The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-12-08
CITY NEWS.

Don't miss the basketball game,
Burlington VS.. keokuk, Thursday.
-Kewanee has closed contract
with Manager Corners to again lead
the baseball team and manage affairs
during the, coming season. The fans
are well pleased with the work of
Corners and believe him to be the
capable man he appeared to be last
season. He had under contract some
of the best men in the Central Asso-
citation and promises to secure equally
good material next year.
Burlington VS. Y.-First basketball
game of season. Thursday evening.
The Iowa teachers convention
will be held in Des Moines next year,
probably in November In connection
with similar conventions in Kansas,
Nebraska, Minnesota and wisconsin.
Theodore Roosevelt will be request
ed to attend and DR.. NJ. E. Sadler Of
Manchester, an educational expert of
Great Britain, may come at the re-
quest of the Ave combined teachers
conventions held about the same
time for the purpose of securing the
biggest speakers of the world. The
general sessions will be held in the
Coliseum and the department meet
irgs in the Y. NJ. C. A. auditorium.
The committee for Iowa met and made
preliminary arrangements The COM
mittee is composed of Principal Maui
rin lob IF u
Smart of Davenport, and Supt. o. Ii
Benson of Clarinda.
Burlington Hawk-Eye: Judge
Bank of Keokuk may be called to Bur
lington to hear the bank assessment
cases, as it is probable that Judge
Withrow will decline to hear the &C
tons, owing to the fact that he is
the owner of bank stock A consul
tation has been held between Judge
! Withrow and the interested attorneys
and the calling to Burlington of Judge
| Bank may follow as Judge Withrov
! has intimateda that he would prefer
that the matter be presented to dis
/ interested jurist. These cases arose
from appeals of the various banks o
Burlington in the matter of the boar(
or review raising the assessment o
the capital stock of the institutions
The banks base their appeal on tn,
ground that portion of the capita
stock is invested in government bonds
\ which are held to be exempt from
/ taxation.
j The location of building for thu
aged wards of the Odd Fellows orde
J. Of Iowa is practically decided for Ma
4 son City, according to the committee
which has the matter in charge. A
{. the last meeting Of the grand lodge
!. committee was appointed to repor
!. plans for such home, and thes
plans are now practically ready. TIL
Building will cost in the neighborhoo
! OF $4,000 and will be two storie
high and fire-proof throughout TIL
plan of housing the orphans and tn
old people Of the order. in the sam
4 building has been demonstrated to b
unwise, though it les been done a
! the orphans home there since its col
! strIction. Neither will two old pee
pie. unless man and wife, live peace
4 ably in the same room, it .has bee
discovered, SO a home of their ow
with room for each has been pla1
j ned. The building will be larg
enough to house about fifty inmate:
There was some talk of locating tn
home in the southern part of tn
| state, but in view of lie fact that Their
! is large farm at Mason City whic
q furnishes food for the wards, that tn
heating, water and lighting plans {
the present building are adequate
furnish the new building, there wa
, found no reason for its removal {
its proposed site elsewhere.