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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-06-12

| Thomas Hardy, England's greatest writer OF
rural fiction, has just reached his eightieth
year He was born in Dorchester, and nearly
all his novels are about the scenes and the peo-
| pie of that locality, including portions OF adj
Joining counties. He called this territory
"Wessex'' and nobody can carefully read his
books without realizing that he knows every
inch of the ground where the dramas of his
stories are supposed to have been enacted.
His first story, Desperate Remedies was
in the style of Wilkie Collins. It is intensely
labsorbing, but not realistic. 1t was in Far
From the Madding Crowd" that he revealed
his passionate love of English scenery and of
the English country folk.
Although many novelists have written about
rural life in England Thomas Hardy surpasses
them all in vividness. He makes the English
landscape live His fidelity to the real charac-
teristics of rural England is also shown in
''Under the Greenwood Tree and ''The Re
turn of the Native.''
Not until ''Tess of the D'Uberviles" was
published did popularity come to Hardy. That
astonishing novel dealt with the ruin of a coun-
try girl whom the author insisted on calling ga
pure woman As work of art it is inferior
to ''The Woodlanders.' In that beautiful
story there is no sensationalism-whic cannot
be said of ''Tess of the D'Ubervilles " Follow
ing 'Tess' came ''Jude the Obscure, - which
was criticized almost to the point of condem.
nation. It might be described as a study in
British rural mismating
This great writer is pessimist. He sees
man as the helpless victim of Fate, and sug-
gests no cure for this strange disease of mod
ern life.'' He has written number of poems
in all of which can be traced the same note of
despair.
Thomas Hardy ranks with England's great
est novelists. If country life were the only
scene in fiction, he might be placeRabove Field
ing Scott and Eliot. But, as he has studiously
refrained from depicting city life he will re-
main England S great rural novelist
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-06-12

price, no increase would nova /.
made, for newspapers regard ciross
ton SO highly that any or all eytrasaa
are resorted to. in covering costs 4
fore an increase is asked.
The peril now is not in the nrio.
the subscription but in the possibi
Iof disseminating publication. n
peril affects the retail business
as it does the publishers. In W.
peg, where newspapers were dis,
tinued for one week, the estim.,
loss to the retail business of the ~
was $3,000,000. Business men w.
are trying to cut advertising on y
count of the cost should recopni,,
that fact. If they think ADVERTISE
is expensive, they would find If wiI
cost many times the rate chareaa
without the foundation of an es,ss
lished plant and circulation. Distr,
button of merchandise through retai
stores requires constant publicity ]
its life blood. The man who s,os
out a single day loses what he mipb
have gained that day and the sni
scriber loses what he or she migh
had bought to advantage that da1
The newspaper and its advertiser
columns are part and parcel of M
daily life of the city. Not to reco,
nize that great fact is to lose touc
with the city's life.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-06-12
NEWSPAPERS AND THE NEWS

|, Arkansas Democrat: A recent de
cis1on OF the appellate court at Chi.
cago called attention to principle
,of law which seems quite often to be
unknown or misunderstood by the
public.
The decision upheld "the right of
newspaper to publish what it con-
siders news. and to disregard what
ever 1t believes does not come within
that category" 1t further set forth
that newspaper was not bound to
publish anything which for any
reason 1t did not see fit TO publish"
In this particular case involved a
candidate for office on an indeper-
dent ticket was suing for damage for
the omission of his name from n
specimen ballot published by the
newspaper. The names Of all other
candidates were given, but his own
was omitted, and he declared that
he had been damaged "willfully and
maliciously."
The decision is Of particular in
terest in campaign year, when cam
dldates, filled with ideas of their own
Importance. imagine the newspapers
owe them a great obligation
1t gives newspapers great liberty
in the exercise Of their sense of dis
elimination, and makes 1t entirely
discretionary with them what is and
Is not considered desirable for publ
cation
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-06-12
THE FLOOD OF BOOKS.

Minneapolis Journal: Despite the
paper shortage, more than eight thou
sand books were published in the
United States last year. OF these,
969 were new editions and the others
were new books. Truly Of making
books there is no end.
Sociology and economics claim the
largest number of new volumes. SOL.
History is close second and, sur
prisingly enough, fiction has third
place Religion has fourth place,
Science fifth and poetry sixth.
Librarians say it is difficult to
trace changes in reading taste from
month to month. but over longer
periods it is possible. The problems
of reconstruction have, no doubt,
doubled in interest in economics and
sociology, and the war deepened
popular concern also in religion
Obviously no one can hope to read
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-06-12
1t costs more to neglect our duties than to
accomplish them.-Anna Dickinson
THREE COMMODITIES.

The coGntry's production Of bitunlinous coal,
while exceeding last years output, is less than
that of other recent Years. The price is higher
than ever before and the expectation is large.
The same is true Of Oil Output does not keep
pace with demand. The price is climbing and
exports are great. Then there is sugar The
price is outrageous, and while this seems part
ly due to juggling and eHtortion, much sugar
that we could use is going abroad Here are
three commodities scarce, costly, necessary.
What should be our policy? Should the Amer-
can people be forced to bid against the world
Tor American products which they need or
should we put an embargo exports until our
own demands are met? Or should we ration
sugar, discourage the needless use of gasoline,
pay what we must for coal and divide our stocks
with the world?
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-06-12
TODAY'S BIT OF VERSE
DREAMS.

Upon dingy little little fellow lay
And watched the shadows the wall doomed across
the way.
And though to folk like you and wall was bleak
and bare
He acknowledged wood dancing there
And from his face there fell away pain
As he beteld the COLLINS leap among golden grain
And watched the brighthued butterflies that flashed
among the flowers.
All dreams but dreams that him glad for many
happy hours.
And often when the twilight fell beyond rusty
And framed his he elf fit light the
stars,
queer and crooked little elf who turned left then
right,
And zgzagged through Milky Way till all of it was
bright.
And starry paths happiness saw where you and
Gould only faint points light upon gloomy sky.
Ali dreams they were-but dreams devised with magic
childish
And then there came the last goodnight when small
weary eyes
10 more could watch acrs the gloom to the starlit
When others looked upon and found it bleak and
cold. u
And guessed that once 1T cleaned with rose and
green gold,
When there beside dingy cot mother bowed her head
And strangers hurried through >the halls soft and
noiseless tread;
But somewhere, in fairyland among rainbow dew
A little soul knew happiness-the dreams had all come
true.
Author Unknown
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-06-12
THE PRICE OF A NEWSPAPER.

| Peoria Star: For many years the
price of newspapers has been SO low
that it was the marvel of the merchan-
dising world. Newspapers formerly
sold for one cent. Then for two cents
and now, under the extraordinary cir
cumstances which now confront the
publishing business, they are selling
at cents for single copy and in
some cities for rs cents week. In
Rockford they are selling for 20 cents
a week, delivered by carrier.
Advertising rates have in the past
borne the burden Of circulation cost
To add another layer of cost to the
advertiser now, to cover the entire
cost of the increase seems unfair so
the subscriber is being asked to pay
a portion of the. increase in a direct
charge upon his daily paper.
1t is an increase which publishers
generally regret to make. To the
newspaper the subscription is vital.
1t is the fundamental on which the
industry rests and anything which
might diminish the circulation is nat
urally regarded as distinct loss. It
1t is direct financial loss in another
way. Every subscriber costs the
paper certain amount of money. In
the Stars circulation department, as
much as twice the actual cash return
of the subscription has been paid to
solicitors and promoters to secure
that one subscriber. If the necessary
increase should cause one subscriber
to discontinue, that investment would
be lost
The relative value of a newspaper,
delivered six days a week for 20
cents, and the price Of movie ticket
which affords one hour of entertain
ment seems too low Compared with
a Is cent shoe shine, six newspapers
a week at 20 cents seems like a baga-
telle.
But those re,ative values have no
place in the publishers mind. If II
were possible to continue at the old
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-06-12
LAID UPON THE SHELF.

An American student Of international affairs
III Paris finds a tacit agreement that the league
IS only al idealistic dream, and that it has less
OF real authority and vigor than a society for
] the prevention Of cruelty to animals Poland. a
league member, is warning on Russia without
appealing to the league or Indicating the least
concern for what the league may think or do:
and England, another member, is supplying
Poland with munitions and at the same time
conducting friendly negotiations with the Lee
nine government Again the league has refus
eel to act In the matter of Armenia and in Sow
4. eral other eases. It has not functioned in any
matter OF Importance, and nobody expects if
to; and Europe is at loss to understand how
anybody IN America can be 50 excited over if
as some OF US appear to be. Have many of us
been fighting thing of straw in the belief that
the counterfeit prescntment was the real article
Yet 1t is well to remember the wooden horse
that assisted in the downfall of one great an
Gent territory. The league may be counterfeit
and yet at that carry with it the germs Of the
poison OF internationalism The idea of 2
league-that is of international amiab1e co.
operatlon-ls good one; but the plan as work
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-06-12
IOWA PRESS COMMENT.

Des Moines Capital: The president
may be sick when it comes to mat.
ters of government, but he is not
sick when 1t comes to defending the
democratic party. In disposing of
that matter he has all his native
yigor, and he is encouraged to do
strange things by the success he has
had in diverting the public mind
heretofore. For instance, the presi-
/ dent charges that congress failed to
cut down the high cost of living,
while his own attorney general is
cavorting around with a tremendous
force OF prosecutors trying to cut
down the high cost of living.
Webster City Freeman-Journal: w.
G. McAdoo appears at this time to be
the leading candidate for the demo-
cratic nomination for president IN
spite of the handicap Of his having
been associated intimately with the
present administration. He is some
man or could not have lived that
down. 1t is reasonable to assume
that he has improved since being
associated with Douglas Fairbanks
and Mary Pickford.
Des Moines Register: But this we
may recognize, the presidential pref
ference primary, as we have had it
this year, will not do. 1t costs too
much, it does not lead to any real
expression of public opinion, and we
may doubt if the people ought to
wish to directly choose among \
number Of candidates with whom
they cannot have, any such acquain,-
ance as to justify choice. We must
not wholly abandon the notion of
representation in government.
Council Bluffs Nonpareil: The
further up we go with the primary
the more complicated the situation
and the less satisfactory the results.
me primary as we now have It
places premium upon money spend
ing and this is the very thing the
voters as rule desire to avoid. We
want above all things to get away
from the expenditure of large sums
OF money either by individuals or
corporations. The primary Is STAND
ing bid for these fellows to go in and
go the limit. Opportunities for
money spending are simply too
numerous to mention.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-06-12
Treads Must Endure

Miller Treads, by Our standard,
must outwear the balance of the tire.
We have attained tread which
outwears rivals by Is per cent
Every day Our tread stock is vul-
canized, then tested, in Our labora-
tory. We permit no variation.
Not single Miller Tire with
these new-grade treads has ever
come back with the tread gone.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-06-12
Every Tire Signed

We insist that Millers must be
uniform. Each tire is signed. A
record is kept of the maker, the in
spector and the process.
If tire comes back for adjust
ment we learn the reason. If the
workman is at fault he is penalized.
If the inspector overlooked a flaw
he is held responsible. If any proc
ess or material is at fault, we cor
rect it.
After years of this checking we've
attained uniform tires. There are
whole large cities from which not q
Miller Tire came back last year.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-06-12
Tire Prices
Some False Ideas About Them

Should an extra Price buy an extra
grade tf,<e
1t should not. Any frst-grade
tire should be built as we'll as tire
of that type can be built.
Cord Tires cost more than Fab
RIGS, and are worth the extra price.
Men who figure cost per mile are
coming to Cord Tires.
But any tire, Cord or Fabric,
should be built for the utmost ser
vice which that type can give.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-06-12
We Insist on This

There are three requirements
which Miller Tires must meet.
First, they must average greater
mileage, type for type, than any
rival tire. -. .....-..
We constantly prove this, Eight
machines in our factory run two
tires each under rear-tire conditions.
Each tire is run $50 miles daily by
running extra-fast.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-06-12
A WISE RULING.

The chairman of the labor adjustment board
of the clothing industry has ruled that while a
union may discipline its members, it cannot
compel properly demand an employer to do
so. In the case considered member refused to
pay fine imposed upon him by the union which
thereupon ordered the employer to discharge
the man. This he very properly refused to do.
By the same line of reasoning employer
could not compel union to dismiss a member,
though the employer might discharge him for
proper and sufficient cause incapacity, unre-
liability or the like.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-06-12
THE WATCHER.

She always leaned to watch for IA
Anxious If we were late,
In winter by the window,
In summer by the gate;
And though we Knocked her tenderfy
Who had such foolish care,
The long way home would seem NOR,
safe
Because she waited there.
Her thoughts were all so full OF US
She never could forget!
And SO | think that where she Is
She must be watching yet,
Waiting till we come home to her,
Anxious ii we are late
Watching from Heavens window,
Leaning from Heavens gate.
Good Housekeeping
The fellow who plays cards bril
1iantly on the commuters train every
is not likely to do anything
else very brilliantly during the day
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-06-12

nine thousand books year. Did
time permit. human eyesight would
rebel. So every reader must pick
and choose the ones that are to his
need and taste. But reading three or
four good books a year is better than
reading at random any by wholesale.
Read and ruminate," is the golden
rule. A book that gives no cud to
chew is hardly worth reading.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-06-12

Now come the days when college degrees are
spread broadcast throughout the land. Have
not the colleges made them SO common as to
detract from their value? In the case of their
own graduates they have certainly wandered
affair." Nowadays we have bachelors of arts that
have never studied branches of the arts course
so-called, and in general the possession Of de-
gree gives no sure indication of what it's pos
SCISSOR did at college. Lack of accuracy in this
matter indicates lack of accuracy in teaching
and we are not surprised to find that the Sad-
yates of a college at which degrees run wild
have a lot Of learning that is vague and lot of
Information that is not of value.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-06-12

ed out by Mr. Wilson and General SHUTS to
cover all conceivable contingencies and loaded
down with detail is so absurdly impractleable
that it has already by common consent been
laid upon the shelf.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-06-12
Some Men Over-Pay

Some men pay extra prices, e~-
pecting extra mileage. Some pay
under prices for an under-grade, and
hope to save in that way.
Both are wrong. There may be
exceptions - there are always freak
tires. But countless tests have
proved that Miller Tires at Miller
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-06-12

In the dispatches recounting the proceed
ings yesterday Of the republican national con-
vention readers were told that during an ex-
citing period ''Frank Hitchcock one of the
Wood managers appeared on the platform.
He carried blue feather He was nervous and
constantly licked his lips as he-paced back and
forth.' Unimportant, if true; and, if true, not
news. Newsprint paper is scarce and costly
Hope the reporters at the democrat conven-
ton will bear this fact in mind Those at the
Chicago gathering seem to have either forgot
ten or not known it.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-06-12
Not 10000 Miles

Countless reports come to us on
Miller Cord Tires showing 10000 to
$4,000 miles of service. And tales
of that kind are told everywhere, we
learn.
But mileage depends on condi-
tons - on size, care, load and road
Millers are uniform, but they are
not used under uniform conditions.
In our factory tests we average
$4,000 miles on Cords
But a Miller Tire win outlasf-
almost always - any tire that you
place opposite, no matter what it
costs. Compare them under like
conditions, and see what mileage
modern tires can give.
You will gain a new criterion.
When you buy new car insist
on Miller Tires. Twenty car makers
now supply them and there is no Y
extra charge.
THE MILLER RUBBER co, Akron, ok,o
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-06-12
Won Over Fl Makes

The Eldorado Stage Co. of Los
Angeles tested2 II other makes against
Millers on 12-passenge r Packard
Buses, weighing $500 pounds loaded.
In this supreme test Millers won BY
long odds, on long distance uniformity. /,
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-06-12

Let the politicians beware when the voters
think independently
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-06-12

One good thing to do about that twenty
eight-mi1ion dollar war risk which the war risk
insurance bureau has used in overpaylnents is
to recover it and use it to pay the benefits which
are due legitmately. There is a vast amount
of inaccuracy charged to this bureau and serv-
ice men and dependents Of service men are still
urging claims that are long past due mani
fest duty Of the bureau is to get this money
where it belongs as quickly as possible
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-06-12

The wise ones are buying, not selling, Liberty
bonds.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-06-12

prices, on the
average, give
the lowest cost
per mile. .
And M i'll er
Tire S, b o t h
Cord and Fab
ric, cost about
t h e standard
prices.
TreadPatented
&c inter- tread
smooth with sue
ton cup, for firm
hold on wctasphnlt.
Ceared- to-tho-
road side trec5e
mesh like cogs 10
dirt.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-06-12

Here we constantly compare the
best other tires with Millers. Also
in ceaseless road tests. Thus, day
by day and week by week, we are
guarding the Miller supremacy.
The Colville examiner. [volume] (Colville, Wash.) 1907-1948, 1920-10-02

1919, until paid: and the further sum
of S300 as attorneys fees; and the
further sum of S67.47, taxes paid on
said property, with interest on SO
sum paid for taxes from May IS. 1920.
at the rate of six per cent per annum
of the court ordering and directing
the foreclosure of q certain mortgage
made and executed by said Montana
Western Lands Co.. corporation, to
one Albert Dygert. and by him as
signed to this plaintiff. which said
mortgage is upon that certain rea
quarter OF section "a. township 38
north. range 40 e. w. NJ, and for the
sale of said property for the salts
faction of said judgment, interest, at
torney's fee. costs and increased costs;
and for the further decree of the
court ordering and directing that at
such foreclosure sale the sale Of all
PENDANTS o. N. Bell and L. NJ. Nc
Farland. co-partners. doing business
under the firm name and style of Col
vile Land Co.. be had; and for the
further decree of the court ordering,
adjudging and decreeing the Judgment
lien of the said defendants o. N. Bell
and L. NJ. Mcfarland. as co-partners.
to be inferior. Junior and subsequent
to that of the said mortgage of plain
tiff; and for general relief in the
premises. and for Judgment for costs
and disbursements against each and
all of the defendants herein.
a. L. b. DONLEY,
Attorney for Plaintiff.
Address and postoffice address:
First National Bank building. Colville.
Stevens county. Washington.
The Colville examiner. [volume] (Colville, Wash.) 1907-1948, 1920-10-02
sHERIFF'S SALE

State of washington, county VI
Stevens. $780,,
out of the honorable Superior Court OF
the state of Washington. for the county
of Stevens, on the 18th day of Septem-
Der, 1920, by the clerk thereof in case
of Eva L. Stannus. PLAINTIFF, versus
Josephine o. Anderson. ct al, Defen~
dants. No. 6217, and to me as Sherin
Notice Is Hereby Given that I will
proceed to sell to the highest bidder
FOR cash, within the hours prescribed
by law for Sheriff's Sales. towit. at
O'clock P. NJ. on the 18th day of Octo-
Der. 1920 before the Courthouse door
of said Stevens County, in the stare
Interest of said Josephine o. Anderson;
ct al, in and to the following described
property. towit: The East Half lE3s)
of the Northeast Quarter lNEA };
East Half of the Southeast Quarter
(Eh of SEA); West Half OF the
Southeast Quarter IVA OF SEQ a G11
township Thirty-six 1857 North. Range
Forty (4O) E. w. NJ. Stevens County
Levied as on the property of Jose
phine o. Anderson. ct al, to satisfy
Judgment amounting 10 $675.OO ana IN
terest thereon at the rate Of 10 per
until paid and In the further sum of
$4,000 attorneys fee; the further sum
OF S172.77, taxes and costs herein SAID
taxes to bear interest at the rate OF
per cent per annum from FEBRUARY
6th. 1918. until paid; and for Increased
Given under my hand this nth day
VI w. III. GRAHAM. Sheriff.
BY d. F. HAM, Deputy