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The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1919-07-24

1870 feet, thence east 2371 feet to the
place Of beginning. covering the ORR
insl town Of Miller, South Dakota,
and the following additions thereto:
Eudell J. Miller's, VIM. H. Miller's
North Addition. Atlantic, McWhorter's
Addition, Garlick's Addition, Buffers
Addition, John W.. CoQuillette's Addi-
ton, and South Miller: also the fol-
lowing tracts or parcels of land:
Roller Mills property, VIM. H. Waters
9 84-10O acres and Thomas Stratton
II 40-1O0 acres and designated as Dis
trict No One ~, and that notice of
hearing Of said Resolution shall be
published in an Official paper Of the
city for two weeks, and Monday, the
End day Of June, 1919, the City Coun-
Gil will be in session at the City Hall
in the city Of Miller at 500 y. m. of
said day, to consider any and all OBJ
jections thereto. at which time ali
persons may be heard.
W. ]. Halloween,
Mayor.
r. o. Teller, City Auditor.
On motion Council adjourned to
May 10. 1919 at 500 O'Clock p. m.
T. O. TELLER,
City Auditor.
~
Miller. 8. D., May 10. 1919
Council me pursuant to adjourn
ment, Mayor Halloween in the chair.
Councilmen present on roll call-Wfl-
son, Churchill. Dulin and Saltmarsh.
This being the time set for hearing
objections 70 resolution for the paving
Of Broadway Street of the City Of
Miller. 8. Oak. the same was taken
NJ for hearing. There being no OBJ
jections presented. the following mo-
ton NJ made. and seconded
Notion made and seconded that the
following Resolution b. passed and
aoopted. Roll lcal on adoption Of re-
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1919-07-24

VHERE is no Joker in this price. We are
not telling you one story in this advertise
ment and then leaving it for our dealers
to break the sad news that the advertised
price won't buy a tractor unless you pay extra
for a lot Of necessary features. The Titan
dealer won't charge you extra for starting and
service before he can deliver the tractor. He
won't show you a machine stripped of many
essential parts-belt pulley, tenders. platform,
governor. draSgbar. tools-and then tell you
that you can have these things by paying extra
for them. The Titan at this advertised price
is d complete 3-plow kerosene tractor.
Then there is another thing. We are not experiment.
ing at your expense when we sell you a Titan 1920.
There is real farm machine and tractor manufacturing
ing experience back of it. We have been in the farm
machine business for SO years and have been supplying
tractors for IA years. Not another company in the
world knows the farmers power and machine require
ments as the Harvester organization does.
Would you entrust your bank account to a man who
had never had any experience in handling money!
Will you risk your farm profits in a tractor built by
designers whose knowledge of farming is limited to
books and a drawing b0ard? 1t will pay you to. think
about these things when you buy your tractor.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1919-07-24

Platform Some taetord designers apparently never sal In a tractor seat
: ~ ter hours q day or more jodng ovefs ough fields sc they
can't appreciate what . relief Il 10 for ID tractor operator to rest himself low
and then by standing up without loss Of time You will appreciate the Titan 1870
platform that enables you % do this. II las comfort feature furnished regularly
with every Titan 1920 hsctor-no extra cost
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1919-07-24

TnoIc A complete set fsxteen tools b furnished with lever Titan 1920.
AOOaO Tds. handy toollhsi Is provided IN spite Of the fact that Titan 1920
uactors ret nut of order less frequently han. any other tractors in III world.
Some tractor concerns whose usesors really need frequent adjustment and repairs,
furnish nothing tut " or three wrsnchsa They tell you thatth their product is
o good hat 4 doesn't need adjustment Do you believe tms' As matter o
fact they omit necessary tools for the ssme Tsssonth they omit the essential features
described sbove-to make : low "camouhsgs phcs"i The Tnon I0.2 COM
plMe fool ~ is furnished WITHOUT exra charge.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1919-07-24

Eon10rc The designers Of some tractors
i SAAOSAO evidently did moi know that
the drive wheels throw dirt, dust or mud over
the operator and machine unless Tenders prevent
II. The Titan 1920 has such tenders. They are
also . safety first" feature. The state of Michigan
has passed q Law prohibiting the sale of fenderless
tractors. Titan tenders are furnished WITHOUT the
$40 to $50 extra charge made ~ the slosD-S rice''
monutoctursrs.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1919-07-24
Throttle Governor

Some tractors are sold without governors because,
perhaps, the designers did not know that one was
needed. Which lie the best economy-to pay an
operator a salary just to sit on the tractor and ad-
just the fuel to the load variations when engaged
In belt work OF let q throttle governor do 1t with
out extra COST do il automatically, perfectly.
The Titan throttle governor saves fuel, prevents
grain losses by delivering uniform power to your
thresher and lengthens the life Of both tractor
and driven machines. You get this governor
without extra charge.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1919-07-24
Starting and instruction Service

Another "okefs Of soae tractor concerns IS % charge you a large starting
and service" fee--exta- This rs another way Of getting a low price for adver-
tlsme purposes But you cart get The tractor without paying this charge
They make t sompuisofy The International dsar gives you this service
aahoeta shns nu to pan ensa I4 n uhsn toa hu q Than 1910. Free hauor
schools nauguasd b as akobeneflTta hurchasers.n al pars q the country
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1919-07-24
Drawbar s ssos s ,,.i'. ... ss sss;, J, Da, ss :

tail end Of their tractors - and call II q dfawbarl
They seem to have overlooked the fact that a
mowers, hay leaders, grain binders, harvester
threshers, ETC., each requiring different hitch ad-
jus,ment. Perhaps they didn't know about these
other machines. Look at the Titan drawbar.
Note the provisions for q wide range Of ADJUST
ment both up and down and sidewiss. The Tito
IL Is furnished Without extra cost. -
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1919-07-24
Clutch Pulley

Z Z ! ! | ! I !. ] ! 7 ! I: : ! I ! 6 !: I ! T : ! !: !! ! = ! ]: !: J! q ] !" ! AD
directly on the crank shako fthe Iowspeed steady NVN
Titan engine and delivers thu full power to the NmNA ~A~lllN
driven machine. The Titan 1920 can be quickly 5fESAH#&IMIE@IHI
backed into the belt because Of the location Of WyIkHxJM WHJW
the pulley N the belt clears tn front wheels SNMMWkA/W
and oher pars of the tractor by q generous ~
margin. It's not necessary to dig holes for the RuK
front wheels &c get belt clearance. The Tinn
pulley was not put on as an 0hethoughL The designers did not overlook II In
the first place. Some tractor builders committed this very serious error due to
lack Of farm knowledge and experience. To remedy this error they designed a
small makeshit pulley, In on size only. attached il In a awkward place. and
charge you S35 to $40 for It. The Titan 02O friction clutch puuey is furnished
uihou extra charge
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-09-16

| Valley railroad, and we followed this
avenue and talked of the hills and
the rock formations and the flowers
and plants along the way. To those
who delight in the works of creative
nature, there is on inspiration, and
as we slowly followed the pioneer
railroad around the gentle hillside
far away to the southwest appeared
Buena Vista and the trees and valley
OF Missouri beyond.
And Richard continued with me In
that long walk until we had crossed
the Buena Vista bridge and on over
on the Missouri flood plain a mile
south.
During our day together, Richard
told me of his early life while living
In Kentucky and the south while sol
dioring little for the southern mis-
take OF 1851 Richard saw his mis-
take and came away as soon as CON
venient / fancy that he was like the
confederate prisoner that General
Grant questioned as to why he had
taken up arms against his govern
ment The soldier answered that he
intended to get out Of the business
as soon as possible, as he wasn't
much of a rebel anyway.
A year or so later Richard returned
to his native country around Eliza
bethtown and engaged In various
little forms of occupation. He was
born with fancy and ability for the
literary life, and of course naturally
wandered into the fields Of journal
ism and newspaper life. He related
to me an event in his early news
paper work which gave encourage
ment to his mission as reporter.
Down near Elizabethtown a criminal
affair was in court, and as the case
was Of large public interest Richard
attended court and sent news dis
patch daily to the Louisville Journal.
The trial continued and some three
or four dispatches were sent These
news accounts were fairly ample,
and the closing telegram filled
third of column in the Louisville
paper. Time went on and Richard
thought but little of the experience.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-09-16

One day while walking along TIL
streets near the office of the journal
Mr.. Haldman. of the Journal, recos
nized Richard, and he called to him
Dick, come over. l believe VT
owe you something" So Richart
went across and had a few wordi
with the great chief, Haidman, and
then they walked into the bushes.
office. The affair was soon decided
and the newspaper man brought gu;
and presented to Richard Wood ths
princely sum OF forty dollars. Rich
ard said to me that he was so aston
ished and pleased that he was nearlF
speechless for the moment.
Richard Wood was Of the Ben
Fran6lin-Abraham Lincoln characteT
Richard was, statesman. above ths
politician. He was the Great Heart
of Bunyan's Pilgrims Progress.
Plain, rugged, generous and lovabls
one who labored to elevate the moral
world, and always out on the firins
line for good deeds and kind words
Farewell for a time. | am glad VI
have known you, Richard. Youi
name will be a consolation to my
memory.
JASPER BEINES.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-09-16
THIS OR NOTHING.

Speaking at Billings, Mont. the president
declared: 1t is this treaty nothing; it is this
treaty because there can be no other"
If this is not a threat on the part of the chief
executive to discontinue the negotiations with
the allied and enemy nations in case the senate
insists on altering his covenant in the least par
ticular what is it2 He has the power to do
Just this He can refuse to submit an amended
treaty to the other nations. He can thus tell the
United States that unless it takes his treaty it
cannot have any. This is what his astounding
declaration in Montana seems to mean, and 1t
is the only construction of which the words
seem capable. But this is an open denial OF the
constitutional rights of the senate in treaty
making equal to his own. Has the president
lost his poise so far as to take this positionf
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-09-16
Blind zeal can only do harn.-Lichtwer.
INDUSTRIAL ART SCHOOLS.

The federal bureau of education is amply
astiied in its effort to arouse interest in better
lational facilities for training industrial art
torkers. We have now in this country four
chools that definitely devote themselves to in
hstrial art training. Before the war Germany
lad fiftv-six such schools; Great Britain has
hirty -four and France more than twenty, and
10Th nations are moving to increase the number.
bur industries are calling for trained industrial
mt workers to number the nation cannot sup
lily now and will not be able to supply until
bore opportunity for training is provided But
is questioned whether the bureau of educa-
ion is justified in recommending that such
chools be independent foundations. 1t would
Gem practical to utilize to a considerable ex-
ent schools we have of sort upon which in
hstrial art training can be grated with assur-
hce of efficiency 1t will delay much needed
Hucation to wait for the money, planning and
me demanded by institution of new system
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-09-16
From Jasper BIines,

Richard B. B. Wood was my init.
mate and beloved friend, and sad in
deed was the announcement of his
passing to the universe beyond the
skies, house not made with hands,
eternal in the spiritual heavens.
It is a benediction and an inspira-
ton to have friend like Richard
Wood. Though lost to sight, yet in
memory he is the same Richard who
lives on and on to higher attachments
and to the perfect day. In my visits
to The Gate City temple / would ask
for Richard Wood, and I would find
him at his writing desk, busy, but
never 80 engrossed with work but
that he would devote a few periods
of time to friendship and greeting
which bubbles up so easy to kindred
spirits. And on a Sunday, April 81,
1912, l visited at the home of Mr.
Wood and family, and that was day
Of sweet memories. There were
present Richard Wood and wife and
son and his wife An elegant din
ner, with royal, old-time hospitality
and cheerfulness, were characters.
tic OF those golden hours.
In the afternoon Richard and /
walked over to the riverside and
viewed and talked OF the great work
of building dam across the Missis.
sippi; and then followed a walk up
Fifth street toward Buena Vista and
Missouri. Our progress brought us
to the line Of the old Des Moines
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-09-16

1 line Gate City does not assume
Responsibility for views expressed by
correspondents. Writers of communi-
cations must furnish their names
not necessarily for publication, but
for the information of the editor.l
The Burden Of Taxation.
To the Editor of The Gate City:
The present indebtedness Of the
city of keokuk is as follows:
| Bond issue. S19S,500, Sl50,O00 of
which was contracted in 1855; float
ing warrant debt. sS.o26.35: bank
warrants. $4,000. Total, 1924 ,526.S5.
I The present expense for rental of
city offices, including the superior
court room, is S1,0S0.00; cantor serv.
u ice, $4,000. Total, S1,44O.00. With
a new city hall the indebtedness will
be increased. bonds s225,000. Total,
S449, 526.35. Expense of renal per
annum will be increased per cant !;
interest on bond issue, S11, $4,000;
janitor service. 100000. Total,
$13, 250.00. Total increase for offices
alone, $11.S10.00.
1 The tax rate for 1918 was 1851 per
hundred dollars, which would be in
creased without city hall bur,lea 10
l$1l.09 per hundred dollars because oi
high rate of living. With city hall
Sll.S9 per hundred dollars FOR tax
rate for 1919 and thereafter, the rate
Is more than in Chicago or ST Louis.
Big debt and high taxes retarded our
| growth heretofore and will continue
to do it. Who will pay the debt and
when? Let us take the aivice of
President Wilson-economize, reduce
expenses, not increase them, live
within our means, cut OUT luxuries,
buy only necessaries,, invest only in
necessary productive enterprises like
/ improved levee and good roads, ard
encourage new factories by Offering
low rate of taxes, living expenses aud
tother facilities for business, thereby
reduce taxes, high rents, and high
! cost of living. We cannot atf0td tho
memorial or any other public build
ing now
| This is matter the non-saxpayer
/ is not interested in because 1T ADDS
additional burdens TO the properly
owner, the bulwars Of the state.
| The soldiers of 1906 accord 10
| the soldiers of 1S9S-9S and 191T-1S
equal honor in preserving our M
tional union and it's flag from stain.
w. B. COLLINS.
Keokuk. Sept. 16, 1919.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-09-16
IOWA PRESS COMMENT.

Burlington Hawk,Eye: Did Senator
Hiram Johnson wire his constituents
to give the president on his visit to
California sunkissed reception
fringed with all the scintillations OF
that joyous climate? Alas, we have
our fears.
Council Bluffs Nonpareil: A pre-
diction concerning the outcome OF
the squabble over the league of ma
TOPS constitution is justifiable. The
senate at Washington will ratify the
treaty with reservations. 1t will not
be ratified otherwise.
Fort Dodge Messenger: President
Wilson might have saved himself q
large amount of opposition if he had
not monopolized Americas seat at
the peace table. He was entitled to
the ranking position, but the dunn
mics he took along with him were
not intended to do much more than
furnish a background for him.
Carroll Herald: Senator Cummins
is one of the pronounced opponents
of the league, and now is the time
for some aspiring politician to jump
into the race in opposition to his re-
election. Notwithstanding the speech
of President Wilson at Des Moines,
Iowa people will register their I'M.
alterable opposition to the dominance
of England or any other foreign ma.
tion in the affairs of our government.
Manson Journal: What this coun.
try needs is more work and less talk.
Half our trouble would be forgotten
If everyone would get busy and do
something worth while.
Sac City Bulletin: The man who
first declared that all that goes up
must come down" did not live in this
day Of high cost of living.
Panora vedette Did you ever stop
to think how little President Wilson's
trip would amount to if itxwere not
for the daily papers and their great
news gathering and distributing
agencies How many people would
know what he was talking about or
what he said if they had to go and
hear him? We wouldn't even know
where he was to speak IL it were not
for them. We may get a lot of stuff
that is silly. futile and untrue from
the daily press. but all who would
like to try getting along WITHOUT 1t
for a year please raise their hand.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-09-16
AN APPRECIATION.

Just little sunshine. just little
rain,
Just a little happiness, Just little
pain;
Just little poverty, just little gold.
Then the great eyentful tale of lie
Is told"
Old Song.
These lines came to the mind Of
Iof Richard B. B. Wood in last even
the life of the deceased.
Mr.. Wood landed in Keokuk. II my
memory serves me right, q few
capacity of city editor OF the Consti-
tuition and myself case holder n
the composing room Of The Gate
City. I was native of Virginia
(West Virginia) and Mr. Wood a ma
together and became friends. He
was a gentleman in every sense Of
the word, and never under any cir
cumstances lapsed from his dignity.
Our lives frequently crossed, and we
worked together at different times in
the composing room or editorial room
ioA 4 hD 1otC SAtys We NCAO liACH0o
for about forty years, and during all
those years in prosperity or adver-
lsity, l held Mr.. Wood as real
friend, our friendship outweighed our
political fealty. With the passing of
Mr.. Wood thirty is written for the
old time newspaper man and printer
SO far as Keokuk Is concerned. l
think / am the ancient of ancients"
in matters printorial in Keokuk
During my career as foreman and
telegraph editor, night editor as Mr..
Wood was wont to call the job, Mr.
Wood and / worked at the same desk
many night, when the work was
too strenuous for my feeble power,
and that he was worth the price went
without saying. But R. B. B. Eocd
lis no more, still his memory lives
The world would be the better IL we
had more men like him.
Mr.. w. F. Douglas and myself pur-
chased the Chief from Mr.. Wood, and
after running it as weekly for
year or more Mr.. R. s. Ransom came
into the firm and made the Chief an
evening daily. We solo out to c. A.
Warwick after continuing as a daily
for some seven months. Mr. Wood
worked for the Daily Chief part of
the time of its existence
w E. STRIMBACK
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-09-16
$4,000 pamaoe s,,it

SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 16.-Ml
B. Langworthy, Batavia, N. Y, sal
to be wealthy retailer, is defendar
in $4,000 damage suit on file y
DAY. Miss Frances S. Degman, IN
plaintiff, alleges Langworthy aske
and gained her consent to marry ne
last April, representing himself .
unmarried. Later, she charges 90
learned he is married.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-09-16
TODAY'S BIT OF VERSE
RIVER DAYS.


The old days, the river days,
When all the channel through
The great beats went sailing down
Past marsh and dixie and river town.
Past bluff and dim bayou,
And far hills cleaning blue;
When thick and black from pipe and stack
The smoke clouds belched and tore.
And cheering crowds ran up and down
Along The river shore
Gray Eagle and War Eagle,
Jim Fisk and Robert Lee
And Natchez, queen of all the craft q
With love and beauty fore and aft
When all this goodIy company
Went sailing down to sea;
With song and shout each roustabout
Swung in the pine and oak,
Till trailing down the silver sky
Streamed banners OF the smoke.
The noisy days, the crowded days,
With cargo coming in;
And giant negroes rolling down
Great hogsheads Of tobacco brown,
And cotton from the gin
And melons veined and thin
And keg and cask and silver flask
OF bourbon dark and warm;
And turbaned mammies looking on
With babies on each arm
The long salon, the lighted room,
The sofr-yoiced men within;
The river knights with white. white hands
And easy ways-such Iigh light hands!
They played the game to "a.
For pastime for sin,
Whate'er the name-a royal game
They played SO long ago.
And fortunes came or went as turned
The cards for veal or woe.
The old days, the river days
With nights, serene and fair,
And dusky fingers lingering long
Der haunting chord and plaintiye song
And old plantation air;
And dark-eyed lovers there
Beneath the stars, while soft guitars
Entrauced the Southern night
And all the banios thrummed OF love
While the yiols sang delight
The old boats the river boats,
From Cairo down to sea,
They ran their royal race and bore
Young beauty to Southern shore
With youth and gallantry
And dreams too fair TO be;
And oft the old. old tale was told
In the moonlights witchery,
When the old boats, the river boats
Went sailing down 20 sea!
The old days, the river days
Gone with the old years gravel
The rotting wharves, the ancient forts,
The grass-grown dfkes, the silent ports
Mark each an oidtime place
Of landing. But no trace
Of all the hosts; no longtime ghosts
Sweep down the channel true,
And only sullen barges break
The rivers changing blue
Mary Lanier Magruder, in Saturday Evening
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-09-16
eruhatakina the World

New York World: Uncle Sam has
just advanced to Italy another credit
OF SIT 900 900, making the total of all
his loans to the allies $9,0S4, 975, SGT. It
was no use to save the world and not
grubstake Ii.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-09-16

of schools Such system undoubtedly will be
developed in response to growing demand, but
meantime we can do much by Transforming
means that we already have.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-09-16

The definition Of despotsm is government ~'nou'
may exist therefore, in the hands OF many as Ge
is of one. Rebeons despotisrs; factions are oes
otisms; loose demecracies are despotsms inese arc
thousand times dreadful than the OF
II power in the of single tyrant The desPoasH
one man like the thunderbot which fans mere anu
here scorchng consuming the Individual On ~non'
lights but popular connection, the despotism OF moo
Is an earthquake, which in moment swallows up
verythng the excellence Of our governments thaI
. is placed in proper medium between these two es-
remes that it equally distant from moos ana from
hrones.-Danie Webster.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-09-16

IF only tax could be laid on all useless talk
it would help some toward reducing the high
cost Of living.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-09-16

The made-in-America movement may soon
return to the control Of our national affairs.