The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-01-05
CITY NEWS.

"A marriage license was issued
yesterday afternoon to Earle E. Coch-
ran and Anna f. McMannus.
The ice harvest is ready but the
icemen are having difficulty in get
/ ting enough men to reap the harvest.
Sherwood carries the largest line
of harness, autoist blankets and lap
robes in the city. and his prices are
low.
Wanted-Carpen for construc-
/ ton work at Mooar Powder mill. Pay
per hour Only first class work
men need apply. c. G. Lee. supt. con
struction.
veyed to Walter R. Buck lot Z. block
/ "a, Kiibourne's addition. the property
being on the corner of Sixteenth and
Des Moines street
Regular meeting of Puckechetuck
encampment No. Z. l. o. o. F.. at Odd
Fellows hail at o'clock tonight. Wis
ng brethren fraternally invited to
attend. Installation Of officers.
Manager c. F. irwin of the Mt.
Pleasant Auditorium, has been asked
to surrender his lease by the Auditor
! ium association. 1t is stated that the
action is taken largely as result of
the presentation OF the burlesque
| show known as 1.-THE Gay Masquer-
aders." which they considered as an
improper attraction for the house.
Easter Sunday this year comes al
most month later than it did last
and is the latest it has been in several
years, April 18th, being the date on
which this day of religious observ-
ance falls. Spring should be well ad-
vanced by that time and the new
spring frocks suffer none at all from
bad weather unless April showers
come.
Burlington Hawk-Eye: The trans
fer was placed on record yesterday
OF the property lot No. 375 and north
Il lot No. 374 by the Burlington
Theatre Co. to John Cort and Sid.
Rosenhaupt, including the buildings
on said tracts. The consideration is
named as s35,G00 A mortgage was
also executed by Messrs. Cort and Ro-
senhaupt to c. E Perkins In the sum
of s29, 600.
The fire department answered a
still alarm turned in from the resi-
dence of DR.. S. w. Moorhead yester-
day afternoon at 2:3o o'clock. A fiue
burning out was the instigator of the
trouble, though no damage resulted.
Captain Frank LeBron and Sec
ond Lieutenant Fred B. Smales, OF
Company L, left last night for Iowa
City where they will spend week In
the officers school for officers of mill
tary companies in the state. A social
feature of the week will be the full
dress ball at the armory.
AT meeting of the Burlington
Launch club on Tuesday evening, DR..
j. w Dixon was reelected to the Of
flee of commodore of the club. Burl-
inston proposes to do things during
the coming warm weather season with
her boat club The time is ripe for
such an organization in this city and
the fine big lake motor boat men will
nave IN not many months hence on
which 10 run their pleasure craft.
makes it appear more important that
something be done toward the imme-
date organization of boat clup.
The city administration OF Burl-
ington commenced yesterday the pros.
cution of all dog owners who failed
to pay up taxes on their pets when
they We're due last summer. 1t is said
liza dogs We're paid for, but there
are still number that are running
about with no legal right to do so.
A thousand dogs had their licenses
paid here during the campaign con.
Quoted in Keokuk by the police de-
partment up until late In the fall and
nearly all OF the taxes were cleaned
up, leaving but few owners who still
owe for their bow-wows' existence in
the water power city.
There has been some talk os onen-
ing summer theatre here in Keokuk
next season. That such an investment
and place OF amusement, located with
advantages OF cool breezes and pood
car service would pay. seems beyound
doubt. 1t has been several years
since Keokuks old summer play
house, the Casino, has been running
and now that that place has been
abandoned, there is none in
the city. In its best days, the Ca
sino, built by the late ]. C. Hubinger
was one that proved popular with the
amusemnt seking populace. 1t is this
reason, and the fact that Keokuk has
advanced several decades ahead of
herself that theatrical circles are in.
terested In the proposition of building
an open air theatre somewhere out 81
the business district that will furnish
plenty Of diversities for hot summer
hignss Such project would he
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