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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-06-07

Primary road system of 6,00o miles
Primary road fund TO improve the
primary road system. This fund to
be derived from annual federal aid
allotment: annual collection of mo
tor vehicle fees; special assessment
against benefited property.
No county may proceed with any
hard surfacing project whatever,
either on primary or secondary
roads, until the county at popular
election shall sanction general policy
of hard surfacing roads.
Three options on which county
may improve primary roads: May
complete grading and drainage be-
fore hard surfacing; may hard sur
face portions and grade and drain
other portions; may proceed with
hard surfacting in more rapid man
ner by authorizing bond issue at
popular election.
State highway commission respon-
sfble for surveys. plans and super
vision.
Cost of hard surfacing primary
roads to be paid from following
sources: rs per cent. from primary
road fund; % per cent. from assess
ment against property benefited.
Board of three t3) appraisers to
assess benefits against property over
zone mile and half back, on each
side, from road.
Assessments must not exceed four
(4) per cent. Of market value of land.
Land owners given right OF appeal
against assessment, first to supervi-
sors. then to district court.
Supervisors may anticipate funds
by issuing certificates against de-
ferred property assessments, also
against primary fund for current and
succeeding years allotment.
Supervisors may, or on petition
must, submit question of issuing
bonds to proceed with an improve
ment program faster than by annual
allotments.
Supervisors may, as alternative
plan to above, let tentative contracts
for road improvement and submit
same to popular vote for valuation
(so-called Florida plan). but county
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-06-07
What New Iowa Road Law Authorizes

must previously have voted favorably
on hard surfacing.
Supervisors may not drain. grade
or surface any highway inside city
limits.
Supervisors may hard surface pri-
mary road through town, but may
not grade or drain same. Town must
maintain roads so improved.
Supervisors may improve road on
corporation line, assessing half COST
to city.
Supervisors must maintain pri-
mary road system to satisfaction OF
highway commission.
Commission is authorized to take
over maintenance, if necessary, ana
charge cost to county
Commission may purchase equip
ment or material for counties.
Limit of county Indebtedness un
der this act is three go per cent.
Provision for improving secondary
system roads is made by authorizing
Improvement district to be estab
lished by supervisors upon petition
of 20 per cent. of land owners, but
county must previously have voted
favorably upon hard surfacing policy
Method of distributing cost of i'm
provement on secondary system tc
be as follows:
On county system-75 per cent. to
be paid from county road cash fund;
% per cent. to be paid from assess
ment on benefited property.
On township system-25 per cent
from county road cash fund; so pei
cent. from township road funds; 2t
per cent. from assessments OH bene
fitted property.
County maintains county road sc
improved.
Township maintains township road
so improved unless supervisors ac
cept such road as part of county
system.
Two (2) mill road building fund
extended over city property as well
as rural property.
Townships authorized to add two
CD mills for use on township roads
in addition to all present levies.
Law effective upon publication
published April 10, 1919
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-06-07
RABBITS AND ARITHMETIC.

Indianapolis News: Purdue univer-
sity wants the boys and girls of In,
diana to raise rabbits. The univer-
sity has lent its aid to bring about
greater production of pigs, calves,
poultry and so on. This was part
of the effort to have more live stock
produced on the farm and also in
tended to relieve the food situation
Boy and girl clubs have been estab.
lished throughout the state and have
made a record of splendid achieve.
ment. Now they are asked to turn
their attention to rabbits. Seventy
county agricultural agents will CO.
operate with them.
Arithmetic and rabbits are kindred
subjects. Addition, subtraction and
division all must have consideration
of multiplication. Books on rabbits
say they mate at the age of six
months and bring forth progeny
about six times year. The filters
average from five to eight.
Experts have figured on a basis OF
/ 900 rabbits at the start With the
law of averages in mind, they esti-
mate that at the end of two years the
rabbit crop would number 2057, 999
The odd figures are explained be-
cause of allowance for one rabbit
being stepped on and killed. Other.
wise the total would have been g.
058.000. There is no question about
rabbit being good food, or about the
price having gone up. Wild rabbits
used to be had almost for the ASKING
during the season, but the rabbit
also passed into the class of luxuries
and has been rather expensive ea..ng
for the last few years IF Dummies are
to be raised by wholesale methods
and few million turned over to In
diana people for food purposes the
price ought to come down.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-06-07
WHO rs A CAPITALIST?

ss Speakers at a convention of the German as
sociation of socialists recently held in the east
denounced what they called the capitalist class
and glorified bolhsevism which they denominat
ed industrial democracy The proletariat they
said. must organize to overthrow the capitalist
class and be able to force a revolution on the
country in spite of all the laws that may be
passed.
1t would be interesting if some of these re-
voutionists would explain, as none OF them
ever has what is the capitalist class OF the
country and who is eligible to membership
therein. Does any man who has business, or
a farm or a home or a savings laid up for years
belong to the capitalist class? Is man who re-
ceives insurance he has been working twenty
wears to pay for capitalist? Is any man who
by frugality and industry has made some meas
ure of provision for his family member of that
hated body, and if not how much must he have
saved before he isl Are we to understand it a
characteristic common to this dangerous and
odious class that they want everything that be-
longs to them-want to keep as against all
claimants everything they have worked hard
to obtain2 OF course there are individuals
iamong them who want more than is rightfully
theirs There are some who reach after every
thing in sight. But this is not a purely capital
list trait since men without a dollar feel that
way and will even steal and kill to get some
other persons earnings in their hands. So the
question reduces to this Is every man who
wants to keep his own capitalist? IF this be
sc it would seem to follow that the proletarians
whose desire and sacred duty it is to start a
revolution and overthrow the capitalist are men
who have not saved anything and would not
care about keeping it if they had.
Most Of us people in Keokuk have never met
la man of that Sort and some Of are gen
|uinely puzzled how to classify ourselves. With
a week IS wages in our pocket we feel quite CAPT
talistic and look askance at any proposition tc
divide it with the socialists with the indie
pendent Workers of the World who will not
work. Yet III other circumstances and moods
we are not sure where we belong and should
like to have some authoritative definition Of
what constitutes a capitalist, 50 as to know wha
badge to wear when the revolution begins
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-06-07
BE YOUR OWN WEATHER MAN

Des Moines Capital: The New
York Sun has obligingly compiled
number of weather observations
which enable any man to be his own
weather prophet. They may fail
sometimes, and they may not-prob-
ably not any more frequently than
the representations of the more
scientific observers.
j A horizon wholly unobstructed by
clouds, it seems. indicates a storm
within twenty-four hours. And if it
rains after the mystic hour of Z
o'clock in the morning, it is footless
to wish for cessation of the show
ers for 1t viii continue to rain all
day. and many times for three days
at stretch. When it brightens and
dargens during rain an all day
downpour with a possible clearing in
the evening Is a pretty sure bet. A
tiny rift of blue sky through massed
heavy blankets of clouds. when the
rain has stopped. is sure-enough
sign of clear weather 1t is an ill
omen if the smoke hover closely
about the chimney, for continued
rain is on the calendar. A foggy
morning is the forerunner of a clear
afternoon. A red or copper coiored
moon or sun indicates great heat.
Nearly every community has its
weather prophet. He admits himself
that he is 100 per cent. prophet And
the people never remember from
one storm to another whether or not
he prophesied correctly.
But the one dependable sign is
possessed by strangely harrassed
group of persons and by them alone.
Their prophecy never fails False
prophets may come and false prophets
may go but they are always on the
job. These are the sufferers from
rheumatism and neuralgia They are
excellent barometers and more de-
pendable even than the man of
science. They feel It in their bones"
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-06-07

"Why should it be thought a
thing incredible with you, that God
should raise the dead?" (Acts 26:8.)
So asked Paul of King Aprippa
when arraigned before him pris-
oner in bonds approximately thirty
years after our Lords resurrection.
At that time the Apostles and the
saints generally suffered severe per-
secution because of their persistent
testimony of the Christ, crucified
and risen. The powerful Sadducees
denied the actually of a resurrec-
ton; their opponents, the Pharisees,
protested belief in the resurrec-
ton, but all save those who had
been converted to Christianity
through faith and repentance de-
nounced the solemn testimonies of
Christ's resurrection as fiction and
falsehood.
That the spirit of Jesus Christ re-
turned from the abode of the disem-
bodied and re-entered the body till
then reposing in the sapulchre is
specifically affirmed in Holy Writ.
In the early dawn Of that most mem
orable Sunday in history He was
seen by Mary Magdalene and then
by others, some of whom were per-
mitted to reverently touch His feet.
In the evening He stood amongst the
Apostles and quieted their fears by
the assuring demonstration: Behold
my hands and my feet, that it is |
myself: handle me, and see; for a
spirit hath not flesh and bones, as
we see me have" duke 24;39)
That the body they beheld was the
identical body in which the Lord
had lived amongst them was evident
from the presence of the wounds
made by the crucifiers. To further
assure the devoted company that He
was no shadowy form, no immaterial
being, but living Parsonage with
bodily organs, internal as well as
outward, He asked: "Have we here
any meat7" They brought broiled
fish and other food, and He "did eat
before them"
Christ was the first of all men to
emerge from the tomb with spirit
and body reunited, resurrected i'm
rightly called 1.-The firstfruits of them
thaC Slept as dlSO phc ItTSlOSFIt
from the dead" and 1.-THE fret be-
gotten of the dead" q Cor. 1920;
Col. 1:1S; Rev. 1:5.) The victory
over death thus achieved by the
foreordained Redeemer of the race
was positively and abundantly fore
told. That literal resurrection
shall come to all who have or shall
have lived and died on earth is quite
as strongly attested in Scripture.
Two general resurrections are
specified; these we may distinguish
as the first and the final, or as the
resurrection of the just and that of
the unjust respectively Hear the
words OF Christ Himself relating to
the dead and their assured coming
forth: "For the hour is coming, in
the which all that are in the graves
shall hear his voice, And shall come
forth; they that have done good,
unto the resurrection of life; and
they that have done evil, unto the
resurrection of damnation." John
5:2S, 29.)
The first resurrection began with
that OF Jesus Christ and was con-
tinued thereafter as we read: "And
the graves were opened; and many
bodies of the saints which slept
arose, and came out of the graves
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-06-07

after his resurrection, and went ind
the holy city, and appeared uns|
many" Matt. 1852, 53.) Th|
resurrection of the just is 81
be made general at the tins|
of the Lords approaching all
vent in glory; but a fixed gradatiOrI
is established as Paul arerred "8H|
now is Christ risen from the d.ss|
and become the firstfruits of thsr|
that slept. For since by man cam|
death, by man came also the resus
rection of the dead. For as in Adas|
al! die, even SO in Christ shall all N
made alive. But every man in hi
cwn order: Christ the firstfruts
afterWard they that are christ's 4
his coming" q Cor. 15:2O.2S)
The Millennium is to be inaust
rated by glorious redemption
the righteous from the power
death; and of them it is writtel
Blessed and holy is he that hs'
part in the first resurrection: %
such the second death has no pews
but they shall be priests CT God al'
Of Christ, and shall reign with ha
a thousand years" (Rev. 2O:6l u
the unworthy we read in thrllhsI
contrast: "eut the rest of the Gen
lived not again until the thoasaA
years were finished"
OF the imminence of His conll
and in further specification OF y
distinction between the resurrect
of the just and that of the unjust U
Lord has said through revelation
the current age: "Hearken we, ~
behold, the great day of the Lor'
nigh at hand. For the day Gomez
that the Lord shall utter his wW
out of heaven; the heavens Sas
shake and the earth shall trsme
and the trump Of God shall so'a
both long and loud, and shall say
the sleeping nations, We saints afsI
and live; ye sinners stay and sN'
Until shall call again. tl'ocli'i |
& Covenants 4S:17, 49,
The Book of Mormon is eXpllcil
description of the literal and uhh'I
sal resurrection: New. there
death which is called a tempouJ
death: and the death of Christ ~"
loose the bands of this tempuI
death. that all shall be raised NV
this temporal death: The spirit
the body shall be reunited again
it's perfect form; both limb ana ~
shall be restored to its proper 'fa1
even as we now are at TINS wv
and we shall be brought 10
before God, knowing even az
know now, and have bright re-
lection of all our guilt. NOW
restoration shall come to a'''
cid and young, both bond ana ".
bots, male and female, oo',
wicked and the righteous; ana
there shall not 50 much as
of their heads be lost; but all wv.
shall be restored to its perfect "'
as il is now, or in the oooy,
shall be brought and be array" :,
before the bar of Christ the o', 81,
God the Father, and the ROY
which is one eternal GOD,
Judged according to their WIN WV.
whether they be good or WE"
they be evil" (Alma 11:4244'
Far the Book of Mormon, e'S' ID
ply to Northern States Miss'o
North Sawyer Avenue, Cnieas .i,ls
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complete series of these WAN
numbering 104, entitled Tine n,s.n
Of Morrnonism," apply to puons.
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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-06-07
IOWA PRESS COMMENT.

Des Moines Capital: The world is
going through a trial which, so far
as this country is concerned, was
not anticipated. The friends of law
and order should begin to organize
to prepare to meet these lawless ele-
ments The lawless elements are in
a small minority and it will be easy
enough to deal with them If the gov
eminent and all those in authority,
and all private citizens, stand to-
gether for the protection OF society.
Waterloo Times-Tribune: Chair
man Cummings says he didn't mean
to convey in his Chicago speech that
Wilson would be candidate in 1920
provided the league of nations was
turned down by the senate No use
explaining. The deed is done.
Webster City Freeman-Journal:
Good roads cost much money, of
course, but bad ones cost much more.
There is no room for controversy
here. The bad roads cost more than
anybody realizes.
Cedar Rapids Gazette: In addition
to planting and blowing, the Iowa
farmer now finds himself busy try
ing to work out the dizzying scales
and figures which tell him how much
he has to pay if the newly paved
road runs past his place, or a quar-
ter mile, half mile or full mile away.
If he'll just take time to figure out
how much he will save by voting and
paying for the paving the rest Of the
folk might be persuaded to do a little
less kicking about the high prices
the farmer is getting for his pro-
ducts.
Council Bluffs NonpareiI: We have
several fellows in Iowa grooming
themselves for gubernatorial nomina-
ton. The voters are showing little
interest in the situation, however.
They seem to be saying by attitude,
All right, boys, go to it if you wish,
we'll look you over a year from now.
Perry Chief: One of the big things
remarked about by the returned sol
der is that France, with her SIS an
acre land, can have paved roads,
and Iowa, with 5000 per acre land,
continues to wallow in the mud.
Mason City Globe-Gazette: Al.
though the government is going to
ask the taxpayers to put up $780,
100000 to carry the railroads another
year, the socialists still want the
government to take over everything.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-06-07

Nothing surely is SO potent as a law that
NAV not be disobeyed 1t has the force OF the
water drop that hollows the stone. A small
daily task, if it be really daily, will beat the
labors of spasrnodic Hercules.-Anthony
Trollope.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-06-07
TODAY'S BIT OF VERSE
o HOW THE NIGHTS ARE SHORT.
0 how the nights are short,
These heavenly nights OF June!

o how the nights are short,
These heavenly nights OF June!
But three OF four brief hours
Between the afterglow
And dawniight; while the flowers
Are dreaming in their bowers,
And birds their song forego;
And in the noon of night.
AS in the noon of day,
Flowers close on their delight,
Birds nestle from their flight,
Deep stiffness holdeth sway.
Only the nightingales
Yet sing TO moon and stars,
Although their full song fails;
The cornbrake never quails,
But through the silence jars.
James r
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-06-07

do to arrest everybody who o' n
the government Cussing tno
eminent is the only JOY OF So'
our prominent citizens.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-06-07
Self Reinsurance.

Sioux Falls Press: Some folks are
50 doubtful about their own great
ness that they have to keep continu-
ally telling others about it
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-06-07

It has been suggested that the proper pun
ishment for the former kaiser would he putting
him on the rock pile. Il there any objection TO
putting him under it,
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-06-07
A Favorite Pastime.

Watertown Public Opinion: In
searching for the reds who plotted
general murder with bombs, 1t won't
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-06-07

and found sixty-dve small residual
glaciers on high Sierra.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-06-07

With is full hearts are satisfied tnere
more to be The perfection OF the season.
among things brought the perfection of the song
and abe Of the birds The artists all
expectations excited by the robin and the
sone-sparrow justified The thrushes have all come
and sit down upon rock with hands full Of pink
azaIeas With the cuckoo does not arrive TN
june the soidfnch, the kngoird the scaries
tanaoer delay coming till then In the meadows the
boboink in all his glory; in the high pastures the Held
sparrow sings breezy hymn and the woods arc
UNFOLDING to the music the thrushes-Burrou9ns
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-06-07

After July first Americans viii have to keep
their spirits up instead Of putting them down.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-06-07
The Graves Shall Be Opened
And the Dead Shall Live
By DR.. JAMES f. TALMAGE

By DR.. JAMES E. TALMAGE
OF the Council of the Twelve Church Of Jesus Christ of Lat
ter-Day Saints; Salt Lake City, Utah.
NOTE For free copies of other articles of this SERIES send
request to the author
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-06-07

Anyway, Burleson has one title to fame. He
remained home on the job.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-06-07

Webster City Freeman-Journal:
Good roads cost much money, OF
course, but bad ones cost much more
There is no room for controversy
here. The bad roads cost more than
anybody realizes.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-06-07

Mason City Globe-Gazette: AL
though the government is going to
ask the taxpayers to put up $1,000
000,0 900 to carry the railroads another
year, the socialists still want the
government to take over everything.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-06-07

Perry Chief: One of the big thing
remarked about by the returned so
der is that France. with her S15 a
acre land, can have paved roads
and Iowa, with 5000 per acre lane
continues to wallow in the mud.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-03-18

were not so cowardly and would re-
turn and call his nit, thousand Off
GERS about him, everybody would hur-
rah and say the old times were bet
ter than the present and demand him
back.
a Liberal Movement Coming.
'.But a genuinely liberal movement
is coming. Machine guns cannot wipe
out radical ideas. Give the people food
and work and Bolshevism will be
avoided until a solid and reformed
state is established
Harden anticipates close and inn
portant relations between the German
republic and the United States.
= We need close relations with
America more than she needs us at
first" he said, and, frankly,,it would
benefit US more than America, but
eventually the advantages would be
equal. I have the greatest faith in
the league of nations. But its sue
cess and world peace during the COM
ing century depend upon close and
friendly relations between Germany,
England and America"