The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-10-26

1HuTSudy.
The eleventh annual convention
of the American institute of Architects
was held in Des Moines last week and
the Register and Leader printed al
Inewstone group of the visiting dele
gates. H. e. Radcliffe of this city,
appears in the picture.
The recent law requiring that all
locomotives be equipped with electric
headlights has already made big
lchange in the headlight equipment OF
the Burlington engines. Almost every
one Of the engines that is in road
service has the new equipment
Clerk w. G. Macarthur of the
federal court has drawn the jury
men for the term of court to open In
Des Moines, November IS. 1t is no
ticed that John w. Watson of Keo-
Xxx has been selected to serve on
the grand jury and John Jacobs on the
petit jury.
The beautiful weather will pro-
woke the country excursionfsts to
drive automobiles into the woods to-
day after hickory nuts. The supply
has been plentiful 1t is diminishing
rapidly, however, as nutting parties
lhave been very numerous
/ in order to reduce the annual
losses to boat owners and others hav-
ing property on the banks of the Mis-
lsissippi a movement has been started
to persuade the government to place
la revenue cutter on the upper river
for patrol duty. 1t is said this would
be good way to solve the question.
Veterinary surgeons are not per
mitted to male or dispense remedies
under the law, and the state pharmacy
commission proposes to prosecute of
tenders, says the Des Moines Tribune
Senator A. G. Wilson, member Of
I the commission, said: "Pharmacists
and physicians are permitted to sell
, drugs. Physicians cannot sell then
: generally. We will give the veterin
arians plenty Of time to get acquaint
ed with the order but it viii he en-
forced,
keokuk Is not the only city havins
legal differences with the Iowa Tele
phone Co. Des Moines has sued tn,
company for 100000, alleging tn,
company has failed to pay for the us,
of its streets and alleys. The De
Moines city council passed an ordin
ance in December, 1912. providing tina
the company should be compelled t,
pay 81 year for each of its pole
and 81 annually for each mile of un
derground wire. 1t is estimated tina
the company ha; 1900 poles an
900 miles of underground wire
Before the eleventh annual cor
vention Of the Iowa architects, in ses
(. sion In Des Moines, the body consit
cred passage by the next state legis
!, llature of bill providing for tn
: licensing of architects. For severa
i years they have been discussing thi
q measure In illinois there has bee
ia an architects license law in effee
- for the last fifteen years and, accort
"a ing to r. p. wethereH of Des Molne
president of the Iowa chapter, 1t ha
: proved highly beneficial to the arch
+ Itects OF the state. California and Sc
10 ieral other states have similar laws
al Each year there always appear
70 that same complaint throughout tn
10 United States of shortage of freigl
cars. This year at the beginning
TO the fruit season the cries came fort
he stronger than ever and the matt,
&c was finally taken before the intersta
It. commerce commission in the effort
come to satisfactory settlement
~. the difficulty. "A great part of Il
% trouble lays with the shippers ther
m selves and it is UP TO them to do the
oy part in removing the cause of Il
trouble A shipper gets car set al
is then takes too long TO load and !
- lease it, The cars should all be loa
ed as soon as possible and released