The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-03-06
CITY NEWS.

SHERWOOD mas the largest line OF
team harness ever shown in Keokuk.
Call and see.
Regular meeting Of Knights and
ladies' of Security. Keokuk Council
No. 1889 at A. o. Q. W hall at 5
fo'cloek. Meet the first and third
Monday of each month.
Don't sit down in the meadow
and wait for the COW to back up and
be milked." was the old adage each
one of the stock soliciting committee
men of the Industrial Association.
sageiy carried in his bonnet last week
And the rest of the saying, Go after
the cow they proved was the prop
er way of doing things.
The theatrical season is drawing
TO a close. Just when the season viii
end is not definitely known, but one
thing is known-that the season was
the most successful and the most sat
isfactory that keokuk has had for
many years, thanks to Manager Wor
ley.
Masonic Regular meeting OF
Eagle Lodge No. Il A. F. and A. N.
1870 O'Clock Tuesday evening March
II, 1911. Visiting brethren fraternally
/ invited. By order of the ". NJ. S. H.
Johnston. Secretary.
William Jennings Bryan, who re-
Gently visited Keokuk and delivered
g lecture on The Prince of Peace.
was shown the big water power dam
now in course Of construction by Engi-
neer Cooper. He was deeply impressed
with the magnitude OF the enterprise
and said it was marvellous. Some COM
ment about the big enterprise is ex-
pected In a future issue of The Com
moner.
The Register and Leader in its
Monday morning issue contains a
half tone portrait of Roy H. Rankin,
private secretary to Congressman c..
A Kennedy of the First district. The
Register and Leader says. Roy H.
Rankin Of Fort Madison, secretary to
Congressman Kennedy, is 80 years of
age. He was educated in the public
schools of Fort Madison and also took
course in a commercial college at
that place He served as a clerk in
the legislature when Congressman
Kennedy was member of the lower
house and later when Mr.. Kennedy
went to congress, was appointed as
his secretary.
Our prices will sell our big line
of harness. Sherwood
The owners of gasoline launches
are putting their boats in the water
steadily now and soon all the craft
which have been on dry land during
the winter, will be floating along the
shore Already several of the pleas
ure boat owners of the city have TAX
| en- spin in their boats and those
who have report the water, fine a
/ number of new launches will make
their appearance among the thirty OF
forty already owned here, and plans
for several models of speed type ara
llreported under way. The time j.
coming when Keokuk as well as othel
motor boating cities along the rive
will have some fast and classy speed
! boats and can be entered in some O
the big me- ) of the country.
The hotel clerk can often play al
llimportant part in advertising his cit.
and boosting things along bit An.
llnumber of times during the past fall
and winter months. travelling mel
and others who have found it neces
sary to stay over Sunday in Keoku
have numerous times, sought the ad
| vices of the clerk behind the hote
counter, having complained to hir
about nothing to do, and asked tn
man at the register what he woul
advise to while away the hours. Wi
liam E. James, day clerk at the Hote
Keokuk has handled the problem o.
each instance in the same way: &c
ont and take a look at the waite
power works. has been his netho
and on return, smiling faces are tn
result. That's SO" is generally the RI
spouse to the clerks words, II neve
thought about Keokuk being the dar
city" And SO Keokuk doesn't prov
= quite the dam, place it Is expecte
to on Sunday for those who hav
many times thought with displeasur
: OF idle hours to be spent within th
+ realms Of the water power city.