The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-09-30
CITY NEWS.

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Grand. tonight, THE Man of the
Hour"
Tomorrow night at the Grand,
Henrietta Crosman in Sham" Seats
now on sale.
! Sherman Rutledge left for Bur-
lington this afternoon after short
visit in this city.
Mr.. and Mrs. Louis Sterne left for
Kansas City today where they will
visit for some time with relatives.
G. H. Dodge, the moving picture
man of Quincy arrived In the city this
afternoon to look after matters con-
nected with his local amusement
house
"A freight car was derailed in front
Of the scale house on the levee this
afternoon about half past twelve
o'clock. 1t was some little time before
it was set up again.
The body of James Vidal will arrive
in the city tomorrow morning at $40
from Landar, Wyoming. Burial will
probably be made on Saturday.
-Emmer Palmore Davis has depart.
ed for Oklahoma City where he will
resume his study Of medicine at the
University of Oklahoma, the Univer-
sity being located eighteen miles from
Oklahoma City. Mr. Davis has been
the efficient assistant secretary of the
Y. M. G. A. for the past several
months and while in this city has
made for himself host of friends
who wish him every success in follow
ing up his chosen profession. He was
graduate of the High school of last
year and was we'll known by many
friends here.
Quincy Journal: Mrs. Nettie Ben
nett, wife of Orren Bennett, has filed
suit for a divorce with the circuit
clerk, charging her husband with adul-
terry and cruelty. The bill states taat
the act of adultery was committed on
July 10th, but does not name the CO.
respondent. The bill also sets forth
that the husband was also cruel to her
and that he had beaten and choked
her The couple were married in Keo-
kuk, Iowa, June goth. 1900, and sepa.
rated August 10th, 1909.
October 9th is home cone.g week
at st. Charles, Mo-, starting on that
date. An excellent motor boat racing
program has been arranged by the st
Charles Boating association and q
number of fast boats will be entered
in the various events. Several of the
Lamb boats and other up river fast
boats will no doubt be entered and the
affair will be success. Several
CYL motor boat men may attend In
vitations are being sent out al
over the country by st. Charles.
| Railroad ties are cheaper now
than they have been since befoer the
panic was the statement of D. j. Eos
tor timber inspector of the Chicago
Great Western, while he was recently
on his way north from Arkansas
Louisiana and Oklahoma. The com
pany had purchased number of the
best white oak ties delivered to Kan
/ sas City for SO cents tie or less
| These ties formerly sold for 70 cents
or more. One reason for the reduced
| price lies in the fact that railroads are
experimenting with the treated ties
These ties are cut from red oak Rnd
i other woods and are creosoted. Theil
lives are then set to be as long as the
white oak. The white oak timber !!
getting scarce and it soon will be nee
essary to use some other wood. AL
railroads experience the greatest diff
Guilty in obtaining sticks for piling.
Germany wants to know NOR
about the matter in which Iowa In
spects the factories and accordingly
George Schesinger. M. A. S. M. e.,
Berlin, Germany, has written to Stat
|. Labor Commissioner, Van Duyn ask
ing for copies of all printed matter o.
factory inspection service, copies 9
laws on preventing accidents and "an
compilation of accident possibilities.
: The newly created Texas labor burea
also wants to know more about tn
Iowa way of handling the problems
Texas copied the law almost verbatu,
and now Commissioner Meyers, {
that state has written, we are s
favorably impressed with your la
. and the efficient manner in which you
bureau is operated that / shall try an
come to Des Moines to study yor
!. methods