The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-06-19
CITY N EWS

The Waterloo team arrived ID the
city this morning from quincy.
5000 piano, little used. $1S7.50. W.
". Kimbali CO.. 307 Main
1900 piano, little used. $3.50. w.
4 w. Kimball Co, S07 Main.
Wait for st. Peters church ex-
cursion to Quincy, June %.
Regular meeting OF Keokuk lodge
No. IsI, ]. o. Q. F.. Monday night 1t
8 o'clock
lsext Thursday is the date OF two
great events In Keokuk the lawyers
| picnic and the excursion to Quincy,
/ given under the auspices Of the Benev-
olent Union.
The stage OF the river this morn
/ Ing was 10 feet. showing another drop
Of seven tenths of foot. The river
| is going down SO rapidly now that the
weather bureau has ceased issuing
river condition bulletin.
The funeral Of the late Frank
Westerhof was held in Fl. Madison
this morning at nine o'clock. Among
those present from here were the fol.
lowing: John Ward. John Leisy,
Frank Keller, j. ]. Crimmons Charles
Hennemann and wife, G. e. Locke and
~. A. Hennemann and wife.
On Sunday evening at the First
Christian church, Childrens Day exer-
cises will be held during the regular
evening service hours. A fne pro-
gram has been arranged and the
church auditorium Will no doubt be
filled with friends and parents Of the
little folks who are to take part in the
exercises. s
! The Davenport Times contained q
special letter from the Elks convention
at Dubuque, describing the outing Of
the antlered members on the steamer
J. S., and mentioned Keokuk Elk as
follows: II the folks were looking for
any other kind OF harmony, there way
pelnty of it in the basement Of the
good ship. Jolly Sport" Quartets,
quintettes. octettes and grand chorus
es were In service in every corner.
The songs Of every nation were sung
and Pretzel Alley was not forgotten.
When Mayor Charles OFT Of Keokuk,
who is making buns when ne Is not
signing the city's official documents,
produced a copy of the songs OF Pretz-
Ell Alley, he was one of the most lion
lied voyagers on the boat, and it is
unnecessary to add that the Davenport
Pilgrims missed none OF the refrains.
Quincy Herald: John Ensminger,
levee commissioners from the lima lake
drainage district was In the city today,
the business OF the district calling him
down to see County attorney John In
ghram The big pumps at Meyer
were shut down last Saturday evening,
as the water is lowered to such roint
that 1t is doing no injury. Deputy
Game Warden Harbour OF Pike Coun-
! ty was up at the plant last Friday and
took the names Of fishermen who have
4 bee catching fish in the boats, tied
where the outflow from the pumps
strikes the water. The story has been
told several times, but Ensiminger
says that for weeks now fishermen
have sold s25 worth of fine fish
daily caught in this novel manner Of
catching them. The fish warden view
| ed the boats, tied in row, into which
i the big fish leap Of their own accord
/ but expressed no opinion as to
whether it was an Illegal method Of
catching them or not The pumps Will
be kept in order and supply OF fuel
on hand with an engineer in charge.
They can thus be started up at mo-
ment's notice If the water begins ris-
ing in the district. Their operation
has resulted in the planting OF thous-
ands of acres of corn at least month
earlier than would have been possible
otherwise