The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-05-08
CITY NEWS.

Saturday was the forty-first birth
day of George LOOMS, the well known
"all around good fellow and senior
proprietor of the Olympia Amusement
Hall. To celebrate the event, Mr..
Loomis invited eighteen or twenty of
his native countrymen to the roller
rink auditorium above the billiard hall
yesterday where big spread was en-
joyed and merriment reigned supreme
all day long. In two years, Mr. Loom
is with several Burlington newspa-
per men will go to Greece where
they will attend the worlds fair to be
held there. George Loomis has been
in this country 25 years. and since
coming to Keokuk has made good in
the amusement line
Announcement is made today by
Mayor j. F. Elder that the board Of
equalization will sit to hear complaints
beginning May IL, which is Thursday,
and continue in session until the sew
enteenth. 1t Is expected that many
property holders will come before the
board because of the increase in vaiu.
ations. This increase is not general,
but there is always property in which
the valuation is increased, the same
as property in which it is lowered.
Supervisor Young of Lee county
announced today that thirty corrugated
culyerts for use in the county have
been shipped and will be delivered to
the trustees of Des Moines township
at Argyle in short time. They will
be placed where needed
In short time the room for water
power employees, which is being fitted
up at the Young Mems Christian AS
ISOLATION, will be completed. rhe
equipment is arriving and will be n
stalled as soon as possible. There
will be pool table, large davenport,
library table, reading table, writing
desks, scientific papers and magazines.
To become identified with the club
that is to occupy this room it is not
necessary to be a member of the as.
ISOLATION. but only to work for the
water power company. The members
of the club Will pay a fee of 25c per
month for current expenses. They win
be allowed to make suggestions to the
Y. M. c.. A. board of directors. The
room is on the first floor and is to the
right of the main Office going in. 1t
will be open from a. m. until 10 p.
m, daily, including Sunday.
The Y. M. c. A. athletic field
nor oh scy, W.T. al
Wednesday. Both teams, which have
taken lively interest in the affair,
have secured many new members, but
are keeping the names in the dark in
order to make strong finish.
Two pieces of property have
been purchased by Mayor ]. =. Elder
from Sarah Winter Kellogg. One is
the building now occupied by Lowitz
& Sons between Third and Fourth on
Main and the other is No. 1908 Main
street.
The family of Mr. T. P. Marley
has arrived from Rensalier, Ind, and
will reside at zoos Orleans street. Mr..
Manley has been with the Water
Power Company for some time on the
Illinois shore but will be transferred
to the Iowa shore.
George H. Greaves, 1902 Main, re-
ceived word of the drowning of his
two grandnephews, Walter and How
ard Holden, ages eight and eleven
years, which occurred near Center
vile. Mrs. Martha Greaves, mother of
Mr.. Greaves, left today to attend the
funeral. No details of the drowning
have been received.
In consideration of 500 Otto A
Bentzinger has conveyed to Clara B.
Braun parts of lots IL and IL, block
"a, Kilbourne addition.
"A deed was filed today with the
recorder conveyed to Roy c. Burner,
through John p Hornish and E. M.
Majors as trustees, the old Moody
property at the corner of Sixth and
Timea streets.
An officer in Rand park yesterday
afternoon was asked by no less than
fifty women and children where they
could get a drink of water. None of
the fountains in the park are running
and on warm day like yesterday was,
water is one of the necessities of man
kind The city should look after the
matter. and see that the fountains are
started. With great many visitors
coming to Keokuk this summer the
fountains will be in constant demand