The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-07-20
ICICLES HANGING
FROM HIS HORNS
Elk Returning From the. Detroit Con-
vention Says That the Brothers
Were Treated Very
Chilly.
GIGANTIC HOLD UP
II All OF the Members Feel the Same
Way, Detroit is Certainly
Wearing a Black
Eye.
GIGANTIC HOLD

James BOsIC, q IOIluGT IoSiueut Ol
Burlington anG now substantial citi-
zen of Moberly, Mo-, and past exalted
ruler of the Elks lodge of that place,
is spending week with his folks in
Burlington, enroute from the Elks con-
vention held in Dertoit. His ideas of
the hospitality of the Michigan me-
tropolis can best be expressed by
tightly grasping the nose with the
thumb and index finger, figure Of
speech used by Dummy" Hughes. one
time first baseman of the Jacksonville
baseball team, to express his disgust
of bum decisions by the umpire. And
Mr.. Boyle says he represents the senti-
ment of about $4,000 others of the
best people on earth" He AYERS that
Dertoit is the prize stfck-up commun-
ity of the universe. While their
methods were not q lite as crude as
a rock in sock they were equally as
effective and left the same bad taste.
And as for the Detroit brothers, they
are characterized as the real cold
storage product wearing fuzz of
frost that would CONCEAL the hailing
sign of distress.
Mr.. Boyle, like the usual run of the
antlered brigade, is a genial, whole
souled person, not inclined in any way
to take cognizance of trifles. 1t would
never occur to him to make sand
witch of his bank roll between two
porous plasters as per Col. Abe
Slupsky of ST. Louis at the Jeff-John-
son fight.
But if ever go to Detroit again,
| certainly will adopt some such pre-
caution" said he Talk about lying
in ambush and relieving the wayfarer
of his valuables. It's welcome di
version compared to the Detroit meth
the worthy Detroiters who operate
hotels and other places of public re
sort will retire with independent for
tunes. 1t was the most complete and
gigantic frameup to clean bunch oil
unsuspecting good fellows l ever saw
/ was glad to get away with my re
turn ticket and clothes. They may
have thought they were slipping some
thing over on us and they were at the
time, but Detroit has received the big
gest black eye in its history as the re
suit of the Highlander methods pur
sued towards its guests About the
only thing they did not double up OF
was the street car fare, and don't SEE
how they happened to overlook it.
I'VE secured rooms at the Griswolc
hotel, an eight-story hosiery, So ant
and 81 day ordinarily, should judge
A friend and myself were compelled
to put up in one room with bath ant
1t cost us SIS. This was just place
to sleep and extra for the eating Thu
New Orleans delegation stopped a
the same hotel They had engaged
rooms in advance, but made the mis-
take of not getting an advance huncl
on the price. It cost them $40 apiece
cold turkey. Thew expected to spent
some money in Detroit but not t
purchase any hotels and they wer
reasonably peeved at the imposition
1t was the same way in every hotel q
the town. Many of the visitors adopt
ed the plan of hiding their Elk button
to enable themselves TO get a squar
meal at a reasonable price.
When We registered at headqual
ters, we were given an envelope wit
the program in it and number @
tickets which read something lik
this: This ticket and 30 cents wi
take the holder on round trip to tn
Flats a steamboat ride much Oil
cussed. Then there was another tickle
which read, This ticket and 50 cent
admits bearer to the aeroplane test
AT the fair grounds" We imagine
we were getting some kind of fave
until We presented our tickets an
found that everybody else was ge
ting the same rate of 80 and so cent
1t was the regular price. 1t reminde