to admit of having
three vice presidents, and the sec
rotary was empowered to employ an
assistant to help him in collections
wherever the press of other duties
made it necessary.
The Keokuk Commercial club will
be the name of the new organiza-
ton. This was decided on and a
resolution offered by the club. The
resolution will be published and the
necessary legal steps taken to change
the incorporation papers.
E. F. Renaud nominated M. E..
Justice for president, who immedi-
ately declined. He said he had the
office for three years and he thought
the club would be better for a
change. He asked the members to
consider that he had made the re-
quest in a spirit of sincerity, and
that business affairs would make it
a burden on him to accept. After
considerable talking the burden Of
which was that Mr.. Justice must
serve, Frank R. Bulman suggested
dispensing with the election and hay-
ing Mr.. Justice hold over until his
successor was appointed.
This sort of parliamentary black
mail might have succeeded, but it
was decided to elect the other off,
GERS, and B. F. Smiths motion to
cast the ballot of the club for all
of the present officers, was unani-
mously adopted. With such unani-
nifty of sentiment, and the fact that
the club has promised to let him
go after another year, it is believed
that President Justice will accept the
burden for another year.
Two directors were elected to sue
coed Jacob Schouten and G.. Arthur
Kiedaisch They are B. F. Smith
and ]. w. Winger.
Reports for Year.
President Justice submitted his re-
port for the year Meetings were
held every month, and there were
four held out of town, one at War
saw in May, at Argyle in June, at
Montrose July and at Wayland in
August Two Dollar days were held,
on April 20 and September 20. The
club has investigated trade condi-
tons; 1t has been instrumental in
having three main roads into Keo-
kuk oiled. These are the Des Moines
river road, the river drive and the
Main street road. Money was also
raised for the repair Of the Alexan-
dria road. The club also aided the
chautauqua and promoted a farmers
picnic. Mr.. Justice classed it as the
best organization in the city, and
gave the reason as its cooperation
The treasurer's report was sub
mitted by George d. Baur as follows:
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-01-09
Shoe STYLES are Extensive.
See What YOU save.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service
CHICAGO, Jan. 9.-The high cost
of shoes is all wrong-it's the high
cost of styles.
you can get shoes for So, 81 and
SIS that are better and will wear
longer than $40 and s25 shoes, and
the best boots for women cost S.
and SO, declared delegates to the
National Retail Shoe Dealers asso-
citation convention today. styles is
what people crave and they pay for
it,
Women's shoes next fall will come
in all shades, sizes, shapes-and
prices Manufacturers exhibited foot
wear for women from $40 to $50, at
wholesale prices. Greens. puppies,
lavendars and combinations will be
the fashions.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-01-09
Conservation Program Demanded BY Commercial Club
MIST SAVE DUR FOOD Or ALL
/ OTHER SACRIFICES ARE VAIN

sugar barrel. The food admtniStra.
ton says that sixty pounds Of sugar
is sufficient for America per capita
population. II after supplying our al
lies there is any left we can send it
to the neutrals. This reduction from
102 pounds to sixty will not be volun
tary. The food administration is
making it compulsory. The sooner
we adjust ourselves to this idea. the
better it will be for us. The candy
manufacturers of the country use but
eighty per cent, and they will be re
duced still more this year. The bak-
ers use eighteen per cent and we use
the rest. ~
See What YOU Save. ~
If you will save one ounce Of sugar
per day and all the members Of your
family do so, you will save 1.1S5,000
tons of sugar which will be available
for next year.
'If you will save one pound of
wheat flour per week, you will save
1873, 0O0,0 bushels.
"Cne-fourth of pound Of meat
saved daily, means 100000 meat ami
NAL saved.
"One-third of an ounce of fat, and
this means butter, lard and bacon
drippings. means $4,000 tons of fats
each year.
Mr.. Brown urged the making of
sacrifices because of the urgency of
the need, and emphasized the fact
that without food in sufficient guam
titles to sustain them the other sacri-
fees America is making would be in
vain. He emphasized the fact that it
did not mean starving ourselves or
failure to keep proper nutrition of our
bodies, but that it meant cutting down
nation of eaters.
"A vote of thanks was rendered Mr..
Brown for his excellent talk.
Best Bano in Iowa.
The other guest of the evening
was w. H Bower, the new leader OF
the Keokuk concert band. Mr.. Bow
er spoke very briefly to the club
members of the band organization.
He said he did not come to solicit
anything but the good will of the or
ganization. He hoped that he would
have that, he said.
with the material which we have
here" Mr.. Bower said, II can safely
promise you the best band il Iowa.
A band is splendid asset to any city.
An organization such as we hope to
make of the Keokuk concert band will
be a great asset. hope that can
have the best wishes and the good
will of the organization. l feel I have
it and assure you that we will have
the best band in Iowa"
Mr.. Bower had to leave to conduct
band rehearsal, but he was given
quite a welcome by the members.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-01-09
h. G. Brown Wakes CONNER
cial Club to the Fact That
America Must Feed It's
Allies and Soldiers.
IAN EASY THING TO DO.
w. H. Bower, New Leader of
Keokuk Band, Tells Club
Keokuk Will Have Best
Band in Iowa.

Save one pound Of wheat flour per
veek and you will save $4,000, 900
bushels per year. This is to be saved
II the three meals on Wheatless day,
"Wednesday, and at one meal every
pther day in the week, making nine
all. A half teacup saved each day
would be the average.
onefourth pound Of meat saved
saIIy means 100000 meat animals
saved yearly.
one-third ounce of fat saved daily
means 395 900 tons of fat yearly.
One ounce Of sugar daily means H.
185 900 tons saved each year.
Food Conservation was the subject
bf short but to the point talk given
by H, C. Brown. Mr.. Brown said that
food conservation is big enough to
have in your heart at this time. Prob
ably every man present had con-
tributed to the Red Cross. Red Tri-
angle. x. C. funds, or had purchased
Liberty bonds, he said.
'But all your money, all your blood,
all your sacrifices are in vain, unless
you save food and make it possible to
give it to our allies. II you keep food,
you can't give it away, but il you save
It you make it possible. to supply our
allies. There are four items of vital
Importance, wheat and wheat prod
ncts; beef, fats. and sugar. And un-
less you save on these, all of your
other gifts will have been in vain.
n s'The government is requesting you
10 give UP wheat and its products for
pne day a week at three meals, and
It one meal every other day in the
week, making nine meals in all. We
have used UP our normal consump-
lion of wheat, so that what we give to
Dur allies, we must give through saw
Ing at home.
III you give up meat one day each
pr day in the week, making nine in
Rll you will save four million meat
3nimals. For our allies to get beef
Re must save from our own stores.
they are asking us to make Satur-
ay porkless day. This is to con-
erve the fats, which are used in the
nanusacture of explosives.
4
u Needless Waste Of Sugar.
THE other product is sugar. On
fvery table we see sugar. There is
ugar here tonight on these tables.
Ghich | think is a mistake. 1t should
ot be put here for indiscriminate
se. We should do as they do in the
asst. Keep it off the tables, and if
ou want any you ask for one lump
Il one spoonful. Don't throw four or
I've Jumps in your cup of coffee and
len have most of it scraped out of
ne cup by the maid when she washes
oour dishes.
France last year fought on eleven
POUNDS Of sugar per capita; America
tsed 1902 pounds and England TWEEN
Ey.six pounds. The world, outside Of
germany and Austria, must look to
Rmeriea, the beet crops Of this coun-
~ and of Hawaiia and the cane fields
Cuba for it's sugar.
instead of France existing on
ieven pounds of sugar this year, she
Kih get sixty pounds out of your
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-01-09
Resolution offered.

tee from the club to arrange for the
attendance of a delegation from the
club at the Lee county institute at
Donnellson.
The secretary was authorized, also
to put up in prominent stores the
advertisement of the free rest room
at the Y. w. G. A.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-01-09
ENFORCE UHEATLESS DAY
COMMERCIAL CLUB PLAN

do something along this line, and as he
was grocer and handled breadstuffs,
he felt that he was in order when he
introduced this resolution. The resolu-
ton was seconded by j. j. Chapman
and was passed by a rising vote.
Later in the evening a little discus
sion arose on the subject, and the
Commercial club decided to take even
more drastic steps to secure enforce
ment OF wheatless day. Jacob Schou-
ten said that at meeting of bakers
two weeks ago, Representative of the
food administration at Burlington told
the bakers that wheatless day meant
really, less wheat He said that the in
depreciation by this man was that any
thing that used less wheat was wheat
less. However, he said that his bak-
cry was willing to do anything to COM
ply with the regulations or with the
action of the club.
Hubert Schouten was asked about
the sales in the city Of white bread on
Wednesdays. He said In Keol1uk there
is very little less white bread sold on
Wednesdays. Out on the road, how
ever, they had lots Of cancellations of
white bread orders and rye was sub
stituted Rye was sold in greater
quantities here wheatless days, as was
also graham, but there was no really
perceptible falling off in white bread
sales.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-01-09
Organization of Retail Men of
City Last Evening Takes
Step Towards Saving
for the Allies.
RESOLUTION IS ADOPTED
This Provides for No Sale Of
Wheat Breads on Wednes-
days-To Make Cam
paign of Education.
RovANE,s RESOLUTION.

Resolved that 1t is the sense of this
body to get behind ouf soldier boys
and our government, and demand OF
all the bakeries and retailers of bread
In the city Of keokuk that they will
not sell or offer for sale any bread
known as white bread on any We'd
nesday during the war, this request to
take effect ON and after the first Tues
day of February, 1915 and to continue
until peace is declared by these Unit
ed States.
Be it further resolved, that we send
a copy Of these resolutions to the In
dustral association, the Retail Mer-
chan's association and to the city COM
missioners requesting their co-opera-
ton in this resolution.
keokuk people are not observing
wheatless day, according to figures
submitted to the keokuk Commercial
club last night, and the members i'm
mediateiy took action to bring the i'm
portance Of this observance before the
people OF the city, and to force public
opinion to the point where people will
realize that they are performing a
patriotic duty by saving wheat flour
in order that our allies and our soldiers
may have sufficient for their needs.
The resolution to prevent the sale or
offering for sale of white bread on
Wednesdays was offered by John w.
Rovane, ST., and was adopted by the
club. Figures offered by Hubert
Schouten of Schouten's bakery showed
that there was little decrease in the
city in the sale of white bread on We'd
nesdays although their out of town
customers were observing the day
more generally, judging from cancel
lation of orders. Jacob Schouten said
he was ready to do anything possible
to comply with the regulations, which
brought an ovation from the merchants
assembled. Others who spoke said
that it would be necessary to start
with the individuals, and newspaper
cooperation twill be asked in this pro-
posed campaign of education.
Resolution Offered.
The resolution by Mr. Rovane was
offered at the close of the talk by H.
G. Brown on conservation Of food, Mr..
Rovane said that he thought the time
had come for some action. Patriotic
men like Mr. Brown and others were
taking their time in campaign of edu-
cation and trying to adjust their bust
mess to the changed conditions and fol-
low the regulations of the food admin
istration. He felt it was time now to
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-01-09
puke is In Washington.

limited Press Leased Wire Service.]
WASHINGTON, Jan. 9.-The duke
of Devonshire, governor general of
Canada, accompanied by the duchess
of Devonshire, has arrived in Wash
ington to pay call OF courtesy to
Preside lent Wilson.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-01-09
Must BE Reminted.

st. Paul Pioneer Press: Time may
be money, but the average citizen feels
called upon to spend considerable eff
fort in getting it worked into a form
that will be accepted by the coal man
and the grocer.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-01-09
People Less Patriotic

The newspapers ought to put in big
headlines that Keokuk people are less
petriotic than people in other places
in regard to this matter" one Of the
merchants commented.
Mr. Schouten suggested that cutting
off white bread by the bakers would
tend to make individuals bake white
bread themselves, or to lay in supply
Tuesdays.
H. c. Brown said that was true. That
individuals would go down to the sta
ton Tuesday waving four or five flags
and shouting themselves hoarse for the
soldiers, and then would hurry up to
bakery and lay in a supply of white
bread for Wednesday. He agreed with
MIR. Schouten that the brakes must go
on on Tuesday.
1t was suggested that in some way
the housekeepers must be curbed, II
the bakers are forbidden to sell wheat
bread
President Justice said that things
of this sort begin at home and rest
with the individual and he thought 1t
should be made matter of individual
patriotic duty.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-01-09

Columbia Record: United we
stand; divided we crawl around and
earn an indemnity for Germany.
Save for the next bond issue.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-01-09

a year, and Of this the United States
produces almost one half.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-01-09

The earning value OF ship is now
from $4O0 to $500 day.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-01-09
Committee is Named.

Mr.. Ingle moved the appointment
of a committee ito take the matter UP
with both fists and jump into 1t with
both feet" as he expressed it. He
said that 1t should be made so uncom-
Portable for the unpatriotic housewife
who baked wheat bread in order to
have it on wheat1ess day. that she
wouldn't want to face the ridicule and
iibes of her friends. q
I. R. Carlson suggested using the
newspapers in the campaign, and in
sorting city briefs Mondays and Tues
days to remind people of wheatless
days.
G. A. Sears suggested using the
stringer on the front page to remind
people of their duty.
The Ad club will take up this news
paper cooperation. President Justice
named Henry Duncan and j. w.
Winger as the committee to put the
wheatless day proposition through.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-03-15
THE RAIDS ON GERMANY.

Whether Germany intends to be guided in it's aerial warfare by the amount of damage and terror that the allies arc causing in German cities by giving Germany a taste of it's own medicine can only be judged by the continuation or decline. of such opera tions, but it cannot help being evident that that country is feeling the effects of the raiding operations of the entente airnen.
 This is perhaps no better disclosed than by the reports from German cities to the effect that industries and the peo- pie were badly upset for a period of three days in the city of Mannheim, following one of the raids, and by the statements of the allies to the effect that within period of a few days ex- plosives to the amount of nearly 40 tons were dropped on intuition fac 1 tories, stations, ammunition dumps and cities by their airmen, to say nothing of the raids where the amount of bombs used was not mentioned.
 This if nothing else ought to make it apparent to the German people that they are getting the effects of the operations of their own government Had Germany not branched out into this method of warfare, which is 8 di- rect violation of the prescribed rules of war, it would not be subjected tc such attacks except at fortified points and the non -combatants would not he feeling the effects of assaults which iu many instances are of little or nc military advantage. If Germany like, payment in it's own coin it is to bc expected that the raids will be con. tinued but it can be appreciated tha there will be no let up on the part O the allies as long as the operations O the German government continue.