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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-02-18
War Problems Considered.

CHICAGO, FGeb. 18.-Proper bust
ness methods, conservation and the
serving Of communities in conscien-
tious buying, were the war problems
to be considered during the annual
convention of the Illinois Retail
Hardware Merchants association
which opened here today.
The convention will last through
Thursday. Among the speakers on
the program are e. B. Moon, Lake.
vile, Ind; II. P. Sheets, assistant
secretary Of the national organiza-
ton; Thomas A. Knapp, Chicago; S.
r. Miles, Argos, Ind, and DR.. Stan.
ley l. .Krebbs of New York.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-02-18
AN ENGLIsHMAN'S IMPRESSION.

Perhaps we do not see ourselves as really
are The imam in the street. when he talks
about the war may seem apathetic, but the peo-
pie cannot be measured by this test. Deep
patriotic feeling is often too deep for words.
The masses may not yet entirely grasp the
fatefu significance Of victory or defeat in this
war, but they mean to win it. Sir Frederick
Smith, the English attorney general, who is a
member of Lloyd Georges cabinet, has visited
our western states and was amazed at the spirit
shown. He spoke at forty-one meetings, and
everywhere he noted that the west had been
arousd to a determination to bring Germany
to her knees. He also saw that American sym
pathy for both England and France in
tense
Sir Frederick remarked that an American
speaking at this moment in England would re-
ceive just as much attention. The British
masses know that they are fighting against the
greatest tyranny the world has ever seen.
This IS the people, war, and the democracies
of England France and the United States are
banded together in the great struggle against
Prussian mlitarism.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-02-18
GARDENERS, AHoY!

Good Housekeeping: February is
the best month for garden planninS 5.
Before March is out we must be UP
and doing, and he who has no we'll
formulated plans will surely be a
laggard in the spring campaign. Let
us consider the need of the situation.
The war garden that fulfills its mis-
sion should supply vegetable food
for the family during the summer and
a surplus to can, and should produce
many varieties for storage over the
winter. Heretofore in making up our
seed lists we have probably allow
ed ourselves much liberty of choice.
1t is interesting and exciting to ex-
pertinent with Japanese novelties,
and to try the handsomely heralded
newest varieties of corn and beans (;
but in our 1918 war gardens these
unproven allurements should find
small space. Far wiser is it to fol
the devious if fascinating path Of ex.
pertinent for less troublous times.
AS a shrewd farmer neighbor said to
me the other day, this amt no time
for lemon crops" and it isn't. We
want fair results from every seed, we
want to grow enough vegetables to
supply the family for whole year
we want to make each square foot OF
ground attain the maximum of pro
ductiveness. To these ends let us
apply our wits.
In just few words this should De
the gardeners program:
Send for seed catalogues today and
get in your orders as soon as possible
Seeds are scarce this year Look
over your tools and garden accesso.
ries; repair what is out of order and
buy what is missing Prune and
spray your fruit trees before this
month is out. Lime-sulphur solution
is a good winter spray. If you have
only one fruit tree it is worth giving
the best of care. Add cold frame to
your belongings il you have not this
valuable adjunct already. Grape
vines should be cut back this month
to within a few inches of last year j
growth. Spray Japanese ounce
bushes and ornamental plums and
cherries as well as orchard fruits. If
your house plants are troubled with
mites spray with kerosene emulsion,
being careful to reach the under sides
of the leaves. Daily Swinging with
water will generally destroy red
spider IL applied to the under surface
of the leaves. 1t will also keep the
plants in fine condition. Tobacco
water or dust is the most destructive
TO aphides. Give your house plants
plenty of fresh air. When watering.
do it thoroughly. and do not repeat
until the plants require it.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-02-18
TODAY'S BIT OF VERSE
RECOMPENSE.

RECOMPENSE.
never have had look at the sea,
| who would love it
| never have watched from the surf-drenched shore
The brave ships and go.
do not know how the silent tides
Unfailingy ebb and flow.
But God who is wise to His chidren's needs
Gives me the wide, low plain,
He gives me the wondrous, whispering grass,
The kidee's sweet refrain,
And my reed-fringed pools are myriad seas
After the last long rain.
I never have been where the mountains stand
Observation-Disclosures,
But nightly the infinite star-crowned heights
Speak to my waiting heart
And mine are the winds that are mountaln-porn,
And Of they part
Grace Noel Crowell in Scribner's.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-02-18
GERMAN EFFICIENCY.

Browne Landowne chairman Of the lnterna-
tional Social and Industrial Betterment expo
sition which plans to assist In the mdustrlal
reconstruction Of the nations after the war,
has passed many years in Europe and reached
conclusions at variance with some that are
popularity held. In 1871 he says Germany had
not a penny Of national debt but by 1914 her
debt was enormous and her internal SITUATION
such that she was forced to choose between
industrial ruin and war in which she mlgnt
mulct the nations and make her financial condl-
ton good. On the face OF things, her INDUS
trial efficiency appeared to be phenomenal. By
her governmental and banking systems she had
been able to put billions of marks into the con
struction of her mighty fighting force. But
her industrial system was not yielding proht-
able returns. She was running behind, and
went from bad to worse until in 1914 her debt
las a result of her war with France had in
creased by four thousand, four hundred per
cent. and ruin stared her in the face. There
lis no greater fallacy, says this observer, than
the notion that Germany is a super efficient
industrial nation.
Another misconception very generally en-
ltertained is the idea of Ger1nanys SURPRISING
achievements and efficiency along sclenthc
lines. Sir Berkeley Moynihan, senior consulting
surgeon of the British army medical corps, is
now in this country and talks interestingly on
this theme In surgery as in every other SCI
ence he says almost all the fundamental dis
coveries have originated in England, Italy and
France. The German mind is deductlve, pa
tient. laborious, massive, but not original 1t
collects tabulates, arranges and explains. New
ideas originating anywhere are given eager
hospitality and dissected and discussed; but we
seek in vain among the Germans for the bril-
liant and happy inspiration, the penetrating
insight, the new vision. For the German at
home is not an innovator, but renovator; he
is not an explorer but an explolter; not a ere
ator but collector; and not one single DIS
covery of the first Importance IN the science
! or the art of surgery can be placed to ms
credit
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-02-18
Drop Him From REGISTER

HASTINGS, Nebr., Feb. 1s.-Re.
fusal of a pupil to go to school here
recently because the teacher had
threatened to throw him in the fur
mace caused prompt PARENTAL inyes.
tigation.
Finally the teacher membered tell
Ing the boy that unless he worked
harder she would drop him from the
register.
The only register the lad knew
anything about was the hot air regis
ter connected with the furnace.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-02-18

In the most up-to-date war hus
pitfalls the surgeons and attenuans,
are required to wash their Ham, ~
four times before performing ,as,
operation. Each washing must Ms.
five minutes. In the first two PA -.
cesses warm water and soap ,s ca
used. The third washing Is uo or.
with alcohol and the fourth with ~.
rosive sublimate. the last hs .,,s..
being for the purpose of steriii''
ton.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-02-18
Looks Funny

Duluth News-Tribune: Everything
was all right before the senate in
curry began, but you will notice that
somehow it happens nearly every day
that some changes take place in the
war department in the direction de-
manded by the senate committee.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-02-18

The practice of vivisection for the alleged
benefit of human ills and as a side issue to
give our cutters-up, the surgeons, a further IN
sight into the processes Of nature as affected
by drugs and wrong living has IN these later
DAYS found few advocates among people OF
feeling. The Gate City is of opinion that the
American Red Cross has gone great way
from it's program of helpfulness in approprl-
ating one hundred thousand dollars for the es-
Establishment of vivisection laboratory in
France Such action may tend to curtail finan-
cial support of what was to be an organization
devoted to humanitarian purposes and the al
deviation of suffering. When it is considered
that ''those who cannot speak for themselves .
are to be subjected to the knife, unwllllngly
and with cruelty, many who have contributed
to the support of the Red Gross will protest, and
with good cause
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-02-18

Fairfield, Iowa.
This is to certify
that I have USED
DR.. Pierce's Family
Medicines In m !
family at different
tim es and they
have proved very
good, especially thu
Anuric Tablets.
have been bothered
with my kidneys q
great deal of latc
and found roliei
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-02-18

Cedar Rapids Gazette: The extra
early variety of congressional candi-
dates has made its appearance ahead
of the crocus and purple martin, ma
lures own harbingers of spring in
Iowa termination tests so far ind1-
cate that there will be no shortage OF
seed for statesmen.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-02-18
A Winnlna combination.

Chicago News: Besides the unsink-
able ship we have an uncomfortable
people.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-02-18

Anyhow, Senator Chamberlain got Secretary
Baker to tell what the people wanted to know.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-02-18
IOWA PRESS COMMENT.

Sioux City Journal: Mr.. Taft says
pretty much the same things that Mr.
Roosevelt and Mr.. Wilson say, but
would you have believed it?-only he
seems able to say them in way the
common people can understand.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-02-18

from the use of this medicine. JOIN j
GINTHER, Route 2.
Send sample of your water to Docto,
Pierce and it will be tested free OF charge
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-02-18

AS Hungary begins to drop the ''a' look out
for a big dent in the bottom Of pan-Germany.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-02-18

Narshalltown Times-Republican
t., way Iowa is buying automobiles
in spite of the war suggests that the
next bond issue should be taken care
of with ease in this state. Nobody
ought to be caught owning an auto
mobile without owning bond.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-02-18

Sioux City journal: Mr.. Taft says
pretty much the same things that Mr.
Roosevelt and Mr.. Wilson say, but
would you have believed it?-only he
seems able to say them in a way the
common people can understand.
Cedar Rapids Gazette: The extra
early variety of congressional candi-
dates has made its appearance ahead
of the crocus and purple martin, ma
lures own harbingers of spring in
Iowa Termination tests so far indi-
cate that there will be no shortage OF
seed for statesmen.
Marshalltown Times-Republican:
t., way Iowa is buying automobiles
in spite of the war suggests that the
next bond issue should be taken care
/ of with ease in this state. Nobody
ought to be caught owning an auto
mobile without owning a bond.
! Jefferson Bee: Could court be
made of mothers and children who
| have died of starvation and malnutri-
/ ton as a result of booze, during Amerl-
cas- 14O years of freedom, 10000 LUST
ania incidents would shrink into notn-
!; ingness in comparison thereWlth.
Shall we waste a million sons and 40
billions in money to avenge the Lus1t.
auia and then smile indulgently and
patronizingly upon the thing whicn
! robs not alone Provate Cooper's good
wife. but also the wives and innocent
children of countless other poor weak
male fools who cannot control their ap-
/ petites? Or shall we defend the de-
yyn
! other Iusitanias?
| Cedar Rapids Republican: One OF
the mail order houses in Chicago earn
! ed only 80 per cent. If a railroad
should earn one tenth of that 1t would
! be considered profitable road and
! il it earned much more than that 1t
would be deemed necessary to reduce
rates by law But with some kinds OF
business we are not particular, no mat
ter how much they may earn. No one.
for instance, used to complain If a
/ brewer or distiller grew rich beyond
! the dreams of avarice.
! Burlington Hawk-Eye: Som ebody
imagines that he has been seeing rob-
ms in Iowa this month. And then
somebody else goes him one better by
( talking Of safe and sane Fourth of
/ July.
! Des Moines Register: In addition
to sparing the life OF the laying hen.
why not intern the profiteer who
shoves the price Of eggs up go cents
a dozen?
Knoxville express: Wilbur Marsh
has declined to run for governor on
the democratic ticket. No doubt he
was afraid he would be elected, and
felt he couldn't spare the time. Who
else now? Don't all speak at once.
boys, And don't all hang back and
suck your thumbs.
Subscribe for The Gate City.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-02-18

for The Gate City.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-02-18

Knoxville Express: Wilbur Marsh
has declined to run for governor on
the democratic ticket. No doubt he
was afraid he would be elected, and
felt he couldn't spare the time. Who
else now? Don't all speak at once.
boys, And don't all hang back and
suck your thumbs.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-02-18

Des Moines Register: In addition
to sparing the life OF the laying hen
why not intern the profiteer who
shoves the price Of eggs up go cents
dozen?
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-07-14
Oil Producers Not Playing Politics
Seek Only a Fair Deal For
Themselves and Other Business

Th, advertisement is paid for by The Mid Continent
on and Gas association largely patriotic service.
although with hope Of getting the present wrongs corr
rccicd' The association is NOT supporting any parcu-
lar candidate for governor any other office, nor Il
allied with one party than another. BY impressng
voters with the important duty OF voting for the right
kind OF men, It hoped that fair hearing OF our COM
PRINTS can be secured and # justified fa they Nay be
corrected Il also well to remember that il the type Of
politician whom We arc against, believes 1t Is good po-
nc, to discriminate against tht farmer the banker the
manufacturer or the aborng man he will do 50 with as
hulr computations a, he dd 1ga0s, the oil man
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-07-14
Oklahoma of All States at
This Time Should Have a
Businesslike Legislature

The only way to remedy the present evil that Is
threatening TO pafalyre the of industry the
government vitality depends. is to elect busnessks
legislature ard other state Officers This critical hour
is no time for horssplay in the state house The pro-
iesona demagog politician who has slipped into office
by cheap tricks Of the trade because have all been
too Indifferent negligent toslec better men, mus, not
be placed in office again this year. We must hsve>a
legislature Of constructive satesmenmen who can be
entrusted the great affairs the responsibilities Of to-
day involve Thanks to the patriotism and foresight OF
business and citizens such men have filed in nearly
every district candidates for party the other
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-04-27

raag. Harper visited Guthrie ys,
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-04-27
By CQLDBEF

houl. JebeoLh zooNe NedeN
.rrrrpeD O SoOhhs
~, ,,lE vnpbLN KNEW Nef"'
1Az rvN WAS AaoODN'
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1918-12-02
Hun Captives Are Oxiike.

o Once through Templeaux and on
the main road for Peronne things be-.
came less exciting and we drew up
TO see column OF 800 prisoners pass
us. Each side Of the causeway was
lined by Australians, with their keen,
clear-cut. falcon faces, and between
lurched these heavy jawed. beetle
proved, uncouth louts, new-caught and
staring round with bewildered eyes at
their debonnaire captors. I saw none
Of that relief at getting out Of It
which I have read Of; nor did / see
any signs Of fear. but the prevailing
impression was an oxlike stolidity and
dizziness. 1t was herd of beasts, not
procession of men. 1t was indeed
farcical to think that these uniformed
pumpkins represented the great mill
tary nation, while the gallant figures
who lined the road belonged to the
race which they had despised as be-
Ing unwarlike. Time and Fate be-
tween them have pretty sense Of HUI.
mor.--Arthur Conan Doyle in the Lon.
don Times.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1918-12-02
INDIAN is LEARNING RAPIDLY
Beginning After Many Years to See
That the Ways Of tho White 4
Man are Good.

In the old days he depended upon
the wild deer and the buffalo for food
He lived In a smoky rogan or tspee,
and when anyone died there, he burned
1t or moved away to keep the ghost Of
the departed from haunting him.
In the old days he fought against
the white men and collected paleface
scalps. Then he called upon his medi-
cine man to cast spells over the mis-
sionary and drive him away.
Today he Is learning to farm and
raise cattle. He builds a house Ike
the white mans with floors and q eel.
lar for vegetables, and sometimes a
corrugated iron roof. In case of a
death in the new cabin he. does not
burn 1t, but uses the white mans dis
infectants to fumigate the place.
Now he is beginning to understand
what the white Father" in Washing
ton is trying to do for him. He has
sent his full quota to our army in
France, and four-fifths of the number
have been volunteers. He. has subs
scribed nearly 100000 to the Liberty
loans Three times out of four he
sends his children to school. Now forts
are disappearing, and churches are tax
ing their place. | |a-3
The Indian is beginning to 'think
Wfiite.""---Thomas G. Moffat, in World
Outlook. u.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1918-12-02
!. TALMADGE TOMORROW.

Tomorrow at the Rex will be-
shown Selznick feature. with the
celebrated screen favorite, Constance
TaImadge, in "A Pair Of Silk Stock
ings,'' clever comedy adapted from
The stage lay by the same name.
1t is a breezy, whimsical story, brim-
full of fun, and starts Off with a quar-
rel between two young English mar
ried people over which make of
motor car they should buy. Swiftly
the quarrel expands, like the sripples
from pebble thrown in lake, and
soon they are divorced.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1918-12-02
GRAND PROGRAM.

Earle Williams, stars with Miriam
Miles, in "The Grell Mystery" the
Blue Ribbon Feature, which will be
the attraction in the Grand theatre
tonight. This is gripping drama of
love, murder and mystery, modern
story in which society man, turned
criminologist, convicts his own
sweetheart of Staying the man who
is to marry her sister; then exonor-
ates her. ~ ,@j...,gss. e.5.
The solution OF the crime is the
fascinating story of "The Greel Mys-
terry" e.ssg $3 NJ fl.
A big w comedy is also to be
shown at the Grand tonight.
Tomorrow High Tide" Triangle
play, will be the feature number at
the Grand. Harry Mestayer plays
the leading role. .s5..
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1918-12-02
New Source of Leather.

Durable leather from the bladders
OF animals Is claimed by Rudolph
Obrist-Doos, a Swiss. The bladders
are stretched and dried, giving them
a smooth surface, and are then made
plant and waterproof by special
process of fulling and tanning. The
pieces so obtained may be pressed to-
gether, with suitable adhesive, and
with or without felt, to give 4 leather
or leather substitute Of any desired
thickness, ~ sa. Il - ...,lz- -. ',..a..
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1918-12-02
COMING TO ELKO.

1t is glorious to be an American.
One never appreciates and realizes
this fact for all its worth until he
has seen David w. Griffith's Hearts
of the World" which Is an epic and
a picture page OF history that will
undoubtedly be stored away In the
archives of the government for ref
erence and study by future genera
lions. No man or woman with an
ounce of patriotism In their soul but
will be carried away with enthusiasm
and Joy and when they see the story
of the worlds great fight for justice
and liberty illuminated on the screen
with its beautiful love theme laid on
the historic spot Of bleeding France
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1918-12-02
What Next?

Recently, after the routine of phys
ical examinations and tests ut the In
dianapolis Orphans home had been
given, consisting of the typhoid and
smallpox vaccinations, eye and ear
tests and treatment recommended.
search for and removal of adeno'ds
and tonsils, dental tests and care.
tiiphtheria immunity test and antj
toxin and finally tuberculosis test,
some of these requiring repeated trials
and treatment. one 1ittla fellow said
to his teacher in the scl.Jol, in speak
Ing Of the various overhaulings:
They'll be testing us next to see If
we have any brains. won't they"
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1918-12-02
KING SAVES COAL. TOO.
(By United Press. ]

London, Nov. 10. by Mail. 1.-THE
king is busy cutting down his coal
ration
With the queen and the court he
has returned to London and to fire.
less palace. A plan to economize fuel
Is in operation in all the royal pal
aces. In Buckingham palace, Wind
sor Castle, and Sandringham the
CRATES have been bricked up and the
number of fires greatly reduced.
BY royal command the household
fires have not yet been set going for
the winter. Lighting of passages,
corridors, and anterooms has been cut
down by morethan half, and in the
kings private apartments similar
practice has been followed
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1918-12-02
ANNUAL MEMS SUPPER.

Wednesday evening, December 4,
the following menu will be served in
the Scandinavian Lutheran church
by the men of the congregation: .a
Lutefisk with Melted Butter
r.. ... Lefse ..T..
Roast with Brown Gravy Potatoes
d White Bread g. Cabbage Salad
Pickles Cranberry Jelly
Assorted Cakes
se...-. Coffee 2-123
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1918-12-02
BOYS BRIGADE TO DRILL.

IS Capt. Scott T. Stewart and Harry
Olin will be instructors at the meet
ing of the Boys Brigade in the base
ment of the Episcopal church this
evening, at z o'clock. and will also
conduct the drill. Any boy over
IL years Of age who is not member
of any other similar club may join
the brigade
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1918-12-02
!, TRAVESTY ON KAIsER,

THE Geezer Of Berlin, travesty
on 1.-THE Kaiser, the Beast of Ber-
lin,'' will be an added feature to the
main bill at the Rex Wednesday. 1t,
is one Of the greatest attractions now
being shown in the big theatres Of
the country.