The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-12-13
CITY NEWS.
Skate at the Roll-a-way.

Skate at the Roll-a-way
Sleighs Buy them at Sherwood's.
Landing of Commodore Peary.
discoyerer of the north pole, at sgd
ney. Nova Scotia. shown tonight at
the Bon Ton.
Christmas shopping will be heavy
until the arrival of the big day. Best
get your shopping done early and
avoid the late rush. You will get bet
ter satisfaction
The delivery OF advertising copy
to this paper as early as possible win
be appreciated This request applies
especially to advertisements intended
for the Sunday morning issue.
According to contractors state
ment this morning, local firms engag
ed in railroad and other contracting
have had very successful season,
and have been kept pretty busy in
their work
Section men are having trouble
these frozen days with sprung and
ice clogged switches. in a number
of places, the snow and ice
which gets in between the tracks be-
| ing frozen so that 1t has to be thawed
out. TO avert the danger of cars jump
ing the tracks
The Daily Gate City issued an.
other big paper Sunday morning. II
was overlooking with the announce
! ments OF Keokuk's progressive bust
ness men It was full OF general
and local news and continues to grow
In popularity 1t is accomplishing Z
great deal toward favorably advertis
ing this city.
i City Collector Paul Luedtke stated
this morning that less property was
sold for delinquent taxes this year
than for number OF years past
Usually the number of pieces Of prop
erty is over the century mark, but
this year there were only sixty. The
taxes on this property amounted tc
about $500.
e a. Riehl. the well known hor
ticulturist OF Alton. ILL.,, advises the
Iowa farmers and fruit growers not
to raise pears. declaring that there is
no money in them and besides they
can make bigger money raising chest
nuts. Many growers are of the opin
ion that conditions in Iowa are no,
ideal for the fruit.
The object OF the two strangers
who assaulted Oscar II. Smith nigh
operator at the Union Depot. Satur
day evening as he was going to work
may have been that Of robbery. Since
the account in Sunday mornings Gate
City this theory has been advanced or
all sides. Various things connected
with the assault would tend to show
that the two men may have been afta.
money. although Smith thinks that /,
was clearly an assault.
Rev..G. P. Magin. pastor Of the Cen
trail Presbyterian church OF Des
Moines, occupied the pulpit OF the
First Congregational church of this
city both morning and evening Sunday
in exchange with the regular speaker
Rev. George c. Williams. Rev. Magill
was also the speaker at the mems
meeting at the Y. II. C. A. yesterday
I afternoon He is a forcefuI speaker
with a good thought for every one and
his services here yesterday in chuch
and Association were much appreciat.
ed
Nauvoo Independent: Hugh l.
Cooper. the promoter OF the water
power project, in company with Law
yer Humphrey of Hamilton were city
visitors yesterday. They made their
headquarters at the State Bank, where
they met the owners OF land along the
river In front of the city for the pur
pose of asking an extension until Feb
Tuary 9Th next. Mr.. Cooper Informed
the independents reporter that tht
general situation and the facts regard
ing the water power were fully stated
in or Wednesdays edition. The great
problem now is to prove the cost Of
the overflow land district and they ar;
working on this night and day. Sir
Cooper expects 10 remain in this vicin
ity until he finds whether the PROPOSE
ton is success or a failure. He ha:
put IL four and a half years of hit
time and spent an immense amount o
his OWL. money, and he has hopes anS
confidence that the project will e,
through