The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-06-12
cry NEWS.


Wait for Trinity NJ. E. church ex-
cprsion to Quincy. Tuesday. June 22nd.
'arthage has decided to celebrate
the Fourth and has selected Monday,
July 5, as the date of celebrating.
The Commercial league has three
games scheduled for this afternoon all
of which will be played in the athletic
field.
June "a has been selected as the
date for the annual Benevolent Union
excursion, which this summer will be
an all day affair to Quincy and return
on the steamer w. w.
Masonic Regular meeting of Har-
| din lodge. No 20, "A. f. and A. NJ. on
Monday evening, June IA at s o'clock.
| Visiting brethren fraternally invited.
| BY order OF w. NJ, A. K. Stewart,
secretary.
Keokuk will not celebrate the
Fourth of July this year. Keokuk will
do her celebrating on the second of
July, IN honor OF the election the day
before, when the commission plan OF
government will be adopted.
| The Mississippi river at food
stage will be one Of the sights to be
seen Monday from the decks of the big
! steamer J. S., which carries the Uni
| tartan excursion to ..luincy. Boat
leaves Keokuk at 8: 90 o'clock Monday
morning.
If the weather Is favorable tomor-
row, many people will go down to the
pes Moines river bridge to view the
high water. BY crossing the bridge.
the food can be seen, for the over
flow is located between the bridge
and Alexandria.
| The Benevolent Union ladies an
nounce that the annual excursion this
year will be given on Thursday, June
"a, which date should be kept open
| by all who wish to spend an enjoyable
days outing on the river. The trip
will be to Quincy and return OH the
steamer w. w.
Judge T. w. Holman OF Rutledge,
Mo-. was In the city today and paid
his respects at The Gate City office.
He declares that The Gate City is
the best newspaper for the people OF
Iowa and Missouri that he knows of.
He will be around In this vicinity for
week before returning home.
The board OF directors OF the Y.
w. C. A. are corresponding with sew
eral ladies to fill the position OF sec
rotary Of the local association for the
coming year. One Of these Is from
Des Moines who has done extensive
state association work and another is
a Des Moines lady who has been
engaged in Y. w. C. A. work for some
time.
The Quincy Wing stated this
morning that Belt had protested yes
terday's game, claiming that President
Justice had not notified Umpire Glea-
son that Cook, who was suspended
several days ago. could take no part
in the game, President Justice stated
this morning that he did not have to
notify the umpire concerning Cooks
eligibility to take part in the game, as
he had not notified the umpire Of his
suspension in the first place.
July has been set as election
day in Keokuk, a. which time the
people will vote on the question OF
whether or not Keokuk shall adopt
Z the commission plan OF government.
The Gate City was the first Keokuk
newspaper to urge the commission
plan Of government for Keokuk and
has not changed its mind since the
first suggestion, believing that the
proposition should be adopted and
that 1t would prove good thing tc
Keokuk.
Mrs. George A. Hopkins OF No
S29 High street believes that she is
the luckfest woman in Keokuk, be
cause one of the most honest boys In
Keokuk found her pocket book yes
terday. She lost her purse contain
ing $55 In currency and inserted m
advertisement. in The Gate City
Adrian Kirby, son of Mr.. and rrs
H. M. Kirby, found the pocket bool
and because he was an honest boy
: returned it to the owner. MIS-
Hopkins gave him five dollar bill as
a reward and the money is to be spen
for baseball outfit. II all of the boys
and men of Keokuk were as homes
. as young Kirby, people could leave
pocket books lying all around town
: A little want ad was the means of re
turning the lost money to It's owner
Quincy Herald: TIE river hat
reached stage Of Az feet by TOT
O'Clock this morning and at noon wa.
still rising, with every indication tha
before tomorrow 1t wiz have touched
fifteen feet. Clear weather toda,
seems to indicate that for while a
/ least there will be no very heav,
. rains, SO much OF the food water from
north Of here may have chance tt
, run out before the next spell OF we
weather. The two foot rise, though
is not improbable, as there has beer
considerable rain from Burlington al
: most to St Paul during the past three
days, and this water on top of VIVA
/ has already come down from the De,
Moines, Fox and other rivers ma.
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