The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-02-03
CITY NEWS.

In the hSheaS corpus case IN the
superior court IN which Mrs Amanda
Roatman is the principal figure. no
decision has been made yet by Judge
". L. Mcnamara.
Don't neglect to set your permit
to smoke next week.
Agents OF the Standard Oil Co..
from this district. were in Keokuk
yesterday for q conference with Mr..
King. and a visit was made during the
afternoon to the water power sites.
The visiting gentlemen were deeply
impressed with the magnitude OF the
enterprise. which. by the way. is the
largest enterprise OF its kind on the
western hemisphere, excepting the
Panama canal.
You'll save money on harness and
drivers articles at Sherwood's.
ANY suit or overcoat IN our store
at 20 per cent discount. Ewers-Mc-
Carthy Co.
All through the night, the dull
boom OF blasting powder discharged
on the water power works along the
river can be heard, sometimes sound
ing like the echoes of far away bat
tie, while the night force is at work.
Fine dressed chickens. Hauberts.
Get permit to smoke and take
1t home to show your wife. They will
be issued next week.
Burlington Hawk-Eye: The state
ment is making the rounds of the
press that the city of Burlington tried
to get the encampment of the 54th
regiment in 1909 and 1910 but failed.
Ii Burlington made any attempt to get
the camp nobody here is aware Of
that fact. 1t is recalled, however, that
Burlington could have. had the camp,
that in fact, the members of the other
companies would have come here in
preference to other places. But there
was hitch right here at home and
no effort was made. Years have
elapsed since camp was pitched here,
but the older men who were in the
companies in the eighties and the
nineties still recall with genuine pleas
ure the camps in Burlington and the
hospitality and the courtesy shown to
them here. As to whether Burlington
really wants the camp this year, moth
ing has been heard. But if she does.
no doubt she will g.. it.
"A meeting was held in St Louis
Tuesday of the trainmen of the Wa
bash railroad and plans were COM
pleted for new scale of wages for
the road, which will take effect in the
near future. The Wabash railroad was
not represented in the conference of
western railroads held in Chicago re-
Gently, and hence this road has not
been paying the standard of wages
paid by other western companies. The
scale of wages paid by the Wabash
railroad Is about 10 per cent under
the scale used by the western roads.
The trainmen are only asking that
their wages be raised to the standard
adopted at the western conference.
Choice roasts. Call at Markley's.
All mems, young mems and boys
suits and overcoats included in Ewers-
Mccarthy Co.'S reduction SALE
While Uncle Sam has given away
empires, he still has little land left
that he raffles off now and then And
ne has some that is being neld in trust
for Indians, and this is usually sold
to the highest bidder after having been
appraised by trusted officials Notice
of sale of lands in North and South
Dakota was received at the local post
Office yesterday The tracts range
from $50 to 800 acres and there are
some 5000 acres in ALL The circular
states that no bid below the appraised
value will be accepted. Bids are to
be opened on March 81. The apprais-
ed value seems ridiculously low to
people living in Iowa and noting oc-
casional transfers OF real estate here.
The very first piece contains 160 acres
and has been appraised at $40 per
acre. The following contains 800
acres. That would mean quite nice
little fortune # it were located in
Iowa. But the appraisers say that il
is worth $4,000 There are quarter
sections that are appraised as low as
$500. All these lands will be sold tor
cash. The government has thrown all
possible safeguards around these
sales. No bid can include, more than
one tract, but bidders may make sep
arate bids on several tracts If they de
| sire to do SO. Under no circumstance
| viii the superintendent, or other Of
ficer in charge. or any person connect
ed with an agency Office or the In
dian service, be permitted to bid OF
to make or prepare any bid, or to as
sist any prospective bidder in making
a bid. Lands sold in accordance with
/ the provisions OF these regulations
win be conveyed direct to the pur
chaser by patent in fee simple from
/ 4ha I7nited States.