The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-12-12
CITY NEWS.

FerndeH maple syrp a Insms-
gar s-Adv.
& The nomination OF RobeTt A
Gardner as postmaster At West
! point has heen sent TO the senate ~
1 President TAFT
4 victor records at C. Il VOTES,
rs Main streat.Adv-
Block As. chas- James Heusen ant.
Il has added $3.50 20 the city planning
fun6. Two contributors. enc an IN
dividual and one an nrgant ration.
gave ten dollars each
Look, Best Springfield lump coal
1 $3.50 per ton ;. c. McManus Cca-
I structfon Go. Phone 7l5-
Navigation on the Mississippi
| river is closed south OF La Crosse,
Wisconsin. the river being frozen or
ar at 2 point nine miles south of the
city. This is two weeks later than
navigation closed last year. There Is
much ice flowing in the river al this
point now
-Westminster church bazaar, APP
ron sale, market, turkey supper FRI
day. Dec Is. Sale begins at p. M.
supper $50 7. IN 5oc.-Adv.
Burlington Hawk-Eye. II the pre-
diction OF q Burlington ice dealer
comes true there will be nothing do
ing in the ice cutting field this win
ter What the dealer bases his pre-
/ diction on is not stated but he refers
mysteriously to hot summer in 1910
and cold winter in I91i-12 II this
dire prophecy comes true /. VIII mean
no work for bunch OF teamsters
and ice cutters.
Bartenders dance, Woodman hall.
Monday night. Dec. Is. Prize waltz.
Rights of admission reserved ADV
John Dewitt OF the Industrial
Association, has compiled figures
showing the yearly increase In the
tonnage hauled in and out OF Keokuk
during the last three years ending
June 80. In 1910 there was 4ss. $50
tons hauled; In 1911, 514,sso, and in
1912, 65s.T21. The increase OF 1877,
over 1910 is about nine per cent and
the increase Of 1912 over the previous
year over II per cent.
Trim your Christmas tree with
electric lamps, no danger from can
dies Outfits sold. King Plumbing Co.
ADV
Keokuk has not been bothered
badly with tramps begging at houses
thus far this winter because the plen-
itude of work here makes it little
difhcult for an able bodies man TO
give good excuse for begging. There
has been man around the city the
last two days. however. who gives as
his excuse that he had just been dis
charged from the hospital.
WiIbat, the ladies tailor, 1105
Main street. Bell phone 1041-Adv.
Tom Boltz and wife have trans
ferred to j. W. Markley the easterly
80 feet of lot 2, block 15s. In the
original city Of Keokuk The lot lies
on Fulton between Tenth and
Eleventh streets Alice A. Bond has
transferred to j. ". Collier and Haz-
en- Sawyer lots 1875 and 1856 in Cal
land.
Select him that lap robe for a gift
at Sherwoods .-Ady.
Clifford Thorne of Washington,
Iowa. member OF the railroad com
mission, is at the Methodist hospital
confined with threatened attack of
typhoid fever His physicians do not
say az yet whether he is to have the
genuine fever. His condition is con-
siderabIy Improved today over yester-
! days report. He slept five hours dur
ing the night and has rested comfort
ably during the day Mr. Thorne re-
Gently returned from Washington, D.
c.. where he spent several weeks in
very hard work arguing freight rate
cases and II is believed he overraxer
his strength. Commissioners Ketchum
and Palmer are continuing the rail-
road cases before the board today.
j but no matters OF special Importance
came mp.
Prepared buckwheat at Imme-
+ gart's,--Adv.
The pass bureau of the Burling-
ton railroad VIII issue $4,000 annual
\ Tree passes fpF the year lgl3 and t.
800 quarterly free tickets for the COM
ing twelve months uge The Burling-
ton during the present year has fs-
sued 100000 trip passes. These are
for employees. Work has been started
on the issuance of approximately 49,
100000 railroad passes to be used
during the coming year on all rail-
roads. The Northwestern railroad is.
sued 100000 free single trip passes
this year. Under the rules OF the IN
terstate commerce commission passes
on all railroads may be Issued by onfy
such persons whose names are on
record in Washington The govern.
nent regulates the methods for issu.
Ing passes. Each railroad MAIN aims