The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-12-31
GIPPs, BREWERS
TO QUIT iowa
Liquor Laws Of the State are Too
Stringent for That Company to
Succeed in a Legiti-
mate Way.
PoPEL- GILLER BUY SOME
Five Of the Liquor Stores of keokuk
are Sold to the Large Warsaw
Brewing comapny by
Gipps People.

A deal which was consumated yes
terday afternoon at the Leffingwell
saloon at Thirteenth and Main streets
and which means the talking over of
five of the city's liquor houses
by the Popel-Giller Brewing Com
pany of Warsaw, comes directly
Through the stringency of liquor
laws of the state of Iowa. With /
the large deal, in which thous-
ands of dollars figured as the consider
alton, comes the announcement that
the Gipps Brewing Company is to quit
business for good in this state, the
reason given that the Moon law, which
bill it will be remembered went into
effect the Fourth day of last July, in
| terferred with their doing business in
way that is profitable to them. There
are in the state at the present time,
large number of liquor houses, own
ed and controlled by the Gipps people
of Peoria, Ill. From authentic re.
/ ports it is learned however, that these
will be disposed of by the big brewing
concern and their interests in this
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larger companies, in the brewing bust
j ness.
i. In the deal which was closed yester-
day afternoon, five of the saloons OF
this city become the property Of the
Popel-Giller brewing establishment of
Warsaw The Egan saloon at
Twelfth and Fulton streets, the Berry
hill saloon at Twelfth and Main
streets, the Andy Hickey saloon in
West Keokuk, the Commercial Hotel
bar and the bar of the Clyde hotel.
The price that figured in the transfer
has not been stated but it is presumed
that the figures are large.
! John H Giller of Warsaw, represent
cd the Warsaw Brewing company and
Leslie Robinson, manager Of the Gipps
Brewing company's interests repre-
scented their respective companies and
: the deal was closed Besides being
the general manager of the Gipps PEG
pies interests, Mr.. Robinson of this
!. city is also one of the heaviest stock
| holders of that concern.
Warsaw Interests Enlarged.
. With their large purchase Of yester
. day, deal which has been hanging il
the balance for the past six or eigh
, weeks was brought to satisfactor.
!, termination. The general offices o
:, the Popel & Giller Company in thi
: city will be the active head of tn
' 1oro. ,,,,roboc. oJtl,o,,rl, tho,-a ORC n
q changes in contemplation that ar
n known of, in the conduction Of tn
places of business sold to the Warsay
> people, and they will be continued q
= before except that they are under
different head The intention of tn
management is to increase the bus
ness here to an even greater propo!
ton. The offices in this city are III
der the management of James Porte
90 of the Keokuk Liquor Store,
- Recent reports from Warsaw are
Is the effect that between twenty-fiv
= and thirty thousand dollars are bein
y expended in the erection of bottlin
u works in connection with the lare
y breweries located there. Heretofor
u. the bottling establishment has been
Gated apart from the main structul
but a government gauger will be er
ployed and will be permanent at TT
brewing establishment. This wi
mean that all bottles will be file
"a from tanks instead of barrels and Il
" plan of labelling with governmel
"A stamps will be materially change
Y One of the three finest condensers
"a the country is located in the Warsa
plant.