The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-03-30
CITY NEWS.
Ferndell breakfast food. hmm,


made business trip to Chicago this
afternoon
Manager Morley of the Grand
opera house expects to be in Peoria
in May. Mary Garden is to appear in
Peoria the first week in May and Mr..
Morley is expected there in time to
help take care of the seat sale.
The best designers have contrib
uted to our selection of patterns. c..
& G. Millinery Co.
Very few unoccupied business
buildings remain on Main street New
business houses are opening up and
the retail section is evincing new
activities.
-Ferndell brown bread. Imme-
CARTS.
The practice of having the street
sweeper follow the street sprinkler is
an improvement over the old way
which avoids raising great clouds of
dust that we're not only disagreeable
but unsanitary
Representative Razen's bill chang.
ing the limit in which liquor can be
sold near county fairs from $500 feet
to 1ooa feet wes killed in the house
committee on agriculture yesterday
afternoon. The bill was recommends
ed for indefinite postponement.
-Ingersoll and Boyd have bought
the stock of groceries of the Model
grocery at GA Main street, where
they will cater to the wants of the
public. carrying the best the market
affords. Carl Boyd will give the bust
ness close and careful attention. This
firm will appreciate share of your
patronage. Call and see them.
Fire Chief Anderson and his as
sistants this morning tried out the
old steam engine to ascertain its eff
fectiveness in case of fire, the en-
CINE having been taken to the depot
for use at Fort Madison but was not
sent. Should the engine have reached
Fort Madison it would have been eff
fective as the test proved 1t to be in
fine condition.
I'm this particular section the
continuation of cold weather is ap-
preciated. Lee county and the other
nearby counties are in a fruit sec
ton and the income from fruits is no
small part of the yearly income. For
that reason cool weather until the
middle of April will not be objection
able. Last year the fruit growers suf-
fered great loss by frost killing the
! buds that had developed through an
unusually warm March.
According to report from Fort
Madison fourteen of the eighteen pas
senger conductors on the Santa Fe
running west from Kansas City, have
been called up on the carpet and lei
out of the service. It is also reported
that one of the Missouri division pas
Esenger conductors, one of the oldest
on the division, running between
Fort Madison and Kansas City, had
been asked to appear at headquarters
/ to get his time. The cause for the
shake-up is unknown.
! The Gate City wishes TO state .c
those who are writing to this office
for copies of the Water Power Bulle,
/ tin that this office has no control
over the distribution of the bulletins
and requests for same should be sent
+ TO the Water Power Co. direct Il
/ might be well to state in this connec
/ ton that the water power people is
sued but a limited number and the
distribution of the bulletins was prac
/ ticallv determined before their publ
cation 1t is impossible for the power
4 people to make a general distribution
of the publication much as they
would like to do SO.
A frisky sorrel horse, owned by
Mrs Julia r. Alexander baked this
morning on the street car tracks al
the corner of Fourth and Blondeaa
and the surrey 10 which it was at
/ tached was almost completely de
molished when struck by the street
car coming down Fourth street. The
driver, Cecil Clark, colored, was the
/ only occupant of the rig and was I'M
injured The horse was being driven
east on Blondean and had crossed
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approached. The motorman was run
ming his car slowly When the animal
had crossed the track he baked, and
backed in front Of the ear. All four
wheels collapsed as the rig was
brushed in front of the car.
BY vote of % to Is the senate
yesterday afternoon quietly and with
out an excitement laid away the
Spaulding bill for the creation of a
permanent tax commission. The bill
died without rent asunder by amend
ments or the attacks of speakers The
senators listened to the explanation
OF the provisions OF the bill by Sen
ator Spaulding, turned down minor
amendment or two, then turned in
and defeated the whole bill The com
mission created by the bill was to
consist of three members. who were
to receive salary of $500 annually.
The commission was to be all power
| ful in the assessment % taxes, even
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