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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-02-20
Putting nsomethina over

Cedar Rapids Gazette: There was
once farmer who tried every l7T,o~-n
kind of a scarecrow to keep the
crows out of his corn field, to no
avail Then he went TO wax figure
maker and had figure of man
made. 1t was life-like enough to
speak The farmer took it home in
great glee, thinking he had at last
outwitted the birds. He put the wax
figure in the middle OF the corn field
next morning and awaited results
The birds came as usual, and eyed
the newcomer with suspicion Then
convention was called wherein the
birds discussed who and what their
new friend might be. After due de
liberation and observation. they de-
cided the wax figure only another of
the farmers ideas and helped them
selves to the corr. Some of the more
daring ones even sat en- the head and
sh oulders OF the life-like scaTecrow.
If it is impossible TO fool innocent
birds by appearances. how. can SEN
sible human beings expect to put
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-02-20
Senator Hoar's Bird Petition

Of birds, they are almost gone. Even
the nightingales are being killed in
Italy.
Now we humbly pray that you
will stop all this, and will save us
from this sad fate. You have already
made law that no one shall kill a
harmless song bird or destroy our
nests or our eggs. Will you please
to make another. that no one shall
wear our feathers, so that no one
will kill us tosget them? We want
them all ourselves. Your pretty
girls are pretty enough without them.
We are told that it is as easy for
YOU to do this as for a blackbird to
whistle.
IF you will. we. know how to pay
you a hundred times over. We will
teach your children to keep them.
selves clean and neat. We will show
them how to live together in peaAs
and love, and to agree as We do in
our nests. We will build pretty
houses which you will like to see.
We will play about your gardens and
flower beds-ourselves like flowers
on wings-without any cost to you
We will destroy the wicked insects
and worms that spoil your cherries
and currants and plums and apples
and roses. We will give you our
best songs, and make the spring
/, more beautiful and the summer
sweet to you. Every June morning
when you go out into the field Oriole
and Blackbird and BoboIink will fly
after you and make the day more
delightful to you, and when you GO
home tired at shutdown ''Vesper'
Sparrow will tell you how grateful
we are. When you sit on your porch
after dark Fifebird and Hermit
Thrush and Wood Thrush will sing
to you, and even Whip-Poor-Will will
cheer up little We know where
we are safe. In little while all the
birds will come to live in Massachu
sets again and everybody who loves
music will like to make a summer
home with YOU"
Nothing finer than this was eve,
done by any great man for the cause
! of bird protection. It stirred moi
only our state legislature, but the
hearts of thousands throughout the
country. 1t is the work of such lead
ers as these that has brought the
cause of bird protection to its pres
ent measure of success. 1t needs
still the loyal help of us all in hun
dred ways, local and national, but
we do not need to worry about the
federal law The migratory bird
treaty with Great Britain and Cana
da makes that safe, probably for al
time.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-02-20
KEEP LOOKING YOUNG
It's Easy-If You Know DR..
Edwards Olive Tablets

The secret OF keeping young Is to feel
young - to do this you must watch you,
liver and bowels - there's no need OF
having sallow complexion - dark rings
under your eyes = pimples - bilious
look in your face = dull. eyes with no
sparkle. Your doctor viii tell you ninety
per cent of all sickness comes from III
active bowels and liver.
DR.. Edwards, a well-known physician
n Ohio, perfected vegetable com.
.ocnd mixed with olive oil to act on
he liver a-,d bowels, which he gave 70
rs patients for yco-s. :.
d. Edward5' Give Tablets, the subsd.
slte for calcn1ci, arc gentle in their acton
yet always effective. They bring aoou,
chat cxuberance Of spirit, that natural
tuoyancy which should be enjoyed OF
everyone, by toring up the liver and clear
ilg TIE system Of impurities.
You will know DR.. Edwards Olive 1an-
lets By their olive color. 10c and 25c PEI
tc--.. El drifts.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-02-20

Boston Transcript: Probably the
most remarkable legal document on
bird protection that the world has
ever known is the famous bird petit
ton by Senator George F. Hoar, then
senior senator from Massachusetts,,
which was long ago presented to our
state legislature. The enthusiasm
that was aroused there was SO great
that it passed both houses like q
whirlwind. 1t was as follows:
ITO the Great and General Court Of
the Commonwealth of Massachu-
sets. We, the song-birds of Mas
sachusetts, and their. playfellows.
make this our humble petition:
Eve know more about you than
you think we do. We know how good
you are. We have hoped about the
roofs and looked in at the windows
of the houses you have built for poor
and sick and hungry people and lit
tie lame and deaf and blind children.
We have built our nests in the trees
and sung many a song as we flew
about the gardens and parks you
have made so beautiful for your own
children, especially your poor chill
dren. to play in.
Every year we fly great way
over the country, keeping all the
time where the sun is bright and
warm; and we know that whenever
you do anything, other people all
over the great land between the seas
and the great lakes find it out, and
pretty soon will try to do the same
thing. We know; we know. We are
/ Americans just as you are. Some OF
US, like some of you. came from
across the great sea. but most of the
birds like US have lived here a long
while; and birds like US welcomed
your fathers when they came here
many years ago. Our fathers and
mothers have always done their best
to please your fathers and mothers,
Now We have a sad story to tell
you. Thoughtless or bad people are
! trying 10 destroy US. They kill us
because our feathers are beautiful
Even pretty and sweet girls, who we
should think would be our best
| friends, kill our brothers and chill
| dren so that they may wear their
\ plumage on their hats. Sometimes
! people kill us from mere wanton
ness. Cruel boys destroy our nests
and steal our eggs and our young
ones. People with guns and snarcs
| lie in wait TO kill us. as If the place
! for a bird were not in the sky, alive
: but in shop window or under a
glass case. If this goes on much
Longer, all your song birds will be
gone. Already, we are told. in some
other countries that used to be full
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-02-20
THE RUSSIAN PROBLEM.

Shall bolshevism be recognized and allowed
free rein in Russia or be crushed by force OF
armsa These are the alternatives. The French
realizing that the present regime In Russia was
devised in Germany and will open the empire
to German commercial exploitation and pene-
tration, prefer the latter plan. The advocates
Of the Princes island parley appear to hope
that bolshevism can be reformed by moral
suasion into a useful factor in civilized society.
ii NAV be added that no Russians of Intelligence
outside of the Lenine group believe that this
can be done, nor will they have relations with
the depraved and bloody mobocracy which has
brought such indescribable misery on their
Land.
The situation is admittedly grave IN the ex-
IRENE and there Is no easy or certain way OF
mastering It To overthrow the murderous
iunta in Russia by force would be immensely
difficult and costly Yet if bolshevism is allow
ed to run It's course 1t Is clear that it Will either
spread westward over central Europe or Rus
STA will fall prey 70 German intrigue For
the aim of the Huns is now the political and IN
dustrial domination OF the Slav empire, and
this would make them as formidable menace
to civilization as they were four years ago.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-02-20
FOR SEEKERS AFTER TRUTH

A demonstration of the troubles with which
historians have to deal is made by the contro-
versy over the phrase: Lafayette, we are
here It has been apparently settled that
General Pershing was the speaker, yet number
of persons who were present on July fourth
when the words were spoken declare with stub
born persistence that General Stanton spoke
them. While the phrase apt to the occas-
ion and has won much publicity, it is not i'm
portant after all to historic record who spoke
it. But If now, within some months of the oc
currence and with all parties to the contro
versy at hand, it is difficult to get at the trutf
OF this matter what chance has the historian
The point to be noted is that what is true il
TINS nnmportant instance is likely to be true
IN many instances OF really vital Importance t.
truthful record of this war The stuff of his
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-02-20
THE FEELING OF FRANCE.

Few Americans appreciate how hard France
has been hit by the war. Our own sufrer1ngs
and troubles are almost as nothing IN compaTl-
SON Her death list is very nearly one million
and a half, and in the last four years her births
have been about million less than her normal
deaths. Add to this her colossal debt, her ruin
ed towns, her wrecked industries and her de-
vastated land and we begin to understand her
intense desire for peace conditions which VIII
save her from another German raid. II French
papers criticise ENJOYS somewhat bitterly
it is because they think, with or without good
reason, that we do not know Germany as she
does and do not feel towards her as we would
if we had drained the cup of bitterness 10 the
dregs as France has.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-02-20
Memorials.

Cedar Rapids Republican: All over
the country they are planning me-
mortal buildings, but it may be noted
that the communities which desire
them are asking either their state or
the national government to furnish
the money They are all willing to
erect memorials, provided someone
else pays for them and we suspect
that the word memorial is merely
used as a camoufage. What they
want to do is TO add to the import
snce of their cities. The kind of a
memorial that counts is the one, that
men go into their OWL pockets for
1T is the offering that haIlows the
purpose, and building them with
other peoples money is not hallowed
in any way.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-02-20
IOWA PREss COMMENT.

Waterloo Times-Tribune The gov
ernor says he hasn't anything TO
explain in the Rathbun case. He sub
mits his letter files and remarks that
now the Iowa house knows as much
about the case as he does. What
the governor trying to do. convict
the Iowa house7
Cedar Rapids Republican: Some OF
the Y. NJ. C. A. criticism may be de-
served and some of it may be due to
the fact that everyone feels like kick
ing about something. The world is
rife with it now.
Council Bluffs Nonpareil: The fell
lows in the assembly at Des Moines
are doing something else besides
IegisIating. Several OF them are
nursing hopes which they fondly ex-
meet to blossom out later on into
irresistible demands on the part OF
their friends that they become candi-
dates for governor ir some office OF
less magnitude.
Cedar Rapids Republican: Gov
ernor Harding and Rathbun, OF Ida
Grove, may be only chance acquaint-
ances, but each viii remember the
other long time.
Cedar Falls Record: If Governor
Harding ever had doubt of the ef-
fectiveness of persistent pitiless pub
licity, it must have been removed by
the Registers exposition OF the Rath-
bun affair.
Fort Dodge Messenger: The pri-
mary law in Iowa has been very
successful in one thing; that is the
wiping out OF party lines. But that
is no benefit. 1t has not placed a
higher type OF men in political life.
but is tending to drive that class OF
men away from public office. They
will not attempt to make state cam
paigns by their own efforts and at
their own expense. 1t is too great
| burden, considering the size of the
salaries that are paid. for man OF
moderate means to have to make
both primry and election campaigns.
! Atlantic News-Telegraph: Speak
| ing of suffrage, this newspaper would
! like to ask by what warrant Senators
Cummins and Kenyon OF this state
voted for 1t in face of the fact that
| the voters Of this state at the polls
| turned 1t down.
| Marshalltown Times Republican:
| II any element in the United States
approves the appointment of Heron
to represent this country. it is an
i element of which this country dis
approves almost or quite as much as
| it does of Heron.
Davenport Times: Back OF the dig
| five in the league of nations is the
big stick-but back of all. and great
est of all. is the big ideal. Do you
/ get it?
Webster City Freeman-Journal: NC
matter about memorials to Theodore
iRoosevelt He will live IN the mem
DRY of red-blooded Americans. fol
his was the lone voice calling in the
I wilderness for virile Americanlsn
\ when other leaders. or rather alleged
4 leaders, were dumb with fright o.
] were stone blind.
/ Traer Star-Clipper: Waste OF pup
lie money during the war may d.
! treated simply as inefficfency; waste
since the war ended should be treat
ed as crinlinality.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-02-20
GOOD GREAT MEN.

GOOD GREAT MEN.
In one of his addresses James Russell Lowell
said: 'sThe chief duty of nation is to produce
great men; for without them It's history Is but
the annals of ants and bees The English his
torian, Edward Freemen, made this the topic
of an essay ON How to Grow Great Men" in
which he undertook to discuss the quality OF
goodness as it affects the rating of men as great
Freeman IS logic was sound; his premise that
no nation should grow bad men even II OF great
ability cannot well be disputed. Moreover, II
probably is safe statement to make that there
is no way to grow abnormal genius; that excep-
tional men in history many of them. were n.y.
birds which no national cultivation would pro-
duce.
Fieeman's choice of illustrations was excel
lent: he took Alfred the Great. the first great
maker of England. and George Washington as
examples of good great men; of the type OF men
which nations should strive to grow and which
Ito his mind they might hope to grow. For
these men were not abnormal they were timely
competent in small duties until called to larger
ones; these larger duties they fulfilled by the
same talents used in the smaller ones they
were not self-conscious of greatness nor greedy
lof power; and their abilities were not exception
Ial in kind but In degree of power to employ
ttn6m. .IneV were IileeIl I'd eI1uidt6 UcCdliSO ~
lis possible to emulate them Against thse ex-
lamples Freeman sat the Caesars the Alexand-
Iers, the Napoleons chasing them as men OF abb
normal ability and abnormal power, but men OF
whom it cannot be said that they were good
great men. Freeman should not be understood
las meaning that greatness is divorced from
goodness; great leaders have commanded al
ways the allegiance and devotion OF millions
who believed they we're right and good In mo-
tive and Freeman claimed that great man, to
be so classed, must in large way have intended
good in more than selfish limitation.
The discussion was not carried to examina-
ton of one fact that is Of great Importance
Ipermanence of the work done by the two class
les of great men. Reflection and even a cursory
refreshing of the mind on facts of history will
show that what the good great men have done
has not passed from Influence in world affairs
The reason is plain; the good great man builds
for the good of his fellows and they cling te
what he has done heritage; out OF the ruck
Through which an abnormal leader passes only
/ what is lastingly helpful is kept alive.
! The world has never needed good great men
! as it needs them now; peoples wracked and
wrung by discord and suffering need leaders
The world is sick through leadership of the alb
normal sort who are able to set confederacy
to running amuck. Strong, normal, honest
leadership must undo the harm. The best lead
er is just good man made great man.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-02-20
Happiness Is from Within.

Orison SWEET Marden We must
carry our happiness with us or we
viii never find it, just as we must
carry our success in our mind or we
will never find il. Happiness, Ike
success, is a state OF mind. 1t does
not exist in other people or in things.
1t is in ourselves that we are happy
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-02-20
LET US sELF-DETERMINE.

The tabuIated returns for the 1918 and 1919
elections are significant as show
ing the political trend. The aggregate republi-
can pluralities were $4,000 three years ago.
Last year they were LOAF $50.
In this connection it might be added that the
eleven states of the solid south whose electoral
votes elected the president and whose votes In
congress have been his dependable sup
port, cast only ,457 900 votes, the rest of the
citizens in their population of over twenty-five
millions being disfranchised. Ten typical re-
publican states, on the other hand, polled vote
of 9,30s00O, which is more than one-ffth of
their total population. That is to say, 1885
voters of the southern states gave the president
"a vote in the electoral college, whereas it took
over 1900 TO cast a vote against him in north
ern states which respect the constitutional
rights of citizens.
1t would seem as though more self-determin-
alton would be as good a thing for our republic
as for Europe.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-02-20
TODAY.s BIT OF VERSE
THE QUIET HABIT.

THE QUIET HABIT
II is strange how we travel theSwide world over,
And see great churches and foreign streets.
And armies afoot and kings of wonder,
And deeds ADDING to Ill the sheets
That grave historians will pen
And all the time the heart remembers
The quiet habit OF one far place,
The drawings and books, the turn OF a passage,
The glance OF dear familiar face,
And there Is the cosInopolis-
John Drinkwater
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-02-20
Loaded For Him.

Chicago Daily News: Congress
eagerly awaits the return of Presi-
dent Wilson. having accumulated a
stableful of bucks to pass to him.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-02-20
The Senate Agrees.

New York World: President Viii
son is opposed to any demonstration
when he returns. That is one presi-
Dental request in which the United
States senate can enthusiastically
concur
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-02-20

tory is hard to get. Truth does lie at the bot
tom of a we'll and at best he who would tell 1t
in writing permanent records has need OF all
Judgment and ingenuity to bring it to the light.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-02-20

something over on their fellowmen
II can't be done for any great
length of time.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-02-20

While the Carnegie Peace Foundation cannot
render any service IN the reconstructing Of
Europe now going on at the peace conference,
Mr.. Canegie's simplifed spelling board can
help some when the mapmaIsers begin their
work
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-02-20

II a moratorium means that a country need
not settle up until it settles down then those
holders of Russian debts may eventually be
compelled to go to the poorhouse.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-02-20

saltwater Okla, Gazette: So long
"a ii exists Germany will be a peace
menace.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-02-20

a mans measure is taken By the degree Of
courtesy with which he treats women
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-02-20

Marconi says that the time will come when
we shall have wireless communication with
other planets. Think of the added expense
this VIII be to the press news associations
that viii have to keep correspondents on each
important star.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-02-20

or miserable. Happiness is inside Oh
us or 1t is nowhere. And we get II
day by day as we journey through
life. or We never get it at ALL
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-02-20

T seek it not I ask no rest forever; my
path is onward to the farthest shores.
E. Charming.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-02-20

New York's murder score for 1915
totals go.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-02-20

Traer StarlClipper: Waste OF pup
lie money during the war may pc
treated simply as inefficfency; waste
since the war ended should ne treat
ed as crin1inality.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-02-20

Webster City Freeman-Journal: NO
matter about memorials to Theodore
Roosevelt. He will live in the mem
DRY of red-blooded Americans. TOT
his was the lone voice calling IN tne
wilderness for virile Americanisnl
when other leaders, or rather alleged
leaders. were dumb with fright OF
were stone blind.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1919-08-14
FOR COUNTY COMMISSIONER

l hereby announce myself a candidate for
the office of County Commissioner, subject to
the decision of the Republican voters at the
coming primary election. and respectfully So
licit the support of the voters throughout the
county. l promise, if nominated and elected
to render faithful service to the best of my
ability to all sections of the county, and /
am in favor of having as much permanent
roal work done as it is possible to do without
detracting from any other necessary needs
OF the citizens of our county ]. G. FRIEND.
District No. l.
nomination for County Commissioner, SUBJ
ject to the result of the Republican primary
election. and most respectfully solicit the votes
at the polls. GEORGE WARWICK
Bloomington. District No 4.
| hereby announce myself candidate for
the nomination for County Commissioner
subject to the result of the Republican pri-
maries, and respectfully solicit the support of
the members of my party throughout the
county JONAS YUTZY.
District No. s. End Precinct
At the solicitation of many friends l here
by announce my candidacy for the Office of
County Commissioner of Garrett county SUBJ
lect TO the result of the Republican Primary
Election and if nominates and elected | be-
heve, with my past experience and the close
touch in which l have been kept with the
various interests Of the county l can render
efficient service l respectfully solicit the
support of all Republicans throughout the
COUNT. H V LEIGHTON
District No Z