The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-05-05
CITY NEWS.
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Water Power River View Club
house was opened May Sd. Music was
furnished by the Joe Dixon famous
mandolin club.
Perfection oil cook stoves sold and
guaranteed by smith Hardware Co.
Paper for the Coulter Shows has
been placed in position by the adver'
Using men. The exhibition is to be
given In Keokuk May 18th.
For choice roasts of meats, Mark
1 lev leads all others. no Main.
DIR. John ". Potter will lecture
! In Melrose N. e. church, Tuesday
evening. May 9th, on Through Pal
estine on Horseback" Tickets, 25c.
Children under - years. Is cts.
Let Hoffman send you choice
roast OF meat for Sunday dinner.
" o. Boyd's Sunday school class
OF the First Christian church will try
and have an attendance OF 100 at the
class meeting to be held next Sunday
morning at e;45
Order choice roast Of beef, veal.
Jos. Haubert. 70a Main.
II your business is fairly good
make 1t better by using more adver
listing space In The Gate City. and
continue to make 1t better by the
same method
-Puckecnetuck Lodge No. i3 meets
every Friday night at o'clock. L. E..
Witch. N. g.. Geo. Immegart, Sec
rotary. All members requested to be
present. Business Of Importance. In
i,iation.
Next horse and mule auction at
Hamilton. H., May u. Have about
$50 head of horses and mules of all
classes. II you have anything to sell,
consign to this sale. II you wish to buy
can supply your demand. B. w Elder.
Henry Sanders. proprietor OF the
Grand Hotel. has purchased team OF
dapple grays which will be used in
the bus service. The animals have
beauty and style and together weigh
about 400 pounds.
Its very seldom that Keokuk has
firm to spend several hundred thous-
and dollars. The Stone & Webster Co.
will do it IL they get favorable sup
port from the voters May 25th
A business change is announced
in the Burke Confectionery store,
whereby r. E. Burke buys out NJ. J..
Burke. The new firm will be known
as Burke Brothers
Mr. D. D. Simpson. who has been
doing contracting and building at Ia
coma and Chehalis, Washington. for
the past six years, has purchased
lot near Eleventh and Des Moiness
and is erecting a residence thereon.
Mr.. Simpson was in the same bust
ness at Franklin. Iowa, some twenty
five years ago, and is well known In
this vicinity. He has made a specially
of bungalows and modern residences
the last six years. He sees great
future in Keokuk and has located here
with view of engaging in general
contract work. He is living for the
present at 1904 Johnson street.
Alexandria Sun: w. E. Bates re-
ports capturing ten gray wolf cubs
Sunday, on the upper Des Moines bot
tom Mr. Bates. In company with
Mr.. Hagie, were out looking for mush
rooms when they discovered the den
and succeeded in capturing the little
fellows and bringing them In home
alive. The cubs are about the size
of half-grown cats, and Mr.. Bates ex-
poets to use them In Turing the moth
er wolf, and possibly other ones, into
captivity He thinks there are several
OF the animals in the bottoms, as for
some time farmers have been missing
sheep, pigs, etc, that could be laid to
the depradations OF these savage
beasts. Missouri pays bounty Of
SO scalp on wolves.
There will be no more running OF
the rapids above Keokuk by the steam
boat men says the Burlington Gazette.
Usually In high water the pilots take
their crafts up and down by the out
side route. which is two hours short
er than going through the canal The
large Golfer dam OF the water power
company has been extended out into
the river a distance Of 1900 feet,
cutting of the draw In the railroad
bridge. This crowding Of the river
Will create strong current SO that
pilots would not risk taking crowded
boat around the lower end of the dam.
The large steel ferry which Is coming
down from Dubuque soon will have
hard time getting down. but steam
boat men say It can be done by drop