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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-05-13
YOUR GAS STOVE.

Rochester Express: Gas burn
ers or what are known as Bunsen
burners have disc called the mixing
disc. near the handle used for turn
ing the gas on and off. This disc, il
properly adjusted, makes a mixture
Of gas and air in the right proportion,
so that when lighted the gas burns
blue flame on the outside and win
q paler blue or green inner flame.
When the gas is burning in this way
il is hottest and hence most efficient,
as com bustion is complete
When the flame burns yellow. as II
often does, insufficient air is BENG
mixed with the gas, and the nsc
should be regulated by turning &c
admit more air. A dull, smoky flame'
disastrous to cooking dishes, may
also result from lack of air.
II too much air is entering through
the mixing disc, there viii be roar
ing noise, and the flame may flash
back" and burn the orifice near the
air inlet where the gas enters. This
is dangerous, because a poisonous
gas is given off II either one OF
these conditions occurs, the gas
should be turned off and relighted
UNTIL LIiE 1IlJASi vi 'ti4lii1tNA b'N'1
adjusted so that less air enters IL
Allowing the gas to flow into the
burner for a second or two before
lighting will sometimes remedy the
trouble.
Because of the likelihood OF explo-
zion, and because the burners do not
always light at first, the oven OF the
gas stove should always be left open
while lighting the burner.
| it is very easy for the burners 10
clog because OF food boiling over.
! This means poor flame and uneven
heating. Sometimes brushing will
| clean the burner, but it is often nee
essary to remove the burner and
! cover with strong solution of wash
! ing soda and water Let the water
come TO the boiling point and con-
| tinue until the grease and other dirt
I is removed. The burners should
| then be taken out OF the soda water.
| wiped and rinsed with hot water. An
easy way Of drying is to attach to
| stove and light the gas.
! If these apparently unimportant de
| tails are carefully attended to- many
gas stove troubles viii be eliminated
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-05-13
erookhart h MarshaiItown.

Marshaltown TimeS-Republican:
Smith Brookhart, candidate for sen
ator from Iowa, spoke in the city to
'215 persons. II the interest display
ed in Mr.. BrooEhart's appearance as
a candidate for United States sana-
toy is 70 be measured by the size OF
his audience, such interest must APP
pear negligible in city of the first
class and a county of between 10000
and 10000 The fact Is that very
little notice seems TO have been given
to the candidacy, the speech or the
candidate.
Now Mr.. Brookhart has perfect
right to run for senator OF any other
office open to a citizen of this coun-
try. That is one of the inherent rights
OF American citizenship and guaran-
teed by the statutes. Nobody is find
ing any fault with Mr.. Brookhart for
running for office.
The trouble is with the platform
and purposes upon which and with
which Mr. Brookhart is running
Some serious fault also is found with
his companionship in politics and the
management which presents him. Old
Jim Pierce, the Homestead and its
Haines attachments are nat precisely
the sort that appeals to 'Iowans as
sponsors and guardian angels of a
candidacy for United States senator.
Then, too, the comparison between
the abilities and general capacity and
statesrnanlike repnte of a man like
Albert B. Cummins and another like
Smith Brookhart is not water on the
wheel Of the Brookhart ambition So
lit is not astonishing that but Us per-
sons were induced to come out to
hear Mr.. Brookhart, and it is fair 10
assume that the reason so few came
and so many went to picture shows
or stayed at home is that his candi-
dacy has little appeal to the sturdy
farmers and industrial workers of
Marshall county and Marshaltown.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-05-13

Des Moines Register: 1t was
not only a long life as writer
of novels and essays that earned
for William Dean Howells his
reputation. America acclaimed
him as pioneer in the new lit
erature of this continent He
was one OF the first OF the Ameri-
can realists. Realistic literature
has outgrown HoweIls, but his
works remain classics for the
school they founded The best
of his books have perpetuated
the American character in its
true form, and viii continue to
have an audience as long as the
story of America has interest
When Howells died Tuesday
he had passed his eighty-third
birthday. Up to the last few
weeks he had been writing as
the author of the Editors Easy
Chair" in Harpers' magazine.
His connection with periodicals
has been continuous since 1865,
a lifetime in itself. The man
whom President Lincoln appoint
ed consul to Venice, who became
assistant editor of the Atlantic
monthly in 1866. and who wrote
for all the leading magazines of
the country for more than fifty
years, had naturally vast ac-
quaintance. He wrote some sew
eny-five volumes of prose and
verse, and served as editor of
probably as many more.
Howells had the typically
American career as literary
man. He was the son of an Ohio
newspaper publisher. and from
his boyhood worked in news
paper offices. He began as a
typesetter for his father, in Ham
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-05-13
GETTING DEPORTATION FACTS.

In reply to resolution offered In the house
OF representatives, Louis f. Post, assistant seq
rotary of labor has prepared report giving
the exact status of the labor departments ac-
tivities against alien radicals 1t reveals the
fact that only 263 persons have been deported,
although approximately $3.50 warrants have
been issued since November /, 1919. Upon
these warrants $500 communists have been ar
rested together with 500 other individuals
Warrants for the deportation of 455 commune
lists and for 307 other radicals have been actu-
ally taken out Cancellations of warrants to-
tai 1898, of which 1882 We're for communists
Representative Albert johnson, chairman OF the
house committee on immigration, recently stat
ed that Mr. Post followed for time the opln-
ion of Secretary of Labor Wilson that mem
ihership in the communist party was ground Tor
deportation, but that Mr.. Post later changed
his mind and ordered many communists freed
by cancelling the deportation warrants
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-05-13
IN DAYS OF THE BICYCLE.

ScribneTs Magazine: Was there
ever any sport in the world that gave
as much enjoyment and brought the
open places so near as bicycling? 1t
was a sport for young and old, fat
and lean, men, womenS ind children.
All sorts and conditions Of people,
rich and poor, pedalled smilingly
along city or village streets all over the
country. or befoOk themselves by
train and ferry and boat to the roads
that lead by green pastures through
new country byways or to the smooth
suburban macadam that lured The
speed-malers and the aspirants for
century runs.
I was one of the many who took to
the wheel with some misgivings, with
some doubt of the glowing comments
about its Irresistible fascination once
you had mastered the pesky thing. !
shall never forget, will you reader?
the days of learning to ride. All the
bucking broncos that ever bucked or
twisted had nothing on that first
bike" 1t simply wouldn't stand
still. wouldn't go ahead. wouldn't do
anything but fall down and bark
your skins with its pedals, or throw
you off and then ride over you. ! re-
call spending one intensely bot after
noon trying TO master steel mount
in a New York training cellar. / was
assisted for few minutes and then
left to work out my own salvation.
break a. leg or batter down one OF
the walls, as 7 saw fit, or as the
wheel saw fit. I remember how hot
it was, how mad I got, some of the
remarks I Addressed to the wheel,
the black and blue and skinned places
on my anatomy But toward the end
Of my session / discovered that !
didn't have to keep tight rein or TO
be constantly trying to bend the
handlebars, and then, all OF sudden,
II was going round and round the
place. not pushing pedals. but flying.
NV world took on new aspect.
was master, or about TO become mas
Ter OF the poetry Of motion. OF what
began TO seem there and then, the
most fascinating and celebrating
method of locomotion that man has
ever invented.
There was real democracy in the
cult of the wheel, a comradeship
horn of the road, readiness to help
in times Of trouble, never-failing
, willingness to discuss the various
makes of wheels. gears. tires, bear
tngs. saddles, every detail that con-
! cerned the peed, comfort, or endur-
ance of your mount.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-05-13
Get sslt Lake ! Mysterv.

Kansas City Star: The inland sea
known as Great Salt lake, in the
northwestern part of Utah, about
twenty miles from the city to w1rich
it has given its name, has curious
habit of receding and OF coming back.
For many years men of science have
studied its rise and fall, but have
been unable to solve the mystery.
Aside from the interest that at
taches to the lake because of its
beauty, it is valuable as a CONNER
cial asset in the production of salt
In the spring water from the lake is
pumped into large eyaporating ponds
which have been constructed near
by, covering several hundred acres.
Throughout the summer the desert
sun draws out the water, leaving salt
behind The harvest takes place in
September, when the salt beds re-
semble vast plain of blue-white
snow.
Much OF the salt is shipped out just
as it is quarried to supply the large
demand for it from the ore reduction
plants and for the millions OF cattle
and sheep that roam over, the western
prairies
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-05-13
IOWA PRESS COMMENT.

Cedar Rapids Republican: Senator
Lodge is the logical keynoter for the
republican national convention. tie
has been the central figure in the
fight tor Americanism in the league
of nations.
Davenport Times: The opening OF
trading in wheat will be watched
everywhere, in the cities and in the
country, with the keeneSt interest
Will the price of -four go up Or
down?
Council BLUFFS Nonpareil: Well it
viii at least have to be adn1uted
that old Carranza hung on longer
than the average administration IN
Mexico.
Perry Chief: In Des Moines Mr..
Bryan spent considerable time tell
ing what ne wanted Ii sounded good
TO his democratic friends, but they
are becoming convinced that 1T Ism
what he wants that increases Mr..
Bryau's waist measure
Iowa Falls Citizen: A. Mitchell
Palmer, name and hair both parted
in the middle, has taken himself
seriously and many good people have
taken him seriously 1t was easy
enough to get his number long ago.
Traer Star-Clipper: The candidate
who spends much money trying 10
get the democratic nomination for
president this year ought to lose de
must enjoy being swindled.
Webster City Freenan-Journal: NO
body seems interested in the demo
cratic votes cast in the presidential
primaries. There are hardly enough
of them TO justify counting
Cedar Falls Record: II is the irony
Of politics that Mr.. Cummins Is now
being assailed by the element whose
friend he always has been 1t was
he who wrote into the Clayton law
the opinion that Tabor is not con'
modify" He has done more for or
ganized labor than any man in Iowa.
but when he proposes a reform tnas
would separate the agitator from MS
graft he is set upon by the wolves
! OF the pack.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-05-13
WILLIAM DEAN HOWELLS

ilton and Dayton, Ohio, and later
joined Columbus papers as a cor
respondent and news editor. IT
was undoubtedly from his news
paper. training that Howells OBJ
tanned his tendency to realism
In his novels Howells was re-
porter, recorder of facts, which
he presented with artistry and
an ethical view. For their strict
realism they have been criti-
cised, but the moral tone and
the evolutionary interest they
emphasize redeem them
Because his life embraced the
period OF greatest development
in the United States, Howells is
essentially the historian of the
country for THAI time. 1t may
be accounted unfortunate that he
did not write a formal history Of
the time from Lincoln's nnmina-
ton to the close of the world
war. Certainly no one else had
the same view OF the times that
he bad But. in his novels and
essays there is a greater history,
the history Of the growth Of
American character. His novels
began with portraying the COM
mon man of America in the years
after the civil war: they pro-
crossed through the self made"
man period when the country
was making the most of its ma
terial resources, and Of late
years they dealt with industrial
problems
There can be no question OF
the permanence OF Howells'
work. Realistic literature de-
scriptive Of an historic period
win always live as long as man
lives.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-05-13
FARCICAL PRIMARIES.

Under existing primary laws In various
states one party can help to make the nominal
tons for another and thus force unit men to
the front who can be easily defeated This Is
only one of the many objections to the present
lprimary system, the chief of which is that 1t
lis farcical The presidential preference votes
!amount to little or nothing. Only small pro-
portion of citizens take the trouble to express
their views and these are not binding on dele
cations. A straw vote at picnic is about as
valuable as an expression OF sentiment as the
primary vote In many states
And the direct primary laws in states which
have them are hardly less ridiculous and inef-
ficient in selecting worthy nominees Good
men hesitate to engage in such scrambles for
iofice and poor men cannot meet the expense
they entail 1t is difficult to fill office wisely
under our double election law; and most OF Us
viii live to see the return Of nominating con-
MENTIONS safeguarded, as they can easily be, by
law.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-05-13
TIPS.


Indianapolis News: Some time ago
the United States department of
labor conducted a investigation In
twenty-six cities and twenty states 10
determine the average amounts given
in tips to hotel and restaurant en-
ployes daily. Data were supplied
by 153 hotels and 25S restaurants
The government does not vouch for
the correctness Of the figures, as it
believed that the estimates arc too
low. In Chicago the hotel and res
taurant association declined TO give
any information. This led the bureau
representatives to suspect that the
tipping evil is worse in Chicago than
in New York.
In indianapolis it is shown that the
average daily tip of hotel bellman
is s1.47 and the highest for one day
amounted 30 1851. Hotel maids aver
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-05-13

age daily only IA cents. Omaha with
IL cents is the only city with a lower
average. The highest daily average
was 20 cents. Porters had an aver
age of 13 cents here. Walters SHOWED
en- average Of s1.46. the high poias1
being $2.S6.
Bellmen receive in wages an aver,
age wage of 65 cents day; maids, -
cents; porters, $1.27. and waters
SILT, all with meals and lodg1nss..s
The bureau concludes that the pupho
is paying about two-thirds of w
salaries OF these hotel and restauran.
employees through tips. except w
r,pids whose tins make up at leas's
half of their earnings.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-05-13
HAVE COLOR IN CHEEKS.
Be Better [ ooking-Take
Olive Tablets

If your skin is yellow complexion
palEd-tongue coated appetite poor
you have bad taste In your mouth
a lazy. no-good feeling you should
take Olive Tablets.
Dr.. Edwards Olive Tablets sub
stitute for calomel-were prepared by
Dr.. Edwards after II years of study.
d.. Edwards Olive aEletsaea purely
vegetablecomp mixed witholiveoiL
You will know them by their olive color.
Tohave clear, pink skin, bright eyes,
no pimples, feeling of buoyancy like
childhood daysyou must get atthecnlse.
DR.. Edwards Olive Tablets act On
the liver and bowels like calomel-yet
have no dangerous after effects
They start the bile and overcome con.
stipaton. Millions of boxes are sold
annually at 1Oc and 25c. Take one OF
twonightly and note thepleasing results
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-05-13

gence shines only for those who live in the east
The fact that the people want sugar is not per-
tfnent to the philosophy of the department over
which our Mr.. Meredith presides. 1t apparent
ly sees in this only a psychological trouble to
be allayed by expert suggestion or suitable sub
stituteS.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-05-13

The people cannot look to legislation gen
orally for success. Industry, thrift, charac-
ter, are not conferred by act or resolve
Governor Calvin Coolidge. .....
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-05-13

Sugar prices, we are told, have advanced as
result Of competition. So the middlemen are
competing to see who can make the highest
record!
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-05-13

The fellow who shouts loudest that he is a
middle of -the-road<nan is the one who is al
ways on the fence during crisis.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-05-13

and your cooking utensils viii re
Quire less securing
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-05-13

Motorists pay SITS a gallon for
"gas' in England.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-05-13
BLACKS AND WHITES IN GERMANY.

With Gallo wit, Louis Forest, brilliant
French journalist ridicules the German com
plants against the black troops In the service
OF France who took possession of Frankfort. 1t
aDpears that the German government appealed
te England not to permit these black soldiers
to tralnple upon the liberty of free white leu
tons
But really these black warriors, ignorant as
they must have been of German ''kultur,' acted
so well that perhaps if the lllustrlous author
Of Faust were now living he might have
written an ode or at least a sonnet IN praise OF
them They mounted guard before the temple
of Minerva and left Goethe's house unInolested-
NJ. Forest sarcasticallv remarks: ''Ihey were
& lot of savages, and did not live up to the
noble example Of the masses They VIII never
understand German civilization" He recalls
the ugly fact that German students fighting for
the "fatherIand1' burned the splendid library
Of the University Of Louvain.
The house of representatives has hnally
-adoDtad the conference report on the water
mower bill: the senate has yet to act on the
measure. but if it does act favorably ten-year
fight to promote the utilizing OF our immense
water power potential will have been won.
Probably in no other legislation sought by dis.
interested champions Of real national thrl1t mas
the opposition been more difficult to overcome,
more difficult to find at its source, and more
successful in securing results without coming
out into the open with arguments. we cannot
lecislate away the waste that has run down our
rivers but we can make an immense saving by
planning now to stop the waste. The more
prompt the plans, the greater the saving
| The bureau Of internal revenue has recon-
i,nended TO the ways and means committee IN
the house of representatives that the present
tax on perfumes, cosmetics and medicinal ar
ticles be replaced by a ten per cent. manutac-
turers' tax. A circular sent to all internal
revenue collectors and other agents dlscloses
the fact that the collectors have permitted re-
tailers to become lax In affixing revenue stamps
on goods sold The new tax is proposed by the
bureau although revenue from the present tax
would be sufficient if the law was enforced.
! Sugar prices we are told, have advanced as
a result Of competition. So the middlemen are
competing to see who can make the highest
record!
i The fellow who shouts loudest that he is q
middle of -road=man is the one who is al
ways on the fence during crisis.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-05-13
TODAY'S BIT OF VERSE

GODS LOVE PROVEN TIRE.
The sap flows upward in barren tree;
Sod regains its transit soul
The violet blinks its eyes Lnerrily;
Leaf, bud and blossom unfold
The ice+bound stream is free and routing,
Eerdure o'erspreads field and lawn;
The four winds of Nature shouting
"HaIlelujah'- gtime song.
Thus earth regales its Information,
And marvellous works renew;
And in this wondrous Resurrection"
Gods great lore is proven true
j C. Parad
fZeok,7k Iowa
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-05-13

profit there may be in the study OF his
tory the sayings of wise IN the re-
corded of the past it be not to guide and IN
struct in the present.-Serjamin Disraeli.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-05-13

Webster City Freeman-Journal: No
body seems interested in the demo
cratic votes cast in the presidential
primaries. There are hardly enough
of them TO justify counting.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-05-13

Keokuk Iowa
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-06-08
PREBL;;''S DUPLICATE
TO St',W INCREASE
OF 100000, BELIEF

EATON. O., June 8-Preble county's
personal tai duplicate for 1920 will
show an iN~rease of approximately
$500, 600 as impaired with last year,
when the o. licate in round numbers
was s20,898' 0, according to belief Of
F. e. Fo" r, head Of the taxing
departmer- If County Auditor S. c..
Hunts office
All returns from townships and vii
lagos are in excepting Washington
township, and the municipality Of
Eaton. All the villages show gains,
while with one exception the town
hips made gains. although slight in
some instances. jefferson township
shows a loss Of $4,000. as compared
with last year, the only township
showing a loss.
OF the villages. Camden made the
largest gain-unless Eaton should
show a larger gain. New Paris
gained $104, 900 over last year. These
represent the largest village gains.
II Washington township and Eaton
gain proportionately to other sections
of the county, the duplicate will not
fall short Of half a. million over last
year.
Falling off in the number OF cattle
and hogs, with lower market prices !;
falling off in tobacco, small stores OF
wheat. and the conversion Of money
into non-taxable securities worked TO-
ward a record-breaking tncdease IN the
personal duplicate this year. Is the
view taken by the auditors Office.
MiIls-Estis Trial Postponed.
Trial of the grand larceny case
against William Mills and r. L. Estis
to have come up today in common
pleas court, was postponed. Mills and
Estis are under Indictment for the
alleged theft of an automobile from
banker at New Paris. They have been
at liberty, under bond, since their IN
dictment a year or more ago. Ihel1
ease has been set for trial several
times. and each time has been post
poned.
Lands May Run for Judge.
Byron A. Lands, OF Eaton, will ir
all probability be candidate for the
Republican nomination for probate
Judge Of Preble county at the August
primary. He is the only candidate
for the office on the Republican t1cke'
thus far mentioned.
Wants $1o.155 for Hand
For the loss of his hand in dough
mixer, Homer OverholtZ, minor
seeks in a suit in common pleas
court, to recover from Harvey c
Favinger, of Camden, the sum Of
s1O,155 damages. The suit Is brought
for Overholtz by A1onzo Overh oltz, as
his next best friend. Negligence upor
the part of Favinger Is charged. The