The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-08-14
CITY NEWS.


Karle's shoe repair work Is the
dependable kind. S14 Main street.
Regular meeting OF Hermann
| Lodge No. 116, /. o. o. F. tonight, s.
o'clock. Visiting brothers cordially In
! vited.
| Tubes and castings vulcanized by
steam method. Tri-State Garage.
-Keokuk Camp M. w. A. No. 625
will hold It's regular meeting tonight
at Woodman hall. All members are
requested to be present.
Quincy Wing: Mr.. and Mrs. Rob-
ert L. Bowles. of 5341s Hampshire
street, have as their guest their grand
/ daughter, Miss Opal Moore, Of Wya-
! conda, Mo. She will depart some time
during the latter part of the week for
Keokuk, where she will visit relatives
before returning to her home.
j Sherwood has the largest line OF
harness in the city. 703 Main.
Complaint is being made as to the
location of the Warsaw car which
stands at the corner of Sixth and
Main streets. Passengers getting off
this car often nearly collide With au-
tomobiles and teams For some time
the order was to have the car unload
ed and then run back toward BIon-
deau street. The order was good
one and in the interest Of safety and
4 should be enforced.
"A Hancock County paper says: A
party from Hamilton were at Carthage
last Wednesday in the matter of the
assessment Of the Keokuk and Ham
iIlon bridge. The assessor increased
the assessment from $40, 900 to ISL 900
this year. A. lawsuit In recent years
fixed the assessment at $4,000. The
! present assessor based his assessment
on the increased increment or incur
red valuation of the property, says
/ the Carthage Republican. How the
big interests squirm at paying their
just proportion of taxation Every time
you cross the Keokuk and Hamilton
bridge it's Csc. This has been the
custom for 40 years. Isn't it time a
change was made and the regular &c
a mile rate installed?
4 Buy fly nets at Sherwood's.
i The first year of public owner
ship of the water supply plant at
\ Council Bluffs ended July 1. The
gross income for the year was s1f9,-
1855, and the net profit to the city
was s62,616.15, after paying $4,000 in
terest on 100000 bonds which were
~, y,1o ha
100000 received from the sale of
bonds, S510,500 was used in purchas-
4 ing the plant and almost $4,000 was
spent in improvements. The water
rate at Council Bluffs was continued
at the same rate after the city took
possession of the plant, as the plant
was run down and needed overhaul
ing. The plant earned profit Of
more than 33 per cent after paying
the interest on the bonds which pur
chased 1t. A big reduction in water
rates will soon be made in Council
Bluffs.
-Buy buggies at Sherwoods
That Iowa is enjoying the bes
small grain crops in the past twenty
or twenty-five years is indicated by re
ports of unusually heavy yields from
all sections Of the state. Wheat, oats
rye and barley crop records have beer
broken in all sections OF Iowa and thu
farmers are harvesting unusuall.
bountiful crops Yields of wheat a,
! high as sixty bushels to the acre have
. been reported in many instances, wifi
average yield at about thirty bushels
: per acre The oats yield has gone a
high as 100 bushels in some sections
but good average for the state 1
said to be fifty. Despite cool weathe
corn is in excellent shape and give
II promise of an unusually heavy cro]
unless something unforeseen shout,
happen. Crop reports gathered from
over the state show that prosperit,
will be passed around in Iowa thi
year. From every section OF tn
state came reports that the late col
weather has done practically no dam
age and in Tama county, farmer
claim they will get 100 bushels OF oat
to the acre.
Thursday is to be novel day 4
Burlington and one which the goo
| people can help the appearance Of th
J city by merely being present on tn