The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-09-13
CRY NEWS.

keokuk, at all grOcers.
The great comedy picture, An
other Mans Pass, at Dodges theatre to-
night.
The hose reel at the Sixth street
engine house. is again back in place.
after having been repaired.
The year 5670 OF the Jewish
calander will begin on Wednesday
which will be Rosh Hashona, or New
Years Day.
Judge w. S. Withrow Will preside
at the next session Of the district
court to be held in Fort Madison, to
be called on the eleventh of October.
Supervisor Geo. Kreiger has been
on the sick list for few days, but
was able to be present at the regular
meeting of the board in session today
at Fort Madison.
Keokuk and Hannibal will open
the last series of the season on the
home grounds tomorrow afternoon and
upon the series will probably decide
which team is to have second place.
Bell, the young Kahoka boy, now
pitching ball In the Three-Eye
Eye league and who has been sold to
the New York Giants held Rock Is
land, now leading the league to three
hits, his team winning five to one.
The body Of Frank Loomis Of Dali
las City, ILL.,. who was drowned near
the Santa Fe bridge at Fort Madison,
was found in the river between the
bridge and Dutchman Island. The
body will be inferred at Stronghurst,
Ill.
-Des Moines may be without a
league baseball team next season as
the owner, John E. Higgins. has de-
clared that he would transfer the club
to st. Joseph, Mo. Des Moines has
been playing good ball and with the
team fighting for first place the at
tendance has been unusually low.
Burlington Gazette: When the
Helen Blair reached Burlington today,
all except two OF tae roustabouts
threw up their jobs and went on a
strnke. The work was too hard for the
money they said The boat officials
had no trouble in picking up enough
men along the levee to take the strik-
ers' places. The freight business on
the boat had been extremely heavy on
the last two trips and it is likely that
the men wanted something easier
Supervisor George Brinkman, who
has been numbered among the sick
for several weeks, is steadily recover
ing and was able this forenoon to
make trip to the Lee cour4-- farm.
He expects to be able to att,nd the
meeting of the supervisors in Fort
Madison tomorrow afternoon. The
Fort Madison people are very anxious
to have Supervisor Brinkman present,
as they recognize in him an able
member of the board. His splendid
recovery during the past few weeks
has been matter of great satisfac
ton to his friends. not only in Keo.
kuk, but all over Lee county.
-Ethels Luncheon Is one of the
best comedy subjects that has ever
been shown at Dodges theatre. See il
tonight.
There will be a civil service ex
animation fer rural letter carriers held
! in this city on Saturday October 9th
in order that a list of eligibles foI
those positions may be established in
the local Office 1t is necessary that
%h,p -; fnr I'd ',
plications to the civil service
commission at Washington, D. C.
(rural carrier division) on or before
Wednesday September 10Th, 1909
Blanks can be obtained at the post
Office building for this purpose
-Des Moines Capital: An informal
opinion given off-hand by Attorney
General Byers this morning at tae
state house 70 Police Judge Rodd swig
of Davenport will, if it becomes a part
OF the record, inject another angle into
the saloon question in this state The
proposition put up to the attorney gen
eral was whether or not saloonkeepers
can have two consents at the same
time. The attorney general told Judge
Roddewig taat while the saloonkeep
ers could get the two consents, the
second one would not become opera.
tive until the expiration of the first
Under this ruling when the present
general consent, which has two more
years to run, expires, many saloon
men in Davenport will be put out Of
business under the provisions OF the
Moon law, which limits the number Of
saloons to one for every 1000 of pop
ulation. The district court of Scot
| county has just held that the saloon
men could get the second consent be
! fore the first expired and that by let
1 ting their consents go and starting
all over under the second consent tina
they could operate for tle full period
j of the second consent. II this Is cor
rect then there is no possibility o
reducing the number of saloons wher
the first general consent expires twt
| years ,..nce. but they can continue tt
operate nuder the second consent.