The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-05-10
IT Is Proposed TO Have Big Blow
Out Down There In Honor OF
the Completion Of tho
Water Power.
NEW FILTER CONTRACT
After improvements to Water Works
Talk Now Drifts Toward a
Modern Sewerage
System.

WARSAW, Ill, May 10.--George
Kleinert, proprietor of the Gem res
taurant, has installed a beautiful and
modern soda fountain, in his popular
resort.
The ladies of the Lutheran church
on Thursday evening served lunch
con in the assembly room of the new
school building oncordin hall The
attendance was good as is usual with
all entertainments given by this
church.
/ The Harvey Stock company played
to good house last evening, present
ing the four act comedy, "The Whirl-
pool" The play is strong one, has
an excellent plot, and every member
&c the cast was star. Tonight Lena
Rivers will be featured with a full
cast, fine scenery and rich wardrobe.
There will be matinee Saturday, the
company closing Saturday night.
DR.. ]. G. Young OF Suffer made War
saw flying visit today in his auto
mobile
Mr.. Virgil Ridgeway of Warsaw and
Miss Lulu PEBBLES Of Alexandria.
were united in marriage by Rev. J. NJ.
Thompson in the Presbyterian parson-
! age on Thursday, May 9. at a. m.
They left the same day for Memphis,
Mo-, to visit the brides relatives, and,
returning will reside with the groom 8
mother.
I Warsaw Cubs win appear in their
new uniforms when they play match
game with the Keokuk Elks, Sunday,
May 70, at 2:30 p. M, at the fair
lgrounds; this is the game slated for
1.-TWO weeks ago but was prevented by
Train.
4 Three new awnings are being put up
III front of Main street stores, by Keo-
kuk awning men.
The city council at special meet
!, ing on Tuesday evening, passed an ap-
, Ipriation bill covering the expense OF
/, the proposed water filter. The con.
Pittsburg Filter Manufacturing Co.,
| Pittsburg, Pa, price $3.400.o0; ma
sonry and cement contract sS2500,
Gus Plume, Warsaw, contractor; max
ing a total of S4,22500. Work will be
started in two weeks. The Gravity
| System is the one that will be used,
the best for all small towns. The fill
ter will be completed in ninety days,
| and will be equal to any in the state,
except for size, and will discharge
! 10000 gallons filtered water every
\ twenty-four hours. During the ice
gorge here this spring the intake pipe
, was badly broken, letting much sedi-
i ment into it.
The Scott-Madden Iron Works, are
. making an iron strainer box which
will be sunk at the shore end of the
: Ipipe and connected with it, thus catch
ing all sediment and fiotsam. Mayor
Eckbohm has been untiring in his eff
forts in the interest of pure water for
, all purposes for the public's use, hav-
ing been working on the project for
: over a year, and now his labor is
about to be crowned with success, and
the city's exchequer will be increased
lby larger income from water rents
All honor and credit to him.
The next improvement question for
Warsaw to decide is does she want q
good sewerage system All the de
tails of the cost of this have been
worked out, the first step being mar
of the city's streets, and proper and
uniform grade established which, fol
the benefit it will be, will cost com
paratively small sum. Mr.. Eckbohm is
responsible for this proposed feature
of public improvement, and may be
taken up as soon as the filter work is
disposed Of
In view of the fact that the dan
3 will be completed by May /, 1918, i
, has been suggested that Warsaw "ge1
!, move on her. and prepare to cele
: brate the event with celebration thai
3 will eclipse any previous big day
3 ever held here: there should be I
4 weeks festivities or at least severa
3 days-but not street fair idea
], something never thought of before il
. this section, unique in all it's details
for isn't the dam our'n as well al
. your'n?' at least we are Ejust below
the dam
Six months is not too long a tim,
to prepare for the event.
If this idea is beyond cur reacl
just now. why not have a big day thi
summer, to prepare the public for tn
good things we may give them II
! 1913? Warsaw has not had cele
8 bration for several years, and there i
4 nothing like 1t to let the public know
YOU are ION the map"
: E. A. Burdick of Cedar Rapids is il
the city fodav