The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-11-08
CITY NEWS.

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There were four automobiles ii
I the city yesterday from Hannibal
They entered this city from the Hin
DIS shore.
The funeral OF the late Hiram
Avis was held on Sunday Afternoon
from the late residence, burial being
made in Meeks cemetery.
John Smith, in the employ of the
Keokuk Electric Railway and Power
Co, who was operated on a shor
time ago for appendicitis is abe tt
be out again. coming UP town this
morning from his home in the west
end.
There will be a meeting of the
Humane society Thursday night al
which business of the past month will
be talked over Those in charge hope
4 that there will be a good list of the
members present Any one wishing
/ to call up headquarters can do so on
| the Iowa phone, the number being
I 712 B. President Wilkinson has re
ceived letter from the secretary of
the Dubuque organization offering any
assistance which it is In their power
| to give.
On November 7,1so9. the Union
Baptist Sunday school elected officers
1 for the ensuing year. The following
were elected: Mr.. Henry Green.
superintendent; Miss Eldora Burton,
assistant superintendent: Blanche
Williams, secretary; Mr.. William
Smith. assistant secretary; Mr.. Tom
my Davis, treasurer; Rev. Anderson,
TEACHER of class No. l; Mrs. jamie
Wagner, teacher of class No. 2; Mrs.
Smith. teacher OF class No. g.; Miss
Letha Johnson, teacher of class No.
4; Miss Viola McGinnis, organist.
Mayor Charles Of, has re-
ceived an invitation from the execu-
tive board of the Deep waterways con-
vention to be held at Washington. D.
c., on December to inclusive. The
invitation also stated that a delega.
ton of citizens to be appointed by
him should also be included in the
number attending from this city. The
mayor will make the appointments be-
fore November 18th.
The pennant which was won by
the Huiskamp Bros. Co, baseball
team of the Commercial league was re-
ceived last week and is on exhibition
at the Y. NJ. C. A., having taken its
place with other yeai-s tokens Of
championship honors. The desia. is
one of the neatest and prettiest ban
ners ever won by a local club 1t is.
32x72 inches and shows the shoe fac
tory emblem of the elk or stag heao
and the figures % with the word Huis-
kamp in large letters arranged in YER
teal style. After the pennant has
been on exhibition at the Office OF the
shoe men 1t will be placed in the col
lection at the s'Y.," as it becomes the
property of the league.
Water power or no water power.
Keokuk Is going forward with steady
and permanent progress Every indi-
cation points to a prosperous COM
munity and the opinions from those
who for long time have made this
place their home are that the outlook
was never better There may be
some delay in contemplated improve
ments by individuals on account OF the
undetermined water power question
but that matter must be settled in
little mere than three months and
then there will be no hesitation. Well
informed people believe that the ter
mination of the power proposition will
be favorable and with this enterprise
to lead the way there will be some
thing doing every minutes for Keo-
kuk.
Mt. Pleasant News: Judge Bank
during his work here has made
very favorable impression on the
court room frequenter who has not
seen him preside before. To most
Of the attorneys he is well known
and liked and his methods on the
bench were not new. Judge Bank
has made many new friends here
durig the past month. Mr.. Chas.
Smith, court reporter with Judge
Bank, has also many new friends to
his credit which he has made while
here the last month. His genial and
cheery disposition as well as his
great efficiency in his work makes
hin q faVorite with all whom he
comes in contact with. Judge Bank
opens court in Keokuk on the six
teenth Of the month Judge Withrow,
who Is now at Fort Madison, opens
court at Burlington next Monday.
The Presruvut OF the Humane so.
ciety recently received letter from
The Juvenile court ar Des Moines ask
Ing that Harriet Brown, a colored
! girl supposed TO be living here be
/ sent to Des Moines where her parents
ived Acting on this advice. Presi-
dent Wilkinson and officer Leindecker
assisted by Poor Master Korschgen
looked the girl up and finally located
her. Friday the first two named
1 went to rag alley where she was stay
/ ing and told her she would have 10
i leave town and go to Des Moines
4 She answered that she would not I'M
/ der any circumstances 20 back TO her
/ parents, who live in that place but