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,v PAGE FOOB & THE GATE CITY PUBLISHED BY THE GATE CITY COMPANY C. F. Qklrvln Manager OAILY BY J£AH* One year |3.00|Four months...*1.00 Bix months 1.60j0ne month...... Entered in Keokuk postofflce as seo ond class matter. Postage prepaid terms In Ail subscription orders should gl. the P. O. address and state whether It Is a new or renewal order. If chante of address Is desired, state both the ola aim new address. ... Remit jy postofflce o™er. express .oney order, registered letter. or draft, at our risk. .. The date printed on the address or each paper notea when the subscription "Subscribers falling to receive their papers promptly will confer a favor by riving notice of tne fact. Address all communications to THE GATE CITY COMPANY. Ko. 1J, North Sixth St.. Keokuk. Iowa. THE GATE CITY 1» on sale at the following news stands: Hotel Keokuk, cor. Third and Johnson. Rollins Sfe\J & & il & Co.. 629 Main street. Ward Bros., 625 Main •treet. Depot News Stand. Keokuk, Iowa .••.November 20, 1914 MUSIC. (Sonnet.) eweet toned queen of Music, thou Art! Reigning supremely on thy throne, Claiming all countries as thine own— Bidding all discords to depart. Yet at thy bidding, tears will start! How often thou hast cheered the sad, Soothed weary hearts 'till they were glad Drawn devotees fronybusy mart. Kings to thee their homage pay The idle throng—the savage breast, All at thy feet their tribute lay, And crown the© Queen of Art—the best! All tongues and nations own thy sway. And woo thee as a charming guest! Warsaw. 111. —P. E. COOK. Rather than go to the judicial mat with Jurymen who refused to sign a •verdict ordered by the court, a St. Louis judge simply dismissed the jury. Foxy boy! put out afire which threatened his! plants. home by pouring 2,000 gallons of wine Keokuk is the only city quoted asj upon it. The importance of having an] The Burlington Gazette says that Hugh Cooper, the father and mother of the Keokuk water.power, still has faith in Keokuk and the Gazette hopes that his faith will eventually be real ized not only for Keokuk but enough left over to cover Burlington. •*r- T. at the coming session of congress and ask for a congressional probe. It Is hoped congress will grant his request so that he can get correct Informa tion about a project of which he now seems to possess but little accurate knowledge. The department of agriculture has undertaken the Investigation of a serious disease which Is affecting the Kocky mountain bighorn sheep and the mountain goats, and is reported as existing on the Lemhi national for est In Idaho. The forest officers think that it is the same disease that caused the mountain sheep to die in great numbers during 1882-3. The nature of the disease is not known, though it results fatally and sheep affected with it seem to hare rough and mangy coats and are very much emaciated. Three bureaus of the department are engaged in the study—the biological survey, bureau of animal industry, and the forest service. A competent vet erinarian has already gone to Idaho to start the work. PUBLIC OPINION having no cash on hand at the close of adequate supply of fire extinguisher In business and the opening of business one's cellar is again demonstrated. [March 31, 1914. And makes a bad ishowing on this account. The report Atlantic City, N. J., compiled a "jagfshowed' Keokuk reduced Its indebted list" of chronic boozers and sent 'it: ness about $40,000 or during its first to saloonkeepers with a "cut 'em out." Any Atlantic Cityan! afterwards went baek to its foixner who cannot tread a chalk line on the-indebtedness of about $111,110. Boone, boardwalk with both feet is an object Iowa, has an Indebtedness of $248,000 of suspicion nowadays. Next Thursday is Thanksgiving day.! Fort Dodge, larger than Keokuk, $5, Surely the United States is In a mostj 840, and $3,50 for hydrant rentals, favored position to give thanks fori Muscatine spends $878 for fire fight the p^ace that prevails in this country era. and $5,391 for hydrant rentals. A Washington dispatch says that Congressman Rainey will again re sume his attack on the Keokuk dam ESINOL OINTMENT, with Resinol Soap, stops itching instantly, quickly and easily heals the most distressing cases of eczema, rash or other tormenting skin or scalp eruption, and clears away pimples, blackheads, redness, roughness and dandruff, when other treatments have proved only a waste of time and money. Physicians have prescribed Resinol for eighteen years and every druggist in the country sells Resinol Soap and Resinol Oint ment. For free trial, write to Dept. 3-T, Resinol, Baltimore, Md. Sold by all druggists Beware of "substitutes" 7 Municipal Facts. •. To the Editor of The Gate City: Hon. John L. Bleakly, auditor of the state of Iowa, has just issued his sev enth annual report of finances and municipal accounts, for the year end ing March 31, 1914. deavor to take cities having a popula tion of from "eight thousand to 22,000. Leaving off the hundreds for conven ience. Ottumwa has 22,000 and is tenth in population in Iowa, then fol lows Muscatine, 16,000 Fort Dodge, 15,000 Keokuk, 14,000 Marshalltown, 13,000 Mason City, 11,000 Boone, 10, 000 Iowa City, 10,000 Oskaloosa, 9, 000, and Fort Madison, 8,000. (All ac cording to 1910 census.) Some of these W. H. Holmes of Ruby, Nev., deftly adjusted action to the surroundings in, celebrating Nevada's apple day by I $129,000, Muscatine- $116,000, Mar taking unto himself a wife whose' shalltown $118,000. Some cities small name was Apple. I«" than Keokuk have an indebtedness larger, but they have bonded them- A quick-witted man In Atlantic Cityj*e,res -r°r water caution to] year of commission government but and his excursion steamers have done more business and made money, and1 hauls more and Iowa City $198,000, there is one small 'town of 2,000 which Is sixty- Contrasted with the conditions that While Ottumwa with 22,000, spends no remedy or better way out. prevail in Europe the Thanksgiving on! only $8,208^for firemen and $2,688 for the part of the American people should be of the most intensified character. Resinol heals itching skins |*SsiNOL Z'™ r" *w lip tic ,nd Anodyne of "**1 Co. HD- 77v 'S.-y -7. -.v. /\'1 J,7 .f ,. ••'A S^«• A.i *'-:^Tv ::'-/v '="7-*'- *•. 7'r money than any city In Iowa of its size. But it is a good Investment at that. Keokuk has many largfc buildings, erected during the boom days, and must always maintain an efficient service. For policemen, Keokuk spends 13, 993 Ottumwa only spends $7,193 Muscatine, 17,240 Fort Dodge, |13, 810 Marshalltown pays out only $6, 750, the other towns down to the Fort Madison class, about $B,51TJ. The Keokuk police department should be efficient, for its percapita. like fire, is more than any of the cities its size, and it is money well expended. For public libraries, Keokuk is credited with spending $6,534, being as much as Muscatine and Fort Dodge, and only' $1,000 less than Ot tumwa which is six thousand larger. In settling damage suits, Keokuk pays out more thaflf its nearest cities in population. The sum is about $2, 681. Or ninth in expenditure for this expense. In assessed valuation of property for taxation, Keokuk is assessed at eleven and one-half million. Fort Dodge ten million and Muscatine nine million, wiille Marshalltown is only seven millions. As previously stated on account of Keokuk having an in debtedness of over a million, one hun dred and seventy-seven thousand dol lars, Its percentage of Indebtedness to the actual value of property is There is municipal jealousy as well as social jealousy. The Blair Steam boat company never ceases knocking on Keokuk and Captain Blair more passengers and had a fine stage of water and run their boats at less expense within a radius of sixty miles sixth in population, as bad off as of Keokuk than any time since steam boating began on the Mississippi riv er. And it is time for Keokuk to re sent the insults heaped on Keokuk. and Senator Cummins, Keokuk's stauncb friend in the "United States senate notwithstanding Captain Keokuk, with no funds at the end of the year. The rest of tbe towns have from $2,000 to $393,000 on hand. For maintenance of fire fighters Keokuk spends $10,662 and for fire hydrants, $11,988 Marshalltown, $8, 570, and no expense for hydrants. Blair knocks on the senator and Keo kuk and its water power and its bridge. ,' Keokuk is all right It's the people who unjustly find fault and suggest hydrant rentals (perhaps owns its own Keokuk, Nov. 17, 1914. water works). Cedar Rapids, Water- P. S. Since writing the above I am loo. Council Bluffs spend approximate- in receipt of a letter front the auditor ly $3,000 each for hydrant rentals, of state that Keokuk's indebtedness 1®} ok ha a re no $ 1 1 7 7 1 1 0 $ 2 2 6 6 0 1 an no fighting force and pays out far more pients of his report so Keokuk will stand in the right light in the munici pal and commercial world. M. N. "MUNICIPAL NEWS." PACKET KEOKUK HAD ITS BEST SEASON White Collar Boat Carried 15,787 Pas sengers During the Past 8ummer, Also Much Freight. The river season which was offi cially closed last Sunday was the most prosperous one the little steam boat of the White Collar line has ever had. The passenger business increase was slight, 15,787 passen gers being carried excluding excur sions, but the freight Increase was 35 per cent and a total of 2,223,390 pounds were received and 339,000 pounds despatched. Of the outgoing business 279,300 pounds were shipped by local factories. The packet de parted for Port Louise, Iowa, from whence it will tow a barge to Clin ton. From Clinton it will proceed to •Rock Island to go Into winter' quar ters. The Black Hawk, which was In the Burlington-Davenport service for the past three weeks, tied up at Rock Island Thursday. The local boat house will be dosed for the season as soon as the freight received on the last few trips Is delivered. The Dubuque of the Streckfus line, made its last trip between St. Louis and Qnlncy Saturday and is now in winter quarters at St. Louis., The Sidney is In service at New Orleans, where It makes excursion trips and regular afternoon trips to the win ter resorts near. The St. Paul, Quin cy and W. W. have finished for the year and will remain at Paducah, Ky. The Wlsherd line boat, Q. W. Hill, is being used at the scene of disman tling the sunken Majestic at St. Louis. All fixtures and machinery are j.** -'M •m '"7W7:V 10.22 percent and other cities being one, two and three percent, but the indebted ness Is wrong. Keokuk's area in square miles is seven, Fort Dodge four, Muscatine To make comparisons we shall en- seven, Marshalltown seven. Fort Mad- ison eight. Des Moines has forty-four, Sioux city forty-two, while Davenport has only thirteen and Dubuque as' large as Sioux City has ^)nly eight square miles of area. Iowa City has only two and a half square miles, Grln nell two and Webster City has twelve, Or four more than Keokuk, with one third the population. The statistics and figures are inter esting. The more compact a city the towns have increased considerable more beautiful it can be matite. For it is costly for paving, sewerage, street cleaning, cross walks, fire hy drants, electric lights, and repairing and policeing and for fire protection over a large area. Many improvements li population since •i'?n. The Indebetedness of Keokuk, which is thirteenth in population, is given is fl.177,110 (evidently a mistake of a million). Its percentage of indebted ness according to its assessed valua- have been made in Keokuk for its bet tion is enormous thereby, being three terment in every way the first two times higher than any other city. (A .years of commission government in mistake.) Fort Dodge's indebtedness Keokuk, and during the past summer. works and lighting Keokuk is destined to always be a show place by reason of its water power, the Mississippi river, its An® new hotel, the splendid parks, drives, and magnificent views. While New York has the Hudson river, Iowa has the Mississippi river and Keokuk from whose banks and high bluffs views un surpassed in the world are to be had. THE DAILY GATE CITY Uneeda Biseuit Nourishment—fine fla vor—parity—crispness —wholesomeness. All for 5 cents, in the moisture-proof package. fig GRAHAMCRACKERS A food for every day. Crisp, delicious and strengthening. Fresh baked and fresh de livered. zo cents. -it •*$%[ m. A delightful new bis cuit, with a rich and delicious cocoanut fla* vor. Crisp and always fresh, xo cents. Btty biscuit bated by NATIONAL BISCUrr COMPANY A-kvays took lor thatfftrn* being removed from the boat and when the work is completed the re mains will be dynamited. Plans are being formulated for building a new boat this winter to take its place. The loss to the company Is not thought to be over $15,000 above the insur ance. The boat was valued at $60, 000. The steamer Frontenac and barge Mississippi have been in quarters at Rock Island for the past month. The White Collar line boats, Helen Blair and Morning Star, are also domiciled at Rock Island.—Burlington Hawk Byte. Put on the Grill. SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 20.—Offi cials of the Pullman Car company ap peared before the California railroad commission here today to show cause why their rates for Pullman service should not be revised. The hearing probably will continue several days. I Baraca-Phllatheas, PALATKA. Fla., Nov. 20—The sec ond annual three-days' convention of the Florida Baraca-Philathea Union opened today. Several hundred dele gates and national and southern states' officers of the,organization are attending. —sataS To Help Cotton. NEW YORK, Nov. 20.—In order to boy cotton for the Red Cross In Eu rope and at the same time help the south, southern women now in this city will hold a benefit performance this afternoon at a local theatre. Three professional women's clubs, the Gamut club, Professional Woman's league and the Twelfth Night club will each present a one-act play. WlUa Helt Wakefield planned the af fair. («r Sty. Information for Lung Sufferers The makers of Gckmtn'g Altera tive will be pleased to s*nd reports of recoveries from tuberculosis and a booklet of Interest to sufferers, with information about diet and fresh air. Inveetigate this case:— 3141 SBaviehanna Are., Pklln., Pa. "Mr D«ir Slrt—For two year* I wn ililetc4 with ktmorrtUM the lnKB. aad later I wu takn with a never* attack of snenmoala. Wkea I rweTfrnl anfllcicntly to Tralk about tbe kowe I waa left with a frifbtfal, hatkiac eonffh, which no Medicine I had taken could alleviate. It wan at thla time, March, 1SS2, that I atarted taklnff Kckman'n Alterative. la a ahort tint ray eoosrh waa aonr and I waa pro nounced well. I cannot apeak too hif hlr the rood It has done.** Abbreviated.) «*l*ncd HOWARD L. IOOTZ. feck man's Alterative is most effica cious in bronchial catarrh and se vere throat and lungr affections and up-buildinar the sjrxtetn. Contains no harmful or habit-forming drugs. Accept no substitutes. Small size. II regular size. $2. Sold by leading druggists. Write for booklet of re coveries. •ekasaa Laboratory, Philadelphia. :..v COLLECTOR IMS own TAXPAYERS Louts Murphy Says People Must Go to Government, That Uncle sfli 8am is Not Required to ''y go to Them. SOME DEALERS ARE LAX Many Have Failed to Make Their Declarations and In Conse quence Run Risks of Be ing Prosecuted. The following letter is from .Louis Murphy, oollector of international revenues at Dubuque and explains many of the phases of the war tax. One of tbe Important things to re member is that tax payers must send In their remittances without demands being- made on them. Some are undet the impression that they can wait until the government calls for th« tax. They are required under penal ty, to go to the government, however. Mr. Murphy's letter to The Gate City follows: 'All dealers In tobacco (except manufacturers of tobacco, of cigars, and dealers in leaf tobacco, who are otherwise specially provided for) whose annual receipts from the sale of tobacco exceed ?200, must pay $3.20 for each store, shop or otter place in which tobacco in any form is sold. There are 8,000 grocery stores In cities and towns of over 500 popu lation there axe 1,700 druggists In the state there are 2,500 retail liquor dealers, and all of these sell tobacco in some form. There are besides a few hundred exclusively tobacco shops and many barber shops and con fectionary stores handling over $200 worth of cigars and tobacco a year. Notwithstanding the special tax on these dealers became effective on November 1, and that if the tax is unpaid on December 1, a penalty of 50 per cent will also have to be paid, not a hundred of them have sent in their $3.20," the collector says. However, dealers In cigars and to •bacco are not alone affected by spe cial taxes and are not the only ones derelict in paying the tax. There are brokers handling investments, who must pay $25 pawnbrokers, who must pay f33.34 and commercial brokers. $13.34. 'Then there are theatres, museums and concert halls, the tax on which is graduated according to seating ca pacity, as follows: 250 seats and un der, $16.67 250 seats to 500 seats, $33.34 500 to 8 Beats, $5 more than 800 seats, $€6.67. "Next there are the proprietors oft bowling alleys agd billiard rooms who must pay $3.84 for each table and alley. There are, too, the com mission merchants, who receive goods, wares or merchandise to sell on commission and ,wfio must pay $13.34. "The amount of tax *as I have giv en it in each case is correct. It is eight-twelfths of the annual tax, due to the fact that four months of the government's fiscal year had elapsed when the tax became effective on No vember 1. "Banks, private and Incorporated, are taxed on the capital, used or em ployed during the government's fis cal year, ending June 30, 1914. In estimating capital, surplus and undi vided profits must be included. The banker will compute this amount for the year and then Take eight-twelfths of the total, paying the tax on this at the rate of $1.00 on each $1,000 of capital. For illustration, let it be as humed a bank on .fune 30, 1914, had $100,000 capital, $60,000 surplus and $26,000 undivided profits. The total is $176,000. Eight-twelfths of this amount Is $116,606.67. s*The ."«:vc,i,V::W.Y'yv".'. vH iSI 1 "}T* ?r''/ n#*/ A tax on this would be $116.67. "Bankers must, under pain of pen alty, send form filled out before Oe cember l. "Special taxpayers covered by this law should at once write the collector at Dubuque stating what their busi ness is and asking for form on which to make returns. Trley should then, send the form, filled out, together with the amount of the tax, to the col lector. The whole transaction must] be completed by December 1 to avoid penalty. "Some taxjp&'yera are under the Im pression that they need not pay thej tax until demand for It is made, and! that they are not supposed to know the law unti'l^an officer has called and explained their obligations. In this they are sadly in error. They are required, under penalty, to go to the government, hot the government to them."., LOTOS MURPHY. Hunting Season Starts. JACKSONVILLE, Fla., Nov. 20.— The "bang bang" of guns and baying of hounds were heard throughout the everglades and other haunts Of the nlmrod today, when the "open season" for hunting began. Hundreds of tour ists are here to Join in the sport, which lasts only three months. Li censes are required from all sports- :T' ''i WHEN THE INCLINATION Capital $200,000.00 f' ..c'7 Your Surity of Puril You buy biscuits in dust-proof packages fruit and vegetables in air-tight bottles and tins, oranges wrapped in tissue paper, because you want your foods kept clean and .. T/S'7 y^ toJbegin tp save your money and provide for the future of your family, cons alt The Keokuk Savings Bank respecting the best method. At this bank yon will be received courteously and will fas paid 3 per cent Interest on your SAVINGS ACCOUNT. Capital $100,006 Surplus SI00,000 OFFICERS—A. E. Johnstone, President H. L. Connable, Vice Presi dent F. W, Davis, Cashier H. W. Wood, Assistant Cashier. Thrift is a simple thing but it means a great detal. i« .the foundation of success arid1 contentment. IS Your savings will draw 3 per cent interest if deposit ed in the %r:~ v •'J State Central Savings Bank ihr Corner Sixth and Main Sts. BUCK-REINER CO- Who/oaalo Grocer* and Coffee Roasters OI«TIUBUTOM« /OR THE HART BRAND OF CANNED FRUITS AND VEGETABLE*. men. Sale or shipment of game Is prohibited by state law. 'Drys" Will Come Back. CLEVELAND, o., Nov. 20.—Badly dofeatetf in the state elections Novem ber 3, when state wide prohibition was defeated and forty "drys" coun ties became automatically wet by the passage of the "home rule** amend ment to the state constitution, Ohio "drys" are already preparing to come back strong. •More than fifty villages and town 'f TiJ^! :,4^ri.•••^7"'7':'•'•vs FRIDAY, NOV. 20, 1914 If sani tary. Now you* may buy flour in mi —clean and sanitary in dust-proof, leak-proof sanitary flour sack—a sack that protects the flour from ss everything that might con- DUST-m^ taminate it. pKQQp LEA*K PROOF **tfce Floor than Tested la the Mill Every «oarH| is pore food product when we pack it in ^ofef»ni«T and it is just as pure, clean and wholesome when you bay it is your surity of punty. Bttwersoek Hills KEOKUK NATIONAL BANK affords every facility for do ing your banking business that any bank can. /V£. ,-/ It Surplus $200,000.00 DIRECTORS 4&nrm m. mutt, INN, IMT, A Trmme. KB&KUK, IOWA .m.ruoKM* fKV. m. ships filed with the secretary of state today petitions for elections under new amendment which provides any municipality or township vote itself dry. Under the Rose »a which was repealed *y the amen ment the unit of liQOOr legislation the county. Wayne B. Wbeeler/ chalrraan of the Ohio anti-saloon league has *lrea^ announced t&at tbe temperance contemplate a second attempt state, wide prohibition at the elec tions next November.