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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-02-14
CITY NEWS.

Fine dressed geese at Tigues.
Wanted: An apprentice for Wing
er Bros millinery.
Miss Meek and Miss Englehardt
have returned from Chicago.
The 2. T. Arnold family have
moved to 425 South Ninth street.
Miss Marguerite Belts has re-
turned from a months visit in Obi.
-eago.
Moose lodge meets every Friday
night A. e. Moore. dictator; A. L.
Laubersh elmer, secretary.
Mrs. Theodore Moll will leave
Saturday for Burlington to visit her
sister, Mrs. w. J. Strickling.
There will be preaching service
in Melrose church next Sunday at II
a. m. and 1880 p. m. F. ]. Swanson,
pastor.
For sale: Five sows with pigs;
four sows, will farrow soon; sixteen
head Of nice shoats. one young male
hog. Call 1882.
MIR. and Mrs. Townsend A. Ora
ham. of Edgewood farm, Carthage,
spent the week end with Mr.. and
Mrs. L. A. Hamill.
Mr.. and Mrs. B. E. Fliesbaoh and
son Roger, Of st. Paul, are visiting
Mrs. Fliesbach's parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. George Seabold.
1t Is reported that the Wisherd
line has bought the steamer Majestic,
a big, new excursion boat, now being
operated at Memphis, and will run
her this summer with the st. Paul.
Mrs. William Strothman will be
buried Sunday at 2:30 o'clock from
the Evangelical church at Warsaw.
She died In Hereford, Texas. The
family formerly lived in Keokuk.
Charles Schlatter, of Warsaw, is a
brother of Mrs. Strothman.
1T Is announced to Keokuk trav-
elers that wartime restrictions on
railroad dining car service will be
modified March j. Director General
Hines authorized federal managers Of
all lines to resume la carte service
wherever 1t could be done without
causing congestion. On trains where
table d'hote service is continued not
more than five courses may be
served, the cost to be s125 and the
meal to be made worth the price
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-02-14
ENGLISH IN THE
SWEDISH CHURCH
Swedish Lutheran Church congre0a-
ton Votes to Use Foreign Lam
auage at Two Meetings a
Month.

At the annual meeting Of the Swed-
ish Lutheran church 1t was decided to
change the services mainly to English
language, so that there viii Do only
two Swedish services a month, one
evening service the first Sunday end
enc morning service the third Sunday.
"As the church has been established
in the city for thirty-five years the con-
gregation believes that 1t is entitled
to the English Lutheran field here
said one Of them today.
Rev. Alfred Appel has been called
SIS acting pastor for the next four
months, and a regular call has been
issued to Theodore L. Rydoeck at the
Lutheran seminary at Rock Island to
take charge Of the work here and build
a nourishing English lutheran church.
The energetic work done by him dur
ing the Christmas oltdays argues we'll
for the future of the Lutheran church
in this city.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-02-14
. QUESTION: LowITz..

Do you want to buy price or do
YOU want to buy quality? Best grade
bingham at 32c; best grade percales
at CSC. Answer this question to your
self after a few washings.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-02-14
NEW POTATOES
in HIS GARDEN
Fort Madison Man Proves the Sa
lubrlty Of the Climate Of Lee
County by Exhibiting the
Tubers

To the reports of flowers blooming
in the spring in January and Feb
ruary in Keokuk, must be added the
story Of the Fort Madison man who
has new potatoes already in his gar
den there.
J. @. B. Meyers, of the other coun-
ty seat, exhibits the potatoes in his
store window to prove the truth of
his early gardening stunt, He plant
ed some potatoes late last fall, but
they did not grow much until after
the holidays. Then they took a
squirt
A few days ago he noticed signs
of life in his potato patch and de-
cided to investigate. He found that
during the winter he had raised an
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-02-14

The toy manufacturers OF America
az their recent convention. favored
fIacing crippled soldiers at toymaking,
as is being done in Europe, for the de
maI1d for American made toys in this
country exceeds the supply.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-02-14
ALLEY INN rs
BURGLARIZED
Somebody Enters Through Window
and Steals the Hidden Money
Sack This Morn
ing.

When the proprietor of the Alley
Inn, hosiery in Lucas avenue just
off North Sixth street, opened up this
morning and went to where he hides
his money sack, it was gone.
So was $3.50 in money.
Entrance was gained to the place
after 2:15 o'clock this morning when
it was locked up by George Dunlap,
a clerk A window which was opened
to allow the burglar to get in was
fastened by nail which must have
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-02-14

exceedingly fine crop of tubers. My
ers states that the frost had never
reached the potatoes and that the
ground could not be in better condi-
ton for gardening than it is at the
present time.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-02-14
VALENTINE DAY
CELEBRATION
Pilgrims Rest Baptist Church Has
Club of Twentieth Gen.
fury Girls Who
Entertain.

The Pilgrims Rest Baptist church
has a club of Twentieth Century
girls who are up to the minute.
They celebrate st. Valentines day
this evening at The church, Four
tenth and Exchange streets, with an
unique entertainment There will be
readings, solos, and other music by
quartet and chorus, and as a spe-
cial feature valentine drill.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-02-14

For the Chinese republic the Bald
WIN works at Philadelphia are build
Ing thirty-four locomotives to cost al
most s2,0ee,o0o. We now ship to China
almost everything except laundry ma
Ehinery and base balls, and their turn
may come later.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-02-14
Something Wroru.

Charleston News and Courier:
The president will be starting for
home before long. So far Senator
81 erman has not introduced a reso-
luton prohibiting him from landing
on American soil.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-02-14
ICE HARVEST IS
GL|MMER|NG
Requires Temperature Below Zero TO-
Make Marketable Ice, and There
Are No Signs of It on the
Weather Map.
LAKE OPENS UP NORTH
No Cold Weather in the Northwest Fol-
lowing the Storm Center with
lis Rain and Snow Appears
In the Reports.

With no really cold weather In
sight on the weather map this morn
ing, the ice harvest at Keolruk, In
Ivolying hundreds of thousands of
dollars in It's total figures, seems
about a hopeless thing for this win
ter.
The coolest places in the United
States this morning were Bismarck
and Hayre, in the northwest where
the cold comes to Keokuk from
usually, and they had temperature
Of degrees above zero. The next
was Miles City, where the mercury
stood at 18 degrees above zero.
The morning forecast for colder
tonight does not mean much, there
fore, in the way of ice making
weather, especially as the mercury
would have to fall about forty-ive
degrees to make real, ten-inch Ice in
Lake Keokuk. It was "a above zero
here at Z O'Clock this morning, and
that was the coolest during the night.
1t will take 10 degrees below zero
now to make ice of the kind that
Keokuk usually harvests.
Grew Worse Instead Of Better.
who had determined to put UP even
six-inch ice this week were baked
by the warm weather which melted
the ice on Lake Keokuk instead OF
thickening it toward six inches.
The ice started to move south in
Lake Keokus at Burlington yester-
day morning, and the lake cleared OF
ice entirely at Fort Madison
= ir1n
moved out at Burlington this winter,
and it was mushy before 1t left. The
same situation obtained at Fort
Madison, where it was only about
| two inches thick when 1t disappeared
| from the surface of Lake Keokuk
there and f1oated southwark.
| There Is thin ice on Lake Keokuk
here, but it will take really cold
weather to make ice thick enough to
harvest, and no such weather is in
/ sight now,
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-02-14
CARD OF THANKS

The family of the late ]. B. Robert
son wish to thank their friends for
flowers and many kindnesses shown
them In their sorrow
WIFE, FATHER, BROTHERS AND
SISTER.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-02-14

been removed before the place was
closed for the night
The police are working on the case
without any clue to the bold burg
lars identity
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-02-14
Misapprehension.

Kansas City Times: The threat of
the German government to break of
negotiations with the allies implies
some confusion in the German mind
The allies have no negotiations on
with Germany.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-10-20
3-Pound Bars Of
Castle Soap
$1.25

THESE large bars a.
pure c as tile SooD
may be cut into small
cakes. as desired-in many
households it is found -
be true economy to buy
toilet soap this way. Threo-
pound bars, SLIPS.
WHITE CASTILB
SOAP, IL cakes in box,
low-priced at Csc box.
THE EASEMENT sroHD
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-10-20
Printed Marquisettes, 35c Yd

The darker colorngs desirable for over-drapes
and French windows are featured in these soft
drapng, sheer Marquisettes, which are in mill
lengths, but will be cut as desired. Unusually
low-priced at $50 yard. THE BASEMENT STORE
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-10-20
Novelty Silkoline Csc Yard

n EFT-FINGERED homekeepers use these Silk
- dimes for comforter coverings-especially at
this season when extra quilts are required-and
they are also useful for cushion covers and bed
room draperies.
Patterned in effective all-over designs, and Of
fered in lengths from one to eight yards, at 25c
yard.
uon1eO of
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-10-20
Women's Gloves
$1.95 Pair

EULL measure of style
i and Neutrality-suspicious.
ton is embodied in these
Glaze Gloves with their
Substituting.
Choice of Black, Tan and
Brown, $1.95 pair.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-10-20
Velvet and Beaver Combinations in
Untrimmed Hats

GO effective in themselves these Untrmmed Hats
~ that they require very little trimming.
Some faced with the ong-napped. furry beaver,
others have beaver edge. and they featured in plain
coors and two-tone combinations follows:
An-black An-navy AIbrOwn
Navy-andightblue Beaverand black Beaver brown
Medium sizes, principally, and many suggesting the
poke shape the better to show the contrasting facing
Priced at $500 and 800.
THE BASEMENT STORE
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-10-20
Boys Stockings
SOC Pair

EOR school wear, these
L medium weight Black
Ribbed Stockings in sizes
6 to 10, attractively priced
at SOC pair.
THE BASEMENT STORE
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-10-20

GLOWING little faces peep out most efshy from
" these Cory Brushed Wool Cap and Scarf Sets,
which shown in many bright coorings striped with
white The caps finished with button tasse the
Scarfs with fringed ends.
Priced at $3.50. THE BASEMENT STORE
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-10-20

THESE soft-drapng, supple Corduroys are adj
mirabe for making house robes, sacques and
chidren's coats. They are featured in
Pink Turquoise Copenhagen Gobeiin
Navy Cardinal Tan Putty
Mgnonette Taupe Gray Plum Wistaria
Goldenbrown White Black
Thrty-two inches wide, $3.50 and $500 yard
NEW WOOL PLAIDS for childrens school frocks and
womens separate skirts in Serge and Granite weaves,
in AZ and 44-inch widths, at 300 and $3.50 yard.
1T STORE
The Mountainair independent., 1919-11-13
CHAUTAUQUA?

That one must go to the big cities
to get the news is patent from the
following, which appeared in the AL
buquerque Herald:
El Paso, Nov. ia large acre
age of winter wheat has been planted
by dry farmers in the Estancia valley,
and as there has already been snow
conditions are favorable for a good
crop" said H. T. Dowdy of Mountain
air, N. NJ, who was at the Sheldon
Sunday.
MANY new farmers have come into
the section this season, and also a
number of new people for the town.
The land towards the Gran Quivera,
the famousSpanish ruin, is being rap
idly taken up by homesteaders. Bust
ness is good in Mountainair, and we
will hold our chautauqua next sum
mer as usual"
MOuntainair is on the Belen cutoff
on the Santa Fe just east of the Abo
Pass where the railroad mounts the
south end of the Manzano range. It
is located amid green clumps of PIN
yon pines, and most of the stores and
houses are painted white. It's chau-
tauqua is held annually and attracts
many visitors. The town is close to
the three famous ruins of Spanish
times, the old churches Of Abo, La
Cuarai and Gran Quivira. 1t is known
as one of the prettiest villages Of
New Mexico. 1t has a population Of
about 500.
The Mountainair independent., 1919-11-13
ATTEMPT TO ROB BANK

An attempt was made last Thurs
day to rob the Bank here.
Cashier Ed Dickey who has sleep
ing rooms in the rear of the bank was
awakened suddenly about 1 q. m. bv
the door to his bedroom being busted
IN and found himself looking down
the barrels Of two guns. The visit
crs consisted of four mexicans who
7Sed a railroad tie for a bait ring
"am to break in the door, three enter
n the hank and demanded that Mr..
Dickey open the safe for them. but he
7ucceded in convincing them that it
could not be done until 8 o'clock on
'ccount of the time lock
After an examination of the build
ing the would be robbers tied Mr..
0ickey's hands behind his hack and
departed taking his watch and part
# his clothing. After their departure
Mr.. Diclfey walked across tho street
md routed out DR.. Ottosen who re-
leased him. Up to the present time
no arrests have been Willard
Record
The Mountainair independent., 1919-11-13
TRACTOR DEMONSTRATION
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER %

Clem Shaffer as agent for the Mo-
line-Universal Tractor has arranged
with the manufacturers to put on a
demonstration of this wonderful ma
chine at Mounhainair on Saturday,
November % With this engine which
does the work of six horses, one
man can do all his farm labor, as the
engine is so built as to connect with
the implements that the same man
runs the engine and implement, elm
mating the work of one man in all
operations.
If possible to secure a grader, the
engine will be shown at work on the
streets of Mountainair, and also at
work in the probably at the
Shaffer farm just north Of town. Our
farmers should see this machine at
work, whether contemplating pur-
chasing a tractor now or not, as all
can get pointers about the machine
which will be useful. at some future
time. 1t is claimed to be a little
wonder and the factory representa-
tives will be here to prove it.
The Mountainair independent., 1919-11-13
THIS RECIPE WAS NEVER
SEEN IN ANY COOK BOOK

Here is recipe never seen in any
cook book:
Take one under-nourished child
add warm clot1ing-mix with warm
milk, real butter and other good
foods-keep in the opea air the
greatest possible number of hours
each day-the child will serve.
If the above recipe is followed,
fewer white hearses will be seen on
roads leading to newly made graves
in New Mexico.
That recipe means death to tuber-
culosis instead of death by tubercu-
losis.
A constant fight muSt be made
against tuberculosis and other pre-
ventable diseases in this and every
other community in the state.
Red Cross Christmas Seals and
Health Bonds will provide the funds
Tor that fight if thoy are invested
in by the men and women who have
The welfare of their community and
their state at heart. Sale December
to TO-
The Mountainair independent., 1919-11-13
MOUNTAINAIR LEADS
IN SHIPMENT OF
PINTO BEANS

That Mountainair is the Heart of
the Bean District is shown by the
fact that there has been over eighty
carloads of beans shipped from here
this season and the shipping has only
begun. These cars contained from
four hundred to seven hundred and
fifty sacks each of one hundred
pounds per sack. Probably an aver
age would be about $50 sacks per car.
This would mean 100000 pounds
of beans already shipped out
This years crop to be shipped from
Mountainair is estimated at from
200 to 250 carloads. With the same
average content used above, this
means using the lower figures of 200
cars, 10000 sacks or 100000
pounds of beans. At an average price
of only six cents per pound this
means $660,0O0.O0 to be distributed
among the bean growers.
The local warehouses are full of
beans-most of which are being held
in anticipation of a better market.
And large number of growers are
yet looking for the thresher before
they can think of marketing or stor-
ing their beans.
While threshing has been going on
quite a while, there are scads of
beans yet to be threshed. In driving
through the country one is struck by
the number of bean stacks awaiting
the coming of the thresher. On ac-
count Of the immense crop, the thresh
ers will do we'll if they finish by
Christmas.
Just as an example of the immense
quantity of beans in the country, the
kayser Brothers have already thresh
ed over a million pounds of beans
and have as many more contracted
to thresh. And this is but one thresh-
er Verify there are beans galore in
the Mountainair country
The Mountainair independent., 1919-11-13
RIB FRACTURED
IN AUTO ACCIDENT

Last Saturday evening Mr.. anil
Mrs. T. S. Kelley of Tulsa, Oklahoma,
miFhculously escaped with their
lives, when their auto was struck by
Santa Fe train near Scholle, Mr..
Kelley being badly bruised about the
shoulders and body while Mrs. Kelley
suffered fractured rib.
They were driving their car a run
about, following touring car, COM
ing to Mountainair on the Abo High
way. The first car had made the
crossing all right, and the second
car following a short distance be-
hind, had just come onto the track,
when it was struck by a west-bound
train. The car was thrown clear of
the track and its occupants thrown
to the ground Mr.. and Mrs. Kelley
were brought to a hotel at Noun
tainair where they were attended b.
a local physician. They had i'm
proved sufficiently that they con-
tinued their journey on Tuesday
nights train.
The Mountainair independent., 1919-11-13
SHALL MOUNTAINAIR
HAVE A BRASS BAND?

For some time the question of
local Brass Band has been discussed,
but no steps taken toward effecting
an organization. Several of the young
men are ready to take their part in
the matter, and upon their request,
J. Lewis Clark has agreed to take
the matter up seriously, if sufficient
support is given. There should be
fifteen or twenty young men ready
to take up the work, secure instru-
ments, and give the necessary time
to rehearsal to make it a success. It
will take time and work, but the re-
turns, both in the satisfaction of be-
longing to and being a part of a good
band as well as the mastering of the
instrument should be sufficient in
centive to take the matter up. Any
one interested should see Mr.. Clark.
who is an old band leader with plen-
ty of experience to make the thing
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The Mountainair independent., 1919-11-13
WHY?

Why did you leave the farm. my lad
Why did you bolt and leave your dad &?
Why did you beat it off to town
And turn your poor old father down ?
Thinkers of platform, pulpit press
Are Wallowing in deem distress;
They seek to know the hidden cause
Why farmer boys desert their pas.
Some say they long to get taste
OF faster life and social waste.
And some will say the silly chumps
Mistake their suit cards for their
trumps
In waging fresh and germless air
Against the smoky thoroughfare.
We're all agreed the farms the place,
SO free your mind and state your
case
well, stranger, since you've been
so frank.
I'll roll aside my hazy bank,
IhC misty ClOuuS Ol JHeOTleS,
And tell you where the trouble lies;
l left my dad, his farm, his plow,
Because my calf became his COW:
| left my dad-'twas wrong of
course
Because my colt became his horse;
/ left my dad to SOW and reap
Because my lamb became his sheep;
| dropped my hoe and stuck my fork
Because my pig became his pork;
The garden truck that I made grow
Was his to sell, but mine to hoe,
It's not the smoke in the atmosphere
Nor the taste for life that brought me
here;
Please tell the platform pulpit, press
No fear of toll or love OF dress
Is driving off the farmer lads.
But just tho methods Of their dads"
The Mountainair independent., 1919-11-13
WHY THE PUREBREDS
BRING BETTER PRICES

TWO shipments of steers which re-
Gently arrived on one of the large GEN.
tral markets also are of interest in
disclosing the breeding facts. One
lot of good steers weighed. on an
average, 1,1S6 pounds nd sold at
$3.50 "a hundredweight, their dress
ing percentage averaging 81 per cent.
These steers carried 3-4 per cent of
inside fat while their cost per pound,
dressed and ready for sale to the con-
sumer, was % 12 cents. The med
ium lot Of steers averaged in weight
1853 pounds and sold at 1880. These
cattle dressed 50 per cent, carried 4
per cent of inside fat. and cost 22
cents a pound when dressed and ready
for consumption. Subsequently the
meat from the good steers sold for
one cent pound more than that from
the medium steers, which resulted in
an increased profit to the butcher of
approximately half cent a pound,
despite the fact that the good steers
cost originally 2 cents a pound more
than the medium steers Further
more, the inside fat was worth con-
siderahly more in the good steers
thanit was in their lower quality
mates. The well-bred lot of cattle
sold for an average of $1S146 apiece,
while the poorer steers brought only
S12S.0S an animal, difference of
$53.38 head in favor of the better
bred cattle.
There is no possible reason why
farmers and stocfmen should waste
their time and tie up and jcopardize
their capital in the purchase and feed
ing or breeding of inferior stock. The
supr macy Of the better bred animals
is practically infallible. They, other
conditions being equal, will yield de-
pendable profits which are as certain
as the coming of day after a night of
gloom. 1t does not take much capi-
tai for any farmer to be the owner
of few head of stock or possessor
of extensive focks and herds, to be-
gin improvement work to better his
live stock reso"rces. All that is
necessary is that he purchase and use
purebred sires in the grading up and
betterment of the progeny-South-
west Plainsman.
The Mountainair independent., 1919-11-13
4 BUSINESS MANS PRAYER

Teach me that so minutes make an
hour 16 ounces make a pound and
100 cents make a dollar Help me
to so live that | can lie down at night
with clear conscience, without a
gun under my pillow, and unhaunted
by the faces of those to whom I have
brought pain. Grant that may earn
my meal ticket on the square, and
in earning it I may not put the
gaff where it does not belong.
Deafen me to the jingle of tainted
money and the rustic of unholy
skirts Blind me to the faults of
other fellows, but reveal to me mine
own. Guide me so that each night
when | look across the dining table
at my wife, who has been a blessing
to me, I have nothing to conceal.
Keep me young enough to laugh with
my children. And when comes the
smell of flowers and the tread Of
soft steps and the crunching of
wheels out in front, make the cere-
mony short and the epitaph simple:
Here lies man. Clinton Chroni-
Gle.
The Mountainair independent., 1919-11-13
PASSES AWAY AT AGE OF 81

Grandma Johnson died at the
home of her daughter Mrs. w. B.
4oyland Tuesday night after an i'll
ness of several weeks, at the advan-
"ed age of 81 years. She has made
Nor home with her daughter here at
various times for a number of years
Nast and has numerous friends
throughout the community. The body
VAS taken to New Salem, Kansas for
!nterment beside that Of her husband,
Tho died some thirty years ago. An
obituary will be given in these col
INNS next week.