The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-02-15
CITY NEWS

Ee.d the Daily Gate CITY.
Cost sale on autoist blankets and
lap robes al Sher~ood's
The channel of the river vas
choked again this morning with cakes
OF floating ice For several days dur
Ing the mild spell the river was free
and could hare been naviEsted By q
canoe
-Keokuk Camp vi. " A No. s..
rfIl hold its regular neetiag tonight
az woodman hall All members are
requested 20 e present
The pool hall proprietors against
whom information we're hled In the
superior court Monday for having pool
tables in use on SUNDAY were ar
raEgned before Judge Mcnamara and
entered pleas Of guilty The fine was
the minimum. 81 ard costs.
Elmer Leake who left for Balti-
more, Nd, some time ago to enter the
work OF physicai director with his
brother Ralph in the Young Mems
Christian association OF that city.
viii return to Keokuk the first OF
April to make his home.
Have harness repaired at Sher-
woods.
Jerry Edinger, former Central
Association umpire, writes a breezy
letter to President Justice in which
he larishes praise upon Jake Beckley.
who has been secured to manage
Hannibal He also tells little some
thing of himself Jerry win umpire
in the American Association next
season
The formation OF new launch
owners club is being much talked
among possessors OF this kind Of
pleasure craft Just now. Prospects
for a large list OF boatmen, organized
for social purposes, seem very bright
at the present and possibly some ac-
ton may be taken within a short
! while to perfect such club.
All of the railroad officials here
Tuesday left last evening for various
points, with the exception OF G. L..
Brown Of the Rock Island and SUI
perintendent Russell of the T. p. &
| w. Annual union depot meetings are
being held at this time in Kansas
City, St Joe, Hannibal, and all
through this territory. F. II. Ustick.
general superintendent Of the c. b.
! & O.. learned late yesterday morning
that 1t would be impossible for him
to attend the meeting here. Mr.. Us
tick succeeds himself as president of
/ the board of union depot directors,
| mentioned in last nights paper.
1t is good to note the manner in
which the officials OF the various rail
road companies represented here at
the union depot meeting Tuesday, are
recognizing the important changes
that must be made. 1t was the decid-
ed opinion of those officers present
! that the roads as units and in com
bined sense, must look to the future,
and the decision to keep ahead of
changes which will be mnde as
4 growth begins to show itself in a
material way. A thorough canvass of
the situation as 1t will be year or
two hence is to be made and was
much talked over yesterday and if
necessary, an addition to present
equipment, depot, etc, will be made
la year previous, If necessary.
4 w. C. Welsh. superintendent OF
the Burlington lines with headquar-
tiers at Brookfeld, Mo-, was in the
city yesterday with other railroad
4 officials attending the meeting of the
Union Depot Company. Mr.. WEIGH
: was for many years located at Cres-
ton His railroad experience covers a
long number of years and his connec-
ton with the Burlington road is
more than quarter of a century. He
: is regarded as one of the best posted
railroad men in the west, with a rec
ord that has brought credit and sue
cess to the company with which he
is now identified.
Carpenters and railroad construc-
on the third span OF the; new Des
Moines river bridge several miles
south of the city. Henry Zimmerman
master carpenter of the Hannibal d.
vision of the 70" was In the city to-
day and stated that the bridge would
be completed some time within the
next few months. The damage done to
the false work and bridge cribbing
by ice running out of the Des Moines
couple of weeks ago, has been re.
paired Three spans Of the bridge are
to be built after the third one which
is now being constructed. The new
portion of the bridge will be some
it o. -. 1<x. h
I, Mr.. A. e. tombstone, accompani
! ed by Mrs. tombstone, has returned
9 from visit to Des MDines. Mr. John
stone was a member Of the legisla
! tive committee that visited Des
Moines in reference to the publicity
y bill that Keokuk hopes to have pass
ed by the legislature. Mr.. Johnstont
remained in Dies Moines several day.
: longer than the other members of thu
committee and he reports the recep
ton of the bill increased in favor a,
It's purposes were presented and thu
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