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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-01-14
SYRUP OF FIGS
. FOR GROSS, SICK,
FEVER|SH CH|l
If LITTLE STOMACH is som
LIVER TORPID OF BOWELS
CLOGGED.

Mothers can rest easy after givin,
California Syrup of Figs" becau,
in few hours all the clogged.u,
waste, sour bile and fermenting foo
gently moves out of the bowels. an,
you have a well. playful child again
Children simply will not take N
time from play to empty thel
bowels. and they become tightl
packed. liver gets sluggish and sto1
ach disordered.
When cross, feverish, restless. al
IL tongue is coated, then give I'M
delicious fruit laxative" Childre]
love it, and it can not cause injurj
No difference what ails your it'll
one-if full Of cold, or sore throal
diarrhoea, stomach-ache, bad breatI
remember, gentle INSIDE cleanl
ing should always be the first tresl
ment given. Full directions ID
babies, children of. all ages adj
grown-ups are printed on each BOTH
Beware of counterfeit fig syrupl
Ask your druggist for bottle !
California Syrup of Figs" then lodi
carefully and see that 1t is made y
the California Fig Syrup Company]
We make no smaller size. Hand bad
with contempt any other fig SYRUP
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-01-14
THE OPEN DOOR.

The Nation: California fruit.
growers want more labor, and they
don't mind If that labor is Chinese!
This is the news that comes from
the state which in days past has
been willing to bring the country to
the verge of war in order to make
the exclusion of oriental labor from
it's farms and vineyards absolute At
the annual meeting of the California
fruit-growers at Sacramento, a reso.
luton was passed urging the federal
government to permit the introduc.
ton of sufficient Chinese or other
farm labor" Naturally, this was
advocated only as "a war measure .
and there was talk of the ease with
which the Chinese could be ode
ported" after the emergency had
passed. But all this does not dis
guise the fact that California is
ready to abandon it's old position of
furious opposition to the immigra.
ton of Chinese 1aborers-and pre-
sumably of Japanese also-when
even a temporary self-interest die
tates that course.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-01-14
NOTICE..

Notice is hereby given that at
meeting OF the stockholders of 7
/ fiuiskamp Brothers company, held
December 10th, 1917, the articles
incorporation of said company wa
amended by providing that in additI
to the common stock of said compa
/ there shall be Two Hundred Thousa
Dollars Of preferred stock. divided
to shares of one hundred dollars ea3
Said preferred stock shall be paid
only in cash and shall not be iss1
until the corporation has received 4
face value thereof in cash. Said 4
ferred stock, not to exceed two h
dred thousand dollars, shall be issv|
at such times and in such amounts
shall be determined by the board
directors. The said preferred STD
shall draw four per cent annual din
end and shall be preferred as to q
idends and as to assets, the compa1
reserving the right to retire the B
ferred stock at par at any time. y
record of said amendment has be
fled in the Office of the recorder OF J
county, Iowa at Keokuk, in incorp4
alton record book 5. page 1870; =
said record has also been filed in
office of the Secretary of State
Iowa, at Des Moines.
Signed December %. 1917.
THE HUSBAND BROTHERS CO
PANY.
BY Henry w. Huiskamp as its PIT
dent.
And by Leonard Matless, as its
Rotary and treasurer.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-01-14
Voice Of the People

The Gate City does not assume re
sponsihlity for views expressed BY
correspondents. Writers OF communi.
cations must furnish their names
not necessarily for publication. but
for the information Of the cditoi..1
where The Gate City Stands"
To the Editor of The Gate City:
/ have read your editorial under
the heading, Where The Gate City
Stands" and / congratulate you up.
on your patriotic spirit The Gate
City has always been patriotic.
had the honor of setting type on The
Gate City In the spring OF ga and
throwing the Constitution into the
Mississippi was fresh gossip when
was in Keokuk. 1t was my first ex.
perience away from home and my
first experience as a typsetter by the
piece. The first week l made sew.
enteen dollars and something, and
never had received over two dollars
and a half a week before in my life
and / didn't know what to do with
the money. l kept seven dollars and
sent my mother ten dollars. But
didn't intend to reminisce.
We are in a great war and the
country needs The Gate City. You
are telling the Prussian where to
head in and / hope you may keep 1t
up. This country cannot exist hall
Prussian and half free, to paraphrase
the words of Lincoln.
LAFAYETTE YOUNG,
Chairman of the Iowa
Council of National Defense.
Des Moines, Iowa, Jan. II, 1918.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-01-14
SOME THINGS
TO BE TAUGHT
Cleveland MoffeIt Tells Teachers What
They Should Do to Make Chill
dren Pat
rlotic.

Cleveland Moffett believes that pub
lie school teachers have definite
patriotic duty to perform in their daily
work and has written a creed for their
use which contains the following:
1, teach my pupils that their duty
lis first, last and all the time, to be
loyal to the president of the United
States, loyal to the military policy of
the United States.
2. teach my pupils that when Ger
many sank the Lusitania, she sank her
right to be treated as a civilized ma
ton
3. teach my pupils that there is
one thing in the world worse than a
German enemy and that is an Ameri-
can traitor, an American coward, an
American Stacker, an American pa
Icitist. l teach them that reasonable
Iutterances, spoken or written, are as
dangerous to the republic as armed
attack and must be punished by law
and by the force of outraged public
opinion.
4. teach my pupils that a prema-
'ture peace would be world disaster;
that we are fighting war for liberty
against German tyranny, and that hav-
ing drawn the sword in a just cause,
We must never sheathe it until Ger
many has been conquered, punished
and made to pay for her crimes.
5. ! teach my pupils that they must
defend with all their strength our pre-
cious heritage of American liberty, and
must be ready and glad to do their
part in universal military training.
6. l teach my pupils that this war
has ceased to be fight and has be.
come a great world religion, religion
of democracy, that we must be ready
to die for, IL need be, so that our chill
dren may live and be free. l inculcate
in my pupils faith that the American
people will dedicate their lives and
substance to these great ends, invok-
ing the spirit of our fathers and the
blessing of the God who never forsakes
a righteous cause
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-01-14
General Wood Did II.

New York Times: General Leonard
Wood cut red tape with shining
shears when he bought 10000 over
alls for his men at Fort Funston,
who had no toys to work in because
none had been supplied by the quar-
termaster general. That colonel COM
handing at Fort Ethan Allen who
seized several thousand pairs of
blankets at Winooski wooden mill
working on government contract
and carted them out to the reserva-
ton was another fulfsized man who
stood in the breach and accepted
responsibility.
Preparedness is impossible with
reactionaries on guard. Eliminate
them if they can't be cured. Ger
tain1y they can't be endured. Take
the short cut When in doubt as
sumo responsibility. Read the Mes
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-01-14
Kaiser Compared TO Incendiary
Who Has Fired House of Civilization

preserve the house Of civilization in
which democracy is the altar and
sanctuary.
House on fire! 1t is not for you
and me to stand outside and say
that it is only neighbours house
that is menaced. The first German
soldier who set foot on Belgian soil
threatened your home and mine. He
f1ourished his brand at the house Of
civilization in which you and live.
He attacked law. liberty, mercy, JUS
tice-everything that strengthens and
adorns that proud house in which
we of America have lived in content
ment and peace.
There are things in the humblest
home that the owner would not lose
without struggle. When the house
gets afire the inmates spring to pro-
tect and save those things.
We of America are in this war to
protect and save the house of civili-
cation and the proud trophies that
represent not only our own struggles
and sacrifices but those we inherited
from sires who shed their blood for
them.
"Put Out the Fire Quickly"
Put out the fire. The more quickly
we realize that it is our house that
is burning, the more quickly we
shall be free to cut away the black
ened walls and make the house
habitable and secure. We want to
see the firemen dispense, the police
hustle the incendiary to the lookup.
and the adjusters come in and settle
the damages.
The way to hasten this consumma-
ton is by aiding our firemen-our
army and navy-in every possible
way. If we can't carry water or
WELD the ak on burning timbers, we
can stand back of the men who are
doing the work-our work, yours and
mine. We can pour out our dollars
to help them. We can see that the
fire fighters are fed and clothed
while they are on the Job; we can
take care of them when they fall
injured in our cause.
House on fire! Civilization on fire.!
The man who says this is not
Americas war is asleep in burning
house and does not deserve to be
saved by the splendid valorous fire
men who are fighting to rescue him.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-01-14

The committee on public informa
ton issues the following, written by
Meredith Nicholson:
Civilization may be likened to a
house where family live in COM
fort and ease and the enjoyment of
the privileges and security that rep
resent thousands of years of labor.
When house is on fire it becomes
the instant duty of the neighbors and
of the government Immediately re-
spOnsible for the protection of the
householder to render aid-not today
or tomorrow, but the moment the
flames become visible and 1t is
known that the home and its in
mates are threatened.
House on fire! We hear cries in
the street, the rattle and jar of the
engines and hose carts as they hurry
to the scene of confagration. The
FIRE is spreading; not one but hun
bred homes are threatened!
Torch to Civilizations House.
| When the kaiser began his war
for world domination he applied a
| torch to that house of civilization /
have visualized as home, the re-
pository of every good and perfect
gift that has been won for humanity,
the very freedom that is its fcun-
dation, and the peace that is it's
corner stone.
The kaiser is a mad incendiary.
He stole upon the house of civiliza-
tino in the night and tossed burn
ing brand through an open window.
Like a thief who applies match to
the rear of house to stampede the
inmates and distract their attention
while he plumbers, the kaiser ex-
pected to satisfy long -pondered
scheme of robbery and conquest.
Civilization slept the sleep of peace
to awake in terror.
The kaiser's army, perfected
through years of stern training to
aid the pyromaniac lord of the
Hohenzollerns in his malign pur-
poses, has resorted to every conceiv-
i able atrocity to terroriZe civilization
not merely to destroy it's house
but to murder the inmates or re-
serve them for more hideous fate
than death.
When we say that this a war to
make the world safe place for de-
mocracy, we mean also that it is to
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-01-14
IOWA PRESS COMMENT.

Burlington Hawk-Eye: 1t sounds
like the annual scare about the corn.
Some river men are talking as il
there would be no navigation next
year. The river will be there. And
there will be plenty of business, and
if some folk do not care to go after
such business, perhaps some other
folk will.
Cedar Rapids Gazette: Let us
hope that hereafter British ambaSsa-
doris at Washington will be valuable
| for other purposes than the display
of smoking Jackets and felt slippers.
Sioux City Journal: Why worry
about what Clifford Thorne will find
to do? Are there no longer any
great wrongs in the world that need
to be righted?
Des Moines Register: When Mr..
| Thorne presents statistics on the coal
situation, he manages to make the
coal barons feel as if they sat down
on something sharp.
| Atlantic News-Telegraph: There's
nothing wrong with Bill Taft. Long
may he wave.
| Traer StarJClipper: In Traer any
one of our churches will seat all the
people who attend all the churches.
Here is practical way to conserve
coal without any person or any cause
suffering.
Belle PLANE Union: Higher sal
aries and a larger personnel are the
standard rewards for inefficiency in
! the administration.
| Burlington Gazette: The asperity
with which Senator Reed is hecklinS
| the food administration has suS-
picious proGerman tinge.
WaverIy Republican: 1t has been
suggested and we endorse the idea
that the better thing to do would be
for the president to weed the in.
competents out of his cabinet and the
departments, putting clean, strong
republicans in their stead, and to go
through the war period with coali-
tion government. The present is no
| time for display of partisanship
unless the administration insists up
on it.
Central City News Letter: Despisa
not the little cotton tail rabbit this
year Verify he is good for some
thing, for his flesh tasteth like 30c
per pound and may be had by running
him down. His carcass may be made
to help Hooverize pork and beef for
the soldiers, and thereby he doeth
good. May his tribe multiply and
wax fat.
Waterloo Courier: Submission OF
federal constitutional amendment
providing for prohibition to the sew
eral states of the union will cause
wet and dry fight in number of
states that will make past contests
between the two forces look like tea
parties or society matinee exclus-
lively for women.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-01-14

from the service of the highest and most con-
spicuous incompetent but lacking that we can
take comfort from the fact that the war de-
partment ordnance bureau is to be placed In
the hands of competent men,
Troops we must send. Let us take lesson.
After peace negotiations have been started, we
still shall have fight to make. The task OF
oun negotiations will be easier, and more sue
cessfu if we have on European soil the mill
tary power we ought to have.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-01-14
DIED IN CAMP
OF MEASLES
Glare L. Sergeant of Van Buren, Coun-
ty, Drawn in First Draft, Died
at Camp
Pike
Especial to The Gate City. ]

lSpcCldl 70 ut SIdte SlIy.J
BONAPARTE, Iowa, Jan. 14.-Clare
l.. Sergeant, son of Oliver Sergeant,
who resides on Vernon Prairie. few
miles southwest of here, and nephew
of Mr.. and Mrs. P. A. Doughty of this
city, died at Camp Pike, near Little
Rock, Arkansas, Thursday evening OF
last week at o'clock, at the age of
twenty-five years. He had been sick
for some time with the measles and
later with pneumonia and his father
received message Monday of last
week stating that Clare was dangerous
Ky i'll and was expected to live. but a
short time. His father and brother
Terrence departed for Camp Pike
Monday evening. Glare was one of the
first Van Buren, county boys to give
his life for his country. He was drawn
on the first draft and was stationed at
Camp Dodge for some time, being sent
to Camp Pike short time after
Thanksgi giving.
He was born few miles southwest
of here on Vernon Prairie and lived
there all his life. He was united in
marriage about one year ago to Miss
is just recovering from an operation
for appendicitis, while her husband
was stationed at Camp Dodge.
Besides his young wife, he leaves
his father and one brother and other
relatives, besides large number of
friends.
AT this time 1t is impossible to give
the arrangements for the funeral serv-
ices but a message from the father
and brother was expected this morn
ing in regard to same.
Clare was member of Battery c,
339th field artillery. Clinton Hardin,
also of Vernon Prairie is stationed at
tn esame place.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-01-14
BIT OF VERSE
THE PHILOSOPHER.

THE PHILOSOPHER.
1 him sitting in his door.
Trembling old men do;
His house was DID, his barn old,
And yet his eyes seemed new.
His eyes had three times my years,
And kept twinkle STILL
Though they had looked at birth and death.
And three graves a hill.
81 will sit down with you." said,
And you will make me wise;
Tell me how you have kept the joy
Still burning in your eyes
Then, like an oId-time orator,
Impressively he rose,
II make the most of all that comes,
And the least of all that goes"
The jingling rhythm of his words
Echoed old songs do;
Yet this has kept his eyes alight
Till he was ninety-two.
Sara Teasdale.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-01-14
HAIR COMING OUT3

Dandruff causes feverish ira.
ton Of the scalp, the hair nv u
shrink, loosen and then the Nv
comes out fast. To stop falling hs
at once and rid the scalp of ev aa
particle Of dandruff, get a small ~ ~
tie of Danderine at any drug stn ~
for a few cents, pour a little in WV
hand and rub it into the scalp 4,
er several applications the hair sto,
coming out and you can't find ~
dandruff. :
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-01-14
A JUGGLED SURPLUS.

Soma time ago Postmaster General Bureson
reported surplus of more than nine million
dollars in postal funds for the fiscal year OF
1917. This he ascrbed to the efficiency of his
administration But this announcement was
received very coolly by the business interests
of the country, which is dependent on efficient
service of the postoffice department for satls-
factory transaction of its affairs. 1t was
pointed out that the postoffce department was
not to be operated to make money or to effect
a saving through an impairment OF service.
What the country demands is the best possible
service, even if the cost thereof may somewhat
exceed the appropriation therefor. anything
else is wasteful economy. Since the announce
ment of that surplus, Congressman Stevenson,
of Minnesota, has shown Burleson up with re-
spect to the postal surplus claimed by the post
master general for the fiscal year 1916-fve
million two hundred thousand dollars Mr..
Stevenson publishes in the Congressional Rec
ord certificate from the auditor for the post
office department showing that in 1916 the
treasury department had placed to the credit OF
the postcffoe department eleven sums of five
hundred thousand dollars each, or five million,
five hundred thousand dollars 'on account of a
deficit in the postal revenues for the fiscal year
ending June 80, 1876 or three hundred thou
sand dollars more than the alleged surplus
which was reported for campaign effect. In
1915 there was deficit in the postofice de-
partment of nearly ten million dollars which
was promptly charged to the European war. 1t
was in his annual report of 1913 that Mr.. Burle-
son denied the existence of surplus claimed
under republican efficiency for that fiscal
year, and on June %, 1914, Struggled that sur
plus into the treasury under the head Of mis-
Ecellaneous receipts So it is no new thing for
Burleson to juggle with postal funds, and one s
faith in the existence of the surplus reported
for 1917 is considerably impaired by this
knowledge. An investi cation into this, as well
as many other Irregularities under the Bure-
son administration, will be Of interest to the
country.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-01-14

have been paid ss7.025 by the union.
The executive council has subscribed
for 100000 worth of Liberty bonds
and subordinate unions and individ-
ual members have taken 100000
worth.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-01-14

ed States food administration
established mechanical departn'
in connection with it's milling =
paign to assist millers along
tactics converting or setting UP ~
for grinding barley, rye OF ~
This is to help in the movemen1..
wheat savings in the United s.s'
through the increased consumpuoss.,
other cereals in order that the W.
may be shipped to the allles n
Europe. j. H. Hamill, vice prescsys11
and treasurer of the Strongsa
Manufacturing Co., of Minne az
has joined the food ADMINISTERING
manager of the new department
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-01-14

sage of Garcia" over and over again.
Do it yourself Thus the war won't
have to wait. Thus delay, the kaiser's
ally, will be abolished.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-01-14

"Man Made Over For Military Duty says
a newspaper headline. We fear that is what
will have to be done with us before military
duty will be unnecessary.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-01-14

Apparently closer cooperation is desirable
between the railroad director and the weather
bureau regarding conditions of travel.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-01-14

It is sweet and PLEASANT to die for ones coun-
try, the teacher used to tell the schooboy But
for us grownups it seems quite different
thing to diet for democracy.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-01-14
Advice to MiIIers.

limited Press Leased Wire Service.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 1.-THE Unit
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-01-14

As motors become more important agencies
in short haul transport, good roads come again
to the attention Of the country. Judge Lovett
chairman of the war industries board, was
forced to give preference to coal over road
building materials in a priority shipping deci
sion rendered before the government assumed
control of the railways; but he took occasion to
state his belief that only urgent necessity
should mitigate against immediate improve
ment of highways. More and more the need Of
development of highways and water trans
port is seen not alone as war measure but as
future safeguard to the nations commerce.
Now the railroads are unable to much more
than hold their own, while the demands on
them will increase largely. Motors and water
ways are needs which should engage attention
Immediately.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-01-14

When furnishing thirst for happiness, one is
to eup down diversions whenever they offered
The necessity of draining the degs of life before the wins
is savored does cultivate discriminating taste-Aies
Hogan Rice.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-01-14

The report comes from Utah that five thou
sand Apache Indians will soon be enlisted in
the American army for service in Europe. They
ought to pick up a lot OF points In the matter
of plain and Ger1nanic atrocities.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-01-14

The statement by the speaker of the British
house of commons that there would be no
economic boycott by any group Of nations
against another group means that, in his opin-
ion, there will be no trade war following the
conflict in the field. There should be none.
Much was said after the economic conference at
Paris about sharp restrictions on German COM
merce and industry, but plan for a war after
the war did not commend itself to the best
students of world trade problems. The sooner
trade returns to normal channels after peace
has been declared the better it will be not alone
for Germany, but for all nations.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-01-14

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