The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-09-20
CITY NEWS.

4 wood.
4 Hear o'Brien's big hit tonight at
1 the Colonial.
Hundreds turned out to welcome
t Teddy at the Colonial last night.
i Your shoes repaired while you
wait at Karie's, S14 Main street.
Imp night tonight, presenting
Florence Lawrence. Colonial Theatre.
See Wilson 6 McMains, painters
and paper hangers. Call Iowa phone
/ Nos. 226-Red or 6es-Black.
Have you seen Flornce Lawrence,
Americas foremost motion picture
actress? AT the ColoniaI.
The regular monthly meeting of
ST. Joseph's auxiliary viii be held on
Wednesday afternoon at $50 o'clock.
Twenty FIVE or thirty loads of
good cinders can be had for the haul
ing. Call at Gate City office for fur
Their information
Mr.. and Mrs. H. H Wright, who
reside at Summittville, are the proud
parents of a baby boy born yesterday
noon. The child is the third son and
has been christened Frederic Julius.
Regular meeting Morning Star
lodge No. 5. knights OF Pythias to-
night at 500 o'clock at Castle hall,
Fifth and B,ondeau Visiting Knights
invited. Special business. Make ex-
ira to be present. C. rruce Lake, c. Q.
Masonic: Special meeting Hardin
Lodge No. 30, A. F. & A. NJ, tomor-
row evening at 1880 O'Clock. Work
on second degree. Visiting brethren
fraternally invited to attend. BY or
der of the W. NJ. C. NJ. vogel, secy.
Passengers on the steamer Weno-#
ma yesterday probably saved a mans
life. They noticed a man lying on
the Kline tracks near the Burlington
bridge and called attention of num-
Der of clam diggers to him. The
man was dragged from his dangerous
osition and left to sober up.
Chief of Police Henry Schevers
received communication from r. I.
Ramsey, of Denver, Colo, asking if
the Keokuk officers knew the where
abouts of A. F. Ramsey, brother.
The writer states that his brother
married a girl by the name OF Jessie
here about three years ago.
yesterday was the first day the
new dapple gray horse recently pur-
chased for the West Keokuk fire de-
partment was tried and Chief Ander-
son states that he will make an excel
lent fire horse after a few weeks OF
training. Last night he made the run
like veteran.
Last night the fire department
was called to the Fifth Street bridge
where one of the Greek boarding
houses had caught fire by the up
setting of a gasoline stove. When
the West Keokuk hose reel reached
the fire the car was burned to the
ground It was formerly an old box
car converted into boarding house
by the railroad company for the Greek
laborers The loss did not amount to
much
Capt Blair reports excellent re-
suits from the work of the big sue
ton dredge which the United States
engineers are using to deepen the
channel over several of the highest
places, says the Davenport Democrat.
At the Dodge farm below Montpelier,
where there was scant three feet there
is now good channel with five feet
IN it. Similar improvements have
been made at the foot of Muscatine.
Prairie and Port Louisa. The dredge
Is now at work at Turkey Island
When Inspector Chris Lock was
in Quincy Sunday he had a few words
to say OF the commission form Of
government. OF his visit and talk
the Herald says: Chris Lock was
down from Keokuk yesterday visiting
relatives. Mr.. Lock was formerly
marshal of the Gate City and is now,
under the commission form Of govern
/ ment, an inspector. Speaking gener-
ally OF the new form of government
4 he says that its success depends en-
/ tirely on the character of the men
elected With good men it will prove
Il a success while with men In control
I who are not fitted to fill the offices
4 the contrary will prove true In Keo-
4 kuk the officers have wiped out s32,-
900 of old debt and have $4,000 in
1 the treasury Owing to the wiping
out Of the debt they have not been
able to do much street work as should
have been done but they are saving
interest-payments and with the debt
Hquidated will have more money here
after to spend ii physical improve
ments. Taking it up one side and
down the other Mr. Lock is inclined
to the belief that the new form of city
y government is better than the old.
The Iowa weather crop bulletin
for the week ending September 18th,
has just been issued, as follows: Until
Saturday the weather was cool and
generally cloudy with frequent and
fairly well-distributed showers. The
rainfall exceeded two inches over
most Of the central and south central
counties, and in some localities the
rain for the week was the heaviest
since May. Corn has made good prog