The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-02-02
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Big feature program tonight.
Colonial Theatre Beautiful.
VIII Haggot is i'll at his home,
COS South Second street, with quinsy.
See Ottunlwa play basket ball,
Y. NJ. C. A. Wednesday evening. Feb
ruary 2.
State champions will play Keo-
kuh at Y. NJ. C. A. Wednesday, Feb
ruary ..
Extra. See Mile. Pilarmorin."
in The Japanese Peach Boy" to-
night, Colonial Theatre Beautiful.
-Keokuk Camp NJ. W. A. No. 622
will hold its regular meeting tonight
at woodman hall. All members are
requested to he present.
The Giobe-Democrat of st. Louis
this morning contained a picture OF
the first work done on the Keokuk
and Hamilton water power dam. 1t
is similar to the one used in The
Gate City.
The ice in the river continues to
hold solid though with a continued
thaw of several days. there Is every
chance that it might break, small
creeks being washed along each side
OF the river.
The Ottumwa basket ball team ar
rived this morning from Burlington
at $40 While in the city they are
the guests OF the Grand.
A crew will be organized, composed
of men who work near the river. who
can be called on in times of emerg-
ency for prompt action. 1t will be a
voluntary service crew.
Did you know that in ST. Louis
there is an organization of ladies
known as The Keokuk club?" Do
you know what action the club took
when the members heard about the
water power The Sunday Gate City
will tell the interesting story.
AT the close of the prayer meet
ing at the Congregational church some
business matters of importance. will
be considered, and it is essential that
there should be a large attendance of
members of the church and congrega-
ton. this evening at 100
B. l.. Auwerda. George S. Tucker
and John Nagle contemplate a trip
east and south about the middle of
this month that will call for visit
to the cities of Pittsburg, Philadelphia
Washington, New York and steamer
trip to New Orleans, returning home
via st. Louis.
Real estate men report increasing
inquiries about city property and that
numerous requests from out of town
people are coming in every day
Thousands of people are looking
toward Keokuk. The value of the big
dam to this city will become more
and more apparent as time goes by
-Des Moines Capital: An article
on the Des MoiDes plan in the current
issue of the Technical Magazine, writ
ten by Frank G. Moorhead of the
Homestead. is attracting much atten-
ton. It deals particularly with the
results of government by commission
in Des Moines and Learenworth, Kan.
Councilman MacViear. who has kept
closely in touch with Des Moines plan
literature says it Is the best article
ever written on the subject.
There is a fearful congestion of
freight cars in the local up town and
lower yards at the present time. Bur
lington papers claim that the cars
are beginning to move but the local
switchmen say that the cars are as
thickly congested as ever and there
is no chance of getting the tangle
undone for awhile. For the most part.
the large number of cars are loads"
some of them which have not been
moved for a week. Many times while
two switch engines are working to-
gether, one of the locomotives has to
wait until the other one has gotten
string of cars out of the way. before
the waiting engine can proceed.
-Des Moines Capital: There are
very few states, outside of prohibi.
ton states, that have better general
laws restricting the liquor traffic
than Iowa. said E. r. Cherrington at
the Offices of the Anti-Saloon league
this morning. Mr.. Cherrington is ed.
itor of the American Issue" the ma
tional Anti-saloon league paper, pub
lished at Columbus, Ohio. The LID
uor laws of Iowa are not only better
in the Enforcement features. but in
the injunction features ALSO Mr..
Cherrington stopped in Des Mosnes
on his way to Kansas City from Chi
cago, where he delivered an address
at willard hall before a meeting Of
the working people Of Chicago. 81
have just discovered two interesting
facts Mr.. Cherrington said. "One is
that out of the $500 counties in the
United States, LOO are dry. And the
other is that two hundred cities of the
United States which have a popula.
ton of ten thousand or more are dry
AT the meeting of the Burlington
Launch club last evening, active steps
were taken toward the securing OF
funds for building life saving sta
ton and club house on the levee. The
city council has given permission fol
! the placing of such a structure on the
/ river front, at and to the north OF thu