The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-06-14
send back that rubber collar l loaned
you, Tom?"

send back that rubber collar 1 loaned
you, Tom?"
"The best business man in the
country today is the one who works
for twenty or thirty dollars a week,
has wife and four or five babies
and keeps up his home" said the gov
ernor, today in his room at the Ho-
tel Iowa. IF the same principles
used by this man were employed in
big business, there would be some
mighty large fortunes made"
Oscar Thorson of Des Moines is the
travelling companion of Governor Hard
ing these days and serves the execu-
tive as a body-guard Mr. Thorson
came. to Keokuk today with the COVER
nor. There are some folks who
would like to get crack at my scalf, =
said Governor Harding, $50 l don't
| travel alone any more"
There aren't9a any soldier boys in the
governors family. but he has very
charming little daughter, Barbara,
who will be Red Cross nurse, some
day, perhaps. The governors daugh-
ter is of kindergarten age Her uncle,
Walter Harding OF Sioux City, who
Is an expert with the needle, makes
a great many of the frills for the lit
tie lady's wardrobe. The governors
brother is an architect
There are callers and callers at the
Office of the governor in the state
house. One day recently an old fell
low OF the ruralist type. umbrella go
fashes spectacles. bandana handker-
chief and everything, walked into the
reception room. ''Wanta see the gov
ernor," he announced what do you
wish to see him about?" asked Chas.
d. Witt, the governors secretary. "Oh,
just wanta see him and shake hands,"
said the visitor. Mr. Witt was gone
moment. When he returned, the gov
ernor was at his elbow. The man
from Podunk was given several min
utes to tell about crops and things
and when he left he glowed with
pride because he had met the govern
or.
Ever since Germany opened her
reign of terror, Governor Harding has
kaiser, but he grew more so after he
made visit to Deming, N. M, where
Camp Cody is established, several
months ago. When he returned to the
capital he announced shortly and to
the point that: iowa will have to get
down to the business of winning this
war and cut out the tomfoolery." The
writer was present at a meeting OF
the Iowa council of National Defense
one afternoon when the governor took
up the cudgel against anything that
interferes with the prosecution of the
war. Lets quit organizing such
silly things as the blue cross and
other things Of that nature during the
war at least" he said. Great Lord
Imagine anyone wanting to organize
a blue cross for the care of cats
and dogs during war times, while
our boys are dying in the trenches"
he said
If you have an idea that the COVER
nor isn't earning his paltry IS 900 this
year glance at his program for sew
eral days past and few days In the
future. Wednesday of this week he
addressed a labor meeting in Chicago, !
Thursday he spoke in Mason City at |
the annual meeting of the Iowa State !
Federation of Labor, today he appears
in Keokuk for two addresses, Satur- !
day he will address a farmers meet !
ing at Kalone, Iowa, and Saturday |
night he will start for Washington. /
ID. c., with Charles Webster, state
fuel administrator, to appear before